the opposite direction towards |Gis- Ijurn and Helllfleld.;


' THANKS. sir,—r Should' like to express ;ihf,,


. |b | i' dered If ever they would again have ■ the privilege' of working for a


deepest gartltude to the people ot ’ - ’ Clltheroe, and i especially^ to Mls^j Bray, of Plmllco-road, and her' friends and relations, for |the klnd| ness and 'consideration shown tp my young sister during the seven, •months she has been evacuated,. To take an unknown child Into one’s house Is a; great undertaking; to keep her for months Is a-fat more serious thing, and we .both


realise this. We feel that I the war has indlr |


ectly enlarged pur circle Of friends. —Yours sincerely, i W. ALDERMAN^


EMPLIOYMENT— ^ sir,—


BEAUTY! SPOT INljAlCT ?, -I am. merely a visitor to


Clltheroe, but hope I shall be 'per- « , . a


h n i “ f try to' Mltton' I ■


tangshaw's ir.lcbncelved letter re- gardlng the Inifdductloh.df indus­


\rtth both feetjoh the ground: | New industries are ,a new isource


Now let us i look at this problenl ' -i ,


of revenue .fori the town, but what is more Important, they provide employment for those unfortunates who are suffering from that most; pernicious of all diseases, • ,Unem' ployment.” i flelng outside the'com­ mercial world, these points probably passjover Mr. iLangshaw’s head i at


a v^ry great telght. Of


'convenleift for this neyr Industry to be’placed ln|a spot less reno^ed for lis,beauty than Mr. Langshaws wooded rlyer bank. If their efforts are unsuccessful, therii go ahead and let the enterprise have , the


authorities are virile and efficient they! will endeavour, tp make! it


I


town’s blessing; Don’t forget,; Mr. Langshaw, even


yourl beauty spot wouldn’t look so good to a person with an empty gloniacl..-Yours,


SHOULD COME LAS’!. Sir,—What’s i the reason the


reason the Accrington and other Town Counclljs, a,re |so worried about the proposed Mltton site for a newt Industry ?' Is there any^ truth In the rumour that they want; it themselves, vfith all the Increased


[ 'GeliNewVigour, Pep'Vltalityj


■tonic orl ^ thousai old doc I


1 vitalit;


Jimnlant Rovila |■every


I glh OY^ %


cei yonl I as the


. only ForSiOi l}|d c t


i btainfcd from raw oysters* Ifites blood, nerves, glands*


oAOj 50 or 60


cdy ceil. First dose starts L ThDiisand.s say they feel os


TKXXillrand Tonic-To<tay* Itj not :dcU,illghted. maker


CHES BOOTS ;


kLL CHEMISTS. ! .


i ' \


I ■ j '


iTO REPAIRS.


lallsts In Repairs to and SELMSTAR’TERS IRING OF EaIrS.


BROTHERS, Ltd. 3 Magu itq Works),


l-nr. Burdiy-I-HAPTON Padlham 14.


Lbam;, Loans. IIS SOCIETY. TO , i-1,000


I'lTHOUT SECURITY. IWrite or 'Phone, '


Sign & District Society Ltd.


jlY - ST.j BLACKBURN, , ANfLl ' I ■


fSHIRj^ iSjTji; BURNLEY.


If. moores |ge& Chiropody,


House, Sawlcy. lingStajtionery>


I cAKe I^OXES, ETC. er & ' Times : Office


T THEY NEED.


n, Baltic and ! many war •


elude ■ cotton, er Important ■equirement la


ster of Econ- Nazls cannot


did jot, '25. For both sexes*


I i f Overnight. ; .^inntcdlby M


d9 of (joctors take it ^hcra- or writes: ;‘'Oystrax gave 1 was astonished: 1 feel ■ 1 j


cdicnl Instituta ,


trade and prosperity it will bring to whatever district hks it, whilst Mittbn and Whalley must remain content writh the weekly invasion of noisy townspeople, tourists and hikersj who leave behind them nothing but paper bags and string, and] an occasional penny • for,, hot water,[shared hmong a dozen? - If they must 'bose as beauty lovers; whyi don’t they attack landlords who' keep whole tracts of the coun­ try barb-wired off for; themselves? They don’t need to go any further than Lower Hpdder tp see beauty thus spoiled foir the people.


If] some of]the boroughs con


cerned themselves about their own cesspools Instead of meddling' with whgt primarily concerns this idis- trief, they wouW have]enough tp do wlthoiit harassing those who' are responsible for important projepts. Somejof our a!djolninh toWns have


■doite all Iri'their power to attract netY Industries, and have failed., Now-bne suspects jealousy because the! C.R;D.C. are goln'g to get ]one, and so they pretend to love beauty and mingle their crocodile tears with 'those of; a few hare-kneed hlklers about jits spoliation. Any- wait, most folks think the tourists and hikers sp'pll the jeountry more than the building would. :


I ; is to be hoped that responsible


i parties will ascertaiij the views of I the rank-and-flle ratepayers in the i district 'affected before notice of I outside agitators.


taking for


“Where they most abound, ,


INdW m i^EEyED 'I * S^r,—In hoping that you will


rec iiye many letters condemtilng the one-sided views expressed; by Mr. Larigshaw Inf I last] week’s


“Alvertlser fand Times’’ ! re the proposed works at Mltton,; I know thajt 1 am not! alone, i


| Tpe scenery, Is Admittedly very


beaitlful, but i'as there Is so much ofl' t In our district }t will not hurt to have a little of It sacr^ced to Industry, as In these daysiwithoqt that we are nothing!.


I i H the writer] of la!st week’s letter


had jbeen uriemplpyed for yejars, through no f^ult of his own. he would never have pehned such stuff, but would have peen too busy spKulatlng oh the chanpes; of Betting a start when operations co|ninenced. I]-,


I • ■ ! No' doubt wlien looked at through


the rose-tinted lenses of a secure arid satisfactory Income, trees and Brass assume | a much different picture than when gazed on by the w^ary and hopeless eyes of the


Much fruit of ] sense is very rarely found,


= ; LIVE AMD LET LIVE. ' ; ' - L : course, lit CUtheroe’S local


AWAY WITH UNEMPLOYMENT. I I


learnt through , the local Press of last week ,that opposition had arisen In regard to mew industries coming to Clltheroe and district. May we draw- the attention of


Slr,—I t was with regret that we


the opposition to the fact that ne>y Industries mean more money to


m food and other “ S ln ^ c e s s l l t e . One wondeK U nn,


of those who oppose the advent of new Industries; coming; into the town: and neighbourhood have realised the number of persons who have been pn the National Unem­ ployed Register for a number of years, and witlf dire results. As ' th is ! district; has been


scheduled amongst the distressed areas, do these persons want to con­ tinue'a system 'which perpetuates unemployment and the consequent shortness of tlie necessaries of life,?


iH. J . PARKINSON.


15, RadeclyffeJstreet, Clltheroe.


‘RIBBLE VALLEY INDUSTRIAL DEVEliOPMEN’T.”


- Sir,-Please


a ! statement. give me the oppor-


tunlty of your present ence, columns


using valuable space in limited correspond-


.Before proceeding further with


this statemept' it should be fully understood that the two schemes now proposed in the Illbble Valley are not by [any means the first that have conje |tp the Federation’s notice, either] In this. Its own: area,- or In other parts of the country, j 'The twd proposed schemes now


being contemplated near Mltton and In ^he] iPlmllco ] district of Clltheroe w.ere] first brpught to the notice of ithe Blackburn Rkmbllng Association arid were subsequently discussed at] the next Executive Council ineefing of the Federation on March 31st. I need only in­ stance the erection of! the Cement Production Plant near! West Brad­ ford, the exteilsions to Calderstones and Brockhail Institutions, thht awful monstrosity situated In;the Immediate vicinity of' Haugh 'and Sale Wheel! Woods on the very banks of the river, the Cellulrjse Factory at Rlbbleton and the recent laying loht o^the Blackburn-PrYs- ton Civil! Aerodrome at Samlesbqry In order to convey to all interested the extent' and Implications this


subject entails. ] To contlnije. 'After due con


sideration the Executive Council passed an unanimous resolution to oppose, by every means at Its dis­ posal, the erection of the buildings on that particular site, and It vfas decided to organise a protest meet­ ing conslstlrig of all local, provlndal and national out-door organisa­ tions, Indlylduals and other In­ terests that were most obviously in­ volved, ! to be held at Whalley, on Sunday r ext, April 14th, in order to discuss what action should be taken in the; matter.


The Federation, however, v?as


placed in a peculiar position a^ it had become known that the tjwo schemes were more or less comple­ mentary and that both came within thejorblt of the Official Secrets Act under the Emergency! Powers (De­ fence)' Act of 1939. ;


The' Executive Council therefore :]


decided that at this stage ]undue publicity should at all cott be avoided and! circulars! were printed


and disliributed with this jn mlbd, eppecially in] view of the fact that it had been intimated that the Press should not pe Invited tU attend me meeting, as Its representatives had


already been sworn [to secrecy] or'UI, ihe'


excluded': Authorities Uonstltutlng the Nor^ forth-: relevarit meetings ' Of


; from ' attending! the


East Lancashire Regional Jcjlnt Town and Country Plannlng Coiri- irilttee.,In the meantime, howeyer; it had becejm’e obvious that “ Secrets ” ■were open subjects discussion l i the districts concerned and that these methods, no doubt considered to be wise precautions'In the clrcums;ances, had, perhaps not unnaturally, conveyed, exactly the opposite, impression to all cerned..


i ' Eocal' Mr. Langshpw and his :,kind may,


be wide awake to the beauties of the countryside, but ^hey are blind in­ deed to tlie ir iserles andnares that lack of Industry in their own neighbourhood has brought to their less fortunate fellowmen., . '


ELIZABETH! GREENWOOD. 2, Taylor-street, Ciltheroe.


i- . I


W,e of the Federation vdll not rest until a full and ■


fairly balanced


concensus of opinion has Indicated what course should be pursued, but posterity alone will decide wno is right and, with this in.! mind, we have taken all steps to ensure as full a representation at the meeting as is humanly possible. I I


I . \ i ! . L. ’jiOLLS, ■ ,1


ThO Ramblers’ Association, I ,, (The North-East Lancashire


i District Federation). TRADES COUNCIL’S SUPPORT. Sir,—The Clitherpe and District


Trades Council desire to place on record their support jof the pro­ jected inclustry, or indus,tries,; with­ in the precincts of the jtown. 'V'fe feel that ft is not gdpd for the town


to have to depend dnjone type of


'industry for its livelihood. Clltherbe has suffered in the past


as much ,as any depressed area in the county, and anythirig that can be done to alleviate this condition Is worthy of encouragement.; Is it not preferable to see men


earning their living and keeping their manhood in Industry father than going to the Labour Exchange o r ! being subjected tol |the Means Tek after years of casual or total unemployment?—Yours,! '


THE EiECUlTVE.


Clitheroe and District ' Trades Council.


' Appeasement.


“ Those who dare tof call us decadent


Must be made to bite the dust:” ,


i Sir ,- I t’is a Well-known fact that


poets* aC very 'sloppy thinkers, animated by hure sentiment. The effusion I by J.P.P. in [last week’s “Advertiser and Times” over the woes of the pacifist would be hard to beat.! If he would sppe a few of his tears for the victims of that power or powers which [the conchle or pacifist refuses to combat. It would be much better. |


If J.P.P. and others] would just


sit down and think cEjlmly of the terrible consequences to this coun-j try In the event of pacifism hecom-]. Ing rampant, he would] rue the day that he struck a] blow on behalf of all those who are Wind to thb realities of the sltuatlbn. Just 'as the foreign poUcy of appeasement towards aggression pursued; by this so-called National Government in the face of repeated warnings has resulted In war, so a'similar policy of appeasement, or irfdulgence, or toleration towards pacifism,;fascism and communism will result In Internal war or civil war. In a life and death; struggle like the] present It Is imposslb’.e—nay,; Idiotic and suicidal—to allow certain] groups of fanatics to do their utmost to prove to the rest of the world that the British are decadent. ] Democ­ racy doesn’t mean, and ] cannot mean, the toleration ] of any ele­ ment in that society which en­ dangers its very existence.] Therefore, away with the Paci­


fists, the Communists, the Nazis and: last, but not least, the Fas­ cists. we can, ,and must, in con­ junction, with pur friends in all parts of the wforld, beat]the lot. Our motto must be “ No quarter to all enemies on the Home Front.”


! ! VIGILANT. GOD, LAND. AND MEN. Sir,—Once more Mr^ Weller asks


tne to read Henry George for my answers. I read Henry George over fifty years ago, and the answers are not th,ere.


he and I are brothers . . .[ that we had imaginary! property l^ft to us . . . that same propery could not be halved as such . . . that ifjthe pro­ perty were let and the rerltals div­ ided between us . . . equal rights would be ensured by otherA collect­ ing larid rentals”—others than the owners! for the good others who are hot owners,


Mr.,,Weller writes: “ Imagine that ! ; 1 ' | ^ I want to be kind to everyone,


but Is i not such Imaginajtlon ex­ tremely childish? [l nientloned Henry j George, to an income tax official'and he Just smiled ;ind said: ' Is someone writing about that


yet?” ! '' ■ i Readers may, rest assured that If


this imaginary stuff pjf Henry George’s was practical, the income tax officials would take every ad-


; vantage. I t Is useless to phrsue the "mattSlr! further.—Yours, [


I ' A. A. TATTEI^ALI].


Brownhlll, Blackburn; ' ■ : ;


! ! MB. DEMAIN’S! REPLY,


c™* Sir,-)-I fully expected that the allow my


In other words, public oplnior. In


the districts was made'more ‘ “ f aware of i the vast ImpUcatloiis


likely; to bR Involved and questions began! to asked about detalls|as, for example, pollution ef the river, danger to health, - possible lal our problems, trarisport' difflculfles, housing aspects, etc,, and lastly.


wprklsss,' who I alas; have compul­ sorily had far too much time to BOze on these things, as they won-


local Socialists’would not letter in reply to “ Old fge Pen­ sioner” to go unchallenged, but, on the contrary, would seizd the op­ portunity to make further poUtlcal capital out pf the Old [Age Pen­ sioner^ and to tell thpm what


but


by no means'least; the probafilfr disfigurement of the whole', of the lower reaches of the valley fi'bm Chatbum down to Preston anc: in


: wicked people we “ Tories ” are, and that they,. thei Soclall-ts, are thCir [only friends. '


; ^ .1 rpad Mr. Constantli .e’s ' letter


! carefully, and' most, of It seemed so ' familiar to me that I felt l] had seen It before. I therefore looked up; a


I , I Honorary Press Secretary.


Socialist publication pf March 28th this year, and there found a s i^ ed articleby George RidJey, ifember of parliament for ithe | Clay Cross Division of Derbyshirei.The article |Dore the same'headlng, ‘fjAn Insult to Old Age’’ and, by d singular coincidence, the wording was bxactly. the same as Mr.ijponstan- tine’s 'letter,! with this pxCeption. Mr. Ridley, who,'by the'lway, is a Socialist Member of j Parliament, had the fairness to s a p |


i


i more than-five!years younger than ' he is, there will without;any means ' test of any kind be a douple pension. : In the industrih areas where a man i at 65, .with a wife younger than


defects, might,' in the absence of the Household; Means [Test, have, been warmly welcomed. That it will relieve anxiety in the! minds of very many; people is obvious. • For the man of 65, whose ! wife is not


“ Here is a Bill which, with all its


Leaves From a


i


Working Mans Diary JUNE 27th. Sunshine and


showery all day and [to-night the rain fell in torrents. We had a public ;meetlng to-night but it was so wet [that not many] came. There were two delegates and they gave lis a ! full i acebunt !of the Colne Strike [and i t Is to be ]hoped, thrit [it Will not last long. A Resolution was. passed to pay twopence 'per, loom as usual.


] . . |


[ The writer himself was appointed . ! one of the deputies] to take the | money to Cplne, and [he made five jburiiefys on foot. Here is a descrip­ tion of one of them.] They were [alwriys made on Sunday.


]


,{ himself, passes'from; th^ U.A.B., to his Old Age ; Pension,! he will be saved the' humiliation of appearing


' before a 'Public Assistance Com­ mittee. Fof the employed woman with her dwri stamped card, the Bill will pibvide a pehsiqn five years earlier than is'nowithte, case, and many anxious fminds'will he relieved by that provision. ' He then con­ tinues, I do not propose to ai-gue that the Bill should 'provide for supplementary pension^ without a ‘ means test ’ of any kind. I am a voluntary contributor add could not possibly contend that at 65 my ten shillings pension should


____ _ ,,____


:; JULY 29th. I t Was; near ' 12 o’clock'before I got to bed. (He had been busy at the Report!) I was lip again by four this'morning. I


mented without any regard to any other source of income I may be fortunate to possess.There is a case


be supple­


. proposal, although there might have ■' been arguments about ‘disregarding’ there would not, I think, .have been any opposition to the lirinciple.”


for a properly! conditioned personal means test. If that had been the


It Is strange that Mr. (Jonstantine


should have omitted from his letter the above passage In Mr. Ridley’s article, but perhaps ihej thought it would detract from 'hlj purpose- political propaganda. |


i


refers to myself, is also] very cheap propaganda; and I hav^ no desire, in these times, to enter Into a news­ paper controversy with I anyone for purely party purposes! ft Is, In my opinion, very bad form at a time like this, when we are jfightlng for our lives against a rutl|less enemy, whose whole natlon'ali, forces are concentrated to one end—the defeat and; enslavement o’f the British and French peofiles, and the conversion [ of the British and French Empires Into Ngz! Colonies. It Is a pity that theije are some people to-day, more interested In the next General Election than In winning the war. If w]e are unable to overcome Hitlerism] In Europe, political parties In thlslcountry will Indeed count for very little. ' In spite of Mr.[ Constantine’s


The rest; of the' letter, which


remarks about my “ sympathy” for the Old Age Pensioners, I still re­ peat that I shrill only f)e too happy to help anybne, Irrespective of party, who may require help or advice on this! matter, bf any other matter connected wltlA the war.


TQM DEM]AIN, [ Conservative Agent.


Clltheroe Division. MORE ABOUT PENSIONS.


Sir,—Mr, Constantine, Labour


Party Agent! for [ the Clltheroe Division, In his letter last week went to considerable length to con demn the , Old Age Pensions Act recently passed by the] Government When we consider thfe position of the country [ at the [present time and the uncertainty cjf the future, we must conclude that It is! ^ very courageous Act and! will be of great benefit to' ail old! people in the future. I yenture to Ruggest to Mr. Constantine' i and ! Ijls Socialist friends that rio other country in the world would ever dreain of improv­ ing their social legislation and In­ creasing their financial commit­ ments when fighting for their very existence. [


He states “ 'The [Statute Book [ , !, I.


has been ‘ blackened ’ by the House­ hold MearisTest.” ! iThis surely Is an absurd!'remark In view of the


fa'ct that hundreds' of [thousands of pensioners] will recelvb supplemen­ tary pensions' as a result of this Act. I yenture to suggest that the pen­ sioner will not regard his future blackened ' or blighted when he receives his supplemeptary-penslon.i Mr. Constaritlne [ condemns the Household; Means!; TfSt as some­ thing which!is sinister in the ex­ treme. He does not mention that the Household Means Test Is to be substituted for the 'Ppor Law Test which Is a more , difficult one, In respect of] liable relatives, savings, and the earnings of (jhildren. He forecasts that the Household-Means Test will! orovoke “jacute famUy discord arid ; unhappiness.” Does he mean to suggest that the Poor Law Test has been promoting famUy accorA and hApplpess ? The new test will! be an eajsler and more reasonably one for pensioners, arid under such circumstances Mr, Con­


stantine’s, observations are sheer


political clap-trap. I do not! wish to deprive the


Socialist Party of any self-satlsfac-. tlon they Jmay feel vlth regard to their propaganda rin behalf of old age pensioners. I t I; a pity, how­ ever, that'Mr. Constantine can give the Conservative Party not ap atom of credit jfor their own efforts In past years. , The' original .Contri­ butory Pensions : Apt, ; passed in 1925, was; a Conservative Act, and most of recent pension develop^ irients have beeri based • on this *


• (Continued foot of :riext Column) ,


got myself [cleaned and some break­ fast and then went up to Clitheroe and met in^ colleague. We left Clltheroe at a qurirter past five. ; It is 12 miles to Colne and one of the worst roads I ever travelled in my .life, over mountain and moor, oyer! bog and mire, through byways and highways. 'We got to Colne [by nine o’clock. The Executive met at half-past ten. There was forty ■ poupd more money came in this week thaii last week and they ex­ pect a great deal more next week. ■There was] not much business to] do and we got done by dinner tifne. ] After dinner we had a Camp Meet- :n. It was a very fine! afternoon ;md there were about four thousand people thete and all passed off very well. We came home by!, railway and reached Clitheroe at nine


o’Qlock. ’ [ The summer and the autumn !


appear to' have been very wet and the last ■: journey on foot was a dreadful bnef arid the man himself


jwas ribw 50. So worn out was he that it vras unanimously decided that “ there be no more walking to bolne but that we go by railway on Saturday [nights In the future.” '


Ito be continued).


'services, held at the Union-street [Methodist Church on Sunday. I'Die pulpit was occupied at both morning and evening services by Miss Wood, of Summei-seit, who gave an extremely interesting sermons. In the afternoon a musical service was held, the chair­ man beuig Mrs. S. Hardman, of Prestwlch, The choir added to the general pleasure of the service,'v^lth beautiful [renderings of “My Mother’s Bible,” in Which solo parts were capably taken by Miss Ruth Piper and Miss Doris Walker. The choir werU also heard to advantage in “ O it is Wonderful.” The soloist, Miss Hqlgate, of Blackburn, was in particular fine voice, reilderlng sweetly '"There 'is no., death” arid “Cast thy Burden.’] In the abserjee of Miss Dora Abbott; Miss Alice Webster gave several fecitritions, which were greatly appreciated. iiThese


congregatims at DAY. -There were


LADIES


LOW MOOR the Ladies’


IncludedMy oWen Gate,” ’’Little !;Black Boy” and “Vale.” At the evening service, Miss Holgate again delighted.


MITTON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE.-The April _______ Mr. Smith; agricifltural


meeting, over by attended


an open one,' was presided Miss Ackerley! and was well


lecturer irom Leeds University, gave an informatjrve talk on “ War-tune Garden­ ing ” ’'(he audience was much inter­ ested, tod Mr. Smith had; many ;iqnri on the subject to answqr. At


ASSETS AND INCOME. The assets of the are now


Cfompany 93 per cent, are Investeid in tlje apd thej Empire.' The incbm £56,254,060.


Oi Ip i NARY b r a n c h . The jssured ; Iwere . £27,130,000.


of which over


United'Kingdom during 1939 was


at 31st December, 1939, are for! WhpJe Life Assurances, cent, for l^ndovyment Assurances,


I N l p P S T R i a i . B R A N C H . ere £23,810,034,1 be The reversionary


cei'ved w


i^94,548. iper cent


Since t ie initiation of the pr a


bonuses I declared on] participating policies in foijce . 1 4 . 0 per cent.v


net new sums he reversionary


arid £ 1 . 1 0 . 0 per


he premiums re- ng an increase'of bonus is £ 1 . 4 . 0


in the industrial Branch, £59,! lotted for bonuses to pblicyholijiers.


: expense jatio. For 1939 the cent, of the premiums received


GENERAL BRANCH. The


\^/ere £2i|620,959 arising from kccideritj’ Employers’ ; Liabllityji QVED SOCIETIES.


ixpetjded ph benefits ;was ove Ing £l146,|000 on dental benefit


It sharing schepie, ,000 has been


A furtjier reduction In [the Industrial Branch ratio was 22.46 per


premiums received Fire, Sickness and Motor Insurance,


'he total amount] ^,500,000 inciud-


SERVICE and SECURITY


good ;Day,i


Clitnerop Section t In g le ^ n ence well SPENT.


when the Ingleton. solo mrichlne ..............— number were directed northwards, and as we found none of the Chatbum con-! tingent waiting for, us we pedalled onj to Sawley tod Copy Nook. There were- times when we used to refer to this road as the familiar route to Settle, but it really was a bhatige to be passing along it once again after the long rest which had been]caused by the severe


“ If we only understood,” winter. ! ' • I j


A Strong follo'ving, wind was aiding our progress cons Iderably, and even the


the close, he - was accorded aj hearty vote of thanks. Refreshments were then handed round, tea being followed by the Social half-hour, when musical games and community singing were much enjoyed. The eveiimg was brought to a close by the singing]of the National! Anthem.


'


lecture, 'two new members were' elected —Mrs. ;J. Taylor,, and Mrs. [Baxter. Arrangements were made for the Group Meeting jo be held In St- Mary’s School’^; Clitheroe, on May 5thJ when Mitton institute will be the hosts. A member I was chosen as conductor for the forthcoming community [pinging competition. It was also .decided to join the Schobl National ;Savings Scheme',!as there are too few members to make it worth while to form a-


At the business, meeting before the


separate! branch. WORK FOR CONCHlpS.


- Conscientious ! objectors maiy be re­


quired Jri appropriate cases to jperform non-combatant work in the Forces, W- structiciris have been , issued, by the. Ministejr' of Labour to check up on those [who have been directed by tribunals to obtain specified; civilian work Cases of failure to comply with, the diiections wiU. be; referred to the


tribum Is. !• . ! ! ■ ' (Conti: lued . from preceding Column),


landinark 111 social 'legislation. With fall this talk about the


Mrians ' Test, we remember , that In 1924,. the Labour. Goyem- amended the Old Age Pen- Act, they left ] the Investiga- and Inqulsitlori Into mearis ] [ Furthermore, during the


wheii, ment slons tlon intact period


, ___ [from' 1929—1931, wjien the' Labour; Goverment; was 'In pfflfce, no ffili wari Introduced 'jby that Government tb abolish the] Old Age Penslpns Mearis! Test. 'Probably Mr. Coristantlne and his! [Socialist friends]have cpnveriientlfy forgottep this, blit they 'crinriPt blame' pthers for;ncollpctin| it.


! ,[ ' ’ANOTHER pensioner. ] .


I was driving his' sheep and lamps along the'! road. [ vyhen alone a sheep can be vei-y annoying as it always de­ cides to try the other side of the ropd just as you want'to pass, but to-day we had: to a'dmlre the way they stood their grotm-d to protect their young from these beings on wheels, i Settle was in sitot now but our road lay j;o the left, and jiist beyond Gigglesivlck Station, we ;'dismpuhted for the first


notorious, fPorest Becks' hill was, con­ quered without havipg to dismount, j.I almost said “ ivlthout leaving the saddles,” but'that would not be strictly correct as we reverted to the Opperman technique for the[ last few yards. So on to Wiggibswolth to enjoy once'more the-long freewheel, through the village to the'awkward little bridge vvjiich spans the stream there. Rathmell came next, and!we dutifully rode with great care at' the 'request! of a farmer who


time. , ! ] ' , . ! ; ' 1 . . . 1 [,1 ' ' FOLLOW TEffi ! WHITE; UNE.


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the Lawklands road passed beneath our spinning Jwheels; but we deemed the shower'Insufacient to warrant the use of capes. [The main road was regained at 'Cro^: Streetis where one jof our number oVer-rc-de the white line and was promptly | [ reprimanded by us. .’Whereupon a new colleague! quite seri­ ously remarked jhali “it doesn’t Imatter;, they aie.pnly for'motbrists-’f We re­ mained on the! saddles with; difficulty for this unconscious humour ]was truly a case .where “ we riearly fell off t’bike wi’ lautolri’.” This I new ridbr occupied the rear seat of a] tandem; and as is usual tried to do all the work—It was almost ;hef first-'ride. Fellow sufferers will join trie in the^ad thought that it is the' type i bf! ipiistake; jwhich is


A few spots of rain began! to fill as


I decided tb cape: iip,”- and with the long winding road [over the Common before! us we halted to provide.our­ selves with! [this; protection. ..Fortun­ ately the Wind yvas btUl in the inost adr vtotageoiis [ direction ' and’ with our newly donned [clothing acting partly- as, sails,! we' soon covered the re-


corrected iali top scjon, Clapharii was behind us before It was


mainirig , distance tb the land of .water­ falls and] caverns-fingleton.


; dissenter iwas' forthcoming when dinner! was suggested and the meal was soon being [enjoyed; Much to our dis­ may trie I rain ihc'reaBed In Intensity as time progressed. arid, despite the pro­ tection of aJ roof above, disappointment


Thougii it was’ndt yet rioon,'not ’one


| \ ^ r i fodt—we paid; our “ tdnnbrs” and expfctantljt, stortedi on ffie flveimlles tramp i;ound’the Palls.


Was registered on' the faces , of all present. ' Every' cloud has its silver lining,!, hoyever. and ;precisely two hours iaW: the downpour [ceased and gave way to bright sunlight, i Now We could! proceed' with our [programme, 'tod: making ou'r Wriy through the town


_____ were in full spate Pee'ea Falls, ■ Beezleii Palls, Snbw Falls] arid Thorn­ ton Pprbe were to be seen; at their best, and Baxenghyll Gorge! was one rumblb bf swirling water. "Wb ventured behind iTtoomton Force and as the waterIroared over our hepds reflected that everi the worst rainfajl isn’t so bad after all. Tivo glorious hburs were spent to such surroundings [ and loth we were to leave them, j The toner man tod woman was calling; however, and we sat down once again at the table t,nd did full justice to the spread ;


Certainly we had pur money’s worth, , two streams,: 'the. Twiss and


before us.' ;


when IWe returned to thej saddles for, wonder [ of wonders—the wind had changed, its direction,and] wris still be- ; hind Us] for the return Jojimey. ' This gladdtoed our hearts, considerably ^or , each qn? of us had been s^crbtly dread­ ing farcing the gale which had helped ps soJmuch durtag thC'mbrnlng. ^ j


a’ very pleasant surprise awaited ps ' ]' ' !


an outboard motor beliinti him, Geny had grerit difficulty in’keepln^ his place behind [[ the captain, the | outboard motor] bping the name presented to the aforementioned novice. Part pf, our joy was short-lived for, near Cross Streets four capes' were brought into use, apri as we turned on to (jawklands road again we converted the tail-wind into a nasty side wind whicli lashed at our.‘frills ” and tried to ibloiiv. us from the rpao. Further misfortune overtook us before another mile w is passed, ,for a three'-rspeed' cable gave out and the unfortunate ridel's of the machine con­ cerned [had to manage vdtli one gear lel'remainder of-th; ride. Our lembera will not need [to be told j[three-speed it wasf-they will suessed already. A decent speed


'Whiltiwith this new found friend and ;


m PRUDENTIAL ftSSURANCE GO. LTD.


SIR the


EDGAR HORNE, Bail, Chairman 9iif AnnIial General Meeting London, E,C.if ^ h Aprii


Points from the Directors' Report t


hd the Speech of of the Company,


Hdld at 'HoJborn Bars', 940.


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was rfetainCd-desplte this handicap and beford long we had left the tortuous, twisting lanes behind anc were looking; at the I whitewashed houses; of Eath-j; mell jvhich lay before us. ; . '


'proofs. i| Wigglesworth a i . usual pro- ’'Vlde-dfuls with a chance tc fiiid our feet, 'but !we [reflected gladly that we had got the,[wo|[st [part over. ■ j:


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to jthfe conclusion that cycling is hard workfwhen : ! make mention of such things I!as “ the worst part” and I venture; to! correct this wrbng ;lmpres- slon. Don’t you worry—if we bpihe to a hill ^e get. off and to.lk l : Wrihln


c iem G IS NOT H VRD WORK. I trust that readers willjinot jump


reasonjbf[course.- j:,- '


we were under the cover! of ’ capes pnee morie| but as the majority, of, .theine- - mainder of the ride, was dpwnhUl'.we. . were ' riot; unduly coricertied. Forest; Becks toain passed! by, and 'then. Copy, Nook' arid Sawley came] and waht'-to;'. turn to'leave us with the lohg.idragTo:, ',


Belo’ye Tosside- road eim was reached:


'free-wheeling through tie yiliage';be-:' fore paving our. final iva’ik up.CroW'i' Trees JBroW, and so home. : ' ; !


Chat burn to be conquered. , Steadily-yfe: lesse led the distance be tween,;us ,'tod, the;. ;op and, finished off pur efftot; b.V;’:


,6n eny of[bur,runs..4 l i Tnik, week-end'we-’-pay! a idslt tq


“WINGNUTS.”


, belli J better attended; a n d ' we remind ’all cyclists that they will be welcomed '


'Cocl:eiiham, and the start !is .from 'the usui 1 place at 9 am .' ’ i '


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' It' isjgood to kriow tlial. our:Club runs;! are:! once' agatowwlrig: promise of


glad to] discover the rair had stopped and: thankfully we doffed pur water-,


Walkihg' through the village we were


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