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the Council coiwidors this unwise or if the Jioard in tonsequeiico of this ratopnvm’ iiiceting decides the work must


Councillor Snltorthwiuto: They piobnbl u-oiild want them, Councillor Parker.


I* lowest lender wo have done our best Tho to*'the


£21 per hoii.se. Wo have built IIU bouses without a check tender.. 'Why should nob wp have lost £24 on every one of these; I lint would innkp a total loss of £3,216 lou claim a profit of £7,000. Why? 1 see no reason for it. ATou are just as likely to have lo.st four or five thousand.


On Dovoloping Clilheroe. I '•?'•,®


stalf if ivo leave out liousiiig. I <lo not tliiiik there. IS liny cimuco of that, but 1 think wo shall have to ineroase the stalF if wo do not cut out housing. Wo know that tilts work iinposod a tromeiidoiis strain on Oil) departniont concerned. Wo know tho bur\eyor has willingly takenvon evcr\' job that Jjas been given to him, and ho rec^oiitly had a breakdown m hoalth duo to that vorv


I "® jue spendinji. Councillor UavgroavcH ‘■ iionding. ______ _


“"-. ’" o aro .coming towards tho cnil ""<1 "'C want tq mako bettor uso ‘■■'"'“ '''•.O’-- , We want to know what


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u.itched ahilsb tho Coiporation only needs to spend £2b a year in watcJiing itself i Conncilloi Parker: Because thov arc Imild-


ng lor tlienisclvcs- “ Monopoly of Humanity.**


I Councillor Satbortliwaitc: T do not see nil}; Councillor .Parker sliould alwavs be im­ puting motl^Ob to hm opponents. AVc may not agieo on c tiiam things. J, lop instance nia^ oclu;\e th a t individual competition is bcttei for tho public than collectivo mon- onoli, but th a t does not mean th a t our sense


more, and again wo sulmiitted- Then 22 moio ucio icmiired, and wo thought it time to dr,111 tho line. oomeoiio has- eaid that tho coiitraetors want watching. I t is fmmv an outside contractor needs to bb


I lien a claim was made for four


Ohairniau lias frankly not been iiitoro.sted in other Bites, and if tha t is tho case no matter how. an.xioiis others may ho there is littin chance of jirogross. Wo have been fair in regard to Henthoiii. t \o gave duo iiotlco no Vanted to mnko a change. A eJaim was pul; 111 for two more homos. Wo admitted tlmt.


ol the town. Wo want houses in Browiilow- strect and Chatliiirn-road, and if you eoii- timio to hudd houso.s in Hoiithon wo should never got thorn in lJrownlow.stroct.


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a littlo while ago taunted mo witii going against tho princinlo of developing Clitlioroc 1 submit that building a t Honthorn lias iiol helped to develop Clifclioroo one scrap. T <lid think that some of tho moiiov wo svoro reeoiviiig in grants might liavo hcIpcKl to- w.ards showing how Chthoroo could ho de- **^"F*F>eg schemes in various parts


worlc rcijuires atloiition iiiur soniotliing must bo cut out or oxtni stnIF engagesi. Oiio corrospondont in tlio “ Advertiser and v'ill ho a roduetioii in


ir icnsoii for clianging is that .so mucli


rcfincnsibility is yours. Wo have iiatl no tender sinco 1923. The difference betwoon tender and the lowest was


CFOUR) ADVERTISER _ ^ND TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER CLITHEROE’S HOUSING POLICY. Town Councirs Important Discussion.


orders a dozen packs of flour he docs ro t


ask. a local haulngo contractor to fetch it I t IS uolnorcd a t his. door and ho know that uhcii tho Surveyor orders bricks, tin price includes delivery.


Continued from Page 3. I t is tho same


as lic Tvas a t the top of the treo and pulling the strings hut ns soon a.s tho iiinttor >*n.s transferred to thoJmmlM of the Cliairman ol tlio lion.sing CommiUt'o and the .Sur­ veyor, ho becomes anxious we should H o t bund hou.scft .in Eddisford-road. ‘ ( do rot know how ho will reconcile tho two < tti- tmles. Then wo arc told by Councillor hattorthwaito th a t on account of the extra


houses being built, tho Surveyor has hrokoii down in health? Councillor Snttorthwaitc; I t has holi>cd.


Cause , of Breakdown in Health,


say feurlc.s.sly tha t if this letter i.s sent as d^rafted it will he ii great rollcction on this Corporation. "Wo shall .stand condomiiod in tho cyos of tho ratopayors. Tho best policy IS to refer tho matter to tho coni- t niitteo .so tha t wo can deal sorialmn with


ho points that aviso. Municipal Enterprise.


IS entirely a trado nmon organisation- TIi- pie.sonfc Governmont, whicli has had Uie .sup­ port of Councillor Dootlinmn and other


Jfootlimaii will not umlorstaml tha t organis. ation,” Councillor Hargreaves wont on-


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CLITHEROE TOWN COUNCIL Statements relating to smallpox,


of responsibility to the ratepayers is Im- paiKKl. Frankly, 1 do not know. J Imvc helped to grind nobodv'.s a.xe, or voted coii- tr.u-j to the nolfaro of th e . niajontv X ioiiietimcs think it must bo e.asy to be bocialiht speaker, to get up, ami pick one of the poorest and most unfortunate of men to pour out sj-mpathy for him, and +o rail


.ihout securing tliat does nob agree with tm >oms, i t docs not neccssanlv ine-an th a t wc


If onr way of going


linen >on .i long luii,’’ n h a t do vou moan llV ..


\ation that be was .Sorry pobtic-s bad been dragged into the di-sciisdon f oiincillor Cbivloii: Jloar hoar.


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I .stands lo condemn liis own department— i lu t ol the Borough T.rea-snrer—and tiie Borough Surveyor’.s dopartinonb as well It Jm mak'C.s tlio.so accus.ation.a Foriou-slv it i?» time we held an inquiry to got to (he


-bottom of the matter. Councillor Booth- nun has had to call siivernl extra comnuttoo meetings hocaaso his own department is nob up to date.


casting in.siminiion.q on the Borough Surveyor s department? Every inomhcr nt the Connell needs to Im chary of voting ,toi it ic.solution of thqt do-'cription


Councillor Parkor’s Amendment.


.1)0 referred to the General Purposo-s Com- nntteo for eonsiderntioii and the formnla- tinn of a reply.


vital ))Mnciplcs and making .severe con- donmntion of the action.s of the Conneil in more ways than one, and -to ask ihnt th a t n.\solution ho .‘•ent to the I\Iini-strv without tho rerioin considoration of cverv item 18 . nbsolntelv wrong,” ho said **Cenncillor Boothman refers to Iho question of tho mit-of-works being absorbc<l. Another important principle is involved there. One of tho chief'reasons for lotting tho contract to a private firm was on account of tho groat amount of uncmplovincnt. Now >011 say tho men dispcn.ood w'lth will be nb- horbed by the contractors. You cannot have i t both ways. Tho contractor cannot tako your inon and unomplovod men as vroll. Then ho makctj another fiilly, ndicnlous atatoniont about Jiaulngo coiitracbors. As a busiiKAsa man ho ought to have more sense. Ho knows quite well tha t when ho


nian to spring on Iho Council a ro.solutiori or two or three foolscap, shoots, embodying


‘‘ JVor Councillor JJooth-


Councillor Barker then moved ns an aniomlment th a t tho corro.spondenco Hhoiild


he trying to cover that bv


n.is .‘iti.iiglit .speaking and I s.av ompliati- (.lll.f that ibe leason of the cbnnge in the lionsnig iiolic> is tbo election of more Toiy (onmilloi.s to the chamber than was Ibo laso Povcral years ago. M’bon wo bad SOI on niembui.s iioi e, tho housing nuc-stion uns nc^u challenged but when vou began lo giou in nnmhei.s you took courage in M»ui liandh and determined to put a stop to direct labour. on liavo succeeded- -So much on tlie political aspect of Councillor Boothninu s statennoit. T want his ro«olu- tioii to be properly understood bv owrv momlici of tlio Council. 1 want it to ho understood that wo -are nob n lot of lU.irinnctte.N lo bo dangled about bv nnv Join, Dick or Harry. Ctiuncillor Booth- nun has come witli a resolution m whioli important principles are involved. Ho


Comicillor Parker: Tt i.s time llicro


said «e npic ri‘s|ionsible. ]f wo :irc rcsiion .‘’iblo wo iiinsl biivo given jon a long run. Couneilkir Parker oiiened with the obser-


I an on tins e.vperimcnt, ami lioc.aiiso we lm\o decided lo eliaiigo I do not think lliero is .iii.\ need to j-et livslorieal about it .Councillor Parker: Yon sav, “ wo Imvo


Comu illor Saliertliwaitc: Alderman -fleedall aro wrong. Uo Iinvc given von -a long |


the boualisU sliould give up claiming tho monopoly of humanity. ■^Vo have the .^nmo Itolings, and uo want jxioplo to live i n ..................... decent condition.s.


‘Y 3®!-* ”UPo>*cnts lor not doing something iUi. Xhomas, tlio other night, said tlmt Con­ sul xatno.-i ought to givo over olniming the iiioiioi)oly of the Lnion Jack. J -agree and


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load ochoines, gas prices, etc., aro tej)oited on page 9. town lopic-s tliLs week


appear on


blinding? YVhen that department was started thoro was


<lircUt to tho coiibumei-s. 1 was oxceedingl'v pleased tha t Councillors Boothnmn and batterthwaito strongly gave a lend to the Connell lu tlio adoption of munieipnl onter- pnse ho far as cloctncily was conccrncfl. J.i\un lit tho erection of tran.slormer stations tliey wisely adopted the policy of direct laboiii. J should like them to explain whv tlioj siiould bo so enthusiastic for municipal siitoiprise in one dcp.nrlincnt ami tlibii l.aiom private enterprise in anotlior’’


Not a Political Question.


been qiiotcnl but lie regarded tnom as a snioke-sereen intended to lilind the oyes of tbo linblie. Councillor Boothimiii and liis suppm tois bad a liad caso and one wav out ol a bud case was to labour tbo tiling—to throw confmsion on tbo other side T’lierc had boon nmny “ ifs ” and “ h u ts” and a good deal ot abuse ot llio oflicials. one in pni ticul.ii.


abour. hoComieillor-&attcrthwnito: Wo have said


£^0l) m ,1300 awnj. They would not do tliat if thej were building for themselves. Jhey might not accept tho lowe.st tender, V.” ! : / ‘‘“i ‘Miro they would not .spend an extra h i..0(). u o ought to have more time to cou-


i Aldormnn Sccdnll: Ju s t add £200 extra iliose are tho plain facts.


n tho tender. “ Tho Autumn Manoouvros.”


political matter at- all. Jf i t is not. I think I limy bo permitted to sny th a t the usiml autumn manoeuvres Imvo begun-—(Jjaugh- 1m .)—Bp to now wo Imvo licon fortiin.ato in our liouso building under this system of direct laooiir, but 1 along with olhor mem­ bers of tbo Council, now th a t tlio price of builriing materials and Inbovrr havo beconio stabilised, am of tbo opinion th a t wo sliould go back to, tbo system of contracting for •work of. this kind. I think i t i.swisost, tbo most prncticnl nnd oven tho sanest tiling lo do.


about th a t ratcp.aycrs’ meeting.


I should like to say a wortl or two 1 am


lhaJ. n.ssumption nt all. Wo Jiavo como to a decLsion on the matter, and now to please our opponont.s wo have to wmdo through nil this again. AVo are told this is not a


Alderman 'NVhitosidc: I do'no t agree with


Clayton’B illunmiating ronmrk.s J think wo liad-bolter get down to brass taek.s. 1’coplo vjio M.inb bouses in Clilberoe tie not cure lybo builds them .so long as thov are hnilt. Neithei ilocs tho man in tlio street caro- V minoiik\ on this Council wash to continuo the BMstem of d ire c t . labour, whilst a ni,ijoiik\ .wsh to rc \o i t to the old form of contintting.


ider tlio questioii- Aldoiinan ‘Wliitesidc; iMillowing Councillor


IS foiKl ot telling us Jiow much has been .spout on the Hcntlioru site, vet ho proposes to spend lo,000 on lionsos on tho Clintbuni' road site, not to mention £2.000 on ro-ad.s explain why we should throw


. Clajloii: Councillor Bootlinian


l not said how much, had been saved by direct w innch joii have not saved


J ho bpeakor.'s. liowovor. had


speakur as a party question. Jn bis view I t «,is not a party question a t all. JJuring lii.s ollieml service in the town bo was everv- bmly .s servant ami lie still regarded liinise'lf 111 th a t liglit.


.V iniiititude ot Jigurcs bmi


Couneilloi Cla.itoii saul lie was very sorrv the qnt-stion Imil been reforreil to by one


tlieio was a question of Clithoroc suj)pl\ fioin the Xjancasliirc lo u e i Company, th a t company to ehargc.s


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moinl^is of tile Conservative party, Jiavc loi bidden lb to take part in any jiolitic.al action and it is not a political organisation J t is intemsting to note th a t the mover and secondu ol tho i solution are rcsi)ectivelY tjio ehiut'man and vico-chamnaii of tliu J-ilectiicitj Coininittee. • Jf municipal entor- priso is such a good thing in the electricity department, wliy isn't i t a good thing in


jminting tenders, grants towards


faociahst move. “ Not h.aving Ik'oii assoei- Tiadcs Council, Councillo


sensational, but instead ol a hnlliant rocker illuminating tlio pcopfo of Clithoroo with lie dillcroiit colours, iio had .scon only tlic dist,liai,„o of ii. damp squib.. Councillor JJootlimaii liad referred to a. “ so-called r-itc- layois’ meeting ’ and suggested it was


length of_ timq the Conservativo incinhers had hao 111 which to prepare their Bpeoohc.s lie was disappomtwl to find that such a poor' case liod been made out. After tho umours in tho town ho o.vpoctcd somothim.’


Councillor Hargreaves .said that after tho


speak honestly. You cannot bring forward Olio littlo hit of cviiloiicc to .prove where tho housing operations have in any wav inter­ fered with tho progrc.ss ,of oilier work.


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breakdown in health is tho failure of the Highwajs Coiniiiittco t o ' urovido proiior nssifitnnco tvlion i t was needed. I f you <Iis- nonso witli tho manager of a works, some- bcHly will have extra work. Tho same thing applies to tlio llorbugh Surveyor’s depart­ ment. Uo had,Alderman Whitcsidc'a sou as assistant surveyor. When ho left, wo askod the Jlorough Surveyor’s son to assist 111 his placo. Then ho got another position and you have never filled that vacancy. That is one of the chief causes of the Surveyor's breakdown in honlth. Let us be fair and


Coiincinor Parker; The cniiso of tha t


luth timlwr , and tlio: . rest. ^ Councillor llootlmuin IS only playing to tho local haulngo contractors for . «ympathy. No- body \\ns inoio an.\ions than Councillor Jk)othinan to purchngo tlio LAldisford-road Hito for houso-bmlding’ purposes. Ho wnvS I)iop,aietl to go and buy the wholo o.stato a t that tunc.


t t was all right as ‘ong


21, 1928. afraid the Ministry will bo under tho im-


piession th a t tlio lesolulion has gone from a meeting of ratopnycrE of . this town. Thoro 13 no^iesolutioii from such a meeting before tlio Ministry. : >io oiio has the right to call


.•said to rcpicfiout, in n phrase wo sometimes use, the voice of the qrooplc. I should not object to i t a t all if i t went tbrougb tliat form. I hhould, Ihon, venture to suggest tbai our. i^abour friends call this mooting in a proper form. Ask tho Alayor, got twenty latepa^ors to sign a rcouisitioii, and call tho mooting properly, aim then no one can omect to it.


he will 1)0 tired of hearing i t called a lender. I think tho Lubom* members are prottv clevor in trying to obscure tho issue. The I C L - dilfercnco between us is whether wo ' shall


its way into tho waste-paper basket. I t is said there is no dilforcnco between the tender wo rccoimnond and the estimate of the Surveyor. I t has been repeated tiind after timei tlmfc this esiimnio is a lender. I t IS nothing of the kind. He. might do the jpl> for £200 iiioro or £200 lets.


.1 think wo could cliango over.


conitnuo direct labour or not, and I fool very strongly that tho time has como when I


A Charge of Fivo For Cent


through tho ‘ .Mayor, to ask tho llorough I rcasuror a question. About six wcclis ago ho ‘inado a statement a t tho Housing Com- initieo meeting tlint there wore no over­ head charges on tho housing prices. A month ago Alderman Sccdnll distinctlv said tlinl alter consulting with tho Surveyor tha t he entirely ropiidiaU'd anything he (Councillor Alanley) had said on tlio matter. He again made a statement in tho form of a nue.stion, jind was told it was all piffle. T’lioroforo Jio (lesii'ud to ask the Jlorongli Treasurer if any charge liad hcou made on housing 'to cover ofhee work in tho Surveyor’.s and Ironsurers dopnrtinents, heating, and clean­ ing of tho premises, the printing of the mimifes, or of SOO tons of material which the Jloalth dopnrtinciit carted to tho Hen- thorn-road site? Ho well remembered tho time when Alderman Sccdall replying to Councillor Jloothman in regard to the budget


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covering the overhead charges on our hnus- 'i'K selioino “ Conneillnr Jlanlov wont on- , J tlunk the . nnionnt of money wo have IS 111 ’.ho neighbourhood of £70,000 or


the i ie«> that failing the Governniont agree-


nsnall.N cJiaigcs .j j)ci cent, for .supervision and tliat would mean a cliarge of -CoTO a L2().


ft has been mentioned in


pns.sed in 1910, looked up. ‘Tlmt resolution provides in lion of paying tho Surveyor for diauing plans for .schools Ins salary should ho iiicica(-.od liv certain .sums to a maximum hgmo, tins salary tlion to include all plans diawn either lor tlio local niithoritv or for tho XMucation Comniittco. T contend wo Jia\L not paid tlio Smvcior £u per house for drawing plans, Init tor supervising the huiiding. Iheroloro if wo let tlic building of hon&e.s in Ohatburn-roud to a private con tractor tho Surveyor will Htill bo paid £ liouso, and ho will bo clcjrk ot worka ■ body else need bo engaged- It is all well saying that if tho statf was not eng:-,^.-- on hoii.sing they, would ho doing nothing else, A lot of lault Jm.s been lonnd- Our Labour friends cried out wTion Park-street was not being done and tho reason I mit)- port tlio letting of the tender to a private contractor ik .so tlmt tho work lagging be­ hind can be got on with.


| had a resolution “ Figurss Not Disproved.”.


and c.iiofull.v to all that had hcoii said and 1HI.S rather wirpri.sed a t tho woakne-ss of the case put by the Conservative members Jf-iny things }md Iieeii said but Ins figures bad not been disproved. An altcnipt bad been made to ox|iIain tliom awav, but, in ids opinion, tlmt attempt bad nuser.ablv failed Ho stood for the figures qiiotetl a t the Council nioeting and a t the public meeting iVliat an admis-sion for Councillor -S-atter- thwaito to iiinko a t the conclusion of his


.yon did not think so, lint Comieillor Boolh- iimn tiiinks or thought it would iiiean an iiicre.i-SL. M In does Conneiilor JJoothinan think that? feiinply liceanso ho knows that there will need to bo an inereaso because of a new deinutnient that has como into exist- once, and that is growing every day I say, fearless of contradiction, tlmt if you abolish house limlding to-morrow not one single jH:i.soii in th a t ollico will bo dispensed with. —(Jfoar, hear.)—J .say. too, that van liavo tried not to give me fair play. At the


th a t 1ms already lieen paid. M'liv not be filraight and honest? I f you were, a lot of tlicRc things would nover iiectl to happen.


” Catnouflago.”


You say things at oiio iiieotiug, go away qnd coino hnek, and say other things a t the next ^mt-eling, ^ou are eoutiuually jiull- iiig things back, and th a t is ono rea.soii why the JJoroiigli Survevor's and 'I'renaurer's olRccs aro overworked. You Imvo not dis­ puted my figures. You have not pointed out ono ovcrlicad ebnrge. I sav dislinctlv th a t one clerk in that ofiico can do all tlio work in oiio day )>er week. - I f bo is paid £.3 a week take olf 10s. and multipiv bv r,o .a^nd yon get £2G. I t is .all right Cmincillor Bootlmmn laughing. I want him to put Ills fiiipcoi oil .tlio.so ovorlioaJ charpc.s. 1 want it 111 black and white. How mncli has been spent on tins, and liow iniioli on tlmt? Couiiedlor Jl.anloy eoiiics along, and savs tlio Surveyor will receive £.’! jicr liouse if tlio budding is lot by private contract- Ho has been getting th a t in Hcntliorn-road- Tlmt IS all we. said lie would got. I f you Imvo road tlio “ Advertiser nnd Times ” yon will havo soon tlmt nt tbo mooting T said th a t if tins w.as lot bv private tendor on tlio top of tlio £200.there ■would bo £G0 for tbo Borough ■ Siirvoyor sunervising. tlio work. Y’on have otlinittod it. What have I said


public mccliiig, nnd lu tho Council clmmhcr, I mcntiom-d tha t the Housing Committee had bought its own plant, th a t thoro had hceii .spent Cl.II in one vear and C2-1 in another, iimiiilaimng the plant all along. That Ims never been mentioned. You are asking the rntopn.vers to believe tha t I say C2(> will cover the whole tiling, and voii are leaving out tlio ,C1;)1 and tbo £21 njikeep


askcal you whether in the event of building by direct labour being abolished, the oirieo stalF would bo reduced. You replied that


II letter in the paper. Aide] mall .Sei-ibill: loii said someone had


remarks that someone had a.skod him as to whotlior tho .stnif would he reduced Counedlor .Satterthwailc: I was nn.sworiiig


Alderman Soedall (elminimii of the Hous- ng Comiinttee) said he had listencfl luitientlv


P’l r , B o i m i g h Surveyor continuing hnilding tliat wo .should need a Clerk of u orks. My contention is tliat onr Surveyor j s the cleik ol works.


riic Snrvo.vor’s department


carted two or tliroo hundred tons of fitiiff on to tho hou.sing site and never got paid lor doing .so. ’ Iho PailvH and Playgrounds Coininitteo had licon cliarged for such work. ‘ Jhcro has heon..a .statonioiit ahoiil T2li


Councillor jran lcy , said lio would like,


Alinistry gets to know it .vns not a rate­ payers’. inooting tha t resohition will lind


1 anticipate tha t if tho


a m a t in g of ratepayers except tlio Mayor, and Jio must put notiecj on tno oliurch niiu ciiapel doors, and soo i t is properly adver- tisetl. Any ri'feolutioii coining from a meet­ ing of tha t .sort can very properly then bo


lor


^00 point th a t out? Instond wo^ got a vaguo suggestion about not paying a .share for the printing of the minutes.


pu oomo and say there will bo’ £20 required or this ovorhoad charge, £40 for that, and .00 for eomothing else? .Why don’t von


taxes to pay, tha t there is nothing included for the upkeep of tho Corporation oflicos. r .Councillor . Alaiilcytr-TIiat, too, is nuito


ight. , ^ . Surveyor ami School Plans. has


tho Borough .Surveyor being ovorworked. am! t


town three times over, sitting round


paiwr


don’t wonder. drawn all


the-


thoir minds what bavo.


‘"IS:.-;"'', this .wi‘w jncu u pians olomciilary for The


schools' which schools


vy a


At ,0110 meotiiig t uhiey woulid dccidu montlis latoi tlioi would decide some-


e e


.said the Health department wa not a profit . o^un.^uiu. um. cue cnairimm m tunt mmiT'“ X “ idJfod’'*“^"®


niont^ ^1 1 . iddcd -Tor Mist,ncL, lu. h u e | iro things nh.ch ought not to h< M bui you ask tho pcoplu tor their conlidcnco and


Tho Extra £200.


nhich oiiRhl to ho inohidcil wo will Irv iiml nifot vom- ai'giiinoiits.


1 still chai'no you


hiiihl foi tha t claw of people- who require limites, ami wiio eaiiiiot buy them: Three pcrsoius luuu Iieeu iii mv ollieo to-dav clamourm,^ iui houses. 1 sav there are i‘AI


1 ,“ !.“ “!’■> month that vou nro ooaKiiiR to S i t o , - K , ,


Iho hack of your iiniids vou Iroow vou are not doing uiiiit is requirctl. You havo be­ ll ayed the cnnfidonco reposed in vou Ys cli.iiim.ni of tho Hoitsiiig Committee 1 have tried Illy best to hud a site, to get it as clieaiily as iiossdile. to secure tho jMiuistrv’s eoiiseiit, and in these things we liiive heeii MKcessfiil. Mo have the liiiest .site in the town.


the hmldiug donmiid. It is a scandal l.:n.‘:e‘;^mVrtL'tli^uV7^ ^


alimit your busincK,s eapncitv. Indeed I Uiink. a ternhlc lot about il. Y'on caniiot Imvo iimsteretl these .sheels in ono reading tiiioiigli, and you .should not ho jirojiared to vote oil thi.s i.s.sue unlc.ss you do fully uuder.slarid'the resolution. Whv not accept Iho niiieudeiiicnt;-' Why not let u.s meet in l.enernl Burposes Committco? Why not enmo and annihilate us and then send voiir letter up to London 'The question demands seiions eoiisideration. I f we aro defe.ated in tins we simll loyally abide by it, and leave


I f you Imvo I iii.av thiiik.iiiucli


it in the hnndb of the electorate’ hut what 1 ,a.sk .as elmirnmn of this Committee is that


table, e.vamino the matter and then reply to tho best of our ability-


' ' Phrasing Tho Roply.


mmo<l would bo incorporated—not wor<i for I Or I word l)ui III the Town Clerk’s plinseolocv— ... +1.«


e.vaminmg the protest. . . • “


and .hni(.>*. ’ the


Council C.ouncil had oved?


iho «> I


Tho tonm; lie Jiad u


*


opportunitv -of OKI


m itl)l3 to bo.scut IS not tho one vou have


in tho reply .^ent to tho AMinistry C^ouncilloi Baiker; I)o I midorfitaml tlic


..... . . V, . . . . . .


th a t IS wrong ? Why nro yon treing to Councillor lloolliinnii: I n m not proimrcd- camooflago things to-mght? m y . don’t I to accept that. I.liavo been pegging aw ^


_ ..... prcqmre a draft roply?


tion IS tliat tlio Town Clerk bo instructed to reply. The reply will naturally be in accordance with llio resolution passed Cmmeillor B.irker: W'oiUvJ i t not bo better to refer tbo question to tbo Committee to


when you move<l tho resolution , The deputy Xowji Clerk: Tlio usual resolu­


. Councillor XJoothmau: Jl need not bo sent in tlio precise terms I have road out. AVc alwuvs nllon the- Town Clerk discretion as to tiio piopoi form such coininumeations Miould liiKo. I am a working nmn nml I air not capnhlo of drafting a reply ns it dhould bo 6ont to Iho Jlinistry Councillor l\arkcr: , Von di(l not .snv th-al


tcAcd Ml grasiimg the tjon. tlic


AlUcrnian Sce<]aII ns to the


mail letter .sent b.\ ami published


Coneludiiig the debate, Cmiiicillor Booth- said there was very httle'to reply )iad


intL-lligonco of


Ihobt- teinis wore based entirely upon Iho Xrados and linhour in


.l.houiloio, every inomber oi Inul


the “ Advertiser


been vor^’ saren.stio the Council being terms of thu resolu-


to-


yon .shall not .send some .slip.shod thing to J.ondon tlmt will iimkn us tho laughing stock ol th a t department, but lot us sit round the


t i« Ministry to build anolbur 22 bongos on tli.it site. Jlio hoiise.s aro required and vet jou uill shut doun tlio scaioino, leaving the site III deiclicl condition. Vou will siieiid iiiniiey elsewhcie, which in my opiiinm is a ttavesly of economy, liiilcws vou Imve’Iiceii meeting iii eoiielavo and havo mastered the contents nl Councillor Bootliman’s su"-- gested reply, you caiiimt Imve done so to- iiiglit.


I t IS elieaper than aiiv site you •'lutl MO liavc tlio sanction ol


iIo\il.s h.ue lo be laowded out and 'ive in diit}, overcrowded, immoral euiiditioiis. You Know that your own YIediciil Olliecr has told you that there are loO houses unlit for , .spirit amt m


lor .selling piirpo-ses, ami those jioor ... - ........... 0 going to liiiilil ,;7 r ,, '


to tho Lontiactoi bonding the lowest tender!^ \Wij on tliLs occasion havo you changed® X, could tell you somctliing which has Ixien given to nio in confidence: .something which would make somo ot you smirk- but as it Wiis given m couhdenco I will nob repeat it When 30U .sliow iw Uio overhead elinrg<>s


can .save money on that, and tJio Borough ouMt^ors inonc-3 will bo tho Corporation'-s inoiKH and ultiinatc'l.v the rntopnvord’ inonev Another ftot ol tenders canio uj) to be settled two months ago and you selected tho lowest Bliy liavo you nearly always given tho work


io n arc accepting a tomlor .C200 higher than is uccL-j^.uj.


“ You cannot explain this £200 awav i .v.jiy the Jlorougli .Purveyor


sponsibloj but the cluurman of that com- mittoo did not toll tho Comicil so. 'I’lJse


asked as t o . wJio was rosponsiblo for the delay m certain work. The Borougli Sur­ veyor was present.


Jjasb w(H)k que.stions were


f knew Jie wn.s not re- ......


get it, <lo nob botiay it. .1 nav vou aro bc- tra3ing it, and have done .so in the jiast on manj occasions. Ihis is one instance


pick up tlio current book of minutes and nmt that under tlio heading of Private Street^ ” thoro is a resolution proposed by myself, seconded by Councillor Boothman and unamnumsly resolved, that eortuiu streets shall bo made up in a given order. 1 Iiave been pegging away a t that for two or throe years. J t is not Councillor Pooth- inan who is responsible for these tilings boing done. He may have had tsoniething to do with them Jiot l>cing done if one only knew. 1 know the Borough Surveyor lind a Jist of these works which needed <loimr and I know lie took th a t list to a tr rtahi person. ^ Ho n-as told soino of them were not Tcf[uircd.


'\Vo agree.


ovorworked in keeping pace with the plans required. The .schools’ question Jms bceii largely resnonsible for tha t department being overworked and you know it. Now wo are told that private streets need improving. Councillor Dootliinan painted a beautiful picturd of Back Commons.


I h ® Surveyor’s staif has boon


tabfo could not niako up typo of school


simply because men they would


in


JJorongh Snrvovor woiild the


luo school question was engaging the atten- tion of tho authority. Wo are told about


^ t e d to do. X have been a member of V*® in connexion inth the Weetrioitv this Council since 1912 and a t tha t time


comes along and uses the oflicet?. Tliev are not paying ^anything more, and aro no't e x - , ,


Aidorimin Sccsiall: Every other department .


ii.sk who got up the potitioii iigaiimt''the schools hemg built nt th a t time on a aito bought and approved for building on?


moiit and th a t tleiiartmoiit aloiie. Aideinna becdall; iiieiitioii.s schools iir


***'‘*


Mill bo paid for hv that dmvirt ^ n. . — i ..i.r .


Breozy Passages. a Coiineillor Barker: That is now matter ltogether.


■ Tho .Mayor: Councillor Barker' Councillor S,attorthwaito: Councillor Barker


they must ho let. Jf any teiiniit wonts to UU3*, wo shall ho in a position to


\ Councillor Hargreaves: Xot under the


Im^tramslerred lo tbo CImmberaiu Act. Cnuiieilloi- Uootliman: When .sold I agree


they will have-110 objection to eelli.g Councillor Hargrenvcfi: They will biue to


\liontli\v bchoine. Cuuneillor Hoothmaii: Tlie Board any that


on tbo lloutbori, site, i|Ue.stions before ik non all. rliieet labour vorsus (irivatu onter- priso, and ono sito or tbre-e? 1 nuiiported the imiiba.se of i|,e lloutboni eatato mid I .suiqipit i t Htill. But under tlm i-ban-ed cumlilioiis (11 I.OW Moor, with tho laree-t noiks 111 the immediate vieinily e|,-.-ed I do n.it helieve it to he iii the intorosi.s of tin ia t ip n \ t is oi wise lo contnnio biiildinir on lhar site idone. The site neod net be abandoned; I do not believe it wdl be I trust tho Mte, whcai iiioro f:iYour»ihh- ••!!- uim.st.uicc-.s piev.-iil, hIiouW <ontiuno tf» !'•> developed and that we should add oao um™ to those iddermauie uveuues with whi.’b ibe •silo is giacecl,


\\ ,tli resp«.-l to Ibo u-utler


aeeepted subject to tlic .saiielion of the JJoaid, It was the lowest loial tender and the ro.isoii lor moving its aeeoptance - smi the only reason—was that it would pr-vide JioiK tor our own towu.smea. The quemieu it,IS been hotly riebaled, ami I tbiiik lairlv debated.


to tlio f.emual Biii'iiose.s Coiiiiiiitli-o furiber tlelay would result mid wo ;iro told leimes are urgently needed.


Uio lesolutmii IS lo be .sent to tin. Town Clojlv to nMlr.afl’'


Jlie dejmty Jowii Clerk: J an i t should be phrased. *


oUer. of tourvo- . Gounulloi


mid at tlio conrln.sion. Aldorinmi Boodall obbi(-i\od tlnit. hu woiild not iilc«> to Ixt *•<.- oponsihlo lor .mkhiuk a tinny liko Ihai ''


JJoothnun s lotLa- waa .\L^:ua road The Btg^ost Insult.*’


Bootliman was thou (Mirriod hv to live.


the \otu, tho Bornnyh hiirv(?yor imkod |.‘avo to sjH.iK and thi.s laany yranU>d !»y liio Mayor, ^[r. Blonznrd said: “ If you '-oiid that loUor. it is tin. biyycst insult i Imvn had since I was apiioiniod Surveyor ’’ Aldciannn Soodall: It i. liholhm.s. Jlio rc.solution propo-sed hr (.•omi'dllor


As tin; (jucstion was ahonfc to i.o to


At Councillor Barker's roqiu'sl. iho nanu's t.iki ii as (olh)UN;—F(ir tlio rr^iolution-


Aldeinian Mhitosido. Councilloi’K llooLhninii Ctabiiec, Muylies. SattortliwaiUu Wilsnji Jones :ind 3Ianlov.


rhoinber. Councillors Clavton. Porker and Hargreaves.


-0 p.m. I’or iho amendment; Aldormon ami 101110 Council tbon went into comniitleo a*


CAN KNIT A N D S FW ■


O tW .


BISHOP OF BRADFORD'TELLS HOW HE WAS TAUGHT BY HIS MOTHER.


I . -Ifc ^va« ;ny nioliier ivho also taught mo


added. ‘ ,*>he tokl nio !iow to Icnit niitfcun-s ami Eicarves and I even roaelied sueli "Oiiihts a.s pulling. AMicn T. was at school, d. pnw was offeicd for the J)0.st hohbv aocompiisii- inont. J he hist ^oai I won a prize witli a ^eIcctlon of hints eggs^ and tho Kenomk j’onr another prize for knitting a pair of niitteiia. I do not know nowadav.s. although i have a lr>e»»d who knits in his spare time.


I • I 1 * • • 1 • . ! • " ..........


boys «houl<l 1)0 put on to do a littip dewing for themselves.’U


feir, though I can’t admit you n physici.an.” “ And I , V said the other, smiling fainllv, “ am glad to meet vou as a physicun, tliough X can*t admit vou arc geathMunn.”


mot for tho first tinio a t a reception. Both t\ero famous, though each adoptod a diffcr- onb system ot treatment. Said tho one, loftily, ns ho fhook the other by tbo hand: “ .I am gla<l, to meet vou ns a gontloman,


A good .Story i.s told of (wo doctom. who


how*, to sow. Xt lias b(M»n n useful aecom- IiliKhmcnt a t time'*. J (.an still sow a huttnn on, but X find tlint a; man cannot twist up the end of the cotton'into a knot like a ' woman, and in knitting, one findn th a t a Juan inak<‘o the .«ititchos too tight. Knitting IS perhaps out-of-date tmlay, but I Uiink all


vuav he slated tliat ho can—or could‘-do :i hemng hone fititch. ‘ 1 learnt to knit from mv mother.” Jio


Ibn BiHhop of Bradlord (Dr. Perowm;), J-.nou.'i how to .sew^and knit. Xn an inter-


letter lie hits not written. I think Couii. iller Boolhiiiaii s iiileiilinu ts that the 'I'owii Clerk slioidd re]ily in siccordamsi willi (he ■Mnut and III tile sense ol li'--.' siigj'e-te'l Uio jir.-riso


l Coum.illoi BootlimiUi: ^ou iriB draft tho K-ijuusi. t/OtfiDalloi'


for you to tie the Town Clerk, to sign a 1 do not think it f


placY' at Sntnr<la\| Mr. .Ian| InnvT. a Muipe. . l)nduL'r<M head «)i and Son. bv a Y


:V iaai|


I.anea.sin carriisl -


V 1iapp!ih>.|


rxemplo having Imsine'.'i. among v and hie frieivU


K Couiieillor Barker: Jlav J be told wlietber iisu.il f.isbmii. (erlaiiilv il it wur-i iimvi-d i t lias been raised iii a. in,id uu. M itli reteieiiee to the cessation ol huildin-'


mittoe—that they will ho built umloe (he Mhoatley Act and will he let lUdermnu Seedall: 1 hope .so. Councillor Jloothman: Under that .\et


the huuse,s proposed tq bo erected on the Cbatburn-road and Brownlow-.streot sites may 1 .say--m spite of the sob-stuff we- have bad from the Chairman of the Housing Com-


reierredYo ami J also am referring to llioin ib e J lay o r ; He has tbo right to reply. a Coiiuedlor Barker: Jait him keep to'the Councillor JJootliimm: With referciiro u>


a right to bring m new matter. Councillor JJootlimuii: Schools bare been


rgument. i -


No mail violates tho rules of debaUi more th a n _ Councillor Parker. Coimeillor Barker: Nobody in replying iuis


told mo ho know, tho riile.s of thin Ciinucil


■ wliit-o h i hridosnia;! Xiranger, \ cliino, roses ;uidi Mr. ‘FrcM-l the bride by liA^r u j ’I'ln* wedf the Uev. wards a (be brid*j uipient^ and .si'v will liv.:


.Mr.'?, -lal SalMen, Alice G r j| (he late (Jninger de (‘him* (airiixl a |


Baptist (I wedding, f Birtwoll, I


Ga.st _


'’“s.'tio''-. . -^iiy iucrouse’ in’ ‘


.......... Mav I L


^ Councillor Alnnloy: I t is a fact novorthc- loss. Alderman Seedall; You say there are no


at^seouruic hmidiiig on tho ;ChaUioru-roa<I nml Brownlow-etrcct sites since Fobrunrv nm I havp.got.no further. J t has hteu a. nuii;


tioii of my Labour friemls, ably nupiiorted and asststwl by the Surveyor, sotUn- th„ q innjonty ol this (kniiicil a t dofmance oiT fl.U


ablo to .satisfy tbo Council ns to the. differ once botwoon oloctn'city ami housing Ti,o suiiply of electricity is a close inoiimu,]" bjeet to lestiicted not niirtstricted loiii-


convinced it was tlic . ............... ^ Oils monopoly and J have no roiaioa to . |iini-


potition. Owning tlio Cos Works, 1 ilio right thing to take iql


tho dobato. Jio is liniigiiig m now inaUcr Councillor JJoothmiin: 1 trust I sJiaM b<'i


uestion. Councillor Parker: Ho is not repiyui.. to


-J Ia rga rotl ^Ir. andp .stre<'t, L f


Saturdavl At- St I


MR'oml Barrew-ii| pale iduo 10 eoirv.^: her iaUnl will to eh I S!m wa'Y i dresd w?fr|


hat tij pink ai>to|


Aul>roy bust maul of tho J)r|


Viokiip ceremony I of (ho bi|


iMiflmei


The I


Satui<l:tv| ter Ol ilu Bu.<s.01.sl| .SOM ot .Ml \ icw. Bill


:Ur. Alb<r a drev+i ttni(>. fM


ie.v rose maul w:i| (he hii-j^T pink :!ou| c:u n«'<l M alter l |


of U. • h| cer( mol (ilheiat*. Tavl.u- Mr.s. Boll liomvmo.f travoUui witli Ji.ul


Douple Hnrro;: Mor<-ttM» I


mail


F.asUiinnr I’.asthanil innnv pi |


hnd(!L Mr. an<]| The. liril HasthamI m pro Golf Clul f 1 1


('harnnn!l tninmedl bavin: veil. lor| lined wi a .slieat a dmino the ln-u1| i lio m l


f


a friend I fr*wk ol r velvet being erinohml velvet. of i>ale of the 1.1


pearl nJ The (


bv Mr. monv : avemio. b‘a\'in:i hngl.'inc!! frock olf J)lue gel to mat el Vorre^t.f latorv Vnnlu‘0.1


; 'I'lio Was a were a Ohtlierel nftnrnoq butio and vad


ami Jo I Afabcl homo,


«an of


IJio i l


ibo hiU'l Blnekbaf


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