PRACTICAL JOKE LEADS TO


COURT CASE


BY THE time the Paris Motor Show, first of the sea­ son, closes its doors this Weekend, it’s sure to have


' been visited by about a mil­ lion people. Next week, our own, smaller


. ot l>eimg regaled with piped music as a cheerful background


' to the ground floor exhibits. Otherwise, it will be much as before though there arc some


■' Investigators will ask a cress sample of the, people at .Earls


i «on for thedr visit.: ' Some good may result from this survey. I t at-least denotes


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;:eome deficiency. They certainly should, be­


■ shows in Europe and elsewhere, ’ and must see ■


ably ours compares. WHAT DO THEY FIND?;


cause they go abroad and exhi­ bit at the other international


how unfavour­


. have to ‘ put up : with crowded - Jishes. Which make it necessary tor them-to elbow their way on '/> - many stands. "Exhlbitian-feet” are con-


Despite the glossy cars and the bright lights—and this year's music —they and all visitors


They find a motoring slum.


hopes for changes in the future, as a sample of visitors willbe quizzed to see what .they-think- of the show.


j. Court, for instance, what they ■ like and dislike about it. how- : long they plan to stay, where they come from, and the-rea—


, that the show's organisers, the • Society of Motor Manufac. turns, are becoming aware of


British Show opening bn Octo­ ber 14, can only , expect half a million. For the first time visitors will have the bonus at Earls Court


BY GERALD CARR


a haze of dust, keeping the car cleaners busy. There are few places to rest and long queues at the refreshment bars and restaurants.


tract-ed by the hard concrete flooring from which there rises


which include the. foreign and home trade buyers, are likely to be invited to visit the manu­ facturers' offices. These are discreetly situated in the rab­ bit Warren of corridors off the main, hall and on several floors.


•' Tlie' difference between our Show and practically all the foreign shows is space.


. In Paris, for instance, they have no fewer than nine halls, each about as large as the main Earls Court one.


and the stands larger, so there is little crowding and there is natural as well as artificial lighting in the halls.


Paris was able to present, not only an international car show, but one that included com­ mercial vehicles and motor­ cycles as well. They also present a display


. This extra space means that


of fresh road plans. In addition to all this, this


mised by the use of matting on the corridors and carpeting on the stands. The aisles are much wider


Feet-ache is at least mini­ Only the privileged few,


year- for the first time a used car show with more than 500 vehicles all vetted and guaran­ teed.


comed to sit in the new cars and to hear about their quali­


a proper exhibition centre and still does not look like getting one for several years.


The visitors are even wel­


ties in comfort from a tape re­ cording The fact is that Britain lacks


lias been going on for years, and though it povv looks as if Birmingham has staked a good claim. London is still fighting o this with the plan for North-


Argument over its location -


of the matter getting resolved in' a year or so. Even then, will we build for the future, or -en­ deavour to. do the job on the cheap?


lt. There does seem a likelihood


needs the best shop-window in the world. Its customers should be made to feel really welcome.


1 rice rise


Substantial increases in ’ the prices of the larger Vauxhall


saloons came into effect yester­ day. .......... They are: Cresta £1,363 (a


£149 increase);- Cresta do luxe £1,479 (£152); Viscount auto­ matic £1,993 (£169); Viscount manual £1,902 (£170); Victor Super saloon £1,041 (£47); Victor '2000SL £1,152 (£60); Victor 3.3 litre estate £1,418 (£85); Ventora 2 £1,455 (£95).


Bri tarn's motor industry TOO FAST


26, of Lynwood Avenue, Clay- ton-ie-Moors, was flneq £10 with licence endorsement at Clitheroe, yesterday, for ex­ ceeding a 40 mph speed limit with a car. He pleaded guilty y letter


Mi'. Flrderick Ellison, aged


Choriey followed Mr. Ellison along CUt-heroe Road, Barrow, and his speed varied between 58 and 60 mph.


in which he explained that he was hurrying because he was anxious -to keep an appoint­ ment. Imsp. T. Sumner said PC


TO MARK the beginning of a new session, pupils of Clith- eroe Evening Centre held an exhibition' of work' at the 3oys' Grammar School. The Centre offers a wide


variety of classes to suit all tastes. In addition to those in Clitheroe, there are also


classes in Chatburn, Down- ham, Pendleton and Whalley. Mrs. Greta Wilkinson is seen enrolling John Neil in the


speech training and dramatic art class. Miss Sheila Cottam looks on.


Enoch's Road, Bradford, was fined £10 with licence endors- ment at Clitheroe yesterday when she pleaded guilty, by let­ ter, to driving a car .without due care and attention.


Without care Mrs. Mavy .Wilkinson, of St.


Wilkinson collided ' with the rear of a car stopped at tempo­ rary traffic lights in Chatbuni.


Insp. T. J. Sumner said Mrs.


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A PRACTICAL joke in which a lorry was moved about 30 yards from one street to another led to Mr. William Ohatburn, aged 29, of Castle View, Ciitheroe, appearing before Clitheroe magis­ trates yesterday.


- He pleaded guilty to taking


absolute discharge on the first smnmonse and on the second, they fined him £5 with licence endorsment and ordered him to pay an advocate’s fee of eight


a lorry for his own use without consent and to having' no in­ surance. The magistrates gave him an


guineas. •


. Mr. W. D. Greenwood, pro­ secuting told the court that a lorrv, owned by a Clitheroe haulage company and driven by a Mr. Birtwistle, was parked on the inner by-pass near the Palladium Bingo Hall.


Birtwistle found the- lorry had been moved into Shawbridge Street.


About 40 minutes later, Mr.


they saw four men fooling about with a road roller and wheel barrow. They then saw the men approach the lorry and one got in but they were unable to iden­ tify the man and they phoned the police.


mises adjoining the inner by­ pass, said Mr. Greenwood, and


Two witnesses were on pre­


and charged bpj, said Mr. Green-wood it was later dis­ covered that Mr. Chatbum was the one 'who drove the lorry.


AH four men were arrested


Mr. Greenwood asked the magistrates to withdraw the


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AFTER pleading- not guilty to using a ’'lorry with dangerous parts, Mr. John. Wolfend-en, of Devonshire Street, Rish'ton, was given an absolute discharge at • Clitheroc yesterday,


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Our aim is to serve tile district & * *


with a lively TRUSTWORTHY service of news and pictures. We don’t hush things up. We don’t “blow things up” either.


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lorry with defective steering gear and given, an absolut dis­ charge on this. '


He also admitted using a


a vehicle examiner, Mr. Fred Bardsley, was ott duty with PC William Brady and they stopped the defendant in his lorry in Chatbum . Road, Clitheroe. Mr. Bardsley examined the


Insp. T. J. Sumner said that


not to be used and that another lorry had been ordered. Mr. Adoifus Taylor, of Clar­


endon Road, Morecambe, owner of the lorry, pleaded guilty by letter to using a lorry with dangerous parts and to using a lorry with defective steering gear, and he was also given an absolute discharge on both counts. '


vehicle and found bolts which held the axle in place were in­ secure and there was excessive play on the steering wheel.


ON HIRE.


that he issued, a- -form which immediately prohibited the car­ riage of goods on the lorry.


magistrates that the circum­ stances were beyond his con­ trol. The lorry was on hire and he was engaged on work on the uew Clit-heroe-Whalley by-pass. He said he had already com­


Mr. Wolfcnden told the


plained about the lorry's steer­ ing to men on the site and an inspection was made but he


finally to replace the-lorry but Mr. Wolfenden was not in­ formed and so he drove it away without knowing it was


he had known what was wrong with -the lorry he would never have driven it or even sat in it. Arrangements were made


was not told what defects the lorry had. Mr. Wolfenden said that if


Mr. Bardsley said,' 'in court;


Bid to keep Low Moor


that premises have now been found for Bawiands Post Office, Clitheroc Planning Committee this week did not overlook the needs of people living in Low Moor.


postal facility Wnne. welcoming the news


man said people in Low Moor, especially the elderly, felt that


to the fact that people would have a long way to walk be­ cause there .was no bus service from Low Moor via Seedhall .Avenue and on the suggestion


tlie present arrangements for a weekly afternoon service in the village should continue. Aid. Tom Robinson referred


tlie distance the new sub-post office from Low Moor and to request that the one-day ser­ vice be retained.


of Coun Harry Pearson it was agreed to draw attention to


Coun. John Blackburn, chair­


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charges against the other three men and the bench agreed.


ing the defendant, told the court that the incident occur­ red on the day of the torch light procession in Clitheroe and there was, he said a “spirit of gaiety in the air.’’


saiv tlie lorry and knowing the driver and seeing that the kevs had been left in the lorn-, he


Mr, Chatbum, he continued,


lorry only 30 yards and Mr. Lumley described the incident as a very technical offence.


decided to play a trick oil his friend. The defendant moved the


SEMI-FINAL DRAW


finals of the Ashlev Smith Trophy, for which clubs in Clitheroe and District Amateur Football League are competing for the first time, is:


The draw for the semi­


- White Lions v Calderstones. Chipping v Chatburn.


later. Date and venue will be fixed Mr. J. L. Lumlev, represent­


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A FASHION show, -,vitlh


children as models, wasi,eld ’ Watldingtou Methodist o w


Han on Wednesday night ta * of the Ribblc Valiev Appeal.


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dress and lboys cord suit complete'*!.;.,


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mere was Mrs, Jean‘n>,?°m' and nearly 100 people Refreshments weveatt^ 5:i;


gave the fashion panule n :c' Small Gear, ot c ,it.


and the event raised about ^ o b ituary \ MRS. C. p L


farming family Mrs. charlotte Pye died suddenly yeterda- a- -the home of her dagbter' , ’ Stirling Scotland. Sh -,yas 8,


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Mr. Joseph Pye, of Ied Co' tage, Whiteweil. and hviousi"- of Cow Ark. a well-kno’, ga,^el keeper for many years


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