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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-01-29, Page 2Pub lied Since 1860 Serving the Community First at. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BRos., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: -Canada (in advance) $x.50 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50. a Year SINGLE COPIES - 5 CENTS EACH Authorizedas Second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of Cahalan Weekly Newspapers Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 29, 1960 . _ 1 Canada's Population In those areas where there is little change in po ulati., ! it is hard to ap- preciate t extent '. i which Canada is growl . This is particularly true in- clan 'rural areas where larger farming units are being operated :by —fewer farmers with a resulting drop in population. But despite these situations of .a local nature, the situation overall is that Canada's population is growing at the rate . of 1,089 people every week. That's the average rate of Cana- dian growth for the• last year, calcu- lated by adding -births. and immigra- tion and then subtracting deaths and emigration. It works: out to a little over 45 people every hour. Forecasters at the Dominion Bur- eau of Statistics, who keep careful watch on Canada's population trends, predict that on the morning of Tues- day, •October 18, 1960, a' new immi- grantwill arrive or a new baby will be born who will be,, Canadian resi- dent No. 18,000,000. There are °'-" many variables1' of course„ whick..could upset the predic- tion. The' fio'w of immigration could be slowed 'down, or there could be ' -changes in the birth rate. - If the. forecasters db come close, it will have taken Canada two years and seven months to add 1,000,000 to • its population. The record is two years flat, from 16,000,000 in mid- April, 1956, to 177000,000 in April of last , year. That would make • for a population increase between censuses of some 23 - per cent from 14,009,429 in ,1951, Per- eentagewise 951,Per- eentagewise, the highest rate of growth in Canada's history was 34.2 per cent, from 5,371,000 in 1901 to 7,206,000 ' in 1911. •>,.,° Th1901-1911 stretch provided a different story. The west was filling up, and ;a westerner was leading the march—the latHon. Clifford Sifton, eoY, THAT WAS A PARTY: I. REALLY HAO. A• SOW TIME , .. AND Y - DIDN1 Q•T OUT OF LINE ONCE ALL. EVENING•;; Shows Steady Growth minister of the interior in Sir Wil- frid Laurier's'government. His aim was twofold: to lure set- tlers from Britain and continental Europe, and to bring back some of the thousands of Canadians who had emigrated to the U.S.Auring the pre- vious 50 years. It worked. In the period between 1897, a year after Sifton took office, and 1912, a total of 748,000 persons entered Canada from the U.S., and in the, same length of time 961,000 came over from Britain, and 594,000 from the continent. - Canada's population, which ' had reached 5,000,000 in the early 1890's, climbed -to 6,000,000 by May, 1905. It' went up to .7,000,0001y June, 1910. In 1913, immigration reached its peak with 400,870 arrivals. Then World War I intervened; And immi- gration dropped to 55,194 in 1916,' It took Canada six years to reach,'-' the 8,000,000 mark in May, 1916: It took seven years—until May, 1923—to reach the._next 1,000,000 pla- teau. 'Net immigration in those years totalled only 150,000 people, and na-, tural increase took care of the rest. With the end of World War II the birth rate began ' climbing again reaching 28.9 in 1947. Canada had ,O0Q,000, people in September, 1948 —in three years months. and 10 t s. A year later, Newfoundland's en- try boosted. Canada's "population by. 345,000. With„ immigration cancelled by equal emigration, natural increase in the other nine provinces account- ed for other 655,000 increase as;, the overall population reached 14,- 000,000 in May, ,1951 It took two two years, 'eight months. Three months were cut from the time it took the country to gain_the next 1,000,000 to 15,000,000 in Octo- ber, 1953. With immigration rising and the birth rate at 28.5 in 1954, it took an ,even 21/2 ye'ars to reach 6; 000,000. in April, 19 'WHATEVER YOUJ, SAY, FUNNY :. MAN, JUST RETURN THOSE THINGS TO MRS.CARROJ,. FIRST THING TOMORROW! Fear of "Clutter" May Be Denial of Democracy Dr. H. p. Barnett, retiring presi- dent of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, is reported...as saying that "if councils operatedas quietly 'and -efficiently as school boards, we might have fewer petty political struggles cluttering up the pages of our 'newspapers." "Baloney — or balogna — however ........:, you wish to spell it ... "the Aurora Banners says editorially in com- menting on these remarks. "Political struggles do not `clutter'. Political struggles • are the lifeblood of any healthy 'community, and it is important that they are out in the open. Fortunately for Aurora, al- most everything that council does is out in the open. There are scraps, plenty of them. But ,they are scraps of honest differences of opinion, 'with _ a sprinkling of politics in for good measure. And we have yet to hear what is wrong with `politics' . . .• "As a newspaper, we are always worried about, people being afraid to `clutter upy the pages. That's an ex- cellent way for all of us to forget about democracy, and let `George'— however, incompetent he • may be— continue to do a shoddy job." • Yes, you can still earn the excellentrote of on our 1-5 year Guaranteed Certificates Yonr motley — $100. or more -- begins to earn interest from'the day you make the investment. To invest - see your local agent or send in your chegal. to I' 1 IGAGIE &TRTST CCOMPANY Founded: In 1877 Bead Office: STRATFOItD S`'.GAR'AND SPI E By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY For most people, no matter how drab life is ordinarily, there is al- ways a special excitementin start- ing on a journey. I've been on a few in my time, and on each, oc- casion there have been the same sensations: anticipation, stimula- tion„ and something akin to fear. I've, Started another one, and''ne- cognize. the symptoms. My first journey, was when I was 'sixteen, -and got -m-y first -job . It entailed hitch -hiking 400 miles, all alone, to get it. That was quite an experience for a kid who'd never been anywhere or seen any- thing.' It's a good way, to see a fair chunk of life in a hurry - hitch -hiking across the country J>{vith $2.85 ip your pocket. There, was no let -down in - the climax of that journey. The huge boat was ,there, tied to the vast dock. The stevedores were filling her innards, hundreds-pf people were bustling around knowing what they , were& doing, and I was standing there,'mouth open, stom- ach churning with the knowledge that I'd soon be part of it, and a whole new life was beginning. a: Then there was the first trip to college. What a deal that was for a small-town boy,' clad in .a cheap suit and a deep inferiority com- plex. ose other freshmen looked so soph• ticate Those' girls look- ed so unap roacha e bl , -There was no anti -climax then, either. Soon there was the exhil- arating ,exploration of the minds of great men, living and dead. And the fun of playing in the varsity band, and being on the college football team, anti orking on the varsity newspaper, nd making all sorts of odd: friend , andfallingin love. once or, twice a week. All of it was heightened by the beginning df war and 'the' certain knowledge that college days would be brief. The next trip, a short one to the recruiting office, triggered several years of exciting journeys, and not one of, them was a disappointment. The first was a hilarious hitch- hiking jaunt to New 'Stork, with three other potential air heroes. We had about $20 each and did the city up brown. One pf my mates can still boast that he spewed the entire length of Broadway,, out a cab window. We averaged three hours sleep a night. A cigarette girl in some joint promised to write t(ne, and never did. • Next excursion was a big one, across the Atlantic.. The only salt water I'd ever seen before was sonic my, mother spade me gargle with, when I was a kid. All I re- uember of the crossing in seasick- ness, submarine scares, and a big, 25 -hour -a -day crap game. But what• • a thrill it was .to see the coast of Ireland, just as it was when niy great-grandfather shook 'its dust off his feet, which" were probably bare at the time. Then the first journey to Lon- don, on leave. I thought I was a blase young man, but my heart was pounding like a maiden's as the train rolled into that vast, smoky -metropolis, the heart of the. Empire. What a city it was then, before the Yanks took over by sheer force of nuiribers! Sail- ors and soldiers and airmen of ev- ery allied nation,beautifth women everywhere, and in the very air that special excitement which only a war can produce, sail , enough. And -more journeys, each stimu- lating in its own way, meeting new people, finding --old pubs, in Scot- land and Wales and six corners •of England. And soon enough, the short trip, but the big opne,•, across the Channel and into Normandy. No anti -climax there; but the solid satisfaction of culmi •erg inter- minable months o training by sfniting the foe, h' and thigh. Then the rapid., long leaps, to Lille, to Antwerp, and the first vidid impressions of the bubPling life of people newly freed after four intolerable years. Ah, Lite, where are you now? Then into a plowed field' hi Hi1- land, sans wheels, and beginning another long journey across a bit- ter, hostile land. A miserable trek,, but not without its high - points of excitement: attempted escape in Holland; being strafed}n a German train by one of ours; rolling in a locked railway car- riage through a night bombing raid on Frankfurt;' meeting -old. .friends, long, since believed dead, in the camps. This -is getting monotonous. But t, ere was one more exciting jour- ey. It• was made' on foot, through about 100, miles of country crawl- ing with drtiilk Russian soldiers and blood -thirsty ex -slave labour- ers, and was accomplished with no, other weapon than a big, -scared grin. What I really started out to say was that I've embarked on another journey, _which promises to be as exciting as any of them., After a certain amount of arm -twisting, I'm launched on a journey of ex- ploration. In short, I'm taking confirmation classes, reading the Bible after lo! these many years, and on the way toward a fighting chance at getting to Heaven. A friend suggests that you , can't swallow anything whole with your tongue in your cheek,, but I'm go- ing to give it a fair trial. SEEN;IN THE .COUNTY PAPERS Will Teal' in Oklahoma Dr. Brock Cleland will - com- mence his teaching duties at. .Oklahoma State University at the start of the •February. semes- ter. This is 'much 'sooner than he had originally anticipated. It was about a year ago that Dr. Cleland decided to. _go.. to• -the South; - an 1- A.6141 fs veterinary practice to Dr. Mark Raithby, who graduated •at Guelph in the spring. -- Ludknow SentineL • , Drinks Furniture Polish Little' Dannie Lamont, 17 -month- old triplet -eon of Mr. and Mrs. James Lamont, Belgrave, is a patient, in the Wingham General Hospital. 'On Monday morning about 9 o'clock while Mrs. Lamont was in the basement putting coal in the furnace, Minnie managed to get into the cupboard and found a bottle of lemon oil furniture pol- ish and drank some, Mrs. Lamont summoned Dr. W. A. M1eKibbon and he rushed Dannie to the hospi- tal, where his stomach was pump- ed. Sunday evening he was rest- ing comfortably. - Wingham Ad- vance -Times. • Build Filtration Plant 'Exeter -PUC this week called for tenders for construction of a filtra- tion plant near its pumphduse be- side the darn. The plant, if built, will house two pumps and two fil- ters to provide Industrial water to Canadian Canners Ltd. during its packing seasons. PUC Superinten- erSt Hugh 11. Davis said decision, proceed with the project will de- pend on current negotiations with the canning company ant/ the price of the tenders on -the building. He estimated the total cost, including equipment .and installation, will be in the neighborhood of $40,000. The plant will provide industrial 'water only; it cannot be tied into the present system which is supplied -by springs- and Well`s. Water for the plant will meet standards for hu- man consumption in a bacterial form; particles will• be removed but not the color. -Exeter Times - Advocate. Who Wants the Building? Nobody wants to tender on de- molition of the former -hospital building at South Street and Bri- tannia Road, which the council has been trying to get rid of without cost. Arthur Thomas, Widder St., appeared Friday to suggest a day labor proposition. "There will be - more stuff go to the dump than anything. I suggest if there are men on relief -we might get them winter work 'tearing the' old build- ing down. You could advertise what material there is for sale - two by eights, two by tens two by twelves -and a lot of stuff inside no good at all. I don't think . you will make anything out of the deal , but you could get it all cleared up," "We have no able-bodied men on relief," Councillor Iluckins ad- vised; "they are all getting unem- taloyment aiiowai'ilf " '"You Could. ke some off the unemployment list," said Mr. Thonias, Answer- ing an enquiry by deputy reeve Bisset, he estimated that a half- dozen men and a truck could do tlie job. in two weeks.---Goderioh Signal -Star. - ,,,MOLE TODAY The problem pf literady through-' out .the world is .being tackled by the 39 Churdh and Mission „Rgards in 50 countries through -the Com- mittee on. World Literacy and Christian Literature, of the Divi- sion of Foreign Missions, National Council _of• -.Churches. To provide at least a Gospel for some of these new readers, as well as some for those who can read, the British and Foreign Bible Society is enlisting the help of • the Churches in Africa to dis- tribute one' million Gospels in 69-, languages in 1960. The Society in Canadais; helping, in -this great project which will 'cost $60,000.00. Gospels for new readers have to be printed in a special -format with larger than usual type for those just beginning to read. Suggested Bible Readings Sunday, Jan. 31 -Luke 8:40-50 - Monday, Feb 1 -Luke 9:1-17 Tuesday, Feb. 2 -Luke 9:37-62 Wednesday, Ft. 3 -,Luke 11:14-36 Thursday, Fe ., 4 -Luke 11:37-54 Friday, Feb. Acts 18:22; 19:22 Saturday, Feb. 6 -Acts .19:23; 20:12 IlllllliIIUH'llltllllllllllillllllulllllillIu ,(Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) tIBltitlttll'Ttltttitl1111111t1'1rt11tt111111H� Where Was Millionaires' Row? In Ilaileybury, Ont., during the early years of the present cen- tury. When the silver rusk reach- ed- its peak in tire Cobalt area about 1905, many of the. "silver kings" built homes in Haileybury, establishing what came to be known as Millionaires' Row along the shores of Lake Timiskaming. The' town of Haileybury,; which is the seat, of Timiskaming District, lies just five miles northeast of Cobalt and five miles " south of New Liskeard. After the silver strike, the. settlement mushroom- ed into a . bustling centre of 3500 population and soon it was known as "the little Bay Street of the Northland." In 1922 a disastrous fire struck the town and only the northern portion escaped destruc- tion. Haileybury never completely recovered from this disaster. • Where is. the Forbidden Plateau? It lies -feet above sea level on the, lower slopes of Vancouver Island's Mount Becher and com- matids,a 904mile vista of the Strait of Georgia. The plateau was so named -because of an Indian legend that the women and children of a Comox band, placed here for se- curity when an attack by Cowich- an Indians was expected, disap- peared without trace -thus caus- ing Indians t. avoid the area. What Sounds As If It Means Arm Of, Gold? The Bras, d'Or Lakes, which al- most divide Cape Breton Island in half. The name is . often facifully construed to mean "Arm of Gold"; actually it 'is a corruption of La- brador. On old English and French charts the body of water occupying the interior of Cape Breton is almost invariably named Lake,. or' Lakes, or Labrador. At St. Peters the waters of the Bras d'Or Lakes are separated from the ,.waters of the Atlantic by a strip of land less than one-quarter mile in width, through which St. Peter's Canal enables small ves- sels to proceed between the lakes• and the. ocean. Two channels con- nect the lake system at the other end with the Atlantic. These -are Great Bras d'Or and Little Bras d'Or, between which lies Boular- derie Island. Which Bridge Has the World's Longest Cantilever Span? The Quebeetaridge, the greatest achievement in, Canadian bridge building. The bridge collapsed twice during erection, -once in 1907 when a compression member buckled, and •again in 1916 when the suspended truss broke loose and crashed into the river, Com- pleted successfully -in the -follow- ing year with a main span of mild and nickel steels 1800 feet in length, the Quebec Bridge remains to date the longest cantilever in the world. The -Harbour Bridge at Montreal, built in 1930 of silicon steel with a cantilever span of 1097 feet, is also among the longest in the world. A SMILE OR TWO *Trucker: "Hey, gal, c'mere. I haven't found the slightest sliver of chicken in this chicken soup."' Waitress: • "Well, let -me tell you somethin' Big Daddy, you won't find any horse in the horseradish, either." Aunt Nellie: "Well, Bobby, did you see Santa Claus 'lett `Christ- mas?" Bobby:- "Nd'; -auntie. It was too dark to see him, but I heard what he said when he knocked his 'the against the bedpost."'' "I've got 'a job at last, Dad," Arthur told his father, "it's a new play and I'm a man who.. has been married twenty 'years." "Splendid m'boy. Mat's a start anyway, Mayybe OW of these, d'ay`s they'll give yoti<''d`4apedking Aiiart "_ moviF _ OT WA► REPORT ,,..- OTTAWA°-- Talk Of a possible snap electionu 116.1 could b'e, heard on• many e1 es last week •as meut- hers of parliament got down to business ut the third session of the twenty-fourth' parliament. Under ordinary circumstances. Prime Minister Diefenitaker would not least his gtverninent._into AD - ether general election until the year 3962, when It would have been four years in power. But the year, it economists are correct, may see major recession. • . One of the government's most respected economic advisers Dr. 0. J. Firestone, has forecast the possibility of a severe recession in •1962, and be' is not alone in this opinion. He is on record as-pre- dicting-it-could s-predicting--it-•could be the worst re- cession since., the "thirties. With this knowledge the govern- ment has to choose between call - lig an election in what could be a year'of depressed business condi- tions, and unemployment,. sitting out the full five years of its life and •ealling an election in 1963, or call- ing a snap election in 1961. Indica- tions are that the political wise - ,men of the Conservative party will 'advise going to the country in 1961 rather ..than waiting until 1962 or 1963. They believe that the momentum' of the Tories' sweeping. victory in 1958 .could carry the party through an early election in 1961. As one prominent member of the govern-- ment told this column, "We stand much'better chance of winning ul. -1961 than if we waited until 1963." .. ,The Liberals and C.C.F. group are now well aware of the possi- bility of a snap election next year. They have alerted their respective party organizations to• be on their toes. The present session of par- liament accordingly should be a hectic one with all sides seeking to score political points. „ When parliament opened for the new session the members heard a throne speech that contained"few surprises and a number -of -obvious -omissions. There were two unex- pected announcements: .The- rea tion of a new ministry of forests and the extension of, the franchise to all Indians. - - • • - There was no - mention of defence, an issue expected to generate` ex- plosions with the opposition taking steamy aim.at'this part of the gov- ernment's ' program., Opposition Leader Pearson has described the Conservative defence ,policies as a "misguided muddle".' He told the house the time had come, for an examination of the whole Canadian defence policy by a small con►mit- tee of parliament. He wanted a policy . hammered out on a non- partisan basis to mdke it a truly national -defence policy. Diefenbak- er has since agreed to set up such a committee, but is to loolc only. at expenditures and not to deal with policy. Also missing-, from' the throne speech was any reference to infla- tion or to the country's financial" position; This seemed all the more strange in the light of a speech made'' a, few days before the ses- session opened by Finance . Mini- ster Fleming. He had . warned against too rapid a rise in eeono.• mic expansion., He cautioned against doing things which were likely to .encourage an excessive growth in spending. He appealed' to 'Canadians to "work and save:"" He said an •uncontrolled boom would end in a recession and urg- ed Canadians -to restrain the de. trtands in order to }seep from prie» ing Canadian goods out of the world markets.anada }rust be on. its guard against .booms and: busts, Five days after the house open -- ed James Coyne, the governor of the Bak of Canada, said in Win- nipeg itt.nipeg in a public. address, _that, Canada for at -least five years had; been living beyond her means on - a grand scale. Canada was not. producingherself out- Orher port deficit• but was getting in, deeper. It was strange that the thrope speech made no mention of such things of the deepest cen- cern to the nation. - The throne speech did forecast, bringing forward Mr. Diefenbak- er's controversial Bill of Rrights- • and it also proposed Combines leg- islation to provide pprotection -for small •. businesses, both hangovers , from the last session. Changes will • be made in old age and veterans' pensions regu- lations to provide the "basis" for paying such pensions outside . of Canada. However, just how far the government is ready to go along this line will not be clear un- til the legislation is introduced. Meantime, if you are a pensioner; 'don't go rushing off to make reser- vations in California or Florida. Soon after the house opened the combines division annual report ° was tabled. It disclosed that three - major Investigations are under way. One deals' with the policies, of-- certain drug manufacturing .co•mpanies in the selling and pric- ing, of new types of drugs: Similar ' enquiries are being carried out in regard to automobile - insurance rates and restrictiens..t;y certain - gasoline companies .on sales -of ac- cessory items. ' When he entered • the ..throne speech- debate to defend his ad- ----•- ministration. against the severe at- tack launched by Mr. Pearson, the Vrime Minister unveiled three im ortant reform -measures not men- = tioned in the throne speech -pre- sumably kept back to enable the • P.M. to score some debating; -points in the throne speech debate. They were: • (� (1) Early -no mentiZfn, of when-- establishment of 'a royal .commis- sion modelled on the United States Hoover commission to probe all government operations • for savings to bring down to a minimum the high cost of- government. (2) Hope for action, in co=opera- tion with the provincial govern? ments, to make the Canadian con+• stitution-the BNA 'Act -amendable in', Canada without formal refer- ence to the. British parliament. (There has been no indication d- ay meetings to date with the provinces), (3) Formation of a House of - Commons rules committee to fur.-'• ther streamline transaction of busi- ness by the house. Prime Minister ' Diefenbaker in reply to the opposition leader's. it. -ism of defence policies,. .said. alada will maintain her .Inde- ' pe nce but accepts the ;principle that only in co-operation with the. United States is there survival, but. he gave ng real -indication of how- this independence 'and co-operation would work-out in practice. He closed the. bitter debate {vith. the - declaration that Canada will con- trol nuclear weaponsused by her: `forces, although again' it not clear what this means ow it works. IN THE YEARS" 'AGONE Interesting items gleaned -from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor January f5, 1935 'Suddenly taken ill after eating a piece of raisin nib at a party on, Wednesday evening lastweek, Car- man Whitmore, Raymond Towns- end and • Margaret Crich were thought to have been poisoned. Dr. E. A. McMaster, Seaforth, investi- gated the pie and found what he considered to be a rare poison. The, three pfersons who 'had taken the pie soon••secot'ered. - The Seaforth Beavers have' been playing stellar hockey the past week. They lost to Clinton on Fri- day night in overtime, the ' score being 6-5.. The 'Beavers then went on a scoring, rampage on Tuesday ,:night and piled up 13 goals against the one Ione tally by Wingham. If they Win one more game they are almost sure of a play-off position. • Charles Holmes was elected president of the 'Seaforth Branch of the Canadian Legion at Its an- nu'al meeting in the club rooms, on Wednesday evening. While walking on South Main St., near the outskirts of -the town on Saturday__, evening, George, Israel, of Seaforth, was struck by a car, driven by Floyd Koch, of Kitchen- er. Chief --Constable Snell who in- vestigated, has preferred charges against Koch for failing to report an accident.' VV V T *' • ' From The Huron EaCliositor January 28, 1910 • Owing to the prevalence of rabies among dogs in a number of places, Mayor McCallum has issued a pro- clanration requiring all dogs in Seaforth either to be tied up or muzzled. Dogs found atlarge with- out a muzzle will be destroyed. A similar proclamation has been is- sued in McKillop township.- The managenient of the Palace Rink has arranged for a -carnival to be held on Friday evening, Feb. 4- A crew feature -"will be a drill by.16 boys and i6 girls, under the direction of tit. James Robb. Lib- eral prize's are being offered. A serious runaway accident 6c- curred on Thursday. A horse was at Beechwood store and when Mr. G. K. holland -attempted- to turn the antmhl round, it uliset the cut- ter, throwing its occupant, ..,Myr. Con E•ekert; out. Mr. holland was knocked, down ,and run over-':. , rendered '.unconscious. On Saturday nlorpif g.• we had Oi a Or . the most , blinding a110 G •°gin+. storms ' that we have seetr,for years, and it made the roads al- most impassable. Quite a number, after... starting out from their night's pleasure, had to turn back and: seek the hospitality- of their host and hostess until the storm abet= 'edit d• - At a special Meeting of Seaforth -council on Thursdays evening, the - tender of E. J. Box for snow plow- ing was accepted at the following. figures: 30 cents per hour for horse and man, and 15 cents per• hour when a second horse is re- quired. 4* , *,: • From The Huron Expositor anuary 30, 1 • The flax iII'in this town a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Wednesday morning. At about one , o'clock the alarm was rung. An ash house attached to the engine room had caught fire, but fortunately it Was noticed in- time and the fire was extinguished. Hat the fire got a little further start,. it is likely the mill and contents would have been' destroyed. As Mr. and Mia.' John O'Sulli- van, of. McKillop, were coming in- to town on Tuesday with a horse and cutter, the horse took fright and becoming untriatiageable, ran up on.the sidewalk. He was caught further down the street. Further than -the breaking of the harness, no injury as done. On Thursday forenoon as Mr. Alex Mustard, of the K'gmondville Mills was assisting to unload a load of logs at the mill, one of them rolled over on him, injuring his leg very severely. Fortunately, the lirilb was 'not broken, A very difficult surgical opera- tion was successfully performed in Varna on Saturday which consist. ed in •the removal of a cancer from the tongue of Mr. John Walker One of the deeplyseated glands of the neck which it, was feared had a cancerous deposit, was also op- erated on. The curling sea§on is now indnll- blast. On Friday, two rinks from the Seaforth club ,went to Berlin and played a • match with the Wa- terloo club for the "association cup. As .usual, the Seaforth' players carne out victorious. The next draw will •comprise the 'Weinberg Of victorious rinks who will com- pose four rinks and play-off, tivo,. agbinst two. -