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DANGEROUS DRIVING CONVICTIOi>\


POLICE COURT SEQUEL TO FATAL ACCIDENT IN CHATBURN ROAD.


FRUITERER FINED £10 AND DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING FOR 12 MONTHS.


EYE WITNESSES DESCRIBE COLLISION WITH MOTOR-CYCLE COMBINATION.


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Jhornher. Afr. (!. Hetherington, Town Clerk, conducted the prosecution on helialf of the INdice, and Mr. K. J . Clarke of


IhwaGe) pri'>|(U*tl and with him on tlio /


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ItOeds, represented Alorris. who entered a plea of “ Not Ciiilty.” “ Pursued a Reckless Career.”


Itirnod lii.s niachinc towards Ins wrong si<lc, whilst defendant was a t the same tinn* tu rn ­ ing the car hack to it« correct side with tlio


th e collision was wide muuigh to permit tlireo streams of tralfie. ^ ‘ 1 suhmit th a t at llic time of t l ie , accident there was not one Finglo factor contrihnting to the collision, wliieli had such sad consequences. e\'C(*pt the wantonly dangerous and reckles.s manner in whi(*h defemlant drove .a liigh jiowered


iicss as to warrant tlie imposition of a verv Bovero penalty on defendant.”


e a r ,’’ Afr. Ifetherington deelared. “ ft will 1>4> proved hy evidence that for n dis- t.ance of o-'O to 300 yards beforo tlic collis- Fion took place defendant jmrsiied a reckless career along the road, ami 1 respectfully Migg<*st th.'it the offence is of such serioiis-


crossing to the wrong side. Once nioro it got had; to the correct side of the road,


the tiim* ol the aeeitlent he was walking along ( ’iiatl)urn-road in the direction of Clithcroo with his wife. Thev were on the railway side of tin* road. Owing to the drippings on the footjiath his wife was walking on the edge and he was walking in tin* gutter. .Muuit Park House a motor car going in the direction of Clithei'oo came on the wrong side of tlio road very close to him. He imagined that it was passing another car. ^ After pa.ssing liim the car went over to its own side of tlio road, .again


A'enturo Cottages. Cliaihurn, said th a t at


From One Side of the Road to the Other AVilliam Altmk. engine tenter, of 3. Mold


and tlion again went over to the wrong side. ^ When he first imticod Air. Tfou.sleyN


and eollidrd witli the motor cycle and skle- car. The^ cnlli>jion took place on the Institute side of the road about 170 yards ahead of Iiim. Afr. llotlieringlon: TTow would yon


dc'-erihe the speed of the car? AVitness: Very quick.


AVhat was tlie weatlier like a t the time of the accident?—It was fine.


raining an hour heforc. Tho Afa yor: Hid you notice whether the


I t had been


road was dry?—No. sir. Surprised.


the aeeld**nt?—No. What in fact did the motor car pass when i t passed yon?—It <-ame jiast so (|niekly


th a t it siirjirised me, hut j ijiiaginod it pa.ssed another car. Aro you as .sure it was passing another ear


Air. Clarke: Hid yon go to the .‘•cenc of


comhination it imd cros-jcd over to its wrong side of tlie road, and lie assumed it had done so to avoid dehmdnnt’s car. 'flie car, Iiowever. tnriK'd hack to its correct side


fendant hail an uimhstruetod view of tlie road. Tliero was little traflic and tlio road was not greasy. The road a t tlie point of


sliow quite clearly that <le|endant after passing a motor cycle comhination had a perfectly clear road for 2o0 to 300 vards, the distance which separated him at th a t point from Air. llousley’s machine. Hut defendant swerved a number of times across the road and in trying to avoid him Afr. Housley


Atr. Hethorington .said the evidence would


result tlint tlie eollision occurred in tlio centre of the road. At the time of tlie accident visiliility was quite good, and for a cjiiartcr of a mile before the collision de­


c^Nclo eoinhination wliich came int«) collision ^vpth defendant’s car. She was killed out light. 3liss Uradshaw was being tlriveu hy hm* iiance, Allred llouslev, a .scliool teacher, of 22, Iligher-Iane, WhUefield. who was so .seriou>ly injured tliat his left leg hail to he amputated. Mr. liousley was assisted into Court on clutches. After a Jicariiig huting two and a lialf linurs, the luagistrates imposed a line on Morris of CIO ainl costs, and suspended liis driving licence lor^ twelve months. The Mayor (Councillor J . H. Satter-


i A l d e r m e n \V. .Standring and .T.


the evening oi ►Saturday, Soptemher 29lli last, lod to tlic appearance at Clitheroe lolioo Court, on Wednesday, of Norman Alorris (*2*2), fruiterer, of -12a, Churchfield- laiie, Cla^^hougliton, near Castleford, who wa.s summoned for driving a car recklessly and to the danger of the jiulilic*. One vietini ol the accident was Mi.^s Sarah Jjradsliaw (2o). a clerk, of Ihiry New-road, u liitefield. who was a passenger in a motor


The fatal acciilfiit iii Cliatbuni-road on


then stoppc<l. He saw the ctilUsion occur about 1*3 yards in front of him.


fendant’s ear swerved past him. T{ie car zig-7.agged from one side of the road to tho iitlier.


\\iine>'* wont another ten vards and


cut into his own sido of tho road very qmckly. • At the point where defendant pa>'cd lilm tiieie was sullieiont room for tinve i-nics of traflic. The car passed him 111 a sueryc, and no .sooner had it got on its ou n side in fnuit of him, than it .swerved to the opposite side of the road. A.s it swerved the second time he noticed that the rear wheel of tlie ear was olf the road Hofendaiit swerved again and it was in the third swerve tliat tlie collision took [ilace.


Fifteen Yards Away.


car when the actual unpact occurreih Air. Hetiierington: llow long have you


cycle comliiiiation when you first .saw i t?_ Dll its own side.


Iniiatiou proceeded for another ton or twelve yanls, and tlion as the motor car w:is in front of it tile coml>ination swerved towards the iiiidiHe of the road. . As soon as tlio inotor cycb turned out the car ran right into it. linth vehicles appearing to swerve at the sjime time. The accident occurred not far from the gate of tho Public As>ist- aiiei! lii-titutiou on tlie C’hathurn sido. , Afr. Hetiierington: AVlmt was the speed of


tiic ear before tlio accident?—It is difficult to judge speed when a car is zig-zagging.


What happened to the motor cycle com­


side. After the collision t!ic car carried on lor a few yards shoving tlie combination u'lth it. 3 lie combination became disen­ tangled and the car turned halfway round, llie back of the car Iiit the comhiiiatioii


again and knocked it six or seven yards down t!ie roail and then the car ran through the wail ou tlic olf>ii!c of tlic road.


Did Not Think the Car Skidded.


swerving hackwaril.s and loiwards happened in that distance.


yards. A> a motorist of 20 years’ standing do you think that possilile?—Yes, he was in otic ()l the swerves when ho pa.sseil me. W’hat did the rear wheel lieing off the


;round indicate to you?—3’hat he was tak- iig too .sharp a turn.


SO yards a lter the horn was sounded before the ear passed you?—Yes.


think so at the time. Do you tliiiik so now?—No. According to ycjur evidence you proceeded


'rheii it coulii not have been going very


fu 't?—It must luive been going nearly Ovice n,; fast as i.


then zig-zagged from one .side of the road to tlie other three or four tiiiip^, Slie thought tho collision occurred a t the CHt- horoe end' of tho W'orkhouse. CroS'-oxamiued hy Air. C’larko, witness immediately after the horn


said that


sounded tlie car seemed to rush past their machine very quickly.


Air. Clark: I put it to you that you do


ne.-'S said ^he was satisfied tha t tho car passed her very quickly after tlie Iiorii was sounded.


V/hai ’Bus Driver Saw. Frederick (Jeorge Jackson, Hank Bottom,


coino .so close. I put it to you it was a motor cycle coin-


as you are that it was line?—I t must have hcon passing something or it would not liave


hination?—I never .saw it. Do you lliiiil; till' motor rai' wlioii it passed


you was in a .shid!'—I did not iiotico any hknl.


to you tliat it was in a skid?—No. Tlien how f|o you nceount for the car’s


Hid tlie car’s conduct afterwards convev


c-’onduet on the road?—I thought lie had lost control.


for any comiucnt from you had there not been an accident?—There was nothing else could liajipen heenuso of the way lie iva.s going from one side of tho road to another. The Alayof: Would you still Iiave thouglit


Would the speed of tliat car have called


dcfemiant’s speed fast if there liad been no uceident?—A'es, it was very quick. Afr. Clarke: You do not know anvtliing


about .speed?—No. Motor Cyclist’s Evidence.


fine a t the time, ihoiigh It had been raining about half-past five. He did not take par­ ticular notice of tho .state of the road, though it did not .scorn bad. He was travelling lietween 25 and 30 miles an hour. Ho had got to tho further side of Park House when lu* heard a long blast on a motor horn. He carried on for 70 to yards and then from something said to him l)y Ins wife ho put Ins brakes on as de­


Ilydal-plaee, Cliathurii, said at the time of the nceidont he was driving his motor cycle combination towards Clitlioroe, and he had Jiis wilr? and son with him.


Ifarry Jolinson, locomotive engineer, 5. I t was quite


.Sauley. said he was the driver of an oiiini- bus which lelt Clitlieroe Alarket-placc at G-1) p.m. on tho day of the accident, pro­ ceeding in tho direction of Chatburn. Jle- tucen llighbrake House and the Clitlieroo Institution a motor cycle combination over-


tool; iiml passed him a t a sped of about 30 iiiilcs an lioiii', llicii luniiiij' on to its mvn


side. Witness said lie sinv a saloon car oyertalco and pass a jnotoi' cvele eonibiiia- tion about J*ark House.


then on it? wrong side of tho road, swerved violently on to its own sido. Afr. Hetherington: W'as there any need


'riie largo car.


for tiic car to pass in that niaiiner and re­ gain its own side so swiftly? W'itne.«-s: No. AVitnosj lidded tha t tho car swerved again


on to its wrong side of tho road and he (witness) drew up to tho kerb side as the driver of the car seemed to be driving “ in a funny manner.”


Air. HoLlieringtori: A’ou wore afraid? AYitnes.?: A'cs.


time tlie inotor c.veb would be about tlm centre gate of the Public Institution and appeared to slacken speed. Hofendant’s ear went back to its own side of the road and tlion again crossed to the v.Tong side. Hy that time, the motor cycle and the car would bo from ten to fifteen yards apart with defendant’s car on the wrong side of the road. The diiver of tlio motor cycle turned towards his wrong side and as the car a t the .same time turned towards its cniroct .side, the two vehicles collided about the eontro of the road. Tlio motor cycle loinbinatinn appeared to be thrown up into tlie air, and the car appeared to Inrn broad­ side across tlie road and go Llirougli tlio wall on the railway side of the road.


Continuing, witness added th a t about that


not remember very imieli about i t ? ’ W'itnc's: Perliaps I have forgotten, llo-examinod l>y Air. Hetherington, wit-


ness, said she heard the horn sounded ver.v loudly and the defendant’s car passed her at a very last speed. 3'lie car swerved right in front of licr Imsliand’s machine. It


Susan .loiinson. wife of the jircvious wit­ W’ould it not indicate a skid?—I did not


time for ton yards. All you have described happened in 20


Witness; No, I was travelling at the same


collision uccuiTcd 15 to 2U vards aliead of him. Air. Clarke: And yet you say all this


CWs.e.xamiiied hy Air. Clarke wilue.ss agrecil iliat at the imjuest he saiii tho


hination ?-y-J list at the point of impact when the car hit tlie coiuliination a woman was flung into the air and a man llow the otlier nay or. to the footpath on the Institution


prcs.'ion tile car was swerving. On wliich side of the road was tile motor


frony a skid?—\(?s. WiUiess added that tho motor c.vclo com-


holtom) ; Hill all that occur in 1,3 yards? Vi tness: 1 said I was 1.3 yards from the


been driving?—Twenty year.**. Do you U'O tho word swerve as distinct


The AlagistrateC Clerk (Air. J . H. Uanu-


said the >pccd of the ear was verv fast. Hefciidant p:isscd him on the .'-werve ami


jii answer to All*. Iletherlngton, witness


ADVERTISER AND TIMES. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1935. Not Exceptionally Fast.


of the motor cvcle comliin.ntlnn imc co Mr. llelliei inatoii; As a drivLM- nf aecicb!,a b ap ^ ie d ^ '" ^ ''' wllat'"""'* At llic nuiuest did you sa\ all Uio


entrances at 'i.j,listanee botu'een the two . . . . "’ 't ' l t iun: '—About 100


100 yards away wlien tli'e ' aeci.to-o .,i,o„t pciictl?—Yes.


Do you I'emombee iibn sayinn timt tb'e inotor ear did come baeic In its proper side


of tbo load on its lirst swerve and tha t it may liave (;ot into the g a t te r —t am not sure.


ear was travelling at a last sliced, but not exceptioiisilly fast?—Yes.


you tlimiglit the car was out of control'"' Yes.


About Skidding.


out of control, whether it was li skid or otlicrwise?—A'es.


And that .vou did not know wliv It was There would only be a skid mark on the


road if llio car actually ‘‘ slithered ” ?—Yes. ^ oil will admit lliat the wor.->t thing .vou


can do is to brake if a car is in a skid*?— Yes.


Tlierefore, nnlo.'.s tho tlrivor is a totall.v iiu-umpetent otic, .voii would not e.spect to


find brake marks as a result of skidding?— No.


\ ^vas under the im-


WouUI it 1)0 true to say tliat if Houslev lad kept on Iiis proper siilo of tlie road, or followed your example and stop|)ed. there


would have been no accident?—! do not mow. Housle.y was not in the mitldle of the


the proper sido of the road?—Yes. 3'hereforo, if ho Iiad stopned lie would


have lieeii on hi.s proper .siclc .some vards from tho impact?—Yes.


vice vtdiicle driver, took the sensible course f .stopping and another nian did not do the


agreed it was not necessary to appiv brakes for skid marks to .sliow on tlio road. Hid yoiy say at the inquest tliat if you ul been in Housloy’s position, you would have done tlie .same as lie did?—Vcs. sir.


n some danger?—(Juite possibly, Tn aiiswer to Air. Hetherington. witness


Injured Man’s Story. Alfred Htm^ley (21), school teacher, 22,


Uighcr-lane, Whilelield, who had a leg mputated as :i re>ull of the accident, was llowcd to he seated while giving his vuleiice. He stated that on the Saturday


Bradshaw, the victiju of the accident. Ho loft liome just before five o’clock and at th a t time the machine was in good running order. Proceeding along Chatburu-road. Clitlieroe, ho passed a Bolton-hy-Bowlaiid ’bus.


sion of what happened,” witne.ss proceded. I remember seeing a motor car overtaking motor cycle and sidecar and then 1 have


the impression it filled the whole of the road in such a way that j could not possibly get tliioiigh. How it managed it, I have no idcji at all. 1 have a vivid impression of seeing him come towards me on my side of the road, and seeing tho bulk of tlio road lear on the other .side, 1 swerved towards t ill order to got out of his wav. After


thiiig nnusnal about Hie road*?—\Yitness: 'J’ho oad was perfectly normal so far a? I was


'oncerned. Do you rc.memi)or whotlier the road was


tisunl. I t would call for some comment in your


violent skid, that something hail gone wrong with the steering, or that something of that sort had occuned?—I never bothered with what had happened, and I was not worrying why it was there at the time. You thought the best thing was not to


own mind would it not?—No. You did not think that the car was iu a


in his great nii»iortunc, hut said he would like witli his help to clear up one or two points. Air. Claiko then asked witness if he did not consider the conduet of tho nppioaehing car very iinusiinl? Witness: Certainly 1 tliought it was nn-


now. Air. Clark expressed sympathy to witness


et nr dry?—1 am afraid 1 do not. How hmg have .vou been driving a motor icle?—1 have heeii driving for eight vears


11 (jucsiion he wa.*. motor c.veliiig to llortou- n-liihblexiale and in tlie sidcciir w:is Alik'S


aine?—I do not know. Tf yon Iiatl gone on. you might have been


Can you tell me wh.v .vou, a? a public .‘Ser­


oad until In* elianged his course?—No. Before bo changed bis course, ho was on


to answer a question as to the ’speed of tlie upproaebing <-ar?—Yes. with anv aeeuraev. \m remember saying at llio iiiqnest that


do i.s to judge tlie .'•peed of an approachiic vehicle?—Yes. Therefore, it would be nearly impossible


o\er.\* day of your life, would yon l>o pre* Ijared to say that a most dillieult thing to


A:; :i motorist ytmr.self. using the road Dill you also say at the inqnesl tliat tlic


1 ii..titution was vorv similar of^mp^c??'''


tho road at Park House was L>7-ft iVin ‘ n I


l i i


riio netiiiil (Instance between Piirk^ llonse (i'-'u-iiiD"? ami tbe point of eollUini, wa.s IS-L'i vavcls ti- ti


lliiee line.s of tnitfie could pass ou the ro-iii cli-irtro' " u the point of tho accident. Tlie width nf


.f’"; elite of Hie i'nblic ’place the point ™"'a, C \Vitncss; On tlio Clintburn .m,1o of tlio


liiitbim, g,„o of the l.istitotinn Quite near to a liobl gatc.»-Not far awav


nnoU:;n.''Xor?!lVl^%i‘ '" ..Dill you wear cap’(.s?_Tlio otlicr officer


o’clock. ir.


M'heti was i t * ' ' ? . . r n i n i n r r but it did not rain'‘ u iT


you goVlo^


fj-itlcnce that the road ?—No.


About -1-13.


liore. You cannot say what it was (Ui,. s up there an liour hoforo the accitlent^—No


U could easily have rained there."'“^I ’ DefendanPs Statement.


ol the other men, Aforris made the following statement: ” I am a greengrocer and re.sido a t ‘12a, C'lmreli-lane, (ilasshougiitoii. At


1 liml just pa.ssed a motor cvcle when 1 felt a skid .ns if being taken to the opposite side <)f the road. I bad got baek to m.v own side of tbe road when a motor evele anil sidecar came straight for me. As’ I could see that a serious accident was going to tjike place I jnit on m.v brakes and turned the steering wliecl towards the offside. It was too late to avoid an accident as the combination stniek my car as I was trving to get out of his ivay. Our car ’tlien a leadi’il across the road and rested a^^ainst


'I’he roatl was wet. wall.”


to answer in n*gard to a charge of driving daiig«*ron>ly, as there was not one shred o? evidence to substantiate sucli a charge. 3 be Alagistrate.s decided that there was


.A t Ibis .stage Air. C’larke suhmitted in all iiicerity and camhnir that he liad no case


S L A ID E U R iS ' .


a case to an.swer and Mr. Clarke then in­ timated that .lie had only one witness, defemlant, as niiotlier witne.^s. who should have ncctunpanied Alorris tins morning, had not put in an appearaiicei


Accused Gives Evidence.


Cliurchfii'ld-laiie, (Ilasshoughton, a ’ green­ grocer, repeated lli^ .statement to the otlicer,


and added that lour of the men were in the hack ot the car and the other ju the front. Betore the accident they had made a short call a t Oisburn for petrol, but tha t was tlie only time they stopped.


no desire to sto|) for refreshments,’ ns the party was a teetotal one?


Air. Clarke: As a matter of fact vou had ‘‘ i have uiil.v :i ver.v vague impres­


that J remeinhered nothing at all.” Air. Jletherington: Hid you notice un.v-


passing tlio motor c.vcie the car .seemed to slip away in a fa.sliioii to .suggest a back wheel .skid. 3’lic result was the car went ou to the wrong sido of flie road but when it got into the gutter the wliecl.s gripped again and lie was able to control and get back to bis own side of the road again, lie certainly <lid not go iicross the road in a zig-zag lasbion, and skiilded across the roatl onl.v once. 3‘lie wo'r.sb tiling to do when skidding was to brake and tlierelore be did tile only thing possibh? and th a t was to steer into tlio skid. The accident wa.s cn- tirel.v due to the skid, and he did notliing initially to cause Hie .skid. In answer to Air. Clarke witiie.s? .said he


In


was not driving leckle.ssly and his speed would be somcwliero between 2S and 30 Julies an hour. He looked at the speed­ ometer when they passed the motor cvclc and it was about the tliirty mark. H o ’had travelled all Iho w.ay a t a reasonable speed and could not prevent tbo accident under the circumstances. Ho liad arranged to meet another pa.ssenger at Castleford, who was to come to court to give evidence, hut lie had not turned up. In answer to a further que.slion from Afr.


Clarke, defendant said ho wa.s not talking to an.v of his pals a t the time of the accident and they were not ragging.


Borrowed Car.


.stop, but to go on the other side of tlio road?—No. I saw him coming towards me on my own side of tho road.


have been something like thico-qnarlcrs of Ihe^ road clear on the other side, so I obviously was not staying where 1 was while lie rnn into me. You me not .snK;;eslinj; lie was coining on


'riiore must


.voiir side to pull up?—Xo. _'I bt'rofore,^ lie wniiM want to go bnol; to


Ills piopoi- side?—Yes. prosiiiiiablv be would, lint theie was not time for mo to lliini; that


decided to take tho course .vou did?—1 have no idea at all.


Road Measurements.


ing a telephone message about tlie nccidenc lie wont with J*.C. Sagar to tho scene and found that on tho Clitlieroe sido of the far gate of the Public A.ssistunco Institution there was a inotor c.vclo combination lying in tho road about 10 yards on tho Clithcroo .side of the far gate, near the kerb on tho Institution .side. 3’lie combination was facing Clialburn and was parallel to tlio kerb. The sidecar was smashed to pieces. On tho opposite side of the road between tho far gate ami where the inacliino was l.ving in tho roadway, there was a largo snloon car which had penetrated the wall ami was partially .suspended 6-ft. G-ins. through tho wall.


not punctnrod. Oir the Chatburn side of tbo far gate of the Institution, 51 feet from the centre of the gatcwa.v, be found an Jn- dentntion in the road, which had boon newly made, n quarter of an inch deep. There were no skid marks a t all on nn.v part of tho road. Between tho far cato and tlio first marks ho found other marks which wore ^U) feel from the first and which were also nowhwnade. Tho distance between the indentation nonro.st Chntburn and tho front


a t the front. The t.vros


I t was badly damaged tho car were


P.C. AVhitehoad stated th a t after receiv­


nut. I had only a fraclioii of a .second to think. tjnw far v.ore you from liim when yon


frequently from your friend? Defendant: No. th a t was the first time I


Mr. Hetiierington; Ho you borrow this car


had borrowed this particular car, althougii he had frequently borrowed mine. ^ou said a t tlie iiu|uest that .vour friend


made it a condition tliat von 'should not exceed 30 miles an hour?—Yes. Was th a t because he wa.s rather concerned


with your manner of driving?—No. Aon say your ear skidded only once?—Yes. If you got into a skid a t 30 miles an


hour would it take yon 1S2 yards to recover? “ Xo, (lofinitely no.


su’orvo, not a .skid?—Yes it was not a swerve. W’ero .vou not realizing that you wore a


Aro ,vmi f|iiito sure it wns not n violent


long wa3* from Blackpool and ilionght you would make up tijiic on the open stretch of road?—No. AVo were not bothered if we did not get to Blackpool until 0-30. ^ 3 his motor e.vcio combination proceeding lU the opposite direction with two people in it and travelling at 30 miles an hour would he pretty solid, AT‘t it was practically knocked S3 feet. Ho you want to suggest th a t .vour car, proceeding short of 30 miles an hour, could do th a t and then slioot across w the road a t right angles and penetrate a


all ?—A'es. Mr. Clarke: 3'hc car .VOlu were driving


woirIis soinewlicro about 1.J tons, ami it contaiiiod six men so tlicrc was uotliinc Biupiisiii': about it going tbrougb a wall was thoie?—Xo, sir. 1 weigh 18 stones ami some of tbe otbers were bcavy ebaps.


Beyond Driver’s Control.


driving during the whole of th a t run. Tie bad nnly one charge to meet, that of dnn- goimis during.


to defend a summons for driving without duo c«uo and attention, but i t was particu-


I t was sometimes diffionlt fisftsai


uofenee, I\fr.- Clarice said lie was in tbo unfortunate position of being unable to put a second witness into tbe box. That witness would iinf|uostiionabI,v have confirmed do- femlant’s evidence ns to the method of bis


Aililressing tbo magistrates, for tbo


ing a motor c.vclc and sidecar prior to tho accident. He had driven through rain nearly all tho afternoon. 33ie windscreen wiper on his car ws in perfect order.


\Vitiic.ss: 33iat is so. Witness added that ho remembered pn.s«-


The defendaut, Norman Alorris, -I2a,


Class held in the Ali.ssion Jiooni on Tuesday evening, when the Hector was d*ie speaker. 1N3'KKAIFN3’.—Thu funeral of Air. Harry


Over scyonty men attended the Bible


SimiMsOn took place at ilio J’arish Cluircii yesterday week, ami was preceded by a sliortr service at bis bome^ this being con- (liK^ted by I'lio Hector, a>.si5led by Air. H. Bailey. Alany villagers ami friends al- teiulcHl. 33ie chief mourners were: iUr. uiul Alr.s. Halph Alasoii: A.lr. and -Mrs. 1'. I’eel, AYiggleswortb; Air. and Airs. Hanson, Grindleton; Mr. and Airs. Halstead: Air. F. Stephenson; Air. and Airs. John l.eece; T. Heel; Airs. Kdward Leoce; Aliss K. l.eece; Airs. H. Kinder; Air. ami Airs. Harry Dawson; Air. Jack Lawson; Mr. U. Simpson; Wilt Simp>on; George Simpaoit; Fred Simpson.


3'lie bearers were Alessrs.


Jack liawson, Cyril Hnlly, Bob Hawsthorne and John Harrison. Air. J . L. Wilson was the undertaker. Floral tributes were sent


by: hena, Halph ami tlic children; All at 3'own .l‘'ml, Wigglc.‘iwortli; All a t Town Head, tlrimlleton; All at Haingill; Cousin


Ernie; G. and E. WnterworUi; 3’om, Rath- auoU, and all at Well Hou.se; All a t Wood- house Gate and Colin; Noel, Margaret, Bimty and George; George; Air. and Airs.


If. J.xjeniing and t^ae girl.s; Alary, Hliyllis and Edgar rjceming; Jim, I'ann.v and Alary Lcoming; Alembers of Hie llowling Green; Afembers of tbe Alens Bible Class.


BARCLAYS BANK LIMITED. The 40th Oidinary General Aleeling ol


deposits as compared with last yciu* hao incicased by £1,333,9^7 i.o £380,093,759. On tho otlior haml, tho average for 1931, as s^.tow’ii iu their monthly statements, was lower than in 1933 by £10,877.090, the reduction being 2.9 per cent. During the same period ilie average deposits ot the tell Luudou (Jloaring Banks, as u whole, declined by £73,112,UtK) or by 3.7 per cent. Barclays Bank, therefore, had rather more than held its ow’ii. I t was sometimes argued that banks wore


largely iiiumiiie from Ohe Influences whicu made industry prosperous and those which


were resi>onsible for depression, and thai in good times and ‘n bad they were able to produce cqiially saiialactory results. The fallac.v of this coiiteiitioii was apparent ii the profits earned by tbe large banks in recent years were compared with those


secured prior to the dojiressioiL and, had it not bet’ll for the toiiSiTviitive iiolicy pur-


siied by iliuir (liicctors in more prosperous times, Baiclays Bank would certainly not have been ablo to maintain its dividemt record during tho lean period.


often been said—and tho statement was perfectly true—that finance is the handmaici of industry.


I t had


banks inevitably suffer, whilst on tho other handj if industry is prosperous, the banks boncht from tho more favourable condition.'. Tho falling off in tho deiiiiaud for money


If industry is depressed, the


and the heav'y dccliiio in interest rates over tho past few years hud clearly reacted adversely upon tho banks, bub it should not, tOerofore, bo assimied tha t bankers were in favour of an abnorinnlly high bank rate which, in addition to being a burden ou those who rely pn borrowed capital, was usually^ an indication of the necessity for correcting an unhealthy condition in some part of tho economic structure. Such a condition was frequently associated with an increase in Wio toUl amount of bad debts, whilst, in addition, n high bunk rate tended to depress the value of sccuritic.s and, in cousoquonce. might make it noges- sary to provide substantial sums for the writing down of investments. Tlio truth was th a t—as with industry, so with tlie banks—^_tVo conditions calling for cither n very high or a very low'bank rate were nnde.sirablc, and the intenssts of all con- cornod were bo.st served: when i t was po.ssiblo to innintnm an even keel a t a level between the two.


i .


Barclays Bank Umiled vva.s hold on Wed­ nesday, Air. William Favill 3’uke (Chairman) presiding. The Chaiimaii said that the Bank’.?


Harry ami Family, Annie and Ja ck; Jack and Irene; His Hal Bob; Margaret and K. Aliddlebrough; Harold and K itty; E. and Al. H. Bigby. Joan and Halph; His Hai, Charlie, Carlisle; All at The Hlough, Wigglesworth; 3’oiiimy; Alarjorio and


Jllackpnol. We were proceeding <Iown CuntbiiMi-road, Clitlieroe, at about’G-25 at 2S Jiiiles an hour.


jilmul 3-30 on Saturday, 29Lli September, I left fllassboughton in a ear loaned b.v’ a friond along with liv<? other Iriomls to gii tc


quc.stions, Alorris iiitiinatod that the driver ol the motor c.vcie and Ins passenger weio »n Iho Institution. After visiting the institution, he returned to defendant and asked him if there was an.vone with him. Morris replied in the affirmative and pointed to five oilier men .standing on the opposite side of the road.


In the prcsciiee


when tlicy arrived a t the .scene of the uccidont, AIorri.s was standing at tlio side ot tlie road smoking a cigarette. Ho asked liim if ho were the driver nf the car ami Morns said he was. . In answer to further


P.C. Sagar corroborated and added that S r "tsrv :S pro|(tl, .iml bo (laimed tliat there was ,


been den,tile evidence iiieomiiatible with mlicii oils to siig^Soine of the erideiiee had de.eribed eoiild bavp-ing. ami it was


le.ssly wrong about the point of impaei,si,g il tliey were wrong in one thing tlicy conb: be wrong in others. A sl;id was no evidence ol (laiigerniis driving, Anvnne could opt


linof spare allowed for Un'iiHie maiinoiirre; witnesses. Several witnesses w. j,, (i,.


into a skid iiinvittingly tlir^igb no iiiiUal limit of their own. Tbe (pie-tinn for the magistrates to deride was wbetber defendant did^ aiiytliing, either I»y commi.sslon or omission, prior to his skid to cause that skid


Excellent Driving Record.


If be did tlion bo caused a skid, wliieli re­ sulted ill liimself becoming a danger to the


•LIO and costs, and would be d^.^qnalified from driving for twelve months.


Alayor announced that tbe inagi.strates wore of tlic opinion that defendant bad been’ guillv of dangerous driving H(‘ would bo fined


th a t accident nnqne.slinnablv wa? ho was not ri’sponsililc. After a few mimitc.s’ retirement, the


iiio.st^ .H'rious in motoring law and before a conviction was made the ovideiice must bo nTefutable. Hefcndant had an excellent driving record, but all too lamentablv ho had been involved in that terrilile accident, wliieli ho regretted as anybodv else, AYliat he .>>aid, liowovor, was that regrettable a.s


adopted incasiires to rediiec tile possibility (it skkliling.


I ’lio charge was one of the LIMITED


I'nlilie. He submitted that dol'eiulant did no siieb tiling but, ou tbo otlier liaiid,


BANK


WILLIAM I'AY ILL TT'KE. Clmirinnn. IjDWlX FISHER. Deputy Clmirinnn. HUGH EXTOX SICEROHM WILLIAM -YIAC'X.-UIARA GOODEXOl'GH


Vice-Chairriici.


General Jlnnngere : A. WL Tukk, W. O. Stkvexsox. X. S. Jones. Foreign General Jlimnger : IS. J. FosTint.


STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS Dccmcbcr 31c»/, 1034.


LIABILITIES


Current, Hcpo.sit and other Accounts, including Hoservo for ................................................................


Income Tn.x and Contingencies and Balance of Hrofit and Loss


Balances in Account with Subsidinty Bnnl;s ...............


Acceptances and Endorsement.?, (!vc., for account of Customers I'nid-np Capital Reserve Huml


Cash in hand, and with tho Bank of England


lialnnces with otlicr British Banks ami Clicqucs in course of collection Money at Call and Short Notice Bills Discounted .... Investments


Im c.5tinonts in SiiLsicIiary Ranks (at cost. Iccf amounts w ritten off) The Briti-sh Linen Bank—£1,238,744 Stock


Union Bank of iranclicstcr Limited—300,000 Shares of 1'5 cacli. £2 lOs. paid


...........................................................................


Otiicr Subsidiary Banks—(including fully jmid Sliares and 500,000 * B ' Slinres of £5 each, £1 |>er Slinre paid up, in Barclay.s Bank (Dominion, Coloiual and Overseas) and 1,000,000 Shares of £1 eneh, 5s. per share paid up, in Barclay.s Bank (Franco) Limited)


Advances to Customers and otlier Accounts Lialrility of Customers for Accoptances and Endorsements, A-e.... BnnI; 1’remi.ses and .Adjoining rro|icrtics (at cost, less amounts written off)


HEAD OFFICE ; 54, Lombard Street, London, E.C. 3


Over 2,090 Branches in England and Wales. Local Branch : 2, MARKET PLACE, CLITHEROE jranagor : .Mii. H. AfoiiKTON.


; i ............................................................................


........................................................................... ASSETS


368,850,884 11,242,875 — 380,093,759 7,205,554


.... 15,858,217 10,250,000


46,809,954 11,889,908 25,837,900 47,572,778


103,242,464 3,716,232 750,000


2,755,143


155,979,234 7,205,554 7,648,363


^ l>,' snmelbing outside defomlniit’s


be II poi


"’“ r "i submiUofl fl.nl- 11


rotjuired Itefore sueli f I


<>f ilaimeiom "f Mib.tan


^'Miiiuciicc lie ^ Gifts for Every Occasion


I t IS always somebody’s birthday—Presenta- tions are constantly being made for manv


purchase your SILVER^


WARE or JEW E L LER Y Now .it a aenuine br'over ■


CONDEX WRIST WATCHES


.SILVKRWAHK. CUT CLASS T H F x i .-w n t -e D CtOAUETTld CASUS AXD BoS^js


d iam o n d an d WEDDjNG“^ - e s at Groat Savings 25% Discount.


G. W. AINSWORTH Market Place, Blackburn


(ARNOLD AINSWORTH) m IS70 '• ill * !' I


(THREE)


Telephone 4010


T elephone 4010


Xext to Theatre Royal tiiul next to YYoolworth’s


Last Few Days of this Important FURNITURE SAl E


Here is Value \


Example 1. WALNUT BEDROOM SUITE. Usual price £55. NOW £39 Example 2. 3-PIECE SUITE, ‘ BUOYANT ’ Usual Price £35. NOW 19 ens


Examples, OAK SIDEBOARD 101 Other Similar Bargains.


Usual Price £18. NOW 14 gns All Genuine.


REDUCTIONS FROM 15% TO 50% ON ALL STOCK.


ALFRED TURNER & SON HOUSE FUBKISIIEBS, cic.


4, 6, 7, AINSWORTH STREET, BLACKBURN Sole Local Agent for “ Buoyant ”


Upholstery.


We' have been astonished at the Amazing Value in BRUSHES offered by THOMPSON OXBURGH, 31, MOOR LANE


Tel. 107. As Mr. Oxburgh explained, ho was able to do so as a result of a fortunate


large cash purchase made before iho big advance in prices of bristles. Caieful examination of his large stock of PAINT, .ENAMEL, VARNISH, DISTEMPER and WHITEVVASH BRUSHES proved them to bo speaking examples of Best quality materials and highest class werkmanship, all offered at Less than Half UsuaqRetail Prices.


FANCY GOODS suitable for all occasions


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