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SEVENTY-AR1'RN'TH 11.01 NO, 11
GODERICH; ONTARIO, ,THUR
DAY, APRIL 3, 192.1
1
GODERICH'S TAX RATE
FOR THIS YEAR IS
FORTY-FIVE MILLS tidal h.
'1'.1x. s, general rate 6078 Ali
iiim.s74 Ei
Estimated Expenditures
$ *1700 f(1
Printing aunt advertising,: MO 90
I Law 414.11 Il011 (M)
Discounts Arranged for New }'1ae department1.401) 00
I'n1s .. ... •' PI,50l) 1)0
System of Half -yearly '1'arri,* . .... . }.575 00
Pa fit of ; 111141,1 fid 1.010 00
�e iaxes i Charity ,,,, , 101 00
.1,...y luta 14/1 114.11t0 277 00
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The tax rate ter Ike *.•.*r Ley Iva• fiddle library .... '1,3410 00
ruckI; its
by tine town ,')noea l) at •. ., •• 1.owletmeetingting Friday night at w Niel )tarask int.•r, st 1.500 (M►
owlet4.009 00
O H the members we'
irate. whish suis arark :11 ro trill+
an the dollar. or it reduction 4.1 ors•
Mill from last year. rtubr,ov. 5 mills
far the Collegiate footnote. •.5 mi11x'
for puddle s h..d. and 31,E mills for!
general purposes. The asscoun •fit
1 the town for 11‘2I for ...Iowa intr.'
'poses duly I. Approxlmah•IV $2.740.4‘10, 1
while that for the general rine Is
* tarot $2.01/0e.101. lu-ac'e,rl*t1r with'
at.'pw alr.a4V taken by t1.• ,.o nelI to'
ipdiw.t the taxes half -yearly. the dates
upon whfeh 14,• tate. will 1.. ane have
'been noel a. July 1st and 141.•emter
! 15t4,. The fact that the assessment
; lar ,e41/to1 purpose.' nttly hail Inereaw'r}
- over i17.1miti► ttlie 1mrea•e b•1)tR
to the (otherleh Elevator l Tran•(t
Co.'. million -),swirl alines t hovered
lits, weh.oI rate to the extent of one
it \mill. The rd*p•th'n of one -holt
1 .an the general rate 14 due 10 an
.*1)roulid poring, of the est lion telt.
Afte'r•rou.ith•rable disco..iion In onto.
Ione of Ihr whole. with Beers. U. J.
)1)41.1:wait in the chuff. it was
„1 by count-1l1nr. 4'. 'H,' Humber
1* F. Itntmes that the rate 7.e'
ed :w 45 mills it was t1). -n luoved
amendment by I)rpuly Iteeve. 11. C.
horning: and Councillor J. S. )Tutt ,
the the rate 4.P 441 mill.. the KR 10e IN
.t 'rear i'p *t a rote *wing taken
yy uw•an. of a %bow of hands the mar
Alm w.,s dislar.l ca'rrled. nnty Iwyatty'
v.• Moaning. voting in •nplw,rt of
tbP nmendm'ut. • t
F 1
firth -•r 11s•n .e
vk n then t place
da
'As to the ditwount. to be allowed and
',kr (fery entago to AP added for ,
farerdn. taxes, The following *notion,
•as stored by Councillor !insulter, was
'finally adopted: That R dls•nnut of 2
p•r,cwrt. he allowed on all tares for
iWr first half-year Hoe on July 1•t)
on or before June 1.1th, all '
u a discount or 3 per emit. be allow-
(() an all tires for the *wood half-year
''(tae December Lith,) If paid on or
ore Jane 15th: that a discount of
C
eg t.ile allowed nn all *ase* for
mood halt -year (dn.• Iwvrmber
1411) If paid on or before November
-lit: Gat !S per rent be ad 111 on all
'*agate ljir the first half-year if not
'paid by July 15th. and the same on
%tt1 tarp* for the .'retool half-year If
itet pair by January 1*t,
' 17pos, Testunh,g in: vermeil 111.' mar
finite `a�dopt the r•nort of the commit-
tee i Whole. n. outlined shore.
by here. MacEwan and
;1y Cntui,•illor Dumber. The
Womb* was carried. - -
vesltike Imate• of reeelpts and ex -
k
upon whch the 45•nllll rate
tree Mali*) are as follows:
" aflatated Receipts
ttatfr.".'3
19. less'd
nratt-x (422 14t
sox laileolleeted, 1:r23. 41.42=5 to
remlt/� n . . ..... ...... . 000d1
Flees ,':t 73 Oft
.flog •, •• •1`.3 00
lil,rw'aI ' meat assess. 4.,M1 34
))ewer 450 (a)
oat gents 000 00
Nati Co, nrtY(It*11.000 00
en ninon) CO,
(*4 00
Public sic/tools ... ... ,20,500 00
Separate+ *w•hoo' ., ...... 1,3(1(1 (all
Collegiate Institut,' 12.000 (tat
)).asst of Health ......
lnstlrunee ......
11'at•r. light and harbor,.
Market sass.. ....
Debenture payments (less
whood and IV. and I..,. 2.1,27.04
ti.W.S,i4. lutenwr
County, gers•nIl rate , .. .
('aunty, 1.Ighwai,. rate
Street lighting , , . ,
'town Kilter
Diseount un tny'•s f
Interest on ,minty rant.' . :.'.*4101
Sinking fund arrear. _x00-00
Rank overdraft , , 42.000 00
untshanding liabilities ... 10.19.3 17
Mbiretta m.o.., .. - . 4.1117 441*
71171.4711 21
910 00
900 01)
:(Ml 00
25 00
'400 n0
PO 1.021 90
ufnetnring Co.
raft Co. pay-
ee.
ayee. ',nears
a
Oa, '.Wei-
rs 4410 00
3200 00
15 (10
35,11(19 17
2,11((1 00
1,000 00
0,071. n7
4.:.12 ((1
2.134 00
4,41/12 :S(1
3.160 00
1.000 (Ill
A piay. "i ('an't Afford 11." will he
given in North .rr.•t Methodist church
on Tu1slai\. April 1:.ttt, Keep t4*.' date.
i•'efr quality Holsteins, attend Reid
Bro..' sale on April 10. •Advertised
elsewhere' in thhi home.
The Singer S.iring Slnehlne i.. the
best for yea to Any- It t.w-i, Tho job
end lasts it lifetime TIi(1MAS.
1'(►l'NG. Agent.
Tit• Itaunk of Commerce flag
*t f-
a hal mn Pr 4
t on Id
ay and Saturday
of last week out of respect t.. the
Tate Sir Edmund Walker, president
of that institution.
• 1f plot sewing machine is gi0n0
you trouble we emu fix it for yon -
any- kInd, alien ne•dlrs, ells and ac-
er..ories. f.rnr.. your order at
Mhe•Ier'. Furniture Store TITOSLIS
YOi'NG.
Keep Tuesday evening, Apr11 loth.
np•n for the play, "i ('ant Afford
it." In \'.rtl, street Methodist church.
The editor of The Signal received
hp./ week » 1U1ttd.nme hunch of ruse. A
very plim'nnt greeting frnrn the Flor-
ists' Telegraph Delivery -*sww•latIon.
which wa. holding an international
"flower show at ('IPyeland, r►. The
mow were dellrerell through. ,Mr, Geo.
Stewart. who iv a memtwv of the
Atume a t ion-
GOii)FARICH NASKY?.
Thursday. April 3rd,
Shorts. per ton tell 00 *442 (Ni
gran. per ton ' '10 00 31 00
Hay,' per ton floosie). R 00 9 00
ilny. per ten (baled t , . 12 (K► 16 00
1Vhent. per booing.... 95 1.07
(kat., per bushel 40 42
ISnckal•heat. per hash. -I 711 75
Potnt(ew, per bushel:fit 00
Barley. per bushel. a-: :.3 00
Cattle. choly, per crit . 5 sa 0 4)0
rattle, medium, tier cwt 4 n0 5 10
Veal entree.. per cwt• 4 (kl 0 00
tildes, per I4* M (10
I(og.. p r cwt 7 25 7 !10
Flour, (menti per pw•t3 4:, i0
Fluor. family. per cwta 27. 3
Tinttr•r, err•nm,'ry, lb., 44 4
!Sutter. dairy, Iter ib40
I7ggs, freeth. per dozen22' 2:1
Chicken., per 11' 20 22
Eh?
Brow!. Poet
Emhlemntle flower of Goderkfi Is
the (ansae. The Post thinks the dalay
would he more appropriate, or maybe
bhlek-eypd Suean. '
ti
he Signal's Pansy Competition
Now to Grow Pansies
waste easy of cultivation, hut to iee'urethe best results
irt' attention to their special requirements. Experi- l
rdeners need no instructions a* to how to grow them,
'nnera a few hints may be useful.
es grow best and produce the largest flowers in light. -
and intoo situation. Sow t1)
a (root (notinn tuaU n e
y
in quite Othello* drills as early in the spring as the
dug in fine, loose condition. When the young plants •
rted thin them out or transplant to fresh beds, setting
to ten inches apart each way. Some people grow
ra, but fit is not well to try M start them in the
-bed, as the air is too warm and close and the plant*
be thin and spindling. Seeds sown in the spring
summer flowers, but the bloom will he more profui '
tall weather comes on.
bee, The Signal is giving prises this ye* for Pansies/ ..
e cut flowers and for beds.
I
The News of the Town,
Web Tut,* shown tit t untedy Pre -
i
Business Insurance
The best business insurance is a
! definite program of advertising carried
out in the rolurnns of The Signal.
TES SIGNAL MINTING CO.. LUIITED, 11ltMisbhlsa
"SA>rM?Y PIRST" PLEASES REGARDS GOVERN-.
LARGE AUDIENCE
MENT AND AUDITORS
. dsireil l twlcr 1u.pi e•' of the
Huainan, w•Iti," lint *yes linme.iintely :*x14.•11 why
' hr w.• tr i*R' to get out one of tbe.,.
whni v. •lurlpg the first of the last
p.•rio.l in the game agalna the Alt •
Star.. 111. replied. that "he wag going
i hip to ser that now'
, oiw• a• to the
••
ratgvs," which wit.. the b .•
igg.t re.-
! {w*as1h11ity tint "$tnoky" 1)41.4 el,'r
had. 11.' 0.04(41 by saying. "Well
. ) more ln*ntla.
.
s.w.tItrr.. m'ointIJaxingn;.l•.tilacyk.rr, .. IokHudhag1. af
4tla1):
•r
W
.hiiq ds.
.ding to Hb*
Sir. 1V. 1' Smizel. I:ue of /:1sl'rleb''
preen..iv.. young 111-lne.i tui n, has
rtw•utl' hod lila store 011 the .otith
%ide of the Square r m,wled141 and re-
finished nu.I has added n,•t., k of Iu• ti'.
furnishings*. Mr. Snazel w1'* st11I
curry, ou thi• cleaning and pr,'s.iaa
husine•x uud w111 euiblivor to give
ttuu public the same gars) ...rib, a.
lei
Harold Janis Diem At Detroit.
Many resident. Of G,slerh•h 11,11}
with re_ret of the death on Sluuduy
at 1letrolt of liaro'd Jarr1., the r.-
nnw•tad Canadian- tenor. Mr. Jarvis
Ines in California.
3Ir. i.din W. limiter; ail tewu. ha.
reelvad word of .tins death of 1.1.
sister. alis. Henry Death. ahie•h 11r-
rurted oti March '15tt* at her home at
Alhambra. t'altfornia. Mr-. II.•:tt41.
w4,..e mishit•» name 1c a. N1411.1111I1nu-
11r, w -a. Is•r:11 at ala iluuU•► botnP-
stead. ))Bron ,..nt. God.•rich •owl:•hip,
and after he murri* •,• to
ru North iktknrt
About Aft/ en par% aago thug• removed
to. l'altforuia. Utu• (laughter has been
li•lug wlib thew 1n California. welt!'.•
the re>I ,.f their family- are *•uttered
fn 11,Ikoht. Aliyrtu anti other parts,.
ItIs *)Mot thirty-flvr year. sloe,. The
.iate NIP,. )lath vlsIel her old )tome
ha. leen heard In Gewl.'Melt 40) a •hre,
numlwr of .x'atinns during the past.,
fifteen or twenty year. at choir con,
Bertg or recitals of hie own. Those
alio have had -the pleasure of listening
to bis vols. one of rare "'fwlwe'r and
nw*Mnese, will regret rhe ;tossing of
such an accompliah*d slitter.
1
1(wr Hairdressing Parlor
Mr. 11'. 1', ('amplell, who. ha. re -
trolly con.• to Gesk•rbit front Great
Ilarw,MMI, I +u*mashir•, Fluglusl. ha.
opened ,p it new hair dressing parlor
in the preruises formerly ewruplel he
the Int.' !Ouch !hilltop on Nest street
Mr. ('ampliell'a sister will arrive short-
ly from England MIMI will eindu'J a'
ti�
1 e 1)•.i - 1 si
a l t lr. rWR n rat lu r'MIp
)a R 1
t
'
Hon with ids tna.m •... The• Itlgrlal
h'rprak. for Mr Cantp1(t'II a good
share of bn.itb•s. In this Harfits
advrrtiwmeat aplw'1r4 on page 5 of
tido issue
No Canning Factory This fear.'
Nord ha. leen reelved from Mr.
Blake Cheer. who propos') to *'Induct
a manning hosing,. in (I.wle•rirl( fila
year, that 41P wilt not go on with the
project at prea*nt. The 'tank w•hirh
Is In .'otrnl of the old running fac-
tory formerly operated by the late D.
F. tinmlink. whiet, Mr. Cheer *otiose',
t.* wrur for h1* hneln..a, a.k.41 for
it more than Mr. ('her. thought !r
w•it• worth, and he has given uta the
project until other arrong*mento ran
tw• made. He will he here In the full,
however, to run 111.' evaporator ani
tiny apple*.
Huron Casting Company
One of Clinton'. Industries whleh
work. away very quietly hitt and*.trt-
,.usty is the ITnren Ca.tine Co.. oper-
ating in 'Ile old Sinter Work. *mild -
Ing. On Saturday Ina 1)1i. Company
shipped to Goderh•h. for axe In fltHug
up the'twatte wintering in that harbor.
thirty-five toms of grey'e'nsting's. Thla
Was an extra shipment and was In ad -
(litho' to a Wendy we(lit7y output.
The company. with Sfr, J. Aitken s*
manager. ett�ullny. nh.nt six men and
their hush.' 1e stratllly growing,-
Clinton News -Record.
tithed Nurse's Report
t Following Is the Reboot .nurse'. re -
a.
•jpeirt for March:
S1'hools r1*It'd-Victoria. 9 visits:
('entral, 0 rialto; Collegiate. 5 rialto:
1'o1hnrne. No 6, 1 visit. Number of
children in.p.•te1. 942. 'hiring the
t11 427 viol's were sux'eaofally
vaelnatcd In the four town *boob'.
.t Jorge tW*'.rtnge of the remnlntng
(umber of pupil. in the s'hnols trete
raceinated *ner,wafully by their family
hv.k•len. The Re4hnnl attendance
a. depleted very greatly during the
last two weeks. tint I. nlmnst hack to
rriormnl now. RI'T'N 11. IIAMII.TON,
4441001 Nnr*e,
Harbor Notes
1. The high wind. ammtnt)**g olin(.at M
gale. last Friday- 1,1,'w the shore. and
' harbor ice well out Into th(e lake.
hrenking if up pretty uele in the
William- Black, M.P. for Routh Bur -
on, ens In town nn/Saturriny looking
over rnndllfon* at the hnrhnr and
chatting with G. 1.• Parsons. managing
director of the (SoderIeh Elevator A
Transit ('t)., regarding necessary im-
provements to he undertaken by the
Dominion Government this vomits
spring. Mr. Black agreed to holster
(:mlertch's eons.' fit the capital.
1110 Worablp Mayor W. F. (billow
has by letter to the Federal Minister
of Public Works .eeondel the r'tnest
of the Faevntor Co. for prompt artInn
nn (T3.' part ad the Onvernmenf to
remedy nmmatisfartory eondltIons at
the hnrhnr here, some of which were
antitheft In last week's *salt.-.
There are *00.860- w1d bushels of
grain In storage in the Gndefleh elev-
ator at preset.
"'Tnye the hlyds
Rune crazy. too'?"
somebody at the harbor asked. The
gulfs fly Inland stet light to the
Seldo, '1404 the crows go not and rest
nn t1u' ice in the lake.
Joe Craig and Max Clairmont did
some blasting of fee In the Mallland
River Saturday nn behalf of the
C, P. R. Cao.
The Federal C'a.nitrn'Hon Co. Is
Demoting the construction of the Iand
odd of the intake work, having in op -
citation for pile -driving a *nun ham-
mer. A pomp having a pnmting eap-
aeHy of 9011 gallons per minute 1. Also
on deck ready for action.
*'hunch Union in the f.rldtalature
The tics* cote on the . Nue1, union
gne•tlnu In the lin/Arlo Legi.laturc
took Wail Inst week In the private
bills eagmittee, t11Mtn an itiniont tout
1.; JNnvid t :hot the hill ,honid not a'nme,
Imo four until another cote should to
Nino, in this l!resby-terinn chnreh and
o clearmaJorl*y oht,lied for 'mien.
The uwraduw•nr was eleti•ared on 'he
chis, vote ,if 20 til 244 The Preshy-
teri:Uy.. on *he eatutnitt,e v.,tcd 4* to :
for the ilnirndut•nt ; the Meth(wltwts
1:: to 2 agshet the amendment ; the
ncllcati* 1.. at 2 for the :am•nduemt,
'i'ao 1t..nu.n,4'4jthelk'.. one 1.11theran
and one Itaiptist voted eeaala.t the ior
endnu•nr. .Iehn Joynt (North if,ro li
a,i4 N. W.Tres 4rtha a South Huron'.
who are VW!, Me•th,tilfst• yot..4
against the a 1ficr.1m,'nt, 111/0 F. it
Wish' (Pentre Huron). why is an
Anglican, voted for the amendment.
Subsequently, another *intendment.
providing for the distribution distribut4.,u of the
assets of R eangr•gation where *gree•
mann .',,tams* he reached. was .arrie I
by a. vote of 410 to 211. •
Hospital Building
Fund ill Growing i
-The trustee. of the Aletnlnlrn Mar-
Inc aa11d General 11o.pltnl 1n,11.li0g 1
fnnQ are {n reeft of n '.lonntlun of
Prat In Ito/minion of 1'nhadn Viet ory !
bonds from *1u. Maple _1n•nf ('111pte•,i
I.(11) E.. *lei. amount having 'wen i
handed t/1 the trustees during the past
week by Mi.. Claire Reynolds and
SII'. Edith Williams as regent and
ir,n*ttrer. rwtn •tive•ly. of the ('hnpter.l
While not IAelging itself to raise any
definite amount. t7* Maple Ti411 ('hnp-
ter 411. derided to column' It. offer's
on WNW of the hospital budding
fund.
The vnrinn. woni'n's' organiznttons
..f the town joined hands- 1n Anglia.'
191'). In the ]rotting on of n mammoth
.treed fair oil 11).' Square in accord.'
once with the vai.h.ti uud inarurtinn*
of the uwdetl'. „m.errs'l. til. fond
has tern closed out and the proceeta'
tnrtwd 40.1 to the trn.te•s of the ho*-.�
pito) buljRlug fend by the treasurer.,
Miss Gibson. to the amnnnt of $1.4100;
In Victory bonds end $94.21 In cash
and muton..
The Ifaide Lcnf' Chapter and :1n
the seele•tir•. Intcrevtel 1n .r10 afore
fair de.erre to he highlr eommmnded
for their .t1endit' effort. Du *nf'rote
of the ►o..•ohal tot den» firer), whir
is aend'I ' growiP-
$hlttgs ..an Hulu.1rluus trainer
has to ww'alrottt,' -
• Mr.. Elliott was ysatgn11uh*ted An'
the »pleu,lid Way., She %erred 'limier
:u*.1 the pi4)ingne•s she showed to
make the event the .',''cess it Was.
Limo Club Notes
On April 4th au address will Is. gat
el in Knox church lecture room by
Prof. 11. It. Kingaone. of Weaern
1'niversity. London, ou""1'hc Wonder -
tut IiPnyens," This Address is glv-
ell under theauspices of the Lion
Club for the porpoise of raising fat
for ehildIrr1*', wolt,r•. A nom ilia 1d•
mission fes of 2.e will iM' c - rged
'and as then' w•III he m/ udyat a th•ket
sale the patronage ..f the I
it' --'.I. 1101 only to hear •lett is sand
to be a very interesting n1 histruetive
le•torv, but to help 4 Lions club in
providing. ford. wilts-reitchi
41 -
ren.
Ano Nart rat ix
presented t
n
the citizens of iodericl, to a.i*II thept-
:eivew_ of the c'0 -operation of the city
of (;uPtl,lt in matter. of vital hat.'r•.t
to the town of Gotlerich ,and the sur-
rounding community. The Lieu. Club
1,»0 nrranged to entertain a deputation
front t1),• etty of Guelph at an evening
banquet on April 11th, at 6311 o'clock, 1
There will :'Iso be reprew•Itatls,•. pres-
ent from the C. 1'. H. Ticket*
will be on aide by members of the
Lions Club at 71.00 ,'aria and an the
d one Me
attendA will he limited to n hun-
dred gm•*tx the btalne,w, men and
others who are interested In the Ae
velopment of the town are requested to
Re'ur,• their reservation early. The
*al, of tickets will .lw,e nn Friday.
April 4th. Tickets may be s.rurel
from T.inn }1• J, A. Mat -Ewa» , The
Lions; Club deserve the patronage of
the community In providing the meninx
for mhaklo% a meeting of alias kind
possible.
The difficulty In ae•nring an Audi -
Welton for the presentation of thea-
tricals has prevented the Lions Club
from going attend this winter with
further developments 1» eonne•ttnn
w•lth the children's playground. The
Club tins on hand ti,• aim of 73:.0 for
4711. purpose and it ix exprte.l that
this *um will ie augmented by Wetly
tile* which the Club can carry nn
T ?ongh(mt the summer months. It is
hoped that by next yeartlfe town will
,'tore.
-.trthor Circle
!dor,. man (1_-e 1011111I• w,•re delight-
fully entertained on 'Thursday and
Friday evening- nt'last '.veck by the
pro,ht•tioti of a tltee-nct
•'24rfety First." Itt *tae I,M'ture room
of Knox Omni) meter the mouths
P,
11.• 1w.e performats•ee• totalled/Ter
The too:rant. eou•Is(lug ata 11 slid
entirely ..f a play ht•ting a trifle over
two hours, w'a• J11.1 a little different
•iretn any Iwogram ).•t given by the
1'Ircle. among.) aloe menders then'
N sate), .(Lentil talent. • To *ltKle
out tiny one eh ra. per as the star of
the piir.• w•o d he ,ditlir'nit a- well
as intair.. 4 P •h:1rIeler. ser,' ail -
i• n.ett and ,earl* and all did
their { is well, The•tmtmor of the
play ...tared very largely around
Shh'•, .1nt, a►'}inuerty 14r*. 1). C.
Iloop). who interpreted that humor
*
,1 rue Irish •ra•hien. TheMtngP
v.••ery. !airfienlarty for the ,' n.Iml-
ing art. was., cleverly, .kesigned. Thy
well with ifs wh11110... 11011 bucket,
noon. Is•t2•hP'. plek,•t Yeltw . and
.ltritbb. ry were quite realistic and
inviting. and. especially .'n with Vir-
ginia Bridger (Mrs. W. ?'rank Sa*t*-
ders 1 perched- on the edge of the
Weil "1*, 41g 111 /Meetly. ”.1111V1thet4,'
tones that famillitr old sing. "The
Illd (h,ken thicket." ' The port auf the
Itatigitt mamma. 1trK
. Bnrrfnsrt
ow-
Iridger. wit• assnm.•.1 by Miss Adel-
aide Nairn In gnlh• refreshing man:
tier. Th.• rather difficult role of the
distraete4 wife. Mabel Monttromeery,
was played by Miss - 'I other Hume
well It very god cff„r. 'Sass Rn1
Mcf.eld 'vas equally at home as the
pretty: omitting i•onng Tnrkidh
maid,m, Znh'fka. no In the more **nar-
k' role of "the Ramiro." In the VOW
4112110C net. The fortune. of Nr.
3Tac\utr (Mr. .f. F. Thorny -nit and
.ferry Arnold 41fr. T ('11111 were
.lowly tinfoil with tlince of Sinrr
Anti out Virginia. ns were those of
Elinor Flannel (Mr. Donald Gray)
wit41 t)el'e of %nlelkn The terrible
Turk. .11.011 8.11 M.•11:1 (Mr. Fowl
Weir), father ef)r %ul'Ika, ereatrd
(vn.iderahle stir 1111011 ("Neill appear-
/ince The alteeether first-rate man-
ner in which the part of the husband,
Jack Montgomery, w*4a *ken by Sir.
1ongln. Nilit watt, subject of
nmeh fnverabb' enl4mpnt.
Silty 11..rnthyzite11 pre.idrd at the
piano befit emit acts very am eptably
bah ni
halve an andltnrinut 1n which amateur
thfatrleals caul he presented. and thus
make it tiossWle for the *,Inns
to present to the enmmuntty a child-
ren's pinygrmind that .w141 be a credit
to *be town.
ox Church's Tribute
to the Heroic Dead
4r;
AS NUISANCES
"Defiant Disobedience• of the
Law by Hydro, Says the
Gregory Report
"'Phut n public body, 'uhje•t. to
the Legislature and the Government,
$hould .-.'minor :irw) pra.1lees year
after rw,r would sent unbelievable
were the Net. not established beyond
qui -46411 by the ettret from Mr.
Clarkson'. report. '1120 chairman
• sir Adam Beek. evidently re•gardel
Legislature.. thirernment. and audit -
urs ue .., nduay nulsonee* to which
Iso' more 111teutiott /should 4*P: paid
than was ,,b.oltn,'ly necessary. He '
e•rtalnh tgtw.ret them."
Tale 41).11'' is the enw4udnn
r,'ae41141 1.y the 4:rognry e'ommiwrlon
after oinking an nn:nlyxia of alb• year
h reps*, of the slw'dn' Hydro audit- '
or. The eommis•Inu flatly defiles the
correrta',!. of Kir Adam) it..ek'. "tato-
Moir
*.* ,
mei% that there was :t pt•e.audlt, a - y
running audit. so that everything was
cites -keit 1111 a. ,'\p•nd)nlTP* Were
111011e.. The ,..,nn,)ssion . leapt:
"White 31r (,lark -•n *wade no pre --
audit rust p• .-+ • only limited
pwer.. I!:••r.• Iw dnnht that he
ha. 111.1 a mos( •'*lunare• hlluer-- '
open the Hydro. -
Defiant I)isobedietwe..
Prior to *tic y.Ir 1910 t1),• a4MUi s
..f
the ilydr., w. r,. •nhJaw t to a . It
by the Prov Intal auditor, bu Mt
thermion audit was ,'s,•r road(', The
11111411,1101111111411,11011 .e.rreetwnnb. 1
-i,WPPf
IhelPio%;mcial 311411114r (Mr.ancyl
and Sir A.I:ant It.rk tattiest s that
their elutions were not of nue moat
lutrtnoniou. ,•taracter. la Is report
of 1916 the auditor d,'w•r ' the at-
titude
dlwl 'nee t the law aid
eo
m lain 1 n
fl of r n 1
Ii r
P h Met
'4111
by ham ha been wit ' 014 ►so that It
had lee found lm • slhle to com-
plete,. ny faudlt,
m. Sir. Mc44ar ,r, the ProvincInl
ensurer, had t Ins rll,rngrd *0
that it .oraptroll r appointed 7.y the
(:,'rernment oho d sign .all cheeks
for the Ilydr. And eun•p proper
' hooka to be k pt anti a yearly audir
made. Li 19 this las wile repealed
nod the H, Ira authorized to ate
!wont the ,'nmptroller. The Hydro
Int.d sorb an nflielal,
10 Sfr. G. T. Clarkston ha*
aims! to make n *TIP% of
.f the {fydrn :*..ountl. Rio
raft report OAS completed on
try,. 1914. Sir ,*dam reported
o Government that title report
the ps•rlod from 19*M to 1910 had
n duly pr..s•utel to the. Treasurer
Ontario. A. to this the (}dregnry
'lmmtas4An *ay.:
Winners of Robertson Cup
On <i'..1111411ny "',,Ihg, Mnreh
.'6111. the 3lattbews,horkey club were
the re'ipieut* ofyg elljck»n dinner,
'(;tete by the r/Meers ,.f the Matthews '
Steamship Line. at the hoarding hnn•e
of Mr, Tlxrnan. F:Ili.ttt. West street.
The dlnlfig-room wn. galls de•ornted
with bock,'; Mirk. and the name
3ik0'hews inaerib.l h1 red, saltine *41,1
Illne nrn11nd the walla.
The event got under w'ny fit 9.15.
with (';apt. }larding fit the helm.
suppnrtd by Engineer tallies as his
aeentul in time of distress, while
('lligf. Murray and M'(;onnMI, a.*1*-1;
ted 4y Engineer Thomas, 'took charge
of the atter-end. ""Smoky" was on
deck acting as first trate (hot not 1n
doubt. this time. Rs, to win wanld
w!n the town lengmo trophy):
The crew eonvlatel of the "Old Out-
fit" that wentherel the storm of
4'rirlay, March 21st, and who in tie!'
Inst four minutes of play set full
stenm .,hend and reached the port or
modern, Valhalla called "Victory." }"
When nl1 had pmrtnken of the ninth- 1
dance of good thing. set ht for.. them
there were n nnmb'r of brief speeches,
('rpt. llarling Rras.' and congra-
tulated the hays on their' splendid
work. Chl4f Murrny voiced his desire,
to howl the team together and try
again next year for the cup.
Engineer Gillies cnagrnttlntoil the
team on their good work and stated;
that he had the ntmn*t confidence fa
them during the *Mann. iTe an-
not/need
mnonneed that through f P most critical
moments he never lost�l►ope, not had
a feeling they wnnid Y'IIM' throngb
the winners. He said that hp liked
the gnn:1 sportsmanattip they showed
by not using the ***(iter A. C. 1. team '
roughly during their two male[*!., and
he hoped that nett year they would
again bring humor to themsetvea sad
the Matthews Steamship IAM+ by
Agee more. winning the cup. in (loalng 1
he asked Trainer Elliott What be
fhnn4ht of the teem.
"Smoky" aro.! with the grape of a
Premier. saying, ",I knew they would
"" ,
liars 4)11 7 44,
/44114'1,. t' (1'D•M?*t:
rra14l t :G TC'(ft•'144A?.
ieefl
This bronze tablet was unveiled in Knox church, Goderich,
on Sunday evening, March 23rd, in the pret4encv of a large con-
gregation.
Th nam inscribed on
The names the tablet Are
Private John Henry Bates
Priest. William G. DeLnng
Private Ben Gordan
Private George Handy
Lieutenant M. P. Lane
Private Laverne Murray
Private Anton McCloskey
Private Harvey McCloskey
Corporal Cbwne'r 8. Macdonald
Private Stewart McKinnon
Corporal Benin James McLean
Private Arthur William MtMath
Captain Gordon McNevin
Captain C. K. McPherson
Lieutenant A. (4. Nisbet
lance -Corporal Wm. Palmer
Private Frederick William Stokes
driver Theodore Suntory
Lieutenant Jack Dert ram `iwarta
Private Llewalyn Taggart
Private D. Weston
Private H. M. Young
never apt.
Pthm P
been re
i11111144
first
Fehr
fn
for
"Th1s statement Ls haMly eorreet. •
11' is trite flint the report of aur.
('Inrkw.n,f`nr *him period was drafted•
and w•a. dlet,•u..ed by Sar. Clarkson
with Mr. M'4:nrry, but it was never
formnfly prevent.!. never formally
received and never printed or pub-
lished. . in reply to our inquiry of
Sfr. C'arkwm ns to why rid. report
iota not formally pe.ent'1. Mr.
('Inrksnn .ny. that the report IV/1P
nothing hit a Aerie. of criticism. Of
the commis -doll for overstepping au-
thority 111 'one direction or m*niher,
and that it was thought best. before
pre..•nting the report for *7*. J.r'gtala-
ture, to mike :intendment. to tate
1'ower Commission .art so tint many
things ref.•rrd to Ira the draft report
which had been illegal under the Act
is It mood would Is, 4egn4 under the
Act as amended.
Monntbin Wert to Ntuhtnnit
"Thi. wens eertnlnly a most effec-
tive. If nnnsnal, entire' of a,•tIon. The
accounts not conforming to the 'dart.
the law- Was made to eonfnrm to•the
neeoant.. Art nhjertton to the course
that was Rollnwed ens that Mr.
'Clarkson's erlt)clsrns 414 not mem to
the attention of either, the Legislature
or the public.
"It to elenr from the extract* from
this report and the other teporry
made by t Mr. Clarkson frouryear to
year that the tiydro thrnnehnut 1)n.
shown an impatieneP pf stMntory re-
straints and a disregard of 'tatntnrr
nhllestion*, 1t 1:,., gone further than
this Where one person holds mnner
In triton for another t4*.' terms of t1).•
trn*t, should ate alw•nya 1er'tpnlnia4
observed, hitt time and Arlin nhn
ifydro has used trust fund. in its
hand. for wholly nnnnthorired pnr-
pnses Aeeording is Mr, Clarkson
this misappropriation hap gene on
from year to year down to the pre -
Sent (1470;.
"Where. however. the Hydro 111141
fatted to observe the law it hue. in
many instances. Inter rune to the
T,eglahlture And asked It to legal'',
what has been Illegally done This
prnet lee 1n. lweeome n confirmed
habit with the Comml.sion and the
LPglstature has enennragel the Com-
ml0010n to disregard the law. 01)*04*
the Legislature has tela*e'1 bf vAltd
sting year after year. apparently
without protest or nhjnrtion. .mnrh
Of what has been Illegally done"
Working Caguas'
in the 1910 report Mr. Clarkson
, stated that the llydro had been n1n4
(Continued on page 31
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