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INFORM, Friday, March 25th.
illeilburn Retains' East Larnbton
inthe by-election in East "Lanlbton'
.da , made necessary by the
. of the sitting member, Mr. C.
`airba, Reeve of Petroha, the
berai.cdidate was elected by a
ijority close to 2,500.
The campaign was bitterly fought,
many of the Government leaders, in -
eluding Premier Hepburn, as well as
many of the Conservative leaders,
'laving been in and out of '. the riding
for some' weeks.
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Ontario. Has Another Surplus
Premier Hepburn's budget speech
which he delivered in the Legislature
on Friday last, reveals a surplus of
time milliondollars on the last
'year's business.
True, it is some six millions of doI-
lars lessthan the surplus of a year
,ago, but this is not an election year,
and three million dollars is a very
sizeable sum; and the citizens of On-
'tario are pretty hard to please if
they are not satisfied with such a
,surplus.
In fact the decreased surplus is
readily accounted for. Last year's
revenues suffered substantially by
the removal of the amusement tax;
also in the reduction of motor lic-
ense fees and interest on agricultur-
al loans, as well as by the reduction
in the corporation tax.
There was, too, the cost assumed
by.the Government of the share of
the municipalities' highwaycost, as
well as that of old age pensions,
mothers' allowance, and the one mill
subsidy given to the municipalities.
The chief source of the Govern-
ment's revenue came from the col-
lection of succession duties, which
amounted to $19,400,000. The gas
tax came second, producing $17,600,-
400,
17,600;400, and, the liquor sales were not
too bad a third with profits of $10,-
500;000. -
During the past three years the
Province has 'collected frorn succes-
sion duties a total of $47,400,000, but
it is entirely unlikely that the suc-
ceeding -years will furnish any such
amount of revenue, as nearly half of
that amount Was collected from the
re -investigation of large estates that
had - previously been closed without
the proper amount of duty paid.
It is only reasonable to suppose,
therefore, that after these over -due
duties have been collected, that there
will be a very marked decrease in
revenue from that source. ,But
there should be an increase in the
gax taxes, and the profits out of the
vernment's liquor business are not
likely to show any shrinkage.
Mr. Hepburn has the hope, too, of
aking a substantial profit out of
the export sale of Hydro power of
whichhe has now, through the new
contracts.. signed, a superabundance.
ut, permission to export is not yet,
any means, an accomplished fact.
re' question still rests on the lap of
gelds, and predictions are by no
na lacking that when it.emerges,
�,.Will t be at 'all to Mr. Hepburn's
*tangg
that Case, of course, the Premier
as he did before and cancel
intr . • - It ' is true that it
three very short
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never been ov-
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Western News #nproaees
For several years newsfrom the
Western. Provinces, aside altogether
from Social Credit, " has. been ,any-
thing but encouraging to peruse. It
just seemed tcontain .one., drouth
after another;sees, of drifting spit,
burned -out areas, and grasshoppers.
Now for" the first time, in some
years, news drifting down from the
West, as well as despatches in. the
newspapers seem to carry with them
not only renewedhope, but real pros-
pects for improved times for the
distressed areas in those provinces.
We Learn that there has been a
heavy coat of ' snow, followed by
heavy and,sustained rains over much
of the dried out areas. That dust
bowls have become mud lakes, and
that the Department of Agriculture
has : reported .little likelihood of a
grasshopper plague during the com-
ing summer.
It is the 'best news that Ontario
' could have, or that Ontario wants to
have. We hope the early good signs
will continue and improve with the
months. We hope the West will
come into hes' own again.
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Absent -Mindedness Creates
An Industrp
As a general thing where , absent-
- mindedness is mentioned -one's mind
reverts to College Professors, old men and all women, but in old Lon-
don absent-mindedness is responsible
for a very thriving industry. •
And that is the Lost Property Of-
fice of .the London_Passenger Trans-
port Board situated in Baker Street
in that city. This office consists of
an immense three storey warehouse.
From this office each night a fleet of
lorries goes out to collect lost proper-
ty that has been found at under-
ground, bus and tram depots all over
London.
From midnight on these lorries
keep returning t o headquarters,
loaded, to capacity with everything
from soft hats to steel helmets, from
cough drops to mixed pickles; from
fur coats to football boots; from an-
tique horse pistols to silk stockings.
Some idea of the immensity of this
-industry can be gathered from the
figures of the last financial state -
Ment which records that within the
past twelve months the Lost Proper-
ty Office registered 112,972 umbrel-
las;
49,999 pairs of gloves and 19,798
single gloves; 33,611 pieces of cloth-
ing; 25,949 attache cases; 24,660
books; 24,158 pieces of undefined
property in parcels ; 5,805 pairs of
spectacles; 5,278 keys; 4,005 pipes,
and 2,037 different pieces of food-
stuffs including poultry and a°ln ost
every other edible. In all, there
348,477 articles.
Immense, isn't it? But when o?e.,
studies the traffic passenger figui
as given, one begins to understand
it a little: The London transport
serves an area of nearly 2,000 square
miles with a population of 9,500,000.
More than two thousand million pas-
senger journeys are taken in its
omnibusses every year; over a thou-
sand million on its trams and trolley
buses, and Many hundreds of mil-
lions on its railways.
It is hardly to be wondered at that
out of these billions of travellers
there wwere some thousands of .. ab-
sent-minded persons. And in theory
it means that every minute and a
half of every day in the year, some
absent-min'd'ed bodyleaves some-
thing behind I tube, bus, or train,
and every five inutes this some-
thing is an umbr lla.
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Rli`i OTHER PAPERS SAY:
How Trade is Lost
(St. Catharines Standard)
If ..:' .space were availals�e, Canada could
ship 20, more cattle to England this year, and
at 'that ,' a Will be 40,000 head, disposed of.
But to get the boats there must be hold and pack-
age freight coneignimtents • to make it pay „the
eteaeareld 1< compa nee. ' It shows just how many '
intricacies there are in ,overseas trade regaire-
menta.
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Any. Colonies 'For. Sale?
(London batty Enprese).
Tarn, y'dur eyes away now from this foreign
scene and iebk wpom your owTh estat0. " If Hitler
a11id msic for h1a colonies back, what ,gnawer
'would YOU Make? if any, mandated ter,
tri'tory would yen:be e willing to 'transfer' If Hitler
shouird. taker alt offer onto, pcu1 ? Would you. be
Th; ere'a licit n . lbot,%dolonges fmr +e'1reiy
lito o y y y { J�Yr e e
Y''irs.
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Interesting ., j!,ai t..erleked From
The Huron Expositor of Fifty and;
Tweaty.flve Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
March 28, 1913
The Grey council are asking for
tenders for the erection of the cement
abutments for' ' Clarke's bridge on
Side Road 3, Concession 17.
The old woIen bridge at Bayfield
was reeentl ' sold by auction having
become unsafe even for foot pasen•
&ere, the buyers being George West-
on, Charles Faulkner and M. Ross.
Considerable damage was done by
the wirier storm, on Friday last. Geo.
Terser and Whit. each, of Tucker-
smith,- agd,,mane Others had! pant of
their barn roofs taken off. The roof
of Turner's Church was partly blown
off.
The appoi'utment of Mr. J. A. Jack-
son to a judgeship in Lethbridge,
Alta., was made last week.
Mr. W. R. ,Veale, publisher of the
Seaforth News; ""who .has purchased
the Oxford Tribune, Ingersoll, intends
moving there s1gnartly.
Good Friday, 1913, will linger long
in the memories of a great many peo-
ple. It will be - remembered as the
day of the 'big blow.' About noon
the wind reached its full velocity.
The first burldiiig attacked was the
Royal Hotel, when the wind caught
the cornice on the southeast corner
and ripped it Off "with a portion of
the roof. The east gable of First
Presbyterian Church was, blown out,
but it eras at` the Furniture Factory
that the greatest ila.•mege was done.
Here the walls% of the upper storey
on the west and south sides were
swept clean one -and the roof blown
over on to the north part of the build-
ing. At the Bell Engine Works the
upper wall was blown out of the
southerly building. The flax mill is a
wreck; with the smokestack blown
down, the root blown off and a con-
siderable
onsiderable portion of the walls have
been destroyed. The new barn, of Mr.
McFarlane on the Gravel Road 'was
entirely demmolis!hed and will, have to
be rebuilt,
There were over 300 copies of the
War Cry sold in Seaforth last week.
There were 350 tickets sold at Sea -
forth for the Easter excursions.
Mr- Alex Lowery has removed from
Main Street and now occupies his
own residence south of the railway.
The Fire Brigade Benefit will pre-
sent "Alice in Wonderland" in Card -
no's Hall in the near future, when
one hundred and fifty of Seaforth's
acting and singing talent well take
part.
During the storm on Friday a chim-
ney on the Beattie Block was blown
over onto the roof and when Mr.
Beattie examined the break did not
notice a hole in the roof and when
the rains came down on the' follow-
ing Sunday, it proved ratter serious
to the livieg rooms, as the gain ran
into the office of Mr. John Rankin
below.
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From The Huron Expositor
March 30, 1888
The Beaver Lacrosse Club held
their annual meeting on Wednesday
last, The officers for the current
year *ere elected. and other arrange-
ments made for a vigorous season's
play. The following eee the officers:
Hoe. press, W. O. eid; hon. vice-
pres., Alexander Davidson; pres., T.
F. Coleman; vice-pres., E. C. Cole-
man; 2nd vice -prey-, Geo. A. Sills;
captain, Oscar Neil; secretary -treas-
urer, A. J. Willson; committee: Chas.
Mackay„ W. W. Meredith, Ralph
Cresswell and P. Freeman.
Saturday morning last was the
coldest of the season, the thermom-
eter being 25 degrees below at seven
o'clock in the morning.
. 3'.bea: North American Banking Go.
ep ett a for business on Thursday.
f;! • ieke is to be seen at the .resi-
dence of William Cresswell, Tucker -
smith, a very 'rare specimen of flying
squirrel, or rather fox squirrel. .Mr.
Cresswell brought a number of skins
with drim from Missouri and several
of them were sent to Mr. John Walk-
er, the well known taxidermist, at
Roxboro.
On Sunday about 1 pm., David
Heist, of Baussels, discovered his
house on fire and gave the alarm. The
firemen were soon on the scene but
they dad not save much'.
Mr. George Marshall and Mr. John
Troyer, eon of Mr. Charles Troyer,
postmaster of Hillsgieen, left here
on Monday for Grandis; Dakota.
On Wednesday a little girl of Mar-
shall Braithwaite's was severely •scald
ed when she upset a dipper of water
over herself_ •
Mr. Alex McKinnon, of Tucker -
smith, and Mr. A.. Kennedy, of Wing -
ham, left Hensall on 'Monday for the,
West, the former to Cassleton, N.D.,
and the latter to New Rockford.
Mr. John Yeo, of Turnberry, has
captureid seventeen foxes this winter
out of 17 runs: '
- Mr. Gregor McGoetan, of East Waw-
anosh, sold a yoke. -of oxen to Mr.
Watson,' which tipped the scales at
4,000 Rounds.
. Mr. Plegb Rosa, who left the Town-
ship
ownship of McKillop two menthe ago for
Denver, Caloraclio; has written to Mr.
Jona C. Morriston% He saps: "Pro-
perty le advatitattg rapidly in value
and buildings are going up in all di-
meetions. One day while Mrs. Ross
was '.done s!he decided to do Some
bttsinestw on hemi" Own and, pureliased
same city ! let0 and was offered for
thein afterwairds a Vroflt over what
She gave, _for them!,. amotuitin!g to
'More ishan Mr. Roes would snake in
four years on the'' farm iia McKillop."
Judge: "Before being Changed:,have
you a.lnet request to maker"'
Barber.: ''^Yes your honor; I'd like
shale the precluttng counsel just
"John-'eaidint eller' timehe kiss•
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Phil Osifer of Lazy
eadows o
illy Harry J. Boyle) ..0
"THE CONVENTION"
It seems to me that political activi-
ties ire not confined alone to,.those
gentlemnen who make our laws for us.
Down here at Lazy Meadows we have
a group who are very active ,politi-
eams:• For the ltd week on so there
has been dissen qn in, the barnyard.
It alI came about when the old red
rooster, who was ate acknowledged
dictator of the yards, was shipped off
to the Iocal produce emporium. After
that for a short while, the affairs ran
along in a plainly Utopian way, as
none took over 'the reins of leadeen
ship.
Them on a trip to town our local
poultry man persuaded me to make
the purchase of a new gentleman ,hen
who had a string of letters . after his
name like that professor who spent
the summer over at aliggerta place
last year. This bold additioi:e' to the
flock was a large' white rooster with
a lordly strut that at once callea.
doom oh himself the name .of "The
Duke."
Coming into a new territory he had
'a great many new ideas which he pre-
ceeded to put into effect. At lease he
tried, but his reformations brought . a
good deal of dissension on the part
of his subjects. In the fust place they
were not satisfied•. with the idea that
a total stranger should tee able to
step dn,e and without anyj, ecommen-
dation on the part of t ;l .i $'tanding
committee assume the r Y: of of-
fice.
Along about feeding time , I heard
Torn, the gobbler,' and Solomon, our
polygamous gander; engaged in:earn-
est coireersation. From the general
trend of their sisses and gobbles I
learned 'that a general convention was
to be held on the following morning,
to decided the question "as to whether
the Duke was to be allowed to con-
tinue his self -assumed role.
Being forewarned I was not sur-
prised to bear a clarion call of as-
sembly text morning. When• -I look-
ed oU•tr it was to find the little black
rooster, whom we call Ethiopia, and
who is the official crier, perched atop
the driving shed- I dressed hur!�ied-
ly,.. but by the e I got down the
session was in ul1 swing. The Duke
was fuming under the impudence of
his authority beings "questioned,• and
as .T peered over, the gangway I' saw
hrm str fitting lip and down and bare-
ly managing to keep from: an out-
burst. Ethiopia was baatdiing the
gavel from the superior position of
the big stone beside the water trough,
while Tom who as the oldest member
was •ntakieg a speech.
The Duke stood It for a leng time,
and then he sailed in and started
raising* a ruction. The little l3anty
had not been paying much attention
but when he saw a fight in .prospect.
he jumped in and promptly declared
himself a candidate. The white mem-
ber 'resented this, and in se Many
words the began calling the 'banty a
runt, and various other unoompjim'en-
tary words. 't
Now it takes very little to snake
this Banty fight. He seems to have
been born with a complex that -de-
mands a certain amount of fight with
his daily diet. Gone were all the con-
vention rulimgs,-arnd it resorted down
to the old law of nature, "May the
beat rooster win." Fight?' They
clawed and scratched and pecked, and
that bantam geht flew in and out like
a flash of greased lighteing.
The result of the contest was that
the Duke was beaten. He tottered
away behind the colony house and the
little Banty looked to see if there
were any more contenders. None
were forthcoming, and so believing
himself to have been acknowledged
by acclamation as the leader for the
coming season, he flapped his wings
a few times and kinked his neck into
a bow as the revelled in a few good
lusty crows of •victory.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO :
A teacher was testing the general
intelligence of a newcomer toy her
class.
"Tell me," she said, "wJhat• are the
functions of the skin?"
"Please, miss," replied) the .young-
ster, "to, prevent us looking raw."
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Office Boy: "There's a lady out-
side to see you, sir."
Boss: "Teel"her I'm engaged."
Office Boy:, "That's what she's
come •to see you about. She claims
you were to have married her to -day."
.
Shapely Stenographer (to her boy
friend) : "A woman's plh' lsd rat charms
are her chief weapons" in the battle
of love."
Boy Friend: "Rest assured, dear-
est, that you'll never be arrested for
carrying concealed weapons." .
"You say you served in France?"
said the restaurant manager as he
sampled the new cook's first soup.
"Yes, sir. Cook for two years and
wounded twice."
"You're a lucky man. It's a won-
der they didn't kill you."
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Cleveland: "How's your wife,
Franklin?"
old boy -
Franklin: "Not so well,
She's just had quinsy:"
Cleveland: "Gosh! How many is
that you've got now?"
.
"Sir, I have neither pencil nor par
per."
"What would you think of a soldier
who went ,to battle •without ,rifle or
ammunition?"
"I would think he was an officer,
sir."
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WHAT PRICE RADIO ? ;•
(By H. H. Stallsworthy in Canadian Business)
For two months .new the press has
been pommeling the Canadian Broad-
casting Corporation. Owners of radio
sets have been protestirke against
public radio . policy. lsolad mem-
bers of the Opposition have clashed
with the Minister of Transport on the
subject in Parliament. The result
result has been more attention to
radio by the public and the appoint?,
meet of a Parliamentary Committee
to review the whole subject.
The squabble goes on. What in-
spired it? First, the Government an-
noun•ced that beginning April ist, the
annual radio license fee is to be in-
creased from $2.00 per household to
$2.50 per receiving �set. Secondly,
CBC increased its numper of commer-
cial contracts with ! the National
Broadcasting Corporation of . New
York and the latter, to capitalize on
its outlets in Canada, issued a shiny
new folder announcing "New NBC
Canadian supplementary facilities in
Montreal and Toronto." These facili-
ties give coverage in the richest mar-
keting, areas of Canada by govern
mentally provided stations arid the
publicly -leased trans -Canada network
gives the rest.
Urban listeners,'pathicularly, resent
the increa.sed radio tax and this re-
sintmeat has been ' whipped up by
the press which promptly 'thumped
the CBC on both counts'. The press
opined (1) that CBC accomplishments
did not warrant an increased license
fee; (2) that a system wherein CBC
was both competitor and• regulator of
private stations was unsound; and.
(3) that CBC's high-poweeed stations
were built with federal loans to fac-
ilitate the better establishment of die
tinotive Canadian broadcasts and di-
minish advertising on the air. By •ty-
Ine in as NBC outlets, however, puij-
lic stations are virtually being turned.
over to United States interests, whose
advertisers, in Increasing numbers,
are given low rates as an inducement
to .advertise in- Canada on. facilities
provided by public fundis;; thus operat-
ing in unfair competition with priv-
ately -owned stations (many of. Which
were owned 'by the press).
To examine the respective merits
of the case, however, it is necessary
first of- all to review briefly the his-
tory of radio ,broadcasting; in this
country. It began in 1919 end for
some years didn't amount to muoh.
what's more, it came to be pretty
broadly admitted by smart admen
that radio broadcasting yin the United
States would always find; a higher per-
eentage of acceptability among Cana -
Wit listeners because- in the limited
States there was more money for. ad-
vertie's* and a •'Tidies variety of first-
class talent, Canadian idstenjer�,,• stili
want the. beat American com'Mleroial
progras and, the best auatain ng. pro.
gibs , tansy of *hien� obtahtabl'e
**here There Oleo fife �i*t!urld "
4*bl:lfe4, re ;tiC'&t,, fir
the early days, room for profitable
Canadian broadcasting in the areas o
concentrated 'populetiee, the density
of which fixes commercial charges
Consequently, a number of privately
owned and dperated stations pioneer
'epi their way, chiefly in. Montreal and
Toronto, coupled with the growth o
rrpali-Lowered stations in a few other
,,'''leading cities.. By 1928 far less than
half the population was located so
they could hear Canadian radia broad
casts. The existing stations were no
nationally correlated in any way ex
cept that the federal Department o
Marine allotted by license the "ehan
nels" orpositions on the radio dial
and the power used, and had the
right of censorship and generally reg
elated the broadcasting business.
Aird Report
Deciding John Citizen deserved
something bett the Government ap
pointed a Royal Commission under
the chairmanship of Sir John Aird to
investigate and report on an adequate
radio set-up for the Dominion. In
1929, the Commission. reported, among
other things, that:
1. Canadian advertising revenue
was unable to finance national cover
age or program service.
2. On a purely commercial basis
Canadian broadcasting would tend to
become subsidiary to the commerhial
system in the United States, which In
turn would tend' to meuld the iMiiaids
of young people to ideals and ideas
that are un -Canadian.
3. A license fee of $3.00 and ayear-
ly federal grant of $1,000;000 should
be substituted for advertising as a
primary basis of finance, plus suit-
able comm,encial programs to the ex-
tent of $700,000 a year, probably to
be increased later. -
4. A publicly - owned company
should be set up to establish and op-
erate all ,radio broadcasting with a
coast to coadt chain of seven 50,000
watt and .smaller subsidiary stations
where national coverage derided
it.
5. There was' an urgent need to
en.00urage both artiste end programs
of Canadian origin, in addition to the
reception from the United States.
Three years later a• start was made
toward' the goal set in, the Aird re-
port, by the form'ati'on of the Cana-
dian Radio C'ammd'ssioot, Throughout
its life, it was .never popular', chiefly
because little was done to improve
radio for the big city listeners, who
were naturally 'the most aoeai, • Pee
haps its -funds were inadequate, its
operating. perstlmiel, could dtot have
bees improved for if liens atot doing its
jab where it Was moat needed. Nev-
ertheless, It did iioq!prove radio to
some extent, by speeding revenue de-
rived from licenses on Oarnaalhu. sus-
taining p%agkaims, . by a,ltriuciiring, fate*
Stations, and by decree Interfer•
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Onzothrite4Ry:' I a! ix
Seen in
CountgP'apers
Awarded Contract
Mr. Jioe Kerr. (receivedthe . contract•
far the ,crus!hing and hauling of giti'iVel
for the Township of Ashfield-^Wing-
h'amq! Adva'ace-Times.
Received Toxoid Treatment
That tete public appreciated the es-
tablishing of a free clinic here, for " •
toxoids treatment for the prevention.
of• diphtheria, was evidenced •by %the •
fact that on Friday 300 children were -
in attendance at the . elinic and ree
ceived their •first injection of the tox-nee.:
oid. Two hundreds. of those treated
were from town and 100 were from
the adjacent townships•. The mem-
bers. of the local medical profession -
cp-operated with the Board of Health
'and the clinic was so well organized
that all, of the • 300 were efficiently
handled from 1.30 to 4 pan., an aver-
age of two! :per minute.•--Wingham. Ad e
vane -Times.
Appointed Governor of. Jail
•+ b E.Fer-
bale ahs e
gCounty Fer-
guson, of Walkerton, ta.ceived notice
of bis' appointment as governor , of
the Bruce County jail, Walkerton, to
succeed the late Victor M. Bell, wag -
died two weeks ago. Mrs. Ferguson:
will be the new matron cf the jail_
Both are now in Toronto, taking a
oourse of instruction at the Don jail
Constable !Ferguson; 40, was born
near Wingham,. He is a son of the •
late Robert Ferguson:, for twenty-S•,e
years Chief of Police of Walkerton,.
and a brother of Chief John Ferguson.
of. Gederielr. The new governor is a
returned •soldier, who was wqunded in.
action and taken prisoner.—Wingharm
Advance -Times. •
Former Resident Dies in West
Robert Wightman received word of'
the death of his cousin, Edwin S.
Wightman, of Broderick, Sask., after
a stroke. He was a• resident of Mor-
ris Township near Belgrave for sev-
eral years, later moving . west where -
he farmed and operated a threshing.
outfit. He is survived by ,his wife
Who •was formerly Sarah Miller, East-
Wawanosh; one son, Howard, and a
daughter, Bertha) Mrs. George Fin -
later. One sister, Miss May Wight -
man, resides in Seaforth. — Brussels
Post.
Take 1,000 Jacks
The Exeter Gun Club held its last
rabbit drive for the season recently,
when fourteen ' hunters motored to
the Lucknow area and, bagged tis:
jacks. Altogether this season the •
Exeter hunters have accounted for
more than 1,000 rabbits. — Zurich'.
Herald.
A Cont Bath
Mild -weather of the last week -end
resulted in the- first ducking of the:
year at the harbor. Glendon Ham -
ley, of Wiarton, third engineer of the
steamer Georgian, .was the ,victim.
He was following the usual paths
across the ice to the Georgian on Sat-
urday when be stepped on a soft spot..
With arms laden with meat, milk and
groceries, Hamley went down to his
chest, but he dropped everything and.
threw his arms out to prevent him-
self from slipping right through the -
hole. He had no difficulty in scraihb-
1'.ng to safety and completed his jour-
ney in a mad dash to rid himself of
his soaked clothing on the ship,—
aoderich Signal -Star.
To Train As Nurses,
On Wednesday evening four "pro-
bationers" were received at Alexan-
dra Marine and General Hospital_
They are Miss Verna Steward, of
Lucknow;• Miss Evelyn Milian, R.R_
5, Goderich; Mise Eileen Feagarl-, R_
IT. :2, Goderich, and Mins Charlottes
Crawford, R.R. 3, Goderich.—Goderica
Signal -Star.
Excavating Resumed
The work of excavation under thea
West Street rink, to provide room for
dressing rooms for hockey players,
commenced once more after a layoff
of a few days. It is the intention to:
provide two spacious, well-appointed:
rooms heated by furnace and with. di-
rect access to the ice surface. It is
reported the rooms will be in readi-
ness for the 1938-9 season:—Godericle
Signal -Star.
Silver Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. George Ferguson, of
32 Stanley Street, London, on Fri
day evening of last week celelrated:
their silver wedding anetreers i'y be -
entertaining a number of ;friends -
Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson were Haar'.
ried In Exeter twenty-five years hgo'
by Rev. Mr. McAllister. For eighteens
years they resided in Usborne, mov •
ing to London seven years' ago.—Exe-
ter Times -Advocate.
4 Condemns Gould's School
Built in 1899, the school house of
S. S. No. 6, Fullerton, known 'es
Gould's School, bee been inspected by
Mr. George White, Provincial Archi-
tect, and his report received by the
Sohool Board, will be the subject of,.
a meeting to be held ow Wednesday
of next week. It appears that -the
walls of the school have buckled,
through the heaeing of the foundation
Walls and the sohoel sinal +been
ported by the provincial arohite as
unsafe for oecupencyt The arch c't
recommends that a new School ' be
--built1Wttc1i to replaceiAdvocatthee, present structure.
Escape 'Flood
Word has 'been! reeeived .from Mr. '
and Mrs. F. L. Grieve anct family, .
who areaspendimag the winner in Call -
e, stating that they did not -
ffer any damage from the recent
floods that Swept that State. The'
Grieve family' ,are hsfldia ing at San-
te Menke and while the water ran
about three..feet deep down some of •
the streets, the home in whic't they -
Were staying was tris, high gt ott'nd,
liitcetet TiniedLAdrocate.:
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