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Yoii‘caff get.a Ic^et'j about t]be GOvemmeni ofier fropi your County_War Committee or-your’merchiit; ' This contaibs hints on storing Sulphatj of Ammonia.-i/- - ) 1 : - ^


a top, tossing of Sulphate of Ammonia to growing crops as f


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- you will_ need "ifor the next twelve}bionths.- Storage is.' . . noWf easy provided you take the;-simple;precautiohsi ' contained''in'the leaflet.


Now is the tim^ito; order-all the^Sulphhte-of Anmonia i i-x ■:! t> - '.


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: [t Is' a sort of paradox, but it is true, I !we are never more-in danger than i-j-when we: think ourselves secure, nor an reality more secure than


jwheh, we. ^seem to; he most in idanger.vr-Wm. Cowper m “Kittens -and the'V-iper.”


Is only Just beginning, so far as the Allied; Nations’ productive effort Is concerned. . Unless the Germans canibe “ punctured" on the homp front: j.there 1^ nothing in the Im­ mediate outlook to suggest that the warj will be oY,er this yeaj or next year. iPolltlcal and military repu- tatlonk at home, built on nothing In particular, are collapsing. People are Irefuslng tp. take, these reputa- tlonb for-granted. They pre not htead hunting ibut they are out to see: ( Similar ; conspicuous, failures avoided- In future. The .iruth Is that at presentwe have not a flrst- class brain either In the - political or military field. Soon'or late we shall have to lrecognlse that fact. The loiily way in which we can win thlslwir Is by|'sticking it until the .eneipylls exhausted. And If there- be any. talk of (ladling out financial rewards after, all Is over,'the British public ;must ijisa - In its righteous .wrathi...The .'pest- of , them ;from Churchill. downwards has- not earned a penny more than hls sal-


'avy; and most pf them at least flftjl per pent less than they have been paid! .John Gordon-Is.right when he tells Us we have organised our­ selves Into a sort of robotlsm which Is ironing the genius out of us. The


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r W^|can,stiII offer you aireasonable ratine oII^OuseholdGoods^economicallypriced- Goo^ value in Agricultural Ironmongery. -COME AND INSPECT, PLEASE!


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In !the meantime, until peace- comes again and can advertise “business as usual”, we thank ybu for-your patience.


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.We. h^ve Others who, are so afraid \of Ruksid that they prefer a negoti­ ated peace to one of complete vic­ tory,-blind as bats to th'e fact that a negotiated peace can only be a Hitler]- peace,', and that under a ;Hltler| peace they 'would have,less 'to hope ! for: th^n- under-a Sfalln peacej To-day qur fate Is bound up 'With Ijhe -fate: 01 Russia, and there Is no: point i In blinking ; a vital reality. As Ru^la enters -on'her secort^ - year: of war the task con­ fronting; us Is to develop, to the utrnos); limit' t tie. sp i r i to f ’ co­


sters.,! It Is: for tussla, the United- States! and: flrlta in- to see that vic­ tory does not e id ,.ln repudiation and ffuatration, as It;-did Iji 1919. That,can only be prevented by con-^ tlnulng" In treble wa^^lsiwoa.' It n


toperation,. The rupe of U941, sealed he doom ofiHUler and hlsi gang-i


harness after the ust'be,put beyond


- ’bus just approabhlng, hut the next ’bus too. I And ft does not end there.


.cranlps'all Initiative. Thd barking, biting-dogs are kept well away from power by this bureaucracy, which prefers ; lap. dogs.. Routine minds are not warTwfiinlng minds. War requires Ideas, push and go ideas,' revolutionary Ideas-, yes, even crazy; Ideat If i they dp but work.. Without .these vital necessities the war can only end when Germany is exhaust­ ed, when Germany collapses inter­ nally] which will bring its army scampering home as; in, 1918. ■ The enemy’s; weakest spot Is. Inside Ger­ many, which bV now '^e were going to have bombed to bits. A thousand ’planes 'a- night- for - two nights ! Then; the. Air Minister told, us we must! not expect them every night. We didn’t.- Bujt we did-not' expect them] to; end ali two nights. Always It is) jam yesterday- and;; jam to­ morrow,; never Jam to-day. As the former Prime Minister df 'Australia; one of the big ffve statesmen in the last war; Mr. W. M. Biughes, com-- ment$, wfc are given a dally dose of soothing syrup [Instead of facts, so; that when the Tobruks come along we are taken by surprise.' He might have (added that whenever a new Auchlnleck takes command pny- wherd the Presi never fall to trum­ pet it to the world that he is the best ever and knows pot defeat. I t wbuld be fir 1 more: featlsfactory ' if the papers were content to tell us what he has done to ['wln hls promotlop, and leave the rest over until an­ other! day. Then if he turns out to bef aj mug ■ the newspapers'- will escape being classed-as even bigger mugs] If he win through, there wilt be ample tlrael to give- him full credit for his achievements); Meap- whllej we are: Hampered by moss- growij minds -wh^o cannot belnduced to sep that every war begins where the last'left Ofi|, and' that he who, falls to keep abreast of:eyery devel­ opment, 1 especially the mechanical development, ■ not only misses the


least organised nation In the-world has lati one stroke become ovetr organised and (badly organised be- causfe we have depended for that organisation . bn . -a bureaucracy which is so rigid, narrow-visioned and isouUessly[regimented .that it


out responsibilities are everywhere, but 1 jnst.-.asfPresident -Roosevelt said .when his people clamoured for every yard of the;Amerlcan coast to be defended, ‘‘We have no intention even, of trying to do that,’'-so it Is for] our leaders, not -to attempt to defend: our Interests ithroughout the| world but only.In.the essential parts, lest lii! trying to stop, the enemy, everywhere wei succeed in stopping: him .nowhere..' Allowing for] these disabilities, the fact remains that we were assured ovef and over again from Cairo that we were more than wfelght for Rommel an4^that if he did not begin .his offensive soon; we should begin to wlpp him ■ out,' - Whatever commit­ ments-we - had In other- !quarters of thel-globe, we; were told we were equipped to mbet 'all emergencies in North Africa. ijThls episode In Libya has] rqused our people out of their ill-founded optimism. The-war was gi tp be over not only .this year almost this very month. . Now seen In 9I, truer perspective: It


you i.expect'When we. have .the endmy to meet In. every quarter of thd globe ?" That was how' this defeat was, put to me. -It com­ pletely begs the question., True,


CH' setrbackfi as Tobruk get everybody thinking. ■ ‘What can


Eum not faipt of heart.' .What doest thou ? . Up! let not. wearpiess over­ come thee.—Demosthenes.-


' .the power of any. one man or: any one nation to enslave the; rest of the world,: and that can only be accomplished by holding firmly together and ■ se e in g th a t ' the beastly Germans,! even If .they are allowed to live In comfort, cannot again; conspire to murder civilisa­ tion.


^ , THE CROOKED I COURSE.


Noi sooner did Prussia establish her rule over other | German • States thin she began a spy system which has- continued toi: this day. She ■began to spy on ;the; demagogues' and the democrats. ; So much so


,thit even t[ie King of Prussia was worried becausiihe had pfomlsed to grant the other States a' liberal- constitution. The. .best thinkers and authors were' - either drlVen Into exile or putiln'gaolj.- vrfth-.the


abput }8t6, two. years : after Napo­ leon, to 1848. The great national poet, Goethe, died In 1832. He was generally admired; but exercised nojinfluenqe .on the stubborn Prus-


flamM of revolt. ( And the shadow 01 (Blsmarek began to appear on


opposition piore than It fanned the ■


,1848, ij had Its effect In ” stimulated the


thq -wiW. iWhen ithe Crimean War brqke out In 1858; 1 the.young Bls- marck advised the Prussian Gov­ ernment; to k e ep ;, out, - and this adylce prevailed;:over that of the


°


helm in^thp Prussian State. Visits Ing London after; the Paris Exhlbl- Hoh of 1862, Bismarck told'Dlsraell he would (breakI up the ’.German


T, had taken the


follpwed, and the; sudden wealth it toropght—Bismarck saw that the- UTench paid-his; war-costs twice over—It was easier to make the Pru^Jso-Germari. (Empire appear' as a qoon to (a. modest and thrifty' people. German-'historlans began


.was beginning jhls career - as-' a twftter. When he wanted the 1870 war[ with, France 'he; manoeuvred Napoleon III Intoj declaring war on With (the victory which


sm.Mer( States of Germany, and crejite a new Refch lu'nder complete PrU|Ssian domlnince. : - Already he


the Raiser extended this Insurance to. sickness and Idls'ablement.. For the-working classes, as such,, the Kaiser did not-care two hoots,- but he' valued the. masses as cannon fodder. ■ While; he preserved the peaepi as he often boasted, for twentyrfive years he had decided militaristic leaning?, loved military splendour,, and; quietly* prepared- for. ‘[The Day ” |whlcft,iinterpreted, meant the day he would strike for world' predominance.. ;.The ‘ Day irrlved. In 1914, a little'earlier than he. wished,' andt so; he; was able to dupe] the world that he.was a lover of peace and to place the blame on none(^other. than; Klng. Edward 'VH; who 'had died! a| few years earlier. King Edward, he said, had *' enclr- (Cqntlnued loot .of next column);


Two spirits like those of the Kaiser and Bismarck could not run In doul le harness long. ;,So the Kaiser, got fid, of Bismarck,' but pursued the BIsmarcklan policy of treach-, ery land deceit.I.- The: Kaiser was then twenty-nine yeirs of age and he detested the] idea of having to subrtilt-hls .plails and decisions to an old man, fevefi If he was of world wide reputatloii and ;of Immense national-prestige. iBut he adopted Bismarck’s Idea of iState insurance and; to win th 3 aplproval of the working classes to; his war pollcy'-


ilhelm II ascended the throne


conflict' which took; place bet^Jlreen them.' Always he( was'belng fouAd out, but,, always; there were’ appcasement-mongers at work putting a blind (eye to realities. At' Jfpme, Bismarck’s ijoft was to tame the socialists, w]ho founded a dem­ ocratic.party in il875, and he passed u eerles of antl-soclalist laws, tnopgh as a sop [to the workers Bismarck established -old age In­ surance in :1881.i Hence he not only enjoyed the confidence of hls''mas- ter I William I . ; but the German workers believed that he had their Inttosts at heart.;,. ; What he was aoirig was to play; up for eventual German predominance, for which end I the German masses would be needed. , With I the :;death of WlI- llanf I In 1888, ajt the age of 91, the way was paved] for' Frederick ni, who] had married :Queen ..Victoria’s daughter, and I who was ■ looked upofi .as likely- to I embark upon a more liberal era. i But In three months-the new; monarch was dead W Queen Vfcterla’s , grandson,


one [Power against another so that Germany mighti benefit from aify


nr»P Pmivaf n/*n(v«ni. _At__' r.


iTe^tschke was the most hardened sinper. It: became necessary to divert French mfnds from the pur­ suit] of revenge by the recovery 'of ^ q c e ,Lorralne,| jso Bismarck; as­ tutely encouraged; tpe French to go out I for Colonial expansion,! in wfil* he waai not Interested, hoping, pf course,: that it .would leap them to grief, either on its own accqunt or- by, bringing .the French up i (against England. Bismarck’s Whole policy was that of stlrrlhg up


^ “a subjugate the l ten years-


Solfar as any German citizen was coftcemed, Leipzig -and IVaterlOo In due course were fought in vain;-


lowed the Roman Empire, fell under' the sweep'Of the, Napoleonic brdom. Many -medleval 'cobwebs which had hupg over Germany were swept away by Napoleon’s broom. But that broom: could not transform the fundamental kink In the Ger­ man, still lOss In the Prussian, make-up.. First with one side and then the other; th e " Germans always- managed .to f i l l , between two stools, as Hitler Is doing to-day


fpWlSTERS always,, the Germans •*• ! continued their crooked course even after their Empire, which fol­


THE


CLITKEROE APYERTISKB AND TIMES, FRIDAY. JULY 3, 1942. Crusading Force.


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religion N^EPED T( BE GOOD AND TO D( GOOD.


Rev. R. HOLT RE-VISITS. WHALLEY METHODIST CHUR!CH.


minister at Shaw, Oldham, and for-} merlyi stationed at Whalley, was given a warm welcome When he returned to ,hls old church last; week-end to conduct Sunday School anniversary services. He preached


'The Rev. Roland Holt, Methodist


to.Jarge .congregations on Sunday and, on Monday evening, delivered


C.. Hoyle, of Clltheroe/ was In the chair, i


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Green presided, the scholars gaVe the play,"Boys and Girls of the Bible,'”.Ih which the ■various character^ were most commendably portrayed by Marjorie Turner ; (Spirit; of the Ages): Philip iPetch (Joseph); M. AlderSon (Pharoab’s daughter); “


In the afternoon, wheii-'the Rev. N.


ren pf .Jfiruialem.” Credit is due to the Bun-day School teachers, responsible for .Jhe; production, ( and-to all taklng part.


gtos (attendant); J. Lucas (Samuel), E. Richardson, K' Ellis and E. Kenypif (nameless iboys); Ruth Heyworth and Mavis Harrison (maidens).- Children brought' to Jesus were represented by June and -Mavis Chaddock, Marion Coggins, Pat Gotham, Betty Crowe and S. Davies. Soloists In special Hymns were Eric Heywonh and Philip Fetch. Children of the Primary sang “ Child­


Miss M.. Fisher was-the .organist at all ■the services. The week-ond’s proceeds amounted to about £32, and advance of £5 on! last year’s, total. .


THE HIGHEST PEAKS.


result that many! piade’ off'tp the United States of ‘America. The period I am.dealing with ruhs from'


text,; St. John xv, 5, -Mr. Holt took for subject-“Thfi'.-IndispensabUlty of Jesus'.” Jesus despaired of seeing progress , come through unaided human nature, he said, it was possible to get,.a''go6d deal out.of life .without'Jesus and to do a good deal, but the most abiding pleasure and the'greatest good werp the products ,of the;CMistlan faith. ' ,


Preaching jnithe mbmlng from the Revolution,


ter 'and achievement have been reached only by religious men,” ; the. preacher


..Moffatt and' Martin .Niemoeller, and , thousands more. They -all confess that their inspiration was in Jesus, not in themselves. Eying ^our • good jieople without Him to -this, test, and (see if their morality is good enough and greal enough. .Decency by itself,never, goes on such crusades. The drive, me dy­ namic.. power,'xthe! metcilessnessi with self by which mighty deeds have been


.done and.mighty.lives -have'been]lived, came through Jesus. Without Him they could have doiie nothing -worth while; We need religion, bo{h to be good and to da, good. Morality has its roots in the divine. .


pens when . Jesus isl'left out, what happens when man,' intoxicated by his own ability, dominates the stage, what happens when it is assumed th.at - salvation is centred in human nature alone.


to exalt the Germans as the salt of' the earth,'whlth is one. of the [present ■ war.


“We are seeing todgy Wl*®! k**?: “ The highest 'peaks of human charac^ i


afarnied..‘‘We look In vaifi.among the, ranks of tlie rationalists, the. agnostic?, the atheists and mere moralists for men Hke Livingstone, Schweitzer, (Damien]


B. Crowe iMIrlani); M.Cog.'


hls.popular lecture, “Sir John Kirk: the Santa Claus of England.” . Df,


G lU h e ro e Distrid M


b ib b l e s d a ie league Table to date;—’


.' Blackpool


Bamoldswick CherryTree... . . . . . Bbum St. James's.. Read; ;........... . Great Harwood ,'v..


R’dale Wanderers .. 8. ;'3. Clitheroe I^yland


Blackpool Services.. 7.. 6 Cboriey.-___8;. Darwen .


Whalley . . . . . . . . . gii-S 8.. 4 8.. 5 5


L li


7.. 2], 3.. 2j. 8..


‘Whalley ■ 206: for: 9 . (dec,); Barnolds- . -wick] 73, '. ■!' :


■ (SATURDAY'S .RESULTS;


‘Darweh 168:' - CUthefoe 67 ‘Blackburn St. James’s 104 :• ■ Read' (105 '■ fOr seven.


•Ribblesdale 'Wanderers ll3 for seven Gfeat Harwood, 108.


•Biabkp]ool 125 for six; ' Ohofley 12i. Blackp'doi Services'200! ‘lleyland 58.


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W;, Johnson, . Blacltoool Services' .. 113 H. -Eyre,.'Whalley'.,.-..,v...;,i^]..‘. ' " T. Small, ‘Chorley , .p;:White, Darwen ., G, Garratt;-'Whalley P. Holty Ribblesdale Wafidefers.;.. . (43


]'■]■■(■''' ':'BATnNG.' . 1'


,N. 6. iPetty, Barnoldswick ■ '■ : '( ' '■> ' * ■ .


E.'Smith,''WbaUey ;....! . J. Watson,Darwen . .. . . . . P. Howarth, Blackpool


BOWLING. WANDEEEES WIN ■ ,;■


.6 for] 25 6 for; 39 6 for] 75


son, Ribblesdale Wanderers are ascend­ ing In the league table. Tney scoojied up the-pblnts again, on SatuMay, when' Great Harwood were the' visitors to Church .Meadow. ' But their, task' was not by any means easy; evfen. though Great,Harwood are lowly (plkced.. The fortunes',of the, game fluctuated con­ siderably, which fabt lent smee-. W the, game, "but tbe. Wanderers succeeded dn the ;end: with .three wickets Intact. ; ' ’ The. home attack was strongtheried


After, an :dndifferent start _____


AGAiffV. to the sea-


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opening the Wanderers’ response,' dis­ playedconfidence jin countering, the attackers. He had got wlthinlsix of the halftoentury wji™|fi& was tout-ito; a catch. ] 'With his departure a inihor col­ lapse endued, arid -when the sixth 'man hadlleft.at 94, it appeared t),be aiiy- t)ody(s game. However, E, Coupe . rose to the ; occasion, so much so .that the winning(stroke found his side.with] a trio of wickets to spare. . doujje, un­ beaten (at 34,. has never rende -ed better service,to the club. ■ -'j (


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'got worse,, not 'better,' Mechanism has outstripped■


Blown to'smithereens' is the .doctrine of . the. inevita-bnity of p'rogress. that day by- day. -we are getting better and better,- and that because we.know .five, times, as much as our grandfathers knew, we are therefore five tfmes better. Man has'


less to throw off. the, devil that ‘holds him.: (He needs nothing so much'as a radical, transformation' of inward’ life. It is sheer.secular illusion to say that external. changes invariably mean, a changed indivi-dual' and! a -changed social (order. . If does 'not., . There is always a hold-up somewhere. . 'Privil­ ege, ■ prejudice, lust, greed, selfishness raise their -heads. Systems, are -run by men not by angels. :


SPIRITUAL POWER.


■ back!” hO retorted, adding: “I am going to work,,and my work is':as Important as' yours,' if not more so;’! .Thby jet hihi -through.' . ., ■,({


“ Religious worship-, seems to be treated as a nuisance, as something to, -be lightly'set aside. . We. seem'to,'be quite sure that if the invasion comes. It will come on the Sabbath.


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' "We don’t seem to realise that to win this war we need spiritual as well as material power.;


,‘ple.in the sky ’; they dismiss-it with contempt. -But' what, have (they got instead?!' Promises of roast' beef and


The eommunlstsi reject CSirlstianity as


:are!going' to 'get,' and the] pity' of it is they can’t see lit.' “If ; we' leave Christ’but,- with. His gospel of, regeneration, l.‘ our i finest


.theories and most -perfect dreams] will fail. ■


, ( '! ] ■ ',


jarism is'an Illusion, Jesu? Is.ourilndisi pensable necessitj'V Without Him we can do nothliig,’’j.


(Continued from preceding column),


cled" Germany. As far as'that was true ft was because thfe Kaiser’s uficle saw through-his game of tryT Ing to get the iwhole world In his power; as Hitler is trying to do to­ day.' As, a German historian; puts ft, “ at the decisive hour opposition to • the; Kaiser’s "war disappeared by magic," which more than confirms : what I have written,In this colutpn about the . German Social Demio-' crats. : But, the greater 'tenacity and resources of the Allies; streng- thened-ln-the last year by th'e entry of the United States; won through after more than four years of fight­ ing. ' Then the swashbuckler Kaiser took refuge In (Holland .and abdi­ cated. , In Holland he remained ;untli his death'.which has occurred since the present war began.' 'Wj- day: history Is repeathig^ itself on a' larger scale.


' ,


,ipie on earth InJ some fiiture] Utopia. As one writer sa'ysr, ''The rejection of the heavenly'has-not improved; their prospect of a paradise oh'earth:’] .The, more they, cut out Jpsus, |the less they


goihg to ,his appointment' was stopped by members of fhe-. Home Guard and told to return home.'because'there was an "inyasioh" bh. ' “'You.'qan’t sehd me


■1116 other Sunday morning a minister,


dlscqyefies and ideas have been broken on: a ; rock he has long- persisted in ignbrihg—


4he rock of sin. He 4s power­ morals. "AH man’s! proud;


Ashurst, taking twej for 30, o two lor’32, Walsh two for 27, kh'd;Clegg


ne for' 14.


-H. Greeri Ibw Ellis P. Parkinson c Standring- b w[worth 19


(.-■GREAT (HABWOOr - '


-J. Dolphin c p. Holt b Wateijworth Walsh, not out Mills b Iddon


J. Tyldesley b Ellis ...... . T, Coulthurst .b Weterworth 0.. Westwell b Eliis . . . . . . . . . Y. Goodwill b. Waterworth. . J. (jlegg b Iddon . ..............


A/C Ashurst b .Waterworth Extras.]. Total.!.; 108


,J. P.j Smith b; Ashurst L. Holt Ibw Walsh; A/C Cowperthwaite Ibw Ashri E. Standring b Ashufst. E. Coupe,' not;out 1.,.,,, N. Waterworth b ’Tyidesley E, Weaver b '^Tyldesey ( B. Iddon, not put


F. Holt c Walsh b Cltgg ■RIBBLESDALE EX'tras.L


this season, playing;. sound, ajttractive cricket ope,week, and the next appear­ ing to'lose all (confidence,'.At Danv'en they gave'such a feeble fiisp ,ay ]with the bat -that they met with much the heaviest' reverse they, have hltherfo experienced., ; '


Humanism is bankrupt, and seoii--


'only one to meet .wlph reasonable. su6- pess -was H. Riddipugh,’ -whtise .five victims entailed 53 rfins.


■White ;bagged'jour ylickets'for and at the. opposite I medium paced break


■Pcfollowing up'his success with rill


Three batsmen, 'Whiteside Edmoridsoh' and Margerisbn, feaeped doublb figures: but the remainder did. little. Wickets went dowh at fairly] rfegular Ihtefv^ so tha't the.sideiwas toposed of forj.the very modest total.of] 67. Wafton"and White bpwle(d unchanged.


ori this performanc _e, gettirig six for 25,


end'J.'W'ation, a bowler, im'proved


']; , (] !''_,;' I^ARV&',' ]'


' P. Studhplme'jbw Margerison ■ E.' Obmpton (b 'Aubin'., C. 'White, hin out • ■ /■■,. .'.-I'... A.: Hedley c Aubin b{ Robinson P. Verity bRlddiougn ...,...;.i...';:. 19 T; Gregoiy, not .outi ......■...; l , 5 A. Watson b Rlddlqugh .., .. . . 1 , . S J. Watson b Aubin .[...........1... ;. 1 J, Holden Ibw Riddlough


'A;('Holden :b Biddiougb . , A. M. Proos b.Riddipugh


I Extras;.. Total.. 165


27 0 CLlTHliBOE ',1 ,R. 'Whiteside; c Grompton b Watson 12 A. Robinson b Whlt€(,


the'bat, 33'riins;.


'


'White ' put plenty cf powey .jntp; his sfrpkes and took risks against aS attack' ■whieh lacked variety ^s well 'as Subtlety, attaining -to''the (halfKientury before He .was iiin out. ' Extras figured as' the second highest contributor. Not all the. Clitheroe bowlers ,foqk a turn, and the’


mainly indebted-to Crawford Vyhite, •who usually shines as ft-'howlpr but fs always,liable -to get runs once, he ia set.


For (their total,of 165, Parwen']were ; '] ■ .:!i’ i.


' CLXTHEROE v. rEEWHEt[viED, .; Clithefoe have.been.curiously erratic',


I .* Totaj (7 wicke ;s)., 113


WANDEI,EP^ ■ ■ ■St-;


33


got half-the wickets, for an expenditure' of 4(j: runs, ;S. Ellis'having three, for 39, and JR. Iddon two.ftor six, ’(The four Harwood, bowlers shared the ] -wickets. ’lYldesley


Fof -the Wanderers, N. , Wrterworth ‘


useful service to, his new, club by taking three ! .wickets. - .But, chief bowling honours (.went (to N. ,-Wateiworth, who maintained length and pact through­ out the'innings.- id was afte:* a second wicket: partnership , of , 33 between E. Parkinson and A/e; Ashurst' that the visitors collapsed, and they v ould have falleh well short of the cen-tu:y had'not J. Clegg 'coine'to.the rescue with some good hitting at a, late stage, vHth the result that the( total mounted to, 108. Displaying his .best form P, .Holt


by the inclusion of Stanley Eilis. pre- vioiftly ..'with , .Whalley, who rendered


8 for] 21 ']'( (


8.. 2( 3' 31 8.; 21; 3!.' 3]'


3.. 1..13 3.i 2j.Il


1.. 2,.17 1.. 1J.16 2..


DlPtS 2!. 17


:-l


iC 'C c ’ i (;?;'■' 1


1


-]■.- j”"


S P l iS i l


.'i.


.'..j .’'- ■■■■ ,'


'f ,'' ■•. .^ i


7 ' ] 7 7 ' 7 i ; y ' | , ’ .]! ^ 7 , ■ '. '7 '■ '■ '; ! ] [ ' -■


1 ■' , / . '■ '■■’ ■■■'■ .'-'■-


yugo^ I aVia


■T. Aldersley .c Crompton b 'WatSon 0 P. Margenson c Hedley b Watson' in H. Riddiough, not out


A, Hanson-b Watson ........... !!!!!; ,e • ' ■ . *. Extras,.J..;,.. 9


.2(. 4.. 2J. : -j .* ■ * i


E. SMITH TAKES FOUR WICKETS ■ IN ONE OVER,


■If ^Issfason, Smith had not touched his itet fonn.-']On-Saturday he was


su^riJ’ reaping jeight wlckefe Tor M outlay of .but 21] runs. In response to file Ihome club’s; double - century total Barttoldswlck ■were .dismissed for 73' ’ - If was a great day tor WhaUey in that eveiythmg teemed to go the rieht way. To begin ^th. Geo. Garratt and


P. Cotterill figufed-ta a . f l r™ k e t partnership of 93, .which runs were hit


in about an:hpun Later; H Eyre,-(new­ comer tq the club, played a spai'kllng innings for 70. poth Garratt andfcot- terill went' tor the runs,' and.it Was a


;Whalley’s game with Bariioldswick. So


Ern«t Smith,- their veteran jeftSand SSu ff’


putstandlhg featilre of Peifonnance by o


' , Total, . 67 ']


J. Aubta Ibw W h i t e { . 1J.16


J. E.(Edmondson Ibw White . / i " i? T., J, Crabtree c Studholme b Watson a L/C Fowler-b Whitfe ■;...,.


atches B ed^ J. Slater-Ibw.Watson


eview 1 n ' ?


GONSliL DESCRIBES TO


d e v e l o p op p r e s s e d b u t


’ : H ® S to ch ; '^X -^ ^ e :Y u g o -^ ay !


. -iiieTlndudtrlal


(- -Grammar :plces':6fi --


: "that Mr- Kramrlsch had (been for ' : to considerable numb* of (years Ir (the Consulat Serviceinfi was asso­ ciated with imail^ European coun-


; ■ fiMr ' Hi^aftJwhp [presided, said ■


- ' tiles His ! coqtaetd wer^ only i


V*. — .ibrupt end when ver-ran'.the Con-


Hitler’s hordes lifient. . -j ] . ".’ ■ '■'A


brought to\(an -.i BIG Iea.|,'' , Wperlences,J Mr, Kramrisch.. !] Outlining ]hls! ow*.


that In 1891, after finishing dtufiles - In Vienna! and. Paris, he d*lded to take up a buslness career iri England -whicq he irinsldered to­ day to be his country of (adoption bj^ choice. He therefere joined one


per ring the changes; the opening|palr definitely gave , their side a superiority copiplex. Ctotterill, had many "good' shots, particularly.to the off. In Ms score of 39, which reiOTsented 'his best 'con­ tribution of the (season. Garratt evid­ enced much of qis old-time confidence his timing'being: well nigh perfect; at times he »as aggressive almost to the point of recklessness.. The visitors' had not recovered frdm their'spell of hunt­ ing. the leather when. Eyre, now with the' Forces but in pehcetline the skipper of Stockport, in .'the' Central, Lancashire League, entered.jthe'arena‘to score all round' the wicket with a grace and pol­ ished .ease whicji stamped him as a batshian well aboive the average, When a: declaration was made at 206 tor nine, Petty had accounted far! seven' wickets for ,75.runs, a feat.upon which he Is to be .dongratulated! In, view of the hi^h quality of the ,'hatting.


reH.treat to see.the score mount so quickly, In vaiij did , the visiting isklp-


Caswell, their' leading ibatsriian, was out tor a stogie, [but -Carradice an!d S. Smith stubbornly defied the bowling before they were (separated at 42. (The rapid fjill of .the remaining batsmen for the addition of I31, was. totally unex'- pected,|and was due entirely to Smith! Maintaining an immaculate lerigth,land flighting the ball with uncanny cleverf ness, he just baffled one man 'after am other.. Wickets fell’ rapidly, but the biggest thrill wa? reserved tor the last over, in which Smith had the( remark­ able experience df capturing tour]vic­ tims' in his last qver.' Thus Bamolds- wlck were, all out for 73. R. Garratt


Ttjwas a.blow tid the visitors when.R. ] - , |


had one for 12, and G. Garratt one tor 32.


'WHALLEY ’K..Lang, not out


H. Eyre c Petty b Farrington...... ] 70 R. Garratt Ibw Petty, . .. .. .. .. .. .. . 12 R. ,M. Aspden b (petty. ; .............. 10 M. Longworth c Thmer b Pan-ingtoi , 1 J. Fowler c Tumff. b Farrington.... 1 L. Bradley c Nutter b Petty . .. . . . . j 3 0. Bydeheard c .’Ttiraer b Petty..... j .8 .................... ] 0 Extras..;..-.. 15


G. .Garratt c Tuirner b Petty , P. Cotterill b -Petfy,'


- S9 47 BARNqLDSWIffiC,


D. Carradice c Lang'b(G. Garratt . J 16 S. Smith b Smith


R. Caswell Ibw R] Garrait


P. Nutter b Smith.'........,......... 0 ■ 'Whittaker b-.Smith .'.......... 0


T. Holden, n,bt oijt . . . . ; ...... ....' 11 F. Bell ,-!bw Smith


K. PaiTington Ibw Smith .. J: Turner' c arid b Smith .. K. Cardus b Smith . . . . . . . x N. S. Petty b Smith ..............


.............. 0


Extras........]-, 8 ] ' Total. .[73


in raising a team, ]particulai'ly, for aifay matches; it-was altagst a scratch eleven which they; took to Blackburn to meef St.; James’s, and 'yet they coptrlved] to win the points with three -wickets | to spare. ■ 1'


READ’S ThBEli;' WICKETS’ WI5. In the d'ifBcuIty experienced by Read


■


.side owed' much to J. C. Barnes, who, opening the innir|gs, went through; to recor-4'37 and carry his.bat out. Smith (34) hnd Gregsori' (15), with Barries, hit 76 of the total of 104 recorded by the side. ■/


■ Runs were not eky to get. The home '


-for 26. Of the' five home bowlers, H. Haydock took two for 27 . and P. Walsh four'for 25.


; ! : ' ] ■ ■ j .0., Hanson c Barter b Peake ...!,


,A.' Rqbinson b Baiter ■


■


W. Rawcliffe b Peake .............. J. P. Westhead b Peake., O.f-Baitye 0 Chapman b Peake B.; Thompson b JJansfleld ... R( Parkinson b PCake . .. .. .. J.jR.(Thompson, ftot.out'


r Extras,.; j , ;R.E. OFFICERS


Total (7 wickets, dec.).. 163 ' -I__-___ ^


Capt.jDawes Ibw lianson ... Lf, Crofton 0 Westhead b Slater Capt.j Mansfield -t> (Slater :.. L-f. Peake .b Hanson !Capt.!Dibble b Slater'. .. .. .. . Oapt. I Barter b Thdiripson ' ..<.\ MaJoqPsnhett 'c a!nd b;Westhe£d.. Li-Ooj. Prentice b.jTHompson Lt Watson b Robinson' ...... . 2/Lt; [Chapman, npt out'.... 2/Lt. Fleeson b Robinson ........i- • • • (2 E.Ttras....j


!■ ■ ■ . ]' '■


FRIENDLY AT (jHATBURN ROAD ' ] ’ , ''MR. -P, WESTHEAD’S Xl]


, It was a fourth wicket partnership between J. W. Sagar](34) and 0. Ayres (25 not out), which paved, the way. for the visitors’ success, 'Their seventh wicket fell at 73,; but Ayres: and Mars- land,defied the opposlflon to the'end, For] Read, Ayres ;had'.four for 34, A. Wade three for 39,| and H. Haworth one


( ■ ' i ; j ( ••1 -lo ,5


' T Dtal (9 wickets).. !206 ^ 1


' turning- to this (cour try he sug­ gested to hlsico-dlrectirs that they


ledge Of several he! travelled (for ............ ,--------- 12 months in Central and-North Europe, including Russia. l;On re-


: dmleagues .were not Very enL... ' astjc however, - point! ig out that '•travel In the Balkans 'vas not .con- -sldered safe:'and.| was. subject to


-had been done (by nerchants in Vienna, Harburgjand Paris.


liiuch discomfort OTd hardship


■ dwh age in the Univers ty,of;Vienna and in Paris and, was a fie to appre­ ciate the decent moral character of TOung Greeks; Turks, and in par- tlfeular, the' ] Serbs,, Croats and Slovenes, those of jYug-)-Slav blood. They -were(the 'sons, of business pediple, doctors, solicitors, etc. Not helng deterredibylthe h irdships and discomforts ofjtraYelte. therefor];, became one:of the] pioieers ln tfte


Bradford expoh trade to the Neqr East, thus achieving h i ; own ambi­ tion' of travelling’[the world. A,^ thdt time there : were no. (luxury trains like thd Orftnt Express, the Golden Arrow, the .Blue Train, Pull- mahs or ;tbe ' l^est Rhyddin^


Egress. I RATHER PljUMiXlVE.


; tiisi such aslthbte irovided or mjodern railways, arid tr ivellers hac td fake with: them thelt own food ™ was not unusual for the train tc stop a t every station. , Serbian wbihen and: chlldr(en, .n gorgeous coloured national [pqstijme, offered ■fr?]vellers cold frelh water [at


we?p very prin ltlvd, toh, posiessihg ■ ........... "Icen ral heating,


the U tea a


a glass, also fre >h fi uit, Russian Turkish offee, or wine, at ^d, ottle. The; hotels sjt that time


nb electric lightpr At .(one small hotel 30r|


, hlih that the ternas were lOd. pr" ■ bed and 2id. extra if he require clpM sheets. Heiwlsel:' decked to take all the eight beds |nd pay 24d. extra for one near .the 'wlndo'vv with a (gorgeous view of the mountains. On;hls return however, remn short


were occupied by peasants, who.. fully dressed, I wer^e lying between | ^u the; two top blankjets.- One of his ‘an.


walk he found jthat two of the beds


.: by I the peasdnts | was afterwards deducted froni his bill .Incident­ ally, there was no jounfo, | drawing oil dining rooih. He had his meals in] a cafe, which, lUe all other cafes


In Central Eufope discussing politics,


: 4 n


nbte deals. ' in many :ases. when ting other I towns, lie traveUec


p


, [a df.?shka4-a kind of I 'carriage Ith one llasso and a Se: blan driver


• ' Ibeclaring .that


■ the Serbian Hones ,ut and fully trust- worthy,,(Mr.' -&i ^"rimrlsca jsaid ; he made up hi■ 's (njilni


. when-he was'cut there as a youm: man,’although with the] passing of the years many-Improvements had been ’ effected; After reaching a[i agreement with, the railway ; mag nate Baron Hlrsch, thel Serbia) Government buHt a proper railwa system oft European llnqs land Ion ^ distance travelling beepme muc mpre comfortable) Industry Iri- Ft?bsed 'from year to year. Coarte,, butTstrong material, isomething sltoilar to ourlkharkl (^reat.Coat cloth was manufactured Into national costumes for the peasants.


■hlEi letters home |he repeated the phrase, “The (Yugo]Slavs are soblaUy and ; compierclally a fine rage,’’- Business was carried on ir; a iyem simple, but correct mannei


years ago, and time after


j d on tpls point 50 time in


( Poah liftes, were (iworn, more and -'nlore by the men folk although


8 ' Tota :-.'141


Hanson, tiwo for 37: J.i B. Thompson, two'for 11; F. Westhead, one for 19; A. Robinson, two for jione. , Peate, flyc for 63; Mansfield, one for.39; patter, one for 26


Bowling; J.. Slafer, three for 28; A- ' 1


-' m y . 1940; the', ftlatlona;!, costume -■was still (being'worn ;bn holidays .arid Sundays. Before tlie (world war


.; yOre studying modern methods ot business in commercial .and techni- caTlcoUeges, But when The war was


, of; ji9l4-18,. and I during: It, .the sons of] [iIndustrialists iiand' merchants


'. .■(Ptlti-.roofs,, while .warehouses were ( .. ■ . . ' : 1 . . i',, ■ ■ 1


' Over .-many of -the-^ mills iwere left r^Ulout machinery I and some with- ]


' preference ’ for ' British - made ' material, Mociernj suits, on Euro-


( When He. was laist In Yugo-Slavia In


Yet A


Shut] Mv Wto


Austria. Germany, France and ! BHglum,.: but'Ishowed' (a marked


. ^ t t* -c la s s (people, j however, -bqught Imported f material from


HONEST SERJS, he always found


Acr I


'.And '?.Iy Astil


,0 'A'.


A:i


jT(ie 'Ai


I !lll [Del n e


.Arc I 10


■ personal ■ possessions.’ He, found thajt the price of the tv o beds used


colleagues told him th: t there was no ineed to worryJ or "o have"ny any-, fear about, tpe ss fety of his


andl preff


quel add!


his r Mr. I was! IngT Hell


was full of men or n .aklng busi-


thefonly bedreom.'which possessed eight beds. ; [The' proirletor t]jld


„„f|ier, for instancy, hf was show -n


on Ithe Russian 3V


S avia to Constantinople : ; (no[ Idtanboul) ■ was the propett ofi the rallwajl magnale and phil ahtiroplst, Baron Hlrsch. The trai; cdniprlsed an] antlqu! ted ijengln with a large fumiel nbt unlike j factory chimney, ahd the compart ments were narrow ivith uncomfort ■ able seats.' There'wer; no-to.cillj


(Tli^ rallwdy Thro igh ] (Yugo-


disagreed with thto, as he .was in close touch with lyouni men of hm


law material' ?]xport houses in Bradford and o' '


of the largest Wtollei .-textiles qnd


Jlng .0 his know- loreiin languages, [hem] for (close on


Should' direct i personal contact with the eastern,Balkan States.: Up to that time most of the export trade


career' and said his


at' Braford


ar School under fi( tfie. 'VKdrkeifs


:prlption of ' freedom, to; members,.... , ."v.,“


I FoUowlng upon his graphic des- Club thel prevlms week.iMr.


da’siflght tor of (Clitheroe


country when h^ addr; y^steikay fedk at the


the aus- Educatlon


___ spoke, about jondltjons in that issed ameet-


bra


tha


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