n'AGER'S r e p o r t .


^ t ^ l report ^ u ed by the Mr. R Barrett), on the ^ mg, for the year


909, IS in the following


rxpended on Capital Ac- 0 ..^974 4S. i id . , which is services, etc., meters, and ih e gross revenue for the


’


re, excluding annuities in- ing fund ;£743o n s .


,J3s. 9d. and the '


profit of ;^4052 2s., or an


5612.S. 6d-. ThenetproTt 020 17s., an- increase of Bhe receipts for gas sold for iioiint to ^^8408 I os. 8d


or an mcrease of vs an increase of £200 2s' 111 ammaniacai liquor a. de^ ! ,8s. gd. Rates and taxes


;£Si 27 7s. 5d., last year rw ^28r^3s. 3d. The £ - 3 4 4 i8s., as against


“F ANC Y E F A Y R E ” AT WHALLEY.


three DAYS’ EFFORT FOR CHURCH RESTORATION FUND.


SUCCESSFUL OPENING CEREMONY. Considerable progress is Ireing made with


. rt [.ostoration ” of tlie iuteTior of the ncieitl Barislt Church of M'lhalley and it


3 ,T- i jd . , as against ;£62o :ir, an increase of £■ }■ } tRc


L'-tt"- S-957 tons of coal and ecu carbomsed as an-ainst year, a decrease of i^g


1 quantity of gas manufac-


i8,6oo cubic feet, being an 17.7-800 cubic feet. Th-,. Ion of coal is 10,666 cubic 10.148 cubic feet, an in-


■ ubic feet per ton, and the atiJig power of the gas sup- ndles The total quantity


'0‘5,iU999 cubic feet or an ,i.’i‘S°9 cubic feet, g statement shows the par- .iimplion for (he past year: Cubic foot,


n^s, m-iliniu-.v meters .‘13,430,(500 ing.<. prepayment ’ ’


rnolers .. 17,907,800 ■ ■


........................ ..


.. 7,372,700 3,700,899


.. 772800


Total r-niisumption 01,084,799 • of ga.s unaccounted for is


'. feel, which-is equal to 3.86


:inst3.S2 percent, last year, .04 pier cent.


ig st.alement shews the par- mafle and delivered: 1909.


1908


cubic ft. 'ubic ft, 310.000 ,309.900 70,000


77,100


'i-.v .. '■ .V •


luucrs..


<‘i's ill use in use liiiv .. I'liin ..


it fl.imo i<-iui(lesci*ut jiast year your Conmuttee- four settings of retorts on


r .sy.stem. This has tier tcreased production for sale coke.”


330,200 320,.700


72,900 1 .,73100 i 1909 « [1908


. . 2093^^2020


is expected that the sacred edilice will he re-ouened some time in October. Ainti- aiumaiis front all parts of the country have visited the Church to examine the various oak c;trvings with which i t abounds, and the principal aim in “ restoring ” the Church will ba to make it still -more worthy, than before of its ancient prestige..: The w rk includes the reaiovation of the organ, which V


V 3.S in :i very bad condition, the concreting


of the lioor, the removal of the side-gal­ leries and the re-building of the west gal­ lon-. the re-benching of part of the church, the cle.aning of the woodwork, the con­ struction- of a choir-vestry in the tower, im­ provements to the li-ghting and heating, and the setting of the churchyaild in order. All c.irv^ work has been most carefully pre­ served, and the old stalls in the chancel, S. .Alton's Kage, the Starkie and Mediaeval pews, and the other Cages are bein" reuined in their old positions: At a latOT lime it is hoped to replace the pres- oit reredos with another which , shall be more in keeping with the architecture of


(he church. 'ITio cost of thb tvork is estimated at


£2.100 and of this sum £2,000 has ah Tbidv been received and promised.


'With


a view -to raising the remainder of the nionev , what tvas termed “ Ye Fancye Fayre ” was opened yesterday afternoon, in the Ro-yal Grammar School and groimds. Preparations for the “ Fayre,” which is on a more elaborate scale than the ordinary bazaar, have been going on- for some con­ siderable time. Throughout the W’hole Church community i.n Whalley, Wiswell and Barrow, the p ro j^ has been- taken up whole-heartedly, everybody working hard to bring the effort to a successful issue. Especially has this been- the case ivith the under-mentioned committee of ladies, -who, w’lithMrs. Camm as secretary, h.ave,_spent _a great amount of time and labour in thiear endeaivour to leave nothing undone w’hich ouriit to have been, done:— Mrs. Almond, Mm. Fr\-ers, Mis. Newman, Miss B. Brewer, klrs. Buicock, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. G. H. Taylor. Miss Ramsbottom, Miss M. Walton, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. W. Yates and Miss R;iiltoii. The ladies, who we always to the fore in affairs of this kind, have Ix’cin n'hist energetic throughout, and with-


out possible to liave brought about the display seen on the stal,Is yesterday afternoon. The entrance to the grounds was taster


tha.t bazaar was dominated entirely by hi.dies.


the CLITHEROE TIMES, ERIDAY, JtJLY i6. i9O I


It seemed to him the only func­


tion of a man on an occasion like that was to come with his pockets well stuffed and cry out “ Notes for ladies.’’ (Laughter). It W


’as also possible that a man might be al-


low’ed to chain- .himself to one of the stalls an-d announce that he would not move un­ til they had cleared ibis pockets. (Reneweid laughter). It was due to the ladies that they W’ere -present that day. It was the ladies who originated thie bazaar, organised it and provided the work for it and _ he thought it was most fitting and appropriate that on the first day and the remaining days, it should be opened by a lady. He W’as sure the lady who was goin-g to open it that clay (needed no words of in-troduc- tion. (Hear hear). Everyone Who kneav the country side knew her husband and how he was always willing to come forward and 'help any good work, and Mrs. A^heton had also showm- her greO-t interest in the work by coming amongst them that day. Pro­ ceeding, Mr. Wc^ley-Tayilor said he ven­ tured to think that they in '\Wialley Weite all


iagieed .that what was termed the “restoranff of 'iVihalley Church w’ould be carried out in the best possible way, but he knew that at -times there had been different views on the matter. He well remembered that when the project was started about tiytenty years ago a lady who resided in the district, and for whom he had a great respect said -to him “ I understand you are going to restore m a l le y Church"? He replied in the affir-m-itive and she said Let me know Wh«t \ou arc aL>out to begin tlie work. I mil come dow’-n to Church the Sunday before it is commenced and that will be the last time I shall enter it.” He (the speaker), tiiiderstood tliat since the work had been commenced this year, a gentl^a-n in a neighbouring tow-n had been giving a lec­ ture on the subject and had soundly rated the Vicar of Whal-ltey and churchwarclcns, etc., for allowing the work to go on. From what he (Mr. Worsley-Taylor), had been -’m-formed, the lecturer said he believed tliere would not be a fragmeint of the old work left and that all the-historical pieces of furniture were going to be removed.


It


wa.s most interesting, went on the Chair­ man, and as the fat boy in- “ Pickwick ” said “ enough to make their flesh creep.


111 was, however, constructed entirely out of -the lecturer’s own imagination -and if tha.t


their efforts it would have been im- | geiitleman had been presient that day, or it he would take the -trouble to read Mr.


YTHEROE.


iIAXl)lCAi\—A howling Imiuli- r a jft’ize of ten shillings caeh(5/- mnurs np) wn.sfileeidc(l£onjitlio


et. Cliih gi’een last niglit. Tlio Me.ssis. .1. JHrhvi.srtc and C,


en.-tis, Jl. H. liargreavesand J. B^ former won hy 21 points to 10.


I> —'I'liere was ii largo I


lilt; on .Siltunlay evening, for tho H. A. Liiriis. W


ami fiance hold in tho ^esfc View, wiio


uitiiicd for .several weelcs owing -Mr. J. M indie, tT.P., presided .


"f dancing was supplied by Mr. ni.-^i) idong wit h several mombors i Band. J)uring tho evening LH\en hy thoXGIeo Party and


lie ( ’onnnittco of tlio CJo-opera- Bnild were in^eluirgo of tho


i*:r i-'o r c l i t h e r o e .


'eiitral jiavc signed Fred r ihe ]Kisi two seasons has xrington Stau'Iey. Wells com lire forward, insides right or should prove a useful mem-


B..S.A. RAMBLE.


U’Ween forty and fifty ramblers he P.S.A. wliich is now filling place in tiio roligious Ufo of a delightful afternoon in tlio


le. The first part of tlio outing avy rain, but ero the aftern on


i rain ceased to fall, and tho e proceedings were favoured er. Alighting from tho 2-13 was met by tho guide, wlio


ing Lord Ribblesdale’s country )'•(! look round tho wo‘ll-kepfc


lutiful avemio of lime trees, tho party walked up tho coacli Huge, wlicre an excellent tea in at .Mrs. Taylor’s After tea do their waj' down past tho i e


!■ as the Httlo hamlot of Pay- in time to catch tho 8-42 train


g tho Bolton road as far as the From thence a move was pei’inissioa into tho Park and


fully decora,ted ivith banherettes and flags, etc., and over the gateway a number of vari-coloured arc lamps had been arranged presenting a pretty spectacle when lighted. Electric lamps had also been- fixed in the trees from the entrance to the school. The work of laving the wires and providing the power, etc., has been carried out free of charge by Messrs. Ramsbottom and Ben­ nett, Electrical Engineers, of Manchester. The grounds, in which -ivere the flower and ice stalls, along with a concert platform, were also nicely arranged and decorated. Tlie remainder of the stalls, together with (lie tea. and entertainment rooms, were in the Grammar School and here the genial effect of the decorations was v ^ pleasing.


■ Eiitertainmonts were given at intervals and these included open-air concerts, concerts in the school, monologues, duologues,, com- medietta.s, children’s dances, etc., and were


well p:itronised. The stalls and stall-holders are as fol-


loivs: — '- No. T. Stall: Mrs. Buicock, Mrs. Wal-


loii, Misses Railton, lYhitakier, Mrs. Jack- son, Mrs. Walter Yates and Miss M. Wal­ ton.


No. IT. Stall: Mrs. Almond Misses B.


Bnnver, Brewer, WaJkier, Mrs. Cannell, -'Ins. Farror Baynes, Mrs. Camm and Mi.ss


Hanson. No. TIT. Stall (Wtswell): Miss Chapman,


Mrs. Cniggs, Mis. John Smith, Misses Craggs, I. Walton., A^croft, M.rs. Naylor, ifrs. Smvthies, Miss Alice Dean and Miss M. A. IValtcm-. Flower Stall: Mrs. Ramsbottom. Crockery Stall: Mrs. Taylor and Mrs.


boorge Taylor. C.indy Stall: Mrs. Fiiyers. Refreshment Stall: Mrs. Deivh'urst, Mrs.


■‘Mhcrt Eatough, Misses Sarah Buicock, I read a letter he had received from the Hiindle, Mrs. tough, Mrs. Pollard, Miss Society known as the “ Society for the Bto-


I He thouglit tliat anyone who would take the trouble to inquire, would fintl that the his itorical and aircliitectiiral beauty of -the church would not be destroyed. The peo­ ple who had taken the work in hand were Whalley people tind they had token it in li.i.nd because they loved the church and were proud of it. They’ recognised the serious responsibility that rested upon all who had a share in touching a stick or stone of such a church as Whalley. (Hear hear). Much of the work had really been forced upon them by the state of the fabric in the interior of the church. Something had to be done :ind i,t behoved them to inquire carefully iiiito the matter. The work they -were now cairi(}’Bng out was the result of years of deli.bera,tian a.nd many morttlis of concern. They had had -the best jiossible advice they could get on tllie subject. Tliey’ had a project before Ihom nilnieteeu years ago but it was'disc.arded and lie thought very- piropeilly discarded. Bro- fes-soT MLcklewaitewas afterwards consuUod and the niaittor wa.s eveiiitually placed in the haiii-ds of Mr. Brior who was a well known authorky upon church architecture, -and especially upon church architecture of the illiirleonth century, which was believed lo lx; about Ihe time tli'e W9ia.Wey Cliurdrwas orected. . He hoped everyone -iriio took an iiiilerest in the ma,ttcr would -liry and get a copy of Mr. Brior’s report. He bdlieved they Itad in Mr. Brior an- architect who had oatisfieil them that he was absolutely con- soiiva-tivc. Many people miglit be inclinetl lo think he was ultra-consarva.tive. ntero iTOiild not be a piece of oak, either with OP without lliAstorical interest, that w u ld licit lx; usetl again in the churdi. He thought the best evidence he could bring -loefore them in favour- of *he work was to


i Brior’s report and see w-hat they rKilly ! were doing it would be much better for liimf


Dewhurst and Miss Bye. Ice Cream Stall: Misses Camm and


Misses Swinbum-. ‘ Entertainment Committee: Mrs. Hall,


and Viaducts, through tho Haugh Hill to Paythorno


Mrs, Newman and Miiss Mitohell-. THE OPENING CEREMONY.


'1’ii'enei was a large and fashionable assem­ BRADFORD. .


::OW.—A West Bradford man d an exciting experience on g. Ho was proceeding loar to ^Vest Clough Farm» ho ilieep straying on the highwa^^i • cm into tho supposed owners v


’hicli lie had noticed standing Icniy ran at liim, tossing Jnni rtunatoly, however, Wiwon injuries, although his clothing


bly yesterday afternoon tvhen the “ Fayre” ■ "'as opened by Mrs. R. C'. Assheton, of pwMnham Ha,11. Mr. H. 'W. Worsley- E'-iylor, K.C., of Moreton. Hall, 'Whalley, "'-bo has taken a great interest in the Work '>f “ restoring ” the church, cxicupied the “bail aind amongst those-present were Rev. R. Newman (Vicar of Whalley), Mr. R. Thompson, J.P., M-r. and Mrs. Stuttord (Read Hall), Mr. J. Woisleiy-Taylori Mr. R. C. Assheton, J.P., C.A., Mr. R. GtteeliT, Mr. A. LongwOTth, Rev. and Mrs. I. P-hil- bps (Pendleton), Rev. F. G. Ackerley (Vicar of Gri.ndleton'), Mr. and Mrs. G. Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Fcole. The Chairmani said he felt very much out w place at that .day’s gathering, because


tection of Ancient Buiildings.” There was no Society more consen’-aitive, and which more jealously scnitinised the work done or prqjxiseid to be done in ancient clnirch-es than that. The Society’s architects wore mein of light and leading in thte art worid .-i-’-id it wp.; witli some misgi-v'ings t-hat thev 2>laced thoir schema Ixjfore them. In their ■ reply, hOwe\-er, (ihe Society said . 'thtey lihanked them sincerely for the lucid and interosti'n-g d-etscription they ihad givcin of the proposed works and tihey were much -impressed by -the care an-d trouble that had been'token in the matter. In' conclusion the letter said the Society were in sympathy ivith thte works proposed a.nd would bo willing to assist tiiem- in any way. The Society, went on- Mr. Wotoiey-Taylor. had i^ven thleiir moat distinct' a.pprovail of the work and he I'liought that was a sufficient answer to all who had any m-i^-ivings on


• 'the matter. PcrBoaially he did not care very much for the word “ restoration.” _ He -thought “ reparation,” and “ preservation!” were much) better words to use. In the


end every single fteature of of historical or ajrchitectiir.al interest would be found in the church as before. Many people had been under the impressioni that :they were going to remove the carved stalls in the chancel, but those, would be found in the future as they were in the past. It was absolutely essential that they should take them down. They found a serious attack of “ dry rot ” iat the stalls -which would have completely ruiited them in rime. S. Anton’s Kage, the Starkie Pew, the IVarden’s Pew and all the features of interest so far as carved oak was concerned, would retain, t-heir original posi­ tions. The Beiws, etc., had been covered with a thick smear of dark varnish and this would be removed. Tlie result would be that they would be able to see the natural colour of the wood. Tiliey were, however, going to remove two features from the church. He allucled to the two galleri.es. The galleries wore inconvenient in them­ selves a.nd they were the means of preven.t- ing the access of both light and air. They also spoiled the comfort of the people and practically rendered useless the seats be­ low them. He ventured to think t-hat every person, who had been i.n AYhalley


. I


Whalley and he was sure that Mr. Raws- thorne would meet, in his new sphere of labour, ivith a hearty welcome from evei^- body, “both for liim.sdf and his personall characteristics, for lliis fami.ly’’s associa.iion with Whalley and district for gendrations, and because of his father, the late Yen. Archdeacon Rawstoim'e, whose name was still dear to them in the district. Mr. Rawstome was in sympathy with the work they were carrying out and he hoped he would be in sympathy with the crowning of it. It would be peculiarly fitting for -th'e croiivn-mg work to be done under the


.................... ...... .. -' Faneve Fayre.”


vitation to oi>en the .9 ancyc l ayre * ■ - dav. She thought IVihalley could-not tail


” fbn.t


re-storatjon; of die boauliful and h’Stoiio - church. M-r. Assheton and herselt, nov\-


U on St c pp<^


-Ohiirch would agree that one- of the great­ est im.pravemenits -was the removal of the side galleries. He had been told by one who had been, hi- the church since the gal­ leries -were removed, that he had no con­ ception. tlia.t the church was so large. Many people regretted that they had to pub the organ gallery back, but they could not afford -the space. They were going to re­ move several of the old box peivs which were of no interest ivlia-tever. They were -made of plain wood and 'he .thought they would agree with him lihat their remova.l tvas a move in the right direction-. In tho.se pews some of (he people had to sit w-ith their backs to .the pulpit and on .numerous occasions he could practically count the occupants of that, side of the jxiws on one lian-d. Tliey tvere also con- cretin-g the floor of tliie church. When ithey removed the boards they’ found that undeinieaith was simply tvihat they might call bone earth. -There was strewn about on the surface of the oa.rth a large number of bones, wliich, he need hardly say, had been decently a,n-d revcreul.ly buried in the churchyard. When the boards were taken up there was what some might call the “ odour of sanctity,” -but what he described as the “ odour of insanitariness." They were goi.ng to concrete the floor and th'eie was no doubt tli.at it w-ould be to tiie -Irene- fit of the clt-urch and e veiry-body who entered it.


Ill concreting thtey tvould also get back -there and the associations ot the past , 1 ° C


thar'riie'’accepte'd Mr. Neaman.’s kind i.n- ; for the your .unounl to £4 10.. 3d. le.rvmg tl.o UUIL sue acecpLc.u 1


receoti'on said it was irith grea-t pleasure viz.:— £7 18 Od. makes £11 7s. 7d. The u.xpcn.sos 1


Mrs. Assheton, Who received a cordial which, with the balance at 30tU Jimo. 190S, foe the your amount to £1


’ .!


sliun of £0 17s. 4d now m h now


Fund now amounts, witli intcrcril, to mjj amount invested in London und


.3 in liand. llio Endow-


..nrl historic ' of £10 18s- od., and tlio Medical Com fort, Fund j.,. j-j,,


d Balance Association £492 15s. 7d. Articles of


ever, felt more than a nleigbbourly interest clothing and cast linen wc-o received from in Wilalles’ for the historj' of the family ! Jlrs. Tom Longworth and .lli-.s. Standing."


was fo r 'a 'iW v long period centred round ! Colico for bandages fro.n 7,Irs.’Tl.ot..p.-ion. Gifts ,


; of food : soups, jollies, cream and oilier comfort.s Worsloy-Taylor, .Mrs. Tliomi.son,


ma.n,y. It was delightfui to hear that the .


di.h.<-uity in raising the necessary for its completion.- (Applause).


Longworth, ^liss Brewor, Mrs. .-Vtuumd, anr’-C’n'L church was being rfistorod wijh such Mrs. Ramsbottom, ^liss I’oUard,


i-;u-a and she hoped there W(?uld be no ; Mrs. A. Eongwortli, Mrs 'T. Buicock'SlOxt.-.r r . - u •


nmount nounslimoiila from Jlrs. Worsloy-iaylor, iMrs. . p , M r s . Tom Longwortl. during tho


^ Vicar said t'hait Ayh'eni the Ladies


Committee went to him and asked hi.m to find a. good opener for the “ Fancye Faj'n© on the first day, he diid not think amyone could lx> mere suiitaible than Mts. Assheton. They all knew how in the past histar>' of the coiint\' the .nam'e of Assheton had been to the fore for cenluriea Stmte of t o ,


‘ year. Flowers and fruit from Mrs. Worsloy I’aylor, i\Ii.ss Brower, iMrs. Almond nml .Mrs. Ramsbottom. i\rngazinos b*om Mrs. Worsloy- Taylor and JUrs. Cannoll. Tho Coimnittoo, while tendering thoir lieartiost thaiiics to all subseribors and others who havo so gouorously helped tins institution, again bog to remind all concornod, that whonovor possible thoso who bouofit by tho Nurse’s work should express their acUuowlcdgf;- uicnt of thoisamo by somo donation, liowovor


would prob.ably^ have read La.lica^ire , (-.omniitteo are aVays tturnkful to welcome any Witches ’ and if they had they would rer ; subscriber who may bo desirous of liolj.ing member that Nicholas Asslicton played a | this dcsoi-ving institution.” conspicuous part by reasem- of a. dialect h-e - wrote. Fie (the speaker) was reading the , previous day Dr. Wiitaker’s history of . WliaUey in which it was state'cl _that_of the . 27 fainiilies who were introduced in Nicholas -


CHATBURN. A.ssheton’s dialect about three hundred ! CHOIR OU'TING.—Tho junior mombors of I ,____________


ve.irs before, only four then- preserved theur ciiatburn Parish Choir liad tlioir annual outing iiiaine am-d habitation;.


Whitaker wrote -his history of Yffialley enjoyable timo spent ’Die kids were about a hundred years ago 23 families had ky


disappeaTed and the remaining four were


as near as possible to the original level of the floor. The next thing he would deal with and the most important of all, tvas the organ-. In Ihe organ they had an -instrument and case of the greatest possil>le interest, musically, historically and archi.- tecturally. They liad reason' to- Lre-lioi-e tlia.i k was the work of .oaie of the great family of organ buildters,^ the family of ' SniilJi j j


tural interest. In every res];ecl th-e ovga-n would be carefully i>res(U-7-edK5,:.:...Th:ikteu»^ of the organ, including the ix«{ of re-pair­ ing the case, -wh-iicli -they-hucnd tf> he ver.y far gone indeed, woulfl be over ;^9oo, Tlie main limixjrs of -thte i-eiling, both in tli-e nave and chain-cel. ha.d been- clea.n-fkl and he thought tha-t was -a. great improvemen.;. ITiey were al.so goin-g to restore the plaster that was strippeid off the wails of the n:ivo about 20 years ago, i’lit there was still the question- with regard -to-the plaster on the w;ilUs of th-e chancel. In- connection with the latter Mr. B-rior ha.d come to the enn- clusion that it would be wise not to re- piaster the walls at the -presdnt time, but lea.ve the matter for further consideration an-d unitil they could canry out a complete scheme! with regard to the E:ist End. They were also going to improve tlie lighting of the church and a. gen.tll(iman'of great emin­ ence in matters of tlia.t kind would probably be consulted cither lihis week or the next. They hoped the new fit-tinig.s would be ])i;Ui’i and as good as Iheii’ could -be made and that they would also harmonise as mudi as possible with tihe -remainder of the church. The -heating of the church would also under­ go an, improvemeint. Thte total expendi- ttire was a very heavy ono. iivliteed for a pla.ee like Wliallcy. -They believed the cost would lx; about A2.800 ;i-ii.d of that sum a'bout ;^2.ooo had alretuly -l>ee-ii r.aised. He hoped they would got Hie balance as a result of the labours of tlie ladies-wbo were \ritii tliem that day. (Hear hear). If thtey obtained liie remiii.nder of the money he ’hoi>ed it would not be a. sign- to them -tiiiat their- labours or Ihe rer-toration was complete but that it would prove an incen'- live to them lo carry out aniother groat work and one that -luul 'been ni-rtnitioned in- tiie handixvok by the Vicar, viz., the substitu­ tion of a new reredos for the present one. He wished to speak wit.'-- the greatpt pos­ sible reverence of thte I’' -,, ;dni and'purpose of those who carried out 'I'iie restoration- of the clia-n-cell tibout forty or fifty y^rs ago, but he thougliit one might say, wiithout in any wa.y detracting from what they -then did, that church airt and church archi-tec- itiire at thait time wetre not wha.t they wwe at pre^it. They'had not the opportunit-y of getting the skilled a.ssist'ancc tha,t was a.t the command of those who embarked on such works-at the present time. With the best inl-entions in-the worid they wero not 'able, in thte sta-t'e of -things wh-icli e.xisted- at that ti.mq, lo-put uji a work thait was worthy of the rest of the Ch-uroh. He thought they would agree with 'him lhii.t the present reredos was one -that was not worthy of the rest of 'the sacrod odiificc.


In his


opinion- there was -no 'bettor opportundity ■ than the present for the completion of the ■ work they had in- hand. T(n the olden days W'hailey ohuoli- was the Mother Church foe an enormous distract in Lancashire-and was itihte largest parish, he thought, i-n Engla.nd7 The church existed before any other .church .in-thte diocese and i,t had-associations whiiclh no other church could boast of. Thena had recentJly bteten appodivtteid a- Bishop for


Towniev of Towniey, Barker of Brows- holme, Whitaker of Holme, a.n-d Assheton of Downham. At the presen-t time they found tha.t three of the families exi-sted and he hoped that M-r Asslioton’s family mighit


, for ma,ny


where ’ ins!. He did not l!v’-nk I'irey cofild have fiinn-il iinyiaii'j mni\; sni.table than Mrs. -n I'lr oji-eii'iinig the i?i-('(-e!ed.’ii-gs th-a,t


ila\ and he had g-rea.l iiloasn-re iit propwi.ng vole of -thanks be ac-mrik-d


, , ; , p v jug;-.t ih-eiii th;i,t-al'IvinreK-’ii


ft was of interest hi.sUviically on -.u-i-ount U’ (Apjila.iise) the fact that Col. -'I'bwnley w-.i.s raid to h:'-ve , . ijir. A.-Longwort-h, seconding the pro-, played it and it w-’as als<j of griea.i- arclii-tcc-


jios'btloii, 8,1 id he cordially agreed wi-th a.Il iha-t had bee-ii said tinid he tlioiigliii it was


■ ifiiiast appropriate liiat Mrs. A.sslieton should lie iii'sociatecl witii (heir proceedings that d;iv.


(.-kpplause).


Tii-e resululioii was heartily carried-. Mr. Assheton-, in reply, said he thanked


idl present for the hearty mannea- in-whjo'a tliey had responded to the iiesolutioni. l ie could only say 'It had been a great pleasure both to himstelf and Mrs. .-Is-s-hetoni to come amongst them that day and do what little they could to help on lihe work' kliey at Wlva.l'ley were engaged in. He was very jjleased to ha\-e the opportunity of con­ gratulating 'the j>eop'le of Whal'ley on- the success tha.t had attende’d them so far. He imclerstoqd tluit £2000 had been raised


Tliat was a great cretdit to the jieople of Whalley and he thought tlhie'y could -vvelli expect the people in the neighbourhood to ii'-jip them. Wliuiiever he came to A


A’halley


lli-a a'llways received the same cordial wal- oiinc from the jieople. Before lie- sat down he had a .pieasa-nt duty to jjerfonn and that was to propose a vote, of than-k.s to the Chaiirman. It would lx> quite im­ possible for him lo telli thtem more' a,lx>ul Mr. Worsley-Taylor than what tlileiy already klnqw. He was glad to liavo the oppor­ tunity of th-aiiiking Mr. AA’orsIey-Ta.v’ior. They all knew what he ha,d done for AA-'lH'al- Icy a.nd he (Mr. Asitheton) kinetw wha.t he JkkI done,., not only for -the county, but also for the country. (Applause). I’he motion, w'as jia.ssed imanimonsly and


Mr. AA''orsley-Taylor brietly res.£ioni(lcd'. . YESTERDAY’S RECEFBTS.


Cash ...-......... Club T'ick^s


.. 224 18 II .. 43 8 9


£ s. <1. £268 7 8- -At the time Dn. : on ITlmrsday, Morocambo being visited and an


Court and ai-rivod at tlioir destination shortly after nine. Tlio morning was spent in romi>ing about tlio town and tlio sands and after dinnor a visit was paid to tlio Strawberry Gardens, Hoysham. Tho homo journoy was commenced


about six o’clock. BOY’S 'TREAT.—About'? 250 lads from


Blackly Stroet Jlission, Blackburn, spent an


a.ny gcaiieratitTHS ix\ssec:i> the place enjoyablo afternoon at Chatburn, yesterday, : t-hev IkuI l.-ecn fc-r


long in tlio 'They arrived at tho station about ono o’clock - - -


’ and, accompanied by Mr. Airey, tho socrotary of tho Mission and a largo body of assistants, marched to Middlowood Hall, tho residoneo of Mr. and Jlra. W. King-Wilkinson, whoro they w-oro regaled with coffeo and bun, in tlio meadow idjoiniiig tho Hall and afterwards wont to a larger field placed at tlhoir disposal by Jtr. 'Tims.


ku- oi-liolct placed Hayes, of Worston. Games, races, etc., wore GLII-HERUL . i uisp sai o -UI- inns.


distributed sweets, etc., and on dispersing tlioy handed a poimy to cacli lad. 'I’lieir doparturo by tho 7-47 train was witnessed bya largo number


of villagers. ACCIDENT.—A serious aecidont occuiTcd


on 'Tuesday uiglit to Mr. Josopli Altbani, jni'., farmer, of Skin House, Grindloton. HpAvas mounted on a young lim-.se and proceeding in the direction of Clitlieroepvhen, near to Chatburu station tho korsc bceanio very re.stle.ss and apparently unmanageable. .It eaiiorotl about the road and subsocpieiitly went witli consider- abJo force against tlio iron rails in front of tlio | statioiimastcr’s liouse causing one of tlio sjiikes j to iionotrato somo iiiclics into ono ot Altliams ' tliiglis. Assistance was soon at hand and | Altham was removed into the Bcndlo Hotel. Mr. John Soutliwoi-tli of Clitlioroe luippenod j to bo motoring past imiiiediatoly after tho .| accident and ho despatelied bis man for Dr. I Lancaster, who, on.arrival stitclied tlio wounds


caused by the spilms. ,


Thonnton v. Gisburne. Ytti-ktingham v. Low Moor,


■ ^V■ a,torloo Wtesleyaiis v. fVest Bradford. ------- *♦*♦*♦,*--------


TEAMS.


K I-nK ■ \V ( 'r-ibtrae fcaot i M. . GraOtrse


-u.


indulged in. Both Mr. and JIrs. ICing tVilkiiison 1 Croasdale, H. HarUey, vv. Ratcliue, J. took an active part in tlio jiroceedings and j


A. E. Dixon, B. Gorman, J. Bax-


tor, J. Clark, f ’v. Brierley and Coulthurst. RIBBLESDALE VVANDEI-ULRS: R-


l-IaiTTOn (capt.), J. Sheriicker, .W. Daweon, J. Barkiiison, A. G. Dixon, A. Langshaw, j". Brooks, VV. Samderson, J. Mitoheii, J. Robinson luid H-igson. Reserve, J. Speight, WllALLEY. j . Green capt.), J. Peters,


\V. Almond, J. H. Ramsbottom, R. Green, G. Hi Boddy, W. Lakeland, W. Greenwood


i A. Hindle, W. H. Harrison and IVard. BARROW; F. Dawson (capt.), J. Good-


man, R. Bibby, E. Standen, AV. Batefield, F. AVaslibrook, G. AValmsley, J. Everton, H. Goodman, R. J. Bamford raid Hollin- rakte. R&serve, J. Wright and H. Roger-


and -he hail no doubt that the bulk of the motor. 'Tlio horse also sustained sovoral wounds | £-£ajrason, W. H.iwcrth, A\b Chaxn-ley, F. mniiL'y ha.d come from the parisih-ioners.


DHE ADULT SCHOOL.


SKUOC-ESSFUL OPENING AT CLlTHEHOtL ■ (coNTHmuTnii.)


-t


moi'iutig—somoivliero abniit half-past oiglit • woukl Baturally bo somcivlmt surprisotl to hear tho strains of a well-known li.vmii rolling forth


'.l.’ho jiassor-iiy iii Greeuaero Street, last Siiiida.v


iiisido and found somo two dozen men oanicslly ilisoussing tlioir Biiilos ; anil tho mystery wniilil


linndi-ed similar selimils in oxisteneo few can have lieen iimiigm-ated witli such euthnsiasin


and witli so iimny inembcrs, willing men—oven anxion-r In work. 'I'liorc was no'loctnrello, tli lii-st lialf-honr being given (o the oleeUon o ollieers and to a very iiitercsUiig talk by Mr Jim Hargi-eaves, of Blacklinrn Seliool, and mol hods ot work, etc. . Mr. Hargreaves olicerfnl, liomely address made ns fuel wo wore “ getting tliere,” to quote an apt expression of onr iircsidont’s ; and tho two friends wlio had cycled all tlio way from Darwen put tlio finis ling touches to the work ; it was felt tliat tlio seliool


was an establialicd faet. 'i’ho Biblo-losBon dealing witli tho relation,,


GISBURNE.


botwcon religion and common life—partioidarly as regards cleanliness—provoked an interesting


I (liseussion on food adulteration and lionosty in business, and it oponod tho oyos of many to


READING ROOM.—Since tho can-ying out lliul tliat tlio Biblo contained ideas «o applicablo


of tlio oxtoiisiro alterations to tlioRoailing Room to inodorn everyday o.xistoiico. Iho samo lust yoiir, it lias been felt that somo inipi-ovonienl. sniijoet. will ho eoiitiiincd noxt Sunday willi ought lo lio iiiado lo tho eiitnineo to (ho i-iiom. special refoieneo to tho boaraig of loligion on It lias boon Riiggcstod lhat tho presont doorway food : Smiday niorning will ulbo bring om Inst , 01- Iransfoi'iiiod into a window Icctiirolto, on “ Monastorios, by Mr. Ernest Farkinson, of Chatburn.


sbould bo iiuulo up nml u now entranco iiuido at llio oLlior ond of llio building. Until recently, liowovor, tlio sug­ gestions nnined liavo not taken practical sliapo, but on Thursday ovening a incoting was hold, to consider the niattor. At this incoting it was stated that tho Mutual ImjFrovomcnt Society had a})plicd for iho use of tlio Room for thoir mootings during tho tho ofiicors and committoo of tho Society would undortnko to contrilmto a substantial sum towards tho cost ot tho alterations to iho on trance if they woro carried ouf. After dis­ cussion, it was unanimously agreed to got tho alterations done during tho summer if pcrinissiou could bo obtained from Lord Ribblesdale, tho owner of tho - building. Thoso improvomonts will certainly bo appreciated by tho mombors and others.


imittco of the Sociotv


10 ot tlio Itoom tor tlion- - Some misunderstanding has. ai-isou —... . . . c o m in rw t o a n d S


WILKIN LANE MANUFACTURING CO. from a


Mamifacluring Company, Limited, m voluntary headed “ In tho matter of


liquidutiont” and aniignncing k meeting .of croditora. A rumour gniiiod curroncy that this roforrod to Jtossr.s. John Jackson and Sons, tho jn-osont tenants ot that portion of tho mill situate. in Wilkin Lane, whereas it applied to some former tenants of another portion of the mill and thoroforo-tho notice irt no manner referred to Messrs. Jaoltson. 7 —


from tho opoii iloor of tho Roeiiabitos Hall a building which had hithcrUi shared tho somo what nneaimy siloneo ©f our stroots at tliat early hour ; lint surpriso would have given way to woiidcv had our friend, later 011, glanced


liavo been eoniplolo when, lowai-ils ten o eldek A gond start'/ Splendid ! Of tlio .seventoon


(whicli Altham was removed homo in tho I (Capt.), J. Down-ham, j . FI. Taylor, T. j sh^qpou, A. Lawson, .E. Aldersky, G.


son. CLlT-HlvROE “ A : AAb Smiithson,


j .Atkinson and W. Chatburn. I BARROW “ A ” : T. A. Pickup (capt.), i D. Tavlor, AV. Standen, J. Fenwick, J. i Nutfor' C. ]-',vs,rli)n, J. l’:i.ttelieid, AV. Laii- ixister, II. Rogerson, A. Smitii and H. E. Hqpwoo-d. Reserves, G. H.-itrisoii and F.


Cioodmun AAA-NDERER.S “ A ”: G. Oark (oa,pl.),


T. Bowker, E-. Rolli-wtell, G. Dugdale, J. Clark, P. Shorli.clier, J. SiXiight, FI. AA^ootl, J. Miii'ire, W .


.Astlcy a.iid R. Jasksion-. AA'E.riT BRADFORD : H. Hindle (capt.)


F. Jackson, J. Birtle, J. AVilson-, J. C. Flolgate, H. Wilsen, J. C. AATiittaker J. Titteri.ngton, R. Harrison. R. Birtle and


thoodoarnfliiitenrfeoamUlipiiatlloorciipsniid ! j - D. Chester. toesenes, J. (jiqKOn ana sancoi'.s fiiinut tlioir way in(o the street.


PSpcmr Rf-ierve-; T GlbKOn- an'rl


S. Clark. GISBURNE: A. W. AVi^g.^fe Saul


(vaiil.). AV. Robe-rt.a, G. R. AA'cymes, F. AAb Tyler, R. S. Atkins, AV. Metcalfe, H. W-righi, F. Tliifrogtxxl, R. Nororow, R. E. Bve and G. Richardson. Reserve, F. A


A’. i^fatkie a-tid A. Fawcett. ' AA’ .ArERLOO AAfESLm’-ANS'i J. AAArig-


ley, H. Jones, J. Bitsh, J. H. Bush-, E. OEekter H; Jolmsomi.. G. Broom, J. Penman-, J. Hooiey, E. Rotiiwjeli, AAb Ganner. Rt- aerves, I. N. Qi.nis a.nd R. Brierlca’.


— ^ —


; 1UBBLE«DAI,E AALVNDERERS’ MEDAL COMPETITION. '


: lllaycd-on; AA'eclnesd-.ay.: Clitlicrce Afli:-


lelic 30, Conimerciail Spin-ners, '31 for 3 wickot.s.


WRONGLY I’UT. Mrs. Smith suddenly imbued with a


spirit of neighbourly intorest in a lady wlio was just i-eeovcring from inllunozaj said to her little son : “ AAbllie doai', just


legal notice Inserted in om-eohimns ast week run across the strciot and as 4 how-old toi--day.”


, the AVilkin Lane Mrs. Bl'OW is ll d


AAbllic I'otumcd five minutes later look­ ing ci-estfallon.


. . f'v. .


“ AAtoll, liavo you sect Mrs. Brown--?’?:; the mother asked.. :


it’s none of vour business how old Sho- is.”


A., : f


i “ Yes, and slio said .1-wnsto tcll'yoir: '


I#m".' il


3A>yai| attest';'


Mi f im * II iKpll ■ Ii -tf). I


Bari-ow“ A " v. Ribblesdaile Wa,ndere»s “ A.”


Clitlie-Toe “ A ” v. Railway Clerks. -----------------------------


FRIENDLIES.


Ito enlist thie sympathy of her neighbours ■ Nortli Western Railway Company Stock £377 When she -i-DDCaled for help towards (he | 12s. (id., this with tlio Gouorul l.■■.m


10.s. I


called upon Mrs. Asshet^’ ro pe (Applause).


|


0. WHALLEY. CHitNGE.—Mr. /VndrowiMoNutt, who is at


present in the licoiwing trade at Blackpool, will succeed Mr. W. J. Whittaker as landlord of tlio


IVhalloy Arms.


twelfth annual report of tho Whalley District Nursing Association has been issued tliis week and is ns follows :—“ Durhig tho year 208-4 visits to patients havo been paid by tho Nurse. ’Tile total number of cases attended by her was 102, of which 78 ended in eomploto recovery, two aro still on tho books, seven aro improving and 17 have terminated in death. ’Tlio sum of £92 12s. 8d. has been subscribed during llio year,


NURSING ASSOCIA'riON REPORT.—Tho 1


auspi'-es of the new Bishop of Wihalley.— which; with a balance at 30th J uno, 1908, viz. tho . tho year amount to £91 lbs. 8d., which loaves a ,


(Hear“, hear). Mr. -Woislev Taylor then : £10 4s. makes £102 10s S,k The expen.sos for ' ,7- ,


balance of £10 18s. Od. For the Aledieal Comforts Pund £3 9.:. 7d. iias been subscribed ... . - WHITEWELL. SPECIAL PREACHERS.—lVliitowoU;parish-


iouors ai’o to havo ant intolloctual treat for tho next throo months, having ^special proachors every Smiday. it will bo surprising if thoro is not a full congrogation at tho Parish Cluu:ch after all those sovoral proachors havo come and gono.


AUCTION MARTS. CLITHEROE, Tuesday.—Tliero was a Ugiitcr


show of milch cattle, with quality componsatiiig somowhat-^for lack of , iiumburti. j^Tlioro^wad a steady dcnmiul, und aliuost a total cloaraueo. Calved cows made from TIO iOs. to i)21 5s. ; calved heifers, Y13 to £18 12s. Gd. LUSBURNle FORTNIGHTLY FAIR, ^louday


A smaller inarkob owing to the hay harvest, but thoro was a good attciitlanee of butchers^ from the J^ancashiro and Vorlcsliwo towns. A gpod show of l.ieof, wiiieh mot a brisk trade, und aH sold. Pv<ilo3 : good fiuishod heifers and cows from G^d. lo 7 id. por lb; young cattlo from Gd. to G^d. por lb. A fair sliow of fat shoop, which again mot* n dragging ,trade, and no bottor prices wero obtained, best quality being about 7lI. por lb.; others from’ about Gd. ,:Vii avorago ^low of lambs and a good cloaranco olloet^ji' at from 7d. to 8d. por lb. Irish nowly cawod und springing cattlo iiiado from £13 10s. to''£lG 10s. for nowly calved, and from £11 10s. to £11 10s. for springers.


HELIHFI ELD, Thursday.—A^considorably , \ ^


larger show of dairy cows, upwards of 90 being forward. Customers wore well ropreseutod ami a fair soiling trade was experienced but tlio top prices of last week wore not roaUsod oxeopt for very smart young second calfj^cows.» Ualved cows made from £13 to £23, and licifers fronv^iill to £17 10s. ouch.


CRICKET.


TO-MORROW’S MATCHES. r i b b l e s d a l e


l e a g u e .


Sabdon v. Clitheroe. Ribblesdale Wanderers v. Darwen.


Wihailley v. Earby. Settle V. Barrow. Giteoit Harwood v. Badiham. Buiinley St. Andrews v. Read. — — *♦ »♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ------


NO RTH -EA S T LANCASHIRE AMATEUR LEAGUE.


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