the iowest level seen in more than Herce and a half years. The 'Auks —inouticed another cut in their base rate, taking it down from 9 1 ? to 9 per cent. The move automatically means cheaper borrowing for industry and lower overdraft charges for ordinary people. But the banks are

MERSEYSIDE: Variable cloud giving rain late afternoon and e%ening, followed by some showers to-night. Minimum overnight temperature: 8.0 C (460 V). Winds: Moderate or fresh, south-easterly. Further breezy winds and occasional showers tomorrow. LIVERPOOL BAY: Wind: South-west to

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TWO ST. HELENS men are busy getting in trim for the longest walk of their lives. Mike Bradbury, 26, of Friar Street, is doing the 260 mile sponsored walk along the Pennine Way on May 13, to raise money for Rainhill Hospital's League of Friends. His friend, Mike Harvey, of Athert

Does anyone connected with the sugar trade in Liverpool have a memory going back 60 years or more? If so, does the name Anton Heinrich Adam Banning, or Bruning, mean anything? Anton, born at Damme, Germany, in 1848. came to Liverpool in the 11110's and worked at a large sugar re

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TWO members of a mountain rescue team earned the thanks of a Llanberis youngsters in trouble on a 3, 0 00-foot woman before setting off to help two Snowdonia ridge. Before rescuing t youngsters on Crib Godt, Mr. Cledwin Jones, secretary of the Uanberis Rescue Team, and ambulance