The Haslingden Gazette. — 1910-01-15 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

APOLOGY FROM MR. BAKER, if he was is gentleman, as he believed him to be, or if he did not give him such apology he said be deserved to be branded as a disciple of Mr. the. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Baker was easily annoyed and put out 3nd because he (Mr. Jessel) said his speee.hen dia not show much originality Mr. Baker took it so much to heart that he thought he had better consider the speeches of those who inspired Mr. Baker, and so he had been looking at the speeches of ti,, leaders of his party rather than at the speeches of Mr. Baker himself. Somebody in the audience had made a reference to Chine., lab3ur. The Conservatives had killed that lie they had killed the Old Age Pension lie. (A. Voice: 'No.") "Not dead yet?" inquired Mr. " well, I think you in this room know that Mr. Balfour has said, and Mr. Asquith, the leader of Mr. Baker, has admitted, that there was no risk of the old people losing their pensions." (Hear, hear.) As to Chinese labour, there was not only that, but under the Government which had just gone out of office they were getting Kaffir labour I The n3odieal officer for .\ceringtork Dr. Gres, under precisely the same conditions with compounds bale), in his report for tiso numth of December, as they did Chinese labour. They were, also get, I says t —Eighty-seven deaths havo been registered ring labour from Portuguese territory with a death- ' during the month, giving a death-rate soma to rate higher than that of the Chinese. (A Voir*: 22.03 per 1,000 of the estimated population per " They won't work under the tame eircum'ajnrium, as compared with 56 death and deathstanore.") "Oh, yes, they do," retorted Mr. rate of 14.65 for November, and Si deaths and Jewel, and taken all round their eireumatenere, death-r,,c- of 13.86 for December of last year. except that they had to be in a compound, were ot ate 87 deaths, 3 are " non-residents" (Hun, not harder than those in the mine at Ilunccet. i coat 2 and Church lb and the remainder have It was a been allocated et their wards as follows:—West , Ward 11, Central Ward 10, North Ward 5, reo FOUL AND OUTRAGEOUS LIE I Park Ward 12. East Ward 11. South Ward 13, which won the election last time, and he hoped Bisbee Antley Ward 8. Spring Bill Ward 14. they would take no notice of euoli on the preterit I lournien deaths have eceurnet in children undyr coenaion. He was told Mr. Baker had been speak- One year of age, giving an infant mortality of ing about mining royalties, and he did not expect 225.80 per 1,000 registered births, as against. 129.87 many of those pr.ent would agree with him (Mr. I for November, and 129.41 for Ike/ember, 1908. Jewel), but he was not in favour of the taxation zymcec dic„sc. hay° 5 (loathe, whoop. of mining royalties, because he did not doini.setitt.....irgufiinds'hedti'r,66fmrceomh.thottediedrsnhokinotuldd.a beofwphpropei:ri:Ly -9,7 b tat w"dhin: ,2ivin'igrlfTindtogerTaPelhll.26,l2.B":scf:7l: ibli,rooo:okgi',:inash.97a::a.a'inzPitn.,nmkGl*.s277:l"Dfoadrrea..iNdthoi.-..r.einal; to the miner would come in. Mr. Jessel newt Sixty-two births 36 melee and 26 females. lave turned to the Budget, pointing out the iartudatte I elect limn registered during the month, giving a of the land clauses, and maintained that the col- , birth-rare equal to 15.70 per 1.000 of the estimated ! liens of this country would be injured by the Bud-1 population ptsr annum, as compered with 77 larths get The Budget would do nothing for Itheinployment, but the Conservative party and birth-rate of 20.14 for November, and 85 Tariff Reform, which meant leas unembadpicitoyrrietrt and a dueler union with our Colonies. They T%elve oases of infectious disease have been nenwanted to increase the cotton trade, they wanted ibiarrtl7,..and birillyate of 21.81 for Ilecemler of riot fever 5, diphtheria 5, membranous to increase our Colonial trade. That was the al- ' 1, typhoid fever 2, and erysipetes I. temative to the unjust Budget, and if they agreed Dewith him. in fairness they ought to vote for him her 1909 some respects this its he worst irtnti d. 1909, are very much out of the ordinary W : ,next Wednesday and not for Mr. Baker. (Hoot ing.) Mr. betel next dealt with the dear food iod...,lThed,mortality 040i:sties for the month of De' report I have ON, TIM, iiui,d ti. 7e bogey, and said that if any Government in the rate so much in exams of thei birth-rate I have country dared to put a tax on bread unfairly that' ne,er c„poriccom ,sowrington before The Government's existence would not be worth an hictb.ct.,,', beingttetihly ab snakes cite infant haLry's? ,l purchHae couldse( a A Voice : kh R.dic.i What about yingGer- , c‘aseein""nes4,llLit7 nit, factorilv Of the 87 deaths. certified during the thet, but they had to realise that we were a menu " th 'the Cormier h. held inquiries as to the facturing nation and not an agricultural people, see of death in 9 instances, which shoes that and that they could not put an increase on the suicidee, aceidenoi. and other exceptional condi, . tax like they Gould in Germany. Another m'awl: time attending death ham been unusually nowt was that we should have a vastly increased wheat , one. The hat of deaths includes 8 persons over supply from I 80 yeas.. 23 over 70 years, 44 over 55 years. %hell OUR OWN COLONIES, show. that Accrington. with all eta inelerneat and that would keep down the price, (Cheers.) weather arid preventible excess of smoke, is yet "Take that home, gentlemen," said Mr. Jewel able to keep a goed number of its inhabitants to to interrupters, "and let that germinate in your, a ripe old age. Aa to tit. ..cause, of death, °la heads and you will see we are right" (A Voice: ege is the Prtul..rY °ante given in 12 trsteneot "What is it in Germany and Frames? ") He while cancer olairne 9. wished the gentleman would just listen to him. For the whole of the year 111119 06s druae dealt It was just what he had said, they were an sere rate cram out sit 13.15 per 1,000 of the estimatel cultural people in those countries who 001Ild rausS tpealpitn3lanoizin.paarnduothoerbei,rtibt,rar,ted 201,.rt341,... Infant met