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wwwrwwww ww wvn-A-wwww DlSTRl CLNEWS SLILULC Uy l.'UE15llLlUll. . The Government post` effice building rto be. erected in Gravenhurst will be commenced t is season. _ `Dov F` -T? Tnn'I'I nF Tlnnfw-nan Qnn$,, ' UUIIIJIIUIIUULI L 113 seasull. . 1 Rev. C. -K. icon of Montrose, Scot- lland, has accepted a call to the New- "market Presbyterian church. - I .Tn`h'n 'Pt:-fnv-a r\r'HHn c nh-incl nifinnn |Hli:I.l'KL rresuyLer1an CHUTCH. I John Peters, Orillia s oldest c"izen, ; died at hishorne there on Wedn sday `of last week at the age'of 107._ I `Pu--- A A 11-v-11 .____ ,_ 0-- U]. 131.51. WEEK 21[ [He age OI .lU'l. Rev. A. A. Wall was fxresentdi with ; a purse of gold on leaving Alljston for ;hi~ new charge at Richmond Hill. I\.______ 1,r.,_,,____ , w g%$&$$&&$&mimg F;)ur vacancies have been created on the staff of the Orillia. Collegiate In- stitute by resignation. ` Tho (Envoy-nnnnnf nnui-` nff-Inn "nIi13na.- 1 on vvvv -u - -u uuuunvu runn- ` Greece is now experiencing her sev_- enth` revolution in` fourt en years. Dur- ing that time the cou try has-exiled three .kings and executed three ex -\ premiers. I . -.--nu`: -v-vuwnuu-u. unusu- e France's army is 'gradual1y(being withdrawn from the Ruhr, and the withdrawal will be complete bx Aug- ust 16, the date agreed upon at London Conference. n ._.... -,......_, -..... -....... _ 3 . The coal strike in the Sydney dis- , trict seems to. be`as far .from~:settle- 'ment as at any time since the mines threw,d_own their tools ,on March 6. More than 30,000 men; women and children are said to be in distress. Fin- ancial `aid contributed by the Interna- tional United M1ne Workers amounts ,to $10,000 a vgeek `but this means -only The British Empire Steel Corporation claims that, should the `mine;-\s' go back` - to work at once, it would take six `about 40 cents a week for each miner. `_months to bring the pits back to~nor- mal. The passages are covered with mud and slime and numerous falls of stone; and coal have blocked the en- trance to the deeps. Fifteen hundred troops are on duty in the district. l.U: I .L'on ah-`Au xa Greece in Fe}-m_enTt Again` -u-.1. .'.. ....-.... ...........:.......t..... 1.... France Evacuating Ruhr -..-...7,_ .........L. .l_ L._.. .1---:1__/ The Syiineyu Coal Strike Inna` n6o.GI-n 8.. 6|...` 3--'.2.....I A`4`Are Aafll those men locked `hp for safe-keeping?" asked the visitor. T\Tn arluurnrn I-HA -lmzlm. scan..- -4 [ Misjir-ess: If you wan-t eggs io keepl wel1.the}7 must be laid in 3:, cool pla'ce.~L ., KTA1-n REA {:1 o ' HVIII. A..- ...---- 1- -- --- .. ---.---..,, --nun-on wv nu.-u an as vvv.._u ynaaaco ` New Ma.id:' There, mum, fancy tgem hens thinking of a, thing like t at. - A ._ . a.n.c-nccpuls: aauceu Elle VlSlE0!'. No, answered the yjailer, four of them are here for safe-breaking. "Why do people cry at a wedding;?" _ympathy, sympathy! Most of em have ben4married; ~ . real. beth 105. [E AMERICAN um A-0414:.-5 A scans! l|l\QhI'| `III elp Iuzv-Boy` up tbeBi95'P The rcfiearisofvdistributing thergost of your child's education is the North Amer- ican `Life Child's Endowment. Through - moderate deposits spread over a number of years, any sum can be arranged for. r If the policy is for $5,000 your child is guaranteed./Ehat amount on his twentieth -birthday~or whatever date you specify. Even if you should die. after you had paid only one premium. the full amount would be paid him iustas you originally planned, `V bu the other hand, if your `child should die before age fteen, every cent` that you had paid would b_e returned, with interest. If his death should occur after fteen years of ` age, full payment of the policy would made to you. _ '9 - 4 n n ' ,_ -` n - , 55. a. .- You should read our Booklet C hild s Endowment. It givs full particulars and will be `mailed to you on 1 equest. Use the ottached `coupon. O A..college education is a big step toward success in a business career. In the world to-day_,the\c'o11`ege man has a decided ad- vantage. Lawyers, doctors, .engineers-al! are university graduates. It is a" ne and wort-hy`thing to Hope that your boy some day be a successful man `-but it is a thousand times better and more practical to denitely help him up the ladder by making sure that-he will have a college - education. vi ` ' ' ` 'K'URAN` `\ " i`i37ib_M'l5A'liY' - . 75'0'J,s (e annenf?` u"....: nan..- rr-......._....V r~ s. H. BROWN oasuic: Manager Aw---~ =csvv=2tionj- Send me our` booklet I _ hild s Endovyment. 1 . ,' A railway contractor advertised for 300 wooden sleepers. Bye return of post he received a letter from a clergyman offering the whole of his congregation on reasonable terms. ` A Welshman and an Irishman were out riding when. suddenly the Welsh- man said, Now, Paddy, where would [you be if the gallowsjnad its due? ~tD:A:_... ..I...__un _.:,s 1-`. -1 . ._` -Tniwding I-0511171!` , Toronto, Cagada Buy Advertised Things. v--- cu.-.` alone!" `....-u .--.u uuv. `Aid Paddy tersgly.` `.9330 Q he rrle. Lo nt. Ave. A: Leor- e 275 and A U) U! 623 .\ pan. 3326 H ' ' ETC. rie. `,1'o7s M and E:-oat 33 sruu. v 424 St. 30.11- nd , e St. \ ' ster 75t 1011 TRIED I III` flllblu" UAKBUD Preston Garages 'are attractive in appearance-easy to erect-and their cost is low. Prices - range from $73 up. Garages for two or more cars a specialty. \ III -. AI III` . 4 I In ii ; METAL sH1Nc'i."Em& SIDING co. J 56 Gueljah St.,.Preston, Ont. -__- --.-- -. .-`-----.--`,7. Write for llliutratetl Foliler Ask about our convenient payment PRESTON .JlDEA_L" GARAGE g1u=.sTqNcARAcs guunaus yvuglgl uuu neuter; feed`: and pre- serves the leather. ._ ` ' Every `tithe y'ou"order shoe polish, specify annual! '5 . ll.` -_..-l. Iuuc puuun, specny Nuet'. It : the most ,economical in the end. Keps all footwear I'..I.:-.. u-.-.-.;..__n -_ J J V l:lU!'l_S.lV)/AvY.~ liunr {o. 1o23. "after Wm % %%`clirjt=7out%---no mor : .. 1:r%iA' ' fMakes%a .ri9h%'spap-sud_.sy % ,hit%e`--.no bitsosoap%1eft:sA' ' to ' v '1 `A. I .. '~.. an t0!`_._. . . v - - vi {vi sun:-u nowyvcil-UTE "According to a statement `made by Hon. J. A. Robb, Minister of Finance, distribution of relief to Home 'Ba.nk depositors authorized by Parliament will be made by the liquidators and not by the Finance Department. Depositors of amounts up to $500 `are eligible for .35 per cent. of~tha.t amount. which is ~to~be contributed by the government. About 85 per cent. otheyldepostitors are within this `limit. Depositons of `sums over $500 must establish before a Judge of the Exchequer Court a claim to relief on the basis of need`! uvvnv .|-vw\p|.IUII'-'vV "ll J The Prirne Minister whenfquestioned at the last sitting. of the House before prorogation as to the date of the `next election, ..replied to Mr. Irvine, Labor. member for-"Calgary East: I can as- sure my honorable friend that there -will not, be more than one session fol- l9wing'~~ this at the most." Parliament's legal term expires Jan. 14, 1927. xauua-10 _..--5-. vv ------- uuguunvn an: J4\.l|l\l.\.Illu T In .this connection there is an inter- esting rumor that Hon. `Mr. Larkin. having completed the establishment of this new official home inithe old land, is desirous of returning to Canada. He has been mentioned as the probable- successor `to Hon. Harry Cockshutt, Lieutenani Governonof. Ontario whose term of office expires In the autumn _ of 1926. " h .4 uvv-u w vvu can-u I uvucuw C Additional prestige will aocruei to the Dominion by the possession of new Canadian headquarters in London, The opening of Canada House, atsplendld new building -on Trafalgar Square, by the King and Queen was an important function in the Empire's capital. Their Majesties ,were shown through the building by Hon. P-. C. Larkin, Cana- dian High Commissioner in London. 1'-__ 1.1.1.. -__-.,-_4n_,, 4 ,,, . The directors were entitled to rely upon the honesty of the bank officials,` including the late president-and gener-I al manager, according to the `judg- meht of the Appeal Court. and were not bound to turn themselves iito auditors and managing` directors," "1113 LIIUL IJIIIL IJIU JUUEIIICIII. IJUGQIIIII5 . the conv tlons ,was not unanimous does not ake any d_ltterence," Mm. . Bayly said. The-decision ,ot. the appeal court over.throw's' the convictions and rlson sentences imposed by Judge Coatsworth after lengthy.. trials and `court cases which have`bee'n*in pro- gress almost. two years. By the de- pision the convictions of R. P. Gough. S. Casey `Wood.`J. F. M..Stewart, Clar- -ence.F. Smith and C. A. Barnard are set aside and the former bank officials `are entirely_free so far as any charges - under the Bank Act are concerned. Former President M. J.""I-Ianey and some of the ,directors are still under indictment in the Supreme Court on `conspiracy charges also arising out of the` Home-Bank failure. _ - _is a gigantic 'break~ln the earthfs crutv _north"zof._ San` Francisco, follows the 1, ; "`8`antn' Barlra--Enrthqus| - _ Thexcause -of the earthqu_ e which Ayshattered-`~ Santa Barbar'ja,A xalifornia, , With a loss of` 15`:li~vesr-,.arld` property damage at $10,-ooo,1aoo is`attri_buted tg the San Andreas fault line. `This line and f is Z the source` of practically. all California earthquakes. The break first . appears from the sea about 250 miles coast'line "to near San Francisco Bay. skirts just outside the Golden Gate and comes-inland again, following a few miles froxnithe sea, south,through the vicini `y of Sarkta-Barbara to near Lo ' Aug es where it. turns inland .an goes throiigh the l'riiperial Va1ley` and into Mexico. For three days Santa _ Barbara was shaken at brief intervals. practically every brick building in the city being destroyed before the shocks ceased; The tremors were felt in Al- berta- and Saskatchewan, as" well as in several of the northwestern states. , . UIUIIIC 33"!) KIITKUUVC TIT` 4` The Crown `has no appeal `against ! the decision of the - first Divisional. Court in quashing the convictions of five former Home Bank 'Direc_tora, in `the opinion of Edward Bayly, K. C.. hanllfv Attnrnnv (Sonora! "for Ontario, I ule upuuun UL nuw-uru Duyny, n. u.. Deputy Attorney General `for Ontario. The fact that the judgment quashing Hun nnnkylnnna man nnf nnnhlvnnnn ' ~. ' .. I ' ya` .:_v_." ` _;: _ I ' V, J \ ~' ` ..' `V . . . `"\l I . ,4 . A _ , ._ ,, , . ," A Robatdzilebrzdaet A nuns P111009 `Relief for Small Depoitort an.-u.LA.{...- 4.. .. ._4...4.-._._..4 -_'.-__a |"io10'Bll"|_k Free _ 4-I -____ I.-- _-- _.._L-_I `... "Next Election-When? n._:..`._ -n:n__x_._,, W, New Oveu_-[scans I-loine uvwu wean win I built 4-] E Strikes of coal miners both in Eng- land and the United Statesigre qtute : Within.the bounds of poss ility tors, - the nearfuture. At London the Mining Association, representing the coal mine ' owners, has_ given formal noticeof its ,, intentions to terminate the agreement `with the` Miners Federation on July: 31, at the same timelintimating. that the basi of a proposal for a new -agreemen had been considered` and would be communicated later. While L the .terms of - the ' roposal ,are notv known, it is consid red certain that they include an increase in working` ' hours and a reduction of wages which the miners are sure to refuse.,.In the American field. Jqlrin L. Lewis, presi- dent of the Uni ed Mine Workers,- ,charges, a conspira`cy on the part of the railroads and bituminous coal op- Is erators to .wreckthe organization oil which he is head, and an assessment of $200,000 is to be levied on the hard`! coal worlders to be held in reserve and! used as a benefit fund in the eventpofl the Union officials calling a general; strike or` bituminous miners. The con- tract between operators and miners in the anthracite field expires August: - 31, with very slim hope of a renewal; without a struggle as the men hope to force anfincrease inwages and the, _p_perators appear determined, to cut ;. the present scale. There would seem to be every,likelihood that the ,an_thra-` cite and bituminous miners, acting in. concert, may call a strike simultan- eously for September 1. ' ` . ` . I Too Many Cherries Though an exceptionally heavy crop I` of cherrigs is expected in the Niagara. district it is unlikely that housewives: throughout the country will be able to buy the delicious fruit at bargain! prices.`Growers claim that the high cost 0 handling and the low rates paid b the commission dealers. will! make it unprofitable to attempt to5 pick the crop. .....' ruppvunc. nu wins] I love my old` comrades and you! can depend uporvme to do all I can to] help those who. ant help, said Field! _Marshal Earl Haig in the course of 3; speech at Ottawa where he presided at a. conference of `the British Empire Service League. The famous soldier made a moving appeal for unity and- the sinking of differences in the,vzir.-I -u Gun II`! VIIIIIC Conditions in China are still badly disturbem with 'i1ou`sands' of workmen on strike and anti-foreign agitators cigarets-A-were destroy . cons ntly stirrinF up the passions `of the b. Partfcu arly, efforts are be- ing made to embitter the "Chinese a- gainst the-British and there :8. some concern over the rumor of a threatened. attack. on the Bzjitish Legation at Pe-I kin. During a student demonstration in, that teeming city, many shops were` entered and all British goods-chief1yJ u uuu nun out: I uqvvluo - . . c 4 T1_19~PrO\nce of Ontario ri-raped alt avenue of more than $165,000_from'the_ .1 `first 21 days operation oi-`the 8850: line tax 0f'3 cent: 9 gallon/* I ; F1 rSt. 133" vn After 'forty,-three yea so in , power` there will be only three L berals in thel next! Legislature of`Nova Scotia` `result of b offthe most remarkable" political tu n-overs in the history of Canadian general elections. Hon. E. H. Armstrong, the Prime Minister, was defeated in his own constituency, and only three of his followers were lect- ed to a House of 43 .memb,ers. Ho ,}\l`. -Rhodes, leader of the Victoria Con- servatives and ex-member of the Fed; eral)House will shortly be called upon i` to form a new Cabinet. Nova Scotia,| by the way, `is the only province .in: Canada `excepting Quebec which has 1 an upper and lower Iiausen ' ~s 1 , _ - 1 Ger.-Arnan= capital Borrowing I .1 The City of Berlin hassucceeded in ` loating a $15,000,000 loan in New York, I The loanrbears interest at 6% per cent. ` and matures in 25 years. . 1 O . I : IFBI. 41. ways` operanon Q' line "tax of-V3~ cents a gallon} Hai Appals. for Unity H114: 'rv\!v AIR` anon...-.A.... .... Ydur Goal-bin Fu|l?~ Unrest in C'hin .. :_ 4-d_':.._ ___~_ . 8.AI.tTn1x:F,z'xAMi1v_3 VVVFU LIU'l2a.|.ll.Uu. ' A. E. Smith, prin pal of the Wiar- ton public school, d a thrilling ex- perience on` Tuesday of Jae; week when, as hewas motoring from".Wiar- to`n`to Owen Sound, 9. bolt of light 113 just grazed the car causing the ten ers-. on one side of the car to turn ,bIue.. The'roa.d--w_asAtornup for a distance" 01 some 15 feet by the gi'ght'ning. ` ' = xususau U]. Ill uruua. . The plant of the defunct National Potash Co. ,at .Gravenhuxtst- _was de- troyed by fire on the" night of June 29. . nly a favorable windfprevented -the loss from mount`lpgln`to .the millions, as `all the `buildings on the waterfront, including the mills and lumber yards of the Mi/ckle-Dyment Lumber Co., were threatened. I ' ` A 1:` csmcsu .....1.....l....1 ..a n..- -n-n.._ titted ic uupcu auuruxg l.llU'S8Jll .l.a.L. ,-A despatch from Chicago announces that the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company is `to be acquired by the Genera1~Motors Company. This wo`i1ld.' probably.`rnean that the manufacturing of yellow cabs for the British and Can- `adlan markets would done in the General Motors plant at Oshawa insteadot in Orillia. 'l"hh nlanf nf flu: dnfnnnf Nnflnnal ' Ann f` f 't_'aa;1 .%.,.":%o,., :.:a:ae=<.f:,;zs'y.;.;;5l ' -5" , 7 mJurea. . , Coming from decorating ` his first wife's grave, William T. Andrews was struck at the gate of the cemetery by a. radial `car Saturday afternoon at A\urora and instantly killed. Mrs.. And- rews, who. was with him, ngrrowly es- caped sharing the-same fate. A nunnfnh fr-nrn (`I-uinncrn a-nnnn-nnna w... .1. .....v v..--....-_.'- \ After 39 years in the Methodist min- istry during which time he served the congregations of Stroud, Cookstown. Beeton and Bradford, Rev. R. B. Bey- non is retiring from the ministry and will live at Thornton. A -' ' TTTRIIA .-1..u`uv(-`nu 3-. n `Account-arch A... .-. ....`;3A V--,;v..-guy - Will IIVU ILL J..llUl'llLUIla " Vvhile driving in a buggy on_a side `road near Meaford, three people, El- mer Ashby, 'Miss Dorothy Ashbyand Miss E. Rankin; were stfuck by a mot- ; or car. The buggy was upset` and the occupants thrown out but not seriously injured. ` ' (`ninina fr-nrn Ronnrnfina `Ia-in i-`hoa ...-.... -..........v. ..--.. ......~..... 7. .... -- Several instances of vandalism at the/tourist park in Collingwood .have recently been reported to the police of that tgwn. The park was recentIy-fIt- ted up \.t considerable expense. Affnr R0 vnnru In fhn Mufhnfaf min- .Lv1Uuua.y. _ Flynn Bros. delivered at the C.P.R. stock yards, Beeton, last Week a 3-yr.- _old shorthornv steer, Barney Google," that tipped thelbeam t 1,730" pounds and netted the `owners 1-45.31. cent. ' The Robt. R. I` the third of the steel lake freighters built in Co1ling- wood to the order of the Hall Coal and Shipping Co., was launched on Monday. ` Wlxynn Ry-nu n`Ihn:vn of 1-HA (`DD IJUUII PHI." ~aun\.v ynnv uauuna nnvu-A nauvuvano By the addition of the Morris spring to- the Creemore Lwaterworks system, the -water supply` of the village has beeh increased by more than 200 per nnnf ` I'VE- An-.. Lll'_y5UUU VGIUUU 5.1. vDOUUu Carl Rusto and Harold Moore of Newmarket were painfully, though not seriously, injured when their car ran .into the ditch near Sutton. JJ-l 'd.I.ll.UL U UllUU1o 0 An aeronautic survy of the district ' of Muskoka is to be made by the De- Mpartment/of the Interior, according to J. Hammell, M.P. ' Affcnt o-{xiino co-nn\ aavnrlnn -I-`nu {Inn- u:1'1a.u UIILIIUII. * : Co1lingwood s tax (rate has been struck at 44'mills, one mill higher than I in 1924. The tax levy for the year will ' be $189,520.58- V Ti`if'f1r-unvnn Ihfv-nnna nanhia fan UU ID.LOU,UlaUaUOu . r Fifty-seven Entrance candidates `wrote their examinations in Bradford ;last week, tvyelve of whom were from [Bradford school. . ~ L I An nm..n..n..+':.. m.......... I\' 41.... .::..+...:..4. ' VV- 11. 1164111111611, AV.I..f. I After. giving good` service for the- ; past 23 years,_ the steel bridge over the :Beaver River in T ornbury has.been ixcondemned by eng ne'er.-3. Fnfnrina fhn afnv-n nf 'I\/|'n,Tnnnn++ `UUIIUCIIIIIUU Dy :ll5LlIUUl'H- Entering the store of McJennett, _Ltd., at`Gravenhurst by a. Window at vthe rear, thieves stole a quantity of drygoods valued at $300. Gar! 'Rnc:fn 9-nil T-'l'nv-nl Mnnro nf i 31-; um 1 mt. I./HLVVD` '-` i&&&&&&$$%m&&$&& ; l---.... ._.. v--...-,:,.. V..- - . . V . . . . . v . . - L . a . no 1 George Morrow, aged .85, strayed :from his home in King township on :-June 29 and has not been, heard of `since. ' ' `r...a..... m A "nA'..run:-.....;- ...n n_;._..:. BlllUUo Judge T. ,A. McGi1livray of Ontario - County and brother of Rev. N. H. Mc- Gjllivray of Orima, died on June 28, in Whitby.- ` PA`! I A 1\/I'nV(`nnnnH fnwrh an-`Iv nf Ill VVll1|.Uy.` . Rev. J. A. McConnell, formerly of Creemore and recently of Hensal1,. has `accepted a call to Bracebridge Pres- ! byterian church. r`nI`Hno'nrnn u 1-av . v-gin Inna know. lfVa' Fding PPIIQ