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urlrwrnuvwvvia V-o _ no- The China Inland Mission was founded about sixty years ago. It had no church or body of inuential men behind it and has been conduct- ed entirely on principles of faith. They have never made an appeal for , funds or workers, `but they have never" been in debt and have always. been able to secure workers when they were needed. There are now 256 central stations and 1800 out-` stations. with thousands of members. Thu van-L4-A nL......... 1..-.. 1'J ...`l..-_ fl`--- ':>I<>X<>I<>X<>E>X<>I0'X<>I<>X<>X<>X I Those who attended the meeting in the Library Hall last Friday- night heard a graphic story of thegrowth and development of the China Inland Mission from the lips of Dr. Howard Taylor, son of the founder of the Mission, Hudson Taylor, who, was the rst to establish a mission in the interior of China. There was a large attendance at_the meeting, which was presided over by` Rev. Wm. Hipkin. Dr. Taylor's address -was of more than usual interest to .a Barrie aud-l. ience "because of the `fact that a" member of the China Inland Mission is a native of this section, Miss Stan- - den, sister of Mrs. J. A. Lennox, North St. ~ n._ _.._L,- .1 -_ -r.I_':u_ Operated on f"l._'_._ 1'_-I___l 112..-: Major Knowles R. L. Jay . A. G. Habbick H. Hook, sk. P 101' me Iourteen rinks were picked. as well as the skips for the several competitions. A new departure was made" in electing skips to represent the Club `in the annual bonspiel. Skips Elected Ban-ie'~Orillia Cup`-R. H. Malcom- son, S. Meredith, C. H. Beelby and W. H. Kennedy`. - Tankard--C. H. Beelby and S. Me`redith.c C A ` A " . District 'Cu'p-P. Love and F. W. Otton.-` r- ' . 'Bonspiel--,G. 0. Cameron. 'W. H. Kennedy. C. H. Beelby, S. Meredith, Hy. Hook, Dr. Lewis, `P. Love. 1 Composition of Rinks R R?Varre* -R Rusk (} EC Mac'Lellah V W.A.Lewis, sk. Jory 1`. _ At a meeting of the Barrie Curiing , Club; held Friday night, the members for the fourteen rinks picked. }as well as `H11: airing 1?.-nu +1.. ...........1 IRINKS AND "SE=FoR' % BARRIE CURLING CLUB v ,,,_ __ _-__c--v --v.vv ldntrance was made by the- rear door and the burglars were. at_consid- ' erable pains to get in, for three large ` holes were cut in the door adjacent to the lock and two bolts." To make o the openings. they had to bore aboul ratt coat was taken "and the others were `cloth coats, As the stock is moving constantly and-had not been checked for some time, the propriet- ors were unable to state `how many coatswere taken. So far the police have no denite clue as to the iden- tityof the burglars, but they are con- vinced that it is a local job and ev- 'idently done by someone -who was ;familiar with the store. a forty holes with an auger. One musk-' Some time between. Friday. ight and Saturday morning, Simmons store was broken into and _several- Iadies coats and men s hats were taken. The burglars; whoevidently .' lacked experience, overlooked a num- ber-of valuable fur coats, so the loss `to Simmons & Co. is not nearly` as I heayyas it might have been. ` ` BURGLARS ENTER I SIMMONS STORE] ..__ .- '_ - ..,r Avl_I\o \I|\r|11 I D D I U!` I J. A. Ross of Coniston, in renew-- ing his subscription, writes:- I"was very, much interestedein a_ recent number of your paper in which appeared a letter from Fred Grant re "Deep n Shallow . I can recollect many a swim in that well known 10- cality myself, while attending B.:C.I. in 1887-8. Mr. Grant's letter re- freshed my memory and'I am `very much pleased toyhave the opportun- ity of reading his reminiscences. J. E. V 1.. ASTON Who Recently Took Charge of the Barrie Branch, Union Bank. l H;.y Ross 1 Malcomson D.` Simon, ski. H ENJOYED MR. GRANTS sromr 1 A n -- -' - `|'_)_____ _' .l`JUl.Ulab ii. Meredith . k. W. _A. Turner, sk. G. U:1derh'il1A S. H. M. Dyment W. D. Griffiths R. Lowe. sk, ., . R. A. DeHart James Patton - Fritz Fox .~ W.H.Kennedy, sk; LO, 0 u uzuun. .IJuu I; 111155 lb. DUCK] . Baptist Sunday School are holding their annual Christmas - entertain- ment, Thursday, Dec. 18. Everybody welcome. ~ . 48-50c Entertainment and Christmas Tree in` schooihouse, Seventh Line, Vespra, Thursday, Dec. 18. Lunch served. Admission 25c. , ' _ 49-50c A V\!'I"\`In vv|nn+:v|nn 111: 1.1. LATJ lg. J. H. O'Connor` Dr. Banting , C. R.'McConkey P. Love, sk. , . . Gall J. Eblett `LT 'II.......1.` J, Gallagher. F`.n`n`H- comedy presented on Monday and Tuesday nights under the auspices of the Barrie Firemen s Benet Fund, was highly appreciated by the aud- iences at both performances. The cast was a strong one and the play abounded 'in comedy. The action took place on board the S. S. Florida, where the "audience was introduced to the playerstand a great deal of fun [was created from a number of lud- icrous situations- Intersnersed through the actionwere a number of tuneful melodies and dances by a ! large chorus. III}- I I 7All Aboard," a farcical musical 5 .1 `. n U-unto LOCALAHXFEW7 STAGE coon snowl [Lots of FL{ii , T3'right Music 1 and Pretty Dances in All Aboard. vv .... nu: Qd\lIn~L uo Dr; Little reported general condi- tions in the four public schools very good. He recommended more drink- ing fountains, at least" three on each. oor}. for Victoria and King Edward l Schools,- and window screens to abate I the y nuisance in Victoria School, and the purchase of `a spray for dis- infecting.purposes. He also called attention in his report to the fact that : playground at King Edward School is far too small. `Since'his last re- port, King George School has been remodelled `and put in good shape." County Aid to B.C.I. Principal A. R. Girdwood of the B.C.I. wrote with regard to what he thought might be a misapprehension as to the amount paid by the County toward the upkeep of the Collegiate. He pointed out that County pupils I attending the B.C.I. form forty per cent. -of the school population and . . . , ' ed to teach on Dec. 1. ' tee asked the Board_to ratify their ,boilers would, cost $2800` at the reg`- _ .- Vi vnnvnu . "" `1"1".Y The . Management Committee, through the chairman, Dr. L. J. Simp- son, reported that Miss Margaret Henry had applied for six months leave of absence and the Committee had `advertised for an `experienced teacher. They received 198 applica- tions and engaged Miss Alma Rich-' ardson of Craighurst, who commenc- The Commit- "action. - Promotion Exams. in December The Committee recommended that the winter promotion examinations be held during the last week in De- cember instead of in January as for- merly; that Miss Kee, kindergarten teacher in Prince of Wales` School, whose contract expires on` Dec. 31, be re-engaged at a salary of $950; and that the request of the Depart-_ ment for rie shooting by the public school cadets be notgranted. $2600 Quoted for Boilers A letter was received from the Spencer Heater Co. regarding the in- stallation of new boilers in Prince of Wales `School, which has been con- sidered by the Board for_some time. The _letter stated that two Spencer ular them for $2600 ifpurchased immed- iatel_v. this amount to cover cost of price, but they `would install installation, which could be done dur- ing the Christmas holidays. The Property and Supply `Committee re- commended that t e these boilers be consi coming Bo'ard. T\._ `I _`LA_I , purchase of red by the in- 1,1 F I t: i 3 meetingon Mondaynight on recoma Barrie schools will close for the Christmas holidays on Friday, Dec. 19. This was authorized by the Board of Education at the regular monthly .mendation of the Management [Com- mittee. The meeting was quite un- eventful, as, being near the end of the"-year, the members were unwill- ing to consider any action involving the expenditure of much money, All `the members were present except Trustee Hinds. 5 In addition to re- ports from the committees and from the principals of the schools, reports were also received_ from Dr. A. T. Little, M.0.H.; on the medical in- spection of the schools, `and fromsIn- | spector Garvin. an . nu. - - - .'.I-"eachers ' Apply 'IA ............_.-..L .lJUUn' -J-Us DUCK Shooting match at Frank Ayerst s, lot 6, con. 8, Innisl,-Dec. 17, for geese and chickens. ` ,50p Edenvale Union Sunday School Christmas entertainment, Tuesday, Dec. 23. Admission 35c. 50ch Entertainment and pageant, Coll- ier St. Sunday School anniversary, Monday evening, Dec. 15. V .50ch Crown Hill school will give a- Christmas concert in the church, Dec. 18, 8 o clock. Don t miss it. Web nnv\+:u+ Gun-.11.... QALAA1 nu..- `...`I.`I.... ,__---J -vv --u.a .. to king Ediivard School Only one criminal case appears on", the docket for the General Sessions ` of the Peace, which opened on Tues- day afternoon before His Honor Judge'Vance. That one" case, how- ever, will probably `occupy the atten- ` tion of,the Court .for a considerable time, as it involves ve indictments of theft against Walter Goodwin of Alliston, in four of which true bills were returned by the Grand Jury. The civil case of Thos. Williams, blacksmith at Sunnidale Corners, and his housekeeper, Mrs. Coward, against Peter A. Fleming of Toronto for damages arising out of an auto- mobile" accident that occurred near. Wasaga Beach on the night `of July 31 began on Tuesday afternoon and lasted till wellinto Thursday after: noon. Counsel for the parties in the suit of Marion vs. Hewson and Keith a reported that the case had `been set- tled, and Judge `Vance set-Dec. 29 for hearing the case of Ball vs. Curran. Ailiston Man Furnishes Only . Criminal Business at A I V County Court. ` `FOUR TRUE BILLS AGAINST GOODWIN1 __,_ -..-.. wavilair, nyuouua U Miss M. A. Train, school nurse; re"- portedthat she had made 46 inspec-.-' tion visits and inspected 1860 child- .ren, and also made 71 home visits` 1during the month. She also gave , classroom talks on- cleanliness, exer- cise and posture. ..--..--.....-- -- snug uvlnvvlo Penny Bank deposits for the month were :--- Prince `of Wales, $58.50; King Edward, $56.80; Victoria, $58.-I '41; King George, $2.87. I `IE2-.. II A III .. v v v yauuun. ;:.vyI:uualll;U- V Attendance reports from the var-of .ious public schools for November were:- Princeof Wales, 499 regis- tered for the month, average attend-, . ance 422 or 85%; King Edward, 325 registered, average 281.4, 87%; Vic-i toria, 406 registered, average 379.8, 93.5%; King George, `23 registered, average 22, 96%. . Principal J. E. Morrison of Prince of Wales School ; pointed ` out that an epidemic of ; mumps was responsible for the small 1 attendance in his school. ~rg_ `rm 1 --l ~ - I . A representativeof the McConnell ' Map Coswaited on. the Board and demonstrated his maps. .On motion of Trusteels King and Sarjeant, the` matter of purchasing additional maps` was referred to the incoming Board for consideration. Might Take Holly Pupils Trustee Simpson stated that In- spector Longman had suggested that a number of pupils of the Holly school, which is greatly over-crowd- ed, be taken into the Allandale school. It was felt by the Board that , an arrangement might be made, pro- `vided the parents of` these children, pay their school taxes to the Town! `of Barrie. ~ ! I vvuvruvu no.7 U516-AJUGLlaln I Mrs. Waugh, wife of the rate Chief Inspector of Public Schools, wrote, acknowleding receipt of the eBoard s| letter of condolence. ' ,_.... .. .- -. 1 -v-. V... vvplIJ\l|\:ll\-\?o Ellis & Belfry, aritects, wroteg asking that they be considered in the ' `event of an addition being built to` the B.C.I. - ` ' Shooting match for geese and chic- kens at Jas. Hawthor'n s, near Holly, De`c.. 16. ' ' 50p Come to Knock public school con- cert andc-ChristmasfTree, _8 oclock, Dec. .19. M T ' 50ch Ql......4-:...... .......A...'I.. -4. `l:!......I- A--__._.u_ quu-eu, wnereas, were being thirteen, ' the County paying forty per cent. of the salaries, pays for, ve teachers. Also the County pays forty per cent. of all currnt expenses and mainten- ance charges, which is a. pure gain because. it would cost,a1m0st as much to run the school with 300 pupils as it does with 470. In conclusion, Mr. Girdwood again pointed out the ben'-i et to the town from the business brought by the County pupils. Kindergarten Closing I Invitations" to attend the closing` exercises of the kindergartens of Vic- toria and King Edward Schools, on Dec. 19 and 18 respectively, were received'from Miss Mabel Cheesman and Miss Bessie DeHart and were ; accepted by the. Board. 'IA __ _ 117 1 `theirvshare, or thirty-two per cent. of. the total debenture debt, including interest. The school was originally built to accommodate 300 pupils,` so that now with 470 pupils those from the County represent` the over-` crowding, ' consequently this, amount received from the County looks like pure gain. . Further, Mr. Girdwoodl ! I the County pays eighty per cent. of I stated, if only town pupils attended y the school, ten teachers would be re- ` quired, whereas, there being thirteen, the Countv n2'v1'no~ Fm-+u um. ......o. -4.- November Attendance- ; c_u.au puxubeu: (Juli. - There was a` good attendance at the meeting and the. members "present showed much interest in the demon- stration. which is expected to act as a stimulus to the` breeding of a good type of birds. This Thursday night there will be a" demonstration of judging of utility birds. {POULTRY Assocuvrion HAS ,DEMONSTRATl(_)N IN JUDGING A demonstration in judging fea- tured the meeting of-the Barrie Poul- try Association held last Thursday night in _Agricultural Rooms. Birds, representative of the light and .heavy types," were judged from the exhibition standpoint by Athol M. Marshall, with a view to giving new exhibitors an idea of the points to look for and to develop in shoW birds. Disqualication points were also pointed-. out. l l Thoma `Iron n-piano` ..LL...._`l-..__ -J- ll - `A.c. MacLl-ZLLAN IS NEW w. M. I CORINTHIAN LODGE, A.F. & A.M I E I I - Corinthian Lodge, No. 96, A. F. & A M., held its annual election of of- cers last Thursday night, when the following officers were chosen :- . W .M.-A. G.~ MacLellan. S.W.--Ed. Shear. J.W.--H. G. Robertson. . Tre`asurer--H;. AA. Sims. Secretary--A. H. Felt. Chaplain-Rev. C. R. Spencer. Tyler-C. McMulkin. V I y1.uLuUlc'1', gun, q>.lUU.. ._ Ways and means of nancing were considered and will be taken up at the next meeting, which will be the annual meeting, on Monday. Jan. 12, when officers for the coming year will be elected. A nominating com- mittee was appointed and also a com- I mittee to take preliminary steps re- I garding the annual canvass. E uncpu uusuy eHlp10ye(1. The secretary s statement showed a balance on hand of about $200 and it_was estimated that the year would close with a balance of about $90. The Isle of Bong Bong, put on un- der the auspices of the V.0.N.,.net- ited the Society $94.05. Total re- ceipts were $392.05, and the net to- tal $194.05, of which Mr. Bell, the promoter,` got $100.. ` Wave and Vvlnnnn ... a......-:_ -- I The extent of the work the Victor- ian 0rder'Nu1-se is doing in the com- . munity is again shown by the report '-of Miss McKay for November, pre- I sented at the regular monthly meet ing of the Executive held Monday afternoon. Nurse McKay3s report showed a total of 222 visits for the month, which included 116 free vis- its. This is a very important part of the work and is much appreciated by those whovreceive the benet of it. This did no.t include 46 extra non-pay visits made in the general interests` of the work and should _ show the friends of the work and the [citizens generally that the nurse is ;kept busily employed. Th nD`rnf'nr\r c a+n+nn......A. _L__---J i VICTORIAN NURSEW g 2 MADE 222v1s1Ts, mmmw&&mm&w&&&$| I -....u 5 vs >\u-1:111:31` DUAL Pleading guilty to the theft of a small quantity of cannel coal from the Sarjeant Co., Finlay, Hawkins was allowed to go on suspended sen- tence with instructions to report t9 the Chief of Police once a month for six months. He was granted his lib- erty on condition that he pay a ne imposed some time ago for failure to pay dog tax. . ______ ! Presiden-1:-.F`J.le.;;. "Bf I Y ` Club. THEFT OF CANNEL COAL 11`... .1:_ _ ;,,, -1- DR. L. `J. SIMPSON _.L `IN! _-.-_ uwvov Barrie Kiwanis wuusu was uestroyed by fire in 1924. A new plan of re protection of the forests has been inaugurated. In- stead of using re rangers, ying boats are stationed within reach. It has been found that ninety-ve per cent. of forest resestart on shores of rivers and lakes and it takes from four to six hours for a re to amount to anything. The blaze can be ob- served from the planes and as they are equipped with motor and hose the re"can be put out before it as- sumes serious proportions. In this way scores of serious res were pre- vented last year and this method of fire fighting will be used to an even larger extent in 1925. \r\J llzly `ortern Ontario is also blest with `great timber resources, hardly any of which was destroyed by re in 1924. A new nlnn nf Hm. m.n+.....4.:..... .: LL- 0 sources, which 0 others to go. `spent in this province. Jlllllo South Ontario should take part in the development of the mineral re- are yet barely touch- ed, he said. If we can t go ourselves or "send our sons, we should induce In 1925 there will be a great deal of capital poured in from England and other countries for de- velopment work. Mr. Garden sug- gested that South Ontario take up the work of supplying the north country with its needs..` In 1920, he said, Northern Ontario spent over $30,000,000 for supplies of various kinds and much of themoney was If in its in- `$30,000,000 goods from other parts of when it is properly develop- fant stage it takes over worth of Canada. A ed it will require everything that old Ontario can produce. Rich Ore Production Sudbury, Cobalt and Porcupine, he said, have produced over 100,000,000 tons of ore, Cobalt alone producing 1200 tons of pure silver. Hollinger is the third greatest` producing gold mine in the `world and looks as though it will become "the first. The people are ambitious and are building cities, with fine buildings that would aston- ish anyone who has not been in the country. ` ncaL:n-4:A 3.. -`I,,. `II I 0-` UUI4 I him. -uc uxay next Continuing, he stated that few realize the store of wealth that is there waiting for someone to come and.take it. _The country is produc- of splendid land in the valleys; He had heard of a farmer who went in eleven `years ago with` practically nothing but an axe, and-this year, in addition to feeding sixty head of stock, he had 10,000 tons of hay, 1000 bushels of oats and 600 bushels ` of wheat. Mr. Garden was inclined to question the 10,000 tons of hay, but that was the information `given VPTTTTTT WT TTTTTTT comma EVENTS &&'&&&&& && &&&&&&& ___-. .. `JG , uuucl aus land power, Mr. Garden said, That is where the attention of South On- tario should be directed. If the gold and nickel deposits were 4000 miles away, we would be more likely to go there than we are when we have them right at our door. Canadians should not wait for foreigners to come in and develop these riches- That is the placefor us to make our.money and send our sons. o-1.-.--- Dr. L. J. Simpson was unanimously elected president of the Kiwanis Club for the ensuing year at the weekly luncheon in the American Hotel on Friday. The report of the nominat- ing committee, which was unanimous- ly adopted, proposed only one name for the office of president. A. G. MacLellan was also elected treasurer and Dr. W. A. Lewis, the retiring president, district trustee by acclam- ation.- There will be a contest for the vice-presidency and for the ex- ecutive and the voting will take place next Friday. A. F. A. Malcomson was named returning officer and W. M. Cockburn poll clerk. Members of the North `York and Simcoe Press Association, who met that day in Barrie, were guests of Kiwanians W. C. Walls and M. D. Morrison. A. C. Garden on New Ontario The speaker for the day was a for- mer citizen of Barrie, A. C. `Garden, M.l;IP.,thof Hamilton, who, speaking on or ern nhfarin mm. -* J.1.uAu, nub uu:_y auwuyb au;x_vcu.4 Dr. Taylor said_ his` rst -missionary recollection was of an incident that occurred in 1868, .when he was a child of two yzirs. His parents ,had opened up a `mission inua city prev- iously untouched by missionary ef- fort, and feeling against them was (Continued on Page 18) They began in a very small way and iting place for the party would be in `Bedlam. ~They do not write that 111 U VlllUCo I Dr. Taylor s father was thirty--ve. years of age`-and his mother twenty-I eight when they went out with their; rst party. In addition to the many other difficultiesthat the founder of the Mission had to face .he hadgthe additional handicap of poor.-health.` when they arriyed at Shanghai, the. leading newspaper was very discor- aging and suggested that a more 1:- way n-ow, commented Dr. Taylor. 500.000 Church Members I There were at that time only about 300 Chinese christians in the world. Today there are .over 500,- 000 adult `Protestant church mem- bers, and when their children and all ' the applicants for church member- ship are added the number is close to a million. There were sixteen in Hudson Ta,vlor s first party, the larg- T est party that had ever gone out at that time. Often they didnot know ' where their supplies were coming from, but they always arrived. . hr Tntvlnr O`=l` 11'-in` mn1'auinv-uovvu . auauuum w.|uu uxuusauua U1. iucxuuera. A The motto chosen by Hudson Tay- lor and whichpis inscribed over the door of the head "office of the China Inland Mission in London, England. is Have Faith in God. Dr. Taylor said that when his father went out to China rst, no missionaries had penetrated into the interior, which . . up to that time was beyond the reach. of the gospel. It was considered` im- possible togeteinto the, country, as neither the governmentrnor the peo- ple were friendly to white people. The missionary societies were unable to attempt any work inland because of lack of men and money. Now the country is entirely open"ed_ up and there are mission stations _in eighteen provinces. . nr Tnivlnvlu fuflnnv tuna +h:W+17_17a