CLITHEIfOE I a d v er tiser AlI^D TIMES,! FRIDAY^ |SEPTEMBER 24,,-1937, • iKi|! CHATBURN


, c o w DANGl


CILl RO U S ROAD


,OR B LfeAZARD An d


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I C G N G E S T IpN .I "


compMe cantefen of cuMery for six iler- sons afift an Imaginary dinner to serve. A good point I did pick up which


FA T A li AC C ID E N T S L IK E L Y . A R O U N D A B O U '


F O b


Bretson pointed I out is essential to -the smoothi-runnlngjl domestic machlnej Is


that always a Butler must flnd‘ out ,the cook's liame andicall her by It.. , “ NeVer call a,book ‘Miss’,’’ says>Bret­


son. “ Ask her!the name and csU h er by It. Remembbr;your whole Job depends


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W A t)D IN (^T O N ■p JU N C T IO N T E R R A C E


je a rs of successful servipe Ini the stately ^lomes.l


non Eltzroy, Comm'&s, has; tented an_oid parson|age,


The news th


A SPEAKER’S ROMANCE Captain the Hon'Al^er-


)eaker of the House of


now a Iprivate jhpuse, in Sutherlah^.ihas caused many people to wonder if h e tnay not oiler his resignation shortly; Gap- tain FitzRoy has held the Spedkerbhlp since June, 1928, and has proved one 6f • — '


the greatest Speakers i ’n history.,


Interest has been aroused by , Robert Henj-ey’s book “ A Century BeWden” (Heineman) in which the story is itold


Ini Parliamentary circles considerable • .


iage a hundred years ago with Hannah, beautiful daughter of Mr. N, Ml de Rothschild, founder of the ' London house bf Rothsbhlld.


how' Captain FitzRoy’s uncle, the Hon. Henry FitzRoy,! made a romantic marr­


centuiy ago became Deputy Speaker and although the higher office was denied to hini, it was left to his nephew to bepome Speaker a hundred years later.


This ■ b rillian t; young politician 'of a I MEN WHO MATTER-No. 17,


of Cahada , lawyer, statesman, best­ seller novelist and historian, jLord Tweed srauir is best known as ‘‘ John Buchan,” the man'whose books—he has written more ] than sixty i under | th a t namej-have thrilled young'and old for the p is t twenty years. It was from plain Mr. Buchan, iM.P.


Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General


on whether thb cook Is your friend." Bretsop' should I know-.after his mjmy


R O A D


Tuesday ; evening; occupied ^ minutes, jail thfe committee minutes


The proceedings! a t the mibnthly meet- ing of I Clltheroe Town


Clltheroe Tovh Council'led


I remains' before (he November Voting. What •■-, ted "Autumn t


was' likely ,to avoid an elects November' 1st. Ths .meetingl SO'thbt oply one


K t _


of the Council. Eb’eri if they ato still misting IV _.


I then! I [expect they --ill occur elsew rr .L... j.w.m


Bleaz'ard drew tfie attention of the Watch Committee to the heavy volume of week-enci traffic In Chatbiton-roat. and said th a t unlebs sbmethlng Iwas dofae. It was unsafe for pedestrians even to be on. the footpath. Hh asked th a t the Wateh Committee shbuld consider the matter a t the next me'etliig.


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cWflrmeh udthouV 0P P® ltlp h ,^ ^ ^ S v t o trib u tfto Itwo promtoent cltliens - - - - - - - I c o u h c i l l o r I


Coubcll, on ' onlvT teii I tomstolng' to shy. On Tuesdw,-the Mbyor ^ b e to g I'was chief spok^maTf^n .unusual role m a


It was his duty [to cqK for fornlal resolutions meetrn;.' First of


resolutions to tl.e mi more than a sertenc Councillors muit-ha tired; as the Mtyor liad on several occas


Confinnlng the minutes ,and [to put those writes a motorin' friend, “for roada to other parts' of


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presided and othefs presenf, were Alder-' ' irien R. Hanley, W. H. Seedall, J. Taorn- ber, R. Parker, and Councillors I. T. Rushton A. HalWws, W. Wllklnspn, M., French, A. RJ BlCazard, W. Wllklnso^ and G. pewhurst;


Plnder, J. TOWN’S LOSS.


, work which would be remembered' most “


that he was elevated almost, overnight to the exalted! position of First Gentle­ man fin Canada. , Democrats in ; th a t Dominion cheered when they heard th a t a plain “ Mr.” iia s 'th e ir Governor-Gen­


eral designate; |


Lord who


aUUUfilbm


Twebdsmulr of i Buchan, their Governor, siidiile Scot, nian of letters and brilliant orator, is a map who has democracyinear


appointment j !■ have . discpvered i.th a t I ,


had experienced th a t little dis­ VyiXW I


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o UIl ivil OUI.UOU [iiv Tweedsmuir,' and


the . — ““V • r “ •’ I tol hjs heart.


SCiOOL FOR EMPIRE BDHiDERS T - .


lea


Ich Ihe


Ire |nglen


lean and rugged of countenance, [iiig called to|the Bar as ,a' youn acted as ; private secretary


ber of what was known as the Mfmer “ klidergarten bf Empire builders.' I t wks in South Africa too, th a t^ he gatiered muth of the colour iwhlch went to the backgrounds of his adven- tur ; novels.- 1


ibuth Africa.


lilner, then 'High Commlsslonbr in ,n niuua. Here he became almem-


Scottish Dnlversltles from 1927f J o t a Bubhan found ;time to carry on his ac­ tivities as a nbyellst, historian,-pp.et and


ifven when [he was Tory M.P. .for the : .i- bio; ;rapher. JACK LONDONER e Tennis A s so t ia t io n


royal blue, and the others in thelf selec^; tlbh from the' two blues, green, blacK and


ntaroon. fch


ler- Ith-


St. proe


St. :lsh


ribblesdale


peited next frear. This story of addlttons is being told in almost every district, where table j tennis Is played, and ^ th a t


ise in clubs. Whereas there were 13 ; year, - there are 15 now, :ei ily th a t


i n l can n furither progress can.be ex-


be, proud of; Its in- and it


, , i a ,1 ea I 1st. Division.


Iver- Tiffer tided Dnly


be to lards


I late 1 the


Iwlth are


Is to nper red


Ights Ims). tided


ser- |y no prva-


lalley plves. oyal


larish Isdale on in


■ blue, letho- M St.


j uc is


means in every part of the country. The North East Lancashire Association


is assisting 'in this object of spreading thb game. ; In its seven leagues there are 15‘; clubs playing In Accrington, Burnley, Blgckbum, Nelson, and the Ribblesdale


i,6rd Tweedsmuir is sixty-two


ad man, to Lord


Atall,fter rirtvomnr


Almost immediately on i top ofj th a t news, came word that a Barpny had been conferred on|Mr. Buchan.


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|He sailed as politicians


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to do with'the deVelopmeh Ing A.ssqclatlon. which wgs now doing such valuable' work. Possibly h e r , work for the lAssoclatibn . would [be the ;most lasting of al^ thp notable i service! Mrs^ Whlpp rendered to the borough.


all cases of sickness and suffering and th a t kindly liiteree*st had probably much


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dlHerenu sphejre and he fe no bettm than pdss on thP observations was sppaklng


Mr. B a rre tt. served, In


death. ,!l HI,s I friend said that Barrett’k work wab his hbbpy a-nd was his aim to make the best qu; gas at the lo'west possible [cost, was a flhe epitaph for a man; wl gas engineer In Cllthefoe for half tury. In recalling the service o:, two cltltons the Council Would desire to pay a tribute of respect. - |


of a frlehd with grhom he on the iaornlhg following


,h a t f t these . I


This the members did by standing for b space iln silCnce.


Committee came up for Alderman Ma aley referred of the Committee to erect or obstruction, in School-tCrrace, i and said he had Intended mov ng an amend­ ment th a t thp minute should he deferred back tor further consldCi;atlon,lbut he noticedIthat his seconder Was absent.


A I NEW ROUNDABOUT When'the minutes of


the Highways consideration,


to the decision a roundabout.


que.stlobi ?


The Mayor Would you I like to ask a i


I wculd'jllke (e know what| width there Is going to be.lfor a-vehicle' (o pass this obstruction on each side when Ip Is put


Alderman Manley: Yes I will do'that. ,, i., ,


Highways Committee)- spld, th a t when the scheme was proposed In the fest place he opposed it, but After discussing the whole question, he touhd th a t the arrangement! was only a temporary-one,


up in Schdoirterrace Alderman Parker (Chairman of the


an entirely t he CO lid do


Mr. Ba,rrett’s Mr.


.0 was . cen-


Ity of [That


ness, the Mayor said th a t since the last meeting! two |well known [citizens had been called hbme, Mrs. Whlpp and Mr. Barrett. Mrs. Whlpp served Clltheroe In many ways, he said. For fopr consecutive years shfe wasj Mayoress, bi^t perhaps the


Before Introducing the ordinary busi­


was th a t for ItheUohn Eastham 1 Nuurses Home add the CUtheroe Nursing Associa­ tion.


The Mayor (Councillor oJ Hargrt aves) Is usual in Sepbrnbe


to ask [for a swond two- hands up,’l he


______ I HEARD B ■athe amustog Incident t o


Entering the sck chamber, le ,MUrteoii8ly Inquired if unci i was better, th :n, lor a t(me, sat twiddling hfa car. Pinallj he;rore from the chair, obviously wantmgjo te off, and bloving towards the door, said WeU, uncle, I must.be goin?.” Before dojmg, the door, he turned to his rela live and at ded: 1 1 .ope Vou get better 1" Utde said a: t e r r o ^ / the laugh had (fone pim more pood than


week: it hpppeied locally ^ A:small|boy went to sei! an [uncle who was not well.


: •yj^ALKING throjigh the cjastle pqilnds was


medicine. the other day, I


ittuck'by the


She wgs partlcularlV sollcltbus in_ well mdeed, ant, are a constant] tribute to, t skill of the stafl.


[the eyes of all. The gardens


'and-the “flags” were to strings suspended the birds away.


[ Iman-of the ciy- wll propose .‘^ e ^ l ^ y .of toe


Viscqunt Duchy of Lam astet. Division (Mr. Altogether thii


Lancaster,''■'aim to the--toast V-Our-iGui Daridson, ex-Chanbellor of


ter’s history aUd the elevation of the bor pugh to city status will n;ituraUy ferm one o. the episodes in tie proiesslon on the folic wing Saturday whh twenty chapt:rs m Laaca^ ter's long stor! will be depicted. TOuraay q


H. Ramsbottom) will respond, willle a great day in'Laicas-


and the Member fof the


proceedings, by the Way, will fqnn the stpjea of [next Pridsy’s “Brief Chronicle” _iil .the Noithem programmg_of toeJp.B,C. .1 Jearn


with pleasure that iMr. Frank Dugdale, ,. V . . . . .


prbceedmgs.


locbl jou'maliit, has been ........ - bH.C. to give this eye-witness account qi tne


u ... -liectedi bjt the


'that every member of the'Council could go and['look at It. Surely ;they were not frlghtebed of a test, aUd the meeting after everyone had had time to |see the scheme! was 'the time to [ go Into the matter?


and the obstruction was being put up so a Alderman Manley saldl th a t o i being I ‘ ' L '. TRAFFIC PERILS.


excessive speed of trafihciln Cnatbum- road?’f Councillor Bleazard;asked,;when


area. Withi the l Ileagues not in member­ ship there must be 300 table tennis clubs in North East Lancashire. New' leagues have sprung up this winter at Aocrfng" ton, Bacup,'Darwen, and Colne.


taking part to a great sport y?hlch is rapidly spreading. By assisting [the or- nlsing oijBclals they are-doing their bit push the game even more. I t 18 good


; players will thus realise th a t they are


to know that Ribblesdale players and cl jbs help |ln this way. '


SCHGNELL’S jFORECAS'T |!


C Itheroe iMoor Lane to beat [Whalley Church Institute;!, ‘


C .itheroe Knights of St, Columba to beat Cllthetoe Catholics, j


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Whalley ' Conservatives I to beat Read ' Conservatlyes.


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Whalley Reading Room to lose to Whal­ ley M( f th odi st s. - - , - !'


-' i 2nd Division. , ; . ' li


■Wacidington to draw Iwlth - Clltheroe I Knights-ofiSt. Cblumba., il


Rlbblesdahans to beat Clltherqe Parish Church. ; li


Olltheroe Mount Zlou to lose to Glltheroe St. Jatnes’si , i


P '• :' ■ -I - - ■ ■


ters’ shopi at pinewood, Buckinghamshire, film studios this! year was £890., ' 'r ouWe are spending perhaps larger stuns on


The annlal bill for hails used jn , carpen­


other country in the Wood. ''


r health and jhousmg services [!than any world.-Slr[ Kingsley


due to eccnomlc; causes. | Town life is less arduous and more amusing.—Lord' Treht.


The drift from the tountry is only In part was orgailsed jby vas 'a programme


phatburnl .Chilrcli Instltutfe to beat i Clitheroe Conservatives, ri,


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, of traffic th a t it was extrbmely dangerems for pedestrians to be there, [eveil on the|


the Watch i Committee mlautosi were being'considered. He bald th a t last] Saturday he was walking down Ghat- burn-road arid so hea-vy was the, volume


biggest slnriers were the; big going [ th ro u g h 'th e torra on Saturdayj.


morning. !


and motor cars dodglnri ;ln and out oi them,” Councillor Bleafeard continued, “ Unless soiiethlng Is done?It I sp p t saf( to be In Cha,tbum-road arid 1 suppose, tm same hppiles to Whalley-ro&d. Ilisaw ' ieiyer tferich on I! am|


"It[was a terrible sight to see ban dozen: coaches coming


, ' J I I 'i « the road


something should be done or else will bfe a fatal accident thete.';’


car aljnost fun into the Saturday morning and


• disposing ol the forma the afeenda.


for tlie Wafeh Committee, and doubt they] will bear In have bald.. The Council went'lnto


ThdiMayrir: This Is


really mind


READINI


Reading Rriom and heldipn FrMay even­ ing at


committee


reiord offpnrtflnr.fi fS a danc6 I vc thankf il p ple,eo the


FENDLEfTON; attendance


room ,


‘E. Bylott,! W. Cowperthwalti SUnger. Refreshments a laflles committee, and proved most enjoyable, amo inted to .about £7,


Mr. T. Battersby’s Band and of M.C, were, ably carried [out


th e village institute. of music was


Were The


1 DANCE,-[-’Theiie jestlyal hyfnns^i-^ at


bame year. ye


si pplled by, A CLITRERCIe visitor, to Blackpcol, Mrs. she discovered-an outbreal


J ^ splendM


toff duties jy’Messrs.


the proceedings proceeds


served by and If.


Cambrea, I rlvate she was stiylrig? clothes cupboard


large pile o'o greaves slouted


.... ,


British Legion, in siccesslon t) the Rev. S. E. Harper, who ecentiy left tot district pwlng to ill-health ci ntracted while serving wiljh the. Forces durmi the war. Mr. Rogerson is already well mown to members of toC; Legion and he formed one of toe-conlmgent ofj blind soldiers who, wlto- ')toer coi^des, marcheo past the King and Queen In Ryde Park some weeks ago. I e took holy orders after Joshig his sight In the war, and is one of Uie best


manently until a furthet Vbpprt had been [‘ ” received he )would riot PJirsUe tl|e;ques-' tlon.


ssured th a t nothing would be dpne per- di?tnct, as also


known and most popular clergymen! in this in the Burnley area. I


“What Is being donefp[ regw to thel Rotary Club of Ohtheroe, takes active ntereqt in not


Rogerson finds'his 'way about his wide pamh rrithout appa ent dlfflcully, dpes nottotoitate to'undertake iong train Journeys alone^ keeps t himself thororighly I abreast o


iq ^ He is, for instance, a


council of to ofi toe M en ational Senice


Mtnath He was bourid to admit the of[ toe R.A.O.li. travelled in tifo motor < linriorc -rooTo t.rifl htiT IcOaches 1 to!Newchurch-ln-P?ndle OB lfefefeesd(a;


to' Newchurch-ln-Pbndle on Wednesday even- |!g, there to ittend the induition of the Rev,


Edgar Smith es to| the vicar|ate. ember


omi,e sixty n ^ 'e l l a^ in , of toe home are bishops,


certam, d therne


have nri h a t you W^whlch is;


inattef


cdmml ;tee after ! resoTlitldns ori


during the " '


“The three Order! of toe Ct priest I and beaions”; ,:“ -3iris of


lust is muFwitli the Juic led s(queezeb out"; Londot ,,i in:luded


i boys” school at Tooting, ^ u th tlie[


following


omission, witch'the Prayer are the sms [.whjeh wei, 1 commit.”


a modem caurch festlvaFit ■


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'(1854), but Archdeacon Deplson held, a har- ................. [______ at East Brent,


best festlvi-1 in nls churcl first year of'the Crimean War


0 a proclaiiatlon of Queen ------------- ,, - 1 special thpnksglpng -for a [bountltol harvest


'"‘'.■■'. I** has been traced Victoria ordering


in cl urche: and chapels just'ridw?- As '-


(jriglnated the :h is [being celeb


___-ated everywhere chap


' some years beford toe Qiiedn’s proclamation,


(ofeDean com


ofe


.omersetslfe; to 11843, and (the famous poet- jreacher, Hawkef, of Moriwenstow, held a limilar 'seirioe In his Cornish pari h that .Thq most. popular of harvest Alford’s “ <3ome, e“_was written


R,,H irgreayes, of Wllsori-street had an exett


ng. experience 11 n [Moriday,. when k' of fire


.urch of itogland Book refers to,


,ave omitjted to aarvest[ 1 estival,


esteem in the Ort.er, as town gererahy, Crown” Lodge '0 motor coaches


lECENT lariswilrs to exahflnatiojr papem set at


club and acttig [as chairman Committee.|


HEAR that trie Rev. C M. Rogurson, Vicar of Pendl iton, has oeen appclnted, chaplain to ths Clitherot branch (f the


the


[Lord Lieutenat t, President of I he Assoclmlon of Municipal Corpon.tlons, an aonoraiy Free-


lletters patent authorising the totousb [to become a city. Thei the chi dren wiffi line Ithe route ot a civic procession to the^lTloiy and'Parish Church where a Stite serwca wul be held. Aftepwardt a plaque recording the elevation of thb borough will oe unvelM at the; Town Hal and a civic luncheon ;m the lAshton Hall w II follow. Lord Derby, who Is


'for Thursday apd Include the 8|5sembly. ot the Isenlor schoqlcbQdren in frontlot.the ToTO iHall, there to bear the Town Clerk read the


elevation of tl of a city.


wealth of bloom still pretebt,tol delight


'tlon revealed that seeding wti pieces of paper attached


o the round bowlbig green tiy the cuHo [flags fluttering


spectacle of wlat seemed to pe little Wbi from


' ■VTEXT week, Lanijaster is tp celebrate! iv elevi


M” attention was attracted ■ ■


tery the


above to ; turf to keep sticks.


Oipseri Inspec- s in progress


e borough to the: stiatus .e main events are feed


^ the


■ '.ous ite


| ; 5^ . . c a n ^ h o m e , ” £ ^ .. jail _


;etlng. -Nqbody else or two to offer, and


'e been f:ellng a


vote. said.


‘Thereare.'inly .Gretter, llvelliess


n1m^j


“ rriHE brilliartly illuminat^' Fylde eba annarentlv drew motor cars like motl iribtl ; to a candle flame during the weCk-ebdl'


pp y


[quiet. The popilar country nins werg. for­ saken to toe headlong, rush to [see’toe light and so great W;is the volume of traffld to Blackpool that o-her roads[ were left free for those who prefer to take a run away from the Lancashire coast. Those who did visit qmet country resorts revelled|tola gloroi September


the wuntry ' were |comparatively tlje night. The ha'iitest sun,| and


motorists who" tfavelled late/into . the night, however, after a! day to the fresh air, we:e often disconcerted by bariks_|of mist lylijg


and the'faint nflstlness of the evening pro­ vided an . aura for the f(ill (noon. 1 (io ^


harvest moon I iwa


a n ! equally waqm


to[ full g


briUmilt gilpryr-,


more trying to toe motorist than to be sqim mingialong.,-B moonlit'road, [with flashltg headlights, and ,lhen suddenly to run into a bank;of fog without any, warning.! It was so “


BUddenly da on


Sunday


like figures, onlj ously -Without anywhere.”


lashed -'April 19to,' COPY of


evening, arid'at ! Intervals'one ^ into a new world of wraltli- . to emerge Just as mysterl- the slightest I sign of. feg


“ Railway Notliies"'. is an announcen “Cflltheroe Junction Railway,’*- referring project to extend toe line from [AcetinI and Clltheroe to a potot joirilng “ toe rife posed North-Weitem Railway which, omtoe one hand, will secure the most direct North and South communication and, on toe othqr, afford the greatest amount of local accommo­ dation.-. These objects will be attained by the construction of i about twenty-four miles bf


In the advertisement column,, hesjdqd


he “ Leeds Mercury,” diitqd 1845, has beenharided to|me.


.onoUrs are bqund to have all; he paid


{here Is, certain to ^ contest |and the riyals. for muhlclpal


? ,


we havd learnt to expect ? Perhaps we shall get them in full W


tboto celebratto utumi manoeuvres” '


at ffie Ottober mating- i»i--mhere,![ for


one observer tc wonder l a party, pact .in-contest! on


was ti e September more meeting


into the bathrosm to Investigate, he wqs almost overcome by the fumes and had to retreat. A damp serviette was tied round[hls mouth when he entered the bathroom |a second time, and he succeeded to remo- the smoulderlngtolothes, Jugs and buckets water being thrawn over them. " It waS blessing it did nc t happen in the night,” Mi The-fire had been ext! brigade arrived. Two hdui .another cry of-Are, and It


the house, and! when he went


was found that ithe clothes which had bed thrown Into I toe garden had been fanned Int agaijii They burned' themselves .but


Hargreaves said, ulshod when the later, there was


flames completely, together with a deck chair.


:k fire a t BASHALL FARM.


; C L IT F IG H T


h E R O E B R IG A D E ’S T O SA V E BA R N .


IsUCCESSi A F T E R S T R U G G L E .


1 For seven hours on T“®sday, members of Clithfroe Fire Brigade worked Uke b trojans c ittlng burning hay froni a s t^ k


Hashall Eavds, aW succeeded in p rev en t tag the outbreak Involving the farm bindings ; The stack contained 25 tons


mit against a ; riarn -at Ayxa Farm, ] ,


'of this y jar’s hay and taternal combus­ tion caused the riestouctlon.ol all but a


s 'small; se :tloii. Within a foot of the his thtft the'firemen wpAed so hard


tack wa 1 thd barn contatatagtrie major t 'portion of the crop and It was to nave


•rinder ccndltldns of real dlfflcul^. ! The tormj whldh 'ls on the Worslw- Taylor, estate, is tenanted toy Mrs- Burneft, Maiiior House, Easlngtom and occupied toy 'her manager, Mr J. T oto- sori. N Jthing wfong was: noticed by the farm St iff and ,the: outbreak was d s- covered I by; FlhP postinan, Wilson, vlieri he visited thq fann abmt 'Aino nWocK on: Tuesday morning. He


iat once gave' waniing and the CUtheroe 'Fire Brigadff was summraied by teie-


^ Smoke wasrisliig In iffeat; volume froni Ithe stack, •yihen the members of the brigade irrlv eiirith the en^ne. Kwas at once ibirious th a t their tosk would be [difficult, as the only watef in the M - imedlate vicinity'was; thrit (contained In,


small ;a n k ,.. , . ,, , ,


was affected land the only course, if the L adjacent bulldli^s were to be saved, was


Cuttln g a way into' ,tne stack, the brigade soonIfound.that,a large section


for the liay t6 be removed.' Repeatedly, flames lu r s t lout while the firemen were dlslodgh .g the hay, 'much rif which was black,-a:Id sriioulderlng and water was perlodicilly rioured on to the staefc pectlons] werp; cut ,^out,' oue, carted


e.


furiously: On more - - , flames ! ported from the hay as i t was being cirted' and there 'jvere exciting scenes i.s the horses were! whipped up and the b u n ^ g loads were tipped.


fanned ly a light breeze, the hay blazed VI On more than one occasion.


tnd tipped into' i the fields and. ine


railway, .inclusive of th e ; line already, Wd dCwri between Accrington jand; Clltheroe Ml a cost, ifis'-confidently expected, not excel


.Manchester,,it .will also afford a contfe.oris railway route'.[from Manchester through BuiyAHasfegden, Accrington and Cllthetoe tq'lthO ;ipto--Westentdine, toencehlongltoe LaricS^Bter arid Carlisle and Caledonian - A l ­ ways . ;:.’..to Glasgow arid Edinburgh, advantages Of this undertakirig, viewed local line between Clitheroe and Accriiittbn are fully detailed in .toe prospectus, and " extended undertaking will 'accommodate; market towns of Settle and Qlsbum and populous villages situated In that district give increased'importance tq’ toe ime[i means of conveyance for toe raw m ated p for manufactured goods,[ coal, lime, ' " " stone,, cattle, etc."


proposed North-Western [Itop will be, means of placing toe iJensely populqt| mamifacturirig districts of Lancashire u toe direct imd' of through pommunlca froip North to South . . . I with London,


! | beck 'and'Co,, Clltheroe, and; Joint solicftjUs


T 20,000 at [.£25 per Bbafee. The ijql - ' bankers Included Messrs. Alcock, ;Blrk-


r\HE shares 'for this riew j ime - numb


Messrs. Hall and Baldwin, Clltoeroe., Jeremiah Gairiett, Roefteld, [ Clitoetoe, chairman, and the provisional comm it ;eei included the directors of seyeral local ways and the.foUowlng: Henry A. Little iale, Bolton Hall, CUtoeroe; toe Mayor o f,Cl tie-! roe: John Addison, Preston, Recorder bf i he;


Borough of Clitheroe; J. T.-W. fepmWl, Mytton Hall;! Richard Fort, Read ilMl,


Nicholas Starkle, Huntroydej James Thom­ son, Primrose, Clitheroe; John Lomax, iCmy-, ton Hall; Thomas Ashton, ;BashaU Lofee;. WlUlam Brocklehurst, Colthurst Hall;' Robert Hodgson, Clitheroe; Matthew; Wilson, Hall, Gargravc; Robert Stewart, ClithU—, Henry Thomson, Llttlemoor; George rafer,- Sabden; and WiUlam Assheton, Dowrihjara


i,few,,orgjanlsa-the times and member pf;the »rvlng op [ the


AS a comiilime t to one (if their nwher, I held in big


Hall. With such an influential list of qu^ norters toe project should have been ngureq of succeto, but the railway from Acciriigton t to CUtheroe never materialised. Judgii g[ by


prises all over the North pf England North Wales, railway development must been enjoyingia great boom Jn 1845. i


he railway notices concerning similar j FCIDENTALLY the auction sales ol


nter-rinc have


evidently subscribed for by the vendor. iWbei, a large collection of papers had been g.ot tO;, getoei^toey would run to flvepence or Se'en- pence each-copy-lt, was apparent^ tob custom to seU them for what .they'jvqfel fetch. It must have paid to do so, as toe advertisement is a lengthy! one and,wi)mq cost a considerable sum. The Loiidon ings,[including “The Times’! and toe ‘‘MbU


same newspaper include one for th posal of a big list of coplds of newspaperi;


,hii; dis­


the wor c of the flremen extremely diffi­ cult a id uhpleasant, but the men under Superintendent Taylor’s direction, worked with' unabatlrig zeal and the danger )f the Are spreading to: the barn was stf adUy I lessened., ,The^ task of cutting and Uftlng the hay was arduous to a deiree arid the firemen were helped by the atm fetal! and by Several nelgh- houfing fanrifers. I t was four o’clock m the afti moon before the slack could be


Dense volumes of acrid'smoke made


£500,000.” At 'a later stage [the annouioe- ment observes s-' “The construction of a-:" ' way froiri Accrington through .Clitheroe to


p.m., b it thliy had the satisfaction,of having saved|the farm .buildings and the


The jrlgade did not leave until 4-45 ' major i took of hay, ^‘ E l e itricit fy IS .


PROTfST AGAINST ■ cbjllPDIiSORY AftlALGAMATfeOlj


Ses tld n of I compulsory | amalgamation of smiller municipal elebtrlclty supply undertaking^.


meetlrg In | Manchester itflls week de­ cided th a t the. most strenuous opposi- tlon sTould be offered to sjny proposal for the compulsory amalgamation or transfiir of efficient undertakings from the loiial authorities to tmyj other W y , with the consequent lossiof Identity of the uidertaklngs concerijed. . , Mr. A, J. C. Derenzl, of Newcastle-


A (ommlttee of such ijndertaklngs j I- .


The Minister of Transport Is to be asked to receive a deputation on.the


CTOBIA MABP'T,I Market Place, BLACKBURN . rLrLrM~ij~i*i*i'*


hay was ^VThe M a to Light.' As


WIDESPREAD IEMAND FOB THE SCltlPTURES


Europe; we shall nut) see.tthem lit again in, otir life time.” So iiMke Slr Edward Grey on toe'night'of Aupist 3rd, 1914, and who us can deny toa.jhis prophecy has been


The lamps are all going out all over


pronoui ced srife.' By th a t [time only one small 5£ ctloniremalned, three-iiuarters of the haj having been removed, much of It belni burned In the fields.!


....tolled?” writes tld Rev. John A Patten, ilierary. superintend erit of toe British and Frireign Bible Soiiety, |ln "The' Master- iJghtl'.', (price, 6d. i post free Sd.), toe 'ipular report of tie soqlety’8 work during „e'psst year. “Tlie lamp of International riendshlp was que iched‘ when the'mighty •mies; of Europe iriarched to batflej .tmd Ithbiigh It is now [nearly nineteen .ye;ars


THE MOTORISTS LOG. CAM


BRAKE L1NINGS.-OIL LEAKAGES By JAMEH L. MARKHAN


is iiopular with!motorists, desplre having evto face a' spot df housework anq


Itf is remarkable how toe carayai lawJ


omce [the wariendel] Itlhas not been reUt.- Without, dwelling on [the! lamps of; happiness pritlorit in mllUoni-|oI homes through;toe ' issffs! of the war, wi i imay noteithat toe lamp bioral and relljlous idealism Was also


turVerider to the Idi a torit all is lost,*’, pleads Mr.iPdtten. ■ “But g :eat effort wlUibe ne^ed.


luenched to those'ears of bloodshed. War the'enemy of giddness and religion.’!- . “ These lamps mi St be reUl. NeveiTet'us


relstayrnot shde uuCrif,darknessiinto,light h,fo,,llght, .[.The Bible:Is;


trie I book of light,” and the report tells toe toryl of what toe Bible Society has done l ..uritig toe past year to place toe book of


■we-.rimst step. ii-fo,.-.„,-..


iie/New Testamerti has been completed in threri lauBUSBCS aheady on toe list,'Two[of, hese are for Afrlcins and one for to^.Mallu leople In-P'apua. 'toe whole Bible has been [omrileted In two further African tongues, iastlyear toe Blbl i'Society Issued 11,343,948 loples'of toe scriptures, 1,140,035 Bibles, ,2481743 New T( staments, and 9,057,180


ight! In the hands of mankind. ' During, toe yeai.isix new versions were Idded to the Society’s ,11st. All are [for Africa. Jesldes these gos)bls in fresh Iqriguages,


portions-ln" many. [hundreds of languages, phis immense circilation, exceeded' on only out previous ociaslons, shows that toe


under-Lyme,' stated th a t It was con­ sidered by the meeting th a t the objects of tl e .McGowan rejjort could be achlevid bette'r, and electrical develop^ ment iccelerated to a far'greater extent, by alliwing-local authorities to retain' their mdertaktogs.


tion t)‘ the I position in view p f informa­ tion vhichl had been iiecelved from a rdllabl e source fo the effect th a t It was the latentlon of the Government : to drop the proposal outlined In the White s Paper and introduce a BIU in the next


The committee gave long considera­ '


recommendations of the McGowan reporl


ession of: Parliament., based on the grindleton.


best known [residents In the district arid one highly respbeted', particularly


THE LATE mIb. J.'GREEN.-One of the


amoni st the farming community/ Mr, j Z Gfeeri! of Eodhlll iFarm,, dle'd on


Ing h( alth for a few yeare.


Ledger,” were represented by from oW four'copies each; .the London evemngs-i- “Standard,” “Globe,” and “Sun”-frori to five coplei each. The London v..—,, papers, numbering sixteen, from the “® c ta - tor” to the ‘'Mark Lane Express,” varied froi i one to two copies each. The Leqds and| c )ut try papers’ list included three copies i of “Leeds Mercury,” and one copy eacKbi “Manchester , Guardian”- and “CourieW “Blnnirigham Gazette,” the “ Lincoln


Stamford Mercury,” the .“Dublin Evi MaU,” and the “Belfast Register," TIil concludes with "one German paper,’] whoJe title'is not given. 'There were also cOjiibs periodicalsTike toe Quarterly and Edli.b Reviews, and Blackwood's. Finally, ti e was'to begin " a t twelve o’clock nooi . , clsely; which suggests that there wp|uld be no lack of bidders.


and the [ .[ F


pf clothes sriiotiideringii Mrs. Har- to Mr. P.


Hotel Iri slgby-road, whefe Tlie lire was cojifiried to in a bathroom, I Finding


,


General Electric Co„ Ltd.; for 25 25p Osira lamp equipments.


-Jias recently placed an order with the


connection with their new streel Ing scheme,'the 011toeroe Cmri||)i


at toe ONE of toe latest American Ideas Is Thompson, who Iris.


'Igflt- ration


however, that some misunderstanding be caused If married men are heard murmuring. ;such names', as. Rose, Lljly


insomnia can be ciired by repeatlpg the names of flowers. It is su [Rested


watt that


. iriSy gently and


the V age.


Sundt y morjilng, He hrid been in ]fall- A aatlfee of


late Mr; Joseph Green, was the pimer of the < otton i mill now tfccupled by. the Cllthi roe Shirtings Ltd.,' and Mr. John Greei was- employed there for many vears as ariidverlooker, a t the sameltime being a’member of the firm. Ho renjoved to Rt dhIlliFarm from West View about a do; en years ago. Much sympathy is


^ ffiage, IMr. Green was 65 years of For many years his father] the


exteided 'td his widow [In her bereave- ^ . ” rm.1 iM^mtravtanf fAfiV nlona'tJi; meni


sate prfe-


Metlibdlsti Chapel on Wednesday^^ter- noor Ml


The interment took place a t the


miiiiary whist'drive wa8 held last rilghf weei In ald. of the .funds of the Vfflage


, the'Rev, J. H. Shaw offlclatlflg. LITARY"^- w h is t .!— a successful


visre n of Mr. R. Oddle. i There was [keen comietltlori for the various flags,^ which


tute 'Twelve tables were occupied play wds cdnductediunder the super-


renr ‘sented by Messrs, IT. Bleazard, Smalley, Mrs. P. Simpson and Miss Wllsm. : The novel proceedings created considerable interest and an event slmi ar nature Is likely to be held during


' been kindly lent by, Mrs. Smith winning country! (Canada),


of a


the jomlng'winter. July


recorded for this month In Britain,


46047 new moor-cats were register^ in this' year, the highest .figure


ever


iemind Is both Iniifetent and widespread. It s impossible to we gh the significance of the ’act that more tl an eleven; million copies )f B(ripture Have sassed.intb the hands of nen in the courst of toe year, but this at eafet may be said these books contain toe


- FM and foremast, always remepiber that when drawing such a trailer you:'must not excifed 30 m.p.h., [whether you are in a re- stridted area I or pot. . Also, youi driving mirror must be fit ed outside toe ^ r 'fo r the obvwus reason yiu cannot see tl rough a caravan if toe refl ictor is fixed In [t le centre Qf toe windscreen You are liable to pros^ cutlbri If thlsils not attended to! The caravan must alsd'have alrear number .p'ate same as toe car, viito toe lamp connect id to toe car: lighting system. ■


! 'i ■ ' 'I;


B'lfore setting o it make sure thq; toe car- aVM brake' also v orks, efficiently, ;wr this -Is'


[:[ '


taxi cles


alsdtcoihpuItoiT-, len towing a trailer of this typfe no extra


extrfe pretniujn- wduld Only be'very small. A LUXURY NOTE


,1s called: .fdr, and'most Insifrince poll- already cover towing. . If not, then the


Though not al of us'can .affpid to run


studied the fight ihines' into toe mind and ieat:'of toe rdadei.! -The,work of tfie Society s to spread tfie li;ht of toe scriptures, and l ,t -may be clarinet (that that work; Is being


Ight bf tnito, and feihere they are read and one on the wldes. fecale. [ ,,


.who “spread the light” over the;fact w the art: li In South- Sastem. Europe j good pro- 'gr^si: was made, and . the circulation of


Mr[ Patten describes to e . work .of,-, the thdiisand colporteira In the Socle^wttplqy


I [ SPREADD lfe THE LIGHT. Ufider toe title bf “The Lafiiplighters”


191,{00 volumes s i oWed an advance of 39,000 copl !S over toe pr ivious year, On toe other the Rev. W H. Rainey writes: “ I t Is


cons drop fold! makes with as! a not wfilt Th


motor, can be raised or lowered by touching a button. '


poss unii


_ ble to have rear blind, whith, by toe


even is-that the rear mudguards a id panel! Ing bl the car aqe made entirely i i a single piece, thus obviating toe need for beading between th (^ pirts. This new idea makes ciea for quicker, eafeier and more thorough


at will appeal to toe enthusiast, how-


nriig and if adopted on ^steel-bfadied cars would lessen'grefetly the risk Of rjist at toe


sad [work preparin;ja report for the Western Eifiope agency this year. [Politically and.


ecbnomilcally coniilllons have been extreme­ ly idi^ult. Everj country, with toe excep- tlbnfbt Portugal, ifiows a decrease.” T. iiie civil war In Spain has brought to a


jtanflstlll much o: toe excellent work [of the colpbirteurs. In II aly fee- Society’s work was ol(M down for.sU|montbs, but has been re­ opened. Communism Is very prevalent bbth in'tfie towns and rural districts [of Portugal, andras In other iduntries, is usuaUy hostile to'reiUgion. Neltoirjhas colportage been easy in'Belgium in reieht days. Extremist views


record- of their -fifork Is one, of i ceaseless at.tMty, daunilcsi jdeterminafion, and often


the rule rathirf than toe exception; But colporteurs 1 ave never flinched.' The


amazing success. i ' ’


social, conditions [and there, are: constant references to poveriy- The Society’s repres­ entative in VeneiUela writes: .“The people e so poor tha! the colporteur had to bar-, toe scripturei Jor sweetmeats, eggs, and dar-cane, and even in one; case for a


[toelr Journals odst many a side light on : ," '


tilrtle l This baitdrlng Is often a great in- CQ'ivenlence to ti e colporteur, for he has to cam' toe barttrfed articles, awqy„to be hanged elsewhere. .He barters, however, the sake of g:ttlng toe word of Clod'into


.wlfeh bis spo'fe'than a'colporteur returning " his church, -1 ) t the people, who dp not ow the use of money, had bartered,.skins household itensils In return for his'


lb Wnnrt.i of thi people.” From far to toe •th of Manchu {(id a colporteur .writes that appeared mo'd like a hunter returning


to


btoks. These fiei brought rejoicing to'his rhe Bible Soc.ety's Income, last, year was


b(i


£! 71,604 and tot expenditure £387,139, icav- ■ ( a deficit of f 16,535 on toe year’s working, 6 Society, mtkfes an appeal to all who


„Jleve that the scriptures sliould be made available to all msnklnd to come to Its help,


(Continued foot of next column.)


byl ;i single handlet-one at the-top and the other at the bittom for safety and non-


SLAIDBURN.


amiual show on Saturday, held in fie Village Ha!l, was a pronounced success. Battersby's Rite Orchestra delighted a-big company with


[eIanCE.—The [dance which fo lowed the thefi music. :-,


awferds to the poster;; (over 10 ; fears) and • Writing clakes (over 10) v ere Annie d and Clara ^almsley, both fofirth in the


was charmingly deco; octaslon of bar which the Rev.'


'wo prize-winners omitted from [the list of ,. , '


resWtto® sectioM. [Thanksgiving.—The Methotfist Chapei


lecorated on Sunday last, toe ist thanksgiving- iwrvlces, at Marshall was tfip preacher.


b\l friends from|the Newton .Contagatlonal dhurch. The tolleotiom exceeded £7 5s.-: 5h Monday [evening there was a sale of fruit S d vegetables Which realised £2 9s. lOd. The flowers were given to sick and aged in the village. ’. { ■


rare heartiness, helped in the evening T( The chapel fiad Its annual cleaning on '


riesday and Wednesday, when ladies of the tongregatlon undertook all toe duties,


and In v lew ^ h e decline in income from the home auxUlMles a special appeal, Is made to every auxllliry to Increase ■ltS, contrlbU' ___ to the""fuhd's. The report, records with pleasure toe fabt that toe Domihlons have Ohee again sentj large and welcomfe gifts, ‘fin ekpresslon of toe unity that biniis together t toe friends of the Bible Society


he'British. Cotomonwealth.”


?ec|ni€al school.


We have all Technical School requirements in stock at various JI "prices.


See Our Stocks First, DRAWPG INSTRUMENTS


RULEBB .'SET SQUARES ^ COMPASSES


PENS PENCILS


: PAINT BOXES I EXERCISE BOOKS boo'e -ee epino sets


Advertiser & Times 6, MARKET PLACE, Clitheroe


throughout ■ ■ fi'. i;


uMtlons. [ Tie doord hare double-.catchesi-actuated


Intrdduced this week to the very latest in 41-litre Bentleys. It had a specia , sedanca coilpff body! designed by Mr.- R Blacker- Dobilas of H, R Owen Ltd., the Mayfair RoltoRoyce land Bentley agents, and its unlqlie features ire certainly -worth enu meeting’ for toe [lessons they, glvt be There is toe htod Itself which, instead of


■class, cars, wi,are always interested in 1, and there s always toe Idea behind minds of, "Veil, you never.knowl” at was I wha; I thought when, I- was


,fiy saloon. Tlhe Interior of tl e head is ined with dUiUollecting cloth, but with leather-tost can be spongel down, sturdiness of the head has made It


toe.'awnlnglln position It is as smart


back neatly! toe


_jrie adaption! ;of a windscreen wiper |


because a nufiiber of re'adera are apparently not [quite (jleqr on procedure as , res aids the


eA' day. I mention caravanning! this week


holiday cooking


rattle, and the car interior is illuminated by concealed lighting, '


It Is toe type of car motorists dream about. But.


I: ’ BACK TO EARTH


brake overhaul before toe[ rainy season is on us. Adjustment of mechanical devices, con­ necting rods and so on hive been dealt with In these notes recently, but it would be as well to look at toe linings, If you are at all have the time and the comparatively


to come down tq everyday matters , we might consider the problem of


the fabric to the right size and shape, for it is nearly always possible to buy a complete set to fit your model, All that remams Is to piake toe change over, which will save much money If you do It yourself. The old and [worn shoes can be removed


mechanically minded and tools at your ( disposal, small expense of re-linlng Is well Vrorto it. There Is'no need to wony about cutting


You and


from cost


know to you.


the .lat:st wou


I f Wildinigs you little. Purchase now-


entirely new service


stock. Quality


this old -select from our


Cloth , and willing established firm.


are expecting you Dress & Si


reputation designs“ ~w e offer both


purchase your materials y Winter Outfit will


our


(THBEE)’ i 11


pasUy by prising them off with a strong screwdriver. These can be used as a tem­ plate for drilling the new shoes—if they arc not' already. drilled—and then comes the rivetting. Always use aluminium rivets, for these Will do little or no harm to the brake drums if they happen to come into contact with them. Before rivetting, by toe way. It i s ' imperative that the linings should be streche'd well to that 'they make an even surface with toe drums, and they are often easier to handle if slightly warmed.


OIL LEAKAGES


assisted motorists In finding oU leaks, and Judging by correspondence I have received much fluid seetns to be dripping from rear


The recent iiot weather has certainly


ing made in the usual strong fabric, is ■ ructed entirely of metal. : It does not but the awning over the fiont seats This means that, the car


neatdst possible'sedauca, while


prevent oil reaching toe brake drums and this generally! takes toe form of a felt washer at the lend of the shaft. When oil is found in tile drum It ler


axles. ■ ' On toll rear axles there Is a device to


that the washd Is not functioning properly. It may be that


Is always a sign


in'place is weak, in which case a stronger, one Should be fitted or, alternatively,


extra thick washer. Both these adjustments are quite, minor,


the qprlng which holds it an


and if they, dq not remedy toe trouble then it is almost , cettaln to be due to a distorted or wobbling half-shaft (axle.) Often you can judge this.'.condition by toe appearance/ of the washeri which may be damaged. When this happens, of course, the cure


. they may dfiappear in the cooler months, when "the axlefe run at a far lower temper­ ature, and the oil Is correspondingly much thicker; [ [. [


lies With the garage man and his equip­ ment, though :pt does not necessarily mean a new axle shaft, If oil leakages are only very slight indeed


READER'S ENQUIRIES


stamped addfeessed envelope should be addressed to James L. , Markham, c/o the


Editor. , . [ Letters from readers accompanied by to ill


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