Reading Standard Etc 12-1916

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free-hip coreet. ~ceptioa!illy
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REQUIREMENTS
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' The ftnanciat yoar which onded March , 31st.,
1916, was oaaily the most. suocosdui year for the

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Reading Corporat.ion Tramwa.ys, and for tho

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IiNlt t ime t.ho lannual -:eooip~ exceedod tJ.lO ,liUJD
of £40,000, · ~vell thll lat.lsfactory figure will
probably be iplprovod upon during :tho present
year, for, up fO Docamber 20th, the takings
higher tha.n. on Docombor 20th, ,1916'-

For tho yol.r 191.5-6 tho . roooip'ta from"
8OU1"OOl amou~
' tod to £41,660, wWch was
bigher than
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£7,570 higher than tope .ft~••" , '-;;::;;~r-;:~~~
t.ramways undertaking
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Tho nqt p~fit. tfor t he yur,
Army lerVIe<) allowanee, _a.·.HR'
heet to i rawmay moo
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Of tom amouD~
of rll~. The
ing tbe year
1.072,809 on
DQparlmeot

PRICEs.

cars during
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RECORDS
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Un~e
thalfy
othor
.. Reading
is atillglveD
pro: I :;~~:~~~~
vided
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"''better
cartori
aervicea
th$l thOle
'before tbQ war, although 70 per cent, of tb6 em.
plOyOO8 Mie left for serviee iii the Army and
Navy. The Ita mon who haye joined the co1oun
have boon taken from all .ection. of the Qepart-ment, MId it has been neoessary to, T&-Org&.niae
com'bIe~11 th' ataft', SO .. to cope with the Dew
ponditiot\-:. " rSince lut yea.r the TramWay.
Manager haa,~becm obti,ea tq engage rwomw ..
clorka, inapoeton end oonductortl. and to-day no
fe1ter !thAn) f\3 ",amen are ·8o employed, In the
rop;air .hop,'l'6"or .t..tion and parman_t _y
no female Is~v, i, Uled, but, ezol1lli1'e of tr&ftlc

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now. onga.aed in the alame capacity .. they were
in , Aug\ist', 1914. On the traffic side the work
hRI IntreaMd
with
tfie Jarpr
numtMp-are
of
men,
oertaiolyrreR.tly
no mote
than
employee.
p~nge" CArried. and continu.. to inereue;
, the powor .t~ti()n .ia maN heanlv loaded t.he
ever bof~r.; the repain to co ....nd plant ....
~ certainly lUI many and ". ~at III thOle of an,
nroviOUII
vear
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staft'~
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t,he nent
workway,
donealthOUl(h
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not ...rten,i,.. .. bot.... t~. "Ii>, • "'1 Iarp
number of new point.. taave bean flat down duJ'..

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in aU the considorations or that
and WUo judgment "hich
for the position which ho hlUl
yoars.

Furniture
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RElBOl'VllIt of t.bo Rift.e Bri~
q,t. war in Germany.
9h"inn~li.h'Ip or the 'Waterworks Commit.

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ha.vo boon bUBHy
makmg nrtlclcs
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nary lloapitals. Not less than 4.150 articles havel
hoeD made, including splin\.a ~,596), bod and leg
ta (101), bod tabJ08. bod cradles apd trays
1), foot reate i51f, bandago winde:\ (18),
utch hoads and handle1l (432), socka (84 PIW'8),
miltona ~S _pairs), 1J1l irtH and vests, (l OS) ~ haitdkerchioCs (89), coa.b, sc&t:vcs. stockmgs, lacket-a,
mumon, holmets, pillow ~lips. slippera, band·
age's and othor arliclos. :Njumel"Dkls -adJustments,
rcmn.~iDg and . ~3.in ha,\'0!also ~,undertU:()D.
Tho ~hblarll have given roth or t)leu- sp.uc t1m~,
to th18' work,
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Dhrin ... the POlit year ,0 tQWI1 has loist,
state
cau8o-t.I~;t.
by deat.it Mr. CouncilLor '~n.ner. who for over
pertain place,
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t.welve years dischargod '\ 'th zoal' his re&P9Dsi·
bihLics a6 a. member of fh committee. He \oak
an active ' pitt in 'the aett. mont of tbe ~resent
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scbeme for tho admin~tr !.ion of lobe 'ancient
West.
Tlrl.s summa.ry would be incom~totQ...Witho'ttt ti,,..
charities of John and E'r:
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brief reforonoo to the \)rogress wInCh has marked \
I There has also pa.aaed" y:Mr. A. S. Caudle,.
hriadmutei of Battle Seh • who Ja1?eurod faitH:
'~;di;~:;-;;.i:-t.b~':j~;d1i this journal dui:mg- t 10 past., (lw(llve wt)llths.
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,l'hrougbout j,h~"'p(iriod aLtho ,wa..r no papor in......
fully and sUcce8lfully for ...6r 32 years in the
Roading or BQrkshir o has won itaolf 'mora mto
olementary
of thetb rtlSP.ousible
rough, and office
who for
~.,.. I popufa.r favoul';_umd we Questioo l VlholliQ1" ttD3'
nearly four Ilchools
years fiHod
of l~~~.~~~~~~J:::~;.~~:~
tho teachers' reprosentativ Upon tbQ Committee.
M.r J IillW8PILP"~ in t ho provinoos IJ)as d vela~ w~th
At Lhp age of 42 years f. W. D~ Wi1ljams.
, ' groaUir rapilli.t:1. than ' that .....lueb bas .hVBCt.or~
1m t ho htsWcj, of UIO "Roadi~ "Sts.ud~rl!.'·.
B.Sc., hcadm&ster of th/} eorge' Palmer Tt~e
With t ho tsdvent of tbl tWElIlt.ie tli 1 C(Jntu.ry tho ~
Scllpol. has also hoen tat
from ~ sphere "of
circula.tion of t110 paper has: f rom ~ practlca.llY •
9duclitional
activity.
The department
qualified IlUcoeu
of
mSI&'nificant (:IOf-tion-lh tl,r<mIa.t,oD:'llt--UJ)991wm.
t.ho orgn nisa~o
of t.his
of the
GC!9rge Palmer School u l,\"K"ely due to his 'F..
barely 1,500 cOpies WOOkIY-dISPlay~gradupJ
a nd oonSlst.ont )?rogr:ess luI! along tho' 0 u~il
t.iring energy and undaggiqg \interest.
t~
TIm Committee ha.ve at.c!t i08t t.he Ii8rvi~ l ot
Ij~"~.be 'RrQSont. hmo ''It. has a ,",ooklYj Ii of o ... eJ'
' I 91qDO. oo,l)ios, whieb is witbout paf>lUol in t!:.i9
their
a.eoount.ant.,lfr, A. G. W. Collmll,
distr}9t, wdoed it lS gcnorally. ndmitited t hali our
who i
Cairo of dysent4r:y on Nov, 15th, and
present circulatioD' wotIld liear more-Ithan f~y t}ur,in thoir ,seryfei! since 1903.
ablo comparison wit.H the otb~r th,rtIo Rc:tding ...,
eloaoe; with
(ervent hope that ero
.- papers put. t9ieths;:, . Ati tb~ bogUlnmg of the
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twolve month. bafo pse&ed the fotroRat- yoar, in ordor --to 8u~t,{ntia.to our ~rtio.o t~~ t
sf'ect may be able to reCo~ that t.hc w'a r has
; tliD Reading St.andard was too loading.. news- "
onded to t{la 88tt.ilfaetioD ' ctf Britain. and ber
ill ;10~ paper in Berkshire, wo ia.suod 1Io \"clw.,rtor.od aoAllliw a nd' bnoo acain the f~t of tile nation Ilte
of OOUnt'ant's COriifiCRW s.howing thatthe 'net woek ..
v>t upon the ru"", of the Ifider of ecJucationat
officioncy aDd progroa:. ,.
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Iy ,sale of tlt'9 oanor, .takon on atthtt~ ' DJ01' t ltS' ~
who was. aJeo B\'eragc, w!LS 1~633. Anotber n ta~Io nchieve:
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E.Sl.i the vllIU3bl e been" tho SUCCQ88 or our pictorih.1 p)a.goo, which'
",:~~~~:!~r ~f~~~j~~ &f ~inert, .38O~. 5..re wplCltod for wookly ,and troasured in pt'acpu~aae of bl3.nke."".e, " t.lctLlly !ovory household ~ID ~adlUg f and Ca\'Of'o'
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!5h!'tl! and tllrougbout ~Qe county. M~my ·o-mt.
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phments ba.vo bean paJd Wi for t,bq ManUor ,mJ,
a.Dt1 Foeter .of ih& ..hleh wo havo m[lintainod this foatuf'O, \\l\ill......
1--i'riv...te ;"".I.o' n.
~Cll ow~~ .. involvo3$ Us in &1\ oJ."ndituro of ov:o~ a th.ouii\na {

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and, our ercJ'olnCl'Msing eircJo ,of' rpadon ,ma.,.
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assured wil
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be
llparoo on our part... to maintain • tWa uniQUG
feature, whie,h un~ pla.yad 8U'c.h a.o! jrnl,>OrtBnt ,
part 10 our hlstor\',
Our pubIicatwp' .. &hlhl~ and thq Will; fI of
which'
shall p~bli ll~ t.he 16th nnUl~

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' trT~ llr!t\volum,e mot v;itlj. many ou1ocies.,
?IaJ!lCtoo tbo Xmg oipr oeaod bio (~ 'int_1i

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In concluaion wo'wi&b. to take' thia oppO:rtaUJity '"
of thanking our Dtlmerous honora" ~Dtl1"bUti')~
'....for ,their valua~Io IIlPfJOrt dun,ag,thu_pllt year.

lJI,crea~ ooat' oIl p11.~

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thanj<fnl !<> ..y u..~, it ... IIOt hia<\tireiI oor prQ. '

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