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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1933-02-23, Page 7Thursday, February 23, 1033 THE WINT.GHAM. ADVANCE -TIMES Greatest Value at All Times "Fresh from the Gardens • �rawan�+arna+oy asonw.!onm.wwopfewoownamwasuuwwr v.w.sowwarams... armowa..romard.r.ocwo, World Wide Brief Form n..ro.6,01=0 111.9Yl.n4.r.o.sna1.•uwn.a 1 . 1 ect on 98. of Criminal Code Stays Ottawa—Canada will not weaken /her laws. again Red agitators. If there was reason two decades ago to enact law against advocacy o force, violence and intimidation 'there is certainly reason to keep it in force in 1933," Confessing himself to have been threatened by Communists, and to have been told that armies of Com- munists in New York and Chicago were watching his actions, Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie thus replied in the Commons to another of James S. Woodworth's moves to knock out Section 98 from the Criminal Code of Canada."Section 98" explained Hon, Mr. Guthrie, "merely provides against ad- vocacy of force, violence, terrorism and intimidation, and we do: not want these `things to exist. in Canada. Sec- tion 98 is a hindrance to no right- thinking person. Any man who does not advocate force or violence have 'no fear. of .it." 'Western Fair Reports' Progress London—Secretary W. B. Jackson presented his annual repot at the an aruai meeting of,; the Western Fair Association. The Exhibition came through last year with a surplus'of :$2,000 has a surplus of $148,000 in -assets over liabilities, and has made remarkable progress in paying off de- bentures, issued against the newer Iuildings, including especially the Manufacturers' building, Government grants were drastical- ly reduced, forcing the board to cut its own prize list 15 per cent. last. year, but despite this fact, the num leer of ehibitors increased 434. John H. Saunders was re-elected` to the Presidency. Other Officers elected, .are: W. E. Robinson, .First Vice- Presdient; .Hon. E. S. Little, Second `Vice -President. churian policy was the subJect of a Cabinet meeting at which it was un- derstood the Ministers decided to withdraw the Japanese delegate from f Geneva if the League Assembly ad- opts a prepared report censuring`a Jap- an, Four decisions . reached by , the Cabinet were reported as follows: 1. To reject the League's Recom- mendations in the Manchurian situ tion. a.. 2, To maintain the attitude s Empire Trade Increased in January Ottawa—"Empire agreements and ;preferences showed very definite re- sults in January," says Hon. H. H. Stevens, Minister of Trade and Com- merce, in a statement issued recently. "The January exports to the Unit- ed Kingdom totalled in value $12,- 1326,028, an increase of $2,754,757, or almost 28 per cent, over January 1932 and an increase of $4,643,534, or about 58 per cent. over January, 1931. "The increases were pretty much .along the whole line of Canadian pro- ducts," Mr. Stevens states. "Front ;agricultural products to chemicals there was a considerable general ad-. vance in our trade with Great Bri- -fain." Senate Votes to Kill Eighteenth Amerachnent Washington—By an • astonishing majority, the United States Senate 'voted to kill the Eighteenth Amend, vent, and sent a repeal resolution to -the House, where leaders confidently looked forward to approval, Moving. -with a speed that was unforseen, anti - prohibitionists smashed dry Iines ap- art, to push the repealer through the senate by a 63 to 23 vote five . more than thetwo-thirds necessary, It provides for submission to State Conventions for ratification, instead of to the Legislature, and would pro- tect dry States from liquor importa- tions. Japan Senda Ultimatum to China Peiping—japan sent an ultimatum to . the Chinese commander at Kailu in Northeast Jehol, demanding the immediate evacuation of the city, This was auuounced in an official Chinese communique, which added that if the ultimatum were not obey- ed the Japanese would attack Kailu,. a strategic point in the Province which Japan alms to add to Mani; chuktio, The Chinese have decided to ig- tiore the demand,the announcement said. Meanwhile Japanese troop -move- silents continued and the crisis in Je- hol seethed imminent. IM japan May Withdraw from League Tokio—The disagreement with the League of ,Nations over .Japan's Man- a- et $100,000 Worth of vulsion in the office .of Dr. H. M Barrett, Mount Elgin, on Jan, 6, ac cording to his report, .read .at th inquest. The inquest opened at 7.30 in th Mount Elgin Village Hall, eigh miles south of here. The communit has been deeply stirred by the Beat of Seelgrove, and the hall was crowd ed. After less than half an hour' deliberation, the je jury returned th following verdict , "We find that Albert Snelgro. carne to his death in the office of Dr H, M. Barrett, Mount 1'1gin, on Jan 6, caused by strychnine poison ad ministered by some person or person unknown. to us," Will Protect Merchant Marine London—Walter Rtutc coati, Presi dent of the' Board. of Trade, told tit Chamber of .Shipping steps wool probably, be taken to protcet the llri tisk mercantile marine from advers effects of foreign shipping subsidies Mr. Runcirnan declared the nation could not afford to have its shipping wiped but. • He said he believed feel. ing in the United .Kingdom would be behind any Government which pro- tected the mercantile` marine from un- fair competition in trades where .Bri- tain has predominant influence, e e it y h s e ve s e d e forth in Japan's observations on the Lytton Commission's report, especial- ly regarding recognition of Manchuk- uo and the stand for direct negotia- tions with China without outside in- tervention. 3. To issue a counter -statement if the League Assembly adopts the re- commendations prepared for it. 4. To instruct the Japanese dole gate to vote 'against the League re port, and, in the event of its adop- tion, to withdraw either to London or Paris to await further develop ments. Militarist opinion strongly favors withdrawal from the League, "al- though an influential civilian and of- ficial element, as well as .a section of the navy, opposes any such move. Farmer's Horses Exempt in Seizure Four Amendments were . brought down in the Ontario Legislature last Friday, but one of interest to farm- ers. Hitherto under 'this legislation a farmer's team of horses and harness were not exempt from seizure for debt: The change will make it pos- sible for the farmer to keep his hors- es and necessary things with other already -exempted articles and stock, France and; Britain Demand Explanation Ronne—Giornale d'Italia published the text of what it called a virtaul ultimatum which France, with Great Britain's adhesion, sent ' to Vienna, giving the Austrian Government a fortnight in which to get rid of arms and supplies allegedly concentrated in that'. country in violation, the paper says, of the Treaty of St. Germain. The' note was published in Paris, the newspaper said, and was kept se- cret because responsible French cir- cles realized it was "excessively for- ceful," and do not wish to lay them- selves open to public judgment. The note evidently referred to the reported _shipment of 40,000 rifles and 200 machine guns from Italy to Aus- tria recently, although it did not men- tion the specific origin of the arms, according to the Giornale. Export of Liquor to, U.S. Remains Banned Ottawa—Althotigh there used to be nearly $15,000,000 annual national revenue for Canada in the export of liquor of to the United: States, Com- mons .voted by 100 to 44 against the resumption of the business which several times precipitated border in- cidents of a grave character. The issue was presented in the bill of Sidney C. Robinson (Conservative, Essex West) to repeal the Export Act of 1930, and, in speaking to it, Mr. Robinson referred to the alleg- ed unfriendliness of_the,'United States toward Canada in her tariff enact- ments and in amendments to her im- migration laws which hindered Bor- der City residents from engaging in employment in Detroit. Both party leaders,. Prime Minister Bennett and Right Hon, Mackenzie King, condemned Mr. Robinson's bill, but the measure found support from Charles `I.3el1 (Conservative, Haniil- ton West), David Spence (Conserva- tive, Parkdale), Charles G. Power (Liberal, Quebec South) and numer- ous others, whose general conviction was that it was no business of Can- acla's to legislate to keep America dry, particularly in view of the re- 1 cent American vote, Champagne Seized' Hamilton -A huge stock of French champagne, bottled in this country and valued at more than $100,000, is under seizure here by Provincial Po- lice, and will remain under guard un- til an investigation is completed. The wine is in a warehouse at Aik- man . and 'Sanford Avenues, and was seized by Provincial Inspector Jor- dan, acting, it is said, underinstruc- tions from the Liquor Control•Board.. Inspector Jordan declined to com- ment on the seizure tonight other than to say that thte authorities be- lieved, from investigation •already made, that certain regulations of the permit, granted the owners of the li- quor, had iquor,.had been violated. Stock Exchanges May Amalgamate Immediate negotiations toward an amalgamations of the Standard Stock. and Mining Exchange with the To- ronto Stock Exchange are to be start- ed, it was learned following: a general meeting of the members of the min- ing market. The meeting was called for the puipose of considering a proposal for the repeal* of a by-law, which does not permit members of the 'Toronto. Stock Exchange to hold. seats on the Stanai-d, and after considerable dis- cussion was adjourned for two weeks. Sentiment at the meeting was stat- ed to be strongly in favor of a mer- ger with the Toronto Exchange, and the adjournment was agreed upon as it was feIt there should be further discussions ' with the Toronto Ex- change Committee before anything definite could be instigated. Accord- ingly the Board of Directors was au- thorized by the members to proceed with such negotiations. NEWS of the DISTRICT Many Changes in Listowel In 42 Years The passing years make many changes in the business life of a com- munity, A reader brought in a few pages from a publication similar to Bradstreet's or Dunn's of today, on which apiieared a listing of the busi- ness firms in Listowel in 1891, forty- two years ago. An other interesting fact revealed succumbed to the severe frost, He essayed to crank the ear and while in the act the engine kicked back with terrific force, the handle striking Mr, Hubbard's right wrist. An x-ray tak- en at Alexandria hospital revealed that two large and two small bones had been broken by the impact.-- Goderich Star, Boy Orator Comes Third The senior boys' oratorical contest of the Wossa group, composed of; Kitchener, Stratford, Brantford and Goderieh - Collegiates, was held at Stratford \ recently, Alex. McVicar, G. C. I. student, son of Mr, and Mrs, Geo. MaeViear, won third honors. First place went to Kenneth Cleater, of Brantford Collegiate and second to Morris Hay, of Stratford. Geo. Sim,, of Kitchener, was fourth, Alex. spoke on "The Case for the Cancellation of "War Debts:" It was his first out-of- town effort against the best boy or- eters of Western Ontario and his showing is a creditable. one: Goder- ich Star. Good News From Hydro Goderich Water and Light Com mission may not be required to'pa $2,400, our'share of New York ex change on Provincial bonds, wit rn which the local cotnission was bill ed some: months ago and which i has steadfastly refused to pay. At recent meeting of the Ontario Muni cipal Electric Association it was ag reed that *he Provincial Comrnissio pay 46 per cent. and local commis sion 54 per cent. Since then intima tion has been given various loca commissions that the Provincial bod will pay the entire amount from its surplus, L. L. Knox, secretary, stat- es he has no official notice to' this ef- fect, but that he would not be sur- prised if it were true—Goderich. Star knocked down to one individual,'who did the bidding. A fine teat, of Per- clacrons, that might well have brought over one hundred dollars each were knocked down at $5,00 each. •Eight cows, some of 'them splendid milkers, all. went at, the one price of $5,00 each.. Pigs weighing in the neighbor- hood of 200 pounds brought from $1 to $3 each, The auctioneer was H. A. Stanley, of Lucan.-Exeter Times - Advocate, Single Men Win, The married and single men of Mildmay lined up in ,the rink on Tuesday evening for a game of broomball, and the single fellows won rather decisively, These two groups had many tough struggles last win- ter,o with h h Hors evenly divided, and the old spirit of rivalry is still very much alive between them.—Mildmay Gazette, Some Dividend His Majesty's Mail recently deliv- ered; Mr. William Bell a letter which contained a cheque for exactly one cent. The payment represented a di- m_ vidend on stock. The cheque, which y was drawn on.the First National x_ Bank and Trust Company, of Tulsa, li Okla., was drawn on February 2nd, and is not valid unless cashed in 30. t days. Mr. Bell, however, is holding a the nheque and hoping that the ex- _ change on the American cent will in- _ crease to a point where it will pay n the charges the bank will collect for _ cashing the cheque.—Huron Ex- - positor. 1 y Saake in the Ice— Not in the Grass In our last week'sissue, quite un- intentionally we seem to have feat- ured snake stories, and now we find. that .tales, about reptiles are obtain- able nearer home. Mr. Gordon Green who presides over the destin- ies of the school of S.S. No. 10, Ar- thur Township, takes a keen interest in nature study, Ai couple of weeks. ago, he and his pupils dug a fine, large snake out of the .ice: Mr. Green took the snake home to his boarding house and it is now com- fortably hibernating in the cellar be- side the furnace. He is a beauty and measures three and a half feet. Just what Mr. Green intends doing with the reptile when spring comes, we do not know, but if anything of fur- ther interest in the snake's career occurs, we hope to be informed of it. At any rate, to find a forty-two inch snake in January is an occurr- ence. sufficiently unusual to be re- garded as news.—Arthur Enterprise - Fall Proves Fatal to Harriston Woman Mrs. Walter Moore, a highly res- pected, lifelong resident of this' corn- munity, suffered' fatal injuries on 'Sat- urday when she was inspecting .apart- ments above the Jordan Jewelry store. She slipped on the stairs and fell, breaking her hip and arm and suffering internal injuries from which she passed away on Sunday. Mrs. Moore is survived by six sisters and one brother, viz.: Mrs. W. J. Walker, of Calgary; Mrs. D. Brown, of Mt. Forest; Mrs. R. Menzies, Mrs. Geo. Moore, Miss Louisa Sterrett and Mrs. E. Walker,, all of Harriston; and one brother, Isaac Sterrett, Toronto. Two sisters, Mrs. David Allan and Miss Sarah Sterrett predeceased her. In religion 'deceased was a Presbyterian. The funeral was held on Wednesday. Interment was made in the Harris - ton Cemetery.—Harriston Review. Turkey Causes Barn Fire The splendid barn on the. farm of Mr. Lorne Cooke of Sullivan Town- ship, situated two miles south of Keady, was completed wiped out by fire on Thursday, February 2nd. All the live stock, implements and supply of feed were destroyed also. There was no chance to remove anything,. The loss is a heavy one. The fire had its origin in a most unusual way, Be- tween eight and nine o'clock Thurs- day evening Mr. Cooke was attend- ing to some chores in his barn and. liungt a lantern on a post. A turkey which had been roosting on an ad- joining beam blew down and in doing so kocked down the lantern, upset- ting the oil which started to blaze,— Tara Leader. All the Doctors Away Although . the county town has six medical practitioners, yet with one n attendance at Ottawa, two obsent with the hockey team at Durham, and he remaining two out of town on rofessional duties, not one of the alf dozen eligibles was available for ervice at a certain period Monday veiling, when an emergent call was ent out for the local tnedicos,—Wal erton Herald -Times, h was that there were seven hotels, one s liquor store and a brewery ' here at e that time to quench the thirst of the s citizens; seven grocery stores, four k dry goods, four general stores, four hardware and tinware, four ,butchers and five blacksmiths,—Listowel Ban- ner. Has Close Call After partaking of a couple of spoansful of a cereal or porridge pro- duct at breakfast on Tuesday rnorn- ing:last at her home 'on Victoria St., Mrs, Herb. Hergott began to exper- ience a severe choking sensation and for a time, it is said, was in eminent danger of suffocation, .A doctor, who was hastily sum- moned, worked over the stricken lady for upwards of two hours before the effect of the illness, which is said to lave resembled poisoning, was com- pletely cotttiteracted and .the victim putt beyond. the clanger zone,—Walk- rton Herald -Times. Sustains Broken Wrist Stepping out of his office at Dom- nion 'Good Roads last Friday noon C. W. Hubbard, sales manager,. found that the battery of his automobile had Snelgrove Victim of Poisoning e Ingersoll --One and one-quarter grains of strychnine was found by Prof. L. J. Rogers, of Toronto,-: Pro- vincial Analyst, ill his examinationof 'i the stomach of Albert Snelgrove, N, IC Norwich farmer, who died ina con - ;L; Many Happy Returns Citizens of Seaforth and a host of friends throughout Western Ontario will extend congratulations to Mr. Thomas Stephens, of The Queen's, who on Wednesday last celebrated his 92nd birthday, and wish him maty happy returns of the day, Mr. Ste- phens is the oldest hotelkeeper in. Ontario, and in spite of his great age, is still active and about every day, having been clown street on busi- ness one day last week when the,ther- monieter registered 12 below zero. Many happy returns "Dad," ---Huron Expdsitor, Neighbors Refuse to ]aid At Tax Sate Neighbors of a Bidduiph Township farmer refused to place any bids at an auction safe 'that was held for tax- es in that township on Monday, The sale consisted of live stock and while there was a fair crowd ',present there, was no competition and all the stock placed on the auction block were ews. Restricted Area for Fairs There is increasing evidence that some fall fairs will abadon their "op- en to the world" policy and, place some restrictions upon the area from which exhibits may be enteredat the local fairs. The move is based on common sense. Each local fair is supposed to encourage the growing, raising or making of better products in its locality, yet local exhibitors, as a general rule, haven't a chance in the world to win any monetary aw- ards against the "professional" exhib- itors in all classes who spend a month How Qiroeda Gets and Spends CURRENT EXPENDITURES CrCTQVgfilITIBIITS compARg'o Nene FARM VALUES si r FIELD CLOPS _ - 1913 -1931 Field Crops Gov. fps Field Crops Field Crows Av. Gov: 1»xp's 1913 1913 1931 1937.31 - 1931 3552,000,000 $275,000,000 5455.000,000 3366,000,000 5920,000,000 A study showing the comparison 4,1 between, the . cost of Govern- ment in Canada and the farm: value of all field crops has been prepared by W. Sanford Evans and released for the National Committee On economy in public finance by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The study, as il- lustrated by the chart, indicates that in 1913 the total slim expend- ed by governments for ordinary purposes was equal to 50 per cent. of the fariu value of all field crops in Canada. In 1931 Govern- ments exicwled a sum equal to 216 per• cent. of the value of all field crops. As prices were exceptionally low and yield not high in 1931, another comparison is added. The average value of all field crops for the 5 years, 1927-1931, includ- inthree years of gond prices, was C3.,0 000,000, while the ordin- ary expenditures of governments in 1931 were $920,000,000: 'Whereas in 1913 a sum equal to one-half the value of the field crops sufficed to meet ordinary government expenditures, a stage has now bean reached where the average value of all field .orops falls short by many reill:o-ts of dollars of mooting the ordinary requirements of governments. local fairs. -Mitchell Advocate. Public School Hobby Fair Considerable interest was shown by the 'citizens of Kincardine in the hobby fair held on Friday afternoon in the public school. The usual cus- tom of showing the hobby exhibits in conjunction with the annual fair for schools was changed this year and the hobby fair held separately in place of the customary school con- cert. Each room in the school pre- sented a splendid array of exhibits, showing the active interest taken by the pupils, ` and the great variety of hobbies favored by each pupil. Un- der the supervision of the teachers who were present to explain the ex- hibits, over 750 entries were shown, divided into 46 classes. SLAT'S DIARY Friday—Cuzzen Clarence has . got hisself in a hole. He is ingaged to a girl to marry her and finely he dis- sided mebby he mite be just as well off not to get marryed so he made a fake con- feslion toher and told her he was a Boot legger and now she has went and made him trade in his 2nd Handed ford for a new car witch, costed 11 hundred $. & he is Still in- gaged. Saterday—Pa says all this wirrying about teaching Evalushion in the skools is foolishness. He sed they, or so taking loads of stuff to all the h ave ben teaching Spelling in skools for a supple 100 yrs. and it hasseut had match affect Yet. Sunday—Elsy made me sore at her today. I was tawking about Jane and. I just happened to remark that No girl ever made a fool outa me and she just wandered Who it 'was -then and it made me about 3 sore at her. Munday;Teacher- wanted each 1 of us to tell when we had the best time in all are lifes but I was stump- ed. I cuddent disside weather it was the time I put a hand Full of ants in Ant Emmy's corset or the time I put alum in the salad pa was eat- ing. Tuesday Pa says if Condishuns keep on happening, why evey body will half to live on whut they make and no more. t Wensday—Lenz Hix has got his self a new truck and is hailing things for people witch wants things hailed and pa est him was he making mutch, munney and Lem said. Well so fer it has tuk about all his reseats to pale Damidges fer hitting uther peoples cars so he has not started to Clear match • yet. Thirsday—I gess pa is stil Sore ov- er the Eleckshun far today I seen hint writeing for the paper and the peace sed. The Republican party can fool sum of the people sum of the time and all of the people .sutn: of the time and then the Democrats has to take the job yore. 'The following story was once told by Dean Inge. It concerns the ,took to the family of a certain vicar. One one occasion they asked her to choose the hymn for the evening family prayers, and when the cere- mony was over the vicar's wife said to her, "That was a very nice hyrnrt. you chose, cook." "Yes, num," was the reply; "it's the number of my policeman." NO Slit° DATE ND OKCE 'e' CP►1e1'-r. TF t T11 Es'T OST 'c' tint-kT-' NOW BOY ETC -ETC ! 1, DD' O l.d O D DPiNe 4,3 —naaset•gro*oa nein'. Zacr