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Since he gave up his post as assistant Town Hall keeper, Mr. H. Cornish has found
it difficult to attend to his duties as Town Crier of Wokingham and has resigned from
his position also. He is the second Town Crier since Mr. H. Banks retired a few years
ago after holding the post for 30 years.
Five organisations in the Town will receive a total of £75 from the Sunday Cinema
Fund, now administered by the town council. Highest grants—of £20 each—go to the
League of Friends of the Wokingham Hospital and the Almshouses Repair and
Rebuilding Fund. The Wokingham Junior Sports Club will receive £15 and grants of
£10 will go to each of the two branches of the National Federation of Old Age
Pensioners.

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Sat 28 May
FAREWELL WITH A TIMEPIECE
There were many present at Wokingham Town Hall on Monday to see the
presentation made to the Hon. Peter Remnant, Member for the Wokingham Division
for nine years, who retired from political life at the General Election. The parting gift
took the form of an eighteenth century bracket clock in a mahogany case. (I
understand Mr. Remnant is interested in old clocks, so the choice was an appropriate
one). Mr. Remnant had, during his term of office, a hard-working contingent for the
Conservative cause and this was reflected in the spirit of the gathering on Monday. Sir
Conrad Corfield, the president made the presentation and extended the customary
good wishes. The contingency is fortunate in Mr. Remnant’s successor, for Mr. “Bill”
van Straubenzee has already achieved a wide popularity among the electorate.

CAR PARK
Work on the Denmark Street Car Park is progressing even faster than it was at first
hoped. In the first week the contractors—W. Button and Son, of Watford—have
removed 1,600 cubic yards of earth and have levelled the greater part of the site. But
they were handicapped for a time earlier in the week when some of the heavy lorries
cracked the stone which was covering a 22-ft. deep well in the main entrance. This
well came as a surprise, but it was known that there was one well to the left of the
main entrance. This was dry, but the recently-found one contained 12-ft. of water.

MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS
The new Mayor appointed his wife as Mayoress and Ald. And Mrs. F. Moles as
deputy Mayor and Mayoress. He also re-appointed the Rector of All Saints’, the Rev.
F.A. Steer, as chaplain, and Mr. C.A. Nibbs as Sergeant-at-Mace. Also re-appointed
were the honorary constables, Mr. A.R. Flint and J. Callan.

A REPRIEVE FOR WOKINGHAM CLUB
F.C. Supporters May Take Over
The Wokingham Club had an eleventh-hour reprieve on Wednesday. The president,
Mr. R.H.R. Palmer, took the chair at a special meeting called to consider the
recommendation of a three-man sub-committee that the club should close. He told
members that he had had various offers to take over part of the club for business
premises on a seven years’ lease, but he felt this was unreasonable whilst the club was
running on a week-to-week, month-to-month or year-to-year basis.

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