THE TIMES. FRIDAY, JULY i6th, 1909. NOTES BY THE WAY.


proval'. His Majest>’ has conferred the


iPTty; ntjTltT^flOE TIMI^ FRIDAY, JULY. 16» CLITHEKOE


! 'honour of tlie .C.V.O. on met, and I feol ' that I owe tliis high honour to the spleii- ' did work of the fine body of men I have ■ the honour to commajid.”


Sionyhurst College, which has just made


Two important matters came before the its llret earthquake record— that of l^t Town Council at tliefr meeting yesterday. ; week's seismic disturbance m India— on tne


Aid Mitohell introduced the question— 1 seismograph erected there last montfi, is when, 0 When shall we see the end of it? the most important Roman Cafto icL o t l^ e — of ’the -proixiserl secondary school, and i,„ this counrty. _ The original budding the answqnshe elicited from the Town Clerk was given to Jesuits_ driven frtm ^tanre by •su'r-est that now that one obstacle has been j the French Revolution, but the splendid iiemr.ved aiiicther has promptly taken i buildings of the College are quite m o to - iplace. Haviiu; got rid of tlie objection- of | The observatory’ at Stony’hurst is magni the Loca,rGoven'irmcf,i,t Hoard to the grant- i ficently equipped and of international im-


forward onc.u” h, but it ajrpears there are j connection with the sun and spectroscopy, ■ --lill det iils of manageineivL-aitid finance to Qne of its directors lost his life as a ^ iltlo ' The Town Clerk is Kightly looking | of his devotion, to astronomical scien to the interesls of the ratepa.vers and the


t. li- ...vtwkirc nro * ----- '— -oO" " ’rmvortant < i


1:11” of a loan, all seemed to lie straight- | portnnce, the staff specialising on work in ® ,


wlili flip-■Riin- nnd ST>6CtT0SC0py* result


science. In


of a. nit'W socondairy without delay.


ment


latter after reading the discusraoni will have even- confidence that -they are in. side keep- hi” . ' The one hope of .all who have tol- lowoil this matter fk/oiigli is that an a.micable im-der.standing will be arrived .at ■ md that verv siieedilv, so that the erection diately after tlie eclipse he was ■ ■ school may be sta.rted I with malarial fever, and in- a few days


which could only be seen from the tropics,, and Father Perrv journeyed to French Guiana,, and made obsen'arions from one of


Ihe marahv isla.nds off its coast. Imme- stricken


j breathed hi.s last.


’I'he other question- related to gas depart­ linance.


cent is necessary but ample, a bdllevcs that no depreciaiti.cn is required if veil have a .sinking fund.


lliese


opiniions arc held i-n- nnriiici-,pal authorities througliout the coii-n-tiw. Locally ;uigm.cr.itc(.l by ;t feeling on the one hand that the gas department is over ca,pitalised and on the o.her that it is not. Add to th-ese a conllict of views as to wlidhor the rat'ep:i.ve-rs as ;t wihole hliouhl ha.i'C the benefit of gas profits in the shalie of relief in- the rates or only the ceaisiimers by w;iy of a reihiciion i.ii- the price a.iid you ha.vc variety enough for a week's debate.^ The o[)i.ni:on held hy a majority of the Clithicroe Town- Connell apjieairs to lie that in view of the mon-oy at present heing spent on the gas works there is iK.ithing to spa-re in other directiiJiis and that w’hein. ilie ojiiioitune time conies a rcdiiotioni can he made in fa.voiir of consumers. For the .]:-rco0nt the 0011\- (•(>iu'css.ion they are incli.iied to give is die al-ditioci (?f iiieter -rtnitc- Which, is now a.n accemplished fact.


iifil tV.ith the exceiptio-n of Thursday and the It


earlier pari oi' Saturday, there . was not much hdiilay weather i.n the North of Eng­ land la.st week. Groat iiumhei;; of these who w<Mit to Blackpool and Southport h-ad little plea.surc, and lots reUniiied home lie- f;ire the a;pi»i,nte-d time. In the- ordina-ry comixiny house visitors are expected to get off the premises whether it rains or not ex- cejH at thomeal rimes and -during the hours for sleep. Plenty at very ca.iily b-ed-lime li-ail to la-.ke off their dreiichecl clothes and retire for what rest they cottld obtain slriv- etring with cold, with the corta,in pr0.spect, iink-ss Ihciy ha.d brought “ cha.iiges ” wi-th thorn, cif domiing the wet garments next mciitnl'iig. iSiich holiday-inakiiiig as -th-;i-t is not conducive to hygienic welfare- as it is certainly not to onjoyintinl. But tlie luimlx-r whose deiteriniinalicn was equal to seei.iig the thing through; was |iro-bab1y twenty times that of tha-ie who withdrew from the respective scenes in (li.sgnst. .-Vre our summers “ going,'’ as .snme of r-iir


friends tell ns our trade is? It looks like it, judgi-ng by recent experience. Tiifirc were cold, wet summers two or three generations ago as well as in our lime. But I don'.t think they came so near each other. This is at lea.st the third deserving cf the designation- within seven years, each cliar- actorisecl by l.hc .same, conditions, low tem­ perature, drizzling rain for days together, and little .sunshine. There were da.ys last week when a fire in the sitting-room was welcome. Jii.st fancy, fires in- July. Sun­ day was almost cool enough for a 'winter ilay, and many fires were lighted in Clillhi- eroe district sitting-rooms. The old order of things was that “ hot July” brought “ pleas.ant showers.” The neav apiiears to lie that it brings showters which are not plda.sant, minus the heat. A friend sug­ gested a-t the end of last week that we had letler start the fcotba.ll .sea.snn at once,


o Oiiigratii'hl.tiioiis are offered to .Mr. -Allx'-rl


V. .A.spiin, Qiaitlnmi Road, on p.as.sing live l>reliminar\’ exaniinatioii of the Inistituto of Bankers.


*«• c* The sea fi.sh have run. up thie Ribble and 1


Hcxldcr in great minilicrs (nrites a cor­ respondent) and some gcod sport has already rowairded those .niho have been wailing for this exciting period of the angling season.


.Siipt. Palmer, who has been recently a.jv


po'inted Supt. of the Glnirch Division- of the County Constabiil.ary’, paid his first visit to Clitlioroe Palace Court cn Monday for the Coiintv Pettv Sessions. O O


The members of th'e Congregational


Rambling Class had an enjoyable ramble on Saturd.ay to Townlcy Hal-i, Biimley,' the guide l-ioing Mr. J. TlibrnbcTi.


O «• O


Bish<>]> Cowgi.ll. a. mcmbc-is of the well known \Mlnite.wdl family of that naane,


oflic.iattsl, at llie fiiiircral of Lord Ri.pon on Wednesd.av.


ciation is insuflicien-t, another tliat two i>er ; work of the diocese, without having himseit third


of opinion on a matter of i whool


HuTCRi’l O'JCA C*> iiui l.iJolieve.s that a two jxtr cent depre-


'i'lictre are seiYral tv vtt-vr


this kind.


scliwls One


❖ Referring to the appointment cf the new


Bishop of Y M e y , “ Truth:” ,says: — Bishop Knox is fortunate in. obtaining the


...v.t service's of three .Su'ffrag.an.s for the routine ..... ww o


to pav one penn.y towards their stipends, as thev all hold valuable benefices.” To that extent, the local position that some clergy a.re over-paid, while others have what


Locally they are fhov con.sider little better than a starvation income, has its compensations, ivhich is a good thing for Dr. Knox. There are many comiilaints that people won’t go to church, hut there seems to be a great deal more for Bishops to do than formerly. Jt is no-t very long since the whole of the Diocese of Mainchester and ihe whole or greater part of that of Liverpool were in the See of Chester. One Bishop then, did the work, and in -leisurely fashion. Now four Bishops appear to be neeided in thte Manch^ter slice alone of the old Chbs-ter Diocese. The huge development of the Lancashire indiis- tri.al towns in Ihe past thiree-qu.'i.rters of a, crnturv. and the fact that the Bishops are rea 1-workers now, instead of being the gem- tl'-inen of leisure of the old days, account for the change.


•> •> Dr Thorn-ton. of Blackburn., was one of


four Bi.shops who voted the other day a,gainst a resoliiHon of the Representative Church Council directed agai.nst the use. of the Pra-yer Book’s service in respect of mar- ni.ige-s withi.iii the prohibited rlegrees of kindred, whether or not allowed by law. Th.M.bjec| of the resolution was, of course, to discredit marriage with, the sister of a dfi-eased wife. Dr. Thornton, whether owing to his Colonial experience or not. j


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kind. In a-lluding to the matter the “ Pa'ct MaM G.-izette” savs:— -


“ Bishop Thomtoni, T O W N C O U N C I L


COUN. PARK'ER a n d g a s w o r k s FINANCE.


SHOULD PROFIT'S RELIE.VE RATES ? SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRESS. ANOTHER STUMBLING BLOCK? In the absencp of the Mayor (Aid. J. T.


December, i88g, a rather important eclipse and H. H. of the sun took place, the total phase of


Whipp), Coun. Hardacie was voted to &e chair at the monthly meeting of the Clith- eroe Town Council yesterday wE®" ™ere were also present. Aid. C. T. Mitchell, J. Robinson, Couins. T. Ga-rn<^, J. J. W. Mh IVhiteslde, R. Parker, W. Weills, Bald.win.


'puBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE. On this matter, conceming winch the


Town Clerk was instnicted to write Mr. Shackleton, hl.P., and o t e s , the mem-ter for the • Clithoroe Division reiphed that queslionii come before Parlia-


nmn^he*vould the Council.


AI-LOTaMENTS. The Town. Clerk stated that there were


one or two matters to settle in this connep- .tion and it was desirable .to -take them m


committee. Coun. Parker: Is -it so important that it


.needs to be discus,sed in committee ? The Town Clerk said he slhould like the


Council to know ,axa,ctly how the case stood. It was-in the first place a question of what so,rt of fences etc. ware to bo fixed, and after that wilietber they -would deal with


the matter now or leave it until the Mayor .roturned a.nd then, call a special meeting of the Allotments Commiittee. The Chairma.iii said very few of -them


kincAv a.nylli'uig .a,bout the -negotia.tions and it was therefore no use them discussing it


in public- Coim. Carter, moving that -the subject


if an ad hoc authority was that Corporation might not be the^govern


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ng authority as nOW. The subject then dropped.


COUN. PARKER’S AMENDMENT. The Minutes of the Gas Committee hav­


ing been- moved and seconded, *001111. Parker moved an- amendment that


the following clause be referred back: “ that the sum of £^21, is. sd. bedng 2 per cent, on the total cost of the works and plant, viz., ;£4i2°3 i^s. 3d,, betMw-and char<red as the amount of d^reciation-_ ot such°warks and plant for the year rading


--rth Alarch last and that the sum of £T f)o iSs. yd.y being the net balance of profit for


■ the same year be also transfeired to tits depreciation account.” In Ms opinion the\’ ware making a sad mistake, though he was in the unfortunate position of having to reverse his advocacy of twelve months ago. Howes’ot, peojile changed their _ ideas as time changed. They ware making a^ great ^ mista.ke in allocating to the depreciati^ account a sum of £'^,'^9^ h} addidon to the hvo per cent. In. his opinion- before the


mind the views of | careM they might_.be, they would find^the^


mirrht be thrown) into the mdlting pot and ble to reduce the price of gas. As it ^ might be


Hess in revenue than-


last year. They stood rather higher, than some towns in the price alnd the consumers ought to have the benefit when, a reduction


was possible. Three voted for th'e amendment and


seven- for the motion. -----*♦ *♦ *♦ *------


IN CAMERA.


WH.Vr THE COMMITTEES ARE DOING.


PRn library OOMMITTIE. The ixitly cash receipts during May were


stated as follows: fines, i8 s .; tickets, y d . ; coiintn- fees. i s . ; catalogues, is. 6 d .; total -Fi is. id. The report of issues for May


^\.ve a total of 3114, of which 3104 were from the IcndiiUg and teh from the reference department. Open on 20 days. Average


daily is.siie 155. -It was decided that the li-brarj’ dose alter


end of the next flnancial year, howeiver stocktaKin„ anu 1 .■ August.


selves with a deficit. _ At the last buig^ 1 meeting the estimates i-n the various depart- R.A.TLTNGb A t ments were squeezed down to the lowest point. They knew full well that they had f„j.


im-provern'ents in view and they had not ,


the ways and meams to pay for them. Tlie f^j.dored. Borough Sun-eyor had applied for niin im- :


S.atuirda.y, 24th July ne.\t, for the annua.1 on Monday, i6th


I QBNBRAL PURP08H8 OOMWITTEE. BATHING TENTS.


Borough Sun-eyor submitted tenders supply of railings for the b.athimg -the p-a.rk :i.iid the s;imc W'as con- . ,


ninaiiimainstly reisoljved that th)e


provement— a.nd thev a,ll admitted it would j^Huder of the Executors of John. Ba.ldwi.n te an improvement 'in that particular part af the town— and yet they made no pro- 1 vision for it. At the last Finance meeting they had an application for re-paiinting the


recommended for acceptance, vvoRirs oommittbe.


TAR.


Li/iSran' and i't was also stated that al£ the ' “ let


borough offices required painting. T h ^ . Chairm:in and die Deimt.^Ohaimian^o^jlm would” agree it was false economy to


Drarv iiu ji “— V^,


those things go by. Yet there w’as nothing in the estimates for this work wliich would therefone 1110.1111. a deficit if carried out. They would do well .to refer the matter back. There v,.is not a nepre^tative meeting of the Gas Committee, neither was


................. .......s ....... - -------- I there that afteimoon, but the question had


1x1 dealt wi-lh in committee, .said it would '1 occupied the attention of every mem.ber of lie butler at the jirescnit juncture to discu-ss the Corpora,tion. It might be said that a it i,n. camera. He took it they w’ere wait- tw'o per cent depreciation account was not ing for .=,ome information with, reference to sufficient, but ho differed from that enhiiely Afr. Sharp.


, for the simple reason- that they- had a


on a, matter of that sort was that publicity would prejudice negotiations. If that was the ca?,-.' liioy onghit to go into committee,


but not r-therwise. The Town Clerk: It is a matter of


inegot-iatioiii and it is not advisable that all tilro det.mi.ls shmilcl appiear in the papers. Coun. Barker: Is there :i.ny of cnmiiiig to an affrangement ?


li.i.s no svnipathv with, movements of that I mo.-iru ,uk .1 -


who sent a shii-er through the Represen-ta- tive C;iniri-h Cnunciil, by statin-g that many of r.nir best a.nd wi;sest divines lielieved in marriage with a deceased irife’s sister, is :i jiralale wlio ha-s nibbed shoulders with all i-.'rts and conditions o-f men- i.n many ,


_j Aid. Rob'uson seconded Coun. Carter’s .


gas department a.nd it was time they con­ sidered whether they diould -not devote some of the surplus profits to -the -relief of the


rates. Aid. Mitchell, seconding the_ amend-


ment, agreed to a large extent with Coun. . Barker. He was a strong advocate for an


! The Town Ol-i-rk : T-tMink so; T think we : a.re nearer.


I SECONDARY SCHOOL SCHEME Aid. M-'itclieU inquired wlliat progress was


I being made regarding the scheme for a i secondary scliool. He went about im tlie I waiu a good dkjiil and saw many childten j going to Blackburn, i t was very desir- i able that the scheme sliould be expedited


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p.,rts of the world. East Enders, whosit now that nvemory goes back for ha lf a century’, will


remember a cei-taiu rector iiT Beth-n.al Green i


police. That was 'ITliomtan. Binning ham had a taste of his mettle, and so liad Ballarat, Aust,raili;i, w'liere he was the lirst- Afiiglica-n bishop, and held the post for twenty-live years, coming away lo Engl:i.ii-(1


“o‘.


with jiresentations \-alned at ;£i.ooo.” V* *>


Yesterday (July 15-th), was St. Switliin's


Day. -A-ltlioiigh 1,047 years have pa.ssed .--•iiirc St. Swi-iiithiiii, or Swil'lni-n, Bisliop ol Wiiiiidiester, “ crossed t-he. bar,” Ills name is f:i.mili:ir as household words, esjiecially as w - ;ire havin-g at -the present time plenty of rain. Th'e common adage regarding St. Swilhhi, as eiery’onc knows, is to the effect that i.s it rains or is fair on- St. Swithin-’s D.iy, ih'erc will lie a continuous track of wot nr .dry weather for the 40 da,ys ensu­ ing:— St. Swuhin’s Day, if thou dost rain, l-'nr forty days it wil.l remain; St. Switiiii:n’s'Da.y, if thou be fair, I'nr forty days, .’twill rain nae mair.


The expIniKiition- given by Brand, in his


“ I’ojHilar Antiquities,” of this saying is as fdllows: — St. Sw.itlihi, B-ksIvop of Winchester, was


;i m:i-ii equally noted for his uprightness ait-'d humility. So far did he carry the latter qualily that on Ihis dea,th-:bed he requested (o lie buried., not withi-n the church, but outside, in the churchyard, on the north' of iho .‘■ •acred building, where his corpse might .receive the eaveyd-roppin-gs -from the roof, and his grave hie troddbn by the feet of the p.-iBSers by. His loivlly request was com­ plied with, but a hundred years later the clergy considered the Ixidy of so pious a member of their order riibul-d be remov’ed to thb interior of -the Cathedral of 'Windiest, tnr. wilh great jximp'.


'WJien they were


almuit to rommcsice the ceremony a heavy itiin bimst forth! anrd conti-mied for 40 suc- ce.adiing days. The monks interpreted this tCmjiesf as a Wa.mlng from Heaven of the llhiKphemous nature of th'cir attem.pt to coutraven.-e the di-rections of St. Swithin, .a.nd inslenrl of disturbing his remains they left the laoidy wlvere it was, and ereefe'd a inemcria.l chajiel over his grave at which it is Faid^many a.stonnidin.g miracles were per­ formed.


CASTLEITB.


'tHE EOrrOBS OF 'I’HE EMPIRE IN THE MOTHER CODN’rRY.


is tl'o moFsneo which tho Colonial Editors, who 1 avo spent tliroo .weeks in httlo England, are taking back with them to tho Dominions vorsea.


Tlio lionrt of tlio Empire is still sbimd. ’Tliat- ■ , * , “ L who obstructed t,lie thoronghf.ares by the | were awkwaydly placed m. -that the Comity p-H in il-nt tin* Comitv


m-jwds listoniiig to his open-air addresses- . tMuncil ami accordim’lv was twice arrested by the i Autlionty tor the town -and the Town Comi- ton Birmin<^- ; tnl (••oiild only deal with secondary educi-.tion 't o the extent of a ijenn,y rate. An expen-


dilureof ;£i6,ooo was involved and if-was v:;v. tia.':ci;iable to e.xjiect the Corporatioji. to smn.-l gcdliiiher to the whole thing unless lhe._\- were adequately protected. He had,. lujwa\-er, received a draft agreemait from i.'ue Clerk to the Goveimors of -the Gramraar Sdiool. He was not yet in a position to bring it Ivefore the Town Council, but lie h-.-id arranged witli Coun. G-arneft to see the Clerk to the Governors on- the matter, Aid. Alitoliell observed that what he'


waiiited tokiic-wwas whether they were going' fomvard.


j The Town Clerk: I could not advise the!


Cd-rjioralion to enter kiito any agreement! of the kind f have .had submitted.


1 -Coiiiu-. Whiteside: I should have thought!


the.--.!; things would have beein settled in the! (-■ riigiual scheme.


Coun. Whiteside: I am afraid when it is


all complete they will still go to Blackburn ap there is no fee less than- £^. Cctin. Garnett: That is an objection ra,i.Si>J against the scheme, but the Board i


I


of Ectiratioai would not assent to anything! lew.


^ Tii.e Town Clerk' intimated that after


Co'un. Garnett had gone into the question with 111.: Clerk to the Goveitnors he hoped to get it in-tc- such a shape as to form the basis of iiegotia.tion. “ As the a.greemen.t at pre’Xii.it staji-ds it is one of the most one­ sided things I ever saw in my life.


comes -lo this, that you have to build a school, hand it over to the managers of the scheme, p;iy for repairs and then pay £100 a year on the top of ib” Coun. Gannett: Or ra-ther the County


Counci' ? File lown Clerk: We are liable to pay


it in peijieituity. _ C'-Jiin. Garnett_ agreed it was quite pos­


sible they might Be saddled with it for- ever,'


ra.ngemen,t that would be mutually satisfiiq too’.


Tho Town Clerk said the question had


beeh going on-so many years and had as- suiried so many different aspects that it was very -difficult to find a satisfactory solution. The Corporation wanted a guaran-tea that the evening classes were going to b'e ade­ quately pro-feefed.


It ivomid not do for


the governors to man.-ige them. In fict tlie govemnors would not want to do so'if they knew the amount of work attached to the duties. The present Education Act


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Tl>e Town Clerk: This -refers to the in-1 te-nial ar-rangements of the school.


! 1,,, .1,; J refused


possibility I adequate depreciation fund, but it was pos­ sible to go too far in. tha.t direction. TOe profits on- the gas works were now assuming very consi-diera-bile dimensions and hq a g r ^ the time had arrived when they ought to consider, whether part of thep should not go to the reHief_ of tlie rates in some form or other. This was done by some of the largest Corpora.tions in the kingdom and he strongly supported a re­ consideration of their course of action.. ^ Coun. Carter in reply said the question


had been thoroughly thirashed out in- com­ mittee, and it was deci-ded to absorb tMs £1196 into the depreciation fund for the simple reason that none of them— except jieijhaps Couni. Barker—^thought that two per cent was adequate. He was rather .surprised that Coun. Barker sliould suggest that they take part ot the profits to relieve the .ra.tes when the charge _ for gas was 2s. lod. per 1000 net. Until they could reduce the price very considerably he did not think it would be- fair ito the gas con­ sumers to allocate any part of the profits lo the riiiliet of the rates. TJiey had been speoding :i mattei' of £^,y°° recently, also £\,^oo, an-d before the gas works were completed and brought up-to-dnite thev would have sjient from £ S t° ° ° ;^6‘,ooo. He therefore, .thought it only right that these profits, which ..were not rer.liy profits, should got to help to make


the works complete. Aid. Mitchell poiiii-ted out that by deprfi-


Siption. was not the only method,of jraying off their liabilities. They had a sinking fimd whicli in. the course of so many years would wipe out the principle, and for thht reason- it was not necessary that -the depre­ ciation fuiul should remain, at the arnount mliidi would probably be fixed by a private company. The depreciation agreed upon-


, was two per ceht for the gas works. He believed that was as high as was allow^ bv .111)’ gas works owned by a Corporation tlirenghout tlie country. AAlheither sufficie-nt or insufficient might be a question for dis- cusiion, but at all eveh-ts i.fwas considered sufficient by a great many people who were wdl I able' to judge. Some Corporaitions indeed thought tliere was no necessity for a dei>recin.tion fund at all. Coun. Parker said tliey, were coniti-nually


It j


adding to capital accoun-t— iie believed thfey had added ;^974 4s. i id . this year. Two' jxir cent depreciaition. was quite sufficient to meet a-M requirements, as by the time it was wa-nted there would be enough in the depreciation account to clear off the amount required. The Gas Manager would bea.T him out that -it was not necessary to spend the amount set down, by Coun. Carter. Coun. Weills th'ouglif tlveydhonld reduce


the price of gas when, tlhey were in a posi­ tion to do so. He suppciitiad Coun-.


but he would endeavour to come to a-n arj-.^ i Carter. sfa'e-ii - Aid. Robinson said he.w'as th'e only one


twelve months ago to take the attitude others svere taking that aftetmooni. None of the •municipal gasauth'ori-ties changed more tlian two per cent depreciation and' a majority fnoug-ht thene was no need for a deprecia­ tion. fund at all if they were, putting into a skff-'pg fund. He supported the amend­ ment to refer the minu-te back. C'-ii.m. Garter., said it was just possible M'lrv would not have the same amount to


. piy in- income tax and wih’fen- the im-pTOVB- ments were completed it would- be possi-


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Ill was u-na.nlmoiisly resdlved_ lhat the Gas Works Committee, Councillor 'White


I side and- thb Gas Works M-anageir be ap- I ix»inted a sub-committee to consider p d -report to the next meeting as to the advt^- bilitv and lihie probable cost of providing the necessarj' -ivorks to improi’a the quality of the tar produced at the gas works.


HIQHWAYS AND WATERWORKS COMM|-TTEE. WATER OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH It was decided that all water supplied


-'11,1. Mitchell thought! th'e only reason capital account which was more _ than ^


outside the Borough be charged at the ra-te of IS. jier 1000 gallons and that the mi-ni- mum to be. charged for Shr,:reburn House


they could accept for going into committee enough. T-h.ey weie over-capitalised in the j be at the ra,te ot 35s. per quaner.


W.ATER MAIN NEAR SKATING RINK The Surveyor rend letter dated 19th June


1909, from J. H. Ramsbottom, the secre- t;irv of the Clitheroe Roller Skating Rink C'.'., l.lil., asking the Co(rporati«i to alter the course of the water main which crosses tho compa-riiy’s proiperty so as to be clear of the building's. It was unanimously -resolved that the Surveyor be instructed to alter the course of the main at the expense of the company. RE THE LATE AIR. JOHN SAGAR-


The members of thfe Corporation present


at the inspection of tlie Watenvorks havi-n. Instructed the Clerk to write to Mrs. Sagar the widow of the late Mr. John- Sagar, ex­ pressing the sympathy -of the CMporation in the loss -the family had- sustained, an-d also appreciating the services Mr.. Sagar had rendered as Chairman of the Committee for several years, the Clerk reported that he had written- accordingly and also that lie had re,ceived a le-tter from Mr. AY. H, Sagar ack'nowledging receipt of hns letter a.nd expressing th'e thanks of the family to the members of the Corporation, for tho sympathy expressed in the Clerk’s letter.


ALTERATIONS TO BROBERTY IN MOOR LANE.


Tlie Surveyor submi-tled a plan of pro-


IXKsed alterations to prc-iierty in iMoor Lane belonging to tire Misses AFirley. It was decided that the pl.an- be a-pproverl subject to its being amended to gi.ve certain- par- -ticiila.is required by tlie Borough Survej-or


and subject also to the Buildi.ng Bye Laws. 39 HOUSES IN CHESTER AVENUE-. Thb Surveyor submi.tted a i>lan for 39


houses proj'iosed lo be built in Cliestor Avenue bv The -Ribblesdale Friendly A d A-s-sociatioih Ltd. It w’as unani-mously re­ solved -that the plan lie a.pproved subject to -the Bui.lding Bye Laws and lhat Aid. Cow.gill and Coun. AA'ells be a Sub-Com­ mittee lo wait on the Secretary of the above ■ Association and ascerlai-11 if the Associa­ tion wore-willi-ng to seill tto land proposed- to lx? built on. and if so at what price.


AAATERAAtORKS’ REtBORT. The Surveyor roporled the state of the


Rtrtcrvodre as folloivs: Supply for the first 24 days inijune 10,259,778 gallons; con- sumpUan for the first 24 days in June, 10,049,000 gallons; supply above con- sum-ption, 210,778 gallons; average daily supply’ 427,490 gallons; average daily can- sumption, 418,707 gallons; average daily supply alxive consumption 8,783 gallons. Consumption per head -per day at Clitheroe 34.58 gallons; ditto. G-rindletoni 13.09 galions; ditto AA'est Bradford, 13.ro gal­ lons.


FARM AND aEWERAOB OOMMITTBE. It wais unanimously resol-i'ed that the


Choi-nnan, .aud the Su-n’eyor see w-hat they can get for the turbine and report to the next meeting. HBALTH OOMMITTBE.


NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.


The Chairman read a letter from the


Secretary of the Clitheroe Nursing Asso­ ciation! stating what the Nurse, had done tinder th'e above Act and asking for half the donation promised .by the Qnmcil to be p.ri.cl now’. Decided thlat the Finance Committee be recommended to jray the amount -accordingly..


' AMBULANCE VAN. It was unanimously resoilved that Coun’.


Hardacre and the Surveyor be authorised to get all the neCes^ry aJ-terations dotie to thte Ambulance Van.


WEST BRADFOED. TOSSED BY A COW.—A AVest Bradford man


named Wilson had an exciting experience ^ Thursday morning. Ho was proceeding k) Grindloton, when near to West Clough Farm, ho encountered somo shcop straying on tho lugh'va^L Ho was putting thorn into tho supposed field when a cow, which ho had noticed standipo


,


near tlio gato, suddenly ran at liim, into the nir Fortunately, however, V^.9 escaped with slight injurios, although his clotnuig


was badly tom.


g a s -MANAGER’S REPORT. The fifteenth annual report issued by fte


Gas Manager (Mr. R.' Barrett), on the gas works undertaking, for the year ended March 25th, 1909, is in the following -terms:—


^ “ The sum. expended on Capital Ac­


count amounts to ;^974 4». nd ., which is for mains and services, etc., meters, and gas cookers. The gross revenue Iw the year amounts to ;£ii482 13s. gd. and the gross e.xpenditure, excluding annuities in terest and sinking fund ;^743o ns. leaving a gross profit of ;^4052 25.,‘or ^


increase of .£436 12s. 6d. The net profit amounts to £2020 17s., an increase of £ m IS- id. T-lie receipts for gas sold fw all purposes amount to .£8408 ros. 8d compared with ;£8i27 7s. fid., last year ^ an- increase of ;^28i 3s. 3d. Ihe revenue from residuals is ^^2344 i8s., as against £21^^ IS. 6d., onui increase of


jg,


6d. Coke shows an increase of ^^agg jj' 4d., and tar and ammoniacal liquor 1 crease of .£118 fis. gd. Rates and taxes


amount to £66;^ 3s. i id . , as against jffiao fis. gd., last year, an increase of 2cl. During the year 5,957 tons of coal and lia.rtnel have been carbonised as a{ 5.096 tons last year, a decrease of


tons. The total quantit>’ of gas manufac­ tured was 63,538,600 cubic feet, being an i.ncrease of 1,675,800 cubic feet. The gas made jier ton of coil is 10,666 cubic feet as against 10,148 cubic feet, an in- crease of 518 cubic feet per ton, and the ai-era.ge illuminati.ng power of the gas sup­ plied, 17.20 candles The total quantitj- of gas sold is 60,531,999 cubic feet or an increase of 1,633,509 cubic feet. The following statement shows the par­


against if tin


ticulars of consumption for the past year: Ciiliic foci.


Shops niul Dwellings, ordinary raeloi-s li3, iao,(!00 Shops and dwellings, propaymonfc meters .. la.nfii.SOO . . . . . .


Jlills and worlisliops Public lamps


tVorks, oHices, etc. . .


. . 7.1172,700 . . . .


;i,7110,899 .7.72800


'Potal con.siiinptioii 111,084,799 Tlie quantity of gas unaccounted for is


2,453,801 cubic fee-t, which-is equal to 3.86 per cent, as a.g.ainst 3.82 per cent. I-istyear, an increa.se of .04 per cent. Tlie fol-lowing statement shews the par­


ticulars of gas made and delivered: inon.


Maximum make.. Jlinimmii jrnlic Araxiiiiiiin Delivery Minimum Delivery


sifi.nno 70.900


:i;!ri,200 72.900


1908 cubic ft. 'ubk- ft,


.109.90(1 77,100


129,70! .73100


Number of consumers .. Prepayment ^foters iiinso .. M'lO 1374 Ordinary motors in use Gas Cookers on hire .. Boiling rings on loan .. Public lamps ..


.. lOli-l ..


..


Public lamps, flafc flnmo * .. Public Inmiis. incandescent ..


1057


.. 2127 2004 .. H


Ifi5 4 (>.‘4 149 During the pa^t year your Coroirw^


have installed four settings of retorts oa the regenerator system. This has re sii'ltecl in an increased production for sale of 861 tons of coke.”


11-4.*) 109S 2S


319 170


j 11)00 ^-[iflOS ^2020


three da| R1


SUGCESSlI Considerable progress i;


mg “ restoration. ■’ of tlx ancient Barish Church (- is expected that the sacn fg-opened some time m


S 5 '''thi‘ Ch.,c.; .A « .| oak cartvings with wluch I tfie principal aim in ■’ r^tol will ba to make it still il befor-t of its ancient preJ includes the removaticxn of [


auarxans from all part; A 4-Uo nVitirrh to


was ill a very bad conditicl of the lioor, the reniova-l leries and the re-bmldiiigl lery the re-benching of prl thie cleaning of the w«l struction- of a choii-vestr.vj provemeints to the bshtingl the setting of the clnirchyrl carved work has been ml served, and the old stallj S. Anton's Rage, th<,l Mediaeval peavs, .a.nd the! being retained in their ol a later time it is hoped tol ent teredos with anothel more in keeping with till the church.


Th'e cost of the _ work I f


£2,yoo and of this suitl ready be.eai received and il a view -to raising the -rl moiney , what was tcnii-l Fayre” was opened yesteil the' Roj-al Grammar .Svlxr Breparations for the “ I a I a more elaborate scale t| bazaar, have been going il siderable time. Througi| Church community in YTiaJ Barrow, the j>roject has whole-heartedly, everybodj


bring the effort to a Especially has this been under-mentioned committel wiitth Mrs. Camin as secret-f great .amount of time am endeavour to leave nothiil ought to have been done :| Mis. Fryers, Mrs. Ne\l Brewer, Mrs. Buicock, Mrj H. Taylor. Mi.ss RamsbT Walton', Mrs. Jackson, Mi|


'M-iss Railtoii. ITie^ ladies to the fore in affairs of I been most energetic throul out their efforts it would I possible to have brought .'I seen on the stalls yesterd.il Tihe entrance to the grf


CLITHEROE.


cap (doubles) for a prize of ten shillings cach(r>/« each for tho runners \ip) waslfdecided^onj^tlie Clitheroe Cricket Club green last night. Tho finalists were TVEcssrs. J. Birtwistle and C. Wlialloy, and iMcssrs. H. H. Hargreaves and J. I\Iitchell. Tho former won by 21 points to 10.


BOWLING H.-VNDICAP.—A bowling liniuli- SOCIAL AND DANCE.—There was a largo


attendance at a social and dance hold in tho Weavers’ Institute on Saturday evening, for tho benefit of i\Ir. H. A. Cams, \Vcst View, who has been incapacitated for several weeks owing to an accident. jMr. J. Windlo, J.P., presirfix/ • and tho music for dancing was supplied by M


t*


W. Fletcher (pianist) along with several members of tho Orplious Band. During the evening selections wore given by thoXGIco Party and Mrs. Hindlc. Tho Committee of tho Co-opera* tivo Women’s Guild wore inj^chargo of the refreshments.


NEW PLAYER EOR CLITHEROE. Clitheroe Cenitral have signed Ered


WeL’ls, who for the past two seasons has figured mth Acciington Staii'ley. Wellscan play oiit-heir centre forward, inside; right or iiiTsiide left, a-nd should prove a useful mem­ ber of the team'.


P.S.A. RAMBLE. On Saturday between forty and fifty ramblers


connected with tlie P.S.A. which is now filling such a pr-ominont place in tho religious life of Clitheroe, spent a delightful afternoon in tho village of Gisbiuiie. Tho fii*st part of the outhig was marred by heavy rain, but ere the aftem on was far advanced rain ceased to fall, and tho remainder of tho proceedings wore favoured with fine weather. Alighting from tho 2*13 train, tho party was met by tho guide, "'ho piloted them along tho Bolton road as far os the Old i\Iill Bridge. From tlienco a move wfw made, by special permission into tho Park and grounds surrounding Lord Ribblesdalo’s country seat. After a good look round tho well-kept gardens, tho beautiful avonuo of lime trees, tho Tomplo, etc., tho party walked up tho coach road into tho village, whoro an excellent tea was awaiting thorn at TMrs. Taylor’s After tea tho ramblers made their way down past fh®. Stock Beck Bridge and Viaducts, througli the fields by Castlo Haugh Hill to rnytlionio Bridge and as far as tho Httlo hamlet of Pay* thoriio, returning in time to catch tlio 8-42 tram homo.


fully decorated with bami<| etc.', and over the gatewj vari-coloured arc lamps h;| presenting a pretty special Electric lamps had also 1 trees from the entrance tol work of layinig tlie wires :| power, etc., has been caf charge by Messrs. Ramsl nett. Electrical E-n^neerJ Th'e grounds, in tvhich we| ice stalls, along with a were also nicely arrangel 'J'he remainder of the stal the tea aud eiitertuiumenl the Grammar School and! effect of the decorations \tl .Entertainmonts were giyerJ these included open-air (f -in the school, monologues,I mediettas. children's danci well patronised.


lows: — -


The stalls and stall-hcj No. I. Stall: Mrs. BnJ


ton. Misses RaLlton, Whil soot, Mrs. Waiter Yates af


ton. No. IT. Stall: Mrs.


Brewer, Brewer, IValketl Mrs. Fainter Baynes, MrsJ


Hanson. No. HI. Stall (iWswelll


Mrs. Graggs, Mrs. Joli Graggs, I. Walton, Ashcl Mrs. Srny’.bhies, Mis.s Alii M. A. 'Walton-.


George Taylor. Candy Stall: Mrs. Fil Refreshment Stall: M]


.Mbeirt Eatough, Miss Hiindle, Mrs. Ea.toiig-h, - DewihuTst and Miss Bye. Ice Cream Stall: Mil Masses Swdnburn.


Eintertainment Commil


Mrs. Newman and Miss [ .- THE OPENING


; ’ Tihieiiei was a large and bly yesterday afternoon was opened by Mrs. R Dowinham Ha.ll. Mr. Ta-ylor, K.C., of Moretj "■ ihb has taken a great il of restoring ” the chul cliair .und amongst thosel R. Newman (Vicar of f Tlhompson, J.P., Mr.


L


F'low’er Stall: Mrs. Ra| Crockery Stall: Mrs.


“ FAN


I I


J


L


(Rwd Hall), Mr. J. Ml R. G. Asshetbn, J.P., C| Miit. A. Longworth, RevI Ups (Pendleton), Rev.l Wear of Grindletoai), | Turner and Mr. and Mi| The Chairmant said he


of place at thait day’s -A., k. -


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