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The Huron Expositor, 1916-03-10, Page 1A ;ash s .1* lothing ritott,l) ARI01,3 . OAPI AL oronto, March 6, 1916. Will the do inion governm t bring pressure to be r uteri the go eminent Or_ Ontario elea e the p ovincial law re la .,ilte teac ing of French. in the ilingtial schools withdraonni the dominion govern_ Iment dee • seek to ere is . 'such hresitre, ivil • the nrevincian-govern- ment stand f r lit • The ans er is- likedY td be no" in both n:aes. The Pre c Canadians, w 0 have been keepup the biling 1 fight" In Ottawa a appealing toe the On- goern4nt to have th famous t1oh 4. 17, withdraw . They peeing to the don't on gov- t� se its good. of ices to- avora. e consideratio of the I• tk) th e Ontario gov rminent, .good of ices - jn thins co nection meaning ' the big stick. The domin- ion Bove inn t has a politic I inter - en in the qstion, because the Ori- n' tario gore n ent's regulatio of the bilingual, sch olo Is In thin pr ince is being -uSed ri Quebec and herever there are c. munities of i French speaking, peo +le, as .an irrit nt, the unfaiorable fluences of w ieh are likely to be It by 'Conserve ive gov- ernments se. rally. If the gitation becomes surff iently strong t weak- en the poi t.n of the. Hca at gov- ernment i i ntario, it will, though In a slightl lesser degree, affect the - prospebt of the domin on goy- ernMent, se ar as this province isr concerned la so far as t i e . over-' whelminTi P nch vote in Q ebec, Is cencerne . he cliatic - are, however, hat the federal auth ities will tak no on- ficiaI actiOn, one ray or t e .other', although ..'n rmal ' confere ces-with provincial rn sters . may ta e place. It is an --ed ational questio and as such pertain to the pro -vin e under the plain tel ms of the con titution. Moreover, th dominion go ernment &mann wan to get mixed up in What is a n ty. snarl. Cons rvatives, believe, iith er rIghtly or wrong- ly,: that the agitation Is be ng kept up" and sr gthened from time to titne. byl etion of the Liberal ti party, f r p itical purposes. In th d ining province Of Que- bec* th • eg stature has pa sed • a resolutiOn 'a thorizing (mun cipalities to cant lb te five per cent. of tax- ation taw r the •bilingual . school fight. G .H ward •Ferguso , acting minister �f I education in n Ontario, says that th s is a. case of,. one pro- vince giving authority to contribute to a fend fir •the defianca D1 the • laws of wan her province. 1 his is the general' view in Ontar I. The •g vernnient iew is that t e whole ir .b lingual situ tion has been ystemat- I ally ,, and •w Unity misrepre ented to the Fren h Canadians in ' Ontario and flue's c y persons wit utter_ • ler motiv s, hat is to •say, with po- litical' . mo iv s.. The velidit of the provinciel le islation is be iore the courts, :13' t the agitators re not content t alt for a Judi al ver- dict, but ar carrying on he fight ;with inc ea ed -vigor and In open -defiance 1 very authority. t The sto m centre is still the city of Ottawa, here a rniniat re re- beMon . is sti 1 in -progress nd where Some vier/i• xtravagant la guage 1-8 indulged oy the supporte s of the bilingual Schools. So far an the: On tario govern ent 15 •concer ed, Cher IS nothing o indicate a eakenin • of purposeems o he, r , and- it -foregone cq elusion that t e appee g to the pr vincial gover ment fo the • swipe sion • of the .regula .Aon will j be . rejected n shor • order. It s erns to be equ lly prob able that the dominion g vernrnein will tak no action on f e eppea which h; been made to ir Rober Borden, qert ainly no .offic al action The vloletnce of the camps, gn whici -has been and is being car ed: on .b • the bilin tia school support rs seem to have ia4 an effect op osite t that whi h wail intended. The goreriirnent, so far s can b learned, ore determine than ev er to sti Itt out, vrhatev r the pa litical . relsul s -May be. G. Fergu son is en ority for • the statemen Abet In1I4 schools where the. regu ti. lations sa e being observed, they ar working se isfactorily. Fu he is oi tse !opinion, the tenors a net willing to regulatio a- i fairchance that the bile wonld ac These • b the official vi does not, s m ' to be much either t itdrawal or 01h. thfie• g ula ions; compl • Te ill go on. * *, • • , , . The . d pit tneents. of, the provirici • secietar nd ' the attorn y gener are eel ini) tins' a- decisio• has jus en handed do judical - oijrnitJtee . of 'council n jIFng1and, tenni igation ' 1 1n- years'. sta province bEla won. in th . compani s ca,sp quarrel i •ith dominion. Thi question rose wh the do i I n -disputed. th right the jfro1zj e to grant in erporati • to cotnp 1 s intending eti carry bdustiinoefs try° d the territorial ie 1 the province. Pro in I incorpora tic; 01 stockc rn anies 'is qui kcr cheat* Ile n ' dominion, incor • tion. tIt s, therefore, •ppeal domphni s in past. years, and •proviitcl 1 secretary has don large a profitable busi ess. 1 T domi lo as never adm tted 1 t right o ny province to gran thority t any, company o do ,ness , in other province. It been c n nded that sue aut could e granted only y th /Minion. r tee years his q • has s been waged witharyin sults. Th pellet hinged n thI t weirdo, " ovhacial object " conal In -the Utah North IA erica The , di) on -insisted hat tit •words 11 ited the provi dal pow of ince p1 ation to the e artering ctimpan e to do bueiness within bountia, i of the province. The c tention s of considerable co quenise 9 -provinciel ehashrance c parties a d to interpr6nincial tna generanY Moreover, it • meant mo • We enjoy having the best TAILOR WORK, the est clothes and the best care put into the clothes we ffer our trade -- we'll have it no lther way! We do not accept the product of any maker that can turn o t'a 13 garment to sell at a certain price -but rather the ro- duct of the maker who will stretch a point to give us something better than anyone else at the same pri e - CLOTHES OF SPECIAL MERIT! ",i7e are fre- quently told by customers who have visited other st res 1 that they can find no clothes elsewhere that equal urs. With all this superior excellence you'll find our p ices no higher than elsewhere and you'll enjoy t e sple did • service we render all our patrons. SU itS* • IS • • • • * • • .11 • Sring Overcoats.. Trousers... $10.00 $15.0 $2 $10.00 $12.00 SI $1.50 $2.50 $ .50 orfol ✓ is tiOg• 7 or 50c on Book the rousehold e of the 41P.' e assor attract iVe to Co d eggs elisne We sell more Norf for boys from 8 to i of age than we d other one style of have. These suits are made 4from a variety oc choic i) Worsteds inicolors f Blue F Brown, Grey and awn. Our illustration w il give you an idea of th popular Norfolk. \ rhe values we offer in ays at pecial s. k Suit 5 year of any suit We Boys' Suits tractive for ists in Dres areal' e are ng 33o Pleasing. Pri $3.001 $5 00 es ARE VERY • ATTRAC We've a Spring Hat for any man who wants a becoming Hat of Correct Bock! We a r e showing all the new shapes in Stiff Hats nd the coma shapes in Soft •flats. Each season gives birth to a large line of new styles = in Hats 1 rlow else could the -Hatters live ? Stiff Hats...S2 $2.56 $3 Soft Hats... 81 $1.50 $3 Step in and test: your face in the mirror With several of our New Spring 131pCks.. That's • the best way ! ighcst _Prices tor Butter and _Et gs Greig Clothing Corn SENFORTII nu in R1111. FRIDAY, M4RCII 10, 1916 mqmwl....IWMOMMWW to the province or to the dominion according to 'whieh way the judical cat julnped. • The issue was -taken to = the ceurts and from one toeel- other up to the bighest in the m- pirei the judical committee in Lon on; Some months ago • this ctuestllon had. been decided in favor of the dominion 'by the Canadian supreme court and this judgment seemed to promise defeat for the province, the result,. being that a large number of provincial companies went t� Ottawa for federal incorperation in order to • be on the safe side. Now, howdyer, on the main issue submitted, the highest court has• upheld the tiro- vincial contention and Ontario stands to benefit to the extent of $1000000 annually in fees, besides being ;re- lieved of the fear that the nortnal 'revenue amounting to several hun- dred thousand doilare, derived from this source, would be loot .to th q °do- minion. Apparently, both the.Pre- vinces 'and the doMinion can noW, go ahead incorporating companies uncic:. letters patent with equal powers', of trading, so far as territorial dihis- ions are concerned. The justice ;de- partment down at Ottawa says that it really does not care about loSing the 'appeal. It only wanted to have the point decided.; The, defeat of James R. Fall's, Conservative candidate for Peel county, last week, .doesn't worry the friends of the provincial govern- ment, if you believe what they Say. James R. Paillin is the 'man who bought horses from the honest far - mere of Peel and sold them to ;the government remount buyers. He is a horse dealer by trade. At that time be was also a member for Peel in, the Provincial Legislature, When his nro- Citable enterprise Was investigated by a Government Commission, it was found that he had taken no chances, only buying horse a that were accept - •.ed by the Government agents and PaYing the farmers something. less than he received from the govern- ment. It was not an adventurous business from the= financial viewpoint, but there was a howl about it. Mr. Faille on.. ferred with his friends. He announ- ced that he would devote. his profits to patriotic purposes. Then he resign- ed. his seat in the Legislature. The Liberals offered an acclamation = if any other Conservative but Fallis en- tered the field. The offer was re- fused. Fall's ran, and the opinion of the Peel electorate; including the men. who sold the horses, was registered ' In a huge Adverse majority. Conser- vatives do not express much sorrow in . the matter, except for the loss of the Elcoat, ConTruenmer, ; Flax Seed,I Owen Geiger; FieldP eas, Conrad feet is good. riding. They say 'that' the rnoria,l, e5-ni Truemner ; Field Beans,' Con. Trueme • • • • ' I ner, ; Owen Geiger, Elmer Klopp; Tim. Thesemi-official announcement that ' °thy Seed, Oscar Klopp, Hugh Me_ Ewen, Red Clover Seed, Oscar Klopp thejlearst government will submit the prohibition question to the electorate Hugh McEwen; Alsike, Oscar Klopp; Potatoes, early variety, Appleton El_ In the fonm of a referendum has elat- coat, • ed the tenipera,nce organiti zations and Con. Truemner, S. J. Hoggarth; toes, General crop, S. J. Hog_ the liquor trade. The announcement is has struck dismay info the ranks of Pot garth, Con. Truemner ; Dutch Sets, of such a nature as -to leave little Fred Smallecosalie. doubt that the provincial governMent has practically determined upon very supplies to back it up juts be4n pron.. en befere. The people = at horhe are wonde ing why • we are; not ma.king more headway. The reason for that, Is tha , the Allies have alreedy lost too many good men on account of the lack o„.. artillery and shells, ,We are only waiting the time when nearly • all the defences _can be blown to pieces ,by artlitery• fire e When a gene•ral advance is nsade. Destruc- tive bayonet charges are sooh to be a thing of the past. Our artillery is new Vastly superior = to that of the enemy, in fact, the German• batter_ lee ar 0 almost afraid to °pert up. for fear °Of the awful retaliation given them y our batterien. Sniping is a great featiire in trench wafare. We have °tie old., sniper who is -a regular` Indian at the Vowel's given to the Legislature the game. I believe be wou d sca1. of the Province. his victims if he could. 'Am feeling as well as can be ex.. Huron Notes pected but the whole brigade is in need Of a rest. We have created a Leroy Goultis, druggist of new record of continuous service in Goderich, has disposed of his busi- the trenches. We have held.' this ness to 3. A. Caldwell, of $t Cath - frontage for 137 dam whier is 20 alines, and will remove to Toronto. day e longer than any brigad in the -Duncan McDonald, a highly es. British Array has ever served with- teemed resident of Ethel, passed out a rest, and we are still' holding - away on Monday of last week, in it. his 82nd year, He had been an in.." Hoping you are well, I remain valid for years. Sincerely -Word has been received from W S. CALDWELL SIrs. (Cat) Hall, formerly Miss A. Bennett, of Blyth, that she had ar- rtved in England, and met her bus. The Hensall Seed Show nand there. The annual seed fair- of the South -Burns' Church, Hullett, and Lon - Huron Agricultural Society was held desboro Presbyterian congregations, In Hensel' on Tueaclay laat = and al- have presented a call in favor of though the previous day and the Rev. Mr. Abrey, Of Granton, prornis- early morrxing were very atormy ani ing a stipend of $1,000, free manse the roads were heave, there was a and •four weeksd holide.ys. good display and a large turnout in -Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, of the afternoon ' to hear Mr. W. J. Hullett, announce the engagement of , Squirrell, B. S. A., the governinent their daughter, Marion Eva, to Fred - judge, give a' talk on the cultivation crick Harold Morrell, son pf Mr. and care of the different farm eroPs- and Mrs. Albert Morrell, the mar - Mr. Squirrell is associate peofessor, riage to take place in March. In the Department of Husbandry, On- -The Goderich Township Branch of tario Agricultural College, Guelph. the Huron County War Auxillaryere- and an expert in bis line. and 4 his cently had a census taken !trona reasons for making the different a- which It was ascertained that there wards and the ready and intelligent are 370 men of military .age in the way in Which he answered the many• township questions put to him, delighted his alry e withadtathetiocnto 41 s.,who are ' a hearers. The fair this year was i -The annual Spring Horee Wait held in the new town hall and a will be held In Blyth on Friday. more suitable building adapted for March• 10th. Good prizes are offered & the purpose mild not be found, be,. for heavy draught teams, ragricai- ing centrally located, well heated an.el turaldbi teams, general purpose teatns, splendidly lighted, in fact, the pub_ single roadsters, single high etep- lic Indiding in Bengali, has not an pee& Johnston, Ross and Fletcher. S. S. And Y.P.S.-Idessrs. Harper, Argo and Richardson. SoCial Service- Messrs. Macfarlane, Wood and Sharp. Sys- tematic Beneficence -Messrs, Turner, Canswell and Larkin* Superintend- ence of Students -Messrs Rose, Dr. Fletcher and Sharp. '-Mmergencys - Messrs. Argo, Hamilton and Madan_ lane. Conference - Messrs. Laing, Turner and Larkin. A. and L M. and W. and 0. -Messrs. Larkin, Argo and Pletchdr- Finance and iStatts,- tics-Messrs. Hamilton, Sharpe and Carriere. Auditors - Messrs. Turner and Brigham. The Presbytery put itself on re_ cord as VI hearty sympathy :with the petititiners •who are asking for pro. hibition up to the full measure of equal in Huron County. The follow- -Tie death of Margarett Miiler, 1 ing is a list of the successful 'ex- second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. hitorRichard nillier, occurred at < their o.t While Oats, A. Eicoat, Oscar Klopp home in Wroxeter on Sunday, Feb_ Wm. Dougall; Six Rowed Barley, A. ruary 20th. The deceased, who was 25 years of age, had been in fail- ing 'health since last summer suf- fering from anaemia, and had been.. confined' to bed for several months. -Mr. John Bell, of Lloyilminster, Sask., who has been in Huron county for several +weeks ,.past, ' buying hp horses,. shipped two carloads t to the west on Wednesday last, from Clinten, and he admitted that they were about the best bunch he ever sent to the prairies and that in say- ing !a good deal. Mr. Bell left the following day for his western home. (-Malcolm A. McDonald, who hde- leaned Hon. Chas. Tisdall, in . the bye -election in = Vancouver on Satue- day of last week, is well known In Goderich and Huron county. He was born and raised in the town- sbip of Ashfield, attended the Gode- rich Collegiate Institute, and stud- ied law with the law firm of ;Gar - row and Proudfoot. -Dr. Charlotte Ross, daughter of the Ilate Joseph Whitehead, of Cline ton, died in Winnipeg on Monday, February 28th. Deceased spent most of her life in Manitoba, where she practiced medicine after her rna.rri_ age, among the men who were work- ing for her husband =on .the construc- tion line of. the C.P.R. Her husband died in 1912 and since then she had lived retired in Winnipeg. -On Tuesday, Mr, J. D. Hall, of Raymond, Alberta, ina.de a shipment of 4, carload of -male Shorthorns pur- chaned by him in the Clinton .dis- trict. Among those from whom he ' made purchases were: James Snell, two; Ed. Johnson, Jarnes, Van Eg- mond, Shobbrook; George Stepheneon, L. Anderson and P. Plumsteel. A 'heifer included in the shipment was bought from Mr. Wiltse, of the Lon- don Road. -A quiet wedding was solernniz. ed- at one o'clock on Saturday after. noon at the Methodist church. in Owen Sound, when Miss Gladys Dry.. son; became the bride of Mr. Oliver Mowatt Chowen, of the G. T. R. staff in that town, and Son of Mr. 3. G. Choweh, of Clinton. = Tbe young couple spent a feW days in Clin- ton, going on from there to White- church, where Mr. Chowen has been a0o1nted agent. . large and representative Meet- ing of the patrons of Wincheisea creamery was held at Woodham, an Wednesday, February 23rd. The. aunitors' report showed that 1,18%- 210 pounds of crea.m were received dining 1915; that 41.3,892 pounds of butter were made. The butter Bold sfer $123,713.64, averaging 29.89 cents Per pound for the year. Prices ra.nged from 27.31 cents to 34.72 cents, the lowest in June, and the highest hi March. e -On Thursday, February 24, Mr. Robert Sharman, one of- the oldest reeidents Of Goderich, passed away after an illness of several months. When a young man he came with hie parents to Goderich, from, Man- chester, England, and from that time until two or three years ago, he was actively engaged in his trade as a Wider. He was a re- spected member of North street Meth - &list church, a staunch Conservative and a member of the Orange Order. Be leaves a wife and four, children. -Acting on behalf of William H. Bender, of Zurich, Mr. L. E. Dancey lies secured the issuance of a -writ against A. T. Cooper, of Clinton, eleimhig $5,000, for libels alleged tO 10.ve been published by said Cooper in The London Free Press and The London Advertiser on February 24th. Another writ, issued against John neY, Jr., of Hay township, on behalf of the same plaintiff, demands n1,0e0 advanced legislation- following a fay- . • The Presbyteryof Hu:eon The Presbytery of Huron met at ora,ble vote on a referendum. There is Clinton on Tuesday last. The follow- ' a strong hint that this legislation will ing mire present : -Mr. Macfarlane, wipe out all liquor` licenses, and that (moderator); Dr. Fletcher, Messr3. the sale of liquors in bars, shops and Sharps Carriere, Smith, Richardson, clubs will be prohibited. , Johnston, fCarswell, Larkin, Ross, Harper, Turner, Laing and arellton, ministers, and Messrs. Fres r, linen_ hart, Strang„ Bell, Sparrowl,Habkirk, Wilson, Inglis and Young, elders. Mr. Woods was •Wanted for the ensuing six. month ceiving congregations repor grants were asked for thexi A call was presented =fro gregations of Burns' chute and Knox church, Londes -favor of Rev, James Abery Granton, signed by 138 membere and nineteen adherents, and of ering an ; annual stipend of ni,000, u e of the manse, and four weeice' holidays. Messrs. Warnilton, B.eid, 4! Melville, Ball a'hd Scott appeared fragile the pen- gregations and were hear4 in sup- port of the call. It was 4oped th st this call will be issued on; Tuesday, March 8th,. at the iPresbYtery of Stratford, at which Mr. T rner will reappear on behalf of the of Huron, provisional arr were made for induction : er to preside and indent, • .to preach. Mr. Richards° That the cause of prohibition has; been making great headway 1.1- On..i tario everybody knew, and there has been .a suggestion that the campaign of the citizens' committee of • 100 was watched with more than a detach- ed interest by the government.; If the referendum is carried -and ; tne elhances are that it will be -the l gay- drnrnent will take immediate aetion. In fact, the plans have gone sOi far that the Government is said to have already had under review some forms of restrictive legislation, from 'other provinces. It is believed that no dine will be lost in submitting the eefer- endnin. " From the Front Th▪ e folloiving letter was written by Pte. Wes. Caldwell, of the. 18th Battalion, and whose home le in. • Hensall. H4 is well known in Clin- ton, 'having attended the • Collegiate thermor , Institute• there, before enlisting for the ag _ overeeas 'service. The letter is !dated give th knowin Belgium, -Feb. 6, 1916, as folloWs: Dear' Friend, -Am sitting neeide ept the . machine gun in, a redoubt about 200 ws, the e Ylairds Trtom the Wront like. Was chance •f .transferred to tiTe section abont ten suspensio , days ago. We spent six days in the ined front line, then the Tient six here In • the redoubt followed by another sin In 1 1, I thu ,which the round trip. n by e Our last term in the front 11 he pri y rather exciting. Ourl bomb th ating liti- -had been aggravating the Germ ding. T one night and they began to fa,mo s he front line, then we got Into ional -reserve for the next six; taking ;twentyenour days for e was owers ns all etali- ate just before dawn. In all they e must have sent over 150 rifle gren- n . a,de and ball bernbs on a frontage of 1 ' 100 yards. Our gun was right in n I the *midst of it, but fortunatel none n I of the crevt were iniured. Thel para,.. 5-- p -t was blown fiat in two ,nlaces, oderator . Aid_re- ed and the con- , Hullett, oro • in B.A., of resbyteLY n gements fr. Tuen_ r. Harper to ad- dress the minister and Mr. Laing the people For tthe May meeting it was de.. cided to have a conference on "The Relation of Legislation toi Christian - Character and Citizenship.' iThe convenors of the standing committees presented their annual re_ ports Mr. Harper the report on Sab_ ople's So_ epor t on r.Keefer_ lane gth4 report on Soci I Service, Mr. Hamilton the report on Finance and Statistics. • It was agreed to hold institutes in different parts of the Presbytery with special reference to the needs of rural communities. Th Godericn summer scheol was comme ded to the young people of the Presb tery. The dates and locations of th institutes ong. lilted corn - Assembly , Messrs. ministers, lid Strang, appoin te .1 ntative on bath Schools and Young P cities. Mr. Johnston, the Systematic Beneficience, jai t night. ur . but was speedily built up again that will be announced before at d ,The German rifle -grenade is muen The following were app poi a- to i high explosive but also much heavy 9.- e • at 'Winnipeg: Dr. Pletche missioners to the Genera f ared as it not only contains a very e I shrapnel. Their hand grenades are Carswell and Hamilton, a i not so dangerous. There WEIS a ball Messrs. Wilson, Sparrow O ! bomb exploded within ten feet of no i 1 elders. Mr. Carswell w e I one = night but I was only scr c . 'the Presbytery's repres iii: i ttlifteaecomueplecloefarploafere.s.myThfeeeetx 1 1 the Assembly's business committees as came to earth again almost or teyl. nv'heleaeunea..rrow escapes that .s0 ci o- lows 'have are nothing short of mar_ the next General Assembly. • 1 ' The . matter of church union Came e- There is no danger of the Germans up for the decision of PreebYtery and by a vote of 16 to 7 the Presbytery deeidede-in favor of union. The next regular meeting will be held at Clinton, on may (9, at 11 a.m. The following were appointed a mounting up in. a supply wh ch will members of the standing committees he be inhaustible before . long; 1 then for 1916, the first_mentio d in each n- the great offensive will ' cornmence, caSe being convenor s.nd the minis- ? se- . which will make the world sit up ters named having their elders as. m- ' and take notice. : •• . sociated with then]: Home Missiona ng - The cost of attempting to advance I -Messrs, Smith, Harper and. Johns- CY without the necessarY . munitions anti ton; Foreign Missions - Mews. bu but I and Mr. Ross on the corresponding 'nhurt. coMmittee of Synod. Dr. Baird. was e fel nominated for the moderatorship of ar 0 ever advancing any farther on the ed Western front. We are -holding them et. wale the greatest ease by Et triple se line that cannot be broken, ' Our supply of munitions s • fast EtcleBAN BROS, Publishers a Year in Adn'anna damages for alleged malicious prose-, cution, false arrest,. false imprison- ment, trespass and slander. -The iumual meeting of the sham*, holders of the Tirestern Foundry Ca. In Wingham, was held on Wednesdny afternoon of last -week. The various. reports presented showed that the company lied a very successful year and prospects are bright for the ceining year, the company having a larg- number Of orders ahead fOr their various kinds of furnace*, stoves and ranges. The •officers el.. ected were as follows: President -an& -General Manager, 3. J. Cunningham; • Vice -President, J. A. McLean; see- retary-treasurer, Vanstone z. office manager, Miss _Mae Williamson. -•--The Canada Company reet ntly sold. one hundred acres on the Rs -concession of Stanley, to Mr. John Turner., of ithat township. 'Tit has ale° sold 100 ares in Ray, being' lot 1, •concession, :0., to A. McFells, Nof leer Exeter. The holdings of the Canada Company '= in Hay Tewnshis are becoming smaller as the year*. igo by. The company 'now contrrAsi only /5 acres in the big swatritt be- tween Zurich Road and the town., line between Hay and Stanley, an piece will soon pass into otber hands. ISouth of the Zurich Road, they still retain about 500 acrei Hay and. Stephen townships. Z. Seeamer 'Elswick As Manors which was torpedoed off Southwold, near Yarmouth, _England, on Pebe 14th, had on board a Goderich boy, Harold Mead, Sanford. He states, in a, letter received by his parents this week, that practically the vrholo front was blown out of the name. He himself was thrown a consider- able distanee from Where he west at the time of the explosion. and will have sore ribs and bruised flesh for some time to \come. He seers that the boat was about anchor for the night, when she was struck. He lost everything She • had, It could have been saved had etot an oil locker taken fire. The captain man- aged to beacn tbe boat. He says they were saved as if by' ai miracle. -The Clinton Company of the lilst Battalion in •charge of Captain Van - stone, arrived back from their route march to Goderich feeling splendidly and report having an excellent time. When the boys were about half wily to Goderich they were halted at Zion church, where the ladies treated thern to a splendid luncheon, and the dinner and the supper given in Knox chnrch, Goderich, was •greatly appreciated. Private billets were provided ,for bed and breakfast, and rtbout nine o'clock Saturday morning the return journey of thirteen miles was 'darted. Holmesville was reach_ ed at twelve o'clock and no dinner was ever nfore appreciated than the eine given by. the ladles in the Methe °dist church. The boys received a hearty welcome on their arrival In -On Monday of (last week, Mrs; W. J. P4rIts, Df. P.,ast Wavranoshe died. at (the home of heer brother, Mr. Williani Johnston, in Blyth. arse Parks had been suffering for some months with paralysis of .the arm which developed Into neuritis of the throat to whicle she succumbed. She . had -been In London on Saturday tervieiving epeciaIists in the malady from which she was ineffering, but returned in the evening with little encouragement of h a cure being efe „fected. The late Mrs. P irks, whose maiden name was %Mary Stein Johne ton, was in her 53rd year and was born - In the Townshin McKillon. later coming to East Wawanosh with her parents. the late Mr, and, Mrs .Robert Johnson, where she roe mained the major part of her 'life. She was married 25 years ago to Mr, now bereft husband, and has hen the esteem and respect of the corn- munity ad her death much re., grated by nelghbpr@ friend She was an ardent member •of to Westfield Methodist church and her labors and kind assistance will no felt by that body. The remains wet* taken to her late home int East Wbe wanosh, from whence the funeriti took place on Friday to the - Union cernetery. Canada -As a sequence to investigations being conducted by the governmeat into defalcations Of J. P. Brown, thief clerk of the Highways com- mission at Regina. John F. known throughout the west as Jack Lindsay, manager for the Manney Harris company .at Swift Curren!, was •arrested on a charge of stealer S6,000, the property of the = Saskatek- evran government. -In a fire which corneietely den- troyed the Centrel Methodist church In Calgary on Monday morning, Mid caused a loss of about •$50,090, Polies Constable Dan Finisyson saved from 'death by suffocation Mrs. W.' ,Seymour and Miss Seymour, wit. nd daughter of the caretaker of tkii ureh, who were penned in their attartMents above tne 8-1/141qY school hall by the sudden rush a tile flarries and smoke. An overheated furnace is •blamed for the= conflates - tion. \The loss is fairly covered by ineuidniee. • -The borne of RPV. 0. R. Tappert, the pastier St, Matthew's Lutheran Church, l)erlin. .was visited by A- bout fiftY ==goidlers of the 118tit battalion snortly before eleven sin, clock SaturdaY night, and the rever- end gentleman was afterwards es - carted, without , a hat or overcoat, down Xing street, and from there to the barracks tin Queen St. ;AN effort was made by the soldiers` to induce their - -captive to ing the National Anthem, but tie fileclinede • The 'officers of the battalion were • informed of the excitement and L. missed the soldiers and escorted the Lutheran minister to his home. He was not seriously injured, but Wan suffering considerably /rem Oho zold. The reverend gentleman nub. emitted his resignation to his eon- gregation last - Wednesday eveninge which was enicepted, and he delbrorei his farewell = sermon. In German on Sunday evening.