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Ihlly: 9-30 to 12-30 a.m., 2-0 to 5-3Q p.m,; Saturdays: 9-30 a,m. to 12-0. . ,


In London, men wear one glove and


carry the other, except when they leave the! other In trams, trains and Ibuses. Almost 30,000 odd gloves reached the Lmdon lost property office last year.


ELL, ULD. c h am b e r s ,


branch of the National Society fof the Pre­ vention of Cruelty to Children during the month of October,'1938, 24 new cases were reported, affecting 55 children, and 73 visits of Isuperylslon were paid. In addition the.


Jn the Blackburn, Darwen and CUtberoe


Inspector. made 140 miscellaheous visits pf enquiry In cohnectloh with cases, ; .


, remainder were dealt with by advice, warning or In other ways., From Its foundation In 1884 the Society has dealt with 1,836,871 cases involving 4,906,042 chlldren.--The local brandh of the Society Is situated at 17, Wellington Street, St. Johns, Blackburn,


same month the Society Investigated 4,427 cases of neglect and cruelty. These affected the welfare of 11,045 children and concerned 6,489 offenders or persons advised. 80 cases were prosecuted (resulting In 77 convictions), 37, were ,dealt with in Juvenile courts, and the


In England, Wales and Ireland during the


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Monster potatoes, of more thian 1 - lb ,


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aSTAlUTIQH CONTRACTORS


This Is the ONLY address in the district where you can' obtain MARCONlPIlONE products.


Lancashire ..took place on Monday, whieh' a mew organisation was! set up under a; [tele­ phone manageri 'with headquaiters at Black­ burn, who,, subject to higher authorl^, mkinly


'


AN important change In the telepione administration of Rasteri and. Mid-


‘on matters of p o l i c y ,b e , respomible for all/aspects of, the telephone service; viz: Engineering, service, sales , and'accounts., He will be In complete control of the area \?hich eqibraces Accrington, Blackburn; Bqiton, Bacup, Colne, CUtheroe, Darwenj Nelson, Rochdale, RosMhdale Vqlley, Todihoider etc. The area tocludes' 48: exchinges, exchange IWes and 38,400 telephones;::


sible for Iwtti revenue and,expehditflre and will be equipped with the necessary powers to caiTy effectiydy the day, to day control


of; all telephone questions arising in the area.


establishment in Blackburn is a further step in extending the new organisation of Post .Office services which,was' introduced over two years ago experimentally In, Scotland pnd the North-East of EhglaUd following recommend^ !ations of the Bridgehian Committee,!;and which the Postmaster General, has decided to make permanent,and to, extend'.'throuknout the qountry, The, better comrdipatlon, secured between the commercial ahd:iengihe'erl^; staffs and the,; greater authority exepilE^


sides of the local telephone service have been separate estahlishments and It Is expected that the amalgairiatldh under one head will facilitate quicker decisions and action, greater elasticity ahd‘ responsiveness! tO' public demands and increased overall efficiency and therefore, Improved service to the publlp.'> ■ The Setting' up of a telephone manager’s


Hitherto, the commercial and engineering The Telephone: Manager yrlU be, ,respon-


(in Wood and Cork). Fountain Pens A Pendls. Jig-Saw Fuzzles. Electric! Table Lamps. Clbcb. ..


Ferfiune ’ Sprays. Mahicuie Sets. Writing Cases. Table Mat Sets


Statiiett’S (Viehiese). Plajnhg Cards and Datt l^ards. Sewing Sets K Baskets. Fountain Pens & Pencils.


Bridge 'Sets. Booicends.


Shaving Sets. OtMsing Cases,


Ash T ® ’ :;, ' ■ " Pockft'Wallet’s and , FOR “ HIM.” FOR THE CHILDREN.


Dolls; o f eyefy, - dekriptioh.


Toysi and! Games ;ih ifldless


B o o b land Annuals. Fedal Cases.


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Note Cases. ; ChfldrenV Handbags Tqbaccp; Pouches. \? Children’s km^iigBa^.


Blackboards & Easels'. Sw the r- lBayco’’-


Buildlhg Sett.


CLITHEROE ADVERTlSEBi AND TIMES, E R ID kY , N O VM D E A 25,


Pylons in Beauty


Lancashire Spots


’THORNY PROBLEM VIEWED TWO anGIes


FROM


lor oUrihorrbr.l Pylons have been raised m uglyiform across many a landscape, like a line of marching robots;


Dally Post,” there Is another side to the pic­ ture) Farmers,i who desire a supply of elec­ tricity to keep abreast of , modem methods, of agriculture, ■ find that the .most/economical method of obtaining it is by overhead:caWe. In these days, Iwhen farmers are badly, hlt,_ there la only one way they can look at things, and that Is from the economical standpoint. I have yet tolflnd the farmer who does npt;


Yet, writes U r n in , the ■ “Lancashire / ;


appreciate the beauty of the countpiside, but; he Hooks at it from a different viewpoint to you und me,.:


The countryside, or'the land, has to ^ro;


vide him with his •' livelihood. • He Is p business man first, and. a nature lover second, ■ i ’' ‘ 'V''"*'


: . / / ■,


UfANY, farmett have; reiielved their elec- iML /trlcity .supplies; tTlth! |)!ttle , trouble,


and'lliere hqisibeen'mfiy slight disflguratloff


of the .rountfyMde mvplyed,.; ,Aqtually(!.v.of; course; thq cariylngof a iMe.fo.pindiyiduaJ farin', does riot!,Involve; the 'erection of-more, than!a few polfc and Ih ihost case? these,aye placed Judiciously, so as' not to Interfere with the beauty of the surroundirig country. ^ But ta North-East fia iica to . the fannora


amenities, have viewed with alarm the advance across; open .spaces of pylons and poles carrying overhead electric cables, In a number of Instances there has been cause


wE, who love the countryside, treasure its beauty, afld. Jealously guard Itt


CANON LAMBERT’S DENUNCIATION ' I


BRUTALITY. WHAT DO MEN LIVE FOR ?


vindictive treatment of the Jews to Ge^ many” :ffas made by the Rev, Canon,C. H. Lambert, Warden of Whalley Abbey,


Refetonce to the "brutal, Inhuman,


to a striking address given to the Clitheroe Eotaiy - Club yesterday week, his/ subject being “ What do men live for?!’ . The;presi­ dent (Mr.l W. Kitaer) presided over a large attendance. Canon'Lambert opened ^wltn a quotation from Matthew Arnold, reading.:


., What is the course of the life . , . Of mortal men on the earth ? : Most men eddy about


Here and there-rcat and drink, : Chatter and love and hate,


, ;


’ , Gather and squander, are raised Aloft, are hurl’d,In ithe dust, ; .


; ; , More than he asks what waves ' In' the moonlit SohW^a>


: ; , or what they have .been


Striving blindly, achieving' - Nothing, and th?n they d ie - • Pprish; and no oneiasks


‘ - Rf .the midmost ocean; have swelled, , .. ./Foam’d for a moment, and gone. '■


STRAW^COBKS k H U U m DClllPTY.


•';,'’(^(m''Umbert[!weht [on:/["'Eddy’ Is ri Word whim well describes the coUrse of the,


arq; most 'pe/turbed:lKhaiito, 9Lthe/i»TO which they allege, is ^inig pursued by, a RutM District .''CoUiiCU In ' tbat ;,area, o f , placing obstacles in the way ’of-farmers Who; desire; a supp]^ by, ove'rhfiad cable. Mr.' Henry Allen, of Burnley, who is chalr-


maf( bf the Lancashire hraheh of the National Pairiiers’' Union, has adoptofl .the cause of the fariners involved. '


trim ;Captaln iKettle beard, Mr, Allen is ri forthright speaker, He comes frpmri district,


Grey-halred,i heavy:; of brow, and with a ■"/ '.


where thejicall a'spade a'spade,'and;he has no use for quibbling. The views Upon'-thtt subject: of overhead electricity supplies, which he expressed to me, were charaoterisUo of the lUah.-'


policy of an extension of .electricity to farms to ffiat: area,haye themselves the advantages of a supply for domestic use;” he said.. , /, “ ■But, because ,they go.for a walk:two or


"The very people ,who are obstructihg:a j!,’',; '.v '


three! times a i summer. they do ■ not want' to see poles arid pylons'cihsqtog the ;Countryside. It seems, that in older to ,please thfilr cesthetlo taste a faririer.m'ustido without electricity for twelve months of the year.!’ ,


that was that he suspected:,the':C!buncll for, the Preservation of Rural England might be' behind the policy of obstructlpp., . ,


Mr. AUen . ilmde 'a,, further, comment, aud :.


tertained regarding th6:O.PB.E. 'are Without foundation. To put the matter right, I caUed upon Mr. P. Barnes, who , Is secretary of the Lancashire Rounty branch bt.‘the 'OBJl.E,, and who frankly admitted that he waS not aware of/the: obstructionist policy which Mr. Allenriad quoted.,; . ■


objecttog'to farmers' having supplies of elec-' trlclty. the CiPJR.E.: were anxious that they riiould ■ have; the fuUest: facilities, as his Council was pot to the least opposed to the development :of ' the countryside., - This energetic young )man, with a .mass-Of.black hair brushed pack from a high' forehead, who Is doing a great wOrk' :to„ preserving the beautleS' of .Ijanoashire, even promised that he would gladly assist any farmer to plan an overhead Itoel so that,It would not’ interfere,: with any of-ffie.amenities, Of (he;distrlct;ih which the faijm is situated, : :


Mr. Barnes! further stated that fSr/from ... ’ ’ , ', !


which' have caused the C/P,S‘.E,, ris well, as farriiers arid local aujhotltles, a, good deal o f : heartache.' Nowaday?, [happDy, there is much more consideration in lay­ ing the lines than used to be the case. ■


of coiifsei i frill of Irilrtcafi ,ave


'This, jt(uestion [of el


[ Interfere with amenities pf [the district served; "Advantage has-been' taken of belts of trees, m well wood^ parts, tp .hide; the, pylons, “ >d m many cases detours have been made to secure all available natural screens.


I every effort so to arrange the. pples. and pylons that they will riot spoil lapdscapes pr


,,laical .authorities, in carrying, supplies-to outlying distrlote have, in the main, made


locally by the telephone managers have: been found, in the expe^ental districts, to: have


be at "Claremont,” East Park Road, Blackburn. .


pensions ' FOR ALU.


fou need is,Dr.,\Villiam3 Pink,Pills. These wOrld; camous pills helpl you to make more and better red


brand Pink


ployment, :ifrldotyhood or otjver toyMtune will be pwvided for under the New Zialand Government’s .social Seourity Act, I which comes Into force next year. , :, , Explaining the Act in & foreword to


A


ll [persons unable to make a livelihood by reason of old age, illness. Unem­


"Social Security," a pamphlet:just issiied by the New Zealand (Jovernmenl, the |Prime Minister, Mr; M, J. Saya'ge, declares that the


new superannuation scheme ptovlded hy the Act marks the.^/commencement.of a,system


that Will, eventually provide'uhtesali/su^er- annuatlpn of an adequate amOUht % every citizen,:irrespective' of income,and firOperty.,


, “ ’These'bfneflts will be available "to every man, woman and child reslde'nt iff the Dom­ inion," he adds.


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hospital and. maternity services, add the supply of medicines and appliances. ‘ |


Health benefits/ will include medical,


payable, oh all private Income at the rate of one shlllltig In the poinld.


-Ooritributlons under the.[scheme iwiU be ,,:j


, Half the cost of all benefits will he met by! the State from its ordinary revenue. ; ,


resulted iiv.,m8fked .advantages to and the Post-Office, The telephone manager’s headquarters will


- underground, i One Is bound to cCmmend the Authority concerned tor such a fine concep­ tion’. ■!


^ration' to: supplyinglovely, Lunesdale. Rather than have pylons dotted about'this glorious, valley, the. mains have been laid


overhead lines ilpori the beauty of the area they serve, that they have abandoned the policy of overhead supply altogether. Th is is instanced Ih the practice, pf Lancaster (tori


F some cases, so concerned have the . authorities, been, as,to/the effect;of


- Blbble^alei has been served by CUtheroe Corporation, M uuriough the majority of


been pursuedjwith the purest motives, if one wished to introduce an altruistic note, it could be said Lancarter Corporation hope 'that the extra cost involved to the initial stages will be recouped in the lower main­ tenance charges of the mains,


I understand that, although this policy has '[ '..'.- -■.:


their : rural supply Is conducted overhead, trfettehte care has been taken to hide the lines. There'are, I -venture, to suggest,, few


., . ' ■■.


pylons is, . problems


■f KNOW Mr, Allen win be plea^d thleam .Jl : that any suspicion’ he might ^have en.'


,.:i,


rif, rotaryrmo^emerit at, the mercy of, ,dr- 'cumstahees and conditions,‘riow heayymnd colourless [ as* water;' n6w light .and volatile


Uvfe biiniany.. Some there,are Indeed who like rtra^whhl roUndrind round to a'ktod


ri's alrij ! Others there [Ore who, like corks, rising and Jalltog With the movement of the waves, ippp upf and down, .to; light-hearted-' ness and despondency, i Others again ;are featured lto';, Humpty Dumpty, sm u g ^ d


jrotundi''/rcompiacto ' and ■ self-satisfied, !oblivldtii ,bf' danger-and crashing Irretriev­ ably rit'ltb dnset:;‘;You have only to.look at


icertata/pebplC to know- what they' live for— ' itheir ;■ aim: and objecti ■ Is! reflected ■ In their


'.faces-and to.,other parts of the body; Is howevet not so easy io.dlspover why they, araiallve at all. ^ The. w s o f.Evidence are


,todeed'-baffilng, .inscrutable, mysterious; be^ wlldertog; :enlgmalic' and indeed wonderful,


' With them:' We must riot Judge hummlty by, itt'worst’specimens but by its best. - 'what dp men [live for?!.'Whither Humanity? Let-


■stieamlirim .or encased, to their own fat—the Aitrt ana ;object'ot llvtog.ls not 'to be fourid


Matthew! Arnold-speak .again:'


Ari'd there-are some, whom athirst,' Ardent, Unquehohable, fires,


Not with the crowd to be spent. Not without aim to go round In an eddy of purposeless dust, Effort unmeaning and vain.


Beej[ta the rock's of the world • Marches the host of mankind, A feeble, wavering, line. ■ [\Vhere. are they, tending.


-civllizatiori: ■ 'It is a chequered history Jut. a 'history v^lch nevertheless reveals . the up-'


MANKIND’S UPWARD MARCH. .'! T h e ^ w e r Is given in the history of


;bellef., Imlll stop only to say that the pro­ gress which history attests Is not automatic, mechanical, nor Is it Indeed Inevitable. /


wanl riiarch of mankind.: I will, riot - pause to todlcate the nature of the inspiration of this upward and forward movement concem- mg which I have indeed strong rind clear


' conCepiidh of an inevitable and self-pro- , pelledprogress,, . . . / / . , - ,


Certalii .phu'otophicel arid; etorits of - con- tempOraiy life prove how false Is the


... . i wifi lsfe^


My Imiriedlate concern Is to draw attention to the fact that the pages of history reveal a plow and painful but; nevertheless an un­ mistakable upward movement of mankind and to irii/icate the ,qual)ty of this .movemept,


iriere for the time.


-been, of course, a considerable change to the ;material plrcumstahces I and environment of


material _______ " I do


not find' this to consist In the ;oods of clvifisation. There has


human life. The material setting of life is much ; more comfortable. Hours of labour are shdrer,' wages; better, conditions -of labour improved,'travel;Is cheaper, speedier, and more 'comifortahle; arnuseriients and pleasures: arfe accessible, varied and attrac-' tlve. A mechanical age has enabled man to move about more frequently to'increase his knowledge of his own country and of countries across the seas. It has shortened distance (If the phrase may be pardoned) and altered the-significance of frontiersfind the value of the sea.


. By th( co impre:


, compass and by ' m ressed, as


aeroplane ,the world.. has been I "t , [!were, I


less t,fc thoughts ojfjmenrind nations are brougffl to the hearth of every home.


into a smaller .and the wire-


MATERIALISTIC.


spats' in Ribblesdale, which Is one, of. our, loveliest, vallOys, where the overhead lines Obtrude upon .the view. ■ When one comes to the prettiest village


lin the whole of Ribblesdale, Downham,


which attracts tourist item all parts of the country and, Indeed, from abroad, even greater care has been exercised.


Rather than have, the[ fa in ts chance of de­ spoiling the charm of Downham, the squire, Mr: R. C. Assheton, had tpe cables placed under^ound :at'hls own expense. ■ . ’ ‘ And so one could go on quoting Instances ' where precaUtloris have be; n taken to co-


It is not an easy task, but it[


ortoate modem methods am - natural be^ty, ......... is one to which


! XL edneemtog the position of the farmer,


the labour involved reveals definite results. ■/pETURNlNG to my-opening remarks,


.


:b a normal'part'of his existence. Tohave experienced the difficulties of llvtag wlthtoll lamps as a' source of Illumination Is to-^Use the Immense bbdri the cbnltog of electricity


jnllk' under 'the taost hygienic condltloM. They are at Price heavily handicapped-by the I -absence of electricity. Talk with the fannera


'oil lamps' to light their shippons and farm buildings. Many ‘of them desire -to Pjwuce


who have-takeri electricity to their farms,


“ ^ ? k of the [farmers,rin .Wtoter /days, who have to rely u^ori'the 'faint gllrnmertogs of


most people wifi readily admit that the agri­ culturist and the villager, have every right to the ariienitles which the town-dweller accepts


and knowledge Is cosmopolitan as it has never/been. 'The world-of the Individual is more comfortable and;it is a wider *world. But' I ! do pot see any' riecessary- oy; inevitable gdvantege to all theto. A mechanical age .may quite easily become'a materiallstlb age with the spirit of riian softer, indifferent to the call 6f self-sacrifice, and selffsh, .imper­ vious ['to Isplfltual truth and. values.,, ■ The- machtae may ride man and rush him head­ long to destruction. The aeroplane that clim'inaies distance and makes travel quick and easy tt’alto a' powerful weapon of des: tructlon. As It’ makes Its way through space it also marks out the dreadful path of cruel and devastating war. Napoleon was never to a position i to threaten the British capital.: Hitler is. [ The fact tliat nations have been brau^t ojoser. together does; not .necessarily mean that they are thus made good neigh­ bours. The very things that' haVe brought them next door have Increased their power


The! world is one vast whispering gallery: (Continued from preceding Ciolumh)


and they will quickly tell you what a differ­ ence It hiap made,


Where a supply is available he has, I; think ton will agree, every right to demand .. those facilities, even at the expense of a , feW polto derbss his fields. [■


. When the 1 ne to the farm can be skilfully hidden, as It js'tomany cetog, then the argu- inent ln his favour becomes rilmost Irrefutable Agriculture as I have often told you. Is the


oldest industry to the country, and the basic industry. That does not mean to say that it riiuist Be stagnant.


; Let' us have-that progress, and, If at all ■possible; let ui secure:with It a proper appre- datlori of-the'true yalu b f the countryside. '


Everyl Industry,.new, or old, must make, pro­ gress,- and th fe who/are- looking ahead and Who',see th> part wlffch agriculture must Inevitably be called upon to play, know this truism applies to agriculture most of:all. /


; No Industrylcan afford to rest on Its laurels,' ..; ‘


‘le t ius pass [quickly froin. this fleeting gaze- at ' the[,.^tortious pf humanity,[[in figure,


slon,' the right to work. ; The advanci knowledge , and the progress of science have


as enemies, Nor can I forget tbat the to ien- tion of the machine and the developmeh: of the material resources of the world have prived millions of men of a priceless po(


conferred a questionable boon upon,mankind, a gift which unless carefully handled, will corrupt the receiver, ■ - , “ I do not, therefore, find the upvatd march of mankind In the Improvement ol the material lot of man. Material progress is not a primary good—at best It is a secondary good'and it Is only this when It Is at the sei-vlce of those Ideals whose prevalence and universality alone determine whether or no the race has marched forward,


r ; i ,


, freeiom, freedom,to develop his own per- ! sonality. oiily by the respyct for the i aine ■ rights :bf others, freedom Of speech afad critttUm; freedom of debate arid' ^ c is - slon,' freedom of asseiribly and wntlni/;


1 am thtohtoji especially .of the iiicals of- the: inherent value :and i dignity ot the ' todlvidjml, the [right :pf 'the todividnjl.to.


; the sanctity of human fife, the liberi y of .[ '■ :co'nscleriCe.'


DEMOCRACY. ■ ' ' "■'


1 telling of great Ideals. Gather them tog ither with klndred ideals.of demoofacy Ifiyou will


''acceptance-and- their service by-men arj (he- 'criterion of progress. [- That[they hrive been 'so accepted arid spiVed in'the past is Indeed a imatter of history,' These Ideals hav^: had their martyrs and their Salrits; gradually but certainly they have made' their -way mto eye^[ riCtlvlIy of life arid have'prOfomdly-


ri-these are the goods of civilisation.' Their


Freedom and llberly/''Justice and n[ercy,' brotherhood' rind : felloWshlp-grOat words


plight of THE JEWS OF


INTERMENT


i. W. Boothmaiu WADDINGTON.


There was a large assembly of sym­


pathetic villagers .and btljer friends In St. Helen’s Church, Waddlngton, on. Saturday,!at a service which preceded the Inte^nent of Mrs.'Kate Boothman, who died at Blackburn Royal Infirmary the previous Wednesday, following In­ juries'sustained In a burning accident at her home at Briar Lea. The route to the church was also lined by sym­ pathisers; with Mr, Boothman arid relatives In their sad bereavement. So numerous were the fioral tokens that an additional conveyance had to be requisitioned. Mrs.'Bciothman—" Kitty," as she was


; young and old alike, A supporter of most village organisations and institu­ tions, these will be the poorer for her •passing.


- . ’The ’Rev. W. Q. Jones tvlcar) con-


dilcted a short service at Briar Lea which preceded that In church. ; Messrs.'R; Carr, F.;Boothraan, A. Speak


I“ Bright;Hour" preceded the cortege on 'Its way to the church. The following fist of wreaths and


and - W. Boothman (brothers-ln-law)" were the-bearers, and members of St. Helen’s Mothers’ Union and the ‘Wesley


other fioral tokens testify to the sym- pq,thy which Is accord.ed to Mr. Booth- man and his daughter in the tragic circumstances of their affliction:—


influenced- the course of [civilisation o! the 'Fngllsh speaktag:peoples.:!These:ideal! rep­ resent the upward, march'Pf imanktad-:-these ate what men live ,tor. Even-those-whb live o'ri the surface,of life or ■wh6,:Eeek.^lflsh, fends cannot be riltogdher to'diflerent tb the value of these ideals when opposirig; deals threaten thelr destructlofa;


the upward march o f nriulktod halted ? Has ;a retreat even ■ how begun ? Is thfre a retrogression?-., - / ( i i ' . ’ i


‘ " And their destruction" Is threatened We have reached a turning; point to histon. Ts


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negation of democracy. It suppress^ and represses the ipdividnal, deprives hm of liberty and freedom, caricatures justice. • pnd traverties truth.' - : ■ . ,/


Dictatorship; left anfii tight; is the very !


■into cpndelririatibn/ For what are material goods compared with spiritual and moral loss? " Let him. who would admire the material! achievements - of dictatorship first 'reflect :uppn the ,fie-personalisatiori of the , individual, the concentration cainp,, tolltaiy '-confineriient, persecution[„and .torment, - the 'refugees banished from hearth and home, seeking the caves and holes of the earth. This is dictatorship arid dictatorship in one form or another has secured the allegiarice ot millions.;


[tipn to uphold!'them at whatever cost; a readiness not only to five for them but [to die for them If need be. This must mean •speech, speech-of moral Indignation,: when these: ideals are violated. j-,We must., not


are few democracies left in the .world and even in these -there are- more than a tend­ ency to encroach upon the/ liberty ,pf .the individual. , 'What then is required, of ,men who believe In "deniocratlc Ideals?.' First [a clear conception of those Ideals arid' what they mean, - Seeohdly, a resolute detehriina-


“ Democracy Is-then endangered.; iHrere ” i ■ ' ' ■ .• -


Born of force it can exist only by forci, It exalts the state and- de-thrones (3od; it demands that. the individual - shall give' his first allegiance and his last allegiance; to the idol'It has set up, Of course, it has|many material- achievements to Its credit, but let us resist the temptation to admire lest we fall


Husband'arid Emma. Mother and Patber.' Nellie, Albert and Kathleen, Beatie, Bob and (Children, Jack,, Ethel, Children and Mrs, Lawson, Walter and Alice, Annie', Hannah and BilUe, From her-“ little pets.” Jim and Maggie. Fred andLizzie.


’Uncle Bob,!Aunt Ada and Aunt Kate. Uncle Walter, Aunt Minnie and John. Uncle David, Aurit Janie, Greta and Dick. Unclfe Harold arid Aunt Beatie. Uncle Jack; Aunt Aimie and Family (Nelson)- Aimt Priscilla. : Aunt Clssie, Esther, Betty and Harold. Lizzy, Norman and Harry. Jbhn and Mildred.


Uncle DlCk;-Nellie, Kitty, Jenny and Nancy (Rishton).


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known to almost everyone In her naUve village—was the eldest daughter of , Mr. and Mrs. W. Bond, of Waddow ’Flew.'/She had a lifelong association with St. Helen’s, [and was held In high esteem by


Mabel Crook. Mr, and Mrs. Taylor, ■ Mrs, Lloyd and Miss Lloyd. Mrs. Ross and Billie. Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallbank and Mr. and Mrs..


'Jennie, Billie and Children, Hill Farm.- Messrs. W. Kindle, Ltd. Mrs. Carr, .Marjorie and Doris. Mr. and Mrs/ G. Althaln and Children. Riith and'Percy. Mf. and Mrs. Breeze and Mary. Miss Sharpies, “ Linton Croft.” ■ Mrs. Barnes‘and[Mr. S. Finder.


John Herd and Sons. F. Smalley.


[Kathleen'and Bfessie (BlUington). ['"Cathy.” ’


•Mf. and Mrs.-T. Speak and Family. Mrs. E;-D. Altham and Marion. Mr. Wallbank, Gertie, Dick and Lilly. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dugdale and Family. - Mr, and'Mrs. Allen, Cdtzon Street, CUtheroe. Staff at Waterloo Com Mill. Staff at Waddington Post Office. Mrs. Stewart.' Lizzie and Clara Wallbank. Mf. and Mrs. A. Bentham. Mrs. Bainbrldge and Mr, J. Bainbridge. Mr. andfMrs. Cecil Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. H. Boothirikn and all at .. Waddow House.


Mf,-and Mrs. W. Finder. Miss Hilda.M. Whipp.


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withold the 'witriess of the word In.toch dir- cumstarices.


, There ate" times when to be silent is to deny. The expression of the moral indig­ nation Of the democratic peoples at the brutal inhuman/vindictive treatment of the Jews in Germany needs no jusliflea . II.


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Such treatment is a crime- against our common humanity—It cuts right athwart .all we hold most dear. , At the risk of impdrilltag so-called appeasement we cannot be silent if we are tio be true to purselves and the! Ideals pf democracy. Let us not forget that the word or the.act which expresses an| Ideal both deepens and strengthens Its poyer to bur own lives, Thirdly, the service pf the democratic Ideals demaiids that help mould be given to the vlcthris of their violation. It is gopd to know that action is being con­ templated to assist Jews and other refugees. But there must be no delay. Actioti if It is to be effective must be prompt and gerierous, "The time has come to rally the powers


of. democracy. We stand at the crossroads Of Civilisation.’’ .: , . /


,• Panic, despah’, flee away,


. Then in such hour of need Of your fatoting, dispirited race, Ife, like angels; appear. Radiant with ardour divine. Beacons of hope, ye appear I Languor Is not in your heart. Weakness Is not to: your word. Weariness not on your brow. Ye alight In our vin; nt your voice, 1;


Waddington Methodist Ladies’ Bright Hour.. Mrs. Dugdale, Ethel and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. T. Brown, Bessie and Fred. Mr, and Mrs. S, Whalley. Claud and Betty. Mrs. Hlnchliffe and Mary. Mr. and. Mrs. P. G. Hoyle,; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Slater. Emma. Mr. and Mrs. 0. Tomlinson. ; Frances and Alice.


Mr, and Mrs. Caleb Bishop. Neighbours, “ Beechbank" arid ’’ Beechmount Crescent."


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■" In loving remembrance." Ihlor to his sermon on Sunday morning


Mr; and Mrs. Edwin Hargreaves, Grtodleton. Miss Tinker. ; • . [.•


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the Vicar made touching reference to the passing o f ' Mrs. Boothman. He spoke appreciatively of her work in the parish, of her interest in particular in all that concerned the Church and Sunday School and tendere'd sympathy to Mr. Boothirian and the-relatives In the bereavement which had come upon them so suddenly.


League of Nations Notes. ■THE -MYSTERY OF MR. FIROW


Stabllsh, continue ourWarch, On, to the bound of the waste, . ;On, to the City of God,


Ye move through the ranks, recall; The stragglers, refresh the outworn, Praise, re-tospire the brave: Order, courage, return.. Eyes rekindling, and.prayers, Follow your steps as ye go. Ye fill up the gaps In our files, Strengthen the wavering ime,


MIISSIONARY SERVICES.


brated on Sunday last.at the Moor ijane Methodist Church; when sermons approi


The Missionary anniversary was cele­


prlate to the occasion were preafched by the Rev. J.[ E. Storey, M.A., to gopd congregations. ' •


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-' Special music;was a feature of the evening service [when t p e . soloist was Master Ambrose Veevers. - His fresh sweel ■voice in “ 0 Divine Redeemer ’’ and


:The anthem," Send out Thy Light," was also colourfully given by the Choir, under the baton of Mr. J. C. Ford. ■[ , / ' [ : /


"The King of Love my Shepherd is," was p source of pleasiire and insplratloh.


The collections realised over six guineas.


which Mr. Pirow, the South African Minis­ ter of Defence, has been making to various European countries. That it is concerned with the former German colonies can be taken for gi'anted but as to the precise nature of the discussion there are many con­ flicting : ruiriours. In the opinion of the League, of- Nations Union no re-adJustments should take place except, under conditions which provide for fi-eedom of opportunity, nori-desorimlnatlon between nations in commerce and Industry, freedom of con­ science, safeguards tor conditions of labour according to IL.O. standards, and for native righ't'to land, the prohibition of evils such as slavery; and slave trade, traffic in liquor, etc.


A good deal of mystery, surrounds the tour


•A number of League meetings are taking place: this, month, most of them connected with the Financial and Economic Organisa­ tion. : There are meetirigs relating to flnan- tlal statistics; balances of payments; and behaviour of tax systems.


LEAGUE MEETINGS THIS MOiNTH


Of [quite a dlfferent character is the con­ ference which will be held in Paris at the end bf-. the month to deal with'the toter- natlonal-Act concerning Intellectual co-opera- tlon.; ■


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since/he. reMgned his office as Foreign Secre- .taiy On November 29th. On that evening he will be the principal speaker at a meeting at the Queen’s Hall, London; over which Lord Lytton will preside. The subject of the. meeting Is to b e " The Crisis and After.”


MR. EDEN ON “ THE CRISIS.” ( Mr.' Anthony Eden will appear pri a League of Nations Union platform for tire first time


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