m


W A R S H I P W E E K O P E N S


O t S


Since the bulbreek of war ri)Ore and more co-oijerallve money Km


nafional


pune. Like the imovemeni increases da’


fhej sum Jy.' Consider'fhis. Snc^ the Out-


brwk I of war m>i lei^' ihw £ 3 0 ^ ,000 has been mvesied in British ^vemmentS'e^iilies by the co-operaiiye mbvemehl At the mon ent


the total co^pieralive cpntri^h'ons to he national puiw amount fb £tt6,700^000. That's whiit bo*operatois can do I


Mayoral Welc ( Criew of


MR. ‘! ^ -


ome to Officers ai HMS. « C?i8tleton ”/


R. .ASSHE^N, M.P., TELLS


BRITAIN’S "munitions '' ARE GRO*, £ ^ ,4 7 6 '. ‘SUBj^CRtBED'ii/ ’F lR S T ’U?^^


' ' I ' ' '


■Week, bn Saturday-; aftemopn,' amid scen&-pf enthusiasm.. The . dtpwd


, The opening ceremony Was performed from] the'deck of! the ‘TYarslffp” tadt


whetf the flag | was lowered from the fiiCdckor'’ toT reveal 'that the opened with a total Of


ryfid r’^ d ’Sle was


Diviswn; Mr,i -Stephen^Shaw,; tirbspec- .tive Labour candidate. Lieut. Hamilton of! 'HJiI.3. Castleton,. the Mayor of 'Clltheroe (Councillor M. ,French), and Mr. dames Green, JJ?., Chairman of Clithferoe’ Rural District Gouncil;


■ final total of nearly £312,000 was ■ ; disclosed; ' I


£116700.000 WILL BUY


167 PB8TR0YEAS m 2 3 3 4 0 SPITFIRES 972 C0RVEnE8 11,670 TANKS


o/t


1 3 8 2 TRAWLERS 4 2 CRUISERS


CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY LTD; | CO-OPERATIV£’ I INSURANCE SOCIETY LTD^ I THE RETAIL f CO-OPERATIVE 'SOCIETIEs|


‘—which' were now directly, or; what was more .insidious,' indirectly against US' would-help us to realise the colossal task 'which 'the Senior Service was


in the last war'iand. of the navies then on our aide—French; Italian; Japai^e


undertaking, .. .. , , , . I':HiM.S.'.-,'-CASTIETON.j


ege and pleasure-to have amopgst us this week-end officers and men of that Servlpe,” the Mayor continued! “We smeerely regret that their Commander has been prevented by duty, from - visit­ ing us, and I; know he, is sorely dis- appomted, as the following telegram


♦ HAIR BEAUTY; FOR SPRING. I| . | • The lovely natural effects of our, WAVING will dolwondefs i to'.your personality and charm.: | II


.EUCiliNE,, 'WAVING '(M D ALL METHODS). Sole


Licerisee CHRISTY NATURAL WAVE bCT BOOIf YOUR.. .APPOINTMENT NOW.


WAL; H'S, Jj-adies’^ & (jient/s Hw 7, P I S T O N isn sw ROAD, BLACKBURN. 'P h o n e 5923


will show;— ? ! ,. ! I '


ri able’ to come to! Clltheroe: My, First Lieutenant, Hamilton, - is. , jtakmg


■ cess for : warships Week. Wish I were with you.


, ■ .t,|


On Iwhalf of the people of • (dlltheroe and, district, the Mayor thanked Lieut. Hamilton, his brother, officers, and the members of the',crew.of HM.S.‘Castle- ton, for the support and liispifation of their ipresence.tin ,the district, assuring them-; of .Chtheroe’s desire to .make their; visit'I thproughiy, enjoyable,


,reminded the gathering that his lamUy feame established in this district dur­ ing the feign, of Henry 111, found about 500' years ago, ahd had been intimately associated, with the district-;everj-since.. Mr, Ralph Asshetbri 'was;worthily up­ holding the.'-best,•.■traditions -of ' his family.! The ;Governmeiit had!recog­ nised; his abilities. First, he was! called uponito travel to the West lndiqs as a member of' A Royal .Commission; later he became 'Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of ‘Labour; and - now he was employed-in; a similar capacity at the Ministry of Siinply;! ‘


; Inttoducbg'Mr. Assheton, the Mayor ' I


-energy and resourcefulness ■ they had shown. . Amongst ‘ thein 'were' representr atives of the iClitheroe! Rural District Council and the Military, and it j Was a


real pleasure to; be associated with, them in such ait'effort for the nation's meeds. T h e Mayor also mead the'following


Week


' .In conclusion, the Mayor .’spoke [of the many; loyal workers -wno had assisted m the organisation of Warships iWeek, and expressed appreciation and ten­ dered grateful thanks for the time arid'


•l am unhappy to say that I>am;un-'


'■ wishes, and belleve'me l am very sad : not to be with you. Here's best suc-


' charge and will explain my. iforced absence. The very best of good


i observing that it was a j pvoud moment In his mayoralty when the


b The Mayor referred to the triumph


Theyl were noW entering on another week! of equal, if not greater, unport- anoe.’ To think of our naval position


fi last year’s War Weapons; Week;


ef wople from' the surrounding, coun- trvsfde. and there was lusty .cheering


which assembled. I in the Market Place and' lined ibbth 'sides bf ■ Castlp-street nine and ten deep,


tocluded hundreds .'che rin


week


TifR.: RALPH ASSHETON, MJP. for XvJLthe Rushcliffe Division of Notting­ ham,!-and Parliamentary Secretary to the!-Ministry of Supply, opened - the ClitheroE and Rural District Warships


' '■ ^


j her, and; when and War was fori


I have been oc as a Minister u


at' once the’Ihj Mlnistec to johr


the buiidens of 'bven a junior and, pn- important Minister of the' iprown: in times like these:.' the service; of !the ' State' in' time of - war demands all one’s


I i (U11.UUS ou»oi-dat everyone! realises am-not surd,.


time'and-,energy,iand. neogssarily;'in­ volves a neglect of one’s family,, ode’s homei one’s .business, and bne;s private affairs to a degree, which fiothinb;; hut ^ e .'extreme urgency of ]:war (wiild possibly [justify;} ' : . ,’


.■' .'j ; .;


arduous form of jgovqrnmbnt, to i con­ duct and .it Impbsbs' the greatest Mrata upon 'those charged with the duties of Administration., ,Mcause not only does ione have to do what one thinks: is right land necessary but ,one has at all ■times'to.be able to Justllyi it to,parlia­ ment! and. to ;the people. ; i


-! " [SERIOUS posit ion. J j '■ Democracy is! the,, most difficult' and


. - .


! series bf humiliating defeats, apd , we; have been faced with dangers jin : almost'.every I quarter of ;qur-Empire , as; ^ a { as we have ever faced in


. situation mote serious than any |m which we ha've been!for many hun- dred' .yeafs. " l We • have . suffered; a


our history. j ; ' | ; ! " I t is an honour,, as well as'a privil­ . I ' - ; ’ '


■are in peril. -Whyis this; you may wqll ask? To what, is it due? . Whom should we blame? My. answer to you is this: No section of the commvmity, no party in - the j State’ '.is'- free from blame'. We allowed ourselves to be lulled’-into security byspeclous phrasfes l and 'ideaiiktlc panaceas, and wer neg­


to the strong, and that riches and la high standard of living, proylde only ;a temptation to: 'entriQUs and. less pros- peroils neighbours (Unless our defences are strong. Even those ihdlviduals among us who preached a strengthen­ ting of our forces and of:the forces of


ected' our arms., We forgot' the lesson bf the ages thaf'Preedom'belongs only


ment for our pains, could all have done more than we-did to try and impress our opinions upon bur more com­ placent neighbours; -


! -■ ;


history .-booksl’ ahd we h&ve. by a supreme effort turned them into vic­ tories. / Remember that Englishmeh are qt their best When, they are really up against it. ,■ ; [ ;


We -have had defeats before -(though we "dbrit'-read much-about .'them in


! MEANS OF VICTORY. But^ ik Us take: heart fforh histoiy.


. ,, J ■ ; th' Though think 'iook blackj today,


and if we hold on doggedly there ARE'means of victory available to us.


ere are some breaks In the clouds,


surely-we should grasp them ; with both hands?


What ttien....are these meails, for ' ! ! '! - '!


is the character, and intelligence .of our imperial people. I do notj'believe our national character' has deteriorated excek perhaps in our attitude to hard Wbrki :’and ’ll this' exceptibn was' true,, ■we are, I think, far on the way to remedying'it,' as surely we .must if we are to prevail. Defence is not enough: i t ' is ’ by the spirit' of attack -that we shall’win, the victory: attack-means work, il Haying, lived these. last tivo-and- a-half years in .the most-bombed target afea-'ln-the wbrld,|I know'that we can take.-it',-blit ’we have got to show that ,we can," give it too.'' -.j


First, and by far the most important


message from Mr. Lewis, Regional Commissioner i^or,-National Savijngs:—


,. which we are' passmg. We; look to yoi^ to keep Lan^casWre.at.'thejtopl-


cess. A target well passed is tlje best answer -to the critical times through


LIEDTENANT IhuLmilton ' MORE OF IT gallon- of I milk will count next winte)’


;yill w ^t: all the . hay you get. Mak; sure yields of the! highest iqikdity 'i v. 'i.


'sorrow at his Inability to-be pfesent, ! the


THEI work j CiF: DESTROYERS. After


t expressing,his on ,Commander’s'


[troyef..' Np-battleship of aircraft car- rier puts to sea,Without, an escoft'of ,at least Ithfee'destroyers; whose job in a major action is to go ii ^


enemy : with torpedoes so -that inb- cap­ ital ships can blof


. — "


“ Castleton ": waq, one of the first batch of dekroyefs we received from America in exchange; for mayal bases. Many, of the luxuries, such as coco^bla and’ice­ cream machines, had been' rembved to Imakejrobm for more’armaments.:'


•Th^ speaker- went on ..to say th k the ; cwt.hf Sulj h^l c of , ■ ^ S p ^ ; gives'.^ i lyerage


, ?LWe. are ail ffi this war—evely one of I'.os,’’ Lieut. Hamilton asierted. “We are all< fighting in our own panicnlaf way. As for the men of thb Royal Navy, all lean say is this: ‘Give fls: the ships,, and we’ll fight ’em.” ’:-,


-


Week! Lieut. Hamilton' proceeded ;to 'Speak'of the work which-destroyers 'undertake..- Pirst-.used in the ;last,war, ithey Iwere mainly,[ responsible for the defeat; of the. U-boat campaign: Now­ adays they arCj! used for. convoy' ahd patrol work, and also as rescue-ships. In fact;", said, the Lieutenant, - ‘f if any,th|lng; goes .wrong,; out 'fioes: .the des-


an^ the go o wd • ishes of the crew ,of ” " “ Castleton" for' a; successful Warships


On the openihg of your Warship sk.I send you best'wishes for suc­


a great; warrior statesman.' the Prime Minister, whose energy and'eloquence


', I' ;


[which he'has bliilt.'up.'.the 'millioris of brave soldiers of Russia,.the spirit .and


Thirdly .■'’we hikve the great alliance


endurance of ouij own ooW^crs, sailors l and hirnien and those of oUr.Domm-


'3,000', miles awaV, and all her,'.great resources—on Which we ,_^epend for Ylctofy—will -be of no avail .unless, we


have i i t l


to- ghard our-shores’,and ourijEmpire meanwhile.


l ; IGREAT VICTORIES


; We ihave had , two great victories in this; War—the I Battle of Britain -whloh bur igallant . and -invincible Air Force won; hhd saved us from invasion' in IfilOiiand thai grim first-battle 'of the Atlantic In which our, sailors gained the-mastery; of;-the enemy,, and. this saved -us last year from starvation' and


defeat.


; wbrthy part ahd ;do Its duty as it . has always done, before.


•


the ships 'aijd-tne weaponsithe.y heed.. No sacrifices are too great a| price for us-to: .pay;': ;


he iask 'of our, 'Navyi' is jInfinitely •eater than it has ever -beenj- and it our duty to give ,qurvgallant:filers


. Mow Our Output-of Munii io


-I 'Mahy .people how - are looking - for­ ward'to a' better world after the-war. There; will be no such betteb^Wbrld un-' less-the victory of our. arms,..Js, com­ plete.:- ; ,We In England- are -fighting abova all for dndivldual (liberty: our people'have a natural love of liberty and. a' genius for 'organlslng their life, on a basis of petsonal freedom.: Thht is' -why, we hate iall the gqveriiment Interference- which is necessary j. andj inevitable in ' time; of war. Freedom can only survive ‘if we' work .fogether. for.the common good: either we-,work together for,the common good|or we share;'the common fate. Believe me, this m our last chence" to preserve our freedptn, and if we lose it. it will not be found again for many generations to come. ■ ■ -


I'-


thiigreat campaign here is launched tojday, and I nave not a doubt that ■ Clltheroc aiid : district will I,play a


great cry to-day; that is i the most vital of all onr needs; It |is; to find fhe moiiey to build the-ships that


Ships, ships, ships-rfliat | is the ■;


resources to us. and the sh ' ipss:; _ th ,e which was always an adva'itage; tad had friends on every de of


............................... ■ "


' ;of comes! o.ut most' strikingly. .America Is


ons 'and of all -the free peoples allied to us;- and-last, and greatest of ;all, the ihuge productive resources .of the United States ofnAmerica. ■ / And' it is-here !that_the importance and:‘ Value of,, bun Warships Week


Royal:Navy to convoy them to!us and ihe ’inercharit ships’ to ,'brmg those;


! Dunkirk,.. and. have united ’ ,us ever, since.i.


Secondly, we.haVe the,leadership.of combined-'to save this country after


I , ,


Twenty-four years ago we emerged suc­ cessfully from;, a great .brdeal-^we were victorious. and powerful, , Today ■ye


. We cannot dqnccal from ourseNes tliaf this great.’ countiW -and! Empire has found itself fh' -11118 war in ^


In ' 1 4"^ I


1 . I '


( government;'and • 'd -with i my dirties ■j, islpgiy ever since. ’


■ .yiis; I Accepted .-..-..Jy. broke y-of [the-Prime


TEN MA.


.■.vreinember.j.that many :a-; ’.tiirle': the . materials I are n o t ' there! when they - 'hpuid. be because we have not .enough penrof-war to protect'our-convoys and


te


iprevent 'bur;, ig.sunki


the centre, I. am very proud ;of .the way in which the men and women of this country ate working, and; If! there is a small minority who do! not deserve this high prilse, I am; sure' there arc not; many of them, to be found to 'Clitheroe.i ■ ■ f , ;


Looking at things os uu <>vu.


merchantmen (from! do from


_ow -^that' I ' am .at the' Ministry !'bl; Su iply.' I;: am'hot ■ certain ■


.year produceimore guns than we made 'during the. whole four years of the.last —.'i and , some., of these guns are —^^nitely .more complicated man any­ th! ig iwe manufactured In those days.


ar« ovi: we


j ,,


as ago.


sen;


rseas more than . 3,000 tanks! tad O have .punctually fulfilled all [the'


gnat pace, and We 'are making twice many today as we were , six months , -To give some,'idea of'what;we .doing: We have alijekdy! sent


PRODPCTION INCREASE. '^Our output of tanks Is-growing at a


b. Igatlons which. we undertook; j to only 21 ; ............... fr<;


aiijoraft which, came into thi ils couni;try nearly, five were sent out to) Russia,! to


great as at the outbreak 1941 we exported 9,781 V 7, 34, that is to say that


Libya, and to our other battle fronts.


;ahd WA' toporfed j Walked Aldermen ‘ J, f.


tinges of war, ae”- i,:'f


roplanes foriev;cry,


rar.ovom 1 ^4........ country


ceiied, you must remember thatl;the CO lapse of Prance tad the, entry Into th: war bf Italy tad Japan'completely al ered the balance bf-navat powenand threw upon the Rbyal; Navy, an [ im- mmse burden. It has sunk over'five' m: lllon tons 'of enemy merchant ship­ ping; It'has'sunk three en’Omy capital ships; 13 [cruisers, 53 destfoyers, and m ^ submarines 'and- smaller' itaval auxiliaries; It .has convoyed! thoustads of BritlshI-tad Allied vessels and'kept the loss'es in those convoys down [to very'small proportions. It Is’iimpps- site' to' overestimate the service' which opr’ sailors,, and -merohantmeii [have ven.,


■"


hose' nations who were like-minded with us and who [got-little encourage­


-T'-ji;


on our maintaining sea communica­ tions; If we cannotimport .raw


;Kihd ;we cannot do ;all thesb thingsji If ,we sail safely throughltlmi rough


omissions iin the past by our sufleriiigs and.wo shall have learnt -that real, pro­ gress can only come by a spirit'of satriflqe apd co-operation: it willkakei many.'years to .build- .a neW Englaild.' We, shall [ have exhausted our wealth anu our- resources; - we shkll be for many, years a much poorer nation (to' worldiy . goods than we were of ' old, and it is;only-possible to.speak pf'.a' belter world-after ■ .the wkr' in'i the sefise that although our wealth will be lefc,:'ou’r:--'splritual ■valuesl .can! be. grpater—that our great free and demo­ cratic -nation can only be reborn through a union of all sebtions ;and emses of the- communitj’ brought- to (ether by a common puipose,'actu­ ated by a high spiritual, resolve ;'ahd cohsecratod .by, the sacrifices shared by all'.sections of the community.'


sehs of war and reach-tae .blnerj side, W


O shall have purged our errors , tad


^heton,': Sir, William Brass said' he tlpught there was no more fitting per- sem to open Warships Week hi Clitheroe tl an "young. Ralph," for, after all, [the name of Assheton. was one which could


SIR W. BRASS’S A 'Proposing a vote; of .thanks to iMr.


qpportunity of .watching his[career- in ;the House, of Commons, It was-no. ■easy thing, being a Minister, for, ope |was called'-upon -to answer a great many questions, and one had often, to be very quick to reply. And he' could i [tell.them, quite frankly that Mr. Asshe-


■tas not associated. It could pe claimCd p llat'Mr. Assheton came from , sound


ba conjured with, and in this part of Lancashire there was no branebj of cial. service or work for the people at w rge, with which the name of Assheton


, , ----- ----- ----------whlcL . . oUtlcal stock, and he had had the- hton- was' Very good indeed. He.-knew. Ow to handle the House of Commons,


House, which testified to his character. In was not possible for 'a. man Iti ffls "■Isltion; to' have friends-everywhere" Jess he was trusted, but Mr, Assheton " trusted because it was realised he anxious and willing to help eve'fy-. V; iMr. Assheton had started ms pdliticai: career as a young, man, and! lit ‘


' ■


.Division in parliament, he wished ,Mr. doing. at Westminster.


wfc predicted that he would go a long wiy. As the Member for the (Clithetoe


t


.wondered what would have!! happened ‘"'us had we not had a wonderful navy the beginning of the wait Perhaps should have had to capitulate. • 'we ■e, as we had every reason' to be, bst grateful to the Navy, for feveiw-


ointing out that.the present'appeal savings was particular^; Ideritmed .h the Navy, Sir WUllam said he


l^ g It had done for us." , “ I believe Hitler relied


the failure of the .U-boat to Ido So was largely, due to the magnlficedt work iof bur destroyers and'othbr ships,” S|r William addedp j


battle of the' Atlantic tc complete the-subjugation of this country; and


upon the __


s believe that as a result bf'tlhe nori- ------------ -T Hbknel,


htt great gamble wltfi Russia that he wopld not be, able to the way! He! thought, and- toorten th^'war by lattacklrii Tta result has been that- hp up • against the ! power of pgople, and I think that-will ddwnfall.”


providing the wherewithal' With wriloH to build ships to protect our taores and to destroy the ships of our eriemles. We


rivktkf, UUv OU v4.


W Uiam said he felt conflder t that to? old borough and district would 1 ovep- shiot their target. • ,


shpuld lend tb the,Government all the mpney possible ■ for the purpose of building and equipping morb and more ships, and if we did tins we taould riot be spending on-the purchase of! articles we could do .withdUt-TpurcbMCS which on y tended to' force up. prices. In la Aral appeal to Invest to the llrait, Sll


ifccess of that, campaign. Hltlef took ......... 1


beat Us hoped .g Russli Has come'


IIO.OOO.VQQ prove h:


taln our hnports of food theri, in spite of bur shall go ra^alntaln we can never expect’to, defekt the i Ails Powers. Unless we'have, a great; ahd growing productloh'of slupk of .evbiW


materials,', then bur-production of-arms ctanqt increase; if we cannot inaln-


SM /TRAFFIC ESSENTIAL.! upFor. to, the end, every.thlng depeods-


': 3o .‘far. as’ the Royal Naivy is coh- f orough Surveyor),'


thwalte, P. Benliham, Jjj Wilkinson, H. ,Cook,i J] ,T. Rushton. Mr.’ F.l


_ ^


together, production is how ' ihree- times as great as it was In the' spurt after Dunkirk; and ten


tanks to Russia. Taking all kinds of army supplies


uiH peak: point in, the last war, and [we have by no . meads reached the highest point in our production yet Our oUt^' pu( of guns is enormously, greater than it was in .1917-18. At oUr--present rate of gun production we shall In a; single


.realises .how .very, much greater production, is now than! it was ; at


fhat; every-


I S u r e you ■will want to lidar- iipethlng j from me about broductlOri,


~J avoided and explained ff only they take.thejitrouble to do so.'-iEet workers remember; the difacultles of their em­ ployers and of the Government, and


VICAR’S STA ,i!-J; ;AT


MANKIND’S


servlco at Clltheroe Pai on Sunday morning. ■ people, lined -the: stree’ the procession, and; tl large coh^retatlon^ d t ' 'The ,jyrayor .arid. MayoieCsi (Coun'X. ffllorvand Mfs,.^M: Frtata)rwerd accoriipanled . by meriibers ’of ' th i ,Tovta:,Co!unclI, CorporatM bfflclalsl topresentatlves of the .various Civil M en c e .Services [[and other drganlsatlons In [the toym |


M interest was token In the ayoral,. procession) ito watch


md civic Church',: dreds of


bfe| was A hfe I church!


arid led by the, Royal Eriglneersf hand, proceeded up Moqrfane and through the Market .FJkpe to the Ifarlsh Church.’ Ip .th e procession were the'. ofifipers and mta from H.M.S. Castleton; a' largri [detach-f ment of the Royal Engineers, the Home Guard. Army leaflets, Alt Training Corps, Air Raid Wardens, GUtheroe St. John i Ambulance’ Brigade and Nursing; pivlslori, Ariibulanpe Cadets, [members of the' Women’s Voluntary Seffyices, Girl .Guides. Boy, Scouts, tire' National % e Service dnd Special Constables and regular Police.: ’ 11 !


.Jj.The procession j was fomed at St James’s School,; GreenadrC-str’eet'


the - halberdiers, , andj To’ Sergeant. 'The Mayor. ai|d[l|layoresi were accompanied' by Clerk and Lleuteriant of!;HAI.S. Castleton; Behl:


mlltori, Towj


rlgley (Borough Trei surer),- Mrl :H. Todd- (Electricity Engineer)


P.l Dugdalei Mafgerisori ' ■ r. . H,


(3ounclllor$


d them Satterj


group wa'lked the- Chief'■lO.bristahle ( ^ . P; K; ExClby),- ipuqwed. by


'At,!the’ head i-of thejMayoral -. I ]


wars in last YEARS.


TLING CIVIC


NEED


FAG S IN SER^ ON SEBVICE.


OF - tyranny


sebmed end in


REDEMPTIOiq


And so ■was SOiretl*,Mt u.uou wc vuomunpn


I slavery,, and- Marxl^ worse tjhan that of x™


tor’the future. It was therein rlgi|i Wth sy,items w ;re ini favour ,tf It, but It was Elways round the cornta •!& -


.they-hid agreed’ thd', utopl itoiiig that must be pistpone


Mives Were hob: ned to sweat, toil arid ^ e r m order hat some; hypothetical - race of mankln 1 could lafgeto have a good tunehere Upon earth. Hf wanted


e logical conciusloi of this wasltoat gm-


earth a; id be- sa -Isfl'ed with son e neou- , lOTS premise .of ‘pie in the sky "? Did


b ,.^-V ,sHJUld he -be de:iled hJs toe.good;,bf thatjto ;ef .and Yorkshire pudllng Ion


them think of, the maddening lunScy that W


He


tho^and years lence this world worild be fit f( r heroes tb live In. Ahflyetwe Wfre hid this was a reastatale tad 5frion-a. explant tlon of existehce. did not accept. i|; '


uffering; and d'lng to older that two


was a|iood fellow, and we hau, om scratch the surfMe of his hardhid^and a heara of gold would be - reve iled. wulu Day 10


was he thought that , at toe bot , The im, man


^?^U))py^^manjcould say, to wgs sirry chap &


crete filings about which he.mignfc be aisymptoin ta'thei


forcer! aln thing’s he had dorie-tmakirig his!life, doing definite [con­


.,®!**' n man' wme. sorry


. thmgs wre,'evidence .that- man, was twrong hti the centre, Christiariit- r was


I Prentice, R.E.., and Major Austin] M.C1;,M.M.


'.ducted I Helm).,


were read by Lieutenant-Colonel M] R.. Pre’ntlce


r i


amllton. . , MANKIND’S


qave,'] The lessons and [.Llet tenant


Vicar, reminding the coniregatlbri that war? In the last eighty ye'ara In the-course of h i ; . __„


REDjEMPTipN. ■ serrapri. : the


there the sheer physical suffering and dyeadful spiritual agony of . [out Lord, we realized something! of he awful cost at which pur redemptior. was bought,. Desperate ills needed d( spetote rem­ edies; and-that’pain-racted bleeding figure of Christ was the p •ice God paid fpr pur’ redemption. It C( st .all that to redeem our souls,'and that whs'the sheer literal truth -of 1 Chris tonity. •They were .commissioned'to' preach Chrlste-iOhrlst crucified—and' n > ■ less; they were commissioned to pres ch the way of reconciliation.,. yht strange as pe it might seefn, it was just' that o >e gos­


was Passion Sundaf.,'-said that as we med our eyes to! the Cross'tad saw


l, that ope amazihg fact, whicli man­ kind was unwilling [to acc ;pt.j ' . ' ;


i Incredible as'-it mi ;ht seem] to I this mad, crazy,: prepoi terous .world, ! the very last thing! we were willing


; to admit about ourselves [was that I we needed redemption. : j ,


He knew perfectly well most people bplieved in a, sort orsoniething, some­ how, somewhere, in soiqe way, that we Would all go to heaven V bent w( died, if there was a heaven; bit, they said, all this had very little to do ,witi this life;' indeed, there was a growinj! sus­ picion in men’s'mmds tha, religioi had let us down—that there was, [aftir. all, some tijith in the saying that rfllgion was nothing more [than dope for.the 'masses and that at leas, it [could be njgarded as a hindrance t) humta pro- gpess. II, we '.beUpved itaat; ithejn -re­ demption was absurd and the gos lel of C 'U'lst held no message f )r us.


DEVILISH j ILLJSIi(^N.


we could only' hold 'sucl! a belief by subscribing to the; most - sinister —■


He would point out, llowever, that


able of .working out its Own 'salvation without any help from GOd. 'Tha:, was the most preposterous, Idlbtic and cruel He! the world had ever swalloWed; (vith- oUjt 'even leaving a’ nastrii taste.


deyillsh illusion the wo 'Id had known: that mankind


qrnte


all ages—a mirage Uiat had driven men mad and left a trail jbf blood across the centuries,' yet men still pursued it with passionate bbst nacy and its victims wore out toeir lives with frustrated' 'hopes; and broken hearts.',-,.. ,


p Paradise on earth! .(ihe lireajm of oets, philosophera and| reformers of ’.j


K they examined the position'barifully that two


•viiioh of bigger iwages. g;-eater leisure,',


-em Utopia—strange bedfellows, ‘ sobthi but 'both, were -vistims. of same disease. Capitalisml'which v'ould haye more production,


for- ,the


the


.honest, and ceftalnl; urged that the c! rid of, and that


v ^-'


ireas nbre'


leld [out


and prosperity for everyone, 1 whr---- Marxism, ,:Which was . wtoaps


making a Heaven on earOi. .But Itely these toirigs had no S(|iriething hadj p |ie ..wpng.y.anl:. i|


pi|oletariat to get on wito the - ________ worked


.(Continued from preceding colurtn). ; ^ POWERFUL I ENEMY.


- Seconding the' vote oL thai)ks,. Stephen Shaw said t.hat W 'arshlps week


. ai)d relatives, who were engage! bi[ought us closer to- sons vew serious -task, of defenr


mined enemy. This, was an aH-ln war arid anyone-who I refused'to help duiing the week ’ahead,'-.was-refiisingi'to give our lads, who Were bearing the brunt of toe fight upon their -shoulders, [ta bpporiunlty to defend themselves. Wo’ . had: had reverses In . difftaerit parts of


ores against a powerful and deter-t


to-so;.-, dtaghteri the ese


. .


- Mr '


selves and to 115., He -aisked that - toe, general public should 'dedicate.; therii- se(ves to ‘the task of providing; fighting material for -thev. Services. ,. Iff 'they wanted to thank Mr. As^tonifor flia part in the proceedings that dta, they wculd strengthen their determination to ensurp ■ that the WarshipS I.Wcta effort became part of toe very fibre 1 torir being, and that it grew until Con pmte victory was achlevec.. ‘


of the 'essentiaj: weapons' which' they needed in order 'to do justice to- them-!


’me proceedings terminated with the siiglng of God Save toe


tori globe, and It'had -beenfisald on siich occasions that our men suffered fbr itafc'


efin-f out!


Capitalism and Maricism were|tni gpeat exponents for hdildihg up a Imdd-


they- would ■ ’be 'right in I saying


eandver cap­


“


pould Jake, the offer or, leave itt, there WM no otoer way. 'The tragedy was


T n , o ^ ® t - e d ' t o ac'cept it. souls had, dri i occa­


' S


sion, d iced to accept the offer, and m:^r- but'in the


nnr? naVP M on


he signed- himselfi .“ 0. of E ” when he entered .the Armyj 'than he-was'-1 a true


from ^11, one held dear-^torioun j up all one’s


P ^ } f wnrM '


t* of Rav W i7m V T***|*’'k'»v***» • V L __ I


( 'v®' flJI “-Tftlfo nrk'Tfrtvi*.______i Offer cf redemption. "


-Takaup.your cross and follow ^


Chr stian. --What He did V ILU


u F® a new ana better acceptance of God’s


T p E - T R A W ™ . ^ [AN’S


Throuih icy rolling seas, and ' gales;


The crew and skipper scan ard air,:


For sudden death Is lurking ■ .where.


, ',! 1


The


•TO hoi ne In dear bid England- o'er the Sefa. . . . . ’


Above ; hr


d6Z6 [ .' [ -'.1 -


:e of bombs and blizzards,' mines' sleet,'


, children dear 'a that bum,'


s a cottage in a' 1 are'waiting for hli iafe j-eturn. ,


Yet 0 , - sorii


di


Tri lay, oit


fj^bUGHpUTi the day an<; i: th; old ship:sails,


night raging bpi


th sea jr» e,v’ry-


■awlerraari works hard the whole long; - !..


,g, ' • 'I : - ’ • ! the .'moorillt waves.’ upon the ' ' ■ ' i


, across toe silence floats his


-'rirlstianityi on any less' terms did not say it was


e ta d we ctald S


an EniiMiman now meant to •toll and to labour and suffer ' p face to. b t , separated,


orT wlXu


sweat, death


---glishma’’ ------------ te® Hotel 1‘egri ter, | T To be


:s, tad to sacrifice to the “ 'hurt,;


was tl;e,on y way Nor,should [we add to., ou r already | , overburdened ' con­ science s. by Jhinking. “But surely we A live m a. Christian age and ebtatry ”


man, was no more a Christ an because


himself- io o


,


^teer all, we were ndti siich c ^ Humiliating blow,


“ t h / m , omplete surrender"


found hard and.' therefore,- given up. p was not going to be any. easier ior us


Wed and - have been no fewer than te:i there


though; of ■ 5ie uaac • LViiiUiC lUWLtCl ----- ....™ —


times. terrible.


Have [ybu Incic


jAti Impressive sprvl: by


■ tad the hymns Includ ;d Fatuhier, strong to -save,’


Special praye the VlCar


Mr. E.iCoates (Sanitary Inspector)! arid Messrs. T. I A.-Aldersiey, 'Ml Hjafrlson, T. Greenwood, J.- C| Cpwglll, and the CariWn ol'th: Salvation Army. ■ Also pre'seritwere' Lieutenant-Cplonel M.,' R; R;


:e ,Wiis oun-i (R^v ;w...s! we said [Sternal lessons


dared ■ ro , face' that fact. and'Ttell - the truth.


for


; pser do-scientific teaching ia«iu ticia ns,' not from Christianity,


mas ica had . yet had can


he only way of thought which -had ' ’ -


F: r Iropi Christianity beiny dope the m'asses. the only, tap i tne


"iwell, here we are in-Warshijls ['Week. God ftabid that we have to m>ke that the reason for coming to churtn;' But here we are, labouring, sweating, toll-


g[“Dp, yotareally, believe that]man is


.for what? Thkt toe flower of cuf man­ itself ta; the.


hood tad womanhood may sacrifice -laltar of:


But ■ ybu 'may claim i that I tl es abnornjal _ J


- man’s


wars in. Europe, tb say nothing t i civil wars-, revolutions,, and wars of eolbnial expansion. In the last eight Hundred years^tagland has spent'half trat tune m flgh ;ing. It is also estimated that in the 3,5)0 years from the year,i500 B.C. until, now, there haVe: only i een 250


major peace, of war


years.cf peace,’’-Mark!what tha; fieans. It_^me£jas^ttrat for everj; one |jjear' of


' ' ' ' years


-,they., have not lasted more too: years ?ach." , ,


ated t ta t 8,000 binding treaties have been signed, and on the


j - I SELF-DESjrKUCTION,


rrrankh:d, it was not Content' to i sit at home 'incj^do nothing. There [sKmed


blight which rested upon man’s'natm-e. silence had been rrsed to' make


{tee from the Ighastly


devihsh implements for man’s own Oest ruction, whertas educatiqri, the most noble of all God’s gifts to!man,


: II


bound to end in self ^destruction, r Did , they realiiie what all [ this mearit? - It meant that so long as; there was eVil in


destructive were his wars an-d'H^ mma better his nature I f that sorf'ffitoing Went ;cn much ‘longer, ;mankllrd :was


crvrlrsel man had become,'trie! [more war-ilk; tendencies he!lrad deWloped: the mi)re closely he was bound lb live in touch with his neighbours the


more iriore


s In addition to these facts,-the 1(1001 ard, r ; was also true' that ItiSe more


'here have been fourteta .Durlnp. this, time it jslestlm- o|foeace pverage two


erree of perfidy.


lAgj^and denying ourselves in inier to bUild ships and'make munltons—all


e are ever.


from poli-


ood ta'h ear t"? the Vloan asked.-


tener toiling and marked tendenta to wrqiig doing which was in the heart and.ceatre of a"man?Thesb tSings wre nj^t a disease that'could be. got rid of by. .the Sdmmistratlon.lof fsbrne serum; wp would never[make the world moral by, a surgical operatioiT.


It , was argued that he was n ta a -bad ' I® It


«a SllTV S PrivilegeIf- labouring;' toU&g'


this ri'is? Let'- ' 6 had to h^e


rations of mpr - and-[women like oUr- hat Capitalism must Mevitabiv


»|?HE 'Earl of Derby; l l Lieutenant of Laricash foftjied the opening, cerei : Wtaships Week, oa Tl e ‘


-of|.'the Finance Con.mlttee, 1 Mayor-jof-Clltheroe !(doii Prenbh) and the Depu.


was ’ ,s?t aside as ;R: Council Day. Mr. R, J.E., C.A., D.L., of Dovn presided, and also oh a were Councillor J. Green, of 'Clltheroe'Rural District - Coiunclllor C. p. Clay to 1, Chaim


___


, there was a march pris, by i the)- ,'-Royal Artillery,!'


' (Alderipan P. Benthanf), Ejollowlng the opening ,t ,


• Engineers, Air Training Corps ’ Arihy I'[Cadets, the ] salute be token [by . Lord Derby


■ Indicator ^atform. Bolptlng out


;IS NAN GOOD AT HE IT? , , fallacy behind -such I lonseiise


nlV to i


•. the first chairman : 0: which [was now so


Dlstripf) Council’s day, [dr. jtsshe said the occasion was Interesting to him bee


” ’


oveif’hy Councillor Grtah; Welcoming Lord :perl


■ had al[vays taken a kindly I inter in. all [good work In the CJllthei neighbourhood, and!' they wi specially. Indebted! to h m fOr vis Ing Clljheroe at, siichii tlme wh he had all manner of- engagemei to fulfil.' . It so happened, [that 1 Lordship’s visit had coincided w; a rather -important event Clitheroe—the arinpal hofse’ fE Lord Derby liked ,to ; see] a gc horse aind although he might i see anyjthoroughbredfin Clither there w[ere some goodlfanti hors There |were,[ 'many I farmers Cllther()e, and he hoped thw woi help Warships Week to the best their ability. [ i


Asshetdn recalled' 'tha|t h f vtsl Cffthferbe last year toj iopta ,W ships’ Week and they dbepto app (hated; his return visit. [Lord Dei


by, ; *? 1 LANCASHIRE j LEADS.


rousing]welcome by the;lafge croi said they were all.famlli.ar ivlth 1 object of Warships ’iyeek,; beca- they had the welfare'of the] coun at heart. When they were asl to subscribe to the-Week, they wcijci only being asked to d; something which their feelings pnd corisciende prompted them to do.' Asjthey all knew, he - was very - ^een abort


Lord Derby, who 'was\ [given


■trying to.show, the natibn what she felt In regard to the w!ar, ;ind was' at the top of the list 6 : counties. . Expressing' the view that ' big


totals meant very j little,: Lori Derby ^aid .that he kinew[that it was a great thing to see that in some big towns million,!] of jpoundj had been given, but hfe Icorisidereo that it [ was of equal | if ]not 0 greater i: Importance, .tfiat [in thr smaller jitowrls'-they shbuli hav( people to give to the ratlof theii savings,[even if those savin js wen only small. ■ ' ■ ] -


The taeatest taoof ol pa in any particular pli ce ’ amount subscribed! by, the sma!


investor and that! W hoped the small iny:sto come'and help Clithtroe’


had been used to open the door to P™Ptaanda, .which - in turn opened the door [to mass- thinking, -and it was (mass thinking -which had put Hitler where he was.


- end. ' There seems to iwheii vie have a bad


] “We have gone thri bad time,” Lord' Derby “But as;certain as I sti shall see our country or


THE DARKEST HOUR rcugh


.Hotisn vas th(


h'hy h<Wouli s;effort


nd here w ,lh thi!


■ out on top in the end daylight; come just when to be depressed, and appeared to be less sue In other periods. I re- Pifth Army trouble.


■ bad week, but it does n' In the Hast war we many difficult days, b'


$0 YEARS


ITEMS FR05I OUR OF APRIL 1st,


been estobiished 18 months,. stated that Mr. Samuel Bridge, .visitor, had paid upwa rds of 2^00 call's bn sick persons'of ail deno nin-itions in the town and district, ard e .to those unable to attend my . ■worship.


theroe visiting Mission, ri 6 -


it wa: rh(


Millthorne,‘was,secretary, jnd |Mr. Jno. Birch, 69,1 ’W’oone Lane, treasurer,


a committee of wnich Mr. r.i'Wji Whipp, j . ). : *.


<jied there on March 30th ! [ * ■ * ■ '


] ’ , ’-'


during the incumbency of!the,Rev.;R. N. Whittaker, the Rev. Robert Parkin­ son; M.A.; vicar of Levertbn, Liiicbln,


Curate nt-tVlrallev for sevei-al yeilrs


■ Parker, , tailor , and, drap}r; ^ SamiiH 1 Speak, mineral water m imjfacturet; [Henry Taylor,' grocer; HaigreavesiTil-


12 candidates. - They were: |Jnc-. Brooks, 'marine store dealer: Jos. Car-, jojrieri R D. Clegg, grocer; Jno. Cook, cottoh manufacturer: i Tom Garhett, cbttoh spinner and raanufacturerc! Benjamih Jordan, farmer and, hotel keeper;; Jok. iNorcross slater and plastenir; JaniMA


ofFor five vacancies on Clitheroe 'Bota. Guardians, there were no I fewer than


[lotrori, brewer; and Johr - Withirispp. j'Hlghinoor, farmer.


! j ■ -S ’ . -S - 1, , ,


! Several'boys were fined at]the Clltji :- I roe Monthly Sessions Mi; throw’lpg ! snowbailla’ at females in Sjliaw Bndg street, on March 13th.


eral meetjng bf Clitheroe that Thomas Kidman, of


It was announced at the ar nii.'il geh- -- — — Clijib


*" i* 1-


'free of debt. T. D. Bouto ' icaptaiiT, E. V. 'White, vice- ; B i Jackson captain of thi,-i ,.The last-named and E. Er-ibjt.. .........» i'seored over 50 runs in a natch )dur ng [the previous season were esoh, piesen P’1 i with a bat.


shire, had' been engaged ar iptofessidpal and groundsman. - An adi ei'to b.-ilaiilce of £27. had been converted ... - — in' 0 a erddit. balance of 6s. 2d., the first itime m tlm years that the’ club had'!>ee


I mmgdbn-


wen eiitirj-1; I Was clec.ced jbtain.'tad Second- |[CI. eV having


; in in ei [The appeal was ipoiwored by


specially place of


lilt we; came


. day] or ( lilt Itist long hacj manj


depressioi] . when W


'cessjul thar, -neniberthf


; We savj we seemec I


rhat was 1. AGO 18S


ISSUES 2.'


In an appeal for funds for the Cli- \vh 1 ch hint


_ a very, coiiflnued


anything connected with Lance- shire; |He always war .ted Lancs- shire to be first—and Laicashlre? generally was, althougr Yorkshiile[i sonietlnies beat therri a ; cr: cket. In;] Warships Weeks, Lanbastire was


cause he ’ t a t [be t ’esldi


It was Ipartlcul:


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M r


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