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Reading Standard, Saturday, December 5, 1914. Pg 5

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Reading Standard, Saturday, December 5, 1914. Pg 5

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Title Reading Standard, Saturday, December 5, 1914. Pg 5
Page number 5
Date Saturday, December 5, 1914.
Edition
Publisher Reading Standard

OCR Text

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"'Id tY'aIlSJ>Orl,
thet'li-bas come ",bOut ,t he 5pe.:iaJiza.tion <If ccrl";!'
'towns f<lr .purely cOmmercia, jlurp<iees.
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Livcrp<lol; GJaag<>w ..nd "Hu~ are. ~re ~nd ~re
devoted to storage, oonveysllr, ~18tz:1butl()n, whIle
the railway8 themselves ha"9\ cr....ted 1arg e .towns
such as Crewe, Derpy. Nornt~toD . d SW:ln~n.
All tlteae oonaid.....tions a.re d"'~lt upo moot l~lll­
"WIly by Mr. J . A. ' Hobson ip 1" , :M'odern CapltaJ-_" but ' I·nterestin.. · 8lO is their atddY we cannot
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elwell .\poo: .t.Â¥m furth!tr Jl<lW. I' ~v~
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them to remind <lunel"""1 :tba:t S'p~IWZ" 1<>n IS.. a
most' importa,pt. issue, and ~t ~~ .18! caused• .by a
Va.rlety of determi!ling fa;c~ra, which ~WIt he !lorne
in mind. in dilleussing our ""bJeet .to-ru~ht, beca~,
obvionaly, wen dapted ail ~ toWjll may, be ro~--,~-..
dw!trial purpCllle... , ~eneraJlYI ~ Ipust n.ec""" .... u y groL<1UUUlY
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many indl\8trillli ,&
~Uilt.al,nlty
character of Reading , a1!orda not onJy •

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but distinct adV!,ntage. We will; ho~~!er, be~ore

coming to that more pa.rticu}arly,., ejojlSider' brlefli!
the gener.l question of tho adva.otages and (.houlil
wt> di&cov~ tkem) the disadva.ntages of tlia r~l'lovaJ
of "",rksl' from London to the ""i"n~l, or, ~f ~ou
will, from-....1 thiokly populated, 1"'~ested ~n~t,
t.o th& more M><lU a.nd bett1>r o<I&pted Joca,Jit~C5 In
the viei"ity
provincia! toWJI', Now tj>ere \8 ODe
basic ·fuDclamental conaidera.tion whieh is the animporlanb factor ill. the . whol.e bU8i~ess, an~ t~at
is" aa' you will rea4ily a,pp~I~, ~ acceBIIlbllity
IA> and aC,!"irement of lAnd, and·
.~re land.
Some few ye!.IS ..inee Mr. Walter' H • ..,ll, <\he late
M.P. for Loice&ter, ad~edtth~ndo,j. Cham~
f Commeree on tho subje of the removal . Qf
~orks to ~ country, ....d .~ul4 like. to quote
bim hut .befort> doing so let me acknowledge bere

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and' 'IJDfi the ioOuit.e&y wD.icl> Mr. 1ta~I ' ex'telld~
to me as the reoult of my ringi", him up on t!>e
telephone to aPeak '&bout the siJbject. H,,:- a8~ed
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put 'Ief~re me.
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