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Chetwood near Wokingham has been successfully disposed of through the agency
of Messrs. William R. Nicholas and Company of Reading and London. The price
obtained is said to be a satisfactory one.

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Sat 22 Aug
THE NEW SEWAGE SYSTEM
The following are the particulars of the sewage system adopted by the Town
Council at their last meeting, as recorded in the Mercury. The sewage in the
Finchampstead-road is not at present connected with the outfall of the sewers, as it is
necessary to remove it by lifting it into the sewer at Wellington-road—a height of
38ft. This will be divided into two portions. The sewage is to be lifted from near the
“Pin and Bowl” into a lift at the end of Carey-road, whence it will be forced with the
sewage of the upper portion to the outfall of the sewer. To do this the necessary
pressure is to be obtained by taking from the present outfall if the sewer near the
“Duke’s Head” a volume of sewage and carrying it into the top of a tower to be
erected at the sewage farm. The difference in the level between the sewer near the
“Duke’s Head” and the bottom of the tower on the farm will be 35ft. The low-level
sewage at the two points mentioned gravitates into cast-iron cylinders, which are
connected by rising mains with the outfall of the sewer, and from the cylinder air-
pipes are carried into the tower on the sewage farm. These are connected with an air-
cylinder from which the air is forced through the air-pipe by the pressure obtained
from the sewage in the top of the tower. The sewage is discharged by means of an
automatic flush tank down a pressure pipe into the air-cylinders, the weight of this
column of liquid giving the pressure necessary to lift the sewage from the
Finchampstead-road. To make the apparatus automatic, a plain siphon is fitted to the
air-cylinder, which at the end of each discharge is automatically set in action and
withdrawn. The apparatus has been working satisfactorily in Great Grimsby for eight
months.

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Sat 5 Dec
WOKINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL
STRONG ROOM COMMITTEE
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This Committee reported that a meeting was held on Nov. 26 , when tenders were
produced for work in connection with the strong room. It was agreed to recommend
that Mr. Seaward’s tender for £35 be accepted. It was also agreed to recommend that
the sum of £30 be allowed for the purchase of an iron door. A meeting was held on
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the 30 Nov. when certain alterations in the size of the room were considered and
approved, which do not affect the above tender. It was agreed to recommend that
about £5 be allowed for shelves or fittings.
Ald. Heron proposed and Ald. White seconded and it was carried that the report be
adopted.

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Sat 26 December
MOTOR CAR
Wokingham was aroused on Tuesday morning by the appearance of a motor car
which was driven through the town from the direction of Bracknell towards Reading.

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