`NoveIIber,29, ma; . _ . . _ _ ..... u-vuIIIwVIU 1-vulva iAggi'eg'ate loansrof $45,000,000 were! made by'Canada to France. Belgium. Roumania and Greece during or ..im-! mediately `after the 1'. In several] cases "loans were realy credits ad-` vanced so that the countries named- mlght makepurchases of much need-I ed goods from this` country. France is to pay` off her loan this year and i I _lBelgium a goodly amount of hers. In all Canada. will have. received 30 per cent. of these loans at the end of the year and will hold what are re- garded as yerygood rsecurities for the; balance or the amounts. These ar-g rangements have not been with-I out their anxiety and disadvantages. |At the same time they have been of, value in the way of experience and also an advertisement. of Canada's `stability and ability both. I , ,0 ur sucn a move. .511` 1;zr1c-1)rummond.! . the Canadian Secretary-General'of the: League of Nations, carried the deci-! sion of the British ,government from} Lo_nd0n- to Geneva to lay before -the= I League. . V _ 1 I for such a move. . the l'.`onnAIu.-\ an. i now `uu_nt-moment conference 'I"he~fam r'Ius protocol of--the'~ League `of Nations, which in -effect would have .Domjnions. It is though? -that a dis- bound and members to aggressive ac-' tion. has been thro into the discard` by Britain. The later was consider- ably. inuenced `by the feeling in the armament conterencec will now be called by".-the United States to be held at Washington as -the way is now` clear` th"ta3$i1shr}iKt-of air basis. in the T latter cou1;`try and in __some adjacent British territories. Britain : far flung possessions -`mean increasing vigilance in _view `of the `yery- rapid _develop- ments `in which the\ a.irpla.ne~ and the airship are figuring. Bothgrwill be very dangerous` weapons of offense in the unhappy"eve`nt of a new war. and `the nation which` neglects them` now is likely to ;s_utfer more severely than the others. ' T ` `.C'anada s Loansto Allies an-.-..nn..\L- I..-.._ ~ _n mg: AAA ,..... THE _H,OMZ PAPER. Putin`, .......-._ :_ AL. A " New :_Di_8Il.'l_`Ill10l|t Gonferqnco -.4.....-4-.-... _._._.-_,. -- -. sun 1-:'mc DRUMMOND Scottish Helge Rule 2 .i-_u _,, _Sir I;`a`ic- Drummond. retary-General ' of the .'rns`n'A1u'ua axAn nNz}t u.uuru.-ru:vvor-Arnri AUVI:H USING The Huron & Erie Mortgage Cor-. jporation of London, one of the largest 'financial- institutions in Western On- tario, pays the following tribute to re-- lsults obtained by advertisingvin the weekly press of the country, in a let- ter to its Blenheim agents, W. ,E. Hall & Co. `It says: People in the smaller towns read their local, news- paper more thoroughly than in the larger places, especially the Weeklies. W`e are convinced of this andwould , & ' | ,+Wi11 secure you 1:177 _.__..-. \ h". Nu):'i .1`. vy. ` . V ; . . /' H" u/1-. ' . Ch 35 full mebershjp in E Q I I. V ristmas Club ONLY 1 bers and when that "number has -joined the Club will close.. It will then `be im- possible for you to secure an `V`His _ - __ ---v_- --.4-vv until to select your \His Master's . Voice Victrola`. If you decide not to buy, your dollar "is refunded. If you de-` .cide to buy your dollar is credited `to your account. When you` select your in- strument the weekly Club payments com, mence and-on Christ- mas Eve the Victrola is delivered-f.ree-to your home. Remember this Club is limited to All you have to do is to give as $1.00 which makes you a member of the Club. This does not obligaffe you to buy a` Victrola--- it simply gives you the right to do so through this Club. You then have Take ddvantage of this remarkable co.-operative elub ofer and reserve for yourself the privilege of getting :1 genuine Victrola on Christ- mas!Eve with all the special Club advan- Exgtrvance throtfgh Cros1and s Drug Store BARRIE .DEALER I - - Opposite ?-. 0. Square - P.lO. Box 555 Phc e mbst extraordinary opportunity to secure a genuine His Master s Voice Victrola Victrola No. 210 V Mahogany. Oak or American Walnut ahogany. O ak or American Walnut. _ p.m., 7 to 9,p.m., or t. 'c1:'hone 213. Victrola No. 8-1; -Vic_trol:No. so` Phone 243 Address... Please send me full infor- mation about the Christmas Club and a Membership Form. .Name.. Christnias Club Keenan ; Music Store, Barrie PR1viL1(ES Unlimited Select- - ion of Victrolas-- No Cash Payment --only small week- ly paymen ts-Spe- cial Club Terms--- Half payments ` while sick or if un- ~ employed. . Immediaite deliv- ery if desired. Four months ex-0 change ' privilege. Every instrument a genuine His Master s Voice" Victrola $10.00 worth of records on club payments. Free delivery of your instrument. - u IVIIVII gun, Vocal, and eory, . irmaster of erian Church. Conservatory of y of goronto. ham- C.` DO NOT DELAY- JOIN NOW Master's Voice" Vie- trola on this plan. Already many ..have joined the Club and if you wish to enjoy the many privileges extended through ` this Club, you should join at once. Send, in --or call and pay us :--$1.00. This will be refunded if*you care T to withdraw. f`sPEcLL CLUB Buy `Advertised Things. I EH tizens Band sic Christie St. ., bandmaster aster of ;75th { - Regt. sic. ARDY T Ell II 17.. , JOHNSTON unto Nurse) . TOR. 32 Frandea 8t._ ers and womnn'- "- ON. M.B D Qrnznu ARD8 a sow.-,, {NCO St., To]-ant ` G. R. Edwanh. ID 1 ;. you Ilia] lUl'D'lOu R. Edwardn. B.4(,., ` V . .-3 ROPRACTIC ` . `---um. {BN8 & BURNS /, ' :lizabeth St. _ aImer's New Garage-` ' Chronic Disorders call at office for n on any disease. .ARNALL 1' County at Simcoe_ nce--Corn'er Toronto ., opp. Central Church til 10.30 a..m., and 1 pm. Phnnn 1" ` """"`_'"'." _A. LEWIS seases of Women r Countv of mm... .?oFNs-ro~ zfonto University ff1ce--58 Comer St. .30-2 and 6.30:8 p.m. VI`, WI-5 D SURGEON --Collier St.. c< an-in Dim-M * All rlano. Phone 387W TER `Lin--' "' ' Phone 761W INIC E88MAKER ...-.-v-uIvVl_` citors, Notary P yancers, Etc. at lowest, rates 13 Owen St., in N. ding, Barrie. E an. Voice and ms reasonable. Sophia. St._ vcu r\. I -II -Mn iano nto Conserva- in `Plano. kn- nan-- ---_'*`?1--- was cowm tor for nh+'na..:.. uiup UN`: ` G. Gordon Plaxton O. Plaxton - L ` -uUll. arrle. _ Phone 08$` LEGAL ' ._M U ac:-usou n-nun xv_- -' ICHITECTS Kan St. gj} uo 1., 748 p m & LITTLE nents 0!` ,_._n v servafory Toronto. Phone 683 --------Z- Vlglotary Public, ` '5, ' ler S't.:`cor- Phone 2'" ----------j ates of hi- t.. in Mason- V-ie. Branch ` R. Boys; II-o and Perfect Health, and yet- annit-inn fVIf)Ir'n .. Ad` 5.....- r n uupuvuvc vv nuit GTIDFIHEO Experts consider it not iiipizobztble that war-time re rictions on the use of flour nnd bread may have to be im- posed in some countries before the next broad grain harvest is reaped. The W'h(-`.'Y crop shortage of the world ' is estimated at 401,000,000 bushels and the rye cropshortage 173,000.000 bush- els. The lntest estimate` of the A1'- p:en.tine crop shows a shrinkage of 3- _per cent. compa1;ed with last `year. `This is the final. one of'a number of countries all of which show serious de- creases. The shrinkagxe explains in. :1 large measure the reasons for in-. estimates from the grain growing I creased prices of wheat which in spite 0 of occasional tluctuatioiisi are arzeiy 4 maintained. Russia and the B lka._ns villi-TI ' or for obtaining pro-oi ruardianshlp and ads eneral Solicitor, No- xveyancer, egc. . lock, 8 Dunlap 8t.. MONEY TO LOAN. ucucraq III|--unnnnniu--- 15611!- LJISIFICC IVLHHELEET Lg- `:-L. g ,r- I W" LIFE 5` (G s"u_R7TN"c:_E5_ E: T'4fI5=.7A N-*7 I1II1'lIbIlVU\l IV HIV It is :announced that the Kintr has rick to die out. There are four _.va- cancigs in the order and according to despatches none of these will be fill- ed. The Knights of the Most Il- members of `the Irish nobility are iustrious Order of St. Patrick was established in 1788 and its motto means A. decided to allow tli'e_order of St`. Pa;t- It Who shall separate?" Prominent among its knights. It is probable that in view of the changed `conditions in. Ireland the decision of His Majesty` will meet with p:en.eral approval among those who are interested. I I could well'affordi-Vtoget rid of many " ght c.,,."j.'-:'q,,g.,..g.j 7 M the 9"""""i , ' _ All of rural Canada is interested in a. casein which. the county of Elgin. Changing Conditions` . ' Ontario, seeks to "remove an oaage or- . At the Royai Winter Fan. in .Tm._ ange hedge from that part of alarm which, fronts on a highway, without fnnzfg `geztoegg 2g'J:$?n;n:Batg, afgig any other compensation than that `of . . erecting in its place, a.wire strand 9:2: Eastern people to realize that in these-`edge is the `s ` great drifts f . snow in that particular part of` the ;";3*s:.:r;::,gW$::ea;:t a :`::.::z:o"*::2% has removal vessfuily compete with them. In every winter at considerable cost.A'l`he , . -- , farm owner argues that the removal tfl`,?.`L.`.2fi2{,`e23S.I.`$r{.`3$3`? or the fence would take away much ern agricultural lite and a very import-, `::utt;`it`;h$*f1'l";e`. f `3 .c'(`)`}m`)1: ] ;:: ' `mt one` . ' tion in addition to the substitute fence. I -_- c ~ I ~ . / `Too Many Wolvn" " " "| Proposals that wolf hunting on" a gigantic scale be carried out in the Algoma district are seriously advanc- . ed. It is said that wolves are so num-. erous as to be wiping out the deeran other mime in the district. In th Apsiey district or Peterboro county. wolves are also reported as destroying many sheep and other stock. Ontario could well afford to get rid these prowlers. / gene. The tr-aIIDer's 1'aV01'- 'J'iii-c':';x:o::ey'>`;"(!'e`;""<;rVc`i'I`e;zul`: !;;u$8?'l.g:u1 5u:e`: Ite- Shoots short andlonz send rie. all" chums paid. _, Money back it u rim re -helm entirely ntssaea. Wm. to: illustrated folder. :e`. ?.. ``5': `:.?.`.?`:y" .". '" H. w.` coomr MACHINE & ARMS c FULLY GUARANTEED. .818v-821`l!owlInd`Ave.._"l'boronto. btphtlyoul ' S074 by Sponi:':;;Gobdn.'Ha:`i1iraie and Ooaqril SIorn4tEx`{o|_:;'b.on Candy --: - vv ovo\'$@l0 Both with genufne wal- nut stock -- best Manga- nese steel barrel. Pure silver bead sight---safety half-cock on bolt prevents accidental discharge. Can be takemdown for carry- ing. - ' .22 Calibre-- _ ` - a For gophers. ground hogs. , crows. and. all small game. Shoots `short `and , . . . ;"`.~..l'.`. .'.'i.i-"""`.`... mnz rme cagtridges. .25 Calibre- For coyotes. fox. came, etc. The trapper : favor- ite. shnrt And Inna :lI;,lI' Choice; of. Tvvg Moqgls _ Prospective Wheat Shortage` rnnr-tn n1\nLv{r'Inn 36 Ihlh` 'l.$.-..---I_ op St., Barrie. P.O.~ Box 1078 s . A ='l ' .1 --an-accident may `ca ry you off tomorrow. It is 8. source of comfort to now that in such `case your Crown Life Double Indemnity Policy provides for payment of twice its face value to your dependents. `F5 3bt "3 A '!Telephone 789. Tlauridny, Noyhlur 27. {$24. Jks. H. NIXON` ._ flu-\n.nnI' A can-.6 One Knighthood` to Go r nruunn-5-g.A.1 I.._A I_, -rvo "diailirit _to two QVC V7 j?IIII'IV? Flu`, Write today, stating whether .22 calibre or .25 calibre model desired. `and we will -send you 1 "COOEY CANUCK" same day order reeeived,`by' parcel post C.O.D. to your a.ddress-you pay poet master on delivery. .Or, if you wish, send post olce money order` or cheque for $8.75. and we will not entirely co. . 8_l8v-881 'HowlInd`-Ave...'1'9ron 11 your. lI.`;1;..'_~- __-.I 5.`; '___"o n- - ; , .n' `- -v cjb XCIIZ SI"? III (SUI The "COOJBY CANUCK" is the ideal title for the _ farmez. - `nick-aetiug~-powerful`nnd sae--it helps] him keep All land free of destructive animals and lglrds and ves him plenty of real sport into.the bargain. '. V ppex-at carry the "COOEY CANUCK for -quic_k work along the trap line or in the hush. WON DER- $ Complete with ' . FUL 8 7 Cleaning Rod ' VALUE ' - and Instructions - _ALL CHARGES -`PAID TO YOUR ADDRESS: _01-der N o,w'--Seudo Mane today. stating whether .22 nun... .. on -uuuuII allu EIIU I'll!` British aerial development, civil and military, is not lagging. In fact it is working together-_ to keep ' Britain abreast of all developments. At this time it is responsible .for the flight of Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton ` Brancker from [England to India over Germany.} Poland, Roumania, Turkey. Syria and Mesopotamia. It has two. main ob- jectives, one the selection of the best route from England to India, the other. unv VIII IVE] =Premier Ferguson, of Ontario, "ad-, ' dressing fther party convention held in Toronto again emphatically declared] the intention of his government to en"-' `force the Ontario Temperance Act in .accord with the vote on `the plebiscite} taken October` 23rd. His. stand was enthusiastically cheered by all but/ three delegates of a very large gather- ing. `Vvithout entering at all into the ' merits or demerits of the case or the political aspect one may venture the suggestion that the Premier was 2113-. solutely right in his argument that the! government must adhere .;.to the ex- pressed will of the people. I Ontario .- is no longer to be ruled by the vote? of the majorit3,`.as is the "British sys- tem, then its laws and its government- al institutions should be changed. `aaagauu wI:=lEl': Lust` Drmgmg .DOUt such _a condition, he `added. If these words have no meaning for Canada and Can- adians then no'\thim.=: ever suidby any. statesman will [be worthy_,of our at- tention .' ' L `cu--ugv \lIlIul UUIIIUEFIITIQ " I In an addiss a few days after th presidential elections, President Coo1-- idge made a statement of prufoun_cj Isig-q. nificance` for Canada. Speaking to representatives of the Land Grant Col- ` leges he declared--that the time was. fast approaching when the United States was likely to be one of the greatest of the agricultural buying na- I tions." The natural increase in nonu- Iation and`the tendency to industrial- iizaution were fast bringing about suh a condition. he `:u`lr]m1 If fhnan ..m..a.. u rouule In ngypt I There is more serious trouble in-s Egypt where_ the agitation for complete severan of all ties with.Britain and complete surrender by the latter of` the Soudan, is gathering ground. Sir. Lee Stack, Governor-General of the: .;Soudan', and Commander of the` Egyp- ' `tlan army, with his aide and'chauft'eur. were" all badly xvounded when assas- sins using bombs and revolvers at- tacked them. Sir-.Lee Stack died next , day. . They were leaving the ministry ' I of war in Cairo at the time. Cairo is ,a hot-bed foraplotting against Bri-I tain, and Premier Zaghoul's- recent declarations that Egypt would not be satisfied with anything less than the full compliance with all its demands has accentuated tho` fnnlinrr . I `, fm :_.uu cumpunce \V1tp all its accentuated the feeling. / 1 which `used to, Be very',l'arg`e exporters of wheat `are out -`ot~._the' market and . have beentor some time as the after- A math 0! the war and subsequent dis- turbed conditions. They will not be much of a factor next year either so that 1925 in all probability should wit- nessanother year of keen demand and . good prices for wheat. ' - l " - G. F. DOYLE -I$is-1:r;c_t vnganager Coolidgev Said Soniething `- In nrnuu u Fnv An-... ..nL-.- Britain and th As.- ..A...1._I .1_-.AI--r- - `fh dhly Way Ha uuuuu nu Al (\. Trouble in Egyt ...-....t...... 4 we int;-on . McCUAlG, B.A. Cresw1cke`& Bell SOLICITOR, ETC.- N. Ross Block, Barr! aulu wuung|y.- ~' _ .. Lots of men and some business men dd not appreciate their local paper as . a thing of valueexcept to the owner of the paperand that is. where their vision needs" doctoring. The news- paper travela, add is 'the tow_n s only represen tive that is always working at the .;| .--From The Carleton Place (Central . Canadian. , - A Ayes: cuuuerns. ' . j If the business man has a good live `newspaper publishedxin his town he should .never let that paper go to press without` his name in its columns in an advertisement. We make, this L "statement without any`selfish motive. The Central..Canad.La_n has a fairly good advertising patronage for` `which we are indeed grateful, but if every business concern in this town would advertise .with us regularly that fact would not is `no such thing on the globe as riches for` the country newspaperman. He is a_"`kind of work horse for the com- munity that doesn't get. and doesn't expect as much` remuneration for his labors as other men ceive who do not do the town and community as [much good as the newspaper is able to do, and the newspaper does do gladly `and wil1ingly.- `-' T.nfn nf rnnn ant` an-J... 1.....:`....... ._.l.. make us rich by` any means. There . newspaper that is struggling for ex- istence` and which has little or no ad- vertising patronage from itshome bus- jpess concerns. ` `If the business man hm: 9 nnn `lira 2 nuuucl u:nu:s ugutzlst ule t0Wn than! ........n.3 ya... uuu.E,c.-- -.Lc1u'_y The influence of the small town newspaper upon the town and its bus- iness is often under-estimated by bus- iness men themselves. The news- paper` is going.` to represent the town -to "the outside world, fairly or unfairly. Nothing speaks better for a town than a newspaper that __is we_l).suppo1-ted by thebusiness men, and nothing speaks i `louder terms against the town than .m=.ws'manm- that in an-.m~.-.~n...'... am. .... The local paper is the town's great- est asset. _No town should fail to ap- pr iate its local paper_to the extent of a. liberal patronage.-I-Ienry Ford.g 'l".`-In inflnn-uni. A6 `L. ..._--I'I A - _- `V-up. v rIl'I-l'l_ ! I pwnures. ` I ' The book sells for $2.00 and can b `secured by writing to the Hockey Pic- torial, 84 Victoria St., v'I`oronto.I. _.._.-...- w\r\J ,,,au-.v vs A\,. The book represents years of effort, typographic-ally and pictorially, it is a masterpiece." From cover to cover it is embel1ished`with group pictures of championship teams from 1888 to 1924, in fact, the history of Canada's Great National Winter Sport is told in pictures. I The `I-snnb 51111:: n-. Q0 nn .._.a --,, L. z The editor has `received a copy of the Hockey Pictorial which has just beenvpublished, and which is at once the handsomest and most complete` publication e er produced in the world fdr any singla sport. `It is a. marvel] of good taste 1: artistry and industry of achievement. It is impossible to `speak too highly of` it. nu... 1.--`- ,.,,, - --` I --- .... .. --vuuv Ian: I A good deal used to bevheard a few! years -ago about home rule for Scot- land and Wales. The problem of Ireland" became too insistenteto allow ,5 of the less pressing suggestions about _ the other two countries taking more, , _than `an incidental, place in Britishi ,2 policies._ Now home rule for Scotland may become a real question for par- liament. Seven Scottish members of the Commons have held a preliminary meeting to discuss the matter. T 'eir ideais that thershould be_an hm- pire parliament for all the British na- tionalitiesv "a and overseas dominions with each countryconducting its own local affairs. In oth.ei5words Canada would be their model to a considerable, extent with _an' Empire parliament cor- responding to our Dominion Parlia- Iment. and the national parliaments having a relationship like that of Can- ada s a provincial parliaments. It would, perhaps, be better if the Scot- tish supporters of home rule, _left the] Empire out of the question for thei time being and stuck o, a plan for] locak rule under the a spices of the! British. Parliament. . - ' I _ . I ].HERE'S SOMETHING REAL `soon to mrsnssr ALL HOCKEY FANS v 6. PLAXTON SOLICITORS. ETC.` -8 Kent Building nto, Ont. (1 (!_n._,;,__ In: ,