fitJTHERQE APYEkTISEB ,AJ^D ,TIMES> FR lD A y . LookING BACK


TWENTY-FIVE ' YEARS )TO bsUE ;OF JUNE' 16th,


ITEMS FROM


, „ memorial service WES heW, at Clitheroe Parish Church, and t iCp


■the the sea ■was


lo:


were references from all pulpits m town to the loss suitaineci by


organising the Army Klttheneriwas a great s titesmm-- onel who enjoyed the corfldent e of his i countrymen; only 3jtew lays before hel departed by liea, oi. an important mission, Mr. A ioulth had paid a fine tribute to hi a In these


natloii to tiie tragic deatli at of Lord Kitchener.. | Not inly he a military genius :and per- led an important w rk In re­ but tord


“ The Army; Country a id Enplre owe to Lord Kitchener'for the ser­


words: I ; „ .


vices he I has rendered I since the beginning! of the war a rebt which cannot be measured In; words. It was not a task which he, sought for himself. I Hike every, giod soldier he subordinated ever^hi ig to duty, and there has not been one s ngle day when' hfe has not lab mred with an assiduity, zeal, anc pati'lotlc


' self-devotlop which are,;|beyon)d all : praise,”


X Mr. and iS^rs. John H


potamla, of man HeV" Reglraenl


Eussell-street, Clitheroe, fled of the death In actlon'in Meso- ' their son, Pr|vate ^ate- 6th East Ofiflcial 'll


received j)y ,MrS. McHa] of the deatti in action


^itt, of 8, were poti-


iiancashlre itice was e .S aford,


)f he:' s6n


James, 1/4 East Lancaslire; reported missing after he charge at Gallipt)ll on June 4,1915.; This was the second son of Mrs, McHale to make the supreme sacrifice. Mrs. Watson, |134, Lowergatir, received


offlclhl notice of the dei th In hos­ pital; in Egypt, of hei| hus jand. Corporal J. K. Watson, East L ^ ca - shlre Regiment, formerly of Dar-


^ wen,, aged 24 years. I . , . i X


i Private Leo Ducketh I (Seajforth •Highlanders), son of M', Matthew [Duckett, lEngineer’s Am s, Wlialley [Toad; was reported miss charge lii Mesopotam]


:' beginning of April. ; I


Mr. Thomas Cowking,„., a stsunch i ■ : X


supporter of SJaldburn Jethodlsm, and a fonner overseer fq ■ the l|own- ghipi died at the age of 64


e . ' ^ 1 .■■X,"' The deaths were also


■Maud’, daughter of Mr, Robinson' Taylor, of 26,


ecorc ed of and


ROV H/ ,Y Y o u r : J- ' i ■ ii il ' ' ' ■ General wo;


IN several parts of the country 1 I have seen batche|i of: trans­


planted lettuce se ed h ig s ; ^ylng •without jany chance qt recovery.' Their owners seemed, nlldly sur­


prised that the Brussels sprout plants Were'thriving but the lettuces were not. I t .w a s hardly to be wondered: at in th e s f particular ca se s : little care hadlbeen taken to obtain a fine tilth of soU - lt was lumpy and full of hare masses of dried tu r f ; the lettued j ,seemed to have been roughly handled and had not received any wate: since'the day theyj were planted. In addition; the solitary watering hall been given late on a cold evening; When the temperature had already begun to fall rathet alarmingly.; ; j


■ I f thel surface of yotlf ground is'


so lumpy that you .canjiot break it down,,sift some'fine sill over the, bed Where your seedlin ;s are to be planted.] Don’t water] late op cold days; see that the s sedllngs are firmly planted, and t l at they are n o t ! roughly handled.; So | much 'depends' on your plan s getting a good start.


' ■. } iarideh Turnip Flea-Bee|le.—[’This pest is


Irilost troublespme In dfy weather]: •it can seriously affect young seed­ lings of the cabbage family, turnips and swedes. , The! young seedlings should be dusted with derrls:dust pr nicotine dust' as soon as they .are ylslble : naphthalene dust :1s als'o effective. Give dressings of one of these dusts every: three or four days until the seedlings have formed I their first rough!-leaves. , It also helps to discourage the flea beetles i f the seedlings aije watjeted every night in dry weather until theiy reach the rough leaf stage;!


Know Your Enemies.—There are


two ways of Increasing food produc­ tion; one 1^ to] cultivate mote land, and the other lIs to obtain a greater yield from the land. Try to do both, and use every effort |o prevent ■ pests and diseases fifom fobbing you of you| crops,


• ‘ A great deal defends on your I


■Weeds.-1 was rathei amused'the other day to see, a beg nner fioelng


and weeding his plot wl h great carfe and completely Igno: Ing a" long bank. of dandelions li full flower not I five feef away Lorn ms plot. Make It your buslnes i to destroy weeds like dandelions,] thistles and docks if! they are growing anywhere near your ground. P irsuade your neighbours to do the s i me, a,nd you ve everybody a'treat deal of I next season.


■Willi sav trouble


; !


potatoes become ready earth them Up.I If you, did not/appjy pny


Early ■ Potatoes.—As [ ypur. early


I Srtiflclal fertiliser at.p.anting time. • m.dnlylappUed a light dressing, yofi 'My'find that your p ants are nqt


.S t l i


ability to recognise the first sym- jtoms of an attabk by pest hr diseases, and the, steed with which you make the fifst [move, to control •it. Send for | the Ministry of Agriculture’s j new]Dig for Victory Leaflet No, 16, ‘I Garden Pests ahd How to DeUl With iThem.” It will, be sent'free from the Ministry of Agriculture, |Llnduih' Hotel, St. Annes, Lancashire.! If you want Information about diseases of vege­ tables as well, send' to the same address for the Grpwmore Bulletin No. 2, “ Pests, and Diseases of- the Vegetable Garden ’’ ' It c o s t s ’id., including postage, and is flnejjvalue for money, with illustrations of the principal vegetable pests : ahd .diseases. Be forewarned afid safeguard your crops.


READERS’ queries. Q.—Is it too late I to sow matrows


growing very strongly ; you cou|d give each 30 feet row |, dres91ng r


l-lb of I sulphate of ammonia befo: earthlhg up. Never e irth potatoes higher i than about sh Inches, and finish the soil off to a harplrldgef- do not Heave a furrow! dong the top 'of your little bank.


a trough, there Is a; [danger th: spores nf potato bllglit wi|l dn, into It knd be washed c own to Infect the tubers. Finish j the job on neatly I and pat 'theli-sldes dowri smooth with your spac e. |


I; [ you do lea


and outdoor dacumpers in the dfien? A.—No, they may be sown up to the end of the second week In Junp with good expectations of a satisfactory .crop, r I ■


!, Q..vWhat juse can Tmake of my


lawn mowings Are th e y : Suitable for mulching fruit t^ees, etc ?7fA, One of the ibesf uses ,of lawn mow­ ings Is for the compost heap. You can either mulch your fruit trees In their frfeh


OLD FLOWER ISfAMES. Glllflowers was a naipe adopted


b y our: earliest herbalists, and applied to ihany flowers .that were clove-scpnted. It Is a corruption of the French name for the clove spice, gerbfle. In 1562 Turner writes of the w’all-gelover, our wallflower; the Stockgelover. our common stock. In 1678 Lyte describes our carnation as the ’! Garden Gllofer,- or Cloave Glllofer.! ahd the g r ea te s tan d bravest are called Coronations or Cornatlons.” In Italian this is caled Gorofllo, and In Belglc. Garoffel. In 1579 Gerarde calls the carnation the -Double-Clove Gilllfloure. : In 1629 Parkinson divides the varieties Into two groups -f-Carnatloris and Gllloflowers: the only difference was that he-placed the largest j and mbst double In the first group.: He observes; “ The name of Gllloflower Is taken from Cloves, Tn that the scent of the ordinary red Gllloflower especially doth resemble them.” The carna­ tion was, then, the GllUflower of those days,!


i “Mariets ” was one of the- old . - .. , ,


with the npowlngs state, or you can i se the coinpost material after i t hs s rotted down.


MEN LIKE THESE


Steak-ahd-Chips husbands qre ittnbng housewife’s wartime problems; 'To give him q, nice juicy steak or chumrt chop for his evening meal is to make a nasty hole In theiweek’s hieat coupons; so'


xyEVER trifle with ki< ney ailments,


, lN i ReliCTC bacfach:, rheiunatit pains, aching muscle! and [joints, j puffy eyes, disturbed ni ;hts anp dizzy become more


* 4ltton due to the Allure o


attacks before they can seriojis ThftauMlneftchcftfftli


filterlmpuritleiindwaitei fromtheblood. Start taking Dkans b) and tfadtache


ft poltoiUd coh- tht kidnayi to


Kidney Pills. This kpecM kidney ■Kmedy cleanses, strangtheru and stimulates the kidney jfilters so that; blood purity is i^torediand e^e and, comfort are regained. i YoU cgnrely upop a-medicine that lua been used,


I' ‘


, aud publicly recommertded byiSoyxjp gtatefiil men and wonv n.


^ k forOOANS, I/S ,3/S,5/8(iS


wives are grateful -for nny hints and recipes which will please the,! m'eat- loving'male, j


j . ■ . ;' | i


the meat ration so that meaty!meals, can be sei-ved on most days of the week have been made and tested by thfe Min­ istry of Food.


Several excellent ways of .planiilng


introduced them to 1 men : at tasting demonstrations. The: hot-pot, dishes were favourites.


j


of vegetables and savoury graw w^s a great success; so was a liver and bacon


A black plidding hotpot with plenty


hot-pot in which the meat- had been used to give flavour; and intetest to vegetables. Tripe with well-seasoned sauce, sheep’s head roll which tasted of: Englirii garden herbs and spribg [onions and a well-flavoured meat and vegetable curry were highly praised. : I The woman whose family likes ja good joint once a week wks given ajnqther


•Cookery experts designed them 'and


names for Canterbury Be lls: they were once known as Mary’s Violets; " Satyrlon ’f Is' one of the orchlsesi— Satyrlum nigrum. “ Barba Jpvis ” (JOpIter’s Beard) is the i common house leekfSempervivum tectorum. “ Tripe Madame,” the old name for Sedum reflexum Is q corruption of “Trlacque i Madame.” " Queen’s Gilloflowers ’ ’are our Queen Stocks, the word '1 stocks ” Intimating that they bow on woody stems. “ Dames Violets’;’ was our native HeSpeyls matronalls; and "Close Sciences” Is a ridiculous corrupatlon of one of the names of the same plant. “Damascena.’ ’which was flrsf cor­ rupted Into " Dame’s scena. was shortened Into "Sclney,’ ttie double-flowered variety called i by the gardeners “ Sclney” . .


This


' and was


Close (Continued from preceding column),


list of recipes with salt cod.' unrationed meat and an all-vegetable WooHpn pie as suggestions for the other six days. Catering managers from British res­


taurants Were guests mn one of the demonstration days.- Recipes suitable


for the hoiisewife had been translated into multiple quantities and adapted to meet the needs of establishments; where


anvthing ffom 100 to 1,000 meals are seiwed everj'.day.


and tasted) at the Ministry -were for nourishment, flavour and cheapness. No ingredients: were used which could not be easily .obtained.


Features!of all the dishes,designed „ , ' / : . Mrs. Littlenioor-


ng alter a a at the


AGO 1916.


road, aged 22 years; Ada, wife of Mr. Thomas Watson, 5, Cardigan- avenue, .32 years; | Henry Bulcock, Whitestones Farm, Twlston. 83 years; and Mrs. Sjwinburn, wife of Mr. John Swinburn, “ The Glyn," Whalley, 63 years.


X i Notwithstanding a wet day' for


the parade organised by ladles of Chatburn) Downham apd Worston, a'sum of £16 l ls . 6d. was raised for! the Lord Roberts [Memorial Work-j shops for Disabled Soldiers. and Sailors. The most striking of manyj tableaux was that of Britannia and her Allies. Britannia, who rode oil horseback, wa^ represented by Misd Eva Wilson. 'i


• ; At St. Mary’s Parish Church, ort ■ • ^ L


the 14th, the Rev, J. H. Wrlgley performed'the marriage of Corporm William Clarke, 1/4 East Lancashire Regiment, elder, soh of the late Mr J.' Clarke and |0f Mrs. J. Dewhurst PlmllCo-rOad, to f^nnle, :th'e second daughter of Councillor and Mrs. W W. Whiteside, !Chdtburn-road.


'


Town Council I oveb the renewal of the , quarrying rights at Salthfil; this being opposed] by Several mem.i hers who mqint lined that the boundary of onentlons should be


There was a' wordy battle In the ' . ‘■■^1 ■ MAN’


limited In order that the rights of the public—en]oye(|, ,;for' ■ over 600 years—should [be preserved. • .


^RANcUkd THROUGHOUT THE DlSTRKlT i


■ The wedding took place quietly in Clitheroe, on Sunday, the Hth, of Private Edward Ingham, son' of:Mh and Mrs. A. Ingham; • King-street, tc| Miss Daisy May Thompson, of Barnsley.


I Members of the Bowland Rural ^ ■


District Council, | sitting at the Coplow Institution on Saturday hiorhlng, th e : 10th, were not the ohly . people startled by a ^uddeh flash of lightning and crash of thunder. ! Nqbody at the meeting would have b'qen surprised to learn that the Infirmary'ihad been struck' for lightning I played on the wlre^ ahd gas brackets to a Jingling tunfe that was far from pleasant.' It transpired that thd thunderbolt had dropped near, Salthlll. and I whilst doing no actual' damage, it twisted


’ 'I THE VICHY TRAITORS


rpHE treacherous Vichy' Govern- ■*■ me'nt have fairly let us in.


They now are'doing all they can to help the Huns: to win ;i


To! please their Nazi masters they’ve dishonoured their land’s name;


And for' thp starting of the war . have put oh us the blame,


]


These base black-hearted Quislings with the Huns are on a par. |


They’ve shoWn to freedom-lovers what a, lousy lot they are;


By collaborating with the Huns they’ve put France on the rack.


rails and earth I Into f antastic shapes. Several mndows in the adjacent part of the borough were broken.


Arid, to their everlasting shame; have stabbed us In the batk.


Blit the wily Vichy; Government their land'don’t represent I ,


TO be enslaved, and gagged, the French will never stay content;


Spme day their Darlans andjLavals they surely will disown, .1


Arid Nazi-loving traitors on the scrap heap will be 'thrown]


In league with the oppressors, our destructloii Vichy’s planned.


That men should prove to be such curs is hard to understand; '


Of all the srieakg and'reprobates by which raahklnd Is cursed,! !


The doublefdeallng scallywag is certainly the; worst.


.' |


’Gainst heavy odds-our lads have i fought most gallantly and well, What worthy warriors they are it makes one nroud to tell;


When they can meet on equaLterms their powerful enemy,


|


Our star, which now but dimly glows, more brilliant will be. '


So cheer UP, friends, be .not dis­ mayed though clouds have gloom­


The very darkest hour of night is Just before the dawn”.


ier grown, , . .


Our friends across the mighty deep will see to It that we


I Shall be triumphant In the fight ’gainst brutal tyranny. " J.P.P.


.


im u Y i iiriiiitt Fiif Around The Counliysic


IT'S simply a matter of the point High over the valley, some nights


of view.


ago, a German raiding bomber, chased'by a lighter, suddenly got rid of 20 big bombs, which burled themselves In moorland pasturage a few miles from my home. Crowds of pfeople.went to look at


the craters. One townsman I saw there said how lucky It wps that the bombs had done no daipage at all. Soon afterwards a farmer from across ■ the Valley Inspected the scb'bs.


i " Could have been a lot worse,”


he said; "But;there’s them great holes to fill, , an ’a hundred yards of walls to make good.” '


The townsman hadn’t thought of :


the craters as cow-traps, or seen the gaps in' the walls through which


stock could stray, to be recovered after houB of anxiety and at night.


only


searching if they got-away OTS of people tell.thes^ farmers


I how lucky they are to live so far


away from towns and cities which are targets of enemy attack. ;; “ It’S: a funny do,” this farmer commented, •


“ 'We’re supposed to


be safe up here, but we get th’ house shekken with bombs, watch fire bombs burn out In t ’ turf, and lie wakken heakenlng to droves of droning ’planes flylh’ Just .abooh us. Oh, aye! We’re lucky enough—If we’d getten'one o’ them bombs on th’ house we’d Just' hev bln unlucky, because ouf here we’re sa fe !”; •I had motored out to this remote


farm, ten miles as the, crow, files from the nearest railway. The good metalled road from the nearest village petered out'Into a rough- surfaced byway, - with frequent gktes to open and shut. Turning off that, I coaxed the car along two ruts across a couple of fields, , and I then inquired from a farm labourer If I were on the proper track. “ Yes,” he said, “ It’s a ; mile


further on, but it’s a rough road,” “Rougher than this?” I asked. ” Oh, [aye-thls Is a king to what


you’ll ; b t further- on,” he said, grinning,


' „ , And he was right. The parallel


ruts got deeper so that the number plate scraped on the ground.,


H


owever, we duly reached the farm and sympathised with the


farmer about the road; “ What’s wrong with It ?” he demanded, “ It’s a lot better than It used to


be.”' Those sharp stones In the ruts


had been put there by him, and when they got “ bedded In,” I gathered, the road would be good enough for anything. He doesnt use a car, but a motor lorry, which' chugs along uncomplainingly in the fields, along the ruts; and even up and down the “ turf road,” which is a very rough track indeed. So rough Is it that it had never


occurred to me vehicles ever went on It. But this farm wagon uses it, empty'on the up-;grade, stacked wlthfiry.peat on the return Journey.


road, I agreed that the farm Dally Post.’ When I thought of the turf


TWENTY ARTIFICIAL ARMS.


In a beautiful country hduse at


Meudon, near Paris, lives u man of 68 whose body Is no longer subject to his will, but whose reason Is as, active as ever. . After a : highly, distinguished career, dtirlng which he had been a member of the French Senate, Minister of Public Health. Under-Secretary, of State, and Director of the French National Office of .Inventions, M. J. L. Breton was forced, to withdrawn from public life. Without apparent cause, the limbs of the great inventor, whom the French oall -


“ the father


of the tank,” became paralysed, and it seemed that he would have to spend the rest of his life In com­ plete inactivity. But even If his body was as good as dead, his brain became doubly active,, and he suc-


ceeded la c vercomlng his h an d le r with the he Ip. of a:i apparatus, cor structed after. Ills instructioni which tl e Invei^tcf works wlth.h s mouth, me which allows him-to co ;! mftst ‘th ngs for whlfeh a -normal person r eeds arns and legs. £o long as II. Breton Is separated from his apparatus h ; Is a helpless cripple, entirely ( .ependfent on h:S attendar .t.f But as soori as he is safely llstailed near the mouth­ piece of his appantus,:he Is able lo work, through the movement of his Ups, art electric s vltchboard whl again co atrols twe nty “ arms,’ ’eadh of whicl ls]capabh of four different moveme I ts . ' Thus Mr. Breton can automatically brhig food and drmk to hls riojith, reich for the, tele­ phone, 1 se at, remi ive'lt agqln swlteh the radl) m an d ' )ff,! turn the pages of the biok he Is reading, and even- trace ori;'the 'bla:kboard construc­ tional c ra' rings • \ot ] thfe: usfe of :h|ls collabor iters.


poiht of T;ely. It was a


track « matter of


the yantagd we could S56 miles away was,a granp rich in co al


as [ good ! I l f s -aU qomparispns and thi


f ib r evehing, and fron pointi'of this high farn factoiy chimneys 3( Between us and then,


“ Grand said. “Yes, anp plqnty of It,” I agreed


up -her


: But It wo nil: Idea of a o i l two miles ’bus route.


the fact tiq' miles from than four ; )r loneliness lo to this son


There Is •but you use


op more theh an


1 stretch ff hill and dalf: ourl fre?h -and clean ;the farmei'l


In’tbe heitownsman’i: niry! retreat. A hare.


YOU MUST REGiLtER FOR EGGS BY NEXT SATURDAY, JUNE


IF YOU WANT EGGS register with


i j j jlMl.


L O O K I N G B A C K FIFTY YEARS AGO


rjCEMS FROM OUB ISSUES loF JUNE: 19th, 1891. In connection with the new alms- 14th


hous,ejs tc be'built at Waddlngton, the fpunilation stone laying cere­ mony wa^ performed With elaborate Masojilc honours, by Mrs. Parker, of JBMwsaolme Hall, -qn jthe |13th. The entire proceedings were under the n anagement of Freemasohs, of Whon abDUt 50 were present [from different jLodges and, in full regalia, they walked from the Lower Buck Inn tD t ie site.


■ '


singing 0/ the brief! adciress


The ceremony began with the Hundredth Psalm. A was given by [Wor.


Bro, iHen& Smith, Deputy. Grand


Master qf. the Province of [West P)'rayer was offered by Wor. Bro. E. Parker, Roberts sang the solo art,” the brethren


yortohlrc. the qharilaln, and ^fo. Tom “ ProlSper i the[


We’ll see that you get your supplies


taklri J u{ the refrain. Wor. Bfo. R, Kay-Shu itlewbrth placed In a small cavitf which had been chiselled in the K wep storie, a bottle containing coins! copies 'of local papersi etc. Wor. Bro John Bleazard presented a trowel tlo Mrb. Parker, who applied the bemfent, and the stone! was lowered. Into [place. The Deputy Gran j Mpsterj proceeded to test the


“ Slaldburn, last week, was- en.-


llvehed a little by the marriage of its doctor—Dr. Sinclair, This took place on the 11th, the bride being • Miss Brenhand, of. Slaldburn.”


The death occurred, on the 12th,


of Mr. John Hargreaves, of Stan- wofth House, York-stre'et, Cllthe- roe. Slxty-flve years of age, and unmarried. In his youngqr days Mr. Hargreaves was a shopt time In Australia. He was afterwards In partnership with his father, who


, was at that time, the principal ’ builder In the locality and erected the Commercial Mill, Primrose, for a co-operative concern,' Mr. Har­ greaves had been retired from busi­ ness for several years and was one of Glltheroe’s representatives on the Board of Guardians.


Following a brief Illness, Mr.


David Smalley, one of ; the best knoWn Grlndletonlans, died on.the 16th,j aged 55 years.


Thb Rev. T. Klrkup. of [Finchley, London, preached the«Sawley Wes­


stone ann explained to the audi­ ence! the [symbolism of the square, the l4vel land phe. plumb rule. |' Bro. Tom; Garnett presented a mallet to Mrs. Parker who, striking the stone threeHlnies, declared it to bej duly


-and truly set/.Other symbollp acts were' performed and explained by the Deputy Grand Master who, In a vote pf thanks to Mrs. Parker, said!It Was ]an ancestor of the Parker lamlly who. founded, the build: ngs which thg new ones were to replace,


The W;addihg'ton old almshouses


were founded in 1700 by Robert Parker, of Browsholnie., and pro-' video for the jaccommodatlbn of 10 wldolvs and ajreader. The overplus was devoted to [the Increase of the


ehdb'vnipnts. | In 1825 an Act of Barlliment was obtained toi.regu-: Tate i.ho granting'of leases o^lands belor glng to the Hospital On terms not ( xceedlng 999 years. In 1885


the lands and hereditaments were vested Inl trustees. We quote: “The grossTannual Income of the charity Is m atiy £2000 and Is gradually g, ; The present Reader T. a1 Parnell) has a salary; a year and house. There .. accommodated 30 alms-


n from the Yorkshire town- the Clitheroe Union, and a medical officer who Is


to the nearest paid £25 perjannum. -The scheme- hour’s Joumej T o f 1S85 iirovlded for a dispensary.


to the mairk t! town, coupled wltl: t iln' a radius of two


t^e fa n i are no more‘ flveine ghbours, spells- ufyohe pot brought uj


df thing.


t i e wireless, of course It, care: ully when you


have to cafr;]' the ba|ttery so far for recharging


I remeni )e[ being told at h slmllaf


farm that mdy were :thlnklng of giving up th4 wlreleiis. During snow they were v, ithoiit battery for a month. Vlien it :ame back thp


household listened l i to the riews. “We picked,up the thread of it


straight ai say,’: ’the armdr told me It did I’tj seem as If owt hac,


happened In a mbn h, and I thow:; then as Wl might s s well be bowt wlteless—l|t pobbut upset you fo:’ nowt!'


I T


But not because he;was lonely Then jsii’t t in e to get lonel;'


. , on a firm I like his.';. There’s aroays' something to do


I could ses that dr lining work was In hand, was shewn!a grandly- built dry wall to form: a croft for calves.-ard noted n stack of wood whlchiha'i l been bro ught in. Thesp Jobs on tod of-thi ordinary farm work. Cattle were grazing on th; Hillside, sheep wer> on the moon four gee ie were fslttlng on big


clutches I f eggs. How vdll you gpt on for feeding


stuff ?” I asked. “ They’] 1 mainly fend for them


selves,’, 't ie farmer replied, There s U lot mi re food on thes


hills thaii-most folk think. Stoc|c pampe: ed up here, but


doesn’t g ;t they thrl re. In the b:


_,g farn hpUse, before i


wood flPe we, chatt idabout the wai'. about Hsss abou; | firming anp pests, .ani i- sport. : :t iwas clear that during h s long hours :ln the ope:i air, working or v/i.tchlng, my host' had thoight thUgs out, and it wasn’t .easy to fn d . gaps In his reasonlnr. ] Looking at the woril with stes.dy detachment from the hilltops, my f r le n l ; find’


s little tq


.lure him ffom his rural pursuits. For m:'S(lf, I p'efer a sltuatloh


less\ bleak, with l etter' roads and more ccm'iany. ' But, as i sail earlier, 1,’s simply a Matter-of th' point of ■view.—I y “ F.D.,” in, recent l i s ie .o f the ■ Lancashire


• 1


he hosjt about v'h'ose farm I’n}.] writing r ow had I’t reached tha


stage. . “I Ijke togpt.a bito’ news.’^ he said.


but .the provljsion was not canled out.! Thfe neiy buildings Include 30 hous:s, together with a nurse’s hous ;, a buslriess office and chapel. It Is est: mated; that the total cost will >e approximately £7000. The following'are |hb surviving trustees:


Captain! E. iParker, Browsholme __ ..-1 _ .


Hall CDlonel Colbiel R. Jl Rev. E. parker,


gtarkie,, Huntroyd;


Asplnall,! Standen; Vicar of! Wadding-


ton Win. Kihg-Wllklnson, Esq., fiddlewood: h ; W. Worsley-Taylor, Moreton|Hall; and R. M. Red- Esb., Holden laough.”


■ 'The N ldsummer examination of


the ] Royal College o f ' Preceptors, Whalley Centre, was-held at the Wha’ley Gralnmar School on the 16th anc: three following days. In


all, 36 candidates were presenter 31 from the Grammar School, Md five fron the Ladles’ School, Vale


Horse. The Rev. C. C. Prichard,. M.4., was th^.Pi!esldlng examiner.:


M ter) curtomers. ORIIIKTIOH BEGl STER now for, EGGS.


rcona-ol of honle-produced eggs, and as fi-oii Jurfe 3,0th all retailers .will receive supilfes in acMrdance with Their, regis­


Tae Ministry of Pood is about to take


ter jwith whatever retailer they choose, regardle& of his past or present ability to fieet the de'piand for eggs. .


The public can therefore safely regis­ , ! .1,


iTn ithe adult’s ration book and page .13 in the cUld’s . , It should be filled m by


made hr medidtely, and by to-morrort, Salurda), Junfe 14lh, at the latest. Tpe coilnterfill to be -used is on the third spare pare hi the ration book, page 14


It is essential that all registrations be J'


I address tnurt be entered in the bottom, space on the inside of the back cover.; i ^ e r e will be no further registration eggs in July.'


the- cus omeri and cut, out by the The retailer’s name artd


bei able to register at a later date if, thfeir ovn production falls during the ■inter months.


lonsuiners ivho keep their own hens urged not to register butfo leave eggs in shops to others. They will


offals, eKceptl ox. skirt, are derationed and'sole, free of'coupon. '


pKFAbS VVITHOUT A COUPON. As frdm Mbnday, June 9th,,all meat


been d :cided to take them off the ration to ensure their being sold


pffals: were rationed at the beglii- hg of his year when supplies of meat are .difflcullJ As, however; they do It keel well in hot wedther, it has


-•


.m"flckly. Butchers'will Be issued with a supply


to! supp.ement their meat ration with liver, hearts, 'kidneys and other offals, .they should note that the total quan-


equally among their customers. ■Although consumers will now be able


nl proportion to their buying ,permlt§, ifid Ihe^' arej asked to dlstribut


■ 1 that in some instances butchers jns" 1 not be able to supply the demands (


J 1 allcustimers: in any one week .Therd is to be no increase-a:alloc:


i


tiiv of pffals 'amounts tp less than five per cent of the total weekly supply,,and


tipn of meat to catering establishments. reminder to renew milk, , ," PERMITS. '


children are gettmg milk under tl National Milk Scheme should apply opce for renewal of their permits. TAppllcation foms iwhich can


not The 23 'million mothers who:


obtained from the local Milk , Offlem. should- be filled in returned to !him I'ithJune., ; •'i


ONE IMPORTER OF !■


canned! ! •' ■ '• ■ i, FISH. ’


importer of Ganned'Fish from July ISt. I ; IS not [proposed, however, to requlfel- t on stocks of imports arnring before tiat date. '


’The Ministry of Food is to be the s tiat


Vin be effected as soon as practicable fter 1st July.


f.


Control of distribution, mclu-ding of • home^Droduced canned fish,


■ i : [ '


leyan .Sunday School arpilversary sermons. Collections amounted to £15 16s. 6 d . ___


I


■ Similar services were hbld at the Jollle ' Memorial Congregational Church,' Barrow conducted by the Rev. i’T. Hamer, bf Little Lever. In. the afternoon, a service of song, entitled “ The Motto on the Wall,”' was given by the choir, with bon-' nectlve readings by Mr. Wilkinson, of Great Harwood. The conductor


was Mr. W. R/ Dugdale, with Miss Laura Forrest at t|ie harmonium. The 12th annual meet of North-


East [Lancashlte cycling clubs took;


place on the 13th, Wet weather- reduced the number taking part to almost half that of the previous


year. A member of the Burnley: Victoria Club, Mr. W. Salmon, per­ formed a remarkable feat. ^Having: detached the small hind wheel and backbone from his machine, he rode the four or more miles ori the single big wheel,


Challenge Cup was won by th e ColneClub.


-The Klng-Wllklnson ,


All Ambulance Brigade, formed:


from classes recently held, 'eame- into .being In the borough. About. 30 names were') enrolled,' meetings to be heldjijonthly.


The Swan: and Royal ,Hotel was


offered for sale by Messrs.'Salisbury and [Hamer. The property was withdrawn at £4,700.


'


■ TlJe late Mr. J. H. Herdman, o f Parson Laiie, Clitheroe, bequeathecL


£50[towards the augmentation o f the living of St. James’s Church, on. condition that the: Ecclesiastical Commlsslbners met' the bequest


.with a;-slmlla;r .amount., “ In cor- respbndetfce [with the Commls- sldnfers [It has transpired: that they


do hot! meet! grants of iless thaa . £100, and In order that the benefit


' of Mr. Herdman’s offer riiay not 'be- lofet,] the Rector, (Rev. G. Flelden) has! generously ^jpffered- another £50. The sum of' £200, .will there­


fore now be Invested for. the aug­ mentation of the living.”


Deaths recorded were: James


Marsden, Hall-street, Clitheroe; 34: years; Elizabeth Parker. Low Mpor, 51 years; John! J. Salisbury, Rydal Place Chatburn,. 34 years. , :


ECONOMY IN THE USE OF


and mercHants’ stocks of feedlng- stufls may 1 appear to be substantial enough to ' justify la larger issue of coupons, distributors and farmers, should realise that the national supply position of fee-ding-stuffs Is such that- only the barest minimum can be afforded while livestock are out at grass. ■ .


for the increased' wmter needs, and supplies of cereal foods must be found In Both summer and wmter for human consumption and for horses doing;, essential work. Only by restricting the issue of supplies for present use can. some of the priority needs of the i future be,safeguarde-a.


Reserves of oil cake must be laid up> '■; , " ' ' ' i


USE OF MARGARINE epUPONS | FOR CLOTHLNG RATIONING.


[


As 'already announced by the Board of | Ti-ade, the margarine coupons in your Ration Book are. to be used when pur- ; chasing clothing. If; however, you find ; that any: or qii of your margarine ; coupons are missing, you should cn- [ quire first of all at your grocers or wherever you buy your butter and margarine. The shopkeeper may have cut out the coupons In error, in vmlch. case he should be able to return them. -


to you.' If, after making every effort to re­


cover them you are unsuccessful you


should go to the nearest Food Omce. for advice. You will be required to sign a statement to the-effect'that you have lost the coupons, and that if th e r : are subsequently found you-will not make use of them. Cancellation or other marks on the. coupons can be- ignored.


, ■ I


coupons Is produce


'


(R.B.6.) .contains- no margarine coupbris, ;(out a complete set of 2» :Will be supplied if the book iced at a Food Office.


. ’The weekly Seaman’s Ration Book THE MILKY WAY


The mllkless day Is not. the milky way intended by the Ministry pf Food when


it, cut supplies bv a seventh. It from the fact that there are seven days in the week and that obylouriy the


easiest way of reducing supplies by one- seventh was to cut put one of the days


It Is a. simple [but an unfair method, and Because ft( operat ' ■ Ul


:vcaui woo ty v«v


fa r e ^ the pubUc the Ministry decrifes it. I To withhold


live ut— ________ ,


es against the wdl- -


—


have no methodiof storing it effectively, as I in a refrigerator, is tofieny, them


fresh milk for "a day. advocated, and wishes it to be midqr- stood that the- fairest way of redueffig thfe supply is to halve the normal quan- titV oh each of two days In the week- The convenience to the retailer of the


milkless day is overshadowed hy fnf m* „nn«onipnpp BTiri


cohvenlence, and in somc cascs hard- ship. which It imposes on


e (^es n and the welfare ofthe pnhh® and the fliat consideration of the Ministry. elfa he public, ; a - v ,


) FEEDING STUFFS. Although In some localities millers’-


our withdrawal from Crete. It Is jthe, old, old story—too latel (Irete had been more or less at our disposal TonsU months at least, but apparently, those, mohths were wasted so far as making adequate preparation, Jieetlng.ithe Inemv' were concerned.' We depended, on such aerodromes as already emted. Rot many. The Nazis re-cpnstructedipr rreat^ a dozeri aerodromes in a i6r^ liight. They are now entering Syria) in


shin as ’Ivfouhded,” but .their wounds healed quickly 'enough when they


"™tten we have 'invaded I Syfte -^ith; universal apptoval.4 *ftobably there are -effective ansi^ers to two-thirds of [,the Press criticisms on the operations,: |n Crete. But the Press are perfoml^ a public service In’denouncing ffilatori- 'uess. ■ These 'too numerous thftd-jrate .men at the topj, must be conrtantly


•deny /anything It may ’bp taken] lot, mnted it Is [true. | ,[Smce thls.iwM


; prodded or "they vylU ter?.^ war, on. -They aVe models of profeRS- tination, an^ t ft [a pity thfev Rnnbt be


."hot recrimination but -a a re-eniphasls of the blood; toUjsweat


war it W


.Teplaced. The “ Daily Mall ’ ft, M?nt when It tells Us Germany will wtotehe.


fi do not get a move on. ^ s ft,


■ British killed to the last war must pave included: many brilliant, bratav- men


and tears still ,ln front of us. W - are we so lacking; m brain power? Hete ft the answer: First, because the miUlon


' Cabinet. Brainy people do not adppt a Parliamentaryi career In, these days.


leaders to-day. ;And:secondly, becaure the best civilian brains do not go Into Parliament, and so cannot reach the


who would have ;bqen among our'-war


Parliament ft made up largely of : aiM Yes " men.Avhoiln war-time should be


:us democracy ft ■ BO .wrong ft in


,df capacity you. have only tp read-the -questions put by ParUamentarians. to .any one week’s ritting of Parliament. Hore thap' half fef them woiild: not dp (credit to toielementary sphpplbw.l'Itft mot surprising that the totaUmar|s tell 'Whdre they that dfemoc-


.replaced by the best brains froin put- side. ■ If you want evidence of their lack


'-demooi’acy can produce. They, are .not. And-whether or, no, democrats .will still :


?acy’s leaders are the Brainiest] men


■prefer their freedom: to, becomtag part' Of the most efficient ;war machine ever


■created or ever likely to be. But we .have much leeway to make up before we can compete vi’lth,the Nazis to thorpugh- mess and organisation. We are Ipcked ,c.v.,-B*-i’iwfth a riant andihfe ft


That giant Is the German nahop, not simply Hitler or the Nazis, but the entire ■German nation. One of'our leWtog 'mewspapers, after alluding to Crete'-ln ■ -the most'scathing terms, tehs,us pyria


boJ


heridlngl all .his strength ,to break us.. to a;


Bttl sari


life-the criminaft are: no’matchlov[the police in Drain power. But iir thft war


the brain 'power ft all on the side pf the


■ 'What:I should have said was that] they ■were icrimlnallyi hegllgent. Hitler, re- artned to front'of their noses jvhile . Baldwin smoked hft pipe.


,; I'we are going to see,an end,of these ,! I masterly retreats.' | ^ [


criminals, with next to npne on the side •of the police as ekhiblted hitherto. TOe •“Mall'’ describes as nonsense] Mr. George Hicks’s statement on-the radio •that Germany rearmed “ behind closed ■ doors,” ■ And they are right. „ .Ip 'this column I wrote atweek ago,that,ourbre- war; Statesmen n'wfere as blihd as [bats.


• , A popular newspaper rightlvl a^a ! wHeniwe are really going to get d<»|vn lo the job of 'ivinning the war. jffien


’ - ;!


l i there are any: lessons'to be learned 'Jrom Crete we have no time to loser" le'arning them.; And one of thfe ,m0


■ Tme' Nazis like people to befeleVe are supermen. Super-hurabligl


we are. facing , the Nai— .. agatns' sterner stuff than thi


-------------


Iriiportant of these lessons ft that When ■ ' ■' 'Tazft we are-pp Italians., they: ■Die


, But:we never get those level terms,'ahd cnee we ------- “ oven Tl


after and — - - r - •the last button land execute it ivl


. 'They never thought they.woull getlito- Tripoli- except with a few barges in the, dark. But Darlah thought differently., Berhaps ft ft believed;they, \yffl not get; into . Syria, although; accounts come through every day that Nazi' tourl^ -


UWttiC'Ul-ivI Ay JUlc bv oaji thought the Nazis would get to.Cifel


.arereaching . there to crowds. Tbe, Turks tell us that never before havejso marly visas been-issued or, applied fpr. We have had more than enough of: the amazing pluck and endurance of!pur, British forces facing tremendous pdnsj and operating under Impossible, feph-i ■ditlons. No forces to the wbrld.can; equal'them. But ft ft lamerptable that |


. planned so that the odds are In thfelr: favour for a change. ’The Nazis concent ■{rated overwhelmmgly supprior strength ■oh and over Crete and so gained their ylctor-y. It victory ft to be ;w,on by the - ■concentration of superior strength bn and over the vital spot. If and whett]'ft comes our way it win hot be before it ift overdue. Our war and diplomatic strategy is still based on Napoleon. [It


(always they should have to fight,with! ■ the odds ' agapist them. Let ft be


. -ahead, and thinking not In terms jbf •warfare as experienced in and before the, last war, ;but in the new terms , which, thfe Geimans are constantly


is over-a centurv behind; the' tinres, instead of being fifty years ahead. Two] points,: and two only, emerge to our- credlti-from the -operations to Crete,-', First, they gave us time to round utf the quislings In Iraq before serlbus warfare Pegtos to Syria, and secondly, lieavlfer casualties have been Inflicted,on me Razis than lh any;previous fighting dur­ ing the present war. That at leastjift some consolation.: But ft does not alter :the imperative 'necessity of thlnkihg


■devising. Certatoprtoclplps to warfare will never change, but the application [6(, them ft constantly being brought (Ip


toldate.- !The llazis are never afiald pf trying new methods, and they try thqta ■with such assiirahce and organisation, that they are sfeldom if ever cheatedibf .success. The only way to cheat themjls to go one better. I'When we do that, the :Kazft'are,in for ahad time. The sponfer .we;gfet doWn to it,the better.. It may be , ;taken for granted that we shall be to t about ready in the space of time that •was occupied by Hitler in the saihe pro-,


■cess, -that is, to seven years; from 1939. So we may reasonably expect to make


•good by 1946, since we had apparently , ■nothing to start with, thanks to jnuddlej. headed statesmanship and the policy of ’appeasement.


.I.' THE PRUSSIAN BOOT.


• ,!'11|THEREVER, the Nazis tread there is - V* oppression. It ft, known as the


• "Prussian Boot. There has been receiftlv ■publftned a record of '(Two Years.,M 'German Oppression to Czecho-SIovakia. .It is issued by'the Czecho-Slovak Min- Jstry of Foreign Affairs, and so ft fully


British are more than a match for them; -on anything'approaching level, terms.'


coir


will be next, and asks whether wp are ■basing our reply [on the customary out- worn conceptions of defence. ,|- We wish,” it concludes, “we could say; yes ■with confidence.’’! So do I, In civuian


mq


led We|


l a f f l . At the Ume o! wrftlng wejare still waiting, obvloudy undecided What to do'^about Sj'ria. The Nazi radio and the'^ Vichy crowd; denv these arrlyils, tote when Hitler!'takes the trpublfetto,


taiq


TH E Oricie More We


THE OLD “ MUDDLING TH By CAEEY


droves In the hsual disguise of tourists. . Some four hundred got there by hospal


Eun 'diti


I'l thB


b&lac! natli


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