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by the applicant, unfurnished, and for them he paid £2 per week. The Tribunal
reduced this to one guinea per week.

GUNNERS’ CHILDREN’S PARTY
Over 30 children—aged between two and 15 years—enjoyed themselves at a belated
New Year party at The Welcome Inn, Wokingham, on Saturday. They were the
children of members of the local Royal Artillery Association, and their guests from
the Murray Homes, Wokingham. Having amply satisfied their appetites, the boys and
girls entered into an energetic programme of games and competitions, under the
guidance of Mr. Dave Webb, with Mr. Bert Young at the piano. Before leaving, each
child received a small present.

NEXT WEEK’S FILMS
A glimpse behind the scenes of the F.B.I. will be given to patrons of the Ritz,
Wokingham, during the first half of next week, when “Down Three Dark Streets” is
shown. Broderick Crawford is cast as the F.B.I. operator who tracks down a
colleague’s murderer, and accidentally solves three of his unfinished cases. Ruth
Roman, as the mother of a young girl, who is threatened with the abduction of her
child unless she pays ten thousand dollars, also gives a fine performance. The villain
is played by Casey Adams. The supporting film, in colour, is “The Yellow
Tomahawk,” which has a self explanatory title. On Thursday the music of Sigmund
Romberg and the voice of Mario Lanza are presented in “The Student Prince,” which
is also filmed in colour. Mario is not seen, however, as his voice is dubbed for
Edmund Purdom, who is co-starred with Ann Blyth. Also showing is “Fast and
Furious,” a film of the motor-racing tracks.

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Sat 12 March
General Purposes Committee meeting held on Tuesday last week to consider the
London “overspill” problem, the Wokingham Town Council decided on Thursday to
reject the proposal to decant 5,000 Londoners to Wokingham.
The committee had recommended “That it was the considered opinion of the
council, after much serious thought, that the best interests of Wokingham and its
inhabitants would be served by a natural growth of population and they have decided,
therefore, that they are not prepared to enter into an agreement with the London
County Council under the provision of the Town Development Act, 1952, for the
reception of population into Wokingham.

WOKINGHAM CARNIVAL
Not To Be Held This Year
At a poorly-attended meeting in Wokingham Town Hall on Tuesday, it was decided
not to hold a carnival in 1955. Twenty-four members of the public (including the
Press) had just heard that the last carnival (in August 1954) had resulted in a profit of
£129 13s. 8d., slightly less than 10% of the total income of £1,320 12s. 10d.

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Sat 9 April
ENTER CINEMASCOPE
A new era in film entertainment, as far as Wokingham is concerned, opens on May
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9 . At the Ritz, Wokingham, CinemaScope will be seen for the first time, the film
being “Drumbeat” starring Alan Ladd. Not all films shown after this will be in
CinemaScope, but the others will use the “panoramic” screen—which will be ten feet

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