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LONDON LETTER | By Panton House. I emorsed, Fender for Boe recefved until a 10, tory) of' St. London, Sept. 5.--After the Dome Paul's Cathedral and Nelson's Ont. Bpecifications b raf tender. opined at "th the | loy visiting Canadians is the Clock joes of the Chief Architect, Depart- Tower of the Houses of Parliament. : or of Fublie W Works, Ottawa at the The title of "Big Ben," affectionately office of the Chief Architect, Devasi-| conferred by Londoners on both the font of Publi or i 2. Ny 'ot| tower and its great four-faced clock, no yable to the order of the Min- | properly belongs to the bell, weighing Public Wor ki Wich wa be rei| 13% tons, on which the hours are : turned jt we intending . { struck; it was named after Sir Benja- Tenders will not be considered un-| min Hall, first commissioner of works 100s juide an the aa Supple | with | when it was hung. the conditions ont forth therein. Thousands of %; oadoners set their an Sccepied sheave on = nartared oa watches by "Big Ben" the clock, payable to the order of the Minister | which is usually so accurate a time- of Public wor ke. equal to 10 per cent | Leeper that his rare stoppages are in the amount of the tender. nds of fhe Dominjon of Canada and bonds of | the nature of a public calamity. Small Nath.aal Railway Com-| boys and girls will envy the popular pany wii ands Cheque if required | favorite when they know that his four make up an | faces are now being washed for the 8. E. O'BRIEN, | first time in three and a half years; but Secretary. let them reflect what it must be like to ent of Public Works, : Departme PARA be AL [ have 34 years' grime removed at a A aA | sitting from four faces, each 23 feet Inthe Supreme Court of Ontario square, The work is being done by a Craig vs. Richardson well-known steeplejack, who sits on a nt to the judgment a final Gr: sale the J r this case, and | the battlements which are just above 1934, By order. plank, slung from a scaffold-pole from date the 6th day of September, | Sate 108 Sth 237 28 Sopten Der. | the clock-face, at anything from 170 to ton of J. B. Waikem, Esquire, |190 feet above the ground. From this Master of this Court, in the City | specialist's point of view, the only dan- Soon, 5 his ihe Rout of 12 o'elock. | { gerous element in the job is from the on uewday, the 14th day of October, | minute-hand, which is 14 feet long and 224, the foMowing lands and prem-|yeighs about 200 Ibs. and, having an 4; The brick dwelling and premises, No, | irresistible way with it, is best given a 7 Clergy street, Woet. in the oit of | wide berth. ? Kin ngwton, having a frontage of 39 foot cm Clergy street west, and'a 130 ih in perty will be offered f subject ig a reserve bid, en ig fxd by the auld Joel Master. Roman London. Lloyd's--the famous association of by the aa! | underwriters, merchants,' ship-owners purchase 2 ale: Tan Ber sata of the land insurance brokers, which has oc- me S 'of wile. and the balance in ten| Cupied part of the Royal Exchange all © ¢ ts th oat hoy Sospeats s Sema Buildings for one hundred and fifty siandin Sondittong of the Supreme Ytars--is to move within the next year Cou aro | to fine new premises in Leadenhall Further articular by Weroroiay ah by bad feom| Sweet. The site has been cleared, and | now that excavations have begun, peo- a. y Benoted at X Kingston, the 22nd day of ple interested in London's Roman past J. B. WALKEM, | are hoping for some interesting discov- Cal Master. | eries. In the course of fourteen of fif- A et sro a Public Lib Bulleti teen hundred years, the level of Lon- {don has risen by many feet. The sur- Interesting Books , Recently Added to | 19 feet below that of our streets today. sale | as been | | face of Roman London was from 6 to In 1800, when the site of Leaden- | hall Market was being made ready, the massive foundations were partly un- earthed of a building thought to have been Roman London's great civic hall, probably over 400 feet long. Further traces of this may come to light as the present excavations proceed. In the meantime, visitors from the Domin- ions may be seen any day, studying the Roman relics in the London Museum and the Guildhall collections. They are perhaps less interested in the statues and mosaic floors than in the sandals, household gear, and beautiful deep-red Samian pottery. London's Holy Well. In 1899-1905, one of the ancient and not too reputable streets off the Strand, cleared to make room for the fine new thoroughfares of Aldwych and Kings-| _ way, was Holywell Street. At the same time the well that gave its name to the r street was filled in. This was the well of St. Clement, close to the church of St. Clement Danes, which, as every Clarence Street. Canadian knows who has ever passed for Vendor. down the Strand, is one of that high- - | way's two island churches. St. Clement's Well is to be dug out a Daedalus--J. atic Ants rn Timothy Thummel--A. Fer-| roe, "Russell. Wooden Stipe and ron Men. Ww. m I. Brown. . D. Klein s--J. Benavent Tales from Many Lands--R. M, d Di eG. A uche A. Bi # the Arrow AE EW HE f= ain Ta), Busw Auction Sale Wednesday, Oct. 8th, 2 p.m. /On the Premises, 148 Barl Street, ¢ Kingston. a, Square, comfortable, Driek residence with hrooma: hard: two-storey two-storey Kine & SMYTHE, -- tal Committee appointed to - and revont on agricultural ne omic To oonditi in the, w on Oct. 3rd, Frida daetre to Supply thormation related cordially invited to srs ony Su cin 28 cents '| schemes to prevent hallstorms. Now Playing the title role in 'Richard the Third" at the Grand Opera: House, Tuesday, evening next. On Monday he presents "The Merchant of Venice." again this fall. An official of the Lon- don Museum thinks it quite likely that it was known during the Roman occu. pation (55 B.C.--410 A.D.) and that it was fed by the same waters that served the Roman bath, still to be seen on the other side of the Strand. In any case, there is plenty of evidence that the well was a favorite halting-place for pilgrims passing ough London Of Kingston falr. New we know where their way to the shrine of. St. Thomas a'Beckett at Canterbury. Its waters 969 ior persistent' layera. were considered to be medicinal, and| (pe would be safe in saying that especially effective in the cure of skin Kingston's "chickens" would have diseases. THE TOWN WATCHMAN Ostrich For Dinner. Hos, Some Australian visitors in London | have just had an ostrich dinner. The bird, 30 Ib., in weight, and about three feet long, was sent, frozen into a block of ice, all the way from Australia, and rested on an open spit before an open fire. It was served with potatoes and salad, and, according to one of the din- ers, tasted like goose. It was not quite clear why the party selected a South African bird for their feast--one had always been under the impression that the emu was Austra- lia's national bird. But possibly the os- trich, like the camel, has been naturali- zed in the island continent. It now only remains for a Canadian party to have a moose sent over in ice to make them | a London dinner. breeches at the king's court. Time Thames Motor Service. was when they were the gard of our It is understood that another fleet dear old Irish friends (plus a shil- of passenger boats is to be placed on lelah), so they can hardly be called the Thames next year. At present the "royal." . Londoner and his guests can travel up | -- the river from Westminster to Hamp- | "Petting Parties Doomed," says a ton Court and Richmond, or down, newspaper headline. "Never," say from Greenwich to Southend and be- | the young men and maidens of Gan- yond; and a small launch will take anoque. And they are right. them from Westminster to the Tower | -- of London and back. The new boats,| The House of Commons and the which are to be driven by British built | legislatures are not the ony 'cham- semi-Diesel engines developing 192 hp. ters that have their sergeants-at- will cover the reaches between Ham- arms. Kingston's city council still mersmith and Woolwich. They will adheres to the old custom ard hag a carry about 300 passengers each at, full-fledged police sergeant who oc- fares of about two cents a mile. cupies a leather-uphoistered chair in - front of the mayor's dals. There is I WHY THE WEA > | certainly nothing crude about our city couneil, DR. CHARLES f. BROOKS Secretary. American Meteorologioal Soctety, Tells lew. The change of government at To- ronto has surely hit Kingston. We have it in our books against Premier Ferguson for coaxing to Toronto some of our best families-- notably those of Attorney-General Nickle and Col. Ogilvie, i Our oldlfriend "Ernie" Day is lo- cating flaws in our civic regulations. He finds bylaws conflicting with pro- vincial Jaws, so that a- man, unless he is very wary, will get a kick whichever way he turns. By all means have the mesg cleared up. The British Labor leaders should not be so hard on the wearing of Of course, once upon a time it was very essential to have police ocon- stables in Kingston's council cham- s | ber when the mayor and aldermen convened, for we read--back in the seventies somewhere--that after an alderman made some remarks e¢on- Alleviated Weather. Outdoors, weather remains large- ly beyond man's control, though America has spent great sums in futile attempts at rainmaking, and Europe has vainly tried all sorts of shied an ink bottle at his head and the two came to grips. It is only twelve years ago since market-gardeners make artificial rain from overhead pipes --it fis! cheaper an¢ more effectivd" than shooting at the clouds or sprinkling | witlg their fists. electrified safid on them. Fog dis-| ber left his chair and went into the persal on a small scale, however, appears to have been demonstrated, {though at a prohibitive cost. Fruit growers can avert early frosts by using orchard heaters, thus controlling outdoor weather in a small degree. In another way, prai- rie farmers have been successful in modifying their weather. By plant- ing long rows of trees as wind- breaks they have locally decreased the strength of the wind, lessened: evaporation, and somewhat reduced the suddenness of temperature changes. ? The climate of a efty varies some- what from that of the surrounding city father, bigger than himself, out into the corridor to settle a dispiite accepted. The arms, the late Sergt. Nesbitt, would have had this cage on his hands, ston's member in the House of Com- mons, was mayor of Kingston, one ed to sit down when he had trans- , gressed the rules and who declared that he would have his 'say before he took his seat, wag informed that cil chamber. "Who'll put me out?" shouted the alderman, "When there's any removing co be done I'ti The Portsmouth and Moscow hens tied' for first place in egg-laying at {taken first prize at Bushell's exhibi- cerning a fellow-member, the latter a deceased alderman fnvited another This council mem- corridor but his invitation was not then-sergeantd-at- When Dr. A. BH. Ross, now King- of the members of council who refus- he would be removed from the coun- School Fairs HINCHINBROOKE. List of prize winners at the Hinchin- brooke School Fair, held at Piccadilly on Friday, Sept. 5th: Sheaf Wheat--Harold Reynolds, Hil yard Howes, Willard Peters. Sheaf Oats--Carrol Jeffrey, Harold Reynolds, Edward Allen, Warden Card, Hilyard Howes. Sheaf Barley--Borden Genge, Eric Shultz, Joseph Jeffrey, Edward Allen, Gregory Allen. Six ears sweet corn--Margarct Wil. son, Lionel Leslie, Orval Cornwall, John Garrett, Tommy Howes, Alice Howes. Wesley Snider, Orval Cornwall, Lionel Leslie, Alice Howes, Thomas Howes. Sheaf sweet corn--Wesley Snider, garet Wilson, Joe. Jeffrey, Lionel Les- lie. Carrol Jeffrey Twelve Irip Cobbler Pétatoes--Geo, Snider, John Garrett, Allan Dermott, Anna Kenyon, Pearl Cox, Card. Single Irish Cobbler--John Garrett, Ethel Howes, Paul Reynolds, Arney, George Snider, Ann Kenyon. Twelve Campbell, Arthur Thompson, Willard Peters. Peck Dooleys--Melville Howes, Or. vil Cornwall, Bruce Good, Cecil Peters, Carrol Jeffrey, Elmer Cornwell. Single Dooley--Gordon Dermott, Orvil Cornwell, Carrol Jeffrey. Earl Garrett, Eileen Campbell, Melville Howes. . Peck Irish Cobblers from old seed-- Norma Snyder, Eric Shultz, Edw. Al- len, Melville Howes, Jos. Jeffrey, Har- old Reynolds. Five mangels--Vera Yorke, Earl Scales, Lionel Leslie, Mildred Howes, Morley Stormes. Single mangel--Vera Yorke, Harold Reynolds, Lionel Leslie, Herbert Ken. chan, Morley Stormes. Six beets--Thomas Howes, Russell Peters, Audrey Snider, Ethel Cameron, Robert Howes, Russel Clobridge. Single beet--Audrey Snider, Vera Drader, Earl Garrett, Fern Wagar, Russell Clobridge, Vivian Genge. Six carrots--Annie Kenyon, Russell Clobridge, Allan Cameron, Harold Snider, Helen Coulter, Cecil Peters. Single carrot--Garnet Peters, Myrtlz Cornwall, Marion Garrett, Russell Clobridge, Alice Peters, Annie Kene- han. Five turnips--Elmer Cornwall, Wil- lard Peters, Ethel Howes. Single Turnip--Elmer Cornwell, Ethel Howes, Alice Peters, Willard Peters. Six onions--Mildred Howes, Gre- gory Allen, Lily Haddock, Melville Howes, Aleta Yorke, Vivian Genge. Single onion--Mildred Howes, Lily Haddock, Gregory Allen, Russell Pet- ers, Vera Drader, Myrtle Cornwell. Twelve Asters--Nina Leslie. Twelve Salpiglossis--Danny Kene- ban, Kathleen Haddock. I" Twelve Coreopsis--Kathleen Snider, Marion Percy. Table bouquet mixed flowers-- Norma Snyder, Vera Yorke, Cecil Peters, Eric Shultz, Ethel Cameron, Margaret Snider. Potted house plant in bloom--Geo. Snyder, Russell Peters, Margaret Sni- der, Eric Shultz, Maurine Scales, Jos. Snider. Two pullets and one cockerel--Gre- gory Allen, Wesley Snider. Cockerel--Wesley Snider, Gregory Allen, Kathleen Haddock, Nina Leslie, Naydene Storms. Pullet--Kathleen Haddock, Leslie. Cock and hen from home flock-- Gregory Allen, Harold Reynolds, Car- roll Jeffrey. Draft colt--Joseph Jeffrey. Roadster colt--Earl Scales. Trained colt--Earl Scales. Dairy cali--Willard Peters, Harold Reynolds, Lionel Leslie. Calf, beef heifer--Borden Genge. Lamb--Danny Kenyon, Willard Peters, Eric Shuttz, Herbert Kenyon. Five winter apples--Russell Clot- ridge, Muriel, Campbell, Alice Peters, Willard Peters, Carroll Jefirey, Five fall apples--Wesley Snyder, George Synder, Thomas Howes, Aud- rey Snider, Ada Garrett, Joseph Jel- frey. Nina Single ear sweet corn--John Garrett, ' Sheaf field corn--Meredith Wilson, | iff Warden i Peck Irish Cobblers--Wardea Card. ; Hilf Percy (fill Dooley = Potatoes--Eileen i Earl | [ill Garrett, Gordon Dermott, Cecil Peters, |} ¥ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1024 Ruberoid for Roofings--30 different grades! nsist on Genuine Ruberoid The Ruberoid Co, Limited, Montreal, Toroate, Winnipeg, Vancouver tire. BRITISH EMPL EXHIBITION. The Rub- erold that covers the Can- ada Pavilion was manu- factured at the Montreal plant. same as selected for en- RE Edward Allen, Thomas Howes, Mar- |= SEE US Fem Stove and Chott Small Hard Coal . ... Buckwheat . . : FOR EDISON MAZDA LAMPS All Sizes Carried in Stock BURKE ELECTRIC CO. istributors. ...$16.00 per ton ++++..$12.50 per ton -$ 9.00 per ton | car Semi-Anthracite Smokeless, suitable for Range or Furnace, $1 2.00 per ton, delivered | SOWARDS (Al C0. Phone 135 CPTOWN OFFICE: McGALL'S CIGAR STORE. PHONE 811. SOLID BRICK HOUSE, double, with frame kitchen on stone foundation. 5 rooms each, two bedrooms, lights with nice fix. tures, toilet, newly decorated, good shed in rear of lot for each side. Driveway. This house is location on Brock Phone 704 or 2072w - in splendid repair and excellent Street. Now renting for $16.00 side. This property is an excellent investment at Fgh iy pee M. B. TRUMPOUR = 270 PRINCESS STREET The cold weather your furnace will not phone call to 840 wil Telephone 840 service and expert mechanics. LEMMON & SONS will soon be here and be in shape. A tele- 1 assure you of quick 187 Princess St. Dominion Textile Company (Limited) MANUFACTURERS "PRUE COTTON" .MONTREAL--TORONTO--WINNIPEG Oatmeal cake--Audrey Snider, Nina Leslie, Vivian Genge, Aleta Yorke, Annie Kenyon. One crust pie with meringue Me not ask the sergeant to do it," quiet- ly replied the mayor. "I'll do it my. self." The offending member :*.ly saw that he had gone too far and re- ; YOU BUY WHEN! Piano appeals to the most ascethetic taste, country, the buildings and fires and smoke tend to make it warmer and the buildings to lower the wind ve- locity in general. Locally, however, Designed and _ Executed 'by Craftsmen of Estimates on All Glashos of Work Carefully i ' Given 7 The McCallum Granite Co., marked: "Oh all right, Mr. Mayor, "CORNS Lift Off-No Pain! the wind may be intreased at times to hurricane velocities at the corner of a sky . Proposals to glass over important downtown sections of cities have been made, to save the shoppers and merchants from the inconveience and expense of many phases of weather--heavy snows, deluges, cold waves, for ex- It you haven't been in Northern Ontario, or if you wish a change of territory, now is the time to get busy before Nina Leslie, Annie Kenehan. Six sweet tea buns--Nina Leslie, Eil. | een Campbell. Loaf whole wheat bread--Annie Kenyon, Lillian Haddock. Pint jar of salad dressing-- Vivian Genge, Nina Leslie, Mildred Howes. Fancy pin cushion--Nina Leaiie, Marion Garrett. Half yard crochet edging--Marion Garrett. Towel rack-- Harold Reynolds, Lionel lie, Gorden Dermott, Hub- ert Kenehan, Russell Clobridge, Thos. Howes. Weather vane--Harold Reynolds, Thomas Howes. Model stock-loading rack--Hharold Reynolds, Hubert Kenehan, Thomas riowes. Collection of wild flowers--Thomas Howes. Koliection of twenty-five insect houtss Ho of fungus discasts--Hil- ones. itals and small 1 ting, capitals and s HTS -- Andrey Snider. Wi "God Save the King" --- Vivian Genge, Ada Garrett, Lionel Les Lie, Pearl Cox, Bertha Leeman, I'tael Ciobridge. - Writing, "Maple Leaf"---Genevisve Davidson, Nina Leslie, Ann'e Xenyun, Kathleen Haddock, Mildred Howes, | Earl Garrett. Writing, "O Canada"--Thonias Howes, Ralph Convery, Ruby Baruch, Francis Barun, Willard Peters, Har- This school averaged thirteen points HEAR FOR YOURSELF The exceptional tone quality in the Weber AT C. W. LINDSAY'S Warerooms, Princess Street AND BE CONVINCED. riett Leeman. Water color drawing--Thomas Howes, Earl Garrett, Harriett Leeman. Essay, "The North American In- dians"--Thomas Howes, Ruby Bart- sch, Henrietta Deyo, Phoebe E. Deyo. Essay, "The Birthday Party"--Pearl x. Hitching and driving contest for boys -- Harold Reynolds, Willard Peters, Warden Card. Nail driving contest for girls--Patri- cia Hickey, Ethel Howes, Marguerite Cousineau . School parade--S. S. No. 7; 3S. S. No. 2; S. 8. No. 5. Girl winging highest points--Nina Leslie. Boy winning highest points--Thomas Howes. The shield which was donated by the] Women's Institute to the school win» ing the highest number of points in proportion to the number of pupils on the roll, has been won for the second year by S. 8. No. 7. Oak Flats School. number of number of to each pupil. WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND ON IT # American stamps for sale at Whig Office.