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PAGE TWELVE 5 FORGED CHEQUES PASSED Pleton=-Two forgeq cheques, pach £.r $03, have been passed. on two 1eeal banks, The cheques were made payabls to Vrank Ostrandsy and the sig nature of Charles Thompson, (Bloomfield tax! driver) was used, Tolfee nara working on the case, butfas yet no, 'arrests have been made, NO FIRE CRACKERS Tronton-=Aceording to a by-law passed by Trenton Town Counell it is unlawful to sell or to set oft fire crackors in Tronton, 'This action was taken as a number of fires have occurred an a result of using fire-crackers apd matches, S------ PASSED BAD CHEQUES Smith Falls--Nobert Cross of Tweed was sentenced to three moths in jail by Magistrate Hpar- Lam fn Police Court when he ap- peared to answer a charge of pass ing werthless cheques In Smiths Falls, VISITS BUCCANMER HAUNTS Kingston---~Hon, I, Ashmore Kidd, member for Kingston in the Ontario Legislature und Speaker of the House, with Mrs, Kidd have re- turned from a five weeks' trip, in which they visited the eastern group of the British West Indies, Mr, Kidd was interested in the linunts of his famous namessks, Captain Kidd, although he makes no claim to relationship, He and Mrs, Kidd went over the old stamp- jug grounds of the celebrated buceaneer, MUST FACE TRIAL Port Hope~Jolin Burgess and W, Skinner, Port Hope, were both com mitted for trial when they appeared in Port Hope Police Court before Magistrate W, A. FV. Campbell on various charges of, theft, ap-- TWIN CALVES Brockville, ~Fred 1. Nixon, resid Ang on a farm near Lyn is the proud awner of a fine Holstein cow that gave birth to twin calves, Both calves are fully and perfectly devels oped and are doing well, MUSIC CONTEST Belleville~The annual competi tions in music in the public schools for 1930 took place yesterday and about fifty girls and boys competed for the medals and shields which are awarded to the four public schools ofthe city, In all the schools the contests were very keen, the winning choirs this year for the ghields being Queen Alexandra Scho cholr for the Senior shield and King George EASTERN ONTARIO NEY A aa fas TP 0H HIKED TO TORONTO Belleville ~Three female members ft dl rp and ed wih 1 Anders, Slert: od out on. thor Toronto, Alter hie! : I ", oy peng the } the 0" reach. Bone shortly after ho own, The three voung ladles report that kindly motorists gave them lifts most of the why, BROCKVILLE"S AVIATRIX Brockyiliv==Miss Vivian Spence, 206 King street west, Brockville's first student aviatelk, is at ber home here after spending four months reeelying flying mstructions at the Walker Alrport, near the Border Cities, Her ambition, after attaining flying lie- ense, will be record flying in regard to altitude, ete ---- CEMENTS BETTER Ottawa, May. 20~The superiority of high temperature cements over fire clays in the construction of blasi furnaces was asserted to-day before the Thirteenth Annual Canadian Chemical Convention by C, C, Weeks and 'W, KE, Patterson, of Brantford, Experiments had, they said, shown that wet high temperature. cements produce a better bond than dry high temperature cements and both were superior to tire clays, HOW TO PREVENT~C ,,.. Ottawn, May 26~Methods pf pre- venting vinegar forming In wine were dealt with in a paper by J. W; Baw: tinheimer and W, KE. Patterson, of Brantford, Ont, read today before the Thirteenth Annual Canadian Chemical Convention in session here, Die to faulty fermentation practice, the chemists explained, wetic neid (the active principle of ordinary vinegar) frequently develops, Mag. nesium carbonate had in some chses been used to neutralize the ucid, LADY BOWLING OFFICERS Belleville,~The Ladics Lawn Bowl. ing Club has elected officers us fol lows : Honorary Presidents=Mrs, W, B, Riggs and Miss MacLean; Presi- dent==Miss Anna Hurley: 1st Viee President=Mrs, Duff; 2nd Viee President=-Mrs, Chadwick; Secretary «Mrs, FF, Houston; I'reasurer--=Mrs, Davis, MILK SHORTAGE RELIEVED Stirling~=Pasture land hereabouts are in much better shape than they have been for some time due to the recent heavy rainfall, and an increase in the milk yield Is expected to be noted almost immediately, Before the recent rains, very little pasture could be found, and a shortage of milk was noticed, {By oh vi Bd Bell fie AX th : t be eligy ddd 6 Slr ness 'depression Siice "fen +7 esduy" broke the stock market for the firbt thme last fall, losing fortunes for mapy in this country, income tax returns for the fiscal year ending arch 3st, 1930, show, roughly un nerease of ten per cent, Li J DO NO AXING i NAY m= lengthy and, in places heat reetink i" the aunty! Gov Roads Board Jesterday afternoon, it was decided to leave the mill vate as It was last year four and a quarter mills, und not to do any paving this year, Most of the discussion con- cerned the project of paving us two large deputations had been heard in the morning asking that the roads from Lindsay to Fenelon Falls and Bobeaygeon be paved, -- LUMBER MILL DESTROYED Arnprior, == Originating from a cause as yet unknown, an early morning fire here completely destroy» ed the factory of the rior 4 er and Construction Company, own« ol and controlled by Mayor Stafford udd, Mayor Rudd could advance no pos- sible cause of the conflagration and estimated hig loss at $30,000 INJURED BY cA! Prescott, ==As she stepped {rom bee hind an automobile from which she had Just alighted on the Prince of Wales highway, a mile wnd « halt north of Johnstown, Edith Beatty 13. year-old daughter of William Beatty, Prescott, was struck by another car, suffering of the right leg, n compound fractur NEATLY CAUGHT Lindsay ~Provineial Constable, I Wetherall, Lindsay, hid behind a tree and watched Mrs, Walter Oslen bot. tle 40 bottles of beer, Then he left her a summons to appear in Lindsay police court on a charge of having liquor, The constablestepped out with a cheery "good morning," as she had capped the 40th bottle, The woman wis so startled she could say nothing Mr. Weatherall left her a summons and confiscated the 40 bottles and twelve found nearby, RIVER WATER HIGH Trenton,="The water in the Trent River has risen several inches until now It is washing over the Govern ment dock at. Trenton, It! is just barely at the top of the Canfda Steamship Lines dock, but aecording to rivermen the water will go even higher within a week or 50, No ser: lous results are anticipated however, -- BAN ON FIRECRACKERS Cobourg~Mayor A. R., Wilmott has Issued. & proclamation, asking citizens to lend thelr co-operatign in preventing the annoyance and strain Brockville ~Letters been lssued at Toronto to George Taplin, David J. Forth, Reubin Davis, Frederick Olds and Fremont A, Blan- chard, all of Elizabethtown, incorpors ating the Addison Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, with head office at Addispn, and with a capital of $10,000, Jah 30 YOUR PRICELESS OPPORTUNITY NOW-=with our fest fonses and accurate shutters produced by highly trained scientists, you are able to tke indoor pletures us ens fly as ontdoors, No matter what the weather, the week. ly record of your BABY enn be produced, A living image, * precious now, but far mois precious a score of yoars hence, when he or she has grown-up and gone away, leaving you only with mer. ories made Lappy by ples tures, , KEEP A PICTURE STORY We have an equipment Lo puit every need and puree, KODAKS ,..80,00 UP CAMERAS ....08c UP Pletures worth taking are worthy of proper attention, DEVELOPING, PRINTING, ENLARGING Leave your next FILMS at THE REXALL STORES Jury & Lovell King XN, Nimeoo NB, "hone 28 Phone 08 action followed w petition presented | Antoine) and Dr by the loeal branch of the Canadian Legion, ---- DAIRY INCORPORATED patent I ---------------------- ha ve $20 from non cned: 'hoard DISSOLUTION S SEEN/THIS WEEK ---- 4 (Continued from Page 1) Hon, Charles Stewart, minister of the interior, before the orders of the day: wera galled, told (6, 8S. Coote, (UFA., 'Mal coe), thie the governs ment wan giving consideration to exe tending the period in which reduced freight mates apply to western conl, Mr, Coote referred to unemplgyment conditions In the minin. gdistticts of the west und nsked that considera: tion be given the industry, Liquor Bill A ment Without discussion, the House ap proved miner amendments wade by the senate to the 'go ernment bill Prohibiting the elenrance of diquor to Inited States and the War Veterans' Allowance Act, The umendment to the liquor bill was to clear up what obviously was a clerical error The amendments to the Income tax act brought about considerable dis. cussion: when the House first = went Into committee of ways and means to consider the budget resolutions R. B, Hanson (Cons -Xork-Sunbury), criticised the amendment dealing with the corporation até" (0 be paid on the sale op minding wp of unother corporation, The" principle of retro uetive legislation, he claimed, was un sound, Despite this, the item carried Dr. Kalper Speaks Dr. T. BE. Kalsers(Cons, Ontarlo), urged that exemptions be granted for a wife's relative us wel as a hus bund's, He mentioned specifically mother's-indaw and uw wife's sister, This was in connection with nu clause which granted exemptions of $500 in respect of depéndents but despite the suggestion; it was passed Several members urged Hon, C, A Dunning to incremse the exemption on charitable donations, This is a new elnuge In the act which exempts sich donations to the extent of 10 per cent, of the net income of a tax payer to any church, university, col lege, school or hospital in Cahada, J. 8. Woodsworth (Lab, Winnipeg North-Centre), Leslic Bell, Cons, St Peter Meliibhon (Cons, Muskoka), urged tlt the list. be extended to Include campune ity funds and other organizations that carry on charitable work outside the 'churches, Mr, Dunning suggested that the clause bo passed without amendment and that a year be given over to ob serving how it would work, It was n new form of exemption and, |f widen od, there was no saying how far it might be extended, The special War Revenue Act ae mendments Also passed without als ---- A ' repriced seguritign. The change lig . vo vectity, this condition, Genera! AD, McRae (Cons, Van« eouver North), submited the new 1x was higher than that charged on the New York Stock Exchange, He fenred that business would be divert- ed from Canadian to American stock exchanges, DROVE FOUR-AN-HAND TO DERBY 50 YEARS -- Promley, Eng.=A Bromley fare mer and innkeeper W. H, Withy« combe of College Road, who died recently, had driven a four-in-hand to the Derby for over 60 years, Mr, Withysombe, who was the oldest Hoensed victualler In the dis triot, 'used to run horse buses to Farnborough and Westerham, but gave up the venture in 1914, when motor buses made thelr appearance, TWO ASPHYXIATED BY FUMES OF MOTOR Quobec~~Mdounrd St, Plerro, 60, of Rimousk!, and Paul Lizotiw, 4u, of Port Kent, Maine, wero asphyx. inted by the fumes of the gasoline motors of 8 tow boat en route from Rimouski to Quebec, Captain "ln. vian Belley, who was in charge of the boat, noted the ordor escaping from the engine room and on in. vostigating discovered' the (wo workmen dead in thelr bunks in a dhamber next to the engine room, They had beon poisoned by the gos as they slept, Heventy-two head of the finest thoroughbred stock arrived at Hi dghn, NB, en April 9, for the Prince of Wales' ranch in Alberta Forty of these animals were pedi: groe shorthorn cattle, Over $11,000,000 will be spout thin season by the Provines of Que. bee for the construvtion, mainten- ance, paving and repairing of higa- -------------------- ---------- AUTO STRUCK BY TRAIN AT COBOURG (Continued from Page 1) tims were In one car, and in the other were Mr, and Mrs, R, C, Cully and Mr, and Mrs, Ueorge Blimm and daughter Rita of 72 Bharbourne Avenue, Hamilton, Mrs, Cully and Mra, Blimm being daughters of Mr, and Mra, Johnston, Br, Thelr car was leading and went over the eronsing safely, The Johnston's ear, however, reached the crossing just as the Canadian National Rallway engine No, 2602, with Engineer (leorge ¥. Adams, of Belleville and Fireman H, Diment also of Belle- ville, travelling light from that elty, came to the same spot, There are gates on this crossing, which is lo. and, antorn at the oncoming: mo- torista but to to vall, The cer pass od him, drove up on to the crossing and thore was un terrific crash as the engine hit the car, carrying it along the track for a short distance and then threw it to one side, with five of its seven occupants instantly killed, the sixth, a three-year-old boy clasped tightly 1m his mother's arms, still alive, but his Hittle body hadly injured, Medical ald wag at once called from obourg, but denth had been Iustantaneous in each cash. Nobert Johnston and the three-year-old boy were rushed (o the Cobourg Hospit al, and a battle began to save thelr lives, The five bodies were sumoved to undertaking parlors at Cobourg, and will romain there pending the ompanelling of the jury for the 'n- quest which 1s to be held, Provine ein] OMeers William Carey and A, Kidd were on the scene shortly efter the nceldent, nnd have taken charge of the Investigation, Mr, and Mrs, Cully and Mr, and Mrs, Blimm and daughter, who had beenvin the lending chr, had mean- while driven into Cobourg, where they wtopped to replenish thelr supply of gus, There they walted for the second car to eateh up with them, but after a considerable do- lay, they became anxious, Turning back, they drove out on the high. way towards Grafton, to make the tragie discovery, on reaching the erossing, that thelr enmpanions on tha holiday weekend jaunt had lost thelr lives, Miraculous Kaen pe The escape of Robert Johnston, who jumped from the ear when he saw that a crash was Inevitable, is considered nothing short of miracu- lous, He had only a few seconds In y All "-- which te act, but In some way he suiccosded In gotting clear, and was injured in his impact with the ground, The full extent of hig In~ Juries I¥ an yet uncertain, but doe tors belleve that he Is likely to re cover, The rallway men who found the bodies of the other vietims did: not observe him lying beside thy crowing until the other car eam back from Cobourg, and the other members of the party began Jooking for him, when he was found and rushed to the hospital n Cobourg. The croming on which the secls dent occurred Is well-known 10 mos torists who are familiar with that part of Ontario, It is a double eros ing, protected by gates, and a fairly. clear field of vision in either direcs tion, Unfortunately, the gates were not operating at the time of the crash, and iv the darkness of tha morning, it is thought that the driver of the Johnston ear falled to observe the warning signals which the gatekeeper claims he ghve an he saw the ear coming, and realized that it would reach the crossing simultansously with the engihe from Bellsville, The members of the party had spent a very happy and pleasant family reunion during the week-end in Montreal, where the son and three daughters of Mr, and Mrs, Johnston, Sr., had assembled at the home of Mrs, Ellam, On Sunday afternoon, the Hamilton cars starts od on their homeward journey, and had almost reached Cobourg on the long drive to Hamilton when {rug- ody stepnod in, brought desolation nnd sadness in place of joy and happiness of reunion, and added five more to the long list of vies tims of rallway crossing accidents in Ontario, a ------------------ a li a ee 'WOOD Body Hard Hard Slabs Soft Slabs Cut to Stove Length and Guaranteed No. 1 Dry DIXON COAL CO. 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Two men who, wearing handkerchiefs over their faces, are alleged to have bound and gagged (hres women In a Westend flat and got away with jowels and money tv the value ol $10,180, were remanded at Mail Lorough-atreet Police Court, London, The, were Syduey DNernstein, Longville-road, © Walworth, and John Parker, Taru-street, Souths wark, With them was Rosiuu Hoarn, Marshland-road, Walworth, aucused of recelviug the property I'nowing it to have been stolen, My, Raphael said that two men tilled at Miss King's flat in Parks Shion, Wal ond chbtained hints: ) sion by saying they were electrics | py lana, ; h Ney Sound « {I a While in the flat they boun + and gagged Miss Hussell and Misa ! L 1 Balach, after which they went fins BE \ " to Miss King's room where she wud in bed, They atrapped Ler to the bey [4nd gagged her, and proceeded Lo title the whole plage, Irom tly bedroom they took $400 in cashes $50 In one note, which was tracad hy Ita number, and \n addition they [ took & large quantity of Jewellery, The woman Horan, said Mv, Raphael, opened an account at the Newington Butts branch of the Weatndnater Bank with $400, among which was » note identical with the one stolen from Miss King, TA Mins King, a young and attrass tive woman, broke down whi telling 'hey drama"te story, She sald she was awakened hy a tall man placing his hand ove her mouth: She Nive a terrified worean', and a shorter man pros duced a muffler And said, "Tie her up!" Her hinds wero tlod with a Flasa cloth, and the men demanded "Where is your money?" 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