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-time for atl:irting I. 2 pm. but the lntcndlilg ""'.,,,. ;cum

11a8senge~B are already arrivlDg. They don'tJ mtend
to be left be~fnd A.l pccullar crowd In one J'e8ped~.
as thoy are '311 clotbed

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ex~ursion
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the fixe\:l Intention
of enjoying
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posed of men Ifrom all p.am of
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We arlJ' 80 11I.ccustomcd t6 the delights of
l;leautlful ThaUle3 that we hardlY realise what
bea.utles menP to tbose unfamiliar With it.
w~ lla.vo n~t
very long journey this time, only
tQ Shlplakc Lock Music. cl~arctte.a and frUIt help
t-o renacr tb&\ Journey etlll clrmore enJoyable A~ w~. ~ ~~>
Shlplake Lock the \ paSlM!nge,~8 dIsembark ond are
warmly rec~lved by a party of ladles who 1Ia,0 pre- """ t.ne
pared tea for them m ~ shclwred portIOn or' nn
jaeent ' garden .. Aft~r ihl.8 has been dcspatC!tle1.1
and an mtercptmg presentatIon madOl to the cap ~ID
ot the steamer, th e men are .free to ,roam about Ule
gaTdens and brchard.
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The time for departure comes only I too soon flnd
tJlO return journey IS regretfully '" b~gun. The
steamer ir. an qbleet of. interest, 3.lso of proflt, to lO
urchinS on theJliank who ~un a lODg tummA' Cat-h!}r·
(no wheela Iall opportunity offers They w+,-It at th~
Lock to recei~o a. reward lor] their labours Bcf6!'e
itfsperstng cheers fot the donors lor the ~np
heartily given.
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Alas tile airorntion from .. Su"mer time"
b~. bl"" II "Greenwich time" c108CS ~h season of the
of which the above Dl~ptloncd Is tYI)lelU ,uc"'.I I""'Il" e!,Qu:gJ~ ffr
have been 37 of them in all~ 1 carr11l1g over 4,000 men
i'he orgA.Dlser and' collector jof fUJld& is ~h:\t in·
deratlgable worker, Mr. E
Awmnck. who I
from t~e first the prime movcr In this
11.,,"'010 work: 1 Hundreds of PJ'OP~l!lve shared
down: tho river from (for g to Henley
boen welcomed In ()Ilrt cs of ,...~oqt
p;lfts 01 tru~t and cigarcttc4 have hecn'f sent
musIc. orc'helJ1'ral and ehorf"l, arranged I
.eoCieties pnvat.e 8rms and f,ndlVldualS ba,e been
,respont51ble for the expenses ather at the steamer
or Il garden party.
In ad<1atlOl1 to the l above trips a small Ifl-unch
C/LTrylng 10 men very" comfo1rtably, hn.s mado lS5
jon rne ys, and n further nnm~er of men I!a.. e been

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for N brake drl"da ha"e taken 4S0 mt\I to tea [It

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been inVited
garden parties m different parts ot
tho town Df tho klDdnGBII ot toe CorporatIOn I t;;,:!:~r'y':
spcclill trams.! have comcyed the men to and from
the fiv er T~e whole of the trlp's l have been ar·
r anged by the Committee cpounonl y known as
"Care and Co~torts
It may be asked , "Is it worth while f!1CU r rlOJ;
these expenscf ? 'Yhllt\fs th~ DbJect of them? The
ad'lant.'l.ges tid allrconccrned In these entertainments
canoot he me38ur.t d in £ a d The SI)Lrlt of true
hosilltalltl, the desire or all to roc\!lvo l tha men as
thcif own gudsts .,., hom they aro pl c aee'jl and proud
to r welcorpo, the opportunity of guests an d hosts to
knp'w and nndcr.'ltalld elLch other ean hut haTe one
result, tighte:tafng tILe bond of union a nd gratltmte
been fi!:!:httn!:!: I I::~I';;'~
whlctj. bInds 115 to all those who
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