INovember 23rd,

C A S T L E . '

r y N o t i c e . . . I f G A T E S A L E

B A R N A R D S. H O D G S O N , F . A .

Reived ins t ruc t ions art V*-' ! by Auc t ion in the _> on S D A Y, December

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I E Y S. H O D G S O N , F . A L

l i e d w i t h ins t ruc t ions f P ' + & • w i l l Sell by A u c t i o n " * h t O A V , 26th X o y e i n ^ r

0 » Ifc fo l lowing L i v e a n d ' ! a

^ A R M I N G S T O C K _ - f C A T T L E . - R o a n C W • a u g u s t ; Roan Cow, \ ', \ \ • Red and W h i t e c W ^ I J u n e ; Blue Grey Cow 4.1 • Red and W h i t e Cow ' « !

J A p r i l ; Red Heifer \ *> A | • Roan Heifer , serve,l : , J • Red Hei fe r , sd. J $ 1*. i e Hei ter , Ge ld ; ;) " A » s ; 4 Bul locks , 18 m 0 " ' ' H i , 1 1 2 m.o • 2 S t i r k s . i o ' * l LC&lves; 2 Geld Cow„ °-i ffLEMENTS.-Fordson T

Rubbers a l l r o u " J r ^ l a Set of Me ta l Wheels , V> « ° o d order ; T r a c t o r T fcscutter and R » k e ; S,,,/,?'^ I le r ; Gascoigne M i l k i n * i ? , 1 t u n j t ) ; Small H a n d o r S** fcding M, l> ; Horse Rake-• b r : Coop Car t and She,!?" K . P e t r o l Eng ine ; Saw ? •perfect) and 3 S i n s ; M i ' l T T P ^ - l s ; M i l k Scales- 7 KJer. Twine ; H a y Spade • L - ' | 1 : H a n d Chopper a i ; / » Isher: 2 Churns (80 C (

1 ) ; B l a c k s m i t h s A n v i l , „ , n d l l « ; Sundry Tools, etc

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Anetmneer ' s Address- ' p Rooms. Barna rd Castl , '

at church or reception

Kenneth Kobertson

[holographic Special, 42, Horsemarket, Barnard Castfc

Phone 21

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Ved T h u r s , .November 23, 24 William Elliott i iT „

TWe F a b u l o m T a x a . .

Sat., November 25, 26 NckBoKarue Renee Asher,

• n - , Tues., November 28, 2* T ^"er f ing R o b e r t

P o r t r a i t F r o m L i f e

Pcarth Cinenu L- S T A l N D R Q p 1 PODAY, Wednesday" at 6-15~ind»« P«rsha Hunt William Lundi,

The I n s i d e S t o r y j l»o J U N G L E G I R L - r h . p . . .

Murday at 2-15 and6-15 g d y Garland V a n Johns,

T i l l T h e C l o u d s R o l l B y • in Technicolor.

londay, November 21, at 6-15 and 8-a| ita Hayworth i ^ r r y

© o w n t o E a r t h in Technicolor

also H e a v e n l y P a a a - 3 s u ^ a \

r i c t o r i a H a l BARNARD CASTLE Twice Nightly 8 l |

JTh u r s . F r i . Sat., Nov. 24, 25, 26

Richard Greene, Sir SaJric HardJ wicke, Kathleen Harrison

in

[Now Barabbas was i Robber

.The Searing Inside Story or Ms

nside

SIFTA SALT P L A I N OR I O D I Z E D .

S O U T H D U R H A M , N O R T H Y O R K A N D W E S T M O R L A N D A D V E R T I S E R .

A. V. CARTER & SON MOTOR & CYCI.F. ENGINEERS

Repairs, Spares, Petrol Oils, Battery Charging

41, Galgate, Barnard Castle Tel. 334

No. 4,939 Established-1854 Barnard Castle, Wednesday, November 30th, 1949. Price Three Halfpence

TOWN COUNCIL <REFUTE ALLEGATION OF NO HOUSING POLICY

Conn. Robinson Explains Failure of Previous Points System

; Occupationjof Condemned Property

r u l)j nsr the adopt ion of the D2 (Tenancy Selection) Com-

* , report t h a t had been held "Wnd November and presented by

Robinson, Coun. G. A . ', purred t o t h e repor t of a

., tvtmg i n whioh i t nad been that the Counci l hud no policy for 1950.

Doing Our Bes t . "

\% is only f a i r t o l e t the public that -we have a po l i cy , " he

Our quota of houses for jlias not ye t been allocated by QOTeminent. W e are i n the J 0 f the M i n i s t r y of H e a l t h ,

has been purchased,. I t is Z right t o say t h a t th i s Couu-

jlas no policy. The Counci l ' s I a r e clean and i t is no t our

We are fu l ly aware of the is tieeds, and have provided

for as many as possible, jjpective ot pol i t ics , we do our ,inJ wake every effort t o stspfftr

^55. and i t is u t t e r l y impossible Li , more. Many of the people in

folic meeting were not rate-f e B , yet out of a l l the applicants »iW5«> 230 appear t o be satis-i f i th the Council 's e f fo r t s . "

[proposing the reference back of . whole report, Coun. J . E . P icken t inned tha t t h e Council had no §3 and on the present ra te of

s many years wou ld pass there would be sufficient

and the Women who them there.

' Always Gaumont British Ne^vs^

W o n . Tues. Wed., Nov. 28 29. 30 HumphreyBogart,EdwardG R»»"

SOD, Lauren BacaII in

Key Largo B with

Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor. You'll see the performance of y , u r "I

• . . in the hit of their lives!

S c a l a C i n e r r i i B A R N A R D C A S T L E

o-O T w i c e N i g h t l y S a t u r d a y M a t i n e e a t 1 P- 1 "*

Thurs. F r i . Sat., Nov. 24, 25, 26

Jeanette McDonald, Lloyd Nol l* Clande Jarmaa, Jar. and La**"

Tbe Sun Conies Up • in Beautiful Technicolor. . Sjx Glorious Songs from J « " , C , , ' L |

plus Comedy and Spectacular Vr***

Sunday, November 27, at 7-45 P m

Dick Parcel!, J o a n Woodb^|

King of the Zombies Blood Chilling Black Magic. « i t h

plenty of laughs thrown i"-

M a o Man From Headquarter*-

Mon. Tues. Wed., Nov. 28, 20, 3°

Phyllis Calvert, Michael * " " \

The Golden Madonna-with

TnBio Canninati & David Gree«« Join in a spree on the Isle oi^igr»| and meet the biggest fiddler s i n c c _ - - ^ f Printed and Published by t he T ^ J j

dale Mercury, Limited, a I „„«, Registered Offices of the O ' 1 1 ' t i * 24. Market Place, Bar imrd p£5 Registered at the General Office as a Newspaper.

very unsatisfactory. Inv id ious com­parisons cropped up l ike a man and wife h a v i n g more points than a man and wi le w i t h five chi ldren. I n pub­lic meetings and let ters t o the Press, Council lors were liable to be shot a t . " Coucludiug, he said tha t ho was glad t h a t no member took on themselves the prerogat ive to reply t o t hem; they were best i g ­nored; these nambouyant efforts cut no ice.

The io l lowing repor t on p u t to the

vote w i s t hen adopted w i t h one

dissent ient :—

The Clerk reported tha t M r s 1. B r o w n , 17, Ze t l and Read, and M r A . G. Jefferson, 11, Verc Road, i iad declined the tenancy of the houses allocated ' them. I t was recom­mended t h a t J . W . Horseman, 1. Crook Lane, be subs t i tu ted for M r s 1. B r o w n i n the p r i o r i t y l is t already d r a w n u p ; t h a t M r s M . Bet tern '^c . 2»>, Tbe Bank, be coierlej as ;h-.> tenant of 1, Crook Lane, upon the re-housing of M r J . W . Horseman; a n d t h a t M r I t . Wheeler, W j W i l i e \ a rd , The Bank, be selected as a teuant t o r a house on the Mon ta ! bo Road site, aud tha t he be u l l u i t ' . l t h e vacancy i n the p r i o r i t y l i s t caused by the subs t i tu t ion of M r J . W . Horseman.

Considerat ion of Housing Appl icat ions.

• is H «as no f a u l t o f the Govern-

he continued, " but the l i s in l e t t i n g the Nor th -Eas t

jej Association ge t the j o b . " Can Appl icants be Satisf ied?

It was said i n commit tee t h a t the meting developed i n t o a

The Clerk read letters f rom M r R . W . B r o w n , 34, B i ruh Road ; M r F . C Bryce , U n i o n Y a r d , T h o r n -ga te ; M r s A . I f . X i l a n d , Un ion Ya rd , Thornga te ; M r R . Mt-Greehin, Peel's Y a r d . Bi idgega te ; and M r If. Robinson, 35, Galga te ; request ing the Council to favourably consider the i r applicat ioiis for Council houses and present ing addi t ional in fo rma t ion i n support of their applicat ions, i t was recommended t h a t t h e above correspondents be informed t h a t consideration of the i r applications for Council houses w i l l

than three names wera,.be under taken when f u r t h e r tenants Are the applicants are required for houses at present

between M r s Dowse, M r rey and myself. Press re<ports_

in- otlicrwise. I t is said t h a t we i lull consideration t o a l l appl i -

When t w o tenants were •ed in the last commit tee nieet-

kot IIH Sioueil i-ne-l when only a few name* are Hpsi?" BusuMiiug, called by the jgsbour

but ent i re ly no^-pol i t i ca l , ie to br ing these mat ters up,

believe a points system kg adopted. Councils t ha t

I'ipw-d t h e m get ve ry few its. Af te r the last alloca-

i many ,'mple came t o m y house i 1 was bombarded w i t h questions IMuplaiuts. I f we ge t down to

ivi a fair system, people w i l l iiut chance they have aud

|*ag they have t o wa i t . I t is I I . i i t ion for t h e m t o kuow

that, but under the present i uubudy knows when they cau

14 Souse. I f t h e i r resolutiona >wn adopted the publ ic mee t ing

;ant the M i n i s t r y of H e a l t h lit in, but I a m no t saying

f l to hold a p is to l t o your heads l l - 'Hi iu i l lors l augh . )

'•'"t System Unsat is fac tory .

once back f a i l i ng t o get Coun. E . C. Robinson

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under construct ion.

Al locat ion of Council Houses.

The C l e r k read a le t te r f rom M r J . E . P icken s t a t i n g t h a t a public meet ing had been held on 19th November, 1949, se t t ing ou t the fo l lowing resolutions which had been passed: ( i . ) T h a t the Urban D i s t r i c t Counci l be asked to recon­sider the recent al location of Coun­c i l houses; and tha t the Coun­c i l be asked to adopt a points system when a l locat ing Council houses and t h a t due regard be g iven t o the booklet , " H o u s i n g o f Tenan t s , " issued by t h e M i n i s t e r of H e a l t h . — I t was recommended: (i.) t h a t M r J . E . P icken be informed tha t the Counci l could not reverse the deci­sion made regard ing the allocation of houses i n course of erection on Mon ta lbo R o a d ; and- ( i i . ) t h a t the Council was n o t prepared t o ins t i ­t u t e a " points system " for the al locat ion of tenants , wh ich had previously been t r i e d and fouud un-

i the debate, saying t h a t sui table, as i t was considered t h a t rved his remarks . "Cer- t h e e x i s t i n g system of considering

a l l cases on the i r mer i t s proved the most e f i e i en t . 'imoillors may have had

but I have been Chai rmaa rtinmittee for many years, been a headache for a l o n ^ ' t was recommended thait the

•iwnei- ot Nos. 1 and 2. Oak Tree suggestion of Y a r d be requested to have this pro-idiug the

has been t r i e d and found pe r ty demolished.

M . • * A •• v r -

Barnard Castle Young Conservatives n

A N N U A L B A L L g to be held in the

W h Corner Hote l Middleton T y a s | on Friday, December 2nd, 1949 f j

l ) - l u n g to the <§»

Lyrians Dance Orchestra 8 p.m. until I a.m. B u ffet. Extension of Bar. Evening Dress Optional. f J

T I C K E T S : 7 6 each. I F r " Transport leaving Scala, Galgate, at 7-30 and 8-30 p .m.

re turning after Oance. g

Refe r r ing to a recommendation i n the Sani ta ry Commit tee 's report t h a t a licence for the occupation of No. 4. Pennsylvania Y a r d be re­newed fo r ' a fu r ther period of six months f rom December 21st, Coun. I ' icken enquired should the property become vacant would i t lie re-let ?

The Clerk explained tha t i n t h a t event the licence would be recon­sidered, and Coun. iE. Watson said tha t t h a t was generally understood.

Conn. Picken said t h a t he wanted i t i n the minutes as i t was t ime som& of t h i s proper ty was done away w i t h .

Coun. M r s R u t t e r explained that the tenancy would not be passed w i t h o u t the Council g i v i u g i t fu l l consideration.

The report was adopted.

Vic to r ia Road Houses Water Supply.

The Cle rk presented a pet i t ion from the tenants of the Victoria Road houses for the ins ta l la t ion ot wash basins and cold water suppl j in to the wash-houses. I t was recom­mended tha t an est imate of the cost of ins ta l l a t ion of wash basins and cold water supply i u t o the wash-houses of the V i c t o r i a Road houses be obtained and submi t ted to the next meet ing.

Coun. G. A . Car te r inquired why this should arise a t th i s moment, and he hoped tha t the Council would not be saddled w i t h the ex t ra cost.

The Clerk explained that the ten­ants would eventually pay for any iniproveinents.

Sub-Div is ional Police Headquarters, Bede K i r k S i te .

I t was recommended tha t the t en ta t ive layout p lan of a po r t i on ot the Bede K i r k site proposed to bo used as Police Headquarters and four police houses, submi t ted by the County P lann ing Officer, be agreed in pr inciple , bu t tha t the Surveyor bo ins t ruc ted t o confer w i t h the Couuty P l a n n i n g Officer regard ing the w i d t h o i the proposed access road f rom Bede Road, and the dev­elopment of the r emain ing por t ion of .the Bede K i r k site.

Airs R u t t e r proposed t h a t this mat te r be fu r the r discussed i n commit tee, as she fel t t ha t at t h i s stage the Council 's views should be submi t ted only w i t h o u t c o m m i t t i n g the Council to any fur ther ac t ion.

The proposal was agreed t o .

Christmas Marke ts and Hol idays. The Clerk presented a le t ter from

the Chamber of Trade se t t ing out the proposed dates lo r the I ' j r i . ^ t -mas and New Year Marke t s and H o l i d a y s . — i t was recommended tSlat Chris tmas and New Year mar-kets aud holidays be as* dc'taih .i hereunder, and tha t notices be p r i n t ed and inserted i n the local Press as necessary: Marke t s—Wed­nesdays, 21sit and 28th December, 1949 Business premises staff ho l i ­days—Monday, 26th December; Tuesday, 27th December, 1949; and -Monday. 2nd January . Shops t o

close as usual on the afternoons of Thursdays, 22nd aud 29th Decem­ber. 1949, and o t h January, 1950.

County L ib ra ry , Wi tham Hall

The Clerk read a le t ter f rom the Couuty L i b r a r i a n s t a t ing tha t c i -deavours would be made to secure the Dispensary for the purpose of p r o v i d i n g addi t ional l i b ra ry accon.-modat iou , and the same was received.

Food Control Commit tee.

The Clerk read a le t te r f rom the M i n i s t r y

Two Piano Recital Music lovers i n Ba rna rd Castle

and Richmond are looking forward t o .the two-piano reci ta l which luge-borg Petersen and Leonard Randal l w i l l be g i v i n g at the W i t h a m H a l l , Ba rna rd Castle* on Thursday, Dec­ember 8 t h , and at the K i n g ' s Head Assembly H a l l , R ichmond, the previous Tuesday (December 2 0 t h ) :

The programme includes many popular works by Chopin, L i s z t , Bach, Do Eal la , Biisone, Areusky Poiileuc, and Melan Gueroul t .

Their f i r s t two-piano reci ta l in Barna rd Castle was given d u r i n g the war a t the Bowes Museum, and a second one was gu-en there under the auspices of the A r t s Counci l .

They are now wel l -known to music-lovers i n the N o r t h , hav ing given many recitals aud broadcasts, the most recent given th is month from the Leeds Studio. P r i o r to the w a i they gave many recitals i n Loudon and the South.

Cast year great interest was aroused when ttiey arranged a con­cer t a t the W i t h a m H a l l given by the pupils t ha t they teach i u Bar­nard Cas t e and sur rounding areas.

Miss Petersen and M r Randal l ( M r and M r s Randa l l ) both com­menced the i r musical studies a t the same school of music in London, and a t the age of five and nine respec­t i v e l y appeared a t the same concert as soloists. Both are L . R . A . M .

\ R C M .

Tools Rush in" a huge sucsess

The success of the four-day per­formance of K e n n e t h Home ' s '• Fools Rush I n , " by the Dramat ic Section of the Ba rna rd Castle Amateu r Operatic and Dramat ic Society proves again t h a t the hard work pu t i n by th i s small band of dramat ic enthusiasts is fu l ly apprec­iated by Barnard Castle audiences.

A i l iwell-known and seasoned play­ers, the i r flawless presentation of ' Ys hi lar ious comedy was one ot the ' l i s t productions ever seen in the area. Obstacles l ike the small stage and confined room back-stage ( w . t h <ae assistance of t h e i r loyal band of ) o'per3) had been successfully e l im-

nated aud n o t h i n g mar red the en­j o y m e n t t o the audience of 21 hours .perfect re laxat ion .

Cast in Order of Appearance.

Mil l i c en t Gwyne th Courts M r s Coot Laura B a r t l c t t M r s Mandrake. . .Florence M . Lewis Angela..-. Pam Charles.. . Pan l •Too

Producers,

M a r y Snodgrass Rachel Wi l son

Ernest Shepherd A r n o l d Snodgrass Gi l l i an D . Car ter

M r E . Shepherd and M i

D U R H A M L I G H T I N F A N T R Y .

•I'here was a very good conipany preseut on Wednesday last , M r J . H . Simpson pres iding. One m i n ­ute 's silence was observed i n mem­ory of an o ld member, M r C. F . B r o w n . Colonel Watson then gave a very in te res t ing t a lk on the pre­para t ion for and invasion of Sici ly, and the par t played by the local Company i u the act ion. He had w i t h h i m the or ig ina l maps ami plans as used there, also a splendid a lbum of photographs of the B a t t a l ­ion i u Egypt and I t a l y . Everybody thoroughly enjoyed i t and many questions were asked and answered. The chai rman thanked Col. Watson very much for his very in teres t ing t a l k , and the members are looking f o r w a r d to his next v i s i t w i t h the cinematograph. Do not forget to­morrow (Thursday) , vis i t of Crook branch and the i r waves. Coitipet-t ions i n shooting, darts , dominoes, etc.

M . Snodgrass; prompter , Miss R. Thompson; stage managers,

llessrs -T. W . Ascough. R. H . Al len f?Kl R. Davison; effects manager, far R. B . F i n c h ; hairdresser, Miss

I . Bleukinsopp; scenery, Messrs podswortb and Spencer, Brad fo rd . The rake in this play was k i n d l y presented iby M r G. T . Guy, Horse .Market. Ba rna rd Castle. Telephone !>y k i n d permission of the G.P.O. Orchestra under the d i rec t ion of M r fc Ferguson. L . R . A . M . , L . M u s c . f .C .L .

OBITUARY T H E L A T E MR T. DOBSON.

The death occurred a t 2, Temper­ance Terrace, Br idge E n d , S ta r t -f o r t h , on November l o t h , of M r Thomas Dobson. aged 74 years. H e s t a r t ed work at an early age a t the Ui la thorne M i l l and was employed there as a s ta t ionary f ireman u n t i l i t closed down in the 1930's. H e was a keen angler aud up to recent­l y followed his hobby, and generally re tu rned w i t h a catch of t r o u t . H e served i n the A r m y d u r i n g the 1914-18 War . H e ce'ebtated his Golden Wadding i n 1911. H e leaves two sous and two daughters.

The funeral was a t S i a r t f o i t h Church, the Rev. G. Rayuer , Vicar , officiating. Bearers were Messrs W . Coul thard , A . Coul thard , W . Jones and F . Waine . The undertaker was M r H . Waiue .

F lo ra l t r i bu te s were received f r o m : L o v i n g IV. u i l y ; M r aud M r s Ear lo aud Miss Purdou, London ; A u n t Sarah and f a m i l y ; Sister M a r y and f a m i l y ; Annie and George. Leeds; M r and M r s Sowerby; M r and M r s W r i g h t ; M r and M r s Jenkins ; M r and M r s Newbigg in ; M r and M r s Geo. Evans; M r and M r s W . Coul thard , T h o r s g i l l : M a r ­garet , A l b e r t and fami ly . Thorn -ga te ; M r and M r s W i u l e y ; M r and M r s F . Ne sou and Lance; M r and M r s A . O h a t t ; M r and M r s Stubbs; M r and M r s Th i s t l e thwai te and E t h e l ; aud many others.

Special Savings Week Barnard Castle Bride C O M M I T T E E R E C E I V E 8

REPORTS

Barna rd Castle u r b a n and ru ra l d is t r ic t s savings committee met in " Wood le igh , " Ba rna rd Castle, on Saturday week, when reports on the special savings week in October were presented. County Coun. C. T . Singer presided

Coun. V . Garter , hon. treasurer for the special week, presented the financial figures wh ich revealed a grand "total of £7,021.

M r A . E . Eason, hon. secretary, said t h a t the committee could con­gra tu la te themselves on the week's work by v i r t u e of the fact t h a t a l though they had not reached the t a rge t of £10,000, they had doubled the weekly average. The Commit­tee, he added, were not compelled to set a monetary .target tor t h a t carr ied bouquets special week. The main theme was to raise the s tandard of the na t ion­al saviugs movement, t o give i t publ ic i ty and i f possible to increase the number of savings groups and savers.

This has been accoiiu|)lisln<l. he

The wedding took place a t the Method i s t Church , Newgate, Bar­na rd Castle, o f Miss Dulcie Green­wood, on ly daughter of M r and M r s R . Greenwood, of Ferndele House. H a r m i r e Road, B a r n a r d Castle, to M r H a r r y Peace, younger son of M r H . Peace, " Iugledene ," Napier Road, E l l a n d , Yorks . The officiating minis te r was the Rev. L . T . D . Chapman. The bride, who was given away by her father , wore a charming gown of wh i t e chiffon vel­ve t w i t h br ida l ve i l and head-dress of orange blossom. She carried a shower bouquet of red roses. The bridesmaids, Miss Ka th leen M a r y W i l s o n and Miss Bes«ie Archer , cousins of the bride, wore cherry chiffon velvet dresses w i t h head­dresses t o match , and diamante Hips , gif ts of the bridegroom. They

of whi te carna­t ions and wh i t e heather. The young train-bearer. Miss Eleanor A n n B e l l , wore a wh i t e georgette dress .'.rimmed w i t h forget-me-nots, w i t h lioni.e: to match, and carr ied a iposy of mixed flowers. H e r g i f t from the bridegroom was a gold

said. The records showed tha t three signet r i ng . The b.-st man was M r new groups were formed d u r i n g the Maurice K e l l e t t , t he groomsman M r special week. " I t we double the Gordon Eagland. and Oje ushers M r

The Sta indrop and D i s t r i c t P i g Club held the i r annual show on Saturday, November 2(>rh. M r Hutch inson , Skeeby, and -Mr T a r n . Melsnoby, officiated as judges. The pigs were a l l in excellent condi t ion . The f i r s t pr ize for the best bacon pig was awarded t o M r G. W . Jack­son, Glebe House, Staindrop, and for the best store p i g to M r A. Nodding , Council Houses. Staindrop. The judges were accompanied on t h e i r t o u r of inspection by M r B l y t h , Chai rman of the Club, and M r A . Jackson, secretarv.

to s t reet l i g h t i n g standards through accident, bu t t h a t the responsible par ty could no t always be traced.— I t was recommended "that the Clerk ob ta in par t iculars of insurance against such occurrences and report to the next meet ing of the Com­mit tee .

Appoin tments . The Clerk reported on the follow­

ing appoin tments :— Shor thand T y p i s t . There had

been only one applicant for the above post—Miss M . Lowson, Mardeu Cottage, D a r l i n g t o n Road, Barna rd Castle, who had been engaged and had commenced duties on November 21st, 1949.

Surveyor 's Temporary Clerk.

B A R N A R D CASTLE M A R T .

The weekly prize show and sale ii calved cows and .heifers, i n c*l i: > I -

i i ;g 37* attested, met a l i n n t rade. A t t e s t ed .—1. T Metcaifc. i-ikcs-

ley, £88 and £o l ; 2. G. YAe. r-W e a r m o u t i l , Briscoe. t>*S 10s. ami £76. Others : W W a l t o n . Mar-wood, £76 ; J . S. Metcalfe and Sons. Staindrop, £70 10s.: W Leo. Wood­land, £70 ; (1 . R-iine. Hamste i iey . £66 10s'.; T. Adamson. Eggjeston. £ 6 5 ; J . D . Dowson. L a r t i n g t o n . £64; F . B u r n e t t , Midd leham. £6$; J . H a l l . Rokeby, £62 : E. D i x o n . Ca rn tbwa i t e . £62 ; T . H . Alderson. Bowes. £60 10s.: W . K . W i l k i n s o n . Mains House, £.")4; J . T . Dent , Bowes, £52 10s.; W . E . B e l l . Sta in-more, £52 ; T. and -1. Lee, Wood­l and , £ 5 1 ; T . Wi l son , Langlevdale. £ 5 0 : J . T . Caygrl l . Bowes. £ 5 n ; W . H . Ha r r i son , Hamsiterley. £53.

Non-At t e s t ed .—1. W . A tk in son . Wycl i f fe , £ 6 1 ; 2. F . Sanderson. Mor ley , £56 10s.'res. Others : .1 . ]•'.. D o u g i l l , W e s t Auck land . "£71 : T . W . Longstaff, Bowes. £83 10s.; . ) . M . Young , Broomielaw. £60: Steph­enson, G i l l i n g . £55 10s.; . 1 . K. Gregory, Staindrep. £55; J . Coates, Bowes, £ 5 2 : J . Moses. Copley Bent . £o2 ; J . K . Bainbr idge . Brough . £50 ; J . A . Anderson. Gainford . £50; F . Shield, H o l w i c k . £ 5 0 ; M i s Bar ron , L i t t l e B u n i o n . £.50; K. .1. Dent . Whor l ey H i l l (he i fe r ) . £ 5 0 ; J . N i x o n , Bowes, £49.

Stores: Hei fers t o £40; bullocks to £36 10s.; geld t o £41.

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Surveyor 's Temporary Clerk . Two of Food request ing a applications h a d beeu made for the

fur ther nomina t ion t o the Food above pos i t ion , one of which hud Cont ro l Commit tee for the B a r n a r d w i t h d r a w n . Subject ito consent of Castle Jo in t Area l o r the year 1950 the M i n i s t r y of Labour and Na t iona l i n place of M r G. A . Car ter , who, Service being g iven , the r e m a i i r i g being i n possession of a r e t a i l appl icant , M r A Thompson, Low licence t o sell chocolate and sugar, Side, M i c k l e t o n , wou ld conmieucc confectionery, is no t el igible t o duties upon the present temporary serve as a consumer member on the Surveyor 's c le rk being called up for Commi t t ee .—I t was recommended m i l i t a r y service, t h a t M r E . C. Robinson be nomi­nated i n M r G. A . Carter ' s stead.

Byelaws—Cycl ing on Footpaths.

The Clerk reported t h a t the County Council was prepared t o make appl ica t ion t o the Secretary of State t o approve byelaws prohib i t ­i n g cyc l ing on footpaths irot along­side highways. The appl icat ion for approval would have ito be accom­panied by a schedule se t t ing out the footpaths t o whioh the byelaws w o u l d apply and a map showing the same.—It was recommended t h a t

K I N G ' S H E A D H O T E L

Barnard Castle Telephone 19

N o w being C O M P L E T E L Y

R E D E C O R A T E D

and refurnished throughout

Residential accommodation limited for next few weeks

D i n i n g Room and Bars open as usual

Tables reserved for L u n c h or dinner

THE L A T E MR R CLARK, GAINFORD The funeral took place at Gain-

ford on Tuesday, .November 22nd. of M r Rober t C la rk , of Porch House, Gain tord , who died after a short illness. M r Clark was a nat ive of Shi ldon and was at one t ime an engine dr iver on the L . N . E . R . On his re t i rement he l ived in Swaie-dale Avenue, D a r l i n g t o n . L a t t e r l y he made his home at Porch House, Gainford , w i t h his youngest daugh­ter, M r s W . R, lvesou, a l te r his wife's death. H e made many f r i e n d , i u the vi l lage, a l l of whom thought very h i g h l y of h i m , for he was of a genial and k i n d l y disposi t ion.

A service was held i n Geinford Par ish Church, conducted by the Vica r , t he Rev. E. H . Wale .and was largely at tended. The organ­ist was M r M i n t o , of Shildon.

The chief mourners were: M r and M r s W m . Clarke (Alclboro St. J o h n ) , son and daughter- in- law; M r and M r s A . J . P ike ( O x f o r d ) , daughter and son-in-law; " M r and M r s C. Clarke (Newcast le) , son. and daughter- in- law: M r and M i s W . R. Iveson (Ga in fo rd ) . daughter and son-in-law; M r and Mrs E. M i n t o (Sh i ldon) , sister and brother-in - law; M r K . Clark (Aldboro St. J o h n ) , grandson: M r Robert M a t t i n s o n (Sh i ldon) . nephew; M r s W m . Mar t i n son ( D a r l i n g t o n ) , niece; M r and M r s Wi l l i amson (Cockcr ton.

D a r l i n g t o n ) ; M r H o r n . Others present included: Mi - ant!

M r s H . Bowes; M r Coburn : laeisfs A . and A. M i n t o : M r and Mrs K. Nichloson: M r s W a p p e i t : Miss K. Y o u n g ; M r W . Hebdon; .Air and M r s Hodgson; M r E l a n d : M r J Stevens; M r s Tay lo r : M r s ( a i r : M r J . A l l i s o n ; M r and M r s V. Peart ; M r F r o s t ; M r H a l l ; M r R. I . h n son; M r Fors ter ; M r and M r s Cole; M r James M i l l e r ; M r J . Naisuuth , M r N C o l l i n g : M r R. W . K - b i u -son; M r M . H a r d y ; M r A. Tennick; Miss H . Davis (representing Miss Edles ton and M r R . H . E d l e s t o i i i ; M r s Bousfield: M r s E. C. Adamson; M r C o u l t h a r d ; M r and M r s S. Rogers ; M r and M r s W i n . Scaite; M r R . L . A l l a n ; M r s H a l l ; M i s Phelan ; M r s S h u t t ; M r s T . A t k i n ­son; Miss S. Thur lbeck ; M r F ranks ; M r Metca l fe ; and others.

average in our special week, we can take i t t h a t we have done reason­ably w e l l , " said M r Eason. H e added t h a t the grand rotal up /to the end of October was £100,513, while the target for the year ending 31st March , 1950, was £150.000.

The Committee expressed the i r

Er ic Bayles and M r John Wi l son . The organist was M r W . Meynel l .

The reception was held a t the T u r k ' s Head H o t e l , after which the bride and bridegroom lef t for L o n ­don, where they are spending the i r honeymoon. The bride's t r ave l l i ng aittire consisted of a turquoise dress

appreciation of t h e fine effort made and coat w i t h navy blue accessories, d u r i n g the week by B u t t e r k n o w l e The presents were numerous and d i s t r i c t i n recording savings amount- valuable and included one from the i n g t o £2,929. of which £1.559 were Glaxo Labora tory staff and one invested i n Nat iona l Savings ce r t i - from the members and friends of ficates. the Newgate Me thod i s t Church.

M r Eason also referred to the The bridegroom's present t o the creditable effort by scholars of bride was a handbag aud the bride's the Middleton-in-Teesdale County present t o the bridegroom was a M i x e d School, and expressed thanks g°ld w r i s t l e t wa tch , t o a l l who had supported the Com-mit tee pa r t i cu la r ly to those who hoisted ithe flag dai ly and the scholars of Ba rna rd Castle J u n i o r and Secondary Schools.

N . S . S. Bank Certs . Dep.

Barna rd Castle 327 804.1 B u t t e r k n o w l e . . . 1559 1369 Cookfield 1*5 28S Copley — 30 Eggleston 3 ;J3 Even wood 5 60 Fores t 2 30 Gainford 12 21 Hamster ley &

South Bedburn 44 •Ji H i g h Ether ley . . . 5 1 Ing le ton — 27 Midd l e ton 106 135 Newbigg in 9 —

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W e s t w i c k . — 6 Woodland 5 48 Winston — 21

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G L A X O L A B O R A T O R I E S S O C I A L A N D 8 P 0 R T 8 C L U B . Glaxo played a home match

against B a r n a r d Castle N . F . S . on Thursday last, which the N . F . S . won by 11 games t o 7. The teams were: Glaxo—Mrs E . W s l k e r , Miss E .

292S Ha r r i son , D r . B a l l and Messrs 423 S m i t h . Barker and Al l i son . N .F .S .

30 —Messrs Far rer and Ra;» i (Glaxo 36 players p l ay ing for N . F . S . ) , and 65 Messrs M i l u e r , Raine, Wa lke r aud

W a l t o n , Count ry Dancing.

On Saturday last the Club held 6S i t s second coun t ry dancing evening

6 of the season. Abou t 30 or 40 2" people were present t o enjoy the

old- t ime dancing, which seems to be becoming increasingly .popular w i t h club members.

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OF T R A D E • I N N E R .

Barnard Castle ChanilxM of Trade and P u b l i c i t y Society have some prominent | iersonalities as t he i r guests at the annual dinner on 8th December.

These include M r Robert Bruce i D u r h a m County A g r i c u l t u r a l Officer); M r Dav id Brooks (Clerk t o Richmond Town C o u n c i l ! ; M r Rober t L i n k (President of D a r l i n g ­ton Chamber of T r a d e ) : and tha t h ighly esteemed Teesdale itorsonal-i t y , M r Thomas Addison, of H a y -berries.

SCHOOL F O O T B A L L , Barnard Castle Modern School

6 t ravel led to Evenwood to play Ram-shaw on the Eveuwood ground. T4ic Modern School proved wor thy » l i ­ners by four goals t o n i l . I t was the Modern School's last league match before Chris tmas.

At the preesnt moment the Modern School are s tanding at second place in the league. Scorers for Saturday were G. Batey ( 2 ) , B . Lee and G. Y'oung.

Or. a charge of shopbreaking a: Barnard Castle on t h e n igh t o f Nov­ember 14th-15th, three soldiers f rom.Deer l io l t Camp were on Thurs­day remanded t o appear i n court to ­day (Wednesday) . They were P a t r i c k W i l l i a m Haro ld H e a n i <20i. Eastbourne; John Gordon B r i t t a i u (17) . B i r m i n g h a m ; and Colin Charles Clay (17) . Bradford .

C O T H E R S T O N E Y O U N G C O N S E R V A T I V E S .

General Labourer . The consent of t he M i n i s t r y of Labour and Na t iona l Service had beeu obtained to the appointment of E . W . A t k i n ­son t o the above post, who had commenced dut ies on 17th Novem­ber, 1949.

Collection of Trade Refuse (Waste Paper, E t c . ) .

The above mat te r , deferred f rom the las t meet ing of t h e Commit tee , was again considered, and i t was recommended t h a t the Clerk in form the local tradesmen t h a t the Council

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X M A S XVIAS E V E :

D A N C I N G SPOT AND OTHER PRIZES.

P R O G R A M M E .

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R 0 X I N G D A Y :

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the County Counci l be requested t o is prepared t o under take the collec-make applicat ion t o the Secretary t i o n and disposal of t rade waste of State for approval t o a byelaw paper a n d t h a t a charge w i l l be 1 i n h i b i t i n g cyc l ing on footpaths made for t h i s service i n accordance not alongside highways i n the urban w i t h Section 73 o f the Publ ic Hea l th

A c t , 1936; and thait the Chamber of Trade be informed of the act ion of

d i s t r i c t .

Damage to Electr ic L igh t Standards

The Cle rk reported t h a t on 22nd October, 1949, J . N . Wi l son ,

a car d r iven by M r H u l lei' Bush , M a r -

the Counci l . ;

Mate rn i t y Home Accommodat ion.

The Clerk r ead a l e t t e r f rom the wood, had collided w i t h a s treet Newcastle-upon-Tyne Regional Hos-l i g h t i n g s tandard, causing damage p i t a l Boa rd s t a t i n g tha t the Board est imated a t £18 17s. 6d . , and a was inves t iga t ing the possibi l i ty of c la im i n respect of this amount had the u t i l i s a t i o n o f the Richardson been made againsr M r W i l s o n . The Convalescent Ho l iday Home for the Clerk pointed o u t t h a t i t was pus- provis ion o f M a t e r n i t y Home aceom-sible t h a t damage could be caused modaltion.

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Barnard Castle Chamber of Trade and Publicity Society

Monster

Whist Drive to be held

Witham Hall Raroard Castle

T O - M O K K O W

Thursday, Dec. 1st

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1949 VOUCHER PRIZES

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•On Tuesday last a large com­pany at tended a presentat ion made to M r Henry Roe, one of the i r mem­bers, who is leaving the d i s t r i c t ai .d going t o l ive a t L inco ln . Miss A . Leveson Gower, who made tho pre­sentat ion, a cigaret te case and l ighter combined, said t h a t the branch were sorry t o lose Henry., bu t he would be remembered by a l l who knew h i m . H e n r y , rep ly ing , said t h a t a l though he was leaving he would s t i l l remember the good t imes t h a t he had had, and tha t the work he had done for the V.C.s had always lieen a pleasure. H e thanked the branch for tho g i f t and wished the Y . C . branch a l l the best and hoped t h a t i t s membership would si i l l increase. A l t e r supper, games and dancing took place, organised by the Misses A . Boyce. G. Wallace, E . Addison and J . T i p -lady. M r N . M i t c h e l l acted as M . C . and Miss W . Be l l and M r A . Job provided the music.

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MOTOR C Y C L I N G A C C I D E N T .

The death occurred in D a r l i n g t o n Memor ia l Hospi ta l on Monday n ight of M r John Birkett, West P a r k F a r m , Cotherstone, who was admi t t ed earlier in the day suffering from injuries received i n an acci­dent. H e was 35 years of age.

Everything for the Family and the Home

Make a point

of seeing our lovely

collection of Brass ware

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A t the B i r t l e y Cage B i r d Show held recently, M r H a r r y B e l l , of Cookfield, won 1st, 2nd and 3rd and a special in the B r i t i s h birds section.

O F B A R N A R D C A S T L E .