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.Moiuhiy: .V good sliow CMimprisiiig 120


.sheep, IdO Irisli l.nnilis, 2S0 local Famb*. ami I’O fat cattle on offer to a big attend­ ance. Quotations: Rest cmintrv lambs, Old. to lOd. i>or Jb.; otbor.s. Otl. ‘to Did.; Iri.di lambs. 8d. to hd.; choice hoggs, 8tl. 1o !5Jd.: owes. .3d. to Gd.; bl.nok polletl licilers up to 9d.; other heifers and hnl- Jock-. 8d. to S jd . ; cow.s, Gd. to 7<l. per Ih. A fairly hri.sk trado prevailed all round. Iiic.sda.v: Only n liglit show of dairy


cattle on offer to a inotlcrato attendance. .'’oung milk cows made from .£24 to .secondary sorts. £20 lO.s. to


£27 15s.;


.£25 15s.; aged .sorts, £1G to £10 l(Xs.; north country- heifers, £23 to ,C26 10s. • other useful heifers. £10 to .£22 15s.- smaller kinds, £14 10>. to .CIS;


rearing


ralvc.s, ,30s. to 48s.; smaller calves, 15s. to -•)3. each. Tlie judges, ivrc.ssr.s. K, New- liouse, nashall Kavos. and A. Proctor,


jnnr. AMialley. made Hie following awards h)i- dairy o.altle: 1. T. Tomlinson, AYiswcll : A . Hamsoii, Salterforth,


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MR. ARNOLD ROWNTREE AND MR. J. P. DAVIES DISCUSS THE TREND OF THE TIMES.


'luonty-olu* yenr.s ji^o


ill Xortli-Knst Ijanc-jO'liire yatliuml tojifilior in file lormation of adult schools.


I was toumled hy !Mr. J . l ‘erciv:il Davie.s, who has (loured in recent elet-tlons as the Jjahonr candidate ftir the Skipton Division.


, For twenty-one years the (luc.sl Mouse has I served as :in adult school, and as a couutrv I retreat for sUulents and workcr.s from all I parts of the north. During the week-eml twonty-lij'st hirthday celelirations have been liehl at Heys Farm, ami a conspiemnis leatiire «») the jirocet'dings lias liceii a wave of enllmsiasni simihir to that whieh resulted


I Ilf its incf'ption. 'I’lie chief guest was Mr Arnohl Kfiwiitn-e. Sheriff of York, who I throughout Saturday ami .Sunday (leli\-ei'ed


. a^ .series of addresses upon eiirrent topics, 'there were large nmidiers of visitoi's, and the anniversary services were conspiemmsiy liriglit :iml successful.


Guost House Ideals. I lie ideals ami objects aimed at by the


loundei's id tin* Cliiest llou'sf* are outlined in an interesting souvenir programmi' which has hccn issued: When J . Fercival Davies purcluisod Moys Farm in l ‘. ) l l in order to put into practice a rc.solve that ho ami an cnthusia.stic hand of .\ilult School nuMidicrs li:ul mmie, the foundations were laid for an outstamlhig e.sperinient,” the forewftrd says. 1‘ow of the eager hami ever di-eann'd it


would (levelop into the eharniing («ue>b House it now is.


'1‘heir :iim wa> to nnihe


It a Home, a Cliureh, ami a School. Tlie Home to he a lionie wliere a deepening of


lellowslii|. wtmld lielp men ami women to lose their sense of isolation ami lead them to forgot themselves ami their trouhles ami failures in the great Co.mrafle.diip ol thiwe wlio serve. The Clmrch to he a church of


I o.xperiimmlal religion, where ilogmas, creeds, forms :iiid ceremonies are pul on one shiJ


I Ml an cmiea\'our to discover personal re- lationship with tlie Divine Spirit. The School to luj a school wln*re tliosi* things wliicli make life more ahumhint—X’ature biteraluie. Art. ami the piohlenis of in­ dividual ami social life--couhl he studied more closely. With these aim> ami ohjei-ts well in the forefront, Heys Farm hecanie a centre ol deep fellowship, and many came under its inllticnee. 'riie Hejue has hccoiiie a ha\’on ol n'sfc to its gue.sts. largidv hecaiiso iho (blest House has lieeii kept a home and not an u isiitiition; a kitchen rather than a parlour; hy trusting e:ich other instoiul of having rides and regulations. The Church has become a centre of fellow.ship whore peoples Ilf the most diverse religions ami heliol.s. or of none at all,


lind eonumm


ground. :iml enter intii a warm ftdlowshii) one with :imither. T'lie School has become Hie means of eidiglitomiient to many, and a eonstant stream of Iviiowleilgo i.s *pooh*«l


and ilofused amongst its manv and varied students. ‘ ‘ It is uvll nigh i.mpossible to estimate


Hie value ol the part whiidi has been plaved and IS still being play»-d hv the (bie.st House 111 moulding Hie lives of a groat number of Adiilb Selmol memliers. ami manv others who come under its roof,” the writer adds. “ .All who know Ileys Farm realize its valiie. :ind those of us who have at am* time during these twenty-one years shared in the lelhiwship ami (‘xporimieed its atmn- sphiM-e regaial the I'biest Hou.se as a liviii" nmiimmmt to it.s foiindm- ami his wife. fo7 despit,. adversities, war and industrial <|epr«.NVi()ii. and not without great- per.Mnial saeriliee they have given themselves whole­ heartedly to tile working out’ of the ideal of Hu‘ hand of comrades who did Hie spa<lo work, some of wliom have jiassed hevoml our ken. and many of iln* others seatter(*il over the world, hut the new hand is carrv- ing on Hie old ideals and tho ohl inirpo-es, perhaps lu somewhat new ways to nioid the newer needs, hut with the same hi«di


endeavours and Hie .same splendid spirit of fellow'-liip and s<>rviei*.“


Gifts to Guest House. Salurtlay evening's pifieeeiling- attracted


a large gathering, ami Cnuncillor Shorrock. ol maekliurn, presided. His (Irsl act was o call upon Mr. .lim Ward to present to


niul a token of esun-m to the founder and his wife. Making the pre-ent:itioii. Air. Ward said


Atlull. School members hail taken Hint on- portiinity to show their gootlwlll. Dnrliio- the pa.^t Iwenly-one years a mnititmie o? people had come into contact with the Giie.-t Hou.co ami had Iienelited spiritually, morallv .'ind nmntally. ami many of tln'in owed a deep debt to Mr. Davies.


I’ hvios llnmlmls of •VcoepliriK, tlio oifts, Mr. Davio- said it


jvas i.ni|)ossii)lo to wnivoy to llio omlionro limy deeply Iro a|iproooitod tho prcsools


■ •md the Sjont wliioh lay hohiod tlioin. The jiuost TIooso had hooo the work H'lnch ho had oojirost a t heart, hcoaoso it seemed to limi that tlio thin;; whieh was needed most m life was a sjiirit of fellowship. The finest House liad helped to spread that spirit abroad, and it was lielpfol lo know that Iho lioesl ffooso had iieen appreciated.


lie


was tremoodously Rratefiil for the wnoder- lol new spirit wliirh ivas roiniiio to tlie assistiiliee of tlio finest Ifoiise, for the Irieoils 00(1 supporters of the old davs had


got very iiiiich seattcrod alirtiad. and some ol tliem liad passed on. The finest IToiise eaioo into difflcillt times, hut the new sup.


port had eonio to its assistaoee, and tlio eircle of fcllowsliiii was spreading.


Xear Hie tennis ennrts J f r . Davies and


-Mr. l{ownlreo eaeh pinnted a Cornish Kim tree in eommonioratioii of the event J f r Kowntree expressing tho hope that as tin' trees flourished so would the finest House. .-iihsetpioiitly a meeting ivas held in •!


lnarf|iiee, Coiincillnr .Sliorrock stating tliat 111 the many years he had enme to the f.nest House it liad been a great jov to him. \\ licn one siit tiiiietly in the rnmmoii room nl the house one eoiild fool tlie spirit of meiiihers_ who had hocii there previonslv.


to J fK Davies of a set of eiiHerv, while J Iiss Fkirenco Carter handed to If rs . Davies ■


1 .S vr' ' t? • " Ih'rsmi.nl present a heantifiil hoiif|iiet of lilies and red roses


guests for tho presents. That was a dav ho said, of inspiration to go forward in tho


“ A Day of Inspiration.” Davies thanked tho


thoy loit tlioy slujuhl piil int„ Innoihl,. tho (loop approfpitiim and rooanl lliov I'olc , 1'


lini,- whoii


t 10 (.upb Mouse two easy chairs and a form, the gilt of adult school memlit-rs to the hoii-e


It. would not he so much the gift Air ami .Airs. Davies would value as tin- .spirit Hn- Klft ropr-i-sonto. . Tl,„t nns


of yoiuiy nii'H 'I’licrL*


was oxffptioiial enthusiasm ami nut of that energy ami devoliou to the inoveineiit was horn the Ileys Farm (Jue.st House, whieh


work they had been trying to <lo In Hie pa.sb with greater energy and a greater sen.se of sacrilicu aiul tledieation than they had ever liad helori*. Some til' lluMii could not help ii'cling tho .sense of hiss of those wlm had gone.


l ’i?rhaps they uouhl mit he able t<i


(.'onceive of the treaiieridous wave of eii- tmisiasm which suept Xorth-ICasL Lancashire tweut.v-ono years ago in Adult. .School work, 'riiey would mil he able lo realize a womlerl'ul haiul of young fellows working together lo pumiulgale its ideals.


It was


.11 the old tlays, and who had assisted in its foiindation. Coniimiing his speech Air. Davies declared


out of tliat treniemhms wave of eiiHiii.siasm that Hio Adult School at Heys Farm was horn. They could not help but feel that their whole hearts went out tfi tho.se who hail gone. A'et they felt a deep sense of gratitude for iiaviug known them, for what they iliil, and for the wonderful enthiisia.sin they gave to otJiers. Amongst others ho must mention Charlie Apiierley, of Clitlieroe. He wa.s one of the fir.sl to take a look at the Cue.sb House. And there were iiiaiiy others forming a wonilerful group. Mr. Davies then read extracts frojii letters d peopli- u'lio had vi>ited the (im-sl Ilonse


that he believed tliey were on the verge of a great revival, but that it depeuded ou the people who really cared, because it would not go forward unless they put their .shoulders to the wlieel, and tried to push it foiwaiil in the diieetion they uaiited it to go.


'I'liey had round them now a hand


of people who wei’c anxious to do their utmost ou behalf of the movement, whose wlmle idea was service. Tho Guest House wa.s doing a new work that it was ealt-ring for people of 'other


mitioiis. He felt it could do n o l’ grealer good than lo encourage interuatiimal and inter-racial contacts and friimdships. 'I’lu-.v had to try lo -jiread sympathy ami iimler- standing and alfection amongst the nations of tho Wfirld so that they I’mihl ilestroy all the


stupid inter-racial a ml international haired ami distrust. Mrs. Davies also hrielly returned tlmiiks


for the hiaapiet. stating that the Gue.-t Hoii.st- had meant more lo her iiusbaml than anything else, and tho.se proceedings iiail been a tremendous encouragement to both of them.


Science and the Present Distress. Mr. Ilowntree .suggested that the Gue.-t


lloii.se ami all that it stood for wa> the t.vpe ol home ro<|uired in the mition ami in the world lo-da.v. One of the most remarkahle speeches of Jiioderii times was that made by Gcner:il Smuts on the occasion of tin* C(*ii- tciiary ol Hie llrilisli Association for the Advancement of .Science. On that occasion General Smuts ileclarotl that science haii made tho \yorld a unity, hut that unfor­ tunately iieiilier the nations of tho world, nor the leaders of thi’ nations had realized tliat I:iet. and the discoveries of seieneo were not leading lo iliat national :idvance- ment that scientists desired. He added Hiat at the moment it was not Hie advance of scionco that was rciinired so much as a great advance of the otliical spirit so th:it that the ro.sults of science might In- imuh* available for the goml i;f mankind.


It i.s rather :i tragedy that in one wav


scieiitilie discovery has iov Hie inomeiii lell to our dislre-,s,” .Afr. Rowiitree stated. “ 'I’lie very increase of productivity lias led to worlil dislre.s.s not liecan>o too jnuch lias really lioeii produced, Inil hecaiise for tho reasons I ban* jm-iitioned we liave not as nations or as imliviilnals umlerslood how tliab productivity can readily be distributed. What is lacking at the moment is llie eHiie:il spirit. That is tlie only thing whieh


f believe can helji tc cure our present dis- tre.ss.


taking place.


Kiiormous elianges in nmchinery are 'riieri* is continnallv a call


for a larger measure of co-operalion, hut that development in machinery, that call for co-oper.ntion, fails because‘of the lack ol this ethical spirit, this religious and un- sellish .-pirii.’ *


C'ontihuing, ^fr. llowniree immorouslv


oliserved tiuiL Mr. Davies had been Iryin’g lo get into the House of ('miniums ever since he had known him. J le did not believe he was very upset because ho had never got tlu-re, and that he w:is (joing a hotter uork at Hie Guest ijoti-(' tlian lu* could po.—ihjy have done in the House of C’fmi- •mon-.


In tlio world fo-day it was neces-


.sary to havf* men and woni(*n who were willing to h(*lp to enltivate that spirit of un.-elti-hne.'s, and tlinaigh their personality to make that spirit a real thing amongst groups of men and women. The last thing he wanted to see was every ])ei'.son alilciF or (‘Very person thinking alike. U would ho a dull world if everybody thought alike, fnu* of the greatest intere.-ts of life wa­ its \ariety. What was es.sential, liowcver. was that people of fliv(*rgeiit views slumhl bo able to arrive at .some unaiiimitv of view do.spito I heir diversity of Humgbl*.


Not a Public-House But a Public-Homo I liiifc was u'liiit tlio ii'orlil u'lis Iiiiicferiii"


foi; ill, lllo piosoill tillio. He was j;b(l to Uiiiik tliat Hoys Farm was not a liiililie- lioiiso tint a piihlie lioiiio dodicated liv a person and a family to rarry out that ideal. He thought the Guest Mouse eotihl he u.sotl to lH*lp t«i make the lives of tho unempinved a little easier, a littli* finer llian thev uVre at Ihe pre.>ont time. H was the dutv of (>vf*ry memhor of tin* community It) see that not fiiily .should the unempinved have their ivehlnmd secured hut that tlioir lives sliouhl


be made a little fuller ami a little brifditer than at present.


In that wav the (Inest


Mouse he liolicved cnuhl do a great work. Hi conclusion, lATr. Kowntroe .said he lio-


lioved there was a groat chance for the Guest J louse in the next twenty-one years.


Ilowover dinirlilt ciroiimstancos’ wero tlioro was 111 oaoh olio somoHiinir of flip Divine and as oacli olio triod to lot llioir spirits roacli out to itlidorstand tlio Divino will that soiiiptliiiiK was k Ivoii to thoiii, which tlioy were ahio to impress' upon otliors, and which was no less than the' Divino liidit I hoy wore ii iirivilefted oroitp iircsent tliat


night, for th(*y lijul a chance of brinf»^ing colour varictv and tho touch of naturelind of (.od, not only to themselves but to others. Jt was tlieir duty so to control their live.s that those who visited the Gne.st House would f^c*I that thev had seen truth in a


new Jight. that they liad lieon given hope and inspiration.


* Sunday’s Meetings. Mr. IJowntreo comlnclcd the Adult School


on Siind.a.v morning, and in the afternoon a mass meeting was held at which tlicrc was an extremely largo gathering.


^ A flock of aI>ont 100 .sparraws, wliich inyadod tho market hall, at Oswe.stry. Shrop- I sliiro, interrupted tho annual school music


festival. I I Councillor Shorroek presided and an in­


teresting :iddress was given by Mr. Davies, who said tlio twonty-first birthday party of tile Guost Ifouse was proving thoroughly delightful. W'e Wfire very apt to think Hial life depended on Hu* opportunities tliat were proviilofl for us, Mr. Davies declared. A\ f* believed that life ih*pended—as it did to a certain extent—upon inheritance, hereilily, toniperamenL. A'et ho was more and more eonvinced that ther«* ivas soim*lln‘ng lieyfiiul


all that, that it depemh‘d upon w]ietii(‘r u'o had found the key to life. He likened life to a grc'at mountain cliJiih.


If niu* wa.s


prepared to (hi the work of climhing, lo face tlie straying and iierhaps Hu* danger, there wouhl he wonderful vistas in sltire, there woulil lie visitnis and now li(*autie>, and then they would 1'i‘el tliat life was a very woiulerful thing.


'I'liere were all


manner of beauties all around us, the lieauti(*s of art, literature, iialui'e, human fellowsliip, ami yet iiumhers of nu*n and uoiiu*n went through life without (*ven realizing Hie b(?nulies that lay along their path.


It was oim of tiu* womlerful things


of life that happiness usually eaiiie to people through work. Happiness was not a thing to ho found liy looking for it, and yet .some­ times it was the great heauties ho had men­ tioned lluit might he the key lo life.


It


might he scjnetimes a great stirrow that gavo the ke.v lo life.


great sacrilice tliat pn*seiit(*il tIu* lci*y.


.seenu*d Li him that it was anything wliicli WfUild l i lt people out of tlu'iiiselve-.


nari'fiw life was Iho mean s(*lf-('(‘titred life, ami the key to a great ami splemlld life devotion to the service of tiHiers. 'I’lu* adult school movement was in itself a Wfinderful ht'v to life, and luul opened lo them nuiny phase.s of life tlu\v would nevei* ollierwise had h(>i*n ahh* lo appri'ciato. Tho world was more in m-ed of Hie adult


school spirit than it had ever been hefore, ami therefore they slumhl lu* {piite c(*rtain that their fellowship was open to overyluuly and that it was not just a little coterie of triends meeting Sunday hy Sunday, hut that Hm\v should he readv to spreacl the


.spirit of I'ollowship. That was what they wished to <Io at Heys .l'kir.m, to mnlce it into a centre* ot hdlowship, op(>ii to cverylindy.


Doubts About Democracy. Also addro.ssiug Iho meeting, Sir. Kown-


tree said no one could have listened to the speeclie.s made that week-end without realizing the critical position of the limes, but also Unit there was a gri*at liopi*. When Percy Davie.- ami he were hoys logetlu*r at .sehiicl, ami young men together afterwards, the.\' iiei'er doubled that ilemoci’acy nas tlie right form of gfn-ernnicnt.


'I’liejr friemls


never doubted that. lb was a kimi of aecejited philosophy of all advanced :iml progressive Hiinkers. Dnt we livoil in an jigi* to-day when in this and otiior eonntries large masses ol people W(*re tioiibting ivlietlier domoeracy was a wise form of government. One eonntry after another bad given it up. Italy had accepted the dictatorsliip of Mussolini. Russia had accepted the dicta­ torship cf a small group. Germanv ami .maaiy other countries in Europe* were ilonhtfnl :is to what form of govoriiment thev desired. All present w»*re prohahlv lu^ Levers in demouracy and df*mocralie ‘forms ol gfivernmont.


ILit it was wise to reniem-


h(*r that (h‘mocra(*y eonhl not succeed nnh*.-s It was an eilncnted democracy. Tlio fact ol putting hclore 15 million people the problems with which we were facofl did not solve those problcjns. 'riio' re.sult of an


e eclnm would not solve Hie prolilc.ms unless the peo|de nmlorstooil the prohh*ms upon wliicli Hn*y were :isked lo .adindicate.


It easy task.


w.ns well that they who helievetl in doinocracv Mould speak at times of the nece.ssitv o’f t n* democracy being willing to educate themselves so as to got an nnderstamlim' «>r the prohlems placed before them. 'I'hat was what adult schools ami their kimln-d groups were trying to do.


It was md an Age of Excitement. “ Iho industries at tin* moment which are


not depr.'.ssed are tho.-^e connected with mmisynients,'* :\lr. Kfiwntive (h*dare«l. l i iis IS a sweepstake ago.


when men ami women want excitement. Tt IS an agi* when i»eoph* are running almnl in


Oharas and motor ears. Xine of ns elimho.l 1 endle HiL tins n.orning—in motfu- car- Ihe pleasure that is needed to-day is a


creative ph*asnre. 'Du* reason (hat snim* ol .von have got to love Heys Farm is he- eanso here some now Lirin of nature Ins been opene.l i p to yon. Von have mit desired to run away from that revelation. Aon have only desired when winter earm* that yon might liave tho joy of thinking of the approaclnng sn-mmer. Kverv eommnnitv ought to hear in mind tliat IheiV is a cham'e withm the community for its vonng men and women to enjoy creative pleasure? Thai IS illnstrntfMl hy a movement like the allot- nu'iil movf*mpiil.


'I'ln*rc hniulreds of mk'ii


ami women who feel Unit they Iiavc Ik*(*ii domed the joy of creative pleasure in one •sen.-o lijivf* Irainofl tli<*inselves to n .move­


ment like Unit and Inu’c found tliat tliev wcio oiljnyiiiK tho c ic ilt il ls of tho hoillitic's of nature.


Mr. Kownlreo went on to tell of a talk


he heard Herbert SntclilL*, the Yorkshire erickotcr, give to a nnmher of hovs. Me fold those hoys that Hn*y must Inivt* some piirpose in lile. As a youngster he deter­ mined to repre.sent his eoimtrv at cricket Wimfc had Inifiponed to him would happen


to them. He was very much (li.sappointod m Ins Irnils. j,im felt that Ik* conld mit *m on. Mub lie stuck at it and that was the onlv way to niake good, to Ih* pri*parcd again ami again to overcome {liflienlties hv s icking at the job to which thev had set themselves. They knew porfecHv' well that they eonhl not succeed in the task thev had set themselves as adult sclnml workers ‘nnle.ss they stuck at it. and were not discouraged and disappoinled at setbacks.


Creative Education. The Guest House was In line with modern


cHlncalioii development, and presented- a nmv interpretalion of creative edneation. Hiey bad the opportunity of being pioneers


ot Ihiliol, declared that it was tho people who mnv ruled but that unless God ruled in and Ihrongh the people there would he an (MHl ol oni‘ progress and chaos whii'h was dcalli.


lie wanted them to feel that there


they could reveal God. that Ihrougli fellow- ship with TTim ami with one anotlier thev wonhl realize that God .spoke through per­ sonality as He had always spoken and Hint progress in any eonimunitv or nation de­ pended upon tho inimher of*men ami n-omen who had sought to umior.stand His will and in that .seeking had found. His wish there- fore on their twenty-first hirthday was nob only that they might have inanv hanpv returns of tho day, but that they iiiight feel that they had been bronglit into a task of the utmost nnportancq in national life, and that to them had been' handed the privilc«Tp of bringing joy and happiness to othcr.s who shared their fellowship.


in a new work ami a new .movement. Ke- r ' ‘ i» i‘‘ , Ucofessor .fowett, Hu* JTaster


If is an ago


.Sometimes it was a It


'I'lie CLITHEROE RE-VJSITED


Dr. W. B. Mercer Home on Holiday from New Zealand.


laist week w»* inihli-he<l interview.- with


jMr. 'rayhn- and Mr. 'J*. Laiigtiee, who are visiting their Jmim* loan from Afiiei'ica and C'aiiaila resiuu'tively.


'J'his week it has


been onr pleasure to have a chat with Dr. William D. Mercer, who is making a hriol soifinrn with Captain F. 11. Miti-hell hel’ove reluming to WelllngLm, New Zealand.


tant as.sociatioiis with the industrial life of ('litlu*roe.


'I’he Mercer family formerly had im(»ur- 'J'he elder .lohii .AL-roer (Dr.


spinning and manuiaetui'iiig hii.sim'ss at llolim*- .Mill. “ A'onng .Inlui ’ ’ .Aleiiei*. his nephew, fathei' of tnir visitor, entered upon the same hiisiness at Priniro.se .Mill, and


,-tarleil the Commercial .Mill, wiiich was ultimately taken over hy Ids relatives. Hie Whipps. will) continue it under the .style of .lohn Mercer ami Company.


Like tin* Whij)ps. the .Mercer.- constitntetl


a I’amily of ten, and they re-idetl at ILilmcs Cottage at the time Dr. Mercer was burn in


Itir man.v yt*ars heldre settling in Xew Zea- la.iul ill lt)12. He eatiie back in 1LJ5 in order to seivt* in tin* Koval Army M(*dical Corps, later beeoming :ittaclu*il t<i llie X*c*w Zealand Medical C’orps. After the war he jfiiiuHl Hie stair ol the Xew Zealand Ptiblic Health Dei>arlment, from whii'h he retiiod a few months ago.


New Zealand’s Retrenchment. \YIu*n he left tlie .service <if the Govern­


ment he wonhl normally have hml two years more in which to compicli* tin* recognisei! term of offico. Kni nmler Hie stres.s of dei>ressi(m and falling valuer, which alfcclcd industry and agriculture tliere as el-i*\vhere, the Government was compelled lo cut its coat ami to adopt drastii* measures of ccoMoit"- om* of .which was to reduce the retiring age of it>> fiflicials from G3 to GO years. “ Nor c:ui I complain,'’ saiil Dr. .Mercer, “ for, after all, wlien a slump comes along, it i.s Hio older fines wlio should go fir-l,’ ’ He added that the Government had reduced its ex[)cnditure on the public services hy at least £2,000,(Kill. Kig ccoii- onile- had been en'octefl. too. on tin* .Slate- owned rallwa.vs which, since tliey wen* depoliliealised and put under the control of a lioard of management were in a more Hoiirishing condition. Ami in regard to the railwa.vs, ofTorts are lieiiig made lo reduce the amount of unfair competition on the roails: for Xew Zi*alaml has the same I'i'olilem to contend with a- Kritaiii. “ I am anmzeil to find liow much clieaper


railway travelling is in Xew Zealand than in this roniitry,” Dr. -Mi*rcer ohservofl. “ 'riien* are two clas-e.s oiil.v. fir-l and second: hut our first-class i- clioaper tlian .vour third. Se<-ond-class is at> the rate of a [leiiny a mile.”


'I’ho slnin|> has hit tin* daiiying and all


hranches of rarmiiig, and .\i*iv Zealand i- leeling the* depression acnlel.v. for agricul­ ture Is fif lu'imary importance. AYoollon mills liave been hit. Hiongli not so liadl.r :is coal mining, whicli i- up again-t Hie


I I trememlon.s <h*velopment of li.v<Ir:uilic power


and the harnessing of the rivers, hnlh in tin* X f iilli and Smith islands.


Worst Period in History. Normally Xew Zealand’s nnemploved


nnmher from 1,(I(K> tfi J.51HL Dr. Mon-or said Hiat when lu* came away the toial was rniighl.v ahont 51).IKK), and sonio rioting had oeenrreil.


In concert with almost ever;,


otiier part ot Hu* world the C’fihmv is e.x periencimg the worst period in her’ histnrv* 'I'lu* Gciyermnenl raiseil a fund for tlie relief of the unemplo.veil hy means of a general levy on all male workers, taxation being at tiu* rate of shilling in tin* ponml on wagt's. As a result of the force of inihlif- opinion there is no means test. True, Now Zealand has her invostigalois.


ILit if a


mail has saved a sum of inonev up to n specified extent, it is not e.xpecfci! that lu* shall Use it before In* can rcci*ive a id : lu* gets the same consideration as fithors not so iv(*II eircmnstanceil.


'I’lie amount paid I j .sufficient ocmuiinie valiu* for them tf) do.


to a married man i- 12/(5. and {)/- to the singif' ma.n. Kut in r(*tnrn the recipient has to woi'k three da.v.s of olglit hours each week on thret* W(*eks in everv month that he draws relief. Dr, Mercer 'ailmitled Hml It liad been dillienh to find work of


And Xew /eaiand, though she continues


to pay her rpiola to tho inaiiitenanee of the Navy, has no longer an Army. The old


\ oliintei*!* .system has been revived, and the nnmher of men joining is satisfactory. ‘ ‘ Any .vonng man who has a desire to


emigrate to Xew Zealand had far heller stay at home, nnle-s he has a sum snfiieient


to m a in ta in him.self lor a consideralile period, or a job to go to.’ ’ is Hu* lulvice of Dr. Mercer, who. expressing Ins holief in


the future of Hu* country, said that like the rest of the world. Xew Zealand is lottk- ing to Hie Lnsanne Conference to pour lialii* into the wounds of the world. :iml lo start


Hie limliiig procos- for the common univer­ sal ailment.


Changing Clitheroe. Dr. :\[orcer was hist in Clitheroc eight


years ago. when ho attended the funeral of Ins cousin. Alderman .Tohn AVhipp. In that fairly brief interim he s:i.vs, one is cognisant ol man.v improvements whicii have been


I '''J'^bight in the town. Hentliorn, witli I which district he was especially familiar.


I r ,?•


following on bousing developments. “ Le t me add Hiab 1 am proud of mv


world have T seen anything tliat can com­ pare with its boant.v. “ Hut T cannot say Iho same of your


cemetery. T hnvo been trying to find* tho gravc.s of soino of my forhenrs. T won’t say all that T might! T will recall to von Gold- smith’s ' Deserted Village.’ T ‘know of oemelories in which it is reallv agreeable to wa lk : they are so well and trimly kept. Xor am T referring to eemetcrie.s owned b.v the public authorities, but rather to tho.s'e oyer M'hicli tho Church of !Rngland lias jur is­ diction.


Tt is evident to mo that vonr


cemetery is in need of more money spend­ ing upon it— more labour—for its' greater care and to the greater convenience of


those whose kinsfolk are sleeping their last, sloop.”


Fo r riding a bieyele without front liuht F a ™ f Pm 'p Y ’


'•■’i''"'!''-'-’


Chthcroo County Sessions, on JTomlav P C Imptio proved the case.


a ? * '* ® had to pav rost*{ at I '” '>obo.iso 'Vitlioi’it roflcc^ti.ig ;;;'irro ,r""'’ ^*''.''8. altorcil beyond recognition,


native country, of my home town, and of K.ihlilosdale s cliann. Tn no place in tho


Low -Aloor Chui'ch, but bceaiiio an adherent of tluf Plynioiitli Mretlireii; ami nmny ol our ohior j'eatler.- will recall Id- baptism l>,v iiiimer.-loii in the Kibble* at Sithlow.-—Hu* lirst of several sucli imblie ceremonies wldeli followed on the acceptance of the doctrinal tenets of the “ llretliren.” a community of C'liri-liaiis who rc<-(*ived the mime in 1S3D when tiu* Kev. .). X . Daiby imlnccd in:iny of the inbaliltants of Plymouth lo a.-sociate with him for the promulgation of his opinions. At the time of -Mr. Mercer's conversion he wa.s living at Siddows, and of his faniilv four .son- and three datiglilers survive. Dr. -Mercer hml pnicllsed in Vorlc-ldre


.lohn -Mercer was formerly altaeheil to .Mercer’s great-nnele) wa.s In liie eolt'in


REV. J.E. PUTT’S FAREWELL I THREE MOHE CLUBS JOIN WEST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE


Valedictory Services at Mount Zion Church.


'The Key. J . 1C, I ’latt took leave of Hie


congregation at .Alonnt Zion Friniitivt: iWeiluKii.st C'hiMch «)ii .Sunday, j^rior to entering upon ministerial duties at Xaiit- wich. 'There wa.s an e.xcellent alteiulanco


at the evening service when the reverend gentleman Iiascd his sermon on the words: “ 'The God of Impe fill .von with ail joy and peace” (Koman.s 15. 13). Ho began by oinpbaxi-ing the difUenlt position of .Kome to I’aul, on bis .second journey tlioro, when ho knew Hiat death wa.- imminent. Yet out of the generosity of his spirit he bi'catlicd his blessing it|>on “ all that he in Kfinu*,” not ijifferen tin ling hi* tween fi'ieiul ami foe. Having come to the chisi* of two years’


ministry in C’litlieroe, -Mr. Piatt said lu* wanted to pass on the message of hope, and joy, ami peace. In common wilh all other parts fif llu* County Palatine, Clithe- rue had pa.-sed— it ua- still pa‘-sing—through perhaps tho wor.-t perlml of i!c|»ressiun which the cotton trade had known in a hiindreil yi*ai's. Vet ns he hiokt’d around that chim-li he saw -onio who lial been in their places i*very .Smulay. ami he knew hy


iheii- vei-y regnlaiily that they Inisted in till* goodness of God. Often he had won­ dered at and pondered over the prohleins. the peridexilies and tlie anxieties whieli souls ponied out in iirayer. He had trie«) to uiulerslaiul those difficulties, temptation; ami trial-, though he knew how gieat had been bis failure lo a|»prL*ciate Hiose ililli- enitie-, amt the seeming liopelossncss tinu pervaded llu* outlook ou life. Sti ll, in so far as success had attended his emleavonrs, ho had tried lo iiiiiiisler to their needs, and in prayer to comfort :uul help them in everyilay life. During his two years In the town he had


rei'oiveil five unsigned letter.s from person; who tlninked him for the inspiration and help they had olitaiiio<l in Hu* serviees. In those loiters were mls-s|K*ll words, misplaced capitals, ami someliines neither comma nor fidl-stoji. And he particularly wanted to thank the writer- of tlioso letters for the in-piratioii and hi*l[i tliey had been to him in ids work, whieh, primarily, was to help Hiosi* who were gra|ipling witli the prohlein.s of life. iOxjn'essing a wish for n real religious


revival under the neiv miiilstr.v of i l r . .Slu‘|»pard, IWr. Phut saiil any sneh revival innst he manifested inside a <-hurcli befori*" its effects cmihl hi* felt outside.


It mnsr


dcfinitelv toncli the lives i*f those whe alread.v a-soeiateil themselves wiHi the church, .so that any vi<‘i*> (secret as well :i- open) might not hav<* the '|»sychologicaI c()Usci|uences of hindering llu* true develo[) meiit of religion.


pii'isiiin of iiresniil iiuliistriii) cnmlitioip. Tllnrn \ver(‘ soiiit' pi'iijik' wliii rroiild luit sun n rniisuii Inr Impn lu'raiisp tiioy tvrrp not n|itiiiii-ls. 'rliei'e were tlnixc' rvlio rofiisml


, In sfp it Ikx-iiiisi* tiiey wnro in'S-iiiiist^i. Aiu! ntiiors. on tlip cnntrnry, persixfod in litdirv- inn tinit ttoml wiii j;ninn to Iitippnn. 'Tlinv wi'iv tho Kii'iit smilx nf the winici. «lio Inid polled it tlironttli ninny n <-risi<. nod nliose


spirit iiiid helief in Ood were indnir.iuililo. J'’iinilly, Afr. Flntt snid he wns ttniiig to


n elinreli wliieli lind no fiiniiieinl prnhiein— •n olinrrii where lie wnnh! find gnnd eoiigre gntioiis, inoriiilig ns well ns evening, nod n ■


* live ” intorest. Me regretted linving


to leave the friends at Jloiint Zion with tlie same diflienlties to face wliieli liad eoiilrontiHl them tor several vears. How lie eonid have wished that iiidiisirial roll- ditioiis, which natnrally rolletded themselves in the exelieipier of the home, eonhl havo heen imprnvod! fiat what he did admire was tlie hi,valt,v llie,v evideneed, and llie laep that in spite id continned nnem]ihiv- nient and the incidem....... . tlie meari,s te'st whieh liad lett some of them almost, poii- nde.ss, out of tlieir small means thev '81111 gave In Clod and His Chnreli.


Pictures in the Fire.


.11,1 dogs and he would give Ids eliildreii i r,'lA-', I i "n


letter liy llie .side of liis plate, ami he Aw at niue Unit it was in In's mntlier's hand


g. dO" of hdei, without a serpent, a world niHinut Mil. Ami ulion you h;ivi* scon tlmr M'lon. cniisocrnto .vonr life to it.'* He luul


.'■ n ie V faded''] "r ' l ' '” '''- i " ' " ‘ " " " faded hefore In.v sight and the onalitv nf Ilihl


(haraeter retunred to live it liad heeii a a.am niireal.sed lint no matter how


that hod f n i " ? " '" - '" " '“ I. !"■ rc'iieatedlv


.?neh an ide.al. I.onhing on 1 1 1^ .081 ho p ing for tlio jntnro, ho pra.ved Unit- the Ood


pLataT'' Parting Gifts.


h. et. f V'''"i‘^‘ I af f*' I


('linrel,


r.iist week-end Afr. Platt, wa.s tlio reciid- ’''1"


''<'™K"ition nf the ('rent in tho work of


Sorr’'AhA'-;)rwAr\dri^ ^riJmr';;!%,-i^a::i-iio!;i'w!;?h. ”-


CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.


CHEMISTRY AS APPLIED TO THE COTTON INDUSTRY.


1st Hass F in a l ; T.ooiiard Holt, Fred Holt o,„, ^Tarnld bpiilds, Ernest Stewart. -ml Clas.s, F in a l ; Kohert Owen Eeclos Morhert Holgato, Jolin Norman Swales:


ONE VEHIC L E -TH R E E OFFENCES.


I'roe li.inUul (.oil for a Iiiother wlio eonld giv'e


• ■ fnt nic ol that hind; and he appealed to the .vonng people to dedicate tile r lives to


• Imim


tlie heartli were more wonderful tiniii aiiv which ever hniig in the llovid Academv and some of them entered llie'verv elianilier ol his soul. One night, his niotlicr nifored •a peiiii.y lor Ins tlionghts, and—ho sold tlicm \Uien he hecaiiie a man. and tired of citv He a llc r nnihiiig a Ini of iiioiiev. lie would have II eoniiiry house, with gardens, ponies


lu.ihl.sl talde next morning, there was a I'is seat at the


lit has reception meeting ho told a storv of ins hoyinmd, and he intended to end' his miiistrv here hy re|ieating it. In his liny mod s evenings ho often .sat and ioolteil at the pietiiro.s in the fire. His imaoina- ion wa.s stirred. Iieeanse the pictures on


Afr. Flatt reminded the rimgregation that


Loyalty Mainiainsd in Difficult Times. l ly ieit tlieiv wiis rtxisnii tn Iioik.’ fur tlin


laml .Motor.s^ niul WhiUinglmin (ninitv -Montnl Jlo.sintal, were olociod to Hu*


Ijancjishifo Football League at tho animal mooting, in Prestmi, hist night wook. ■ I'hoio were no resignntimis, ami Xelsnn Ko.-oivo.s, who wero a t tho foot of the table last .-oasun’ were rc-elected.


'J’hi.s firings the loagim


inenibershij) to 17—the strongosi in ?h<; league’s history Tor many years.


Jicyluiul .Motors are really ohl moiiilicr.s—


tho.v rejoin after one .season in tho Picsijm y .M.C’.A. League—hut the other two olub.s are iiowcmncrs. lijist season Whittingliam playofl olnl) matolu*.s, hut it is an oxporiTnem for C'litlieroe to run a re.sorve elovon.


After Iwf) years' sorviee .Mr. K. Ward, of


Penwortham, resigned from llie seerelarv- ship owing to Taniily reasons, and hi- jilace w:is tidvon hy Mr. Ken Platt, of Jllackiioi>l,


I for 12 years .secretary of the Fylde Di-uict ! Ju*ague, ami well known in We.-t Lanca-iiirt* ! as a league referee. 31 r. Ward wa- wannlv thankefl for his ser\‘ices, and was ajipuiniti) to the eomniiltee in jilace of .Mr. IL Ann-


strong, wlu) retired. All tiu* oHu-r otliiijil.s were re-eleeted.— Presidc'iit, .Mr. W. ,). Archer; eliainiiaii, C’ouncilh;r W. Fllidt; luinorary treasurer, .Mr. K. (Jhiver; ami honorary registratifin secretary. .Mr, .), L:imberl.


West Lancashire Cup Draw. It was fleeided to play the \Vc-t Lanca­


shire League Cup e4impelili(m earlier than last .season, and the draw was made a.- lollows;— PrelLninary nnind, We.stlumghl>m V. C’horh*y; first round propel*, KoluTn v. ('alderstones, YV«*sthoughLm or ('Imrh'v v. Darnoldswick, IL'inley v. Illackhiirn, Kreiglit- niet V. .Nelson, Present v. WhiitingliTuii. J'leetwood v. Darwen, J/aiieaster v. Piv-l<m Xiirth Fiul, C'liiheroe v. licylaiid .Mnior-. 'The halauee sluot showed a lo.-s fit appnixi-


inately L'45 on the season, whieh, .-aitl .Mr. Archer, conld he aserihod to liad trad**! Except for finances Hn* league had a veiv saiislaetory season from every point lif


'.‘‘■‘"i'


the last Saturday, and emulnet on the tieid was excellent.


pl-iyer,-' accident fnml wa- in a \\*rv heaiiliv (‘omiition. 'riiere wen* twt) snggestcfl alteraiion- of


rules. The first was tliat no plaver -Imidi) he Iraiisterred after April l.-t to the end ql the seastm without special periiii-ion Irom the .Alanagemenl Commiltef*, ami ilm secfind that tho practice of awarding oold medals to Hu* runners up for llu* eliampToii- ship sluinld he diseeniimu'd. KoHi wen- re-eleeted.


BOY WHO WILL NOT GO TO SCHOOL.


An tittemlanee urder in respect ef l-'niin i'


AUtun ot llrouh-slreet, n ,H;li.diir ill, the tunned Seliuul was made a t the llurmigli


.-essnnis yesterday week, mi the appliiatiun nf ('ip'i “


Lliilieroq r.diieation C'oniiniliee. liwiV' " ‘'f'''''


t-iitliidie .Seliuol. At me roipiest ot his |n(itlier an order was made for his transfer ^ " " " e l l 8 ehnol, and up In Aiign.st,


f 'e " nltemling the


aUemlni.ee was fairly g„„d. He wa, then le.i ''i "


1' -ri''’!:'".''i''''


out ol .iS ; Derernher. U unt uf 117: .laiinarv, ‘1 nut nl .III; February, hi out of ;|>; Mareii ■-I ("It id :l, ; .April, -Ji) out „r .1(1; .Mov, .'H out ol 3-j; and he had lieen ah-eiii. ihiom'I:- mit the winde of .Inne. Air. AVeek, ;id,re.i that the hoy InnI oecasnmed the l•:dn(•;ltiun


'


e!’''ellt i r time, out -Nuvendier, I'li


lunimit ee ;i great de;d uf truidde a, well as the Meneh. Kviilenee was given hy Air. d, II. T;ivlur


Ihreetor ol Kdiieation. eonlirnn'im' 'A fr ' Weeks s stale.nieiit. Air. Taylor said ho


had .seen the hoy ;iiid liis mollier on ,evor;il neeasmns ami told tliein the consei|uomo,s It he did not- pot 111 tlie attemlames In answer to Air. AV. Clayton (prc idingl


All. Ia.\ or .said tlio liny wa.s 12 vears old An nrder iva.s inmie I'nr the Iml'tn ;ittemi


The hoy's niothor .said slio could do liiilo


gmod with linn, and .sdio had tried all means to get hnii to attend selinnl.


i>,'''>s<'l"lxll without Witliont a weed, ,n


m t iu and well—nnlroiihled liv liaekaclie hdn't',"''” "


I in / i nl \on riglu.


X AV a ' u,.' .Vi , l “‘'''''>""-'>veniie, A .w .o , on J ls t .faniiarv, l!)lu. <


knife lu"i'/“ o l r - n f ’ '|V;„


iop,,(! hortiinately, kidney wcakne.s.s can bo (noreoine. lAnaiis brand Ih'iekache Kidney special kidney tonic, will (.nickU*


lro l l'v ' ' ' ’’''F Itead how a woman of


eighty.five keeps fit ami well: ‘ -Nobody know.>> what I snfrered wiHt


->i'l Jlr.s. E . I.omloii,


• 1


Miile being dug into mv back I nrou- irritalde and fcarfullv depressed


” I> with pain like 'a. ^


m I'o.tns liaekaelio Ividnev Pills Time


irV l Im fo r t ;” '’ <(


fur D0\\'q':'^n *?■'''i'l Carvill said- ''"k .''oi'r dealer


DON’T GET OLD TOO QUiCKLY Avoid Backache and Similar Disorders. l-ife i.s liardl.v worth living nnle.ss von aro ‘ lii'zii'o.ss and s l ilf aching.


v „T,'.'-''T ’'•'■'"I’ !"""' -’ f, kidney weakness add .xcai., lo your ngo and are often followed bv


lo.'iibngo and remil the Cniiiied hcliool lor six niontlis. His


liiotlier wins iiistriieled lo do her level hest. In see Unit he altomled, ollienvise he would lU* sf*nt away to ;i .school.


1. .11, he was moved into the .senior seliuol wliere nalnrally the discipline was greater.


i i " t'" ■ |ttendanee order was made loniin.l, !• !i


nppvared lor the tllv early part of


liHltlcI fiiirsfl


Iiitorest was sustained ahno-i |r> \’ery few case.- weiv iv-


ported for disciplinary action. Mr. Arelo r added tliat he was ghul to sav thai t!i.>


Sir.I


ar«* p | port positil


it imf <ii'gaii| flca rl.f po-it i l


t r y in J


mil* t l dlrecl| Hu*


iud> i l <;*:perr gn*eii|


ib is 'TJircc* now clnb.‘;. CJithcioo Kc.-on-c,


CLITHEROE R ESERVE, LEYLAND MOTORS AND WHITTINGHAM.


E Sir,I


plea issue?


Been Arnatfl


•3 hcgl c \ iu ‘r | from net first. KUPl’Ol


GiH>oi| .•vvay; and


'one v l ductief


f - 31, exeejit tor ocea.-lonal ali-em-es hi.'^ I’ epartinent, hut in August,


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