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BENEFIT BUILDING SOC.ETY.
Pounded, 1852.

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JOlIN. R. SIl!ONDS, Esq,
Vioe-PrelideD\: .
OHARLI!Il STEWARD I!KlTH, . . . . J.P.
....... ROBERT JOHN o' ALL8QP, Bi)WARD
JAOKSON, J.P.. and 'l1HOIlA:8. JOHN
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at Ibort notice, at three P.8r 4
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SBCURITY of FREEHOLD 01' LEAIlIWOLD
PItOPERTIJ!B IreplLyaMa , in 4 to 15 7a" b,.
moa.th.ly inat&Jmen~ r
Monthly Repa.ym6llW for an .. d ....nN at £100.
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M.A:, F.B.A .• F.R.B.L .• F.R.Hist.8.
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r a. Soap, ODe bottle of 1m
ental
i'.~IU~:r~lb~IP:.u means,
Two
Tablets. of ViDOli
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ter. and
F IX l!o'
u. .ve'~;~;i,
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Perfume, ID box, S/61·
but judge each case
on its own
AntImony Photo Frames.
merits, without reference to any scale ' Or
Post C&td sise, ald., worth 1/-. r
the attitude t ake n ' up elsewlier~. . M.ise
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Blackall says that you cannot distinguIsh
Vickers Sewing Mac ea.
between "good ". II.Ild "bad" applicants
•. Mude like- a Gun,,·' &:6/6/0.
and tliat in humanity's name you. must
fe~oth kinds. Even huma.nity has its
limililtions, however., and it _ ms ~e~
what of a pa railox . that the I Poor Law
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s hould be fo)' the lienelit .... family that
hn.s a larger income than Mother which
manages to plod along .w}thout finding
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Labpu l'
~..order,
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A. BROWNE & LmLY 1oI0TOR
HOUSE will' hOWle your car in'
oecnrity and oomfort. loIa.nufactured·
of carefully selected matsrial. by
highly skilled workm&';. ' it i. both
dur..ble and arti.tio.

tak"" down and ·re-ereoted. and wiD
always lie wind proof. damp proof and
/ a1together e.fJi.cient.

any en&re

arty had!

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we are glad to h.av~ the &sstrranoo of
man of Mr. ,Quelch. ·standing
on . the rna. tel'. As' he well says: !' 'Whoever the persons w~ who were r&8ponsible for the rowdyisfu~they certainly don't
repr.esent the La-hour movement in "'Reading. That movement Juis ·got a 08 ... ",hich
! can be stated and argued without reaort: ing to the methods of hooligans."
But
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thi· 1iso~erlY element?

1 ColoiIeJ

WilBOn', I pOPularity Increased,

tha.t

Thames Side~

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Telephone all.

matter of grave puhlic concern . But it IS

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to a statement made a.t the Borough
Police Court this week when a culprit,
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,F..dwRlrd Hyde, the' celebrated Earl
ClaJendon, who wrote" The History

that this book was written at Swallowfield,
but such was
as the
the Rehelllon."
It not
usedthe
to case,
be thought
house did not come into the possession of
the fam ily prior i to its , publication; a.I!d
the Earl was in exile . . He woO in 1674;
his body being~ht from R ouen was

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EM KINDLY.

d;:O!i=t~t~:o~tb~.:h~u~:.mane
,I&ugbtering ,,-m
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early next year by
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Book on the Rifte ~-A boOk haa
pubbsbed by Me8ln. Griffin and
Exeter Street, Strand, JJondon.
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very .mterestnig! :vrayl wit-h t~e
problem,
the riJI. andl .t& perfotmrnce. The
volume is e~tit.led "Tli~ Th~ry of the Rifle
and Rifle Shbotmg," and is writ n by Mr. J.
W Hicks, F ".A.S. (" Ba.listic .... '!of ! " The

AS&OCIU.tioD J:ourns.l "). The .. ub~ect I S trep.ted
ill a. very " sirhple
bhe problems
the
a.nd ' jmanner,
H." of the
"Natlona.lofRifle
art of 1ihooting being 60 expl&iaed I as to be

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solved b~,the element.a.l'Y rult:l!i
,rithmetic.
The booa: is pubJished at 5/ - net&..
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amusmg yarns d~crjptlve of ih"o~i,;~~;-P
mg lDCldenta a.t home and a.broad.
trations, which are very numeroUl,
supplied. by sportsmen artists, a.nd
to greatly enha.nce the mterest of
and stlmuia.t.e the imagina.tlOn of
Th18 annual' wIll certainly add
ments of a comfortable armcha.Ir
d",,:,std tire, and ' cannot fail .to brmg
pleaaa.nt memories of da.ys .spent
gun. The contrIbution8 are all
sportsmen who ha.ve made
and feat her the
of
Shoot.ing
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chiefly on account of the Duke of
(a.fterwa..rdsofJa.mes II.) unpopula r
·~~;I~t~;~ ~ith his daughter. So Viscount
became the second Earl, who
n • .t~,ra~ly resented the treatment accorded
::"'- "':."--' ''J and was not a. pe~,:,a;i~~~:
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reputation.

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Not Always
Rallwaymen.
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The pilfering tEat hs,s been going on in
connection '''1th Ithe railways has for f,\o
long time nol" , we r egret to 88.y. been n.

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white hind feet,

were p,u14cs to, Or' had Dukes and Ea'll.'ls, who held Swallon field in
a.tt:eI9pt to prevent former dal'"'S . They would form , 3 goodly
i tho ~
to
tb procession fo), a pageant. and Lady Russel!
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. I. (Jo)WODen: 1te 0
e~ I t olls us of the Backhou ser, tne Hydes.
~~~untru:e. qu lies~nd the P itts and m~ny other .illuiitrioDs famionly 'unjuit b~hich a.re lies who have owhed and lived at Swallo'l¥to the C&UOO', of Labour field:
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house itself~
No one knows ' what the
anCIent mansion was. like' the present
house was principally built by Lord Clarendon towards the end of the 17th century.
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The estate passed into the possession of
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t he Earls of Clarendon by the marl iage of I ,:ecen~l y_
the widow of Sir 'Villiam Backhouse,
Flower, Lady Backhouse, to Henry Hyde

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.stream out.
He cau,ght his tram
missed a rem rkable demonstration of
sonal r egard nd political support.
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1S~tlOD and juet as I cost hIm tWi ce as much. I have no space
O'"FQlOl6 ~Dnected with to record the Kings and Queens, the

As we pointed out last w9Qk, the , I
. gathering resulted-in the vast majority of '
, the people' pi esent be;.ng more than ever
; attached to the Borough Member. Iii was
Browne & Lilly o.Jao manufacture , a pity that the meeting was so prolonged,
for they intended , afterwards, to give b.irn
Poultry Hon",,", Greenhouaee, Buna demon.tra~ion of their sympathetic supgalows, Fal'lD Sheda &l!d every
port and ga hered in large numbers outdescription of Portable Bwlding.
, side the ha for tha.t purpose
Colonel
Wilson was, !however , so rushed for time II
Write for Illustrated Booklet giving . ~o catch his train that direct1y the m eetr-I
mg was oveli be had to be off, a.nd was
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p&rticulare of our Yarioua IoIguf...,.
hurrying
the .steps bf the main entureo,
trance to the building some seconds before I
the great b Ik of the people be~an to"

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manor , it be..
the Queens of
there a large
and we s~ould
horse, .iI. brIght:

.--'-- -~-';' ~:; ca lled "Bayard, '" which cost!: him £1,000
• in t he present value of money, .and a grey
I.nelm.ute I most \ em· ll"itl~ u. blac~ head called. Pomer,', which

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brown bay , with

do :'1
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marred
n. very in1", ...,sti,nl! '!~.d ,M,\.c•.~~·e · ~.,,~i~
in the Town.
we did Dtfor one moment thinK

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told so
the
sent time.
came part
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stud for
lIke to ha.ve SOOn

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rebuild the house.
architect Talman,
controller of works.
Reading tradesmen

on g l'adually,
Lord d"'4;~~'n~~~,J;:'~"~~d
'l'alman
often coming
the' work. It was
in
style of architecture
was
fa-v our .
Talman, who was the conteIl:lporary of Sir Ch t i 5topH~r \Vren, was hIS

Dnub~br...ted

and this partIcular
10 the quiet d&J'"k
favoured by the city
And the prlce keept
the cost -of dressing,
So many sizes in the

be 100 per cent.
Underwear that
·50 per cent. warmth.
best standard, and
nderwear or Hose

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Youths.. too; have belted
and belt1e8a Tweed Over:,'
coats for c'Q.oice •. a.t 35/- to
85/-, and sin~ Covert.

ground,
Sh.irts in
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of every kind~ two offers
FlaDnel~ in nea.t pa.tStripes on cream

18/ 8, and (2) 'l'unie
effects. from 7/11 to

&lid p.ttsrns, from
to 114/8.

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N aineoblr: . I HaladjerclrleIs,

ma'.t.t.

fully i>",br""1~Â¥' i.!J'
desiil'!s. _ Ya.lu,e I19.t 'equ~ tirla
year .
eo.ob: 0<" 18 .... dozen.
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an under
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17/6.
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worth 2O/-to SO/'l

Sbopper's. ,!,llj P,/~
tbe*e Haadle.roMets.'

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works! are, tbe
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E:w,illo,w£ield in 1820, when
Indian j udg.

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Gent'll Laced '
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as women. Here the man can see fYVery a..ppropri&te Gift for
h.is wife, D}3id, frien~, or childreJl-without troub~ ~nd without
bemg impoituned to purchase. Make a' Point of ~itmg the

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If you had a 1,000 Friends you
cOuld flD'd a dlHe~Dt Gift for Bach
In McIlroya. Gift Bazaa.r, It is a place for men to buy as well

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str'u;,ture, as all

The reat' I f hit " of, thl)
year in Bo18'~ Overooa.ts ,: 8, 1 I
of.-oouree, the.. range iIi that •
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tlplendld serge, ' double.. ~
;breasted and witb belt.
Helie,.
here in Raincoats, without or ~wltb
emerald, light blue, brown and
~ beJt, step or military eoUare, amartly
"""Iet. 31/8.
;CJ,1t ind well ta.ilored. .11· to 105/-.
Some mon are about to be lue~y.
In Covert R&ineoats- be&yy ~enough­
100 only Double-breacted RainooaUI
for Overooal.8 - ihere arQ many
offered to-morrow at 37/8.
styles with or without Raglan deevee. t
An arml a~ ~eo will find tbeir ' eiJ;EIa
&t 83/- to 105/-.
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Ralncoa.ts ~wa.rm. 'enough
for winter), in f&wos and
grey., .t 24/8 to 75/-,
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While bo~1!I can be fitted
WIth
ch1l1-praof , Tweed
Overooa.ta, in smart 8tylea

Vesto, 6eecy

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owner.

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al:)ihtY 1 and his 4esign 'was fairly
accordmg to , a.ccep~ed canons of "",ss'='•.1
a.rchitecture~ though his work was
and lacked Imagination.
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The house is quadrangular iU I pla.n and
e ncloses an inne:rl court, round ' which wa.s
formerly a complete cloister. Two SIdes of
the quadrangle are muc h older than the
rest of the house, the roof of their uings
being screened with a. parapet of baluster j
is surmounted by a belfry I and tbe

GloveI>-'buckskin,
etc.
i ]~j(:;~~;, ..Men's
nd lined.
In

sleevee. 8 t'Ql 8 ans.

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being
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P,alladlO by direct llJld ,8lmost servile imitation of the Italian's work. He was the
al'chitect of Oha:t8worth, . which was
finish~ e ight yeara heidt-e he began to rebuild Swallowfield. Horhce WallJole in his
16tters states that Talman built tibe 'h ouse,
whereIn he stayed, being a fnend of John
Dodd, who succeeded the Clnl'endons as

and rich
3 / 8 to
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Then for the most fa.stidi_
ous man , Overcoats in
lavender. grey or brow.n
shades. yv Ith or Without
belts and patch r ·pockets. .,

makers-firm s
invaria.bly secure
11/ 11 to 14/ 8 ,a.

great rival, and introduced a successful
attempt to revive the rigorOllS standat d of

selection-the
to 1/8 each.

brown ' tweeds and Dap
clotb. 14/- to 105/-.

na·t'l'~1 wool and cotton mirture
The prices make
518 to 10/ 8 each

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his Christmn.a

In:line grey and

.sure.

Men 's """'.901 H alf Hose, fast black,
ribbed.
weight. 3 / 3 t" 4; 11 •

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of Single-Breasted
coa.tI for men that there is'
no need for ma(Je-to.mes.- '

Men's au"woo. Pants and Vests by the

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to know tha~ ~e beat was good enough.
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British ready-to~wear clotlies aile b~tter th~llA~~rican aoth;". r.
better, 'they are made better, land-they can b~ bought at '
MlcUlrojrs in the same patterns, clotIU and cut as the inh~t expensive to

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achievements of
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vice to t"";-~~tfJtJOV

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than the
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one shilling per head
to summer children has been gr'mted.
adva.nce
f I t'
.
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r~und
Bath Tablets, Verbena, 0 W In IS JL Just
tl~;~gi::::~t,
n~1
Jocke Club 101d .
~VB are concerned
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It seems to us
Vmoha., Pears and EraamIC at Curreqt ! lost sight of
tU11a"' l,

'.these were all

t Built m sectiolll it can be 1easily

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9f the general

in d ehberatJOns h as b een

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1/4!. 2/3. recently devoted
the, question of
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Super Qua.bty, 4jd." ~ ,: ta. let.
.. VIolette de RU881e.
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8PECIAL FEATURI!Il.-Prompi
Jloderate Law l and Survey Ohargu.
Buy.
BedegjptioDI Na · Entranae FeM. PremiQIIUI or '
other es.penlel.1
For IProlpectal and all information appIJ io
lite 8earet&Q',
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1\t. BLAKE 1'. ALLNATT.
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It

was caught.

the J.a.test figuras

To walk In long black ga.lters,
, And ha.ve my oonduct pulled about
By d emocrat dictators.'!
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And thI:!I. IS what BIshop Gore sa.id: II In
Binmngha~ I once overheard two street
. i d en8 ! arabs discu~ssing my !appearance, and a~
·USUaloleost ! last .one. saidl to. the otber 'I tell y~

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JOHN SIMONDS Eoq.
J. HERBERT BENYON, Eoq .• 1.P,
LBONARD G. SUTl'ON. P;oq •• J,P,
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A TII'e of Blsb.p Co.o.
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,:~:~~:u.,;:::,,:ec:-::ho in a. &tory which Dr.
'·~:f:~i.;t~!!:;!~oi~f own
Odiird,
told atThese
a r-'-~'-"
expense.
lines :.. I'm
I'm not 8. :Bishop,

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