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they have an emergency supply on tap for the theatres, the new boiler house is
electrically controlled and further cuts would stop the heating.

NEXT WEEK’S FILMS
The damage done to a score of reputations by an innocent girl who lets her
imagination wander when writing a best seller is the basis of “Please Turn Over,” the
main feature at the Ritz Cinema, Wokingham, throughout next week. Julia Lockwood
appears as a 17-years-old authoress who puts her family and friends in to a sensational
novel “Naked Revolt.” Ted Ray and Jean Kent are the parents, and others bringing
comedy to the film are Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey and Lionel
Jeffries. This is a well-made British comedy. The supporting film—“The Desperate
Man”—features William Hartnell as a criminal out to retrieve the proceeds of a
previous robbery, who gets caught by two reporters. Unlikely but good of its kind.

“DON’T FORGET CRICKET,” SAYS MAYOR
An Appeal to planning authorities not to forget the needs of cricket and other
sporting clubs was made by the Mayor, Ald. F. Moles, at the annual players’ dinner of
Wokingham Cricket Club, held at The Bush Hotel on Wednesday.
“To go round the countryside and pass through small towns and villages on a
Sunday afternoon and see cricket played on the green—to my mind this is England,”
said the Mayor, who congratulated the club on their successful efforts to bring
entertaining cricket to Wokingham. He had a special word of praise for those who
were working hard to improve the amenities and build a new pavilion, on the
Wellington Road field.
The toast to the club, proposed by the Mayor, was replied to by the president, Mr.
L.D. Sears, who said it was unfortunate that the club did not receive greater support
from business men and the public of Wokingham.
The toast to the visitors was proposed by the club captain, Mr. Ray Hancox, and the
reply was by Cllr. A.D. Tanner.
The captain, Mr. R. Hancox, presented the trophies won during the past season.

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SCARLET FEVER AND T.B.
During December ten cases of scarlet fever were notified to the Medical Officer of
Health for Wokingham, and two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, one man and one
woman. There are now 40 men and 35 women in the town suffering from this form of
tuberculosis.

CIVIL DEFENCE SOCIAL
Among the guests at the Wokingham Civil Defence Club social evening—at the
Denmark Street headquarters on Saturday—were the Mayor and Mayoress. Alderman
and Mrs. F. Moles, and representatives of Civil Defence units at Earley, Reading and
Spencers Wood. The M.C. was Mr. MacRoberts, and a competition in aid of refugees
raised £4.

WOMEN LEGIONNAIRES
Wokingham branch of the women’s section of the British Legion held a party in the
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Legion Hall, Wokingham, last week to mark the 33 anniversary of the foundation of
the branch. Mrs. Robinson of Finchampstead, entertained members and a presentation

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