P f p i (spL) T m i ? . , i a f e & T I S E B ! ' ' ' 6 E te n d y 6 6 p d s a t p ^ n d y P r i c e s .


R , E . i ^ S O N , I


Bay from ,28/30, P A M O N LA N E , SEfe OUR SELECTION OF SMART


TEL 382. C L IT H E R O E .


FIREPLACES. ,


N O C T U R N A L a d v e n t u r e


BY T H E R IV E R S ID E .


•THE final toast was to “ Tight 1 lines” and then we were! off,


three men In a car, towards the river.


We set out hopefully. Indeed, , ' i


when my'host’s wife asked Ifj she should leave anything ready for us on our return, the answer was more than hopeful. “ Just a pair of scales on the table;!" was at least, optimistic.


She went one better than (this, ; ' I


leaving not onlyitne scailes but a handsome silver tr^y upon which; she had said earlier, she has always wanted to see a nice salmon, fresh, from the river. :| r


j These two friends of mine-do not


profess to be e}ipert anglers,' but they are ardent. At the same |tlme they are humorous, and I ihad already been reg£|led with storifes Of hov/ one had shouted excitedly for help as he “ had a big one o n ’’ and: was duly aflorde^ assistance to land—a two-foot; e e l ! ,


And of the other metaphorically j.


patting himself on the back upon the Improvement ] In his casting since not th e faintest splash | had reached his sensitive ears ^fter three successive essays.


| .


found he had hooked the back of his trousers!!


Reeling in itlie line he then , ,


I


HAD also been told of wild duck, otters and herons. attending


these friends of mine upon their evening, visits toi the ' seclpded stretch of river they have rented; Frankly It was as much In the jiope of watching these natural fishers as In seeing salmon^! mort or trout landed by my companlons'that I accepted their lilvltatlon to join the expedition. • ! ! •


r We chose a half-mile of strpam,


with three or fouri'promlslng pools linked by shallow, boulder-strewn stretches. The river flows often at


the foot of wooded cliffs through private parkland. ; '■


;


so. We had the countryside to lOur- seives. Folks comfortably at home


When we arrived; at ten o’clocknr


would have thought us mad' to stumble about the rtyerslde bn suCh a night;.


heavy, the night j was dark,! the outlook dismal. ; ;


Rain was coming down good and : ' 1


! i j ' Yet We were to high spirits.; My


friends thought they would catch fish. I Imagined I might, catch a glimpse of otters, or herons; or at least duck.


: i • f For any of these things to happen


we needed just a little moonlight, which would appear all right after this heavy shower./■'


, . , J My f r le n ^ waded Intoj the


stream and I dould hear them swearing sdftly; i s bats tried M snatch their'fUies.


j , I wandered’ along towards the


otter pool, a s ; my friends call it, Once I put a foot; In a rabbit, hole and measured I my length on the


wet e a rth.. '! | | ■ An owl added to the. conmslon j : . , ...


with a hoot th i t bhllled the, plooiL When I flashed bn a torch to find my hat, dozens iof moths helped ra,e


■flndi t . Undaunted.il went on another j :


quarter of a nille to the otterjpooL I t was lighter j now. I cpuld seei


boulders at tlie far end of theipool The shadows! of tall trees seemed


‘ to shiver and shake on the jcalm surface of the Ipobl. ■ ,


W H A T TA N K


A | GERMAN / 'C O N TA iN SV ',


From a Russian Correspondent at the Front.


j


SMALL I'Gerinan tank which was put but; of action ,in a


recent engagement^bore in­


scription, “ Ich eroberte Thermo- Dvlae” (I captured ’Thermopylae) beneath a pamted skuU and cross- bones. I t Jfad been in action In Yugoslavia and Greece.


■When the tank; was examined by , ,


Red Army, men , It was found to contain the usual load of looted


property: length^ of wear, watches, etc. Besides thte there was -found. a buantUy of


rubber goloshes.! eluded curtains tom from windows, plimsols, household goods and even


^ assorted collection of printed matter was. also discovered. BooU


photographs of a hundred German generals, pprtraits i of twenty-flVe chorus girls from the Paris i Per- rbquet ” cabaret,' and many bf the usual lurid Parisian magazines. In a books of songs was the foi-


Ibwlng charging ditty:— ■


Becauserthcy have many grenades That's why, that’s why,


“ Bcauserthe Why, h iW h; - The diary o f one of the] crew


describes, the- camp&lgn In ]Jugo- slavla and Greece, Including the atrocities and looting committed by German soldiers. Everywhere the local population: Is referred, to as “swine,” as In the following entries : “Hanged twenty-five of the|swlne


because they refused to display flags on our arrival.”


“Dropped lnto|a tavern, and when ;


the swine of a host asked us to pay we hanged; hlmiln his own .store­ room.” , ! ; ! ■


“The swine of a woman began to shriek that; she had a husband and


.1


' why does Elsa love the soldiers ■ my, ohiWhy? 1-.,


DIRECT GIVING.


the principle of direct giving]we generally adopted.


' One


“ What seems clear Is that for a|l' normal purposes it would be best 1"


Local clrcuiUj


stances differ so enormously that It would be rash to dogmatise on tnb subject.


that many parochial clergy Would not mourn over-much the pearance ,6f the. sale of work; —human nature being what’It h th e ] . exercise


amount of tact Is sometimes liecejSr j sary


of In little i a |adjustlng the


dlfferehces which sometimes'ansb; when the'tempers of those partldr' g m lOt/ frayed!


patlng In /such functions become ‘The unfortunate


parson,’ said one of th em ,‘who expected to adjudicate In the hotly I disputed 'question as to whether' Miss .Tryphena or Mrs. - Tryphosaj should be in charge of the'Chief stall. Is as little to be enyled as t ie judge at a Baby Show 1 ” 1


'“ RABBITS” BfeWARE.


If they kre driven li^b thel'crdps how growing on many acres of thei


Golf balls will be treated as l6


'famous Stokes Poges (Bucks;) gplf course.' '


suspects, hoWevCTi dlsapj-


fpr


conslderal]le : pefspnal!


R


ain came on again, more heavily'.' I t dripped from the leaves and splashed heavily on the


^ a s s and me. The river hissed Its welcome to the steady downpour, A bat Investigated the bowl of my


pipe and disliked my taste In tobacco. A large moth also dis-|'


approved.- I began rather to dislike i t myself.


When I knocked It out against a


tree, the wet earth received the hot ash with sizzling protest. Meanwhile I kept my eyes on the


dim.boulders a t the far endjOf the pool, noting th a t the ishadpws became more and more | convulsive


on .the surface of the deeps.. When the rocks began to play


games rising out of the'water and turning soniersaults I decided my eyes were getting tired, and closed


them. I t was rather difficult to oper them again. So I returned downstream to thf


thundering bite I” Norman replied. He didn’t seem as cheerful as earlier,, but his resolution was un­


fishermen. ‘‘Any luck?” I called. “ Not £,.


daunted. Fred was brighter. “ I ’ve had'i;


feel of one or two,” h e . repoftpd. A little later he called out th a t he’d “ got one on,” and I went along to watch him. play It.


“ Feels like a nice sea trout,” Fred


said with .the confidence of a man Who, two' nights before, really had


landed a 2L-lb. mort. Anyhow ft turned out to be a ve:


was agreed th a t another halft-houi Would be enough. For it was stll, raining, and' getting darker. Indpe anyone leaving ,a bright room, foi the lane or field,would have caller


It pitch-black. ;


trees; There/was loveliness In jihli nocturne, too. One could trace; thi outline bf -hllis against the sombr


We could still see the river am


. The soft bulk of a coppice Inithi middle distance was yet dlscernlbf


sky ’’ ' i ' ' ' I ■


I n . the foreground trees swaye' gently over'the singing stream. Few sounds competed with


thfe


beat of raindrops. The owls had been silent foif ai


hour. Occasionally came the tire' bleat, of sheep. 'The cattle s^oo moodily under the dripping tfeei The herons remalned-sleeplng li their high nests. No, duck appebre'


or called. As I stood on the bridge all


heard, apart from the rain |wa the withdrawal of the flshermep with a Solitary trout betiyeep


them.


His companion agreed, "You m u r come with us again on a fine night, they-Invited.


We went home to the scales i ant ' , | i


the silver tray, and, my host haVlni a wile who adds kindly understandj-


Ing to a sense of humour, also to ho^ coffee and biscuits. Then wejwpp, the war In detail, settled the affairs of the universe, and at 3-20 I weiit


to bed. very content. Dally Post.’ ’ (By “ F.D.,” in a series of article ;■ I


children,, but We had not time find but as the Serbs were shobjng at us from, a hill. Thls made ]W11]' nervous, and he shot her to mak


: Greece Is-described a i ‘ a land of her keep quiet.” i , L


swine and sheep, wh,ere thereis nothing worth while except oHvesJ | Another entry: “The old ;m ^


cried out that It was an apeient chapel, but Wllll didn’t warit t steer rouiid It and pumped a 'shell


‘Into It to clear It from our pa.th.| | “ Athen is a pigs’ town which to Germany 'Would not be wbrthy Of being called a village.”


I


“ Around the Countryside,” In ■ recent Issue of “ The Lancashire


‘‘ Not a good night,” said Normaij.


■REMEMBER that the pewly-dls- charged man has no effective


voice on pensions or the conditions of his return to civil life except the British'Leglbh. To help him, the Legion adopted the policy | of the open door to all ex-Servlce men of this war. The advance gbard is already entering as hon. members If serving, or as full members, if


discharged, so join now! MI .any, men who have served In [


thld war have benefited by the £200 for ( every working day, obtained through the Legion Pension Depart- merit throughout the. twenty-one months of hosUUties. Thi^ Is the amount granted by the Government on claims submitted and substanti­ ated by the Legion on behalf; of men who have served In the fighting forces, th e ‘widows of the! fallen, and orphans and dependants. The Brdnch committee appeals] to all


,■ men who are being discharged from i ,H.M. Forces to get In touch''with the Branch secretary with]a view to their case being submitted to the Pension Department. Do it now!


, Which have passed "the hands of the Pensions Depart'


J JER E are three pension posers through


' ment, and published in the 'British Legion Journal.”


A 'Tyneslder was Invalided out of ^


the Army last April, suffering from nervous shock, and unable to do any kind of work. The doctord at the hospital certlfled-that the man had a 'i “psychosis,” which ilrqbably puzzled him and his friends, more than a little. A psychosis is the sort of thing a man may develop, even If 'he Isn’t in the army. The Pen­ sions Ministry decided that It coiildn’t possibly be due to Ibis war service and refused him a pension. When the Legion got in touch with the man’s C.O. they found that kiiew nothing about the mkn hav­ ing a “psychosis.” What he did krtow was that the man ha,d fallen down a chute In the course of, his duties and Had beeh sent to hospital suffering from severe shock-and


other Injuries. The man. Who has a Wife and child, now gets a 100 per cent, pension of £2 8s. 9d] weekly, and the Le^oh has procured tor him , £135 ;cash arrears,


j • . ' # * ,


August last year, with ri' died in November. The Mil Pensions having decided in! .October that his condition was not attrib­


lAnother soldier Invalided out in


utable to service..there was ho pen­ sion. His medlcar history showed that he had been a sufferer from nephrltlU, off and on, long before the war. However, the Legion con­ tended that war service had very materially aggravated his condition and hastened hlU death, T]hey sub­ mitted evidence that lor six months he served In France as a driver In the Royal Engineers, travelling


about In siiow and frost ajnd all kinds of bad weather, ahd sleeping as best he could. Thereupon thi Ministry revised its previous yetdlci and gave the widow full pension for herself and one child, 31s. ’weekly, with £26 cash arrears.


* * After six months of correjspond


ence and interviews, the Legion Pensions Department has a t last obtained compensation for a civil Ian mess orderly, an' N.C.O. of the last war, who served with the R.A. Owing to camp conditions he, had to be Issued with gum boots, and the weather was so atrocious that he had to wear them all day. His feet began to hurt him; his toes became septic; Unable to walk In five days, he developed'gangrene, and it was found necessary to amputate the leg above the knee. The Weir Office, required stringent proof In' ..a case such as this. The Legion kept at It until It won the day. and the War Office has now admitted jllablllty and paid the man.comphsation. : # * '


r '


Pensions during last month. One has reference to members] of the armed forces who are !lrij,ured or killed by enemy action when not on duty. ’There cases will now be dealt with underlthe War Penslo IS War­ rants instead of under the Clvlllana scheme as hitherto: This conces­


fpWO Important concessions were, •*- announced by the' Mlmstry of


sion will be retrosoectlve. ,! # *


*


passed by Recruiting Boards as fit for service,! and subsequently inval­ ided, disabled, but refused (pension. The Ministry has; decided that tvhere effective service Is found to have caused a degree of aggrava­ tion in a previously' existing con­ dition, the fact of discharge result­ ing from ' that condl|lon would justify him In regarding the aggra­ vation as material], thus bringing the, egse within the; scope of the Royal; warrant. Thjs concession, which applies to men who were definitely nassed as fit pn| recruit­ ment or mobilisation for par ser­


The other concerns men itho were


vice, Is also to be retrospective‘In Its application. I t will not j apply to cases of Ineurasio or psychosis, which will continue or recommend­ ed by a conjimittee of specialists to be dealt with primarily by way of treatment.


ALF. WOOD. Secretary, , i


63, Whalley Road, Clltheroe. H OM IN G .


RACE 'FROM WORCESTER.


03: Webster '(bee) 1128:45; Wrigley and Sons 1113.51, 1104.16; Burgess and Son 1070.20, 1068.08; Bell' and! Howarth 1037.66; Cowperthwaite 1020.21; Bell


CLITHEROE H.S.: Hall (kbed), 1141. and Howarth 1008.86. i


nice trout of perhaps 12 ounce; I ’ve just had It for tea, and cai pronounce It excellent. The time was now 12-30 and 1|


ance of the Military Service Act by requesting,men of military age ^ produce their registration cards or


TWENTY-nVE YEARS AGO The Police assisted In the ofeery-


items from our ISSUE OP SEPTEMBER 1st. 1916.


army papers to bona fldes. On the night of August 26th, police from Burnley, atcom- panled by spsclal constables, visited


a dance room In the town and re­ quested the men to produce the necessary papers or cards,


over 200 men were formally . In at the Clltheroe Recruiting


sworn Office. T . I t was stated th a t ; a man at


, Shoreditch had asked for an ex- r emotion because he had a pianola ■on hire. Whereas most men had home ties, his were chords. !


; On Sunday, the 3rd, the Rev. J. C. X f


I Rector of Slaidburn. Some months ; previous he had been offered a more lucrative benefice, but so happy had been his relations with the jpeople of all denominations of Bpwlahd that he acceded to a petition remain at Slaldbum.


Garnett, Rural Dean of IWest Craven, celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of his appointment p


X The fpilowlng were successful


In five days from August 26tlL, X


ments, ■ as also for aiiy portion of trade union subscriptions definitely allocated for superannuation bene­ fits;. If at the end of the financial year In 'April 1917, It was found that the total Income had been less'than £130, all tax th a t had been paid was to be recoverable.


X ' How Private Richard Baker, a


Low Moor soldier and a Lewis gun­ ner hi the East Lancashire Regt., met his end in Francb, was told In letters received by Mrs. Wrlgley, 96, St. Paul’s-street. Twenty-two years of age, he went to France In Decem­ ber. 1914. . Lance-Corporal Duck­ worth wrote: “ I t was on the night of August 8th that the Germans sent poison gas over our position. Dick must have got a dose before he got his helmet on; but he.-stuck at his post until morning in spite of out efforts to’ get him to go to hos­ pital. He had to give up In. the morning, but he was too f dr gone to pull through, and he died the same


I ,-f


to In


the Clltheroe School Centre Cam bridge Local examinations: R. H. Bailey, F. Kay, D. S. F alrw^b er . F : Porter, G,,.F. Byrne, H. S, Cole­ man; F.Dlxon, W, Marsh, F. S. Par­ kinson; ,E. Rlddlough, J. F. Robffi- son, E., Standring, and W. F. Wilson,


+ The Germans claimed the


in th e : Jqtland; naval battle: got home first!


X


“ ■The''Value of Waste” was the subjeCtpf an article In our columns


'by Private Donald Parkinson, +


, Another name was added to Gls- I burn’s casualty list, that of Private I Edgar Gornall, formerly employed On the estate, who died In France on July 27th, from syncope.


, ' i X.


inconie tax under the new quarterly a r ra n g ^ e n t were In course of pre­ paration. All manual workers In receipt of weekly wages came under the scheme, the classification of “ manual ” being the same as that under the National Insuranfee Act. The first quarter dated from April 6 to iJuly 5, and only those who earned at least £ 3 2 10s. durlpg that period were liable to pay tax; Of those, earning th a t amount, |a per­ son with no children had to pay on all silrplus earned above £30; with one child on earnings above £36 fe.; two children, £42 10s. ;1 three children, £ 4 8 '15s.; four children, £55; each Were


1716 first claims for payment! of


vlctJry They


Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cox, Llttlemopy House, Clltheroe, died of wounds In the South African General Hospital at Abbeville, bn August 24th. David was attached to the 5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.


Private C. D. H. Cox, eldest son.of ■ , X ■ Waddington suffered a loss on'.the


battlefield In France by the death In action of I Sergeant Albert Herd. 22-years-old son of Mr. J. Herd, grocer and corn factor. He was one of the first recruits to answeriMr, Tunstall’s appeal for recruitS ; being attached to;the Duke of Welling­ ton’s West Riding Regiment on the 9th September, 1914,


i X . ■ ■ i


Church for the half-yearly pflze- glvlng, the Rev, E, H. Apperley iread the P.SA. R611 of Honour, on which


When the P.S.A. met at Wesley


'were 97 naihes. Mr. W. Birch was In the chair, the-Mayoress' (Mrs. Whlpp) presented the awards, and the address F. E. Blake.


was given by <he Rev.


urated the !ehrolment of nay vies, labourers and men accustomed to work in the building trade, to form a new Labour Squad. '


The Ministry of Munitions Inaugr ! + ‘ Mr. Joseph Taylor, of ’’ Spidng-


wood,” Whalley, agent for the Clerk Hill estate for the Exors. of S. Long- worth, was bereaved by the qeath of, Mrs. Taylor, which occurred on August 29thl Mrs. Taylor Was In her seventy-lthlrd year, i


+ A second d e a th 'a t Whalleyf, on


and so on, adding £6 |5s. lor additional child. Deductions made for life Insurance pay-


the 29th, was that of Mr. William Briggs, King-street, aged 69 years.j Tbsslde, to o.. lost' a well-kno.'wn resident, on I the 24th, In the person of Mr. William Wilson, of Manor Hqpse, aged'62 years.


BRITISH LEGION NOTES


Kibble FARM ER S ’


ness with which they approach their new resp msibllltlps Is reflected In the eageness.wlth which they now,


portant to


work In' food prb luctlon Is so Im- the coi


j " ^ . w: i.,.probl(


ms to


assemble, often with Government experts and advisers, to learn from


Farmers’ Union, a well-attended meeting was held at the Station Hotel, on Tuesday'night; to discuss the problem of ai able cropping and the best means )f utlUslng grass­ land, Nt. T. Wood presided .and the meet ng was addressed by Mr. C. R. Ingham, of Padlham, and Mr. G. B. Wells, the County organiser, both of whom represent the Lanca­ shire Wai Agflcultural Committee.


each oth ir’s experience, and gam flrst-hani i Information. Under the auspices of the Clltheroe and Bow-, land brmch cf the National


i l ^ s i C T D o i tY . . A H f iP S T . . 2 9 l l f e . ' ........................


E A R L Y TO F I l


P L C ^ T JG H IN G THEj NATION’S'


LARDER BRITAIN’S coipi crops have been the, pride of the countryside this year.


Nature’s bouity; has responded to the skill and toll of man]. But the fine crops with w iicb we have been blessed are no mere aeddent.j.' They represent. careful plant Ing; patient attention and clever mana§ einbnt; wnat we have been reaping now was conceived before the last harvert was]' gathered. , , .


results are .


This plam ingi'is essential if the best t o be obtamed, for it makes


possible the early plbughing and the early sowing that havp such an import­ ant influencj upon the success of the future crop. Many bn acre that has delighted the bye thi^ summer would not have been half so fine if •the plough had not con e into the field last season as the harvest wag^oM left it. _


WC'canho; begin top soon to prepare lor the har-est.iof 1942, which may be


'even more impbrtant than this year’s. All land sritable for wheat must he cropped witi wheat—^wen at 'the ex­ pense, of otter crops, slthough on dairy farm's the needs of tlie cows must be provided fcr. Oats will be required not only foi farm ne«B but for'human consumption and for horses in towns and mines. Immediately, therefore, the fields are cleared of ':om, the plough must be set to work again.


stubbles fit for ploughing without prior cleaning operations, and these can be tackled first. Time is l he essence of the matter, and every acre of land that can be sown In September must be sowi) in September. There vlll be plenty of time for sowing other land later, after the potatoes and the beet are up; with such land, well cultivated and in good heart, liber lies can be iaken and'sowing carried out In Novemler or even later, Early-cu tlvstlon g'ves the to d Its


Most farners have! at least some


best chanc^ to be cleared of weeds and prepared for the nei:t crop, and the sooner the seed can be got Into the ground the more quickly and stiqngly will it establish Itself. This wlll.be par­ ticularly hylpful in resisting wireworm attack.


WOMEN B LAMED.


ette shpriage by t r e Vicar of St. John’s, (Jielsea, tpe Rev. W. B. Chalmers.


Womejn are blam( d for the cigar­


looks,”, says'the Vlcir. In his parish magazine'


“ Excess


be no higher than t are probably the


tanlcal vlqw of life, man mid


Is seen Wherever, one


woman would appear to smoke. Women .reater culpritsi


“ Without'taking a purl- the chief end of


I t Is a verV'-Severe lildlctment on the so-called Women of bur land that men find dlfflculf In procuring smokes a', this time


An enthusiastic audience filled


the Public Hall on the night of the 3rd, at a concert in which famous artistes took jrart; Madam Alwina IVallerl, soprano Miss Eleanor Rees, contralto; Mr. Orlando , Harley, tenor; Slgqor Foil, bass; and Mr. Luigi Ardlti, solo pianist and accom­ panist;


, . . j I 4 - , « Miss Rhodes, of Manchester^ was


Installed as school mistress at Chat- burn In succession to Miss Taylor, who had marrted.


The 20th annual show of the Cll­


theroe Cottagers’ Vegetable Society was held at! the Commercial'Inn, Salford. Chief winners were Hy. Tomlinson, R. Benson, T. Penny, R. Embley, J. HJ Hanson, and T. Tom­


linson. '


' ,11 ' + There was an exciting incident


at Brungerley, where three ladles and two gentlemen had hired a boat. The river was much s’wollen after rain storms.' Mr. D. Tucker had a t first ]declined to .accede to the party’s request for the boat, but as they assured him tha t they were quite competent to take , care of themselves, being accustomed to boating,' he reluctantly consented, strictly cautioning them to keep to the left side of the rlyer and gd up through the first arch bf the bridge and return the same Way. This they promised to do, but failed to keep the promise, for they proceeded through, thei central arch and. In attempting, to turn above the bridge were caught jby the current, which carried them' against the pillar an(i


: overturned the craft. Two ladles and one of] the gentlemen were washed off and carried downsWeam but the other'two clungjto the boat. A Clltheroe young man who was on the river bank- attempted to retoue the ladles, blit found the stream too strong; and!returned to assist In putting off another boat. The man In the water-j-member of a Burnley


swimming club—managed to reach the two ladles and succeeded In keeping their heads above' water untlll the trio were picked up:by the - brothers Tucker and Thomas Duckett;, Dr] A. W. Mussdn had to be called to one of the ladies, who with,the other two, passed the night at Mr. Tucker’s. The. boat - was smashed beybnd repair. - ^


• ' i ■ , I ' "h


was returned at an Inquest at the Blackburn Infirmary pn Miss Louisa Waddicor, of Bury, aged 30, a mem­


A verdict of “Accidental death”


MORE Valley^s Share, i


TASK A ND M EET


has bi ought mafay new


farmers, whose itry. The serious­


H OW IT .


'


ber of Mrs, Dawson’s household at the Whalley Arms, Whalley. who succumbed j at the Infirmary to burns and shock, caused by the overturrilng] of a candle which Ignited her night attire. She had relatives, at 'Barrow, i


] ' . ' ' j 4" '■ , The death of Mr. Charles Long-,


worth, the 30-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Longworth, of Clerk ljllll,( Whalley,I followed aa unfortunate accident]


X Other deaths recorded-were


Mary J^ne Heyes. Low Moor, aged' 20; Florence'Smithies, Dbwnham, aged.7; Alice Thornber, Hall-street, Clitheroe, jaged 49 ;| Fanny Hall, Chatbiirn,' aged 31 ;| and Howget Holgatb, Waddington, aged 50.


' ■ Lord'Ribblesdale addressed a pub­ ! 1 ii i ' '


.menclrig, afresh', under’ the n ew '; regime;! Doubtless ;the youngsters would .less readily appreciate; the assisted,' education scheme than thq- brief I hpllday which, ushered It In,


lic meetliii^.at Gisburn on the hro*. .visions! pf.lthe new Free Education Act. Children in Clltheroe elemen­ tary schools were given a holiday;.' on the Monday previous to com-


Six def^ndants-fnne a licensees- • ,Sunday! . _ . .


[Were'suminohed for a breach of the' (jlosing Act, by being,on


_


licensed premises during prohibited hours.!'' nearby so theii County jable to 'been a , . and. In accordance wlth the prevails ent custom, the landlord and the friends jbf the departed had been to church on the Sunday, morning.: Some ofithe men had walked good;: idlstiances in order to attend' the !servloe,j which was longer, than had 'been anticipated, and when, but of , ifurtherl itespect':-; to] the deceased ;they; adjourned 'to the Inn and irefreshfed themselves at the Invlta-, ition of I the provider of the dinner oh the I day of .the funeral,, Itj was,


jcertalnly disturbing to see a. police 'Constable enter and learn th a t they ii would tie reported! The! drink had been paid for by the person who 'gave the dinner. The Chairman 'remarked tha t while the Bench did :hot believe defendants were con- jsclously: breaking the law. yet some- notice of the offence must be taken] ,The. cases would be disthlssed -on. I payment of costs. “ What an argu- Iment fbr shorter sermons!” was a. 'sarcastic comment.


- ■■..' .■• -"iii In New Food Campaign T H E Y W IL L


machine must deal with 1,000 acres, so th a t farmers would realise, the


Committee did not want any wasted time. They sought the co-operar tlori of the farmers In this matter, asking them' to start first time In he morning] and put In a full dajl’s


work as sqon as the machines reached their farm.> I t was rather tempting, on a dairy farm, for some oTthe staff to slip away about three o’clock to,carry on with the milk­ ing, but he! asked them to make sacrifices In order to finish tfie Job


as quickly as possible, and allow, the machine to be taken to the ; next farm.


: ' , In regard to the compulsory


last a similar faimers’ meeting was held in (Jllthero'! he had to stress the seriousness )f the food situa­ tion, owing to- the battle of the Atlaritlc. Much the same situation existed t)-day, for although last season they- sta :ted with certain reserve stbeks, this time they started from‘Scratch and'once again ttie fanfaers would haVe to rely malhly upon their own efforts to provide foodstuffAtor tbelr stock. Visiting' various parts of the County, hC'had been greatly impressed by what he had seen bn the land, and wished to congratulate tlie farming com­ munity generally upon the fine efforts pUt forw ird last year. Even at high altitudei, excellent crops of kale, roots, anc other greenstuffs for cattle had teen grown,;and oh behalf ofuhe Lejncashlre War Agri­ cultural.'Committee. he wlshed.to thank all the farmers for' the splendid i^ervlce they had rendered, not only ........................... country. The tlbie


MORE PLOUGHING . NEEDED. Mr. Ingham t recalled that when


to themselves, bu t to the h a l now arrived to


discuss tlhe pngramme for next year and a survey of all the farms was being made. This year, Lan^ cashlre had to find 25,000 more acres fori the plough. In his par­ ticular area, 3,0(^0 acres of grassland were required for arable crops. It was from the nch land , of the Ribble ■galley th a t they would largely have to make up their quota. Having to meet Increased demands from the Ministry, farmers had to face Up to the'questlon, “What are we going] to dolwith our ploughed land;?” and Mr. Wells-would be able to five tliem ]some- excellent advice In th a t direction. A new system ol ratloiilng had been Intro; duced, aAd ploughing and rationing would have to l e fitted together.


THBESHING.


Deallnfi with the -difficulty of securinglthresnlng, machinery, Mr.


Ingham said that this year the scheme 'lad b:en properly o rgp ^


Ised. with cerialn machines allo­ cated td cerhln parishes. Each


culling of stock, Mr. Ingham pointed out that the Idea behind the scheme was that farmers should get rid of all the cattle on their farms they not not the foodstuffs to keep, Farmers were also urged to buy their lime as quickly as possible, as prices would begin to rise. The Ministry recommended . ground limestone, because] It saved coal and labour in burning.


i


THE BEST I APPROACH. Mr. Wells'said tha t at th e ja s t


meeting he stressed the importance of home-grown fobd on the dairy farm and made se/eral suggestions as to suitable crops. Mr. Ingham had mentioned that this year they had another 25,000] acres to Plough, and In the Clltheroe district this would mean plbughing an add! tlonal five per cent, of their land. As to the best method I of cropping the farm, a great deal would depend upon individual circumstances. For Instance, oi^ some bf the hilly farms the question, of re-tseedlng would have.toj be considered. Our climate was not'isultable lor the, growth of any large acreage of corn crops, particularly', on . the, hlgher.-lylng ground, where the season was generally Jblrly late before they could make]: a start. Farmers would now be wondering


what erbps to sow bn the additional ploughed land. The easiest crop would be oats, and here each farm had to have’ Individual consldera' tlon. On some farms. It would be possible to lay down 60 or 70 per cent, of oats, but bn other farms only a limited area would be suit able for arable farajing. some of the land i lacking the necessafy depth of soll and being too damp. I t was Impossible' to work unduly wet land fbr arable cultivation. On some farms, where there was limited cultivated land, and where weeds seemed, to be gaining the upper hand, the Question of re-seedlng would have! tp be considered. Acidity (vas the problem on some other farms ,but In th e ' Clitheroe area they were' 'sufficiently near the limestone tO'PUt th a t matter right. Many farmers had taken advantage of the land fertility scheme and got their land Into , good fettle. , I t would be'futile to’ talk about grow-, Ing barley on soufi land, or; lor that matter, wheat ,w^ilch could stand a little bit more acidity than barley.


crop of oats,'followed by a root'., crop,,the question would arise ofi chdoslhg the crop for the third, yea'r. , ,'This should be an appro-] priate time to seed down. He sug­ gested that for their first, crop bni


E


ne'jvlyj-iiloughed land should ■ bn; oats--“ lYlelder ”: was one of the best ;Vafletlek he could recommend ^ for- stahdlng up—and then possibly they cofid follow with. roots, or forage, and sovr down the following spring. Farmers should not 'be sowing land down to permanent seed unless they ■ were, giving It the necessary dress­ ing of jlme. , Permission could be obtained to apply a certain amount of phosphatlc manure. Re-reeded' land, ofj course, would have the first call on I any phosphates available,'


“Dbnt’ spoil: the ship for a


ha’porth of tar,” was Mr. 'Wells’s advice bn this particular point. ]


po ta to c r o p ACREAGE. Turning to the potato crop, Mr.


Wells said that: In Lancashire this year there would be 45,000' acres of p o ta t0 . Last spring, he advised farmere In the area to devote a small space to potatoes, because he felt It jwould be one of the most useful crops on the farm. Potatoes did well In this particular district and were excellent ag a cleaning crop. I I f they would look after, the weeds in the early stages, then the potatoes would look after the weeds in the later stages of growth. Last year there Was a surplus of ,potatoes which could be bought at a reason­ able priie for stock feeding. Pros­ pects fbr potatoes were also,'good ^thls ybar, but* before they could' guarantee a surplus, the question of late blight and other factors had to be taken Into consideration. He advised all ]farmers , to grow potatoes, because-the time might come when the War Agricultural Committee would havd to Insist on a certain acreage being devoted to potatoe's on each farm.. I t was always jwlse to be on the right side. He also eskejl that farmers would be precise ip filling In their returns, as carelessness In; regard to odd half acres could make a big . difference to the [scheme 'for the whole area.


FABlviEBS AND RATIONING. In a reference to the new system


bf ratlbnlrig; Mr. iWells pointed out that id future, It. would be closely linked jwlth ploughing, so far as the fafmers were concerned.' The new schemA worked on the principle


that tlje farm should provide main­ tenance for the first half gallon of milk. ,


It,would pay tl^e farmer to go In for some cereal crop, such as oats, for, the first year, so that he could make] use'of I his oats and oat-straw^; was essential that farmers shbuldj plough their land according to the regulations, and make the best possible use of It by growing feed­ ing^ stuffs for their own advantage.


J Where the land was suitable Many questions were asked, after]'


Mr, Wells’s address, the farmers, dlscusklnfe their own personal ex-i perlence's and problems. Several] polntsiwere raised which Mr Ingham, promised to bring to the notice of; the Government department con­ cerned, in order to get a ruling on the matter.


’ . The thanks of the meeting were


expressed to Mr. Ingham and Mr. Wells] on the proposition of the


Chair nan, seconded by Mr. w. Covpertffwalte.


' ■ PTABIffi CROPS.


tlie land was reasonably the farmer had taken a


The offence occurred Ih A village. All their, trouble,* solicitor told the Clltheroe’ ■ Magistrates, was attribute t


• wln-Chaml-------- , S


only the ;otner day Lady Oxiotd and., ' Asquith, on? of the cleverest svomen bf !


i. With the greatest.respectr-flddlestl®I- ‘Jhe man who gave uSMunlchiwas, with; his predecessor, the main cause of our needing Munich.' When this'warils over we shall be asked to go dowp on our hands and knees to bur statesmen for


a| long; sermon. There h ad . .■ funeral during the week .ccordanc


' winnmg the war for,,(is. We piwu u c them a debt'We can never repay. [So we shall he told,! Oun Parllam/entorlans will be 'voting'theip a grant ; but of public monies. ;Apart from thelwt that thCfwar will be won by the British rank and file, whethbr in Qie Arinyjthb Navy br the Air Force—they have the toaUob of work to do—any credit'due to our statesmen Will be twlce canoellediout by their criminal negligence In standing by With their arms toloed while .Hitler got


JiCuAUd .cauv*. fUAUba vw -w* fAH he


•


- was described by Mr; Baldwin.asi|a wai- monger because he; told'the IGovem- menf on the ' floor! of the HoUse'iaf;. Commons howi'rauch Hitler 'was]spejid‘-


ready to take the wprid by the threat. More than ,bnce .Iri ;this columh I Have' pointed:but that MrJ Winston Churchill-


. . . . . . ,


l l , ttotl]


ing on rearmament. 'Events haile imown' th a t ' ■


' great Churehlll — ........_________ nls share of .criticism. I f he |kt lew as much as he 'jwas presumed to know


n o t ,_________


reused the people to the perUs that were accumulating front or them] j *


toould have stomped the ebunt,


desks can win the war, let its give them everv; .credit, but having'done so we must put the credits and]debits in the scales ahd see w weighs the pther] ' i


feo far as these men sitting alt their , , .


'happened. IThby; had the power'limder the peace, terms of the Great War to


But forthelr bl]indn'esa aifi Inhlflerehce as a whble, this war would never have


Q C A t n V i A l a f V i I e ' m n ' o m a S i a 'v U a « . a


stop the Hltlerl gang, and .If liecessary they should.have, marchbd to Berlta. To blame the public, td say thellpubllc would not have stopd for It is humbug.


' Jed that same public, by I denying- that toere.waa.any likelihood ;of war; deny­


I f , the public ybuldn’tstand for,If* it was because our statesmen completely nfis-


, ■ ^


.did they not khow? ! What Were they there for? Why'were'they'ipSld.so many thousands aiyear to let th? Brilr public In for; the greatest rebtas- history ?


possibly give my readbr with hWquery t _ ___ _____


■ Hitler regime, ithls is my answfi'.:. I qulto believe there will be a patty: bf Mtl-Hltlerltes to Germany willing to jump into the saddle' the mombnt Brlt-


TC^r who queries Whether there are not many In Germahv opposed'to the


tropfie im their - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In


soniethlng to think about;


' prepared to jump oEf of the saddle the I moment those Junkers, who- have nto '.G«,nn8ny tor at'least a ceritury find a half, reappear, end jilmp outwltliat so


.must be treated as’h criminal nation I t


J


Is high tlm» “v“ i'’ ............. Knse that we Are fightlr- Mdhls gang ofassasslns,


, anroppe


; affected and contaminated'by thb aitler ■


, paratlve ui uuin nave n


. JJew Order must be mined and bloW: up. Never agalnimust he'and mi gang ^.allow^ to Inflict such suffering tor indulge lh,6uch: barbarities as are com- parawe only with the tortures of f ledle-


and',his so :allp


1 -^1 2^ te^y-b™>and and B^gliui. [ Ho barbarities,: In the history the


Blovakla/^ Yugo-slavlA, to say! noth o?* I 'fn. ' ' ' ’


, ^ not, to be depended-upon. |TOy? I


davfi been" feared


^ bettor] and worse Germans, tofe best ‘besqrib and'daughtersbhhese


k' Gemans are a race ipai ffiem. I And while there


any EngUbh .family, ypu jmow; ^here reme are Latour and some are Tory, .Note hpwjllving together makes them


' !


! their fathers; antl-Hltler'though i M are reluctant, to assert themi


'.They are half-hearted becausb ! chUdren would be Against them.' ; saticipated thls'when he got hold


‘ ’


' rniootw?'i nf


i nres,^ these decent Germans. | I Their ehlldren are all Nazis. , ,That ii


fircaediahely those JuiiKikers' heads above their port-war


elves, their ■Jltler )fthe


why they


are asked to t^ s t 'wUl .sbll thj^pare beware* If we are


^riy ner flrat sentence, . She'* ^hem: m if my j adult life Im spent In Germany, 1 know tha


curringOermaii'dreara S t o


out of history bnceTndtor aUli we are to have peace; Nazism Isl


a smoke rereenlbehlnd,which thi man war leaders prepare to mak dream a reality;’ ]


' i CANCELLING CULTURE]


- I'WHAT must never be lost sight ' ’ T: those who prefer , t o


.past evertthlhgl but w6rd£ cure.for German;


will be tofluenced |by nothWg el •anearlier----------


action acHon, action.


decltoe students


'T'Ihe crlm


is quite another Germany as well i is Nazi Germany,,^ that such f '' % the older generation.'whlc]


believe I..


of by there


—„.jhy's madness Is h’qtion. I


lany In


*


woros. Anq the unWal Ge, ’


T -i? is, 'll [Ot


i.thei decent, G e r ^ s we


a s ^ free; nation. Listen to note'pattlcu-


It wllfbe.fhfe end


a re- ' ottod ever lerely Ger- that


-lows been


^..wlth these German antl-fmier- Other’s political cree'd. with the storlf j they Poland, ask dzecHo-


Jeast eighty millions, all except' few of whom; have


^ c h as .making a decent 'flght'lOf-lt. ■Ihat Is why I say this criminal hhtloh


3— 5,-0 -icJsasslns. We ai? flghtr ibe German nation, ainatloi


been


tlme„we 'dropped the inon- I fighting only (Hitler


wiuiujai iuaiion.


... at Cow-


ing that there was any urgency: about our re-anhament.^; If It Is said these statesmen did pot know dlfferentJy, why


TM .may To! another


.......... . .5 1' -


—and he did,] even more^He 'W'ls not justified In lett(ng;the matter rest, with a few'*^futile 'protests In ParlF— '■ Like Lord J Roberts before ' 19


,c‘Saqmi| aildl


through Munich, he ; secured! fop us a a twelve mbnths’iiesplte.! But not a word ,


doomi Wbuld have been jeaiedj 'He would nave, blown us off the i'eartp. Chamberlain was madd'a hero.because,


planes, guns]and;tanks; Hitlerhadsix h pr&tlon while we dldhbthlng.


Many Uiough we undoubtedly we have nbwhere


while the Nazis were: have nbwhere ' near ; Snp'


slept, r idy.


ea' e biigh .air­ e had more like twice sjx rom


; of mi readers, referring ito my ------- .i. I,—, —. i i , o u j . not


Nazll deve.


.the .1 seat! mani the'f


Sg , Bepil doorl dthel educl Jewil try Oen Its 't. panel


. ‘"Thnes,” wrbt? of 'the;laating]gratltude' ™ we -owed to Mr. Neville 'Cnaihberlaln; because of Munich.' Events'hhd Shorn. she said, the real value of Munich'


s- to why that respite was peCesrery. her generatioil, in!^a letter; to 'th e , the


L O tW iG b a c k RFTY YEARS AGO


ITEMS FROM OUR ISSUE OF iSEtTElffiER 4th,| 189L


p i 1" ’S Fake Te£ i’ IS


N EW g e n e r a t i o n ^


CAREY


btia]J Ow6’


■inded 'esren


Tnei fie


shcel fman I


fain whlcU


A'iral Gere. scienl pbrfq idea cc uni tlnef


toellftl Pbwel copiel JiWkl saturl thesel cehtiA


dealU militi


Sbclal blghel ttmt.l thfelEl The J Offleed encoii


-fm, and Bussla-7ndt themselVes—get Hitler out of; It. And toey wlU be tebliallv


mdchl twpnti 'Prei


Je vs,'I holy I of’ coj th! 1 Pnba.


NezIbI 19l4..;l


toLv. BnU.J|


wig gravel


totefnl Wiehl


iMidH unlve: be& prmeij


,tlon hw


fophd Engla.. of 1 foil studetL atlGfl sclentil


cW'e; L 'THerel


found! whole


ofOpri were t | they hi


were men


ofijWb theieh tlste. i ,have. I


bugl


^ r d ! r New 0 | thtruth;,"


msdlM dub tbi


jvHerei


and (1 Inrtrul


SMeration . of | G(ermans a^j^telng J™w^.^wlth np other ideas jwluhelr th ^ that Germany wluibbto the


to toL __ edUbati]


serfs ... thp clid book an


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