* Clitt^ei'oe Adveitiser & Tittle^ L e t te r F rom W e s tm in s te r iay 5, 1950


lo Mllnist


Falrming n to


frcm ,vhat


elect The


rci ty first


FN tlie ,last


ithefoe, anestioned the er : df Agriculture ! on Supplies to farms.


asked the. Minister secti


Act h


be| p; installji ity on th s w I)r|iheu schem


First Fairmi ad


shtuld be helpe' d in that way. Rep ying Mrr. Williams saiid: Schtfdule ofl the Hill


rtain forntis, land how it decided w,mi i'cji


electricity


pay the! guarantee was installed


^nd(|r Sbctior and tf


ng a, suprly pf electric- a hill farm, provided ark forms part of a cdm-


sive im p r o v em e j n t for the farm.” i


/Ir. Williams said grant was paid ohly on thej. initial capital coitiof ins{tallatjiori; no grant wsjs paid on guarap annual


P' mum


sisted wholly or partly of! hill farming land as Act.


were those which eon- defined iri the


he d sh'Ibcisiqn as to which


pai'ts ol ch not quid and which


th[i J ceftaiiili shire farms should of I wh causin happiit ing fa r


wa's ni the H bring


The ■ wolild


charges. : Rormk .(Eligible If or grant


hteed mini­ ,consumption


Mr, Tort )hen asked whether IVJiln


istejr wa^ aware' that in East Lanca-


ess between heiglnbotii- 'mera- {' {


ot


any c glad]


on.


Mini aw:


.Member I cared ipse to his notice y look into It.


ster ijeplled that are df thatf but


a foeat deal of Un-'


receive the benefits had spoken was


ag A:t,i 1946, igrant may tcjwardi the cost] of


farrners


in of the Hill derived his


weeik,, Mi . R. Fort. M.Pj ouse


. Queries imlnatioii’^ of Commons


CRIPPS’LECTURE WAS


pARLIAMEi'^T reassembled days ago and s citnrc*o thAn the


hour's lecture on economics which was clear biit uninspiring.


_


like I those m J ? s t year, ij’he Government j will continue ' to spend nearlyj half: the country's income and seems incapable {of thinking of any way to cut {its


His Budget proposals were very


expenditures,! To meet this large, expenditure iW'has to go on im-' posing huge taxes and that of


leaves less money for each one us to save orjjspend as we like


speeches by the Government s porters I gained the impress that they really think that Government { can! spend


As I listened to some of


-Civil Servants, That is onei of our fundamental differences-with the Socialist Government.,


us better than we jean ourselves. I and other Cpnservatives do hot agree with that view. We think people know what they ■ want better than any Minister and his


ONE CH.ANGE


like |last year’s there was one Consen’atives


Though this


insisted upon price of petrol


no one. Sir Stafford Cripps lias Justice Harman in t h e incicf.,,1


year’s Budget was in many respects, change which {we ihink will benefit-


increasing the,, tax on it by 9d gallon. He has also placed a


RIBBtlE BOARD SElmOp haVfc


WENTY, -■--V, the Kibble


meetin of I Cor servatofs week; that


Major , of [ the


last . added talten


n


nap been, nvestigated from dder I and


Elevtn


Vide a arnong th


20 spting psh; „cask


sbs nT J”-*


membqrs arlgling club.


Low ded.'


ted. Tni e Board a iigre'ed to pfo- CUD for a competition


been , comple­ ... ,i


coars^_ pshprmen 3f


iC fi


ibblp who , wbre becognised


e on Maj(cr J. E E. Yorke presi- - Ni:!NE


we ghing 22Hbs. ported ■ ’■


-o — ^ T h i s was re- I eavlest flsh 1


■v-- af; Cllthefoe Major; Johnson -he netsmen had


e SO far been iDhe


l


rspring i u


by the Superintendent. R. S. Jcihnson; a t a Rlbbiel.Board


tgetting about


of moving ourselves and goods by road.{ Those living'in country districts will especially notice the increase in the'cost of living because {.they depend |so much on buse:; and lorries for and carrying bn


IThe result of these increa; taxes will be to put up the ctst


---- - ix ic iL a c oiir


Government’s real intention is!to try to force more passengers and freight,to go by rail. I believe It wquldj have been, much better to have allowed' private car ownefs and the | bus and haulage coippanies to- pay for their present petrol ration at the pfe- Budg{et price of| 2s! 3d. a-gallon. Any jpetrol they' wished to have over 1 their present ration would be paid for at sky 5s. a gallon.'


heir! businesses Conservatives


off' pollution survey {of


hvmg will be even worse than at firet sight. The{ increased tax bf 9d, a gallon will go bn to not only- petrol but other, substances like It such as oils and- the liquicis needed -to make paints. The cost of all these will rise.


The increase |in '-the cost' bf j ; TAX I^EDUCTION |l


S;r Stafford lowered income tax in a way.which is likely to


—. . . . w , s u s p e c t that the


to 3s. a gallon, by a


33J% Purchase {Tax upon all new lorries and buses. ;


putting up the ,r. Chancery Div."’''" —


against (Anne)


money which! comes from all {of


Budget has overshadowed every­ thing else. ^ iSir Stafford Cripps , in an immensely starting' with {an


------ - e e


introduced it| long; speech


i3UT UNINSPIRIN SAYS RICHARD FORT, M.P. ........ ........^^.ten


w ill only be reduced when Gov­ ernment expenditure is cut. Apparently Soiialists cannot do that.- Conserv itives will.


beer and tobacco. These taxes


cut in general Purchase Tax


petrol tax and


wrong that we Government. Government


later when on new buses; apd lorries was so


We felt tint the increased the Purchase, Tax


the Budget proposals in detail.


on important: {Budget proposals. It won by five votes, but we shall have another chance -to defeat it Pfirliaraent debates great


as it always does when defeated Baronet Asks


For Court Order On Bouse


A N application by Sir Jolnn finHfrav.


Town Head, Clitherde, ca


Godfrey


Taylor, Bt„ of Pendleton, near me before Mr.


Dt-


Sir John smght an order hisi


possession ofWorsley-Taylor for


Priory, Odiham, Hampshire. living with her


Sion on Friday. ex-wife. Lady his house. The


where she.is child. ,


Sir John, s possession b.i


Mr. R. 0. Wilberforce, for


John divorcee the defendant in January this year.


iid he wanted May 5. Sir


Mr. John Sbarrow, for Lady


intending p u r c h a s e r a baroness, had said she did not want poss.esslcn until May 30.


baroness had been more forbearing' t|ian Sir John about the date for possession-. The defendant felt that she had been subjected to a


“MORE |F Mr. 'Wilber


------ .force said the


said he would stand the motion over with liberty to


gested tha t' should vacate May, 24. and agreed to this


--- r.


certain degree' of persecution by her husbanic Mr. Justice


date. The Judge oi^aiiu uiic:


Lady Worsley-Taylor’s under­ taking to leave The Priory by 6 p.m. on May] 24 and remove her fnrnitureiby May 26.


restore on 12 'tours’ notice, on


the defendant the house by both parties


Harman sug-


Worsley-Taylqr, said she had made arrangements to vacate the house on May 26. The


voted against the we had won, the Id have resigned


CLEAR G


the lowest paid who already pay no income tax. Nothing can really help fhgm except a large taxation such as and the taxes on


help the bette|r paid operatives, especially thbfe working over­ did nothing for


EASTER OmRINGS Par:ismoners Sent


Gife To Eas(i Indome Tax


of Whalley[, the Rev. Brown, ivyho writes Deanery jlfagazine addition -tp the Church tions at Easter some mo of the congregation sen|t gifts in jthe hope that would escape Income


'AN unsatisfactory sitli i


disclosed py the th i t In ill


ation Vicar C. R. the


(tollec- mbers him


Ta,


thoughtfulness,” write; vicar, “ ind sympathise warmly Imth the in.’t but the {Clergy have be formed that all gifts s .. Easter shpuld be count e Easter | Offering, wli made in. Church or priy


“ I alprreciate t h


as eloquent as the Cler the subject of “ Easter ! ings and Income Tax,” am sure tjhat fault lies the church rather than the successive Chancellb the Exchequer.


“ Churcl people wax . I


Easter Offering has c e a ;. be a Gift and is a special lection {ini aid of the s'tip'end.j f


SPECIAL COLLECTIO “ The{ fket is that


giving, { an average Offering is always Inc! Any scheme to aid livings :alwa.vs takes Offerings into accounts while the Church Authb: regard ' Easter Offerln. parf of inepme, the Statle no option but to tax thei


j in' ' any: Church i'


terestlng results if Ch decided, to do away Easter Offerings and or^; a { Christmas present o the scheme of church tion.


i“ I think! it might ha\ ;. I “ If this!;


would obliA think .afres My dislike situation is a gift into{; up fhe Cha bad wolf.


la bn the su of the piji that jit has tu


became gene. 'e ';the Chur?


:i grant and ncellor as th


-4ed to col-


(turns Easter uded. poor


Easter and


fs


irities as


m. has


ili'tslde cDliec-


e in- ■ches with anise


al it h to 3,1 ect. 'ssent rned


holds e big


forbearing ” Girl Stole Purse


decision periding k psychiajt: report on an 11-year-old pleaded gui,lty: to stealih purse containing £2 Is. 5d.


OfLITHERO]!: Juvenile Pat We-dnesdpy i deferred


4


which had Ipeen recovered bought a pajjr of sandals, stated that me girl’s home


With part{{pf the;money


dltions were was often or night.


1


all of —she was


not good the streets 1;and


WAR DAMAGE


the year ehded March, totalled .£123,711,818.


War damiige payment^ for 1949,


te at


con- she


'N ■ the


-ilicar’s


these X.


ejntion, in-


e i r i the most


pnt at d as ether itely.


nearly ?y on


Offer- but I with with


rs of


ORIENTAL BIRDS =AHaEEl’Si gardeIN '


HE; buigerlgar, , ______ _ bthe most' popular of all


lut tihe country: indeed it can have ,b'e{come as accepted il!pet{ as a


, lands of homes thrpugh- irds ' ■ ' -


terest {of most! people en d s - PUdgiq is just a'pet.'


I


budgerigars : are mn than petsj the.y' arfe ■plpteiy, satisfying n


irfiliant iii colour


pisen to n n 0 W; n national s perpefual


Fr('.m 'tears


P^ltlsh breeders. Pnof of his -ccess as a fanci’ei Is fbund


'ap{d'is| ainiong ^T;-7,jri COVETED AVVARD --- - , ‘ but there the in­


j To Mr. — Len Hil, as, miinite; w s f p r ote|, |


pIqte,L I Huiijst Green; howevbr,


the. Eagle And Ghlld |


efctly {maijked, everV {bird" an .ristocrat from head jo tail. small beginnings a ago Mr. iHillas has


aviaries are to be found perfection of the{ species. and! per-


.qbby. In :en he


be one of; the best personalities at


-lows, onei vvholis in iemand ais a .fudge the biggest


in tt-e ht;h awards {he! has AE jned; chief of which are show: 11 in qur photograph. WA


thqt, if th j silver bi has teien presented times : during the years : i t can be hdld for no jqhge:{thkn 12 mohths ,and iiresehted to Mn Hillas


pro{yl][ig the standa of! {the i bugerigar


year


qutrlgiht. I)e has 31 for {best exhibit in numerous silver


lam at on largest


inowr


mar ager of


bird: Once a falncler has trophy { he dglaln All I^r.j O la s


|w; ijiccepted as'the throughout tl^ l world.


the othei holds he


can nevi


or his work! in:im- rd model which is standard


w{on {this T I win it trophies


has [won diploma^ how. {and ons and


ITAIE manager


years he was the W. E.


Here some of


e time had jone of avaries


Claytop-le-Dale, in the


ti ■’ " dajise farrhe sin:


reasejns d fI the which f c b s rice ': Grie


fr(3


. !nad to dispose of aecaiise of thel{ shortage, d, which inqid'entally om |4d. a pound {to the Ifartastic pride dfSOsJ V fo: fanciers ij;hh price V dropped to Is. 6d. and s (tne of the chief why the membership'. Budgerigar Society of Mr. Hlgham h is been a' er since 1935, has


incldding -ihe ............. d the rare bFaclf wing •uring ,,the ,!|War, i Mr,


i^he war. good thing that


ym the -war wak that' be- of the shortage of seed., ■s in Kent and' Lincoln- egaii to grow it.


grown resul-:


, i


colours were first opaline


the now


rcl, which ’ only 'four past 15


of


Engl:ind,;:'S((onand and : n 19,48 he broi


?e-. Society,


the dountry that hie has! to re4 many, offers. ha§', judged


so many to diffeien;


the London Club f hoW. He is on the Executive Com-


anci Wales, dcast from


shows in fThii jmost coveted award is, mltt'ie land^a panel Colour: andl Techii cal efiairmah ______i__ ___ _


Budgerigar of the Com-i


whicp there are onfy 40 in the country.


judge, or


of a pheas


China, can


300 fqet of open air theri* is an added here-^ah -attractldn that completely incongi'uous with the Ettghsh cQuntr/side!—that collection of qrnaihental ;ants from Sometimes


callirig he answer


hear the wild pheasants -g to them outside and listens to. i,he i birds 'rfng,


Edwards pheasajut, ; the Chinq ils peacock pheasant, of which] jthere are cnly !three birds in existence In England the L:id.V Amherst,' which Is the n.oSt beautiful of [them all, the silver, and the golden pheasf.nts., Needless th say coach parties that slop at the hotel alwa.ys make theirj way to the rear of the tullding to see thk pheasants which {they have heard so much about, and mkn.y a lady gajzes whist- t


the .all purple fully


and afeks Mr. Hill is if( she may have one for her hat.


the exoticj feathers !-i # i I El


BOROUGH OF CLIT^ROE. ' k


i r iK i i iP K S i i^ Y , NUNiCIPAL ELECTION


pheasaiats are; indeed' birds infl so different the sprightly looking budgeri­ gars, who beautlfu inj their own ’vay, can not boast such a breath taking array of colouisj The pheasanTs, .like the btidegrigars, are j very hardy birds and are in the open all summer and -winter. Their names are as attrac­ tive as [their colours and they include:


Thitse


PROUD BIRDS 0 r n a, m e


At tlie rear of the hotel therd'"are outdoor


■{flights. But attraction)


'Tibet and! Mr. iHlllas


ijivaries an'cj


;iilla s Is judgpg.land he ijequests to shcjws in


exhibiting; Perhaps thaVe chat


mimic. Ml. that a bud,


rcctlon ,aV


no't possess dour of 'ineasan"


a budgerigar does all the splen-


tjillker tha:i a parrot, but fo


........ mipiicand sometimes


res'ul resu ts


af^ usually taboo In the house. me of his most interesting


if


was impor was th'3


n t a l proud from


-ihaped in the form of a model 11 I


EXPENSIVE HOBBY j


7ears but in captivity it may ive from [a jay thing to five to en years pr even longer. ;


■lillas feeds his stock on lanary and millet seed, laridelionj leaves and chick- weed. Replying to the ques- ;iori of whether he thought:it irubl to keep birds in cages he ;ave an emphatic “ no.” The iverage life, of a wild budger- ja r is about 18 months to two


jlo s) study {of Abbot Mendels ibeory and he has bred^ vlablnos (clear white bodies


Mr. Hillas has also made: a !Conllnued foot of next column.)


expensive: 'and some birds etch as much as £15. To naintain ; healthy birds Mr.


Although, i t , Is a workihg naji’s hobby, it can be very


egg's which were hatched by in(ither bird, and there are low hundreds of these b irk " -he country. Another thing ch attracts attention Is a bird cage which ■ is


, ,


whole race ore It died


Highar:!. This bird, which (ed from Germany originator of the of lutlnos. Just be- in 1937 It laid two


volqe it y) hears


is W't done the “ budgie” will bkqome ac customed' to bird ■guage. But if isolated and only the human 'ill soon begin to become a talker— with embarasslng it hears words


,______ are young. If this that


possessions is a stuffed lutino yell 3w with red e.ves) wa; given to him by


never failing at- belng a perfect Hillas contends gerigar us a plainer


get them t'l talk they must be isofaced from their parents \khW they


ch Imore a |comr


is to be{ found in iprbbably


STRUT IN HU'RSf GREEN NEW B oks


THE library CLASS A


Therie’s No Home 1 ■


Alexander


^rRobbery Under Arnii ! { iRalf Boldre.v'ood


Royal chase ! , . { - Christopher Bujkloy


Journey to Venice T Diana'Buttens'-


Fhe Night!:of the ull Moon '


Time Is So Short ' I 1 Parr {Cooper


A Drug On The Mark I


an ornamental but


it dees


I The Boss ofSa'nta Ysabel ... A. H. Goo en


The Mark of; Kant f i: Charles! Frankn


: No Man’s Briqe' Hblena Gr


. Six To Kill I { I - i Berkeley Gray


The Fire Was (Bright


he qun Drifter ^ Gladwell’i Richard


„ Miss Domore: : ■, {,' T Margaret Morrisk


T Prank G. Slaughter The G(j)lden lisle I


,Vittorla Cottage'D. E. Stevenson The -White Stream '


Gold and WimT,


{Mabel L; Tyrrell !


ofithe Crystal Palace, and (“ ‘itlnued from previois:column vh ch is 30 years bid.


the most difficult to breed and to judge at the exhibltlonsi The reason for this' is that there are so manly different features to master] which ale not found in the the Ordinary variety: of budgerlga'rs. His


favourite colour of.bild is the light green. :


biting he manages ■time to write! articles bird fanciers’ magazilnes aiid he has [written a report oni ;lll the outstanding blrdk he his judged in the 1949:50' season.


is that these budgerigars are earning dollars for England


Between judging! and exhi-: to find for t:ie


1


Footnote for thejeciiinomisW as quite a few pje skntjabroa^.j


VC


is looked uppn by faheiersiks being an authorityion this variety, ,i because Iti iki one' b{


with red eyes), whi;, grey -greens and opalL^.,.


C( B


:e wings.


Si :


hat None Shohld Die i' Prank G. Slaughter


I. Roy! 'Vickers


, Capital Punishment j:l ' {Sutherlmd Sebtt


Lynch; Holldw ; ' i' 'I'i' Tex R


: Lady In Love i M ;| : Rieniiii Shanri


he Boss of th(^ Lazy Ye ' C. A, Seltzeif


' -1 i


■ i


I


Valleyjof the Powdre I.' T Glad well Rlchardmh


Half-Way Aouke I Neil |dcCailL„


Ison


Lilslie'' k lirk dse


Dancing With Death i ' ';Joan, Co,]giQ


John Newton [Chi^cie '


Kill The Toff !' ] ! ■Jdhn Cre; 'sev


Daiid' Do&E'h


m - iii


hlam ■ ' A ATrcin


HW : I. ■ U


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;y :s|r@ eri@inic@.


i® € a S


ly A|iil ly s r e Mien 'Pirsgrdissiy® i lir ©Isject is t© sisr'^e


IM thev m >K(- a ii- ——— ■ — I w w i t h business efficient l.©cei ^©^ernment


l e a s le pe©ple


ill Ic^ep up t@ idf Ciitlieroe.


a^monistrati^e 8 on THE bAl l o t p a p er . I


war can tlbn a .s!i coin Stic;


' aboi I sug ! shot


P u : '-Tl


I : thai k n o : and info ■: ing.s


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, deci li


mitt has b'”^; adv; men chai


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