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SATURDAY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
Councillor Seaward’s usual Saturday night entertainment was held in the Church
Room, and was well attended. Most of the performers who have given their services
on previous occasions again contributed to the evening’s enjoyment.

FOOTBALL
Two Oxfordshire clubs visited Wokingham on Saturday. Caversham met
Wokingham Town and retired defeated by two goals to none. The Magpies in their
match with Emmer Green on Langborough, were not so successful, the match ending
in a draw of two goals each.

THE PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY FROM WOKINGHAM TO BASINGSTOKE
The unanimous resolutions passed at the meetings of both the Basingstoke and
Wokingham Urban District Councils conclusively prove the popularity, of this project
for joining Basingstoke and Wokingham by a direct line of railway which will not
only form the connecting link between the main line of the London and South
Western Railway and their Staines and Wokingham Branch, but will also be of very
great advantage to the intermediate district, which is now badly provided with railway
accommodation.
The excellent markets at Reading, Basingstoke and Wokingham will be opened up
to the tenant farmers, who will be able thereby to sell their produce to the best
advantage without having to cart long distances by road.
Between Staines and Wokingham there is a large residential district requiring a
considerable quantity of farm produce, such as hay, straw and oats, which can be
easily supplied from the district opened up by the proposed railway.
There is also a considerable amount of woodland, and the owners would no doubt
get a much better price for their timber if they had convenient stations close at hand
where it could be put on the railway trucks.
Improved facilities for communication invariably tend to the prosperity of the
district served and having regard to the charming nature of the country and the large
area of land suitable for building purposes, important residential properties will spring
up, and thereby benefit the three market towns most directly interested.
For some time past The Times has led the way in advocating the better opening up
of the country by improving the railway communication and here is a projected line, a
little over 14 miles in length, which will probably do more good than any other of a
similar length in the South of England.
Those interested in the prosperity of the district would do well to give the new line
their cordial support and we hope the large business firms for which Reading is
famous will do all in their power to help on a local undertaking which must prove
highly beneficial to the whole district.

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Sat 20 June
SACRILEGE AT ST. PAUL’S CHURCH
During last week the Church of St. Paul was entered through the Vestry window.
The two padlocks on the almsbox were broken and the iron safe in the Vestry was
much damaged. At present no arrests have been made.

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Sat 15 Aug
CHETWOOD SOLD

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