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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 11, 1960
Huron's Railway Engine Recalls Age Of Steam
Huron County, because of the fore-
sight and imagination of the county
museum curator, Herb Neill, has
on display a steam railway engine.
As a result, generations yet unborn
will be able to see at first hard a
machine that each week is becoming
scarcer, and more than any other
made possible the development of
Canada as it is today. It was the
steam railway engine that bridged
the distance between the Atlantic and
the Pacific and made Canada a na-
tion.
The age of steam on Canada's rail-
ways is nearly at an end. It began at
least 125 years ago and passed into
history, as far as the two major sys-
tems were 'concerned, before sum-
mer. The CPR removed its last steam
locomotive in April and the CNR did
likewise in June.
The ,CNR was the first railway in
North America to turn to diesel
power. That was back in 1929, but it
was not until nearly 20 years later—
Wingham Endorse
Like Seaforth, the town of Wing -
ham recently has taken steps to
tighten theregulations having to do
with building.
' Endorsing the action, the Wing -
ham Advance -Times comments that
"though we are not at all in favor of
thcurtailnient of any of our hard-
won freedoms, the town's recent
move to tighten u13 -the local building
code is a good one."
"If the building inspector fails to
approve the construction of a- low
grade structure, no doubt the owner
is going to feel pretty sore at the• in-
spector, the town council and all con-
cerned. However, it must be borne
in mind that whenever a building is
erected it is of necessity adjacent to
some other person's property, and on
the neighbor's land there may well
be a home of which the owner - is.
Pearson Sense Of
•
Mr. Pearson's leadership in opposi-
tion has been distinguished above all
by responsibility.
He has been criticized by some im-
patient Liberals for declining to in-
dulge in the, conventional tricks of
politics, to outbid the government
with attractive b u t impractical
pledges, . to propose expenditures'
without admitting their cost.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Pearson's
method, his rejection of easy prom-
ises, his refusal to play games with
the electorate, has begun to attract•.
votes. His patience is being reward -
in 1948—that the switchover was
launched in earnest. By then the CPR
was also undertaking a great conver-
sion program. What has happened
since represents a revolution on the
rails.
Viewing the changes that have oc-
curred in railway motive power, the
Ottawa Citizen permits itself pleas-
ant memories of the old order and
comments:
"This no doubt is all for the better.
The railways must keep abreast of
the times if they hope to stay in busi-
ness, and the shift from steam to oil
means greater efficiency and lower
operating costs. "
"Yet when the last of the snorting
iron monsters make their farewell
runs there will be nostalgic sighs
from a multitude of Canadians who,
had grown up with themand who
could never quite reconcile them-
selves to thinking of these newfang-
led diesel jobs as belonging on a rail-
road."
s Building ' Control
proud:, If a poor building goes.. up
next" door the value of the finer pro-
perty is definitely curtailed.
"At the present time there is con-
siderable building in •progress in
Wingham. We are under the influ-
ence of post-war conditions and there
may never again be a time when as
many buildings are being put up at
any one time. It would, therefore, be
a shame to permit hazardous build-
ing and poor planning."
While the new procedures have
been in effect in Seaforth Lbut a few
weeks, already it is apparent that
definite benefits are beillg derived,
in that the town now h' knowledge
of the constructionthat is under way.
The fact, too, that'a potential builder
knows his plans are to be scrutinized
means that more care will be taken
than might otherwise be the case.
Responsibility Pays
ed, his judgment confirmed, his faith
in the good Sense of the people vali-
dated by recent elections. The Lib-
eral party has definitely turned the
corner of its defeat three years ago
and the government has turned its
corner, too, in the opposite direction.
Thus both in terms of electoral.
politics and the more important
terms of the nation's welfare Mr.
Pearson's principle of responsibility
is paying off. The Canadian people
have grasped at last the meaning and
consequences of irresponsibility, and
they are looking for an 'alternative.
—Winnipeg Free Press.
We're celebrating two anniversaries this week. Three years ago we mov-
ed into our new showroom in Zurich. Two years ago we opened a branch
in Seaforth.
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'ex." The Weeh
"Wouldn't it be a dirty trick on her if we never came back"
SUGAR AND SPICE'
By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY
Most of us who are taking the
special summer crash course for
fledgling high school teachers are
finding it pretty strong meat. It's
especially invigorating for refu-
gees from other fields, like my-
self, whose peak of intellectual ex-
ercise in the past decade or so, has
been working out a crossword puz-
zle, or watching the late, late mov-
ie.
Thus, we have former insurance
salesmen laboring over Latin." We
have men who were in the retail
business anguishing over algebra.
We have married women who have
learned nothing since they left col-
lege, except how to run a lot of
push-button kitchen machinery, a-
ghast over the geography of Africa.
But every second week, the pres-
sure of study is relieved. As a
special treat, we are allowed to
play a game. At one time it was
known as Daniel in the Lions' Den.
Later, it turned up as The Span-
ish Inquisition. Now it is simply
called Practice. Teaching.
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A week of this can shorten' your
life by ten years. Which is a lit-
tle hard on us middle-aged types
who are already worried about be-
ing able to hang on until we get
the superannuation, some 30 years
hence. A friend of mine on the
course suddenlycrumpled the other
day. We rushed him to the em-
ergency department of the Gen-
eral Hospital.
They gave him about 37 tests of
various kinds. They asked him a
lot of questions. He kept throwing
up and complaining of pain. Fin-
ally, they ,told him rather vaguely
that he had a virus, gave him a
prescription for some expensive
medicine, and told him to go to
bed for a few days.
I could have saved everybody a
lot of time and trouble. I knew
what the "virus" was. My friend
had to practice -teach mathemat-
ics the next day.. Last time he
studied mathematios was a few
years after the first World, War.
Or maybe the Boer War. Anyway,
he's lurking happily in bed, clutch-
ing the little note from the doctor
which excuses him from practice -
teaching this week.
Oh, I tell you, it makes your
heart bleed, to see some poor de-
vil, who used to be the confident
president of the Rotary Club back
home, standing there, craven, gray,
perspiring. It almost makes the
tears start when you see some
girl, happily married for nine
years, who had worked her way
up to District President of the
Women's Institute in the home
town, up there with her knees
knocking, mouth twitching. It
shouldn't happen to Lumumba.
I don't worry about the student
teachers who are just out of col-
lege. • They're almost as Cocky as
the teenagers themselves. It's the
older types, on the come -back trail,
sporting the wounds of the years
bravely, who wring your heart.
You feel like saying: "There,
there, old boy, I promise we'll
send you back home, to the good
old boring job you left for the glit-
ter of teaching, on the first train,
.as soon as you come out of the
"shock." And to the girls: "Nev-
er mind, Mum, I'll bet you're a
darn good- cook, anyway".
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Experienced teachers do a lot
to cheer you up, though. One
fellow was telling me the other
day that it's not so bad, once you
get started. In the next breath,
he casually informed me that three
teachers of his acquaintance are
now happily cutting paper dolls,
or making like Napoleon, on a per-
manent basis.
One good thing about it. Those
of us who make the grade will be
steady, dependable teachers. Never
again will we think the grass on
the other side of the fence is green-
er or .more succulent than.the bur-
dock we are chomping.
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There is a hilarious logic to the
pr a c t i c e -teaching sessions. If
you're going to be teaching Com-
mercial in September, your first
assignment will be a lesson in
Grade 12 French. If you are teach-
ing nothing but English this fall,
you are likely to be tossed in front
of a class in Grade 11 Geography,
which. you last studied about the
time Mussolini was shouting from
a balcony.
This element of surprise adds a
great deal to the game, giving it
a distinct flavor of that old parlor
pastime, Russian Roulette. It has
one of two results. Either it im-
bues the student -teacher with un-
warranted self-confidence, or it
marks him for life.
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So you get up there in front of
the class, lesson notes fluttering
hysterically in your hand, sweat
running down your spine. A
strange, trembling voice tells the
class to turn tb page eleventy-
seven. •You open your mouth again
to begin teaching, and your mind
goes stark, staring blank.
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The students observe you with
the bold interest of sharks about
to rend a dying whale. Your fel-
low student -teachers watch with
aching sympathy. Your critic
teacher eyes you with a fine blend
of impatience and disgust. All you
need is a chair in one hand and a
whip in the other, and you'd feel
like an apprentice lion -tamer on
his first trip inside the big cage.
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At you go through the lesson
with all the enthusiasm and spon-
taneity of a zombie, your inner
churns: "What am I doing
here? I never wanted to be a
teacher anyway. They talked me
into it, Who can possibly stand
teenagers all day? I'II go mad.
I want to go home to Min and the
kids. Help!"
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(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadians,)
Where Is the World's Most North-
erly Permanent Settlement?
At Alert on the northern coast of
Ellesmere Island, in Canada's Arc-
tic archipelago. The radio and
meteorological station at Alert was
established in 1950 and is operated
jointly by Canada and the United
States. Since its establishment the
station has been the most norther-
ly permanent human habitation in
the world. Alert lies at almost 83
degrees north latitude.
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Who Won 45 of 46 Murder Trials?
Robert Andrew Bonnar, of Mani-
toba, one of the ablest criminal
lawyers of his generation, lost on-
ly one of 46 murder trials in which
he represented the defendant. Bon-
ner was born at King, north of
Toronto, in 1860, the son of a Scot-
tish schoolmaster who had come
to Canada and taken up farming.
He was taught at home, attended
Barrie Academy for a time, and
then studied law in Winnipeg. In
1689 he was called to the Manitoba
bar and in 1915 he was created a
K.C. Bonnar died at Headingly,
Man., in 193e.
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Where Was Bonar Law Born?
Andrew Bonar Law, the only
prime minister of Great Britain
(1922-23) not a native of the Bri-
tish Isles, was born in 1858 at
Rexton, N.B. He was the son of
the Presbyterian minister, the
Rev. James Law, in this Kent
County community. Rexton is sit-
uated on the Richibucto River,
three miles south of the town of
Richibucto. Until 1901 the com-
munity was known as. Kingston. It
was founded in 1825 and became
a -prosperous shipbuilding a n d
lumbering centre. When the fer-
ry downriver was replaced iby a
bridge at Rexton, the main road
came through the community and
the population further increased.
A cairn to the memory of Bonar
Law has been erected in Rexton.
Rev. Robert H. Harper
AUGUST
It seems a pity that the present
month may inferentially remind
us of war. Augustus Caesar was
not averse to war, in fact he ra-
ther seemed to enjoy it. And he
made it hot for those who oppos-
ed him, gust as the present month
makes it hot for those who swel-
ter through it. Remember the
saying that "It will be a cold day
August" when such and such a
thing will happen.
But though migratory birds for
ages have gone from one clime to
another, men have only recently
learned to simulate a change of
climate in conditioning their dwel-
lings and places of labor. And we
may wonder if there can be a
way so to condition the whole of
lie that men many beat their
swords and spears into plough-
shares and pruning hooks and
learn of war no more.
It is not far-fetched to Write of
air-conditioning the world. For
that is what is needed because
commercial rivalries, racial hat-
reds, and insatiable ambitions
generate heat and drive men to
war.
But however it may be illustrat-
ed an air-conditioned world can
only come through peace; peace
can come only through love, and
love 'can only come as the gift of
God through our faith.
. Just a Thought:
It is not always the wealthy and
the powerful who •shape the course
of the world. Men have risen from
insignificant beginnings - to leave
indelible marks upon history. Each
of- us, every day, by good works
and by example, can help to make
a better world in which to live.
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What Ships Were Built To Be
Torn Apart
In the first half of the 19th cen-
tury Europe and the West Indies
were hungry for the cheap timber
of North America. This appetite
inspired. the most daring shipbuild-
ing project in Canadian maritime
history. In 1823 John and Charles
Wood, shipbuilders at Port Glas-
gow, Scotland, decided to evade
the British timber tax by building
huge wooden ships in Quebec, sail-
ing them across the Atlantic, and
thenbreaking them up .for tim-
bers. The Columbus, first of the
lumber ships, was launched at a
specially assembled shipyard four
miles from Quebec City on July
28, 1824, • and rigged as a four-
masted barque. She was 301 feet
long and registered at 3690 tons.
She was not only the biggest ships
of her day but, with oneexception,
the largest vessel built anywhere
in the world for the next 30 years.
The Columbus reached England
safely. Then construction began
on the Baron of Renfrew, an even
bigger vessel -304 feet long and
5880 tons. The Baron of Renfrew
sailed in the summer of 1825 but
was wreckedin the English Chan-
nel through a pilot's error. John
and Charles Wood, her imagina-
tive builders, collected from the
loss an insurance payment that
was a record for the times.
"I know I'm not much to look
at," admitted the suitor.
"Oh, well," philosophized his
bride-to-be, "you'll be at the office
most of the time."
Magistrate --It's you again. Did-
n't I suspend your driver's license
Three months ago?. What's the
charge now?
Defendant -,Jaywalking.
A M,*DUFF O.TTAIWA REPORT •
THE TRUMPET SOUNDS AGAIN
OTTAWA—The political trumpets
are sounding out in the far West,
British Columbia is going to hold
a provincial election, and - M.P.'s.
of all parties will be packing their
bags for still another political pil-
grimage; they can't resist the call,
B.C, elections are rowdy and
rough. As a bellwether the Prov-
ince is completely •unpredictable.
There are five parties in the field
this time—Social Credit, CCF, Lib-
eral, Conservative and Commun-
ist.
Despite the built-in unpredict-
ability, or perhaps in spite of it,
this particular election is of all -
consuming interest to Ottawa. This
is a big one, make no mistake:
For Social Credit, it could be a
turning point. The party has been
suffering setback after setback at
the hands of Canada's voters. In
1958, Prime Minister Diefenbaker
and his Conservatives removed the
last Social Credit M.P. from the
House of Commons. In Saskatche-
wan recently, the Party lost three
sitting members, and saw its pop-
ular vote drop from 22 per cent
to 12 per cent.
In the scheme of things, the next
election held in Canada following
that in B.C. will be a Federal elec-
tion. If Social Credit is to make
a Federal comeback, it will have
to show its strength in B.C. A
recent Social Credit gathering in
Ottawa heard Premier Bennett, of
B.C., and Premier Manning, of
Alberta, say Social Credit's great-
est appeal Federally is the con-
tinued overwhelming support it has
garnered in those two provinces.
A significant loss of seats, or a
defeat in B.C., then, would destroy
,whatever Federal appeal the par-
ty may have. -
There is also a lot at stake for
the CCF in this election. The New
Party concept is well on its way
to reality, and in effect the New
Party will be tested at the polls.
The Liberals. ' need to improve
their position in B.C. Failure to
do this could brand the Party as
the Party of French -Canada, with-
out a broad national base. Any in-
crease in seats or popular, vote
would be encouraging to the Lib-
erals, and to become the official
opposition would be counted a ma-
jor victory.
The Conservatives, who will -be
making their strongest bid provin-
cially since 1952, have been taking
a terrible drubbing at the polls. in
recent months, and desperately re-
quire a shot of enthusiasm for the
,Party's entire national organiza-
tion.
The Communists are not a ser-
ious entry and can be discounted,
although their unusually high num,
ber of candidates (at least a doz-
en) poses a number of interesting
questions.
Present standings in the B.C.
House are: Social Credit •38, CCF
10, Liberal 3, Labour 1, for a to-
tal of 52 seats. Because of the
number of parties in the field, So-
cial Credit has been coasting into
office with a minority of the popu-
lar vote. Here's a breakdown of
the popular vote in the last elec-
tion, back in 1956: Social Credit
374,711, CCF 231,507, Liberal 177,-
921, Conservative 25,077, and La-
bour 1,321. Total votes cast 810,-
537. In 1956, Conservative candi-
dates contested less than half the
seats.
As in the past, Premier Ben-
nett is confronted with three major
opposition parties, all of them dis-
organized to some degree.
The Liberals have a new leader
in Ray Perrault,, a former public
relations and advertising ,man with
a flair for snaking news,but with.
no practical experience in the art
of politics, although he worked in.
party headquarters for a time. He
is young, and his popular appeal
is untested.
With some regret, .the Conserva-
tives have held on to party leader
Deane Finlayson, who rias shown
a singular inability to obtain a
seat in the Legislature in several
previous attempts. If the faith
shown in Finlayson by Federal
Conservatives is any criterion, the
party mus be badly divided in
B.C.
Rdbert Strachan, the CCF Op-
position Leader, is a canny Scots
politician given to excessive and
exaggerated language. There is
some question as to the hold he
has on the CCF party. In the last
session of thei Legislature, his
caucus overruled him on a major
issue—Premier Bennett's $50 home-
owner grants—and Strachan was
forced to eat crow, very public-
ly.
All in all, Mr. Bennett has good
cause for confidence. A defeat for
his eight- year - old government
would be considered a greater up-
set than New Brunswick.
There are a dozen issues, none
of them of particular interest out-
side of B.C., with the possible ex-
ception of B.C.'s running battle ov-s
er power development. Premier
Bennett has neatly straddled the
fence separating public and priv-
ate development. On the one hand
he promotes the private Wenner-
Gren power scheme in the north,
and on the other the public Colum-
bia River development in the
south. School financing will be an
issue, so will corruption, for the
case of Robert Sommers will not
soon be forgotten in B.C. High-
way construction, debt manage-
ment, welfare programs (includ-
ing a health insurance plan) will
all be up for public discussion.
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Capital Hill Capsules
Social Credit's recent Ottawa
meeting gas heart to the Liber-
als, Conservatives and the ,CCF.
They feel Social Credit, in soft -
peddling its monetary reform
theories, is removing one, ..of -the
major reasons for its existence;
without Social Credit monetary re-
form it has nothing distinctive to
offer the voters. They were also
intrigued by the election to Na-
tional President of Robert Thomp-
son, a chiropractor from the Red
'Deer district in Alberta. Mr.
'rhompson's qualifications for the
job are not impressive, and his
claim to' have arrested leprosy
with chiropractic manipulation
while in Ethiopia is not the type
of thing to command the support
of a sober-minded citizenry.
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Ottawa is still in a flap over
Ontario Premier Leslie Frost's
tactics at the Federal -Provincial
Conference. Mr. Frost was out for
bear. Insiders say he didn't even
consult his own cabinet members
before asking Ottawa for another
$1,600,000,000 a year for the .prov-
inces, and that four of them are
boiling mad. They feel their
leader's demands were irrespons-
ible. So does the Federal Govern-
ment. It was known for Sometime
that Frost was expressing disallu-
sionment with Diefenbaker, but
here was the first clear public in-
dication that Frost did not intend
to worry about how his actions
might affect Mr. Diefenbaker.
Many feel Frost may have over-
played his hand, in contrast to
the moderate a constructive ap-
proach of new Quebec Premier.
Jean Lesage which attracted fav-
our here.
IN THE „,YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and 75. years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
August 9, 1935
An excellent entry is assured for
the race meet being sponsored by
the Seaforth Turf Club here on
Wednesday of next week. It is
threeyears'since races have been
held in Seaforth.
Mr. C. H. Joy, Who has been
manager of Hensall's Bank of
Montreal for over 13 years, has
been superannuated, having serv-
ed with the bank for over 35 years
Ralph (Cooney) Weiland, Eg-
mondville old boy and outstanding
National League hockey player,
established himself as a golfer of
no mean ability when he shot a 38
at the Seaforth Golf and Country
Club recently.
Dr. James A. Munn moved his
dental office from the Sills' block
to the new offices which he has
built in the block he recently pur-
chased from Mr. C. Aberhart.
Dr. H. Ernest Appleyard has
been successful in passing the ex-
aminations for admission to the
Royal College of Physicians, Lon-
don. Dr. Appleyard is a son of
Canon. and Mrs. E. Appleyard, of
Seaforth.
Crops are so heavy the farmers
will have to thresh to make room
for the remainder of the crop.
Arrangements have been com-
pleted to hold an R.O.P. poultry
breeders conference at Scott's
Poultry Farm on Friday, August
16. Representatives from Ottawa
and Guelph will speak to the con-
ference.
1V Ir. John Murray, Egmondville,,
was honored at the Murray -Gibson
picnic on Wednesday, it being his
80th birthday.
Play commenced this week for
the Cresswell, Savauge, Southgate
and Broadfoot cups at the Seaforth
Golf and Country Club.
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From The Huron Expositor
August 12, 1910
Rev. Dr. Stewart has just com-
pleted his 22nd year as pastor of
Willis' Presbyterian Church, Clin-
ton.
While operating a buzz planer
in the Clintgn organ factory, Geo.
Cook had two fingers on his right
hand taken off.
Rev. T. Charlesworth, who has
been pastor of Clinton and Auburn
Baptist Churches for the past two
years, preached bis farewell ser-
mon on Sunday.
Quite a severe electrical storm
passed over the area on Monday,
doing considerable damage.
W. Berry & Son, Brucefield, have
sold their well-known standard
bred stallion, Electric B, to Mr.
T. J. Berry, of Hensall.
The pea crop in this district is
almost a complete failure, many
fields having been plowed down.
Mr. J. C. Greig has leased one
of the stores new occupied by W.
Pickard & Son, and will move
there from the Oddfellows' block
about the end of the month. •
Mr. G. A. Sills has been award-
ed the contract of installing a
complete system of plumbing and
closets at the Collegiate Institute.
The cost will be about $800.
Monday was quite a busy day in
town owing to the voting on three
by-laws. They were the Hydro
plebiscite, Hydro by-law and Bell
by-law.
Quite a large number from Hen-
sall and district attended the sports
at Grand Bend last week on tie
occasion of the Old Bpys' Reunion
and Gala Day. Hensall brass band
was engaged for the day.
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From The Huron Expositor
- August 7, 1885
Dr.-Hurlburt, formerly of Bruce -
field, has been elected a trustee of
the Mitchell public school.
Mr. William Phillipa;' formerly
of Stanley Township, has a Ow
which gave birth to two calves,
one two days after the other. This
is a freak of Nature, the like of
which we seldom hear. .
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Sperling,
of McKillop, returned from their
European tour on Friday last.
Mr. Marenette, of Hamilton, one
of the best tenor singers in Can-
ada, will sing in St. James' Church
choir, Seaforth, on Sunday next.
Nearly every farmer in this vi-
cinity uses a self -binder now.
The flax •crop is good this year,
and it looks as if our enterprising
flax manufacturer, Mr. L. Mur-
phy, would have a profitable sea-
son.
We understand it has been de-
cided that the civic holiday for
Seaforth will be on Thursday next.
Heavy and frequent showers of
rain have fallen during the past
few days checking harvest work,
but benefitting pasture fields and
root crops, which were beginning
to suffer.
A team from the Seaforth Crick-
et Club went to Brussels on Wed-
nesday and played a match with
the Brussels club, when the latter
came out victorious.
The Messrs. Case, of Seaforth,
have bought and shipped 500 cat-
tle this season. This, at an aver-
age of $70 per head, would make
the large sum of $35,000 that has
been paid out by one firm for cat-
tle alone in this vicinity during
the present season.
The Bicycle Club intend having
their annual tournament on Wed-
nesday with $400 in prizes to be
given away.
Thomas Govenlock and Robert
Winter, of McKillop, have gone
to Montreal to look after a num-
ber of fat cattle they are ship-
ping to the Old Country.
MUEB Flan
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