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r i ' lADVERTISER AND TIMES. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1928. CNINBJ M ANY SUBJECTS |.lt holi ;\ii^


|sciit.uillv ill . tho piLcli.


|*Id AViiallfv _ clear tlmt |n;i \Miallev ]ilcii by tlio ^someLlmi;;


Town Council’s Wide Variety of Interesting Topics. SHARP PASSAGES.


;iio aiul iho I'un out lit cepiuM Iii-s and break- |*y man ad-


Ji'oiieliisively Ivictory. It of disniiss-


|'u;;ldnil Uiu prU*{| Llivm-


J «et rid nl |nly reaelied '.VO men not : appeared, Stacey l>7.,


J ever, caim* [pinrky ami Vinson, who |!ow and H.


J<I lonjr and Ivory likely, lalor eaujihl Iheir elForts !id as nnu:li. liK'd anxiom. jihle.


was heard,


land Catlow* close of the ■re run out


III very well I'mpetent to .'(•oiidie wa« I'nioved that Kemvick, Imtsman.


Smallpox— Painting— Gas Price Delayed Grant Schemes— Broken Lamp.


.Secslall, Councillors H. Alanloy, AV. Clayton J. l‘ or<l, J. AVilson, !R. Jonos' .T. II. Sattcr- thwaite, J. Crabtree, AV. K. Jfnglies,- II J»arkt*r, 0. Hargreaves and J', Jioothmtin.


Ill recent years visitors to the Council


Chandler have boon confined to the annual iiieotingj but on Tuesday ihero were a num ber of interested .spectators both male and i'emale.


Smallpox. ’rii<«


Committee, Alderman Seedall said lie was very .sorry lo have to announce that three i-mallpox cases had arisen in the town. TJiat was i-.ithor .serious, and was t!ie moro.unfor­ tunate as the health department were be- giniiuig C


Jhopo.sing the miniitos of the Health O pride theinsclvc.s on the fact that |lson


iho town was almost free from infectioiiK <lisea.'*e. For three consecutive months the isheet relating to compulsorily notifiable <lisea.se.s ha<l been clean,'altbough neighbour­ ing towns had snfFcred from the smallpox scourge for a considerable time. Perlinps Clitlieroe had been fortunate in cvicaping so Jong. “ 1. do want to say to the Health Comniitteo and to the jieople of Clithoroc lliat the authorities will take every necessary Hep to stamp out this disease as early as ]K)t?sihle,” Alderman .Seedall went on. ‘ ‘ No tinio or oxpon.se will he spared in lighting •ilm <lisoa.'ic for all we arc worth.”


that all cases of cIiicKcnpox should bo com- ■[mlsorily notifiable for a period o‘f twelve nnmths. He pointed out that the rash wliicli appears is similar in htd.h chickonpox ami smallpox, and .said it was c'ssontial that llio health authorities should be made aware at onco of cases t)f either nature, sg that iliey could lie carefully watched.


ing of the Town Council to jmss the re.solu- tion of which Aldoriiiaii .Seedall had given iiolice would he held next Tuesday uvonlug.


Painting : Contracts or Direct Labour. The iiiinutts of the Housing Committee,


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ihc confirmation of uhicli was proposed by Alderman Seedall and seconded by .Councillor ’.Manley, coirtaincd • reference to painting Oorporntion houses, the Surveyor having hcon inslnicted to proceed witli the work as


. ami when required. C'enneillor Crabtree moved that for this


Te.'i)lution .should he .sub.slitutcd the follow­ ing :


’[‘hat the Jlorougli Surveyor prepare


,s|iecifications and advertise for teiulers for ])ainting: (a) The -10 Addison houses on tlm easterly side of Henthorn; (h) The lid AVheatloy houses on the eatno site; and (c) the houses on the westerly side of llenthoni-road, including those at the ctu-ner of .Scodall-avenue.


Councillor Crabtree said this would leave iho remaining houses in Secdall-ayeimo and those in course of erection to be ]>ainted by the Surveyor’s men.


'JTiroe .sejiarato


lenders should he a.skcd‘ for, and by doing' M) work would be found during tbo early Minter month.s for jiaiuters ivho at that lime of tlio year found einjiloyment scarce. ..\t the fiamc time, the two ]>ainter.s employed by the Corporation would ho kopt at work. If the whole of the work was left to tlio


rorjiiiraliou’s two men the jmiiiting would lavi throughout the winter, but the houses hmlly noiMleil atUnition, ami lie con.siderod it wa^ a far better ])olicy to spread the work «mt, and liiid employment for more men.


St'romliug, Councillor Hughe.s said the


work would he a tJod-send lo the painters of i-'litheroe. Vainter.s seemed lo liiul em­ ployment only in the suminor-tiine, ami many of them were out of work throughout


ilie winter. “ Away With Direct Labour.”


Councillor Parker said that whilst in ono


way he was .surprised at .such an amondmont ioming forward, in another he was not. Ono <'‘*uld only expect such a move after what iiml taken place with regard to the letting <if housing contracts. ” It is (Uiito clear to anybody that so far as this Council is con- <-crno(l there is Ji doterminotl set to do away with all direct lahour,” Councillor Parker said. As regards unomployed ]Kiinter.s, we noe<l only empower ilie Surveyor to cu- gni'c as many as possible to meet the situa­ tion.


] f this work is done direcUv ns hsis


been proved in a good many case.s it will lie cheajier for the ratcpayor.s. 1 jirotest


porks ch).‘^e(l •sday inorji-


I he Septem- |‘d. Me.<sr.s. lid Victoria) I til \Ve<lnes- .. liockwood .Messrs. F.


the villa;;o


l:hden. were list wtn'kin^


I'enee. wliiclt


|irom an in- wliieh ran


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taken to snffcrinji


11).— 'J’lioma.s ' and Henry


iloolliinan said ho was only carrying forwiird the jiolicy advocated by CouiK.'illor Park.cr in connexion witli tbo Gas AVorks wbou be moved an amendment, which was holly ioiight. that certain work should ho done by tin* paiuterf? of tlic town and not by the


Corporation’.s own workmen. Councillor Parker: I hog voiir pardon. 1


challenge. Councillor llooihman to point out any le-^olution I moved on tho.se lines.


Porough Kugineer .sliould tender as well.** Councillor Crabtree: A'os.


Councillor Hargreaves: Providing be is


Councillor Hargreavo.s: Do you suggest the . . .


ulloucd to tender, .1 am agreeable. J he time to \leal with' tlio matter will be when the lomlorfi arc submitted.


Alderman Seedall, ebairmnn-of the Hous­


ing Coimuittoo, t?aid.that at the moment he had no feeling on tho matter hut wa.s ^-omewiiat surprised that it had hecii raised in open Council. The mimitc Coun­ cillor Crabtree sought to alter .was unnm- mously passed in coimnittw, being brought forwaixl and dealt with without discussion. Now caino an amendment that the work bo let bv tender.


It is a funny way of doing


business,” Alderman Seedall commented. ” Had somebody moved this course when the C^mmittoo was sitting, there would liavo boon no difficulty. As the resolution has gono ou to tiic minutes, I shall stick to the


minutes.”


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J m it e d I Ol'ka) HAPTON.


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nient inchide, that the Borough Engineer can tender?


Councillor Crabtree: Yes, I agree to that, O dona niv eccoudor.


On being put to tho vote, nine supported


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the. aivicndinent that tenders muted, .and three «iipported the original entry in the


mimitee. I


Councillor Hnrgroavos: Does the nmonrt- ■


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against' the amemlnient.” Supporting the amendment, Councillor


' • The Mayor announced that, a .special meet­ Alderman Seedall gave notice of motion


policy, reported on another page, tbo monthly mooting of Olithcroo Town' Council, on Tue.s(lay, furnished several important state­ ments respecting Corporation activity. The .Mayor (Alderman AV. Standring) presided and other nicmbors present wore Aldermen \V. AV. AViiiteside, J. Thornber and AV. H


Apart from tlio main debate on hoiisinj’


Broken Lamp: Nobody To Blame For Dolay.


■now lamp at Chatburn-rond cud. Ho intro­ duced the matter on tho minuto.s of tho Lighting Committee, and said that whilst ho did not know who had tho work in hand It was .high timo somoono gob ou with iti Tho Corporation must have spent inoro tluui a new lanij) would cost in carrying ilio hand lamps about niglib and morning to mark tho spot as <langcrous. Two months ago ho was told tho work was in liand, and when Coun­ cillor Hargrenvee askod about tho matter at tho last meeting hp also wno told* the work would soon bo done. “ A fortnight ago wiion I ask(Kl again I was told tho job would bo. done in a day or two,” said Councillor Hughes. “ I do nob know how long theso days are, but it is getting quit© time the matter was dealt witli.” Councillor Parker: AA^c all agree. Can


anyone toll us where the delay is? Councillor Jones (Cliainnan of tho Liglr


body’s work. Councillor Jones: jMo.ssrs. Honloyx’ have


ing Conimilloo): I am sure I cannot tell who is responsible. J have been Imininoring at it for ton weeks. Tho Mai’or: 1 also have hainmcrod at it. Councillor Parker: AATio has it in hand? Tho Mayor: It does not seem to bo any­


it in hand now. If it liad been a now gas standard that had boon roquirctl wo should havo had oiio put in in two days. Tlio niimiti'K wore then pa.sscd.


Price of Gas Reduced.


AA'orks Committee were able to rccoimueiul a reduction of J3d. per 1,000 cubic feet in tho price of gas, Alderman Thornber (chairman of tho Committeo) said tho undertaking had liad a very successful year, tho not profit umoiiuting to £5,000 after paying all interest, and sinking fund and dcxircciatiou charges. Credit was duo to tbo mnnagcniciit, and ho thought that fact ought to bo jniblicly imnounced. The construction of the new works was proceeding excellently, and gas woud bo inn<lo with the now plant a.s from October 18th. Tho committee had decided upon the construction of a new gasholder, and tiii« would be of tho waterless jiattcrn. Along with Councillor Manley ami the Gas


Manager, liq inspected similar holders in pswicli, Staines and AVoedford, .seeing the jasliolders in varioim stages of coiistniclioii. L'ho new sjstcm, based on a Gorman patent,


had prove<l a great success wlierevor tried. AVhon gas was being produced at 90 degrees lioat it wa.s liable, to absorb moisture when .stored over an area of water a.s in tho old ayrttem.


'J’hat resulted in the rusting of


•itipes and iiiclor<> and caused cunsiderablo trouble to the worV.meii. In addition there was a tendency for naptha to he produced under such eomlition.s.


Htorago, and this resulted in a considerahlo iimount of Sunday work. J^argo quantities _as were consumed between 10-3(1 a.m. iiiid l-O- p.m. on Sundays, ami there was


furthor heavy coiisiimplion on iMondny. As II result the men had to work on Sundays '.o koej) pace with the reqairemehts, whereas f ihoru storage were available they would


1)0 able to avoid Sunday work, which was paid for at double rates. Seconding the mimitcs, Councillor Afanloy


said an additional advantage of tho now asholdcr would lie tlmt they could control,


pro.ssure. In some parts of tho town gas jjrossure was ]icor indeed at prc.scnt, but that dilliculty would ho overcome when the now holder wa.s in use. The minute.s were uminiimnisly pa.sscd.


GRANTS DELAY.


Road improvomont Schemes Which Exceeded Time Allowed.


The deinity Town Clerk (Air. II. AA'eeks) aid ho liad been directed by tho Chairman


of the Finance Committee to bring fonvaril tho following letter, dated lOtli September, from tho Unemployment Grants Coininittco:


“ A2i7J —LAYING OUT HKNTHOllN , J>AUK.


‘ AVith roferoiicc to the claim suhmitted


on tho 15th August in respect of the above scheme, T am directed by llic Unomployniont Grants Conimiltee to state that they ob­ serve therefrom that wliilst the sclienio was duly conunonced ou tho J5th Alareli, 1923, was not complolod ' until the loth


'ohniary? 1924, i.c., some 11 months later. ” It will, however, bo remembered that in approving tho scheme for grant purposes in


Fohrunry, 1923, the Committee fully under­ stood that llio .schoino would be complelotl within IV period of four mouths from the date of emmncnceiiioni, so that there would appear to havo boon considerable delay in bringing the schemo to final completion, and X am to ask for your Council’s detailed ob­ servations on this point at your early con- onicnec.”


A2172~-ICiug Lane Improvement.


B2192—New Concroto Bridge in Duck-strort, etc.


Blood--AVidening and Improving Inttlomoor- lo.ad.


131557—^AVidening ami Improving Brungor- ley-road.


Afay, i02S, and the loth August, 1928, I am lUi'octcd by the Unemployment Grants Com- niittec to .stale that tlicy observe therefrom that the works' wero in progress for tho following periods: Sclieino A2172: loth .April, 1923, to the 3rd Oftohor, 1923.


Sehome B2192: .lamiary, 1925, to the 17th Alarch. 1920.


Scheme B1557: January, 1924', to the 31sfc Jamiar.Y, 1925.


iiblo dclaj’ appears to liave hoeii incurred III bringing tliem to completion, fiince it will be romomberod that the' Committee fully understood at the time tho grants were made that the works would be completed' within periods lar sliorter than tlioso actually taken, viz., Schemo A2181 four months; Scheme 132192 12 months; Schcinos BlouO and B1557 throe months (to which should be addctl a further three mouths specially sanctioiKHl in the Coinmittco’s letter of tho 2Sth Alay,


“ In all tlio schomcH, therefore, consider-


1921). TTic Committee will accordingly l>c glad


to rccoivo your Council’s detailed observa­ tions on this point at your early convenience, and I am to add that the enquiry is made with tlio concurrence of the Alinistry of Transport who have now n.ssunicd respon­ sibility and liability iii respect of all scheimw- involving road works.” T'ho deputy Town Clerk said he was under


sent in tlio date of the completion was correct tho major portion of tbo work on jobs had been done earlier. the Borough Surveyor (Air.. A.


the impression that extensions had. been :illo\vo<l ill sonio of tho schemes mentioned. It was possible that although on the claims


Scheme B1550: 29th February, 102-1, to tho 2oLh Alarch, 1925.


‘ AVith reference to tho claim.s submitleil respect of the above schemes on the ,5(h


At present ( ’litheroe was short of gas Calling aiteiiLion to the fact that the Gas


_ ” I think it-is .a disgrace to a town like Clithoroo that a lamp at important and dangerous cross-roads should ho broken and unrestored for five months,” said Councillor Hughes, referring to tbo failure to erect a


Tho deputy Town Clerk: ,I havo not been ablo to traoo all of thorn.


ferred to was done botwcon 1023 and-1025, ami it was quite time tho whole matter was cleared up. Ho moved that tho Town Clerk should reply to tho letters in tho following tornis:- •


” That tho delay m tho


completion of tho sovornl works referred to was jirimnrily due to tlio Borough Engincor ami hi8 staff being engaged in tho erection of houses by direct Inbour,: Thi.s depart- mont was neither equippwl nor stnffofl to iiiulortako this work, ntid to carry out at ono and tho snmo time, the assisted’ fichemos referred to in your letters. Consequently coiUiidorublo arrooi's and serious delays Jmvo been occasioned in tho work of this depart­ ment. Tiio Council truste tliat in tho cir- ciiinHtanco.s tho nnoinployincnt GrnntG Coni- mittoo ami tho Alinistry of Transport niny view the delays roferrod to ivith a Isindly eye, and grants in aid of works complotccX may. bo paid.” Councillor I’arkor: Are wo to take it for


granted that that is correct?. Was this de­ lay /caused Iiy tlic croctioii of housc.s by direct labour? I should like to Imvc an official oxplnnation. It did not touch tho question at nil in my opinion. TTio Afayor: Jo thore any seconder to


Councillor Bonthinan’o resolution. After some delay Councillor Sattcithwaito


Govcniinent dopartinent tho Coiiticil ought to bo very careful to bp nhsolutcly correct. -—(Hear, hoar.)—Ho was surprised at tho resolution moved by Councillor Bootliman and could not for tho life of him seo liow they could .send such an aiisw’cr to tho lotter. Tho work in tho schemes roferrod to could iroceed simultanemisly with tho hnildiiig ^of :iouses.


’I’lio ron<l improvcmenle for which


grants wero desired wore outside the province of Iho men building houses.


“ An Absurd Statement.”


mout, observing tlmt the resolution was ” a little bit far fetched.” There was no reason to spring tho luattor on tlie Council in that way, ami it «oomcd to him there was fioineUiiiig behind tho resolution. Councillor Boothmnu .said that after Coun­


cillor Clayton’s rcmark.s ho was prcparcxl to accopt the amciidniont. Tho only two points he would like to make in accepting Councillor Hargroavc.s’s nniondmoiit wore: (1) that there wero uo delays heforo the Council cMigngcd in building iiy direct labour, and (2) tlmt he had been unable to discover any oilier cause for tho delay. Councillor Ihu’ker: It is surprising what


Parker in order? Councillor Bootliiiuiii has eplied.


a. blind oyo some iicoplo have. Councillor Sattertliwaite: Is Councillor


” A Blind Eye.” Councillor Parker: I told him ho had


better wait until other people had .S])oken before^ ho got up. I know tlio rules of this Council as well as anyone else sitting around this table. I say people are J^iuTty of turn­ ing a bllml eye. If Councillor iloothmaii had coujiled tho Electricity J)epartniout with the Housing <lepartmeut then it -might havo boon nearer tho' truth. Councillor Boothmau: 'ITicre was no


yon to lot mo speak now. I contend tlmt Afr.' Blcaznrd’s time and the lime of some of his stalF has been occupied more in the l^lectricity departmont than in lioiisiug. Councillor Bootliman never thinks about re­ ferring to tho time spent in the Electricity department. Ho is .always on tlio question of houses. J can anticipate wliat lie is driving at by tho resolutioi), ho proposed. He kiiow.s finite well from the “ .\<lvertiscr and Times ” of last week tlmt there will be moro letters read hero to-niglii, and tliis resolution is a stepping stone. He wants to tell tho Alinistry that tho delay is due to housing work, but that is absolutely in­ correct. In regard to other work required to 1)0 done by tlio Highways departmont. if the Committee will give thq Surveyor iii- slruclions to ciiqiloy as ninny men as ho can the work will gob done. I agree with Councillor Clnyfon that there is .something hohind, this. Tlioro is .a motive in moving resolution of this description. It ought


Electricity departmont at tlio time those letters refer ■ to. Ckmucillor Parker: J ailowetl you to pro­ cod when you wore on yoiir feet,'and I want


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never to havo coino here at all, until the General I’ urposcs Committee lind discussed the whole question. Councillor nnrgronvos’s amendment,


iccejitod by Councillor Boothninn, w.as iianiimnisly carried.


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AUCTION MARTS. GISBUBN.


Aroiulay-.—.-V good .show of fat stock In- luding largo supplies of local lambs, and


111 iuorensod show of fat- cattle. Lambs met a better trade than of lato, wliilst beef as. ill bettor demaii<l but showed no Im-


homed lambs, ‘J2s.' to 32.s. oacli; owe.s, 24s. to .35s. each; lioifers and bullocks, £1S to U22 each; cows to £17 each; calves 25s.


irovomeiit in price. (^notations: Boat iimb> at 48s. oaoh, others 3S.s. to 42>. each;


to 35s. each. AA'odnosday.—A good show of 280 cattle


including 38 newly calved heifers and cows' and 220 lying-olT cattle hoforo a large at­ tendance of buyers. Newly cnlve<l cattle met n very good trade, wliilo lying-off cows mndo less money than at recent sales. Geld . cattle a slow trade. ' Quotations: Sopteniber and October onlvei*s to £.32 10.s.; November calvers to .1:33; later dates £22 to £20: newly calved cows £20 to £34; newly calved heifers t o '£27 10s.: fat c^ws


,to £16 10s. J fat hoifor.H and cows to £15 oncli.


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Blenznrd): That is so. The particulars of extensions allowed had bettor be looked up.-


of social events in tho village, a meeting lins been liol dat which roprescmtntives of the Church Council, Cliapol and tho Social Club wore present. A liappv spirit of co-opera- tion wafi evident, and an arrangement winch will ojicratc until tho end ot tho year was made.


AVith tlio object of jirovcnting iho clashing TAILORS


9, Alarkot Place, Chfchcroo.


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meiit that before the reply was stmt tlio question should bo referred to tho Finance Sub-Committee for consideration. • The reading of the letters was tho first intiinn- tion he and other inomher.s of the Council liad had, and it was impossible for them to detorniinc tlio best possible reply to make without further consideration. " To say definitely i-liat tho dolay was duo to tlio building of houses was absurd. Ho might as well say that tlio dolay was duo to tlio Borough Surveyor having to make tho main r^ads. It would bo mntc as logical. Sonio- ouo might say that tliis dolay was due. to tho Surveyor being engaged in supervising the waterworks, and so ono could go on sotting one departmont against another without ever arriving at tlie real reason for the dolay. U Would ho most unwise to make^ a- statement of tho kind suggested to the Board. Coinioillor Clayton seconded the amond-


Councillor Hargreaves moved an amcml-


said that to put the matter in order he would second tho resolution. Aldoriiian Scednll said that in reply to a


Direct Labour Building Responsible ? Councillor Xloothman said tho work re­


THE MARRIAGE 23 TO 24 MOST POPULAR.


Young iicoplo aro nob marrying quite £0


oarly as onco they did, according to tho Itegistrar GonoraTa statistical roviow of last 3’car. Tho chief marrying ago for girls is botwocn 23 and 2^1 years.


24 years of ago wont to tho altar last year. Tho ago of 21 was also popular for brides,


A total of IX),555 brides hobween 23'(U)d


than girls before ■‘ taking the plunge.” Tlio ago of 24 was generally preforrod among men. Most men of 24 preferred to marry girls of 23, whilst nio.sb men of ■ 23 married girh of 21.'


Aleii. proferred to wiut ono moro year , - A number of boy-aud-girl marriages aro


chronicled. The,-youngest was between a girl of 15 and a bo3" of 10. Thirty-four girls of 15 married, seven of them wedding boys of 18, and ono a man of 43.


over ■ seventy, who numliered 1,295, .were more jiuniorous tlian brides over seventy, wlio numbered only 3C2. Thoro wore many Darby and Joan romances, for 231 septuagenarian niori chose women of equal ago for their partners.


May and Decembor.


ber of alliances. One mnij of 70 or moro nxarrie<l a girl of 18. Ono woman of 70


jnarried'a man aged 37. Twenty marriages took place between nioii over 70 and women iimleri 30.


' . Divorce suits begun during tlio year num­


bered 3,394, and 3,124 decrees wore made absolute. This was the- groabest number recorded, with the exception of tho year 1921.


persons who had been married botwcon ten and twenty years. Thore wci*o 21 suits between parties who 1ms been niarri^ less than 12 months.


tho Iiighcst for five ycaas, and London showed more weddings in proportion to population than any other part of the country—11,392 compared with a total number of .303,370.


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most jiopulnr months for wcnldlngs, as they liavo been since tho beginning of the cen­ tury. Before then, tho highest number of weddings fell] in Octobor, November and December.


July, August, and September were tlio • ' Last year’s birth-rale—10.0 per 1,000—was


tho Jowost recorded, aaid tho number of birtlis—654,172 was tho lowest siiico 1855. 'when tlic population was less than luvli what it was last year.


PRICE OF EGGS. Sir,—I have just read wiUi (?onsidorablo


tbo local Poultry Society and tbo Farmers’ Union is as follows: 2s. 2d. v/holesnlo; 2s. 4d. retail.


EGGS.—Tho price of eggs arranged by


interest Licutcnant-Coloncl H. L. Alount-’a ‘oporfc on tho Chathiirn Railway smash (^27th i'ebruary In.sl) which appeared in your issue o f iho 3Lst August, 1928; i?iige 7.


Granted- that having—after many years ” asking for it ”—had a crasli at Chat-


himi, the question that imerestn me, ns a fairly rc-guhir passenger in this particular train, is when will tlicrc he another nasty (:ra<“li ” in .some other sector lietwceu


Hellifield and Clitlieroe.^ On certain days 1 am luckv, in lliat tho


i non-stop run to Clithoroc takes [ilaco, I mii.st say the rolling and lurching of the train is—to .say the least of it—roallv most hiriuing. J am tho last to wish to go hack to crawl- ng along at ” a mile an hour .sort of thing,”


hut if it is intended to run expve.s« trathc— then run it on a track properlv prepared for it.


ownelcy Fstatc.s Qllic'O, N. L. BABAIKTKII, U.-Col.


15, AVindsor-tcrrace. Newca.stle-on-lyne, -17th Septcmlicr,' 1928.


THAT PAMPHLET.


Sir,—T cannot think yoiir reader.s will bo iti.stied M'itli ” A Churchman’.s ” rejoinder


from what T said, hut something very different from wliat ” A Cliurcliniaii ” reprc.soiitod as my moaning I 1 hope your rcadem will soo tho point. As to lUY umlcr.stunding ‘ ‘ A Chnrcliinan,”


to iny letter in your last issue. ‘ * A Churcli- mau ” is, of course, utterly unable to suh- htantiate liis charge.s against the iminplilct, that it is in favour of abandoning church- going, and of abolishing tho use of .set forms of prayer; but he now acmisc.s me of moan­ ing sometliing altogether ditForont from what 1 (ho) said III niY (hi.s) pamjihlcfc” ! The fact is that I meant, not anything dilforent


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•G. C, IIL'ICTILR [“ A Chnrchiimii ” writes; Mr. Fletcher


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Freo Churchcis wo must got n d of the idea that the Churcli insists upon a .set FORM OF WORDS boilJg UScd 111 Bublic Worship. Here is a living issue ol to-day I "Will our lenders havo tho cour- a"o te face it? ('riie .small capitals are mine.)


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If tills means what it says, namely, that a 6ct form of words is not insisted upon, there nui.st be complete liberty for any and every church or sect to use any form of words it chooses. I f it means .something oLse, as Jfr. Fletcher appears to indicate in tho latter part of tho same paragraph, namely, that a mnnlicr of sot forms may bo brought into oxislonco, from which to chooso, then tho bogiiiiiing and tho end of the paragraph arc 111 direct contradiction. Which docs Jlr. Fjotchqr subscribo to? Personally—and T will grant Ylr., Fletcher this much: One cannot sit o n ” a pamphlet for «m\oral weeks and sliulv out its varied meanings when one is asked to ivTito about it in tlie next issue” of tlie local paper—T attached all importa'hce to the former and not much to tho latter.]


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