clitheroe Advertiser and Times, December 16th, 1976 3 Letters to the Editor
Rating system is outdated
THE Borough Treasurer, Mr Gordon Onslow, is of course quite correct when he states that all taxpayers and not just ratepayers contribute to local government expenditure.
' He gave an illustration of Holding the prize
winning Charolais if 15- y e a r - o l d A n n e Greenhatgh, the owner’s daughter. Behind are, from the l e f t : Mr Greenhalgh, Mr Watson, M r Jim F i e l d i n g (manage r Nat -West , Cl i the r o e ), Mr Hill Speak, chairman of the mart, and judges Mr Lord, Mrs Whittam, Mr Ellis, Mr Barnes, Mr Lily.
record sum for Charolais
CLITHEROE butcher Mr Dennis Gorrill paid a record £60 per hundredweight for the champion steer at Clitheroe Auction Mart’s Christmas Fatstock show and sale on Monday. The Charolais steer — a worthy winner of the best-
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ever collection of beef animals seen at the mart — was shown by Mr John Greenhalgh, of Rugglesmere Farm, Bashall Eaves. Mr Greenhalgh's victory —
his first in this class — was added to by the runners-up prize and a rosette for the best Charolais in the show. He received the Barclays
Bank championship prize from Mr John Watson, manager of the Clitheroe branch. Trade was brisk and butch
ers made -the most of the opportunity to give their customers a Christmas treat. Judges were Mr Ronnie Lord, of Rawtenstall, and Mr Jack Ellis, of Sawley (fat cattle); Mr Keith Barnes, of Black- bum, and Mr Roy. Lily, of Tydlesley (sheep); and Mr Stan Whittam, of Clitheroe (pigs). Results: Best steer, two teeth or
more — R. Yates and Sons (Stonyhurst), £37.80 per cwt; 2 and 3, B. Crook (Clitheroe), 133.80 and £30. Best steer, calf teeth — I and 2, J. and E. Greenhalgh (Bashall Eaves),- £60 and £17; C. Denby (Downham), £32.80. Best heifer, two teeth or more —
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R. Yates and Sons, £31.40; Jack Breaks (Newton), £29.20. Best heifer, calf teeth — H. Sandham and Sons (Cow Ark), £38; R. Yates and Sons, £32.20; F. and K. Seed, £35. Best calf, tooth bull — R. Gifford
and Sons (Chaigley), £35.50; 2 and 3, S. VVrathall and Son (West Brad ford), £35 and £33.20. Best fat cow — T. Whit well and Sons (Pendle
ton), £25.40; W. Finder (Newton), £22.40; J. R. and M. I. Berry (Clitheroe). £20.20. Best six down cross lambs — 1 and
3, K. Metcalfe (Slaidbum), £39.20 and £27.00; J. R. and M. I. Berry, £28.00. Best six half-bred lambs — J. Wrathall (West Bradford), £29; E. W. Gorst (Paythorne), £26.60. Best six horned lambs — E. W. Gill and Sons (Sabden), £22.80; E. W. Gorst, £19.80; M. Lister (Pendleton), £23.(50. .
Best six homed shearlings — T.
Whitwell and Sons, £21. Best four horned ewes' — R. E. .Phillip (Clitheroe); John Pinder (Newton);
R. Beattie (Newton). Best pen of four pork pigs — J.
and W. -Hoyle (Whitewell), £5; J. Eastham (Chipping), £1.92; S. W. and J. Roberts (Clitheroe), £4.9-1. Best four cutting pigs — S. W. and J. Roberts, £1.90; T. Breaks, £1.90; J. and W. Hoyle, £1.80. At Monday’s sale, lightweight
steers made to £60 (average £35.20), •medium to £47 (£32.89). Lightweight heifers made to £35 (£31.GO), medium to £38 (£33.09). Calf bulls made to £35.50 (£33.97). Top quality fat cows made to
£25.40 (£23.10), others to £19.60 (£19*.38). Light lambs made to GGV&p (59p), medium toGIV^p (57V£p). Half- bred ewes made to £21.50 (£17.00), horned to £19 (£13.60). Pork pigs to £4.98 (£4.85), cutters to £5.10 (£1.94).
Trough picnic
spot is turned down
A PROPOSAL for a £25,000 picnic area and car park in the Trough of Bowland has been rejected by the Ribble Valley Development Sub-Committee after attracting strong opposi- tion f r om a number of members. The scheme was submitted
by the North-West Water Authority, owners of a piece of land next to Langden Brook in the Trough. It was proposed to provide
40 parking spaces, sftme picnic tables and benches, and toilet facilities on the site. It was also intended to plant some trees between the site and the road through the Trough, and to restrict parking on the road
nearby, a stretch with is very busy in the summer. Coun. Mrs Jean Vickers
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(Waddington) said: “To see an organised car park in one of the prettiest parts of the Trough of Bowland would be absolutely disgusting. If the water authority hits all that money to spend, they could do better than this." The scheme was rejected by nine votes to six.
May;c*r plays Santa
THE Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Coun. and Mrs Fred Green, are having a busy time attending seasonal functions and distributing Christmas gifts to the sick and elderly. This week’s round began on
Sunday with services at St John’s Church, Hurst Green, and Blackburn Cathedral. They went to Castleford Old People’s Home, Clitheroe, on Monday, and handed out gifts for everyone resident there. On Tuesday they went to
Whalley Almshouses in the morning and Calderstones in the evening for a party for the elderly of Whalley, Billington and Langho. Yesterday they brought an
early bit of Christmas cheer to the patients at Clitheroe Hospital.
from the pocket
I SHOULD appreciate the opportunity to thank your correspondents, particularly Mr G. D. Onslow, for the time and trouble they took in replying to my letter..
In accepting most of the
points raised, may I apologise for not being aware that 20 per cent of taxpayers’ money is channelled back to local authorities by redistribution of tax deductions. May I now elaborate on the points made by Mr Onslow and the “offspr ing wage earner?”
Firstly, I should like to
point out to Mr Onslow that I am not quibbling about the amount of rates payable or how this is spent. Nor would I attempt to say whether the services and facilities that we currently enjoy are really necessary, as needs and leisure preferences vary'from person to person.
His offer to rephrase my
questions is, I feel, irrelevant, because these were all based on the apportionment of the local rate bill.
T a k i n g Mr Ons low' s
ratepayer “A" example, this clearly illustrates that the ratepayer contributes four times as much as the non ratepaying wage earner t owa rd s local authori ty services. Because a large proportion of ratepayers are currently raising a family and running a home, is this not an unfair proportion for him (or her) to subscribe?
May I now reply to your
" o f f s p r ing wage earner” correspondent — and again to Mr Onslow — that I was in fact aware that the widow left with the three-bedroomed house can claim rate rebate, etc., but the fact remains that such people are still charged rates in the normal way and to many the process of claiming benefit can be odious as well as confusing.
Our society should not put
people in this often humiliat ing situation. Is it not the a dmini s t r a t i on of such schemes that is one of the contributory factors to the Government having to cut the rate support grant and the reason why our rate bill could be increased by at least 30 per cent next year? If only we could get away from this negative approach to adminis tering our finances.
If, as I have suggested,
rates were paid as an addi tional tax deduction whereby all taxpayers contributed — on a pro rata basis — towards local authority financing, then there would be no need for those on low incomes or low pensions to claim rebate.
If it was decided that local
funding of the rates was still necessary, then the aforemen tioned tax deduction scheme could still be operated, but with the provision of a house holders’ allowance claim.
Such schemes would not
only spread the load more evenly but eventually should cut administrat ion costs considerably.
May I make this personal
appeal from the pocket? "Please, Whitehall, do listen. I know what I ask.”
GEORGE GLENDINNING, 25 Langshaw Drive, Clitheroe.
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two households each paying the same amount of rates, the first with one wage-earner and the second with three, and each paying the same amount of income tax. The illustration showed that
the three wage-earner house hold contributed a total of £300 to local authority, spend ing compared with the £200 by the single wage-earner house hold. I hope no one was misled by
the illustration into thinking that the rating system is as. equitable as Mr Onslow, judg ing by his passionate appeal to Whitehall, would have us believe. Carrying the simple illust
ration a little further and assuming the four wage earners each earned the same
amount we find that the single wage-earner household contri butes twice as much as the three-wage household when th e c o n t r i b u t i o n s are expressed as a percentage of the total income of each household. To-put it even more simply one man contri butes £200 and the other three £100 each. There is a widespread
conviction that the present system is outdated and unfair. Perhaps Mr Onslow should be considering more carefully how the present system can be improved rather than trying to persuade us that “we know not what we ask.”
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F. R. HONEYWELL, Wallford, Salthil! Road, Clitheroe.
EXEMPTION FROM LEVY
RECENT by-elections have confirmed the fact that many trade unionists have become disillusioned with the Socialist party.
There may be a number of
Outvoted on lo ca l matters
LIVING as we do within the orbit of the Ribble Valley Authority, it is inevitable that we should feel some sympathy with the devolutionists in Scotland and Wales, since each depends on what is collo quially called “give and take.” Unhappily, this is a practi
cal and selfish world and the expression so often means “you give or I’ll take." This is the cause of so many of the world’s troubles. There might be a similarity
of thought in considering Clitheroe’s devolution from the Ribble Valley Authority, which is bedevilled by foreig ners who outvote us on committees dealing with local matters that concern only OUR town. On the question of the Well-
gate parking lot; it is incred ible that any democratic coun cillor could support this prefe rential treatment. Also, the a p p r o p r i a t e commi t t e e includes only four Clithero- nians and they can be over ruled by a simple show of hands. Unless the proletariat takes
more interest. in our town, "the rich will inherit the car park” at £75 per annum, per space, per business expense, for an initial estimated outlay o f £2,000 o f ratepayers’ mone y . Draw out your “swords” and strike a blow for justice. CHARLES MUSSON Pimlico Road, Clitheroe
Leave the water alone
MAY I add my protestations to this mass medication of our water. It is not time we real ised, that water — good, clean, fresh water — is far too precious to contaminate. And when will we Understand that polluted water is far more a threat to health than polluted air?
Many author iti e s are
convinced that further addi tions can only lead to kidney complications in many people. And who is to-be responsible fo r any mistakes or side effects afterwards? You will recall a few years
ago that a mistake led to an abnormal quantity of chlorine being added to the town’s water supply. Only after several complaints was this acknowledged. What happens
if such occurs with fluoride? It is no good suggesting
that mass medication is the answer — if that were so, then as constipation is more troublesome than our teeth, who would dare to suggest a mass medication to act as a remedy? PURITY
FOR DISPLAY.
SIX display windows in a bungalow and bam beside the car park of the Spiead Eagle Hotel, Sawley, have been approved for Rimington tai lors H. L. and H. M. Cosgrove. The Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub- Committee granted permis sion on condition that no retail sales are carried out from the premises,
reasons for this, but quite obviously many are asking what the present Government has done for them and their families — taxation, unemp loyment, prices and a general lowering of their living stan dards. Legislation promised at the
Labour Party conference causes more worries for the future. The main source of income
of the Labour Party is the union member who every week pays his political levy. Why pay them to clobber us even more? Do they want to pay tile salary of the Trots- kyist'whois about to be taken on the staff at Transport House? Union members have only
once chance to contract out of paying the political levy. Unless they complete their application before the end of December they must wait another year before they can have the opportunity of obtaining exemption from payment. Contracting out forms can
be obtained now from trade union branch secretaries or from myself (Tel. Clitheroe 25039). I would urge all trade unionists to ask themselves if they want to save some money and cease to give support to the extreme Left wing who appear to have taken over the Labour Party. DOUGLAS ROBINSON, Agent, Clitheroe Division Conserva tive Association.
Go-ahead
for hockey club
BLACKBURN Hockey Club has received planning permis sion for two hockey pitches on land between Whalley Cricket Club and the Whalley by-pass.
The Ribble Valley Develop
ment Sub-Committee heard in a report from Chief Architect and Planning Officer Mr Charles Wilson that the two clubs had agreed to amalga mate, once the hockey club had bought the land from the Co - op e r a t i v e Wholesale Society.
It was intended that the
hockey club members would use the existing changing facilities in the c ricket pavilion.
Said Coun. Bill Fleming
(Langho): “This scheme will be a great asset to Whalley and to the district as a whole. It is a form of dual use which will not cost this authority very much, if anything.”
Permission was subject to the enlargement and surfac-
. ing of an existing parking area near the Mitton Road entr ance to the cricket club, before the hockey pitches are brought into use.
FARMED AT CHAIGLEY
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well-known among the farm ing community in'the Hodder Valley, where he has lived for many years. “ . He is survived by his wife,
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Fairer deal needed
MAY someone from Birmin gham make a comment in reply to the letters on George Glendinning’s “Fairer system needed for levying rates?” I fully agree with Mr Glen-
dinning. He talks sense and not a lot of nonsense, as in some of the replies relating to this matter. The present rating. system is futile in every sense of the word and has been in use a few hundred years, if not more. Offspring wage earners
should also contribute, which would make a fairer system for all and would not be any hardship for them. The remarks made in last
week’s issue by G. D. Onslow are, in my view, rubbish. As a Borough Treasurer, he should know different. I might mention that no
widow or anyone else would be eligible for a rate rebate if they had more than about £100 in the bank. NORMAN LATHAM 19 Davey Road, Perry Bar, Birmingham
0 :' No place
in a modern society
EVEN on the basis of his own somewhat specious argu ments, Mr Onslow demons trates the gross injustice of the present rating system. Even accepting his figures,
it is shown that ratepayer A pays £200 a year, while the members of family B pay only at a rate per head of half that figure. Despite this, he apparently
sees nothing unfair about such a system, which he wishes to retain. In fact, of course, the inclusion of income tax figures is merely a red herring intro duced in an attempt to play down the thoroughly unjust nature of the rating system. Any objective examination
of rates show them to be an anachronism under which a majority of the local govern ment eiectorate is supported by a minority consisting of householders, shopkeepers and. businessmen. They have no place in a modern society and I ask
' Whitehall to abolish them, despite Mr Onslow’s arrogant claim that I know not what I ask!
FRANK S. L. MOON, 42 King Street, Clitheroe.
on orders taken up to December 23rd, 1976
SOLICITOR'S TALK
SOL IC ITOR Mr W. D. Greenwood was the speaker at Clitheroe and District YFC’s weekly meeting, hold at Ribblcsdale School. A vote of thanks was given by John Thornber, seconded by Jane Colunge. The business meet ing was chaired by F. Spur geon.
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