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; ClilTHEKOE ADVERTISER & TIMES, P^EUDAY, MAY 23,„ 1947 letters TO THE EDITOR


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Union-Stn^t lYiet&odist Sunda| School


ANNiyi^RSARY SERVICES


‘‘ Xi'VANGELI?!!)! is not the bi^l* ness of a few specially selected.


and trained pqople. It Is the duty


of aU Ghristlar^ to make their! religion so attractive that people will not be able! t(J) resist It,” said the Rev. Harold Marsden, of Great ■Harwood, preaihlng at Union-street Methodist Chijirqh, Low Moor, on Sunday eveninn, the Sunday Scpo Why was it


on the occasion of 3l anniversary,


Christian Church made such ,phe-| nomenal prof ress wltWn a few


e asked, that the'


Uer among hiiith their


I Institution- lad been at


fiought all at .a fairly;' 1 were to be contentedly


I he added, the most


facilities a modem


llalned the were con-r nstltutlon,


puty Clerk


places; the operating and male


tors were the Board Inks being- L. Young, Western


Irtd Asslst- anchester


ward wasi Mackenzie!


centuries, spr< adftig to nearly thd whole of the known world ? It was because ChrlS|tlans of:'those days;' lived up to the 1 words of the text i “ Let yoUr light so shine before men that they ihaj s^e the good you dol and glorify your Father, which Is


In heaven." | ■' “ UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT.”


" The early Church did not hhvel behind it. .yfealth, position


power. Arthe[best it was bafelj; tolerated.


fiercely and bfijerly persecuted^


advertising tolget “ the outsider’? to its setvieesl Yet the Churcn spread, bee lute of the influence of the lives of the Christians.' |


It was a secret undergroimd It bad no means of


spread the Kl'ig^om in recent years’ notably the Group movements and the Commardo| campaigns. ;To a degree they had been blessed by God, but they had not brought; what all longed tol ^e, a revival on the To be frank*, he did


There had been movements; to


not think they would see ; thai revival until they dropped the Idei, that evangel^m was ; the business of a few,: am 1; they practiced what they, as'. Methodists, said they believed in—the priesthood Of !, an believers. Thanks be, there; werd people still liie|those early Chrlstl^ ans; and If the abllity to preach and teach was notlglven to all of thieml-


grand scale. ,


they could ai. least all make Chris? tian goodness; others would


BILIOUSNESS OR PIETY?


Jdder have . the ruh-


f ’been very


ecord this kins, Iwho; Imoh from Mrs. Peel* condition;


asuring 32 15i Inches, s a small kins was


ine, with a he salmon utes’ play.


irown trout . n dry fly at Higher needed to


.ocks, i Mr. fat. brown belhg the


st College


religion of been defined liver, freque piety.”


Their Chrstlanlty ’ should be joy. Biliousness hac asj“ an affection of jthe


There iweije themselves


£^n address teachers


atly mlstalken for people who. called


Christians 'ivho gave some ground If or that ddfinitioh. |


_______ anc. friends; and in [the afternoon spoke on “ The dignity o? being a Christian.” At this latter service, Miss I Joreen Cross (Darwen) beautifully :ehdered “ The Holy


In the mor: ring, Mr. Marsden ^avei to' parents,; scholars!


service, that off'


pice i brown fly from


ve Mitton measured


le, members shing Club 1 braces of avlng been hove Brun- I flies John


iBlue. I area, Mr.


I)f Clitheroe Ihi trout, the bound. The; [the angler’s,


t


111. His best reached the


.dleton ang- t of eels and l!Mr. Smith’s


J n^xt.spate port. ■


Dw and clear, le tasts and efetence for


tin: Natural


1 recommend ; lures.


Iver Body, ream wet fly. Black Gnat, t’s tall, Snipe well’s Glory.


ver Devon, size; Blue Jock Scott,


lEF


[ACHE loan’iPm t”


|th needless backache,


ibago, stiff, bints, or the bers due to Y when you


I dney Pills, iuretic and


[o f - healthy they took


ps s lu g ^h eir function f excess.uric


■ties harmful k p le , every- fcan’s Pills to Ihbours.


M’Si l l


charge, for? etings during


fe in aid of the I Fuiid.


ess to assist local efforts f


Committee


ler suggestions, Inemorial, the Ion Fund, and barter celebra-


has been


I base this j •


been auI Expenditure


j- DOLl !Dollar;


itporlsed on year. '


i I Approx 1 ’ ration' . to replacje (' books,


,LARS TO ;CHEWii-!i, [ , LOST RATION BOOKSr


lately .673,000 duplicate s were Issued In-l94Mo lost'(or Allegedly


I


ure of £90,000 has on chewing: enm |


3ARKOW Anniversai


Park-road the special gatldnal Stl; servl^bes on


lor Olaytpr orgain by anthems “ ing.’f “ Hi Ollyes” ), Shepherd.’


The Atasch


.ry.-The Rev. P. Cliff, Church, Blackbumj


.Sunday. h.!


O Je'su, Thou art stand- llelujah” ("Mount'.’iOf and i “ The Lord Is t o


I conducted by Count 11- I 'and accompanied at the


Mrs. Lyne,: sang ■ fte


noon, solqk ■given by Flack, Betj,; Mairgaret Malcolm Eglin. Tlj address. ‘ The ser and colit which ani ani encou; previous


ice Lambert, Kathleen ii.y Robinson, Joaii Alban*


1' bars’ service in the kfter- ^ and; recitations! were


: e


Yorthlngton, Patsy iKJn% Lambert •'and iDern^ Rev. P. Cliff gave the


.1 iunte d to over £16* were irfglng advance on those oi Sears.’


Tices .. ictlons


were well attended, 's and .donations,


of


preacher at the Gongre- nday School anniversary


n again, of Black-,


___ ___Aing^s; totalled £37 Is. .Od., and on behalf of the Sunday School officers jihanked the congregations support. I


accom ip;anied Mayor (Aid. Before the Mr.


for theli BELLkI^^GERS’ SUNDAY


B


ellhing: imacter


1 preaching Church on occasloh of Bellringing


the!Key. H. Downham,


and.lt! took make subtler |


I Mr. Black! ringing!


Tarletoh,


were alway men and v ested in


NG was not just' a


if i beef and brawn, 'said Blackledge, vleax of


^uhday morning, on the Bellringers’ Sunday." |;he said, was a craft, at least ten yearn to li ringer. It called for


tearh' Jiwork! than football; thir


many youn^


ahd himself a ringer, it St. Mary’s Parlsbi


. Marsden annouiiced


W. Wilkinson), '^ic


so attractive, that, bd unable to reslstlt.


.the worst It wgs "


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Special Day Return 4/6 ; ■ .: :; CARRIAGE SERVICES


8/-■ The Week’s Mail-beg THOSE DISCOUNTS*


complimented on his; Ingenious reply In the.matter of the abolition, of rate.dlscounts, but unfortunately It will not work,.: He has discovered that the poor


Slr,-r-CounoUlor Hallows Is to be;


people lose the discounts because they cannot pay their rates In time, and so are mulcted In paying the full amount, which acts unfairly when the better-off people get off with the smaller sum. His; heart bleeds for the poor—at leasta>when it-suits; his purpose.


miss the discounts; they, cannot afford to. • And the poorest of the poor mostly live In houses where the landlord pays the rates. I am one of the poor, but have never missed my discounts yet.


But-the poor, as; a whole do not ; The: people: who miss their dis­


counts; are more thriftless than poor; the poorest people ard honest and pay up. ; Councillor'■ Hallows must try again.


RATEPAYER. “ iLET ’EM ALL COME.”


Bir,—It was perhaps only to be expected that my letter mildly critlr clslhg the I Labour : Government would "put the cat among the, plgeohs,” and perhaps only to be tixpkqted too that any .replies there­ to would be anonymous.,; Not only are they anonyirious. in the absence of names of the .writers; but - they are' equally anonymous. as ito their


contents.! Stock phrases , and stock arguments leavri room; lor. only stock rejoinders, and with; those have no concern, since-the opinions


I express may not he endorsed .by any party. So l will take your cor­ respondent’s remarks In general


■ Nationalisation: I do not consider • -It l&La revolutionary p r o c e s s ,


a parliamentary majority i a suffi­ cient; mandate, to carry out whole- sale nationalisation. Why? iBecause


converting the; workers into State slaves and simultaneously convert­


ing the State Jnto totalitarianism or into a huge bureaucracy. - The


. process Is - In operation', now.. All that'Labour has preached against for forty years—the alleged totali- tarlarilsm of the - Toriesi-is now


belrig witnessed <laUy.TR'ih? House o f eortlmons, where ;fuU ahd free discussion—the: very >basls - of ^aU democraroy—Is deliberately., stifled by a Labour Government. Measures are smashed through- Parliam^ent regardless of Opposition; which-Is the negation of democracy^ “ Feu-- man” Is convinced that we shall never achieve peace and .hamoiiy unless the whole world IS national­ ised and all ■ private; i'OWriOrshlp abolished. On the contrary, <^kce


‘ Angels,! evei' bright and fair.” and Blake’:’s fCri


City," he? eolos; in the evening being « Ancrolc ovo •


.die Song.” She was at the organ by ithe.


lose of the e v e i^


vacuum cleaner, I t ’^allrBrltishand *.,i. v.i- . It’s HERE !: Come In to-day and i.


No need to wait for y o u p ;n ew .! •;


' see how'carpets are protected by ; ; i a simple brush-height; adjustment. ;; ! for varying thicknesses of pile, the latented device'that lowers the ; ., andle to floor level for cleaning ;


\ under low furniture. Judge


for yourself the ample power of the double suc-


£1313 0 tion motor; theexcellent


PURCHASE W finish, I quietness arid fXTRA lightness of the cleaij-


o• INttUDlNQ USTiNfl TOOLS ?ke country 1 tOME IN TO-DAHND SEE


hear Preston. Ringers looking out for young


:jedge said he learned his ty-five years ago at


proved I to lie : good ringers om the light bylls.


omen who were Inter- s, and he had trained women to ring. They


rlngersjwer^!


and the on^ Sl^lst; in


long beUs :iad been used that'way in Erigland, but over 1,000


It


been idesc):! isle.” ,


E. Musson, read Ithe and Mr. B Norrn'an members sidesmen.


l i cf


; rears. England had weU ■^ibed as “ The ringing


' it was certaliily Coiincllld I. T. Rushtbn and Mr.


representing the rlnge|:s, essons In the morning, pHarples and Mr. J. IP. the evening. Other the belfry oSiclated as


. Earlier, Mr. _’ Blackledge' said that the Ji e vlsh Church trumpets were psed to summon people to worship,' ar,nd fore bfe re of bells.


He considered that bell- ion a.par with the choir i I


warded as the. ancestors was difficult to say I how


l|trumpets might there-


RIFLE CLUEf B y ! “ R INGS iG tH T .”


riLITHEROE were narJ:owly beaten; V in a shoulder-to-shoulder match; with Blackburn at the Low;Moor; range last week, li: Scores were'.| Blackburn; 151; CUthgtoe 140.


' The home score wa^ disappoint­ ing, as It Included three poor cards by members who egn; generally be


relied upon to put ,up a good per-; formance.


was Mrs. Norman Carjton, wife oi. the club captain arid better known in shooting circles Iky her maiden name, Miss M. Roblnsijm.


A welcome acquisition to the teai)o ; i ' , There are now several women , | I ^ ! I ’ |.


members of the club, and If Mrs. Carlton’s shooting Is a fair sample of tlielr marksmanship] the men are going to have something to beat.; The Clitheroe club yfUl be repre­


j The Territorial. lAsraclatlon has Inowlmade membership of the drib available to ex-memp'ers of the Civil Defence, N.S'H, Mr. iTheo. WUsori,iof


■'l! wlllibe pleased to ariswer enquiries.


CLITHEEOE AUimON IM(ART(; Tiiesday: A 1


1


milk cows, £40 to £56 to £39; best local helfers,-.£49 to £5Sp £35 to £48; ...plainer


cattle, before a with trade easier.


| SooHiri th b s p :


; shpw of dai^; attendance.


Qucitatlons: Bett others, £28 •


arid Scottish Other heifem,


i .The judges, Messrs! 'Wlswell, and R* nTh! [ Pendleton,' awarded; hot ualry cattle to Messrs. Appleby.


; I


£34. A goOd shofv ; of hoggs arid ewes, with-lambs at satisfacotry prices. !


sorts,: £25; to foot, - sold kt


F. Balrstow, Istlethwalte,


ith prizes for Winter Bros.,


he tonnent of'mernalipnei vanish^. Relief usually comes qul^ when^you ;


t YOUFBHLl . ________ ___


HAEMORRHOIDS 0 lumping foHoy when


' iat also for relieving the;flery to^epVu and odier lriitating akin com- Vied


’ Ecayms I . plaints.;, 40, years.


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use DOAhTS OINTMENT. It quJela ■ the itching and]protects' and lubricates the tender dstues with its toothing..: antiseptic ingredients. Doa*t lef extenial- piles ' dlstresi^ou any longer -’f use .! pOA^.OINm^


. - ■ jO


vqr


;dozen members, and it is expected they will come away with ; some prizes.


sented at Altcar open small-bore meeting this week by about half-a-?


j..


and Pollcp. York-street;


Gisburn Puppy


! A N annual evept pre-war, PendLe Forest: and j Craven Harriers


puppy show anfl walk was revived on>-Haturday, when there was a large attendance' of subscribers .and walkers at Glsbijrn Kennels. : j i


M.H., and Col. pr. Heaton* M.F.H., made their awards as folloyrs: i ":


Best dog: I; “ Parson” wplked by


Mr. A.: Porter - Hargreaves,; ' 2, “ Pedlar” (Mr. I H. Charlton); 3, “ Painter"; (Master R. C o ^ a n ) . ..


BSst bitch: 1, j ‘ Comedy "['(vfalked


by Mr. J. R. Hllidley); 2, “ iWall- flower" (Mr. J.lE. E. Yorke);! 3, “ Bustle" (Mr. EvWilson). I; ! ;


Challenge cud for best puppy In


Hlndley) ; 2, Porter-Hargreav Best couple:


show (presented by Mr. Wj Heaton, M.H.):. 1, “ Copiedyr (Mr. iJf. R. Parson’-’ KMr, A.


“ Bounty" (Mr. “ Beckford” ant. ter R. Cowman) Best walked plippy (Mr.: E. Wilsonj)


J. R. Hlndleir):! 2, “ Painter ” (Mas-


«). ■ ■ ! ! ' I, “ Comedy i” , and


The “ walk?’ iwas tollowed by a tea at the Ribblesdale Arms Hotel


(Master R. Cow(nan).' ■


“ Beckford!” ; -


t Bustle” The judges. Major ’ J* Gaddum,


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Mansi -believe,' like ’ ’ Felhnan,” : that tinder' a State-controlled economy the iworkers will be assured of a better deal. A profound Illusion. Only under perfectly free enterprise; can the workers reach th? highest stage in civilisation. Bureaucratic chalris are just as blndirig' as-so- caUed capitalistic' 'chalriis: ‘ The


' ‘on toy poUtlcaf system.;


can only come when,the m ln a p f all. men are attuned to peace. I^d; to a iloathlng for war., That J s not *


thing,” when all we mean Isithat he knows too much* It Is precisely the same - with- the’ Government* but with thls;flifference: i'-Xhe ’ Govern­ ment milst know everything 'that matters If they Aredo govern justly, wisely and well.’ Only Ignoiamusfes would think !'■ meant anything more. But-if “ Fellman” wishes me to


take.hlm seriously, let him,eschew personalities; especially when he das not the courage to; attach his name to what he writes, otherwise he will be ignored. - Personalities lead us nowhereV Of this “Fellihan” can rbe; assured—I can glve' as good as. I get. ■ ’ -He should take ;a- lesson In good humour from “ L. -lver.?'


CAREY I LORD.


■King’s ’ English arid, uses the words astronomy and astrology to taean the I same-thing.They don’t, Mr.''Green.' '


Clarence ' Green, because, asi, I said before, he doesn’t understand, -thei


. LU N A T IC CLAPTRAP Sir,—It is impossible, to: aigue -with


astrology into the discussion.!: Dld'I?| I quote from Mr. Green’s first- letter: I


■ He . accuses . me,, of introducing!


“ The New Age Is'governed by. ZodlaCali hence its name 'Thei ;?! ’


sign, of Aquarius Aquarian Age.’” :


of. cailmg .” the world’s oldest science! astronomy,: lunatic claptrap.’-*;’ But I didn’t Mr. Green, I .cailedj'astrology! "claptrap." ,.


In his second letter he accuses me !'


all this claptrap about Zodlpcal signs! governing the affairs of , man was; usually known as astrology. Correct me! If "I’m wrong.:


Pardon me, Mr. Green, but I thought!


. In-:the an'eient 'civilisations of the Middle; East and of,Greece,: astrology! was a religion and the-priests’studylni the movements of the sun, moon am , stars (the science of astronqmy) tried to; interpret these- movements as signs of.ithe will of:theGods (the fakesclencej of: astrology). T


' No Christian (and T -. gather Mr* Green that you number yourself among the faithful) can. accept such a; notion*


, ■ '


. /tnd: no Intelligent person cab,!-I repeat,; accept a silly tMory !that ;the stars can' Irinuence man^ actions; WO may.as weU'say thafr Pendle .HUl can; I am frankly puzzled by Mr. Green’s;


■


last letter, He-says he is not;imerestedl in forecasting .the future by- astrologyl But that, his forecast was; based on the findings; of. science dnd astronomy); except / for the date 1960. ;


; atom, rockets, inter-planetary'' travel] etc. for quite a while. It dldri’t need Mr. Green's ’perspicacity- to-tOlI us thati


the Cosmic and'- was directed to add: i! to my forecast/’ he says. !l! .


: Well the newspapers have been! telllng'us about'the possibilities of the


-j


■ Howfver, thete .was an'ekceptlon,'-:|. the date I960. .‘’-This I received Iron


“ Cosmic ” and; who or, what directed! you?' HVould it be'Aquarlusl? ; ’ ;■! ; vwho'was the gentleman?iriU931, who foretold’ the second' -world, war?- Wha was the-date of the forecast .rind wa's i in black, and white ?,. Facts and figures please Mr. Green. And . what abou that “ ehd of the war” forecrist?


Sorry Mr. Green but what,Is the INTRODUCING


few friends, two of 'whbrii, along with: myself, were: foririeriy; staj tlorted near Clltherop. ! We^had q glorious tline during our brief stay and riow, in : contrast, haye the misfortune toTie stritloneri In Palest tine where, owing to the'political


Sir,-! •I am -OTl&ng ,ori behalf "of


.standard of life of'thc people Is the highest In countries where 'enter-, prlseils most free.- Of totalitarian­ ism In practice we could have no


better example than; the Transport and the' Town Planning Bills. . No discussion, but get them on the Statute Book willy-nilly.. This Labour Government Is well on the way' to totalitarianism complete. If the State Js to take ovrir ■


every­


thing ! and everybody — Including men’s; souls/— something vastly different from what we j are now getting will be required. !We shall want 'the last word in efflcleflcy. Vlh&t ‘we get now are regulations, drafted by permanent officials, so c ru d e th a t after their first announcement they have to under­ go serious amendments .in order to make; them work. As .Originally drafted they are Impossible, so a period of amendment begins, which only ends when the regulations are


■ allsation, without the''State owning everything? 'What have we seen during the last fifty years ? Never In history has such pjogress been made hi the interests of the work- irig man, all without State owner­ ship. I’So It can continue. The State is ah habitual bungler, arid the less it has to do with running Industry the better it will be ultimately for eB workers. To hark back to my


to take effect. Can we progress without natlon-


situation, we ;are confined! to crimp, In one of . the loneliest/ places one could ipossibly.be stationed.


be grateful lf we could be; given a: introduction through your paper tp


In -the circumstances, we; shoulg


sbni,e of your female. readers wish>^ t o fbr penlfrlends. ! ; p ’


Readers -wishing to begin a corre spondence should write ,tq:


, Gpl Arthur Gibson: Cpl Jim’ Wyatt; Dvr. i Norman ;i'Wyatt;, Spr. Stanley Feeney. : , j


R.E, Estab., Belt Nabala, Palestine, STIFLING ENTERPRISE.


Address: ! Engineer Plant Depot Cpl), ' II ” | | i; ■ ;'i i ; |


B0WI4ND COUNCIL XR PROPOSAL


JOIJ'^T BODY MAY SPEED HOUSING


Bowlknd'Rural-Hlstrlct next mor


its


Health and Housing ICommittees. At Tuesday’s meeting! Councillor


will conilder’ mergiflg the Public


Walker skid there was an.Idea that as the two committees; were inter­ related, la ,joint;;body could be formed yvhlch might help to give impetus to the housing programme. The Council agreed to discuss the.


proposed! metger at the next meet­ ing.


the- chairman ' (Councillor Walkeij) and Dr, ptch to rittend the annual meeting !of; the-Cbunty Branch of the Rural District! Corinclls’ Associ­ ation, when matters- relating to rating arid valuation were discussed. He had been a member of the Bow- land Rating and Valuation Commit­ tee for the last 111 years and .chair­ man fori eight or nine years, ann felt keeilly that he ought; to have been considered. He thought it was for the chalrmari and vice-chair­ man to attend the meeting.


appointment at the last meeting of ■


Councillor Holgajte referred tothe ■ .................w ' ....................


I I


enceithat he; had. done something wrong when,;he moved who should attend, i ; :


Holgate iwas out pf order,in raising the matter, and resented the Inferr


CounclUo


, a! SELECTED FEW. ior Heselitlrie . thought Mr.


o Councillor Hartley: How Is It that ; ' "■


other mfembers don’t get an oppor? tunlty to attend I these meetlngs-r- that only a selected few go .to them? Gounclllor Walker:; Our Clerk


thinks that In. future one standing member should attend, so that there may be continuity. ' The, other Yepresentatlve • could be : chosep, ' having regard to the agenda.


Councillor'' Holgate expressed his agreepiept with i this suggestion and-' moved ithat rthe Chairman';of the Committee attend any meetings as 1 a regular, member. • CounclUot Proctor ;seconded* -and: the suggeSp tlon was adopted. ’_


HOUSING SITES. The Ministry of Towh and Counr


try Planning-has written that no objection will'belraised to the use of housing sites at Back Lane* Gls- bvirri;- Stone HillJ Grindlletori; and iNewten.:!'.


■ Dunsop Bridge jParish .Councll.has expressed concerp at the condition of, timber compements of Swedish


timber houses, arid the contractor has ! been requested to report bn th'elf condltlbn. . ■ ! ' •" !


hris. a u t h o r i s e d ' the following reprilrsj Culverf, Grlndleton Fell- roa(i> £50; wall adjoining stream neat Bashall Town,' £ 100; wing ural at Middle Lees Bridge, £50; an(, Paytho'me Cbunty Bridge, £356.


The West Riding County Council ■


: The bridge which carries./'White HaU-road,, 'Grlpdletep,,’, aptof brook was reported to be 111' a dah- gerous conffitlonJ but.iwas not ',ofae for which the County Or . District Council shbuld qccept responsibi­ lity. The Clerk is to inyestlgrite fuftherland* If sritisfled thefe. Isino l,he Council, Will Of adjoining Irind


liability upon


Irifbrm owners accordingly.


bridge at Forest Becks Is in a dan­ gerous condition,


Cbunty-: Council, the Surveyor Is to Investigate a coir plaint that a fqot-


With a view to reporting to. the ; i .1


Making Sure o f Winter Protein HAVB you doncall youican to make sure that your


dpiry hefd wbn’t go short of ptoteinnext winter?


Full, fields vi/ill bo; vitally peedeil then — and winter milk pays best. -


Unsced


It’s prptei: preprred.:V ■ Kale


valuable feeding! ftu^ 2J times richer in n than oats. Sow ris soon as a fine tilth can be


Sow more kale. You can still sow “ Thousand- head ” — up to July; Oat Straw -f?


4 Hay — You should be


!iV: i ' plfltoing to:,usc grass fbrsilage. iRemeto that I oarstrawcanreplaceha/ifitisfedalongwthkale,


; r ^ ’young'fbr.;q,u^ ' !flowding has begun. The ypuri^r tbepulthe better '


the fay. 16 or 17 Ib.^sst mtodbw bay",provides' enough digestible protein Ttpr a 10 to 11 c\yt, dairy cow for maintenance and the first gallon. Arablehay


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•!-* to ids, Clbtof,' iucerriie', pat apd.vetch, sainfoin fiay —■'gb iefaily yields rripre] riufrimprit' pef' acre tha rabadow hay. But feeffing yaluetoepends largely bn ;i^b of ciittin'^;!’ ,lf!!flbW quickly becomes! wbody^


'V »


far, fibre! ' -


4 A 2


onthly_..meetlng, 'Istflct Couheii


________________________ ______________ _____— ; v , v; ■■ .1 i ■■ .! THREE n


I! I


J I it-


>v:


f;


Grammar school girls AS MAM^EQUIlSfS


mRiBUTE to A- minllt.lps o f


thq hard-wearing qualities of Lancrishlre .cotton


was paid by Mrs. E. Goshawk, of Sleaford. Lincolnshire', wheri -qhe gave a ledture on ‘1 Women’s Dress In Seven Centuries ’f to girls of the


most disturbing treftd. of present conditions. In general tenns, undCT the control of Government Depart­ ments, essential raw materials are allocated to industry by (largely) monthly permits. ; ; - ,


Sir,—May I draw attention to the Directions are also Issued regard­ j;


ing -the tyrie and quality; of goods to be ■manufactured and | the mar­ kets to be. .supplied,- sperial'permits


being required for export]! , Gvring tojtoe geribral:shortage of ____________Jacturers are] In effect, " '


presented with a guaranteed outlet for their. Ifinited production, requU-


goods, manula


opening !polnt about mandates, !I say’tbere can be no mandate for all these revolutionary changes with­ out’the support of the iriajority of electors In the country, riot merely the support of a majority in the


House of Commons. And this majority the Labour Government have not got—yet. . We, must wait and, see. Further points bccur, but space will not permit their develop­ ment;


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“ Rellman” cannot write without becoming personal. He couples my remarks. during the last General Election—quoted in my first letter— as to the necessity for preserving unity ! by continuing a j Coalition


Government with what I said about; Laskli Which Is like a man who has i a destructive fire on his premises l pretending to forget that he ever had one when the premises are; restored. The Laskl threat to con- ;


trol the Labour Cabinet! was very real while It lasted, so real that Mr. Attlee stepped -In arid wisely repudiated. It. That killed Laskl’s


■ihg little OE no sales effort, but aije virtuaUy prohibited from, breaking


new'irbund of planning; ahead. | - i- ■ .!>. ..


or even maintain plript, buildings of general working conditions Is sq hedged rmind. with red; tripe, perH mlts, licences^ etc., ithat! it require? the utmost tenacity, and determlnri- 'tlon to achieve any! resulfat ,all. |, Consequently, enterprise and


.Iri addition, any eff ort to tapro'


iriltlatlve are stifled, efficiency ^ui rewarded, ' and a p a th y aloi


encouraged, It is, in fact, astonishing whi ■ . j', ’


Industry has achieved in; f ace i pettlfbgglng interferencb at eve; trim front Ministers, officials^ aijv. civil servants who, ihowever admifr able In their own sphere, haye neither the training nor the knot^-


continue to Insist bn the coiistarit.


ledge required. ■ .^ !. i Let there be no mistake. Socialist Government and


If the Parw


atteiript to control the Cabinet, arid the funeral followed when Laskl brought and lost his foolish libel action. Since then ' Laskl has remained dead So far asithe news­ papers of this country; are con­ cerned. !,


,T ! . Slrnllarly in the matter of “know­


:only a nincompoop would assume. Ithat ’ ‘‘ knowing everything’!' : wari 'used' lri, the sense'that Almighty 'God,knows everything. We often ;say of a man, “ Oh, he knows every-


ing everything.” When I rdmark thrit'i l ! ohee believed the Goverri- merif knew ever^hlng,; and found out ,that they: did not, ‘‘ Fellman ■’ says;: only a nincompoop would: imagine -that* On the contrary,


detailed 'and wastefuiiy;:;expensl' restriction on all enterprise, it is on them alone the responsibility 'vml rgst fbr our f eventual Inability ^tp cbmpete In the open-markets of the world.'


'It we carinot'sell we cannot bus ' I


If we cannot buy we,’go| hungry. .| !


. ■ -'ENTERPRISE, PTE. CROMWELL’S MARCH.


:!' Slr.*-r/iri Radio Times of the 16t irist;, commenting bn the, broadcris from the Trough of Rowland whlc was given last S.unday,: states that


feet, as marched down from Lancrister


,'. Can, anyorie say ■V/hen; this hap jpened, .as ,I canfipt tod


( j l i t h e f o e . !!''(


ton Friday. Students at the school acted .as


CUtheroe Royal Grammar School


mannequins to with which Mrs,


display costumes Gbshawk demon


(been faithfully '/


ithe Napoleonic pbriod were genuine antiques, the eamef dresses having ■ .......... '(jopled.


strated‘ her lectUre.| A white dress bf l'?90 In pique-like material lobked remarkably fresh, land a printed dress of 1800 appeared to have lost none of Its! rich Ccolburing. ’ 'The dresses represented feminine styles from; the daj/s of Chaucer to .the Edwardian bta. Mrs.-Goshawk said she had obtained many of them from people who had cleared put old attics or lumber rooms. On one occasion, an old![Welsh farmer, sent her twenty dresSes ]n a potato sack. All the exhibits from the time, of


CHAlj^URN PARISH COUNCIL.-At tlielr


meetirig last week,!members of the Chatbpra Parish] Council expressed the hope;that residents would make full use of the cofic'esslon by Clithe­ roe Rural and Iputheroe Borough Councils wherebS rate demands and gas- anp electricity accounts cbuld be paid In the vlilrige. It was decide'd to hold a public. elect a of ;the


Ltd.', for the u9ei of .residents Qhatburn arid Worstpn. !


meeting next 'Thursday to management dbmmlttee Reading Room,' over. by . the Bold


NEUTRAL REPUBLIC The republic of Sah Marino; Is


claiirilng two-and-a-half million pbunds from the Allies for damage done In an air raid and occupation by the: Eighth Army for a month In 1944.


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of Cromwell’s being In that p


Preston in Aug wrong, as it Is ' came to Cllthe: Glsbum. arid


three” cen'tories ago,the hills of the | torough to Trough rang, with . the;;tramp of ij August. Ha h


main army ever ctibf Rowland.?!


' Should this rbfef to his niarch’to St 1648, then It is


/ell'known that-.he le from Skipton: by Jawley, p a s s in g ' on the 16th; of


— cromweU’sV I r on s 1 dps for the^nlghtal •


’*■


- ■■ •‘;o : Into, battle the I ,, bllowtng 'morning, .


iiiy recplrd’ Hawthorne Plac !i, Clitheroe.


and totally routing the Scots..’ ': ;: J. COTTAM.


f ’ , , • ' . ■; - ■. ' ‘ ___ , . . ’ . ' for W e id iii idnt WORDEN (FOR; WATCHES


Ited witji his' meri tor • • ' '


Stonyhurst, going


SILVER! CDPS; GOLD I AND' SItVER MEDAL! B T ,J #A C K BU R | ^ ;


-a ^ U O R D I


’ I Telephone 686§, - i' 'J *


feceptly ’ handed! Venture Lime Go., of


!- ' • 0 •


tflypu are iiiiort'of housbkeepirg money and you borrow a f , jA .Li:/-JX:*.. ■;— . J-;,, .rA.,1. troubles are over—till you


roni the: family next door ypu] the endi pf Uie ’itound.


Fbf a long lime now, we’ve bed: that-tori njbfleyj borrowed ffqi


get to the enl of the loans:?.


Eiiher! we^y bri 'the nail, foif goods! we ,v'ant : hard enough to inetbase our exports by a third


If we work begin to pay Our I way. If not


WE what we buy—or we don’t jge^ the e toall


. well,.Work it out! for ybuj-sslf. rpR w - ^ T j


I


pound get to


n doing the nation’s shopping; like iri America and Clariada. ].What


AMERiCAM ,OAN


from y o u r


District


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