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of t.hO R<>,v. J. E. Howe,

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can lor somelhiug &am.

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admm:isLrati\'e 8CMiocs of too town
.anJ:ious· ,and diffi~ult duty.
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. tho C)ILVpen footpath, p]&I\A were prefOT 1 ,m aking .it ' up. and . ootioes were
upon tho abut.t.ing owners to oaTTY out.

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Information WM
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enable t.hc TQ1o.·n Clerk to subm.IL

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Qu"ist:e BoepitaJ e.nd tbe GorporatioJi.,tbai.
,ISifter should underiaJte \0 make ~ Mreoet
constrUet 88w~e and ~ water eewen .t
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Reading Liberal
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and ttbs ·forma:tionthe

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Women 's ~ral ~i&tion.

C: tho <rnl't. ij,.t.-~r.-, F..oo. 'flIito
.... btt:i!t up 'hie 'wliirlwind. .tory back.w.a.rd.-as may
.bn the 1k',otioo :of ible mU()r3 of 'OOmro1cated
plob--Q:jut whnl.hc r thi84x>o !o-or Mt'·· Tb.o Ends
of J'lUt.tco·} .is;,a ~r:ppi':1g .Md , n d,riviJ\g y.arll
~lilqh wo tJlIC)lJOug'hly e.Djoy~. . ,

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Hotel, &Ad~. ,,00 char--a..-ba.llC owner; and
O ....-iUR" to oomplaints ·na 1;0 the. bad oondition
time ha.
:,~it~~~~~~,a,,,oo"r 1 mment
Coupcillor W . J . .1). Wonner~ of Reading, pro- of t.he -foot,way f rOOl :&:endrick Road to Aoa.cIa.
portJOllnJity
jn blUllnftlS :1.00 munic'ip&J life .
Road, l. tb,c# lkl.rougl1 ·Surveyor prepared pliM
wi.tb NolsQn
'.rho He,' . .R . ~ S. stOney W&8 inc.Iuct.cd to..Jth» for nl1lking 'it' up, The CjllC6tion, however~ was
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wom~n the- OO~
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TJlOre pa!;ed awl\.y )fro F. O. \.DJ'e~, Ject,u'Mr
far OV.8t" throo bundrod
th!) .reader is led closed (wer )l1nl'" only '(,'111'0 -'.__.1._ _. ..."ll&i!"d
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Ul1,l\-ersity tColloge, Reading, '. •
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,Ilia oo'l"hood at Listowel
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Africa .nd ..~nd.", will TetlOll
,]))", death roll included, F"ld M"~a1Sir
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tho aoumOl' a.nd bri>"hi~
bond- eha rles Brownlow, G,O.B"' of "Narlield
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Crewe; qwM a tood - da1 of .h:' 8~-tU tJtit
t.b&-..in- Perr:o was orda.iocd put.or of T.iJeb'\ll"&t. congti..
to,a. serlcs of forlWtoU$ inCicome . after. " gation.a.l Church; while the Re v. A. Corbet also
dcDU a.1MI
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interest .and entcrod 011 ' tbe paatora.t.& of W:ycliff& Bapt.i$t.
Plu.ot.ble
crnese. Ull the- WaY they baDd1e. ~
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moat. inleroot.DEATH OF ,Vor.l'£liAN NAVAL ~""'io. Committ.ce to tho exbent of 1110 ..0i . ~tiv$ $toi.ic6 wo _vo.:llCt\O lor lU3J,JJ' a.
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natufally been I to bOld up t.hf, conof 1a.rge new VUblic works aDd, by
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his pt'e!tODt t.a.k. But as

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palwt.."r, a. diroct.o.l' of Mas.s!:".
dra.,..-n, provided the ol"'ner.\ forih
remo..-e
PII:lme~, lAd., who rcool:..-cd G. ....baronetcy.
the l'OO.-..:h IUtlot.edal from.. the {tat-b, roWIB t.hc
FO~ lthe first thoo ,i n liS ytJal"S) t here W~IJ
surfa~ "'and coat it with ,gra.nite chipptng8 probrimin~l bl1sh~ a.t tho BCt·lcB ' .MsiJ:cA, a.nd
p6!'lr" ~id,at.W by tolU* to tho &:rough
JUdgo- wM ' A~nt~ with .. pair or"whii.o
Sur'~e"'{)r'R satis'-aotlotl. .~ Tho QWDEmJ ba.vo ......
laood glovceJ
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'wu felt at the death
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h"; been
J.lr . ~~lilti~lIn ~erguson, a. fonoor ' ll.,a.YO~ cf cur;-ed
to an appeal
ReadIng, who W&6~O:l" many .yean ... 'lown lful.de
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'rho educn.t
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of bus
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J()ISto by the dea.th or Mr.' W. D. } Williams, ~l

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lion tn ~aTd to tno wa,1", and ' at ~ing '~1I1 ~.:~'''!!h,
Mayor nnd Oorporatiop. 3-ttcnded a. 9peclal iIj
viCo ~t St. Laul'Cnoo'tlr Chu~... whiJo
&en'ices were h eld in .ptber pJa.oc& of
The ~nntion, t.hrough illn{)88, of Sir
Mowbray,; But., for
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Thol first Sunday' iul the l·car. ,was.
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NOYEM,BER.

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Couneillor F , 'A.e SM~!flt was ·cketcd Mayor !
cf 'Reading in stlccesmo n to Councillo~ Leonard
Sutlo¢n f who had liPId ~ for two ~. 'MT.
O. A, Philbrick WM cO-Opted e. ,counoillor in
' place 4j)f Mr. F. J . J..ewis, resigned.
'~·ho l Na.t.jOnnl ])I~ion 11taS held in .all the
An.glionn cburc~b.'l du ~ing' the month.

moot ,p.a rt, -been uneventful put. for tho
of' the wu, and, though. wi~li 'dcplcM
ma.ay of our public institutions have
th9 e\~n t cnor ()t th~r wny, t ha.nks
InCasu~ to t.he long h~urs '3.nd .ba~rd
In by .tho6e le ft \0 k6ef) Lh~ home fires
Appc.n<reU nre precia of tho doiRg6 of
o\,,_ bod'.. which play", import.ant " p&rt
the. hie of our LowlJ- fl.nd county.

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GO\1}<I, sent'." <if ~ortt~r.
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The j"bBe., C!>1<!1n-o,b""", 'of T"ndon S~reet
:;I'at4L{-vQ, :Ymh~ CllUrtb oommcnced.

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of jOne half.penny dn every
Sunlight Soap s\le , buys.'

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b01:lght to convey . raw materials
fromplantatidns to Port Sunlight
other !ships, t,here is, still no
Sunlight Soap: and the tul\ and imq~ediat!l}
" ~enefit i of the new Sunlight
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'Suolight Soa~ alway; ha~' been. distinctive hath in,
QualiW and Efficiency. Sunlight Soap alway~ has
been mpde for the Housewife's • profit, for o~y.,
thereby could; , the makers hllpe It! prafit"·~l:Yi
Sunlight Soap. :,-tl
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£.1,00'<> , Gl-JAl~NtE£

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IS REDUCED TO
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Th~ tUlme Le ..er o?-~ Soa~ IJ a Guarantee
LEVER ,BROTHERS LIMITED,

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Tbe d1alh took! plaee lut. wook.. a.t iackiDgton, Be_din,. of Captain Williath,Frodoric Jobllsou, R.N., apd 88.
Ho saw a great deal of eervioe in his Y~:::.n
days, and received tho medal for the ~
Wa.r and the Crim~, Bn.1Uc and
moda.la for hw ,lMn'Vices in the Ballio

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A Ila.t';:e 8l.1Dt> was IMaI1&ed by '~gift sales " at

Rooding in. oa..i:d

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A rcd~1
·loOn of -4d. 10 the £ , In the raot.e&
ctroctcd
the Reading Ton Oouncil.
• The :to
eynod of tile l~Qn Second
tri~ of '
Ptriruith'e MethodiSt. ,Ob.Ul'cll
held at Bradrreld.

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Soa, ali mate of the St. Jean d'Acre '
.ft~r ...ros lieuten&nt. qf the Onoll. D~irur the • 'l'bn death ~k pls.ce of Yr. A. S. Ca.udle.
Ohina. War. h e took pvt, anloqg ot.he.r ~u.
in tho takiAg or Cantoa. '-and ~. capture of t&~
Talln tort!lt ~Q };If;! was ~ .. 4.1>.0. to

GODeral Sar Hope Grant, $Dod wu mentioned in
!1lspatehqs, He retired "lith the ra~of captaiu
1n 18'13. . ,
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head.mu:tcr of Batt1e School, BeAding, .and !a.
member.of t.he Rcadmg Boa.ro.' of G~
.00 Educa.Uon Commi~.
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OV6r £1,000 w,,* riised ·in Reading as the
result of "Our ' Day)" tOl" the benefij..of BIlit~
sick lLD<l: woundCd ~laiel'6
the 'f~~. · "-l. '

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Readitig, .oelebnt.ted it.. jub~ee .
:, A reduction of '3.,3.;M. 1[1. the rat.ea was

o. bJ 't"" 'Bera Cou~tY~.

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motion to .,. viacounty of
lAnd. Chief J..tioo. .A1eo in
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the Re.wng' Borough
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Tbe deatt]. occurred of Mr. J. 'IJ. ~lf.~'"'
.quire o,f ~ He~rod' i ~ lb' . .
ooUr •. ... fonJier Miyor of ~oIcingha.m •
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· Wa.r;rave Pa.risb Ghureh., rebuilt. after
mg bW'Dt down by . SWfraP.ta iii. 1914.

eo _ _ i>y -t.be Biohop of <hford. ~:;:::~~
The Bev. P. ll, Rich.u'<bton w..
IioooGd Iminioter OD the Reading

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tb6 ,Beading ,morn ,'. "

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