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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 1921 NEWSTOPICSOF WEEK Important Events Which Have Occurred During the Week. The Busy World's Happenings Carefully Compiled and Put Into Handy and Attractive Shape for the Readers of Our Paper -- A Solid Horn's Enjoyment. WEDNESDAY. Turco-Italian negotiations reach deadlock. I Ulster rejects the proposals for an, | Irish union.' Collapse of New York theatre kills I seven people. i further concessions at the c nferei l London to German delegates seek moratorium. Valuable court records destroyed by rats in Montreal. The Seditious Meetings Act is being applied in India. York County Council hears report on road construction. Japan drops demand for larger percentage on navy ratio. ' The Grand Valley Railway, owned by Brautford, shows a profit. Lord Byng pleads for shorter speeches and sets the example. Sir James Craig says overtures for an Irish settlement are impossible. The Prince of Wales is to be col-onel-in-chief of Toronto Regiment. The Canadian naval squadron will sail for the West Indies on Dec. 10. Ex-Mayor David Bean of Waterloo, owner of a newspaper, dies, aged 70. Resignations of 87 teachers accepted by New Westminster School George Howell, a returned soldier, and his 14-year-old son perished in a fire in Chatham, Ont. Prince Rene, of Bourbon Parma, brother of the ex-Empress Zita, will enter business in the United States. British delegation admits that Lloyd George's visit to Washington may terminate the Anglo-Japanese alliance. THURSDAY. Sinn Fein leaders weary of stay in London. Irish truce will collapse if negotiations fail. Lord Mount Stephen dies at his home in Britain. Wreckage of the barge Pennington I picked up near Oswego. A British column was cut-up on the Afghan frontier. The Prince of Wales goes wild •hoar hunting in India. Ottawa is to have a new hockey anda skating stadium. French authorities formally hands over Adana to the Turks. The British Government are drawing up new Irish proposals. The janitor of a school'at Niagara Falls faces a serious charge. Balfour and Hughes are to mediate between Japan and China. A supposed robber attempts to carry off Welland young woman. a ip«moM s»t Toronto confesses to giving drugs to her three children, Charles W. Miller identified by two iSt. David's girls as their assailant. Five million pounds said to be pledged to develop Pictou oil shales. The boys of Toronto are to have ,city council modelled on -regular U. of T. juniors tied Aura Lee, 4-4, in the opening game of the S. P. A. Vincenzo Castiglione's body found near Stoney Creek, with bullet wounds. The Michigan-Ontario Baseball League will meet at Euffalo next Tuesday. Four United States army aviators were killed during air drill at Law-ton, Okla. Chippawa Power Canal excavation completed, canal ready in about three weeks. Tex Rickard is considering a match between Fred. Fulton and Jack Dcmpsey. Japan insists she must keep her troops in Manchuria, owing to operations of bandits. John Culto, of Buffalo, an Italian, was shot and stabbed at Welland. It is thought he will recover. Two barges sank with six men aboard off Navesink. They were in tow of the tug Neptui^from Norfolk to Boston. FRIDAY. Chino-Jap conversations begin. Grimsby will have artificial ice by Dec. 20. Japan refuses to endorse Hughes' naval formula. First ballots in general election were cast to-night. "Mike" McTigue outpointed "Jeff" Smith in New York. Turks cancel all privileges to Christian minorities. Draft of new proposals on Irish issue sent to Sinn Fein. Kitchener will hold Canadian Electrical exhibition in May. British Liberals are making overtures to the Labor party. The United States may bring C. W. Morse back from Europe. A man dies in a Toronto hospital from drinking wood alcohol. Allies considering relief for Germany oil reparation payments. Bluebeard of Gambaia, France, enters an appeal against sentence. Albert Ritchie, Ford Motor Co. foreman, of Ford, electrocuted. -Nakastakon, Manitoba's oldest woman, a Cree, dies at 114 years. British war mother arrives in Toronto and is greeted by veterans. Three people were injured when two street cars collide in Toronto. Hamilton soccer clubs want the O. F. A. to make a residence ruling. I University of Toronto experiments \ course in zoology for women ■nly. Princess Stephanie of Hohenlohe i was robbed of a large quantity oi jewels, etc. Rev, Father Theobald Spetz. ex- ry-!dent of St. Jerome's College, Niu.-j.tra district municipalities recommend taking over of the N., St. C. & T. Railway by the Hydro. For the first time in forty years the International Association of Fairs and Expositions have decided to forsake Cfiicago, and voted unanimously to hold the 1922 meeting in Toronto. SATURDAY. Opti: Washington as willing-; Paris af- C barters W. Morse wi ness to return to U. S. Premier Briand reaclif tc? trip to United States. A Toronto man casts first Ballot in the Dominion election. London piano merchant dies suddenly on a business call. Kemptville now lighted with Hydro power from High Fails. • Frank Bull and Bert Schneider boxed ten rounds to a draw. An epidemic of mysterious barn fires occurring at Maple, Ont. St. Andrew's defeated Parkdale by 1 to 0 in S. P. A. junior game. A gas well of good promise struck at Point Abino, near Bridgeburg. The Toronto High School relay team was second at the Buffalo meet. Brantford M.-O. League baseball club is reorganized with new capital. Many new teams seek admittance to Ontario Ladies' Basketball League. All members of new Alberta Government but one elected by acclama- Billions of crowns' worth of damage done by Vienna workmen in a riot. The driver of the auto blamed for death of Milton McCullough, at Toronto. Veterans object to proposal to bury an unknown Canadian soldier at Ottawa. Rev. W. H. Jones will be elevated to the Bardic chair at the Toronto Eisteddfod. Two constables killed by poison in attempt of Sinn Fein captives to break prison. After an absence of ten years a South African millionaire son was located at Lake Charles, La. Six men and one woman, with a babv in her arms, were aarrested at Malone, N.Y.; $6,000 worth of made-in-Canada whiskey was confiscated. MONDAY. Powers offer to relinquish areas in China. The British Columbia Legislature prorogued. Collapse of Irish negotiations is now expected. Petrolea captured the O. R. F. U. intermediate title. Franklin Read, Brantford, dies suddenly in his car. Argonauts are senior football champions of Canada. Term of Lieut.-Governor Grant of Nova Scotia has expired. Japan to bargain to halt United States building naval forts. Toronto Welshmen enthrone bard with traditional ceremonies. Woman fatally shot by masked robber near Titus Station, Que. Granites won the S. P. A. senior trophy, beating Aura Lee 4 to 2. Sterling is quoted at Toronto at $4.41%; at New York at $4.04%. Arbuckle will stand a new trial for manslaughter, the jury disagreeing. Vicar-General de la Durantaye of Montreal archdiosese dies suddenly. Mr. John Drynan, former president of W. A. Murray & Co., Toronto, is W. A. Adams, young Amherstburg farmer, clubbed and robbed of $2,500. Ex-Mayor Benson McNichol, of Woodstock, prominent architect, is Man, asleep in sleigh going to market, killed by train at Machi-nonge, Que. The Irish Parliament sticks to its demand Jor Irish unity and refuses allegiance. United States Congress opened today. President Harding will send his message to-morrow. Department of Education, Toronto, orders investigation into alleged frauds at examinations. TUESDAY. Irish agreement arrived at in London. Japanese deny ulterior motives at conference. Germany is to get three years' delay on reparations. Settlement of Irish issue to be submitted to Parliament. A Weston boy was pinned under radial car and killed. Tokio delegates renounce special privileges in Shantung. St. Lawrence waterway discussed in United States House. Fif.een people killed in train wreck near Philadelphia. Toronto police use stage money to trap alleged blackmailer. Aid. J. Cameron Wilson, M.D., elected Mayor of London. Argonaut junior hockey team beat Upper Canada College, 6 to 2. Fred Payette, Fort William, killed by fall into hold of a steamer. Nominations for municipal offiees take place in Western Canada. Le Pays, independent Montreal newspaper, suspends temporarily. Providence is seeking an International Baseball League franchise. The Interscholastic football final will likely be played in Woodstock. The City Council of Toronto approves of plan to widen Bloor street. A workman was suffocated in London, Ont., sewer, and rescuer drops Gcmmissioner rules that Salvation Army women officers must not wear short skirts. Judge Landis has announced Ins decision in the "Babe" Ruth Case. "Babe" loses his share of the world series money. Twenty-one persons killed and 24 injured in head-on collision on Philadelphia & Reading Railway at \ Woodmont, Pa. XMAS GIFTS! FOR For Men and Boys Now on Display A Large Range of Gifts All Practical which will please Dad, Brother, and the Boys Goods of #1 ? Highest Quality At Prices To Suit Every Pocket SLIPPERS Always appreciated by the one who receives them. 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