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READING OBSERVER,

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TYPOGRAPHICAL
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Pa:.torate ~t Kn ot Mill .Mr. Rawlinson wrnt to

pleaslll'c in reprod uci ng ' is of tbe Rev, W. M.

L i\·e-Illpol as ('O-paiitOl' wit.h t he- late H t'\" , , ';corge

R a.wlinson, of ' Jjl'On J 'Vit.fcet C ha.pel, oTie pf t be
most pmminen t. mel II in the local Free Church

Lord, of Stanley Congregn.t.ionn l ehmen, and
upon tha.t geIltl ema.n'S' death became its
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Mr. Raw]m sol1 howen~.r, d l d not restn ct

mO\-elllent, who attni"ns h is 50th birthda.y this
week. So w ell kllm ' ]1 has ML', RfLwlin son be-

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his ellel'glles to t he wOl'k of hi s own .ch~ rc~J Rlld
aL t he ti~e nf hi s acceptnllcc of the IIlVltnf ion to
.ieLt.lo at.. ,''Broad Street he wns joi nt secretary of
t.he Liverpoo l ,Congregational Chapel Dllilding

oorne during his e igh~ years' mini st ry at Broad-

ftl'eet th!lt- it is alm ~t unnecess:u'Y to. speak of
abi lity anu zeal ill hi s work t.h ere, or of h is
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,m :H1Y activities ill other uil"eclio ll ~. Statist.ics. Socie ty a.n.d of : tbe Live rpool Ohr istian Oonferare sa id to he Jl o~" i ~l(' of prov ing .wything. hut l'.II{)(o, as; well ,L<:' t he Seemtll' Y of th e Li ster Dri" e
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1 as ind ica.ting t he pl'frgress that. hal-; at.tendeJ tL ,~ Council '~chnol;; whi ch h;ld 1.300 scholars.
Chureh ~lIld it s ill folt itll l ti(t ~l S 5i ll ce ::\11', !-timlinso n' s R1WliJlS~i' w as ' n!;;o Chainnan of t ~e Old Swan
leHl el'"hip and IlHlIlljgQmell l, Ihey am ilTl'futi ble, nil;t\'i~~ of ].i\,e\'pon~ Cen t,raJ Relief ',sll~iel ~" 3nd
Bu t ill is 'ollly wh;~l onc ~\"oll!d e-xpect o( ;1 m illl I a, m ellllwl' ,)f l he' J·,xocnl.I\' e Co mmlttces of the
Sen.mcn's Friend Society, the l;:\,ullj.!eli7.ntion
/if :,m:h \\;iue cx pcl' i ~ ll l'e ,
:-;ociety and, t h e. Fret) C llIll"l:h Cnllllei!. ;md Tntrlee
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nl' t he Men 's 'J.'o ntiJl c !llld "'fl Jhe ll '~ Tonqne.
Lf fillY I'('conl or Opilli oll of
RawlimiOll 'g
w1wk at . . L iw'l'I)OO! w~\'c. Heedeu it '\\' ?uld be
I'\! adi lr ,fo l't hco;ning' from so me of that city'!;' most
pl'mnilll'llt. I'l!:> ide ll bs, i llc.Iudi n"~ t'be Re \·. R. H ,
I Sew e !l, jwho. like 1h (". I' l"csc n t, pa sto~
Broad,
I "t.rt!et.. ha..~ ll €>n'cd i ll but h Rending l and Liver·
, p ool. t.1H~ E{ilucaf ioll au th oriti es of L iverfo0l, fo r
:'11', R ;I\\' ]jllf'O n did ,\,ennHUI !lc rvi ce thcl'p in !<Ch on)
I, WOI-k, and it is' ~\:er remembered in tHat citr,
, ;u td Sir Ed , RU fol~ell, wh". at. the t im e! of ~ll',
Rawlinso n' s ent ry lqloll the - Broad Stl'Jet. m ill '
i st.r~' , w!'Ote ih tmlllgiF.t.i c tenuiS' of Lis publi c
i spirit. and Chr i~-ti a.n ze;'~L "
Since coming to
j, Re<,!-ding, in October, 19~ 2, ' i\fr. R al,v li6son 1 a9 '
he<;ome involved in iI . '\\' cb of WOI·k. ' t;md ~is
:tliivities ill'€' legion. He i ~ n member flf the
execut i.ve commit.tee of the Xntimltd Reli ef F\lnd ~1
as one of Ule: members or the old : Guildl of Help
i;f now a very a ctive worker nn th e Social W e.Hare
Com~it.tee, 'in whi ch he is }l(lliicnlarly il~tere•.;;ted ,
was lulrt. "ear Chail'ma,n of the B erk lS, ~, Buck"
nnd S. OXflTl COllgregatio~al 'linion , is a pas t
Pre~idellt I)f, t.he Free ChllTCh I Cmmeil" wns , In
1919, President. of the Tham es ~alley P .S.A.

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~EMBERS PRESENT.

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l 'be fu'Bt annual re' Ull lOII dOllle l of the Readlllg
T Im
'rypogrnphical
was PJ'op4ed
T)pographiC'al SoC'lct.,)- .... as h e ld 011 Satllrd n:,: (, \ (,11 - 1 bv ) 11, H. Cook , OltC of the o ldc3.t. mcmbe.r s, f nd
JIlg III last. .... eek a~ tho A ~scm'bl) Rooms , Rrtd~c· ).I r Frl.' ncb ..... as ('.31100 upon to respond. That ~'as
st.reet.
Th e chUlr v.:8~ la kcn b) th l' SOClely'S tho Hrs t time, 'llC SIl.i.d, ho had cn'r becn abl ~ to
Prrsid ent ()II'. J. Wicks), whol WI:lS ;; uppol'tcd by meet. thcm at n oolwi\' in l gath ering, 'a lt.hought he

reduction from fiity ·ono to f orty ·eight IloUrs per
Jcek, alld tllCY lloped to be succesSf lll shortly in
getting a fur t her r educt ion to fOl:ty-four h OUr!,

had beell to ot.her 1mectings of llic Readin g Sorih y,
H e ..... as pleased t6 btl ablo to r eport. t hat IlC\,J· in
t.be history of thei r Associa lio n had they made! the
p l'ogress t hey made ourin:: the pas t. year,
~Applause,} U nfort,mBte ty, it .had t ak en a. world r ..... ar
wit h all its. J!hasth oon,,:('~u"'f1C('1! to get. the P10P1e
to rea lise thcir poo it,ion, (,heir failures and short.
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oom in gs, 1l1td qll~ir poAAibilities.
That. Illuch·
cl'iticised Ins titution, TI'Il.'iu Unionism, had :becn
\'(' r)' lar!:,ely r('S poll ~ ibl e and inst.l'umen tal in tedu·
cat in,:r th e pf'opJ e in that .-l ir ectlon,
Mr . F l cn ch
tilc il traced t.l1O ~\'ent t:l of t he l1as t yell.l' or SO jwltb
r CJ.:urd to the ~ UCC'CSSfll l d emands fOT highf'r ~'ages
and Lh o redlleti~n in hoUl's,
1n t.hcir progra mme
for tllc ncar fUlli r e thcy we r e goi ng to demn n6 yt' t
anot.hcr increl\Sc in wages and Ii fUrt.h er red'll'et.lon
ill worklng hour~, They had reccnt.ly - olJt a.i~cd a

in that prospe rity.
He did no t. think t he ir de-m ands hlt t.h e cmployers and newspaper proprietors
at. a ll hard, as the money ca m e out. of th e poekct.!;
01' tho public who had to pay mom for theil'
print..
l lfr. Yutes . who proposed t he " Rf'ad ing Typo'
graphic-al Sorie ty ," gave sarno facts and fi gu rcs
nbo ut. t,hc work Bnd presen t position of t:be H omo
Cou nties G roup of Socioties, and urged them to
hack. up and help in C\'C'ry wILy !)Os.!l ible the ir
officia.l s,

(Gf' lIpr al Pr,,~ifl cnU), M r, E, G. Yalc·s
(secrc'tary of Ill!; Homo Uoun tles' gTOllp or
socif't ies', and Mr. G, W , Cbuter (sCl'Tctary of I be
Heading Socicr..y).
In proposing j, TI' e King," tIl C Cha,inna n mad"
a At'eLi ng reference lO th ~ facl tha t. th ere wa!'l nu
l'e pr~en t.at.i"f' of t hc CIIII}lo.y(!rs present.
That.,
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how('\'e l', ....'a~ 110 fault. of: tl. ci!s, as t he invitation
I,ad been Sl' nt 10 the Mas t('!' Printers' AssQ('Ja '
tiOIl, but; owing to a chqnge ill Ih e st.'rl"f'ta r)'s hl p
of lhat. ass.oci ation sc mo unfortunate mlsund c.r~,a ndlnK had o('('urrNI, with tbe result that nobody
hn.d been abl e to rf'pr('!;rnt them that c vculng,
'fhcy h&<! a,lso hOP L-d to 1111\'(' tile GC,ncral SeerNary
(llr. Sk inner), with I hl'111 , h\lt ill their Ge n f'ra 1
P r('iiidcnt. 1 they would find t hey had a worthy
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Th ey w h~ all livin g n ow in an a.~ c of pl'osper ity.
a nd t h ey dcslred, a nd jus tly, t.oo, to ba ve a. sllBrc

t.o t.ha tl'C:QSO-l'eT.

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An e xcellent. prog ramm e was !'iUsta.inerl t hroug hout t.he e vC'ning by Messrs, " Tnffy"
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W ooll inms, . W . Le ..... is. J , WilsOIl , J , Fenne ll, t',
Ashton , W : C, Carter, J , Sh cppard and H . norman, MI". Will Lewis ..... as th(' Dccoltl Pan ist.

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and Ki;ldred' SbcieHe.<;, is It v ;c{'.- Presi'derlt of t he
Tempern.n ce COllncil- another of h ill stroI'Jg i nteI'e~is- h ll$. recen t ly been appoint ed la Director of
tbe London M isf:l ionary Suciel:---. a. veri importn.nt body, f\nd is a. momber of the Doa,r4 of Manitg em elltJ of th e lli>y.d Berk s H06pital , where 'he
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is no mechanical m cmb~r, bu t is ,. getting t. ing ~

A. \\'. Sarge nt , ).Unstm St ,

early age. When (l. youth of only 14 he t ook part
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St., HE'I~(! n '.&, wbel'E> he began as organist, a ftel"Tho membership of the Chul'ch has gone up
ward s tea ching iTtJbe School, of ",bleb be became , fro'm 287 to 340, the SUlldtl\" Beb ool has also
Seclet,lIY At. t. s miSSion he first began to great ly ad\' anced, t here be,ing' an increaso of 79
Ilreach a nd he J'M recommend ed hom it to members thi!!i year, and. ahove a ll, the Women's
LaJ:c'l:hi~e lnde 1ldeut College, where he spent 0\\'1/, \,,'bich Mr. , R~wlill60n eomm~n(!ed only.
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t.welve monthS! ago with :]. membeJ!'SblP of about
seve n years III wepal'at.1011 fOl' the Con~
196, ll<ls gmwn to 430, lIew melrubel'S having
t.ionai Ministry ; af'd whilst. at. College he engaged ~n eleckd ILt. 6\' ery meel ing !>irce its incepin tim WOt'k of a,'tudents' Sett,le ment whieh wns t.io n,
nu.t., , cllri~l1 ~ly ~notigh, Mr; Rawlinson ,I
formed in Hulme, fLnd w a..<; .fo r some tim e its Sec-- ! 'yet l'ema lllS ()u~lde the wOl'k Whi Ch , next to
I'elary . Mr. R aJ lill soll continued in work of ' ~ha l Of t.b~ Church :ts~lf, i,; nearest his. he~,
thi9 kind alt,er I;l\,ing, College when he settled J .1Ild 'I_~ "bleh h~ de\oted !lO HH]5h of hiS , t.~mc
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, alH) enel'gy at LI\'erpool- the work of educatlon' l
!11m Mi ssion ChuTch, Man- I Fol' it 'man o f !\\Ich wide k n owl edge and expel'ic hest el'. a nd
ordained tbe-l'(l on tbe ' 1st ellee there olJgI~t to be fl pln ('C to fill on nur l l~enl
.l,ft~r a brie f bnt sllecer ru,~ edllciLti~naJ authority. "
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£475, of wh ich Slim ov~ r .£386 was handed o\'er. 1n
had MI{·jr progr('Ss been , £1 ,156
48, 3d. represented tho iu :;)ome and £849 , I s. was
handod ovor, (Applause.) The tota.l profits t·hus
handed OVCl' during t.he pt!riotl 1917- 1919 all101111ted
t.o £1,461 ls, 5tI, ( Applaus(' ~ )
Th o toast to t h e " iR'et.ur~('.d ~I ('mbers " was proposed by the Chairman , nnd )Of>r, H. FnlTo w

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Chul cr, responding, said t hat. during t h ~
pcricxl 1917- 1919 the Rcadin:; Society h a.t1 madr'
Ilreat progress a n d enrolled 192 new mcmbl}r s,
During t he period of the war 144 membe rs e niis tcl t
in H .ll, Forces, bllt. most of thoso 'had sinc.c r e·
i. lIl'lIed , so that the presen t. mc.mbers hip .' roll con ,

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t:Jin cd 368 nam es.
In 0"1,, to show how "tIS' 1
facto l',Y their progres~ had bCt'n tillaucially he
wOllld eiYC thiJm a. fe'\\' ligures. In t.he year 1917
t he il' in oom~ ..... as ,£399 125, 2d. from all soW'ccs,
and out of that. £255 1413, lOd . was handed over

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