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The old town clock will be more _in use after Feb. 19 than ever before. On Monday. the Bell `Telephone Co. will discontinue to give its subscrib- ers the time of day. - ' ` phi an'r|nn'c-no.-M-L.. L1... .-_------- `L- IENTRAL WON'T` HELP TO KEEP CLOCK RIGHT an uuuaapuucu Ilgllb `ISO 11010 the teachers responsible for the success uuvu an 1 auuwcu nun me SCDOOI 18W in the matter he consented to .my putting the children back and hav- ing'an examination as Mr. Shear and ' I had intended. ` I |l`I Y.. .I _-_ n 5 uau 1 u ocuueu. Under this` conict of authority, the position of the. principals is most unhappy. ,They cannot serve two masters. Indirectly, the Board has an undisputed right to hold the fnnr-have 1-Aavuunu31.1- 8... LI.` ------ vyvutu uuu;_uccu as great SUCCESS. A yearago last September, after Mr. Shear and I had decided to hold an examination in Miss Wice s room, some members of the committee of management called the principals to- --gether, ignored my order entirely, and promoted three more pupils than! the teacher had recommended. In justice to Mr. Alex. Milne, whose death all deplore, I must say that as soon as I showed him the school law in H-no wuou-A-.. I... ......--..A.-.I AV - the principals and myself decided to ` skipped a grade` in September, passed vnvsnuuo ' About a year and a half ago, to! meet the wishes of your management committee to have things speeded up, , let the, very cleverest pupils skip a grade. It was our intention to have no mid-year promotions, but again your Board interfered and ordered January examinations, with the re- sult that dozens of clever pupils` again in January and again in July. Had it not been for the January] exams., -the` skipping of a grade would have _been a great success. A 11nnw"na-an 11.:-L O.._J.....'l_ ._ _L - H ,,,,__l..._ ..--.. v.-\, -nnuyvvuvxo _ Let me cite a few cases where the ' Board, with the best of intentions, `l has exceeded its authority. Before] ' my appointment a by-law was pass-' ed (and I believe not yet rescinded) instructing the principals to promote all pupils who have spent two years. ina grade. Some years ago a by-, law, fathered by Philip Love and Dr.{ Wallwin (two excellent` trustees from} [my point of view), was passed con-3 |taining an elaborate scheme by which (if my recollection is right) all teachers of the same grade were to teach the same work at the same j time, have the same weekly examin- ; ations, have two` examinations in - each subject in the fall term and ' three in` each in the spring term, and! have a promotion examination in !l :January of_each year. It was only` ` `after a strenuous session with the Board that I, backed by the prin-' cipals, persuaded the Board to drop|1 the first three provisions a'bove men-`l tioned. ' -` [KAI n - - -A` , uyywv vva Ana ull. Cub. _, . I enclose herewith a communica- s y tion from the Deputy Minister in re-U \ ply to a question as to whether a} ` School Board or Board of Education` has authority to order a promotion examination :--I am directed by the Minister of Education to state in re-. iply to yours of the 18th inst. that] the promotion examinations are car- ried-out in accordance with the pro- visions of the Public and Separate School regulations.` The Board has' no authority to make any departure! from these provisions, which leave` lthe examinations under the direction of the principal and the inspector. N T 4.4 ...... ...'L.. _ 3---. i I saw any unay uccul cxpcuxeun." Section 84 (e) contains the fob! lowing: To hold such other exam-I inations as may be required by the; inspector for the promotion of pupilsg or for any other purposes as he in-' spector may direct. ' l (`T A... -1--- L ._ __A,LL- ND :10 (.11 vvv-vnawb 0 we Section 84 ((1) denes one of? the teacher's duties thus: To make! at the end of each term, and subject! to revision by the inspector, such promotions from one class to another; as he may deem expedient. Qnnl-inn 0/1 I.-.\ ......J...:.__ LL _ ___...__........-.\...u b No section of the Acts of the De- partment of Education confers upon a Board of Education such author- ity. Let me quote to you excerpts; from the Acts of the Department of ? Education, dealing with the duties of `teachers:-- 1 D _ _ I an Mr. Garvin s Letter During the eleven years I `have been your inspector, wrote Mr. Garvin, -my relations withi your Board in a business way have on the whole been quite friend- ly. Such disagreement as has arisen - from time to time hasin nearly ev-, ery case been due to your belief that you have authority over the princi-' pals in the matter of promotions and promotion examinations. 11-Av I 1 [ Inspector Jos. L. Garvin sprung . asurprise on the Board of Education _ on Monday night when, in a lengthy 1 communication, he advised them that . their action in ordering mid-winter] exams. was ultra vires; in other words, told them that they had no business interfering in the matter, full authority to deal with it being vested in the inspector and princi- pals. In support of the inspector's . position, a ruling by the Deputy Min- I` ister of Education was quoted. The I` letter was referred to committee but ' from observations made by several]! trustees it was evident that Mr. Gar- 3 vin s epistle was not very acceptable to the Board. g, Tells Trustees ls that They Exceeded Their Powers in Order; ing Mid-Winter Tests, as Authority for Dealing with Examinations is Given to Inspector and Principals, Subject to the Regulations;' Ruling from the Depart- ment Supports Mr. Garvin in His Contention; Some Sharp Criticisms by Trustees; Statement'Shows Num- ber Promoted; School Nurse Asks Increase of Salary. ouwen 51;, Saturday, Feb. 24, at 1:30 `p.m. H. G. Sibba1d,_ Toronto, will speak on The Co-Operative. Market- ing Scheme. You are requested to attend and become familiar with what the 0.B.K.A. is doing for the bee keeper. 7-8p V W. H. Reed, Pres., Cookstown. R.AG. Houghton, Secy.-.Treas., Barrie. Don t forget the LA. to B. of R.T. euchre and `dance, Iiday, Mar. 2, in Orange Hall, Allandale. 7-9c The-W. A. of the R. V. Hospital are having afternoon tea and sale of homemade dainties in basement of St. Andrew s Church, Saturday, Feb. 17, from 3 to 6. Donations will be `gratefully received. 5-7c at night. you wan it don'!: t deal of by boys Bee keepers of Simcoe County will hold their annual meeting in the Ag- ricultural office (near post office), `Owen 'St., Saturday, Feb. 24, 1.30 mm It (1 q:1..1....1.a "l'VA...\...J.- .__-n $ 2 cents per word; minimum 25 cents .&WMM&&&&mm&& "-Wu`. 379 Students at B.C.I. I Principal Girdwood reported that |the B.C.I. enrolment during Decem- fber reached 383, but as several left -at" Christmas the enrolment is now I379. Attendance in January was very irregular owing to sickness. 1- `I-Il\I1lD`\+I\`l\ an .....LJ.`I.\.`l L- _ vw-._y 1L1x:5uxaJ. uwulg bu SIUISILCSS. Mr. Houghton is entitled to a month s salary during each year if (Continued on page 13) 9 1 TWTTTTT TWWWWWW COMING EVENTS 2 can!!! nnr wnrd! minimxrm '25 annhl _- -_....-.-... _.v.. Vang Juan. King Idiward-Kindergarten to Jr. Primary, 21; Jr. to Sr. Primary, 21; |*Sr. Primary t0.. Jr. 1, 1'3; Jr. I to Sr. `*1, 19; Sr. I to Jr. II, 10; Jr. II to 3Sr. II, 2; Jr. III to Sr. III, 12. A The Chairman s Thanks iDr. Simpson, after the minutes were read, thanked the Board for honoring him with the chairmanship. He hoped the relationships among the members would be as cordial as gin the past and that business-like lmethods would continue to mark the iwork. ccuua pct wuru; uunnuum 40 cents immm&$&&&$wmmm I T | `m&$wm&&m&m$w$mg uz.. ;.;: DU 5.11. 1.1.1., 0. Prince of Wa1es--4Kindergarten to Primary, 19;'Sr. Primary to Jr. I, 21; Jr. I to Sr. I, 20; Sr. I to Jr. II, ,19; Jr. II to Sr. II, 38; Sr. II to Jr. `III, 9; Jr. III to Sr. III, 10. Pupils promoted from Jr. II Aand.Jr. III had been in those classes for one year. `I71-.. `l.1.`l____,_ J 17- 1 - rnmary, :55; .51 . Primary to_ Jr. I, 33; Jr. I to Sr. I (two rooms), 16; `Sr. I to Jr.'II. 5; Jr. II to Sr. II, 3; Jr. III to st: III, 3. T'l..1_..- -3 117,1 '17- I .&%$ Victoria Sch<;ol-Kindergarten to Jr. Primary, 5; Jr. Primary to Sr. iPrimary,. 38; Sr. Primary Jr. I, 2v 11- T +n Q... T 1;...` ....-.---\ I-A From the principals, reports were received showing. the number of pu- pils promoted at the January exams. in the several rooms, as follows:-- 17_`-A.-_._', (171 `I ""' ,\.u. I `-`I'm glad to hear that the inspect- Ior is speeded up to an effort, even if it be only to write a letter, caus- tically observed Trustee Reburn. And `uh-1. +1....` .n..- .1:._,, - - ed. Iv`. ;uuvCC vv iouuul. . , Chairman Simpson--The inspector `always reports every teacher as ex- .cellent. How are we going to nd lthe weak spots in our staff unless :by some such means as we ve adopt- Eed? ` I uva - - - - n)rl\a\4U\I.l o There are hundreds of teachers in Ontario willingto come here and teach according to the regulations and hold mid-winter exams. at our reques , said "Trustee Reburn. If we have those here who won't accede ;to our request there are plenty of iothers who will. We don t have to 'put up with this sort of stuff. I Dn.m..4.. .: n... ---_..-,. - --- ya... nay "nun uua SUI! U1 SBUTI." ' Reports of the exams. from Vic- .tori'a School particularly indicate `no {great desire on'the part of the teach- .'ers to carry out our Wishes, remark- `ed Trustee Wisdom. (`L..:....--__ L " The Secretary pointed out that the Department had givn a ruling that -the whole question of examinations `rests with the principals and the in- ,spector. `IPDLA..- - - ` ` ` ` v .Some cover the work in ve_ months and others don t. Whatwe want is uniformity, remarked Trus- I-tee Reburn. ` ' 7111.- t"C- I ` ` ` , ,- _-..\......u amcucno .11.: Trustee King remarked that the teachers seemed to resent"being call- led upon to prepare for these exams. iand it looked as though they had ap pealed to the inspector. If they gwere so keen to stand upon their lrights the trustees would see that I they deliver the goods or off they'd 2'0. by Basil of their pupils, but no authority to direct how it shall be done. Believe me, gentlemen, this let- lter is written in no controversial gspirit. I _am well aware that the suc- little extent, `on our harmonious co- oneratinn, I` operation. cauy uuservea '.l'1'I1Bte8 lteburn. And with that_the.discussion end- 4 v Simcoe County 'Bee Keeper |_,1,, (am: A. . Pfomotion E_(aminations .1 - Did Teachers Resent lt? SECTION 1 PAGES 1 `I08 nt .men A.-- __..I- lI|.L IIIJGU r, a `law- c In In an`! F In 36 it you will lug nuuu > motion. .. L.__ `A TON, nun N\\ 82!: IvII,. fine $93 :f5` ngs \.un_u5 ;. on. n The day of the large steamer on Lake Simcoe is doubtless over, its place being taken by the swift-mow ing little motor boat, but there isn't ` much chance of the latter imparting `ever on one of those "old steamer to the children of the present and future_ the feelings ofvdelight and the happy moments afforded those. children of forty or even twenty years ago, when, on one of_ those ex- V cursions, they` `stepped aboard the ; Emily May, `Enterprise `or Islay, ` bound for one of those across-the- * lake picnic grounds, with whistles I shrieking and the boat crowded to 5 its capacity, and nearly every_ mo-I ther on board half-frantic when she ` discovered her boy climbing` up the ,1 side of the boat from deck to deck ` and risking a broken neck or a wa-4 ` tery grave. They are only memories 1 now, but they will live forever in the I` minds of every boy and girl who was " 1 ( 1 Sunday School excursion parties; J\lvIA.aI\1.y n Possibly, to the ordinary reader of The Examiner, this may seem to` have reference to the departure of some 50,000-ton ship from New York or Montreal on a round-the-world trip. But it hasn't. It merely sums up how hundreds of Jimmy Jones- es used to feel away back forty years ago when they were among the early-comers and had a vantage point on. that yearly Sunday School excur- sion on board the Steamer Enterprise as she bumped and scraped her way alongside the Bayeld St./wharf, and. after backing half-a-mile, turned and called at Allandale wharf, before starting on that long water journey ` of twenty -two miles or so, of three hours duration, to Orillia or Couchi- I ching Park. ` I` VI... .1-.. -0 ad... 1-....- ..L........... A- lays sold cut `ave. one vannuxuvvwn ' | Last call for shore! came the - ed gangway had been hauled in and . the section of bulwark tted and sharpword. Then the rope-protect- bolted in place, and the ropes were being unloosed fromtheir moorings holding the ship in place,"fore and- aft, while those on the. dock were be-i ginning to move uptown, when ther V ! came a clattering of hoof beats an rattling wheels, and a horse and bug- gy appeared through the clouds of dust. There was a sudden commo- tion among those aboard and ashore alike. Wait, wait! shouted half a dozen voices, supplemented by ai' high-pitched voice from the young I lady who had just scrambled from A the buggy, Oh, wait for me, please. 3 I must get on board! So the plank 4 was shoved out again and the late ` arrival (almost invariably oneof the 1 gentler, hesitating sex) taken on 5 board, while passengers and lands 4 men alike cheered lustily. The haw- 1 sers were cast off and a moment later ` the big ship, withla tremor through '3 its whole frame, began to glide along 1 the pier and nally passed the end ' . . , A` `Pkg uvknuf -nvhnuin `kn uuuuuuu um vlyv yaw; unnu an-IAGILJ yunucu uuc cuu oi the wharf, where the remaining friends were gathered for a last fare- well. e ` ` ?l_ -p u .u ` . - VI VA: A'nd Jimmy Jones, and the rest ef the crowd, were off on their long journey! 13,...,_:1_1_. 4.- 1.1.- ___.12_.-_.__ ,-_,:I-_. . ".0. r....., .... ...n... Ava use way. All aboard, all aboard! shouted the captain, and there was a scramble for late-comers to embark and meet ' in collision on the gangplank with those coming off who had_been saying their last good-byes to friendsr al- ready on board. Good-bye, dear, good-bye. Be sure and enjoys your-I self and don't let any of the children fall overboard. So, over and overt again, with sobs and tears and cling- 'ing embraces. T _..J. .._n 1.`--- -L_,_.|n -I 9 I . Shop where you're invited to shop. How oft I've watched the boatman s oar` Or canoe paddle glisten from shore to shore ;' Sometimes a boat with a snow-white sail_ .Tacked up the Bay against the gale; While _ far away there came in view I Returning steamer through vista blu.~- , The boats would come, the boats would go, I In those happy days of Long Ago." H Jimmy Jones" stood on the upper deck of the steamer, watching the! busy scene on the dock which always" characterized the departure of the , boat on its long, hazardous trip. The I dock was crowded with merchandise, supplies, picnic baskets, mothers tug- ; ging along a bunch of straying youngsters, and a host of friends '_', who had gathered there for a last,-'. glimpse of the dear ones on board- the great ship. There was a smell .7 of tar and oakum in the air, and a`, very noticeable odor from the" nearbyi ' oil renery and now and thena whiff of fragrance from a bunch of owers carelessly held in the hand ] of some fair owner as she passed on her way to secure some favored van- 1 . tage point on deck for the trip. AH ..l.........l ...n -L-__,.1nn I A I That Eventful Annual Excursion to'3eeCouchiching,;g he Passing through th_e.Narrows.'; }-Moonlight Dance Parties on. the Enterprise; Sailing Races across the ~Lak`_e/V to Beaverton; A Picnics `up ` Lovers Creek; Rowing Races for-Boys and Their Fathers; Musical Parties amide Romantic Settings; Many of the Old Crowd Have` Now Crossed the River. pll.L' I.II:- ' F grand- CIRCULATION `mus WEEK g (Written for The Examiner Hy F;-ed W-. Grant, 4225 copies 1 [Vinson uvvll vvvvu, JJABGIGIID UUGUIIUUSC iwas afterwards operated, but .the writer; a` year ago, after an absence of thirty years, could_ nd only a few weather-_beaten~, broken .logs remain- ing of what used to form that land- ing platform. Lochie Johnston was _ ll` 3 K- ur JUGLD G50: it will hardly be necessary to waste the writer s or your readers f time by digging up extensive history 3' 3 E 7 l B r B l | regarding early boating on Barrie Bay or Lake Simcoe. `-The Simcoe, launched at-Holland Landing in .1832, was probably the pioneer steamer on `the lake, other early steamers being the Peter Robinson, Beaver, J. C. Morrison," which was burned in Barrie Bay in 1868; the Ida `Bur- ton, blown up by explosion in the ,same neighborhood and about the same time; the Emily May, later Lady of the Lake, whose hull for years was in view at Belle Ewart; Couchiching of _Rama, Sir John Colborne, Morning, Queen of the Isles, Conqueror,_ garriella, Enterprise, Longford," Orillia, l?!te1;`(')l'.he blslay,." the Lillie, and t e tono ee. . The ,Lady,or the Lake, Enter- prise and Islay were the three boats with which the majority of your readers, like the writer,` prob- ably had their experiences. The-for- . mer went out of commission in the ; late seventies. The Enterprise.was 1 , schooner, the Sultana, , which used to haul stone from the , quarries near.Rama and land her r cargo `at the wharf at the foot of from a I - think, converted into a steamer Berczy St., near Graham's tannery; and the writer can remember those `big slabs of stone being lifted by derrick "from boat to dock while he and his comrades were shing for sunsh, which were plentiful then. Those supplies of stone were for either extensions to the vgaol or court ,house, or more probably for the coll- egiate institute (which was burned down several years ago), as A that building was erected in 1879.` Where that dock stood, Eiselan s boathouse L.-L LL- ncvvnn rug`-nuncuvnnaln A-nan.-.L.-;I 2 I 1 1 1 l 4 1 1 l l 1 s t t i t t , ..... vv .u LIOC vu uuc UUUGDIUII uuu Wl'lCE| t a story for The Examiner _on the} V early. boating on [Barrie Bay. Well, ljthe present writer admits right here . that as ahistorian he classes high-as hockey rooter or moving picture fan, for instance; but still he hopes the accompanying references to the good `old-time pleasures of boating in Bar- rie'when he was a boy will prove of some little interest to your readers, and possibly supply at least a small ` amount of l the romance connected . with the boating days and nights on Barrie Bay, which another of your lady readers only recently suggested existed in her. girlhood days years and years ago. . 1 14. ....-11 1_._...n_- L- ;- - - is - l \ 3 Having recently read in The Ex- E aminer that_J_ack Mclnnes proposes 1 resurrecting the Steamer Islay from her_ watery I grave at Couchichingl Beach and resuming a passenger and] excursion boat.service on Lake Sim- flcoe and Barrie Bay has star_ted mem- r l'ories which -nd expression in the . following sketch of the many pleas- '!ures of boating activities on the Bay {when we enjoyed them as children % there forty and more years ago, and ` _ `when that same Steamer Islay, under I; , command of the same Jack's `father, Captain `Charles Mc_Innes, `and also Fred McKay, was an important fac- tor from the time she rst sailed into .Barrie in 1884 or 1885 until ceasing `her operations in 1913, I think, in ;adding to the manypleasant days ispent at nearby resorts. Qnvnn A3 - v A . . . . _ .....I-_-.. L - - P D _ Some of your readers have ex- pressed their hope that -some histor- ian will rise to the ~oc`c`asion and write 1: Iafnvur -Pnu 'I"InA 'I7`-----3- --- -A L" ` uyvuu ow ucuzuy .lCBUl.'l.aSo I od thing to fession lat- these young In. To have .I-_.__. -._.I . .... ......... zu out: auuue ox a wme-spreadmg I oak tree, The pieces of chicken you took in your ' hand-- ' v 4 How dear to my heart is the Sunday School picnic, With joys the old-timer can best under- A stand. l -u-.. uu5a -`nun: were swarm: ` . 81'-m0} s i The luhch 1n the shade of a ` l\'n'J 6-an ._.-v-. `:The E ' The Sunday School Picnic ' How dear to -myheart is the Sunday School picnic, , .The Sunday `School picnic that came once . _ a year. A The preserve jar crammed with a wonder- - ful salad, t 4.,` The eggs that were boiled till they're hard and severe, . , ' The succulent sandwich of ham and of lettuce, I ` trip, `5 The soft custard pie` and the ltmcious ban- ana, _ !The lemonade passed you to moisten the I lip.~ -. ` The cocoanut cake that was" crushed; on the, sotwear 1:, Victoria, ` B.C.) . wide-spreading sallcvsqvvly uayvaux auu [H606 rfhe_ Lady ,0: the Lake-, Capt. Lyon was in command of the Enter- prise," I think, before Lochie John Lston becamo her captain. V .4: . n -- the popularcommander of the En- terprise, while the May brothers were respectively captain `and mate I\` `kn `VI. nu II: `Ln T-.1-4. , f`.._L , | uuvvuu5, auu aauuu ugu . uncre were 011- ly a few spectators he received duly deserved applause many times. Ow- ing to sickness, Coady, L._ Flaherty. and Desourdie did not grace the St. Mary's line-up, and Powell and F. Foster, star men on the Trinity team, were also missing. Owing to the absence of substitutes, the Trinity sextette were forced to play right 4 through, withonly the short time be- tween periods to get rested in. me `g; ;>e;'io`;';7v:-:s'v.~"f`a:.tma;nd if it had not been for the quick work (Continued on page_16) V___-__, _, _-. -u---; v - As far as hockey was concerned, the game between Trinity and St. Mary's was far the ner exhibition. Anderton starred for Trinity and he either scored ' or assisted in every goal `that Trinity made. Hayes in the St. Mary s net made an excellent showing, and althoughthere were on- '11! n `Any annnlnd-nu- `I... _..--1---.1 .I--1__ .1. uxnuj Gnu r.u.ucu. Baracas-Goa1, Cooper; defence, I Carson and Emms; centre, Burch;l wings, `Duff and Furlong; subs., Wil-I son. . I p -n ouuu U A`ilan(i'alev-:C_};)a"l: VDevine; defence, | Godden and Scott; centre, B1ogg;[ wings, Garside and McConkey; subs., [Penny and Ardel]. D ____ __ . f1_-1 (1-, , 1 0 The third period was a little live- lier but Allandale,(despite all they could do, only managed to get the puck into their opponents goal once. I Duff scored in the last for the Bar-e` acas and that gave every man on the team (except the goalie) one or more goals to his `credit. ` Burch was the rst to score, followed by one from Scott, who tallied in a skirmish near the net.` ,Emms scored` twice and Furlong once before the nal i gong. $he line- up:- LII," , us a - _ lvvuu !ICLI\I\I0 _ In the second period nearly all the Baraca team had a chance at the goal and four tallies were `made. Emms came back with another of his single rushes and Iwas the rst to score. Other counters followed ,rapi_dly. Carson tallied when he stick-handledl his way. through the Allandale de- fence. Furlong and Burch also tal- lied, making the score 7-4 at the end of the second. . 1111.. A`_!__,` o s ----- -- Some of the Allandale `players al- lege that they did not know that they were scheduled for the rst -game, and when some of the players arriv-- ed they were too late. During the. first period, however, they made a] fairly goodvshowing and had a one-I !goal lead on Baracas before the gong. I `but they failed to keep their lead1 .when they were blanked in the se- `cond period. ` Tan #1`. .-.....-....1 ......_J A----r'| "" " I The Church League teams againi lwent to the ice last Friday night and gave _a fair exhibition of hockey, tho the Allandale-Baraca game was] somewhat of a farce. Through illness! and other causes Allandale could not gather their usual line-up and went down to a defeat at the hands of the Baraca sextette to the tune of 12 to 15. Trinity beat St. Mary's 4 to 2. I __ Z. -- _ - - .....- vnauuu VD: `V John mM.:ridlo'w of Toronto vs. Geo. ' Sherring of Stroud, an action to re- cover $10,000 for damages to auto- mobile and for personal injuries sus- tained .through a motor car acci`dent, was adjourned until the next sitting of the court. John Callahan for the plaintiff, Boys & Murchison for de- lfendant. ' egvy' Pl ng ill! 'l'RlNlTYDOUBLE [7 ~ s1. MARY'S scomz. 'Baracas WTrIgiEasilyJ from.` Allandale; Not Many 1 ; in Attendance. Q ...u.. LUl_ ucxclluulllu Thecases of Norman Leslie Mar- " taiI1,`authorized trustee, vs. Jas. Ham- ilton, Robt. Martin and Amos Train of Flos, to set aside a certain land mortgage as fraudulent, was ad- .journed until Apr. 9. Fasken, Rob- inson & Sedgewick for plainti"; Boys & Murchison for defendants. I `l',L- 11- II ' _iieferee--R. Elaherty. vv--u asvucw, Lucptldyo V W. A. Boys, acting for the defend-1 ant,`was,granted an adjournment in `the, case of Brown and Stephenson vs. LL Scholes, for accounts and costs . This was a dispute over a butcher s bill. The case will be held over un- . til the next non-jury sitting on pay- ment by defendant to plaintiffs of the costs of the day within two weeks after taxation and in default of pay- ` ment thedefence will be struck out i and judgment will be entered for the ' plaintiff for amount claimed with l costs. J. Birnie, K.C.,~ of ColIing- 5 wood for plaintiff and W. A. Boys, 1 K.C.. for defendant. f'|'!]___ ,______ .1 `AV - `- Adjournments were madeine all of the cases which were scheduled to __be _ heard before Mr. Justice Smith "sit the _ opening of the Sprilig Assizes {for the County of Simcoe at the Court House, Tuesday. ` W A Rana nn&.'s... .E.._ 4.1.. 3-3. ,1 ` NOT om`. CASE HEARD. ` "AT SPRING ASSIZES (c...t~i,...;,.1;;:.';;'g., 6) Trinity 4, St. Mary : 2 1--- _ Baracas l2,;AlIandale 5 Macy noun ke a study `me about ow that if le for the A... -l.-..L `CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1923 ....,,... . P. `C. Rayner made the "arrest and gathered sufficient evidence to make a conviction. He was commended by the `court for some of [the work he did in connection with the case. nu yaaaxus acuucuuc. Mccausland said that he were` given another chance he would make at man of himself. He stated that he `had been married in Barrie, but that his wife,_ and baby were living in Toronto and that he had been sup- porting them. He admitted that he had served terms in jail of six months, three month and thirty days. ' 1) '11 13___.___ _..__1- LL- .-, H, . - I \lL 5uuu.y uu uauuuuy. You have `several convictions against `you, which I think means Kingston, but taking into consider- ation your youth I will sentence you to Burwash, stated Magistrate Jefs in passing sentence. ll..rI......1.....I ..-:_1 ;1__; 2." 1, J UUIICIJI It is against the law to carry a revolver, but I believe it is a worse crime when a man carries a large bunch of keys which he has no rea- son to use legitimately, remarked- Crown-Attorney Cotter when le keys were placed on exhibition. If_l'I,_ 1 u q. .- ,_ -v - .. -_ _ r--vv- van vannncusvnvlao Mccausland entered his own plea of guilty on Monday. nnnn ....1 ` `vnii `\ n `In I ........-L-_._ iuu aux: ocuvuu $114156. McCaus1and had in his possession fty or sixty keys which were found capable -of opening trunks, drawers and boxes belonging `to Jones and Totten. ` "1-L` . . . .. . J. R. Boys made a strong plea for! leniency and asked the Magistrate to take into consideration whenl passing sentence that McCausland had a wife and baby in _Toronto. ,. The Crown then laid information, against McCausland on a chargeofl breaking into-, entering and robbing J. D. Wisdom s store on Dec. 25. J. R. Boys asked for an adjournment ,until Monday before entering a plea Ion the second charge. I 1\A`nr`!m-..1.m.I 1.-.: ... 1..:.. _-..---_2A-~ lvvulsoul, u. an. uuyao, ` l .__.- ..--... .-....u_, 4 I : : I I1) 13.... ..1_..1 1- 1..-.uu.c, uuuxu, uzuuuuy. I" McCausland was charged with steali/ng clothes belonging to Thos. {Jones and Wm. Totten, also domi- eciled at the Y.M.C.A. He pleaded not guilty to the charges, but duringg the course of his trial on Saturday [he made a confession through his counsel, J. R. Boys.` , . 1 n 12...... ......a. - 4... ._s_- - ` }'i a"Z`ii u have tn re of that yet. -I. I Frederick Mccausland, twenty-one lyears old, a roomer at the Y.M.C.A-., was sentenced to two years less one day at Burwash when he pleaded guilty before Magistrate Je s in police, court, Monday. Mnl`o11u1nnJ Ivvnn -1-----A-1 -A-5*`~ YOUNG MAN 1s GIVEN I TWO YEARS FOR THEFT] {cause the defendant did not deliver| agreement dated June 17, 1918. The plaintiffs claimed damages be-, `all of the agreed 2000 cords and be- cause he was paid for cutting and (`Conunued on page 9) -... -yuuqu-IA auu xuocrcst. an 070. I The action arose out of an agree- ment between the Town and McCon- key, whereby'McConke'y was to cut lwood in Algonquin Park on a cer- [tain portion set aside for- the Town of Barrie by the Government to help relieve the fuel shortage of 1918. McConkey agreed to ship 2000 cords of hardwood in accordance with the terms of the defendant s_ tender, jdated June 13, 1918, and memo lagreement dated June 17, 1918.` VI... ..1...'...L.'.a.'_ -1-_--_- - .1 1 7 Judgment in favor of the munic- ipality of Barrie has been given by Judge Wismer in the case of Barrie lvs. Chester McConkey of Kearney. !The counter claim was dismissed with costs: . The Town s claim was for $2599.72 and interest at 5%. Tho can": A n n M A n A - ~-* --9 --* ' 'rowN wms CASE` , ovm woon DEAL ST. _ANDREW S ANNIVERSARY TO BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY Rev. Robert Pogue of Peterboro will be the preacher for the anniver-x sary services in St. Andrew's Church next Sunday, Feb. 18. There will be special music both morning and ev- ening. ` [Barrie Awarded Judgrrient for ' Full Claim Against g ' McConkey. uuuu uauy. ` The officials are of the opinion that by answering time calls they are defeating their own efforts to give the public a _better service, as the time used by the operatorsto convey the information.-is taken fromithat belonging` to the handling of legit- imate calls. ' E ..;c uuc uuuc `U1 uuy. _j For somemonths the `company has - been conducting `an investigation in- 1 to the time it takes to handle such l calls, and officials state that they . were completely surprised following ~. the investigation. In Toronto the . number of these calls answered was a daily task for forty operators. The number of calls varied at different hours of the day. Between eight and nine each morning the Toronto op- ' erators were required to answer an average of 8,000. In Barrie the op- ` erators have been required V to re- ' spond to more than 100 calls a day. In Ontario there are 140,000 such ' calls daily. I A ..Q..2..1_ __.- I` I` without clamoring w at the and that