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THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1945 3 A PICTURE OF MANCHESTER DOCKS MISCELLANY FUTURE OF BRITAIN'S AIRPORTS Prestwick's Claims as Transatlantic Terminal By a Student of the Air Obliging Weather The weather -has got itself into the news again this" time good weather, though the headline Indian Summer Baffles Experts in one of yesterday's papers suggests a valiant attempt to find something wrong somewhere. In the ordinary way weather has to do something wrong in order to get itself into the newspapers: if it is fine weather it has to transform itself into a drought (except in arid Manchester, which runs short of water on lthe slightest provocation) or threaten people with sun- stroke. Bad weather climbs in'o the news columns much more easily anything from floods and fogs to earthquakes will do the trick. But why experts should let themselves be baffled by a succession of fine days in October is not immediately apparent to the layman. After all, they are not responsible for the weather, which is not in any sense under their personal control; and they ought to know more about its infinite variety and capacity for going back on what would be normally expected than does the man in the street.

The best thing to do is to take Indian summers as you find them and enjoy them while you may. As Sydney Smith's friend Noodle, his eyes shining with brightness," remarked happily during a spell gorgeous weather. We shall pay for this later on. sir But there is no to start baffling ourselves before the Mr. Ivor Thomas has been struggling gallantly to reply to the questions that have been hurled at him about the future of British civil air transport, without at the same time anticipating the full statement of policy that is shortly to be made by Lord Winster, Minister of Civil Aviation.

Although comment is plentiful about the proposals the present Administration "ought to offer in place ol the entirely unsatisfactory, ones in Lord Swinton's "White-Paper, anxiety seems to concentrate upon the airport position. What steps are being taken or are intended for ensuring that the United Kingdom will have adequate airport facilities inwe nmni im mm i Tim Manchester Docks from Trafford Wharf," by Henry Rushbury. Company to the This picture has been presented by City Art Gallery. the Manchester Ship Canal CHILD WELFARE COUNCILS TO DEAL WITH JUVENILE DELINQUENTS A Woman J.P.'s Suggestion LONDON'S MAIN PORT Heath Row is designated as the main airport of London. Yet on Wednesday the extraordinary fact emerged that the 4,000,000 worth i)f.

constructional work now in hand there is. being undertaken on behalf of the Air Ministry. Memories are short, but surely it is known that one of the purposes for which a Ministry of Civil Aviation was created was to take such matters out of the hands of the Services and the Service Ministries. Perhaps, however, we should be thankful that the work is being done at all, and it is certainly good to know that Heath Row may be open for civil transport aircrart by next summer with three runways working. No other airport has been designated for London.

Before the war there were Croydon, Heston, Gatwick, and a few others. Croydon is now being used by Transport Command and British Overseas Airways, but only certain foreign lines are permitted to use it for the carriage of ordinary paying passengers. So far as British aircraft are concerned it is limited to Government-sponsored travellers. Even those who have been leaseholders at Croydon and have worked on civil aviation in one form or another for twenty years and more are prohibited from returning. Croydon could not now ever revert to its position as one of London's airports.

It has been too much built round, and the configuration of its own buldings makes it out of date. Heston is also in process of suffocation with houses. Heath Row is the only useful official proposal. Northolt the only useful unofficial one. But the Royal Air Force wish to retain So London must rely upon Heath Row.

When compared with New York's Idlewild or Paris's new Orly. it is not an encouraging prospect. RUGBY UNION GAMES Swansea Beat Combined Clubs The enthusiasm shown by the 5,000 crowd at Richmond during the course of Swansea's victory over and Blackheath suggested that the match was more of international standing than an ordinary club fixture. If their three-quarters had been in form the Welshmen would have won more easily than by 11 points to 8. W.

G. A. Parkhouse. who kicked the winning goal and promises to be a big acquisition to the Army this season, did reasonably well at back, but he might have been more useful in the centre. C.

B. Holmes scored for the losers after a good run. P. Bees, a young wing three-quarter, did well for Llanelly, who beat Pontypool, and J. Heaton was the outstanding performer for Waterloo, who overcame Sale.

Fyfe and Sever, the Sale three-quarters, were also prominent. highlight in Guy's Hospital's runaway win over Old Merchant Taylors was the brilliant final try obtained by F. vafi der Westhuizen. Intercepting in his own 25 he went through in dazzling fashion and crowned a fine afternoon's display. This South African promises to be even better than R.

Dick and L. Babrow, Guy's most recent internationals. Cardiff delighted 8,000 people at Cardiff Arms Park by their fast and skilful football against Gloucester, who were beaten by 40 points to 9. All the Cardiff backs did well, with B. Williams and W.

B. Cleaver particularly effective. Bath mastered Bristol in a close game. For the first twenty minutes Bristol were on top," but behind a beaten scrum J. Bailey, the former Somerset and Navy player, surpassed himself at stand-off half.

Coventry gained another easy victorv. this time over London Welsh, who tackle'd well and possessed a fine back in Lloyd-Davies: Preece and Sidwell handled splendidl? for Coventrv. Wasns Inct CONVERTING MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR CIVIL TRANSPORT B.O.A.C.'s Work at Hum counter-attack develops according to its own incalculable plan. Foreign Affairs Mr. Bevin's need of a short rest draws attention once more to the heavy labours imposed on Foreign Secretaries.

There does not seem to have been any period within the last 150 years when the office was other than a laborious one. It was the labours 'of the Foreign Office which drove Castlereagh to suicide and probably shortened Canning's life Palmerston's avowal to his successor that the ordinary routine business of the office demanded eight hours a day was made at a time when anxieties were much less heavy than now. His advice to Clarendon was that he should provide himself with a hack and take a canter every day in the Park as a means ot getting as much air and exercise as possible in a short time, but Mr. Bevin seems no more likely than was Lord Salisbury to be seen pounding the sand in the Row. An American correspondent calling on Rosebery at Mentmore when Foreign Secretary found him late in the evening enclosed within a formidable stockade of boxes to be cleared off before he went to bed.

And there was Edward Grey pining for Northumbria in Downing Street and losing the sense which he most valued, that of seeing the birds which he loved. Kissing Time Had the New England anti-kissing laws recently mentioned here been in force In this country in the fifteenth century the courts would have been kept busy, to judge by the records of some foreign visitors at that time. When a Bohemian Leo von Rozmital, visited England in 14C6 he noted in his diary with astonishment that everywhere he went he was expected to kiss all the ladies of every household he entered, and that they were offended If he omitted to do so, "this among the English being the same as shaking hands among other nations." Erasmus, too, writing from England to his friend Fausto Anfrelini in 1499, advised him to come over at once, for "here are girls with angel faces who will receive you with kisses. They come to visit you, kisses again. Should you meet them anywhere, kisses in abundance.

In fine, wherever you move, there is nothing but kisses." LEAVE EXTENDED The War Office and the Air Ministry announced yesterday that members of leave parties 468, 469. and 470 who came from the Middle East, Malta, forty-eight hours later than the date stamped on their leave passes, and members of those leave parties who came from the Middle East, Maita, and North Africa will all report back on October 23. All personnel on leave from Italy and the Middle East who arrived by air at Glatton and were originally instructed to report back to No. 70 Transit Camp. Glatton Airfield, on October 15 will now report back on October 17.

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By Ann Mary Fielding. 8i. 6d set sary publicity. But if the child owned up. then it should be spared the publicity and procedure of the court.

These cases would be dealt with by child-welfare councils, who would consider with the parents how to improve the child, perhaps by sending him to a boarding school, perhaps by curing some physical disability, perhaps by improving his home or school life. Such councils have been in existence in Norway since 1896. This solution, of course, presupposed a proper national child welfare service, including observation centres and remand homes, that would be at the disposal of the child welfare council. The parents' attendance at the council would be voluntary. Anv disagreement between the parents and the council on the treatment proposed for the child would be settled by a judicial tribunal.

Much could be done in preventing juvenile delinquency bv having trained probation officers attached to the schools, who would form a link between parents and teachers. Smaller classes in the schools with special teaching for backward or mentally retarded children would be a great improvement. These childen's welfare services should be national and not administered local authorities. Miss Craven said, because happily, delinquent children were a minority, so there was no need for each local authority to have its own services, and also local authorities were slow to adopt anv scheme that would increase their rate. MANCHESTER BEATS ITS TARGET 12,455,801 Savings Total Manchester has handsomely beaten its Thanksgiving Week target of 10.000.000.

Alderman Wright Robinson, chairman of the Savings Committee, announced to a waiting crowd in Piccadilly on Saturday night, and the figure stood at 12.455.801. This is likely to be increased before to-morrow, when the final figure will be known. Other last-day figures were Received. Target. Stockport 937.335 1.000.000 363,104 300.000 Colne 218,566 250,000 Bolton 1,200,218 1,000,000 Wigan 412,779 350,000 BiacKDurn 1.000,000 Rochdale 781,376 750,000 nazei throve ana Bramhal! 91.503 125,000 Royton's week was opened bv Mr.

Harold Sutcliffe, M.P., on Saturday. The target is fciuu.uoo, ana 40,000 was reached that day. Bury, with a target of 500,000, reached 300,000 on the first dav. PROXIES AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS It was stated yesterday that a proxy appointed by a Service voter for a Parliamentary election may vote on his behalf at a municipal election for the address for which the Service voter is registered. A Service voter who has appointed a proxy may vote in person if he does so before the proxy votes for him.

Mr. R. L. Jones. Salford assistant gas engineer.

has been appointed gas engineer and manager of Newport. Isle of Wight- As for the Atlantic terminals, there has developed a battle royal between Eire's Rineanna and Scotland's Scottish Aviation have made out what must appear to the ordinary observer to be a complete case in favour of Prestwick. Prestwick's war record has demonstrated that it enjoys exceptionally good flying weather. It is 250 miles closer to Newfoundland and New York than London and 50 miles closer to London than Rineanna. During 1944 the daily B.O.A.C.

transatlantic passenger services were diverted from Prestwick on only two occasions. Equally good results were secured by trans-Canada Airlines and by Transcontinental and Western Air. Those interested in the future of British air transport hope that Lord Winster will make clear the reasons for the delay in designating Prestwick as the main Atlantic terminal. The belief at present is that it has something to do with bargaining with the United States. Britain has not accepted tl2 five freedoms which have been accepted by some countries including now the Netherlands, and it may be that this fact is somehow involved in the matter.

EIRE AND THE UNITED STATES Eire has declared Rineanna a free port for international traffic, and in February she came to an agreement with the United States about its use. Her policy in this must appear to many to be more enlightened than that of fireat Britain. But it is hoped that it will never lead 'to the United Kingdom beng marooned close to the crossing ol so many important trunk air lines. Some people in the United States think that Britain mav deliberately hold up free entry into the mainland by transport aircraft so as to give her time to make up leeway in the construction of new machines. It would indeed be unfortunate if such a view were to gain ground.

It is true that it is better for the present Government to take too long about formulating its air transport policy than to rush in with some ill considered plan. But Lord, Winster's statement cannot now be much longer delayed. When it appears it is to be hoped that it will take the broadest view of international air transport and will eschew petty bargaining devices. It is to be hoped also that it will set forth some practical and immediate steps, first, for providing London with good airport facilities and. secondly, for establishing Prestwick as a main transatlantic terminal.

members of the crew have an equally exacting time. Their work is com- "plicated by still existing war-time restrictions and shortages. They can claim, so they say, no priorities, and some of their work "has to be delayed for lack of hangars. No radar equipment has been made available as yet for British civilian aviation. American civil aviation is more fortunately placed.

There was no duplication involved in the checking of aircraft at Hurn, it was The manufacturers tested the craft for all-round soundness, the Air Ministry for safety before issuing a certificate, but it was left to the Corporation to test the machine over extensive distances and under strenuous worKing conditions So. for examDle. an aircraft was dis patched to New Zealand and back and the lessons learned incorporated into the following 'planes. The Corporation, it is understood, will concentrate for the next year or so on craft equipped with Merlin engines. The Lancaster, which was one ot the first 'planes to be handled by the development plant, provided the opportunity of obtaining experience, under civil transport conditions, of this type of engine, which was also standard equip ment in the York.

Lancastrian, ana, in a developed form, was to be used on the Tudor I and Tudor II. The officials expect that it will take them a year to survey and convert the Tudor for regular civilian use. An order for twenty Tudors is at present with the manufacturers, but it is, of course, only the beginning of Britain peace-time air fleet. A JEWISH CONCERT Organised by the Withington Jewish Literary and Social Society, a concert in aid the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Behabilitation took place yesterday in the Houldsworth Hall, Manchester. The Lord Mayor spoke appreciative words to a hall tolerably well filled.

Miss Harriet Cohen began her pianoforte items modestly with a stately little pavane of Byrd and a ground by Purcell then she tackled Liszt's transcription of Bach's great Prelude and Fugue for organ in A minor. She maintained admirably the glorious roll and flow of this music. It lost no life in those passages where a temporary thinning of texture suggests a natural diminution of tone the climax broadened out and passed into bravura with no suggestion of violence or hardness. Later on, in a Chopin group, Miss Cohen brought out the true quality of that A minor Mazurka which to this day keeps its unique strange ness of sound; then she gave us full measure of the left hand's singing quality in the sharp minor Study from the second book. The minor Study (from book one) lost its full impetuosity through a too-frequent habit of slightly slackening and then accelerating rapid downward passages.

Miss Cohen found thoroughly congenial the rhythmic vigour and harmonic warmth of two pieces by ue Falla. Miss Marjorie Thomas has a contralto voice of naturally expressive quality; its evenness and its latent power also help to make it attractive. Her words, too, are commendably clear. Certain Biblical "songs by Dvorak showed her natural gift for pathos In Autumn," by Franz, with its ending which approaches the dramatic, had a grip and a power about it which made us wish to hearher in music of a still freer range of expression. Mr.

San-dor Meisel's robust tenor voice did musical justice to certain songs which we should have enjoyed more had we known what their Hebrew words meant he sang with imagination in an aria from Bizet's "lies Pecheurs de Perles." Mr. Bernard Chinn conducted zealously a small, well-balanced choir in music by Jewish composers a persistently sectional quality about much of it made its enjoyment not too easy to our Western ears, but its earnestness and the charm of its occasional -folk-song Savour were evident enough. W.W.R. SPORT BLACKPOOL SCORE FOUR GOALS Manchester City Dally Blackpool beat Manchester City by four goals to one at Maine Road on Saturday and gave the losers' dilly-dally forwards a clear-cut demonstration of the value of bold, venturesome, first-time shooting. Three of Blackpool's four goals, two by Fenton (inside left) and one by Farrow (right half), fell to players who had the wit to let go at a moving ball without having to trap it, and pat it, and generally maul it about.

Fenton's deft fnntwnrk never shone to better purpose than when he gathered one of Witnington's many lovely centres, back to goal, spun round, side-steppid Sproston, and whipped in a model scoring shot. Fenton second goal rrnwnpr? a mncforlw move by Dodds, who spent the afternoon assiduously laying false trails. Few sights are more entrancing on a iootoaiL Held than a full-blooded scoring shot tnlrpn dt the end of a headlong sprint and Dodds's exquisite pass naa urawn Jienton along like a miler down the straight. Daniels, in soai, naa no counter tor mat one nor yet for Farrow's lustv swine at a snlit. second chance provided hv WirMnotnTi Dodds's own goal was an armchair affair an ea.sy noa at a gentle cross from ODcnnell: so close to goal in fact as to constitute an affront to any goalkeeper of spirit.

With Swift there, one thought, Dodds himself might have been in danger, but not the goal. xet no one wnuM make vmmo nam'sl: the scapegoat for City's defeat. Nor his immediate defenders, misled though they often were by Dodds's astuteness. The trouble lay for'ard. where everything possible was tried to upset Blackpool's V.U1U1JUU1.

jimu-miung aeience except a tew resolute toe-enders. King's last-minute goal scarcely counts. It was so late in coming as to be almost a part of the next MANCHESTER CITY. Daniels: Cut. TO.i.

Snrorton, McDowal'; Dunkltj. Herd. Consttntine, Emlti. BLACKPOOL. Rcnouren; Smart, Farrow.

Jon't. Tann'ne. Wlthtnclpn Dodds. Fentnn- O'Donnell ENGLAND MEN IN FORiM Stubbins, Newcastle United's centre forward, and Watson, Huddersfield Town outside-left, new choices for England against Wales next Saturday are in top Stubbins led his club to emphatic victory over Grimsby Town, scoring twice himself. Watson scored once from, a penalty in Huddersfield's big win over Middlesbrough and proved one of the outstanding men of the game.

In a week's time League clubs meet at Manchester. They should be in an optimistic frame of mind when considering finance, for Saturday's attendance returns show that interest in League football is still "lounting. Aggregate gates topped 700.000. with Aston Villa playing before a 50,000 crowd for the third Saturday in succession. Cardiff City, the Third Division (South) club, drew 28.000.

figures higher than those ot fourteen First and Second Division clubs. Birmingham City kept their regional flag flying by gaining both points at Tottenham. For the first time this season Chesterfield, the League North leaders, failed to score at home, Sheffield United holding them in a game marred by bad feeling near the end. Manchester United were beaten at Everton by three goals to none before 'a crowd of 35.000. BARKAS WITH MANCHESTER CITY S.

Barkas. the international full-back, was on Saturdav signed for Manchester City, thus resuming a former association. During the war he has been in the forces, and in the course of 17 or 18 months played 148 games in many parts of the world. RESULTS LEAGUE NORTH. Bant5'ey 4, Sunderland 2: Blackpool 4.

Manchester City 1: Bolton Wanderers 6. Leeds United BurnIey 0. Preston North End 0: Burr 3. BiacJcbum Rovers 2: ftChesterfleld O. Slieffleld United tEverton 3, Manchester United 0: Hudder5fleld Town 7.

Mlddlesbrcuch Ltrcrpool 2. Bradford 0: Neweastle United 6. Grimsby Town 2: Sheffleld Wednesday 1, Stoke City 0. LEAGUE SOUTH. Blrmlngnam 1.

Totterth3m Hotspur 0: wBrentlord 2. West Bronmlch Albion Char.ton Athtetlc 2. Aston Villa O. Derbr County 5. Nottingham Forest 2: Lelcester City 3.

Portsmouth iuion Town z. Fuinam sMiuwta z. Wolverhampton Wanderers Pljmouth Arcyle 1. Coventry City Southampton 0. Newport County 0: vSwansea Town 3.

Arsenal 2: Wes Ham United 2, Chelsea 1. LEAGUE THBEE SOUTH (North). Ipswlch Town 2. Queen's Para: Rangers vMansfleld Town 4, norwicn city wnotts umniy Kortnampton Town pors VAJ 4, tapton urient watxora 5, Walsall 0. LEAGUE THBEE SOUTH Soath.

Baurnemouth and Bosoombe Athletic 3. Brighton and Hove Albion Bristol City 4, (Cardiff City 2: (Crystal Palace 2. Exeter City Swindon Town 2, (Reading (Torquay United 2. Aldershot 2. LEAGUE THBEE NOBTQ (Welt).

(Chester 0, Crewe Alexandra (Oldham Athletic 0, Wrexham (itoconaie tocxport uounty u. Accrinaton Stanley Tranmere Rovers 2. (Barrow O. xhjkee xoBiM (East). vDamntton, O.

Rotherham United 1: Doncaster Rovers 3, Bradford City 1: Gaieetiead 4, (Lincoln Cut 1: (HaUTax Town 3. Tort City Harl.epoo!s United 5, Carlisle United 2. SCOTTISH lEsGCE (Dir. Celtic 3. (Third Lanark.

(Hearts ot Midlothian Hamilton Acaaerjilcais Hibernian 4: viwiixnamocx 7. Queen ol the South 1: (MotberweU 1, FHUrt 1: Particle Thistle 2. t. Mirren (Ransers 3, Aberdeen -t- SCOTT1SH LEAGUE (Dir. B).

(Airdrieonlans S. Cowdenbeath 2: Aloa 2. (Raith Rovers (Arbroath 4. Dundee Un.ted Ayr United 6. (Stenhousemuir (Dumbarton 3.

East Pile (Dundee 5. St. Johnstone Dunfermline AthCetic 5. A2lon Rovers 2. LANCASHIRE AMATEUR- LEAGUE.

Blaciburn Technical Coil tee 2, (Old Mancunians Bury Amateurs 6, (Manchester university Manchester Y.M.C.A. 3. (Old Blackburn lans Old Boltonlans 5. (Bolton Wyresdaie (Preston Grammar school O.B. 6.

Old Altrlnchaicians 3. LANCASHIRE COMBINATION: (Darren 1. Bacup Borouch (Netherfleld 5. Morecasbe 1: (Leyiand Uotors 5. Pre scot Cables 3.

OTHEIt Hflltu Mancnester university 4. (Atherton Collieries 1. SPEEDWAY. W. of Australia and New' Cross, put ud a magnificent perlormanca at Bel Vue epeedwmy on Saturday when, he won the International trophy with an undefeated performance, 14 points, ud was also successful in the Scratch race with five -victories and rides.

Two points behind the winner was W. Kitchen followed by E. Chiuy (11 points) and J. Farcer (10). A PRECAUTION Readers about to change tbeir address are advised to apply to the Publisher at least 14 days in advance for a REMOVAL FORM, the use of which will assist in ensuring supply at the new address.

Without this precaution readers may find the Manchester Guardian is not available. Are the juvenile courts the best system for dealing with delinquent children Is the Home Office the most suitable authority to be responsible for neglected children? These were two of the questions dealt with by Dr. A. Norris, formerly chief inspector at the children's branch of the Home Office, and Miss Cicely Craven, J.P., at a meeting of the Howard League for Penal Reform on Saturday. Dr.

Norris questioned whether the present system of appointments at the Home Office was satisiactory as applied to the care of children. Officials of the children's branch of the Home Office are not required to have any special knowledge of the treatment of neglected children. One of the few woman inspectors who had special knowledge was transferred to the Department for the Care of Wild Birds, Vivisection, and Cremation. Changes of staff are haphazard, based largely on seniority. A Ministry for Child Welfare was required, Dr.

Norris said, in which all the officials would have had special training on the subject. Miss Cicely Craven said that the majority of juvenile delinquents pleaded guilty and that these cases might be much better dealt with out of court. If the child pleaded not guilty, then the case could be tried in court so that justice should be done with thejieces- BARROW'S RUGBY LEAGUE WIN In spite of being badly beaten for possession from the scrums. Barrow again proved themselves superior to Warrington at Wilderspool on Saturday and defeated the home team by three goals one try (9 points) to one goal one try (5 points). It was an interesting struggle with the issue remaining in doubt until the last few minutes 'when Ayres, still a stalwart second-row forward, kicked a splendid penalty goal for Barrow.

Territorially Warrington had fully two-thirds of the game, but apart from Helme at scrum half and Higginbottom in the centre there was a lack of thruslfulness in the back division. Helme constantly varied his tactics, but his young partner, A. Gregory, was too frequently tackled in possession to permit the three-quarters to be a real attacking force. Belshaw at back was his usual sound self, but he was not in goal-kicking form had he been Warrington would at least have shared the points. The home forwards, both in the set scrums and the loose, were more than a match for the opposing six, but even they could make little of the tenacious Barrow tackling.

The Barrow outsides were always dangerous when in possession, and Home at stand-off half often made valuable ground with his quick bursts down the middle. Cumberbatch and Francis retain their speed and made a great wing, and Lewthwaite on the left also showed speed and resourcefulness. Knocks-on robbed each side of a try befrtrfe Jones, the Barrow back, opened the scoring with penalty goaL Barrow increased their lead when Francis, picking jp in the loose, sent Cumberbatch away for a try. which Jones converted four minutes before the interval. Immediately after the resumption Helme from a scrum dodged over for a try for Warrington and Belshaw kicked the goal.

Belshaw twice failed from penalties, once hitting the post he also missed twice in the first half before Ayres completed the scoring. WARRINGTON. Belshaw; Peike, Sale, Hifrrabottom, HstcliHe; Gregory Helme; Jones, Cotton, Miller. Bennett, Gregory Taylor. iBAISROW.

Jones: Lewthwaite. Illgclnj. Cumber-batch, Francis; Home. Bowyer; Slcelly. Woods.

Hughes. Ayres, Petcher, Litt'e. OTHER R.L. MATCHES Wigan won a bright game against Broughton Rangers by six goals, three tries '(21 points) to four goals, two tries (14 points). Broughton were determined and it was only midway in the second half that Wigan's supremacy began to show.

Tries for Wigan were scored by Ratcliffe (two) and Ashcroft. Ryan kicked three goals. Gee two, and Egan one. Broughton's tries were scored by Manning and Aldred. Pendlebury kicked four goals.

Widnes beat Swinton by two goals, two tries, (10 points) to nothing. Although Widnes had a disarranged team owing to injuries, they proved strong enough for their opponents. The only score in the first half was a try by Dagnall. In the second half Widnes had more of the game and Reynolds added a try and Hutton kicked two goals. In spite of several last-minute changes St.

Helens were too strong for Rochdale Hornets. McHendry. a soeedv centre, was outstanding in the Rochdale side, who were rar less Deiuna superiority tnan the final score suggested. Workington Town, the League's youngest side, lack experience, and Salford, in spite of the experimental constitution of their side, were overwhelmingly superior at all points. In the first half Salford scored four tries by Jones (two).

Gardner, and Edwards, all th pnl.Virlrc The Cumbrian side, badly beaten for possession in the scrummages, also spent iue secona nan on aeience, out tney scored two penalty goals through Cavanagh. Salford got further tries bv Marsh," Edwards, and Dagnan, and Harrison converted one. -tThe second ties in the first round of the Yorkshire Cup brought about the eclipse of Huddersfield by Wakefield Trinity and an easy win for Hull over naiirax. SEUULTS YORKSHIRE CUP. first Ksani.

9mai Ties: Castletard 11. ieeds 10: Deweborr 20. Hals Kingston Royers Festherstone Rorers 24. xote 3: nmi du. hstttst WHtmsiet 19.

Batley KeKhler 17. Brainier 15: Wsreneld Trinity 32. wHnddersfield 7.. on aggregate: Xeeds 21-13. uewsDcry K4-.

reatnerstone Rovers 35-7. Hull 35-23. Hnnt'et 40-5. Stitnloc. 39-29.

Anility oa-aa. CHAMPIOvwnp. Barrow a. swarrrnztah Bradford Hortiera 41, -UTerpool Stanley 4: est. Helens zx.

Kocnqan? Horser taiiora zd. woaang. tan Town aWldses 10. swinton Wigan 21, Bremen ten Rangers 14. Something of the work of the civil aviation "back-room boys" was disclosed last week to a representative of the "Manchester Guardian" by officials of the British Overseas Airways Corporation when he visited their development plant at Hurn airport, near Bournemouth.

As the range of the Corporation's war-time activities extended, so the development department undertook the work of advising on types of military aircraft suitable for conversion to war transport purposes, and when, with official agreement, military aircraft were allocated for alteration the department undertook their conversion for transport purposes. The experience gained had shown that much of the military equipment, because of the difference between civil and military operating requirements, was unsuitable for regular transport operations. The officials present praised the co-operation of the manufacturers, but agreed that an ideal relationship between the actual builders and the Corporation as users would be a team of B.O.A.C technicians as an integral part of the industrial designing and production team. They could share with the manufacturers their great experience of aircraft under rigorous day-to-day working conditions and thus save much capital and effort. The testing crews at Hurn have to be all-round technicians.

The pilot alone has to fill in about one hundred questions after a test flight, and the other TRADE DISPUTES ACT Tory M.P.'s Criticism of Repeal Proposal A conference of representatives of Conservative clubs in the North-west England and North Wales area held in the Houldsworth Hall. Manchester, on. Saturday adopted a resolution regretting the intention to repeal the Trade Disputes Act and pledging those present to use every means to preserve the liberties, freedom, and democratic rights of all Conservative trade-unionists." Captain S. supporting the resolution, described the subject as one of the greatest importance to the future of the country and the freedom of its citizens, and asked what the Labour Government was going to put in its place. Did it consider that industrial conditions were so settled that it was advisable to make a general strike legal In 1926 we had a general strike not because of an industrial dispute but simply and solely to coerce the Government of the day.

In the three years after the passing of the Trade Disputes Act there were 1.148 disputes, involving 965,000 workers, not one of which was interfered with or retarded in anv wav by the Act, and not one person suffered any penalty because of the disputes How could it be said that the Act curbed the proper actions and functions of trade unions What could be said was that after the passing of Act the revenue of the Labour party from trade unions fell by 50 per cent, and-that was what was behind the intention to repeal the Act. Sef erring to the wave of strikes now sweeping the country," Captain Prescott said it would seem that the more power the Labour party got politically the less could i control its members. Now that we had troops doing the work of the people out on strike the Government might not be so' happy about repealing the Act. Lord ClaD william. chairman of the association, before presenting awards for service to about 260 of the club workers, urged the members to "clear out the Augean stables" bv expelling from clubs all who were not genuine Catterall.

who presided. dec'ared that "when history comes to-be written there Js not a shadow of dqubt that this "Government will prove to have been the worst of a lot ol bad ones." player quite early at Teddington, yet they yiuvea iuu guuo. ior me iiariequins, inanKs niaimy 10 xnose nne iorwaras compton, xr. S3. xsiana, ana n.

Clarry, and a sparkling same at scrum half hv TT Soundly led bv their old Mntnin Hawkins. Newport were too experienced for the re-formed Neath team, whn possessed a fine full-back in D. G. Davies. The skill of E.

K. Scott and N. TVT. Wall -urns tne aecicung lactor in St Mary narrow win against St. Thomas's, who held the interval lead thanks to a first-minute try by F.

R. Morgan. Eventually Scott broke away ana nan convertea. BROUGHTON PARK WIN AT FALLOWFIELD Broughton Park, playing much more open and constructive eame than has been customary with them, beat Manchester University at The Firs, Fallowfield, by a penalty goal and two tries (9 points) to two tries (6 points). The Universitv frit.

tered away many chances by not taking their passes on the move and there was an inexcusable blunder in tactics which, with the score 6 9. used three npnaltv kicks for touch finding instead of up-and- unaer. Nevertheless the losers gave glimpses of possibilities and, with technical practice and cultivation of team tactics, may well develop into a good side. Best of all on saturaay was the back, M. C.

McGregor. Some of his running takes were beautifully judged he was always cool and he very nearly saved the game by coming up outside the left wing at speea ana going ior me line. rle was bundled into the corner-flag with only a fraction of a second to spare. The outsides made far too many high tackles and both wings were too slow in coming inside an outward-runnins centre but Rosser was on hand to score his side's first try. Greedy worked the scrum well and darted over for a typical scrumhalf try, but he had very few quick heels from iorwaras wno, a trine spasmodically, showed fire in the loose rushes.

Line-out work needs the attention its revived im. portance warrants. For Broughton Park K. H. Davies, on emoarKation leave, gave a cnaracteristi-cally zestful performance as a wine three.

quarter and served- to show up tackling faults. Heavier than Manchester, the pack shoved their weight only fitfully but brougnt off some good rushes. Bowman, a sage stand-off, kicked the penalty goal and Cosslett. from an individual dribble, and Mills, taking a return pass from the wing, scored good tries. T.

H. E. B. MANCHESTER, UNIVERSITY. M.

C. McGregor: Jensen. P. Kelrby, K. N.

Kilshaw, w. E. V. Rosser-T. H.

Whltaier. o. Greedy; J. T. TJnsworth.

I. Ulller. E. Priestley. A.

B. BradsbAW, T. S. T. Ltmt.

O. Steele. J. M. Thomas.

BaOUGHTOS PARK. J. M. Ies: K. H.

Derles. R. Veltch. T. C.

Mills. D. H. p. Scholes; A.

Bowman, s. A. Garnet A. Guest, S. T.

Eneroldsen. H. Brather-ton. Hocfcenhull. A.

J. Marshall. J. Warburton. R.

A. Atkinson. E. p. Cosslett.

YORKSHIRE'S FIFTEEN The Yorkshire Rugby Union team to meet Lancashire at Kersal, Manchester, next Saturday was chosen in Leeds on Saturday as follows: S. A. P. Comer (Halifax): H. Pollard (Huddersfleld Oil, A.

Gray (Sheffield). J. B. Womersiey (Hemdlntley). G.

HoUs Hal, and E.K.); A. Towea (Middlesbrough) W. EJIs (Beadlncley) A. Cave (Army). J.

D. H. Haslle (Northern Command). G. H.

Bottomley (Hudjersflei OM.1. B. Lees (Northern Command). P. Atkinson (Hull and Pei (Head'Etter).

G. e. Frank (Haxrocate D. J. Reynolds (Northern Command).

BESCLTS Waterloo 21. Sale 11: Maneheter 17. Sheffield 8: Broughton Parle 9. wManeaester University 6: ICetrOTick 3, Warrlnfton wHeaton Moor 9. Preston Grasshoppers 5: Liverpool University 22.

Xew Briehton avBowdOR and QavenDOrt v. Avro (Woodford) 6: Avro (Chadderton) IT. Manchester university A 3: oia Aidwinians sc. Bears O.B. Metroviek A IS.

H.U-S. Gosllnc 3: Toe 8, Broughton Park A 6: Blaydonil9. Sunderland 6: Newcastle Medicals 6. Percy Park 3: Tynedsle 3. Secniu 3: Vlckers castle) 11, wAssincton Armv Team 8.

Swan Hnnters 4: (Ashlnrtoni 14. Gosfortn Durham City 26. North Shields Hortnem zt. catesneaa reu wuisena Newcastle College of Commerce 10: 20. Harrocate O.B.

9. Balldon 4: KeiKhlians 25, Sandal 6: Leeds Mediesls 21. Halifax Vandals wnpnri Electric (Bradford) la, siapton la: Hesdinrler OJ. 24. XV Wakefield 48.

Avro Leeds University 15. Cleckheaton Gay's Hospital 42. ou Merchant iay.on wasps zz. Harlequins 5: Swansea 11, Rlrhmnnd and Blsck-heath 8: London Scottish 6. Rosotyn Park 5: St.

Mary's Hospital 5. St. Thomas's Hospital 3: Bath 6. Bristol MlrtfflpsfT Hocpiul 11. Bedford 6: Cardiff 40.

Gloucester Cheltenham 11, Aldershot Services 3: Coventry 19. London Welsh 5: Llaneay 11. Pontypool Newport 22. Kestn 11: Northampton 13.. Nottingham Olasgow Araemlcili 6.

Greenock 3: Glasgow High school FJ. 3. Stewartonlans Edinburgh A rmdcmTra iff-Wanderers 3. Watsonlans LeScester 8, Nuneaton 3: London Hospital 17. ta.w -Irish Os Old vyTT'ir1 12.

OM Alienisms 11; Old Blues 11. est. BarOulamew's Hospital O. CROSSWORD No. 245 1 HI2 Ifil3 il-M I i 11 I I I' il ml mi mi la in1 mi' IHJ 9 pi mriv i mi mi im Ui 1 tj i imiMi Ml 11 1 i n23 i mi pi mi 24 i mi im I I 1 i 1 lil28! i- I I im pi mi ii in im hi Mill 11 i i in mi mi im if an ACROSt 6.

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10. She lives secluded life (3). 11. It is a small embowered valley (6) 12. Bring into being (8).

14. Sense if subtlety of contrivance (7). 15. They are" proscribed (7). 20.

It cute below the surface (8). 23. Horse for captain in Thackeray's Vanity Fair (6). 24. Start here on your round (3).

25. This is a sleeveless vestment (8). 26. Putrid (6). 27.

They travel about front place to place (13). ACROSS 1. Poor glue (anag.) (8). 2. A certain monotony (8).

3. Road end (anag.) 4. Wearing this in front you are 3 (6). 5. May hide or display picture (6).

6. Here replenish empty larder (9, 4). 7. Cowper, Lamb, and Fitzgerald were famous ones (6, 7). 13.

One must this to live (3). 15. A little relative (3). 17. Now the ship is making progress 3).

18. Baf in oil shows liquid (8). 19. One of the fevers (7). 21.

Ten, sir put them in (6). 22. It is not to be thought of That This most famous Stream and sands Should perish" (Wordsworth) (2, 4). Zke swhrtMs win ke walaMakesl ts-aarmw. Hili if I it a i iti I till SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No.

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