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M m ■irr


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iVWWWWWWWb^ r s i APRI L 15th, 1913, , : . I 1


[of the Aspln^ll famllj , She had! been at Standi


Ity-one years, and was sii I by her son, Mr. J. Bleazi i


ICouncUlorj Wm. Wella Cllthefoe buslness-m


I decorator,; died on the 1 slxty-twoJ


liStandrtng and Mr Qeori were the candid! i br, a bye-election caused


Houlker,! of Bawdlan


6se death wdk place on il Bhatburn-road, belonged; ifo broe' famlljr. , Her


de, widow of; Mr. 1^1Uat4


I Seed, was i manager, Arsf ' rofthe old l^ater Comp;


icbnsthictlon work of; tfi ICUtheroe railway extensji rs. Dugdale had attained Tyear. ^ M "


iceptance bf; a call to ■ Church at Egerton,'ijear|


Lwm. Clirlstle, pastor ngregatlohai Church, nbl


! ‘


1st and a native of Cllthm ]for a second year Presloi tjchester [District of oumallsts.


Brunsklll, a popular Bln |


Ipmllnson, whose parbnt? |j id a drapery business In . ilch adjoined the Jewel er'# Barnes Rawsthome at the


;ars. Mr.[Tomlinson served Iqeshlp as a Joiner; vlth


,stle-street, died at Seedl,eJ ester, oh the 11th, dgeq


eevers and Sons. For several 1 organist at Stj Jaiies’A as also hctlvely Inter^ted ;


|it the Bolton iMunldpal ihool, and took a similar post Salford Higher Educi itlon


upteer Band. On learipg taught building ! lopT


IWllson, of 23, Corporatli lhad ofadated as sexjai phrch. Low Moor, died loil' age of sixty-two.


top of Knaresborough (Dr. fcated an! extension ; to the ad at St. Helen’s Church, on the 116th. At a jcon-


Ity-three were from Grlhdle-


brvice which followed, abates were presented


Ifesdale Biickhounds Ste^' I place on the 12th at GisI I : tricksters and others I [Bolton-by-Bowland; on Iming offences on the c


idurse.


|)den, secured an appoint nent !manager [of a printworrs at


; Sharplps, of 37; Mona-


fcmpany's wotks., Two father Ibden residents also held pts in Brazil.


^mambuco, Brazil, undej: Mi. oierly manager of the Sabden,


he Eddlestori Cup, played on j re ground, by two goals to nil. .


defeated St. Chad’s ih the


hd Read Parish Churches; Bhaw-terrace, Read, lO-- ' ^ I !


! Rushton,' a former■ sext 1


m at died aged


Es she was retiring!to|bid on 1 Mrs. Holgate, Dalerterrace, widow of Mr John.Hqlgate, I medical aid could be pro­


be was eighty-one. eaths recorded were:


_Russell-street, 64, and ack Commbhs, 59.


John John ;[


iple- ;um. rere thb'


John Easthato, was a fdres^i


VILLAGE LIFE


REV. HAROLD BIRp DESqRIBES, CONDITIONS AND OUT


STRANGE CUSTOMS


INES PROfipMS. Where SERFDOM SURVIVES-


ILLITERATE MILLIONS; RUINOUS LITIGATION.


The wealth ol India Is aA Uldsioo; India is not rich, rather is she one of the QDorest countries in the world. Many starve that few miay lire In plenty.


This Is the view of the Rev. Hftrold Bird, a Methodist minister home on furlough from Hyderabad, who. In anllntervlew with an “Advertiser and Tlmes’i reporter, has given an Insight Into thei lives and environment of the people amongst whom


he has ministered lor. fourteen years. . Mr. Bird frankly stated that some< of


the problems faclng , the ; country are; almost unsolvable, and that Ithe great need Is for publlcrsplrlted jmen i and women to render community service.,,,-:: A native of Helllfleld,'Mr. $lrd catae


forward in- the; Clitheroe -iMethodlst (Wesley) i -Circuit; on trial. ^ a local preacher ;and later removed to/Penrith,: where heiwas a candidate for the minis­ try ihihls earlier-days, he studled, dentistry with Mr, T. Forresh FrWh 1921-untll 1924 he . was. a - studeht-aV Dldsbury [Training College; anp theOi as he had expressed a desire for missionary work, he was appointed to the Hyberabad district of India, which hds now a Christian community; of 105,000,.^and Is the most progressive mlssionispheye in the world. Mr. Bird went out for a, seven years’ vocation and at:the;epd of,-four years he marrled:;Miss, EllzabethjHarr greaves, eldest daughter of the pijesent; Mayor and; Mayoress : (Couhclllot.- and Mrs G. Hargyeaves), who haq become a State registered nurse.,: Ever Since) toey have been : stationed:; In, India, ] with periods at home on furlough. | : My. and Mrs Bird have four children,! the youngest of whom are- twlns-fa.boy and


a girl. ; ; , . ' MISSIONS...EXTENDINO. ; - r -


Mr Bird was appointed as assistant.at Karim Nagar and; after slxtefen.months,


When he first went out to pybeyabad,


went In the same capacity to AUfi Where he remained for twelve, months ■ before returning to Karim, - A yeai later, no was raised to the rank of Superintendent,


and on his return to. India in! 1933) after a year’s furlough, he wasi apnolnted Superintendent at, Luxettypet,: for the special task of carrying to icompletlon the building of a large church; The work was completed In eighteen hionths,. and six months later Mr. Bird returned, In January, 1935, to Karim Nagal as Super­ intendent of that mission and of three other circuits, one • of which was Just starting and which has now a Christian community of 2,000.


: | , :


• Christian community has grown from i 'iooo to 12,000. : Karim Nagar is now 'J very important mission! centre and


!i)i In the area for which Mr, Bird hM I'^een [ responsible' since j 1928, the


iSlr. Bird has six lady European ^colleagues; two doctors! and two


-riinrslng sisterS in a big posPlt?* w >omen, and two ladjfi?-,en^|ffl;iln.


; 'Education work.; - ,


l lh addition, there Is a large school for bfaVs and one for glrls;.,!and a gins


trakilng school, as well-as a bpys'^prlmary schbol, a district middle] school,-and :a hdstel This Is the only niiddle school of! its kind in Hyderabad Stafft whefe the medium of instruction ,4s | the:, omclai language of Urdu. Mr, Bird has under to


village,and possessed- a-peculiai^method: of government on collective lines.-No man was a law unto himself,, econojni-i cally or socially., , In-each vulage could be found typical- occupations, such as! gardeners, blacksmiths, potter, ’washer-; man, the i worker in leather; the. drawer. of toddy (the native drink), the man who, took care ; of the : water Bupply<: ; the, village, servant,; the: goldsmith,;; and- the merchant;! ; These trades^or professions- were not determined by;[per80fiaI. cholce; or ability, but by-.blrth^Jihe cakt system.: A carpenter-had to provlde all the wood*- work requlredi for agricultural, purposes In. the village,l and was. not; paid for t o Services at the time the work was done, but at the-end; of the year, at harvest: time. 1 Similarly, the potter provided all the pots reiiulred In the vfilage, and the worker ln‘ leather, all the leather, required to the various jobs that:.had to be done.


i TCHE LOT OF TOE COOLIES.


.! and even the carpenter,- the -potter; I the wood sawyer; etc,) each ipossessea ,[ his-own plot; of’‘land;:from; whlch.-ah,


- iThe - baslo- UveUhood of ’ an, ' the i viUagerst however, was ■ agriculture,


’ sufficient to maintain their wives and families.


- I attempt was - made, to earn a-living^ as their own calling did. not bring in


' Methods o f payment were. to iklpd,' ratherthan to-money.! • At harvestitimei all: the: villagers ’ gathered at the thresh­ ing floor, of the. farmers and the grain


from1l5 to 20 per" cent of the b)?s were- recelvlng spme education whies, .tfa his mimi, W


educated at’all___ _


Amongst the ,to^e^ j.Qjg ipartijuiars ra-thff .racinST [discovered *


___ ' tiiarae-totl'mce'ivW;


was then; proportioned out according, to the work done. ; The; coolies, :; or lower class; who had no land of their. Own, word paid on a different scale and received


4 t o


perhaps the equivalent of .two rupees a month, and! perhaps a pair of .blantotfc For t o pSytoent; the coolie was exp ^ d to work the whole year round, either night or day; If he were called upon.:,and at seed time and certain other seasons of the year he would ,be .working.iifrom two or three to the morning until eleven, and then‘from three until 8-0 p.m., or perhaps rising at 5-0 am, and worSdnr until late at night with little rest there were ,no trade union rules to Indian


^Each vtoage possessed from 2,000 to 20,000 acres of land,-and some of t to was In private ownership and some, oelPMed to theiGovemment. „Usually,the.Im was split into smaU holdings and some was kept by the Government for special purposes; certain people to payment ;fbt. work for the Government being granted: land That land might not belong to> them so far as the tltie


cemed, but none could take It from them and they, were entitled to let it nut,w rental. Other people secured Imd to- different ways and tried to


s were co^


them away from the village to tiie toi^ji As soon 8S a child became llte :ate, the, village I ceased to Interest him. Uealistogi difficulty,


land I duced togn tide


, co-operative loan | socfetl iS, lendj; )dC.


lonfay to farmers and lando wners tg| hem; over^untl^the; ■ harv Mt -’.iwd


to ■ ptactlce the ■ scheme. ■ had proved,a falluto. ] Cfaimtless thousands hajd beeh


keep I toevltji hums)]


I


EIS on wrong lines, as It tempted tMn”: and MrJ W. Garnett CtoliStarkle’s


making efforts to improve village socleW Pleefales as a whole and were modernlilng


In addition, they h id totro |


thfem out of the haniA ol toA miB money, lenders; ,;Owh ig to M 1 element, he was.sorry,to ®ay that


: rufeed foTeclosing on mortgages, ai d a BiU had been Introduced to stop this praetice and also to limit .tl e .period offloans.


wouW Receive to interest several times the apholint of the actual loan vover.;,# perlolifof years; and-a law had b( ejl made that ja! loan could only be mad( for OM


Ofteh enough, the money lender^


year from the date of borrowtoi. Un- ntely clever; scounflrels.hi,d;;found Mle, with the result tia t con-j /ere': not. greatly, itoiprov |A' moral STANDARDS.


“‘ThpTlfleTent types of land’'#jsessed I agrlcffitoral workers, une t hv the vlllasers'generally Include^ forest .1 evils which exists ISiserfflom, Sreas S d are“ X d to ^azlngf ofteiJU their chUdren to . ser dee to a


Each farmer did not put his cattle Inhw ^ a f own field, anfi fence the land as In


purpose and certain persons were respon­ sible for looking after them The system of management was on a communal


basis The land was Into small holdings, but the method of; acquiring land; was peculiar and compU-i


cated


cliatge 60 to 70 primary village ,pchopa, tabght by trained evangelists. (.In the whdie area there are about ninety evpi- geltets. Since going back to Indla.three veats ago, Mr. Bird has undertaken large building schemes, Including.one central church, four central halls, exten- siiA to the nurses’ home In the hospital, anl a block of isolation waVds. |, •


METHODIST PROGRES^.


, !gpeaklng on the progress the Methodist Church had made In India, Mr, Bird said


tiwy had more than trebled th^r num- VL during the last twenty years ^ d


trie outcasts, but a similar movement wm trouble which arose, when •milking exceUent progress lamongst the


wire still going forward.. Not bnly had tliey begun a mass movement . amongst


farmer and artisan c te e s .r, “The-scope for - service- Is unllmltea


dated April 15th 1888 1


I but the increased' expenditure Id; by the Interest on boilrowed k! connexion with the new


land the fa.ct that the ad iptLoi II system had caused Incfeadei


I that direction. Whei they i B the death rate, he ; tl ought tyers would conclude that they II return for the money. ■ Tttej le; police force for the ensuing Estimated at £ 512.


' 1lest was held at the Red Llotf.


X a piece of potato glVeh to Jt! Ir of the children. The verdlcb,f| pdental death.” i


elghtTmonths-old child, son of i Irker, Moorflane, who had beeai


Iresentatlon to Mr. 1 1 who was leavjng to bt as overlooker. Thb


Bvers at Victoria Mills, of a paly, bf glass gU


louch and pipe, with a • Mrs. Stuttard, wereprqi Isses Hill and Smith.


Sabdepj homds. :e an-l gUfs,i


i 51 missionaries of both sexes, excluding 1 missionaries’ wives. Most pf the women ; were engaged In educational oy medical


I tor the training and suPPo.rt 1 • ahd evangelists, as no job Is im,dertaken '


unless we can glvfe proper pastoral over- In the district of Hyberapad, [they


f i work. The language spoken wqs Telegu,


' although the official ; State was Urdu, which was Arabic and ’ Persian in origin.


;i i , ,


yiLLAGE LIFE: STRANGE CUSTOMS. ■Village life In India! was vlvlffiy


I was in the chair, and the company ln- cluded the Mayor and Mayoress (Couhr jtlllor and Mrs. G. Hargreaves)| ., - ; - -


described by Mr. Bird ln,'a fascinating talk given to members; of CUtherqe Rotary Club and lady friends, yesterday week Dr. E. R. B. Murray, the {President,


; 'said he wished to speak; on ithe. ,s^m Conditions of India only sp /pr as;they


pame within his own In Southern India where the ^ a t t e


’Conditions, and the


ibes,;{i{ work-^l seutbd'


recorded during the weel: ikbum, 731 Thomas Frate


"Jiller, 28; Margaret EUli Calverley, 66.


[here! a scheme has beeh enable patients and stad to within teh minutes of recelv


1 air raid shelters the Mildmay Centre, ^


pital In jthe world to


ey, 21; I s. 71 ;l


were:,


hlilngtom dei’vlsiq


provide br. ua.


> iHyderabad, where he wus. 6^Mi°hcd, wfis the premier native state, and


[Were such as to lead- to the :of- the people l and thqte i character.


‘ (of an area almost equal : [excluding Wales, 'with ai population of


! Ninety-five per cent pfjthe people of India Uved in whatj coud described as truly rurql areas,


thirty million people. , • i - -


*!he wanted to deal wlt^tMi m a l^ [ dltlons, which were to the baqkground of


ijcentres such as Madras and


all Indian life, culturd and hlsterY. I Villages to India varied to ^Ize from


I population of 100 to a I' 10,000, and each possessed hlS OTO land


' acres The villagers had very, little onto | ! look beyond the environs ot-their tovm


varying perhaps from MOO td


, Many people describing: InffiA-.h^ I depicted life In the tapre


■ I At the outset, of his addresk, Mr. :Blrd


and our problems are mainly those, of flhance.” he said. “We need more njcEiey


could be moved to a the 5


arifi families ^ This complicated; system i- qM for men and i woman .endowed, fnvffiSjMlderable UUgatlon It was q]th public spiritedness ajnd a fine


was split up amongst thfalr sons


easy to understand the great amount of that to many a case only a stone, which


f -ee democracy, and there v f s:nseqfduty.


uiitU that need was supplie 1, be pjquiems md


boundary. Another re^n,tor toe com , . J tAmc would not be, ovei come., .-,. outclassed every time. pUcated system, which had economic re- Pre.«


cult fas facing tlje Governmi nt at,the i -


actions[In the lives of the-pepple,^as.|. the fact that all the knowledge about J‘


the lands boundary lines and iS'se-ol h o ld f f 'w a s to the


people;jas the majority of t h e P »


roursCi • w6fG illit6r&t6t . JFgw i, -ViUss? farmers possessed, plans or doenmente of


S easily be falsified and people S e d of their right, so that soonCT or


later, 50 per cent of


volved to legal proceedl^s -ae he^ of the Government was H.E.H. toe Ntem


L^d of Hyderabad and Berw. but the raato


any description and bud te.rely.UPnh th® word of the vlUage surveyor. Records


Mrs LlstQr.


<,{ the President, semnded by ^ ne highly sattoto^ w fn o 4 >lto- ^


jg c j . ana outcias|ea on the j


. ---------- SUDDEN TUR^


ing" One ■


■ ........’ Mwa . .. ..‘t'. , . .. , , . ' ' " " “ to resumethis place o" tb® ^ab


Scheme under: (review, , md i lt' mfay -be toth>- duced to the Town CoimcUi for tlmlr approval before longi - One objectton to-toe present Jaymiti la ■


i; 1, -VI 'chaseswasthattherowoenq. w-isq i, wc *ojo v. . . . u v ■ lime but hfc Was found ahd was compplled j out He said he’d only gom [for a_dpk|^


sm&i March 20th, had a sequ l at CUth- eroc|C!ounty Sessions, on Monday, when


A I' alcldent on the Hiirst Orem op


constitution and administration Otoe members were hot:- appototed,, in .to^ democratic manner by holding ^ election, but by. virtue of their office^and


some were appWted by Itself ! The Government's main infafiffle In the State came from land, taxi and toe;


excise duty In regard to toe sMe of in­


toxicating liquor, which w“ and produced by the State, itself. During! the last few years, the Govern^eht had: spent huge sums of money to Improi^ the roads aqd the construction of reser­


voirs _


years ago, there:was no public heaito department to the State but ww | there: wa$


HEALTH ANd EDUCATION. Whisn he went out to India fourteen


throughout the country.


3dnUrab?4;:.*®rVf^ i ‘


In toe past, they had an effidemli' Of


Nizam toedlcal service such ,epidemic ;| were mlnlmlsedi In- toelr - ^ect.-, _a^^ great, sslvlng to human life ,had been; achieved. The Governraentewas als^j;


one sort or another! almost, aitohWiy>iPto- now o^pg to efforts put torward by^he,


spending monpy to the totepquctlon, of more modern methods of agllcfiltute aw upon higher education.


years It was hoped tO’totrOdute compul^ sory education. One of tod


1


cll which was bureaucratic In irn 1 j Q^en when he shot 0 it his mm- juter mid h^cfi'ntcly-turned tp the right


of toe State was the Executive y jj^ni Uwer Holder m the


wnnrtfipirtR-roaa. wiin- lue- result 1 that m f e ru e bO T who; was riUifag a mptorr


heavy customs and.excise duUeSilmpo^J There was a large revenue from toej


eye ei'iolUded with the car, and 1 oth he|“ d his IpUllon passenger were. , thr iwn tP| rtE nflant ’ sent a letter, statj ig toal he


Xh itr only the Becond; time .1 le -had Ih- relibje during 18 years drivlr g- ; I fifae bl. 103. and costs was li iposed.)


'a li otdr-car without due care an 1 attention. It I was stated that defendar|t was pro­


Wil iam Henry Martin, chaffeuj 3, West Vail 1 liiewsbury, was summoned or nrivmg


Swfo^ASoclatkmrwho vouched for their placfa iowadays « m b f f “ offi<4 walkto round aztoe, the Vfcai


fiWDUiU


suppose the ‘Ibookies" hfad i b^ day. Iteal Wtoners'werej rather.bad to find-


' A 'Fb'ibND ‘who lives to'an ; Vavqnue-7 A wbereithe residents w®


loo! Ed into his mirror and saw nothing M- hirid him when he turned toward s Woodfield


lather day^'fabout a man ivho did a p}t oi ?“ialntlnK for himseW-’-He d [Clded ®n fa,|whlte


First he fainted the white and made a real j f f l rathe.] broad black 1 lies


of their houses waS teU% '“L e ­ X w l to the panef lined to black. -


f e - Beautiful Gardens!.


fbiSowlng gardens ln;Lancash .re, updrthe wSt Rlffing of yorkshlreiWilfbe'-pp^h to. ■th if ‘ pfibllc: ort'-i behalf ■' o f . Initltutetof District Nursing


By the courtesy of the (wners, the LefecMPtf® AFRII i


Eifetin Mondayi April 18th' BUverdale, near Carnfo th


iW’Garriilgton, Esq.); ll]*'![ p.to<6d,_


8t ,uWay; kitil 3Pth: M to telib lf iie ,


HOghton, near:? 'eston/t Urs/'Gatty) 1^0 p.m.^[1-0 p,to.';!'6d


Rtoffi


th e Queen’s and of., th e Nursing!■


■ yi.


Next night, he reappeared to straighten thfa fadges ® the white Nexr'nlgl]rhe.r^appem^^ with black


^.-i-to the vfast: atous""


■neighbours: -Iwho i; watched Jjrom^,a Ftoally, oiie


masking memt c6verin£ W


® X Sw fed a J d to e ; jo b c^ ^ toi everyljOd te) satisfaction.


, TW(INI}$fthowm^ ' ■


i g


Jk' ' Qtot M FQnn^y> to^ ,fa|idiiTc6jifadlito(;’ , A S


people-ii^gnis^- on


so it went O ' ) - * ™ . ^ ^ I r i t M our fteochlal ( 'h t o t o l c ^ smaU degree topistoapig;,fate ifa of.a^^


“amateur” lend "suggest^ he shop] mask. ■W


hite' paint :brie'toight, i I


paint-: •And' black


new tocumbeilt to a particular parish; its long-stahdtog tridltloifs, addfa'" It seems to n le a fine ti ibute _ clergyi and laity' that SQ Uttlp .si dccilrfa on thifa accoiml, .The growth


Writing o f ! the.! dl Bdoulty -of fadjusi [the


Ills; oth lion


pAllEb{w^*-^ yfte , ‘ Alleged td have [drii^^; a sp T h e Ob t a in a b l e i i i i i :-f “ ■


-yefate^risti ;tofbhe ipi rlsh. Il ls inbW teterto! find;: toem'.'stfajltag: tot) {toe: teenfa;


anyfoiie place i The ?' are bdto advantages rnid'ditoculties'inthls speedier rateoftofapge. One a the difflcultlfis oT whlcp I ami pm- tlculariy conscious Is the increased resmtol- bllity thrown [upon the shoulders of ithe


patrofis of hvitogs. once to ®wry 181® years’to find a new vlear whO -wUl p a ^ IS not Impraq Icable. But to i fresh appomtment mery five oj six yeai


by no]means easy.” ] |ii; .


Wl^ an expert staff, the finest equlpffl|ent. and persbnal attention^ we guarajatee;the best results to the smMtos^! •tyles of' the seaibn. Permanent Waving by | the


[ EUGENEifand-otherileadtog:mfathbds.i -Treatmepl]S,B^^ 5 TER Syslei


LADIES’,,^ ,GR^’S PRESSE


7;PRBTOlfllEWR(^APr^CKBURN ;L }-!


_ Q^g ^ bookie’• ffid llsappear tor a 1 many jjeople cannot v|aJk there (Without the 6f ’tmted glasses,


the teys of the;sun.'wi ;h such, lijtensltyjtoat ' ‘


thatj -the conOTte .pfirete •77,


/(,-■ dividing ESTATES.


. i-A man-might possess ten acres of; land [originally, but often it md not remain intacti for long, as when He, died It would be divided between pis


own. i and before very estate could be split small fragments.


sonsJwho might have .sons of their, ■'


' • * ..............long a large up into very, j


]


land, W all the ckttle wfeirO' coUectea Enfel 5 - S a “ t o - « l . tW fcr


dmo 1 a S ' S ' , 3


othef bfardles were a t work, with equal etfectlveriess, trying toiiaise t t e mpr. standard and relieve th e econo mla con- dltlorSi There was a womkr s mpve- toenij stmethlng- on the-ltoeS:.olRotaryj ^


„ _____ _ . ammecans, a id ta tteiipting to Introduce a Bfii T fenoighlto provide


h e " - “ fafflefers] and


ie re ttd u ts ld e their own eny fom e n t. Thev! wanted' economic,-stability, b u t ay a ll'^ ln je s were’ satisfied. If ifhey had food and


he'marriage age froin falght to flfteenji i lT ir villagers as a;whole, had no In-


*Gbvernment wefeialso coi isIdeHn| trOductlon of a minimum wage fot iffiral workers. -Gne.of ijhe. WorBji


fot parents


to pay; Off a lot ni.VconiT i i h ;as;,ex6tqd;ln, W


git: from the - efl itts, - the.


I N’the raport of .toe second steeplechare, ■ by the-way; 1 find a-mention of the i


........... . ’ “ • ’—‘— jy which lousesj.qf;


erofe would have been much.(TB8ter, but for the rival attraction of the & a l tie for toe Lancashire Junior ' Cup,.; a t : Blackhvm. [■■T noted that to this match, OU heroe defeajted Kearsley by 8 goals to nil.


I fact that the atttodMoe from toith- hearing three smart girls dlscassing their bad | near fujure


---- enclosure. .............................. .. ' chase, oh Saturday. 1 |»uld not amid


[ rriHE,things -A members'


yoii'hefarl


Government were trylngJtoSre I rrput admtolstfators to work for I but unfor-’


.


luck as punteid.' • Sam. one of them, releinng, to iMiss Hesketh’s fall which robbed hej of victory In toC) Ladies ^Bace|^ 'f ^ d to tljtak.


i ==


A lats ebnttoue to hnd irugs There were one Orftwo groups of there pla^ble-


iA'MAZING i how- the thijee-card spcilai-


' £ c e to S abUity to “spot the lady’’ reielved the taeirttaWe toock, wltojdue financial gain to the. operetfate- C®pld®(^8,|


trlcKsters opetattag al Savfley and 1 jwas told thev duly found victims, whose pou-


S!


'Standing to.ithe at the Steepler


the Goyemmeit were, 1 the;


third. '.I,


a on 'Cql. StarMe’s on fRelgate”! Mr Shaw sect


, Tihitley, of Blalokbum: while I “ Sportsman " w s rw


i


nd on "Cap- Jr.j thlrdi’On


“Sportsman”, Ih ; 'ihe: second, iw reefa was won by Sophy,” .ridden


■ ■ maB. sedfmd, and Mr. Surety”.-was


by Alderman Mr. W. Gaf.


Lord Elbblesdalfa presiding, With Col. Starkle and Mr W. (Saijnett as vice-chairmen. The chief regret of Lord Ribblesddlfe,Expressed m his Speech, Sppears to havC'bfato that he had been unable, to'jtakB-part'in toe, racing,ibe"; cause he had ho horses at (ilsbum, and I; nfated that Mr. Garnett said when replying to. a'toast, that it ttOuId be the proudest moment of his life wheh V rode and W


. ■ forlhO farmeis over'whbte'todhu|ite ' .Ing-took place,.was servpd atGisburn;:


ITER the first steeplechases, dinner '1'


races He had not long to [wait for tWs proud rnomentelas at the very .next steeple::


on at Gisbum


chases at GlsbUm, held m coiiijimotion with’ the I Graven Sunt, Mr. Ganiett duly rode'a; winner, "Sportsman,” to the Velter Weight steeplechase. He was also second to me steMlecbase fob followers of- tl le Craven apd: Penme Holtods, beaten ,by Mr. Grimshaiv’s; “Brimrose,” with Mr. Peebles] on “Dandy” thiiti. In toe' race won by Mr. Garnett, second place was taken by Col. Starkfe’a “Sorrel and'third by Mr. 0 . Horsfall’s V Ginger.” ’ There' was - an open -event, :W


by Col Starkle’s “Sophy,” ftCm Mr. HewS: "The King," [and a farmeia’ race, won by Mrj:


Jackren. Agatn dinner, for thq fampte' followed thoTracing; and JtilS' clear ,that this custom was kept up for sope /ears. Latteny of toutee,< the farmera’ -dlnner has .been, hpid at fa different tjme.altpgether, w , ,


]


dlfiloultli been


admtolstrktlve and -Judlaalauthority, antt'tne result was a compUcatediMB^ produqihgj a waste of effort and. wie low of,a.greal|.-deal:of-money,to litigation..A’ taaiLehgaked Jn'a lawsuit! would perhaps secure I the verdict, but on •appeal the; dedslqirwas reversed The‘matter was thenJoften taken to a higher where liiaybe the first deiislon would Be uphelil T ]fhei;e could bb hmf-a-dbzeh' appeB$i Many people had been ruined


hfeiilstrlbutlon of respoimlblUty. liftlme, heads of -departments; had


by this la a l process. He had] known Of ;eas^ -whloh..-had gone: on for ^twenty; yeatsjsmd then hehad,been‘askedtoact


as atb)ti[ator and settle the I matter- priVatelyi


; As A result of tfie reuiiarkable.


a d f Ante in medical ahd heajlth, ser'r vicM> ihe population .of the S u to waSi rapidly increastag. and ; the. MOYem-


m m t had to face th e problem|qfpyer-< pqpnution caused hy the effiwency Of onVofi Its departments, : ii ,


I IMPOVEEISeED SOIL,


Impoverished state of the land. ] In thei yohu past, the' people had hied the Md and | wasi^a destroved fertility; ‘so that-gra^ally■


Another problem to be-taced was theij


IN AND OUT ANj) ROUNDS ABOUT! ':


UEmAL pi mdle.


knew that he,hkd a great deql to do wll himse


WUliaWIGarnfatl


- coUld;.pot, remember.toe :t»recl gave me[;UsefUl’ clues uhd >by. newspaaer - files’have imanagi


the estabilshmen.t of the ’chi


thafthi Pendle Forest Hunt -were fii^t'held; qp.Saturday, A]


_____ ^


ffi®toe S K h e d ^ ® s t te s l PrivateTand 1 people lUied as fuel the i manu^ which) ™ Should lhave been used for' the enrirtir'' mentjof 'the soil. Another repOn for the lapd being ’ impoverished was the system' iof taxation The amount demttoded by the, Goyfarnment in tax , mlgliB I Vary-- considerably from the] amount 'demanded from an Ullteratei farmer’ by the tax qoUector, The^vetn- metttlVas making very real e^rte to.


It 1 It.wM iptendtd to have,.kept lAlsoieadtbat- jhegathnip! ,5()0V-pasim'


Mr. Garnett, fanfa of the principal organlsere of the event, wai present In ms capacity as secretary to the hunt, aUd thkt the member turned up In gdod lOrce. A Ust ol th^e present InchlfiEs'the- names of’iLord Rlbbles- dale: Mrs. Rqundell (Gled?tonfe); Mrs Fds-: ter (Qisbum Park); (3ot andlMis. StorMe (Hulitrbyd); (Jfebtaln parked ffirowahotoe);: Mr.'!!B:’ Thompscb • (BiaMe^i]nMe); .Mr.;ft;; Green-' and Mr) T Longwort]i IWhalley). There was alqo present the Chief Constable


,.


iteeplecbas ■ .......I8i


ioestabll T me |ast week-em: -have.,befaiLheMl'


, tell them l ow long the 'orest ijapnl Ateepleimases 1 atr.once: ■


JP., ofInwi Moor, for |1 consulted 'Mr;


ir,but he> _ n|


botlienfariy-raotei'(-:*llke most; peop ;e to .0^ Umellgbt,|MriFormby Is i enerally siuToundr' by autograph hunters'wl erever he toes; ai be: muet ibave' been deli ;hted to e nape Al­ most without being reiognired |Had toe' geheral pUbllc known about his'Vjsi!, I fan]Jy there Would:have!been i lore ^ple in Moor Lane. ( ,


twrakl^tobls'CyelilM ris :ed haU-ai- Townhn toe:first ilaoe :butTost ms money,isc I dld’nt


tbatihc i had


[■enjoyedithe ..any! ij/toners


'


iMmfali.'Institution,; Sir(liomasi.Wl ilte,[,who began hIS- career ,by running-fawat to sfaa, left £37,'|80,:.Bfi of!Wblon[goe8.to'i^®''l®to]ly: After Cetvlng aq a^cabn boy,. Sir Thomas' befaamd licensee/ pap e mei$)[iant, ,^ tate


T EAD[ER :of: the -Ot nseryatlve. Party A i (Liverpool,’ and a : aember of ;he mah# agfament comml tee at lltockhMl


aj^fahllrlnd valuer;,aim: at the time of his death • ■ ...............‘


sea cruise from the Mer ley to Llanpudho.] ['I--


to X, JV


boUrboodito enjoy-an o ganised ramble intq- the country on Good Friday, The promoter of-these annual Jaunts-: s.Mr, ;Charles Allen] Who aotsiaS-leader'and issumes{respnsiblllty' for.ithfa youhgerichUdrto..comn)ltted,to,lm- care.' . When 1 asked ‘IC larlle ”, ihow long pa, had conducted These ra: nbles,-’ he: said,' Iwlto a ’smUfa; Tl'can’t say off land, bOtuI took the father^' of tome ;of those who areito go wijtll me to-morrow.” Last < lood Friday, if you remember, r we I had snov vi but-ffiat.’-dld -nlot deter, the': Juveniles-froi i tcarrytag .;out, tod pre/arranged programme .Toimqrrow.'s-party; is expected te number (pm forty to fifjiy)i anda.start-lS tobe taaffi-fat'onko’clock'frcp toe pldy^und: behind,! ark-street. .■;;


{popular ’ custom; ifor .numbers children-to'(the llVhalleyrroad nelgh-j


many years..-: iow;,)t',!hM;/


./'iI 5


Variety at your pleaiurb, handsbmY 'SUIt ES and CHa Ir i in rich durable upholtttry.


A soiind job il at will give you Permanent ]8a GOOD,! QUALIT V cotM lets In the long run


I HAD a vislt'.thlS'Wiek from Mr.-J.Oart


but{i, wfio, furthering tliq interests ol t Uompfany,! was endeavi uring; to make jup;


'ter, commercial r ipresentatlVq of ffie 'LMH. Passenger department, Blai


numbers-!for an' excursion to.,the Glasgow Exhibition -on [, Wednesda y, 22nd; June,; Thfa date cotootdes wltji the C Itheroe 'ftadesm Holiday,(O


pn;


fataffi Wd SOU'S 150, Or theffaaboutd' ol thi Grammar- School .ipupila iThe-specml itteto. is to start from Chorley, calling at Whfa%y;: CUtberefa anddhatbuip. Leavtog CUthi _ at approximately 7 ajn It is due at Ibroj Park, Glasgow, at 11-30 4m., tetuihtag fro toe salnfe statiomat 7-45 xm.*; Thelfareltol Ohtherefe Is'13/6; lunchfon on ith^ outwfai. Journey'and dinner on the retuip, 6/6 [W- cluslve Of gratuities, anl adndssipn to the exhibition, 1/-, brings thi total c h t e to £l


together with the Cooperative i Socle


•ElVERy resort jn ffi®' NorthjW®sv'.‘ • i hRf»n


mate aim -of attracttoi morq visllora i A seaside i town,; catering ;i for.; hC cannot remain static,- n ip t not laurClp. [ Southport’s Ni rth


been-musy - pushin; plans effect '-Improveme its wijh [tn^' u


look Vastly different if the Borough Engineer,, (Mr, ! [. Buntl a reality. Thls’ls a plah foi( ral carrytod the Marine Laki out to Junction With an extetslon of tL Drive, It is hardly to 'he committee stage; os yet, I but there Is lo doubt that soip®; scheme i-for the develoj ment of the nprtb; foreshore-will be consldi red senolisly to ‘' -


1 -hv i ending and fa)ibecoi


Sea,! to cotl- tue MahnE


l i


truth; that the promena le Is Just;one torge Slab of 'eoherete.’’ - That 'is the dfreriptlim a visitor froln Amerioa. ince, cpuieft-mid- It


stuck. 'It is true that at present for sO


miles there stretches a mighty barrlcafle pgaiiistl the sea, unrelieved, except for Jifart


vI


dlstancfes, by ahy cfalol r apart pra stop®*, work, nliacadam’ and coi crete N^w now^r^; -lls ‘ a proposal to Intro


colour


: Well Cobked'. Food.! Quick 'S^rvi' Reasonable


[ you’ll'iflnd wCfglveiyiu [generous.! [-pfarttonsJ^


famous i throughout good CATERING. I j


Prices.; thei above plus


I wpcROE’S , are the I North ' for


'iWe'll expect 1 you! eAsTER SHdl*i>lNG.


It will bei. lmp< ssible; for .crttlcp ,i pt BlaekpoDl' tO eay, with any ..degree pf


.ARLy, if preset pkns SO-tbiw


CLOTHS i DESIGNS that will p f c r e a s o n a b le in


e v e ry ta s te a n d m o s For Value & Variety ‘ f whom many ate to Jold toe till] T . S i i M w a i t e i t COMPLETE FUENISHEBS


Vork Stireet ,& Castle Street, Clitheroe. TELEPHONE 191


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iitonq was ti


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Accompatiied^’by bis wife Pormb; at a cafi


lledmpi'to-'Moi r-lane -anc -bad tea :where-!he.-.tol( a i friend of.-mlpe races: l Aslied if ' be he repUep withqa


and-a frend; Mr,


horns AND DirOYANt


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