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The Seaforth News, 1934-09-13, Page 3THURSDAY, SEPT,' 13, 1934. THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE HURON NEWS Sowed Western Hard Wheat— 'Last spring los. Berman sowed a tbandiful of Western hard spring wheat seed on his farm, just as an experiment to ascertain if it would mature here, The seed was taken throm an exhibit of prime Wheat at (Regina San, and it ripened perfect- ly. Mr. 'Herman threshed sufficient of this wheat to seed' a nice area next . •spring.—Mildmay Gazette. • Mirage Appears at !Goderich— 'Those who failed to see the sunset •dine evening .at IGoderich missed a sight wi'hch tntay n'eve'r be equalled. The western Sky, the lake and the river, were turned into molten. gold shaded with burnt orange and in ,the. midst of the vast 'panorama a mirage appeared. !Boats floated on the bosom df spare, 'trees of a deeper shade and 'fields and barns and fairy buildings thong in .a sky ,whose richness of col- oring surpassed anything seen •in ;many years. It was not possible to identify -buildings or even to hazard 'guess as to the country pictured in ,the sky. It may have been from •dir- iectily across• the lake or, as is the way With the mirage, it might have been dram some ,far remote section of the .continent. Many years ago a mirage was visible at 'Goderich 'which show- ed a recognizable part of the Michi- e igen shore. Zurich Loses Valued Citizen— the passing •of Dr. I. Rout- ledge, V.S., at his home inZurich, 'that community loses a highly es- teemed and ,valued citizen. 'He was lkn•own ,far and near as an outstand- ing veterinarian, his chosen profes- sion, always with feeling for the suf- tlering of distressed animals under his ,care, and thereby was the means of saving many a life of the live stock at farmer. Inc'and wide. For 2L, years e.eat tDashnwood and the past 116 years t Zurich he gave his services liberally. to carry the By-law had to be three- fifths and therefore the By-laws were defeated inn both votes taken; tAnd whereas the ICocssniesi.oner of the Li- quor Control Board of the said Prov- ince of Ontario has requested that all municipalities 'w'h'ich d,icl net carry the Local Option 03y -law to pass re- solutions allowing the issiraiece of li- censes to sell beer 'and wine in such municipalities in standard hotels. It is therefore moved by Edward Lam- port and seconded by Roy ARatz, That the Council of ,the Town's'hip of Ste- phen take no action in the matter.— Carried. Removed a Hardhead IA big stone 94.4 feet, which had 'been a menace to navigation in the har'bo'r dor some trine, was removed on Tuesday. On :several occasions boats had struck it, but. it was diffi- cult to find its exact location, lO,n Sat- urday last it was found, and on Tuesday the d'red'ge got a good clamp on it and pulled, it up. It proved to be an •old Ihardhead, not a piece b'lawn up in dredging apera- tions,—IGoderie'h 'Signal Exeter to Organize Band— lA well •represented a'ndenthusias- tic meeting was held in, the Town il-la:ll at Exeter last week to reorgan- ize the band. It is ,fifteen years since ilixeter has hada band and the old instruments were scattered. A com- mittee was a'ppoiated to gather up the instruments and ascertain their condition. (Fifty-four have already signilfied their desire to join, the new organization Which it is hoped will be in shape for neat year's old toys' reunion. The committee appointed were as follows, E. II -farness, E, Day - is, Theo. Waiver, IEd. Westcott, Clank Fisher, )os. Senior and W. D. Sanders. 'Stephen Council— ,A special Meeting o1 the Council of the Township of Stephen was held in the Clerk's office, Crediton, nit (Saturday, the 25th of August et 8 p. n1. t.11 tnenmbers were present The Reeve explained that he had been asked to call the special meeting to discuss the passing of a resolution ,allowing the issue of licenses to sell beer and wine in the standard hotels of she Township of ,Stepthen. Alter some discussion the natter was dis- posed of as follows: 'Whereas the ,Act allowing the sale of beer and ,..cine in standard hotels in the Prov- ince of Ontario passed by the Legis- lature early in the year 193,4 was pro- ,mulgated by the present legislature in July, 1934; and whereas the elect- ors of the Township of S'telihen did not carry the Local Option By-law voted on 'January 3rd, 1310, the vote rbeing '500 .for the By-law and 442 against the Bylaw and a second vote on the ;Local Option (Bylaw was taken in the said Township on Janu- ary 6th, 1113, the vote being 470 for the By-law and 337 against the (By- bee. And whereas the .vote required The church, decorated with palms, ferns and a profusion, of autumn .•flowers. was fulled almost to capacity with friends of.. the:graduates and in- terested public. The grad'ua'tes, 'the Misses Pearl Williams and 'Eliza- beth Weymouth, both of Blyth, ent- ered the church in the regulation ani - form and carrying arm bouquets of Talisman roses. They were aecom partied by Superintendent Miss 3. Grainger and full complement of nurses in training. Rev. C. W. De- Witt Cosens, pastor of the church, was chairman.and in his opening re- marks referred to the beneficent work being- carried on in the institution. The graduates were called to , the channel and took the Nightingale pledge administered by Dr. J. W. Shaw, dean of the medical profession in Clinton. The doctor also gave the young ladies valuable advice as to the duties and responsibilities of those entering the profession and in clos- ing coangratulated then on .having successfully finished their course of trainin'g..Nev. G. W. Sherman gave the ministerial address which was .followed by presentation of gradua- tion diplomas by Miss• Grainger, sup- erintendent, go!d pins by Mrs, R. H. ,J•dhs on, president cef the hospital board, gifts by Mrs, IJ, L Heard, t•icepresi:dent, and an abundance of flo verd from doctors, associate nurses, board and friends by two lit- tle flower girls. R, E. Manning, treas- urer of the 'board, addressed the audi- ence, giving an historical sketch of the insttitiotl, its inception and dev- elopment, referring particularly to the late doctors, .Wm, tGunn, the founder, and J. C. Gandier, who lab- ored untiringly in bringing it up to its present status as one of the best equipped institutions of its kind in Ontario. The addresses and presenta- tions were interspersed with musical Goderich Items— QIarold• Blackstone has been made returning officer to handle the next Dominion election in North 'Huron— F, le. (Darrow, who has had charge of the work of the Ontario alarm Loan Board in i-Iuron County has been rc- 1ievecd of his duties which are now taken care of by Dangles :\air:n.-- Contractor Looby of Dublin who is building a nett t1 -e11 at the power- ltcisc, has missed numerone smell tools and other portable things front the scene of construction, Among the missing articles of value were a cress cut saw and a pair of "pinchers".— Wheat which fell into • the e harbor when the elevator was burned some years ago, and has been slowly rot- ting away, got into the water pipe when the south-west wind stirred up the lake one night, Thu water reach - in, bonne; near the waterfront was very smelly and unpleasant to the taste, Two Graduate from Clinton Hospital The annual nurses' graduation cer- emony in connection with the Clin- ton 'Public Hospital was held in Wesley -Willis united Church on .Thursday evening when two young ladies who have completed their course of training were obligated as members of the honorable profession. hien and 'fed hint well if the empty cans o'f ,honey and other foodstuffs around the cottage 'could be taken as an -indication. The chain was of sufficient lcavgth to permit ,Labatt to undress and •dress comfortably, 'The gangsters were wise to the ways of the as every finger -print with the exception of a smudgy one on a lamp, had been removed. Dishes were washed 'well and a pack of cards burned to ashes, Clues for police to work upon were not to be found. No one in the Bracebridge area could cast any light on when Labatt arrived at the cottage. No one had seen the car that brought him but Labatt wee said to,be certain he was taken to the cottage and back to To- ronto and freedom in an auto of the coach type because he had to lift a seat when entering, Horace ,Prowse rented the cottage to three well-dressed men about 40 years of age on Aug. 3. They paid Prowse $50 to use the cottage for the rest of the vacation season The auto they were driving bore 'a Michi- gan license plate. Seldom in the day time were the three lien seen hot a: night one of them was noticed walk- ing up and down before the cottage as if on guard over the brewery mag- nate whose eyes had been taped and who failed in efforts to converse with his captors. The little summer cot- tage is ten miles nortlrweat of Brace - bridge, and faces Muskoka 'Lake. Prowse said suddenness of the men's departure, their .failure to in - 'form 'hint and the coincidence of the 'Labatt case aroused s'uspicioais of his neighbors and himself. Prowse told his suspicions to provi'ntial of- ficer stationed at Bracebridge, and that official informed his head- quarters. 'Examination of the cottage is said to have revealed •practically no fingerprints except a few around 10mituts including organ selections, on a lamp chimney. On a point jut- hy \f r.. \I. .\grew, violin solo by ting into the lake were found ashes Miss Eva 'Stackhouse of iBrucefield; of a bonfire whit had been made reading by Mrs. F\'ilson, 'Godcrich;I from underbrush cleared out of the woods. Neighboring c tt o eget. be - piano duet by Mo,cs hills and Rab-llieve the elate of the big bonfire was inson, thlyt esolo, "Carry On," bq; while Labatt is believed to have been 7egmcst, Sfrs. 'Itev. Dr, llougun• held in the camp. Two other cot - THE KIDNAPPER'S' HIDE-OUT.tages are within sight of the sup- little scanner cottage in the posed hideout. \Vit'hin a quarter of a Wild wood district of pietures-duc tiiile are three more houses, The Muskoka bas been revealed as the trance shack i. shoat 31) by 14 feet. The (rause cottage is in a section place where Labatt spent 66 hours with his kidnaypers. The cottage IS often trate,! by tourists and summer near Ihracribrfd:;e, about ;100 tulles residents. north of Toronto, and it was to this place the gangsters sped with their TO BE HEAD OF CENTRAL captive niter waylaying hips on a BANK OP CANADA lonely road between his Sarnia beach --- summer house and London, Out„ on Ottawa,--,A-;,ec+iin.g up of ,rgaui- thc morning of Aug, .14. nation w1:4, it is expected, follow- the Twenty-four hours niter Labatt rtppciintntc 11 a' gnrernor for -C7ut- w•as released in Toronto by the men ado's new CtmIlanac. The wile had demanded ti150,04el ran;, ut inion g, ternmut.tral has set a;l ,Ienlits in a .note left in the brewer's ;eband- at rest as to whether or not a Can- „ned car in London. pt,ilice arrived at adian would be :elcct-d for :his high the cottage bort their quarry had post w-it!i tee enn„un,.enx•nt that flown. Police who have been reticent Graham Ford Towers,a sistan1 regarding steps steps made on the ,kir'_ oral manager df the Rey al !lank of rappers trail admitted they had Canada, had been app,4nted. IIe will 5nmen of the hideaway a day after shortly celehra'e 'tis 37th birthdat•, Labatt tens freed. C'udned to his bei by the wrists, Labatt we, 1t0allowed eat—lours .w°hile guarded by three pa^peters. bediet•ed from United 'Statee under- world, a: the cottage. They shaved ently he 'became inspector of itranches fn Cuba, and gathered ,con siderable experience' in the field of foreign- finance, He will leave short- ly for Europe to study central banks in operation there aiid gain kn•owl- ed'ge to aseiato him in the important work awaiting here. The anticipation avow is that the Bank of Canada will be in opera- tion early in the new year. Having selected a Canadian for the highest post, the government now intends to secure a deputy go'verltor from one of the other central banks in the empire su that his practical experi- ence may be available .in the initial stages. 1lr. Tower:, in accordance with the legislation gassed at the last session ,of parliament, is appointed for seven years. He will, however, be eligible, for reappointment at the con- clusion of 'that period. ILaunching of the new institution is in. the hands of H'on'. E. N. ,Rhodes, minister of finance, The share capital of the bank was fixed at tfl3,000,0100; mice it is :anticipated that the stock will be offered. to the public within two months. The ques- tion of whether or not the banks should he publicly ar privately awn- ed constituted the chief issue when legislation was 'before parliament. Liberals and {Progressives 'lined up in favor of a government owned and controlled' institution, with the gov- ernment forces favoring private own- ership but with an appreciable meas- ure of government control. The functions of the new bank were cleanly indicated during the stormy passage of the bill through the commits. It wilt be a bank for commercial banks and . governments ,batt not for the public, It wilt take over alt the gold held by the com- mercial banks retaining it ` as a re- serve against Ole note issue which it will control. It will act as banker for the Donminiom government and may also perform similar functions for the provinces. It will advise the govern- ment on financial matters. For the gold which it takes over it will pay the normal rate of $20:67 an (name and the •government will benefit from the difference between that and the market value. 'This provision ayes the subject of strong abjection from commercial batiks. 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Get our Quotation on\ Your Next Order. • • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. .y SOME BENEFITS The effect; of the empire agree- ment. belief' or otherwwe, can properly he apprai ed only ie the light of the general trends of trade development since those agreements were coneu tINltated, Of the striking total increase, an - mented empire trade accounted for i6 mullions, or -cl.,se upon 1.) per cent. These few- facte make it at once abundantly evident that enlarged empire trade dominated the general improvement experienced, in our commercial fife, The .United Kingdom, as might be expected, "led the parade" in the. pageant of expanding empire trade relations,. In the single year under review, our imports from Great Bri- t:titt and Ireland increased from tie t , 105 midi ,n dollars (22 per cent. and the export of our dametfc pro - (lase 1„ the Unitevf Kingdom increas- ed from a value of 1;154 million to a value of 248 millie0—or very close ripen 15 per cent, Perhaps it is but natural that the citizen i'1 any conntry, in pcutdering matters of trade, should think first in 'terms of Exports. That is the phase which conies first to the mind in- evitably. And, in this respect most c f the articles of the imperial agree- ments link themselves strikingly with the tale told by the statistics of trade and commerce. Which of our great domestic commodities slid the agreements single oat for new or im- proved preferential treatment in em- pire markets overseas? The vital ones can be named on the ,fingers of two hands, beginning with wheat, Hitter, eggs and bacon; capper, as- bestos, zit,: and 'lead; fresh sea !fish and canned salmon; and timber. And what has .happened in respect of most of these—despite the utterly abnormal conditions of world, trade .and the devastating position, the world over, in winch .natural products of all kinds find themselves when they seek an outlet? The answers are inspiring insofar as Canada is concerned; and very significant insofar as the imperial trade agreenl'ents go. Itis enlighten- ing to deal item by iter with several -of these commodities, showing the increase in values of exports to the United Kingdom in the period of a single year. The lead given by the few export commodities whfi,eh ,wore selected for especial or new preferences was fol- lowed in an amazing manner hy oth- er amid related commodities which, while not s'p-ecif.c'aely enumetal ect in schedules and agreements, -were guar an'teed the continuance of preferent- ial treatment; lAn a'stanishin:g picture is presetut- ed o,f a. revivified and regenerated` trade with The Old 'Country, based . upon .ceratin paragraphs writtea into an agreement hut a scant ,twcr years ago' And the lead ;given by the United Kingdom was wholeheartedly. Waived ley the sister DIoeaito0nlst.. Separate trade agreements entered into with :several of the latter have- been ;of inestimable value in stinvul ating the return of prosperity in Canada Australia, British India, the British Africas, New !Zealand, the: Irish Free State and the (West In- dies all called for greatly increased shipments .of a number of products- and roductsand manufactures, In the above contents regarding -- increased volume of export's frotrn. Canada, nothing has been said re • - garding two of great basic products- -two, incidentally, roducts--two,inciden'tally, which were a- mong those specifically included'• Inc the empire agreements — namely, Wheat and Cheese. It must •a,ot be inferred, however, that the history of these in the past Ifsrcatl year has beer,, such as to :besmirch our proud rec- ord of expanding .exports. Far front it; and the part played by the em- pire as regards wheat and. cheese: stands out as a `fine achievement_ True, Canada did not, in 131314, made. - et the volume of wheat that -she did in 119313; her total exports, fallowing.: a world-wide trend, dell off from, (roughly) 240 million bushels to Tra million bushels, a decline of 27 per- cent. percent. In the farce of t'he over-riding trend, Great Britain continued to, hold her place as our reputed best t customer for wheat and she stands.. credited in our trade retarns with. , having taken, he the year, mote than 60 per cent,of our total exports: cf, this cereal. Moreover (thinking a'gaire of the Ottawa ,Agreements) the Ir- ish Free State was on of two coun- tries in a list o'f seventeen of our bear .wheat customers which actually '11- creased their imports of Canadian' wheat, (the other being the United States, whose purchases in both 193' and 1934 'were so smali as to be reg- 1igib.le). Something the same may be said of the other export conunodity in which increased volume was no; recorded—'cheese, While our total'. exports remained altit nt stationary slightly befnw• those of t1f130, She ited Kingdom strikingly maintainer ,her position as our best customer is this line, taking from us cheese tied at $7,7110,000 out of a total ex- port of le-S11v6,000—or more than 9. per cent of our total salesalit-oat-Ca .But trade agreements—inter-eir,- pire or others—cannot live by ex- ports alone. A commercial arrange- men; can be really beneficial only L it works boat ways, Canada c ..e,o expect to see her export trade steal- ily swelling under the benign intits- ence of the Ottawa pacts without in- dicating a willingness do open herr ports to the commerce of her part- ners in the Commonwealth, Nor 'hesr she done so. The story unfolded by the 'Import statistical returns is ata inspiring as that revealed reg::r'P: _. outgoing commodities. As noted. some time ago, imports of empire origin represented nearly 75 per tient of the 'total by which our import, 111. creased during the year I934 \e d • fitting retttrtt for her mals e..ce agement of our exports the Unit-- ed Kingdom received the lion's share ,•Limen in Canada empire seer- chattdise. Naturally, the goods which Camel,. has :purchased £rout the 110rhee Country are, for the most part. vast- ly different from those ale eap.,tt_-.- to that area. Of the total increase o' y11S;600,000 in our imports from thea. United'Kingdom in 11934 (over N'3's'.. fibres, textiles and textile products alone accounted dor over 45 per cent: Textile products from Great Bri- ain 'lead the imports from the :gni . pire—but the goods that follow then: Canada -ward are of very roneider able consequence, We 'find empire - grown tea, rolling mild products , of iron and steel—notably sheets, wide-. plate and tinplate. One might go on for hours. The eta'tistics themselves, however, white impressive as such, are possibly tv ,greater value when they are viewed • merely as milestones tnatleing the general direction in which we. • are travelling. V'lien so viewed the etury they tell is im:niistalcabie. It must be stated also that they reveal far more than the mere going and coming. se ships, the loading and unloading •,1 trains, It must be evident to any ob., server that they reveal a backgrouna of understanding acid of harmony among ,the prod•ncing and consumine.- elements of the entire' empire, stela ae never heretofore existed They inch este a spirit of give and take that 15 expressing itself amazingly in. pounds • and tons and dollars and yards. ID:ougtlas' Egyptian Liniment is a'• quick, certain remedy for (Hoof Riot or Thrush. Four or 'five applications are usually enough. t4llatet and Farr Sale Ads, 3 times) 50e.