CLITHEROE ADVERTISER i AND TIMES, ' FRIDAl^,' DECEMBER 29. 1939.. A NEWSAGENT’S, trials «avan<aft«wa^ THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEENS I t ia curioua to consider loi a ibomeut


at the turn of tho year how i he war has out out from our livei varipus familiar events. Had there i bo n no j .war, ithere


would almost Vi tion certainlji haye Australian -ijugby team


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been to ^ess. a


General Elation in^ tlio auluVnn, with what changes in thd pa lai liaincntary situa-, it wojild j bo jidlc


The


hero : with |all j the 1 ex international inatches. 1 ho fodtball league


. leading / There would j the usual big circus in


lost interests


would.have been litemcnt of tho


1 teams would have been lialf-Yay through the season,] j perhaps M ith itho Arsenal also!'have been London.


' U ;wo may'regret,. ev u.uM j ijuo . thtee


very liglitly


.ivenJjp/passing, ;a id., iraiisements,


surely it is an indioation thutjthe war has neither; damped our sp rits Inor put Us • undej: any heavy strain. Thd fact is ^ a t we hhve e sc a ^


so 'far.


Fortunately, this has nit produced any weakening of .the patic nal [will or any


' slowing dowP of ouf war effort. On tho contrary, tie linexpectcc breathing space has beed used [to full a<] vaiitafeo to press ahead with oiir war prep iratfons with tho detemunatwh [that wo i re going to.end Hitlerism tnis .time. I No. unyd then shaU


ni.


. wo seek to get balok a tJie harmless cxci^mcnt of ftho'.Ijcag 10 tables ,or the thrills of a General Eleition..


SPIES WRITE MUSIC ‘ Ah ingenious attempt 1o convoy mform-


■ atiop to , the [Nazis by tons ', of' f t o musical scores posted to a liejittilepunt^ has I been thwarted by Britain’s vigilant Secret Serviije. Experts discovered that the musical notes concea ed h code. This was suspected when it ivaSi found .that when played over tho see resisounded like no music wluch had ever leen heard


I 1 BACON AH0Y|


! Difficulties over Bri ain’s .imported bacon supplies have beer greatly simph-


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I ^ed by Canada’s agreemE at .to reorganise i her production system so as: to send us a I tegular weekly quota of 50,000 owt. of bacon and ham durmg the first ton months of ,1940.


i j I STUCK ITO HIS MCKNAME lyhen a man who hid lalways been ■ I


I known locally as “ Ban ind Jhok ” was taken to a Beading hospi aliaftij^ a street accident, he refused to glyc Any other name and died as “ Ban ina Jaek.”


THEY DESER7E IT M'


I A special-allowance, kiom as “ hard- lying money ’’ is to bo p lid to. tho etews


I of . mmc-swecping and anti-submarine I trawlers because of ther [exceptionally dangerous. and. diffioult:jBet^co.


I I EGGS FROM SCRAPS


:. How to feed' backyard,hens on house­ hold scraps and wasto is tko subject of


f’ Growmore ’’ LeaflekNo. 5 obtained free ; from tho


m


wluch can bo Miiustry of.


Agriculture, Lon^n, S.W.j^^ r


WHAT/is a WASM ! :


i The latest “/crack ’’ from America ia that now Nazism and Bilsheviam arc iworking together, | they arEj both pn the i way to being^ot “ isms’’ but ‘’ wasms.’’


! A BIG CATCH No fewer tliail a hundred jivcddings took


place at a Loiibn'register ^ two days before ChriBtmaS|.


BEHIND 1 THE SIEGFI^IED .LINE TROUBLE IN GERMANY


___WjdlirfiF'"^ discontent among Gorman induraiSJ^Jrlicrs has com/ielled Hitler, to


Ct^af-ihan, and I


iHOE! WiiilALISTS AND CHIB0P0j)ISTS,


4, Market , T !: • IS JATMENT' BY


LoaiiSs Loansi Loans. BY THIS SqCIETY.


I I '; '. '[ \ ' :| £ i 6 i TO dl.ooo


w m [ or WITHOUT SEGURITYi CaII,l'Write or 'Phone,


Th( 5 Leigh & District


Lending Society Ltd. 7, LljBKARY ST., BLACKBURN, ■1/ and'


21a, Yorkshire si|., burnley. j ..If j of g6od quality 'i.v ' Advertiser SC ' Times Office large and varied stock


'ptAROLLERS are ! '-^ difficulties this there are black-out which they must observe. not permitted to carry which to read the: hy Though torches are pe: that the carollers imay way about, the torches kept alight while they


sin! ll Ch:i)


II tmsslble so ri'


dm singing. n 1 '


laijiterns by. sheets.,


rejgulatlons They are


Ag under stmas for


find their i st not be


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Place* | Cliitlitheroe.i |l. E.' HAEOEE, :


infra-e:3 ahp massage m.n.i.ch,.m.i .s.p, : ,. ^fltswdrbyVtho mental bac i


'5 many of their young people of the neglect of general cdu military exercises, Nazi -Yout i are organising a drive to stin reading of informative books.


i PROPHETIC! Tile two principal vfilms Great Deception.’'


BEHIND THE MAGINOT iLlNE; BEHIND^ BRITAIN’S SAFETY LINE


RISES IN PAY


18,000 blast-fumaoe men, and quarrymen; and for: all women farm workers in 22 i various parts of England.


Wage increases arc annoji cold


led for workers len and


idnties.in RATIONED THEMSEL fES


- Ppbbo response to - tho offi iai appeal early in the war for lower cons in ptionof opal, gas and electricity has bon BO good that tho rationing sebemea postponed indefimtcly.


laro been CONTRABAND Britain’s contraband control


shipping has so far deprived enough gu'n-cotton to pack C-inch howitzer ahplls and


'enough petrol- to fill tho-.tan private/car and lorry on to-day;


HAIL tl 1


neutral 1


Nazis of ,000,000


.Ore I than sf every


Br tl i ih: roads


I / NEW YEAR SURPR S Tlic West End of London


to I hold liigh-rovcl on l^ew and it ia understood that at House where tho midnight always a notable feature, som


imiioh out of the ordinary the New Year.


Vei itli


wll


ifreparing r’s Eve,


Grosvenor


surorise is mg very usher in


I GOOD EXAMPLE ^A,Jbig North of England, t couiitanoy


firm is paying: a monthly bin is to sit htaff, with their full approval, in National Savings Certificates instead pf cash.


(" QtJiS ’’—Continued from column 5L ‘ . V I


lads butted in: “What wc ijeed is a ferret.”


rrfWO young evacuees side the boundaries


llvl: ( f


for the first time were seejn their way to their tempop laden with huge turnips gate they were met by farmer,, who demanded where they .had got then ! “Aw, mister,” they crli


iastlcally, “If ye go alang see tons o’ them In a " '


wild.” - . G. C. PHILLIPS,


iflell-


apy home At the


ng out- Glasgow wending


aln 'angry : o


know (d enthus-


there ye’ll —growln’


Ursula, which sank i cruiser of the Koln class day in Melbourne, v mother. Mrs. Phillips, self an Australian, said.. surprised at her husbanc always thought he ’ enough to outwit the v/h Navy,” she declared.


commander of the


. fepii’the lUbmarliie German on holi-


I'll V hs


Ufa; ,(If


sp<: 's


Ing her is herr was not


feat.. f‘I clever


German


Vienna during Chriatmas.wcek i “ The Hour of Eovengo" '


shi ue


tn(


,omng; m 0 called “ The


wardnCss 1 result


la ion for Leaders


u'ato tho HITLER NERVOUS Alartned by tlie largo numbe


time railway smashes in Germai has ordered a now crashrpro winch M being subjected tosovi tests. After volunteer Storm had survived a 50 m.p.h. test with a goods train, the coach over a l20-ft. embankment lin Forest as a final proof of its qualities. But no volunteers coming for that trip.


of war-


,y,| Hitler if I coach i! safety


Troopers Colhslon as run


01 as DESPERATE DODGE Latest move by tho Nazis in tli ei


to break Britain’s stranglehold export trade consiata of bi


■factories in thd neighbourinj coimtrics. They will then ■ |i factories for rcstamping German goods with the names of neu and attempt I to export them : ships. Special “ free zones ’’ demanded by -tlio Nazi gover that tho German goods will I from customa duties on ent neutral countries on tho newly-acquired, rfaotories.


lii efforts 1 their,


,1 S(


lyijag -up loutral these


tra| to wa f


produced firms,


neutral


iro being lent, ,80 exempt


ling the to the


he Black ijirprobf forth-


te-introduco a 12-hour day maxiifaum; the ban. on night work by women an d youths and "payment fori overtime, began; German workers hav^ to do Sunday and night workii


thout pay.


nee war ml forced


li In ttnd Out and Rownd Abo^t By **Qui$:*


Day by Itheir author,; Mr. Algernon Blackwood? They were as unusual as they' .were Interesting, In par­


T|ID you listen to the three stories ” told'onithe radio on Christmas


ticular I was struck with the s?cpnd, which had for title "The Laughter of Courage,’] the moral of which is obvious. !


audience who not only possessed a profound sense of humour, but had such a 'hearty, spontaneous ilaugh that hls mirth became contagfous. Every time he laughed, everybody laughed in coheert. And so. eager were they to catch a glimpse ofithe. man who had put them Into suph s(


.It concerned a man In a empma ■ I ;


good humour that, when the light? were switched on at the end ot|the programme; hundreds of heads were turned In his direction.


In company with two others, and under -each^ arm was a crptch. When hls companions assisted him Into the aisle, it was seen that, the man of the merry heart had had both legs, amputated at,the knpe.


He was a soldier In.hospital blue. ; j


to the she was Ipppearjing ,bejqre a epm- .tcicv ut-rrance;Tr-l»w'..


DON'T ■ suppose Grade iF^elds ever sang to a bigger, audience than she! did on Christmas ,nl^ht.


thanks i to’ the. miracle of wlrdess, she was heard by many ralUlons. There wasn't n doubt about [the popularity . of- Ghacle's half-hour among the men at the-front, and I cannot limaglneiapy single listener falling to get a re||il thrill out of the


■Hepth of rellgloud feeling—In jfact, from “The biggest aspidistra itj the world’’ to “Ave Milrla.”: ? Her’sl was a marvellous, a n agnlflcent, eljfort, particularly as sh > 'had been at It all day, skidding ? bout Icy roaqs in fog,-which iwouldjlbe a tremendous lange from the mle pf Capri, with] I sun-kissed roc is and luxuriant


—there' are not many, of them— whose personality [survives eyeif the microphone and-1 ud speaker, j She went through the whole gamut of emotions In her ( hrlstmas [‘show" for the troops aid the llsteplng multitudes, swltdlbg from gay ,to grave, from coml; fooling to [real


b ro ad ed s t.- ll ■ V Grade Fields Is |ine of the artfstes


foliage. Not so very Iont ago. Grade was,


in hospital, her life almost ides-, paired of. Her rctovery—whlch. be U mentioned In I asslng, she qttrl-,


butes’to the prayprs of the Blphop o f Blackburn—miist nov^ vlrtjjallyi be complete, slnc^lno ailing woman could endure the ijlgours of thei^tour GracleMs now mqklng just ibenlnd the front line In Prance Inialbiost arctic conditions.// A year ago, this, gallant, this pon- liearted woman of Irrepressible cheerfulness, was ^Iven the G.B:B. ‘Ever^ soldier in France would welcomejatlll bigger honours,


and so would we all, for this grand artiste who simply refuses to .con­ sider herself In her blg-Kearted determination to cheer the lads in the trenches and the folks at hbme. Long may/she reign !


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' - the ‘ Staff of- .Stonyhurst | Col­ lege in ‘1930 and who has now left to go to Heaton Moor, Is not ioibe confustld with the famous writer of


TtfRi H. V. MORETON, who joined


the sapne 'haffie, whose series of volumes “ In search of . . .i” were and riimgln so .fascinating. i [ - Th'ef Stonyhurst Mr. Moreton did


can’t do any harm because they are stone ones; They will probably be useful, because I’ni sure real rabbits would either be too frightened or too scornful to come near them.” i


one of/ihe Manchester scholars evacumed to Clltheroe, prior to|the Christmas • vacation:— . , | .


TTERE Is atJ original song which was sung by Doreen; Rogers,


A MANCHESTER 1 maid up to C11-:


I'Oh, shp wept, an^.jShe sighed,:and she bitterly!cried ;


Although' with her nature it did jnot agree,


theroe had strayed, :| I li ,


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“I wish once I again In Claytpnll’d ■ , be


I wish once again with them II could be!”


Oh the mills,! and the smoke, and‘ the. smelly anellne—i


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At St. Mary’s'School the work l^ad. ■ begun,


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And although we didn’t omit the fun, ; I


And to walk on the good old cem­ ented .road,. . ; i


Yet I wlshed-Moh,' how I wished for Seymour Road i :


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! Refrain; Oh the mills, etc..! • ,


Whereas lin Manchester we would' ■ride: - ;


We walked o’er the; hills and by the "n'lverside—.


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To the old Norman Castle we’ve all of us been,.. *v . . , d i , i


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And the sights of Clltheroe we have seen.- • - ' ;


But not so kind as those left-behlnd, Yet up to St.i Mary’s each day we


The people of Clitheroe have been very kind,


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And always yearn for home, sweet home.


roam, : ■... ■ s ,, p- 'i '. -i


We’re.going home for Christmas, | - , Do you wonder why I’m glad? i I’ve got a great blgiklss for mother. And a brand new tie for dad.: i I’m going home for Christmas—i . Back to all the ones I love.;


Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells all the way.


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■starch, adding that the bulk of what Is used comes from Holland, Memory; suggests that there iwas no similar incident during the Great War. 3 Another, topical point; Is the


Club Wlpdowi correspondent of the “Liverpool Rost.’,’ Of seven stiff evening white collars sent;to the wash, four were returnediiln the state they went. Appended was a polite note from.the laundryiregret- ting that, owing to hostilities, the emporium had no more- available


GMALL tl^B 'b r in g home war; to individuals, writes


wangle about petrol Some regular patrons appear to. find that, for financial consideration, extra petrol Is to be found In their tanks In the garages habitually patronised. Yet Iiknow a busy-doctor who can only


get a gallon a day, though ills nor­ mal rounds to see patients involve


nearly two. Tt would also, be per­ tinent to ask why the wives of official underlings idrlvlng their own cars have such ample margin In many oases ? Also how people In khaki find petrol ito drive 30 miles to an hotel dinner dance on’a Sat­ urday, after saying: they have not enough ;to go two miles the prevlous Wednesday.? ; '


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a certain amount of very good writ­ ing himself, but he was always at pains to make clear that there were —and fortpnately, are—two H. V. Moretons, and that unfortunately he ’Ivas'. the less famous I oS the couple. Mr. Moreton Is well known outside Stonyhurst I clrclesi and; a host 0^ friends will wish this g/enlaH and' talented tutor continued; suc-i new


cess and sphere.


H,' I happiness In hls


ERE is another of those pleasant [iHodder-Notes” from the cur--


rent Issue of “ The Stonyhurst Magazine'.’:


‘perous season. Two new blueiones: are' already flying about, and three; more are In the nesting-boxesj Wei doff’t'know what colour they will be, because they had’nt .got i any fealthers on by the.time we left for ou^ holidays. There should lhave been a lot;more birds, but afc th& beginning-of the season ode of the| old birds behaved very, badly -byj breaking up the nests and throwing-,: tho eggs about. At last Mis? Cowley! dealt very severely with i him by ; shutting, him up In a separate cage' Inithe aviary. So he has to lead a solitary ' life all by , himself,I and can’t do any, more damage. | We haW also got two new kittens: We ;had three, to start with, but oine of the- hots; got leave , from. Father


The budgerigars have had a pros-


iMcEvoy to take one home 'With him; Thfe mother cat Is. a famous hunter;;, she once killed a stoat, or d v/easeli and t think he hoped that the klt-yl ten would grow up like the mother an4 I be able to keep, the rahbltd down at home. Talking about rab­ bit? reminds me that.we havie two


especially when one remembers the men and the firms whose business Is being; seriously interfered with for want of “ juice.”


Such things make one think, and'


I^e the


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"liave ever been asked during a per­ formance to. sho4r. their .tickets? Very few, I Imaging


qment for admission, but to satisfy himself that the m&agement Is- using current tickets that have been torn, and so represent revenue dues: The surveyor went Into the shllr


shire Evening Post” says:,An excise surveyor of my acquaintance, whose duty it is sometimes to ask cinema patrons to show their tickets, tells me that he-flgured recently In an unfortunate little cinema episode. An excise offlcer.^ lt should be exf plalned. Is entitled to ask any mem­ ber of; a cinema audience to" show; his ticket, not as evidence of payr


A correspondent'of "The York­ i:


TTOW many among the thousands of pepple who. visit icinemas


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big advertisement by inviting hls customers to share Ip a gigantic Christmas pudding weighing 1,009 pounds, which, after boiling for 14 days at the Red Lion [Inn, South­


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wark, was placed on a cart for con­ veyance, to the accompaniment of a band, to the Swan Tavern, Fish- street Hill, where the favoured guests were assembled] The com­ pany, however, waited In: vain, for scarcely; had the cart started on; Its journey! than It was hfeld up by a! mob, armed with knives and hat­ chets, which attacked the pudding and distributed It to, many thpus^, ands who had not been bidden to the .feast.'i


from the snorting offer of an-old- time Islington .publican -to give to the poor at Christmas a pudding weighing as much' as the!: heaviest customer to enter hls bar during a given week. He reckoned-.without' Daniel Lambert, the heaviest man ■on record, who was Induced to visit, the inn during the prescribed period.; Daniel turned the-scale at 700 pounds, but the publlean, evpn though he was ‘'had,” kep^ hls.jvord.: Nor must there be any wqrbllhg of the carols IesL*’'the note might resemble that of an|jStir raid siren!;


Another huge pudding; resulted


X Rigby’s Striking Fact’s I For I 1 Rotarians.


At'tho Rotary Club’s ^mooting, last


Tlmrsday,- Rotarian J, Rigby- gavo jan Insight into tho business side of a nows- vondor’s life—the man -wlio leaves your morning, ovening or weekly newspaper; or journal, without wluch life would ;lx) iiicomplote. - - I ■


. “ Wo oro told tiiat'no news is good


flows," tho speakor began, ‘[but oven nows that is '.not; always particularly interesting has sometimig of virtu/j in it,' for it does at least: provide something Ivhorowith to oxorciso one’s mind and quicken one’s wits,;and tho result may have advantagos, or influence on. citoles .jboyond our own.” i -


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their newspapers, jnumbors of tnon : would gladly 'sacrificed their brealifast egg and rasbera jof bacon for a cbancolto scan tbo hoadlinos indicating tho liapponlngs of tlio day. Not j


j :Mr. Rigby alluded to a dispute wliiob, some years-ago, deprived the .public ofj i assorted. that have


,until publication suddenly ceased did they trealisel to the full tho value of tlioir riowspapCrs or tbo service behind tlio regular delivery—thb iman or hoy who faced all weathers-rovon tho black-out- m order to keep faitli! with bis curfomors.


lEARLY. AND -.LATE-, aid - ■ [ j •As ono df tho small array of Clithoroo’sj


nowsvondors, Jlr. Rigby j proceeded to] dotail tho life, on sixi days a week, which] necessitated rising v^jy. early ,In prder tp|, be at tho railway station to meet tho first; tram, round about 0-30, in order that the' world’s ;nows- might bo on-the. breakfast-, tables ; of those who; don't leave homel ‘until tho streets arO airwl.” Whatovor]


tho weatfcor this duty was faithfully] undertaken, -moming, and night, with-, additional tramps “ round tho houses throivn in from tuno ito tiino.


| It would bo possible to say much about!


personal inconvemencos, and so forth, inj relation to doliverios,.j(b‘. Rigby wont on p but ho proforrod to dovotoliiinself more tol tho imraclo which tho publication andi transport of. a '.neireiiapers .repre’


sontad, and tho humorous side of a job about!


ling gangway., A soldier was sitting there and in a' seat behind him was a girl attendant. It was a: slack time. The. soldier sho,wed hls ticket, 'Which pro.vedi>tq-4w<^^z' penny one, untorn! The officer s&w that he had disturbed "love’s young dream,” and handed the ticket back without a word. But the,manager had seen what had happened. “Of course,” said the surveyor, ‘I It’s la matter of indifference to me, as this Is a sixpenny ticket, on which no revenue Is paid.” The. manager irately explained that the soldier was courting the attendant and he wasn’t'going to have “ slxpennles” going in the “shillings.”,.. But for the purely arbitrary choice of the- exclsV officer “love’s young dream” might have been going on still. Pos­ sibly/the attendant nowilooks after the/ slxpennles, or the'^ soldier iis managing to scrape together.ial Shijlln'g. " ■ “


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report; qn the chloro-acetat of the potato


iaLL a /spade^—^ Lpndon' School


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” From i a of. Hygiene ammonium larvee


' cultural implements In Intimately ■incorporating the: chemlpal suh- stanceiln the soil tinder ordinary field I conditions.: | •


The practical appllcatlonjof these important observations now de­ pends on the efficiency |of agrl-


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been w proper report merely isaid, “Dig It In.”


iT^HEN, like.Mri .Mantljlnl). some- one tells you we aregoing to


'■!,; li i OTHER DAYS OF DpOM.


scarcely anything around us but ruin and despair.'’


iiTN 1783,.; William Pitt, 'British i-*- Prime'Minister : “ There is


• Archbishop Wllberforce, In the 1800’s: “ I dare; not marry., The future Is so dark: and unsettled.” ;; Queen Adelaide of England, In .1837: . “ I have only one deslrd; to play the part of; Marie Antoinette .with bravery in the coming revo­ lution’’ Lord'Shaftesbury, In 1848:rNoth-


: ; '


i Disraeli, in 1849 ; “ In industry, commerce and agriculture, there is


; ; no hope.” . . :


I The Duke of Wellington, in 1851, shortly before -he died; “ I thank God I will be spared from seeing the consummation of ruin that is,gath­ ering around.” i —Cavalcade.


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MENTION, jXJL PVtrfcLm


Christmas pudding provided of the: ten tons! of


for our troops, led a “Manchester iGuardlan” gossip to .write that no individual pudding would reach the size of some which created isensa- Itlons (of various kinds) at bygone


sitting on the lawn at Hodden They T


'festivals. ; In 1718 James Allen, inventor of i“Perslan Ink; Powder, [‘planned a


One supposes It would hot have If i t ; had


the demnlflon hpw-bows," reflect on these ;


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■many I Englishmen . still believe In fairies. That’s nothing, says our old friend! “Punch”.' Many Germans still believe in Hitler. 1 ; ;i


/^RMAN radio anijouncers have sneerlngly ! remarked that


Ing can:.,save the British. Empire from shipwreck.”;


CAME name, but with a difference. ^ Here Is authentic HeWs about the food situation In Germany,/ mention it with confidence (says a London correspondent bf “ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury") because.lt has been passed by the Nazi censor. It was contained in a postcard received by the relative of a foreign .diplomat from al’frlend In the Reich: “We do noi#experience any shortage- of ifood• here^. Our condition Is little worse, if at;all thanilf we were eating at the Hotel St. Antoine in Geneva.” i . ■ j


That name is, however, borne by a prison there. ' • ''


Geneva has no Hotel St* Antoine • i


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week recently, they.started on Sun­ day with rabbit for dlnnerj had rab­ bit oh Monday, again on Tuesday and Wednesday, and rabbit was the mahii dlsh on Saturday, j By-,that time they detested the sight of it. Noticing that they appeared to have lost.' their r appetite,. the/, farmer,* addressing hls wife across/the table,; saldi f’Do you thihk these lads need some medicine?” ij“ No,” one of ithe


‘‘ "RUN,- Rabbi t !— Four lads . were billeted on a faim. One


. (Continued foot of CJolumn 2).'


twbicb tlio public know liltlo—porhapsi cared loss, so long, os tbo paper wag dolivored on tho 'dot—a job iwbiclt domandod tho pationco of Job as its first!


qualification. It ipight bo that ho was! under rather than overestimating ’ tho ! nuiniior- of publications, but -thoro wero [ no fowor than 477 .w0qkly iionodicals, and 512 ; fortnightly and nidnthly journals. : This was wliolly ajiart frqm tjie quarterly, ; half-yearly and: yearly magazines, and tho ;


morning,! noon', evening, bi-weekly .and.' weekly nowspaporsj' Wliat a memory it'i needed on tlio part of noivsboys lor; ogonts to push tho right paper through tho ; right letter-box. ■ j


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. Intorraixod with | tlio talk wore many I amusing 1 incidents I botwoou agent and ' customers, and‘'experiences under trying I conditions on ;tlio ‘j’rounds,” ,


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CHANciED I CONDITIONS, i : ’ • I ' 'i ■ I ' ' i - 1


| ' • Sir. Rigby continued to contrast the old ,


days when shopkeopors made tho sale ol nowspapers a .sidolino,. with; tho changes I wluch had brought! tho "business to its I present state, of officiepoy. until now, it could almost ho saidjthat ‘'|tho tail wagi I tho dogil’ For now, instcadi of actmg in­ dividually and indepondabtly nowsagonte j —Clithoroo included-*—


in i|ie National Fodei]ation of Nowsagonts* wluch holds its conforonco annually and ' is attended by approximately a thousand, .dolegates]-'


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.. Trading lorms wore usually on tho salo Or [return principle, thougli timt did liol«


•apply to all periodicals and hooka At tho present timo, war conditions Jiad, bocanso . of tjie, effect on imports of Wood pulp W a^onsequont scarcitjj of newsprint,'com­ pelled pobjlshors. to, .put an .embargo! oa,,'. rotjums. It was.essoniial to ijilaco definite orders for ■ nowBpajiprs, - etc., because, although agents might order a few copies over and above the number,'of customer^ if these were unsold, jtho agents woroi to uso a colloquialism, “lloft with tho bat^-.".


jMr. Rigby further toucliod ion the


tTistancos to bo covered by jvondors who, not infrequently, had ito tramp to isobtod ' dwallmgs with a : penny paper,. adding .that, ho thought it'ijot unieosonahle to nski for a small siimj in rofurn for such service ns’thoy jvoro willu/g to give: ' Delivery entailed Walkingimnny miles#


j tlio peoplo.;:


.day, limt, like tliatl of tho. Rotorians, “ Senico before solf,t' miglit well be the. motlo of tlie nowsagontr-t|io servant of |i ; i ■. . ■1


LOW j MOOI^ ST. PAUL'S.—(Hiristmas celebrations


at St. Paul’s Church began on Sunday evening with a carol service , conduoted hy the Vicar (Rov. I.'Pugh). There was a fairly large congregation. In additiort to Advent hymns, tho carols, •“ Seo lamid tho Winter snow’? ■ and: “ Good. King Wcnoeslas” were sung. The choir also united in tho anthems, “ We have; scon His star in tho East,” in which tho solo was sung by Miss G.; Burgess, and ‘‘His Glorious Name.” Mr. G, Ford was at the organ, and appropriate lessons were, read by Mr. S. Fell, jimr. ; . , -.


Sunday evening, when O' special


BcxVico wosihcld. The preacher wasitho Rev. J. E.iStorey. iMr. J; Trafford, of Darwen, who has penormed tho ceremony for many 'years, again presented /.the pnzes for regular attendance at Sunday Sphool, distributing /some. 20 ibooks to tho scholars, m addition to gifts he himself so generously makes. Tbo cluldren sang the hymn,” Jesys, friend of httle' children,” and tho i servico was much enjoyed; • / ■ ■ ( -! i /. ■ - [' ;Tlio annOal tea party -antl enterlain-


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Following tho usual custom, an entorr tainment was given on Christmas night by the Sunday School scholars, who had been carefully trained by Miss Burgess. They presented a well-varied programmo of songs, recitations -and sketches,, which were;-all -greatly .appreciated. Mr. Ri. Forrest acted as compere, and Miss B. Parkinson was at tho piano. 'Afterwards,; thanks were expressed to. all who ha<l taken part, and to the producers; by Mr. J. Latham : and .Mr. J. Parkinsoil. The proceeds, which were in aid- of the annual Siimmeif treat, amounted to . £6. j Christmas was celebrated royally and


well at Uniomstrcct ; Methodist Church, the usual tea party land entortamment being held, on i Christinas Day, .while prizes; for regular attendance; at schoil were'distributed on Sunday. Christmas hymns and carols were sung during the two services,'which were taken by Mr; J, Marshall in the mornmg and the; ReV. Roland Holt in the c.vemng. The present­ ation of Sunday School priziS was; made by Mr. Uolt^who distributed some .thirty, books and congratulated the scholars upon their loyalty and pimctuality. The popularity of tho annual tea party


and entertainment on Christmas Day has not declined with the passing of thc ycars, or even with the outbreak of war. andla company miinbormg about 150 were served ■ with a splendid tea by a very active nnd efficient ladies committee. First rate entertainmont was afterwards provided by MiSs M,; Shcrliker’s group of chddren, who, sang and danced- in really dtihghtful fasluon. jThey were assisted hy Mr.! J. O’Donnell, . Who provided tho comedy clement,: so tlwt. a well (varied


and much appreciated ptogramnle -was presented. The proceedings were opciid by 'Mr. R. 'Robinson, wlulo Mr;! J. SeedaU presided. ; Referring to tho great amount of work accomphshed. by the congregation during; the past year, Mr, Seedail- in his remarks said that- as' rcanlt of tho untiring and splendid, efforts put forward, tho Church was now not only free from; debt, but-there was slight balance in hand. At an interval/in the entertainment, carols wero sung, tmd thus another happy and. Sncc^fnl i;e union marked, tl lo end of a very interesting and:busy year, i


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Old Christmis hymns and carols wiere sung at iNclsoi-street Methodist ChuKih


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ment was held on Chtomas Day. A large j ; number had a capital tea; andafterward? i: I ,;aplendid entcrtainricntiwas successfaHy 1 ^


presented in tho forim ot a muacal and I f humOroua burlesque Entitled [Qiir Village.* :t '.; Tho Rev. J. E. Storey pnjjidcd. H ef ■ story of several, inicresting- happedisgt i.;: which occurred-; on the (village grcea. at/ I'i Puddlovillo one sunmerJs; day wasurel K/i: told,; and an opporiunityi was provided.] :v oi introduction of bright musical itenu.: Mr:-J; H.,Stewart appeared as the squire;] ■with Mrs./ W. Hargreaves as bis daughter. Penelope,’ and Miss G. Rurgess as ‘ Dick,’:


her fiance. Jlr. E. Domain made a very impressive tP.C. Gubbms,’ whdo; the! exacting duties, of 1 compere worq/dis- chaigcdiby Mr. R. G. Forrett who also teokj the: part of ‘ Noah.’ | Messrs. J. iDomain* ji W.i Hitehon .and \Y. Hargreaves [were [ ooipitry; yokels,. and i Jllsses JI. Demain and . F. I Alston, icountry taaids.- Jfr. 0. JfoK.. Barnes proviflcd / ranch - of tha humour in the role of Barmy George ” the? village/idiot;' Jlikscs iR.Demain, J. Clarke and/ JInster Torance Sweeney lent excellent support as vi]lagors. The musical, items included the duet; “ You can't hlaok-out tho moon,”l byi Mrs. W. Har-


E laves and JIiBS G. Burgess, and iapi;:o ncing being introduced into the/number |' ,


by Miss Joan Clarke. Die/same pair also! ;], langwith equal succcs 3 .the popular.songtj .!:, [[Littlo Sir Echo.” Jliss -F. Alston gatej . much pleasure jvith hei- song, “ Bella of;. Bt. |JIary,’j and anothdr appreciated itciB|'>, was Jlr. B. Domain’s pinging of tho eveTj.;, popular “ Floral Danbc.'i’i JlasteriAIan]; , Cottam gave general ddhght with his Bongi|K | Sending^ a. letter to ISailta Claus,’’. ,1^, i'j addition to these splei(did, musical iteiiip,j Doreen Gathok, Ruth Swbeney, and Daisy , ; /Banks sang:" How would yoii like to be»|; j baby girl,” which deserved the gonctoiaj-i:: applause i it received,. and Jfastcr T.j |


'Sweeney tang, -vvitk giea't'success, /Sneezing-Song.” JIisii Betty lVliitliani|; ;3 /and Jbss JIarion Demun provided plca*i.3; inj variety'[with their xccitations,/‘and aj's;,' hiiihorous stump specpli was made bp . Jlaetcr D.:Hitehen. A jsopg “ The ViUaS®| Pump,” contributed Ijy | JR- J-


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and party, added to the general plcasnr^ and tho whole concert jwas an unquahhea success,: Credit is due|tej all taking part,


to iJIr; J.'Cottam and [Mrs- J- C. the accompanists, and; to the promoU^i vi


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