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and strong they must he fed
on pure. nutritious. ' palat.
able'Brisco. Brisco i. a folod
of far , greater value ili,m
• lbutter 'or mla rgarine. It is
1111 fat.

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PULLEN'S STORES,
'44. Caverlham Rd'.. & 5i Wesi St:.
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47. Hcm4eaD Road, .canrsh •••

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Blouses
Scarves
Stockings
Underskirts '
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Scarves.
Fleecy Wool Scarves.

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All newest shapes,
A splendid
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the leading
Atkinson,

etc., etc.

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S!-"ggestions

for Men

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Dreliaing

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QUEEN'S

Suit C.,es,

AttoJ.cbel, S. . f~ty
the Heat mat,ets.

Wcm~s Manag~r: Harry B~oe. .

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Motor , Cars. ......CUI .'
ofmetors; StC'IIII E.e,j·promptly

In i tiall !!; I

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. chiefs. fin e quality,

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Pfinl~d
Silk
~r~pe , latt=st flOSIO," ••

tops,' price .
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Madd( ~r . Dark
Ulue, IH.~d, -e tc

<Jeneral ' Electrical W.,rk . and
Rbpirirs canied out by 'skilled

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c:fried out by exPerts.
. B~bTRIC ~~g Plant.. '
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Cen.tral Qarage,
18., 1 QUEEN'S RD.; READING.

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Good Quality.

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ASK y'OUR •.J)EALER FO~ RATINOL

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Per RUBBBR
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it write
Local
Aeon\.to .. for .. .. - Of
IIPri,,".: BottI.. t/. &D~ 4/'1
'. 11 pl. jara, H/'I pi, '''"'' a.
!Jpeci.l Priceo io< 1 _ qu'-;u-.

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Atr.

Eiler, w·ho was ·t he A..ssista.n.t Enf()rcement
Officer iL.t the IDivdsional . Foo<l Comm.iesioner~8
Office .at Ren.d.iDg, w.ent to It.he .. Mi1J~ of YaWlfield. " on Septq 11th a.nd. ·p a rtook of lunch with
BOrne friends. He. ordered, amoDg other .t hings,
a. pi~ of dra.ught: 'bitrl:.er '~r, for which .he waa

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oha.rged, on
bifT, a shilling. He &&ked .tihe
I:fianager of the h9use, Mr. 'Furber, to show him

·too ca&.k from which the \toor Ibad been dra.wn.

He was taken to the cellar and was pointe<l out
·b ore the mark .. 7d." 'He
gathered from :that mark !:.hat tha.t wu tJie
price . cha.rgea.bl~ per pint, 8>nd asked the nu;.nager Jf t hat were n·o t so. The manager replied
,tJia.t jt WElS tJl.e p~ioo chargea.ble in, a. public
ba.r. "There ~ no Justification for this offence!"
concluded Mr. :Jrc rit.
The Order has been m
force for lrorne t.ime and is well knoWQl to wI in
t ho trade."
Mr. Filer, Aas:st.ant Enforcemen.t Officer,
g.ave cvjdence in apport of Mr. Kent'a sta.t.emenm. In answer to Mr. Hatlt, he said he did
not know wJlat Ithe gra.vitY of the boor was. lie
wag familiar w..ith the Order under which the
prQ600ution had boon taken out, but he did 'Dot
know tha.t art W8.8 t.he custom to c~a.rge a shilling
for a pint of beer if lICrved ,jn the ,coffee or dining 'l"OOm of sOme hotels.
For the defence, .Mr. Hatt snbmitted 1,hA.1"
when a. .p ersonl launohed: .a prosecution &gainst·
another per-son, the prosecutor 800uld directly
prove the case. ~Th a.t case had not b een directly
proved, and
the magjl)tratcs had only
fl ..Â¥! ~~ond1l,Ty vidence. The
should 'haTe
bOOn. P1i:0ved in accor~ Witll Regulation 6 of
the Order, whiCh aw.ted tha.t jil any proceedings
ill' respect ·t o the ' inl.ringcment of .t hat Order
the proouction of. a certifica.te of analY8is of the
beet: .should be jproduoed a.n d tho ,gravity of the
beer e.bould bt!I proved. That ·bad not been done,
and he s'u bmitted t hat the prosecutipn had
fa.i1ed o n ,that poiJit.
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The ma.nager of the" Miller of · M ans6cld,"
Mr. Furber, admjobted chargjog I s. for the ·beer
in question. He ·had told lr"Ir. Filer that he mad
always charged l'l'lOre .in the dini;ng room .than
in til< b",.
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The Bench conyicted and imposed a. ,fine of £S
and coste £5 58.

A VISIT ' TO OUR

the ·cask, w.hieh

A 'Few Chrisbnas Gift
. Sugge'Stions
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British Made Toys
For Girls and Boys.
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Useful IGiits .for ~clles.

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BLOUSES,
, GLOVES, LACE
GOODS; HA:ND BAGS,
DRESS & SILK FAB~ICS, '
FURS, COATS, UMBRELLAS.
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The ma.gistrates I a.t the Reading Borough .
Beneh were e ngaged for some considcra..ble time
on Monday i~ dealing with summonses ·against
Rose E. M. Barkham, 103, London Street, Xate
E. M. Hawkes', ·Xidmore End, a.nd ~1Ii-e ·Ba.rk.bam, KidmoTo&j End, for selling to M.rs. E. !.eater
.a wild ·ra.bbit at a price exceeding Lhe madmum
p:rioo applicable, on 3J.s.t October.
They were
also summone\i for selling a rabbit abov~ th~
marimum price to Elizabeth Godd:ud on Nov.

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Mr. A. F. "'t!ark prosecuted o n behalf of the
Food Control !Committee, ·a nd Mf. ·E. D. Berry
defended .and /pleaded .not guilty.
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The p,efendanta are co-partners in business
ca.rried on .at /I:endon Street.
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.Mrs. Lester, 00, Carey Sii-eet, depo.!Jed to buying ·a rabbit 1!ot Barkham's shop in .Londo~ St.
fo, 20. 6<1.
rabbit was!Skinned by the ••1...
maD', alt910u gli she did not want ~t 80 done. She
weighed t he ~a.bbit at .home end found it to
"'.,;g·h 2 Jbs. 1
By Mr. Ber.ry: TJle .r~bbib was not weighed in.
the shop in h er pre$E:ncii: She ·bbought ·t he skin
of .an .;1VCrD.g~ raobit would weig.h about 4 07.8.
Mrs. Tayl0tj • .of 20, Calrey Skeet, corroborated
the evidence ~ to the weight'or .tlhe1"a.bhlt . .
Th'b ol.her oomplaJn.a.nt, Mrs. Goddard, of 54,
Alpine St:.reeg, .said that OD November 8th sbe
went to Barkham'a ahop a.nd. asked for a rabbit.
The salesma.n akilln-cd the·nTtlbit ·and said
prioe · wo uld be 2s. 6d. She asked the ma.n to
w~ tlle rabbit, but· he ;refused O«l ~t!he ground
t hat.it had bOen skinned. She weighed .the rabbit at home lind found ito weight to be 2 Ill<. 1j
ou. She thereupon· took the ra.bbit back to t he
shop and told t he man that there had been .a:n.
ove.reharge. .The sa.lesma n told tho cashier t..o
refund -the money; ·but witnCIi!'! said she would
Te~ the j a.tter to the Food Control Com-

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TEL•. NOS. 565 & I

Motor / LOMPiesand Van.'
fo Sale.
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DAIMLEIt, 2: ton C~,
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Institute visited Mar-

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goats to·

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by CoWltt!811 GUnlwsk.a,
tbe Soutb
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very pJeued wltb tho
to t.h.c ·ladle,1 who
movement, ,Vit.:
:&r·nI. Roalte-Cox,
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Poc(]ck.
Uk!! viai will be

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THAMESSIDF. EN~GIN'EEJRING WORK.S,
Repair Garage: ' 1
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do all yq\u ~ot~r repairs •. yO~ will
of the argument.
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29th at Mortimer Hili,

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T o 'speC1"-"'le
Ol,lt repairi shops of capacity and
second to
none, equipping then\ with
expenslve- .
machinery,I and by employing experts
also speciali.e.
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Thus our work satisfies ' the 'mast calpti~.uS.
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Several 30"cwt. fiAT VANS.

... Au;tomobile:

Commltotee was
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WdNl:lERFUL

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DAIMLEIt, &c:, &c.

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EARLY DELIVERIES.
STIlAKER~SQUJRE ' (S~lcy Ag~nts Be"ks! and

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, Sergeant J. Bennett, la.te of the 9th Royal
We lsh ··Fusiliers, writing from 6 Charles Street
Ponn, South Wales, 8aYB'!-'.'Twelve month~
ago I was sent home fr om France with illness.
I suffered Bueh terrible pains .:t.1l over my bod)'
that I thought I -s hOUld die. 'l 'hen I sa.w an
advertisement of Ba.k!'lr's Backa'che Pe lIete!! and
determ'iAed to g ive them a trial. trhe firBt box
made ~ a. 'new m~n. I can honestly say tbat
I a.m now without pain for the first time since
October; 1917. How I suffered
one knowB,
but tll • .oks to Balt:er 's Pellets I am entirely
free from' pain and dizziness." Baker's :Ba.ck:,"che Pell ~ts a r e a. positive Cur e for Backa.che,
Rheum atism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Gra.vel, Dizzi.
n &$!l and an Kidney Troubles. They only cost
1/3 per bQx from Boots, Taylors, and all
chemists,
post··free per r eturn direct trom
Baker'S ·Mt?icine Co., Ltd., 36,' Wbitcfrian

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PRECOCiTY AT T~E POST OFF~CE:

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Remarka.ble statements, . de""dbed
Judge .a.s
tissue of lies, were '
messengeI.' igirl,: former ly in the
Reading Po):!t (Office; a.t the Cou.nty
'l'bij girl) May Louise Ruff, aged
.. oompen$8..,ion for personal i~jUr';i":;'''I~~a.i,~~
. Februafy wbilo employed in ~
" . Early
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. ~ing
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lIXJ.prove
from
Post 011100
wbich
made through the '
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Post OffiC!T ,until the end· of Jun6.
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Tbe gir~f a.Ueged tha.t while cycling oneSatur.
da;r even.i.p,g in February she fell off tier rnachlOe and !burt her back, returned t.o tbe PO'Jt
o.ffice ILlld reported the matter to the
inspector bf
'rem~ined in bed ·the
following ~und.a.y and 'Monda.y, and einCe then
had been ~ nn.ble to obtain employment in oonsequence <?f the injurtes ahe reeeived.
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The '. )Voman in~tor, however, denied Ithat
·R ulf .had reported her injury. The attendance
book f9r Sunday and Monday bore ber signature, while eince leaving the Poet Office It
tranepiredf tha.t Ihe ha..d been for two or three
monthll acting &.R a barmwd, for ~veral weeks
had ~n· ~ployed . at the Co-opnrativ.8
Factory, q.nd subsequently b.a d been ILD usiat.
a.nt at the London Dra pery Stores, Oxford

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When
with the a.ttendo.noe r~il!l.
tor the
denied tha.t the flignaturo WhlCh
'~:"::::;:,l~c,:the book on Sunday and Monday
w
o n being . requeafied by the Ju~e
in court it was seen that the ",
tallied.
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jqdgment for the POIItm&IJter.
coats, the._Judg-e lIa;id it. wee quite
of the girl's evi~C6 .
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while the details of the accidentby her to her own _ doctor. and • .-

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WEDDING

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A SPEOIAL XMAS WEDDfNG

The 'LiniBtry of M.unitions Dilpos&l Board
h&v& a.llot.ted a further oonll ignmen~. of offipe
furniture to Reading, and M86SrB. 'Nlchola.s are
entrusted with the s&Je of it by puplic a.uction
in the Corn Exchange on Weduet>day next..
The Dilpol.JfBoard ba.ve practically cleared all
this claas' of goods,. ~ it will proba.bly be
laet chanC6 business fi~iJ will have of buyinff
lame. The sa.le incllfdee 20 filing cupboard.,
~ folding ta.bles in variou. si,ea up to ten ft.
Ion., and 560 filiPI ca.binok and index box...

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'Flnes In Overcharge \ Case.

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SKINNED ,.RABBIT~.

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SBR.H8BIRB" 'I'B B WAR.
Part 19 DOW OD..Ie. Price 3d.

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OFFICE FURNITURE FOR BALE.

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othera waa a pure .intention. Her ·i1I-bea.1tb
ow,", .apparently 'due tp nllottlra.1 eIlU'e..
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. 'QpeniN.!~ case, Mr. Kent sai", the prosecuhad
institu.ted under. ~ Beer Prices '

Order.

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Forllhc.m~nI!

behalf ' of .!.be

prosecution an<\ Mr. E. T. Rat t ,d~fended.

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"WIT~OUT PAIN FOR FI~ST TIME
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theskinning
maximum price
ineiuded
aJJ ·not
COlts
of 'skin:
of
rabbit.
Ho did
blow
tihllt
nitwr, pA.ekiTl ~ and package.
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The Be!,eh retired. and on their ret.unn 1.he
Mayo.r SR.Jd Path eases had heen ·"roved -a.nd it
~as their duty to oon vict. Thev had d~ided to
lmpose fl. fi ne of £5 on Rose Barkh:tm with £3 3A.
006ts. The other defendant6 would be dismissed.

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aummoned for selling
a.n excess pr:ic:e on Sept.

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draught bitter beer

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·By Mr ;- Berry: She WIUI fl1)t 'h:v'tterical
she ret.umoo \ with the rabbit to :the ..shop.
The dMend,'lnt, :R.oee Barkham, in the witness
box, sa.id tha.t her inst.ructions to the aseiatant
ill. the shop were to .sell r&b"Qif.iJ .&1:. 9ld. m=r lb .•
every r abbft ito be weie.h~ in · i~ !1k.in..
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Georg.e , D.r;ewitt, 81ilesman a.nrl ns.sl':ltant
. I~':.:':~"'h"
rlefendant:s MOV. sll id t.ho ra.bbi t he sold ,to "Mrs.
~r wmg,Ued 3 Ibs. 2 or.s . . wiY. its skin. He
s~mned the lrabbit before .semng it.. The rabbit ",Id -to : Mrs, ,G<tddard weighed ~ Iba 1 <io
ann t,he pri';' ch"ged WM 20. 6<1. '
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1t1a.tthew8,
of the magist.r&t.es,
"Miller of
before LOn!
WyfoJd liconsee
and otber

S'h. ·

H~n~kerchiefs .

, 'aWed to by skilled mechanics
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At Ute Cavcrsham .P .etty Sessw,na all. Sa.turday.

21/-

Perfumes.

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10. West Street, Reading.

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lar ~e variety of
colours.
Pun! Silk Scnrvf'!'. in
and falley strIpes.

"Furs'

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prettily

JUJDpers

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Handkerchief,

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4mas ?.. is ,entirely solv'ed by
a' vis,it to Hope Bro hers. In
every Depar~ment you will
find a host of sugg 5tion,; for
useful and pleas' tjg , flifts,
distinctjve itl style ,· nd always
characterized by th:~ excellent>:
taste and j. sound vjue which
appeal i19c stronglf to the
discriminating,
i f~~b u y er.
Make an early
imq you
will find the .
for '
Jeverybody at r1<m"

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Packed in hygienic
individual containers.

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questio, "What
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can we ·give them for

one.
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I Fareyourto little
grow up healtby .

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