Reading Observer 10-1920

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FOOTBALl:. NOTES.

MOTOlt MOING AT BROOKI..A.Jo."...Some 8plendid fin~hes were witnesled at the final READING

GRUISBY,-'
At last th6, Reading team lias placed B. forward
line in t~8 field which promIses to Win matches.
Se.turday' ll , displa.y agaInst. the Orimsby team
amp!! proved that. At ti.mes duri ng the game
t.here 'Were some dehghtful eXpositions of rorw",rd
pla.y, not on ono wmg only, but from each
member of the attack. There was more of tha.t
long,pa.Mlng game from wing t{) wing, ilond f-rom
,halves to wings, which alwa.ys t.enWi to tie the
opJ>Olling defence into knot&. OoaJs ca.me EUI the
J"efIult, and ReadlDg "Won hancbom81y by four
goo.la to one.

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meet..in,.[
the lIeUOl1 at B1'OOkla.nda on Saturday
1811t. In the !H:ve:n ty·6\·e miles 'Pe r hour Lon~H
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!'be first. thing I want to dO' tll.!s wook is to dka:p. three. caTS finished ~ithin a length,
relieve my_ mind ..bout & callous aM who Sits on a. other-. were ~ few yards away. In ~.he 100 mlle&
committeo With ma and who cama t.here t.b.e O'ther
d.,- to "how his zcal f for the c&tL';C, I suppose,
f!~ng & violent cold abottt with him. It. wa,s a
c&l!Ie of "Snee-e:r~·eesh a/' and out h~ pump.ed
germs by UIC million. O ne OT twO' of them Jot
m&, got rna pro!lerl~. and hero I~ am , perohed up
in bed, With the worst of it over snd my usua.l
baunts (or roo to-morro w .
Moral : In ro colds, as tho lawyen wOOld put it:
If When you've got. a. rold,
if you'r{'! 100 bii' an
&lIS to tr~at It. properly, a.t a.ny ra!~ t.r"a.t ~ther
people properly, &Dd koe!'l away from l tr.fm .
& '" ma.tter of fa.Qb. e very WTlLer ought to have
11. cold once a month and go to bed with It. Happily It is not eaay to wnto in bed, s.nd tiD one gelS
tune to fnll back on thmklng.
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pcr bour Long Handlca!l • .J ean Chusallna. older
of world's records, was beaten for first pJ
by
B. ' S. Manha.lI, on R. M:a.tJU(lS, by baIt a. bonnet..
Chusa.gne. who IltaTt.oo Irom sCr;J.tch mark in ea.ch
event., wu aooond m two other ",ev611t.e. and third
in anoilhe.r
W, D. _Ha.wkes wOn the l..ia'b.inmg

LcJn'R' Habdic&p at 85i miletl ! per hour.
Ba:wkee
also woo t"·o other \ vent4!l , Captain Fraz.er Nash,
reappea.rinll .,fter his aOoident, ' when ht 'Went
throuR'b the renee; WOI\! tb,wt• • aaoond and t.hU"d.
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The- Reading Hockey Club will ' meet Woking,

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ham t.<>-day (Saturday) , on . " Cin~r&." ground',J
which haa been kindly placed a.t t.he: club'lI di.,.
posaJ by Mr. Leona rd G Sutton: Play 18 due to
Jrlarl at 2.45 p .m. 'l'be team representing the
club will be .. lollows, E. Galla_she. (go.l); W.
V. Swk.s(capt.) and Capt.aJn A. S. Drew (bacl<s) ;
A. C. Mackey, R. Me,.... Bnd' V . . H. Rivers (ha1l.
backs); D. Brow n, the R ~y. B. A .- Smith·
Mast.ers. J. C. Mullon, L. Budd, add O. ·U. FairOaU"D (forWards).
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SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
BUILD HOUSES.
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SPENCE'S FINE CENTREB:- \,

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READING HOCKEY
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OBsmNBS, ~
Sir,-'W'heD 8O ' ~uch p"o',mi,oe" pe is bemg given
to educationar reconstruction
lea~er of t~
25th ult, on the educational
IS most a.ppro-

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pnate.
•You can th(l a.ttention of
rea.den to tlle
fnct that m R eadirg eeoondary
is confined to those cbilC:Jnm whose parents can afford
to ' pay ror it. and thOle few who ahow sufficient
exceptional abilities to securJ!' ~olar.s.hlps. To
this should be add~ tha t .the few &iliolanhips
aws.rded ar& Hooted in number' ndt. bv the a.bilitiell
of tho compctitom, but by the I number of free
ple.ces a.vailable
Approximately, there are 1,500 children of
school age in the borough, and tbe fiftv &va.ita.ble
free placm at the two municipal reoondary echool.
each year 'work s out Rot one to every 300 children .
Your rea.den, tberefore, may come to the conclusion that provision of this na.tUre is not only
inadequnte, but rtel..13dalously ItO.
It y;"ould he unfair to the Rea.ding Education
Committee if the impression was .creat~ that
nothing had been done 10 the way of providing
education of n. more advanced character.
Central schools ha.ve been MtAblished. and
shou ld a ny of ' 'y our readers deaire to know their
precise place in our educationa.l ladder tbev will
find t.hem described in "The Prob lem of ·Read.
ing," Pllhli~bed by the Reading Educat i on Com·
mi ttee, price 3d., n.s "Tbe free- ltecondary schools
of the people" Despite .thie description, despite
t be bnlliant work calTlea on in them, they are
not .secondary scboola 1D t he eyes of the Board
of Education.
The problem .of meeting the
peopl e for addlt.ional eecondary
da.tlon will not be solved by 'rl'()~~~:II,I~~'1:;
of two more central schools &.!Io is p;
following Manchester's example
wh ole of the ir ae.conda.ry school,
a.mple provision in them for a..tU~,;,~~:\;:~:u~~
The old saving. I "What I
to.day England ·thinks t<l·mClrrow
of ~18 M to th"" fu ture.
Mancheater has (reah~d ' tho
and the national necessity.
then Cor us to ponder before
money n.nd teacbmg power on
my judg1;1'lent, handicaps the

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D~ y ~~ Gi~ei Labour
)' Serious ' Thought?
insian.ce, ,,~en YOu\ order~a Suit to Measute, ore you l'C,.,c,.uYI ,.ti.fi~d

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garments .re cut and made by tailors living
you dwell-those sharing the common respc')1,silJill'ties.

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Suits to Mea~.:ire: (;Ilt and · made by o,ur
at Fourl POl/nds l Four each..

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If yo~_ 40 ~ot care a stra_w where or n0"l
is done and whose homes benefit by .your

then of. course
interest you

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LANGSTON & SONS, Ltd..

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On& . of -the m06t outatandmg feat.urea of 'the
M<Yl'O&'TRADE mGH SPnuTs.h. from October 1st, 19'20, the. National Savlur,
. I wrote • little while ago that the doprenton gante wu the acctl~te centring of bpence. Ria Movoment enter$ upon a. new phase. By .'II ~
in ,be motor indust.ry was bound to DaY (6ays first effort rtl.lsed thD cheers of the spectators to a. arrangement in 'force UIl to tha.t. <late, the money
mveeted m S..vinp Certificates went ,,:hClUy to tbe
QUcx" in tbe '" Evening N ews "'). A repr~­ very high pitch. Ho had received the On II from Nbtion801 Exchequer. By tho new &rral1Q'Clllcnt, a
tnti"e at one of the blggest.
yesteroll7 ~vo Ma..vjn . and, taking it. further. up the field , large pe.rt ot It goes to local aut.borlti es to belp
me scvcra.l facta 10 aupDOrt of i 'h ls view. ' And ho steadied himself, and ~en t It burthng townrd~ the in tlle solution of their local ' housing dlfliculties.
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lIcnceforward, the local authority in any a.rea
W811 ready to make a w~er.
.. Last year ..t tbe goal-mouth, but Whl\lIey m a.naged to get hiS
bRonds
to
It
just
ns
Ynrnelt
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Rbed
up
to
bead
m
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y
borrow
for
purposes
of
local
bUlldln,
SO
p
er
Motor Show ," ho u ld," I took orders for 8,0CI0
A rulMARK OF HR&B= SPENCER·S.
Thl' year, lJlCIU(}lni, of OQursc, through: The first goal. a few minutes later, wa.s cent. of r.lw tot al Rlim ra.l!;W m lis area by meanl
NO'W If I were a mtghty thinl:cr, my readerll cars in 48 hour~
or the sale of"'N..tlOnal Savtngs Cerhlic-ltC3. 'l'bIS
thc blg' lump orde~ frpm dea lCTII, I &,uBrantee to
would reap t.ho bcncfi.:J of my oold.
It.·s a poor do tho same." HJ& firm IS 0. Brltl8h firm. Wh; the result of one of the nght wlO ger's pMSes , rcf'c-r5 to 8'l:0S8 8ales. noUnng hem, deducted fo r
which dC3cend.cd ju!';f. m rrollt or the go.1/·mouth,
poMibl e W"lthdr8-wals .
F 9r tho tlmo ht-mg, thc
sneeze that. d0C:5 nobody any good. Not bemg a car, at sccond-hand , lltand. at a hi~he r Drire tho:
and Andrews bead ed through Time nrter t ime, loan . is ea r·marked for houslnJ schemes, but it 1Ii
milrht.y th inkrr, I ha\'o s!)Cnt. tho morning wlth it. IS h3t.cd m the manuh.cturen · catalogue. A
Spence
per~istent1y attacked. e.nd was, without antlcipatod .tha.t.) when tho hQuslng problem has
one Herbert Spc'Dcer. And I marked thi$ paS!,,;ge ho addod, " Yesterday I I wen t down to the Otty doubt, the best
th~ \lome forwards,
boon settled. lt W i ll becom e avall .. blo fpr othcr
about 4 pm. I wa.o;. back in Bond-street by 6.30 .
.a bis " Data of Ethics":
local purposes. The Savmgs CerttAcate ha.s now
And what. do yo u t hltlk I bad donoP I hnd aold
b[!oomo no famili&r part of t.ho finance .,f the coun'
782.
cars
In
that
t
ime-most
of
them
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bpund
" Tho law tlla.t [unction entail!; waste, and
INBUTABLE BAlLEY.I
try It. is especially arlapted to tha neods. of SO'l a.l l
for' InclUJ.
Within the. ntl'" few mont.hs. OJ
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that faculties. :yieldlng pleaJ,UUI by their act10n ,
.. Joe" Ba.iley h a.e ~en aptly described as " a s&vers who require a secunty U!a.t doe. not ,. 8uc.
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Tu lit-.e we eal bfJlh bread -and meat,
cannot act lOccsaantly wltbout. exhn.usllon and
rOI'W'l\rd, no fotl'rtb balf-back , and a 'thlTti back," tunw" n.nd the ansh vnlno O'f WhiM Day be r~
OO\ c rOO on short. n otlCC;. Thousands at these poaaccOmpanv Illg snii~ty, h M :t.hD lmplicah on tbat TR.4.Cl'OR. 'IUtIALS.A Ji"i'l sail to, ~ea son,.
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And be oort.a\nly dtd play lip to t hiA descnption sibln mvest.ors- wliO' save in sixpcnce.a. and shilltngs
.jn ten·ab durlllg which altrulstlo actlVlt.les a.bsorb
Farm e rs genarally will be interest'Cd in the field on Saturday. 'fhere were times when the game
So
tak. 1RK Custard with stewed fruit,
hn.vo
not
yOt
p
oon
brought
lDto
the
field
of
t ho ener~es, IIIO m t.cn'nls durllllr which t ho tria.b of n.gricult.ural t.ractonl a.od ptougbs which W8.8 exceedingly fa st., but the Rea.dmg opporhow;mg 'fina.nce. By t.his new sa.vlDiI polloy tbelr
,Tllen's just as Cdod a reasoll.
ea.paclty f or cgo15tic pleasure 1S.- 1eCO\'ermg 1ts nrc bcrng held thlS week by the R.oyal AgriooltuuJ tUOlIlt. W~ &1waya on the baH. One moment he MVlngs Will add to the eftOJ':\J now belD. mada to
fun dewec. Tho ScnSltlvCOOSS to purely penonal Society . for tho purposo of d etennialn~ the waa seen trylOg to- hack h lS wa.y through tbe solvo our most urgent. l~l problem,
ar
enjoyments IS m,"n~ned at. a hIgher pli:.ch by '!'hI
espcctJve merit.! 0lf m cebamw
d hau! ~~ dfevicea. Grimsby de!en06, and the next moment he Wa:J
A~so
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ent
f ot.hers
ere a.re 8Cv c n C a.&8e8, m elU Ing "'lJUI'Ie or In'l....... o w a mmlS ...."......
e en]O'ym tI 0
t('fnal combu shon direct. traction engincc of V&rIOUS IWI"ting the bome defe.nce to sta"e oIl the visit·
Large
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1/3
*ban it. is by those who devote themselves i hone· power s UliAble for ploughl!lr t.wo furrowS, ors' att.ack..
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wholly to personal en}OymcDta." .
th ree furrow!!. and fO'UT far rows, lOin. wide by ~1O.
POl,uhll' Pad,ets
8~d :
Packet$
6Jd.
& ltd.
deep: for direct. tra.ction steam en&ine plaui imd HOW THE GOALS WERE SCORED_
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Tha.t'li fL tng trutrh in n. .b ig mou·..hfut. H erbert mtemal com bU8.t.ion double engmo r.et .... lth wue
ARK Co.. Re.dh'g.'
Reading's
fint,
aa
previoudy
expla.lDea,
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•• Spencer mana t.ho ht.'!!la fishes talk. like btg \\'ha.!~, ' ropo haula.xc for ~09Ihlllg three or four fUJTows .
headed through by Andrews from a centre by
M Goldsmith ",·it-t.i1y said at Dr. Johnson. but he Th o Iluno kmd orlJlfough 15 bei:ne
clnss of engine In order to
Spence. The second was sco~ d by Bailev from
A maetin~~f the Agricultural w&&,Oa Foard wa.s
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A0 d Wh a t work
toM.!'! them talk IKlnse In ~Iysy & "C!> .
, tho rna.m idea. heini to teIIt.
a free-kick given because Whalley ea.rried, aed ~&ld &t 8O'I."\a11 Mall ~ndon,:s.W.l. 0121 Thurad~y
it mcaO!J is thIS: Tho PrLQ:.e Mm:s .'er en1OY(J. I llS not. tho plol.l~h . Ne'rl week 18 set
B &i1er mc.de the. ball cann on off one O'f the oppon· IU la.st wecll:, Mr. eo'thng ..... ood Hope, K.C., C.B.B.,
g,mo of ~olf on Saturday alt the mora beoa.use, I plou~lnnil' on htH. la.nd iU\d ~t.tnr
workers ahd'in the end Yours
may
ents mto th e corner of the net. That was the prellidillg.
a(telj ono of the most. anx1O\1! wecu, l'I.uxious on I drlV lDg £a.rm machmery, tbreehi.ng, otc.
A report was presented from t he Ad~lnl.5tration
I only {KMslb18 way , under t he circumstances Committee·
W.
deahng with the issue of .Pt':rT1llts or
ooha.lf of the n:t.tion be so de\·otod~8.I1d brl lhantl y Ij lire taking place a.t Aisthorpe, in LinoolO ' h
goverIllng 8 .. free" such 8.8 th~tr . boY which a.
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aU rc.C'tmg agTlcultunata from allover ; e
20, Morga.n-ro&d, Reading.
Exempt.ion .by Dlstrict ' 'Vage& Committees, the
t5ct'Vcs. he had gone dO'\\' n 1Il
0 coun t.1')' on
dom.
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Saturday knowmg tha.b he had left r eprC5ent.a.U'9CS
Ma.Vln fr om tho ~nalt.y spot, the refere& havin,;r: Board's Orders since the last meebng of the Com'
at botb min~lOl crs Dud mmen busy togeth er 10 MOTORISTS BEWARE/:'"
adjudged that BfLiley bold been fouled bl'" Affieclc mlttcc, and the re.:;ults. of proceed.mge ~n 14 cueS
a friendly at.tern!)t to bnng peace Wl~ honour to
The mtrlCa.cles o( the Rent Aab &1'e sa.id to be in th~ · Brea. The fourth wns obtained by CnTT, or prosooation which had b€en ul1d~rtaken IILDce
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l e ...ion b\lt there a:re aome mot.ori.i4 woo ue be- who, when al most square 'Wi th the goa l·hne. shot th at meeting .
the coal industry.
Mr. Acl a.nd presented a report from the -soa?d'.
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Th~e was, unfortunatel,., not.hine- a,1tTn18tte j{1~il1'g to think: that. t.be rceul&tionl. reptding hlU'd and the ball. wa.s deflected in .the nct hy Committee ' on
"Cotta.ges,"
which
n8.d
~en
of. the opposing defenders. Grlm8by's one
oro
TBlII SDITOlt or TIDI
about the c::ha.n who. that very same SaturdAy motor ~ and cydes are &hn~t as bad. It ca.me one
Bpocially
propared
in
oon6t.
a
quence
nf
the
Mtnllter
nnd only go~l came from Clark'e foot, in th~
m0n¥n~, sn cez~d a mUllen or two of hiS con· as '" SUrpT1S0 to sozne-thoogh It IS oontendod th ey cour!e of a. very thick melee H ow b
Sir,"':"Readel't5 will feel
d or A5fl'lCUlt.u re'lI ~U (!.'It thD.~ tho Boud should re-cor,~der their policy or a.llowing the 1>rClVlSIOU ot
h L. bal' I L.
h'
e ma n~gE'
roun4cxl 2errns into me. H e had no nappy and r e- Ihould make themselves thoroughly &.CqU&ll1t.od t.o
I 8. worker by IllS
be reo Gordon Coxwell 'fat' relieving the
pus tLo.e
oo~en. t e forest of legs Into •
.irebbi.u~ "no me of golf. ~t lcast., I hope he badn't. wit.h ~ a.11 tho pro\'u ions of the Act.-tha.t it i. unI< b.cueth:. or
dull tim.. by """ding the contrl)but.ion
la.wful to swap engines in a cycle. . Eo'!' Uli. par· the net 'yn.e m ?st mYl5terIOU8, and Cro.wford was
ITh ...mewALTHAM .
rates
t.lcular .. offence" 8. local cychst wu reCently fiited, uu&bla.. to see Ita.ppoo.red over h.i.!. signature
THE PRlaE OF BACON.
.,Iand,
f.~Iu · · .
and a oorrospondent wrltes In a aomewhat ,.a.r..
when Mr. Coxwell propounds
The pn<:e of bacon ~ a wpm I cannot k~ 011 cut~o st.ra.ia wo~oring whether he 18 liable to con· MAVIN'S PREDOl\nJ!A1\OE.l.upromacJ ~u.. ,01 '
listen
with
all
due
deference,
to IUI.l"a my life. M)" 'w1fo .....on·b let me. ' Wha.t '9lction for ha\'lng changoo gears, .1J1d his mUld,
of
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advaac.d prlnFlplll '9' '.
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over waa e u 19lTIenl.o pau e Cln
the m lltutmaJ egg costa I don·t. know. n at comes on a Journey. He llu«gCllte that a enutfon would .
sakers the profeMion for which
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.,Inc-Ihal
Freddy" Ma.Tin by B well-known football er
Im"ullctu,e" ,~.n,t1l1c .!
from II. group of mysterious buildm ~-m ys~I0U5 m eet. tho cue, a.nd there 11 certainly ~omcthing lq
proceeds 00 instruct tho
matll
~ Ih. Waltbam
port
IIkIIl In con,ttucttOnto me, that jOJ-at; tho bottom of .t he garden which the oontOl,ltJon, for it. rea.ll::r does not. seem . to be ' after the match. The Grim!\bv irunde forwards W &KOS .BOe.rd Gazette
philooopby, and science, we oonai~d.r
Ih. mOlt limo., 01
eepeciftlh' Clark, tho much-prlll,ad Morrn.U. lVh~ tlon of those interested. 1 •
a re her excluslvo care. All I k.now )bout thcm is a verY , helnow. offence.
and mar. I "'~'n ...
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wo,ld',
w.lchel.
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left H ull City thi. ltCQ.lon, were reduced nlmnst
The question O'f an increase iD 'bhe mtuimam t'atee: titled to enqwm wha.t are,.,,~~::~~;r,~:::~~
that weird noises and es:eeUMt eggs lSSUe f rom
tlmt-koeplnc I~~.can .
M•• , a Olan _...,. hfl
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to iinpoteece by tbu; ever-green centre-holl o( wages for . Di'-a.lo worke.rs under 21 ,.eara of 8.fJIIII the important t&sk he haa "
them Wlt'll great regu1JtTit.y . . Bub thfl rasher (illc REAR LIGHT DANGERS.:
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oilli,' .
App~~ntly,
to
Mr.
Coxwel1,
.crandlllbe,·,Waltha.t
It is. rema.rk.a.ble how m..ny people, n:otor C)'c..I.lIsb Nearly overy time the ball came to mid ·Iield it &nd for female wClrkers of all "'Be. ...... aa referred
noun has to be m the s mgular in t.hoso da]'ll) *ho.t
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to the District W~ca ComIIUttees. for their con- problel1l8 whIch have exercised
walcbll.
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of
:bhe
orolnllorY
push
cycle,
Ignore
tbe
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Ma~n
whPt
receive~
it
&l1a
drew
tlle
deaooompanics them is alwa.ys pnccd for me, and
slderation. _
giant8 o( the pilat are simple
for
tbo
use
of
the
rear
Jij'bt.
When,
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fence
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before
PM.fIlOj:t
to
hl~
fO!"'l'rards
It
bas
~en
necessity
priced in A W&}' that. a lways ma.kes me tremble
W ••hal!
to -~;i~i:;,;I"
.electlOft of Waltham Watcl\J
some time a.go, there waa; '" suggest!on 'hat the law I : d that he has lo8t hiS , ~peed, and. although
tmn. But judging by Mr..~~~~~~~~~~~~
tOtr my t «ny' wOOIlY bn.:z:Jirinlit accounb..
in gold, f'
and silver lease,.
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style we m ..y be forglven r ,
which oompcls :the c.a.rrylng of a red re&l' light
o,t may b& t rue to a certam oxtcnt, be IIhou:ed
Baoon 8J!d coal st.nl:cs go together, a.nd I want s;hould be r 03cinded , there appeared to be a general a fi~e bunt of pace when CO.lber Jnoke ~ hke
his lead or abiding by hi.
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to call your atLen tion to t.lI e fact that. the mere feeling of aatisf&etlon. It must sure.ly hav e beon 1C0nng frQn:t a bren.kawa.y. MavlO c~Hll.!ht hlm up
What are .... to think . of
threat of a. coal stnke in England nut the p!lC'e on a.coount or the httle trouble t hat. the! Ia.w en' Bnd put 111m off his shot. '.I'bcre is a. lot of
Whose na.ture· and attrihute&
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The Madrid ool7ospondent of "The 'l'itnes" fl ection of .Mr. Coxwell'"
of bacon up in America. by a penny in the shllhng ulls in this respect., tor it ought. to be ob-vioua to football left in him yet.
more especially the cyclil!t. that rear
~'rit~s ' indeed, Wh086 act'S of
- 8 ( ) maJcin2' that skimpy ruher of oUt'!. skunPlCr
00 carriod. Cyclists will t be maolve8
" In t.he. province of ExtremadUra. fhe body of have to
- than over.
\ho first to admIt that. · lt 18 very dlftirolt to ! 'f'HE OTHER DEFENDERS.B. httle gheplierdass W lL!! r ccenUy foun d dra:rnod .or
that ~~I~d~lofu!... ~Uecl~on
A of
H ow did that como about ? Quite ~imply. Wo S[!C i. dllork object in a ootmtry road t\~ n.lih:t, and . & for the r est. of tbe homo de f~nC'!. ],1a.vin's li:.s blood a.nd mutila.d of _(!Ve ra! orfaD6.
monly _." ... : __
wound lD the throat. and a. broken bow near by
The SUversD\lth's
an art.
colleagues in the half·b ~k I
II d th
~ a. very great. deal of our b&CXln from America.. unlcss tho vehicle ha.s pow[!rluI hght.s lt. 15 luat ..
When he
dlffioult 10 loca.te at cyclist ahead , un l656 he haa a
. .
a
m& exce _e
em· polnt tho crime out as the- work of human vam'
. and we are
Now, withouj:. gomg back. to the ~ClOUI days or Tear light, in time to avoid fUDnlni' him dO'wn. ~lvell. Both ChrL!tle and Gel~ood pla.yed de·
pires. Th6 Madrid poliC6 aro inycstigating .. some- induced by
CRAFTSMEN.
the Tariff Rcfonn oontroveray, it IS .:ccessa.ry to If the cychst lS sufficiently ca.releu of ~I own hghtrul footbn.ll. In the next hne of defen ce wha.t similar case in '9,rhich Ii hUlo Ooy met h~ of litenlilllAl
bear in mind tho M'nth W G hcard so often then a.rety as to take the risk, ·he.bas no right to sub· JMk Smith and Ro.rler J)erfom\ed what work d ea-th. PanatiCl8m, supen t.dlon iU\d witchery Stl-4 universal truth we
' !tlmt U impbrts a.m paid for b y GX!)Oris." We pay led. ot.hers to tobe risk _of ru.n nlDi him down.
ll' they were called upon to (10, well. H orler, per- p~)' u~on ignorance, in spito of ' severa.!. revere pen. to his utterances.
1« the bacon we lDlport by t.lie thmpj w", export, trouble wl t.h the reu . h t 1a the reaJOn, there D baps, showed sipn& of not! haVing qUite recovered alt.iei unposed upon Witch doctot'8 who hJl.ve bll!!CI1
a
very
oompact
littlo
el.eotn?
1;i1bt.
~e
t..
on
the
from his recent injury and did not seem as
fl. reeenUy oonviot.ed. In remote vtl\ale& .U sorta of e,nd one 0.( our chief export. used to be, ..nd st! LL
talism&Qs &gainst aickness a re believed In, . and
mar~eb at a reasonable ooet, which hu lta own d t
h'
t' d b
con
p;enera.tor i.nd 18 at once bcht.ed byocmt&et with
en OJ) e IS won to 0, ut be wall neve-rthe- huma.n. blood haa aWl its !It'lee.''
D,~
,
By this de.. 1.ce both front and lass sa.te. Crawford's disp1ay was brilliant. To
The AmericalU know this, ud the tllreat of a the front wheol.
r eM hgbts arn provided and there l$ no m~g say more would be superfluoU!.
ooal-atrike here meant. t.o them thAt, if the striko
with oil or mllljudgmeut 'With carbida.
did occur, wo sJ:Kn,.ld not. be as well able to pny
A, Newbury on s..'lmday
It. W&II 'aaid of & d efondant na.med Wilham
THE SECOND XI.'. DEFEAT._
far our e~
we had. been.
Therefore,
Harold Russell '..t .M.iddlese~ Seuion. on Satu!'d,y II Royal H UBsar, "
N!JCE
011'
l'UEL.While the. first team WM BO successful at home t.ha.t bis brain WM protected ouly by a.·filmy tiuue, favourite for the
America.ns who Sold- us baoou would not be quito
50 mre of prompb aDd convenient. payment. smco
The nsing price of mot(,t' fuel still oontinue8 to the second st.nng fared exceedingly badly ' at the but SOUlO y ears a.go, when h~ skull had been frac- jockey, the ",n , of
" } < the I'mills on ' London .. for whlch the: seU tbeir
arOUl!le oommunitiea to acl.ion.
Last w!tek it was "DeH" ~ainst the Southampton 8econd string . tured, bo was kept nlh'e b)' tho.\ akiJl ('of • doctor.. 1.9 ,a Reading Man.
.... ~ ~ ~ld be in smaller d,e ~d. ConsequenUy. Binningham; tbis week ~t. ia Ooventry, where '" Ir: . the fJr4t h~lf. things w ent dead. against the
, in. oriter Ito 1>9 on the lIaie side, they put up Ute deput.&tion organISed by the Coventry branch or VlSltors, for Wl lhamB, .Booker and Bo~es scored
tho Automoliile AMociat.ion and Motor Union has !or the h omellt.en before the jntervtd, while Read.
price or Ith eir bllOOn a. penny in the bhillmg, just waited upon the Mayor with .. r e3OiutiolJ' emuiar
Ing cOuld make no ma.teria.] responlSft. Three goals
u our tradesmen fltiffen the price of goodll they to t hat passed at Barmingham. The Mayor {>ro'
.
scll fu customers who IGt tbeit hllls .emalD unpa1d miBod to send COplC6 of t.be reso1ut.Jon to the frlDle qown when the teams croMed over, Reading
an unduly long time.
..
Mmister, the members for the city and the ooa'J'fu", smartened up .and at leng th were rewarded with
the Boa.td of Trade, EUld t he MinIStry of Tratll' a. goa.l tiCored by Dilley. Then.came another
,
In robe]' truth, then, tlil!f" 'l'rim~ 'Minister haa port . Be also brougbt the matter. hefon ' the eolIa-pie, .and the." S"int." Added two more,
;tf1· l3.ved { our bacoll\"--5aved it from gettlJlg Coventry CIty Council, when & &lmilaf1e1OlUtion thua nlIlnmg out wlnners by 5-1.
dearer. rm glad h o -<!nJOyed his game of gol!. I waa passed. wblch It. was &£,reed IIhOQ . bel- fdraUDply eannot. enjoy my ~bor In the monunr warooo to the ~n of MuniClpa COrpora'
I
beca.uae I ha\'e ~ .talk aboub it.
It ,is IJ.S dis· I~;;_~',-"-" diatribution to Meq covned. I Th..t u
' '~h
or
actiOll tb&t IIhould be .. ten if peopkl
h
t.b
~E~DING
COIloer:hing as p"ymg a dentiat w en. e ",""" U 11
ma.-ke tbCU'
known. Quite reecnt,ly
.h&lf·way put.
•
w&S" atatod that pubJio opinion was- IO oppoaed
COMPETI~ION.
~""\...,,..... ,are
the colouring, and ",ff'"r.1bO· delightfw~ and novelties
~tYle
~ co ..· STRIKE.
,m a clauae in .. Goyernment JllN.IUt'e-Eduoatlon
A L.......
'U..L~
AU
to bo preca&-t~u n 1Vould hlLve to bc wUbd.rQYfI.
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add
The threat 01 'I a na.tional ~ strjlc~ aent us e.J1 It's up to motor1l'lw and other. to (0 "ncl do . Uke. ....hi:ver. I6 my paper I read the short a.ooount of wiae.
DRAWS AND REFEREES.
a. little 0031 strike.. . " Th () strilr:o of 2,000 mUlet1i
t
UBLIl(;,e roc
s on
at Burhill Colliery, Fi{esbire, tlaa proved a. seV'ere
'strain on the financial resottJ'.Ce5 of ' tho Fifn
Nex. SaturdB" Old Readingl AlbiOll! ILlld ReadUNE~PLOYMt;NT
&
., Miners' Union. Afte r nine weclr:s of Idletlm th&
ing ~~de, , A" tea.m meet in the deterred tie
(prohmlll&ry' round) of the
unior TOWD l,.'up
uDion bas now l'eoommanded the :'e\umption of
worl;: on t.he old terms."
So it ..ppears that the
wben Mr C. Taylor will be l'fI~eree. The IIUcceSS:
ful team in thi. match witt
ve to try conclu~t is thill;;
eiona with Delta. on a; rmbseq nt ute yet. to be
• TO TIDI :aJ)lTOJeI OJ' 'nIlI ,. U&DDfO OBDRl'Jt&o'1.
.,
(1). The moo h ..ye 10!t nine weeki pay.
&xe'd. The dra.w for the
.. jw...IrI,1od o. ,loft.
A channing Hnt," niaife of Paune, I
Sir,-I would like ~ draw tho attention 'of
(2) The. owne~ ha.ve loat Dina ween' PToDS<-r
wlth
deep
pointed
front
and
'
sid~,
.
your
~en
to
&
ma.tter
which
i.
the
subject.
or
I18t of . ulected real
(!) 'Th.e union has lost...II1nG ween' 8~Mke rpay.
considera.ble ootnment amongst those 1lnfortunate in
quito the n ewest s9}e _.ud da.intilr
an
on Satmd&y
(4) The nat.lon has . . }upe weeks' output.
tho .ho~~ piQked
memben of the communIty who day by <lay tramp nan, it as follow! :
trimmed. par~dise atrands.
>.Iue.
ra~ liB, 'And nobody has ' gained a br.... forulinll' SoUild' around in .I!oe&rCh of emp loyment.. It ill ' felt tbat
Wood:1er v. Spen~r·. Wood T. W. Withei'll).
Pr~3519 1,
i gnt··
in these days when the unemployment ngurell are
.utI, doesn', it ?
Kidmore End v. Waq;rnve ( . Collins. Henley ).
undoubtedly alarming and threaten to become
HGDI~~ Town Reserves ". !'tYford IF. P. HiJ).
II
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stiU moro bO,· every po&8loJe meaDS to ease the
Roildtng ~orth End v. S.E. and S.W. AthletiC
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situation should 'be followed.
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C~ats.
I
Cert&in profeuional football p!ayen engaged
Weet Readtng United~. Heti1ey Comtadea ReIn
eudleu
'nri
~
'
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I') ~ ooloQn aJld
by .Readmg F.e. are aloo CMnployed at a
..rv~ , ('\. E . Bumpste.d)': ; j
Quit..
'hape!! and m .. ', . Some wil\eng:in ~ng est.ahli:shment in the town, and
e
Ea.h.b\U1 Cl~b v. Ca...
St. Andre,.. (A.
T\
opmion is very Itrongly h eld that , ' seeing th a S. p.,ee).
large' ah.1'fl eoh.. ... , others ~tJi fur
Buildon T Christ Chun:h (G. Taylor).
m en -are in recet.pt of a salary 10 exceb6 of any
I
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oolla.n, from
i
Black
in useful abapes, . i
slci.lled a.ft..isan in the town for their services
Faoto'Y A'" v Edglot. (A. Webb) .
I
29/1.1
to
10
GuIDe...
profes8iona.l foot.ba.lleu, to enter the 1...bout
Th~nm v. Donnin~n (A.
Pvke).
'
fro .. 1211
Reli~ for Tortured Nerves;
market in it. 'preBeDt &tate and take Q, job is
~!I'" v. Ti)ehUl'Oi" City W. Schofield).
t he ~l'3011illcation of &eUlshness.
Woki~~ Town Reserv
v. BurghBeld
I suggest. j to tbe Rea.dmg directors that. they Com,," .. (T. E. Herd).
The "Balmoral"
COlit.
now'
1\0 lined_
t..h ..
worked
.nd
Ol.rendon Umted v. Prumer Ath1etic Reaerv81
Neurasthenia. is nervoull Wa.ualiOD. The gen- should prohibit an~ pl.yer in receipt of ii6 nr
~
••
iIlcUttated.
Wta~~
·
ranging
si .. , IrOm ~11l. I
eral cause of this dLSease, now ISO commonJ ~ an over from working In industry at thill period a.nd (G" l'lumridge).
excessive expenditure of nervous energy without thus provide empk)yment for a few unfortunate.
A
bMntlfu\
Coat
~I
Seal
9on.,.
with
~"dburot.
v. AlIcot
Lewi.) .
ounningbill Reoerv.. v. OJ WUsom."" (G.
IJlroper, rest. It often foll o,","3 an attack of who h a.ve no ether
of hveJ ibood..
Natural WalIab,. CoIlo.r. Well lined
lnftuenza.
I bave no perianal feel ing against the&e pla.yen H~
and shaped. Excellent nI;';" .
Sports Coata.,
.
'Re8ding T. C.W.B. (H. . Carter).
Awong the exciting causes Aro worry, OYer· who ·mllty be model& of whAt, a profe&5lonaJ ,iooi
21 G.u-.. .
'Wt)r~ accompanied by anxiet.y, cn-erstuay, lack of -baIlor should be, but I hold no C86& can morAlly
And. 'i'" -. 1ater d&te, 01d
in~ AlbiClnll or
,
In all the daintiest oolouri~ ah~pei'.nd,
proper food and exercise: I n eome c~!!' ~·" "'''.' . I be m.a.de out for their retention in the worbhop Reading Comrad.. "A" v. Dolt.< (A. Crawford).
materin.ls, ranging fr"m 4Jili ·to· 8jare born withl J\ t end.cncy to the disease:
~ith the unemployment figuree .. ~ atlind
gna. hapection inT~tod.
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-SPECIAL NOTICES.
Neurasthenia i~ gena.rally . accompanied by to·da.y..
... ...
"
t . .'!'he e£tentiou of "dubs and referees 1B enHed
hea.dnc~. a. sen~. o f weak"ncss'in al'01a arid legs,
~ WORKLESS;a
to Rule la, which proVldes fqr "an extra. lillfdepTe$Slon or .spmts, a. sen~ of fear about. imaghour in ,tile et'e.nt of It d{'Bw." As Theele deiolll'Â¥ things, poring 5flnsa.t.ions along the spine, a
clined t.o play ll>e erlro tim... reqnW.ed by the
cra.vlng for specia.l a.rticles of food. "The neural.
r&f~e, the tip baa been &wanl~ to We&. Readth~ic -patient often lrnteS wei ght, ~~p!5 poorly,
ing2 Ug!ted.
, be
,lias bad dr-eam, and wake!. unre.fn{,bed in t he
.Kick-olhri1Jllt
,
mpt._
morning. All the symptoms of neurasthenia indio
must report late sta.rt..
.
,
. rote the need!of a. tome free from OpUlotes.
3. For ~. of ref
_ the lwulbook
Any news of t he succeasful t reatment of neu.
01 tho BOYD and Buck. F.A. I
•
ra!'thenia ill good newa for vicl.uns of the disease
FOOTB.A;LL.
4. IW.....
notify .oo:eptance '" tbe
jDd t hey will read wl,h intereet the following
appoin~,!,'!').1e by. ro-ru.l (Octo~ 2od), o~
~ntervj&,V' \'t\'it.h Miss .E.: Parkmson y of 33. Station
frem app,olOtmentll will be made_ The fee is
Road. M&n:h, Cambs.
On S&turday tn. 11'......,. C ...di w"'Iiom 2.. 6d:, ptua tre..eUing ~~
reptileS ud
u It wu in J a.nuary of this yea.:r when my Saburbau Leeue aide 'WeIlt to Ame1"l!!lham in ~ commmPcationa' must. be ' made to Mr~ A.. E.
I
tronbles start..ed." Jlaid Miss E .Pal'ltinlSOn HI of point.. A vetIJ even and iDt.erestiul' p.rne IW..- :Vi~ 85, W~n-roood, Reading.
.
A delightful lOt of ":"l-,.:::!~~" I"'~
began to ~n.ve he.1daclies, an d' was a.tta.chd ·by the ~~ of the meeting, and up to three minute.
Snloh ~ ·,.eli ·
weakncss. I thOllgbt it would BOOn PBaS off 'but (rom t.lmo · DO goals had boon floored.. . Amenham
then ~ th~ .u.import&nt roal, &lid lollowed
hooil and t&ll. and _" ,.JL""U'
instead of tb,a.t ~bings got wonej I got listless, it
np with anot;2,er before libe an&! .wmllle ble ....
12111
and had no go or energy in me at aJl-I waa
To-day (8JtJ:urd.a,y) St.okend:aurcb. .ill "iait Ken'
f~, ~izzy j aud t ired, IUld alway!! wan~d 1.<1 .ingt,on~ to meet! the Factory aidfl in the
.rest.. Thm~ came. to such 1\ pass that r uRd to G,W.S. League. At; t.be present time the "iai;tora
. drop dOFD In & fa.mt
Whenever an,..- .re on top of the league table., a:nd ," close game
is antkipated. The eb.rge for admisaion to tho
grouDd ..ill ' b& 5d. (includinll tao).
.
. ork was out of thb
~,
, ow wha t wu the maU(I.l\
.".,..~.../
far people said I w8.a golng
·co"iIJ,1!'ptio.,.
cou.l d not eat anything.
.. I con811lt.ed (\ doctor. ~ Ii th o
#
j
- - nerv~
were very- ba.d all that 1
:verge of consnmption. I had several bolltl.,O',o1
medicine nom Ihim, ruld tried &11 sorts
but nono of them did me auy good; I _ • • ' •• ' ;"
and misera.ble u ever.
" . Then one Ia
l n,y a ladv advised me fa by
Willioms' pink pills. I gOt. ..m. that
";ght.
The first. ~ seemed to ease me a
flO delighted th,&t I contlnued W1n·th~
· ~~:i'~U~(
, .ppo!it<> improted: I felt more' •
~ in"""""", day by day .
vctlOlul to me, but I Wall soon my
I D~r have a
now, in
I
ontirely different
O'f
re4JJy'~' bo&lltlfu\ Coal
~ Md dUll e~, I
much
. from ~ Mole
' nnd Jr.ight.
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