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Mr. Garry then unveiled the illuminated address, which was covered with the Union
Jack and read as follows:- “Presented with the accompanying easy-chair to Supt.
Goddard, by the officers and men of the Wokingham Sub-Division Special Police
Reserve, as a mark of esteem and appreciation of his courtesy during our work
together in the Great War, 1914-1919.”
Supt. Goddard thanked them for the presentation, and said that if he lived to retire
he hoped to enjoy the easy chair, but they did not at the present time keep a
superintendent to sit in a chair. (Laughter.) It seemed rather contrary that they should
reward him; he should really have rewarded them for the splendid way in which they
had done their duty. Supt. Goddard also referred to the excellent work done by
Admiral Eustace and Major Barnes. All the leaders had been splendid.

1921

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Sat 15 Jan
SCHOOL CLOSED
In consequence of an epidemic of measles, attended in some cases with pneumonia,
the mixed and infants departments of St. Paul’s Schools remain closed until Monday,
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January 24 .

HOCKEY
The Wokingham Hockey Club visited Aldershot on Saturday to play a match with
the army school of physical training. The game resulted in a very decisive win for
Wokingham by 11 to one. Goals were scored by the visitors by the Rev. F.M.C. Hare
(centre forward), who netted no less than eight; A.E. Allnatt (centre half), two; and W.
Denton (outside right), one. It was a better game than the score suggests. For the first
time this season, S.E. Sale appeared for Wokingham, and it is hoped he will soon be
quite fit again after his long illness.

ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC OPENED AT WOKINGHAM
A Work which should be Supported
Of the discoveries and advances of science for which the recent war was
responsible, none is more remarkable that the tremendous and wonderful advances in
the surgeon’s art. To say that the war actually did a considerable amount of real good
might seem strange but such is the case where surgery is concerned. The experience
gained by the cleverest of the country’s surgeons whilst in the Army Medical Services
has been of a most important and far-reaching kind. Today, when the war is over, this
wonderful experience and new treatments discovered during the past five years are
being communicated to the country, and already many are benefiting by these
wonderful new methods.
It is not so well-known as it might be that in Wokingham recently. An orthopaedic
clinic has been set up, so that there the knowledge and skill gained by the war
experiences is at the service of the deformed. Almost three months ago this great work
was started by a committee formed from the Red Cross Society, with Lady Caley as
secretary and Admiral Eustace as treasurer. The committee have the voluntary
services of Captain G.R. Girdlestone, in charge of the Headington Orthopaedic
Hospital, Oxford, and also the voluntary services of nurses and an after-care sister,
trained at Headington. Here is no charge for the services and treatment given.

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