14th, 1949.

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lie old w o o d -the y o u n g race across

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l ion . Jpous sparrows, t p o u t under the I r y larks, that

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cimens of Tees, • g their turn i n "•Wes w i l l be into • u t u m n fruits i n • of flower or pods alive wi th a By generation of Mature aga in re-

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Club Uariiard Castle n o t a r y .(.mbers, at t he i r week ly a»semb-

'' * o n Tuesday, heard a very in te r -; 1 J . U I 1 g d i squ is i t ion on . Budger iga rs f*. Mr E- t«- l l o b i n s o n , w l i o has for

number of years been engaged In ' hobby of t each ing these l i t t l e "Lv to talk. B o t a r i a n J. H . Krown president, i n i n t r o d u c i n g M r oobinson, a l luded to his member-

h i p of B a r n a r d Casile Urban rnuncil for a n u m b e r of years

y A to his candida ture at the i forthcoming e lect ion. I n the i ' " fse of his discourse M r B o b i n -

mentioned that one of the hirus " e possessed was taught to Lite nursery rhymes , i n c l u d i n g that one beg inn ing , " Pussy Cat, Cgy Cat, where have y o u been," E T said M r Robinson, the M r d i,bbed at the second l i ne , and LuU o n V y s a y - " ° u e e n . Queen, }L>en." T l i i s b i r d go t exci ted JJvn he saw his ref lect ion i n a

irior \ no the r b i r d was t a u g h t

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••r-flid'.ng source of e n r e r t a i i v . y e then proceeded to deal

*h the Mfhdel ian theory i n re-JTA to the r e a r i n g of these b i rds , ff Club? thanks a/ere expressed "Ljiobinson on the proposal of IL"p.e*ident J. P. r tobson. ijjos. experiments i n the r e a r i n g ^ ippidoptera are w e l l k n o w n .

M A U D E C R I C K E T C U P . The elect ion of officers i n connec­

t i o n w i t h the o r g a n i s a t i o n of the G. H . Maude Cr icke t Cup compet i ­t i o n resul ted as f o l l o w s : C h a i r m a n , M r Sam B . T u r n e r , proposed by M r C. Benson, Ravenswor th , seconded by M r H . S impson, H u t t o n Magna ; secretary, M r J. M a u g h a n , B a r n i n g -h a m , proposed by M r C. Benson, seconded by M r T . F i t z p a t r i c k , Newsham. The commit tee consists of the secretaries of ten clubs tak­i n g pa r t i n the compe t i t i on . Fo l ­l o w i n g Is the d r a w : P r e l i m i n a r y B o u n d (by June 8 th) .

A . Egglestone v . Ravenswor th . B. H u t t o n M a g n a v . A r k e n g a r t h -

dale. F i r s t B o u n d (by June 18th).

C. B a r n i n g h a m v . cothers tone. U. W i n n e r of B. v. w i n n e r o l A . E. Newsham v. B o m a l d k i r k . F. W h o r l t o n v . Bowes.

Semi -F ina l (by June 25th). W i n n e r of C. v . w i n n e r of F . W i n n e r of E. v. W i n n e r of U .

F i n a l on or before Ju ly 2nd. Fou r clubs were represented at the

mee t ing .

B R I L L I A N T C L A X O S P O R T S AND S O C I A L C L U B P R O D U C T I O N .

The p a r t of a conscience-stricken murderer can be so easily over- or under-acted, so easi ly spoi led by too m u c h o r too l i t t l e emot iona l d i sp lay , t i i a t i t is w i t h great appre­hension tha t one goes to see a p l ay about a k i n d , e luer ly housekeeper w h o k i l l s her best f r i e n d for the sake of her t w o crazy sisters.

There was no need to be appre­hensive about the p r o d u c t i o n of " L a d i e s i n R e t i r e m e n t " by the Drama t i c Sect ion of Glaxo spor ts and Socia l Club. Bet ty Stammer , as E l l en Creed, the murderess, was e v e r y t h i n g whic#i the p a r t ca l led for . I f her sisters were to l i v e i t was her d u t y to k i l l her mistress— a n d she m u r d e r e d exquis i te ly . I f the body i n the b r i cked up oven was to r e m a i n undiscovered, she h a d to hide her fear w i t h a quiet firmness—she d i d i t gen t ly a n d per fec t ly . I f her i nqu i s i t i ve nephew was to be bought off, she h a d to be bo th bo ld a n d afra id—and her b lu f f was b r i l l i a n t .

T h e d e l i g h t f u l craziness of her y o u n g e r sister, Lou i sa (Mejriel Hawks l ey ) was one of the best

NORTHERN BREEDERS5

DAIRY SHORTHORN ANNUAL MEETING

VISCOUNT LAMBTON AND CONSERVATIVE

CANDIDATES Membership now open to all parts of the country Cla ims that the Nor the rn D a i r y twelve l ead ing Shor tho rn herds

S h o r t h o r n is the o n l y breed of cattle were Nor the rn D a i r y , w h i c h can give reasonably h i g h l t w a s i n t i m a t e d t i i a t th i s year's m i l k y ie lds on h i g h - l y i n g and m a r g . N o r t u e i . n U a l r y s h o r t h o r n Show i n a l l a n d w i t h o u t large amounts of w i u b e h e l ( 1 a l H e x h a m f r o m 30th i m p o r t e d cake a n d at the, same t ime rear store bu l locks for beef, were made a t the a n n u a l mee t ing of the N o r t h e r n D a i r y S h o r t h o r n Breed­ers' Society at Appleby on T h u r s ­day. Members heard tha t the Society is now. the s i x t h largest bleeders ' society i n the coun t ry , a l though i t was fo rmed o n l y l o u i years ago. The membersh ip is n o w 1,583, a n d at the meet ing , w h i c h was presided over by M r N o r m a n F ie ld , L a r t i n g t o n H a l l , president of the Society, i t was de­cided tha t members shou ld i n fu ture be accepted f r o m a l l parts of the coun t ry . I n the past mem­bership h a d been confined to the s ix Nor the rn counties.

The a n n u a l r epo r t showed that P e n r i t h topped the membersh ip l i s t w i t h 155 members , f o l l o w e d by B a r n a r d Castle w i t h 142, K i r k b 1

FOOTBALL features of the evening . Her s h r i l l , Stephen 141, a n d " Kenda l 114.

C O C K F I E L D v. M I D D L E S T O N E MOOR.

Cockl ie ld F.C., a l t hough they monopolised-the exchanges th rough­out, they h a d a g r i m s t ruggle to m a i n t a i n the i r w i n n i n g sequence a n d thus s t rengthen t h e i r g r i p on the League leadership, w h e n Middles tone Moor v i s i t ed the Haze l

B e n t h a m branch h a d 60 members, Hawes 45, and Sedbergh 28.

A m o n g the members 329 had entries i n the register of m i l k records (compared w i t h 273 i n

»Yt President C. Clarkson H a r k e r Grove g r o u n d i n a mid-week game E*r n n u n, eel a f lag dav on Wednes- " * " • • * A n r k - i n n r t » n r t n ^ t v w i

iSv Mav 11th, w h i c h the R o t a r y [Sub's fostering i n a i d of Y . M . C . A .

under A u c k l a n d a n d Di s t r i c t League auspices. Chief features of the game was a t y p i c a l " T o m m y I . a w t o n " goa l obta ined by M . Gra inger for the v i s i to r s i n the

B a r n a r d Castle 65," Carl is le 49, and K i r k b y Stephen • 29. H e r d book entries to ta l led 13,100 (comparea w i t h . 12,182) of w h i c h 2,000 were f r o m P e n r i t h branch, 1,192 f r o m K i r k b y Stephen, 1,129 B a r n a r d

Kenda l .

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r i p p l i n g l a u g h a n d her restless, nervous fingers, added the neces­sary touches of pathos.

Freda Storey, as Emi iy , , the o ther sister, w a s s tubborn a n d abrupt , b u t her ac t i ng never lost i ts po l i sh .

I t is u n f a i r to say tha t E n i d Webb over-acted her pa r t as mis­tress of the house. A faded chorus g i r l should be fussy a n d flowery and Miss Webb d i d a d i f f i cu l t p a r t w e l l As her cheeky, b l u s h i n g cYs 'tie anTw m a i d , Lucy , E l izabe th W a l k e r w a l ' sure of her par t . The Counc i l had decided to close

T o anyone w h o is no t f r o m L o n - t l l e n e r d b 0 0 k t 0 entries by inspec-don , the pa r t of a " sharp " Cock- I i o n o n 3 1 s t December, 1949, for ney is a l w a y s d i f f i cu l t a n d i f m a l e s . a n t l 0 1 1 31st December, 1950,

ea r ly stages w i t h a shot t ha t F r a n k G e o r g e V . Cawthorne d i d 'not qui te I o r females. F i s h b u r n or a n y other goalkeeper get there, he d i d as w e l l as c o u l d Nor the rn D a i r y Shor thorns were cou ld no t have done a n y t h i n g be expected f r o m anyone b o r n i n aga in p r o m i n e n t at a l l the leading about apar t f r o m p u k i n g the b a l l the provinces . Perhaps i t w o u l d Nor the rn shows, w i n n i n i r several ou t of the back of the net. Cock- have been better i f he had j u s t supreme championsh ips of a i l field subsequently at tacked inces- been a b r i g h t l ad w i t h o u t t r y i n g to breeds san t ly . The F e l l m e n were a w a r d - localise his dialect . Rachel Moore A l t h o u g h the achievement of top­ed a pena l ty for a f r i vo lous hand- was a too t i m i d n u n . p i n f f the he rd averaaes for m i l l l i n g i n f r i ngemen t , b u t Bas i l The " p r o p s , " fu rn i sh ings a n d Ever i t t , u s u a l l y so re l iab le f r o m dresses were first-class I t is the spot, was w e l l w i d e of the target amaz ing w h a t can be done on a w i t h a shot tha t looked l i ke t r a v e l - s m a l l stage, and credi t goes to a l l l i n g over the Nor th W o o d . C. concerned. Th i s s m a l l d r a m a t i c Tro t t e r , i n the v i s i to r s ' goal , gave g roup m a i n t a i n s a ve ry h i g h a magn i f i cen t d i sp lay and I l e lded s tandard , and the interest of i ts shots f r o m a l l angles i n superb a n d members is shown by the fact tha t confident fash ion u n t i l the home t w o p roduc t ions have been i n re side ga ined a second pena l ty k i c k , hearsal at the same t ime We On th i s occasion Jack H u t c h i n s o n , eagerly a w a i t " Fresh F i e l d s , " a the Fe l lmen ' s " Sk ippe r , " donned comedy bv I v o r Novel lo w h i c h is the " H a r d w i c k e " man t l e a n d fired be ing presented b y t h e ' D r a m a t i c i n a fierce shot w i i i c h appeared to Section i n the Church Ins t i tu t e be In tended to behead Tro t t e r as th i s week i n a i d of C h u r c h I n s t i ­

tute funds.

November to 2nd December. The accounts snowed a surplus on the year of £194.

C o m m e n t i n g on the repor t , the secretary, M r H . J. S l iu t t , said that i n the past year the number of calves registered i i a d exceeded the numbers of an ima l s admi t t ed by inspect ion by about 1,000 ' there had been 0,130 female and 925 male calves registered. I h e

Nor the rn D a i r y Shor tho rn was the best breed i n the c o u n t r y l o r m i l k p roduc t i on on h i g h - l y i n g l a n d . I t could produce 700 to 800 ga l lons of m i l k w i t h o u t large quant i t ies of expensive impor t ed cake feed and i n a d d i t i o n m a n y members, u s i n g the same cows and the i r d a i r y bu l l s , were r e a r i n g store bu l locks w h i c h w o u l d help to relieve the desperate shortage of beef. T h i s was be ing done on h i l l f a rms and on m a r g i n ­a l l a n d .

M r S l iu t t said the Society was endeavour ing to get members ' cows shown under a separate head­i n g i n the M i l k Records Report- i n ­stead of beiny i la>si( led s i m p l y as

1947), P e n r i t l i b r anch h a v i n g 94, Shor thorns . The highest y i e l d i n g Shor tho rn he rd i n Cumber l and and W e s t m o r l a n d belonged to a member, M r E. I I . M u r r a y , T a l k i n , Carl is le , whose h e l d average was 988 gal lons . W i t h 1,363 ga l lons i n 3o5 days, M r G, W . Dent's Brook D a i r y m a i d , W h a r t o n H a l l , K i r k b y Stephen, was the l ead ing N.D.S. cow i n the t w o counties.

M r F i e l d was re-elected presl-

S U P P O R T IN U.D.C. E L E C T I O N .

Address ing a mee t ing i n the W i t h a m H a l l , B a r n a r d Castle, on Tuesday n i g h t , i n suppor t of the five Conservat ive candidates for the Urban D i s t r i c t Counc i l , V i s ­count L a m b t o n said he bel ieved that local government seats were be ing used as stepping-stones for h ighe r posi t ions.

" M a n y people have n o w come to the conclus ion that the t ime has come w h e n i t is d i f f icul t to cont in­ue i n the hope tha t po l i t i c s w o u l d be kept out of loca l government and loca l elect ions," sa id Viscount L a m b t o n . " Loca l government p lays a large pa r t i n the who le of t i ie Labour P a r t y set-up."

'1 h o u g h the five persons on the p l a t f o r m were fighting as Con­servative candidates w i t h the back ing of the loca l Conservative Associat ion, he said be- wan ted to make i t clear tha t the P a r t y had no d o m i n a t i o n whatsoever over the candidates, w h o i f elected, w o u l d serve the people w i t h o u t a n y i n ­fluence of any k i n d be ing exerted upon them.

He stressed the impor tance of a f u l l y representative p o l l , and ex­pressed tiie hope that the " me lan­choly lack of i n t e r e s t " on the par t of the great percentage of the electorate, w o u l d cease. I t was also i m p o r t a n t , he added, tha t there should be new a n d v i r i l e blood on the B a r n a r d Castle Urban Counc i l , m e n a n d w o m e n w h o w o u l d do the i r u tmos t to serve the people to the best of t he i r a b i l i t y unres t ra ined by a n y t h i n g except the n a t u r a l i n a b i l i t y to do an over-amount of work . ' He believed tha t the five Conservative candi -

y ie lds for a l l breeds i n Cumber l and and W e s t m o r l a n d i n 1945 a n d 1940 was not t u rned in to a "ha t t r i c k " i n 1947, some remarkab le y ie lds were obta ined, and n ine ou t of the

dent, M r J. F. H e r d m a n c h a i r m a n , dates w o u l d b r i n g new blood i n to a n d M r R. A l l e n , B u r t e r g i l l , Hawes, the Counc i l , w h i c h cou ld o n l y bu t v ice -cha i rman . A l l the r e t i r i n g b r i n g more p rosper i ty to the t o w n , members of the Counci l were re- M r A. E. Eason, one of the can-elected and apprec ia t ion was ex- didates. addressed the meet ing , pressed of the w o r k of M r Shut t He directed h i s appeal to the and his staff. younger element, w h o he described A t an e x t r a o r d i n a r y mee t ing w h i c h as " t h e cit izens o f t o - m o r r o w . "

f o l l o w e d i t was agreed to amend B a r n a r d Castle's beaut i fu l scenery, the rules of the Society so tha t he said, m a y be the envy of many ] members cou ld be accepted f r o m any par t of the coun t ry and also that a supplementary or g r a d i n g register should be opened when the herd book was closed.

34 years in Richmond Postal Service

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aftmorials la stona a n d G r a n i t e .

w e l l as locate the net. H a v i n g d r a w n leve l , Cockfield cons tan t ly assailed the Middles tone c i tade l . Trotter, however , ab ly suppor ted by T . T h o m p s o n and Geo. Po l lock , " s t a r r e d " i n a g r a n d r e a r g u a r d ac t ion , bu t r a i l ed to p reven t A l w y n H a m m o n d ' s w i n n i n g goa l i n the d y i n g minu tes of a keenly con­tested encounter

R.P.

SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT FINGHALL

M r George T . Ba inbr idge , of (Jpaker Lane, B i c h m o n d , r e t i r ed at' the week-end after 34 years ' i n the postal service at R i c h m o n d . A na t ive of D a r l i n g t o n , he star ted w o r k as a te legraph messenger i n the Post Office, after w h i c h he be­came a news messenger for the Nor the rn Echo a n d helped o n mach ine w o r k He stayed there

. Letitnd and Erected b y F i r a t - C l l a a Tradesmen.

De»:?nj and Prices on Appl i ca t ion .

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Tubes and Fi t t ings , Galvan­ized Tanks, Sheets, Water-

bowls, Dustbins, etc. Lawn Mowers Repaired.

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Cattle and Pig Troughs.

Mangle Rollers Renewed

RONALD L I T T L E , 61, N E W G A T E , BARNARO C A S T L E .

Swaledale League.

B O W E S v. B R O U C H . A MJen, fast game was w i t ­

nessed by a good c r o w d last Wed-i i e tuay u i g h i a t B rough , " w h e n Bowes were the v i s i to r s . B r o u g h u^ened ou t w e l l a n d made some Gangerous at tacks w h i c h were w e l l h e l u by a so l id defence. The Bowes ra ids a lways looked more danger­ous, however , a n d i t was no sur pr ise w h e n they took the lead, uodge scored w i t h a l a s t shot i n t o the top co ine r of the net. The v i s i to r s increased the i r lead short­l y a f te rwards . F r o m a pass f r o m the r i g h t , H u n t hooked the ba l l t h i o u g n . Af te r the i n t e r v a l B r o u g n gate" a n d t h r o w n h i s o n l y son t r i e d h a r d to reduce the i r a r rea i s , under the thresher. Kenne th was bu t m u c h good m i d l i e i d p l a y came un fo r tuna t e ly k i l l e d o u t r i g h t , to > io th ing t l t fouglh a very i n e p t M r " a n d Mrs Jackson have a d i sp lay by the i r fo rwards . Bowes younger daughter . F o l l o w i n g the on the other h a n d were faster on school ho l idays Kenne th was. due

hrusts d o w n iha to a t tend Constable B u r t o n School on the day f o l l o w i n g the t r agedy . S y m p a t h y w i t h the f a m i l y has been w i d e l y expressed over a la rge area of the dales.

A sad t ragedy occur red near F i n g h a l l on Wednesday evening . Kenne th , aged 8 years, the o n l y i o r three or fou r years and left for son of M r a n d M r s James Jackson, hea l th reasons. Hej was a v a n of C h u r c h Lane, F i n g h a l l , h a d d r i v e r for a grocery f i r m a n d accompanied h i s fa ther mos t of w o r k e d for the L i l y L a u n d r y both the day, th resh ing at the f a r m of i n D a r l i n g t o n a n d B i c h m o n d . I n M r Dona ld S m i t h at W o o d h a l l , 1915 at B i c h m o n d he became a Constable B u r t o n . After five pos tman a n d con t inued u n t i l his o 'clock they were r e t u r n i n g w i t h re t i rement a t the age of 63. He has the vehicles towards home a n d made a shor t cu t t h r o u g h the fields a n d were pass ing t h r o u g h M r C. Bosom wor th ' s West M o o r F a r m l a n d w h e n the t ragedy occurred. I t appears tha t Kenne t i i was h o l d i n g a gate cpen w h i l s t h i s father , w h o t r ac to r w h i c h thresher, drove t h r o u g h the open­i n g . He was unaware tha t a s t rong

ust of w i n d h a d p a r t l y closed the

MR G. T. BAINBRIDGE Arkengarthdale Wedding RETIRES

MR J . H . F R A N K L A N D AND M I S S I . H I R D .

The w e d d i n g took place on Sat urday at A i k e n g a r t i i d a l e Met l iou-ist Church of M r John Henry KiauUland , eldest son o l Air. a n u Mrs J. F r a n k i a n d , o l M a r r i c k B a r k , a i i d Miss Isabel H i r d , daughter of M r s and the lute M r George H i r d , of C.B. Terrace, A r k e n g a i t h d a l e . The Rev. H . A . Fcwster , Methodis t min i s t e r , Beet l i , officiated, and M r W . H i r d was at the organ ' l i re h y m n s 1' O Perfect Love " a n d " The Voice tha t breathed o'er F d e n , " were sung. The br ide , w e a r i n g a g o w n o l w h i t e l i g u r e d sa t in w i t h ve i l , and c a r r y i n g a bouquet o l red carnat ions , was g iven a w a y by her uncle, M r J i m H i r d , o i Beeth. she was at tended by her sister, M i s s .Kathleen H i r d , dressed i n a g o w n of egg shel l blue w i t h head-dress of cyc lamen, and c a r r y i n g a bouquet of p i n k car­na t ions . M r Er ic Janieson, of L o w Oxque, was best m a n , a n d Mi-George Stones and M r Joseph H i r d were ushers.

After a recept ion i n the Ins t i tu te , Arkengar thda le , a t w h i c h over 70 guests attended, the couple left for the i r honeymoon at Scarborough, the br ide t r a v e l l i n g i n a f a w n and b r o w n ha t and coat.

The b r ideg room has been em­p loyed on his la ther ' s f a r m at M a r r i c k Park , and is w e l l - k n o w n i n the d i s t r i c t , h a v i n g been a mem­ber of Beeth Y o u n g Farmers ' Club.

but i t had never been and never w o u l d be bread and but ter to the townspeople.

" We w a n t to see B a r n a r d Castle as i t should be, represented by men and w o m e n w h o are w o r k i n g for the benefit of the c o m m u n i t y . We made h i s to ry by p u t t i n g for­w a r d Conservative candidates for the Urban Counci l for the first t ime , and I make h i s t o r y aga in by-be ing the f i rs t candidate to direct h is appeal to trrp y o u n g people of the t o w n . They have been non-en t i r es , but remember, they are the cit izens of t o - m o r r o w . "

The younsr. people, h p concluded, mus t be considered and B a r n a r d Castle made a t t rac t ive for them. " W e do not w a n t to see them d r i f t away because the t o w n is dead."

covered thousands of mi les on foot i n the Marske, Hurs t , Da l ton , Ravenswor th , Gayles, Whash ton and Aske M o o r d is t r ic ts , i n add i ­t i o n to cove r ing del iver ies i n the t o w n .

M r Ba inb r idge has l i v e d a ve ry was d r i v i n g the ( J u i e t i j f e j a r u i g a r d e n i n g is h i s

w a? i! a uA i n g J n e c l l i e f interest . H i s w i f e d ied a few

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w i n g s a n d centre a l w a y s sp f l l ed danger . The home team scored after 2o minutes , w h e n the centre-h a l f shot t h r o u g h a c r o w d of p layers . Bowes soon restored the i r t w o goa l lead w h e n Ba i l ey p u t over a perfect centre w h i c h Lodge headed home a t great speed. The v i s i to r s easi ly h e l d t h e i r advant ­age a n d were s t i l l l o o k i n g for more goals at the final w h i s t l e

Result : B r o u g h 1; Bowes 3. Bowes complete the i r p r o g r a m m e

l o r the season th i s week w i t h a home m a t c h aga ins t W h a s h t o n to­n i g h t (Wednesday) a n d a v i s i t to G i i l i n g , the league ' l eaders , " on F r i d a y n i g h t .

S C O U T S AND G U I D E S P A R A D E A T S T . G E O R G E ' S DAY S E R V I C E

A T RICHMOND. There was a parade of about 150

Scouts a n d Cubs of B i c h m o n d s h i r e Loca l Associa t ion a n d G i r l Guides f r o m the area, f r o m Scout head-

M I D D L E T O N M E C H A N I C S ' W H I S T P r i z e w i n n e r s a t the w e e k l y w h i s t

d r i v e he ld on Wednesday evening i n the Mechanics ' Ins t i tu te , M i d d l e -ton-in-Teesdale, w e r e : Ladies—1, Blake • i>, M r s Cooke ; consola t ion , *lhe Scout M r s Shann. Gentlemen—1, M r W . Su the r l and ; i, M r Cooke ; consola­t i o n , M r s O. W i l s o n (as gent ) . L u c k y numbers , M r s B a u m and Mrs B r u n s k i l l .

P R O P E R T Y M A R K E T . Sta r t fo r th Grange, near B a r n a r d

Castle, w h i c h was to have been sold by auc t ion i n the W i t h a m H a l l

quar ters i n Quaker Lane, on Sun- on Wednesday last, was sold day af ternoon to the P a r i s h p r i v a t e l y by Messrs H . B . Simp-Church , R i c h m o n d , w h e n a special son and Son, Cocktleld. The pro-service for St. George's Day a n d > r t v w h i c h includes an orna-i n c o m m e m o r a t i o n of Rober t m e n t a l ga rden to the m a i n road , Baden-Powel l , founder of the Boy extends to over two acres. Scouts, was he ld . The Bev. W . Gayles Manor , a s tone-bui l t S tua r t Macpherson, C h a i r m a n of residence ex tend ing to one acre,

Associa t ion, conducted i n c l u d i n g a s m a l l grass paddock, the service a n d • the address was was sold b y auc t ion at the W i t h a m g iven by M r G. F . Hale , Assistant H a l l on Wednesday w i t h vacan t D i s t r i c t Commissioner , w h o is possession by Messrs G. T a r n headmaster of Scor ton G r a m m a r Ba inbr idge , Son and Gi lchr i s t , for School . £570.

Our Readers Say.. A P P E A L F O R Y . M . C . A .

T o the t d u o r of the Teesdale M e r c u r y .

Sir,—The Rotary Chip of B a r n a r d Castle are aga in sponsor ing a house-to-house a n d a street collec­t i o n i n B a r n a r d Castle for the Y.M.C.A. on Wednesday, M a y t l t h .

Now tha t the w a r is over there m a y he more need t h a n before to emphasise the great w o r k tha t th i s o rgan i sa t ion is d o i n g no t o n l y on behalf of H . M . Forces i n th i s d i s t r i c t but wherever m e n of the B r i t i s h A r m y are to be found . Mew centres are s t i l l be ing opened i n the M i d d l e East and the w o r k i n Germany earns c o n t i n u i n g praise f r o m the very highest author i t ies . A t t en t ion is n o w be ing t u rned also to the y o u n g m e n about to be cal led up as w e l l as to those recent ly demobi l ised.

To thousands of displaced per­sons the Y.M.C.A. appears the o n l y hope a n d the movemen t w i l l con­t i n u e to serve i ts day a n d genera­t i o n wherever i t sees the need. The o n l y l i m i t i n g factor is money . The people of th i s d i s t r i c t have a lways g iven generously bo th of t ime and money to the affairs of the Y o u n g Men's C h r i s t i a n Associa­t i o n and we hope for a cont inuance of th is suppor t so that more of the oppor tun i t i es of service tha t th i s Associat ion finds m a y be filled.

Yours , etc.,

J. H . B B O W N , President, Ro ta ry Club.

S T A N L E Y T L R N B U L L , Secretary, Y . M . C . A .

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Next c o m p e t i t i o n : Thur sday , 5th M a y , at 6 p .m . , Y o u n g Cup (Meda l ) .

I W A S del ighted to cheer Nimbus home m ti ie ~,oou Guineas, i n

me most exc i t i ng contest 1 have witnessed l o r a l ong t ime . A t the same t ime 1 uoubt i f we saw trie Derby w i n n e r a m o n g those w h o r a n on Wednesday, unless perhaps H i t Yorksh i re candidate, b A R N t o P A R K , is as good as his t r a ine r w o u l d have me believe. The Pro­perty o l s i o c k l o u business m a n , M r H . Lane, a n d n u r t u r e d by U . Colven at M i d d l e h a i i i , Barnes P a i n put up a t r u l y remarkable pe r fo rm­ance to occupy the m i n o r be r t l i , l o r he went to the post a compara.-t i v c l y i i i i ga l loped a n i m a l .

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SELECTIONS FOR CHESTER Moderate Field for Cap

Maxlane on her best form

week c u l m i n a t i n g on Saturday I r e l a n d , the W l t u 'the t ime honoured contest for"

youngster j o i n e d Colven's team t | l e Chester Cup. The he ld this last year, a n d for one reason a n d t m u j s n o t ou t s t and ing a n d most another wa> g iven l i t t l e serious w o r k H i s one o u t i n g a t M a n ­chester i n November was a p r o m ­i s i n g effort t h o u g h n o t h i n g to sug­gest classic potent ia ls . For a horse so b a c k w a r d , h is s h o w i n g at New­marke t i n f ron t of A m o u r Drake a n d Peter F lower , was the more mer i to r ious , and p r o v i d e d he can w n o j s n ice ly i n on her best f o r m , be readied for Derby day, 1 see no

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reason w h y he shou ld no t i n f ron t of a l l those w h o opposed h i m i n the Guineas. Connections are qu i e t l y confident, a n d 1 feel sure he w i l l take a good case to cour t i n Nor the rn interests i n June.

The t r i u m p h of M a l t o n t r a ined

we l l beh ind A l d l i o r o u g h at San-d o w n a f o r t n i g h t ago, and needed the o u t i n g . He appears n ice ly we igh ted i n the G i l l y f l o w e r H a n d i ­cap, a race I t h i n k l ie w i l l w i n Horn the l en i en t ly treated Lumiere. Despite his heavy impost , T H E L E A D E R must go close for the Pr imrose Spr in t . Night ingale 's a n i m a l improves at each attempt, a n d even n o w the handicapper m a y not have taken his f u l l meas­ure. I take h i m . to score aga in f r o m Pando, w h o w i l l ensure a good ga l lop .

C U P . DUGDALE

I n the second r o u n d of the darts compe t i t i on for the Dugdale Cup, r o the r s tone B r i t i s h Leg ion beat , ltL m o i d B r i t i s h Leg ion by four c l o s m g ^ees, a n d I a m of legs to three a t R i c h m o n d - 0 ° " » o n tha t the distance of T h u r s d a y n i g h t . Scores :—

T H U R S D A Y . Chester. E. Davey's two-year-olds are i o n -

n i n g so p r o m i n e n t l y tha t I sha l l expect T R O P I L A to add to h i s basket. She contests tiie VVyn Seller ' w i t h b r igh t prospects, and she m a y he fo l l owed home by Just Mary. The I r i s h m a n , H E R O N

i n the Ea r l of Chester's stakes, and he w i l l r u n a nice race. Go ing against the obvious, 1 recommend a smal l interest i n B raw by L a d , a l i k e l y candidate for place honours at a f a i r rate of odds.

F R I D A Y . Chester.

We are p romised a g l impse of Derby favour i te S W A L L O W T A I L i n the Chester Vase, a race w h i c h has cut up ra ther bad ly . L o r d Derby's col t should have l i t t l e d i f f i ­c u l t y in p r e v a i l i n g on this occa­sion i f he is to have a i i y chance at Epsom, a l though I fancy the book w i l l p roh ib i t a l l but l ev ia than hackers. The Ci ty Seller offers an o p p o r t u n i t y to P E R I L I G H T to aug­ment I 'on te l rac t gains, an event In w h i c h Percy Vasey has an excel­l en t record. The VVetherby horse w i l l have to be at his best to account for S T R A N D G L O S S , re­por ted ve ry l i t f r o m his t r a i n i n g quar ters . INDIAN C H A L I C E has fa i led thus far to recapture Iter ea r ly promise , and m a y no t lie over generous. I g ive the f i l l y one more vote, h o p i n g she w i l l consent to an al l -out effort for the Pr ince of Wales 's Stakes. Stable com­pan ion F a i r Seller m i g h j deputise, i n w h i c h case the h i n t must be accepted.

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I am t o l d t ha t Leach's charge has g iven every sat isfact ion i n her preparation," and that th i s " f r y i n g -pan " course w i l l sui t her a d m i r ­ably. Mar l ane is happiest w h e n out i n f ront , and she is capable of poaching a lead w h i c h w i l l take some ca tch ing r o u n d the Hoodeye.

Mus ido ra i n "the f i l l ies classic gave circle . W i t h y o u n g W a r r e n c ) a ! m-Capt. Elsey h i s f i r s t m a j o r success, l n g the a l lowance I g ive her m y add ing fu r the r l aure l s to a stable vote, a n t i c i p a t i n g most t roub le ,

f r r v m u i k i i . L . . . ^ . , „..A A n n i e s M H B f J s S , comes over wipn a o i g ie-f rom White Heather a n d Apple p u t a t i o n ' t 0 t i y f o r t h e 0 r m o n d e youngster . He w i l l be_ opposedby

b a i i K i n f o r m . A l t h o u g h site over­came a bad d r a w i n the process of Honey

B r i t i s h Te bgk>n beat she was t i r i n g fast i n the

S A T U R D A Y . Chester. Pat Beasley's F L I T T E R M O U S E

made an impressive debut at Ponte-f rac t a n d is undoubted ly a useful

Greyhound oat of control at Stair.drop

s t a i n d i o p Magistrates on Friday made a l l order a^aiusl . lohn U u s i ( i s ) , o l W i n s t o n Lane. S ta indrop, to keep under con t ro l a grey l Ud w h i c h was said io have worried IV liens i n the neighbourhood

Inspector T. O. P i i n ^ l e said d ia l a l though the dog had been l o c k e d up it escaped on t w o occasions and w o r r i e d at lea>t I I hens, be long ing to three poultry-keepers i n S ta in-drop .

Defendant to ld the Bench tha t the dog escaped twice p u r e l y by accident. He wa g reyhound racin;

M E M B E R S O F BICHMOND O P E R A T I C S O C I E T Y V I S I T

E D I N B U R G H . A par ty of 11 ^nembc i t and

It ieuds o f I t i c h u i o i i d Operatic Society jou rneyed to F.diulmrgh on Saturday to see a matinee l* ' r -formaiicV of •• B io I t i t a ' i n t l ie K i l i j i V Theatre by I M Southern L igh t Opera Company. I t i chmond is w a g i n g this mus ica l comedy i n O tobet l

A l t e r the - h o w the H'.chlliohd v i> i to i> j o i n e d the f .ompat iy at tea on t h e M a g e , when p l e a d i n g refer­ence was made to the l ong jou rney made by lUcbtnot id members to see the performance. M i Dave

t r a i n i n g i t f o r c h e r r y , the R ichmond producer, and n a t u r a l l y re tu rned thanks . F;dini>urgh ineiu-

on

Cotherstone. 3ol W . Depledge 299 T. Pearson 205 H . Boyce 301 H . Schot ie ld 301 A. T h o r n e 301 J. Shepherd 275 T . K i d d

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Oaks m a y be f u l l far for her. With a l i t t l e more g r o u n d to cover U n -

H i c n m o n d . k n o w n Quantity must have passed ,, VV. Dagg 2>s9 the Yorksh i re ('illy a n d I sha l l ex-

T h o m p s o n 301 pect her to reverse p lac ings over T . Abbot t 301 the extended j o u r n e y at Epsom. T . D u n n 296 _ . . _ B . U 1 B U I . R

J . Da le 115 T H E C H E S T E R C U P R E V I E W E D . A. Green 294 T h e o n c e y e a , i y mee t ing at

S U P P O R T I N G S E L E C T I O N S .

W E D N E S D A Y . Sandowrt Park. LA B E L L E MAZARIN figures in

ie opening " Sel ler ," and has o n l y to reproduce Epsom r u n n i n g to score i n th i s company . Her second to the Dot E U R E K A was f u l l o f mer i t , a n d I see n o t h i n g of t h a t cal ibre a m o n g her opponents to­day. A R C T I C L O R D m a y give her

B. CradocU 301 historic Chester l a l » e s P l a c e tois m o S t t 0 d 0 - S P O R T S M A S T E R r a n

Stakes, i n w h i c h event he has Alycidon to beat. I t shou ld be a close race between them, and the f i rs l -named carries m y sl ight pre­ference. An o ld favour i te in MY CHUM w i l l a t tempt to l i f t the Eaton Stakes i n successive years, and he i * so genuine that 1 sha l l no t oppose h i m . Over this p a r t i ­c u l a r course 1 rate h i m a better p ropos i t ion than Sterope, who is l i k e l y to start at a false pr ice Seven fur longs is the be:

some better m a t e r i a l i n the Bed Dragon Produce Stakes, of w h i c h D A I R Y M A I D makes mos t appeal. I take F L I T T E R M O U S E to w i n . A poor lot r u n for Hie opening event w h i c h m a y concern S E I N E and T R U C E N D . ' I l ike the i r prospects i n the w r i t t e n order.

i t chased a n y t h i n g . I t was j u s t at i ) e i - s p romised to t r y and arrange tha t age when i t d i d no t k n o w for a pa r ty to v i s i t ' t h e n i c h m o n d r i f h t f rom w r o n g . per formance .

H i r s t was ordered to p a y costs of witness 's expenses, t o t a l l i n g 17s. fid. I i was stated that he bad a l readj compensated the poultry-keepers for t he i r l o s ses .

A m o n g "Spor t sman ' s" selections distance last week he g a v e Nimbus for the

for LUCKY BAG, a popu la r choice 2,ouu Guineas—a 10-1 winner .

K i n g deorge ' - Fund for Sai lors has received the sum of is . fid., be ing the contents of a col lect ion box i n the H i g h Force Hote l . Middleton-in-Teesdale.

COUNTY S C H O O L EXAMINATIONS The f o l l o w i n g pup i l s f rom the

B a r n a r d Castle C I " . School have passed the e x a m i n a t i o n for entrance to Barna rd CaMle School : M a r k A l l i n s o u . Gordon Bennett , Ceofftev Dixon. Gordon Hicka rd . Michael P i cka rd . David Watson , W i l l i a m W i l k i n : - o n . and B r i a n Hunter , n o w a t t end ing the B a r n a r d Castle M o d e m School .