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<a-rtin..Kl not salo; oxocods 5,200 conics ivixikly.)


FfilDAY, DECEMBKll 7tli, 1928. ^ [.ights on Voliicics, To-JIorroiv (Saturdavl


ivith Uw Majes^ly U,o King in his iflnoss, tlio ficcrotary ot tlio Clitlioroo Cliamlmr ol' '1 Tikdo hiiH received from IJuckinglmm J>u1muu the following nckiiowledgniciit?


)-18 p.u^. In rosponso t<i tlio mcssago of symnalliv


i^Nprusa t io Kin g s thanks to the moinhors or tho Chthoroe and District Chamber of


Ih o rn v a te Secretary is commanded to


Trade for thoir kind message of -svinnatliv m Ilia Majesty’s illness. 30th November, 1928 «= * #


of Town Council cummiiioes on jNio cla '.ruesdoy


rate, of the matters under discussion wifi doubtless receive further attention at tho t ’ouDcil meeting.


until aoout eleven -------- w w.w o’clo^ck. tho * * * >1(1 a t l i l t hra


<linuer a t Whalley tho other evening agree th a t tbo liveliness of the-fun surpassed even tha t of tho earlier function of a like chanicter. Kacli speech maker was rec^ucsled to avoid tho peculiar elfusivone.ss ordinarily associat^nl witli complimentary dinners and tho result was excellent from tho point of view of tho company. Any amount of log- jmlling was indulged in but whilst this proved very amusing for those present i t was not tho sort of s tu f f” a reporter could very well record. Our account of tho proceedings includes the fantastic minutes of ” a ineoU ing held in 19(58,” hut even tlieso have hail to bo robbed of items which eauseil almost endless laugliter. Certain .speeches, too, w'iiilo highly diverting to listen to couhl hardly be described as reportable. 'Wlien ■Wlmlley cricketers cultivate this kind of leg-pull it is a joy In behold hut it hafFles judicious description!


Those who attended tho cricket celebration


uiwsi.hI catches th a t robbed Whalley of soverol points last year. One .stated tliat ;it tt spt'cial meeting of players held on Mort'cambo promenade, i t was amiounceil ihiiL in wjventeen matches fifty-four catches won* dropptsl, resulting in tlio addition of 75-i runs to oppononU’ totals.


Several .speakers made referonee to the l i s t liiil


■ were suggestions as to how Canon Wallin iniglit have useil tho money and i t was proved th a t tlio Whallcy solection eominitlco could not afford to iiicludi* the secretary in tlio lirsb eleven as “ everytliing passes through hia hands.”


dropped catch, i t was furtlier stated, pro- duciyl fifty-eight eases of bad language, w’hilst if the Imtsnuoi given ” livivi ” liad been phu-cd side by side from Whalley Police Station to the Ciolf Club on a busy Sunday :ifti>riu>on, the Vicay’s stipend would have i)een increased .-Cl” by burial fees. Thi're


Jinch # !OE


season which ended in October were jirohably iuvite<l to purcliaso a ticket iii an Kmpirc bazaar draw. Tho first prize was a South Shoro house valued a t ;Cl,500.


Drown, of Sands Cottage, Whalloy, a signal­ man omployotl by tbo Ijondoii, IVlidlantl and Scottish llailwav Company, went to spend a half-day a t Dlackpool, primarily to «eo tho illuminations.


i l r . J.


a b.azaar tickot. On AVodiicsdii.v ho was aslouadtxl to receive an oliicial iiotiiicaliou th a t iio had won tlio iiouscr.


llo expended a shilling on * # *


loiter addressed: ‘‘ Postmaster, 0 itherne Post Otneo, near Burnley, Lancashire or Yorkfiliirc, England.” Enclosed eutt.ng from ” Tho New Zealand Herald of October 23rd,. and underj^the headings: “ Scouos'in Dominions—Film Sliown a t Jlonie __Villagers’ First Cinema,” was Uio lollow-


Tho other day, Mv, AV. Ogden riH^eived J # ing paragraph:


Clillieroo division of yorksliire,.wlio liavo noitlicr gas nor electricity in thoir lioines, aie imviug tnoir lii-st cxpencnco ot the


Tho residents of tiny villages in llio cinema.


tr ic t, is sliowiiig films ot Australia ami Now Zealand taken dining the tour ot tho Sheretary for th'o ])uminions,_ Mr. L. y. Aiiiory. Captain Brass lias to w an> storage haltcrio.s to supply current. tMiile tho pictures aro heiiig screened lie chattily de.scrihcs the Antipodes.


captain W. Brass, M.l>. for tlio dis­ r n


TIio correspondent sending tlio cutting signs Jiimsolf aa dim Uiislam and states tliiil ho played football a t Uitlieroe tliirty years fimi adding: “ 1 can liardly tliink wo were eveA tlien so far heliind tlic tnm^. Ho asks th a t the Hlatonmnt.s about ahsenee ot g.T-s and electricity s|ioiild lie coiitradietod, hut unfortunately that caiiiioL he .several of tlio villages a t w iicli C.iptam


]!rass lectured oil is .still the straiigo as tliis may seem to a. Neu /c.d.indi i who IS familiar with the utilisation ol llic power of rivers and streams for tlio genera­


tion of electricity. * * *


fVliile following Ids employment as a


lalioiirer a t Barrow BrintworUs on i iie.sday, Mr? jl,111! Jones, of 111), Wonne-lane, n son


of Coniieillor and Mrs. B. severely scalded on tlm luce, neck chest am anus. ^Uo received iiiiiiiediate alleiitioii and


was afterwards take)! Iioiiie. lii n Bast niglit we were informed th a t Mr. Jom.. w:m progressing satisfactoniy.


# # *


Mr. T. Hnworlli, of 10, Newton-sfroel on Moiidav added another narrow


death to his soniowlial lo>\B oceurreiices. He was engagcxl in cliimnoy pots, damaged .h.v the from Uio roof of a shop in f^idfo'd.


B >


coping stones of tlio eliimney ‘ 1’^ '^ ,1 Haworlli was standing on a kuder rcainl against tlio stones mid ^kc ImWor JMl t ,ni.s thrown on to tho r.mf, slidiiig.d un ti e slates until lie readied, tlie. trniiuliin . H lucidly succeeded in gripping tlio gnlUr ami


one of Uio coping stiine.s wliidi fill Ids arm pinned kim in n prccarin.


position on tlio edge of tlio roof. iimtas released Mr. Hawortli


to ho snlTcring from severe hniisat on t o arm and crmsliod fingers. One ot tm coping stones crn.sliod Uirougii the gkiss


ha ^Krh’^ ’f e t ‘s e S ' | i Urn B


voran^ali of Uio sliop on to tlio lootpalli. # * *


Tho “ At Homo ” hold a t the Hihoral Chili


on Wednesday evening.was aiiinvablo A reception w.as conduotcu oy


Slr?'john’ nnd J l is s^ I i tc h d l «n< AWo^ T Thnrnbor J .P ., pre.si(lcil.


urn Ahholt. Miss M. Jnckson,


w te o s"rWc’<v, wor’o much Madamo Elsie Thompson, Mis.s Orota


Klor, .1. Greenwood and Bridge. Bio ' \ i ,o


hv T,tr- W. H. Barron. pro,spe(jtivo ®'''»k{|®^.® fAr Nottingham (West), whoso speech, is


aeeompanist being Mr .T. 0. rotd- inputs woro sorved. An addrcR^i K


season.' .


nuist ho consitlerctl very siicce.ssfiil.. U ni'itches plavotl, ciptit were won, oiplil Usst, ”mt s f t l l™ ™ and tl>®, cl.ih occ.ipictl the


sixth position in tlio table. Hio ®®'®"''“ ®®’ wililo tondoring thoir very host thanks to 0 1 r chainna^^^ Mr. D. B. AVorsley, announce witli recrot liis rcsipnation from’ tlio com-


1 ho aru.sM?., mittco (luring ^•''®


his splendid work for the ®^>^ nnido 11 Bfo incrahor.


M'orsloy to tlio clnh wiU ho greatly felt. Wo llio los.s (ii a i i .


'o ,T h o e ”u Mr.


, Mast vLsitoi*s to Dlnckpool during llio


inoinbcrs —


Some, Some, a att ar anv


Oonsiderablo liveltm( ss nights,


uonsKi oi i


m» Ajonday and uiuiii


m


cuness marked the lueetinigs an


remaining


reported clscwhoro. Mr. Olidowell, tho l>roipocti\o Liberal caiulidato for Clitheroc, ''*^^^*->P^?tcd Imt ho mid an earlier meeting a t Chipping and tho motor run to Clilheroo w not as swiftly ncconiphshed as was


desired as * * *


ctuising not a few ot tlio members to ” jump.’’ Tho hell rang furiously for sevoral minutes. Localwl in a locked desk, tho clock gavo forth its alarm for a reinarkablo length of time; clearly i t had boon wound to tho topi Girls will b« girls!


* * **


Bowland road bus been re-surfacetl by Bow- lam r itu ra l District Council. There fomains about hali-a-milo of highway to repair ami when tins is done tho Bowland sido will com- paro very favuurahlv with tho Lancaster liural ConncH'.s kccUou of tho Trough roatl. Motoring through tlio famous mountain pass is already moro pleasant and loss liazanlous tliaii was tho case a few months ago.


iloloiists will noto with salisfaclion that c-onsiderahle portion of tho Trough of


* * *


AValtoii, a full-back from a Burnley junior team.


Clithcroo Eoolhall Chih have signed # # # ^


jlrigade ami Nursing Division, a whist drive and danco was hold ”Tit tho Old School on AVcnluestlay evening.


Organised by tho St. .Tolm Amhulanco


Briggs; hidden number, Aliss C. Birtwell. 'J’ho M.C.’s for whist wore J^lessrs. T. Clark­ son and .t. Dnimollaii, and the M.C.’h for tho dancing which followed were Mes.srs. D. Dawson, AV. Taylor, A\'. Trimby and .1. U. I'Ulis.. Mr. E. .faekson’s baiul provided a programme of modern danco music and a ladies’ eommilteo .supplied refreshmoiits, tho whole affair being successful in every way.


wore occupied for whist, and tho winners worn:—Ladies: 1, ^liss C. Bohinson; 2, Mrs. A. Townloy: hidden number, Mrs. U. T’mvn- li*y. (leiitlemeii: 1,


Twenty-two tables Tmld; 2, Mr. T. # * *


ing of the AVomen’s ^lissioiiary Auxiliary held in Moor Lano Briinary School on AAVtlne.s<lny evening, when Airs. .Fish pre- .sided over a good company.


^ ^


first week of Uio Now Year in Alalta. A\ ith .several others, Dr. Herbert has been invitc<l


3Ti(} Bisliop of Blackburn is to spend the


by tho Bishoji of Gibraltar to sliaro In an eifort to stimulate church life there. “ AAhat ho told me,” writes Dr. Horhert m the Diocesan Lenllot, ” of tho situation lias mado mo feel that 1 ought not to refuse his re- quest, and f am therefore, arranging to leave .England on December 27th in order to Hpend a week in Alalta, relurning here on .lamiarv l l l l i .” Tho Bishop has iutimatoci th a t hitters will not ho forwarded during


CTuh for the henelit of Airs. AVoightimm realized .C33.os. Id. nett, and this sum has


this fortnight. * * * \ whi>i drive hehl ri'cenlly at. the Catliolic


been handed to llu^ beneficiary. ^ motors of tho. effort, and Afrs. A


return grateful thanlcs to all who wi?ro associated with tho olVort in any way.


A * * *


Clitlieroe EooUiall (-Till), and Iield in the AVoaver.-,’ Instilnte on AAediiesday eveiniq attracted a largo atteiulancc. Thirtv-tu tables .'iccomniodatod the players, and Inc Riinies were directoil by Mr. B- ’Hionips";'. T’ho prizes were awarded to Aliss pimth, jrr..;. Dmiii iiml Mrs. Brid}'.'.; .Mo.s.sr.s.^Si'iigai;.


A whist drive arranged in support oi the


srm’.s liiinil iiftonvanls pliiycil lor (liiiiciiii;,, ill wbirli Uio 'iittemliimo wiis coiisKlonibly lUiKiiiiiiilod. The Indies rosiioiisiblo lor tlm oltorl dosiro io tliiink all vrlm eonlrilmled ill any way to tlie siicco.s.s of tlio ovoiit.


Hiitcliiiismi .ami BilliiiKlo"- , Miiisscri- * # #


“ Aiiioiipst tlm ■\Voiimii of AHma,^ lo bo (riven in Mount Zion Briinitive Jfo liodist Srlinol on Tuesday evening next, slioiild pio\o of iiioro tliaii pnssiiiK intcrost to looal Non-


. A iiiissioiiarv laiilerii leotiire, ciilitlod


eoiiformisls, in tliat tbe Icetnrii has b p i prepared bv Mis,-. B. tow e t t , ai.stcr ot .i loriiier pastor a t Jloniil Zion. An iiiiiioiiiiee-


ment appears in aiiollior colninn. * *


Ibiiitam Club, at. Oxford, Messrs. Kiim. lirotber.s, CliUicroe, won two, oimlleiine ( iip.r, four first, one seeoiid and two tliird piiv.os.


* « *


Clitlmroo and Bistrmt CImral and Oiclie.st .il Society aro jjiving an onirriitm


•it tile Co-oporiitivo Hall on Wfslmsd.O i.voiiiii.' next and tlmro .sbmdd Im no iiimstum of till' siieross of Ibis ventiiro. . ' t m an open secret tliiit the Soemly was m <k>»Sat dissolution oarlior,.iii tlm voar am wc


■).’or tlieir fir.st . coiioert of Urn .season, ^


bono tile (>eimral pidilio will simv In tlieii i palrouago tha t the decision


n accordance with the wi.slu'.s of the low ns


imoiiie. Tlm soloists aro Jfiss kiinin Cimpor, .iiiprmm, and Mr., J larry . ( ill, baritono


Jloili are voeali.sis ot very kistk (inalitj .i are :is.siired ol a bealty welcolli.-.


iiiiisie w.dl intoriirided.


i:ii:ii, whicli ivill l»- lirosriitcii at the aiimi.il iiicctini; next 'l'liur.silay, shows tlial t ii <.s-


Cliili Tl.


ST. ANNES CRICKET CLUB- halaiirc slicM of St. Alliliw Cricket


licmlitiiro cxccwUhI tlic mroaio hi ;LU(i. 1 c total amount spent was LDil,


cliii'f itoms were C’ ?xiii'iiscs, tTOI) ('.xpomlcil mi l(;iiciii';, ami


£11 i ill rent, rate.-, tascs, ami , The iiiemm' was i'8.).i., H iiicliiilul .U; .


dii wapes, f l - J i-i<nii.il ' ,


CB1S in tlio tennis sovtinn) froai Mihs 11- tioiis


viirio'iis events, C.SI from rcfresliiiier.ls, ami (•18 ill travellins expenses.


nearly in sn mlverse a liiiaiicnil position .i.-. the halaiice .slieet nppears to


111 sate receipts, iU l Iron I lie eliili is not.


last .seiismi there was an actinil woikiii,, ’’’iJui'is iinninil report, Iho honorary .seeie-


®


■siimors" of tliis ealibro, Urn hoeiety nioiiti- tbo''aeUvo support of all who apiirerialo i;ood


imtbimr else tbiiii tb a t i t brums to CllUluiio II loi At, the sliow of tlm Old tbiRlisli Gaiim ’eiglitman, Miss E. Booth was tho speaker a t a moot­


d.ij losultod m members of tho litcr.ary cluks nt till) Technical School being first startled, then amused and finally annoyed. , Thu clas.s meets a t seven o’clock and a t eiglit .a vigorous alarm-clock camo into action,


A Griimnmi- School girl’s prank on Mon B Y C A R E Y L O R D .


by tbo Accniigtou Aiimtour Operatic Society and to oxpre.ss an opinion about-it. Heaven alone knows why. 1. inuko no proionco to ho an export on tiio nmaiuur alago; 1 ni.Ht come to m.v own conclusion^ about a Aiioiv and have no hope whatever th a t anyone will agree with me. Tho bout—and worst—Hint can bn said for or again.sl mo m that I am inLorestei! in mnateur theatricals, liavo been inlcresled for very many years, and that I happen to hold an obscure position in con­ nexion with tho local .society.


1 havo been iiiviUd lo .soo a pcrforiininco


AfYsolf, 1 go either to bo amused or enter­ tained or noth. J havo no pationco with those who go expecting to ho icclurod by a play-writer more or les.s famous^ and who think a play is no use unless it points a stern moral. Life itself emphnsizos its own lessons every day in tho week to those who havo oyos to .see and tho wit to profit by tliorn. Henco what I want when 1 go to a iday-honso is something oiico or twice re­ moved from everyday experience, something which ooze.H harmless fun and humour with­ out being too extravagant, and which after all has some relation to likelihood. How to got it? There’s tho rub.


But why docs ono go to «i.*o a slngo play? Tho Ghosts of tho Past. ■


mainly becuiiso when I was very vory .young, coy and callow, I used to ^yrito up their per­ formances for tho Accrington paper—tho ” Observer and Times.” How imich I know ill those <lnysl Far more of course than X know to-day, when youth has given place to middlo-ago and 1 have unlearned .so much. AYheii tho present cenliiry dawnetl and I was still in my tiHins—I’d show them how to do it! So imich for youth’s confidence. To-day I hazanl opinions in dmiht and trepidation lost J he wrong, im I usually am. But thero now, ve critics, 1 ask no one to share iny prejmiiccs.


AVell, .as I was about to say it was a pleasiiro lo go and sec Accrington Amateurs,


views and arguments with which 1 totally <lisagroo and it is on tho understanding that other people are much the same th a t 1 write aliout Accrington Amateurs, or rntlior about ” Tlic Cliocohile Soldier.” slioiild mis.s aiiytliin(r seat a


I am always intcrcstinl in coiisiiUetl


sottictl Yes, At


iiinvitahlo printer’s error.' No, all


right—” nt 7-:il) ” down to a


Just when I was alioiit ro-road l in t


three minutes tliey


could see thrnngh the curtain iiml tlie glfost.s of the past appearcHl—a veritahio host. J saw tlicm all hut iheiii.


wore not ontirelv lost. the


” at 7-110 ” intervening


tile Lord Cliancellor Trirkelt,


saiiio Jliss ’rricicelt wlio as .Mrs. Swallow liad a daiiglitor


Tlicre was tlio


lirst knew her soprano vnralist.


the Rev. as


amateur the


lolantho ” i operatic


.star,


doubt whet her Sli.ss TrieUelt had met liushand.


leading


iiiiirricd only the other day. A. E. Swallow, when .Tost to mention aiiotlier


there Suddenly T found 1 minutes


“ Charlie” Critoliley as in “


is no time


In dwell on Lily


tliii Aeeriiiijtoii


lier f


1


’I'here was JVr. Tom Nohle, who a 'innH®® a. ceiitiiry later is Brodiirer to Hie tlitlim-iie


really Vroiil(l s ta rt. to eiglit


the


period of if


few niiiiiites before 7-HO. At the


...,---------


|nogranimo to .soiircli to ho precise.


important _ l -ook my 7-15


Fearful I


- lest


i t wins thero So I


for I tlio twenty-seven


to strike a match to curtain went'


I may say so. iip.


_


expectancy. But wlien?


enjoyed should bo so misjudged. Tho Indy of courso had her own opinion, to which she


It Must Bo Bad.


Novertholess when 1 say u play is a bad ono —well It usually is a bad one! “ Tho Chocolate floldiur ” laboriously works its w’ay tlirough three acts without achioving anything to enliven an mtolligeiit amlieiico. TliLs was proved a t Accrington—they havo intelhgoiit nudienci'8 there—when during most of Ihn oveiuiig thero was scarcely a hurst of ren\ eiiiliusmsm. Xleforo the end of the week probablv tho audiences did inaiingo to work theiihsolves lo a sort ot ontliuHinsin.


wiwi fully untitled, and J of courso had inino. Then What is there to bo diatri^sswl about?


Mr John Kearton’s Admirable Lecture at Co-operative Hall.


Intimate Studies of Birds, Animals and Insects.


famous family of naturalists, last niglit loctiirwl at th<5 Co-operative Hall, under the auspices of the chtheroe Co-ojKiralivo Educuiioii Coiiiiiiittee. ‘‘ A


Mr .loliii Koarlon, F.Z.S., a member of a


obvious: Tliey woro moro interested in tho plavors than in tho play. notliiiig unusual in that.


Gilbert and Sullivan performaiico by a com­ pany of amateurs, all of whom I know per- Honally, equally as well ns 1 enjoy D’Oyly Cartels number one company. So long as nno knows who i t is that is compromi.s- ing the thing, but doing his best neverthe­ less, lie iri a curmudgeon who is not fujl of sympathy ami. encourugomont.


I can enjoy a


moan spirit that refuses to give the amateur crwlit.- And bore and there nro fine amateurs who would do no dishonour to tho pro- fo-ssiona! company. Indeed tho professional


I t is a


coinnimy in comic operir often i.s iiuioblod to tlio iimiitour (-Tape for it« stars.


nmateiirs are playing—nmatcuns in which yon are really intorc.sted—you will not find In tho audience tho counterpart of tho two people who in a perforinanco of “ Macbeth ” In New York Ihiri week .so angoretl the load­ ing actre.sH th a t hIio stopport nhort in tho Kloep-walking .scene and jisked Ilium to leave —to which roqiieHt tho offuiulorH a.ssonted. Incidenis of thi.s tyi>o often happonwl in tho old days. On first nights in liondon and elsewhere rude remarks wore bamlioil to and from tlie footlights: JIappilv our manners are much inprovinl, for tlie history ol our thcatro is a tale of riots aml-nnro.st. During the great ago of tlio Geoigiaii actor-managers even popnmr figures like Kemble Imd to dodge missiles as well as put up with tho groundlings who eanie to ho heard ratlier tlinn to listen. The Shnko-spearean theatre wa.s notoriously a noisy one, xind it is known tha t tho platform stageo of th a t tiiiio wero eiluippetl with spikes in order to ward on tho more sportive groundlings who had a mind io join the dance or have a slmre, per­ haps, in one of those lu*avily blood-hcuterwl endings. AVo learn, too, from ” Tlie Kniglit of the Burning Bestio ” how much comment iniglit ho passtMl by the notables sitting..nt the .side of the stage. Tho nuisic-liall comedian of io-day has sometimes to share the Elizabethan exporienco of a nimblo ot critieism and of conversation, hut our standards of silence, if not of piinctualitj, are now reasonably high. Ferlmps tho in- terrnptors at “ Macbeth ” had wandered ab^iMit-mindedlv into the wrong theatre, and would havo been glad lo learn from.any of llie emhattled tlianes far earlior in the evening where they couhl find less of tlio martial tucket and moro of the festivo longs


J .vv;... .v Im......._f t - l , V .w. .......... AVhon .... and bones. Accrington’s Groat Honour.


Amaleiir.s and ranking a real good job ol it ton. Oiiec a Savoyard alwavs a .Savoyard— there's no escaping it. Hohhs ami rate caiiiint hold .•iiiiongst a Clilhort and Siillnaii crowd; Here the last Test ma t eh gives iihiee iiiimediatelv lo the merits of (.iima or


•lack I’oiiit. A World of Difference.


But there is no getting away from this;


That there is a world of diitereiieo liotweon iinisieal emiiedy and Savoy opera. Bet lliose societies think agaiii wlio, aeciistimied to tlilherl and Siilliviiii, hanker after more garisli hut less aecoiiiplished plays to coiKiiier.


musical comedy lliero is seopo for wider eiiterpriso on the part (if tlie principals.


1 rne, in


You ran iiitrcdiico gags in plenty on yom own.


'J’o (lo that in Gilherl ami Siillnai is


slieer horesv and would living upon you the iiciiaUies hint down by tlio powers that ho in


the ” Gilbert and Sullivan w-orhl. Anil it is just as well that it is so. Most amateurs i have seen need gently restraining w-lien it comes to gags: Clever ■ gags aro heyoinj Iheiii —they are liesB left to J l r . Gochran and


Ills crowd. : Areriiigtim Amateurs . entered on their ' . Cliocolate Soldier”. itscU. ,^ "4 '-'


” week ” this rear sniforuig a rather ho.ijy haiidieap—the liaiidicap ■ nil’e-'^.ed


Cliocnlato Soldier ’ is ,mi anachronism, t i,-. .‘ ' ®


not ill tune witli tlio times in And it never was. Yet ii. its hey- i.


Irid a ” run ’ oi a sort. But .it Ih>l u !„.pealed oiil.v. to featl.er-headed .:">d|e''>:^; It could not have lived a


had tliere. been a eiiioma in tlie next s lu i is (diief woaUiioss is tl.iit i t IS 11 parody.


‘ ' '4 .


All parodies of emir.sc are not weak, soiiu. have been iiinre aniiisiiig and t lorefove mole


"nceessfill tliali the original ri.’ilial


mirodied But ” 'I'l'e t ’lincolnte t'oldier o s a parody on a George .


i i, se f ,■ nines along. Once when I reported h it ■' ii '"v was a liad one a lady wroto 111


■ ml 1 util a "I- i®®’'' " " "^'',",'1 grm?t (1 .stress that what she had tlioroiigmy


THE DRINK QUESTION. S i r—in reply to .Mr. Tbninp.soii's lattar


in la.st W(S’l:’s issue, nil J, msHl to do is to invite vmir readers lo read it


eoiitains willdii it-solt its wilnois bis openin'; soiitenee, and tiio iim.i..- iim as.ierlioii tha t ” kybelbor idciiliol is stiTiiiilaiit or a naraotie lias no byarmt-.


’N ulfsaid! DiVVlD BARTON.


71 Hcntborn-roiul, CliUieroe, ’ Doeembor 5tli, 1923.


a v isw e l l .


clfort organised by Jliss B. Robinson or no bouofit of tlio Waifs “'‘‘V.Sfrays Society ^ iilaco on Saturday ovciiiiiR in tlio .sclmol,


FOR M'AIFS -VN’D STBiAYS.-'riio iiiiiinal


ii-liiMi the Bev. AV. Spoakman presided o \ t r a.^cxeXnCa«ombl;r. Tlm cntertn.nniant was


tsSi v ris


Wcnd''''vell°^ toRothcr and who presont .. d vorsc, n isica fand humorous programme


Tonics” li'ivo entertained tho ydlngcrs hc- f,?rc ifnd on Saturday tlioy enhanced tlioir mpiilarity still furllicr. Rofrcslimenls ncro


Uinost ovory item wa.s piicor^.


provided, and the rmaiioml result wa„ yorj gratifying.


J-hp £ ,ow r .iQ o ii. - i i l t ;_ T h c r e wins an exciillent aUend .Hi®A


he never will hi- parodied smTe.ssfiilly, il m- ?(. P'U'odv is ever aRbii. atte.iipUsi, .iiikxs,s


iriiis! George Bermir.l Shaw i.s a gei.i.is: I t takes a genius Ip piirnili a hers. i C .L . ®


ch-iViolars.” . -Mr. liroadlay onncoiyably may B,k,V a mild i..to:-a.st i,. tl.a niiP ma an s (^


w this spcnlanamis opinion. J l i .


i - f e x n l r r : - ! n ; : - t * . f ' a t '«lv roadv to llirt (citli all .tin- mala


i' ''??rv nnkiml to tliciii, siiirc it keeps tlmm


as not tlm laasl ot tbo «"> (■.'s^es as ^8 ''a.l irH'‘ lm t '” T im‘a l l l™ ! ^


the iiatiomil competition promoted by tiio National Operatic and Dramatic Association —a verv great honour.


least surprised. Accrington iVinateurs alwavH have had a tine, roputalion and have iilimist nUviiys descrwl it. AccrMii:ton


I am not m too


imlcvd Stiimls liis): ns n musicM . ,4 ''; its voinilntion i.s m dnnp;()r. It lins i Imidj


lost its Clioi-nl Sorioty, a locnl iiistitiitioii ot real (vorlli for a imriod ol about Wl yeais. ’liuit Accrington should have allowinl one ol its chief social a.s,scls to disa|i|)onr is not t()


Cast vear the Accrington Amatonrs won


If ihoy tiid iho reason wa» 'J’hero would be


cinema films and a colh'clioii of boautifnllv tinted Blidos, 2i[T. AV. Birch intrcKliu.vd thu lecturer who50 remarks wero frequently punctuated by loud applause from a largo


audience. A Chango For Tho Bettor.


years ago recorded that such was tho bloml- tliristy character of .the average _ young Englishman that, on getting uj) ui the morning, ho would say: “ I t is u tine day, let s go out and kill somctliing.” However true tbat taunt might havo been a t tho lime it was uttered, he was convinced th a t a groat change for the belter had taken place. lAlen and women in this epuntry wore now much more tolerant and kindly in their altitudo towards tho wild creatures of the country- flido.


Mr. Keurton said thal a French wit .some


his weapon was a ver3* hannlo-ss ono—a camera. He hoped by displaying his “ bag ’’ to be able to show that wild nature could be won by kindness. But kindne.sa was not enough; Another little virtue wa-s highly necesHary—patience. If ono^ happened lo bo a direct descendant of Job it was a grout advantage. By the aid of kindno.ss and patience lio had heiui able to secure records of Britisli birds, living, loving and hihoiir- ing amidst their natural surroundings. Some 70oplo asked what was tho uso^ of niiiltiplj’ing jooKS ami lectures on wild life Imt he was


l lo himself wont out shooting, but


by kimluesH ” waa hui .subject ami a pleasing narrative of experience« in all parts of tho Briti-sh Isles was charniinglv illuHtrntod by


A ’dd Nature won Your Girl or Give them something tliat will


Inst this Chriatmas, li present that ■will give them healthy exorcise of mind and muscle, and keep them out of mischief long after Christmas has passed.


J U V E N I L E C Y C L E ...................... from 39/6 T O Y M O TO R S ....... T O Y P R AM S .... SC O O T ER S ........... N IP -O N S ........................ W H E E L B A R R OW S T R IC Y C L E S


look round at- Bring tlie BENTHAMS 14, Market Place, Clitheroe


suti.sfuHl of tho usefulness of such a proetHlure so long ns there remained people who did not know llie clifforcnco between a swallow* and a martin, a thrush and a sparrow, and who Koriouslv heliovcd Jenny AVrcii w.as. tho ifo of Cock Bobin.


first exbiliitod two charming views of lii.s countv, tlio most varied m scenery, ho claimed. Ho then showed slides of a curlew, th a t sliy wary bird, nesting within 45 miles of Lomion, and parsed on to illuKtrato the snipe on tho nest, pausing to explain that the drumming noise made by tlio bird in spring is produced by tho two outside tail feathers or tho tail, not by hollow hoiic.s in tho bird.s wings ns had been snggestod. 1 is stntomont, he said, could ho proved by fastening tho featliors to a cork on an arrow


A Surrey man and proud of it, Mr. Kearton , i and siiootiug tho arrow. . Five Hours’ Walt.


photography, J l r . Koiirtoa stiitod tliiit ini olio occasion In? Iiad to wait five imiir.s to secure ii picture ol a (rood Lark feeding vouiig ones. Ho also displayod a pictiuo of a jay’s iicst and said that at tlie liehcst of a giiiiiot'icopor lio was compoilod to carry aivav Urn young jay.s to save thoir ii'i'.s, iis tho ’kcopor was iiitont on wringing tlioir nocks to provont future excursions among his game. Oiio of tlic young jays was ko|it for a long tiiiio as a cage pot and was a very clever liird, imitating haliie.s orying, doi;s harking, cats mowing, and lions c.ackling. tie also plavod tlio role of policoiiian iin tlio faniilv cat, sotting up


Illustrating- tho patience required in bird horso-powor vigour wheiievor the cat


tlm credit of tlm prcsoiit (itmeration of Aacrinutonians. Apparoatly llmro is no ono to-dav‘to take tlie places of ineu liKe Mr. W’illii'im Haworlli. tlm ('nnlillcs aiid IIm Kenyons. But f am dini-oissinK. pre.sont company (d' Anmtonr.s is 'roft''.' Inimli batter “ .stnlf ” tlnp: ” Tim Chocniato .8: ilicr.” 'nmva is uniform csaallanra in tbo priimipals lad by :tlrs. Dolly Baron, wlio


b in liotli sinsti:iix and artms i;avo ®'”'®’|®®,,‘,’[ i 'T '


avinc plontv in re.scrvo tiad sbo bivn i .ill: ( „ mil to' display it.


,ll?b?^mdl^i?“ gohS ; 4


of intiniato stiidiixs. 'riio.v had a foiidiio.s.s for old Hosting places and snccooding goiiorii tions ot ono fnmilv occupied a hnlo in a troo for 70 voars. Tits also iiostod in drain- iiipos, lottor-iioxcs and si root lanip.s. Ono pair near his lioiiio roared a family strool lamp, althmi(;li hundrods of motor


■ cliiclo.s passed ovory hour. Busy Starlings.


cminiioiis” 'anuiiiiit of work foeding their voiiiig.


Starlings, J t r . Kcarton said, did an l ie obsorvrsl ono pair frone o-U


11.111. till !l-tl p.ni. ono day and Ihrmigliont tliat period the parents fed then- young .tU tinios an hour, tho yoiiiigsUrs coiisiiiiiiiig


iiioro tlian tlioir weight in worms aim cater- pillars. A robin J l r . Krai-ton mado a fricin ot would lake broad from Ins iiionth and actually alighted on tlio hridg(; of his iioso to toko a moiilworm from liis foielio.id. Appealing pictures of Iho doriiioiiso woro


attoniptod to raid tiio lardor. ^ Rhm-tits took coiilral position ill a soric.s


notes with -It P H O N E 167


in contrast woro turtlu dovoH and sparrows. A cock clmQiiich and ciiicks, a (lorniousu oviduiitl.v a t piny, linnota Xcedinj^ young by rugurgitatioii, picture's of greedy rooks and a lively tussle among three nuppics com- pUfto<l a lihn of whiontioiiul valuo.


Snapping Bullfinchos.


grapiiing bulhiiichca on tho banks of the Deo in Scotland tried to tamo one, and hu ustabli.slied hiin.sulf in tho confidcnco of a lieu bird that he could turn bur round on her nust for tho purpose of photography.


3fr. Kcarloii said his father when photo-


tho auimnor a t his homo hu tamud butter- Hies to such an extent tliat they would alight on his hand and lake honey from Ids fingers. Bolating an oxperieiicu in pliolo- grapidng Iho golden plover in Iho north of YorK.shiro, llio lucturur said that although thoro were golden plovers on Iho moor ho vi.sitcd for liireo davB ho could not find a ne.s^ XVlioii ho did find ono it was difiiciilt to orcct a “ hide.” Thoro waa not a tree or a hush, hut the moor was strewn with bouldor.s, and ho hud to erect a hide con­ structed of .stoiu\H, and covered over with green cloth. But the bird would not ap- proacli the iH'st, and this was repented at every visit for thri'O days. Ho <fccided to wait a week until almost hatching time, and at ten o’clock in the morning entered his Inde. Not until tho afternoon would tho bird approacli the nest, and only did so thou because a gentle drizzio started. Oiico on tho nest, liowever, she wa.s difficult t<» move and alihougli ho wanletl to disturb her to make her change her position, Hlioiiling iiuulo no dilforoiico, and ho had to put out his haml to iscaru her away. She was so obstinate tlmt she rotuniod within five miiuitc.s.


In Tho Poowit And Tho Hawk.


displiivcd and tlio lecturer ni.-ntioiied that old wiuidmoii in (ho .soulli pfton rofoiioM In the dormoii.so as tho wliustlmg monso. Af ei his winler’s sleep, tin- nimise Imiiid Ins hugs and liroiithiiig apparatus wheor.y, hciico tin


woodmen’s term. Tlhic


Mr Kaarton invitail tho auifioii'co to (lis “over tlm vouiig liirils, wlvicli wero cxtreinely dilliciilt til di?lingiiisli. On mm occii.sami Mr, Kearlon tiirned tlie eggs in n I 'l" '® nest hut tlm old liird promptly chiiiigisl tlm


llisphiying n lA-ul'’


U- She reulre to ceonomiso spoco in tin iii-.i. Harmless Si.akos


miitioii of tho eggs, poinling t>"\ ■■’'■ "0 ’ ®


stoned to death ovory spring bocailso col •' mislako theiii lor tlm. poispiioi s 1 ®® ' - adder.” the looUircr said, pinnting iiiit t .ii Iho Ininnlcss gra-'^s-siiakii ronld Im. rt.uldy


" Hundreds of gruss-siuiKes are


distingiiishcil Imcaiisc i t V ” on tho buck of tho head and Uio zig


The iid(lrll?s,;vas very- interesting and a good discussion followed.


"T im Tonics” are providing Uio pm- l gramino at a Clitlieroe .1'® '’ ®;“ '


ln iiio” to-morrow evening a,. Iho Nyt.iM.rs nstUnto On Sunday aftermimi, Aldprnun Ihliddll: Uie prospeet ye _Ba loim ™nd.datm


lmcI,mimM(.T ll.l- Mr? A.‘”Belliiniy, tlio new J!-B. for A.shton.


^ ______


An' ^ol^anist playing tlio ovcrli.ro to .. ' ^ a r ' f o ? " “^ ' i L r ^ C a S


“ t=(”


hoard Handel play.” Amt tins husbnnd nskod. whnt


^®f


nart-aong which, contained tlio «qru " -rl.Kkav’• ronoa'lcd over and over again. I t tiinuid out to bo JInriiington.s g o o - -


„... repliud, "m y groat-nunt onM "'j"’®


“ Hero in cool grot.” Tho words hq hoard had roforonco to tho fays and fanes who “ frisk it, frisk it, frisk it.


"sSrao^end'^A rSn^arkiTdT'SptiL^’ in tlm smno end. A


body of ».®4®®P‘'l® ^ " r t ,d e : of S n o i i p v o Btartl.ngly


lihn iUnstratod w-opd ants r em o v ^ J


brown 4,p® ' ^ --Mr. Kcarton said h-


Kok homo ono If tlm nests and oountcjl the ;


; S : n 1 ®®


to thu way m which tho vmiiig hiids ill iisc i protective colouring.


i-iviilly shoirii, f^® ’®,®,^“ ‘® ,,® ' e p iidOivic eew t . (11- i „..,c


,"V ' ’ '® 1 . .'.m l hwa tlu-ir cMiiining sliyncss. Uii« 111 tlm hiiil only one lag, iiiid ovary .diiy ho.hom.ad


nbmit 'ttie holo (plito dioerliilly. M'lien lliq ciuni’ra caugl't him ho had a mo:.t uisLlul i'sprovsioii, wliich was iKiiiitoit out to the amlionco l»v tho locturor. At Uio wator- mlc X!r. Koartim watcliod drinking, and noticed tlmt whilst most hir<ls dipped m llioir hoak, raised tlieir lioads and ullowoil Uio water to trickio down their Uiroat, pigeons Uinist in tlieir beak and «ue5:ed up the water Iiko cows and horMvs.


.................................................. . Taming Warblers.


ra.' maikiiigs along the hack, tliosp Imiiig peculiar to llio luidor. By niciiiis ol a Idiii, ■ showed a gra.-cs-sniike w'hicli, when pn- inted from sliding iiiit of the picuire


Rigncd death, its black loiigiio lo"'UR until wlicn it considorod danger had pasbcn,


il o Urn griKSs with a sinuuiis speed that reseniblod, tlio raovomciil of n tram from a


M"’ "kc.-irton giivo an imitation ot tlio cidi


ofi'llm lirown owl dopicted on flic screim and nrocceded to divscrilio a film of \vild in'-.


Tills induded delightful jay feeding young, a young ™ ® ''® ® " 1 (pj ^ , iK snako camo back lo .life and w.yit o


photographs of tlio pretty litUo Darlfonl Warhlor. His fiitlmr endeavoured to f“ " ‘® one of Uio liird.s, iiiiil was so siieeossfiil t.liiiL tho liitlo hird woiikl eomo (own ami letsl ono of il« vouiig which lie Imd placed on Ins sleevo 'fliiil Khoweil what eiiiild Im iiceom. plished by piiteiice iiiid kiiidimia in lie realm of wild nature. Mnn.V peoplo bail lln idea lliat Urn conieraUo was a veiitrilqiiuist, tlm lecturer declared, ’riiiit w'.as bcciiusii a i-orncrnko sonicliiims seemed to be caliing qiiilo elo.so by and tlm_ next miniite fi-nm Urn ntlier end of Uio field. Hi; did "®t Uio bird wad a vontriloquist but that it iiltercd tho position of its beak when call­ ing I^’or instanco, one minute its beak would bo fnciiig Uio listener, at Uio next it wiuM tiii-iicd lo llie right and tlien iiwny alto- gcUior, and this nllorcd Uio volnnio of soiiiid.


J l r Kcortoii exhibited smim "xedlcnt Sea Birds Filmed.


rcmnrkablii lilm of son liinis in their nnturn haunl.s. Tlio tern, wlreli had sliarply


*" 3 ? ° “"u " \ ic a d pointed wings like t ..,(1


showing I all t ’.io terns would i ,f one of


all t'lio terns would fn'l on i fp n d kill it_ Sonis wero becoming (icnrcor Uinn c or i


other bird vontu ................. .-ontured on to torn


i earlridgo caros than seals. Boautifnl "


"■o SbeUnnda, nml wlion tbo octiiror s fa. lior vi-ited Uio Tslos bo found


J lr . Kearlon concluded bis lecturo with n


pointed wings like the swallow was a vorv ' .. r , ,


tlio young of


tho old folks ‘in tlio iioighoourhooil callc<l dew-holes, and in tlrouguty lycuther llieso were a boon lo birds for drmlving and ImiU- ing. On the hot giimmor day tho nlumw of the holes resembled the sumls a t Jtrighton or Scartiorough. . At tlioso water holes lie was fortunaie to Rcciir<5 “ simps” of Uio greater .spotted woodpecker. A young peewit came along ono <lay and began luc.;* ing insect trilles from tlio mud. Alter about a couple of hours he steppisl aml^hogau to send out the most piteous “ S.O.S.’| caU.s. Mr, Koarton could not account for hw. hut suddenly llie in.e-wit Hew into Uio middlo of t!u‘ water-hole just ns a hawk .swooped down to seize it. Time and again tho hawk swoopml lo snutoli its prey, hut each lime tho little pco-wit bobbed under the water and elmlcd tlio taUm-s. Finally, a farm labourer came along and disturbed tlie hawk, the pee-wit escaping. Jays came again and a>'ain to the water-hole and hero seemtsl to


Oh tho Surrey hills wero water-hole^ which


B R IN G Y O U R


E Y E T O


T R O U B L E S A N E X P E R T


^ I


I X


I CHARLEY DEAN 18, NORTHGATE,


Optician BLACKBURN. A h o Registered


& X Insurance Optician


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beaded gull, bonxie.s, or giant sliu.is, R.-iriicbs, wliicli woro iinfortuiintely ilecreas- -,ng in mimbers, and cormoraiita.


of film woro .siiown of pulfiiu}, wliicli Iiv»nI in holuH ill tho grouml nml froqiiontly inndo iiso of rabbit bolus, driving oiri* tho ik-cu- pniils by pocking tlioni fiurcoiy in thu hind quarters. Tlio fcaturu of Uki pufiiii wna a fifth of November bill in many vivid colours. GiiitloinoUi rodo Uiu sums in tho heaviest .storm.s, and dUl not often tipproiich tho shores in i.h« winter, going out lo boa for limuircd of inilos. They rctiinu’d to thnir hriN’ding Iianni.s on rocks and cliifs in tlu* spring. Tliuir ugg.s woro clongnlod in sliapu so timt if blown by Uiu wind tlioy would spin round on thoir .axes instead of being blown off the lodges of rook on whicli tliey ro.stud. ” Tlnib fs Uio concluHion of our little nature sliow.


leiigths his remark. A Whalley Load.


hv tlio Clminnun, who declared how gn*atly tiie leclun* had hi*un appreciat(Hl. “ 1 am tlmnl'.fnl that tho Kducsition Cnnnnitteo has at last promotcnl u lecture of Uiis kind fiy tho jmhlic of Clilberof*,” ho said. “ 1 want lo apjien! to you, if by any chaiico Uio com- niittoL* docido to promoto u series of lucLurcs next voar, for your support. Wliy eaunol wo in’ CliUmroo havo them aa well aa tho piildic of Wluillev? Arc we not. aa keon on L


Tlie ilmiik.s of tho audience wen* voiced , -iij


....from 16/6 ......from 12/6


.... ....from 6/9 ........from 10/6 .........from 4/11


...................from 25/- Cliildron to have a


•n.


ACCRINGTON AMATEURS IN “ THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER.”


•estions for Xmas Gifts COSY S L IP P E R S iniiko acceptable prc.snnts, wo have


them 111 many colonr.s uiul prices. .Sec Window Display. The Now “ V IO L E T ” S H O E , made specially to protect


the arch ot the foot. Ideal Shoe for the ladies. P A T E N T F O O TW E A R -corroct for all occasions


Black and Brown.


►: DAN LORD, Moor Lane, Clitheroe = - * ;


Ulir.MHS. I in


you not only fool nt homo with wild nature i)ut tlmt you aru eonvincwl, as 1 am, thnh wild nauuro can ho won by p.atienco .ami kindnus.s,” said tho lecturer, concluding


i hoim that now


suggestion to the committee for ihoir sidcratiou and hope that next year we Miall havo some really goo<l lecturorfi.”—(niooi*s.) i^fr Koartoii hriollv rotiirnod UianKs, add­


’dncation u.s tlicy aro? _ .f throw out Uio


ing that he hoped tho Chairman’s appeal wmihl receive tho Hupport it inoritod.


prairie factories.


M.AGIllNI-S WllKItF. TIIK IlOAMKD.


lUIl'’FAt,0


ploded im soon as the whito man put spado into them. Another lingering myth which i'» being ra;Udlv dissipated i ' that Uio prairies Droduco liltlc bui. egricnltnral j ro- duce. In point of fact Ihuir industrm is- ation promises. to hccomo a remnrkablo fuaturo of the dcvcionmcnt of Canada in Uio next few yoars.


Tiio myth of (jirofiUo^ prairios wiw ex­ I i' >


2 ‘’lO of tiiom aro in M.amloba, All>orta and Snskatchowan with "n invostod capital


Already factories nro dotting the _ of soniothing like £47,000,000. •


account for mo't, then fol o'v slaiightoring and moat packing under akrngs and biiUor and cliccw concornk. Those arc of course the natural oulcoino of fnrrn jiroduction, but railway rolling stock, oleclnc light and Dowor. bagH and petro’cum ; also hgnro


imlly n?omirent1y on tho, industrial


nn in te r r in g pnssihiUtes of fi rt.bor on or- priso ill areas which wore oiico the kingdom of tl\o buffalo. .


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