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Pendle Hill is both bewitched and bewitching,” wrote George Ta'nsey in the Daily D isp a tch on Monday.


w* Describing Clitheroe in his


“North West Passage” feature, Mr. Tansey went on; “ We had befen here only an hotir or two before a fine white powder be­ gan to settle on our eyelids. At fiirSt we said it came from the limestone quarries. Later we b'elleved it was more potent dust ifrom a legendary long


casts bn strangers. In the end we were convinced that only exceptional bad lu6k was pre- ve'ntiiig our getting an action photograph of a grimalkin or of' thb broomstick air-lift be- t\jeen the town-and Pendle


ago.; Such is the spell Clitheroe


set'dbwn dispassionately the truth' about Clltheroe “as we saiw it upon our entrance, be- fbre- its uncanny influence Effected our judgment.


I i t seems Important, then to l l a t n ^ S


brisk,! modern town, a mllk- e'Xporting centre and also the l&t Northern outpost of Lan­ cashire industrialism; a cheer- fiil, humming humdrum little placel pleasantly isolated from the rest of working Lancashire and redeemed from the ordin- ^ y run of industrial towns by heln^ built of limestone and, owning a Norman keep built by the man who led the centre


[iWe! noticed that it was a


‘ battalions on D-Day, 1066. ^ ! I Exploring at one end of the


town; we found cotton and silk ■Reaving mills clattering and smoking and practising re­ deployment. At the other we walked into the greatest cem&t plant in Lancashire—a white industrial monster not without a strange beauty of its own-L-which makes a non-stop meal of hard limestone for 24 hours a day and 365 days a


year! ' ‘ ii it started eating in 1936,


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digested the biggest pre-war cement contract ever given—' for I the Chorley munition factory—and is now munching more voraciously than ever to provide foundations for post- jvarl industrial expansion in the North-West, i


1' Tills white giant came to Clitheroe to cure a black .spot of unemployment. [In the turn bf time’s wheel it is now cry­ ing lout for morel men than Clitiieroe can supply,


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j : Itl stands above I a pleasant reach of the Ribble, and its mahager told nie how he bought rod and flies and tackle years ago so that he could stroll down through the green Helds from the factory and nook an occasional trout. But he [decided - to wait till the iWhite giant could spare him a few! hours of leisure.


! He is still waiting. Some day. he ■ says, he will break away and go down to the ilaughing water in the valley. [I doubt Ih He, too, is jbewitched. His soul is fast n. [cement.


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I I mention those industrial I details to give logical proof


j yardstick cannot measure a j place bewitched.


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WHALLEY ROAD. ATERLOO ROAD,


I! built originally some hundreds i of I yards from where It now stands.


' nekrly gone, and the Royal Grammar School, which was


‘ 'our first view of Clitheroe began to dissolve when we be- caihe aware that the town has the power.to disappear into thin air. Very little of old Clitheroe now remains, apart from the Castle, which is


tirely to blame. The great reshuffle of the Industrial Revolution had something to do' with it. But certain strange d i s a p p e a r a n c e s


The grimalkins are not en­


I remain unexplained. The man who drew ,'our


attention to them was-Mr. Arthur Langshaw, Clltheroe’s freeman, h i s t o r i a n , ex- schoolmaster and cricketer—a Chestertonian figure who now devotes his days to solving the miysteries which lurk under


Pendle Hill. jWhere, he would like to


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know, are CUtheroe’s old stone crosses? He has searched for them in vain. Where is the Norman arch which stood be­ tween chancel and nave in the old church and was to have been built into the newer one as a link with the past? It ;s Clltheroe’s missing link.


down to modern times, where is the ancient fireplace which was removed from an old Clitheroe inn only 20 years ago. Mr. Langshaw knows that each stone In it was num­ bered by a mason so that It could be rebuilt in its original fdrm. But where is it, now? Mr. Langshaw shakes his head.


:|.To bring these mysteries


Human beings do not . easily misplace a market cross. Few care to abscond with a Norman arch.


I These are strange events. Mr. Langshaw could confirm


that Clitheroe people stUl respected the lore of- the witches and practised a trick or two the National Health Service would [not recognise. He himself hkd taught chil­ dren who knew that the cure for warts was a piece of string carried in the pobket and con­ taining as many knots as the


sufferer had warts. He recalled a former Town


CnerR of Clitheroe who met


two old men rheumatism.


afflicted with


said the old m^n. One pulled a raw potato from his pocket, the other a different charm.-


‘ We! have tne cure fpr it.’


Clerk, with authority. hYou will never cure rheumatism with silly trickfe like that' [ It’s a nutmeg you [need.’ And he puUed one opt of his [ town pocket;


‘ Nonsense,’ said the Town


—and antiquity t So the witchlery of Clitjheroe


closed round us. I


still the track to the-Castle. Below the citadel, the lime­ stone Cottages of the factory workers took on an air of solid antiquity so different from the drab | terraces' of Accrington and Nelson.


meandered up and dowp; and round about as though it were


We saw that' the main street | [ Tulips appeared by the [road­


, ancient well bubbled in a side street; green [fields looked as though they ! were trying to ,


creep Into the town. ; [ [ Clitheroe can still convince


any stranger i that its stones are as old and strange | as its history. Cottbn' workers [ from the south arrive by hundreds on Bank Holidays to feel the :


magic. |: American tourists stop! here,


too to stare and ponder.| And why not? Did not a local boy named Pullman' make! good in the United States by Inventing the most luxurious form of


rallway travel? one bf the Clitheroe[ Green


side under- thb mills; the|river ran clean and sparkllngi; an ,


Shakespeare [a Priceless National Inheritance


rrHE works of Shakebpeare are a priceless national


And [did not halghs become Governor of


Massachusetts and would have been! President' if somebody hadn’t remembered he was born in England? ” [i


Acreage Payments


T>HE closing date for .thejreceipt of applications for acreage


payments on' wheat, rye (for grain) and potatoes grown to 1948 is 31st, May, 1949, and farmers who 'grew any of these crops for the 1948 harvest but have not yet applied for acreagq payments should; do so mmedl-i


ately.-, ; [


inheritance and it is| good sometimes to pause and feive thanks, and wonder at their marvels,” declared Mrs. Ji H. Fairweather, of Clitheroe, ■ivhen she addressed a joint meeting of the C l i t h e r o e Rotary Club and Inner Wheel at the Starkifi Arms Hotel yesterday week.


I in an Inspiring talk on England’s national poet, Mrs. Fairweather impressed ! her audience by. her . complete knowledge of her subject, land declaimed from memory many ]of Shakespeare’s gireatest


' passages. Shakespeare, she said, came . '


to the' service of drama at; a time when it was becojnlng; a popular form of entertain­ ment,! but it had to compete with other attractions tuch as bear baiting and cock fighting, and Shakespbare had to intro­ duce plenty of variety and rough and tumble.


his plays unnatural murders, battles and fencing nlatches, and other Incidents to draw


Consequently one found |in i.


rrO; our great relief there waS •L a bright moon and; a star­


Oarion C y sts’ Night Run. j Another short shower on the ard run made [ us don


lit sky when wb assembled at midnight on Saturday [for our


wn [to the Buttertubs. Very


little traffic wa,s encountered as we threaded|our way along


the lanes through iWiggles- worth to Settle,^where we had


our ifirst rest.. From; theii on we had the ToadsTo ourselves apart from a solitary car


which rushed sped on pur way to [Ribbie-


head. ' j' '[


become sWclently chilly for us to welcome the opportunity of a walk offered by the long drag up to Newby Head Moss. As we topped the rise the first streaks of daylight enabled us to see the distant- Abbotside Common terra^d .against the skv but as Ive [began the descent of Wlddale! pur , e^ s


The night air had'by now


Keep Dogs Under Control,


W had time for little


broad ribbon pf unrolled before .our, merrily spinning wheels till ^awes lay


^Another brief haft was calfcd


in ! the square, ofi that httie market town and then we rode on towards Hardrawj until we


branched off toi ^tart the climb up the pass] between


Great Shunnet Fell and Lovely <?pn.t


Apart from a;-'short ride i


along a stretch of undulating road we slogged most of the


next few miles on foot breasting thelsummlt of the


climb kt Hood Rlgg. we rode cautlodsly down the yery steep


hill to the Buttertubs. . Selecting a feheltered hollow


by the side of tiie road we took turns at cooking purj ^eakffist over four roaring- primus stoves, and ih a very .ahor time all that Remained of our sumptuous repast aroma of bacon and


rifts in the ground and though most of theih are Ifiaccesslble except by proper [climbing


The Buttertubs


coffee, are deep


was the ,


tackle, we' foimd al^path that led to the bottom j of one, which was duly explored.


Thwalte was followed all soon by the hard


[The long


rather than sheed &e,order of the day. A slight dtlzzle urged


Nateby


steep descent ihade


care to­


us on and in k few minutes we arrived at Klrkby j Stephen, where we ha8 lunch.1


By the time we left, steady


rain had set In, but capes had only to be Worn fpri the first few miles, and at Cautley the rain ceased though,' the nearby peak of The [Calf was covered in low cloud and we could only jiist discern where the Cautley Spout gushed from [its steep slopes. ,


the foot of Winder,!was soon left behind, and after the long drag up Middleton i Common We were able to mfike quite good time on[the run to Ingle- ton, where’ k?e called our final halt for tea.


Sedbergh, [lying; snugly at I I. [ , - '


Keld and ovet Blrkhale Com­ mon, and unfortuhately the subsequent wards


mo p i


(iownhlU run to too


War.iand inake_ good .the ^ i fluence of his Predecessors


xeha tlon


ffiitate the sheep popula- of this country since the


of 4!000,000 sheep arid lambs; In the storms of 1947, a new [ problem now confronts the - Industry, which, unless It can [ be solved quickly, will have a ; serious effect on thfe output frorn our farms.


, Every year thousands of


sheep and lambs are mauled to (featn by worrying dogs and there has been[ such a rapl-1 increase In losses during the oast few years that many farniers, particularly n e a r towns and cities,; have beeni comMed, for e co'noml c^ reasons, to dispose ;of their- entire sheep flocks. '


III the Northern counties'


lastlyear it was estimated that upwards of ; 1,000 sheep and; lambs were lost through dog; wor rying or abortion,-and des-- ; plte appeals: by the [National- Farmers’ Union to ' all dog[ owriers to keep their dogs under strict control, the, posl--


tlori has worsened. Many thousands .of con-;


ard filmb past


sumer meat rations are being- lost! because of this- damage- and the fact that many far­ mers are compelled to reduce their flocks means that many more consumer rations will be lost for the future. -


[.


. by stray dogs and point out that there are? rhahy more


the!continued loss of|food due' to attacks oh our sheep flocks


The N.F.U. are concerned at


■ fanners who are Iriclined to go out of sheep rearing be-: cause of the heavy I financial losses sustained each year, The nation can 111 afford this loss of food for human con-- sumption and ■ the [ problem calls for the utmost! vigilance by' all dog owners, and co-- operation between-the general public and the farmers., [


*'consumption and this Is one Instance ■where the, public themselves can play an im­ portant part in the' drive for Increased meat rations.


[ Agriculture Is making tref ifaiendous efforts to Increase [the output of food ;for home


( : ' . - - ;


HILE farmers have been making great qtrldes to


capes] for a few miles,' but |by the time we reached ^athmel the clouds had cleared away, and the last few miles of the. run back to Clitheroe were’ accomplished at a ’ leisurely pace, [our cyclometers Showing a total of 114 miles when ;we reached home. ;


home'----------- „ , ,, ! ;


Dock] leaving Greenacre Street | ; at 9-6 a.m.


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his primitive audience, but un­ like many of his contempor­ aries, Shakespeare was not content to leave it at that. Whereas - other playwrights inlght create such characters as clowns' who merely per-


'formed somersaults and other ■ antics, Shakespeare wove them inextricably into his plays and covered them with beauty.


I was becoming increasingly: [conscious of England’s great­ ness and of her ta ^ in the


PATRIOTIC SPEECHES His audience was; one that


h world, and so we had that series of plays that covered


weather went on,, elaborate scenery and lighting effects left very Uttle to - the audi­ ence’s Imagination. Shake-


In modern days, Mrs. Fair- .


1 spear’s plays were staged op a bare platform, and the poet had to describe .the scene through the mouths -ot his actors, but he turned the diffi­ culty into an added attraction with lovely descriptions of


nature.


fronfr curtain had; Rs-effect upon his plays, for there was no curtain to drop after a (dramatic ending.;


Similarly the absence of a „ 'Head


' plays to avoid this ludicrous gfpgct.


bodies could not get up and walk off ,the stage at the end of ' the ‘ performance, and Shakespeare had to order, his


never ended with the feeling that death was final, but that it was a chapter in a greater


As ' a result, his tragedies ' whole. , ; ' GENIUS PREVAILED


Shakespeare was not always the complete master of his


craft, and In- his Plays one could trace the period of apprenticeship, when he fol­


lowed the style of earlier dramatists. “ Love’s Labour Lo s t” was somewhat artificial, but “ Midsummer Nights Dream” showed the trend of Shakespeare’s genius. This play showed how he was shak­ ing himself free from the In-


and drawing full-blooded characters from real life.


' “ The Merchant; of Venice ” was another play which illu­ strated the surge of his genius. There was an outburst of anti- Semitic feelirig, and - Shake- sp6£Lr6 decided to satisfy his audience, beginning by draw- ihg the character of Shylock on the lines of Marlowe’s “ Jew of Malta.” But he could not think of Shylock for - long without getting -“ under his skin” and seeing him as he really was, a representative or a wronged and^ persecuted race, spat upon (and abused down the Centuries and now longing for revenge. One saw why Shylock had become what he was, and- when he was defeated and broken and stumbled out- of ;the courts a tragic figure; ones sympathies were-with hlrii._ ;


The trend of S h a k e ­


- works. of ' the great Greek tragedian Euripides. !


Shakespeare knew how to create the tragic hero, a man more good than bad but with a weakness In his character which a combination of clN cumstances [threw to the top. Macbeth was a murderer with the soul of a poet, and the play showed the degeneration of a character so full of


By ' instinct and genius,


■possibilities. Shakespeare showed how in


o i l t h t m " W n d e r f u l " a n (l H y o u r d B c r l i t l o : Is w e ll w i t h i n


the punishment of a wrong the Innocent were swept along in the trqgedy and the [results were out of all proportion to the offence, such as it was In


' !


real life. His plays pointed to the


InscrutablUty of circumstances but although for a time they seemed to Indicate that there


was no moral government of the Universe they showed that in the end nature seemed to revolt against evil and [cast it out.


feel your a^es sl p froni you. N^lets caim^raggcu ■ s lip f r o m y o u !


speare’s genius [ was towards tragedy, and there was no . period in litera,ture to com­ pare with that of Shake­ speare’s tragedies except the


; almost - the whole period - of [English! history and marked [the birth of English patriot­ ism in literature.


: shaU never dare to laugh again at CUtheroe’s repu­ tation for witchcraft. This grey little town u n d e r


is ‘^BewitchM


Violepce l!si His


yiOLENCE has more ex)»ouents—fromllui extreme, to [Carmen M riuida at the


a young man named Rich »rd Widmark, ‘ THE STREEIJ WITH NO


none of the necessary qualifications.! Mr. Widmark- first 'Wip;d


gun aggressively in ' tha semi-documentary, “ Kis i , Death,’.’ and repeats the f )ri in this slick, f^st moving ster melodrama which [also follows the dodumentary pattern and obtains ah effective Ife^lism m theiprocea. Mr. Widmark Is the gan Stevens


hership of :the gang. I t is I an e x c i t i n g battle,' with


chief, I'.B.I. W 'J lO h i s mto


and man


tricks way mem-


Mark


mx‘ WEEK F i l m


business


iphrcy Bogart at one otker—than any other


screen attribute and seem44b have parti(|ularly nastyj recruit in who as thej killer ;in


NAME,” (Kinfc Lime) appears to lack


uncanny, compelling film about a man who believes himself the reincarna,tion of a long-dead He has a fon-dness for Rennaisance costumes women-friends (Miss looks Temarka’


Venetian, designing for Bontoey ini! them


;ster the


Tories Clit


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/ nonservaIti District Cou


, !C. F. Clay tori, aji oldest in length ! at Wiialley p p l the seat held bsT


oly well and there is alto a matter of murder to be explained An - exciting Brit-


WljlAL)LEY ish [ film which revives memories


'S


Lloyd Nolan and Barbara Lawrence ]()r(


mm-


ent among th^ onlopkers. “ Summer Lightning.” A pair


of mules and their antics provide the humans with stefn (Minpeti- ■tion in^ this delightful ftoiry of Lon McAllister's a[tteiOTt| to train two mules which" he has acquired at [ considerab e ( self- sacrifice. Mr. McAllb ter, a farmer’s son, j has a foi m^daple task in protecting both h s mules and his sweetheart, June Haver, from the attentions of hte un­ pleasant step-brother,


| The


settings are enhanced by beauti­ ful colour and those fine s iport- ing players, Anne* Revere and Walter i Brennan help gijeafly to sustaining charm.;


the film’s diittoctive Carryinr cn the


PALLADIUM Monte legend,


Hayward swashbuckles as “ The Son of Monte and has an exciting rescuing a small Europf from the clutches of its dictator and j restoring [t ful mbnarch to .the Asked for financial assistance by (the dictator,,Oristo dcjcjqes on lirivate inyestigatlori


S


giving his aid, and on di iC(|yering the real state of aflair, his assistance towards the Queen | and he: Minister regain power, play and Intrigue are


„_____ my. _ ,


into a lively story wh its pace. Mr. Haywf r- dashing Crsto, ’Joan responds prettily as


but if. its acting you’re man to watch is Georgt the dictator. His ii villainy put over with £ n pir.


“ The First Gentlemai


entertainingly into the past to provide a polished stuJy] of the life of one Of the less reputable figures of English hiitqry—the


Wikee Regent. Cecjl


mixes light and shade his clever portrayal selfish, arrogant .repro became one of the oi


is to - o u is artily


tjristo,” i


time to aii State ruthless lej right- thr


ijural England during the days of the -war, is the re- Dotlage To Let,” a brisk,


cessf il


well-kctEd adaptation of ithe suc- tage thriller. The story a German plot to dis-


cover the secrets of an invention .bijilliant, though eccentric


of Britith scientist, I cleverly por-


■trayed by Alistair 81m, and there are nlenty of entertaining side- issU^ chief among them George GoleS 'dev^tating study of a Cockney in‘.the countryside. John Mills and Michael Wilding are I also involved.


"The Unfinished Dance” a ;acular ■ Technlcolored story the ballet, has Margaret


[


O'Brien as a young ballerina ' whoie c.evotion to danseuse Cyd Charlssb almost causes the death a 'rival star,! Karin Booth, in Miss Booth!joins the ballet


company, young Margaret decides to embarrass her by pluiigin; the stage into darkness' duriilg' her debutl Instead she acciden-ally pulls,[a switch which sends : Miss Boqth through a Stase trap': door; -injuring her spir e to subh an 'extent that she > is to t f.ble: to dance again. More imfort£,nt than !the story , how­ ever aro the superbly staged


-rone, and “ I'aust.”


ballet Lake,’’


The immovable -


.URiNLEY object and the ir- , risistable fo r c e


[placid


collide lane expert! Sincla: stakd - pan


f acted adaptation of the r Lewis (novel—about, a judge -who marries a


noisily to “ Cass Tlmber- (Empire). a polished,


ic yoiing girl and finds his way of [ life completely Spencer Tracy, the


and Lana .Turner, his gay wife, find married life


!fr4ugljit with problems and


I aipong those who proffer help' Zachary Scott, Tom Drake


arid Mary Aston Savoy.—“ Night Song.” has


Dana Andrews as a blind com-


l[ pcJser who is befriended by music I lover , Merle jOberon. After


! stern ,y scenes; , Mr. Andrew's alows hJs pride and, allows


characters o f . the ,e century. Amy Pranli .as the Princess Charlotte, the Regent’s embittered, frustrated wife: Jean, Pierre Aumont; as the inpover- ished Prince Leopold in love with the Regent's daughter, and Margaretta Scott as the Regents ; “ favourite” are prommelnt in a . distinguished cast. The, richly ornate background ol agency Brighton provides an .ffiective


setting.


.[ j An interesting British [


GRAND [film which sets ouj;; to give a; c laoce to a ;


number of; younger iiqyers is "My Sister And L” an enter-: 'taining adaptatibn of; th; Emery


'Bonett noVel, “ High i’ayement.” A small provtoicial town is .the ' setting for [this story, >f a young scenic designer, Smly Anne Howes, who is persuae.ed to stay at the hoine of! M am a Hunt' and Barbara [: Mu leh, ' two eccentric sisters! who untertaln a hearty dislike [ to ! e ich other.; Both Derniot Walsh', prcjducer at ; the local repertory; theatre, and Patrjek Holt, !a sojicjtor, ' are attracted to Miss Howes, and all three are ! suspected I of murder when Miss Hunt is found dead. ■ Hazel Cokrt, 'Joan Rees and Michael Medwto lead, a|| talented supporting cast.


“ Corridor of ’ Mirrprk” has a'


curious history. [ A So ith African actress—Ednana Ropiey—con­ fident enqugh [to want; to start her screen career a; ,the top, helped to' adapt the qtory and when she'and prod,U( er] Rudolph Cartier failed to interest British studios in jit they took a| company to-Paris and made it there. With Eric Portman a? Mif s [Romney's co-star, they 'have created an


|! Miss Oberon to help him with hi!, career, finding romance and' miet-ng.with success when his concerto Is , performed to Ciirritegle Hall. [ Ethel Barrymore ar d Hoagy Carmichael head an excellent; supporting cast and tb e music is provided by Artur Rpbi&tein and the New York armonic Orchestra.


Phili Gland.—“ River Lady” is a


/Yyoine De Carlo is the young £dj who divides her time be­


hiaity Techriicolored , lumber- jacking story of the Mississippi.


tween trying'.to monopolise the tlM e r trade [and getting her hinps on Rod -Cameroq, a husky li.mberjack,, who scorns her and n,allies Heleria. Carter.! Dan Euiyea is the [cunning villain of piece. To help -the j excite-


rneiit, there is a log-jam and s ivirpl fights in which iumber- juccs are felled as regularly as


tfe&. T h e [h ig h


Blackburn drama [ of a m a g n i f ic e n t


aclievement is told with [dignity anil be'autiful.restraint in; “ Scott cf the Antartm ” (Rialto), a fine, I loving account of Captain cott's expedition to the South 'o!,e. The [long, gruelling .trudge


pv(T a vast white desert, ; the litter disappointment of Scott ,n i his comrades when they die cover that the Norweglari


Amunsden has reached .the gom t, and the expeditions tragic-


np only a few miles from safety,


is related with a simple, compell-. ng directness which achietes its ibpect -without any obvious iti ivihg- after effect.' John Mills Scott, [ Harold Warrender. irek Bond and 'James Robert


-op Justice head a; distinguished it,


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Sharp [ was retunl head of the poll aa Parkinson [ takes it| Mr. J. Green, who ( ie-'electlon.


; [


percentage poll Chatburn 81.8 of 11 ate recorded thelrl at ’Whalley 60 per [


■ IVlswell had; [t|


Sharp, 286; E. A. I 271:!iJ. IV. Thompl


The results were! ebatburn (two' s i


Mary Troop,. 652; I 577; '*A.' Brooks,! Starkle, 260. Wiswell arid Lil


F. M; Robinson, -24(| wiialley (three'.


(one seat): C. Pfen F.': Clayton, 157. [1


ley: Fr. F. N. Vava land-wIth-Leagran Chipping: R.- ElUd ham' and Twistonq R . ' Assheton: Pec Holgate; Thornlel Wheqtley: j. M.l Worston and M| Parker.


' Unopposed retur| Aighton, Bailey


[ 'PARISH COUll Tliere were no[


five bf the eight pd ells [In the CllthS District. At Chat! ever,' there were 15]


Pearl Assi Mi{[ G.' R. L.


the yalue of regular! _ belieyed''. that [liel nationaliib.tlon pr6bo[ desirp. to [control,the of yoluntary insurari- which-may well be - with; 'a. proper regai best.' interests of holders.


F.C.I.S., Chairman I'( Assurance Company a statement on the operations during 19[ to the threat to nait! Industrial Life Offlet in the recent statemei issued ‘ by the t i\ Executive. He pointi there- was no atte: Executive to appraise ipofsition’! of'' indii assurance and that) Industrial Life Offldqi made the people minded and had [ti


’ [ [


I In .the two Llfej I t h e


' Company i


amounted to over £ l | and [total sums assqre- b o n u s e s ' now' £400 millions,


rate of bonus declqri creased to £ l ' 4s. l O i £100-sum assured. -i I n ' the ' Industrial


In .the Ordinary j


voluntarily allocated trial Branch polic; £14,725,507 since th e . Fresh [ (developmem


reported a further ;n the expense ratio. [ bonus were malnta year’s allocation to (£1,'374,370) brought !


Accident Insurance Company's business place and operations extended to include' se | classes of business no; transacted. The usual valukti-


Company's; Stock [Ex| vestments showed to margin over and Balaric0( Sheet values Investments Resei intact. [ , ,


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