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CFOUR) ADVERTISER AIO) TIMES. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1929. ■'Co


PILKINGTONS SALE STILL CONTINUES


A few real Skin Shoes to clear at 1 1/6 per pair Ladies Cinderella Walking Shoes reduced to 12/6


A few Delta, Nil Simile Shoes reduced from 2 5 /- to 13/6


Market Place® Clitheroel PHONE 179


i,ri 0


THE


SPRING SEASON 11929 AT


Advertiser & Times IN 1928.


Net Sale Maintained 'I'ho popiilarilY of tlie Advertiser ,0


Times with local rcaclcra was again cvKlcnced throughout tliu year 1928.


P If


i,iiviireD 'EXCLUSIVE MODELS IN


^ A ^ 4 g& m ea c£ ' S223LinS2iS*^


I


Goats, Raincoats, Macintoshes L A D IE S H A T S


F O R E A R L Y S P R I N G A L E L V R


Exclusivo Models Ranging from 3/11 to 17/11 at HOUSE, CLITHEROE


REGENT


There was no falling off in sales at any pciiod of tli(j year, and an iivcM’agc net sale exceeding .9,000 cojiies j)er issue was maintained for tho wliole year. 'J’liis is tile only infonnatjon of real value to tliu advertiser, ho lie traiicsnian, solicitor, broker, auoUonecr, or Sunday School societary. J^ach and ail may rely on tlie Advertiser <f: Times reacliing not only the lioiises of Clitheroc, but tliose of the whole coimtryside, to say nothing of Blackburn Great Harwood, and Tadiliam. Beginning i t Settle, llio Advcrliser <0 Times is sold thronghoiit tlic Kibble Valley down to the borders of Breston, and tin: copies to which onr Auditors testify are not cojiies tliat are given away for any reason whatsoever, but copies actually sold Ijy lionafidc newsagents. Altogotlier perliaps ino copies of tile Advertiser cfc Times arc


(listi ibutecl free every wcelc for one purpose or another, mostly as voiiclieis to adver-


iNTKltKSTtNO COLI.KCTION OK NOVELTIES JH


JUMPER SUITS, GOLF SKIRTS and SWEATERS MILLINERY, &c.


SPIDCL-VL ANNOUNGMSMliNX N E X T W E EK .


DUCKWORTHS Barclays Bank Chambers


1 „ ,J Entrance : .King Lane. Honrs, i) n.m. to 7 p.m. T H E FOOD P R O B L E jM A w HE MAY


BE TIRED OE BEEP -


y e s - O R _


WEARY OF MUTTOH -•


• A M D WITH PORK-^ ALMOMD'5 TRIPE •


f e d - u p ” / H


/BUTTMERE'SALWAVS 'A CLADSniLE FOR


---------------


! Almond’s delicious Tripe is sure of a welcome at any meal


Being perfectly cooked wlicn 3'oii biu'^ it a few minutes heating only is needed to make a delight­ ful hot dish, llavoursomc and nourishing.


Aw.arcis in Unde Toby's Painting Competition will be nnnounccil in this paper on kiarcli 1st.


FIFTY YEARS FAVOUR FOR FRESHNESS AND FLAVOUR


JRIPECOWHEEIS AND TROTTERS


FRESH SUPPLIES DAILY AT ALL GOOD SHOPS


Trade enquiries te Wm. ALMOND Ltd Geergo Street, West. Blackburn Also .It I’rcston. EU.-ickpool. WiiCm and Warrlntflon


Rhone 272.


tisci's at a distance, but these copies, although of course they liave some jjoteu tial value, are not included in the iniinbe of copies to wiiicli our Aiulitors certify. Net sale has aiid can liave but one


meaning— tliat every copy included in tlio audit is bought and paid for by a bonatide rearler.


I t is right tlmt traders .should know what tlicy are getting for their money. They


i cannot have more valuable testimony than this ; it is for them to estimate its wortli to them and how much it .saves the: ., I especially in tho country distiiets if


they attempted to cover the same districts with handbills :—


80, Ki'vg Street, Clitheroc.


Jannari/ 2:ird, 1929.


ITc have c:camtnc.d the book.s of the CLITJIEROE ADVERTISER <C TIMES for the twelve months ended


:n.s; December, 1928, and hereb\j Certify that the averaye net sales, after deducting all unsold copies and free vouchers, teas 5, l5-t copies per week for the period under review.


Edivard Chester tf; Soil,


To the proprietors of the Clithcroc Advertiser J; Times.


^'fet Sales are tho acid test. GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING


21 .X 2 5/6, 3G X 2 7/G, 4S .x 2 lO/.^uO ytls. 30 X 3, 5/6.


108Ft.-Sq. ROOFING FELT, 3/11


SCOTCH SEED POTATOES Now on Salo NEW TESTED GAKDEN SEEDS


D U C K W O R T H MINCING LANE, BLACKBURN


IlAKOL!) RYDEN


AUCTIONEER AND VALUER FIRE LOSS ASSESSOR


KATJxNG EXPERT


Will Mrs. Wise, last scon choosing Wallpapors at Oxburgh’s, Moor Lane, return homo at once and bring moro Paint, Varnish


and Brushes ,as hor husband is lying seriously idio for tho want of samo.


THE “ ADVERTISER'S.; TIMES ” NOT MERELY GETS INTO EVERY HOUSE--------IT IS READ IN EVERY HOUSE.


WhalLy Banks. Blackburn


TO FURNITURE BUYERS l.ook up your surplus Furniture nnd


'Poilet^, «»f n Piano. MERCER’S CHEAP SOFA SHOP 41, PENNY STREET BLACKBURN


exchaiigf it for n Suite. Sideboard. .... 11T ^


ulien Iho economic side had linislieil its iii- ve.sligations into distribution, and the relative elfcct of the use of oil ami tho development of water power, the two de­ partments would conveno a oonferonco of cM)al-prmlncinfi countries iirobably with a view to (inding a common stanilarcr and,


[;yacle^"^;^Z;for:;^co S I


Hint woro feeling tlio effects of international expansion.


'Britain and Maximum Working Wcok. On tho work of organisation, Atr. Gillindor


disease ami compensation, sickness Insur­ ance. married wnmen enpnged i« induct*^*,


a.s well a.s questions relating to the mercan­ tile marine, agricultural workers, night work in bakeries, and so on. The AVashington Hours Conference which fixed a maximum


.said oloveii conforonccs Imd boon lield sinco 1919, from^ winch had come 57 propositions, all immediately concerned with industry. Tlint figure was made up of 27 convontion.s and 30 recommendations. Tlioy embraced hours, night work, child labourT’ weekly rc.st,


industrial inspection, aecidonts,


tions to tho relief o f the very parlous situa­ tion iu the coal trade. Tlio ro.soarch de- liartmont had inquired, too, into Asiatic conditions of labour, and tho result would doubtless havo a material bearing upon tlio problem of cotton nnd kindred industrie.s


regi.stercd. There has boon .a .stoadv decline


. .. ,


an olF wine licence liaving boon sur­ rendered. The average number of persons to eajdi liceiKsed iionse is now 421. .Kighteen promises are licensed for music and dancing and there are four clubs, with a total lucmborship of 901, whore into.xicatiii] liquor is .sold.


. ----- - ......... . Si'.ssions, y - taken ...... convictions woro


drunkonnes.s .since 1921, the Chief Constnblo state.s, adding tliat this year’s numbor of prosecutions, ten, is probably the smalle.sfc recorded .since tho borough* had its own police force. Tn 1921, tho number pro­ ceeded against for drnnkenno.s.s was 50; in*


1922, 29; 1923, 46; 1921, 33; 1925, 3tj; 1926. 3 0 1 1927, 20.


. , Tlio number of cases of drnnkonno.s.s per


1,000 o f tho population was last vuar .83, as compared with: Congloton, .51; ^Tiverton, .72; , Bridgewater, .62. Other towns about


the size of Clithoroo all liad higher por- contagos o f dnmkcnnos.s. ■During last year, 4.38 visits wore paid by


tho police to licensed preiniso.s. compared with 528 in 1927 and so far as tho observa­ tions of tlio police go. tho houses were, on the wliolo, well condueted.


provouts chest troubles. 1/3 3 / - overywlnwo. " ”•‘5 V^kl m a building that stood in tho churchjard.


Roberts Crouplino cures kiddies Coughs and I -


luent of utiiyorsnl peace.” But lasting I world peace would not bo reached unless | moanwhilo wo built up .systems of industrial security and ensured that reward for in- i <lustry which would enable all workers to I


Lh.1 tlinv u-oi-n moVi.w;":"'!* ; ; ‘ ‘*i


wi tn liicj .uldml, in i l f io l , tli.-it cimtiiuiod peso of pmildMiR tbo iindiem-o tii form seme m '-c i . '"^ 'n ^ ' ’ civation involved file world liulo enneeption of wimt tbi.s itro.st inlor- workVne d v '•,'1.1’' ^ , I


wTon'‘ uiov ‘ s d Z l 'b , '" i r " I ’’ ■‘'h’smmblfl


comlitioiLs, ami an aileijuate living wage. This latter <iuestion, ho declared, had got beyoml national .solution, and it.s inclusion within the charter of the League was not only all to the goo<l, hut was in strict harmon.v with tho evolution of tlin workers o f tho 'iPrado Union Jnternationah*. Surely tho two prononneomonts ho hml cited were fundamental enough for anyhodv. Accept- ablo minimum standards internationally were ossontial, and n<l(!quat(r provision would 1)0 made for dealing with sickness, olil ago, the protection of women .ami cliil- <lren in industry, nnd unemployment. This ’attor was no longer tho .solo eonci’ rn of


ny nationality; it wa.s international. Tho isL rciurn ol the Tlircetor of tlio Intcr-


are over ton million workicss men ami women in tho world.


Tho Parlous Coal Tratle. was made. An allimioii to bettor oducntional faciiitio.s ational Labour Olliee revealed that there


tor drunkonne.ss at Ciillicroe (luring the la.st year, and this number ks tho smallc.st in tho history of tho borough, Jn the pre­ ceding year 20 cases occurred, and l)v a coinculeiieo the reduction in drunlct.mi


Only ten iiorsoim were proeceikal anninst


Organisation in its edncationnl activities in order to create an understanding miml and the eonviction that, in mir day amt generation, we were going to hnml on a legacy of liappimvss .such .is we ami onr


industrie.s had not yet been privileged lo enjoy.


FE%VER ‘ ‘ ESRURlStS.”


ONLY TEN CASES IN CLITHEROE LAST YEAR.


imlion.-il oxporimenl. immnl to tlio world in U**'


‘*1’” I'*® Tnfernational T»ahour


eost tins cnnntrv .C108,0()0 a vear. Us SecTot Service entailed .Cl8n,«n() anmiully, and even the paper and .stationery used In the .Admiraltv Dep.^rtmont, ‘.C200 000;


, . . ...................ague of Nations


KH.1 iiies neio getting a lair <h?al. Appar- a year till! full implicelioii of the lirsl Mr. ' Oillimler com-Imlcd bv ONpressi.,.- f"','-’" '" '''; ^''0 hope timh Ids visit Imd .sorVed tbo per"


I Hio cost of tlic War was .C5r,0,000,(100 ho thought trade avouUI not have been


lor warlike preparations, am! expressed the I oimiion that if the Lahom* partv luul been roiurnod i» 1921 ipiito a dilfuronl .stale of allairs woulil liave jirevailed in mir relations I with foreign powers.


League. Ho endorsed Mr. Uamsav I aJacBonald's view that there was no need


In such an event


its present ''denlorahlo state, hecnusi» every endeavour would havo been niaile to eeinont the friemlliest relations with foreign nation.s wlio, after all, were our best customers.


Overcoming Prcjudico.


equally true that they <li<l not iind through- v‘ ‘'- Gillinder proceedcsl to assert that the out the country in the local inovcmoiiLs such I •*•J^**’*Bitional Jevtu* would exert treinemleus clear siipjiort as had obviouslv been in- I ‘ “ huence. J.Vrsia, Jndia and dieateil by tlie Chairman of that meeting. I


. . . . .................................... ..v-,-.. , . . . gamed materially. Had thero I . , r ...... ................... lapaii lm<l


Jo tliu trade ooioo, political and co-opera- .'™” J^^tS'iv cstabli-sliod, in .spito of llio tivo units ol the Labour movcineiit there |‘*^t that the <lay was .Sumlay there wouhl was still an uinouiit of prejudice, very I 1**^'"*^ been babes ol live and thousands of


IMr. Gillimler observed that it wjis quite true the jHibour movement ollieially and b3‘ iiiLtioiial decision, .stood foor-sqoaro be- hind the League ol Nalions and tlio .inter- | ^ uational Jjabour t>rganisation, but it was I


1


Kided, ^■xpr^■.s,sod biiiiHclf in cnliru agioc- nient witli tho idcal.s ami actions of the '


TEN MILLION UNEMPLOYED.


international Director’s Official Return.


Work of The League of Nations Explained.


Raising European and Asiatic industrial Standards.


of 48 Iioiirs—60 hours for Etistorn com- niunities—liad boon put into operation by oight'out of 13 countries, Gonnnuy amongst them. By Iior uncertainty and evasion Groat Britain Imd tliwnrtcd tho moro gonoral application, and Franco, Spain, Italy and Latvia were waiting until Britain ratiliod and gave cilect to it. It was an unhappy situation, because ratilication bv Great Britain would unquestionably spceil up tin's movornent, not merely in Europe, but it would have a favourable olFcct upon tho betterment of tho hours of labour in Itastcrn countrio.s. Having put our own hour, in order wo could tho better bring moral pressure to hear ou Japan, and tho millions of workers in China, when tlioy be­ came politically established.


Britain Sols Tho Standard. Jhich Imd boon ilono for tlio bettornieiit . -Alombcrs of tlio Old Clilhoroiiians’ As.socia-


“ OLD BOYS’’ AT DINNER.


Mr. R. Kemp Elected President of Clitheronians Association.


SUCCESSFUL YEAR.


Town Clerk’s Interesting Dips into School’s History.


wood budding, aomothing like tboso cajlwl iimgpio buildmga. Thero is notliiiig iu tbo clinrtcr of tlio scliool about tho scboolbouso but there is little doubt in my, mind tint


the building in tho churdiyard was tL church Jiouse, - ‘


in tho parish. When tho Rofomiutimi camo and tlio guilds wore practicalYv


• it


scliooLs should bo regularly formed cu another basis. “ Cock-Ponny ” Paymonts.


countries jn the world had a system of com- had tho’ siipport of tho incoining prlJ^id^ puLsory msurancu against .siekimss. J„ -Mr. K. Kemp, O.C. : Mr


i.uTvvrH‘ wa,'It, I of insured persons to take part in tin


sehemo ami to restrict payment of honelit to a later date. .Hut so elfecLivo were tho arguments of tin* Mritish ilelegation—be it Saul to tlu’ir credit—that there was an over- whemling majority vote for the main prin­ ciples ot the IlritisU standard whieh» to­ day, was the world’.s .standard. About six


c!Ountri(*s had ratilied the .siekne.ss insur­ ance convention.


liloviiig liom ono country to aiiotlicr liail al.so been iccuruil, amt liio JiritLsb abroad


no ioiigcr treated _a.s aliiois. itiattcri ‘^‘kiting to ^the use ol wliito lead and night bakeries were alst) <iealt with; ;Tnd


For Eastern Industrial Improvcmonis. Jlcfiiirocity of trciilmunt for all workur.s


'\anted, in ehect, to denv tin* righ


All. C. .M. Jlenderson, headmaster of tho .school; :\Ir.


school .stall and senior and junior niembers ol tho association.


Mv o ' V r iV' * r . ,


•; •••:------» niembers of tho


ol iMr. \V. llmnibor, .soeomiml bv .Mr 1.’ Onnorml.


New President Elected. De.scribing Mr. iAlitchell as an ideal


president who, along with his able liencJi- maii, Air. C. Miissun (secretary) hail put


uouUl welcome liis successor, iMr KoinP wh.........................' ■ ' •


•


.son Saul that whilst the members regiot- fmly released .Mr. .Miteheil from ollice, they


mu life into the Association, jSir. llemlcr- ^ *


Ji J arkinsoii (trea.snrer) reported a gain on the year of i.'3 <Js. and a balance in li.iiui of i.l.j l.ts. 2d. Tlie accounts were accepted .as satistactory on the proposition


J’ resimting the linancial statement, JUr. of the school; S Wonts’


I l''.‘" ' ".L'lerk ami a governor of 'thi srhnnl i .}. Watson


liuvo told -yon so much that vou might be proud of your school. It fs right yoii sliould he. 'rho Apostle Paul was proud of the iact that ho was a citizen of no moan eity. J hough Romo was pagan it hml a history and did a great work in tho (■ivili.satioii of tlio worUl. Thia school baa done good work, too.


“ In tho oarK* day.s, tho school was ahsolutelv free, open to tho world without


Mirovo J uesday and was not of any fixcnl amount hut jn tho nature of a gift. From early times, it was tho custom of tlio school­ masters to onLwtain their scholars with cocK-lights, and tho cook-pennies were paiil to onnhlo the masters to provide tho cocks ” MV Uoek.s mentioned that on tho west wall of tho tower of tlie Barish Church are to ho found Iho remains of iron hinges showing that the window thero u.sod to ho slmtterod. Ho eoneluded that bovs of tho


school lorinorly playoil fivi-s ag.Tiu.st tho wall.


The Price of Success.


national La hour Organi.sation. Kv<?r since tho movement hccaine organised there had been appeals from congn*.sses jiiul confer­ ences for setting up inaehuierv for tho re­ moval oi diineulties ami tho settling of dis- I>utes without n'eourso to war. On the other hand tho Labour inoveinont Iiml religiously appealed for efforts to adopt tlie ndvieo given to the world in thi' davs of Bohert Owen who urged Hint if industrial standards wetro to la* maintained they must


mately he doscriheil as the ehihl of faihmir —should ho given eoinnleto support, lUr. C»ilhndt*r said no feiver than ideveii attmnpts


bo safcguanled by intornationsil niont. Urging that the l.eague—it might legiti­


evolve an assembly at whieh it should bo , . - ............. - possible w,.


the duty of nations to settle contentious matters amicably.' The l ‘.)20 wave of social idealism Iiad largely spent itself, but it was


Oil that wave the .League was horn, primarily to prevent war. . 'NViliiin the .structure two valuable ilepartinonts were .set tip—the industrial and the economic. Tt was mainly with tho industrial section tliat lie intondoil to deal.


World’s Ten Million Workless. -In Part L‘l of tho Peace T’roaty then* was i


U'll oil SI.;


ailo <la •d


largely Mirance visitjitioi tailmenl of h •kly rest a


iilr othm* refor.'n tlu


lind any moral .suasion in the roforniH iiro- ciircii. Time would not permit for refer- enci's to Japan and China. .SuHiee it to sav


won? made to apply Owon’.s jiroposal; but that they were heginning to cut across that It roqnirtMl tho war to make it possible to harrier that had been growing in tlie ex­ ploitation of ehoap laliour. \Vith tho growth of intelligont ami spiritual convhr- tion behind the movement would • result ‘


that the League had I’ounled for somu'tliing there.^ ()nly ^oO.tJOO out of 2(5 millions of .liKlia s industrial worlcors wore organiscil under trade unionism, so that it would ho sheer lunacy to argue that the industrial power of .fndia’s organised workiu’s liad


itructed, and a scheme of in- | cliiced to title over the little sing from the work. A eur- mrs, child labour, night work, ul compensation were amongst I •■•trodneed into Imlia,


ndustry, now earrictl k. Fjietorii's had been


being proposed by Air. II sccotidoil by Air. T. Sugar.


the A


-Is. jMitehoIl


maintain tho sL.-uulard .sot by Iii.s prodeco.isor. the vice-pre.sKlentH were ro-olecte<I, witli of Mr F. S. .Alitchell ami .Mr. tlie


------------- --------- req required


resolution Parkinson,


solution


agrooil to leave tho appointment, of an i a.ss.stanl, .swratarv ti> Urn <-xocutivo tom-


iUr. Homlorson, secondtHl by Mr. A JLir- ■M'oavos.


' (iruaf, acbiuvemunts l.uii.K aromnpli.slm.l liy inhisi'im nnv War’s Terrific Cost.


startling fact that out of evorv pound of •' J taxation Lis. l.TL wa.s required to cover


intorest in debt., ex-8ervioo pensions and *'............ .


Incidentally, Air. GilUnder mentioned the dos.ral.jl.ty uf


was tbu uroation of tile faith tl.al was born Mr ” l'POintim ni. ol yunnm;r members amt of nmlorstamliim.


tbo l.oauuo ol Nations. Wbat was nsp.lsit'o tl.u • .»oi t aunt ^ ‘ ^ 1’


.1 ni.M) oonr.so to melmln inomliors of tlio .iiinior association. ■ Tho senior membcr.s ‘m’Lded were Messrs. AV. ThornlMM*, AV. K.


snirpe.slo.l it wonbl liu


:iml ho


Hargreaves, F. 15. Mitchell ami . and it. was decided to ask tho association to nominate four niom-


I aicssrs. i . \\. Looio ami wore re-oloctcd amlitor.s.


, , , H. Highton More Mombors Needed.


by J r J. AVatson, who .said tlie Association Nvas Imkcd with a loundatum of whicli any puhhe .school might be proud. AVetcoming the lonnatiuii ol a junior assuciaiion, im e.xprc.s.scd the hope that hoys as they left .school would be induced lo joi.n so tliat the A.ssociation would in time ropro.sent .suc­ cessive generations of scholars who wonid meet and discuss t\iih jileasuro their ex- pm-iences at the school. “ ;i)o your best to make the A.s.sociatioii worthy of the school,” said Mr. Watson. “ I t should not bo (lilli- cult to increase the membership to lOU or JoU ami the inmo members wo ge(,, tho more i interesting will be those annual .mthor-


pn/.o list lor JS.l), miiarkiiit; tliat liu was iIis.ii)point(.Hl not lo tim! bis naino in tlio lost. His brollior, .Mr. .John iMitoIioIi, won a prize that year and f^o did Air. (J L Jioilon, nnin.lBor of iMartin’.s Hank, wlioso .•uvanis woro for nuisio ami for diliKonoo •iml olfort; .\Ir. J’ anel Dowbnrsl. wlio won a prizo for 1-roncIi, an imiioation of liis luture .succo.ss as Air. Jlewhnrst was now a distingiiishod linguist, Iciimving . about


Allred Alu.ssoii won a prize in Ihe .sumo year, as did the Uov. Air. AAbiddiiigton. .Having di-strovored a report on liis term work, Air. Mitchell said he was able to appreciate^ why ho .lid nol- win a j)ri;<e. Ho uas dc.scrihed as i.eing ‘ 's t i ll unequal to tractions and his writing was declared Tho spe:ilcer supiiortod Mr.


languages. Tlio late Dr. \\atson.s plc.a for an increased meinbonsliip.


-Me had confideiiee that tho A.s.sociation would pro.sper and that new members would liml plenty to intero.st thein.


School to bo Proud cf. !io A.s.sociation continued success. It wa^


Tn the course of an intore.sting sjieoch Ir. Woek-s, as one of the govoriior.s, wisiied


.something to have been educated at a school with a history like that of tho Clithoroo Boyal Grammar Bcliool. So far from being of mushroom growth, tlie pre.sent school u a.s founded m 1551, though it was'not th(» earliest .school in Clitheroc. There was


Weeks. Air. Loach, a groat authority on grammar .schools, says that in tho early Aliddle Age.s there was liardlv a place that woul(l call itself a town wliicli had not a school. Tn those days, people believed in pr.ayors for tlio dead ami all over tho country people formed thomselvc.s into guilds, tho first object of whicli was to mnin- tnm a chantry priest to say prayers for the dead. ^ A.s that did not occupy tho wfiolo o f Ins time, tho priest usimllv con­ ducted a school and there is litt le ‘ doubt that long hrforo 1o5-l, when thi.s .seliool was iomided, tiiore was a .school earned on in tJillieine in a.ssociation with tho church


to about 1780. the Grammar School I t was a lathe, plaster and


the Grammar schools woro founded there were


schools in England,” said Air.


in Lhtheroe bccaui^o it was on record that a witness, when speaking of a certain per­ son s age, gave ns his reason for his .stuto- mont that ho was at school in Clithoroe and wa.s .so cruelly beaten tliat ho ran away It IS a great mistake to think that before


eyidonco that somewhere towards the end ’


century there wa.s a .school


as continuation of the •'■■■ liibural IcKiHiuioi. still Kuiduil by Cllad-


t l „ ‘ . .r ! ; r.;i •


the programme—a programme tiiat wjus a ........................


y,


stone s principle 1


« « : i i ? i : V


npitiicr (lid,


important oniployoo,


H(>o f.air play between tho cmnloyor, juoyco,


than the cither and was


propo.scd to do wfiilo ensuring


for often governniont were Jjiber.al (.llect


nor a


to to 1,10 laberal


number. _ Tiie programnio was concerned with economics and in-


^ fnnction.s o f government woro stand aside as


take


business party


control


declared to


operating hold


tho Conservatives and


heoomo the tho


institution. Tho functions


and the consumer, who‘was a moro poraoii


emplover


capital a fair return. Tho reforms that Liberali.sm proposed


wlio forgotten.’ Thcro


antagonistic in lyhat Liberalism in safeguard ing tlio worker ri ‘ 'sked his


mi^ht not ho as high-sonnding or snper- iicially attractive as the idea of scranning imuistry and lianding it over to tho State,


but it wa.s in tho lino o f modern devolon- xnent and thought.


*


^Siding m Liiicolnshiro nro unmarruKl. Ihero is no filiortngo of mon in tho county,


Latest fi(riir&i. sliow that half thb women


uhilo m many districts they . aro in tfio majority.


balanco nnd the om-


or


in of


inof the creator good for I-‘ kcral party


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II'U 1u,u1pi-k. th„ .Miilit/, logisiution


ng.H.'* l!vspoii<lin;i, Mr. Mitclioll proihi.-o<l n


iV toast to tho Association was submiLtcil DinERAr/tS’ OFFER.


MR. GLIDEWELL ON FORMING AN ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT.


Jlr. a N.


cnminlalo for tbo Clitboroo Division, speak- ■ nt: in Hnnco.at Connoil Soliool. on Wo'inc.s-


1- -1 . - <'li<I<'woII, prospoc-tivo Tjiboral


<l.i> Jiight, said both the Conservotivos and the Sociali.sts a.sKuimal they were tho only


'n w " ’V y r


t m J.iberal parly <lul ollur tins country tlio clmnco ol an aUornalivo (lovernmunt. TImv


p.irt of tlie taotios of ignorin'; tlio I.ibural '"''l ‘


Tliat waa simply l'«■■*'<mtly well tlmt


inul not a .snfliciont nnmbor of camlidatoa III


tlirco-imrt.s ot tlnnn wore olcct-ed it 'would BIVO mum .a majoruy in tliu Jlousu of Loimnons. Jiioy bad somo of tbu aliiu.st amt bust-mlonn«l mun of tho day as adliorcnm ol llio Jnlioral jiarty. Tliuy uonid lorm a Cabinut wincli, Irom tlio imint ol viuw of ])orsnoality and powur, Imowlcsiiro amt .■ibdity could nol bu uquallud by uiiiior of flo otbur two parties. If they wuro to admit only tho jmssihility of a aouialist or


.1 t-onsurvativo tiovurnmont that imnliod swingiun from ono uxtruino to anotliur. Tim moment they not thu SocialisUs and the Uonsurvalivus fauinn ono another without


cimntry would hecomo a .series of wild lluctuatioiis.


Gladstone’s Principle. Biboral Government.^ They


tlicn tlio u.vtromi.sta of hotli partie.s woold tal.o control and tlio government of tim


modorntinn inlluonuo llio Ijold at tliu prosunl tinm tlmt if


dutio.'? (il trea.surer, on tho proposition of ‘


Kfi-ryti'.i-y wiis lieartily apiiraveil, tm tliu lanlioii of .Mr. llioriibur, st-comlocl bv ]Mr. Jicmlorson, both of whom jiaid, “warm tnliatra ta Iii.s aval ami ulilciom:.v.


It wa.i


nittee. -Mr. JI. Varkinsoa ai;aiii iimlorlook Urn


-Mr, Tliornbtr iii-oocl tlio <losiral>iIitv of 1>.V


Tlio ru-olcvtion of .Mi-. C. Jlii.-vsmi a.s


for the honour conferred on liim .Air tlo his best worlliily to


Accepting otbco and thanking tho memhers * honour


lor association ami the .school.


|>l.irks, ol Iwi.ston, an eminent lawyer in his day, who wrote a hook on tlio J^aw of Lyidenco and another on Libel, both


that it jiroductHl a senior Sl.irks, of Tw'


.stamlarj worka in liis ilay. Hu ,Va.a tim .ami of a sumor ivranKlfr ami l.u (ilr. WMk.s) felt .satmtiod llial the falbor aa


ivoll as tlio son I.OKan bis <-(liiL-ational cairucr at Clithoroe Gramimir .School. “ Pooplo are apt to say ‘ I am no good at so-aml-so,’ ” Mr. Wcok.s a<Ided. “ Aly theorv i.s this:


that any man imii <lo ;invthing ‘if ho sols himsoll to <lo it and will pay the price. f do not say it is as easy for orery m.an


niatliemalinal niimis. Imt f am satisiiivl (|,at there are very few tliinp.s in tlii.s werW tlial,


Some men learn languages ea.sily. muno hayo


draerved cnconniKcment. H was a e.md tlmiK to keep np friendsliip nnd Uio lime to torin friendsbips wa.s in yontli. In taler tile. nne formed aeqnaintancesliips lint lewor friendships. JicnlirinR one was an old .si'liolar of a worthy school, onn wonid naturally he c.areful t<» <!o nothing that would injure tho reputation of that hcIioo).


11- 2, 1110 Old Clitlieroniiins' Assoeiatnni 'f ‘>.V


-In goinji througli life, ono encountoriHl tomptat.ion in many fornw and any In- llnonco that wouhl liolp in resisting toinptji-


tion was to ho weic.’oniefl. Hf* ooinmen<le<l tiho elforts of the oflicials ami appcalisl to Old .scholars to rally to their su]>port, tlnw


inaKing the jAssocialion increa.singlv valu­ able,— (Applause.)


Vorions nicinbors nf tlio .Assorinlinn con-


tribiilod to the eonv’ ivialily of the proct'eo- ings, .cong ami story proceeding in im*rry euceos.sion.


''f "■'3 "'ork for


Tho Clithoroi! school had to its croilit wrangler—ono


“ ‘Vi 1 Hio only payment was what was calleil ‘ coirk-monoy.’


It was made on


Old Hall sUimls at ]>roscnt. Built into tho wall tlioro IS what was tho top of an arch- <’riginally loading into tho yard. The initials ot Hiehard Groonocro appear in that archway. So much for history.


rcsiiliug wlmro Worston


tho local gentry and tho people of tho town who fouml tho inonoy for tho Clitheroo school. One of tbo loading contributor.-, Si'?


1


tlio Clithoroo Grammar Schuol \vua fouudLHF m the roigu of (iuocu Mary, lus it is onu of tbo very low schools founded in that roign. Jhoro 'vero a good imiiiy founded in tho reign ot Ldward \H. and a good uiany in tho next roigu, but very few m tho reign ol Queen I^lary. Although tho kiug.s and queens assumed tlio honour of lonnim' sciiools and granting charters, as a rule Um inonoy to obtain endowment was oblaiiicsl locally.


' ’ory intore-sting to rocolloct that ihero is little doubt that it wa.s used for laoetingH • '■ abolished, it was found necessary that these


L A B I OOl


Alderr FOR


Death Dull of


the AVeavers’ l iu support ()l AV. Bobbie, country w:u; i political figl tinuncial int<| pour money tive iiartios objective, effort, and hi to realize it.I i>e<*n the fricF a few weekl


country, was f prosperity


moneyed Government years kept el of their poliil occasions, h:l with advocatlj iust what llif ;>f.


Pa l


require any stark.


house. Ami in.sure again ■ person iiisurg expected in" worked but for iinemplo>j if ho boeainf wait seven to benefit. “ 1 want tl


like position,I accident, t ln l tlie rest of i f the insuraml Bra.ss, or ot| first accideni eomponsatioril think if iho| suggestion >vonId say i| honest.


right for woii and to be del that qualifyil want vou te l


has all alonf lion.”


Cliihl Alluding t|


<*k*ctiun in Parker mcil which had hi 'union of pa.T Jjubour parti had been dt*l| 'Those who with the purl along with tlf fill that rooi| would rally zeal during groat tight ! .Dobbio wonlc It was incui with Labour effort lo mu nii.’ho for Dobbin’s hucI have the Hat| contrilmteil


did he appe part. Unei woman’B que: fir.st in tlie i know tho hai ing to inak( barest neces! nioinbers h.a« wanti'd man definite alli.'i| to aid A l l


3’hcy liad e^ because the the present < tion. There * workers. ^


were finding above water, billed largi'l


Government’ of the great* cotton trad* men suffered (•mployment, creased by of a new which was h| gust at Uie to the 'worll and Labour I count on m*| before.


Label Alderman ,


Oillinder. nj tile Ta*agn*»


national Tja| fieved the _ political par| determined the L(‘agm*. next twelve ment in povi England. Ik' world as ha( TTe was whl Longue of \ Tjahour w.as L letter and t|


holdinr for ’ in Tiahonr’s


al)ly si**tee Election woi of litth* S'


Alde.-mnn


ganda must ing zeal; evervone *-ol Lahnnr-^w «;nl


; and for the the poonle ^ regard to hi of the T'ohf assume th?ii


hefrnn x About dcstri i


Captain Bra.I ihirker wenfl


there waw majority of


Tho (juestij It li[


Presiding


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