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Bigadierâ€"General Frederick W. Hill, C. B.,â€"C. M. G., D. 8. O.,)>of; Niagara Falls, Ont., has been appointed Asâ€" sistant Adj. & Quartermasterâ€"Gen. for Military District No. 3, and will asâ€" sume his duties at once. . Brigadierâ€" General Hill had a. distinguished caâ€" reer in the war,. He was not on the active list, but volunteered for overâ€" A resolution was passed at the Niâ€" agara Falls council meeting on Monâ€" day evening, March ist, asking for legislation for an amendment to the Police Act to have the police comâ€" mission elected at large by the rateâ€" payers. In the Chicago Supreme Court on Feb. 25th, 1920, Winnifred Rochefort of Des Plains, Ill., and George Rocheâ€" fort, of Dunnville, were granted a deâ€" cree of divorce. District Summary The Bridgeburg school teachers have been granted increases in salary of $100 to $150, making the minimum $1,100 for all except principals. Mn oBe aSe oGe oBe aBe e aBe oBe sBe afe aBe oBe eBe ofe aBe afe aBe aBeaTe eGeafe aBe ofecfecfe Wednesday, March 17th., 1920 DOLLAR DAY This new store will open about April Isth., in the store now occupied by iClinton MoCoy.. Watch for Further Announcements / Cash and Carry Grocery For the residents of Grimsby and district after I open On March 20 will save you a lot of money See our assortment of Granite S_AUGHTER IN PAINT Buy a Washing Machine on ware for 1.00, 2.00, & 3.00 6/ .. unulaatlax. Laa..cis.. a. > Dollar Day and Save Money. Every Day Will Be JOHN SCOTT my new | Dunnville Gazetteâ€"A very tragic ocâ€" Port Colborne Citizenâ€"Monday the Maple Leaf Milling Company closed its plant for an indefinite period. The length of time the mill will be shut down depends upon the action of the Canadian Wheat Board. There are at present 64,000,000 bushels of last year‘s wheat crop in the country, but none of the large flour mills in Canada are running. . Mr. Steed, manager ofr the Maple Leaf Mill, hopes that his plant will be running again shortly after ‘(the opening of navigation, but has no asâ€" surance that such will be the case. On the other hand there is a possibilâ€" ity that the mill will be in operation even earlier. o y ‘ _Though the mill is closed one hunâ€" dred and twenty men are still on duty at the piant. seas service, commandedâ€"a brigade at at the front, and was decorated three times. He succeeds Lieutâ€"Colonel E. W. Pope, D. S. O., who was appointed temporarily to the post six months ago The office of Quartermasterâ€"General was formerly carried on by the Depuâ€" ty Assistant Adjutant, and has now been combined with the office of Asâ€" sistant Adjutant. ‘ YfeNWimindyine=2 Day At Baldwin‘s If Canadian exportation of beef were increased twenty times it would only just meet the importation into the United Kingdom alone, not to speak of other European countries. The British consumption of imported beef is five milllon hundredâ€"weight annually. Below is given the latest return from the different Provinces in Canada for motor vehicle registrations in the year 1919. These figures do not include motorcycles, which number in the thousands. Ontario‘..;...>...%......ia0k 1809,088 Saskatchewan: ..............." 506402 Quebec ...............l0..8 »gl/ 777 MDerta ... o. ... .\.. s .i vram‘s‘ss, * 0408 Manitoba.;....;..?...¢2.%« :4 "80,85006 British Columbia ‘........;...~ 19,161 Nova BCOti& :.‘ ......«../«+r«zac 10080 New Brunswick";‘....;.%.%.y27 8,142 Prince Edward Island ........ 1132 ’ St. â€"Catharines Standardâ€"While iconfined in the cell at Thorold await ing transfer to the Industrial Home in Welland, Henry Marshall attemptâ€" ed suicide about 8 o‘clock ~Tuesday night. Marshall had been in the cells about an hour when Chief Camp bell went to the cells to obtain necâ€" essary information to have him reâ€" moved to the institution. The Chief found him with the main artery of his left arm above the elbow severâ€" ed. Dr. Campbell was called and imâ€" mediately stopped the flow of blood. The Manufacturers‘ ambulance was called and the man was removed to the General and Marine Hospital. As it is not customary unless a person is thought to ibe mentally unbalancâ€" ed to take from them their personal effects. Marshall was left with his razor, with which he committeqd the deed. It is stated the man who is about 60 years of age has suffered of late from rheumatism â€" which is thought to have been the cause of his rash act. MOTOR VEHICLES G. and Mrs. Cosby of St. Ann‘s. Deâ€" ceased is survived by his widow, one little daughter, Doothy, his parents, and one sister, Mrs. Ernest Teft of Attercliffe. Smithville Reviewâ€"Its‘s our sad duty this week to chronfcle the death of our esteemed townsman, Sylvester Dennis Merritt, who passed. away about ten â€"o‘clock: on Saturdayâ€"evenâ€" ing last, following an attack of flu and pneumonia, and within one week of the death of his eldest liittle daugh ter, whose passing away was recordâ€" ed in our last issue. After battling with the disease for over three weeks his condition became so critical that an opeation was performed by Dr. In gersol Olmsted, of Hamilton, on Friâ€" day morninig, following a consultaâ€" tion of the doctors on the pevious day. The operation was successfully performed but on Saturday afternoon he gradually weakened, the end com ing latér in the evening as recorded above. Deceased was the only â€" son of Wesley and Mrs. Merritt, of this village. ‘On Oct. 16, 1912, he was united in marriage to Cornelia May (Nelliey second daughter of Mr. T. currence took place on Saturday morning last at the home of Enoch Lodge, Jr., in Moulton township, near Diltz Station, when Mr. Lodge comâ€" mitted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, dying in less than an hour. Mr. Lodge and his wife and two children were suffering from influenâ€" za, and Dr. Rigg, who had been sumâ€" moned to attend them, was in the house at the time. The doctor had informed Mr. Lodge of the serious condition of the children, and advised that he himself should go to bed and stay there. He then turned his atâ€" tention to Mrs. Lodge, ‘and while thus engaged her husband got hold of a razor and performed the act which ended his life. The deceased was in comfortable circumstances, being the owner of a couple of farms, and, apart from the worry caused by the illness of himself and family, no reason for suicide was apparent. Coroner Thrush notified, but an inquest was pot conâ€" sidered necessary. Total in Canada .... ewan .' ‘olumbia , DL . ". s ... .6/«‘s s n oo a phadidid nswick ‘.%:....%.%.%11 dwarda Island ........ THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO $1.00 per gallon reduction on REGISTERED 334,190 139,288 56,402 ‘g1,777 34,362 33,896 19,161 10,030 8,142 1,132 The silk industry has been one of the most severely hit in the last year, and so great has the risk beâ€" come that the Railroad Administraâ€" tion has been considering excluding raw silks from the privilege of freight transportation by rail. The Merchants‘ Association of New York, through its traffic bureau, has proâ€" tested against such an exclusion, adâ€" vocatinzg some less radical measure to minimize or prevent the theft of 1i{k in transit. Substitution is the usual method used by the thieves, Sometimes boxes supposed to contain velvets are found at their destination to be filled with calico or other cheaper grades of cloth, but as a rule, waste paper is found. These are referred to as "concealed losses" by railway men, and are especially difficult to trace, as the shipment leaves and arrives apparently in good condition, and it is almost impossible to discover at what point the theft oceurred. the United States, England, France, Italy and Argentina, according to a recent report of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina. Detectives, however, are inclined to discredit â€" that organization‘s belief that a "widespread internaâ€" tional organization" is at work stealâ€" ing merchandise. dounie tne i0sSses sustained in any preâ€"war year, but it is pointed out that the increased cost of the comâ€" modities stolen, roughly estimated to average 85 per cent. must be taken into consideration when comparing the losses in the days of low prices with losses now. Névertheless there bas been a steadily increasing numâ€" ber of packages stolen, and the orâ€" ganization comibatting the ‘thieves have met an increased ingenuity in diverting goods from their owners. A technique of robbery has been developed so highly that the methods of "master thieves" are similar in Booty Double That in . War Year. Wholesale looting of m« in transit on the railroa United States caused a lc proximately $45,000,000 in cording to United States Administration statistics m recently. Administration si recently. This is estimal double the losse preâ€"war year, bi that the increase modities stolen. i $45,000,000 THEFTS his is estimated ble the losses . â€"war year, but‘ t the increased lities stolen, rou rage 85 per cen Proof that Some Women do Avoid Operations a "TI suffered from female troubles which caused Flercing Haina like a knife through my back and side. I Be‘(losta my strength so I had to go to bed. The doctor advised an operation but I would not lHisten to it. I thought of what I had read about Lydia E. Pinkbhara‘s Vegetable Compound and tried it. The first bottle brought great relief and six bottles have entirely cured me. All women who have femalo trouble of any kird should try Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound." 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