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myzoting, signed Dby C complaining that man is being given work of the corporation. The : a d discussion cillor Bartleman and of Council and the pet referred to the public ment for investigation Midway Permit Midway Permit Refused Gray‘s Shows made application for a permit to conduct a midway here this summer but the request was refused. At a special meeting of the Town Council held Wednesday afternoon, Chief of Police L. H.) Gagnon was instructed to strictly enforce ti:te byâ€" law covering the operation 8f pinâ€" ball machines in business establishâ€" ments. At the regular meeting last week, warnings wore given to several tusiness men to cease operating the machines in their premises but it has now been decided to proceed with prosecutions for any infractions of the At the same time a claus> was added to the bylaw governing the opseration of barber shops which will prohibit â€" pinball machines in these plaees. A campaign for the purchase of War Ravings Certificates as a means tOo moet the deficit of $1,700,444 of the United Church, was presented by Rev. Abert Johnson of Toronto, and a comâ€" mittee of W. L. Warrell, A. Gillics, P. Boyce, A. Truchlood and R. W,. Sterns was appointed. The Home Mission Committee under Revy. R. S. Laidlaw requested grants for Comnnaught of $500, Hearst $525, Cluteâ€"Island Falls $650, Matheson $500, Monteith $537, Porcupine "$345. For Matheson the K. M. Board is asked to reduce accrued interest by $100 if $300 is paid on principal, and for Schumacher that interest for 1940 be (Continued on Page Four) Pinâ€"Ball Machine Byâ€"Law To Be Strictly Enforced During 1940 the Sustentation Fund for the assistance of ministers: on, poor flelds reported. $106, This ‘Pund will be replaced by the Moderator‘s FPund of which Rev. D «A. McKerachtr i convener Council Instructs Police Chief to Prosecute All Offenders. Clause Added to Byâ€"law Prohibiting Machines in Barâ€" ber Shops. â€" Permit For Midway Show is Refused. Taxicabs to be Numbered A resulution was approved, the proâ€" visions of which provide for the carry The Missionary and Maintenance Committee reported $4,078 _ raised during 1940 as compared with $4,445 in 1939. Allocations for 1941 were made: Clute $85, Cochrane $360, Connaught $80, Hearst $135, Iroquois Falls $375, Kapuskasing $365, Matheson $125, Monteith $60, Nakina $100, Schumacher $385, Smooth Rock Falls $180, South Porcupins $275, Timming $2,050 The Christian Education report by Rev. A. I. Manson urged the estabâ€" lishment of Vacation Schools, and also the practice of religious instruction in comnnection with Public Schoo‘is. The need of recruits for the ministry was stressod. : The C¢ommittee of and social Servics endorsed the view that certificates of health should be requirâ€" ed before marriage license could be issued In order that those suffering from cerâ€" tain diseases should be debarred from marriageo. A resolution "regarded ser~ riously the growing disregard of the Lord‘s Day, much of which met with the apparent approval of the provincial zovernment; especially in regard to matters as ski trains, the advance sale of tickets t sport events, and other cirsumven{ime Lord‘s Day Act." It; was recommended that the churches carry on a campaign of pledge signâ€" ing, ~especially among their young pcople, The Cochrane Presbytery of the United Church met on the l1ith and 12th of February in Timming United Church for its semi annual meeting. The Chairman, Rev. R. S. Laidlaw, presided at all the sessions A guest speaker, Rev,.â€" W. H. Sedgwick, of was present to lead in a series Oof devotional addresses. Several minâ€" isters were unable to be present on account ¢f illness, and letters of sympathy were stnt to Rev. F. J. Baine of Schumacher, Rev. C. H. Forth of Kapuskasing, and Mr. Bateman of Monteith. Committee of Presbytery Urges Certificates of Health Before Marriage Deplores What is Termed "the Growing Disregard of the Lord‘s Day." Establishment of Vacation Schools Urgâ€" for Purchase of War Savings Certifiâ€" cates. Other Items at Semiâ€"Annual Meeting. * «P P AP P P C AL LA P L a» stt stP P P P P P h iLion 2 Sections 16 Pages was read during the ned by eleven persons, that man of "enemy race" n work on the streets by on. The maiter produced iscussion betwesn Counâ€" man and other members id the petition was finally the public works departâ€" P t lt s ~“0m-4 veorge Drew, was mads by councli. The agreement will not be fully ratified until several minor alterations have been ratified by both parties. | Stronger Street Lights A resolution was passed authorizing an increase from one to hundred watlts, the strength of twenty six street lights in Hollinger Townsite. The hundred preoperty ( charge of of the piK of ten dollars per hour for uw Grave!l Claim Option A tentative accenotance of an ® ment covering an option on two claim to be used as a gravel pit, owned b; George Drew, was mads by council The agreement will not be fully ratified until several minor alterations have been ratified by both parties d ues + . » o TR Wws ue t# un use # Â¥ L k. 4 rach taxi equipped wi‘th a number, police can make a checkup at any time without difficulty. Weed InSpectsr Resigns J,. H. Knell, who for some time past has filled the position of weed inspector tendered his resignation, which was acceptsd His salary of $20 for the past year was ordered paid , Rent Town snow Plough John Power will be instructed that the Town will plough a road to his preoperty cc the DeSantis Road with a ing of a town number plats inside cach cab cperaved by the various taxi comâ€" panies. It was claimed that som> firms are not paying municipal licenses for all the cars they operate and Winners at whist were: Ladies: lst, Mrs. Pigeon; 2nd, Mrs. Ormston; and ard, Mrs. J. Shaw;. Gentlemen: ist, Mr. W. Bezanson; 2nd, Mr. Lloyd, and ord, Mrs. Flusy. Twelve tables of whist were played at the regular weekly whist drive by the Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion held at the Legion hall on Tuesday evéening. Prizes were war savings stamps, the Auxiliary taking this method of furthering the sale of staimps. The Poreupine Fish and Game Proâ€" tective Association are holding their annual meeting in the Timmins Town Hall tonight, commencing at cight o‘clock. A number of important mat. ters are included on the agenda for discussion and a full attendance of all members and other interested parties is requested. ‘Officers will be elected to guide the affairs of the association for the next iterm. War Savings Stamps Prizes at Ladies Auxiliary Whist Don Best‘s Kirkland Lake rink, fresh from a recordâ€"breaking victory at the T. N. O. Bnspiel held at Mcintyr: Community Building last week, went on yesterday in North Bay to defeat the "Mac‘‘ Douglas Sudbury quartette for the right to represent Northern Ontario in the Macdonaldâ€"Brier Tankard in Tcoronto. It was a best of three match, with Best winning out in two straight He won the first game in the mornâ€" ing 12â€"4 and then went out in the after noon to come through with a 12â€"10 victory. It was his seventeeth straigh, win since he started in the T. N. O. ‘splel here. Fish and Game Assoctiation to Gather Toâ€"night Annual Meeting of Porceuâ€" pine . Sportsmen‘s Group to Take Place at Town Hall. Best‘s Rink Represents N. QOntario Winner of T. N. 0. Bonâ€" spiel Defeated Sudbury Rink in North Bay Playâ€" off. att bulbs were deemed inadequat? n dollatr hour for Ont.., Canada THURSDA Y claimns ied by ouncil. atified C T. ed to a Br 2e Sou! to 2th display Parish t 730 It is be a form of ralds and vice charg car. howey investigati pating a To Hold Display of Guide Craft Work at South Poreupine An launch have | still }y with t] Consiables Thomas Max of a house o had left thei When they hour later, : slashed and J Fror fhe Provincial tachment Township the party tires on Monday : Police Car Is Attacked By Vandais In Mountjoy Tires of Provincial Detachment A Punctured During Absence of Off "Blind Pig". . Two Men Held o After Investigation. Above are pictured members of the â€" Woemen‘s BDivision, S.J.A.B., who made a success of the afterâ€" nocar tea and bake sale held in the John Ambulance hall yesterday afternvon. In the top photo frem be 11 Acl 11 (ques held [air 1V 1J l nct Coronation avenu car on Riverside â€" abOut ha TIMMINS, QONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 1941 number of loned. T‘wo In o days from tl n scouri officers it any will b lhim 1ven UNITED CHURCH PRESBYTERY MEETS HERE ik T O ~pBer I‘wo men in conned O1l immedia 1m6 will work ‘ Cchnarges. indalism is mued police liquor and 1J ne Iulles ‘o anticl $peC Drive. lf : an in t (19th l nd Struck by a pigcce of "loose" t him on the right hand, F. R. a Coniaurum miner, was taken Mary‘s Hospital this morning. tion of the index finger was â€" above Ireezing. lhe warmes;, previous dlay of the whole year was on Decemâ€" ber 26, the mercury ros:s to 36 above. Sydney Wh:eler, Hollinger observer predicted today that the weather for the next feéew day will continue unâ€" settled and changeable with a likslihood of light snow or slceet. Maximum and minimum temperaâ€" tures since Sunday are:â€" Monday, 22 above and 2 below; Tuesday, 10 above and 2 â€"below; Wedncsday, 32 above and 10 above. Toâ€"day is Warmest This Year mildesi; day this mornin perature w above freez] Mercury Stood at One Deâ€" gree Above Freezing at 8 O‘clock This Mornine. left to right are: Miss Claire Morin, Mrs, A. Malouin, Mrs. J. Pelieticr, Mrs, Cambridge, Mrs. D. Graham, Mrs, N. Allison and Mrs. Geoffrey Morris. At the botliom are pictured a group of those who served at the iimmin pine Adbantse lay of the thumb the a( utomohbile, Cut icers Making R: it enght o‘ clo 3o degrees, The ‘warm rccide d a V experiencing its irrent year and o‘clock the temâ€" K Tein one degre Joht rid on a t ind bravery ar there One elderly lad cdaugchter ; tables; from left to right: Miss CGerirude Morin, Mrs, Bert Mcâ€" Divitt, Mrs. C. Osborne, Miss Anita Ciguere, Mrs, G. Thibeault, Mrs. E. simpson and Mrs Yarriday. Cornish Lady of 72 Ready to "Do Her Bit" With the Rest irefigh 0o The Advancet south Porcupine, Feb ¢ o‘ Timmins. Fifth row, left to right: the Rev W. M. Mustard, of Timmins:; Mr If. Beare, of Hearst; and Mr. Larston, of Mearst; Rev. A. J Heinonen, of Timmins. Third row, left to right: Dr. J. C. Cochrane, supcrintendent of Misâ€" sions, North Bay; Rev. A. Johnson, of Torento; Rev, Archie Manson, of Matheson; and Rev. Mr. Lyttle, of South Porcupine. Fourth row, left to right: The lieyv, D. A. McKeracher, Cochrane; the Rev. Chas. Miltcn, of Conâ€" naught; ~Mr. ~Herbert °C. ‘Treneér, of Timmivs; the Rev. E. Gilmour The Cochrane Presbytery of the United Church held its semiâ€" mceling in Timmins on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The group above shows a number of the delegates in attendances. Front row, leoft to right:; Mrs. H. Hail, of South Pergapint; Mrs. Lang, of Monlteith; and Mr. Roy Irwin, of Cochrane. second row, left to right: Mrs. ‘lack, ischumacher; Miss Brown, of _ Matheson; Dr. Laidlaw, of Iroqusis Falls; Mrs. Sterns, of Iroquois Falls; and Dr. Sedgewick, of Toronto. Third row, left to right: Dr. J. C. Cochrane, supgrinttndent Mis.â€" Mrs. iruth mith ived recently lady (72) who, overhearing her r say that the regulations for ers would not apply to "moth"~ s imost indignant and avowed ntion of doing her bit with the them! derly lad ornish p« Treloar, ind endurane Timmins; Miss Mayown 11 nd tte: > 12â€"(Special from England ories of the 1 people over Â¥n to a numâ€" ‘e; her name home is in of an with pictures of minister: in the past quarter centu from the early days in been issued as a feature vance of the event. On Saturday from 5 to the church is providing sary supper in the bas church. On Sunday Feb. 16th t} Parks; of Toronto Published at Tmmins, Ont., Canad Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Timmins United Church to Observe Twentyâ€"Fifth Anniversary at Weekâ€"end Rev. J. D. Parks, a Former Minister, to Preach on Ssunday. Congregational Supper on Saturday 5 to 7. Lecture by Rev. J. D. Parks on Monday Evening. Three Services on Sundayv. Struck on the head by a piece of falling "loose" on the 2450 foot level in Coniaurum Mines on Monday, J. R. Corbell, 25, and single, died in St. Mary‘s Hospital on Tuesday. In company with his partner, Corbeil was engaged in scaling down loose at the place they were working, when a piece of rock broke away and struck him on the forehead. The young man, only recently employed at the mine, resided at 201 Elm street south. An inquest will be held. Actually the crowd in question was part of the big throng that attended the T. P. A. A. A boxing match but Jussila had apparently forgotten that the hall had been taken over by the Governâ€" ment and later acquired by the Kiwanis Club It had formerly been a headquarâ€" ters for a organization, outlawed by a decree from Ottawa. Jussila has promised to damages and as yet no cl been preferred. Struck by "Loose" Coniaurum Miner Dies of Injyuries Confused when he saw a large crowd entering the former Finn Hall on Fourth avenue last night and believing that it was a Communist demonstraâ€" tion, I. Jussila, described by police as a "White Finn", armed himseolf with a large, wooden potato masher and proâ€" ceeded to smash a window in a small cigar store nex}; door to the hall enâ€" trance. Mistakes Crowd For Communists Smashes Window Venereal diseass in Timming is declining the M.O.H. repsrted but he expressed the opinion that with a large transient population that is continuâ€" ally changing, a clinic for social diseases has become a necessary safeâ€" guard Through a clinic it was also pointed out, a better check and control of the disease can be obtained. A final announcement with regard to the clinic is expected shortly. "Whiteâ€"Finn""‘â€"Putsâ€"onâ€"Deâ€" monstration â€" Whenâ€" He Sees Crowd at Former Finn Hall. Dr. J. A. McInnis anncunced today that . arrangements are now almost ciefinitely complete for the establishâ€" ment in Timmins of a venereal disease clinic. In all probability it will be open about the end of March or the first of April, Dr. McInnis said. Estahlis! Venergal Clinic Expect That Arrangements will be Completed Within Short Time. Movements of Jap Fleet Make Australia Jittery War Council to Hold Emergency Session Following Govâ€" ernment Warning to All Australians Concerning Graâ€" vity of Situation. Evacuate U.S. Citizens from Shangâ€" hai and Manila. iversary 18 pic abinet Meeting Friday LW ture: OL[ ‘mised to pay the yet no charges have baszemen W. A. of inniverâ€" 6f <~the itch gutss, spearer at th?g n wanis lur On <Monday evening at 8 pr Mr.<Parks will give a lecture Comes the Bride." On Monday Rev., M guest speaker at the | a.m., the second at regular evening sem tlhe three services i many friends here t hear Rev Mr. Parks. The Women‘s Auxiliary of the Timâ€" mins Presbyterian Church are holding a hot supper in the Oddfellows‘ hall on Tuesday eveningz, Feb. 25th, and a very pleasant occasion is expected, The regular services of the church are being held in the Oddfellows‘ hall pending the building of a church here, the war conditions deferring any activity in this line for the immediate present. Tenders for the building of the new bridge at the foo; of Hollinger Ave., which were called by the Ontario Deâ€" partment of Highways, closed yesterday,. Announcement of the contract award is expected within a few days. The strucâ€" ture will be built entirely of concrete and steel and will be of the most modern design. In earlier discussions regarding the new bridge it was exâ€" pected that the concrete piers in the centre of the river would be built from the ice during the winter. Supper Event, Feb. 25th, by Presbyterian Church W.A. trated of Haipong, French Indoâ€"China Previously Japanese warships had arâ€" rived off Thailand, Bankok, 700 miles from Singapore and British and Ausâ€" tralian air force reinforcements ‘had been sent up the Malay peninsula from Singapore. Thailand denied that it had granted Japan the use of its ai;port; but said that negotiations would permit Japan commercial planes on the route between Saigon, Indo China and Banâ€" kok, Announcement of Contract Award Expected Tenders Closed For New Bridge Over Mattagami The Netherlands consul has ordered two Netherlandsâ€"East Indiss merchant ships into Manila harbour and it was reported that other Netherlands shipsy were being radiced to proceed to neutral harbours It was rumoured that a Japanese battle fleet had been suddenly concenâ€" In a special statement, the Council said:â€"*‘‘We think we should tell the people that in the considered opinion of the Council, the war has moved to mnew stages involving the utmosit gravâ€" ity. Implications of the existing sit» uation are to be described as of the most serious import. Effective preparâ€" atory measures taken for Australia‘s safety have rendered essential ths greatest effort of preparedness the country has ever made." It was reported from Shanghai the the United States Consulate General sent circulars today to U. S. residents of that city urgently advising women and children and nonâ€"essential men to withdraw to the United States. It was further disclosed at Manila that about 400 dependants of U. S. Army men would . leave the Phillipines within week. Apprehension grows more tense in the Southern Pacific and tomorrow the Australian war cabinet will hold an emergency meeting to consider Par Eastern policy. A meeting of the Ausâ€" tralian Council was adjourned dramatâ€" ically after receipt of cablegrams dealâ€" ing with the situation abroaxl. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents w B PAAA LAAA â€"APâ€"AC C C CAE â€"AP lt P T TL PPAAA AAâ€"A *AAA PA AC L i The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine. Established 1912 J°6 is luncheeon 8 pm. Rev e at 9.30 and the idea of all his inity to