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e TL P SL . SL . P SR : PE : MR : BA : MA > SA >\ § Dance the Old Year Out and g $ the New Year in 2 expressed regrelt at 1 Miss A. E. Sherlock. Miss Sherlock is spending the vacaâ€" tion at her home near Ottawa, and the Misses Purvis at Lindsay, Ont. x CHRISTMAS TREE AND SCHOOL CLOSING AT MONETA SCHOOL * All of the rooms of Moneta Public School had closing exercises and the everâ€"popular Christmas tree with well laden ‘branches was present in each class room. ( Mr. Godfrey Johnston, Chairman of the School Board, paid a visit to the sehool on the closing day and addressâ€" ed the pupils, emphasizing the import ance of regular attendance. He also ENGLEHART OPERATOR COMMITTED POR TRIAL, Joseph (Gillice, the operator at Enâ€" glehart at the time of the fatal aceiâ€" dent at Dane last August was commitâ€" ted tby Magistrate Atkinson for trial before a higher court. . The defendant pleaded not guilty and elected to be tried lbefore a Judge. There was no evidence taken, the official evidence at the inquest held in Englehart being fyled with the court. (Mr. W. A. Gordon appeared as counsel for the defence. The charge against G@llice is that of causing actual bodily harm in connection with the wreek. _ The evidence at the inquest suggested that the â€" failure of Gillice to deliver certaim orders received by him was more or less responstbhle for the wreck. (Gilâ€" lice is out on bail pending the trial before a Judge. There was four eases at police court here last week, and one of these cases was a remand from the previous week, and was made into anâ€" other remand to this week. This was the case of iMrs. Mary Boychuk charged with immoral living and reâ€" manded for sentence. Solicitor Buli of North Bay was here last week on this case and is expected back again this week. Although at the trial the woman swore this was her first visit to Timmins, the police claim that she was convicted here before some years ago and sentenced to a term in the reformatory. Mr. Bull secured a remand to this week in the case. Magistrate Atkinson fined D. Alekna $200.00 and costs for illegally having liquor. A. Barbhas, for illegal purchase of liquor, ‘was fined $50.00 and costs. An assault charge was dismissed. BIG POLICE COURT FPOR THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK SMALL POLICE COURT, IT NETTED $250 LAST WEEK Usually Christmas Week is an easy week in the matter of police court, but not so this week. ‘There is a big variety as well as a large number of cases for toâ€"morrow (Thursday) to come before Magistrate Atkinson. In addition to remands from last week there will be a number of serions charges to be heard, most of them in connection with Jliquor. The cases, however, include one now listed as atâ€" tempt to murder. This latter is a charge against a colored man just coming to town last week and giving the name of Sam Norman. He got into a dispute over the matter of a quarter, according to the story told the ‘police, and proceeded to clean up the man ‘who argued with him. A brother of the man attacked werlt to see fair play and this brother (A. DPrssornjzsainx) received a bad gash from a knife or razor, necessitating medical attention. He also had. his coat cut in more than one place where the instrument used failed to reéeach him in its slashings. There are two charges of selling liquor laid_ against John Graboski, following a visit of the police to his house last week. (M. iClement will also face a charge of selling liquor. There is a tharge of selling liquor to There are two charges of selling liquor laid_ against John Graboski, following a visit of the police to his house last week. |M. iClement will also face a charge of selling liquor. There is a ctharge of selling liquor to be answered by George Symnauk. H. Russell, A. Tartan and Mrs. Wm. Cohen each will answer to charges of having liquor in a public place. N. Pouff, the proprietor of a pool‘â€" room on Fourth Avenue, is charged with selling liquor, and Victor Ukalo with drinking in a public place as a result of a visit by Officers O ‘Connor, Martin, MeCord and Simpson on Monday evening. They found a large quantity of liquor on the premises, together with a tester, funnels and other paraphernalia. There are half a dozen drunks to answer to the roll ecall toâ€"morrow. John Wirta will face the charge of having firearms while being an alien. A taxi driver wh@ took on passengers in the prohibited area will be reâ€" quired to answer to the courf. Another taxi driver named Grenier will be charged with reckless driving He ran into Mr. John Kilgore‘s auto standing near the station, smas}ing the mudguards and doing other minor damage. ‘Then he beat it away omd when followed and asked for an exâ€" planation he is said to have asked for a court case. Sometimes people get what they ask for around Christâ€" mas time. d reg cases was a remand Trom the week, and was made into anâ€" nand to ‘this week. This ‘ase of iMrs. Mary Boychuk with immoral living and reâ€" for sentence. Solicitor Butli gret at