HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1943-3-17, Page 5THE BRUSSELS POST
-AU Newfoundland
t1I%di.IS5 TON 16 H1",
-Conditions descrl4ed are' as i
ng
8n, ss Tom R ROW
found them in the finiitwinter awl ale 000
of .1038 30, -Sbue that tluie a
((last malty Canadians acs wail as
Americana are stationed there go no
-- — — — doubtthere is a groat aint1ge,
travellmi from Pt, Au Besque to
Is carelessness the enemy within your gates? An upset
lantern may prove as disastrous as a fire bomb.' Matches
where children can get them are as dangerous as a fire
maniac. Putting coal oil in the stove is akin to putting a
torch to your house: A car, truck or tractor driven on your
barn floor may reduce your: buildings to "scorched earth."
Safeguard life and property by practising every safety
measure. Don't set a lantern down, even on a window ledge,
but hang well up with a good strong snap. Keep snatches in
metal boxes out of the reach of children. Don't revive a fire
with coal oil or gasoline. If you must drive a motor driven
vehicle on your barn floor, make sure that the floor is swept
Wan of everything flatntuable!
Life is dear—and buildings almost impossible to replace for
the duration. Furthermore, your farm is one of the food
baskets of the Empire—a vital cog in our Victory machine.
Fight, to prevent. fires, for your loss is the Nation's loss nor►,
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS SPONSORED BY THE
FOLLOWING COMPANIES:
IMIIMMommsimMOOMMISMEMISIm
Mrs. Geo. Dickson
Dies In Seaforth'
Mrs. George Dickson, a resitent of
Seatorth for about 14 years, died in
Scott Memorial Hospital on eionday
night in her. 64th year, For the past
three 'years Mrs. Dickson had been
in poor health.
'Born Lily Denholm in f3lytla
April, 1879, Mrs. Dickson was the
daughter of the late John Denhohn
and Lily Barr. She lived In Blyth
until 1te1' marirelge some 37 years
ago to George Dickson, who died
about 15 years ago. After leaving
(31; ,r .he lived in Walton ;Istel then
1e to Seeforth. She was m mem-
iter al Northside United chnr;h.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
-Harold Langford (Mary), Sea!orth,
and Clete Dickson, Seaforth; and
four brothers, David of 1eaforth,
James, of Blyth,_ Russell, of Pt Mac-
Murray, Alberta; and Roy, with Lha
Canadian Dental Corps, overseas. A
private funeral will be held Thurs-
day afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from
her home on. Market street, Rev. H.
P Workman of Northside United
Church will conduct the sonnets,
with interment in Brussels cemetery.
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LEARNING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY 1.0
'Heads up below!" it's time for winter sports—end time to Learn more
about photography.
PROBABLY on several occasions
you have asked yourself, "How
can I learn more about photogra-
phyp'
Most people, r think, have posed
that question at one time or another,'
and, generally speaking, they have
found that there are two basic
h .one can learn
methods b which an c
y y
the details of practical photographic
technique, You can either study
what has been written about the
subject, or you can have someone
explain the details to you. Both
methods have their points, but a
cotnbinatioll of the . two is usually
the moat effective.
For instance, right at the start
you should learn how to operate
your camera properly. That seems
like a simple proaednre—and usu.
ally it is—but have you ever taken
rho time to read and study the in-
atruction booklet that canna with
Mu' camera? That's a gold mine of
phelographle information, and it
will toll you exactly what you can
do Min your outfit a.nd how to got
the 'best results from it,
Another source of practical infer
motion is photographic text and
data books, and the 'current photo-
graphic magazines. Some of the
available textbooks look a little com-
plicated, but if you visit your dealer ,
and teil him that you're looking for
something simple that will tell you
how to make good pictures—Pm
sure he'll find one or more books
that will be certainto fit your needs:
If that doesn't tell you all you want
to know, you can turn to more ad-
vanced books or enlist the aid at
experienced photographers.
To get practical help and advice,
I'd suggest that you join a camera
club if there is one in your commu-
nity, By participating in the club
contests and exhibitions, you may --
find new Methods for processing
your pictures. From the club lec-
tures, and perhaps classes for be-
ginners, you can get valuable tips
and hints on better fiaethods of pic-
ture malting.
What it all conies down to is title:
If you want to learn more about
photography, read, study, and Work
bard at malting every platers the
best you can. That is one sure
method of attaining photographic
81i00ess.
John wait Guilder
the
Fro via rIslands
SI, utile, td
the French Islands of St. Pierre and
and Miquelon via boat and
many of Lite outposts via tloglea
and was In every town which boas
eel a theatre,
Shall we start from Sydne
where the ]Ilfated Caribou leave
three times per week for Pt, A
Basque making the trip . in elev
lours, The .Newfoundland expres
a wafting and makes the trip to 9
John in twenty -live hours. H•oweve
it is quite common for it to be litre
or four clays late and in March 1.92
did not make a complete trip (3
days late). There is no eontplet
motor -road across the coutnry, onl
his narrow gauge railway which b
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he way Is owner] by a ,private firm
An Basque has a population o
well over 3000 people and not one
licensed motor vehicle. The town
is scattered and the inclination
seems to be to build along the. rail.
road as there is no motor highway,
Dog teams and small ponies are the
means of transportation. The size
of dogteams varies. For drivel- and
one person team would have 2
probably 3 or 6 dogs, These are
not the Newfoundland dog as we
know them but a sort of lntskie.
T]iey live entirely on fish and water
and will travel 4 to 6 miles pe
hour. They do not keep up
continual pace but rather go for t4
an hour then rest for a few minutes
Sleigh is long and narrow with
board :across back runners to ste
and off, with handles for driver
like a farm plough. Pt. Au Basque
is much the same as other town
except where the paper mills are
Here it is different and seems like
another world, that I will explain
later,
Sixty per cent of the population
of Newfoundland are illiterate
There is no free schooling there as
we have. Children who go to
government schools are
7,5c per month, this seems a trifle
but when YOU consider 50 per cent
are on relief or the dole (as they
call it. -there) the dole amoutns to -
Go
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6c per day (yes 6e per dayO, well
75o means something.. The Sal-
vation Arzny has a number of. free
schools throughout the country and
in Catholic '.sections they have their
own method of teaching. The people
are ardent ohltral goers. Churches
are filled on Sundays, everyone
seines to go.whether' they are
protestant or .catholic, Xew of
Gentile. The government le by
commission. Three governors ap-
pointed Prom England, who aupoint
three others.. Each town is kept
law abiding by rangers, much like
our mounted police. They- are
ninety per cent old country Scotch
or . English which :holds good for e
great many positions -of importance.
The business places seem to be
owned and controlled by Jews from
every part of ,the world, There is
no tax on buildings brut -a huge tax
on everything purchased, as high as
75 per cent on. a great many articles.
Otnrency is mostly silver, 20a and
50c pieces. It costs 5c to Post a
letter, other postage In proportion,
Same -of their laws are -almost, as
peculiar as our bus law, for instance
let us examine their liquor control
apt, It is for the 'benefit. of the
traveller of course;, 'Supposing you
live within a, radius of 8. miles of
Brussels, you cannot drink in that
town, you oar go to Blyth, which
Would be .perfectly legal, whilo
residents of that town would have
to. ,come to Brussels, you can send
to St. John's it you. wish but no-
where else le hard liquor sold
except by permit. Then yon tray
have a coal mine in your back yard
but you date not touch • it, .S'ome
government •06110101 signed an
agreement that no coal was to be
mined in Newfoundlland for 99
yews and they will have 86 years to
go, You would probably like to go
fishing where the trout ate plentiful
at all times, as our suckers are in
spring, -but Beware. These stemma
sire all leased by Lord Hee Haw or
Dulto of Slim Slam, we will go tor a
hunt Instead, there is plenty of
caribou •but you cannot possess a
fla'o arm. In Newfoundland and any-
way yo0 could not buy ammunition -
so better join the'army where you
will get 48e per day. '
Now let us look at some of the
better towns, Corneabreok where
Lord Beaverbrook awns the largest
paper mill in the Britlsh )lmph'e, or
Belle island where ,the Iron ore
arsines are—electric lights, good
, beautiful bullaingo; bn fact,
everything different, 'We are mot
at the station by a taxi drive.' wit()
informs qe "everyone of oily
porianee stays at the Staff House."
Rates aro $0.00 Per day so we tell
him to consider us of 1u0 lumen -come
and he gats u0 a Wipe hotel at .}3,00
per clay, Special dinner is invariably
iol>ba, 'There le emetically no
harming In Newfoundland, Butter,
meat, In, fact everything, Is shipped
in. Margarine in plane of butter
and rabbit and fish instead of beef or
fowl Goats are common but cattle
very ' very '0caree. Breakfast is
always served in your room On Sun-
day and It is fish and brow Braze
is sort of 11ard dry bun, it is hard as
any rock but when boiled it ie mach
like our soda biscuits. Tea is served
cut every Hotel -at four o'clock each
afternoon, Your shoes are " lett
14odangday, March, 17th, 1943
Car of1esterll Barley
Expacted About r '_ arch ` Ot
Leave Your Order for Canada Packers Fertilizer
Before It Is. Too Late,
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outside room and they are Mee and
clean in the morning.
Returning to the paper mill—here,
we see huge Diezel engines d.•awing
anywhere from 8 to 10 sleigh load of
pulpwood. In' co -moo -Ms -an here
comes .a sled drawn by 12 doge with
a sail erected, we are informed they
• j have drawn this ten miles. Tt would
a
h
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take too long to explain this wonder-
ful plant, so in present day slang—
let's skip it. On the 'islands of St.
Pierre and Miquelon. the most
beautiful silk in the world is sold
from 50c to *1.00 ` per yard, rum
$4.00 a. gallon, champagne. 60c per
quart and American and Canadian
cigarettes at one Hall their cost
here—smugglers, rum runners,
where all men live by the sea and
the only soil is that: which has been
brought in by boat,
Huron -Perth M.P. to Serve
On War Outlay Committee
Prime Minister MacKenzie King
liens given notice on the House of
Commons order paper of a motion
to .re-establish this session the
House Committee on war expendi-
tures. •
Mr. Xing named 24 members • of
Pat'liatnent to be' members of the
committee. Ontario memlbers are:
W. II. Gaiting (Luff. Huron Perth);
G. R. Bomber (Prog. Con, Carleton),
Lionel Ohevier (Lib. Stormont),
Hughes Cleaver (Lib, Balton), R. W.
GLadstone (Lib. Wellington Squill),
Karl Homntth (Prog Cou. Woterlor
assesses1
South), Dr. J. R. Hurtnbise (Lib.
Nipissiwg), H. R. Jcacicman (Prog
Con. Toronto, Rosedale), G. 15. Nixon
(Lib. ,Algoma West).
'The committee is to "examine the
expenditure defrayed out of :coneys'
provided by parliament for the de-
fence services, and for other servic-
es directly' connected with the war,
and to report what, 10 any, 000110mics
consistent with the execution of the
policy decided by the government
may be' effected there -in,"
New Democracy Lea.(ler BlaclrmOrc
and C.C.F. Leader 'Ootdwell also
were named committee members,
Province Of Manitoba In Grip
Of Worst Blizzard In Years
WINNI-PRG — Manitoba ' Tuesday
alight was held in the grip of the.
worst blizzard in many years,
Snow was piled in drifts up to
eight feet in height ,sand highways
were blocked, During Tuesday night
and Wednesday 10.1 inches of snow
fell. At Winnipeg a possible milk
,shortage loomed as impassable roads
prevented deliveries to city dairies.
One person died, apparently from
a heart attack, while shovelling
snow here. He was Job Shaw, 64,
who collapsed while removing snow
from around his automobile after
It became stalled,
As 'Brandon, Man., an eerlytnorn-
ing fine destroyed the old Church
of the Nazarene, There was a gen-
eral' tient in the city following the
overnight .snowfall.
Travellers Are Careful
With Rubber Footgear
(Montreal—In preuatlon days
travellers were apt to be eareles3
with. rubbers and overshoes and
quite a number of this type of foot-
gear in singles and pairs would be
gathered up by the emellor8 atter
.trains arrived 'at terminal stations.
This is not so. today and . T. P.
Mooney, baggage agent at Bone.
venture 'Station of the • Canadian
f ntiohaj Railways, `reports that
"Passengers have been . exert -4011g
more care and now It is unusual for
the train crew to find • any lost
specimens."
As Spring appasdachles, Mr. Mooney
notes a change In the then/ 01
forgetfulness on the part of
p'aslseugers, umbrellas beading the
Hat of Items left In passenger
coaches of the Canadian National
Railways. Recent "finds" 131Oluc101 a
pair of sirat'es and a perfectly good
radio chassis, '1'o Mr, Mooney
siu%h discoveries Are seasonal au$
ind.iente the coating of ;Spring with
the sante aoouracy a;3 stories of the
first robin, •
. M. 1�aclavia
Phone 48
Newsprint Price
Is Up $4.00 A Ton
Washington, morel' 1—The Cana-
dian and United States governments
announced Saturday night a $4-a•
ton increase In the ceiling for stan-
dard newsprint paper. The an-
nouncement was made jointly by
the Office of Price Administration
and' the Canadian Wartime Prices
and Trado )3oard.
The increase became effective at
once.
Classified Ads
FOR SALE—
A Gander.
Phone 63-r-23
FOR SALE—
Fleotric -Washer in A-4. ooudition,
Good as new.
Phone 91X
FOR SALE- --
Timothy Seed, well matured, $1.00
per'bushel-less than market price.
Rhone 75-r-10 John Huether
FAR --SALE— '
No. 1 Vanguard Oats, rust re-
sistent also CartierOats, Govern-
ment graded apply to
Phone 75-r-16 . Wm. J. Perrie
11„10. 3, Brussels
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FOR SALE -
1 Pure Bred Jersey Cow, 4 years
old, to freshen March 25th, Durham
cross; • also Timothy Seed and
Cartier Seed Oats.
'phone Blyth 13-r-15
Torrance Dundas
FOUR SALE—
Au.•hotracs, DeLaval ,Crean Separ-
ators and 3fiikers. Anybody want
ing any don't delay as there Is a
limited number.
phone 42Xar-2 Thomas Grant
Brussels P.O.
For sale -
50 -acre Parra, running weer year
rdund and a good brick house, also
a good set of work barness.
nhone 85-r-17 W. Somers.
-Ethel
FARMS FOR SALE—
Lot 35, concession 3, !Oast Wawa -
nosh. 200 acres, pasture, some bush,
buildings of little value. wa+ered by
flowing springs price $•2,800.00.
Part of Tots 27 and 28, concession
14. Millet. 233 acres, good Pasture,
some bash, frame house, no barn,
watered by well and windmill and
springs price $4,760.00.
Apply to Mr. Fred Moloy, Thet-
ford. Ontario or to Mr. James Me,
lradzea.n, Brussels, Ontario.
Equal Pleasure
Driving For All
Motor.str: who wanly for special
allowances under the revised ration -
Ins scheme going tato effect April 1
will be able to du as much pleasure
driving as the man who has an "A"
ration license.
Questioned au rumors that people
who are granted gasoline ceteltol'tes
higher than "A" would not be allow-
ed to do any pleasure driving for
visits to friends or on holidays, one
informant said Munitions Minister
Howe had explained the situation in
a recent House of Commons state-
ment.
Mr. Howe said:
"I believe that provision must be
made for the emergent needs of car
owners, and after much considration
It has been decided to enable every
oar owner to have au emergency
supply of gasoline, and for this pur-
pose the 'AA" ,category has been
established.
."Those granted an "AA" book
only must' understand that when the
coupons are used, no further
gasoline can be obtained until April,
1944, if then,
"The owner of an "AA" boort may
use his gasoline as be wishes with
that understaning."
On the basis of that statement, it
was • said today, every non-
commercial oar owner—regardless
of his category—will be entitled to
an "A" supply of gasoline for his
emergency needs, • The extra gas-
oline granted to owners in special
categories will be sufficient to
take care of what vocational or bus-
inese driving they are authorized to
do. The "AA" supply' may Le used
in the same way as it is used by the
driver who only holds an "AA"
ration license.
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of Myrtle Bliza•
beth Davidson ,who died March 13.
We seem to see in the soft, dim light
A face we loved 111e best,
And think of her when the sun's last
ray
Goes down in the tar -oft West.
We miss her no less as time passes
on
Than we did in the day of her going.
For absence can never close the
door
And the lamp of our love !a •still
glowing.
Yon heart was the truest in all the
wide world
Your love the beat to recall,
For no one on earth can take your
place
You are still loved by all.
(Sadly missed by Mother, tether,
Sisters and brother
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When ii Lsto el
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Weston's Restaurant
Home Away From Home
E-xportPackers
BUYERS—Of All Kinds of �i!
Live and Dressed Poultry
We will call at your place
for any quantity.
Premium prices paid for Milk Fed Chickens,
Before you sell your Poultryi call of phone.70X Brussels
Also—All kinds of Feathers 8E Horsehair.
We have an expert on our- staff who Will cull your Beck
' Free of Charge.
Phone 70x Brussels,Ont.
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