5 i: CUtiieroe A^dvertiser & Times, p e cM e r 7, 1956


I LETIER S TO THE kLOCAL


lr,-^It would


yo[ir report on. Council's views-


and that they fore they are


GOYEP.NMENT r


SUEZ AND CRIfICKMS appear from


Clltheroe Town on the Govem-


ment’s White Piper on the Re- orianisation of Local Govern­ ment that they have not con- slMred the White Paper in detail are “ shouting


hurt."


make such imprdveraents as Are netessary to brin it up to date.


Pater are that no to I the existing required. What overhaul the st


is carried out jim partially and .is not tainted, by petty or selfish motives. While local circum­ stances must be iivestigated and local opinioh Consulted the reView must be independent and the Government and Parliament milst be.left to ma,ke the ultimate decisions.


It is essential that any review ! '


status as a boroigh arises , not from any specifli proposal for amalgamation , iri the ' wHite Paper (because thjere Is no such proposal), hut froqi the fact that the review of Cpunty District Areas is to be placed in the hands of the County Councils.


■Ihe danger x) Clitheroe’s


unable to make any without Minister,


proposals of the (bounty Council re tire radical changes in the existing structure . then the Mifaister can refer the particular matter to the Local Government Commission.


I was fortunate six weeks ago, to


discussion on the when the Minister Duncan Sandys, wi


cussion


quite clear that intend ,


that


that the County CJouncil will be Changes •Sie' the


But It must be remembered The conclusions of the White


radical changes structure are


is needed is to. ucture. and to


Sir,—I t , is a difficult task to


not intelligible. To ask me for a commendation of the Govern­ ment; when I have jconsistently condemned the action;concept of the Suez' stampede}' and this Government’s subsequent | moves,


misses me and I d,o noS know anyone ' else .who would | be , p utterly insane as td desire that the Russians should strip us of all our major assetd.


hardly lines with reteon. ''His! other shot atjme entirely


Again indifference to the


suffering of [adults and children alike !is foreign to my make-up.


tori much space has been given to ECTpt,! whilst Hungary has been neglected. Beicause we are not -hypocrites we naturally chose first to criticise ourselves and the main reason is ,Ihat Egypt is our concern and Hungary fe not. We are fully responsible for Egypt but riot for Hungarl/.


Now Veritas' complains that can do without starting a war. Moreover I One other thing I must pote is 1 ’there is little that /we


It is the United Nations’ Ijob, if Russia will allow, but she is, like the British and -French] -have been, very; difficult.}


that J.M.W. says jto hell with ithe so-called "United” Nutions. Of course J.M.W, does qualify


enough, some take pari in a 'white Paper himself, Mr. present.


as


When 'summing ■up the dis- the Minim iter made


loc pi traditions


should he preserv disturbed if reason.


there


seldom .fee practical to amalga­ mate a town with a rural area surrounding it! ■ |


He further sfeted that it would The Loaf that kee{» in


i Oven Freshness to the last |siice.


! i ' '■ '^1 A L O A F T O -D A Y I : T E EV E R S , jLTD. IM P ^ BAKTOY, CLTTHEROE Tel 131,


study the White Paper in a more thorough manner wonder how many of them have read it?)5 they will find ..that the only: danger « to ' our, town’s status stems frohi the fact that we are to be reviewed by the County Council—but even! here there are considerable safeguards.


If our town councillors will


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'Soviet Government in any negotiations - whichl may take place are likely' to be less yield­ ing in regard to policies affect­ ing, ithe security and well-being of’their country thin regard to policies' not essential to these interests.


It is therefore clear that the ! Soviet policy is at the moment,


ini -a sense two-faced and the slaughter of HungaiV has shown that she dares to defy the Western nations.'


U.N.O. by her saijage attacks upon the Hungarians, and U.N.O. has failed to act pi^omptly.


Can w'e blamp the lack of faith


of: these poor people in U.N.O.? No, we can’t! j


emphasis on her stre igth, stating that she has overtaken the United States In the production- of'hydrogen bombs.


The Soviet 1 has laid great ^


against Mosco^‘‘ We must not be vveak-kneed./ Hov easy it is to ;turn -away: our face while Hunrary fights on> as long as we are all right, ;


I: am unable to understand


■why these so-called citizens of the United Kiigdoin are proud to call themselves Communists, and there are many : n the North of England,


j


(3WILYM WHALLEY, P.R.E.S'. SUEZ AND OIL


says or implies in your last issue that the Gallop polls, confirm that a majority of support the Government,


Sir,—Mr. Fort, dui} local-M.P.',


in the "News Chro|niale" gives the people


written agamst the- Government's action the “ Manchester were misleading.


Labour a lead in tt He further says


. authority does he si Mr. Fort alsoi sa;


Government’s policy to letting U.N.O.;rur policy in the Midi' this is true “ why drawing from ,Egj behest of the U.N.?


This is not so! Tf e latest poll


e country, that letters Conservative in Suez, in Guardian ’’


On " 'what y this?


are


's that the is opposed our foreign East. If we with-


'pt at the


Government is ;not easy for our (3pyemment to buy oil. Again this} is cause America is no this very thing, and


'wasn’t, “ what, right has Mr, Fort and the Tories to expect this?"


not so, be- y arranging even If she


the Suez issue President. Eisen­ hower represents the American people. ' . :


that this Conservative Govern­ ment is the weakest I in memory, that it is leaderiess and drifting to disintegratloii, and -that it has accomplished nothing ^ its E g y p t ia n campaign except prevent the British people from obtaining oil, with increated prices coming ori ivery com­ modity /through the closing , of the Canal.


Why doesn’t our iM.P. admit


! 1 ■ , SALAAM.


many Americans' ar^ writing to their British friends eritical of their own govemmerii is not sur­ prising in a country of over 110,000 people, blit I j feel that in


Mr. .Fort’s Statement -that


Farmer nad do car licence I


-WILLIAM ECC3LES, aged 63, a! farmer, of Hoine


■ ■ ' I


Farm, Browsholme, was fined £5 at BoWland iMaglstratjes’ Court on Monday! for driving a car without a Road Fund licence- and £1 for driving without a i licence.


r P,c. Dean said that Eccles’s


car was displaying an expired Road Fund licence, ^ e n stopped, Eccles produced | a driving licence which had also expired. - '


He also says! the American . making it


., ,, The Allies must stand firm Village offers


homes ai^d jobs to Hungarians


rtHURCHES, chapels and the parish j council at Sabden


are co-operating in trying! to find suitable homes for Hun­ garian refugees to whom work Is offered!.in- a local cotton mill. ' I . i


j The mill! one of four owned


by the family, [concern -of James Stuttard and Sons, Ltd., in sabden! ahd -Higham, -can' employ a jllmited' number! of refugees, says Mr. D,* Stut­ tard, a director of the firml “One -feels very! sorry jfor


these people, and} we thought this was a; practical gesture, a way in which we| could help. Everyone is > co-op!erating , to find peoplp who can provide accommodation.” The firm} first made the offer for girl refugees who could be


accommodated ati their Sab­ den hostel! for girl operatives. There Is a!shortage of womefi workers at the mills,' where more than 600 operatives are employed.!


; ' Their offer was gratefully


accepted by the a,rithoritles in London, who, however, found that there was a greater nped to find work for men. ,


The Soviet has set a test for Let’s not ;get, worked up by Government it


2d and only is very good


by saying the so-called U.N. He should think whatj the opposite number is. It is Disimited Nations, e.g. nations quarreling arid murdering each rither,' We cannot wonder, however,


wish the Prime Minister arid his Government a good Christmas and a vei7 , prosperous New |Year —now they' have taken the 'dght road.


This high road to rectitude, ! - . ! ; . .


and they have been great tritns- gressors, is the way of truth, and when lall-ithe whitewashing is done, itiuth, will remain un­ changed. The all important and fundamental truth ' is . [that Nasser and the Canal were the targets all!the time, their main and. every objective.


}


Selwyn Lloyd enumerated ' this week; were! afterthoughts jand incidental iin -this nature and virtually uiitrue. The whole project has failed—


All the other things which Mr. Soviet foreign policy is


based on promotiop of a Com­ munist revolution throughout the world., ,.. . ' I


that'is the trutfi-and Britain would have probably been fight­ ing the Russians \ in the ^anal Zone if America had not 'pulled them back,


Britain' ;and little France I


found the} world | was agamst them/and I believe! they saw'the possibility of Soviet intervention and without American help. .!


Waddington.


rr. ADDISON. |


SUEZ SITUATION


week’s correspondence I felt as if all the spleen and fury of the wild men of Toryism had been let loose in; an all-out attempt to silence anyone who dared! to seek or utter the truth about lour attack on Egypt. ! .


Sir,—On ' reading your last


First we have A.T., after giving a lecture !;on the vocabulary known as' “!tripe,’’ telling us that 'his Judgment in tjie matter of


And what a bunch of critics. I


the tvritteri or sppken word is quite unreliable. i Then we have Veritas bemoan­


ing lack ;Of information on international matters and ask­ ing for erilightenriient in this age ,of .massteommUhication. i


fTHE Suez situation and | the trouble in Hungary are big


,yice stations ate -pretty com-


talklnglpolnts at the present time. Everybody is discussing these problems, but I’ve never yet hea,rd of an International situation being used; as an excuse for taking it; easy at work—until this week.,


a man taking a brief respite from h s job and enjoylrig a quiet read I at the same time. Sudden y, he Was confronted' by; an o] ficial. Seeing the news­ paper, lie demanded;; “What are you doing?” ; }


The i tory I was told was of


reply; ‘Studying thellnterna- tlonal Situation!” i ]


Quick as l ig h t ; came the |


* ! -* '*!


TN these days when we hear so nuch about rrick! ’n’


, ! I - !


roll” arid its vogue' amongst our yoilng folk'} it 'is good to record Eorn'ethlrig to! gladden the hearts- of [older genera­ tions.


. ; ! j Ribblesdale County Second­


ary School is producing [the Gilbert! and Sullivan opfera, “ The Pirates of Pfenzance,” ,


next w?ek. | | ' Now e v e n .Ribblesdale


School has its jazz, addicts to whom ,;he [word “square” [has nothing to.do with!practical drawing,; and more jthan ^bne


or two have also heard Braff aid Clayton,


So it


(vyrites look-in week’s the rea


Theri


did one’s heart good a corresporident) to


pared 'With drum-beat discord. that


is no doubt


cast ar^ enjoying then The enthusiasm i of Wiseman, producer, Finch, [musical director,' and Miss |I, Houlker,


practices. Mr.


Miss


grapher, is infectious, and the keenness'with which} the chil-, dren respond to their behests must' be very 'encouraging.!


j chorjeo- At one point, the r/Jhearslng


was interrupted for th e } bast to fisten to gramophone re- .cordings of the opera.


In rapt second


The pyst playing-was heard silence, but during the the children joined in


the sljiglng where appropri­ ate, with a verve which echoed; their obvious delight.^


j . “A policeman’s'lot Is not a


happy lone,” says one of the songs' jin the show,} but,} if rehearsals are any criterion, '


a sped perfor:


ctator’s 'mer’sils.


— ■ and a


will be, *


T ^ IT H . petrol-rationing Jonly ’ a week or so a^ay, |we


can at least console ourselves with tf e thought thai Nasser' has done what we could: hot do—sto J the traffic chaos, j


Thou:lands of, c^rs pass


througli Ribblesdale jev!e!ry year. ,\ t Whalley they have to put a diversion systemJiirito operatl({)n, but this has not 'al­ ways been' well' received -by local tradesmen. They say It keeps the traffic moving and deprived them of trad^. [ |


hardy annual of Castle Strfeet parkingl ' '


In Cftheroe there | I s : the ' !


And now, I at orie fell swoop, •/ I I -I I .


Nasser-has, solved all these problems—at least until the Suez Canal is cleared.}


difficulty — getting j enough petrol for the car.


i -; , |- # ; • # . ; # ! i i


V E T fales of petrol tanks ' overflowing when being filled atjthe few still-open ser-


But he has created [another !!


|


rehearsals and pote tlons to music as com­


unofficially | at ; this'


inon. And many motorists-are known to have used up plenty of their “juice’s In search of the! odd gallon, i


But It Is not surprlslr g that the 10 per cent, iu t in s


effect If stories of bearding are truel


' ! I heard of one motorist who,


after paying for a couple of gallons at one set of pumps, calmly announced that his stock now stood 'at 180 gallons!


[ perhaps he was one of the


farmers I have | heard of who rire: digging petrol pits on their land!v .


No worider’honest motorists


ajrei finding it very dlfificult to keep their tanki! topped up.


RATHER - CHRKTMAS, ap- 'pearing at'ja local']event


this week, got a reply he didn't bargain for when :he que'stlon- ,qd one little boi^.


' “And what’s ; asked.


with if they were loyal, ' The word United, in this connection, means -the]end of all wars} Finally, please allow nie to


at the man in the, street saying foolish things in connection with the United Nations when our rulers are holding it up for derision.' We would be. ruled out forth­


reply! to the criticisms and^ other letters us published ip last week’s Advertiser and Tijnes, Polex contribution is certainly,


who asks the one-eyed question as ;to what’ Nelson would have done.-


And finally there] Is E.T.Q.,


,a smaU nation he would have needed quite a pumher of eyes to keep in touch with the antics of


One can only, guess 'that if Nelson -had been the servait of


; : ‘


the Big Powers. M-ariy -people believe that, Sir


Anthony Eden’s Illness arlserinot, so much from overwork; In a good ■cause,'' a s ' from, a guilty! conscience.;


Nelson would have done,: jit is what S r Anthohy has actually, done.


In. the knowledge that deceit ! J


breeds deceit, there need te no surprise} at the increasing] num­ ber of excuses- for ouriitittack on Egypt, as one-after ariother of the! excilses failed to allay public suspicion. ,


I Apart from the Victorian jin­


goes -who still believe that I con­ veniences and expediency .trans­ cend, subh trivialities as morality ' and Christianity, which may be all right on the Sabbath, no-one-- believes [that our motives we)fe as pure as we would have ;1;hem believe;, |


‘ |


prove tri be a heaven-sent oppor­ tunity to get rid of one who seems quite unfitted for position! in! -tlfet to soothe wounderi pride and vanity -he committed the 'country -to .what -has proyed' to he a disastrous expedition -that may have}led, and may yet lead, to a ! third world war.


Sir' Anthony's illness may


-his his


E.B.


I f A N D OUT io tJN D


had failed us twice within'living memory, and who seemed [only too' eager to get us embroil^ in. ithelr'disastrous'colonisation. It is riot how a matter of |what


war as secret conclave representatives of a country


He committed this couhtrt ito


with that'


Bench turns down |ple^ for dnnks


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' / IN application by 2ilicen- sees lb-the'lBowlarid area


for a 10 plm. to'11 p.m} exten­ sion of drinking: hours} on the Saturday ! fiefoye Christmas was refused !by Bowland Magistrates -,at Grlndleton on Monday.


But '.they granted the fol­


lowing extensions,; Christmas Evei and Boxing Day, p.m. to 11 p.m.’.lNewjYear’s ^ p.m; to midnight.


wir. D. F: Peacock, solicitor,


of Settle, o n } behalf i of the licensees, |said; that • with Christmas jDay, falling ■ on Tuesday, It appeareri that people woulfi be making It a longer weekyend than usual.


Insp. E. J. Dobbs said the


application for the . Saturday before Chrlsfmas was l a new departure anil It was up to the magistrates to decide whether such an extension wasi neces­ sary


Nursery fayre


iTJARENTS Of children at- [tending Ribblesdale Nur­


sery School, I Queen’s | Road, Clltheroe, arranged the Christ­ mas fayre held at the riursery on Saturday afternoon,! They were helped by! members of the staff. ■ 1 '


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