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Saar Basin Is Closed
Saarbruccken—The Saar Plebiscite
ComMission oielered the border dos-
ed until fan. 26, to all except persons
able to prove they have urgent busi-
ness in the Saar, or are merely trav-
elling through the territory.
Captain Bernier Passes
Levis, Que.—A veteran of Northern
explora.tion, Captain 5. E. Bernier,
who would have been 83 on Jan. 1,
died at his home here following a
paralytic stroke. With the death of
Captain Bernier is closed a life which
was fq11 of hardy exploits and advent
tura The captain's name will always
be linked with the discovery of teeny
Aretid areas of which he took posses-
sion in the name of Canada. Among
these are Lincoln Island, Ellesmere
Island, Melville Island, Prince of
Wales Island, Nath Somerset Island
and Bellot
Wolf Shot at Turkey Point
Simeoe—Ernie Ferris of Turkey
-
Point lays claim to the title of Nor-
folk's champion wolf -hunter. He shot
and killed one of the marauding ani-
mals tiear the Government forestry
farm at Trukey Point. It measured
sixty-three inchee in length. Last
year he shot two of them.
Chicken Yielded Gold Nugget
Fort William—There's gold under
them that- streets, said Fort 'William
residents. This fact,. suspected for
some time, was believed confirmed by
the scratching claws of a chicken.
The chicken, owned by Walter Bail-
ey, yielded a gold nugget about the
size of a grain of wheat while it was
being deessed.
Berlin Issues Denials
Berlin—"Ridiculous aad regrettable
propaganda," "malicious and doward-
ly and baseless propaganda," and
"manufactured lies" was Germany's
official answer to charges that anoth-
er Nazi "blood purge" has occurred,
Accusation in Saarbruekeen anti -Nazi
newspapers were emphatically denied.
Trotsky Safe in France
Paris—As long as he behaves him-
self, Leon Trotsky, exiled former
Cominunist leader, is aesured of
French shelter from Russia's cam-
paign against her enemies. In the face
of reports from Moscow that the
once -powerful Soviet official had
been implicated in the plot to assass-
inate Sergi Kiroff, French authorities
said they regarded Trotsky as the
type of political exile to which France
always has given refuge.
May Red Infantile Paralysis
New York—The possible end of in-
fantile paralysis was forecast at the
Americart Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, The results of
two different vaccines, one diseovered
in Philadelphia, the other hi New
York, ova this promise. Both are
speedy, one showing immunizing ef.
leas in a little over three days, and
both within a week.
Brakeman Resporisible
For Train Wreck
The error of Front Brakesinan i.
5. Lynelt Whe beeturte excited and
threw the aiding 'switch, thiekieg hs
own train was still on the main line,
caused the Christmas night collision
at Dundas station, it was revealed in
an official statement by W. A. King -
land, vice-president and general man-
ager, central region, of the Canadian
National Railways. Fifteen lives were
lost in the crash when Train No. 16,
•the Detroit -Toronto "Maple Leaf" ex
press, hurtled into the rear coaches
of the London -Toronto Christmas
special,
1-1,pAll leurn Wishes AProsperity
`Confident optimism"—in the face
of the cold figures of an exptcted de-
ficit and acknowledged. financial prob-
lems—keynotes the New Year's mes-
sage of Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn,
Prime Minister of Ontario,issued re-
cently, The Premier expresses one
hope for the new year in his report
of the Province's conditions. "The
sincere wish of the new Administra-
tion to the citizens of Ontario for
1935," he states, ."is that our confi-
dence will prove justified in an in-
creasing measure of prosperity for all.
Woman Killed by Bull
Quebec—Gored to death by an en-:
raged bull, the body of Mrs. George
Boutin, 34, was found lying on the
floor of her stable near St. Charles de
Bellechasse,
Mary Pickfoed to
Proceed with Divorce
Los Angeles—Lloyd Wright, at-
torney for Mary Pickford, movie act-
ress, said he had been instructed to
go ahead immediately after Jan. 1
with her loug-pending divorce suit
against Douglas Fairbanks.
Hamilton Mayor Starts Action
Hamilton—Mayor H. E. Wilton an-
eounced that he had issued instruc-
tions to the City Solicitor, A, 5. Poi-
son, K.C., to take the necessary steps
to prosecute in connection with the
receipt by his Worship of a threaten-
ing; letter allegedly from a local rad-
ical organieation.
Central tank to Control
$100,000,000 of sGold
Ottawa—When, the Bank of Canada
commences operations, probably on
March 1, it will have control of at
least $100,000,00 of gold, of which
about $70,000,000 will be taken over
from the Depa.rttnent of Finance, and
the remainder from the chartered
banks. It will also at that time as-
sume responsibility for the Dominion
notes in circulation, the total ef which
at Nov, 30, was shown to atriount to
nearly $220,000,00,
Britain Hee Plan for European Peace
London ---A general European sec-
urity pact welding all Continental
powers irno one eon -mole front
against war will be Great Britain's
New Year contribution to the cause
of peace. The proposal, to be ed -
vented soon after the Saar Plebiscite,
Sat. 18, was considered another ma-
jor development in Britain's.. role as
umpire and pacifier in the Centinent's
quarrels, :Diplomatic circle, which re-
vealed the Government's plans, ex-
pressed the belief the move stood ao
excellete thence of sueeeee. It would
be ,he iggeel sten toward gaarantee-
ed tate sleet the Great War, itte
volvipg as it probably would satisfac-
tory soltitioe of the old Franco-Ger-
man hostility ahd aettlement of the
Jugoslav-Hungarien .controversy over
terrorism.
Ilderton 13ank Held -up
It is expected that John and Gor-
doe Miller, formerly of Forest, Ont.
who bave been arreated in Winnipeg,
eharged with bank robberies in Tor-
onto, will shortly be brought to Lon-
don to stand trial on charges for at-
tacks made on Manager If. M. Port-
eous, and Teller Lloyd Denning of
the Bank of Commerce, at Ilclerton,
when all attempt was made to rob the
bank in 1933.
Montreal Alderman
Wants Work Relief
Montreal—Speaking to his own mo-
tion in the City Hall here, demanding
that works replace direct relief in
1935, Alderman Leon Trepanier, for-
mer Council leader, stated: "While
Quebec has always been respectful of
encyclicals and pastorals, the day
when the intellectual element tramps
them underfoot — nothing, nothing,
tvill stop a revolution in the bosom
of the People of this Province!"
Government May Finance
Railways Equipment Order
Ottawa—A plan by which the Can-
adian National and Canadian Pacific
Railways would be ssisted in financ-
ing an equipment order of upwards of
$30,000,000 is known to be under con-
sideration by the Dominion Govern-
ment. It would be undertaken, so far
as the Federal authorities are con-
cerned, because of the great impetus
it would give re-employment in sev-
eral eastern districts where manufact-
uring plants are located.
Plot Against Joseph Stalin's Life
Moscow—An alleged ,plot against
the life of Joseph Stalin, and the in-
tervention of "capitalistic powers" to
overthrow the Bolshevik leadership
of Russia, were alleged in a cormnon-
ique narrating the testimony of the
assassin Leonid Nicolaieff and thir-
teen of his associates.
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A HEALTH SERVICE OF
THE 'CANADIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIAT/ON AND
,:NSURANC:IAICiAD0MAPANIES
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HEALTH
You are beginning a new year and
you have likely thought out Plans
for the coming year. Did you con-
sider your health in making these
plans? Did you stop ,to think that
sickness would upset things, and that
your health must be good if you are
to carry out your plans?
We pride ourselves on our intelli-
gence, and yet when we realize that
well over one-third of all the deaths
which occur in Canada could be post-
poned, we may well wonder if we are
not rather a stupid lot in matters of
health.
You are a lucky person in many
ways. You are living at a time when
so much more is known about disease
that we longer have to sit down and
accept disease as inevitable. No in-
deed; we can do a great deal to nee -
vent the occurrence of disease and to
raise the standard of personal health.
In' is rather a terrible thought that
so many die prematurely through
their own ignorance or carelessness,
Are you one of those who, through
your own fault, will not enjoy the
years of health which would be yours
were you to make the necessary ef-
fort?
A great deal more can be done for
you, but no one can give you health
because health depends upon your
own liebits of living more than any-
thing else. You must eat the right
kind of food; no one' can do this for
you. You must sleep enough to get
the rest your body needs. Ring or
peasant, rich man or poor man, must
live a healthy life if health is to be
enjoyed.
Now, if your health is worth while
looking after — anti who will dottbt
that it is — then it seems more than
reasonable to give some attention to
it. Does it not seem a better idea to
secure the advke of your family doc-
tor on how to keep well rather that
to wait until you are ill to ask his
aid.
The periodic health examination of-
fers yot a practical means for keep -
'ng fit. At regular periods, go to your
family doteor and have him exantiee
you./ He will find, first of all, if the
various parts of your body are work -
ng properly, aed if they are not, he
will nrestribe whatever treatment is
"equited to set matters right. le .thie
not a better plan thati waiting for
the condition to become so Marked
as to make it apparent to you? Your
lector will eorisider yotir habits of
lying, and will guide you in arty
COUNSEL FOR BRAKE1VIAN
Fi"ank W. Callaghan, KC,, Toron-
to barrister, has been retained as
counsel for Brakeman Edward Lynch,
' central figure in the C.N.R. railroad
wreck at Dundee. He will be present
in Lynch's interest at the inquest and
also at the Dominion Railway Board
inquiry and C.N.R. conferences.
changes which may he necessary.
You will enjoy more years of health
if you make use of the periodic health
examination.
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NEWS
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Roof of Rink Collapsed
The oft repeated question as to
whether the Exeter rink would open
this winter was definitely settled with
the collapse of a large portion of the
large steel structure. Residents near
the rink heard a loud crash as the
roof gave way. The front wall was
left standing brit nearly one half of
the front part of the circular dome
caved in.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Received Sample of
Royal Wedding Cake
Mrs. A. Robertson received a grnall
parcel from her sister, Mrs. Emma
Clarke, London, England, on Satur-
day which contained a sample of the
Royal wedding cake, The sample,
which was about 2 inches long and
1 inch thick, was of the sante ingred-
ients as that served at the wedding
of H. R. H,, Duke of Kent and Prin-
cess Marina recently.---Palrnerston
Observer.
Fire at Lucknow
Lucknow — Considerable damage
was done by fire of -undetermined or-
igin which broke out on Thursday
afternoon in a double house owned by
Mrs. W C Johnstone, with one half
occupied by Dr. Boyce and the other
by the owner. Mr. Boyce and his son,
Douglas, who were in the house at
the time, on hearing a noise upstairs
went up to investigate and found a
fire in the region of the central part
of the house had already gained con-
siderable headway. Much of the fur-
niture in the both sides of the house
was removed undamaged but much
damage by fire, water and smoke was
done to the contents upstairs and al-
so to the walls, paper and plaster,
both upstairs and down. The build-
ing, however, was saved, and as there
is in the vicinity of $1,800 insurance
on the building, it is estimated that
the loss will be fairly well covered.
Mrs. Robert Hayes Has 99th Birthday
Mrs. Robert Hayes, Lucknow's old-
est resident, observed her 99th birth-
day at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. A. G. Elliott. Mrs. Hayes en-
joys good health and is possessed of
all her faculties to a marked degree.
Many friends called to extend greet-
ings and best wishes.
Pole Defied Climbers)
Is Lowered to Ground
Goderich—The flag pole in Court-
house Park, that has haunted the
bravest of steeplejacks who, in the
past few weeks, have attempted to
scale its 90 feet in an effort to re-
place a broken halyard, was lowered
few inieutes by red -bearded Jake
lefeDougall and his two henthinen, to
whom a contract had been leased,
Breaks Arm
We are sorry to report that one
day last week, Miss Alexander, form-
er principal of the Public School
here, slipped on the icy pavement, and
sustained a fractured wrist, Miss
Alexander made many friends, while
in Teeswater, and all will be sorry to
hear of her unfortunate accident, and
we feel sore we express the feelieg
of all of this eonartunity, when we
wish Miss Alexender e hasty recov-
ery.—Teeewatet New,
Can Yon Ileat Thi0
M. Thos. Tareblieg, Tara, has a I
Plymouth rock pellet Which laisi thre
eggs at one time. Maybe you would
understand as better if we said three
eggs in one. Mr, Tamhlieg, gather-
ing the eggs ope day came across this
large egg and thought it was a double
yolked one. He bake it mid found a
soft shelled egg in it aed on break-
ing this egg he found another soft
shelled egg ieside that one. Can you
beat that?—Tara Leader.
Sated with Heart Attack
Mn. Andrew Schmidt, prominent
Carrick farmer, and president of the
local Agriculture,' Society, took a
serious seizure, and for a time his
condition was regarded as very crit-
ical. We are glad to report that he is
now feeling considerably better, and
good hopes are now held out for his
recovery.—Mildmay Gazette.
Has Nasty Fall
Mr. John Scott, postmaster, receiv-
ed painful injuries wheu he fell on
the steps .leading to the basement, at
his residence. He received several
cuts arid bruises. Mr. Scott was tak-
en to the hospital where he received
treatment.—Listowel Standard.
Walkerton. Chief Suspended
The police committee of the Walk-
erton Town Council suspended Chief
of Police Jack Ferguson pending the
hearing of a charge of assault laid
against him by a local young man,
Morris McCarter, Chief Ferguson has
also laid charges of driving while in-
toxicated and of vagrancy against Mc-
Carter.
Three Months for Booze Infraction
Constable Morden of Teeswater
-laid a charge against Lawrence Smith,
familiarly known as "Blinkie" Smith
of Culross, and which was to the ef-
fect that Smith had at Teeswater on
Monday, Dec. 24th, illegal liquor in
his possession, Before Magistrate
Walker in the police court at Walk-
erton the accused pleaded guilty, and
was assessed $100 and costs, or three
months in the county jail for the of -
PAGL T
It
fence, Not having the cash, "Slinkie"
who is not -altogether a new face to
justice, took the term and straightway
started in to serve out his time. —
Walkerton Herald -Times.
Given 'rime to Restore Grain
Walkerton—Jack Thompson, Netts-
tadt, charged with the theft of a quan-
tity of grain froxn the barn of Louie
Waechter, Carrick Tovveship, in Oc-
tober, and who along with Edward
Thompson, of Mount Forest, similar-
ly charged, elected trial before Judge
Owens, was given suspended sentence
of one month during which time he
is given opportunity to make restitu-
tion, He will appear again on Janu-
ary 28. Edward Thompson also ap-
pears on that date for trial, his case
having been adjourned.
Celebrated 54th Wedding Anniversary
On Christmas day Mr. and Mrs.
John Symington, of Auburn, celebrat-
ed the 54th anniversary of their mar-
riage. The 25th day of December,
1880, John Symington and Mary
'Medd were united in matrimony. Wm.
Symington and- Elizabeth McGee,
both of whom have passed cm, were
the attendants. They were married by
'Rev. James Pritchard, who teas then
minister of the Presbyterian Church
at Auburn. The happy couple went
to Seaforth for their honeymoon, af-
terwards ,returning to take up their
farm in Colborne, on the place now
occupied by then- ton -in-law, John
Moulden, Twenty yeam etto they r
tired to Auburn to the house on the
main street in which they still live.
Mr. Symington was ordained to the
eldership ire tbe Presbyterian Ceurch
52 years ago and still bolds the of-
fice of senior elder,
0. A. C. Short Courses
1 Special attention is directed to ttse
Horticultural Short Courses fate /
theld at 0.A.C., Guelph, January gncl
;to Ilth. It is confidently expecte
;that everyone interested in Fruit and
Vegetable Growing and in Ornament-
al Horticulture will tale advantage:
of this opportunity. There are nn feea
or expenses other than roam ansI
board which will cost 75c per day To
addition to the regular staff or the
0.A.C. and the Vineland Experiinent-
al Station, there will be a number of
outstanding speakers. St(rnie of the
subjects to be dealt with include:
"How Plants Live," "Soils and Soil,'
"Soil Drainage," "Types of insects
and filetliods of Control," "Plant Nu-
trients, Their Use's and Effects,'
"Horne Grounds," "Plant Nuteitio
"Cold Storage of Hortieultuaad tirettig_
ducts," "The Place of the Hoefey Bert
in Horticultere," "ttrses of Cement."
In addition there will be more spec-
ialized lectures for the different
groups under various headinge of
"Fruit Growing," "Vegetable Grow-
ing" and 'Ornamental Horticulture?'
Canada Makes Pr gre s Says Beatty
C.P.R. President Reviews Past Year and Finds Evidence of
. Permanent Economic,. Improvenaent in Advances so far
made, --Predicts Canadian Wheat as Best in the
World will find Steady Market.
133 course of our recovery direction of governmental partici-
pation in business. Regrettable
as is the loss occasioned by errors
on the part of private enterprise,
this type of loss is corrected by
a reduction in the income and
capital holdings a those who
finance the enterprises, An un-
wise investment by a public body
means a permanent charge on the
tax -payers. I recommend this
thought to those who believe that
further expansion of govern-
mental activities is the best
method of protecting the ordinary
citizen from exploitation by cap-
italists. In actual fact the safest
policy for great capitalists is at
present to buy securities issued
by public bodies and to leave tb.e
chance or loss to be carried by the
mass taxpayere,
Throughout the past year the
xnatter of the country's railway
problem has received an inereas-
hag amount of public attention,
and I am convinced that proposals
for its solution along the lines of
unified management for the two
great companies have made de-
cided progress. DI all directions
are observable a greater willing-
ness on the part of the public to
enter upon an unprejudiced con-
sideratioaa of the case, and even
among those classes whose inter-
ests might at first glance seem to
be threatened by any such pro-
posals, I discover a growing de-
sire to exanaine their possibilities
and to find out if they really are
as dangerous as those who early
rushed into print to attack them
would seem to believe, This is
all to the good, It unified man, -
agement will not stand up tinder
the most searching criticism, ob-
viously, it should not go forward.
But the criticism should be rate
and honest ancl it should be based
upon a fairly sound understand-
ing of railway economics and not
upon pee-et:anal interest or preju-
dice. I say nothing less than the
truth when I affirm that most of
the criticism that has come out
So far will not stand up before
any one or even two or three of
the above tests. I shall not fur-
ther deal with the metter here,
except to say that I can see no
other way than unified railway
ina,nagernent in 'which the country
can put a stop to the continual
ctunulative evaetage of vast sums
of money and can safeguard the
future of both railways while ade-
quately preserving the property
rights of the Canadian people in
the Canadian National, and those
of the shareholders of tho Cana-
dian Pacific. In a word this is ma'
proposal for unified management
—it is a partnership between pub-
lic ownership and private owner-
ship with tho added advantage of
private operation free from poli-
tical control.
Both Canadian Railway systems
as well as the railways of almost
every models nation, have suf-
fered to some extent from the
growth of highway transporta-
tion,. The general use of priva-
tely owned Motor oars, and an
creaSing antount of pleature
travel proaPeroUs timeS, have
led to the construction a 4 great
from the economic catas-
trophe which swept over the
world in 1929 and 1930 has been
tnarkedly different from that of
any of the previous cases of busi-
ness expansion in this country.
This time we seem to be experi-
encing a process of slow rebuild-
ing, and, as far as I can see, one
of permanent re -adjustment of
our economic activities to condi-
tions which have radically and
permanently changed. What we
are today ex-
periencing is a
process of
steady, and 1
hope perma-
nent growth.
This to my
mind would be
i an entirety
1 'normal result
dian business.
of the causes
which led L.,
the great col -
CE; a WI rt n"a3nEaAnT r Yd P r :1 d*: t :::::31 8°: 1:C al; ac 181,-
n, The boom con -
Canadian Pacifilc Ry, J- 0 0 Y'r
tentporary de-
pression after the Armistice were,
as tar as Canada is concerned,
chiefly the result of forces and
conditions in other countries. Ac-
tually our productive boom re-
sulted from tangible demand for
Canadian products, and trona con-
ditions in other countries which
directed a flow of capital into
Canadian development. Equally
the economics eollapse in Canada
resulted chiefly from forces op -
()rating in other countries.
Nothing is more important in
our economic life than our great
exporting industries. In the case
of wheat 1 have never accepted
the alarmist views which have
been freely expresaed. The world
surplus stocks, produced partly
by active encouragement of pro-
duction in many importing coun-
tries, and partly by a aeries of
unusually favourable seasons in
Europe, seem to be needed to
meet the marked shrinkage in
production in 1934. Mile com-
plete recovery of world commeree
ltt wheat must depend on some
limitation of excessive eeottomie
nationalism, on greater' stability
of monetary exchange, end on
crease in the total volume of
other forms of world comaltee,
I gee AO reason. to believe that
Canadian wheat, the best in the
world, sold at fair prices, will not
find a steady market,
Other primary products, such
as minerals, lumber, and bacon
are being exported in increased
volatte and at better prices, lar-
gely owing to the Imperial trade
agreeinetts of 1932, and the tleWg-
priut industry shows clear sign, of
recovery.
It is to be regretted that the
past few years have seen further
inerease in the debt of the Domi-
Won, the PrOviaces Am many
mutionanties, lauttli of our pub-
lic debt bete been Motu -rod for
Puelioses obviontly Iegititnate as
part of the ordiaary golfernment
of the onto", but Much Inte re-
sulted fruit txpetIntoUtg he the tletVDtk ( Ill IADderti highways,
which in turn have been. used as
the right of way for a great num-
ber of freight vehicles. To a
great extent the operations of
these vehicles and their policy int
setting their charges, have not
been subjected to the same close
supervision which public authori-
ties have long given to railway
operations and tariffs, In this
ease also public opinion is press-
ing for better handling of the
situation. The railways do not.
question the advisability of build-
ing good roads, or of permitting
them to be used for commereial
transportation, but the perfection
of the present attempts to prope:e.--
control of this operation will, int
my opinion, return to the railways
at least some of the business
taken from them by highway
tra,neport and place both highway
and rail transportation on a
sounder basis.
It le also interesting to note a
growing public sentiment in the
direction of demanding some con-
tribution to the upkeep of our
great and costly inland waterway.
system from those who use them:
--especially in the case of ships-,
of foreign registry,
With every correction of these
special eases ot unfair competition,
the Company must depend chiefly'
for a restoration of its normal
business on a recovery of Cana-
dian prosperity in general. Than
outlook itt that respect is cora-
forting. The very careful studies
prepared by the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics indicate a, condition
far from as alarming as some au-
thorities would make it.
In this great and scantily popu-
lated conntry we should not, how-
ever, be talking only of recovery,
Canada should look forward tcl
expansion in every direction. Toz,
my mind the policies needed to -
insure this are very simple, r
should list them as: scrupulous'
tare to prevent the debts of public
bodies and resulting destrumtive
Memnon from any further in-
crease; concentratIon of our
efforts both. in public policy andi
private business on the increase,
both in volume and prosperity of
oar primary industries — espe-
cially agriculture; public and
private business policies looking
to increase the population of Can-
ada — espeeially in the agricul-
tural areas: and, as I have re-
peatedly said, an immediate cor-
rection a the burdensome andi
costly duplication of transporta--
tion falpcjellatlses.to inc that we onto
look back on 1934 with some con--
tentment, as a year during *Web
we found that the world was not
ending, and that by industry and"
thrift natiens arid individualsemild still prosper. What inter-
ests nio more is that I believe wo.
can look forward to 1W.35 and stic,
cestive Years with eonfidente thai
under Providence we shall see
them a period when Canada wilV
revire that faith in her tram" s
whieh too many of us seemed Os/
lose, and that we shall ttrPtirt'
COMO to realise that all tbAt
NVR,Ilted to sot this eountry on clA
forward path of progress are suelh
staple virtues as energy, hofictitn
and ordinary common sense,
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