2:50pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
The opening of the partridge shooting season was in marked contrast with that for the grouse, the “First” of September being as favourable for sport as the “Twelfth” of August was the reverse. Sportsmen were out at an early hour on Tuesday, and met with fairly good results. The birds were quite up to the average of the past few years, those killed being in splendid condition. There was a good supply of partridges early in the market at Leeds on Tuesday which sold at 4s 6d per brace. The birds were principally from Ilkley and Pateley Bridge.
At the Crescent Hotel on Monday evening, Mr Walter Hollis (Leeds) acting under instructions of the Court of Chancery, offered for sale by auction the equity in two lots of freehold property in Ilkley, belonging to the estate of the late Mr John Milner. Lot 1 consisted of West View House, with the garden and premises, situated near the Wells House, subject to a mortgage of £250. The bidding was started at £250, and after a brisk competition was knocked down to Mr Wm Hartley for £760. Lot 2, a block of four dwelling-houses called Wharfe View Terrace, and situated near the Leeds Road, was withdrawn, there being no bid over and above the mortgage of £700.
Mr H B Maufe, son of the late Henry Maufe, formerly of Ilkley, whose appointment as director of the Geological Survey instituted by the British South Africa Company was announced a few weeks ago, has already sailed for South Africa to take up his duties. The secretary of the company states that it is uncertain whether the survey will be commenced in Matebeleland or Mashonaland, this point being left over for decision when Mr Maufe meets Sir William Mitton, the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia.
For holiday makers the weather this week has been very bad indeed. We have had rain in torrents, and sunshine has been most fitful and fickle. Ilkley has not had alone to lament such unfortunate climatic circumstances, for all over the country it has been much the same, with a very disastrous consequence for farmers in some districts. There have also been some remarkable floods, and great damage to property and crops.
The Rev W Mulholland, Vicar of Ben Rhydding, who is leaving within the next few days to exchange livings with the Rev A P Turnbull, Vicar of White Ladies, Aston, Worcestershire, was presented on Wednesday evening with a cheque from the congregation and a basket chair from the Sunday school teachers. Captain H Johnson, who presided, said they were met to make a testimony to Mr and Mrs Mulholland for their long and valued services to the church and parish of Ben Rhydding during the last 20 years. For the last four years the speaker in his position as churchwarden had been closely connected with Mr Mulholland and they had been four of the happiest years of his church experience. He could not ask for a better vicar.
During the recent visit of Her Majesty the Queen to Sir Harold Mackintosh’s home at Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, Miss Nina Mart, daughter of Mr and Mrs JB Mart of Ilkley, after making the curtsey to the Queen, was honoured by Her Majesty’s permission to take a photograph, the Queen specially posing for her.
Prospects of a railway passenger service between Ilkley and Harrogate bringing a reasonable return are “very remote indeed” says Mr D Hill, district passenger superintendent, Leeds, replying to a letter on the subject from the clerk to Ilkley Urban District Council, Mr BE Townend. The letter followed a comment in the Ilkley Gazette concerning the need for a railway service between the two resorts.
The decorative flower class again won high praise from the judges at the annual show organised by the Ilkley Flower Show Society and held in the King’s Hall and Winter Garden on Saturday. One of the judges said Ilkley’s Show had a reputation for the quality of its exhibits and it was easy to see why. There was a personal triumph for the show’s president, Mr RA Crowther, who gained the Ilkley Council trophy for the best local exhibit in the local flower and dahlia sections.
Ilkley’s council chamber was packed on Tuesday morning for the start of a 10-day public enquiry into proposed alterations to the Wharfedale Green Belt. The first day gave objectors the choice to say why they felt land at Derry Hill, Menston, should not be taken from the green belt. The enquiry will also look at other sites at Menston, Burley, Ben Rhydding and Ilkley.
Rail services are to be improved at peak times despite severe financial constraints. The director general of West Yorkshire Passenger Transport, Mr GW Cottham, said: “British Rail have been able to slightly restructure the Wharfedale and Airedale peak services which have enabled both services to be improved at minimal additional cost. We are delighted to be able to provide an improved service within the severe financial constraints.
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