. • I i C5LEEH I - ■ Polilics \ ' RISTIANITY


p ; are we live?


The


illve ? Why do Why do we go'


plsts Woull- explain th a t«. ney—to g row rich and live


filGod,.... Irid servej lhappyi w- 1 iFor tho 1,'Jlfewas


‘iCatechUi mall


;tlan would tum ithe;


,, Him In thls 'wdr i i h Him lor evfei


m to and his 1 lernetoknowam


e who accejit^-tm lotamereecOnOMii


^lon Of life. Thus. Cathol ca ly scheme? of 'education whl ' Id! to this [Idea of life ;• they' Irue education tnust fit peoi ife >


should ve criticise'p6Utt( a l" fecause; at times ft Interftted


lopd ChSan life. But^liv Ih matters as’ wages V — ■ 'f/t iHn <nHfVi


1 |to Ido swlth ChrlstlaSlr? | ItheFopicallfor justlcp*’^'


he famlw wage ?,


;ian Ide® i demanded ?w life to Help us to follow?


ff assoclat on, on which m d e ■


!ht. |Th( present Pop^too.i on peac > and Intematlmal as a.qiestlon of ’morfflltyi


‘Ion of the social order. iHe ented on jaffalrs In Italy


illtics.| jHe had writtenTdai nd on ed icatlon, and chTthd


|y, and li< ^ condemned CjOm CHUROH’S PLACE, , ; •


! the {duty of alllCatholl!!|.;to': irlncliiles Into practice, so fiiiatj ’ • - shquld|lead to G o d i I f ; > , completely out of touch WthI i Ideals we must try to « fbnh i ling ]•'opposed to Christian; it not Be j allowed to ^ .jm-il | Political parties imusjknotl! Cbrstlan!


it had thi Church to Interfere!' jatters ? j The Pope re^ed^ ? |o interfei j when questlt^.of ’ irose, or Iwhen the' coatoon? itened i Social and econMid; ften livolyed moral prln^ ifelt:


e souls nust 1^


ler to qileitlons Mr. Ford dealt fecent deilaration imatarlnli' lat Catho Ics must take theft ‘


It once mo -e triumph. indu3irial|i


of men, abolished;


J give her views on political' ■when j mbmlity was: invcjlved, I':


iafflrmed the right ofi .the''


'om their Bishops.] HjK’OiHi lat this pronouncement had!


I t onI]| the right bnt ths dntyi I Bishops ]t( give guidanMitdl locks-j-and it was the duty; Pfi |cs to jfolldv that guidance;? ii


isue arose tvherein moraljprinj; were like! r to be violalW,' II;


j g the ID ature and vamfe' oiii? Is, Mr.j Fori described theto ad? V of conosslons betwemi -thdi M various States, In tlwicase; lany, thb :’ope had madB^aU: : loncestlons and it was n ^ n ' I f priiiclplis which couldTheVeii led.' 1 .


■


pg a I vote, of thanks |tq: the. . J. Loyi ds observed tnat the ? : E. seeiped to. be giving levery^ '


llution \l;o lid come. Mlti3;;M; seconde 1, and stressed'‘"the pectlop pejtweeji politics ■


Hal excep Christlanlty4Fet It ' throign Christianity thdt'a


! .and


he. Seco;idlng,.Mlss E. PuUaif] liked Fathir Kopp for 11a ,In'-;, ■the Sttidy Club.


j.,


Jiness I of Ivlgoratihg


iThe Clrcli |7-45 AUCTIO'l MART.


leral new |Y.—


lep,‘. with Indywelght Ittd.


ives, I bid.


|Si 7d, lib.


Ed. to gjd: ai


i imprJved


I calves, youpg other plairlej


Ifrom p £25 lOs.; Inger torts |ger ones _ . Dewhtirto Rochdale


fcludln^ trth.


of congn tulatlon must fee', exfi thesfe fo ir speakers, wtOvOt^ memberj


new I ses ilon a fortnight! agov


heir comments The Study


of our Study


ciroid: „ was Circle!


members' were we^i will meet on Sundai','


ri'i!.-''


iRyanJprpiiised a vote of mapioj halrm£nj £md she caused much pt whonj sie gald that soffietot heartily tired of : the wordft ■ MovarUnl.’ ; yet these woT^ I title of|ai Encyclical orvltal:


' The Popes,: too, had uwtfeid e founded, as a moral and d’


METHODIST MINISTER’S TRIBUTE I


progress ini lasdsf Itdy WORK AND INFLUENd


vlvWly' described by the. Rev. Edgar J. Bradford, of - Morecambe,; a former Chairman of the Italian ^ Methodist Churchl In aa address entitled, “Dealing with Dictators," given on Monday evening at CUtheroe Wesley School. Mr. Brad- foi*d was la Italy from 1918 until 1931 anil during! that time he had a personal infervlewwith Il Duce which he described injthe coufse of his lecture? . Dr. Ji H. Falrweather presided and was introduced by(the Rev; H. Hooper. Unfortunlitely, a heavy storm broke, shortly before ithe meeting began and considerably reduced the attendance.


f! MDSSOLiNrS SINCERITY.


• the laymen’s Missionary Movement in the Circuit. . In addition, Mr. Hooper had been asked to ' revive the Men’s Fellowship at Wesley. ’The meeting that night was one of the' series. belng held' under the auspices of. the FeUowshlp, but In vlew lof the general Interest of the subject, lit ;had been decided to thfow thtomeeting open.


leSson for the meeting, observing that after a lay missionary movement con­ ference at Abbot Hall, In October, It Was thought that they' ought to pass on to' others something of the spiritual experi­ ence and fellowship they had received, and an qttempt had been made to revive


Dr. Fairweather briefly explained the


tremendous in his force, and one whose intlegrlty and honesty o f ' purpose! he thbught few would question, Whether, MilssoUnl was gulded.rightly In his views! was a matter of, opinion. Dr. Falrweather: mentioned that when he visited Italy! sejeral years ago, he thought the people! seemed pleased with the change of events’ —the introduction of dlctatorship-4but th^re was ai regrettable lack-of freedbm.i


hail been reading: the autobiography of Mussolini and no one could read the book without: feeling that .whatever his fallings, Mussolini was-a sincere man with a great passion for his country and a tremendous love for his own people. Tt^e book! pictured a giant of a toan,


Dr. 'Fairweather said that recently] he : .:• METHODISbl IN ITALY.


he was In charge of the.Methodlst Church In Italy from 1918 until 1931, and men-; tlaned that after leaving college he sfjent 16} years In Burma. He was sent] to' Rome to take up the task of tiyliln to help the Italian Methodist Church arid hli first four years there were spent In the pre-Fasclst: epoch, .i' .


The Rev. Edgar 3. Bradford said that


ling to Mussolini and the Government 'in trying to keep the Chnrch fbm ; losing its existence.


Fascist! regime, Methodism had a really iriird struggle for existence and he spent a good deal of his time wit-;


‘JMethodlsm as? opposed to .the Fascist spirit. Fascism, for Instance, did not stand for liberty.: Mr. Bradford roen- tlbned that news got back to Italy m an amazing way and the Fascist Govern­ ment had a very elaborate organisation for watching the Press In England land had some extraordinary, Ideas apout news. For instance, theyhad a Methodist paper In Italy and they had to send three copies to theiCensor before they received Permission to publish the edition. jOne week, they were sequestered by the police because of a sermon which the Censor considered had a double meanln&.jand might be considered as an attack against the ChurOh.i


Itjwas easy to understand th?t thefd Iwas something; fundamentally 'antipathic In


.1 ' EA CONVERTS.


'banks of the Tiber, and began to aftraot large crowds of people by his wonderful eloquence. .That movement spread all ;|)ver the country and later became asso-


things in Fascism,” Mr. Bradford de­ clared, adding that theltallan Methodist Church was not a Church for English people In Itbly, but a church for Italian Methodists. It started about 6.Q J?ears ago, and one of the first converts was a priest In , Florence. The Methodist Church had riovr' become linked wltp the Free Church of Italy. It would be re­ called that In 1870, a famous fighting monk, who had followed Garibaldi In his campaign, started a mission hall oh the


" Personally I am an admirer of many Llil^tet show of 40 fa catUBi


trade, and a lignl easier trade, oggs, lOJi ft


tp 7 id,


ky.-A laigi Thi n


0 lid,; shear! to 71d.; black bullocks 81d. rougher;


,t'8l^ Quota;-


'liiki cowi


to 94:


a ws made from £27 usfi


:e: show of cattle :e was a good


c lolce consignment 1 to £34; smaller , best veal calves, i and breeders, . to 22s. The


l!s. e for 'dalr;


. lul sorts, from\~. ~ , dnds, £19 to £^2 ltls,{;i


£24' tol;


llW-V poii^


, had an I application from one of the miner canons of St. Peter’s Cathedral at


: Methodist ministers in Italy Weje ex- priests and former friars. ’They.riilght be SI rprised to hear that: In 1931 they


• elated with the growing Methodist movement. Quite a number of the


awarded' 'both "fliwi cattle to A, Birriaori,


li


jitals of El rope are agog wm i Iyer the ns aoiir that the ex|Kai..., ,


luth cdast jrorbner’s court there’i'fti I t venllit jthat reads: "Murtel'. le Kaitor.’i Such was the] juiywi'; Iter a'WSrJtlme air raid in wmija of Sunijay-school children.iWjtj.'


Ihas ..pyobibly forgotten;.atohftvjsl!


l no , _ __________ ___ J no fears pf the extradltlon'ilawi|


|ty by sold Var. .Prevyoi Jjthe lusugl


..... |i noklng


erg returning frdi to that, cl


was introduce!! iCthodii of!,,eij, rons, that | op the recordslof :iaU[;


frmit 1 pf| .rMip Is preparing iti>! ' Gennans. .'Evidently, tnetei-i;''':;'


Hasllngdeh, apd' n-r


I ministry, they received more than 1,000 people of all walks of life Into Methodism from Roman Catholicism. . !;


THE S.ODL OF ITALY;


many difficulties Methodists had to con tend with In Italy, and mentioned'that.! Methodist minister was recently sen


Mr. Bradford went on to refer, ito ihe


tenced to one month’s Imprisonment and fined £10 for'speaking In a, ;ffisused warehouse to people who wanted; to near the gospel preached' and. In addition,


they had had a number of tnelr churches closed..’


Italy, as some.of Us are to-day* 9®“ to When you are inclined to i ii. i :


condemn Mussolini; you must fsniera" bSr Mussolini Is the supreme_;exptes sipn of the soul of Ita^ to-day, Btodtord stated.


Mr.


‘‘Whilst I do think theipeople of Italy have very little liberty, and sto^|kept In Ignorance of the truth as a tosult ofjthe muzzled Press, you will find a great aeai


of enthusiasm In Italy for Mussojlnl, Stated' thi t, from


?|90000 I f t e r f ‘‘■nien M u s f f l w^^^ oftTi tall about the Protestant ^rirch. (cqntnued foot of next column) |,


Rome, but they turned it down. At the last Easter service he conducted, ,jn the congregation was a Monglgnor, who was one of the officers of the Pope’s Corps. At the age of 52, he found contacf' with one of the Methodist superintendents who at one time had been a parishiprlest, In addition, they totght be Interested to know that the editor of one of the lead­ ing Fascist dally papfers had become, a Methodist local preacher and a senior circuit steward. He was glad to say the Methodist movement' was growing ;}n Italy and during his 13 years experience, the cause was, established In 43 nc™ .Places. During the last year ;0f his


Tremendous Change; Since Experiences In ' Fascist Italy were


side. ? With thusiasm and turned to: me


the War.


’There is no idc Italian peopli much. I will


____ _ _. riever forget looking at bn, enormous 'display of Italian" aeroplaries vvith a peasant woman standing by my eyes glowing with eri- mraptured, expression, she and I said, How greatjls


ubt about, it!that a lot of admire j, Mussolini very


MUs^Unl.’’ ,W 5, must always rememL.,, in : judging I ;allan'people, that we bre hardly quallfltd tojbe the judges of In- tefnatlonar r:ghteou5he.qs. Our ob rqcbrd is too l ad for that. ItUs Ukq burglar with h is bag full of loot who i burglars th a t : they must:


to other burgle." , . Describing


took .very I 11 tie notice of Income tax returns: iThey took It for granted they were .not! acqurate. , . The Gowerriment proceeded] to b o e r t^ what a person’s income was Ifcly to be and based the tax accordingly. ’There was also a con­ veyance |duty on all property., arid nobody dreamt of stating the'corrects of the prolperty in the docqment. A^t the Government took no notice wd sqnt down their oTO; Surveyor to assess the value of t|ie property.


Italian people, laughter that


he characteristics of Mr. Bradford said amid the Italian Governmb


andlone of the things which producec lot of, bad! feeling In Italy was the'sta _ ment? In 'the SnglisH Press that. Italian solffiers had i ot displayed conspicuous bravery In Sp lin.


,


residence in I :aly; he was struck by the desperate stat; into which the Treaty of Versailles ihad thrown the, whole of toe people. Our ration did not do desperate


FfiOM F( 'VERTY "TO POWER. Diiring! the first three yeans of nls


thmgs becauie the rest of the world d^lsed ?us, 1 ut dt made a. tremendous difference to the Italians. The Allies had not kept the projnlse made to Italyi when' she eitered the Great,War and afterward^ I;aly began to: lick hei] wourids, and ;hey were considerable, j It was then that Fascism had its birth, Dictatorships aid not come Into.exlstenci wiiere toere v^ag a happy and contenta people', IWh'in' war broke rOUt, thi Soclallsts1weiB:dead against Italy joto ingitoe AUlei and, after toe war, toe; had a glorious chance of.saying, ,T toll


1 ' Daring: the first nine years of Ithb


Flag flying on workshops to indicate thai toe workers h ad fiot hold of the factonei and were' ruining them, and .spoke q the tremendo is amount of looting wriici took plrice. Cbmmunlst propagandi resulted In strikes every; three or foui


you so,’’iwlti toe result that'publlj ■ 8wi ng over'to toe aktreme lef Co mnunlsts began to taki He I recalled seeing the Ret


and the charge.


sympathy As a race, Italians loved admiration one’s youig days!I,One such tune, "See me .. less has Revived— stir, memdrles of


r 'S’NT- it' surprising how: old tunes'-^'tunes 1Aiif;rieriitaQed,: lk , thqt1h old days, I 6! one’s young days which the wire-


dance the polka,” I had in mind whert I saw Mr. Slmoi Gudgeon In pis accustomed placei In the oiohestra at last week’s opera, for Ii can, visualise him singing that Song and; aulting.tl e dance to the words way backilpi For Simon was not;


I'tejo, Mr, Robert Gudgeon’s dancing clasSj held atitie Swan pnd Royal Hotel; also en^i joyed po lular: favour.' '| There wire no fox4 trots or i .bbrlevlated wqltzes In those , days-tr a couple of movements i and demands foi] enboresi. Three mbvemdnts-lf not four, and, coda—


talneis 'blit an expert elancer. Many of us| remeinbfei,the great popillarlty of “Gudgeon’s Band,” a popularity Which extended« to many N irth-rEast Lancashire towns, anu even to! Blackpool. In the winter months;


the days only , am


I cq,aSed, p'pt. tgU', spafte directing quadrille,


nB M we ri toe nfie, and when the music] A A/l ' 9 ittinn'


tiere'Was no clamourlng for a re; At those classed I can 'still see thd form of Mr. Gudgeon,] seniorJ


. frti* ■ n


I cers, the schottlsche, 'polka, mazurka and gallop, wire the? order toere. But they have ■ ■ >ield place'to other and less strenm ous.dancis with the passage of the years, i]


^ns, initiating the new ;beginners in the onej two-three, one-two-three of the waltz. Lanj


.?novices in the Intricacies of the or, aided byjone or other of his


arid let lie say that,this Instrument is morq diminilt to play than niany may suppose. He not only gained etoerlence in his father’s orchestra,' but With DW' W. E. Musson, who organised many, concerts in the town and encouraged loca.1 instnimentallsts to attend frequent frehearsals at his Mayfield residence in the ! winter months,! i The Phllhannonlq Society’s concerts conducted by Mr.Tattersall and other concerts, oiganlsed by. Mr. Sam Green proylded him'; with opportunities to. gratify hls 'love of riuisie. 'Indeed, wheri| ever an prehestiri has been assembled in the boroughfsimori ihas .usually been there. , believe: I am right in? saying that he hai played in eve^, dpera since the local amatCu; society had its iriceptloii at St; .Mary’s Sundaj School.: And ;bifore that, he played in tin operas :whlch were sponsorpd by Mr.'and Mrs; iiames’' CrabtreP,' Ih the days of; the Catholic Amateur Ope«]tlc Society, whei Mr. Michael Duckett was the conductor.


-cA, couble bass fiddle: with a member ol while's Orchestra at., iManchester]


weeks and ft was when toe country goi into a thai tic condition that Tasclsr began toil grew., i: ’Then came the v*v war, when thousands of toung^menJos their Uveq, at d It was only by sheer fqrci that Fascism at last took control 11" passing, he would like to say lt ;was. wonderful acrlevement that this shquli be accompUs! led by Fascist orgq^atioi


and machine: y which were the creation 6f N ussollnTs. brain and mil. 1 the beglrinlnj, Mussolini started toiTu: of his own and start© ■ Idle


Fascist clubs all over Italy for ex-soldlet In those riay i, It was noUafe to ap


newspape -


In the street and it was for the protection of combatants that. MUssoUnl formed clubs. GraduaUy they grew In numhe,


wearing uniform or medal


and it was d wonderful achievemen the part’ of, MussoUn to Introduce machlneiby neans of which he was later to dominate the j whole of


country, j Fori the son of a blacksmith t)^Je


able i to take from the people UbertHhey had enjoyed for


iharvellois feat. genius.


the hiunt iated people to think of <he ir glorious I ast and spoke of the glohoi s future' w rich could be theirs under


In effect, Mussohni


his 'lea;lershlp. He presented Fascism : i new religion. BEEN?, DONE.


MussoUnl hi nself was a very austere a teetotal er


worked '118 liours a day: Md had riq amusement!,


It riiight iiurprlse many to know that no


WHAT HAS


riiah. He


himself ito ! evere physical training] Be ffnintnir l e


supposed th ey all kheW the improvemerts Mussoljnl includlrig t ie revival , of industry, tpe


S 'm S ')f the reform i of -:he poUce system, thpwast 'th T iS


alterations, in the civic and the ;ad 'anced educational fa^tteq


she grew all the grain she wanted her own me. In adffitlon. to all tl things IMuisoUnl had le-ei^Banlsed" the, army navy and air force, and hadlmade C 1& fighting machine


efficient They would find the Italmn , j^aiiaris. ; Right Uirough the: centrirles fighting mi ,n a far different PioP#ton from the :taUan soldier of the ,Grfat Ww '


„ ' I '


TfJl'I admliatlori for England am'dngst the ,jjggn ^ close friend and ally


] tbat arid' year was


jxcuie. He] te-vlslted Italy ■ last md he did waht to say that there itlll a very geep love, respect-and


i Mussolini showed greauoncemjorjhe ] forgljre. if _they | could.


unde "Stand the ItdUan point of :ylew .. ___ ____ He! felt


g ^jgg people to try


ffi^^torm^and^irej S F Schoolboys, and vas vitally needed In II


m‘ir"ched Tike guardsmen. TFasejsm Is | because the country was In an express on of the energy: andjriu of the new It! ly which the war has creatqd, Mr. Bradfcrkadded.


|] ,1 _ | INTIRVIEWING ilL pUCEj Rpcaiunr hls personal Interview y 1th.


they founi, MusspUni_seated_a^a_TOr desk at on? comer. ®s face wasjde y ^ pale.anii lie hadjhe look of a haiisted, e ccept ^bat


n Du?e In 193T, Mr. B^ritord sal^it W I place' i'jit MuqsollnTs beridquar^ Iri a an ttorseous Venetian palaCe. ' ^ e n j fie


d a icon panlon entered, a S t i B ' m S a S b y ^ ^


and and the


Methodist Church was one of the factors Italy toj-day


'dainger of


bein^ destroyed sin, “Let us remember what Italyl'has


trifle for us in the past, and whaf-Sbe stands for at mesent, and let ns pray fcr’those people before we pasjs ludg- ri ept^ripon them.’VMr, Bradford Wld,


colonised'well In North Africa. . Hi felt’ the.


aiwv ered a numqer of questions ai t doln; so expressed the opinion] that,


rar;’ to ] general] knowledge, jltalyj would have to expand 0:


peojile Were Mhg all they coifld'to cult! vate' their Own' country, even t j the extent of placing, the nobleman’s estate und ir the ploijA. ]: In his opinion,' It


^puld. dfe,; The,, sttindar low and the?45 m


» » d.W .11 ttorco.


would not be a had Idea to give Italy con er of Australia Jn which to coliMse. , ,'Tlianks were expressed to the Speaker


ahd to Dr. Palrweather for presldlpg by the Rev.! H, Hooper.


stfindarl of! JUon


•Afer ! hls leiturO, Mr. ? Braijlford' in


of her own pain requftementej^ tm^n^w | 1« mon o


I'exceptiorially good baritone and was choft master'at one of the] Accrington ohurchef Skori, top, sang in the choir of. SS.jMlchael and Jobri’s for 45 yeats, and wAs. chob;- "jririg that period.


, there were other flddlprs In the family—hlS father arid his brother Jim.' John ■ pianist, p d , as Is w]ell, piano and the organ hls‘ proiessrouj Importujt appointments,! ( '.Edward . . .


Igeon, learnt to play the vlollri, k t later took the double bass, fop


jknown, njiade the holdlni


was eyepai,: , (conlinuecl; froin pjeceeding colton)


l and said that ;a gopdimariy pePple goit the Impression that when Fasclskn caine into power the Protestant Churep would be supWessed! No] .'doubt they: desired It to bdiso and thelij desires led them to beUeveJlt would be so.


•■Unl'^ld.! riblfilford yban, the


. tlmri indeed, your Chnrch vvUl havre Ubefty In Italy to develop its splrfturil actiyitles and to]Uye its Ufe,’| Mussc - ., r


at this point MassoUni threw out his cheM and that] wffi be for a long


lo long as Fascism endntes— ‘(ana


At aliater stage, In the talk Mr. Brad- iked If the conversation qould le


, - , ,


'.'V ' V- ' „


,


after! ciiiturieis of tyranny, wgS l ,a It was a strok e < f t toldol


the .carried on In Englfthilor the benefit W ■ hls friend and Mussolini was deUghted when he learned that] Mr. Bradford had Ustened to one of his broadcast, talks, ;in EngUsh and considered his pronuncia­ tion was exceUent. ■ When they left, MusspUnl' was extremely cordial arid gave them signed photographs of himself as souyenlrs'Of thejoccasion. |


BIASSED JUDGMENTS.


:] j:


in mlstal es and crlinis! Fascism, has cota-- With all Its faults and the tragic


mitted during the past few years, I feel that one. Of the 1 mostitimportant ^ d urgent needs for the world’s safety to­ day ft that' nations, .and especially *


great lations, .should seek to understriud each other,” Mr. Bradford said In crii-^ elusion. “ I do not believe that anyoie In the world to-day'can do greater ser­ vice tliari remove many of the misuneler- standlngs which exist. Therelare apqt of biased, one-sldPd„'party 'judgments passed on riU public] questions torday, a id


______ ______ , the• “


we oii?ht to try and see both sWes of the case.] Let'us always seek thfe waWof


friendship.” ' i !


tirovlded ^ e n ,. MussoUnl went] Iritq nower, Italy was growing only 22 preem ^


.......... cc “ ‘


Mu'i h had been said about Italy s , con­ quest of Abyssinia] and he dldj^not. wish to make any-comments about the matter y jthat


^


4 to observe’.that there was much ould be said In way of explanation


---- ------- ---------- q


th ^ ?, , I


W about fourteen'years of age, Mr. was th^


:A Sj I . youth',’Simon learnt to play the of my. youth, ongst Clitheriq lee’s ' foremost entern


a minstrel party which enjoyed quite a long run of success, to much so,;tnat thpy fulfilled two week’s eng^ements at, Blackpool Simon added to bis vefsatlle gifts las a whistler, and at a . performarice in Manchester was com­ plimented on the cleamessi and excellence' ol his I tone. lWell,'he bBSjbad long and full: life musically, and although age creeps on apace, if I know Simon: alrigha he is not going to awhile.:


; Mr. (Robert Gudgeon, :,who enjoyed ! ;bome fame as a huhujrist, established


say " thumbs i . down "—not''yet


dance at the iqwan, he was'?descendlng the steps of the hotel with bis double bass,; en­ closed . In, Its gfeen' baize cover, Plung .upon his back.'. I sloidd.have spld'kat at the time, B isong much In the vogue contained ah avowal ihot to leave a certain Uttle domicile: “fdriyou-u.” of, the foot of the pteps was'a certain man waiting to see: the 1“


AND before leaving him, just la'little in­ One night—


cident that comes to ihy mmd. Slmdn has played with manj*darice bands. morning, I should sajlr-.aftena


at two;” away. “Na then,r7-;-,”| exclaimed Simon to the waiting one. ' caUipg him by his. nickname. The'latter eyed Simon and his burden, thm quietly obseryed: “I see S thari tekkln’t little wooden hut hoame,


carriages lmpnl" ' 7 , ■’ ■'!


old that experts have been:unable to deter- Mr. Gudgeon hai


mine its age. three bows, bih be' has large number of strings!


A


“sUwn hroughi'l, a used only


!Wesley (Ihuroh on Monday night. On one: occasion Mtissclinl was outimotriring when: hls car broke <own and, haying a couplelof: hoqiis to whit, he decided to visit a certain town iricogrilto After enjoying ]the: experi­ ence' for a little while, he. sUpped into a cineriia and wus extrembly i]lntei]ested when the news reel depicted htmi' opeilng a new buUdlng. Immediately, bis: picture appeared! on the screen i ,U the peopleiistood as a- mark' of respect.; Ne turally Mussolini himself did not do to. ' Ah aost immediately a hand' was placed on: hijs shoulder_and an attendant "all, feel pretty thd Interest] of


-whispered In his ear, “Wd much like you dio, but : In public rirder yo a had better ii rest! of us.” . Pretty much toldiabout Her" Hitler.


itand up like [be the spme story


putiCUtheWe' ]6p?thq',, there'have hem;a]lrirgi performances, of. outsta thejtown. To? recall aXe those splendli En4’;8nd;-“T Clitneroe Royi .fine; productloi


, \ ' , L the! notable pr iodduuctctiions’afons‘at to Conquer” A tt th Gir


drematlo actlv ,ty, subl) ,qs 'OUthelroe has .en­ joyed of late; The’tyro ifjrilUapt pageants on the occario4'W'lh,e?JubU( Cordna'tlrin .lastiiydarii-^rii


the erjd of opera feek, I b .1' I wbndeij how many' tjowk the size, of i ? .OUthene could polit.to a period of


egan]to S ' l ?


,e_:Oh05lil Grammar of dolosm


• productions of


of revue and pantomime," ai d th e teautifuUv. A FRIEND who :ihanced; to be*m Black­ To' Crovm; these * chie femerits, (the


the Ofrls Grammar School,' he (lathollc HaU


r kihooi, a, similarly: ;h’s "She Stoops


’riain" by boys.pfi


theije have teen " Journey’s


ibqr of dramatio merit given in


staged Nativity tableaux tit trie Piirish Church School


Clithe'roe Amriteur Operatip' aid ’ Dramatic Society has been able to sml e\ery seatSfor the performances of “;C10bd-Nlght Vienna,” nearly aU.telM sold on ad value reputation alorie. One emmot refer Iri a le v lines to all the stage productions In tie tewn recently, but these few references rirj enough! to give sufficient’, .indication;


standard attamed by local


any town col wireless and strong coippe to meet with glad' to see;


of


acqused of; :ridulgirigi ':'6q!ejy In armchair pleasures.- tw n alw pieaqed at the standard of the plays mat they haye taeded recently, townspeople a charice to see. some of


itlon that 1 they .1 lust be good any success' at a 1,. rind I am that i'Crithelromaris .cannot be


d be .proud. [In these days of clneiia, amateuis have such


thq really high of which


the best.' ’There is anothei] treat In!store, on] Wednesday and-Thursday,-February :23rd and 24th,|thfglrl3,of; Ciltherte Grammar School are-to present:.SbakKieare’8 “Mac- teth.” The producer :-Iri Mlis M, Briggri, assisted by Uto M. Judge, rind.If past]p&- formances ati the girls 'school :an'be token as, , a standard, thti ;pr6dutti)n wiU be no


hackneyed one. IndoodlX rim assurra, if anyone expedts it to be a bqriig production of Shakespeare they.'#111!be wrong.; There will! be tbm s galore; in It, and with the


•assistance of Mr. Jaineri CpV'Kin; th© pro­ ducer is' hoping to iritrodilcri to:ne interesttog and novel lightmg ,'effectri to create the nbeessary weird atmosphere. It' will be interesting to see whether ‘IMrobeth,’! given urikr modem conditions of lighting and setting, can keep the audlenc;: m suspeilse throughout a series of mlffilght murders, ghosts, and terrlfytogj wltclies, for It is taterided to nrerient!the play as a ]'thriUei^.”


at Torquay, rind I have nqW ryader that lot far fromTort named " Low Moor.”


upon the illitheroe presentitlon of ;GM- Nlght Viema;


j c m WILLIAM BRASS, 1 'M : Hou ie of Coinmons ,


all the c! st on the wonderr ‘ which I witnessed on Fr have nev|er;seeri an amatep


done.


■jtyfANY people who last wfe^'^. Wtfed'the -i-'-*- iname of James Tpmlirisori in, the i i iNoiihem Wrialfissj programme.


t fedognlUonj Mr. pr6mlin?on'-p riow a niem


WhUe he thas pflayed in h to ^ '.o f , p ^ rirammes, i thlnWthls was_ t le to t time he had ‘appeared as solplrit. . ,on the„ aft.


er df the Ndrtheb Whelesri Oreheritrm


don’t . Bup&e It: will' be the last, sincerely hope not.: In addition to htewlre-' leris playlnri, Mi", Tonfiftson s now leader ;of the sedond violins in' the Halle Orchestra,


ing to one df the test,.kndirii musicians Cllth- erde has ever produced, pmd one of the m^t


nunedlately recognised;that name as belong­


talented, t*. ;He*riri?down,(o P'?y of'ridlta MioS, which? fact (hsslsted ;in the


X' shou d like, to congrmiflate you rind ., T , I : r , sent the following not -


J^AST w^k. I glveL -- of tie country, Includlig “jClithe)


■to residences 111 various ]pi referred to local liairies


peeni told by ay Is a ylllrige


itlng froin the on' Monday, to Mr. Hard -y


its height assures me that he willi not soon forget the grandeur )f the wild abahdon of the scene, 'lit was pnctlcally Impossible,” he writes," to :keep on 0 re's feet, let alone move forward, in some of ti le streets leading to the Promenade. ‘ The v lnd-swept waves flung themselves against the : sria wall with an angry roar, and spray ;and spume were carried by the gale fm across thq'Promenade and even up the'adjoining streets. Occasional gleams of sunshine Imt a iralnbow^llke effect to the water as it rose in the air, and the whole scene was one to linger over, so long as one could maintriln a reasonably measure of warmth. It was riot at all surprising to leam that one' unfoiftunate - pedestrian had teen carried against a moving tramcar by the wind rind hrid been severely injured,:and that others had had very narrow [escapes.”


pool on Saturday forenoon When the tide was'at f|ill and :the gale was a ,


r jm s week.


Customerri had [better take warnlrig and not get too close to the lounters or] they may find themselves in the; ray when these “fltter'i


girls start to Vault tie counterslinstead cf walking found them! '


'


nectlon':with he Clltheroe visit to ■ the Bradford Pintomlme on February 16th will close] deflmfelf tomorrow (Satur­


I AM remlriried .that ^ e bookings in edn-


day.) The plan murit ,be returtied to tfte theatre after this! dath ' There rare still , a number of- good se'gts available in the dress circle arid orchestra malls. The train will stop at;rail stritlons whalley to Hellifleld,: with the exception of Newsholme. : It will] assist the raUWay riffle to ! if those-tvho have booked theatre] tickets villi call for, them at the station any time t ftef Wednesday iiext. It must be understoo<; that .the t r ^ pnv


vlded for panfemlme p assengefs ■ only ” and Is not rin. advertised ex airslon. None theatre goers'Will oifljf be c6i sldered after the re­ quirements o(:, vlsitorri :to the pantomime have been met},


rriHE aiicleht •A


•the three.? GelUo crosst 5. commonly ascribed to. Paulirius, which son e people-believe were erected about jthe'yeai |630. 'There,Is, how­ ever,’ a doubt jabout tiie exact age,iof these crosses..- The stone ■


105. I’rhe same stone records that hls wifi dledjon April jSlstl a uth of the :Ohancel]li a " memorial-"^tohe '.to 'JamesriWhittaker, 0; Ribchester,?lntoribed!riijlQhow8;'


may, be '700 years old. ]The sun cjlal ft ft' scribed 1757. To. the siuth of the sun dlal' ii a flat'grave storie to the memory of Grioigi Crawshaw, rifi Read; vfho died in 1811, agf


'


. ' Aa lrara ndw,'so mist you'be, ^ Prepare fdh death and folldw 'me, , • |


? Speotritorri jail, as i'dif-htiss by, ' ■ As yote are! now so, price was I;


sou. Ariother'lnteresttog: lomb which lies to A .


th west of the Church -at iWhalley has the followlrig Interestl ig inscription;


< dffln iieaf; the tovief Perhaps, the iriost Intimstlng of these are-


contains man; I reminders of'the: antiquity ,of th s place, writes HBJO.


Chu "Ohyard - a t , Whalley,


duction I havri learned of the intro- staff of!- a veil-known local store.


!of “ K leplflt ” clasies -for the


iri i935'snd jthe '


chairman of the Italian Methodist'Church,; in thq, coursd of Ihls.lecture qt CUtheroe:


n amusink Uttle story concerning Mus-] solini v as told by the Rev. Edgar ;j(| : Bradfoijd, of: Moreebmbej a former!


rnHRODGHODT hls .long career, Mr! Gudgeov has: used only, pne double : bass instrument, Indeed, it is so


Mv. '• ,i


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ADVERTISER AND T U p iS , Ml


m


'0 MUSSOLINI’S E . ' ■ , :


lilii'liIPiiifii! „________ ___ hetnbPr for upwards


of a quarter brajeehtuy. iri .Clltheaoe, he ot which he has been a


F R i i ) . E EBRCABY 4.11938. iHf.if.iJ jO iL L l k lH O l f _______ iXjS r 'V ^ l i i d d w s •


A .V E E V E R S & SO N S JOINERS.BUILDERS Estabhihed


was' fbr'mpy yeats the :'dlstii^!Ui6heh leader Of almost every orchestra tbat; played} in thp town,: arid hls cultured playing, couplro with his treqiendbus enthusiasm foi muslo, "made him an' extremely valuable iriembeij of the community. We now sbe and (hear xpo. Uttle of Mr. Tomlinson,: and that Is one reason for my hope:' that the ]BB.O. iwill use him increasingly as soloist. ' They copld go further and fare worse.. : |


I


prospecting Ucensos, co:vering a total larea of 696 sq, miles in Yorkshire and Xpeashire. have just been issued by the Boardiof .Trade tO: the Gulf Exploratibn Company, .and this area Includes: Bum M nr landi the Forest of Bowland, :-According to Mr.l-Galley,; secre­ tary ol the Gull Expmratlon iComp^, the districts in which this |n9W search lor oil wlU be carried on bave bedn chosen alter] careful geological and geophy. ileal explorations, and he says that maps anb books ol reference re­ veal the likejihood of 111 in these places. The company has already xgun, operatldns' near Tunbridge-WellS; Ktot, where a well has beep sunk. • There is Uttle indication .that petroleum exists: in commercial, quantities there. The compahy, ri an olf-sHoot of the American Gull OU Coiporation,.and aUudlng to the lventure; Mr. (alley says: “ ,We are trying another mad, g imble in : the; North. Personaftyl ;I shall be very sbiprised If any quantlty jof oU is foun t,, but in America they think it worth the exp mse.”


r


is not generally jkown; I think, that before long there may be bdring for oil In parts of thib dlstricki Five


, !|


we experienced a: “ bii: blow which started up on Friday night a id 'continued: through­ out the greater part, of next ;day.' ] It may be taken as a coinedehee that much the same thing happen^! last'wpeklena After nlghtfaU.on Friday there arose a tempestu­ ous north-west wind, and: before pdnigbt a bowling gale was bli wing with a force that threatened to carry ev irythlng.vrith it. Heavy loss of life at sea is fei rod, and ol the damage to'property none is nore sbrious itban the wrecking ‘ of a ! cor slderable 'portion of a Glasgow . Exhibition. ;)avillon. Then came the terrMc rainstonij on which drenched scores of IbcSl folk and re­ duced the attendance at several local events, I know one iriatl'Wh); compelled to attend a ’ long meeting' after getting,hls clothes soaked, stuffed newspapers:up the Inside of his trouser legs and thus avoided the dqmp striking through, Wonderful | things, ne,wspapersl : j


yOMEHOW our wl iter gales seem to have ^ a: special? pridUectlon for] Friday night and'Sati rday.l A fortnight ago


example, than' to see peeping shyly tout of a lawn’beileath bare trees the]flfst snowdrops’ of the year? In a ga: den riot far amy we] primrases ft blorm, though ppfidouj' coriipd . me, to confess that? they IddkM by,rid means- happy or flouritiilng but ?rrithei: qs though they had just edirie hrdugri | ah ley flood of ram and were feeling sick and sorry because of their temerity ii making a premature appearance in : the none too klpdly flrst month of the year.


A ND, yet the] wedk-end; Was not without itri commendable ;jfeatures}-.' What could: haVe b ;en mqre ohyering, for


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I ■ : : -i ' ’ , ■ Iru-uiro-LAAritecrir .nr>- • ‘


inn-keeper of the town, Notwltnstani temptations of that dangerous caj maintained good order in hls housq, liciit the' sabb'ath day-holy, .freouent^, the ■public -worship with his, family, Iftduced ; hls guests to do the sariteland regularly


worth, more than fifty years the


gftlie he


partook of the Holy Conimrinlonj i: He was' also bountiful to the poof. In private . as well as In public, and by the blessmg


of Providence on a long]life so spent, died possessed of compe^ni wealth j .■


1813, ag^ 77 years. More reejent Is almphu-, ment to 38 years old wife and seveft years old dririghter of Edgar Applepy, of .'(palley Abbey; who died on] September 13th, 1881, as the result of a carriage accident nrer 'the Church\lnscrlbed on the tombstone are the followingMlMs: |' '! :!';| 'j, ' ■ | ,j'i| |‘


This worthy man died on jpebruarf 28th,


Advertise &Timei Office :OE.


cl:


“ In theft^ves they were! 'lovely, and ]in death they w& not divided.


mHE years-old fcustom of| ihowering'^con-


of extinction at not a few places, and nobody would welcome this more'than the vergere. There have been several; protests iri the Clltheroe district, rind'now 1 see that aptloff is being taken at-Padiham, ‘Ift the [current Issue' ol the Parish Church inagazine jit Is pointed out by the Vlcarihat for, some ittae past ithe' Chuteh iCouncU has' teen rether disturbed by the horelble me^ri^afed •ry the practice, and if |s only alter, long rand serious consideration - that ri ,ban has: heen imposed. To substantiate!:the action pl-the Church Council,; 'toe ’YicarJpoints out that when confetti Is throwfi it .takes the 'vergef an'hour to get it away as, the stepsiOften have to be not only sviept but SwUlei ^ a to the Vicar states that' If there is a wind i and gravel the ground Is dry, thei coiffettl. gete (m! the


-a- ' fettl . on newly married-couples as ' they emerge from church Is in'dringer


removing It. The P a ^ am Parish Chmcft ft not the onty religious' organlsritlpn, which Is


and there Is cbnsldefable difficulty in opfiosed to cdnfettt-throwlhgj ■ Bans o{; the


'them.; Ancient' custoriis] often'; prove] hart to [discontinue, and wedding gutets catvsMdom w restrain their feelings of elation, at Pamham


samfe soft have b4h tmpps^ churches in the dfttrict, butjif I s ,With],diffi­ culty that people are pefsuaded to, bbterye


will be i»sted!forbldalng thp'Use of ^confetti, rlcd and rose'leaves.’: ,:; ’ (


hCn any riirirrlage Jls solemnfted, -a -notice i; • ,?,


INTERESTING ITEM


toefease Iri cargo traffic, sud a.flv! periceirt. increase! jin' shipping tonnage | jludughout the ye^,! Southampton Docks siriashed all theft. 6wh existing records ,to |193'1.


nuwith ;ri teif prir cent., irioreise to the mber ;of passeMers, a, [fifteen per [ceiit.


'nie''Queen' has annual,', conference


promised ,to!! attend the of the 'Womeri’s section


ol the iBrltlsh Legljm to .Lonijon n April. rMoiy ^ thati'-'miKK) people] hato ,?ftea(ty


Jotoed-i'up for iriftCraid precaution iwork, It Was' recently statM by • the jlnspectof-Gen- eral' .Wlrig-C!oiniria|id^ E.. J. iHod“ "


■ ’Iherworld’s fondness for ttaned^sahnon : meaha.feg tooriey to the Alaska flsherira,


flnanclaliyear I936j37. , . ’ ’- h-?!: ’


'j ! ■


last ,yeaf they! exported cases of [salmon, valued at £5,000000.: But


-this ft riot 6 recofd by?afiy the(tota!l number pi cases; exceeded 8,250,000.


to Hattingrin, Germany. . It ft poped ibat they will ellmtoate smoke pollution. Each of the chtaineys ft nearly 500 feet high.


o■ Chlmrioys that: catch! and abtotb theft wn‘smoke are now being built above tectones


: '344,900,1)00 postal orders, worth a,' total ral £89,000,000, were sold [to Britain dijirtog the


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Here lies the body of -John :Wiggte$- ............... ! principal


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