. >> COUtlNG II OF CLITFEEOE


Weavers’ Institute: Dance, M. Chatbum Institute: Dance,J- 8^,


XO-DAY (Friday) ! SATUEDAY:'


23rd day of Apfil, 1945, the f; the Rating- Aijth Drlty for


Eural District,Cas IO:l^e Year, conlmelii plst’.day of March,


leral • •'


ed, made, andr'leyl lied, the se it forth


a on


Special Sate •'


i ...


rircuit Conference Wesley School at Mcet% in Church;


parish Church Lower Schpol: jJumble


p S bA a lc h , Shaw Bridge G^d., 3|P. ^ s t Bradford School: Jumbto Sale,


•liartih Tolp^fpongregatlqnal Cfiapel “ifrin"g-and-Biiy. Sal^e, 3-O.i ,


w^ey Assembly Rooms: Dancmg. glaidbum yiUage Hall:' Dance, SUNDAY


kethodlst ,^W^ley).'Cburcb: -Services at 10-30 and ,6-0..


Congregational Oburcb: Services 10-30 and 64). ' MONDAY;


Moor Lanb Metfhpdist Church: Ser- irices at 10-30 and 6-0.


^ :


Olltheioe Auction Mart ^Fat Stock, 9-30 nan. Yoemeh


. (' T. p. R u s : Clerk of th«imoiiN"CouncU. . TUESDAY t , , , ' ' , WEDNESDAY:.


^Guar^,^Gra^*^Mre,' Biatjfiuni. Whalley Assembly-Rooms:' Dance,


Clitheroe Auction Mart:. Sale ,o£. Dairy Cattle, 10-30 M , " •


'ii| ' ^ ' j


' .ij


Grlndleton- Methodist 'School:, Three One-Act Plam 7-0. ''


Clltberoe and District 'P.O.W.i Assoc.; Meeting In Old School, Y-30.;


j ta r


IlME LOTH,


lill


br that pd-.with able


iS, Come new Coat the 1 large to offer.


SE NOW ryoii,;fliay. choose!


FRIDAY|i APRIL 27th, ■'j 1945. 2bSth we ik of the War.


j


ijidebers IN^ CLUB


-construction


nv Copanailttee i.of the: ^above- I appeal, to the geieral publla: ubscrlptlons, to Mist them la.'^


Jit has not been ppsjslble to keep |od rep'alr,


,,


|r Intehtlon to do all that Is Isary, ^nd hope tlid response to ““‘il will be siibstantlal.i'


tlmdh'as now Miiie when It


iubscflptlons sent bkhowl,edged.


]


IL. HIIDSON, Se :i 44, Ilark Street,:


by post will . «.


for Appeal. Clitheroe.


STANDRING, J.I>, Chairman, NOTICi:


iBuslness of WHQ' lESALE and 4IL MILK PROD'ttTIGN lately


: carried on ■hy ' - WALTER [CARTER


and SO FOLI


WADDINGT


1 to f iture ibe Wl W.' i


MITHSON FARM,


'ON ' inducted by


All Milk now pi ' ,| CERTIFIJ:! T mUBERCULIN


lanksi are givei|i ^mers| and they, [■are asuredof e:


WlTHSON need to


TESTED tl; alii old


to well as new it service.


Loans.j Loans. THIS S'0i;:iETY


.0 to £


or WITHOUT ■Write : or Phone,


ijboo SECURITY.


district


iiyLtd. VCKBURN,


It d r "Bens’ Is, : k; psley;


IMFORTS; Fpfl ». ,. m.irss..:\ F. Thhrbgood, Denr ls and [Mrs. Speak; khcTck-dut:' Mrs.


.. were wo: Th


, ve' was Post on; n d ly g


lers! piub met,. Ion'Thursday eve lly m;etlng. G Jin the chair. Iliife, Mr. Edward [ Mr; Bitten, of


nd Mrs. M. tinted to Ip Members


[esday weeki (eh;.by Mrs, j hy—Ladles: i! iBrom^ch; junr.,


•The weekly eld a t ' the


|rs and renewals id the ground property, Includmg buildings,., .1, 'since the begjimlng of the*


o| the services hf Bro. Wllhain Cal- verley, who lis in his fiftieth y ^ r of membership. Bro. Calverley if not only a'Past Grand Master [ pf the Lodge, but of CUtheroe Dilstrlct Oddfellows, which gives i him pro-' vlnclal rank, and- he has been, a trustee and member of ithg I Com­ mittee of MaiAgement for 32 [years. Declining health Is the ireaSon. -for Ms retirement from' offlee: I Bro. H. P. Marsden another veteran' . Oddfellow who is also' 'a iPast Pro-


A speciali .meeting oi -the' CasUe Jidge ofiOddtollows wa.s held oh


ednesday evening In recognition


WhaUev Assembly Rooms;': D.ancmg)'; ; THURSiDaI :


, ;' ■ ,,. :


Chatbum Institute: BaU, 8-0.: ' > Rlmlngton Institute: Whist-Dance, 7-30 St, Catherine’s, West BracUord .Con­ cert at 8-0.


Clitheroe Parish Church School:, Con- icert at 7-30. T i ■ '


FEIDATT': | J ■ i i i ' I


White, Bull,! Gisbum: Whist, Dominoes and Dance, 7-30. .. ' ■ ' Newton Institute: Dance, 8-OJ


' , ': :


Clitheroe Y.P.o[:': Brains Ttust, Grami mar School.


;


British Israel World .Federation Meet­ ing'- Co-opt Guild Room, 3-4).


,


Grading of of the


i-of 3, [St. i.way,


celved knees'..


.which, hild isfeiiig opBii'.'‘.He rei bruises |o his arms and


Williani| i Sharpies; of Linton -Croft] l^ej d r l^ of the: car was


....................... Waddl^ x)n;' *■


the Post ment| came: 1904, Iwl numb


Rlchmoal-terrac^, Clibheroe, who was veiy i jwell knbwn iri.the town and fflsjilct, died at ‘his , home on Wednesdiy. Slkty-elght years of age, he retired from his position as senior tjlephone hnesman i eight years, ago.': Mr. Fairey had 39 years’ ^rvlce.j^flrst-'Wlth the old National Telephone Company, -aiid later. in “''"^lOfflce TelephoVpepart- native of Hunttagaon, he,


Mr] Fi'ancls Henry. Fairey, 27,


.the WR.iipf ithe flag-pole:ohithe Castle


extehsk n of the Mrvlce In bucceM- : tog veah. In. 1910, he Cll6ibe|d to


h , , I but 70 subscribers, and


'ment takes plage at . St.- [Mary’s [Cemete,M[ to-morrow (Saturday), iwheh the Rev. p. A. Bland wlU pfiaclate. [ * # *


i:' Gi'vCd 'iuitahle Weather, the band [bf .Np. i -------- - ■


laudlCnM when [they glvfe the first of theii |OPen-ato Sunday concerts to the pastle bandstand froto 7.30 to 9 r,.ni. on (Sunday week; All the proceeds,-, yrlll ; be given! to, the


Idler TiB.R.E.'jwlll have i large


’S Services Welfare Fund. '


: -1 ■ i


will be Eric Ro 1R. Roy ciither ' vinciai pore.! pupil of went I to


Hi^'


land for Iager of


[ylnclal Grand 'Master, ’’Was! |n the 'chair. He saldl thit In hpnorlng, &o. Calverley -they -were rendering; honour where honour was diip. The members ^ appreciated -the ‘‘jSonnd-' advice he 'had always tendered them, and the great sacrlflbes af time he had made iii the interests of the Lodge. : He hoped he (Would be spared for-many more years, and that he would have; happy ^mem­ ories of his assoblatlon wlth|'tljem. Bro. J. W. Lambert, who is not only a P.P.G.M., but was for a long, number of [ years Lodge secretary and secretary of I-the Dlstrlcti Odd- 'ellows, made thh presentation. He marked that he had been a col­ eague of Bro. Calverley over a very, ong period of time, and he realised


broken, and-on Lodge’s behalf, wishes for a long ment. He:hoped have the pleasure


the value of- thi services he had rendered. He was more thati sorry that: the [connection [wahi now


•E. Topping,:who Is now a trustee, and Bro, J. H. Kay (secretary! sup­ ported the; tributes already ppld .to Bro. Calvefley,: ar.d were followed by other members] who emphasised the loss thp younger brethren would feel at the [retirement from' office O


f, a worthiy [brotht r. The proceed- ■h>gs,theh -terminated.


. '' I * . * * ^Congratulations to Pte.


'biltheroej a member of the Stj John Ambulance Brigadto on the honour O


or St. John: Wfclch, lias been etrep upon him. . Private!


* *


f. a Serving Brother iof the; Order con


loMed, the local. Division to Md the honour lis well deserved.


!


i A very Enjoyable entertaiidment ;^spresented the “Starlights” party of iBlackburn, o&Sat^


mday, to the Pdrlsh Church sfehool. enderj thej ileadtoshlp' of Mr. Fred [ Asnvforth, 1


1 the; ipabty provld ed a I A


;tery; polished performance.'I The l®ost iwasimade or a number of I amusing sketches, and a burlesque,


-Were, Forces’'


;aken eom-


i high commendation. Proceeds ;«mountlng‘ to orerl332 I y the G.F,^: foi: tie P 'mttsfund.!


* I *


'wThe Vicar in conducted


todson.. Proi '6d '


.vffrey ' Clegg, ’'^ter a short illletototro-i


l ithe Young the- Parish -ig, for theto


id i |by Ronald |Br e a ks.— Wrathall, cljulto chairman, raed hver thecmeetmg-.of the;


lanks to Mr. Bitten was: pro-' by I Geoffrey i, Bellamy' and


i„ who gave a mos^t'Interesting, on ‘‘Pig Keemhg.”: A vote


inston, near,


:on Monday eyenlng: ] There '■"T good: attpimahee; aiw, members': mre ■


drainage omder, of Har- Instlructive and


■ enr^ed i


rpLand Draln- ^ tof Geoffrey'


'.'i^


' jAyafternocnln mark St.;Ge


1 rimmemorailon i°46en-Poweil.


I the seri (ce. [[it


*


•! Guitoes,! ^ub^ and iBrb^les -;he ScoWl-and


't[J^?|ffegiday held on Saturday of thb N.SB.C.C. ,re-


‘an o -


:®toork;dorie ly 'tate'-'ASwell i&JlWerdstol


! work dnno At


, tiie officials and ■ ah bn .thetebm


' -.i I ■


the. Rev. H.-A. Bland, he service on Sun- the Parish phurch rge's ‘Day, and ta of the late Lord ast and priesent


, aiae I promises! were renewed —dur-^


received! that Sa^m Weaver,, whose wife ribwlresldes at-Blackburn and Who udeci foTesicie to Henthorn-[rd., has a'rrved safely ta' England. “XUiam [Wbrthin^ton, of Lamb ppe ottage,


‘.jeaffeAe of about £iibvei! last. ;


the splradld sum oU £61 cqllecied. This! was


— ‘=h|'toflects admtoabl} the tnehb public to this'


qeseryihg cs.use. [the premilses by Messrs.


Woods) ql 'toy; Mr, s 78 on


England Birthdii


standrtari, J'P., of Whalley-rdad, who wllllbe 75 ndxt Friday. : j:


Hayhurs $1 on ~


sWs: Wed


'ord I'ttoqt 'he


Whalley,’: has! also sent has - arrived, in


^ pFJL '! ^ r I , r (n M [ddnesdaF; ..and: toMDr. W. Clitheroe, ;whc


Mr.'L; Hutchins, Is


L Nixbri, ofCtaatburn, ytho bnday [street,'


greetings to Itos.; C, ihatburn, -who ls -73


to- S. n_ Dperatlt B-reatoasti”, is worthy I,..Kelly, 1,13,1 Wesleyon . ..v„ ■Row,


Kelly 1908,


trusted he would long be spared to use. Bro. Calverley was consider­ ably moved by the gift, and thought they were : unduly flattering him.- However, he had always done his best for the Lodge, with which he had had long an l happy askocla- tlons, and : [he e>;tended his best wishes for its future success! Brp.


convenient, i Bro handed .to Bro. (palverley to plated fountain


at future meetir.gs .when 1; was Lambert


pen, I which he Cllthero!,: has ithis week received


then gold-


his own- and 'the he : offered! best andhappyjfetlre- they would still of his attendance


Mrs. 'Wales,: of 13, King-lane,.


whose! , ijanson, ■Ipplnes husband


Mrs. Sato Know What 'ou


f gre pjic amily.


.'the good liews thbt her sister,:Mrs. ■Erank S iunders, -along wlthj her lusband and tWee. children, have oeen'fit elated'I by the Americans pfter bemg Interned for three years by thp Japanese at Santo Tomas IfniversI ;y, Marill i. Mrs. Saunders, -T.aldeni riame -was Emma left Clitheroe for thePhll- about .2d years ago. [Her is an American, and,they t'ujred above with their jWjriting on March |5th, nders says: “ I suppbsp you now that we are free, bya wondertol feeling It Is. dotold ineveri realise what we


fblt 'Ilke|when we saw those pkra- chutej troops laiid, and when' we ,w th 'he I nk [ta tanks cq


.......... ..Thomas A[no,ther (half-hour.) and It would Theyj were only just In time.


.would! have! beeii too late, as! the Japs har""’-----*” when \wi 7] o’clpclji


been a torrible three “


nave bb doctor’s j' anythin^ back as WIUI be


Ijo 75 Mribu pow and


lugar.[ |We [had lio bread fof .2i ears. I Frank did not lose much went down from 128 but wte are all gaining.


relght, but r ;mnk


|ve are feeling better. We nl on h special diet by ders, but now we can' eat I ithtok we will be gbtag 'on as we get. built [up.


flay.] I jVe [had 50 grams bf rice, wresident'* of the Society,'whoSd topic brning [and night, with no salt or


. . Wc: ha 1 only i two m|eals


d.: The last year was‘ the we were on a starvation last six months were


rible that we could never make tohders


thto to°™lu?- 'It years, so


has ter- you


^the Society [and' thf business side in general,' the educational : side:, the Men’s and Women’s Guilds, classes for children of all ages, colleges and-sijun- mer schools for members,'convalescent homes for the. sick, I p d the ownership of i collieries,' various industries, and even hotels. : He paid a warm tribute n to the Women’s Guild and! Its Useful­


ith the varied domestic services! of


that the' London Sodiety had a vfoman president." The movement toad grown f to [such ■ an [extent that It had been


ess, which [was sno’Bm [In the fact


Tuesday, Mrs. Night ingalq is to speak on-‘Child Delinquencies.'


to.secure talk led


to to keen dlscuSsion.-j-Next representation.HThe


IT FORCE PLATOON.


I -


P.T. tests fbr :Cert.| “A,” at Grammar i^^TuMday knd ,W<dnesd|ay, 19.3Q lirs.


Orderto for week commencing April 30. i Ord.'N.C;0.: Gpl/InstJ Gatnett.


Monday:; 20.00;ITS.: - j [ .


All Sections:] Battle drill’and section , formation, i ■


•‘V’’ Wing at|Chfircli: for all Cadets. Friday: |1930 hrs.: '


'> [ : PRISONERS. AlApnaUl Olall wcic


In aid of the Church jubilee fuhd,. a brtag-and-buy sale and white


Church School on Saturday. The sale was opened by Councillor qreears, and the ,VlcarJ(^e


A X . OI; i 4UU


and won’t tolerate regimentaters who want to impose sameness upon them,


“THEY LOVE TO DIFFER.” “ Men and women love differences


for by free enterprise alone can we preserve this, country from serfdom." (Mr. Ralph Assheton, M.P., Chairman.


army!! CAD ‘ ‘OLITHEROE


orced, intcj the political field in order Id ’f“rect


,q


mient." Dealing with the meaning of organisation, land giving the Rochdale Pioneers as an example in relation to w their own movement the speaker dealt


planned to shoot us all went but to roll-call :at


oime In to take us


iji]|arry frldndis in ' Clitheroe terested to hear that Mr. t ton, son of Mr; and Mrs.


. 'Itoxtile Cc ntroUer iat C^wn- Ijlrl Royston, who Is a former ■ 'llitheroe Technlbal School, India some 12. (years ago,


on,, of 2, Mllton-avenue, has been appointed Pro-


lome tli;be has bee'mman- le Elgin Mills at Cawnpore.


.tobfel tl in three years. In! I9,35 he: iwas awaijded the Safety First ASso-i elation medal.[for driving [without; accident,land he later: gained two:, barS'to this award. He [was also a'' reclpleEt|,of the] Imperial 'Service medal. A member of the Conserva­ tive Cliibi ;he had earlleV associa­ tions vdth the (hltherbe [Cricket, dub; and he wss connected with! [the - Palish Chu rch. Widespread [sympathy will be given: Ito i Mrs. |Fairey,iher son. and daughter in [their; sad bereavement. The Inter-


ng ; £2 ijfor this hazardous' task. Mr. ^alrey was an ex-Servlce man of the 'M war.: ^rving: to France with tl r Royal Plying Cbrps for


iblock for: hoisting the;‘flag, receiv­ a^der to [repair the e Mw and, assisted In the'! great


Clitheroe from, Buniley itf n the Clitheroe [exchange


Mohdajf evening. by^,a .pass Ihgfmat to -cai, th® door bf


Mary’s-street,: was: struck


In iWaddingron^road on Thomah Gregory,


CIJTHEROE ADVERTISER & TPIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1945. GAOL FOR


WOUNI»


Sergeant Cyril lands, Clitheroe


In our-last Issue we reported that


PlcklesJ 20, iBawd- ,was to hospital in 1 Western Europe,


r seriolusly Ul. On Monday his wife : received the sad


newsi -that he had dledi from worn ids on April 13th,


w e E t overseas the jB.LJ\.. days! after


Plckes had over five vice For


years’ ser- w lth the ces,i and


associated.'wit


and 'two chlldre: pathy will be,i bereavement.


HOME


HURST GREEN P.O.W. ESPERl


Lieutenant Tim Knowl As we briefly :‘epor 'CES ■


the men in oui' camp were not marched away when the! Allies drew hear,” Lieut. Knowles said.. “On the whole; we were treated quite -well,; excep, in the mdtter of "food.: We could not have existed il| it had not been for the Red Cross^ parcels, as the' :atlonsj which the Germans'gave uj did not amount to one square meal a day. l(7e just got a' few: bad lotatoes and some turnip soup, am,'perhaps d little black: bread. [


, “When the Bed (tooss parcels arrived we were i ble to playjgames, and^ we had i ca n p . concerts and entertainments, but [the German food ■


;


that. I We could only sit abbut and read, and perhais walk round for about to quarter .of an hour! ‘ I myself lost jweljht considerably, but I am!-[ already- regaining it.”


did not give lis' energy: to I do Lieut.'Knowles added.'


At an. English; airfield a 'hangar had been decked with buntlpg, and there was to real party atmosphere. “Everyone has been extraordinarily kind to mel since I returned home, and I Want to [thank them all for the great [receptipn I have had,” , Lieut. Knowles ladided.


low


\ organised by the W.V.S. was hbld on Friday jin the Reading Roota. There were 13! tibles under the d i r e c t io n of Mrs.: R. IQarside. Winners—Ladle’


ST. pUNSTAN’S.-A Whist drive


2* Miss Hayt. Gents: 1; Pte Ken­ nedy; 2, Miss Merton. The compe­ tition was won j by Mrs. Robertson. A successful eventog realised £4 12s. for St. Dunstah’s.


s: ‘ 1. Mrs. i Merton;


THE MAYOR! u SERVICES’ WE|


-ri'____ ___ ... APreviously, acknowledgedi..642 15 ' ‘I


W. E. Hughes; Esq. J Mrs. A. M.'Pinder:; “In me­ mory of niy dear Husband, Councillor jW. Pinper ” .... * f 1 0


nonymous ..........


Mayocis Parlour, [| ' [;. Mayor. iWOlEN’S


CO-OPERATiI e GUILD


t ■At Tuesday’s meeting,: held [under phe chairmanship of ^ s . Moorey, vice- President, the speaker wasjMr. Hallows, as “ The Organisation pf our j Move-,


Irotal td date..£644 18 '10 JIAMES' WELKINS'


Subscriptions receivejd to 25th April: .


F CLITHEROE : : £ s. d.


ARE FUND.


where 'he was flown to England, Lieut. • Kn'owles ‘ passed through Brunswick.! He described thejdevas- ta t io n as : absolutely appalling Everything! posslme was done for the prisoners on their wayj home.


few.guards,[and when an American tank arrived' at the: gates they surrendered peaMfully. As the camp ibas sltuatei^tween jqi) air­ field and an aircraft ‘factory, the district -was bombed by the R.A.F. on several occaMons; and once bombs hit! the camp, fortunately doing little: damage.’' : ■ ' ■ On his way toian ajrpprt, frqm


Americans! were approaching, they left the prisoners to camp and moved out.: The Camp Comman­ dant, stayed behind, along'with to


When the j Gemans knew the | ;


Green, who wds taken! prisoner during the secord slegtoof Tobruk, returned home <ta Thursday inlghk.- Interviewed by an “ Advertiser and Times’’ reporter, Lieut: Knowles said he had beer , in [three prisoner of war camps; one In Italy, [one In Czechoslovakia, . md' one to Ger­ many. The Gi rman camp-was situated some: 11 .tie distance from Brunswick! In Ceatral Germany, i “ I am one of the lucky ones, as


last week, of Hurst


(Wesley) Churcb; and leavesja wife :, with whom sym- ixpressed to their


D-daly He was, th e ; Methodist


with ben


Sergeant


COAL OFFENCl Clitheroe Trhde$man| Set


said ! Robert TVallbanto general : dealer, of, 5 'and 7, Waterloo-r.oad,- Clitheroe, I. as he was.'[being iled [away; to - the cells atj - Clltherbe


s only what I expected-from you,”


for; Month’s ‘HaM[ Lab6jir “Thank.-you for your; veidict it


'Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, after being sentenced to . one mpnth’s - 'hard labour for acquiring Poal otherwise ;thau' from his' registered dealer* The magistrates had originally fined him ■ £10 and ordered him- to pay £2 2s. Od. advocate’s fee, but on hearing the


uel and Pow§r, Mr. H. Wpeks said ;d,efendant was registered with the


FI Ptosebutlng for the Ministry' of ing,-T ■Mil go to prisen." [ |


'Lancashire Associated CblUejries for the .supply of coal to his premises. Defendant would probably [say. In his defence that the coal was bad, but that had nothing to do with


verdict, Wallbankasked;:[“'V^at'will you give me in imprisonment,” add­


[.OPEN AI^ YOUR SAv:


Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday:' Bette Davies, G


in eorge Brut [ DIRE VICTORY


^ Thnrsdayi Friday, Saturday: Htunplirey Bogart, Peter Lorre in


PA S iS liG E T O M A fiiSE IL L E


WHALLEY


the case. Hewas;not .summoned for anything concemmg the coal which the L.A.C. had supplied him


,9tb :last, he saw WaUbank andihls son drive into the Clltheroe coal yard; with a motor-rcar and trailer. They put several sacks of coaljln- to the trailer and drove away. The coal was taken from a stack belong­ ing, to Mr. Barry Bennett, whom he later[ informed of the tocldtot. [ .1 Harry Bennett, coal dealer, ofi 5a, Chatburn-road,, said, he reported the matter to the Fuel Offiebr; ‘On December 22nd, Wallbank 1 visited him at his garage and offered to pay for the coal. He refused pay­ ment, as 'Wallbank was not| onb of hto registered customers. ! Wall- bank said' that If he went to gaol for the offence witness would not get paid lor the coal. On January lath, Wallbank again offered pay- iment and he accepted, .because he thought there was mb lohger a [question'of prosecution.


Albert James, .coai flllerj of .34, llson-rst., said th^C'ori. December


;


!. [Answering defendant, witness agreed th at Wallbank told him that he was not worrying about be­ ing summoned and that he [wanted to appqar beforethe Court itb obtain justice, because he could not get justice; from the Fuel Officer.


,without, X won’t have Hargreaves’s ‘cqal. They;call regularly: but I irefuse it.’ Wallbaiik then brought ■


‘bmik said, “I took the coaVand : iwlll tajte it-again' os soon tos I get


Officer of the Ministry of Fuel ant; Power, said he visited Wallbank at his-home on January 19th. [ ,Wall


rin hte opinion fifty per cent, of It ij-Wjas fit burn.,,'


. | , i


' that the premises occupied by Wall- bdnk were' registered with I the Lanc'ashlre Associated Collieries. The register was compiled dn Match, 19^1, ana so far as he was aware


Wjall bank had been supplied byi the L.A.C. since that date. When Weh-


:i iPrank kargerisbn,-the Cllthetoi, Fuel Officer, told the magistrates


1-Wjltness estimated there wduld'be .about 50-lba of coal to the tin. and


a I tin bf'.'coal for hlm-.to tospect. CCouncillor . Chatburn WCouncillor CHATBURN


bank made an application to! trans­ fer to another coal dealer on 27,th N'ovember last, 'alleging the poor quality: of the coal he was getting.


form registering with .^tlle HA.C.? —[[ have no form'‘with: your signature on. The only evidence’ I have;,Is the coal register, [where


I


'Magistrates Clerk’s hencS^ held the cqal up for 'the magistrates’ Irispec- ition. ' The magistrates ' made no ,comment.


coal [and, stepping. ; [.


lations had been altered. He made another application in November, bdtIt-wasTCfused: ,


fqfused to have coal from’ the L.A.C and that he. had been without coal tor eighteen weeks.., He dldj not Intend [ to be without, coal; [at Christmas, so he went' 'and took sdme from the coal yard. I If.he w'as compelled to use coal [from' the l|a;c., he would do the same again. :([The Magistrates'Clerk (Mr. J.[H. Rhmsbottom); Then you admit tkklng the coal?—Of course I do.:; I jContlnulng, Wallbank'said 'that in winter he and 'his sons' got ;Wet ihrough travelling about i: the ■countrywide. “The coal I have befen gitting wouldn’t dry a pocket hand- kferchlef,” he declared. ' ]


I Iwailbank also said that he lhad '' ' "[:


bank had admittod taking' thO coal. If willbank thought he' had; a


Mr. Weeks pointed out that Wajll-


Irievance, It was no remedy to [take h e r people’s coal


said he wanted to'register with thfe L.A.C. Mr. Hltchon 'told [him that If he was not satisfied with the'coal, he could change to another dealer. He goh eoal from the LA.C; for ahoutielghteen months, but found it w^, getting unsatisfactory ‘and itried. to transfer to miotoer dealer taj January, 1944. Mr. Hltchoni told h'im he could not change until JUfae, and gave him a form to flll in. Another, coal dealer agreed [to siipply him and the L.A.C. agreed to stoh their supply, but when he took the form to the Fuel Over­ seer In June, 'he was told the regu­


'jorlginal coal dealer gave:, [up siness, he saw Mr. Hltcihon.,' who was Fuel Overseertot that [time, and


'{defendant said that -vhen his


' Wailbank told the inagistrates that the coal he had been getting was bad ana produced samples of the coal, both before and' after, hurning. Striding to the front of the Court, he picked , up to piece of to the


[of I merchant on those grounds, i In doing so, he was' simply acting][on instructions from the Ministry. Wallbank: When did :I sign any


Witness wrote ;to him, pointing [but that he could not 'allow a ch'a,'hge


played' ta the open air were a pleasing' innovation at Thursday’s meeting of the'Junior Guild, when the leader was' Roland Frankland. Pat Frankland gave the prayer, Roy Wilson [ read the lesson; and a solo was sung by Denise Marl­ borough. The:weekly report was entrusted to Edwlna Tomlinson, and Kenneth Townson recited; The weekly intercession service'oh the same evening was conducted by the Rev. W. Allan Sha'w. ,


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' RANGERS’ WHIST.-i Saturday’s whist drivb, promoted . by , the Rangers t a ' the 'Churchf Institute, attracted 36i players, and the prltoi winners were Mrs. C. 'Tomlinson, Mrs. Demata, Mrs. Isherwood, Mr. G. T. Wilson, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. C. Hudson. Ini the knock-out compe­ tition, Mr. and Mrs. Watt were the winners,; with Mrs, Wescott and Mrs. Isherwood second. Miss B., Halstead was ta charge'of. play. ;


' GIRLS’’ CliUB.-^Prombted by the Girls’ Club, another pleasant whist drive was hold ta the Church Instl-i tute on Tuesday, -Miss F Jeffs acting as M.C.; Nine tables were needed for play, and the successful competitors (were' Mrs.! Bleazard) Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. ’Isherwood, Miss Castlehbuse, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Watts. The [victors ta the knock­ out competitlon‘were Mrs. Hudson and Mrs.Teasdale.,


Gradwell, Clltherbe, was the local organiser responsible for, the very successful darice held In the Church Institute on''Friday night. Spon^l sored by the'“ Melody Maker,” all the proceeds iWere for, the Hospital for Sick Children, London, and a' telegram wishing the event every, success was received ' from Lord Southwodd on Friday morning. Dancing ' was' greatly enjoyed to music provided by John GfadWell and his band,: arid it is hoped to be able to send nearly £30 as a result ‘ bf this pleasant:social occasion..


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cessful jumble sale was held In the Church Institute last night week. I Pronioted.|by the Guides andi Rangers,! the 4 effort realised £30, which ^lU be devoted,to the Guides’!, fund. There was a quick sale of all the goods dismayed, and a compe­ tition added £1 9s. to the i total. Rangers were'ta charge of refresh­ ments, and thb officers of the com­ pany, Miss Freeman (captain) arid Miss Halstead i(lieutenant), wish to thank all whq helped;to any way toward the success achieved. i


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