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CUMBRIA bus companies face a " horrific" dilemma if the Common Market rules governing drivers' hours are introduced on January 1, warned a county council on Wednesday.

Unless the Community gives us more time to introduce new schedules, the "impact will be quite horrific", said Councillor A.

Hutchinson.

Councillor J.

Inman, chairman of Cumbria's public transport sub-committee, gave the county joint committee meeting in Penrith details of the new maximum driving hours.

Cumbria could be one of the worst hit areas in the country because of its size and scattered population.

European ministers are meeting later this month to discuss the problem.

Britain has already been given five years to come into line with the rest of Europe but we are now still asking for more time.

Lorry drivers will also be affected by the hours.

50 Years Ago-October 4, 1952

At WINDERMERE, Mr and Mrs Frank Hanning-Lee, of Chelsea, are continuing their preparations for a record breaking attempt in White Hawk, their 3,000hp jet powered boat.

After alterations of the stern at Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow, it is expected that trials will be resumed on Monday morning.

Mr Hanning-Lee confirmed that his 28-year-old wife, Stella, would pilot White Hawk in a record breaking bid.

Mr and Mrs Hanning-Lee arrived at Windermere six weeks ago, and since then they have had a series of disappointments, which led Mr Hanning-Lee to borrow a new jet engine to replace the original, a nine-year old powered unit.

On one occasion during the trials, White Hawk nose-dived and, rapidly sinking, was towed into shallow water and beached.

Many comparisons have been made between John Cobbs's Crusader and White Hawk, but in actual fact there are little similarities.

Crusader was a hydroplane and the hull planed on top of the water, whereas White Hawk is known as a hydrofoil.

100 Years Ago-October 4, 1902

ON Cross Fell last week, a Manchester gentleman and his four children were lost in a sudden mist, wandering about for many hours drenched to the skin.

They had to spend a night in an empty hut without knowing in the least where they had got to.

It is lucky they stumbled across the hut or they might have spent the night on the open fell, with consequences probably much worse than those which actually attended the adventure.

As it was, they were found next morning by a party of explorers, who in alarm at their absence had gone out in search for them.

The incident illustrates the risk of wandering on the higher fells without knowing one's bearing.

150 Years Ago-October 2, 1852

A VERY melancholy occurrence took place within the past week.

A young man of good character employed at the Ennis Mills, named Thomas Meany, became acquainted sometime since with a young girl of the name of Henora Keane.

They frequently walked together but a few days since the girl fancied she was slighted by him.

As she was anxious to keep him to herself, she consulted some woman in the neighbourhood how she should accomplish it.

The doctoress, according to her skills, made up a draught for the girl and on Sunday (week) the parties having, as was customary, taken a country excursion, the girl enticed him to take it which he did, well after some persuasion.

He very soon found himself unwell and hastened to his house when he complained that he was very ill.

Medical aid was called in and, upon the man being examined and questioned, the physician detailed his belief that he had taken poison.

He was conveyed to hospital when everything that medical skill could do was resorted to, but without effect.

The young man died on Wednesday morning.

The girl is in custody.

At the inquest the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the effects of poison but that there was no evidence to show who administered it.