i^i^irmAn replies to or I CLITIHEROE ^ a|iER


\V|atei, Electricity, Health, C.D.:


peen sign 1ther.


Is to Jate, kstle


pent, 1 re- by In of


the


jrni- fthe


and lew


[the ■has lion to.i


kbe. 1 of ;


Ibas ’ iheri ; agh' I


Pl ih e I bct-f ' tain


llOs. Ithe pfal, ; Bay. :


?ave -45 ■


the - the


Apjie^s FjOr public’s Co- operation PPEAlLSifpr economy in th e use of lyater, discretlpn in the I use! of electricity, su ppoH' for the Mass Raidiog


raphy llnit | which voliinteers for the


c


is shortly to. visit the townij and for Borolu rh’s Civil D e f e n c e Corps, i were


works and Estates |Comfn: ttee, .CouncOlor Frank p'ugdal,e, in reriewirig' his appeal for economy- in the use of ;water', explained the town’s ;j water supply,-'Situation.' j ' l[ I


fng-whether it wa|s: no fpnger necessary |for the appeals.


Some! people. §aid |couh- :!or Dugdkle! were wonder-


un| iroken Iweather experienced!


definitely necessary and he m u s t : , a:sk, With


i t ithe appeals we had


louncUlof Dugdale assured Council and


the public were |i very


increasing urgency.!.that should i] ecbnomise ‘ to .... fullest possible extent for the tirhe : being.' in^ the use cf


eyen they the


The ’total storage capacit th e reservoir; wasll 12-i


only full but,.flowing oy RESEI^VES DOWN


.(Tuesday) ithe reserves were lions.


'do TO to million ga hbV - -• —■ ^


'! |


w'lien he spoke of sitjuatldn last rpibnth were 9 million 1 galloiis I of waiter !' in | storp. Tp-day


t ’he : chairman


said the water thbre


r. that


Th.|e drpp of U million gallons was, to his mind, a sbrious matter particulairly at this time of the .year.l


ters


ire 3 [ii^.


load


|red We


iterf reit


ais- lout h


loie lour lirig


pest’ arn


lkad am


ale feir^


rin At eh-


itol ^e'


continued, j had! fluctuated remarkablyj d u l r i n g j the month! On August 10th the reservoir was at its iB'west point of the seasbn, coritaln- ing l i million 1 g a H o ni s . hbwever. S was


'.pugdale. I The! water situatibh,


he Aiigust nth. ........................ ,


dotwnpour, rajn {wks C o r p o r a t i o n grounds.


rie I chairman quickly to on the foil 12.t..h.


t Some of


mbt trie total requirements! of trip nubile.' but actually added 375,000 gallons tej the storage of [the reservoir.


[t __he • not only


reserves vfjrylxig


p i c e i that


last, day or so th^re had been some! evidence of a flight


71! mill!illiori


-Which will prevent n


wlQ riefed rriore' rain, and a raid we need quite n ofelbefore the whole springs are running in


. . . . ;


It! fsi la very depressing thbugrit, but the fact is that


DEPRESSING rHOCGHT ‘ . .1 I I ' -


in- i . , J


.ic esiity ' of appealing |for ecbnoriiy on , the score of w^tep shortage.” I


a -1 lot )f pur a way any


I: j '


ithdre! were also various ! c aritirigencies which peeded !toi bd guarded, against. !An ; oblvibris one was bufst, mains ajriij bhly’ that pay, aj burst Mad occurred bn an olp! main irij E s h t o n - terracci The wateilworks sta'n had been engaged all day in tracing Slid 1 repairing thei ’ damage, itlwas, howeveri founp early diioukh to chefck any ■wild escape of water,


Not! only had they tej! meet the normal consumption, but


Ithere never used


;jiC;op iuEinciullior 'heard


F ( from time the


comment


to tripe, said Dugdale,


]thb chairman.] seemeA to be th a t the supply was not as gobd as it was years (ago.


'this talk about waterriplthe IpaSt.


■ [v.'filightest ■ doubt th a t ; the ■


■ibpfote,' , .| ■ ■ 1


■!|thalJ: there! hald been l a v p t ! 'increase in thfe use


What had ha,pp'ened .tlnubd ‘the chairmari,


to pe all


‘ be that


The impllcatipp.^ Said


In[ f a c t ; ' i t ' wlas ‘ far [better. . .and] there was notl .the


’''fathering grounds werb| yield- Trig ’more to-day than ever,


con- was


! t h P word I f agriculture ibtoiight. to mmd thfe vast ichapges which had [taken Iplace, and wa!;er ’was luSed extensivfly ,lni production.


required fori n d u sw and ^ferlCulture; T h ;, mention of


‘ Probably the majorijfactor pimplroveirient ip


I !


hesitated Ito vSe b tihought he was f3irly


now milk


articularly domestic. | He


aying that Vjhhst ^rirVears Ago; a consumption [of 20


gallons per hemf rioil per day ;wopld h a ^ considered high, tp-day they got! Into the', reglonj|of 40


ridded together , accounted


gallons per head per 3 ^ ■ , f Tjhese increases in demand,


j was l for thrit reasop the ' fcoiincil had soughiT and


noW busy pfe and the scheme intb operation possible.


obtained permission ne^: supplies [on Gripdleton Fells. The consultant^ were


Ills: ep£


arlng would


as sqon as


details bfe put


fori the frequent requests for economy. No^one t i l l e d making the rejuests [and it


gallons; Iri . the


atiprokimately th? same level. seven and


kad remained ! at between


time the the recorded at


thpt black Saturday when a great j many open-air eyents were ruined by a continuous and li3 Inches of the


gathering


the dojwnpour. arid owing day, Aiugust springs


prings,! said re - lacted


of settled weather I should not I hesitate to urgb the introduction oif fulljscale restrictions but we do |a t the moment, appear toj h^ve certain signs of replenish­ ment,” I said Councillor


“ ijc we! were Jin a!]ieriod


ma'de at Tuesday’s meeting!of Clitheroe Town Council. Jhairmari of the Water--


i i - -


Councillor, Dugdalej. jthsy would nipt 1 derive | any bene lit for some time I jdue I to the v a r i o u s dlfliculties’ ;! e:i countered in obtaining! tpe necessary equlpirient.


jin spite of this,! addbd


] “ There is 11 somethihg fundamentally i I wrong | wi;h the supply in Clitheroe and I dread to think what Would have happened jhad we had a. summer similar! to tire one two years ago,”! sapd


was told of a local flrni th i t used three mllllpn gaflohs per month. !Se fe lt i the people of I Clitheroe were being iii- cpnvenienced by this one firm and they should get i more co-operation from t^ei firm especially in summertime.


I Councillor D. Critchley. I; Councillor Crit(jhley[ said he


lion 1 gallons hut ndbady August, could fMl sanguine ess the Ireserypir was not


of I a drought the industrial Ipeople should cb-opprate as much as possible as they we re rising some of j the I finest drinking water in the iNorph fby cleaning purpose


! When there was any darigbr


criticised the water [pressure in [ various parts of the town and. in relation |to the pro­ posed bore hole scheme, said he could not see jthlsl scheme doming Ito fruition for sopie considerable time!


jl Councillor Crltchlby,: also j '


dale acknowledged there was a good deal iri what Councillor Cr^tchley had said and the Council was well aware of it. The reasons that he |outlined originally were the valid reasons for the shortage that was being experienced kt present. I


i I vAlid reasons lUn re|)ly. Councillor : Dug­


> '


could rieither confl deny, the figurd given Cjbuncillor Critchley water consumption firm, c'oncernedj but,


Councillor Dugdale said le


irioment he drew thfe atte i- tlon of that firm! to the very large use of water, they toik Immediate steps' to| curtail their requirements and cld make an immediate ijeductlpn of j 300,000 galUmsj peri week.


t ie t ie t ie


‘there would always bgia ne|ed for. economy.


not see any hope of deriviig benefit from thd bore hole scheme for at j least three years and. in sumriiertlme.


irhe chairman |saia he did


not, shut down industry.! tu t the department recognised that i t was the (domestic supply that was of I mal or i riip o r t a n c e.i Everything possible would be done to maintain ithat sripply i but. at the samb, time;, they were entitled to ask for the co­ operation of the public.


'They could not, apd mpst


rm nor Oy.


ch firman of the Civil Pefqnce Committee.


i


arid they were hoping that, as a result of this; campaign, they would be able to cbm- plcte their establishmpnt.! ’


I t Was Intended.! he said. to d a recruiting; csmoilgn


erOe had completed ba sic tjralning.


were riot likely tojbe recalled in the! event of another -War.


Wpo rieloed in tpe last War. and also ex-servlfecmen p.ao


yo


apjpealed to . the untfeer. especially


C'o u n;c 11 i 0 r


come there will be very little t in e to train and a full cbm- Pliment of Civil Deffence


" I f ' another ■war should


sa'fingi of manV lives,” the chalr|nan|.i


workers could ifeiult in the said


minded the Council that Ge vernment Would not give a directive a s , tb : reserved oceupations or imeritlon groups. Consequently] as ex-servlcemanj hfe did feel like wasting his time C dl Defence if he was going the


Oouricillor | j! Wright


to be called up a ev;nt of another


i 1


;ain in War!I


I


Mile Of Penn es 1 MINUTE of the Ipinince


in York-street op Clitheroe Show Day. was referred pack fo:: further consideration on. :th3 proposltiori of the Deo ity- Mayor, Couricillpr 11. T. Ri.shtoh.


Cejmmlittee, delating j to a “ milefof-pennles ’ collection


and Geheral Purposes [ ■


sa d Councillor Rushton, he spmt a quarter-ofran-hour at Chatburn-road end waiting fo: a ’bus and,! in his bpir.lon. the proposed site of the “mile of pennies ” York - street dangerous,


On Saturday afiemoon.


collection wris i V


was held on a long, stra,-.,-. length, instead of on the part which he thought was Uhe most dangeroris of tpe wjhole stfeet.


t would be


far better If it Ight


I j


the question had I been con­ sidered from every arigleland hfe could n o t ! see] any diffl- criltles. If there were a lot of people about it worild fenhance trie success of the eV|ent.


Alderman Wimnson said


e x p l a i n e d that! before aiproval was givpn the mitter was considered in the lifiht of public safeW- The pioposed site would probably be the safest place Ih Clith­ eroe on Show Day. j , i


Alderman W. Satterthwaite


Mr. T. Armistead,;pointed out that the, pollcelj.hJld been Informed : of .the: collection, ar.d had offered np objections, making the one proviso ithat the collection should finish bmore’ the Torchlight Pro- cessiofi began'. ' | i After discussion : it


The Deputy Town« Clerk. i


Dugdale added he lyas quite certain the matter -[vould be t cleared up by a boogter plant


lot the pressutfi, Councilllor


dealt with by the ,|Counc|irs consultant.


I I '


“Serious Matter a member; of the lo


tricity I Consultative 99


committee cif the Elec­ •Council,


cal


he had learnt of the many difilculties and of thfe ppsitloi we were likely to come u| against! during the comling Winter, i


1 He appealed ’ to J all ebn- sumersjto use electricity with discretion, particularly for donaestic purposes.


relied on electricity for tlieir power and. If sqme help Was Pot given by the’ consuners. [he visualised the loss of mjuch [working time.


lelectrlcUy with , jecononiy and thereby help to i as n.’


Iappealed very ! seriously


!ll' Loss serious


everyone concerned


keep iridustry going as possible.


uch


• Health; Committee, igeini


M coming visit! of I the Mass Radiography Unit to Clitheroe was urged by Aldferman W. ■Wilkinson, phairman of thei


Mass Radiograpay SUPPORT for tile fqjrth-


made for | the; visit (next Arrangem-fents had seen


mqnth. he said, arid he felt sure, th a t the , opportunity


from the, Wesle.v School from Where the service;; vrould pperate, t.hus saving valuable


presented would be] take i up by the people oi -Clltherde. I There would! bfe special facilities in the fonri of trans­ port. towards which the t Council would makfe grant,


o take workpeoplq to and time. I


Would ! be performed b.v the Mayor,! ^ho. said Aide:-man Wilkinson, would! no doubt riet an! example: bVjbein^ the


: The i openlnjg ; cere)nony I first volunteer.


i! '-^short of the, (peacetime Establishment


iVolunteers Needed l‘ r^TH ER O E Is 40 meribers


Section, have jwe got more than the number requ.red.” said Councillor B. Shalrples.


Defence and in one; section 6 n 1 y .


( In; i C i v i l the ] Headqurrters _


A DOLLAR FROM CANADA AIDS cuTHEROE Appeal


for 318 shillirigs to provide new playing gear' for the team, arrived a t (the “ Adver­ tiser and Times!” office this week' after ttriyelling across


A FURTHER subscription in response tb Clitheroe ootball Club’s rqcent appeal


1 he Atlantic. I


•eceritly returned ,to this jountry after (spending 12 months’ holiday with her , lister and ( brother-in-law. : VIr. and Mrs. Tom Eccles. In Dsriawa. Ontariej, Canada.


week, Mr. Eccles, who in his younger days played football for St. James’s a;ied iMrs. Whrilley to hand in the dollar from a “well-wisher.” [


which his sis Howarth, of 31Itheroe. sends


er, Mrs. J. Kay - street, to him each


12 ; months a(go on [ the Empress of France to soend a holiday with | her relatives who emigrated 26 years [ago.


Mrs. Whalley: left England


[made such a journey before. Mrs. Wnadey t^ayelied (alone


Althou<^h niever a j i d Times”


■vas "'handed In! by Mrs. E. TVhailey. of Hurst Green, who naturally |bj3ught _ mqre. ^ and


he frirm of a Cariadlan dollar : English value 6s. 6d.) and It


Thfe subscription was in ' ! h ■ ' I [


and, in i her ^ own words “ enjoyed every (minute qf it.”


“ really marvellous.’’ There is no rationing, goods' are plentiful and such things as fruit and ve ?etables rire much cheaper tha n in England.


She described Canada as


be a higher standard of living all bound with very high wages but with goods being so [plentiful people


In Canada thfere seemed to Injured Iii Farm


this made i the cost of: livlrig somewhat I smilar to that of


Britain. ' ; | ' [ MOn the other hand, said


A ; regular rfeader of the' Advertiser


acute shortage of accommo­ dation., Most people bought their • own [ land arid built their own Louses. There was no such thing as| i ground for those who had rooms or apart- rents vfere very


rs'. 'Whalley: there| was an


rents. But to live In nients, the high.


month was one could two^rqomedl apartment.


Forty to


the main brigbear but in spite t of this, Mra Whalleyj returned


Cun■ifenfey


the Empress of Canada, with a wealth of happy jmfemorles of ri holiday In Canada.


o England on Friday on


pay to qbtain a restrictions were


fifty dollars per the lowest price


• cl othing caught In the spikes o! a llme--sDreading machine 0 1 Monday afternoon.^


Ireland, Fishes arid Pegs Hill Farm, Henthorii.', Clitheroe jecelved multiple injuries to the legs and grdin when his


fflEOPPRiEY IRELAND (15) son (of Mr. (and Mrs. H


to a tractor driven by his 18- yjrir-old brother [Francis.


■The machine was attached


(Jeoffrey.! staiiding up in t ie trailer.i was [cleaning out


t ie last of the lime when he V as dragged on (to his back. 1 lls brother released him.


A Ictorla ! !i Hosp:tfel[ and on Tuesday !(was stated to have had “ ri'l fairly i ccmfortable isht.’


!


■. The boy was taken by ambulance : to .[ Accrington


of production wap matter! a n d


[' Alderman Dewhurst re­ vealed that 75 per cent of the. textile I mills ini thfe district'


hat was most urgently being


All present menlbers of! the Ci’fil Defence Corps iri Clith- their


public! to' those


Sharpies


This mechanical bowler needs no run up to .the wibket. The regula- X.U(. o. a au.iiW ii .111 ihai IS required. Snd .in this]" Advertiser and Times” picture, the necessary adjustment is b e ijng. made by its desigrfer. Mr. C. Beardsworth, of Billintifqn. On thb right is. Mr. G. Altham, of Wlialley. who was resaonsiiple f o r c p q | : t r u c t i n g the machine.


WHALUSY MEN’S “ MATCH f6r an


former Whalley (crickete(r, and built by a Whalley black­ smith’s son, tvas given a try­ out at Read Cricket Ground on Monday afternoon.| And if verbal testimony of its efficiency is required then the human batsman who found his wickets si lattered by this uncannily accurate gadget, will ruefully iirovide it.|


A ROBOT bowler which has been designfed by a


its human cqunterparts. this mechanical bowler cari j pro­ vide a fast. slow, medium ball or a.tricky ofl' or leg brfeak to order. And fts “ length ” is impeccable.


skilfully constructed by Mr. “Geoff. ” Alt!am, of Wfialley. and in its ewn right, is a considerable engineering feat. Mr. Altham. v:ho is the Ison of Mr. Robert A tham, the well- known Whalley blacKsmith. had built tlie gadget! after Mr. C. Beardswortii. of Billington. a professional ■ cricket coacir. and former Whalley cricketer, who blayed with Devon last year, had submitted a tleslgn.


The machine has been


has been In progress In Mr. Altham’s blacksmith ! shop off Accringtoii-r'oad, Whalley. since the be ginning of the year, and people visiting the shop hvwe been mystified when they ha|ye seen “ Geoff ” at work on the contraption.


The work of construction


Is slightly reminiscent (of the’ catapults used in mediaeval times, though lit lis, of course, much smaller rind Instead of a sling ari'angement there Is a small crook comprising three steel f ,hgers in i which the ball i s : placed.! The machine is made of steel and is easily trar sported.


The machirie’s appearance


One of its overJ-riding advantages isj thrit the person using it need


later 'decided that the i col- lectiort be held oh the site in Y ork 7 street beitween i the hours lof 9 a.m. and 5 p.m;|


I was Festiveilj Ball


■tIJEFERRING to the forth- coining Festival Ball, the


Mayor (Councillor H. Cook) Si,id airrangemente were Well ir, hand and they were trying to make it a suqcessful and hippy' part of ihe Festival celebrations.


,


a King and Queeil of Carnival a id he hoped all members of itlie Council would give their- support.


They were hoping [to have


d,ale said several ipartles .were involved in the (negotiations smd it was impossible to state a time. The Council, how- .eyer, W°iiiri continue to com­ plete : their part of the negotiations as ( quickly as possible.


' Councillor RusHtonj asked if it wris known j when the (jpuncll would be I able to oPtain the Steward’s Office at Cpiitheioe Castle. I This might prove!suitable for a museum, a id iriany people had been asking where arid When the rnuseum would bq re-{opened. Replying. Councillor Dug-


! j .: I I


Clitheroe Couple’s Golden Weddmg


•WHEN Mr arid Mrs. Wm. ’ ’ R aw St h 0 rn e. [ of 10,


BrownlDw-streetJ Clitheroe, w e r e mairled. Clitheroe Parish Church was I under­ going repairs. and the marriage cer emony had to be performed jin St. (Mary’s School.


August 25th., 1901, and to­ morrow the couple celebrate their golden wedding.


eroe, Mrs. Rawsthome, who is aged 71, vas formerly Miss Mary Grane.v. eldest driughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Granev, and Mr. Rawsthorne aged 69, was the eldest son of the late Mr. qnd Mrs. Richard Rawsthorne.


Both are :iatives of Clith­


Rawsthorne had been em ployed on various jobs, but ill health compelled his retire­ ment. Mrs. Rawsthorne. too. does not enjoy good health and has not worked’!because more than 25 was formerly a


Until six yerirs ago. Mr.


weaver at the Albion Mill. They have a married son


of this for years. She


and a grand-daughter. That was fifty years ago. on


riot be a bowler. ! .■


For unlike the majority of


tow 8A


99 IS A


Thfe ball is pimply put into the steel “ hand ” [which can throw it in any pre­ determined fashion by the regulation ofl j various springs. Thfe iriachinelshould, prove of much value in thfe coaching of cricketer^. Ifc is not expensive I to produce, and should oroWe within the means of local clubs!;


however, believed only mecria:iical existence In the


new, the I Ijqea [has been developed over the Irist fifty years, and at the present time there l i another model In existence vhlchils electric­ ally dlrven! The local model.


Mechanical j bowlers | are not


en^rely hrijad-ooerpted 'The perfoimance at Mon­


Altham, adding that this was thd first tlkrifel that! a! real test of Ithe machine’s capabilities been iriade.


day’s test came up to expectatioris


to be the bowler In district. Is


s r i ld Mr.


2,500 Visi^ CoDcgi And: ^d ViDage HaU Ventuni


lyrOREi than 2,500 people, including parties fr jmj as


far awa.y as Leeds and other parts of Yorkshire, ]>asked through , Stonyhurst ( ollege on Sunday when an Day ” was held for purpose I of raising fun the Aijrhton, Bailey Chaigley Memorial Funi^, and St. Joseph’s School.


is for and


grioss receipts amount £3ip.


As a result of the effort the ed to


due in, rio small measure! to the glorious weather, and j;he main invasion of the college by visitors took place Ir niid afternoon. I t was 7-33 p.m. when the last party'of Vilsitors passed through the col! egfe.


The success of the effojrt was


fee on “ ripen days ” haq been one shilling and on occasions as many as people ■visited Stonyhujrst one day.!


to restrict the visitors number, which could conveniently be handled Incidentally, to those would be genuinely intep the entrance fee was to, 2s. 6d.


But this year, in an COLLEGE GIFT


the preliminary stage, the Memorial Hall ■will eventually be built on ^ plot oi land between the Bailey Arms and t h e Shlreburne Cottages, which has been given (to the Fund by! the College.


Although plans are olnly[ in


Hall in [stone, and already funds of! almost £1,000 are in hand.


I t Is proposed to build the I ,


directed; funds


A l l (efforts are being to


purpose will be held at Hurst Greeri. At 2 p.m. there svill be a sale of work a t St. Je seph’s School,


another! big and


Foreign Wor^rs For , !litheUe Works?


id e c a USE of the shortage " of lodal I labour, foreign woi’kers mriy| be recruited for work at Biqblesdale Cement Works at 011|theroe.


V ii |[ i .


annual reaoqt of (the chair­ man and imrinaglng director


This Is I revealed In the


of The I Tunnel Portlarid Cement Company, Ltd., which will be presented 'at the 40t;h annual rriefetlng| of


Co:npany • In London next month.'


the j


7’he report states: “ The labour situation at


RlbblqsdalfeA^orks Is so serious ave


the


th£.t steps taken, aftfer trade


th:


adiiltional abi'oad.”


urilons,


onsultation with to recruit from


now been a b o u r


men are|l fequlrfed at the wqrks. whlcl) employs about 25C peoplfe. [but as yfet the question j|ofi labour from abroad Is still being explored.


Abriut forty or | fifty more


■Labour arid Employment Ex­ change reported bn Tuesday that there j was j a gradual


(plltherori M 1 ri i s t r y of I GRADUilL DEMAND


demand for I labour generally, but there i v ere no “ bottle­ neck ” vacriucles.! Unskilled anq semi-skilled (labour was npt so muc’p In short supply as was skilled labour. There were now fewer vricancies for wemen in ( the (cotton In­ dustry owing to the redeploy­ ment systein. but there was still a shortage of labour In th j domestic and catering fields.


Gifts Aid 'litherpe diurch


Mbor Lane Methodist Church. Clitheroe. ' I Members of the congregatlori who] go away on hcillday, even if [only for a day. are being asked to bring back with: them some gift as acknowledgementj o f t h e pliasant time [they have spent, and] this will be later sold to raise moriey for the Ti'Ust.Fupds.


NOIfELi way] of raising fundq (is in qperatlon at


I


In June, i and has been in operation ! I (throughout the summer, jlt; Is nqt:yet known wtiat the result will be, but it Is proposed (to hold a holiday gift sale in i September, when tf .e gifts;! brought back by people from th^ir holidays will be on( sale, i :


The appeal wat first made


on Saturdny event


the for


livestock, given by m of the farming commu: the parish.


followed at 3 p.m. by a ^ale of e mibers ,nlt:Ity in


l and this will be


as a result of this effort thei Fund-will have exceeded the £1,000 mark.


The organisers hopfe that ACCURACY & DISTENCTION


Chatburn OM Road R^-open Soon


—COUNCIL c


recently closed as the ------- of a landslidpl will be open again in the near future.


HAT BURN Old Clitheroe which


................^


man F. Bentham at Tuesday’s meeting of the Town Council.


This was stated by Aider-


Alderman Bentham, had written to the owners of the


The (Town : Clerk, said


quarry where the laidslide occurred, and they had accepted full responsibility and were doing all ,ir. their power to repair the road. |


road, and there are many, will be pleased to know that in a matter of a few weeks it will again be open to trafilc.” added Alderman Benth


“ l am sure the users bf this am. Hospital Palieftt A VERDICT of “


mind was disturbed recorded by, the East shire Coroner, Mr. H. house, at an inquest Calderstones Hospitril j on Monday on James Edward Bromwich, aged 41, a mental defective at the hospital, (who was found dead earlier that day with a piece of ; bed sheeting tie-' round his neck.


Found Dead suicide of I the ” |was Lanca- Back- at


while the balance


a male nurse, of 3, Mechanics’ Terrace,: Whalley, SEid he entered the bedroom occupied by Bromwich,: whe was classed as a privileged patient, and found him lying on the floor between the bed and' the bedroom wall be­ neath the window.


William Charles Ward,


tied round Ifis neck In slip­ knot fashion; one,, fend of which was tied to the leg of a


A piece of bed sheeting;was


which was jammed through the partly opened window between the window ledge


c h a i r , the back; of


the hospital 27th, 1929.


and window frame. Bromwich was admitted to


on ebruary


Girl Fell i From Car standing in the frent seat


of her father’s car as It was being driven along Accring- ton-road,:'Whalley, on Sunday nigbj.. three-year-old Lqma Nutter, of Hey Bam Falrm. Sabden, received severe head Injuries when the door of the car opened and she fell into the roadway.


E. Brown, of Whallcy. taken to Accrington Victoria Hospital, where, after treat­ ment, she was allowe a home.


She was attended by Dr. C, and


For The BBhd


lection on Friday. £.nd, the Flag Day on ;Saturda:r, Iri'aid of the Blackburn and District Fund for the blind, wlilc^ was organised In jClIthero ; by the Mayoress of! Clitheroe, Mrs. M. WiddUD. I and her copi-


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