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. _ Enlisting Town Employees to be Given Leave of Absence _ *‘ and to Retain Jobs With Seniority.. Vacancies to be Filled With Temporary Employees. Warren Protests Change in Lighting System on Hollinger Road. an registration of all aliens in this dis« trict was asked last night, when the Town Council met for its weekly meetâ€" ing. The Council petitioned the Doâ€" minion government to take steps to bring such registration into effect as soon as possible. â€"*There is nothing to discuss with regard to this resolutior" said Mayor Bartieman. "We all are in agreement with it." There was no discussion. , ~ At the same meeting the Council passed a resolution to give any muniâ€" cipal amployees â€"who wish to. enlist leave of absence during the duration of their absenmnse. The resolution asâ€" sures any of them who are able to do the work their jobs ‘back with no loss ‘of seniority. Any replacements made on the staff will be made with the unâ€" derstanding that they are temporary. Protesis Lighting Change Councilior Waren was the only member of. the municipal body to proâ€" test an experiment with the lighting system on the Hollinger road. His protests were vigorous. The Mayor initliated the suggestion that several of the 300 watt lights in the system be neplaced with 200 or 250 watt lamps. If they were effective it would mean a considerable saving in power costs. ~*"I want the newspapers to know my ntiments in this matter. I am definâ€" tely against it. This system is working well at the present time and the highâ€" way is well lighted. I do not favour making any changes,‘ said Councillor see no reason why some of the lights should not be replaced in order to see how lamps of less power act. There are A § QMWQQ [ . lfiifis otooi%e town o are compfzis: ing that they haveâ€" not enough light in their districts. If we save some money on the Hollinger â€"road system we may be able to provide them with better lighting. After all this is only an experiment and I see no harm in It." > Warrenâ€""definitely against it." Councillor Warren opened the sysâ€". tem when it was put into operation a few weeks ago. Daughters of Empire Registering All Its Members for War Work First Work to be Collecting New Garments and Blankets ~for Children Evacuated from Large Centres in Great Britain. Other Business at I.0.D.E. Meeting. Immediate steps to provide for "Well," said Councillor Spooner, "I against it," said Councilior Weather With Rain Rained Only Once Since Monday. Can Expect Dull Weekâ€"end Says Weaâ€" therman. A foreboding sky this morning is inâ€" dicative of unsettled weather over the next few days with rain or showers and cooler weather, said Sydney Wheelâ€" er, Hollinger weather observer, this morning. Unsettled It rained only once since Monday and that was between 8 p.m. and midâ€" night on Tuesday. Showers fell to a depth of 15 inches. Maximum and minimum temperaâ€" tures were as follows. Monday, 63 and 41: Tuesday, 71 and 42; Wednesday, 58 and 43. At eight this morning the temperature was 47 degrees. Allege Hit Woman Between Eyes With a Bottle of Beer Doris Legault is in jail facing several changes of theft and one of assault ”wmal bodily harm to Ceâ€" leste Dostt. Legault is alleged to have struck Miss Dosti between the eyes with a full bottle of beer. The woman was badly gashed _ Stanley Melloy was arrested on a charge of being drunk. He has twice been convicted this year and will apâ€" pear for the third time on Tuesday. Doris Legault Faces Charge of: Assault Along With Several of Theft. Fred Davis was arrested recently on a charge of having wine in his possesâ€" sion ‘illegally. Police are alleged to have found two bottles in Davis‘s car parked in a lane on Kirby Avenue. sbiished at Timmines. Canad LOSNDAYT and THURSDAY Presbytery Meetin Endorses Plan for The : Cochrane Presbytery of the United ‘Church met on September 13 and 20 in~ Matheson. â€" Rev. W. M. Mustard, of ~Timmins, presided, with Rev. Graydon Cox, of Matheson, as secretary, and Mr. Worrell, of Cochâ€" rane, as treasurer. Devotions were led by Rev. Fred Bain, of Schuma'gher. The Home Mission report was éiven by Rev. R. S. Laidlaw, of IroQuois | Falls. Request was made for a deaâ€" coness to be appointed by the Woâ€" men‘s Missionary Society for work in the Porcupine area; and also that | permanent minister be provided for folden City and adjacent mining areas. United Church,Gatherih?giâ€"éf Matheson Suggests Suppresâ€" sion of Liquor Traffic for the Duration of the War. The Missionary and Maintenance Fund report, given by Mr. A. Gillies, of Timmins, stated that $1705 has alâ€" ready been raised of the year‘s allocaâ€" tion of $4,030. Allocations for 1940 were set as follows:â€"iCluteâ€"Island Falls $60, Cochrane $360, Cinnaught $70, Hearst $120, Iroquois Falls $360, Kapuskasing $360, Matheson $100, Monteith $60, Nakina $60, Schumachâ€" er $360, Smooth Rock Falls $180, South Porcupine $275, Timmins $1,680, Timâ€" mins Finnish $50,. making a total for the presbytery of $4,030. mmamu“ummm betwes t onsb s +0 inrnd 98 TL ue + 20000 .200 Permanent Mmlster for Golden City. redit Coâ€"operative TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 218T, 1939 Begin Work On Freight Shed Here Work began on Monday on the new T.. N. 0. freight sheds. The new buildinz, which will be completed about November 15, will be half again as large as the present building. At present workmen are busy on the conâ€" struction of the addition to the present building. When that is completed the presented building will be torn down and replaced with the new structure, The system of building the new part and then tearing down the old buildâ€" ing was made necessary in order to maintain the service. New T. N. 0. Building to: be Half Again as Large as Present Building. FIRE FIGHTERS OF NORTH GATHER Mrs. Geo. Mitchell, of Kirkland Lake, organizer for the Volunteer Reâ€" _gistration ..of..Canadian . C.W.) visited Timmins on Tuesday, and a meeting was held in the Legion hall for the purpose of bringing toâ€" gether all women interested in this | work. Organizer for the V.R.C.W. Visits Timmins This Week Movement to Register All Women Ready to Help in War Work This movement is a government proâ€" ject, and a questionnaire. has been sent, to be filled in by all women who wish to join the V.R.C.W. This regisâ€" tration is sent to Toronto and to Otâ€" tawa, and when service is desired the women will beâ€" notified from -Otta/wa. If the war ends scon, there will of course be no necessity for the work which they are willing to take part in. Mrs. Heaslip was chosen president of the local V.R.C.W. with Mrs. A. Longmore as secretary. Mrs. Harrison is in charge of the publicity. At a meeting following the Red Cross meeting on Thursday (this) eveâ€" ning at 8 o‘clock, Mrs. Heaslip will exâ€" plain the purposes of the organization. ther members appointed to active work in the V.R.C.W. are Mrs. Carâ€" riere, Mrs. Hardy (the Ladies‘ Auxiliâ€" ary of the Canadian Legion repreâ€" sentative), and Mrs. Howard (Women‘s Institute). It is expected that the 1.O.D.E. will also have a representative on the committee of the V.R.C.W. Published at Timmins, Ont.. Canada, Every MONDAY and THURSDAY British Capture Bremen Say 51,000 ton Vessel Capâ€" tured on High Seas and Taken Into British Watâ€" ers. The London Daily Express reported today that the 51,000 ton German liner, the Bremen, which has been a fugitive on the â€"high seas New York just before the outbreak of the war, has been oaptured by the British navy ‘The British Ministry of Information has refused to either deny or confirm the reports. The report said that the liner had been taken into British waters by convoy of British ships and that its crew of:â€" 008 had been removed for inâ€" ternment elsewhere. What port the liner was taken was not disclosed. Ask Repeal of Neutrality Act Under Present Form ~iSpeaking today at the beginning of the regular session of Congress. Presiâ€" dent of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt advocated ‘repeal of neutralâ€" ity legislation in its present form. "I regret that I signed that act," the President said. He pointed out that ceremony, in effective style, and the members enjoyed welcomlnz and meeting Mrs. lmnro : y% o. uio ut se +. ioi S t l d since it set sail from: Nazls Expect French Push On Western Front Soon France Has Completed Genâ€" eral Mobilization Motor Road Between Berâ€" I(i)p and Moscow Agreed n. > The French Cabinet yesterday, after aa special session, reâ€"affirmed its pledge to fight until Poland is free and reâ€" established as a nation. The announteâ€" ment said that Britain was equally determined on this, and that â€" there would be no consideration of hesitation or odds until the menace of Hit.lerlsm is destroyed. The German military command eviâ€" dently is expecting a major French and British offensive on the western front in the near future. In preparation they are reported to be making massive troop concentrations behind the Sieg- fried Line. It is known that the Germans are constructing a second ‘line of fortifiâ€" cations behind the Line. They evidentâ€" ly do not feel that the Siegfried Line is impregnable. The length of the front where there is active fighting at preâ€" senit is about eighty miles. Berlin correspondents report in Danish papers that there is a possibilâ€" ity of a pact between Germany, Russia, TItaly ~and Japan. Japanese, Russian and Italian officials have been frequent visitors at the German war office of Most important check on such a pact is believed to be the possibility that the United States would enter the conflict with Great Britain and France if such a pact was completed.. German correspondents say that the building of a glant motor road between . Moscow and Berlin has been‘ agreed _ upon. From Moscow comes the report that the Soviet army has captured 60,000 Polish prisoners, 280 artillery guns and 120 aeroplanes. Soviet troops, says the Russian high command, have reached the line in Poland agreed upon with Cermany. France has completed her . general mobilization, says a Paris report. All the manâ€"power of the country is ready to go to the front, if necessary. A radio report from Warsaw to Lonâ€" don tells that the besieged city still is holding out after thirteen days of siege The Polish army claims that it has reâ€" captured two of the suburbs back from the Germans. ' Farmerâ€"Labour Party Decides â€" Not to Nominate gallons of chemical to: extinguish the smudge. Itprobablymmh The Pioneer Paper of the Poreupine. Established 1912 °