T H E T I M E S . F B I D A Y , J A N U A R Y 2 9 , 1 9 1 5 5S IO N S .


h'liiea Tlobertfi riiipii, and Mit- liind J. Wimllo.


Tu a k k i^l .


■K't. siinimonod 1 assault. .Mt-.s. .Ml'. Hartloy


oit iSuuday


aiui when she and said Mrs,


|i her pinafore, loor and askod 111' it for. The llio head with a l\a more, lainaut denied She adniittod Police Station


1st able, and was Teas warm'd a«


In question, and Tsistanee.


J .at ten minutes lnn>;, lie received


liuitli Itad been l u tlie Iiouse, he j i ir uncou.seious, inch and a half


Ilf an inch wide. If the neii'hhours Imd. Or. Ross I'd the wound.


COUNTY COURT. ------ ♦♦♦---------


Yesterday : Refovo his Honour Hejnil.y


iTudge Hodg-son. CLAIM UN AGREEMENT.


Wiiy


Thu Laueashlro and Y^orkshirc Rail- p... . . . . . . . . . .


lloJdeu, of Albion House, £29 12s. l id . balaueo owing by the Rrimrose Ring Mill, Ltd., for balance of tho cai'riage of goods received and forwarded by tlie Itaiiway Company in Eebimai'y and March, 1914, under an agreement ea- teied into by de.lendaut ana a co-du'ector guarauloi’iiig to pay the amounts due. Mr. H. .ri. Hamel appeared for tho


tind he pushed the machine^ on to a Messrs, llriggn tiiicl Sons works, lo .


raised piece of ground at the side of 'th e whom tho land belonged. Access from I'oad, leaving it there and going' to tho one irortion to the other was by a. level. ] other side of the road to watch the com- cros.sing, and several gates opened on , petitoi's come up. Mr. Walsh had to the line, On the 26th October a cow previously been up the hill and had won seeing a gate opened went on to the ' i


r,..,.,, ip,.i......,1 i tip !it something over forty miles an jum l as to ncces,sitatc its slaughter. x'oo


whore the cycle and side ear sRiod, colliding with it very heavily. His Honour: Had. they got permission


ono event. In another cl •ass he cam© line, was struck by n train and so in- ; liaving* been closed .several weeks i *■


- - - D. .


machine to bo diverted from the course question of liability for tlie feueiiig and and to crash off the road lo the iioiut a good deal of oviclenco was submitted


Railway t.'ompauy and suhmited con- .siderablo. (.oriespoudeuco between plaiu- LilVs and defeuclaut, pointing out that, deleiidant appeared to lie under the im- pre.s.sion that because lie had ceased to he a director of tho Company, he was absol ved I I'om liability umler the agree- ineiit. This was not so, ns the Railway Comiiaiiy Imd not been informed of the change ami had not cntorcil into another agreement. The chief clerk a t the station (Janies llaudsworth) gave evidence as to the


amounts due, ri'inarkiug th a t he became aware that the Ring Mill Company had


g'one into liquidation, and submitted an account. Hefendaut declared he Imd a ])laiu


Ihe stateinout of already given 10 made :i atato-


I'Ogory said from lie assault must lide Mr.s Scott’s Ibolioved, origin­ al the. police


Ivliieh .Mrs Scott


I t Sunday mom- lor house without |l. have, you been the .same time


11 with her fi.st. l ied with a basin .Mrs. Smith got


| r husband then liaiated them. 1 defendant, .said I) into the house, fo daslied down- las best he could. rJier’s liair. Mr. ked him to take did.


statement lo make ami Ufa fai'ls ]uit iu made no difference. Mr. Daniel desired to iml into the box


the iStaliouma.ster to prove that i1e- fendaiit was a man of position and well able lu pay. DelViidaiit : 1 am laaruiiig .something


now. Mr. Uolden, after being sworn, said be did not deny the signatures ur any­


tures telliiig iMr. Heaton that su loug as they were direetor.s they would be re- siio’iisible for the, payment of llie aci'ounfs.


of the Ring Mill at. Mie i'oi iiiatimi of Ihe Comxjany and on an anaiigeuieiil made with Mr. Heaton, the late sialioiinia.stei', it was agreed that the Comjiany .should jiay the aceouuls monthly. They were euiled uixm to sign I lie guurautee and liis bi'other and he apiMuided t heii' sigmi-


said the. charge


1; serious one, in Jhave h.ad to be I t in the circum- Irliseretion, think- I barge of common


|l without hearing Ifeuee.


fEF FUND.


k i . . . 1052 12- Sons


hKR’ FUND.) £ .s. d. 0


5 0


£1952 12 5 L O C A U


P U J ^D . £ s. d.


h1 ... S8-2 10 10


[Dun- ........... 8 8 9. 2890 19 1


B E L G IA N h U N U .


1


Is] .... L»i 0 1


2 s. d. 1


... 0 10 (J d 6


1 ,1 .... 75 18 6


I a n f u n d . d.


b e l i e f


i T E l i . \0. l'-».


£ s. d-


....•191! H 1 . . . 10 0 0


llJoddy 11


' ■ ■... 0 11 £507 17 0


0 17 11 LTIONAIiS. S


;ht. K. Nixon* H. Thonift®*


tH *. A. Briggs,


lin'd and for roa-sons of failing' heiiltli he resigned. That was xnob.ihly some four or five years ago but when the R iug' ^Lill Comx>any went into liquidation he I'ouiul the Railway Company holding' him re- sxiousiblo for ilehCs on aii iigTecmonl. by which he understood liei was gnaraulc'e- ing payment- only whilst- be remained eonnected with the firm. Had Mi-. Heaton lived he. would proliahly liave intimateil to him the, desirability of rm moving' tin* I'osx'ionsibility from liis shoulders and the Railway Company would not have committed that, ‘‘dastai'cl- ]y a c t” . What made him more ve.xi'd \in.s th a t be went to eoiisiderahl'e exxieiise and trouble io go to Main'lie.ster to ex­ plain the circumslancets. Ho did not deny the .sig-natui'c, but he did not .sign the agreeuieiit with (he inteniioii of he- ing left lesiKiiisihle after lie severed his coniieelion with the eonipaiiy. Wlietlier lie had to iniy lur not did not greatly dis- liii'h him, but he wanted lo gel the facts before the pnhlie lo prevent ihe Railway Companv ‘'limbing’’ anybody else. lie louiid tlie letters sent very irritating and liad told the Railway Company some niont^lhs ajio


llis brotlier uiiforluiintely


money they iiiiisi g'o lo the t.onnty (knn-t.


if ilicy


Slimming up, liis Fluiiour said lie liacl nothing to do with the moi'al luspeet. of


- I l l ie was a. direetor


arranged with Ihc Rowland Rural District Council to make all aiTangOr lucnts as lo frailic, and there was a. tacit uinlerstandiug with tho Police that llu'y would not pio,secute. Pro. cecdiiig, Mr. Rowlands said his sub- inission was that defendant had been guilty of uegligouoc, by eomiug uji tho road at such a .sxietd a.- not to be able to avoid the stone, and lie wa.s also guilty of an unlawful act. Plaiutitf gave ovidener, saying that lis machine was a 44 li.i>. motor (.‘.ycle


lo bold tlie.se races llierc y Mr. Rowlands said the club had


thing. He. went to Maiieliester to e.x ■ Xilain ©veiytliing lo ■'lliis silly lawyer” aU(l told him jilaiiily iio would mil aii.swei- the lelters.


ilic otlior side of Ibe road to wnteli llio raeiug beeaiise i t was uii.safe wlievc (lie maebiiio was. The ground 'mi which be put llis iiiaeliiiio was cigbtecii indies above tlic surface of the road. Rut for tho stone therC' would probably have lieeii no aecidnt. He was an ex- Tierieiiced motor cyclist and considered vlio position quite safe.,He denied tliat lieuple swore, at him and blamed him as the cause of tho accident. His Honour: Hid any of tiie stew.-irds


iiuilc new. The ri'paiis cost £11 10s. on. and be elaiiued 9s. Jd. for (be eo.st of removing' the maebiuci. (,Loss-exam.iiied; He did iiiul. go la


I'dl you about Hie race?—No. Ro-examiued; I t was iu coueequeiiee


facts. The d u b obtained ix-a-mission from tho Histriet Council, on the uiidoi'standiug that they did their host to avoid accidents, and to keep (ho trallie under conliol. Policemen were Tihieed at ead i end of the track, and stewards were on duty between .starting and finisliiug ijoiiits. Tliore was also a lolepbone to communicidc fivim one end of tho track lo tlie other. Tlieiy Iiad to admit llicre were serious risks, hut as to excessive speed, he sub­ mitted tha t there could be no excessive speed on a road which bad been ])Ur- [losely kcT>t free from trallie. He bold Unit it was neeo'ssary to bold motor rac­ ing comiictitions and declared tha t tlio Ri'Ltish Army was to-day g-eiting the benefit of them, by the services of skilled riders who had practised high siieeil riding. Plaintiff’s motor cycle was x>laced round a corner and could not hr seen by competitors more tlian twirnty yards away. Not the sliglitest* evideiiCf' of negligence laid been offered. Hefeudant had suffered more heavily thau jilaiutilV, for not only had he had his machine .smashed fo pieces but lio sustained a broken collar bone. He sulmiilled tbat i t was a. xiui’c accident, and on the gTound th a t i t occuiTed m genuine sT'ort lie asked lor judgment for defendant. I f a man in a crowd at a cricket match was struck by a ball iut by a ' ‘sloggeir,” was (he batsman to stand tlamiigos:'’


of wJial. was saiil by oue of the stewards that lie imt tho machiue where ho did. Mr. .Haworth did not dispute the


tlu*- l


the ease .Mr. Holden had signed an agi eeinent making himself iiersonallv


I ill hie and he iiinst iiay. A verdict for the ijliiintilVs lor the


amount olaimed wa-s returned. Defendant asluvl for lime to pay. ’i’l'ad<* Wius very had and he wa.s on a ver\


liig expense. ir is Hoiiour : I w ill help you in reason. Defendant : Wliat do von e.a.11 reason­


able f


a. large house, and runs a. motor eiir abour. I was going lo ask for judgment


Mr. Daniel : 1 may .say he is living in ................. forthwith. mv bu.sinoss.


Dofoudiiiit : I have a iiiolor car lor , ,i , i


„ It w a s eventually agreed Unit de­


fendant sliniild pay -Co ■" o fortnig i , and £5 Tier numi h t ill the debt is cleareil.


IlICL CM MR CITMI’ETITTON—AND AN ACCIDENT.


other usi'm'S of tlie road, was iieard on the claim of Arthur Ila Igrayi*. now iii Ihe arniv. of 27, W illows-hiiie. Aee-


A ease of interest to mnlur cyclists and


cycle I'l’iiairer, of Rlaekburn, foi tile cost of rejiairiug diiinage.s o iim oi


I'inglmq'agaiusl John “ x p i


evele and -sitlo ailc'.'ecl negligence of delemlant. -'i i .


F. Rowlands, of Accrington, Tepic-


seiiled lilainliff, and Afr. Rlaeklnirn, a])peaied for Air. Rowland said the facts i\i.ie


a"'m*d inioii, damages '; ':" 'T r '’ uiwii, and Uic finest ion Ru' his H ""™' lo deeidc was tbal of liahilily.


fendant Wa.s a hill


in a motor cycle AARiddinglon Fells on Ju ly His client was


noon, getting before he became aware


pcHtiou was in progTetiS. n tor


Hint tho events AVere


a ride by ■Waddingotii Fells tha t att .1 noon, getting well down t'lm ^^coin s‘


motor cycle and side competitor.s m ui '1" ,, ,


‘ ,1 p.-r so


i-e about lo come up tho lull <-aeii ‘S a in l i i f liad tbe pasturage of


th a t a com- Ho Avas told one of


the onnh •1 .f.i.. jilace.


His Huuoui". That would be a. iirivale .


.


llie road was a in'ivate place. What right, had ijlaiut iff to make a garage ot it;*- Speclator.s at sucli eompeiitlous


Air. Haworth submitted the sidc' of


took the ri.sks. Hofeiidunt said ho struck the


hut had recovered from the wobble whim lie crashed into the side car. Had the iiieeo of laud on -Which thc' ear stoml been available he would have


been able to ])roeeed. Several motor cyclists g ' ly c\jdeiiee


to llie effect that had the aide ear not been tlieie, defendant would liavc


avoided the accident. His Honour said that lo give a. '.er-


dic for iilaintilf he must be satished tlial. lliere wa.s negligence by detendant and no eoiitrilmtory uogligeneei I'.Y plaintiff.


missioii had liecii obtained fi-om. the local luillioi'ily lo hold the coiiipetition, 1ml ill Ins view a local authority had no ri<*'lit lo give ])crnii.ssion lor Ihe use of aliigliwav for illegal iiiirxiosis, and i t was not an answer lo say the competi­ tion was held with tho permission of the aiitliorilv. He contended that the local auiliol'ity could not exclude the piililie li'om a public Inglnyay. eonelusioii lie eamc to vas tli-d. defend­ ant wa.s g'uiltv of a negligeiil and un­


i t liad beeu xn'oved tha t iier-


lawful act—liO io 40 iniles not a reasonable speed—and Uiat there


motor cycle nnd .«iclo c.ai; tbi* iji'i’Twred portion


was no eontrilmiory negligeuce as the of the load. Ho


o-avo a vordict for Uio painl.iil for the amimnt claimed.


COW ON THE MNIL


His Honour was o c c u p i e d soveral lioiirs with a ease in w iieli John


Clitliieroe. claimed from ine


Rilliiig'lon, of Ridding Hey Farm, ■liiimed from the Lancashire


1 ]io killed he allnfied by reason


iioo-ligcuce of the Company. Mr. Jordan, harrislei’, of


(imstnicted by Mr. J . J- bearekl for plaintift, and Mr. 11. H- S iY w for a . i i ' iS v y


side ol: r.v- o .sidin^A' running to • 1 I-


liability of the Railway Company could only .arise in one or two ways—either


Sunuiiing up, his Honour said the


by .some Slalulo or in some (.'oveuant or eontraet. He quoted aulliorily lo show that there, wa.s no statutory liability, aud as tlieie did not apxiear lo be any


liability iu coniraet, tliere seemed to he no liability al. all. Tliere was formerly


a statuiory liability 1ml. imforhiuately for iilaintiff I hat liad been removed, and tile only x'ussibilily was umlcr con­ tract. Ifegardiug this, there wa.s a level ei'osing which lie nudorstood was in fact iiinler contract. Actually the cow went through another g-atc and a.s tliere was no liability on tlin par t of the Railway Company to fence thi,s aguinsl. tho cattle, Tilaiiitill’s case must fail. The gate was entirely and exclusively in (he ]K>ssession of Messrs. Brig'g,s and Sons or their servants, and tha t being so lie could not find nogligeuce ag.ain.st the railway company but po^ibly Alessrs. Rriggs and Sons were liable. It; wa.s unfortuuato for tlio farmer that the siding crossed the laud plaintiff temiuti'd but it might be tha t lie ob­ tained the land on advantageous terms on account of tho danger, and Uievehy


aceexiled the risk. He gave a verdict for dofendauts.


PANTOMIME AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.


------ ------------ .V week **f Pantomime—“ Little Rod Riding


Hood ”—i.s hilled for the Theati'o Royal. Black- biii'n, next week, and jadglng from aecoimt.s tho • dven ot it claowlioro, tho Company is first-elass. One ot these says : “ All tho seenery and ti'ouks look as it they had just, como trom thti studio or drossmakor and milliner, and tile artiste.s are an uncommonly protty and clever erowil and all. in turn, pet a ehanco lo show their versatile talents. It is not a ono-man allow Certainly, Wo have never lia_d sueli a tnnotnl company ; it is conoort liall or musical eomedj’ voices rather tlinn tho u.stuil panto pattern. Nevor liave we had suoli a lumdsomo or gorgeous damo US Mr. Clitt H. Aatlcy. Last week’s " ’.Snico ’Sminco Pie is roplaced by “ Sist'Jr .Susie’s Sewing Stiirts tor Soldiers ” ; hut it is in '' Are we downolioarhid i ” tliat lio roaclios ills highest lieights ot popularity. Ho is *• ’smcnce.” Just to got tlio poetry of motion and tho liglitness of a tliisblodom in movement you imtst soo Miss I vy Danc.s (Rod Riding Hood) daneo. Of oenrse, stio sings and talks, hut it is tier graeo and happy manner in dancing which oliarm, and remain as vivid memories of tlio joy ot life.” And tliere are olliers who eomo not one whit Isihind.


HOW AN AMERICAN VIEWS THE SITUATION.


--------: VVHALLEV lA'ICTURE APPltKCIATED. Writing on Jamniry .Sth to a relative, ae-


knowledging receipt ot newspapers from England sent from this neigliboiirliood, a resident in Kansas City,


says : ■ * I was much


pleased witli tliat litlli' paper from Clitheroo— (‘ Clitheroo Times ’ Bee. Itll.) - th a t loetme was groat.


f handed it roumi to soveral. who pro­


claimed it tho liost. doseription tlioy liad seen on tlie auhjoct. Wo are given to understand that Englan d is massing a very large .-triny for servii'e n the spring. I sineerely liopo such is a fact. I cannot hut think that England, so largo a ipower as she is, liiis niado a great mistnito in ha ving such a small .Army at hand. Had it not been for lier Navy, it. would liave hoen a ’' walk over ’ for Ciormmiy. hut England has done womlei'fullv on tho sea. I cannot but think that, eonsoription would have been tho best method for England to liavo adopted, instead of vohmtai'i' recruiting. It would havo boon fairer 10 alk and in tho ond would havo given heller satisfaction to all concerned. But of COIU'SO, wo know nothing about it, being so far away. .


• • 'I’l'® opinion amongst many


people here i.s tliat tlio Englisli public havo not until lately I'cali'tod tho oxtremo gravity of tho situation, and tliat many aro only now awaken­ ing to it,


lA'o aro feeling tho cfTocts of tho war hero to a great extent in a doproeaing way in


buflinoBB.” [Tho leetui'e roforred to was ono ot tho sorics


delivered at Whatley, by the Rov. T. T. Nor- 1


hour and when near plaintiff’s machine . Tho fa^hs were admiUed, I'lit there , lio struck a stone, which caused the ‘ was eonsidcrahle legal ai'gum.mt on tile ^ '’<»®“Sthenod by t he addition ol aunt hoi;


Ollier IVliaJley news appears on page. 6. “chools have now re-opened after i


?,” ” i


tug at the weekly drill, tho President of the Riflo and Drill club (Mr. J . T. l ’i'avis-Ct,egg) Iiauded to Alessrs. Jtc- Vitio, H. Thompson and W . Tlionqi- son the atvard.s llioy gained in a ri'iient coinxjotition at tlio outdoor raiio'o, and loutc Hie opportunity of urging more regular atfendauee .n't drills.


constable. R IFLE CLUB.—On Tuesday ev<iu -


W H A L U E Y. ------♦♦♦------


(liVlM ROUGH TIME.


OLITHEROE RECRUIT RELATES HIS , EX ERIENCES.


T.S fitXPF,RTF,NCF,S Writing to relatives in Clitheroe,


Rifleman "Jo e ” Norcross, B Company, King’,s Royal Rifles, 9th Battalion, shationed at Petivorth, Sussex, says:— Ju s t a few lines to lot j*ou know tluil. I am st il l alive, b u t xiei'La.p.s lucky to


friend.s have 1 11 i.s week heen deliglitod to see .1*;. \\ . Holliday, looking so well after his work in France. Halliday wa.s eha.idfoni' for All-. J . R. 'rhonijison at the oiifbroak of the war and lliiit geiitlemap. offered lii.s I'ar and cliauffeui' to tile TYar Offici*. Thei reply was iliat Hii-re wa.s no ininiediate need for Mi.o car, hut the driver would ho ihseful, and flalliday imniediaiely accepted. Since Sopteniher lie lias lieeii engaged in Red Cro.ss^AinhuIance ear tvork. Only oneci lias b7i been imder fire, but he lias .se-r-n much liat'oc wrougtit amoiig.st piojierty by shells and can .speak wIHi first Iiaiid know-ledge of the general effect of Hi;i war ill F’rance. He is stationed at Boulogne, but in the course of Iii.s work travels much nearer tlio fighting lino. MR W. J . WHITTARJiR’S DEATH.


HOME FROAf FRANC]’:. — His


bo so. I suppose you wiU wonder Avliy. AA^oU, i t i.s through our inspect ion by Lord Kitchonev las t F rid ay . We started for AVJiitley which is ahout: 16 miles from liere on T h u rsd ay . a t noon and i t was ra in in g. We carried haver­ sack rations Avith. ii.s consisting of four biscuits aud ;i bit of cheese. I t rained .’ill the t ime « e were on tho march h n t Ave liad to allow our g re a t coats to remain rolled on our hacks. Wo reached AN'liitloy ahont 5 xi.m. and we had to sleep iu newly erected wood hnt.s. 'f hero


—WhaliCy people heard with great ro- grqt of tho deatli wtiic'h occurred la.sl. Friday afternoon, of Air. William John AVhittaker, commonly known as “Willum Jo h n .” For the last four years or so, ho had becrii liceiiseo of ( he Wo.lmsloy Arm.s Hotel, Groat Harwood, and his death oeenrrod there, lie liaving been iu declining licalHi some months. But Whalley iieople, aud, for that uuitter, lo many .ISa.st Ijiiiieasliire xieojilo from the fact that for snnie.t'hiug lilto twenty years lie wa.s ‘‘mine ho.st” of the Wlialley Arms HoleJ. Gonial, and with a clioery vvord for all, “Willimi Jolin” was a gootl all roiiiul ’’sport” and none took a lie.art.ier interest in cricket and football. In bis younger dny,s w’heu in Aceringlon lie was a favourite 011 botli fields of play. He was one of Hie founders of Hie old Accrington “ Rods’’ Football Club and idayed witli Hie team foi' a, long f.iine. He xihiyed for ( he love of Hio games and )iut Iiis whole heart into tho .STiort, earning tlie coiilidenei! of tho spectators. Being tall and witli weight ho was a sturdy full hack. “Wiltnm Jo h n " was one of (hose wlio Xilayod a. football nmtcli al night., when Hie ground was illuminated hy electric liglit, on Hie iiitrodiiction of that moilo of lighting to Accrington. A.s a cricketer he was a good Iiatsmaii ami fielder. He was of a generous millin' ainl ready to give a helT>ing hand, .so wiis always lo the fore in miitclies for eliaritalilc oli-


jects. When at AVIiafh’.y he took a great iulerest iu tlio local cluh aud ho kejit ux) his interest to Hie last. "Willuin .Tohii” w’as something aiiinoacliiiig an iileal landlord and ovoi-ybody ivho kuew


him. vocoguised him as “ a r ight down good fellow,” w'lio took a parlieularly saiio and cheery outlook on lifci, and was ever ready with a smile and a wi'Icome. Whallcy folks and those wlio (ravelled Wlialh'.yward will ever reniemher liim as lam'llard of Hie Wlialley .Vwns, wliere. he would talk in h.appy remini.s- cence over old times, di.scnss witli broad­ minded tolerance tho affaii-s of the day. Ho was not averse to airing his views in tlio press, and he wrote concisely, and XU'Psented his xxiints in a very sound and commonsense way. A good many people were exceedingly soiTy when “AVillum John” left Whalley for Great Harwood, for they had come to regard him also part and parcel of the hi.storic village, and a walk to Whalley Avithout a peep at “Willum” seemed for a while strangely incomplete. He held tho re­ spect of many who have little love for “ Tho trade”—people who agreed that


wm-u n either ligh ts nor fire whim Ave iu'riA‘cd, but Hiere wa.s a stove. We got some TTOod and made a fire and tlioii |n'ooui'cd some candles to l ig h t tlio room. AYo obtained a d rink of ton aud th a t Avas all Avo had to go lo bod off. Well, it Avasn’t Avhai. you AA'ould call exactly a bed, b u t it had to suffice, VYo had two blaukehs e:ieh aud had to .slej) on tho hoards. I didn’t get muoh sleei) th a t n ig h t . The next nioriiiug Avas bitter ly cold, as it had frozen during the n ig h t and Av:is suoAviiig hard. AVo had to break tho ice on a tan k to havo a, wa.sh. After th a t a


a . tueky to atill be nil right, oxeexit for a


alight cold. Old soldiers who are •with us, and tiave been through the Soutli


ttrougR orders that wo go hacli to xUdershot


shortly and then from there avo go to France, on the 2dtli of Fohriuiry.' 'We aro, I think, to havo a short furlough bsfore we go abroad, so I am hojiing to .see you before I go.”


WEAVER’S PROTECTION ----♦♦♦------ SOCIETY.


AL tlio tliird unniml mooting oC tho Clitheroo


Weaver's Protootion Society, held last night, the following ofllcors wore olocted : President, ^Ir. F. Clough vico-proeideiit, !Mr. IT..P. Brown • tronsuror, ^fr. J. R. Nutter «*omimittoo ; Messrs. .1. Speak C. S, Ellis, F. Bennett, K. Hitchon, ami A. Clougli, auditoi’S, ^fo-ssrs. ./os. Walker and A. Simpson. ]\fr. W. A. Duckworth gave an intomsting statement as tfi ’tho oxpondituro of the J3oard of Trade gram*. It was decided to x’esunio contributions on February 25th, aud a rcsolulion was carried that no contributions bo received from member.s who havo enlisted, but that any bencQts due io thorn bo paid to ihoir doi-Hfndonts. Tt was docidod to forward to inombi'rs in tlu» Forces a memento. 'riio annual report records a loss of £53 Is. Id,


-o had breakfast, a h i t of


bully beef uiid broad. Then avo got ready to march :iAvay for the inspection. AVo Imd about five miles to march to a eomiuon the name of Avhich I h:u'o fo r ­ gotten. Tho gi'ouud Avas covered four or fiA’o inches deep Avith snow :uul i t Avas st il l eouiing down f:ist. AYe, liad to loaA'i' our great coats boliiud and a


nooii Avot. to the .skill. AiTiving about 10-60, AVe liacl to AA-ait HU half-pa.sf


a'o were


all .sorts ot exurcisi'.s to kcox) our circula­ tion going. Some liiiided H’oiu thc cold. After Hm iii-jpoctioii avIu’oIi Avas happily brief avo made bai-k to AV'liilley for diimer. We liiid only Hiiie lo hiive a hit of stoAV, :iud try to dry our sbirts on the stoA'c:—AVO only .scoiclied thorn—and tlion A


A'ei'o )iL':ii'ly frozi'ii to death, oiid -a-o did a


O .stoi'ted hack for PetAvorth. I t a’iis five o’clock Avhou Avith our greati coats on


V a


oA'or our Avet. things we. started, :ind I .sliall ue\-er forget tlie march back. Tboi ground AA'ould he si.x iuehes dceji in siioAV. AVe Avere Avet lliroiigli, our hoots Avouldu’t liold ;iuy iiiore AA-aler :iud a


a


wlieii AA'e halted for a brief vest avo laid ilowu ill it for a rest. Aleii kox’! droxi- piiig’ out. by the AA'aysidci imd-one man A


OV to qiioucli our thirst aud A


AA'e coA'ered .about 2t! miles th a t day 42 in liotli day-s. 'riiero avius a. supper Avaiting for us Avlieii a-o got back, a hot upper, too, i t wa.s, as avo had pickles, a


V I1.S found (lend uudor ;i liedgo liitor on. a


liit. of cheese aud hi.scuits, this ahout !0-:10. And that, is Avhy I think I am


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(.'Oiild liiii'dly dnig omsolvos along. AVe I'to Hie -■'U


u',


lAA-elvo lic'foni Xilclii.'iior came aud avo A


on tho year’s working, duo to tho ahuormnl re­ pairs which have been carried mil at tbo various nulls, and also to tho fact tliat. contributions have bfieii suspended since August 7th, in con­ sequence of the excessive mitnbcr <jf members unemployed, owing to tho Avar, wliich has hit the cotton trade most severely. Several ein- ])loyers had been visited OAving to various com­ plaints, aiul a large number of sorts Imd been calculated. A number of members have en­ listed, among iliom, Mi*. T. Hitchen (sciaotary), nnd Mr. J. K. Ellis, a committee-man. TIio Board of Trade has notified tho society that they can adopt tho Hoywood system in order to claim grant under tho Insmanco Act (ITnomploymont Section) Clausi* lOtk


RDHiE CLUB SUBSCRIPTIONS.


•T. AY. Carlisle: Esq. . G . AV'ilkinson, Esq. .. J . Parkinson, E.sq. ..


■V Friend .................... £2 11 0


’I’li'e dcalli occurred last iiiglii <4 Air. Preston, of Wilkin Street, a a-oII known


a


Clii lieroiiiiiu avIio bad been iu failing healH* for .some vears.


Posters, Pamphlets,


B i l lh e a d s , e tc .. A T . THE


T IM E S ” OFFICE ■ IllNilAu " 4


he belonged to the very best type of land­ lord. His loss will he deeiily felt by a ho.st of friends throughout East Lanca­ shire hut none will regret his_ demise moro keenly than his old friends at AVhalloy. The interment took place in the family vault at Christ Church, Accrington, and represenLitives from the various bodies with which he was connected in W^halley attendeil. Floral tributes wore sent from the Whalley Cricket Club, tho Conservative Club, and the-A.gricultural Society. There wore also representatives from the Great Harwood District Council, and Educa­ tion Committee, of which he. was a mem­


ber.


RECRUITS. -------------------


Dobson, J . , Pilling, R-E. Towers, T. Waddington, R.A, Proctor, U. Langho, R.A. Wallwork, T. Clitheroe, A.S.C. Wilson, AV. C., Clitheroe, Rifles. Whittaker, W., Bolton-by-Bowland,


, ii^yior.'L^’Low Moor, Cold. Guards.. S m 'X ' t 'w ^ ^ i l c h ’ had to be ' Ki^ingboc^ W. P ., Clitheroe, Scottish


' every, M. M. M., Stoke, W ^ t Kents. Chadwick, S., Clithero^M.T.A.S.C. B a d g e r , J j , Clitheroe, H.T.A.S.C. Cunningham, *T., F a rnw o r^ , h ^ n .F u s .


Gai-lick, W; Clitheroo.-M.T.A.S.C. contnoTition


ClilliiTOO nnd district 8 is now 1 ,1 3 4 :


GOLF JOTTINGS. ------ ♦♦♦------


Tho Committoo 1 '-’o docidod to abandon all


tho compotitiona for f-ho eoason, 1914-16, ’with tho exception of tho Jiixod Fo^oraoa com- potition, which will bo played on tho 27th


February, in aid of the Roliof Funds.


C H A T m m u . ------ ♦♦♦------


SOCIAL.—Under tho auepioos of tho Clithoroo


Co-oporativo Education Comraitteo, a social and danco was hold at Greonda'o, on Saturday. Thoro woa a capital attondanco. Songa wore given by Mr. J. Groonwood. anfl dancing was heartily ontorod into to tho nausio of Mr. N. Hudnon. Mr. W. Taylor prooi'lod, ond garo on address on tho Co-oporntivc movomont.


on the job John-


The Onoto Pen—the kind that fills itself and cannot leak—ris one of the best things John ever invented. He sends it to every corner of the earth


providing Presents for the whole world


Tha Onoto is a really banclsomo gift of lasting value. Give an.Onoto all round. It is Avclcoiiie cvcryAvliere, and doubly Avelcome at Christmas.


GUAIIANTIJE.


Tim Ov.olo IS iDTulc. it J5 designed


go wrong. the makers wiU imnuKh.itely put it right, Ircc oi cost.


to llist a kfe-lunc; but, if It should tvcj


'ci-rice 10/6 and in a varl<“- 01 more elaborate styles for prcswxtation purposes, m hand»me


asM olall SviiSii^r*; iPt-.llers, anj Stores. Booklet about tlioOnoto I’en free on apphcatlon to ’ T i io s D: La R ue & Co., Ltd ., •tes. B u n h ie l Row, E.C.


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