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THOS. McMILLAN, M.P., ON THE BUDGET
Mr. Speaker:
We have been waiting eagerly foe
the budget speech. It's content has
now been revealed. If the tariff pee -
visions of that budget are carried into
effect, I tremble for the future of
Canadian agriculture.
Economically, I believe Canada is
in the most critical situation tliat this
country has ever experienced—a sit-
uation so critical,' that it is no time
for any member tp arise in this House
to talk cheap politics.
Politics, in the true sense of the
term, means the science of Govern-
ment. The Government and regula-
tan of the nation, so as to insure the
lIberty, security, peace, progress and
prosperity of the people.
It is acknowledged by all that agri-
culture is the commanding industry in
this country, that in Canada the con-
stant condition •of agriculture is the
great barometer of trade, and with-
out a dominant agriculture, the whole
national fabric will fall to pieces.
Never in the history of this country
has that fact been demonstrated, as
it is being demonstrated to -day.. For
the past eight or nine months, busi-
ness conditions have been practically
paralized. These conditions have
been greatly intensified by the de-
feat of the Dunning Budget and the
heavy tariff impositions of this pres-
ent Government. With trade falling
off, revenues declining, transportation
seriously restricted, the national debt
piling up, expenditures growing, im-
migration reduced to a standstill, un-
employment so rife that in the midst
. of .bulging storehouses and overflow-
ing elevators, we have the lurid pic-
tures of thousands of destitute people
living in semi -starvation, even in the
section of our country now well
known as the granary of the Empire,
and the purchasing power of the great
body of our people very seriously re-
duced. Why is this so? Because the
farmer cannot sell the product of his
labor for the cost oe production, and
as a consequence his purchasing
power is gone. And so the whole na-
tional economic fabric is threatened.
Under the circumstances, consider
the treatment which this Government
had handed out to Canadian agricul-
ture. Talk about finding a market
for Canadian farm products in Great
'Britain, but with, the Prime Minister's
' total disregard of the elementary
laws of trade and economics, how
could he expect to secure a market in
Britain?
True, the Prime Minister has been
over there seeing what he could do in
that way, but having effectively bar-
red the door in advance, he simply
made a -fizzle of the whole business.
I believe he never did want to go to
Great Britain. Beery time I looked
at him during the recent session, it
always seemed as though he were
scenting poison of some kind in con-
nection with that overseas trip, and
it would have been a thousand times
better for Canada and the Empire, if
the Opposition bad held the Govern-
ment up on that diabolical program
of legislation enacted, so that the
Prime Minister and his colleagues
would have been unable to cross for
those commencement exercises, which
set him off on such.
It is my candid •opinion that the
prime reason for his abject failure is
that he and the members of his Cab-
inet have become protectionist crazy
—so much so that they seem convinc-
ed that Canada must not buy anything
from abroad that can possibly be pro-
duced at home, and the very thought
of allowing Canadian industry to
stand on its own feet in both home
and foreign competition, makes them
almost shiver in their shoes. Good,
healthy competition—a spirit of heal -
Pay emulation, is the best condition
ster any industry, or for any individual
te0 any walk of life, that is, if you
want to bring out the best that is in
them. Why, to any one who wanted
to sell Canadian wheat, as the Prime
Minister surely wanted to do, it was
the silliest move imaginable to shut
out the importation of British goods
from Canada, and then on top of all
that, whenever he began to sniff the
salt air, those two things—that pe-
culiar combination of circumstances --
must have sent him clean off.
Why is it that the great British
co-operative societies are buying so
much of their wheat elsewhere than
in Canada? 'Simply because those
other countries will buy British goods
in exchange and now, under this Gov-
ernment, Canada will not. They re-
alise that the true measure of trade
is, the interchange of products and
that if any volume of business is to
be done between nations this is the
!manner in which it must be done.
Argentina at the end of July, 1929,
had still on hand 120,000,000 bushels
of wheat, the most of which was dis-
posed of before the 1930 crop was
ready for market. Why is Argentine
doing so much business and selling so
much wheat to Britain? Simply be-
cause she is willingand anxious to
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take British good e n exchange and
now, Canada, under this Government,
will not do so. The people and Gov-
ernment of Argentina know what the
elementary laws of economics mean,
and, as a consequence, the commerce
of that country is soaring by leaps
and bounds.
Upon this Go-vernment Tests the
responsibility of enlarging overseas
markets for Canadian products and it
should not hesitate to make trade and
low tariff arrangements for the mut-
ual interchange of trade with that
purpose in view, that is, if the Prime
Minister is sincere in his pledge'to
place the whole weight and power of
the Dominion of Canada behind agri-
ettlture to help and encourage the
In-
dnaty
The truth is, that, up to the present,
he has used a the power of his, Gov-
erdMent toe pet the Defrdaien of !Can-
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ada on the top of agriculture, to, crush
out the eery life -blood it possesses
The Government is losing and will
continue to lose opportunities to help
Canadian agriculture and relieve the
present depression, if it does not soon
make a radical change in its avowed
fiscal policy. It could not do better
than by setting out at once to rescind
those diabolical enactments of the
recent short session. Those amend-
ments to the ,Customs Act should nev-
er have been put through, and. they
were only allowed to pass on the dis-
tinct understanding that they were
to be thoroughly reviewed and re-
oonsidered during the present session.
However, instead of any relief, the
present budget has saddled the farm-
ers with still more serious burdens.
Take the sales tax and the income
tax; we will deal with them together.
This is certainly) no poor man't
budget. I have the following tele-
gram from John P. Coyle, Alymer,
dated June 2, 1931, Manager Carna-
tion Milk Co., Alymer, Ont.: "Sales
tax from which we were formerly
exempted will mean approximately an
annual loss of $100,00000 to farmers
of Aylmer district."
Representations against the tax
have already been filed at Ottawa b
a number 'of the 30 plants manufac
turing milk products in Canada.
The loss to Canadian farmers woul
be about $3,000,000.00. It is most
unfair to tax condensed, evaporated
milk, when butter and cheese and
other products •of milk and cream,
even wIfen done up in boxes, are free.
In. this regard also, harvest tools,
spades and shovels, axe handles,
shears, milk cans, already under a
heavy tariff, now free, will under the
new sales tax be subject to four per
cent.
I would like to know upon what
principle these sales and nuisance tax-
es has been based.
The bi-weekly milk and cream
cheques of the farmers, who send
their milk and cream to the cheese
factories and creameries, stamp tax
on all cheques, must be paid by the
struggling poor.
In many instances, they might get
more money if stamp taxes were
Placed on their notes or note renew-
als; The rich sign cheques for thqu-
sands anti hundreds of thousands.
Why not tax them in proportion. But
no, this rich man's government lets
them off with a simple two cent tax.
The rich ride in parlor and sleeper
cars, send telegrams and cables, but
they get off scot free.
The poor man's tea must be taxed,
while the wines and other beverages
of the rich are the same as before.
Oranges, pineapples, prunes, figs
and other fruits essential -to the poor
man's table, are doubly taxed by both
an excise tax and a 4 per cent. sales
tax, but when you come to the rich
man's $50,000.00, where he formerly
paid $13,000.00, he now only pays
$12,500.00; on the $500,000 income,
where the rich man formerly paid
$245,000, the amount on the new rate
is only $125,000.00; on $600,000 income
where the rich man paid $300,000 he
now only has to pay $150,000. Verily
this is a rich man's budget. Wlhen we
come to analyze the customs tariff
schedules, it is doubly so.
The record this far shows that this
Governme t is striking a death blow
at the p of the political life of
this natio . ' Parliament will beeome
a sink of corruption. Members of
Parliament will go there, not to re-
present the national interests, but
pledged to support the special inter-
ests of particular industries.
No truer words were ever uttered,
then those of the British Chancellor
of the Exchequer, when he said:—
"Once begin a policy of protection
and you are on a slippery slope that
leads to a bottomless pit."
Since corhing into this House I have
heard more trash talked about a na-
tional coal policy for Canada than
would fill a book. At one stroke, cut
out this tariff of ceal duties and our
Maritimes can supply themselves and
the Eastern United States. Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia can supply both
hard and soft coal to Ontario, Alber-
ta, British Columbia and Vancouver
Island; can supply the whole of Can-
ada west of Winnipeg, and also the
Western United States of America.
This is the true and only national coal
policy for Canada.
I have no time to deal elaborately
with the tariff, and will only mention
a few articles.
A cardinal principle of tariff leg-
islation under Conservative rule, has
always been that industry should re-
ceive its raw material either free of
duty or at the lowest possible rate.
The Prime Minister promised that,
if elected he would put the whole
weight of his Government behind ag-
riculture to aid and 'eupport the in-
dustry. Why not fulfil that pledge?
Take the following items:
(1) Indian corn, oilcake, cotton-
seed meal and molasses for feeding
live stock, should be free. 25 cents
per bushel—corn should be free. I
will discuss this item in common,
(2) House building material,brick
stone, tarred -paper, prepared roof-
ings, fibre board, sheathing and in-
sulation and window glass'.
(3) Furniture (coal of all kinds
and coke should be free).
1(4) Auternobiles-LA crime to pro-
hibit secondhand cars.
(5) Agricultural machinery and
implements.
(6) Cotton goods, woollen goods,
household requirements.
(7) Pootwear.
(8) C4a,.soline.
These are only a few of the neces-
sary recefirente,ntseethe raw material
far every farmer and Laimi house'hold.
The farmer is being sadaled with a
heavy burden through greatly increas-
ed duties upon he getitiirshunits—t
SEAFORTII, FRIDAY
duties amounting all the way from 25
According to the report of the Bur-
eau statistics for 1928:
Employees Wages &
salaries
Canadian cotton
factories „..... 26,615 $17,688,791
Canadian woollen
factories . 454 1,096,621
Boots and shoes.. 15,505 14,982,608
37,574 $33,767,920
Per employee, almost $900.00 per
annum.
The margin of extra cost,he con-
sumers of Canada are compelled to
pay for those classes of goods, on ac-
count of the protective duties in force,
would enable us to pension these em-
ployees to the full amount of the wag-
es they receive, and allow them to go
idle all the year, and we would still
have something to the good.
The same is true with respect to
the duty on gasoline, which was rais-
ed in duty during the recent short
session, from 1 cent to 2% cents per
imperial gallon, excepting easing head
gasoline, which is free for refineries
for mixing purposes.
Everytime we buy gasoline in Can-
ada, we pay increased tribute to
foreign capitalists et the command of
our .Canadian Government.
These foreign.capitalists have their
branch plants in Canada. The Am-
erican producer may cut the price to
the American consumer, but must not
sell it, in Canada below the special
price set by the Canadian Govern-
ment—a price which enables the Oan-
adian refiner owned by American capi-
tal, to exact an excessive price from
the Canadian consumer, with the re-
sult that according to the annual re-
port of the .bureau of statistics, an
industry employing 4,978 hand and
paying in wages and salaries $8,153,-
000 cost the people of Canada some
$20,000,000 per annum on account of
the duty imposed. The people of
Canada could pension these employees
to the full amount of their remunera-
tion, let them_ go idle all the year and
still have over $10,000,000 to the good.
Such industries are expensive to the
Canadian consumer of gasoline.
The members and supporters ofethis
Government have asked us to an-
nounce our remedy for present condi-
tions. The Liberals in this House,
through the medium of the preference
proposals of the Dunning Budget on
May 1, 1930, announced our remedy—
a remedy which was hailed with de-
light by every great leader in British
public life. We on this side of the
House stand for that remedy. to -day
and we exhort this Government to
now thoroughly review and reconsider
the serious detrimental legislation of
last session with a view to its repeal.
,11 can never forget how, on one oc-
casion, the present Prime Minister,
met me on the approach to these Par-
liament Buildings with the salute:
"How long are you going to remain
silent in this House? No one can
watch you sitting across the way
without knowing that you are often
full to overflowing! When are you
going to break your silence?"
Mr. Speaker, notice ;s given here
and now. That silence is broken. If
the diabolical legislation of the last
session would not suffice to break it,
goodness only knows what would. And
I trust that silence will never be re-
sumed until the last vestige of the
means of wrongdoing is wiped from
the Customs Act in relation to the
industrial and commercial life of Can-
ada.
Why, Sir, it is special handouts to
industry such as those being made
by this Government and more point-
edly by the Minister of National Rev-
enue, which tends to make the rich
richer and the poor more miserably
poor. Sir, I am no communist at
heart, but it is just this kind of thing
which gives rise to Communism in this
country and throughout the world.
The more I recall the history of
the struggle which the early pioneers
put up, who went into the Canadian
wilderness, cleared off the forest, and
dug out of the soil their scanty sub-
sistence, and in later years and even
at the present time, the stern strug-
gles of our western pioneers, when I
recall those experiences, I cannot help
saying that the enactments which this
Government has put upon the statute
books during the recent session, and
have now announced in this budget
to further burden and impoverish
Canadian agriculture, is worse than
a crime upon the body politic of Can-
ada.
Do the Prime Minister and the
members of his cabinet not know of
the serious handicap placed upon the
farmers and laboring men in the ord-
inary and general course of trade.? I
ask every member to realize and grasp
the full significance of the feet, that
in the general course of business,
those engaged in rnanufacturing, in-
dustrial, mercantile, medicinal and
trading life in general, are largely
able to buy wholesale and sell retail.
thereby enabling them to secure and
enjoy a decided advantage in the
struggle of life. Wlhy, even the med-
ical men, and they are a worthy lot
of citizens, if they have to go into a
drugs store, will kick like steers
if they do not get their requirements
at or near the wholesale price. 'Where-
as agriculturists and the laboring
masses are, by the very nature of
their calling, largely compelled to buy
retail and sell wholesale, thus suffer-
ing under the double handicap. Should
this situation not be a sufficient betide.
cap to .agriculture? But no! nol that
is not enough! There is not one of
those honorable gentlemen sitting on
the treasury benches ever seems to
have given this matter a moment's
consideration. Why should farmers
and evorking men and women have the
privilege of getting any of their
household or other requirements at a
reasonable cost they say? That is
what the are saying by the diabolical
legielation which they have already
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Low Prices.
N. CLUFF & SONS
placed upon the Statute Books of
Canada at the recent eession, and
there they sit, more particularly the
Minister of National Rvenue, with
that cynical smile of absolute disre-
gard for all the earnest pleadings
which have been made for justice to
Agriculture and the great body of
consumers, which amply...justifies ev-
ery word we have said., that they care
not a straw for the hard -worn farm-
ers and wealth producers of Canada.
I call upon the young Minister of
Agriculture and I say to him: Come
ye out from among them for they are
as dead men's bones, from which ye
can receive nothing :beneficial." I say
to him: "Come .out and implement
your pledge to Canadian. agriculture
and there would be no partisanship
n his record of administration. You
cannot continue to sit where you now
are and support the policies of this
government, and be able to implement
your solemn pledge to Canadian agri-
culture.
I'would like to know one individual
who does net wish to get his require-
ments at a reasonable cost. If there
s one such on the Government side
of this House, let him arise and say
so. We would like to have a look
at such an individual. Why, even the
Minister of National Revenue told us
on the 12th September last that "it
s often very pleasant to get the bene-
fits of stolen goods at low prices" and
surely he ought to know! And yet,
there sits a Cabinet, the inembers of
'which, with apparently the united sup.
port of every follower who sits be-
hind them, have gone out of their
way to pass legislation which .will
prevent the great body of our Can-
adian people from getting their re-
quirements at a reasonable cost.
Continued on Page Three
ANNUAL PICNIC
' HURON OLD BOYS
The 13th is not unlucky—June 13th
was a Saturday. If the 13th had been
a Friday it may have been different.
Five previous Saturdays Jup. Flue.
was on the job. Saturday, June 6th.
may 'be recalled—didn't rain cats and
dogs, but oh boy! the rain sure did
pelt down.
This Saturday, this supposed un-
lucky 13th, was a beautiful Canadian
June day. Other parts of the world
may boast of their beauties, their
sapphire skies, their blue seas, and so
on, the Irish of their Killarney, Scot-
land of her .11tighlarls, England of
her Windermere, but Ontario's June is
beyond the painter and his canvas. As
13alfe says of Killarney: "It's a little
bit of heaven." Ontario is more than
a little bit.
When I arrived at Area No. 3, Ex-
hibition Park, that 13th of June, Ed.
Floody and Bert McCreath had treed
a "Bluenose," had him up in a fine
maple tieing the "Huron Old Boys"
banner to the mast. The "Blue Nose"
people had a grand gathering on the
adjoining area, No. 2. This young fel-
low wandered on to our lot, and
Floody and McCreath made him cap-
tive. Wihat's the use or being Indian
if one does not grab things. A bunch
had sneffiled all the bench seats and
toted tfin6m to Area No. 1. Chief Mc-
Creath of the Hurons let go a war
whoop. The tribe present did the rest.
The seats were moved from "thence
to thither," as the judges say. "Big
seat, him big heavy," said one old-time
Huron brave, grunting that way, too.
A tidy bit of an Englishman, such
as we met at one time among the
Devons over Exeter way, or among
the Yorks of the west end of Tucker -
smith, wandered on to Huron hunting
grounds. Moody and McCreath
wig -
Scott Xemorial
Hospital
The Board of Trustees and
Staff of The Scott Memorial
Hospital extend an invitation
to' the public to attend the
Graduating Exercises ef the
1931 Class of Nurses, to be
held on the Hospital Grounds
on Wednesday, the 24th. of
June, at 2.30 p.m ,
In the event of unfavorable
weather the exercises will be
held in the G.W.V.A. Hall.
gled the feathers in their sky-Pieeeso
let out a couple of war whoops. The
Englishman moved quickly. Found
outihe was bald-headed. The braves
didn t want his scalp. Couldn't hang
the scalp of a bald-headed guy in the
wigwam. No hair t,o suspend it with
A dour Scottie, broad -shouldered
stout, of middle age, accompanied by
a pale got on the Huron's hunting lot
and proceeded to exempt one of the
seats Chief McCreath and his braves
annexed. Chief Floody scratched the
spot underneather his feathered
chapeaut, talked Huron and turkey to
Scotty. The man from the land o
the heather had a bag full of "r's" in
his speech. It burred over to Floody's
way. The secretary of the Hurons
trotted out the pipe o' peace, and got
rid of Scotty and his burrs slicker
than a whistle. Anyway a vagrant
cat and a Scotty are suspicious of
Irish confetti. A half brick 'ill knock
off yer head. And Floody,
it must be remembered, originated
down among the Cavan lEflazers. Af-
terwards corning to Huron and being
adopted by the braves up in Hullett
township. He taught school. At .one
time in Egmondville. The bunch of
a bye -gone day in the old school on
Egrnondville hill tamed Floody. A
Cavan Blazer is no sae bad when Eg-
mondville gets through with him.
What follows comes from Secretary
Floody. He had Bil Povvl up before
breakfast this Monday morning. So
if you don't like what is written above,
blame Bil. That below this is
Floody's. Blame him.
At 6 p.m. supper was served in the
Transportation Building, when every-
body enjoyed the refreshments so well
prepared by the ladies. After supper
the various games were carried out in
quick succession, and the proceedings
closed at dusk, after a most enjoyable
afternoon's outing.
Amongst those present were notic-
ed the following: Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. McLaren, Mr, and Mrs. E. Floody,
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. McCreath, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. E. Ferguson and Miss
Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Pringle,
Mr. and Mrs. D. Thompson and Miss
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Stoke,
Mr, and Mrs. A. E, Forbes, Mr, and
Mrs. W. A. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs.
Lack Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Floody, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Wickens,
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Scott, Mr. and
Mrs. R. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Mason, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hart, Mr. and Mr.
James Saul, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wil-
ford, Mr. and Mrs. IL R. Kilty, Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Kilty, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Hartley, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Cook,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomson, Mr. and
Mrs. D. Crawford and the Misses
Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Prid-
ham (Detroit), Mr. John R. MacNicol,
M.P., and Mrs. MacNicol, Ald. and
Mrs. W. Duckworth, Dr. C. A. Hes-
sion and Mrs. Hession, Dr. G. Robin-
son and Mrs. Robinson, Dr. H. J. Hod-
gins and Mrs. Hodgins, Mr. and Mrs.
A. Currie, Mr, and Mrs. D. Currie,
Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Barrow, Mr. J.
N. Kernaghan and Mrs. J. Beck, Mr,
Robert Holmes, Mr. Alex. Armstrong,
Mr. Win. Powell, Mr, G. A. Newton,
Mr. W. H. Mitchell, Mrs. A. J. Grigg,
Mrs, W. F. Cantelon, Mr. W. Harland,
Mr. P. A. Petrie, Mr. Arthur. Sims,
Mr.' W. Welker, Mr. A. M. Hannah,
Mr. A. F. Guay, Mr. Jas. Morrow, ex.
M.P.P., Winnipeg; Mr. W, L Pepper,
Mr. Roy A. Stewart, Mr. H. Pridharn,
Mr. N. Stanlake, Mr. and Mrs. II.
Williarrisen, Mr. and Mrs. J. Alder-
son, Mr. and Mrs. J. Muir, Mr, and
Mrs. A. Wallis, Mrs. J. Hyndman,
MTS. J. L. Smith, Mrs. Clubine, Mrs.
F. Echlin, Mrs. M. Henry, Mrs. H.
Hamilton, Mrs, J. M. Sabine, Mrs. H.
Halliday, Mrs. W. T. McKee, Mrs. W.
R. IVIcBrien, Mrs. C. Gray, Mrs. A. L.
Fisher, Mrs. M. McGee, Mrs. J. Gib-
son, Mrs. John Moon, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Gray, Mrs. Ida E. Smith, Mrs.
E. Glenn, Mrs. C. Burgess, Mrs. F. W.
How, Mrs. Mary Elliott, Mrs. B. Free-
man, Miss Lavine. Knox, Miss Grace
Stirling, Miss Annie Crittenden, Mis3
Irene Davis, Miss E. Barry, Miss N.
Barry, Miss L. M. Flynn. Miss Edna
Flynn, Miss I. Stark, Miss Ruth
Stark, Miss A. Lowry, Miss C. S
Lowry, Miss M. Proctor, Miss E. Ham-
ilton, Miss Annie Kerr. Miss Leo
Kerr, Miss Ruth Shcbbrock, Miss
Jean Holmes, and scores of others
whose names could not be obtained.
The following are the prize win-
ners of the different races:
Children under 6 years—D. Kane,
R. McAllister, D. Vance.
Boys, 8 and under—R. McCreath,
D. McKenzie, J. Symington.
Girls, 8 and under—F. Weekes, M.
Mustard, Alma Simpson.
Boys, 10 and under—R. Isbister, J.
Jenner, F. Moser.
Girls, 10 and under—J. Symington,
1'. Torrance, R. Pridham.
Boys, 12 and under—R. McCreath,
J. Brisley, J. Murray.
Girls, 12 and under—Eileen Jay, M.
Crampscy, C. Floddy.
Boys, 14 and under—J. Moon, .1,
Malden, Wallace Floody.
Girls, 14 and under—E, Ewart, M.
Elliott, D. Torrance.
Roys, 16 and under—J. Crawford,
L. Wilson, Bob Wilson.
Girls, 16 and under—Betty Prid-
ham,
Young men, 100 yards ---H. R. Kil-
ty, J. Crawford, Bill Pridham.
Yoling ladies, 75 yards—M. Elliott,
Grade Stirling, Helen Mason.
Married men, 75 yards—H. R. Kil-
ty, Bill Pridham, B. H. McCreath.
Married ladies, 50 yards — Mrs.
Wilson, Mrs. Pridham, Mrs. C. Kilty.
Special, officers' wives — Mrs. D.
Thompson, Mrs. H. J. Hodgins, Mrs.
J. Moon.
Peanut race—Miss Elden, Mrs. W.
E. Floody, Miss V. Hall.
Boot race—R. MeCreath, 3. Malden,
R. R. Wilson.
Married couples' race—Mr. and
Mrs. J. Johnston, Mr. and MrS. J.
Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Kilty.
Notes.
Hon. President J. A. McLaren don-
ated six pairs of shoes for prizes and
ten pounds of good coffee for the sem-
per. The Hon. President seems to be
getting bigger hearted every day.
May his shadow never grow lees.
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Lower School Tomlin
The following are the names, of the
pupils who have been premeted to ad-
vanced classes in the Ldwer School Of
the Collegiate Institute. The standard
for passing is based upon the ability
of the pupil to do the work of the ad-
vanced grade as indicated by the
year's progress as well as the Anal
examinations in June. Pupils who
fell below the pass standard of 50 pee
cent. in two or more aubjects and
did not show a substantially high av-
erage in the other subjects, have not
been prornoted, as their standing indi-
cates a general weakness; and it is
decidedly unwise for such pupils to
attempt the advanced work before ses,
curing a firmer foundation in the low-
er grade.
The letters "Hon." after a candi-
date's name indicated that the candi-
date has an average of 75 per cent,
or over.
A subject in brackets after a can-
didate's name indicates a failure in
that subject, and the candidate should
give special attention to that subject
in the advanced grade.
Pupils whose names do not .ppear
in this list are advised not to write
thae departmental examinations about
which instructions, were given, as in
their case the whole year must be
repeated. Pupils who have failed may
have their marks on application. The
marks of successful pupils are not
given out.
The following have been promoted
from Form I to Form II: .Margaret
Case, Mary Case, Mildred Cudmore,
Catherine Lane, Helen McLean, Ross
McNab, Donald Patrick (Latin),
Stewart Plant (Hon.), Thomas SiUs
(Latin), Patricia Southgate, Douglas
H. Stewart, Irene Strong (French),
Vivian Townsend (Litet.), Jessie Wal-
lace, Marion Wallace, Beatrice Drov-
er (Hon.), Barbara Aberhart (Hon.),
Virginia Anderson, Isobel Betties
(Hon.), Viola Clarke, Arthur IIvev-
V'y
ereaux .
Kai*
(Afrdohr4).1, Arthur 10.9.
Lula 1411 (Latin), LaBefle
($7refieh), ReOfen s4ittela
Margaret Hay, Eleanor
John gethena, Isabel Jamieson
Allan Keys (Hon.), Geices.
(Rom), Douglas MeKloch Si,
Fletcher 'Whitmore, George Krus
(Conditional), Mary Duffy (Condi-.
tional).•
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The following additional pupils swill
be promoted if they paste on theittp,:ales,
partmental subjects: David Shannon,
Margaret Broadfoot, Maxwell Hudson,
Margaret Leyburne, Warren Whit-
more. Mary Dodds has passed in Art
and Zoology.
The following have been pronieted.
from Form 11 to Form III: Girvht
Anderson, Kenneth Beattie, Hielet4
Britton, 'Mister Broadfoot (Geom.),
Elizabeth Broadfoot (Latin), Flossie
Butson, Clarence .Cole•rnan, Gladys
Coleman, Alice Devereaux (Hon.),
Bessie Eckert, Edith. Ferguson (Fr.),
Margaret Finkbeiner (Latin), Harvie
Hilien (Hon.), Margaret Irvine, Leo
Joynt, Earl Le-yburne, Wilson Little,
Gladys Mason (French),'Ian.
McTav-
ish (Hon.), Jean Murray, Evelyn Nott,.
Rose ,O'Connor, Andrew Leary
(French), Fred 'O'Leary, Neil Pattlek;
Bessie Ries (Hon.), Winnie sSavauge
(Hon.), James Scott, Harry Sheffer
(Hon.), Jessie Smith, Margaret Smith,
Betty Southgate, Ethel Storey, Janet
Watson (Hien.), Irene Eberbart (Obe-
ditional).
The following additional pupils' will
be promoted provided they pass in
their departmental subjects: Hilda
Kennedy, Grace Perdue, Jack Stev-
ens, WiIliani Cudsnore, Ross Rennie,
Robert McCartney. •
Charles Ferguson has passed in
Form II Geomtery and Form I Bot-
any. Clarence Trott, Madeline HIOth-
a,m have passed in Arithmetic.
CORNER STONE OF NEW CHURCH LAID AT BAYFIELD
FIRST EDIFICE WAS BUILT IN YEAR 1858
An important event in the history
of Presbyterianism in Bayfield was
marked Thursday afternoon of last
week, when the cornerstone of the
new Presbyterian Church was laid in
he presence of the moderator, Rev.
J. B. )Rhodes, of Exeter; representa-
tives of Huron. Presbytery and a
arge gathering of people.
Presbyterianism began in Hay-
field with the coming of the early
Scottish settlers, who were, of the
"auld kirk" persuasion. In 1858, dur-
ing the pastorate of Rev. Mr. McKid,
tt was decided to build a church and
his edifice stands, although not used.
Dr. R. H. Gairdner, Donald Gordon,
Peter Adamson, James Gairdiner and
Alexander Cameron were the first
members.
Legal Battle Followed.
In 1876 the Auld Kirk was ab-
sorbed by the neiv organization, the
Presbyterian Church. So bitter was
the strife at that time that members
who refused to join the union disturb-
ed the services and a legal battle fol-
lowed. The congregation of the un-
ion grew until it was found neces-
sary to build a new church, and in
1901 St. Andrew's Church was built
under the pastorate of Rev. John Mc-
Neil. Among those who were leaders
in the movement to build were John
lVhiddon, James Campbell, Donald
McKenzie, James Donaldson, Murdock
Ross, John Fraser and Dr. Stanbury.
In 1925 a vote was taken and union
with the Methodist Church was car-
ried by a small majority and it be-
came known as St. Andrew's United
Church.
The Presbyterian Women's Mission-
ary Society continued to work and
t
slimmonft.
soon a congregation was organized
and services held in the town hall, un-
der student pastors. Gordon Peddie
is the present pastor. For two years
Bayfield was connected with Bruce -
field congregation, until the latter dis-
banded. Various ministers of the
Presbytery have also assisted in the
services. The board of managers at
present are J. Richardson, L. Thom-
son, A. Armstrong, Thomas Westlake,
Carl Houston, S. Houston and James
H. Reid, chairman.
Exeter Man Officiates.
Following a short prayer by the
moderator and a Scripture reading
by Rev. C. E. Dougan, of Clinton, the
cornerstone was placed in position by
the masons, James Jewell and W.
Cutbush. Various documents were de-
posited by Murdock Ross and the
stone was formally laid by J. Georga
Stanbury, of Exeter, a native of Bay-
field. Short addresses were given by
Mr. Strang, of Exeter; Mr. Weir, of
Goderich; Rev. C. Dougan, of Clinton,
and J. G. Stanbury, of Exeter.
The student pastor, Gordon Peddie,
spoke a few words of welcome and
thanked the Presbytery for the gen-
erous support given this congregation.
Greetings from Rev. F. H. Paull, of
the Anglican Church. were conveyed
by the moderator. Rev. I. B. Keine,
of Seaforth, preached the ser-
mon. Rev. J. B. Rhodes, of Exeter,
pronounced the benediction.
Following this service, refresh-
ments were served on Mrs. Foster's
lawn.
The new church is to be dedicated
on July 10th, as Knox Church, and
the formal opening will be held on
1July 12th.
ed two dozen brooms, and Oh Boy,
you should have seen our women han-
dle those brooms when they went af-
ter the football,
J. R. MacNicol, M.P., was brimfull
of enthusiasm and congratulated the
ocners on the great success of the
eve t
"The Huron women make the finest
apple pies in the world," remarked a
visitor from the United States.
Jas. Morrow, ex-M.P.P., of Winni-
peg, and past Grand Master of th,‘
Orange Lodge in Manitoba, was an
interested visitor. He will attend the
Grand Lodge meeting at Hamilton,
and will celebrate the "12th" in Hur-
on before his return.
Ald. Duckworth took a big interest
in the proceedings. He acted as judge
in the foot races, and did the work
c'ffil/teilien
llitall.M. Powell, the enterprising
newspaperman of East Toronto, was
on the job early, and he stuck to the
corn cob till the last shot was fired.
Robert Holmes spoke of the time
when he saw Geo. E. Ferguson beat-
ing the big drum for Walton Orange
Lodge on the 12th of July at Clinton.
That grand old veteran, Alex. Arm..
strong, recalled the times when the
Doherty Organ Company employed
20 men at Clinton. Those were the
good old days.
A. G. Smith„ formerly of the Wing -
ham Advance, was to the front and
assisted very materially in carrying
out the programme. A. G. is a live
wire.
Bert McCreath had charge of the
games and sports and ran off the
events with military precision, the
right man in the right place. Bert
deserves a medal, and a good one too.
The T. Lipton Tea Co. donated 100
packages of their choice tea for com-
petition amongst the ladies. • There
were over 100 in the competition, and
there was a great scramble.
The proudest couple on the grounds
were President "Garf" Vanstone and
Mrs. Vanstone, and well they might
be. Whilst the President was gen-
eral supervisor, Mrs. Vanstone had
charge of the refreshments, which she
handled to the satisfaction of every-
body.
IlJan. President D. D. Wilson, of the
Royal Winter Fair, was a busy man
all day with the distribution of the
prizes.
Secretary Floody states that the
donations this year were the largest,
in the history of the Association.
STANLEY
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stogdill, of Sut-
ton, spent a few days this week visit-
ing the Iatter's mother, Mrs. George
Dowson and family.
M.1.•. Hcrh. W. Smith and daughters
visited last week with MTS. Smith's
sister, Mrs. Hinds, of near Chatham.
; Mrs. Annie Robinson, who has been
staying for the past few months with
her daughter, Mrs. E. Lowden, of
Hamilton, returned last week to Stan-
ley and is staying with her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Erratt.
The rural hydro line is being ex-
tended south from Varna for 3% miles
on tha Parr Line. Ten homes have
been wired 'up and will soon be re-
Iceiving the electric current,
i A number from this part went to
London last week to hear Rev. Paul
Rader, noted Evangelist of Chicago.
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BRUCEFIELD
Rev. W. A. and Mrs. Bremner re-
turned home last week after attend-
ing the United Church Conference at
ChB them.
Miss Hazel Haugh, nurse -in -training
at Wellsley Hospital, Toronto, is
spending a few weeks' holidays at her
home. Hazel's many friends will be
glad to hear that she has been sue.
cessful in passing her examinations.
Mr. McLeod, teacher in No.
Stanley, school has been 'engaged for •
another year.
Mr. and Vat. Cornish and fan* ;.
and Mrs. CI. spent the week Send • ea,1":'
With friends it Stratfotd,
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