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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-06-09, Page 7:Y • NT1NG ,TEIWS TROY Liquor Stores .Catered to Crowdin£; Queues On'Open-. ing Day and After. THE WEEK'S ACCIDENTS. r Tlltlr4 idity Hera:! Ontario drank deep, or at least got the necessary, with great enthusiasm, when' the lidwas lifted on June 1, Everywhere that is, where the Coy- eminent overnment stores operated tinder the new Liquor Control Act -the story was the sumo. A11 -day comes haunted the "shops" and kept clerical staffs within struggling to'meet their demands. Men and' women \salted in • line for hours to get their tui n' at• the -Boer and whiskeys" counter: Wind- zee' had to stop issuing permits mid afternoon becapse store officials coulii not keep' pace with the public'; "Wet" raquirements. London' reports' "a crusii of cus- •temers" thet'completely swamped' its stbret. Prbni Kitchener comes the 'i.r1- fdiniation'£hat "a eiplendid Business" wbs done all day, ILnfarililiilrity of purehaaers with reguilition nd the""greenness," gen- erally speaking, 'of the "stores'" staffs are., accountable ' to rto` small •extent, -for the queues. Shen the last - ;hour rush` foi permits, whirls, Chair= mean Henna -of the Liquor Board says, `night bdve been secured lust week. lenience' ce of tourist' permits in • all •centres Was insignificant.. Fridayts story Was the same only more so: claims . to have been r•ublre'<I of $150. Parker :Arse' fii t picked 1 up for, s& eding and. driving without lights on the I:a.sl;eronce Road td by Tecwneeh. police. ` lie admitted his guilt, and left $20 With the Chief Constable. An hour later Benaslu reported he had been held pep by to armed man sWering Pnker's description A rote merit after the b'ord City polite were notified,, and one of the Ford City constables brought in the suspect on a charge of speeding; for which he was asseseod $23.50. Benaeki was .taken to Ford City, and :he immediately identified Parker as the hold-up ma -i, .the police said. Detoctivee are.. seeking i'.a bobbt-', blonde -haired girl, who is said to have been in Par'ke'r's'car: when ho ttopiiod ltenaski, Msrtor'ist'Loses His Liffe Teaching Girl to Drive i Penjbroke.- hen the car W a 1 e was drivj:ng• turned' over Sitti1A'day:after- noon, Patrick Gorman of Douglas was -Instantly killed;: receiving injuries tibout'the head and his -temple. An inquest was held a. few hours later by Dr. J. Crallig6in of gganville, and he declarod ;death 'accidental Wirt German had been teaching rise Mar- garet Neville, daughter of tho pro- prietor. of the -hotel . at Which. he board- ed, to cbrive their car. :He was at the wheel.' himself driving tuward the C: N. R. Station when the accident,hap- pened. In sem& 'way' he lost control of the" car, arid It turned over in -a' deep ditch. Mies 'Neville escaped with - minor injuries. 'Kidnapping Plot Unearthed at Windsor. ' Windsor: A plot to kill Joseph Kevinsky, local milloinaire, and kid- nap his. wife and daughter was un- covered .recently, the police said, when four Dien were arrested, Those under arrest are: Frank Ward, bar- ber at the Prince Edward Hotel, -formerly of London; Arthur Lepage, 12 Pitt Street East; Hammond Llil- lister, Detroit. and Patrick O'Shea, aged 86, of 1029 Ouellette Avenue: Kovinsky, who assisted detectives to trap the' quartet of alleged Black. Handers, who are said to have de- manded:$6,00D from him on pain of Gasoline Tank Explodes While Mechanic Welds 1't Tillsonburg.-William Cochrane of the ,Cochrane :Foundry and Machine Co. had a miraculous escape from very serious injuries when a small gasoline tank which lie was welding 'exploded in his face, causing very geveyro'barns en the forehead, mouth and inside of the mouth. The fact that ho was tveat•ing a double pair of !goggles saved his sight . Tver'y pre- caution had been taken to tease e ntr_ there was no "gar oUtae in the '.mc,,, :and the rause the -o.,t t :not nr, 'instant death to himself and son, kid -I napping of his daughter -and, i t,, , -1•r - ,' and bombing tf him; ploee r' M`a`ne 'received the death -et l tat o;• 'May 25. Since then officers ha sen trailing the Dien, and Tuesday :•s: fell into: the clutches. of the law through a tip owthe' telephone to Constable Welter Loll free-, ,n un- named woman, wt fu':_lhed the names and add:.. a of t... ' alleged 'Black Han der a. 'Girl Changes Her Story, And Mother is AITested Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. - James Thomas, John. Harvey; Peter Dnpn acid Harry; McAnch of Thessalon, .charged with criminally, assaulting a girl under .14, years of age, were'hon erably aciyiltted by Judge 7. Stone, when it was brought to light that the -"hole affair had been a frank up. The girl completely exonerated the men, and swore that her:' mother had concocted the story she had told at 'hc: preliminary hearing in March. Mrs. Mary -S. Davey, the girl's moth- er, was arrested in the court -room on a perjury charge and remanded until Juste 4, when she will face; eight more charges in connection with the case. Arrested for Speeding, Man is Held as Bandit' Darius Maus of Hamilton is jj . Killed and Three ()timers Injured, Flarailton: Glaring h 't4ligtits .'rf another cur wero blamed for a fated accident oa the Toronto=Herii}t.... Highway recently when Darius ibiana 118 Napier Street received injuries to which he succumbed within a few minutes, When 'nearing the city tie, glaring headlights of another car cameo! Mrs. Hines, who tvys driving. to ioae con- trol of h i au':outohtlea, The ear went into the drteh and No oiled for 57 feet, then requite'd' tis mitente$t rind: proceeded for a:iothci 116 feet when S left the rood for a eeeond time and turned upside down in n ditch.' Maur was pinned under the over- turned vetturned ear and his head was. crtished. Earl Walls, 110 Catharine. Street crt`:, end William Nevillee.' 097 John Street North, proceeded to the General, Hospital with Maus,.btrt'the latter diets before that institution was An inquest, will beheld into the death of Mauch Detective Duffy, ac- companied by Motorcycle' Officer Maxwell, visited the scene of.the ncci- Windsor. --Arrested by Fod City dent and took he measurements of constables' after paying two fines in the wheel marks. Mrs. Hines stated as mans hours for speeding, George -that the speed of her car was not Parker, alias Bennett, Who gave his' more than: 25 or 90 miles an hour address as 1584 Bruneth Avenue, De -I when the accident occurred. Mr. Maus trait, is held at Tecumseh in connec- j will be buried in Paris. "He is -sue- tion with the armed hold-up of Frank vived by,one sister, Mrs. Fred Slade, Eenacici of Sandwich East, , wlio 156 Balsam Avenue, Toronto. Another. Triuiph ' for 'Young Canada .E GYP ° OBJECTS 70 S AR.FW WE FIRE RAGED WHILE RUSSIA BLAME POLITICS IS S O ` ROYALTIES ,SHIP U,S• k roiniaes Consideration will fad a wuy of reali sing unhamP to Border Note and Canada ered their ambitions for normal rela- Lions with the Soviet. Liti'inof emphatically denies all Welcomes' Phillips, charges of violating the trade agree - PRINCE AND BALDWIN m•eat. War-Llke Preparations. COMING. An appeal issued in the name of the A tense situation deists between various Moscow unions urges workers Great Britain and Egypt owing to and peasant youth to voluntarily ens the efcoi•ts of the Zaghlulist-extrem- list in the Red Army. It recommends ista' section of the Egyptian Govern- ment to force the elimination of ,the few remaining' British officers serv- ing in the Egyptian Army, particu- larly the Sirdar, or Commander -in Chief, The issue -has been created by re- commendations of the Egyptian Par- liamentary War, Commission; ,one of these recommendations was the total removal of British representation on the Egyptian Army Council, This measure'is not acceptable to, the British Government, and to fore- -Clifford Brielter,'Catt. Ont;'.ntaratho'ner, fs sflown witl'}'hte father as he 'stall it 'a note was despatched to finished fust in the Cairo roar-et-hen'at Buffabo: Bricker broke the kap one Egypt which theress :generally g y mmnta and twenty-five seconds ahead of: Jahnny•Milee, the. Nova Scotia characterizes as an ultimatum brit rue iter, who caini9 the rli, and tiwiity=eight secoads before Le`h3iir *toted which the Foreign' Office maintains go a mere ' warping, containing no threat of any kind, but expressing 'a • - A .are Honor. Paris. -Before leavingParis Cap- tain - p tain Lindbergh received another -rare 'honor -one that but .fifty men` hays had sines 1321. The Geographical Society, founded in'"that•-.year, held a genera' 1 a's'sembly desire for co-operation between' the and voted to grant its "Great Medal 'British and' Egyptian Governments cf Gold' to the aviator for his New to ensure the defence of Egypt. York -to -Paris flight: it is furtherasserted that the de Amon '' those who r i g received this spatch of 'British warships 'to Egypt honor .in the past were Sir John is not a demonstration, but a pre - Franklin, Aretie explorer; David Liv-' caution for the preservation of for ingstone, and Reno Caiile, French ex-' eign life and. property ..for which• plorer of a century ago. p p y G t B't' h d bility. It is explained that excitable Egyptian mobs easily get out of con- trol a times of political excitement. res ri an as as TORONTO. I Man. wheat-Na,'1 North., 31.681 ;. No, 2 North,, $1.64%; No. 3 Nozilt., $1.5834 c.i.f. bay porta. Man. oats -No. 2 C'W neritinel Not '3, net-quat'dd; IVs, T feed, 663 e; No. 2 feed, nominal; 14e: ern grain quotations in c.i.f. potty. xlrn. earn --7., I, a . 'reit;`hts, No, 2 yellow. kih, r:I, . No.'1 yellow, 1'1!' �It tl `bei.:•.. 1 hf:- - _,.clots, delivered .9Ion- teat: n1.11,1, per ton, 332.25; shorts, ;or -ton, 334.25; middlings, per ton, I $'10.25. Ont. oats -57c, f.o.b. shipping pts. Ont. good milling wheat --$L40, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Barley -Matting, 80c. Buckwheat -Per bus., 80e, in carints. stye -leer bus., 31,10, in outside. Man. flour -First pat, in $915; ur'Sate,'"'$9, 'Toronto, .'.ts., in jute, $8,50. 34e; fresh-extiae. loose, 35 to 36c; firsts, $2c; seconds, 28 to 28c. Poultry, dressed -Broilers, under 2 lbs., 40c do, over 2 lbs., 45e; chick - =response-. Lindbergh Honored. London. -Tile King and Queen gave Captain Charles Lindbergh a fitting welcome' when he visited the Sover- eigns at Buckingham Palace. The King pinned .the Air Force Cross on the Captain's breast, patted him in tris, 5 lbs. up, 40c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., a fatherly manner on the shoulder 38e; ' do, 3 to 4 lbs,, 35c; do, 23 to and sat down and listened for twenty 3'!> Ibs„ 34e; 'bons, over 5 lbs„ 32c; minutes to a retial of onteof the most do, 4 to 5`lbs., 30e; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 28c; :venturesome voyages in the air that roosters, 25c; turkeys, 46 to 47e; has ever been taken. spring ducklings, 38c. ronosoro LIVE s''OCh: QUOTATIONS. Queen Mary came in ond sat in Heavy beef steers, 39 to 39.50; do; rapt attention, with eyes of admire- Heavy $8 to $8.50; butcher steers, tion on the youth who has achieved choice, $9 to $9.25, do fair to good what no man ever achieved before --a $8 to $8,75; butcher heifers, choice, straight, swift race across the Arlan - 38.25 to $8.50; do; com:, $6.75 to tic from one greatmeropolis to an - 37.25; butcher cows, -good to choice, othor �. , . ; , to goo , • Later the Prince to $G; do, cont, to med.,'$4.50 to $6; h h outside butcher hulls Pried to choice $660 to called to sec hem and nerhans more $C 75 to37 50 do faird 36 25 of Wales added do, canners and cutters, $2.50 to $4, is cheery greeting when Lindbergh da, hulls, , R6.75 d taw carrots, bolognas, 34.50 to 35; baby beef, 38.50 real spit. to $12; feedere, •hnice,;Mt°,•'.-��w •J,v"6 :feture.'`bits cotton, fish!, -$6:25' to $6.75; stockers„ second choice, 36.50' to 37; do,. fair to med., 135.50 to spr ,`ger.^•, .h $3f• to G•'.t •`•; - l.:. ee :,:.., .tia..n cows, entree ,at co $110;. pat., per barrel, in carlots, Toron„o, Plain to med. Bows 345 mcx. ear...,, .,7.,30; oenboard, in butk, $6. Ichoice, 310 to $11;, do, meu., $8 to 39; PIZODUCFI. do, coo., ' 36 to 37; spring Iambs, choice, $18 to $18.50; sheep, 'choice, Deans -Gait. hand-picker!, $8,00 to; $7 to $7.50. do heavies, $6.50' to bushel; prone.;; $3.IG to $.,.(i O,: 36,50; do, 11 gal. to $6; ••tl, o v5 to -$2 30• per 5 ,gal '2 15 w.o.e $1'0,5-0; do, f. and w., $10,2.0; l -a $ $ P g $ d hogs, select, Maple products -Syrup per imp.1 thick to '2:LC-per gal.; iiia l , o, rick smooth wo.c., $10 do, do, f. $ g maple sugar, lb., anti tv., 30.7(1. ` Regula"r discounts on r5 to 26c. inferior grades of logs. honey -CO -lb. tine, 13 to 1334c; 10- . MONTREAL r/t ;b. tins, 13to 13%c; 5-1b. tilts, 14 The egg market`' wPas moderately active and firm. The receipts wore 1,812 cases. The potato trade was fair and the undertone was steady. Carlots of to 141/2c; 2}L -lb. tins, lac. Comb honey -34 to 35 per dozen. Paovisrows:.. Wholesalers are quoting to the Net/ Brunswickgieen mountains were Smoked meats -Hams, med., '30 to'quoted at 32.46 to $2.50 per bag of 32c; cooked hams, 43e; smoked ninety pounds; Quebec white B grade rolls, 250; Breakfast bacon, 28 to 33e; at $2.40 per bag, and reds.' at $$2 to bacon backs, boneless', 32 to 42c. $2.1hulk0, ex=. pertrack., bag of ninety pounds in Cured• meats --Long .clear 50 to 70 lbs..' 321; 70 to 90 lbs., 319, Prices for all grades of butter were 90 to 100 lbs., and up, $13; light- well maintained under a moderate de- wei weight tolls 338.50 per bbl ht rods, in barrels, $11.60; heavy- mond. The receipts were 2,989 pack. Lard -Furs tierces, 14 to 113irc;, ages. tubs, 15 to 1'51,Pzc; pails, 16ye to 16c; Thtio was no asetrade improvement inthe condition of the cheese reads owing to the continued indifferent tt't 1 f prints 16% to 17c• shorteninm tierces 1314Lc; tubs, 13s/ac; pails, 141/ic; blocks and tins, 1614.c. Cheese -New, large, 1936 to 20%; twins,. 20 to 21c; triplets, 201 to 21c. Stiltons, 21%c.-` Old, large, 25c; Qua a ion were. Butter, No, 1 pus- ornment permit. Magistrate Brunton twins, 26c. Old Stiltons, 27c. teurized, 343`4 to 343'ac; eggs, fresh er sed a. fine of Xagi and cosru Butter -No. 1 creamery, 88c; No. extras, 35 to 36c; eggs, fresh firsts, Po$ s. 2 34 to 37c. Dairy prints, 33 to 84c. 33 to 34c; potatoes, per bag, carlots' His Worship was not to be denied Eggs -Fresh . extras, . ,in cartons, 38.40. a r uc e o foreign buyers. In, the ab ence of any important transactions it, is difficult to quote prices. The receipts were 5,152 boxes. tt that all unions send the best of their comrades to military schools for training. The Council of People's Commis- sars has announced its decision to float two internal loans of 500,000,000 rubles each. It asks a nation-wide subscription to 'these loans for the national defence. Chairman To nsicy of the Soviet trades unions, asserting that the British note points to the certainty of an open -attack on the Soviet, "maybe in a month or maybe in a year, de- clares the country must utilize the interim in the mosteffective manner to 'develop its military an economic defence. The newspaper Pravda says the `rupture "is the r greatest treason to the' cause of . European peace since 1914," and that the danger of war upon the Soviet Union hasnever been more imminent since the Polish war of 1920. The View in England. London. -Creat Britain's break with Russia receives the unqualified approval of financial London. The possible lose of trade is regarded as a very small mnatter' when measured against the benefit which we should derive from the suppression of Rus- sian communistic activities. Russia has derived most of the advantage from the trade which has been clone, and its loss would disturb' very few people. Loss of Chinese trade due to the Russian influence ,is infinitely more important. Canada Considered. Washington. -The United States Government has •replied to Canada's note on the border ruling. It .prom- ises every rom-ises.every consideration for Canadian residents working across the border during the six mouths in which they must try to conform to the United States immigration law and it con- veys a virtual promise that. British born Canadians who cannot get a place on the quota this year will be granted an extension of time. The note also promises continued mendatioit 1 .•ci,• :,,. Politics Planned.- for the removal of anything inherent Moscow, -Maxim Lttvinof, Assis in the law "which tends to affect ad - tans Commissioner of Foreign Affairs versely the friendly relations between Canada and thie country.' and former Soviet Ambassador to London, in a note handed the British Charge d'Affaires, declared that ho is not surprised at the British act Ottawa. Enjoying the distinction in breaking of relations with' Russia, of being the first of the British Do- se he veal aware that the Conserve- minions to be so recognized by;the tive Government had long prepared United States,. Canada welcomed the for a. rupture. first United States .Minister to this The"wlfole'world sees thatthe cause -country,' ;tion, William Phillips, when of the rupture'he adds, is the'tleifeat .:he recently arrived to present his of the Conservative Government's`po1- credentials attd locate offices and a icy in China, and an attempt'to mask residence. ' that defeat by a diversion directed Mr. Phillips was greeted at the against the Soviet. He hopes the Union Station first by Premier Mac - time is near when the British people kenzie King and leading high officials. Philips Welcomed. FIRST LIQUOR FINE. Toronto. -The first day of Govern= meat Control did not pass without infractions of the new law within the city and its environs. The first ease in this district prosecuted under the Liquor Control Act was aired in`the some good-natured argument with Austin Ross, counsel for the accused, he turned to 'Kelly and said: "You are' the first prosecution under the new act, but I suppose that's because you aro a horseman and want to be at the'head of everything." County Police Court, when Michael C. P.E.I. Elections. Kelly, a race -horse owner, pleaded guilty of having a bottle of whiskey at Thorncliffe Park without a Gov - 1 his customary witticism, for, `.after Charlottetown, P.E.I.-The Prince Edward Island Provincial elections will bo held. Saturday, June 25th. While tennis is rather o. quiet game, it can't be played without a' racket. SECOND OF NINE HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY JEFFERYS (CUT OUT ANDSAVE) )1111Ii y • - ➢I 11 ,ualllu IIP`' I 'P. Pi II4 n oll The production of foodstuffs must always remain Canada's ''basic indus- try. Tire is ensured by her very innnensity,, the fertility of her soil, and the bounty of Nature which de- crees the ,variations of frost and ' 323,873 bushels for. the ent:3e tern - _,`*" ; 1111 4, 16/1 ' n l a _. :' 1 Sir l� +�M tn.:a�`ir „,,,,,,m ,t �'� �- y,`���`? � \� ////��//�(((r���j(�q'y4�.fvlj}�/(I"�7J�)�(/����7/�f, (� Ii�ry7yp�i1�9��'ll�,i`���1liIIYr(('� ri��i � `�` �;�„� :,t•. �,rrr ,;tti� .�+�`®.��. d�v.����\: � ' I�i l'tl�Ulll'.',"' „�1 �\; �'1`.� .� i �. r ,tit. ii �tt+• ,v� ., bier""•�1 li'!Jt •..y 1}l ��" t • ���� � � i�ti•,1•,,, ,tt �,i,iir�, ri'r 'V�!\t1',, •tpnt .,j' .4 bili., il 't+1 'P''i11' �.�, ;} �•7,irt,p'�yt.r J�//fl Jti .: �\� �= �j1.};*tile!`! Ply ,V.+'��! '� lit '+ /lO?It(t` ii U1' I ��\;'i'�1::..:,:,411 �f l,'\i,�.sht����! a�`A�� �'"- --'"� ' ,"ii 't it l' tih/ ' +�N � Phi''i ' ii4 `t r •�� ,i t1.1 } ,It�. Jjhrl' �'reu,+• „ t : � 1�l� `�\l'• 'i�Y. J' P `.....•�"act=-..w` _+`--,W. ,J° tl14.1,e,.' 111\`i�'. P,,.jiiiril/J.�� +' `tl�lli11,\ fin1����"'- ., n, .li;,n ,yAt �� ',t t,r4' t1\''c 1 t;i / i .A \ tl t°iI,ipNl 4. \ �• ,'tf._, Ai'DaI/7\t °1'11. ' rl/,� �:\, �4f".1.41 1= +• fiZPI SC/oi UNTO `SES. I,' ' (I�'yil{1�� t+�{I° +! �IL��\ i.'� " r t�n ,_",.___ ._ •, i! \hill!! , it , ' 'Pt l (i \ tl .; �,, '_" "-_ �_�d :' l t i' P itS t� .P1". 1lt I snow, sunshine and rain necessary , tory now known as the Dominion' of was comparatively view, and the ma - for' the gre rth of fruit, grain 'and' Canada; last year the ;total produc- 'chines then in use were crude' and tion of wheat was 406,269,090 bushels. unwieldy. In that year a Canadian vegetables unrivalled ' the World , t o'erIn the last 60 years 'the develop -a company produced tho hand -cake In the item of wheat alone the year rant of Machinery has made farm reaper, which was far superior 'to saw'a crop of of Confederation cop 10, -work much less laborious, In 1867 j any manufactured. `before. On many the cutting of grain by machinery a farm of that day the entire grain crop was cut by the old-fashioned. cradle. An expert needier, followed by a man with :a wooden rake,, who rsalced the windrows into sheaves and bound thein with a wisp of straw, could harvest from three to four acres a day. Nowadays a power=driven reaper -thresher which cuts a 15 -foot 1 swath and carries a crew of two men, oan rut and thresh forty ,acres in dayl Tho artist shows the old and new methods, together with another labor-saving ,devise -a modern. trac- tor. Twelye-Hour Blaze on H.M.S. Renown Caused Serious Alarm., DUKE OFFERED TO HELP*, ' Sydney, ,Australia. -That the Re-! Down, with the Duke and Duchess of I York aboard, were in very serious danger when the fico broke out in` her fuel -bins is disclosed by details I whichare made available for the' first time. So serious did the position appear, while the fire was being battled in the Indian Ocean, that the cruise's. Sydney was wirelessed to be ready to proceed to the assistance of the mam- moth British battle -cruiser. The crew of the Renown stood by to flood the magazines. For twelve hours the fire raged, and the ship was hove to to lessen the air draught. Officers and men showed magnificent' bravery. The Duke of York was in the vi- cinity of the fire, and offered his ser- vices, if needed. Perhaps the most st critical stage of the outbreak wag reached when all hands, „except those actually -engaged in' fighting; the fire,' were; piped to the upper deck viithorders to stand=to itt readiness • to flood the magazine,`' The cruiser` Sydney ..was off the northwest coast of `Australia at the time, and was notified by wireless' as a precaution. The fire was extinguished after • considerable ' damages had been dons to the electric lightini; id the boiler room. • 1 FLOODS OVER Volume Recedes About 50 Per Cent. Now Orleana,-The-first good news from the middle and northern .Louis- iana disasterzonessince the great flood overwhelmed that part of the .Statecomes out front Northern. Pointe Coupee. It is that the. flood torrents crashing through the crevasse at Me ; Crea have suddenly decreased toprob- ably 50 per cent: of the volume that!! was surging through the great gap in the East Atchafalaya defences. The hope now is that hundreds of 1 homes and thousands of acres of fer- tile farm lands in Southern Pointa C•oopee andin-,northern_n s.of the At "one eery t w lean, Dr. Cline the Government """ Meteorologist. said that what hid happened at McCrea was one of the ' strangest things it his forty years of experience in the Mississippi Vallee weather service. Eatons Buy Arcade Y � in Hamilton Negotiations are said to haws been completed for. the -transfer of the .business at. RD early date of the "Ar - cads" Ar.cads" at Hamilton to the Eatoa in- terests of Toronto. Terms of sale, while yet subject to the ratification of 2,200 shorebolders of The Arcade, Limited, will be approved, it is raid, at a shareholders' meeting to be held on Jime 14, The Arcade, Limited;' occupies a central location 011 James Street, 'a few doors north of the City Hall. • I1 the sale is approved on June 14 the Eaton interests will take charge forthwith, it is said, Under the Eaton: management, the new Hamilton store promises many' innovation to the local buying public.. Mishap Near Smithville. Hamilton, -Harry Major of Port Colborne is believed to have been fa- tally injured and William Kabwell of Wainfleet was injured seriously when an automobile in which they were riding overturned at the intersection: of the Sntithville and Grimsby roads. Freeman Kebwell of Welland Junc- tion was able to go home. Major and William ICabwell were brought to St. Josephs Hospital, this city. Major had, concussion of the brain and internal injuries. Kabtvell is suf- fering from slight concession and has several brokers ribs. Chief Bisloy of Sniithvillo reports that the car was trying to turn a .corner at the end of the "stone road" at a high tate_of speed when the accident oqc e Sir Hugh.Joho. Macdoni Has Right Leg Am Winnipeg --Sir Hugh Soo,. esot- donald, veteran Police Magistrate of Winnipeg, who underwent an opera- tion hero Wednesday for tho amputa- tion of his right leg, was reported "as well as could be expected" in ahos- pital : • bulletin irsued Wednesday night. The the h sicians were hopeful of P y P aged Magistrate's recovery, from the shock of the operation: Sir Hugh John is 77 years old and is a son of Sir John A. `,Macdonald,' •Canada's prat Premier.