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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4t11, 19.7
B ITORaAL Ii0Tr
A lot of people iu India are not
living long to '•t'ujoy" their inde-
pendence.
to a a
Ottawa announces that another i esue
of • ten-yetkr Canada savings bonds will
go on sale' October 14th, \vial the saint'
interest rate as the 19 -ti issue, 23(
• per "cent. Now that the bttlblay season
is over, people may he able to save
a little.
went '-as Fisheries Minister of Milton
Fowler Gregg. V.C., president of the
t'uiversity of New Brunswick, Who
NN ill be the candidate for the vacant
seat. Mr. Gregg won his Victoria
Crossin -the first World \Var, Ile has
been, regarded as a Conservative in
politics, and the appointment looks
liked a repetition of the McNaughton
mauocuvt'c at the time of the. con-
scription crisis. ":"Whether the outcome
will be more fortunate than in the
cast' of General McN'atigllttrgl remains
• a * 8 tet be seen, but for Ihe. present at
says
:Mayor Saunders of Toronto least it semis to hale nuttplus,ed the
it is "nonsense- td- l+rill, immigrants
New Brunswick ('oltscrtathes.
to Canada when there". art• not t'ntrn.,rh
omit
OS FER OF LAZY MKAN N
Big,Harry y J. Thn !C
THE NEW TEACHER
.The first day of school happened,
on our concession as it has, been hap-
pening for a great ° many • years.
Patricia ,inn' had breakfast with us
and picked tip her books and started=
away off to school. On an impulse,
and because we had had a skiff of
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rain that morning, 1 decided to drive
her to school. She calve racing back
from the road gate delighted aby the
.wholes thing.
' Young Joe Higgins had' cleaned up
the schoolyeed-, lie burned the weeds
and grass in the centre ,t what bad
been the ball diamond. The Iivwers,
planted with such care by last year's
teacher, were growing up wild and the
tulips made front cut-out papers on
the windows looked a little startling -
on a September 'nforuing.
The school really hasn't changed
touch. I took a look around. because
there were only one or t w o pupils
at school when we arrived. ° .1 new
coat of varnish helps preserve the
marks carved by three gt'lieratio.nS 111
our- school district. I can .race my
Progress in the school by the initial.
During the trst year I was placed in
ONE N!GHT9NL
WEST STREET ARENA
•
SPOT I'; 'IClihll.'NDER ant', of the small seats at the' front of
houses to accommodate the people DAM
. STORM
already here. 1)idu't this t ultimu say s I3r:17tortl Expositor) •
something" to the saute effect .se neralr
Iu recent years investigators have
weeks ago? ft,I(titl telt it let ;Ibuilt lightning. They
ce that
a ha v*5 dtscovct:ed, for inst;tn ,
Cungratulatious once 111,re to the t'"uttory to the piipular• legend.it often
pf,lr's �trikt ]kaice in the s;true place.
local labor unions for the Labor I>ay 1lsu it•,fr•etiueutly strikes water', again
They "s • lted an stabil' I'lllllltllg cuillltt't itt t,lttt ul,ttlluns� UIl
ate and well balanced ptI•ugr:anl, send ribs subject, �cteutists ut t l;s• is e.
1" no evidence that -it ftrlltrwN drafts.
which be
ge,old opinion is supported
rich i.1 now definitely on the:map of fly the researchers. They repeat
celebration. the ptt_tt 1 } tl t t. r
carried it out in a manner ) - itl rip• itt thruii ;lr, Ten windows.
tokened excellent urgaltiration, Gude-1 int oris a
0
Labor Day doings,
a tx a
U.S. tourist's -impressions of
Canada, as reported in an Ohio paper:
at. -till to 'burn in their „litnnes. Pally sholrld suffice. These show that
grandmother's advise.. "Don't :'stand
tinder a tree during a thunder -storm,
Why? Well, the electrical experts
know some of the answers to that. but'
fur ordinn ry people the statistics of
• "Canadians do not title tt al i the Metropolitan I.ife Assnrant'e Com-
. They lttirn wood. Barns at•e all about 0 third of all tliE people killed
t ia.hited. • as • they_ doli't have' by lightning are hit while •standing
ttt i nnder.trees.
Money to buy point. The Can- e .
diad' are all very:. poor people. 5t), don't 'do it.
a(
Their small towns. look like the
Western ghost towns.. Their ROOM IN WESTERN ONTARIO.
i Windsor star,
homes aren't kept up as 'Airs."
There lE k
1
ltntv of
vacant
farm land
• Well, anyway, he didn't say anything
iii Western Ontario. This could be
about wild carrot• snapped up by newcomers to -Canada.
# * * I'eopte left the' farms to meve'to the
Opp, mettts of socialism point with cities: War jobs at war pay attracted
glee to the fact that United States litany. Others did not l-ike farm life.
There• are compensations in farm -
jug that more than make .up for the
long hours and hard work. Although
the t)utario farmer. may not handle
so much each year in actual' cash, he
lives well: Ills wife always has a
bountiful table and the food and cook-
ing are good. There is usually motley
in the bank and a few Victory bonds.
Arid the farmer. enjoys 'an ipdepend-
encP that most city people never even
dream of. - .
There are many newcomers Who
would •be glad to own land. A farm
in Western Ontario' is just about the
finest investment possible.•
the room. Because of my jlniier posi-
tion in the Whole scheme of School ;if -
fairs, I scratched my initials on the
track of the board that went un along
the front of the desk. It was a timid
gesture of defialic•e toward the author-
ity that warned Us all not' to. mark' or
destroy the property.
Two years later I was sitting half-
way back the row' and had come into
pessessiod of ,a jackknife. on the edge
ttf the top ]bard I marked my initials,
inking; .then'i in to make certain' that
they would be seen along with the
dcizen others• that made an almost
lace etp'ect along- the edge of the board.
By the time 1 was in 'the entrance
class: and being possessed of a physique
big enough to warrant my winning.
the ot•t•asio-niii recess scrap. I- was sit-
ting in.the rove along the box stove.
These were big seats and I way quite
bin se in, E'tlr'\11}'*, my . -right -ells
top- of the desk, 'These were inked • id.
'with a eonlbinatiitu of reel Lahti lalack•
ink: giving a rather startling effect.
I was lost in cottteutplatii)n of this
when the new teacher arrived. She -
looked a little timid and was par-
t-icttlarly frightened when •she -saw inc.
1 left.' with sympathy -welling tip inside
me' for her. If she • wear dowdy
clothes she'll be criticized. If slit'•wears
fashionable ones, 'people will talk• about
her waisting all her moueyion .clothes.
If she goes int with the sill' ttf the
chairman of the school board, peePle
wiji say she's currying°favor: If -she
;ries"'brut with the•good-looking and fun -
loving Iliggins boy • she'll be •accused
of being • fast.- Irsenickly * deft. not
( wanting to add•to her first=day worries.
capitalism is• financing Socialist
Brix.uti. Socialists retort that it was
-capitalism that put Britain. in the
position in 'which site needs to call
upon outside capital. There isn't
much. in either "argument." Britain
impoverished herself by spending all
• she .had in the war,.. Neither capital-
ism ner socialisui . is responsible for
her present circumstances.
* • •
If weddings continue at the present.
rate June will be losing its repqte
as the month of romance. Is there
something, in the air that induces a
rush to the altar, -at some particular
time while for weeks at- another time
weddings will be few' and far be-
' tweed? There have been an un-
-usually" large number of these e happy
events in this section within the last
week- or so. 'with more to come, and
the trust that good fortune will be the
lot of all the young couples who are
launching their barrettes upon the sea
>a
Refrigeration -
and
Electrical Appliance Service
ALL MAKES
Elliott McVittie
48 Picton St. Phonq 417W
of matrimony.
* • *
Nothing- more depressing in the news
of conditions in Britain has come than
the report that an unitsif,atly large
'crop of fruits and vegetables is being
allowed to rot on trees and in fields
because there are no buyers. ''It is
reported 'that tons of apples, peen)
and phim's ,will - not even be picked,
and fresh vegetables are being de-
stroyed as refuse. One would imagine
that with existing conditions some
national effort would j)e made to bring
these iy)Inmglditiest • so necessary for
health, to consumers, even if the
nation as a whole had to pay the bill.
In this respect at least Socialism in
the old Country appears tit lutve f'illelt
down. .
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ELLEN O'BRIEN
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adding and substracting any .
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This act is truly sensational--
will bring tears to your
eyes. • a
pit'nsionters `vt'hto hake an income of less
than $120. -..a' year. aside' from , the
ri'g;it:lar old -age pension. will auto-
matically qualify fat' the bonus. They
Will 1e )aid an
amount
each
month
th
which will- bring their income- up to
:,$ .SO a year. Also pensioners Whose
cost of shelter is more 'than $10 a
month or whose cost of board and
lodghig is more than $25 a mtuutt}t shall
be paid the excess ups to a limit of $10
tt month.
Cases
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1'u additiiiii the pension cotnntission
c;,tn grant the bonus no meet -needs of
an excetptil,ll"atl nat.lire. Iu these , cases
earerrele
there �inust be a' written application,
a report in -writing by an investigator
and then unanimous agreement by the
c'onllnitsiuu that the bonus is necessary,
Miil•ried . pensioners - are to be con-
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the
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of
the - bmiis. And pensioners living out-
side the province are not to)ie paid
Nsisomeisesieleemommeminesmi
uiiT moire than' the -per io-n--oj? ,the- prt-
viince in which they ore living..
In. the -case of pensioners with liquid
assets of more than. $250 no bonus, i.
to die paid unless the .commission de
regular he
case
' �•''
•a that t
eldc
�Intht
is one with needs of au exceptional
nature. -
PROVINCE EXPLAINS
• $10 PENSION FUND
TORONTO. Aug. 28, -- Regulations
of the Ontario Old 'Age' Pension Act.
announced toddy, clarify how - the
special I'rovittc•ial bonus of $10 a month:
is to' be administered. .°The bonus was
announced a few 'months ago. When
the Dominien increased- the 'basic pen-
sion to $30 a month, but at the time it
wasn't explained how' and on what
basis it would be paid. - -
Ac cording to the regulations ' all
- 1C i cllarhH law e : marriage
,e • ,rl� a 11 d related I”f mma ' Compact, c lue the
.
•�'�••t \1a�a \
l• >er C'ttnad•; • infamous • F' rattler
the Government were ratan and
knit. i 1. end the andsome good -n ttir P isitiun, hie
gust' lie vrat a awkwardness
vkw ardness °ettlers.
• • spite of the trly with the in Toronto;mai ds
district; here
of the Whole scene. of
ed and it waslarge- green
v the best notables
;Theethe scene.
the
visiting notablessof the ieketle nd q sed theta-
'
nett_,
\'i•' revel_ unn
(salt t... •in of the 4Ed for c
of J otin ' J ones iuust � nsed benches all
` cricket he
departure Mercer 'Since lie int was on the Ino and isaPd-
;� the tut Thomas ct le front
;tit eons: long
Company ff the Htlroti Tract.
Strachan old( bright afternoons.
have
I I;i,11(1P ro other
11 brie^ rice tilrkE' ha faitll
* 0 *
,'lgrit•niture Minister Jr. G. Gardiner
declares that the: idea bait r•otuttties
eau spe1111 tllnir" way: let prosperity is
till wren„: ani} Jlnitit•ip;ti .1ff;tirs
\l ii-tt'r Ieriihr • of the t)itterie Gee-,
erl,inent, re•fcrri(ig ter reeeut large de-
benture issues by' ntttnit•ipalitii''. says
that '`[tris spending spree t• Itinttt run -
timer." 'lege huge (ietet•ntaent ex-
penditures dining the. \V i r. Whorl
ntillii1n>--1'l14uI vitro tli"•ussed
as if there was no elltl to money.
grave pi•upte big - ideas. and as sort,
as the• }rp,ut in;; was (*Net' till sorts-
)ih money -spending; projects sprang tip,
whereas ordinary common sense Would
have indicated the need of retrench-
ment to re('over from war's hisses.
IIowever: -there ii-et-rttti; }ii ice tit)ll
of a return to economic sanity, send
such expressions as than<e of Mr.
Gardiner, and Mr. Dunbar are pointing
the way.
a .ry a
Prime Minister Mackenzie hing ap-
pea>;'w to have stolen a tnnreb upon the
, opposition parties in the choice of a
candidate for t11e impending by-election
in York -:Sunbury. N.B. The vacancy
is caused by the death of lion. H. I.'. (I.•
flridgeP, Minister of Fisheries and
, w Brunswick's representative In the
Cabinet, and Mr. king had not only
to, pt'oduee a strong candidate for the
vacant seat, usually. held by a Con-
t l?r a'titre, but also to ehr o ie, a ctne-
Venaor- to Mr., laridgen in the Cabinet,
Ito' ' has accomplish al both rely these
objects 'ha one stroke, by the n -dint
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A. freak spring freshet
bottom lie into
and thong crttlf the-
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cut clay and quick=- which X11 grown
Intl the The trees and In•vi have
Luke. slipping the frons further
the bank life )f Code. cif
t h n e ill the' 4` (fat :
tam.
ra\
In live
of t t since � haPP� riril�• the � of the
tried to tical years he cun(Iition Jones It wag � c'hitnl,
For some \vhell't1iH big election. scene Was past. The t, the,s1t2P�ro\\ing
• here prepared" for but the • n \vtls €.
,rtlly. visit. \ after t11e . were p• . Coderirh
len„ Shortly t(, the mansion ,ark I1c)tl 5e1ilei1 -'11 fttding• it.
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11im by a great unde ptigh as au
was each plied the rongh.au corduroy.
',10\•111 ill it IHSH,t e yOUil t,o
wag()n•. a ht"t'' journey
overfE>reeEl 'off b( .
nlakillg, other' vehicle �, .train. french, roof
Every ee,•to the precio lst. steep red Walls
give 1t1 iixu1ling )lel• ruled
The tle\v storey windows. c,tle stenindeed.of the
third becalne a ca' and tine
(leTillHl'ed •yc� now Lawns
and low ceilings Commissioner knew, by The Great crick ever Dunlop's. s Castas
over ladies God of bill where
I
iuost�#;r;l(•ietl,• took the' Phice of the
send gs>r(arbovi ow o(id on the 1)r('wcadericpl and abroad
les an nets of and the broad' e;
and an : „ and her Erie. g riSer
fun( the of. Scottish
\1:rs• . , vvindln�
1,,,,j(e'(i over rent intlils.
taken np
valise ,)f lake 1)e'etl a great
cvht,.11,1 t: and.
had . f;tnliliE . 'Ulla Ake
.There their in Colborne 1 Irish had
gellt\Huii'n and river ,lis 1 and and with
lanes across well -to -ego Vait
class ('f and township:. sl nlarp;ed
a ttledar town 1,toll' ., an with
(i(I(lE'l'tt'll(,011111 Commissioner's, •E,11111P
settled Iii ., of the he, towel ,reing.
the, voiding ''fit' of t with '11010)1 Hil' �1)1ar`
tb(' routs, sep sluts
'for ;t' in t ll I t V011S (, :lit ('f :the
• 1e, 1•v aCld ) fell '
,1
nP values frac► before
• Laud° Hi•i.dence said the Ino:t
diving I, •' now skild
1t i ,nt
n1Pn rte and in th ill (,ow i -cid
in t settlement
while in „ for
` remote sexes � Were selling,
qa till
for ?;?'.": town lot: i,'li,i3O i. lee..
t(n enter. lets at + tor lint.
quarter-acre
e. an }tress l`. \`11slt
$
, 11()11.()t) t () ` (' o i ,e hittl(1 since
\r11i(•11 had (the ost the n of the 1
�E ll the value ()f tllc.
its it �., "Tile work else in the
ee
(1.'
w o
it() it, nothing
who Cainec'atnc 1 passed the
\corlln li 1E1 °1'ilrlislntHtl`lr boon_of the
Act, "that ao(o it,h-
l.11 and ttell of all •'
companies," , slit
(•(111ntr, � `t t(1 tak(
1)ia s land i)f the hr . x111(1 by
was one this Nett . tie .be -
,came
of 11 11.
^C rstiin'' ;\ct of swell
c ial Incorporated <r 1 the
tint''.
(t1111t' • tin t a throngl
rein..
• without h1`•illilg('• -
Skiltns of
'dinners
r t'; New
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ill(hlk" . utiIt. \ ( 111 tbH
for tll(�' for the
� u regi "•• the(ltd.
(•oats )t was madele kllt)t\'li 111
}tlltt( tl \ attempt they had and
lived i.
d;(y• i.'ui l' s life lavishly ,Hits and
lewd the sot i:ll velvet. elitel;t;llnt'(1 ` in ,Y . s with a cor-
rectly
lows', two 1i'ltic 1iuy, big •}'liE,i'1• out «•alk• behind.
silk could be seen \valkitlg;
t footmen on tial`
silk sashes 'td s . s Tavern 1))tilt
�ecl illaicl • said 'his pla(fi=''
rectae dike. Reid had'Fisher,�oflll;lfti and
noted
R' 1(•ier• Fe,ltic one
lilliernia
(.bars sit tl;e cornet It \\•a
to s1 nute(1 thin lake•..
the lintel (�eets overlooking Streets ctvHrlookint
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