i 1 ■' sEOURI " l i 1^ BUTTER REDUCED AGAIN A T ;s V-


K i e l B u t t e r nOW Oll jy 1 1 / . - p e r l b . p e l l e t t e r nOW only i p . p e r l b .


E m p i r e B u t t e r only lid. p e r I b . E l a i i i s h B u t t e r only 1 / 2 p e r l b .


BUTTER s t:"- |3, CASTLE 8TRE|T, I ■ . ; .


i rT'OT/T fv f ■


a :'-i ............ IFOR TH E


___ • T E L . 332. B e t t e r


M r . R a l p h A s s h e t o T r


BILL WHICH <UAGKS TH E SUPPORT OF TH E COTTOfj OPERATIVES.?


“ SOME H IG HW :d a n g e r o u s ■ p r in c ip l e s .” '


(Nottingham), M r .__r -


castnan/heir .to tli'e Dovyhhain and Cuerdale estates, - took part! in Tuesday’s debate in ■the: Housej of Commons■ on the Cotton


debate to-night partly because T am: a Lancashire; man by birth 'and upbringing and. partly ■jbecausp I represent , a constitu­ ency in Nottingbainsbire in which tlie te.\tile .industry is'I carrM out. I -. No one could possibly be piore auxions t ian I am to do


somethiug or to see somh steps taken which WnilW nonofi^.


would benefit.' thc'l textile trade. No 'oho; is inore aware thnn | amj of the great


.L._J_


^that not, only does it import certain highly dangerous principles, but I doubt very niucii whether-in, the long rua» it is likely either to be of benefit either td the workers or to the industrialists in’ tliij textile trade,


i! or, all tliat^ however. I am, to my great regret, a critic of this! Bill because I feel


oharactcristic fortitude for many years _Ti i, X years. -v t •


burde'ni of 1 anxiety and- [suffering which Lancashire ;bas - ^ — 'suffering____


,„„o heen .,:carrping with such -


Spinning Industry Bill, which is causing considerable! confroversy/, | Mr. Assheton said; I intervene, iii this


Ir._ Ralph -Assheton, M.l?, for Ruslicliffe ittinghoiil),; who is .-of; course' a. ;Mni’


d


the health forget thai ...


6y.stom :is ijimt takes shotl


that those in judgme but in . tm an, excess.^ here, there tioii tor tl:


froifi, these. busir be


'by the . Bill ■cost of the able .propirty again■ public. Mr. i Rad,


specify wha rd a o d t h e .'-J ;' J ! ; ; l i !% ’vm :riSER AND TIMES. FRIDAY, APIIIL PUZZLIN


O P EN VERDICT. FEATURES AT INQUEST


of the industry. ]Vo must not


be.able to-iayejtiie plenty .which has arisen nustakes. ; Now it- is .f....,,^^., to. make other people suaro the misjakes, and to' destroy valu- lecause one day it might


vsed at some time'to serve'the o AVill . the i lion, gentleman


the mistakes are? R e H r i c l i f a n i s i n C r u e l a n i l i n e f f e e f i v o .


_ Mr.: Assli'ton , I f 'I were to ho drawn into, a discission of .the-mistakes that-have


been made in the cotton industry for [the past lOO’y'ears, 1 should delay the House a


had. enough experience, of restrictionism! to


great <Ie.il-ongdr.:than,I intend to do; ' should; have Tiro]ught‘


______


"V^now^wriiad ____


bo awire that it is not only cruel but.'iii- effective._ Thire is no such .thing as demand irrespective of price,; as long as any' price


.the product. It is• said that the Bill'wil co-relate thij number of spindles tofTtlfe id but that" means to''the present price, because i the


exists'there is an uns.atisfied demand for


.'would do their .best to.implhraent'any sug- ■gestions which the 'industry i might put for- iWaid ^iUi sufficient unanimity to warrant' their going ifurtlief with the matter. I t '


;or to their.customei-s. -'Wd 'h'ave beeiftold by the, Goyernment that ibis Dill is no product of theirs, .'and:’that it was intro-, duced to them in i pursuance of a! promise niado to Itlio cotton, indti^ry th a t . they


■has been-said that the, Bjll has the. support of tlie majority; otj those ih the industry


itself to the; Hou.sej though il rather doubt It it lias .that ilorge majority which tlio President of; the'Board of [Trade told the House would.be- necessary if: compulsory pojvers were ito be given..


i?'f^,i..®^ ® ; 0-11 I v"


Goods , ake^ Right buying has definitely made our prices right—No other Fashion ! House can offer, you miire attractive value.


our keen


iH' I SUTCLIFFE AND CORSE, , iP Milliners, 5, i& 7, Castle ,Btr :et, -I :


.< ■


SWAGGER SUITS CHARMING DRESSES SPORTS


I TH E BRIDAL OUTFIT for the lu o ^ I M d e


I ' for th e ; Bride’s .Mother ! Bridesmaids.


enjoy di'etinctiiAyf you


allow us to supply you.; jjlverything •' and the


A Household' word for [GLOVES. S e o O u r D i s p l a y s


F LEyvi P


I B L ^ MILLINERY


§ 1 • f f * ?!? Thwo/tes


i Ladies' Outfitting


' '^HOSIERY: THE J.V (


r CLITHEROE. ; •ll'i- I'l


i ■ !


YOUR SUfflER QUTIIiGS i.B R O U R H li a W t P ' S


'nilty,'If. .Hilji.':! .ffif C o a f e h j ^ ' ; a r e p o s y , c o n i f o ^


s ' a f e i ;?0 a n d 132 s e a f e r s . ' j Get your printed! (IM froiln .[the . '■


Agents— THORN ST.,


iosyvAw RoWb & CiO., lirp, Blitheroe — Phone 21.


Mr Fj MEETING


blOGRES H O U S E , S A W L i Y j


m A s s a g e I a n d c h i r o p o d y . ' ;


-pep cent, of I the cotton spinners, and that it is,opposed by a large minority of cotton representing.,, soinething. like


11,000,000 Bpjndles. j I tried to point out


the cotton, spinning industry in the 'past. Their judgment waf at fault in the past, and- we should, .therefore, he very, careful before we accept the .advice'Ft these same .people 6n thjs occasion.':


- such .progress as ,we [have been able to make in the world lias been due. | I .would re­ mind the House that the redundance of sppidlcs in. Lancashire is partly duo'to tlie mistakes and .'errors of; judgment i on the j inajority^ of these conducting


[ ,(Banks';Di8-§j0rMcd^ ;


■ The minority -of I cotton ' spinners who oppose this • Bill: are noteworthy for their


quality if, not '.for ;their quantity. There are- among them mdny of the most success) ful; though independent firms and some whoj in. ;spitn of! all tlje difficulties, have sue-


'ceeded in conducting their businesses suc­ cessfully for many years, and also some .who have even silcceedeq in ' payihg ■ dividends throughout the depression. (It appears to me tliat the ihitiatite in this pill.was takeii by'those whoj represented' some of ‘ th'e"jks aucoessful fiiiuiC.in! tliq trade, supported certainly by tho large combihes and -with the- approval,of hanks and oilier creditors who’are naturally, liot averse |to seeing the security behind their loans i.inade rather more' secure.',- A large prCpokion o f these firms has been kept on its! feet-by) tho banks, and Tidpuht whetlier the bank's have not been doing .a (disservice ’ to the com- munity by this action., '


'j


.The redundant spindles iU .the cotton industry are'iiiot'tile Cause of its! decline, nor IS, iiiterrial price-cutting the cause


Hf Bli ALL CLASSES


OF INSiuRANCE transacted and THE : DUTIES OF!


; EXECUTOR and TRUSTEE^ under.: TAKEN!.


. . . ■ ^ . . . . . . .


II you’ve got the girl, .7?#^ we have the ring !


I


' be convinced of our clnim that we can give l you roaxmuhi value this Easter-and always- ■ by Jetting , us serve you NOW!


I I ili ktJw U ■i^ ■ ,


€on eron and Leem ing . Qualified Opiidam - i ^


:


17, MOOR lane, CLITHEROE 1


-


.yillhnot Freak .into harmful pieces and splipters jf a collision occurs. But!experts have lately Invented glass that is fhr morh


I . MP^t care now have windscreens that


wonderful than anything , of that sort. It bends easily' does not crack, And caii


bo out with a largo 'pair of scissorO.


^ 9U?er stuff is made by oovorini wire netting with a special tra^parent


mattnal. J t oah.'bo, made up into strips a, bundrod . feet ]opg • and three feCt wide and I rolled without Jnmage. ; ' |


gives


•it frpm,: a; glass, drinking it bes , mast<|r,s feet,. and barks for .it-every


.flown, years hy,| Rah, 'a twelve-yha black],.retriever of Birkenhead. H(


,of shapes withouti being hurt in thefeast ' in


Straightened out for use, thisl n6w^ fniigled glass , cart bo twisted into , a 1 sorts


used! for concrete- roads’ do. lu* euuuieie-'iuuus u just as


t(he metal I. sheets '' ’ And wheri


- jan< ,4,(B0,.pints of ;heer have been drhi


rs-old takes


do his night.


. The ] netting serves as a framewJrk and strength,


i


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M p i o s - b y p f l s t o n r e c e i v i n g t h e a d d r e s s e s t o y v h l c h t h e y a r e t o b e l s e n t ,


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GLASS THAT ROLLS UP.


trade are very !-well known—the closing of great -markets and! outlets for her trade and the foreign competition of Japan and other countries, whose costs of production are, on the whole, fewer .thanj ours. If ,a Bill could have been devised to reduce the co.sta of prod'uc^n, the sifeatioii might have been alleviated, but this Bill would appear to.mo;to tend, ifrit does anything,: to increase the costs of production rather that to . reduce them. If tlid chasing' redundant spindles is' by a,levy on the spindles that;,____ since _ uiaiiy', of the sofShdeyt liiills already running -^to full capacity, I


to seo how the:added cost of tW levy can do anrtliing but add to the costs of, produc tiouTii those .mills, ■ ’ ! i .


' T Penalising Newcomers.


it thon was. JMevertheless, under the Bill as it stands new entrants into the industry are being penalised to a certain extent,!


of the Bill, the Rrcsideilt of tho Board of Irado decided to .withoraw dauso lo as


mo that eniplovmeiit is likely to he reduced: if active spindles; nro-'scrapped. :If active; spindles are not scrapped,'tjiis Bill will do- very little good excppt possibly!toisome of. S tlioso people who Imvo the; opportunity of:


thinks it right to penalise newcomers in am area which’IS as hard hit as Lancaslure ia| to-day. I must confess that;I feel grave! anxiety, too, with regard to the' question of' emplojnient m Lancashiro. It seems to:


I cannot believe that the House reallyi


iieeassary purging of the grievoils whicli have been made in: the past, —. ...... process of bleeding'is necessary! to restore


dustry is bleeding, .but that bleeding is the iionn.r—,


.


.fieyong-jjiijtakes And this


uie situation or that it provides a remedy. Nor do 11 think that wo Vrbi justified in saying that - the industry is bleeding to doatt. _ Theroi is no doubt thht fbe in­


dosperato remedy .is necessary :to meet tho situation. . .1 I cannot boliove that this. Bill -will meet


tor, many years now'that tlio i cotton. in­ dustry of Lancashire is bleeding to death. I liavo lived in Lancaqhire all my life; and 1 have heard that said time,and time again; and I have also heard’ it said : that, soiiio


piling spindles, wliicli- are practically .north less for some suin-of .money!


alllrUT finin/llno .....i.v ouiii nW A 'TtonAfinnllrf luuiiL-j,.. Iihavo heard I was glad when-, on the Second iReading


co.st ot pur- to be borne arc left, and are fail


the criticism T would make of this Bill'is that it is qn attempt to .cure -symptoms and not to deal with (jauses; The, causes " the depression of !the Laiicaisiiire cotton


lliese are. symptoms of declining trade, and - \.iUUOOt ot ■ - - - - - r - - * - V * ' v i x v - . u u l l C a ^ . . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \j u u v iL i f ^


PpiO. previous occasion the. dangers and difficulties which ato involved in- coercing minorities, fii industry at the instance of majorities. ^ |I pointed- out that the adven­ turous spirits in'industry are always in' a minority, and that it is to, those spirits that


Bill ;lacks the support of the cotton opera­ tives, that it has llie 'support of only' 60


remind 'lion, Members that tlii^ ” ^his account it Should commend


at any rate w -because we kiiow


"*


;he fewer iiieji will there be yarn, will tli


,/will be a dcsl spindles,' soni. i tho livelihood shire; the in, vantage at th Comers .will c come into the facturers .will done spindleage .has, reduced. If( being it will


crisis?, (No, happen. Bt


- - - - - - - - - - - - C T " * * *


hut in some handicaps are


Belief


'tCrfereiico. in great. enMur eiic'o wliiffii


which we liavt had in this, country and eite. int irference; iii trade are very Dpes our j Experience ; of in-


r.- I cannot


avliere of encouraging,


crop, and j.'u’liat happened? . The quantity of cotton 'grownjin America was reduced and the cottoi grown in Brazil was con­ siderably lucre ised. I am riot an opponent of every sort of | planning. I believe in strategic plan ling; I boliove in aestlietio planning, I bilieve in' individual planuirig, but I do not lelieve In industrial planning by . the State. ■■■In an interesting lecture .which ho.gavi last, year Sir Josiali Stamp asked himself-thb questiohj “ Can present motives work! a planned fociety?’’ and lie .lia.d rqluctaiity to admit flmt over .tlie niaior p.irt.of tliq.field the answer must ho “'No.’’ I an quite sure [that with human nature* as it s |now thej freest possiljl markets must be; the truest expression o. tlio will of d(moeracy,_and |I believe,that restrictionism if iiny.kind. is anti-democra- !tic,.areactioiiar; and unenlightened. Only in a really frei market ddesj.the public get what;it wants and not. what some dictator wants to give it; Every interference in tradq reduces tho confidence of husinoss men, and to nly blind it isia lack of con­ fidence more t lan; anything ;else . which has


America dive Iveitf mucli eiicouragemeiit? He thought 1 e ivould ■


restrict- the cottbu


brought the. w irld: to its ,present unhappy state;


'' GR^DLETON.


punday Seboo Billiard League cup com­ petition was pliypd at Griidleton Institute on Friday nigh;, the te'araslbeing CliatbUrii Church and Cl theroe Parish Church. Tim CImtburn team won and afterwards-the cup was presented t ) the captain of the winning team; UMr. E. ,Cock.slmtt) by jlr. G; W,ilkinson_, a wee-president ..of the Grindle- ton Institute., uTIie ''games were before a big ar.'ay of spCcfatori


BILLIARDS.— The final! round of m* the .j.,.


level .tlie wholeloflits width!' This/-.makes the part of tho road available for actual uSe


by traffic of mbeh' greater width,-and tlie rqad/Will not bo so dangeroU.s-here .’as .pre­ viously. ■ A- veby. welcome-improvertientl'


by-Bowland Pe|tyi Sessions! on Monday application was: nbde tor a mbsio arid danfc


Weeks) pointed-out that tliei licencb coiil'd not he issued to',-tlib comihittee, hut only to an officer who: would be . held responsible mr the proper fjilfilment of the condition^.


•by. the secretary, but .tlio treasurer! Mr. G. Jackson, appeardd in support; of tho anpli- “eistratcs’’ Clerk (Mr. H.


the Jiceiico, shun, d i boar his ilnine- and was granted.,tlie litence.


nuo uuue ‘


i iH T J R S T G R E E N .


■^ed sixU'-nine, fcife of ]«r. William Hayl l iiret, who paMcd, away on Sunday at her


much .sympathy i^ extended to her husband in Ills sad borwvemiuit. The interment


t tm e f t? ’ ^Yfdnesday, 'at St. Joseph’s


,linl„ ^ disposition. Mrs. Hayhiirst was de ply-respected jy all who knew .her and


nf 0 brief-illnessl


_ OBITUARY.--We deeply regret to record .‘’.'■“f’l . of :§rs. Elizabeth Hnyhurst,


u Mr. Jackson sale dje tvas^quite willling thsit MUSIC ANii IDANOING.-At Bolton-


■iiig licence . fc r Um Grindleton ’Villade Institute. , The obplication' had been' filed


. ROAD IMPRDYEMENI'.-i-A considerablo iinprovement hob Tjeen-madelto the road'kt the top of the Brow, **Now the highway bo oiiger sinks deebljl at the side, but is quite


thei coal trade give us'-.very geineiitP -. • ijloes i tbb'.iexperi- President, iRoosevelt 1iad.!in


.... "uau UK) examples


i l Ipdividiial Planning. !l ■jielieVo that the


.spindles bo .... destroyed! if, tlio


6,000,000 spiidle I t we go 01


??rd demind’ has not a finite meaning. If it is trio to say that the' cotton; in- mistry of tli s country is bleeding, to death I'would ask hoij. Members, 'What indeed IS being deitrojedP^ If the Bill is 'not passed and ve yontinue, as we ‘have been going on fdr 'some years,'with the flow and painful irocpss of allowing the natural laws of Biipp, y ai!d demand to operate, ..then


- ,


........0 do achieve somethiijg, that ill the last five years - i have ' been eliminated;


such difficulties that there wfll.he a. financial none of .those things Will


‘ bdnks,. perhaps, be put into + l i o + 4- i i n i . ^


t . ’ _ _ c _ _ _ _ ; ; _ i


^ .ofj which are now providing of jn'eii and women in Laiica-


- if the Bill is passed there ruefion of, perhaps, 10,000;000


on p: evi6us occasions - when our for other reasons, helm


ifficient will he given an ad- > expanse of, the efficient; new- irtainly not he encouraged; to industry; and foreign martu doubt, benefit as they have


countty, wbep itlwill be under a handicap, forfeign country . wliere these not imposed. •


new industry conies into, not come into being in this


W I I I W X U I . U . U C l I l ^ 111 t i n s ; j . ITiaCR The i n t o i c i L IS IT HITLERISM ? ”


'Wednesday’s TUo Lcnca__— _


the Laicaslrre County'Coillicil in seeking to-siippix ss local superintemloiit 'offices. '


protesting -against of'th


h sli: The following is! j


lither le district- is' not alone in the meddling! activities


taken from


for vigorous (criticism, to-day, (when the (Fylde Rijral Council received a report at "dy _


■Registrai’ls Offleo from Kirkliam to Black­ pool; '


tion of I irths and Deaths 8uh-Committeo, to protcit against' the, transfer of the


'


! Mr. J. Hill^,. 'delegation, said hvfister'bf ;inle.'


r v I n n L


(Elswick), a-member of: the ■their visit; had been a


Tlib rur il authority’s requests, he declared werolnot soiisiuored id any'shape or form x t -


' T - . 1- — I I (loimcil il. England. Many of'the members


bo an altt ration ne.xt year. 1 think every rural! seat will be contested.’’ ( ,


reproseaiti tiye attended- the (imeeting but did (not -aiso a word of protest on their behalf. .The proposed : transfer was serious imtter Tor the Rural Council'.-


“ INIQUITOUS.”


matter wfiieh. c light to be-rectified. The decision vtts 'hotliing more lor less than iniquitous The, Clir irmai


the office for tljo whole of tliejdistricts, in­ cluding Lytliam| St, ; Aimes, at Weshani, and let Blacktiool have ; their own I office. We do, not object to that.


nieiiled, ‘ Tho even take: i .the of transfirring Blackpool. ^ “ It; would be, cheaper if tlio; county kept


were ag(ei been in cc tell (U


Lytliahi remain


s " li has beonjsaid that Lytliam St. Aimes


Annes'ihnd only Expressed! a verbal opinion.’’ A, letter was rend from the Clerk to the


George . Etliertoil told us that [Lytha At


(Preston, Sir I T.vflinm' St.


Lancashire Courity Council stating that the sub-cornini tee pad' decided to adhere to their tenti tivo proposal to co-operate with Blackpool Corrioration . in , esfablishing registrar’s office at . Blackpool; with one


officerjfor the B ackpool and EVide registra­ tion distrii ts..


; ■ 1.


gation's ri port,) concluding that no useful purtppsa w luld h® served ov pursuing the matter : fm tiler. I :'


, I B^LLE V,UE CENTENARY.


Tho . .Loid Mayor of Manchester is to e CIVIC reebg ution'- to " the ! centenary “iday 0 the ifamous Belle Vue GardcUs


electucally Jit and hoaWd. with a vita gass )(®fandi; and a. monkey mountain in


J .1 “"‘I


ortificial riwk inside which is (their cosy bleeping ;qu irtersl


.'hmates will roatri about'an ,


(i -


Never (think, of (your age, if. you want to live a • long, long,*; timo.-The 125-years-old


bayed iSIohiDn, qn Egyptian-horn Chicago citizen.! i ,


I . . “


on \V(^rtes:lay next, _when ho .is to attend tho edebrition ripening of tlio ; hundredth season. A ■ npwly laid - out part of the Urdons,- ioveriilg three acres! will ho declared ojen by. the Lord Mayor who will also start into hiotion a now floral clock and open revoraj now animal enclosures of an entirely new,’ modernistic design. These iiicliido a cast gibbon cage in -which tho inmatos wll have their own little villa


have- been abolished


Mr-iHillj; It IS a. grave injustice! TlioiCoimcil decided to adopt the-dele­


able to tlie transfer, ibut we ’have mmuiiication .with them and they lat unless it is transferred to S . Andes they prefer (the; office to at Wbshnm.


trouble to consider the cost the Registrar’s Office' to


(Mr. IV. Rawstliorne) com- County Council have not


Mr. T. jedger (.Wesliani) said the lack of . . . I,’ tlie:r own.represeiitative was a


+ ^i^fr*^^^i^®®*~CooKratulatiqns to Mr. iWalterl'B.i Smith, wireless operator


School at .Cranwell. Lines, Mr. Smith is at presen; stationed at Upper Heyford,


—The annual meeting


'n, +h® cricket enthusiasts was (held ■111 ino InYtute on Monday evening. ' Tlio


^ f


recretbry (Mr. N. 'A. 'Waterworth): presented merabers^and


,was a, go(H sign pf continued interest' for ,the cpmiilg season, Consideratibn (iiad


and supporters, and


:-,®®\,?'.y?^' f“ “■ -Suggestion nhat the cluh ^®


cricket


with,, past experience of both: kind j of str


®


[Close hnisljes occurred last season! ! Twn ganiesiweljo won by one run and one lo/t


filsWfi


Btorago; of Igroundsihan’s tool's, ilil addition injhf-- '


to the pur^haso - of, a new mower./ ' Ti'C Precious) presented


■ ^' -


Wtoioasj Gonoral Committee: Messrs; )V. Rpborjs,. .JP. • Thurogood, senr.; ; J.; 8. I'remous, E[, Slater,! H. Fieldeh, 8. Speak, “■ Rawsthorne, (\V. Saunders, A. Hartlev, F. Thurogood, junr;. and N. A. Water- worth:,I Selection Committco: Messrs.; W. Roberts, J, S. Precious H. Fieldon and N* A. .IVatprwortli; icaptain, N.; A. .'jVatcr- worjji: -vicotcaptain,! W. Roborts; grounds­ man, ,P; Til urogood,; senr.


; |


Meltable halanco of £28, rather more i than ball of. ,-njhich will be spent! in -the im­ provement |schomo. I Tho officials i for (ho comnig, year were elected iis follows; rrcsidep Ijir.-J. Ncwboult; lion, secretary, R* I'Vartrworth; hoii. treasurer^ J. 18.


1 ® ®*'®*> which showed i a ; very


in pleasant country surroundings. ; ' w'itii 10 good I balance i in hand, improvements at, iho pavilion ; for tlie


iii®nin


games was [due to the village club'possessing and-(providing leverol teams ^®™® a sporting ; game


oKn®/®!!' ®®®Wta.ry ' having ''arranged 18 of (rhich were at home and P.op^arity of I home


cored 2,800 runs, an .average match,(the. highest score- being Y®®; •* 1 ’® coming: season were


s ^ 28 completed [ matolies


procedure jof playing “ friendlies,” a These rW® *c


" ' i '


“?i‘®®eue, hut the members .! favoured ' 'the';' present Ifuo spirit, and niaiij


[in no [small measure due to tho team wori; :®‘,Y


[during tlih winter,, months. ; The'results ;achieved . during ; tho' past winter, when effort^ raiM the splendid sum of; £28 ; was


played, hrtth during, the 1935 seaton ' and !n i i^ ‘'i® ® - ’’ P® ‘‘ fle iiaterestl di.'-


He is noi^ air-craftsman first class, was a stU'knt at Clitheroo'Royal Grammar ocliool, I ipjassing his examinations thero to go as laii-Maft apprentice in the R;A.F.


and mechanic, on passing his trade! test and his air, gunner’s test in the R;AF.


Ml'; Hil said their own County Council f


have neve ■ doiip a day’s work in.their lives. Tliey havii been born with silver spooiis in their meuths.;' Because qf( their liigli- handed w irk, they; are losing the farmers of Laiicasiire thousands''df pounds a year. . ,‘tl t.is ' Hitlbrisin,’ hut I think there will


„ . , vi;iit to the County : Registra­ meeting at Wesham on a registrar’s


[Eaves, Harry


Jalne


wii liout this Bill will as maiiy ' ’oyed as are going to; .be Bill is [passed, will there and women in employment, a shortage,! perhaps ot cotton


of machinery such as. there -is shonld! be at-least the cons'ola^ 0 community, that they s'fipuld


the i^ery essence of out ,e«)npmic hose people who iiiake tnis- , alloweel to .go under, Iniid ess men who make mistakes should pay for their mistiikeSj case of -ail over-production or


HANGED ^Aii


(56)-, of |2, Railway-view,.Billington,-.whose body was foujud hanging from a.coat-hook k„i


Chapel,. on Wednesday, stances


(an.


ibqucit held jif


llio-. death of


caiiio to brotlier-iii-lawr of depeas^, said (Donnelly


beh,iin,dt n door at his home on Monday. Jbsepli Laiij;, weaver, of i2, Railway-view


y v


Hojwas tormbrly employed (as a i'warehousej- man at .Tn/lnrQ wrnlmrtclcw.-


July, 19£4, oiiing to mental trouble became n n


an ,:ininai (Willows,


witness’s nor nal


deceased Donnelly case and


' i n m n ^ n n F n i i a n n - i - n l 1i / * v i > s r . n A ' — ^ 1^ ' bom


resi e with, .film on Saturday last. Walmesley -Jlill, but in .V.


jid' u xi/ii. .uaui Vil U U U U i U U ^ iUOU.


, of[a mental hoiiie ,at(Newton-le!-. leaving in-September (last. (Ho


seeined iprfe^tly normaffwlien'he came to. on Saturday and was quite


.— -durilig tho week-end. When


deceased for a wslk. Artliui


witless ’ventio work on Monday afternoon ,1 -unced his intention of going


said; ho V-as iiijver a mental case but suffered from neivousness and depression.: Deceased had! bee; 1 free to ■ leave the home at an}' tiniij. anc he,only,'went because he did not desire tc trouble his relatives. On Monday he .was i l the BilHiigton district and called to see decease;! but found him hanging by


attended quite voluntarily,,the. head doctor,


piece if string from a cOat-hook behind door. Tlio C( roller saijl! he had |been : inijiressed


by’the eiidencs ofithe relatives of deceased, hotli.of- vliom were' quite definite in their opinion that tl e mart was metitally balanced.! During ;t!ie week-end Donnelly’s ' behaviour wasilquilx normal.' ' The string wjth'tivhicli Dqfinelly hunjj himyelf wasjnot more than twine and' it was quite possible that feeling'


,of tho eijidence hecoiildi do (no other than record ai) 'dpell verdict tliat deceased; Was;


bored depeasedl began experiments with the string' and accidentally hung himself! On tlie' otlior hind there was 'nh 'definite evidenc6;|0f wliat occurred, and! in'the face


1------ ------


found hanged.! He expiCssed (deeT) svmpathv with the .(relatives..


i ; '


Janes Gornall, brotlier-in-law of of ]9, Kay-streety Padiham, said - never certified as a mental - - ho left the home, avliiclr bp


(


BILLINGTON MAN. BY PIECE OF TWINE.


East Lail'cash re Coroner at


at


ojjen Verdict was (returned, by the ((Mr. F. Howland!) -Billiiigtoii Baptist into


-Arthur Donnelly tlfo ’> ' i f , 1 [' ; : ' ' !: : . !| ' , l ; i , ' H; -[ ■; j;!!) ' 1 (p:


BOLTOd SESSIONS. .Monday; Bc/oro ' Majbr M ’In Wri 11


,Hitjch)h,;-E!, Hargreaves,-,'E; (Pinkerton, W H. 1 Charnley and J, Cottam.


C.^.Sta;kr‘t ’


I j


was fined Ws ffir driving-i) motor car and Ha ler .ivith tho[irw plato not iliuminated


i circum­ of 28, Moor-lane’ Crosbv -*'® offence, stating


meilt.i He Imdibeon driving motor vehicles that :was'his first oficnco


C., Whlteleyj .proved .tho . case, stating .rthere was [a red light; ;at :tho rear of


plai


if-Old not: illuminate tlio Ridden Bicycle.


.uis wife'was mounted on a tandeni bicycle •n-hii'h; descended- Burjiley-road :at a fast spei}d,! turning; into Cliiiych-street; ff there Jiqd been any other traffic an accident n-n.,1,1 ],ayg heen uiiavoidablo.. In a (letter


Hethort-otreet, Burnley, was, fined £1 for furiously riding!a pedal cycle at Gisburn P.C. .Bromwich i;0tated that, defendant with


4'oost Sotherington, postman,,of 29


defmidniit apologised and said he' would take


(jare tlie offence was not repeated. A Day Too Lafe.


J -“■-


street,! cost


auc( day; day.


X o --' IJYU


Ciristoplier Wood, . Accr -i.ngton,


----- p .


Eaves, and undertook to produce diis insur- ‘orfifipofo (of


eertificate jUt Accrington within fivo Ho did not take it! until the sixth


_l:xL?.' A ; I Parked ;in Wrong Placoi


Taylb. of the otlie|r agreed


Bolt for ! Bell a sh said


yieiv, |Cqlne-rpad, : Burnley, was fined lO*,. for iiaivitig a: motor car on the' highway without jlights at Higher Hodder. (P.C


James iH. Wiittam, clerk, .of 48, Hohne- ,lio " a _ ______ ^


sdid the car was .parked, at tho sido road. Defendant said hoi had seen cars parked in the same place, but ' it- -was not on the parking ground.


Without LiOence. J. Y- iDinsdalo' of Mpnibont Head Farm


applying . and takirti


)rt-by-Bowla|id, was. ordered to-pay costs loop ng -two; ,dogs without licence. P C ‘“'"lo to visitiiig^ the farm aiid finding log and ,a fox terrier. Defendant lad .been i)l and had overlooked for exemption for tlio ;dieep dog, ig out a licence for .the .terrier.


(Irregujar Attendance.


for rtegltcring to cause his son to atteiul sclio


X ^ iuuuanc


had been „ Clerk 'and


,no rpsporso on Mardli Ifitli, he visited the -jarmiand saw tlio; boy's mother, rasking-why ,he-.wasj'still away from ecIiooIj She' said -the laip a as very useful and asked: “ How can *6; carry on the work of the farm!witli-


.74. ahsen*s in a] possible 106; attendances, llie boy a 14th birthway was on February


’®-V


.end of,rt!e terml m which his (birthday The term ended on April 9tli.


occurred. Tlid


order -fi® “f s®<'ool until: tho


■Miigistrates granted an aittcndaiico I:


j ^ B T J R N .


tlireei nioptlis. Several notices were rent askmgi for the reason of the b6y’s absence, but no (reply was received. The hdadmaste; of the, r.ibblesdale. Senior School tiad also sent inotkcs,-and .ho -too failed to get'a reply. 1 On March .6t|i, a, special!-watniDC notice jwis sent, asking for the ’reasoil for absoncfl or for, attendance, a warningieing given that if no.r,oply was received the caso would ihe submitted to the local Education Lomniippe) for tljeir decision. Havinhl Imd


delmito fiction was taken until (tho past f c ”;, r*L Imondson, school aittendance officer, the


Townsoii, of Aixa, Farm) Basliall ns; summoned at


instance of ii


Prosecutor stated’ that tbo'caso under observation by the Divisional for some; time, but no


L E T TH E BADGER


of n badger in the days p^o. (


Sir,-t-:Many people wil


a crime sufficient tp warrant | tion, ,.;eveii had'gerfs beetles,


senseless killing of because they have tl e njisfort coninidn. j The badg H. Siortimer Batten,[ :tlio naturalist (and lecturer,: 1ms yot to discover '


Surely it is time has frogs and bijrrie.s.,' foot


in a tingle, i-s


bird and r liarins :


Clitheroe to I put .ag


regrf -t.'S


this creatu rr nt


insuralice within five da,ys. Defendant hn(J|h|mi stopped by P.C. Taylor-at Bashall


for faili^ I to_ produce; a cortificato of /Jgton


engineer, 43, Lodgo- was Ordered to pay


I ..V/ jt/*wuuwv tv uert: there was a sentence; of penal Sir,-^At


CLITHEROE ROTARY the ahove “ Asd


life. , Surely (a case demanding


sentence phould. hpve been as in'much less important t: Trusting you will oblige


issue.


Whalljey. I ■[\V(


slashing attacks .made on and hit rejoinders, weLriii! get' a regular sheaf of Iwril


an^ accurate report of o| prppee<|ings is privileged a| lioip much a prisoner, or I tlirttii jrhatter, jimy cbnJ wronged, he has] no redre.l newspaher, Sutli protcct| ot ! cojirse, apply tp (‘ j^sires,” nnd[ if we


,.7e (really daren’t epmf IVIWIllUtf O, Not Illuminated. P EN O LE IfOREST u,., ..-Hundreds Jof


fanaticallj;’ religious outrage [of holding Clio j Of [the day on ..... of the world arose ftonri tliel 'to the world that talisinan of tlio : resurrection otj tho: dead! Are . the.se peojjle 'heath^ Christians?


conventional to


the morrow, and assuredly Ido.


and theirj partaking of Holy this i mosll


reconcile thoir euui-iio */*ici* tneing,! et


consideration will nutliprity ( who . .rej that in future the Eastor, |


example, set by. pedple (wllo'.'al know.'better, that bne' dan!Ci| “


I t [is [isuch a.. |jiu,iiuiiuct| proiiounca


bo taken j tp ithei


Rimington, Clitlierie. I


HORACE KlNGrT1 ■ - - I ^


rncet willl


pooplel must I heso I wlml


'I-';.-,•.'r-.i :; i, . -gHHlEh. '' (■'


: J 'I 'I ( I'-.I, '■ ■ ! j B h B


fqrits, l._ins| ins|


tion, except the blinjl, unrdasof kill, .iomefliiiig which, becaua familiar, is not- fuUy uiitlera hadger’s pljick, wliiclijal least isj his clean habits and! his aniaz| should: r.atlier excitd our adu protection.! '


There is (really no |excu.s^o fori I


unspoilt for future gcncratio'iis I that .Indigenous willl life iipJ much of the ioterest of: the I depends, should join (in this apij tlie badger, live.”


All ,1 whp wish to! save tliel


.out.-hi^ni? He warned her that linkss tho -boy attended sclidol the next daw ho would hoport the matter. Tfie' lad had


Tlio Couiioil ' "


Rura ■ El " ng lain for


PHIli. A BAR tliq Preser'yaf


nd;


County Offices, Preston, March! 30tli, 1936. '


* * L J h J * * IS HITLEjl SINCEi r-


--N TheraTh re ; is ( no qucstipii' tlial sincerely ^esire ppiiec'; |Caii said of tllo Germans? i Gen] told with sdnio Authority


tho sido of Germanv in' tho quite fail to seo the French no oircumatanccs call Hitler hi his Isignafure to (any ' new- worth any (more than it was ti Treaty? (One point must bo all. [ Which of tlicso ,twp , Gorirtans and ' the [ Froiich, V loving and which llie' war, I


Sir,-, - I t seems to me timt th


day on arinanleuts. from a I letter Guardian ’f:


£1,500,000,000 (between 1933 an I take the


- For ivhgt -purpose For prestige, of-course, hut all own words for ■“ tlio aniiiliilati tuiig) of 1 Franco’’ (“ Meiij Much, light on jnirposc .and, thrown by 1 the secret instructioi in 1933 by thojGeniian propajj ment to its agents labroiul :—|


is German


! of tho Reich Goveriiinciit imi I towards disturbiii'g' the rela| theso two countries,


ho regarded las flic [most the most powcrfbl ally off theroforo all the (foreign pif


I t is true, (however, that !


I Socialist foreign ( policy m| recovery of all] portioii.sl around: Germany! which coT man minority; ’ (the re.stoq -Gorman colonies, land this a mandate n oni the Lea which Germany tllo I holder further]


Tlio lultimate i aim of . ■ 'o Ifr of


!out any iiitcrnational armai , To i tho outside Iworld it-s


Germany m matters of am genuine


,noxion I with all this pi i lunpllatiically insisted thal only desire is to secure a p irtont' of tho outstanding pj In ;tliis connexijm the ' hl( frtiluro Ito arrivd at a (jic 'Standing shouldr from tl skilfully ascribed to tho) Germany the fulfilment of mands.i


! ,! ,


than over, in developing t!i confidential .agenjs in fore;' to SCO itlint the largest -po of individuals who! are hh aro,;won over foil tliis prop It) ,ls; equally important to university , professors in' tli for they, of course, have n on adotcsceiit .yoiltliJ and a prove very susceptible to ■dneement.s! ;


:ilt IS,! therefore'! to-day, ni t t i I ;


. (Published in ithe “ Petj March, 11934,, ‘ from original


"• -


does not sucli mag equality


m , ^ ' ■ 3 wi'l I’


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