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Bat. IS4.t. Phones 4101,2,3. A FAJIOUS K.\C;JNEU'li. I ir.ghoubc.


\Thislccrs, Sir Alfrtd stlon‘^l^ ro,sombh.s* another M»r^ fnmoub engineer—Ocorgo West-


of condemnation, of the younj; people of to-dny. With his deni^n f ice and mutton-chop^


faiietioiis as charity matinees and the (Itiiisnilis, aiul 1 <Io not think ] ;un far wronj; in snyinj; that lie i« ono of tho few famous elderly people who lia.s never uttered a word


Ijoiiovoleiit Sir Allred Yarrow, tlio great e!igineer. i qiiite often encounter Sir Alfred a t such


Ono of the most pieluresquc figuros of l.oiuloii hfo noivnchiys is tlio vononible and


b(»er).—Tn conclusion, ho thanked them all for their loyal support, and said tha t liq intomlcd to devote llio re.st of his life to an attempt to win tho championship at Bowls — (Immonso sensation, scncral rcpoitor*. fell off tho platform into space, a n d ----------------*s beer was drunk b ^ ---------------- )


had been aldo to giio Colonel Green bows and arrows bccau 0 for u mg thoso ho would


were to be imnrisonod ior two years and lined 1:10. The hats, balls, stumps and hails were to bo burnt and tlie owner of tho cricket held was to bo lined ij20 and i)ut in prison, for tlireo years. That was the tremendous danger of illegality to prevent criLket becoming a formidable rBal oi ircher> That was wli^ he was so gl id tlici


had no sort of doubt ol the nobility of tlio company, and said so. He went on to reier to tlie dangers of cricket hut confessed lie had grave doubts about tho wisdom of reforms', cspecinlly tliose which culminated in tho employment of cliartercd accountants to make out tho county crii'V.et table w(*ek by week. Tlio <langcrs cricket had escapoil in it.s long hi.story were considerable in num­ ber and terrifving in magnitude. In l-ldO, cricket was declared illegal,


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tho local Poultry Society and tho Farmors* Union 18 ns follow 2 (Vl. whole ale, and 2s 9d. ictail.


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WORSWICK & SON The house with Forty Years standing


rating rolonn. >At long li a man at tim tho : agriculturists Diking u l o hack of tl.o oroivd said: What you want is | m„m that saiim moasurt of protwUoif foi-


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nssist.ince. At the last elciainii.- th’cr'rrinm P'l 'iD'. t'T iimda pladgas to assist agriraliur..


any aetioii regarding protection in the iu- tln.slry. The Liberal jiarty liad brought out a


cour'se, ihc Guvenunent Jiad not <lom.. ' la . deed, they Jiad now stated deliniicly tliat. tliore could bo no measure of proto<«.tion lor the farming industry, .so tliat the ono remedv lu which tho Conservative parlv believed anil the lono anetliod they cunld* Suggest was delinitoly barred. On the other nand, the Government was <*ommittcd to an extension of safoguarduig, whieli was tlie .sumo thing as protection and it was iifobable that afU'r tho next general election an attempt would he made to safeguanl the iron and steel iudustrv. Tliat could only mean that tho tilings tlic farmer houglit lot: u.se on his farm —ploughs, harrows and macliinery—would n»st more. The co.st of farming wouhl thus be iuereased as a result of tho aetions of llio ■ Conservative Government and there woultl ho no <'oiT(spomling advantage fiom


agriculture would be intreduecd.


Socialists liad imulueed .sonu* .sort of laud policy, but except where it was concerneil with ihe semi-iiatioualisation of farming, it was taken from the Jnberal grts.'ii hook. He suggested that at any rate the agriculturist was likely to hcnelit very imieh more froni a party whicli had seriously tried to investigate the state of affairs and 10 provide a solntum tliaii from olher jiarti(*s whieli laid dene nolliing.


It was mn* tliat the Unomploymcnt Problem.


Ylr. (Jliilewi‘11 said it W'as a eommnnplaee to say that uuem))loymeut was one <if the inoso stnious (juesl.ious facing the <‘oiintry to-tlay. We had lieconie .so u.sed to it tl iat’we \v<-ro heginning to tlisregard its seriou.sne.ss, am) were apt to r<’gard nnemi)li)ymont as a normal part ol lile. Fnless lln'y <]i<] some­ thing to make tlie pmhlmu very much less serious in the eoiirse of the next few years it would have a very had result for the ouutry a.s a whole.


Dealing with the nuemplDyment pn'iilfin,


say it was not merely a (im\stion of sitting 'down and waiting until inuie imprevisi. We were faecMl witli ;in abnormal situation ainl innst take almormal measuris to deal with it. rncmploynioiit was not itaTely a matter of finance, eiilier from tlie point of view of tlie uiieniployed or of tla» nation. T<* the nation, its nian-powm’ was (‘.s.scntial and one of tlie mo.st serious aspects of tla- type of iinomploymcut we weia* liaving now was tha’. it <lefiiiil<'lv impair«*d tin* moral am! i»hy.sieal liL' ol. the niiemployed to siieh an e.vleiit. tliat thmigli iater on they miglit la' afforded an opportunity of gidting .lohs, they would not be .so eflicieiit in work as tln‘v would Iiavo been hcfi>i‘e.


such as roaits, <anal.s, dmlcs, electricity am( itforestation.


country, if it was going to la* prepare-d for a revival in trade, r»mlly <lid need a emi- iderable improvenient in its naiimial mail ysiem.


tliing.s—roads—wlio i-oiild doubt tiial the Scheme For New Ronds.


jtlm problem of um>inployniont wliicli (liat amount of money, thrown into tlio improve­ ment and (‘xtension of our roads would liave. That was only one illustralinn of Iiow tho T.ilxjrals would deal witli the problem of unemplovincnt and a t tlio samo time thev would 1)0 dc'veioping national resources. If they would take that merely n.s om* .snh- scctiou of one section of the Liberal pro-


])o?als for industry alone, they would ."Oo n- work£il-ont programme unrivalled by any­ thing else in the political field.


FOOTBALL.


T0-M0RR0W*S MATCH - NORWICH.


AGAINST


The team therefore will he Sttwen«inn, W iinislex, Bu'-hton Nicliolls, Longwortli, Boll, l‘\nns, G<e, ni*Ts, )Ioip, C^l^^t.lng. Kick-off a t 2-Jl)


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stituted a Boail Fnml—a. remarkable example o f foresiglit <d' wliat the country would lu? iierHliiig later on. H was the (diaiu'cllor of the Fxche(|iier of Hie pre<ent Govi'riinient wlio had, ill ordi*r to lialance In's Imdgct.— extracted fonietliiiig like 20 million pounds from tlie Bond l''nnd, a sum .sutlicicnt to provide 100.000 men with work for a year. Tim Bo.id Fund at present was receiving an annual eoniribiition of more than 20 million pounds. We could, if necessary, raise a lo.in of 200 million poiimls upon tin* .security of that Fund. That would not he a wihl iinaiicial operation, Imt a perfectly cominon .seiisi* tiling to do. Tht?y could imagine ilm effect hotli upon our road system ;iml upon


of roads for ph»a.sun' jmrpo.se.s hut also tho eonveyaiiee of industrial eommodilies and for the tiaiisport of people from place lo jdace. A d('maii<l had been createil wliirh llio roads at till* pre.sent turn* were unable to .satisfy. ()iu*’s exp<;rieiice of roads in Laiira.sbire alone slioweil how true tliat was. The Liberal Government la*fore the war in­


Motor transport not merely nu’ant the use


imivided u.s witli ihe laliuiir nei-e.s-iary lor carrying out large schemes of national renm- structioii.


natiomd «Mjuipineiit I'iuiuired improving and mling. Till* largt* army of uuem;iloved


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'riu're wen* a gri'at many needs, .Mc'iely to take one of tliosn


ploymeiit in a difl'ereiit, .sphere were almost compara)ile \vit!i the effects ef llie war ilsell. If tliey believed that was tnu*. (hey .^limild


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lessons drawn from iiiforination gained liy experts regarding agricultural conditions on the eonlinmit and in our own dominions. The Liberal land policy was iherofore ha.'od oil the ideas of i>eople who were iniAirosteil ill agrieiilture and was ii serious attempt to afford some solution to the uiidoubteil dilh- eultlos of the industry. The only reim*dy of the Const*rvalives had been knocked from under their feel.


ileliuite policy with regard to liio laud. \Uiether Uiey agreed or tlisagreed w-itli tliai policy—ami no one could claim perfcetiim — at any rale thojiolicy laid been fonnuhiltsl not inerely by jmliticiaiis hut by tin* pooling of ideas Irom all sides of tho agrieultural industry—liio landowiu'r, the fanner ami the labourer.


In addition was incorporated tlm 'Jimt ot


LIBERAL P OLICY. ’. C. N. Giidewell at Chippin^


Agriculture and Unemployment. LAND REFORM.


How Road Fund Could be Used to Provide Work for Unemployed


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