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n UBSI ~ cu. I Excitation. be can-led `Ied period. n an anal TIUH uuuuuu IIIULAKI-In .l_llUl|Jl.Ullp ECU. .13 ` The tolloviring accounts were passedt for parrnentr > Mnlvln `Rita!-n dnllvnrinxr 2-rnvnl nn ` ' ` V . I` .,. I . Alneetlng of Essa. Council was bet?! "at Thornton on Tuesday, Feb. 9; ' :-- The following accounts were passed tor pa.ymen't:- ` Muekoka. Hospital, Finch and Wil- son, accounts for Jam: y, $93.00; Jno. . Dunn, premium Globe ndetnnity Co. $151.00; Thoe. Banting, rails for snow fence, $15.00; Veepra Telephone sys- item, $96.85. 8. H. Ross and .W. H. >HatUon,,. auditors, $30.00; Municipal Wo_1jl_q, -fgtgipllee, etc.. 367.58: tees for- Ontarlo o`d Roads Assoc`n.. $5.00: , W., H. Hutton, load of slabs for` Joe. Clayton, 84.00: Thos,.__Cax-ter, refund dogtax, $2.00; W. J.,Gauley, 3 sheep] killed. lot 22, con. 6, $38.00: R. H. Jen-1 glegtol sheep killed, lot 23, con. 7. "Vin: Anifnrn rnnnrf wan rnnnivndl Keepers. - . Langma.n'-'i`oner -- Ordered: that whereas the full general school rate for 'S.S. No. 3, Flos. Nos. 4. Tiny and 'I'ay and No. _9 in thesTownship of Medonte was not levied on the Roll of 1925 owing to `error in notice given the Clerk, and whereas had the proper levy been made the additional um would have been levied on the assessed value of the whole Township. as under the Township rate, that therefore the sum for which the Township is proper- ly liable be paid to the said school section out of the Township levy on condition that the other Townships t interested pay the respective amounts for which each is liable. and that the Clerk notify the said Townships re- garding'the error and request pay- ment of the said grant. - ~Downey-Toner-'Ordered that the `application of Mrs. '1-Ienry for reduc- 11th line, $65.00; Municipal World, as- sessment rolls. etc., $25.39; Clarence Cumming. delivering 'a.ndlputting' cul- vert opp. lot 57, con. 1. loan of block and line. $5.00; .M.rs. Forsythe, wreath, $10.75;` Chas. Copeland, wood supplied to Miss Gray, $9.50; T. Jr Shanahan. gravelling s.r. 10 and 11. con. 1, $50.00; Copelandmilling Co.- material for cul- `vert, conyline 8. $?698: N. C. Morrison. cutting weeds, $ 0; W. P. Turner. .urnr-Ir An art 55 and an nnn 1 man nm! 101' payxuulur . Melvin Ritchie. delivering gravel on` UULLHI5 wccuu, vo.vu; 'w. r. 1.uruc1'.I -work nAs.r. 55 and 56. .con. 1. 50.00:` Jos. rcher. delivering` gravel 11 6th line. $236.00: Barrie Examiner. circul- ars, ,$6-:00; Arthur Langman, Sheep killed by dogs, $60.00; John Hayes,` drawing gravel s.r. 10, con. 3, $124.25: A. Huth, opening snow road, $2.50; Os 3:!` Archer. 6 days drawing gravel. 10 h line. $24.00; Jas. Ritchie, 61;>days do, $26.00; Ed. Ferguson, 7 days do. $28;00; Jos. Townes. -46% days do. $26.00; Robt. Graham. 6 days do, $24.: Isaac Ritchie, 6% days do, $26.00; `El- lis Kidd, 4% days do. $18.00; Wallace gisilzczshle, 7 days Work filling gravel. T'Innvn n\7__ I"nnnm__(\v~Rnvn1I fl-Inf fhn a ,"2V'l`)`< )'v.;ney--'I`oner-Ordered that the Clerk` be `authorized to accept the J. C. McKeggie & Co. contract for mural power in Phelpston. `Rv-Inw `Mn .962 tn nnnnlnf an An- passe.-u. .--- ' A by-law was _ passed T appointing pathmastezjs; fence viewers and pound- keepers. 'l .nnarnan'-'l`nnpr u-dnrlndn fhnf $11 .qu. .. ' he Auditors report was received; and adopted and copies ordered print- ed tor distribution.` ` *0 `Ila Dan an Al! o In! `D QQIYA worn a nnninf - ea I0! (1IBl!'lD|.I.lU!l.' ""' Mr. Denney and Reevewere appoint- gid delegates to Good Roads Conven-` on. , ` | rvmmnn ninnr-nod fn`m@Af of Thnrn- Hon. . V Council adourned to meet at` Thorn- ton qn Tuesday, March 9, at 10 am. `W. M. DINWOODY. Clerk. ' Sound 9th St. E _ ank qt power In .ruc1puLuu. By-law No.- 962 to appoint an en- gineerunder the D. & W.,C. Act was passed. V ` .- K A `hv-lnur um; nnnn nnnninng` `F103 Counil met Jlt Phelnston. Feb. E$5A:99N!L i=Los coUNc1L PRICE CHANGE Alldecl.renements in the `new model runabout, touring car and light delivery havenecessitated a slight price increase. prices are now as follows: New ljrice . `Light Dlivery The truck chasis ar 1d cqupg 1A' emainA _1 Introduction of the improved Ford closed models in colors has substantially increased the demand for these popular cars. In line with the -policy to give its customersthebenet of all reductions in production costs, the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited announces substantial reductions in all closed models except the coupe. These reductions effective as of February llth. New Price Old Price Reduction Era}; 3A.1_.uu1; EXAMINER `Ford /Motor` f `iof&%Can adai, L1m1 `ted IP01] tion of taxes-on (part of lot 26, con. 9, be not granted. 1-u__,,,_xu _,1.pL._,._,_,-n ._ ,,,_,; _; 731,, U. S. imported 92,841,334 pounds of _tea. in 1925. ` "V ..v. 5.... .... -- l Council adjburned to meet at Elm- vale on March 27, at the hour of 10 o'clock a.m. ' I` Q `l3`I YD7l'\(\\Y lVIn..`I- `Runabout V There are `more qpportunities fhr inbvestment, for establishing a business,T between 30' and 45, then at any other time. `Yet thousands of men must let these opportgnities go because they lack capital--capital which matur- [iII"..~.-a. Name. - ~ ' BRANCH `OFFICE-r-Bank of Toronto Building. Barrie W. J. WALKER. District Manager C. E. DUTOHER, Agent, Elmva|e,vOnt. ` A. E. CULHAM. Agent, Stayner, Ont. `V5350!!! 5ltin- 53? fmfa 097 0` 711! 50051. The Road to Success." I would like to ac ...... .......................___....in._.__ .yean time. M6 Equipped with starter $85.00 extra All ~price; `f. o. 12. Ford, Ontario T Ggqrnmen; Tax Exhjq T C. S. BURTVON. Clerk HEAD OFFICE. TORONTO. CANADA I%Anu:FAcfiiRRs LIFE INSURAIGE GOPANY _ Hm ornce. .; 1'onon'ro. cm: Mrs. Lee.A. Roumitrge, Byran, Te:-L,` was elected as president of the Cham- I lber of Commerce. Av-nag Tonlrnnn nf Qnnlna lxfnnn TH -.....--.,. .. _......- ___ __- ___..- ,_____ Carbon monoxide gas from a.`defect- ive gasoline engine killed Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Martin and Mrs. E. Rosenberger. in Holcompe, Wis. I081` U1 \JUlH.lllUl'UB. Ames Jackson of Scales Mound. 111.. celebrated her 100th birthday, and heard a radio for the first time. large of` le. ,. $395 $140 755 so 335 10 $665 ing insurance policies would provide. While you" are young is the time to look ahead for lg: opportu- nities. Now is. the time to start creating capital for opportunities later in_ life. When 45 comes it may be toolate. Send the coupon for information . 'I:IiG Ta !`MORNl-IlNG KEEP YOUR EYES CLEAN CIIEAR Akin IIIAITIIC pnauaal. l.\IIJL\ Jill-`:9 CLEAN CLEAR AND-.BAI.'l'IlI LEAN ULDILR RSV] VIIII FOR Ill! IYI CARI IGOR`! "" [IRIN NIGHT 6* MORNING fr IrIB'I91\ Irluvvllm I-crust` accumulate Phone 481 pment - Q..- In _ 4-1- rna.nn . Page Only?` IE9? L : eeds AT ::: CHARGE .25; 1926. u.u.cruu0lI rrle. Sub- 1` (1-4 . {DS fly! I I Pne 218. ~ 952W fund miner fi(')'li' C04 ; Iuual. DI ' to havoi ed In 0380 1 nlrnl-Inn %CAMPANA$ Italian Balm Near the Rewa river. some twelve! miles from Suva. we come into good, dairy country, where many .o1dieri settlers have their homes.` Ayrshires. Jerseys, I-Iolsteins, and milking Short- horns, imported from New Zealand and Australia, comprise the breeds. At a co-operative butter factory .we learn` that high hopes are held concerningl ,the fu ure of butter production in Fiji.| /Alrea y some has beenkexported to} England. There is no hand feeding.` the grass is abundant the year round_ and coloured labor is cheap. Native: timber makes excellent butter boxes.` -r|_____ _'_1.x_u. 1.. ....--.l.....I.IA' ` T munsogv, rannugnir 1_92. I Like Hawaii, Fiji has developed greatly during the past twenty years. Unlike the American possession, it still preserves unspoiled much. of the charm of the tropical isles of our reading memories. In spite `of uh.- doubted attaction; at Honolulufthere is a suspicion thatil-Iawaiian music and all that pertains to the Hawaiians are being exploited to` T make an American holiday. In Fiji. although there are traces of -the effect of tourists on na- ~tive life. there is much more of the "real thing," plus the atmosphere of a British crowncolony; ` ;. Ilndnr A hint: nlnulnnn nlny. we nuns \ What Causes the Skin to Chap '7 |.llll|.l\7l' Illa-AC9 Cnuwalvlpv way-uva -av--v~. . & Across the Rewa, which is navigable `for small craft for sixty of its ninety-. five miles, the buildings of a, large: sugar factory cluster round a smoke-! stack. Following a short distance down? gthe right bank we come to the Method- `ist Mission at Dewuilevu. -a memorial , to` Thomas Baker, a missionary who` Editor. anager. It .Dl`ll.lBl1 uruwn-colony. nu Under a. blue, cloudless sky. we pass through the coral reef which guards the harbour, and circle along the chan- nel to arde the, red roots set amid green 0 `tropical: trees which is: Su.va.. on Vanilevu island. Away in the inter- ior to our left rise great jagged emin- ences varying from 3,000 to 4,000 feet in height. Gone are the days when one landed by boat and natives in canoes with outrigged log, battered. beads and. curios. They await you ashore as you dock alongside the wheat. Qnnh urn an nnnn-ingr nn Hun nlrnHn&- dock alongside the wharf. - i Soon we go speeding up the circlln; Prince's road, from which one gains] splendid vistas of the harbour. to pause, a. while at a native village. The huts` are rooted and walled with grasses and broad: leaves. and the interiors, where rushes are cunningly interwoven to Iorm floors and walls. are spotlessly. clean. This latter is `in sham contrast to the dwellings of the_ Indian popula- flnn ' For there are 60,000 British Indians in the islands. brought during the past hundred years to work on the planta- IIOII. I tions of sugar. tapioca, spice, and co- _ coanut. some haveacquired land and their bananas and pineapples, set amid hilly country. recall similar scenes inl Na.tal.- The Fijian population of the. group of 250 islands. which form the` colony, is 85,000. There are nearly 4,000{ Europeans and alqout 8,000 of other races. . ._ , ' Ndnr Hun `Rama rlvni-_ name twelve- I"UUl`|l Fl RHIIUI-B Bciuftinful Fiji- -P|unt|ti`ons of bu" in spice, tapioca `and cocoanut; sol _i0r settlers on dairy farms: ilitorntung native ceremonies; `Fiji ha`ir`drusing.T U LII tlon. E. G. Woot.&. O`o.', Goorgo St.. Toronto - / .' Name...........` jjjj'jjj"jj`I &Mo\ivt &V`Ma;Ci%llivray .n nvnn DA uir EIVYLIIING Adamisl, ued 11 St. \. Mines, Limited ' " --,-An Opportunity! Lavaluebec Chopping of, the skin on the hands and face in the winter `time is due to evaporation of the natural moisture, caused by ar- ticial dry heat indoors and high winds out-of-doors. Campanais Italian Balm restores the natur- al moisture of the skin and pre- vents evaporation. All druggists and departmental stores sell it. A special sample bottle mailed on /receipt of 5 cents. ~ Hug` _'8;vago, Du`nc|n", Being articles of txiterest ;a.bout hbw New Zpalandera and Ans-'1 ttallans have tackled and do V3 - on R lliifniv 11-13 On Q. u'_u.uu.na nu,ve' tacxleu 8.1111 GGVA I- oped a. new country, and to. at glimpses of the south .868. .-II?" landn. `om- Kizisfolk Down Under IVIV IV GU X Ivbwauuuu v an on; UNION BANK nuxnnmo - OTTAWA - Please send mfthe latest particulars of Laws!- Quebec and its prot possi- -Ibxlities. _ , 1' Laval : healthy market con- dition nieana that stock prices will diacwount the work on the property and `who can say what a year will bring? Lam: is listed both in m. onto and Montrealand now ,ia the time tokbuy in order to partici` e` In the w_ealth._ of this in area.` All eyee are focused on` the enormous wealth of the Rouyn Camp and present conditions recall the early boom days of Northern _ Ontario. L val- uebec has 2,190 a:l'eao well-located clauna and vast ore bodies of V heavy eopyer-gold content. tlcl I110 W: I cut `us; you send in thlgzollowing cpupon today -;- no non, of `course! p U! nun Ivan when Fed. CAN- : most of V in Inn up- It hu a scanned mam Ve- meut with ample funds or . more than a year : develops . . . Laval-Quebe?c `oen n biting` QDl!IIIIfiVQ II1 "sou RTH ARTICLE *--| 3192' .n vu---uoanavow wlvolu `Inns! ' 76 dev 1- ' than Hnnth Rah. Ila`. LU L118 KIUVBISIIUI`. " _ There follows a meke." 'i.e.. several dances, accompanied. by native music. Fifty men clash bamboo clubs. spring and beat the ground as they illustrate the sighting of the ,enemy. Ten wo- men aquat as they sing an old chant of welcome to `distinguished visitors. Their lithe oiled bodies swing from their hips in exquisite graceof accom- paniment. A ' hilda-an alrur in nlfmr-hnfa tn-hunst nip ray.` ' - 4 Driving - back to. Suva. we wander `amid pineapples. These are of par- ticularinterest to Canada. for the Do- minion Cannersi of Hamilton are this year to erectan experimental plant for canning in Fiji. Sugar, of course, is the great product. It accounts for some three-fourths of the value of the col- -.ony's exports. Most of ltinds _a mark- et in New Zealand. The Colonial Sugar `Refining company has four mills in |the colony and a refinery at Auck- iland. Copra, molasses. and bananas 4 are the other main`exnorts. (`ma umnld lnvn fn linmar nmrmsr the }`l.T6 (H8 DIXIE!` Inll] BXDUFEH. 1 One would love to linger among the fields `of rice and sugar cane. tapioca. _ taro, bread` fruit, bananas, and findlout "mor names of unfamiliar but lovely, ttre and flowers, but haste we must. pass Indians sitting cross-legged by- the wayside with. fruit for sale. or rid- ing in bullock-drawn -carts. On. by the bluest of seas, on a glorious marine drive, we glimpse the botanical gard- =ens and the .wonderful plaiting and {weaving in the building given and er- ectedby the natives when Government ;House was burned down. So.` after a . ~pause in the coolth of the Grand Pa- icigic hotel by the beachpwe rejoin our , mveryone HRH neuru U]. Luv J.`lJ1uu mode of yiairdressing. `Some native utreat thei hair with lime `so that i ! takes on Q reddishlhue. There are some }fine_ "busbies" among the police; big, %brown men` with khaki tunics and white. skirt-like garment; with scal- loped edge above bare legs and feet. Their excellent band stands in a circle` ,;amid the crowd of white-suited men. and hosts of natives who wave fare- well as paper. streamers part and we `slide out to sea. " \ Inn:-not unu In-sun nn Innon.-I that unn cams or me l!!l ,_8!j}0_!'. , _ * V . 1-{ere l.da.t_.lve boys and girls are taught useful handicra.tt.jand recently at regu- lar school of tropical agriculture- for young. natlverhaa been begun on 800 acres )0! adiacent land. Aplcturesque scene was here '{'ena.cted. The college building. of concrete. with `tower. standa'lon a low mu. Beneath a great tree on .the` slope sits the Governor. (SlrEyr`e I-I`utson),ew-hlle` on either `side _ repldents andjrlsltors are ranged on rbencheis. Before them is a. tlnt extent of 'gre'ensward-`ringed with palms. ` . _ /H, nu.-.-.- _._- _s...__._ ....l.. 1..-..- .......\..-'....l pulllllllllc _ Children sing in alternate groups. They; form a'circle with a. little girl in the pentre. A boy. rides a. species or hobby horse. There are other_figures recalling the folk dances of older lands. Six men then step out and demonstrate how incredibly quickly long leaves can . ibe platted into baskets. ~. Tn than nnllngA'H-any-Ali: walnnming hv was iubtied hii eziten amid the }n6un- tains or the '!ntr1Qr. _ ` .. . ,. `I-Tarn nnl-hm nva and `l'l nrn fnllzht vu .~vvn-wvv-on-up oaanawu v v - v nu l.----.-. / There are drawn upea large number of, Fijian boys and girls in white shirts and white calico wrapped at the waist. Near. them one notes. the familiar unl- form of the Boy Scouts, worn by In-; dlan `lads. There, the, `era separate groups of men and women, decked in fantastic` `dresses of long leaves and garlanded` with owers. First is enact- ed the native ceremony ot qaloqalovi, or making` or "kava." in which` the beverage made from roots is cleared byrepeated insertion of a. long wisp ot_ fibres. which is ceremoniously wrung out. Then, after much chanting. a cup-bearer presents the first drink to the Governor. e - mI....... 4.41...- .. u......1..." I . -.:.`ummI U6 [JHIILUU IHLU .UuSl$U|.H- ` In thecollege there `is welcoming by the Governor and Sir Maynard Hed- 7strom. president of the Fiji Chamber lot Commerce. Our leave-taking is be- tween rows of Fijian children who line ithe road, clap hands and voice their feelings in an oft-repeated Hip ray, hip ray." ' ' `a `nrivinp-hnnl: `tn Quvn we xiirnndor SIICIB OUI. EU sea. Brhapsyou have not heard that you go to bed.say`on Monday night. and when yo u wake up in Suva it is VVed- nesday morning! That is because Suva is ,on the "international data line." Coming. back you have two Mondays or whatever day it may happen to be. You_ know that by travelling west across,,Can'a.da- you` put back your watch -an hour now and then.and so get a twenty-five hour` day. Now fig- ure tt out! . Vespra Council met on-the 3rd. inst. with all -its member-a'prea'ent and the Reeve in the chair. -. ninwunvnlnuflnnu nunvn IIADA "I|l'II` Lu UGIIUOI. 131193 the TANCES red ` letter, ble at par ',to Vespra; Ontario Municipal Associa.-= neeve in ([18 cnaur. _ Communications were read from: Dept. of the Provincial Secretary, re admission of a patient to the Mimico Hospital; Supt. R. V. Hospital, Barrie, rp "admission `of a patient, chargeable Hnn um hnnnmlng mnmhnrn nf fhn -An- 0 Veapru; LIlIl.l1I"U Auuululpul JSBHUUIUP tion, re becoming .members_ of the As- sociation; S. L. Squires, re,me\atin'2of Road Superintendents. Feb. 22 and 3: Ontario Good Roads Association. an- nouncing date of annual meeting Feb. 24. 25` and 26. ~ 1 A hv.'inur nu!-.l-:nvrlq.ini.r lfh niwnncn [24, 25 and 26.~ . _ _ A by-jla.w authorizing the puitchase of road maklngmachinery, a.pplia.ncee.A equipment and material tor road mak- lnov,.nI` rand imnrnvamnnf lh u: vnnr lpllly uuu l.lI.|.Ul.'l&.l l.Ul.' IUII-ll lllulS" ing~.or. road improvement, in the year -1926, was given two readings and the Clerk was instructed to forward the same to` the `Hon. the a Minister of Lands and Forests for his approval. The following accounts were passed: NA. B.` Coutts. Sec'y.-'rreas., '_1'ele- phone System, part levy 1926, $700.00: J. H. Maw, rofad across lot 4, con. 12; 1925, $10.00; A .Hubbard's Hardware. brace wire and `staples. 31.98;. A. A. Smith, supplies for. indigent, $20.04- Mnflnnn warn nnnnlad rnnnmmnnlno 5 Ntxohai `Live. sto;:k.--1'>-z~"oduce`rs' A- ioclation in session, in Chicago. Ill.. cite. co`-operative marketing examples ' gwh1ch"haveL`aw3'e d hundreds bf `thorns - qndp ?o_1:_dg9l_la.r_t'o tllye qtqqk `ral_aeg.s.__: h %IVl`I_IIl'II-Ali \I 8} `Valli The Municipal` councn of Sunnidale met on Feb. 4 at Sunnidale Corners. with all the members present. 'l`hn fnllnurlntr nnmmluninntlnnn, Ate... CBIVSG IIFBE EHO BBCDDCI reuuuusa. `Council adjourned to meet in New Lowell first Thursday in Margh at 1 pm. amun, uupyuca Luz . uluzsuut, 9aU.U'I. Motions were passed recommending Ma.rsha.l_l Keast of Mmesing as 9. Coun. ty' Constable. and alsovtha.t'a. second slzed.grad.er be purchased for road maintenance. ' ` - flna f`nIIn nII n in` vnanb jun maintenance. , K The Council adjourned to meet on March 17; at 10.*d..m. _. A - - ` _A, B..COU'1`T8.-Clerk. were z'eceweu:-- J C. H. Fullerton, Supt. Col. roads, re Col. road by-law for 1926; Robert E. `Fair. barrister, re the unpaid taxes on lot of W. J." Sldeyg A. B. Coutts, Clerk of Veepra. re cleaning ditch, etc. 'nu_- a..n......|...... ..-..........4.. non... nnanngd E6255 'n~the I. vvnys an. Av vnvuunnana uu-vu, \a-\4 The following accounts were ordered paid; S. `S. 1, advance, $200.00; S. S. 10, advance, $200.00; W. I.VQla.rk, h_al_l ingurance. $22.50; Treasurer of Veepra, Sunnidale share "of cleaning ditch, $16.83; for Colonization road work _ follows: E. Rogers. $8.00: Geo. Gilpin and Sons. $26.00: Jno. Murray, $4.00; Roy Carter, $42.12; M: Carter, $87.87; C. Swltzer, $34.50; S. Corbett, $32.00; F.-'Mumberson, $34.50; E. Swltzer. $29.50; G. Carter. $29.00; Geo. Carter, $32.50; Robt. Martin, $40.25; `Harry Prosser, $38.75; Gerald Truan, $14.50; '1`. and A. Patton, $48.72: T. Hynes. $22.00; Justin Guiltoyle, `$30.50; Hy. Matthews, $2.00; Geo. Hirlehey, $12.25; Geo. Schell, $14.00; H. and A. Gordon. $18.00; -C. E. Lawrence." $8.00; Carl Thomas, $18.25; drawing} grave1-D. Corbett. $24.30; J. Alderson, $21.60; `G5. 3-girlehey, $8.10; A. E. Fenson, work, 'l"Iia. (`.nlnni7.n.tinn `Road hv.la.W i-a. ,D.UUa The Colonization. Road by-law i-e-` celved first and second readings. t"h-nu-un oinnnnn fn 1-nan} In KTAII Wltn an tne xnelnuens prcux-JuI.. The following communications. etc.. were ` received :- 11 `L1 I`|I'IInIn(\II| Gun} (`A1 vnnrh: v-A. mp. Everyone has heard of the Fijian nan nf \hnlrdrnnninrr `Rnmn nnfivnn [$U!`,'"1DA,'-F 999139".-_ VES_PRA coumcgy , P718088.