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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-08-30, Page 4Page t! our 1 nigtam abinutre JOHN jOatere, Proprietor A. if SbYI7lt, Managera-a r THURSDAY, AUGUST 30-b W17 Moat ofthe solid Caneerva iv ea In this district appear to be of the opir• ton that Bob Rogers' resignation wan one of the best things that ever hap. pled the party, At any rate the gaverniuent'a chaneee of being return ed to power aro very much brighter in consequence. 1301110re Mrs. S. Richardson of Toronto, visited here last week. Miss Blanche Irwin spent last week with her sister Mrs, E, Jackson at Sauble Beach. There was no service in the Presbyter- ian church on Sunday owing to the pas. tor's absence Tbcs \\"omen';, Institute will hold their monthly meeting in the Hall Saturday Sept. A full attendance is asked for 1'11:,s V. Coutts of Mil,tuiay, was the f x,ut!•t 4f friend., here last week. I. ? Mk,. ., E le>re 11,.1!sta,et f l e r, i9 1• !,'tin �' c a ert h her grandparents, ;lir. and Sirs Joseph I f all, Miss Esther Harding at Q ar a I I ti i;• , visiting her friend Miss Annie Douglas, Lt141Cnow (Too late for last week) Misses Donahla AlcDiarmid :and Han. nab McDonald, nurse in -training. Detroit, are visiting et their homes, here, Miss Annie Elliott of Bayfield, is visit. .lug her nude Dr. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. \\'m, Murdie, and Miss Libbie Murdie attended the funeral of the grandmother Mrs, Gibson, Seaforth, on Friday. Mrs, Gibson was one of the pioneers of McKillop Township and had � n h reached the remarkable age c f uie!) cit, Mrs. Smith. Port Arthur is`visiting Mrs J, G, Murdock. Born—To Me, and Mrs, Wm. Douglas. on Tuesday, August 14th, 3 daughter,. (1Iargaret Isabel ) firs. 11I 'rn s Mildred and 'Fvztnees Seam's, Lorna Campbell, Gertrude Tre- leaven. Alae McMorrani and 13e1t Howe, left on Monday to sp, nd a weelz at Luck. uow's most popular summer resort, Point Clark, Mrs James Mullen of Toronto, is visite ing at Robert Mullen's, Died -'.On August 10th, Jane Courtney, beloved wife of Robt. Duruin, Interment took place on Tuesday, August 21st in Greenhill Cemetery., Mrs. D. E, McKinnon Toronto is visit- ing Miss Jean Lyons and other Lucknow friends, Mr, and Mrs, .Jack Tenant and child- ren, of London, are visiting the former's mother here. Rev. \V, Bremner, St, Thomas, occup. led the pulpit in the Presbyterian Church, last Sunday. EUROPEAN WARPICTbJR On the British Western Front' in Frame,—Firing a long range gun: r ° "'' t•, ; W. eAt fti?4i1}'.tre, r TIS British advance in the W est,-,—FarmgrA back among the trenches, "1 _ . ;rel .,• -, ,. •; 1' ,r.. l� ,.,�•-Photos by courrttesv of 0, P. R AV/, • • • Spend your v'ocatfon on the Great Lakes. Coat away 'fora complete change. 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Holton, General :featar.etntter Agent' X4o rthern Navigation Company Sarnia, Oretetelee r f'rafoa mettion Ask Your Lorca Ticket Arent I UU WINGIIAM ADVANCE %intraday Aug, 30 1917 SIX DAYS IN IRELAND Continuefrom r dpa,gel tar with Belfast people,, as there is a pimpression. finer al here that three- tolerate of the Canadians soldiers are Orangemen. The dernonstt;ation was not without its burner. Old men and women dignified 301 days of the year, "break out" on the Glorious Twelfth. At one time during time procession I was ac- costed by an old lady whom I sized up at ones ae being an enthueiastie and ardent supporter of the cause, because of her conspicuous array of colours and also with her neve: ceasing eulogies of King William. trier re- marks weretomething like this; "1 auppoeo it's an Orangeman ye are; ye know nearly all the Canadians are Orangemen. Ain't that proceseion fine? Ain't it too batt that there ate no more King Williams in the world? And ye have been to the front? When do you think the war will and? Ain't the Kaiser a bad man? Bad cess to hitne If I had him I'd boil him and use his fat to grease a road for Mw to h--. Shure are I would, Good luck to ye, me boy, and God bless ye." And before I could answer one of her questions, away she went down the street, cheer. ing the processioniste as they wont. The next morning I found the streets of Belfast juat as lively as ever with holiday makere. Being informed that there would be excursions to Bangor the.popular seaside resort, that day, I decided to hie myself thither with the crowds. Bangor is at the mouth of the river Largan, on the sea'coaet a few miles from Belfast and is one of the famous resorts of Ireland, It is an exceeding- J ly piotureeque place and has splendid boating facilities, There are some ancient castles in the neighborhood which I took great interest in visiting. During my visittoBelfast I also took an interesting trip to Glenori ely along the Antrim Road, passing Bel- fast Castle, and, skirting the base of the famous Cave Hill, obtained a mag- nificent view of Belfast Lough. I re- turned via Carrickfergus and .saw the famous castle there, While Belfast is not as Large as Dub- lin and cannot boast possibly of as many fine public buildings, churches and parks, yet I was highly impressed with the city in Ite general appear- ance. Donegal! Place is the city's leading boulevard .and is a great fashionable centre which Royal Avenue and Castle Street are close seconds. In its way, the former may be regarded as an avenue leading up to the city hall, and undoubtedly there are few thorough- fares in the British Isles possessing so unique a crowning glory as the White Municipal Palace, in other words, Bol - fast's City Ball—a most magnificent building both inside and out. For ex- quisiteness of decorations and tannish. logs and general appearance I was greatly impressed with the great hall staircase, Lord Mayor's chair, council chamber, banquet hail, grand staircase lobby, the port oochere and library. Near the city hall is Robinson and Cleaver's famous departmental store, another snlenaid building of brown granite. There were many other fine buildings in Belfae t to interest me, including the Presbyterian General Assembly Build- ings (the predominating religion in UI- ster is Presbyterian, the percentage being 33.5) the Belfast Cathedral or Cathedral of St. Anne's (something similar in style to Sb, Patrick's in Dub- lin,) Queen's University, Custom's House and Public Library and Museum At the latter place I was specially inter- ested in a large exhibition of old Irish spinning wheels and loome. Those and other places I only briefly visited as I desired amore extensive visit to the industrial part of the city, as Belfast is famous for its numerous linen mills and factories and has the 1 argeet ship. building concerns in the world. The York Street linen mil being, I was informed, the largest of its kind in the world, I decided to visit it and was fortunate in procuring a ticket of admission along"with a party of Aus- tralian and Canadian soldiers. Our guide, a genial, good natured chap who knew the"ropes" pretty well, was able to impart valuable knowledge and statistics ne we proceeded on our tounde through the wonderful place and I will endeavour here to describe all I saw. It is a gigantic concern, this mill with its 90,000 whirring spindle's and its 6,000 power looms leaked after by 6,000 operatives. We had explained to us the different stages of making a table- cloth for inetance. After the "rot- ting" or "setting" and "soutching" process the crude flax fibres reach the mill where they are epun into yarn and then the yarn is taken to the factory where the thread or yarn is woveb in- to cloth. Both !,ranches, tenoning and weaving. are combined in this estab 1►ehment. In the spinning mill the flex is first "heckled" or combed by a multitude of barbers until not one fibre is mete'', After the "silvers" are drawn out and the fibres twisted to- gether and Wdtiud upon wooden bob- bins. another etage is reached when the bobbins go to the spinning frames and the fibres are dratvn out to become longer and longer before tbey pass through bolting water to be tightly twisted into perfect yaeru or thread, Next 'we saw the reeling proceso or putting the yarn into banks err bundles of 00,000 yards. The flex now leaves the spinner. Next vv+e visited the spinning roots which 1 dtncovered to be no place for nervous or htitable people. The great ftatnoe clack, clatter and whir as they ttiav>e to and ho, The noses is terrrittc, the temperature high, the moisture considerable acid fragments of rough fill float about. Yet we were told it Wes not an unhealthy class Or work. In makingfloe linen the u eafla a must bo !rept owlet, The natural ciIt menses of the Irish air helps this, The process of weaving which we inthe saw b weaving t e r g fat dry whether iu a hand or power loom le praeticatly the name. '!'here ie the. "warp"—those long threads which run the whole length of the cloth while the shuttle shooting across connprisee the "weft." It was interesting indeed wetebing a compact pisco of cloth being gradually formed at each beat of the loom, Iu this way plaln linen stuff is woven. Ins making damask a different loom is used, Fresh trona the loom, tbis linen web wbioh we were shown, was rough,. course, strong and brownish fabric and had to go to the bleaobere wbioh proe eees is left to nature, Here is where Ireland, with all her lovely green fields maintains her preeminence for pro- ducing the dazzling pure whiteness only found in linen bleached in the Emerald Iele, 1, We were also shown the finishing stage when the white bale goes to the cutting factory to be nsade into collars, cuffs and handkerobiefe and tray clothe and Centre pieces, too, for the fair sex the world over to work out fancy work on. So much for my visit to Ireland's famous linen factory. Now for my visit to one of the famous shipbuilding concerns of the city, where the Olym- pio and other world-famous liners have been built. As visitors are not allowed during these war, times to visit many parts of the huge concern I was not able to see all I desired to see but what I did see caused me to stare in wonderment and surprise at the great things there. Passing along the breast work of the Abercorn, Basin I was able to obtain a splendid view of the power- ful cranes capable of lifting hundreds of tons and the still more mighty fl sat- ing electric crane that swinge with ease, I was told. as much as 250 tons. The huge steel structures built on the cantilever system and worked by elec- tricity run ae an electric railway be- tween the ehipe, supplying them both at considerable speed wk•th heavy plates. angle bars, etc„ and eupl act- ing aleo the hydraulic riveters that seem the last word in mechanical equipment. An army of men swarm- ing along gangways and acaffulding around a huge liner "skeleton" like bees in a hive could be seen, and what mighty chains there were to keep the m?ghty leviathan captive( I eaw eights on every side by the score to provoke limitless admiration, for everywhere was revealed the acme of co-operation in the union of intelli- gent brains, brawny human muscles and the perfection of 'mechanical ap- paratus, It was specially interesting and awe-inspiring to observe as I was leaving the yards a huge punch under whose downward thruste baif a dozen man were guidiug a. massive steel plate of several tons and what a sight it was, too, to look at those immense Millions of people die every year from Consumption. Millions could have been saved if only common sense prevention had been used in the first stage. Asthma, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Weak Lungs, Catarrh, Cough, Colds and Diseases of the Respiratory Orgnus--all lead up' to Consumption -- Tuberculosis. 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Take advantage of P or Antes and travel vin 9 Canadian Pacific Information from Ticket OXicon:141.i45St. J4tni48 St., Phone M 8525, Windsor Hatci, Windsor and Place Vigor btations. Omen clipping stiff steel plate with as rtruole ease and perclelon as you would. out a paragraph from a newepaper 1 During wy eojourq in Belfast, t r1 he tre•gpere, in feat the entire public were highly entbuslastte over is new etas at the footligbte—:tfary Connolly, Dublin's street singer who was appear- ing at the Empire. As a rule I ata not greatly In "who's who" in theatrl- eat circles but when f beard of the re- markable cirauwstancet leading up to Mise Connolly'e appearance on the Stage and of how she had been draw- ing packed hooses because of her epiendid einging and the intense in- terest the public manifested in her past career I decided to hear her sing bee foref Belfast. Ile t. It seemsthat the manager of the theatre while In Dub- lin just afew days before on hearing Mies Connolly einging in the street a attracted her d t by 'Vocal powers and become greatly interested in her, with the result• that he decided to en- gage.. her, put her on a stage dna in due time give her a musical education. She bad been far years endeavoring to support herself and her little brother by an occasional penny else received for street singing day after day in the streets of London, Liverpool and Dub. lin, The manager brought her to Belfast and introduced her to his patrons. Before two nights paseed her fame as a sweet singer bemenee so widespread that thousands were turned away from the Empire unable to gain admiesino. An appeal has beeqmade for contri- butions to a fund for the purpose of paying the expenses of a musical edu- cation for the singer in London, and so generous and hearty was the re- sponse throughout the week that on the Saturday evening I attended the performance the manager was able to announce that several hundred pounds had been collected and that his pro. tege would immediately be given a thorough musical education and that in a year or so he felt that she would be ranking among the world's fore- most singers. Although I have been fortunato In hearing some of England's great sing- ers at one time and another I can any truthfully that I never heard as sweet and wonderful singing as I h eard this night as Mary Connolly rendered sel- ection after selection in response to en- core after encore. Particularly welt rendered were "Killarney" "The Dear Little Shamrock" and "Mother Macree." Her expression was .abeo- tutely wonderful, despite the fact that she did not know a note of music. She was attired as an Irish colleen and although she bad only made few appearances on the stage her deport- ment and stage bearing were credit. able. There is no doubt whatever but what Mary Connolly will rank in a very short time, after a good trainiog as one of the world's greatest singers, and I was indeed glad I heard her. The next day, Sunday, practically concluded my visit to Belfast as I had made arrangements to take a trip down through the centre cif Ireland to Cora, Blarney Castle, and Killarney— the Eden of the west. My next article will deal with thie trip. Pte. H. Bellamy. East Sandling, Aug, god, 1017 —Goderich Star, Howick Council Council met to -day in the Tp. Hall, Gorr ie, pursuant to adjournment. Alt members present. Reeve in chair. Minutes of last meeting were read, and on motion of WiIliainson and Doig were adopted. Moved by Spotton and Doig that Bylaw No. 4, to lay a rate on the dol• lare, be read the third time and passed —Oarried. Moved by Arwetrong and Spotton that the following accounts be paid:— Jm. Stewart, culvert, lot 6, sou. 12, $4; David W. Rea, gravel $2.255; Hugh Douglas, cleaning out ditch $5; Wm Ball, gravel $6.05; !";nos Donaghy, gravel.$6 40; Add Scott, gravel $2 80; Geo, Reidt, gravel $2,40, Thos, Brad - nock, gravel $4 40; Jas. Darling, grav- el $3,75; Chas. Wolf, gravel $2.40; Peter Hackney,, gravel $2.70; Wm. Underwood, gravel $1 40; Ben Ringier, gravel $2.80; Henry Markley, gravel $1.15; Bert Cooper, gravel $360; Henry Hoare, shovelling gravel $2 40; J. Drummond, grajrel $2.00; Municipal World, for collectors Rolls and drain- age supplies $8 25; Ira Scbaefer, raking stones Ott road 40 center G. R. Sander- son, plank for bridge $24.55; Ernest Albright, putting plank on bridge $2.50; A. E. Toner, dragging road • $3; L. Murray, raking stones off road 75c; Geo. Hubbard, work with grader $1,75; T. Douglas, work on road, $i; Bert King, operating toad machine, in full to date $157; Jas. Wright, draggin'g road $7,85; Wm. Candle, gravelling lots 21 and 22, con. 14, $110.85; , Erneat King, spreading gravel $12; Adam Scott, Gravel $1.90; John llyndtuan, tile $32.25; Enos Donaghy, 'gravel $5.60; S. Zurbrigg, filling hole in road $150; John Web, week on 11. and M. lady and 14 con, $0; Allen Porterfield• compensation for wire fence $22,50; Elmer Failie, shovelling gravel 80 •; John Porterfield, gravel $4.30, F. A. Edgar. Incrices a o dg r, fa serviees t the Shet• t an drainage court $5.70; Judge Dick- son, fees on Sotheran appeal $12 74; C. E. Walker, feet on Sotheran appeal $8; Peed A. Edgar, fees for I reoller award $12; Wm. J. Spotter., attend- ant° with road Reeder $28 25; Wm. J. Roberts, part payment for printing $60; R. Wattere, gravelling lot 22, con, 10, $4060; Arthur Cowan, epteading gravel $0. Moved by Doig and Williamson that this Council de now adjourn to meet again on the third 'Wednesday in September in Cooled Hotel, Ford. Veleta when assessor and collectors he appointed.--Oartled. 0. E. WAL1:Ett, Clerk. Isard's GODDESS UJoddess: ,r, • Font Laced Corsets 74. �.e ter, Fashion's' 1 1.4 limos Goddess is the Ideal Corset because it is well made along the correct lines of fashion. You can form some idea of the style from the above illustration but you must see the corsets them - ;'elves to fully appreciate them. Ask to see the New Model Goddess Corset, they are perfect fitting. - Our Corset Department is now complete with all the new models for fall in all trines of Crompton and D. & A. Corsets. ♦vii IL E. ISARD & CO. Wing ham, Oiitarrio \ ��/,.\��/•�/.\%t�� Vehe'ie9XXpr4Q`9GfgL+ XX Morris Mr, and Mrs. E. Higgins visited friends in Howick last week, Mr. and Mrs. John Brigham and Mr. B. Sanderson of Hullett also Mrs, J. Richmond of Blyth, motored on Thurs- day to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abe. Prootore and spent the evening. Mrs. R. J. 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