a •''/!*


t h e c l HEROE a d v e r t i s e r , A uK U s t 3 rd , 1906.


ison would be spared .at before long thb altera^^


by the Governors w 3 ‘r attd that the s c h o o T l .^ tw lease of life. The


:oocl sdtool in its time, bJu


ane. .Fornterly u stood Jn th‘ and It was time they hid


nd put the present one b th* again—and buried it


, ■ exhorted the boys never „


ssons but to make the best It -d.— (Applause).


erson brefly expressed thanks ml colleagues.


“ ri-IE SPORTS.


ic ,s]Xirts took pface on the irket field, and were larceiv parents and friends of thk


isrs. R. Smith, H. Bulcock J. W. Holgate, H. Gam^V


nin, W. Ramsbotto* and E lied as judges, and Mr. i<' Siari.ir. The results were ij


(.pen) : 1 U. H. Ormerod;


I ; A. R. lM)rrest. sjM'on r:i<-e (under 13): 1 '[■


■ d- ( allow; 3, C. Bulc’ock’ iinnior): 1. T. Smith; a, ];’ ."i. R. Cowman.


p en ram: (1st and 2nd I'ormsl oirih; 2. T. Catlow: :) / •I. il. Garnett.


’ (iiiuicr Ki): 1. F. H. Rigby.


spilrn; 3, A. Harrison. <p>nii (open): 1, R. Forrest; III: R. Hargreaves.


’


(1st :ind 2nd Forms): I. 'p r, Ainsworth; 3 J. Penning^


■


i«. n (iiinior): 1, E. Arnold; ,11! : 3. F. Haslam.


’


:nv (open): 1, J. Bland; 2, : 3. R. Forrest. erieket ball (open): R E_ v.^nis: 2. F. Forrp.st; 3, ]j’


eri'-ket ball (junior): 1, 'p. •


' (iinder 13): J. F. Rigby;


.liilen; 3, ,M. D. Robinson. ‘ ('junior): 1, J. L. Brown;


1,111; 3, T. Satterthwaite. . (o[,pn): 1, B. R Ormeroti;


.1, junior)): 1. J. L. Brown: 2, 3, T. Satterthwaite.


■ (open): R. Forrest, 4ft. Tin. (under 13): 1, F. R. Rigby; pdfn; 3, F. Siclebotham. 4


! (junior): 1, R. Clowman; av( s : 3. G. I. Robinson. (oi>;n): 1, B. H. Ormerod; 3. R. Forrest.


(juiiior): 1, T . Smith; 2. H. j . Conk.


(mider 13); 1, 1>. N. Asp- Rigby; .3, ... Harrison.


■d race: 1, T . Satterthwaite u ; 2, G. Dnerden and J. Cook and D. N. Aspden; 4


cs ,ind S. Pennington. (open): 1, B. H. Ormertxl; 3. H, D. fhirgreav^es. 1. R. Cowman; 2, C. ri. I. Bl.'ind: I. T. H. .Satter-


ace: 1, C. Bulcoci:; 2. R. M. D. N. Aspden. r,.ce; 1, W. Barker; 2. 'P.


I. I'. .Sideb-itham. ici : I. G. Ramsbnttom; 2, ; 3, R. Waite. lor winner of greatest niim- B. H. Ormerod.


. ill asking 'Miss Hen'der.soa ilie prizes, emphasised the ouliiv.iting physical as well d ,iitainmcnt.s.— Dfiss Hen- I lu'- prize.s, which varied lives and watches to cricket s ,ind hand cameras, to the i'-r.-. ,ifter which the gath-


ay’s Contest at •ch Meadow.


\ U ; WANDERERS v. 'J\V MOUK.


Itch at Church Meadow ly) is certain to attract


' of cricket enthusiasts, V of the Clitberoe team,


d;iy. the ’‘gate” should and give a welcome fdili exchequer. The meet-


mis bifl fair to outrival mil Whalley, and inler- ili Ixt quite as keen as


: G'agiie encounters re- -irongest teams will be I it will be a fight to the unliKiked for collapse


she proud record ol an •ft in Iciigue matches a it must lx; iidmitteil smiled on ihe.m on at this season and allowed .It by the skin of their


lying goes. lie averages for league ■ jireseut season shows


I-- Wiinderers hold an . is more than counter- Moors fii'lter all round


->, F,. Arnold; 3, R. Hat'- 1


Coming Events cast their Shadowa before.”


tional Church T o -M o r row , ( » * t u r « la y ) . Monthly -Meeting I.O.R. “ Star of Clitheroe Tent”


„ t xiliht U.M.F.C. Sunday School Sick Society Suntei c t o Firing at the Range Monthly Sale, Bank Salerooms, 2 p.m.


Sunday.


Volunteer Church Parade at Tookholes. Fall in Moor hane Chapel Services, 10-30 & C VVednaaday


rfburn hive Stock Auction Sale. Ballot, 10-15 QUburn Fortnightly Cattle Market


Thursday.


Sale of Copyhold and Leaseliold Property at the ' Weavers’ Institute, Salford, 7 p.m.


(CUtfjeroe aDvernser Fiuuiv, AuufsT 3ku, 1900.


File differviices which nave risen l;e-


iivcen members of the Fire Engine Com­ mittee and the members of the Brigade appear to be quietly settling down. There ii no reply to tlie Brigades letter which lias publislied in our last issue. But we oiuletstand that the members of the Bri- »ade received a -‘ surprise’ call to the lire it.ition on 'I'uesday night where a repre- Iciiutive meeting was held, during the i'ourve of wliich mere were some explana­ tions, and several matters were cleared up.


It is unfortunate tliat the e-xpert who


ivjs c.illed to examine me couplings made D


O written report: had he done so the


conllicting statements which have been made in regard to that inspection would have been set at rest, because we are luld that the e.xpert did not make a thor­ ough examination of the hose, consequently he made no statement as to tue condition of that part of the apparatus. We can only hope th.it now the smose of the Imtle is passing off, the contlict may have ilie effect of putting everything on a sound basis both as regards the proper c,ire -ind inspection of all ;i|)i)aratus and everything that will make to increased efficiency.


I’he name of the Borough Surveyor has


been freely mixed up with the dispute .is to interference with hose pipes, etc., at the fire station, or, at least, blame has been attached to him by the Brigade. It is only fair to ,\lr. Bleazard to state, how­ ever, that some statements contained in the Fire lirigade's letter Ia.st week regard­ ing the '‘unauthorised” removal of piping were put right at Tuesday evening’s meeting, and the cases alliKled to by the Brigade were slmwii to have been made under a misapprehension. In each case menlioned hose had not been taken avv.iy


from l/ie station witliout the consent of the Superintendent having first ueen obtained. There have douljtless been faults on both sides, and it is best to .ivoiU any further unpleasantness.


• « «


r. James T.iylor, engineer, has been unanimously appointed Superintendent of


•M


jlie Brigade in sncees'sion to .Mr. F. Blniz- ard. who resigned two weeks ago.


livings clubs play a very important


ptrt in Lancashire holidays. Paying a itiiall sum weekly in one of the many dubs is one of the most popular methods « providing the wherewithal to ensure a seek s good time at the seaside, and certain ! is tliat Were it not for these clubs many


teople would have to forego their annual jumts. Enormous sums of money have b.-en disbursed by holiday clubs, and in the course of the next three or four weeks thousands of pounds will ..e distributed amongst the working class population in various jiarts of the county. In ouj own ifi'vn the total sum thus distributed has •Substantially increased. Last year the amount was ,^3,023, or about advaiux- nf the previous year.


in It is ex-


iecttid that the amount this year will lop /•I,900. Returns ,ire not yet to hand, but •u in;vy mention that quite ;^-f00 will be disbursed at Low Moor, the amount col- itt-ted during the year by the managers of i»e Low Moor U.M.F.C. Holiday Club ;^46o wiiich is a subustantial in-


I'tease. * * * The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railw.iy


On. has issued a handsome and useful 'tochnre on ‘‘ .Askern Spa and Neighlxmr- “''‘xl," wliich is worth the earnest consid- ttation of those who desire a change of *'fae with the quiet of the country. Ask- :'n was famous for its spa long before '■'irrogate had attracted attention. * •» *


Widays!


”1 stout brown paper •O


.....ts ca


iou will want a lugg-age strap !or the .Maylse you will want a sheet and


S, your wants can lx; suititlicd


luggage tags. at the


advertiser ” Office, 27, Ciusiie .Street. ‘" ’"oal assembly of the l-'oresters’


aigh Court, which is held at King's Lynn mtougliout next week, Bro. Edward "ester, Chief Ranger, will represent the


"janliers of “ Court Ribblesdnle,” lYad- uington.


* « * General Booth, undaunted by his 77


)c-ars, left Inverness last Monday on a motor tour through Great Britain, during ' 'eh he intends to visit 1.50 towns.


* * •


H- W.


and »•


/x^ ^ woeting of the Trades and Labour cont"^' ’


it was deeided to again municipal election in November


mouilted o lu r a y of the choir tn


Wh geniaUnd wnp- ed Mr I p®?.


sen ices. A-R. Hanson who f f i u e for


sent a-' 111 " sen-ices


tllul “ 1^!::!


■spun amongst them. A silver plate bears


rerninrffom^’ spent \n^nnr, r ^


•^nptioii;— Presented to Mr. David r ion T r r^ ’


,7.,


iional Church Chnir r«rL his


Church Choir on the occasion marriage. August 9th, 1906.”


a beaurifur s'llver ^ '*iph€s


' “ ‘"S disposition, and ask- Pre-


appreciation of his was taken by


f^ c t e d .T h a nM 'M '; ; their beTu Fa'l - the following in-


"'e>"bers of the Congrega- _____° ^


of


o I/lien \Inn'p’ ‘ ° ‘',^® " « 't l Booth, .„ clilheroe of Ifi ■ ' wit


fr, D iifiixl the wfOlY


« their weekly Congrega-


tireir orgaSisf Mr ""d V P^^^ntation "Doth Job fear God for nought?” These


'itli considerable interest. The General to arrive about 11-15 a.m.


tie vcll-known officers who are exjjected


’ ’^t*gust 13th, in continuance ‘'■amP'tig'L will be anticipated


aceom- others. Amongst


Boot '“ ■r ” i ’ " ‘'iPuny nre Commissioner ooth fucker. Commissioner Howard


Lomnussioner Nicol (editor of the “War 1


,V°"t"“ s«oner Cadman, Colonel


Lav ly fthe Generals right-hand man), field becrcffary Colonel Eaclie, Colonel ilson. Brigadier Meinnes, Major El-


borne, btafif-Captain Jackson. .Staff-Captain McDowell, Adjiit.int Noble and Major J'lks. Local officers who will report themselves lor special duty on the event- ul day are Captain and Mrs. Gilmour,


Uitheroe; Avljutant and Mr.s. Elli.son, E..sign Bourne and Mrs. Bourne, Captain and Lieuten,int Gillvert and Captain Till- brook, Bhickbiirn; Ensign Liddle and Mrs. Liddle, Accrington; Adjutant Douglity, Darwen; Captain .and Mrs.


lack. Great Harwood; and Cipt.iin and Mr.s. Hancock, Rishton.


At 11-30, General Booth will lecture in


the lublic Hall, but the lecture will be preceded by a pleasant ceremony in whi. h in the presence of the Mayor and Corpor­ ation, an address of public welcome will be presented to him. ’ Iffie title of the Generals lecture will be “ Lessons of mv Life.” Afterwards the party will be en­ tertained to lunch in the free Library, and at 2 they will depart for Burnley where the General will address a public meeting later in the afternoon, and again at Rochdale in the evening.


Tlie hope is e.\pressed that those who


can do so will display flags and bunting in the principal streets in order to give


tiv; (rra d Old Man of the Salvation Army a more cheerful weclome, and to sti ivv their .appreciation of the noble services be has rendered to the poor and outcast, and the institutions he has established for th<; material and spiritual welfare of those whom the world is apt to look upon with indifference and cold Sympathy—the un- lortunate, the down-trociclen and the out- ca.sl.


Whalley Show would doubtless have


proved an unprecevlented success on Su- tirday, had it not been for the fickle weather towards jioon ami the downpour which followed later. The total number of entrie.s was 1,250, and the quality of the e.xiiibits throughout was remarkably good. The show, which was established in the year 1810, is admirably managed by a committee of which Mr. A. Longvvorvrt, J.F., C.C., is the chairman, and he is ably supported by Mr. J. M. Ravveilffe as secretary. At the luncheon Mr. R. C. As.sheton, J.P., C.A., the President of the Whalley Association, alluded to the suc­ cesses of his grandfather at Whalley in the years 1819. 1828 and 1833, and said


Mhere was a treasured heirloom at Duwn- ham Hall,—a silver jug purebased with the proceeds of prizes won on these oc- cit.sions in the shorthorn chisses. •


• * .\t the meeting of the Education Com-


mlfee, yesterd.iy, during the course of a ui»v..ssioii on infectious diseases, the case of .1 teacher checking a child's cough in sclioul was mentioned. .The Rev. J. H. Wrigley said he never checked his congre­ gation, and, amid laughter, he expressed the/ .niMuion that (coughing, in Church,


began when a minister got to his fifth head. • • •


In a litter of prize-bred wire haired


fox terrier puppies, belonging to -Mr. W. Lees, foreman porter at Clitheroe railway station, one pup has only one fore-leg, and in phice of the other it has a small pro­ tuberance resembling a small wing or fin, except that at the end of it is a claw. « • •


A splendid new motor car ha.s within the


last 10 days been delivered to Mr. Leonard K in g -Wilkinson, at Bank Hall. It i.s a


“ Siddeley,” a ear built throughout in Birininghain, and quite in the front rank of t.he motor car world. The engines are four-cylinder ones and develop from 2-5 to


32 horse power. Wo are told the car behave.s as well as it


looks, and it is certainly a very fine looking one. It bears the number C 1265. • « «


The County Council after spending con­


siderable sums on experiments for dust, say that it will cost X35 or ^ a mile and would mean an increase of I jd . in the £ on the rates. It was suggested that the X500 should be offered as a prize for the best dust layer, but it was contended that the motorists should do this. I f they are left to kick up as much dust as they like for a season or two, they will find a remedy in


self-defence. •On Bank Holid.iy (Monday next), the


7-30 a.m. Gisburn to Manchester train (Clitheroe, 7-45) will be withdrawn. The 6-25 p.m. Blackburn to Gisburn (Clithe­ roe, 6-51 p.m.) will leave 10 minutes fitter. • • •


Holmes mill, and the nurnber installed up to the present is about 200.


New looms are arriving almost daily at It is ex­


pected that quite one-half of this number will be at work on Wednesday next. The winders commenced on Thursday after­ noon,. and the preparation machinery this


morning.


were the words from which the Rev. J. Billington, at Moor Lane U.M.E.C., on Sunday evening preached a very earnett sermon. There was a notion amongst some people, he said, that no reality exist­ ed in religion and that people served God for utilitarian motives. Satan, they said, entered even the churches. Of all places on the earth ,the Church of the living God should be tlie last to know aught of Satan. But he came in with the crowd, when the people of the Church came in. The people themselves were human and frail. The preacher said he pitied tho.se who could cheaply sneer at goodness wherever it wa and yet there were those— plentiful as blackberries in autumn— who, if they could do nought else, could sneer at man, woman or child better than themselves. It was a grand thing, wasn't it, to .sneer' at the man who, heaven only knew what it might cost him, fought his way past a public house— but there would be some fiend in human sliape round the corner who would call him weak! weak! The man did not know what weakness meant if he called that weakness. It was an easy thing for those who had long .since given up fighting agiunst any- tiiing to sneer at those who were ligliting to maintain their integrity. People said there wore those who went to Chnrcli be­ cause it paid, but nothing was said about the thousanrls who never tireamed of any­ thing blit selfishness, and never went to Church Ixicause they could not afford a copper for the collection. With all the iuiman defects and failings and the excep­ tions ol human nature there were those who were living upright, nolde lives.


'IFiey


might investigate them through and tlirongh, follow them liome .and listen to them in their home life if they cared—he had known men followi-il home from Church and watclied from .Sunday to Sunday—and lliongh they niiglit find here and there a flaw, lor tiiey were hut iuiman, there were Inindreds of men and women wlio were walking straight and doing as well as they were alile, and were ten thousand times better than tliose who cried out so much about defects and failing.s. Tliere were those who, like Job, would serve God when it was dark, when it paid, and when it did not seem to pav, believing wIioHv in


'God. The new 'Voters’ list was published on


Wednesday, and copies have been hung on the notice boards at churches and diaitels and all public buildings in the town. The total number on the register is 2,561, be­ ing an increase of -19 on last year. The .A.ssi.slant Overseer, Mr. T. D. Bourn, tells us that there have Ix'eii fewer removals in Clitheroe than at any period he remem- ^rs. Houses are very diffindt to obtain in Clitheroe, and tliose in possession are “ stickers.” Thus, whilst very much in­ convenience is e.xperienced for want of additional dwelling accommodation, it h.is apparently saved one gentleman and his assistant a considerable amount of work


and made the pre])aration of the li.st much easier. It is well to remind all those who are


qualified to vote to examine the li.st and see that their names and adi.lre.sses are properly descrilicd thereon, i f the name be" omitted or if there oe any mistake in the spelling or any other particular, voters should at once communicate with the various agents who will render every assist­ ance in tlieir power. Tlie agents are: For the Liberals, Mr. T. Robinson, Wes­ leyan Row; for the Conservatives, Mr. E. J. Welch, Fork .Street; and for the L.ib-


onr Party, Mr. Fred Hargreaves, 61, Wixine Lane.


• • • In the return of the endowed Quaker


charities of Lancaster, reference is made to The Sepulchre of Twistou Burial Ground. By an indenture of feoffment, dated 25th February, 1670, a plot of land containing 12 falls, at Rod Syke Yate, in Twiston, in the parish of Whalley, vas conveyed to certain persons without any declaration of trusut. By a deed poll, dated 10th June, 1722, Nicholas Drvyer conveyed to John Dryver and William Oddie the plot acquired in 1669, and de­ scribed it as “ now or lately made use ot as a burying place for the people called Quakers.”


* » * At tlie local scliool extunination recently


held in connection with the Associated Board of tlie Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music, London, Mr. H. Y. Downing, of Clapton, was successful in gaining the Pass certificate in harmony and tlieory (higher division.) Mr. Down­ ing was prepared by correspondence l;y Mr. F. W. Baxter, F'.R.C.O., organist of the Parish Church.


cursions by the various railways as an­ nounced up to d.ite.


that longer notice is not given of the-e excursions, bdeause considerable iricon- venience is caused tvhen bills continue to .irirve up to the very commencement of the holid.iys. All available particulars and information will be published in our next


In other columns we give a list of ex­ It is unfortunate


_ At the meeting of the CTi'tlieroe Educ.i-


tion Committee, yesterday; it was decided to request Mr. D. J. Shackleton, M.P., to support a Bill to be introduced in Parlii- ment for the legalising of the Metric Sys te.n 01 weights and measures. * * • » • *


Mr C. M. Apperley (son of the Rev.


E. H Apperley, of Salthill terrace, Cli­ theroe) has passed the preliminary exam­ ination of the Bankers’ Institute. He is employed at the Darwen branch of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank­ ing Co. In acknowledgment of the pass he has received from the Head Office of this Bank a gift of


and also for the


place he took in the examination, a gift of hooks to the value of £ 2 from the ‘‘Thomas Williamson Memorial Fund.”


-Another week and the holidays will be


upon us. No doubt most of our readers have solved the question of where to go, and made their arrangements accordingly. To tiiose who have not done so we would bring to their notice .Mr. A. Shorrocks’ conducted party to London for seven days for the inclusive sum of _,^3 2s. 6d. Over thirty persons Iiave joined the party up to date, and the fact that this number in­ cludes at least twenty persons who have previously toured Ireland with Mr. Shor- roi'k.s, not only testifies to his aliilily as guide, but to his careful forethought and tile \-ery excellent arrangements \,e makes for the comfort and convenience of his enndneted parties. TIio.se who intend lionking should do so at once as the numlxir is .strictly limited. The party will leave CTitheroe .it 2-18 on Saturday afternoon in corridor carriages which have been set at their disposal by the railway company.


* * I riivelling Irom St. .Annes to Clitheroe


a lady on changing at Preston left behind her in the train a purse containing about ;£100. The purse was found by a St. -Alines gentleman, who restored it to the owner. .Acknowledging the return of the purse, tile lady forwarded a postal order to the finder value £ 2 , intimating that he could use it for any purpose he liked. He has lianded the money over to the Man- che.ster cltildren’s camp at St. Annes.


At the Brownlow Arms, on Friday


evening last, Mr. J. E. Lambert offered for sale the freehold villa residence, “Brooklands,” situate in Pendle lo^ad. The property was knocked down to Mr. A. Veevers for the sum of £72r). Mr. R. B. Cliffe, 7, Libr.iry Street Blackburn, was the solicitor in the matter.


The annual field day for the scholars


attending Moor Lane Sunday school was held on Saturd.iy last. Mr. J. Berry’s field adjoining Whalley road had been secured for the occasion, but the festivities were marred by tlie rain which began to fall sliortly after tea had been served. The children’s raceo h.id to be postponed much to their disappointment.


•At the Haslingden Football athletic


meeting on Saturday afternoon,W. Whipp Clitheroe (100 yards start) finished third in the one mile walking match.


At the Whalley Grammar School oports


T. B. Rydeheard gained the first prize in the slow bicycle race. • •» •


-At the West Riding Assizes at Leeds,


on Saturday, James Hargreaves (50 years) blacksmith, was indicted for having in­ decently .issaiilted au' eight year old girl at Bolton-by-Bowland, on July 10th. He was sentenced to nine months imprison­ ment with 'hard labour. » •» »


Plans have been submitted to the Town


Council by a gentleman from Barrow-in- Furness for the erection of 24 dwelling- houses on the meadow between Kay-street and the Commercial mill. Other plans will also shortly be submitted for several additional houses in Henthorne road. • • •


During the early hours of Sund.iy last


a lire was discovered in a small drying room at the Whalley Abbey Printing Co’s. Works at Barrow.


'ITie alarm was at


once given by the watchman, but the flames were not subdued until the roof h.id fallen in. Fortun.itely, the amount of damage was very small, amounting to alxiut ;^20.


• • • The overlookers, warehousemen, and


others employed by Messrs. Gaddum and Rusden, Sh;iw Bridge Mill, had their annual outing, on Saturday, to Skipton. The party were conveyed by Mr. Seedall, and had an gnjoy.ible time despite several heavy showers of rain. A sumptuous rep.ist was provided at the Devonshire Hotel.


• • •» On Monday noon a serious accident


occurred to Thomas Blackburn, a well- known member of the Clitheroe Borough Band. • Blackburn, who is employed by Messrs. A. Veevers and Sons, joiners and builders, was at work on one of the newly erected buildings at the Primrose Works w.htp he overbalanced himself’arid fell a CO. oidtrib'c distance. Surgic.il, aid was piociiind as speedily as possible, and it w.is found that the unfortunate man’s itnkie was very seriously affected. He was at once removed on the Ambulance to the Blackburn Infirmary by Messrs. J. R. Garner and Jno. Robinson, where he is’ progre^ing satisfactorily. * « «


Monday was stated to be the hottest d.iy of the year in the country.


On Friday, at a sitting of the Consistory


Court of the Diocese of Manchester, Chancellor P. V. Smith granted a faculty for interior additions to the east end of the Clitheroe Parish Church. *


•» * In the homing race from Stafford two


birds from one society did the distance at the rates of 1,487.71 yards per minute and 1,487.70.


It would have been a dead


heat, but one had the advantage of an extra flap of the wings.


•• » * * 'The new Dean of Manchester (Bishop


Welldon) is no friend of the new woman. Addressing the girls of the Manchester High _ School at their .annual speech d-iy, he said: “Wlien I see a woman of to-day smoking or par.iding the streets in knick- erliockers or going to church without hats or bonnets, I do not feel that these things are so wrong, hut I do feel that they show an extraordin.iry poverty of mind. Ladies are not meant to be like men. They i-re meant to be better than men. And, be- heve me, they will win- the respect and honour tyhich is justly theirs if they pur- siie their own independent line, rather


that by following the line already marked out for the other sex. * ♦ *


,'The Wesleyan Conference at Notting­


ham passed a resolution staling that, in view of the present social difficulties and serious civil dis,abilities ari.sing from the illegality of m.irriages with a deceased wife’s sister, the Government be asked to promote a measure to legalise them in England.


It was added that while the


law of the land remained unrepealeB, the Conference counselled Wesleyans to re­ frain from such marriages. ♦ * *


Mr. Harry .Speight, of Bingley, writing


in last week’s “Aforksliire Weekly Post,” says that the Craven district is certainly famed for its rich grazing lands, but the Craven Heifer represented on the bank notes, and which also gave name to the signs of several country inns, was an. ani­ mal of extraordinary proportions. It. was bred by the Rev. Wm. Carr on the rich pastures of Bolton Abbey, and in 1811, when four years of age, was purchased for show purposes by a Mr. John Watkinson, of Halton East, for the sum of ;£200. Watkinson exhibited the animal in var­ ious parts of the country, but his specul- .ition was not remunerative, and in 1812 the animal was slaughtered. Her dead weight was 150 stones, at 16 pounds to the stone. Engravings of the heifer are to be foimd in many houses and inns in Cr.iven and no doubt elsewhere. The original copperplate, which I have seen and measured is 26 by 104 inches, .and is now in the possession of a descendant of tlie above John W.atkinson, * * *


The Accrington Military Band gave an


open air concert on the Cricket field last Stmday afternoon. There was a good attendance, splendid weather favouring the event.


* # * Already the Ch,incelIor of the Duchy t f


Lancaster has appointed 168 new magis- tr.ites.


» » ■» Don't Fonjet your Waterproof for the


Holiday.'. Redmuynes’ have the largest selection of Motor Gouts, Rain Goats, and Waterproofs in the district. Prices from 15/11 to 42/- lu.spcction Invited. 1, Chnroh Street.


Clitheroe


Education Committee. The monthly meeting of the Clitheroe


Education Committee was held on Thurs­ day afternoon in tlie Town Hall. There were present Aldermen J. Robinson, T. Cowgill, Councillors W. Hardacre, J. A. Wade, Rev. J. H. Wrigley, Rev. Father Moss, Miss Sefton, . and Miss Boden. Alderman Robinson was moved to the chair. On the motion of Father Moss seconded


by Rev. J. H. Wrigley the minutes were confirmed as were also the minutes of the School Attendance Committee on the mo­ tion of Cotmcillor Harclacre seconded by the Rev. Father Moss. Councillor Hardacre, chairman of the


Committee appointed to deal with attend­ ance and merit prizes, said that from the replies received from other authorities, not one of them gave prizes for attendance or merit in the case of elementary educa­ tion as was suggested by this Committee. A letter was received from the Board of


Education in reply to one sent from this aiitliority relating to the InfanG Depart­ ment at the Council school. Low Moor school and National school being debarr­ ed from aiCoepting pupil teachers and pointing out that many matters were con­ sidered in coming to these decisions. Tlie letter further stated that if the Local Authority thoughf it necessary that any particular school -should be recognised as schools for pupil teachers they should confer with the Inspector who would be able to state his reason.^ for omitting any particular school from the list, and might give information how by the addition of another teacher a school might be ma.de suitable. Alderman Cowgill said he thought the


attention of the Inspector should be called to the fact and that the Inspector be writt­ en . to and asked for his reasons for de­ barring the National Infant school, the Council and Low Moor mixed department from accepting pupil teachers. Father Moss said fhey had asked the


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Board of Education and now they “ rapped them on the knuckles” an’d told tKem lo see the Inspector. The singular thing was that the Inspector suggested Low Moor


Infaht department as siiitalfle for pupil


- teachers. The Rev. J. H. Wrigley moved that they


write to Mr. Brewer and ask him the reas­ on and on what grounds pupil teachers were objected to in these schools. Alderman Cowgill seconded the resolu­


tion which was carried. Tlie report of the MiMical Officer for


the year ending June 3oth stated that he had inspected the children in each of the schools in the town during the year. 'l"he attendance during the quarter had been hardly up to the average owing partly to the fact that many children had been taken away by parents for a change of air, and tliere had been several cases of infec­ tious disease, and in this respect the Council school had suffered most. Tliere was still at eiidi school a small minority of dirty, neglected children. There had been several cases of whooping cough. There ought to he no compulsion on the part of the School .Attendance Committee in compelling the attendance of children at .sdi(X)l wlio were kept at liome owing to slight colds and chills as there were signs generally promonitory of measles and whooping cough. The Clerk re()orted that tlie following


grants had been earned : —Roman Catholic sdiml, 7^311 Is. 6 d; Council, ;^511 3s. 0(1; Low Moor British, ;^122 11s. 2d., and that the first instalment of the full grant had been paid amounting to ;£198 2s. 6d. A!derm:m Cowgill asked if a copy of the examination results for the County Council examinations for admission as pupil teach­ ers had Lieen received and received a reply in the neg:itive. He was convinced he said, that for children entering for these examinations the time from Ti to 14 in elementary schools was wasted. Provision ought to be made in one or two schools for the bringing together of children from 13 to 14 or 15 to which special grants for secondary education could be allocated and placed under a special tutor so as to be able to get the full benein of the edu­ cation or the opiwrtunity of sucli educa­ tion :is would prepare them for these examinations. Out of eigh't cliildren who sat .It the last examin:ition he h.id-only he;ird of one iiassing. He complained of children having at present to journey to Blackburn to secure such an education, and said that it behoved tiie Committee to move heaven and earth to bring the ■seconckiry education or the Grammar schixit CommUtee, whichever it wa.s, to see the necessity of making this provision which the new scheme provided for, and the re­ sult of their dilly-dallying with the scheme. Tliey were paying for it and ought to h:ive it.


The Clerk s;iid the omission to forwawl


the list was probably an oversight, and he would enquire into the matter. Father Moss moved, and it was carried,


that they urge upon the County Council the necessity of sending out the syllabus for scholarships for 1907 much earlier than last year, -Alderman Cowgill moved that the Med­


ical Officer be asked to meet the committee managers and teachers, to discuss the best method of teaching elementary hygiene in the day schools. He pointed out the necessity of getting teachers interested in the subject and their being brought into touch with the medical officer. Since the appointment of the latter, the children had been cleaner and had more attention paid to them than formerly. Tlie liev. J. H. Wrigley seconded. Councillor Wade asked what advantage


Alderman Cowgill hoped to gain from this. Alderman Cowgill contended it was a


necessity, but remarked that in Clitheroe they were to be content to wait until Par­ liament in its beneficence passed a resol­ ution and inserted it in the code. There were times when it was necessary for simple truths to be brought home to tlie wise. Trie child W.0S the asset of the nation, ami from the child the nation had to grow, and if they wore doing their duty th'-y must do more than educate in the i.hree R’s. It was most required in- the case cf those who had not the parental care whi;h other children enjoyed, and it was import­ ant children should be taught habits of cleanliness.


Councillor Wade said he did not object


to Alderman CowgilTs proposals, but he did not think the Medical Officer meeting the teachers would result in any good. Tlie best means of teaching hygiene was bv reading books, and the time table was already overcrowded. He was not enam­ oured with the proposals and he did not think much good would result from it. The resolution was carried


A Hint to Chicken-Breeders. The other day nhilst at AVhalley (writes


a correspondent) I noticed a crow not veir far from a chicken cote, and on further observation noticed that it was pecking at a chicken which now could be heard giving vent to the most pitiful sounds. Along


with two friends I moved nearer towards the bird but it did not leave the chicken until v,e got quite close to it. The chicken was badly mauled about the neck and in a


was couped up in a box and could not get out, thus leaving


the -.chickens at the mercy of crows, rats, or ;Wy:.P.the5imaran’d6r9.'’ 'Near the cote were two other chickens which had met their fate


in the same way. No doubt if the hen .'had been able to protect her chicks nothing would have molested them;


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