S The Clithcroc Advertiser <( Times. February 28, .1964


Labour plans prosperity for farmers* square


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Whippet racing in Clitheroe


THERE is every chance that a whippet racing club will be formed in Clitheroe in the next week following a pre­


liminary meeting held at Shawbridge football ground on Sun­ day morning.


by Mr. Jack Hall, of 94, Hay- hurst Street, Clitheroe. and Mr. John Bond, of S, Standen Road. Clithcroe. assisted by Preston Whippet Club.


The meeting was arranged


"Advertiser and Times" reporter that he and Mr. Hall were very pleased with the success of the meeting which had been sup­ ported by people from various parts of North-East Lancashire. Twenty-three dogs took part in


Mr. Bond afterwards told an " Mr. Hall and Mr. Bond hope to


up and Mr. Tom Whalley was handicapper.


CARNIVAL QUEEN


CONTEST


rPHE sixth and last heat of the Carnival Queen competition


at Chipping Memorial Hall, took place last Friday night. About 350 people saw judge


Mr. T. P. Rushton, "who is Clerk to the Rural'-'District Council, Clitheroe. and lits wife'select the


First was M i s s Margaret


Parker, aged , 19, of Syke House, Goosnargh. who is a clerk in the corn miller's office in Goosnargh.


Williams, aged 16. of 31. Little- moor Road. Clitheroe. who is a solicitor's clerk.


Second was Miss Susannc


horn, aged 18. of 1, Davis Street, Longridge. who is a receptionist. These three girls will go for­


Third was Miss Eileen King-


ward to the finals on May 1. The Melody Makers Band played for dancing.


three times, and is owned by Mrs. M. Scott, of Blackpool, president of tile Preston Club. A track with a U-turn was set


begin club racing in Clitheroe in earlv April and eventually hope that the newly-formed club will take part in inter-club racing since there are about 80 clubs in the country at present.


FAMILY SPORT


a 150-yard yard-per-pound handi­ cap. which was won by a 16- months-old black bitch, "David’s Lass.” which had only been raced


Clitheroe some years ago when live rabbits were chased by pairs of whippets in a Held at Clare­ mont, There was a good deal of support for tlie weekly racing at first, but gradually this lessened until it was decided to discon­ tinue the events altogether.


racing. There is just an entrance fee. and prizes are awarded." Whippet racing was held in


ISLE OF SKYE LECTURE


the title of a lecture given by Mr. B. Sharpies to the Clitheroe Naturalists 'in the Co-op Guild Room, Moor Lane, on Thursday evening. " Eilean a Cheo" said Mr.


“ Over the sea to Skye." was


a real family sport. My wife and son and daughter all enjoy the racing and they all have dogs,” commented Mr. Bond. “For one tiling, there is no betting attached to whippet


"We think whippet racing is


Bar profit £2.327


T he annual general meeting of the British Legion was


held in the club on Thursday last, when 150 members attended. Mr. A. Wood, pre­ sided and Mr. L. Garner the secretary issued the balance


sales over the bar had been £9.369, a profit of £2.327 which raised the percentage profit up 3 per cent from the previous


sheet. Mr. Garner said that the net


another year like that, payment for the new headquarters would almost be complete. Mr. A. Wood was again


year. The auditor' said that with


Sharpies, was gaelic for the Isle of Skye, and means the Isle of Mist, Skye, he went on. con­ tained some of the finest and most celebrated scenery in Scot­ land. with all the wild storm swept peaks of the Coolins, a mountain range of 17 peaks. Mr. Sharpies described the


elected president for the tenth year, and said that activities during the past year had shown the magnificent way that mem­ bers were working together, and he hoped to see a renewal of that effort during the coming year. Mr. Wood spoke of how diffi­


Mr. Hoyle is pictured with Mr. Harold Duckworth, the chairman, end Mr. Lee.


jy£R. DOUG. HOYLE, prospective Parliamentary Labour candidate for the Clithcroc divi­ sion, addressing his first public'meeting at Clitheroc last Friday said that if any industry had


a grouse against the present Government it was the fanning community. The meeting was held in the Co-op Womcn’s-.Guild Room in Moor Lane.


meeting two of the local N.F.U. branches, but it was a strange thing that ever since his adop­ tion in November, 1963. he had not himself been approached in any way by the farming community in relation to Labour's plans for agriculture


Mr. Hoyle said he had noticed that his opponent, Mr. Frank Pearson, M.P., had been


were up in arms, due to falling incomes under Tory policies. The Tory idea of a free


Yet they knew the farmers


market in food was now in ruins, he said, and the strange thing about this was that the taxpayers had to pay more in deficiency payments. The farmer's income decreased and yet the housewife had to pay more for her food.


retail food rose by almost 35 per cent. How different to tlie conditions for the agricultural community under the 1947 Act. During that period of the Labour Government food production rase by 50 per cent, farmers’ incomes bv 70 per cent and. due to stable prices, the housewife benefited when shopping.


From 1952 to 1962 the price of


British agriculture, said Mr. Hoyle, “was a return to the spirit of the 1947 Act and the Labour Party intended this should be their aim.


The only hope for the future of


culties had been overcome, since tlte time four years ago when the club lost £ 1.000 and owed a further £800, to the present day when a profit of over £2,300 had been made. He went on to speak of the


crofters’ way of life, and spoke highly of the neatness of the


crofts. Everywhere he went he was treated well, and he men­ tioned that he had never eaten so many pancakes, as he did on Skye. An interesting building was the


Talent Contests that had been held over the past seven weeks, and every heat had seen a packed club. Mr. Wood then paid tribute, to the organiser of the contest. Mr. L. Garner, and again stressed the need for new members. Mr. T. U. Liddlc. the Legion's


House of .Trousers, where soldiers' on their way to Scotland would change from army trousers into the kilt, and vice versa on their their way back to their units. A visit was made to the famous lobster factory, where he saw the lobsters being crated alive ready for transport. The lecture was illustrated


with colour slides. Thanks were expressed by Mr. H. E. Cook.


commodity agreements, coupled with a World Food Plan, and an organised home market with Commodity Commissions control­ ling imports, we believe we can carry forward the . imaginative ideals of the 1947 Act into the different circumstances which now confront us. Our aim will be prosperity for the British farmer coupled with a square deal for the British housewife.” he de­ clared.


" By a system of international


solicitor, then talked to the members about further exten­ sions to the club, and the legal aspects.


new season's New Zealand lamb carcases coming to Britain are now in the butchers’ shops. By the end of January there should be ample supplies in all butchers’ shops throughout the country.


The first of about 19 million FOOD PLAN


agriculture. Mr. Hoyle said they believed in a world food plan— that the. surplus from the advanced nations should be ploughed in to benefit the under­ developed and stuggling nations. They believed in a commodity


Expounding Labour's policy on


commission regulating imports to prevent dumping at ridiculously low prices. They believed in continued


support , for British agriculture— they intended to give help wher­ ever possible to the farmer and intending farm p u r c h a s e r through Exchequer grants.


On the tied cottage system,


Labour believed no one should be deprived of their homes until alternative accommodation was provided and that for. those farmers— some in East Lanca­ shire—who were finding it diffi­ cult to make a living that there should-be re-training schemes to help those who wanted to change their employment.


port for Labour's proposal to abolish the 1 1 -plus and establish a comprehensive system of educ­ ation had been given in a report submitted by Mr. Percy Lord, chief education officer for Lanca­ shire, to the primary and secon­ dary sub-committee.


Mr. Hoyle said lie noticed sup­


ershire pattern, making full use of existing' buildings, and would do away once and for all with the iniquitous 1 1-plus examina­ tion.


This was based on the Leicest­ SABDEN WORKERS


ijorootton, he said: “The redun- /ffinv cotton workers of Sabdcn


Referring to Labour's policy


would not need to go to South Africa to a people whose racial policies .we abhor, with a Labour county council to give a lead I am sure something could be done."


Hoyle. Mr. Fred Lee. M.P. for Nev.'ton-le-Willows and Labour's "shadow" Minister of Aviati.on, seid the Prime Minister bad now- gone a step farther than his


Speaking .in support of Mr.


tainly. the two were quite incom­ patible.


he continued, was the Prime Minister’s assertion on TV that the economy of the country was stronger than ever. Yet a few hours later wc learn­


A graphic illustration of this, t;TUF” BOOTS


ed what the Prime Minister must have known when he spoke that the trade returns for January showed the biggest adverse bal­ ance ever for a single month. I t was true they could not


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form a final conclusion from a single month's returns, but it was even more obvious it was dis­ honest to come to the decision he did with a grim warning, such as the January returns, in mind. “ We all know lie is not exactly


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an economic genius." added Mr. Lee, " but one finds it hard to believe that he thinks that economic health is proved by the size of an adverse trade balance. We have also the findings of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, which pre­ dicts a balance of payments deficit of £140 million bv early I3G5." They had now reached a


situation where Budgets had nothing to do with the economic state of the country—they were merely sweeteners for election purposes, he said. If they studied the budgets


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over the last 12 years they would find that in nine cases taxation was increased but was it coin­ cidence that the other three years preceded elections? After referring to the “ give­


away " Budget last year. Mr. Lee said the economic “ candy floss society " was begining to show a lot of holes in it.


original- statement that every­ thing the Tories did should be done with the General Election in mind. He had now informed them that the Election would take place only when it suited the best interests of the Tory Party—with tlie national interest a shockingly poor second. Cer­


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