Reading Observer 04-1920

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FOR EASTER

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NEW LAID.-

3 / - per dozen.

"",'I".d.• v'·Slpr'ces IS a sound Investment.

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magmficent dIsplay of

M. VENNER & SONS,

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Southampton Street•
READING.

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FACTO

Having .. his own huee factory and expert gem.
setters, H. Samuel offers you the finest Je\'.ellery -i~ii~~
In
KlOgdom A purchase at

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS.
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NOTE.-Advertilement. under thi.. Leading can

he .coopted up tiu)' 2 /30 on Friday 'afternoon.
The paper i.e publiahed. .. me two ho\U'l later.

~RESENTATIONS

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POLICE OFFICERS.

SALE
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&ib.ix~>OD'. Lower 0avc.rshn.ru, Il& a
of £4 tis 7d \l as
genel a.l j WId.

OY<II....E. 3-epced
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bath
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Cost. 18
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Sturmey-A.rc:ber, 011
gtune.a.s
Sell for

t.helr ~rt.t ehes last.
on 'fhu.rs<!lL\ tac "

n.broatl-Jack50n, 13.2,

hU.VlIlg muol.l tll~

Gavel"6ham Road, ReudUlg

he.h. when flhG

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HOUSES of the .. 'uc.t.t.e:r .Built."
O&D be obta.med from Ha.wt.horns, WOOd.
SpCCla.hst.s, London Works, East Stroot, Rcuilng
New LisUJ 1I're&.

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CAUSE~IE.

BAOK IN THE MIDDLE EIGHTIES.
[By JOHN SEAGO. B.A.]
The Select Oommlttee of the H0U6e of Commons
which W'a.! n.ppcmted 6ILl'Jy 1O this SessIon to work

ou'/If It coWd do so, a. oc.heme for the ta.xatIon

of whll.t lIS popularly ,ailoo "Wa.r-Wealth'
aj)penrS to ha.\o rc~od 0. doadloc.i:.
The fust.

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TERRITORIALS' SMOKER.

thlug tha.t cam!} before them was a. memora.ndum
fro ~ t.he Inland Revenue dt'tpa.nmeut as to whu.t.
t.ho ' ln.croose oJ woo.lth dlU· lOa' the v. a.r w,mouuted
tv
They ca.ma to the OOucluslon thBt too n et
fiture of l11creASO was £4,.000,000,000, and tbBt UJiS
sum was ill the h.a.ods ot a.bout 340,000 per80lis
Tbeso figures aJ"8 probnrbJy os a.ccllratc as can
be (.'t;pc-ct.ed or obt.ai.ncd , a.ud It looks a.t. Ilrst sight
aA If It. (I, ould be au easy thIng to oolled a quarter,
or UU!'I UJIlount ann uso It fOT pa.ymg off tho
floo.tll1g' debt
Expel. ts of all sorts na.v() heen beforo
ube. Comrruttcc, [l,nd tho C4m!lllttco, &0 l t a.ppears ,

RECRUITING GOING WELL.
BUT MORE WANTED.
It. is DOped to hold re-union IlmOklUg concert in
abo'Q,~" fOltniahi'a time for all 0 d me~b~I15 of any
~tt.UoD. or tWe 01 the Betkshlre ternto,lQ.ls ra.ia&d

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h.M a made up t.helr mllld~ _~ha..t. It cannot bo C:one.
I apcnt , au OOIl!" thE) OtJIEA" Ida.y d lSOll'~ ln!r the
mat.tor Wlt,n one of tho duef ,,!ltnesses, t.h e gcn eTa l
maTlaKer of olle of 001 biggest. banks, and I cross·
exammoo him very thoroughly
I shall content
mvself th18 week With gl\:1ng hI..'!! p<)lnt of vIew.
II It; wel"O posslblo, be sa.ld, 10 separate out. tram
tho popula.tton a.1I thoso persons who ba.ve made
\\ hat may be descrlbod as unoal ned a.nd undeserved
Inoreasoo. of thC'lT we a.lt.h dUrIn£" tho war, then
the Gpec1nJ tfLX.llt.lon of t hese peT&Ol:ls would be per·
fE'Ctly nght on l'llOI"nl ~unds. By th is 18 meant
lllctea.ses in ~lth whiah b~v(j romo to fL peraon
from the mero Wfla.WOll of pnoes of thwga belongmgt to h:tm. wbeo the wa.r broke out aod wbtch ha
did not so much 11.8 itrt Up a lltJtIe fingCT to brmg

about
Ev6l")'0JI8 knows that there are cert&1u
:ooinmQ(ht.ies whkh M,·'O brought their owners vast
fortunes m thlA wa.J-shtppina: and wool, fOr ex·
a.mpia. So, where t.hc !)8l"&Oll was actlvely engated

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the busine:!S af. ma.king war
BU.InS , therel 15 a.
if you OWl sepua.te him out.
iJ."he
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Ima.teri&ls, and hatS made llL\'1fO

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C&5e,
trouble 13 tha.t

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you ca.nDot.
But. it you o::mld. 1Ia.td t.~ great bQ.nkcr, If you
0QUlc;J separa.te t.heae persons Blld annex a. porUon
of ~etr woolbh, the tact that. you were 1II0B.aLtr
JUS
1.0. doing :It W't'fUld nob &ltor tho lIOONOl[IO
off
of doing il. Vwy Hille 01 ibis _ .. 'wet.llh
~ held m the forml of money, and, Ul order tID
Vt~er It from )ts present. owners, you would

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THEATRE.
F~HE IHOL1?AYS.
A l"CTY ifi,ne selection of pjd~ ~ been made
for .EAster Monda.y's entert.a.mment at the Vaude... lila Electno l'heatre and foll o\vmg two da.ys im
'Whioh the popular MMf(Uo:ntef Clark Wll1 be sefm
In ' Tbe Na.ughty ¥hfe" artd M~e Doro in
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A splend id a.da.ptatlOn of

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RegfLn ," the novel by Leroy 1SC£JU, Wlth Amta
SteWart l ~ ~e title role, and ~pl80de three, 11Th,
Creepmg Death," of t.he wonderful melodramAtic
serIal, "11~ Ma.n of A-1ight., .. kc wo to appear
Ou l'h1ll'1j"&Y. Frida,. and Sa!urday. S" Gilbert
Pa.rker's f~mous l,lOyer, The judgement Bouse,"
15 to be screened, as Also "Greased Lightning ,"
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.. ~lMter I?' My F ....... 'and ~p1sode JIve. "The
Tigera ;tirap," of the thTllpng sanal. " Thl:l
Tiger's 'l'tja.tl" Ch~lng ftnd a.ppropnllt~
Will be
end4'lTod,
usual by the
under tho bl. d,;..kmn of MT
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(0010 violi I from I the Royal

WIll be pu'q)i.!hod l"wr.
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With regard to the .two Dew o.ppo1Utm'U~......
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Berkshire terrltorialA, it IS hoped tha.t old Dlember:';l~
rally round theae,two popular oft\eere aud tbU8 lor
them. inyalu&lile ~up~rt, s.nd , 'Volunteer, themlle ves.
By 10 doing they Will ,1u'othen the loo.d. ~Ulting
uuder the new IOheme is gOing on well aheaij aud the
numberl!l ue ra.pi~y increufng. Stillmore are wauted..
Xverytbinll conducive to the bellt J>OS.!I,blc 80C-!al 4fe I!
provided ~udinl rio canteen a.t the St. Ma.ry 8{Butte
H~dquarten aud .. Tenltolia! Club.
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Tbfl Adjuiaui w~ll a.lways be pl~Med. tD ~lp any

old meDloon fa auf posaible ,yay

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'Op5et bt161n6ll6 JUst a.t the tune when If. 15 most
!mporl.ant, w the lDterests of tho n~t.ion at la,.1:gf'l,
a.nd pa.rti.oul8.rJy m tM mt.oJt'I8t11 of tibe ~ O'l"laog
lia8SeiJ,. to krge ahead on an even keel.

BA.OK IN THE MIDDLE EIGHTIES.
] am getting old enough not' to lIko thmgs to
bappfMl now of WhIch I ( an remember the beg;lo·
nmga a. lull generat.lOn back. ThI8 m wha.t I thlpk
wb~n I read the repc;.rt of the doba.tes on t.he Dew
Hame Bule Blll 1D tho HOUfIe or Commoo&. Stili,
'it 18 \lot Iroland's fault that I 2m irowlDi old,
and I muat forgot the shock. to my vanity a.nd
1DU61 bope better thmgs for this, tbe fourt.b:, Rome
~e .B:il1 tha.t I h av(lt fOl,l¢li foe
The mtm-eeting pomt about It 1.9 that Mr,
GearR'e. a& usuaJ, has placed upon this &llClent
trpvcr'ly' tlui mark of his CI"e1lt.1ve roruua. The, ~~~:;
of t'be kIM. Jillft,m1ty be.s a.1wa.ys been tlu,., 1!
bn all CXJtIloolva.ble guuun.ds it W&S desll"&blB
\hett'e should bo Cll)e Govenun(Juti for the
~.za.,4 IrWailen them""Y.. , fqr &
",8IIcoU. of which tne chief .hrOI4 h ....
19tten ~~LI\gO. baR. · ne.er b_ able

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111 oonv_IL 1m,; ~tg
pclirt.iQ'Q, to giYe Ireland Home Bule, Il.u
{...ted by 'lrisbmeil them_eo.
The ~~ BlU. definitely ~ thl!- fact t.ba.t.
"here aJte ,. two Jrelands." w tlie ~ isl&n.i ' eir;Ued

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'Ireland. The 8t&teema.n must accept , t~ as c:heiL

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hrm

by _ _ histb>y and

l''''!''_' _Doeo,

fer h. wilJ cmly build OIl Ill>e ....d j.I h. d_ otI> .....
W186 Each of ~ee8 two JrobLpd8 18 W haye jfa'
own ~Ji6men~ but there Ia ts> be ...t up from
the fi.rat a CouDcil for thO' whole of Ireland.

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l>egm WIth. this COuncil will hu. vwry an\~
'P'O'WQt'9, but ~h of the two Parhameuta can
.~ thee _
.. much .. It pleases by
_ . Id..rt.ica1 lOIlioI&tion to t.h&t effect· •
In Oh.ri. tru. oolU/;;on of Iii. :Jrish queot''''''c'''
pla<!ed in the ha.ndo of Irlshmen thems",,,. In
the furure they need oontndet- nbbody eke, not
even the P.a.z.J,iament a.b WestmlDlter.

TEE 1lA!l'TLE 01' THE WNCHES.

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To my peat' Mtiefaet.ion I W&& inVlted to a.ttc.ud
the 11Ul'<i> a.t. tho Na.tion;;.\ Libere.! CPUb al which
Mr. l',loYd Gtnry...... t.ba ch.ief 11" ..1 Tb:. VV'
ba.tml. i-8pOrt of bl& speocfJ make.s excellent ;reading,
but tho pi.n.ted word f~1.s entirely to roprod~
tbe eIeotrimJ alfart 01 Lthe spoken wom 00 tho..
'Who heard l~
The three 1int requuntes of an
omtor, Bald Dem05~es, &re. firat, a.ct.i.on~
600000, aation; third. a.ct-ion, In all the arts of
I!U1 QrQ.'bot. those wJnch bave bbeir 150~Cf.
:rn. a.
PQwedul JI'I'l'8OD&1ity which glves 11.15e4t fUll soope,
)fT. LloYd George 15 supreme
Inci.dentaJly, tbe lunoh .ettled another and nof.
uIllruporta.nt ma.tter, for the receptIon given by tJ:1e
members c1 tho Natlonal Libet-&l Club to th&r l "h ••• h;n

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dlat.ingu;,bed
fell",,·m_bor. lobe Prune Wnisloer.
magnificent.

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ARCHBISHOP LAUD.
'rO ~ wnlTOa OF TJO: .. JlzlnIlm O'BSZR'YBL·

Bir,-Whatev"er mav be !l8J.d about the chara.oter
n{ .-\..rchblahop Laud by h u detra.ctot'S he Wlle n.
most generoua benefactor to ht8 natl'fe place, and
many gen678.tions -of townspeople ha.ve beeu
grateful r ecipumta of his bolmty ,
There 16 a medal in the Re41:h ng Mus eum With
the foIlowmg de.scriptlon atM.ched: , " Co;nmemoration ' Modo.! of .Archbiohol' Laud. Motto•
• &ncti C&roli P~C'lll'lK>r, ' .An tnfaot. an¥"el
C\IlITyIn~ the mltre a.nd Cl'OZI8'I' of La.ud towaro.s
the ¥too, followed by tW? ot.b.era can:rmg ~e
d"own of Ohnrlea, I ." • "'.
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The portT",t of .A.rchbWIip Loud in the Counoo
Obamber bea.n the following mscription OIl the
frame.,
" To the -memory of D ~. William Laud, A..rch
. B",bop of Can•.• who was n liberal benefactor to
thi:t towne, whioh wq- honotIl'6d with hia ~irth
:.A..ft.er be had maq:y
KerVed the Church unde!'
the D;fenden " t the Fonith King Jamee and
KilUf ChVlee th~ Msriyr, he WR8 eolemnlv mUf·

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,jorod by • Faction of &belJ. upon Tower- Hill.

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London. the Tho
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Jonuary.
A.D"~
~IDOXLnnc
gift
of Dr.ofPet""
X ..... V,caT
Numbco' of Pf"'0Ilg
of lSI Mari.' •• Roac!mg: 8J1d Arch neaoou of

narks 1667"

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ArchbiBhop Wf1,8 9'V1dently held in greater

v_rat"", by his contomRO"",ea than he~".,..,..

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. l360 14 10(. 1
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pta 9i~k ending MUM Uth 1517 2 6
ding period 1..1 ~ : .... ~ 19 6

Number of ~et:lg,.. 230,609
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N~ber ~f' pU!engers, 254,834.

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SCIENTIFIC INVENTION.

Troffi.e
'he f.atent ~ub.b~r-!ined silk tie.
t no grmitest sClen.tlflC lmprovemeht m
Gonts' Neekwear for 50 years 0 It is
mads on acieJltifio lines and will not Tr.t?lo
cmnss or curl or break with the pull
11.:<> ordmary ties Beina' rubber-lined
1 t co, ~ be cleaned and .t hen preeeed with
n 11 ~ l. iron. 9qta.inable In ilre&t varioty
"""1 I" o.ding Gouts' Hoeiors ftoo~ 2/.
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