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W 63 GISU bancu. Entrance was gained through a window on the north side. The thief had, succeeded in breaking" the iron" bolt that held the shutter and then broke a -pane of-glass t -enable him to release the catch `a d open the -window. The theft was discovered on; Sunday afternoon by Mr. Craig, who, looking from a window in- his living apartment, noticed that the iron bar on the shutter stood upright instead of horizontal, as it would be when in -.place. Investigating, he found that thevault had been broken Iinto and the money taken. ` `li`nn+nu{n4-u :.. 4-I... ......... .1:..;.1....-.:| V On. Saturday night` or \Sunday . morning, a burglar broke into the vault in the court house used by John Mackay, -Clerk of the County Court, and E. A. Little, . Surrogate Registrar, and `got away with over $240 in cash.- $190 belonged to _Mr. Mackay and $53 was the property of Robt.` Craig, caretaker of the court house, who had placed the money in` the vault for safekeeping. M-r. Little had $4 or. $5 in shin plasters which - was also taken. 1..A......_;._ ___-_ .._!._7J -1 " VAULT BURGLARIZED Afr THE COURT nous:-: No. .8. I 15 PAGES` `In ICCUIIIIIIUIIUEIIS bllc vincial Governmegng. WUIA Aucuuy. For some time the need of improv- ed roads has been felti in the north of the County; but heretofore no de- nite, concerted action has been tak- en. There was for some time a cer- tain amount of contention between the advocates of the Penetang Road and the Mill Road, but at a meeting in Midland early /in the winter, at which representatives of every mun- icipality-" in the district were present, a denite plan was outlined as indic- ated above. The councils ofthe var- ious towns and municipa1i"j;-'-have united in their `effort to 'eHthis highway {and the_ Countygipun, at the January" session, were:-gunanimous 'in"1`.ecommending the plan"!-bjthe P/go- iii:-nu n-:n1. (Int-yawn vnn-1+ At a recent meeting. in- Midland, plans were made to. bring this meet- ing with the Premier to'the attention of representative citizens in the mun- icipalities interested-,V`which includes practically all that part o,f' the Coun- tyfrom Barrie north and east of the Mill Road. -Circular letters have been sent out and Mayor'Craig is looking after` the organization. and promotion work locally. ` 13:. aninan I-:~nnn 4`-`kn man!` 11-` -ivnv-\-vcnvr_ I;-we-u-v-. V- savvy--.- ---.- School, rrlaay, Mar. 0. . uuuu pru- gramme, including lantern slides of _ the war; proceeds` to purchase ster- ggptircon lantern Admisbiofn 25c rszd n . > ` ' U c After considerable discussion, dur- ing which the legalit of the trans- action was questione andthe opin- ion was expressed that the Town should obtain the full amount of ar- rears of taxes. a motion that the of- fer of $1600 be not entertained was defeated. There was, however, no counter motion to accept the offer, and "the committee arose Without hav- During the discussion in commit- tee, Deputy-Reeve Byrne stated that he had, or could get, a bona de offer of $1000 for the easterly thirty feet of the property, and Ald.(`Wallwin stated that, in that case, he was will- ing to pay $1000 for the remainder. After the committee rose, Second- Deputy-Reeve Mc'Cuaig and Ald. Duff suggested that they make vebal of- fers good'by way of a. motion or written tender. The suggestion, "however, was not followed. Deputy- Reeve McCuaig stated that --Mr. Liv- ingston s oer was the only one be- fore Council and he did not want to refuse it knowing that it might not be good the next da-y, and yet he could not move to accept it in face of the offers of Deputy-Reeve` Byrne and Ald. Wallwin, which might as- sume tangible form. - ' ` In-,, 1: 1-.` . 'r\ . 11 ' 1-\ ingggot anywhere. ' Other Offers Mentioned __v ----c--9-.. _v- , !"_Fina1ly First De-1;uty-Reeve Byrne moved. seconded by Ald. Wallwin, that Mr. Livingston. be advised that if he can settle with the owners of- the property the Council would ac-A cept $2077 in full of arrears of tax- ies to date. _ . __~ .... ... Second Deputy-Reeve 'McCuaig thought the motion was side`-s,te ping the issue. There was no 0 er of $2077 `and if Mr. Livingston did not -acceptit Council might be called on again to consider the $1600 offer. (Continued on page .9) Arrangements have been made for a delegation f om Simcoe County to meet Premier, Ferguson and Hon. G. S. Henry, Minister of Highways, on Friday afternoon to press .a request for the construction by the Govern- 'ment of a highway from Barrie north through Elmvale `to. Penetang and Midland and thence through..Victoria Harbor and Coldwater to Orillia. Efforts are being made to-send a de- putation o-f several hundredpeople. A- ; _.-..___J. _.4__L.!__. .1; Il 3.`l`I-...! I .... - ..v ...--v-.. -..--- .....v.v---vs, wuu \.4\aIIo Council went into committee hf the whole and Mr. Livingston stated that he purposed, if negotiations were successful, to erect a two-storey solid brick building to ll in the entire frontage of seventy-nine feet. He declared that $1600 was his 'best offer and pointed out that it was $200 higher than his previous offer made to the committee Monday morning. AJ.`L-__ .._._..2.`I____`l_I J3____.,_' imc DEPUTATION TO SEE | GOVT. RE MIDIAND ROAD v---- -u-\\4v--do _ nnnnn v AIa\r_ln\AI|nJ uabllvo Arrears of taxes and other rates against` the property up to. the end of 1925 amouht to $2077.37 and,`while the Town bought in the property, ithey are not in a position to give-title for twelve months, the previous own- er .having the right to redeem the property at any time within that per- iod on payment of the `arrears and ten per cent. interest. Mr.- Living- ston offered $1600 in full payment of arrears "of taxes to Dec. 31, 1925, and guaranteed. to erect on the pro- perty immediately a arage and automobile showroom. H e offer was conditional on his obtaining from the previous owners, the Lake Simcoe Hotel Co., a release of their rights and interest in the property, an offer [of which he has in writing. He also asked the Town to lower the side- walk to afford him entrance and exit. IV Discussion lasting for almost .two hours at a speci'al,meeting of the Town Council, called toconsider the tender of F. W. Livingston for- the old Queen s Hotel property on Dun- lop St.,which was bought in by the Town at the tax sale last November, resulted .in a stalemate when Mayor Craig reserved his ruling on ~ the question of whether a motion to ac- cept the tender, which was carried by a vote of 7 to 5, was a `motion in- volving money requiring a_ vote of two-thirds of the members present to- carry. it. Legal advice will be sought on the point and "the matter will be -further considered at'th_e reg- ular meeting next Monday night. A ____ .... .2 L;...__ _...`l -n.'._ '..-L-- 7 to 5 in Faivgi Left Over; ` Claim `Two-Thirds \_/0.te`._ I X Necessary., Town HAS organ 5 % 1-`on PURCHASE or om Q_UEN S LOT % Hu;r;iii Hard Tirlnesianid ohmic Carnival, Guthrie `rink, Wednesday, Mar. 3. . . I 8c Remember the debate in Essa St. Presbyterian Church,wMer. 11, at 8 p.m.- Admission 25c. - 8c Come to the Mother Goose Pa - eant given` by` Trinity Mission Ban , Thornton, -Mar. 5. Admission 15c. ` St. -Patrick's ~Day, .Wednesday, Mar. 17, from 3, to .6, after_noon_tea and sale of. homemade dairiti,es_.in aid` of `Trinity Sunday School. ` ~_ ' 8c ~ nu- I17-.. u-..~_.-..-s `mu: .*..m 'I....1A ruauusug awwvsuu us uuuuvvuuu wuu t e congregation .0! Churchill. The records of the Churchill congregation, of the year 1880' show- that Hunter's Corners was not a separate congre- gation organized has such.` The `fol-. lowing is an extract from the minutes of a con reg-at onal meeting held `in 1880 an rea b counsel for re- spondents: `Move - by [John Allan and seconded by John S. Lucas. that the following gentlemen who have been acting as eldersin the Presby- terian Church be chosen as elders for the congregation, viz. John Goodfel- low, James Ralstoia Ebenezer Todd, Francis Rogerson - T. Hunter, Jas. Irvine, Robt. Litt e, Alex. Johnstone, Thos. Reive. Carried. Certied ex- tract from Churchill congre ation records, 1880. Rev. J. Mc wen, Churchill, Ont. - It was shown in evidence -that two `of the above` mentioned, vim, W. T Hunter and James Irvine, although worshipping at Hunter's Corners, were members of the Session of the Churchill congregation. The list of subscribers to manse building fund was produced by counsel for the re-- spondents. There was no separate list for Hunter's Corners, but the names `are set down` as members of- one congregation. This list shows 7 that the subscribers. who attended; Hunter s Corners were in number el- even (11) and the amount subscribed by them was one hundred and twen- ty-four dollars ($l2'4.00).' The_total amount subscribed for the building of the Churchill manse was one thou- sand seven hundred and sixty-eight - dollars -($1768 00). "umi....... wmminmvu n-I '(ih11r ahill con- . reasons as 1ouows:-- . . "'1 think that it is extremely doubt- Vful. whether the applipants ere legally 14\__Al-"--Ad An mggg `\ tion. Mr. Cowan, witness for the non- concurrents, values the manse at $8500. Mr. Gavin 0. Allan, reeve of the townshi in which the manse is situated, an a builder, on behalf of the United Church of Canada, values the manse and: sta it at 81600. e Without, making -an com- mentlas to the disparity in the valup ations of these two witnesses, I would add their gures together and then divide them` by two, to ascertain -.-u1nJn1Iv Jun? nYVII1'\+. ha Uluugsug UV way \.u.-........ ------,,.. I E: :!c'p;:'_;o;'d; niummuin 500. ; Ci` m$w&w&&w&$aa&&&w dollars -w1'l0n.uu). e .- Those members of Churchill con- gregation who for a timeworshi ped at Hunterfs Corners abandoned un- ter s Corners about 1889 and met for worship: in` Stroud village. After wor- shipping at Stroud until about 1905, members of the former preaching station at I-Iunteris` Corners and Stroud united with Craigvale and formed one congregation with Craig- va1e.. These members who moved first from Hunter's Corners to Stroud and thereafter from Stroud to Craig- vale and united with-\ Craigvale ceas- ed to be members of the congrega- tion at `Churchill. They`, therefore, in my opinion, ceased to - ave any n- ancial interest in any of the property, belonging to the Churchill congrega- Ava wwwwwwwwwwwywww E COMINGEVENTS .' .915 amp word! minimum 500. ' By a -vote of two to, one, '_te Church Property Commission has de- cided, that $troud' Presbyterian Church is entitled to only $204 as its share `of the. apportionment of the manse property at Churchill. The case was heard at Barrie on`Jan. 15,_ last. . "an YnuAnnnn'n Ba-nu --- a V1 ususvywn LVGGBUIIB .The"5u(i&}rInt. written Vbo Mr. Wardrope nibnist) Is as to HTIYILL c"-nnuuuu W83 .. LLS... ......1x.'...c:-.. ll IIIU exnreu utlon to part and 11 source ~ I-[IV ,|uu IIIVIIU WLIUUUII `U ll": Wardropej (?Jni onist) is] foowsz With respect to this application, in my opinion Hunter : Corners was originally what might be termed a `preaching station in connection with 4 n nnnnnvnmninn A` (`.HI1wnIn"1 Tho smouD ss'H`ARE W OF THE MANSI -i ] ' nxnp AT $204.00 Mr. Cassels Tbissenting from Finding; Says It Should %4 b Receive $500. T CIRCULATIO Tl-llSWEEK_ gw&ww&i%mx&&&& Mr. Wardrope's Reasbns - .2--.l._..-_'..A. ___._2.LJ.-__ L__ Plunvn u--V -'r--r...-_-_ H, _ (Continued on page '5) A Selweyn `Meredith's rink, which took first in the Primary at Midland bonspiel,. -received. handsome. cedar chests as. prizes. The third ' prizes, V won by Rev. J. S. Short't s quartette, were military heir br_uhesL in 1e'ather "A '``-`An Mrsumcmuuen, LVLIOIEIIU; n.` unnu- roq, Penetang: J. E. Coombs, Brad- iford J. J. McKnight,_ Tottenham; . ` , . _...I `IN `LT l`n`dvvun9| unnlvnfllvii 1 _Thirteen applications were dealt with -at the February meeting of the Mothers Allowances Local Board held last Friday in the court house. ghoge gresent "at the meeting were ivnnnnn hifm 3. ifor`d:L J. J. M_cKnignt,_ Towel grad, D. H. Coleman, secretary. THIRTEENHAPPLICATIONS % , , I-`OR MOTHERS. ALLowANcI-;s TDOSB IBSEIID at one IIIUUUIII5 vvwu; J. T. ~ impson, Elmvale, chairman ;' Mrs. , McMullen, Midland; R, Gend- ..-_' Dnnndnno fl` Ta`. nhmhn. Rrnd- 11039 111.8 U1. vuu Uvulbgfqo avvyu. elieve that building s is better han mending men and /t at the best undeveloped asset of the country is the 't.een-age boy, he stated. ..The. church is realizing this truth, so that evangelical churches are co-o erating to carry onboys -work` in an rganiz- ed form, known as.'Canadian Stand- ard lE iciency Training. programme. There. are 30,000 boys in Canada taking up this `four-fold programme and from 12,000to 14,000 of these are in Ontario. / i A , .1. ni...:_l.:....:L.. .e......... 4.]... In Untarw." 1 , Speaking of Christianity from the international standpoint, Mr. Fried-4 en-burg stated that when war was de- clared twelve years ago,_ people were: i (Continued on page 8)` I-U Ul\U u \IUUo duluvvoanu The 'PremiVer_spoke on the applica- tion of Christian principles to life. The world," he `stated, is passing `through a period of` change and transition never `before witnessed. Old conditions are falling away and new ones are coming up. He ci ed the great progress that has b en made in science and invention in the past twenty-ve years and stated that the change has been as much marked in some other spheres of life and one of the mostnoteworthy is the, re- sponsible place that youth now oc- nnninu in the business; SOci8.1 and spons1m_e place may yuuuzz z.1uw vu- cupies an the busmess, socual ublic life of the `coungry. People i_. h_gt bgjliqg Jbglrg 4. 1.1.- 'I.....L I 8 menu cnurcn w.wn uwu.' auua auu occupy. the same; seats. The service was .conducted by boys of the congre- gation and `addresses were given by Ronald.Friedenburg, Premier of the Ontario Boys Parliament, and John Weldon, local member. The opening exercises were conducted :by Jim Robertson and Kenneth Denchv`-an-_ nounced the hymns. fM11sic was pro- vided by a male choir, with two sel- ections from a fquartette composed of Thos. Tooke, F.. C.- I:.ower,, S1dney Tooke and Geo. _Baldw1n.- ~ ' l -- ----1{_ .3. LL- .--nn`3nn, Under the auspices of the Boys Work organizations of` the Church, a father and son` service was held in ` Collier St. United Church on Sunday evening. `Fathers had been asked to attend church with ~ their sons and L1". agwrn. snafu Thn dgrving farts wing A meeting of the Barrie Women's institute` will be held on Tuesday. "leave Burns store, Blake St.,' at 2.30. I Mar. 2, at the home pf Mrs. Donald Jacobs, 223 Bayeld St., at 3.p.m. Tlmre will be papers by Mrs. Nelles' and Mrs. Meikleham and a prize con- test, each member dressing to repre- sent-la well-known book. Jitney will EARNEST .A.nmuzss I I BY PREMIER or 1 , K soars l_ _A___RLlAM[-JNT} um: um newer. . . | _The skim milk should be tested` regularly every few months as a oheck on the separator. Even new aepa ators are liable to need adjust- ing s well as the old.- Only a small ` sample is needed to test and it should - be taken direct from the skim milk lspout. ' . T `At Interesting Service for: Fat-hers and Sons at g ' Cdllier St`. yrunlu pL'wea\w0u1u mean much more. This loss, amountine: to thousands of dollars per year throughout the Province, is largely avoidable. - A. good cream separator of any reliable make will not leave more than 0.02 %`~ to 0.25% butter fat in the skim milk. It is the poor separators or separat- ors out `of renair.- needing re- adjustment, rebalancing, new parts, etc., that cause most of the loss. Turning at the wrong speed may also cause a poor` separation. Cool or cold milk is `another common cause. No separator can satisfactor- ily. handle cold milk and thesooner the, milk is separated after the milk- ing the bette ' Thu n`p:vvn mug: -QLAIIL` Ln `4\1~l\lu l um um uugvip uexray costs. -. . This move is taken in view of the" fact that Ontario` farmers suffer thousands of dollars loss each year through faulty cream separation. In an extensive `investigation in Went- worth County recently, it was found that about one-quarter of the separ- ators were wasting from 0.2% to 0.5% butter fat. . -`Some were found leaving over 1% butter fat in the skim milk , `thus wasting over 25% of the total cream, as pigs do not give very economical returns from feed- ing cream. From a, herd of ten cows giving an average of 5000 lbs. milk per year, a very conservative estim- ate, this would mean a loss of 500 lbs. butter fat or $240.00 at "current . butter fat prices. Even the_ quite common loss of 0.2%` means $44.00 per year thrown` away and at sweet cream prices would mean much more. 'F}I`:Q `Ana nuances.`-uu4u L- L1.-.-....\...J.. if a1Barri'e"Coyv Testin'g Associa- tion is formed in the. near future, as. 18 To = ected, the Association is pre-' pare to. test samples of skim milk L sent in to the.o ice. The skim milk will he tested free of `charge to" mem- bers of the Association and .. non- members will be charged a` nominal fee to help defray costs. ' Thin mnvn in 4-obnn 1'... u{..... "-4! H-A` wnu. IN FAULTY SEPARATION 6%3%u I * BARRIE, CAIlADA,THURSDA_Y, FEBRUARY 25,1926, ind the lnlvnnn IJI.IGl.'I_.Io `Miss Thompson came to Owen Sound from the Barrie R. V. Hos- pital, where she had been previously engaged. after having graduated from a hospital 'in. ,New York. She was thorou hly elficient, well liked `by the `p ysicians whose duties * brought her in Contact with them, and was muchbeloved by the nurses, at at e hospital,"and _her departure; will e` regretted by -a large number , of the citizens who had enjoyed her] xacquaintance, She is now at her: home in Guelph,. where she will take a much-needed rest. The Board` are , "adverb" `nu 91?a!!w,;snpenintendent;nI rreu J.V1H.l'l'; UIHDUI, do U. Dy1'II5. ' This important branch` of Scottish Rite Masonry,- through the reports of its officers and -committees. belars. ev-' idence of having had a truly success- _f,ul year. A MISS c.- THOMPSON RESIGNSV ` IN OWEN SOUND; IN ILL HEALTH (Owen Sound Sun-Times) Miss Georgina Thompson,` R.N., who for the past fteen months has been the `Superintendent of the Owen Sound Generaland Marine Hospital, ha-s tendered her resignation to the Hospital Board, to take effect immed- iately, and the resignation has been accepted. During her term of office `-in Owen `Sound, Miss Thompson gave entire satisfaction to the Board, and `her resignation is due to ill health. T She underwent an operation a short ` time ago and was given" leave of 5'!)- sence in order that she might enjoy a-well-earned rest, but nally she de- cided to retire and her resignation 7 Beard.` - was veryreluctantly accepted by the ; `II -- VI'\`I.-_`._--_ -.._.- L- l'\_..... . Vlf 5 IVUBDGULTGIID no U-DU pan. U11 lf`beb. 16 for supper, prior to conduct- ing their annual meeting for election of `officers and receivingareports. It. has become the custom of this Scot- tish Rite body that the Thrice Puis- `sant Grand Master will hold office for at least two years. Thus Dr. L. J. Simpsonisthe executive head for the current year. Following this pro- cedure all down the line; the officers `are as follows until February, 1927: I.P.T.P.G.M., Alex Cowan; 'T.P.G.M., L. J.. Simpson; Ex. S.G.W., R. J. Sprott; Ex. J.`G.W., J. W. Merrick; Ex. Secy., `H. E. Jory; Ex. vTreas., Fred Marr; Orator, J. D.. Byrnes. This vvnr\nvo }nunhn'H\ A-P Qnn ' 36$: dawn: an-:1 tn - aw:-`- Local members of Barrie Lodge of `Perfection, Scottish Rite, assembled at Vair`s Restaurant at 6.30 p.m. on Wnk `IR `PAW u11v\v\n1~ 'V'|`I0;.!\1| n nnnr`11n`I"_ n I I Announcement has been made by` the Ontario Athletic Commission of! the places in which the sectionall meets of the Ontario school cham-` pionships will be held next fall. Bar- rie has been named as the centre for_ Georgian Bay section, which extends from Brampton in the south . to Huntsville in the north and Owen Sound, Durham and Arthur in the west.` The northern towns, Brace- br_i'dge, Gravenhurst and Huntsville, which formerly competed at North Bay, have been transferred to this section. ' At the `end of the year, if the Hy- dro-Electric ,Commiss1on shows a pro- fit _on distribution of power, this pro- fit is divided among the various mun- icipalities in the system. On the V` other hand, if thereiis a decit, each municipality is required to pay its called the thirteenth power bill. V In past years `Barrie h-as generally re- `ceived a nice little nest egg from the [thirteenth bill. in fact it has been as "much as $12,000,;-but it works both ways and if the town shares in the nrot one vear they must be satis- fied to shoulder their share of the de- cit, if any, the next year. To Reduce Commercial Rates Explaining the situation to The .Examiner, Chairman J. H. Bennett of the local Water and Light Com- mission stated that it -is "not antic- ipated that there -will be any increase [locally in the cost of light orpower tovconsumers, -as the diversity of the `share of the additional cost. This isl carry on at the resent rates. _ ``In fact. stated Mr, ennett, it is con- -templated, under new rates which will be issued shortly. to reduce the {cost of commercial lighting. load enables .the, Commissioners to .. BIG SCI-!O;0L ATHLETIC MEET A `To BE IN BARRIE NEXT FALL, DU `DO,UDUnlUo I-lIl3_l.'UU|uCUU. D118 EUI." plus `by $5469.27. The depreciation charges have also been increased from $1185.74 to $4400. That, of course, -does not mean that that $4400 will be paid out; it is simply transferringfthe money from one ac- count to another and for. all prac- tical urposes it represents the sur- plus or the year. - 'I`Y_-l-1I-_ _ 'l\.._A. ' Receipt-of the, thirteenth power bill, which` in other iyears.has,repre- sented arcredit, has resulted in re- duction ofthe surplus of the Barrie Electric Light Department for .1925 -from $9193.71 to $395.91, according to the audited statement recently re- ceived by the Commissioners. The unaudited annual statement publish- eda few weeks ago did not take the thirteenth bill into'a.ccount`and it was expected that this bill would add about $3000 `to the -surplus. How- ever, because of expenditures on the generating plant, resulting in in- creased -overhead charges over the system, an additional charge of `$4.70 per horse-power was made on power purchased by the local Commission, increasing this item from $38,466.83 to $43,936.10. This_reduced the sur- ulna 1-ny CKARO 90' Thu (`Aaron-inf-inn -$:4,7o More" charged Per (I-l~.P;, a'nd Depreciation Charges ` $4400 Morg. 1 13*rH1>owia1E mu. A RUDE sumnsn T0 LOCAL COMMN. SCOTTISH RITE OFFICERS Ionw J vvvnv u Ustially a Prot .1 ,1 1.1. _, ______ uz'_y, Lu auppuru U1. 1115 Upuuun. - ' Mr. Hammond -+""These lectures were never within `the scope of the Act and so there was never` any need" to apply for exemption? Mr. O1-r-There was no .need. . ` `This settled` the matter as far as .the Women s Canadian Club was con- lcerned and when it was pointed out Ithat the library hall was used for lmeetings of a` non-taxable nature. |Mr. Orr readilyagreed that it, was unnecessary to pat the Board ti: the ,aexnense of taking out a license and I making; returhs.. . The. vnndegg A. DIIUIJIU. IJC aypucu J.U.l.' Ill. UVUIJ C355. ~Where a concert is given in con- nection with a tea meeting, the sup- per is the long end of the cost, so tax does not apply. `. , Taking up the case of the Women's Canadian Club, Mr. MacLaren read a list of the lectures. Mr. Orr immed- iately agreed thatthese should not be --classed as_ amusements, and quot- ed J. T. White, solicitor to the Treas- ury, in support of his opinion. Mr Hammond __mnun `an!-nun-an UU DIIC Ulllllflillo I In, case the entertainers get over half the proceeds, the church is in honor bound to pay the amusement. tax, he statedih reply toa question. He made it clear that exemptions should be applied for in every case. 4Wknvn n nnnnnvcl- :5 o1uvnn -3-: Ann IIIGIIVCL 0 Afer a` brief outline? of the origin and nature of the tax, he said that previous to June 1st-, 1925, entertain- ments held under church auspices. were automatically exempt. It was found, however, that abuses crept in. Churches were renting halls or even using the church `edices for enter- tainmen-ts put one by professionals upon a percentage basis which left the church organization little or no -prot'and.the professional entertain- ers got all the benet and also es- caped "the tax. `No Automatic Exemptions Now On June 1st of last year the regul- ation regarding ` exemptions was -changed. Now no entertainment- which properly comes under the Act is exempt unless permission has been received from the Department, said Mr. Orr. ' Asked if this annlied. to en- IUUUIVCIJ. .I..l'UllI DIIU lJU1JGl.'|al|lClll.I, aaxu Mr. Orr. Asked if this applied. to en- tertainments in churches, he answer- ed, Certainly, While it is neces- sary to apply for exem tion `for church entertainments, suc applica- tions are never refused provided over fty per cent. of.the `proceeds goes to the church. C('I'.. ....__ LL- -..J._...'L_______ .._L __.-__ GILLI LVLGUI-Jltlln V -L. R. Ord was reappointed secre- tary and Frank Hammond `treasurer. The Amusement_ Tax Mr. Orr'opened his remarks by ob- serving that the case of the Barrie Women's Canadian Club and thetax had been the subject of considerable comment in different parts of the province.. On the resolution of the Board, which had been forwarded to the Minister, coming to his attention he thought a personal interview the best method of straightening out the matter. - A.E_._ _' `L...'_. -__L`|2__- -. LL- -__._!_ Finance -vHammond, MacLaren, [Sims. * ~ ` Property--0rd, `Sims, Hammond. Book---0rd,- Miss Booth, Miss King- ang MaLaren. ~ 1') f\_..I _.-.'_ -___....__.A._._1 __A_._ uau. UL: Miss Margaret Blackstock was .ap-' pointed assistant to the librarian` in place of Miss Aileen Bricker, who is leaving town. Largest Issue om Record A . I ` The librarian s report showed a to- tal issue of 4658 books for the month of January, 1200 of which were non- fiction. This issue is the highest for any one month in the history of the _library and 1027 more than for the lcorresponding month last year. , Committees Committees were appointed as fol- ;.1ov:s_:--- I .. 'l"l _.._---____'I `ll'_-f ___-__ I ed A to bring. When the- Public Library Board passed a sharply_ worded protest over the demand `of the Amusement Tax ._ Branch that it take out a license-for" the library hall and forwarded copies of the resolution "to the Provincial Treasurer and others in authority, it got action` which correspondence and interviews with an _inspector had fail- As a result of this re-. solution, W. A. Orr, assistant director of the BranIch,`asked for an appoint- ment with the Board concerning the" matter. This was arranged and he appeared at the regular meeting on Monday night. -The upshot was that he agreed that there was no necessity for the Board to take out a license for the library hall, considering the class of meetings held there, and fur- ther stated` that lectures of the na- ture of those given under the aus- picesof the Women's Canadian Club are not such as properlypcome under the class of amusements and so are not liable. for amusement tax. This club will not only be exempt from` the tax but will get a refund of amounts of tax that have been paid. A. R. Girdwood. Chairman , This was the organization meeting for 1926 and the rst business was the election of a chairman. This honor was given to A. R. Girdwood unanimously. There was a full board in attendance with one exception, Rev. Fr. Brennan, who was nominat- e_d by.the Separate School Board as successor to M. J. Frawley, but who, it is understood, does not desire to act. Those present were: A.r R. Girdwood, Miss Booth, Miss King, L. R. Ord,7. A. Mac-Laren, H. A. `Sims, F. Hammond and.Mayor Craig. "No Change in Rate Upon motion, it was decided to ask for the same levy as in 1925, viz., 42 cents per capita. `The treasurer s report showed a balance of $492 on! hand at the close of the library year, Jan. 31. ` ` I `l|K__ `lI.........-..J. 'l3`I_..`I-._L..-I_ --. AMUsM1aNf'Tx{{ oonsm APPLY TO w.c.c. LECTIJRE: CXVICIG mem `Dy DWU, `UV anus; noun. roughly what amount nngh be con- sidered the value of the ma so, which would stand on this basis at $2550. The former members of Churchill congregation who for a time worship-. ped at Hunter's Corners contributed about eight per cent. of the cost of the manse, according to the list pro- ~, duced by counsel for the respondents. 1 Eight per cent. of $2550 would be $204. _ I would, therefore, without nding that the respondentsare un- der any legal liability of any kind or . moral obligation to contribute any- thing, order thatithe sum of $204.00 be paid to the applicants. a `Chairman Falconbridge Concurs Chairman Falconbridge H gave his follows:--- .u-r n.....1. Mme 6+ in nv+.1~nmal.v doubt- License Not Required I for . '~ Ijibrary Hall; Official _ Visits. Board. ..v.- on; II-our aqua..- 'Someone raisedithe `question as to why the Department should be both- ering about collecting. taxes for small entertainments in the country. To this Mr. Orr replied: that it wouldn t A be fair to gather in large sums from the cities and `big towns and let the country go free. . While he emphasiz- I ed the factethat` there are no auto-- matic exemntions,'heA alo gavethe impression that thebepartment is'in- clined to make a liberal interpreta- tion of-* the rfaqnirements for exemp- A.tion._ _ = . , V LUUK LU see Ellllli IEBUIXIS 8176- xuaue should taxable - entertainments be held in the hall. C0pt1'c0n lantern. Aulslvll KIUU pun 15c. . ` _.38c `A two-piano recital will be given bv pupilsof Miss Bryson, assisted h Miss `Strange, Mr. Barron and Mr, Wildman vocalists `, in auditorium of_Central nited-`C urch, Friday `ev- ening',, Mar. 5,s._at 8.15. Cards ,. may 1,, 9.`~..;1?;3.`.R9.4 .1.`-?9mM1!li3'Y92.;:,?I359 . V - .>: ,`*w: vuv vnavg -gag-guovv voauunn -uv-vv~-- Dr. Drummond s `address at the I morning service was based on Job ' 21:29, Have ye not asked them that go by `the way. ' The world, he said, is more or less full of -theories which, I when put to the test, have not a foot to stand on`. Job's friends propound- ed "to him their theory that good comes to those who are good and evil to those who,are evil. As a theoryl it seemed reasonable, but Job had his own experience to guide him. He, V who could honestly say that he had never knowingly violated God s will, had been smitten and afflicted in ev- ery way. He had looked on life and had seen some wicked men who were prosperous and other men and wo- men of the finest faith and _behavior who spent their lives in need and poverty. He saw that the theory did | not square with the facts. His friends kept repeating their theory and Job asked them,;Have yevnot asked them thatgo by the way?---_those who go up and down in the world and are _lf_1tilly acquainted with the facts of 1 e.. - .1. Q This might have been a3 `better! world if it had been ma'de without sin,. or at least with easier victory over sin, stated (Dr. Drummond._ but that is not the kind of a world its is. The wicked live in wealth and die in peace. It "would sometimes (`Continued on page 5) took to se `that fetums are made ..1......1.1 4...~...1..I.. ....a.....a...:...........'..|... 1... - .St. Andrew's Church was lled to -capacity at -both services on Sunday, the occasion being the seventy-sev-. enth anniversary of the congrega-. tion. At the evening service the at- tendance was one of the largest in the history of thecongregation. The preacher for the day was.Rev. D. R. Drummond,` D.D., of St., Paul s Pres- byterian Church, Hamilton, who de- ilivered thoughtful and timely mes- sages at the morning and evening services and also addressed an open session of the `Sunday School in the auditorium of the church in the af- ternoon. Special music of an appro- priate nature and of great excellence was rendered by the choir. Before the evening service Mr. Hardy gave` a twenty-minute organ recital. ___-__IL_ -_.`l_`l__A_.. -1. A.L-: T\,, Vunuucy was un 11. smau casn UUX. -The burglar left by the window and went `around to the east,` com- nleting the circuit of the building. He did not leave many clues for the police to Work _on. The foot prints were those of a number seven boot and he wore rubbers. Some nger prints were left and these have been ipreserved. . 1 I vnkknuvv anus `Anny- L . A A A ..-. I 111 CCl V CU- "_The robbery may have been com- mitted almost any time after 8 pm. `on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Craig and their daughter were out fr` 11 about eight o'clock till ten-thirty a d there was. no one at the court house ' during this time. uucuuuu one money BEKBII. ' _ ` Footprints in the snow disclosed the fact that only one man was con- cerned in the job. - He `had gone from the front of the building to the west.` side and around the rear to the win- dow in the vault. `That he was fam- iliar with the ground was evident from the fact that he rst made an attempt to force an entrance into the Crown Attorney s vault at the west ` side but was unsuccessful. M, 1u|'..,.1,....v,. .....-u ---.._ _._-,_--I-- J nun: uub was UIIBUUUCSSIUI. Mr. Mackayls vault was ransacked thoroughly. Papers were strewn about the floor and sections had been pulled out and their contents dis- turbed in the: search for something valuable. Mr. Mackay s money was in a cash box in a pigeon-hole and Mr. 'Craig"s was in a section of a fyl- ing cabinet with some valuable pap- ers which he kept th re. .Mr. Little s money was in a smal cash box. . 'l"`I...-. `L.......'I..... 1-1.`; .1.-- `L- ->__-_._1___- FINE A SERVICES ON f 77114 ANNIVERSARY % 01-` s1`. ANDREWS {Inspiring `Addresses by Dr. Drummond; Attendance , Large. 01 `ullflllllly Duuuug Dluuvvnn The War Veterans` Club ll ho a box social in Minesing Continuation School, Friday, Mar. 5; Good pro- ............... amaumno `lantern slides of