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World News In • Brief Form
Quake at Vancouver
Vancouver—Two slight earth trem-
ors were felt in Vancouver and Vic-
toria and districts early Thursday
evening and are believed to have cen-
tred in the Gulf of Georgia or on
Vancouver Island. No damage was
reported. ,
Advocates State Medicine.
Toronto -Medical men cannot af-
,.ford to treat indigents for nothing,
and. the Ontario government must ei-
ther make municipalities pay for me-
dical services or must establish state
medicine, in the opinion of Dr. E. A.
MacDonald, who addressed the Tor-
onto Academy of Medicine here. Dr.
MacDonald 'is the new president of
the academy. He suggested it be
made obligatory to treat all people
with an income of $2,000 or less, and
salaries of $6,000 a year would be paid
general practitioners, with $8,000 to
$10,000 for specialists, the money to
be raised by a general municipal or
per capita tax the same as for the
support of police, fire departments,
teachers. and others.
League Favors Inter-
national Stabilization
Geneva—There can be no lasting
improvement in the world's economic
situation, the Economic and Financ=
ial Commission of the League of Na-
tions "Assembly reported, unless the
countries are prepared to abandon;
"the system of closed national econ-
omies."
The report, which held The 'vi'e r
that conditions are improved in 'a'.
•number of way over those of last`
year, urged a sorption ,of 'tire -turren-;
cy stabilization question, so That The.
World Economic Conference 'niig'ht
reconvene with hopes of =neon,
Railways and. Employees
To Meet Again
Ottawa -Negotiations between 'Ca-
nadian railways and their, employee's
will be resunfed without delay, fol-
lowing the use by the disputirrg'par-
ties of the good offices of 'fhe Do-
minion Government. It was 'l'earned,
Mr. Bennett said, that There -was no
ill -feeling between the disputing 'par-
ties, and both indicated ;their realiza-
tion of the seriousness .of the situa-
tion, and agreed to resume, -negotia-
tions seeking a peaceful compromise.
Held for Treason., •
Rome—Bonato Battelli, friend of
Premier Mussolini, has been held in
strict custody in a Rome prison since
Sept. 2, it was revealed• on charges of
compllicity in an espionage plot.
Battelli, who was given the title of
Commendatore by the order, of Il.
Duce himself, was arrested in Venice
and taken to the Regina Coeli. Pris-
on,) where he has been held, at the
disposition of the General Staff of the
Ministry of Marine, unable even to
see his relatives:
Young Liberals to Meet
The Men's Branch of the Twenti-
eth Century Liberal Association of
,Ontario will hold its third annual
convention at Toronto on Saturday,
Nov. 18, it was announced by J. L.
Wilson, President of the branch. Ses-
sions will take the full day instead
of half day as last year, The details
of the prograni and convention din-
ner, which will be attended by the
Provincial Liberal Leader, Mitchell
F. Hepburn, M,P,, will be announced
later. r' .
Boy Ends Life With a Bullet
Simcoe--iispirited by his failure to
make progress ` in school, Clifford
Herron, 15, crawled through a low
doorway that led to his "den" in the
barn behind his father's house here'
and 'shot himself `with a rifle.
John. A. Machray Dies in Orison,
Death Thursday put an end the the'
prison term of John A. Machray, on
•ce •a leading figure in financial, edu-
cational, legal and church affairs. T11
from an incurable disease and de-
throned from his high position. in the
,community by financial defalcations
running up to $2,000,000, Macray ,en-
tered Stony Mountain Penitent/laity a
year and two weeks ago to begin ser-
ving a seven-year term for theft.
'C.C.F. Getting. Busy in ,South'Oxford
Woodstock—The C.C.F. is to get
busy in South Oxford this \week tto
prepare the way for selecting :a can-
didate for the federal by-telec'tion 'in.
the constituency. Meetings ?have been
arranged for every night sof :the week,
with A. Philpott and s+ Bial •of his
lieutenants taking part.
Pigs Get Rare. Delicacy
Simcoe—Farmers in the Delhi and
Atherton districts are co-operating
with Dr. O. L. Fitzsimmons, Nor-
folk's sweet potato farmer, and cop-
ing with theeserious feed shortage by
providing their . pigs witli fhe south-
ern delicacy. Dr, Fitzsimmons had a
quantity of potatoes unmarketable be-
cause -
e -cause- of their small size, which he
bartered with near -by farmers, ob-
taining in return oats, hap and rye.
All told, he has 2,500 bushels of Small.
potatoes, which make excellent foal,,
der for pigs.
Chosen Quebec "Dory Chief
Sherbrooke -Maurice Duplessis, re-
cently officially beearne leader of, the
2uebee Conservative Party.
More than 500 delegates frnni fag
£lung parts of the Province cheered:
the announcement that the party
convention in session here had en-
dorsed Duplessis' year and a half of
temporary leadership by calling upon
him officially to continue in his post.
Bank Robbers Quickly Arrested
Preston—Charged with armed rob-
bery, Willis Pelley, 25,sand Edward
Wells, 31, both of Toronto,` were
brought here for preliminary hearing
following their arrest at Toronto af-
ter a wild chase which had police of
several counties after them,
The two are alleged to have enter
ed the Imperial Bank' here tied up
four members of the staff and escaped
with $2,000. The money was recover
ed by Toronto, police who arrested
the pair six hours after the robbery
Pelley and Wells, police claim, walk-
ed into their Toronto apartment, dir-
ectly into the arms of officers who
were waiting for them. Pelley broke
away and was chased,for half an hour
until he fell exhausted into the arms
of two plainclothesmen.
Advocates Jobless /insurance
Unemployment insurance was ad-
vocated
dvocated for Canadian workmen as a
just and reasonable measure of mod-
ern society by J. Earl Lawson, K.C.,
Conservative member of Parliament
representing West York, one of Par-
liament's younger members. "In tim-
es of prosperity," he told the Electric
Club of Toronto in an address on
'Economic Recovery' "we manage to
lay aside a proportion of profits to
pay dividends when they are not be-
ing earned. Surely it is uncumbent
upon us to lay aside a portion of
those profits for labor in order that
labor, when it is not earning divi-
dends, should receive dividends on
the labor it has previously given.
Blue Shirts Must Observe Law
Toronto—Hon. W. H. Price, Attor-
ney General of Ontario, told the Blue
Shirts. of 'Canada representatives who
interviewed him he proposed to main-
tain law and order and •thatat pres-
ent there existed machinery for that
purpose.
Interviewed after the meeting, Col.
Price said: "T told them all organiza-
tions were welcome so long as they
lived within the laws of the country."
Clami they,saw Sea -Serpent
Victoria—Victoria's marine monst-
er apparently, is getting over its shy-
ness. At any rate, the eighty -foot
serpent first reported seen, has shown,
itself to at least seven persons.
R. C. Ross of Tod Inlet, said he
saw the creature—greenish-brown in
hue and with a —profile like a camel—
off Ten Mile Point. W. B. Grant said
he saw the creature resembling a ser-
pent some time ago off Victoria Golf
Links. Five persons declared they
had seen the deep sea ogopogo.
Railway. Fare Reduced in U.S. -
Chicago, - The Western Railway
Executives' Association decided on a
sharp reduction in passenger fares as
an 'experimentin increasing their
business. They voted to reduce from
3 6-10 cents a mile to 3 cents on one-
way rail transportation. A 2 -cent -a -
mile round-trip rate was agreed upon,
and the present Pullman surcharge of
50 per cent. was eliminated.
Canadian Railways here under con-
sidering a reduction in railway fares.
Oppose Inflation
Vichy, France—The Radical Social-
ist Party Congress passed a resolu-
tion ;opposing inflation, favoring
sound money, and inviting Premier.
Edouard Baladier to balance the Bud-
get, protest public credit and cut the.
cost of living.
Senator Murdock Granted Injunction
London, Ont. -In County. Court
here, Judge Joseph Wearing granted
an order asked by Senator„?Jas. Mur-
dock of Ottawa to prevent any At-
tempt on the part of London Sub-
ordinate Lodge, No. 415, to i expell
Murdock from membership in the
lodge. October 21 was set by Judge
Wearing today as the date for the
hearing of both'sides of the matter
of the injunction,
V,YI1
NEWS
of the
DISTRICT.
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Arrived from Germany with Horses
Mr. Henry/. trnest of Brant Twp.,
well-known, horse -breeder of this dis-
trict, arrived in tower recently bring-
ing• withhien three' imported horses
iron GerMany. Mr. 4tne4tleft a few
weeks:: ago with Ciel;, purpose .of prim
chasing some thoroughbred stock, e
bought two stallions aged two and
three years, and one mare, age six,—
Walkertort Herald -,Tines,
Lucicnow School Field Day
Ideal Weather favored the annual
Ludo -taw Continuation School Field
Day held in the Caledonial Park,
which was officially eiiened by Reeve
Robert Rae, The sports were, in
charge of the teachers, Miss ' McLean,
Miss Yourex, Messrs, Calvert . and
Hutchinson, assisted by Rev. J. , H.
Geolegan, Rev. S. T, Tucker, Dr: W.
Johnston, "George Id. Smith and
Arthur Andrew. All events were
keenly' contested, The senior boys'
championship was won by Harold
Greer; runners-up, George Joynt and
Douglas Clarke. Junior boys' champ-
ionship, Harold Ritchie; runners-up,
Harold Thompson and Clifford Blake.
Senior girls' championship, Jean Gra-
ham; runners-up, Jessie McRae and
Audrey Henderson. Junior girls'
championship, Dorothy Graham; run-
ner-up, Betty Bissett.
Strawberries in October
Mrs. J. Demmerling brought to the
Review; Office a ripe strawberry off
new vines. If -the frost keeps off
there :will be a considerable'crop. of
this luscious fruit., — Harriston Re-
view.
Raspberries' Ripe Again
Mr. Wm. Armstrong, Sr., brought
in on Saturday a few twigs of rasp-
berry, bushes which grow wild along
the edge of his property. They were
laden with a second crop of fruit,
some of -which had already ripened,—
Lucknow Sentinel.
Owl Killed
Mr. S. H. Rutledge and family had
an unusual experience while motoring
on the Provincial Highway near Elba
Sunday night. Hearing a crash, as if
something had broken, they stopped
the car and found a dead owl on the
hood. The bird had struck the wind-
shield while in flight and was killed
by the force of the impact. Miss M.
Rutledge, who was driving at 'the
time, was so startled by the unex-
pected occurrence that she narrowly
escaped losing control of the car.—
Orangeville' Banner.
Serum Saves Child
The second case of infantile paraly-
sis in Goderich within a month was
treated on' Saturday, when it was.
found that Joseph, four-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kaitting, had
been stricken with the disease. When
the boy became seriously ill and it
was learned that the disease was in-
fantile paralysis, his parents were
given a clear road to London, where.
they obtained serum from the' Insti-
lute of Public Health. The trip was
made in the early hours of Saturday
morning At Hensall, on the return
trip, the automobile broke down and
another was commandeered to com-
plete the journey.,. The serum was ad-
ministered immediately on. its .arrival
here and theschild is given an excel-
lent chance for recovery.—Goderich
Signal.
Injured Leg and Arm
Mr- Allan Halliday collided with
Mrs.'Peter Ancell on Saturday •even-
ing on the north hill, just inside of
the village. Mrs. Arkell was driving
with a horse and buggy and Mr. Hal-
liday was leaving the village in an
automobile. The buggy was very
badly damaged and the occupant was
thrown out against a telephone pole
receiving severe bruises on one :aria
and leg.—Teeswater News,
Paving Is Completed
The paving of the higliwaysbetween.
Listowel and Atwood is completed.
There is still a great• deal of work to
be done before the highway will be
finished. Several bridges will have to
be fixed and the putting on each side
ten foot sho}elders will require a lot'
of work.—Listowel Standard.
Pet Monkey Escaped
There was an exciting time on
South and neighboring ;alleys and
back yards on Saturday afternoon
when Master Billyj Wood's pet mon-
key broke loose from its moorings.
For fifteen minutes the monkey led
his pursuers, headed by big brother
Jack, a merry chase. The monkey put
up a real performance, scooting thru
branches of trees and jumping from
one to the other, coning down to
terra, firma once in a while just to
give the human pack encouragement.
Capt, Malcolm McDonald made a sot
-
tie to the harbor and returned with t p
One of "Reddy” McDonald's dip nets,, i
The monkey was lured into a favor- 't
able position and the dip net clamp-
ed on hint,—Goderich Star,
IIT
rangements had been made for th
to •enter the Brantford General H
pital,T.-Seaforth Huron Expositor,
Stole Tires off Car
Business is picking up according to
the experts, but were you to ask Joe
Lennox of Egremont, while he might,
agree with you,'''he would say it was
picking up backwards so far as he
was concerned' On Friday night, :the
night of the Holstein fall fair, some
person entered the Lennox garage
and removed three tires from the ear,
rims and all, helped themselves to the
gasoline in ,,the tannic and departed
without 'even a thank you; -Durham.
Chronicle. "
A Curious Tree
Mr. H. E. Rorke has a peculiar tree.
growing on his property facing Or-
ange street, the peculiarity being that
while most trees shed their leaves in.
the autumn this one not only shels its
leaves but also its branches, leaving
the trunk standing straight and bare
of "limbs. The tree is still not very
tall, but it has grown eighteen or
twenty inches during thepast sum-
mer, sending out healthy looking
limbs with large green leaves at in-
tervals of a few inches up the stalk.
It grew and flourished all summer
but all but one limb is now gone,
having dropped off one by one,—Clin-
ton News -Record.
An Odd. Catch -
Early one morning last week, Mr.
Norm. Somerville went fishing up the
Noisy River near Dendin. He was,
standing under the covering branch-
es of a big elm when a large crane
swooped down on the stream beside
him. Chum acted on his first impulse
and cast at the crane. His line made
a couple of laps around the big bird's
neck and then the fun started. The
crane took to the air and the fisher-
man found he was liable to be carried
aloft. Gallantly he hung on and for
a few brief seconds there was a real
tug-of-war. The line' snapped and
away «flew Mr. Crane, carrying with.
him Mr. Sommerville's hook, line and
sinker.
Gone to the Dogs
Forest and vicinity has certainly
gone to the dogs. No less than 36
dog fanciers and over 100 Beagle
hounds invaded town to compete in
the annual Canadian National field
trials and bench show held under the
auspices of the Canadian Beagle Club.
—Forest Free Press.
Writes Examinations
in Hospital Bed
An example of youth's determina-
tion was demonstrated when a young
Carrick Twp. farmer wrote his exam-
inations for the Massey scholarship in
the O.A.C. on his sick bed at the
Bruce County Hospital. Leonard
Schmidt, son of Mr. Andrew Schmidt
of the Elora Road, as one of the can-
didates insisted on his also writing,
•although only recovering from the ef-
fects of an operation. — Walkerton
Herald -Times.
Horses Killed by Lightning—
During.a severe electrical storm re-
cently J. P. Jenner, of Charing Cross,
son-in-law of Mr. Wesley Coulter, of
Millbank, was the loser of a prize
team of horses, victims of a bolt of
lightning, " which struck them dead,.
Several close strikes were heard by
Mr. Jenner during the storm, and
when he went to get his horses in the
pasture when morning broke, he
found them dead. -Milverton Sun.
Didn't Want Work
A youthful, able-bodied chap land-
ed here last week, and rather impu-
dently demanded accommodation.
When asked by a local citizen. why
he didn't try to get a job with a far-
mer for his board, he insolently re-
plied'that he had no use for work.
There is strong evidence that fully
two-thirds of the transients who make
their rounds in this section each fall
and winter are pretty much of the
same stripe. -Mildmay Gazette.
Thieves Raid Cellars
Sneak thieves are reported to have
been entering cellars in this district,
carrying off fruit, pickles, etc. Our
opinion of such low -clown individuals
is not perrnissalbe in print, so we can
only hope that sone able-bodied per-
son may catch them in the act, give
thein a real beating -cep and then turn
there over to the authorities,—Ford-
wich Record.
Broke Collar Bone
John H. Evans, General Motors re-
resentative ill Kincardine, is suffer -
ng from a fractured collar bone, sits-
ained when one ,of the cars for which
he is agent, turned over onthe high -
ay north of Port Elgin, -Kincardine
Review -Reporter.
Must Finish Training Elsewhere:
Advised that they would be unable
to write their R.N. exar9iitrations un-
less they finished their course' at a
training school, Misses Evelyn' Gold-
ing, Kay Strider and Jean Kerr, StudLL
ent nurses at Scott Memorial nos -
'041 'kit 'for 13.f antford' where 1r tl
Rincardine Dock Being Repaired
Work was commenced last week on
the -new cement dock for the north
Side of the Harbor. Repairs will be
also tirade on, the south side at two
different points' where' the action ' of
ie water bas undermined the piles:
man you a
to be wea
. .
EALTI1, like many other things ...a
house, .a car, a suit of clothes ... is
something that must be paid for.
Sometimes it can be bought at -bargain
prices.
But if you haven't the price to pay for it,
you miss the opportunity of acquiring the
prize cheaply.
It is a confession of failure to be sooor
thatyou cannot affordto P
be wealthy.
Your savings, the surplus of your income,
systematically stored in a branch of The
Canadian Bank of Commerce will build up
a fund for acquiring wealth at a bargain
price when the opportunity offers.
You will be welcomed as a depositor at any
one of the 800 branches of
THE CANADIAN BANK
O FCOMM E ERC_.
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Capital Paid Up - 30 Million Dollars
Reserve Fund - 30 Million Dollars
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The work is being done by the Rus-
sell Construction Co., Ltd., of Tor-
onto, who secured the contract from
the Dominion Government at a figure
-of between $14,000 and $15,000—Kin-
cardine News.
One -Man Circus
A rather strange and striking fig-
ure arrived in Listowel on Wednes-
day of last week and remained here
until Monday. A native of Belgium,
Charlie Planke, who has been trav-
elling around the world with a horse
and cart, an outfit that looked like
some war -time picture of the poor
Gelgian refugees, reached Listowel,
where he camped for a few days to
try to earn a few dollars with his one-
man circus.
Although a stranger in a strange
land, he found a friend here, another
native of Belgium, Mr. Henry Ver-
enneman. The homes of these two
men in Belgium had only been half
a mile apart. Mr. Verenneman was
glad to welcome a fellow countryman
and entertained him at his home on
Sunday.—Listowel Banner.
Mose—"Honest, Pete, I hab no idea
where mah next dollar am comin'
from!"
Pete—"I'm glad to heah you say
dat. I thought perhaps you was fig-
urin' on me for it!"
When the folks are out
for the evening—and time
begins to drag—you need
not lack for congenial
companionship. Just pick
up the telephone and
friends are at your call,
whether they live in the
next township or county
or half a continent away.
For 30 cents
you tau telephone
about
100 miles
by making an "any-
one" call (station -
to -station) after 8.30
p.m. Scelist of rites
in front of directory.