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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-4-10, Page 6ON LETTER FROM TORO; TO WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE GITY ARE DISCUSSING AT PRESENT TIME, The Rector of St, Paul's Church—A Cana- dian Northern Town—Ontario BOY Makes Good—Tight Money, When a man can achieve a salary of 00,000 a year merely for preaching, It goes without Baying that he has gifts that aro out of the ordinary. Such a man is Arohdeocan II. J. Cody, Rector The hu Paul's Church. }Boor 89,, 00,000 salary is, in his case, a reality. Previous to the annual business meeting of the church the other day it wee 06,000, but recognizing the great value of Inc work and the church being ono of the wealthiest in Toronto, au inereaee of $2.- 000 a year was made with great unanimity and enthusiasm. As indicating the wealth of the congregation it may bo pointed out that their income for the year amounted to over 573,000of which more than 820,- 000 was devoted to Mission work. When Arohdeaosn Cody began hie con- nection with 8t. Paul's Church as even- ing preacher, several years ago, St. Paul's was a comparatively small institution, with a small church edifice and of very modest pretensious in every way. At that time Mir. Cody had just graduated, and was lecturing at Wycliffe College on Church history, It was not until four- teen years ago, in 1899, that lir. Cody be. came rector of the Church, Since that date St. Paul's has grown to be one of the moat active and biggest church or- ganizations in the whole country. A mag- nificent new church has been erected at a cost of 8290,000 for building alone, and an organ is being installed which will be the flneet in Canada. The organ is being fur- nlshedby Mfrs, Blackstock as a memorial to her husband, the late G. T. Blaek- etook. The new St. Paul's is not yet oc- cupied, but, after many delays, is now premised for October let next. When En- ished it w011 bo a monument to Archdea- con Cody's many abilities. Belongs to Low Churchmen, Perhaps the most prominent supporter Mr. Cody has at St. Paul's is Honorable 8. H. Blake. Ile has been generous to hie money contributions, but Mr. Blake's chief enpport lies in moral dualities. Hie com- bative abilities are well known, and he has clone a great deal to make St. Paul's the militant force that it is. At Synod meetings lir. Brake's appearance is al- ways the signal for an increneed interest. and, it may be, far dread on the part of those who may possibly fall foul of him. Being a Wycliffe man, and having his right-hand supporter such a pronounced churchman as lir. Blake, it can be sur- mised that Archdeacon Cody is far remov- ed from the Ritualist section of the Angli- can ngl -can Church. Ito pronounced are his views and so etrong is the cleavage on this point that, despite his outstanding abill. ties, it wns impossible for him to be elect• ed to the position of Bishop of Toronto when the seat fell vacant about five years ago, and the present Bishop elected on that eeelelOn owes hie position to a com- promise between the contending forces. However, Archdeacon Cody needs no Bishopric to add to his Iaurels. He is, perhaps, more highly regarded than ho would be in the more exalted position. His Wide Activities. The Archdeacon is still a young man, scarcely more than turned forty, and can look forward in the ordinary course of events to many years of useful activity and many honors. He is a distinctly On - Tarte product. The village of Embro in North Oxford may claim him as his own. At the University of Toronto he had a brilliant record, and for a time after gra- duation served as Classical Master at Ridley College, St. Catharines. It was while at his work there that he gradually came to the conclusion that the Reld of work in whieh ho could do the greatest good was that of the Church. His dosis. inn has been amply justified. Though a Churebman, his activities aro unusually widespread. He line taken the keenest in- terest in the Canadian Club movement and Se in renetant demand as a speaker. The treed of bis mind is indicated by the sub. jest chosen for his address before the Toronto Canadian Club the other day, namely, "The Test of a True Democracy." Mfr. Cody's eengregation is itself extra. ordinary in representing diverse inter. eats. It contains Wren of prominence in every walk of life and furnishes 0 repre- sentative erose -section of the community. Ile is revered by all who come under the tpltuenee of his preaching. The secret of hie attraction probably lies in his sin- cerity and mental vigor. Cynics and un- believers cannot listen to him very long. He makes them ashamed or converts them. Taking In Leaside, The latest controversy in civic affairs has been over the question of whether the "napes" town of Leaside is to be annexed to the 'city or not, the question being as to whether Leaside would be taken in or whether Toronto would be "took in." Leaside le a Canadian Northern town site touching the borders of the corpora- tion of Toronto on its extreme north-saet- ern limit. It consists at the moment of farm lo••de in their pure and undisturbed state. The site is a vast one, containing some 1,200 acres. and the Canadian North- ern declare they propose to establish their shops there, employing perhaps thom sands of men, and this, with their fam- ilies and the supporting population that will be required, will, it is expected, es- tablieh a centre of population of perhaps 40,000 or 30,000 people. But thio is all for the future. Meanwhile the first step taken by the Canadian Northern Railway was to ask the eity to annex this vacanttract or land. What the interests allied with the Cana- dian Northern Koilway probably heti in mind woe to place, the city under the oh. ligation of furnishing Mvlc services such as sewers, eid1Bvalk0, streets. water, etc„ to the district This would, of coarse, re - Mire the present owners of the town alto of a tremendous responsibility. It le stat- ed that annexation, carrying with it as it does the obligation to supply services im- mediately. adds aevornldollht.'e a foot yali3e to vacant property, and on this basis thr annexation or Leaside W010 mean several million 11001019 immediate value 10 the property of the present own- ers, who are headed by air Donald ,Mann f the t'enndian Northern Railway and Colonel Davidson, who has been intimnte- Iv ansoeiated with tiro Canadian 'Northern interests for a number or years. On the other hand, there are, of lenrse, undoubted advantages to the city in hav- ing Leaside annexed at once, in this way my ran the city obtain control over franchises and other matters which would be 9(111kly complicated if left to an inde- 1,0od1nt .'orporation. An Ontario Boy Out West, Mr. Arthur Meigt n, 11.1,., an Ontario boy who has (nada good in the West, has been returning to his haunts of olden [lays in the role of a legislator and moulder of public. opinion. Twenty years ego Ar thur Meighon was n wheel bey 111 St, Mary's, Perth county. He is naw romp nized as ono of the perienn(att 1505 of Western Canada, Portage La 'neeit'ie be. ing the town where as a batrieter and (.1010011 ho made his.:ropetation. Whflo Mr, Mete/len has been dioeusslitg'the Navy with email ierable effectiveness and brClli- nitey it is doubtfulit he is as happy new that his party is In power fie ho was when Cu opposition, Mr. Melghen has horn described fie more of a dentruetive then a 0onstructive debater. Besides, fie 0 retire. sentative- of. the West ho 1368 pretty null. cal views on sem() aubjeets, but as a min- ist0rlallar, Fla has to recognize his tenpin. sibiihtics. Ile may noi, 1. did In the olden data, rack , ' ., r 6dvecale duty fru r •, nu t er. , r t„• manta and other advancer , 1J rola' will nit doubt he heard fro 1, ,i .i 7 •, hna been dar01'ib031-a8 the Pnrila,u,' t.rr double of Honorable G. M. }enter, with the.same ready tongue, the same muslin Style, the same keen relish of combat, Tight Meilen e0ntinuos, there Is aom0 revival of the talk of 1.110. pending reaction(Yitl n the biteineee world, Hit It ts prebaS(tbs vary °nnttml : big for• s0vni,al months, that ia.'keopinl, away 000110 rai'orofon ui dntlor times, 19v m eryhodY exorcising some caution has no doubt lied a (Molded tendency to keep the situation in band. If nobody had been on guard there might have been a (listener pofore this, Flnaa4g1a1 MOO- go not hesi- tate to aey that there must be a read. juetzuent of real estate values. , This die. tum, however, the real estate men goner. ally do not accept and Dan put up a strong argument on behalf of the contain lion. The oloud on the horizon continues to be tight money. Tight money in the Au. turn is no unusual thing, but it sumer. ally oases up early in the now year. So. far there has been little easing up this year. If it dose not ease up soon there can not help but bo same retrenchment or, perhaps, more accurately, a lessening of the pace. It has frequently been remarked that in 1907 no city on the eontiuent'felt the pinch. ea little an Toronto, largely on aoeount of the new riches flowing into the city from Cobalt mining camp, It Is eigniticantthat now a new mining Damp is just on the eve of its producing stage. One mine in Porcupine, is now produoitlg gold at the rate of S70,000 a week, which figures out to a total of over 83,500,000 a year, There are, of course, not many mines like this. AT GRIPS WITH A. LION. YL Hunter's Exciting Experience With the ]Sing of Beasts. If you Como suddenly face to face with a lion at ten paces, or pass in the tall grass within a few yards of a hidden lioness and her cubs, the chances are that you must either kill or be killed, declares Mr. E. B. Bronson,- the author of "In Closed Territory.” Not many hunter's are killed outright by lions in these days of high-power rifles, but if a lion mauls you with his carrion - tearing teeth or claws, nothing ex- cept tdisin- fection t n h nadi Mthorough c $ of the wounds can prevent blood -poisoning. • One morning Geoffrey Charles Buxton left camp at dawn with his Somali shikari, When not more than half an hour out from camp, he saw a big black mane about a hundred yards away, leisurely re- tiring before him. Buxton raced in pursuit until he eame within fifty yards of the lion, and then, some- what winded, halted for a shot. At the salve moment the lion stopped and turned. His tail began to bash angrily from side to side, his head was raised, and his eyes blazed an- grily, With a st•rady aim, Buxton sent a heavy ball crashing into his quarry, and dropped him quivering in the grass. If Buxton had left him, the lion would have been dead in fifteen minutes, but, although he knew he hacl givens a mortal wound, Buxton fired again. He could see little of the recumbent body, anci missed. The shot, however, reused the dying lion to action; he rose and charged. In another instant the huntsman and his quarry were at death -grips. Buxton was sure that the lion Was carrying his death -wound, and that he needed only to save himself for a few moments. Above all, he must keep his feet ,and hold the lion off. So, as the lion came on, Bux- ton rammec1 his •empty rifle -barrel into the open jaws until three- fourths its length had passed down the animal's throat. There followed a struggle unpar- alleled, I believe, in the history of Zion -hunting. They swayed anci struggled, while the beast's claws tore the flesh of the man's arms and legs to ribbons. Just as Bux- ton was near going down in sheer exhaustion, help came from the Somali shikari, The shikari had been trying all this time to shoot the lion with the spare Mauser; but could not dis- charge it, The gun had been set at ``safe," and in his excitement the Somali failed to discover what the trouble was. At length, in the very nick of time, the Somali dropped the gun and literally sprang upon the lion's back. Then he began to pound the beast so vigorously with his fists that it whirled about to reach him, and man and beast went to earth together, the Somali beneath the lion, and the Mauser rifle beneath the Somali. Thus released, Buxton painfully rose, gingerly pulled the Mauser free, and with it blew the lion's brains out. Doctor Hall, the resident physi- ciao of Juja Farm, got to Buxton just in time to save his life. With iron nerve, Buxton had cauterized his thirteen deep wounds with,pure crystals of permanganate of potash, and so prevented septicemia from adding to the peril that he suffered from his loss of blood. •i Evidence Before Iler. "Does your husband ever tell you you have poor taste?" "Frecgnently." "And what reply do you make to him ?" "I think of what I marriod and say nothing," Ka - Both Servia and Greece, prior to the present great encounter, have fought against Turkey ,`luring the Last thirty-five years, with results unsatisfactory to themselves—Ser- via in 1878, and Greece in 1897. The average young bean worries a lot more about getting his salary than he does about earning it. Sortie men seem to think it their duty to appear tired and worn out hefore their wives, says e writer, CURBS OU1CCe S H OLDS ,l�tC Trust Savings Accounts $T leaving your sur>1lue earnings with the Savings Department of this Company, you obtain Inter• ort at the rite of FOUR PER OENT. per annum, compounded four times d year—and the whole or any part of it may bo wtthdrawn by cheque, Interest being paid from date of receipt to date withdrawn. Accounts .may be opened by mall.. WRITE FOR BOOKLET, The UNION TRUST Company, Limited Temple Building, Toronto Seed DO you want to bo sure of your CORN Corn{(9�q� CROP this season? r n WE oanehelp you. write for `0!7 our Cataingne and nee. CEO. KEITH & SONS, TORONTO So'd Merchants Sine. ,8etd A BURIED FOREST. Vast Area of Inl.ntense Size Near Auckland, New Zealand. Recovery and use of buried tim- ber is no new thing ander the sun. For hundreds of years the wood of buried and submerged trees has been recovered and worked among the Swiss Alps and many, an Eng- lish farmer of the western counties can point with pride to an old cabi- net or carved four-poster of blade bog -oak. But it may be doubted, declares Mr. D. W. O. Fagan in Chambers's Journal, if anywhere else in the world there is so vast an area of buried timber of immense size as in the Papakura valley, near Auckland, New Zealand. Beneath the surface of peat, where the soil has shrunk in drying or has been blown away, the t•runlcs of innumerable kauri trees lie ex- posed to view. For centuries they have been covered by the semi- -liquid peat until their branches and Drowns have decayed and disap- peared. Nothing but the solid heart -wood of the mighty trunks re- main, and these lie in orderly swaths almost as regular as wheat stalks on a newly -reaped field. The thousand heads point all in one direction, as if the forest had fallen under the sickle of some giant reaper. Like the branches and crowns, the soft sap -wood that once sur- rounded the solid heart -wood of the living trees has long since disap- peared; so in estimating the origi- nal size we must make a eonsiclera- ble addition to the present meas suremsnts. Many of the logs to -day show a girth of over sixty feet, and a length of eighty or ninety feet of straight timber free from knot or branch. Everywhere about the swamp there are excavations where work- men are uncovering the timber. They scoop pits in the peat on each side of the trunk for the sewers to work in. The men wield huge. cross- cut saws, and cut the tree into shorter lengths for the mill. Then the grips of a "forest devil" are at- tached to one end of the sections. There is a rattle and clank of ma- chinery, a, groan and strain of pul- leys, a coughing roar of steam, and the great log is torn from its bed of centuries, swung up on a trolley, and hauled away on its last journey to the saw -benches. The cut timber is perfectly sound and of excellent quality. It differs from the kauri timber that is cub from the living tree only in its col- or, which 'is a dark reddish -brown, lilte mahogany. The peat is full of fossil gum shed through countless centuries by the trees that are now being etit, The value 09 resin makes another indus- try profitable—the recovery of the fossil gum. In some parts of the swamp area as many as five succes- sive layers of gum have been found. g tulct me coughs, cures [olds, and heals the throat and d lungs. .. :1 26 cents, tb Now Alphabet for China. Suggestions for a new alphabet have been called for by the Chinese republic with the intention of adopting the one which is beat, What is wanted are "signs which are simple in form, as few cs possi- ble, and adequate to express all the various sounds commonly used in the principal Ohinese dialects." A conference .- of learned mandarins was recently called by the minis- ter. of edncatien to week oat the alphabet, but the scholars finally agreed that they could not solve the problem alone, and made the re- commendation for a public competi- tion. Eggs For C'ouni:ry's Defence, A poor woman living at Affol- tern, Switzerland, [vont three eggs to the local military authorities as her contribution towards the par- chase of array aeroplanes, She stated that, not having any money, rb6 gave whatrho eot11c1 to acid her country s defence, WHEN MOVING TIME COMES TOWNS AND CITIES THAT HAVE CHANGED SITES. Reasons for Flitting Were Varied, But the Change WAS For the Best. Once a site has been chosen and a town built, it is a large order to rempve it, and the expense is . na- turally enormous, Still, there are times when 'Such a step is absolute- ly neeeasary, and the question of expense cannot ,be considered. Take Delhi, for instance, Delhi is the ancient eapital of India, and after the great Coronation Durbar it was announced that the seat of British Government would be re moved thinner from Calcutta. Calcutta is not a particularly healthy, place, but Delhi is a deal worse. It stands on the banks of the Janina, River, and the ground is little better than a swamp. For years post the place has never been free from plague and cholera. A. Capital Change. Engineers, doctors, and archi- tects all agree that it is at present no fit place for the Viceregal Court, and it ]las been practically decided three miles to build a new Delhi away, on higher, drier ground. A railway will connect the old site and the new, and in the long run it is certain that the new Delhi will drain the old of most of its quarter of a million inhabitants. Here in the old country we are happily, spared the necessity of. shifting our eities in this hurried fashion, says London • Answers. Now and then the sea invades an east -coast town—Dunwich is one notable instance, Old. Dunwich, with its fiftywo churches, its bish- op's palace, its massive walls and gates of solid brass, is no more, and the present village of Dunwich lies inland on the landward side of the cliffs, where they dip towards the. Fens. The only important English town which has been shifted within his- toric times is Salisbury. Old Salis- bury, better known as Old Sarum, stood a mile or more away to the north, and had its own cathedral, as fine almost as the present one. It was chiefly lank of water that drove the inhabitants away and caused them to build the present cathedral and eity. It was, on the other hand, too much water that forced the people of Dan.neberg, in Hanover, to aban- don the old situ• and build a new town. The River Jetze flooded - every winter, and the inhabitants at last got tired of living under wa- ter. From Shoshong to l'alapye. The very name of Shoahong is al- most forgotten. Yet only twenty years ago it was the,bigest town in British Bechuanaland. Water ran out, and the three thousand inhabi- tants moved as one man to Palapyo, seventy-five miles &way, and there built a new abiding place. Twelve years ago the oil fields on the Black Sea were devastated by a fearful earthquake. Sellemacha was in the very wonst-of it: This big and important town' was almost destroyed, fur fire broke out, and two hundred men working day and night could nob extinguish the flames, Huge fissures appeared in the ground which east out hot mud and steam. Thousands of dead were burnt in the ruins, and when the earth tremors ceased it was decided that the town could not be rebuilt nn the same spot. A new site two miles away was chosen, and the new Schemachal has since become a yet finer city than the old. R. Careless, Mr. Buggins—I lost my umbrella to -day. Mrs, Buggins—That's just like you, John Henry Buggins. I told you this morning to take one of the borrowed ones. /Map, ,i 'T A o TP -1 83l-UE`PACKAG , 6E CAREr'UVTO SEE; THAT CABEL?ON PACKAGE ,IS BLUE. lib OTNER COLOR EVER USED ON ROYAL YE '°S`''ST REMEMBER THE COLOR r-LUE: G @ LLETT ICQ LTO. TORONTO— Ot'NNT. 4"1111,111M1111.1111111.11111:14 _ �1 MAKES THE WHITE%LICHTE'r r NEWS OF THE MIDDLE WEST BETWEEN ONTARIO AND Ii11I• TTISH COLUMBLA. • Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Aro "Making Good." The Blind Creek district is en- joying a post -office of their own. The total doss in the City of Win- nipeg through fire in - 1912 was $775,486. The Saskatchewan Government is being flooded with petitions in fa- vor of woman's suffrage. A big convention' of retail mer- chants from all over Saskatchewan will be field in Regina on May 5, 0 and 7. The Holland consolidated school district ha.s voted on a by-law to borrow $25,000 for the building of a new eight -room echool. During the month of February, 32,727 pounds of food was destroyed by order of the city food inspectors at Winnipeg, according to a report. The largest immigration rush for the year has taken place at Winni- peg, over .seven hundred new set- tlers arriving last week in the space of twelve hours, . Mrs. Mary Hutchins, whose son was run over and killed by a street car, has secured a verdict of $10,- 000 against the Winnipeg Electrical Railway. The first poison farm in Western Canada is to be established by the City of Edmonton at e. point ten miles up the Saskatchewan River, near Big Island. The Lady Minto Hospital at Min- nedesa has been damaged by fire to the extent of $400 caused by the ex- plosion of a lamp, None of the pa- tients suffered any injury, Fred Gordzeck, of G•oady, arrest- ed at Calgary as .a murder suspect at the instance of the police officials of Regina, is said to have admitted his identity to the local officers, Settlers from the United States are already arriving in goodly num- bers at Emerson, and Manitoba is getting a larger sharp than ever. Every day now sees a large consign- ment of effects, Should the proposed project of Comptroller Evanson, of the Assini- boine, be accepted by the Manitoba Curling Association, newt year's bonspiel will be by Ear the largest set held. In preparation for the expected rush of newcomers to Medicine Flat, the city have liad several men at worst for some time fay'ing out sev- eral blocks for the proposed tented city on the industrial site in South Yuill, In all probability an announce- ment will be made soon regarding the site of the proposed union de- pot to be erected here by the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian North- ern railways at Moose Jaw. Frank Fornarello read the story of. his own death in the local papers at Saaltaboon. He VMS reported to have been burned to death in a tent on Avenue 0 itt the morning, but the victim was really Gla"eppe Riz- zela. • The :ruralmunicipality of Prince Albert established a record in its history of sessionson Monday last when the members sat from half r1JS:C I'ALISING. Old Lady: --"What is your son doing now?" Auntie Washington t "Hili? Oh, jest talkin' about what he's genies ter do," - Old Lady ;—"But your husband—what is he doing 1" Auntie Washington t•-- "Him? Oh, he's. jest -Welkin' about what he's den 0,'r—Ptiok. past ten in the forenoon till seven o'clock at night with only an, hour's adjournment for lunch. • H• GROOMLESS WEDDINGS, Bride in Rolland; Groom iu South At'rioa; Wove as Proxy. If your sweetheart were a thou- sand miles away and you didn't see any possibility of his coming to you for Sean time and yet you did want to • marry him right away— i1 Holland away— well, if you were, 1 y you could he married anyway, in spite of the distance, for the Dutch law marries people when: they are sepa- rated elle &tine as when they are "side by each" in the chnreh. The, "glove" ceremony is need, and while the contracting parties may not be quite as overjoyed at the affair as if their proximity were closer, they are just as truly mar- ried, - Not long ago a man in South Af- rica was forced to remain there for some time on business, was married in this way to a woman in Holland. She wanted to go to South Africa to ioin liim, but her parents would not consent unless she were first mar- ried. So tho "glove" eeremony was performed. The bridegroom sent his glove to his best friend in Holland, and at the. crucial moment it was Field both by the bride and the proxy. And the wedding was duly registered both in Holland and in South Afri- ca. ' It seems that this long-distance marriage is purely a Dutch institu- tion, having originated in the old days of the Dutoh-Bavarian rule. Offensive Breath Caused - Usually By Catarrh A Simple Remedy 030588800/1 That Cures Without Drugs. The American people suffer more from Catarrh than from any other disease, It undermines more constitutions and cre- ates more sicitnees than all outer diseases combined. It is, therefore, very danger- ous. You can't successfully treat Catarrh by Internal doelug—you must in some way Bend a purifying, healing agent through the breathing organs, so that the germs can be reached. 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What is Going on in the Rig hlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. An engine driver was killed and a fireman injured through .a oolliaion on the N',B, Railway at Dalnluir. Damage amounting to 96500 was caused by fire in the otffee of Messrs, Reid and Mails, 5t, Vincent Place, Glasgow. "A 13111 for the Better Protection of Fresh Water Fish in Scotland" is being promoted by the Hawick Angling Society, On leaving Callander for Alyth, Police Sergeant John Ogilvie has been presented with a silver tea- servioe. Jas. Hodge, carpenter, Montrose, has resigned his erne() as beadle of Melville Parish Church, after 32 years' service. It has been' resolved to erect a memorial tomh•stone at the grave of the late Chief Constable Machardy at Inverness. Mr. W. S. Ferguson, P.ictatonhill, has been appointed an honorary vice-president p dent of Perthshire Agri- cultural Society. The total number of crimes and offences known to the Johnstone police force last year was 752, an increase of 13 on 1911. The wrecked said boat C'halco- dory was recently disposed of by auction at 5t, Monanee, The hull only realized 30 shillings, but the fittings realized fair prices. Reuben Electric Theatre Com- pany gave a benefit, performance in Renton Public Hall on behalf of the free .access to Loch Lomond. A five-year-old girl had her right leg severed at the thigh and her left leg smashed at the knee by a tram- car in Garsoubo Road, Glasgow. The organ of St. Columbia United Free Church, Helensburgh, has now been reopened after having been rebuilt and enlarged at a coat of about $4,500. The manager of the gas works at Greenock has recommended the in- stallation of a gas ]solder of 2,000,- 000 cubic feet capacity to cope with the inercased demand. It has been decided by the Neils- ton School Beard to abolish -all home• lessons in the elementary classes from April 30th till ,Septem- ber 30011 in each year. The obelisk given to the city by Mr. Francis Henderson, ex -Dean of guild, to mark the site of the Bish- op's Palace has been erected in Cathedral Square, Glasgow. Dunfermline Town Council have approved of a proposal to borrow $430,000 from the Public Works Loan Board for the construction of new drainage work at Rosyth. An alarming incident occurred in the Arcade Hall, Cowdenbeath, when a cinematograph inaehine hurt. into flames. Sumo 600 of the audience made a stampede fo•r the exit and several were injured. A laboring man residing at Bal- lenbreieh was run down "by a goods engine near Couaton Plantation, Lower Bathgate, and partially scalped; He was taken to Edin- burgh Royal Infirmary, Wick Town Council have agreed to a request by the burgh surveyor for permission to proceed against the owners of certain dilapidated premises. Considerable damage was don•e•to machinery and bhildingo by an otlt- breadc of fire -at the factory of Messrs, Napier & Co., manure -mer- chants, Aberdeen. At a special meeting of Buckie Town Council plans were submitted for the Board of `grade of the new marine 5orlc1 to be conettructed by Messrs. James Jones & Son, Lar - :An association has been formed, with Provost McKendrick as honor- ary president, With tine vieW of making Stonehaven more atti'oc- tive to sulmTtar viaitor0. Neil McGill, eight yearn of "age, eon of J'i,m McNeil, Shetblestoe, was knocked clown by a motor car at Shettleston and fatally injures, The Harbor '.funnel Company have approved of the agreement with the Co•rpmeetion of Glasgow . for the re -opening of the three ten - nets between Finniesttni Quay asicl Mavisbank Quay. • _ - A workingman named William Peaveoal, of Glasgow, employed re- pairing the Wildnes bratnsport bridge, fell from the top of the gir- ders ir-dess into J,lle Mersey, a hundred feet below, and was drowned. While motorcycling down it dan- geloarshill at Craignosxldde, hear' 1tiingavie, Dr. Murray, Polak - Shields, met with a severe accident through his machine skidding, He 5000 conveyed to the Western In- firniar,v, wheys he lies in a oritical cond'iUOn, Mr. John 1,o501' 11.5,.'1., one of the most famous .,r the tzlasgew scilooJ, has -1 e c nurrliesi:;necl. by the Kong and Queen to paint ahoy- al group. Mr. P. 1tfoNeiil, of Shenmentots, R.irkoowan, Kae captured a largo dog otter, 'The animal, which weighs 18 lbo,, is e the 111".4'r611".4'r6ever seen in the dOniats'iofotl ti