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SICNET RINCS;

731.- 9 ct.,Gold, 5/6.
18 ct. Gold. 12/6.
737·- 9 ct. Gold. 16/ 6.

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706.- 9 ct.Goid. 30/-:
18 ct. Gold. 10/-.

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No. -627·

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SO-L ID COLD BROOCH .

-Real Ruby or Sapphire and
Diamonds. 12/2 /0. , . ,

Assorted Colour Stones'-I6/6.

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IJffl' Suila' i'iI Fancy Toveold....

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SIRD BROOCH 1/8.

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Silver Brooch.. 1/-.

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MEN AND' YOUTNS.
Those' smart tlDdi U"S6ful Gar- '
ment"tf make a,.. very much appre-r
ciated' gift.. • P"';'cei fr~m 411.9,
49,/8', ' '," '/8 and 131-. Can be8~pp~1 m, a.U '~'.'

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Worsted. Merino and
Prices from 1/11 i to

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that every · member of the
8~ulc1 have a COpy of the
been amended, and that a:
called to consider it.

aelf, and

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juniors a t Frome.

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Labour.
of t.he
Labour had duced ther qualities in
speaker shown us t ha.t he ca.n
b.inging
rabbit.. down ....
...rrival 01: CI>r;,'~nitr t lhroug.
b the jUro~
style of
his veteran
bot~ hefty and clean.

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craving. In
(and Mr. WeigaH'. alternative ~3.fI a. private
.tl.an was
&ny
.re:1i.gion to-da,.
members' BUI) could be con8idered during tbe
apart ftom orga·niaed
sC8si9D, and · that only Government measures
peopJe. generally were
wou1'd bE:! taken. It ruled out enJ'rel Y the Bill
search for trut,h, The chief
Colonel Weiga ll .h"d prepared. The Govern·
looked askance at , religion
ment W83 urged to drop their wn Bill aDa
bt.d come to be lookoo upon
take Colonel Weigal1'g 'Bill in its place, but
~~~3EE~],th~C cmploye1'8
and capitaliats
thut wns not done. The Govern~' ent BjlL was
qui~--,o,;u;'J',o;;f,~to
; uch with
now beforo the House for ~econ reading beP
,t,hia
fore it como up for thi"rd rea, din., and then it
would not 1be amended to a. very great edcot.
Ther~fore they had to keep a ery watchful ."di~t;~;f
eye upon.. it and see they got 8S ,many amenQ•. -So
ments as possible. Tp the minds of many the
Bill prepared by Colonel Weigall was, a tar
more reasonable Bill · than that ptovided bi the
Government. ,There was a point which he was
Itfraid would noyer get into the Bill, and that
wall t ha t t,he Ministry of 'Agricufure should l be
comprised of t he PrC8ii:len ~ · bf
e l3oa.rd, and
with him should be a ' cerbin n mber of practical meu, who would be able to advise him
with r egard to legislation. He knew from
expe;rience that the
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!Primitive Methow.. Tha. t""-litj',
foc)tballer,
ltev. W. Ea.sey make

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il~.pr"eIISe<\

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AliI). LABOUR.

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awkward lIi~uation8 a.a.
had played'
~~111 back: for twenty yean. An ovation he
reoelved on
for a. series
particu18.~ly fiDe
wu fuUy deserved.
Hoder
8hY,l· and reaerved
feHow,
and: he is also one of
tb086
tOotba.llera who are
teet,OtaUers
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Ladles' &- GeaOelBOa'. OtKfftters,
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wbo were employers ought not. to be nominated -by the Agricultural W age! Board. They
werCl not .there tha.t a.ftel'[tlpon· to dieeu.
whether it; was a good or a l bad Board, but
being more -.or less & Governberit department
it ha(Lno right to nominate a~yene at .n... Jle
'thought they -were g()ing tol overweight the
Council ,_with representativ08i of the"' oo.vernment department8, and
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Ltd., 45-, Broad Street, Reading,

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BAOK.~<l'lm PELL~.

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lD.tillm..... Aceollli,. 6IMtDe4..

A'OYIGE:.
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could not be the sa.rpe as' thos who want fr om
tho County ,.Councils.. They ould be principnUy townsmen. That would have to be altered, and it might be put fight a.i the Bill
. camo thrbugh committee. T~ere ~e:e t,welve
m embers to be sent who would bErllominated
by t he Agricultural Wages ~a.rd and repre-\oPI>O'.te
aeotative of ·workmen. He 'faa ne, of those
who thought that labour sbofld have a
because they ha'd tz> get tbeir -Jiving · from
la nd sa we n ~8 they had, . anli la.bour wu entit.led, in his opinion. to representation on tb'a.t
Council.
'B ut · he t.hoUght-:*'the Government
ought to find sorne b etter ay of obta.ining
representation for · labour t an through the

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We cuarutee to give YGU, tbe a.u.t value )'011 caD obtalD
are not ~ ~ Ii"" you yout MoNEY BAClt In fulL
article In 1oo4.~ron within
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DO NOT STOCK\ GERMAN CLocKs.

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22 ct
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'We have a large stodt of A(.ARMS, but we

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True to Hj_ Name.

boo.us.' he was satisfied' that the inler ..to of

q~~:il~~~fine Diamonds set in

Solid Gold Btooches from '15 / 6 ,

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MEN'S SICNET RINCS.

RE'LIANCE WATCH.
'Fhe best low~priced watch
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Written Gua~antee for 121Jl9'lths.
Oxydised Case - 1 5 /6
Ni~~el Case - , - 21 /-/

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Ivith long or short sl<i<iIVe8'
in ,.all .sIzes. Price

Scotch Cheviot in sJurd.. of
.qtoy. - Pri<les liI'8! . ~nd 1110/',

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ill that knowfedge which was
neoeeu.ry for
the furtherance of agriculture _t hroughout the·
countr'l. As farmers they wer not asking the
Government to give thein an ~ hing for their
pockets; they y.rere not: asking for OOlea, only
for , ~a.ir treatment. So-91-e
thought .ubsidies .were a good thing, bu he wanted no
subsidies from the Governmen I (bearr";~:i~:I~;'I~::;
because be knew they would iwa.nt 84
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back. They .w.ere. a.bout to fO~ & - Council
Agriculturists. Thi's Council ould not have
tohe
the Ministry would havo, or .is: or
practical men aasocia d immedia.tpiy
the President of the, l¥la.rd wculd have
in initiating' a fresh policy, but a.fter
schemes h ad been hatched in tre offices
Bo~d they would be placed b fore thiS
cit Ev.ery Agricu)toural Execu ivo Comrnitotee
wou1d be e n t;itled ~to sen,d one member to the
Council, which was to be the Council of the
Board ·of Agriculture.
Un'd er the ,Bill every
County . Council must appoint ne member to
~his Col)!,cil, and any county
o.ugh might. do
1i0, a.nd If. the county boroug11s dId they -would
find th~ w.ould h'ave pretty ne Iy half of trte
memoors from tho .county bor ll:gbs. If t1!ey
thought the Town ' Councils f t he country
were justi1\P.d in sending ono m mber to sit on
a. Counoil of Agriculture be
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In

reput:a.tion of the
au, event, a draw was a.
the ....... aM a~..a..a Rie.&ng; 1Ir'Onl
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g reward! for a:
plucky fight und"er ~ liandlcap.

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had bef#l for ma.ny years, and ¥J, when ,. q}1eat;'ion waa asked in the Bouae of Common.. by
Oolonel Weiga.ll, the: Goverrurlent said tll.ey
were :prepared to reconstruct tb8"-iJoard and
pla.ce It on a.n entirely different . footing. Be
h ad riot been '\ble to discover the whole of the
membera of that Board, but the: President of
the Board of Agriculture was one of
tho Lord Chancellor a.not;ber, h.nd the
bishop of Canterbury was also a. member.
WeigaH was told tha.t the Governillent was
preparing 8. Bill for the rooonstructio,n of theBoa.rd of Agricuftur , a.nd if hQ ca.red. to draft
an alternative Bill thE'!' Government would consider it , and de.tcrmhie whether g Bill or_ the
Government!s shoulCi come in as
Act. TIrey
co-npted a man of wide. experien e in thE> Midla.nds, Mr. Fishcr,':'of Market Hs borough, and
these two Billa came before the $:ouse of Commons during this session.
But when the
session wa&~ about half.way thropgh the Gov·
ernment made an announcement tho.t owing
to pressure of · business
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Solid Silyer Case with pretty Enamel B1-:ze1 in Al~o'r"od

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Ready far,. '!'e.... , d',!~tI in
t1ie 1I....1!it .b&pe&-the very
latest IS the cua,.- Coat, made

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read from Mr. W. ,ChilliDIr-

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worth, I. member of t.he Committee, tbankiDg:
them for "the ,,"ote of condole1Â¥9, which. waa
pueed 'a.t, the laat mee4ng, at the loll he had
!Ulta.ined by tbe de ..th of his wife.
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' The ' ,WO , Bills I'Before Plrll._t. ,
Mr, W. J. CUMB~R ,,&id
afraid. if
they -were -not very car~ful. ,t.hat between the.
66e--S8.l'{ing of ,he whole' affa.ir they miaht 'be
let down. They ha.dl realised for a loDK pun.
tha.t the Board ·of · Agric1l1iure wu noli the
power it ahollid be, cOnsjderiDg~ ,the grea~ stake
which qricultucistfJ ha.d in the Koverument of
the n&tion. During the war the Government
wob u.p ro the ·fact that it ",sa time they did
somcthmg for agriculture, and they did some-thing in the way· of mar:ing them produce
more. Mistake6 bad b~en made, but the n;.a..n
who never made a. mis~ke never- made &DY·
thing, and it waa thought. by some to b& JI. very
wise proccdu.re -on the paTt of t~· GoTernment
to brea.k up more land. But he. t"hought everyone r ealised that tbo Board of Agriculture wa.
not .competent to take en thia job, and ,herefo,e they formed a. Food Production Depart~ent. '.Clte Government began to realiae that.
the Board of AgricuI+.ure, was ~.l-

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A gen~rl\l meeting of ~be ~adiJ?g Branch
of the National Fannera' Union waa held a.t
the Chamber C;f ~Oommerce Room, Friar Street,
on Saturday hu~t, when Mr. W. J: Cumber

cile niH ' an~ ..!so the Bill (inkoduce'" i~ ioqe
Houae
of !Common. by : Colonel A. Wei,al1, I:~~i~~~~~~~~~
M.P.) on behalf of \ he Agricultural- Party for
the Reconstruction 0.1 the ,;s.oard at Ag!icul!
ture.
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