e i ! i C L i f H E B O P A D Y E B T I S E R & T I F R I l A Y . J U N E 2 9 . 1 9 4 5 .


Randall Exaniines Cotton Trade


' J f h y Y m s h w l d Y o f e f a t i i i i t There is Shortage lifiB(hR BIUNGS PROSPEiarY


MR. C H U R C H IL L IN H IS BROADCAST O F JU^^E 13th ] DECLARED liilA lT A ] IA B O U R ! GOVERNMEl^T BRING R U IN T O BR


WOULD


SEW ZEALAND HAS HAD A LABOUR GOVEPNMEN f FOR TEN YEAR§


Continual hcada


and make life a l)u that"EEZIT” Pii thj: worst headach


:h(e8nreia great) handi in. r


rders c n a ft


“ tE Z IT ” sooth titne and is equtllj Colds, ChUls or i: til.


Powders -sd. ei d


“pZlT" , lerianylurea, a ‘v ill able pain


isgopdtokriow


r.Tabl Its relieve w minutes.


Apart from otlei valuible irgredimts aisp


mntains bromoispva- gooi for Neura Sta,


TABLETS 3ld . 1/3 per bottlp.


3' pet packe (inc.


Of all Che nists i lid Sr Ask for


TAX) or ores


(ir c. Boots, Timi th r Whl ;c!s an)dTay Ota)


nerve j sedative, n dolifile qiick


HERE ARE A F,EW EXAMPLES OE LABOUR L EG ISLA TIO N r-_J_


I'


Every NeW Zealander gets] a Pension cl! week a^ 60


•'[__I.l 32/6d


A Widow with 30s. a week wifli school age


dependent 10)^6d for


we


geb of


A Family Allowance of 10s a child is pkid to every family whc se incoms ii» hot pioire thaiii £5 10s.


for each


A N t ) N EW ZEALAND FLO U R ISH E S : WAGES IN CREA SE. N O | TALK OF ‘


w


And the iabour Government has I Large Majorities at 3| consecutive


Tell hiim


<ni)tf<r to Rlieui tihc blending 01 tteatfncnt arfd tratti Tell is a'chlcving


m thatt 'I


andgiardagtiiil ating ! pains pf LMAUBGi


, Of all chtmisjs (including Boi othy,While


frequently giy wherieverytHin Askjhim to


'is ratio teller ’elserapfaije^. a packet np- tthetacruci


suffUfer leaths,


indilo (Srw. ? » |


IHBUVATISM that ivery' to dr lad.


iizing results in d. t r a d e NCRE ASES. SLA Y E kY ” OR H O R p E S OF OF TCIALS


3ESTAPO,” “S T ^ T k rH E R E


eL returned General ElecI


Did you say Vuin/ Mr. Churchill? RUBB.SH! ] ' I ; ■ I . : I ,q | of


Wcjrlteils; Insecurity and Poverty :g n p o l i c y


COyEkV S. ' S I L V E R l ^ l ATTACKS


'ATIYE FOREIi MR. SILVERMAN


the cotton industiy, under the C vUtive .Govemmfents between the ..0.0,


and a; promise' to suptoort the trade; unions' plans for the Industry, were made by the Labour [candidate,, ^to. Harry |E. RandaUl spetog to a well-' attended meeting in the King Lane


Hall, on Sunday night. Crewel 1 l ,


Randall had theJsuppoVt of Nfr. ,S. a Silverman, ex-M.P. for I^lson, md l^ j J. W. Bowen, C.B.E., J[.P., ex-M,P. foi;


Mr. a Pemberton pr 3Sided.,pd '


leellng that this setd for Labour," ito,; RandaU


&drwhethe'r brir chritori w^!«nJo. life to the fulB,,or Whether! cann ri


U


become cannob fodder;t the sort of old t o


l, ,or a I


LABOUR CONFIDENCE | “ Throughout ithe Divis^ou there is d


“The slmpld.message I ABa__^uttih^ us


: ■4T|V —w. -- will


have. Surely ;there isjanother way of life different to I the bne we lived be­ tween the wais.; The Labour part offers you that other [way. W^ yc give U6 the chance tb start in j that t road ? If you want tc^ return to tooSe


the_old^foUc,w^ ' It will dwide


days between the warS the^ote Tory, That is the simple is^e. '^ e past u behmd usi’^we look tolthe future.


, " . L .l.t i- 'k - you yesterday and nroW, fh fin VfltR TOfV.


“ I want to!talk this evening to the cotton workers/' Mr. RandaU went op.


“■you trusted the pebple who served ■ they made a soriy it is as wen


mess of thtogs,; I t-r— — r--. at this election to draw the, curtato on One side and, take[,a-|oqk back at the ■ ■ '


cotton mdustry ‘Pto chlfe'en atj sctooLw^ read of


' tne i times you


thie old days,! when clpdren were tied to'the looms and had buckets of water thrbwn over them; to waken them m, and you yourselves wpl remember the bitter! heart-breaktog days ^ of the depretoion. The I Utfle curtains lyere


clean I at your windows, but you were forced to-seU-the rfigs, the carpets, the tSbleclothJ And t)he Sunday Jptot (Usappeared from ypur table. Ypu know these thtogs happenei Remepi'


ber tlieml " ' ' ^ I COTXOtf WAGES ' |


ioom^, somettoies getting a few coppers ’ ----- - few coppers less


&


than the dole. You toow as well as I do. probably better, ( hat the average weaver’s wage wasifil 11s. 5d.-£l Us.- 5d. for a man to keep himself, his wife and children.! Arid there were many occasions when!you tow only 15s.' a week.! Remember tho?e thtogs, because if you vote Tory you wUl resurrect those days. ; Then the Means Test followed, and aU]the soul-destroying misery of unemployment. I belleye that t o .


-j--


K -Division, 75 per cent, of the people 3 • unemployed] Remember those


Great Harwood, which is jto OUTHFll


T FORI WOMEN


s a e #


[ften made about] !lns her youthlijl


,How young she


-IIVE A IE envied,


bpki the^


Jirits until well. ■e'ason Isi'this: the] ■ 're still looks in lePved her youth us she maint|a}ns


itiractlveness. . , IWhen your blood geip t: iu soon feel thel ' " ■ed and worn u lose your aipe


I There is no -, jn this way; it it; uu buuubilcens..- Yo Jiuu Ija


id depressed Muse your Wikm! rii


tlie , by kUepli ter-


WT O


the yemiirk -----fho re-


[iicrease your bbdd by itakln l&s Pink Pills. good order, r


A ilch these pilfls mw vitality, joW


...... .


cji.! rec .land Ftof- ire& will give, yO


Thf


bf Dr. Williams ifiiik ihemists, pricf 5d.),’includiii: purchaM tax


tnd your frienf wouthfulness auu ibw new


ove, energy- a:iq • Jnew lease of li fel byllita^ ‘ ‘


,1 good ppl b'”


n g now


ECONOM


0 for larie Industri


ICAL ,vigour ,,


.wrHiieni uw ipi'j


16r yjou to suflM only tQ entlch Md I.-idlriah. rm blood J’


5 oil', l^k vitality m is ixhiuste'l. I


i feet :rrltdble


ritallty and a, V


hurdep,


sy 0 overco: ne sUcb ig pr. W


U' your course


Of all size


four rolls OF


St


RjELIABlE • IdUR/^LE licoi


world-'V id'! E Re 19 0 or *n tfomn«n£i LONGESl


Ilwhich Carrie through Assail


The' longest


I has now been EEC


I Docks have harldled cargo.


Since


OUDj imber,


(Continued : rom pi had meant in


3f :r.


oi: ' pipd|linif in fiieiy. from


LINEl


And Burma ihtd. conipletedi


CAEGO 1939,


the Cal


.liutta China


iVorl^


3r|sm'i|l| cojiimerllB. nd farm,buildings. Ift usefo|,pear|^50y ir» I


School 'anniversary. I^rge epngrega. tions assembled at ah the ser^wUj^and gPatifying' attend e e for


W UW..UA __ —


■- given on U Sunday, at St. Ihurch, the cccaslon of the


THE splendlc, ll ,


-- -r- -jCUl J » *JV


there was a g the procession - In the afterno m.


■W


Di Strength," withiwi SOlO land in the ev^ing,_ '*


jien had 1 their choir sang twc ing,


ere sinqerely KldTavourite. air. J. Gorse « U U l lA D i n s ' V T


organist at all the services ii The momiife lessons *ere iMiss Irene Scofield' and Mf. ;Burnett, son pi the Rector.


10,000,01O


ceding col umn) ,ohs of


O


the number their wages cliirle ou^ pockets. 'Un'der number of greater than have to be piicj. would be lost advancement their skill but dn thi and there wc|u|d be never be good) party sense. When them of these was eXaggeral -When, before what Hitler \ns do|i was exaggeratipg.! otherwise. Mr. to gain from had the natidr ’s in


enot ciyil


ihigW lahgi Mr. s\ich


dispense with ship, with 1: Drayson askei finished, and him you can at the hea


.peace and p safety, secur


Government .“Ask youri'se!'


mhe Chun


ves,Mr. 5 brl! b qa:


.y


which our ancJ


qnsui Ofi


,ir' P Ineoi four rolls.


ii Taking for text at the morning ser- ylce, St Watt^ew xvi, 18: I say ^ 0 lunto thee, that thou are Peter, and iiipon thislrocf I will build myjchurch, jknd the gates] of hell shaU not prevau iqgainst it," and'Philemon, Arid to the church in thy house, the pr.a^er


**pV w O o J


Ihe’Rev E W E. Hopkinson.j,vicar of W . LuL I ,' B3ltoh,_a|d_hisiddresses


1 of witneiItness held, ]as;usual. The preacher was


"Sing we ' ■ merrily to (^od, oin cn,


appreciated. The child- special ihymns, land the anthems—in the morn-


W orsh ip P Jam e s ’s


ea


SCHOCL SERMdllj^S sum of nearly


heir blood . Jre-


. am told that whbn otie todustry came to Clitheroe, two pr three himtod l of your weavers lined up, and the foye-


were cattle orj hories. ? He would seltot about six and| theIrest would go hoihe.


nuscles and shou


'at ,10s. Od., in .the' boom it was worth between £3 and £6.] iA little later the slump came, and ' Lancashire came under the hanuner. i:The cotton work- ers were left to hold the baby alone,


UCiUiv W *Xw 4UUW ffw*i — -----r - - / MB.


J. P. DAVIES Labour,


CAPT,


, G. B. DRAYSOR Conservative.’ .


ichurch, a Company of aggressWe vork' -


souls had comparison The fourtl.


ers, really gether by


; 1 and actienvely wonuiig the power of the Holy (^hejst. a rkum to-


£89 was jdmes’s Sunday


■stability'0 : a nation is founded that” Pr weeding, he said that ,- - was true th^l home life was losing its attractiver e^ and I appeal, jit was because the church was losing the same things,, arid the two were deberdant, one upon, the other.' Jesus sougtt the people in ,heir homes, and it woi Id'be recalled that the first mlracl^ht 1 ever performed was in a| home; Tha; fact reflected v hich Christ had in the home life. 'Whit was there of 'worelrip In our homes to-day ? i 'The family, altar was closelji allied to the famuy pew. Did we read the IScripturesI to our children Li our home? If then.was, no church !ln the home there wodld be precious ittle value of a church like that. Chi dren could only be lexpected to obey tlelT parerits so fari as they saw their parents obeying the l iw of God. Th£ jpreacher emphasised t lat ot was a Cliristlan atmosphere iri the


Lord Jesis could say ‘My ch'*"’' Now look]'at the second text. church in thiy housel’" Mr. HopkmsL„ ' “ It is true to say tha,t the


^ F/MLY WORSHIP. "Such vfas the church of wliici the


continued.!; ...


upon lif it


Jesus rec home that]’built up the chun h bn a


homes of the:people,:from whicli emerge trie stabuity that woufd jtoflu- ence“the jlives of the people, and the


lould the


[Observed that] it was often sail tnat icomparisohs are odious, and ws.t 11 is bad taste to indulge too muw m the use of the pertonal pronount Bui; wfien ^he speaker was' the Lord Jepus, ft


,01 tnose woros as unnsi lalised His chirich going from stteijgth


'jOeing the multiplying roll.


iltheir rofls. Mr- Hopkinson suggested iithat they had[four siich rolls, the first In the Acts


rolls, roUs of honour, and so on. ana ilthe early chuitu vi*c.y -““-v


; Vf^k'^


'iriiembership o! the church went ftom j';l20 to multitudes, and later to ndlhons


jof the Apostles it was recorded] nowjvs^ m


h wl the


I ;literally went forward in' leaps and r;Oounds.


;


j; those early days many yvere preparea I to lay down lueir lives.


:: ftlse idols to ' vor^p the living Christ. . ;| The .re was, to), the-martyr roll.


|: tough the a?es this happeped* braye


V n„a V.J m uu ii


1 cu Inde^i .rigPt - w , ine-uiaivyi


W character, for In the Bible it cMld be read how many turned away from


A second ro 1 would be o£_ a ■■ ■!


''There was no loubt but what thje early church daily iicreased In numbers ana


life of thi'nation. 1 me


,made a big qiSOTence. In the nrsc


,to strength mwn the ages. 1 lAj^the, iChurch of to-day,: rolls played ri gr^t ------ . - I ,


[he was quite sure that In thei day? Of ' 'luic''Oi they must have had;


part. There were cradle rolls, elpctorm iOji,


.


church in thy! house saying th


is where


1.150 Loni were dem 310 less slightly Council Ej) Damage mated at


1.150 LO Boiribiii


Conclud ng. he asked: “ t o WOjOn the rock 0 ? Christ or on ‘ on the rpeks ?’ The one means all the glorious cqrtam- tv of the i Christian faith, the Jother, cLqs and imisery.


, i l l uemia cm me 6iu*4wwu


to the re^l home life, w i th ;^ to n i(‘ir prayers at home, foi' that


iWe ™ ^ ;a b a c k


is wueie it &1 starts. ‘My church,’- faid Jesus, arid it; starts with ‘the


iIlDON SCHOOLS B g during itbe-WM,


ilMl[BED. jjnaged


damaged, the LondoR J "ducation 'Committee '


.Jon schools.' Of t i ilirtied or 1 seriously > seriously damaged,


;o equipirient alone £200,000.1


Three F “Rule Brl Mrs. Ho'ir t Wolfendep


Pollard 1 original: Russian, Mrs,


“ life b Bleazard. plied the


impersoni


really strong foundation. The Lord Ignised it as being


irch. ‘The >oh


counted death but. 1 Iti le in Ito loyalty to the Lori Jesus, roll was that of a ini itant


DR. Liberal. TOWNSEND i |


shares boomed, and money was spent recklessly—but inOt to • the todustry. That money could have b^n used; to rebuild the industry, iwhich needed it so badly. Presently* the speculators re-capitailsed the . todUstry, and whilst before the last wdr a'spindle was priced


todustry itself? cotton-went mad.


After the last war. Prices rocketed, mil


lan would come alopg and feej. your ■ ■ ■ ■ it as if


lust Remember thpse days. “Arid what I happened to the cotton J


“You were'kept working at t^vo more land sometimes a,....


■ , J


Mr. SUverman asked. The first question ' the! felectiori [Would have to settle was . whether we ihad seen the last world


|cO|^SERVA'riVE FpBEIGN !■ POLICY CONDElimED ■What is this election really about?" ,


DetoSlrs,


war. i]How could j t be^ prevented? , At San Ftonclsco they had [worked out machinery for world security, which might be better or worse than the old League, of Nations’ machinery. But the League did not break down because of defects to its,machinery or to the wordirife of its charter. It broke down ..............not used to good faith.


1 Leeds, 26th March,


kE ow of the wonderful results I have obt through Macleans Powder...] .;


1 ] was discharged’from-the fprees in


i felt th a t I must write to you and letiVou ined


19(4, suffering from stomach trouble u i t i l taking your ponder I was.more .pri less In ill-health caused! by the (hscomfortj and


Ju ly /and


■xLcio !...*«* w-i-n a lot of talk, such as , “If qhly the U.S.A. and, Russia had come in": “ If]only Hitler had n o t' coine ialong." But what did we ow- selveAldo?i And that iqeant what did the Tprled dp, because they formed the (S)vetnmmt;i Everyone now admitted that theohly way to secure world peace was oil the basis of coUective resronsi- bilitylsof all riatlons. But what did the Tories do TabPut collective security through thuLeague? Th? first yicym of agigresslPn was China, who,laid her case before!the'League. Our represen­ tative was 'Sir John Simon, then the Foreign Secretary, who made such a good j speech] to defence of Japan that when hbr'ij representative came to address the'assembly he sqld it was not necessaryltoiroake a speech, b p ^ e ms case had been'so well put by the British delegate.' iDnder our leadership the League , did nothing about Japans


aggresslon.'j


Vitaliy ihterested in what Japan'did, was I'woi dertog iwhether ,to enter the ; League. Wtien she saw the League fall at ife'first tost, she stayed put. R ^ a , tooJ Stayed but for a long time. Why ? When the ilast war was pver we were still ihctlvely assisting: the opponents of thelfeovlet regime. And who was lead­ ing I thatI intervention? omitchill “Yes, Winston Churchill ledithat Intervention. I do;not beUeve in bshonest politics, and)I dont deny t ■ ^Winston Churchill did much to


At tnat'I time, America, who was I ' |


A^leon m a n d


S tc im h Piwder


and [ Tablets


are'only gtnuine i f signed


" A 1.EX.G. MACLEAIT’


rhiedeem that in >1941; ' when Germany attocked I Russia.” But it remained a fact! that’ Mf. Churchill- intervened agdtost the Soviets when there was stm a chance of overthrowing them, ^ d it weis the Tories who j defeated the first Labour Government 'on the Zinoviev litter scSrel which was proved to be a


then! onward until Just before the out- breaJK-of war, Russia y?as held at arms lenSh. When we waited peace; with GCTmany we sent the Foreign Secretary


forgery. [That Labouri Government had inaSe'a I treaty with i RuSsla, and the Tolies promptly repudiated it.


XUivO l a • • ' I f __ I f f f F tTT n A V I . . .


days. Remember thelqueues of unem- ■ outside thef Labour Exchanges.


agteement! with Russia, second-class clerk from Office; and wondered why remained suspicious. [


-------- From


ViCiiUaUj TfV OCilW W44V -fc and then the Prime Minister, but when weljpretended to want to come to an


i


system with!Nazl Germany re-arming?" some people asked. But who re-armed Hitler? Germany had only 5 per cent, of the raw; materials necessary to mtee | arnaments,: The rest were In the Brit- isli I Empire and the U.g.A. All these ra v jmaterl^riallw


jirao Ire-armed hi'tler? , ‘ But how could yoii huve a security


did ■we sell;them the raw'materials[but we


a: 'f f V O w l * I V * * * -!* * * , W * *V » » • • • ,


. . the Parliamentaiy visited Buchenwald,’’


Some weeks ago,


them. of


lent them the money- to pay for ;'


a w -


rotie’exterit by AmerlFa* npd to a! S e a t , er extent by this country. I And not only


s were qoldito Hitler, to - - __ J.ta_


I w v — a - w - , - . VvifF I I i


m 1


A IA C L E A > s ^ U o m n u l i S.'


^ e vT a t^ th e paln and] dlscb^ortr. ^bwevfer ■ ^ ...................’- t a t l t l


afraid th a t I


he t only did i t do this* hu t atjthe sarnei time g e t rid of a ll flatulehbe andacited asajmifd l^ a t iv e . I Since th a t day Icw i honestly sRy t l a t I have h ad h o pairi whatsoever,'aM am feHin gU ke an ewm ahaga in U ;


I, Y()psf^ithfimi,(^i^n^^^^


The wide popularity of; .kaclean ) Brand Stomach "powderIs 6onvi]icihjg eviderice/of


itfs efflcajjy in relieving Reartburn, Rjatu- fence,-Musea Rnd - RtcJmjich' Pains dhe.- f;o indigestion, and ih ’rsafeguarding agaiimt Gastritis and StoiR'^^ih U lc e r ] .


. , . 1 F r e e


m s t 5 l 7 \ [llJspin. fa o l e t ( ! F m n .


a n d 213 RIc.'jtor; IVI iO'/.OI'- (I al'. J s THREE ' 4 S T O M A C H p U F F E R E R !


J f! ii


[deserted by those],^ 1)0 had done well out of the todustiy, I ]


Bolton jbv-Bowland


: STOETS ANt) DANCE.—The annual : sports for the children of the_ parish jwere'iheld on Saturday. [This, event—


I It is of rnruy years’ standing—is I arranged by ;he Rector and Church workers, and \?as originally held on St. Peter’s Day, p itron Saint of the vUJage church. Now it is found more con­ venient to have it on a Saturday, land


■thlsFe'ar’the bvent .wa? favoured by , a ervice, conduced by the Rector (Rev.


l ■ ■ pfoceedings started with a sovely day. — o---------- •-—


gfvSi’by the* parepto ' Eqch^child|also received sixpe


H.'R. Stott). ]'Thei children were then served with t generous supp


In of


................. ,


on the school ^een, 1^. H. Hargrqayes acting as staiter, and Miss Price, (Mrs Wignall. Mr. W. 'Walkeri and|Mr. R Singleton as [judges. As usual,| the schoiars’’attendlngi .Lane Ends] School ■ jo jojn in the day’sipro-


. spo; ,


were invited „„ j-,.. ~ -------- ceecUngs. Sp irts resiUts were: , 50 Yards, Biys, 5 and 6: 1, Bi Eyans:


the school. [A ivery provisions had been


fell? In 1913 it]was seven thousand mUlion yards.:whUst to 1938 it was just under one-and-a]half million y^r^- When output fell wages fell, and Rho could blame the parents for not send­ ing their children into the mills. From 1925 to 1827, 27,000 ypimg people entered the industry: ito 1943 the figure- had fallen to; 6,500. ;


SECURITY ONLY [ IN WARTIME ■Was it to be wondered that output


: And' then another! war came along and the tragedy of war was t ^ was


I


the industry wa? to a-pretty bad state, but it was impqrtant £0 the well-bemg of the nation' and the nation began to take an interqsr,to the Mtton Jndustij^ had been made.


uieic WO iioi unemployment, H The sports followed D


five years, but they, would help Ithe coTtomtadWtiy aU ■they could. The


trade unions of the industry had pro­ duced a short-term programme.


UV U 4 ;


that pr4ogramme, In which there ^ pon- trol of a nutnber of things, a higher minimum wage and a general leve L- out of the wage structure,” Mr. Randa detlared.


Lii u u U5*M*****v


2, R. Hanson 3, J. Wolfenden; I D. Wilson.—Girl!: 1, M. Atkins; 2,|D.|Rob-


4, S. Capstieki


den]; 2, D. ■WoUeriden.—Girls :_l 1, M. Frmikiand:'2,(!J. Tjowler: 3, B. 'Wright;


Rowland.--Gi'ls: |1, S. Miller;: j2, P.' Tucker: 3, M. Geldard; 4, K. Geldard. : 100 Yards, Boys, 11 and 12: !l, T.|


’ 100 Yards. Hoys,' 9 and 10: l,]Ki Gel- dard: 2, F. W ighti 3, G. Rocketf^ 4, J.


lUU Xtuuo, Jjwjro a ■ ----------------- --------- - ' ’’


I4,E; Porter. 100 Yards, Boys, 13 and 14:1, J. Lif6;,


J. Spencer; 2,1 D. Dinsdale, W. Kenyon; 3, 'W. Bleazijd, J. Klttle.MTlrls: 1, S. Shuitleworth,l[ J. Stevens;! 2, E; Potter, D. Milne-Redhead; 3, B. Wright and P. Tricker.


■niree-leggea race, boys:* 1, J. Kenyon,


,rd 550 County


‘Se, 290 imaged,


fi‘ports, esti-


(Contitoued froni next colunn


ags/: Mrs. Mltae-Re lannla,” Meiry Preston (esi “ The [Film 'Fan, ’ “ The Fleet’s In.’]


a I


, j. Bleazard.->-Comiot lation, Mr' Milne-Re gins after Forty,” j _ -Mr. Robinson’s banp dance music


id Mrs. J; Wolfenden i“The Turk,” Mr. ;B. Miss Mary Robinson


lihead: Night, ■


SIlss lars,


WJ Kenyon; J 2, B. Pawdett, E; Kittle; 3, K. Geldard; B. Price.! I , Egg and s^ n , ' girls up to 10: 1, B.


Wheelbarrow, boys: -1. W; Bleazard, i : 1 , ! ■ .


Kenyon; 2, S.'Oeldard; 3, B. [Wright; 4, M. Geldafi.-Girls, 11 to 14: 1, A. Wolfenden: i B.'Potter; 3, E., Potter; 4,iP. Blackwell.


dard: 2; P. Wright: 3, S. Rockett: 4, B! Kipltog. Tucker; 8, S, High jump B. Kenyorii


K 'emale ich lead: iir.l R. sup-


pddle: Scots


i


■ B. .„ F. •Most


2,i_____,, 3.!’T. KittleiA,’®! Fawr cett ".—Ghl


Stevens: 3, 0. Towler.


Geldard; 4,-B.‘Wright! boys, l l to .l4:a,iJ.yfe':


High Jumplboys, up tio 10:1, K. Gel­ this; 1, M. Geitod; 2, Pi


'


school in the evening.' This was a great, success, with a crowded attendance.- Mrs.'Michael Yorke, Mra. Ijongland arid Miss Keates, judged the parade and made theh.£|Warqs as follows:— iSkater, Ml s Dorothy Lawson; “The


'A' fancy dross dance was held m the


'■••Is';.JJl, M. Shuttleworth: 2, J. ,


i (Cetotinued foot ,^f preceding column)


Kittle; 2, B. Price] 3, H. Geldard:i4, R.' Rowland.—Girls: 1, B. Shuttleworth; 2, D.Jlilne-Redhead; 3, Al. Wolfenden:,


2, Peter Gazzaniga; 3, W. Kenyon.— Girls: 1, S. Sliuttleworth; i2, J. Stevens;' i3, M. Rohinsdn; 4, — Towler.


]


insori; 3, M. ( ackson 80'YardsrBljys, 7 and 8:1, J. Wolfen­


sociallsa'tion 6f thFlndustry.’’ Immediately the Japanese war iwas


too, in your eventual demands for the ..........


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concluded, other countries wojdd be competing wi(,h Lancashtoe to the sale of cotton goodg. j Before) .the war America exported abput 3 p^cent. of its cotton manufactures. They jhad modem machinery and might challenge the world trade to ebtton. Brazil^too, was rapidly becoming an important producer of botton [goods' p d there might be a cljialleng? from her.


THE STAPLE TRADE I


Lancashire were cotton workers, but their prosperity depended on that of


Not- all the 'people to Cffitheroe, or to the cotton workers.; All Lancashire


lUU UUUUV J. »>y*4 suffered because of


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the cotton industry. iDi ment 44 per cent, ofjihe 'Ton M.P.S represented between! them 1,8(10 direc- to^ips. Tbe workers, to - in d u to must learn that lesSon. IndustnaUy the employers! controlled them. It was


UP to tne workers toireverse [that order thtogs. The wqrkere wanted 1 the


newer life. It could be done by end­ ing a Labou): government to Westr


___ cl I v\J U1W * wywvv* wmu A 6 A minster. ' j !


he asked Mr. [Randall: us why conditions injAust^a md New Zealand are so muen better than they are to this country ?".


There was only one questioner, j and j ;. “


Because the peo()le who live there had the good! sensei,to .elect a Labour


government. (The old people there are bowed down, with twice ^ much old age pension as they get in this country. Irie^stonC applies to Sweden. There the-Gestapo fe so strong ^ d their fives are controlled so much toat there are nd slums,” Mr. Randall declared ironi­


cally. 1 ! ] BARROW


Jd, of tlnie Reading Room 1 on Friday ms';. Mb. Flack iv.a? M.C., and the wlrners Iwere—Ladles: Mrs. Robert­ son, Mrs! Martin; Mrs. Price.. Gents: "Jr Chiriey. Pte. Hough and Mr. R. larslde.'


the whist drive ith knock-out whist. iThe


evening ,


concluded


READING ROOM.4-There were 12 i es occupied a |


GISBURN


whist )drlve' was held- at [the Nqw Inn (iU Tuesday evening ■ Prizes


COnboRTS FUND.—The'weekly ■


were won by^Ladles: Mrs. H. ;F. Taylor and Mrs.'^Walmsley; gents: Mrs. IF. Thbrogood; and! Mrs. 'A. Parker: knock-out: Mrs. iWalmsley and I^rs. H. F. Taylor. [ Proceeds amounted to 11s. 6d.i


i "-rr-r — t j • i.


eilected, a Labour Government would have much onj its plate fOT the next


Lttlie ttu mucAcow *41 w**w w w v — Improvements


' . *1


r cGiicu ot Aiu bUft ii..,. m A fny> fVfft ViQvf UUWiA 444U 4J «-'»» T---r' , ' express my whole-hearted support] for - ------------’ ’—illtaR


IaA —’.v ■ '—v , --


“Ifam with you completely, _____


- ! secunvy—sue i


this knowledge, the Government;made a bgrgabi with Hitler, |in 1938 over Czechoslovakia, and Chamberlain came back shouting ‘Peace in dur time i'i A , fotoi power treaty was made between I Great Britain, Prance, Italy and Ger- ny._ The British' Tory Government j


yem W UU,. W...».V.M. —, .......


qriareiled'with ;Hitler to; 1939. 'Hitler had] broken Ills word, they said, and,,he. could not'be trusted.. If Hitler had,not 1 broken his word, th'eri. Buchenwald and the best of those camps would still have' existed—with our jtacit apprbval and support."!


' ] - -I.;* * • ' V- t i t : : : , : :— i , ’I I-."I• i


t h e r e ’ l l a lw a y s b e AN ENGLAND. How ,we sang i t - i n the dark days. Now,' England is I saved. H ow can we best (give thinks ? By


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making this England a land worth] living in. I ' ■ ■ ■' -' i


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By th r if t -b y Isaving. |Our sav in g helped, I : '


' I ''' 'I Ii' ' ' ' / ') ! [I'''C I, : i ; . ■ ] .


our men to defeat Gerpaany. Our ^ntinued savings will ihelp j to make thisi country' worthy o f the men wh^o preserved


..v-jired the wonderful work of Mr. 'Iffilirchill,' but people should also I'qrnember that when Mr. Churchill left ;he] country, as he frequently didi it Mr. Ajttlee, the leader of the Labour


:n no one eise wauicu. iiiey au e IS iV S


;y, who took over the leadership of h Gove^iment^tdiM^


) laued iy tfu Natioml Savings Committa


viviuj i to Margaret Metcalfe,' ofi Glsburn, who -has been awarded a County minor Scholarship,


scholarship. Congratula- tions 1 | i


11 mentioned' in PISPATCHES.-;- Congratulatioris to Major Irving, of


who] Ijias been' 1 mention^ In ;dls- patclfes for wnsplcuous!: bravery ahd! distinguished service; In West-.; e'rn Europe, in


^ jBungalow; 1 1 Deepdale; (Jlsburn, . ‘lui- i ' ■ ■ :n .............V i ;> 111 m B Y S & V IN f i Ml ■*’! ' ]■"'-■ Ilf


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