f o o t b a l l .


Manchester City ....23. Oldh.am Alliletio.......28.. Slietficld Wetlncsclay..24. Evcrlon...................24.. Blackburn Rovers— 24.. West Bromwich A. ..23.. Bradford City....... Bradford................. Shemeld United. ... Sunderland........... Aston Villa ............23.. Burnley...................2.3.. Middlesbronsh.........23.. Bolton Wanderers....26.. Newcastle United..... 23.. Liverpool.................23.. 'Chelse.a............................22.. Ianchester United ..22..


•'Biackburn R o v ers .. 3


ENGLISH LEAGUE.—la t Division. POHltlous up to clato. Pld.


,1 2 .. 5 . . 1 1 .. G.. 11.. 8..


11. . 8 . . I9 . . 7 . . ..10..


6 . .


NoUsCounly............ 23.. ------«♦*«


Bradford City......... I •Burnley......................... S


Jon eiirtii. Ijities when Iish and ex­ it. Ilin-iirted smite tJie


|iM(1 fi'iivi’ini We en-


Jtity ouv liiiv<'. not.


coulcl not. ■. I do


Iitivce have tlii.s I can love f:iir-


I'ent.. Those le lv Rraves, liy “We lie liuls.’’ Witli! confident


ite cruelty. ‘I'S to wltll-


ll lo was the I from pain, Ivor us irom


•livcrlon................... 0 ■Manchester City.. . . 2 •Sunderiand................. tt •Chelsea ...................... 2 •West B rom iebA ... 2 •Notts County........... 2 •Sheffield Wednesday 2


4 . . 5 . .


Won Lost I 1 2 .. 3 . . 13.. 4 . .


11.. 8,. 8 . . 5 . .1


8I . .10.. 8.. 8..


G.. 8.. 8 ..


JI'oitcnham I lotspur .24.. 5 . .


6 . . U.. 4 . . 9 . .


a. —Goals— For AgatPts . ,3 1 . .2 0 . .3 2 ...5 2 ..3 5 ..3 2 . .4 4 . .3 5 . .3 1 ..4 5 ..2G ..2 9 . .6 4 . .3 9 . .2 7 . .3 3 . .3 8 . .2 0 . .4 0 . .2 8 . .2 0 ..40..4G..2C . .2 9 . .2 4 . .2 5 . .5 1 . .4 9 . .2 4 ..SO..4 7 ..2 3 , .3 0 . .4 3 . .2 1 . .3 4 . .4 3 . .2 1 . .5 0 . ..5 7 ..I9 . .3 0 . .3 4 . .1 8 ..3 4 ..4 1 ) .. 18 . .3 0 . .3 8 . .1 7 ..•<5..60..17 . .3 0 . .3 9 . .1 0 . .3 7 . .3 7 . .1 6


14.. 11.,


12.. 10.. 12..


SATURDAY’S RESULTS.


Manchester United.. 3 Newcastle U n ited .. I Tottenham Hotspur I Sheffield U n i te d . . . . 0 Bolton W an d e re rs .. 1 B rad fo rd ..................... 3 Middlcsbron;h . . . . 2 .\ston Villa................ 0 Oldliam .\thletic . . 1 Liverpool,.............. 1


• Home Club. LEAGUE REVIEAV. The feature in senior football eiicb's


on Saturday was Uldham Athletic’s fourth defeat, iuliicted by Notts County and theii' deposal from leadei'ship en goal a.veriige by Maucliester City, who .just managed to account for Jfolton .Wauderem a t home:. There were no •away .successes, but uo fewer tliau five games wore drawn. Aiauchoster Uniied secured a valuable point at Blackburn, and Bradford at Sunderland and Shef­ field Uniied on Eveilbu’s ground did


It hem at t)ii‘


It out ot this Ipeoted that 1 we lujyht!


Je what was liu that con- I there would lie thouyJit lu d sold our I soldiers en- 0110 said,


Id not Bland euaotctl in


oxoeedingi.v well lo draw. Chelsea lest, a useful jwint lo Aliddlesbmugh at homo, but libo 'Spurs wei-e very uuluck.y at Burnley. Newcastle held Bradford City, but Sheffield AVodnesday move nearer honours b.y reason of victory over Livei-j»ol. The'Midlaud “Derby” was a distinct triumpli for (be Albion ovivp the Villa. ------ ------------------


ROVERS ONLY DRAW.


■iiie upon our liirj. way.s dis- |ion we w<Te > death aim


1 for the rest, In


Je toot of the liion. Or talw; have heeii


IVinl it is on lal there lia.s j•llalty.


■istit ntiouai y |eve Imt that ■ othea's aro


I to 11 ini who liis rea.son 1 1 tlui cro-ss. Ileeainii


lave lirougid Iniio.ssible to jiy ba.s faileil


In and man. 1-en able to


■e. At liis ])eace. Tie cn man and


■nir lives for |rs have done* their dead


for their first victory away from home, but Blackburn people have goi.d reason to lespect the club for at liwood Park on Saturday tbiij- proved equal to accepting the chalices that fell to them, and, more­ over, played so well th a t there was very little indication as to how they have Bunk so' long in the League table. But..for the extreme wing men, Hok-


Manchester United are still waitiag


Bolton Wanderers V. Millwall. Bury V. Bradford. Sheffield United v. Liverpool. Burnley v. Bristol Rovers or Southend Chelsea v. The Arsenal. Norwich City v. Tottenham Hotspur. Queen’s Park Rangers v. Leeds City.


BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT AMATEUR LEAGUE.


.several woelis idleness, entertain Black- hurn Trinity at Shaw Bridge ground. Trinity come witli an unbeaten record but tlie Amatcur.s boi>o to lower their colours. Ttio teams aro j>erliap<i the best ill the League on fonn and a stiff encounter is a certaiuty. The Amateurs tiave selected the following team : W. Bolton, I I . Banks and J . Green, W. AYilson, W. Smith and A. Adamson; P. Joiics, R. Ghallmrn, W. Ellis, J . Whipp and A. Oiomptoni


AMATEURS’ BIG MATCH. To-moiTOW' Clitlioroe Amateurs, after


------ *♦*♦**■«------- Barrow.................... P.


Congrej^ational.. ..... 7. . 1. . a . .1..15. .27.. a Barrow’s iVmple Revenge,


i t . ccoguised that Barrow would


ti-y lo revenge thedr only league defeat at tho earliest possible date. Tho op­ portunity occurred last Saturday, and tho village eleven duly satisfied their supporters and thomsalvos by iutlicting i crushing defeat on the “ Congs” for


were possible—tha t Barraw wei'o much wore jiossihle—that Barixiw wore much ipplicd lo uo one section, but to every


expect it—but tliere was great elation iu the Barrow camp. There is no need to conceal—if that


daring at a provious date to cross the jiath of Barroviaus in the march towards the cbanipiousbip. As a. matter of fact, there was little surprise at the G—1 score —the positions of tho teams led one to


department. They played on their own ground before their own supporters and gave an excellent exhibition. AVilh the exception of a ixn-tion of the first lialf their forwards wei'o constantly raiding and how tho visitors’ goal os- aped on several occasions is remark­


Moor I.ane...............,. 0. . 5. . i..o..:-u. .13..in Si. Mary's................ .. 7. . 3. . 3..1..29. .31.. 7 Whalley Wesleyan... . 7. . 3. . 4..0..15. .30.. C Mount Zion..•........ .. (1. . 1. . 4..1..18.


. 7.


w. r, U. D. 1'


. l..l..'_>4. A P. . IL.II 3


SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE. Go.iis


T H E T I M E S . F R I D A Y . J A N U A R Y 2 9 , 1 9 1 5 . Children and the War A good many fathei's and mothers are


lieace, or how the newspaper boys sliouted in the streel.s and his father came home and said tha t Berlin Imd fallen ! I t is a tmnpling problem, but an unprofitable one, and there is another less remote, which is ipiito difficult enough—namtlly, wliat are the children feeling about tho war now. Savo in tlio case of thosiv houseliolds


probably wouuoriug what in years to come theii’ now quitoi small clnhu'bn will reiucmber of the groat war and—which is not necessarily tho same thing— what (hoy wilt taii their graud-chiXiiren that they remember. Highty year's lienee will somo nice old gentleman, now attired in a puiqilo jersey ami knickerbockers and bare log's, recall how h<( wa.s allowed to sit up into tho mys(<.u'ious hours after dinner to look at (he illuminations on the making of


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tlio front, the first inclination is to say tha t tho war scarcely touebes little cbihheiii at all, that they enjoy knitting mittens “ for the pore soldiers,” or watching a regiment in the street just a.s they would enjoy a kettle-holder or a galloi>ing fire brigade with its clang­ ing bell and think uo more .about it. But, iu fact, just when wo imagine that war is altogether out of their minds, ■ the.y stai-tlo us by coming out witli some of llieir own curious little “ thinks” on the subject. Suddenly the.y tear down to the drawing-room, after the sticky and protracted festival of te a , . playing- two parts at once—of persons in immi­ nent iiei'il from Zepiielins and of the ■ bombs dropped upon them. “AVodrawed | down tho blinds .so that they could not 1 SCO us,” they exclaim brcatlilessly, j “ and we blowcd iuto thi-eo iiaper bags | and baugeil them,” and they dance on j tip-toe round the room with an ecstatic air of secrecy. Later on, with tha t delightful iucoii- equenco wliich jioor, tethered grown­


ups retain only in their dreams, tho Zeppelin game molts imperceptibly into another. One, with a white handker- ebief round her bead, becomes a Red Cioss nurse; tho other is trausmuteJ, by billycock hat resting on his small and pudg-y nose, into a doctor. A


able. Tho whole team worked with fine cohesion and iu uo section was it other than strong. Tho ’keepea- could almost .have bc.eu dispensed with, for h a t work, ho had. Full-backs—Good­


Itinson and Simpson, the Hovers would probably have been beaten. At times there was more than a suspicion that certain members of the side were suffer­ ing from staleueas; indeed, it was not until the tonic effect of a goal scored by Crompton (his first for' several seasons) in the second half th a t the forward play aroused any enthusiasm, but from this poiut'tho play was crowded with excit­ ing' incident. The first half was not without seu.sutK)ris, for the United’s first goal was .T. gift, and iu addition to tbc


three goals registere^each goal eu,jo.yed lucky escapes.'~‘


Alcredith wa.s as effective a xilajer as . . .


any on the field and the United iii.side trio awoke to their opporluuilies, and, discarding cuiubersome, complex met­ hods, moved with a freedom and eai'iiest- noss that impressed everyone. Nortou, who .secured a lucky goal; AA oodcock, who found tho net twice and gave an all-round exhibition of the r ig h t typo oi a Centro forward’s tlu’ustfuluess; A


Jliaiy- led her lio t terrorise Isliaking the T e e can only lind if we a.s l id rigorou.s- ■asiic's.s, oven, liuni.shment., issues in the shall have


III have died of war but


lie.'ie.e on the shall not


( lift.s itself


all of u.s: w(- lo be?


llleliold. I t li flows flio I ' l ' i f i c a , alld


“ God forbid in I lie cro.ss


openings almost brought hiui a goal, were features oi the play. AVest once rail m-arly half tho length of the field before .shooting, Robinson, who ad­ vanced, luckily stopping tlio shot witli his open hand.


A ’’est, whose watchfulness for possible


fact that Rovers too were unlucky Rtacoy, who wa.s none too certam in hv kicking, almost gave a goal aw.ay .,y miskicking’ -when a.shot from Bia^Lu>\ went to him off Latheron, and in tlie first minnle after the change of ends Aitkenhoad hit the upright. Thus tho luck was balanced.


On the other side of the iiicturo is the . , The scoring opened after 11 minutes, „ stop Norton, wbo cut in and left \\ oofi- later Croiniiton loll in ^


cock with liis chaiieo to beat After 2-3 mimite.s Robinson laileil 1o long liigii .s'l'.ol fi-cjc


eiisUidian knocked over the W i - making .sure. Afier 12 i-H»';'.s m Ui«


•e fbe smoko the cro-s-s


IS to have done with d. into our live lives irifico, for


e uplift of intr of the


Iy o f


l lY & |)ODS


'FICE < to, '' '""’'a , .'l


second half went down to score United .s third goa ,


but Crompton minced the Ic.id, .in SiiiKh, obtained tho e(|uah.smg goal after 28 minntes. Si_mi>sou ^ s s e t l a


grand chance of scorin point.


the winniii]


TO-MORROAV’S MATCi. i English Cup.—Second Round.


Newcastle United v. Swansea Jown. AVnnde era


Brighton and Hove Al. v. Biriiiiugham. i'lilliimi v. Southampton. .


Evertoh v. Bristol City. Bradford Cit.y v.'Middlesbrpugh. ilancbester City V( A.ston \ illa. Oldham Athletic v. Rochdale. Hull City V. North.ampton Town.


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OiT heading his first goal of the season from Hodkinsoii’.s centre. l iv e imnvles


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man and Knbwlc.s—wero always equal lo pressure, kicking surely aud.strbnglj'. Their returns had much to do ivith the (■.liiitiuuiirpfessurd on the. visitors’ gpal. The half-backs were also powerful and successful. In the centre of them wa.s AV. A


Ho bcgiiii convincingly by curtailing one A ’il.son, who played a great game.


forwa'i^l's activity by kicldug liim liard on the hose—a tine acrobatic perforin- aiicc” with at least'one ailmirer. He


'were not convincing and the lonvards never .got a. real chanca. The .solitary goal eaine from a fine centre from Chrlstison and was scored by Preston, this in (he. (dosing stages when live side had'been re-airanged. BaiTOw’s .seorois were Clayton (2), AYilks (2), AVilson and Franklaiid. The game was notahl’


followed up tins smart' work by being Just where ho waa required and on the wliolo, won laui-els, if he did miss scor­ ing froin a penalty. He was well sup- Xiorteil on either flank, (iiul the trio fed the fomvards' vei-y .judiciously, tlie quiiilcUe niiding it impossible not to play well. AVilks and Cla;i'lou gave the defeiiee a iiretty lively time to which (he others coatributod very well, thus, the disorganisation of the “ Congs” wa.s complete, though liad they been hetter served iu goal the margin heed not have imeu greater than three. Thcriiher and Sagar at hack played plnckily and often saved the situation hut they werei over- whehix'd in tlie end. The half-haclm


the' a.bseiiee of foul play, and the referee (Mr G. Salt) is desei-ving of iiraise lor his .jndieioiis use of the whistle.


ri In


am: Atoimt Zion v. Barrow; and St. ALir.y'.s v. Congregalionalists, on the ground of (he first-named club.


To-morrow’s Matches


g-olden-baired doll is earned round the room, with a .sofa cushion for stre.tcbcr, tile nui'so a t her head and tho doctor at her feet. “ Hero’s your little girl whati’s woundisl” is the cheerful cry, and the doll Iia.s her leg- carefully han- dagx?<l._,. The doctor then retires to hc<l on tho .sofa to ho callwl up by telephone; ho answers iii a deep, giaiff voice, mak­ ing a receiver of his hands, da.slies the billycock over Ids eyes, and nishcs off to administer large, hl.ackened iiills made out of spoiigo cake. I ’l'operly regarded there i.s nothing


tr;i(.ed papci'. To many cbiiilron, no doubt, Germany is eliicfly person ified by tho two AVillies of Air. .Hazeldoii. A morning witiioiil. AVillio.s i.s useless and depi-ess.mg for a pei'ceptiblei friiction of time. To gx) to ono' end of the breakfast table and have, the joke of the A


explain oil by one parent, th en to go back to thci other, who is pretending not to listen with posidvely tremendous verisimilitude, and explain i t all to her —this, combined witli a siirroptilions administration of marmalade, niakes an almost ideal beginning to the day. .Viul yet the Gormans are nasty and tho two AVillies, though ridiculous, are nice. There is somewhere lu'i'e a eonfusiuii of thought, hut confusions of thonght am extraordinarily lui important. Some children, at any rate, .sr'eiii lo


A BOWLAND BUBAL


SKIN & BLOOD DISEASES BIMINGTON.


DISTBICT COUNCIL. ------ ♦♦♦------


1;.0 .B. OBSERYATIONo ON


’ illies GISBURNK HOUSING SOHEAU -Vl tho monthly mooting of tho Bow-


R. Illtehin, E. Atoore, .T. Aspin, J . Piiulei', J. T. Loftlimnse. S. Sm.allo.y, the Ch'i'k (All'. T. Easihnni) and th<> Snr- V(Yor (Afr, A. Burrow).


A ’. Gill, II. 0. Starkio, J . AVatsoii,


tiaith. A certain small girl alway.s looks liuugrily at a smiling dandy lyho lives a, few dcor.s away and wags his tail so politely that the garden xiath re.soiiiids again. “ Alniuiiiii,” she said one day, “ do you think wo .shall ever have enough money to buy a dog'?” At such mo­ ments tho iuc.riiiation to buy all (ho engaging puppies in (lie windows of Ill'Ll Broinpton-road and return with them iu a. taxi and a Hood of iieiiitent


have grasped with unexi>ee(ed i leavuess tho ocononiie aspect of the war, in that it means the curtailing of general fun; and this is the more reiuarkahle in tho case of those whoso thoughts cn finance do not go beyond ponuii:.s. Pareid.s have binin known to shelve an undesir- nble request in the answer that “ it is iiuich too expensive,” and sometimes t.liey g'O.t a. pa.(!lie(.ie stall to tho heart to punish them for this lapse from the


tears is aliiicst everwheliniiig. But that is under normal cireumstaiK'e.s; at- pre.sent (hero need he uo remorse and the war is laeitly aeeeiitod as a geniiiiie excuse for not lannching out into a dog. —From “ The Times.”


ghastly or unfeeling in such gaiufes. They are pl.ayed in- a- kingdom of ]ire- teuding so vei-y fai- removed from the. re.alities of life and, besides, there is a distinction between being killed and dying, tliougli it may bo subtle and hard to detoo. 'There is known to be some- thiug'lsad and solemn about death; no one would play a game of dying, but killing goes on in ovei'yday g-ames, when there is no war. I t happens when you knock domi tin soldiers or a wound-up engine runs iuto you or on those rare oeea.sion.s. wlikm the tea things having been removed, you are allowed to throw cushions iu the drawing-room. Killing games are no more callous and no nearer to real life than those played by tlie two Aliss Moulds in early youth. Mr.s. Camp saw them in tho right light, “ And like.way.s what a. iileasnroi,” she said, “ to see lilieui two young ladies-as I kuow’d afore a tooth in their pretty hoiids was cut and have many a day seen —ah. the..sweet creeUii-s!—playing at bei'i';\'iiis dwwii in tli<?( sho]> and follerin’ Uio ordei'-hook to it.s long home iu the iron .s.afo!” .


do not appreciate the horrors of the war, they feel strongly about i t in their own way. There is. for example, our young friend BiU, whose charming mother suggrSted to him one day—i f was hut the lightest of little jokes—tha t he had been so called after tho Kaiser. Ho re­ mained inconsolable, outraged, and affront!^. And there is that other little boy some two years younger—and-this is really a dreadfully virtuous story worthy of the days of AAtoste Not VVant N ot or th e Purple Ja r . Ho was invited to pay a visit in state to tho flower regions in order to stir the Christmas puddings and have the one wish to which every stirrer is entitled. I t was, of


ATet though small Children mercifully - .


course, impressed upon him that account must ho divulge his wish. “ But


I want to teU you,” ha insisted, I wished that tho war should stop.” Amd he is really not in the least a priggish little boy. I t is almost to ho hoped, lest he grow up too angelic, tha t the -wish was put into his head by an adjacent housemaid, h u t there , is no scrap of evidence to th a t effect. I t is comforting to know tha t quite soon afterwards ne redeemed his dharacter by contumelious- ly declining to eat his own puddmg for lunch, declaring i t to be a n a s ^ pud­ ding, nastier than anything in tho world—’cept Germans.”


call someone a German is to hnrl a t him tho supreme insult is clearly and g®nCT- ally understood. Precisely what Gor­


That Germane are nasty Md th a t to


mans may b e and in tho imagination will.prohahly depend


on X t h e ? tlm house takes m (in illus-


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day tho special peaclioi- was the Rev. Jared Totten, late ot Glasgow. At the I’.S.A. he also sang a .solo. Calloclioiis were taken during the day for home missions. ST. AIARY’S ll.C. SCHOOL.—On


WliSLUYAN CHURCH.—On Sun­ BOL'l'ON SCAA^ENGING.


hy-Bowland Parish Council the tender oj’ Air. AA’almslo.y for the .scavenging ot Bollon-hy-Bowland, was accepted. The amount of the tender wa.s .£32.


On tho I'eeommendatlon of the Bolton- GISBURNE HOUSING.


mitted observations on the report of Air. Clifton, tlieiriiisiieotor, iuto tho appliea- liou of the Council for sanction to lioiTow £‘1,'100 for tlio erection of work­ ing ehiss dwellings at Gi.shurne.. The Board were satisfied as to (ho


The Loeal Government Board sub­


liiml Rui'ii.l Di.sti'iot Council, on Monday aftoriioon, at the Toum Hall, Air. AAC Gai'iiott presided over the following memhor.<: Rev. .T. 0. Garnott, Ale.ssi-s. J . A


Bull Hotel was a scene of brilliuiice and liioasiiro last I'ritUiy evening, tho occasion being the bail arraugea m aid ot tho Belgian fund. There liacl been a jeuerous response to tho axipeal from all round the Llistrict, a hunched and twenty five aUeudiug. The room was .spieudiclly decorated and the ari-augemeuts com­ plete, every thing passing off aclmirably and a vea'y pleasant time being spent. I t is hopeci that between £5 and £b will bo avaiiablo for the fund. Einauciul particulai's will be published next week. A cordial vote of thanks was giveu to Mr. Cheadle for the excellence of tho irrangemeuts he made. Dauciug was


BALL.—The large room at tliei Black


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urgent necessity of those cottages but considered the site e.xpeuslvei au(l .some­ what eriimped. 'I’lie.V thought the Dis­ trict; Council sliould endeavour to ob­ tain ;i larger site and one which, would not further shut in 1 lie exi.sting eotlagcs. '.rho Bo:U'd understood tliat i t w:is 1K)S- sihlo that .such a site could bo ohtaiuod. I t w;is vci'v desir;ihle tha t iu dislriets of I hat. chai'actor Iionses should have ;imple ground available for gardens. They also considered the District Coun­ cil would ho wise to formulate a sclieiuo by which a ehoaper typo of house could ho erected, thus enahliiig' tlieiu to ho let at a elieapor rate. The Chairman: Could tlte. laud he


ohi allied? Air. Starkic!: I am not in a position


lo answer th a t iineslion'at the moment, hut I do not think any stumbling block will he ])iit in tho way of ohlaining- land. The Chairman suggested the forma­


Saturday the aumial tea parly and eon- e.ert were, h d d in the schooli'ooiu, about 250 sitting d-own lo-au excellent ten. At the concert, held aftei-wards, songs were rendered by Mailam Flanuagan, Miss S. E. Abbott, Mr. Jolm Lyons, and a duet by Misses Abbott and Nixon. A special feature of thci concert was a song by Air. Dcschamps, a Belgian refugee, who is ro.sident a t Read. Mr. "Walter Ratcliffo -was tho accompanist, and also played-for-dancing. ■- PARISH COUNCIL.—A meeting


tion of a suh-committco to go into the maitor and on thei proposition of the Rev. J . C. Garnett., seconded by Air. Hit chin, tlie following' sub-committee was ap])ointed: The Cba.irm:iu, Alessm. J . AV. Gill, H. 0. Starkie, E. Alooro, J . Pinder and J . T. Lofthouse. Air. AIoovo said the original site wa.s


not very satisfactory. Mr. ilitchin saw no re’ason for buying


land for gardens wliioli wea-e not wanted. Air. AIooi'o said they would 'have to do. Tho matter was allowed to di'O)).


A NARROAV ROAD.


was held on Monday in the Council School. Mr. W. P ra t t presided, and tho following were present: Messrs. A. Thomher, C. Edge, .G. P ir t , H . G. Duckworth, F . Wilkinson, J . Appleton and J . Andefton) and Councillor Har- greaves.-r-It was decided th a t Councillor Hargreaves, see Mr. J . S. Horn, J ;P . , Clerk .to thka Burnley Guarfians,- re­ specting noticos'heing put up in jjromin- ont • places in ■ the village ■ stating the hour at which the Registrar of Births and Deaths will attend Sahden.—I t was also decided th a t Dr. Laycock ho chair­ man for , Mr.- .Taylor’s forthcoming


lecture.


TURNED OFF THE STATION; . ------ ♦♦♦------


ing) and W. L. Grime, at lhe_ Borough Police Court, on Tuesady morning, Wm. Barlow, lahonr-er, of no fixed residence, was charged with being drunk and dis- orolerly. He pleaded f^uilty. ■ . ' . ■p.C. Venn gave ev id ^ c e of seeing


The Chief Consathle (Mr._ C. Griffin) P, Boforet Messrs. W. Haidacre (presid­ .;


between Bashall Eaves and Higher Hoddei’ Bridge, whicli he said ■was narrow and inconvenient from (lie fae-t th a t there was a ditch iu which tliove was frequently water. Tho Surveyor told him pipes could bo p u t in and an improvement made for £6. (In tho i>ropositioii of Mr. Sturkic,


Mr. Hitch,in called attention to a road


seconded by Mr. Piudor, i t was resolved to do the ■work.


GRINDLETON SEAVAGE.


sanction to borrow £2,180 tor the Grindleton sewage, .s.iihome,, repayable in thifty.years at four per,cent.


, f SAAVLEY ROAD.


dition of tho road between Smithies Bridge and . Sawley, Mri Moore intro-


. ducing the matter. The Chairman said they were doing '


their best to get tho County Council to effect an improvement. He considered


the road was in a disg'i'aceful state.


prisoner drunk, shouting and swearing, in Railway-road at 11-20 the pre-vious night. Ho refused to be quiet so was loclcc^ 11”


said pri.soner was engaged in repairing the bridge a t the station, and had t-wice been turned off tho station by porters. Ho was sent to prison for seven days


hard l a ^ u r . R e a d e r s wlio fa d »ny difficulty in ob p


Timta '* ihoula inlorm thoir regular noYrsagent* or an intimation to tha Timoa ’* OiBoot i Deoura inunadioto-HoUflMtiomvv


lor dul'very of th©. ** CUtheroR


K I L L ^ N T I I ^ - o p CRemistSjpr post


f re e fo r 's tam p s— -


te: sl­ keatinc.uondonT ^ rnNTAINS NO POISON Mention was again made of the con­


The Local Government Board in­ timated tha t they had decided to grant


. . .


from 8 JJ.m. to 3 a,m. Amongst those present were.—Dr. and Airs. Stauloy (Accriug-tou), Dr. Loyud (AVilpsJiire), Mr. and Mrs. J . Jackson (Stopper Lane), Mr. and Mrs. J . .Jackson (AVytba), Mr. I t. Turner (Blackburn), Miss Yates and Miss Tute (Blackburn), Air. Farnam (Acci'ingtou), Air Farnam (Accrington), Mr. and Miss Banks, Mr. Robimson, Miss Robinson (Doevnham), Air. and Mrs. S. Preston (Gisburue), Mr. D. O’AIalley, Air. Duerdeu, Mr. F. AA’ilson, (Bhickburnt), Air. T. Platt, Mr. D. Hague, Ah'. A. Robiiisou, Ali.ss Hartley. Mr. AA’. Hartley, Mr. S. Hartley (Rim- iugtou), Mr. E. Hartley (Colne), Air. H. Melliu, Air. A. Melliu, Miss .Uelliii XHowgill), Mr. IT. Grimshaw (H wgill). Air. J . Loyud, Miss N. Re.ynol.!s. Air. D. Biileoek, Air. AV. Biilcock, Jtr. R. Bl'eazai'd, Air. R. Bargb, Mr. E. Sber- vorn and friends from AVood Farm. Riniinglou, Mr. J . Spencer, Mr. L. Sjieucer (Gisburno Coates), Air. D. Faweett, Miss Racbcl, Miss F. A


Aliss E. Elli.s ((Jisburne), Air. Holgate, Mr. T. Robinson, Miss Tomlinson (Saw-


A ’right,


ley), Air. and Mi's. -Topsou and tho Belgians from AVe.st Bradford, Aliss B. Sagar, Aliss A. Sagar, Aliss Hartley and friends (Bariioldswick), Aliss Han-isoii and friends (Clitboi'oe), Mr. E. Cuuliffe, Mr. AV. Ainswoi'lli, Mr. F . Mamdeii, ancl numerous other ladles and goiitle- ineu whose names were not acertainsed.


ADULT SCHOOLS, AVOAIEN’S.


was given by Air. .J. Slater, on the; life of Will Crooks. AI.P. Tine paper dealt with many .striking inedonts in a. varied ;ind iuterc.sl.ing career, beginning with lii.s childhood sjient in a homo of extreme iioverl y ; and showing' thci sterling character of a. man, wlio iu spite of many obstacles, was determined to win through. Air. Slater was lie:irti- ly tlhanked for the ple;isure he had given —Tlio Bible lo.ssou on “ Travelling com- jianions and workmates” was introduced bv Atis.s Hargreaves, and a good di.s- cussion resulted.-^Next Sunday a. p.aper on “A


On Sunday afternoon a capital papei' A ’omen and AVar,” is to bo given by AIr,s. ..Allen.


P E R S IS T E N T IR ISHM A N . ------ *♦*♦*♦»------


E JEC l’ED FROM TAVO PUBLIC- HOUSES.


AA’ciduesilay, John Boyle; a hihourer, of the “Model” lodging-lmuse was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Me,ssrs J . J . Carter (presiding) ' and. A


At the Borough Police Court on A ’. On-


wei'o on the bench'. P.C. Snowden stated that'he stiw


■


houses on account. of his drunken con­ dition, and had told him th a t if ho went iff another ho would he ' locked up, prisoner replying “ I ’ttliaim a-drink for yon, if I want one.” Owing to Ins i-e- nowed disorderly conduct: he was mckial


prisoner in AVeUgate, driuik and 1^- liftviilg’ ill n rowdy niLimicr. Iroviouslj he had seen him ejected from two piihlic-


m m up. Prisoner made a rambling stateiuout, . -M -». L


declaring ho was sori-^ he had committed the offence and promising he would not got drunk again this y e a r .. .^ The Chief Constable (Mr. C. Griflin)


said that', as they would notice, prisoner was ..an Irishman.) .Ho.'had-'been turned 6\it-of- the lodging-houset for his had conduct, and tho police had received eoyoral compldinto I'especlan^lum.-


. Pri6oner'.;was' committed tp . j^ o l fpif seveii days’'bawl labour,


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