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$1000 Capital Will Build $5000 Home;
Ottawa — Under the Dominion
Housing Act it will be possible to
build a $5,000 home with an initial
capital of $1,000 and pay off the bal-,
ance at a rate of $26.40 per month
in 20 years, according to further de-
tails of the act made public by Fin-
ance Minister E. N. Rhodes. Interest
charges will be at a maximum rate
of five per cent. and losses that may '
occur will be divided as between the!
Government and the lending institu-
tion. For the construction of a single !
dwelling or a larger building to be
used for residences only, the Govern-
ment and approved lending institu-
toins will advance 80 per cent. of the
appraised value or estimated cost
whichever is the lesser. The approv-
ed lending institution will advance 60
per cent. of the loan and the Govern-
ment 20 per cent.
Parliament Must Decide
Sending of Troops
Ottawa—Canadian troops cannot be
sent overseas to participate in any
conflict arising out of the present
trouble between Italy and Ethiopia
without calling Parliament, Prime
Minister Bennett declared. He was
commenting upon the statement of
Right Hon. W:.1. Macknezie King at
London, Ont., that the Liberals would
not sanction the despatch of military
forces from this country without
summoning Parliament in the event
of hostilities breaking out in Europe.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post Killed
Point Barrow, Alaska—Death, rea-
ching through an Arctic fog, over-
took Will Rogers, peerless comedian,
and Wiley Post, master aviator, as
their rebuilt airplane faltered and fell
into an icy little river Thursday night.
near .this bleak outpost of civiliza-
tion. They had just taken off for a
trifling 10 -minute flight from their
river position to Point Barrow. Six-,
ty feet.in the air the motor misfired.
The plane healed over on its right
wing. The lives of both the master
of the wise -crack and the aerial globe
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trotter were crushed out instantly as
the impact drove the heavy motor
back through the fuselage.
Wets Won Over Seven Dry Areas
Toronto—Seven areas formerly dry
have gone wet and two areas formerly
wet have gone dry by plebiscite under
the 'authority of the Liquor Control
Board: awing the past year, according
to a statement issued by--ecretary
Harry Pritchard of the Moderation
League of Ontario. The areas once
drybut now wet through votes are
Cardinal, Essex, Almonte, Port Row-
an, Bruce Mines, Vanleek Hill and
Erieau. Erieau become wet by a vote
taken on. Thursday. The wet areas
which became dry were Markham and
Fergus.
Kidnapped Writer Believed Killed
Peipin—The British Embassy was
informed by Chinese authorities at
Kalgan that the body of a Briton was
found near Paochang. This was re-
garded as confirmation of reports that
Manchester
Gareth Jones, abducted YIa c
Guardian correspondent and former
Secretary to David Lloyd George, had
been killed by his bandit captors.
Ethiopia Will Not Accept
Military Occupation
Paris—Ethiopia offered Italy econ-
omic concessions but Premier Muss-
olini's unwillingness to tell France
and Britain exactly what he wants
was holding up progress in the tri -
Partite parley. In a message to the
conference, Emperor Haile Selassie
emphasized that he would not accept
military occupation.
Revolt Stopped
Belgrade—At least'200 were killed
or wounded in battles between Gov-
ernment troops and rebels who at-
tempted to march on Tirana, the Cap-
ital of Albania, it was reported here.
Europe within the next few months,
Liberal Leader Mackenzie King de-
clared here'- at a political rally. The
Ethiopian crisis contained the seeds
of' a world war, and he pledged him-
self if in power to summon Parlia-
ment before involving Canada into
conflict.
Germans Cheer Anti-
Semitism Statements
Berlin,—Julius Striecher, leader of
German anti- Semitism, bitterly As-
sailed Jews, and announced that the
Nazi fight against them will "contin-
ue until all humanity understands the
problem,."
His widely heralded speech was
widely applauded by 25;000 listeners
in the Berlin Sportspalast.
Tribute To Beck
A great throng of citizens and pub-
lic officials high in the life of Tor-
onto and the Province stood with
heads bowed in tribute by the base
of a monument to the great Hydro
chief, the late Sir Adam Beck.
The ceremonies were impressive as
the crowd filled the wide thorou6h
fare .of University Avenue while the
giant statue of the Hydro Knight
stood highabove, silhouetted in the
brilliant afternoon sunshine against
a background of great buildings to=
ward the sky.
Ontario Legislature To Meet
After Election
Ontario's special session of the
Legislature will wait on installation
of the next Dominion Government
and subsequent conference between
Ontario and Ottawa authorities, Prem -
Hepburn said.
Many Die In Floods
1 Turin, Hundreds of persons were
!still unaccounted for, as troops and
army engineers continued rescue work
in the Province of Alessandria.
A wall of water forty feet high, re-
sulting from the bursting of a huge
dam, swept over the Town of Ovada,
spreading death and destruction over
an area of fifty square miles.
Want Arms Embargo Removed
Geneva,—Ethopia sent a fervent ap-
peal to the League of Nations, asking
the nations to remove an arms em-
bargo against her, asserting that
otherwise she faces "Massacre" by
Italy.
Forecast Settlement
Favorable To Province
Toronto negotiations which- closed
, down London's Spencer succession
duties probe brought a forecast of "a
settlement very advantageous to the
Province."
"I can say it will be a settlement
An official communique said all is very advantageous to the Province of
calm in Albania after an attempted re- Ontario," the Premier announced.
volt was crushed. "The Province will name any terms."
Prince Edward Premier
Takes Office
Charlottetown—Hon. Walter M.
Lea, who directed his ,comeback cam-
paign from a sickbed four years after
he had led a defeated Liberal Admin-
istration out of office, was, back in
the saddle at the head of a Prince
Edward Island Government, support-
ed; by every member in the Legislat-
ture. He took office on Thursday.
King Fears World War
London, Ont.—Canada needs a new
Government capable of expressing the
will of the people on peace or war in
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Forage Poisoning May Be
Cause Of Deaths
Winnipeg,—A strange equine mal-
ady sweeping through Manitoba and
Saskatchewan causing at least 250
deaths, may be "forage poisoning"
and not encephalomyelitis, as prev-
ious believed, it was suggested.
The spread of the disease, which
paralyzes the brains of horses and has
attained epidemic proportions, con-
tinued unabated. Supplies of a cur-
ative serum were exhausted here, and
demands of veterinarians in. all parts
of Manitoba went unfilled.
NEWS
of the
DIST ICT
New Manager For Brussels Hotel
Mr. R. C. King of Goderich has
rented the American Hotel from. W.
A. Lowry. The new proprietor of the
hotel was born in Bluevale" He has
been in the hotel business for the past
20 years. Prior to coming here, Mr.
King was in business in Toronto and
Goderich.—Brussels Post.
Wife Beaten—To Get satrap
Pleading guilty to beating his wife
and causing her actual bodily harm,
George Robinson of Chesty shed cop-
ious tears when His Worship Mag-
istrate Walker of 'Walkerton told hint
in police court at Chesly that he was
going to give hien some of his own
medicine as he ordered that five
strokes of the strap be administered
in addition to a jail 'term of four
months indeterminate in the Ontario
Reformatory at Guelph—Walkerton—Fro= Goderich to Halifax
The Delia', an ocean going steamer
making her first call at Goderieli,
took 68 toils of salt en route to Hal-
ifax, In the winter she runs from
Halifax along the coast to the West
Indies. On leaving Goderich she went
to Sarnia and from there goes es to Tor-
o nt o,
or.-onto, Montreal and thence to the Al-
lantic seaboard. Captain C L. Wirer -
tall of Halifax is in command.
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NEGRO WOMAN INQUIRY AIDE
Mrs. Eunice H. Carter, negro at-
torney, who has been interested in
social work in Harlem since she . left
Smith College in 1921, has been sel-
ected by Thomas E. Dewey as a
member of his staff in the extraord-
inary grand jury investigation of org-
anized crime in, New York City. Mr.
Dewey is expected to rely on her to
great extent in delving into rackets
affecting Harlem.
same thief, went on to Wingham,
and entered Crawford's garage. They
were looking for money and got it,
but it would not take long to count
the pil'e.—Teeswater News•
Listowel Organist For Belleville
A call has been given to Mr. Gar-
field. Bender to become organist and
choir master of St. Andrew's Presby-
terian church,, Belleville. This is a
very fine church, Being newly built
and is one of the finest Presbyterian
churches in Ontario. Mr. Bender has
accepted the call, and Mr. and Mrs.
Bender will be in Belleville on Sep-
tember 1.—Listowel Banner.
Farmer's Wife Took own Life
Goderich,—Found lying in a pool of
blood beside the stove in the kitchen
of her home, Mrs. John P. Johnston,
aged 66, of Colborne Township, took
her own life.
Her husband made the discovery
when he returned from working in
the fields weednig turnips.
Dr. J. D. Whitely was called and
he discovered a .38 -calibre revolver
under the woman's shirt on the floor.
Examination showed that she had
placed the inuzzle to her right temple;
the bullet emerging from the left
temple, entering the wall. Powder
marks disclosed that the bullet had
been fired at close range.
A note, asking forgiveness of her
husband, was found pinned to the
wall. It expressed the fear' which she
had held for some time of her hus-
band dying and leaving her alone in
the world. There are no children. She
said she could not live without him.
Man's Thigh Broken
In Unusual Mishap
Dundalk,—Kennth Hawkins of the
Eighth Line, Osprey Township, had
his thigh broken in a peculiar manner.
He was standing on the running board
of a car driven by Norman Cairns of
Maxwell when the car door came open
and he was thrown against a post
with considerable force, breaking his
thigh.
Former Goderich Tax
Collector To Stand Trial
Goderich,—J. Howard Robertson,
former tax collector of the Town of
Goderich, was committed. for trail by
Magistrate. C W. Hawshaw, after a
two -and -one -half-hour premiliminary
hearing on a charge of the theft by
conversion of $7,582 municipal funds.
He was admitted to bail of $10,000.
Mr. Robertson had elected trail by
Judge and jury.
R. N. Phelan, K. C., of Toronto,
and R. C. Hays of Goderich, acted for
the defense. Crown Attorney D. E.
Holmes prosecuted.
The charge as read was that Mr.
Robertson "at the Town of Goderich,
in the County of Hnron, during the
years 1928 to 1434, both inclusive, be-
ing tax collector of the said Town
of Goderich, and as such received cer-
tain sums of money from various tax-
payers totalling $7,582, upon terms
requiring him to account for and pay
the sante corporation of the said Town
of Goderich through its Treasurer,
fraudulently converted the same to bi§t
own use, or frandttlently omitted to
account for the said monies, contrary
to the Criminal Code, Sections 855
and 358."
Salt Sipped By Boat
1-/earld- Tithes.
Thieves Got Little
Mr.
of M
s entered d the garage
Albert Strome and rifled the .till, se-
curing' about 25 cents in coppers.
Prom here, or otherwise, ;j'.I.
Brown's garage received a visit ,and
some 19 cents were secured in the
till, 'the sante night ,or 'likely the
Seaforth Swimming Pool
To Be Opened
With work at the Lions Park Swim-
ming Pool practically completed, the
Eight Children. of Same
Family undergo operation
The eight children. of Mr. Robert
Regier, of Credition, who were oper-
ated on for the removal of their ton-
sils and adenoids by Dr, J. H. Brown -
at his surgery, are all getting along
nicely at their home,—Exeter Times.
Advocate.
Club, at an executive meeting, decid-
ed on Thursday, Apgust 29th, as the
offical opening day, and a committee,.
headed by Lion J, M. McMillan, has
the program and other details in hand.
•It is expected prominent swimmers
and divers will be present and give
an exhibition, and special attention is
being given to children's events. Priz-
es will be awarded in a large and var-
ied list of events in this class.—Sea-
forth Huron Exxpositor.
CRIED WOLF
Strollers along the north pier were
given a fright Sunday afternoon when
a number of local youths decided to
g,ie a mock drowning and rescue.
This foolish act resulted in one by-
stander being put to considerable in-
convenience and a ladder, placed along
the dock for rescue work should it
be necessary, being broken. It might
so happen that lack of this ladder,
broken through the thoughtlessness
of the youths, may result in a loss
of life at a later date. Such follishness
as this should cease.—Kincardine Re-
view -Reporter.
Service Station Entered
The west end service station own-
ed by Mr. Fred Slight was broken
into early last Thursday morning. Mr.
Slight did not close his service station
until after one o'clock and spent con-
siderable time in the house., before
retiring. It is expected the robbery
was committed between the hour he
retired and daylight. The police are
investigating the case.— Listowel
Standard.
Fergus Church Marks
100th Anniversary
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Chuch
congregation, Fergus, marked the
completion of 100 years since the
opening of the first place of worship
in Fergus, St. Andrew's Church. There
were Presbyterian services in Fergus
before August, 1835, because popula-
tion was predominantly Scottish and
notably religious. Often services were
held in the tavern on Sundays when
a preacher could be obtained. The
original St, Andrew's Church stood
on the same site as the present church.
To )Purchase Seaforth Mill Property
Intimation that E. Turgeon, Ltd.,
proposed taking up the option given
him by the town council for the pur-
chase of the flour mill property, was
contained in a letter to town clerk,
John A. Wilson. The option has an-
other week to run.
The company stated it was pre-
pared to go through with the pur-
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chase and requested information con-
cerning the deed in orded that bills
of sale might be drawn up.
It is understood that the company
proposes to run the mill immediately
but in any event a grain market will
be established.—Seaforth Huron •Ex-
positor.
To Seize Machinery
For Tax Arrears
Councillor Scott reported the de-
cision of the Supreme. Court in con-
nection with the town's rights in the
Blackmore -Hamilton factory as re-
ported in this paper two weeks ago.
He also reported advice from Mr.
Hattin of Kitchener, the town's legal
adviser in connection with the Black-
more -Hamilton affairs, advising the
town to seize the machines for tax
arrears. On motion of Zilliax and
Simpson the industrial committee was
instructed to make the seizure.—List-
owel Banner.
"Do you hold with all this batli
ing?"
"Rather! I could stand here for
hours watching it."
—En Rolig Half Timma, Gothenborg.
Where Dreams Come True
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Mid telIC*11•11•110
OT much lias been said about
IN the fishing near Banff
Springs Hotel in the Rocky Moun-
tains, probably because when vis-
itors had finished"writing home"
about the Scenery, facilities for
golf, tennis, and swimming, moun-
tains to bo climbed on foot or
horse, the health -giving qualities
of the air, and the fun to, be
foundtherer round there
' the
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were no suitable descriptive
words left for the fish.
But , many' types of fighting
dish abound in the nearby lakes
;and 'streams, Minnewanka, the
Oahe of Indian legends, frosen
_OVer for a week after the Open.
ttf the tiSiaing eeaaori, made a
glorious start on the new season
by producing snore than 565
pounds of trout in two days.
Bill lYall, of Banff, led the
parade with two trout, the larger.
one a fisherman's dream tipping
the scales at 40'3j, pounds, and
the other registering a m.oreusual
2014 pounds. He was out for
only an hour and a, quarter in
time
t from e t
the earl afternoon the y
of the first cast until the second
fish was landed, despite the fact
that the pair pttt up 30 and 40 -
Minute fights.
Visitors have, also made good
catches this year: On the same
day sportsmen got eight fish
nVeraging about 10 to tftdd +each,
and in two days another party of
visitors caught 360 pounds of,
lake trout, running from. five to
25 pounds, with the average about,
18 pounds.
While catches like these are not
at all uncommon in the West, it •
has been discoverer) fairly re.
cantly that trolling is not at All
necessary to get tile big ones.
aelfic
Visitors at the Can adia n P
)Railway hotels at Banff ;Springs
and at Lake Louise, as Well as at
the many bungalow camps
1
throughout the Rockies, $am
soots atter their arrival that there
are fine fishing grouttO int the,