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This will help them considerably in their conspiracies, which are said to. be afoot all over` Germany-, with the Prin- cess Hermoine, the ex-Kaiserls wife. as a ruling spirit. ;Rec ently' the ban -upon German imperial uniforms was lifted by President I-Iindenburg, and once again the streets of Berlin are aglow with the gorgeous colorings of pre-war military costumes. - ,` for Quebec; I-Ion. Ch_arles.Murphy and The Canadian people will have an opportunity of voicing their opinions upon political affairsof the Dominion , on Thursday, Oct. 29,;and the electoral . 5 machinery of all political parties is al- I E ready in motion. Along with the an- I nouncement of the election came the r report of many_ changes and appoint- :'(` ments in Government offices. Eight appointments weremade to the 'sen -'. ate: J. J. Hughes and Creelman_,Mc- Arthurfor Prince Edward Island; 'I-Io_n. Jacques Bureau and Hon. H. S. Beland] I John Lewis for Ontario; W . A. Buch- anan and P. E. Lessard -for Alberta. Hon. J. A.'Robb is appointed Minister in of Finance: Hon. G. -Boivin, Minister .t of Excise and Custom: Hon. G. N. Gor- 0 don, Minister of Immigration and Col- 03 onization; Hon. Lucien Cannon, Solic- itor-General. In addition there were several` appointments. `to the King's Privy Council and to the judiciary. Sir Henry Thorntonistnys _ The announcement that Sir Henry Thornton is to be retained as president and chairman of the Canadian National Railways for another` three years will be greeted with satisfaction` by most Canadians. His salary for the new term of office is increased by fifteen thousand a year to sixiiy-ve thousand. Labor to Extend Control .After spending the week-end at Bal- moral Castle as thevguest of the King, Ramsay MacDonald journeyed to soar- borough to join the Trades Union Con- . gross, which has set out to achieve two in purposes, central control `over the con- 3 duct or strikes, with power to call out 1;} `other than the affected unions in sym- m' pathetic strikes and to put a haltto the work of. red" unions. A..M. Swales presided over the Congress, which con-, ' sisted of 800 delegates representing a trade union membership of 4,500,000. nod *"*BAri!rI91zoNro Tuukspzfi, sr-:1i1i1;5%`1n i:;z ,1-2, 1925, (/ ' cap_u1_ _ss,oo9,`ooo snmicnss: % lul.\D rs omcwu at ca. coucuomd W9m.n.L nganacer. ' X .- _ ,.\ Z 7 BARBIE-_-H. A. Sims. Manager. =- . ALLANDAIE - . ~ v - Consult our _na'rest' Branch Mariagexz. ` ------an vvuu. vnln Iur I-OI'G' v Following the report that Great Bri- tain is to spend $10,000 a. day on adver- tising Empire-made products through- out the British Isles comes the `amaz- ing report that the seat of the `House -of Lords are to be re-upholstered with red goat skin from Germany! There is an uproar of protest from thepress. but officials say they are interested ` only in acquiring their supplies at the] * lowest price. to 1 , I While the ladies are g ettlng Toper. manent waves," won't someone kindly favor the gentlemen with permanent sh_aves.-From the" Niagara Falls`Re- I view. Great Britain now threatens to use "more forceful methods in bringing to book_ the communist -agitators who are endeavoring to upset the social equil- ibrium of that country. . The govern- ment, it is reported, has ordered the arrest oi. all those who are concerned in the plot `to foment mutiny in the military camps. A `plot was afoot to hold a. special "red week" to recruit from the ranks of the British. army. nuuwuu -vr n_gIIuiUl'l ' ` I puuzesslun 1s gooa tor the soul but it is bad for the reputation-From the Vernon News. _. Immigration to~tl1e U.S. . . The United" States has cut don im- migration, into that country from 706,"-'-' 896 in 1923-24 to 294,314 for.. the year ending June 30, 1925. Now Canada is thevchief source of immigration. There is a ow, of emigrants from the United, States back to Europe, as for instance in the case of Italians, the number leaving the United States being_near1y 21,000 inexcess of the number who en- tered. The quota law- has, "of, course, out down the immigration, but five countries, Great Britain, Irish Free State, Italy, Sweden and Checko-Slov-1 akia, did not fill, their`immigration' quotas. I 11---; __n - - - -- ' vanaulan elds . League `, Canada is attened by the announce- ment that Senator Raoul Dandurand hasbeen selected as permanent r~resld- ent of the Sixth Assembly of the -League of Nations. which `is meeting in Geneva this month. I u .---v,- vv-uvnuauuu '\JlrllI7lllU' I A new immigration movement is be-. ing set on foot by the ancient Hudson's Bay Company, which has announced the formation of a subsidiary company! to deal with land settlement. The com- pany is associated with important Bri- i _tish shipping interests` and it is ex-.! pected ~the_ new scheme will begin to function in _the spring of 1926., v you: an: vuuniiouluil QUIBU The Right Hon. W. S. Fielding, whose - resignation has made room for Hon, J. n A. Robb as Minister of Finance; is one of Canada's oldest public servants, ` having spent forty years in public iife. , He retires now at the age of seventy-I seven, taking with -him the good wishes ` and gratitude of all Canadians. He has; succeeded in that difficult `task of emerging from the temptations of pub- ` lic office with an unsullied name. Ill-, health has made it necessary for him, to withdrawal from active participation I in politics, but his heart is still alive! to the problems of Canada. ' ~ I I` ; ./Unlucky Shenandoah; . `Q - Tragedy has` overtaken the unlucky, f airship. the She_nandea'.h,;o,the United `i States airforce. and in a erce,strug- ggle with the elements itwas`. torn to pieces and thirteen of its crew killed. , `.The Shenandoah was just two yearsi `old. having been in. service since Sep-, tember. 1923,.and was` widely known; because of its manoeuvresand adven-I States. It was planned to ,make a ight i I tures in various. parts. of the United [ [to the north pole in the giant dirigibie , Iin the near future. The fate of the". lsxenandoah has aroused a good deal; ' o ebate over the practicability of the. flig ter-than-air machines and may lead to deeper, investigation along the lines of structural strength for dirigible air- ships. . , / " . jonfesslori is good for th soul but it bad for the rnnn+nHnn_w..m-.. +1.... German Goat Skin for.LoI`ds- nllnnvlnn 61.... ...._....L A.I.._A_ Ii, . c-1--ju I`-`.I.B.C.. Settlement Scliemcv -..--. 1..- _-1_.___.;.n _._ Reserves V71,'00_0,900 I Canadian Heads Lague . units In Rn`-GA-and I.-. LR- ......-. Veteran tatsr;hn- Quiut "Il_.I_A. 11-... 11v 1-. .-..,.u. ___ .---ool Iday afternoon Arrest ifor Agitator: 'pIn'fn nanny &I....).-4.-... l'UKlHl.Ul`UQ more tnan twenty. In .-`registering a_ conviction Magis-1 trate Jeffs `declared. that it was impos- , sible for a driver to watch the, speedo- meter all the time. I have been driv- ing a car for several years and have had several motorists ,b'ei!ore_ me and when a man comes here and tells me that never on` the road did they exceed twenty miles, it lessens the .value of his evidence. It's ridiculous. The con- stable who has no interest in the case, and a- reputable citizen says you were speeding, _so /you will be -convicted", ` dec ared ' His Worship. Laidlaw hesi- tat d and asked it he could have-time to pay. His appearance indicated that he was a 1i)an'~ot means, and the Ma- ` ate? sternly rebuked him. ' . +.`I can} pay all right,-but I.may ap_- . .. ?' saidlhaidlaw. 0n,being informed; ,t at gayment would not" affect 2 his ap- e _ peel V 'ha.nd'ed\over the `can . uu.1 c1.uI uu Luul; occasion. Laidlaw in the witness-hox'swor'e. that he had driven slowly throughthe town.` He_ was very voluble `and was disposed to argue with. the Magistrate and the officer rather than give his evidence. Until last Week when the car completed the first thousand miles its wheels had never rolled faster than the permissibje twenty miles an hour. Con- stable Rayner asked him if he was pre- pared to swear that hejxwas not exceed- ing"the limit at the time he was taken. Laidlaw replied that while driving in town he always kept his eyes on the speedometer and that in Barrie it never registered more than twenty. `. ."re2'isterin2' a cnnvinnn M...a._~ uuvcu Lnut Iust on .me whole Journey. Mrs. Laidlaw, a strong, `well-built and capable looking woman, informed the Magistrate that her husband would not drive fast when she was along. Her evidence indicated that it had not been necessary for her to do any driving from the backseat onthe trip in ques- `tion.~ George had beenfexceptionally careful on that occasion. , . . ` "'T.nidl::nv in fhn urn-n.-...- 1...... .... ..- 1.taLu1' umn twenty mues per hour. Mrs. A. Church, also in the car on this trip, expressed great surprise that so careful a. driver as Mr. Laidlaw had beensummoned. He had "told her that the car was a new one and said he would not drive it faster than twenty an hour. She did not `think that he had driven that fast on .the whole journey. Laidlaw. a strong. "uu:H-hull+ _t. 1:: llUl'IlH1l rate. _ James Forsyth, who was with Laid- law at the time, said he kept his eye on the speedometer constantly and that never on the trip was the car driven faster than twenty miles hour. A. Church. AIR!) `In fhh now An ucuuxuw was speeulng. . Laidlaw qross-examined the con- stablegaskinghim if he had uped a. stab Watchvand aqneasured distance to ar- rive at the conclusion that the law was being violated. Rayner repliedinnthe negative but said he based his belief on the fact that Laidlaw passed a car on the intersection. and others on Bradford sreet which were going at tpe normal rate.. Fors_vth. was with Lam- ruuuuung ule Dl'a(1IOI`(1 street corner on the'night of August 22 at a some- what abnormal rate of speed` and took the number. He watched the car pro- ceed towards Allandale, passing many others along the way. Nat. Dyment, saw the constable take the number_,_ and told the Court-that in his opinion Laidlaw was speeding. Laidlaur nrnuu-nvn'mIn._-.A 41.... ....... nk of uuuars anu costs, amounting to $13.75} in the Barrie police court on Friday morning. .Laidlaw denied absolutely that he.had:exceeded the limit when his case was first called on September 4, but becausehe had not his witness- es with him, the Magistrate granted a remand. He returned on Friday morning still eager to contest the charge, but after exhausting his pow- ers of argumentation was fined. Constable Rayner, saw` Laidlaw rounding the Bradford street Ion the'ni2'hf nf Ana-nut `)9 ad on any..- D Sxieding on the streets of Barrie -cost ~Geo._ R; Laidlaw, of Toronto, ten dollars and costs, amounting to $13.75 the Barrie nnlinn nnnrf nn `m..:.-1.-... Nowadays it is the blind pig that has `nine 1ives;--=From the Port Hope Times. 5 . ' ` RlD`| \CULOUS" SAYS P..M. WHEN MAN SWEARS 20 MILES ms LIMIT _ - .. an V.-nu; upuuuuln `The. strike, which isaffecting ` Great`-Brita in, Australia and South Af- lprica, though an `unofficial one frowned down upon by the-labor unions, has made a serious situation in each of the three countries involved. In Great Bri- tain it is possible to recruit sufficient crews from among the unemployed to keep shipping moving, but in the Dom- inions the tie-up is a seriousone. Ivvw I-Uu TIDEIBU In uanaaa . Canada is to continue to take care` of a big part of her own nancing at home, by issuing a new loan in long- term bonds to/the amount of seventy or eighty million dollarsin Canada al- xmost immediately. Henetofore such experimentshave been` highly sucess- ful, theissues being over-subscribed by the public. which is keenly interest- ed in holding Canadian nationak bonds. Recently New York nanciers were struggling for the privilege of issuing ,Canadian short-term onds, a Canad- jian issue being` consid red one of the `plums of present-day nancing. Ivvvv uuvvuuvuo Iv! IJUIUIICB A remarkab.le V new machine, half `airplane, half sailing ship, has just been ,added to Britain's defensive forces. ' When _forced to descend to the sea, the airplane is converted into a trim sail- ing vessel with a thousand square feet of sail. `The machine will carry four men and will be used-`afor reconnais- sance vyork. ' Amor;g' things. that will arise again when crushed toearth are truth and a szvafted y.-From the Kamloops Sen- t ne . Another contest with the Turks arose at the League of Nations- Council over Mosul`, for which Great Britain has again been induced to accept a twenty- ,_ -- -uuuu vuuyo Ill IIlUB|ll ive year mandate. Turkish delegates ' ` charged that Great Britain was making `demonstrations against them in, the . Mediterranean by means of `naval man- Foeuvres, charges which were indig- inantly-genied by the British delegates. [The news will".be anything but wel- ` come in Great Britain, wherethe pub.-' lic. regard the expenses of the. Mosul mandate asproductivevof nothing but friction. It'i_s assumed, however, as a. moral obligation upon the Empire?! u -I-nuvlul-II VI: kl IVlI'|UI'\EI`IE f\II"Jl who~wi|| appe"al to:the people on O;t., 29 for ndorserngnt of his Government! P 'c ed to. (In!!! PREMIER-`W._l L. MACKENZIE KING .L4 - ll T1 New Eoah Floated in Canada uundn 1.. J... ...._;..t_____ `U official St:-ik.e Spreaduing a marina cf:-{ha un-.:..1.. u..~..u:.. New Inventions for Defence ............I-_1.u- __ -___ Britain Stays-in Mosul Iqk... ....._1.....4 .._n;_1_ 4|. _ nu `mg ngxgknz ixauxnzn cu 0U 92 5'W. rut."