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between Ribblesdale Wanderers and Clitheroe, at Church Meadow, on Saturday, ended very tamely Indeed as a draw. after Isolated patches of brightness ' In an otherwise dull game. Orie happy feature was that'some considerable show 'of Interest was made, for the Wan­ derers had bylfar'the best “ gate’’ of the season so far. They needed this encouragement and- It was a pity that they had to enter upon, the , match without their best bowler, E. Weaver, and several other fecpgnlsed members of the team. ' , P '


The first encounter of the. season HEROE N.S.S.3. S A V I N ip s ; C A M P A I G M


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■good hitting but had many uncer­ tain shot?, and his Innings, was certainly not one of his best. Brpoks, on the other hand, gave no chance at all and' got In many crisp shots,, batting soundly and with con­ fidence. It cannot be said that the bowling was very good, and Brooks never flattered it. He Igot 77 In nice ktyle and at a good pace, with the result that ’ Glltheroe were placed In a most favourable posi­ tion. Unhappily for them, nobody else could score fluently and the advantage gained’ lyas frittered away by a good deal of undetermln- ate batting. In consequence, Clltheroe’s declaration was delayed until the Wanderers had less time for their reply than Clitheroe had had, which was rather flattering to a team which has not shown much batting power In earlier games. The Wanderers began their


In the- least shrprlslng that Clitheroe ran up a formidable score —195 for'nlne.The foundation of this and. Indeed, a good deal of the superstructure, was the work of two men—C.'O. Brooks, who Is having a very happy time as batsjnan, and A. Robinson, vjho hitherto had not shown much of his authentic form. J. Swales’s wicket had been cap­ tured at five, but the Wanderers had to wait until 131 were on the books before they again met with success. This was largely' their own fault, because ! Robinson gaye several chances. The first was A return to Preedy off that bowler’s first de- llvery^a pathetlc-lopklng effort which bounced! twice. The bowler, could never have expected a chance off that ball, and In his surprise he dropped the catch. The same player failed to hold a'more difficult catch to which he ran from mld-ofl, the ball being bad to judge, and he alto could net grip a chance at square-leg. All these were from Robinson, and Preedy would be very glad when he eventually did take a catch to get fid of this thorn in the flesh. By that time,. Robin­ son had made 68. He did some


In the circumstances, it was not i


.books, when the, flrsf wicket fell. Unhappily, 1 a ■ i slump ensued and before 50| was! reached three more men were out.; A fifth wicket fell at 56 and after that, the Wanderers frankly concentrated on a draw,


Innings with ;a pleasing show of enterprise. Most of the scoring was done by Fred Hblt, Who batted with judgment and skill,' and he had more than useful help from T. Nuttall. Runs were got at an attractive rate, and 40 were on the


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CLITHEROE ADVERTI^JP^^^D TIMES, F R DAY, , JU N E Spo s j i t t U s r iClitheroe District Matches Reviewed. RIBBLESDALE LEAGUE


Bamoldswick .... Blackpool


Blackpool Services halley


Read . . . ...... Cherry Tree .J.... .Great Harwood [. .


Leyland Darwen Clitheroe .....! Chorley


.


Blackburn St. Jas. Ribblesdale Wan.


LAST SATURDAY’S RESULTS.


have saved her from tbtal darkness arid we are deeply grateful fpr gour time^ we had , „ .


vice sooner. You are quite at liberty


o use the other. I Yeally believe you j sou


♦Blackpool! 182 for 8 (dec.); Leyland 181 for 7. .


’Great Harwood 129 ;> Darwen 141 for I 7. i i .1,


perfDrmances of MERIT. 1 : Battwg ;


C. 0. Brooks,-Clitheroe W. Walmsley, Blackpool'. A. Robinson. Clitheroe .... A. Smith. [Blackburn S.J,


1! Bowling [


E. Smith, [Whallev .;..... C. White,, Ijarwen .......


... 8 for 26 ... 5 for! 38


........ -.1 77 ....... . 70 ......68


......... 51


Blackburn S.J.„[106; ’Cherry Tree 107 1 foij 6, i , '


-1 ‘ '


.’Chorley 52; Blackpool Services 103 foil 4. ■ [


’Bamoldswick.85; Whalley 105 for 2. Clitheroe 195 fob 9 (dec.); Ribbl^ale Wanderers 102 for 7.


.......


P.W. L. D. 5 5 0 0


RIBBLESDALE WANDERERS.,


P. Holt St. Cheetham b Hanson .. ! X. Nuttall b Hanson . .................. [ J. Parker b Thompson!... . . . ; , . . . . ; R. Preedy st. (Thedtham b Hanson


E. Bush c Margerlson b Slater .... A. Slinggr c Robinson b Slater.... L. Holt not out


Extras ........... ......... Total for 7 wkts. J.', Thompson .


A Robinson . A. Hanson ,.. P. Mafgerlson J. Slater ... K. Hargreaves C. 0. Brooks .


;.. 2 , . O'. ,:9 . ; 0 ... 7 . . 3 . , 11 . . 2 ... 2 . . 0 . . 8 . . 0 ... 1 . . 0 . . 2 . . 0


.. 14'. . 5 . . ‘


E. SMITH’S BRILLIANT BOWLING. ' I


EIGHT BARNOLDSWICK


Whaliey’s game with Barnoldswlck was the bowling of. Ernest !Smlth,


WICKETS FOR 26 RUNS. The outstanding feature of


gave a glimpse of his best'form on a wicket entirely to his ! liking, Barnoldswlck bejng skittled out for 85. Whalley passed this total for the loss of only two wickets, G. Garratt batting soundly to score 48 not out. It mUst be said in Barnoldswick’s


who secured eight wickets for 26 runs. After a quiet start. Smith


102


... 14 . . 3 . . 26 . . 1 . 0 . . 16 . . 0 27 . ; 4


0 M •R w


N. Waterworm not out............'... E. standring b Hanson ............. '


“ derby ’' almost amongst Meadow


adjacent game, wp: his day Clltherof Hanson. Club’s S CUtherO: 1 Goodma 1


Y(Iialle.v Peters, 1 sorts 0; Jonathah best an evef hac


In ai


13, A tea|m


rts Jo ttin g s 0: personalities Iron


h r ■r;' 1


pi fill


i 9 i i . -By “ SNIPE.”


the spectators |at Chi in h on ilaturday. Occupying eati at one stage of the Jbn Coulthurfet; whoTn


matches of old, coufl ive been - picked fron


icreta: y, who plpyed irith arid; he W[anderers; J ack the former Barrow aijid


ayeil for the. Wanderers, ard Sabderi ; , Dick .then of Clitherpe Cricket


iwlei 'and batsirian : Jf _ Wh flley.! whol holds :all Lea;ue records,; and Bfo( ks, one of the okry ;eur bowlers the Lesgue


;*


were ottu quite so


less figiin A form T Jack Sam; riot belhfe Is deeply does not something


business visit to Ih’fl


erers, * , *


c It ,on t ), these players, there drs^ present who. If romliient, havririeverlhp


able urift reseen oefcurs..


* *


was unable to -underst! nd a short who wai profession had, interest


Church


.expense of either Ellis or Garratt. Keeping a wonderful lengthy Smith varied speed and flight with baffling accuracy, having the bats­ men on tenterhooks. ' He had the satisfaction of clean bowling Cas­ well after a long tussle which had proved extremely Interesting to the spectators.


seemed deadly enough to dispose of Whalley for under 85, although it might have made a difference had ■the wicket keeper held a snlckfrom George Garratt, before the batsman had reached double figures. . It Is not often that Garratt gives two chances In one match and he made Barnoldswick pay for their mistake by scoring 48 not out.[ Whalley had two wickets down for 40 runs, but with R. M.’ Aspden In’ Company with Garratt’, the winning'hit was made without further loss.-1 '.The last few minutes’ cricket was [brightened by some big hitting by. Aspden, who Sent the ball well on [to the railway lines twice off successive balls.


Barnoldswick’s attack - never ; ’ ! BARNOLDSWICK, ^ j


R. Caswell b Smith ...[............. . 38 K. Parrington Ibw b Smith .......... 4 J. Turner b Smith.....,5 R. McCrea b Smith ............... '..... 10 N,S. Petty b Smith ...................... 2 J. T, Pairchild b Smith................ '4 K. Robinson st Higsonib Garratt .. 3 S. Rogers c Higson b EHis


■H. Slater b Smith......[j........... 1 S. Smith b Smith


4 ! H. Harwood not out..........0


E. Smith ...1.......... 16,1.. 5 .. 26 .. 8 S. Ellis............. . lOi ,. ,2 .. 23, .. ,1 G. Garratt ',.;.........6; .. 0 .. 25 ... 1


■ , '


, ' WHALLEY ,


,P. Cotierill b Robinson..... ........... 11 A. Greenwood Ibw b Robinson....... 8. R. M. Aspden not out J....... ' . .l : I ^ , E | c t r a s ' i . . 9


G. Gafratt not out ..i>.......... 48 . .. 29


K, Robinson....... 8 .. 1 .. 37 .. 2 S. Smith........... 4' .. ,0' .. 21 .. 9 N. S. Petty ........ 5 .. O i,. 13 .. 0 J. T. Pairchild .... 3 .. 0 .. 25 .. 0


; Totar(2j wickets);.[,.'.105 BowiiNC : 0" M R vv


’


GREAT HARWOOD v. DARWEN ' GREAT HARWOOD


F. Nicholson c Bowling b Ifinier 0 T. Dean c ’Watson .b ’White ., — 13


P. W. Capewell b ’White ............ 5 J. 'lyidesley b Turner;....... ........ 33 J. Rushton b White ................... '6 C. Roach Ibw.’ b Turner ...... . . . . 6 F. Cooper -b Watson


.... '•••••• 21


’tude, and'had I therefore to be con- itent with a point. It wasn’t an Inspiring display that earned the Wanderers' their point, but it was


| ” N A T i O N A l [ 'CLITHEROE.. ^


C. 0. Brooks c- Bush b Standring 77 J. Swales c! Hudson b Waterworth 3 A. Robinson c Preedy b Standring 68 J. Dawson Ibw, b Standring....... 0 J. Thompson c Preedy b Sfandring 0 J. Edmondson c Bush b 'L. Holt .. • 9 J. Slater' b !Stahdrlng ......14 P, Cheetham b[Iddon ................ 2 K; Hargreaves c and b Standring 1 5 P. Margerison not out . . . . ; ......... i 8 A, Hanson not out.......... . ' .


I Extras.......... . 8


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P. L, Hudson .... N. Waterworth ., R. Iddon ...... R. Preedy ....... E, Bush E. standring ,.. L.’Holt


Totalfor 9 wkts. dec. .. [195 0 M • R w


3 . 0 ‘


since Holt’s capital effort had ended and most of the recognised batsmen had failed. This rearguard action fell to N. Waterworth and E. Bush for. execution and they offered' precious little hope to, the Clitheroe bowlers. The attack did not rise to peculiar heights and the 'plain fact Is that the batsmen were rarely in trouble; since they declined In­ vitations to have a ! bang. The wicket was In perfect order—a credit to the voluntary groundsmen, by the way—and the match'went dolefully on to Its end. Clitheroe got two wickets more, but they could not ! dispose of Waterworth, batting with impeccable correctl-


■sound and satisfactory from-.the point of view that it did what It set out to accomplish.


P,.Parkinson c and d ’White....... 5 T, Dunkerley not out.......i .......... 12 N. Wild b‘White


J. Varley A. Turner


C. White J. Watson


...... 13 .. 2;. . 38 .. 5 .........9 .. 2,'. . 31 .. 1 ...................5 .6


B o w l in g 1 0


....... 6 . .0 : . . 41 .. 3 darwen.


1 1


J. Braithwaite c Nicholson b Smith 33 A. -Watson c Nicholson b Wild . . 10 L. Garner b iyidesley[..'—:....... ' 2 A. Turner b Wild .. ri----- ........ 2 C. 'White c Roach b Tyldeslev 47 J. Watson c Capewell b Wild ...... 18 P. Verity Ibw; b'Tyldesley........... ,2


C. Ashton not-out . .......■ A. Holden not out


■ ! , I , . P. Cooper' __'..., |5 ..():;. 29 ... 0 . ’Wild SAFETY FIESIV


1 ahe number of children killed was 558, tn'increase of 199 or-65 per cent, over


he same previous period.


. 2 . 0 -. 21 . 0 d to Billy Mayerl, the iGrosvenof House ;. 9 ; 1 . 42 . 6 dnyone ' else. playing[ the piano. But


. 8 . 0 .. 29 . 0 . 8 . 0 .. 33 . 1 .. 8 . 0 .. 35 . 1


A'Scotch terrier, “Bogey,’’ belonging


1 . 0 J .i 5 . 1 1 ' 1


22 . 0 aance; band leader, does not ;object to kirectly his. famous master touches the


eys, the dog begins to howl.: i “BOGEY’S” I BOGEY.


f Recent statistics iridicate'ithat child Fatalities on the roads are increasing. t rom SeptembCh 1940, to February last


W. Smith ..............8 ,. 1 :. 24 .. 1, Nj. TVldeslev ........ 10 .. 0 .. 50 ,. 3,


■ 6 .M i R ■ w E ................. 6 ........... H xjtras ........... 10


Total for 7 wkts. .. 141 B O W U K G ,


1 . . 14 ., 1


W. Smith c Bowling b Varley .... 20 Extras


3 ....... 5


Total’ .. 129 u R w


.......... ,■■■■ ^


. . ^ i TotaL.j.Ts .BoiV’


Extras j ....... ’. 11 LiNp j ' . .


0 M‘ R W


favour that they were handicapped by the absence of two of their best players. A,- M. Mporhouse, and K. J. Walker, who has been taken,ill. But for a grand inning's; by R. Caswell, they would have been in a sorry plight. One of the two opening batsmen, Caswell was ninth man out, scoring 38 runs, and was the only Barnoldswicfc player to face Smith with confldence. He obtained the bulk of his runs mainly as the result of .well-judged singles, but for a long period he was at orife end, not scoring many runs, but keeping Smith at bay, 'While his qolleagues attempted to score at the


d A, former ci:abtaln of the Wa: town that of


“Billy iieAr


distanc' me ils


pah cha


Rochdale,! was 0 m last week-erid,« alttend thd mateb. he resides with,..


Dawsori, now tlie J Wanderers qver


:e of, Torii Hlgsoi, the mo[sf popular


ieeidow. \*


having to badly the abs4 E. Weal a new (omer from trlct.


Wlthdul dUyt, leag U'


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trugi strfa


. have had many en .; about old dayi ft


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ngth.- 'They led on Saturdaj


* ; *


One cf he hardest hitters In the Rlbblesdiale iLeigue.iR.'M. Aspderi, il 'ey Slipper, on Saturday ’ deUverlbs


the Wha ley skip er, on Satut banged ,two iiuccesslv . e . . .


settle the mdi wallope 1


well on took h


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have SI playing outbrea c fortune ii of play droppec for th'ii example, Motors, is RobdrI foremo! trade, since be a-.v; more'''p:


While easily tjie In El


is able of aboult activities, formed that uj) been s '


were V Smith; bowler, slonal League yet reckoni for ,26 testify, mood, occaslojii Ibw.


Meadovir, mlse; And] repri In rece


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Wandei 1 openlnc anxloui “ derby a well­ ing 77, season, twice average runs


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secure Castle, who mi


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lay.: He opened with W. team’s who batt


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il?h faultless Innings, s' his; hi'best kriock of In live Innings he


;o : do well In these heal encoimters.' iHe batted


s, C. 0. Brookb, Clitheioe’s batsman: Iq naturally


aln a memben addition to no:


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'6d' regularly in [the garife. War derers’ pfofesslorial, was dlsappolfitea 1 to attend,ras,h.e jt!


War! In The Mediterranean


^ome ImportMt Considerations 'GNifeined by Rotary Speakeri


VI L NECESSITY OF KEEPING SUEZ.


Manchester congregational inlnls- tq(r, in ah Interesting address to


rjiHE present situation in the Mediterranean was dlspusse'd the Rev. i^Willlaml Hodgkins, a


riiembera of Glitheroe Rotary Club, oj 1 Thursday last. A s peaker ori the j uiel of thejMinlstry of Informa- tl in,, Mr. j Hodgkins pas travelled through mpst European countries, and for several years was President of the International Students’ Assoclatiori.


TWO ga’I es.


situation could not | be detached from operations In other spheijes, tie speaker Said It .was definitely


Obserylrig that the Mediterranean


H iked iip|,with the Battle of the lantlci andj therefore, should be ewed not merely from thq matter^ t land joperatlons .but also froiri a


tliat Britain had two j“ gates’’—the .ge [through Suez; and the ndr-


nflval arid strategical staridpolrit.- doubtless Iwas generally knoym


row Straits of Gibraltar. [A study of .Gibraltar’s position presented , a cariieo of the whole situation.- 'We hkd alw'ays looked upon Gibraltar as a bultvarkj Inclining to the belief that it .|was impregnable from sea and land, i But whilst it appeared alcertairity that we v/ould not lose Itt Gibraltar had the qrie weak spot that it could [be'covered by gunfire.! In view of this fact, dallylrig with 'Sin appeared to be somewhat geroris, We were Inclined to!be


tlbnshlps Or by a move of a military character,I which might' -Involve serious coiripllcatlons.! Some people had the Idea that, being in posses­ sion of Gibraltar, jye could cover every Ship' that passed through the straits. That was not. so. It was possible for! ships to- 'hug the! African coast and get through in tliat fas|hlbn| It would be recalled that not vefy long ago questions were asked as to whether or riot the effectiveness of our blockade- wjas beiijig,: impaired by this fact.


irie tibi


,ther mistrustful, but we had to membpr! that we could achieve r ■ purpose! either 'through the edium of Improved political rela-


important ports under her con­ trol, arid we had gained the imr, pressiori that someiof them were being used by the enemy to cut across bur lines of comiriunica.. tion r betiveen Gibraltar arid Malta—


France, [too, had a number of the Mediterranean;


one of the key pointsjbf j


I^ one took a niab and placed upon a dlkniorid-shaped object, qne


traes Involved—England,; Praiice,. Germany,; Russia, India, . Afflcqq Tie lines;,of 'communication be­ tween these countries provided the k^y to .tpej situation. [ ,


rpuld find that the points of the amonq touched the main coiin-


SUl^Z- VITAL,


the Easaern'side o f ! trie Medlter- fin!ean,i one Immediately aslfed imit It was 'triat Ge’rriiany wanted. By galrilrig [control [Of the Suez Chnal, Germany could sever- pur, lines of coTrimiinlcatlon and cut ris”’off [from the! oil fields. The chief blow [to us. would not. the deprivation of that source , VPPly-'-we could still get supplies oil froffi America, but that Ger-


.fhen oiie’s attentibn turned to


n any mUst [needs gain possession Iraq If 'she were tp- carry on " ' It 'Was a delicate sltuatil ’ ' ever been quite corii- although [we-


War.


fortable lii Ejgypt ypt, and alth rr oved' there


fbr we !iad .ri


Sfderationj the - feud’ between Arab:. and^JeWs, |th[e precariousness df the Syrian situation, and the attitude of Turkey Iri sitting on the fence.


triereiwbs some insecurity. Further tfian thrit,! we had to take Into cbn-


In decided fashlpn, i


Je'waS; afraid too many people, ivianted ja rilick and'white situation, i^hereaq thq fact should not be lost ;tp view; that modern warfare -lyas !fpught on. the lines of contlnppd [resistance, [It was part of the.tac- jtics employed to wear down; ;he iMemy. fFurthermore; to Win a tiiar it was nece&ary to have our ba:ks against a certainty. Up to how we Had never fteeii in that forturijgte


[throw Iqro a i fight to the bitter end, else get kway at the very outlet.


dot


iseyer our! lines of communication, 16' would strike a blow first and


O


fbre-most rit 'our prestlge-rian Importalnt- factor in modern w are, aridi-in addition,' she wo ave bhtali/ed the much«-needed the


co:jn|tlnuatlion of the wa:-.


dosltiori. [ On the other hand, Ger- manv hjad the advantage of being able to moire, her men bn certain approved lines-. If she managed to


omlc, relations with some of the


.to :^rkey was a stroke of genlu^ for he was both able [to speak the


language and to get down, at once to practical politics,


spite of orltlclsm of bur move in pstorlng the Emperor! of Abyssinia to his throne, he thought we acted! wisely, thereby establishing a factor '


ag^n"to


that would continue to grow ever stronger iff our favour] | • ,1 His only Criticism wag that wJ


'to. have gone to Abyssinia’s aid touch sooner.


I ;


LESSONS TOR H0M£ DEFENCE, i


limited;.- When we changed the aerial advantage, that would be a major striking weapon In oufi favour. We'had seen what had happened in Crete, i Men and machines were'flung Into the cm-! fllct in the most horrible and brutal fashion In' order to drive us oufI and until we got ascendency in the ’ air we had to counter these mur-1 derously cruel methods by Improvedl Strategy.' The only way to defeat; a bully was either to be niore 'crueI[! and have bigger weapons, or to[ have equally big weaporis and a- higher type of Intelllgerice, We' were taking steps to put ail the[i' best brains Into the fray, and it was'! significant that moves were being made which would [not bscape” attention.. In Palestine, for ex-!' ample, a man had’been placed Inl charge of affairs who was said,to be' one of our greatest military strate-i gists, yet few people hadiheaid hls name befofe. A radical change ln.1 policy, too, was taking place. No' longer were experiments In leader-! ship necessary; we were now find­ ing whom we could trust; and with! the increasing benefit!of American.'- did, and the change-over of leader-' ship qn accomplished fact, he wak confident We would be in a position'! to take a firm grip on j;he situation.!


in theMedlterranean; It was Imper­ ative to ensure that our own coun­ try was, as fbr as possible, made pfe from, enemy attack; [ accord­ ingly the amount of; material we could send to the Mediterranean necessarily.'


aU otir operation! THOSE “TOURISTS.”


Hodgkins was plied with questions. He was asked If he thought it would be a wise move oh our part to start military operations immediately in' Syria Instead of waiting for the! .sltuatiori to-deterlorate: To this he replied that to take such a coursb of action would require an erior-l mous number of men.. It had to be^ remembered.that Germany was in-' filtrating Into Syria along the lines of a functional penetration.-; For! Instance, “ tourists,” who In reality were Nazi technicians, were going into the country as Jewish refugees.' To attack Syria, it would be rieces-' sary to ’go through Lebanon, and he did not think we had that solid wall at our backs which was essen-! tlal for a military manoeuvre of such a character. In his oplnlonj it would be better to make certain of the present ground before antlcl-; patlng a striking point In Syria.! If we moved in now. it would require far more men arid aeroplanes than we could spare.


At. the end of his' address, Mr, : .


e only real resistance had been It of Greece, which ,was precise d clear [cut. Turkey’s resistance, the c therj hand, had been on the;


Government had of late appeared tp favoiir the enemy.


.CRETE TACTICS.


■,lt wortf nee in-


Many send! everything we had to


'People .were asking was. our while to put up reslst- . Crete, and'If so, why did


es of expediency, so that we had rer beeri [quite certain of what ; would ;dp. We had been [equally certain as to what would hanrien lii Frendh Syria, although the 'Vichy


■bs If a situation aros6 In. the Medlterj ) ranean where the Nazis could cap-f ture certain-positions, the striking value'of the Italians would improve appreciably If they had possession of Abyssinia. The fact! sho,uld not be overlooked that trie danger of Italy to France was not important until Germany gained-the ascend-- ency, then she was able to jab'a knife between the kidneys of hel neighbour/


was attached to the conquest of Abyssinia, Mr. Hodgkins said it wds mainly because'of its strlklng valqei


Asked-Why so much importance ' ‘il i GIBRALTAR. ,1


rallar against, intensive air attack?? was a further question.


Hodgkins pointed out that Glbral; tar was a huge rock iWhicn In every single part was a fortress. It could be held against attack: from the air ■ because It was almost Impossible, to land parachutists. There was but a perilous strip of land at one side ■ where such a'thlngjwould beiposp sible. Our riaval position was yulr nerable, however, because It- Could be covered by guns from the maln-r land,


Replying in the afilrmative, Mr.


“ Do you thlrik welcan hold Glbl ! 'I


.< ■' '


Turks coming to ourjald should thb Nazis, attack Syria,! Mr. Hodgkins expressed the belief that Turkw was in a “dependent” position. Some time ago, she made a strong move for the unification of the;Bal


Asked as to the prospects of the


never should have rillowed Aby” ssinia to be byeir-ruri—that when such a situation arose we ought


countr es -concerned Ih the issue p d this We were doing, .fle of the opinion .that to send Mr. Meii


the saying about ,"a t colder.” [ Even that indlcait^ triat


to me the other day.; modemlsi his business of clothes ratlqnmg;,


r. -T-p-S f.ha


sixteen ! coupons j colder trim yesterday,” a friend said


sta,t>6in6nt tli&t, under the r&tlonlns scheme coupbns will be: required i S S u c e s ^ arousing some spec^


colours the male outlook, u instead of being the exclusive p«- piekity of the gentler sex, Iffdred, r one[ or two otoer male fi^^es


ulation In Quires, .and ! Places S e they slng.’l


each me. For instance, the: official


niult then be surrendered? | Those “ tL parson, the chbrchwardeM. the''unfortunate choristers; ;W the organist? i Can' the [ well-clothbd


, wliosC coupons to (the cp)lectIon-pla‘


^'Happ^l surplices r not so voluminous as his "Everilrig Post” L- shireman tells us; th a t. m


. of yore. In Diary, York-


owadays are ,-Wetherby--15 yards of.'HoUand dt


record fe h e , i Chrirohwardens Accounts of Kirk


dt


4s,i'4d. p b yard weie bought to make a surplice;: rTheimaterlal cost £3 5s, whereas Mr. Clarke .received only' 6s. for “ making ye surpUce. ■ . ■ % d , leavlrig the cifurch for thb chrirch institute, whri wUl provide th e . clotrilrig' coupons, for a: new cloth on trie billiard table? Onq firih I kndw, has ih recent pionths


usrid 500 ydrds of cloth to billiard tables used. by. the. armed forces in training,camps and depots


table of I an Army rinit requires attention! It may be presumed trial; . there wlU be a coupon le^y on the


—a table, and Its cushions needS five yards-^=-and the licxt, time thp


rank and file. The bfricers could help out b.v forgoing riew ties, and s the sefgearittmajor | mlghtt ;',go


man rind committees jpf clubs md insitltutesj will be laid under slnillar i SfbutB, or, more fairly,! thq memr bers shontd : contribute one eacq


habby In good cause. Irie chalrL apiece all round.' ■ [ j


i^ l t y . , It Is made double '^dth Ip 100 yard lengths, shrunk to 74 yards,


a Ne* billiard cloth, bfe the way, li


r f^R :3 was an argument [ the, -i-i other night as to what const!-;


cloth at the best of times. , '.ij;'; , ! ; ,■-, ijc j ■ .


lieady becoming a pteclous .comj


before being ready for ^ d anlong the most, cosily, kinds pf


; 'I' ■ I


tutes. mending wool. l One of tnq cdmpsmy m^ntain.ed [that. If. hjs, ■wife, having knit for him a pMr of


sobksi later needed some of the: S wool for repairing purposes,


she would be entitled tp get It cou­ pon free'as mending pol. p the same wool chanced to be-on one of thp small Qrirds; ostensibly .fold, ae


meridtrig' [wool. unless, if (myreadlng.of the regula-


'match It at the second time .qfask- lng[


^


under the new riatlotong: scheme Is thfe kilted scot (says a ^ I te r In the, ’’Daily Telegraph”). The numlwrj of [coupons required doth for; a^^palr


rriHE m L Whp'ls going to jiarryl the iiCri'dest load of points


of-trousers and for a Idlt le elgril. Mr. Atholl. Robertsoh, editor-of


' the “ Scots Yearbook and one of London’s most enthusiastic^ klltea


;! j;


eqfceditq makd thef‘1 average ” pair of trousers.; . ! 1


"T LENT her a^^dress last *«k. •T complained a woman at: Tot I teriham. Police Court, and Pow she


refuses to give It her the i/bupons; to getjanotlver.


! 1 suddenly! plunging into the, guJy of I the stream. flyirig:Wlth|Characterls-;


' tic power: arid grace. |


IPWICe ! recently I have [ had -I' close -view of snlpp, ; usually a very wary bird, i'pn e^h pepas on I found the blrdiperchinE op a wall —once ori Grlridleton Fell and, this week, on | the parapet tpp; of Pendifl Bridge, beyorid Downham. ;.Ih thp mofe recent instance, Ij was, able to •watch the bird from' close quarters , for at least a mlriute. the birq, then


One of: the features of thS snipe which commands'attention'Is Its:


.long beak, not quite so; long as the curlew’s,! for' It Is, a smaller bird! but quite prominent. [ The: brown arid blackish bar | markings down the wlngS -are beautifully'patterned and I was glad to get so good! a,


I hear of shlpe'perchlng bn walls, bulj I *ari able to convince! hlffij More usrially It Is the jredshank which ppteS In [this way,I but) there Is nd mistaking'one for the otheriilf dnly


view.When I mentioned this tp a loCal expert.; he was a Uttle surprised to


oil


lecessaryjtriat we build -up, everi If slowly,, better Internal and eebn-


G 0L F JOTTING


'iALLlN(3i all members, of ^ Clitheroe Golf Club.


>un. a


j- tighter! hiariy cannot Spare . time to takb part in the competlU'


)bject. :26 to


year- we raised'the sum supnort this most wori Members are fewer,, mo


can I to make this effort a sue be: able


to send in a handsonie once more the. Club


The (louncli have determlnec ,


rune 28th, mds. !Last


coiripetltlon on Saturc In aid of the Red Oi-


, irthy of


(Wing to duties connected with ^ "far Effort! but it,'ls hoped 'tha lariy fnenibers' as possible, la ad geritleirien alike, will do all .'^


dies they deSs, will


the, .on the as


To improve ouf position. It was.


kans. In his belief!the move'ifas instigated by Russia.; It failed, ffld he said at the time, that TurkW would sit on the ferice and wotild not Move without the backing- of Russm. One thing! In bur favour was' that the Turkish newspapers


. tended to Mr. Hodgkins by Mr; (Grime.


were ^finitely pro-Brlllsh, The th! thanks-c"


ks-of the! Club were px-r


, are not able to turn up on that daY 'please harid something to thelSec*-


.[ to Red Cross Headquarters. If yqu


I retary It [you- should come across ihlm; his address by the way, Is 50, lYork-streCt,. Clitheroe.


[HOW ITALIANS IHADE HISTORY,


j Tlie .'Italian 'broadcast report cim- mentary ori the exploit of the Italians who sneaked into'Crete nine’days, after the Germans, stated, "History, ;p l t look [on thC Italian landing as om ,ol


he outstanding events of all ages. 1 , sum ‘ The.Bleat.” ■


i ; SOUNDLY NAMED. ([The offlilal organ, [of the’Victoria


B.O.) Goat Breeders’ Assoclatloriiis [


yards of material iri-anl officers kllfc and seven In dn[ordinahr kllt.i; i r ' Against this, qnly l i yards are


Scots, tells me . that there are 14


tloris Is dorrect. Far better to buy a bit extSa-wooiibeforelknlttlng the; socks. It may inct be possible to


gt%lcol


,,|.TJ fiisl wltl


u


are^ga luieies! call:


rpwaffa fled floii Opel


ofte hoii spat spot un« ,-aI


spol bjac


a! m W


■} 1


i D6Pok part


hunl me; his; Hfei rpcol theil6M|


': ,1 ^1*** l*^**|*!^


', '!! , ■! J:


i dipper’s riest,\securely fastened ;tq the wall under'What waq bbund tp


by thri red shanks.; ’Then again, trie, colouring is altogether'different.' |i A week or two ago' I had a 16ok at a


I theroe railway station, not long ago, he saw a blackbird pick up a plecp of tinsel parier and hop into a bu,sh with It.! ' He fourid merely the


-be a waterfall as soon! as the rivep rose. Usually the dipper’s nest has a I canopy which diverts any odd spjash and sometlriies a .fair force of.water; but this particular-specl4 men had suffered damage,' ^ d the canopy was mls?lng, Thus' I 'got a gdod look at the four eggs, i Well, i few dUys later we had aistorm, thd rlVer rose suddenly, and, the nest was washed atyay. Within a [week the bird had bUlltianotrierinest lri a I better position,[.and .ithls; time complete with [ canopy, [[ arid, wad actually sitting on [two eggs! Quick workl :'The industry of [birds'In ne.st building Is,' of -course; something tp marvel at. Their skill id uncanny^ and they don’t stick to trade union h o u r s . . - ■ j [ ''A friend tells me that near ClJ-r


. foundations bf la riew nest. ’Two, days later, the nest had been comr pleted and there was one eggjln lt!


1' TlfY . own observation Indicated. the moors than ever. Paythornfe gpn


that there are more curleWs on • B, 1 '


M l i i


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