Reading Standard Etc 11-1917

A Stewart Coat has good looks
But long wear and: real comfort
go WIth the style, always;
The foundabons are nghtsound ~ths and careful making.

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That is why Stewa'rt Coats are
I soundesf inl service, have high
I comfort and style tlft stays
SteWart's Coats cQ~t no
than the average soil: But
are very much above the ave~~Lge, ..

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yourPretty 6
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person who. was described as a

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brought back ber fonn ~ for c
She had seven chl~dreIlo of scbool ~e Bud
woman

THE LKINC 'tAILORS.

fore ,I n Mr Pretty M words Iter occupatiOn mlgbt
gene~all;f have been assuJDed to be
that of

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lookmg after ber household

But e,pqUJ ry

elici ted the fact that- she wu engaged ~ .. 10.
OOUl"Cr at the fFry With whIch M-rr P J tty 18
connected !
Tb.ere were allDp1r hundreds of cases m which

in order to keep u~ ttlh:~e::~~i~~~'
returne~ to the mill. 'o~ n

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,A(:tililg 'llS A.glllltsJfor th~ Co·operative Wholesa e SO'c:ietyJ
PURCHASE ALL YOUR

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~epot

opened for this purpose.
SUF'PLlE() PREE.
CARRIAGE
TURN YOUR WASTE

Wlth cloth quarters,
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over ¥II- a p alT
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supply them a t

ma.n ied women turned out ,t..o be latiourer
lady ga'.rd c uer
lUJlkmlUd., secretary \ clerk
mum'tlOu worker grooor s assIStant a~d r:;o OD
apd lD all t h.e se eases Mr Pretty s assUl:bption
..would hM e resulted lD a totally falqe; ret~ be
ItLg made and then when t he quantitlClf .0 food
stuffs reqmred fer IReadmg caDle to be esleu
la~ would ha.ve further l'oe6ulted 10 th town
gettmg less than the share to which It LS lUSUy
e ntlUed I d o not know whether the Bible
ada.ge tha.t those who work not nelthe ~baJI
they oo t Will corne tot pass but It is well Down
tha.t the oon~lmptlon of ccrtaln (ood,
varies and t herefore 16 the event lof g;e eral
ratIOning 18 likely to be 8.ppor~lOnedr
mg
to the occupation foUowed JD the area ~pcr
haps I'&tlonmg Will not come y<mr numb ser
vlI-nt hopes not but. ~lt docs the FOod Co tro l
Commltt~ \Vl11 be a Ie to state the J'elQUlred
qUa.Dtltu~ inatantlx, d t9 back up lts demands
With faets not gendral as6umptions
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As regards the 6t.e~ taken m other towns I
am not concerned wlt.h them my responslblh ty
beIng f or the Borough of Jt.c.a.dmg alonCt. lbut In
case ttie above explanation 16 not regarded as
adeq'late I may perhaps add t.hat I took the
opplion Qf the Min~tr'y of FOOd before returDlOl;
tbQ forriiS for correctIon It 16 truc thajt I did
not use wllat IS sometimes called dlSCrettOn
otherwISe I might have esca.pe<I Mr ~l Ctty a

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Noted

fo~

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Cho!oe
Selection
ot Wrlatlei
'~w.ner1
eta Sliver
Plate
All Rep.1n aoue on

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CLOCK

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w••th hut thJa for t"i.0 r..8OM Finly It wa'
not my bUSiness to 8u ume anybody ouupa
tlOn a.nd BeCOndly as sugar ratl0D:I~ to be on
8.

m~st~

flat rate for botb

a nd/ cna.!women I

nO'lustlfic.atlon for ISSUing fqnns for correct on on a less Wide bas s Bot.h have stomachs

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and the !only difference so rar as I know 18 l.bat
the cbRliwoman do ng baraer manual wor~ nor
Illallv r~ull'e8 more l fOod
Whe n It comes to
ratIoning thl6 seems Ithe only dus.bnetlon allow
fl.ble

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'Mr

ot

wastmg tune' pa.per

inqUiring Into o.nd de
ha4,. qeJ.ped 1n one of

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plaOe<f u~n

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loca.l

~ '~~EitF;~~who made
the devoted
t_

he undou
wouldbt:.Ejdly
ha.ve
h1S

for

the I~ue of the carda
ba, e broken down that It did DOt 18 at
onoo a h lbute: to their t:eal aod .& reProach to
t hqse who onlO' Cr:lt cised
I...tfe In 8. fOod control office 18 mp~h hke that
of a. d og Harra.ssed by mqUlrles a1iout ~&lm08t
every fOOd stuff under Ule sun bc~t With unex~ted complIcatIOns and faced .wltll aU the
dlffiQultu~8 and 'WOrrymg deliailB In~idental to
the o rganwung as It ""erc{ out c f .not.hing of a
wot:k c f suob magnitude It would be unbear
able but fE the kmdnes9 arid "underst&ndtng
of the grf., t; ma.JqrJty of people who ea.ll or
wrloo
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I realise of CX)utre, that Mr ~ootty wrcie 10
too 'Pubhc mteT('fl.t and If he had l-rguoo that
better mstructlotlS might have tleen IaSued I
co'Uld pel'8Onally have hee.rtlly &«,reed
The
T.9Ca1 FoOd Control Commtttee- were not

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Ired London
on t h IS ready
matter
and :Jthe
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a ll came
from
prlOted
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W S BEWJlER
Executive Officer I
[Th s Il ct-oor was crowded out last week-Ed
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.. CALLING UP " PAPERS

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ODDFELLOWSHIP

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largelv a.ttended

foUo",s took: place 9n Tueod~;;
P eter g Lodge t.he occasiOn OO,,,,,,,D.
by the) DtS'trlct Offico['.$
Lodge buSIness bad been DO'bplle",!!,
A WelCh c n t.he 1m It.a tton

took

the chair
a. dLScuSSlon
o n Prov
Our
e xpJa.lD.ed the present

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ma~a Vi1rlOUS~~~~:';r.~~j~!~~

benefits

And be lIilproved upon
these could
that members lJolDmg ~tnoo the
wqo wcre Dot c nt.1Ued to '{'Ia.y
naw make a.rranO'cment.s for same from the
Volunta-ry s ld.c On Tuesday next t he Dtatrtct
Offioer~ Will VUiLt ilia Loya.l Berkshire Lodg(} of
Qddfeilowfl w.he n the DeputY. Prov Grand
Master (Wm D \Vhlte) Will addN!8S the
gathcnng on the Future of t he Order
THRIFT LIMIT ~ OT REACHED
'?of ISS FrIend of the UDlVCrs ty CoUege R ead
lng ndd~ women members pf the We6t
Reading Lloor~ CluD a.t -the club on Tuesday
aftel noon on f06d economy-' Mr8 Chard was
1n the cha ir
~h e speaker WllO referred to the
food question ~s the m()IJ{; burn. ng quest.lOn of
the hour admitted that meet of us had to be
econollllca,l ",bether ", e ",anted to cr not.. We
ought to remand ourselves more often of t be
Hpwndid &8RSOn why w e sho:nld ~ve every
of f ood (\Q w t h as I tlrle {oed tL& we ca.n
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\\>1> It a. WlOO\, aG Jl%\~\e \"lu ~\\
h e lp En~l a.nd to WIJ;l th e war but we
do a,c bIg t1J71;1S

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1lrv% G generally wearJOOfue were
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, tXJuld do. snd ena did
down to the very 1a.st bIt

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/lpo'ke OD lood vBJues
n#S1 oJ" fl.e Enl{/fsh nhtnner a/'
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aM l!.\it:{'I1!t.,,\'S 4'1{~a\.~ \.b.~
box No one 1ft
room 1I'1t'h
t.he cb"lrman could say t.'hat elle

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