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UNDER T H E .C LO C K


CLITHEROE ADVERTISER & I^IMES, FEIDAY, JUNE 18. 1948 BOWLAND! TOPICS.


MY ‘PETROL’ POSTBAG [By HABRY RANDALL, M.Pil


AFTER.a short recess, we are once again back at the ' House, Parliamentary duties do hot cease during


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National I huy my certificates


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the Midland Bank way—the Midland helps in so mar^ ways.


M id la n d >Bani(. L im i te d


recess apd so fat as a member’s correspondence is con­ cerned itV goes op arid on. I t is coricerriing a, section of n;y correspondence that I should: like to spr.ead mysielf ai little—thdt section relating to the new petrol rationlhg


arrangements. • ;l!Sf'


drawal of the basic ration and the Imposition of'certain restrictions. Very real savings in our dollar expenditure have accrued and up to March 1948.the total amount saved is estimated ait 430,000 tons of petrol which would have' cost 18i million dollars. The dollar position has' not eased, not even with the European Recovery Pro- grainme, 'without which, we should have been forced to reduce still further our Im-^ ports from dollar sources. With - it, we are able to maintain them at present levels,, but not to Increase them.


• Last autumn saw the with­ .


riot Irivblve, any Increase In’ the total' Petrol consumption. There -Is no| doubt that there should-be changes. Nearly one mlllloni .bars and motor bikes had been, laid,up. Also there was very great diffi­ culty b e i n g experienced between what was admlss- able for s u p p l em e n t a r y allowances a n d what was not.


decided that any chariges In petrol arrangements' ' must


With this In mind lt> was . m


■^HB FATE OF |m a n y European countries \yams us th a t freedom is imperilled. I f o u r economy wllapses, freedom will collapse \yithr it.: This situation requires iis all tO devote ourselyes, singlermindedly to th e task o f p r f e e r ^ g , f ^ ^ b m ,


iMONG THE FREEDOMS wc ehjoy to-day is the. right to dispose o f o u r inbhey. W0 a re freb to spend b u r mbney, an d free W s ^ e it;:


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IF ,\VB, SAVE AND Si^ND CABEFULLY, W6 aire-helping to lteep otir n at ional econoiriy o n a sound fopting' and, thereby m ak in g '^ ppsidve cbnfribution to preserving freedom;


, Tjhatv is whyTtije vv'ork-' o f ' the - N ational Savings Movement an d the thrift o f the


indiApdiial a re o f national importance; I .


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I]^ YOU ^ p N ’T. FlNDjlT EASY tO Save Ott ypiu:^wn;|’6 i r i^


The HonJ


Secretary o f your lo c al' Savings Committee ; gladly , give^yp


ihformatipn and'


M p . : I f you d p n o t . kpow his address' vijrite to the N a tio n a l Savings Committee,: LjOndbh, SiW.7^ ' '


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'and p e t r o l for essential business. '


There -^ere the two ex- itremesTrpetrol for joy riding


decidingwhere the needs ^ere In these t\yo cases but jthere was a great range of cases In between In which difficult and Invidious deci­ sions' had to be'made. , Then' iahEfll:? was the difficulty of bnforclng the .law.


No difficulty was found In


(ITHERE Just had to be.. changes but the main


freedom In the use Of petrol available ' was the black matket. And here, it must be fpmembered, the decision to withdraw the basic struck a h e a v y blow against the


.leakages through the, black market. How then could the s u p p r e s s i o n of the black market be achieved arid at


the same.tlme, give freedom ii^ use of petrol available ?


.urider' Mr.. G. Russell Vick, E.C.vt;.arid ‘ tjie ’govemmerit ■ belleVes I t to be an effective solution. ■


the Report of a committee kriown as the Vick Committee,


iThe answer was found In


tons of petrol can be saved by suppreslon of the black market; By . cutting :,.the larger suppleinen^ryallowV ances it Is, .'hoped ■ to 'ffrid another 20,000 tons, although here, 1 should emphasise that there is no Interitlo'n of Im­ posing an overall cut.


It IS expected that 100,000 obstacle In the way of greater,


spare, to whom should 1; go? : the


Well, i let’s ‘ see what Chairman of the R.A.C., and R.SA.C., together the Minister said iri a statement to the Presk


A'iA., WliQi joint


organisations consider that .the I measures taken will achieve a saving greater than , the 125,000 tops I of


“fWhile 1 th e i motoring


petrol envisaged by minister] given . that saving Is found to greater,, they accept present arrangements being In all ‘ circumstances the fairest possible oni


be no the as


the the


one that acknowledges' the difficulties and squares up to the responsibilities.


That’s a fair statemenb-i


(Jiindieton, G isbuk ’rbgramme


housing


a first instalment of the at


Grindleton Bowlarid, Rural Council at th meeting bn, Monday, indicaied preference, foe houses, o f ,(be living^m and kitchen without parlour. An alternative three-room house jis to be in­ spected at.the flrstlopportnnity.


of the Bolton-by-Rowland Sewer­ age works is to be prepared. The Clerk has ! been authorised to approach the own'erl of land Re­ quired for;the scheme. ,


A scheme, for the enlargement


ment scheme is being continued as repldly 'p conditions,permit.


The Grindleton Brow improve-,


paired by ithe. Coimty ■ Bridge department..


Burholme: Bridge :|ls being re­ :| ' •


ment are to be ask^ to receive a deputation on .the. question Of the urgent need for road im­ provements at Wood 'End, Dun- sop BridgeJ


! BUS SERVICES


all of any Increases li, the standard ration, at any rate, not for the^next six mcnths. I t will not lie known until' then whether the messures takferi to suppress the : black market have been effectlW or not, and if so, how much


does come i available,. either because the dollar position improves or because the savings from suppressing the black inarket are larger than expected, I. understand; that the Minister will ask- advice from',the Slapdlng: Advlsbry Committee how best the extra i hetrol : can be dis­ t r i but ed. ' '


petrol I they; have saved. If in,' some way extra petrol


prise"'representatives of the Motoring ; Organisations and of garage proprietors and will be available to Sve advice |on all mattert -rehtlng to the rationing'; of petrol anh measures to suppress the black market.' ‘


This Committee-, will com­ i ' :


all.iinyself,; that the new scheme' is .completely logical or fair. I t Is not. -:;


Nq .one pretends, leart i of i ' . ;


, conditions imposed -by the i dollar situation' and the: desire to benefit the inaxi- mrim'where hone are slforse ; oil and the overwheIiii(ng i


But given the very difficult


majority will be bettej' off,- then; it it cannct J be d e f e n d ed , surely none^ would desire to attack the scheme.


o , GProE NOTES


WaMow Celebrates 21st Anniversju'jf In September


Ti^ADDOW, England


Only where the Regional


Petroleum Officer Is satisfied th a t . the amount previously grarited Is more than suffi­ cient for essential needs, will, the allowance be reduced.


I * ® * ! e v e r y f • i'


Is 120,000 tons of petrol a yeai; and Is all the extra; perol to be distributed If total consumption :is not to rise. If '^distributed as a basic ration' of- the old type It would' have enabled each motorist to travel approxi­ mately eight miles a week. It’s inot much more than a " teaspoonful” Is ' It,' -'and nobody whose car or motor blkejwas -lald up would have troubled to,put It on,the road


t Iic expected saving, then,.


again for such, a small amount.


■ ■ ■ WHEN YOU NEED IT THROUGH ILL-HEALTH


Deposits witlr the-N.D.F.S. earn -Alsb, every member s deposit is in- 2}% pA and can be added to or creased e^ch y e ^ by a return of withdrawn. But t h ^ is .mofe to part of his monthly contnbutiqM, it thanjdiaL Formounple; ■ ' A in rinsa A-payinya


: Deuib^thiiumiiit tuiumfrmj/clrtkal N J ) J '.S .B M S im u t T 3 i .


monthly contributioh'am'haying M&B B n k - t n B a Deposit of / lom a y supplonent ' j B T V h W P . iK : ,


bis National Insutance with extra ■ J M I SicfcPayasfoUows:—24/-P“ '»eek : *


J E S M I


up to 33J weeks and i f ^ ill-i8/- wmOHAl OETOIT piIENDlT iM im ^ per week: for a further, 33J<weeks ' Memieniiip exceeds 1,500,000 —£70 in alL > * ‘


„ exceed ttS,000,000 ^


OniSIOlUL OFFICE: 411, CHESTER ROW, OLD TRAFFQRPi ^ _ l « l jC H E S T E M |l^ j ^


.pyVM .those with supple- I mentary allowances


woiild not have got .ivery muchi benefit from.,this small addition. With, this in mind, whatiw'as the fairest tljlrig ,to do ?, i .Surely ;t6 give the extra petM available to those who wieye :gettlng none. And here’s thb 'riolnt of this article for. It concerns my post bag at the moment'


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holders ido not , get ^ the new standard raitloh, and:, not unnaturally,' . have a griev­ ance jand--one-rthat I can understand: and appreciate. And::they v ^ te ' to me 'abo it. But there It Is, given the S't-rIn'gent .condition' .that petrol consumption' must not rise and If, ak a . result. of savings, there is a.margln to-


Supplementary allowance


You'll be serenel/ mU-dtessei wearing this Charles Butler


frock 111 “ Moj/gasbel ' \ - The skirt has p k n tj I f aoreaeBt with its generous pleating; the double rouleau (J« la a crisp how.


s'p 7 coupons BJ533 1 / \


JACK WAiEING.. 9, LORD STREET, BLACKBURN Tel.; 5 5 0 2


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Dogj Unbarred Oo^r M i Escaped


T^LITHEROE magistrates -wete told yesterday week


about ia dog which escaped from the backyard ' of . Its owner’s house by unbarring ithe door and lifting the latch.


of Llttlemoor-road, Clltheroe, was fitied 5s. for allowing the dog to stray withoqt collar bearing the owner’s name and address. He said the dog had escaped from the: yard. It had! previously got away and' to; prevent! it unbarring the door, his father had made a wooden wedge,. The dog had now learnt to remove the wedge as well as unbar the door land lift the latch.;


Ronald M. 'Wallbank! (17),


our I north | of training, siihbol,;


celebrate its 21st birthdalyjoh September 2th.


' N.E. taricSshlre has already given Waddow its 21st'birthday present-^a very beautiful carpet; which you can all go' to seel at any: time. : Special i blrl hday ■week-ends, are .being .-aimged and T hope that many of you .wUl;be able tovgo. .


A music drama and folk dance : I i i


feklval Is to be held-in N.E. Lanca^lie on Saturday; NOTem- ber 16th: m the Padlham Town Hall. Adjudlcators'Will bp/Mr. Herbeirt Horrocks, County Music


Organiser (choirs and tolo; sipg- Ing); and Mrs. S. E. C. Burrilaton, Assistant! County Drama iCjrgan- Iser,-'.Notices.have, been smt' to the Guidefs of this Dlvialoii and I: hope !many Companies will compete.I


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Mr. Horrbcks-wlU holdj two prac­ tice feven(ngs, as a.help,‘to inex­ perienced conductors. : \Guiders and non^ulders Who are help­ ing In the training of ^hoin, and musical


' PRAtmCE MEETINGS ! In connection with tne:feitiVal,


' day, June 17th at 7 !p at Mansfield. Secondai) School, on Tuesday, June at 7 p.m, I We hope maiy G will avail themselves of grand-opportunity. -:


Guides 'with specie knowledge are invited either orl both. The'first, v ill be hblii in the Crypt Yes ‘ '


liders this


to Ettend


;ry,'Thurs- m., ^ond y Modern 22nd


: SUNNY sotAw.


opened by iLR.H. Princess Royal Many opportunities for GiilderS training [were set wide '.[hat day] and: It is of interest to-note that during i the last 1:21 ’ ye'Ms; thousands of Gulders have bene­ fited by,them; '


I well remember WaddowJjelAg ' ' I 1 ' i ' i


i'VVHAT of the future? There Is no prospect at,


! should be operated dally. Elm- Ington Parish : Council’s sugges-. tlon' that I the Nelson-ClitherOe service should be diverted froin Lowergate,! Twiston . via Martin Top and .IRlmlngton has been submitted to the Company.


have Informed the Council of a revised week-end'senice on the CUtheroe-Sklpton.: route during the. summer, and the Council have urged that a similar service


'Ri-bble: Motor, i Services Ltd-


necessary caution, the Council do ndt object ito doulble-deckeld buses being operated on tlie Clltheroe-Qrlndleton| route.


Subject to the exercise of the


Consulting;: Engineer; is to make a detaired['survey of Ithe Grindle­ ton Sewage Dlqfosal 'Works ,-sije and submit recommeridatlbris for their pritection.-from' river erosion. ' ,


Mr. Brooksbmik, the Council's i


for the refuse collection service to be extended to Dimsop Brldgb, and to Whitehall, Gnndletpri; |


The Surveyor isj to arrange


at^^ttesent possible for the luncil to provide public cop- vbnlences in the village. '


increasing number i of heavy vehicles are using the road through -the .Trough jof Bowland,


^ bU G H EESTRICXION It has been reported that ah


and the Clerk 'ls toj ascertaifi if some restrictions call be imposed on the type of trkfflc passing through the Trough..


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approved (under, building: byp- laws only): Proposed alteratiopk at- Closes 'Hall, ' Bolton-iy. Bowland, for Mr.', W. Heaton!;, alterations to cow tiieds ; at: Hodder Bridge Fdhii Mittori'ifOT C.'W^, Ltd.; alterations, at Maf-,, car-Row; Waddlngton, for Mr.'C . Wrigley; proposed (.garage fkt Ddnsop Bridge for Mr. T..Leec-. ham. Approved under Plarinin; (Interim Development) Ordersk Bathroom at Mill House, West Bradford, for Messrs. Johi) Holgate and Sons; garage and store shed at Rimlngton, for Mr. R. R Duckworth.


The following plans were Victory For ; I , Castle Veterans!


JfRtETEEN. games vyere played in a tournament held on thb


Castle' Green yesterday week when the . Castle | Veterans defeated Roe Lea sVeterans by id. points. - Scores were:-r


| Clitheroe Roe tea 2 J. Preston .. E. Baldwin 15


12 H. Fletcher].J. A^worth iB 11 A. E. Norman .. H. Ward 15 12 M. McCale .. P. Walmsley id 15 B.Swales .. W. Hj Holderi ij)


' 15 W. Nightingale !• ■ ■ ■ |- S. Gatterall 1?


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13 R. Halstead . .. . ^. Green 15 15 E. Dewhurst - i } - ' |- [.


G. Broughton 10 ,


; 15 S. Hltchen'..R. Sanderson 6 15 P. Knowles i... A. Hogg ll 15 0. Williams J . CunliflEe 7 15 J. Richardson .|


A. Dewhurst - 6 15 R. Monk........ , A. Barton 11


15 J. L.'Whittaker ' G, Thackery 11


14 G.' Allen W. Caunce iB 15 J. Stansfield . . E. Walton 6 15 P. A. Hibble.-.A. Harrison 14 2. A. Watts'..,;,: W. Cifmefod'lB


10 R. Calvert..J. Hargreaves 15 241 Total


Total 223 Into The Padt' ; 25 ^EARS : j\GO|


to; ririveil iCUtherbe’s !war inemor- iai. The! suggtotedi pro^ iirime of I celebrations included a' inile of; pennies fund, athletic ^ofts, fancy dress ball,' hdrticmtural ■show, band contest, fafrlery com­ petition, fireworks display, lofch- light procession, dog 'show and


■ ,A bazaar in aid of repalm and renovations to Slaldburn'.pdrlsh' Church realis'ed £450.!:


motor cycle gymkhana -'.-Vi •


championship; and shield'! Clitheroe land District' Ele) aiy . Schools’ sports. ! „;


St. James’s School: woi, f.t Iment-


the the


- Canofl Fi (3. Ackeriey dedicaited a fanner presented to Grlifileton GjFB. The banner was the work ■of Mrs. John Robinson, '.Misses


M. J. and IM, smalley, and the Misses J. K. and' A, Roblnsc ri;


T hE' Castle Meriiorial Com- ■ mittee invited '■ Lord,: Oejrby


50 YEARS AGQ


merits of paving and tarmac­ adam in a discussion over pro- :p(»ed road repairs in Lowergate.


PLITHEROE Town Council hotly debated the respective


A decision to use tarmac­ adam was defeated by eight voles to five, and It was also agfeed that some old property in Lower- gate should be demolished.


TheRev.,Wm.O. Assheton, son


of Mr. Ralph Assheton, of Down: ham Hall, and Miss Winifred M. Master, daughter of. Mr. J. H. Master, of Montrose House,


Petereham, were , married at St. Peter’s (Jhqrch, Peterslmm.


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Clitheroe Cricket Cub’s profes­ sional for the, 1899 season., ' I


Amos Hlndje . fe-blgnedas


garden fete at Eaves, Hall hMaid of the building fund for a new Mission Room at West Bradford.


Over £45 was raised; at ■ a Rouim AB(m toiiiuiiiiiifiniiiiiiiiiiiiiinifiinninMiiuiiiainiii BY


son, son of a former Ad v e rtise r a n d ■ Time s foreman ;cotn- .posltor and once a compositor hlbiself at Aduerfts^ former printing works in Castle-st., crime back- to refresh his memories of Ribblesdale (last week-rend In preparation for the visit of two parties of eminent geologists later In the year. Dr. Parkinson, who does ndt allow a crippled leg to Interfere, with his geological expeditions whether iri ; the vrilleys'or on the hills,: spent a good deal of the week-end pottering about In- CUthefoe Iliriestone quarries.


ipHAT well-known Cllther- onlan, Dr. Donald Parkin­


appointment on the research striff of a famous rubber com­ bine. . In August, Dr. Parkinson will


'At pfesent he holds a high


b'e In charge of a group from tlie International Geological Congress who are to ! visit Clltherde, Pendle Hill and Slaidburn.


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the news during the Irist few weeks, brings to mind a particularly Interesting item shown to me by the Rector, the Rev. L G. Byrnell. I t con­ cerned '' that other Home Guard , formed when the threat to Britain came from Napole6n,„not Hitler, and was a I photostatic copy of an extract from “The Master Rolls for the Craven District of the Home Guard ” of a century arid a half ago. For Slaldbum alone there


n raE mention of Slaidburn, ■*’ which has been much In


were 116 names, and for other Bowland parishes there were further long lists. The same silrnames are still common ln tne Bowland-Forest, hut the occupations have changed. There are still, of course, husbqndmen and shepherds,


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but' not as many- cordwainers arid by no riieans as many ,-w'eavers. ;■ ;!■


dumber of people jri their dank and wattle cottages which have long since , dis­ appeared. The. population 01 the parish must certainly fcaife been much Llgger In tiose days.


Tradition hris It that weav- was carried on by a large


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;by Slaidburri Football Club. Arrayed In a. Wildly assorted mixture of cdlourful costumes the; players, proceeded to flout most of the rules In the FJL. Handbook and pfdvlde the spectators with an exhibjtldn of highly unorthddox soccer. ■ -The referee who was laid opt twice during the game, did not take such a llght- Hearted view, and the game vfas .abandoned after every member of one team with the


ifYYE of the mdst amusing of Y last week’s events at Slald-' b um: was a fancy' dress football match dri Saturday between two i teams provided


Why you should insist on


M n s t o n ^ P ram s WhkUier you Took at design, construction Of finish, you' will find the unmistakable quality oi the faand*made pram. Coach* built wood body, warm in winter, cool in


exception of .the! goalkeeper: had vibeen carried over- the touchline.. '! ' j


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: (On Saturday, evening,' an audience, at ;th'e 'Village Hall saiy,:' ,fllms taken by a Colne' photographer ;durliig; Slaid-' brim’s Whitsuntide Festival.


;It U True jEconomy to buy .


r r COMFORT j!' ■ r ■'- SH O E S - : '“


WE ABE sRoE specialists FOWLER^S


14. W H AL LEY NEW; ROAD, BASTWELL. BLACKBURN


Agent for "DLANA” arid f l^ ’^Shoes. '


'wiueltj, hood stays, etc. Resilient ebatsia on spring iieel throughout, and l6' i cushi^n'tyreL


am supp^ AY' dUF FE CO, DURHAN


Soothe those . MEMORRHOIDS


DOAN’S OINTMENT, NOW. E x ^ E lent ^80 for reeving the .


pczema and other irtitaimg 0 yc^.


ahe tarJex tissues with its soot^ft, pntiseptic ingredients. Don’t let extetmu


use • uw/in o wAn livucii'i *». t the itching and protects and lubria^ iles distress you any lonw--w'


4laints;. Used lutcessfully: for .9Tr . W t 3/6 Ask your Chemin for. ;


DOAN’S ointment


.tuflpmer. Lustrous coach«painted finlA. Luxurious upholatery. Chromium plated


isop Bridge Parish‘Council I be informed that it id npt


programme and Gisbujm, elr


DOCTORS EXPLAIN


I£TIERS to THE


who wish to join the State Medical Service to understand the reason for choosing a doctor without further delay, we would like -to explain how the doctor will be paid.


Sir,—To -help those patients


•does fpr any one .patient, nor is he.to be p^ld' for each visit or consultation, as so many panel patients seem to think. The dtotor will get 18s. a year for ea!ch patient who hands to him a"iwbite card and in return he


^ remuneration will not be based on thq ampunt of work he


' - The County Surveyor’s depart­


, payment per patient. ' iput of the I8s. the doctor must paly his expenses iwhlch will come to: about 6s„.leaving a liet return of: al^out 12s. (On <this he: will, lUse'every -one else, pay his In-


-for .each patient on his list, te., tiyo pence a. week.' Jit Is only right that people’s


iCp)ne. Tax, which will be roughly another 4s,, leaving him wlto a final 'balance of about 8s. a year


minds should be disabused of the exaggerated ideas about doctors remuneration under State Service which they -have been'.given in the -Press. The examples -that have been given have often re­ ferred to doctors' lists of! a size fir in excess of any (possible average for England and Wales generally and to lists far bigger than most , doctors feel capable ofj coping with effectively.


, i I DEEL, A. D. CASSIDY, J. H. i j PAPRWEATHER, R,' E. A. S. i! (RANSEN, H. B. LAWRIE, J. i i -MACDONALD,! E. R. i B. ; I Murray, w. d. Oliver, c. ; : ROYLE, C. H. RUTHER- l | EQRD. ,


|! O. E. BROWN, J. T. BliEAS- . , ■ : : Sir,—


ij MYAL OCCASION j May, I throughyour


columns , express my sincere thanks to all the people jvho have'to kindly sent their good ilvl^es.tQ me personally, and by my mother, also the “ Advertiser ai^d Times,” on the occasion of my'receht'performance at a con­


cert attended by Her Majesty! the (aiieen.


J i KATiHLEEN H. BAR'TON |


•welfare of the people imder its legislation, as to let it be known byihis silly statements, what Las been clear to keen observers 'for quite a long time, that his chief concern is riot -so - much the survival of -the- Liberal or any' other progressive party, or -even theuwell-belng of thej people as a whole, ‘ butthe,, survival i or' revival of Toryism,


while Liberal, like Lord Woolton, nbW chairman of the Conserva­ tive Party, who used to pose as a Nto-Partisan until Labour! earner to power; has become so Infuri­ ated by the solid abhievements of the Labour Government and ithe n^arked Improvement iri the


I i SPREADING ALARM ‘ :Sir,—So Mr. Lord, -the: erst­


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political parties should pass :outj and that -the political; mas­ queraders be put iri their proper place.


cal and' oconoffllc health of this country,. that', these:.superfluous


, I Arid what a convert I Knowing fufi:, well, -there! is no: efBcial ^llcy o r . pro^amme to propa­ gate, or shouldTsay “ trot out” an'd having been told to forget the' omissions of the past. Air. Lotd is excelling in the ^eclal To^ art of misrepresentation ) and-dittortion.. '


iWell it is better-for the politi­


; a;! year offered - by the Qovem- inent is only 'given if doctors accept a correspofidingly, lower


• i The fixed basic salary of £300 ,


must treat that patient if and when he Is 111. He may have to visit some chronically 111 people regularly, all the year round and some may be well enough not to need his services at all.


Gentleme»” know quite well they can no longer briput under detention for spreading alarm and despondency, hence -their Irr^onsiblilty. ,


• . Ajnd seeln'g that, by his silence Air.', Lord has pleaded ^ilty' to thfe! charge of. having aided and abetted the - Tories in their notorious “Coupon” election plot, when the workers, by. false promises, ;were lured Into the economic quagmire of the inter- war! years, it would be pertinent to ask what this astute politician has to say about his antics during -the, 1945 election cam­ paign, when his exhortations, if taken seriously, would again have


led the' workers into the hell of Toryism. ' -


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remember his “ It! would be un­ grateful to discard Mr. Churchill” article.


He may say for Instance . . ^


;com|nunities and] ■the decay of thejbackbone of this country in enforced Idleness and ppverty.


n6t I only “ knew their onions,” but! also their- Churchills and Lords, and returned a; Govern­ ment which, by its wise leglsla- tipri and encouragement, trans- fojrmed the old Tory “Distressed Areks” of. sad people imto Development Areas of happy and epntentod people.


J 3ut thanh .'the Loto, (n^ Mr. rd), that in 19(5; the, electors EJB.:


u|n reason abl^ in f er en c e Blr,—It seems a pity th a t In her


address at Clltheroe, Mrs, Brad-, dpeki M.P., should have 'been so critical of the Americans. I t Is true that pftor -they had: granted up a loan to tide us over' our dlffl- cpltles, prices of many commodi­ ties we found It necessary to buy , ,WC(e Increased,.: But to. Infer that this happened because we had our Idari to, spend is 1 unreasonable, Prices Incfeased'-In this country


tdO, Everywhere there was a demand by the productive worker fpri greater, reward for his efforts.


If lit Is suggested -that there was undue absorptlori of Profits there


are facts.to prove that this was not BO.' -■


'.! I t : Is equally regrettable' that'


Mrs. Braddock should have made thC point that .one of the reasons' why the Cotton Operatives would' not work the extra “ 41 hours ’’ overtime—this Incidentally, ip.m- correct; th e , oveitlmei asked for wps 2i hours a week-iwas'because


i.the workpeople saw tbat their 'ex­ tra . labour was • “ merely creating


extra profit for the few who owned the: Industry.” The Cotton Board h ^ published-figures showing how the inlU owners hive spent large spmsjof money foVhilll ainenltles, nurseries, canteens, and so on; this work, in fact.-has only been


restricted by , the labour and materials shortages. 1 Mts. Braddooks’ statement that


cost of the basic essentials, due mainly to the stifling, of com­ petitive selling and unhampered production,.a largo proportion of our people arelllvlng quite poofly while spending up to the llmlt of tbelr: Incomes. And without


tcHlay one . did not see. acute poverty must be left to the intelli­ gence of : your readers. Dertalnly til ls true that owing to the high ■' *’•- ................


of life.


: cease to be a threat i.and: become reality, because we shall be unable


Marshall-Aid, unemployment' will


be: Unaware of the -terrible coil- sequerices of their first iridiscre- tlonj which led -to the economic collapse of whole industrial


These anti-Sociallsts cannpt


and simply'say that -as a political" Stick in the Mud " who qu^te evidently admires the pre­ war ' economic anarchy called Tojyism, -he is trying .to surpass hiri leaders in buffooning. Of course these “Patriotic


libblled the workers of this country. 'But we will be more merciful


attack in which he conveniently ignirs the fact that in the face, of unprecendented dlfflculties caused by -the war and its aftirmath, production in every branch of industry is consider- ablv better than ever before, he suspects h ims e l f of having


In a particularly , vitriolic


to afford Imports o f ; the raw materials we need to keep our-'n. dustries going. There may indeed' be tf cutting of,our .food suppiiea such as will reduce us to a level' we have never known In history These are facts which one hoped


, recent speeches. :J. D. 'raOMPSON,


pur public speakers would bring home clearly to audiences,- for un- less we can Increase our produc­ tion. by the time Marshall Aid come sto an end we shall probably face even a worse sltuatlim than we would face now If there were no such salvation. If Mrs. Brad- dock Is.nottaware .of. the’ situation at least Sir Stafford Crips has made no bones about It In his


' Lancashire and Cheshire ; Economic League.


l.bnwlers,', the., prospects of, our robbing Don Bradman’s men of ;the Ashes afe riot, according to all


: SPORTlitO COMMEN-FARY iSlr,—-U n l^'w o can'fliid some


'th e cricket .'correspondents, par­ ticularly bright. .Nor do the ex-


iperts rate .top , high the chances of Britain sweeping , the board in tholoiympip .dames.


,


: But at.any rate we have a good chance of | . winning the inter­ national c h a m p i o n s h i p for


"nationalisation losses, or at least topping the West European zone. Prance was first in the field,


scoring.'in 1945 a loss on national­


ised coal mines of 18,000,000,000 francs. In 1946, the-loss fell to 10,000,000,000 francs, but 1947 saw It recover to 22,700,000,000. These figures (all given »ln the French Parliament recently by M. Hene Mayer, .the Finance Minister)


: show an average loss of £20,000,000 a year.


In Britain electricity: yas mads


, nationalising the gas Industry. So we can’t-yet assess the size of the probable, losses. . In Franco In 1047 gas and eleo.


a State monopoly only on April 1st this yeap and Parliament has still to • pass the- legislation


, trlcity between them- made a loss i of £8.000,000. Since over here we have con­


trived, to sedre a, loss of £18,500,000 aj year on civil aviation It seems probable that our total losses on nationalisation will come out well ahead of those In Prance. But the unfortunate taxpayer


will- find It a very :: expensive victory. ■,


. K.. HEATON,


, Conservative Association. 14, Mill Street, Padlham.


: Secretary and Agent, Clitheroa (IMISSION MADE GOOD Sir,—’* D.H.'’ overloolm the fact


that I had received a. Family Guide, t o , National.' Insurance, which’ was' supposed to provide the essential Information. " One of the Few” may plausibly have been a more suitable title to my letter, but the ” fe|w'’ may run into several mlllionb taking the country through.


: !


to was evidently of some import­ ance, since the Ministry Of Health supplemented.'Its. " .G u id ew i th an “ explanation’’ 'whicri .trovldes the following informatiori lacking lr i,thB “ C|uldB”: .


However, the omission I,referred


, Insiirance Qualification; to'use ■ any or'all of the services within


There Is no need to have any


-, .whether wlthlri the National insurance. Scheme or outside It, Is , eligible for 'alii the health


■ woman, and child , in this coun-' try,:'' without ■ any exception,


. the National Health.! Service. This means- th a t, every man,


■ services). . . ' . abdut five-sixths of the total cost of the. National Health Service will come from taxation In the ordinary way; and only ’one-sixth comes from the National .Insurance Fund. ; Ofa n Inaurdd.mail’s contribu­ tion of 4s. ild. per week under


the National Insurance Scheme only Bid. goes to.wards the coat’ of the,: health service,; and ^ 2id. is to cover hlmjfor cash


, benefits — retirement] widows’ .. pensions, imemploymSit, sick­ ness, .and disablement benefit,' and so on. .'


•


So !we. are- " In ” the National Health Service, and will have!to


help to pay for I t whether we use It or not.


: , "ONE 0 ^ :THEM."


lAniliversary Reaches £j


I N ri setting steeped in-the rich heritqi English countryside, Slaidburn; Pa


meniorated its 818th anniversary on Sil conducted by the Rector of Slaidborn, tj with a sermon preached by the Bishof W. p. Blunt |to a congregation of 4a vlsitoirsjwas a'fitting climax to a weekj


tions I have proved a complete success, i and the tremendous support which has been given to the week’s ; events is re­ flected in, the remarkable financial iresrilt. Gifts from the congregation received hy the BisHcip of Bradford at the anniversary service amciurited to £125, bringing the anni­ versary total' fund to date Is


In levery way the celebra­


' the. chuirch. ; ' Typical of i the enthusiasm


: defraying the costs of Install­ ing electricity in the church. Including ail electric': organ blower,'jand will mrike up the balance of the parish’s con­ tribution! ' to' . the Bishop’s Forward ! Movement. Atoeal. The teirialnder will be- spent In maintaining the fabric of


The fiind lri to. be !used In


of the congregation lent 'a handi' ln' cleanlng the walls, and the Women followed: with the iriqrt' thorough' sprlng-


who ideydted 'many hours -to cleaning the Jchurch iri readi­ ness for the celebrations; Men


whlc^i Has marked all the preparations.: f o r , the anni­ versary was the spirit of more than 1


20 womrin of , the parish


' cleaning operations. : !': r 'The History';of : the .parish'


can -ibel 'trafied with! Brime certatntj!, ' Tri the • church hangs airecord of reCWrA and. patrons I from;'the year 1266; The first' rectdr, being stapiy slriiply.rtyled;" Thomas,’’; and


: “Peter dfiChester." •! The fhst: patron was the


the second]'Instituted lh :1290,


Prior 1 and' tjonvenit of .Ponte­ fract,! and subsequent patrons - Inclri.ddi*!' :John,; Duke of; Lancrister;|- Edwa rd- III;, Rlchrirdill; Edward IV: Henry! VH; iPrilljp: ;and Mary; and Queen Elizabeth.


- the. celebrations have admired: the church’f many treasures, including the tont which dates '- back fae^rlylT.pop years]. J :


A stream iof visitors during! ; '


It is likely ibat many other ; treasures were destroyed in 1 Crom'iyelllari days, and there]


FROM


HORSLEY SMITH


H O R S L E Y , SM IT H & C 0 .. (West and N o r th ) Ltd.,


PODlar Fa rm , - Bamber Bridge. : Phono 85411 (P .B .E X .) Preston,


is eyidence:6f statues haviDg; been torn from the^ towpr,


, carvlrig, and|,l8 one oLithCl i notable screens of Englandi;


Jacobean, ■ with . no eccleslas-,; tlcal symbols:, whatever In Its


COtherb^ S P - /entilation


tb| House'of ContoorisJlast iwrek'Mf.'' H. jBandaU,^ BIF.;' asked ibe.- JIlni5ter of. Labour,


■ what progress has been-made in improvipg the ventilation


; ratri oj progress.


staridalrds ;of- cotton-Weavlng factoriU arid if-any figures ebuid be given to ascertain the ;


' ' In reply, the ParUamentaryl


.- Secretory' to 'the Ministry of; ..Labour, Mr--Ness.,Edwards,,said! 'the: Joint Advisory Committpe of;


• proved methods of ventilation by; mecharilial means, and a recent!


' dlfflculty at p r^n t b obtaining; the' npeemry plant.-, , • r : : i


f’SLbW^t PROGRESS i .‘JMr.rRMdail!; "Does, hot' the|


■ 'the- j casesHave.vent ilat ion; standards, impfoved ' shows very; slow progress, and wUl he not dO; all he can', and-brlng pre^ufe to: -.j


. Hori.,iGeritlemb agree tpat the; ■fact that'b.oMy 25. per-cent, of;


t' . afraid''! cannot'agree. with the ' 'cbnclrislop]: There has been very


-. .u,vu. AYCdd fiuvyaiuo . x oiu


bear, to see thdt,further progress; is made j i r g e n t i y . 1 ,Mr]j Ness Edwards:


ee_______ "I am:


- considerable progress since the, '•;,erid ol: the waif in.;Lancashire In'! ' .b ib ^ g . factories .. up,-.',j;o ...the-; standrird reco nmbd^


' ■ 111- - .


25, pfer cent.V had ; 'ventllatbg systems up to „the sijggested standards. The -remaintag sheds are being encouraged to fall tatoi ■line, though there is considerable I


S ejr :)f. Lancashire .weaytogj s Eh wed that approxhriately


.' toe Cotton Industry, set up byi i the. Chief: Inspector, of Factories j b 1944,1 has recominended im-;


meeting of beop aria P a i iri casesl make; a | GisjCurj phone, thej Cleii smith, from til Ifeirishou ast^ telephon


opted-'! made Jt{ teldphori Grlndleb wais beg thA Cori


- Mr. _


That ,1 he|.said,|i authorltli


him tHa a kiosk Council


I ln .l . sjccepti ^nd b ask thl


ties tel bosk ■


, tenns.l Payth(| :' f : jApppii


Jcoriflrme wCfe as chalrba


: nance jai cHalfmai Cpvm. chalrm:


iv^ce, goi Cpim. Ilffl


chiaif rn vice;; -Cl


T h ' e c h a n c e 1: screen Is;


the thl JacobeEi o - It Is <


. thbt,St[ which': I served I tlons of the pa


of I vUlf n maf BGl


p'rCsent'j seivicp'.l Brridfotl of jrelld , sermon I


Mem


'LOjid man Dr.


127' ,vi bulldtU valh ■'


: selves,, temple' lives,’’ Ihert


questli


'ghrlstlM mlddlei'l arohltecl way we f our live Thev


Mrt.iDril Of jspeef ■service, j


clmdren, itralnedL


• :The -E F . lk „ ;b


■cesrin H !Mossinai


Rey.jA.-^ E.lQr.eel


•'COinO'''’ street. ; thfe rellgloiij Insult; Gi . 'There! ,the' teiL_


he I :SalJ temple [ buUtlt they .' la


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