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PALLADIUM


CINEMA GLITHEROE


Colonel F. D. Robinson Claims £100 Damages From Mr. W. King-Wilkinson.


DEATH OF PEDIGREE COW


Plaintiff Cross-Examined as to belay in Making Claim.


Clilhoroe Count3* Court was crowded on


Tuesday aflornooii for the. liearing of an important action in which well-known landowners were partii?s. Colonel F. B. Kuhinsoii, o f 'M a n o r House, Chatburn^ was plaintiir and Mr. AVilliain King-W’ ilkin.soii, of AVhitcholmo, Slaidburn, was ^ defondant. Both aro soMcitor.s, Colonel llobinson being steward of the Honor of Clithoroe.


value of a pwligreo Sliorthorn cow, Ovor- Iieuver jMagie JI., haid lo havo died as a result of ail alleged breach of covominb in respect of a fonco at Chutlmrii. 'J'lu; valuo of tho animal was not disputed. Mr. B. Onnorod, harristor-at-law, hrieftnl .1. Backhouse, represcntixl


by 31 r. T. pluiniiir, .and tho dofonco was comluctcd


by 3tr. N. Laski, barristor-at-Iaw, of 3Ian- cnostor, who had boon instructed h\* 31essr.s. Baldwin, 3Voc1ls and Baldwin.


ph^tt'd when the Court rose, ami an adjourn­ ment was agreed to, the date of the


The case for plaintiff had not hcen^ com-


resumed liearing being left for arrangc- inont hotween Counsel and the Begistrar (Mr. H. Breiniier). The action is being tried 1)3* his Honour Judge Bradley.


Counsel Outlines Case.


the land ou which ivas tho fence iuvolve<l in tho action, was formerl3‘ the properU* ol plaintiff’s father, whose executors cou- veyinl a portion of the land to defendant, who covenanted to erect ami maintain a fence of a pormanont and substantial character.


I t was plaintiff’s eontontion it HOSIERY


that wliilst the original fence was satis­ factory, it had not at nil times been main- taiiuaf. On m^iroiint of that breach of covenant, plaintiff’s cow got through tho fence. Whotlicr the fence was broken down hv plaintiffs (.‘on' or by <I('femlant’s eattlo niight not be material Imt the judge woulil come to his own conclusion. ^ Tlio (l(>fence, as disclosed in 'the particulars filed, was an admission of the covenant and then, so far as the matter leading up to tiie breach was concerned, a denial that the fencM* had not hcmi kept in proper order or that the injuries to the cow resulted from defendant’s breach of the covenant. Tt was' further suhmiltod by the dofenec that the death of the cow was due lo eir- <!mnstaiicoH over which <lefondnnt hs_ul no eontrol ami lliat in respeid. of those cimun stanco.s he was not legally liable.


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land, ou which eight or ton rough-bred young bulloclis were grazing. Dotoiulant’s tenant was a cattle dealer, who from time to time broughf/ on to the Hold cattle of various kinds' keeping them there a <la.v or two before disposing of them, riaintiff wxus a petligroo .stock farim*r with a lot of valuable cattle, ami naturally ho look con- sidorablo caro of them. On tho inorning in quoslion, tho cow was grazing quietly with otiior cows. I t was all right at 12-30 hut


Mr. Orinerod slated at the outset that Colonel Kohinson claimed JCIOO, the


return until tho end o f the wook, by which timo tho cow was doad. Sho was a 1,000 gallon cow and ho purchased her for 90 guineas in 1927.


Cross-Examined.


Answering !Mr. Laski, plaintiff agreed thoro was no mention of barbotl wire in


the covenant. Mr. La-ski: Hid s'ou tlilulc tho covenant


of importance?—Plaintiff: Ye.s, o f ' verj*


great importanco. Hid 3'ou often visit this land?—Four or


five da3*.s a 'week; nearly every day since 1920.


Was tho fence in the condition covenanted . . *■ ,


for?—No Hid you over complain?—To Mr. King-


■\Vilkinson’s tenant. Hid 3*ou complain to^ tho covenantor,


whom you aro .suing?—No. I f you thought tlio covenant was of very


groat iinportanco ami j'ou thought tho covenant liad not been observed, wliy d idn't 3*ou complain?—Because I. complained to


his tenant. Who wa.s tho covenant with?—Mr. King-


Wilkinson. Why didn’ t you complain to him?—Bc- , . „ „


causo 1 gob comi>ensation out of hi.s tenant. I t is not nocc5sar>* for mo to complain that , man is nob observing a coyonant. There would ho more attraction as regards


t ion ?—No, there wns no other attr.action for 1113* cow*.


pasture for 3*0111* cow in 3'oui* field?—ISruch more. There must have been some other attr.se-


the periodic conduct of cows, plaiiilifF said Iho original fenco would havo .stooped any COW'. Ho was aware that cows had been | known to break down fences and oven stone


In ronlv to fiirthor questions respecting


walls. iMr. Laski: Wliat do yon think was tho


cause of the damage ti> tho cow?—J thought slie had boon pushed over the rails b3* bullocks from tho oilier field. Mr. T^aski coniplajned that plaintiff was


hesitant in replving to his qiiestion.s and the Judge ohsorvtxl: “ I think this witness is not <loing himself nn\* good in the wyiy j Tie .spends so imich timo on question.s whicli'j


do admit ’of answers of * Yc.s ’ or ‘ No.’ Dolay in Deciding to Claim.


of an injur3', ami had formed a theor3* :is to its caiisi?, and that that cause was tlio fault o f tlio tlofemlaiit?—Plaintiff: Yos. The cow dieil on Se\)tember 4th?—1 imvo


been told so. When were 3'on first ,at home after Sei>'


lemher 1st?—At the end of the week, proh- blv .September 7th. You know on the 7th that the cow had


died on tho 4111. Thereforo tho injuries must havo been o.xtensive, and you still hiid the same theory with regard to tho death of the cow, tliat it was tho fault of <l(*feml:iiit not observing his covenant?—


Yes. Wli3* ilid not 3-011 communicate lyith do-


How long have you been a solicitor?— .


fendaiit wlien 3'ou realized how serious tho matter was?—! was taking advico on tho matter.


Fort3’-soveii 3*ears. Hon’ t 3’ou know* the fairest thing to a


person 3*011 aro hhmiing to give him an op- portunit\* of examining the circumstances in


respect of wliicli you aro taking an action?


•1 had not decided to lining an actioiu Whv did you wait until Soptcniher 2olli


before 3*011 wrote a letter?—Beean.se T had not decided whether to make a claim or


not. Had you decided on Sopotmher 2oth?—1


suppose so. How many duT-.s licfore Scptemlior 2oth


did 3*ou decide to bring an notion?— f do not know whether I had ilecided :it all at


that time. The cow wont lo tho knackers on tlio 4th


at 3-0 p.m., plaintiff’s servant found two gaps in the toneo. Ou nluintiff’s side of the fence, tho ground all round tho spot where tlio fence had been broken was very much Iroddou down as thougli by a num­ ber of cattle. Plaintiff’s cow was found ,n defomlant’s field surrounded by soine^ of


the bullocks, one tlie cow with its drove away Iho hulloc into its own field.


porarily made up, an iron hurdle being tnit in one of the gaps. The grass^ in ilaintiff's field was fog which had onlv just leeii broken, wliilo in defendant’s fudd the


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wa.s fair to him not to havo had an oppor- tuniiv of :i post mortem?— (No answer.) Ho* YOU think it was fair to deprive him


grass had been ontmi very considerably. Counsel suggested that whilst there was every inducement for the catlU‘ in d(^» fend'ant’s field lo break tlio fence to obtain access to the better crop, Uicn^ was no m- dneomont whatever for plaintiff’s cow to enter defendant’s field. Ho asked tlio judge to find that the fence was not kept- in repair in accordance with the covenant ami that it had been broken down by attle on dofomlant’s land or, alternatively


of a post mortem?— I did not deprive him. You kffow vetorinarN* surgeons, indeed


doctors, often differ in diagnosi.s at a post mortem. You agree defendant has not had the chance o f a post mortem?—Yes. Ami tliorefore he has been placed at


Ami to give him iioLiee 21 duys after the ^


or nth?—Yos. Tho Post-Moriom Examination.


No opportunit3* was given to defendant


to have a post mortem examiiuition P—No. Do you think, as a solicitor, that was fa ir ?—I was nwa3* from


Mr. Ln.ski: On September 2nd you know


and toll his Honour that you aro now cer­ tain on that samo ovidonco that you \woro


■conjecturing on 24 days aftor tho accidont. Ho you really toll him that?—I toll him tliis: Tliht . I never had a report from tho


veterinary surgeon. Theory Revised.


which pnssixl between ^ tho parties and plaintiff agrootl that until October 29th his tlioor3* of tho causo o f the cow’ b injuries was that it had been damaged b>* tho fence. He revised' th a t . view, to BOine extent on receiving Mr. Caldorwood’s report. Ho agreed that the dofonco did not c^recelvo a cop3* of the report, dated January 18th, until February 2nd. Mr. Laski: Ho 3*011 roalK* say that it is


correct to sa>* the timbers of the fence were rotted and broken?—Yo.s, rotted and broken. Was it not unuecossar3* on your part in


regard to tho covenant to mention a word about tho wire?—Apparontb*. T am not asking 3*011 that. Had it nn>*


No.


relevance to this action?—I 8a>*'it had. Had it anv reference to the covenant?— , ‘


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question of law and the witness is in tho box to gixe ovidonco as to fact*.


Mr. Oriiiorod (intervening) : That Is a


fit to protect him. it is enough for me. Mr. Ormerod : I am only desirous of pro­


tecting him when 103* friend goes further than ho ought.


Mr. La.ski: Your second theor>* was that '''


tho injuries to tho shoulder and bowels wore duo to tlio fonco and/or cattle ?—Yes. Tt ma3* bo both?—Vos.


Wo are still in the realm o f conjecturo?


—Yos, Bulloclcs arc mild animals, wholhor tluw


look rough or not?—Yes. TI103* are not anim.als that would do an}*


injur}* to a cow in tho .samo field?—Not often. A cow tr3*ing to got to animats of tho


samo .species could injure itself against a fonco?—Yes.


examined 3*ou .to .some extent as to tho fair­ ness or otherwise of depriving defendant of attending a jiost-mortem examination. When tho cow died, 3*011 wore iiU London ?—Yos, I was.


hold ?—Yes. You were awa\* and had no opportunity of giving instructions?—^No.


Farm Bailiff’s Statement. .lolm Simpson, Crow Trees Farm, Chat-


burn, farm bailiff to Colonel Kobinson. said he had been engaged in farming all his life. As it w:is tho inionbiou to sliow Overpeavor jMagic I I . in-calf at Harwell Show ami newly-caivcd at the Ko3*al Lan- c:ishiro Sliow lie had .special reason for noticing the coiulilioii of tho animal, which wa.s last in service on 2uth August, an entry* in his pocket book confirming this kite. Ho was convincotl that tho cow wa.s


ail right on Soptembor 2nd. At 8-30 p.in. on that chi}* ho found that tho cow had been injured, the left shoulder of the animal being swollen. Mr. Caldcrwood examined tho animal on tho following day and at 8-0 a.in. on the Sunda}*, witness inspecto<l the fence. One place was broken down and at another gap, iron hurdle.s had been placo<l in position. At one gap, the top rail was lying in plaintiff’s field and tho soc»nd rail was broken, the broken end pointing into the same field. Ho thought tho tiinher liad been broken from defendant’s field. Tlio ground 011 plaintiff’s side wns trampled as though by two or three animals. Wlien Iio was in the field on Frida}*, tho fence ivas net broken or tho ground trampled, nor were there liurdle.s at tlio second gap. Tho fonco had heoii repaired b}* him on several occasion.s.


Cross-examined b}* lUr. Laski, witness


said ho had kept a record of particulars of cows • including Ovorpoaver Magic IT. in tlio book produced in Court.


Mr. Laski: Will you show mo aiu* other entry of the date *of servico of this cow


before August 25tli? Witness: There was no need for particu­


lars to bo kept hoforo that dale. Have you not put that date in since?—I


havo not. In an.swor to further questions by Mr. . ,


Laski, wilne.ss .said tho fluctuation in the milk yield of Overpeavor Magic I I .


due to tho wo:ithor. ]Nfr. Laski: Hid the weather vary .system


disadvantage^ as to diagnosLiig the cause of death?— Yes.


bv plaintiff’s cow. IT* eonsoquonco of the fonco being hrokon, the cow lyas inuired probably to some extent by going through tho foiice ami to some furflior extent by iiio cattle in doTemlnnt’s field. Tho animal’ s siioulder was injured ami the cow died^ ou ;fieptomher -Uli. A unst-niorlem evamina- tion revealed that tlie right shoulder was hadlv bruised, tliai the abdomen was sitnilinrlv iniure<l and tliat tho cow had iieluallv' died from acufe innnnimation of tlie bowels as a result of those injuries,


P'laintiirs Evidence. In evidence, Colonel llohinson said tlio


land was .sold to defendant in B\13. fenco was erected to tho salistaction of liis fat-hor’s executors hefort» the assurance was signed and consisted of lour strong rail: oreosoteil, witli a strami of barbed wire top | and holtoiii.


land in U)10 from Ins father’s exeeutor and began to farm it on 2nd bVhruary. 192f). At tliat lime, the lmrhe<l wire had been in placi» nearl.v .seven .voars ami was lieginning to perish. I t inul never h' renewed.


lU' (plaiiitiir) bought the


ihauled from end to end hut in a few places where rails had been broken, (he tenunf for the liim* being liad brought second hand rails of thinner diniousions than Uu original timber and filled in the gajis. Ihe fence had not been touched ^for 17 years. On one occasion, lit* turned 3o sheep out of his field and one Siimlay afternoon lie was .so sick of turning .sheep out of the field that ho went ami got an iron hurdle froni tile other side of dofondant’s lamb and put it in tho fence, 'riiat was in 1023 and it iiacl never been movc<i since. l ie kept a valuahlo licrd of Shorlliorn cattle. One of them was Overpoaver iSTagic IT. On Frid.av afternoon, August 31st, ho walked down* tho fence and on defendant’ s side wore some rough hullocLs which had been thoro two d a js . There wore other cattle and sheep on defcndant’.s land, whore the grn.ss wa.s .short, haying been yt'rv hoavijv grazed. The grass in hi.s fplnintiff’.sT field was fog into which his cattle had only just been tiirnod. Overponvor I^fagic IT. was in tho field at the time: ySho was not m florvico and showed no signs of being. Ho was away from homo on Saturday, Sentom- hcr 1st, and saw tho cow again on Soptcin- hor 2nd. Sho had been brojyght in and wns Iving in another field. Her shonidor was inflamed and tho animal aeeiiuHl to ho jn a good deal of pain, «^Iio wa.s troatcxl h.v Mr CJnldenvood. Leaving homo on iSTon- day morning, Soptoinbor 3rd, no a id, not


’I’lu^ fema* had nevtn* hf’en o\ei


event is to deprive him, as against your­ self, o f the opportunity to investigate the facUs as easil3* as you?—i had not decided to lake any action. Don’ t 3*ou think common courtesy do-


aticallv every three weeks? Witness: 1 do nob know.


Gaps Made Up. Witness was further cross-cxnmiiHHl


mamlcd 'th a t 3'ou should at oiico liave iiotitiod tloleiidaub that this distressing event had happened, so tliat you could receive his comloleuces, if not his damages? BlaiutiiF again hesitateil :iiid ^Ir. La.ski


made a further appeal to tho Judge. ^ “ I must ask your Honour to make this plaintiff exhibit less hesitancy,” he .said.


witness .......— „ ........... Hi


Honour: 1 liave alread3* said this doing himself no goml. His ex-


perience of 47 years ought lo haVo led him lo do .somctiiiiig quite different from what lie is iloiiig. A witness sliould giro his ovidonce with the greatest frankness. He-silatiou always .seems lo tho .ludge to mean that tliu witness is calculating what tlu? he.st answer to tho question.


Judge on Witnojsos. - ^


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1. wish to 1)0 frank but sumo of tlioso qmss- lions are put in' su(;h a way that they* are


I’ laintifi': I beg your llonour’s pardon.


very difficult to answer with “ y e s ” His Honour: You are entitled to add


ridcM*. The answer lo the (lue.stion respect­


ing tlio post mortem' could nave been: “ It was :i disadvantage, hut J had not thought


of taking action thon.” Air. Laski: Tho letter on Soplomhor 2oth


from Mr. Backhouse to defendant deals en- tirelv with tho foneo; there is not a word ahoiit Imllocks.— It deals with a breach of i-oveiumt and injury from tho fence?—.


iMaintifV: Yc.s. I imt it to YOU that yoni* first imprcs- -


sioii was tliat the .animal Iiad heon injured bv oontaet with the fence?—Aes. I liave seen many hunting accidents .and with this animal being iujuretl on tho shoulder, I thought it had been, injured by pitching over tho fence some way* or aiiotlior. Ifiut is whv this claim was made in thus ‘ tivuv In ‘otlior words, to use words which will


1)0 familiar to you from the Workmen s Coinponsatiou Act. you were in the regmn of “ lm*/.ard, conjecture


and sm m is c ” ?— Yc.s.


wore in-a liottcr position to soy wliat ilio facts tvdro tiinn in Fcbrnarv, Ton woro guessing at it


■rivonty-om> davi! after tlio accidont yon --------


— Yes. -


: i 2 1 days a fter ?— 1929?—Vo-s.


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Aren't vmi s ldl gnossing at i t ?—iNo. Hadn’ t von got a statoinont iroia


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servants botivoon Soptcnibor 1st and 2btli r -Y e s .


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to tho p(*riodic ludiits of cows and later denied tliat one of the, gaps had boon pro^ tecte<l with a hurdle during tho whole of ihe timo Afr. 11. Whittaker had heou tenant. TI10 hroK'on wood from the lower gap was on plaintiff’ s land and not on dofeiidnnt s


laud. Air. Lnski: When did 3*qu report to


Colonel Robiiisou about the cow?—On tho Sunday. Hid you take a .serious view of it ou tho Sun(l:xy?—No.


tho Sunday?—No, it ivu.s rather awe on the Blioulclcr.


A cow socking to got tlirougli .a wooden , , case for ihe plaintiff, had not boon


complotcHl when the Court ro.se. and tlie lienriiifT ivas adiourno<l until a <lato to no


fixed bv Counsel with tho'Registrar. DOAVNHAM.


Tn response to an appeal for Diocesan


Cbureli Seliool.s, special collcclion.s woro taken at Dnwnimm Clinreli on Sund.ay, upwards of .EG lioiug realised.


TVOMExVS INSTITDTK. — On Friday


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woro Air. L. Tyror, Air. T. Salisbury and the Alisses L. AS’ ilkinson, At Todd, Af. lownson, AI. Smithies, H . ' Smithies. E., Briggs,^ H. Hartlev, B. Gardner. Al. AVilkm.son, Walter Itobinson and* Stanley* Wilson. R c fr^ h - ments woro served by tho committoo.


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Hid vou iiolico tlie abdominal injury^^on , , , .


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coming into contact ivilh tho fence. I t could ho.


Tho .swollen slionldor could ho eaused ny ,


fence of tlic kind in th.at field could injuro its shoulder?—Yes, but not lo tho extent


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You did not return u n t i l . Frida}*P—Yes. j Had the post inortom examination heon '


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ask aiLVono to attend tho post mortem be­ cause tho cow had been disposed o f ?—^Yce.


Wlicn 3*011 rotiirnori, it was too lato to 1 Mr, Ormorod: ^I}* friend has cross- Mr. Laski: I f plaintiff's coun.sel thinks Mr. Laski que.stioned plaintiff .*i.s to letters And you still havo tho face to como boro EDITOR’S POST-BAG. '■.y- — ----------------


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THE TYRANNY OF SOCIALISM. Sir,—“ Alderman Hobhie also clovoted


tinio to a tlonouncomout o f Iho Liberal part}* declaring that party to bo tho support of t lm . CoiKSorvativos ” (vide your report of tho 8th instant). Fifty* or more yoar.s ago ivhou tho writer


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in youth was being impressed witli tho im- portunco of political and moral studie-s, it was a matter of <listro.ss to him that largo numbers of labouring people could bo found who still voted Tory at eloction.s. 'Tho difilculty wns l-o understand why tho poopto did not^ elect ropresoiitatives who woro pro- pare<l to advocato and grant privileges, freedom for dovclopniont of tho individual, and liberty of tho subject,


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cijilos havo undoiibtodly made Socialism possible, and yot Socialistic advocates never tiro of condemning Liberalism and group­ ing it with Toryi.sni. There is a.s imieh dilforenco between Iho two ns there i.s ho- tweoii Socialism on the one hand and either


o f the other two. lb suits tho policy of Socialistic advocates


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ali.swl if tlie production is to bo liicrativo,


coal will still havo to bo sold under epm- potitivo conditions for foreign consumption, and if tho so-callwl higher standard of life. inortf "and more pay and less* and les.s work, havo to bo niado a first clmrgo on homo consumption this is merely protection for Iho protlucors. Tn addition thpro would 1)0 a largo army of supervising officers whoso mnintenanco would add to tlio cost of management. These super­ visors would naturally* spcuro for thoin- pclvos and 'their relations all tlio soft jobs; thus we should revort in tho vicious circle to individualiam, and tho last stage for the bottom dog yvould bo worse than tho


first. Sooialistn, as I see it. is the natural . . , . ,


protluct of Toryism. Just as in Russia the tvrniiny of tho ruling classas produced BoIsh*ovism, tho Bolshevists still hang on to Czarisb methods in their tyrannous rule. TIius will tho Socialists rule, if ever they got tho power, with tho iron hand of tho omploy’ ing group of fifty years ago. Save us from tho tyranny of tlic working man


suporvi.sorl nth Fobnmry, 1029.


WHIST DRIVE FINAL


WOMEN UNIONISTS EFFORT COMPLETED AT PADIHAM.


CUthcroo Hivisioii Conservativo_ Association liavo been running whist drives in tlio various polling districts in tho constituoncy* and all tlio prize lyiimcrs mot at the Unitarian School, Badiham, last Saturday when a monslro whist drive brought to a conclusion a series of happy oveuus.


winners wore:—Ladies: .1, Mrs. B. BoococU (Ciitheroo); 2, Mrs. Butter (Altham) ; 3, Airs A. Smith (C4reat Harwood). Gontlo- inoii: 1, Air. J. Kayloy ( Higliam) ; 2, Mr T. Brudcnoll Great Harwood) ; 3, Mr. U


Hill (Hurst Green). Mr. H. Buckley. J.B.,, who presided at *, , ,


tho prizo distribution, said ho was pleasoa to SCO such a rcprcseiitatiyo galhering. whicli augured well for tho future ol tlio party. Tho general election wns not far distant, and the electors would ho asked to ca.st a vote that would ho ol far more iniportauco than before. They* would have a largo number of women votei*s, and an in- creasu of 8.2o4 was reported on tho now register.


wmild havo a now oxperionco, but they need havo no fear of the result. They bad a strong Woinou’s Unionist Association witli a inomborsliip of over 4 .000. Thcro woro probably some people who did not agroo with llioir way of political thinking, but thev wore always jilonsod to moot theiu. l io thought tliat overylliing in politias should ho done in a friendly way. Booplo bad a perfect right to. their own opinion, and tlio host way lo roach a working result was to discuss nialtors together. The welfare and prosporitv of tho country would bo largely in tlio Immls of tho women at tho coming election, but ho thought that Captain Brass, wlio was unavoid.ablv ab.sont, find entned thoir confidence.— (Hoar, hoar.) No matter wlint sliado of politics people imssossed. Captain Bra.^s could bo .approached with absolnate certainty* th.at the best would


l>o done. “ Tho Man To Follow.” The ‘Women’s Association was a iinuino


as.sociatimi, s.aid Air. Buckley*, and its sue- 1 cess was largely duo to tho untiring efforts 1 of its president. Airs. As.shclon,_ who luul ■ alwav-s a largo hand of energetic wor.'’.ois j gatliered round her. Ho thought the women could bo roliod upon to support Cantain Bra'is. I t would ho folly to support any casual experiment or revolutionary* changes in the Govenimont. Air. Stanley Baldwin wns tlio man to follow. They* hml ROdo through bad times but it 'vas no fault of tlio Conservativo party. Ho thought it nas long lano that never had fi turning. Airs. Assheton, of Hownhnm HnlL.


presenting tjio whist prizes, said the Con­ servatives had tho welfare of the


lioart. Referring to ^^boJ^-rating^BilL at


Assheton said its sponsor. Mr. _ Oliamhcrlnin, was tho rmrat. Jtmislor of


Henlth wo Imd had. Tho Bill would ho of ininicnso bonofit to tlio country as a wliolc,


and this wns only one of the many reasons


why tho oldctors should mako euro that a Cohservativo Oovominont w-as roturnod at


the next election.— (Honr, hoar.) Miss Alston said that in Padilmm they


had a .Tnnior Unionist movomont which was proving itself of groat value. At Nelson during a recent oainpnign a largo numhor of mombors woro enrolled, and she hopw when thov Innn ch«ra campaign thoro wonm bo a groat rosnonso. Tliero wore over AlHIU young people in tho conotituoncy, and thoro was plenty o f scope fo r their work,


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J . i 1. WINTER SPORTS


Leave tho water pipes n.slcc}), Plumbers are botli good aud cheap ; Let the boiler do its worst, P rob a b ly ’ twill on ly b u r s t ; To the river you must go, Dressed up like an Eskimo ; With a fork, you’ll find it nice. Spearing fishes through the ice.


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Aunt Martha takes a groat interest in Sport. She has boon


seriously concerned about the number of records which have l^cn lost to this country during the past year or two. Slio thinks ono reason for this is that wo do not choose the right times for making them. For instance, sho wants to suggest that tho 100 yards swimming record could easily ho broken if it were attempted in tho river now. Of course, tho ice yvould have to bo broken, but slio feels suro tbo time would be very fast indeed. Sho doesn’t want any credit for tlie suggestion, her motive is a


purely patriotic one. Wo havo allowed Aunt Martha to occupy all this spaco hocauso


sho has chosen a soasonablo topic. For ourselves, wo would just like to remind you that wo have


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