:m )v e r t i s e b A]srD t i m e s . F r i d a y , BANKRUPT STATE


Labour Whip on Britain's Industriai Position.


H REVOLUTION IN GAS-LIGHTING! !


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THOMPSON 0XBUR6H


MOOR LANE & LOWERGATE Tel. 107


CLITHEROE


amnlier .sjieaker heiag '■■■ " ■ ■ national organisor of tile .-s.ii.r. and pro


the Parli-inVoi i - r v ' ’ f ' ’U ' *^ "1'. ('oner d' 't.icroV-i-v ■ O- I'Vdei-'iiioii ml r . a r t lm WV-lvo - ‘ .


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.imcliyo l.alimii- camli.laty for thy .Nortl, .Djvidon.


i luliliam, jno' ided ovor a imor alloiidanoc. The Member For CHthcroe.


ti) o.\]n*t» yiiJioi* comim.'ml;iii«m‘ or niticisni ol tlio Uarlmmcntary roioofeoiiiaiivo m the JdaLOs lie >poko at . H<. ouuld not do >o in l-lithoi*(K* hocauM.' In* Imd to a>k tlio rlmir-


s-cniy.1 thy division, l ie was rhiyf W hip | eeonomv come in ? Ol the Labour party, coniiii”; into dailv


ci>Mtaet with all [>ersons *d interest aiul im- jmrtance in the llou>«; ol fominon-. but M'liiehow Im .>eenu'd lo Inive iiii'M*<l piT'onal contaet with Hk; Moinher lor ClitlitTor. || was thus lorcA'd to the eom-ln.'ion that he jnust hi‘ rep.'-t.-M.*nfative of a \eiy )ai''e .'istum t.f the Tories in the Mon>e-one of those many inartieiilaie eo^- m ilo- ’lorv inaehim*, the iiiaehiiie that registered the eidnions and oheyeti the tlietates ol hi«; business ont' ide, utterly re^ianlle-.s m ine tendencies ot Hie ;i;.te am!


. , i Ik* "eiierol m- l-erostxS ot ihe vast ami iijcrea'iii}; number Nine out of Ten Men t w m


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Wc have thoii.“ands of Siitisfiod cnstiimtTS.


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1 COATINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT


HH Krniii anytUing|>T>u liavt*. had Intfoif. can lx* >**rii and jnircha’-fti W ildinjIs / * 1 1 * ^ 9 DRESS AND SILK WAREHOUSE


VICTORIA MARKET, MARKET PLACE BLACKBURN.


We ''<;ivi; yoti’ tN''I-vvrr.vTioN to Ix s rc cT oru .Stock.?ani)]wi; .s i i .ali, uo' our ct.most to .makc vocn vis it iiotii t.vTKKiJsTiyi; .\Nn rnoiTTAUu;.


•oi peojde wlio had found ilnii in present comlitions, Jiu> insteatl ol ht'inji «‘ujoyahl' was a eoiislani .slrn^^le to secure tin* hare imee.s.sities. He coum not believe llial ii Clillieroe, an avera;^e industrial eomiimnil.\ \va;;e-ea'-ners, woukl willinj^ly do the wrtui;; ihim; jMjliiieally if tliey knew they w<‘ie doinj,' It, hilt he wa.s forced to the eonelu. sion l»y tlic tact, that Clitlierm* was I’epie- sented in I’arlianieni by a T'ory that the workers voieil t hi)ii;;hilessly a i the la>t tdeution. Ctustiny a vole lia<l an eeonomie iinplication.


'i'lie Hou.se of Commons of


to-day, ami eertuiniy of to-morrow, wa.s to have an ineroasin;; inliuence over imluslry and the movemoni of social event.s. Their onemi<‘s .sometimes .saiil J ’arliameiiu Innl no business iti interfere in industry hut Pa>‘- lianieni hml always been the iiieLlmm ilinmyli wliirli the econumie interests of the doin inant eia's had lieen protected ami eoti- -erved.


In the minds of all tiiinkinj;


}V‘ople, the social revolution, the clian;;e Ironi the ivaj^^e.s svsU'tn to an or;;aiiisAf<l .stem of imlu.stry anil social life wa.s not


a matter of choice. The <*lianee was as in­ evitable as tho ri-sin^ of loniorrow’.s sun. Socialism was not a theory, a dream, a. mere


a.spiralion. T’he n<‘\v social order was hoiiij; prepan-d by the events ol to-day. SocialiMii was to Ik* the full fruit of ciijiitalisin. .Many industrial processes were aiivady .socialised -social jAroiluelion was a l a d . JCven tlio


.simple commodities were no longer the jiro- duct, of one man's labour. J'rom ilie .sia;;e ol raw material lo the linished article, the hihoui* of a do/«*n men w‘as u.sed. 'I'lie next step was towards the .social ilistrihution of the social product, lhou;;h not nece.ssarily 11 equal distribution id wealth. Instead of


wealth i»ro<ludion hoinit carried on for private prolil, the priHluelion of tlie future would Ik* for nuhlie, social, co-o)>oralive usc. Politicians who ihouf^lil they could siem tin lido toward.s Socnilisiii hy crit iei'in^^


.•socialists were deluiliii^ ilieiiiselvis. t'han •;rowtli, ilevolopMient, w as a law of lile. Tho feudal SNsiem, the .slave system, primitive coniiimnism all hail their <iay, and the day of (•apiialism was drawing to a clox.*. Tlio slru^itle to live was the imi>ellin^ lorco.


No Longer Workshop ol World.


ireasinj.; um*mploynient and i»overiyr Never in modern history had this country ho<‘ii ciir-sod with a more reactionary or mure in- eoniiK'tent Government.


ILis sulnnis'.ion CUTLERY AND TOOLS All the fine.st Snoffield can iiiodiieu may be bought a t Littlo Sheffield


SMART SELECTION OF GOODS SUITABLE FOR GIFTS H. S. CROSSLAND


New Market S tre e t , Blackburn THE POPULAR CHOICE


PILLS PARKINSONS


was that, tho present sy^ieni i.s imai>ahb.* of pernninent. amemlmoui. and lie thou-ihl the jiresent Government realized that. Tlie.v s:iw the dant;er .signal and reali/.eil that the avetaj;o waj;e i*arner was no loiieer willin;; to he talked ilowu us he ii'ed to he. 'J'lie worker was pulling a hijzher valuation im liim.self.


'J’o lie earners’ demaml.< the


reply was ^iven tlnit the worker eould not take out. of imbistry more than he imt in, hut- till) fact leiiiained lliai under ilie pre- si'iit system a tiiill owner bought, l.almur in order *U) exploit, it for profit.


'I'lie labourer X


IMAGINATION IN BUSINESS HAS CEASED TO BE A THEORY; IT HAS BECOME ITS LEVER AND ITS FULCRUM. ADVERTItlNG PROVIDES THE DRIVING POWER.


"cultivated land had been allowed to ^o hack lo gr.-us. Jn his opinion iho day was coin­ ing; wdien Jfritain would no limj;er be able to oxi>ort .sullicient (piantities of goods and raw inaterijils to pay the fooil bill, since llritain was no longer tho workshop of tlio world. ()ur Colonics ami other countries had begun to produce for themselves the goods they formerly Iwaght from and it was folly lo exiwet that llritain would regain Iter KUi>roinacy in the industrial alTairs of tho world. The iinmcdiaU' necxl wa.s to jmy mnro attention, to the devclopmont. of homo resources. These resonrc'cs should be used not for the benefit of tho proiiteer. but for the bcueht of tho nation as a whole. Tho Government was utterly helpless. Every tear landed us more and more deeply into ttio morass from whicli it was impossible to


cscajw except through the complete re­ organisation of our industries on a national


and co-operative basis.


rt‘ceivi*<l the <osi of food am! clothiue in n^turn, hut In* certainly <Iid not receive the value of the wmrk he iliil. Pont, interest and profit represented tiie <lillerence be­ tween ^va^es and llio w<‘iillh outiiul. 'I'lie problem ot poverty became every year mere pri'.ssine, and it wa.*.: liijih time more atten­ tion was paid to home markets iinil to llie liome production ol food. For e<-neialions the tendency had been towards the depo[iii- lation of the countryside, but that t«‘nik*ncy woubl have to ho reversed. I’lii' dx*veiop- ment of our home market was of supreme importance, of far ereater importance in- deoxl than the development of export trade. For neneralions it had Ikk'u tin* ohioct ol jiuliticla.is and hij^ husiness men to increase export trade with a view lo jiuyintt lor the fooil wo import and thousainls of acres of


iliflieuity of prodm.-tion. TIm’K' was ;i time in histoi-y when scarcity 'tas experiemod, hut that was ilue to the failure of mankind to wrest from nature the iliinj^s manl-.ind ncviUxl. NoIkhIv could arpie lo-<lay that th“ peojde an* poor because of any sui'li f.nilure. Tlie lailutv was on the side oi distrilmlion and ilie la'k of ihe prescnL ticncnilion was to hridf^e tin* 'twit between th<> jiowors of iiroiluction uml tho.se oi <lis- tribution—to ^ive people a purchasnu; power eipial to their producin'^ jenvor. What liad the 'J'orics done towards <le-


'I'o-ilaN’.s po\*eriy was not the result of


m.i i liyl.nc iliy ineeling starleil who rypic- pendinm- of ...........^ llllt)


1 1 , From Hand To Mouth.”


gard as one of llio greatoai, achievenienis L>f the prcM'iit (»o\'enimenl is the Widows and Orjihaii' and Olil Ago J ’en.sion.s Act. LuoL into tiiai Act ami you will find many anomalie.s and many iniuslicos in it. Tliat nioiisure etl'ecls a s-iving m natioiiai ex- LK'iuliiure. a> do many otlier '.rory operations, at- the i'X|>cuso 111 the ]mor.-- (“ .Sliamo.” ) — Ve.s, it is a .shame, but it is our sliame. bc- catise tlie Torie.s who do these things do them becaiiso the workers \<iled for them at the Iasi election, ilow' is thi.s Act linanccdr l'ifi4*en million people coniribuie to ii. Jlow many of those lifteen million people will realize the hem.'litsi- At Oo the men and womi'ii w'lio g«*i. the old ago iKUision on iho coniribntory ha>is, cannot, i) they are un- •mployed, draw nnemployineiiL beiielit, so


“ t)iie of the things many Tui’ies will re­


benelits cease at- i'lo." Old people wlio n]i lo lliai. ago* well* entitled lo a doctor and anedieine under the NationaL Health schetno wi*re (Icprited of ihu.se lionelils. (oiv«*rn- nient actuaries had carefully calculated liial stoppage of tlioso benelits, together willi


that Mislead of gelling l>^s. ;i week they 111-. In adiiition iill National Ib'allh


the exccNs of conlril)Ulions, would wiiliin tile next leu years at any rate enable the ...•heme lo work without the national chequer lontrihuting one halfpenny lowarils ii.s tuiictioning. Tlie Ooverninent liad ab saved money at the expense ot ai»proyeil


liaml to month, with no earthly lione that in the future nidnstry would ever lie able to gc*t liaek into that posiiion wliere the eoniitrv's liiiaiu'e c-ould he put on anyiliin^J like a’ .soniul cai»ilali.st footing. He was not tallving about- the sysioin Iroin a .Socialist point ol view, hut looking at llie .system irom the point oi view of tl being made a niiniing conijK-iiiig system in the world


lo-day. Black Outlook. I .say again that from the point of view


I’rinio .Minister was addressing tiio L’nioiiist conference at (.’ardilf the other day he was quite oiHimisiie about the future of llrilish industry. The I ’rime .Minister stated that Ifritaius industri<*s were getting along ail riglu, and by implication ho sngge'teil that the present condition w.us due to wise Tory adiiiinistralioii. 'I'he l’.'*ime .Minisier went on to say that- lie quite agreed with the remark oi the Chancellor ol ilie Fxcheqner who, .speaking a few days helore him .Scotlaml .said: *^Mriti'h industry is now in full swing.’ He said tliat wliilsi we have over a. million ui!eni|iloye<l, with a large numlK-r unregistered by the exclianges, and whilst in addition we have .short time in all onr great industries. .Mr. H;i!dwin suggests iliat industry is once move in full swing, ami that tlm work of repairing the damage of last year's-iiulustriai inmliles has made appreciable heailway. Jle goes on lo ain'rovo of the optimistic outlook ol tlio Chancellor of the Kxclieqtier, ami lo state lliat during the last few inonllis ilu* export f manufactured goods ha.s been skiwiy


..rowing until on -\ngust -lih, two months ago. they were eleven per cent, gioater llian \ears ago, and the exjiovt of raw


t<*ll you ihat those are not facts. .1 caniiu: imagine wliai jiossihle gi’ounds the 'J'ory l*rime .Minister can have for making ilio.se


J t i.s a tendency that will be more and more evidenced so far as our export trade is concerned. Instead of talking about trade revival ami the possibilities of Frilain again attaining iho po.silioii of industrial supremacy she occuiiied tluring the greater


part of h\&i century, our main concent should be to take slock of that tendency, liiul what it really means, and shape our liolitical course to avoid tho <langer^ ahead. In this coiinexiou, as iu tho pitst, i t is tho business of tho Tory to sit tight, to re.sist change ns long as possible, aiul to inako it as ditlicnlt as possible for the next J..abour adininistration to <lo tho work of national reconstruction that is tho ta.sk that lies


ahead of us. * House of Lords Reform.


Government’s propasals to reform tho House of Lords. To bomo i>eopJo tho rnattor waa


Mr. Kennedy went on lo refer to tho


•statement.s, berau'e .1 have here to-night the full Foard of 'J'rmle returns for every montli of this year, showing tlie ainouiu oi Friiish e.xjiorts in raw material, in manufacinretl goods in every department of industry, ami insN*ad of having an increase, I hml a con- linnous decrease as conipariKl with ll'go. The actual drop in llrilish exports u[i to the eiul of .Inly last is over 72 million pounds and tvheii 1 come to the latest date for whieli we have ligures, tlie eiul of -Vugust last, I rind that, comparing the ligurcs witli lb*2o, there is a decrease this Year ol CdU.djLbllOO. accidental.


It is not a temporary matter. 'J'liat drop is not


materials nearly 30 jier cent, greater. ■J’hose. he says, jire the fact-s.


I want to


AUCTION MARTS. CLlTHlCllOi:.


Monday: The usual quantity ot sheep and


lambs on offer. hefor<^ an average altomlance of buyers. Fesi- lambs were rather .scarco iml made jnor«.* money whilst interior sorts


maiiUiuned about late rates, with sliearlings good to tell, Fost iambs made from Hid. to . OJd- I’^-'t* lb. ; others, lOJd. l o ^ lH d . ; hearlingx, l id. lo I s . ; young ewes, 7id. l-o


f ld.; rougli sheop, ojik to Old.. About 20 Irish lieifers ami biillock>< of good (luality on offer. Best Irish heifers realized from Sd. lo 22^1. per lb . ; bullocks. 7itl. to SJd* ? best Knglish heifers, SJd. to fkl . : Knglislr bullocks 8d, lo !Rl .; young cows, Old- tt>


aged


ditto, od. to Od. per lb. Tuoadoy: An average show of useful


good attendance. JJest young deep milking COW.S inado from £29 10s. to eacli; useful cattle £23 lO.s. to £29: aged, and cattle showing less milk, £17 10s. to £ l3 ; best Scotch heifers £20 to £31 lOs.; others, and countrx- £19 10s. to £2o 10s. ^ About Go calves on offer, tho best lor killing purito-xes made from 55s. to 06s. each; nuxliums to 3Ss.; young calvea 13s. to 22s. Tho judges, Messrs. T. Dewhurst (Haslingden) and T. Mills <Manche8tcr). made tho follow­ ing awar^ for dairy cattle: 1, H. Tatter- sail, Sawloy; 2, Geo. Cockshutt, 'Worston; 3, H. l i fe , BoUon-by-BowJnnd.


'riiore was u-


Liilved csitlle, numbering KF), inchuling con­ signments from M’e.stmorland and Scotland, as well as local .supplies,


of Uriianrs luiuro the outlook is lust- about as black as it. could he. L am anxious at all these meetings J address to comi>are lai-l.s uiili ilie }ireu*iisiuiis put forward lo- day hy the Tory Government that they arc managing national business on .sound natiomil line.s.


I nolice that wli»*ii the


.societies, and at llie expensv of e\-Servico- men's jM*iisioiis. They were trying to save money at the expense of edncaliou. Tliei were cnitlng down in every direction in the tield of national .service. On every liaml lher«* was eviilenco that the Hovernmeni was in tlie grip of big Inisines.s and high tinance circles, ami tlie net result was that the national debt would go up, and ilial llie people would l)e paying increasingly large suni.s ilay by tlay and year hy year on that debt. .\ir that served to .siiow that we were living in a bankrupt slate, living irom


-Mr. Konm‘<ly .sjiid n


>I ahor hemp; .Mr. K. J . J^ly, I iiioikIous increase in liie gl-os-s liabilitie.s of ’ .*>.l).l'. ami pro.v- | tJio Stato in the nialtor of national <Iol)t At March dlst last year the miiiomil <leht ua.s .'10 millions more than in the previous year. 'Hie lir.si llud^et introduced i\v this (iovoniniont uas nine million imumls iiijihor than the Labour hmlget. 'Fhe next Tory hml;x<‘t was '2’2 million ponmK liijiheiN and llie next -111 millions lii<;her. Next sprini: when the 'I'oi’y ( ‘hancellor of the Kxi'lieipier pre])ares hi ' Imdjiel he will he asking; the l lri t i 'h taxpayer to c,-onlrilmtc* no le»s than


‘ ^ lu^titiitif on .Mommy juulit. insto:ul ot nottimr otMmnrnv uw* c»nt. • ”


.. . , — - -----•;•■*.' • .Mi*. 'I\ '|'homi)M)n. oT I instead of gettin*^ ooononiy w<* «ot a tre- nhvji.v,-. Ids tlo.siic I


............................ - ..........- I MO million pounds to meet the national ex- Wlicro iloes Ibis


“ SUPREMACY GONE.’ House of Lords Reform :


Warning to the Government. Ml- Toio


M i> c.i • Promise and Fulfilment.


Tones promised a t tho Inst election,” pro- c«Kle<l Mr. Kennedy. ” t bolicvc tliov got tlio bulk of tho votes cast for them oil tlie ground of tlicir businos.s ofliciency. The ide.T. of tho avorago elector ivns that in a timo of industrial trouble suclt as thev wore passing through, the Tory was the’ safer IKTson to entrust with tho national destinies. They promised ellieieiicv in in- dnstiy, irampiility, stability, and above all tilings they promised ns rigid economv in tho maltcr of national e.vpendilure. Thero IS not a man who knows anytliing about business who does not know that the hanlen of tax.ation and e.specially the harden of local rating, are very serious maUers. hut so far .as jiroseiit conditions are concerned


Bemoerai i e give tliem a remedy la this matter. M’hat ■’ ‘’'T,'''"': " a c t in g has liapi>enedf Tim fact is that Iasi year


haarter. They Imped tlie Tories wmild » r «•*«_ " "


ptesem. coiuiiiions are concerned R«t*>ng relief in iliai


“ Jn s t look at .sonio of tlie thin"s tlio


jiroposals wore to he prevented Irnin beconi- Mig law, the people Would have IC ho very much more alive than at the present time, it the political insiiuuions of lo-day wore


to live and function people wouUl liave to lake a more active part in political liie. He appealeil to lliom at the next election


to return the I.ahour candidate in order that national iuiero.sts miglii he protected lor llie common good.


Warning to Government.


to the point when they .see the fntiluy ol peacelnl pibili'al action you are Ireatling on dangerous ground,'’ .saiil Mr. J\*.*mietly. You aro inviting the peojtle lo adopt


the Use of roliirniiig a Jjahour majority to the House of Commons if tho Jrlouse of JiOrds had tlie jiower to veto every Fill they l>a.sseM, Mr. Kennedy s;iid the Labour parly believed that tlie majority of the peojile ihidugli their lepresonlatives should govern, but ii any amemimeiil was nuule lo tho political constitution giving the Ilou-se of Lor<ls, in which the liere<lilary principle woukl still he dominant, power to control tlio roiir.'C of social legislation then they wouM have to take .stock of tlie new .situa­ tion and consider what- slionid be. done. 'J'lie proposals to reform the House ot Lords w»?re dangerous as well as reactionary. ll <.‘Ver you lead a majority ol the [>eopIe


In answer to a question .ts to what was


WREATHS, WEDDING AND ALL FLORAL


CAN H E M A D A T


BOUQUETS DESIONS


Jloiiso of JiOr<ls woukl act as a pormaneni hulwai’k ot the i»roteclion of vested interests. That was iho possibility tliey were ui* against. Those jiroposals were not only 'lory jiroposals, hut were JAheral proposals ami itlenlical'' with the jiroposals j»ut for­ ward in FkJ2 by .Mr. Lloyd George.


If tho


tlioiiso of .Lords to hold up Jegislalion for longer than two years, and tiieir powers were also very limited iu the matter of national linance, liie J..or(ls having no powei* to reject a money Fill wliicii had ims.sed through the Jlou.se of Commons. The Tory proposalx were designed to up-sel iliat .situa­ tion, and to take from the Speakel- the power oi .saying what was and what wa.s not a iiiom?y Fill, If those iirojiosals were passed, whatever might Ik* the verdict ol the jK’oplo at a General Flection the Jioii.se of JiOrdswould he able to thwart it.


'J'lie


one of littlo importance, but so far ns tho future jiolitical Jifo of tho country was con­ cerned i t was of supremo importance, lie .said. I f tho proposals were iiassed into Jaw in tho Jifetinio of the present Govern­ ment i t would moan that liio House of Fords would l>e consiitutod a i>ermaneut Tory institution capable of vetoing anv legislation jiassed ihrougli the Hou.so of Commons. At the present time llio power of llio House of Lords was limited. The Act oi lu l l ma<!e it impossible for tlie


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incasirres tliai we as .'social Democrats are out to pcrsmule the people not -to adopt. \Ve always argue that liix* .sane methods to pursue are |H*acelul. * oiistituiiomil. political inetliods, but if liiat method fails us we are dri\eu hack to the use oj other methods. For that rea.sim alone I hojie tlie 't’orios will not pres., th^; pr<-seiil proposals. H tliey do all I can say is lliey <lo it at tlioir


own risk. In rejily to a. further question, Mr.


Kennedy ‘said the policy of the Laliour


party was that t*very aero of land should ho ma<le national iirojiorty ami be nationally controlle<l, ami that ilie pre.sent holders should he compeiis.'iM'd tor their holdings. .Mr. Spencer Fooih: That i ' not .'aiis-


faclory. Mr. Kennedy: What oilier iiieiliod i-s


llier<‘? .Mr. .Spencer Footli: I would not coin-


I'on'ate the owner'. .Mr. Kennedy; 1 do not agre<*. ^ iliis


matter must 1>*3 M*iile«l on the basis of ex­ pediency. not on liie hn-sis ol 'Ome ah.siract principle.


matiL'i" ('f bu'im'ss. I believe in eomjK’Usa- tion rather than cont'iscalton.


It inii't' l*e s<>ttled purely as a I <1<> not


lK?liove that auv policy of conliscaiion would ho accepted ‘p<‘:»'-'dully by the prosont .loniinant class. They always preach peace to the- workers, but I think ihoy would light for their pro|w,*riy it conii.scatiou were threatened. Tlie iK’ople wlio are now on top are* not so patient a.s people wlm ate


now oppressed. Cm'siioner: Tliey don t muzzle .sheep.


Mr. Kennedy: Tliey don't need to. I do


not seo any possibility of si general policy of conliscation being pesieelnlly earned out. It w«»ultl menu wk* might pos'ildy in* in- \-.>lve<l in civil w.ar.


FIRE BRIGADE QUELL HOUSE OUTBREAK.


rl i t l icioc Lire Frigadc were on Friday


morning «;dled t<» a tiri* wliieh eccnrrcil at. llie re.sdcncc ol .Miss Farhara Ka,>tliani. I’imiico-road.


.riio cause nt the oiillu'cak


wax line to fumes from petrol—it was being U:M*d iu the kitchen to ilean ganncnlx—ignit­ ing. and the Haines spread rajiidly.


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Ka'tliam immediately telephoned tor the Frigadc. several members of whicli responded quickly and extiiignishcd tin* tim* hy means of ehemical apparatU'*.— \ painter \ylio wax working nearby told our rcpresentaiivo that he noticed smoke isxuing from the house, .and running there, tound tin* kiK’lieu '* hlazing like a furnace." Nciglihoiirs as'l'i«*d .Mi'^s


I'hi'iham in tJic removal'! ot articles ot furni­ ture and valualilcs from nilier rooms on to thi* lawn. .\ good deal m damage was done : to tlie couicnis lO the k'.tehen. as al'O to the woedworlc ami ceiling.


TO VISIT BRENNANSTjs to secure every salisfaction in your clothes requirements


K e.\I. tiOtliJ H£.4MXCi CLOTHES .VT IIIGUT riULEitt.


BRENNANS. Penny St. Blackburn 9 gns. PIAND. 4 / - weekly


12 gns. PIAND good condition 4/- weekly


15 gns. PIANO suit learner 5/- weekly


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19 gns. HOPKINSON PIANO from 5/- weekly


4t & 41a, Great Bolton St. Blackburn


Rubber Wellingtons and where to Buy Them and Why ? A l S i : TIIEV AKE ALI. X kW S eaHONS (Sooris. .TEST MANL'l'ACTlIIvED


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B K C A r sH HAVLvt; iiorcmT in i-u h ie qu an tit ie s w e s .w e kro.m ikI. to 1 - A I’AHt and pa s s TH.\T sav ing OX TO vor.


STOCKS OF BLACK AND TAN, HIGH AND LOW HEELS liCV NOW, v o r ARE .SURE TO NEED THE.M


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THE WORLDS BEST CLOG MAKERS RUBBER WELLINGTON REPAIRS PREPARE FOR THE WINTER EVENINGS


And purchase a Wirelcs-s Set, tluis obtaining your ot\^ concerts by your own fire.-^ide.


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POLICE TllOUSERS.


Bedford Officers’


Vdvet Cord Breeches ...17 6 a/id 14/6. >»


„ ...25/- Blue Tn-ill Overalls........5/11 Onion ' ” . Officers Coate


39, PENNY STREET (TW. 5436). BLACKBDRN:


........ I*olwo Tronwrs 9/11 Block t Tan Col. Booto 14/8 >t •.1*1/0 Iu»,aki Trousers .............. 9/'6 Army Shirts 42/6.


Tel. 214 COLONLLL BOOTS.


Army. Boots 12/ 11 and 14/11 6/8


5/11


ALSO SOCKS, BRACES, LEGGINGS, BOGS, BLANKETS, Etc. ARaiY ATO) NAVY STORES 6,


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