H F A R M E R S ’ A N N U A L .


It ' / 'irw I'll'


|ch or ■ used


■lav i^ive : tro u b le. Absorbed


l^uk.


|S p r in g new


MILK PRICES TO BE ADVANCED. Farmers’ Income Tax Explained. Can Women Do Farm Work?


I'bere “'as a lai'ee at tendance at. the Sew Inn on Tiiesdny nfteriuiiin for the


.I'lnual nieeline- of tlie Cl i theroe Brniu.'h iif the liauea.shire .L'’;mne rs ’_ As.sociatioii, ",,,i the m e e t ine--wins pre.sided over hy Wilkiusiin. I'htiirmtm of the


lli.iiieh. .\i


.|■|l|.; r i lAlU-MAN'S AS SIDUITY. ('alline for the re-election of the


rii-ilrtiian a.s Urc.sidcnt, Air, 1. .Halstead isei retaryl snid -Mr. AVilkin.-ain hnd held ,ti.ivfliee fur .several years, and wins wili-


io cnnti'iue for another year, he-


I. 1)V I 111' llllllji- |iii>ii'r iHiil 1'.,-


|KU- ; i l IU?ST. nf A\';ir fAiil,


[too.


i;,'vinr it was unwise to cliaiiK'e horsi'S erassint; a stream. (Hear , hear.) Ml. F. 1'■ •UteUson. prupiisiii;; Air.


■t'illiinson's re-eleel ion. said I hey had Mini’, who eonld nut he lienten. Dtirlni;


•lis'lerin, Mr. Wilkinson iind prneUe- ■iliv heen out of farininp’. so mtieli time 1..


lii-tiieli. altendin; ; innumerahle meet- 'N'lihody hut the eominiUee were "I the I'lViirts pat forward liy Air.


ITI IH WAi i . - . 'Joluii^tou, ill


']«.irlo<.l in yon I mi l l :—


| ojhk1 that the lave hot'U re-


Jlms of ,-tronfr lilt ha.s not had |i[ij)hi with thi-. ■h and nation,


a! wnuiin in olliee. (Henr. henr.) Air. Wilkiu'""


ilowii "ear wiieii ll ilnos were tint goiii''' ,s ui’H as ihev ni ight. and now that the


' " ’t ' ’'A'""'


,'einitrv wasn't war he ought tindotibted- iv 111 lie re-eleeled. espeeitilly ns it wa.s 11.. 1 iKis'ih!e to seeiire a bet ter mtin. Tlieiewas act a meet ing eotiiiecfed with dll' linitn h's work which the l.’resident i


111,1 ill.'lull'd, unles.s he had ntlier


I Ill'll our nation It; for fruedoin hind i t in coii-


[iiioslion.'’ tint (ho Coiitra.l li.slu'd liy till,' |lll' MlVll”'th Ilf sei'tioiis madi-


Jic ti'd eroat and liren.sod tnido, ( rowrununu


liKiral roura;;i '' liUi' irony.


It the fad.s and 'I'd under the


lit ion of i>ei'scin,s I'or social lioliet- |in reality, 'riiere all, a ri 'i tain it i.'^. howevor,


e the war di.s In till' nation i.'


I person wJio I’aii that it i.-i niu.-il ipoitioti.


I'i I e l . hilt wor.se. jirohihitioni.st.'


I h e


len t iinfore.seen di i raet ice. Sir


iiitt<'ii wi th re- 'tatiee.s a t thi- ippeareil ill the liiil .After” Till


1..1..1)., D.S.s.. li.'ICll niKiii the


jiVect of alcohol | ) f credi t in eoin- ly jiedplo to btl.Y |i'it iieeil, to iti- |d thei r inoonie. ilieiii.selves iti 1 which may


J'ail I'll drunken- ji- e-et t iiie- nioue.v


Idiial.'' hilt firms, land even coiin- I ' l idi tnre which. heavy luirden


, .r . But. wi th­ in Id he severely


rre.'ite.st under a.s the Forth


Ifiir a .isi iiiiilhiTit. Inki iid in every


id the I ’anaina ' heen undei-


Id ill every .sta^re l o f ihe lowest I’lOlv I i l ’


mete tillparlaiit ineelinu-s. Air. AA^'llkin- ioii wa' ten aiixioti.s to servo hut, to do


lii' ilnty. (Applause.) .Mr. Smallev seeoiided the motion,


uliii-li was heartily earriod. .Mr. Wilkinson then took the elinir,


.mil thanked the inemhers for the i r .nnlial siiiiiiort.


l.'rged hy the _eom-


MiiUi'i' he had eiinsented io I'enmin in Iiffiee and all he need say was th a t he MV,nil! i-iiiitiiine ill serve them to ihe best , I Ids iihilily. Tl ispnhl ie ryork w.n.s niakiiu; ureni deinaiids on hts t ime, .and 11.. leiil far more uiijileasaiii tasks than pi.-iiliicj over the meet ings of the liiimi'h. Be had no fault to find with •ill' iillii ers. The seerelary was an al- (i.e.'lher ii'lniirahle servant , the eom- iiiiiti'i’ was iptite excel lent, and all had e .Ml' 1111 ' 11101:1 hiV for several years.


iiTlTl'.it ( iF F l f 'F I iS . .tiler '.jiiie diseiis.'ioit the apiiouit


ii'i-m of viee-chairinali was left to Ihe iiiiiiiU"". il lieiiig aiiiiouiieed that r. It. iliteliin. the retiring- oiiicinl,


1!


l.a d:’'Mc 1(1 reiic.iin in oiUee. I'lie rliairniaii had great pleasure in


iimving the re-eleelioii <d Air. lUilsiead IS .'I’cioiary.


iiiotliin was nnaninionslv carried. Ilal.'leail retIIrued thanks for llie


..M.. r.. .Ml


i-k


pipi ill! nielli, and assured the mem- s il.' v.is :il\vav' al thei r service, and


i.elc Th


nid do “ lialever he eonhl on their lIf-e III .\t liiisine',- uns llie ajipoinl-


iiieiit of eoniinittee. Mr. i)u(-kworth il i i.'hii rne) ad\-iie;ited tlie addit ion of a Uishiiriie re|ii-esentative, and pi-O])0sed Mr. J'arker. He also considered two mcnihers for onch district should he ap- I'aiiiicd to the coininitiec. ■Mr. .l;ici;.'on said if tlial wcri.' feasilile


he would willing- suiii«n-t it, but it woiilil he bet ter if the ri'iiresentaI ion on '-I’liiMiittee “ -as in rat io to the iitinila-r "i iiii'iiitiers friiiii ea(-h pavlieiiliii- ilis- (liet. Altiiiy of the memhers had lint 'll :i hit of spadework f<ir the honelit, in- ' ideiiially. of non-nieniber.s, hut he did Mill teel di.sposed t^r devote time for the h'-iii-iit Ilf |)e(ijde who “-ere prejiared to -i( "1! the fence anil slinre in the benefits ot-ianiid ii\- ihe association. -1 he nieni- ti'i-'liip had itiereasi'd. and so had the '-('ihiisia'iii. As holh eoiilinned lo grow L


’lealfi- would be the benefits. _ As M


' .iiMIiil;- the size of the comni it tee, Wilkinson litid frequent ly his work "lit lo kei'ii husinoss moving CV'I eighteen.


(Laughlor .)


d h-y ' 1 Hill


lliill..,.


'-'■ta-a iinit\- aiiiiiMgst agrieiilt iirisis was (11011, needed. T’hey would need greater 11 peai-e t ime, lo look after (lieir Al pre.seni tliev eonld iinl


I,


U!l!i\ niliTi.si


|MEOY IMftlitaJ


lf.


jjTATION. Lc h e ,


of


' i ’ .di. hi'iiig loo Iiairiolic lo i-reale the ’iia-lites(, dissension hy finding fault with eun-ent ennilition.s regarding- ag-rieiilliire. lull in pence time^ they “ anlil have to ho prepared lo strike the


hhiw. (ITenv, hear.) T'h|. Ch.nirnntn said he ariproved of a


I'l’preseTitalive on ihe eomni it tee froni every dislriel from whieh members ' anil’. The old commit tee with the addit ion


III .Mi Ptirkor. wa.s agreed to. .a.s fol­ lows : Ale.s.srs. T Wilkiu-soii. I t . Hi tohin. J- Wood, TI-. Colliuge, T. Corrjier- thwaite. F,. Oowperthwaite. F. Coates. I • Pl.i’iekland. T. Dnerden, F.. F . -Taek-


I f


“ i-ie giiiiiu- in for having- aii.v l)li-k or H a r ry ” on ihe com-


, far hel ter have the exielil id (he -r-hi|i as a guide and adopt siimi' if iiiiiiiiiiat ions. The Fiiriiiers


aiiiiii wiis heginning- lo ninkq l i­ lt. and never was there ii time


l ie found th a t in 1914 ley had 74 nieiiibers. whilsf the


;ir.'seiii. inenihershi]! wa> about l i t ) . He itirilmteil ilie increase lo the assiihions till' secretary. (.Applause.) .1. Winid


seeonde',1, and the


tVUkiiisi'ii. and it was a .souree of “'feat .,■.iilie■ltion to litem when he eonsenled


of i-epi-eseiilal iye.s lo the Council, Air. Dnekwni’tii said iimiiy new memhers had iieeii olilaiiied in (he fJi.shui’ne dis- triet and .said others could he seeiired by cniiviissing’. He -sugg-esied meet ing’s ! .should he linhl. Me declined to stand


sun. F. Ivay, G. Ivohiiisoii T’ayhir. .1. Parker , T. .Smalley and ,). Bleazard. Dur ing’ di.seu.s.sion on the appoinimenl.


[as a^ re]irosentative to tin* C'miiicil. I moving- till’. I’e-.’ippainlnient of last 1 year'.-, memhei-.s—Alessrs. ,1. Aspiti, F.


; iivi’s (111 the iiiillc comni il I ee he Ale.ssrs. : T. Wi lk


.11 he devoted io ihe work of (he


; CnwiK'i’lliwaiic and F. Kny. ; This was seconded and enrried. Air. .Ineksiiii {inijiiised the rejirosenla-


*1. Adtlisnn uiid I^uok-


j \v;is jwsi t.lic m:in I’ni- Iko job, .fnr i


ITr rt'Miurkod .M.r. Duckworfh (‘mild l)(':d ;i f^’ood old ini, Imf


ja 'rood yovinji* i in." rLaiiu-litor,) : T)nckw'iH’l11 u'as a milk doalor and j ouji’lit In lyimw wliat li«* wa*; (alkini?’ j almnl. ![(* ^vas jnsf ilia man lo j^'oi ]u*\v m('iiil»(‘r.'< and cnuld bold bi.'8


, u'liilsl a( tiu* sialion wailin';- fo7‘ Mm I rain.


I !u' moiion boiiio' v<('cond('d. li was uiianinuni<lV «'aiTicd.


Mr. DmdvWorMi eonsonlod lo aci. and


b’-ViniKTiS A..\I) INCC.lMK TAX. Mr. T. J i . LJ(di)orn, general secretary


ut the assuci.’i tIon, gave an explamilmii uj the new iiieomije tax ns nlVecting- farinci’.s. i t wa.s n very imjiortiinl miiUor, he said, and few farmer.s seemed to realise whal dra.stic ehaiiges Imil lieen made, and would be made in


the new budgi't. They woiihl eertninly liiiv’o to pay a good deal more money tlmu hi therto. Prior to file “’nr a farmer was exempt from iueonio la.x unless he paid t'-lAO per year in rent, hut now fni’niei-.s iin.ying- .t'jlitl per year rent, wore included. Certain larmcr.s wonld now have to pay .L'.'IU wheie hefoi'e the war they paid nothing’. Also tlic amount of .-ihatenicnt was now TJCU iigaiusl i'HMJ. Therofoi’c a farmer paying ,£131 rent , was enti tled to .-CPAO ahatemei i t , which left him to pay iii- eoiiie ta.x ou the remaining’ i ' l l . At lu’esent. the tax was one of £s. in the .£. hnf il might very easily mount to 3s., •'Is. (id. or even ‘Is., within the iie.xi twelve months, wliilsl tlie amount of


I nhi'tement iiiiglif cmieeivahly be ro- (liic'i'd to £1(10. Dur ing J915-1G the amount jiiiyahle was as follows;—


Keiir £131..............Tax £ 0 19 9 limit ,£J4(1 ........ T a x £ J IG 0 Dent ,£ 1 0 0 ........Tax .££ 4 0 limit ,£I( i l)........ Ta.x £ 3 2 0 Rent £180 ........ Tax £ 5 S 0 Rent £300 ........ Tax ,£7 4 0


Under the new eoiiditions, where the farmer jiaid lO.s. 9d. he would have to pa.y 33s. Id . ; and where £ 3 13s., he would pay ,£4 4s. ; and where .£5 Ss., he would pn.v .£0. I f any of the gontle- meii iiresmit were in the i'ortuiiiite, oi- unfi irlunate ]iositioii of paying oyer ,£4i.O00 per yeiir rent—and he knew farmers who did—(he income and .super


tax would nmmiiif to .£471 Os. lOd. A jimsiiii with over £100.000 rent would


have to p;i.v over £1.0(/0 If they wore granted £120 ahatoment. they were assessed under Schedule B, as formerly, and in aililitioii to the £130 they could ehiiiii £3o for every child under .16 years of age. As farnier.s were reputed to have huge families—and there wa.s vir tuo in tha t in tho.se war days, and no crime ;is it w;is foi’inerly considered —they would real ise that that- -was an important cniieo.ssion. He knew one fai-nim- who had 19 childi-on— not all under IG years of age. of eniirse— and he was exempt from income lax as a result. ( ‘‘He mig-lil to h e .” and laugh­ ter.) Ill addit ion they were allowed to dc'diiet the amoni i t (laid in insurance.s (111 (he farmer and his wife’s life, but iii.'iii'aiiees on goods, etc., did not count.


; Tl apiieared that farmers would he hard I ]iiil to if asse.ssed on Schedule B. One 1 fanner he knew |iaid £300 i-enl. hut it i “ as a fact he eoiild ]irove th a t the i farmer averaged loss than £o0 jirofi tper [ year during- the |)as( ten vears. They emild 11 ndm’sl a ml if the fanner was in ]ia,v ta.x oil ,£1S0—£300 less £120 aliale-


Immi l—he was going’ to he heavily hit. The oiilv wa.\- io gel out ol th a t diffi- r i i l ly was for I'armers to keep hooks and he assessed nii Ihe amount of bis profits. Any fai’iiier, whether ])iiying a high rent or not. should (.•erlaiiily keeji hooks, for Ihe time was l•(lmillg when farmers min-ht have a dilfimill period In face, “’ith vm’\- l i t t le nrofits. .V farmer “ as assessed nil the amonnt ot his rmil he- canse it- “his assumed that he made as mneli ]irofif as he |iaid rent . He sii’iiiigly urged (he mmiilie'rs lo keo]> hooks, "for it wmild I’esult in tlie farnis being eoiiducfed on more Imsinesslike lines and a fanner would he ahle to see which liranelies jiaid and which did noi, miahliiig him to i-olinqui.sli unprofitahlc under takings. The Bnyal Agr icul ­ tural Soeieiy had given a prize for the simplest .set of Irooks whioli, farmers eimld undc'T.stand and as a resul t a syslom of bookkeeping- was availnhle wliieh any farmer eonld m.anage. One hook was a diary in -tvhieh all item.s


I .1. Aspin , J . Hohinsoii, 8.


F :


t i m e s .


I f R I D A Y . M A R C H 1 0 . 1 9 1 6 .


'vmo mitured, and tlio otlioi- a cash hook, which “ ii.s very simjdy .set out . I f the


fu n n e r had not tiiiio to miter the hooks eae.h day, he could make .jottings dur ing the week and hand these over to his wife on I he ■ Saturday for her to enter il she had nothing- else lo do. (Laughter and -‘A good idea.”/) Answering memher.s, 31r. l lolhoru


profit what ha]ipmi.s? .Mr. Holhoni ; There will he no tax to


(limid laughter.) THE AUDIT ARY S.ER\-1CK ACT. Air. HdllKirn proceeded to giye an ox-


pu.y. The mmnhm-; AAb'll, I ’m clear (hen.


lihiimtioii of the Alilitary Service Act. He said the iiui.jorily of 'farm lahour was done hy iiimi ]ihieeil in reserved oeeiipatinns, and t.liese wiuild he gramed exeiiiption eerlifieates hy the loeal t rihiiiials. unless tlie Alilitarv represeii- lal ive (ihjecled on the grmiiids that the man ->vas not- fullv oemijiied in the work, or Unit. Ills was not now of siiflii.-imil inqiiirte.nee. “ Sli irrli ig’‘ was now doiio away with and iiimi previously “ s tar red” must aiqily for exmiijilioii. Some men did not seem lo realise (hat fund was.just as imp.’ii'lant in healing' the Oenmiiis as shells, and a numhei- iif appeals were heiag dismissed “’liii’li (-erfaiiily oug-lil, not to b>. One fani ier ]ii'iidiieing milk ami other dairy prodiiee. with twelve hours work every dav ha-d hemi told lo go. Tliere were, however, oiiportuiii- lies of appeal ing io a highm' tvihunal. ami he reeommeaded (hat they he taken advaatage of if rarmm's failed to gef .'litisfaelion fioin loeal Irilmaals. The Chairman said the Aiilitiiry


represenlal ive emilil claim (here was too iiiueh lalimir on a farm, and ob.jeet lo exeaijjtioa na that aeeoviiil.


'liiere


were imiii.v side issues and the r|ueslioii of exempt ious was very ditlieult. Mr. Saialle.y ; T hey sa.y women can


do men’s work. Air. llalsloail : Tliey are doing in


•some places. The Cliaii'iiiaii ; W’omeu are very little


use ou farm work in this district. Air. Smal ley; Tlicy would not do .so


well taking mi lk foul' or live miles to a slat ion in rough weather with a young hoise. 'I'lie Chairman ; Dill'ermit localities ilemaiid dilVermit conditions. 'That is what J have endeavoured to point out all along. \Yiimen may do on arable land, hut not on grass land. They cannot lamli ewes, eal l cows, mow grass, break hor.ses and a thousand other .jobs. Air. Wood; There have been women


on mowing maehiae.s before now. The Cliairimiii ; They were exceptions. Air. Duei’dou ; They want men and


arc gniiig- to have tlieiii. 'I'he mat ter was allowed to dro]).


i .VCREASKD AllLK CHAROFS.


Air. l lolboni saii.1 the prices recom- meiideil to be charged were;—is. 2d. jier gallon dur ing .-April; is . per gallon dii ii iig Aiay ami Ju n e , and is . 2d. per gallon dur ing July , August am! Se))- teiiiher. He said tliose iirices were re- comiiieiided not only hy the Laneashire J''armers' A.s.suciatioii, hut h.y the A'oi-I hern 1,'oiiiilies Alilk I ’rodueers’ .-Association, ami h.y Central As.soeialion of Dairy Farmers, so that jiractieally


the whole country frnm the -North to Lands .Uml. had agreed to the charges.


The prices were liig'iier than last year, and he thoiighi Uie.y would agree I he.y (iiiglit to lie. owing' to (he liigli price ut food stuiv.s, the cost of lalimir. and evervt iling else in (he iiidiistry liaviiig ailvaiieed in iirie.e. Bel ler jiriees than the lilies reeiimmemled had heen oti- laini'd in dilVereiit par ts of the country, liasl. winter as much as 2s. 2d. per gallon was paid for tempoi’ar.y supplies and those fiii'iiier.s who saw the weekly returns of the Board oi Agr ieul iure would know tha t mi lk fretiueiilly rose to Us. lOd. ami Is. l id . per gallon. He knew of contracts lieiiig- made a t Is. 2d. jier gallon. He would not he at all sur- pi'ised if Ill-ices giil still higher before the year ended. Ill making eoiili-m-ts lie sti-oiigl.y ad ­


vised them to iii’ociire the lorms sup­ plied hy the ;iss-ni’iatiou. as several dairvmeii used a contract, lorm whieh was deeidedl.v one sided iiiul qui te unlai r to the farmer. He also urged that cans he sealed, ami that (he labels .sent t .y dairvmeii shmild not he signed, as these were a “ ai'i'anty that the mi lk in the i-aii was H]| to stamlai’d, and held g(iod


I so long as (lie liihei was ou the i.-iin. l lie j iissiieiiilioii had fought a. case in whieh. i the dairyman pul blame for mi lk not up lo siamhii’d uiion the farmer thougii tlu- mi lk had stood in his warehouse ovei-iiight. They won the (-ase, hut Inid Ihe assiieiatinn not taken it iip and seeiii-ed a strong dofeiiee, the farmer would ii iulnubtcdly huve bnoii convicted. Answering- a memher. Air. Holhorii


said if a eontraet had heen signed dcn;\- ing- res|ioiisihilitv frnm Ihe Hnio (he mi lk roaehed the'.station to which it ’.va.s consigned, and subs('(|npiilly signed the . label "sent, that lal ler war ranty wmihl [ ludd good, in the Courls. The.y should


not sign the Avarranliy. The Chairman said the priei'S of mi lk


wore -ne-ver fixed in shortig’ time th.ni at the last meet ing of tho Afilk Coin- niittoe. Them n’a.s no doubt priei's would have lo advance, and before next Sepleinher the po.sition wonld probably be mucli more serious. Tbe Director


.said the hooks co.st 10s. Te ho assessed under Si-hediile D a, ftiniim- must show acei’.ants for throe years, so that a fanner .just s tar l ing kei'iiing- lioolm would liave to watt tlireo years before he i-mild he put in Schedule 1). AA'hero a lainim-’s wife and family worked on the lariii he eiiiild ehiim thei r wa.ges. A mmiiher; I f the. farm .show.s no


(SKS’ l'.” ') " E O /? TH E BLOOD IS TH E LIFE ."


¥D U R B LO O D W A N T S PU R IFY IN Q ---------


* Blotchcis, Spots , Pimple s , Boils, Sores, or Eruptions of any kind con­ tinually bursting through the skin.


1 1 ?


■ ^ and pains of Bad LegP, Blood Poison, Abscesses, Ulcers, Scrofulous and Ulcerated Sores, Glandular Swellings, *kc.


I E ? I suffering the aches


You have th a t constant itching and intlammation of Piles.


■ p Yon are in Mie grip of Rheu- G matism, Sciatica. Lumbago,


blood impurity, calling for immefTiiito trontmont thrmnrh tho blood, Sf> don’t wasto your time nmt money on useless


out, etc. All thojc aro suro sigua of clo;ririnfr


•'^rc troubled with Eczema,


lotions and me.ssy nintmonts which can- n«»t


poisoiioiiH niatlur which alono'IS' the Irm* eau30ofnllycmr.snKenn.i.'. Claike'.s Blood Mi.xturo i.s iiist such n inedieine. it ts composed of ingredients which quickly . attack. ov«'i'cmm», and expel from the


'^Vh!«t.,votl want,and whiij you havo I to b(j po.rnmncnlly eur*'«l.’is a imalicmii


hiiL will ihoroujfhly IVi*.- the hlfM


iMrtovv th.* Mii'lw** of tho skin. xl t*f ihe


blood all mipnntJcs (from whatever cohsb arismi?), imd by rendennfc it clean and pure, can la* relied on to clfecf .n enmpletc and lostm^r cure.


cui’ed after Irylnc many other treatments Avithouti success.—.SVc jFtmphlct ronud bottle.


grateful p.itieuts of all el.isses—patients who have be*‘n cuvisl alter boinif civim up a-s inctimble—pationi-s who have been


Mixtiin; IS certified hy a rcmnrkaM** ml- Icclinn uf iiM


THK T n U n VALUE of Cls.rk. -v Klo-'d Sftlicitetl tosliniomal:) iioiii


Clarke’s Blood Mixture Is pleasant io take and guaranteed harmless to the most delicate constitution of either sex. Of all chemists and stores, 2/9 per bottle. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.


(jtMierjtl of‘ liecriiitiiin- iidvfioatofl t.’vory mail uikUm’ •


Th e WorSd’s B e s t BSooti Pisrjfies'.


C U R E S .%&>! . SKIN & BLOOil DISEASES


li(? LTol way il would hring- ag'j’iinil- Uii’(^ pract ical ly to a staiid.slill. i l would no( h(» a (jueslion of wiiat prici' hut wlt(*( lici’ t hoy could send mi lk at all.


‘Vi .slioiild g-o, uJid if C L I T H E R O E R U R A L


D I S T R IC T COUXCIU. --------♦ ♦ ♦ --------


'VliVt'c monihs contracts ou*;’}!!, t(.) ho tui- t.orcod. and ccrlttinly llic prices rccoiii mended wen* tmt loo liigh sis ])rioos wcnl. Me Ilium! llioi mo fai- iliis year l)(‘ lisid paid con.sidiM'sj l)ly mori' ;for jtrovtuuhu' ihsiii ho hsid rcooivod for milk, and only si horse siud some ])0 ul t ry liad touched (he provimdor in siddition to the e:iltl('. l ie moved tho mombors elmi;;(‘ tin* pric(‘s roeommouded. Ma*. 'W Addison soeondod, and the


jirieiLs. Mr.


to dn- 'Dm


motion was umtnimously esirried. .Mr. DiU’kworti i: Von esjiinot. g*ol tlio


by :i dsiirymsm whsit juac^os wi*ro likely lo hi*. Sind ssiid ihoy wonld ho higher, riio man r(‘]di('d that ho did not care if (hoy all ehsir'.'od the same.—('TTcnr, hoar.) Th(‘ groat, difiicnlly had hoen in Unit diroi'tion. o.s])ocially in Itihhlo.sdalo. n'lio mat t or wsis allowed to drop.


pi'ieo, th a t . i l l ’. Ducdvwortli : Msiny will accopl l.s. d'ho Clmirnmn ssiid lio liad hoen asked


-give over sending-. Chniriniui ; Alilk is .sold ill the


end n( higher retes. I eiiti prove THANKS. Rosirty thanks


H.olhorn for his msirk.s.


A DAY’S


AVar -Agrienltm'a’l he was a nieinher two (lavs of shooiin' dur ing fariii vorinin—rats, iiiolns, rook.s.


The C'hiiirniaii Conmiittoo of which


SHOOTING, moniioned that tho


had decided to have with a view to re-


“•nod pigeons, etc He asked for the eii-operai ion of Ihe iiienihei’s and said


landowners and gaiiiokep])ei-s would give thei r 1 (iiiseiit if asked. The day.s fixed


were lo-niorrow (Saturday) and (lie S-i’ iiidav of iie.xl week. Tile nieeting’ then (erminaled.


TEUH.Mi FORTUNES.. ------ « • ------------


( 'U TH E RO K S l ’lRlTUAL IST BO I END O VE R.


On .Saturday at Blaekiiool. a Clilhoroe


man. ( ’harles Smi thies (2(i). residing at I I . .Millbonrne-street, Blaekpool, was s-.imiiioiied J'or iiretending to tel l for- (iiiie.s. Air. R. \V. Robinson deleiidod. It was staled llia( defeiidaiil was the


(-oiidnetor of S]iiri(milists' soi'viees at (tie W'liile Hiiiise. Central Beach. •\ woiiiaii who visited del’cndaiit at


tile request of the jinlii-e. said he aslceii her for an art icle, and she gave him a geiil lemaii’s tie. This he i-riished in one hand, and, i-losing liis eyes, (old her lhal she knew a man wliii (nice had great ambit ions. The mail must exorcise patienee. .Viiswering Air. 11-ohinson, witness


were neeorded Air. iitlendanoe and re-


A\ ooil ; 'J'liorc is mily oiio tiling


R-nriil Disiriei, Connell wii.s held iiL the 'I'own Il l 'l l , Clilheroe, on Aloudiiy iitU'i'iinnii, (he Rev. Fr . -T. I’iriiiiug'lon, S.


RATM OF GJ. I.Y THE £. The mmitlily meet ing iif the Clillienic


; Of ill lections diseases searlet fever ha.s


one (II- two mai lers |•equiring my per- fiomd iiiterveiilion as .Medical Officer.


' again been prevalenl. 'I'liei'e. have been (wo ciiii’f eciilre.s of infection, one at Ohalhiirn and Hie other a t Hnr.st Green. !i will he lemerhei-ed tha t .searlel; fever wa.s' prevalent at Chatlmrn all through the miiiith of July. Dr. Alacklin in his


.1., presiding. Uther.s ]ii'e.sen(, were


Ale.'si’.s. \V. Hnnson (viee-cliiiirmiiu), J . R. Thomiismi, AY. H. Hopwood, J. Holden, -J. Rhodes, T. AA'^ilkiiisoii ,nnd T. Robinson.


C HATH UR. \ W'ATEH DEFICI 'J’. The Clerk lAlr. T. Emsthiim) eiillod


utleiiliou (o the position ol' the Chiithurn Wilier Iiccouut-. He said that- last year


when the ustimales were proseuted i( Wiis thought (he deficit (hen standing wonid dur ing I he year he reduced, hut there had heeii anotlier lieavy loss. Tlie cost of waler lo the 31 si AlarcJi came to £-”i')9 9s. 7d., and (he income from (he water rale was £318, a loss of over £-10 on (he year. The year wa.s slarted wiin a halaucu against (he towusliip of £99, so thal the present deficit was £140. Air. Hanson said many 'nurst pipes which had caused wastage had been


remedied, and the lo.ss would he reduced. 'I'hc Clerk'; Do you think yon can


puli up? Air. Hanson ; 1 think we ongli t to do


something hy way of repaying- tlie money owing. The nuder taking ha.s paid and paid well. The Clerk; I t has, but it doesir'l, pay


now. All’. Hansoii at t r ibnled the decrease


to the large iiumber of waler closets that had been erected. .Mr. Jackson, Cliathui'ii AVatcr Collec­


tor, said (he only way was to charge eiiiisiiiiu'i’s he meniioneil hy volnnie of water used. I f meters were introduced at certain plaee.s Hie undertaking- would jiay. A large qnaii li ly of water had beoii wasted through hurst pipes. All-. Haiisnii .said there wore four


milk euiilei’s. i f the owners would jiay £.'i per .veal', much nf the diilienlty wonld he solved, t i e did mil supimse (he owiiei’s wiuild he will ing to liny £5. Air. AA'llkinson ; I t seems io me the


rale ought to bo raised. Air. iiohinson : There is other waste


siiiiiewhore. The Chairman suggested (he mat ter


was left lo Alessi’s. Hanson and .Taekson who are to inesenl a repoi-t (o the next meeting'.


THU USTIAIATE. lilt i-odm-ing- the question of the


saifl she liad lieai’d atioiit the aiig-cls of Alims, and kiie-.v ]ieoplc who believed they i-aiiie. Air. Rohiiison said (hat deT’eiidaiit


was will ing to “ ithdr.-iw an application he had made (a Ihe Ini-al trilnimil and s('i’\’e ill the forces. In hindiiig defendant over for twelve


iiioiitlis in a sum of £10. the Chairman (.Aid. Heaii) said Ihe case was iinl against (he Spiritualist services, hnl the liiisi- ness i-arrh’d on al 11. Alilhourne-.sli-eet.


esiimnte, tlie Clerk said the whole mat ter liiiigei! on how mneli the Conn­ ell would allow Ihe Surveyor to spend on I he roads. To keep tho rate at 6d. in tho £ they could allow .£1,400. Other items would he £212 for salaries and £80 for pr int ing and estahlishmont i-harges. Tho grant under the Agrieul- tni-al Rates Act amoniiti'd to £198. and tho County Cnniieil g-raiit reaelied £037 ; hank inlerest adding .£83. Hal f the County Couiieil g ran t wa.s to be carried forward for Hie next half .Year, the grant heiiig- i-eeeived aiiinmlly. so that till' amount to he raised was .£1,204, “ liieh meant a i’;i(o of Gd. in the £. The Surveyor said he eonsidered the


i’o:ids I’o n h l lie kept in good repair on I he amount staled. Air. AA'ilkinsoii ; Tliere can Iv no


special improvements, of conr.se. The esi imale was agreed In, the


t l innci l also ili’i-iiling not io do aiiv tar - siiraviiig.


Hol loway’s Pi l ls


are of priceless value in kturins ihe blood free from impurities ami the Liver, Stomach and Kidneys in proper functional activity. They give speedy relief in cases of Head­ ache, biliousness, Nausea, Dirxiness, and cure the worst cases of Consti­ pation. Females find them without equal for tbeir various ills.


'■ Plans fill’ the eroetioii of new farm [ bnihliag's at. Olniigley fnr Airs. Turner I were ]i‘issed.


: • PLANS. . Ari'lDTCAl, IM'll’ORT. Hol loway’S Oin tmen t


is essentially a remedy to keep always in the house. With a large family it is always useful. Apply it to bruises, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Wounds, boils. Abscesses, etc. It also jiromptly relieves and


cures Bronchitis, Astluna, Sore Throat, Quinsy and other afleolioaa of tbe Throat and Chest.


' period ending 31st Deceinhcr, 191o. was : presented hy Dr. -1. S. Cooper, who ; stated;— ; The last (|narler of the year has been I as niieveiitfnl as the jirevions one, and I there is li tt le of any impoi-taiiee froni I a iiuhlie healtli iioiiit of view to i-ecoi’d. j Once nmi-e Dr. Alacklin has hccu c-om- i polled to let ire fi'oiii Hie Ali'ilical (Iffieer- i slii]), which he look again tomiiorarily when Dr . PosHelliwaito was ealled up on active service. He has, however, laken up work at Queen Alar.y’s Alilitary


The (|uartei-ly medical report for the


i Hospital in this dislriet, .so tha t I h.avo I heen able to get much valuable a.ssi.st- I anco and advice in car rying on the duties nf Afedieal OOiecr from him for •wliich I am very grateful . The rout ine work eoiilinue.s to he carried on hy Mr. Jackson, the Sani tary In.siiector, and tbrougb him I have kept in touch -with tho -work th a t is being done in the di.s- Irict. There have, however, heen only


. rejinrt made the statcmeii t Hint “ wlieu a l ler (he hqise of some weeks without


; fi’0 .s]i <-ase.s (lecui-ring- (hen there i.s a re- appeai'aiii-e of the '.lisease, it is more than prohahle (hat . . . there has


: been .some laxi ty in the rules of isolation [ in the lat ter weeks of (he disease.” Snell is indeed the case, for, owing to iiHmeron.s comiihiiiils from jieople in (he vil lage made to the Sani tary In.spee-


[ tor, 1 visited Cliathni-n and there found (hat ill Ihe case of two patients, who had been iiolilieil by llieir doctors as .snlVer- ing- from scailel fever (one of whom ; was slill "pi 'i'li iig’-


’ fi’cely), there was


no altemj it al isolation, thongli they had received all iiislructioiis from (ho Sani tary Gflic-ei-. However a let ter of caution ill each case was sufficient to hri iig ahoni a more dcsiralilc .slate of afl'an-s. T meiitioii this to show the i-.arele.ssne.ss of iienple in these things. Tile onthi'eak at Hur s t Green .spread from the Roman Catliolic Isehool a.s its r r i i l re, it was eonsidereil iidvi.sahle to close the school for three weeks, from Novemhei- 5th to November 29th, with the resul t that the spread of infection lias praet ieal ly ceased. One of the eases at Hur s t Green was fatal. A few cases have also oecnrred in the Chipping (listriel. There were in all 25 eases of searlet fever ; 12 at Chatburn, 9 ai Hurs t Green, ;iiid 4 at Chi))piiig'. Three cases of Erysipehi.s were re­


ported dur ing the C|uarter. Two at Chalhuri i and one at l.lnr.st Green. The lat ter was fatal. There have been four cases of Tnbereulosi.s oi tlie lungs. The total ininiher of births regi.stored during- the quar ter was 34. this i.s five more than in (ho preceding (|uarter. The hirth-i'ate is tliereroj’e 21.44 ]ier 1000 per annum. The total iiumhor of deaths registered dur ing the q-mirler was


! 2-1. The death-rate i.s eonsequeiitly i 1-5.1-3 per 1000 iior aiimnn. In addition ; to these thei-e were .3 deaths at the j iiiilitai'v hospital which are not in- : eluded in the statistie.s. There were 3 j deaths nndev a year of age, and as there i were 3-1 hirtlis during- the quar ter , the infant i le mor lal i ty works out at SS.2 per 1000 births, which i.s a regrctahly


large figure. T h e re was n o o th e r bnsine.s.s o f public


hilcrest. CLTTHEROE RTTRAL


!H) UCA'TIUN SUR-COAUaiTTEE. ------«.<><■——


Ru ra l Educat ion Sub-Commit tee “ as held at the Town Hal l ou Alonday after-


The monthly meet ing of the Glitheroe


; noon. Air. W. Hanson presiding-. Others ' present “ ere the Rev. Er . I ’inuingtou, ^ S .J . , W. H. Hopwood, T. Rohinson ' and J . Swiuburu.


[ CHATIUIRN SCHOOL,


i The Clerk (Air. T. Eastham) .sub­ mi t ted a eommuiiication from the Board of Edneiitiuii I'eeoi'diiig receipt of I lie j ]iroi>osals ot managers of Chathurn


I School to increase the accommodation j hy 110 places, and receipt also of a


petition for a new school. The Board considered the niamiger.s proposals "n o t


' niineee.ssary,” and said details could he 1 submi t ted to tho local Educat ion Com­ mi ttee. The Board did not intend to ■ proceed with the enhii-gement immedl- _


i iMely.


I Tho Chairman ; They do -not think i t j noeossary to erect now schools? ’ Tlio Cilei-k; Tha t will be decided at an enquiry. I f tlie jietitioii is success­ ful there will have to he a now school. They have not decided against the managers wi thout a hearing-.


_ _ Comimniieations wore read resjiecting PENDLETON SCHOOL.


tile heat ing of Pendleton School, thongh no new statements were made. The Correspondent “Tote asking th a t an inerease on ihe estimate.s for 1915 for


! coal and eiike, amounting- to .£1 15s. he ' recommended hy th e suh-committeo. I l was decided to ask tha t vouchers


and aecounts for the year be submi t ted. There was no other business of public


interest. You Can Rely .On


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