THE TEE8DALE MERCURY. Wednesday . December 1st, 1948

AMATEURS TRIUMPH OVER DIFFICULT C E L f ? R ^ D ^ ™ T S

CONDITIONS A T M U ^ L E , O M MICKLETON

Splendid Performances to rug-wrapped audiences Tl .e ->e i m

" G i e u . I»uy, ine i> u i i .a i .c Section n a i U Uaattti Ama teu r Operat ic ana u , a n i i i c Society a i m e W i . h a m l ist . i .a» W N k , was ucoc i ibcd as a "Wat .m i l . .v u . O c t o b e r , " and i l i e i v inns , u - x e been many members 01 the au<l cues as w e l l as 1 lie per-i . . r n K i - \v;io h ea r t i l y wi shed tha i m.s had indeed been ibe case.

The knowledge t i iat m a n y in -t t n d m , ; pa t rons had been k i p . a w a y by me ex t remely co ld wea her

Arts Council provide feast of good music

Since the Ar ts C o u n c i l of Great

S T A R T F O R T H R.D.C.

LIKEjgfTHE YORK"

"DUKE OF

•f the ftrst act of i i i u c h - m a i r i e d ex-ac ross M r s Mot t , We proauctton 01 and she bad some of ibe best l ines B r i t a i n succeeded the C.E.M.A

of -he l i a r i n be play. The very ani . thesis 01 o rgan i sa t ion , the a i m of the Ar t s 1 1 mo the r V i c t o r i a Calder, M r s Counc i l has been to b r i n g w i t h i n

Housing Site hopes rise and fall, Councillor protests

A t the Y n a n i e u daughter , splendid- the reach of every m a n and w o m a n S t a r t f o r t h R u r a l

y takeH by I tachel w u s o n , was a the best i n music , i»uiama and. the o n Wednesday

in m o n t h l y mee t ing of the and fares and t r a v e l l i n g time Dis t r i c t Counc i l order to fac i l i ta te the w o r k ,

last, Coun. , J. i t was decided to ask M r Fa i r -sa idv i n tutuou. , inap t i tude , but no t m u s i c a l ar ts . The C o u n c i l have H P , . D e r t l n the cha i r , Coun. Ke l sa l l b a n k ' t o expedite the execut ion of

few 01 the audience were in ter - p a r t i c u l a r l y considered the people r a i s e d the ma t t e r of the delay i n the road w o r k and also urge the i s ed i n her " p r o b l e m " a n d w h o because of t he i r w o r k are con- concluding a r rangements for the contractors to speed up completion a i - p u ' c a e d 11s n a t u r a l so lu t ion . fined to r u r a l areas, a n d the oppo i - n o u s i l l g s i i e a t M i c k l e t o n . of the contract .

. . o .n tnv Hcl i made an excellent tun i t ies of v i s i t i n g ce lebr i ty con- •• f h e people of M i c k l e t o n are Coun. N . F ie ld stated that he nan

PLENTY OF LAUGHS FOR LARGE BOWES

AUDIENCE In these days of aus ter i ty and

shortages the great need .is for something to keep up the sp i r i t s of the people and give them an oppor­t u n i t y to forget the 1 r i a l s a n d wor r i e s of the day. The Howes Player.-, ce r t a in ly made a f u l l bouse at the School on F r i d a y even ing forget for a few hours t he i r every­day diff icul t ies when they presented W a l l e r \V . El l i s ' s three-act farce, " A L i t t l e Bi t of F l u f f "

F r o m the open ing to the end i l i e audience were kepi i n h i g h spirit?

F A R M E R S DISCUSS POTATO P R I C E S

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leader of' the Ins t i tu te and her tact- certs or theatres are very rare. , k e t n e 0 l ( l s t o r y o f t i , e Duko of un fo r tuna t e ly been unable to a t tend a n u a t times the fun became qu i l t [ i l l a t ienip s to keep the peace be- Consequently the Counc i l have Y o r k . One m i n u t e they are u . i and

a n d the l>atlly heated ba l l a i m Iheii o w n d i s c o m l o i t must ha \e b e n very d i s cou rag ing for tile perform- nol a lot to do ers. i 'hat i t d i d not in any w a y d e i r a . t t i o m the s tandard ot ac t ing is a t r ibu te to the cast, w h o gav-of t he i r very best to the hardy en­thusiast i w h o braved be condi ­t ions— t o inple le w i t h i u g - . a m i i n one case w i t h a hot water bott le !

As for inc p lay : s c i f . the s tory concerned the ac ' i h i l i e s of a coun­t r y v i l l ag e \ \ omen's Ins t i tu t e caused by the i m p e n d i n g v i s i t of M r s Eleanor HcoseveM

twa 11 the members were excellent- a t tempted to take noted artistes to t t l ( , n e x t t i , e y

lv dune. these r u r a l areas w h e n suitable matter." The ' Tne remainder of the cast, had premises cou ld be found . The

but t w o earners of Counc i l is financed by the Govern 1111 t i t were those of Ka th leen A l i i - ment and i n fhe last year the g r an t Mjn, w h e n her m i s s i n g husband amounted to £360,000. F r o m this was repor ted afe, and Elsie the Counci l financed or helped to W a l k e r w h e n she accused Edna finance 45 companies w h o produced El l i s of l o c k i n g her i n the cel lar . 593 p lays or ballets. The Counc i l

M a r i o n l . idd le often b rough t in a l s o pursued the p o l i c y of t a k i n g to a touch of home ly h u m o u r as M r s s m a l l t owns and c o u n t r y d i s t r i c t s Ucale, w h i l e M a r y Blenkinsopp concerts, p lays and ar t exh ib i t i ons , and Margare t Peat made a l l pos- th i s r e s u l t i n g i n the f o r m a t i o n of sible use of the i r few oppor tun i t ies , many d rama t i c societies a n d m u s i -

The j o i n t producers , Miss O. cal o rgan isa t ions t h r o u g h o u t the D i x o n and M r C. E. H a r d y , d i d a c o u n t r y .

1 Med i n the upheaval of w o r k m a n l i k e j ob of a p l ay w h i c h Middleton- in-Teesdale was ve ry p repa ra t ion by the members i s the d i d not give a great deal of produc- for tunate i n the selection of the story of a dissolute Ma jo r a n d the I n g scope. three artistes w h o gave the first, pathet ic efforts of h i s w i f e to keep The tasterul in ter ludes were as p rog ramme u n d e r the Ar t s Counc i l

• p rov ided bv a s m a l l orches. scheme. I n Helen Anderson (sop-

are d o w n i n t ins M i c k l e t o n bouses

were i n the f i rs t hous ing p ro ­g r a m m e a n d i n tha t day 's reports were references to other d i s t r i c t s ge t t ing on w i t h the second pro­g r a m m e . He w o u l d l i ke to k n o w i f the quest ion of the M i c k l e t o n site

the last mee t ing of the County Counc i l H i g h w a y s Commit tee at w h i c h it was decided to erect a footbr idge at H o w Syke. Had b e been at the mee t ing he w o u l d have Strongly urged that a b r idge sufficiently w ide to take horse traffic or cars should be erected.

Coun. Alderson said he. too, had cou ld not be settled once and for b e ( j n unable to a t tend the H i g h -a l l WayS mee t ing and he u rged tha t

The C h a i r m a n of the Hous ing t h e Counc i l press for the cu lver t

up appeaiances, and of how the i r daugh te r a lmqst mar r i e s an elder­ly f o rmer i n an effort 10 g a i n secur i ty .

The domestic d r a m a naturally gave most scope for rea l ac t ing , a n d M a r y P i r i e , as M r s E l l i s , the best p lay w h i c h long-suf fe r ing w i f e , gave an a d m h - found , ably res t ra ined charac ter i sa t ion i d e a l l y sui ted to the p a r t . As the dissolute husband, Ernest L idd le made the waster l i v i n g on his last w a r r a n k and his i l l u s ions real ly a l ive .

T h e i r daugh.er Edna was charm-

Commit tee , Coun. S m i t h , said tha t the Commit tee were d o i n g a l l they cou ld to speed up the quest ion of the M i c k l e t o n site. . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , they were dea l ing w i t h Govern­men t depar tments and other bodies and were i n the i r hands.

Coun . Alderson said that Howes were p u s h i n g on w i t h the site for houses i n a d d i t i o n to those a l ready usua. ,

t ra under M r F. Ferguson. r a n o ) . R a y m o n d Cohen ( v i o l i n ) and b u i l t , bu t they bad an a l loca t ion of Al together an enjoyable and w e l l - V i o l a T u n n a r d (p iano) , the a u d i - t w e n t y houses. They d i d not w a n t

acted p roduc t ion . one w o n d e r s v ence heard three per formers w h o i 1 0 u s e s at the expense of M i c k l e t o n however , i f for the leading amateur each excelled i n the i r separate 0 I . a n y w h e r e else, but snags were socie y i n the d i s t r i c t , th is was the roles. The artistes were in t roduced

o u l d have been by M r S. F. W i l s o n , and the pro­g r a m m e was presented i n the

\ Y : t h fourteen characters to give Wesley H a l l , a large number of members of the Helen Anderson commenced w i t h Society an o p p o r t u n i t y to take a a g roup of five songs. The first part , the p l ay had obvious at trac- three, composed by Schubert be-t ions for those responsible for the tween 1797 and 1828, began w i t h 1 selection of p roduc t ions , bu t w i t h L i t a n v . f o l l o w e d by " S m i l e s and spection of the site was made b> on lv t w o d ramat i c p roduc t ions i n Tears ," a ve ry impress ive song, representatives.of: the M i n i s t r y a n d the*scason th is d i d not s t r ike one as and ended w i t h a somewhat me lan the M i n i s t r y of l o w n ana c o u n u v

h ich the choly song g i v i n g the impresMons P l a n n i n g i n company w i t h Coun . alent at the Society 's disposal of a v o u n g d v i n g g i r l w h o cou ld W a l t o n and the Counc i l s u r v e y o r

mer i t s visual ise the Spectre off Death a n d Arch i tec t J J a p p r o a c h i n g and her i m p l o r a t i o n s The M i n i s t r i e s representatives

_ . f 0 r j t to kePD a-vav T w o ..ong» bv b a d suggested a n a l t e rna t ive site. Cast ,n order of appearance. g S J J S ^ ^ g o ^ ^ w " Coun . W a l t o n . however , bad

Sam Peter Jackson a n ( j •• j n e Hunte r"—comple ted the po in t ed ou t to the officials that the Mrs T r a c y M a r y Blenk insopp n r s t cycle. The Beethoven Sonata site they suggested w o u l d mean

they had suggested. T h i s was agreed to.

T H A N K S FROM S T A R T F O R T H . Coun. Pennock said he w o u l d

l ike to thank the Counc i l for t he i r interest i n the S ta r t fo r th V i l l a g e H a l l scheme a n d for a l l o c a t i n g a site on the proposed b u i l d i n g site.

A letter was received f r o m the T l l „ m M l l

Director pi Fores t ry for E n g l a n d £ ™ £ £H?ES* l a t i n g tha t the Forestry Commis­

sion were s t rong ly i n favour of the i n s t a l l a t i o n of a telephone service i n the S c a r g i l l area and they i n ­tended to take up the mat ter w i t h the Postmaster General . S i r Thomas Dugdale , M.P . , also wro te tha t h a v i n g been not i f ied of the

an objec t ion by ibe p o r e s t r y Commiss ion ' s ac t ion, he w o u l d aga in iake up the mat ter , and he hoped they w o u l d be suc­cessful.

The Medica l Officer's repor t stated t h a t the hea l th i n the d i s t r i c t was sat isfactory. The epidemic of

O n l y

up roa r ious . N o r m a n Sr ra f ton and H a i r y

W a l k e r made an admi rab le comedy-duet as John Ayers , w h o l iked a " l i t t l e b i t of f l u f f . " and B e r t r a m Tally, his f r i end and scapegoat, w h o ' t h o u g h t a l i t t l e bit of f luff was the k i n d swept f rom under the bed. The>e t w o had a number of really v i r t u o u s scenes to w h i c h they d i d f u l l credi t .

As Pamela Avers . John's suspici­ous and long-suffer ing wjfe . A u r i o l Ba inb r idge was admirab le , t h o u g h she f requent ly found if diff icult to keep a s t ra ight face herself w h e n her husband and his f r i end , Bert­ram, got up to the i r t r i cks .

M a m i e Scott, the " l i t t l e bi t of f l u f f , " was p layed w i t h jus t the r i g h t degree of " fluff i ne s s " by

Her scene w i t h T u l l v i n his flat when sha asks h i m

dre> s was pa r i 1

c e r t a in ly a r i s i n g a n d he c o u l d assure Coun. Ke lsa l l tha t every­t h i n g was be ing done.

M I N I S T R Y OBJECT TO S ITE . F o l l o w i n g

M i n i s t r y 01 A g r i c u l t u r e to the site for bouses at I t o m a l d k i r k , an i n ­

to u n b u t t o n her c u l a r l y good.

A D M I R A B L E SUPPORT. " T h e s e four m a i n characters were a d m i r a b l y supported by the lesser roles. Peter W a l k e r h a v i n g an ideal " b ed s id e m a n n e r ' ' as Dr . B i g l a n d , and W i l l i a m H i l l a r y looked wha t one w o u l d Imagine an accident Inspector to look l i ke .

The ma ids at the t w o flats were a contrast i n characters. M a r t h a Addison , the correct and efficient; and Jean Sa t te r thwai te , the more m o d e r n sophist icated type of d o m -

24, t w o fields be ing acquired instead of b e t m u n d e r 24 hours o ld

measles was d y i n g d o w n , three cases bad been repor ted since estic. 7th November. M a r y T u r n e r had a lale appear-

There had been s ix b i r ths i n the an te as T a l l y ' s A u n t H a n n a h , but past month—three boys and three she ca r r i ed her age beau t i fu l ly , g i r l s . Four deaths h a d occur red . A n e n t e r t a i n i n g even ing thor-of w h i c h t w o , un fo r tuna t e ly , b a d o u g h l y enjoyed by a l l . a s was con-

Pigs sent too far for slaughter The m o n t h l y meeting of the

County Exe« u l ive Commit tee 01 die M i r t h " R i d i n g and" s o u t h D u r h a m Branch o l Ine Nat iona l l-'arnier-.' I m o i l wa> he ld i n the N . i ' . L . C lub Boom, D a r l i n g t o n . Al l I I . 1'oU* Neashuni 1.range presided.

A letter was read 110111 die T h i r > k Branch d i a l as l e n c i n g w i r e wa> n o w 111 m u c h better supply , it shou ld be possible to puici ia . -e i l w i i h o u i permit. T p i - was supported;

Considerable di>' uss.011 aro>e on a c o i n p l a i u i f r o m die H o c k o n B r a n c h lliai potatoes are being de­l ivered 11110 the Stockton and Middlesbrough districts a i • ottsidaB. ublv below the controlled pr ice . I t was felt that i t w o u l d be difficult 10 l i u d a so lu t ion o f ib i s p r o b l e m as the mat te r lay i n the bauds of growesr tlnmmlmn M r W. (Mivajr >aid that the fact or the merchan ts ' i i i a i g u i h a v i n g been a l tered m i g h t have some bear ing <m the mat te r .

Mr K. C. Jol i i i sou \\a~ i v - n o u n -nated as the l ep re sen t a tve of Hie County B ranch to the EJtecatftM Committee " i the Durham coun ty Federation of Y . F . Clubs.

A reso lu t ion was suppor ted r i o i n the I t i p o i ' Branch that it was more important*that the general amenit­ies of the countrytiide be improved at the present t ime , than that wages -: i < i i 1.11 be increased a n d haw* shortened, w i t h the resulting i n l l a t o ry tendencies, i t wa> urgad t t c i ' - l i o u g effort* >bould be made in secure more houses, piped w a . e i . electricity supplies and bus ser­vices i n a l l r u r a l areas.

NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF T H E UNION.

It was unanimously agreed to nomina te M r l a m e s T u r n e r as President of ihe l i i i o n for I'JS'J ; Mr I I . \ Y " O l l e y {Cheshire; a- Deputy President; and M r 1". I I . Scott (Kent ; as Vice-President .

A reso lu t ion W received f rom the W h i t b y Branch that the re­stricted we igh t of S sc. l ive weigh t o n pigs sold in the m a r k " i - i i o u l d be abol ished, and tha t 111 future no r eg i s t r a t ion of p igs should be necessary and the fo i i r -mouS i per iod for keeping pigs should he

W M . SMITH & CO., <$* L O W M I L L FOUNDRY, V BARNARD CASTLE. * Phone 100. * <3> Engineers & I ron tounders , <g> Cent ra l Hea t ing , Weld ing . 4* T u r n i n g , B l a c k s m i t h i n g . <|> Bu i l de rs ' & P lumbers ' <g> Merchants . * T u b u l a r COW STALES. * 111 lies a n d F i t t i n g s , Galvan * ized Tanks. Sheets, Water <§• IMJWIS . Dustbins , etc.

2 L a w i i Mowers Repaired.

* Catt le a n d P ig T roughs .

M i n g l e Hol le rs Benewed.

L BENDEL0W House and (hurch Decorator]

* Commercial Y a r d , B a r n a r d Castle

107, A u c k l a n d T e r r a c e , Shildon

N O W F R E E TO A C C E P T F U R T H E R BOOKINGS

I ) . op a postctird t<> above a d d r c v l for free estimate

f i rmed by the Bev. E. O. But ter , aboli>hed. The C o u i i l y Secretary

w h i l e i T ^ h ^ ^ u t h f i B ' s o l d i e ^ m ' be ing up'to'tiie^Tandard wMiich^he c h o l y " s o n g g i v i n g the impress ions P J * * ^ . * ? Y ^ f S S ^ love w i t h Edna but suffer ing f r o m her pre judice and longing for secur i ty , N o r m a n Fender was con­f iden t ly capable.

The o n l y o i l i e r male ?ha ; t c ta t was Peter Jackson as Sam, the h a n d y m a n The role was a "nat­u r a l for Peter, and he » _ l > e , f t l • M R S E H J s M a r y P i r i e n ' r 0 u g h t ' together"Raymond Cohen one, as a d d i t i o n a l road -mak ing c o u n . M r s N . F ie ld repor ted tha t w h e n be expressed the thanks of (Mr J. <;. H a n i - said be was a l v .

ONE OF H I G H L I G H T S . Mrs Beale M a r i o n L i d d l e a n a - v i o l a T u n n a r d . The four w o u l d be requ i red . under the Hea l th Service Act for the audience to the artistes i n a r ece iv ing a n u m b e r of compla in t s Of the ladies the "meat iest ' ' pa r t Mrs W a l s h . . .Kathleen A l l i s o n movements—Allegro . Adagio , Scher- I t was decided that the Counc i l Home N u r s i n g , S t a r t fo r th w o u l d speech at the dose . f rom members w h o were being

was p robab ly that of M u r i e l Mrs M o t t M a r y Snodgrass z 0 and Hondo—were f ine ly con- adhere to t he i r previous decis ion D e covered by nurses f r o m the Miss Joyce Cargett . ihe producer, compel led to >end the i r fat p P h i l l i n s o n as Miss T o m l i n s o n , the Miss Fisher Elsie W a l k e r tVasted, and the t w o per formers w i t h r ega rd to the site. B a r n a r d Castle side u n t i l a house r e p l y i n g on behal f or the Players , l o r s laughter to s U u g h t e r - h o u * -eccentric spinster whose sp i r i t . Mrs M u m fo rd . . .Doro thy Be l l were .worthy of the apprec ia t ion of The County P l a n n i n g Officer h a d became available on the other side, expressed the i r apprec ia t ion t 0 some considerable distance a w a y guidance and a t ' emp 's to convert Mis^ Al l en Margare t Peat t n p audience at the c o n t u s i o n , also w r i t t e n suggest ing an al tera- W h e n a nurse became avai lab le ' her f i i m d s were one of the h i g h Edna E l l i s R u t h Page v i o l a T u n n a r d had a l ready g iven t i o n i n the s i t i n g of the Cother- thev w o u l d then come under the l i g h t s of the show. Geoffrey N o r m a n Fender snfAxlent evidence of her ta len t i n stone houses, bu t the C o u n c i l Nor th B i d i n g au thor i t i es .

M a r y Snodgrass had a par t to Major E l l i s Ernest L i d d l e the accompaniment of the preced- aga in decided to adhere to t he i r her l i k i n g as the sophist icated. V i c t o r i a C.alder Rachel W i l s o n j n g i tems and her choice of fou r p rev ious decission.

. . . e o . / M . . T 7 ^ Pieces for ' the p iano were eager ly Bepresentatives for the pa r i sh of 8 T A I N T O N MISSIONARY MR J. INGRAM DAWSON. awai ted The first an o l d composi- Bowes a n d Gi l i nonby , together

MEETING. u - e n t e v e w n , e a . o „ ,c t i o n . perhaps o r i g i n a l l y w r i t t e n i n ^^S^SUS^ the 16th cen tury by an u n k n o w n are to make a survey of Bowes

| R . A . H . D . . I 1 West .WickfcJ

w r i t e s : I j j c h a s e d 5 Bid

Mino rca hens. T h e y averajred | 1 or 2 ef?s a day. Seeing your adv» I decided t o give Karswood Pouil Spice a t r i a l . a n d . t o m y surprise.IJ soon g e t t i n g an average of 4 e R j dav ! I t h i n k t h i s is a wonde ach ievement . " C o r r Dealers 1 Kaiswood P o u l t r y j p i c e (uc> p o u l t r y - c o n d i t i o n e r a n d ed producer) in packets 71d. and . 1

RONALD LITTLE] 62, N E W G A T E , BARNARD CASTLE.

A l l a n and for t he i r

DRAIN NUISANCE AT BOWES. A letter was received f r o m Miss

P. T u r n e r , of Bowes, c o m p l a i n i n g

those present and to M i M r H . Thompson, j u n assistance.

The proceeds o f 'be even ing were i n a i d of the funds of the Bowes Players , and never were proceeds i n f avour or a more w o r t h y object

a n d he had taken th i s mat ter w i t h the M i n i s t r y or Food.

up

We are ve ry pleased to s!a^e that mee t ing i n Conner- our w e l l - k n o w n t o w n s m a n , M r .1. composer and The annual

t i o n w i t h the Overseas Miss ions or the Methodis t Church was held at S ta in ton Chanel on Thur sday even­i n g . M r Mans to rd , or L i n c o l n , pre­sided, and the Rev. L . T . D. Chap­m a n gave an address o n the l i fe a n d w o r k of James Aggrey . a na : ive o f Wes t Af r i ca .

at the nuisance caused by the d r a i n t h a n th is company of good people on the south side of the street. I n w h o have done so m u c h to give en-

I n g i a m Dawson, is recover ing f r o m Crax ton , was cal led "The P l a i n t of site be ing acquired . later a r r anged by W i t h a v i e w to a fu r the r hous ing heavy r a i n th i s back-watered i n to j o y m e n t to others.

his serious i l lness w h i c h developed after h is l e av ing the B a r n a r d Castle School commit tee mee t ing a fo r t ­n i g h t ago. He w i l l , however , be < • m i n e d :o bed for some t ime yet .

S T O P T H A T COUGH HOW

T h e first teupoonfnl ol Licoriane will stop that irritating tickle, and gently bat surely its natural healing firofiertiei will soothe the bronchial tabes, giving immediate relief. Licoricine has been relieving coughs and colds successfully (or more than sixty years. From all chemists 1/7 and 2/6 per bottle

FOR COUGHS a COLDS KM.1, m»irt» « oa, ire , i i r i & i m u»a» -nrn.

l .ove ." Then fo l l owed the i t e m w h i c h was undoub ted ly thp piece de resistance of the w h o l e evening , a J ig f r o m the Suite No. I X . by Hande l . I n th i s compos i t ion V i o l a T u n n a r d excelled, and the expres­sion, both i n her p l a y i n g and also in herself, showed h o w m u c h she entered in to the sp i r i t of the tempo of the compos i t ion . A Nocturne by Fa r r i e and a compos i t ion b y

A P P R E C I A T I O N O F M . O .

W h e n Coun. N . F i e l d moved the repor t of the Pub l i c Services Com­mit tee , he said tha t he w o u l d l i ke to d r a w a t ten t ion to the fact tha t the appo in tmen t of a fu l l - t ime Med ica l Officer for the area w o u l d mean tha t Dr . Le i shman w o u l d no longer be ac t ing as Medica l Officer after 17th January .

Coun . F i e l d sa id he w a ? sure the

the y a r d because the m a i n d r a i n •could .no t take the wa te r a w a y .

Conn. Alderson said that the C . u n t y Council bad some t i m e ago cleaned out the d r a i n , but i t bad a p p a r e n t l y got b locked aga in .

Coun. Close said he had seen the d r a i n f lood ing i n bad weather and i t c e r t a in ly was object ionable .

The mat te r was placed i n the bands of M r Ashcroft .

Cast.

Our Readers Say . . B I B L E SUNDAY.

To the Eihior of the T c r a k l c I I . rcury. Sir,—On December i t i i , J'Ji s,

Bible Sunday w i l l be observed 111 a l l the Protestant C h u n lies i n B a i -

FURNITURE REMOVALS,! Deliveries to and from London, MldJ u d Southern Counties by arras(t:

L O A D S F U L L Y I N S U R E D I S TH\X£ Full or Part Loads Wasted.

T e l . 300.

J. H. JOHNSON, M O N U M E N T A L SCULPTOR

73, PAR KG ATE DARLINGTON Te.. Memorials in Stone and Gran: •

Lettered and Efec M i

In Kir»i-(

A l b e n i g completed Miss T u n n a r d ' s C o u n c i l w o u l d w i s h to place i tems.

SONG IN GERMAN. The second pa r t opened w i t h the

three artistes together i n Bach's "Jesus soil n i e i n eastes W o r t . " f r o m Cantata No. 171. I t was sung in the o r i g i n a l German by Helen Anderson w i t h v i o l i n ob l iga to by B a y m o n d Cohen. The words were p a r t i c u l a r l y fitting as the year n o w nears its dose—that Jesus be the last w o r d u t te red as the o l d yea r dies and that Jesus be the f i rs t name " n the l i p s as the new year d a w n appearance brought to his l isteners

on r ecord its apprec ia t ion of Dr . Le i shman ' s services. He had beet: Med ica l Officer since 1942 a n d De-fore tha t had acted for Dr . H a w -

ROUNDABOUT A T BOLDRON. Coun. W e l s h asked the Counc i l

to support an app l i ca t ion for a roundabout at the foot of B o l d r o n v i l l age .

Moto r vehicles w i s h i n g to t u r n at thorne and had done sp lend id w o r k t h e f o o t o £ ( l l e v i | l a g e , , a d t 0 n m

d u r i n g that t ime . 0 1 l t 0 t h e Qraen, w h i c h often I t was u n a n i m o u s l y decided to | 0 o k e c i n k e a p toughed field,

send a t e i e r of apprec ia t ion to Dr . T h e m a t t e r had been raised L e i s h m a n . several years ago, said Coun.

i n reply to a let ter f r o m Mick l e - Welsh , and he had seen the then t o n P a n , h Counc i l a sk ing w h e n Surveyor of the County Counc i l , the M c i i e t o n Sewerage Scheme w h o . had agreed to the project was l i k e l y to commence and i f Unfo r tuna te ly th i s off ic ia l had left S ta t ion Cottages w o u l d be i nc luded sho r t l y a f te rwards and n o t h i n g

R a v m o n d Cohen's second £ the ft-heme, .the C o u n c i l decided had come of the scheme. t h a t the Pa r i sh Counci l b e ' i n - Coun. Hudson sa id he wished to

one of Chopin ' s Nocturnes and the Jonii. d that they were ex p ed i t i n g support the project . I t w a s ex-Rondo and Intermezzo f r o m Cap- ™ e ^ , ""J, a ® m u ( * a „ s P ° s s ! b ' R t i e m e l y di f f icul t for vehicles and

a n d toot the S ta t ion Cottages were the Green was often l ike a quag-l n c l u d e d i n the scheme. n i i r e

The contrac tors on the Cother- Suppor t was also g iven bv Coun stone sewerage and sewage dis- Alderson , w h o said vehicles bad basal scheme repor ted tha t d i m ei ther to t u r n 011 to the Green or

Pamela A u r i u l Bau ib r idge na rd Castle, and i n m a n y Chut'cue* Chalmers (a m a i d j . . M a r t h a Addison i n the surrounding district. John Ayers . .Norman Scraf ton T h i s is, 1 t h i n k . Ibe l u - i t ime b e r t r a i n f u l l y H a r r y W a l k e r t i i a t we have had such unanimity M a m i e Scott Greta i homnson In th i s matter, a n d i t is an oppor-N i x o n T r i p i t e t t . . . . . . W i l l i a m H i l l a r y t u n i t y l o r a l l to remember o u r Dr. B i g l a n d . . . . . . Peter W a l k e r g ' ea i uarjoual her i tage i n Uie l i i i g -L r s u l a ( M r T u l l y ' s m a i d ) l i s h B ib l e , and to look ahroad to

Jean Satterthwaite countr ies where they nave a i»es-A u n t H a n n a h M a r y T u r n e r perate need for the "Bible ;n the i r

mo the r tongue. EVENWOOD WEDDING. F01 example , the present d e m a n d

for Scr ip ture* I n Germany is esti-l h e w e d d i n g look place at s t . muted at ten m i l l i o n

Paul ' s Church , Cvenwood, of Miss t h e m o r a l c o n d i t i o n o l . . . Joan Bowen , daughter or M r anu to-dav is o n l v too w e l l

lh? jriie and Price* <HI Ap|.hcai Distance No Object.

D E C O R A T 10! TO SU IT A L L NEEDS

METCALFE & SONS, L Spec.*licU in

INTERIOR DECORATION AM] E X 1 E R I O R PAINTING

Book your winter work now b M disappointment.

Airs J. Bowen , feiurley Terrace, here is an effective counter

m a n y k n o w n :

Mr A . I>K.-al K»'reman;

TA.IT, Hall Street, Barnard

r i cc io b y Saen-Saens, and i n re­sponse' to a fu r the r request, Kr i e s -ler 's Caprice Memoi r .

Helen Anderson hrought the pro­g r a m m e to an end w i t h a n u m b e r

bvenwood , and M r John Dyke , son of M r and M r s S. Dyke , of Fe r ry -h i l l .

The br ide , w h o was g i v e n a w a y by her father , wore a w h i t e sa t in f igured diess w i t h b r i d a l ve i l and ca r r i ed a bouquet of red ch rysan­themums . She was at tended by Miss 1). Bowen, Miss M . T i n k l e r , Miss E. Rewcastie a n d Miss M . B o w e n . M r C . jDyke was best m a n , the groomsmen be ing M r A. W i l k i n ­son a n d M r S. Etber idge . The Bev. t i . Hugg ing officiated.

Yours truly, T. i i U L M ' i . l . l . A B N O T T ,

H o n . Secretary, B r i t i s h \ Fo re ign Bib le Society,

B a r n a r d Castle A u x i l i a r tfoimneld,

D a r l i n g t o n Boad, B a r n a r d Castle,

nth November, t9t t i .

Auction Marts

THE FORDSON MAJOR TRACTOR T H E FARMER'S B E S T

INVESTMENT Immediate delivery from local

Ford Dealer :

1 L O U I S S M I T H M0T0R?K^^LTmAL t J ENGINEER ^

B A R N A R D C A S T L E Phone 25 *

of c o u n t r y folk songs, a r r anged by Cecil Stamp, and the w e l l - k n o w n Negro s p i r i t u a l " Stef.l A w a y . ' ' a r ranged by B u l l e i g h . Those arranged by Cecil s t a m p i n ­c luded "The Br i sk Y o u n g W i d o w , ' a Somerset fo lk song, and " Cord R a n d a l , " a Border ba l l ad set to an o l d Somerset tune. The po ignancy of thp s tory covers the repeated re quests of the s t r icken L o r d Benda l —poisoned by his ftancee—to h i s mother to prepare h i s bed as he was sick to the heart . A Worces tershi re song. " M y Boy W i l l i e . " also w e l l -k n o w n as the m a r c h of a famous

four ( i u j N v ' « a s be ing experienced i n the reverse i n to some p r iva t e entrance. de l ive ry of ma te r i a l s and i n the shortage of labour . They were unable to get b r i ck l aye r s and jo ine r s l oca l l y , and h a d to i m p o r t craf tsmen f r o m the N o r t h a n d u n ­ski l led- labour f r o m Bishop Auck­land, and subsistence a l lowance ,

It was agreed that the Counc i l support the suggestion for a round- n i g attested, met a good trade, about. A t t e s t e d . — l s t p r ize , F . B u i n e t t ,

Conn, close said he wished to M i d d i e h a m , i l l o • ^nd pr ize , J. V. d r a w a t ten t ion to the fact tha t Add i son , Bowes, £85. Others—A. lead w a s c o m i n g loose o n some of a n u H . uavles , P lover H a l l , i;u7- A .

- . the Counci l ' s houses at Bowes. M i t c h e l l , boldron, £67: T . M W i t -n n o w e , F , 1 E U e l l i n g t l m e h a d t 0 b e Others were i n need o f p o i n t i n g , s o n . La i .g leyda le , £54. a i iowea . M r Ashcrof t said i t was the first

1 hey asked the Counc i l to make he bad heard of the ma t t e r and he a re imbursement of over t ime rates w o u l d look in to it

% B A R N A R D CASTLE M E E T . To the Ediior ol Ihe Teeadak' Al .rcun. Sir ,—The publ ic of B a r n a r d Q t f t l e

a n d d i s t r i c t are i n v i t e d to a t tend a mee t ing of the above o rgan i sa t i on to be he ld at 7-3u p . m . on Tuesday, 7th December. 194s. i n t ] , e W i i h a i n

BARNARD CASTLE DAIRY M A R T . H a l l , B a r n a r d Castle. A pr ize snow a n d sale of Oo new- T h i s mee t ing Is o l great i n ipo r t -

l y ca lved cows and heifers, i n c l u d - aiice to a l l . The President, » . . A. Carter , Esq., a n d members of the Commit tee have w o r k e d b a r d to raise funds to p rov ide a spor ts ( • round for y o u i n the d i s t r i c t .

Non-Attested.—1st Sowerbv, M a r w o o d , (.. 1'

p r ize £80

W .

WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE

M i l ma Mt •*

I t r a i l ! M «t t*m a«< i i i w The Brar abouM poor out two pinti of liquid km into your bowela daily. I f tnh bile i , nol lowing freely, your food doesn't digest. It iui. decay* In the bowel*. You get constipated. Year whole ryatem la poisoned and you feel tour, sank, and the world look* punk.

I ararJTea keep * little, bat s mere bowel ewe 1 at I doesn't set at the cans*. It takes those food eld Carters Llnls Layer Pills to C*t these two pints of bfle flowini freely and aaaata ton fad "up and up." Harmless, •exulc, yet antasjna In maltlna bile flow freely.

for Carters Little Lieer Puis. Stubbornly 1 anytSina else. 1/7 and 3/10. Also new

C O O P E R A N D LEATHERBARROW

r.s .K .o., r.B.o.A., Proprietor: O . L E A T H E R B A R R O W

Consulting Opticians.

86-88, N O R T H G A T E , D A R L I N G T O N .

'Phone: 3267.

Business Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Also in at tendance at Horse M a r k e t , B a r n a r d Cas t l e , every Wednesday

.10 ».m. to 5 p.m., also in at tendance at R i c h m o n d ever; frlday 10-15 a.m. to 5 p.m. J every S a t u r d a y 10-45

a.m. to 5 p.m. L e y b u r n F r i d a y .

SPENNYMOOR MEN ON 43 SCHOOL " CERTS' FOR POACHING CHARGE BARNARD CASTLE

were the o ther t w o songs. SDennvmo^r i v e £ ^*L$ZZ& « " > Scl: It was very evident that the first & 1 " ° ° V , , l e

n

a f . S t a ind rop enture of the Ar t s Counci l i n Tees- gfgSft* fSg^J&fi m e d

ale was appreciated. The aud i - t & w W * * . It w a

VI

people f r o m m a n y nearby dales lt££j&La,QCUsed 1

and vi l la i res T h e i r eniovrnent of a a r 0 n N V a c k e i h e l d Lane. W i t h ana \ mages, i n e i r e i i ]o>ment 01 f u , l n w e r 8 t w o d o g h . . the i t ems was ver>- m u c h m e v i d - p a n t i n g a s t n o * g n ^ h a ^ S

the shoes of

\ \ aites, M a i wood , iS3. Uthers — A . K i d d , Slot ley H a l l , £S4 ; J. E . A t k i n s o n , Arkenga r thda l e , i ^ i ; M . M . D i x o n , S c a r g i l l , £75 ; A l l i s o n Ibos . , Sdeet Head, £67; W . Stod-

names o l f o r t y - i i uee oovs of u a r t - J u n - . fiale H i l l , £61: J. I t . astle School are i nc luded D i x ° l i , Lang levda le , £64; T. L l l -

hool Certificate Pass L i s t w o ° u \ Abbey Farm, £57 • J. Moses, issued by the O x f o r d a n d Cam- ' i n t t e r k n o w l e , £55; F . Dawson, br idge Schools E x a m i n a t i o n Boa rd S ta in ton , £5i • J. W . Bussev, M i c k -tb is week. le ton , £54 bis.; W . H . H a r r i s o n ,

The names of the B a r n a r d Castle Hamster ley , £53 lus.j W . E. B e l l , School successful ent rants were • S ta in inore (he i fe r ) , £53 I l ls , res.- J . U. W . Alcock, L . H . A l l i n s o n , J H A - Anderson , H o l l i n H a l l , £51 10s.:

ius t havinp- A n d e i ' s o " . W . A r m s t r o n g , F. A s l i - Foster, H o l w i c k , £51 ; W . J. Cole, ence and f r o m the commencement g e e n ? u n n i n g - a I f d t he shoes o! l ? a ? - ?,' ? a i n b r i d ^ e ' M *• Beatt ie , S m a l l w a y s , £50 10..; w . Wel l s , of the p r o g r a m m e there developed b o t h n i e ° ; *™ s n o e s 0 1 I t . 1. Be l l , A . B. Best, P. H . Chew Hanis ie r ley , £90 ; R. Robinson , a fee l ing of u n d e r s t a n d i n g between , t , e .. ' F. Clark , E. C rompton . R. B. Cutter H i i l a m . £50 ; J. W . A t k i n s o n , Mick-t h P artistes and the l is teners. M r a u d a hare a W w h k h w a f f S n D ' T ' U o w s o n ' B - Dgey. N . S. Gib^ leton. £50; T . W a l t o n , Newsham, Dona ld Ma ihe r . the Direc tor of the 2g£ I , a r e ' a H 0 1 w l , 1 ( " w e , e M ] son, R. W. Coundrv , W . H a l l s « 0 j V. Heavisides, R u t h e r f o r d

H a v i i i f ; made nood p r o g r e s s to­wards th is object, they c o r d i a l l y i n v i i e y o u to express y o u r o p i n i o n as I O whe the r y o u are desirous o f

-'nd prize, h a v i n g a sporl> g r o u n d . M u t a b l e to a i l k inds of s p o i l , tha i w i l l he an attraction, not to B a r n a r d Castle alone, hut a venue tha t w i l l be k n o w n to a l l i n the North of Eng­l a n d as a suitable spo i l s g r o u n d to a.'i'Oimuodate lirst-class co iupe l i -t i o n .

If y o u are r e a l l y interested i n th i s Object, g ive y o u r whole-hear ted support , and we assure y o u iha t B a r n a r d Castle w i l l be p r o u d of the sports g r o u n d , and that Bar ­n a r d Castle w i l l be the "Mecca" of a l l sports.

F . H O L T . H o n . Secretary. B a r n a r d Castle Cvclists- Meet.

CARTER'S CASTLE CARRIERS CO.

GENERAL HAULIER'S A M )

FURNITURE REMOVERS. WV ure in a jtnn.uon >u mow at * ju> \* lit/rr ,ii C m i Urnaui. Ful'

Load*!, i-;- iiia..* Five.

'Phone: Barnard Castle 161

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MEMORIALS IM STOKE, BtABBLI OKAltlTX.

Designs and Prtcrs on Appltcat I Local Agtnt: S. STEWART, 4, I

Houses. Startlorth, Barnard Ca- • 1 Oisuucr No Object l j : d 1909. Te

E . MASTERS, MONUMENTAL SCULPTfi|

GENERALd MASOh Pr vate Address:

32, C I L\K-AKD R O A D Wo as: -r 13 Hall Street, B A R N A R D '.

r i i o n e : U a i n a r d Cas ik . I

O.XANITE AND STORE MEKOR • 1XSCRIFIIOXS A SPBCIAUT1

Designs SSI Application. U l Classes ol Work ucdenai :

elrders rece ive prompt attstni •»

North-Kast

and M r s Dawson for the loan of the i r p iano- the Women ' s Ins t i tu t e M r s A . Eden presided at the. D r a m a Section for the r u r t a l n s ; weekly mee t ing of the Congrega-and Ihe l o r a l Co-op. Society for the t i o n a l Church F.Y.C. last VVednes-loan of foliage for the p l a t f o r m . day, w h e n about 45 y o u n g people

were thrMled w i t h an address g iven

w i x , J. (,. Summers , J. L . Thomas •T. \ V . Thompson , J. S. Tremble , R A. Vickers , F. H . W a l k e r , D H ' Wesson, W . N . W i l d m a n

cows a n d heifers—W. Cooper, i sn ; J. and R. Pra t t . £80 10s. and £49 :

BARNARD CASTLE CYCLISTS ' MEET .

T o the Editor ol the TtesUale M-rcury .

Si r ,—May I d r a w the a t t en t ion of the people of B a r n a r d Cat-tie to the a n n u a l general m e e t i n g of the above, to be he ld i n the W i i h a i n H a l l next Tuesday, December Tlh 1918. at 7-30 p . m .

At th i s mee t ing the fu ture p o l i . v of the Cycl is t s ' Meet w i l l he dis-

JOHN E. MILLER T H E HORSE SLAUGHTERER

H A M S T E R L E Y . Phone : W i t i o n - l e A V e a r

FAIH P U R E t O I i A L L CAKCA- -

THOMAS H. HOGC " | & J O N ,

BUILDERS and JOINERS

W . Iveson, £45. £42, £73 and £58 10s. ; cussed and a m o t i o n w i l l he

l a o n a i ] will ana

Void cat b dellTaarsat mofet than compenaaataj

._ frar da* t ime you're had to - a h . Alwaya F O R D I t firet «•

Imt — tmutemt im peeformeme*. eajpita) o r ericas obligations,

. d e n M B be booked. Wby aol c o m * i n and dtscuaa I t — b a n — t h i n k ahead , a v o i d

later. ~~

L O U I S S M I T H M O T O R E N C I N E E R ,

BARNARD CASTLE.

J . Milner (Packing S ta t ion 151)

6 1 . Galgatc, Barnard Castle

Eggs Collected

Best Prices given for Rabbits, Poultry Game & Pigeons

WELL-KNOWN BOWES LADIES LEAVE VILLAGE After nea r ly f i f ty years ' residence

in the v i l l age of Howes, the Misses Alderson are l eav ing to take . . . . . . ' p u o i s c i v . t e s a i e l e av ing to take un i . „ . \ ~ .

i n l o n n e e t i o n w i t h the residence at Cotherstone, and m a n y r , % s f « ^ ' ' o 1 ' " ! 0 " -I iss ionary Society. The expressions of regret have been LJ n > ' " , s - ; X N ' H a l 1 ' m * J ' J -conducted (he m o r n i n g made by t he i r w ide c i rc le of l r i e m l , E * w c * t t - N V - « M ; R £• nd ,n . the even ing the at Bowes at l o s ing t w o such w e l l - ' ' s ' ; W ' V N a i , i o 1 - ™ was ihe Rev. A . E. k n o w n inhabi tan ts " l s - s - 1 i a , t - t , : > " | - : L l l o h i n s o n .

of Ch ina Mi- c;Hfnti .< I I . O M ^ < u ^ « . . i . . . ' . — ^ , £43 • I . J . l ' a w . e f t . til.", ids..- J . H a l l .

N F W f A T F M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H b > ' M a r j o r i e Dobson on "Charac ter ." M E W C A T E M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H A ( T E R , H E D E V 0 T I 0 1 I A | L L I E E T I N G A S N O L T

business session was he ld a n d the There was a good attendance at games h o u r fo l lowed ,

the Y o u t h Club on F r i d a y . The On Sunday the special services members have been d i v i d e d i n to were he ld in connect ion four houses—Red, Rlue, Green a n d L o n d o n M i Ye l low. There were va r ious to t i rna - m i n i s t e r con i i 'ents between the houses. These service and games w i l l he con t inued on Decern- preacher ber lOUi. Griff i ths , of China . M r Griff i ths The Misses Alderson

Next week i t is the first Y o u t h w i l l address an open m e e t i n g of the B a r n a u l Castle to Bowes i n i<*n> Ra l ly organised by the present F.Y.C. to -h igh t (Wednesday) . After a t t feever since the i r a r r i v a l have You th Club. The preacher is the the service a concert was g iven by ' l U v . Ankers , M . A . , D a r l i n g t o n , and fhe Cockfleld Male Voice Choii ' . a co rd ia l i n v i t a t i o n is extended to Rev. S. Leon Cook presided and i n -ever\ body, and especial ly to Y o u t h t roduced the pa r ty . The p r n -and G u i l d members, to at tend th is g r a m m e consisted of Negro sp i r i t -r a l l y . uals, solos, duets and monologues .

Ry an e r ro r in the copy suppl ied Accompaniment was p layed by M r i t was stated tha t the Club's Presi- s e w e l l on the p iano and hy M r E . dent Rev. I . . T. D. Chapman, pre- Coates on the accordian . ' A l l the

( i . Sharpies, £6110s. a n d £50 ; F . W l .awson, £63; P. Clarke , £64; A Sing le ton , £6o iu: 3. La inher t , £G5 j Ins.; J. W i l c o x , £55 10s.. L l i and £62 Mis.; E. B a r i i i n g h a n i . £60; W . Alderson . £57 ; R. S impson , £53 l t i s . ;

J. T. K e n d a l l , £54 and £46 Ins.- A R a r n i n g h a n i , £54 His.; T. T h o i n t o n

pro-

been act ive pa r i sh worke r s 36 YEARS O R G A N I S T

£43 : T . } . Faw.e f t . £45 10s.; J. H a l l £44 10s.; I t . J. L a w s o n , £55; B Spence. £5i 10s.; exors. J. G Chap

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posed to a l ter the name f r o m Hie B a r n a r d Castle Cycl is ts ' Meet to the

\V. T i p l a d y , £64; B a r n a r d Castle ( . v inkhana Com W . ( i a ige t t . £65 mit tee . and a l -o to" do a w a y w i t h

the procession a n d therefore spoi l the event f r o m the ch i ld ren ' s po in t of v i ew . W h y th is change is sug­gested is best k n o w n to the propos­er and seconder, and is i n a r r o p i n i o n u t t e r ly uncal led for an i l de l i i u t e ly a step i n the w r u n g d i r e c t i o n . £

The Barney Cycl i s t s ' Meei t i , , , { oldest in the w o r l d ) i> a t r a d i t i o n <§• of the t o w n w h i . l , should be zeal- <S> ously g i i a n l e i l . and a u y a t ' e iup t - to 4»

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m a n , £40; J. W . I .migstaff, £54 and jeopardise i t * g r o w i n g prosperity £50 10s. ; J. Pres ton, £47; R. H a l l , should he ru th less ly crushed t;'»3; R. An ton , £46; H . Rou tb , £50; May I therefore make a special

Miss M . Alderson was organis t at W . P e i . i v a l , £48 10s.; A. T h o m p - appeal to a l l w h o have the w e l f a n

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has been one of the features of the H o r n . £(0 : \ . and .1. Mawer, £4: v i l l age for m a n y years, thanks to his . : P. S l i e r w i n . LTiii Ins . ; \ \ . A lde r the unceasing w o r k of the Misses son, £ 5 7 ; I I . K i r k b r i d e , £60 : I t . D t i y .

senled a n a l u m i n i u m b iscu i t b a r r e l members of the pa r ty were thanked *Iderson , w h o spent m a n y hours a t k i n , E53 Ifls.; T. I I . Mdei-son. £5s ; to M r F . B a r r o n .and M i s s Ba i l ey on fhe p ropos i t ion of M r Cook. w o r , < o n 'he garden they loved. - I . W . Nelson. ESI ; I ' . . Gatenby, i l l on the occasion of t h e i r m a r r i a g e Supper was then served to the Eve iyone at Bowes w i l l w i s h the bis. Other p r i c e s : t . e ld cattle. ZK the f o l l o w i n g day. I t shou ld have y o u n g people a n d the Cockfleld ladies m a n y years of happiness i n to'£31; bul locks . £ls to £30 : bu l l ock l e a d a c l n o m i u m b iscu i t barrel. friends. t he i r n e w home at Cotherstone. s t i rks , £13 los.; hef ier s t i rks to £26,

of the t o w n at heart (the moa t ing W open to anyone* to c r o w d to Hie W i t h a m H a l l next Tuesday n ighf and mom by t he i r v o t i n g t l ia t the\ are not prepared to have the i r W h i l s u n C a r n i v a l in ter fered w i t h .

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