CUtl)eri)E W A D D I N G T O N


OBITUARY.—The , death took place Oh Monday of Miss Rhoda


.Stub8s, of 6, Bonnygrass Terrace,' Bllllngton.


Aged 48, Miss Stubbs was well


known and^ respected In the district, where she had inade a name for. herself in giving recita­ tions, which were always a hlgh-


Guards, ^as


lor ms/sefviuc tlon was made in


EXCURSIONS


:i(in conjunction with W. C, l| ; Standerwiok Ltd.)


from CLITHEROE,‘ 16, Wellgate WHaLlEY, ’Bus' Station CHATBURN. Brown Cow


FRIDAY. 3rd (AUGUST LIIaNDUDNQ ! i i


BlACKPOOl Ri^yal Lancashire Show


(Depart CU'theroe jDepart Whalley


' (Depart CllthefOe.•!'...


i| SATURDAY, 4th BLACKPOOL


SCARBOROUGH


tepart Wnalley )epart Clltheroe tepart CHatburn


•'ll


Depart WhaUey : Depart Clltheroe lepart Ch album


;


' I Depart Whalley; ;...( I


Depart Clltlieroe ...8-1 5 ajn. Depart Whalley • J


18/9


8-30 a.m. 6/9


.. 945 am. AUGUST


6-30 pm. 6-45 P.m.


4/6 SUNDAY, 5th AUGUST 17/6


___ 8-0 am. ___ 8-15. a.m. I .. 8-30 a.m.


k I r KBY LONSDALE AND MORECAMBE ‘


KNOWSLEY HALL


Depart Cll|theroe pepart Whalley


8- 45 a.m. 9- 0 am. 945 am.


.9/9


. . . . 12-30 P.m. . . . . 12-45 p.m,


RIBBLE VALLEY CIRCUI-AR TOUR Depart .'Wlialley llthei


MONO:m ,


WINDERMEjlE & BOWNESS i Depart Wpalley


i Depart eiltberoe


NEW BRIGHTON (: Depart Clftheroe


t i ‘ *- I ’ ! ■


Depart Chatburii 'Depart W^aUey


Depart* Wdalley i Depart CUttieroe


i BOLTON AllBEY Depart Ch alburn


RIBBLE VALLEY TOUR CHESTER AND RHYL ,


Depart Clltheroe . . . Depart 'W: lalley . . .


SEVEN LAKES


■ Depart 'W lalley . . . Depart Cl theroe . .. Depart Chatburn .


I WEDNESDAY. 8th GRANGE-OVER-SANDS


Depart W lalley ... Depart Cl theroe . .. : Depart Cliatbum


4/3


Depart Clijtheroe — 6-30 pm. 6th AUGUST


8- 45 am. 9- 0 a.m. 9-15 am ..


12/ - 9/9


‘94- am. 9^15 a.m.


12-15 pin. 12-30 p.m. 12-45, pm. ■


• SIS


Depart Clltlieroe .... Depart 'Wialley ...•, TUESDAY. 7th AUGUST


. 3/6


6-30 pm. 6-45-p.m..


; 8-15 am; ; 8-30 a.m.


16/3 ■ 15/9


1 8-45 a.m. . 9-0 a.m. . 9-15 a.m.


AUGUST 11/3


, 8-45 a.m. ; 9-0 a.m. i MS a.m.


CHESTER JOO & OEESIDE SI- (Depart Cl theroe . . . ; . 12-30 p.m. (Depart \y lalley■ . .1 2 -4 5 . p.m.'


RIBBLE VALLEY CIRCULAR 4/3 Depart Wpalley . . . . ' 6-15 pm. Depart Cl theroe .; . ; 6-30 p.m.


THURSDAY. 9th AUGUST INGLETON & MORECAMBE 10/- I 1


Depart 'W bailey'‘ . .I ; 8-45 a.m. Depart Cl theroe ...:■ 94) am. Depart Chatburn ., •,;?t15 a.m.


TRENTHAM GARDENS and BUXTON,


Depart Clltherbe ...> -8-30 a.m. Depart W halley ...'. 8-45 a.m.


1 14/3 .


Eltcurslons ire; by modern; luxury coaches—seats booked.to plan.


Book in ad,vance. at Local'OfSce!


16, Wellgati I


Mr. Brooke Mr- Briggs


I'I A "is


A Foiindation


CORSETS


Specially own part


M R S . A . 24, PE LACr STBEEti imlar requirements,


A . G A R S I D E I


POSTf/RiL IMPROVEMENT, & , BRASSIERES designed!: .to your


. or at


'Clitheroa. Phone 176. local agencies; ’


1 Park Villas, Whaliey. 7llone 2279.


Chalburn.;


(for cxcurtioiis * from only)


1,. Downham Road, Chatburn


6-15 pm. ' . 5/6, 9-30 am.'


soldier of Clithei:oe,; whO( was Royal Artll- The tomb is


yard, Lowestoft, found tliei 'tomto


In St. (Marg^; 'cannon from' S( bastapol | sur-


a sergeant in thi " ’ lery Regiment. ,' square in struc


I -------- , ,iire, while- a


irtbunts'thq toml^ at the head of, whlch( lS the following in­ scription: , “In mieniory hf John, Har­


greaves, :a;: ser esint Aoyal Artillery,! years Drill Insti


'and for*'five ,1'uctor to tlie


Lowestoft Volunteers, | who died May 1,5th, JB67, aged 37


injithe , .


■■years.” ■ ( This man;wa^ inly 37 years


of age, but what a recor^ he had! He.■was present at the battles'ofj(Alma Balaclava, and InkermanJ i.nd he( was present* at (ther itorming of Sebastapol'and present M the siege and tall of iKimburh,


dows Farm, ■ Henthom,' his ..father being.; a cofpmiller there. ;'When still a young


last ftian |to iesve his (gun' when’ the i Russians' stormed his battery.:' For his servltes in the Lfteld hb received the Crlinean ’ Medal with - j four clasps and three for distin­ guished services in the Reid, the Turkish ; met iM and, was made Knight of the French Legion of Honour. This man was born ati Sld-


LEGION OFj i HONOUR At Inkenriatil ; ae ■ was; the


man he mcived to| Barrowinear Whalley,’and wbrred'at Prlm- 'ripse Mill, and’whim he wb 18


years old he!; joined i Queen’s HorSe , Guards, ( Hq ■grew to be 6ft. ;6 ns. tallj and was discharged .'us being too. tall. Then | h&, joined ’ the Royal Artillery.!'


those early days to war and had the hotiour during the Boer 'War 'of'ser ding no less than Md.inen. liavlng regard to its small population, it, sent the highest perc other tow^ in Lancashire,


Clltheroe sent many men in


Royal InflJrmarj successful,! in "i S.R.N. dlpiomasi . They:are,Misjs daughter of Mr Holnies, ofl -l'5, | Vlytton View, and Miss (Pamela Dewhurst;


Nursil •*■


( nursei 'at


Ella Holmes, and Mrs. J.


daughter cf 'Mr Dewhurst, 1 if Brioklyn, Little-- moor Road : (Mi?s Holmes is, a former pupil


Royal Grammah Schooh and Miss Dewhiirst ( f flotre Dame Convent, jBlaci burn. | Con­ gratulations (to'ooth of them.


of . Clitlieroe y.r 5


; &t >OWLAND! Fdrest( X.F.C., ■ with Its; small tnembef-


X Y


shlp of If/, hi ve put 'on a “better living” ' llsplay at the Royal iLancast ire- Show at Blackpool this wee'' Th? club .won the last National Efficir


ency contest: '.-An ,(’.atijractl|v,b


■ cartjwheel


signed ' by 1 its Ipader, mIss D. Parkinson


gatewa!y ,to the stand was de­ awards CUtheroe


girls who aye Manchester have :|been alning , jthelr


In 1856,;


i.,n; the ■war the old Red


•et’s church- there is to be of an' old


■ spot of village entertainments. She also took a .keefi interest In drama and, was for many: years a member of the-. WhaUey : Church


Players! : ; In her younger days Miss Stubbs


was a mill, worker,.'but In more recent,years she had been em­ ployed at Brockhall Hospital.


aeneral ‘ sympathy will be accorded her relatives In their


■ bereavement.' The Interment took, place yester­


day. at 'Whalley Cemetery, the Vicar, the Rev. H; C. Snape, officiating.


I M U T O N WOMEN’S INSTITUTE—Mrs. A.


Laycock presided at the monthly meeting of Mltton Women’s Insti­ tute on Wednesday.. I t took the fonn of a members, night.


Mr. W. T. Brayshaw, of (jllth-


eroe, gave ’ a demonstration and display of barbola; work and basketry. .Re ' was (thanked by


Mrs. Ashworth. . , ' ■The meeting .then heard a


report from Mrs. M. Hull, of TOalley, the joint delegate to the annual, general meeting In Lon­ don. Mrs, - Laycock expressed thanks to her.


( ’ ■ A competition for a sculptured


potato was won ,by Mrs. Lan­ caster and Mrs. Pickthall.


A competition was,.also held to


help the Family Service Unit; at Manchester. I t resulted In £4 lOs. being raised to provide ’ poor( children with a day's outing. The whmers were Mrs, Bailey and Mrs. Nicholson.


Tea hostesses were Mrs. Pick­


thall, Mirs. I Proctor, Mrs. Robert-, son and Mrs. Rigby. ^


I ^ '.r e a d ;'' '


; football CLUB.^The annual general meeting of (Read United Football Club was’ held in the Literary Institute iMt .Wednesday.'


The first eleven will play In


Division 1 Accrlngtdn Comhlna- (tlon, to which they have been promoted, following the winning pf championship Division 2.


' . : ’ ■


1 .The reserve, team will continue In* .Division 3 Burnley Comblnar'


tlon. (Mrs. A. Bindley, J.P., of Read


Hall (president), Mr. A. Wade (Secretary), Mr. G. Pollard (chair­ man), and Mr. J. Hadwen, (vice- chairman), were all re-elected. The general committee will In­


intage of any


clude; Messrs. F. Holden, R. Goodway, G. Roberts, D. Skinner,


, W, V. Pickles, A. Smith’ and B. Sflln^er ■ * ,


WHfST DRIVE,—Mrs. R. Mellons


presented the prizes and Mrs. T. G., Whlttam ;was M.C. at a whist drive in the Conservative Club on


Monday. , l/Vlnners: 1, Mrs. Higgins; 2,


■ Mrs. Maxwell; con.,, Mrs. T. G. V^ttam and Mrs, E.' Mellons.


(OFF TO GERMANY—Amongst


the 15 apprentices (from Joseph Lucas, Burnley, who will play at a* festivalof youth football at VVupperfal, West Germany, this weel^ will -be Mr. Raymond Scho­ field, , of East Street] Read;


The boys will be guests of the


Wuppertal: sports Club, who are celebrating their Jubilee. They will stay at the homes of their opposite numbers and .play three or four games. ,


| Also accompanying them will he


Mr.' Cyril Law, of ; Straits -Lane, Head (Instructor). (


B o l t o n - b y - B o w l a n d 7.1—Th?re was only a small


attendance ' a t , the* meeting of Bolton-;by-Bowland [tV.I. In ■ the School on Wednesday when In the absence of Mrs. W,[ Heaton, Mrs. D. Dlnsdale, the vice-chairman,


presided. ( ■; ,' ■ | ■ The m«>etlng was (addressed by


the secretary, and |lt was-' after­ wards decided that at the Septem­


ber meeting each member Could bring a frlendr Mrs. D, 'Dlnsdale then gave: a report


meeting. : ; -j


A whist drive followed,, winners being; Mrs. Holmes,! Mrs. ^'olfen- .den, Mrs.(Sanderson] Mrs. 'Wllsdn.


G I S B U R N f p / i


Iw I t


6 c c q & i c > t i 5


FOUNTAIN PENS and PENCILS a r e a l w a y s a c c e p t a b l e p r e s e n t s


We : have a splendid (seleaion. of Pens, Pencils, and Pen and Pencil; Set; by all the 1.'"


leading makers:


PARKER CONWAY


STEWART ETC.


sw a n :- W/.TERMAN WYVERN


at prices to suit all pockets-


The New RETRACTABLE BAIiL-POINT P(ENS by Biro, Scroll and jPlatignun:.


Ask to see the J^ARKER" 5^ /Uthe lyorld’ 1 finest writing instrument


CRICKET. — Owing to the


weather conditions, both Glsburn C.O. .games were drawn last week-


end- ' ; :


On Saturday after a late' start, Burnley ■; Belvedere ■


( scored .164


runs, chiefly thrbuglj A. Miller (67) ■ and R. Cross (25). . For Glsbura D. Palmer took five for 64.


! Glaburn replied with 105 runs , for the loss of , six wickets, when time was called. .The chief scorers were M. Hudson (33 not out), R. Nutter ■ (24). B. Frankland (14) and H, Trankland (13)_,


' (On ■ Sunday. ' Wpodlands' Cricket Club from the Bradford' Central League were the visltora. ..Batting first, they reached ,: 98 runs, 'V. Johnson being highest scorer with 29 . runs.,' For, Glsburn,, N.' A. IVaterworth took four for 25 and R, Nutter three for 26. When the villagers went In to


0iSi(1 "il.'i


'jil' •i- ■


VERTISpi & TIMES I, .MARKET PLACE, CLIIHEROE


British Legion Pipe Band Appeal Fund


i ; ’ ■ ■ ;.’]■ ' ’ '£ s.'d.- B. F.


Ni'G’


p: Bolton .............. 1 O'; 0 Anonymous


oodbler .'........ 1 0 0 ^ 1 0,0


.......... 1 0 0


bat, the ( wind was almost gale force, and the game had to con­ tinue without balls being used, Half-way j through' the Innings (came th'e rain, which eventually, put. a stop to further play, with Glsburn 49 runs for eight wickets.


Highest scorers were B. Frank-


iftnd (23 not out) , and H. Frank­ land (11). ,


tl'® London o o t m g a t e (Toot may have slipped off b^^ke”


“WHETHER my foot sUpped off the brake on j|o ||ie ac- I celerator 1] do! tnow, but the car {lurched forward about two yards' and collided with some iron railings at the brner on my; nearsidA,” said a motorist in an alieged (state­ ment referred to at'Clitheroe Magistrates’ Courtj yesterday,


Castlegate arid Castle Street, when two men leaning bn the rails were seriously irijured.


j His car was involved to an accident


aged (50, of 9 Daisyil Bank street, Cornholn|e, TjDdmor- den, who pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, was fined ( £5, plus £8,cdsts. His licence lyas en-


The motorist, Ernest Barker, dbrsed]- '( { (*;|


' Isiirrimonses ',of ■ dangerous driving and driving without reasonable * consideration .for oth'er road-users were with-


:awn. , '(’ '■. ' ( ( ' , ■;


sAld , that Barker ij drove towards Castlegate at ft speed wjhich'had been described by sbrne witnesses as, riibderatb, and by others! as notjrinduly


Prosecuting, Mr. J. A . Bower,,


accelerator I do not k^ijow, but the car lurched forwa:cd about two yards and colll^qd with some iron rallingsl:atjthe( cor­ ner on my riearsifije footpath.”


Mr. :r. P. Lee;j! dMen'dlng, said Barker had taken | posse's


slon of the car on jthe Monday previous' to the accidept which occurred on ;Sunda^, J une 7th.


(years without having peenl In any trouble during! th;ijt ttaie, -


He had been drtvipg for 5^ TEDDY BOY As ,lt was a new iar, said Mr.,


Lee, Barker, was jnot! accus­ tomed to'its braking possibili­ ties and had not


fast.'.■■■■,''■; {■.''!; , ' ! [There was a'lirie of station­


ary cars to Castle Street owing tb.a hold-up to the [flow of traffic] Two men wefb Ipan- irig over the! guardrails at Castlegate.


; , j( ; HIT GUARD RAILS As Barker’s car was aboiit to


take Its place behind (the line of traffic, it looked as though he wqs going |to collide .with tiie last car ln!the:ltoe.|


. At the, lafjt I moment! how­


ever, (it swerved tb( the, left, collided with the guard rails, khocked them; dbwn and ser­ iously Injured the tivO meh.(


they neither (saw rioj:* heard aipy sign of brakes being ap­ plied.* '


I Witnesses had! stat^ . that j !' V I The car was'tested after the


accident,- and | appeared to be In perfect mechanical cpndl-, tlon, added Mri Bower|;


! In an; allbged statement,


.Parker said: “I -was dilytog at riot ,more than 10 m:p|h,' As i cjomirienced to make (;a: right- harid turn at' Castlega,te, the car iriimedlately in'"front of me began, to{pull up[ and I' theri saw a i line o f ! traffic ahead stoppeil.; , ' ; i '


“I naturally .then(.began tb^


stop and whether i my foot slipped off the-brake on to the


ence which woul|l the' correct sort pf Jji'dgment


■ for the occasion.


Schoolboy £•


igot'experl- give him


can only say his | rail,;' letter is not worth ;a de: reply as Ij;, like his first | consists wholly of (errdu statements, two of then) ficularly blatant. I haj more to'say! , |


’, ' T.i'ADlilJ[SON SOVIET BECOBDi


i


five mvenuons at farm


’ '• ■ ’Ir , show


Brian Walker,: son!,of a 4ong-, ) of the'


'A: Grammar IS )hcjoI I boy. 16ryea.r-old


Farmers’ display oMiiveritlons' .and modifications [at,the |loyal Lancashire Show at Bjaokpool.


ridge farmer, had flvb j six’ exhiblts-y.ln ,


success, Brian tob] third prizes..- ,, ; [


Repeating] his ‘ 'Sjoilng e


(last*: .year's. ■


his Inventions in ttie at the farm, (“I ihaye patented any gadgets, i | His winning design was! an The


Said Brian, , who-


first and fo r k s . ] qn


o r k s h e p ( n e v e r


automatic egg-waShe[r. eggs are washed " ’ ln('the : coiitaipeijs they are collected


100 eggs every three minutes


and| dfalned ip, which It handles


and is; equally effective: ivlth the dishes. ] (His other prlzfe wpsHfo’


low-volpme spray ;r arid] other entries were ( an (attachment


r* a


for a'lh'ariure leveller, ap e!®®- tric fence arid a .mlllC tube


brush' handle. (blltherpe'


riients I find rather* perW rblng particularly as they j vould probably be endorsed byjbany people td-day. Yet i they por­ tray an obvious lack of cog­ nisance .of the. subtlety of Soviet diplomacy arid the de­ velopments of the past dycade., ■ In the . first instarice ; t was


, Sir,—“Christian’s”! [sentl-


the 'West who made tie ad­ vances for the abolltlm of nuclear weapons, and i t was the obstinacy of the ^Rupans which thwarted reiterated ap­ peals for a broad internation­


al control . I';. lit T948;: a Unltfed States


-Congress Commission suggest­ ed that.; the atomic: bomb (‘be outlawea and that the (inter­ national authority: should have power to punish kriola- tlons of the agreement. |


-The U.S. promised ;t|:stop manufacturing bombs] dispose of Its present stock, and|make available to tb;A world Its scientificInfonrigtibri' but* not. until the iriternatlonal authority was in efljectiyb con­


trol. .,- I- ■ '■


' ■ But '- Gromyko; -the Isoylet spokesman, opposed the] broad


Sir,—To this pchpolcljllid .I bltog.


tailed letter, eous par- ; no'


junction of ; OBITUARY.-lAfter.bqihg ,ln


ill-liealtli ’for: a number of years, Mrs. Kate Brown! (of 85 Tudor 'House, ] 'V\radd(iigton, died at her hoirie on Monday.- Slip was-70,


I ( li — '


much-respected;. resldeht of Waddlngton, where she] had livfed for many years, was the widow of the late Mil.l 'Tom Brown, who took; an (active ■part lii village life];


’ -lilrs.. Brown,.; who 'iyak a She leaves a son and daugh­


ter to-whom sympathy js ex­ tended In their 'bereavement.


Following a service to (Wad- dlrigton Parish ( Church,' with


which ; Mrs. Browh had' been associated, the ; funeral j (took place in the churchyard 'yes­ terday (afternoon. ; The l/lcar, thd Rev. T. H. J. Ha^iklns, officiated,


,-.(■( SERyiCE.—The preacher at the ,' N E W T O N H 'i .


evening Service on 'Sunday kt the Congregational Chapel' wfts' .the Rev. James Luke,- o f th e (Church of jSouth India.


' i . ( :; * .


spoken to the .children (of the Suhday ; School. ', (


Earlier ip the day he * 'h a d ; ' |


(j)n Tuesday-afternoon (he was the guest of honour at a tea (party


.held in 'th e Sunday School,'j when he had, the opportunity pf;jmeet- Ing the scholars and their iparents.


' Mr. Lul^e was spending ( a| week ln|N5wton' studying;the (work of th$ rural 1 churches.; He; 'visited several , of the. Dales Congrega­ tional churches during his stay.


H U R S T G R E E N W.I.—Mr. K. Anders, assisted by


Mi/. Simpson,; o f ; the N.'Wi; Elec- trlilty Board, gave a mpst! Inter­ esting demonstration on " The use. of small appliances arid'safety In (the home" to members-of the Women’s Institute bn ’ih.ursday evening. : , , ' ' (


Mrs. M. , Peri7 presided and


thanked the demonstrators. An ankle competition; proved


very popular, the demofistrators acting as judges. ( First prize was won- by Mrs. R. Wilson, the second byjMrs. J. Holden; (Avenut Gates), the third by Mrs.; Martlndaie, and' th^’ fourth by Mrs. (Qulirn/


; . A mystery parcel [ organised by


Mrs. Holden (CrossglUs) (occupied the social half-Jiouv (ahd wOs won by 1 Mrs. Walsh. !


, ,■ A coffee evening and brlng-and-


bu'y stall was fixed for August .at th e , home of the president]


j Decree nisi


TN an undefended 'stilt at ! Preston Dlvorc(e Cpilrt on Tuesday, Mr.;' Commissioner i


Fejnwlck, Q.C.' granted a decree nisi to Donald 'Wall- bank, of ■ Franklin i Street, Clltheroe, on the grounds of


misconduct by; Eva ;Victoria Wallbank.' ' ; . ,


old tbiks at


T^wii rial) Wednesday


'i’oiamorddn,' jvlslteo'


at'the Invitation of eroe Old ; peoples Com'mlttee.; j (:


oyer 60 people who are members


of ’ old people/. cliibi at! [Wads- iworth and''Hepton stall] near


’


Clltheroie ;hd|Clith- ■'Velfaire


Councillor :George j ;Br06m, a native of Clltheroe! wlio was chairman of the Hpptoh Rural District; ColincH lastj year, and


They wero- accompanied by.


the present I chairman* Mrs. Councillor (Walton | and Miss


Royd .Rural j District pouncll and his' wife] were alsp; mem- 'bers.of the party.


jj . The visit' Ifollowep one . by


the Clitheroe Club b H]epton- ■stall and,! llYadswortlil, some


weeks ago. ! VISIT TO CLUB


: After luhcli, the to the Town;Hall, were welcotoed! by Councillor- D. .CrWchley, and the Mayoress, Mrs, ley. Councillor C and Mrs. Chatburn,


made for the partj! town’s regalia.


its beginnings.


Arrange: entk had to


' Mr. Henrjl Forrest tained the I guests with description of,cutaerpe frop


I |l ■ '( '


expressed by|Mlss D. Eushton, chairman bf| theOld " —


club.


in games . I at; the (i)lup]and a few people ibravejiii the ele-


A\ pleasant hour Iwas spent ■: ;* I,. I !( !


ments to; ,vls(lt thp M|Useum, where they were shown'm!any interesting exhibits! bjj Mr. (H.


, Thanks to|Mr. FprrAp were i>eoples


Welfare Commlttej.j' After leaving thejToy/n Hall,


the' party Iwere i (takfen'. by coaches to the old {peoples


kee the enter-


a lively


party went Inhere, they Ijhp 'Mayor


:D. iCritch- Chlatbum


nhe! deputy


mayor and,mayoress were also present.


been


MeUrquart.', j '' ■'! j j ' ■' The (chalrjnan pf jHebden


I that I read the letter, o f , fred Castle.' His authorltf


CYPRUS PROBLEM! Sir,-It was with admir


and well-balanced view Cyprus question


made the Attempts of arid other of' your corres; dents seem-very meagre irrational.'!


' ( ('


sound enlightenment ■' Castle has'thrown on ce: issues, and;T am sure wt


I feeLboiJind to defer tq


all the better for having his letter. '


, : , ' ( The “Cyprus question”


no doubt ebntinue to be batable subject In. spheres, bdt after the re; table action o f. Nassei Egypt, It Is obvious that other Hitler Is establh


an- ling


any ret- ‘ In


will de-


himself to the Middle East, ( Such a danger emphs rises


how essential It Is, not only for our owii safety, but fo the safety of other nations, tha,t we should-not relinquish our hold bn Cypnis.


tance that we do not t'ak^ any further retrograde step'lq the Middle East.


Such a ipove would strpng-


thentthp power of thatii; poi^le Upstart of a die! i to ^ypt, and weaken oui communications with out plre and the Asiatic coui of the Far East.,


CYPRUS REPLY Sir,—On ; reading the (Ibtter


Castle, one feels that gone a little further he / have convinced himselj least that Cyprus reall:^ longed to us and tha Cypriots were just troji some Interlopers.


Clarke, | | ' j. I . ■ ! Tea was served by m{emhers


of the committee pnd ifrlerids to the Cohgregatlqijial pchool.


After tea the party was; en-


' tertalned :by| local | ptfStes.,; Councllior|B. Shhrplb,:who


was com’pere, exprie.ssed thanks to( the Coiigregatlorial Minister: and the deaCpns, for the loan of the rooms,


and; to


the artistes, j *, Mrs. Ismay,


Old Peoples' Club. . - - the thanks of , the visitors and was followed by M


^r. Mpb’


of IWaidsworth expressed


h of


Peoples Club secretary, was responsible tor the .airrange- ments .for the .visit,


the Heptoristall Club. | j ; ; Mrs. M. i' Whitesidp,, Old


dence there, the Rev. G( man seems to know, about the country, Its p* and their desires, than Archbishop Makarlos wh^m .he /‘refuses to diq but whom he seems to ^ with faint praise.


Indeed, one feels tha|


Rev. Gentleman Is so formed about the country If he -were asked to a constitution he could duce one, at least to the faction of the Imperialls]


would say, that’s all that ters when - dealing wltl smaller fry who seem denied the jurisdiction ( ternatfonal-law or the L Nations .Charter. .


And now about “Tqddy ;


from- the - Rev, Wilfred; 1 ’. F. htti he


would at


be- the


;ble- For after a few years resi- hlti


damn the


draft pro- atls- s. .


lin- that


Surely sir, as the Bl; hops


ffiat- the


0 be to­


lled


who seems to confirm the Vlous opinion that he Is to be a rea'l asset to thp ternity.


poy,” ,pre-


($oing fra-


• Anyone who can highly Intelligent and .able gentleman that( hi reached the stage whei shall .leave public affairs] sumably to the Teddies] confine himself exclusiv. crossword puzzles, or pe: snakes and ladders and ^ winks, is no mean advepi


tii: r*!i


1 a son- has he'


pre- and


y to


(i'haps ilddly sary.


or is he. Anyway Teddy tells us! he is


due for military service and that he may be sent to cjprus, but one wonders why sui h an adV|enturo..u-s persor has waited for the call tip i t .alL and whether Cyprus is the right place for him. i !


: dangerous than a balloon, or a pea-shooter, for one Is j frald that If he gets hold bf cfrtain weapons,' then underi the slightest provocation'ha may do something that is pot quite cricket.


But If he is sent therfe lets hope he is. given nothing more


E.B.


! itle- inore iople,' even .self, ike,”


It is of. paramount Imjpor-


lijtata are


the Mr.


:ead


international lioiftrbl advoca­ ted by the Airier^cah governr ment.


t i n n e d t o p r e s s , f o r t h e a b o i l * t l b n ( o f r i u c l e a f w e a p o h s u n d e r t h e s e t e r m s ' u n t i l m u c h i c o r i - c e r n w p s j f e l t i r i s ■' m o r e ; a n i l m ■ " ' ■ ” r i i i d e r t h e


T h e U . S . a n c j l t h e W e s t ! c b n { -


control r of ;.Sov{iet governinents, undeb stances! in wnich .trie of the I people to c] been' Impalrei


ore o^- Europe (fell


circutri- freedom bbse; had


Urider thes| and Russia’s


(strinces, Ibiis (ata-


tude, ’the -.i_. providerit to conttolib|the dfe- velopmerit of lnuolealr{weapbris, and - BritainJ. endbrped '-this policy by, following'jsuit.l (


'fact. ■ '! • 'I i'!. !'' * Since the /Soviet incitements


•ri tries


tfres- -ator own Em-


TEDD'y!' POY,


nowledges there!Is ‘little;dan-' ger’ of Russia ; gaining' any military as,cendani;3[ | of’ the free world If the recent' pro­ posal from Russia ls|ja!ccepted. The. solidarity of trip (westehi democracies has iriiader the Soviet Unlor, also''reallse this


Your! cofre^pondbnt ( ack­


pf Commuffist (agkriesslbn; in Korea, Indochina, (and against the Chinese Natlontolst^ Island' of Forniosa, have so fplserably petered'out—due mainly: to the resolute frbnt offered by the U/S.—thj Sovlptltlnion is no long'er relying pri |military, ascendancy. Slie is iritenslfy- Ing her poweiful-jand; 'ob­ viously dangerous--propagan­ da campaign I


I'! i


. try would .ajcclaiml itself as a “worthy” exporient for peace.


cluded as a result of; her pro­ posals, (which! Is extremely unlikely), she would ;at' once chant .to thei wprldj her Inten­ tions for ‘ peaceful fco-exlst- ence.” The prpvioiis efforts of the West v’puiq b^ (forgotten, and the Soviet Urilori—which still illegally j claCpsi ,lh ( Its tyrannous power the people bf ten natlons-Lthat same coun-


If arrangemerits were! con­ How galll:i/|th£^t (would be


to those of'us,'who ri|:e aware wilful tr'eacheryi of country which


of the Russia, tt. since 1930 of broken tj.’eatles ments too long for reproduc­ tion here.


as; amassed :a|llst arid rigree-


cerned, with the achievement of the ahclltion |of| nuclear tests, but rather ithe attain­ ment of L market [in which she can bli;aritly| disseminate her false rir Dpagandai ' ( SCR iPTiDR jVERITATIS


Russia Is not so mjich con­ MOTOR INDUSTRY


redundancy ahd not; enougn about flexibility has]plunged the motoi


Sir,-Top much; talk about


................ industry! into a senseless dispute which might prove a k: employmej known It


. When tl Cripps wajs ExCheque; ernment the crujc i


lirice the war. { late Isir'Stafford


dispute When ;he {said: employment


the „ present to stay in industrial


ment pol everyone to the goods and chance to another.-'


“The a


full employment be


In other


ployment vacant


surely


never can rr Is guararteed; for as! long as ' occupant wishes I That :Would be


eari that every job op! InTirr


does not: and i sttiu. Full sjjagriation'j ';


ndubnal, output of s'ervjces.j gets a


\vho' cap contribute


of a ifull; employ- .is to| ensure .that


db so in one way or


clumsy way o;f saying that a few thousaridfi of unemployed motor Indu^ry workers must find alternative em- (frbm [ the


flexibllltyj which


the Ministry of Labour —in­ cluding over 25,000 in the Mid- landS—at the (enp of May.


jobs _ (registered with


were warned by the man who may well!prove' to: be (the greatest fig ire of the Labour movement pf th l l century;


up by uneiri will be crea stagna.tion:


.jlpymentiPay they ring the Industrial against which we


Ej M.


................. I. (DAVIES. FIELD OF WEEDS


•Sip—Shpitiy Aflfer reading


slon to roVlSlt 'the! Hodder Valley..


ah owner Itofmer being dis­ possessed 0' ^lahd for Insuffi­ cient cultivation! I . had; occa-


the View wasj to |no small ex-; tent, marred by a. one-time fertile me';idow ! covered' by tons and tpns of nettles! and docks.


On apprbachWg Whltewell, It i is so tjjiick a I crop I vrould


vflnd more Anywhere. ,j f This ’ land I has apparently


Wager my! bottom dollar It would be ari i'toipo'sslblllliy to


been! totallj "without correct, if any?.cultivation f]or yea^si; and 'Is fa . public ((disgrace And a


. menace to j nplghbourtog agri­ culture. ' i'fr-jii ' '. (': ■


’


•;.'Tt'lS bwrii d'i by the Duchy of Laricasterewd tO' all iritfents and purposps 'Appears ■ anted.


* '


thls gross! responsible!- he “pass on don?


uriten- ‘ ‘ 'Why Is ricithtag done-td'stbp


neglect? 'Who' is -the agent Opdoes' the buck” to Lon-


My Indl^natlori Is roused—


and so should thAt of all tight thinking, (cofiritrymen i yrhen ; they see s' ich A 'qisgfa'beful'


motor Industry (insist (oh a "stay-put” universal short-time -bolstered


If .the Wade unions in (the policy - Involving


to maintain there must is


a 398,644


Youths in vain bi


bid to i]


I rescue m river


member of a working party, fe|l !lnto the swollen River Calder,[ near Hacking Boatijon Monday, two Accrington youths] made a vain hid to rescue *hlm.


5N a patient from Brockhall Hospital, [ a


LAmb, jwas swept awAy by the strong current.


[The .two youths, John Rad-


cUffe, rif( Victoria Street, and Frank Bryan of Holden: Street, were camping in the vicinity, Tney vraded fully-clothed Into* the river and tried to grab the pAtlenji.; .


j '


banks (of the Calder and the Rjbblei by police for several hours but there was no sign of


Watch was kept on the


,the'body. The [watch was called off


' i


lajter In the day and there now seems little hope of recoverlhg ' ;e boriy until the river levels iturril to normal.


lob makes him a( life membet


f mark his 50 . years mem- ■*" i bershlp of the Clltheroe


Cionservatlve Club, Mr.l Jatnes H6ni:y( (“Harry”) Blbby, of* 60, Yorlt Street, Clltheroe, has b[eien made an honorary llife inember.''


, *.i


• I Mr. Blbby, who is now Hying In (retirement after* many


y*ears In business iri the town ap A plumber, received the honour at a recent meeting of


t|ie piub. I i


iThe patient, Lester Michael 1


;ktout blow to full ;as| We (have


iri the Labour Gov- put his finger on


Chancellor of the THANK YOU ALL!


he motor; industry n ihp • ! “Pull


r,—'Ve should be grateful If


yo|i wo rld publish our/most sin­ cere I thanks to * the people | in


thei’cc, Chatburn and Low or. for their ■ most generous ponse to- bur houSe-to-heuse leOtlon whldh realised £99 7s.


\ny member, of the Brigade


1:1* be , glad to receive any. relopfs that have not been ledted.


i ALS .53 F John Ainbulauce Brigade,


rON, Dlv. Supt. M


-. NEW bllthoroe. SAM,- Lady ' ,pt.


scene bilerated by the local - .


farmers and Council. i


I


to spe’alc because it Is Duchy, propprt;’ and they' are tenanta


■The, farmers are ^reluctant - • !


days dead


’(vould remind them the of the “over-lord” are as : api the clover : on that!


mea4ow,( to spite pi current cond.tkns.


, I . '


Is allowed. *


and


answer othei" men


'


it Is ia sad reflection on their .authority that such a start­ ling .lack of duty to agriculture


The A.E.C. is no better arid


Duchy of Lancaster^ bowler-hatted officials


when 0 Ajile:*


a flea-! unaue: flesh Is


flea-jbite would


for' their faults just,as Government, depart- have to, toe the line :casIon demands.


d of weeds Is only a they ! may say, but I


ijemtod them that even l)lte toby fester Jf left qded—especially If the unsound!


AGRICULTURALIST


mystifying quotations of “Old Timer,’ I take it he postulates a mbral purpose behind things This mriy be true, but It does ' spring from. God. The Ities of purity and iQve ■ (do so, but not morality.


MORALS AND MAN :f r can unravel the


Morality ! Is (right conduct man and man, and


Imrijorallty is wrong conduct betweeji man and man. There Is a (science bf morals called which endeavours to


Ethics, tw eri


meh.! ■ ! I


Therefore morals begin with *


mail I a id end with man. It cari, [for instance, be morally right t) fight for,one’s coun­ try,' arid yet be indefensible jn |the [eye^ of God.


Mdrallljy pertains 'to man. These should not be co.nfused.


Rellglori ' pbrtains -to GOd. VELOX DOGS AND ROADS


is| passed by Parliament in Its present form-dogs will baled on| certain ■ thoroughfares, if their owners are' not to be guilty of an offence against thb ; law; a provision -this Leaguej has oppo'sed.


shpuld,! in the Interests of all iriqludlng the dogs, voluntarily prevent .their pets from stray­ ing hekr traffic. Take him, nbj; let him out.


.(


examine paws and body ori- flc& I fbr, “awns,” the spiky, apDend,ages of certain grass' seeds, which if not discovered


'At 'tqe onset of dry weather


early tissues


may penetrate, the with serious results.


R. HARVEY JOHNS.,


SecretAry, National Canine’ Defence League,..


| | t ' is, urged that owners :,-l-If the Road Traffic Bill


for|nul^' ite distinctions be­ tween right and wrong Among


Lighting of’ .Vehicles: 10-: p.m. tO|4-3o[a.m,


; F R I D A Y , A U G U S T 3 r d ] 1 9 ^ 6 I


! tentlon [on what must) be^ , iriost dangerous piece of ma road in the area.


*


( dents and local authoriti 1 have been pleading] ufg ! 'and demandlngl' the pawef :. that-be| to do srimethlng* ! , so far without result. |


!,*For years' now, local.fa I I work has been done '(and


I ( Higher up, the roAd A 'Sawleyj Brow , conald


road Is' now much more |c


I able of| dealing with the lie; ; flow of -traffic thalt ( i throughout the sununce


.( tween the]' great Ypr.:s ! (Industrial towns and'th-c'L i ;cAshlre coast resorts.;'


, i the. exjcuse used to b| tha i 'wonderful by-pas- wAs be] [ planned. Now, no doubt, j j the credit squeeze, ] [ ]


Mus; there be a r ijmfae:


This week the driver erityla erland


* free. mate


were able to scran By a( stroke of good 1


tune they were almost uhhj ’. IbuI what if the vellcle „


- been a coach'or a ’bus |ul| ' passengers? What cha (. would; they have had'


. I . The whole, .melancholy ’(i tory of the highway^ pi countir is ithe old, old,stor


;! “too little (too late.” u’s|iti :; much; to ask that In this


. i ! tlculaf Instance the (apt ; ties will ' remember


' [ Churqhilllan adage a[id i their (plans “Action this


( j; .# #, *j


; A v[ery interested visitoil the Clitheroe Sh.ow j


:: done in the rural areji-sj ( India and he is conseqiieif Interested in all agricu|tu


’ .topics. ;He was very impressed v


; ‘ished that many of |tl animals produced six pr. sei galloris' of milk a day, (c pared with amounts mea, able in pints produced by c*


the (cattle, he saw and ast


' iri his own country. In (rece years',: however, there has b an effort in India to imp the breedirig pf cattle] by porting pedigree stock.{


'Mr. Luke referred tc • religious sects in India


'/■'( age and to die a , death.


! would not kill cattle. * them to live to a ve


( This tended to ov(i'-i'|c| ( late (the country w:t;i e:


.' ; whose commercial value; - ! nil,- particularly as ;suU I : fodder was always'scarcij.


( ( : Earlier to the week Mr. had .visited ;scveral ]Bov


! farms. *'• S'^ONGRATULATIONp to


V ' T. Ian Wflgley. of 23. cleuch Avenue, Clithir'”c has obtained his fii.D Manchester , Univer.pty.'


Wrigley Is the son of M Wrigley/ . the Borough 'fi urer, and''Mrs. Wrigltp'. j


itriree years ago, he; bee'nj engaged in ch.


Canada before taking i American post. He i xpec] . stay in America for 12 nt


■A. & B. HINDLEY, of A .,


i hin ardi . sievera ^Rveral suciucesse the Royal Lancashire Sl]o|


; , : with;Readhall Waterjoo the cow-ln-mllk, born b


( Blackpool this; week.] I They included second


] 1951 class; second with ^ ; ha llL lly lV ln th e cow - in -


.born after 1952 cla-s!'. jc


'i'( W y VH to the hcifer- ]]' (■ born after August, 1953.


; i ; '! Another success wp | i ' ! H. Taylor, of Halste ids ) ( Rlmlngton, . second ij


!* ( Guernsey Bull (clasi^ 'b ""


'(•jnrRS. F. E. Dugda ■' 1 ^' ton, woiH tl


■


‘nnd Mrs.Dugdale a|soh reserve.


*the championship—, ] : ,


'championship! :in * Sheep section; I at-: Lancashire Show- pool. The same a


(f Her successes, in i pheep classes were 2nd shears of (over :,


.; (shearling:, — to"’ '“'"gi


. ewe lamb. this ' WEI


•ROAD SAFETY ewe: 3rd ewp shearllng|


lEK’S SLOl


A i i a l l m a y r u i j in t ' r o a d , b u t y o u m u ^ t


'


( i with Readhall! Lad;/ f . ' XIV to the ,heife|'-to horn after 1953. c!as:| * ihlrd with Rwdhall St;


,inl (hi


|! I (1955, with Julle’s’Jlobo I' I ‘Kllmeston.


* C,'(l'i|


pirnal lonkj


ofos (Angeles, a'nd n *xt j\r riesday he sails for M .'ntr** spend two or three we*


search at Manchester Un sity ' Recently he a(!ci'P|i* post * doctorate fe!lo{.v.rii,i. the (University of Calilpf


[since obtaining his | n ,


! the Rev. James Luke.'bf pol :,India who was .staying f ((■■Newton Much of his' wbrfl


[I 'But |his much more |d;ugi [ *ous stretch remains'] Yei^ : (and j.years ago-r.ore (ye ' than'ye cafe to i . nvembo


jirfiHE lorry In' the' river ' Sawley again focused ■


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