SOLICITOF AWARDED OUT


■ a'! this. John that ho would


ach. inform and Harris the ari, :n h.e best way aid a.lso provide rut meat, drink


a agreed lo pay ■tiles and pocket


iU .£2 each year, eiaia'. quarterly medical treat-


'


:,.<s or accident, O paid by Mrs.


unused for hours i the blacksmith being used to to life.


• ho forge kept


IAN A t


t’orston, to send per cutting of


le" series has J. Cowell, of


1 article on 5. Mitchell in


, a golf gym- ed bv members olf Club.


:hell was one of .its. being the ic approaching


Id at Horrocks- « Duerden, Miss Mayor, Coun. J. s K. Robinson, Mrsa Garstang, Garstang. G. D. Kay, D.


event, with a h of the event.


£5,000 DAMAGES Decisior libel action


u r n irmiu n n n iT ^ ^ X ’ of “Ravenswing”, Eastham


ction for allege; Tbo


ncc.^ the damages against Mr. William Lusty, of East Park Road, Blackburn, at £500


.


s also ordered of the action.


to form and of which Mr. L,,ty became chairman. The cmpany has since passed into validation.


v,«i Mr. Lumley was asked


lieenr in letters he sent to 70 rrertprs of Universal Garage w ,naven) Ltd., the company


iprovediinctinn J Prevcin, ivu. repeat!? hls allegation. T.sty admitted accusing /.Aley of fraud and neg-


mr.issed his £2.500 on that frat4 o-l


he jury’s finding had not been granted an in-


negligence and fraud referred to the recording of company minutes.


Mr. Lusty’s allegation oi


soThe judge told the jury that w far as he could see there


to support Mr. Lusty’s allega­ tions. He said they should assess damages by putting a value on each of three state ments made by Mr. Lusty.


as not one shred of evidence


Summing up, he told the jury that Mr. Lusty might be


lartley, Captain oothman, W. J. Jones, H. Cook. A. M. Denham.


)0


ice firm. I did the boy at first ■poke there was Alan Barnes, of iue, Chatburn, mance in the 'own the Wind”, praise from the


ght I saw a n a commercial


television the HEARING NOTES


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he film, and on lities the adver- ve pinned their


njecting feeling st. insignificant a "natural" for


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eighWyear-old


PERSONAL PROBLEM DAY. The District Hearing Advisor will be in attendance at the Centre to advise callers on general hearing prob­ lems on Tuesday. April 17th. between the hours of 10—4.


W. D. GREEN. M.P.S.. CHEMIST,


4, RAILWAY VIEW, Clitheroe,


Tel. Clitheroe 961 ^ Paju s t ic e 'lyn_Jones dis~ M .rfifmjunter-claim for


more to be pitied than blamed. “He has allowed hls mind to become obsessed with what Is really a hallucination that money he lost in this company lie lost by the conduct of this young solicitor”.


presented Mr. Lumley, submit ted that Mr. Lusty was a “dangerous and vicious man”, and said that Lusty had called In the local C.I.D. to “invest gate” Mr. Lumley. who had suffered the Indignity of being Interviewed by the police to answer the complaints.


Mr. J. W. Stansfleld, who re


Helpful P.C. found stolen


chickens in van


broken down when a police constable asked if he could help them. In the back of the van he noticed 25 chickens and asked the men where they had got them.


rpwo brothers were trying to •*- start a van which had


Logan, of Sedbergh, had given them the chickens after they had done some work for him. The constable checked with Sedbergh police and dis­ covered that there was no-one called Bill Logan in the area.


Court at Gisburn, on Monday, the brothers, George Beth- waite, of Birley Bank, Preston, and Brian Bethwaite of Wood- plumpton Road, Broughton, were each fined £10 for steal­ ing the chickens from Sawley. They pleaded guilty.


At Bowland Magistrates'


drove from near Preston to get the chickens, which they had seen earlier, and put them in a sack. Near Longridge they were seen by P.C. Vent after their van had broken down.


Insp. W. Scott said the men


with Sedbergh police he inter­ viewed the two men and both admitted the offence. P.C. John Dean arrested them.


After P.C. Vent had checked


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They told him that Bill • •


Members of YVaddington Drama Group who are tajdnsPartm “ Lace on her petticoat’’ this weekend are, pictured left to right, Alexander Malcolm T net Eatough, Judith Hatton, Winifred Jowctt, Hilda Malcolm, Edward Brown and Eileen Wright The play is produced by Dorothy YValmsIcy and proceeds are for Milage youth club funds. A report of the play appears on page a- ____________________________


ACCIDENT ‘MILLION TO ONE CHANCE’


Nut came off in safety device —INQUEST TOLD


-/A. was the cause of an accident in which Thomas Ho1*}’ Blcazard, aged 61. of 26, The Crescent, Clithcroc, was kmcu, an inquest at Clithcroe was told on Friday.


A small nut, which may have been loosened by vibration,


chest after he had been injured in a raw mill at Ribblesaaie Cement Works, Clitheroe.


Mr. Bleazard died of asphyxatlon due to abrasions of the ----------


er, Mr. G. Graham, told the jury that it appeared that this small nut was a vital part of s the safety device, and its ab­


The East Lancashire Coron­


to start. I t had been said that if this nut were absent the safety device was useless.


ence had caused the machine


if a similar accident could be t avoided in the future by cer­


Brian Bleazard, said his father had been employed by the firm for about 25 years and was day


Mr. Bleazard’s son, Mr.


ine and suggested that some­ thing could be done to bring about greater Inspection of the safety devices.


He asked the jury to decide ain alterations to the mach­


foreman in the raw mill de­ partment.


Ribble View, Low Moor, a ganger, said he was working on a platform above the raw mill, which had been stopped for repairs, when he became aware that the mill was in motion. He shouted for the machine to be stopped immed • iately.


Hiba.ld William Gilbert, of


started the mill. He also said he had no idea Mr. Bleazard was in the tube while he was working on it.


said he was working In the control department, wn-hoas some distance from a Saw mill and not in the sairroom, when he realised that le raw mill had begun to tur. ,:He immediately pressed te em­ ergency switch to stop!. |


Chatburn Old Road, Cliheroe, assistant electrical fireman,


was part of a small jecefof equipment known as ar.under voltage release. I t wa situ­ ated in a very inacessible place. The makers {com­ mended that it be ciecked every year, but it hat been checked twice very recolly.


representing the firm, that had this small piece of nech- anism been working effilently the accident could not have happened. He said lie ttought the nut must have wirked loose through vibration, and this could never have been anticipated.


He agreed with Mr. C.Yates j


since the accident the firm which supplied the part had brazed the nut on to the plun­ ger, so that it could not pos­ sibly work loose.


Mr. Brinkman said that


.negatived all the safety switches. If it had been In place the mill could not have moved.


Mr. Brinkman said that the part had been checked in Feb­ ruary. The loose nut had


'Answering Mr. Greenwood, :


normally. completely isolated when work was being done on


Albion Street, Clitheroe, aid he had never known the mill to start accidentally before.'


Alban Vincent Atkinson, of


works manager, said the acci­ dent was a “million to on? chance”.


John Adderley, of Park Avenue, Clitheroe, assistant


ADEQUATE CHECKS


machine. It was occasionally left to the discretion of the foreman as to 'whether -the mill should be isolated before carrying out repairs.


he said regular and adequate checks were carried out on the


In reply to Mr. Greenwood, He said the machine was


INACCESSIBLE PLiCE ■] He said the "missiir nut”


Edwin Roy Brinkmin, of


Bleazard’s relatives, he said he had no Idea what had


reenwood, representing Mr. GIn answer to Mr. IV. D. Enlarge this


village school — Councillor


which to educate children. The dining room is In­ adequate, the place is damp, the troughings leak, the school is not big enough and there is no hail.


Divisional Education Executive at Whalley last week. Coun. Brewer referred to a


G ene ral Purposes Sub­ committee that Lancashire Education Committee be recommended to arrange for the reservation of a site for a county primary school on one of the new housing estates.


recommendation of th e


School could comfortably accommodate the children of Billington and Langho for an­ other 10 years If it were scheduled as a five-class school instead of four.


more houses in the district before long, and It was obvious that a four-class school would be totally inadequate.


present school before they started thinking about build­ ing a new one.


G. Haigh, said some of the proposed housing develop­ ment might not be concluded for 10 years or more. When all the houses were built, It was unlikely that the present school would be large enough to accommodate the increase.


The Education Officer. Mr.


been asked if they wanted a four-or-five-class school. If they decided on a five-class school they would not receive a grant for the fifth room; they would have to find the money themselves.


The school managers had


available if the fifth room were to accommodate dis­ placed 'Children. The child­ ren from the new houses could not be classified as dis­ placed.


A grant would only be


school managers had appealed to the M.P., Mr. Charles Fletcher-Cooke, to assist them in getting a fifth room built.


Coun. Brewer said the


write to the managers of the school explaining the position.


Mr. Haigh said he would Delegates


]\/fR. and Mrs. G. Rose, of 19, T'-*- Cardigan Avenue, Clith­


held by the Lancashire, Che­ shire and North Western Lib­ eral Federation at the Queen’s Hotel, Southport, this week­ end.


eroe, are delegates from Clith­ eroe Liberal Association to a week-end conference being


various aspects of Liberal or­ ganisation and policy, and one of the meetings will be ad­ dressed by Mr. Arthur Holt,


The conference will discuss M.P. They should enlarge the He said the present C. of E.


by Coun. J. Brewer, of Dinck- ley, at a meeting of No. 5


These complaints were made


T ANGHO C. of E. School is a “horrible place” in


a total of £5.000 djbel at Manchester Assizes last week, -?ve his allegation of negligence; £2,000 for


3 1 on? t ni ?i?L7a solicior, apd a partner in the Clith- sircct, cinneijtom, Lid die and Dixon, was awarded a , n*> = nnn 3!?8CS atter he had been successful in an


lLU s allegation of fraud; and £2,500 for callinf MrPL° ey "an unPrinciPled shyster”.


PERIOD PLAY WILL AID YOUTH CLUB


‘Black and white’ still leads with camera fans


at mo sph ere , the “New School” of French film makers have to a large extent copied the techniques of Bergman, the unique Swedish director, and have very largely em­


T'O gain effect, to heighten drama and to create


ployed black-and-white In making their films. Members of Ribblesdale


chrome as a mode of expres­ sing these three qualities so vital to their visual art.


hey, too, favour mono­


inspecting the compositions, is a pleasant way to spend a n . hour, and one does not need to be an expert to appreciate t "Pe . thought and ingenuity


To wander round the room,


chat has gone into the een overlooked, however, and


the first award In the pictorial colour slides section has gone to a new member, Mrs. Audrey Stretch, for her slide of Iskenderon. in which her rendering of the lighting does full justice to this Turkish


reation of each picture. b Colour enthusiasts have not


Camera Club, at their annual exhibition, which opens to­ morrow at Stanley House, t Lowergate, have shown that


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also produced a first-class exhibit in the natural history colour section, in which he took first prize. With another natural history shot he gained first place in the monochrome class. The judge. Ml" G. Woods, commented ,on the excellence of the winning entries.


port. Mr. J. Entwistle was the judge. Mr. Herbert Holgate has


D. LORD & SON


remained faithful to black- and-white, and their fidelity to this medium has certainly paid dividends.


Most members, however,


achieved -by many members, including several very promis­ ing exhibits by beginners.


PROMISING EXHIBITS Excellent texture has been


quil picture of Low Moor Mill, capturing the solemnity of the1 river and the grace of the bowing trees, to win first p l a c e in the advanced pictorial section.


this class and the record section, gave a tape-recorded commentary to the club and commended several prints apart from the prizewiners.


Mr. J. Bell, who judged both T.laphon.: Clifheroo 1176. There were likely to be 700


well-known for his studies of church architecture, has won the record class for the seventh consecutive year.


featured in the portrait section, and the local scene is given adequate coverage.


were judged by Mr. Briggs. Many local people are


The record colour slides


colour slides were submitted for the competition.


RESULTS


The Old Mill, H. Parkinson; 2, Fog Bound, E. Bolton 3, Jim, H. Parkinson. Commended: April evening Refiec.ions, R. Hodgkin- son; Call of the Isles, H. Eccles; Scoutmaster, B. Braithwaite.


Briggs; 2, St. Luke's Chapel, Norwich, W. Briggs; 3, Pulpit. Bolton-by-Bowland, E. Bolton.


nest, H. Holgate; 2, Kingfisher, H. Holgate; 3, Honeysuckle, E Bolton.


Natural history; 1, Swallow til


Walmsley; 2, The White House. G. Ormshaw; 3, Torre Abbey, G.


Beginners: 1, Wintry. C.


Ormshaw. Colour: Pictorial: 1, Iskcnde-


ron, Mrs. A. Stretch; 2, Dancing Waves, H. Eccles; 3, Old Brig O'Dee, H. Eccles. Commended: Liathach, K. Rycroft; Craven Fells, K. Rycroft; Woodland scene, H. Eccles.


Grandis, H. Holgate; 2, Peacock Butterfly, H. Holgatc; 3, Mut" Swan, K. Rycroft.


Natural history: 1, Aeshna


E. Bolton. Monthly competitions: Mono­


Record: 1, Retainers' Gallery


chrome: 1, J. Duckworth; 2, D. Tattersall; 3, H. Parkinson. Colour: 1, W, Townson; 2, R. J Wickwar; 3, K. Rycrof!.


Magistrates


(~)N the Bench at Bowland ^ Magistrates’ Court at Gis- burn on Monday were Mr. J. M. Barlow, presiding, Mr. J. Hol­ gate, Miss M. Rushton, Coun. A. H. Porter-Hargreaves,


LIBERALS WILL CONTEST


was stopped daily by the oper­ ation of this piece of maclilu- ery. If anything had been wrong it would have been noticed.


Mr. Adderley said the mill


he stated It would be un­ reasonable to check this small nut every week.


Replying to Mr. Greenwood,


of misadventure. The fore­ man said they had nothing to add to their verdict.


The jury returned a verdict Savo 8d.


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1796 PRESTON 139 Friargate preston 84838 Named


^ private housing estate at Billington have been approved by Blackburn Rural District Council.


QTREET names


Drive, Lakeland Close, and Meadow Close.


They are Pasturelands 1


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THE CLITHEROE DIVISION Geneml S U T


Clitheroe


al Executive Committee decid­ ed this on Friday, and agreed to obtain names of prospective candidates from the Lanca­ shire, Cheshire and North West Liberal Federation.


The newly-formed Division­


will then be added before a short list is drawn up.


Other suitable candidates


only formed again three weeks ago, already has a membership of more than 300 and contacts in every part of the Division


tested the division, in 1950, the resulth was: R. Fort (Con.) 20,814; H. E. Randall (Lab.) 18,359; -J. W. Wyers (Lib.) 2,765. Conservative majority 2,455.


When the Liberals last con­ The Divisional Association,


ent in the division and at one time Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttle- worth, who was Liberal M.P. for 21 years, was returned un­ opposed.


Liberals used to be promin­


formed there was a Labour M.P. for 16 years, then Sir William Brass held it for the Conservatives for more than


When the division was re­


-Randall, but he was defeated by Mr. Richard Fort, Conser­ vative, in 1950.


with the election of Mr. H. E.


crash in 1959 and the present member, Mr. Frank Pearson,


Mr. Fort was killed in a car


Conservative, was elected at the General Election in that year.


20 years. I t returned to Labour In 1945


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2 4 KINO WILLIAM STREET-T£l.7920 LEVER'S BATTERY ‘PELLETS’ contest the Record: 1, Choir, Norwich, W. Advanced pictorial class: 1, Eighty-three prints and 69 Mr. Walter Briggs, who is


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