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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-10-17, Page 4ttt vacate Sanders & Creech), Proprka:as Subscription Price -In advance $1,25 ajar year in Canada•; $1,75 in the ;United States. All subscriptions root fid Ica advance 50 gents extra will. Pte charged, TI1URSDAY, OCTOBER 17, '18 1Y[ount Carmel Death of Mrs, lleDoamald-This week it becomes our duty to record he :dad death of Mrs. Atex; McDontald, who passed away at the home of her fabler, \tr John Hall, on Tuesday last after a short illness of Spanish influenza, Mr. 'McDonald „af also con- fined to his bed sufieringg from an; ;attack of the same disease, which is becoming,. so prevalent throughout this country, Mr. D ,O'Gons ell has moved to Lon don with his family, where lave intends nuking his future' home, He was a good and kind; -hearted neighbor and we are sorry to lose him,- Andrew and Jac Queria, cif L a stow,el were vis- iting at the .home of their uncle Jacob Quer r,n,-\1r. Jas, Queriu. is able to be around again and la's many friends are glad to see hunt -Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller were visiting friend's at F;h va Sunday.-Falrmers are busy ta.- kin in their bean crop, It is a. good one. Rev. Father Tiernneyannounced the marriage on Sunday of Jetnem'hh Campbell to \Iivs Mary Dillon of Dublin. the mrahrriage to take place at Dublin next week. -Miss Mary Ryan of Chica,$a is home for a few- weeks. -Quite a number in this neighbor- hood are ick with the "F luet'- -.MLL- Mary Hall of London peat •Thar._ti_giv'es at her home here,- 'Messrs ere.-'Messrs Que rin of Brussels ' peat a -few days visiting their cousins, • ,uer- r u brother, :here. -P. Regan and bi•ide moved to the village last week. We welcome Mr. and Mrs, Regan to our mkt t. -Michael O'Brien's residen,.ei:s about completed, and Mr. O'Brien and family wall move here '•hortly.- Mr, Geo Fischer held a very :ucces : ful auction sale here on Tuesday. Mr. .Fischer and family will move to Pres - :.tan shortly. Lumley A few from this lane attended the deception given, Messrs. Rabt Living- stone and E. Sutherby of Staffa en Thursday night oil last week. -Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of London,, Mr. and Mrs. Muxworthy of Granton spent the hai- • .day with witth. Mr, Selves and fancily. -Arthur Cole ,of Smaillman's & Ing - ram's, London, was hone for the halti- day.-Making apple -butter and filtin,g shades es the order of the day. (Intended for last week.) Mrs. Cbarlleasearth of Toronto, Jas_ Stewart of Egmendrille, hftessrs. Mid- • ton and Harry Stewart and wives were Sunday visitors' at Jahn: Bolton's and Mrs. _Mo itgomtery Davis .spent Sunday at L. Verinleer's-On Tuesday afternoon quite a number of •-men and women went to \IcTaggart's Cemetery and cut downthe wild gvawth. It is gtuittlel and improvement. Later there is to be a meeting call- ed for the puredae of seeing about building a new Bance and putting in a culvert at the road entizatnlc(e, Helping Nature, the Key to Good Health Watch for these S'fmptoms Kidney or Bladder affections don't -develop seriously until Nature has given you plenty of warning that the trouble has commenced. Constant headaches, dizziness, pains -in the back or sides, swollen joints and ankles, brick dust deposits, or painful urination should make you realize posi- tively and beyond doubt that your kidneys are out of order and need -assistance. Nature is wise and never sends out -ainneeessary or foolish warnings, Her Ball is for help, and you must do your .part by bringing relief to those over- burdened kidneys, or suffer the cense- -uences. Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, "Gravel, Stone in the Bladder, Neur- algia, etc., are all caused by inflamed -or congested kidneys and the cense- •quent deranged kidney action. Don't suffer the agonies produced by -these diseases. Help Nature to relieve the -congestion-to heal those inflamed ?kidneys and to make them strong once snore -by taking Gin Pills. Gin Pills are the best remedy for "Kidney and Bladder troubles en the market to -day. This is a fact provent by hundreds of testimonials. Try them and be sure of instant relief. For sale; everywhere at 50e a box. A sample box free if you write to- The National Drug & Chemical Co, -of Canada, Limited, Toronto, Ontario. I. S. residents should address Na-Dru- a1Clo., Inc., 202 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. STs RAND TRUNKSYS EM HIGHLANDS OF ONTARIO CANADA .The home- of the Red Deer acid the Moose OPEN SEASONS Deer -Nov. 1 to 15, inclusive Moose -Nov. 1 to 15, inclusive." in ,some of the northern districts of :Ona r etario, including Timtagami and the 'territory north and south a4 theCan- Aardianl Government Railway from the tQuebec to Manitoba Boundary open :season for Moose is Oct, 1. toNov30 Write for copy of "`Playground - the Haunts o'f Fish and Game", ialving Game Laws Hunting Re ul atl o s etc , oto' C. E Horning, District Passenger ,.Agent Union Station, Toronto, 'Ont. N. J. Porte A,,ent, 6xefer Chiselhurst 'Wham Earl 'Kilnsnlan retained from Ei w:rl.k out, Saturday evening last he found one of their ,horses' ,in the well. With the he:,lt, of neighbors they sue- :) edecl is getting the animal out, but .t cl,;.'ecl afterwards. -,\Y. A. Cole has lesl, ed a. farm near the Red Taveuln for a term of years,, ,lie doing the ;fa 11 ialowlug on, it, -Richard Nicholls and wife spent the holiday with lir. and Mrs. Stark . -Mr. Thos, Ferguson, nor- th of here, hats sold his farm, to r\fzl Alfred Ross of Mt, Pleasant,-Ti}i,a Faday at ierataan a Sunday School soic,v ntion wail. he held here, Sup- per will be served to all visiting del- agates: Clandeboye Mr. W. J. Cauuni7t liamt, who Gas 'seea all far the past two weeks;, is .on `h. rrenld \Buss Scott Irse returned :o bier home in Londono after spelud- weeek with her sister, \Lis. ,kcorge' Flynn. here. -Cadet Oa1aaad _Bice of Tolronta a spending a few d;iy :i with pais patients here before caving for Camp Borden, --Miss Mita- lie Ne'1 of tlae city spent, a few days recent y with relatives here, -Mr. Per- ry Bice has purchased a Hudson Rac, :.r auto, -Mr. Geotrghe of Cayley, Sark. ',:siting relatives an time ti-iciaiitr.- Mr Alvin Smith has commtetni:ed as a•asistant at the G. T. R. hone. -A number of pu. itis' of 'then school sec- tion. attended the school Fair held at Brinsley last week. Some of our pup- ils were lucky in capturing a num- ber of prizes for best work, etc. - Mrs. Eli Bioe is,spending a few days inMuirkirk; Ont. Miss Edith Lewis ,pent the week -end. in London -Mrs. F. 13. Smith is spending a couple of weeks in, Torcnto-Miss Jennie Cun- ningham has sold her household goods and has moved to London. -Miss Vio- let Patton of London apett the week- end with her parents hewer. -Mil's Wilda Sna)talm of Hamilton is visiting her pkrenas ]Vere;. -A fowl supper was hte.id in St-jamas' Church Sunday- School on Monday evening. A large crowd watt present.After an excel- lent suprser a:fine program was ren dered.-\Lr. Ward Hodgins, while cut- ting corn. on Tuesday, had the lair- fortune to get his hand caughtt ice the box and lied it badly matnpled,-The; schools in th,isi.vnicamity are closed Tor an'sudefinite period on account of the Spcnih influenza. A few cases have bee•u reported around here. -Mr. Mark Noble. of Landon spent a few days with friends bene recently. -Sundays see kind of quiet in this district owing to the gas being shut off,. Motorists hare negrtvd the request of the fuel ;ortrclil:er,-Saseic.es were held in St. Jaime..' Church last Sunday evening at 7 p m. Sservices yvih111 be held 'next Sunday evening at' the same hour. As long as flowers their perfume give, So- 1bn :I'ti let the Raiser lie -e-, Li\ae and -live for a millli!on years, 'With nothing to drink but Belgian tears \s'ith neeth,rtg to quench his,:awful. thirst But the 'salted brine of the Scotch man';' curse: I would leehim leve on a dinner each day, Served with silver on a golden tray - Server] with. things both dainty and sweet- S:erved with 'e\erything but things to eat: And I'd make him a bed of silken sheen, Wall- costly linens' to lie between, With covers :o£': down and fillets of lane, And down pillows pitied in place. Yet w.he.n to .its comfort he would yield, It should stink with the rot of the battlefield, And brood and bones and brains of'. men • Should cover hint smother him -and then - His pillows would cling with. rotten clay - Clay from thegrave of a soldier boy, And while Gad's stars their vigils keep, And while the waves the white sands sweep, He Should never; never, never sleep. And through" all the days, through all the years There should be an anthem in hits ears Ringing and singingl and never 'dome, From ^true edge] of Jigkt to the netting sun, Moaning and moaning and moaning wild- A ravaged Frenciu girl's nameless child And I would build hitin a castle by As lovely a casele as ever could be, Laden with water cold and sweet, Laden' with evre'ry"th:ing goad to cat; Yet scarce does he touch the silvered sands Scarce may lie reach his eager hands, Than a hot and hellish. molten' shell Should change his Heaven into hell, And though he'4 watch on the wind- swept shore Our Lusitanira would rise no more. In "No Main's Lara" " where the Irish fell, " I'll start the 'Kaiser a private I-Iell; I'd :jab him, stab him, give him gas; inevery wouuud' I'd pour ground glass I'd march him : out where the brave boys dined- • Out peat the lads they crucified. Ili the fearful •gloom of his living. tomb There is one thing I'd do before - l was 'through; ['d make halm &Anig in a stirring man- ner, • The wonderful words of "The Star- Spangled Banner." SCHOOL REPORT, of S. S. No, 11, Stephen, for September Jr. 4 -Adel ',viand. Sr. 3 -Pearl Lafond, Ruth Willert" Milverna' Willert`, Jr. 3 - Clifford Lank, Wilfred, Adams*. Sr, 2 -Edna W'illert, E1lasset Wallen, Clin- ,to;ti Adams, Mina. Willes+, Elmore,Bren iter, Jr. 2 -Leslie Adair s, Anna Ste-: phd.n, Herman Brennler, 1 -Mildred White, Emery W;nllert. Sr. Pr.-IVIar- lair;, Moreruz, EIg.iu Adams, George White. M Pr, -Violet Willert, Sad - 'he Allen, Jr. Pr.-Narrnan 'Brenner. Best ;speller roe months, Leslie Adams rive mi; take s. Number an roll 23;,,av- a r e atteuvdance 15 Names are giv- ena�„iv- en order' of merit, Those marked w'ita, au asterisk 'were absent for the month NEWS TOPICS OF WEEK important Events Which Have Occurred Dut ing the Week, The. Busy World's Happenings Care- fully Compiled and 'Put Into Handy and Attractive Shape for the Readers of Out' Paper.-- A Solid flour's Enjoyment. TUESDAY, Pte. Albert Forman, East Zorra, was killed in action on Sept. 26. Lieut. A, S. MacFarlane, of Chat- ham, was killed in action on Sept. 27. The glass and oil warehouse of Haz•lanci Bros„ Clinton, was destroy- ed by fire. Miss Lucy Landon, Woodstock, was found dead in lie bed, She was 68 years of age. Hog cholera is reported to be rapidly making its appearance in and around St, Thomas. After being out on strike a little over a month, Fernie miners will re- turn to work to -day. The chief of the German police in Warsaw, Poland, has been shot by an unidentified person. A Polish Legion, composed largely of American Poles, was yesterday re- ceived into the French army, Rev. Wm. 1, Wood, pastor of the Newmarket Methodist Church, died suddenly amen a stroke of paralysis. A third death has occurred in the Canadian camp, Niagara, from influ- enza, Pte; Gillespie, of Stratford, is the victim. Barney Beleourt has been sentenc- ed to be hanged at Regina Jail for the murder of Mrs. Edward Beatty, near Theodore. Rev. Dr. Briggs, book steward of the Methodist Book Room, Toronto, has Banged in his resignation. He is 82 years of .age. Brig''Gen. C. ea. Doyen, comman- dant of the marine corps camp at Quantico, Va., died there Sunday night of influenza. Orders have been issued from ' the Militia Department authorizing the formation of a third tank battalion for service overseas. The London & Lake Erie Railway & Transportation Co. will cease to operate at a very early date and the work of scrapping the road will com- mence immediately. WEDNESDAY. The Toronto Street Railway Co. is asking for the right fo raise the fares. Rev. Neil Campbell, of Oro, was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Toronto and Kingston, naeeting in Toronto. Dr. Monro, of Smithville, appeared before Magistrate Campbell on a charge of having liquor, other than on his own private property. He was assessed $222 Word has been received of the death by accident in DetroitOaflea man Rowe, son of Wm. Rowe, Wood='' stock. He moved to Detroit about two years ago. The new Canadian victory loan was launched. The minimum amount asked is $300,000,000- The rate,of interest will be 5'la per cent. Per annum, free from all taxation. .. Harry Bessey, son of J. M. Bessey, barber, of St. Catherines, died Mon- day from Spanish influenza at Camp Sherman, Ohio, where he was . in training with United States troops. Mayor Church of Toronto has ask- ed the Minister of Militia to have the men of the Siberian Expedition re- moved from Niagara to Toronto, where they can be properly housed. Mrs. DenimBidard is in Napanee jail on a charge of murder. She is accused of throwing her illegitimate five months' old child into the river to get rid of it, as she could not keep her job and look after it. The cow which he was driving took a fit of frenzy and attacked Reu- ben Higgs, an Ailsa Craig farmer, yesterday and gored him into a state of unconsciousness. He was found on the road by his young son. His re- covery is expected. Arthur Coseley was sentenced at Stratford to eight months, and Geo. Reeves to six months, in the, Ontario Reformatory on a charge, to which they pleaded guilty, of assaulting and robbing Kershaw Ellis last week, and robbing a Chinese restaurant in Tavistock. In addition each; received the customary indeterminate sentence of not more than two years in the Ontario Reformatory.. THURSDAY. The population;,, of_ . Welland is 9,876, an increase of 1,051 for the The Allies captured Cambrai, the Canadians being the !drat troops• to enter the city. ' Four men were killed by alcoholic fumes while cleaning out a wine Vat. in a plant near Niagara Falls. Rev. A. H. Howitt, B.A., was in- ducted as rector of St. Thomas' An- glican Church at St. Catherines. John Stenson has resigned the leadership of the 41st Regimental band, after 48 years' membership. Lord Lansdowne, famous for the peace letters, now declares that war must continue until Allies are 'vic- torious. The Allies report having captured 11,000 prisoners and 200 guns dur- ing the first day of the St. Quentin battle. Rev. Donald A. McKenzie, of Churchill, has received a call to the United Church of Gamebridge and. Brechin. Mack Saad, a Syrian merchant at Napanee, was fined_ $100 and costs for hoarding sugar. rwI^ He had 100 pounds on his premises. ,Wind or's population has Jumped 'to 33,440, an increase of more than 2,000; Walkerville is estimated at 6,336, that of Sandwich 3,300, and of Ford 2,772. The General Conference of the Methodist Church has decided to raise the sum -of $8,000,000 for Mis- sion purposes. The plan covers a, period o five ... p f years. Officers elected by the Chatham Ministerial Association are: Presi- dent, Rev. J. T. Marattall'; Vice -press-: dent, Rev, J. E. Hunter; secretary- treasurer, Rev. J, J, Haylook. The Ontario ,Railway and Munci- pal Board held a'sitting at Brantford with regard to conservation of the supply of natural gas. The sitting was adjourned with no decision. Struck by an auto driven by C Bull and injured in the head, An- thony, the eight-year-old son of Mr, and `Mrs. A. Turnbull, of St. Thomas, died, Ike lad was playing in the street. FRIDAY. Bishop Wakefield of Birmingham and his soldier son paid a visit to Toronto. Mr. and Mrs.' T. Grotjohn, of Kitchener both died inside of twenty bout hours of Spanish "flu,” The Ontario Government will make a large shipment through the Cana- dian Red Cross for the men overseas,. John Harmon, 92 years old, died at his home in Windsor. 'Since 1381 he had been in the employ of Hiram Walker & Sons, During fifteen. successive days re- cently, the. British artillery : hurled more than 10,000 tons of shells a day upon the enemy. The two platoon system is to be inaugurated in connection with the Kingston are department, beginning after the 1st of December. A. Stevenson, of the London Nor- mal College, was the principal speak- er at the -annual Brant County Teachers' Institute, held at Brant- ford, Lord Shaughnessy has retired from the presidency of the Canadian Paci- fic Railway. Mr.: E, W. Beatty, the first ;vice-president takes the office vacated by his lordship. L. Weiner, a Toronto baker, has had his license as a bread baker can- celled by the Canadian Food Board. This drastic step was taken on ac- count of a second offence committed by him against the food regulations. Two young Leamington men, Ed- ward Bensette and Wm. Edmunds, were arraigned in Windsor _ police court charged with stealing an auto from Forest Wigle of Ruthven, two months ago. They explained that they had taken the car to come to Windsor to find work. Alleged to be a slacker, Horace Corbett, 26 years old, of Chatham, was turned over to the military au- thorities. The arrest resulted from information given by Pte. Selby, who recently returned to Windsor to and his wife had fled with Corbett, tak- ing with her, it is alleged, $2,000 of his money. SATURDAY. John G. Watson, president of the John. Watson Manufacturing Co., died in Ayr yesterday after a short illness. Windham Centre Fair gate re- ceipts were the largest taken in by the society for more than fifty years. Over thirty deaths from influenza or pneumonia were reported to the City Clerk's office, Toronto, yester- day. Mr. J. T. Simmons, a Tillsonburg farmer, received information that his son, Wilfrid, had died of appendicitis in France. •' Mr. Charles Norris, one,, of Bol- ton's oldest residents, died there in his 87th year. His wife predeceased him four years ago. The Anglican Church has under- taken to raise a quarter of a million dollars by asking Sunday schools, to purchase Victory Bonds. Martha Campbell, North Bay, will apply to Parliament next session for a divorce from her husband, Henry James Campbell, Toronto. Pte. A. B. Aitken; son_of Fire Chief Aitken, of London, Ont., was killed in action on Sept. 27. A brother, Cpl. Herman Aitken, was killed in May, 1917. A proclamation will shortly be is- sued, it is expected, calling all friend- ly aliens except Americans, within the Dominion, to register for mili- tary service. The Bulgarian Foreign Minister has decreed that British and French commercial properties, held in trust' during hostilities, must be returned to the owners. Bert Miller, a Toronto youth, was struck down and fatally Injured by an automobile last night. He had been on .a visit to his mother, who is confined' to a hospital. A scholarship has been founded by - the „,executors of the late Henry M. Horsey, of Ottawa, at Queen's University in memory of the late Eric Horsey May, who died of wounds in France. Ready to Quit? LONDON, Oct. 12.—Austria-Hun- gary and Turkey have informed Ger- many that they will accept President Wilson's peace terms, according to a despatch to the Central- News from Amsterdam. Turkey has made a definite peace proposal to President Wilson,,accord- ing to reports in circulation here. A rutnor was circulated on the Paris Bourse yesterday afternoon that Constantinople had been declar- ed under martial law. Ottoman values jumped three and four points. Turkish securities were in demand and there was much trading in them. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—Propos- als of peace on the part of Turkey, reported in London despatches, had. not been received in Washington to- day. State Department officials ex- pressed deep interest in the reported move by the Turkish Government, but stated positively that no pro- posals had reached them. Heavy Earthquake Shocks. VICTORIA, B.C., Oct. ;12.—F. N. Dennison of the Observatory at Gon- zales Hill reports that beginning at 7.15 o'clock' yesterday morning and lasting for five hours severe earth- quake shocks were recorded on the seismograph at the ,station.9''He esti- mates the distance at 3,700' miles: Germans Fast Leaving Coast. LONDON, Oct. 12.—Latent Allied reconnaissances show that ,the Ger- mans have nothing of a military na- ture afloat and nothing in the air along the Flemish coast. The Ger- mans' are now engaged in; blocking the harbors of Ostend and Zee- brugge. HOG PRODUCTION It is a matter o the greatest importance that Canada should increase her produc- tion r<'odu .tion of BACON HOGS and other live stock as there is at present a world-wide short- age of meat. Good markets for some time to come are assured. THE CANA =JAN BANK OF COMMERCE will gladly make loans t assist farmers in 5` ds,' ' 381 good standing K:i�: ,, to acquire ..,� J�°e l�ve stock. EXETER SIL -A. h.. Kuhn, 43 gr. CREDITON-7. A. McDonald Arty INCORPORATED 1055 • • ... o.....a„ill .a su.• enreseas.as..ss.essarrs'nosa anlr. S Capital & Reserve $8,800,000 M Branches in OwlItac:La A General Banking Business Transactai Circular Letters of Credo Bank tMoalek Orders SAVINGS BANK DEt-': RT !Interest allowed at highest current :ate EXETER BRANCH - A/ D. CLARKE, fir: 111n..1a1010.9111.1/.• ...81 C W. ROBINSON LICENSED AUCTIONEER AND VALUATOR foo Cminties of Beier Perth Middlesex and Oxford. Farir Steck Sales a Specialty. Office a• Coekshut't Warerooms, next door *: Centra' Hotel, Main Street, Exetr:- FRANK TAYLOR Licensed Auctioneer ,fou Counties- of Hunan and Middlesex.: Prices Reasonable and Satisifaction Guaranteed. Crediton, - -. Ontario. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED UV C. H Sanders at the Advocate Of - SW ' Strictly confidential; no witness sJ•"fRATFORD.- ONT. Lady graduates of last term are now earning as high as $18 and even $20 per week. whileyoung men are earn- ing still better salaries. We cannot meet the den -and for traiined help. Write us at once for particulars re gardjaa our Commercial, Shorthand or Telegraphy Department. Students may enter at any :time. D. A. McLachlan, Prin. I am a woman. What I have suffered is a far better guide than any MAN'S experience gained second hand. i know your need for sympathy and health. And the treatment that gave me health and strength, new interest in life, 1 want to pass on to you, that you, too, may enjoy the priceless boon of health. Are you unhappy, unfit for your duties? Write and tell me how you feel and I will send you ten days' BREI; trial of a home treatment to meet your individual needs, together with references to women in Canada who have passed through your troubles and regained health; or you can secure this mPR$othe$r . treatment for your daughter, sister or 1f you suffer from pain in the head, back, or bowels, feeling of weight and dragging down sensations, falling or displacement of internal organs, bladder irritation with fre- quent urination, obstinate constipation or piles, pain in the sides regularly or irregu. larly, bloating dyspepsia, extreme nervous. mess, depressed sprats, melancholy, desire to cry, fear of something evil about to , happen, creeping feeling up the spine, pal- pitation, hot flashes, weariness, sallowcom- plexion, with dark circles under the eyes, pain in the left breast or a general feeling that life is not worth living, I invite yon to to - day toay for my complete ten days' treat- ment entirely free and postpaid, to prove to yourself that these ailments can be easily and surely overcome at your own home. without the expense of hospital treatment, or the dangers of an operation. Women every. where are escaping the surgeon's knife by knowing of my simple method of home treatment, andwhen you have been bene- fited, my sister, 3 shall only ask you to pass the good word along to some other sufferer. My Lome treatment is for all, -young or old. MA8. M. BUMMERS, Box 840 h �~± .Road My FRET Offer: 2`e Mothers of Daughters, I will !Weld a simple home treatment which speedily ams effectually dispels green -sickness (chlorosis). irregulanties, headaches and lassitude Se young women, and restores them to Delp. nese and health. Tell me if you are worried -*bout your daughter. Its ember it costs yeti nothing to give my *Iliad of home treat- ment a'complete, ten days trial. and it you wish to continue, it costs only a •few cents a week to do_so, and it does not inter- fere with one's daily work. Is health worth asking for? Write for the free treatment spited to your needs, and I will Bead it in plain wrapper by return male ° Cut Out tbid offer, sutra the place$ that tell your feeling'. and return to me. Write and ask foe the free treatment to—day, as you may apt tis¢ this offer again. Address: • • , Windsors Ontwrla i There is no flue sys- tem just like that of the Pandora Range. Before you buy a range learn about the Pandora `;method . of heat distribution it is the secret of good baking and of every kind of good work a It is the lung System of the range. 11,' �.,.. Tondo tt Torotito Mbntrlal St. John,N.B. Hamilton Calgary