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SPECIALISTS j i l l l l ............


h


LDREN’S h e i


(Certified net!' iweekly.); ^ FRIDAY, dANlfA^si^^^ T tTr 1


. j t a a c l " ' t h e !


eyellIt jgl X. f 1'?“® I a' ] r ’?.^] bnd^pioney-made pri^',


Wrttein Thf ’ t lfiaii


. ti


11^'in: w e a r i


BUMBLEDOM AQAIN.


litlici'oo; ' Bui;al . District jjouday,' ithat I the Council


i idigliaiitly It may


be thaj>‘ turned


Jflie


o p p p r t i in i ty is ; niiig^^qurj newr ■ ^scount Price. '


itiyrjeduped. ..


'pj Sal'ej J^argains"-' loUny


I tliipping' to Preston,''and as regards the' list of the; district tbi Blackburn, had I its'


fiisirict ;(births, deaths and marriages) l,|i abolisliM imd tacked on as regards I


down - by i' the Council I on Ite^straijiOn


(, igm with; the':Regbtfar-Ceneral:;an(l;:that- tlio County;. Council , mtreiy' passed/on. rtW'; bclicme tb Clitherpe." ' |Bd that as itb'ariaj ’


. ;dmJsy bj'ouroivni :rs!ai|ditkil(irs.;


lemsn’rjlWIotti I . i 4 | | ( ^ | | t l i e r o e leaks alien,


f & Son sri 7i ■ ■


'wiicre with • the^r; salaries ?' Is i t rebuirotl to reorganise an'office br an"‘:officd staff,-tihe Higgestionl proifiptly-cijmes’ jO h , | abolish this or that diBtrict--:ajnd4rbn6ferj it,:Up blaiiktown."., The people, who. are calTS upon under ipenhlty 'to jcomply with re f la ­ tions inayl be put‘to any t(nlount of. incpU- vtMiicnce iu|ordtr that! thlir paid servants ■may bb pirn'to none. If ,this,prpp6sal gbes' ■ through the 'good - people,'-say .'of.'.TwiSt'oi):


the public[liave|8‘ ngKtl;'tp demhhd; 'Where everybody i must ] by litvi. pertofe certain duties, tl'" that h


'. will have,lno farther-to'-go than'his i)wh;i local Post!I Office? i-'Why not? Thatj is’ not likely to happen before,all; the excellppt local officipls, superinteildehts'and,-rank ijn'^ file registrars, jl|havbl. been, handsoipelyl


resented loh'brbke'ni . The'day rfiBy' -hotlbb lar distant when anyone having'anything wliatsoeverj Ito , jr’


egistei; with ' Government


. pensioned [off. 'Meanwhile; the Clitheirpe rural autlmrity ^ is not; going to stand ,tor increasing the inconveifience of . the people ill their a^ea. » [Many pust snffeij somV' in-


e r o e : d o w n ]


, if there is] any!idea eventually to include the borough of GHtheroB -in| the;_sohemfe, tho powers that'be lean' abandoh. i t 'a t bfic^-'if: they do not want to raise la horhetsf ’nest nhout thbito ears' and;., qpe . that-.will • takk , a (leal 'of t'lsn f r'essing’.';: ; We. I are;;ij quite Euffieientlyiih' thbiworlil’s backwash without-


eonvcnience f r .lhavingt-ib visit' That is no'rMsoii'for making-If to everybody' by pending, them t( It is to be hoped nothing' fuij heard of’[this ;'|bedlatnite. b id . - .


[ilackhurh. will bo Itftaiply


. Hiding and vabetting our-Well-paidv'f rse- «dors, 'll':- i :- ;.


I-7 : &c. I 7 A ^ i-■ ' "'**CK1** " -J j..


Clitheybe.' bnvenieab


always; Mpanded.; Lawp-:. that! are tmadp easy te cpmplyj With are seldoni or never


,


will liave to trijvel os far as 'BlpcKburh| to do flieir registering. ■ '!'’Th'e : s i i f estionc is ill tho rert opposite direction :to that which


. . .‘tlities j foir .'cojnp)ying‘ with, lught jnever to be contcactee} but


it is thejkind^of'thing to be'lfiipectedijof- that bureaucracy,against which'Loro Hewlart iias so ttrequratly .warned'■•the: country,.' ■jlicse officials in!high places show:consider^ ahiu contempt (for', thj. ‘people .. they. i|r8 appointed to serve., ,LJDoes:.,-the,i .Brilusli palilic exfst, for-the . Registrar-Geherairdr the Registrar-General foKthe Britishipuhlid, tvlio provide both .IBluiaudihispstpft: eVbry-


: s u g g e s t i o n |,60 mbteY


was bier ’I Was Johnson,,tbP 'i-Fcdeial^sf t iw


[pr 'tyo'w' T«


5®’'?®’^! v-waa I^rd Jeffrey i y %yiaw.;”^ was Lockhart. ) T-


more.) hnd jnore to be divorced froin !:Ad^spn_


'one i mih


ihachir i is a:.j|i


I S P •


6 co^ and wheels. *in -a soulless [• Duly in| a very few,rare bases


-.afU1 the; mouthple^^f


social I nstitution is threateneiJ with decay, the efibutml .oondition of its regeneration


pnnfcb b, and>puiTqs6 for Iwhich it .[was ■institulM. : Jf we accept this law add! if t IPi j“P F ' .'^r® ..bb® I regeneration; of llojir


n,:.2 u 1 ** TP''®*'* b®' ^'be original


• from 'til3 ’terrible ordeal which confronts, it .W-


c


M lAud) a retpril [,to ;?the'glori'pus loiiS of Ahe pntt7 -vWe niay liope' to seejthp day lyhen the writer will ho lodger , ge epnt at toj bo a microphqhe 'or a knOga-


comej'.'ye m'ay see a healthy


:;pnonq|,ibr thq diffusion of ciiretuUy 'sifted and c6r


land and ills : ; We M will, oj and a the eha


pq coiit ,nt to be, to use the: cbnventibnal mflanin^ess, phrase, " a mere organ rument of public qpinibn.”


. M 1


true, pnto his better self and assert his spiritual! treedonj. , [■ [I'J


■fluenoel. which; was his birthright in/the .past. [, ■ . I ,


-A U . . .


...The..^ Mayo'rqs! mother:


-:I, ' i’ . I ' - l i .


ew I year’s , tea - ■ party igiveh by thq


issued to IIQ, mothers and 139[ childreii, and a very 11 irge [proportibn of them accepted. 'Mo be Arho


also pres


Mayoress; time.


C l i t h e r b e yesterdpj


' ; A b o u t


mbtor- fashion


na n . e x c e l l i . n t . t e a , w h i c h w a s p r o v i d e d b y t h e r..:----n------------ x.j_ two


int'.-and assjsted' iu; the service of tea,which was,; Everybody had; a very


centre, inchta of ' snow ;fell in the


|Taii—i[e]d.!;h! H i b i i g l i l a s t e ' b e n i i i g / t h e r o a d s h a d 'becOiue -1 ery i treqeherous.', -lA, number; of


__ ___— ________ __


1 shiclta skidded = ini spectacular ut ho casetaof;^ personal injury [or


reported, I .


, Press Review," [which has .clime: ifito|[ eiice to start seJme. healthy bteezes flowing through thph.'world of . joumalispi, -RffeiscsT: Charles SarbleajtiHio tame in f ipromihonbe at the ' optset 'pf ''the' '-worlij;'! ■war-''..byl jliis


Germany,:disc'usfs our gradual andfalnioBt /Intn


exposure of-j the 1 plans |of tholiwar,,,l6rds',,of


i i n c o n s c i o u a l o s s [ o f f r e e d o m i . s i h c o t t K e i . G f o t v T c f a y j r h a i s i i y s , j t h (


jeopardy. II '' Pi


!i Oil running 1^0


tops ! 1: M 2 2 4 . H - I': m a ^ i u s t e m ii


bui-rendered and jthey have bedn [surrendered .almost Iwithbut. a jstr,uf le^, Many [nations not


hard won; 'conquests Of' thei’i'Pastlare| in | iMoist]]' ;of |l them-,lKUovp :'’be'en


Warcame!--]tO 'hu end, ;!


,,


freedom; .they rjefice in .lit. | [FreMoml of thought, fteedbm of 'speech.' acadehiit- free-, dom, tnat! ' freedom . of wnichilthej Teuton, Used to-be; so proud, freedom of-[ipetinhi'-ffee- doni ofyassociatiqui' .hpVej -:-heehscqnfiscaled' oiio after'fmttheri by qu'"omnip()teht'’stSte. Only a fenf months [ag(i 700-Germafl cletgj-- nieii wcrefrtfrresteA.ibebause. their- .those[ toi preach I from thd pulpit * tHmr^Christian' beliefs.! Sloro'fqcently the ;goyermnent|.pt Herr Hitlpr deefed that for hnyj Germafi' iwritcr to; preach.'.pacifism was henceforth to make himself liable’to'the-.death) pe'nafty-.


not ; regret the' llbss''pf 'tbeir


I Not only have Iwe surrendered curl freo- Idom, we are nfit even conscious j that j we Imvo lost [anything vpluable , or [essential. Wo are not conscious! that hy dosing qur' belief in lan^ oiir practise' of .freedom,[we


in ideals pnd flyst principles, our.l b.eliefi in moral and peri-onality and moral ivitlioiit,


' ! This is an 1 i of techiiio'al


j I .originalityJte convention.and fashiijiri,.crqfts- . j uiansliip to mass production. .[. It jis an [age of giant stores and facteries, of trusts,.pud;


: I which, neefst ariijlft’ , and inevitablysacrifices I diyersitv to' uri(t}’,


age of material valuta,Man age invfeiiti'ops'.';


'.i ' ■:


and[ ineyitably [-sacrifice 'efeatibh thijiriitatjon','


is'f jaU


, populationjof toe'whole Ibf Englahtt inrthe, days of Shhkespeafe hiid where anj [American inetropolis llias niore ll)an twice,[the poppla-' tioii of ninthb United [States in thii days'of : George Washington.';]


266 . .1


, fanetUnry!) of 1 human: liberty. l|,But, jthe [freedom qt.'the. Press has 'gonbithe way :of [all the other manifestations m||the free spirit! iof| I man.).!' Evbn in .the; j ;jvorld lof .uuirnalisra I and literature there is very little


b.v, the tvraPnviof anMomnl'bbtent etthtq[.pr 1 V; thej tyranny ijfr'the 'newSpapbij magnhte, (ir bv the tvron'riy. of the moh, the result-is jiiSt the same. ,


"liotlier the


Illio liberty of tlio lwriter, the .tyranny of We the In


. l i m g n a t e i s t h e I n i a s t e r ' o n l y i n n a m e , r e a l i t y h o i s - . t b e t e r v a n t o f t h e p U b U c .


j r o e


t h e m o b i ) b y f p r t h e [ g r e a t e s t m e n a c e . i '; a i l a t t h e ' n e w s p a p e r m a g n a t e , b u t


And


i l i a t i m c d u c a t e d / p u h l i c o f i h e _ p o p u l a r : ; p r e s s i s b o t h r t i i p i d , a n d I f r i j r o l o u s , i n t o l e r a n t p n d


n a r r o w | : n n d ^ a l l o W w : / - I t ; i s H i p r i m a r i l y i n t e r e s t e d i n ' r a c i n g a p d h e t l i n g j i i n ; p m u s e -


. t h e m p b t e p i a n d s . ;i ' 1


7 7 5 7 '


n i e o t s a n : f a s h i o n s ' , - d n ' p r i m e : e n d ' t e a n p a l . A " ' l t h e h e l p l e s s n e w s p a p e r m a g U a t e u M D l - p '^ l l c f l t o b r o r i d e t t e m e n t f l l p a b u l u i n 1 w n i c i i


Of tlinsd viiriou!) tyrannies'whic|nlsuppres3. , , ........ .........


iVo Iiavh retained th6 ;Shadb Iqw Iqf liibh ^ y ! work we have given- ityjiy 'the .subStanfe./Whftb^^ ever may b f be 'the outward; forms qr tyranny. 6 writer is controUed brjrestraijabd tyrannyiof;,an),qmnl'pbtent


frmlqni ip-thedeeper'sfuse oflAlie wqrd, ci.ibcr, in j 'this!;’ country' or. in' "any "'■a-"-' rmintry.! ,1 [,; , I


1 , . , k l ._ other _____ . . .


: [ / : .[I]';' . p


ffl


fonns of tyrhhhy. 'hte . y


the Pressj ihight: still ,be left'nlpne , and. might' survive j a s ; the last rbfuge;: find;


Until recentlyi, it seemed as ifl at! least ■mittee ] , ll''-.[, ,[


ciimbincs, bt[col{issal afmies which) leven tiio; militar}’ genius [of a I Napoleon , ta'ulai; dot., have handled, of monft'qus oggloraeratioris where one lEnglish city has nearly)twice, the


iiyo also [lost, jin epfisequehee; ''our belief'


uro the emanation qf; ai-.freq .oha ipreative; personalityi


spiritual yaliieslionr. jbklief| iu' and'l leadership. ,1 ;Forij Spiritual ■yaluta; cannot f e: iinpqseid drom fhey proceed from witliinl Th^


' t h e : h i l l . a n d ; t r a l


t r a i l e r tiirnM [0 t b [ '; [ B h i b l


n ' t h e towd'. 1:


Was- oafflbd to traffib, paftioiilarly, bn th®.' oorlahd r o a d s . ’ B u s s e r v i c e s w e r e m a i n -


district-ih,' the [early hours I,of morning; and: somJe inconyehieitbe:


serfbuifdamfi'ge. tb■.^iWeSic^(!k:^lfaS■ I' " '••■•i '' ■ • ■'1'* !■ ’I.”


the. I peconcl [number; of'"thell“,Bri|ie)t MSkididiiit ; yesterdtal morping [on the snow--!


Forty-five! hales; each weighing' „ [were [sojittered abbut the ; road fl: was mterriipted foy some time.:


I eley.


•hbuhf/vsd facevbf ;Sa'ndy-;Btetf, 'Whalley,' i Ieavily, laden.with hales of .‘wool; , its: side while:.;the [motor wagon [ iti'wak .ajttacbed:’ wafi. ascending!


The, Wjagsn, I travelling from I Liverpool to Leeds,,[is: owned; hj)!' Messrs. iFawcott -‘and! .Co., tram port contractors, of Guiseley, and) theidri|V< • was,-James-Slater, of: fiS/.-Bactr' lane, Gul


SaVrleylB: the I hih on to ,) sc'atijerejd plelely 1 Traffic 1' that, no There ir


|A Seijo d mishap involving the trailer of heavy


^ h e n t h e t r a i l e r s k i d d e d ; a n d f e l l - s i ( l e ; ' S a c k s o f p r b y e r i d e r , w e r e a b o u t t h e ; r o a d , . w , h | c l i w a s i c b m -


w a g o n , o c c u r r e d I p s t e v p n i n g b n o w ; T h e ) w a g o n * w a s d e s c e n d i n g


i c k ’e d b y t h e ' w a g o n ; - a n d t r a i l e r , s d i v c r t e c l , . b y , t h e b i d b r o w ) S o


I. ',*,':[


g r a t u l a t e i s l Cb'ngrn!


h c l l o o l r b o n '.’ I t h 'e - . , ; o t h e r ; - , o y e ' n i p h ; , ’. ’ . w r i t e s a c o r r e s p b n l ] e n t . " a | s c e n e t e f i m m e n s e a n d ; c t i y i t y : i - w a s v d i s c l o s e d . / 1 ,. - A . . f u l l ; o f (‘ T h e D e s e r t S o p g , ’ w h i c h i s


. i l V e d n e s d i [‘‘.Wliil


J. W. j i w h o ; t o - l i r t h d a j ■ t r e e t ,


__ _ _ _


intense rehearsal t'b be ghy in .the ^ 27th, am Mr,:'Har)


in sue tangle ments andalto] aboutjse' by a iljp' hearty [a;


‘ J - c a l l e d i n t h e P a r i s h C h u r c h


t i - f i a d i t e ^ “ 8 c r b i v . d s o f a c t o r s ; p n d a c t r e s s e s , p - h o s o e m e J - t o - b e [ m o v i n g a c r o s s , a n t i a r o p n d ; ■


_ y , . c o p t [ b f f - a n d S l e e V e s , r o l l e d ; u p , ;


j i v i c a ' b y t h e M P a r i s h C h p r c h a m a t e u r s - K i i g - I a n e B a l l , o n ! M o n d a y , J a n u a r y ^ d u r i n g t h e . w e e k , w a s i n p r o g r e s s , :


watehiiig ip[ hanti, ambition! MUrsde!


u i s o I a i c t i p n , . w a s [ t h e s i g n a l f o r n l a u s e f r o m ' a f a y o u v e d f e w c b m r i m b e r s l a n d : i i B 8 i ! t a n t s w h o w e r e ] , t h e ; ' r e h e a r s a l . , ' h l r . j S h a w , b a t o n ! p 'a s s t r e h ' u o u s l y c q n d n c t i n g , a v e r y -


. n o t e ) s u n g ,- w i t h h e a r t y e n e r g y b y [ 1 i n t y . [ l u s r t y . s o n g s t e r s , i a c c b m p a n i p d


u a y t h a t i t h e y - w o u l d n o v e r t l i s e n - : H o w e v e r , ; t h e c o m p l i c a t e d m o v e - ; p l d e d . y s i t h ; r e a s o h a h l e p r e c i s i t m , ;


'singingi 1 i(ii dancing number,! ‘ I want which there is exceptional solo; Margot.;; the leading lady; and; .Paul' Fontaine;'. ■


iCaptaii, iHoulker jeii joying donciiu


folk,' D njmber


hig’ens


'of': puttij Desert)' '


;hear8aljat .!Ki?s.’/|ic


tho casj p.rocessj i hUs.lnow-


b l e e d o r c h e s t r a w i t h ) M r . L e o n a r d 1 . t h e p i a n o ] [ a n d i t w U s o b v i o u s d o ^ o n l o o k e r [ t h a t t h b f i n a l c e m e n t i n g t e r ' - w e e k s o f a r d u o u s r e h e n r f e a ) s l e e n ’ r e a c h e d . ' T h e ) s c e n e W r e - I ^ U n 'e o f o b r v i s i t s [ w a s t h e f a m o u s .


indl-Mr.: Jack,Cook ;seemed'to be, their parts, arid srirrourided by Iris, I'singiriE-! girls 'an^-jieartyiiien


Mrs./ -. Daisyi


were. givTiig full point to" this) 'There are) in the 'show, twelyA]


lies, iSO' that 'the exceptional swam i o'ri al huge;, shoiy,, like |‘ Thh!


musica).' excellent tcehl Desert iSUjig.*


'dancing Sandhmri


llnm. iriftt the v6: ■


liffibult part of Aziirl.;' 'ta.'


s .giving! two, s()!o: dancite i®'u! WW""’’’ ' i ‘T .7 r v,r iDorativ Sobie'ty'


tw


om au Bs . ,


j;


scenns. ;'|wliilA Mite • Margaret; lerself, in addition fb beirig danc-- iIS giv


ri / no- feWer ' “ than five;-speciality " - f e a t u r e , c l t h e d a n b i r i g , a n d


era.s iri. ‘fPrinccBs, Charming,the how'of lasVyear, :riiiriibered-;nine- ere iare i twentyteight , in The ______ . .._.pakirig io -big


jng may, f e : imUginedt ■ The


f i f r g r e a t o b a l p r i d e t h a t t h e ] d a n c i n g . t r o u p e t s ' c o m p h ; ' d ' o f I d e a l g i r h . T - h e y a r o . h e r ^ f e a t u r e d


i s _ a ; : m a t t e r , j :


e r s e v e i i t y A h i r d b i r t h d a y t o - d a y ^ , „ #,


j; ,


L i v e s e y ] o f . M o o n C o t t a g h , - w h o : ; f r e q u e n t l y : h c o n t r i b p t : i v e r s e t o t h e s e c o l u m n s , c e l e b r a t e s -ys- .-[


'A ' w e l l - k n o w n G r i n d l e t q n r e s i d e n t , M r s . C o n ­


A ate'rhouse,' [ of 33, _ IVaterloo-road,; yay- celebrates ’his I seventy-fifth and to Mrs; ijavenjler,' of Peel- Ijo will j he eiglit^[-eight next


ilations arev:alEo;.e)i,te,nded to Mr.' ■ [ - , * I''*.. [;■ ' ';!'■


g r e a t , ' i n c q n v e n i e n c e - i - w a s . . c a u s e d . ' h p p c r s o p a l . i u j u r i t a ,


Maternity ; and ChUd iWeffare .Centem .was held in . tl(e Parish Church Sunday School on Tuesi ay afternoon.


In-vitations I Iwpre


Sfemaoir..s. of the ladies’ voluntary coiniiuttbe, atte -nd I the


'. (MrsV- j . iH. ‘ Satterthivaite) ; tO and children attendihg j the


TOcntel 1 horal_ values and: preabh the eternal yenties which he was bbmpelled [ to Burremlcr. Only, then, and .only on 1 those terms, la ill .the writey and jpurnbiist he! ahle to wield once again,'the commaridirig lin-


He . a ill, onoe ‘ more recover the tenda-


ay hope to/see f the day wheh lhe e again,-claim'to he'ail: originator reatoi!, a teacher.' and a preacher, ipiqn iof o cause to which he has r hia.llife. [He jwill bnce/ mprel ba


®*'cfi. iPew'S,. when ho |will not even jli. j _ : _ i


olOn aq 1 standardisatioh. of. the' newspaper destiired to be only'a jpassiiig phase. iuf. I®®*'!?? is : to emerge unscathed


lecaabi;i joii|nalism, we miy hbyo' feoi I® bbiffi that the'present mechanisa-


T a.“Preme masters of political t^® that'when, a


country, the Press tends , S


:'uncpn§o!oitp ■'Victiin?5f jth'at Li •V'PWcess-fif ■ the: f pljlav;:


l $ the l.pathetic


W «l-thb itbe,


lexander ^ :Hamilton)-; [ the “ Wfiekly B l is te r" : , was 1 Cobbett,7 the


.[iridther . part;', of tho rdom were different ■


wliichl had just arrived for


ri the-j'way- lof eorresbondonce an panagement .to settle, Mr, Fred Marsh and Jir. BeglThoriipson 'were busily engagedl in [lie ; study of I stage [. irianagement;: hud all (jimd there I seemed {to be incessant ihptivity Pd preparation.,; Wien the, perfilnnarice


idtographio: puniosta.. MMv.l jomra Dew- prst seeriied to nave' a multitude or details


f


’'"'ipi,; taking with: him half a dozen; priU; als, ieiving’Mr. Shriw '-nrid the osches'tra


^ go [through the vocal scena,. ‘ I Sasterp |rid Wqstefn Love ’ in' which. such famonb


wensure,’. ‘ One flower I grows alone in my garon ' and ‘ Opelalone ’ are incorporated 'Tiiis is an entirbly male scene, and with s c ibrus of thirty, iplps .the voices :ot "'Mr. Ji I '7 ;Qreenwood| Mr.! A. Geldardl. imd Mr. Jj I (ibinEon j: it, certainly suggested ihat - there p. |a treat in store for opera week audiences.


to l gems as ‘ Let love come as soup rhro


cppiedy ;ones and it was interesting to note hjoiv; thej;small npriiber of onldokeis was


with Mb, Geoffrey Scoweroft and MjsS Sallie Wqreipg, btingirig the comedy semes to h larious ■ perfection.' The! scene, if the ret'pm from the' desert, of -Susan and nie,: riding on the back of d donkey)


Ofciliabiy attracted by the sounds of hearty anghtec from those watching ifr. Hardy


.3 promising exceptibrially well. ‘ The ikey was. an; imaginniy ', one ; fit the


rOlibarsal, but there are rumours. Hiat rcaj dolihey is [in secret training for the Pi ri, although the I two', artistes whd i have to yidb'ibn.the back 'of tlie.'. iinimpl are sc ipficali: aa, to their ability ’to I make a'


denkey budge if it sbpws any 'disinclmetipn W| [do sb. There was .an opportunity of


seeing h[off Mr. Alan Greenwoodj' yd 6 had


regularly,: ‘ were weqk of [music, jjappy


‘ite 1 was! abte-.tb'Wlk-llolilortrherei he later jh(!ffived I medical [, attention.' ! - I


fidm a perilous positibn. Mr; Pyb Is itated to be progressing ns weU as can belexpicted.


Miss Elizabeth Jackson, ot 8, iCharleBiForth- Trice. ;■ Sixty-fivq years of ' lige,'Miss


Tho death occurred on Friday n^orning; of: ' ■ ' *■ ■ * . . * • '


. ckson was taken ill shortly [befobe. Christ- miisj. . A[ native of-Clitheroe, shbtead many asspeiations: with the' town, ] being ; for] a loqg timp a/regular attender .at the I’arish' " ircli and. Sunday' Sohopl. i She never really good health,, and Buffereil severely Jackson worhfd for[


ini [the winter) - Miss ■


forty-three years' as a[.weaverl at the Com- milfcial Min,r and was very ; well kpowii. Mjieh


sisters arid one brother) all of .whom live in the ■


sister with whim /she lived, arid threejother - --X------ *


St w


Marj-’s Cemetery on Tuesday,'thel Rey. 8 .- Helm ’ officiating,


* #


Wrisi .abting' | sergeant Bdrough Police Force.


'Mrs; Holt.camb to; liyb at Clith one [years agol nefcted with!


• "


A^ted her from being an active m; ' 6 leaves fqbr sons and two daughte|s.. “ 11


Jrimes’s Chiifeli,


'81, pf[. whom,


"h I . Y. Burnett .officiating, ' A i;]


Clitheroe) St "


, .Mrs. Holt; . ’ the Mothers’: although: her


... Mary’s Cemetery bn Tuesday,; the '■*'


gratified Ao learn that, ns a result of ;an -plication by the Clithbroe ;and; Bwlarid arich of the National (Farmers’ Union;


rirmers iri the Peridle district will bo


,tli3 shee^ scab; restrictions are/'to no re­ moved within the next day lor tvio. 1 The Arictions, which have bebril in. forqe fbr


considerable 'time, have compelled farmers thin the area to, obtain I li(;cnces["to lep, and 'tb double dip their flocks,


' . ; , ' ■ () ) #. y# '#■) '


su?h'films illustrating the. [ proposed j nevy. ■foirms: of j tralining have been i prepared’ hv; thii instructional section of-.Ganmorit"British


big centres fbr “ refresher.’’ [courses, AIv


4 ^ ‘


Ud illitcfrofmff tLn ! nmnnuc es.' i , Iri-


FUm Company. One bf tho tiiost interi^ting deals-with correct carriage and walking.; : :!; ;l, "


■' # ,, [:. [;:i,„ 7 ' ‘I '[i bperatiye Society; Miss Mary, Welch, Man- isii-v


■ The .' dithbro®: branch of the'- National Driiori of, Disteibritive arid Allied Workers hmd' itS'firAl/annual re-union in the' Swan arid Royal Hotel; oil ’ Wednesday -ev(iP|ng. Taking tlib 'form/ of [ a .tea apd [darice, thb erent was attended by ninety members and ‘rlerids/ irimorigst when were Councill ir A; SalWws,! ' Pre.sident: of


^ [ 4 . 1 t ' J 7.' * ... AVI I I * A ' the Clitheros Co-[


in; in smooli is o'utlined An a repbrt issued bjl the Board of Education. Al cloldren frpin five toj fourteen will have a definite pijograirimb of exeioises ■ and gan structioniil films will. ])b used,; mrike it unnecessary for" teachers [to


in important extension of physical pain-


This will ;o to leven


with one exception; 1 resi The interment took | pla


Atla FlofencexHoltj- of- 18, Eshton-terracb, at the ,'agb of. sixty-four, r Mrs. Del the wife of • th e ; late P.Ci Holt, wh® nearly ten ycri'rsS ago, ‘ and who! for two


:,in. ..tbe jClicherbb She: had'j not been


_ .......


bec'amd con'-: Class ‘ qt St. irb- ler.


v


le. iii ;e: at Rev.


'micood health ;for, a [ long (time. jP.C. and ~ "


riio death ’ occurred on'Eriday j of. Mr^. was


died yenrs. ■ '’“‘“lerqe twenty.' sympathy will be j extended [to - her town. The interment took./plnfce a* - -V


ebristopher' -Py®)' of/ 'Sr; Peel-s'treel),-' adhiittedl tolBlackbutn Infirmary on Friday, suffering [from a fractured thigh. [Mr j-Pye, who Itees alone, tripped (jn the carper,; and ibll ; against-the flreplate. I H®; hat; tb® prisbhce of 'mind' to seize the poke; ■[ and ra;i bn tU5 back/of the fireplace .with which ' attracted the attention of a neighbour 0 responded to this call and rescueil


. 1 well-knowri: ;flithero,e''i’ octoigenariai,'


M^. was


Mr. Myers was crossing the read I whfen lie was . knocked down by a car driven by Wlfred .'Waggett, motor dealer, . 16, Pendle/ roiid. In spite of his advanced yenni; Sir. Myers was lit);le the worse for hi^'miswrtune


'uesday .noon.'but escaped' withi[sligh'.,lo aril bruises catisbd by falling Hn the “


BBVeuty-flve years do


pjrn by a . moto ir


yard [.fbrc.ma’ni .y f] ; of 'agmi .jwas!] ki car nba


n&r W io his i Ilioi: le


g:’ s certain y b gger ithanj any pr^oiis sbiw—it has eight scenes fob a starl-T--and fnm tliel way in which reheabsals .are evirythirig seems to point,to la mem laughter and dance.’’


Sojnrr.* ie' /voi^ftvnltr Kirrfrnt* ;+.ti ■ * i'# ‘j |; ' I'.


t . weU-k'nown figure in'the t()wh John .Heflry Myers, 28, Shaw retir^ gobds


.■who ; is Mi .ocked" on


j'Mr) reeti


.Iqiits’ road)


taken op ..the part; vacated by: Mr, .Jio'el Gerrard,j'w'as'progressing.'■ [Let is'bil said, at) bnce l.tbat' he ''was alnibsl word perfecli' at d[ seemed'likely'ito' fit the'part'of :General Birabeari. excellently. '■ 'Wlien' the'rel earsal ended about eleven o’clock, my impression wi s] that the enthusiasm [of all the'dilterent people yjho 'are -working for tile j success of th .s; show was niost; invigorating.';''/.■For miiriy yeprs'the opera has been-the f jMure of Clitberoe’s different 'aotivLlies, [Each sh iw'.has seemed bigger arid mi^re.'ambitious, i the' years Lave pa.ssed. ‘ The. Desert


going- iraWe


iparately ; by MrS Dardy • were jriiainly


i[: I I’ The'- scenes which were, being refiearsed


iUcreasefl eacu-minute’by members of the. eWrus not requited - upstairs/ [ • The;' were


|f ;the [big: vocal scene had; eventually/safis- M Mr. IHardy, lie werit'off. into;apother


;yri;stlipg| with;: the main:, ' production, in; V'. .'Davies,'. ‘ iHardy and! Mr. ,Sh|w #erp


riembers [of; the jorganisation carrying out [bparate: [tasks. | On one side ‘ Mrs J. D. xteenwood Uva's . hjlpirig to;, sorti I but ;! thb. ecial; cdstumes ■


ckestere Divisiorial) Lorgapisp^Marid^^ . . . . . .


success.! IThe iefficient placing of old-™® and;! modern'.'"danc6'"mtaiq5’by^ Mf.7'F [ [Gi. Tingle apd ;hi8[''Hoddqriim8j c9ptributej the snoctas.efI'the' everit;"''; i ’-'-"| '■ ;''G'fi[- /]


iVedhesday at the'School/ and both inlioor and outdoor games.; Mr. A, Lang! haw; and the schiwl istb^ ; are.: . supporting the orgafaisatibn' whicli - is'.being; ran by the old scholars[themsyvtai7;i'The;s^tetBiy is Mb. J.' Wiggans , arid ^'.tbe'ii'trbasu . Mr ; [A. Hargreaves. [ The"’footballcaptain is | [G.[ Mercer, and the obtain Ibf-itaole tennis- is T) IVebster. A. HrirgteBVta is captaiii.bf the athletic; sectiop. It is "hoped that; a debating- sectioq, will [be formed, tog'e ilier: with otheb groups for; chess, cricket, t tc.


yea.rj the Ribblesdale School Old I bys’ Association-is now. well under way with a- programme that,[iiichides ' meeting -erpry


[Though formed only .oil/'jfiriuary SthiJthis: [ ' [.''i '-' ''!-.;l I r . ; ]# ' ’


/toasts by!/-Miri.;,Lister)


AVheel, and Mr, F, Dugdale) [president ■ of thb llotary Club, each also acknbwledgirig the other’s toast. ' [ [After'supper,'memlers of [the Inner Wheel bnacted a Rotary (Ipb bublesque,,[6peciblly [written [fob the oica-' slop -by one who 'iVas "to' have remai ibd anonymous but |who was d'ragged intothe limelight.Perlormed , with!;, the [utpost livbUpess and good ' hnmottr," the sktlch carised[ a great; deal [of - amusement ; 'mjd foi;m(jd a happy prelude to lthe danciig < nd competitions which completed one of the jolUest socials of^ the season..; ;;


grid' District; Trades jOoulioil, * hbld onTu ei day, reference was made-to the- late Mr. A. A, I Purcell, secretary; of [the Manchester • rid Salford Trades Council, who died on Cffir st- maa Day, rind the membersi paid tribute tjo good - and faitbfal, servant [of the tra! lea


At Ithq - alimuai'tmeeting- of Ithe Clithe ta


;sec[betary. for the : ensuing twelve,, mont is.' Tfie balance sheet and auditor’s report wire pissed, and Mr.;G. Brrime.wis nominated to b represent the Trades Conricil; bn the Bla ik-


nijiott movement) Gorinqillof , T. Wrigey: was appomtedi president of the !ibcal Council,; with Mr) J., Parker, , troaaubbr ; Ifr. Jaiii^ Shbrtocks, riuditerj.and Mri C. H. Mitet'ilij


urh and District Employment Committie'. 1:


I.;- ' ' - M ’ '. . 7 ' ) : ; J '


P I O N E E R D A Y S . i ! ■ ' ■ '


k


J. E.: N RCROSS (GIVES SOMI^ I !cANADIAN HECOLLEliflbNS,


«OI


desbribed to . Clilheroe Rolarians yesteri ay byJMr. J. Edward : litofcr.oss, a ["fOriier editor of the :‘‘ Yancouver/[. S p nwh o is now resident in Clithbroe (Vyhefe ne receii ed his; early -jouriialistio


Mry NorcrosS-stated thib-Miy, years [oiil, haci clapSe „d'since the last spikp:


'


man to penal servitude.- ■ The man had t) bo t(iken by river to the penitentiary and! hearin,g .that ate attempT was to. be mtdi to' rescue .him e'n route, the', judge af lel sentencing the man, aiided::! ‘‘ Arid shoib there he nriy . attempt : at riiscue, the fiis) duty of tho guardri 'wiU be[ to shoot ihi prisoner." 'Needless. to say - no atteq p ns made. . Justice Begbie was luck lei


tlian 'ail Irish judge who, in the seventeei tl century,, made the/'same- statement.- Ii that case an attempt was made and Ih prisoner was shot. ,. The judge was latel .tried- aud, hanged, -


COMING OF TH^ RAILWAY.


riipon one of the greatbst trade routes o] the vyorlA the imperial route from Englaw


oidy way to reach British Columbia was'' sail round the; Horn, arid later it "vta( possible to rerich Vancouvey by sailing a the'coast froni, San Francisco. The opinj-' ing of [the /Canridian Pacific Railway lo' only bought .British; Columbia apprecia il. nearer to Eriglanit, hut,,placed Vancome:


In the early part of the .last century, ih(


.and the railroad) station, was a wqoden li it, jAll along the I coastline -were huge fore A


to sriy that during the salmon runs trie Isl came in .such grpat numbers that they co n- pletely choked the smalleT tributaries and it was possible [to walk across streams an the hacks of: the fish. / The comirig of llic Cunndan Pacific Railway opened up Ihe possibility of - exploitatibn and, like otler nevv ■: coimtries I siriiilaHy ,; placed, /Brit sh


with massive'trees; and the rivers teened with fish. : Th [fact, it [was perfectlvtim


: In the early days iriariy'young men Iwjho had not dohe wbH in the old country: wyre sent' to' British iColumbin," /-As o: gene-al rule! they did not do much] good in the ntw, usually . spending their 'remittances fpim home;!in riotous living, But when war


Coluriibia had, to a; certaih'-extent suffer'd. Fish were not as! plentiful as they were apd timber had been cut down wholesale.


broke out in 1914. thosb men lall voliinteeied immediritely an iformed paft[ bf the 'fi'st


the Monnt/Garibaldi district, where flow! in grew); flowered [and fruited in one shirt


eds. [I, ■ '■ :7.' ;•


was; invited, to continue;his, Ca'nadipB reminiscerices at a later date.


y Rotririai J. Rigby to Mr. Nbreross; wlit , ' ' t h e FAG INDEX, to'bo a sign of better times,in theDominicri'


cities state that [cigarette; ends are intaci than they, were a few years ago is deelatec


'TheAnct that streot cleariers in Cariridiir er endowments); 'Tlie fljwer mealdows of


contingent froiri Canada;/! te, the [aid of England.' ' British Columbia Was, a beatfti- h ful provinbc.'and nature [hrid bben'.lavish in


season of two nionths, were .unequalled.Toi b the flowers grewlin the proftision of artific lal b The thanks [of the Club were .express ed


to the Orient. [ From .Faiicouver, gfia ships[ sailed to 'Ybkohniria arid Heng Koi gj The' Vancouver bf to-driy. With its iriass v( docks and tall buildings, was nothing ikii the Vancouver ihe saw when he arrivec more than forty I years ag(>. At that tine the town was little bigger than Clitherie


into the CanadiaU'l Paiilic Railway ,lwh ch opened rip Western Canada.! ' That iri its elf was an ’indication of the youth of that p irt of the Doriiiriiori, a fact one realized, ihfe morpiktenly upon looking [at Clithe; oi Castle. :Hb went, out , in 1891, and ,hai metisome of. the old pioneers./ [ He met (ri niari who vy'as a!; personal friend of SinoL Fraser, who discovered the Fraser Riv id. One of the greatest moulders of Brit sh ColunTbia in’its (iarly days ivas,.Chief JustIcI Begbie, who was responsible [for preservmj law and order |n the goW rushes of Ihi ’sixties. On one occasion be' sentenced \(


V V ivA ' ^ l«M -. . . X. • ! . n a.. . 'l i .. a I I f . ----- . -X r was driieii . h I . . f t . DcYelopments An -British l.Cblumbia wCrb


to! the ‘■'■r prosperity; of, the;two .[clubs,;the' being' brielly "aiid Happily [-submi tbd ' T.ioi/vA).: mp b e s i d e n t


meal. While the prbceedings!’were pleasa itly informal, oppor^riity was ■


tADt/lrxnA’/'. i ' T r the Irrier


taken to di irik :


Clitheroe on IV[ednesday, entertained the inbmbeb of the'Rotary Glub to su'ppeilpt thb Starkie Arms Hotel; where Rota 'iari arid Mrs./ Wilkinson provided 'a delightful


Ifembers of thb.Inner/Wheel. ClulI of.


Cdupcil. , '.A'lyery;! pleatarit'ttiae.'waXi | eri't,’ by [all present;, ifrud;: voted ' the -event a ' j teat


ayiesj'a.membta’of theUnm


ELECTRICAL ENGiNEER'S i [ / t d CLifHE SO^I


IFINEO.


.ClithetoB Borough .Sessioris, yesterday, .for improperly using electricity, -'jlhe; Toivn Clerk (Mri Q. Hethbririgtqn) con Idcted .the pijosecntion. On/behalf of'['the firm,-Mr; A; c \Talirisley plerisedl. / ‘GGui ty ," |7M Kenyon .pleaded t‘.[Not I,Gnilfy.’’ . ,1 .Outlining the case,; the ’Town Clerg said


and . Thomas Hayhiirst [Kenyon, a’ director of Ahe company, wibb'i^rqoeMed agairisf at


[Dlectncal Repairs: Ltijli, bf./Edi sford-road,


[defendants had to pay[’tb the (orporatibri ;2d.: per unit for. power ahd /fidl :pef. [^ i t of: [bleatricity for llightirig. purpises.':' [It


.was obvious that , ifi Ughta wore cbimeoted to thb pbwer circuit [the cbnsum'er i raa; payihg


Trad) and/Ah® Meter, Jn5pect6f::(i)b.‘ Braith7 waite) [proceeded to the primisiis of the company on Monday, Ocjooer li th, ;ahorit Bight o’clock in the ovening. / They entered tilt! (building and teund' Mr) ,'Keri; rote TOrk-


ing.,at a high-spbed|;te8tirig machinb;! iSebe werq Awo lights burning; [, vMr. Bbaithwiite


:switphbd off the mqin lighting, switch which ihorildv.have extinriished all the lights jui thb building, but onb of .fhe lights ebntinubd to I bum, which pijoyed[! obnwusi'^riliat


,‘WOTkshop or tbei hojise rind are bxtremely [difficult tb bring'homo to thp bffc iders. At thb|;sarii0 tinje itinyolyes conside: able'loys ot jievenue, to Ahb; department and I submit that in this'crise,'there is .rib dbribt whatever" that there has been an ! improp ir use of: eleiitricity,” ,: If I the) Magistrates lound the-


cases proved the Town C3erk said he did mot press for the maximum [penalty b it-he did asfc][ for a conviction and tho ini iction bf suep te penalty as would act as a deterrent to ritliers. /


' ' j (j,;/- '■ ENGINEER’S EVIDENC S.


’" , 7 [ j


[, In. answer to defen|la[rit] Kenyc n, witness sa((l they did not knock wheri[they entered the! premises but walked ; iriglif / n through the!.open side door)']. I [i;


Tho two Tights mounted) iri the hmyllof the garage and the one l over the hign/speed testing■


machine. I I; [


. When asked if ho jirid anytliiig to say, Wnlmsley declared that) hteconsilered it a waste of time bringing him' tc court ns he; Idld'not think thfiy bad - burpt 8d. |of ‘electricity' in the wrong way)


the[ visit was: the deteribratiori in lighting Units at these premistal7|!


forgot; THE ODD L^THT


using, there was a 25 watt-lanro burnin; over;a bench'whicb, atjthe rate they nsej tliriir lights, I would tel :e [ hetww tbree wefcks and a month toj isb|one unit of elec­ tricity. - .'When he fimihed‘'.tl|e job it was late, so, lie dashed home .toi-teri,; and .when


hell returned, he was Ichalleiigeijl b y /Mi’.'


Tbfld and the.Meter IiaptetofTl■'‘‘ We d® business with employee^ of'.the Electricity department', and they oaten [com I; down |in nnijevening and spenq nn| hbur ir so," he a(l(led.^ Wel .lshouid have’ everything to losb"and nothing to gain [by do ng such a thing dteliberately,’!] .defendant,, added. Respecting, the| debre'ast 'iii:; the:' numbeflof unite,/he said, 'there! ■wia [a.-reasc n for, ^hri't as during the quarter jheTirifl nsid.a heavy' nu riber of unitsfor ligutitig' purj oses as be had been supplying tlie gafagbInext’ door with'fight. ! ;


Magistrate); ! the Tciwnr I Clerk sajd the rc.'ison the, case had bden- delayed was'jie- caiite..between:lOctobei-il'dth nndjtbe. np.xt meeting:’ jof the. cbmniitteb ' coriciirried,',' tiie Notember elections took [place. The 'fe


■crise’ :[ngninst: the ' Coihpany Kenyon £8.; .1 The .Torif an advocate’s fee, wH


:' P.O. Whitenead irtatiedTaiat a i 9-35 p.m OnllJannarfr 3rd; .'defendajit’s car was im 'volyedi'in an aeoidrint [in/ilarfcet-place.: On exatnining idefendrint’a [driving ■[ ficence foilrid it had expired on June! 10th. Defendant wrote pleadirig ;uilty ;and


[ I t ' l ly '■ ; T"


wbte ’bf fArm 'anilrials wategivei Tast'night to members of CHtharbo iBlid District "Agri-r


! An •intereating lecti rp bn th s ...parasitia


cnlteirril Diaenssiori Sobiety by pH* E- D) -Taylor, of I the ' Ministry! of jAtrricultnro’s Yeteririart [ Laboretory. iw^o; ,Coi


?od antliority in the n ;'/' l.-'Mr.,:j A-. .Hanson I -ly good j attendarice. i


try on the siib- pfesided over . a


the reeog- -----


Bui*nley, was lat Clithe^ije BorouM Sessions, yesterday, finked £2' fqf [driving a car with- duti.lic'enee) !•


Edward di e,of


.; Mr." Standririg said a'ltbod one and,they "woi -®ie Magistrates, derided to


ing! those) fairts.! into cqnsiflbratiqq, .the " c: had been.taken at a '


pbrib was' submitted which riris/ in Chijistmas' and


‘ . . . . . . date. ’•


tlip! explanation was -/uld-accept it. ) ■ dismiss [the h it to -fine


[Clerk: Applied for was refused.;;:' ^


|93i Reyiblds-rtfeet)


. December,;I,and i hen . capip New ■y|arjteTiolidays.; T^k-'


‘ 'te thehe nes t meeting ](h answer I to Mr. Standring (presiding 'H


and said that during [the [afternoin he had ocilasion to use the decteic drill cn a motor outeide the premises | and ./‘overl joked t|hb fajt that in the length -Iqf:. cable he was.


Kenyon elected to give ,evidence on bath


LOW MOOR WOMAN’S FA L L ACCELERATES DEATH.


.should riot'be permitted to live albi i was- made by Dr. Murray during an /inquest):


A, suggestion that elderly infirnj lpeopli|


conducted, at Clitheroe Town!; Hall, yestbrday / on Miss Elizabeth Hartley (83)] [bf ipj'INeri RoiV, Low Moor, wlio died on Tuesday at the iCoplowvView Hospital,'I ’.It; was.lstatec* that Miss Hartley/Jwhb Tiyeff albjte, fcl] out/|of bed-during-the night of ,Octpbet j29tH' and;was found next niorning by a ripi^boujr suffering from extensive bruises.-The! [ubues® was conducted - te [ithe East/ Lalic mhirt Cbi'Aner (Mr. F. Rowland) teho'sat IwfthoutI “ jurj’. .


■[■: [['


,188;; 'H5bson-street,- Nelson, who] said his sister enjoyed good health tintil eighteen mbpths' ago. She: had lived- albn®.-for at least three years,.


; : | NEIGHBOUR’S DISCOVERY.


- Mary EUen .Ormerod, of 12, I Nety Row, Low] Moof,' said' she; did not! reinfriiberi


anyine; living with Miss [Hartley i.duringi tho j last six or seven i years.! At 'MO bnj Wednesday morning, October 80th, she .went into) Miss Hartley's house;; ;as I was [ her custom erich morning; rind found [her sitting on the bed in her nightdresri.; Ask^ what she vas doing, sitting [up iij bediiike that.


, of tea for her, and sent fpy her feistoT-.• 7/ : Nurse Florenbe Thornton, of: Coglowj View


Miss: Hartley, said she nadi fallen /off the bed I Ariel I lifer back and briad , were; hurt. Witness' helped her into be)!, iriade' a clip


Institution, I said deceased hrid becnrrii[ bed since her admission tci liospital.l i Shei was uncrinscious for the greater part df Mopday! night and died the following morning. P C. Cutler said: there were'no; rnrirks of violence, on the body.


,


bmessing, [ regret;'th[^t{ h® : v®® I unable to attend. , '


Officer .at thb i Ipsjtitution, stated that on October)30tli: he ■was summoned [toi attend tb ,Miss; Hartley atj her!lioriie!and !fouild hei; in bed inj a slightly comatose: cbniJitibt . She lived'alorie and h® was informed bhf ' ■ ’


Dr. E :,R B, Murray, deputy Medical


cold I'weather 'was prevailing at - the. Later tlie .. same [ day,:[Miss[;H4rtley admitted to. Opplowi ViewiEospitaj.-fllie multiple bruises abont the head, neck) arid! legs, I hut there, was: rib fracture; | improved-up to Cliristiiins and someipf thef bruises disappeared, but [I mentally j [ she; became unstable. ■ From the: beginning of) this moiitli, bronchitis became aeuto; the.


fallen, in j tlie -bedfcipriil.tlie ; previous | [was riot found [until 'that imbrninigj


night Very tinie, : was


lai


arriia She


had


Evidence of identification wasj givip bj Alfred - Hartley, retired cotton; weaver, of


George BraithwniteJ 'Meter Inspector, con-oborated, and said], the)reasor they paid


' ' ': I ..i .. P I d I n f i r m P e d p i p S f ^ o u j d N o t L i v e A l l im ( i


ORi MURRAY’S IDPINION EXPRESSED AT CLITHEROE INQUEST.


collapsedj and died. The: fall; and etpo'sure ricoeleratrid death!-


years, jlf she had I ladi. someone ini the house she might have jbeen alive to-day?


elderly infirmi people I should nob be [per­ mitted to .liife alone. There should be


Rorisibl®. Ill Imyi opinion)


'[ Hie CoronerYp« siggest. an' rim'eadment :in the Ipiv?


i


[I ; i '/ '[ -, ' ';


' I " DB. MURRAY’S VIEW. ■


.That course: is takenlin some bases ivhere people are unable, to look after' themselves. Mental defective are' (^ertified arid cared for and in some places, pijople with infectious


diseases, who are a daiigei’ to-themselves and


others, are /taken jtp isolatiori hosipitals. Elderly: people,- who ap' not always appre-


.emto that they are so infirm, should rite be


peimitt^ toj live! alone.; I Id® not; mean every elderly; person.];[ I people who ore. not -n


themselves.:jWe__Arej cjiristantly;up! Against, this nrobiem., This lady was in the in­


request/to go out andj although I had my o.wn opinion on the riosnt, I had no'pon/er. -Prevent h(jr’ I tmnk: this is' A matter which might|:be ventilated.' ' I i i ' - ] - ),i TK tJoroner^-said tli i proper verdiiit was ■


stitution' tw(f years'ago but'she made


“ Accidental. Death.’,’!. Perhaps the doctot’a remarks ami i his degn to bpinjon that the legislature-shpuld step iri and take: care of - people who could ;nbt Jake care,of them-/


selv’cSj niightj be an inioltigent Anticipation of the futnrei ■ ‘‘ I shauld think that itlis


®! " T .-provocitive .subject -tapori: which people will jmve vbry diverse ppimons)" the (joroner ad d ^ ;


' ' I-; ; ! / i


in this caSe this death would Wuvuuiv nayo - b,een avoided ;if the woman had been within rMCii-.of: assi^anco.’’!,


J< 'rh>e is no'; doubj’ that have


] ) [ : 4 X O W a jrO O R .


street Methddist-Chu ch, [on Wedntadsy at a Jacob’s Join. ! Tea was served and gnmeS| wete. played, and the ' 1 company thoroughly eAjoyed thi I procbeiiings; ; ; ;


A-very happy evemnE was spent at Union-


7 OBiTU^V.-The i village hris lo^t ari AM resident by the dbath, on Tuesday 1 of I MisS Eli^brith Hartley, of 10, Nbw Rdw. |lHer leath was hastened by a fall, but her


; ealth had been'poir for [I-a' lorig time, ’ yearej :bf age/she [was thd


tedte, daughter of thf late Jfr.,and Mrs. Jitol®®.Hartley,' bfj [Low Moor, Arid), she flerself. lived In the Wiage mll her life. She leonnecte^.iwith ;Nilson-street -MAtbpdist ,1'


rirotherv Mrj Albei of


'be'l'intennerit takeq pi, lemte.ery, ;to-Aiorrow, j jrhi


iton-terrace, Hartley, or


sister, Mrs,!


laco at St. en the Rev


Nelson.; 'Mary’s! !'S.:E.j/'


and'a ' ■' -i’■' J~'— I ' 4 i i |i ■ I : I ■ l/l('/;


advantage, in my I opiri on, if elderly linfirm people. Were [prehibitedl from; living alone.


,.,®‘'’.,fitter®y= I)do' Ipt suppose anything liko|that is:■ possible .ito it would bo an-


l-l ni'/


some method)-by Vvhicl something [cbnid be done to prevent it. I:; |


The Coroner: She his livedolo.ne for six H :i


J, Murray: One : i annot i say definitely 1*'


trical ./Engineer,. said jthati'bn Ootaber 14<h he I visited the preiriiseri[|ocoupieii by thte Electrical Repairs ,Dw.)l| accompanied by' the; Metb^nspector;’] : On arriving at. the ■prbmises'jffiey sat in -hii. niotor car. bn'the' off side ot the road foi’;ri:quarter df an hofW and then drove on to) a : garage where they. parked the 'oar;, ;AVnilijblthoy wire Anere, they saw no motor vehicle' receiving atten­ tion at defendant's premises; /: When they entjered the premi8es,j:Jte,'r Kenyoh was In- sid^^ and there were twqjlights buining.,Mr- Braithwaite switched ]bff['teb 'niai iTightihg' switch' and all the lignte! ]vent off save one., That light was conriertba [to ri‘ ffpVer plug.- , The ’Town Clerk;. H“ri Ithe Iwri de ,pf the, installation at these premises bcei approved bAiyon?—Witness: 110.) ',;r;v 7 ' which portion has not been aiiproyed?-"-


Albert Henry Totd, the Boro igh Elec­


planatibn was. thatj he ;bad been using ja pqivSr drilling, machipe on! a oar outside tne front of his premises. The drill .[had , beeii connected to two lights [rind'"aftetwards he! forgot to'lbonnect back to the ligMing ciri cnit) The Electricity,. department . -is aware [that this [prijctice, which is a dii- horiest;.bne, is to.sOme extent being cavriad out by/certain cbrisuriiers in -this Borough]’’ the): Town Clerk [ added, i [ ‘‘[The ldilliculty teat these offenceb ar®'coimriitted in th®.


th® [consumption bT ^rectricity by'. h'at'light was ) not being reqordbd on! the lighting baeiter. On Turthep; oxaminatioa, it was found that the 'light in {question was coil- riected to a power plug."] ;:;/Mr) Kenyon then saidte ® You haye- eriughF /irie,’’ arid a.skbd ‘.‘ Ayhy ihave you picked/bn me?” His es-


ITHE tf:"l


Saturday 10 OPEN DAILY 10 to 3. e


SECURITY & ld 'W ;t t iB j^ E 10 to 1 :


l a y ^ Friday EvMir g s 6 to 8. queitlon by invM{oir!-|/| tat given by


J ?* :SA VIN GS - BANK liuhds ara ClonfroM^^


H E N A t lO f


ORDINARY DE .INVE


f Is absolutei a« o foilad/by m GOV


THE RATiES OF INTEREST M iH E D BY THE Ni


ST ARE DEBT (^MMII»IDNERS,


D E M R j1lM E N T . . ; . [ ! . . ! 4 ' 2 1 % MENI DEPARTMENT


,|iOME. M F j 8[,l88ued ;F r^ |'b|. Iihaiig#.; Ewiy tacillty lor imall cj^ largi t^potjlon and InirQtojji. Sunw ra^wat trim ONE


, No [ehariga for Commiuioh s tRic t^ t / s ec r e c y ; i


'•DHfe^S^aftejJ’colioetei [ Fuithtr informaiiim! on i i


HlU-INp upwards'I ij N a S ^m pO u fy ^ i


I ' i ; } / ? rawal Reestptil


ipd ctadHad la accauntsi FR^E OF COST) j i l ic a te u f


Head DffiGe :'|)Ld|rd S tm t iBLACKBURNr W. H. WHALLE Y, Aotuaby. PER- ihe^whole oi thi


.only 2d. I for each unit bbnsumedj instead [of fid.;: arid the Couriqil ware deprived "of 4d. per . unit.'!:- , .The Mbotrifcal Engiiee'r i (Mr.


' i i i ' . . . ________ ________ m i im l SEE WINDOWS. SEE


J o o i r L a n i O l l t h e r o e


sins fo r you i i:i£ A ” -;Tl/ l i


Aii'l


Church, and,iwas a teacher at the Sunday School in her younge: days.: For a long / ■nna® she'Wojked at^ I tow M(jbr Mill ris-a!; ) '■paver) ^e[jis survi^ Sutcliffe,


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