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RURAL RATE GOES DOWN BY SIXPENCE


Rents up, but two “ free ” weeks


i^LITHEROE Rural District Council, at the annual budget ^ meeting on Monday, approved a _ flat general rate of 19s. in the£—a reduction of Gd. in spite of the county rate increase of 8d.


hough as an incentive to reduce arrears which have tended, to crop up in a few instances, a rent-free week will be given at the local summer holidays and at Christmas to those tenants whose accounts are clear on July 8th and December 16th this year. This will apply for as long as the Council keep the scheme In force.


t Rents of Council houses will, however, go up by Is. 6d.,


Brooks, chairman of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, in presenting the budget statement.


i The rate reduction and the ancrease in rents were


nnounced by Coun. A.


“We do appreciate the fact”, r he commented, “that our


We are custodians of one of the loveliest areas of the country.


ateable value has increased.


applications for building from people who would like to live here, if we filled every inch with buildings we would lose all the beauty. We cannot build a wall round it, but we can be very careful of the houses and property which are built”, Coun. Brooks said.


“ Although we get many


stated that a penny rate was estimated to produce £370 in the coming year, as against £330 in the current financial year now coming to its close.


The fin a n c e chairman


e commented, “ that the coming year’s estimate of a penny rate product is a more realistic figure than I have been able to give over the past few years since the new Valuation List came into force in 1956/57.


p “ I have consistently re­


estimating a penny rate product accurately because of the number of appeals out­ standing in respect of several large rating assessments over the five years from 1956/57, and which, if the appeals had been successful on the rate­ payers’ side, would have entailed the refund of a considerable amount of rates.


orted the uncertainty of h “ Now that these appeals


officer’s original figures, the balance reserved (by estimat­ ing the penny rate product on a basis which allowed for the possible refunds I have referred to) can now be utilised to reduce the rates.


ave been settled on a basis upholding the v a lua tio n


PENNY RATE PRODUCT r “ Based on the new penny


to be collected and paid over to the County Council is expected to be some £65,000, and the amount to be col­ lected and retained by the


ate product, the county rate


Rural District Council for its own services will be approxi­ mately £19,300.


estimates for the current financial year now ending is that we anticipate our net, expenditure to be £1,954 greater than estimated, and our working balance to be £2,859 more than we ex­


“ The outcome of our


been brought about by increasing, during the finan­ cial year, the contribution to the renewal and repairs fund by £1,670, and the setting up of a capital fund, the con­ tribution during 1960-61 being £760. The increase in the working balance has been achieved by the increase in the penny rate product, the actual balance at April 1st, 1960, being £1,179 more than anticipated.


pected. “ Increased expenditure has


sewerage and sewage disposal (£1,405 —loan repayments),


ere refuse collection (£114), h “ I am at last able to say,”


public health (£129), public conveniences (£1,634 — new conveniences met out of revenue), water supply (£708 —loan repayments to March 31st, 1960), housing £145), and sp e c i a l expenditure (£2,50—due mainly to the contributions to the renewal and repairs fund and the capital fund).


“ Overspending arose in


“ Net expenditure for the coming year, before taking into account Government grants, amounts to £36,170, as against last year’s esti­ mated figure of £33,640, a net increase of £2,530.


ncrease are salaries (£900), wages (£520), and water supply (£1,200—there being no income from the sale of water stores to the Fylde Water Board as in 1960-61).


i “ The main items of


ing repairs fund of £15 per house. Provision is also made for the erection of a small number of garages on the Barrow estate, the cost of which is to be borne out of revenue from the rents to be charged therefor.


t “No change is proposed in he contribution to the hous­


Board seeks end to bulk supplies from aqueduct


i “ Although the Council have fn mind the erection of


Chipping, it is unlikely that any loan charges will have to be met in 1961-62 in respect of these items.


urther houses at Whalley and ECONOMIC RENTS


declared policy of progression towards making the housing i revenue account self-support­


phe general body of rate­


tenants full economic rents and thus reducing the general t rate fund contribution paid by


ng by charging Council house


increase Council house rents by Is. 6d. per week with effect from the beginning of the new financial year, and the necessary four weeks’ notice has already been served on Council house tenants.


ayers, it has been decided to


mentary reply, stated that it was his view that local hous­ ing authorities should charge full economic rents for Council houses, and that rent relief should only be given to those who genuinely needed it.


Minister of Housing and Local Government, in a Parlia­


“ In this connection, the " Following the Council’s


“j^YLDE WATER BOARD is c negotiating with Man­


termination of bulk supplies from the Haweswater aque­ duct, which at present cost £4,840 a year. This will require capital expenditure of £19,700 on a new six-inch main and £5,330 to improve the supplies to Billington.


hester Corporation for the


factory, several alterations and improvements will be made.


If negotiations are satis­


Bowland and Clitheroe Rural District Councils’ supplies, since agreement for supplies from the Haweswater aque­ duct were made before the water undertakings were amalgamated un de r the Board.


Some of these are to the


An alteration in the Bow­ iland supply will be a four-


bnch main, 1,292 yards long,


inch main at Bookers Farm on the Waddington-Moorcock road to Burbles Tank at an estimated cost of £2,300. ■


etween the existing three-


Parliament this last week his White Paper which will put


“ This has been followed by the Minister presenting to


housing subsidies on a resources test under which each local housing authority will be assumed to have, in the place of house rents actually received and any contributions actually made from the rates, an income equal to twice the gross value of Council houses for rating purposes.


v " During the year, the ser­ wices which showed a saving


rodent control (£198), and net Increase from grants and transitional adjustment under the Local Government Act, 1958 (£1,494).


CRAFTSMANSHIP


policy is one which appears to fall 'in with that of the Minister, and will assist the Council to ob ta in the maximum subsidies for any future housing they under­ take.


“ The Council’s pre se nt to" I t has been pointed out


ing their policy, the Council have not attempted to bring in full economic rents in one large item but have attempted to spread the burden over a number of vears, and that, in


tenants that ip implement­


fact, if full economic rents i were to be charged, the


have been in the region of 5s. per week, so that the general body of ratepayers is still subsidising the rents by 3s. 6d.


ncrease now proposed would


ending, the Council have approved 10 discretionary improvement grants, totalling to £3,300, and 43 standard improvement grants, totalling to £4,640, under the Housing


IMPROVEMENT GRANTS “ During the current year


n For the Clitheroe supply, a wine-inch concrete-lined main i ill be laid from the nine-


YOUNG FARMERS-CHAMPIONS OF DEBATE


Probation for


two men who stole


A DMITTING at Lancashire to County Sessions at Pres­


Into th.e Mitton Road, Whalley, branch of the Billington and Wh a l l e y Industrial Co-operative Soci­ ety and stole quantities of butter, margarine and tinned peas, Terence O’Donaghue, a 29 - year - old labourer, of Piccadilly Road, Burnley, and Keith Pickering, aged 24, a motor driver, of Johnathan Street, Barrowford, were placed on probation for two years.


n last week that they broke agJames Keegan, a soldier,


Earby, who admitted receiving four pounds of butter, was given a conditional discharge.


ed 20, of Irlam Street, CTriumphant members of


became champions of the debating league of Lancashire County Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs are pictured here with the Edmund Cowell trophy which was presented by the County Queen, Miss Ann Smith, after the finals at Agriculture House, Preston.


lithcroe Y.F.C. team who


Musgrove, Robin Clarke and Elaine Crompton, and also in the picture is Mr. Harold Walker, who coached them.


The team are Gordon


BRING BACK BIRCH CALL AT MEETING


HTHE country was becoming increasingly alarmed at the a A number of crimes of violence, especially against women


vice-chairman of the Yorkshire Provincial Area Women’s Advisory Committee, when speaking on “Crime and Punish­ ment” at the annual meeting of Skipton Division Women’s Conservative Association at Skipton yesterday week.


Make punishment fit the crime nd chUdren, declared Mrs. Olive Roberts, of Rawdon,


There were more than 20,000 cases of s e x u a l offences t aeainst women and children in this country in 1959 and


House of Commons that the death penalty should be amended to cover rape ana child murder. Children, she said, should have more Government protection.


sexual attacks on children were reported to the police. It has been suggested to the


Punishment should fit the crime, stated Mrs. Roberts. he figures were rising. Only five per cent, of cases of


strong Government to put through unpopular measures. Some halt must be made somewhere to cut Government expenditure, and a Govern­ ment that


be going back 100 years if birching was re-introduced for these attacks on women and children.


Mrs. Roberts said they were told that the country would


c “ Don’t you think the yountry has gone back 100


and horrible crimes are being committed?” she declared.


ears when all these terrible


find a deterrent to put the fear .of death into these thugs, and even then the fear would not be so great as the fear they had put into the women and children they had


The Government should


measures showed that it was thinking of the people.


t o o k these


thinking particularly about National Health charges. They felt that those who could afford it should bear a little of the burden, but it was up t to those in the party to see


Mrs. Hindley said she was


prosecuting, said D.S. Hodg­ son interviewed Keegan at Barnoldswick on the same day m that the offence was com­


Mr. D. C. Waddington,


possession of eight half- pounds of butter.


itted. Keegan was in


he was staying at the house in Johnathan Street, Barrow­ ford, when Pickering, his brother-in-law, carried |in a quantity of goods and told him he' could have some. He took them to sell in Barnolds­


He made a statement that wick. ADMITTED OFFENCE


seen and admitted the offence.


Later, the other two were P D.C. John McCarthy said


of good character. O’Dona­ ghue and Keegan had pre­ vious convictions.


ickering had previously been


Keegan said he had joined m the Army and intended to


s ake it his career. Pickering


himself and O’Donaghue expressed regret for the offence.


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aid he was ashamed of


hat the Government did not put on those who could not afford to pay and to see that old people and those poorly off were safeguarded.


person had been convicted for this type of offence he should not be allowed to own a motor car and his driving licence should be taken away, for it made it so much easier for people with cars to commit these offences. . ,


attacked. She advocated that once a


reducing these particular types of crime?” she asked.


taken over from the Regional Hospital Board,


Whalley to the existing six- inch main from the Hawes­ water aqueduct. The main, 2,670 yards long, will be laid at ah estimated cost of £17,400.


nch Calderstones main being t h r o ug h


also stated the necessity for an additional 132 yards of nine-inch main, at an estimated cost of £1,200, to be laid to extend the Calder­ stones main to the new 30-inch main as all supplies from the existing 30-inch main would have to be connected to the new one.


The Board’s engineer has


Sheep theft: Two men for trial


KENDAL magistrates last


Chatburn men for trial at Westmorland Quarter Sessions on a charge of stealing eleven sheep, worth £55, from a field near Kirkby Lonsdale.


week commit ted two


a 21-year-old moulder, of Downham Road, and Derek EmlynDryden, aged 27, a sand mixer, of Bridge Street.


They were Geoffrey Norgrove.


made statements to the police admitting the offence.


Both men were said to have Gardeners meet


Acts. G“ Grants under the Local


i overnment Act, 1958, have tncreased by £652, and the


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ransitional payment to cover


individual parishes as follows: Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, Bowland - wi t h - Leagram, Whalley and Wiswell have, one their total rate decreased by


a “ Parish pre cep ts have ffected the total rates for


threepence; Chatburn by five- pence.


penny; Chipping by


made to reduce the Rural District Council rate, which is r the only item over which we


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rpHOMAS Tw


y iston, was at Clitheroe Me m b e r s of clitheroe Mano Manor


GARNETT, of Ho u s e


Farm,


which he allowed to stray on a road.


1\/TR. E. A. KEIGHTLEY, h - t secretary of Clitheroe Allotment Ho l d e r s and Gardeners Association, Ltd- made an appeal for better support from the members at the annual meeting last week.


The trading figures showed t a decrease on last year, and


lhe balance sheet disclosed a Tith one change, Mr. J.


oss of £2 over the year. wAll officials were re-elected


the food production commit­ tee in place of Mr. A. Lord.


hornber being appointed to


rogress in enlarging and improving them.”


Methodist Church. MThe choir, conducted by


A NTHEMS were sung by the v choir at the choir anni­


Choir Sunday ersary services at Moor Lane


anthems and there were solos by Miss Atkinson and Mrs. R. Johnson.


iss M. Atkinson, sang three


was the preacher and Mr. C. Isherwood the organist.


The Rev. R. C. Broughton


G Congregational You t h inroup were on Sunday even­ t g addressed by the minister,


“ What can we do about


centres in the country and a third was being built, but if only they had 22 of these centres they would be able to do something about the problem.


There were ' two detention p The offenders, she ex­


centres for a six months’ course and they were kept on the run from going in to coming out. These centres were something on the lines of the " glasshouse ” in the Army.


lained, were taken into the A RESOLUTION


ing she had already sent a resolution to the Conservative Women’s Conference to be held in London in April, and she hoped to be able to speak on the resolution at that conference.


Mrs. Roberts told the meet­


as follows: “That this con­ ference is strongly of the i opinion that in view of the


The resolution was worded


women and children, the law should be amended to enable magistrates to impose more


oncreasing number of crimes


severe penalties.” Mrs. R. G. Fell (Otterburn)


f violence, especially against


said she was keenly interested in the idea that any person who had a sex offence should not be allowed to drive.


in favour of the birch up to a point, but she thought the birch was difficult to adminis­ ater three or four weeks after


She said she was very much


mitted. The birch should be administered as soon as possible after the offence. She added that to a certain extent these offences were an illness.


n offence had been com­ Guides’ concert


loMrs. Roberts replied that a b t of people were inclined to


e sympathetic with offenders, i and were inclined to think " it ot to let their sympathy run


away for a person who had committed an offence and


MANY PROBLEMS


Yorke, said there were so many problems facing the Government at the present time, Africa and our defence policy looming the largest of


all.


p They were intensely com­ at was a splendid Government


licated problems, but she i asked them to remember that gnd, led by Mr. Macmillan, a


help and support they could give them in their heavy task.


ood team, deserving all the


he Rev. Alan Gaunt, who spoke about the Congo.


chairman, said there had been some criticism of the Government in the last few months over certain measures it had taken. It needed a


Mrs. J. Hindley, of Sawley, j L


cs dreadful hitting them in nold blood She asked people


asked them not to forget what the offender had done in cold blood beforehand.


TPOR Thinking Day, the •*- birthday of both Lord and Lady Baden - Powell, last


week Guides and Brownies In the Clitheroe district took part In a concert In Wesley


around a camp fire.


School.Each company or pack presented an Item and the concert ended with singing the songs of various nations


Magistrates The president, Mrs. J. E. E. ON the Bench at Clitheroe


Miss E. R. Garnett, »Mr. J. Parker, Mr. J. Broughton.


day week were Mr. M. French, presiding, Mrs. E. Nightingale.


Magistrates’ Court yester­


dent, Mrs. Yorke; chairman, Mrs. Hindley; secretary, Mrs. J. R. Walton; treasurer, Miss M. Slayden; vice-chairman to the Divisional Association, Mrs. Hindley; elected to • Advisory Committee, Mrs.


stated. Officers elected were: Presi­


Government’s point of view and appreciate that they are quite wi l l i n g to take unpopular measures,” she


“ We want to see the


for the arrest of William George Monks, a 24-year-old demolition foreman, of Rail­ way Terrace, Padihavn, who was charged with breaking and entering the premises along with Picker’ng and O’Donaghue and who failed to


A bench warrant was issued surrender to his bail.


Parish Council asked to look again for land


Bowland r .d.c. are to


Council if they can find any further land suitable for the erection of garages.


ask Grindleton Parish


Yorke and Miss Slayden; delegates to the Yorkshire Provincial Area Council, Mrs. Jackson, Miss Crinan, Mrs. J. R. Walton: delegates to Women’s Advisory Committee Executive, Miss Crinan and


Miss E. Jackson.


Mental Health: Hostels must also provide for


emotional needs


TAR. DOUGLAS ROSE, Medical Superintendent


of Brockhall Hospital, stated in Leeds last week that the proposed hostels for mentally


disordered people must pro­ vide a good deal more than a roof over the heads of the patients.


four-man panel of speakers addressing a one-day con­ ference on “ Hostels in con­ nection with the Mental Health Act.”


Dr. Rose was one of a MUCH MORE.. . mIt was much more than a


furnishings, fitted carpets, television and other physical needs, he commented. Dr. Rose said he never


atter of providing nice


doubted that local authorities would p r o v i d e admirable centres, but unless these hostels catered for the emotional needs of the people who were to live in them they might as well not be built.


Moor Houses Farm for Mr. W. Thornber was refused under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, by Clith­ eroe Rural District Council at their meeting on Monday.


A PLAN for a site for a


Slaughterhouse plan rejected slaughterhouse at Wiswell


sl This Is because the proposed thaughterhouse would spoil lae view in an area of great


ndscape value. c The site is also within the


mended by the Hobhouse Committee and within an area of outstanding natural t beauty as recommended by


onservation area recom­


mittee to the National Parks Commission.


he County Planning Com­


should not be disturbed by alien use, hut should be kept as It is as far as possible. ,


It is intended that the area building bye-laws.


house at 10, Moorfleld, Whalley, for Mr. F. Birtwell (Dr. G. A. Davenport) was approved under the Council’s


A plan for a detached


RE-ROUTING BRINGS MORE ’PLANES OVER DISTRICT


r'iLITHEROE and district people have been curious about the large increase in the amount of air traffic over


Ribblcsdale and Bowland during recent weeks. The reason is a general re-routing of all north and south—


bound air


craft.Explaining this to an “Advertiser and Times” reporter was this week, an. Air Ministry spokesman said the re-routing


only a slight deviation from the original routes, but sufficient to bring air traffic over the district.


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t This move was agreed by hat the only land available


for the erection of garages near to the Meadowside site was a plot of land in the ownership of Mr. J. Jackson, of Valle-" View, who was not prepared to sell.


he Council at their meeting t on Monday following the news


prohibit cycling on the foot­ path between Queenswav and the Clitheroe-Slaidburn road.


a West Riding County Council re being recommended to


from the management com­ mittee of Gisburn Village Hall for total exemption of i rates, the Council are to go


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