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only to Nonconformists in the town and dis- trlctj hut to fjlltheroe in general and his own circuit! in . particular, that the Rev. S. E. Harper, H-OJ., Is to relinquish his pastorate twelve! months before the expiry of his four years at Moor Lane Church. In the ordinan course! of things Mr. Bhrper would have left Olftheroe in August,'1038,• for'Bldeford,^In DfivoUi A vlctim.ofrthe Great War, he s p . suffers from thi effects of gas poisoning, and It has!been manifest for some time that the


It'Is, k'niatter ol very sincere regret, not


the literal Interpretation of the phrase, |’’rato came'down to sheets." It flooded several greens and filled the ditches. Finally, they were rescued by a motor-car, and all of them agreed that , they had never thought it could rain as hard as that!


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printed a week or two ago concenitog a yellow wagtail’s liest found on the course. My t nforinant stated that a cuckoo's egg vfas In


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Northiis unsulted itpihl?*- •Hei-hasnad one ion since looming to Clitheroe, and for.


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some ume ihe has exp^nced chest trouble. This led him, two weeks ago, to visit a Man- fchestel: specialist, who ordered a complete rest for twelve mopths. On top of his physi­ cal'trbuble there seems little doubt that his energies hav* been' overtaxed. Now he has to [reacned 'the stage where the will must bepd


bodily necessity. Mr. Harper’s unfortun­ 'ate position was put to a specially summoned


circuit meeting on.Monday night. It-was a matter for everybody’s sincere regret, but po Other icourse than to accept ,hls resignation !was open to the meeting. Conference will have to arrange for a minister to deputise ! !untU Mr. Storey comes from Sunderland next


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jof service for v^iy many years. Alter all, he ils q comparatively young man, though ww- tlme Experiences have aged him prematurely.


!year. ! I add my wish to those of multitudes and strength and fit him for a continuation


of friends, that'a prolonged rest in the south will go far to!!restore Mr. Harper’s health


i partles evenTdr an hour or so. I ,later dis­ covered that the party ; had -been I organised


a large number of women who were evidently strangers to thh town niaking their way from shop to shop, and refieefed that It was not a bad thing for the town to have motor coach


In! CaStle-stjreet the other day, .1 noticed


known and respected In Clitheroe as Miss ! 'Hannah Hanson, for many years a member


i brother,'Mr. John Hanson. Mrs. Gfeeni Is 'now just as actively associated with Droyjs- i den Methodism-as she was wlthiOUaeroe’s, i and she had t^hVh the Initiative In'orgarfc H Ihg thii phrtyi who were on: their ;'way !to


I 'by Mrs. Green) now of Droylsden, very well of the Wesley Choir, under, the ,baton; of her


Mrs [Green saw to it ttiat Clltheroe’ was selected, takind her friends to see the Castle, ahd Incidentally bringing a certain amount of trade to, 10(|al; shopkeepers.


arrdgate..',.;A'luniih'stop was wanted, and


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not a few workpeople in the suburbs are find- Ifig Lancashire clogs distinctly useful, At a fairly large, ’bus. garage, one man,: chiefly engaged in cleaning, tried clogs and found them far better than the boots and shoes he had f e n wearing whlle:on,tbe same-work. Hit Compahlons chaffed him a t first about' the clatter[helmadei nowi they are all wearr tog dogs, which keep theto feet dry and com-


'Loidoii' friends.teh,me,:by the way, that fortajble. ; ' , /


staff I have this week had the pleasure of meeting several old colleagues who have been spending a few days In visiting old [haunts. One Istill known, to scores and scores of our a townspeople after pretty nearly thirty years’


Mdmbers bfi the .‘Advertiser and 'Times’.’


days! lives at New Malden. He and his wife have paid many visits to' Cllthei-oe, and their friends ard always glad'to see them. Mr* i Yates has had a long career In dally Journal­


bsence Is'Mr.! “Jack" Yates, who to these osm, [and rCmatos.one of the keenest Students


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rooni'. staffs.: [Mr. R. iBleazard-gene;ally called' ’’Dlck’!!by a host!bf acquatotoces to eveir walk ,bf life-came from; Palmers Green, where he Is to business, IVlth him was iMr. John Stones, who has retired from active business conducted for many years at BexlilU-on-Sea. i They are just now holiday- making somewhere to' Yorkshire, Inclden- tally,' Mrs.' Stopes, as Miss; Lily Whitaker, was also fbfmeriy on the "Times” stoff, first on the composing side, then in the bookbind­ ing room, and letor in the shop. She remains keenly Interested In newspaper work. - Mrs, feaVard cannot claim' active association with this newspaper, but she has a [brother andIslster[who; can. Itiwas a real pleasure to greet these (jld colleagues,


f aflalrs one'could wish to meet. | Oilr othor visitors 'were on the composing


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“ Times" office. [ They are both out of print­ ing and, strange to say, db not seem to regret itl •They ,wefe very interested to :the big ebariges that have taken place to our printing rooii i^ehtlyj but even the mechanical marVels they,- examlned| didn't make them ■wan| to returnj,


operator at the "Advertiser" office, whUe Mr, Stories ■ was i -' monotype operator..! at the


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• Mr. BleazaVdl by the way, told an amusing Incident which occurred to him recently wheri, with hlsiwlfe, he Spent several days to Cairo, to [the course. W a Mediterranean chilse to celebrate their silver wedding, They: were visiting [tjie Oi.tadel, and men pestered them to buy.jposUards, curios, sweetmeats, and [all manner of articles. Pushing his way through this feup of Itinerant vendors, Mr. Bleaizard exclaimed, "Nothing doing 1" On his [way Niack'from the Citadel, the same


group besieged the party, and one of the ven- dprs[-a nitlye of the. patlves, with ' broken y teetri still [showing white to the midst‘of a


Lanbashire 1’’.; Evidently the man had had plenty of experience , of the East Lahcashlro troops-tobludtog, many from . Clitherpe— whojoccupled the Citadel during thb war.


aellow face-rShouted, when Mr.Bleazard ppeared " Ah, Nothing Comg I Good old


town escaped almost .untouched, but fhat section between Moor 'Larie .and : Barrow


lbblesdale oh Sunday night. Part of: the


frReferences rare made elsewhere' to [ the Reakish character of the storm which swept


"got It to the neck," as the saytog[goes. I was [talking to a number of golfers who cer­ tainly. did get It to the . neck. They «ere utterly unprepared and scurried for. shelter to a cabin at the extremity of thq; course, There they waited for bver an hour, and saw.


At one time,(Mr) Bleazard was a linotype


observed two curious spectacles—If the word may be excused. The .first was a cyclist wfth [ a large letter “L’l lfdht and back. The other


.Motoring in'ithe ditrlct the other;day,' I


GoU Club, Mr, Harry 'Wrigley, has received a letter frbm a Bolton naturalist-photo­ grapher, who Is anxious to obtain pictures of the advent of the young cuckoo and the cer­ tain ejection, of the young wagtails.. Nobody, connected with i the Golf Club knows more about birds than the secretary, and while he knew of a yellow' wagtail’s nest, he did not know iof one with a cuckoo’s egg to It.* He sought my advice to tracing it. I got to touch with the golfer, who provided the oris(- Inal Paragraph.! He told me that somebody told him that there was a cuckoo’s egg to the yellow, wagtail’s nest, and if it Is riot thebe now, he suggests that some member of the club, fearing the wanton. destruction of the young wagtails,has removed .the cuckoo’s egg to' avoid the' impending slaughter. ! Most ingenious! , ( ,


he nest, and this week the' secretary of the


brook sides rfnist have beeh washed [ away, One to parttoular was'that of a meadow plp- : pit,, egntatotog four young birds.


arid elsewhere during last Sunday’s storm. Scores of nests cbnstmcted on the ditch and


Birds did meet a sad fate on the golf links -


birds visiting Rlbblesdale these days, although i a decade ago it was fairly common through­ out :the valley.i 'So writes HDS., who pro­ ceeds: tVith the aid of modem machinery farmers have- speeded up. their haytuaktoi arid' BO It ls[ that the corncrake, which invari­


The corncKike.ls one of the rarest migrant'


ably nested In the meadow land, has abnost been driven from our district, for the [reason that year by year its eggs, or young, have been destroyed. I have heard but a solitary "crake’’ so far this seSson-^n June 9th| near the New Inn, on the Blackburn to Hatwood old road. A friend who, like myself, [spends a lot of time out of doors, heard one on the 7th'met. to a meadow near the Rlbble at


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to an accident which befelher on Saturday after the totorment of her father, Mr.'Johi, H. Myers.'I Falling frofli a chair, Mrs.Robto- son was taken to her home at'Broughton[ near’Preston; where a surgical examtoatlor 'revealed that a thigh bone had been splin­ tered. . ' !*"''■ "[


Sympathy will go out to Mrs, C. Robtoson


[her of lovely touches to the current collectlpr and 'I' simply must appropriate one ;br 'two specimens. For instance: .


The Hodder notes to, '.the "Stonyhurst Magazine" never fail to amuse me, so artless arid ingenuous are they. There are a nuiri:


, “March Ifith was St. Joseph’s Day and, as; St. Joseph is the patrori of Hodder, we knev It would be a good day. Some boys said tha! the new carpenter’s [Shop would be opener again, because Father Rector opened it las’ year, but T knew you didn’t do things llks After that twice. We had a paper-chate Ipstead


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three hares, and then we went like the wind which was a fluke for me, because Tm no generally very good at running. However we: didn’t catch the hares .because iwe go


a hound or a hare. Tliere were lots of fata trails, up steep hills, of course, into densi l forests and along'muddy paths.. It was


dinner, eveiybody was preferidtog to lx orig time before we had a gliriipse: of the


llttle'dog Joined us at a farm near Over, Hack I tag, and it ran all the way to Hodder, when


later. Tea was good after all this exclt" ment."


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■fame as an astronomer in charge! of th^ Stonyhurst Observatory as the taunedlato predecessor of its present| director,! Father Rowland. At Hodder‘Place, Fatheri Rectoj: clearly delighted the boys, [and at the same time rather mystified them. At any rate, the chronicler says:


Bt'Hodder by the Rector of Stonyhurst (th; Very Rev. E. O’Connor) who, of course, won


“ 'then there is a note about a lecture oi The Wonders of-the Stars." This was give:


and the little 'Dog' and and their little br^ triers. They ate quite'staggering 1' A[materi box full bf the big ■‘Dog’s’ little ibrpthe: weighs two elephants, but! a match-|x)x full of the stuff from the little ‘Dog’s’ little bro­ ther weighs eight hundred elephants. I’m sure he said that, but if it doesn’t sound qultp right, I hope he won’t mind.’’.


"Then we heard.all aboul; the the big 'Dog' I ' (■ ; O.T.O.:


Arid finally, this grand tribute to the . . r


with all the ririgrit clothes shining In the suit. They did not have their rifles, but only thel): bayonets. I liked; the tune that the band played so much that I took two photography of It, although I really Intended to take only


one." ' W[ In the course of their tospection of the


Mr. Tom Haiigreaves, the BorPugh Librarian, whp is Clltherae’s fnremnst authority on botmiy, they were enabled to engage to nature study. Memberri who had acemri- pariled him 'joined him k letc., with th e___ _ - , - .


hers of. the Town Council | and offlclatahad a new experience. Through the good


edge they gained on thbse occasions. The most notable "find" whs the sundew, ari insectivorous plant. Tramping over the mo((r the . party icame[ upon a pheasant sitttag tlgiitly on riernesL In spite of the fact that twenty to, thirty/men—and a dogj-gatherep around her, Mrs. Pheasant showpd no slgp of "Stage fright."* Indeed, she did not budgp.


College to,see the O.T.C, on parade.] It was a lovely sight to see the [band come along,


“ On Easter Sunday we all went up to the


match due to slow scoring by both sides. For] Rlbblesdale, MercCr, 17 and Kirk 16 occupied the crease for quite an hour in the[ opening partnership. Later, Lord 18, and Hlndle 14, brightened up the gaine with some merry; hitting, and Mr. Extras contrlteuted [14 runs.


Grammar School Colts 72. s !ac High Moor last week only ten runs


[Rjbblesdaie School 82; epkated th e teams after , a'^prolonged


figures, [but the other bowlers suffered fro]n[ fielding errors,


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aterworks on Wednesday afternoon, men)- ri-


! Cpqk, 13 for 17, had the best bowling


ite las'much time was occupied by Jrariimar 'School in their reply, bank 12, and. Sharpies 16; made ible scores, while Qeldard scored a y !1I, causing the visitors some


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fprllnsertlon In these notes this week. i GREEN CUP.


Ttoe return matefi was'played too late ........ good catching.


IN T H E SCHOOLS. Clitheroe


taking seven' wickets, I for „ ____ McTear had four for 18 and HoWen five for:32. In the second Innings, Holdel


runs.


for 12 and McTear three tor 9, of .Sabden for 22. Requiring bi win Hbdder ! had no dlfflmlf making 14 arid Altham also ni Ne'wsby took six for 22 for Sal dei


iposed 32 to Kirk


seven ig lA


Kemple: 1st Innings 43; 2nd Ihijings 37. ■Whalley; ist Innings 46; 2nd innings 3^.


each captured three wickets, had four, wickets arid 'Foibiel: wickets for Kemple,


3reel: 3 for H and Wilson 5 for 11,


Hoc der,;lst Innings 53: 2nd Innings 52. ; 6 ibdeh, 1st Innliiga 63; 2nd lntilngs'22. Ror Hjodder, only!Cook 23, and Mc'Tear


12, made, much headway. Two boys bore the brunt of Sabden’s batting, Law­ less 22 And Lawson 14, the latter also


d the bowling honours, and were,


victory being; chiefly due to a -splendid 28 not out scored by K. CoHmirst out qf the side’s total- of 35. : lA i Colthurst secured three;wickets for 15 rjms he hqd a good afternoon. A. Lord IQ, tend Mr. Extras 9, were top scorers for who fell quickly before the. boij Colthurst, Gregson and. Barnes, who ■ ■ ..................... Wilson three


a After two Innings only one'tun separ­ ted Whalley I from 'Kemple, 'V^alley’s


Daije and over 1,000 years old, by-iworkmen; laying a watet Maidstone,; Kjfrit.' [.


/ ugust and September.


next week. The other finalist • - - • A skeleton'’believed'to be


Sbrnl-finai:!; i^ a lle y v, Calddr, early Hoddei


that of to WM foufid naln at


I Weather experts are already borecast- Angi stern drought due,' they say. In


into some bogs.Most of us fell hundreds o times. T fell mto a prickly bush. 11 don’ kiiow what it-was, but I know; what it fel like. It made me feel,mad.; Those hare evidently hadn’t much to do, and I’m tolr that, when we were trying all the falte trai they were quietly smiling at us from thf woods above. . Nasty of them we thought. /


t lay down tired, I think,It walked home ..


Ik in g lane pic tu r e s .


ibeStrsejler novel and was a stage hit . for two 1 years,'Ils the week’s attraction at the King !Lane !Hcture Hall. Splendidly prpduced to every! particular, Walter Huston repeats the


tion, tne screen Version of Stocli.lr Lewis’ “ Dodsivorth,” which thrilled millinns as a


Samiiel Goldwyn’s mdat ambitious produc­ 'R ! title role he created and played onjthe stage.


while! Paul' Lukas, Maty Astor, ahd David Niven f e also prominently featured. Sidney Howaild, who made the stage dratoatization of his Absorbing and dramatic stonrpi a hard- worktog Ariierloan husband who retired to travel and'find himself, but Instead found out hlB selfish, frivolous wife, also [wrote the screenl play. The story opens to the small mlddlJ-westem town of Zenith and shifts to the dMks of th e !’ Queen Mary," Haris, Lon-


uth IChatterton plays Mrs. Ijodsworth, jPULLADIUM.


fools." With this cynical motto in his heart, l George Winter bhccaneered his way [through


undertook, from; high finance to.politics. At the height of ms power he had qnly orie failure—Catherine, his 'wife, who’Jdld not share in the world’s admiration for neii mas­ terful husband. He opposed her withjnitbless unscrupulousness! when she sought; a divorce to many the man she realljl cared tori; the truth was that his financial position was so precarious that he dared not face a; scandal. ch In his mad soramble for wealth he had puri


don, i'lVlenria,' Svfltzeriand, Egypl|,. Venice, Rome and Naples. - ■ | .


"Stog, Baby, Sing,” 'conring bn Monday,-is . mlKical:. extravaganza with Alice Faye, Adolpie Menjou,Gregbry Ratofl,.’fed Healy, Patsy Kelly, Michael Whalen and the Rltz Broth irs to the prtoolpal roles. Alice Faye has tlie part’ of a revue artist who loses her job Wien (I craze'for society, women stagers sweep: New Yprk. Her,agent brings into the cub, where the girl is smglrig for the last t me, a'Hollywood actor who is enjoymg his vacatibh unwisely and too welliThe actor serenfes'her by[ spouting lines’oi “Romeo and Juliet.!’ Her, live-wire agent sees a mar- vellbus stoiy in trie sureestlon of a romance between the star! arid [the smger.l The film develops into a wlrlwtad chase of .the star acro'sE thei continent. '| The' fihri [introduces the ffltz Brothers, conddered to'be America’s greatest comedy !team] and there' are some attractive tongs rind other musical Items, siipburtlng'' picture of more than passing Interest re/tatrodiices us to'tbe Jones Family, this time I" Going Back To Nature.” This, the|Utest;'of a. hilarious Series of domestic comedies, agalri'[stars |Sprtog Bytagton and Jed'Irouty as mother and dad, Shirley Deane and '::ony MarUri, among others, to a holiday advei -turel-a holiday [taken in no; ordinary manrer; ["Back To Nature” Is enllyenlng, hearty entertatamerit.


the second part ;bf the week bririgS 'Brigitte Horrifey arid Peto Haddon to "The House of the; Spaniard,” ridapted from the>novel by ArthSr Bemrendl It Is a story dealing vvith the revolutionaiT activities, of a band of Spanlardsj outstanding for the excellence of the riortrayals and th? topicality of the plot. Hadqon appears .asih young, mid .slightly vaoupus [Engllshmari-' who unexpectedly stumples upon the heridquarters of the revol- utlfearies7-a lonely [riouse ,oti the- marshes bsrited Liverpool.. Hiri Investigations lead to bis rapture, Md it is only through the.toter- Ventlon of the leader’S daughter, to whom he


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c ased a mlrie With the money of a; trust ompany, and j which, on tayestlgatlbn,


personal reputation. He bullied and cajoled his wife, hto [business assoclatet^vfen .his opponents—to stand by him. Those ho could not bully into loyalty-he. managed] to buy.


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"Ntoe meri out of ten are either kna'yes or Moore rings out from the scrqen to Colilm- ife, immensely "riuccessful, at everytpitog he


Once again the golden voice of Grace


bla’s nev) musical'romance " The'King Styps Out,” which opened at the Grand on Wednes­ day night. It is the diva’s third picture since hel return to the screen!to the sonsa- tiitoally feuccessful "One Night of! Love}" in 1934, thy other film being "pn IWingSiOl Song," which also was well received. ]The m6st unusual departure to "The King Steps Oiit” is! the music'Which was wrltteri [by Fritz Kfelsler, vl6lto virtuoso p d | outstand­ ing ' contemporary composer. Heard, too,! is Kreisler's lamed 'composition, : “Capnee Vlennolri.” Unlike . the . accepted classical arias which were Interpolated ip former ^ s , the songs whichi.Miss Moorej sings in this picture fire all from;the pen on Krelsler, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Among!other not­ able chknges are; the colourful setttogsj-the court of Emperor Francis Jotef'm Austria and the Bavarian estate of Duke Maxlmfllrin; B the lilting romantic screen play j by Sldiiey


Thus he bluffed his Way through difficulties to 'hiri greatest triumph. jW|th the roars of cheerlnig crowds still ringing, to his ears,Winter mer“The Tenth Man,’’|the man who could not be bought, who knewlonly one master—his bwA conscience. And [the out­ come? You Bhcluld see ‘The TenthiMan" at the ’ Palladium; [Uiis week, and - “ California Mail," the suppitttog picture,


of. A most unusuril mystery drama, the scenes ,


the bleak wrilisfof a great pEnltenjiary,^ wm be presented on Monday, under the title ol “ Murder to i thri Big House." Tlris iun que Warner-Bros, production :P'atots ;v(lth stark; realism life wlthfa a walled city .and its con-; tacts with the.riuter.'world, ,It lays bare,the: surging emotloiis ot men of hot pylons, of; conndence, men


which take place almost entirely iwlthta


toilets? who carry.'their hates'and; intrigues with' them Irito their p.rlsori cells.i , Hi. this strange drama,[two men are dato, bne in his cell and another; in 'the. prison libraty, with warders, guards' and' others wittito,,speak­ ing distance. A^d while there are attempted murders for reyenge, to the first killing the motive is’to stral the fortun'e of a irabketeer, t who had cached-his money before (Hslconvic-;


robbem, racketeers and! tlon.; T h e second is committed to cover up


June Travis, B'feon MacLane, arid Richard Purcell. Amotle; of comedy is strticki by Edj Acufl to the role of a somewhat drmb police reporter, and Mary' Treen, [as a so 3 sister, I


he crime. In [the cast are Crale'R^oldsi


Is atracted, that'he 'e!»entually escapes. The bickrrounds,' both of the'fnaishCS and of the majratlc Spanish 'motmtelris; arb' extremely Well chosen and beautifully photographecl. Indeidi It'Is this photography that senes,to


end's outstanding- attraction,; is ;a brightj happy-go-lucky farce, starring a new [comedy team to Gene perrard and Claude, Dampien The’ story ! centres'around Jack' Raiyner, a young; millionaire, who returns teem' a hoU: day [ abroad to(_flnd that his fla lhas been broken Into, 'The uninvited occupailt turns out to be a resourceful dowh-and out named t Girieri, and sd cool is he when confronted


“Such .Is Life,” Thursday ,and 'the weeto


pick this film out of the ordinary run of our Britisri'productions. A second British film is "Na'T Born,” cb-starrtog William Gargan and Claire. Dodd, [The theme revolves arouid the predicament of Gargan, bachelor navel aviritor, with a' two-weeks’ old son of rils dead chum on hiri hands. Miss Dodd, as the nfant’s weedthy young aunt, creates the hilarious compUoatlonB with her rapidly shift­ ing narioeuvres to lofcate and obtain posses­ sion of the child., .'The thrills come to the fight between Gargan and the girl for control of'ai aeroplane; which she, pretending to be an amateur, masterfully throws into a deadly spin hlgh'ln the air. IA final thrill comes to a ;.5 )ectricular ahr ihce between Gargan’s 'plane and one'to which a gangster attempts to’ niajce away with the baby.


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thriiltag and Unusual climax. News, comedy and] interest films cqmplete an entertaining


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[been produced to the. cinema to recent years will I be . experienced by those who go'next [ week to see “ Sabotage,” a highly dramatic


Some ,0f the biggest thrills which have


[Secret Agent," and directed by Alfred Hlteh- 'coci Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, with 'johrii Loder, are at the head of an especially noteworthy cast. Mrs, Verloc, taking the money at the paybox of the small cinema owned,by her husband, was as mystified as


story adapted'from Joseph Conrad’s '!Tbe


biira, thli week, should be seen by both men andlwomen, but more particularly women. Mir am Hopkins is aq natural and a:| charm­ iing as ever to this! triangle drama, which !ls


vescenri comedy;! the artistic Jpsef BaStornack, one of the ductors to America,


j Devised, written' and direaedj by Arnold Ridley, author of ’! The Ghost ’Train'f-the play they couldn't-take off-fRoyal Eagle" has scored-a grejit success everywhere. ! It is the leading film to a double' feature pro- grammie on Monday till'Wednesday. Ridley holds the record as the dramatist of the Ipngeslf rims, ' 0[^iro of his rilajls had each been transferred not once, but tjwice, to the screen, but the translations had bcenl mide by other people,; He uiade a resolution that he would master the technique of the pereea After nndtog employment in fllra studios ind 'all the! time leamtog the business, of hietpre maktog, he.cast'rbpnd for a suiljable subjpet. The Rjver Thames; he knew,, is not only /he most famous maritime highway to the'world, but Is also, to its own way, the taost charac- teristitally British [thing in thej world, ’The tosultlhg picture,“ Royal Eagte,’.’ is a|diania of real people whose excltemdnt exceeds that bf “Tie Ghost Train." Ill has larighter, tears md thriUs, and It is, [wlthoutl doubt, bne o( the outs'taritUng Britasti productions of the wear. In support is 'T 'apped by Vlfirc- |ess,” a murder mystery dram i, yrith Rorence Wrightand Lew Ayres at the head ot a [fiie bast. The film details the fuzzlmg circum­ stance > that surround the death and yiolbnce that follow the wiake ol a flye-doUar note jbeartak a mysterious message to code. Ayres,, a radio news broadcaster, det^mrines ,to so))’e| 'the niystery, par/lculaHy- vfhijn hq mCro [lovely Rorence [Rice, whose fesence in* the lease piades hhn most..


are Elteabeth Risdon, Nana Br;;ant, Thurstpn Hall, Frieda IneteoUrt, Victor JorP and! Her­ man Bmg.


! (


In the shpporttogl cast I


|( I


hat Jack decides to make him hi 3 secretary. Later, Jack visits a fashionable restaurant,


and becotoes ricquatated with Betty Blair, a typist, outefor a fling; She tells'pirn stories of her wealth arid position, but before he can make a date she vanishes. Thelt chpt, how­ ever, leads: to Jack acquiring an!;qnbition to j work, and by a strange coincident e he gets'a


tbinifR the other a prevaricator, butjta the end: Jack [ gets 'Betty' by buytoE j aj variety agency, Installing Green as manager, and putting her: to' a cabaret. The lighppirited nonsense "of; the picture leads io happy blending of' humour and roman';e. Sparkle Is'applied'to the situations through a wide variety, of; packgrounds. If, the. plot is.nqt t altogetherj btlgtoal, it strikes a 1 :heery: note


ob;ta Betty’sloffice.. Erom that; stage, each


’Ernest! Bliss," conung bn .'ll luisday.', Cary (Gihht. ^ho coAtato, with' Maty Briah, plays


doctor £59,000 to live in'London ■ can earn. He ren and gets work falls The 1


as


Bliss ilses his bwil' money to.|-estore Its for­ tunes. He is oftered a partnership, but owing to his bet is. forced to' refuK.! becomes genera: help to a-greengrtcer, but is dis­ missed througri hjs, employe: •’? wife. He. has variou! .jobs, tocludliig.that of chauflepr; a gang or crooks I try. to use him' as a tool,: but


is threatened] with bqnkruptcjl and


s a room to| the a gas^)ve i [salei Frances, a


girl employee.


for popular I seiitiment. Added to its: amiable story are [snappy lines, piquant situations, and several pleasing song numbers. ]


ten are not Gods," at the Rialto, Black- Sg out that the black-out was 'general and


hroughout,: .white making amp e provision |


her patrons when the screen faded to black­ ness and the voices of the loudspeakers died away. She'reasoned with her palroils, potat-


London’s blaokkiut; yet even as the patrons flocked back to.their seats, engi leets at the great London power stations weije looking at one another ;aghast, murmuring‘i’^ Sand.I Someone’? put .sand to the generators!" Nor i did ishe know that Verloc, had just hurried


er husband could have anything to do with


totixxluctlon to: a sequence [of incidents to the unravelltog of which you will sit bn [the edge of your chair.' Especially will you be Inter­ ested fa the dbta'gs of Ted, so-called fruiter­ er’s assistant .to helping trace this arid other acts of sabotage to the real culirit.l'


n, under! cover of darkness.; 'fhere is the


And just as Ttd, the good-natured assistant from the fruiterers next-door, was helping to quieten her complaining patrons, the strept lamps bashed iip and the cinema apparatus h resumed. [Sylvia Verloo little tiought that


at the powejr-fallure'could not last long.


is martyrng her employer, to for a tick relative, whereuprn identit;', marries the girJ, anp to chatty. j j


. I --Mfltl*'—


■attraction at Whalley this .week. The! story: demonstrates t)ie risks that ittach to cpnvic-.' tlon in the courts on purere circumstantial'


"Circu! nstantlta Evidence,” In which Shirley Grey teas the staritag role, :sjan exceptional


WHALLEY PICHURES. I' -j—


der Dam to Atoerica. Sone thrilling hap­ penings and a [daring resoueiare depicted in this very excellent story o' [an engineering triump)i.. Noi ls the pic .ure witholit its • lus side] The late , Ross Alexander is


humor co-star tateres


tioh, vhich_occuples almost showing, desire to


historital ceremony. ' ■


ed with Patricia Elis, Of especial is a full length fliri of .the Corona-


of a light-hearted, light-fingered crook who gets entangled [with Cooper, plants Jewels on him for convenience, then :tads it neccssarj’ to chase him to order to re ;bver them! The two ai[e at their best to thi?| delightful] film.


g Thu^ay’s change of paigramme brings Glamorous Marlene Dietrich to “Desire,!’ with


secure, a lasting, iripresslon bf the '


This will surely ary pxiper. | Miss Dtetri'to; plays the role ’ -b-


easoi at the Grand Theatre, Blackbuni, the Corcnitlon Pteyere wR nixt week present the very’latest comedy att action, "Spring-: tide.”' This production has just concluded a' specla ly notable run at Uie Duchess Theatre.: Full o[ sparkling'dialogue sqid amusing situ­ ations it keeps one'to a ibnstant titter of laughtsr. ' The 'Cororiatio:! Players] have; alreadv proved their versatility in the host of'rolES which thby have poi trayed, and have. recelvM many letters of appreciation of their] perfpr nances. I “ BprtogtideJ’ will give them] furthe;: opportunities to display their site round talents.—This wcek-»nd the Players are p:esenttog a thriller--the late Edgar ■Wallara’s " The Ringer.’’


GIAND TEDEATRE.BiLACKBURN. s In (onttouaUori of their highly successful


Wednesday, just before tie Corporation’s annual visit to the witeworks' gathering grounra. It has been wo: ked with 'carpet beddli g plantsiand has been 'greatly admired,; Mr. Gtreenwood apd his bta|f are to be com- pUmeAted on th(1


s object 1 as centre-pieces for': lower beds! One euch ust completed at the Eshton-terrace cntrarce to the Castle grouads very cleverly, eopies the Bqro)igh arms .Appropriately,


BOE IUGH ARMS IN FlpRAL DESIGN. ;MurlcIpal g|ir((eners fasl ion 'all sorts of


nougi 1, it was watered for the first time on e] excellepce of their work.


an hour In the attract all who


iWi


i Helen’s ChuvcN servibe at the iq in the Methof


Rev.! Roland j Hoober.


| ' In the coni'!


saidi that all, Mrs! SpcakmM in tfie village I had! a lifelong I ^ . niember anl choice, convicj le fimdaq


on


The ;intermerit| Mr. pavid W:.


THE LATE


on fact, and is,itadqpd, concerned in thd main. with the construction of tl e gigantic | Boul­


art of next week; is a story pullt veiylmuch p “Boulder Dam,’’ to be sere toed to the early ’ testimony. I [ ■ ! [' i i


the role o f a' young; mUl'miaire, [who is advised by his doctor that his mode of life is j undermining his 1 health. Bliss bets[ h is ! a handshiikb that; he will;


love vdth foi) a year sclely onjvhit he


fast End ian[ He


;' ! \ BARROW LAI i ^


^‘A I RESM FAITHFUL!


Barrow labourer,!, V31). of 17, Old Rd result of an accldl Cement I Works, o | Investigated by tter G.' 'Rennlson, sltli Blackburn Inflrma


The tragic clrcy in g i! Briggs wabi


the Cement WbJ employed by a [fl contractors, when! Ing bn to a concr^ beloiy, stestalnlng L taken to Blackhuu died early on Frll ■ The deceasedsl


uchmin, a story of gay mirfeel and effer- directiori.


sented i t the Inqif bottom,! of Cllthl Dunkerley, of Mel Son, solicitors, la his employers, Ma Ltd.,' of London! Ltd. was represeif of Clitheroe.


foremost I chh-'


13, Holden-street,[ was hef nephew,iv brought up until teen months ago/ 1 good health, and I hearing.


Miss Rebecca Bi


■ Her nephew, win by! Messrs. ’ Tilera gineersl and contri Londoq, and was I the accident a t itl Works,} Clitheroef saw him prior td Saturday, June 5| ustiAl good state) o’cldckl on Moridi Informed he had had bden taken! Infirmary. She! Infirmary on Thu he was unconsclw ment to her, anq


deceased's wife was expecting to future. I


I , ■ ; standing on a y,


Ciitheroe, also e' Messrs. Tilemat had worked for Elbblesdale Cem p.m. bn June 7* some outside pl' ' cement mill


working with


; that epd of the, ladder;


: was cementlrig; hopper; and di


i i a rope that ! missed the ri ! gtojind De


: heard som : and at th e ; I move. He!


iVhilst en


he outwits them; He learps that Prances obtain money he reveals bis gives the stake


i the’ concretel ' was falling] r


the deceased! Crete platfqiJ


. hopperi He! ' with deceased;


vious Indication way ot move, had he’ Sunday. : In reply to 1 the plank was I


b jvlousiday.' eared quite srt


! After, the accldl ■ ' and the- plank I


whlchl rested, on, other [hemg sect The plank waS Inches! wide, am was eleven feet form, [which in above! ground


he died at the I oA Friday more [[the pla n k ] :-Wilfred Spea


In reply to t h i |


near the concj correct to say Ir plaiw at that I position. ThJ moved a few!a ladder had nbtl no reason for! part the laq


■ being encquri Floral tbkel


. worth! Lizzlq Nellie; Mr., and Mrs. Ba Cissle and Itj halgh; Clatl) Mrs. R. Irela Ghqpel, Housj Stephen, Lb iklnson, Blucf Mr.. . and ,Mr , ! Wellgate;; Di Malllson ‘ an


Harold, Isan


faith wherbil retoain. She! no doubt abpl position, she had embraceq Speakman


loving memdi] Annie; Al), Ladies’ Hour,I


W,' ■ A -* T t f'“f i x '


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