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CHEQUES UP TO $14 Premiers'and Naval Defence`
EXEMPT FROM IMPOST. Ottawa Droit (Ind, Lib.) :
Ten Per Cent. Income Ease-
ment and Saks Tax Reduc-
tion Are Effective. Without
Delay but Other Revisions
Date Forward to July 1.
Ottawa. -Tax reductions calculated
to effect a eaving of $27,000,000 to
Canadian. taxpayers were proposed in
the Honse of Oommons by Hon. James
A. Robb, Finance Minister, in his
fourth Budget presentation.
Four distinct cuts in existing levies
are involved, as follows: Reduction of
10 per cent. in all rates of the income
tax; general cut of 20 per cent. in the
'sales tax reduction of 25 per cent. in
the excite tax on matches; and the
institution, of a fiat rate of two cents,
irrespective of values involved, for all
cheques, bills of exchange, promissory
notes, and similar documents exceed-
ing ten. dollars in value.
The stamp tax on overdrafts and
advances will be abolished, and the
exemption from stamp tax on cheques,
bills, ete., is to be increased from five
to ten defiers. Mr. Robb said the re-
ductions amount to practically '70 per
cent. of the stamp tax, and practically
One feattire in the naval de-
fence question cannot help but
strike one. Mackenzie King,
Stanley Bruce, Gordon Coates,
all three Prime Ministers of
three Dominions of the Em-
pire, took part in London in
the.' same deliberations and
adopted the same resolutions
in the same circumstances,
Now the last two, when they
visited this country, conducted
themselves quite openly as
missionaries of national de-
fence. Either they spoke pay-
ing due consideration to the
conclusions reached at Lon-
' don, and in that case Mr. King
ought to speak in the same
vein,or they have misrepre-
sented those conclusions, in
which case ` their conduct
would be inexplicable.
•
abolish what have been known as
"nuisance taxes,"
reply to the Speech eech from the Throne air patrols would make constant ob-
is a straight per
reductionigh10 ine income tax leviesr cent. out on rho with the Nesbitt amendmentto••Raney's servation.
Lord Hewart
Lord Chief Justice of England, who
may visit Toronto in August. He. has
been invited to be the ohlef speaker
at rho annual meeting' of the Canadian
Bar Association, which takes place on
August 24 to 26
!USE AEROKANES IN.
SPEEDING HUDSON RY,
Air Survey Planned With Use
of Captive. Balloon to Report
Ice` Conditions.
Twenty -One Warships
In Shanghai Harbor
CANTONESE DEFEATING
NORTHERN TROOPS.
Ottawa. -Tho end of "Hudson Bay
Railway steel and Port Nelson' and i-Iancllow Has Fallen and De -
Fort Churchill'will be linked up. this
De -
summer by air. To speed up survey
and investigation work the Dept. of
Railways and Canals has signed a con-
tract with the. Western Canada Air-
ways CO. to fly freight and"passengers
from "Kettle Rapids, where the 'rails
now end, to the Bay.
It is understood that some four tons
of. surveying and other equipment will snanghad,-Twenty-one warships of
be needed as soon as•the weather
open up in order that Frederick Pal- five foyeign countries lay In the
moralized Army is in Full
Retreat Toward Interna-
tional
nterna
tiopal City -British Cabinet
Faced With Serious Situa-
tion;
mer, the British engineer selected by Whang Poe River here, their fighting
the -Government, can commence his men ready to go into action to protect
investigations as early as possible. fpreign lives and property should. they
The air line will be only one phase be menaced by the threatened invasion
of new activities this summer relative' Cantonese forces.
t theH d on Bay Railway. An ire of
o u s Four thousand British soldiers
terdep'artmenbal Committee of the i
Government is - now working on a ashore within the international settle- ,
h fsurvey of naviga. men& awaited developments' other'
se •ems or an err - ,
tidal conditions in Hudson Straits. British troops on the sea will bring
Representatives of the Departments of their number up to is;"000, unless they
Railways, Marine and Fisheries, and are diverted to other ports of China: I'
National Defence are working on the Five United States war vessels-
'Program- One proposal is for an ice" the Pittsburg, Asheville, Sacramento,'
breaking tug, with a captive balloon, Ed'sa11 and McCormick --had en bb'ard
which aright patrol the Straits, keep-1;1OD marines ready 'for'shome duty,
ing records 'and notifying vessels of and 1,200 other "devil dogs" were ex -
from West Kent ,and the Leader of ice conditions; while another scheme pasted from San Diego on. Feb. 24th.
the Liberals enlivened the day. The, if for a seaplane base from which The five foreign flags flying from the
amount payable under existing sche-
dules. the sales tax cut is from 5 to 4
per cent; the,match tax cutis general
on existing schedules, based on the
number of matches to a particular
container and the flat twooents inmost
amendment was carried without a
-
"nay" being registered, The Nesbitt 'Tin Red Line .
amendment to the amendment was •as
follows:
"That -all the wards after the word
'that' in the second line of the =tend-
on cheques wipes, out the old gradu- ment be omitted and the following be
substituted therefor: 'This House as-
sures your Honor that the proposed
measure for imProveine.nt in the me-
thod of control and administration of
the sato of liquor will receive its most
earnest and thorough consideration,
ated charge of, roughly, two cents per
fifty dollars of value.
The reduction in the sales tax be-
came effective Feb. 18. The proposed
reductions in the tax on matches end
in the stamp taxes will become effec- in order thht it may advance the tnter-
tiive on the Diamond Jubilee of Con- gists of true temperance and afford ad-
ditional July 1. And the incomeditional safeguards to all classes of
tax cut becomes effective on this year's the community against the evils of
income., "
intemperance . Government would not intervene in
This year's Budget is remarkable in With the expression of the views of
that it proposes not a. single tariff Rev. A. C. Calder. (Con., West Kent), the civil war in China,
change. It is the first time within the vjr N (Iib North Viet ria)
warships were those, of the Usiited I Gen: Jphn Duncan, G.B., C.M.G.
States,' Great Britain, Japan, France! C.V.O., D.B.O.
COAST TO .'OAST
Victoria, B.C.--Signs of prosperity
in British Columbia are seen in the
annual report of its Finance Minister,
Hon. J. D. McLean, who has amlounc-
ed reductions in; the income tax' and ,
the wiping out of the Personal prop-
erty, tax, The 1Vlviii tet estimabedthat
the British Columbia tax bill would be
cut by $525,000 in the next fiscal "year,
anncunced a surplus of revenue aver
expenditure of $100;000,.and a general
statutory salary increase for all civil
servants for the next fiscal year.
Edmonton, Alta. -Final estimates
of the Provincial Dept. of Agriculture
show the 1926 wheat crap at 113,120;-
000 bushels- •an average . yield .
throughout the' territory of 1844 bugle
ole. During the year the Peace River
district.her-vestecl the beet crop in .its ,i.40
history,
.-
hisbory, often yielding forty bushels to
the acre. ,
Regina, Sask.-Despite the cessa.•
tion of grants from the Eede-ial to the
Provincial Government 'towards the "
making of highways, this work is,
going on at the same rate and on the
wane reale as before, according: to
report of the Saskatchewan Dept. of
Highways. The Maintenance Brandi'
by `now looking ,after 2,000 mites of
'these highways find this mileage .will.
be increased considerably in the pres-
ent.year.
Breeden, Man.-- Definitely fixing
the dates for the Western Canada11
,
fairs and endorsing the recommenda-
tions brought in by the executive, the
Association of Western Canada Ex-
hibitors met at Brandon for two days
and covered a wide field of discussion
prier to the fixing of the.program.
The dates fixed for the exhibitions are
Brandon, July 41h,to 9th; Calgary,
July lith to 161h; Edmonton, July
18th to 23rd; Saskatoon, July 25th to
and Italy. The war craft lay quietly ememanddng the oonnposite etetaion of
and stubbornly at anchor, despite the British troops being concentrated in
Saved Shanghai assurances of the warring Chinese China,
factions that foreign lives' and pro-,
l cider, -I . C. M. Amery, Secretary Perry were not endangered. In Shang- remaining one, in which there -are as '"'0th, and 'Regina, Aua is't 1st to 6th.
the Colonies' speaking at Hackney, hail however, were many foreign re The Australian. Band, the Johnny J.
for F fu es from Hanlcow and Kiukiang,
that only the foresight of the ge thl to Chang Tsang Chang °Mild
Yet no enemy troops, Iran pate $600,000 Jones' midway shows an,d the World
declared
t a one a omit
British Government in sending troops from whichmities they had been evacu- tmonthly
rry Governor of Shantung, for aid in Amusement Co. of Chicago will furn-
ishto Shanghai had saved the city from died when coolie, mobs overran the leading entertainment.
looting. The southern army, with the
benefit of Russian instructors, he said,
had inflicted a heavy defeat on the
army protecting Shanghai, and doubt-
less within a few days the rabble of
the' defeated army would be pouring
into. Shanghai.
The Secretary repeated that the
memory of old Parliamentarians that
a Budget has left existing tariff ar-
rangements absolutely untouched.
Mr. Robb explained the situation by and given their first reading and many I Ottawa, -Final 'reading was given
stating that certain of the applications amended bills passed. : by the House to -a bill to provide $25t), -
considered -by the Advisory Board on .)- '-- 000 for Canada's Jubilee celebration.
Tariff and Taxation were interlocking, What the Minister Said. .It was arranged that the first meeting
and inquiries respecting diem. were Sonny •had dust returned. from his of the executive will be held in ,01-
not as yet completed, first attendance at Sunday School. H•e tawa, and that also July 2 as well; as
Following are the proposed tax re- beamed proudly as he announced that July 1 will be made a public holiday
visions announced in the Budget the minister had epgken to him,
speech: "Well" said his father, "what did I Why ase the buttons on a man's
A reduction of 10 per cent. is made he say to you?" I coat always on the right and those on
on all income tax. rates. I "He told me to keep quiet," replied a woman's always on the left? Or
I scurf. hadn't you. noticed that they are?
A reduction of 20 per cent. is made
on all sales tax rates.
A reduction of 25 per cent. is made:
on match tax.
Exemption from stamp tax on che-
ques, notes, etc., increased from $5 to
$10.
Stamp tax on cheques, bills, notes,
etc., of a value'over $10 is now 2 cents.
Tho graduated scale is abolished.
Stamp tax on overdrafts and ad-
vanees abolished. i
Income tax change conies into etfeotl
for this spring's. payments.
Sales tax reduction comes into effectl
on Feb. 18. I
Stamp bax changes and match taxi
dhamge come into effect on July 1. 1
Special War Revenue Act amended1
to make it clear that printers are
Sir Miles W. Lampson
British minister to China, who, It is
said, has notified the Pekin govern-
ment et Britain's readiness to adopt a liable to sales tax.
now policy favorable to Chinese. I Tariff changes, none.
m, ewman .,
and W. A. Baird I (Con., Toronto), the Double Holiday in July
debate was brought to a close. I for Confederation Jubilee
Many private bill were introduced ,
Synopsis of Proceedings of
Provincial Legislature
PROGRESS D
AY BY DAY
The object of this "Diary of the (
Legislature" is to supply our readers
with a concise,non-political, running
statement of the proeedure in our local
Legislature. Only of speeches and
measures of particular importance
will synopses be given.
FEBRUARY 14TH-
House in Committee. Hon, W. E.
Raney introduced a bill "To prevent
brewers, distillers, standard hotel -
keepers, public contractors, Crown
lessees, and certain contractors from
oontributing to . political campaign
funds. Routine business carried sev-
eral of the bills already referred to
through further'readinge. 13on. J. E..
Thompson introduced a private hill to
cover new financing arrangements for
the Church of England. Six bills of
this nature were dealt with.
FEBRUARY 15TH -
SCARLET -COATED IVIOUNTIE AT ENTRANCE
MARKS LEGATION AS CANADIAN
'British concession districts and Can-
tonese Government officials took over'
their administration.
The Cantonese, reinforced from
Fukien Province, hammered away at.
the lines of Sun for three days, driv-
ing them back northward from Yen -
chow, where they had taken their
stand along the Tangtsien River.
Sun's army split into three columns as
it fell back toward Hangchow. In the
outskirts of the city fighting took
place. Reports, unconfirmable because
of hampered telegraphic communioa-,
time reached. Shanghai that Hengchow
had fallen into the Cantonese hands.
A tale of Chinese duplicity was wo-
ven into the war nears. Fo'r some time
it was said Snn Chuan -fang, formerly
undisputed ruler. of five provinces and
now threatened with the loss of the
Washington, D.C.-American visi- the -legation. The curious point arose
tors to the Canadian legation, Oen- as to his 'appearing in Washington in
uniform, but it is under tood ood that the
scarlet coat will only be worn on duty,
and within the precincts of the legs
tion. Inside the legation is Canadian
soil and •a military uniform is quite
all right, but Washington'sflappers'will
net be able to stand and gaze adltnir-.
ingly as the stalwart Canadian goes
down the • street Outdoors Corporal
Lamont will be in mufti. Strictly
speaking; the R.C.M.P, is not a mili-
tary
illtary force, it is a police force, but its
uniform is held in high regard. When
Corporal Lamont goes on duty, Wash-
ington will at last be able to sea what
a real "Mountie" looks like, and the
Canadian legation will have a sign
adians from the dominion visiting the
offices of business, will have no doubt
at all that 1'757 N. street is Canada's
house. Corporal Lamont of the R.C.
M.P. will see to that.
The new minister will have on duty
at the legation a real Mountie, scarlet
coat and everything. Not a movie
Mountie, not a doorman, dressed up
1+i a red coat, but a service man with
three medals across his left breast
sand a record of service that marks
hun anything but a carpet soldier.
This little touch of Canada is distinct -
lively national. To the American mind
the mien of the R.C.M.P. are sangu-
inely Canadian, definitely typical.
Corporal Lamont has arrived at
Con., North Lanark). In the evening
session F. G. Oliver (U.F.O., South
Grey), the youngest member of the
House, who acquitted himself well;, C.
A. Robertson (Lib., North Huron), A.
L. Shaver (Con., N. Wentworth), E.
B. Miller (Lib., East Elgin), and J.
Mitchell (Lib., S.W. Simcoe).
FEBRUARY 16TH-
House in committee, Bills under
consideration were the amendment to
the Marriage 'Act to permit British
clergymen to legally perform the mar-
riage ceremony in Ontario; Noxious
Weed Act, which calls for owners or
occupants to cut clown and destroy:
noxious weeds to prevent seed dissem-
ination. Several private bills were
advanced is: readings. The following
information was given in answer to
questions:
The new East Block will cast $2,-
480,989 when completed. Fire insur-
ance premiums paid by province am-
ounted to $49,818.
$228,029 was paid the Government
in taxes on native wines. Hon. W. E.
Raney gave notice of a motion to find
out whether the jurisdiction over the
manufacture of liquor 'rests with the
Provinces or with the Federal Parlia-
ment. Count procedure was asked.
Liberal members wanted to know am -
omits collected under luxury tax and
gasoline tax.
FEBRUARY' 17TH
Heated retorts from the member
Sessions of the House were held
both in the afternoon end' evening. An
even dozen members continued the de-
bate on the Speech from the Throte.
The . usual Opposition criticism and
Govjermnent',rebu,ttal took place, but
110 eutsta.nuurg features marked the
long day's oratory. The following ex-
pressed themselves: IC. Honrduth (Ind.
tab., Waterloo South), Dr. G. A.
Quilan-(Lib,,` N,B..Wellington), Rus-
sell - Nesbitt (Con., Toronto), C. G.
Fletcher (Lib:,, South Essex), R. H.
Keine; (Pog., Lin ooln),J. A. Thompson
s
manual at its front door, a sign that
is known -the world over as Canadian.
case of need, .
Pressed by. the Cantonese in Ghee
•
rcvang, gun was r than they a year ago, •according
appealed to Chang for soldiers, but the to a report were the araago, et Com-
latter was holding his men north of coerce, showing 28,399. persons ein-
Nankiea. It was asserted that Chang, Toyed ,by 200 funis, as compared with
once thrown out of control of Kiangsu P
Province by Sun, was awaiting the op- 25,642 this time last year -an increase
portunity to seize that Province if Sun of 2,757.
were defeated in the present drive of Montreal, Que.-The International
the Cantonese. Paper Co. has announced the dozing
said' to have urgen'tl
Hamilton, Ont, -Employment con-
ditions in Hamilton are much better
lle itecis. are i.n of the mill at Franklin, New Hemp-. 'et"
London. -Serio
the balance over the Chinese situation, shire ( • and many of the employees will
be transferred to the new Sinn at
The Cabinet Council met in the House
of Conin e:me to consider • the latest Gatineau, near Ottawa, raisin ; ti e
news from China, where, with two daily output to about 8,500 tons, as
Cantonese arnmiesmarching on Shang- ;a$vinst the present 7,860 tons.
hai, affairs have again reached an Truro, N.S. A new concern called -•-
acute stage, and where military de- Tho Maritime Egg and Poultry Ex -
aft -
change,
which will handle the products
of 23 egg circles of the province, is to
open a warehouse at Truro for the .•,jti„__..
grading of eggs and marketing them
through established trade channels,
Dressed poultry will also be handled
by the Exchange which will be affili-
ated with the New Brunswick Egg and
Poultry Exchange of Saint John, N,B.
velopments are likely to have a power-
ful influence' over diplomatic 'issues. -
, TORONTO.
t5
choice,' $6.75 to $7; springers, $75 to
Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.541 • $90; d'o, fair to good, $6.60 to
No. 2 North., $1.5034; No. 8 North., $6; de, coni. $4.50 to $5; but -
1.42. cher cows, good to chi 'ice, $5, to $5.75;
do, cont. to med, $3.50 to $4.50;; do,
canners and cutlers, $2.25 to $2.75;
butcher bulls, good to choice, $5 to
$5:25 • do, med., $4 to $4.75 • do, bolog-
nes, $3.50 to $8.80; baby Beef, $8 to.
$10; feeders, choice, $5.75 to $6.25; da,
fair, $6. to $5.25; stockers, choice,
$5,25 to $5.75; do, fair to med., $4 to
$4,50; milch'cows, $65 to $90; plain
to med, cowe, $40 to $00; calves, choice,
$13 to $18.60; do, ined., $10 to $11.50;
do, cern. and grassers, $5 to $6; lambs,
choice, $12.50 to $134 bucks, $0 to
$9.50 sheeps, choice, '$6.50 to $7.50;
do, heavies, $4.60 to, $5; do, culls, $8
to $8.50; bogs, thick smooth, fed and
watered, $11.25; do, f.o.b., 11.0.76; do,
country points, $10.50; do' off cars,
$1L65; select premium, per hog, $2,20.
Man. oats -No. 2 CW, nominal; No.
3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 60c; No. 2
feed, nominal; western;' grain quota-
tions inc.i.f. ports.
Am. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2 old
yellow, 88c; No. 3 old yellow, 850.
Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $32.25;
shorts, per ton, $34.25; middlings,
$40.25.
Ont. eats 56c, f.o.b. shipping points.
Ont, good milling wheat -$1.24 to
$1.26 f.o.b. shipping points, according
to freights.
Barley -Malting, 68c.
Buckwheat -78c, nominal.
Rye -No. 2, 97c.
Man. flour -;First pat., $8.10, To-
to d econd at $7 60
Ont. flour -Toronto, 99 per ten .
patent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto,
$SChcesse-New, large, lk2014 5.45. to 21e; 6
twins, 21 to 211/2c; triplets, 212 to
221/2c. Stilton, 23c. Old, large 250;
twins, 26c; triplets, 27c. Old Sti'ltons, 1
28c.
Butter -Finest creamery- prints,' 45
to 46e No. 1 creamery, 44 to 46e; No.
MA..:1,1,GE1-1 FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT
Mr.. 1'h • },•, ulic• i• with Mr. J. 1L Gundy, wall -known financier,
.•:r.r., L..iu 'i,
brought about 11,o c•'niP lcbich resulted in control •of tine h-Iasse}-la.n^is Com -
1 g
parry; Limitea, s-ouiainiag in Canada: Mr, Bradshaw has had a long and hon-
orable care er as a financier and business manager, and he was c,onsratulated
heantily'on the outcome of ,the dramatic struggle which has just come to
a Close.
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MONTREAL.
Oats -No. 2 CW, 76c; No. 3 CW,
61/2c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats.,
firsts, 18.10; seconds, $7.60; strong
bakers', $7.40; winter pats., choice,.
$6.10 to $6.15. Rolled oats,' bag, 90'
bs., $3.65. Bran, $32.25, Shorts,
$34.25. Middlings, $40.25. Hay, No.
2, per ton, ear lots, $14.50.
Cheese -Finest wests., 181/ to
2, 42 to 43e. Dairy prints, 34 to 85c.
Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons,
58c; fresh extras, loose, 51c; fresh
firsts, 48o; fresh seconds, 36c; 'fresh
pullets, 45c; storage extras, 46c; do,
firsts, 48e; seconds, 40 to 410.- .
Poultry, dressed -Chickens, 5 lbs.
and up, 40c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 38c; do, 8
to 4 lbs., 36c; dc, 21/2 ,to 31/2 lbs„ 35c;
do, 2 to 22 lbs„ 35c; hens, over 5 lbs„
32c; do( 4 to 1 lbs., 30c; do, '3'to. 4
lbs.,' 28c; roosters, 26c; turkeys, 46
to 47c; ducklings, 6 lbs. and up, 35
to 38c.
Beans --Can, band -picked, $3.60 to
53.90 Miami; primes $3.46 to $8.60.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.25 to $2.30;. per 5 gal., $2.16
to $2.25 .pet gat; maple sugar, lb,, 25
to 26e. •
I-Ioney-60-1b. tins, 121/2 to 13c; 10 -
Ib. tins, 121/2 to 13c; -S-Ib. tins, 13 to
183fic; '21/2-Ih. tine. '15c..
Comb honey -x3.40 t'n $4.50 pe?'doz,
Smoked meats -Hama, flied., 28 to
80c; cooked hems, 42c; snicked rolls.
25c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 35c; backs,
boneless, 33 to 40c.
Cured moats -Long clear bacon, 53
to 70 lbs, $22; '70 to 00 lbs. $20.50;
201/, ills. and up, $21.34; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $41.50; heavyweight
rolls, $38.54 per bbl,
Lard-Puro tierces, 15 to 151/ic;
tubs, 16 to 16%c; pails, 16112 to 17c;
prints, 171/2 to .18o; shortening tierces,
1211 to 131c; tubs, 181/2 to 14c; pails,
14 to 1.42c; blocks and tins, 153/' to
16e, '
Heavy export steers, $7 to $7.60;
do, con., $4.75 to $5; heavy steers,
good, $6.25to $6,50; butcher steers,
choice, $6.75 to $7.00; do, fair to
good, $6.26 to $6.75; butcher heifers.
181/2c. Butter, No. 1 pasteurized,
40% to. 401c. Eggs, storage firsts,
43o; storage seconds, 38c; fresh ex-
tras, 50 to 51e; fresh firsts, 48c.
Good' calves, $12;' do, com., $11;
logs, $12, with the $2 per hog bonus
on selects said 50c cut .on shops and
heavies.
Choir Voices Up Half
aTone When in West
Edmonteai.- Sinre coining le West
ed'n Canada the voices of mernbere of
the Westminster Abbey - Windsor
Castle choir has gone up in pitch one-
half tans, declared Albert Watson,
tenor soloist with the Windsor siisgers.
This he •ascribed to the dry, inviigor-
ating,'climate and the high altitude.
The west should produce many fine
singers,". he said, "the air here acts
like a' tonic en the voice."
easseseteeseeseseareeses
William Boqucs
Of. Listowel,- Ontario, who oolebrates1,40
his 90th i birthday recently., Mrs.
Boguee is 88 years of age and the
couple o:c ieot to oslebrate the 63111
anniversary of their wending this
March. Mr. Bogwes enjoys good
health and an exccltentraemery:. ,Mr.
and Mrs. Brogues live with .their
daughter, Airs. At, B. Karn, of Listowel.
First Woman Reeve
is Unseated by Judge
Cochrane. ---Judge Caron has dz•-
blared Canada's first Woman Reeve un-
seated, and with het go the enti�
Council. All will be eligible to
I. again Mre. J'11sephiiie Themes wassleeted •lteede of Tir_:da_L::i•, in- the Per-
!
,
cupine district, in December. T)'°,;;
Rebt''e was unseated on tin ground'
that she. was not a ac.a leet`of the
township, within the meaning of the
Municipal Acteenc1 the others because
of certain alleged irregularities in the
method of conducting the elections.
Now She Knows,
A young officer was showing his cid•
erly':aunt round the camp, when sud-
denly a bugle blared out.
"What's that Lor?" she asked, ap-
prehenstvely.
"Olk that's tattoo, said her nephe,w,
reassuringly.
"Ob,, is it realay?"'she saki. '"How
intereettng1 I've often :soon tt on
soldiers' •arms, but I didn't know they
had a sptela'i torus for doing It.'
Navigation Opened
in Lake Erie
Sandusky. --Notwithstanding that
she Is compelled to pick her way .be-
tween the ice floes, the Meecot, 'a
small c'il-burner,owned end mastered
by Captain John Neuman, is in com-
mission between the mainland and
Ifeiley's Island, in bake Uric. The
Mascot's first trip opened the reason's
navii dtion -