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Sat 8 Feb
AIR RAID CONFERENCE
At the recent conference concerning Air Raid Precautions, Wokingham Town
Council was represented by Alderman J.B. Eustace, Councillors C. Goddard, Beale
and Miss D. Wescott.

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Sat 14 March
The Mayor of Wokingham was in bed on Thursday with a slight cold.

THE MAYOR’S DISTRESS FUND
ALLOCATION OF SEED POTATOES, ETC.
As in past years, a limited allocation of seed potatoes will be made to applicants
who have been unemployed for considerable periods during the past year.
Applications should be made in writing to the hon. secretary of the fund, before the
end of the present month, giving the following details: name and address; position and
size of garden or allotment, and if an allotment, the number; length of unemployment
during the past year; quantity and kind of potatoes requested (only a limited kind are
available); if in lieu of a portion of potatoes, other garden seeds are desired, and, if so,
what are requested. It should be noted that no applicant will receive more than 56 lbs.
of potatoes, or the equivalent, and allocations in quantity will be made according to
the discretion of the committee. It is anticipated that this will be the last allocation of
potatoes from the fund.

TOWN COUNCIL
The Estates Sub-committee reported—
The question of the provision of accommodation for the Mayor and the council
committees in the Town Hall, referred to your sub-committee by the General Purposes
Committee, was considered, and it was agreed to recommend: (a) That the bank room
be re-decorated and fitted with cupboards; (b) that the committee room be re-
decorated and fitted up for use as a committee room; (c) that the Council Chamber be
re-decorated and used as the Mayor’s Parlour. It was further agreed to recommend
that the borough surveyor be instructed to submit estimates for each room separately
and that the work be carried out as funds allow, and that new curtains be provided for
the Council Chamber: Paragraphs (a) (b) and (c) were referred back by the Estates
Committee for further consideration.

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Sat 25 April
Mrs. Catherine Maude Denis De Vitre, of the Manor Gore, died aged 76.

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Sat 2 May
NEW POLICE CHIEF
Supt. E.J. Braby, of Wantage, commences his work as Superintendent of the
Wokingham Division at the end of this week. Supt. S.F. Butler is making good
progress after his recent serious illness.

A KIND THOUGHT
It was a kind thought on the part of the management of the Savoy Electric Theatre,
Wokingham, to entertain about 150 poor and blind people from the locality at the
theatre on Tuesday. At a matinee performance of “On Wings of Song,” in which

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