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CLITHEROE ADYEBTISER^


OF HOPE BOYS A T


lADI isCHOOL.


\G THEM FOR JTURE.


I at Moor| Lane Meth- ] was Ladies’: Day—an. irance] Ladles formed, lupwards of 20 voices, Imed charge of all the t filled by ; the opposite fee; 1, which were bright vejre Weld; morning


MEEjriNG TRANSPORT I


|)n ,'to e pulpit being, lister Frances Cross, of. lad Home- Grlndletom tori of Whalley, was at Mch ishe jmaiilpulated. jnd with commendable


p;ned the afternoon; introlt, “God be in.


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li my uhiierstandlng,’' 111 theirjlater anthem,


it de,” they sang with, ■ession and with per-


y and accord. The) irtley, g p e exceeding! a faultless treatment- singing.” I


0. Interc'esslpn for all ri Cross] devoted h e r iwork of the! National.


toe main; and chiefly icistSitlirbughout too iketchqd a brlef'hls--


)\ ementj and the work ; r icterlstic of the 30-- ! laling with some 4,000v Ir education, training ir useful) vocations, as. them uEj physically as-


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t ie Rlversmead Home. ;


[m. Of wliich: doubtless. Rlbblesdaie ls aware,. ! said thajt' 62 boys are- ! ,id ttiere-jboys w;ho had. i


their horiibs In Austria,, jchoslovqkia—boys who.. elfish but have had a. .bringing.' 'What the. hi s mea)it to the noh- -is known throughout.


I at Rlversmead are very Jwje arelfond of them,.


|e i ippreqiatlVe of what. |e for theb,”, said Sister’ |y nave had a happy up- Inc parerits .and godd. Fefjor it is ail the more


lan|i the] families sca^- ie cf the (boys have had. pm their! parents slnbe; fean,' and! yoii may well.


fir leellrigs; arid those 6f , Meariwhile, we are- cb their lives brighter., ri lot of the English,


oil what we. are dolrig Educatibhally, and )n.


Ithey grow up they wJlL and valris ali that has--


I we are trying to equip- tie {future, I and we hope


lfor[ them]and be vallarit j or peace,! either in their- should it he their good, get back, or wherever’ [ay be cast.”


, j’-') 'piG !j FAMILIES. )


Into three Ifamllies of 21, p said sh^ihad chargejof |of jyoung hopefuls, “and, they! ate! just as lively


tg that Ijhe 62 boys ire-


Jchildreiii’i she declared, lutiweiget a great dealof h u t of ourj work here, as- Ir branches of' the Home, I sisters wjho/are respbn- |e oversight of the chlld- I their care. : It is a work pst; has hlqst. The llttle- h u r help, and we am


i r Him. ‘j-Inasmuch as ye- I t; unto the least bf these, pri, ye hav[e done it unto


i’s offertories were for hds, !■ ,! ■


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n.es and Orphanage, ■ ;c ! severity years ago- ' ason, hals always been.’


Rlbblesdale; League cricket Is to


contlriue during the coming'season, but the serilbr dlvlslbri ; will be divided Intb two regions tolrestrict travelling. T This was the most important


or Cup PROBLEMS


No Professionals^—But No Restriction of Amit^s. !


firoip Whi-lley, Ciitheroe and Rib- blesdale wanderers.


A long c ,lscusslon took; place as to


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decision reached at the annual meeting of > the League held at the Conservative ; ; Club, Whalley; on Saturday aftembon. I t was also decided not; to play professionals and to suspend all rules regarding, registration ; of players,: so that facilities for; league cricket could; be afforded’iroops home on leave or stationed in the district. , ' Pracficahy; byer7! club was repre­


sented arid the; P)'eri4®rit, (Mr. J, H.. Rarilsboltbin) was in'Hhe chair.! At


'the outset,);he explained that the| meeting wris; postponed In O’etober on accbuntl of thb -war. Since the last I meeting, the.. league ; had sustained alheavy.blow by thb death of its treasurer, MT;. Amos Hlndle, of "(Itoalley,’who in his day was. one of the finest cricketers the league ever produceb.' The death had also taken place! of Mr. H. Kenyon, a well known ;Leyland player. As a mark of respect, the dele­


gates stood ; In silence. Under league! rules, toe bottom


two clubs in each division are re­ quired tb ,apply|. for re-election. Bamoldswl]:k and Read flidsheri at the foot of ;the serilqr le a^b , while Sabderi and’ Rarriolbswlclf were at the bottom jof :the junior leagqe. All four teams' were re-elected, but it was announbed that Sabden would not be able! to continue during the


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ECONOMICAL MANAGEIVilENT. Commenting , on the balance


sheet, which [revealed ailoss on the


; year’s working, the secretary (Mr. F. Dugdale),: recalled that last season, wherij the matter of finance wasj discus's'ed, the Leyland repre­ sentative expressed the intention of riiovlng this , year that subscrip­ tions be Increased. ; In view of the existing clrburiistances, he felt the Leyland refirbsentative ;would' not wish- to pursue !the subject, but at the same tlriie it should! be realised


;dltufe of i about £40.; In tl Lancashire -teague, where, expenses %ere similar) subscriptions amoun­ ted to £6 6ri a year. He idld not suggest the'j) should' Increase their fees' to that{extent, but he thought the figures did show toe Rlliblesdale League was most economically run. —(Hear, hear.)


ihat, In normal times, the subscflp tlons were ; too low. anb gradually the ! balancb had been whlttlei down. ’ Laqt season, for Instanc there had been Inescapable; expei]-


I ^ ■ POPULAR PMSIDMT.


Mr. J. H. ^amsbottom was unani­


Asplnall. fine record resolution Was supported Nichols, St. I Annes ; Mr.


mously re-eiected president of the league, onj the motion of Mr. W, Standring, seconded by! Mr. Both paid tributes to his bf sefylce and their by Mr. Holden,


Darwen Clltheroe! E){presslpg his thanks for the re­


apd Mn J. Crabtree,;


newed cohfld,ence, Mr. Ramsbottom said he could remember Rlbbies- dale LeaOTe|; matches as early as 189S, and he was playing in the! league In 1809. i He attended his, first Rlbblesdale League meeting In) 190() and was elected president in | 1906. since 'jthat time, he had held | office coHtliyuously. The league! was his great hobby and he was| proiid of| his long association! withit. I ! ; j


RISK bF) A SPLIT.'


I was Mr.;Robert Hewitt, of lumfries, and the bride. Miss paiy Martin, third daughter ■ Ml’S. H. Martin, Fir Tree


jJt.—a! wedding of a very |, owing tpithe recent illness , took place at St. Leonard’s -wnham, bn! Saturday. The.


■nhaiii. Trie bride was by her father, and was her sister*. Miss Elizabeth


lie dutiesijof best man were ■ by i Private) V { . Martin,


land was followed by a re- le home;bf the bride.


E DANES SEE US. ilsh jGojvernment paper


imokfatenl” which is the fan of the! Danish Labour .writesip- I : ■ ■ . ' ',


fatlonal Isolldarity, which. Soclallsrn.ltrles to, bring beans of| propaganda and inchebns;'wlli never s u e - .


f a l l in g toe strength of pjal solidarity of England, p kept, iits Individualism pedohi, arid knows how to> i time bjf tfahger;”- ’


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1 the bridB.) pThe ceremony lied by the Vicar (Rev. F. T.


the| President] appealed to the clubs’ to continue ^Wth league cricket In; spite of the war! He hoped that they woulh bp able to carry on as In previous seaspns, as any split might cause a great) deal of harm. Local ’bus contractors had assured him that they' jsaw! no reason why they should not ijie able to transport teams during the coming cricket season. . :|


Referrlpg tQ the present_sltuatlon,; [


! “ The Ri,bblesdale League has a standing) in the county second to none, aind I wish to keep it there,’’ !top President observed.


; Mr. Ramsbo'ttoui went'on to con­ gratulate! Leyland Motors, cham-) plons of the! senior division last season, and also Cherry Tree, whp won the Junior League; ’


Following custom, toe vlce-presi--


deilts will be nominated by thP varlpus pluhsi - In recognition of the! valuable service he has rendered to the league, !Mr. Ivan G. Asiiinall,’


of Blackpool, was added to the-Ust as ; a 'l ife vice-presldeht, arid hq expressed hlslwarth ahhreclation, i Mr! Frank Dugdale was uham-


mousljr fe-eleptqd seCretaiy, tod Mf- Jonathafi fi’rbpte', of Clltherpq,'jw^ elected, treakuter, iri;successl0ii .tp^. the late Mri?Amos Hlriille;..


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The feecutlVe. donppittee will again consist cif representatives


toe conth uarice bf the league next season, ' v irtoiis suggestlpns b,elrig made! ! I ; was, polrited out toariso far there had'beqri oiffy one with­ drawal, S ibderi resigning from the Rlblplesdae, Jiinlpr League on the I [rounds-tiat many of their players liad hecone eligible for riiilltary service. Mr. IT W., Fopie said,.that


Clltheroe’s sugge,stlbii was .'that the eague be split Into two areas, under She! contiol of the present league authoritlts.


If that suggestion


•were adpited, he asked that clubs give a giarantee to retUm to the Existing; league wheh; things re- ;tiirned to normal ciitheroe'were anxious f )r cricket to ebritiriue dur­ ing'the war; and suggested regional competlti ms on the grbunds of econoriiy; On^ibel.alf of Rlbblesdale Wan­


derers, Nr. W. Stand'rlrig said he did not think It would be possible for them to travel tb su(;h clubs as Biackpoo;, St. Annes, |Ch6rley and Leyland.,


Nobody knew exactly what was gotog to happen, arid they felt


i t world be better id play local cricke;, Long-distance travel


would he difficult on a'ceount of restricts^ tran^ort faqilitiek


“ We are;)Bixious to keep in close touch' whh the, league j but for the life of me I caririot see how we are going; to raise la team” he added. “ Many of our players nave already been called up for military service and, no doubt, before the season is far advanced many more will be taken. Nevertheless, If the league decides to carry on, we will make a desperate' effort to support any arrangements that are .made.” IN 'THE LAST j WAR.


In answer to) Blackpool’s repre­ sentative, to e ; President explained


,thnt,during theilast war the.League deciddd to cldse dowi] altogether. “Matters were rkther different'then, as men Were called to the Colours quickly,” Mr. i Ramsbottom said. “ When we adjourned the annual meeting In October, I did not think there would be hny chance of play­ ing league cricket, but now things have become more normal, I do not see any difference beween playing cricket in regional competitions and playing the full league. The differ­ ence jin travelling expenses Is only


about £6 or £7 a year.” j I


I Mr. Niqhol said, tho St. Annes jelub had thrasbe^ the matter out thoroughly, cbpiffig to toe opinion that it would be im­ possible for theih to continue as playing menibSrs of toe league.


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They were anxious to continue play­ ing cricket as long as possible, and might be able i to play somq local cricket. The Ichief difficulty was restricted transport facilities. In the past, they had usuqlly travelled


°to\ away matches In privatq. cars, but owing to the war these facilities were hot available. He was one of those who belleyed that before long, ali private motoring would be stopped. ’They hated the Idea of leaving the league, but thought It best I to arrange local matches and then; return to the league when the war was over. ; A lot of the younger members had ialready joined toe Colours, and [others cpuld not now obtain leave frpin their work until noon.! In the circumstances, he hoped his club would be excused for toe duration of the war, and that they! would be! re-admItted to the league when -hjDStllltles were over.


't “ THE BEST LEAGUE.” Mr,)F. W. B^ttersby, St. Annes,


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'said]that although events had not ihqved rabidly during the war, there 'was no telling jwliat would happen In' the’ bhnieidlate future, and his club felt that they did not wish to u'ridertdke obligations they would


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' hot be able to tolfll. If men up to the age of 28[were,called up for military 'service, clubs undertaking le a^ e cricket] woiild flnd them- 'selyes in a difficulty. He agheed th^t there had been some talk of, granting more! petrol and of In- cr iaslng present- transport facili­ ties,- but in their area motor coach proprietors naturally would much ra iher organise! outings to the Lake District at 10s. !per head thaii enter Into ai contract! with a'cricket team fo:: - much less remuneration. He wanted to assuie the iheetlng, how­ ever, that St, Arines were extremely deshous of playing Ribblesdale


I^igue cricket] if! and when, cir­ cumstances permitted;


“ We honestly think this Is the be^


this o*


ebuhh^'^hfl I) ^0 ri.bf even toe i^ncashlirq League— but It would be foolish if we


undertoioki obligations we could not fubBl,” be addfed,


whole hog if league cricket) con tlnues ” Mr. T. Pllklngton! declared


We are prepared to; go ! the


bn behalf !of the Read club. ) ;'■


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; Mr. Clarke, Lqyland Mptpri, isald


they were! determined tb|carry on cricket, a lthou^ at their mating a note of wamlhg was struck iby an official as!to the possibility bf re­ stricted ijransport facilities. If regional cricket were plqyed. It would be possible for the team to travel by. fraln or ’bus. Fiveior six teams coi)ld play, each other four times, instead of twlcri 'ITieywere fully prepared ! tb carry !out; their obligation^ if the league decided to carry on as usual, but they | cbuld hot; ignore the warning regard-to jtransport.


TIMES> FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16, i m


EASING THE BURDEN. The Secretary Intimated ih a t .at


a meeting of the league executive the continuance of the! league was discussed from toe league’s ’) owii viewpoint, ceytaliy cpncliisloii^ being reached. '.Orie! wab .itjhat; ‘


If - the league were continued, t o .rules re­ gl\jen In


that If they] could get ’ sufficient players, they were prepared tb carry on,; although the Idea of i regional cricket was favoured by his com- riilttee. rif ter j all, the six i roadside clubs could play each other iri one re^onal competition, whhe the re­ maining. clubs could, vdthoutj much difiScultyJ form, another i sjectlbri. ;Whatever the league decided,; how­ ever, his blub vrauld be prepared to Support. I '


Mr. H. B. 'Threlfall, Leyland, said


I “ We have come to toe conclusion that the'best course to adoiit Is to can:y on; as long as possible, tod meet difficulties when they!arise,” Mr. Holden declared, on behalf of Darwen. “ Whatever the [league decides, we will suppoi;t,! arid’we


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i ground, lose it.


! aye prepared to carry on until it Is Impossible to do so. We ]ia've a we don’t want to


and “ I think there is danger in


splitting thri league. Th^e are very ^unny iimes and it mjght be diffichit to re-establish the


league after the iw^*’’']’ Holdein added.


:READY TO CARRY ON. Mr. WJ Greenwood Intimated that


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Whalley I were | quite prepared to carry on as usual.


)' Choriey and |Bamoldswlck I repre­


sentatives spoke as to transport difficulties. In jregard to Barnolds- wlck, travel by rail wa§ out jo f ’the question] so thjat If road fajclUtles became restricted a very real diffi­ culty would occur.


Speaking on behalf of toe Black­


pool club. Mr. Asplnall struck a much more cheerful and optimistic note. His club was perhaps more fortunate than] sqme, lii that their playlhgfllSt'rengjto could bd arig-' mented by visitors and soldiers; but at the same time they) would lose their ovjn youngsters. I In thci cir­ cumstances, Blackpool were keen to carry on league cricket.! He Recalled that during the last war, those ’who wished for a game of crickfet [took their flannels with them an^' hoped for toe best. Often enough i,hey had to play on peculiar;pitches] and In. strange company, but it 'jvas all


very sporting and very! enjoyable. ■


Blackpool, at their meeting, |sup- ported the continuance of league cricket! ’The matter w^s ! dis­ cussed at some Ieng[th arid) toe decision reached wa^ to urge the league to! carry on with the good


' ’ h i ' work! I ' I ' '


The suggestion was put jqrward that there j should be) no profes-' slonals, [and that any rules to.ndlng to Interfere with the game should


be suspended. In order spirit of cricket alive, that if !a side turned


to keep the This] meant |up sliopt of


men, they; could be helped toy’the home club] or could perhaps'! pick up men] on the way. Hehrifl jbeen in conimunication with riallway agents tjo see if they could get over the transport difficulty' and]he had come to the conclusion ihat In some cases it tpriin to arid then be conveyed to the] ground


would be possible tej take a the nearest raljway station.


■by ’bus. We might even ha’ve to try the old horse and wagrinette, and then ; perhaps cricket]'iwduld coine ri^ck Into its |> own,’j’ ) Mr. Asplriall observed amidst laughter. ‘ I


- He added that to cause aiyisplit


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might be dangerous i from the League point of view, and tori that account they ought to be extremely


cautious. If clubs joined some other form' 0^ competition, they might


.link with riew clubs arid not desire to rejoin the Ribblesdale League after the war. On top of tjiat] the clubs mjght obtain new officials who would riot see eye to eye vnthj’the present! officials In regard to their club’s loyalty to ’the Ribplqsdrile League.] There were all ijirid? of snags. Whatever sonpe peoplri said, Blackpool! had a great adirijration for the' for it. petitlve League,


league, and a great ! respect ’They were out


fd


cricket Iri the* Rlbpjesdrile where they could mejet th’


oir] com- elr


old-friends as often as possible! It was true that the younger j players would have to join up.! Thrit was their job, but some o f ; the older players] like the.! new hbriorary tipeasurqr, would have 'to get their arms swinging agab, thris helping to keepjthe flag flying.) : j '


At; this .point, a letter wfis read


from thfe iSecretary to the Lwerister Club, ‘expressing regret, ijhrit' it would be impossible for aiferiresent- atlve from his club to atteno; Lari- caster sriggestecl that the league be divided 'into : two sections.


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lating I to registration should be cancelled, so that clubs! would be in a potolbri.to makesUpjthefr'teains as arid ;hbw they couldj iif order to keep the game going, j In view of the fact that certain players would have A.R.P. duties. It was thought wise to fix a definite finishing time. In toe past, they had |had a great deal of trouble about matches not starting to time and. Iff seme cases, they had continued] until-eight o’clock In the evening. If they fixed a certain time by which matches had to] be completeij, then clubs would do their best not) to be late in starting. He had oftbn thought It would be better. to , put clubs on their honour in regard to starting at the -proper time, rajther than to


LOVER SAYS


KILL


Ernest lEd: und Hamerton (25) J a kitchen! porter, for the murder!of


SENTENCE of death was passqd!at Old riaiiey, last Thursday, on


V the Old ^


his sweetheart, Elsie .May (29),' assistant i rii'an'agere^ pf! a London tieashop! The jury reached a verdijCt in] five minutes.


] : Miss Effiipgtqn, who, in! earllep life


.fine triem for being ! late.—(Hear, hear.l^The Executive Gommittee alsb' discussed toe question of!run­ ning’ th)e league, as bcpnbmlcaUy as posslblp and, in this rfespect, it was felt that during the war it would be better If umpires were not called upon to traveMong distances. An- s


had associations with, Clltheroe, was.'found dead on January 16, vrith knjfe wounps. In, a hopse In Wql- worth ’Where they both lodged. -The accused, who was arirtoted as h j left a train at Manchester, ■was] allegto tohave ma^e a statement that Miss Effiington promised toiriiarry him, but told hlrii she had ‘ffinlkhec


ACCDSi^’S! .STA’TEWDEN't’j The previous !day Hamejrtori jqade


other suggestion waq that clubs would save -£6 a year if allqwedito play ’vdth the saffie ball for the wriole of the match. Inquiries had beeh! made locally, as tobransport facilities, and agents had expressed confidence In their ability to carry out .cbritracts.


) AFTER T WAR. MriBattersby suggested that per­


haps the best course! to adopt. In' view .iqf what had been said,.'would be for;each Club to make Its own arrangements until the end' of the war, arid then for al) the clubs to return ito the league. ■fhe !PresIdept observed that


similar arrangement^ were carried out during the last ’War, but after­ wards tome of the clubs were unable to return


If regional cricket were played there might be a !temptation to after toe war toe cricket in


form two leagues and] in that case, neither instance would reach the present high standard.


If they could run crlcliet on regional lines, he saw no reqson why they should] not run .the full league pro­ gramme. Mr. H. B. Threlfall Leyland, said


that there was some suggestion of forming a local leagu i in their area, and if the RibbleSdale League, were suspended for the deration of the war, that league' would probably; come into existence),, One or two of the clubs in tbfe Rlfablesdale League might becoiie'members of the new league, and might not desire!to return at lihe end of the war. ; None of theip wanted that sort of thing to happen. The! President pointed out that


after the last viar, the league was fortunate In obtaining the member­ ship of several goqd clubs when others had withdrawn. Next time they might not be so fortunate. “We have got a joljy good league togetrier, and I want) to stick to It,”


he said. The; Secretary suggested that ; '


even If clubs gave a|n undertaking to retum'to the Rlbblesdale League after the war, they might not be In a position to ! caijry out; their promise. If the) war lasted for any length of time, hew] officials coiild be appointed who jwqqld have no desire! for a return to thq league, and even if they] honoured a promise made by their predecessors they could resFgn at the end of one


year. ]^ ..■!■ AN J EXAOTLE.


Mr. A. Goddard, of Whitefield, a


vice-president of' the; League, said that recently he atte ided a meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire League where similar difficulties were ! discussed.) Kjfany attended the nieetlng with thq Idea of voting


i for a-regional competition, but they quickly came to the conclusion that such ri course would split the league and ultimately brlnri it ,to an end. I t was eventually (jificlded to run the sblo r league' but not the junior league]* although qecond eleven matches were'arranged where it was I possible. J i | they split the Rlbblesdale League, there woiild be a danger of not being able to return to normal copdltions when the war


Mr] 'Spencer, of jLeyland, sug­


gested thrit each line of 'thought! be examined separately.. In his opinion,, the dividing of the league’ into' ! two regions jwas the only practical suggestion! T h is would greatly reduce tbavqlllng, thus eri-


abllng such resut


, clubs to I play cricket unW times as they were able to ;e full league rictivlty. ’*


If] clubs gave ajn undertaking not to take any pdditionai clubs in ^ their particular section, he thiongtat there would be no diffi-


cnlly in restaijtingi the full league when the time came, ■


On being put to'tlje vote, division


of the league into two sections was decided upon, ] Oije section will coinpidse Blackpool,' St. Annes, Chprley, Leylarid, Leylarid Motors y d 'ian c a s te r i; anptohe pthqr_will embrace 'Ciittierqe, blesdale Wanderers, and Bamoldswlpk.


Whalley] Rlb- Eead, Darwen


]'. ' InO- PROFES^fQPLS.,:,;) / •When ' the question of proifes-


slorials ■sras ! ifaeri«iqned, [T. ; ((^tinued foqt of jiiext Column) )


a plea)of "Guilty,”,saying: “I Wiled her. I meant .to kill her, apd I did it. I ask i for Irilp' leniency.” | His | plea was refused by Mr. Justice W^tteS' ley,'who asked a] barris'ter to [see him. : Mdordlrigly, a plea of [‘[Not guilty’;’ was now entered, i Haffiprton asked-ito give evidence, arid stdljed : ! T-lpyediMaj arid she!loyed;me..


■This has rill com'e about becaiito I becrime fed up]and!for tomq sqmsh reasori waiited to get out of 'hep all I c'ould. 'We first met when we were both working 'at Blackpool, apd we fell in lo've right away! |'We agreed to get mapried thls'sumpier. |j “May came to work In, Londpn In


1938, arid i found,! could not carry on in trie'Norph without her. {And so, evbntually I threw up iriy jpb in Blackpool [and joined her In Ixiridon last month. We stayed jtogeth'br at the same house.


1 SINGERS During Christmas and the New


SLAIDP^RN c a r o l


Year] a good many carol slpgers were abroad In the Slaldbum val)ey onbehalf;of St. Dunstari’s. Writing in tpe pafish magazine, the Rector says it speaks well fo r ; the singers, and for the generosity of the people, that no less a sum than £16 10s. nearly £1' more than iin the [pre­ vious year, has been forwarded by Mr. Clack i (treasurer) )to St. l])un- stab’s.''- I i


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VEGETABLES FOR HEALTjBl. Grow qnid eat potatoes for their


energy value; peas and beans'for their building power] and 'green vegetables, especially lettuce, spin­ ach and greens, fqjr thqir protec);ive properties. I Cook onlj) what b u s t be cboked ta d then as quickly as possible, [by steaming,! for pfejler- ence.—Mmljstry of Agriculture! !


Clarke.


(Continued from prececling Colunb)- Motors, said that


v[as a domestic subjedt and should be left tri the various] clubs.'


Motors were quite prepared retain their professional and . hoped that no league | ruling would debar them [from doing so. : Mr. Asplnall said tlfat, as f ^ as


Bjlackpol) were concerned, they could not ’ I afford I to pay a professional during war-time, but had no deqlre to prevent apyone else from hairing one.; Tjiey 'were simply anxious to keep cricket going.


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; j Mr. Holden, Darwenj said hid club was definitely opposed to the play­ ing of professionals, and would like a league ruling on the point. It fas hardly fair tor one team to play a professional [and- the others nptj i A resolution that no] professlorials be allowed was carried.


I t was also decided that all, rules


likely to Interfere with the game] be suspended, arid that the' leaders! of, the two seefions play off tor )^he championship.


■ On the proposition of Mr. ]t ] |, ! M


Clarke, seconded) by Mr. W. Green­ wood, Whalley, It was decided that umpires be paid 5s. and expensqs. ] I Iri order to save money. It 'was


decided that only one new ball nried be used for each match. Play is' tq be confined to five hours, vrith, a


ten minutes’ interval,' and finish not later than 7-30. ' :i The Executive Committee deal with any further points


myst win


arls-^;


irtg out of the decisions made at the meeting, and the fixtures will be arranged by the Secretary.


THE JUNIOR LEAGUE. I Some discussion also took place


in regard to' the formation of ttiei ■Junior lieague. Represenjiatives of many) clubs present Intimated] their willingness ' to continue i le a ^ e cricket rind it was therefore decided to hold a further nieettag; ; A.t this] arrangeinents will be imade; fqr the] coming I season In accordance with the huiriber of clubs represented, p thq place of Sabden, Great Harwood have been adiriltted to the League, i ). I t was decided th a t this season no championship grants will be inade.*:


* A vote of thanks was:proposed ito ihe President and responding, Ew.; Rariisbottom expressed the i hope that 'Iri spite of difficulties] the various clubs wouid .enjoy, thqir crickei; [during ihe'tomlrig sqasom


: ..]-■■-) I


I^EVpipTIONISED; REPORTIl^Ci ' Last month was the ,torty-thir(.


anniversary of the death of Sir Isaac : Pitman, whose system ;o;: shorthand revolutionised; the woyl:


I of reporting. Born in 1813 at Trq’W; 'bridge, Wntshire.'ihe', started ihiri


career as a.clerk!iri a clothlrig fac- .


Itory, and in 1831 he was sent to £, training-college for teaching. HA


i served eleven years teaching Ir. elemqhtary. schools., qftqr whlta h(: opeji^d a -priHto ischopl .; at .Bath e and later he took, up Samuel Tay- ior’s system of Shorthand, hhowlnf much’ erithuslasm in the develop­ ment of this art of phonography He drew qp a, nitaual of Taylor’f


man should invent a new one, and as a result his Stenograph^ Short^ hand appeared., He waq;;knlghtoti In 1894, arid died at Bath on. 12th


January, 1897! GAS-BA<^ CAES, !


, Twentj/rfive, jfir firms;], have now grantiM licences


to


beet) pe


iO,(M mbtoriyehiclesiWin be lunnlngl or self-produced fuel in thq nearlfutoto. '


<‘ I KILLED H E R -------1 AjS:


SENTENCED DEATH H E R -t


TO -I MEANT TQ ! FOR NO LENIENCY.’^ “We quarrelled one night—it was


caused by me, but I cannot tell ypu what i t ' was about. The foUowipg day I asked her to go to the pictures with me, but she would not. I asked what wasjwrong; she'tiidnotrepi..,, I said to her: ‘Is this the way y'pu appreciatf all I have done for you— throwing ip my job to be with you, and every ;hlng?’ Sheituj:ned:tQriie there In tlie kitchen whei^e we stood and said, T am firiished. please yourself iirhat you do]!' I pleaded with tier: she was thq orily woman


I had jevqr loved, and I^could not bear the toought of her leaving me! She would nbt listen to rile.


FINISH!


then, I meant to kill 'her. I went upstairs rind got the knife. Hiding it under b y coat, I '^ e n t Into the kitchen again and said to her, T am asking yc u fori the irist jtlme. Are you finished with'me?’; She said ‘Yes.’!, Taen I;qtruck her with the knife,!'an i she fell. ' l felt sqrfy fqr her wher I saw her on .the floor, could ]riot bear to see heir In pain, so I trlejl to flinlsh her off quickly.”


“ I had only! one thought Iri mind


Immediately before sentence was passejl, Hamerton said to the judge


“The.'last words of tbe glrljl kno^ loved! mri, as she lay d:Bng, were


‘You|bad— .' I f lh a d l lv e d th ^ e three) jvords would have haunted me to myl grave.”


h On; being sen];enced,, Hrime::ton


said, ]“Thank you. Sir,” and snjilec as he left the dock, i


Trustee Savings Banki


THEIR PART IN THE ■ WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN.


RECORD INCREASE IN FUNDS. An] increase of £15,865,751 In the


funds of Trustee Savings Banks fpf yqar ended 20th; November] is reported by th e . Trustee rigs tBanks Association. *17118


Is thrihighest annual Increase ever recorded.


' ’’ !' i A cqsh deposits have risen by


&79,238, and there was an In- |e of £2,596,882 In the Govern- ; iStdek held' for! debdsltors on Savings, Brink Register. The iined surplus funds. of the


Bayks now exceed £10,538,000.


(The total funds of Trustees Sav-' Ings Batiks at 20th November, 1939, were ’£303,168,674.


There]was. a net increase of over


104,000 in the riumber of accounts,' including stock holders, bringing the total to 3,938,417.'


Trustee Savings Banks are part­


ners ijffi the. National Sayings Move­ ment,* which has been charged with the Work of the War Savings Cam; palgn, and the popularisation of the new 1


3 per cent. Defence Bonds and


National Savings CrirU^cates, The special Importance, ho\yever, of tjjq the Trustee’"Savl'n’


gs Banks in this


campaign was given prombence by the Chancellor of]the ExchequqT.on 21st) November, In') , th e : toU,o'\taig words:— . ' , .' the ' Post Office Savings Bank and the Trustee Sav­ ings Banks will continue to offer their faclUties to the public, arid any Iricrease in the riioney deposited In those Baiiks will serve the same natlbriai purpose !'ris money


I | ]


-vested in the new securities.” • The local Trustee Savlrigs Bank


is the Bl&kburn ] Savings Bank whose Clltherqe )Branch Is at; 3


Church-street, Clitherd'e.


rTjHEi fascinating- store of AtitaUs, ••I.' the ldst 'Cdritlnerit; .was^.told{ln .


vivid fashion] to members of Cllthe­ roe Rotary Club, last Thursday,’by Rotailari' E. C. Oakes, of Preston. -


: ; Legendiha?) It thatj.the contlytat dls.appeafed uiider the seas some 11,000 years ago, but there _ Is still | evidence of its actjial existence, j Rotarlan Oakes spoke of the irives-


tlgation? tad research made^ by - scientists arid -otbers interested archeology, j|geology,) bbany, and anthropoloM to pierce the twilight,; surroundlng jthe early days of pre- .j


historic man, declaring that the study';- was bord Interesting -• than- any detectlve'story.' | '; ' ;...... ,


I Certain proqfs wipre poiy avail? ' able, and Ke' sriggestod


andent myth, concerning !Atlan? the


) tis)iriust hgVe had its origin I n ;) fact.',


‘ rielf-’saUsfled! that dveritually, they . got so 'sluggish tha;t I deterioration set. iri, an[l:-]iaq .to tl)'e;C.aselof the Rorarins{-the gods) decided to des-) troy them,; l]ock, stock and! barrel. ^ TTie myth had aroused thq hiterest


1 The people of Atltatlg (so legen^ said) be'cairie 'so' prjisperous and


i


la^t.cenliuryi vhen a;'great;]de|l;Of literature da. the subje,(it;Me Puh-


llshed. I L'k" "' ■ - ! ' ■


I Plato, to the Timaeus,* described


how Egyptian priests,! In !conversa- tlori' 'with ' Sjolori, represeritod the Island as a ( Mnor.’ •wi]th


' '-'During'^ne I past' feW centuries attempts had been mride to ration­ alise the-legend, which- had j been Identified vrtth! America, Sdandlil- aiddfiLther,'Canaries,)'dr- PiEpfetinel Ethnologists lhad seen! to its inhab­ itants ancestors of the Basques, or riricieht^ttoilriris.', e Lator]' Rdtrirfani Oakes' answered a'riutober ofi'qriestldris’ and jhewas tMjSfed'byito'tariaritHaitls.''’ ' ^ '


beyorid the Fi known as the.Straits)of Gibraltar, la the height of 'its' glory Atlantis overran, th§ 'MerltqjT^nqan) lands, Athene alone resisting, J ;


."]) !. ^ ' ' ' , I.]’


STORY OF “ THE LOST^ CONTINENT.” ;


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