... As trader speaks out ¢ THE Yorkshire Water Authority could scare the living daylights out of elderly people, it was claimed this week. Ripon trader Mr. Tom Prophet has accused the authority of using consumers to pay its expenses in tracking bad debters ...

... Residents speak out PLANS for 450 houses at the former Doublegates Quarry in Ripon should be turned down .“tho people who live near the site. pon City Council have already objected to the plan by Redland Properties, saying it would be over-intensive. ...

... Let the people speak Sir, When Mrs. Thatcher came to power she said “Let the people speak” or words to that effect. Since then, the majority of people in this country have been crying out for the return of capital and corporal punishment but they might ...

... Public speaking finals AN ADVANCED driving course, war through the eyes of a nine-year-old, In Vitrio fertilisation and a first job were the varied subjects chosen by the four teams which qualified for the WI public speaking finals held in Ripon. Winners ...

... Cricket chief speaks THE chief executive of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Mr Chris Hassell, will be the guest speaker when Ripon Grammar School holds its annual speech day this afternoon. ...

... MEP speaks out ing to undermine Britain’s international role as a matter of policy. He said by ceaselessly attacking the UN or the European Union, public confidence was being eroded. ...

... ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION Annual meeting THE annual meeting of the Harrogate and Ripon branch of the English speaking union was held In the Imperial Hotel on Wednesday last week. The members of the committee and the existing officials were all re-elected ...

... TO SPEAK AT AGRICULTURAL COURSE SIR James Scott Watson, Prof. W. Ellison, and Mr. Wilfrid Roberts are among the speakers who are to take I)art in the course on “Problems of British Aglcnlture” at Grantley Hall, pon, between October 10th and 13th., An ...

... SPEAKING HER MIND. AMERICANISMS. A lady living on Third Street, with a good deal of edge on her disposition, entered a srocery store mot far from her home the other day and laid a package on the counter hefore a clerk. A e - ‘1 don’t want this,” she said ...

... THE ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION Jamaican interlude THE meeting of the rhn:::knn branch of was held in the Crown Hotel on Wedneaday afternoon last After lunch the president, the Hon Charlotte Stourton, introduced the Rev Philip Blackburn, of the Wesleyan Church ...

... Now’s the time to speak Sir, In reply to Mr. Richmond'’s letter last week, there was no trace of an apoiogy for impuning the veracity of Mrs. Burr; no hint is found of understanding the roles of those who propose and those who oppose suggested schemes ...

... Watch and speak up WHENEVER I go into the Market Place it seems to be busy, but that may be because my visits are usually in lunch hours, late in the afternoon and on Saturday, when the second market is held. Since the advent of supermarkets and, more ...