(TWO) JMIUU' THf Ylhos I t o u l l F I I L D I .


To TRUST THE GERMANS FATAL. ’


THE INDIAN. ENIGMA. By CAREY.LORD,


wimtermUk W


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The Nation must have more? milk. The children especially look to you tb {^ u e e it. It is vital to A ^ i jfyou ! are a summer producer, turn ' winter production : i you will' get. more milk, and. more cash: .For. example. Farmer Al is a ‘fwinter” i


. man] Farmer B "summer.” = Each has twenty cows. Look what they’ll, be getting for 1942-43.


' i F A B M E R A


, April—‘Sept O f t l -M a t


6,240 gals. ^ 17d. 5,76(('galSi @ 29d.*


= £442 ^


^696 £ 1,13» !»NILK” FARMLER B


Aprij—Sept. - QctI—Mar. •


The 1


6,480 ^Is. @ 17cL. = 4,320 gals. @ 29d.' =


£4fj9 £522


£981 :"summer” .farmer' gains-in summer by £17;


but the "wihter’v f^ e r gains^ in a/inier by £174; Over the' whole year the winter producer will! be £157 tothe.good-or nearly£8 petcowi Betterstill - ‘hei will: prbvifie the children- with 1,440 gallons more .milkr:ih winter, when they heed, it ’most. So —be<a "winter” producer. ^ '•


BULL YOUR HBlFERS BEFOm CHRISTMAS' M e r e w in t e r m i l k


w i l l ISUD B H u o u n g l i v e s SE Y TE MlNimf O GtCLi)R AD ISEIE f *R UT E ^N; FHR S


-In 962 the Oeman -Xing hetwae Roman Emperor. No two-.Bystems


oflspOng-: id - anarchy. The, oiie . gathering'all. power into the'hands


. viscount Borce.-


esistance :to* ms conuntodsi.; Clftiv ouid^ttOi meet t meb must


person:-the one oentralised,: the oUier local. .Ttis one resting on sub- ( lime. theoi7,'the other -on the; rude"


can be more unlike , those whose ' headship became thus .Testedm one


> of irresponsible monarchy, me other r limiting Ills rights,’snd.'autqorlsiog.


he ofher.—


f\NE of’niy"reader’s sends: me.,a ” newspaper .-cutting .Recording very briefly the remark4: ofi,Ml85 Ml» .Eleanpi Rathbon'e -;kt a confer­ ence with the Free Gerntan-League of culture; held; In ■; tOndoa .^the other day,Miss Rathbone ' Is


' are preparing tc act accordingly. They-are out to-: ind 'as'piany Mlffl' Rathhpnes in England! ;as'possible,' n to pave the'way towards' their wh}-:


".exactltudes, .Jhe: Germans^people are!'.b^glnnlng to find- this out;,and


.'llfed their little') Inger* to fight for llbertyi,;- .


' obviously believes 1 am one of those:- referred to -by Miss Rathbone, -Now Miss Rathbone is a Member of 'Par­ liament; I am just the man In the atreet. But as freedom is wpat we are fighting for,-presumably. I hate


reported- to have said:“ Those people who refuse ta see anything; good inside Germany are preaching a dangerous policy,”.My:-reader,


ib we win for the moment s# aside the- fact: .that always .iLhase ibeen careful to,concede that there .are some good Germans, but. that their numbers "are so - small that; they count for leas than nothing-Ih their


answer -to Mlsa Rathbone? Here it 18!' iHowever-dangerous -a-.policy It may be tO' preach that thOre la notlilng good ■ in. Germany,; iMlss Rathhone’s Policy Is Infinitely ^orsej and.less safe. It Is a thousand


own country. ...What.then la,my


'downfall of Hitler. That will lead InOvltablsr to- the Third -World War. l wlth-'lts ’hblocaust- of mllUons of


-Ratbone has -so -much, faith.; they will scamper: to -.their- holes like rabbits on hearing a shot from -a


they will) let us dOwn and say: f!The more fool you- for believing us.": Those- Junkers have only to assert themselves, apd however good; the. Intentions of those .-ln^whom jMlsS:


after. :the First-World War.. - .We trusted them. - We had smashed their military machin? beyopd re-:. palr,' as we preferred to believe’, j So to-day we are fighting them again. If we Trust the “ good-”. Gernians,


ives; It.;is-'exactlr:what' we did


Of the. cruel, slaughter which! the world, IsiWitnesslngito-day, -If Miss Rathbone means; that these people: rday;turn against -us If- we -fall-tO: ts]M them tofour Bosoips, my,reply. Is that that' Is exactly what their countrymen (and women) wUV. do In- any event' If -we do not watch them very closely. - ■ " :,


. Third Panic War can be pre- • vented- is- by preventing; HiBM- , re-arming for'a period of .time.


The only way. in which ihe Pont Jet (Ml S i hinder your war effort


Yoiir absence from work through a; (Hold oh Influenza.iis serious now f Guard against; this by 'taking! a timely dose of Gephos as soon as you'feel aicoldxomihg. There is-: no quicker, safer remedy.'


; : •


- which - will be required -to lead ; them to the stage when 4bey no'longer wish to re-am. '


, S t ^ fVWi 1 or


physicians REMEDY


Sold everywhere ia Tablet or Powder form, 8 Powders or 16 Tablets: l/3i- 21 Powders’ 42 .Tablets jS/-. Single Dose .2d.


present - rising' - generation. To authorise soldiers and .guns comes naturally .to the^German.; ■ Every young man in Germany has .his period of military; training, and -so well does this:cog fit in' mth-the military machine that ?when he In, turn becomes a worker'In the fac­ tory- or elsewhere, he Is so obsessed by the spirit, of. obedience that all revolutionary thought leaves him. Even ,;the: great; . German Social. Democrat Bebel was willing to shoulder a gun. ^'Emll-'Ludwlg tells'


.• . ' ‘ -■ J •' - ;■ are :uaderlaken.by .the ;old-established:firm of; Ambrose Veevisrs :


Complete Funeral Arrangements ' ■ ■ •" I "


■ •'.■'•' -i "


- and’Sons. Their direction of funerals ishotedfotbeing carried out. in a dignified and Sclent maunef-which ensnres.entire.satisfaction :'


im vmtes i sons


Embalming.carried out by fuUy qualified-Member of ithe'-British ; Institute bf EmbalmW Established!lOO years. Tel, Clitheroej76


PRINTED N QW APER It adds dignity to your -correspondence. Sec] ' - Windows ' for ‘ quality.-;—!--Ready in one hour^


iU MARKET PiACE, CLITHfeROE, r- Tel. 407-8. ‘ • I *


flevfi.take-your.culture.” ' People like i-Mlss Eleanor.'Rathbone assert


value but despise; They prefer to' take them, by conquest. .They were always -better conquerors -than pol- onlzers. It was General Falken- hayn, well yemembered- ln the last war, who said:' “ If .culture reaches the point--where we can no longer inter, upon, a war;,then-let the


about the ' Germans than-Miss' Rathbone,' - Things that'are freely offered to the Germans they do not


butter, and Ludvrtg knows' far more


When I say.' trust notthe crowd referred to'by Miss Rathbone, I do not mean .that they may not be genuine enough In their Intentiohs —nevertheless :! have my doubts— bpt that however genuine .they may. be,. they count for- nothing when they come up against Hitler;and;hls gangster^. Nor will they count:for anything • when ■ they. come ■ • up against the successors to Hitler and hls.gangstf rs.: Why? r Because they wOl run. away as they .did In 1914, and round about'1930-33; Hence I say to Miss Rathbone: I a® hot prepared - to - accept ' your possibly non-existent danger against .the far greater danger of .which we have had some- experience and which If not heeded; If we have .pot learned our lesson,, we shall find repeating Itself ■, within, the' lifetime -of :the:


-which Miss Rathbone seems so cog-: nlsant, but I am certain It. is infin­ itesimal eompated with a repetition.


gun. - I do, not pretend.; to under-; stand what exactly Is the dang« of-


f the right of; reply. even .to aniM.P.' - INDIA:


!Mol|}er-*lhdiq?’' which .caused:: an -And^I shall tread In dreams the moor- i utmedrd'''o^ sqpqa tlon when; it was


l rubbish has heeh spoken. ahd pub. ............ ,..............■


lshed about Indln than about.) world.! l Apd


’Mayo’q: lioou


good.'reasoiis: Thtli stand bar spent life trying


understand them; miracle If he didi


times -more dangerous i.tovassum.e thdt Germany Is ready to turp.'over a‘‘new "leaf and; only awalta the?


haps he ls right.i .Why?. Because no- onp born-.odtside the ranks of the pgopie of Inffla can :hope to It wohldiba'A for thet best : of


orst printed, as sb ekampIe. iPer-


ago. that IMt.comes to a bopfilct^: Whlcli' Of course, would, be. clvlh.war —the Muslims: , ar! " in no ; doubt which of the two, Hindus or Musj urns, possess'; the. fighting! power; What hqpgils there Uere ofifK feder­ ation In.!n4l»; witfi Kudus,domln- atmg the: votes?, in othey words what hopeis'ithere of. agreement ? Before the ■ subject of. present-dav India can ,be;t^cklC( t seriously, four vUalv points -mpst. be c thoroughly assimilated. .'Here.’mey ar.es—.


.: (l)-;The'Hlndush:ivefiot:niled as • ! farmorthfisithE Punjabiopgoo


: qanswei;e.ln.conmand.


' ■ yeare!a,t<lfiasti i! ntll theiarrival; : I. of -ithe.British,-. 1 he.Mahomme-


'•(2). For 701] years 1 efore the Brit­ ish took over, t le rule of the,


: Mohammedans - ixtended -frdtii 'Habul (Afghan staff)!'to.'.the Punjab;;:Snd.'th;: Hindus were not;.nbfe'. io';in;erferefln.-the'


"(3) T?ie ■ tendency - in the; past, V .until, the .Brltis; i took-.posses- slon, was for.Indla-to break up . . into separate kh igdoms. ;


• (4), Not' In the li-st 2,(io0! years ' before - the Brit sh established the 'Indian. Eipi ire wdsj-there the' .smallest' United India;


semi ace; of a


us.that.every German Is convinced, that guns are more important than ■


Hindu,South: for gulj ance. .;A con­ tinent though it be, so.far as area Is concerned, India' is not as‘ large now as It used'to b£.- To-day the Himalayas, wlth'lheli endless peaks of 20,000 feet leading up to/Mount Everest,--with its 29.0M. feet,.are:lhe Northern boundary; 3ut in Akbar’s time India-.extended .to.Kabul, on the otor;al4e-ol th ) Kyber.iPassi capital of,Afghanistan torday, and well beyond the Him: ilayas,' Kabul was mainly under HI idu rule from' the ' third: century i >efore phrlst, down to :the..tenth: c mtury .Of the Christian era. • Until the coming of the. •'Mohammedans; . the -v Hindus' usually absorbed the r /conquerors, just as the Chinese (o .; Buti.when'


'Ta'rtar. Eveni their customs,: habits and clothes ai;e dlfieient. iThe only part of India which 1 as-been under continuous Hindu rt.le la the ex­ treme South,. In the areas between l North . and South tt ei iinhabllants


ooked to Kabul ralher- than, the


to-day ? As well expect!unity,ijj Europe,' which: is-:p) bigger; than India if we 'except .Ruasja. ; : The unity the British acb levedjwas :sUCh u n ity a s . language ; could . bring about, since ’.wigllsl i , became • the common language- or all 'educated Indians. This unity had no referr. ence to race or rellg ion, polltlss or parties.. The Hlndut and;Moham­ medans are separa;e races, the' fbrmer being of . mlxnd Aryan and Dravldlan origin, anl the latter la mixed breed ’of Turl . Afghan and


How -then -can .unity be expected


: the four wives he i sarrled .were re­ spectively a Muslir i, a Chrlstian,:a Htodu, and a:Budd l i st - . i f we: are not.given Pakistan ’—that is separ-;:' atlon. from the -Hl idus^-Hwe 'Shall take.'lt.:^ :.:Bo;aays (Jr. 'Jintfah;=the Muslim leader, eoi .firming: wliat., I wrote In this column some -W


religion;-.. He fall* d. Nevertheless


:e, be ter, part ;of .Ills to cr^te -a imnlversad


' 40 not undarr The great Ak^;;


. ..’The step.retrace to beauteousness so rare


Walt till my heart my feet compel','


• And see'.the . rivers hi their silvern- - -race;


land track,


No, wmd- shall blow but i what ’twill bring me back


. ■


For my..;hcart;-forgetless, is In this place, ,


' Some whispered memory of theNorth so sweet,


i


;And-'twill guide, like: love betrothM, . ,;my;wandMng ifeet: y ,, r


‘/L’ABBE.":


GEMS OP.-THOUGHT ’ ’T R U E e -F R E J lD O M


Ceka


:■ Give :■ me i the ' liberty - to - know, f to, think,.,to believe, and to'- utter


eople’s enemy, 'intellect, and virtues. —WiUiteiBirery.-Ohannlng. .


NpI Freedom-has a thousand charms ^ ■ to show ... ■


Urother liberties'.— Milton.


Ttol'i slaves, howe'er: contented,- never R know - ■ - A-. blessing—


all freedom Is the pledge —William Oowper,


:can once; again undermlpe the reso­ lution of. our AnglOTfiaxon world^r- It 'Is np use trying It on Stalin—


.their second defeat will leave thelf hands\free to-prepare their third attempt to-- dominate. ' mankind. Then . they^wlll'.'put up another Hitler.. V 'Hitler, with- the Intuition


nations’i- Incredulity > and .' nnpre- parednesi to resist him; .and, ttie


of ‘themanlac,'gauged .thrpe .things Correctly: The German’s ^capacity for obedience 'and efficiency f jother-


that If in- 'the: nineteen.'twenties we Shad been 'pven kinder-to the Germans than we - were, -the, Ger-’ man people- would; have-. behaved very differently.. That was a pretty widespread* view a t one -time; find the Germans were, at'some palnq to spread; it. stW- more -widely; They are spreading it torday.; They hope’ It will, come in handy: when they have lost the War; In short, that the Miss. Rathbones -will take It up. Doubtless they reckon that - If they


'I2th century-(he dynasties of the (Mogul) : Mohammeti an Emperors began.'


(


by Mohammedans or .Hindus,'it was divided : into ,tnany ! king­ doms, • there belnr ’never ' less . than. seven,: most]; considerably


: But whether Im [la was! ruled . more.


Babur,'Sixth in descent from iTam- erlane, who conquei ed DQhl; in 1526. : The great new Btqr:which appeared on the h irizon thirty years later, .one Akl lar, /was. the ■ grandson of.“^bur. ,: Akbar iruled ; when -thethrone - of England. was


The Mogul dynasty ' vas In- power for 250 years. : It. wi s founded by


from-a single centre, ^th'Hindus and CMahommedans 1) i full; accord. He formed.an alliance with the daughter of: a Rajput' Hindu:Prince; Wlth.;the result that later Muslim !ln\perors had a';:iartlyi.' Hindu


0Gcupled by .QueenEll sabetJi:’Tudor, It was Akbar-who first, aimed at a un,It^d.; .Indian.. Empfre, . governed


sword of the Prophe;, to. slay the Infidel, and the IdOl worshipper. Always the-..religion of .Islam-has' been - hostile to" Hinduism. i . The Muslim conquest pro: )er-fterrltori-. ally--began ‘ a: hundi od and flfly years' later, and by't! le: end/of the


the Mohammedans’ cime; a thous­ and ■ years ago—Hindu rule', then extended to Kabul^tpey came not’ in search', of-territory but> with the.


under' examination -.and he :was acqultted.'The' authorities- returned to the'old prlhclple .that no Indian should' be appointed to a-position of: responsibility.' Time,'-however,: vtiiT dlcated Hastings, and in 1833 It was laid do-wn that no man should be debarred by race, colopr or,rellglon from holding any i, office for which: he was qualified,: 'As seayly as 1824. Sir Thomas Munroe. a greatiadmln-


t Istrator in India, had i laid R hown


[manage »thelr own - affairs.: -From, ithls time the equipment ■ of India; 'With' the. material!resources of the‘ West went forward. I Roads' wefe built. Irrigation; began! -Plans for railway :' development were : laid : down, afid' telegraphs were con- ’ struetedi' 'Be'the defects of‘British rule'in India what'they may, It was no. mean' achievement! to' establish the foundatlonsiOfi a system of lib­ erty, to 'Implant In the -minds of a people long habituated to servitude


hat British power "would .only be .[ustlfled If it' enabled Indians tc<


he .first .titbe ln a thousand-years peace was established p India. .


t the. aspiration",for freedom- r For


•India .'Company : I wanted. nothing more than to be alldWed to carry oh Its trade.-. But interruptions came in the shape of attacks on Its tradl-. tag. stations by ambitious-Princes, and the. Company-was obliged to defend itself; ,By-.l'?63.it3ie Company was the dominant power to Bengal, and found Itself,having to govern or get out.: In 1772 Warren Hastings arrlved,'to Bengbiand took over the responsibilities of.; government. He set up a new-administration and system, of justicei/better than Benf, gal or any . other Indian province had known'before. The rights of the'.peasantry were tesp^qted, and Indians were appointed lo.positions of responsibility. Hastings laid the real -foundations of British rule in- ■Indla. i ' Nevertheless ihe was mis­ understood and grossly ralsrepre-: sented. with the.result that he,was recalled - and Impeached, - but the chargesi against' him ; broke 'down


India' during the reign of Queen, Elizabeth. For a'hundred and fifty years: they contlpuet as powerful traders, ‘ functioning under' the charters both' of - Elizabeth and the then -sovereign In India. With thq advent- of the ..British, one of -the great i clvllldatlons: of ithe East was brought under the Influence of the West,' and so It has remained ever, since.' The modern-politics, of the Indians ace based entirely on those of the West.: One-sixth of the hu­ man race, with a huge variety of races. tongues, religions and grades of civilisation, has- become a'slngle vast'; dominion,' I amongst whose people peace has reigned for two hundred . years ;.at i lealst. This achievement Is not- 6nly remark able In 1 itself ]It Is remarkable because successive British .Govern­ ments never. wanted^Indla, but pro­ tested against and strove to prevent every stage, qf Its! development, AS Sir John, Seqleyi'-puts' It:- “ The Indian Empire was won In a fit of absent-.mlndedileES.’:’ I The East


proaching Its dissolution. With the final; breakdown . of the Mogul Empire, India became a chaos of warring : and plundering Princes, These facts of hlstbry provlde ithe keylto India as w know It to-day. The British East India (Company first ■established:


•themselves


origin. But the ijTq races never came together. Even the great Ak. bar did not rule all India..- It was not- ! until: :h}si. greategrandson, Aurungzeb, became -Einperor that he extended his. empire to the Dec- can andthe South. But within five years: of his -death-'-l^ :‘a707j' the Mohammbdan regime' -was ap­


iT h e only freedom worth possessing psvtnat which glyes enlargement to a ,■


areely, .according to conscience,. above


eligion; virtue, ’truth—whate’er we call


(Back -whelf the green, twin valleys meet.


'A WBLL-'ipibstN native author imlndla' has written: that more


■mans';.^( put ■: ip .t-a,.tremendous fight.vpth the object'Of' domlnatlnr the universe,. thOT have never, yet.


ning thejieace.: But- thls-WOimust ot: forgSt: . Thiit whlle the Ger-‘


surprise with which'Hitler hoped to: force g quick deilslon Is no longer Oh the derman side, in this cam-, palgn;- It has sv Itched iqvqri tO' the Allied Nations. ; Respite -Dr. poeb- : bels and all his. terminological In-


iimmediate 'Bucca e of his totalitar­ an blitzkrieg. :i ut the; weapon of T.. FXto^f,tomy own retum-at last.


BhaU-brtng tbecnata ■ aqd dell: I


Stoll stay with me beioT’d. and tell' 1“ 6dgVhoure. of Joys »h^ -I have


'The- wild, romantlci around: '


Df wswumess from strife where '-plsln men dwell


- I?*®®' belov'd,- IndustrlauB, (rue; My, fnendSi Iibld'adleu'toiyou. )


i


,your,-tons ,th8B8,..fells. toys! .live-long looked upon,


■Strong In their-youth they ; have-now .gone


laces too: , .


■ Saw- loveb pure ■ light in -tear-dimm'd -:-eyes so dear, ■ :: r


Embrao^ the greenness of -these fells bo fair—


- «1


' For this endured war's isacrmolal fear; ■


) ... j


; ilhe^sunsct . watch .in, gratitudp and And keep their sorrows-pnooniess't;


Tfiey'Shall .return; who live, ■ ■.- to share, ;■ . : ,•,■


■ •


: Of: beauty-found I but once in life so fair—


, ’ ■ :) -!; ■ ,:


Andil-’Shall dream Qf- heather: cloud and fell,


this peace |


To -fight- for Britain, and -ithelr last adieu


„The- Ntoh winds blew: upon. Bielr r .


' | • '


And ewnse,... that o’er my; splslt cast;, A,pcauitou&spell, iriUcb'ipimy nund of valley, stream


naturalness


BOWLAND PROTEST AGAINST COUNTY COUNCIL’^ SUGGESTION. •- . .


“FURTHERING JEALOUS INTERESTS."'


pfTERESTING^ letifirfl relating , toi oil, and: wouli not attempt to decrv , the -proposals put forward to a- it-« nioco. in.


Local, Government reform,', were read . at the monthly meeting ' of Bowland Rural District Council on Monday,


■And: bad’st. good-bje;' yet’ btifl they, r..,. pare,-—


Walmsley,:,T. .Holj[ate,- T. Robinson, L .! ColUnge^ W.: W,- Dugdale and Major Mi.Nw.Wrlgto;. -'.' ■ ■ v. , -The Ci;erk. (Mr,-Pv 'F. 0larke)‘re-> ported receipt of. a letter from Ithe Rural District CoUhclls’rAssoclatlon drhwPg'attentton'to- tne.i fact ■ that- Cdmmlttee of the. County Association., -had i con­


other members -present: were iCoun- cfilors J. Watson, T. Walker. S


'Coun. 'R. Hltehln presided, and


a- Special ::i Councils’:


, •.. ■


sidered: -the question , of Local Government reform and had'lssued a report.


1; -It. jvas- understood'! that - ) amongst the proposals, made was


'oi-,|Jle Coilnty Council, be asked to, voterAgalnSt the'proposals,, ; ',


was ;made to all Rural District councillors to do everything!,within their;-power ^to oppose such an undemocratic proposal, -and :lt 'was suggested'’that the loqal members


, idlstrlcf councils.’! • -It'Buch were ,the;'oase,/an' appeal


one for-the abolitibn, of allmral


he had wrltten .to both M^;^F. J, dMr.S.


“ My : Jlhalrman,, Coun. Robert Hltchln, has asked me to write to you with reference to a communl-, cation . ’which) has been -received- from' the Secretary of-the -Rural -District Councils’ Association; In


Cornthwaltei of Settle, and ! Farpr,. of Clapham, the representa' tlves' on the. West Riding County Council for the Eweeross'-Area, p . the-followlngterms::-


. i I'l


which. It Is stated; that the. report of i the special Committee of the County. Councils’ Association upon the question -of Local Government reform; contains' proposals fpr- the abolition of all rural district!coun­ cils.


.wlli need .no urging on our part to, vote -against: such''-undemocratic proposals. It would; be iuseless) to deny'.that some reforms, are neces-


Press reports. of the-. Settle .Council ' meetings,' It would ■


“From what we.have seeh In the •


master to. thfe .mistress to the ser­ vant to the cat to warrant; the terpi


sary/i and I am sure: my Council would not put any selfish, objections' forward, to - true proposals .for reform which would benefit' the government of this country, but the present, proposals are too analogous to , traasierrlng the kick- from the


done about lt, so let'us kick outtfi®:, weakest, section and hope tbat thaT will suffice.


of. reforra. It would seem--to be a catie J of, something' having- -to. be,


to


put forward with considerable per­ sonal feeling, The small istaffs employed .by rural. district councils are: working hard covering duties ordinarily performed by’: staff "now on lactlve service and performing such' ' tasks' as. Blfletlng,' Salvage,- Food' Control. National Registra­ tion, : Fuel Control ■. and ' - many branches of Civil Defence, all ' to t addition ' to their normal peace­


SHOULD BE'“ STAMPED ON;’?' “There Is bnother point .which


ime wprk, ■ :! '


. spend on considering- the: im- provement of. conditions I after the war, all our . time; helng


It is somewhat discouraging *10 find', that. our reward for. ithese efforts is to be summarily dis-. miSsed after the war, " i


devoted to assisting- the war effort to the’maximum extent.


ment Act 1929 which, provides'for- revlewing and altering where necessjiry the boundaries of' dis-" itrlcts and parishes. It Is unfair if the dlatrlcts are going to be blamed


lon:46 et seq.-of the Local Govern­


because 'Insufficient:: thought' was given to, these p’owers. ■


> INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE.


f a County Council before takliig up work with a rural-district doun-


lO T U T A lL


INQUEST On ‘ CLITHEROE i ■OCTOGENARIAN.


. ■; - ■('' ' V ■ ’i' - ■


an Inquest, at Clltheroe. on Friday, on Jamies; Parkinson (83), a'retired machine'minder; of 71, Brownlow- street,.-1 Cllthe):oe, who dledN on Wednesday week, followtoga fail to the yard of hlshome, •/ .,


ire Coroner- (Mr, F. ■ Rowland) at


said, that on the evening of Friday NovepiBer 6th, her husband left the S llvlng.room to go into the backfard,-


The widow, Jane tone ParklnSon, ii -


removal. to Blackburn Infirmary, where;he .sayed untll. Frlday./Nov- ember mh. On his discharge from the, tofirmary,: he went' to; his daughter’s house at 52, Hayhurst- street. - I His condition ^-gradually deteriorated. '


Mrfi.^tocejBimB said that i her .<


hegah "moaning. Obtaining 'daslst- ance, she got him Into - the -house and ■


wA , .verdict: of “Accidental Death” shas. returned h r the East Lanca­


e. The writer, had •■eight yea'rs’ oxperience In various departments


proper.-government, of- th^ pibople. We have not been given the oppor­ tunity; of seeing the report, but-It is understood some stress -has; been made ,of the areas of- adralnfstra- tioni being too . small. Surely the : rower ;of remedying this was given t :;o the;County-Councils under: Sec-'


jealous Interests without true coh-^ cern .for- the -baslc -principle,.,the


.he '-war: Is being used to further


should be stamped on to early as possible before .they; have a disas­ trous effect on the .war work being performed by the junior members of local government. ■ i - i - - t “One ;cannot-help but" feel that


"It I Is thought - such, 'proposals -! “We have not the time to


to act, and the matter was of such a importance, the' Clerk . said ■ that


fter consulting with,the Chairman


CLERK’S YIGOROUS LETTER. As ;the're was little time Ini which,


Special Committee of the County: Cotmbllsl ' Association regarding-


-govefm^'Pebple a. body has- to: have Intimate.; toowledgfe of their needs


hits. place, in- local governmentj but is experience, has been that tn


.tofi'holi) allowed to developed into a stcuggjq- :fprv: existence -of present


of local government'are approachprt sanely,, and; without selflsn motives


.democrktlc .reasoning.” The following reply. had received from Mr. Farrer; '


"sound ■ |beeh


and, this . cannot . -be/ acquired hv remote-.control ■ • ■ ' ' \“My ^Council woulfi :"tok ! you therefore,, to use your powers of persuasion and influence,'to' see that Jhe needsTor reorganisation


local governing bodies, if there s np need in the new order for rural


CLITBJIROE ADVERTI85ER & TIMES, ERIDAT, j DECEMBER WE MUM WAIT AND ADIEU! (DfiDIOATBD'TO (3UIBEROB).


4. 19^2. .BOWUND’S Y.M.


THREE' MOBILE, UNITl IMPRESSIVE WADDIN(f


WOMEN'S' FINE PARI '


'MAGNIFICE^ 1


- TGeitaw ' Secretary ' o f the NoVttoWest Division, at a speejal ceremony held on Sunday after­ noon Jat Waddington.


.'


district; councils,, let us, be told sn by unbiased'opinion wlto “


CQDNTT COUNCILLOR’S REPIV “In reply to your letter of Novi?


mlttee of the County CounclU’ toroclatlon dealing with Urban


ember 26th, X have read those bart'-i of the report of the Special Com"


while this, report does; advocate the amalgamation,:, or- even entirp supercession, of these bodies the suggestion Is only put foWd m • oases where :these; bodies represen^f


Parish: Councils! and


.a .very jmaU numbejr.'Of electors, or have an /almost negligible lierinv rate woduct. I could' not find a deflmte . proposali. for entlrelv abolishing these local bodies" Irres’


-shall reign-where’er the sun,” and later played selections]: Ah exact; replica-of; the three It was


canteens was onj view, impossible tb have "the canteens off the .^pot


„ sented by the Inhabltaits of Bow­ land-Rural: District In the West


pectlve, of ithelrpopulation, or rale! able value. “I entirely agree wlttn your remarks about the hard work now tolng -done , by the staffs "of the Rural /District; Councils' ■


addition , to their .normal "dhtle'i I also entirely agree: that Section


appear that- you' u The Clerk’s action was approved nanimously; ■ ") : > - ■


• • PRAISE FOR R,D.C. i Coun, Holgate; recalled i that'


.from Rural District Councils and I said quite definitely! that without: their help it would'have


', -In answer- to a! question,! the ;Clerk spld that.as ydt no.reply had ;beeil received from Mr. Gomtiiwaite' but this, was prpbably'due to the .fact that he had not been given much tlmei.to do so; It was quite possible a reply would be received In the next day or two.


beeq. almost impossible to carry on his work.


; i


1 ■ Coun. ■'Walker said that all the members quite realised the gravity of the! situation-and the position should ibe carefully.watched. i


! GRINDLETON mVAGEJ


, lection i-of isalvage to Grindietom t [Ihe Secretary reported that owing


"Salvage Officer at; the October meeting of -the Council ■: that" the method: of 'Collection' of salvage at Grtadleton ;led to overlapping.' and that It!-was quite possible official scavengers I could he blamed! for


o an opinion expressed byi the


' The ' Committee i. unanimously approved -the minutes of i the Salvage Committee which included the followint? reference to the" col-


: i i


at , a ^conference in London, which he Attended, the Minister of Health spoke.iln high tern's of. 'th0 i help hei had received


, . The ptolrman .said he felt con­ fident i all the . members " would approve the letter which: had been sent by the Clerk; i .


West Riding.” . i |.


Act, 1929,! gives all! the necessary powers ;for re-forming or re-rgroup- }ng Local Authorities. . 1 should certainly, oppose-any suggestion to abolish) the Rural District Councils . to thei'Ewe.cross Division of the


i«cal Government


which is, administrative work" which the walr throws pii.i these staffs in


— all of


• Riding of [Yorkshire, November, 1942” v:.


■ Anthem, Coun. Hltchen, who pre­ sided, handed over the first token and also thanked those who had assisted In.provldlng the canteens.


After the singing of theiNatlbnal " ■ MEETING 'WARRIORS’ NEEDS.


■ Coun.. Hitctiln said that . thanks to the magnificent [response by the people of .Bowland, the "sum: of £1,617 16s.':9d. had been raised to enable'three mobile canteens to be


provided for the use of the men and women of His Majesty’s Forces.


- ' Allied -nations’ activlties-make more , urgent the need of 'these Y.M.C.A.


: ' to face,Conn, Hitchln declared; “The ever-increasing "scale of the


. i .The effort was a collective on e.todv; thanks .were'due to e.veryone fesid-1


. 'Coun.' Hltchln said that It would i 'be an lmpo.sslble and Invidious task


'.‘•'Adding that it was hls,pleasure and duty to thank those who have assisted in providing the canteens,


to attempt to mention Indivldijals.'


• Ing In .the Bowland area. Never-1 theless, he felt compelled to men- tloh Mr.. Fattorlni’s glft'Of the bull ■ calf- This generous and novel con-


‘tion'the treasurer (Miss Lord) and the secretary (Mr. (3. F. Clarke). The efficient way In which they had carried out their work had con-' trlbuted much to the success of the effort.., -J'- ,


in hls duty-if he omitted to men- ; EXPENSES ONLY: £15.


T h e expenses to raising this ' • grand total had amounted to only


■for, the, remark, stating that the: word overlapping. had been in-i


tended 'to I refer toione- Isolated instance, .and was not meant to: Infer that Coun.- Holgate’s collec­ tion by horse and cart was not re­ quired. : He'Withdrew! the*term un-j reservedly. " :


agreement, and It was resolved thdt the method of' collection, adopted: In Grindleton be continued. '


Satisfaction was expressed at this i " , :


.facilities offered. Inrorder to give' further ipubllcltv to the iBureau’.s i


Chairman dre-w attention to the establishment to CUtheroe of a Citizen’s Affvlte Bureau and said residents: 'to:: the " Rowland "area should take.every advantage of' the


activities, arrangements had been made- - for :Mr. A, • Langshaw. to address ;the next- meeting -of 'the Council. , 'I


..' I ' ■ "1 all the time. ■ i


father came to her home on leaving the Infirmary. He had been in:bed


;!


• the- backyard. He [discovered a manhole.; cover which -was raised


aminlng


•litos,. above the level of theiyard. It was probable that he had fallen over this. "


hihe held' the door open to enable C In returning- . his verdict, the oroner Observed thatithere was no


m ,to see, but he "suddenly fell and' doubt - whatever. - that deceased jlater Dr.- Cooper ordered his


removal! to .Blackburn Royal Infirmary, and; had attended, him since'he was discharged. Death . was accelerated by the fall i - .


result of the fall Parkinson dislo­ cated hls'shoulder and was suffer­ ing from shook.' - He ordered hl-s


Dr,- J.' S; :'Cooper s; Id. that as a


-P.W.R.. Tingle spoke to. visiting deceased’.^ "home and- ex’


the end of the. meeting, the i i


clarified. The policjl of the Com-i mlttee hadibeen to encourage vol-. untary collection in every way, and; this policy appeared to be affected." - The, Salvage Officer apologised


something -for whlchithey were not' responsible,' or vice i versa, - Coun. Hqlgatet .-had. discontinued ' the; voluntary collection of salvage witli his horse and cart. This had led to; a. considerable drop In the salvage; collected Ini'Grindletom and It was! hoped that; the position might be


■ . Coun.. Hltchln then handed over : the mobile canteen to Mr, Gefrard, with the hope that it would -bring much oonffort to tfie men and


£15. , This Included 'advertising, printing, postages, etc./and there­ fore a sumiof at least} £1,600 would be handed over to the Y.M.C.A.


■women Inthe Forces. ! t Coun. Walker said 'he was proud


that Coun. Hltchln had said. : of“We have achieved something I


o have the honour of endorsing all


which we are justly proud, and the ready an^ willing way


■ everyone came forward to assist was astonishing,” Ihe observed.


■mention of the Women .'Voluntary • Services Each councillor was given


•1 would -like to make special


the task of. falsing a quota accord- 'ing to the population :of hls parish. Thanks to the splendid assistance ■ of the. W.V.S., the task of many


• Coun. Walker for thb|hice things .he'-had said about I them. Any


' tary Services. Miss Garnett thMked


' assistance the W,y.S, had been able . tehrender had been made easy by the .response pf the puhlto With


‘ , target of £1.000 .seemed have: thought the


. Worthy one. She; and


' the siffall population teW Bowland .P'bstessed. the task of raising the


^' impossible, but to have achieved i £1,600 showed that everyone inust,


: LXipp


■ which she represented felt it an honour to ask Mr. Derrard to accept the., name plate to be attached to the'thlrd moblle canteen.


“TRULY MAGNfriCENT.”


: .Nevertheless, the ".story they had "Heard-that afternoon of' hbw the


throughout' the woijld, and tne . .imbUc expressed thto *2^00 600


. that any donations wou'd b® ^ut to good use. In the last war, they : hpetafed to- every,


and this was due to the fact that ' the British public had confidence


■ ’to the Y.M.C.A., and,the assurance Thl


by. raising the -sum.lqt £3,0M,QUU for the provision of capital expen-;


^


talned In the fall. It could :not have been avoided by reasonable care on .the: part' of (myone other than deceased. J it was a very saa case, and Jhe / expressed sincere sympath-y with the widow, tO whom ■ the wholp aflalif must have been a great shoA."- :. . "


accidentally: fell and that hls death | was the result of the; injuries sus- j


' :: been used lop tho. provision ol - mobile' canteens i and otner ' ; Christian social! service.


. .they regarded it lasi one of ■ tne ...highest privileges that/could .come


■ movement. They hadibeen doing such work for half! a Icentury. and


’ " to any paovement 'when they were jpanpH'Tinnri'.tt*’ ♦Ho HocrlrmlTlff nf tnC The Y.MCA w’as] not a new I


cllture," '■ Up to date, in this war .toe Y.M.C.A; mpvemcn; had receWea £1,450,000 and every penny had


-tosted that they should raise £LO00 ■ to such a comparatively .short time


hey aU felt when It was first sug-


effort-toad proved so successful was being repeated all over the counTO


truly magnificent: one, Mr. t told he could quite understand how


: Describing Bowland’s .effort as a i


'counclllbr.s'was made|easy. _ . ^ - On behalf of the Women’s Volun-'|


trlbutlhn was the means of raising £270 14s. He would also be lacking


■ effwt shows we are not.unmlnd- ■-' fnl of the needs of; these who have met and will meet war face


^ “We to Bowland are somewhat remote, from the war'in these peaceful surroundings, but this


- vans,- which provide some little comfort to the men and women far from the 'comforts of thelf homes.”


' used as a' token. The " plate - bore ■the following' Inscrlplon: "Pre-


the ceremony, a name plate was


ictual three and, during


•ajAmSI PLATES were handed over -i-T by, Conn; . R. i Hitchln,J J.P., Chainnan of Bowlandl'Rural Dis­ trict .Council, Coun. ijT. ■ Walker, I Vice-Chairman,'' and Miss V. M. I [ Garnett, J.P;, Area: Organiser of the Bowland WJV;S. 'Afterwards; the canteens were, dedicated and an address'given by the Rev.’J. Moss, Senior 'Chaplain lof the -Preston sub-^axea.:’.During, an! Impressive service; , the . Band of|'the Royal Engineers, under the 'leadership of Bandmaster -H. W. V; Roberts., led the singing: of the hymn '“Jesus


•teens;'./purchased ; by the in-i habitants of - Bovyland, were I ofitelaUv presented to Mr. U. G. I


xWee Y.M.C.A-.. mobile can-


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