... crews could be I trained to replace those that had been lost. Neutral ships taking advantage of our convoy system had felt much more safe than when travelling alone, whereas aerial attacks on our ships were becom- ...

... BACK THE GREAT ATTACK Those were black days . . . proud ships lost . . . Hood . . . Repulse Prince of Wales .. .an army pushed back . au air force fighting for its existence and for ours. Then we halted. Stood firm. Hit back giving blow for blow ...

... Only the other day the Admiralty had admitted that 25 out of the 38 merchant ships never reached Russia. In point of fact, the losses were higher than that, for escort ships were sunk as well. Those figures gave some little idea of the greatness of the ...

... spirit of adventure, which has been one of our most prized possessions in years gone by, is not going to be entirely lost. To him, ships suggested the building of Empire, and he was not a bit ashamed of the history of the British Empire. We were told there ...

... The escort gone. The blood-sPumed days go by; And men and ships and cargoes lie Beneath the grey-green sea. Yet Westward, homeward o'er the sea The convOYs came, unfailing, And the lost ships tell Of the sea-vises hell,— Of sailors uncomplaining• The ...

... School sank fewer ships than in any other at the annual prize-giving, which took month since May, 1940, and for the place in St. Mary's School. He also fourth successive month more U-boats presented the awards. were destroyed than ships lost. 12—The annual ...

... CONFIDENCE LOST. In the course of a vigorous speech, Mr. Thomas attacked the Government for its attitude towards the poultry industry. asserting that the statement made by the Ministry of Food that supplies of foodstuffs were 60 per cent. of the normal ...

... LOST AND UNKNOWN. A CONSTANT =ADEN,-CUT IS IN LANCASHIN.E. The above appears in a daily paper published in Manchester , in the notices to correspondents. Does the Editor know anything else about us, we wonder. The answer is very vague. Perhaps Clitheronians ...

... SHIPPING. f'JRUISES m 1933. —J. Rigby, inrite* early application, while rate* are loweet, for Cruiaee next year by all the popular liners. Special: August * sth-7 days' cruise, Liverpool, Corunna, ami San. tander, from 9 guineas. Get list now 1933 CLITHEROE ...

... SHIPPING, pmCISES in 1933.—J. Rinby, Waterloo. invitee early application, while rate* are lowest, for Cruises nest rear by all the popular liners.— Special: August sth • 7 days’ cruise, Liverpool, Corunna, and Santander, from guineas. Get list now. 1933 ...

... answers to ‘Billy.* Information to Mitchell, Church Street, Clitheroe. Lost one swaledale gimmer HOGG, horn burn M.F., ruddle down far hip.—Frankland, Smelfthwaites, Newton, Clitheroe. LOST, Friday. June 9th, about Market Place or Library, LARGE BROWN PURSE ...

... LOST. CLITHEROE AUCTION MART FRIDAY.—A good show of 140 lyingoft and 20 geld cattle before a fair attendance. Geld cows made from £lO 15s. to £l7: best betters. £lB to £24 10s.; younger sorts, £7 10s. to £l2; best lying-oft cows, £5O to £6B 10s.: September ...