S Clitlieme Adrertiser X- Times, February 2.’,th, B R ID G E C L U B


WINNKUS at Ulitherm* Bridge


Club mi Wednesday were Mr am) Mrs.l. I ’awlieki, folluwed hy Mr L. Garner and Mr It. Atliiti* son. Mrs I), Snowden am! Mrs I*. Holden w i'iv in third plan*. S dealer. NS game.


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Tin* nmh ti t w; s lour hearts


l»v north ami oast took tin* first two tricks with the queen ami


jack o f spades. He then had to decide whether to switch to dia­ monds III' clllhs. I f he had chosen diamonds, the contract was cer­


tain t i l he defeated, as north would eventually have to take the chih finesse and he would lose a trick in each of the minor suits.


lead a club ami north played the miceii from dummy, losing to


At the table, east decided to


the king. West was on lead and could th in k o f nothing better than to return a club. When his p a r tn e r ru ffe d , the contract went one down.


North was quirk to admit his


mistake. •'Sony, partner." In* said. " I should' have played a safe. I should have taken the ace of dubs on the first round and then drawn trumps. After that. I could concede tin* kin g of emus, enter dummy with the ace o f diamonds and discard my los­ ing diamond on an established d u ll . ”


Mr (larner ami M r fa p s t ic k , Mr and Mrs I'awhcki, Mis I. Park ami Mr Ik duha.


Thursday's uinm-rs


Mr < ranter and Mr < I. Mr K. Wakey and M timer: MW Mr duha K. Pollard. Mr H. IT Mrs,!. Stubbeti<.


were: NS t'apstick.


r I). Mor- md Mr .1. •Idmg and


A LOCAL tun- neller who faces a lifetime suffering from a bone-wast­ ing disease has received a settle­ ment of £200,000.


received the out of court settlement from Balfour Beatty, fur whom he worked as a miner on the Hartford Tunnel in the inid-lUTOs.


Mr Raymond Cox (SS)


death" disease — called hone necrosis — as a


He developed the "bone


forming bubbles which cause acute pain and ran


nellers van get " the hemls," with nitrogen dis­ solving in the blood ami


be fatal. Deprived of blood supply, the body tissue


result of working in com­ pressed air, which was then often used hy con­ tractors on tunnels to keep water out of tile working area. As with divers, tun-


Out-of-court settlement for man facing a lifetime of suffering


dies and the only way to avoid this is gradual decompression. The condition has the


Advertiser and Times” was first alerted to this horrific disease in 1!)SS, Mr Cox’s hip and shoulder joints were crumbling


progressive effect of caus­ ing tlie bones to crumble, resulting in pain similar to that of severe arthritis. When the “Clitheroe


away. The crippling effect of tile disease lias meant that he has been unable to work for several years.


Cox lias been employed on some of the world’s most outstanding engineering projects, from the Hart­ ford Tnnn(> 1 under the


In his working life, Mr


Thames to Hong Kong’s Mass Transit System. However, due to his con­


dition, he had to turn down an invitation to work on the Channel Tunnel.


aware of his severe condi­ tion after working on the Hartford Tunnel, where he claimed lie was subjected to long delays between leaving the airlock and entering a decompression chamber. While lie waited, the deadly bubbles were


Mr Cox first became


exploding in his joints and he had the bends five times.


Balfour Beatty for com­ pensation for the bone- wasting disease and in the hope that tile Government would tighten up operal- i ii g r u 1 e s in t u n n e 1 construction.


Mr Cox decided to sue


four Beatty said the out of court settlement was no admission of liability by the company’s insurers. It is understood that Mr


A spokesman for Bal­ I voted with my conscience


PARL IAMENT is sometimes accused of being out of touch with people’s opin­ ions. 'Phis week, it lias had no less than four opportunities to prove otherwise, in f ree votes whe r e members cast their votes unaffected by a party line.


to follow their individual views on such matters of


conscience, but I believe it is right that they give


So I was disappointed by


Train link to city will run hourly


day anti Saturday, the ser­ vice's first train, on May ItOth, will depart from Clitheroe at (>-f>5 a.m. and arrive in Manchester Vic­ toria at .S-10 a.m. There will he a regular


hourly service, ending with the il-ln p.m. train from Clitheroe, which


Whallev, I.anglio, Rams- greave and Wilpshire, Blackburn, Bolton anti Salford Crescent. Running between Mon­


TRAIN times for the new Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria rail link in May have been announced. Trains will stop at


arrives in Manchester Vic­ toria at 10-59 p.m. The first train from


20 a.ill. and arrive at 9-02 a.m. After this, they will


Manchester Victoria to Clitheroe will depart at tv


depart regularly at 12 minutes past the hour with tile exception of f> p.m.. when no trains will run. All trains will arrive in Clitheroe approximately an hour and a quarter later. The last train will leave


Manchester Victoria at 9- 12 p.m. and arrive in Clitheroe at 10-27 p.m.


Parliament's decision on Monday to r e je c t amendments to the Criminal .lustice Bill which would have res­ tored tlie doatli penalty for murder. This not only Hies in the lace of public sentiment: it also ignores the fact that crime, and violent crime in particular, are two of the ordinary person's greatest concerns.


On Monday, winners were: Of course, they are aide A few weeks ago the coun­


weighty consideration to the opinions of the con­ stituents who elected them.


try was shocked by the murder of Sgt Robert­ son. bast week, two men. one of them lb years old at the time of the killing, were found guilty of murdering Sgt Bill Forth while lie ans­ wered a "routine" call.


I lie re a s i n g I v , po I i eg officers — and society as a whole — are faced hy ever greater violence, liven alter the huge advances in life-saving medical technology, kill­ ings of police officers on duty have trebled since capital punishment was abolished in 19 lib, because criminals no longer lake seriously the threat of punishment. Is it any surprise when a murderer is released after serving on average a sentence of just 12 years?


O I IV T


Opponents of capital pun­ ishment say it doesn’t deter crime. However, as I pointed out in the debate, murder rates fell significantly in those southern stales of the USA. such as Florida, which reintroduced and enforced capital punish­ ment in the 19211s.


It seems to me (discene that a policeman is allowed to kill an assail­ ant in self-defence, hut I R A Ii o m 1) e r s a u d snipers can. in cowardly fashion, murder civilians and officers with impu-


Restoring it here in Brit­ ain would send a mes­ sage to the families of victims — and to the policemen and women wlio daily risk their lives in our service — that we value them and their work.


killer. Otherwise, killers a re si m p 1 y b e i n g encouraged to he more careful in their methods.


have the right to defend itself against the cold­ blooded and hardened


nitv. Society should also


On the same day. Parlia­ ment also voted to lower the age of homosexual consent to l.S years by ■127 votes to 11)2. This, too, was out of line with popular opinion. I voted to keep the age of con­ sent at 21, since I asked my Kibble Valley con­ stituents for their views on the subject.


believe it would also cut the murder rate signifi­ cantly. which has risen by over (il)% in Britain since the abolition of capital punishment.


the public in two other 1 have also given my sup­


com i n g v o te s . 0 n Wednesday, 1 planned to vote in favour of Sun­ day trading legislation, which lias been passing its final stages through Parliament. Many work­ ing people would find it much easier to do their shopping on a Sunday and have written to me welcoming the oppor­ tunity the legislation will give them.


It would also lie a warn­ ing to potential killers that, if they choose to kill, they forfeit their own right to life. And I


Their response had been overwhelmingly in favour of retaining the previous th resh o ld . Three-quarters of those who wrote in wanted no change, bike them, 1 believe that young men take longer to mature than women and may need more time to he sure where their sexual­ ity lies.


So 1 hope that Parliament will reflect the views of


We have all benefited greatly from technologi­ cal advances and I am personally seeking the introduction of a compu­ terised national organ


port to the introduction of a Bill hy Dame dill Knight, which would ban the use of eggs from foetuses. 1 agree witii many of my constituents who have expressed their anxiety about the implications of some r e c e n t in e d i c a I innovations.


donation register which would make such life­ saving operations much easier.


But I feel that using aborted foetuses to sup­


if action is nut taken now to prevent the commer­ cialisation of the tragedy of abortion, then it. too, could he exploited. We most be wary of dimin­ ishing the sanctity of life by seeing it as some­ thing that can he sold to the highest bidder.


ply eggs for infertile women goes loo far. There have already been reports of clinics seeking eggs in exchange for fer­ tility treatment.


CUtlieme 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified)


GISBURN AUCTION MART PRICES


THERE was a firm trade in cattle during Thursday’s sale at Gisburn Auction


Mart.Forward were 58 newly- calved dairy rows and heifers. First quality cows made to


£1.250 (average £1,110.40), second to £1,00(1 (£000.50), first quality iieifers to £1,205 (£1,210.45), second to £1,045


(£0;W.05). There were 00 calves forward


and 08 stirks and stores. Ton price: T. Parkinson &


Suns. Itelgian blue bull, £022. Calves: Charolais X bulls


Cox plans to use some of the money to pay for a hip replacement operation.


made to £205 (£252.05), heifers to £170 (£157.50), Limousin X hulls to £252 (£220.70). heifers to £188 (£150.85), IJelgian blue X bulls to £022 (£200.85), heifers to £200 (£100.15), Simmeiital X bulls tu £241 (£200.50), heifers to £155 (£13G.75). (Monde d’Aquitaine X (mils


J. E. Burrow, 480kg at 173.8p, £834.24. Steers: Continental light


Chief prices: Top selling — J. H. Throup, £8GG.3G. Top Kilo —


made to 133.8p (125.2p), medium to 172.8p (131.3n), heavy to 135.2p (I27.2p), other light to 12G.8» (118p), medium to 131.2p (122.Gp), heavy to 127.Sp (llO.Gp). Heifers: Continental light


made to 172.8p (134.Op), medium to 159.8p (12Sp), heavy to 178p (12G.lp), other light to 125.8p (121.8p), medium to 143.8p (117. Ip), heavy to 150p (10G.4p). Chief prices: Top selling and


made to £250, heifers to £196 (£170), other Continental X bulls to £2t>5 (£230.35), Friesian X hulls to £200 (£140.20), heifers to £202 (£170.75), Angus X heif­ ers to £13£. Stirks and stores: Charolais X


(112.3p), grade 2 to lll.Sp (OS.Gp), grade 3 to SHJ.Sp (82. Ip), feeding cows to 103.8p (93.5p), mature to lOS.Sp (107.2p). Sheep: Light hoggs made to


kilo — E. M. Baldwin, 5Ulkg at 178n, £907.80. Grade 1 cows made to 125.8p


(£•101), heifers to £-125 (£308.35), Belgian Blue X heifers to £38S (£358), other Continental X heif­


tion were 638 cattle, including 2-17 young bulls, 222 steers and


Iieifers made to £-100 (£307.50), Limousin X bulls/steers to £-170


ers to £3-15. Hereford X heifers to JC530, Friesian X bulls/steers to £320. Forward in the fatstoek sec­


heifers and 100 cows and bulls, and 1,2-12 sheep, including 1,013 hoggs, nine shearlings and 220 ewes and rams. toBulls: Continental light made


173.8p (138.9p), heavy to 148.2p (132p), other light to 146.8p (125.5p), medium to 144.2p (127.Ip), heavv to 130.2p <no.2p).


173.8p (138.Op), medium to


(112p), overweight to 113.2p (103.8p), shearlings to 103p (80.2p), half-bred ewes to £49.20 (£31.05), horned to £30.20 (£25.75), rams to £42.50 (£Ii7.45).


122p (112.Gp), standard to 13G.2p (119.Ip), medium to 125.7p (117.7p), heavy to 12U.9p


tion were 99.540 tonnes of hay and straw, with meadow hay


25 cattle, including 12 cows, forward at the Beacon North West Electronic Auction.


There were 1,355 sheep and


Forward in the produce sec­


making to £60 ner tonne, barley straw to £55, wheat straw to £40 and rye straw to £50.


nental young bulls to 240p, first quality cows to 200p and boner


cows to 140p.


On verge of Flamenco dance experience


FIERY rhythms of Spanish Flamenco


dancing- wiil form the heart of a dance event which will burst upon the Ribble Valley in the next few weeks.


event held in different districts of the county each I year. It is a celebration of music and dance from a | variety of cultures and the Kibble Valley project [ will be an exciting experience.


Thu Lancashire Dance Residency is an annual I


ratio and her company, Duende Flamenco, will bej supplemented by international bands E2 and] I’rego from March 21st to 27th.


I am always keen to hear tile views of constituents oti any issue. ‘Those wishing to pass on infor­ mation or opinions can write to me at the House of Commons. London SW1A OAA. or my Clitheroe office. 9 Railway View, Clith- crue. BB7 2H A.


Workshops and performances from Rosario Ser-I


Dance, will be held from tomorrow until March I lMli. Venues include Hillington, Chipping, bon-1 gridgo and Clitheroe and attendance at these must [ be hooked.


I‘re-residenev workshops, organised by Ludusl


Information Centre. Market Place (0200 2.r>.r>(i(>) or I from Headier Fox at Kibble Valiev Council Offices | (1)200 2.7111).


Information can be obtained from Clitheroe I


heavy averaged 200p. Ewes made to 132.5p, Conti­


J O T R E A D E R H O L I D A Y S


MARCH 19th Me & My Girl Leeds............................£36 MARCH 29th Victoria Wood Leeds ......................£29.50 APRIL 9th Grand National 2 days ...................£59.95 APRIL 23rd Royal Windsor & Oxford 2 days . . . £49.95 MAY 2nd Llandudno 5 days ................................£149 MAY 27th Paris 4 days .......................................£124 JUNE 9th Bruges 4 d a y s .....................................£129 JUNE 18th Llandudno 7 d a y s ..............................£229 JULY 20th Loire Valley 6 d a y s ............................£239 JULY 30th Grease 2 d a y s .........................................£79 AUGUST 1st Rhine Cruise 5 days ........................£TBA AUGUST 26th Paris 4 days ...................................... £124 SEPTEMBER 3rd Phantom Of The Opera ...................... £39 SEPTEMBER 30th Normandy 4 d a y s ............................. £119 OCTOBER 4th Lloret de Mar 4 days .......................jETBA OCTOBER 14th Paris 4 days .........................................£124 OCTOBER 28th Paignton 5 d a y s ..................................... £99


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. 19th MARCH 1994 £ 3 6 PER PERSON


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Leeds approximately 1.30pm you will have plenty of time to enjoy lunch, go


After arriving at the Grand Theatre.


DEPARTING 30th JULY


With time to rencct on what a marvellous and beautiful production It wasl


After the show. 10.30pm. you will rejoin the coach for the return Journey home.


My Girl at approximately 7 .1 5pm (The Show commences at 7.30pm)


Join m for a fabulous two Jay weekend visit to London, and enjoy


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