HAVE


[E THE TEAR


[uirlhs. Marriages, and Deaths, tn s .


Inccl ;xople at some of the most |cs So. as well aa being a public lliiies, he has to be an uncler-


in- ’.'■■.V’uasc ciifflcuUie.s and the complicatocl law of foreign domi-


cilo.s to centend with. ■\nd anoilier perplexing prob­


lem i.s th.'t of preventing foreign women of ill-repute ftom going ilirouali a marriage ceremony with a Briii.sh .'.nbjecl just to


aeoiiire Briti.sh nationalit.t and tlien probablv leaving the bridc- grocm for ever e.l Rcgi.ster OfTice door. I>eiding whether one o£


tlie.>e women, on her .special be.st behaviour for the occ.'..sion. i.s a leeilintaie t)ridc or not can be


a delic.'.te duty. Thoti. tliei'e are some superin­


tendent registrars whose district include ho.spital.s for mental an d nervous disea.scs. Tliey somc- time.s itavo to determine if people wi.sliina to marry have Uie neecs- .,arv m e n t a l capacU.v. This, ag.ain. i.s a big re.sponsibility. me.rrlage.s. in the na tu ra l


order of things, are often follow­ 'd l)v births, it becomes the


regl.slr.’.r's duly, .“ooner or later, to ' deal with these. The law require.s tliat all births and .still-births in hi.s area .'hall be ■egistered witliin six weeks of


enough prccc.ss. but an excited f a t h e r cannot alw.r.v.s recall quickly and clearly all the facl.s tliat have to be given. So the registrar tries to be quietly help­


ful. Sometimes, the child's Chris­


tian name or forename ha.s not been finaly decided on. Tlic registrar explains th a t these names are not essential for the registration of the b i r t h —■ tli'ough. as the father and mother have pi'obablv been rc- liearsing them for months. thi.s wishing to marry liavc the necc.s- difliculty docs not arise very


often. But the regi.slrar does tell


p.-n-onts tliat. if they have second thoughts between registering and Christening the child, the bapt­ ismal name can later be entered the certificate.


ALWAYS ON CALL Throughout the country there


are about 150 whole-lime and nearly 400 part-time superinten­ dent registrars, end j u s t . over 600 full-time and nearly 600 part-time registrars. With a rapidly growing population, they have plenty to do. Despite th e ir official working liours. they may expect to be called on .six days a week. Saturday morning, when the public is free, i.s one of their very busy times. Tliey often have to a ttend churches on Sunday. And they never know when thc.v


may be called on to attend to aomci jspofjial emergency. •\part from all iheir normal


cluiiG.s. ihcy are responsible, under iho Registrar General, for ihc loc.-».: organLsation of llic periodical national cen.'^u.s. At the la.sl one. in 1961. each regi-


.stration ofTicer had working under him 50 or 60 part-time


enumerators—people like school- tcacherij. local government officcr.s, civil .'orvanis. and s tu­ dents. The.se emimeralor.« di.s- iribiued and collected the forms from household.s in the territory alloucd to them, and the regi.s- tration oHicer w.^s rc.sponsible for .‘toeing they did their work properly end promptly. .-\s the census is u.sually held in April, and coincides with the Income Tax marriage boom and the peck period of death regi.'lraiion. it rail make life e.specially stren­ uous for a time.


WEDDING


ROXBURGH—DUCKWORTH i ST.*\FF nurse at the Royal


; - j Ruth Duckworth, and a final Infirmary, Edinburgh. Mi.s.s


i year medical .student a t Ed:n- ; burgh. Mr. David Alexander R.oxburgh. weie married on


.Saturday a t Trinity Methodist Church. Clitheroe. The bride i.s the daughter of


Mr. and .Mr.s. C. Duckworth, of “ N'ewnham.'' Princesx Avenue, Clitheroe, and the bridegroom the .<^on of Mr. and Mr.s. A. N. Roxburgh, of Kirk House, Miller .\ventie. Wich. Caithnc.as. The bride, who wa.s given away


by her father, wore a while velvet eown cut on chus.sical lines trimmed with wliiie fur cufi.s. Her headdre.ss was a white chaplPi holding an elbow-length


Duckworth, the bridr’.s si.stcr and Mi.'.s I.sobel Caldcr wore full- lencth flame - coloured velvet dre.sse.s cut on classical line.s wi:h flame-coloured acce.ssorics. Their bouquet.s were of white carnation.s and holly bcrric.s. Best man was the bridcgroom'.s


!)rother. Mr. John Roxburgh. Mr. Frank Wrigley and Mr. Malcolm Fletcher were groom.smen with Mr. Jarne.s Fletcher and Mr. Peter Wrigley. ushers. 'rh e Superintendent mini.sier,


Swan and Royal Hotel. Clitheroe tlir couple left for a honeymoon in Scotland, the bride travelling in a green border tweed suit, pink fur hat and brown acces-


.sorie.s. .Mr and Mrs. Roxburgh are


FZiNGiiNEER LEAVING


denl engineer on the Newton and Slaidburn .sewerage and .‘•ewnge disposal achcme.s as 80 percent of Uic work has now been completed. The present engineer, Mr. J. A.


1>OWL.^ND Rural Council may not need to appoint a rc.si-


Sedgewick, will be leaving th e councH's employment on Tues­ day. to take up a new position. Mr. Sedgewick stated th a t


to re.side at 14. Colliesdene Cres­ cent. Jopj)a. Edinburgli.


the Rev. R. Jobling. officiated. Following a reception a t the


veil, and .she carried a bouqucL of while carnation.s and white freesia. Tlie bride/'inaid.';. Mi.s.s Man’


1 i ^1^


.he birth. This ought to be a simple,


tElje (CIttJcroc Sbijcrtiscr & TRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1963 LOCAL NEWS


ATI ENTS in Cliilieroc and East Lancashire Hospitals


received a Chrislmas Day visit from the Mayor and Mayoress of Clithcroc. Alderman Ernest Crosslcy and Mrs. Dinah Sattcrthwaitc.


heads with a visit to St. James'.s School where- they a ttended the chtldren'.s Cliristmas P a r t y organised by the Cllthero'c branch of the British Legion. F ath er Christinas was on hand


The day s tar ted for the civic


OLD UMPIRE


AND CRICKETE 88 NOT OUT


JpORMER tvcil-known Ribbicstlale League cricketer and umpire, Mr. Arthur Rillington, of Highficld Road,


Clilheroe, celebrated his 88th birthday on Saturday. During a long cricket career Mr. Billington became well-


known on every Ribblesdalc League ground and there arc still many who have memories of Mr. Billington as player and umpire.


He can remember the clays


when playing cricket did not mean ju s t jumping into a taxi


to disti'ibute prc.sents to the children.


Mayor and Mayoress found the children playing happily with their presents and gave them a little something extra. At Clithcroe Hospital, which


At St. Denys' Home, the


and travelling in comfort to the ground. An away match in those


days was often preceded by a long walk or an uncomfortable waggonette journey. Sometimes they travelled by train. This did not stop the cricketers


they h ad also visited on Sunday they ch at ted with many patient's an d presented each with a gift. All p atients received similar gifts irrespective of whether they were or were not Clitheroc people. A t Queen’s Park Hospital, the Mayor and


Blackburn.


Mayore.ss gave gifts to patients from Clitheroe. They also visited Blackburn


Royal Infirmary and Accrington Victoria Ho.spital where they sptokc to s e v e r a l Clitheroc p atients and again distributed presents. The Mayor and Mayores-s al.so visited Bramlcy Meads, Whallcy.


■tX7HILE visiting W h a t l e y * * .^bbey on Saturday, the


Bishop of Manchester. Dr. W. D. L. Greer slipped down some .steps and broke his knee-cap. He was in hospital over the


friends a t Jubilee Mill. Clithcroc, • celebrated his 75th birthday with a combined Christmas and b irth ­


day party. At the .same time, in recog­


nition of his 48 years service as a four-loom weaver a t their Brooks and Jubilee Mills, Mr. James Southworth, on behalf of the firm, presented Mr. Billing- ton with a pipe and case. Tre.stle tables were erected in


from enjoying a match. Mr. Billington played with the Clitheroc Victoria in the Black­ burn and District league. He was chosen out of this league to play against East Lancashire.


James’


Then came a .spell with St. b e f o r e Ribblesclale


Wanderers were formed. Ho played with the first eleven for


several y e a rs .. But i t wa.s when he became


a Ribblcsdale League umpire —a position he held for about 30 year.s — th a t the legend of Arthur Billington began.


man challenged umpire Billing- ton’s decision th a t he was out. Mr. Billington rep lied : “Thcc read ’t paper to-noct!’’ There wa.s the time, too, when


The .story goes th a t one baUs-


Tills is your town


Theanheroc Advrriiser & Times. December 27. J963


CHURCH NEWS FREE TO EACH FAMILY IN PARISH


'*■ magazine of the Whalley Deanery. “Tlic Deanery,” has c e a s e d publicalion, indivi­ dual parishes in the Deanery have made or arc making arrangements to publish their own Tndividual magazines or news-sheets.


ALTHOUGH the oflicial


Curch News"* the new organ for Clithcroc Parush Church, the


Writing in ‘‘Clilhcroc Parish


Vicar of Clitheroc and Rural Dean of Whalley. the Rev. A. P.


Clark, says th a t the church magazine is basically for propo-


ganda. "Some .system of propaganda


NcMt'hoiiscs at Pimlico on Cliatburn Old Road.,


the broad alley of the mill and about 18 of Mr. Billington’s colleagues watched him cut the birthday cake which they had provided.


GLUT OF WORK Times were not always good


in the cotton industry. Depres­ sion and unemployment brought Us problem.s for both worker and management. But no setbacks have been allowed to damp Mr. Billington’s


spirits for long. At one period he was unemployed for six months and then the first morn­ ing a t work again he was 10 minutes late in arriving. He found an ira te official


Chri.stmas period, all his engage­ ments until yesterday being can­ celled. Dr. Greer wa.s visiting the


Abbey to interview candidates from* his diocese, whom he was to have ordained in Manchester Cathedral on Sunday. The ordinands were taking


p a r t in a pre-ordination re tre a t u i th candidates from Blackburn Diocese, and th e accident hap ­ pened as Dr, Greer was leaving. The ordination a t Manchester


he went to Darwen. where Darwen I I were playing Barrow II. He .saw a "grammar school boy in short trousers!” The lad was a member of the Barrow team, but any doubts about the wisdom of choosing one so young were soon d i s p e l l e d - The youngster went in to collect 50


not out. C Y R IL W A SH B RO O K


—the former Lancashire captain and England selector and player. He docs, however, regret the


The bov was Cyril Washbrook


wa.«. conducted by th e Bishop of Hulmc. the Right Rev. K. V- Ram.scy,


TAURING the p a s t year,


British Legion had dealt with 80 needy cases out of th e Earl Haig Poppy Fund and many more cases of rehabilitation of cx-Scrviccmcn h ad been dealt with out of the bran ch ’s bene­ volent fund for which more


ClUhcroe branch of the


th an £500 had been raised. This wa.s .Slated b.v the branch


prc.sidcnt Mr. Alf Wood a t the b ranch’s annual meeting la.st week. Mr. Wood said “I believe th a t


lack of anv really outstanding cricketers in the Ribblc.sdalc League. "Where arc the Jimmy Peters of today?” he asks. His answer is th a t there will


• I f anybody thinks cricket is Mr. Billington’s only love, he would be wrong. He likes all sport and a t one time played football a t c e n t re -h a lf wiUi th e old Queen’s Park Club in CUthcroc. Bowling is another .sport a t


not be any great figures in the league again until the youngsters get down to regular practice,


one of the greate.st things in life i.s kindnc.ss to the other chap. Comradeship, good inimour and mercy arc the things the Briti.sh Legion stands for.” Officer.s appointed w e r e :


which he has shown prowess. Tlicrc wa.s the occasion when he went on to the bowling green where a cup game was in pro- gre.-^s. Someone made a sally a b o u t 'th e cup to Mr. Billington who replied bv saying he would


prc.sidcnl, Mr. Wood; branch secretarv. Mr. R. Mantle*, treasurer. Mr. J. Fowler: bene­ volent .secretary, Mr. R. Martin.


A LDERMAN E. CROSSLEY. Mayor of Clithcroe and


licensee of The Buck Inn. Clitheroc has been re-appointed ns vice-chairman of the East and North West Lancasliire Section of the Trade Develop­ ment Association for the 17th


year.


an excutivc member of the Lon­ don Council, a body which the government con.sults if there is any impending change in the


He has also been rc-clected as , , , licensing legislation. M


r . J O S E P H ROBINSON. managing director and


.secretary of th e Moorcock Inn. Waddington, announced liis en­ gagement on Christmas Day to Mi.ss Hilda Baxendale. licensee of Uic Railway Tavern. Euxton.


near Chorlcy. Miss Baxendaie is tlie only


daughter of Mrs. S. J. Baxcii- dalc and llie late Mr. Thomas Baxendale of the same address.


B


o w l a n d Rural Council arc to replace 85 yards of chain


link fencing a t the re a r of Queeiiswa.v. Waddingtoii a t a


cost of £90. I t was reported lo the Hou.s-


Ing Committee on Monday tl ia t th e fencing, which had been erected alioiit 1951. had corroded


and cows from the field had ti*ampled over the gardens.


-----place a t Clithcroc Parish Church on Wcdnc-sday. February ,5. and a fm'tlici' coiinrmatioii service will be hold a t St. Paul -s Churcli. Low Moor, on Friday


\ CONFIRMATION will take -V nlaee a t ClithCl'OC


May 29.


/'vWING to Ulc absence of any ' ' important biisincs.s^ the


meeting of Bowland Education Siil)-CommiUce to bo


held on Monday, was canceled. A. MOTOR car. which crashed


Oi.sburn about 10 p.m. on Christ­ mas Eve was badly damaBcd, but the driver Victor Heap.-of Hali­ fax Road. Bricrfield escaped


. into a wall a t Middop, near


■without injury. A passenger, howcvci. Robin


Yerkes. of Hardy Avenue. Brier- field received a cut eye and


.suffered from sliook. He wa.s taken for trcatnieiii. to


Rcedyford Hospital.


ci''HE prospective Labour Can- 1 didate for the Clitheroe division, Mr. Douglas Hoyle pre­ sented pri'/.es a t a Christmas whist drive lield by Clitberoe Borough Labour Party in the Co-operative Guild Rooms last


week.


and proceeds amounted to £18. T H IS W E E K ’S


ROAD SAFETY SLOGAN


considerable progre.ss had been made during the past month con- .sidcring the weather and the wet site conditions.


T h e m o r e hasle, Ih e Ipsx safe ly


T» ■, II... ..oct fe..' Have I Ilk lias been a typical .scene in many lioines . . . a happy .rc niimlcr that Cliri,stiua.s cffscntially a time when chiMren matter iposl, a time.In'rejoice, a time for laughter awl t hankfulncs,s.


Mrs. E. McNaughton was M.C. , ■- A ( / ■Sjf


Billington did. and those arc some of the things th a t have brought him many a laugh in a life th a t has not been an easy


one. He wa.s'born in Manchester—


the son of Mr. and Mrs- John BiUinglon—and came to Clilhcroc when he wa.s iust a few years old which. Mr. Billington thinks, entitles him to be called a


Clitheronian. He celebrated hi.s tenth b ir th ­


day by walking to Barrow Pr int Works to s ta r t work as a '•half- timer.” and he remained a half-


timer until he wa.s 13. At 16 he began to learn


weaving and "kissed a shuttle” for 60 vears until retiring a t 77. I t w*as in 1950 th a t weaver


ivin i t th e following-year. He did! .T h a t is th e kind of thing Mr.


young


farmer^' PARTY


■ATEMBERS aiul friends Cl i l l icroe Young Fa rmc


Df


Club gallicrcd at Downhim Villacc Hall yesterday wct,r for the annual Clinslniits


awaiting him. ‘‘Look a t this watch. Arthur.” he commanded. Arthur looked and agreed i t was a fine watch. The official pointed out th a t


party. Also pre.'Jcnt were about members of tlie .'\clvisor.v Co


he was not concerned about the watch but the fact th a t Arthur wa.s 10 minutes late. Back came Arthur’s rejoinder:


"Ten minutes late—? What are you bothering about? I ’ve been waiting for you for six m o n th s !” He discovered later th a t the


official .spent quite .some time afterwards walking about chuck­ ling to himself a t Arthur’s reply. T h a t was typical of Mr. Bil-


lington's altitude. The be.st reply i.s alwa.v.s the straight-forward


one he bclievc.s. 20


'"Darficl Kay welcomed eycryme to tlie party, after wlncli a meal wa.s enjoyed. Edniundsons Band provided the musie foi tne


games and dancing. Mr. J. I. Dugdalc presented the


cups, awards, medals, ccvuficatcs and other prizes to competition winners thronghout the year. The CUP for the best junior member wa.s presented to Gcol-


frey Copeland. The party was brought to an


end a t 1 a.m. with Auld Lang Sync.


_____


CENTRAL HEATING FOR FLATS


Th i s is the first l ime tha t


the counci l have int roduced cent ral heat ing into one of thei r .schemes.


Tire tiouscs. however, will be


heated by solid fuel. Two sclicmc.s for the Grindle-


ten project were put forward b.v a I'cin'e.scntative of Unity Stnic- uiros Ltd., of Harrogate. Tlic rejected .sclicmc was for eight


flats and three hoiise.s. The representative pointed out


th a t tile flat.s were of a com- |)letely new type, wliicli had not Ijccn "built anvwliere before. Tljev liad been designed to


c o n f o r m witli tlie required .siandard.s. and were in fa c t big­ ger than the existing council


flats in the Bowland area. They were, he said, designed


to l)e centrally lieated, eitlier by niglit store heaters or under


floor licating.


area as fa r as central lieatirg is concerned. " s tated Councdloi R. Williamson. " I like a coal fire mvself. but wc liavc to tliin'd of lli’c old people humping coal about, and finding .stick.s to light


abreast of modern requirements. and we ought to try ceiural heating," Councillor Williamson


the fire." he .said. " I t i.s lime we tried to keep


.stated. The lay-outs submitled for


both tlie Grindleton and Bolion- by-Bowland scl-icmes were appro­


ved bv the committee. I t wa.s s tated by Unity's repre-


.sentative tlia l even it evci'j'lhing went as planned from this stage, it would slill


months l)Oforc work could be Si'.U'ted on ettlier of tlie schemes.


1)0 five to .six " I think we are behind livtOiS- ,


I ROUND, AND OLD SCRAPBOOK


YN old scrapbook lent to me by a friend recalls


the days of the Boer War and the send-off given to Mr. Richard Read, who volun­ teered to serve with the Im­ perial Yeomanry, and some of his subsequciil e.xploils.


scrapbook describc.s Mr. Read as being known ;us "one of the best shoeing smiths in tlic district and. it wa.s practilly on tills recommendation llia t he wa.s accepted for the corps.


culling continues, "and tliongli lie has not been in any mounted corps before, lie is a capital hor.seman and hi.s friends look to him to do credit to himself and to ills country."


"He .stands fully six feel." the


b.v the people of Ctitlicroc is de.scribed a t length.


"Upon his leaving tile town


lie wa.s accorded a great send-otf. being played to the .station by tlie Borough Band and ii lumi- ber of mounted gentlemen fol­ lowed b.v a great crowd of


ITLATS (o be built by BowlaiHl Rural Council at Grindleton ^ and Bolton-by-Bowland will be centrally heated by night .store heaters it was decided at a meeting of Ihc Housing


Committee of Ihc Council on Monday. Th e Gr indle lon scheme will be eompri .sed of eight, onc-


b e d ro omed Hats an d fo u r th rc c -b cd ro omed houses, while at Bol ton-bv-Bowland there will be eight o n c -b ed ro omed hats.


Clilhcroc people. "Along the route he was liailed


whli cliccrs and he contimially responded by raising his kliaki


cap. "A collection for his bciiofii


was made along tlie .streets and lie was lieai'tily cheered as the train left tlic station."


A a k c n—p a r t -in a. -72-hour fight with the Cape Police. "You may think t l ia t 72 hours'


fighting would see the loss of more lives tlian the account truly gives. 1)111 we play the Boers a t llipir own game now. “If our ofllcer had been less


brave mir losses would liave been heavier.”


When Mr. Read returned from , ^


the war he was welcomed with as much celebration a.s occurred


when he .set out. The scrapbook ends; ‘‘He was


met at the railway station b.v the Borough Band with lighted torches and a largo crowd as.sembled to welcome the rc tiu j ning volunteer and accompanied


him to hi.s home.” Mr. Road, who wa.*^ a black-


.smith. .subsoquontly bocame a.


In a letter from the Cape. iMr. Read mentions th a t he liad


The send-off given to Mr. Read A newspaper cutting in the ABOUT IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIr


well known figure in the town where lor 400 years the familly .smithy in Lowergate stodd as a landmark.


FOR UGANDA


'■pWO membcr.s of well-known Clilheroo families who were


married in June will .set out for Uganda on Thursday.


Mr. Malcolm Blackburn, a for­ mer playing member of Clitheroc Cricket Club and his wife, for- merlv Mi.ss Ju d ith Curry, are to live for two years a t Umbali,


in Uganda. Malcolm, who has been teach­


ing Chemistry a t Hutton Gram­ mar School, i.s to teach the .same subject a t Nabumali High School and Judith, who taught Latin a t Burnley High School, may teach English a t the school. Their journey from England


.starts with a 19-day sea vOVRge to Mombassa. Kenya, and th en they will iravcl inland by tra in for* two days to Umbali. The school is a boarding .school


for coloured children. At Mombasa they will be met


Malcolm’s cricket gear, for he hopc.s to continue plnyiiTg cricket in Uganda. I f the .sport is not played there he will probably m a k e an attempt to .start regular matches.


Warning arrow V RED ivaniihg niTOw is to


Bridge, a .'poi ivliicli i.s con- .'iidcred daiigcroii.s b.v tlic Wadd- iiigtoii Parish Council.


The Highivaj'.s Coniinittce a t


Boivtand Rural Council con.sidcr- ed a letter from Wadding-


Tlie letter s tated th a t several cars liad gone .straight on instead of turning over the


bridge. I t iva.s reported th a t a white


line had been painted on the


road, and while some members thought th a t lo be .suffleient i t was agreed to erect a red warning arrow.


MATCH OFF Clithcroc's liome game against


Fleetwood on Boxing Day was ])Ostponcd becau.se of tlie ice­ bound pitch. The referee. Ittr. S. Holliday,


travelled from Manchester on his .scooter. After a brief inspection of the pitch he said: “It's off."


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Is e.ssenliai for any institution th a t needs not only to continue but also to grow.” savs the Vicar. "Propaganda in fact mcan.s an


organised method of di.ssemina- tin g principles and doclrine.s. "The parish magazine can be


used to report pa.st events and gi ve information concerning forthcoming cvent.s in the life of a church and parish; but i t can also be u-scd to carry the mes- .sage and teaching of the church to everv Anglican family con­


nected with a particular parish.” The magazine will be. for a t


least the next year, delivered free to every family on the


parish roll. No money will be collected but


the Vicar points out th a t if any­ one likes to make a contribution there is nothing to prevent him from p utting a little extra on the collection plate in church.


appointed Mr. John Binncr of Culchcth, Warrington, Lanca­ shire, to be a member of the North Western Gas Consultative Council.


The Minister of Power has


Th .ev end year on winning nole


NLITHEROE R E S E R V E S


in an Accrington Combination Divi.sion 1 game a t Shaw Bridge on Saturday. The Reserves’ .scorers were Foulkcr and John­ son.


A Happy New Year


TO AJX OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS


WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ^ALUEO SUPPORT IN 1963 AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING OF FURTHER SERVICE DURING 1964 """ "


be erected near Waddiiigton Ifij


MOOR LANE & WOONE LANE CLITHEROE ® TEL. 683


Bowland welfare scheme


T^O th e old people of Bowland need a welfare service?


Bowland Rural Council think


so, and are taking steps to pro­ vide welfare for the aged in the district. I t is hoped to begin a pilot


scheme covering the villages of Grindleton. West Bradford and Waddington.


The Clerk.'Mr. L. D. Telford


told the Public Health Com­ mittee of the Council on Monday


th a t he h ad met the Divisional Welfare Office and discussed the m atter with him.


there may well be a need for such a service in the area,” s tated Mr. Telford.


to call a meeting of all in te r­ ested p a r t i e s sometime in January.


He said th a t i t was intended


local organisations, councillors and anyone else who I think may be interested.*’ Mr. Telford added.


" I intend to contact the various


scheme was successful then they could spread their wings and


He said th a t if the pilot


cover a larger area. Members expressed themselves in favour of the scheme.


"We formed the opinion th a t


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