Il ;2 8 , 1 0 4 3 .


Ions in his letter concerning our 1 gasholde^^urely not ■


-Mr. B:


E,, ___ 1 Herr Wagner’s music. * I gest; with diffidence, that- Mr. ] J : is hot quite fair. ; He hasn’t ! la the gasholder a chance. Beaul^,..''


St.” Theji at the am .^allg Mr, organ


we get? Possibly to Shaw'in .Any exercise i


id, is in the eye of: the beholder, : T lit is family possible 'that Mr..


ore a gasholder if, in the mean- It lone has |not come to admire Its


Iholder I of any bind : is a little ^ g on ififst acquaintance. One i to get! u ^ to it. In time', say


Jd the stage of development when ceives b^uty of form and llne-i .olour In a gasholder Admittedly, ■


s a^thatic sense has not, yew


p ior a dozen years, one can begin ic curves ’and supreme balanpei ■


lin, perhaps Mr. Bland is not see- he . gasholder from the proper


Bland should pitch his tent on - |as- workd playground, and study,-i: [ oble pile In relation to the nearby


i shot through with the light of : I ,i he may find in the picture a ■ 'theology.


ures. Then, when these suddenly , fprth enormous clouds of duU which reminds him of the g'lories


!


ledge andl experience of problems lUcate. Indeed, I suspect-he does • really hki gasholders: However pry method of removal he suggests ‘een triekf with disastrous results l very centre of mass demolition, '


nur. A toassive holder between' I g and Ausgang, near ■ Bahnoff,'


t was applied. ' And. 'What hap- I he - coimh-y towards: Eisenhower,


and air, and an dlMtric ilectric


I. For wteks he was confined' to ■ basholdei-j, sustaining hUnsell by i


noming lyith his teeth in, .and-in ' |vening iwsth his teeth out, so that I lined a tptally different sermon).


hadn't fihished his sermon,; and-I I lie wrote to the local paper depre-;


, the vica: was blacked out, so to i sg‘unripe fruit. 'When eventually


lokes of iijhe. neighbourhood. I


Wealth aid similar dans of Oom- I is much It system.


K —In-'the


WAGES AND PROFITS. post-war


| l order aie attributed to the profit ]ve, and' if this motive were elimin-' we should have apparently an


talk about abolishing the The evils of the present


oolalist bodies l the eliminators'of: profit have hot


St perfeci, social system, this sou Id Utopian, and suggests


idered all the implications of theirj ;al. Caif we help them to clarify; ideas ?


laboUshed wages ,s:


Ines. on trdirig to


ri in the


,fx and iiiis followers have written! the origin of , profits.


les and' pV I the Soci;.: _


letfulncss is necessary, because the fe-eamers, while perhaps willing to ive the capitalists of their profits, , be fess t.'illing to make the experi-


bolish pj-ofits, forget to complete J Marxist proposal by demanding


a imon Wehlth, when they urge us abolition of. wages. I , Perhaps this


■stem. On this theory, Loflts are complementary, lists and the followers of


Mai-x, profits have their wages system and cannot without first abolishing


ISeems to me there is a moral Inj ^bry; but it eludes me. Perhaps' land may be able to find it.- ■ “THEHM.”


' i


n . the lodal. vicar was preparing beekly seiinon. He prepared only , teimon each week, delivering, It m '


descended upon an orchard In


t? Just .mis: thejwhole structure It bodily Snto the! air, sailed out-


me now to Mr. Bland’s sugges- for removing the gasholder. ‘ he is at fault. Clearly he lacks


To get Ithe really supreme eftect' i


MATTER OF OPINION. __ Jland rklses interesting


t-my Bbrstal? The Vicar ttses furords., The gasholder is a “mon.


i Blr, or is that the Cambridge word


ty,” is ‘'villgar, unimaginative and "”^‘36 are the real criticisms, edifice is German, or


‘gasome-


V. W Why? In this unsettled era. these, M imi similar questions hammer at us,


'HE LONG TRAIL -rtTHENCE come we? 'Whither going? e demist 1 fundanientallSt,!' atheist I


' By CLARENCE GREEN;


Wlioiis on the right track? Is-our Christian religion a vain thing, or is i t a light to lead us through the gloom? I looking back, we find that'science


h 5 also looked back, but not to 'an ancestry of grinnlng_^apK and said, m all tod many otherwise intelligent folk stfi imagine: ‘"These are your for-, be!,IS.” liistead, science has lareely pK Ved that through perhaps mullons Sf years, our ancestors really followed a trail up the ages—a trail,-'Often thiough seeming chaos and obscure da: kness, of blood and Savagery. But i what else could be expected of .animals


mbued with the ‘]Me first” instinct? Urdoubtedly It was thC will to live that


mi lCU WlACtC Ulic


were best fitted to' carry on towards a higher destiny. i ' • i t t '{here are many books on that evolu­


Wii I n. forces


riJHIS Display Unit,:sponsored by,the A 'Agriculture ; Fund,' 'gives a bold'


___


!to v i SIT CLITHEBOE IT I . I


interpreta-Mon of Redl Gross work. ti' ‘While In: the past, appeals to sec­


the Agriculture’Fund will be assisted by : visual 'demonstrations, designed to give the public a more vivid conception of: the range of Bed Cross'> activities and the urgent: need for.money to' I finance this .vital work. T h e average


esponse, it is certain'that the work ed J.• L/Bombto'


AVAUIO Vi iiiW seL/Bombardicr James of Mr.. and Mrs.


HITCHEN 'i


hion which led to man but most of ,us


nd has quite missed: the thrill of reality.: ’'nmarlly, evolution means an ui^oldlng. or. growth.


FACT AND FAITH.


_j many,' well-meaning persons still believe w'ill “ destroy i religion ”• and “Wreck tbe human Soul”? Be assured of this: if the real facts can do this, tten is your religion' but a weak sladow, your faith a wavering wisp of snoke. Rather will they build up faith aM give you a'religion built on a rock E


What is this L terrible! menace which


selectett’.for, the experiment. -It ^ as Mr', with gas Bland suggests, ipaftly


ir "it. If your god be! a wizard who, with magic wand'and fit hocus-pocus, P’oduces an inhabited universe m a IT ere week of twenty-four houf da;" why then, wizard:like he will vanl— again. - In his place you will find “I Am,” the Builder, the Eternal One, who so permeates His universe: that.He c ^ o t be bpnished i anywhere—save f: om the heart of man. If your religion die because you learn


cC strong that no wave of scepticism ! n destroy one tiny essential embodied Albertitreet, Low


awn’t read any of them; our know- f lecge is rather the result of rumours,


r. • &liu AV4ao »*.• R.A. 'W- Hltchen; aalsehoods, and ignorant preachments, was employed at the Salford] Bridge


was employed at Fcjulsykes Mil. Aircraftman William Jackson RAJ.,


Fonj erty --


. AirorhUinan, i • iVM.I JACKSON


rving wlt|i the local Territorial LigW; H JacksoA p. ®eihy-street., A*A. Unit... ... North iAfrica,


e . ldest son i


is I he son of 28,


jirs^W. ..------


Driver W. TOMLINSON Driver , ' ivu FRANK WALKEl Private • r


lAills of Messrs.: Wm. Westhead & Sons. :| , : Private. Frank iWalker, the Cheshire He ise.is .the^ ejde^ Mp o f Mr. and Mrs.


was in i&e^^.^ice of Mr.^^i^Franklanw^^. ■ to iolnine the Army he was epiployed the^R^Afe.^


r W-l Tomlinson, soil of Mr. and '* home-^dress is “ Glenroyd,” ijaterton iv^mUnion. 10, Wallter-street, Lane, Mosley, near Manchester


joining ‘ mp '®e C.P-A. at their Carrtirook' wqrks.


bowlandI eO ^T as national park. Major Prater,


Revives Sold Mtoiilry jPromises |,


image of Grid ”—the image of His spiritual reality, for He has no, bexiy.- If that'be so, how dare we picture Him as spiritually our 'inferior? If we give Him His most fitting name, we snail spell it “ Creator.” 'What creator would ifou expect to find going about doing


are in .point of fact rich parables!-anc, riot physical . realities, your .religion must needs be bom again—in spirit and in tmth. 'We were created “ m the


, hat a talking snake or'a wnaleJthat ’vallows men, without digesting them,


ed by-, the local Rescue Party hie j g the robiistiousness ca me practi-1


tricks with piles bf dust and detached libs? No. a creator builds, step by itep; he plans; he makes his tools; he joys in his work and: earns his glory: The mind that designed the universe


first geometriced, 'then created forces; ;ind from forces more and yet more d orces. Such were His tools which


eveloped this wonderful but material miverse., . It was vastly Interestmg


lut also vastly empty; there was no :omradeshlp in it;- ‘'I Am”, was still


done though, eons had passed and the •olid foundation was finished. “ I Amt saw the need for consciousness and made tiny cells, tangible bits of the active force He had created. In them He planted a touch of Himself, and lo, of their own accord they commenced to grow, then divide and multiply. Thus in the single-cellril Amoeba, back in the world's dim dawn, our First .ancestor


embarked on his'round of activity; the evolution towards man had begun.^ ,


NOT A NEW IDEA.


new in Darwin’s' day., As far back as 430 B.C. the Greek phUosophers Empe­ docles and.Aristptle. both' made refer­ ence to it in their works, the former taking a materialistic view -wmeh Aristotle scorned, holding that there was always a purpose in things that are produced by Nature. Saint Augus­ tine found it convincing as an explan^ tion of the realities of creation, though his times were unripe for propoundmg its truth among his followers. Ixing, — long indeed, was the,climb up the ages


Belief in organic evolution was not


ne t h i n gMe -first"! alvJiiys “Me ^ When man, in crude fonn evolveil.


t of living in a wageless, system. . ■ .


I Socialists have critically exainined fe litalisra; and have come to the/contr.,..


that wages must go if profits are to leffectively eliminated is made quite nr'in the April issue;6f “TheSocial- Istandard.’ It says;— |


■ ■ ’ l lon that the wages 'system is basic. ■


lend mus; be made of wage labour s no amo mt of tinkering, planning .


it. That in order to' end capitalism,


I scheming!, will unfetter the latent Iductive hiwers that: are ;walting to , - I used by 'numanity, unless the wages Item is abolished.” , ; i ■ : ■ ■ The article ends with these words:— IWe as tlie only Socialist Party, to Js country hope lor the day when the liure a-dvipe of Marx is heeded and - Ide unionists write upon their baimera n - a fair day's work for a fair day s ' be. but the iabolition of' the wages Item.”-


linyorie w ho I has studied the worK , iMarx and Bfige'is will agree with the ■ocialist'Standard” that profits can- be abolished unless the wages sys-.., . is abolished also.


I ■ '


-do not,I of course, accept! Hi® i inoriiic ' theories of Marx, ' but, for


ay with Che wages syspem. ’The wage ers ought, therefore, i to be , tola


ise who do accept them, there is no


t |h prolethrians of Common 'Weaito im reluctant I to enlighten the work^


Istem. ' J, H. THOMPSON I ■ ' . ! ; Acting l e Lancashire- and 'G1


Economifc League, I :Deansbate, Manchi


ICCCESSFUL TESTS,


J Extensive field tests made^ by indfr* l lendent a*uthorities, bom here and ^


IhcnothiaZine [drench. JJ In one lease,v two, similar- groups of


| /orm-infested lambs , Were taken ■ i, and red with the others.


ie U.S.A, have clearly proved' the fipetiveness of routine treatment iwitn.


ne group] given routine treatment.. IB- a lis group, deaths were! halved as oom-


I Moreover, the increase In weight of Ihe treatto group was twelve times greater than that pf the undosed lambs, t^i-when. both groups were eventuaUy at; publid auction, the dosed lambs made nearly twice the price- of -tbe pthers.


{HOLIDAY LEAVE.


Jits crew Iseaicliiiifi ■plane whicl I crew of 1 home on


j Hie Royal National {Life-boat Instltu


tion has made rewards of; £5 14s. 6d.,ta ia t ' MoeUre, Anglesey, for ne were merebanit captalnis


ilm


n a rougbisea for abkaero- ni had orakhedi: Five of -Oie


leave. ■- ■-■ ]


Hon. Secretary. ■ eshire


.


lerefore, take the libprty of . calling Itention to the omission, and hope the brkers will consider the: problem, oi, ting under a profitless and wageless


cal escape from the Ipj-oposal to do- fact,' but'the Socialists and: toe this important essential point. We,


’ ‘ S‘.oS,’S.'’S SL. .na, .aapite.CTOTOSijM , “ 2 3 no


“I*^Am.” hod wrought marvellously , the wondefs of His universe were indeed “i-eat. Man, the greatest.of th em ^ , was; a source of thrillmg interest, self- centred,. daring, but m fi° v^al, toer ^ense had he become- a per^n. Thus I Am ” the builder, was still alone in iinivei’se there being no compan- °


iJnshT Si.m?thing was


I A NATION^^ L park sweeping forward


“Sympathetic Consideration.” _______ to include the Trough of Bowland) the-


received sympa- :hetically rocter is


Major. B for ^LanClshire,' west of Clitheroe and


Kibble Valley, the Lunc Valley, Ithe Crook of Lune, and, on to Barrow-in-Fum :ss, has Been propt^sed by !N^ajor Procter, .JM.P. for Achringtdn, to thet Ministry T^wn and [Covnlry Planning and by them.


iT.aji.. —I now seeking ?the i co-operation of the


local authorities coicemed, aind is anjeious that something in the nature of a joint scheme should be presented to the


Minister. If the scheme is pushed-fonvard—and Lhere. ^eems no doubt


that there is much popular along with pioneers


1 il___ interpt in, ' na t i ona l : park -idea, which rnay be one of the big


post-war developments in the planning of Elritain. M ■ I


the Wast Eiding; wjll have al-1


' .1, &r6B. '


like this shouldl be done between now and the end of the lyar If tms country,, some of the mpst beautL ful In England, Is not to be spoiled, | said Major Proeter;, tyhope grand-, father and father were born In the


AJOR PROCTER EXPLAINS. “ It is essential that something


scheme, though] I cannot carry it out '.myself,” said Major' Procter] “ That is up to the local authorities; and I hope they will meet to ,con-{. slder it.


“ I felt It my duty to propose this I "- I’l-


. “ I have-suggested that the area should be a national park because it would be used by all people and It would npt be fair that all the cost should fall upon Lancashire., In conversation With an “Accrlngr


' ] -


f a trail of cruel and terrible stmggles cor material survival; the inarticulate ory of the wild'creatures .meant but


I worBirlL


avoid the high-rates. • If we in this generation permit that; it can never le remedied. These, remaining


s will be put In £he country, to


breathing spaces should he pre­ served to the nation.


! , - j’


urban councils All over Lancashire have .'■‘ jstetiyna.r ; town-- planning schemes. These should , be co­ ordinated and 'a committee set up under the direction ofi the Minister of Town] and Country, Planning so that thli district, of '.North Lanca-- shire will be preserved from the hands of the spoilers. i


“Many county, hprough, and


ton Observer” Iman on Saturday, Major Procter said ■ the Idea oc­ curred: to him .recently;: .when . at Mytton, one of {the beauty spots of this part of the world,,,they had actually started to'build a chemical factory, and -would have gone on with It until.lie and other people concerned- got it stopped. MajOr Proctet resided at Hacking Ha}l,


near Mytton. I' ^


He sought and found it in Hii^eii. He looked: upon the perfect tody Hg created child andj' breathed into ito


mostrils the breath of became ai living soul.; Now, for. the


A NEW OUTLOOK.


facmg life with a new outlook, find^ S ^ e l f with wonderful new a more' enduring however, he felt me Ini’ll®


Thus was modem creative man b o^ self nulling one against the other, ne ®


wS ^"verftable “ Ur.' Jekyll Md Mn Hyde,” a dual personality. The_ old Hyde voiced his ages-pld war cry. Me f i ^ ”l the'new Jekyll havmg tM 1 Am” feeling, which was an n r g e ^ , wards a mier, newer, and .entirely


difi«ent,\‘,Ufe. ' “ I ' Am" impell^ towards love and brotherhood, with .ite


theh little' u n d e r s^ call of .With - unity.we poetess divmify. A^tjm^.


it used and abused them.


abuse,. later ages fouiffi a new one which all too many ii^ndersto^ That name was '“Origmal Sin. . Had “ I Am” so wUled, the urge pf t^ new soul must have dominated, but He did not so will. He wanted no blindly obedient puppets; He • wanted free individuals—potential companions , for


th^


mvriads of years to man’s, material mra’s, estate 'then suddenly, they


creatures had grown I through


brief flashes of love for their fellow- men - These faint social groptogs ■ spelled nothing if not a new begmni^..


became creatures of body and soul, Etm they remained selfish, though at rare intervals , came finer moment^aU ^


'Material evolution was practically com­ plete. .A new splntual evolution had


■bei


egun. , BIGGER AND BETTER.


t’ Although R i s ' anbiclpaW that the homato crop this year will .be p-yen deavier than 'In 194J the improved


glut. ,


istribution scheme should prevent ,a _


FIELD MOBILISATION, a By the end of 1943, seven milli<m,


“ to- encourage plg-Jireeding, farmers mav obtain licences.from Qiq Ministry of Pood to kill two pigs a year for their own tables.


the plough. . ' FAMILY FEAST.


cres in Great Britain will be under


this new urge dominat^, but most of the time the old selflshngs ruled,^d because it now had combined warn n the new powers, tbe new- cre^ivenKS,


lirst time, •“ in His‘hwn image, after the very ‘likeness” of H-is own creative


mistakes of out fathers,” said Majpr Procter. “'The south of Lancashire is simply a neti?ork of highly Indus­ trialised towns, and there is not]a river that-Is hot a sewer contain­ ing Industrial eSuent. I'lt is tpe most extensively populated area In the whole of ;he- country, and. in fact, the Empire. West of Clitherpe however, you have almost un­ touched, and UnspoileiP'country ,as


“ Vfe don t -want to repeat, tlfe


God made It. most beautiful In these days


helicopter, th( revival of the lost art of cycling, evacuation, and dis­ persal of factories and offices, there has been created a new Interest] m


Here is some of- tfte country in Englan of motor-car, and


the countrysliie.. BREATF ING SPACES.


tions will rem There is a danger that popida-


Alan Tattersall, Bow Lalthe, Bolton- by-Bcwland,- I was fined 10s. {for riding-a' pedal cycle without a front light arid lOsffor being wlthoijt a red rear light. ' .


ONCE TOO OFTEN, i At Clitherot Sessions on Monday,


that on Tuesday, April 27thJ at 10-30 p.m„ he was on duty] in


Special. Ccnstable Marsh said _ |


Sawley4road, Chathurn. when] he saw defehdarit riding a cycle whlcn


. . .J ‘


England' have no conception of the beauty of North Lancashire. The Cropk of Lune, for: instance, has been immortalised by Turner, the


“Many people in:.the South of


great- painter. If this great and- glorious' tract of country could,be preserved for the- nation, then the workers ' of industrial Lancashire can usei their holidays and their pay to go there and i enjoy them­


selves.^ I .


own division, hut there is nothing to prevent the other towns of Lan-- cashlre trying to preserve some of the farm lands.round their towns, or strips of coastline and foreshore, want' to focus public attention


I am primarily Interested In my


in t'bft i idcQ.—’-thcii^ Lancs-shirc, distinction


in


he: idea—then' Lancashire, the


of being


preserve the breathing which remained.


of Lancashire’behind this :iathlngl can stop . it,’.’ declared ■«»-'— Procter. “I havp spoken., Morrlabn, who’is a very e^iergetlq


Lancashire branch of: the |Council for the Preservation of Rurpl Eng­ land,: said he had not heard any thing! of the new proposa.1. ^’Thd Forest of'Bowland was one of the places put forward wheh" the National ' Parks .Cbmmlttee was •hearing evidence.’ . :


• Mr: P. A. Barnes, secretary of the „ . -


portion of the fells, and these are closely safeguarded with the recogr nltlon- of “user rights” , oven certain


property and other rights Three 'local -


footpaths. Any suggestion to throw open the fells already ' would be certain to me strong opposition, ' Much of theg actual Trough


BARRIERS IN “ PATR. .....


• authorities 5 over some


“ I believe -if we get the wuoici , ,


and sympathetic man. I kpbw -wp have :got the door open.’


■|40, Hayhurst"Btreet,.-'is' married.' His Prior


i Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. jwalker, __ _


man or. woman In the street envisages an. ambulance, and: very little else, as symbolical of the. Red' Gross. , .


I, .The Unit has alrea'dy visited a large


Cross ‘ Agriculture Fund, the Rural Pennies Section; of the same organiisa- 1 tlon, and the Joint County Oommlttees


of the Red Cross and St. John War ' Organisation, and the local organisa-


•.tlons are. .co-operating: to the, fullest possible.extent.'::■. j


‘ ,'- !'


itself' recently i bUtzc^ I■ bnt now repaired, a Prisoners .'of War parcels vani and one 'lUastrating many, other .activities of I the.'Red Cross. ..


o Tlie Display llnitf conslsts ichiefiy ef : the - fouowing;. vehicles; A fplly


quipped general i duty ambulance, t?-'.


J exhibits of made-up parcels of food,- I clothing, tobacco,: sports equipment. I musical instruments, and other gifts I for -wounded and convalescent, prison­ 'ers. In this van I visitors will be able to


I 'The Prisoners i of War van contains


secure Information'! as; to how parcels should be' packed; { , A 'demonstrator will give advice ; op ' parcel procedure. Copies of letters from prisoners of war


are also to be seen. i


to arouse- great ' mterest' among the parents of those: toys in captivity. .


I This Prisoners of War vani is certain . . ■


g The Red Cross Is .certainly the I reatest clearing .house, of humam


mercy' tc-.day and a bridge, of hope for to-morrop. ; ■


ty in the. worlo.; H is a bridge of


The Overseas activities - of the- Red Cross provide"'! helpful supplementary


services to our: fighting forces, suppler mentary -because i there are, so many things which , ' the men, : especially pri^ners, deservodly need. \


and the''cost of that acM.vity is going up every, w e e k . ,, : The Mobile . Display Hnit 'will visit CUtheroe o n .Tuesday, June 22nd. ,


acked each week by.'the Red Cross, i , ,


m 4 n m m The Squandar Bug is furious ■with you! He


pI Seine -140,000 prisoners’ parcels arq tAvim STAMPS mn ms


., can think of a dozen: wasteful ways to spend your money, instead of buying : Savings Stamps. Every time you lick one,, thej


I Squander Bug- feels “ all washed up.” If you want to drive him into a nervous break­ down, use'tmit surplus pocket money-each


week to buy Saving - Stamps. Then you will be helping to win the war


|


course. is'ln Yorkshire, in the IVest I CIITHEBOE 'AUCTION M-ABT Riding County Council are Bowland Rural ^-District.


concerned have ’ property — —- area, consideration of which would


heed special attention:


Jhe fhold scheme put forward In March, 1930, by a meeting at Map Chester of-all regional town plan­ ning \antBorItle8 T n the North- Western : area: That . liifluential eroup, 'representing,- an estimated popula!tloii"'Of 19,000,000,1 recom-


Major Procter’s suggestion recalls ' ,1.


materiL^Oo’hea«fof*geld and laylng-ofl cattle, and a large attendance, -Geld cows realised £9 to £16; best ncifers, £16 to '£24' 15s;-: i ■ stirks' and. Winters,. £12 to'£17; early dated.laybig-on^toiys £36 to £ 58: - autumn' calvers,. £32 to £60; longer dates, £23 to ^ 0 . , ^


' Tihe judgesMessrs. A. ■ Proctor, Whalley, and E. Oockshutt, Worstpn, made the following, awards;, Bestip^ of heavyweight- laying-oS cows: I, B. Cockshutt, Chatbum; 2.; C. Wilson, Clitheroe. Lightweights: 1, C. Wllson;_


mended that the Fdrest of Bowland, including Malham.’rpale land the Upper Hodder.i V;k#ey.' nn. area of more than; 200 square .mllesi should be preserved as a national park.'


The Intention then was


huge park would: cater — recreational needs not only of:Lan-- cashlre, but the: industrial belt jof the West Riding of Yorkshire, since the boundary of the proposed park fell within a few miles "of Helllfleld, Glsburn, and Clltheroe, land tyas skirted by the main, crossTCountry road between Lancaster-and Settle, In addition to embracing on the west side the villages of Quernmore,


Marshaw -and Bleasdale, all familiar and easy of access -tO'the Lancaster and Preston ^rea. !;


STEEPED* IN' HISTipRY


200 . square miles’ ar^a were excluded, there would remain some of the choicest,scenery iji'Britain, rich in romantic and historic asso­ ciation.


Eve'n If the northern half of t ia t


on the meed for this to be done before it Is too late.’,’:


“UNLESS WE ARE CAREFUL .' Major! Procter “poliited out that


factoriek had been erected all over the place during the:-war. some of them in beauty spots/ Unless we were careful, the next development would be cheap ribbon building and noisome petrol pumps, as happened after the- last war. There was nothing like the greenness of Eng­ land, as any American soldier would declare: To strew all this country with ta l l . chimneys I and factories was folly. Steps must be taken now before the war finished to see that this did not happen, and it needed somebody to start^the movement to


unpopulated and chiefly : devoted to sheep farming. The country would include such loively old- world villages as 'Whlt iwell 'an'd Slaldburn Iq the Hodder Valley,' and the charming/ moorland stretches surrounding Jiarshaw / '


For the mokt part thfs: areaJ Is and Bleasdale.


‘breezes, with • moors above and pleasant foothills below. Thousands of acres of moorland than 1,000 feet above Deer once roamed there, —-------- - unusual wild creatures sjre still to befound.


i t is an area, of D£ auty and


•Whltewell were purchaspd by ithe Duchy of Lancaster ip : August,


Incidentally, 6,000 acr,es around 1938.


M POm UNITES THE UNITEO NATIONSfl '


. ‘


GIANT FLYING BOAfS CAPfiV BMPlfiS DIPLOMATS TO LONDON CONFERSNCSS


r-i.e.e.es


'2, T. Falrclough, Brelghtmet, ■' TUE^AY.—A somewhat small show


'of cattle ■ offered ■


of customers.' Young cows- made £40 to £54j plainer && to.'£35:.-bestnooal,


to: a fair attehdgfiee


1'consignment of ewes and lambs were I disposed of. Messrs; ■


and scotch hellers; £42 to £60: othera, . including Irish, £23 10s. to £37, A


'' Harwood, and: T. Simpson,. Whalley, the judges of dairy cattle, awarded


T. Pickard; Great


''first prize for. best cow or heifer to F. Coates;- Qiatbum,' and the second to A. Harrison, Earby.


GISBURN wST. ' MARY’S CHURCH.—A sale of


-vote'of thanks to Mrs. Taylor, which I was seconded by Miss B. Saunders,


secretary. of the Parochial Church , Council: Mr. Martin Wilson,' who was I to have been chairman, was unable' to


be' present; owing


Hon. Miss Adelaide Lister. His- place was .taken by the Vicar, ;who spoke In terms’ of sincere regret of Miss Lister’s passing: Credit -is due: to the large number] of i Church supporters -who , workCdi so hard and contributed with unstinting generosity, both In money, and in kind; no make the whole effort, an unqualified success. At the termin­ ation! Of the proceedings, the Vicar announced the i result, • which . was greeted] with loud applause. He also thanked all who had assisted'm . the afternoon’s effpr.t. An Informal whist drive Was held m the evening, and. this ,


t


at :tbC . St.. John prayers and m tbe-wq,. colleotip: Duke


had no light at the front. Asked for an explanation,' defendant


replied “ I rifle down here, many a night without lights.’' Witness jtold him this was wrong and, i on examining the machine, found; the front lamp |to be In perfect order but the rear lamp would not light. Both' lamps were o f . the battery type. He Ihad twice, previcjiusly cautioned defendant for a similar offence on the same road.


'20 minutes! after Ughtlng-up time. Marsh had hot cautioned him twice before, butihe was once stopped by another policeman, when Itj was just about illghtlng-up time. i


light as day! at the time the offence was committed, as It was only about


Defendant said that It was as :


Hn.CHURCHIU TOOK THE CONTROLS ON HIS


TRANiATUmC fUGHT.


1. ALL IN ' A . NAME. . j ■


given by Ipbal farmers and auctioned during Great Stamford (Essex) “Wing,- for victory” Week, .fetched 2,25:


“Tunis” and “Blzerta,” two calves ''guineas. , ,]« - ■ - ' ' ': j ' ■


I ) I’nrA.T OLD fI eling. i “ I often


'What : I think of her, but discretion -warns me not to do it,’’ said a hian at a North London Court.


I feel like telling myf wife . 1


'MAINTAIN SERVICE^


-filRCRAFT !


ACROSS EN^m territory fO NCUTRALSWCDEN.


-i grow with It. Atlantic flying,, which before the ,war waSi .stlU;' almost a stunt,” has .become . a ; dally event; ■ Empire routes have beOh strengthened and extended sm that the Dominions can have , swift contact. OhlnaJ now


As the (scale of the ■war grovte, Allied-communlcsltibns VI’H IT SU N DRINKS.


that the Burma Road la closed, la supplied.by new ro if te^ mostly by klr; These are only a few of the s trands^ the,


‘ the'dlfificult conditions of war -what would have gigantic task -even in peace. ' I


i> '


network of i air routes that' covers the worW' - W story can be told, it .will add:still more glory.to the rCQorq , of the R-AJ’., and of Britain’s civil air lines, Jor doing rinder,


grant IId extensions Llct nsees iri


5-30 Cllthe Mond i:


to' l l ■30ia.m;] and from 3 p.m.


the local area were from 10


p.m. durlne .Whitsuntide, at i roe County 'Sessions' “.on


a.m.- to


L l i WM, t m if f i B o ln iii,' ( f i t i m . • I .Tel; 131. to .Shu itleworth jHall, at the invitation :]


YYJP.< Monda: '


of Mt petitloi place I 11: ij George Eleven Helen Fourtei i 2,. M^rg Marir-y


and M: of .tea


oung FarinersI Club was held on i evening; when a visit was paid


cf .


Wrathall - and Alan Laycock. r n and over: 1. Frank Wrathall;


to


«1th the following results: Under Jim iGomaU; ,2. James Pate; 3 ,1 ' Brass;.: 4' Tommy ■ Metcalfe, 14: l.i Billy Pate; 2 (equal)


Levi Colluige.’ "a 'ludgliig-com- of iShorithom dairy cattle toOk


v Parker; .3, Barbara Pate: 4. Parkinson. Mr., H. Shllllto, Jnr.,.


enJoyaTp’ le evening'was.Tspent.. Thanks! 1.


to'--Mr; passed all, sec petltlo— membe r: thati'.ri


linge] Ond 'Ml'S, IR; Capstlck; - CUtU .Like


w. A-iLayoock were judges.. Cups iare, kindly given,, by Mrs. Col-


X ond^ by| 'Tyson. Th^TOm- |' 1 Don’t tdke chahees witli^ your health ! re will be arranged.


A ;very A


'W.CC I ' U -


iin.s .are veiT popular'amongst'the 1 h o of the club, and it.'is hopeq


• I • ' 7 ., ' - .■ • -• - w .


DAWSONJS EXCEL ' ZRBAM ■ BREAD supplies I the fo o d ' eleiaents your body needs.


M


xgbetxsact^gvui iesKW iCKbexaexbexaeiqenenanane nesbesyabczxs5esbesbex:|t; I ’


Ask yhur Coun^ Committee for a free copy, ofTrtu !


o the death of the i


concluded a most:successIul and memor-1 able day. :


. bed CROSS.T-^unday was observed “ Parish Church as Bed Cross and


. the leveningi the Vicar spoke of 1


Tihe: weeklymeeting .of • .the . I i i < . ' . '


n Sunday. Special hymns and were Included in the services;


11 of the two organisations. The Sns.!(£3iBs. 6d.) were for the ' Glouc^ter’s-fund.. ,


Saturday, and resulted In ithe' acquisi­ tion of the spm of £150 to the funds. , The raismg of such a gratifying total in one afternoon is regarded as a paro­ chial record.; 'The opening- ceremony was performed by-Mrs. H. Taylor, of "Gre/stones,” Runington.: who gave a large assembly some well-chosen words of encouragement. . She very kindly "set the ball rollmg” with a gift of £10 and, with her friends, made many purchases at the well-stocked stalls. ' At the conclusion ol her speech,. Mrs. Tayior was presented with a Ibouquet by .Miss Anne Wilkinson. The. Vicar '(Rev. j W. M: Lister, M.A.) proposed a


ork was held in connection with the ancient parish church of Gisburn, on


It is a real tonic to the hair at this time of the yeM, gwmg it new health ' and tevivingiall lost; beauty. EUGENE iWAVIl^G


REJUVENATE YOUR HAUL W TH STEAM] TREATMENT. ' '1 i '


y I ■ , • '• - methods)


I Sole Licensee CHRISTY I NATURAL jWAyE CUT. WALbH b n HaWressek ; BLACKBURN.'Phone 5923.


<iwr A 1 C 1 J 9C I Ladles! & Gent’s 7, PF ESTON NEW ROAD, ISSC BO H


Sevings, Stamps, 6d.,2l6andsl-,cm be I exchanged for- National Savings- Certificates, or Dijence Bonds, or used for making deposits in the Post Office or Trustee Savings Banks.


Y THI NA-nONU. SAIUS CMU V O OATTI S '1 I R. PORRITT THE


TOOTAL SHOP.


8, PRESTON NEW ROAD, 8, THWAITES ARCADE, BLACKBURN. Phone 6087.


Also at Burnley.1


CHESRO FROCKS from


The LATENT DES IGNS in TOOTAL


GREASE-RESISTING FABRICS. ALL . GUARANTEED FADELESS.


FULL RANGE OF STYLES a n d s iz e s iilN STOCK.


CANNOT BE {{REPEATED. I '.I


number o f , provinwal. and market towns’ and villages and attracted con­ siderable’attention: iThe campaign is being ' organised : in ^conjunction with: the Goupty Gommittees of the Red


ronal interests have met with a ready,


m t i CROSS DISBIiAT UNIT


:h SJOP1JCKIN&


THOSE SA)^NGS STAMPS- .


IT'S GETTING ON MV


NERVES! • i i-i


!' i


ISSUED BY THE MINISTRIES OF AGRpLJURE AND FUEL


A properly*run DOES A better ON LESS fuel


2. ignition system -.


Keep all electrical equipment as dry as possible. Once a week apply two. or three drops of thin machine od to the magneto bearingp and the'impulse coupling, ljut be careful' not to overdo it. Check contact breaker pomts with correct gauge. Use only the recommended types of sparking 'plugs and: remove, clean and adjust after


every 250 hours of work. Don’tleave spare plugs loose in the tool box; keep them'in a clean!container] Check sparking plug leads or. non is'cracked, wrap msulatmg tape round it<


V V S A V E T R A C t O l t F U E L ! - » ' which-shoas you hosa to save fuel.


or MmUenttsue Chart, r


ce aweek. Ifinsula- r fit a new wire.


m - t r a c t o r .i'


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