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The Wingham Advance Times, 1932-11-03, Page 7Thursday, November 3, 19.32 For All Who Prefer Quality "Fresh from the Gardens" odd Wide hews In 1 Y. rief Fore -Price Bros, Default :Interest Payments Montreal—Inability to meet inter - .est payments due last Monday on its =8 per cent. first mortgage bonds was ‘officially announced by Price Broth- ers and Company, Limited, following directors' meeting. The company is one of the oldest and largest of -the newsprint concerns in Canada. Want Discussion on :Exchange Payment- ' Niagara Falls, Ont.—The Niagara 'Fall Hydro Commission has circular- ized all municipal "Hydro Commiss- ions, urging them to sign and return -•a requisition demanding a special• meeting of the Ontario Municipal 'Electric Association to discuss the assessment of the Hydro Commiss- ion regarding payment of, exchange. `Will Liquor Be Issue in Next Election? The possibility—even the probabil ity—of an election in Ontario next ^year with a strong chance of exten- sions to the Liquor Control Act play- ing the role as one of the major is- sues, was strongly hinted in an ad- dress by Wilfrid Heighington, M.P. P., for St. David's, at the annual 'meeting of the Ward 2 Conservative Association held in Veterans' Hall on Isabella Street. Big guns of the par- ty, both in the Federal and Provinc- ial sphere, were speakers at the -meeting. But their remarks packed no such definite significiance as Mr. `Heighington's suggestion that good Conservatives might be called on to show their loyalty to their party 'ere long. tive and Pool officials discussed the whole problem, and will take means to press their claims. Imperial Oil Co. Adopt 5 -Day Week Adoption of the five -day -week by Imperial =011 Limited will affect some 6,000 of the company's employ- ees in Canada, as well as employees of subsidiary companies in South America, according to information obtained at the company's head off- ices in Toronto. The plan goes into effect this month. The purpose of the plan has been outlined in a let- ter to all employees by C. O. Still- man, the President, which states that unemployment is the only problem every man and woman now employ- ed can by personal effort assist in solving, as it is within the power of every individual, who has work to do or work to give, to share that work. Provincial Standard For Nurses Suggested A provincial standard for the train- ing of nurses, like the Provincial standard required in the education .of school teachers, was suggested. to the annual convention of the Ontario Hospital Association by Dr. John Ferguson, an Honorary Vice -Presi- dent, in a round -table discussion of the problems in training and employ- ment facing the nursing profession today. The discussion was based on a study of the recent Weir survey of the status of the nurses in Canada. 'Will Fight for Wheat Bonus Calgary.—Co-ordination of the Un- ited Farmers of Alberta and the Al- berta Wheat Pool to win a bonus on wheat for Western farmers develop- ed while the U.F.A. Executive was THE VVING1IAM ADVANCE -TIMES church calendar. Free State Will Lose Preference on Nov, 15th London—The Irish Free State will lose the advantage of imperial tariff preferences in the United Kingdom on November 15, 5. H, Thomas, do- minions secretary, told the House of Commons recently. On that date, he explained, preferences granted goods from the dominions under last year's Tarrif Act will expire, and as the Free State failed to conclude any trade agreement with the United Kingdom at. the Ottawa Conference its exports to Great Britain will be accorded tariff treatment .silimar to that affecting goods from foreign countries. Dinosaur Is Found Billings, Mont.,—Discovery of a din- osaur which gives the scientific world its most complete picture of the ex- ternal appearance of the giant was announced by Dr. Barnum Brown, Curator of the American Museum of Natural History. The skin, or der- mal plates, for the full length of the back were found when the dinosaur was taken from its bed of solid sand- stone southeast of here. In the words of Curator Brown, the find is "the best discovery of dinosaural skin ever made." The specimen is about twenty feet long, with an estimated height of five feet, and is roughly described in, appearance as resembl- ing an exaggerated horned toad of th e present day. The skin is marked by large plates, flanked by smaller ones in$ such a way as to permit flex- ibility. Stubbs Inquiry Likely in January Winnipeg — The second -week of next year was proposed by judge L. St. G, Stubbs, Manitoba County Court Judge, as a suitable time to begin the inquiry ordered into his conduct by the Department of Jus- tice at Ottawa . This proposal was made in a let- ter addressed to Colonel Arthur Sul- livan, K.C., counsel to Mr. Justice F. Ford of the Alberta Supreme Court who will hold the Commission, The letter was in reply to a communica- tion front Colonel Sullivan proposing to commence the inquiry on Dec. 7. Elected Bishop on Seventh Vote Toronto— Following two days of balloting, Rt. Rev. Derwyn Trevor Owen, Bishop of Niagara, was chos- en as head of the Church of England in Canada. He succeeds Most Rev. Janes Fielding Sweeney, Archbishop of Toronto and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario. Seven ballots were taken before 13ishop Owen was elected by dele- gates to the specially assembled sy- nod, from a list of 31 candidates at the opening of the voting. The date of his enthronement has not yet been fixed but the earliest date mention- ed in church circles is November 30, in session here. The U.F.A..Execu- which is St. Andrew's Day in the HYDRO LAMPS "The Long life Lamps" Wingham Utilities Commission Crawford Block. Phone 156.. Zoo* ofie taSyew Loomsoot . Large Gathering of Liberals Is Expected The resopnse to the announcement a short time ago of the Twentieth Century Liberal Association of On- tario men's convention, which is to be held in the Royal York Hotel, in Toronto, on Saturday, Nov. 12, has been widespread. Heaquarters of the association an- nounced that it had received official notice that there would be delegates from many places in the southeast- ern and western parts of the Prov- ince, and from as far away as Sault Ste. Marie and Matheson. carried out their intention. Next morning the same men asked for the money to buy their breakfasts, but were recommended to seek their free lunches elsewhere,---Seaforth Nws. Fire Destroys Restaurant Mr, Chas. Koo's restaurant in Teeswater will be out of operation for a couple of weeks on account of a bad 'fire which did $1000 damage to building and stock. This loss was covered by insurance. Geo, Caslick's blacksmith shop which is back of the restaurant was also damaged slight- ly, the loss being about $200. Grain Boat Runs Onto Shoal The grain carrier Dalwarnie, run onto the rocky shoals of the Georg- ian Bay, just outside the harboar at Collingwood. The boat was in no danger and the crew had not been taken off. NEo©S of the IST ICT New 'Switchboard Installed The Commissioners of the Byth Rural Telephone. System, consisting of Messrs. G. M. Chambers, Chair- man; J. B. Tierney and J. Fingland, deserve great credit for the telephone office here, and more especially hav- ing purchased one of the latest and newest types of boards that is on Partridge Suicides! While Mrs. (Dr.) Ireland was looking after the putting on of storm windows in the front of her residence on John street one day last week, a partridge flew against one of the windows and was killed. Strange to say the window was not broken. Harriston Review. Proton Farmer Loses $2 On Load of Lambs A Proton township farmer sent a load of seven lambs and one hog to Toronto market by truck. He receiv- ed 5 cents per pound for five of the lambs weighing under 100 pounds, but only 4 cents on two which went exactly 100 pounds. He expected all would shrink under the 100 -pound limit but two did not, and the far- mer thus lost $2. The yardage fees and market commission was over $2, nearly as much as the trucker charg- ed for haulage. Numerous farmers complain that the market regulations and fees are excessive at the Toron- to market when the low price of the faran stock is taken into considera- tion—Tara Leader. 1111111®lfl llIRIIli911111111101111111111®111®111®llli 111111 e — New Issue of ® ® • Dominiion of Canada Bonds • 20 -Year 4% Bonds• At a Price to Yield Ap- proximately - w proximately 41/2%. p e • Fall From Hay Mow 5 Give Your Orders To ---- To be alive and feeling fine at the age of seventy-five with a broken. the market, The new board has a capacity of 300 phones which is large enough to serve the community for some years. It is now in operation and giving good satisfaction.—Blyth Standard. Kincardine to Vote on Curlers' By -Law On Dec. 5th, electors of Kincar- dine will, be given the opportunity' of voting on a by-law to allow the cur- ling club $5000 for expenditures put on the building which has been tak- en over by the Sleeth Machine Co. This decision was reached by • the town council at a special meeting, 'held on Friday night to determine measures to be taken to solve the problem which has been confronting for some time the administration of the town's affairs. — Kincardine News. Windshield Shattered While driving from Ripley to Sarnia, one day this week, a car driv- en by Miss Merle Ruttle and occup- ied by Mrs. Neil McLennan, Mrs. Harold Courtney and Mr. Donald McLennan, met with a peculiar acci- dent which made it very inconven- ient for driving. A hen flying out of the road of the car was hit by the windshield. The latter was complete- ly shattered. We did not learn as to whether the hen survived the shock or not, but the car was badly in need of repair.—Ripley Express. Man's Back Broken in ▪ A. M. Biisho back is the almost unbelievable ex- ® perience of William Rennie of Glen- allan. Some few weeks ago Mr. Ren - 1 Phone 226 Wingham 1 nie fell while climbing to the mow II▪ I®Ill®IIInInIIaIl111lf1111®Illdlli®ill®III®lia or the barn, and lay there for several 3 Pound "Spud" A three poundpotato, nine and a half inches long, five and a half in- ches in width is the kind of a 'spud" that Mrs. James Michie brought in- to this office. It was grown on her own farm and is the largest one she has ever seen. If anyone has a po- tato that will better the one that we have at the office now we would like to have them bring it in.—Brussels Post, c "CROWN RAND CORN .SYRUP. -lhe most Nourishing and Del eious ood C3 hours before being discovered. He was taken to Guelph hospital where. it was found that he had fractured two vertebrae in his back. About two weeks ago he was tak- en to his home- and placed in a rack, where he will remain for some weeks yet. Mr. Rennie says he is feeling fine.—Listowel Banner. Arm Torn Off John ,Berlet, farmer, residing four miles west of New Hamburg, had his right arm torn off at the elbow on Thursday last while trying to put a belt on the threshing separator while it was in operation. He was taken to Stratford hospital where the arm was amputated close to the should- er. He is in a serious condition, having suffered from shock and the loss of much blood.—Milverton Sun. Observe Diamond Jubilee Mr. and Mrs. George Lambertus, esteemed resident of Walkerton, on Saturday, October 29th, celebrat- ed the 60th anniversary of their wed- ding day. The event was featured in Sacred Heart Church here at 9 a.m. by a mass said by their ristinguished nephew, Rev. Father George Lamb- ertus of East Helena, Montana, to whore the aged couple were god -parr. ents. The •occasion was quietly mark- ed afterwards at their home on Vic- torai street by the immediate family circle, who were all present for the' rare event. -Walkerton Herald -Tim- es. Too Many Apples A Carrick farmer took a trailer- load of apples to Kitchener last week hoping to find a paying market 'for his fruit. On his arrival there, how- ever he found scores of trucks all laden with apples, and apparently finding very slow sale. He succeed- ed in selling part of his load, and tried to give the balance away, but found no takersat that price, so he brought the fruit back home again. —Mildmay Gazette. Teacher: "What tense is "I arm beautiful?" E Pupil: "Past tense." Trip to Royal Winter Fair - At the annual Judging Competition held at Walkerton last Saturday in. which the four highest competitors eligible for a free trip to the Royal Winter Fair at Toronto participated Alfred Broder of Carrick, was suc- cessful in winning the second ^score, The other boys receiving the trip are, Harry Hossfeld of Walkerton, George Pace, of Tiverton, and John McKague, of Teeswater. — .Mildmay Gazette, "No Eats" The other evening Chief of Police Ryan overheard a couple of trans- ients at the town hall discussing It - tending a local place of atnusement, and later he noticed that the pair GOVERNMENT OF T 4%L© 1 2 The Minister of Finance offers for public subscription $80,0 0,000 °minion of Canada 4% Bonds Bearing interest from 15th October,1932, and offered in two maturities, as follows: , $25,000,000— 3 YEAR 4% BONDS, DUE 15th OCTOBER, 1935 $55,000,000-20 YEAR 4% BONDS, DUE 15th OCTOBER, 1952 Subject to redemption at par and interest on or after 15th October, 1947 Principal payable without charge, in lawful money of Canada, at the office of the Minister of Finance and Receiver General of Canada at Ottawa or at the office of the Assistant Receiver General at Halifax, Saint John, Charlottetown, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary and Victoria. Interest payable half -yearly, 15th April and 15th October, in lawful money of Canada, without charge, at any branch in Canada of any Chartered Bank. Denominations: 3 YEAR BONDS, $1,000 20 YEAR BONDS, $500 AND $1,000 The proceeds of this Loan will be used to retire $34,449,950 of bonds maturing lstNovem- ber, 1932, and to provide for the general purposes of the Government and the Canadian National Railways. The Loan is authorized under Act of the Parliament of Canada, and; both principal and interest are a charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada. The amount of this issue is $80,000,000. The Minister of Finance, however, reserves the right to allot or reject the whole or any part of subscriptions received, provided such allot- meats do not increase the principal amount of the issue by more than $2 5,000,000. Applications will not be valid on forms other than those printed by the King's Printer. ISSUE PRICE: 2 C py 20 Year Bonds, 93.45 and interest, yielding to maturity 4.50 /0 Payment to be made in full at time of application or in the case of the 3 -year bonds, on allotment. Subscription lists will open on 31st October, 1932, and will close on or before 16th November, 193.2, with or without notice, at the discretion of the Minister of Finance. Subscriptions will be received, by any branch In Canada of any chartered bank and by recognized dealers from whom official application forms may be obtained. 3 Year Bonds, 99.20 and interest, yielding tomaturity 4.28% DEPARTMENT or FINANCE, Ottawa, 31st October, 1932