• 1 ' ^ : ■ '


Away As Could


Iheir amongst! the debating


j i in a tearcuj)',^ is regarded le Mother oi iParliaments I d e r s never! cease. • I t l-iGovernnient jwas the sole


l l about ? , jrhe use of a r


inmeht mustj get rid of Lord Ion as Chairnlan of the Dock


'i- ■' I]' ■ ‘ r


|Mr'Attlee “ takes no action Iroiible at th!e.'docks ; may I a i r over again.” For his


■ji, •


Jddedi ‘Wheth^ Lord Ammon lis later attitiiSe had .the full lo r t' of the members of. the


Id, seems to be! open to doubt, Ih ' may well ■ have been


k Board, as he had on the le r statement issued by - the


Tied by the tihie this appears Irint.; 1


;!


|e neither they nor their Irgency Powers seem to have I the smallest .effect.


asons F o r I Return


ie effect than! anything done ■the , Government.First, the


t o reasons for returning to Iwork seem to| have had much


■e assured I the , Canadian Ike had been called off to this , Iritry lby Mr. Harry Davis, the Isideht of the', I Canadian I Sea- Vs Union, whose strike began i trouble over I here. ! 'y


|al , strikers dame .to realise t public opinidn lyas decidedly ; nst them, anh, secondly,'they


[it Lord Amihon’s, case apart, ^ dockers haye ended the Ice at their owh time and in . r own way, Wdving the Gov- nent^ in a perfect quandary,


i I '■


id to I go b k k io fo rk ,, since Iwere in effec,t|an ultimatum Be Government. “ If that is bted and they! {the strikers) . Ttheh we are lin a bad wky.”


Lord' Ammiib. announced tie could not Accept the con- . (IS on' which ,tiie dockers had


! ■


Strict Water Must Bti Observed


i j BE


Waterworks Chairman Warns Council s e r i o u s n e s s if


■ and economy restrictions might have to imposed,


Tuesday Town Gp.—---------


s meeting of Clitheroe auncll by Councillor


’ ---------


Clitheroe’s water suppljy. wa|rning that if strl ' was not exercls


F Dugdile, chairman of the was emphasised ^


Water Works, ,a n d ' Estates Commltiee.


Council; .Councillor Dugdale made a strong appeal ' for ecohomj in the use of water and the ugh his appeal wis success! ll, the heavy demand coupled with the lack of rain was qi lckly depleting the the reservoir


At thi last meeting of the stock in


tervals, between July 13 and 22 was l i Inches and normally that wo ild have made a con- slderabl; difference -to the level Ir the reservoir. The amount in stock on Tuesday was ony 7i million gallons comparf d with the usual 12i.


The r iin which fell at In­


lor iDuraale “the weekly loss averaged 150,000 gallons but ih the absence of heavy and continuous rain, the average this we;ek will ;be more, like 200,000 jallons, and I feel the


“Prevously,” said Council­


restrlctljons. It of prud mce not


cussion. , '


decided ilpon changing, the name following .the receipt of a petition signed by 55 resi­ dents of the street.


The Highways Committee ! ■ -''I*. . ■ ' :


Councillor P. Dugdale said the name of Wilkin was an ancient one and its origin was lost In the mists of antiquity. Although ! there ’ was un-, doubtedly' a popular demand In .that locality I for the change of name, there were probably 'other people who would regret the disappear­ ance of!the old name of Wil­ kin.


■Moving ithe reference back.


dale Alderman J. H. Satter- thwaite said he regretted to see the old names fading out and it would be better if they could prevent well-meaning to-vnspeople from demolishing t.iem.


Supporting Councillor Dug­


time hajs now come to .Impose would be lack to do so.


recomirend this course but whethe) It rains or not there Is Ian urgenjt need for econom y. The majority of the respond ' to these


“ I a b very reluctant to


public appeals the few


!


_his, 6f coursej made the two ! la c k ” Canadian ships "white", i


I general Swretary "of the: Jinsport and'General lA(orkers'


lion, and , other prominent |de union leaders who stand by legitimate Itrade machinery


J the settlemqht of disputes, to |tle among tnemselves; before can-regalh full authority,


Id file. Their object has been I maintain thdir authority un- Ipaired, so t^at they ;wUl be lognised as I'the real’; leaders bet fimej” If they are, ,we may well hand i'over to .the Com- nists without further ado. But


fhe strike, leaders have re- ned their hold over the rank


!


lin , f arid s o '^ b l e d .them to | ■clears. ■ Theiauthority of the . i Ike 1 leaders was “ abundantly. ! lield,” which leaves a i pretty, |blem for, Mr] Arthur Deakin,


tlnued “ Is- Wli now w Clltheroi Its owr pletely and th one m: during


“The


J (A'ssui that hf of the Mayor, ton, sa take


back, Alderman W. Wilkinson remarked ,th*t he thought the new naiiie was very appro­ priate and It was amazing that the'petition was 100 per cent. In recent years Salford and Back Commons, had been re-named and he would like to see this proposal carried.


Opposing the reference


but there are always who Ignore them,


about a'fortnight ago ;y have, taken nearly illllon gallons from us that period.’!


'[lolly deiiendent upon le for its water supply, supply dried up corii-


main problem,” con- Counclllor Dugdale, lalley . which Is now


ulng ,ld


'people withoul


"A


Jure, the Government emerge f th still less credit.


I the Transport and General brkers' Union! have cut a sorry


|ok the' stffl of declaring a fate of emergency and obtaining le necessary,powers to deal with j from' Parliament, and. Uien oceededj.to do what ? Precisely


[fthing. j; i


i: Having cilled into being the right to'invoke force, the next part the Government! played


was to! run I away as hard as, ithey could,| which is the last 'thing a remonsible Goyern-


inent is expected to doi Homing


!Clitheroe Homing Society held first'ybung| bird race on Sat- ^


irday from Crewe. Thirty com- letltors entered 360 birds which ^re liberated! at 12.50 p.m. in a


;ht north w'ihd. Result of the


ace was ;' R| J. Driver, 814 a.; 'allbank ' and . C'ottam, 812a;


lurgess-, and Son, Lo.w Moor, lla;


Vf. breaks, 811 abed;


(allbahk' aiic, Cottam 806; E. hrgreaves 8('6; H, Seed 802; ■ R. Scott 801; J. Scott 796; I'J.


thd position] put flyinf distance !ot yet to hand.


ith 793 abed.; J. Crook, Old .1,- ,'HorrocKsford, won pools


Dhatburn.|-'n the race from 1r ! ! BS3.06; 7!0.


66.52a; 3, A. Robinson and Son Hatfield' 829.44.


1 |The old b: Continental


fttkinsop Bbthers.


IVhalley and District.—Parker ros., 749; 747, 742; Hargreaves


Tewe, flrstl a n d : second place' ent to 1 G. Speak 866.52a;


rd average and the a;terage w',as won by


Show, From


5 Got Ter W eek


IS - Swimvool -Horses - Beach - Lakeland Trips ' ' - So Mod


$ For So LiUlo


MIDDLEYoH 'lOWtrt HOLIDAY CAMH, nr. MOHECAMB.E LOANS


lOans; ^ans. Loans. by] THIS 80OTTY '


TH oir V7ITHO0T 6EOUBITY £ip to £1,000


, Call.'V?:lte or Phobe 6492. | ie|»gh&District


ILend^ Societyltd- LIBRARY 8T.. BL/»CKBUBH.


J. C SNDTH


AUqilOMEER S VALUER STANtEV HOUSE.


J THEROE Tel. 400


iSalei ofiPrjperfy .and Fumifu'*' V ! I vhdertalcen. ; i V


ValuaHont'for aK'purp«»** 11 .


6, CIITHEROE’S LEADING] STATIONERS Advertiser & times Sr


CLITHEROE ■ .1 ■


FOUNTAIN PENS, PROPELLING PENCILS GEOMETRY SETS, PAINTS, | TEXT BOOKS STATIONERY, . BOOKSi RULERS, INKS LEATHER GOODS . .


• • GIFTS


ACCOUNT BOOKS, ' FILES AND OFFICE MQUISITES .


Service with the PERSONAL-touch as pre-war ! MARKET PLAGE, . GLITHEROE'


lable to'.mace up .their minds. ' lldom, if.evcr'iin the history of Ibbur reltao:is have the public Itnessed Isucil an exhibition of leakness ,1 and procrastination, fith great'bfavado the'Govern- lent (while' Ireally trembling)


_'rom the fi 'st .they have been ! hee


jd of: the warnings, the might find themselves water. I ',


Councillor I. T. Rush- _ that if they did not


had tpe full support other members, the


_ Councillor Dugdale i re<


that be cha;


\ilLKIN-STREET ;ommendatl6n by the


Highways Committee ;lie- name Wilkin-street .iiged to Hlghfleld-road.


Ten-Shilling Fines A motor-cyclist, John Stan­


was referred back for further consideration following a dis­


GUIDE NOTES A'',


the Interesting events quickly. First of all I am pleased to


. 'the moment news Is plentiful so let "Us ITave


hear that the Whalley Com^ pany h ^ been re-opened un­ der the leadership of Miss Leach. She has 24 keen girls but no Lieutenant to help, so If anyone feelS inclined to lend a 'h a n d please contact Miss


r^nd three companies from iClftheroe have been under 1 canvas by the' time these


I Leach at 'Wiswell. Camping news is to the fore


notes appear: .Second Clitheroe Parish- Church Guides set out early on Friday morning at 6 a.m.


' They journeyed quite com­ fortably in one ' of Oswald Rowes’ vans, with all their equipment and baggage. Their


FOR BRUAIN’I


TORY POUCY BY RICHARD FORT


“ tpHE Rlgjit Road for. Britain ^ call our official policy. ' Mr


■


■destination was . Anglesey! ■which they reached about, 21 p.m. . A lovely spot two mllCs from- Amlwch. From the camp they could see the .ships passing to and from Liverpool and they also caught a glimpse of the Isle of Man.


' The following day it- rained solidly for 24 hours but all kept warm and dry and the rain was welcome and refresh­ ing.


the '!fact that this Company has only camped at week­ ends and all went smoothly, the girls working as a team. The only mishap was a jug of custard, which somehow got knocked over and more h ad ’to be made.


The camp was pitched on arrival In spite of


Dean-street, Ilkley^ was at Clitheroe County Magistrates Court oh Monday 'fined 10s. for falling to obey traffic signals at Whalley.!.


ley Rlshworth, (26), of 21,


.Thomas Reed (57)', motorist of 269, Upper 'Town-street, Bramleyi and on Philip Riley (65), motorist of 166, Corn- wall-avehue.


A lOsj fine for i'a similar offence I was imposed on


'


mission agent of ,287, Lower- house-lane, Burnley, was fined 10s. for hot having two white lights showing at the front of his motor car at 11.55 p.m. on June 13.' I t was stated that a junction'.box and the wire from it had broken'.


Bernard Howard (44), com.


service at the lovely old Church of Llaneilian—the Rector commending them, for their smart appearance and good singing. Visits were made to Amlwch, South Stack lighthouse, and to reach this, 1,000 steps had tq be climbed. Holyhead was one of th6 places visited on a tour round three sides of the Island.


On Sunday they attended


I camp was struck on Friday the 22nd, and cricket was played to prevent any feeling of downiheartedrie^s while they awaited the arrival of the van to'- take them back to Clitheroe.


full of the 1st. Clitheroe Guides who were following on for the next week.


This arrived about 3 p.m.


Into the van and reluctantly told the driver to, set off homewards. Clitheroe was reached abou't 11 p.m. and out tumbled a happy, bwnzed and


They : packed ' themselves


healthy troop, full of plans were to go next year. Let’s hope the 1st. Clitheroe have just as good a week.


..holiday week and wen't to Hetton near Grasslngton with their captain. Miss Reeday. So far' no more news has reached me—but more anon.


Wesley Guides were also In a camping mood during the


Everyone was sorry when’


■ not we shall have bad unem-j ployment, nor shall we be ablei to pay for our Social Services' or raise bur standard of' living.'


Socialists in the vulgar way' in which they often speak of' Conservatives. But we do point out that four.iyears ,ofi Socialism has not helped, England to ■ undertake the, great task of paying- its way. In the world;' Socialism In' •practice has been slow moving and inefficient. The Industries already national­ ised have given us dearer coal, transport, electricity and gaS. So our prices have had to be put up. That has made it more difficult to sell our goods abroad as well as raising, the cost of living at home.


Our: policy doqs not abuse!


has wasted money in many ways and especially In some of Its bulk buying of food and raw materials. The wasted money has had to be raised by heavy taxation.


The Socialist Government


large! sums by studying de­ tails of Government expendi­ ture and' stopping the waste and extravagance. This can be done without cutting down any essential expenditure. What we shall do will be to make sure that every penny, is carefully and wisely spent.


Conservatives will save very


spending less it will not have to tax , so heavily. Lower taxes'will mean-that we shall have: more money- left In our, pockets each week. That will' encourage us to work harder and make more, at the right prices which is what- the country needs to overcome its difficulties. We shall be able ■to lower the Purchase Tax and with It the cost of living. Assessment and collection of Income Tax ought to be looked into especially to see what more- can be done to help parents and married couples.


When the Government Is ! SOCIAL SERVICES


to safeguard and Improve the Social Services with money saved by cutting out Govern­


The Conservative policy Is “ EAGLE EYE.’


says Fordson Farmer


Sooner or later you will have your Fordson Major fitted with a Power Lift;' why not now — in time for autumn work? WiA a power; lift


you could speed up work with the Major’s;big range of mounted implements,! including the F-R Plough, the F-R| Potato Digger and the Fordson Tool Bar Imple­ ments. Ask us to demonstrate the Hydraulic Power Lift for you and show you a few of the many ways it saves time, labour and money.


'


Burrows & Seed Lid.


Burnley Bond, j Colne I '


I Postal Arrangements For Bank Holiday ON Monday, August 1, the


mental extravagance ! and waste.- The constantly'rising prices of everything since the war have reduced the value of cash; Benefits. and ' pensions. By getting England on its feet again- economically we shall stop the steady rise of prices. Then cash benefits and pen­ sions will keep their value. ,


be open from 9 a.m. to 10-30 a.m.' for the the transaction of all classes of business.


Clitheroe'Post Office will


livery and parcels (both town and rural) and the evening collection will be made in the town areas on a Sunday. The letter' boxes in the rural area will be cleared in the course of the morning delivery.


There will be a morning de­ The final clearance of the


letter box at the Clitheroe post office will be made at 7-45 p.m. for the general night mall despatch. The town sub-post offices


that: “The Right Road for Britain ” Included proposals for Improving Pensions. These were! originally made by the Clitheroe Division Conserva­ tive Association at last yearns Conservative Conference, |


I was very Interested to see


will be closed all oay. Pensions and allowances due


for payment on Monday, August T, at town sub-offices will be paid out a week In ad­ vance. Pensions and allowan^


ces payable at Clftheroe post- office will also be paid on the due date between 9 a.m. and 10-30 a.m.


from telephone kiosks at all 'times.


Telegrams may be dictated


...tributions except to Indus­ trial Injuries Insurance. '


. The! present t,est for nori-coh- tributory pensions for those


Disqualified From Drivirig And Fined Five ^ound§


■piINES totalling £5 were- Imposed on Jack Har­


greaves (35), butcher and farmer of 15, Major-street, Accrington, by Clitheroe County Magistrates on Mon-^ day He was also disqualified from driving for a year.. Harf- greaves pleaded guilty to using an unlicensed motor


van: fraudulently using a Road Fund'licence and using a motor- van not having In


the' Road Fund licence P.C. Peake f 0 u n d^ It


referred to another vehicle. When this wm; pointed, out Hargreaves explained tnavne


had to deliver some birds at Whalley but the vehicle he in­ tended to lise broke down,.and rather than leave; the b lr^ overnight in their crates,, he transferred the licence to another vehicle: ■


ley, of Blackburn, .said Har­ greaves had' two vehicles both of which Were lic'enswwfl in­ sured, 'and' another, -yihlch', he.


Defending. Mr. J. A. Duiger-


Hargreaves was Involved in,an accident, at 12 o’clock at night In Mlttoil-rbad, 'Whalley, on Juns 4. On 6X&niinlng


force a policy of, Superintendent Iddon said


Intended to have converted into a farm tractor. One of the Insured vehicles was being re­ paired at a garage, and the other one broke down when he required; to use it to deliver 230


birds in!crates to a farmer at Whalley. ,


]' :


has paid sufficient money to the' country to tax and Insure two vehicles, and I ask the magistrates to bear in mind thei great hardship which will be caused should his licence ibe taken away said Mr. Dun- kerley. !


“ Here ls,a case where a man


second charge was by far the more serlohs said Lady Wors- leyrTaylor, presiding, atad Hargreaves would be fined £3 for that, and £1 on each'of the' other charges, and dis­ qualified for. a year; :


The Bench'; considered the i


Mmlstef 6'fr ACTlcultufe ga'vA a waAing • lhat the, agrlcmtiijral expansiortl 'plan launched two years’tigo i^ In grave dangetjpf


EXPANSION PLAN CRISIS Ip[:^> ,br6Eidcast- talk the


i.fallihg, and ..descilbed [[the slttiatlbn a s " a : crisis In '[Our


plan's and hopes for agricul- ' ture.’^


to attend-to a smaller but still important! pension matter.


Conservatives are pledged


tive Government would aliov anyone who has;been insured for five years before July, 1948, to draw 10s. a week pension at 65 if a man or 60 if a woman, without retiring from work. At 70 or; 65 they would jdraw fhe full 26s. a week without any addition for working the five years as undgr the present Retirement j Pen­ sions. Anyone who worked the 5 years drawing 10s.'a week, wotild not have to pay any weekly insurance con-


For example a Conserva­


honest If It Is to act aright! o'ver 70 for the benefit of our country.' So the policy begins by re- ] minding us that we must sell' our goods abroad at prices,' foreigners will pay. If, we do!


hope Mr. Churchill’s vigorou repeated and least true Conservatives have no policy. ' A political party must be


! of


sipport a l l


REVIEWED Is wha.t we Conservatives


Churchill as Leader of the


Conservative Party wrote,the P(ireword| to the' pamphlet and has spoken recommending ;t.he policy to the voters. I


'Ill s to p .the most iclfillst crabbliig;


uvci lu assumes high rates of interest is earned on capital vihlch is completely: but of Aate.'


place to. reopening beds and Improving the lot] of nurses. They will also make bj law all National Health] hospitals take in acutely sick patients. By some curious qlilrl: of the present law, hospitals do not have to do this. .A


me with, present ! rates hich; "Will help the pen-


shall bring! these in


A n eam| up to 45s. Instead of tne present 30s. a week !wlth- out losing on her pension'. We shall alSo allow women] with dependeiits who are drawing retirement pensions to earn {Os. a' vveek Instead of the iresent 20s. without deduct­ ion froi|:j their pension;


We shfill alter the law so that a widow' with children


servative policy ' |abc ut the Social Services , so fully be­ cause they take' up more space In “ The Right Road for Britain” than any b'bh ir single' subject. 'Whenever the Conser-: vatlves have fbrmed a'-jovem- ment their record his beeni excellent about improving the! Social Services. So we havei set out in an Appehdlj: a short history of what we have done. The Information [there will' help to show what lies the Socialists tell about iae Con­ servative lack of'Interest In' Social Services:


I ' have described Ithe Con­ ' THE CONTRACT


Jripps; jhas already warned he nation that a special tax lay have to be charged If the leal-th Services ar? extrava- :antly hsed. Conservatives ire also worried about the ex- Iravagance. They are de- ;ermined that the money 'pent oil the Health Service ihall give full value! and ■eally benefit those who are lost in peed of attention and


The Socialist, Chancelior of Exchequer, Sir Stkflord


now about every detail of our. Conservative policy.' But 'I shall be speaking |abcut it for many months to comp helped all the time by my Cpnserva-


tive friends who wllljhavp the same enthusiasm!for It as :I have.' The Lord Beal erbrooks and such like! old fishloned folks are already I saj ing that Conservative' policy ; is: much too like the Soclall's^in some respects. No doubt 'Socialists will take up this cry so as to confuse the vjiters.


.............................. 'jTr


Jreatment. -As an example of ihls we shall restore the ichool Dental Scheme jwhlch las falien Into a bad way


bn the family doctor and we Ihall protect his rights


The whole scheme depends


more [fully than they lire protected. at present. •;Ve. shall allow him to'pres- iribe drugs for his private "hts who will be able to


through lack of proper irrangements In the National 'ealth Service as it Is now.


;et Aem free of charge In the >ame way as the patients who ire in thq State scheme.


'aospltal service for all needs lannot be done In the life ;lme of our Parliamdnt. But as a step towards this goal conservatives will give first


Setting up a fully equipped


marked between our Conser-^ vatlve policy and; th ! lack of any Socialist poll ;y. All through our policy rims a be­ lief in self-reliance; and eh- terprlse which j n .ust be helped and supported In some of the ways I have m^entloned. Mr. Churchill empha ilsed .this point when he was recom­ mending the poRcy recently, He said “We shall return to a system which provides Ip centlves for effort, self denial, Initiative and gooc. house­ keeping.” One looks in vain for any such: thopgnt among Socialist outpourings


In fact the; contras t is very


' The first Socialist reaction to our policy has,been to roar angrily. They wlU'be wonder Ing more what has hit them as more and more leople get to know about the Conservar tlve policy set out In “ The Right Road for Brit iln.”


25 YEARS AGO


PEEPS INTO THE! PAST so YEARS AGO


Extracts from our issue August 1,1924.


included unemployment and the continued depressions In the cotton4.rade, the deslrii- blllty of growing more cottog in the colonies, holidays with pay and the introduction of] a 48-hour week.


■niSCUSSICiNS a m 0 n „ Clitheroe textile workers


Pendle Hill included visitors from Berlin; New York and Kansas City.


t


of Lady Rlbblesdale, and £1,000,000 heiress of John Jacob Astor was married .to Prince Oblensky, decendant of an ancient Russian famuy. Three wedding ceremonies were performed, one at Prln- ces-row Registry Office, Buckingham Gate: a secopd at the Chapel Royal, Savoy, and a third at the F.usslan Church In Buckligha,m Palace-road.


Miss Alice Astor, daughter j


th e . English speaking world was stuplfleld to find that what was considered ari age p i advancement-fcan age i which scorned the ‘brutalities” pf and pretended to be well ahead of the Victorian jperlpd. was I capable of perpejtratlng the -most gigantic piece of folly In human historyj


Ten years ago this week-end 1


nations are far apart. Rlvalir. and Ill-will and' all un­ charitableness, and the spirit


To-day, after ten yedrs; the of contest—these things pre­


vail to such an. extent that.the question is asked “ Who is]to win the peace?”


of strife, and five yeafs af[er the Armistice Its attainment still .remains the. p::lnclpal employment of European statesmen.


Peace, like war, is a matter


armed camp, and in quarters where least expected prAara- tlo'n goes steadily on for war —of which everybody I is heartily sick and yet of which so few appear, to be lablej to lift so much as an Effective little finger to prevept.” |


Meanwhile Europe Is an Appointments to the Vfpst


Riding County Bench Inclnded Mr E. Hargreaves of (5rlndle- ton and Captain B. W. Heaton, of Closes Hall, Boiton-by- Bowland.


maip. before Clitheroe ,Sch6ol- chlldren depart for 'Wemwey, they are already betraying ■the keeness of their Apedta- tion. At a meeting] of jthe Education Committee It was stated that


Although six weeks yet |re-


- Clitheroe Grammar Schpol. ; Obituary: The Re r. jjjhn


1 . A Quaker pilgrimage jio


Extracts from our issue of July 28, 18991


“


accordance with ]ln! tructloas waited upon the jMi sters l^sli Friday evening at ihe "Towr.


Weavers’ Association, Ir deputatioi. of thf


Hall and, as a rest It, It / agreed to run until Saturda noon Instead' of cea ilng wpr] on the Friday evening, a-m recommencing wbrk on Mon day morning week, .nstead the previous Friday momln


only applies for this year, Md It is understood a ]mjetlng bef tween the parties w 11 be hrid next years, ■ prior to holll- days of any kind, 11 conslqe what steps snail be taken the f,uture; '


“The, agreement, howevt


Ing to be held next 7car Is for the purpose of CDnsldermg th? advisability of iohtlnmn| the arrangement \rhereby -full week is given n Augus'


“ We' understand the meetl- Tha can’t


make a silk purse out of j


k sow’s i k ’ ‘ Who th’ heck wants'a silt purse


onyhqw?’ said Alf Hi^onj ‘AH’d \ : aythef cut a bit furtlier btek an’ haVe bit b’ bacon.’ ‘ Itis nobbut a sayin’i’ said Owd snack.'* It m;ans tha jeonnot make a


- vise mob out of a tupyed.’ V(]ell,’ said sAly Platt, ‘ V7hy not ;ay so instead o’] muckin’ about wi’ i )igs an’ silk puirses ? Por|th’ length 0’


ime Kb handle my brass Ah don’ if. Ah keep it in a1 sugar b)ag.,’ .


An’ why?’


but the Masters want a da taking off some other, reces. How the giving up of a day] oh some other occaslor can cqm|e to pass, we are at a loss; to


kne^w.” “ New Year’s Day!was glVeh


up-years ago; thtre is only one day for Christmas, so :t is, impossible to -lobk In thqt


■


holiday while as fo:' giving up Good Friday—well, when suejh


direction for relief. i ■ . “ Easter Monday is


.people. Were up In arms , protested vigorous y against It, and It Is not ur reasonable to expect a simila:' course of


a course was merely sugge^edi at Burnley, the rellgoiis] bodies, especially the churc


action to be takerj In Clith­ eroe. I


.there Is only Whits antide left.' "Only ' two days a r ; giveil at this stage, and as 2 ny curtail­ ment would mean the aban-i donment pf the four days' trip we must, undbr the'cur-j cumstances. come to the con-! elusion that the f ill week in August should be thrown in- without any discouit.'


“ In this dlrectibn, therA fore, ]we cannot .turn, and


“EXHI BITION SUITESITCC» ' ABBIVINQ OVER £20,000' OP FURNITURE TO .CHOOSE FROM In ■


BEDROOM^uiTiE8, MOQUETTE SUITES,. DliilNG ALL LESS


VEpsi’EAb^tumberiand^Vono Mavis's.:; 1/- IN £;— OUR, DISCOUNT;


“ To give I with one hjiild,


; and take away witi 'the ottier is only exchangf ! ; ■to give with both hands li true%er


, erority.” Tuesday evening saw .mem­


CUtheroe elementary; school- children will travel albng "lylth a contingent from the rural schools, and studems f^bm


1 about |200


Fryer, vicar of Dalehe'ad since 1919; Elizabeth Pprterj (B2)!, of Castle view. .


Britain on March 4, 1949] as returned by-occupler8 Of agri­ cultural land exceeding; lone acre- was 2.295,000. T!ie f i^ re for June, 1947, was 1294,000


The number of pigs in Great (


bers of the Fire Brigade'dowm in the Market Plate for prac­ tice under ' Sup ;rinten lent Duckett. If Tiieiday’s per­ formance was intended f ) r la sharp bit of pralctlce we can hardly concur an 1 say |l... such was the cas]e for certalr ly the performer ce— ak ]to length of : time befwe th^ en­ gine -was throwlhE out wafer —can largely- be Improved Upon. If, on th? other Haild, the practice was merely] in­ tended for keeping the engine and pipes in gobd: order, tllen we draw-the line!


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a fire engine, proles,such an attraction . s ob r ' gathered rouiid eager to watch thBjjmen and the engine wlilch was ene period pouring volumes! of water from four j ets. ^


The usual croVA, to which


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‘ Tha can’t buy Danish] bacon wi’


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that;’ said Owd Snack! Textiles is our chief export. |Tha can’t make a silk purse put] of a sow’s ear but tha con swap Lancashire gpods for bacon an’ pork. An’!a egig on tli plate too.’ ‘What a pretty thojlghf!’ said Sally Pint. ‘ 'A pig’s all meat. Tha


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o’ cracklin’ wiping his


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