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ON OTHER PAGES E.ookhirst presentation to loftseri pzesonnel Caledonian Association: Barns Eatenian Association: Chester Cirr Dinner Cat.i.—lral Soniala Ilizh Sebald Galan Make Photograph Dee Wildrowlers' Supper Employment in Chester Entertainments Fashion ankle Free Coureh Preachers' ILt Ciarrlrnend Dun'Ant College oit essmination mutts jog Club's annual diary Spqrt Te'r Note" (lob Inat 2 asilli CHESHIRE OBSERVER, SAI'UROA za tn JANUARY, 1955 Sunday Cricket Match On Hoole Playing Fields Council Reject Committee's Recommendation To Refuse Permission Lnding Stage To Be Provided For Net Fishermen GROSVENOR MUSEUM CHALLENGED THE EXPERTS Surveyor And Staff Complimented On Snow Clearing Arrangements THE Sheriff. Ir. Leonard Edwards, was among the eiint member of Chester City Council, at their meeting on Wednesday, who were prepared to support the Improvement Committee in their decision to refuse permission for Hoole Cricket Club to stage a cricket match on Sunday, 7th August. on Hook Playing Felds. "I he Council.

however, over-rode the recommendation. with the result that on that day there will be a cricket match in Hook. 1 he Nlayor. Mr. J.

H. Reece. presided. Mr E. Ashton, who proposed that the appiu ation should be granted.

expressed the view that there was no better way of spending a summer Sunday afternoon than by watching "a gallant lad standing up to a pace bowlsr. Some of the members of the Council, he said, were wont to spend Sundays on golf course smote because they were members of a private club but the "little mans' who could not afford to belong to a particular club was denied similar facilities. men were losing to the obstructions in the river. the erosion of the banks. and the pos- Won of the groyne below the Old Dee Bridge.

Those living in the district could not have filled to notice the pollution of that part of the river. We do want to give the fishermen fair chance of earning their livelihood." said Col. Leese. adding that the Council's grant to the River Board was In the region of £7.000 a year, which was largely spent on drainage. He urged the Council to look after our own little stretch of the River." Ald.

R. Matthewson said they were led to believe that the River Board's duties were confined to drainage, but he understood that projects carried out by them did not come strictly under that heading. We are told that the Board inherited the duties of the old Comervancv Board. and they were concerned with preserving the river "Because the river has been allowed to eat away the bank on the left hand side from the Grosvenor Bridge a mud bank has plied up where the fishermen used to draw their nets." he said. Mr.

T. Sari-Williams supported. and said that he had told a deputation of fishermen that he could not give them any hope. "All I could tell them was that I put the matter before this Council," he said. The minute was approved.

HOOLE CHURCH CLOCK Will Not Be Maintained By City Council "Niggardly treatment which is bound to cause Irritation," is how Mrs. Sylvia Harris described an Improvement Committee recommendation that In future the Council could not agree to maintain the clock on Hoole parish church tower. When Hoole Urban Council was in existence. the authority accepted this responsibility and paid each year for the cost of maintaining the clock. The Improvement Committee.

while recommending that this year's account for £25 Bs. be paid for the lighting and maintenance of the clock. added that the Vicar should be Informed that in future the Council could not agree to maintain clock. Mr. S.

G. Love seconded Mrs. Harris's amendment that the matter be referred back for further consideration. Only eight members supported. Miss K.

Edmondson said the clock was the only public timepiece in Hook, and had always proved most useful to the general public. In the past, Hooke Urban Council had maintained the clock from public funds. and she did not see why they should not continue. Ald. T.

Reilly said it was a pity for the tradition to be broken now that Hooke had becom part of the city. Supporting the committee's recommendation. Mr. D. Pleavin said to accuse the Improvement Committee of "niggardly treatment" was nonsense.

It was felt that the Council could not undertake the responsibility of subsidising clocks. Speaking as a member of the Improvement Committee and also as a member of All Saints' Church, Mr Pleavin said he intervened in the debate simply to dispel the impression that the committee's attitude was "HURLED BACK 50 TEARS" 'No sooner Is the question of Sunday sport raised than we are hurled back fifty sears to the time when, as a youngster. I had to stt tight all afternoon. and was not allowed to read a paper or handle a ball. It was a dreary Ho annealed to the Council to regard the question from the viewpoint of 1955 He recalled the storm which was aroused when Sunday cinemas were first mooted, set since they had been opened there had been no grouses.

and the Council had enjoyed to sonic degree 'the backwash of the profits Mr Ashton gas speaking from the Aldermanic benches, and in seconding the amendment. Col. J. T. Leese humorously referred to Mr.

Ashton as There were tri an, worse ways spending a Sundm at Lerman than by watching a good cricket match. said Col. Leese. The match not affect local services ATTITUDE" Mr 0. Coleman said that he had played many Sunday games of cricket "not to the detriment of my soul but to the benefit of my mind and body." He disliked the attitude adopted in the recommendation.

Mrs T. P. razev commented that the Council were prepared to allow Sunday swimming and Sunday concerts. and Mr D. Pleavin warned the Council that if they granted one application.

they would have to open all their public srounds. This is a private club usins a public playing field" he explained. The Committee had not adopted a repressive attitude. Ald. H.

C. Wickham, supporting the wornrnendation, said excessive use of Use pitches would mar the ground. He understood that mai-hes were Played On Wednesdays OUTBREAK" Oe' DAMAGE TO STREET LAMPS Aid. E. W.

Keyes. chairman of the Improvement Committee. in moving the minutes, announced that over the last few weeks there had been an outbreak of damage to street lamps. Over 300 lamps already had been broken, and the areas principally affected were the Lache Estate. Circulardrive.

and parts of Lache-lane, Earlsway, and Canal-side. "I feel sure the police. who know of this trouble, would welcome information from anyone witnessing the damage being done. added Ald. Keyes.

The argued that to allow Sunday cricket would seriously affect Sunday School attendances. Hoole Sunday Schools were yen strong in numbers, and they were doing excellent work among young people, for whom religious teaching was so essential. There was a danger that children Who would otherwise attending Sunday Schools mould be lured away by Sunday cricket The proposal formed the thin edge of the wedge, and once something was started it tended to grow. They should regard the application from the standpoint of tnose entrusted with the religious training of young people. N.ARROW-MINDED" ATTITUDE Col.

J. M. V. Cotterell said he did not th nk the match would affect those who went to church or Sunday school lie wished more cricket grounds were provided for young people, and he appealed to the Council to shed their narrow-minded" attitude. Miss Beryl 0.

Meld also supported the amendment. as also did Mr. Jack Smith who claimed there was no evidence to show that Sunday cricket at Boughton Hall affected church and Sunday School attendance in that Mr. L. J.

Holland advised the Club. In the event of the Council's rejecting their application, to apply to Boughton Nall for a fixture. We will be glad to give them a good fixture and a good ground he said. For the Improvement Committee. Aid Keyes said they had discussed the twitter from every angle.

'lf we start with th match. we shall have to open all grounds he said The committee had considered the proximity of the ground to Hoole Church. and to a centre of habitation. and had come to the conclusion it would be wrong to Open the door by granting the cation. Mr.

Ashton's 'intendment was approved. LANDING-STAGE FOR NET FISHERMEN A report was submitted to the Im- Committee by the Town Clerk and the Executive Officer to the Dee and Clwyd River Board arising aut of the conference of parties interested in the left bank of the River Dee below Curzon Park. 11 was resolved that Mr. J. Evans he asked to enquire from the net fishoemen where they wish a landing stage to be erected, and the River Board be asked to erect such a stage.

Col. T. Leese. speaking on the wecommer.dation sad the net fisher- NOT A PUBLIC CLOCK Ald. Robert Matthewson saw little purpose in referring the matter back.

Much play bad been made that the clock was a public one, but it was nothing of the kind. "If we grant this application there is nothing to prevent other churches and authorities In the city applying to us for maintenance grints7irid we could not refuse Mr. CyrU Gibson reminded the Council that Hoole now formed part of the city. There were other parts of the city. such as Saltney and Blacon, which were just as far from a public clock as was Hoole.

When Mr. J. Partington pointed out that street lighting on the main Chester-Warrington road was now of such brilliance that the clock could be clearly seen at night-time, the Town Clerk, Mr. 0. Burkinshaw, explained that professional winding of the clock represented the principal expense.

Mr. J. P. Leatherbarrow opposed the amendment on the ground of precedent. He visualised similar claims being received from other city churches if the Hoole application were granted.

Winding up the debate on the clock. Ald. Keyes said as the contract had existed over a number of years, the Improvement Committee thought the most fair way was to pay this year's account, and to notify the Vicar that the Council could not pay the cost of maintenance again. If payment for one clock were granted, all the other churches in the city would make an application, with the result that they would soon be faced with a considerable financial claim for maintenance. The amendment was defeated.

AND HIS STAFF Dr. Matthews. who "handed brickbat" to the City Surveyor during the 1953-54 snowfall. said he wished to compliment the Surveyor and his staff upon the efficient way in which they had cleared away the snow during the recent fall. While it was true that this year's fall was not as heavy as that of last year.

the Surveyor and his department had dealt with the matter most efficiently. and he deserved commendation. The Mayor agreed that all apppreelated the work of the City Surveyor and his ataff. "People who came to Chester from far afield told me that Chester was by far the easiest city to pass through during the recent severe weather," said the Mayor. TOWN CLERK TO ATTEND Mr.

E. E. Ashton moved the reference back of a Finance Committee recommendation that the Town Clerk should be authorised to attend the annual conference of the Town Clerks' Society at Brighton on 16th and 17th June. He said that earlier in the meeting he had asked a question on the Housing Committee minutes concerning the attendance of certain members of the Housing Department at a conference of the Society of Housing Managers, and he was then told that they would be given leave of absence with pay, to attend, but would have pay their own expenses, travelling and subsistence. Now, evidently, the Finance Committee dealt with their officers differently from the manner in which they dealt with officers of the Housing Committee, but what was "sauce for the goose was sauce for the said Mr.

Ashton. He said that the Town Clerks' Society was a society to look after the Interests of Town Clerks. particularly their status and their salaries, and he submitted that the Society was the equivalent of a trade union That being VI a member attending must find his THE LUCKIEST GIRL. IN CHESTER Ran Across The Road Into A Tanker AND ESCAPED WITH ARM INJURY The luckiest ftirl Sn this week must be four-iears-old Susanne Roberis. of 141.

Sa On Wednesday lunch-time Susanne was sent on a message to a nearby shop-150 yards from her her mother "saw her across the Clutching loaf of bread and a bag of sweets, Susanne came out of the shop and ran straight out on to the road into a tanker lorry Her loaf of bread, her sweets and her hat were ali squashed fist and scattered about the road. but Susanne was seen to get up and run away. apparently unhurt. She was taken to the Infirmary. however.

and was detained with an iniury to her arm. --Photo Ov P. R. Jones. Mr.

Graham Webster, the Curator (on right), assisted by Mr. Stark, packing up exhibits from the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, "challenger" in Thursday's television programme, "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?" The experts, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Mrs. Olwen Brogan and Mr. Rupert Bruce Mitford, won easily. In the photograph, Mr.

Webster is seen holding in his right hand a 19th century Buckley jug, and in his left hand, a Buckley tableleg stand. Photo by F. R. Jones. TAXI-DRIVERS' TREAT For Boys And Girls From Children's Home ('heater's taxi-drivers on Tuesday evening took 23 girls and boys from the Children's Home in Wrexham-road to the Royalty Theatre guittornime The tasidrivers had made weekly contributions for some time to ensure a special treat for the children.

and Mr. Fields. Chesterroad. Huntington, was instrumental in collecting the money and organising the event. The children mere taken to the theatre in taxis.

and were protided with ice-cream and sweets, returning 0 the home by taxi after the nantomime. Letters To ANSWER TO "FUm Programme have Inquired into your complalnt and we are informed that a combination of exceptional Cir Cum responsible for the departure from 'Bus Services To Blacon And Saughall behalf of fellow workers of the City Transport Undertaking. I wish to assure your correspondent It would not be possible for our personnel to produce more journeys to Blacon than we are doing. Our staff. at the end of one day on Blacon (never mind one are about giddy.

Fifteen minutes. continuous, to Egerton-road or Liverpool-road. take some doing Therefore, at the end of the week. one's nerves are likely to get a little Irma ble. Our Union committee are against such a heavy pressure on our drivers' nerves.

It does not sound a lot. but I would very much appreciate a little thought at times on your part of having to run up and down Blacon for a period of four or more hours, or often seven or more, as on a Saturday It is no pleasure, we can assure you tour service to the The Ludlow-road ienice. as stated, was at 30-minute Intervals. We now run In the I) hours four trips, not three: two to Ludlow-road, and two to Blacon Lodge. This may not please you any more than it does us, but to do more, I am pleased to say, the "Age of Jet" Is vet to come A BRAMPTON (Conductor) 25 Great Boughton.

Institute Of Civil Defence regard to the report In your issue of the meeting at the Town Hall. herd or the "Institute of Civil Defence I would like to make a correction. The report Quotes Coun. cillor Leatherbarrow as saving that the Institute was the Trade Union of Civil Defence. What he did sac was that the Institute was not a trade union and bad no political satiation or connection.

We would be obliged if you would correct this statement as It has a distinct Dearing on the objects of the Institute. which are technical. HUGHES. Joint Hon. Secretary.

Local Groutto 139. Boughton. Chester repnrterts note. which we have seen. shows Mr.

Leatherbarrow as stating that the Institute was now the trade union of Civil It mat have been a case of the reporter's mishearing. We reported Mr Leatherbarrow's statement that the Institute existed to tell the Public more about civil defence, and to assist providing the wherewithal to obtain additional knowiedge of the The Church And Politics In your issue of the 15th inst. you report remarks by the Dean of Chester touching the matter of vital importance these days. On no subject, perhaps, is there greater confusion of thought. The primary and over-riding duty of the Church, it will be agreed.

is the creation of Christian citizens Laws and their administration will then be what they should be Church leaders are not. as a rule. economic experts. and. therefore, not is to ways and means.

But liberty and justice are a concern of the Church, and always have been. And moral issues are often termed "politics convenient pretext for the evasion of a clear duty In this category are the The penalising of parents who desire and deny themselves that their children may receive a good and a Christian education: the demand that in a scathing manifesto by Anglican. Roman Catholic. and Free Church be no professional bar in State schools. rendering of no effect the religious clauses of the Butler Education Act: deprivation of their livelihood of workers who refuse to join a trade union affiliated to a particular political party.

And what of the vexed question of needed more than today? Dismissing obiter dicta that this and that are a sin done on Sunday, surely no one should be required to do unnecessary work on Sunday and, however they spend It. should not be free to ruin it for others. Has the Church nothing to say of the perhaps, but than that On the Sunday quell-fi I commend a small book entitled "Why Sunday?" (Lutterceorth Press), a sound and sane statement of the case. viewed from every angle, worthy of purchase if only for its introductory commendation by a distinguished historian. the late Sir Charles Oman.

E. LLOYD-JONES. Plas Mancott, Hawarden. own way there without doing it at public Mary Heaney seconded the reference back. Mr.

Cyril Oibson, supporting. said if he attended any function In connection with his association he had to pay his own expenses. or the association paid them. Ald. R.

Matthewson asked if there was any knowledge as to what would appear on the agenda. The Town Clerk I Mr. G. Burkinshay: i said: "The agenda is not yet published. and I think perhaps it would be inadvisable for me to say anything on the subject.

There is a complete answer. of course." Aid. Matthewson said there might be items on the agenda of great concern to local authorities. The Town Clerk then added: "The Town Clerk of Chester has. I think since as long ago as I can remember.

which Ls before my time (as Town Clerk attended these conferences. It Is concerned primarily with the affairs of local authorities. It is not a conference of officers dealing with what one might term trade union matters. It is only In recent years that the questions of salaries and service conditions have arisen at all, and they have been only a very minor part of the business of the Town Clerks' Society. You, for as long as I can remember, have authorised me to attend branch meetings of the Society, usually held at and Preston.

and they are matters affecting local authorities and the work of Town Clerks as such which are discussed. That is and always nas been the primary purpose of the Town Clerks' Local And General Notes Mr. H. D. Pleavtn asked If it was not a fact that as a result of these ferences there had been considerable Stone From Chester Cathedral To Be Sent To Capetown financial savings to local authorities.

Mr. Ashton said it was not a conference but a meeting of an association The "little people at Folliott House (the headquarters of the Housing Department) were not as nicely treated by the Finance Committee. That was the essence of the matter. The Town Clerk had been allowed to speak. and he was financially interested.

contended Mr. Ashton. A 700-Years-oid stor.e, which was On Sunday he will preach in the formerly 'part of Chester Cathedral, is moraine at 11.15 on Faith and Works. to be incorporated in the structure of and in the evening at 6.30 on Miss Capetown Cathedral. The stone.

Barra work in the Khasi Hills. packed in a shock-resisting box. wit be shipped on the Norwegian vessel GOING WITH JET BOMBERS TO Staholm. which sails from Birkenhead at the end of next week. This piece of MALAYA.

sandstone. quarried at Runcorn. is be- The first twin-jet bombers to operlog sent as the result of a decisio.i ate with the Far East Air Force a made shortly after the appointment cf detachment of four Canberra 8.6 airthe Very Rev. Michael Gibbs as Dean craft from No. 101 Squadron.

Royal of Chester. after many rears' work in Air Force, Binbrook. Lines. are due South Africa. His last appointment to arrive at Tengah, Singapore, on there was as Dean of Capetown, snit 11th FeOruary, where they will be it was thought that there should i.e based for three months.

These aircraft, a permanent link between the two the latest version of the Canberras to cathedrals to delivered to Bomber Command, will Before the restoration work at undertake trials to determine their Chester Cathedral in the 1920 an -I performance under tropical conditions. 1930 the stone was part of the wail and will also engage in operations of the Refectory. At Capetown, it against the Communist terrorists in form part of the new south transepi, ihe deep jungle of Malaya. now being constructed. The detachment from No.

101 The stone was taken from Chester Squadron. which is commanded by G. Liverpool by car. will be sent Squadron Leader W. D.

Robertson, cal to Birkenhead docks, and when wrio will lead it. will comprise 16 air. the reaches a car reai of the four Canwill take it to the cathedral there. berras. with two a These and oilier precautions are being ground servicing party of 50, headed taken because a sudden jolt might by an and equipment officer cause damage to the stone.

which Is The reserve crews and the ground 18in. long, nine inches hiah and nine party will to Tengah by Hastings inches broad. aircraft of Transport Command. Royal APPOINTED TO DIRECT THE Air Force. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISLAND General Str OusTy L.

Roberts, Quartermaster-General of the Forces, Is miring shortly, has appointed by the executors of the late Duke of Westminster to direct the development of Annacis Island, is situated in the Fraser River near New Westminster. British Columbia. This was announced on Monday on behalf or the executors. The chairman of the Finance Cornmitte (Mr. K.

H. Kenyoni said he was surprised that Mr. Ashton had taken umbrage at the tact that the Town Clerk had taken part in the debate as an iterested Mr. Ashton had made a certain Mr. Ashton: "Innuendo? I spoke plainly enough." ROYCE FOR THE MAYOR The Town Hall and Parliamenars Committee considered the question of a new Maircral car and re eked that the Town ('lerk should obtain particulars of the cost of purchasing a second-hand Nails-Rusce car.

1. as AP- Mr. Kenyon said that surely when accusations were made, a public olDclal had the right to reply. Only seven voted In follOtir of the reference back. and the recommenda- tton was approved.

PROPOSED NEW ROAD The completion of the pi new road from Panton-road to South was a small part of the Hoole Urban District Council improvement plan. said Mr. Jack Smith when moving reference back of a Improvement Committee recommendation. Fifteen members of Hoole Council considered the improvement essential to the well-being of the neighbourhood when thee acre to a position to afford it, but five members of the City Council appArentiv now decided that the proposal was unnecessary. Mr.

Smith alleged that the proposal would not incur more than £2,000 In expenditure, and it would be subject to Government loan. At the moment when a person residing in the grove area wished to go into the shopping centre he was faced with a narrow General Roberts will take up his new post in May. and will live Vancouver. The development project was conceived by the late Duke of ter. and has as Its objective the creation of a self-contained Industrial trading ea.ate.

entailing the provision of sites and factories with all necessary szaites for leasing to tenants. BISHOP OF WILLESDEN RETURNS FROM KOREA The Bishop of Willesden. Rev. Ellisan. who Is Bishop-designate of Chester.

flew into London airp)rt last week-end, after a six Amang members of th detaehmet.t. weeks' visit to troops in the Far East due to leave for Malaya on Monday. The Blshop, who ha; spent Christmas 7th February, is Sergeant Albert In Korea. told a Press representative Bibbcy 321. whose home address is that the great impression which he Marina, Little Saughall.

Chester, and had br3u7ht back cith him is how who Is an Armament Fitter with No wonderfully adaptable the British 101 Squadron. Educated at the King's soldier 's all School Chester, he joined the Royal He sa'd he etel not know when he Air Force as an aircraft apprentice in would be tak'ng up his duties In the 1931 and, after qualifying In his trade. Chester Docese. but thaught it would szrvcd will Bomber Command during n3t to before Easter. the war, also undertaking service in East Africa and Egypt.

Mr. W. K. Williams seconded the I SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI ORDERED PROPOSED SITE FOR NEW KING'S SCHOOL Chester Rural Council, at their meeting on Thursday, confirmed the recommendation of their Buildings Plans Committee that approial be risen to a in Wresham-road, hetlesion, fer the building of a new King's beaool. Because of the absence of such a road.

Hoole residents were doing the: shopping to the city, to the detriment of Hoole tradespeople. contended Mr. Smith. ro REST. WELCOMED TO Mr.

J. Corby raid he failed to understand the argument that because Hoole could not afford something, the city of Chester could afford the cost. do not feel any richer since Hoole became part of the city." he remarked. The same questions of economy wnich prevailed in the days of the Urban Council should still prevail now that Boole had become part of the city. Mr.

Smith, replying to the debate. said it had not been a question of whether the then Hoole Council could have afforded the cost or not: it was a question of the Government's frowning upon work of capital expeddit ure. The symrhony concert to be given by the Halle Orchestra this Sunday attcrnxin at th 2 Gaumon Theatre will to conducted by Mr. George We'don. associate conductor of the orche.d.

a Lir John Barbirolli, who was to hare directed the concert. has been ordered a period of convalescence and rest. after an examination by his medical advisers last Friday It is that lie will not conduct again for stout three weeks. Chief Inspector Eric Chadwick who has cane front Htde to replace Chiet Inspector J. R.

Potter at Wirral Divas. Palice Headquarters. Bromborougb, was welcomed by the chairman of the Bench, Mrs. E. M.

Carlisle. at Wirral Just'ces' Court. BrzmSorough, last Mr. Ctiadwick. who is a native of St.

Helens. was educated at Tack iey Gramma: School. Sir John is suffering from the aftereffects of an attack cf influer.za which he had ms: before CMlstmas. but he carried cn with his work and ccnducted the Halle Orchestra on 29th January. Sr John will mss concerts of the Halle In Manchester and other northern and towns.

Joining Chester City In 1930, he was promoted sergeant in 1942, Inspector in 1949 and chef inspector In 1951. Ald. E. W. Keyes, for the Committee.

said they had had to be guided by the City Surveyor. who was a skilled man. The amendment was defeated by 19 votes to 14. and the recommendation was approved. in September.

1953. he Was trans(erred to Hyde for headquarters adminlatration Dur.r.g the var, he aas Civil Defence. The program at this a Concert at the Gaumont Theatre is unchanged Mrs Carlisle said the Bench would like to accord him a warm welcome to EVEREST TO TMALE Mr. George Eand, of Beb'ngton; who was a member of the team who conquered Everest in 1953. will be sating for the Himalayas again next month.

with the expedition who intend to climb Kanchenjunga. the third highest mountain the world. Dr. Charles Evans, of Ltverpaol, who alsa was the Everest team. lead tha exped.t.cti.

nhcsa tratning has been carried out In Snowdonia. Mr. Band, who is 25, Ls the youngest son of Rev. and Mrs. Edward Band, of Bebington DRIVER FAINTED The driver of the tanker.

25-vearaold Mr. Gordon Randle. of 11. Addenbrooke-road. Senethalch.

Staffordshire. felt the bump and pulled up Quickly, but when he saw Susanne. seemingly unhurt, he fainted and had to be treated (or shock. Interyleaed later. Mrs.

Joan Roberts. Susanne's mother. said 'The only thing that seemed to worry Susanne was whether she had lost my change in the purse. Even at the hospital she kept on asking I lost mummy's purse with the change in It?" Mrs Roberta explained that usually Susanne was taken across the road by someone from the shop. but this Una she lust ran straight out.

MATTHEW HENRY'S CHAPEL The congregation of Matthew' Henry Chapel, Chester. are anticipating a most interesting visit this Sunday from Mr Bruce Fincilow. an Austral Lon, whose father is a r.ative of Czngletan. During the war years. Mr P.rid:ow served up and the Far East, and in North Borneo c4nie across a three-months'-old Aushiftn magazine which starred If thought that has led I He learnt and went to Japan as an with the Army of Occupation.

ft he went back to Australia to study at Sydney University. He met the Unitarians whose writings had influenced him so deeply, and a few years later he went off to India to work for year with Rey. Margaret Barr, an English Unitarian in the Khasi Hills. He went back to Australia to get married, and now his wife has gone to work with Miss Parr a bile he has come to study for the Unaltrian Ministry at Manchester College, Oxford. PERSONAL Candidates selected for cadetships at the Royal Air Force College.

include H. R. Ploszeck. The King's School, Chester Mr George Hoperaft, former City Grammar School SchoUn who has worked for the National Coal Board in Staffordshire for the past four years. has gained his Manager's Certificate in Mining ftist.

classi. Successful candidates In the final idVrii.i3OcleTy of incorporated Accountants include Mr. W. Morgan (Messrs Haswell Bros.) and in the Intermediate examination. Mr.

J. L. Holmes (Messrs Warmsley. Henshall and Rev. C.

L. Shepherd. Rector of Brereton. has appointed to the Diocesan Youth Chaplaincy In place of Rev. M.

V. Dees. who has resigned. Mr. P.

H. Brown, of 6. Abbey Square. Chester. has succeeded Mr.

F. W. Nicholson as Dioccian Mr. Basil Meld. Q.C..

will be pleased to interview anv constituents who wish to consult him this Saturday at the Conservative Office. Newgate-atreet, Chesser, between 10-15 am and 12-30 pm. Mr. H. M.

N. Jones. 21-tears-oid son of Mr. and Mrs. H.

T. Jones. of Liverpool-road. has passed the Intermediate Examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is articled to Messrs.

Walker, Spencer, Banner and Moors, of Liverpool. Among the successful candidates at the recent final examination of the Institute cf Chartered Accountants was Mr R. Raymond Williams. of Precroft House. Chester.

who was awarded fourth place out of the whole country. He served his articles with Mr. Elphtck C.A Messrs E. Noel Humphreys and Chartered Accountants. Cheater.

DEATH OF MRS. S. We regret to record the death. which occurred on Theodor, of Mrs. Maude Peternel Skiebotham, widow of Mr.

Samuel Suiebotham, of Helenaburgh, Scotland. formerly of Littleton. Cheater. Chester Will Become Important Trunk Telephone Centre And Waiting List Will Be Negligible Within Three Years Underground Cables Play A Large Part In Development A a result of present long-term planning. Chester is likely to become one of the most efficient and important telephone centres in tile North.

Within three years. says Mr. T. A. P.

Colledge. the Area Telephone Engineer. it is hoped that the waiting list for 'phones will have been reduced to negligible proportions. and by that time. too, the city will have become a trunk centre.

This means that subscribers uho at present have to be connected with outside trunk centres, such as Liverpool or Manchester. when they require a long-distance London. for be given a direct line from Chester. The reduction of the subscribers' walling-list will be accomplished gradually. but as Quickly as pa.s ble.

Mr. Colledge told an "Observer" reporter this week. It means that exclusive lines will 3 business people. but a great deal of shared service will still be necessary for private telephor.e users. he said.

At present there are about 5.550 subscribers In Chester. The number grows steadily, and. says Mr Colledge. mre and more people are telephone-conscious. The demand, thrrefore, together with the anticipated demand has made expansion a necessity.

Incications of this have been the transfer of the exchange to roomier setting-up of overhead cables is opposed by outside bodies on the ground of amenity. It is ofticiallv stated. however. that there will be no total replacement of all existing overhead cables bv underground systems quartets test. This Is not surprising, because ae coat of underground cabling is far ni excess of that for overhead cabling "To take up a road and lay a pipe along it costa nine shillings a yard," says Mr.

Colledge, adding that if the work involves going Into the roadsay itsel it may easily cost £2.000 per mile. and the It is often also a more practical proposition to use the overhead In such districts as Curzon Park, states Mr. CoHedge, the overhead cables in no was interfere with ti amenities. and can be erected cheaply' and conveniently. Formerly.

20 lb of copper wire were used per mile for underground cable, but this figure has now been cut to tour and a half lb of wire per mile setting-up of a new repeater" station to the Cltr-road area. Photograph on page 6 UNDERGROUND CABLES Playing a large part In the develop. ment is the underground cabling system. Underground cables have been employed in Chester for more than half a century. but they have been used increasingh In recent years This Is natural enough.

for as the lines of communication become busier. the overhead cabling system has to be often not, the The Editor Street Wardens For The Aged a meeting of the newly reformed Old People's Voluntary Welfare Committee. it was decided to adopt the above scheme Briefly, the plan requires one person In each street of the city to be responsible for keeping a kindly Mat unobktrusive eye upon any old people living in that street. particularly old folk who live alone. Should it be felt at any time that an old lady or gentleman ought to receive a visit from someone in authority, a notification would be sent to that effect to the Welfare Department.

This would do much to avoid the possibility of old people's becoming ill without anyone's knowing or doing anything about It. The Voluntary Committee have asked me, as secretary, to approach all voluntary organisations many of whom are represented on this committee for the names of members who would be willing to become Street Wardens. It is also hoped that "streets" might elect their own old people's Street Warden, or that private individuals will volunteer. It is the Committee's ambition that every street in the city will have its old people's street Warden. and thus remove all our old folk from the ranks of the forgotten.

STONEBRIDGE. a. City elf are Officer. Welfare Department. Town Hall Chester.

BISHOP'S FAREWELL LETTER Heart Full Of Gratitude To Clergy And Laity EXAMPLES OF DIOCESAN FELLOWSHIP In his farewell letter to the Diocese. published in the February issue of Chester Diocesan Leaflet, the Lord Bishop writes: My heart is very full of gratitude to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Chester as I write the last letter which as your Bishop I can contribute to this Diocesan Leaflet As I look back on the 15 years which have elapsed since I was "confirmed" as Bishop on lath November. 1939, in York Minster, I realise how true It, is that any that may have been made during Prress that period is chiefly due to the splendid loyalty and sympathetic understanding which have been extended to my wife and myself since first we came to Chester. May I be forgiven if for a moment I "blow the trumpet" of my own Diocese Under the pre-s--idency of my wife. our Women's Offering Services produce more money than any other Diocese in the country: Our Youth work Is hardly equalled and certainly not surpassed elsewhere in this or the other Province of our Church: and I am Indeed proud of the activlUes of the "Bishop of Chester's Laymen's Fellowship." But in all these cases, which I have chosen at haphazard, the healthy activity is not, and cannot be due, to any one person least of all to the Bishop himself.

Rather they are examples of the fruit of Diocesan fellowship of laity and clergy alike I cannot begin to appraise the debt which the Diocese owes to all those who in a multitude of ways either as or as volunteers carts on the even-day work of the Diocese in the parishes and in the various Diocesan Societies and the like It would be invidious to mention any names: but I believe that all who have helped me and the Diocese as a whole know how truly grateful we all are to them. Whoever may be chosen to succeed me will be a lucky man coming, as he will do. to a Diocese where everywhere and always I have been shown the greatest kindness and much forbearance in spite of very many failures and not a few mistakes. My wife and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the unfailing kindness we have received. May God bless you all and enable you to enlarge the boundaries of Christ's Church In this Diocese and beyond it.

DOUGLAS CESTR: In the same issue the Bishop states in his Notes: "As we go to press comes the announcement that H.M. the Queen has nominated for election to the Bishopric of Chester the Right Reverend Gerald Ellison, Lord Bishop of Willesden. We all extend to the Bishop Designate our most cordial welcome and the assurance of our prayers that God may abundantly bless his work in the Diocese. A special welcome is also extended to Mrs Ellison and her three voting children. Our new Bishop, who is eft.

2in. In height, rowed 2 rears in the Oxford boat." FAREWELL SERMON The Bishop will preach his farewell sermon in the Cathedral this Sundae evening The presentation from the Diocese to his Lordship will take Mace en Monday evening In the Refectory. DEATH OF MISS D. LOCKE KING After Sustaining Broken Leg In Road Accident INQUEST VERDICT OF "ACCIDENTAL DEATh The death occurred on Sundae of Miss Dorothy Locke King. of 43.

Selkirk-road, Curzon Park. The daughter of the late Rev. Richard John King, she was a mathematic' mistress at a Wellington School. and taught at the Queen's School, Chester berween 1929 and 1945. Miss King.

who is survived by hel mother and sister. was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science, with honours in mathematics and science. by London University She was 52 tears of aae. THE INQUEST In returning the fury's terdict of accidental death at the inquest at the Town Hall on Wednesday, the Chester City Coroner. Mr.

David Hughes said, "This was the sort of accident which might happen to any of us." He was referring to an accident in which Miss King was involved on 3rd December. As a result of being Involved in a collision with a motorcyclist. she received a broken leg and was admitted to the Rovai Infirmary, whence she was released five days later. Mlss A Locke King. of the same address, said ner sister retired to bed on 23rd Jarman.

and later was heard breathing heavily. Her leg was stilt In plaster, and witness went to see shat vas wrong. Becoming alarmed, witness calleo a doctor, but her sister died. Dr. T.

D. S. Holliday, consultant pathologist to the Royal Infirmary. said Miss King had died from "massive pulmonary embolism." which nad blocked the main arteries of the lungs. This was due to her having been immobilised in bed because of the fracture.

The motor-cyclist, Mr. Derek William Massey, of The Elms, Rainowroad. Macclesfield. said the accident occurred at the function of City road and Poregate-street. He as approaching Chester when the red lights at the crossing turned to green.

He proceeded and as he drew level with the centre of a car which had been stationary when he first saw it witness noticed a woman crossing in front of the car. There was a eolltsion in which the lade sustained a broken right leg Witness said she told him shortly after the accident. Don't worry, it was my fault." teaching their verdict the wry conerated the motor-cyclist. THE FUN MAL The funeral toot place on Thursday. when a service at the was conducted by Canon B.

A Hardy; Dr. J. R. Middleton was the organist. The chief mourners included Mrs.

R. J. King (mother(, Miss A. Locke King (sister( Others present included: Mesdames S. Smith.

.1 W. Dryland. L. Chaplain. Bourne.

A. Baxter. H. Harper and W. Jenkins.

The Misses and H. Giles. G. M. Whittam.

M. and N. Woodward, Catherine Ayrton (also representing the Queen's School Old Girls' E. Baxter. Waymouth.

H. M. Beckett, M. Baxter, M. Morris and M.

Harper. (The Misses Barnes, W. H. Evason and V. D.

Vennard represented Wellington High School(. Squadron-Leader and Mrs R. G. Jones. Mr and Mrs.

P. Bennington. Edgar Dutton and Sons. Ltd. were the undertakers.

LAY READER INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENT Mr. Arthur Oates. aged 71. lay reader at Prodsham Parish Church, of 41 Church-street. Prodsham.

was in an accident involving a car while hi was crossing Main-street. Prodsham. on his way to the church of St Dunstan on Thursday His ankle was fractured and he received scalp abrasions Mr. Oates was detained in Chester Royal Infirmary and was stated yesterday (Friday) morning to have had a restful night. NEWS IN BRIEF A shah fire occurred in the roof of a hut at Sauthton Camo on Monday It was out when the Fire Service arrived Two skylark' were observed In a field in Eccleston on Toesda.

by Mrs Thomas. of Devonshireliandbridge. and by Mrs. Ellis Barker. of The Rake.

Eccleston. Mr George Glover. aged 44. of The Claim. Norley.

detained in Chester Royal Infirmare on Wednesday with an tnlury to his left lea. He was involved to a collision with 'bus outside the 1.C.1. Works at Runcorn. Chester parents and others Who have done so much to help spasm; children will be Interested In "A Crown for Hope" by Godfrey Winn. a story of faith, hope and courage lust Itched by the National Spastics Society Copies of the boot are available to all subscribers to the National Spastics Society direct, or through any of the local branches or groups.

LOCAL WILLS Mr. Bert Farringdon of I. avenue, Upton. left £2,745 7s Id. (net 422.499 19a.

Mrs. Annie Jones. of 7. Raymondstreet, left £1.150 9s. Ild.

(net. El.lOB 9s. Printed and Published for and on behalf or the Cheshire and North Wales Newspaper Company. Waited by JOHN ALFRED at thr "Cheshire Observer" OfSes Is. acids.

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