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CUSTOM RETURNS AT HELLE. VILLE Customs returns for the pory of Belleville for the month of July ' were $378,085.79 as against $296,- 831.36 for the same month last year. The increase this year is $81,- 7654.44. BUILDING PERMITS AT RELLE- VILLE Building permits issued for the month of July in Belleville, totalled $15,800 and were chiefly for resi- dences costing (approximately $2,- 000 each. In July, 1926, the per- mits totalled $21,225. PORTRAIT UNVEILED the village of boro, near Belleville Tuesday evening after a banquet in the Sunday school rooms of the United Church, an engraved portrait of the late John A. Holgate was unveiled. Deceased was for over forty years At Fox- the superintendent of the Sunday' sfchool. The portrait was the gift of Thomas Holgate, mayor of Bowman- ville, and a son of deceased, KINGSTON SOUARK AS PLAY. GROUND Thursday evening Kiwanis Square on Rideau street, Kingston, in the easterly part of the city, was open- ed as a playground, Captain John Donnelly donated a steel flag pole and there were flag raising cere- monies. The Kiwanis were out in numbers, Mayor H. F. Price presided and short addresses were given hy Rev, Father Nicholson, M.C., Dean of Regiopolis College, and by Rev, Dr, Maclachlan, ENJOY REUNION NEAR DESER- ONTO At Irwin's Island near Deseronto, a re-union of the Barlow family was Feld Tuesdav, when some sixty memhers of the family and visitors were present from Belleville, Kings- ton, Shannonville, Madne, Rochester, Mimen, Oshawa and Buffalo. During the afternoon a program of sports was carried out and after grpper letlers were read from some of those ahsent eypressing their re- gret at not being able to he present. PORT HOPE RESIDENT MES Within a few minntes after s»f- fer'neg seizure of the heart, John Al- bert Brown, one of Port Hope's most prominent citizens and a lead- ing business man, died at his home, Angusta street, at 1.30 this morn- ing, News of Mr. Brown's death cme as a distinet shock to Mr. Rrown's friends and associates, as he had seemed in excellent hea'th pp to the time of his death, De- ceased was horn in Port Hone Town- ship, near Rossmount, 63 years ago. REDISCOUNT RATE SHOWS MONEY EASY Relaxation of Market Official: ly Signalized in Reduction to 3}; Per Cent. New York, Aug. 4--Todav's reduc- tion in the rediscount rate by directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the first change this year, was foreshadowed so clearly by open mar- ket rates for money and by the succes- sive lowering of their rates by the Kan- sas City and St. Luis Reserve Banks that the formal announcement caused scarcely a ripple in the financial dis- trict, It is to be doubted if it will have any effect whatever on the markets, because of the fact that such a change was considered inevitable in view of the present state of the money market and has possibly been discounted to a great extent. The rapidly changing condi- tions in the stock market especially make the present a logical time for a reduction in the rate. Possibly had such a revision been made a month a further incentive to speculative ex- pansicn, Such is not the case at the moment, however. Public participation ig not particularly large despite the increase in brokers' loans, and the market itself has been sobered hy the inclusion of a political factor of un- certainty in the declaration of the Pre sident that he does not "choose to be a candidate in 1928." There could hardly be better or more authoritative testimony in corrobora- tion of the complete relaxation of money rates than the action of the directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York today. This will at once correct the extraordinary wide gap be- tween the open market rate for prime bankers' acceptances and the rate at | which member hanks can rediscount i paper at the semi-Governmental in- i stitution. It should have, too, a stimu- lating effect on the hond market, and, | particularly on the Government's own Lissues. Although no explanation of the | reasons for the decline were given by | the directors today, it is interesting to note a rather close parallel hetween the present factors in the general | situation and those which impelled a reduction on April 23, 1926. In its annual report, the bank, referring to this reduction, said: "The rate decreasc im April occurred when there was some {hesitation in business and apprehension | as to the future. It followed some re- V duction in open money market rates and some decline in the volume of credit in use in the second district." So far as the reduction in open mar ket rates and the decline of credit in use are concerned, the two situations are identical. This year, however, there lis no particular hesitation in business | (except the usual scasonal dullness), and no apparent apprehension as to the future. The effect of this action on the international markets will be an interesting devel ent. It is probable that the reduction of the rate here will serve to at least postpone a threatened advance in the Bank of Englnad rate. The strength of sterling, which has been buoyant for twe or three days and which today was within a bare fraction of its high point for the year, was clearly in discount of this import- ant readjustment of the official rage. The usual time effects should be stimu- lating to all markets. : WELL-DRESSED LONDON MEN At one of our big hutels just ndw a Cuban landed proprietor, Senor Henri Zulueta, explained that he | had come to London because it was thy social centre of the world, and at the same time the "home of in- formality." Miss Jeli, Bellingham, who comes from Tennessee, was particularly impressed by the well-dressed ap- pearance of London men and the "old-world chivalry" to be met with among all classes. A French visi- tor lauded the 'tranquillity and calm order" of London's streets; a German was envioGs of the smart- ness of men's clothes; a South Am- erigan extolled Hyde Park---every- one found something sperially at- trartive from his or her point of view. ago it might have been seized upon us | fl 8 features distin- ish this New en Quadron No other Strap Watch com- bines all these advantages in construction, Fitted with the new Gmen lar 17 jewel Pr movement which allows greater size and strength of parts -- the Quadron is in every sense a real man's strap. Let us point out the B features at the store and see the different models priced from $50 to $138. YOU BUY THE BEST AT BASSETT'S _J Cimeoe and King Sts. [BR ToL rec rum THE Advantage chthe Special Phone Order Delivery inaugurated by the B® Nut-Krust Electric Bakery HIGH CLASS CAKES Makers of BREAD PATTIES FOR CHICKEN OYSTERS, ETC DOUGHNUTS -- WEDDING CAKES -- CHRISTENING CAKES BIRTHDAY CAKES "Good to the Last Crumb"' PHONE 936 Nut - Krust Electric Bakery 24 SIMCOE ST. SOUTH | Green, Ottawa; Secretary, Liquor Act Magistrates Held to Have Power of Inferring Guilt Unless Defendant Can Give Clear Explanation Hamilton, Aug. 4--The first appeal from a conviction under the new Li- | Jer Control Act was heard today by Judge Evans, who dismissed the appeal land upheld the conviction of three months in ail imposed by County Magistrate Vance upon Joseph Burnis- {s] n. The action of Judge Evans was sig- nificant, inasmuch as today's appeal is believed to have been one of the first heard i nOntario. Some twenty or more persons have been convicted under the LCA. here since June 1 and 'sentenced to terms of imprison- ment by either Magistrate Jelfs or ! Magistrate Vance. The remainder of the appeals are feudin ] Judge Evans, in throwing out the appeal and confirming the conviction by Magistrate Vance, held that the L.C.A. gives a Magistrate the right | to infer the guilt of sn accused per- son; that is, where an inordinate | amount of liquor is procured by per- mit, and its rapid consumption cannot be satisfactorily accounted for, a Mag- istrate who tries such a case is usti- fied in drawing the inference that the accused in question has used such li- guor for purposes of illegal sale. Burniston, wh lives ta the Beach, was convicted of two separate charges under the L.C.A. 'William Morrison, (rovernment Jrorecuton, said that dur- ng the first 27 days of July Mrs. Bur- niston procured 11% cases of beer and 12 quarts of liquor on her permit, while Burniston, during the same period procured 17 cases of beer and 17 quarts of liquor on his permit, Judge Evans, in dismissing the ap- peal, rendered judgment as follows, "Referring to these convictions under the Liquor Control Act, it appears to me that the O.T.A. was considered un- satisfactory to the public. The Legis- lature, thereupon, after careful consi- deration, passed the Liquor Control Act, by which, generally speaking, any- body can get what liquor he requires for legal purposes. It seems to me | that the Legislature wanted to give the people the privilege of getting liquor legally, but from the fact that the word 'control' was used in the title, I | believe that it means there must be | some supervision over the handling of the liquor, Wide Towers "Consequently hte act provides that, when a complaint comes hefore the court, the Justice trying the case .is given wide authority to draw inferen- ces of fact from the whole circum- stances of the case, and I would say! that where an inordinate amount of | liquor is procured--and not otherwise accounted for--the Magistrate who | tries the case is justified in drawing the inference that the party gettmg it was using it for sale. More, it is the rule of eyery court that unless an | Appellate Court had a very good rea- | son for upsetting the finding of the | trial Judge, that it should stand. The Legislature seems to confirm that posi- tion by setting in the act a clause allowing the trial Judge to draw in- ferences. ; "The Magistrate who tried these cases has drawn the inference of fact, from the large amount of liquor proved to have been taken to the place and the small amount that was there when the seizures were made, that sales had taken pice. The Magistrate having so | found, I will confirm his finding in both ' cases." : S Counsel appearing for Burniston questioned the legality of the LCA, so far as it permitted Magistrates to infer guilt of sale when no actual proof of such was established by the prose: cution. : William Morrison, however, said that special pains had been taken by the Government in framing the LCA. to give Magistrates the power to draw 'such inference, as the whole aim of the act, he said, was to eliminate the bootlegger and safeguard the act for the great majority of citizens who would not abuse the privilege the Goy- ernment had given them. \ in Kingston, the copvention having been in progress during the last three days, the (following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, G. F. Alexander, Toronto; 1st Vice-President, F. M. Westland, London; 2nd Vice-President, C. Hig- gins, Kingston; Treasurer, Lis . Fletcher, Toronto; Auditors, J. C. Mclyvor, Welland and C. Goodall, Hamilton; Representative to the In- ternational Executive, W. Paris, To- ronto. | Before final adjournment the con- vention decided upon Windsor, Ont., group and at whose home Miss Reid and her brother are guests. doowned, because no other boat was in sight for some time. Dismissal ied By First Appeal IRELAND TO OTTAWA . FLIGHT 1S PLANNED hry Aug. 4.~0Col. Min. were completed for a flight from Ireland to Ottawa in a Fokker m Aug. 15. the flight to Ottawa Is success. ful they will fly back to Vienna. The aviators fly today to Ame sterdam to get the monoplane wherein they intend attempting the flight, BUSINESS SHOWS IMPROVING TREND Satisfactory Conditions Ob- tain Throughout the Country Montreal, Aug. 4.--With the ad- vancement of a season that, speak- ing generally, has been favorable for agriculture, there are further reas- suring indications of satisfactory business conditions in most sections nf the country, says the monthly Commercial Letter of the Canadian Rank of Commerce. The upward trond noticeable a month ago In wholesale and retail trade has con- tinned, and there are reports of an early revival of activity in industrial ' positivel 'Standar centres, where the usual dullness prevailed. This is also the case at some points where, two months ago, at what is usually a busy period, productiori' had to be curtailed as a result of disappointingly small sales which followed the inclement wea- ther. The improvement is fairly general, but some outstanding in- stances might be mentioned. The steel mills, the output of which in June wds less than that of the previ- ous month and of June 1926, have secured new business which seems to ensure operations on a higher scale for some time. The boot and shoe industry also has a larger vol- ume of orders on hand. Some of these probably represent- forward purchases above the normal level, in anticipation of higher prices which would he expected to follow the rise In quotations for leather, hut, even allowing for this, and for the fact that the industry as a whole is being operated far below capaci- ty, many of the' manufacturers re- gard the outlook with more confi- dence than at any time since the first of the year. The value of con- struction contracts awarded during the past month amounted to over $60,000,000, including $18,000,000 for the Windsor-Detroit bridge, hut even disregarding the latter, the new contracts were sufficient to bring the total for the past seven months close to that for the corresponding period of 1926, when building operations were the largest since pre-war uays. DIVIDENDS DECLARED _ Toronto, Aug. 5.--Loblaw Grocéter- ias Company has declared a dividend of 25 cents on common stock and 134 per cent. on preferred, payable Sept. 1 to shareholders of record August 18 because it The hooks will he closed August 19 and opened September 1, al ------ We have reached a stage in this crazy old world where women won't attract a g til they begin wearing clothes again --=San Diego Union. GAS GONE AND APPETITE FINE Ir: | This woman, Mrs. K. Coombs, 553 Janette Ave., Windsor, Ont., says: "1 suffered from gas and sour stomach after mealg for years. 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