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cUfteNDce w~ made in
t.ho ,f ....i'Vitioa which , were ~ .in oonnectiou
witH· tail; inatitut.ioo, which CODaiate of eiaht
homes; of .hkh .. The ~b8.." . in LoDdon
Ro.d, 'i ' the-Ie"
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! Yo Christma. Day .-" Here's' :I. h(jn:}ih 'unto
His :\\Ilio&t, ." -At. v6 hour oi one pnsb noon :-Ye
n~oo frolic:JOmo' turkoy will. fill yo platci 'n.na tiCklo
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yn pA.l",to·, and:to putlaiog with JV..ums will 'fill d,nner.
'Jv 'g aps. At yo houro of throe: ~e Christmas
from ~hc
l1rOO8 'will shod yo maby and w0.rderful gifts. 9tftfI,
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-fa houro of 'five : Yo ~GranCl Conoort o( dccori\o~lon
ffinsiclt, 1!0n~aPd humour M sh own. 'bard b,v.
tM:eu,.IUa.
~ Yo D3.V yclopt Bo:d~ D ay.--".All friends a.t:e
wftloomo."-At. vo halI-houro'1lutr 6vQ: Ye Grand \.3.8 gl\'on
<fnc~rt of yo ~iOs' B~nd and many others.
.J , Programrno of Va Crand Concert.

, Tn spite or the war eondfti6~~be ''G'uardi~ns ' Poanon, 8uddaby. wit~ Me8demoiselles Abram,
wishodi, tHo pooplo- undor thom charge 'at t he H .. ~: Maynard. Net.tlce.hir. and many more will
variou. in£titution, to lIave 1l.8 happy a. Christ- trill ye lay and 8qtlDd ),e,joyoUB strain.
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What 'time ye tiny plays: .. Miss Ronoy's
mas ns ' wa.s possible. under "the circumsta.uoea.
. Tho Guaid~Ds divi~ed in~ _pSftiea and NSist- Troaaure" ",ill be given' by Kitty Bay u·nd
od at the various centre. by oarvjng .&rId other- Annie iMa.ynard; ~and U Fint Aid to tho Wound·

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in GYOl?! in8t8.hc~
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Tho usual C:hrist.mas celebr8.tio~ took pl,a<;,e r Bh'r:.6n., Goo;g.e Gh3.n41~" Joseph' R\l8ht..on.
P.t Pa.rk 'HoI!!pltal, ":,,here a riumoor_ of 8OJwOMI I (kill¢), Albert KIiD'2'.' li'iancls WpJpole, .Wil~-'
arc amongst tbOl&tlontl" ~hQ wa.ros had b~en t fred Smi.th. Charl~ Rob-ns~[l, A"t&rt Sa.:wrel",
prett.jly Qocorate . by ato n1.ll'S06, W!lO op Chrllst- ,t Frod C. G l t~Hod, Ern~t P lt.t, V."illialll 'Den.nlDg~
mas 'Eva ~ang carols .. lE ach p,abent , had tho i Gco~o 'Lillno- lnt4;:, '~llliam WeBs, Alfred Ncw~
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rnOtl()y, £ru.,it and cakea wore 1"9- , fh:;:mor belD~ carvoo byf"Cap~m Dr· Rowland, J JaDles Carter, ~rbcrt A. Denning, Harold
"'-"'l,v£«l from rr;a.nv frlcnOs, and Lbo Bf'..aft ::l.nd ' In lho c:iV(lDl~g ,'" concort was gt.~ilp 'i ~YA thc (:obpor, J o hll. Sawyer, 'l'h~ nl3.6 W.r R . Munoey,
V7.A.O. 34 ~I)rp .. leM6(] to woloomo tho members n~. A Chnsimas t roo was. ~'lVon l:O th,.., James lbyClr and 'Burr D ockenlI.
and thoir Wl"~ oJ V_A.D. 13.
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and l ga.y ' a.n4 ~veryone Loa were dist.bbut.ed from a. Christmas tl'OO In
Wi190,n Hosl!!ta.t, --wl!.ora a. Lho dtol"n()Qn. ~a.ncl t~is {vas follQwod b v n... PartY
was epont:
B;ero a. P!'~ whi!lh was hald in iho Schoolroom- or St. L Uko's
ono .Qf the pa1iiopta. Pte. 'Church. ~.
Rogtjnont, ,:w£l!l prepared. I COIllPOj.
S f1.nd gn.mr;s too~ plnce, n~d after
~i';~;iy~:~~~Kj.,!: On t.ho front ....Qro do- progrosslvo) ,'.'llis t. ltght rofl"qshmonts wero
:;;~"~~;d .;-,::i;;i1t;;U.~.nd -,.i
bo'wm ~rvd41. wLiebl brought tho o'io!l~ng ,to ll. canclu·

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Goorge had bOOn j given, the pationts a.rid sta·ff
tbo ,Nat..io'na Anthom, "
'fas lsel"vod at 12,.30. and conaistod <'f.
t\@"ke'ys (provided Iby 'Messrs. Co.Iebrook
':~ '~:il;:'acco~ mp,nnied with 'buCon and SilUBa.-,:6S,
aDd
py plum pudding 1l-'lld mineo pica.
abELrms were Ifound in .the ,nudding, ' anti by il
curict,J8 Coipoic;1onco ~tho znapl0 ,loa.vos wont to t!ltl

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dozeJ:l
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4 / 11, 6/11, 8 / 11, 10111, 16/ 11, 17 / 11 up .
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Gr,y; Sky, Pink & sax~: ' 1
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worth , nearly double

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Coats in Blanket Cloth, ~weed8, .
elc., a.t ~~ine Bar,aln Ptlccs, from 10/ 11 .
to' 35/ 9.

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UNDERCLOTHINC,
Incl-.vng all tJlose G~ililcn£S
in" WOol, PlAiWd or Merino-:-.:

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'.A , few boxes of V.~lvOtee~
in -J.>urple, Browl! a.nd Wine,[
·' Usual price 1/61 . .NOW 1411<1.
Tllllusands of.'. 'R"",nants.

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cust?Rl&J;Y we·.offer hundreds '
of·- (Jddments-pl8ee. . ·suit- .
~bl. for Costumes, ' Skirts
and Chilq;.e~ D'itt8seS~ ,at
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price !5/11 to 351 11.
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U uorwe-u~' Seetio!} J~dll ' bo
u,n <tfY way of fan jug hUll-

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slightly soi lod, will he ~l ea,red
at muo~ ~ess than half ~.prlc!", viz., ' 6/", 10/-,
12/11. and }15/11.

A qualltnty of heavy.
Mqllcbou ... Dl'essihg Gowns,
warm,' cosy and nmple.
U &U31 prico 1'0 / 11. Now 0 /11 .

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BARCAINS.

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C00t s. U su o.Jly 2'1/11 to 4"/
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Chih,l!:enJ S Mimn.ory claims
your evory atwntion. "There
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a "'81 ~edl!ol"" of 4/" to 10/" In Ihe

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Hats.

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. Ties, Sea.rv~ ,and Collars of .:.various shapes '

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Sensational Values as those

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Sevoral Modol Coats, splendid skins, kre now
offered ..t' 1.3 to '£.t. bale. thOir ordinary prices. .
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,FUR 'SET BARCAINS:

Few h:lUS9S can ofter such

tho cheerlultleC5 of the

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ful .11 woll IS 10 lho.. ;'ha buy · FUrl for their
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Everyt.h.ing' WM dooo.at the various W'a.l'
JIospita.la in Reading ~ to make ,tOO Christmas
bright a.nd 4:beerful)ar Ollr bra.vc ~ounQedJ alll
of whom £peu.t .. ' fllCNft eujoyable time.

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materia~

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The weaiher"WU aeUOpa.ble ADd euit&b1e for ,~,_._.. "d. C.. bns.tmas tn::e ~rly ... in.l":'~' New
tuveIllng, 'b'" r..., .,.",,1... ,,,. ;nell b y ra.il ~
GhristmastKle at the $a.'tioIa " '~ t.ypi.cal
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on Qhriltmu nay at •• 'l'hf' Beeches!'
waa repeat.ed on the ovening of BoxiDg

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,Each little leaf'm dis packet has. some lnisslon -to
f8I6l. One Will' ProW!e strength. another·8a.aur. etc.
~ There lDIJy.he ,8 darzen diIferent'-~inJa. j Tee... \>ut
• ·they ~ .an t ' - 1°c, one pUrpOac .. make a

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Govorn~
of R.eadi.llg mont's a.ppeal to the patlon ~ do 1L81lttle,travet.
Mrs_ C.
as PQ8SQJle .st. Chr.\sY'!!a9, and railway om~
W . W.
I"ftport pno of.,-tb.e qUl e~t Christmasesr for
.Mr.' G.

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"either tb o' plLSSO~ger nor 'the gOods

than
of a n , ordinary
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were that
overt.a.xod
and theweek-end
traffic . .was
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a.~ C.R .• ISO moderate were the -deI·",.nd •. thatp.t was ~iblo to , nock off some of .
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trajps. whUih it bas bOOn , custo~rJi~tQ .
<tun on Sundays. As· far as could be jUd' _
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superficially he hea.viest day was on D~m r t
21st, when tbe goods' departments wero sjlverely
taxed to cope with tIie strain .q Thore was 1\ remarkable »b.enco of khalci 'a.nd D!iLVY
and
Reading sbldicrs And sailors! either did
tain Christ.mas lea.ve
any ex.tent or they
other- means of
their homea.
known tha.t
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and ltIayorea, accomp&niod by :Mr.
E. O.
(chairman of the 1JOa.rd) and 'Hr.
F . E. Moring (thairman of the Bouse Oommittee), and the lfuW I ,a nd Mat.ron Tisited the
wholo of the MtabliBbmenta under the (l&N "of
the Guardianl. '
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At- ~acb inatitttion ~ the
the lIoyo_ 'ODd bim.el', ...;r;,o~
p1euure tho! had had in
and ....d he; w.. pleuod. to see
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at tbe Chrh.Lmu ditmClr to the inmate. ol-the
GuardilM' Wrmary; bnt.,I am not.iet &llowed
out of bed.
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'!8'7 hoppy. <lIrist...... and

lI.1ended o,nd ,MOIIU"

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