'I':':;;- . H I :' !•' c ™ h e k o e :-'vl. V


i':-vi!'. h1 -ti'.


-, V01Jn6 peoilie,setting up Molise^ay, are' goihgi tO: Where the Germans Go Wrong


r, ■" iiave|^a reiy difficult time. Alter discussing ^|hi^ se reral buyers ajid manuf actufers,. I j: ho new homes are going to be ;iumished,|j^j


matfer, 'With hot see' now


' ,|.; '■ fl l'':.'T j Ta^eltlu Ilanket situati i


'crlbed' as a “ Natlohk't Price-cdnt^lb d; Blanket.' Tl{ese5canhot'bi (jfferedlor ^| ';the poy-


ms'nijifacturers willjbe compeilito to proiuceia; .1 „1 .


dmment’s demand approximately 90,


I f ip ; ii|,f 51 f ; t to] iraiuce; a Sttaaindard Blahket, w. be ,jde^


__. -..^_,.oli, ;; Alter May pt, i._—____


sale tor some tlmeyet.^ ^eft^ien thequantlty musjf-be limited, f , — (- :r .*«,r«Unf>c


per cent; o:^ the p in t iy ’s production.; >, * ] , . Under h new I Order to; hduiufj


be.pade; waste wep only'c^^ be'^iisei .i The produqtion of Tablecloths Table Napkins haalbeen forblMen smceiiast November. !


doubtful |lf laige'BallI Towels jwill be made igato until after the^war. ; - 'i!, , ' ’ ' ' , ■ ' ' ' ■ ■ ' I


.There; are cotton! Face 'Rowels atfalable, but the„cuantlty of these can be judged when it is -realised that we are , i»rmltted oidj 9 per cent, of for, I939-40;| ,If, bipiveyer, man^ufactu :els are unable to procufe t^e yam| then .even this 9 p|er cebt. will not be possible.


our quota necessary


npWN QUILTS.; merclai use,- and the KapijiX; iiSeijl lit some;Quilts


pg jackets iorjthe F6rees| ' dlstwimtlng our 9|per cent, hi , thblfaireBt way ;we cai iamongst tkoe, custon^


ers: who purchased this class,if merchandise before the shortage drose. The worst of jhe.shortage;


■ I. i ..'. las.hoj y;et bran read e f Meanwhile, wejare


' N0 -moh feathers -to be Impoiited Into thlsj country; for is now required for life-^


'gf jatcjhss soihetlmei• readidd i l h j '


urers, no morei all-cotton Shejts ^le to i '!


'


India Must Be-considei IBy , pABEY LORD


After .tyranny, us; the;Greek.pto^ has It, marks an uncultivated i^ d . A person who so wishes caiinot weighed whftt Butler. , calls J .tM . douSitfulness in" which! things j ate


‘ To wish to be.a despot, .


Bagehot in, “The; .English poMn- vtutlon.” ■ ; ;


■ can lay down plans tor; Bgea yet iunbom, is a fancy! generated by w the pride of thejhuman inteUect to


' involved. The notion of. a ; lar- seeing and despotic statesmun;'’Who


I himgerl reality ioJ t^ej.ipeace wUi be the - — righting Of Wrbligs.j Even the Nazis can sCe no peace In the coiintrles of whlch»they arb jnow astride. For them 1 a' searching of mind must fbllow.i'the vrtdespread: Bitterness and .’hate they; have' sown aU over Europe' The,hew econoiny can be


hich facts give uo. siipMrt.— ;


” three years the gates of hell;: have almost prevailed agalnstj,us,


t U T H f i R i TUES


- •' -'..tr-;. j ; ' ■ I • IlATi .1 i


pbwer and led-by a fanatical ‘wor-;. shipper of sqU, plus dlcta,tOrsWp, vtAJiave some of our.owh.publtolsts, telling' us thdt ttvwas bui!l failure; to promote economic unity: that brought this war . aboiit.! ;That , story Is hot good enough even for the marines; Economic problems, difficult to-solve though-they may be, can; be, solved,! if ever, they; Me solved, round the conference table by any dr all pebples who abhor jwar in their hearts. ;Let.lt;be;^anted that economic conditions prevented the Germans -from being pros-, perous ,a's they rnlght 'havte :been; followiiigi.the, ;Qreat'War,; alyrays vrith the iprovlso inserted tl: at they preferred gettlng ready for the next war to falang'the standard of Hying, or .the: German; nation.-.' AdveKe economic-condltlops had a deleteri­ ous effect .‘On ourselves. We were not as prosperous as.we might have. been under' more stable economic conditions.. But contrary, tb econ­ omic conditions in Germany brlng- in' about the war, it .was the Ger- ab itiiin war.'spirit which brought;war


thanks to the desire of a people' mesmerised by the mirage ( f mrld


m


it; wc;


th s. jcoming war independently; of ary'lor all .'-economic conditions. Nqt-.a single one of our ecojaomlsto. can'deny that, since the evidence Islth'ere as Plain as daylight for au to see. Indeed, one can go farther.. Had -'Gqrmany been more prosper­ ous,'and so able to‘make her pre­ parations (for. war at twice.! the spleed at which they were , made, the war would have broken out aS so'ori as Hitler was ready, isay In 1935 Instead of 1939,: because |war


out. Preparations were made for. S -i.-i


and' what he wanted to get^tfaout flihting, through the Internal!col­ lapse! of the democracies, as actu-.


ally happend In France, Economic conditions- are a chronic, festering sore, but people do -not wapt, tp go to war about them, .in otheij words',


there Is no reason why, vWhenj war breaks out, as In 1914 and agal 1939, !• because of the aipbll


wb should fall back on a sore In the body politic which we ha've been all doing our best to heal, andfciy, “There, I told ycnirlt would mean war,” when all the facts .disprove It ahd point decidedly. to the iculprlt In the personal alms.of ,one man to become monarch of the :earth.j;'


Wheat needs p!enty of nitro^eni, especially ■ J ■ !


after aj white straw; crop, so make sure of a fill! yield by j pplying a late top-dressing of .Sulphate of Ammonia. Each acre dies 5ed‘ with i cwt. Sulphate of; Ammonia befo re the end of Aiay should;


- - r I I 1 1 , ■ ■ 1 ' ,• I


«!^give 2f3 t5Wt. of extra grain without causing lodging. ,


vAnitv "first of the German! Kaiser ahd next of the fanatical [Hitler,,


-to;ip Itlous


TiESPITE the fact that for nearly,


lOhgetVlbe maintained; It grows weaker';With coristant ‘use and <at last It' will; break down,' n'p m^ittef the brllllarit:sricqesses'it riiay have achieved. ' Germany ! mustj get rid of'hef; iron mask before she sits at the peace table'. ; The collapse of the nations both mbfally and physically Is'a warning and an bpportunlty. Compromise with the evil!;spirit of militarism has had Its day.. Before this -iwar- our, statesmen's^ minds were "hopelessly ,;befudaled,t arid we are ’ now paying the pettplty. No RrogreSs': was .made'' because they would do anythlrig-but fedfeflne the fundariiental'coridltiOns' of! progress, which!In themselves would provide the means of security.- Ouijldeyelop- ment was manlfesUy unbalanced;;, our statesmen were Just | children with dangerous; weapons In'' their hands; We knew-not thelineanlng of discipline; still .less, of that self- dlsClpllng which Is one of the-pUlars of freedom. Our rellgionk became- dried-husks for: want of ! 'a living' splrlfj Science 'and Invention, mainly devoted Fto :ivar purposes, killed the civilisation bulltjup Iri.the nineteenth century;; because , they came in strong doses of a' destruc­ tive poison Instead Of through the refreshing springs !of ■


finally depbgei


is'hls object from the moment he rang Into the saddle, with:one proviso) that he ;could,get| where


again must we . tolerate this disas­ trous compromisers , whb mistook their nilsslon between the years 1920 ahd 1940; - The field of political consciousness Is!, now a | imridred times wider,, The old concept'that there is one,; and one only, govefn- Ing class is dead ps muttop, and the notion that, opinion is generated only amongst a [restricted fraction of the people 13 relegated to the madhouse. -■ j


'.''I ‘


than ;the moneyed ffitpup wHl dominate .the poRUcal; field In the future, 'The onelis as uri- pra'ctlcal as the other] is grasp­ ing; Church; and. chariel-gber ' will both be' on the same grade. ;


Nomore the Intellectual group


i Be that as if may.^theArazen logic of the German clalmjo be


:- democracies. -To that 'extent, ' neither more nor less, good:has


menace which confronted I the


So long as the Germans makei this! qialm—a claim; by the way, v|hlch those' who believe there- is i good


-! ‘ 'come. , ■ ■ ' , a i ' 'i


excluded, from power over jiveaker And more backward people's. Then


i any. just round the cbmer feryacre 1 8


M G S : Please take are of empty fertllher bag$> fbrnewionesare diffldilt to obteln. Payment will nude for their return)'and your jnerdiant .


will give full li^formatlon on prices and; arrange^. ihents for collection.


j .


there Is no dominant race, that the real use. of capacity is servlce.ithat exploitation as a national cre.fed Is an anachronism. Until then, there Is no-security against the repetition of the present universal; tragedy, unless the whole democratic -world mounts guard all the tlrUe. '^iter the last Great War a newi world order was foundep. ' It,, failed because,' although:: the -nations acknowledged their duty );p co­ operate for the renunciation, of war,; they'Shirked the more Impojrtant duty of co-operating*-to ereilj and secure the fabric of peace. After the last war we were: so fond. of admitting that -it . was not the Kaiser but the disturbed si ate of the world, not the ‘Kaiser , I ut the conditions of economic unrest, not the Kaiser-, but the. sotdld; toolal conditions prevailing In' the -iWest, that brought the tragedy about, k that :the ; Gbrmans, who ob vlously


mown to all democracies,- ithat


ness'> for ' self-depreclatlor. j and by their persuasive prop iganda almost convinced lis that W


new better, played up-to oui .weak­ m TH AT 3AY Will COM


.- 1-..Otntral Minii«*s. r . : L


“ I'Q R'G 1 E AGAIN


. -tha "Hallf ix" wH| be, as always, ready to place Ita resources at the {service of the Homajbuylng public


—when thpughtslwlll be turned'to the plsi _ building of the Nation's homes. In [that dlreetlpif


. advlce wlllbe, gWen gladly by the Spciety's Brandy • Manager): »wll ind see nlm.


'In the meantime, If we can be of service.to you, .


HOW IH»X BILIN Q Hours


1 ST IN THE UJCIRJ^D-‘. iEAD (^FFICES - HAUFAX 1 :


S HIF UDG SC ‘ ’ j Local [Agent—.


TH E OFFICE !


‘


L . PERCY S T E P L E &i SON | S OPEN ON TUESDAYS ONLY 11.30 a.m.—345


4iARaA.YS. :r ^ . , : xhambers^ u ih b ^ ^


the war ourselves, with the IptfBded result that- we put a' blind eye, to their Immediate purpose, wh ch was to re-arm - for the' Second fYorld War for German prcremlneiiCe and again make us believe, we began it. And.‘mark my words, unless we are constantly on the alert, and deter- mined to prevent, history re seating Itself, they, will deceive-us. il third tlmei and-prepare for ant;!bring about, when they are ready, the Third and-last Punic War , which has been their aim since belofe the present' century dawned; [while inducing, us to place the bh me not on [the right shoulder3;j the shoulders df'mlHtarjr despots, hut


0 began 'J-'"''"-:; '* 7 ' A BEDBESS PEEIpD, i


4*-Ourselves liberators, wel must Become;'restorers. ,We. mrist re­ dress'the afflictions and robberies and:cruelties suffered By oppressed peoples and orevent, forcibly< If need be, the. German people from again becoming the: prey of Hitler­


A FTEB this. war, havlhg proved ially Qverlopk—they nfust be !n time they may .learn the|16sson


' a master people proved'tp bq the key wWch unlocked the [door leading to a realisation of .the


Landowner and| .Industriahst' ■will co-operate on- eq,ual' terms with the trade union worker, and each alone will nb, longer belthe decisive factor; in determining the, course [of events. To-day the political paxtaes, and their' party orgrinlsatlons !are the reflecting mirrors of their coristltu- ents’' wishes, always provided those mirrors are distorted to riiatch the party nostrums; enlarging here and dlmlnlshlrig' there, with; a quaint huiriour ;whlch would highly airiuse the: Man from Marq. These things have too .lopg taken the place of constructive reforms. |The' new pattern in soclal]reform^lf find an appropriate Place and scope, not for one but for all these elements so far as they are bredjof freedom, so that the social fabric shaUj be . shot through with thb colour pr .d splen­ dour of: abundant life fpi all and woven in a web of durable magnifi­ cence.-i People ihave. all softs' of notions of what is wanteq. It Is riot for Governments either to tell them, what Is good for'them, jwiiat they should have,'or ibn the other hand to cease'to give the lead, jbrit to de^ fine those wants arid pppvlde the political and j,soclal ;machlnery which will enable them tb be rea­ lised; These., wants are often in conflict: '; But sensible people know ' ■ ■ ' "


they cannot haVe all they will


square all rounq. The Gtovernihent is the body to -formulate the.pro- gramme.


balanced plan J that be satisfied


social ofder is 'waiting to!be filled.' Once upon a [time the national-' leaders were the'Squire I and "the' Vicar,' but Industrialisin'has put an end to the old order wlthput as yet- having provided- an effective sub-, stitute.


A - great blarit In the


effective social unit is essential, to any >new scheiriq or plari. ,,Selfish­ ness Is blamed for many pi the.evils of the past; Wd inust see; to It that a new-’form ,of. selfishness Is 'Uot- substituted for the old; had [the' exclusiveness


.Some]deflnlteljyi taqglble;


. on qurselves because; we, h ive riot led 1 the world to that .Blissful Utopia ;of which we all dream;


.exclusiveness of' . club :ipr union, which will get ! us nowhere. Self must] be subordinated to the gen­ eral welfare. of ;all. andjithe sacri­ fices'bom In the dark days of war must be carried into ihe brigiit light! of peace.’ What Is putworn of useleirs must; ;be -piercilessly scrapped.'.' Sentimerit . cannot be allowed to chprish. a part which has becoroe a pulsprice and a hlnd- ■rance‘to progreps; . Growth Is .an uninterrupted ; progress, t except 'in waf tiiries,'but!as 'wth: the serpent, the old'sklri Isdlsbarded pn occasion to aUbw- for ffeer. growth beneath, arid eventually the appearance of, a new skin above,- resplendent and


Thqtjmust nbt fae paralleled liy the glorious. ■ L r \ INDIA MOST .THINK AGAINr


nPHE failure of the Cripps mission to India, while disappointing to


•other side of the Atlantic, was not wholly unexoected- [by those acquainted with the Indian men­


ian monstrosities out for thejriown ends and for the glory i of the Fatherland. The crucial tqstof the'


millions of people in thq West, and especially to bur friends on the


tality. On the contrary., It would- have been a miracle had It suc­ ceeded,'since the grounfi was In no way prepared in advance. Like the


' I'


j Once we of .rank;.


Is; jfalr and -ivlthi


ask; and a well-


gress, If' we now: enter uppn a new democratic age vfe inust possess the., deiriooratlo spirit which: Js highly ' developed in all ;jof us. . ;It means giving up many I'thirigs aii|d. many ways of llfe as we have known thqm In thepast. Thesnew religion .must' be, the religion )oi Thy !Klngdbih Come, with a riew-meanlrig behind It.' We must put:on the brmour of' light;' The night is fbr- apent: and the day Is at hand, therefore we must cgst off the iworks'of jdiarkness. There can be' po .going back. Never


heaUhy pro­ J J )


enlafgedjlso that each section,could stick to:'i Is old eritrqnched posltjori and concede nothing; .to, |'he eriefny.


hat they [might ' even leave: the. British Commonwealth at a pinch. So they promptly,began to Iron out this riewT j cbritlngency,', wbieh had suddenly! 'appeared ori the sopne; and. uqdfer.the influence-bf; the fiat Iron, spo^s were revealed. Immedi­ ately [these;must be seized upbri'and


scalq of Ifeaders of greater or less Impof tancb,i, the Immediate menace of the JaM was nothing tb compare - with the vital point as to whether a Britisher! or an ‘Indian should


cal, sieve' Wjthout shedplng .q' parr, tide of' !hls' prejudices.; From: Gandhi, wjio would i pennlt tqe Japanese enemy to land In India and bufc:ief Its :inhabltants,.uhtll they wefsltlfed-^and then the, Japs lose, the .gapie because there [would. still Be a-lejv of those four hvjndred. million 'fridlans':; left—


fiowq the


head -thel forces of resistance. A more ’ gla^rig example of fiddling while Romej Is burning will not be seen In tpej history books between Nero’s tlmei and ours. This is not to say there! is no case In substance for-some of the cbncessloris asked, for. There!Is no case now. -First things first. , ,The British Goverh- riient, have convinced a: somewhat sceptical democratic Western world


appear Before their .respective sup-, porters arif tell them they , were without itnelr chronic .-.grievance, that not’!only coifid they;*govem themselv^,! if common sense, pre­ tvailed and chev' came together,, taut


find no trace of It. that It haq dis­ appeared completely iB one night. Such' a situation was never - cori- template’


Irish In Ithe days Of bid the Indian leaders: have .lived "soibng with a- useful wleapon at hand: suitable for. all emergencies, namely, a grudge against tne occupiers of their coun­ try,-wludh riever failed to be effecU' ive, ,that:| they , were i Intensely- alarmed tbfget up one mbrnlng and


d. i It would never do to.


TWENTY-HVE years FROM QUB ISSUES OF APftiL 20th, 1917,


I i. ton, The Eev. iFatheri James plririing-1


filed-On tha;25th. i BOrntotLlverpool' In October,11831; he came, to Storiy-


to 1856 he took Ills course of phllos-t ophy *-rt—.ioKi7 i.Ai 100/1


hurst ,first ,Of all as t. student iri 1845, arid seven years later Jqlned the Society of,Jbsults. From ,1852


q ,ci prefect


[four: years [he took: cqafge'rif the Thorneyholrae'' Mlsaloni and ‘ fropi


was ordalhed’'pri’est iri 1864. From; Roehampton he return, id Ito Stony- hur'st In 1867, and remained theto untR the; time of his death; For


course at St.: Beuho’s College he . .......... ........... ...


1874' bnwards-was Ri marge of St, Mary’s, Blllington.' Altogether 1 e’


, farm.,connected.' iwlth the ’ Instlti :tlon[" ■ He represented Alghto i, Bailey and Chalgley bn Clltherbe Board of-'Quardlanfe, arid the Rurql


‘


of Nb. 8 Area Educatlom Committee; In other spheres. Father Plnnlngtob .was Chairman. of j the Clltherbe


when hesricceeded Mr[ R..C. Asshe- ton': and.hi addition, wm a membbr


spent 66, ybars at the College,''ard for; '34 of therii-'h'e: riianaged; t l e


District Council for; a long period. He 'was' apriolnted Chairman bf tl le Union lh l910: was Chairman of the Clltheroe District: Cbuhbll from 1907


, S.J.,' ot ’Storiyhiirst; College,'


47 Second heath Stonyhuk • Gbilepje was tliat .of Father; Joseiffi


'‘t.;, ' ■*.


weddjng took hlape of iPte. iThomhs Dugdale, well-known Barrow crlclJ of


At Whalley. Parish [Church


eterj to Mlsi Ruby 1 Roberts, Qlltheroe, -.


j The younger , son of Mr. Hartley Aspden .pf ^iidon, formerly of Cll-


intiffiatlon wap also received local ■O


-street ■ “ to. ‘action! In. France,


f.; wi ;r ’ cMualtleS;, Gunner. Alb&t' Coulthurst,: Monk-street': Sergeaht


EdwMd Marshall, Church‘Brbv and-.


■


Mqry street nSv


urn,


R.D.C. Tribunal,: and; representar live on! the Pejnsloris Committee, j ;,


O O K l =1^


that‘ theyf.were willing!,to, grant India 'heri freedom. But before every detail of; the most compli­ cated modern political problem -can be. reasotiqbiy thrashed out, "It, is, necessary to; stop the ehetoy enter­ ing in at'the back'door.: 'III want­ ing a nqw, house erecting Instead of Being satisfied for the present with the fouridatlons, India’s leaders are grasping the ,'Snadoyi .''arid: mlsSlrig' the substalnce.' [ Britain' cannot go back on her wbrd to India. It hOjds the fleld, arid will hold the field after thls'-jvdris,over.-■


' but their riwn'battle, since if the Japs taRe possession, the Indian


; Henjq ^he Indians can. safqly fight, [not Britain’s battle alone


: Empireiis|not onlylost to Britain ' but to the four hundred million Indians'in addition. ' ; ; [ ; , ■


■yoke was.ari'Jiriposslble substitute for the British yoke. On that the


For the; tiinej being, for propaganda purposes, the wily Japs will pretend they are coming to free Indla-ffbm th- British yoke. Onl.y later .would the Indlaris find that the Japanese,


.Chinese wbujd soon put'them jvlse. The' effect; howeyerV'Of .the .Cripps’ negotiations has been to. show eVen the Americans that the problem was not solslmple as they imagined, that all that was ipreventing the British', Governinerit' from conced­ ing India’s; wishes was the old desire to maintain the British Raj. Now they know that Indian umty really was at stake.'that a false step might bring the whole Indian Eriiplre top­ pling down to grief; that civil war can only .Be prevented by a.fair compromise between hostile sec-r tloris of the'community. One of the snags of ian extremely awkward situation is that the rival sections will riot or do .not. crime together. Haivlng had.some' small'experience of India, il was' anxious to see whether.Cripps would call a[ round, table conference of India’s, leaders: of all castes and classes. Perhaps' he did.'. The fact remains that so faf ;as one could gather from the


. negotiations as they, proceeded. Sir Stafflofd Grlpps was seeing Pandit Nehru, the Hindu leader, one day. Mr. Jlnnah, the Moslem leader, the next day, Mr. Gandhi the day after, then the leaders bf the 'Mahasabha,' the Sikh's :| and. all the rest, all at different pmes and in different places, neyer together.: ■ That has bben ray, point long before the pre­ sent emergency arose, namely, that If Amery„i as Chief Secretary for India, had I gone out! there .and brought the restless leaders to the Conference table, soirie Brbgress would almost certainly!' have, been made, even If final agreement were postponed! ;Be that as It may. Sir Stafford Cripps’ mlssiori icannot be described l as a failure. ,' India’s leaders hitherto ffave.been on the attack; an attack In which they gloried. Always they knew world opinion wAs with then when they


FROM OUR ISSUES W April


- Clltheroe mourned th; passing 0 Mr, Robert Brown. J.P., pf the Foul r sykes Mill,‘jvhlch kpiirred at hll


25th. The I clrcuiristanc es: were al the more deplorablb from’the]fad that .his bnly son, Mr. Josep Brown, had)died but thirteen week earllbr.’ Slxty-seveh yeatk of iag; Mf.’[ Brown first entered buslnes; in tor about the ypar 1861,.aloni with Messrs. Isherwood and Thom: son; at Foulsykes. A(ter-a lew'yearj the [partnership was dlisplvedj.ana Mr. Brown I assumed coitfol of thb mill, to which he inac e jcohslderl able,extensions. ; Attached tb Stl Janles’s Church, 'to! tbcik an actlvb part'ln the'eause bf jlocc.fConserva ■ tlsm and'lor a riqmbertof. yean occupied a [seat on the Town Coun­ cil. [He was created 4 J’istice of th:


esidence, Eshton-tlerr,£ e'e, on, th[


Peace for the Borough In'-1874. > .;-l


vices. ; 'It I was stated :hat during the whole of that tlriife she had onl; been absent on seven Sundays.


George Laricaster, resigned the- living vacated hef post' a^ cholrmlstre'ss after


taken a residence In Canada. , . . [ ' , ! * ■ * ( ' * !. ■ T h e mqrrlage took plAce at Si


Mrs,.Lancaster,‘ wife of [the Rev Hewiy Hall, sepretary; and Mr. &. * *


’#-.'1 m •


wh)> had. Jiiro of Grlndletori, organist anp


25 years’ serh -riion


Ni t was rkorded-' that Mr. Ernest Parker, vicar of V/addlrigtori, haq


I, Mimbqra.raf.' b.-Hpeiety,


gave q miscellaneous concert in the ' .^ubl c HaU, on the 25thi • Vocalists


torsi Ijp of : Mr. '-.r-Tr T


eville Parker, sorij of the Rev. E. G isiaier: m: instrumentalists. Moris'. Heft! I(vloiln); and i Mr,


eg. Slater;


Michael and .John’s | Ch irch, on thle 28th, of Mr.; John Ricketts Reddlsli, only son; of Mr. Robert Reddish, qf Oswaldtwlstle, to iEniily, : the only daughter 'of the late •Mr.- W. .p[. Marsdeh; formerly of Moscow an 1 Mrs. .Mars’


officiated. I . ■ •:


roe. The ReV. Father ilqrtell. S.J, #


den, Yorfc-street, Clithe


27th; a wedding took pi >ce betwee; Mr. John ’


[KiW NiHlAM


-Women’s : institute was beld In Ithe 'School Iasi night week, Mrs. -Asshetori presi-ding. A lecture on “Old Gardens,’’ illiistrated by 1 mtem ___ was glyen by Miss Steypn ion, who wAs given a hearty vote of tlfariks on. ithe proposltloii of Miss E . Par leer, second’ by Mrs.


■W.I;.‘n i 'e monthly meitlng.of ;tbe


told,the vrorld they wefe in chains and Iwlsherd only to be freed; Now they are bri the toefehslve. 'Their- freedom rtas guaranteed once the. eneriiy ceased, to Stand'! Just outside the gate, and they haye rejected It. Why? Because they are no nearer, agreement, as to' what constitutes freedom thari they were before. Whdt Is freOdonq fori one means bondage for another. .Each section have a ‘brand of freedom, bf their bwri: In time they will agree ou-a mixed brew.


:


served by and :Mrs. appointed Downham attend th^ annual' ionfertnee of Wp- men'8 Institutes' in | Lone on, in Jime, ’The social half-hour 'wto spent; fn variety, ,di[ganised [by Mrs. [Park. ' '


■ ■' Pafk. RefresljunentB were Mrs. Perclval,


a , Joint- 'qelfegE te from ;the and-Grindletbn tort^totes to


-Todd. Mrs.


form ;of q.hot-pot Isupper and social, in the School.. There' wa; an.excelleqt attendance.-■ The' afrir-proceedlngs Included .novelty games, lancing, ;and a short [ entertainment , arranged ' by ■Mrs. Park. The proceeds, for the Club, totalled £7 5s. Od.


organised a few weeks ago, held its first social; eveht, o'n .Friday night, in : the


'YOUNGI ' FABME4s,.rii';.Thls '[(jllib,


]ars.- Gardner ;!ssheton . 'whs


ejd Ija're-d wlth he j frigid elder!sisters.,i ^he .away to a: flying st irt


APRIL -maiden


and l)cd


iieems’,to„ know there is; a war un. Grass [has go


old, rather ,v "tedrs.”' i Ai and all is, sur


rule, that is to blame. Crops, animals,: children,. they are[: all, .the! same-rithey: rieed to be well nriuriShed tit birth and' in early-life, and the food supplylmost De reaidily: accessible. See -thatrthe f(Jod s ttiefe.i .'■ [


well, [alAost If it falters,


nrela/lmost ev-irything! If a) crop begn?. invariably it) ends -w:ll..; itr is;[not thb crop,[as a;


Iri farming tilth, arid s good' istkrt :


eral meetlhg; of members took'place on Tues-day 'evening, :the ,Rey.; ,E. C. Rees in. the chair.The jaccoupts showed, a credit- balancB-' of; over. £36, 'and were, consldefe'd very ’satisfactory. A - vote


KeAdinG ROOHL-Thfe annual gen­ U j w


tHE JRESUUr OF WORRY |AHD AH](1ETY’ -Nothing imposes 'a greater, strain, on the.


'n o t want'to-’worry, but ,youd nervous syswm has become 50 disorganised -that you cannot help it—you are " all netvca.f’


- sleep, and worry even ■ over 1 trifles. .You do


, -rhe irduble-is due,to nervt starvation,and unless prompt st«is are taken there is danger of neurasthema. Remember, aie:nerves..cannot


. - , be directly reached with incdititte.^-lt.is inly


through the blood that the nlrvcs can be. fen. To remedy nerve’ trouble!you must build


iip the blood; and the one roe(licine .which goes


, blood created by these pill( supplies , to (he starved nerves just the elements they.,need-- In'this way these pills have’lianished nerrou, trouble in mtiny thonsands of-cases.- Aaourse


direct to the- blood.: enrichiilg and .purifying it, is:Dr. Williama Pink PillB. Ilie. new rich


of: Dr. Williams Pink - Pills iVill quickly give increased enfrgy, keen appetite, strong steady


neives ahd robust health., : . , ■ . . ,, So build up your nervous -system by .taking


Dn Williams brand Pink iPalls. All chemists sell them, is. Sd. a box (triple »l« 3s- so-), includihg purchase- tax. -


of thanks'was passed'fo (be treasurer, Mr. A. Hartley, and the seoretary.'.Mr. H. Martin,-for their,vaiaable.services durlng: ,the past'yeir. : ’The election bf officers resulted 'as! follows;. President, Mr. palpB Asshefon, M.P.; Chairman, Rev,,E.,CJRees; treasurer, Mr.:A; Hart­ ley; secretary, Mr.l H. Martlp. - Com-, mittee: .Messrs. ’I*. ’Todd, A. Irpland, |R. Barker, j . Jacksdri, anti E. Jackson.


mtera-.than worry.-: -It -plays-: such havoc, that under its iofluenco you soon become a nervous wreck. You grow depressed, 1 irritable, canno),


Billiards' committee ; Messrs. A. Ireland, A; Hartley, H. Maijtiri aqd'J. Jacla.on.


Cross Fl'ag'Day; on.Ji be-'about a quarter, tl l and will fiaVe| tabs (


■■'FLAP' I [RAY "|F. ,,, The emblems'for tl


self-imposed fbrra of Ing and 2b,000,000 e)


oons instead-of I pins|


affecteq, ' , ■ .> 'i artistic! INGl


■ 'A. nori-cbrimilssloi lljance-Corporail- B) stationed with ]tt e has painted ia [water shaving brush, land hung ;;in thb"-.Natlo Gallery, ■ 1


SAVING.


Is [year’s Red l le’9th are! to


ir fed cotton' a TJils Isper-ratlbn- hlems ‘ are " • ' ’■ '' -i


e ’ usual size NUITY. I


ly In Iceland; olour with a It has been al Portrait


ed [ officer, Rawlings,


■ It[s good [rath for man; and con..[ When April blows; his horri, '


, ’ If i( -’ls good for; hay and [i(irhj ii, to good also forlpasture and forsilage find [for milk. Milk is [dilute prdteln,: so'j is grass;: and itlie -basis of’ protein iis! nitrogen. Ro one, any longer,: need ‘


and Miss Nancy Tomlinson, young est daughier of fhellate Mr. Thursj- tbn Tomlinson, botb of Whalley;


At Whalley Parish Chbroh, on thie Eatough, ‘of Shaw Housi


ij, uinvii. tyam u was'stated:. Itjik jtomewhat remarlijable that In the- ;row (if five cottages where he llvbd, e, a shdrt time ago, fiVe


Of Mr. Carr


; — . wliose,[ ages averaged '


est of the.flvb, who have all died recently.


85 yetos. Mr. Carr was;the-young- '


GE April, April,


Laugh thy gifllsh laughter; (Then, the mdment after, 'Weep .tli|t girlish tears! [


w.as ever an ‘ emoiioi a peach, however,'com-


com is going’into an ideal:se;d- Prpsaic


farmers. If [the truth be • elconie April[s occasional [ yway they soon dfy up; shine again,


OS TO 17 to


Castje Vlew,:6!) years; Ann De 581, years; fouse,


Intbrmentsi


Bllpbdrough ’:lf


Tattersafu


were Miss M. Roberts. Miss S. Toiri- llnson, Mr. Jos :ph Winter and Mr


(sow, [pianist),; accompanists, Miss- Tattersbir


and Mr.If ,Pollard. William Latham, bf


l ,nt irments: ‘iv- ;■ [#'


Emmi Stewart, Ivy Cottage FuJ- , wopd, Preston .(formerly of (311th’ i-


8, Newion-street, 56 y ek Jane Tunier. 2,- Marlboroug 62 years; Margaret Guy, li , Row, Low Moor 70 years; ‘an


Sarah !Ann Blac, rqe):i|4.yearn,, ..'i.J;'; 6 7- :Y RS 22nc[


AGO 11892. i


. rTiPfOPos o f : t to ; proposed OstleJs’'


membirs; spent of money, raped.


flrim iec£


‘ ‘1


Ma for


*


Bin low,Crick ;hqws


toqson 1892, *:


at a _ Hotel


iP£ r


N ires (lent: Mr. Thomas Hartley, bf' an,ran; treasure^.


an J Was Holt


Iri the chair.; MriT. Prestofi- jbf Marti 1 iTop. was elected:


stoclatlon.


Cllthercie Phllhaf^i under, thri- conduk


charges fo r ' atte ntlD n to horseb arid to stop u n d e M t t ln g . I Two o f t k In d r in k the. smD 11


y n l ml a t yW ia lle y r-re fe re n ce -to Ito )(prj|iatlon!, was made [last week-U imoYement ( aqie to a n u n tlm e y . 'i ts o b je c t Whs to stab ilise th e


(Nelsion) as professlonb:H.


collected, and th fn rt! Club'engaged


rmers In ,C Isburn arid dlstrlc t.. meeting hqld at the WhltelBiU


deplded oni the formation’)f Mr. Thlstlethwalie-’


tie'


Browne, S.J., vrhp, from 1910 to I8 15 was Hrovlnchil .arid ;head o f ;the pfder of Jesuits in England.


E .,C


’ 7>/


■i . ' c :r[:|''.|-:;y;'I';!


iEECOND'


. -that! they-do riot wish .to irioselto s | gists,'are m'aklng a veheriientide


'Sir,—Many,[people, wMe profd


I for the opening of a Second Pro Skirope! and! are suipprtirg -'advocacy by ‘statements- that we1


■ plenty of equipment! nort tor sri course of action n i a t wp afj la in .’equipment! is surely plain' ttori


• ahlps arid aircraftl'and a, irag:c Id 'of'the -present campaign to! :orcj| Griybrtrinent [into ’the; action - t ema


feetj that we hdvesustaindd- ■josbM in distant waters threu^ 1


.'.national war! effort driting th: fii morittis of the waf; It;ls good tha| rife ripw helping the nation, bit il beiduggested that! their help woif


-to that‘'many, of, those .'who aie Icj ’ini'the' demtod have,a big' sha yeiponslbUtyl for ,buri shortage thcy. bppotod Instoad: ,ol| helpini


tof ! greater Wlue:jll they were . pend their qlaim [.hat: they alone I


ririw! [the waf shobld i tje crindjict ' ! iKhowlng. that v[e have kuffpredl


' ihrirtage ;-of equipment in . th | ■ffieatres of war, .Vejo\ight th coij possible implicatloiis of| c


'-.this!mean the deseftlbn al cur in Burma, iri Australia, India ar Zealand'to' the .fender mprc:es 01


' .shlpis and aircraft frejm (he Easi -. their use [ to attack; Europe?


,'Second Front, M.Euiope : ineari withdrawal! of he po’


■tf£i..--prepardd so qverseas? I ] ( The Eeori'bmic


japs?'. Aud.if lt,|Waul[i mpar


' Attack; in place of defence but pi Clanl(iur-is hot a! safp gmb on flfitalls of (jarrylng! opt the policy. I ■jto civilians It shbuld be c uf duf jnfoirii the| Cioverrimenjt of the ge| Jine pf actiori we| desire aiq to


' jrius't be reaUstic and ihustWVe 'for '[all our [responsibi itiesj attack; but'our acflon :nustib( will'do us th'e most goed coJiu ■with the cost. Tlje be rplp ar; to demandj an active policy arid on


cur !polioy should —


League leli be a bold o i


S'lirselves [to!!;-provide [ithe jjnecd


■'State:: we'have enough t( do stokehole.! I . ’!' !


I I. For the Lancs) .and .Che I, ;[' I ; Economic Leiigue


| i. ' I


7 ’ ( ' I, ' .[feting H(n Dill 274, peansgate, Mancbester.;


’ ! 1 -j ! .jT[D. [THO&S


; which,; along with ' so.jriany tributers,! compels,- Ime, an citizen of the ’’ old Bofough J thank you, Mr. Editor,! lor tl


j -weli ;aird succinctly] .written by your contributors, q fe«i must riaiiie, [though at,the srs. Mr. Carey Lor(


shortcbmlngs it niay rpveaj. ! , First;, your - editorials,' whi


-E. Oxbufghigives us c evert- . i f some do !not gain my depute:


.-he certainly has th at s jiritjvyhic: day Willicorrie into its own;


I “ Thank! you, ClithCrce,” 1 me perhse j his wrltiijgs. 'e ffo r t compels my spepial 'a ; ’’.Then we have “P.D.,’ wh’ [ Nature studies are so along with! other topios of a nature.j


I also rerriember the little arficl ,


, “ J i . " on his round of th? Chul ithese !were] put in sich ap tin]


i t o ’eilrimerate. And may., 1 much 1. miss our old friend, I “ J.P.P.{' and the dive -sity c f I trib u tiin s. i “ (3uis|” whol( i arfe nd doubt suppliep by ’ ' one, has a, ; good followjrg,'


; • a ll kinds of subjects Ore n.tjch ' i"' The. latest, by a local' official, : ' Confess, an” eye-operier '’ ; ccrtal [ surprised me. Carrj' on, Rotary J


' ; I rriust, not tniss the little QU , ’the shorts Jottingri, aU of tj/hiclj ■ to make the paper:interesting,; arl


which- we look fbrward .Joj we| week) A won-derful l’)cal'as|et! j


1 ' ' jL ’DW MOOlf ..[In tendering thanks to


! ite ,” Iporbops we maj add - but- one of, a riumbe r of a


.’letters received 'in receh Several of our Service


. 'iristaince, expressing their • ou r f ‘ budget of hone news,': ■putsjit, mention tha. the lead! w ith interest] bv mariy and I civilians with whom


have! ever come aert-. deserve these pats pn tb despite .tHe'-many pnoble: we and other nevspape:


-c adetl hahE


r '


w ith Itheir wonderful out dt ^ IcL ■spread of knowledge and WS>Eh|


a ll deribminations.; . Tbej reviews of the Rota: \


-way,' telling how our local cater fo r the troops. | [ Theri! there is the |“ Pod Its noil infrequent’ contributors, fo r , example, as “Petijr BlpjsomJ Bernard Winckley; and otherf tO’


nstia I j I


tfBagl


ir is compositions have beer: 1 What [shall I say of Mr. One of his firs t articles, surtipiaf


.following. ’ .He possesses,'aj rea: agree almost entirely With] 1


in g othei


mind, a id he compcto marry of ■ - •:h!thim. I lersei


deckel


sevej exce


almost riiy ‘first ritteirjpt at this character, j please to:


I: Sif,—A'!| recent Jssueijof jd tiser’arid) ’nmes”,contains


articles published! thetbin.' [i' i APPRECLVTijO


lunitipns of!war, leayihg it to tha bn the bridge to] guiqe t lel Shi


)o bfiray 6 ir - ; ]


; ; included. Nor shoulc I .overlo' ! fa ir arid well written repoi'ie w h | ! get appertaining to t i e local cle|


.billeted, and th e ' bpinion liv ■that] “ th is is. thb b e s t i lo a l Pf OSS.” We b(|


have “, more grass' (han ihe- kripws w lat to do'iWlth.” lit it trains all day so tlat he can’t makp hay the Lan'd Girls iind the schoolboys wlH help hlm-;to [make silage) Andlhe • ckn' make, still be ter: silage, if the portehts-are that'” it.ain’t ’ ;gonnq raipf po more.” But when you ha've made tfllthe Ha.v and'all ‘■thesilage


lApril; and. green grass are here agt ln. iri'dlstaritiaridsiand seak.many!, brave''


yoU’egri, thefe to [still one thlrig .n one you' can do with; grass. Yop ban ;op- (Iress your pastufes or yotir Jauermt tha in late siimiher and provide freish green: grazing up to Christmas, i Then; tt ere are'only three bare months! to go :ind


theha.v 'all 'thei’siJ


hearts today-'are' ;longing; ‘jOh, itc be ;ln England’[now; that April’s ttare.”


' .- .,| j[::'


Let' :u3 do aU we lean to [llghteri lielrj task; and -h^sten j and . brighten; theiri homeboming;


NO'T SOPORIFIC.


Because its effect is;to keep brain [ clear andi alert,


repdrt a uemeridous snufl-takln workers on


coming shcirtage. , ariiong Civil [Defdi


night duty, and fe£i . \


tobacconli Increase


[faced, w in certainly try tc (justify the I tributes so ge|i k ind ly offered.—Ed., A. & '


ECONOMIC PROBLEMl S lr,-^um m in g up his sene


deries


[tures ‘on, economid pnd pplitic: ilemk of war and i stressed the need for a grekt'.m’ awakening' of; th( denfocratic countries, as jp In’ preliminary to thri


peace M r | 'people ’ ' of the many prob ems -'wh|ch| successful


'iq f production . whlch ;:woul(l ! vihat w£is really needed and i I isrn[ of distribution j it jrassible for what


i confront them afte: the ;wai. ■ Ori the economic side; fje sa: [ irieqnt the provisio:i of ajjir)


which wpul< w’ari produce]


i consumed ' We .could, rio t [saj w h rit shape this sy£tem would would-have to be banimei[ed|op process of t r ia l ,apd error,, arr chalos 'of post-war years.’’ - |i | It, is with the words '[trial and that I'o mn, deeply concenied. thel.foqqtalriis os of kripwlcdge|hadj


...i am d


ly conc nied: knpwledg^ha


[’ .the! people away’! from their ,o’ -


bintorests, ,wfi should by now!have| eyonq' the stage; o:’” t] 77rAi:'7!:,A:' !


np-wlhavt tr ia l -[arid


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