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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1943-12-09, Page 2THOUSANDS of men and women in uniftprm will be telephoning home this Christmas. This, means a huge additional load on Long Distance facilities—especially "long haul" lines —already busy carrying essential war calls. So again this year we urge you to send your Christmas greetings by mail. You can help the Post Office people, too, by arranging to send them early. Should there be an out-of-town call you must make, please telephone as many days before Christmas as pos- sible. In this way you will help us to handle promptly the flood of eager - holiday greetings which will pour in from military camps all over the country. Thank you. shows a decrease of $1,433,793., pro- vision having been m4c1P for the an- nual statutory reduction Letters of Credit and Acceptances, etc., of $5,280,457. show little change. Bank Premises Account now stands. at $4,976,171„ $150,000, having been written off during the year. 2”!!!!!!!!!!!! ii ! .. PP!!!!!!!!!,!!!flO!!!! . 1!111. !MD .. .. VOMMo. NEWS of the DISTRICT IIIIII,IIIIII# . I . II .... ...... post_ 000041s coocot,p3s, vorAs so 0ap4tct •topitiol? • Sei10.0's irsrpous chocoiute bors Ora behla 110004 0 110. 00000 .40antity siccorctoose With Wortiroe restristioos .;90 l rr , f the use of roll 00Tier'suls god in the some WOO WOW OS. *Ways, WrIeler. oty, account. oi their grout poeularity 0910 veopte wont to 000 ever betorei 04 is these 000 0tore people alter the avoliable suppil thot WO. )0.090 c.ilocolate Bars so 000 0. Oci.0% Huron Pensions. Board Met The Huron County Old Age Pen- sions and Mothers' Allowances Board met Thursday afternoon with the chairman, William Archibald of Tuck- ersmith presiding, Others members present were: John L. McEwan of Wroxeter, R, J. Bowman of Brussels, Mrs. N. W, Trewartha, Clinton, and Mrs. p.„ R. Redditt, Goderich. Six applications for old age pensions and one for mother's allowance were dealt with, and two old age pensioners were recommended for increases. Dies Of . Burns Mary Jane Hanmore, aged resident of Brant, was fataly burned when flames from a stove set fire to her clothing. She is survived by four sons and four daughters, Andrew O'Neil, of Walkerton is a brother, — Mild- may Gazette. Lost Tip of Finger • ,Mr. Ivan Hilborn met with a most unfortunate accident while assisting` in buzzing wood at the farm of William Kechnie. In some manner his hand came in contact with the saw, and he lost the end of, the first finger on his right hand. — Blyth Standard. Neilson's Quality remains as always 'lithe highest! 4311 EPAIRS KEEP FIT! • If your tires are like most of the tires we see, they need attention. Better use that "ounce of prevention" right now. Our tire-repair plant is fully equipped to fake care of %,usual and unusual repairs and vulcanizing. Our factory-trained tire men use only, Goodyear approved methods . and Goodyear repair materials. For the best fire lob your money can buy, at a price that means downright satisfaction, see at todayl VViAt PAR OF 00111017$ Of NIVAICONtS 110 5610ACS REP4tits ItE IBIAOtt40 10,944.1s.CE MOOS Armstrong's Vulcanizing Service Station (Bert Armstrou) Tplephowte WingItam 181 it ,77 WINGRANI ADVANCg:-TIMS Thursday, Pepombor 9, 19432', - PA TWO awn, lfltitys 70 tate& Deposits Substantially Higher, Strong Liquid Position, Total Assets At High Level, Increase in Invest- ment Portfolio Shown at 73rd Annual Meeting At the Annual Meeting of. The Dominion Bank held in Toronto on Wednesday, the 8th instant, the Seventy-Third Annual. Statmerit cov- ering operations for the twelve months ended. 30th October 'was presented and approved by the shareholders. .., The principal features of the state- ment were a strong liquid position, substantially higher deposits and in- vestments, and a decrease in commerc- ial loans, with total assets showing an increase of over $11,000,000 from a year ago, dr "After making provision for Domin- ion Government taxes of $439,019., net profits were $914,249. for the year -under review as compared with $920,- Call and Short Loans in Canada and 990. for the previous twelve months 'elsewhere show little change but Com- period. mercial Loans and Discounts in Cana- From the profits, $560,000. was pro- eta aggregating $60,239,508. have de- vided for dividends, a contribution of creased, $10,256,203.. indicating a les- $105,000. was made 'to the Officers' sening demand for such financing from Pension Fund, $150,000, written off general business. Bank Premises and $99,249. was added The Bank's circulation $2,080,951„ THE DOMINION BANK to Profit and Loss Account, which ANNUAL STATEMENT now stands at $965,750. Capital $7,000,000 and ,Reserve $7,- 000,000. remain uncilnged. Total deposits of `$197,718,577. com- pared with $184,639,772. a year ago show a notable increase of $13,078,805. Deposits by the public not bearing in- terest at $81,441.001., show a slight decrease of $2,079,890, but interest bearing deposits by. the public, total ling $99,406,237., have increased $10, 752,631. and balances carried by the Dominion and Provincial Govern- ments •are also up $4,406,063. Cash Assets total $41,273,870. and represent over 20% of the liabilities to the public. Immediately available assets of $151,750,364. are approxi- mately 75% of total liabilities to the public, The Bank's total investment secur- ities total $104,767,145., up $17,508,- 293. from a year ago: Of the total, $101,733,975. was in Dominion and Provincial Government securities, A Long' Forgotten Bank Draft quite recently a bank draft for the sum of $158,76 was presented at the local branch of the Bank of Commerce for payment which made the staff sit, up and take notice, not that there is anything unusual about a draft being presented. for payment but it was made out by the Bank of Hamilton and when examined it was found that it had beeni!,stted on Jan. 9th, 1909, and was signed for the Milverton branch' y Mr, R. 5, Ranney, who was manager at that time, and a Mr, Robb, wbo was accountant, We are not at liberty to divulge, the names of the interested parties but we can say that it was from a Milverton man to a firm in St. Marys. Naturally it was not Missionary Returned on Gripsholrn paid until such time as a full investi- Miss Harriet Courtice left for 4 gation can be made. — Milverton Sun, Montreal, where she will meet her sister, Miss Sybil Courtice,' mission- ary from Japan, who is one of the repatriates on the "Gripsholm" which docked at New York Harbour, Miss Courtice arrived in Montreal by train Friday afternoon.—Clinton News Rec- ord, Coal Car Quickly Emptied On Thiarsday ,afternoon a sixty-five ton ear of stove coal arrived for John McLean, Ripley coal dealer. Long before daylight on Friday, teams and trucks began to arrive, to assist in delivering this precious commodity to fuel users. Before the noon 'hour had arrived the car was emptied of its con- tents.. This was considered a record. It would require several cars of this size to supply the need in this dis- trict,—Kincardine News. Celebrated 53rd Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. John Linklater, highly 'esteemed local residents. celebrated their fifty-third wedding anniversary, They were married on November 26th, 1890, at the home of the bride's par- ents in Turnberry Township, with Rev. Hector McQuarrie of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church, Wing- ham, officiating. After their marriage they took up farming in East Wawa- nosh until 1909 „when they moved to Wingham. Six years later they took up residence in. Teeswater, where they have since resided. To the union was born one son, Harvey Linklater, now of Kincardine. — Teeswater News, • --.-- Teeswater Business Changes Ownership Teeswater has anew undertaker and furniture dealer in the person of Mr. W. Gordon Church late of Belmont, near' London, Mr. Church' has pur- chased the business and equipment of R. D. Trench, and took over last week. He has already moved his wife and family of three children to. Teeswiter. ---Teeswater News. Returned On Gripsholm Included among the 217 Canadians on board the Gripsholm were Dr. Wil- liam Malcolm, brother of Robert Mal- colm of Kinlough, and Dorothy Pear- Brussels Flier Presumed Dead son. Mrs. Pearson was operated on Reported missing after aerial oper- for appendicitis on board ship on atioss over enemy territory some time November 11th, but is reported to be ago, Flt. Sergt. Harold L. Huether, making favorable progress. The Grip- son of John Huether of Brussels is sholm is the exchange ship from Ja- now, for official purposes, presumed pan.—tucknow Sentinel, dead. His name is included in the Royal Canadian Air Force's casualty List No. A-743. Took Fatal Heart Attack. Mr. George Ellis,mho for some time ,had beep ailing with stomach ulcers and for, which ailment he had been undergoing treatment by a local doc- or, stifiered a'fatal heart attack when he went out for a walk behind his place of residence above the Domin- ion Store. 'He had been dead for over six' hours when discovered by a young relative, "Bun" Eby, The cor- oner;, Dr. T. A. Sinclair, said that death was the result of a heart seizure, —.Walkerton Herald Times, Banished Froth Goderich Goderich's so-called "Jack the Hug- ger," Sgt. P. Hanna, R.A.F., has been banished from town for all time as a emit of an order issued by Magistrate Makins, ' "This charge ,(vagrancy) is much more serious than would appear, on the surface," said CroWn Attorney Homes. "It involves young girls and women and it would be nasty for them to appear in court. I would be satis- fied to withdraw the charge if accused was ordered to get out of town and stay out," Accused, who was under military guard, was told bluntly by the Magistrate that if he Set foot lit Goderich again he would be arrested, The case was adjourned sine die. -- goderich Signal-Star. Charged at Goderich Four male adults and a juvenile, all residents of Goderieb, appeared before Magistrate Makins charged with a serious offence involving a girl under fourteen years of age, 'At the request of the Crown they were remanded to jail lot a Week and were not asked to plead, a GOdetich Signal-Star, tistowel net Settles Subs - Canadian crews are playing a 'full Pare in the ceaseless War on 'German C,C.F. Candidate For North Wellington At a very well represented con- vention` of C.C.F. members of North Wellington riding, held in Arthur, Mr. 5. D. Scott was unanimously elected to be the candidate for the C.C.F. party in the next federal election. Mr. J. D. Scott is well known throughout the riding in his present position as Dural organizer for the C.C.F. in On, taxi°, — Arthur Enterprise News. Bullet Nearly Hit Bus Passenger What is thought to have been a stray bullet pierced the window of a bus of Western Ontario Motorways as it Proceded up Saltford hill en route from Sky Harbor Airport td Gode- rich. The 22-bullet entered a window six inches above the head of Miss Betty Young, airport telephone oper- ator, a. passenger, ....11•••••••••611,11 .110001•101.11111•1•110M.I.N., Mediterranean. is Wing Cmdr. Reginald Thompson, D.F.C., of Lis- owel, Ont., who joined the R.A.F. in 1938 and made 40 sorties in Bomber Command's raids on Germany and also served in Malta before taking a squadron to North Africa, Trial Against County Postponed The claim of Jacob Burnstyn, Brus- sels trucker, for $10,000 general, and • $819 specific damages against the' County of Huron, scheduled for hear- ing in Supreme Court, has been post- poned until the next court. The action arises out of the collapse of the Cun- ningham Bridge, between Brussels and Ethel, which allegedly fell into the Maitland River as Burnstyn was driv- ing across it with a load of produce. The bridge has been replaced with a new one. The General Manager, The Dominion Bank, Tdronto, Ontario, We report that we have examined the above Condensed Balance gheet at at October 30, 1943, and compared it with the books at Head Office and with the certified returns from the Branches. We have examined the ash and the securities representing the Bank's Investments, held at head Oftce and certain of the largo Branches as at October so, 1943, and in addition we examined the Cash and the securities held at certain of the important Branches during the yeat.• We have obtained all the information and explanations that vve have required, and in Ott' opinion the transactions of the Bank which have come tinder our notice have been within the powers of the BaOlti in our opinion the Balance Alieet discloses the true Condition of the Bank and is tut iihOWn by the hooks of the Bank, korefita i 'ff)otatiO,„ vembor tstk Deposits Deposits by Other Banks.,.......:, Notes in Circulation., „ • „. . ......... Letters of Credit, Acceptances and Sundry Other Liabilities , Commercial Loans and Discounts Bank Premises Liabilities of Customers under Letters of Credit, Acceptances and Sundry Other Assets Capital, Reserve and "Undivided Profits...,..... Condensed Statement as at 30th 'October, 1943 ASSETS Cash on Hand and in Banks, including Bank of Canada...,...... $ 41,273,871 Deposit with Minister of Finance.. • 151,500 Government and Other Securities 104,767,145 Call Loans.. .,„.„ .... „... 5,557,849 U. OMINION BANK LIABILITIES THE A. ti.8ittlilthlib, .P.-ddLe Of Nato MartvIck (:v. litatt.IlIctlID.A146. etPrice, 'Woterhoost & Co, $225,844,605." $208,8 /8,853 14,965,750 •$223,844,603 $1.97,718,577 5,177,821 2,080051 5,904504 $151,750,365 61,591,254 4,976,171 5,526,813 tic submarines, not only in the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic but in the Mediterranean as well, the R.C.A.F. said in an overseas press release. Re- porting that members of, the R.C.A, F.'s Demon Squadron recently scored two "probables" in the Bay of Biscay, the air force said a Canadian is com- manding one R.A.F..squadron which has been carrying on the fight against the few Nazi-boats remaining in the