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Sat 21st May
The Mayor issued a handbill requesting the shopkeepers to close on Friday on the
occasion of the funeral of King Edward.

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Sat 28 May
Mrs. Walter has left Bear Wood and is settled at 35, Courtfield gardens, SW. All
communications for her to be addressed to Mrs. Arthur F. Walter.
Mr. & Mrs. Walter have left Bear Wood and have arrived at Lancaster-gate-terrace,
W.

Sat 16th July
ALDERMAN CREAKER’S PORTRAIT
The Town Clerk read a letter from Mr. S.C. Goodchild of St. Leonard’s-on-Sea in
advice that Miss Ann Creaker has bequeathed to the council an oil painting of the late
Mr. Thomas Creaker who was several times Alderman of Wokingham in the
Corporation with a request that the portrait may be placed in the town hall. It was
recommended that the bequest be accepted and that thanks of the council be conveyed
to the relatives.

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Sat 23 July
THE MARQUIS OF DOWNSHIRE
Congratulations are due to the Marquis of Downshire (in the peerage of Ireland), of
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Easthampstead Park, Wokingham, on the recent completion of his 39 year. Born on
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July 3 1871, he is the sixth holder of the title, to which he succeeded when three
years of age on the death of his father in 1874. The marquis is also Earl of
Hillsborough in the peerage of Great Britain, and as such has a seat in the House of
Lords. He is a deputy-lieutenant of co. Down, a captain in the Berks Yeomanry, and
the Hereditary High Constable of Hillsborough Fort, co. Down. He married in 1907,
as his second wife, Evelyn Grace May, daughter of Mr. Edmund B. Foster, of Clewes
Manor.

BUCKHURST GARDENS
Mrs Murdoch has kindly thrown open her gardens at Buckhurst on Wednesdays
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until September 1 .

JUMBLE SALE
A successful Jumble Sale was held in Church House on Wednesday afternoon, and
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realised upwards of £20, which will be divided between the 1 Wokingham Boys’
Brigade and the Palmer School Cadet Corps.

BAPTIST TREAT
The summer treat to the children of the Milton-road Sunday School was given in the
Holt meadow, by permission of the family of the late Mr. D. Heelas, on Wednesday.
Tea and various amusements were supplied on the ground. The Town Band again
played a selection in the meadow and led the scholars home. Slight showers
somewhat marred the proceedings.

MILITARY
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The 25 Co. A.S.C. arrived in the town on Tuesday afternoon from Hounslow, and
were billeted there for the night, departing next morning for Bath.

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