The Haslingden Gazette. — 1911-09-09 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

STAFF. * 4* A* X444444+:444444444411  There wen.: :ome exceedingly interetting cricket matches in Accrington and dis,riet thirty years ago. One was a ma.ch played on the Enliekt ground between the Gentlemen and Players.. The Gentlemen's team collated of Rev. V. Boyle, Messrs. A. N. llornby, 0. I'. Lacer/hire, Openabate. E. B. Rowley, Geo. Walsh, J. Bukock, A. Birtwittle, R. Walker, J. Harlon, and A. Appleby, whilst the players were reprecented by Mere. T. Barnes, R. Riley, J. J. Cooper, J. Crou's.mrd, A. . . . _  Watson, D. 'Whittaker, 11. Ramabottom, J. I'ickup, E. Ilacking, T. Westwedl, and J. Broughton. The Players claimed an easy •ory, rearing 119 to 56 by the Gentlemen. On the game day Acorington easily accounted for Littleboro'. ard Haslinveen, after scoring 51 dismissed Chuirch fee 35. • • •  On Tucts:lay evening, September 6th, a number of the members of the Cricketers' and Football Monte, Church, met at tha house of Mrs. Dewhurst, the Antley Inn, for the purpo-e of prestnting to Ms. R. Pilling, rho Lancashire wicketkeeper a pair of leg guards and glotes. in recognition of servicss rendered, and as a token of rescot and esteem, For some time Mr. Pilling had been in the habit of sending home re!cgrams as to tho state of the gains from ',he various ocunty matches in which he had played, and as he was engaged to play with the EngMl team in Australia tho opportunity was thought a favourable ono for recognising hit se:viers and wishing hint 9 /100 "IRS in hi, Colonial tour. Af,er a repast, Mr. J. eunliffo presiskd, and the pretentation wad made by Mr. J. J. Cooper.  • • •  At a meeting of the Accrington Town Council, Acid in committee 30 years ago, the following letter was read from Mr. Eli Ilighsro :—" Sir, ' feeiing that the working of the baths is too great a drain on my energies and time, I am wishful of disposing of them, and to this end I.og to offer them to the Corporation on such teams as will ersure a remunevative return on 'ilea outlay and create also a reserve fund for their extension or r.toon' etruction. During the two years they hare now been opened over 60,000 persons have made use of them, thus showing that they are fully appreciated by the people of elle town and neighbourhood. All ;Ale advantages in connection with the bathi, which I possetes se tenant at Woodnook I woukl give to the town for the remainder of my tenancy, and 1 an authorised to nay that Messrs. G. Ihargreaves axed Co. woud continue with the Corporation the arrangements made with me. I shou2d be willing to take from the :i'orporation a sum of 10 per cent. ins than the amoLat I actually paid for the erection and fitting of Cie baths.—Aftcr a hle disetrailion the question was referred to a subcommittee, con:skiing of :he Mayor, %Ideirmen Ent. wistle and Ilinclile, Councillors Marshall, Medea, and Holgate. • a •  On lis-pteattber 7ah, Misr. Priestley, the only remaining unmarried daughter of the late Mr. John Prin thy, of Woodnock. was married to Mr. J. 0 Armistead, of Brierfield, khe ceremony being performed by the lsricl,'s brother-in-law (the Rev. C. Crenshaw) at St. Luke's Church, Want. The bridssmaid, wcro Mhe Armistead and Mite Calverley; and the groomsmen Mr. W. 11. Tunstall and Mr. Fred Arrnietead.  On .I.lte ram, day the death occurred of Mr. Janice Hindle, foreman of the machine printcre at Broad Oak Printworks. lie wee 63 years of age, and had been employed Pi, the printworks from being a youth.  - -It is interesting to note that thirty yt ass ago. W. 11. Walkden, a ocholar at St. Jame.' Day Schools (now the headmaster) woe muted eful in obtaining one of 'two exhibitions, one offorvd by the Governors of Burnley Grammar School, and the other by Sir U. J. Kay Shuttlesortli, to receive free tuition at Burnley Granunar School for a year, and also have his rails ay expensat paid.  Thirty years ago it was announced that a Prival e Improvement Bill was to be promoted for Accrington. Included in the Bill were chtuzes for the extension of the borough boundaries no as to ! include Church township, '.he construction of sewers and sewage work:, public and privzoe street improvements. the improvement of the.river Hynd! burn, the extension of the canal from Church to ! Accrington, the construction of tramways from Accrington o New-lane, Oswalidtwistle, the alteration and extension of the Town Hall, the eree'ion of a new fish market, cattle market, infectious descasts ligipitat public slaughter-housel, baths, and wash-boilers, etc. Two important additions were aP,erwards made to the bill by the Council, viz., a clause for the compulsory purchase of the undertaking of the Accrington Cos and Waterworks undertaking and a propo.al to separate the borough from she Haslingden Union, and nzake it the centre of a newly organised union to embrace the adjoining town-hips which were in the Blackburn Union. • • •  r; was announced on Tuesday morning that Mr. Robert Duckworth, Clark to :he Padiharn and }Lipton Local 13oamd, and a former Clerk to the Accrington Local Board, had committed suicide. De left his house early in the morning and was found floating in a lodge dead.