Reading Observer 05-1920

OBSERVER~

EDUCATION

AGRI€ULTURE
Bt:RK3HIRE.

IN BERKSHIRE

WORK

RATE TO GO UP 5 ~d

IN

I; TH~

INSTRUCTION
'tOMMI'PTEE

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1920.

READING CHRISTMAS
FAT STOCK SHOW.

ODD FELLOWS AND
CENTRALISATION

INVITATION TO PRINCE OF
WALES

INTERESTING DEBATE.

BlII&DING

An n~rest ng deba.te toolc pla.ce at t he meeiUr
of the St Peter a Lodil!!l i.MlUlcheeter Un to" of
OddfeUow8 lut W~I!Ii: on
Centra.hs&hloD;r In
troduoed by Pro G hi Dore
Prov G M Do e u d tho v eW8 b. would express

Mr ~rnold J Wells the bon SfJCTettuy and
trea8l er 6ubm t ted the oomm ttees r eport as
~ol 0 VIS 1 1 e last R ead ng Chr rlmas Fat Stock Show
'was hold n 1913 whe n the entnea reoe ved. were
larger tl!l.n ever be/o'(J
AI
arrangements
1
been made to -bold Q. sho\V
1914 but
0," ng lo the \It ar I t Wad de:!lded n Oc tober that.
tho show &bou d be abru do ned for that year
At. 3. general meet ng h eld n 1916 1. W(U; slec dad
tI not 0 show Ifbould be h old until the term na
t on of the .. ar and
:l'1a., 1919 It WfUI de
c ded tl u.t no show be held until 1920
The
comm tt&e are ple86ed to repo t that. there l8
a. ba lance 0 h ood of £30 145
lhe comm ttee hR.ve l'ooson to hope that the
s how wil be mcrea.eed th 6 vear but Inasmuch
as all e:xpem;e.'i ha.ve ncrea~ fl.nd to attract
ontMes It lS oocess.a.ry to offer valua.ble prttee, 1t
~ hoped that all .! nteteeted m the show v 11 g ve
a ll tho M<; stance n tb" r power The committee recommend that the membenhip sub ~,""pt lon9 to the eoow n futul"6 be lOa per annum
a.nd lhat t he entrance fee- for cattle and sheep
be lOa Md for
and oal re6 Sa
memben
who h a.ore PRJd i e r subscnpt one by :M cha.el
ma.IJ to be entlt1ed to enter thell' exh b t.s at
half tbe full rates

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rhe report

w..

adopted

ELEUI'ION OF OFFIdERS
M-r H R Beeton WtliS l1naDlIDously re elected
PreSident
Ihe follow ng were re-elected Vlce preMdeuta
Mr J H
nenyon Colonel WI e \Viloon
'Alr W A :hIo nt M P
Sir W G
M P
Wai.son Barl Mr A Palmer Mlr A W Sutton
Mr He nrv Fane Mr L Sutton Mr R H C
H"rtUon D L M'JOr J A Morr""'n D S 0
snd Mr ]I PaJmel' Wlt.h the addition of Mr
H A B enyon
I
Comm t teo 1<1r lQ2() .bow Mr B 0 B •• tow
(cha.mnan) Alderman Brinn M&jor R L t.. TfYY

M.,..,..
Cbown

S J Farrant
W Chown E

LAITY AND CLERGY IN
IN ASSEMBLY I

'n'ere 0 tLtely hIS, o .... n-looJring at the queaton
f!pm the humblo membe s standpo nt
The
changes wb. eh ">el"e ta.k nC' place U1 Lh ~ Order tod a y er(l I e ng brought about largely I by reason
of t.l c apat.hy ,.h ch ez.isted m t.betr lodies Th ey
had constantly to f .. 11 baak upon the older members
t.o fill t.l B ofMes and aome of the r brr nchOi had
llld to abandon the r meet,lnirS aud I ad bcooma
or lees tha.n paytni m aaenCles
were hO{)eful tha.t t.he adoptton of
.mec',inl!' wouJd 6lIable them to improve
but "'ery lit.Lle Improved
h~~~!~t7~~~b!.:a.s tb&t
WIWI
There06Dtr'alisation
w(J['e no doubt
at attendance
There

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Tbel'Q WI\.! • large and repr e entat ve g alh~l'

deoallru Conference when mat ters a.ppert
n8
to this And the D.1006.san Conferenco were d
C:uesed and an address g ven by P offoSSQr \"1 0
de Burgh ,... lLA on
The League of :N3.t.IO 3
and Chriat,.,. Duty
I:!J rhe RuraJ. Dean (Conon R P lS ewhoue St
Laurence s Reading) pres ded a.nd there were
&J1!O pl'e6ent Archdeoa.con W M G Ducat the
ReVB Ca.non Fowler F
J C G Ilmor F J
Howa.rd M 1 Friond H H N 80Iih B Patch
A M J ohns<> F H Fnnstoneo A B Myna "S
a.nd H Burnett Col Pan ton Dr Murrell Dr
::!.~~""',,~~t~n:.~"ns wh ch dM not UlSt }.iaUT ce M S8 E Radel fIe M 59 E M Butto
were also toe og bold
control and they and Messrs S 0 B.stow 1V Spa.rks Fran••
dtllpense WIth the l' lodge " 'rtght C G ~ wid F A SarJeaut L G
lodge a.udii;loq Ta.ke tho Sutton E Hedg?OCk F W Dorrne F W n
nVe6tment. lund To-day ter A W Carter E G H ugs: ns H T Pugh",
£30 000 lnv~ted through D G Thorb J;n E \V J Am an R P Lund,
was now oomp~ to ap(!O 01.
J HowlE>tt F W \Ilwr glit Dormer G
He 'knew thero was a (0 m
no m8lt ter how C]\.II6lified a mMnber E B Rogers and others
The Rural Dew exp :'flSSOO a. 'Welcome to those
fIe be an acoauntant the lodge
present. to that meeting "" bleb he sa d was th~
lD 11£ chotcft and must confine Its
beg
nrun); of a ne vera. of. I fe for the Oonfel
to those hold Dg the 0 A.'M U certificate
I, ;.-;;-:'••question ooouPJlllg the ~ nib of Odd e loe as t WIl6 for ma.n~ ot her departments ot
Wll..'l tha.t of e oIaicss lia.bihty
There were C~b work and act. Vlty He ' ould like Mpe
scI ems under dlfiCUSSlOn but U1e proposals c any to wcloome those lnd es who wlth on9
tho exoons () or the ayatem adopted eJtoopt ton werOo oo.lled fell' the fiml:. tlme t.u
rol'er,ono,o to th e fUnell"al lie.hillt,y If the new take pli.rt n that Conference MlM EI ~ Rad
PTm'"OJlt ng m emben IO!!" S- B ok: pay
the sort of pol ey he was goUlg to sup cl fIe "ould no longer be able to enjoy her soh
port but If it were adopted bne distr ct wo ld tary state of splendour "h oh she e.nJoy~d. fot"
ma.ny yearn. a.a Ch rrcbwarden for one oC the d (\
expect to havo 0. 1'0 oe as rei:&rda 5lc&ness IUper
He not...ed wnh'
VlB on iJld Ute ldea. of a pm'man el'1lt.. 4lStr ct; oflit"lal tl1ct ch.urches a t CR.versham
Mt)8fact
on from tb.a.t Confetence that the
E parvl8 nte II cknee!J w(lllJld be ~tLU1 brouglJt before
them If the pol cry of centratisat:ion were cart cd Church had more women lDcluded 10 ber COllI
tban the SI.o.te had at preoent but he hoped
much fU'f'tl er they would find a ddfieulty in ret. n
t would be a happy a.ugury t.o Wlder spheres of
nR the madJw'6ry for seouJ'mi new members
Pn>v G M DorQ ea.td bat hla pMnOlpal re&.son Pn.l'Itame tary and other II mila.:r a.cLivi.t188 IV
for road nF tho paper "as til at the q\Jeetion of was not too muoh to say that an mstU,utiOll like
oentrali.tion aho~d be disOU8Jed
that Om£erence Wa.!l taking a most l.tQport.aJ t
pa.ri In what might fauly be descnbed aa the
THEl SUPERVlBION OF THE 8lC'K
rebutld ng from the foundat 00 of the OJ;mroh o~
P
Lane
It a.ppeared
tho
he
England He d d not mean In thlDgtI sp1ritu8jl,
but n ma.ttera of admlOlstra.tlon a$lli in act ons
he ha.d
I hey were the finrt.-fnllt. of the .i'Iin&bling Actl
wh oh was pa98ed to 6Jl8.b1e the Church to man
age ltB own aft'lW1I, to eM. its o~ bOWie In ordor
and to take prompt and InlffiClenUy au.t.hon..
tative act.ion In building from the faund&tioTl'
t hey bOO tq take care to see that It. WI\.! 'Worth!
building o.nd WB8 ... f .... they oould ~ Jikel;r
to be permanent 1lIlP. huibfuJ
He cUa: Doli

And tor
atlA"'ti.)~

taken
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G~'BRA L

Tl e eJ:pe:nd ture for ~e current .,.~a.r on elemon
t.a.ry educat ou beiDIrI expecl.ed to amount to
£195 807 and on h gl m" eduoabon to £48 860 the
Sub Comm ttce recommended tba.t appl cation be
mude to the Countv itouno l to place at the dIS
posa.l of the EdUcatlOtl Corum tt.ee the SUDl8 of
£48 960 & ld £ 12 Zl5 .lrcspoctJvely beIng a.pprox
rna. ely oDe--fourth of t.lle eatima~ upendlt.ure of

tho year

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Mr r Skllrray
mov ng t.1 e adopt
of t.he repo t s taled that the fil1lt po nt, "Worthy of not..lQe was
t ll\t t1 e li gures g en of last }lear! est mate ", ere

not tI () ongmal estimate but Ute r eVl!led figures
prescntpd III October last.. H&VlJIg ca.lIed atten
bon to tJ e prmClp'al fieurm I tl 0 report ..Mr
Slrurray s&ld Mat.. t WM eoommendod that a Irate
of 5d more than fast
shoUld bo .... ~ 'v,
rne tarv ed cat on
Sid as
&nd a r llt.& of 4d for
,'I":~ ... tl.c,~
IlS

31d las, yoo:r

oountv cduoot on
tea.cbers .ala r cs
oonsiderable
d csU"e of &

That

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think any palno

le vel

&1 d W&IiI n oro
Commtttee were
keep tbe erpeo.d turn.

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.". th temper
to ral5e

""o" "·b~
~~

MaJor Over

vetenna.ry surgeon

honour the ...n' with hill p.....no"'

t,71o!,!,d oonmsted of 41 men and 13 wom'"

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Mro~

B M Walker

J
R Kent., Boll'll
.A F Pont.. •
8 Stalhoood,

Butler]UD

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il

l' f!~~;~j2~8;~~~~~~M08ImL

S LangBtonl

G A./
Bt G«>rgo.

and W 8Wkll,
at Latrreilee II It
M So.tton and M __ ,

Farrer

Wright L G-I!"",",,

UaN

F J Plum... W

at

Jolin. Ii

B.gga;ley~

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TRAPPED IN THE
MUD.

OuCld.eford. Mnrtunor

and Me8«l"It F
._ •• _. ",_ . C J Howlett

Sarjera.nt

~et.er'.

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J H<>wa.rd and M _
&lid 1) W J Arnian St,
Radcliffe ",,11 Meoanr. F W.

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Carler C&v....u&m
presented Do &!tort finaiJcial
showed that the total amonntl

now

.ale

.,.

Mro B M )fiiohinllOn,"Misa G M Mo:z:ba,-;
_
W J GT&Dt and J 0 Can. Christi
Churoh MUll Waldron Bng Gen HuleaU,
Mess.ra H S
C G. Field &nd 1t H ..

lin

an

lhop pzOoeed

PuLl

dl.8C'1.1itsed..

The question of
K vmg of pnz.06 at the forth
COmUlg lJh.ow to compet tors 10 the cheeaema.k:lug
a d butt-er llak ng ~aa&eS had aga n been ooll!lld&r

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IBf'b<

The hon ~ec.re:tary: aid he did DOt. aM wh}
ther. shonld not ron Ia MOW at leaM.. MCOnd to
Sm thfiald In 8Uoh a larg<> central a<rrlcultoro.l
d str at. they ought to run a. very nig Bhow
Th18 year the Pnnce of WaJee wuu.J.d be wed to

aral

mllOt.iIlii

ed Wltb and the folJo~,!%!geleoiecf .. the
R ... dec"""" CoDfmmoe
'COmm1tt..
,The Rov. A B Mynono (MortImer) W
ton (St
John.)
R WlcldJam Len 1St,
Mary'.)
0
S Tnrn.. tBooch mo)
T
J .. ~orrlll (St B~olam.e"",,,). J F Warren.
(Chriot Church) ...d J! J 0. Gillmor (St.. G\l:.. )
and M-. W Pole Rooth E C !lJok Il. G
Sutton F Wmt.er and F A S."eant and M ..
E M Sutton and M... E Radoliffe
I
The Rev F J Howvd Mr F Wnpt anol
?Ir W Sparks were r&-eleoted co-eecret.a.rlee of
the Conference and thanked. {or thelI'
oer
Vloes
The meeting then oonsiderod the qu"',~ of
the election of 88 repl'!l88D.tat1'9a of t.he la.it;y to
the Di~n (lonloren"" and it WM <!"",ded tba~
a poll ohonJd take pI""" at St-Luk. a V,~
on Woanasday next May lath the Rev F. j ~
HOII' ...d I<> be the preS]di;Ig and re1mnrnJ. ollicer
Filty-foar mem_ ha.d ~ _&ted forr
election from 12 01 the 21 pariah.. 01 bile Dean-

Ohetble

all pcl6S ble expend t ure
next year and
l ...eri~J" for lIe..-eral ,._n to
BJ..r
Young seoonded the &dopt.ioe of the r~
port
l
.M!r B&1gb dealiD, wlih t.he elementary edua
t on and tooob.i.ng upon t be quest 0 1'1 of sala..n.ea
am he wiahed lIr Skwr&y had dealt 10 hlB statelDcnt more tullf. "WIth the. merca&ed oost of 1 v nl
and the devaJuatjlorrQf ~oney because aJthough tbe
fi lZures for t he com rW year were Idoublt' what they
were n Pr&W1Ui da~1I ~f'I1 must r emember that
not on l., lD n!Speot. ()f e.8Jar ea bu" WIth all other
thu\.S:s t he 008t of Ii nnRl ha.d gone un Ilooord ng to
Giwernrq ont. rot.urna 1l~ per cent. tt was f eli. be.
fore the W&r" ti)a.t clet.n.ent..&ry educa~ on wu not
r 8Oe1VlDg that o.ttentt?n' ~d support that t shoUld
rpce. ve 50 he oouId n,* ooncel'Ve any frtend
eduCll.tH>n sayrng' f,ba~ uqder the altered oondlliona
oduoe"t on was w:
~t It <F,gbt to be Vnt.h reea.rd
to t1J,B
Burnh
~a., he did not.\ know ""h!.
that WM not RlV
tB full t tIe of the: ProorietOoal
M10 mum Bcale of Sa.laril:!e for Teachers m Elemen
tAry sc;Poola
In adopt J;Jg that 8C8.te tbey t..oc& t.be
0 ret'""'" was
r ....
lowest filfU"t:e wherever
alt.er.nr.tl" o WIM Gffe red
HORTICUL~ _~ BEE-KEEPING
Before tho we..r th 4) ed"4C"tiou rate In BerkshU'Q " "
Tbe Harti~f:01 ~mt.t.tee reported
1s ahd out of ro ooootJj autbontiies It ca.me fa.ll'Jy the BeNtahire ~ ~ bad been. ren eal" the top bu~ be w o~ld be very much surprIsed BU8Olto.t.ed &oDd .Jiave l.&ppointed Mr B eep to aot
r whe n all th e estim&~were beCore them. .Herk
aeorcta.r:y The eUh~nntt..ce uridontOdd tbat
81 ~ did not oome ne r the boLtom than they
had ooneented to undertake the work n
v;ere nea.rer the. top befo tho war Let them eom .ntio",,",," of Beine: a ppo!Dt.ed ooUnty Instructor
pa.re. thClr poe tion w t..b
a t or t.he Borough Why
oomm ttee..l If a r C6tookinl" aoheme waa
waa 1t that 10 the Bo;opx,lt cit Read: Oi' tbey had
In band an lD8~ruotor would be retJ.uired a..od
made JI. provwon for c1e rnetltary &Ohool children of arrangeq:teptB Jl1igbt ~iblY be made to C81'q out
£13 & head whoreas n (hen widespread county It
mat.rlw:t.ional and adV.I.5Ory work 10 the O>unty I ~~ion
W&s only about £lQ per
end ? It was mun1y be:- .in oo-opera.tion "Y{lth the Berks &ekeepel'JJ Ass()- t"
".".~~
ca Ule 10 the Borough th 1 w ~re puttJor the child Cl&tioo and UnlVemtJ; {)oll~e The aub-ooromlttee
r en on an oduutlDnal
et \Vh ch "@S e.bove the wore of oplnlO1l t~.ff'OV1SJ.on ahould he made In
mmunum Surely the w rd
tnlDtmum L C'aJ'Tlcd the estlma.te for 1
for the appomtmcnt of an
1ta tn e m Canalg n th e county n r~l"ari1 to the UlSt.ruOtor and for a ee .restook ng &C~e W lib.
oledleDt ary schoo s A n mum d et was nol:. fat" resrard to the latter 1t waa probable that a portIon
removed from a starva.t n d et The rate of lB 0/." t.he C8.plW or oWer ..xpeod.l.ture "Would be re.8ld 11 pt'8-war va.luea e en would have been v~ covered tram !:.he
of nu.oIe1
It \Vas reo:nn
e rate "'tV tb ~at of the: m ended \.pba1i IJUbleot to the approval of the
law Banng compared.
BoroUQh "Mr HalRil 6&ld h e deplored the tact tbllt MlDl&i.ry of AgrlOU tu:re and .'Fiaheries :Mr Heap
tlle Comnutrt.ee waro sheU.ering UlemseJ.vee under be appointed County jin.8t.rUct.or In bee culture at
tb~ Burnham Sca.l£ak ,,!bcn\ tllei r means cou ld a.lfol'd a aa.la.ry &t tlhe r ..te ot £260 per annum and ex
moro than WtUI offeN un4er tlid aoote The oil ld pen.5M and that.)f"T' tre&p he 1Dstrueted to . pro
reo had to take. what
gtve~ them 80- he hOl?ed ceod mth the prepa.r&t.ion of 8. boo restoc.t: n,
in tuture yean they wou la gha them .,ometJrlng echem~
1
more t.bm the minimum d et
A memorandum hid been prepued by the
Sir Oe.meron Gull 0&l1~ atten.t.lon flo the
MlDUltry of .Aarwul~e WIth a. View to praotioaJ
O'f nearly £Z1 000 n tho . .eta 1Ih~ aa
ate-pa being te.ien to encmurage a. much needed dedebtor.
They knew that t.b.at m~t the '1.... ",. 11 velopment of the po~ltry imiustry
m~ It they oould putl preMUTe OIl t)1e \l
a.ll thl!l Min stry 8 p-rqposa..i8 hav9 already been
mont Wl.th rega.rd to th08ei a.rrean .... h\ch were 1'ery &d9jJted Ul BMbhlre.-J. .. A wbole-t. me inatrnctor
crc:msider.rabJe and in.olvmg them hi RracticJi.lly a had . been appomted ~tiriettult.
been
4d ra.te eomething coul~ be dOt'le to reduee that R Ten I and It WM hoped thlllt
'lUl1a.tisfactory balaDCle
lIt wu • .8&"lOU8 m ..tter wOuld be held. durmg ~he oomlng
th&. they .b0Cll4 be lel:S- .tt« , - ",tb
di>tribu~H)ll .ohomo hAd also ;;;;;~m,ii.",'.
I' I~ debt awfDI' from the Oonrnmetl~
oporatlon as palf: of the .....
bopec1 the l'e8POD8ibJe
ties w-oaJd Mke
whila:t 8. ch.ic4c.en ..<hatn1mtton
to mrpreIII upon t.ha GoTel"'ftDl.oot the need. of I*J bably be Ul&Ugura:.ted next a:euoo .~~;:,;.~::;~~
mao Its iiebt pl"ompt.ly
\
nnt..tee bad had under 100000id«r't.i.0t3 !
Hr 8kwTa.7.
10 rep!Yml" to:M.r Ra.igb Miid the tho horwoulLunl matrlu:tor u
to
I f~~~~~r; nervoustlMS
ea.i4 he had follOwing
beaD &ttendlnr
t:b.e
Burnham Boale U I had alway,a beea uaed 00f'i;ifl<:a1;ee for the ~t kopt ] oot.ta.ge
tn.8uenza
it let. out. in a ~ what wu meant l'be allot.ment. IIoDd ~ef\de.:t; tha.t the
temporary iDatmJt..1 Sbe b&d qUlte
nunimum " w .. ~ J.r.te!'pret.ed b.J" poop. be .'!farded io the widner, of fust pr us n com
tbat and he be.e not attended ber
way The U1~retailoa. or Burnham petition. 8.J'ra.nge:d iby local hort.i(l'Ultural aodetiea
examined. tbe bOOy IIIot tbeo mortua.ry
,...••0":"': a. tionnat acsl1-~ ~ No }-It provided t he
mapecbon were of &
,. po8..... mortem enminatton \ There were
lhan
:um.
e.r hear) IltaDda.z-d
hortioUltur..l mstructor
external iniqry. The cloth n@' was wet
Tl G
W\I ditdl dl!lbm well &OO....e the walet
.1 k,!",ljIh'l!!. did
know w Y tb~ were
did not. t.h.i.n1c eduoation 1D
"Were ~ with mud Death..,,&8
WiU 10 muoh ~tt.er thaD th.t. in tale
lDIaeined .he bad been
ooonb He had • mu~ Ibetter optni()ll of Berk
Bot oa.ul"ht in tile mud
shlre teeObera .. ..
h.a.c! be did not think
that deat.'b wu due to e:l
they looked ~ i.h8ll' won: from the po 11.. of view
there 1III'U no evldaDoe to ahow
0/ m.em.. at .u.-~;Hal¥h Noi. entIrol7)
"""'" "" be In the ditch
The ~ ,
b e t in ha.noony 91th "bh •
• ,.."...a1. H. dl DOt
"'OT
~al, but
.. Yr Slouttay had old ~"eIe I ... Ag\lI!!a 10<
t bIA year He d d "",b
"""ld !Ix f.Ilotr

could he too groat I<> d. tho
I

work well
Tho busine.;B ¢ the

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As regarded cla.tmee t WQ9 left to the (! m
m t.tee to dOCJ.de upon thi8 when th~ knew .. bat
amoun t of money would be aubsor bed towa.rds
eel a.nd tI e Sub-Com'mittee were of op U O'n bbat t..bG the pnze fund
g VillI{ of pnzca Was a mo.ttea for the Show Com
It was pointed out that Read ng '"'" behmd
many OUIST places anet that t.here al80 ought to
m i,~ CHAIRMAN
mortua- thee a.dopt on of the be a. m eat show 10 the town
report r eferrcq to tlho figures for t.he for thoom ng
It. was declded to hold the Db.,.". on Deoem
and IHI..id t.bat.. they "W or. . . spend ne lIomctb Il
£1 ,200 more t b?s yoar iban dlJ.rlJli,! the past her 11th
ycar Tl ey woro tak ng up agam work: wh cb h.w
POULTRY AND DAIRY PRODUOE
boo dropped last. yetr h gger at petlde and sa.la.rICli
Tho hon secretary 6tated. that a.t the l~ com
were bellJg pa.id the p1IiCla.ls and they were ma.king
a. beg DDUlg In new work wh cb had been suapcoded m ttee m eet ng t he qtlestJOD was rallied u to
O'o'i ng to tho w ar
With regard to one of .th G n ew whethor t heY" Mould h.a. e cllUlS6e for poultry
branohcs of work tho;y bad reoe ed ap,, 1 C&tion but no d&ClJ!,10n waa iUTlved at.
fr om t.htl Master F arJ'l6l"l A.ssocia.t.ion Ud they
The oomm ttee now demded to hold a mow
proposed to spend
on wo rk wb ch he felt of dead.. poultry butter cheese and egg" m
would provo to he
rem ely l"aluable if the1 could oonnect on ~Wlt.h and It waa POInted out
11:. out Tho
mm ttee a.lso decided ~ 1n
th.. tblS would bring lD • larger g<>t...
crease tbe aot VltiCS lD t'Cj{llrd to Bee Oulture
They had bad presaur6 broUJrht upon them for a
lone time to do acn:rlethlni lD tha.t dll'ecti.on but
they had DOW bad
preuure brouaht to belJ"
by the Boe.-rd
Agrtcult>ure 'nley hAd a6t
a (JUm of £.3aO
provlda for an m st.ruclot: to
ca.rry out a r eatOoki g aohemo
AU t!hose fresh
tems brough t the eet4D&ted espeoditure to a
ra.t.her higher figure compared to wba.t the!- WN"e
now apeqdin8' )Jut &t the lame tune they were
ma;kmK tb&t. ncnl8l:le witJiout Doteaamg the eount"
OOLlIIY WOMAN B LOlU1LY
rate owlJl" to the 'tact that th& g1'an~ rOO81voo.
DEATH.
from the hrd of Agneulture waa
verv COD
eidera.ble ~ay paid, !two-t..hirdll of t.he oxpend tlll'e
O'n ap~ved subJ~1 and 80 per oont.. or expen d
An e.n~ W&IJ held ln Brid,Htre.eb Aesembly
ture on. anlarie. w.b.of!e . ppomtmenta bad. been ap- Room.
on Yon4a, b;r: the Cotoner fot the Borough
provoo b y tho Boa.ril
Wltb t!bat om a.nd by into the
CU"OUlnItanoes \lJIf'OUnding the death of
ta.kinR a oem n amount of money from the a.coumu M1'II Sarah
Ann Nooo a ma.l'rled womlD seed 64l&ted 8W'plw funds tobey were eDabled to carry out qf Coley who W8.11 found doad tn a ditch near tale
the lDcre.aaed work: ",ithout &likinG: the oounty to In Promen&de em Friday m last week
creaBe the nte for ~cUltural lDstrurit on t!ince
• ca.rter of
Martha pla.ce
thQ moot. nK" or the ';fIDUllttee the m.tt.er of pr Ze6
a.t ~e forLhoommg ~ had. beeJ\ agtLlD considered
-.nd It wsa now rooommtmded tha.tit'lse& be offered
in IloOOOrde.nce WIth the lOh.edu1e... "With that amend
meat he moved bhe a8optlon of the report
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1919 toward~ the Oxford DU:>ee8an
wbioh thoy wero asked to r".. ~14
.m0ll!"~ to £>149 Bs. 9d
That oon. ,.tutOd •
record lor the post ..ven Y""'" during whioh th_
fund had been In enstence the figu-res be g
1913 £182 1914 £275 1915 £299 1~16,
£3041 1917 ~£301 1918 £423 The.. wu •
ema.ll baJa1'l~ m band O'rl the general aoooun

pageo.nt app..... I<> he on 1M ,~.""'_,.
a.Bding
throughout >he
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13oa.rd of MlSS1&S 8oUto presenbed. a. l"6porl ~d
8a.ld that t.he oontnlmtlOJl8 from the va.nous pa;r
lob.. had to he raised by 20 per cent and
sum allotted' to the Deanery to r&lS8 lD the COm
ln~ Y""
£3 800
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rawed by every paz,: sh 10 the l Deane1')" COIltn
but1ng
per oent m0I'6 than In 1919
The
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