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NEW L O \ ^ R DEPOSITS i iSMALLER r^AYMENTS


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TV and AmAL (etn?d} for fens. Deposit tod t t / 6 w ^ y for a


RADlOGRAM-^/l5/0;ljfebdsi^ ■ tod 12A weeUy for 3 years


TAPP regohder^ / 1 9 / 0 Deposit tod 8/4 weekly for 2 years


HOOVERMATIC WASIlBRY-£8/9/li Deposit and


10/11 weekly for 3 yeare


HOTPOINT empress Washerr-7gliS Deposit tod 10/6 weekly foP 3 years


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OPEN-MONDAY AND I't | HPESDAY EVENINGS FOE demonstrahons-


iiew 1C Bootees with a leaflierllgnt ^


f ^ e l


was a step pfeseht Govemi&ehtv ■ wdth a


tounJl. Hail laid that the re-grouping of


BUndoujj|edlx.|o^^ ties woUld bbheflt, «ut’ dtoera


likely- to , do. .itljat tM j Charges ; > .woul^ lal^i: : he Incrfeased.


' '■ rv;.'-: ■. itattmen'ts-that this m ^ h e


Afst step tovjiirds eyfent^ nationalisation; aria possibly the^ complete .Integration of the country’s witer supplies. -


Reglonallsatlc ri sounded less


strong thhii .in atlonalisation. but as regloialisaUon ex­


panded Clitherie might tod that representation on the


Fylde Water ward - at. the beglhnlng. might end in no representation | at all on a regional authority.


l i t t l e dlfferfenca .beWeen reglonallsatiori' and national­ isation. and though violent objections were j ^ e d when the gag and electricity , ser­


In practice, there would be . now at the maxtamm per-


mltted by v > e CUtaMM corporation Watter Act^ana WhfWhaii approval) wcrald. be teai»u*d


. icoiiid b^yinkfle.; ; ■ ' B B ,


irather thto; wait: toElBBia meriier^- defibltl


bEaretabte to the^jates; p. '' mdi seId


Ent poucy


Into the uncharti^ waters of political controversy In -this matter.’^ said Aid,; pugdale, “ but I dp not think it would be (flfBcult to find among the ■


" I do not wish to venture


annual ■ reports of the British. Waterworks Association, even ■ before the present Goyem- ment ca&'e ?to, power, .pro­


posals of to __ m forward.’


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the.one ;


a now being put similar nature


'Dolicy but 0116 propounded- long befdre .the Way and now being implementfed.


vices were organised .on reglorial and Jnatlonal lines those objections had not beeri repeated.


“ It does sbm to me‘,a;


complete i evoliitlon in Con­ servative thought. Conn. Hall concluded amid laughter from Labour niembers.


out that Conn. Hall’s observ^ tlons did not coincide with those of the cjialrman of the Waterworks an d Estates Com-


Conn. J. S. wHght pointed mittee. : ^ i


water charges would not be very different. ' ,


Conn He


upon. hlmseU ~ that nations llsatlon would


was Hall


chairman hac. said - that » nilght well be that CUtheroe S


At the last meeting, the |


; surprised' that ,hould take if to prophesy


automatically follow region- allsa'tlon. It plight or might not.


Couri. Wr igh t described


Conn. Hall’s speech as. ‘A customary political speech with little foundation in


fact.” COELD SJISLEAD Af,SNOWFLAKE So wam - that’s their rea] sheepskin


*linin'gs. So light - that’s theit featherweight micro-cellular soles and heels. And now available in extra [vide as well as ordinary fitogs. Choose ankle-high K Snotifflake in red, green, brown, beige or


black suedei 6 9 / 9 Or mid-leg version in black ir broom suede. 7 9 / 9


Wm. a':,’ • >' & S O N S j 3 4 , CA S i }l E s t r e e t ^ aiid L ■ ’■ 48, WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE '('a


Yo u ll never fresher


J. W. D. Crltchiey, said that these arguments could ml^ lead the public. If should be made clear that water


The Deputy' Mayor, Coun.


charges would go up as a result of the recent improve­ ments In the town’s supply even If Clitheroe were not taking part In the Scheme.


when gas and electricity were takeri over. An increase had been Ine v i t abl e as the accounts were showing a deficit at the Urn? of thb take


It had been a similar story


over. Renlylng to the debate.


Aid. Dugdale said that it was intended to bfoiwSe that the water charges should be increased at the next meeting of the committee. .


: This was not a recent j


’^ace. « s .. Ahy > W beconie


WATEk PLAN : TOWN FagLUCT^ toTjoin SCHpffi ■


But not Storing in


npaODGH th A the amalg


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tritiah lyaterwotfa


iAsiocIatidh sOemed W a g ^ that softie cohtractlon ln the nUmbert of authorities wm necessary, arid one; .goftW Mfelv- .believe this • without necessarily believing that one’s own authority should suffer from the-oontractlpn.


mlst^rtie for such amalgar- piatldtt.iiD bb enftirc^ where authorities could e^clently provide supRljf.pf wftter for


In his opinion, it was a


Its ovm commtiiUtir wlthofti It..


In short, said Aid. Dugdale. something should be g ^M


iof lireater wiMoro,; whfw togk"lwfe tWrau a’ arete


■ distributtb£Bp,.p^^


■ Hri 'hlaBairaady: saidthat blltneroe wOrC amalgamating With: some ’reMt?h(!e.,ijaftyln«::


' begted 'to the


bf thd. W;aterworks,! _


in Trecteit. ;■ years,." oing


_,tee


were hot going to enter the tnerger in any grading or


,.. ...„.Bhey


barplrig spirit. Aldi DuFdale, in dOriclIislon,


bald that the merger .was going to take place arid the


Council "was , going into the scheme au It, could in the. way of resources.


riiake it as awkward as possible for anyone but M easy as possible and I hope that wiU continue to be our attitude toward the amalga- matlbn schCme.’’


“We are not• trying ’ to


n.f.u. Farmers’ support


BRANCH HAS IN M.P.


ter criticism


r « nravson M.P. for the Skipton Division, | A letter was sent to tbe Sklpttn D..lal.n


A ^ a t io n a f Farmers’ Uhion, concern was expressed at the apparent


k T a recent meeting of the Craven Joint branches of - the of,. agricuUnral


Cbttsemtive Association. T h p ’ fientham branch, of the National Farmers’ Union


h aw h S v te sent a letter to the Association expressing


full confidence’ in Mr. Drayson and dls-assoclatlng them s S J i f “


In- a letter to Mr. C.


Beasley Conservative Agent at Sklptbn, Mr. H. I. Townson, group secretary of the Bentham, Helllfield and Settle branches, wrote that opinions expressed at the meeting of the branch: mad.e It auto clear, that members thought Mr. Drayson had been treated rather harshly. Also, that on past occasions when Mr. Drayson had been- asked to attefld their meetings, or to help In any way, he had always done so in a most friendly and efficient manner.


Mr. Townson asked Mr.


Drayson and I to the. Executive Committee of the Skipton Division Conservative Asso­


Beasley to corivey the con­ tents of the letter to Mr.


ciation. EXECUTIVE m e e t in g - Receipt oi the letter was


reported at tlie half-yearly meeting of the Executive Committee on Saturday, when ari address was given by ,Mr. prayson.


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Mr Drayson commented that the Prim.e- Minister, In -his message launching the


i OUR COUNTRYSIDE. Wren and the squirrel


anyone to belieye." Yes! you are correct, I 'did say


-riiERE are some thlhgs which you cannot expept


this In my column last week. For, at iths] time, I was con­


scious of the ; difficulty confront­ ing any writer attempting a des­ criptive account of, the many colourful Menes In our country­ side. Such b^uty must be seen


to be, believed. A few days, after ■ writing my


article I had i an equally difficult problem on ' my hands. How could I expect anyone to believe an experience which; I am cer­ tain, only happens once in a


century. | I . for good home


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1 Mi • Milltd and picked, .fey, H .. . : • : - . THOMAS fllH-BERT'S SON! LTD • KINGPIN FLOUR MILLS ■ MANCHESTER 15 SELF-RAISIN^i PLAIN OR PATENT FLOUR


FROM ALL GbOD GROCERS


a similar [experience I would no doubt have received It all with the proverbial “pinch of salt;”


Indeed, had anyone told me of


believe what' certainly seems to be an outlandish tale? However, you have' my word, and I cm assure you the following: is by no means a binsmtlc version of my recent experience.


How cab I expect anyone, to j


It was i roughly about 11 a.m. as I whs passing along ;the


■ first, I thought It was a fallen leaf then, as I turned slightly, to pass the object, I was sur­ prised to see It ■w


Trough i road from Dunsop Bridge. As I approached St. Hubert’s, a small brown object in the centre of the road momen­ tarily caught my attention.: At


as a wren.! AT CLCiSE ‘&ABTEES


ftp course,! therk''was nothing unusual :in thls,:b'ut I stoppe'd'


my van, opened ;ipy door [and slowly reversed tp--flee: at close quarters what' could ;be ! the


'chuse of all this .,indifl:?r®h?®v Again I stopped. ’Bils xlnje lyithr


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the door- and quietly picked up, the tiny creature, .Jherc was no effort to escape, or Indeed, any sign of fright; The bird Just remained motionless in ftiy hand.


Still retalning-my seat 1 opened


in a foot of the bird, which'stood perfectly Still .as If fixed 'to the ; ground. • ■ ,


tail dnd maTlj:in^ bn tall , and i body. Still there was no sign of escape. So I again placed it on the ’ bad, where it stood in {ffiaracteristlc wreri fashion with cocked tall and as proud as cock robin. Pranidy,-I was bewildered.


I examined the legs, perSy^


as I felt sure .some passing motorist -would crush the tiny


bm^. , ’ Then for no apparent reason, it


crimly flew from' my hand to the nearby hedge just on the oppo­ site side of the road. Determined to follow the, case,


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I went across, and a^in to my. surprise the creature perched bn 'a hawthorn twig less tiian a foot


from my face. There was.no sign of distress, fear, dr ex­


haustion. And so, still bewildered, I came


away pondering on this strange happening which I cannot ex­ plain or indeed ■ offer any sug­ gestion for such strange behaviour.


AN EXPLANA'nON?


A PTER numerous enquiries and references to various hooks,


the nearest I came to any sort of an explanatibii of a similar ■ behaviour is to be found In Coward's "Birds of the -^Britlsh Isles,”


■wren when fighting, says the bird sings at its opponent, and on more than one occasion when interlocked antagonists have allowed^ themselves to he taken in the ■ 'hand; Fight and song were resumed immediately on release.


The author, referring to the


my experience. ’The bird did not appear ;to.have been, fighting and It .was not .distressed or ex­ hausted.


Such 1? the,nature of,the wren. , This does not, however, explain


poses just a normal wen behav­ ing to a qffite abnoMaii fa^lon.


Tt was to, all, Intents and pur-' B;


■ when I : had , enothtt rather strange ex^rlence,' ■ This • time with a macamri. ' which, I am >


The week had .not passed A few seconds later I took It up


sorry, to say. Is bttlng rather common in certain parts of Rib- blesdale.


i . \ I t is a determmeff creature,


and unlike Its near relative, the fed s q u i r r e l is not to be encouraged.


VERY NERVOUS


■ ROTH species, as you will know, are very nervous, and as a


rule the watcher only gets a, brief .glanqe of them as they scurry along the floor of the wood or dfish behind a conveni­ ent tree bole.


Indeed, unless you are aware


they are in the area, the chances are you will pass ’ them by.


Sometimes, however, as it


happened to me, . you are ; favoured with a igoodi view of these agile creatures. Like most mjammals, they do not associate a! motor or tractor with danger, arid as I came to the small plan­ tation the sight of a grey squirrel caused me to halt


jit was no more than five paces


from the creature, which came down the tree -bole and ,' after surveying me, for a while, dropped to the ground and stood 10 feet away, jerking its long tall rather nervously.


Unfortunately, I , h a d no camera. Again i t .went up the


tree, then drqRRq.d .to the ground. and stood watching. Then soon I noticed another


fellow feeding amongst the conl- [fer needle?; Thep another.'came;


and .the ,to e e Ijiegah feediflg on the kernels' of ,the yew berries


scattered In gf^at profusion on the ground.


, . . .


on the previous H&y I had heard they were poisonous.; However, this Is not so~nelther kepuel nor fleshy cup or berry according to Edward',Step are poisonous.


This appeared strange, as- only But,/with'.the leaves'We are bn


dangerous gropn^ I t . ds said horses and humans pay the penalty bn eatijng the leaves, though deer, goats tmd cattle can eat them with Impunity.


Full information from yiAtr stockbrok^, banker or other professional' adviser^ and fron yom'local'Savings CoMmittee, Savings Centres Post Office or Tr istee Savings Bank.


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T h e r e ; f l i e l o c p le a


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That’s!


equal to neafly 4i% interest. And ! because it’s income tax fie e interest, it’s [ actually worth-,7j%- to yiu if you pay;


! ax at the 'standard ra^ Even qwre i f you pay surtax. Here’s the easiest possible way of savings


I For all the family. Litdc by JitUeor .allat I mce everyone can acquire a really sizeable


lest reg- Buy one or more Certificates^ sveiy w^--«tafting TODAY!


TO B U Y -TO v e r y , y I 8 y p r o f it a b l e


CA SH -TO HOLD


1 “Roll Call for Vi c to ry the to


----- g S v e l 0b.j ^ c t


e actl^^^ t a L n by the Craven J oint branches. E. '


maintain a thriving, p r^ gresslve and efficient agri­ culture, and that he would work for the good of the nation ds a whole, and not one section or class.


' “ This Is -^ a t I have


always endeavoured to 86, and with your support:'will continue to do so,” declared Mr. Drayson.


i


An evening with records


1 sister society, the Barnolds- trick Music Society, and the programme was. provided by one of the visitors. Mr. Langhford.


^ Clltheroe Gramophone Society had the pleasure of welcoming five members of a


A T last week’s ■ meeting, A visit to the Brussels


Exhibition had sharpened Mr.' Langsford’s interest in the Scandinavian ,coun t r i e s , whose very attractive exhibits had caught his imagination.


He had. therefore, devised


a programme of music repre­ senting these countries and their near neighbour, Finland.


- thanks. _______^


Mr. G. B. Edon expressed _______.


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Gisbdrn oiation. Bring-aml burna P| missio.n,., R. H\ndl4


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Barnoldsi vative AT Ball. o.


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Long Pil Associatil and Giftf Club. 3


Cononley .vative k Drive, Cl


p. m. Pj supper). I


MONDAY, f


Grassingl Associatil Meeting.! ington, Mr. J.


TUESDAYl


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Ghyll Earby . tlye A| Drive. 7-?0 p.t


•DeihonslJ construe that thd


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Pdiice-sergeaht was ill Cyprus


POLICE - Sergeant Hugh Makwell Ball Has' tSkeh


ovei the wialley section of the Lancashire Constabulary. Joining the Force to 1946,


:TTnfAilCIAfi: grants of ..up tO; ■ f - £1)000 per tarm and mpfe


adri80ry.,..4i«!lp- to' U&iirpw Uielr . i profitability will be glveft to moft^ smallfarmers


under, the llQvernmeht’s nbw ^laiUL-kmi^Seed ftt the end of Immonlih;


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T h e aim Is to attack 4 problem Vrhlch' has wtorried farm advisors, economists ian^ politicians.ever since new metwoa$;'>in^b h i n .61. y: -


:lrit6 mb . iridustre bfe^^^ the ) / i t


- /clear - that


^seftsaion oVer w 'M/'bb 'ion^/M .ioud.. The


ifesin^ -'te' ;. obtainspeciil help JUst -because it Id on .Sm5l;scale.


“ YOU: might -Just as w^


subsidize the small shop keCpbif,’* will be the cry, .“ If f aritters can’t - make ; a profit, let them get out or go bankrupt.” ■; ;;


! This, of course. Ignores the


fact that , small farms are often hampered In making .a


II decent living for their owners by the very-tact pf their ; size' and because'napital is lacking for improvement.


If the small shop doesn’t


prosper, it can be shut up and used for something' else. A Small farm cannot be shut up and left; the’ land is there, and would he wasted if it IS 'not farmed. I


| In the Interests, of food


production, therefore, it is wise: to help small , farmers increase their efficiency. The


new plans will do' precisely this. T h e money to be paid will be to no sense a; perma­ nent dole, biit this will be In the nature of a booster charge, to , set ■ the whole


management of the holding on to a higher , and more efficient level.


A proper: farm plan will


have to be made, and adhered to, and money will only be


/


IVIB.^ j. AINSWORTH spoke on, “ “ The scenery' and flora bf,


of' the Lancashire coast” to members of ClitherQ,e Naturalists’ Sbolety at their meeting yester­ day week.j He afterwards answered many questions,


CONERON & LEEMING 17/19, MOOR LANE, CLITHEROE


35 H.P. Did 8 forward


Constant-ruij


W M u n c i PLA TE


today’s look in fine tableware


Community Plate Is heaylly sUver plated with, an overlay of extra, silver wh'erever the wear ip heavier. You can buy as few or as mahy pieces as you wish of these two lovely Community Plate designs; “Hampton Court” best­


loved of the traditional styles, and “Morning Star” a modbinstele which is beautlM in Its simplicity. r, Community Plate tableware is also avail­


able in canteens containing S or more place'setliniis.These coMinunlty canteens


’’are lined throughout with rich velveteen, moth-proofed and specially treated to prbteclyour tableware from tarnishing.


lUus: Vogue 6 person service with fish knives and forks


'C39J5JI 5,


paid during the thrfie to five ycai period of the plan..


riTTW fartn livestock was counted In September,


the coWk


a yii tim^ drop OCC] B


fikurtis Showed thajt dairy ate less In nuftlber tha^


'^ar ago. This Is the flrsV for many years that any in dairy herds has


calVei


lined. lit the number of young Ves .(under one year old)


ip bjjr ■ almost 10 tt^t.


Sgt. Ball was first posted to Nelson.


headquarters at Preston, and afterwards to Reedley, Sea- forth, and LeylAnd.


. Iptex- going - to be thkh steired tof two


years with the British unit in’ Cyprus, rtturftlng 1ft February' this yeaj to be posted again to Nelson.


: He was promoted In April and has since been at Accrington,


Hamilton.—For A sheepskln-linl suede hide, Va ming. Folyma self-colour^ wa black, red: . . . . |


MORE Here arel


"Momlng Star"* “Himptdtl Cdutt" Community Plate b plated with pure sUver.


MICHAEL MILES CHOSE COMMUNITV PLATE


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a Prise in ■ “ TAKE YOUR PICK,” November 14th.


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