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was found on a bank of the River Hodder at Newton. His sheepdog, Patsy, which had accompanied him on the shoot; was by the body.


Captain Spencer's body ~ - ■ - - ->


The body was taken to Barnoldswick mortuary after inquiries had been made by the police and police photo­ graphers had visited the


spot. A police officer in charge


of the investigation told an Advertiser and T ime s reporter that foul play was not suspected.


MOTORIST CLEARED ON SUMMONS AFTER FATAL ACCIDENT


there was insufficient evidence to pro 1 of River Hodder


\ POPULAR figure in the Hodder Valley aiul a war hero, Captain John Lawrence Spencer, aged 50, of Lamb Hill Farm, Slai uin, died in a shooting tragedy on Saturday, on the Knowlmerc Estate,


party on the Estate, a s e a r c h e s carried out by his friends, gamekeepers and mem­ bers of the West Riding Police Force.


reported-'missing in the evening following a s h o o t i ng -


REV? JOHN WOODLOUSE


MINISTER FROlV AUSTRALIA AT CHATBURN


a friend of Captain Spencer’s the village had been very Mr William M. Fernie, of kind, and that the manse was The Heanings, Newton, 0f a far better standard than shortly after the search any he had previously lived


The body was found by began.


with the shooting party until Ensjan lunch-time, but had not


Mr. Ferme had been out WOUNDS IN HEAD shot-gun was found nearby.


in‘Mr Woodhouse. who is in •


joined them in the afternoon. ClmtPun^ui ’ untfi September.


returned to England was » .visit Ids parents m


shot wounds in the head. A who * c h a i n l e t ttothem 16-bore double - barrelled Lancastoie


Captain Spencer had gun- Lhe Rev. Gordon A. chatburn. he accepted the


organised by Cap tain emigJ-ated to Australia in Jan- SDencer. continued until uarv i960, and was ordamea about 3-30 p.m.


The shoot which had been P < ^ n j ^ ® * ^ lh0 ta as. g & g Methodist Ministry m


Captain Spencer apparently Times that the structurej of the « & «


The party broke up and He tokl tile Advertiser and


some few miles, by land colfntryf “However, there are rover.


discovered at a spot not far from where the body found. His wife, Jane,


AE


The land rover was later I s w ds n Australia, was


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worried when he failed to return home by nightfall and contacted several friends. A search was immediately


n la t iv o i


probably fewer officers ana terwaiiriuo i** - - —


he s. Temperance became associa.ted with temperance, and


As in this country, the Metho- I dist movement in Australia is


:,- J —'although a proportion of the church members are drmkeis. d the official policy of the Metlio-


organised. Captain Spencer was a dis­


Ju a g c KODcn I Mr.[r


Joseph Pye, a well known exanffipe, gamekeeper,


The party, in addition 1 Fernic,ie.


. in inclcluded.uded Nir. j uc


Bridge, Mr. Jack Riley, also a Gamekeeper, ■


Slaidbum. SPORTSMAN


I shooting pheasants and hares. A farmer, who was par­


keen sportsman and took part in shoots in the district regularly. The party was out


burn nine years Cumberland.


Captain Spencer was a I


and Mr. John McQueen and Mr. Gordon Lawson, both of j


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tant relative of Judge Robert Peel, of Knowlesmere Manor,


sense oi Atr i y ; \ b4r. 1 ayCracy in this


oET1.,DunS,°P b?’ registered of Slaidburn,


I lonir r»f “red tftpe coniijm^w i t*.*-*-—-- this


on whose land the shoot was Another reason for liking held.


| Australia,was• --- -- • , *> «»*■ fo rr


th e complications o f b u r e -1 Churchy groups, country


iLe the sunshine.” compared


Churches • f.0Tmtr


of-total abstinence When asked about his hkm^.


ist Church in Australia is one for Australia. Mr. Woodhousc


However, when he heard fi om Tj


vacancy at


a visit from ^ (0 slay al


when he ...... ____ 1 He said that the people ot


house, the new Methodist Minister at Chatburn told ail Advertiser and Times repor­ ter this week that he was very impressed on this, his first visit to Chatburn.


The Rev. John Wood-


ceremonies, in Australia, once a minister has been legisteved to nerform a wedding lie can con­ duct the ceremony anywhere he eoes in the country. This is essential of course in a country which has sheep stations m the ■outback", miles from any-


" There were about 210 mcm- hprs of the circuit at Hamley Bridge, where Mr. .Woodhouse was minister before he came


to E n g * " * Tbe„ l°on is - / I Long trips


house’s interests, and he cal­ culated that he and his wife between them, have driven more than 100.000 nules m South Australia and Victoria, the neighbouring state. In one circuit, he had to drive 170 miles every Sunday to take


Driving is one of Mr Wood-


miles from Adelaide, the capital or south Australia and he frequently drove to the city to go to college, or for a night out.


turnimi from a game of bingo at Clitheroe Working Mens Club, on November 18. died in hospital four days after the


knocked down Mrs. Nancy Ann Aubin (79). ol Bro Street Clitheroe, was driving without clue care ui fion and the summons against him was d.smissed,


Mrs. Aubin who was re- --------- -------


the car. which was not tiavel ling at an excessive speed, com- | ing from the direction of the


accident.The driver of the car was James Armstrong. 22. of Sunnyhurst Road, Blackburn,


who pleaded not guilty. Prosecuting, Mr. J. Bowei


said he did not su re s t uiat at any time Armstrong had diiven


the road.


said Mr. Bower, the only wit­ ness of the accident. Mr. Ernest Scott, of Tower Hill. Clitheroe, was waiting at a bus stop out­ side the Commercial Hotel. Whalley Road. He saw an elderly woman come hom- the Working Men’s Club about 20 yards away, and walk to the kerb edge, where site glanced to the'right and.left. There was no traffic coming at the time.


At 11-20 p.m. on November 18. , ,« r e a so n a b l e s p e e d


when he looked again he saw a car travelling in the direction


Mr Scott turned away, and


of Blackburn. I t was tloy®lbP= at a reasonable speed on its own side of the road and had side


"8ffi could see that the old ladv had almost reached the other ^ d e of the road for she


strong made a statement undet caution to the police. This read.


Mr. Bower said that Arm .


ing mv Morris minicar on Whalley Road towards Black­ burn. I was travelling near to the kerb at about 30-3o mph, on dipped headlights, as the load


“About 11-20 pm I ".as driv was quite well lit.


sendees in three chapels. Mr Woodhouse was impressed


bv the roads in this country,


vihich are of a far better stand­ ard t-han in Australia. There, ap a r t from the mam roads,


sign on the offside of the road, and the first thing 1 saw after


T remember seeing a Dutton s ,


there are only dusty c a t hacks. Unfortunately, he will be un­


fare to Australia.


that was a woman right in front of the car, trying to run across the road. I swerved to my left and braked, but I had no


chance to miss her.


able really to appreciate our roads, for. as he said "The price of a car is equal to our return ,


nurse, and hopes to take up a part-time job in nursing dating


Mrs. Woodhouse is a trained


their stay in Chatburn. Their two children. Maik,


aged four, a-nd Andrew, three, are thrilled by the manse at Chatburn for in Australia, almost all the homes are bung­ alows. This is the first time that they have been able to go up- tO bed.


Marfc is now a


said: “We like the life, the sense of freedom, we like the


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bUAfter11 ^ 'cachin g at Trinity Methodist Church on Sundaj. Mv Woodhousc said he was


verv favourably impressed the treatment of the front of the Church.


unification of the different — and m Ham- Woodhouse


Australia, however was thirty years ahead or Clitheroe in the


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tlie unihcn-Uon or the t tA -yw g aw r s* ’


and congregational


• T m o f i t ' or behind it. ‘"Mi- seott said he then saw


was walking very slowly and then Armstrongs cat h i t het throwing her towaids centre of the road.


dangerously, but that b® llob not exercised sufficient cate m looking out for pedestrians on


town centre. “The car struck the old lady


on her left hand side, because she wLs crossing Ute load at an


angle. I t threw her up- into the air and she seemed to fall back


Clitheroe magistrates decidedyesterday week thal ?


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towards the centre of the road. I van into the commercial Hotel and told them to telephone for an ambulance.”


WELL LIT


PC Peter Craig said he visited the scene. The road at that point was 30 ft 6 inches wide,


and well lit. There were two skid marks


on the road which ended just before6 a pool of blood. One skid mark was 41 feet long, tbe other 45 Icct long.


Defending, Mr. F. Farley said that the skid' marks showed


Armstrong had taken every action he could to try to avoid the old ladv. He added that Mr. Scott said that Armstrong was driving at a reasonable speed.


that Mrs. Aubin was crasslng the road from behind the


“At the inquest Mr. Scott said


stationary motorcar. 'w h l0 “ would give any driver less time


to see her and restrict the width


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when an old lady died as result of an accident. “I am sure you are not likely


to find him guilty of this offence unless you are absolutely suie that beyond reasonable doubt


'1CMr SlFai-iey also mentioned the duty of a pedestrian when crossing the road at night. A pedestrian could see a car


approaemng. ap ro chi


hack I saw her lying injured in the cen'S of the road. A bloke


“I stopped the car and vent ,


in the crowd said, ‘I saw it all. she didn’t give y°° \ ? h‘


afterwards went back to look for this man, but I couldn t find


™Cfo’0k


' “There was a stationary car where she crossed at the time


b Mr. Bower said that P°h®®


ad made enquiries about this car, and had been able to estab


turned away Tn evidence Mr. Scott said h,’™S SX.


fish onlv that it was the.1® somewhere near the time of t accident.


before tlie car driver noticed the pedestrian.


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‘But in any case it would, have been proper for someone


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ding' said. “We find there is insufficient evidence to prove the summons and tifc v. ill, there


J W. D. Critchley (presi­ fore be dismissed.'__________


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Lester Thompson and Co. Lta.. Hutton Preston, was rejected


Clough Lane. Hurst Gieen. The application, made U


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nlace of landscape value, and would create hazardous road


the private road and the Clitheroe-Preston road.


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IRENE GOOD QUALITY


ticularly interested in sheep. I he came to live in Slaid-


Road Head, Carlisle. Actively concerned with


He farmed Flatt FRESH


ago from Farm,


all branches of farming he was a member of Hodder Valley Agricultural Show Committee and president of Slaidbum Young Farmers’


Club. Captain Spencer, was


badly wounded in action dur­ ing the last war and was awarded the DSO and MC


daughter, Caroline, and son John in addition to his wife


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