,eatiesday, February THE TEESDALE MERCURY. Wednesday, February 19th, 1, 12

Mr Kaines, area surveyor, wrote that apart district was not a sufficiently distressed ” IOLANTH area now, although lie was certain the DRUIDISM IN TEESDAt RURAL ' from wages provided in the estimate now CASTLE practically exhausted it would riot be Commissioner thought it was a few months BARNARD MARWOOD HOUSES' WATER SHORTAGE. " PRIDE OF HIGH FORGE' . 1.04 Of possible at present to carry out repairs ago.. of course, not DINNER. - ould, needed, but the matter world be borne • in Mr Fife : So we shall have to raise a loan. It time final rehearsal, eve A Meeting of the Barnard Castle Rural mind when the work programme for the 'file Clerk : We have already asked for dress, the quality District - Council was held On Wednesday, lull the - Barnard coming year was considered. sanction to one. In the local friend se ': iety uturt `. 11 Mr G. C. Adamson, J.P., presiding. Inatidisitt has for long been estaigw:, lii` 'i k ic Society is this we The Snow Storm. Middleton Housing. Hall ; but this A Loyal Tribute. Teestittle. The Order of Druids 1„"• f'-'1 ictoria 'rho Finance Committee reported that the 'Fee Clerk reported that the four houses successful lodges at Mickleton, E .., if all goes as v4. - The Chairman, rising at the opening of ,..that as it,promised to do •• cosi of show-eititing after the recent storm cat fie garden site at Middleton-in-Teesdale , High Force, and A, 111, the. proceedings, stud : Since the last meet- eeNtonday night's . finishi was 4.•33o 10s. id. ‘vere completed and tlaee were occupied They are affiliated to the Darlit, ing the whole British Empire 11 ■IS suffered District of the order, which has be well. Pag More Bad Roads. until the fourth soon would be. Road at •11ic indeedare the essential feat an . irreparable loss hy the death et oil!' quarters in \\uodlanits It Id the unsatis- -fife Clerk also stated that the Council uttd has us ns eurtospoudtug se..1,. II' lige " lolanthe," a pl late beloved King George V,, and whil e ;1, Towiir-on colliPhitted era of a fairy tale is fi n. had , applied for a. grout under the Housing iffinteit, a Past Grand l‘hg• i■ -great nrany tributes to his raraory have eicetiy shoo of the roads front Spitilett happen in a (Burnt. Workers) Act toward the cost of list entity. 11 M e ak Bridge in Wiralterlield and to Hilton, saying L' ete is am great deal of fa been paid by malty Prater emu tiiti et to sp The " Pride of High Force " 1.0d, itiat although. tit present they had a Mild cenv tirt i Lig the old parish property at dinner on Saturday evening at , ban of the caste beii than l ant, t think that ( - ..vasion !-1.1tAtIL11 of the far surface when the frost gawc Ihey vv nuld he Middlehiit into three. tenements, The cost Force Hotel proved to he an '„',„,1 creatures ,hot i,e 'zilloweil 10 1);h:s.. \A"ill[Oul au expveS- onsisting of real plonihed roads. of the Cony ersio n was IWO. The Minister rallied representatives, in atltli'l. 'i c sion Of the deep sense of loss. path natitraat own members, front the other ioets and hose and cloa I.. Simpson said he hail sanctioned a joart for twenty years and ,and eerstraill. which I am sure we all have The Surveyor to meet promilielit officers . .1::::ag, had ittenitied these roads in the Council's had offered to it one - third of the loan the .eartitry. There is music fel:. ttecto as is our feelin of fuss. it is lingual to ,consider .. sung by a chases on comlition that the rents of the juvenile Druidism in Teesdale. and it is teniPerril by the litiow7e4e that mu . late siintole for the coiniug littera ial year. teeements were lixed at is. a week. The officers who attended from Darffi._ conductor might be p Sovereign is succeeded hy tow welt ‘,wonky Snow Ploughs. - no tfhechfiavmalilYia. r nu Housing Committee did not advise the Bro. NI. Harrison D.D.ti.M., 1;1 at to follow idhe'meth cvtmll.r of pale Mr' G. W. Smith (Winston) complained - D.0 ifro. I.• Spell- 1 Played by an orch Grained to turn down the offer. The annual Bladen, ot one's mind went service set h e his itettg- ed -holier, • ma y t that during the recent snow stortit the Divs. _N. By well. T. Hodgson, lo be t:9. so that Ili twenty years giariaonoediaayss ,A.NNhreeil ,G, idlleie front thc chair move this it:so:mit' of our plough alit:nett to South Cleatlaiti could not cost would (Itley. Past District (fraud N•i- they would ilia ,,e recei \ ed ‘.isti. F. olio, . District Auditor ; and aic deep rest eet loyally le his Alajesty he used Inuit 3 o'clock to Hie afternoon l wei- Brown. Juvenile I.odge ( eee t iliplioiriiiiitsneg.sea.iiiptsaa0e • T his titeetitt of the Dural hocatts ,1' when the Council's num went to Streatlam Water Extension. stow Lodge was represented In h, bookings of seats the INing : )1 is sure leiritatal Castle desires Staiiitholi, tor it they were -told that the Tile Connell coosiiiel.'d applications for P.D.G.M., and Bro. 'Lk , Dr trice Gunned of disappoint to place On record all exprk.ssioit of its Comity Council men needed it. By that the extension of the Sitetem ia al and Stainton secreet ry and the " Pride of NI - Mark Watson, sit , Many olocal favo Ge e, it was not safe to travel on the road wa.1 er main to itronnitelaw Farm. Forthburn Lodge hy Bro. irons. humble devotion and loyally to the Throwe cro. Mari. Aodersott, .eerei•re. Harper anti to his Nlajesty Kin lalvv,trtl VII12' referred to. an, t:re:atom ciaiige, and on condition that " Pride of High Force Lodg, . •.:,.; Mabel Emerson) as t Harry Finlay as Ilie pro - The surveyor said the County Council they( owners of these places make certain congratulated upon the excellent g Mr Rout:ledge, bristly- mshrsepGhlearddy, s" Loa dfga was agreed to, alt standing. men ctillat'ed the snow plough, and used it cotit rilmtions Meant the cost, estimated at of members at the dinner. 50111e aciaidt tan; nOsal, winch walked eigrit miles. iii first. Broomielaw, £55 for Forthburn, had An Footpath. 1:1: ).for An excellent dinner was served mother ; Miss Phyllis nitdhe hrfeurl g Regarding the footpath front Hill To to The Clerk : all lailong to the County an 265 for Streatlain Grange, the appliea- genial landlord, Mr C. W. L. Bilk' bity char l'ntshaatl 1wwo- Balmer Bond, Eggleston, Mr S. Thompson council: so do the roads. bolts were acceded to. enjoyed hy , part eminently suited t The Chairman : Are you satisfied, Mr , Water. The toast If the "Order Of Druid a informed the Council that the parish Marwood Houses - was sithmint , a Lord Chancellor as Smith? Darlington Distriet council had considered the question of its Thehe inhabitants of houses in Marwood 'F. Forster, J.P.. one of the vi- ider of the high legal o repair and found that it originally belonged Ali' Smith : No ; not satisfied. township near the Urban boundary sent a said it was a pleasure to meet the H.ar6Brown, who as Priv. Mi J. Tarn suggested applying for of High Force " Druids and the man's uniform, W to the London Lead company and that if complaint to the Council of the inedequate gives that quaint pr 'another straw plough for this district. appearance of the members as- ere. the County Council Or any other hotly had supply of water received by them from the the lodge was an asset to the I 1 which has always ma a raind to repair it the parish council would The Stavey,or : I have made application main of the Tees Valley Water Board. district. The Order of Drilid- inisical ,_• and those t. not stand in the way. one member of the for one, but I don't think I shall get it. ,'he Clerk said lie had been in touch with important unit of time friendly s , Tatters of the House of Earl of Mountarara parish council said the only time he Mr Taen : There is need for another. I M Collinson, the engineer of the Water It had splendid leader- the country. the Darlington District of Druids had • ilde as Earl Tolloller. remembered it being repaired was when the move that we ask them to supply one for C rd, who had told him that the trunk ding fairies in Miss the Soutti district. sick and funeral: fund over Rural Council did it. m n running by the houses referred to on Teesdale Druids had their share in cc Peggy Wightman, a Mr J. Parmley-said they were all for the Mr Smith seconded. th Darlington Road was only intended to required.. The juvenile movement c- \co, who give graceful The Surveyor said a plough was also backbone of any friendly society. ged round them ar parish and riot for a clique. This was a supply the reservoir at Whorley Hill, girls" with good cho •need at Morton Tinmouth. believed it was the intention of 11 private road for people -who lived in the w ence it was carried to Middlesbrough. lington District officials to concent: ir utmost to honour Diggings. It was made as an approach to Mr T. Dixon: Doesn't the Surveyor think B the stopping down of a valve the resi- that side of the work in the Teesdale - bent and Sullivan by the - Blackton Mill, and when the mill no Nvci want a new plough at. Cockfield ? Ours de is of the houses mentioned were able Bro. T. Spensley, D.T., who re .: they ought to be sung. to to criticize so earl longer existed it was of no further use. just floats over the snow, and the result at to .obtain water, but since the demand for said the district recognised the Te. the week-end was disastrous. lodges as a great asset. He complir at would be the good Why should the council make a path to water on Teesside had increased the valve Bro. Mark Anderson for his service , bent on the enenjo y people's back doors ? There was a bridle The Chairman : Any more snow ploughs had been opened and the people were left High Force Lodge. and the apprecia: ers. . We content ou rOad all the way to Barnard Castle, and wanted ? high and dry. The Water Board was his district colleagues also at the ervation that the Socie many successful seaso they might as well talk about repairing The Council decided to apply for three under no obligation to supply water to the ance of the chief officers of other Ta new -snow ploughs. lodges on that occasion. Bro. Fred another to the list.. that. People who wanted paths to their dirict referred to, and they had only District Auditor, also responded. back doors must pay for them and not Health Report: supplied it on the understanding that they Bro. G. H. Bladen, J.P., P.G.M., der:: expect the ratepayers to. He proposed that The report of the Medical Officer (Dr. E. gr e no guarantee of quantity or pressure. the chief object of the district, officer- FOOTBA the council do nothing more in the matter. S. Hawthorne) showed that in January ten he matter was referred to committee. There had been a complaint, he sat! births and sixteen deaths were registered. the Teesdale lodges that the Order Mr E. Thompson moved that this council handicapped in juvenile progress '1 EESDALE OLD BA write to the County Council calling atten- There wire three cases in the isolation lack of medical benefit for juvenik BEDE COLLEGE tion to the footpath and asking them to take hospital. The health of the district was 11YSTERY CLEARED UP. hers. The District Committee had er was an unfamiliar it over. generally satisfactory. considered this matter, and he was 11 ich turned out against • to say they had come to an erring- - - Mr S. Thompson seconded.—Agreed to. Upper Teesdale Water. WOMAN'S BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER. with a local doctor to provid• urday on the Stamdr In regard to the contemplated water 'bard Castle. Four re Hude Bridge. advice, attendance and medicii.. - team were absent— The Clerk (Mr T. \V. Bainbridge) supply in Upper Teesdale, the Clerk said contributions of junior members per, who was sufferin he mystery of the disappearauce from service would be reasonable. Ti. announced the receipt of letters from Lord further information was desired by the he home at East Shaws, Barnard Castle, ; F. Dawson, who ha mittee wished representatives of e appoin Barnard and Sir Cuthbert Headlam, mem- Nlinistry as to whether houses on the Raby On1Deeember 27th of Miss Catherine , dale lodges to meet the district efti ,- -• up a business ne, sxth theontdotBo a‘y'asil bers of the Durham County Council, rela- Estate would be joined to the main supply. aged 30, was cleared up by the finding of conference at Darlington at an eary least, was tive to this council's request that they Two other residents in the locality had discuss the scheme and make the ring centre-forward, the body in the near Dalton, arrangements for giving effect to would take up the question of improving made application for a water supply—Mrs many miles from Whorlton, where Miss 0 was assisting the district officers were confident it The Old Boys ft Hude Bridge, Middleton-in-Teesdale. F. Ireland and Mr M. Teward. Bowes was last seen alive. an immense boon in the scattered , half-•ack line, while Lerd Barnard wrote that he had heard Whorlton Water. The Coroner for the North Riding, Dr. F. Teesdale and would make for cone:. , progress of the juvenile moveinctat b's usual left-half, wen from the County Surveyor that he was only The Council was informed that the Whorl- R. Eddison, held an inquest on the remains hauled the team in the able to give the sante reply that he had Order over the dale. a large ton water scheme was progressing satis- oil Wednesday. Bro. M. Raine, P.D.G.M., of Quite lege kick-off. Bede w given to the Council, that himroveniefrits factorily. Ernest Bowes, smallholder, East Shaws, said that 31 years ago he sto , were held up • for financial reasons. While Mr Fife said money and time would be Bartiard Castle, brother of the deceased. room as District Grand Master. 'I he was preparing his programffie for the saved if thoSe who desired a water supply at that time possessed £6,000, are etniiheeeY., lyY1343ierledYpse gave evidence of identification. Deceased, the progress since they posse buwteTifheoeuelaiOdslid coming year it had become more apparent from the Whorlton main would make „Bede goal. The g he• said had suffered from neurasthenia, £41,000 to-day. He wished to i than ever that the possibility of money application before the trench in which it the district officers on their eh u, was inclined to sp but had never threatened to take her life. il.edlb-sceni potlaiN.e,yinehrilfbtautkrtiientdigi,eli being available seemed very rernote. His was laid was filled in. He last saw her about 1 p.m. on December securing such fine premises for quarters of the district at Darin:. lordship said he was afraid this reply would The Clerk said he would write to the 27th. It had been stated that she was seen not be satisfactory, Mit -personally he could Bro. Mark Anderson added a 11b outstanding, bro owners on the subject. on Whorlton Bridge about 4 p.m.. on the of appreciation of the visit of not see what else could be clone ; but if the Cleatlam Sewage Disposal. officers to the local lodge dinner !tis. After twenty mi day she was missing. ,s lo ok the lead. W council had any further suggestions he Four tentlers• were received for carrying Villiam Bowes, farmer, Wycliffe, another he would do his best to further interests in the High Force dist: wing would be only too. happy to do what he out the sewage disposal scherne at Cleatlam: br ther, said his sister's walking-stick was could. • There was general, regret at is —A. Brydon, Cockfield, £915 and 12s. per fo nd below Whorlton Bridge on the niorn- through illness of Bro. J. Beadl. ‘1").tif;:illoillitetiefeit?ual'.olhikigiiecheeitlpoeNr\:N.i.tatalNdv Mr H. P. Bell, private secretary • to Sir yard for rock ; B. C. Freeman, Middleton in December 28th. It would be an many years was secretary of Ii lk). Lodge. tit ?. Was safe in the Cuthbert Headlam, wrote that the County St, George, £1,269 is.; S. D. Lodge, Rich- eay matter for anyone to fall into the a A musical programme was contrail', ethoiNao.hdikieiolaxp‘n Surveyor • had told Sir Cuthbert he could mond, 21,028 ls. 1d., and 13s. 6d. per yard ri6r, even in daylight, he said. It was so not see much chance of money being avail s Bros. W. L. Brown, Wood. and NI. r t the for rock ; C. E. Gibson, Eagleseliff., foggy that day that witness could not see son, with Bro. F. Hart as aeonniraai -1. Old Boys were able for this purpose for some time. lough Bede • £1,198 ls. 7d. and 12s. per yard for rock. his cattle 15 yards away. His sister was The council resolved to receive the letters. ,tison, their left- Mr Brydon's tender was accepted, and it always cheerful and he knew of no troubles "ad not been in eph Scavenging Contracts. Clean Milk Demonstration, belt was stated that the estimated cost of the which could have upset her. Two persons tr l th Contracts for scavenging in the various work was 21,050, including the land. said they saw her turn towards home. More than sevOity people atteed 4f second goal,. w 1 11-Watson affair. parishes were let as follows : A Disappointment. Walter Abbott, a bus proprietor, spoke to clean milk demonstration held at of Mr Herbert L. Forster, Burnhoing Newbiggin.—R. W. Bell. is,AT The Clerk said that when some months having informed the police of a body seen East Shams. A lecture was given It! . • t into the net. J Middleton.—J. Raine, High Dyke. ago he ffite•viewed Mr Forbes Adam, the the river on Tuesday. M. H. Stewart, Dairy Instruer', rd s'eelblewY eeKKavanaghnat N‘ Egglestore—R. Kidd, Blackton House. Deputy Special Area Commissioner, he ,tC.p. Benson, Dalton-on-Tees, described . The lecture lya-i n goal with a hard y`s: (klIstodian no chan Folly Top.—R. T. Hutchinson, Woodside. gave reason for the Council to believe that t1 finding of the body, which was frozen interesting, both to producers Cockfield.—Districts 1 to 5. J. Anderson ; sumers. Mr Lightfoot-, veterinary a grant would be available for the Cleat- ff. also spoke on the need for t‘ttleiNc11liv,k.t..(147:11,,si.. r).n.cat.stl:mr:;Idetg.iBaetnicayiKeniaimdai;tentv.ie—ClgaCe.nailot.WolhvvIge: • No. 6, R. Pinkney. lam sewage disposal scheme. He had r. J. H. Wrightson, Scorton, said the Mr Forster showed how cows Woodland.—J. Hall, jun. since written to Mr Forbes Adam, who bOdy had the appearance of having been foarthep dreorfslucctiloip npeodf cleats n'< flanks Winston.—No. 1 district, J. W. Johnson ; had replied that the Council's application in the water for some time. It was frozen ks and udders No. 2, H. Porter. udders washed before milking. 3111 ,11 for assistance had been carefully con.: hard. In his opinion death was due to „; milk drawn off. Much interest wit` Gainford.—G. T. Davison and Son. sidered by the Commissioner and after con- drowning. in the milking, which is done by te.h rY strong team. rie1 4 izt(, xub Staindrop.—W. Dent. , • sultatiod with the Ministry had come to The Coroner, after hearing the evidence, also the cooling of the milk. es e,cr es tilgvp alaeieylesmanr. yet Cleatlam.—W. Dent, Staindrop. test was taken of a pint of milk fais e• ,' secretary the conclusion that the circumstances of the said he had formed the conclusion that the 1.ii,,r, I game 'Streatlarn and Stainton.—E. Embleton. a washed, clipped cow, milked by 11 t • ('I's area were not such as to justify him in deceased fell over the rocks and the medical and one from an unclipped and 10 ,i.' may visit Re Whorlton.—G. A. Alcock, jun. making a grant toward the cost of the evidence showed it was a case of mis- animal. It was very interesting to 11414"esasing to note Grant Bank. scheme, whieh could be met without any contrast, which proves that waslial-j. 1 Md skipper of th ; adventure. He returned a verdict " Found excellent On the subject of the repair of the road difficult from the Council's own resources. machine milking is a great asset to drowned," and that death resulted from milk. After the milking people sa' „from Grant Bank to Selaby Lodge Road, That meant, added the Clerk, that the misadventure. utensils washed and sterilised.