THURSDAY, MAY 14TH, 1942 Southern Ireland, Green and Neutral, Lives in the That night was never to be forgotten Two huge German land mines fioateda down out of the air and arrived in Bournecmouth at the same time as we did. That experience has been discusâ€" sed more fully in another of these stories. Every day of the six weeks of more pent awavy from home seemed to proâ€" vide semething new and different, but nothing was cuite so unexpected as a twoâ€"day holiday in nuetral Eire, or Eouthern Ireland. It was not by choice of mine. I would rather it had been Eccotland, but this short, neaceful inâ€" terlude in the only part of the Empire which stavs neutral, was not only inâ€" teresting, but I look batk on it with pleasure. It was on a Tuesday afternoon when I left London, along with seven other Canadian editors. Our hosts put us on the train and bade us goodâ€"bye, sendâ€" ing us away with more presentsâ€"this time envelones with enlarged pictures of ourselves during our travels in Engâ€" land. I was un early the next moarning, havâ€" ing slept fairly well on a mattress on the floor, in svite of the rasping sound of shovelling broken glass off the strâ€" eets in the darkness. There was some difficulty about shaving in a bathroom full ef broken glass and with only a dribble of cold, rusty water from one tap, but the lady manager of the wrecked hotel had her staff organized enough to give me the best breakfast I had while in Britian. | The British Overscas Airways car picked me un at the hotel and drove through streets of stores without glass in the windows, and past English sotâ€" toges looking out on the channel, to Poole. The next morning, while undergoing one more lengthv customs examination near the docks at Poole, the air raid sirens began to wail again. The naâ€" tives looked on us with some suspicion. Airâ€" raids had been scarce in those parts, and this was the second in as many davs, But I did not share their idea that these fow were important enough for the Germans to send over raiders just to get us. Still, it did add a bit of excitement to be goâ€" ing out in a trim motor boat, through the waters of Poole Harbor. dodging the seaplane traps and the mine fields, to where the winged battleship of the alr, the Short Sunderland flying boat, "Champicn,." rede at anchor. In the draw for seats, I landed in what was called the spar compartment of the ship, I was all alone in a fairâ€" sized room. full of baggage and sacks of mail. The seat was comfortable, and the steward came and served an excellent meal on light plastic dishes. But though we flew for two hours and a half over what is probably some of the most interesting scenery, I saw nothing at all: The two windows were painted, over with thick black paint. Canadian Weekly Newspapers Repreqentdtne Gives His Impression of the Emerald Isle in These Days of War. Centres on Adare as One of the Lovely Spots in Ireland. i hadn‘t realized, on the trip from New York to Lisbon to England, how difficult it is to travel around wartime Europe. In a way that was little short of miraculous, as I learned later, the British Council had waved aside the diffculties on that tripn. The return vovage wasn‘t quite so , ful. One of them said she had tht easy. As I sat alone in the spar comâ€" ! little boys at home. partment of the huge "Champion," I read a little booklet issued to wartime travellers by the British Overseas Airâ€" ways, and marvelled that I had got outâ€" of imgland af all. Our good ship would 1 see a football game and forget to cor refuel in Ireland and take off for Porâ€" back. tugal. The next morning I would be ; h in Lisbon and by Sunday, I would be And down in the village nub 0o home in Canadaâ€"or so I thought. | night, Grattan O‘Teary of Ottawa, - the Emerald Isle pure blooded Irishman of tho. thi It wasl“\earlv afternoon when the generation in Canada, St(‘(‘})(‘d it #t great ship gliged down to the water so |lore and poetry of .Irolax.m. wax carefully that there wasn‘t even a noiâ€" l elcquent on our last night in the v sa in the ears. â€"I stepped out into the |lage. He said that Hitler was t, daylight again. Cromwell of tedav, going about bu j ing churches. I missed that spee l i e estuary of the Shanâ€" bugt I know how cloquent Grattan c non river at Foynes, Ireland. On the p d I wasn‘t surprised that he h river tank, two hundred yards away, tle s en of Ada;c all‘anxious to0. .e s a big concrele and pier, li;;.3 :: once against this modern d with a neat little customs house at the ! trover of relfigion land end. Behind that were two or | SYOYCT O x three buildings where a couple of railâ€" The Most Picturesque Village way cars wete being loaded with peat.| I have said that the village constal On both sides of the river were hills,! thought Adare the most beautiful sy Jjust as green as ever they had been | in all the world. That statement nee descrited. So this was Ireland! to be amplified. I never ceased to admire the fast The bus that took us to Adgro dri launches of the British Overseas Airâ€" j up in front of a victuresque inn, T ways. It took only a few minutes to | Dunraven Arms, the sign said. WT‘ reach land. The wait in the customs ‘a tinvy hamlet like Adare did \yith house seemed unnecessary, but whenllarge inn like that was something The constable, a veteran of the 12 war, said that 150,000 men from Sout ern Ireland are in the British Acti Forces. ‘They slip away to Ulster the examination took nlace, was ‘a mystervy until I learned that it t brief and informal,. Men in green put , l longed to Lord Dunraven and was us a few chalk marks on my brief case neacetime to accommodate | and club bag, alreadv decorated with]hunting narties. Now it houses t an imposing array of airline stickers | passengers fiving over the broad A and official seals. They made one | lantic. In the vages of its regis more entry in my passport. there are many famous names. T None of us knew that we were to inn was comfortable and not too mo (This is the 15th of a series of stories about a trip to London and return, taken by a group of Canadâ€" lan newspaper men at the invitaâ€" tion of the British Government. It is written by Hugh Templin, who represented the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association) 10 RELIEY TIMMINS OBJECTIVE $45,000.00 HUMAN SUFFERING GIVE GENEROUSLY BOND CLOTHES SHOP BROADWAY THEATRE BUILDIXG onstant Fear of Invasion â€" HELP THE RED CROSS â€"The Red Cross needs your help as nev fore in order that its great humanitariar may extend with the growing needs of wa That They May Help Others stay overnight in Ireland instead of going on to Lisbon. When an official broke the news, we did not like it. The countryside was green enough, but uninviting. Two modern buses waited outside. The only thing unusual was the name of the company printed in two lanâ€" guages, English and the strange old text‘ of the Gaelic language. Not till then did I realize that Southern Ireâ€" land was biâ€"lingual. "Sure," says an Trishman, "we can be illiterate in two languages now!" It was a drive of twenty miles to Adare, where we were to snend the night, but the roads were winding and narrow, with walls along cach side, and plenty of stones still left in the fields. The tiny whitewashed cottages were picturesque but noor. But by the time we pulled into Adare, the speedâ€" ometer must have indicated 30 miles at least. Late that night, I walked with B. K. Sandwell and the constable of Adare, nast a thatched cottage, past an old Norman tower, now part of a Catholic church, past ancient trees with sixâ€"foot trunks, and on down the main street of the village. The chief was full of Irish lore and a bit of a poet. He said that Adare was the most beautiful village in the whole world, Probably he‘s right. A Strange and Ancient People I went to Ireland with a prejudice against the country. I had just come from England, where the people were fighting for their very lives and for the freedom of the world. Here, next dcor, was Ireland, not only neutral but refusing even the use of vnorts to fight submarines. Yet these Irish still enâ€" joyed the privileges of Empire. I came away with the feeling that Ireland is beautiful and the Irish peoâ€" ple are kindlyv, hosnitable, but beyond the understanding of a Canadian with Scottish blood. Here in Sweet Adare, the Irish people did not seem to unâ€" derstand what was going on in the world today. They lived in the far past. One might have thought that Cromwell had come that way just last year and laid waste the old Black Abbey and the Franciscan Abbey and the White Abbey, not forgetting Desâ€" mond Castle, down by the stone bridge over the river. In the last â€"two weeks in England, the army had been on manocuvres. The sight was impressive. â€" In Ireland, too, the army held manosuvres. Woard had been sent to Adare to have food enough on hand on Friday for a couple of pbattalions, but they did not come. The following Mondav, tney arrived. There was no food. Asked why they didn‘t come on Fridavy, the colonel said it rained that dav, so they postâ€" poned the exercises. Apparently the Irish don‘t realize vyet that modern wars don‘t stop because it rains. Of course, De Valera boasts that Ireland will defend itself against any attack, from anv source. It‘s rather pitiful. Down by the bridge, there were some tank trans. At least, that was evidently what they were intend2d to be. A Bren gun carrier might have some difficulty knocking them down : a driver of a medium tank would haxa- ly notice them. But though De Valera may speak of repelling any enemy, the people of Ireland know their danger, and admit frankly that thevy themselves are helpâ€" less to meet it. I talked with two inothers at the golf course, and they asked if I thought Hitler was going to attack Ireland. I wasn‘t very hopeâ€" ful. One of them said she had three little boyvs at home. The constable, a veteran of the last war, said that 150,000 men from Southâ€" ern Ireland are in the British Active Forces. ‘They slip away to Ulster to see a football game and forget to come And down in the village nub oncec night, Grattan O‘T%eary of Ottawa, a pure blooded Irishman of the third generation in Canada, steeped in the lore and poetry of TIreland, waxed elcquent on our last night in the vilâ€" lage. He said that Hitler was the Cromwell of teodav, going about burnâ€" ing churches. I missed that speech, but I know how cloquent Grattan can be and I wasn‘t surprised that he had the men of Adare all anxious to enâ€" list at once against this modern deâ€" stroyer of religion. The Most Picturesque Village I have said that the village constable thought Adare the most beautiful spot in all the world. That statement needs to be amplified. The bus that took us to Adare drew up in front of a victuresque inn, The Dunraven Arms, the sign said. What a tinvy hamlet like Adare did with a large inn like that was something of a mystery until I learned that it beâ€" longed to LTord Dunraven and was used THIRD AVEF ern. Its lounge was full of easy chairs and chesterfields. Sitting in front of a peat fire, waiting for afterncon tea and cakes, one could talk with ferry pilots, and Singarore and could compare their airfields with LaGuardia and Croyden. In that little Irish village, I was surâ€" prised to meet a young American pilot, now taking nlanes across the Atlantic, who was quite familiar with the landâ€" marks of my own little town of Fergus. He had flown over it cften. ‘will likely feel the sting as the higher \penalties are applied. Wilber Brewer faced an unusual charge in court this week and after with men who knew Bagdad ‘almost getting a dismissal he was given a fine of ten dollars and costs. The charge was laid under a local byâ€" law that requires every taxi cab operâ€" ator to hold a license from the town for that business. Police said the Brewer‘s license was invalid at the nresent time because he ‘ was not carrving any insurance on his I don‘t suppose anything as lovely cars. A clause of the byâ€"law read that as LAcm:'o ‘just® happened." I suspect |when a car was not insured the license that manyv Earls of Dunraven poured | automatically lost its value. The poilce th? *n:cï¬ts of their Welsh mines into j proved that they had stopped the this vmag_;o. I know that they rebuilt | Brewer taxi with three passengers and two of the ancient abbevs, presenting?said that the man had admiti.ed to ene to the .Cathollcs and* the other i them that he was still Carrying pasâ€" to _tho Anglicans. And they laid out | sengers. ‘ their "demesne" so that there were! ym Brewer offered the explanation views down elmâ€"lined streets and post s that he knew he had no insurance on thatched cottages, with n;iw narse hut that he thought he had ercwing un the walls. I even suspectâ€" ed that the old thatched cottage that stood directly across the way from the inn could never have attained that appearance of extreme age and yet be so well kept, without being planned that way. Whether the cottage was old or not, j there were vnlenty cf authentic ruins. The ancignt stone bridge over the Maigue river had been there for six hundred vears or more. No two of its seven arches quite matched the others | in size or curvature, thsugh they hadl stood throughn the centuries. | Beside the river, just upstream from; the bridge, were the ruins of Desmond [ castle. I liked them best of all. ! the librarv of the inn, T found a book with the nlans cf the castle, dating , back to about 1100; From inside those ‘ walls, many a Fitzgerald or Desmond sallied forth to terrorize the countryâ€" side. Enough is left to be able to see| all the rooms of the old castle, with | the help of Lord Dunraven‘s little signs | on the wall, and the use of a bit of imagination. One rainy afterncon, I climbed to the ton of the tower., lookâ€" . imagination. One rainy afterncon, I climbed to the ton of the tower, lookâ€" ing out through the loopâ€"holes where archers cnce shot their arrowsâ€"and stories like Ivanhoe, that I hadn‘t read since high school days, came crowding back. I plucked a tiny fern out of a crack in the rock and put it inside an envelope in my pocket. Back home, three weeks later, I found it, all dried out, but when it was planted again, it greow. There was just one thing in Adare that didn‘t seem to fit in the picture. That was the manor house itself. It dates back 90 vears or so, and looks something like a wedding cake. On the front wall is an inscription which went something like this: ‘"This goodâ€" ly house was built without selling, or berrowing, or going in debt." And frequently, I thought, the gocdly house is well hidden from view from the rest of Adare. Perhaps, if vou‘re Irish, you know the poem by Gerald Griffiths: "Ch! Sweet Adare! Oh lovely vale! Oh! soft retreat of sylvan splendour! Ner summer sun nor morning gale Eer hailed a scene more softly Magistrate Says New Fines Against speeders Tough Minimum of Fifteen Dollars Fine for First Offence. Jail Term May be Given as Well. i8501 U € nIn tender gistrate Atkinson issued a stern ing to Timmins motorists on Tuesâ€" afternoon of this week when he unced that the new penalties for lling in excess of forty miles per on the highwavys were severe and would be administered here in the manner as any other court. He tha; he wasn‘t going to show any y for those motorists who refused eed. the government appeal to 1 slower‘ and thereby conserve da‘s everâ€"diminishing supply of n faced charges ind two of ther ines of from fifteer dollars instead of the , while a new penalt; been added. A jail nay be given to any _both jail term and 12°1r summonses wa l1 probably be th be fined under th i any more speeder Magistrate Atkinsn rges of speeding them were fined while the other the magistrat of from fiftee Portrait of a Hoarder! James Allen. St. Catherines THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS, ONTARIO The recent drive by the police against drunks and drunken drivers has startâ€" i ed to take effect and this week only | three cases on the whole police court ! docket were laid under the Liquor Conâ€" trol Act. They were charges of being | drunk and disorderly and in all three [cases the accused pleaded guilty. Two of them paid fines of ten dollars and : costs while a third was fined fifty dolâ€" lars and costs as it was his second ?oï¬ence in the past vear. " 1. butr AcRoss C fue STREET ANO OROER AMoTiEA Suilt FoR _ _ Ttopa<«! C Mr. Brewer offered the explanation that he knew he had no insurance on his cars but that he thought he had ten davys af.er his insurance had exâ€" pired to renew his policy before the license became valueless. He was told by the crown attorney that there was no such clause in the byâ€"law. Mr. Brewer told the court that he had applied for a new policy and was waiting to get it from the insurance company but when the magistrate found that the new insurance had not been purchased till after the taxi had been stopped he imposed a fine of ten dollars and costs. Last wetk a high school bov was charged with driving with two people on a bicycle and the magistrate allowâ€" ecd the bov to go with a warning. This week bov was charged and the magistrate told him that he couldn‘t issue warnings every week so he fined him one dollar and costs. For driving a car without lights anâ€" other man paid a fine of a dollar and costs. One man faced a charge of driving a car with defective brakes and he was granted an adjournment while another man was given an adjournâ€" ment on a charge of driving without a driver‘s license. An even twenty dog owners faced charges in this week‘s court and they were all fined a dollar and costs for allowing their canine pets to roam at large. Most of them paid their fines before court when they pleaded guilty but five of them waited till the court opened and told the magistrate their excuses. In cach of the cases the maâ€" gistrate found them guilty and passed the same fine. Service on Victoria Day at Timmins Post Office Victoria Day, May 25th, is a statuâ€" tory holiday in Canada, and the Timâ€" mins post office announces the followâ€" ing service for that day: Letter carrier and parcel post deliâ€" veryâ€"Morning delivery only. Wicket serviceâ€"8 a.m. to 12 noon. Public lobbyâ€"Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Special delivery service, collections from subâ€"post offices and street letter boxes, and receipt and despatch of mailsâ€"as usual. ball with a smokeâ€"screen which bu when the ball goes in the rough. Geraldton Timesâ€"A fortune the inventor who can develop LT. GENERAL K. STUART ni€ Fou@TMH OROER@R Oof _ su60AR THIS WEEK! THALS Standard a W Omer Martin Told He Was Getting a Surprise Then Magistrate Dismissed Case Magistrate Throws Out Disorderly Conduct Charge Magistrate Atkinson was in a lenient mood on Tuesday afternoon of this week and at least one man is still walking around free because of that fact. That man is Omer Martin, who faced a charge of disorderly conduct, and after a lengthy hearing during which six witnesses were heard, he was dismissed. Before dismissing t] magistrate asked the a up and he then looked record. Just when ¢ court room was expec heavy fine or jail term youth the magistrate t going to give him the he ever got. "You to dismiss the charge,‘ said, and Martin alm« Two Timmins police cial police told of seein; ing on the street in fr( Ecclestone‘s store ani going to give him the biggest surprise he ever got. "You can go: I‘m going to dismiss the charge," the magistrate said, and Martin almost collapsed. Two Timmins police and two provinâ€" cial police told of seeing two men fightâ€" ing on the street in front of Marshallâ€" Ecclestone‘s store and the Timmins police named the men as Omer Martin and James Lamothe but the provincial didn‘s know definitely if they were the same two men. They were certain, however, that it was the same fight. Martin had been apprehended rather easily by the police and made no atâ€" tempt to resist arrest while Lamothe ran away when the police approached. Martin called two witnesses for himâ€" self and they swore that it had been the other man who started to fight after insulting Martin‘s girlâ€"friend while they wore in the Royal Lunch, not far from Marshallâ€"Ecclestone store. They said that Martin had been pushâ€" ed into the s.reet by the other man and that he was just defending himâ€" self. Martin t same story fighting af sulled his to hit him a report f him that to that in: six weecks ; shoulder. Marciin nurrledilv responsible for the and told the cour injured when he : from Sergeant Let A case that hes court dockets for r was finally dispos when the magistrat of theft of wood Thore wa for Magist before reac Martin the om the nc amothe w itution for s the result sn‘t much concrete evidence rate Atkinson to consider hing a decision so he gave benefit of the doubt. 1at hz2s been on the police When hase and finally trapped i back alley but when he the man fell and fracturâ€" h LeDIC o II the ng the charge the the accused to stand ooked over the man‘s hen everyone in the expecting to hear a term imposed on the rate told him he was Ni id oth nd .and and told the _that he had been her fellow had inâ€" d and had started igistrate then read hosvital informing suld be confined or at leasi another ult of his fractured ie mentioned that pnied that he was other man‘s injury that Lamothe was is trying to escape dism 1 on the police} than a month f on Tuesday missed a charge | Theodore | hat Serpeant After he had admitted that, the crown attempted to prove that Lariâ€" viere had taken the timber from anâ€" other vlace and not the place that he had been given permission to work, but that was quickly denied by the deâ€" tfonce when the accused called a govâ€" | ernment scaler, Mr. C. E. Wallingford, \to the stand and asked him if he had \ seen him coming to Timmins with the timber. The witness repiied that he had, so he was then asked if that was lin the direction of the place where the complainant contended the timber had been taken from the witness said that it was not. Lariviere. The charge was preferred by A. C. White and the crown‘s case was presented last week while the deâ€" fence was given till this week to have its witnesses in cour!. Mr. Leon Cousineau appeared this week and said that he had given Lariâ€" viere nermission to take some timber from the limit that belonged to him. He denied that he had given permisâ€" sion to Lariviere to take any of the standing timber but only the stuff that had been cut or blown down by the wind. Met Walter Grant and Art Marshall Recently. Many friends in Timmins and disâ€" trict will be interested in word receivâ€" ed here from "Somewhere in England" from Corporal Wm. Colborne, now with the Canadian Provost Corps, but forâ€" merly a popular Timmins young man. During the past few days Mrs. E. Colâ€" borne, 115 Birch street south, received two from her son, Corp. Colâ€" borne, the following being extracts from these letters:â€" Somewhere in England, April 6th "Dear Mother:â€"I rece:ved the parcel you sent and it was real good, and the photos rather make one lonesome . . . I am writing this noon hour, as Corp. Wm.. Colborne of Provost Corps Writes from England Magistrate Atkinson was unable to convict the accused on the case preâ€" sented by the crown so he told Lariâ€" viere to go. SPRING ROUND TRIP FARES TO WESTERN CANADA FROM ALL STATIONS IN EASTERN CANADA GOING DAILY MAY 22 â€" 31, 1942 inclusive Tickets Good inâ€" Coaches, in Tourist Sleening Cars or in Standard Sleeping CarS' at Special Reduced Rates for each class. ) Cost of accommodation in Sleeping Cars additional. BAGGAGE CHECKED. Stopovers at all points en route. Similar Fares from Western to Eastern Canada During Same Period. Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and all Information from any Agent. ASK FOR HANDBILL T.2â€"84 RETURN LIMIT â€" 45 DAYS I have to go out toâ€"night to do ome work at one of our detachme about: five miles from here . . . It ha$s rained for the week, and is still raihing. In case vou would like to know what Co. I am with moving around~the country so much, it is No. 9 Canadian Provost Corns, and they are a swell bunch of lads." "April 12thâ€"Here 1 am again, and it is Sunday . . . I was out for a ride this afternoon and got back around 4.30, had a bath and am trying to catch up on my mall . . . I am eating some of the you sent in the parcel and they are extra good . How are all at home? . . . The papers you send are good rendmg and Walter Grant and Art Marshall want them when I am finished: with them. They are stationed near here for a little while. We were out together the other night, and we had some fun." "April 15â€"I am sending you some snaps I took, and just got back from the store ... The water is on boiling for tea, as it, is now 9.30 p.m. over here and we are soon gaing to bed, but it is only 4.30 at home . . . Hope all at home are well." Archbishop Anderson to be at St. Matthew‘s Sunday Corporal Colborne‘s address follows:â€" Bâ€"25450, Corp. Wm. Colborne, No. 9 Canadian Provost Corps Canadian Army Overseas. The Most Rev. Archbishop Anderson, Metropolitan of Ontario, will administer the rite of conformation in St. Matâ€" thew‘s church on Sunday next at 11 am. His Grace will also be present at the evening service. , Toâ€"day (Thursday) being Ascension Day there will be a service in St. Matâ€" thew‘s church at 7.30 p.m. general tont 40. Ssu mllv 231 H(" trmlucmry sale at all aco Does Men Women Over 40 Feel Weak, Worn, Old ? Want Normal Pep, Vim, Vitalit ? ak, run is now 9.30 p.m. over here soon gaing to bed, but it at home . . . Hope all at wn al re 1 am spg@ain, and I was out for a ride ixd@ got back around and am trying to mail . . . I am eating uis vou sent in the xI here for a tozether the ph FTIVE a s