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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1932-10-27, Page 7"Thursday, October 27, 1932 THE WINGRAM ADITANCA"-TIg"ES R F"" ANGE PEKOE BLEND TA "Fresh from the Gardens" World Wide News In Brief Form .11010046..01..1,04111.1.041.1•0.o.411111111. Woman Grappled Crazed Man Sarnnia. — Mrs.. Charles Kemsley, young Point Edward woman, was hailed as a heroine as she lay at home , recovering from injuries re- ceived when she grappled with .craz- •ed 80 -year-old Egbert :Malcolm, as he battered his granddaughter with nail -studded stick. Malcolm rush- ed away after pounding Mrs. 'Kems- ley to the ground, locked himself in his home, and committed suicide by slashing his throat with a butcher knife. guarding the windows as well a shattering the glass, convicts were no longer heard by thousands pressing in on a cordon of troops and police barring every avenue of approach to the prison. There will be no more prisoners in overflow dormitories as some of the trusty convicts have been trans- ferred to the new women's building. Government Loan to be Floated at Once Ottawa—A domestic loan of $80,- 000,000, 80;000,000, to be issued probably on Oc- tober 31, was announced in the House by Hon. E. N. Rhodes, Min- ister of Finance. It was proposed, he said, that this loan would be handled by an organization similar to that which "did such excellent work in connection with the Nation- al Service Loan." Sir Charles Gor- don, President of the Bank of Mont- real, will preside over the organiza- tion, and the Minister of Finance re- ferred to Sir Charles as "he who served so acceptably on the previ- ous occasion." Will Price •of Gas Come Down Ottawa -An important step was taken by the Government in order- ing discontinuance of the dumping duty against gasoline imported from the United States. For some time complaints have been made that the .dumping duties were holding upthe price of gasoline in many parts of Canada. The regular duty of 21 -cents a gallon remains. The dump- ing duty varied as the competitve prices of gasoline in the whilesale' centres of the United States, but one ,estimate here was that it averaged about 2 cents a gallon. 'Coal Price to be Investigated • Ottawa—The Canadian Fuel Board has been requested by Hon. W. A. Gordon, Minister of Mines, to in- quire into and prepare a memoran- .dum of the facts on coal prices in Canada. Official announcement to this effect was made by the Minister. Leader •of Labor Party Resigns London-MVlembers of the Labor party are pondering the question of who is to succeed Right Hon,,..A.r- thur Henderson as Leader of the panty. The former Foreign Secre- tary resigned because of increasing burdens upon `his time, and because. the severe strain of leadership of the party while carrying on his regular duties as Secretary -Treasurer and his extra, work as Chairman of the World Disarmament Coneference at Geneva threatens his health, Convicts at Kingston Again Mutiny More than two hundred maddened convicts, defiant in the face of ma- chine guns and rifle fire, rioted in open mutiny last Thursday in Ports- mouth Penitentiary, Kingston. Sev- en hundred mates howled their ap- proval from the iron -barred cell block confines of Canada's greatest penal institution. One prisoner fell wounded before the fitful rifle fire of troops summoned for the second time in four days from Kingston bar- racks by distressed prison officials. Prison authorities, who reported no further injuries, said the man was not seriously hurt. The climax of three days of un- rest since Monday's initial outbreak came when 110 prisoners in an "ov- erflow" dormitory overpowered their 40 guards and released another 110 convicts from two tiers of cells in the "big house." Russian Treaty Cancelled - New Agreements to be made, London—By overwhelming .major- ities the House of Commons passed a series of resolutions preparatory to ratifying the Imeprial trade .agree- ments, • At the same time the House heard Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin, Lord President of the • Council .and Conservative. Leader, declare the United Kingdom would shortly init- iate negotiations for a new trade treaty with Russia—replacing the present most -favored -nation treay, which Great Britain is terminating. Rioters •Scattered by Citizens Kirkland Lake—Rioting shattered the ,peace bf this mining centre as a demonstration of unemployed, held in defiance of police .orders, was charged by a party of 200 citizens at the request of Police Seageant Harold Hughes. More than 400 were in the unemployed parade. The demonstrators broke and fled before the combined rush of town and Provincial police, aided by the citizens, after a dramatic appeal by Sergeant Hughes of the Teck Town- ship police to "run these agitators out of town." scene, but had to go to the barn for a fork.' In the meantime, the bull was renewing his efforts to gore his victim, and Mr, Tanner, to distract his attention, threw his cap in the air. The Jersey made a race after the headgear, and in .a flash Tanner was on his feet racing to safety, He reached the fence and swung himself over just in time to escape an attack that might almost certainly have caused his death, -Mildmay Gazette. Police Order Slot Machines Removed On .Wednesday afternoon Provin- cial Constable Otto McClevis paid a visit to Kincardine for the purpose of having the slot machines which have .been taking all the spare five cent pieces with amazing regularity removed. Unless the owner collects the, machines, they will be confiscat- ed and destroyed, the constable said. Kincardine Review -Reporter. Two Days Allowed For Pheasant Shooting Two days' gunning for English ring-necked cock pheasants, for Hungarian partridge, and for quail, are to be allowed, under varying con- ditions, in certain sections of Ontar- io, by terms of an Order -in -Council which was passed by the Henry Government and was subsequently made public by Hon. George H. Challies, Minister of Game and Fish- eries. The gunning dates, applying in all cases, are Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29. Shooting will be permitted only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 5 p,m. At 9 o'clock all was quiet. Gun- fire had ended, and the shrieks of Black Hand Makes Threats Black Hand threats have been made on James F. Cosgrave, Presi- dent and General Manager of the Cosgrave Brewery Company, 291 Ni- agara St., Toronto, by a gang of ex- tortionists demanding $5,000. Such is the information from a police source. The poison-pen demand con- tained a threat that unless the mon- ey was forthcoming the entire brew- ery plant would be dynamited. The recent threats were made fol- lowing a small explosion that occurr- ed at the brewery on the night of Oct. 5. A small charge of dynamite with four feet of fuse was placed on a low window -sill facing the lane at the north end of the Niagara Street property. One of the fuses was lit and the explosion tore out part of the masonry and twisted iron bars HYDRO LAMPS "The Lona Life Lamps" W ingham Utilities Commisson Phone 156. Gm buss soy 4.4e. Crawford Block. 40. I.44 14401 NEWS of the DISTRICT PA Lt St r make another effort to interest the Bruce Beach. Cottagers in hydro, as Point Clark lias been making over- tures to: the local commission. Choked on Peanut Betty, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Christian Schnurr, of Formosa, passed away at St. Jo- seph's Hospital, Guelph, on Sunday. The child, in eating peanuts, got a kernel into her windpipe, choking her to death. The little girl had been staying with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Schmaltz of New Germany.—Mildmay Gazette. Object to Paying Exchange Rate After viewing the trendamong hydro municipalities the Public Util- ities Commission, at their regular meeting Monday, decided they would not pay the exchange rate asked by Expect Highway to the Ontario Hydro Electric Tower Commission to cover the exchange on provincial bonds sold in New York. The commission decided, to Broke Both Legs Falling some twenty feet from the roof of kris House on Victoria street, Walkerton, about three o'clock on Friday afternoon, Mr. Thos. Henry Tanner, a well-known resident of the town, received serious injuries that necessitated his immediate re- moval to the Bruce County Hospi- tal, where, upon examination, it was found: that the bones had been badly fractured in both ankles, as well as receiving painful bruises on the head. Although since improved, he is still confined to the hospital with his in- juries.—Walkerton Herald -Times. Thought Hike a Getaway When an 11 -year-old lad from To- ronto, who was recently ensconced in the Children's Shelter here, got the wanderlust, he seemed to have persuaded two other young urchins in the Sheter to :accompany hint on Friday afternoon on a long tramp that took them twelve miles distant to Allan Park, and as their disap- pearance wasn't discovered until their failure to return as usual from school after four bells on Friday, when it was learned that they had- n't been to the academy at all after dinner, a search was instituted, and the next day the trio were located at Allan Park and brought back to their erstwhile quarters in the Shel- ter.—Walkerton Herald -Times. Caught Mud Puppy While fishing at the dock on Thursday afternoon last Mr. Gideon Eby drew from the deep what to a man addicted to the "jungle juice" would have made him believe that he "had 'em" sure. That which dangled from the end of his Iine was a large specie of the salamander or lizzard, commonly known as a mud puppy, but somewhat different in color and the shape of its head to those usual- ly seen in these parts. It also has gills not unlike a feather fan in shape. This reptile has since been on exhibition in Mr. G. McLaren's window. :Port Elgin Times. The Thrifty Bee Every body has heard of the busy- ness of the bee and on Monday Clin- ton citizens had an opportunity 'of witnessing the thirftiness of the same little insect. Someone inadver- tently spilled a jar of honey on the sidewalk in front of Miss McDon- ald's millinery store and in no time the spot was swarming with bees busily licking up the sweet nectar. Some straying bee must have discov- ered the find and,in short order he broadcast the good news for it look- ed almost like a swarm of bees which were doing their best to sal- vage what they could. — Clinton News -Record. Some Tomatoes The season just past was a great garden season. Rev. K. McGoun showed The News -Record some very fine, large tomatoes the other day which he had just taken in from his garden. One of the number tipped the scales at twenty-seven ounces.— Clinton News -Record. be Paved It is expected that the stretch of road between Walkerton and Han- over, which is an especially busy thoroughfare, will be paved by the D S1 "CROWN 'BRAND" CORN SYRUP A Treat owtIie whole Fanti/r - o ExceIIeflf Food.. comrAs7 'ARCF no. -or NG CHILDREN Limited Montr¢pt Highway Department within the next year or so. -Walkerton `Herald - Times, Show Results of Fire Drill Five of a committee of Village Firemen visited the Public and Con- tinuation School on Monday, 'and without the knowledge of the school staff, turned in the fixe alarm, In 34 seconds the building was deserted by the scholars, who fled the premises in an orderly manner, and assembled, on the campus. The 300 scholars re- assembled and marched back to their classes. Hardly had they been com- fortably seated when a second alarm was given and the exit was made in. 30 seconds.—Teeswater News. Received Brzttai Beating Magistrate Reid was at Seaforth. on Tuesday where he heardan as- sault charge preferred by Malcolm Beaton, 65 -year-old. Seaforth butcher, again Joe Ryan, 24-year-odl McKil- lop farmer, Mr. Beaton said that when he went to Ryan's place to col- lect a debt he was attacked and hit over the head with a. chain, knocked down and kicked in the mouth, his false teeth being broken and his lip and mouth lacerated, allegedly by Joe Ryan in the presence of his two brothers, .Who apparently did not in- terfere. Dr. Ross gave evidence of the injuries Beaton sustained. Ac-, cused elected trial by judge and jury and was sent up by the magistrate, -Goderich Star. "Do you think your father would object to my calling you Mabel?" "He might think it a trifle odd. You see, my name is Maud!" * * * * "Jebbs is not the sort of man who waits for Opportunity to knock at his door." V 'No, he is the sort who ;expects Opportunity to write a note begging' for an appointment!" * * * * A Hollywood movie -star says she is sure that her seventh marriage will, prove a happy one. In cinema circles of course, the first six husbands art always the worst. Farmer Attacked by Bull Harry Tanner of the South Line, Brant, had an experience on Sunday morning that he does not care to have repeated. In crossing his field adjoining his barn, his Jersey bull, which has recently been developing a temper, made a running attack at him. Mr. Tanner, who was armed with an iron bar, sidestepped the bull's rush, and dealt him a powerful blow across the head. When Mr.. Tanner saw what little effect his de- fence made on his assailant, he de- cided to run to the nearest place of safety, which happened to be a barn belonging to his neighbor, Mr, Kir- stine, about twenty rods distant. Away he went across the field, an occasional prod in the rear by the infuriated bovine giving impetus to. his speed About fifty feet from the barn Mr, Tanner fell, and the bull tried to pummel him on the ground. Tanner lay on hisback and put his feet up into the animal's face at each attack to prevent the bull inflicting body injuries. Hearing Mr, Tanner's shouts, Mr, Kirstine hurried to the ti For National Advantage -For Individual Benefit OF On Monday, October 31, Canadians will have an opportunity to invest in a new issue of $80,000,000 Dominion of Canada Bonds. By buying these Bonds you will accomplish two things: 1. You will obtain the soundest investment available to Canadians, secured by the resources and integrity of the Dominion. 2. 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