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■ t t I T l |E r o f i ' 'A D V E R T I s iR A if f i I M l l FRIDAY, l k A R c | Will. W l i (EIGHT) W I t


P O M H D C E M E N T


'Rat r ' f /li I I 'lift; works: jeniific manufactured by LAMCS. TbE IIIGHT WAY. s i r—I t seems to.me tJOat “ BOUander"


In yduSr last Is me Is Well answered by "Welli Wisher.” Is It not time these Slaldburnites—End “BoUander " is pre­ sumably ohe, !or he signed himself “ Slaldburnlte ” in the first Instance—got away from Pres: controversy If they wish to achleYfi anything. " BoUailder ” asks,, “Why have the doctor’s questions been Ignored?” He must be a slmpletoii In­ deed If he imagines a public authority Is going to enter l itoi a newspaper controvj ersy. After the first' letter of complaint In your paper’re the failure of the Slam:, burn electricity scheme I remember, readmg a letter signed by the Electricity chairman dflerlng to meet the Slaldburn, representatives at a time and place to be arranged. WhaLmore do your Slaldburn correspondents |want? . I make bold to say that If any Inhabi­ tant of Slaldburn has a grievance, against his local parish council, and airs that grievance In public. He will soon be told . to communicate direct with the parish Counell if he does not wish-to be ignored. Then, why dOes “ BoUaiider,” and ' any-Blaldbumltes he represents, thmk the Corporation of CUtheroe have nothmg better to do thah answer people’s questions or. conduct negotiations In public? Plea^ do not single CUtheroe out as being different from other author-


Itles. There authority from llameht, from


’Groate, 'who del their business In the way “ Bollahder ’’ and others appear to want


it dotog. CLITHEROE RATEPAYER. FOR “A.B.”


Sir—Haying followed; the correspond­ i'


When ithe a quagmire up to; the


farmyard and roads are when you are almost rue


hoot tops in th


When it’s ankle deep you neeaBooiswUh


luiu-^n rain-, so'ddeni field, "Beva’’ Leather Uppers^* ^.1


wiU keep your feet dry. Boots with Beva iUpper Leather are _ acknow­ ledged! to be the most reliable and moat comfortable; footwear for men who hare to go out in all weathers. If your, dealer does not sell boots with Beva Leather Uppers write to us for .name of nearest stockist.


GOLFERS & SPORTSMEN : Should ask for ; Shoes made with ^ “ VEEBBX” LEATHER.


ence In your paper on Spain very closely, and noticed the peffervld partisanship of most of the writers In your “ Post- bag,” I have fiiund It difficult to reach a satisfactory conclusion as to which party has right on Its side. The last Te ,ter you printed Is from “ A.B.”, who Is very clearly on the side ’of


.General FraiicO. WIU “ A.B.” then answer the following question: If right Is on the side (>1 the Insbfgents, and If as they claim the' overwheinilng majority of Spaniards are with them, will he tell me how' it comes about th at the great “minority” of the nation. If so it be,


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cannot be defrated without the aid of the full weight or Franco, plus a seemingly endless streain of MoorS, plus the army and navy of Itely, and plus a correspond;- Ing number (if German “ volunteers”? Does it not si ggset th at the preponderr ance of Spaniards are on the other side? I t will not d) merely to say that the Russians are helping the Spanish Gov­ ernment forces. That Is not denied. But he will be a credulous creature whb will regard It as. possible for Russia, so far away fron the scene of operations, to pour Into the fray anything corres­ ponding to th ; weight of men and metal suppUed by I;aly and Germany, to say nothing,of thl! Moors? ,


! A secondiquestlon Is this:, As a sup­ porter of Frai CO," A.B.”- Is not unUkely a member of ti e'school in Britain which has always ceclared for “my country; right or wrohg.” I f “ mycountry” m Spain Is In fa; it the people headed by the legitimate Government; how does he square “my country right or wrong” with his sympathies for those who are attacking thd Spanish people, assuming thote’people to be the. vast majority? And, as I say. If they are not. It seems very strange that It Is .taking half Europe to defeat tlem. Are they not:right, whichever side has the real cause, In defending t ie l r , country “ right or wrong”?


Perhaps “A B.” t i l l favour your teaders. I i ,


with his own views and nbt those he has pinched from, the completely discredited Catholic Press of Great Britain. ;


Lastly I ’vould like to a s k “A.B.’ jn'i


-whether If tv o contending parties got to, blows In Ei glarid he would welcome Moors and Germans and Italians, or some corresFohding nationalities, to be landed here to help in the fighting whether or not with Russians and Frenchmen (n the other side? PENDLE HH'L.


cured R^G? HE] |VoH'


PHYSilCliAN'S REMEDY


^phos is a safe arid cerfaitr cure Whereas many^so called remedies merely dull the pain for a brief period, 6ephos quief entirely all trace of discomfort.


tonic to the syskemj p


eephos is not a single drug but the prescription pjf a n


E m i n e n t


Har ley S t r e e t physician and Does .l^ot Meet the Heart.


:ly removes it acts I as a


Sold by ehemists i Stoies powder Or tablet for^


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D Sole tropriclori'! Ctphoa Lld„ BlactfbUrii. '■ !


SINGLE DOSE Powdof or Tabltta ;


A LEAGUE OF NATIONS SPEAKER. Sir,—As a member of the League ol


Nations Unlo 1 1 can only say, after read Ing the remf rks of the Rev. D. M. Mac Ivor, of Oswaldtwlstle,' at the CUtheroe meeting last Week, that one must despalf of ever getting anywhere If men So minded as Mr. Macivor. are put up to put the League of Nations case. Your report which I accept as fair and accurate. Is £ mass of contradictions and inconsisten­ cies which cannot possibly be adequatel! dealt with m the short space at my dis­ posal, If any To take (^ne. “ He wondered,” sak,


Mr. Maclviir, which . nations they would have to, defend therfiselves against ' and i f ’ the agreements they were making, for that de­ fence would be adequate when thi time came.’ Well, if Mr. Maclvpr hai no Idea why we are rearming ft wen better were he to remain off the publli platform altogether and confine hlmsel: to his job Of teaching the Gospel. As to the second part of the question, gather that Mr. Macivor Is against an;r kind of rearmament. If so his question Is superfluous. To m(»t of us It'may be that we shall not be.,adequately armed when the t l ^ iomes, and pray God it never does come, but If we are able to put up some sort of resistance to the pro tagonlsts ol force and aggression It ' surely better than allowing them-to swal­ low the British nation whole, which they would quick y do If there werq nothing to’stop then. . ■


i Toitake another polht haphazard. Mf, if . . li P I I ! T " RINTING


FOR A GOOD at POBBojnabla prioes, ball


ADVERTISER AND


OF WORK at the


Macivor says; “ If they armed their sense of fair play b u s t allow other nations tp arm as we l.” As well say a red-hot poker will b irri you. The point Is that other powerful nations are arming,'anfl have been a:mlng for years,, whether we arm or noti They were arming when we were disarming, and the faster we: dis­ armed the faster they arbed. So it Is rather late m the day-to'suggest that If we arm other people must be allowed to do the samef Did we' or they begin thp game? ■


Again, Mr. ' Macivor says “ he wondprc'


OFFICES land let the dictators dOjtheir worst? Thd d still with out arms folded


presertatlon [from the air and what li then to stain


riere useless.” 'Who the test? j War. Are W


whether it was true to say th at half the arrangement now bding rna'de for ou): In the eVdnt iof an' attack


fe


them. ' I t may Perhaps he doubted Whether the antidote for bombs (hopped friim the air has been discovered, but tpe fact that we are Iri a position,, to destroy the enemy’s cities as he destroys oum


[ There are others but one wore ppifit only wiUT deal with. Says M . Maclvor. “ H e ; felt i certain' that half the 'woroen would go Ihto.hysteries i^hen they put pn a' gas maSk.” Why these: absurd specu­ lations? II for my part, am JpUy well cw-


, , -


taln they ^Wlll do nothlPg of;toe Md^ ^ e British women—look at what they we doing In every form of public and social


Ufe. In gamSs and: athletics generally— are quite [as Ukeiy,as the men to remain daim in any emergency th atm ay ^ e . Surely, hbwever, this is not; the sort of


stuff to bring to a League ; of Nations I


f . ,I am no war, monger, hence m^. mem­


bership of the League of Nations Union, hilt I do! ask for a b,etter. Un? of argu­ ment tlJafa: th a t’ put acfoss by the. reverendl gentleman at CUthCToe last


week. I t w a t ih e crudest ever seen In prmt.. ; ' A WOMAN. .


GERAlANY AND SPAIN.


I s ' no publicly elected a Parish Council to Par- Land’s End to John b’


slgnatur^iidthlng of a praiotlcal nature In It. m letters arP written to fluid riork, wages'and employiheht In tpe only


“ Slr,-H!avlng read the Mtet signed iO,” I had to cbijcMe It lyas like his


practical wPy It can be found,; On May 31,1934,1 had a long conversa­


tion with Herr Hitler’s private secretary in the next office to Herr Hitler iffi Berlin, and amphgst the things we talked about, at that'itiitle was the d6feilc6 of their


country the Versailles Treaty only aUow- Ing them a smaU army. He pointed out that they were surrounded by; ten con­ script countries, all heavily armed, Ger­ many having no'conscript soldiers was In a defericeless condition. Would any self-respecting nation stand this for long? I : No. Neither did Germany.


Then who can blatae them;? ; MPeh 'has been written about Spain,


but the iterriblp struggle noW: going on Is between the policy of deStruqtlbn and constriicklon. The policy of destruction Is Comlhunlsin. The policy of construc­ tion is I Capitalism. , The Commimlst policy Is to I “Down with capitalists,” so they down vrith labour. Franco’s policy Is to support the capitalists to lift up labourJ i ;


If Socialism and Communism wins,


salvation. These are the facts plainly put. Great


Britain.; Then why dbn’t we dne and all


stand up for our employers-afid em­ ployees, the wage-cam'drs and wage- payerb—ilz., the capitalists—with labour In all i kinds of producing factories and land, the source of all wealth and em­ ployment. Otherwise, see Mark,'111; 24: “A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand.’,’ i Neither can r ik SPaln, or anj[ other country. -A.' A. TATTERSALL.


Brownhill, Blackburn. ;; DINCKLEY FERRY,


Slr,--I am writing tp take exception tc a letterifrom the secretary of the North- East Lancashire Rairiblers’iipederatlpr; regarding the ferry at'Dln(;kley, ,whlcl' was


rpad.at the


is a r fleeflection I upon ine as owner of thi ferry, j i Every precaution Is; taken ensure jthe safety of passengers over the river, and all


Rural'District Council andirepprted li your last Issue. '


condltlbn and suitable for the purpose fo: which; ;they


the boats are In perfec a re . used.


for 12 people,


ipeetlng pt GUtherot I t Is unjustifiable, an(


t(' U haye three


boats.I [ The smallest seats four people, IS covered with sheet metal; and weigh; between 3 and 4-cwts. suitable holds 20.


Another boat 1; and the


; During all the busy periods I employ


a regular and experienced ferrymaii, and It ils only on very rare occasions-- usuallyi when an odd person wants to cross the river—that a youth of 16, In whorp i l [have the utmost confidence,


takes charge of the boat. I repeat that the boats are sultabl


ones In good condition, and everythin? possible Is done for the safety of th public.' ; ANGELO CORALLO. i Trough Hbuse Farm, : Dlnckley.


, , ' THE ROOT CAUSE. Sir,—As a ciintributor to the corresj-


pondence on the Spanish situation thaj has been carried (in in yoUr, columns should'like to add an extract from Mr. J. L. Gsitvln’s article of last Sunday In The I'Observer,” which he entitles


“ Wanted a New PoUcy—the True Bases of Coh^tructlye PpaCC.” , The extract i as follows;—’’


, “ The world-war, terrible as It wai,


would have been repaired long since but for ope thing. By the usual process cf counter-revolution the Bolshevist dlctaj- torshW, with Its creed of universal clasi


war, lid Inevitably to the natlonaU dictatorships. Lenlii was the begetter of his I great opposites, Mussolini an 1 Hitler. 1 Hence the most formidable con trasts to Europe to-day and the j appal ling spectacle In Spain.


! : ‘ “ What Is the moral? The blunte:


answtf Is ‘ Mind your oWn buslness.’ Lt t no country interfere-by any kind (f. foreign propaganda with the domestic systems and, condetps of other cOuntrle >. Bolshevism, with its original fanatlcttn of world revolution, began'the whole deadly|worfc of Interference by the sy’


stei a


atlc eilcouragement wherever possible cf Commimlst agitation and popular front Nazls|and Fascists, whatever else may te said df them, have never dreamed of cjt tending their systems to the [democratic! peoples by Iptrigpe or force. What they haveJpopp, and mepn to do,'Is to crusii the Gpmmunlsf challenge In their owi spherjep;,pnd to resist It at all costs whea classpriar reyblutlon, 'riith the intimate


.complicity and active.aid of the KremUn bids openly for triumph In other coun


, :So lonf as^the dlctatprshlj


tries 'as'ln Spain. Moscow:,was,the flr^t to enter upon a dlaristtoiis method of 1 terference. Let Moscow be the first desist i.


of the Kremlin .encourages Communkt revolution In other countries, the o f - poslte'dictatorships may claim the equal rlghtito strike back at Moscow. Another case like Spain, but'nearer toe centre qf Europe, could Hot bb lo(iall6ed,’,’ OBSERVER.


thlr()l' ,


lame question can surely be aPPbeb to,


fery wellihow easily we je Influenced by past ;han by 'Intelligent anticipation, same s(>rt of i hatd-headedness, arevalled at Versailles,; we, are no(T pay ing fordn nervous strain and gready In creasedltaxatlon.


wHat MIGHT Have been. Sir,—i Scrutator’s ”


letter llluitratei allow ourse prejudice


whlcl Surely there.can be.nothlng.mcre ob [


may have a very salutary tainly W have mwe effect then If we remain uilarmed. ^ ; ,,


vlous to-rday that. It Is thls.stres. the vlcmus distinction between Und yaEqulshed,. and Its appllcai Ion to


mg, of ylctPr


Intemationai affairs since 1919, has ccmWuted largely to the nlgl itmare we novSfind:ourselves,living to. , : y h: I I t doM not.need any special wlslorn to see thatiby kicking yoilr enemy w m n te Is downlycwdo not make a,friend M him.


whlph )f and If earller the'necessity ln


the'victorious Powers had ■


■ for lii-


ternatffial justice, Germany mlgit riell have been by now a sane and proi ressive natlonJ instead of betag regaried by


almost everybody as a diabolical f )efr(3i whom there Is.mo.escape. Inst sad ,|( vohmtarily revising a treaty whlih eyen the meri wjio made npw tofdrm us r ib a’ terrible blunder, .wej have watted fer


iHltler t(( tear It to blts,imaklng ourselves appear Trldlculous after each suicessfbl deflancri by reading him a moral lecture and then, weakly accepting eaci fait


■^^A^Se'diy GermmiV is at the uenfe of .Eur()bean unrest; because wMle the


•presentlteconotalc system ol Europe ednr tlnues, Germany stands In serlo is need


reason that such would have to be, pak for in teU n g , .which she has iipt .got. When “i Scrutator” says, "Let 1 here;be


, ,— i . - - - la id .


iGermav colonies, for the verj simple , n . - .


ol colonies, with access to raw miterims. It Is useless to say that Germany can get afiy an.bunt of raw materials frem non-


lend to the discussion as to wheiher iric should i r should not Return.to Germany


' her I re-war colonies,” that is un- ' doubtt dly speaking tp’ the point withbut mlnch ig imatters,. But I suggest th at If we In Sis country protest .that we deMe peace above all things, then we caMot make that'desire for, peace conpatlble with the determlnatlbn not to lacrlflce for Its]achievement ohe spare foot of pur gains bom the Versailles’Treaty,


,1 There Is no reasonito believe that the :


then Spain goes down to atheism and slaverji.; if Capitalism wins,-thin Sp£dn goes dp to Christianity an(l labour’s


•pointin’ tenaciously Istlcklng to them. lihls [question of ['colonies vlll .'Un­


condlUiJns of life Ini our own rouifjry wouldTlje In the slightest degree altei ed If some"portion of land were to b3 tra is - ferredlpot necessarllj/ the same l ^ d ms Germihy had before the war but to Germariy It would bejof the utmost Im- p o r& C . in any case, if It were'the th at .top return of colonies to ( ermany wouidThave no effect 'on her c conopuc posltwnj then obviously neither; an they be of iiSe to anyone else, and th ire Is no


doubtedly have to be j part of any sg ls- factoiy'!settlement [of European prob­ lems, lafid In such aiSltuatlpn would, lot generbsTty not onlytibe good etfics,; out ttie best; policy fromthe point o. vleri of self-lWest? With [Germany enga jed In the peaceful exploitation o: neyly- acqUlred land, and the feeling of gpod‘ will that a friendly [grant wou d create, the probabiUty would be, not tthatj she would ihake it a ‘[jumping o f grOtod


see s


“e


for further demands,’’ but th£it ve shpuld fazl-lsm losing Its appeal, vlthtpn-


poUC!


“quefit'deslrable "changes in Gerpian R, WALaBANl


POUITRY KEEPEl^ SHOUL ) UNITE. Sir, -A s tlie Cllthbroe Poultr;' Society’s


delegfte to ;the Lancashire I'ederatlon


' meetlig last Saturday, at Prpsxm, I was particularly impressed by the ekcellent orlTgiven' by Mr.' (3. Warre IFalrhurst, chairman ana


SocletV, riho formed part of t ie L^ca- shire ielegatlon to.'the Housf of Com­ mons, o n ; February 15th, 1 efOrej an urgently summoned;meeting o: the Lan­ cashire Members of Parliament arranged to brng I about Immediate' Goyem- ihent ibtlon In vleri of the leplorable and chaotic state of the poultr: ? Industry In the iountry, the result of thi excessive Importation of foreign eggs.


chalrifian of the East'Lancashire Poultry -


' ■■'‘ - ' a n i 1 To tiiose members I of the poultry In­


dustry/whether large or smill In the CUtheroe district who are satlifled t ) sit


'on the fence and say nothlni: and pay nothing, whilst the Lancashhe Federa­ tion (to which the CUtherc e Poultry SocletV I Is affiliated), are itrugdllng might pnd main to restore th i Industry to a co]und economic basis, I say, ,1s It


fair? , The local society consists cf oTOlals


who give their time I for the leneJt of all In he Industry In the dlstrlcjt whether members or not. Surely they are entitled to £ stn


moral and financial backing ihan, get at present, othervflse the lo( al S' will qe driven out of exlstem e, a[


ager they ilety ,d If


that deturs poultry keepers anti farlners will lose a sound organisation that 1 to bring their troubles hejforel Ministry of Agrlcultiire. I whs proud to support the uiianllhous ' .................. “ Wmiam


able toe


vote 6f thanks to Sir M.P., |on Saturday, for the Axei part he is taking in fighting tlie ci the industry with the Ministry of culture; As our piresldent, 3r. said: “Sir William lias concluilvel welfare of Lancashire poultry iceep| and ought to nave the si luni of every poulljry keepe'/, lai


' marked “Cold stored pr preserv. id,” whilst the foreigner Is allowed to spll Ills as


“ Iihported new laid.” . , My final appeal, ils: Join the local ■ Society.


society. It will cost you-Jd! a wee|i for your protedtlon arid i will be a i Inspira­ tion and encouragement to toe local men to .wolrk still harder on. your bihalD On I behalf of the GUthercte Ppultry [JAMES CROpK.


out what effect Imported cold-s ioreL — have on new laid prices. Do j ou realize that the majority of these best quality eggs are produced at about the ?ame period when our own produetk n Is f t its highest! and prices are lowest? I t fol­ lows men th a t prices are such that It Is not a paying proposition for thCse foreign eggs to|be placed In the Brito h market, so toeyiare placed.In storage u itH prices begin to rise,then they are systematlcaEy placet bn our markets at pricis usually well li advance of what rie pro lucetls get for oijr eggs produced during the [flush perlod|, and dealers finding En;lish [sup­ plies running short, I begin to push the “Imported new laid,” which in i wsticases have . been stored sometimes for months, and I nave no doubt Some of yo ir readers who'aie not fully aware of thij will say, " ’Thefi why don’t we do the sar le?” Quite so! /toe reason Is thqt If British [eggs are paced In cold storage f i r rb/ease when prices are better, when they are taken out of storage they have to be


heart, port small. I rionder If


I)' eggs ght


rass, lary le of grl-


ielm, the


s at


[sup- ;e or


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ves athCi


Thl! I


WHALlEY COMPANY’S SUCCESSFUL SECOND EbmON,


CROWDED AUDIENCES,!


So popular did the [first edition of Players on parade ” prdve last year that the Whalley Players had'.every confidence in submitting a


secoh(l edition, to the


public on Friday and Saturday evenings, ■In the form of a lavishly produced revue, this sedond venture, provided ia: ■


splendid fare, with; ItePis grave l nd gay cleverly


Interspersed to' suit eveh the nlost jaded palate. Beautiful In [conception, the revue was spectacularly presented witn plenty of spued, brisk action, and clever acting. Not a single nilnute was .wasted, and If any criticism can be made.lt is th a t there: were times rihpn the aUdlence


felt the players had not quite toe. material to ribrk upoii Ithat their; talents deserted. For the resmlts achieved and


I inesthiiable amount of time and patience must have been expended, m d toe un-: sthited applause glvfen by the audience Would give to the playets th at personal sense df i satisfaction] which comes to those who try and succeed. A brightly produced number; “ I t s


'dltlon to a rousing chorus,.a troupe of dancing girls dalntfiy exhibited the terpslchdrean art. A satire on the present craze for physical fitness fol Idried, in [Which Winlfted Watson; gave a


time to.say'‘Good Morhlng,’ ” Introduced the au(ilence to the company, and In ad-


clever impersonation 6f the leisure lady


obsessed by this latest lashlon. She had excellent support front Mary Greenwood, Janie Plrt, Margaret Mitchell,' Lilian Baxter and Guy Bunting.


'FERY HIGHLY SKILLED, Nell Mactaggert provided pleasing


variety jn toe proceedings with his selections a t the planb, revealing a skill far above the o rd ln ^ . A beautiful phantasy, “ Little Laicquer Lady/’ dealt with toe theme of a Mandarin’s daughter who preferred toe attentions Of a beauti­ ful singer (Reginald Trippler) to the gifts of her court. Mary Greenwood riad the principal role and bthers takliig part were Doris Brbadley, Lfilah Baxter, Betty Baxter, trito Muriel jWalne and! Edith Meadowefoft as two dancers. TTie first broadcast of a Yorkshire


village choir provided excellent material for a burlesque oh H.B.C. programmes. Mr. Jack Kenyon was toe announcer, and members of the choir were Messrs. H. smith, C. Taylor, G j Bunting, -D. Start, R. Howairth ahd Q. 0. Taylor.


’


Nell Mactaggert rias i harassed assistant ahd Jake Kbnjrbn i petplexed shop- rialker. I Alibther s to r t sketch, "Three Guns,” coheetoed ;hfee melancholy sportsman, Messirs. Q Bunting, Ci Taylor and R. Haworth, who were not successful as marksmfen, and ah ither (G. C. Taylor) who achieved good tBSults by guile. A further opporturilty fpf Reginald Trippler to use his glorious'tellbr voice was pro- .vlded ih the item, ‘ The riay you look to-night,” :in which Muriel 'Walrie and Nell Mactaggert was i harassed assistant dancing mirnbel'.


;A MUSICAL parody,


‘ ; One of the best sketches of the evening was the musical pa ody, '‘iThe Lodger’s Lament,” In which Mr. H.! Smith made a vicious looking hndlady. and had a motley ; crew of biarderS In Margaret Mitchell, Janie P l r t Winifred Watson, (Mabel Thompson, Doris Bijoadley, Betty Baxter, Douglas Stfflt, Ronald Haworth, Geoffrey Taylor anil Ce'drlb Taylor. A song and ballet, “ Rendezvous with a Valentine,” In which June 'Pudner made a charming cupld completed the first half of the programme. Nell Mactaggert and Muriel Walne a so took! leading parts In this number.


i Nothing could have been more appro­


priate than “ Connatlon Parade,” i cleverly conceived dance In which the great event of the year rias pleasingly portrayed. A screanlngly [funny sketch, “ British Characte',” satlred a typical working class home where! all the mem­ bers of the family i re self [Centred. Nell Mactaggert, as toe young man Intro­ duced by his ladylc ve to her family for toe first time, hit on . ai novel Idea of securing the attention of [the family by playing the Natloaal Anthem., Maty Greenwood gave hlr i excellent support as his sweetheart, and the family were ad­ mirably delineated; by Doris BfOadley, Roland; Haworth, Janie Plrt, Betty Bax­ ter, Lilian Baxter, and Guy[ Bunting. One of the most lavishly presented Items rias Reginald Trippler in black and white nent of a delightful


“ Dancing Melodies, Singing' In a study to the! aceompanl dance by the troupe


i HUMOROUS .interludes: A series of shore sketches, under the


,tlne Painting.” This was ia magnificent Item depleting the Madonna and kneel- -Ihg attendants. Dprothy Taylor was the dentral figure andi her Vocal Item rias


.rendered with great skill and admirable .discretion. The other members taking part were Janie Plrt, Lilian Baxter, Doris Broadley, and Mabel ’Thompson. ' 1116 [Story of a lady barber,who,had


suspicions as to toe fidelity of her svfaln was excellently rebunted In toe clever farce, i “ Barbarous Work.” Winifred Watsonl was a most unorthodox barber her! chief victim.


.to Harry Smlt Mitchell the mlschlm maker.


Roland! Haworth wi responsible for toe


a fitting conclusion “ Fbntasy Fair,” in pany took part.


A bright entertali ment rias brought to


by the! musical Item, which [toe full Cpm-


CREDIT TO DHSS [TAYLOR.


the performaiice goes to Miss Dprothy (Continued foot of next column.):


Mucli of the c redt for the sliccesb of


title of “ Impossible Hdppenlngs,” de­ picted In humorous fashion well-known Jokes. I This Item Iwas followed by the smart icome^, “fflow ’Train to Wolver- haiiipton,” which told of the wiles 6f ^ French'lady to seedre a robin for herself and her husband. The characters viere splendidly impersonated by Nell Mactag­ gert, Mary Greenwood, [ Douglas Start, Jack Kenyon and (seoffrey Taylor., Dic­ tators riere wittily parodlfed In another number, “Nudity Is Strength.” Harry Smith took toe honours as the brawny sergeaqt, and Cedric Taylbr was a most Impressive dlctaton The| raw recruits consisted of Nell Mactaggert, Geoffrey Taylor,! Douglas Start, Roland Haworth, Guy Bunting, and Jack Kenyon. Special mention should be made of toe beautlfuly devised iongiscena, “ Floren-


choir'day services at the Congrefeailona Church on Sunday.


[ in the.-morhlng the anthem, “Rejoice


the Lord,” was choir, The Rev.


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by toe preacher and py toe singer Ibelng compared or contrarted, and salq that this should not be done, as-the twi do-operatlve and co-rdjatlve. I t hai said “ Preaching was [the 'sowing seed, and singing was as the su that draws the beautiful and boi harvest from the sofi.” Thus, Mrl Sin­


. .


me teh


clair said, preaching rias basic andlfurid- amental, while slnghlg was final ahd ' ■ this point of view •lyk


lastlfi#, so toat-ftom | toe preacher; had 1 place and toe singer particular place.


Ih toe evening, the choir were In /x- i ;| i


ceUent form - gnd the singing of the an- thbms, “Oh Sing unto toe Lord” and “Illft up to God the; Voice of Praise,”'wis vtry


beautiful. A t|:k>r “U / t thine eyes] to the hills,” was most effe(jtlvely interp^etated by i Mesdames E. Coates, Forrest and i Ward, and an Impi'esslve Item I was a i duet, “Night Is the Coming of a dream,”


suhg by Mesdames Hiralker and Forrkt. Mdsdames Houlker ar^d Ward andjMessrs. Turner and Ward ga,ye an eloqueht ren­ dition of the quartette, “God so loVed the W(irld,” and'a solo, ‘‘/Vblde with me,”1 by ; Mrs. Ward was highly appreciated. Mr. ; Ajrpold Taylor was at the organ, hfs sym­ pathetic playing being jvery helpful [and' cohtributlng much t<> the full enjpyment of the services. Mrj Sinclair; based Ills se/mibn oh a text frqmithe Book i


™ e n the morning " As Dateless


tols was Ithe iolr In toe Bible.


tars sang together.” As Creation.”


of 'Job,


_Jst thought of th( church choir?” and| not an lnven l


flpst referenci) to a ' He asked, “ Who bright Idea of a


creation. I t'wa s ijot an extrd inhovatloni but something arising the order .of things qs a great necessity, something as dateless as dreatlon.


added that ^ choir .Ion so 'much as a or an; out of I


Itl was not an after rnought, but some­ thing in the very fibrlc of things from the beginning. Spbklng to the choir specially, Mr. Slncldlr said: "YoUrs Is a great work, carrying! with It a great re- spnslblllty. You fill a solemn place in; the work of the chukch, and you should | bring yourselves, to It In a spirit of con-; secratlon and (dedication.” In closing,: Mr. Sinclair pointed [but that nearly every great movement In ithe world had either been cradled In muilc and song or had issued In It. He g^Ve two examples. The first was toe Reforinatlon, frojn which Issued a'great) era [ of poetry and song when, as John Richard Green sa d In his short history, i‘[' England became a nest of] singing birds.’ The (Other great example; was the evangelical revival of the 18th! century, which gave ms toe Wesleys. They could never forget Charles Wesley, whose hymns were s mg, byj every denomination]. They ought t i bewaie any movement in toe national life which could not result ■


in song. ' A feature o : toe church work this winr ' !l ■ I ' ,


ter has been the social hours jheld ort Sunday evenings after the service.; The Series was briught to a close, on SimdayL , when upwards of 100 assemhieq In thb school. R^reshments were S'irved by ; the Sunday BChool teachers, and there,; was a very enjoyable programme of music • by the CUtheroe Parish Church handbell. ; ringers.! Mr H. C.'iPye conducted. The,': Items Included “ Sweet and Lowl • • Flow ‘j Gently Sweetj Afton,” “ The Beljs of St.•, Mary’s,” Handel’s “ Largo,” '• Home, sweet - home,” “ Rim ngton',r “Drink to me only


'and “ The Ebter Hvmn.” Every, Item ; iwas very; much appreciated


l)he


igatherlng enthusldstlcaUy applauded. [The ringers, and otl/ers who had! assisted In arranging the socials during the, win­ ter, were thahked oh the-propoMtloniof' toe Rev. J. A. Sinclair, secondei^ by Mr.


F. Turner. Lancaslire Maty Coancil. INCREASED RATE PROPOSED. The budgk which the Ldncashlre


County Couiicll adopted yesteiday pro vldes for an estimated expenditure of £7,849,260, represehtlng an Infcrease of £365,763 on the estimate fbr the closing year. The total Increase In reqillrements


Is £168,936. j, l[ : ' , The Flnaiice Committee recjimmends


the levying of a rate of apprc^xlmately 4s. 5d. in the! pound for toe first half of toe year. 'This rilU n'ske 8s. 9yd. for toe luU year! an Ihcrease of 2d. in the pound, and tq keep[|toe rate dovn to this figure toe appropriation from bblance of £414,184 Is rqcomnlended.


' For' generM county purposes the rate


will be apprdxlmately 2s. 9|d., of which Is. 4id. Is In respec’t of public afeslstance,


respect of lelemehtary educhtlon is Is. 5yd., higher education 5yd. a^id police nearly 5Jd.


lid. highways and ‘ 5yd. public health.


bridges, and nearly The rate proposed m


expertlri rendered by the V. J. Al| Sinclair ribs tpe


Great success attended th e ; ahnukr ji


Congregational Sermons.


ir "The Fire B


REV. J. A. SINCUIR ON RELATllOb SHIPS OF PREACHER AND SINGER.


.-'Sldered a list . and delivery o Are I engine t Engineer repo of engines.- ■


-'chalbnan (Coi . consultation w arrange with ltd .) for a de. engine, and a Couhcll to aci Messrs; Walmfii


.'supply of Mes^r, fire engine tendj ■of the Minister


[borrowing anc drarilngs, etc., 'sultatlon with : and Ithe Fire B


! .The Borou Ithe Fire of the'require; for the ensudn


:The Flna


uniforms and estimate nee and


mlttfee with a unlfbrms, etc,


Tne Flnknc_


ilnarV consider 'the [various t ending 3lst M!


.statement iwl" General Rate In due course


'Committee. posi


'Hall The Finance


;ion of and the


.approved !prq\ (Treasurer ibeln


I Brlgadl


the!


in mlation tb | estaplished potf (tlon' Act.


It!


-each case the j | band and wife atedl on 31st the circumstahi


tlon! o f ' the Ac| April, 1937; Mi 'caretaker of tl


, etc., [and Mr. I the Ribble^da same remunerai


[ of servlcej api the present


ments of husbaj Mr. Burnett a ii assistance (win ivives dr any approved by leqiiire'to perl


'Can/ed out I j joltjtly in eac^'


The .Finan toe [Borough


[allegation n; traetoriengai erectioil of t| waq not pay. wage^ in acq •conilitjons; of


ajmeetir


-Alderman Mpi tloq of th e ' ■which had 'Wobne-lane. Highways Co imoyed to a


ha


Tpe ’Town (Jl


Committee re | iiMinistry iof tft ’ £800 tor .Ambulance,


t i l The Mayor


wefe author mlttee to attp ■of the -Chief


-be (held ™ I ■16th. nth an I '


tect's repress posfed alterat am)


the The [Town


■Watch Commi' Olelrlc of. the '7 Chief Consta i


arE agteed for tli


•out theinece] addiUoiia alt scheme pref i o r ) ,a t tl existing from 1st


vej the cil


neri lease at I t Was: agreq terjnS be acc prqval'of thb'


l[he folIoiv[


by 'the H ambndments of fehop fro: CUtheroe A


Mr. G.’ houses


Plan of alti Hotel [ for Plan of new lor 12


A. Smith, an 13.: Parsp


a t


; Highways C ; thp owners with regard byj the owfii


'The Boro


■ and resolve; 'egl


• port withjri , I n i I t ijwji; Parker,' sCc;


Taylor, who devised many of the items, and also designed and pahited thp scenery and many pf the costumes. Misp Ida Shaw contributed towards tlie success with her skilful work as producer, and Miss C. Briggs had[bharge of a Very able group of dancers. !| All taking ipart are to be congratulated upon the presenta­ tion of what was a! really first (ilass proi ductlon, - I J i


i The proceels of l;he effort a n for the


^ the Innocent male rouble and Margaret. (


benefit of ton Blackburn and Ejast Lan­ cashire Royay Infirmary and the Whalley District Nursing Astoclatlon, and as there were crowded audiences both nights there Is every indication that) another substantial sum will be realised.


. .As


usual, the eventwaV held at thb Caldery stones 'Theatfe, through the amuucoo toe managers, The society arq also in­ debted to Drl GiU, the staff; at Calder- stones for their iasslstancC, [and the Calderstenes orchestra, under the leader­ ship of Mr. R. V. Crocket, for —


incidental thitslc.


miinlcate w geited.


'The. Lon I


Railway Cc clean out tlji bridges to


lliei Tori


Highways and dVaft Mduchel ai [to j their at glneers in i


bridge and mdn. iln c Clerk I and power to s


. ■Sewage 'Woi Regardin'


. reported ;a's • complete't the estlma structlon vi


A ail


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