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I'lUDAY, Sl':i''J'KMmCl! 2Ist, 192S. 1 i.rhis on .Vehicles, To-5Iorroiv (Saturday),


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PI-j V ’ " ■ 1^“ " ' HuU-hour .Karlier. Till' liest part of two pages of to.<liiy .s;


ii iiicr L occupied hy an oxtendod report of TaUdayV 'J'owii Council meeting winch is leminicccnt- of the day.s when the late •Vlilcrmaii Cowgill was in lies prime aiul


well rcincnil>er Mr. John ^Vat«on, a native of J3nshall Eaves, who was employed in Ihe goods doparliacntn at Clitlicroc, Railway t^tation a quarter ^of a century ago. t , Mr. AVatsoii liaa just died at tho ago ol sixly-one at Greendale, Macf:-y-groe.s I’rcstatyn. Ho lirst jollied the railway.stair at Clitlieroo in- 1882 and later hecaino District Inspector at Bolloii. Then ho was promoted to be Di.s- tricb Goods Train Inspector at . Vicitoria Station, ^rancbe.ster, ami in 1912 lie was made .stationinnster and outside agent at I^liles IMatting. Bo .served in that capacity for (li'teen yeafs "and retired only twelv<5 months ago. Amongst those present at tho funeral were Miss Pollard, of the AVhalley Arms, and Mrs. \V. Pollard, cousins. ' ' J*' * . *


Tho older gcnorntiou of Clithcronians will


e.xcolliHl as ail obstructionist. Tlio housing nuliev of tlie Town Council has now' been lullv' explored and the average ratepayer will' inovitahlv. ask what is the result of it ;,ir- Ho wifi have difliculty in shaping an •ni/wcr


'J'lie Con-servatives have put up ca.s<> again.st the use of direct jahour iii


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Imniicipal house building, hut it is not eniiiciv ixmvincing. It ha.s imrrowed down ciM^idcrahlv the margin between tho enormmi.s 'saving alleged to have been (.|lccf«i bv the omploymeut ot direct labour, :iimI the cost of tho sanio hoii-siiig scheme iiiid it been' carried out by private_ entor- hut it is patent that no one is in a


hiv.-d Tim man in the street therefore 'v'.M


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I Hogal, Irdn,


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ondileidions'and prejudices, winch iii tho iicdn are dictated by Ins ijolitical bent. I'crliops it would have been hetlor had tho (oHM.rvaUvcs made their stand solely on


i.sitiori to say exactly how imich has been -v milnrallv falls hack oil Ids ow;ii personal


[Many Clithoroo friends Iieard with great


regret of the death last Sunday of iMrs. Helen AYilkinsou, wifo of Mr. Angus Wilkin­ son, of 0, Iklward-strcct, Nelson, and formerly of Clithcroe.


who was liftj'-four years of ago, wjus a daughter of I\lr. John King, of AVoonc-lano, and lived in the town for twenty ^cars. Yesterday week. ‘ while crossing Loe<ls-road, Nelson, Mrs. A\ iikinson was knocked down by a motor car and was t.'ikon to Roed>foid Hospital where she dio<l on Humlay. At tlic iminc-st on Tuesday, tlio driver of the ear was exonoratetl from hlamo. Deep sympathy wil bo extended to Mr. Wilkinson and other relatives- in this tragic bereavement. •


»? ' Afrs., Crick, widow of tho Rev. T. Crick,


for many years vicar of Cliatbuni, died on AYedne.stiny.


loiacii'le, and chnmed that as they arc the ioenseafafive.s of private ontorprise, ami iirc.nnaalily have a majority of the rate- lav.'is hehimi them since they arc a majority


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iii'tlic Town Council, they have a mandate la carry out their policy. Kvcii so they wouM have been criticised for soixiog what v.oah! ho do.scrilu'd as the wrong moment liir patting (heir views into elfcet. All that rataaias now is to wait and see what the Mini.'.rv of Health think about it. It will


i,.. -uri'.risiog if the JHinstry arc induced t,, tal l- a hand in this poll devil jmll baker liii'iac.ss hctwceii the two local jiolitical pani'Va heoae as hetwoon the three .scidinos we laav well reach the same position as wo


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saciii I'a have roachod in the matter of the ..ahiKils -thai of stagnalion. lint he that as it. i ;av most ratepayers will frol iirofoiindly (li.-nir'hed that il was thought necessary to Uiahe an ollicial of tho (jorporalioii—the Doiaugii Survcyoi—a .shuttlocuck between nva faateialing jiarties. Afr. .tlleaxard ha.s ....rvid ibe town well and truly, and more- ,nv!' wifii ila' greatest compoteiice as a iinali'a! ImilderWith a lifelong experience, ■i- w,-!! a.s in his I'ositioo a.s Surveyor, ior aiara Ibaa 'loarter of a eeotory, and tbo aoiaaal of work be has willingly .shouldered, ia'tai, whan il has been just thnist upon liim, i. .-Uih a., would have overwhelmed many aa.illmr a!bclal, ('specially if his knowh'dgo ill a itaal Iniilding ojieratioas was ,thiinreti(:al aa'j' as is so often the ea.se in similar cir- nim-taaf('.n He has Imd not one or two lull 'cveral plaii'fnis, jdled on ever higher and idalmr. and he is in a fair jiusifioo to ral! ajioii his masters to defend rather Ihaii la attarl; him. since if ho ha.s laiied at all, a'ld Ihaii js not admitted, he has only laiied liaaaa'i' .si ieace has not yet devised tile na ans ulmreby a mao can ha in hall a dor.i'O piai-.". ai aliee.


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wiiiia.s.s a. partial hroak in the weather for Ibis was lost the time when the majoiaty ( ‘i.iii .,-ae j.a'ojilo hoped to enjoy their chit


Iiics of Icccssary ];UmenfG. JrcG good |iblo egg j on youi* ovo.


, ..Mirsion of the tiejitoiabor holidays. Such rain a.s foil may not have deterred many hilt ihaf it roiidercd conditions le.ss jileasnot ,am.a„ ho doubted. The wind blew colder


i!i;in for iiioiitlis aiul ill soiiio of tlio Lanca- HKorU llm ivonihcr i)rovi<lod a loro r,\ winicr. Road services wore inud


l.y Liio Iravellin^ puijUc and llio ramvnv okfi far kusior tlian usual. A\o('k-en<l lor niackpool were is.suod at C ntheroo


M lii- miinkcM of loO. Fnrty-ono to dMure- ■ ;iiit!'''. >o Idvcrpool and 12 to Soiilliporfc


. nUkK: Itlll. 14;- lilli. 23;- l,vi. 100/-


L ‘ Garstnng


n.'i*- other \veok-(md booK'in^s and it ,1am lhal thi' majority of Clitheionmiis wore (ano al, will' day janiihs. Itailway i ay ' ■a ni siaas to lllackpool attracted 121 pas.,gars, and a half-d.iy “ tnp " on .Maadav was patronised by HiO. Ihirty to \i.ii.’I'amhe and a.<; many to Manclioster, (>1 iwioool and 51 for Southport wore (lav'iiookiiiu^^. Seven cntluisiaBts iooK ;i ilk:* dav trip to London. kootball


ior


Tf-h'v oxcnr.'ion to Llandudno, on Satiir- vkdid nor prove very popular. o‘dy IS


•i. lu'-. ai Hlackburn re.=mltcd m W»< honh- ifii Saturday and 470 on iMondav. J ho


kin- llu* .spo.-ial train at. Chthoroo Iho i:;l mnnhor of passengers was he mv GO .so


at en fills- ooc.-ision at nay rate tliore can . no aom|ilaint of overcrowding.


I fipOIllvRr OK. \y lollowcd. I iroctiou of


I r of items, • . JIis. .• attend-


I'.KBUR!^


Ill] musical I lUackbur* |rly booking


has I,can' in the hand.s of the electricians and later, of the decorators, nod the Cmiiieu (liainher no Tiie.sday evening jirosented a la i'-hter .-liipearaoce than has hccli the ca. c 'ar miav vears. Since tho coaclnsioii oi iba war'the Iniilding has hecii eryiiig out I,a- .same siiali treatment. The walla, had la.-aam vei'- dim'v-lnoking. and no amount ai a!,.ailing' emild'produce a spic and span


Da.rina tho last few weeks the Town Ilall


ai.ia'aram'c. A coat or two ai paint and alo'oirie light have hetwceii. them )vrmight wanders. Annthcr change, chielly iiitcicst- iii" ta the j ’ res.s rciirnsentativcs, is tlm traasler of the reporters scats from one end af Hie big table to the otluw. new sil with their hacks to the


l-n at ftliair I ovoninji at- banoasliire 'ro-mnrro^r visit. Sl»a>v


J'cltool Foot­ s ie Club on I'd to admit J'.•a‘^uc. Tho Itxov. W. C. follower oi


I played witli


Aidermen and Town Clerk Imt facing the (■.mi.cilloi-s. The position is excellent in Iha! the reporters cell hear every innd H o,f are expecled to record, and not a few sottii


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vaoe roinaiks they would report at then peril' The Council chnmher has wiliie.ssed aiauv livelv .scones hut aenmnoy has iicici vat fimnd exiircssion in missiles


head of the Chief Afagistrate, k’l'o"'*! * nnhai'pv prooccdnig occur in tho


evoiiliiality with customary sangiroid. #


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bid .Sundny celebrated tbpir fidver ucddiiiR. Tho tweiitv-fifth nniiiveraary of the


.Mr. and Alr.s. IV. Wilkin.snii, of I'""'


J thoro being limble stalls.


.iirday. In.


|re was oaly- , Mile v.'as


i and iu tbo !? attendanco'


I lor provided


I wore Mrs. I ’iio proceeds


I Ribblesdalo I Old Eugliek-


It of 30h. for Ition by Dr..


on Mondaj'


jd by tbo ui lea


marriage of Sfr. and Mrs A\. Cardi'-aii-avcniic. occurs to-iiioriow (b.itiii


day). The death occurred on Alond.ay, at High


Alarv Steer. Eighty-oiio yo.ars ot Stec'r had been ill since Luster. She was tho wifo of Afr. AVilliam Steer, who, until


Afoor Cotlagcs. Foiir.Laiio his health failed rocoiitly, wa^s a caachinaii .at Staiidoii Hall. Mr- ;•


Pcmllotou, yesterday. * * *


death of their daughter. Laid, who was si.x yoara age.


.1. Blackburn, of Ca.stlc-view, m ‘J’® mcni sustained by them on Sat>>rday^h> the


Deep Bympnth.v is “


Afr.s. Stoor had resided at High Moor Cottages for fortv-threc years. P " - mtor- inont^took place at All Saints Clnirohyaid,


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new l'rc,s-s po.sitioos may heeomo daagcioo.s a.s the rejiorter.s would lie in the direct lino of fire. Tho Vress, however, will l.ico this


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It was imforfuiiate that .Monday shmild


JOducation Committee ami tbo Clitlieroo j'klucation Coniinilteo met at the Town Hall yesterday to <liseiiss the possibility of tlio proposed* upiier siaiulards school in Lrown- low-street being built to accommodate, for manual and domestic subjects, scholars from tlio rural district a.s well as from tho horougli. W(‘ learn tliat the discussion was iu every way satisfactory and that each <lelogation considered it . jirobable that an arrangement may he reacheil to. tlieir imitual advantage.


Delegations of the l.ancashire County


county area last week thought little of it when they were told that the Coroner, Atr. D. N. Jlaslewood. was on lioliday, and that 51 tleputy-Coroiior would ollieiato. The week­ end, how(3ver, brought the startling news tliat lie bad pairsed avyay suddenly at Harrogate as a result of a .seizure. Tlie news was rcceivcnl willi deep regret by all u lio.so Imsinoss it liad been to altond inquests in Ibist l.ancasliiie, and amongst tliose wlio regrolied it most were rejiresentatives of tlio I’ ro.ss, to whom Mr.. Jlaslewood was always most kindly and considerate, helping thorn, if need he,’ by liaiiding them a copy of tho depositions if they had not boon alilo to he present in time to lioar the witne.ssos. He was prompt^ oflicient iu the transaction ol his. bn.sinoss. He very (juickly got to the Ivcrncl of tho cvicUince, without neglecting any essential details. If the occasion required it, he would ho patient and forbearing with dilli- cult witnesses, and his lieartfolt symjmtby witli distressed relatives, voiced in very few words, was always apparent. M


Pressmen who aiteiulod inque.sts in tlio * *


Caancillor'aml Airs. C!. Harnreavus, (it (iu, Hentli(ini-nii((l, Clilhoroo. sails next I'rulay for India, where she will ho inarricd on Oetoher ''illh, to the Hev. Harold Ihrd, a laissionary in (he Hyderabad district.


Alisx Lilv llarKn.'uvL's, oldoit (huijiliU'i' of


For three vear.s, Aliss Hargreaves has heea Irainia)- a s 'a aarse at. Itlaekbiirii Hoyal


Iiifinaary in order to erjiiip herself for lie. work as* a niissioaary’s wifis Diirinj- her j)ci‘iod of ^<'rvi(.•e. at the Infirmary, she had many Clitiioroe people under her care, and .she is well known in the town.


Alisx Margrcave.s met her future husband


at Clitlieroo .some ten years ago, when Air. j;ird was emploved as a dental iiiccliamc with Alcs.sr.s. Forrt^sl, of C.’hurch-Rtreut. At tho conclu.sion of tbo war, Air. IJird, wbo is the second f?on of Air. and Air. C. Ibrd, ol Hellifield, left the town for I’cnnth, Imt a iiUle later fulfilled his dc-Uro ami entered the Wesleyan ministry. From the first, it was ills intention to umlertako mi.^jsionary duties, ami upon the completion ol ht.s training at J)idslmry College, Alam-liesior, four yeans ago, he left for Jmlia.


Six years ago Aliss Hargreaves loft Clit-


heroe to reside with the Rev. W. ami Alr.s. Foxon iu Devonshire, 'where slio stayed lor


B ’o some ho


seemed sharp and blunt in hi.s manner, hut there wn.s a real kindliness and geniality underlying overytliing. Moans of transport iiavc greatlv improved in his time, and facilitated lii.s task of gcttiim about over bis large area. Imt in former days lie would tramp long distances to appointments, and was a familiar bguro with his pipe, stick, ami .slioiildored .satchel, as also was liis pre­ decessor, Mr. Jlohiiison, who is still romem bored lor his geniality, and for whom Mr Haslowood acted for a long tiniq a.s deputy Mr, Haslowood w;u> very foml of llm Pihblc Valley section of his wide area.


of Biirlioltne, Wliitoivoll. -V.


diiuviiiR from Hio Ribhlcsdalo Lciiijiie. The i;«-t ol Lciigiio iniildi, Jilaycd on AUiiiday,


ivii.s finiiiiciiill.v iinsiiccc&sliil bill lui oiio piesonl could (ioiibt the value of the lixturc from a .^ucial juiillt of view. Aliseoiiccptioiis arc often removed by tlio_ closer contact, ot routomlino parties and wliilo Blackpool havo darino Uic ocasoii been prominent in iia- hajipv oj.Lodes, the imjircssioii |-aillod on Alom'lav was that tho dab wiui divsiroas ol coiitrih'atiajj: to tho concord they havo Irom tiiao to tiiiio disturbed. The Lcaguo I’ rosidciit (Air. ,1. 11. Banishollom) did not hesitato to refer to tlio troahle of the jiast season but be look ciiro to place it la jiroper perspective, f:uggestiug tliat the hones ot eontmiliou hail been magniliod in the course of discussion. Tlio Blackpool club enter­ tained tho teams and tho league represeutn-- tives to dinner and the proceedings wore oi


tiie most liarmoniou^ and cordial descrip­ tion.


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and lior tbree .scm.s, of 107, Scott-lerraee, will leavt.' C.'litlioroo for the Unitoil States ol America. They will join Mr. Altham, a iormer Clithcroe joiner, wlio about tiireo voars neo >venr. to Fall River to iollow in.s Vrade. Air. Altham. formerly worked for Air. .1. Scott, of KsliLon-torrace. Airs. Altham and her .sons will sail from Invcrpooi in the Cunavd liner Carinthia.’ ’


To-moirow (Saturday), ]\lrs. R. Altham * An attendance of over 50U is expeeted at


tho fifty-lirtit conference arranged l>y the Jnhrarv* As^soeiation, whicli takes place at Jllackp'ool during tho week commencing next Alonday. On \Yedncsday, a visit will ho paid by the delegates to Stonyhuist College.


To augment tho funds of the Ibirish C-luirch


Football Club a dance was held in tlio Old Scliool on Alonday ovoiiing. Air. J. Alar- gerison’o hand provided a programme ol tlio atest music. Tho Al.C.’s wero incuiboi.s ol


tho Football Committee, and a eapahlo ladies’ committee dispcii.scd refresbments. The affair was an entire suecess, tho pro­ ceeds amounting to over .i'O.


* * * Sovoniv-four inombors of the P.S.A. on


Mondav liad an outing to A’ ork, the wcatlier lieing glorious. After dinner at \ork, tho Alinstor, iimsciim and gardens woro in- sjiected and tbo party -tlicn proceeded to Mc.ssrs. Rowntroos’ chocolate worlcs. After inspecting tho various departments, lea was part.akou of in tbe-works cafe, and on loav- in'»- each incmhor was presented witli a box of'chocolati's. Tho return journey was then hognn ami Clithcroe was reached about ton


o'clock. , * -t-


emphasized at the JJoroiigli Sessions yester­ day, wiicn tliroo youths were • each fined 2s. Gd. for riding'their inachincK in Hen- thorn Park at 8-10 p.m. on Tuesday, 11th Soptembor. Tho Chief Constable (Mr. J, C, Huxtable) pointed out that there b.ad been many complaints, and if tho practice coii- tinucHl aceident.s were inoTitable,


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Mrs. Aifckou, Aliss Nollio Jordan, of Pimlico- road, lias becoino tbo owiior of a bandsoiuo example of sculpture, “ Tho Baccbaule,” tbo work of Alias Paulino Aitkon.


As a result of a competition coucUicted by Tlic dangers of-cycling in tho park.s wore Xo loiiyor is tliero talk of Blackpool witli- ■ * IG M O Siim iL


MOTOR CAR FASHIONJI^ PARADE AT CLITHEROE.


Yesterday Clithcroe a-sKiinied eoii.sidorahle


importanco in tlio motoring world, for the town wns tho .starting point ol tho last .stage in tho reliability trial whicli marked the oiioning of tho Southport Inlornational Alotor Rally and Concouii d Elegance. Sixtv-two .comiiotitors wore re(purod to pips ihro'ugh Clithcroe boLweeii lO-O a.m. and 4-U The majority of them arrived during


.\vn.j)athy is felt with the bereaved relatives among whom i.s his brother, 3Ir. Haslcwood


.Much


tlie morning. They had come Irom all partH of GreaT J.tritaiii, and the cars ranged in power from the popular “ baby’ ' models to the high-i)owcroil limousines. An in- tcn\itcd crowd of motori.sts witnessed tlie arrival of the competitors at Lamb Roe, mid commented freely upon tho appoaranco ol tho nmelunos. J*raetieally every contc.Maiit drovo a 1928 model, ami many titriUing examples of modern coaehwork w»^ro paraded. The eompelitor.s )md various starting plap^s allowed iu tho RriUsh Islob, Imt all routes converged on Harrogate, irom which town tlio motorists proceeded to Uitlieroe. Botweeu the .starting point and Clitlieroo they wero roquircHl to average a sptKal ol tweiitv inile.s an hour, but Uierc was no cheek,*


three years. Just as il wn.s Air. IJird’s intention to undertake missionary uork, so it was her desire to assist him in uliatovcr wav she could, ami with that object in viow she took up work at Rlacklmrn Infirmary. On Friday next Aliss Hargreaves i.s^ to


leave Tilbiin* Docks, J.omlon, on tlie h.h. “ Raiputana*,” and after a three weeks vogago will he mot at lloinliay by Air. Rird. Immodi'.itolv nlU'iwiirds, they will Ivnve foi- llvdiM-ahiid,' and the inan'iai;e will take jillic^p at. Hvdeiabad AVealey Church on Alon- dav, netoher 2fUh. Aliss Ilariireaves has all' her life been interested in work lit Clitlieroo AVesloy Chnreh, and, when at home, wan a tcaoher 'in tho Sunday School and a


nicmhor of the choir. Bolnro leaving tho Inllnnary, Mis.s Har .


greaves was iiiiido the recipient of a powter tea service and .salad .sorvor.s, the gifhs of tho resident inedieal and iiiir.sing etalf. A linen tahle-clolh was tho lU'csimt of nurses in the wnrd in whicli Aliss Hargreaves was staff nurse. By the sniierintendent and teachers aV AVesh'v .Sunday Selinol.' Aliss Hargreaves iuis been presented with a jnur of water-eolonr jiietnrcs. one do|iicting Brniigerlev and tlie olhi'r the Castle. Alis-s Hargreaves will leave CUtheroe with tho ■'ood wishes of mnnerons friends.


ES A AHE CRl^E


DEATH OF WR. D. N. IN A NURSING


AT L^IGSIR QO R


HASLEWOOD HOME.


burn ami JOait Lancasliiro Coroner, died in a Harrogate nur.slng home on Saturday morning. Sixty-.veven year.s of age. Air. IlaMlowood had held the office of coroner for l-I years. His area incliuUHl Clitlieroo and stiiTtiuruUiig dislricts, and the ccii- seientious and sympathetic manner in which ho di^'cliargod liis duties Imd earned for him tlie highest odoo’m. AI r.s. Haslowooil and throe sons snrvh’c.


lioliday with his wife at illarrogat'O j-ast Tuestlay, anil from tho first there wa.s littlo hope of his recovery. On Friday night message was broadcast on the Aviroloss to ono of liis .'■•nns. wlio was touring in France, informing liim of his fatiier’s .serious illness. Deceased was the son of tlio kilo ,Rov.


Ono son Inst liis life while .serving in Gallipoli during the war. Air. JlaF'lowood had a .seizure wliilo on


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long a.s tlii'v clieekcd in at Clithcroe at a timo which allowed for the average ol twenty miles per liour. Some competitors, by •retting alioad of lime, wore able to obtain a nigiit’s sleci» on tho lournoy. Ono of tho first car.s to arrive at Clitlieroo had journeyed from Jolin o' Groat.s, having lett at J-Io a.m. on >Yedne,sday. Chyse hdiind wa.s a car which had iourncyed via Lands End.. A score of otlicials were yesterday engaged m chocking the competitors into tbo lina lay of !1J milo.s, wbicli bad to he coiaplotcd strictly at twenty miles an hour, secret cheeks being-taken on tho road. On tho points gained on that part of the journey, couiiled witli tho.so obtained , durnig the aporoaeh run to Clitheroe, prizc.s will bo awarded. Prominent among tbo competing cars wa.s “ Tlio Star of tbo Desert,;’ said to have been driven by a lady motori.st across arid wastes in various parts of tbo world.


■ and tlioy eouUI travel at any Gpocsl in) “ I’ ickings from grand opera ” indicates


the .scoix) of the fir.s concort^to lie given m tile coming season by the Clitlieroo Choral and Orcliestral Society. RclioarsaIs begin on Alondav next at the Tnhoral Club ami it is hopc<l that last ^ca-son’s choir will bo


augmented. ^ ^ " A promising violinist is Alastcr *Taekio


Bailey, of Low’ Aloor, who was one oh the artistes at a concert held at Aloor .liano School on AVodno-sday week, and whoso name was oinitled from the report in our last


issue. * *


Ribblc.sdalo Wanderers’ green has been coiu- ploted. T4io .silver cup wns won by My. \Y. AYliipp, who defeated Air. J. Brooks in iho final game bv sovonleon poinbi to five. Alessrs. J. Birtwoll-and J. Aubiii ivero tho


The annual howling hamlicai) held on tho


unsuccessful semi-finalists. * *


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at tho Clithoroo Jlailway Station was com­ pleted on tbo Castio green on iiicsday evening. Sixteen employees entered loi the competition, and somo keen games wore witnssed. In tho final game, Air. Jl. iaylor (threx' behind), defeated Air. AV. King (four hehiiuD by twonty-niiip points to sixtcon. The somi-finalists were Air. B. JL Har­ greaves (scratch) and- Mr. 4. Darnell


A bowing handicap arranged by the staff (scrateli). . The local Boy Scouts arc hoping for fine


weather torinorrow for tbeir annual sports on the Cbatbnru-road cricket field. Keen comiTctition is expected for tbo Sports Tropliy which is at present bold by tbo Gramiimr School Troop. A feature of tbo event will bo tbo lai'go number of AYoIf Cubs who aro coming from neighbouring towns to ^ko


part in tbo sports. ^


-it * ^ Afr. Frank Bailey this week dofoatod Mr.


E. AValkcr in tho final of tho King’s Ari^ bowling handicap. Afr. Bailey won bis m’fit round in tho Talbot handifap (Blackpool).


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TEOHNIOAL SCHOOL OPEH


IH li HISHI P0STPIIEB O


TO OCTOBER 1st By Order.


W. AI. Haslcwood, vicar of Groat Harwood, and graiuLou of liie late Rev. B. T. Hasle- wood. rector of Rihclie^-ler. After serving iii-; articx's with Mr. 0. Folding at Black- l)urn lie entered the service of Alessrs. Robinson and Sons, snlicito.v.s, in 189-f, ami \ras taken into partnership by Colonel II. J. Robinson iu 1907. Mben he wa.s also appointed deputy coroner. Following tlio death of Colonel llohin-on, Mr. Haslowood was appoiiitoil coroner in Fchruary. 1914, lioing .selected out of seven local candidates. 'rho area over whicli Air. Ha'^lewood was


Air. Davit! N'uUall Haslcwuod, tho Black­ ifrs. ‘Wilkinson, ->/ I, s


TO BE MARRIED IN INDIA NURSE


HARGREAVES TO JOIN REV. MISSIONARY WORK.


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F I C T I O N & F A N C Y . ”


INTERESTING S6ENES IN PAGEANT AT CHURCH SCHOOL.


WAIFS AND STRAYS SOCIETY EFFORT No organisation make« a stioiigoi appe.il


to Clitiioroe i>ooplo than the \Niuih and Stray.s’ Socictv tor the reason that our tuwii.ipcopb* havo in bt. Dcnj.V lloine an cxcc'lleiit example of tbo adiiiirablo work carried on by tho Society; It Ls, tliorcloro, no Hurpriso to find a largo inesuiuro of jiublic Miiqiort accorded tho pageant, biction and Faiicv,” produced on AYednesduy oveiiing ami fast night at the Parish Church School, in aid of tbo Lancasbire Homes ol tho Socielv. Groups ol children from the schools of Chathuru, Pomlleton, St. Alary s ami St. Jainos’s Churches take part and ouch school has given valued assistance in other directions, at the call of Air. M . P. Stewart, jiageant matiter and organlsnig


secretary. Tho .school looked bright ami attactive ,


after the attentions ot tlio olcctrician.s and the decorators, a noteworthy feature of the improvements being the incroastul offectivo- nci^ of the stage lighting. ^


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interesting iirogramme opened with a briot but fascinating version of ” Babas in the Wood,” admirably perfonnod by a group ol Pemlletoii children, who had- been coached by Ali^i F. Ireland. Winsoibo yoiing.sters III tlio guise of rabbits and robiiu?, not to mention a fairy queen assurtxl the popu­ larity of this item.


The long and at tbe same tune consistently .


E P. Ablor.sloy, submittwl an impression ol tho Pied Piper of Hamolin, who eflicicntly rid Haiucliu of tlio plagiie of rats, ami when the Ool-poration relused to rccoiiipeiisc him


Tho Chutburii children, trained by Air. . , , ,,


’pipcxl to the children who danced morrily. ■J'his scene wius charmingly concoivoil ami


effectively carried out. Another most attractive itt'iu was ‘ ihe


Toy Sliop,” which coutainetl uu intriguing collection of dolls aud golliwogs, imperson­ ated by St. James’s children, who entered tlioroughly into tho spirit of tlio lillle story they enacted, moving with clock-work IP'^" cisioii, ami succeeding in extracting^ lull value from tho scene. Air. H. AValsli is to ho cougralulatcd upon the 6Uccos.s ol this


item. St. James’s cliiUlreiij this timo trained by . . . , . , I


Aiks Parkinson, also Huhmitted a highly appropriaU' illustration of ” The GhuveU receiving the children,” , emphasizing the uorlc of rescuing homeless ami esullering children. All taking part entered fully into the spirit of Llic picec, and gave it with excellent otioct. A Turtbor scene submitted by scholars from St. Jamcs'ii was “ .Christ­ mas Roses,” arranged by Air. \Y. Jackson. Tho legend wiu> clearly and concisely uii- foklcd, Ibc. true spirit being introdiicotl m simple yet .strong action. No fewer than four of tbo eleven incideuLs


VIOLENT miSONEl!.


DEFINES “ A DROP OF DRINK” AS “ FOUR OR FIVE PINTS.”


A.S a rasult of a clislurbaiu-o ia the .Markot-


wbieh formed tbo pageant were ebiitributed by scholars of the Parish Cbuicli bcliool. Ono of tho brightetit was an impression ot the ” ^Yater JJabies,” aiTungcd by Mi.ss Alennoll. Tlio children appeiu'ed m whito bathing .suits, ami iormed a most eiitrauciiig group, aud tho sceiio, whicJi was enriched l)v a song, was applauded to Iho echo. 'Air. 11. A. Coatos was responsible for the


j)lnco, on \Vo(lae.sdny afternoon, Ocorgo jMaguire, labourer, of no lixod abode, Wii.s diarj-ed at the Borough I’olico Court on Tlnirsdny, with being drunk and disordorly, and witii wilful damiigo to a toll window. Asked if lie pleaded guilty to being drunk


and disordt'i'lv, prisoner said: “ I do not know wliifli to do. t do not know irfictlii'i' I irns drunk or not.” Ho pleiidotl guilty, however, to breaking tlio coll window. P S. Harris said that at 3-10 p.iii. on


arrangement of a living extract from “ Nicholas Niul-.loby,” . the well-known scone of Alr.s. Squeers administering brimstone and treacle to iho hoys proving diverting to a degree. JN'eryoiic taking |»art leU nothing to tlie imagination, aud the httlo


play was very popular. A charming number was that reprosont-


ing ” One liundred years ago,” filiowing two chiUlroii who, to a song, returned to lile am danced. Tlie singing of ” Tlie bucond Aliiuict” added greatly to the plea.suro of tliis skilfullv enacted epEodo arrangixl by


Alias Aldor.sfey. Tlio programnio coiicludtxl with J.ugeiic , ,


tlio Jester,” a pretty littlo story m aclmn, arranged hi’ Alit>s \\ilkinson. The villageis


huigliing, singing and <lancing iu a wood, tho appearance of Eugene the Jo.ster, and ol a iraveliing gyi'^y, ''‘ho tells the story ol JCugem*, made up a capital luimher wiiuai revealed eonsidorahle talent among llioso


taking part.


danoe, “ Grecian Frieze ” charmingly per- loLvncd Iiv Aliss Pauline Aitken’s company, wei-e other excellent items introduced m this well-vnriwl programme, aud intcruuK^ ol orche.slral musie under tho direoliou el Air. H. B. Shaw added still lurther plea-suro. Tim pageant will he repeated to-morrow


(Saturday) evening.


coroner moasures .1(5 miles from north to soutli, with Chathuru at one extreme rnd Fdonfield at the other. The namey of no fewer than 7d ])laees are iiudiidod in the,


list. During hi-? period of office ho con-


dueled over 5,000 iiiqncst.s. Ho discharged the dulic.s of the office in


a coiisciontious manner, though on ono occasion*bc wa.s responsible for an inadvort- anco that brought him ]>rominenlly to the noiii’o of the public. A.s the result of pro­ ceedings ill the Divisional Court Air. Jlasle- wcod wns ordered to hold a .second im(Uosl in September, 192(5, on a Rihchcslor youth who was found dead in Shorton-lanc with a IniUet wound in bis bead and a Gcnnaii automatic pistol by his .side. At tho first imjuo.S't in Alarch. 192G, tlio


inrv rotunuKl a verdict of “ Snicido, with no'evidence to «aiisfy them as to tho state of the hoy’s mind at tbo time.” The .second inquest was ordered because of the inndvort- anco of Air. Haslcwood in not viewing tlic body before tho first inqnem. was held. The Divisional Court oxprc.sscd tho vioiy Hint it was not noco?.sary to oxbumo the body. At tho second inquest, at which Sir Bernard Spilsimry, the eminent pathologist _ gave ovklenco, the verdict was tbo same as in tbo first in.stancc. Tho umisnal incident cniiKcd a good deal of comment at tho liino. Tn Juno,. 1917, Air. Haslowood bold no fewer than six inquests in Blackburn in one day, ibiK equalling tbe record set up by Colonel Robiiuson 19 years previously.


TWO CASES DISCOVERED IN WORKHOUSE TNFIRIVIARY.


otlior of milder type, havo been di.sciivoi'L'il at Clithcroe Worklionsu tnlirmary during the w(--ok.


Two cases of .smalljiox, one severe and Hie


Iiuvo been bedfast for long jiuriods. _ On Sunday, a man of V't who hud bena coahnod to liLxi for three years, was found tn have I'allon a victim to tho scourge and on Ines- dnv a second case was iiotiliiKl, the paliont lia'ving been in bod since Xovember last. It is believed tho dread disease was iiitro- dneed to the tnlirmary by visitors Irom neigiiboaring toivns where smallpox has been


lintli ucenrred in patients wlio


rife for somo months. Promiit moasure.! have boon taken io


confino the outbreak to the narrowc.st possible limits. The whole inslilntion has beou thoi'oughfv disinlooled, and inniates and stalf liavo been cjiUcd upon to submit thenisoivos to vaccination. The vaprancy ward has been closed, and visiting is tor- biddon except to case.s ol tho most sonous


description. A clo.se watch is being kept on contacts, both inside the AYorkhonso and among those wlio havo visited the institution


in recent weeks. Tho alfcclctl patients have been romoveil , ,


to Blackburn Isolation Hospital, and they, together with tlic young man who was ro- ninved Irom Blackburn iuliruuiry last ueoK, are progressing sati.slactorily. Both the Medical Ofiicor of Health for tho horough (Dr. AV. E. B:irker), and tho Medical Ofiicor of the AVorkhouso (Dr. J. S. Cooper), together witli tho staff of the Corporation Sanitary doi»artment, have left no measure iintakon with a view to restricting the number of cases. Residents are aslaHl lo consult their doctors in all ca.ses or .sickness, and to report at once any rash that may


Gauncil is to he hold next Tuesday evening for tho purpose of pairing a resolution making cliickonpo.x a compulsorily notiliablc


disease. • Tho aaromoiit ’Bus Company ask ns t(i


filato that tho Stonyhurst mail who met with an aceidciit at Jlittoii a fortnight ago did not como into contact with ono pf thoir omnibuses, as stated in a paragrapli last


week. * * *


■ Bhitries for tbo Clithoroo laying test will bo aoooptod until Tuesday.


A special mooting of Clithcroe Jouii SMALLPOX. Tlio Russian dance, ” Polomiise aud the .


Wedne.sdav, Ingetlier with f'.C. Thompson and P.C.' Wliituliead, tio saw prisoner in tho Marhot-jdace. Ho wa.s raving mad ami wanted to li'gbt everybody. Ho ciiascd and swore and junUHid on a Claremont ’Bus, being got olf with somo dillionlly. He ivas so violent that be had to be rarried lo the police stalioii. On being put in a cell bo smashed ono of the windows, and tried to do othor damage. Finally ho bad tn be


baiidonlfed. Magniro said ho had bad a drop ot beer.


somobody gave mo .a drop of wliisUy, and it ivent .straight to mv head. 1 wont up the polo after that, and don’ t know what occarriMl.


Tbe Mavor (Alderman Staiidring) : A droln- JIagnir'e: Well, four or live pints. Then


I'ho Chief Constable said prisoner Mirvcd . . ,


' with the Force.s in Mesopotamia, and bad a iietision of 25.'?. a week. Ho thought tho fever got hold of him yc'storday. “ Ho sa.vs ho is on his ivav to Y-orkshire to piek potatoes, and I think tliat is the lic.st placo for him,” added Iho Chief Constahlc. Fining Jtagnire in.s, on tho first ehargo


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WEDDING. BAUrCElI-SjnTH.


Aliss Borl.ha Smith, only daugliU'r of Air.


AV. aud llio late Atrs. Smith, of St. Hjiry i;* street, wa.s married at the FariHi Ciiureh on Saturday to Air. Artliur Barker, soooml sou of the* late Mr. aud Mrs. Barker, ol AVhalley Now-road, Blackhurn. Ihe hrid . who wore a navy blue coat, trimmed with opossum fill*, witii hat to lone, was given away by her brother, Air. Harry omith. The bridesmaid wa.s Aliss Hetty Foster, of AVhallev. who wa.s attired in u Lido hlue coat, tnmuuxl with opo'-sum, lier liat. being to match. Air. Harry Sniitli acttvl as he.sL man After the ceremony, at which the Rev Canon AVrigley oniciated, a reception was hold at Air. Swale.s’s cafe. Later, Air. and Alr.s. Barker left for Colwyii Bay where the honoymoon is being .spent. Bpen tlioir return tho newly-married couple will .reside at 11, Kldt)n-roa'd, Blackburn.


WHAIiLEY. WHIST A.VO D.VNCLN'd....I’ rnmoliMl by


ilm liulic.. of till' cDngrvgiiHnn of tlm Church of the Knglish .Mnrtyr.s, a whist, <lnvo nml


(huicc was held in tlm Farnchial Hal on Satnrilav evening. Whist wa.s camea on at tlio same time a.s thine.ng, hot thoro acre


oiilv a fi'w lalilos nceapu'il. Air. .J. Lang wa; tho -M.C., ami be i.ro.sonleil jirizi'-s t(>


tbo fiillowing: Alosilamos I bistlcllnvailo, Hall ami Calvert, and Jlr. If. ()niiin. Iho Cosmoiiolitau orehostra jilaycd for danouig, ami, as tho (hiiioe progressed the aUomhim'o was angmi'iiled. Uofroshmunts wore pro-


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vidt'd. ami a very enjoyable ovoimig was Spent.


->-e» 9 - ' NEWTON.


lhank.sgiving .services woro hold at ixewtoii ('oiigrogatioiial Church on Sunday.


church had heea heaiitifiilly diicoratcd with fruit and inodaco of many kinds.


Bov. G. K. West wa.s iho jiroachcr morning and o'voning and thoro woro largo (loiigroga- tioiis Tho colloctions at both .sorviccs.wero for chnri'h famlB. Mrs. H. Bnsht(in pre-


COXGKEG.VTIONAL CHUHCH.— Harvest iho tho


1 ‘sideHl at the organ and special harvest hymas were sung. On Monday, tho friiit, ote., was nuiekly .sold, the proceeds going


to church funds. ■ Inlonding slndoiits at Clitiioroe Tcehaicial


Scliool aro remiiidod that a fnrtimr oppor­ tunity of emolliag is provided at the school


to-night. ----- " 125 YEARS AGO


ITEMS CULLED FROM , ISSUES OF S


and ordering him to jiay ns. damages on the Hecond, the .\tnyor advised prisoner to hiavo tho town, and got on with his potato inching.


SEPTEMBER 18th, 1903 OUR


Seeing that tho great iiumth ol the ,


year, November, i« so rapully ajiproaching, our city fathei\s at thoir monthly mcetiug ye.sterdiiy woro rather ijuiotor ami appaiontly oil hotter loriiLs with each other than might havo heun anticipated.” Tho above oxtract from “ Tiio Clitheroe Tiuuts ' in a leading ^irticlc.


A Lancaster cyclist wns killed on Sunday


morning wliilo cycling on tho Lancasliiro side of tho Trough ot Bowland. Ho waa rilling an Amorican machine, biakolo.sa and with woudeu riin.s. Tlio rim of the back wlic'cl broke in a rut.


tlio Rib!)loEdaIo Cricket league for tho tliird sonson in succeiision, it


cvlohrate tho success ” m light royal .stylo.” - In their concluding game, AVhalley defeated Burnley St. Andrews, scoring IbJ for iiino (Usher, (50) and dt-jposing of tho *‘ Saints” for 02, Usher taking three wickcle for M. runs nml AV. Lakeland ca.pturing fioveii for


Wiiallov having won the ch.Mupionshij) of propoF.od to


? " IG.


(Colonial Secretary), Air. Jlitohio (Chan- I'ollor of the Fxciioipier) and Lord Georgo Hamilton (Secretary for India) wero olUcially announced. Mr. Chamhei lam’ s rcoignatiou was due lo tho lejoctiou of his propo-sal for prclorcntial laiilL, and tho rasignatiou of tlio otlicr Afinistcrs. was ox- jdainod l»y their antipatliy to Air. Balimir’s policy of lotalintiou.


Mr. AV. J. Littlo, gas motor inspector, by Js. a week, and tho wages of Inmphgliters were raised by 2s. a week.


Tho Ijocal Govcnimont Board sanctioned


the ro-ai>pointmout of Dr. AV. K. Barker oa Atcdlcal (Jfiicm* for a term of three yonra, ;ifc


mitted by Father Mo.‘?s for club rooms to b« erected on tlic top ot the new schools in


a^ salary of £40 x>er annum. Tho Town Council approve<l plans sub-


Lowcrgatc. On Alonday moniing it was discovered that


a window had Ijccu broken at Chatbur* Railway Station and about 5s. ami a .small


jiareol stolon. On Saturday; IJO membors of tbo Brm.di


Association visited Stonylmrsl and A A’halloy,


travelling by siwcial train. A rosidont in Cbatburn-rond claimed 3s.


damages from a niornbor of Clithoroo Cricket Club (Air. J. Cliiulwick) wbo. wliilo at battiLg practice, knocked a ball through tlio window of a hoiiso opposite tho field. , TIis Honour Judge Coventry hold that if man chose lo play criokel iieur windows he ought to pay if ho broke Iboin. Ho allowed tbo damugo claimed.


>1 The Town Council incroase<l the salary of


11 L.1


1>F The resignation ol Mr. J. Chamhorlam ; ' ir't,


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If yoJi neod ii pniin or piisli diair now* is your opportunity to obtain one


iit piu!mIsp)ol(Xv cost, lo H r.'(.rt l.lc' offer refused tor any'model.


We want tile room for our


Christmii.s stock of toys, plen.se call and Inix'e a lord; round, yon will not


be pi'e.ssed to Iniy.


BENTHAMS for Bargains M, MARKET PLAGE, Clithero©


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For solid hard wear. Footwear that vdll stand tho hills. Wo stock tho noted “ Blacksmith” brand, and “ Bova ” Country Boots. FOOTBALL BOOTS in lasrgo variety.


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