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..v-n uvauc ,lll{all.UlI. 1'8ll!'O8(! were nnder_discussion in the House of Commons, Mr. Hopkins, member _, for Moose Jaw, received a wire from- some of. his supporters telling him he -should support in certain brarich in LCI. All \ l 111 Mrs. 1-{urn -"short visit `Mrs. Jas. `III... .-. I. ...u'n;uua Ill Miss Milt ' ~of friends i Mrs. C. 1* Week for :1 Elmer V\'< `Week-end a J. McAu1 mnder the 1 Mr. and . `-their (laugh T.nvv-no (`- ILIIUII l.l&lU,`-'.H . Lorne (`: Mother's D: 11.. I1 . an -couple of I 11.. .._ I ~......l.-v V- \ M1`. and -day with ti 1|r-_,4_-._ EL &$%&% 21115 (ll. 11"! Mrs. \V:u Ttrlends in ' `A/flan `\1:l. VVCUK. Mrs. H. < :spending :1 'ter in O1-ill I Ilnn `L ..... Miss Lily `ing at hvr I/Yr: \\r'rn In 1923 tlle governments of British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba re- spectively collected $78,687, $241,266- and $140,327 in Z`a'soline taxation. All these put together will look small compared with what this tax will pro- duce in Ontario. D.D.G.M. POlN'Fa '.t?}`&,'~}u first . U . fl \\ E.hi`Lr-11l_\' THUREI Genrm: kn f`n.u. 1 I1 ..S}:I This The `health of the North Simcoe Liberal Association should he" well looked after with a doctor for pres- ident, _two doctors as .vice_-pgesidents; and a doctor as secretary. ` ` The fine exampleshown by the _0roV Horticultural Society in_ improving the gore, at Guthrie should stir up other horticultural societies to activ- ities of a similar nature. . 3 Cheques and money orders for $5 or less are to be exempt from the stamp tax, under an amendment to the War Revenue Act introduced into the Commons thisweek.` ' The Alliston Herald has `made an- other forward step by discarding its ready-print page_a, _ -the H whole paper now being turned `out in its well- equipped office. T , _._.. ....,.,n.u.vva.u- uuuulg mm 118 upport btarich ain branch railroad` linesf unnaah-u. 3- J-1-- ""~-* The Farmer : Aduptgbllity `A _MilvertonSun: The statement of an `unemployment relief official. of Toronto that for several years not _one of the luindreds applying-for re- lief has `been brought up on'_ a farm is splendid testimony to the independ-. lnniuin-`J-44: _- ..x....uu:-a ucaululully UU bll .luuepeIl(l- nce,_-pride and thrift inculca.ted__by- those'r_eared and trained in ourfarm homes. A man brought` up on the farm-can"t more readily_into `a cam ing `different from his own than al- r_1_ost*any other class pf man, How Quickly Can You Stop? Owen Sound Sun -Times; How quickly can you stop? This is often a question` of life and death in these days; Scientic tests-by the U.S.A. Bureau of Standards show that the average car driver loses half -a second between sensing danger and jamming on the brakes. In that time a car at 20 miles an hour will go 13 feet. That fraction of a secondtmayebe the death of thedrlver, or a_ pedestrian. -rernoves one of the `best known week- Kincardine joins the ranks of one- paper towns this week,iJ. J. Hunter of the Reporter having `purchased the Review from Col. Hugh Clark. Both Mr. Hunter and Col. Clark are able and experienced `newspapermen and they came to the conclusion thattwo good newspapers could not be publish-. ed protably in a town- the size of Kincardine. Hence the change. Though it may seem a hard jobior such a dyed-in-the-wool Grit as `J. J. A Hunter to run a non-partisan news- paper, that's what the Reporter is to p be hereafter. The disappearance of. Col. Clark from the newspaper `eld. ly editors in Canada, his clever para- graphs having .been widely` quoted. Mr. `Hunter also is a forceful `writer V and will see that the interests of his: _j community are well attended to. e ...... uvl-I0, auu yllal; 11183118 you. ,, If we had been minding our own businss, the debts of the Dominion, the Provinceand theicity would not no_wTbe solarge and taxes would not- be man cu...` J- ..-L ---' -..._ u ,-u\; nu nalgtrdllu WIXCS Would not` be so high. When we; do not. mind our own businss we a'lways suffer! for it. - ', ' ' { I 0 g AMONG |XOX0!0IOIOIOI 14:14 10101010141011 . . u . . uu. vvvu uuauxuaa. Whose business is it that every family of ve in`_Montreal now pays an average of about $150 ayear in interest and'owes over $3000 on ac- count of money borrowed and spent .by the Dominion, the Province and the city? Surely it is the business of those who pay the taxes and carry the debt; and that means you. If in had Roan u~n'nA.` n ~ . - - --.~.r ............u. Luv uu.ug1u1.' says, In p8I'E3! U Nobody likesito be told to mind his ' ,own business; Yet there was never a ,time when people needed to be `told. `that more than now, because nine out {of every ten men and women are not minding their own business. They do not` seem toknow that public business is their own business. HTIYL--- L-`__i9._ 0 MIND YOUR own "BUSINESS With a view to arousing the unin- formed, and consequently indifferent, l elector to the gravity of the present nancial condition of the country re- sulting to a large extent from un- necessary expenditure of public money by all our governing bodies, the Montreal Board of Trade recently issued a circular entitled Mind Your Own Business emphasing the neces- sity of every citizen making the af- fairs of the nation, of the province andof the municipality his personal. `concern . The circular says, in part:f 4 Nnhndv liln':a'4-n 1-... and 4.. ....-....a 1..-_ 2 _,-..-... -....~.uc.uu u; auuung nearly 8. mill to the tax rate by providing for it "all in one `year, the` trustees seek I tospread the -cost over` a term of years, being condent that the saving to bereffected by the change will take care of" theannual payments. Had I. the item been i_ncluded in the. Board's estimates, the chances are that it would have gone ' through without 4 question. There seems'no~ sufficient `reason why the Council should not- comply with the Boa_rd s reasonable `request and let the work proceed. 3 The action of the Town Council in`, 3 holdin_`gup_ _a_ request of the Board` of ' .3 Education for money for' the Prince " of: Wales School` until the necessity of the proposed expenditure should- be investigated is veryiunusual and does not seem justified by the circum- I stances.` '1`hose.closely.in touch with ' public" school matters know -that the" 1' Board has been` trying to find somelh way of overcoming -the `difficulty! - caused by water in the boiler-room ever since the school was remodelled i and enlarg.d .`0wing to the sewer be- ` ing higher than the boiler-room, the ' water cannot be drained o . Efforts ' were made to_ keep out. the water by using. so-called water-proong for the cement, but . this proved a failure. I o Other expedients were tried with like result and resort had to be made to . pumping, wh" h` hasproved an ex- pensive opera ion. ,After consulting heating "engineers and experts, `the Board came to the conclusion that the best way to get over the trouble I was to throw out the present furnace- 1 1 1 1 room `equipment-and substitute a dif-. ( ferent type; which will not only solve I 7the drainage problem but will also 1 `reduce fuel costs. `The decision of 1 [the Board was no sudden one,_but was `- arrived at after.-a study_ of the I3.1_`ob- ilem -from every angle and. for several _ years. Instead of adding nearly "a i` mill tax iV` 0 I , ..... .. vnnc ocuuuu page. 11: makes no attempt to suppress any of the news or to magnify any. The only change was in keeping it all together and giving it a less conspicuous place than usual. The women believe that, if sewagecannot be_ eliminated alto- gether, it is best to conduct it into a -single cesspool, where those who like it can look for it. nun U1. Ill!](18.. ; - ~ .John McQueen~was chief spokesman for the objectors. His argument was that the oongregational meeting was not legally called and that those -di-V . aau.'uuuUu5 Lrom a_ congregational eetlng and a.. year later action was taken by certain. members against Rev. John Davey, t_ljxeA minister, and Wm . Rankin, ,the.t_reasur 1", .for misapplica- non of funds..; ` - ' Tnhn Iknuunnn .-..'.... -L1-A ___.n - WlE(1I'3WIl." c There was some further discussion in which several took part, among them Rev; J. R. Black of Orillia. The Moderator, however, would not allow him to continue, stating that he was not ,a member of Presbytery, having `never been inducted as a minister. Globe Monies Cause Trouble At the opening : of the afternoon sederunt the trouble which has arisen in `East Nottawasaga over the use made of certain monies from globe lands was discussed; at length. From statements made it appears` that this glehe fund dates back thirty years and has been.=the cause of numerous dif- ferences. ,Portion's were spent for dlf-t ferent purposes and it was nally agreed that a balance, now amounting to $108, should be invested and the in- terest expended on the cemetery . This balance was turned into the general` tunds of the congregation in'1924 upon gxstructions mm `a_ congregational eeting and 3,. vear -lnfnr gm-im. urns uuu.u1g'.1V11'. 1(.lI11'.0_l.1lVt0 speak, The discussion continuing, Mr. Mc-( Lean introduced the matter of a let- ` ter that appeared in a Toronto paper ove'r'Mr. Rintoul s signature in con- nection withithe vote at Angus. If `that vote-,was not lawfully taken,. we'll do it again, stated Mr.-McLean, That is my contention exactly,- re- plied Mr. Rintoul. The congregation will go into` Union" on June 10 unless another vote is taken. The congre- gation stands. today as a united con- gregation V with the -Presbyterians withdrawn." ' ' ' VIVLA`..- ...-_ ..-.___ 3., .1 u uxuuuuv w auopt me mmutes carrying. _ Mr. Rintoul then registered his dis- sent and requested `extracts from the minutes to place before the Assembly. Mr. McLean also registered a protest against the Moderator s ruling per-, _mitting Mr. Rintqul _to speak, The dinonsminn nm.+.'m.:..... 1|/r.. `run. vuc nnucuuulcllla W83 HOE Voted .011, motioni'to adopt the minutes carrying. Rintoul than rnaigfnrnrl 11%;. AH. auu cuuueu to move ms amendment. Mr. Currie feared that Mr. Rintoul had some course of lav? in view to up-' set the work of the commission. Mr. Rintoul reassured him on that point, stating that he merely wanted to have the minutes correct. He -movedthat the item complained of be struck out and another clause substituted, but the amendment was not voted .on, the ff] nnnf `Fhn YVI`:I\I1`-An an----3-- lcmguguuxi new never been presented to Presbytery. Mr. McLean said that `it did not have to be. The commis- ision, which was virtually the Presby- `tery, had vdisolved the ct?-Operation at Angus and relieved Mr. Rintoul of his charge. The Moderator, however, ruled that Mr. Rintoul was a member ahd entitled to move his amendment. Mr- nllrn `Fan-mar` +`|nn4- "nu `D3-L---1 mg. m.u.ueu_I1 quesuonea Mr. Kin- toul s right to Aspeak.Is Mr. Rintoul a member of this court? he asked. He was relieved of his charge and is now a minisfnr M` 9 Mn+1...A.'.+ ,...............e.. The Des Moines Register, of l)es Moines, Iowa, has done something the results of which will be of especial interest to newspapermen and to those studyingthe effects oftpublicity upon criminals and the growth of crime. Acting on thesuggestion of - the local federation of .v_vomen s clubs it has been printing all its crime news, both local and telegraphic, in one place on the second page. It makes n Qttlnf *'!\ K!III\Ir\In;n--n- ----- -3 ' Yvua J..CLl.t:V>I'Ju U1. H15 Uarge and IS a minister of a Methodist congrega- tion. Mr. Rintoul protested that his resignation had never been presented Presbvterv. Mr MnI....... ._...:.a +1..` `cu auu J.u.L'. Iylllbuul, ueslrlng `CO move an amendment, was given a few min- utes to prepare it, other business be- ing taken- up in-the meantime. Mr. McLea_n questioned Mr. Rin- 'rYIDTYI}\D`V' n'F +}I`:|: nnuw-ml-9 LA -\--1----3 ```""~ ..`.`.v---u ment? asked Mr. Rintv<>nl7.` The ques- tion led to an interchange between `the two and the Moderator asked them to address the chair. - . Adoption of the minutes was mov.- IAJ ..;...I 'II _. T\:_.L-__1 1 I 0 - ' vv uuuLGnD uuc uuaus. I .WA<.ioption [ed and Mr. Rintoul, desiring to movie Ian amendment. was china .5 `4-5.... M.-.. I nu, yuspunc, auaucu nev. 14. ivicuean f Bradford, chalrman of the comm1s- s on. A We were appointed with Pres- byteria`l* power and we received the petition. After- .your appoint- Rinlsoul. J- +`;l\h "A nos 3 n n u A _ _ -_ 1--L-r u;.a_yuup:uzeu .l0I'Hl. - ' Mr. Rintoul then objected that the item regarding the commission which visited Angus and dissolved the co- I operative charge was- incorrect. He: `stated that the Angus session had on- ly asked who was entitled to vote and _ Presbytery had appointed a commis- sion to dissolve the co-operation. It pave the impression that the session adv asked for the dissolution. ` 1 Presbytery was petitioned for this : very purpose," stated Rev. L. McLean Qf commis- I An Wn Ttinuvn n.........J.-.I _-_LL 11,, quwc warm. 5 Mr. Rintoul rst called- attention to g the omission from the" minutes of ' mention of the` fact that the petition from Angus had been irregular and, that the irregularity had been con-,' i doned by Presbytery. Replying, Rev. : Mr. Currie stated that the petition I had been discussed for some time be- I fore `any objection was raised _on the ground of V irregularity._ He poin-tedi out also that the printed minutes were ; insynopsized form. ; I M10 'D:..+...'.1 4.1.-.. ..L.'--L-:I Lt-` I [ `-P `The discussion ended "in the ap-_ arps n=_veru DU Mien` Original. status. . pointment of a commission consisting of ,Rev. R. M. Hanna, Rev C. H. Mc- Donald (Penetang) and Dr. _J . B. Mc- _[Clinton to visit Wyevale, with _power to make'arrangements_ for -a dl.SS0ll1- `tion of the ~co-operative agreement, lif desired, and to` arrange for asep- 'arate`Vote' by the Presbyterians. I - Angus Matter Discussed .a'When Presbytery opened in the morning, Rev. Alex. `Rintoul of An-~ gus took exce tion to two items in the minutes of t e last regular `meeting anda special meeting, with regard to the dissolution of the co-operation on- the Angus charge. The resulting dis- cussion was lengthy and at times quite warm. M `D.'..4.....1 42..-; -_'n_: _u they... .w_anted _ ~a_ cemetery t?{zE"':uz{& let them subscribe the money. . The wholeithing is not worth a cross word," remarked Rev. L. McLean. should yfriends fall out over- . . ll ' I ` Finally it was decided that a.com- mittee_ consisting of Rev. L. McLean, Rev. :R. M. Hanna and the elder from: Duntroon,tvi_si_t~ the Fourth Line and' see if.a settlement could not be reach-I ed. Rev. Kenneth McLean, who hadi tried to` effect a. settlement there was not- sanguine of- results. ` Colin Camp -' bell, .whose father drove the oxen to clear the iand for the, church,- hogedi thatdthings might be made to uni smoothly again. I Anotherlmatter in connection with` East.No_tta.wasaga came up when a resolution was presented from the , Session and Managing Board of Cree-_i lmore asking that East Notta.wasaga.* _be attached to Stayner and Manle`Vn.l- -' 1 uuuugu nu hue euu accurulng-1:0 18W. - ~ Yet that showed 'aA total vote of 7 to 7 for the congregation, said ,Rev.. L. McLean. eContinu_ing,, Mr. '-McLean said they wanted to save hard feelings a'rid"litigation was expensive. The only way they c`ou1d give Angus ,a square "deal was to have the two '_par.ts'revert to their original status. "Phn inrluuinn nnrlnrl "-31: 4|... .... av 11. tucy wxsueu. V ' . ' It was suggested that action sim-; ilar to that in the Angus case be -tak-. en. Rev. Alex. Rintoul again assert- _ ed that theforiginal vote at Angus: was the legal one and was carried . through to the end according-to law. vhf. fllf. sfhhurnrl-n 4-nl-ai nnd-n A-P In the O.T.A. cases recently tried here, Mr. Finlayson used some pretty stiff language regarding spotters who were alleged to have partaken of the owing bowl when luring their vic-- tims on. We `wonder how his .vocabu- lary would have stood the strain had he been up against `a prohibition en- forcement officer like Don Okle of , San Francisco, whothrew up his `job because he found it necessary to co_n- sume on an average fty drinks of~ liquor daily. He said the number of ; drinks necessary for him to obtain ev- idence had -totalled about 35,400 in % two years. ' l; FCIII llllllcu oned 5 ....... .....a :. ..---_ pacaanuu auu mur1ag;ng board or Cree-5 5 ! more - be Stayner Map1e`Val-, ; ley placed under Creemore and Dune-* :' din instead. Rev. .1 Tinvnv a+.;.+.;..: n...4. `a committee consisting of Rev. S. Far- ley, `Rev. J. A.- McMahon . and repre- ! sentatives from Creemore, Fourth Line, Dunedin, Maple Valley and Black Bank to -take this matter under advise- ,ment and report" at ~the next regular` imeeting. . ' . ;1`he outcome was the appointment of` nasal. ruruxex`. - V ' ,1 A representative of Maple Valley anon-concurrents stated that they had 80 out last Sunday. The people were I anxious to have arrangements made for I regular service. pun Tn]... 1ur..x~r..u_1_ ___-,,,, z n:5u1d.1' servlce. , Rev. John McNabb, suggested leav-, -ing thematter [over until after June! I10. as there -will be several reallngn-E iments of congregations to be attended] to. uu: iusy gluueu uncle!` ureemore and Dune-3 instead. Rev. J. Davey stated` that he had no wish`to serve E. Nottawa.-..; Vsaga further. : -- -- I I A ru3v\nnnno.L..l.:-.- -5 up, u ace u.u. eetuement could reach-I zed. McLean, -`tried was; results. Camp'- father church,- hogedi that` jthings ~ I `Ahnfhnr Ynnffnn `In nn.........u.._ ._-:n- un 1 `V quuu . was `decided a. com- Rev. Dun troon,`vi_sl_t- Kenneth MnT.nnn urhn nma. act. mum supscrwe me .'_-4 F Th;e whole`;thi'ng a.'c_rdss ~rema,rke'd'_,Rev. McLea.n.[ Why $100?" `Im....n.. u. ..._'_ ;-_.,., . .. . . v...,.,,b-.-yu a.uL uni: ucau u::v_vapa|.pers in the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. From news, editorial,_ typographical and advertising stand- points, the "News is fully entitled to. the honors it haswon. Vernon is fortunate to` be served by a,paper so excellent in every way as is the News. __-_...- ..,_, uuuu auuvguuqtl. ' I A motion to exonerate Rankiirwas withdrawn, ifbeing pointed out that -the Presbytery not having made any; accusation .had no oower to act. 4 The Fourth Line congregation would "have been better off if this glebe `tuna. had been sunk in the bay thirty I. I v years ago, said Rev`. C. H. `McDonald, who was pastor of this charge for sev- eral years. Mr. Davey did not benefit personally by the transfer, the money- was used for church purposes. a If .they....wanted cemetery trust fund` subscribe I ' The Wholefthing in nnf amp. .5 .`-........ v-_-~. awn. nu: ncuuuucta i John Lewis corroborated statements made by John McQueen. - } .A wand-la... L... -______,,_. -. '- -- uau gun. uuenulng CHUPCD, yet he tried a to dictate ; the 1congregatlon s policy. He mainta.ined.that the meeting was! properly called and everything was perfectly regular. `At the annual meet- ing McQueen moved" that the money be put back into a cemetery fund but` `could get no seconder. ` I 1.1.. -r____., ,, - - - OTTON HARDWARE: C0; DEMONSTRATION TAKES PLACE AT OUR STQRE .4d.f1re:: Coupon entitles bearer to one 30c can of Chi-Name] FREE at our `store upon purchase of a 25c Varnish Brush to insure a fair trial or will be acoepted` as 354; upon purdjases of larger cans of Chi-Namel Products. 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AKEENAN WILLIAMS muos Ann PLAYER mnos __Canada is surely well provided ` with legislators, nearly 900 all' told in federal `and provincial parliaments. The services of these `cost the country ' nearly three millions annually. When alldthe other expenses connected with parliaments are added to this it mak- es the burden of government a pretty heavy one. i . Oposite Post Office Square 35 .; _CHl-N4MEL Vamix " gfattacled Zaupan. BELL PIAHOS P. O. Box 555 Use the for quick resu If the car is sition better even if the 1m- quire you tn into your car up to tell ynl you didn't help surance you `w . --:J Di`l.ll'l{", Dl,l"`lll Hill, Tm`:-ntn. and Stzxym-1'. the l0(l.:'(,- run) the P:u'i.~'l1 ll:1 was p1`t,)pu. W. Bro. J. '1`. `(C0 the China] officers, \\'hi4'l very tting` 1 'I`l1e.Vi.~xiting by Bro. Dr. (`I by R.'\\'. RH). Bro. A. B. U4 _ Watson of Thompson of . quet, music \ chestra from songs were 1'( Robinson and .'Violin selectio Lorne Arnold pleasant evenh by the Junim ladies of \V_v<- plimented on provided for t - `cu---- Leave,nmp1 of your car : when p:1rkinr_:`. behind you wi as close as pt. 7` LL- ...... 1 .n4uuh\,. Penetm Barrie, `LY. I1 '1`. J. ll!-,' Ill hl. W V.M. H. were hiuh Keefe on the work ` gave an ix dress on ` gree." '1` gatlmering: `Lodge. `Donnrnn..- This month the Vernon News, of Vernon, B.C., rounds out thirty years of splendid serviceito, the `far-famed Okanagan Valley. Under the direc- ' tion of L. J. Ball, atpresent First Vice-President of the C.W.N.A., the News has twice win the Brennan` Cup,_g'iVen for the `best newspapers in Hm rnmnaim. w....m.. m.................- LIUUCLLULL Ll|l'l L Both Hr. `very serious] town's nr-Liv been one of `the Hospital the L.A. of members of t also heim: 0 `best skips. P the Park (`rm zation of th Treasurer of \1.uJ.., visit ` `The WX7 TU! W.` A. Bisho William B .A, C. Bishn; '.-manager of lvlidland fur Elas been tr; similar (-up; `transfer th Mr. Bisht . Fenelon Full. -of British .\ that Bank w -of I\'I0nt1`0:11 acity for the been trzmsfcx -of Trenton, -cally the sun to as Midlz_u That town 112 and is in :1 `there are :1" located thon- DI'\r\ \`l.. . b. IJIPHIH] Elmvale I, Glen Rebeku divine servix on Sunday Bro. Rev. E tappropriate "`Wh0 is he Lme?" JDIUUIX klllil Mr. and 'lVIa.rgaret, o :and Mrs. S "I`ottenham. .A. C. Bishng Wlrhvnln T DUDLCL D. Mrs. Cum and Mr. am `Toronto spa Brock and `II ... r|c1` _la.LLCl' D I)l'Ul Rev. and Mr. and Mr. men of Stay Foster's. IA -uu P1.-. J.Vl.l5o dilh. I" Mr. and .\ Falls rem:-\\ aover the xv:-, `I/I -u nu ! 1| VUVCI. LIXC \\ L`, Mr. and . Meaford SD! _iatter's brnt Dnu n.-`,1 Tenewing `week. `RAH... TI Official gures shew that dntario "is educating annually about 680,000 pupils and is paying 17,000 teachers salaries. The estimated average cost` perpupil per year is $80. Assuming` that every pupil attends"schoo1 for at least ten years, the cost of education in this province is $800 per pupil.