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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-3-10, Page 7e Co nsoltdated Schoo s One of the Vital Questions of the 1)ay. AZIONIMMIMMIN•1001 By the Rev, G20. T. Stephenson The edueo.tiona life of our young and fair Dominion of Canada has been one of steady develepment. We owe much to Egerton Ryerson for the present Beh001 Bystern •,of which we cannot &Peak too highly for its "M - fluence in ib e day. But the time has come for another forward step rind aahe subject for our eon.sideration to- day, Consolidated Schools, is one which should engage the serious thought of every Canadian citizen be- -cause it is a Much improved system to our present one, and is now rapidly supereeding it. In both ,Caneda and the United States representatives of the Edina- tio.nal Department are travelling through the country continually del ivering lectures on this question, mid pamphlets sent out by the' Depart- ment, encyclopedias and the daily press emphaisize its great advantages both to the individual and the corn- Tnurnty and recommend its adoption at the earliest convenience. . Let us consider first of all why such a change is necessary. . 1. Rural depopulation. we all knew • of instances yearly of parents who ' have left the country and. have gone to the city or town for the sole pur- pose of giving their children better educational advantages. Mrs. Brodie who. addieseed the U.F.O. convention at Toronto, .said that she had come to the city recently in order to give her children better educational advantages but she liked the counti-y better than the city, and that just as soon as her children .were through school she in- tended to return. It was surely a worthy motive for leaving the farm and ging to the city, 'hut why go to the city when you may have equal educational advantages at your doer? 2. Short term of teacher. The av- erage length of time the rural school teacher .says in One school is between one and one and a half years. One teacher gets nicely started and is just learning the nature of her scholars and her community when she leaves and a new teacher comes along. There are many cauees for this frequent change of . teachers-ameng them are marriages, low salaries, difficulty in securing boarding place, ovsercrowded schools or too small schools and 32 Changing conditions. In" 1855 it required 40 hours of labor to produce e bushel of corn; uncles' modern con- ditions it only requires 41 'minutes. To -day we have modern conveniendes, as telephones, telegraphs. rural mail, express trains, refrigerator cars, fast ocean etearners, wireless telegraphy, aeroplanes, etc., and we find ourselves competing in a world market. With the advent of electricity more delicate machines are used and more thorough education is required. Civic govern- ment and national economy demand a larger intelligence and wider skill, in our manhood and vvomanhood. Can one or two teachers in an ungraded school, with the work of all the grades, meet this urgent call? 4. Educational Research and Scien- tific Discovery. Our ideas have been cha.nged. in the past few years as to what purpose the school should fulfil in the life of the child. Educ.ational re.s.eaech teaches us the iniportance of Agriculture, Domestic Science, Gard- ening, -Manual Training, Art and' Music. By the use of apparatus and electricity, pictures may be used to illustrate and teach faots. Wheri we minsider that 80 per cent. of what a child learns he takes in through the eye We can readily appreciate this ad- vantage in a Consolidated School. Moreover when a child plants a gar- den plot under the scientific instruc- tion of a teacher he gets a training he cannot get tlu-o-ugh study alone. Favorable conditions for teaching these subjects are necessary. 5. Lack of opportunity. The present smatem shows a lack of equality of opportunity for an education. Sta- tistics prove that it takes one and one- half years longer for a bay. or gin in the rural district to get his or her en- trance examination.then a boy or girl with Consolidated or city advantages. Then they have to leave home -if they go at all -and go to High Schoen in some town or city at a distance, and the result is that many fall out and fail to, go at all. The new law which Igrowth of one thousan& eaeh year, Forty-three states or the L111011 have adopted Coneolidation of rural eehools as their policy. Three years ago Man- itoba had about 100 Consolidated Schools. The farmers there are en- • thusiastic about it. Atherta has '60 Consolidated Schools. Itittenhouee, Hudson and Mallorytowa are the only Consolidated 'Schools I know of' in'Ons tario. Guelph and Neustadt has tim thousand over 191i1 --an avomgel i acmes into effect next September re' principle on a small scale. Carlsruhe (Piling all children (with eertabn sebeei section in carriok thwnschip exceptions) to attend selloel tot I Bruce (aunty, creeed their "heel and 16 years of age, will help t° are driving the Children to Neustadt. obviate the difficultY of lost Toe children are delighted and the education but it sines not solve school section saves $580 a year, the Problem of sending. the *child awaY which is about the 'cost of the trans - from home. Statistics appear to show portation. The school at Hudson was that in the United'States only half as- burned about three yeegs ago and the many complete the elementary -grades ratepayers deemed by an almost un - under the graded Infra/ Schools as animous vote to rebuild the oonsoii- under the Consolidated School. Is this (sated school, fair to our country boys and girls? From ,actual experience in Conseil.- If we eau get a Iiigh Sallee.' at °ur dated Schools Yvhat benefits -have. been door for two-thirds of Ontario's boys derived by the pupils? and girls"ewhat is it worth? What is a. Better grading and elassifieatiuu. it worth physically, mentally, econ- In the majority of cases net more: than onsicallY and Industrially to have four two grades need occupy one -room times as many get a bigh school train- This arrangement allows teachers to specialize more and gives more time 6. Unfair handicap, n reeitatiena for recitations and personal work. Our present system deprives a child 2. A large number in the class of his possible number and length of stimulates interest, enthusiasm and 'recitations. A child has approximate- competition. ly 8,800 hours in his elementary echeol 3. A closer grading, as compared life, in which to acquire habits of with a- one -roomed school, cuts down study, discipline, methods, and other things that education means. lIew much personal attention from the teacher does he get? In 1918 the av- erage attendance at eleinentary schools' in Ontario was 65 per cent. This reduces the possible -number of hours 8,800 to 5,720. A comparison a the time spent in study and reeitatien in ungraded schools' and Consolidated Schools shows that in the ungraded schools about 16 per cent. of the time is spent in recitation, or 815 hours out of 5,720, and the balance 4,905 hours in study or desk work; whereas, under Consolidation, 50 pea' cent. of the time is spent in each way, giving 24_360 hours for each. As the average at- tendance is also inereaseci under Con- solidation front 15 to 25 per cent. that means an ,inerease of actual attend- ance hours to about 6,800, and reci- tation hours to 3,400. Compare this with 815 hours and ask is this fair to your child. 7. The need of new buildings and equipment. The attendance may have increased until the building has be- come too small to provide adequate accommodation or, as in many cases, the -buildings have deteriorated and are unsafe and unhealthy, and people with ambition want the beat type of education and equipment possible. Other defective conditions are poor system of ventilation or no system at all; poor heating s.sytenro lighting peer and from both sides; shiny black- boards; coSor decorations dark (the tinuation School is practically brought three last tending to produce eye- to the door of every farmer in the Con- strain); Visors scrubbed only three or solidated Scheel area which will, when four times a year; the drinking water properly organized,. take the pupil up to the Matriculation or to Normal En- trance. Think of the advantage of this without the expense .of boarding in 'a town er City. or the Moral dang- ers of being away from horne'at the most critic& time of the child's life. Is that not well worth while? the average number of recitation e per day for ea.eh teacher from 24 to 12 and lengthens the period of recitation from 10 to 18 minutes. 4. Less absence from school, which means more recitations and covering the work more quickly and more sat- isfactorily. 5. A GAIN OF ONE AND A HALF YEARS IN. COMPLETING THE' ELEMENTARY •SCHOOL WORK. Consider the results of this on the number who would continue -at school and- take up High School studies. 6. Because of the availability of Continuation work and more attrac- tive school conditions and the privi- lege of hoarding at home many pupils stay for a longer period at school. A comparison of 3 Consolidated School townships with District School town - /ships showed thattwice as many fin- ished their elementary grades under Consolidation and six times as many took Continuation School work. • 7. Better and wider training. Fewer tea,cliers-are necessary, hence teachers with higher certificates and training can be secured. Where three or more teachers are engaged in a school it is possible to secure specialists iti differ- ent subjects -where in an ungraded school -the teacher cannot specialize in alI subjects --or introduce • Manual Training, Agriculture, Domestic Science, etc. 8. High School advantages with less expense and moral danger. A Con - usually from a common cup which tends to spread disease; seats double and not adjustable, and out -houses un- sanitary. Every one of these condi- tions limit the efficiency of the sys- tem and so a large part of the money spent in our present system is lost. What is the Consolidated School 9. Co-operation, or team -play. In System and to what extent has it the assemblage of large numbers of made progress? _both sexes the play life can be better A ever al roomed building erected organized and the co-operative spirit g developed. This means much in later art a central place, preferably a village, by the -ratepayers of a number of school sections living close together -who decide. to unite and have instead of 5 or 6 or 7 ois-friore small schools scatteredmiles apart, one weld equip- ped building large enough for' all the children in all -the secti-one c-o:operat- ingawith modern sequipmerit for edu- cational training in elementary or more advanced grades or both, sup- plied with the beat trained and ex- perienced teachers, and scholars brought in vans for a radius of 5 or 6 miles around is what may be gener- ally -considered a Consolidated School. 66 pirlitiMegV FOLLOWS 0 wag ng 6 Ila THE FLU. The epidemic of "flu" left in its train many weals hearts and serious nerve troubles. - ' ' ' Mrs. L. Wilson, 63 Ridout St., King- ston, Ont., writes: -"Over two years ago I was taken very ill with Spanish influenza, followed eby neuritis of the head, high blood pressure and congestion of the brain, and I was left in a very weak state. My' }meet and nerves- were so terribly bad I would have weak, fainting spells, sometimes tWice a day: It really seemed It is long since past the experimentaltdooensered,and mylieatrhteymewosuceldsdtotpo a beofaatinigthe; . l stage and has surely come to stay and lto but -I grew BO had, day to replace the pre.s era . system, at 1 afterdaydfaoy,r me, thought I could not get I least where people are alert enough' better. had' 11 given up ahopes of ever and wise enough to see - its benefits et and adopt it. Our Educational De- Igtsteinengiwell, asIa me itlwas fa s aGilionrY dig -sen eiretn pertinent tells' Us that the first Con- I looked in the paper and read about solidated School was establiehed in thought tha reslltereeatihtandwasNeaiviiietireillsh.opeI Montaguho Montague, Mass., U.S., in the same where, there was a spark of life left. year as the Ontario Agricultural Col- I commenced taking them right away lege at Guelph, 1874. Forty-seven, and. / anosnow on my fifth box, and years of successful work, should con- ' can safely say I am a lot -better. 1 vinee us of its merits. .It was an idea truly think that if it had not been for who had the difficulties to face ja worked out by a group of fanners VaovuerbweeonndheerrfeullibMwe.,dipiCille , same/ would not as mentioned above. The Unite.d States I Price 50a a box at all dealers, or had in 1919, thirteen thousand cons Eunited' Termte' Oat' tailed direct, by The T. Milburn Co i solidated Schools, an increase of three DID Nt'Ot.) TrAV,E, PSyNE, ttOt.X. A% E, 016)T, 0 ta i4S1DE POCKET 114‘S .tet0‘2 tahl D1 -,O marl v414A1i *tout.° i Bed Doi 14 4 AT(OU PocKls ldueys Troubled Her. BACK ACINE SO DAD COULD NOT SLEEK, The epidemic of t'Flu" has a great deal to be responsible for. In nearly every eas t bas left some bad after effects, andin a great many eases it is the kidneys that have suffered. • When the kidneys have been left in a weakened state, very often some serious kidney troeble will follow if not attended to. Deana Kidney Pills will prove 10 be just the remedy you require to Strength. en them. Miss Florence Earnshaw, Apsley, Onte writes: -"Last winter, after I had the "Flu" I was troubled with ray kidneys. My back achedao I ceuld not sleep, and my ankles were so swelled I could not Walk. A neighbor, told me about Doan's Kideey Pills. 'I got two boxes, and before I had the first one taken I felt a change.- I cannot recommend your medicine get Be t Dossi's Kidney Pills When you ask fog them. An oblong gray box; a maple leaf the trade mark; price 50c. a box at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., lansited, Toronto, Ont. life. To learn how to co-operate and to carry through a work successfully :with others in spite of injustices, op- position, and disappointments, in a kindly spirit, is a part of education which hawe/1 worth while. The Con- solidated School fosters this spirit.. 10. An increased earning capacity. Cornell Agricultural College some years ago, in investigating the labor income of a thousand Lamers, found that the group who had only Public School education made $318 a year, that with a High School education made $622 and those with a College education made $847 a year. Every year of additional education was worth from $60 to $75 a year in labor income. What are the edvantages from the standpoint of Sehool Buildings, Ad- ministratiori, and Organization? 1. Better supervision. Under the present District School system the In- spector cannot.visit oftsner than twice a. year, and mistekes which are now neglected would be seen and remedied by the experienced Principal who :sup- ervises the work of the other teach- ers in the Consolidated School. 2. An enlarged enrollment, and in- creased average attendance. In .16 schools in A-m.abel township, Bruce county, including 5 Union Schools, the number on the rad for 1920 was 431, and the average attendance was 321. Theaverage attendance was 74.4 per cent. of the enrolment. In the 9 schools in Arran township the en- rolment last year was 221 and the average attendance 149. Here the average attendance was 87.7 per cent. •This is fair, but under Consolidation both the erirolintent and the average attendance would be increased. In a large area investigated the enrolment before :Consolidation was 3,185 chil- dren, The, same territory after Con- solidation enrolled 4,814, a gain of 1,629 or 51 per cent. In the same area' the average attendance before Consolidation was 2,107 » or 66 per cent, whereasn'after Consolidation it was 3,617 or 75 per cent. 3. Punctuality. The wagans, vane, cars or sleighs run on schedule time, bringing the children to school warm, and with dry feet, so that the school may open sharp on time with all present, and the lessons may go on without interruptions. 4. Regular attendance. FluctuatiOn in attendance is also avoided. The large number attending tends to keep the average mueh.the same. Teachers who have had to change their day's pipgranune because. of the absence of 2 -or 3 pupils and then had to go over the same work With thens at some' future time knew the benefit. this would be. 5. Economy. Instead of a teacher's room, library, • cloak rooms, toilets, halls and class retiree in every school, these are united'ie one. Economy is also effected hi recitation periods, energy and concentration of the teacher, length of time necessary to reach Entrance Examinations, tine of Inspectors travelling from eehool to school, correspondence, • e 6. Hygienic conditions. This will be found in the character and decora- tions of the class rooms, lighting, heating, ventilation, single desks, water, toilets, transportation, play grounds and play equipment, and the necessary number of children making possible vigorous). enthusiastic and health -giving play. 7. Improved Community ife. This is brought about by the equalization of taxation and opportunity, the ex - The Leal:1111g Markets. ens! f iti to h • a o /lead onal sail es t e whole community, good roads -which follqw in the wake of Consolidation, the provision of a dignified 60citka centre, special school equipment, a community playground, and developed leadership. Think of the advantage of these things' to the Cburehes, the Farmers/ Clubs and the eoprinunity kt general. The children 'receiving bet- ter education will be happier and more useful and they will Telreaill at horne longer. Every bey and girl then can receive a High School education with- out whieli in thio rapidly developing age they will surely be handicapped. Any normal man or woman under ordinary circumstances can make money, but it is more difficult and more imeortart to make a life.. How much more than the present system will the Consolidated Sohool cost? If you are content with the same buildings, teaehera, equipment, and curriculum as at present thei Consolidated Sehooi costs less. Con- solidation is not urged to -day as a means to -cheapening education but of bettering it. With that view in mind it will Cost more -probably /rote a third to a. half more than the pres- ent ystem. But remernber all the special benefits derived both in educa- tional and community life. The eelf- binder COSt$ more than the cradle or the reaper but no one would go back' to these. Neither do those, under normal conditions, who have once thoroughly tried the Consolidated Scheel, go back or want to go back. What financi& assistance will the Government give? According to the Ontario Department of Education the grants are as follows: - 1. $8,000 toWards the cost of build- ing if erected and in operation by Dec. 22nd, 1922. 2. 30 per cent. of the cost of the building and site whose value does not exceed 5 per cent. of the total equalized assessment of the area con- solidated. 37M per cent. if between 5 and 10 per eent., but the grant is lim- ited at $9,000. 3. An annual grant 'of 30 per cent. of cost of transportation where such cost does not exceed 5 mills; 371/s per cent. if between 5 and 10 mills; and 45 per cent. if above 10 mills.. 4. $100 toward the salary of eadh teacher in the Consolidated School who is receiving at least a standard salary. 5. A grant for purchasing a piano, which is payable within $ years. 6. 25 per cent. of the 'cost of cer- tain other equipment, e.g. Agricultur- al, Domestic Science, Manual Train- ing, etc. Maximum $200. 7. All grants for which the present school sections are eligible will be eentinued. If seven rural schools con- solidated the township grants would be paid on the basis of the seven rural eehools. 8. If the community decides to build a Community Hall in connection with the School -the Hall is usually built above it -the grant will be 25 per cent. of the additional cost. This is pro- vided according to the Community Hall Act of 1919. But how about the blocking of the roads in the winter? This difficulty, which at first ap- pears formidable, has never yet pkoved a serious difficulty, even M the schools in Northern Ontario and further west. During one year in Manitoba, under average conditions, there were 22 Consolidated Schools with 61 vans which reported only 22 trips missed in one year, an average of only one trip per solio-ol in the year. At Hud- son, in Northern Ontario, where the winter roads are as bad as anywhere in Ontario, for the winter of 1917-18, not one tripwas missed. Their routes are- 6 miles long. One stormy day recently 100 per cent. were present, whereas, in a nearby school, only 40 per cent. were present because of the storm. Other phases of this problem might be presented. If interested send to the Dept. of Education for their latest pamphlet on Consolidated Schools I which will give you many of the facts ' presen-ted here, worked out in great- er detail, as well as many other facts of interest. Medal of Honor for Unknown Heroes A des.patch from Washington says: -The House adopted a resoiu- tion authorizing that the Congression- al Medal of Honor be conferred upon an unidentified British and an uniden- tified French soldier buried respec- tively, in Westminster -Abbey and at the foot of the Arch of Triumph in Paris. It's a Great Life if You Don't Weaken AN CI '(OL) 1ft.D A. oLeIN XC>U0. It•IS POC V(E.T :Manitoba wit°L----c44144.0. 1 Northern, $1.93%; No, 2 Northern, $1.9014 No. 3 Northern, $1.8634; No. 4 wheat, Manitoba oats -No, 2 OW, 50e; No. CW, 4514e; extra No. 1 feed, 45%c; No. 1 feed; 43%e; No. 2 feed, 40%e. feed, a4153i9t°01:b4c, b'5370sl'heye-'-.! No, rele3eteedW, 5890c :Ie All above in store Fort Ontario -wheat--F.o.b, shipping w No.ni ntte2s,r, stlpscrlei.08nrogtd, to $7t01.5.9ft 007 8gio. t8.s02; tlxtg o.deeei wheat, $1.70 to $1.80. American corn -Prompt shipment, No 2 yellow, track, Toronto 95c nom- inal. 'Ontario oats --No. 3 » white, 47 to 49c, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 80 to 90c, aecord- ing to freights outside. Ontario, flour -Winter, prompt ship- ment, straight run bulk, seaboard, $8.50. Peas -No. -2, $1.50- to $1.60, outside. Manitoba floar--Track, 'Toronto: First patents, $10.70; second patents, $10.20, • Buckwheat -No. 2, $1 to $1,06. Rye -No. 2, nominal; No. 3, fil1.50 to M91155e, fed--Carlote, delivered, To- ronto freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $37; shorts, per ton, $36; white middlirrgs, $40; feed flour, $2.40. Eggs -New laid, cartons, 51 to 53e; new laid, 49 to 50c. Butter -Creamery prints, 55 to 59c; fresh made, 68 to 61e; bakers', 38 to 450. Oleomargarine -Best grade, 29 to 32c. to C3Sreese-Large, 32 to 33c; twins, 33 Maple syrup -One -gal. tins, $3.50. • Honey, extracted --White clover, m 60 and 30-1b, tins, per lb.'21 to 220; do, 10 -lb. tine, per lb., 22 to 23c- On- tario No. 1 white clover, in 214-5-11). Churning Cream -Toronto creamer- ies are quoting for churning cream, 62c per lo. fat, f.o.b. shipping points. Smoked meats -Rolls, 30 to 330; hams, med.' 86 to 38c; heavy, 31 to 33c; cookedhams, 63 to 57c; backs, 50 to 55e; breakfast bacon, 42 to 45e; special, 48 to 530; cottage rolls, 33 t°35-ce Green meats -Out of pickle lc less than „smoked. Barrelled Meats -Bean pork, $35; short cut or family back, boneless, $46 to $47; pickled rolls, $52 to $56; mess pork, $38 to $41. Dry salted meats --Long clears, in tons, 23 to 25c; in cases, 23ae, to 25M c; clear bellies, 271/e to 283e; fat backs, 22 to 24c. Lard -Tierces, 2014 to 202he; tubs, 203,e to 2134; pails, 21 to 21/ie; prints, 22 to 22Sie; shortening, tierces, 13 to 131ec; prints, 15c per lb. Good heavy steers, $9 to $10; but- cher steers, choice, 88.50 to $9.50; do, goad, $7.50 to $8.50; do, med., $6.50 to 7.50; butcher heifers, -choice, $8.50 to $9.50; do, med, $7 to $8, do, come $6.50; butcher cows' choice, $S to $9; do, med., $5 to $7; canners and cut- ters, $8.60 to $4; butcher hulls, good, $6 to $8; do, fair, $5.50 to $6; do com., $4 to $5; feeders, good, 900 lbs., $7 to $8; do, 800 lbs., $6.50 to $7; milkers and springers, choice, $100 to $150; calves, choice, $lo to $16; do, med., $13 to $14; do, come $5 to $10; lambs, $12 to $13.75; sheep, choice, $6.50 to $8; do, heavy and bucks, $4 to $5; do, yearling's, $10 to $10.50; hogs, fed and watered, $14; do, off ears, $14.25; do, f.o.b., $13; do, to the farmer, $12.75. Montreal. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 68e; do. No. 3, 64c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pa -t- ents, firsts, $10.70. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.40. Bran, $38.25. Shorts, $36.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, ear lets, $24 to $25. Cheese, finest easterns, 291a to 29% c. Butter, choicest creamery, 5314 to 54c. Eggs, fresh, 50e. Hogs, $15; veal calves, $10 to $13. French Fleet Under Secret Orders to Sail A despatch from Paris says: -The French 'Mediterranean fleet is being congregated hurriedly by wireless at the Toulon naval base, with orders to take on coal to the fullest capacit-y of the vessels' hunkers, and then to steam at full speed for an unnamed destination. Paris naval officials be- lieve the French squadron will par- ticipate in the blockade of Hamburg. Form Alliance Against Bolshevism A despatch from Budapest says: - A defensive 'alliance against the Bol-' sheviki has been entered into by Po- land, Roumania, and Hungary, accord- ing to informationfrom reliable Sources. as. Children's Coughs QUICKLY RELIEVED It is hard to keep the children free) catching cold, they "will run out of doori not properly' wrapped, or have too much clotluag on and get overheated and cool off too suddenly, they get, their feet wet, kick off the clothes at night. The mother satinet watch them ell the time so what is ohe going to do? Mothers must never neglect ' her children's Coughs or colds, but inust look for a remedy on the first sign. A great many mothers are now giving their children Dr. Woodni Norway Pine Syrup, as it is eo pleasant and nice fox them to take, and relieves the cough or cold inn very short time. VirsoiS. Crowe, R.R. No. 5, Truro, N.S.,• writes: --"Two years ago mv little boy caught a severe eold which left him with a very bad cough. He could not rest at night, and became very thin and weak. The prescription our, physician gave me did not help lihn, apd I did not know what to do. My sister, in Manitoba, wrote me to try Dr. Wood'e Norway Pine Syrup. I- went right to town and purchases' two bottles, and before they were used my boy's cough had disappeared, and he became strong and well again. • We always know what to use now for coughs and colds." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is 35e. - anc1,60c. a bottle at all dealers. 1VIanufae-tured only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. CATTLE EMBARGO ADVOCATE FAILS British Minister Defeated by Labor Candidate in By. Election. A despatch. from Lenclon says: - Sir Arthur Griffilles-Boscawen, the newly -appointed Minister of Agr.icul- tare. was defeated in the Dudley by- election, the reselt of which was an- anitouncect on Thueedey, by J. Wits:on, Labor candidate. The voting was; Labor , .. . .. ......... 10,244 Coalition -Liberal ....... 9,968 Majority against ..... . 276 The defeat of the Government Min- ister and candidate is mainly attti- batteci to the controversy over the questior. of the embargo on Cana-c.i.f.-flan cattle, used as SD argument by the Opposition, who ascribe to this cense • the high cost of meat in Great Britain. Lord Beaverbrook took this position, and flooded the constituency with copies of The Daily Express, oemed by him, in which he stateltassa, eeseey. vote for the GoverrirmAit cari-efettit'` was a vote for dear meat." Dudley is a large working-class con- stituency. , Sir Arthur Griffitlic-Boseassom had expressed himself as favoring a cen- tinuaticri of the embargo, Wouldn't Allow Ship , T to be Aarned Tirpitz • A despatch from Berlin says: - Workers in : the shipyaeds.at Piens- burg prevented the launching of :a: 12,000 -toe freig-hter becense they :ob- jected to naming, it "Tirpitz." The famous Admiral had prepared an ado dress, and Hugo Stienes, owner of, the yesseel, as well as a eunshen ef other dignitaries, had planned to attend, but , the Socialistic workmen at the lest minute decided against 00e policy :of naming Germany's new ships for her dethroned war 'lords, Northern Ontario. Rich in Gold Deposits A despatch from Montreal saYe:- Gold prospects in Northern On tario surpass those of every known field on the North Am- erican continent. according to T. IV, Gibson, Deputy Minister ef Mint8 for Ontario, addressing the 23rd anmeil meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in eons -art -ion here. Farther he added that the Province of Quelne had maintain- ed during 1920 its unique record el having never permitted its speed:action to fall below a previous year's record, ameseassesassaaasassosaeasesseaasseemsame, DO YOUR OVJELS move Negnierly, or Do The BECOME CORSTIPATED1P If the truth were only known it would be found that half the ills of life are caused by constipation, for when the bowels cease to work properly all the organs of the body become deranged. A free motion of the bowels, every day; ehould be the rule of everyone who aspires to perfect health. Keep your bowels regular by the use of Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills arid you will s , . have no constipation, no 10/1liOUS or sick headaches, or any other troubles arising from a wrong a» tion of the liver or bowels. Mrs, 0, ,Brown, lowisvillo, N.B., Writet:-"I ,have been troubled for years with N.-anisette/1 toe, and trying varestie, so-oelled remedies, which di sae Do good whatever, I was persuaded by a friend to try Milburn's Istaa-Liver Pills. They have doue noo worlde of .geed They are indeed a splendid pill and I OM heartily recommend theta to all who suffer from constipation, a Milburn's Taxa -Liver Pills are 29o. a vini nt all dealers or retailed direct on receipt of price by / The T, Milburn Co., Limited. Tororao.