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Penitentiary Term for Rbbing Man "H you knew Vichoff was getting robâ€" bed why didn‘t you help him," Magisâ€" trate Atkingon asked McNulty. + ‘"Why should I help him? It was none of my ‘business," the prisoner reâ€" plied, with a shrug of his shoulders. . In asking for sentene, Acting Crown Attorney Charles Yates pointed out that McNulty had ‘"a very imosing (Contnued from Page One) . _ _The complainant, William Vichoff, swore that McNulty had followed him into the wash room at the hotel and struck him on the mouth and reached in and grabbed his roll of money in a purse in his inside coat pocket. Vichoff told of chasing McNulty out of the beverage room and shouting to get someone to stop the thief. ‘"He hit me in the mouth just once and said "Don‘t move," Vichoff said in evidence. In his defense, MaNulty declared that another man had robbed Vichoff but that he had been there. s â€"Gets Benefit of Doubt Denying that he had robbed Laface of 450 andâ€"stolen his car in the early morning of Oct. 4th, McNulty explainâ€" ed that he and the complainant had done the rounds of the hotel beverage rooms in Timmins during the evening and ended up at South End at midâ€" night, ~From there they hnad gone into. a couple of "joints" in Timmins and finally had started to fight outside one of "the places when a dispute arose as to which one of them should drive the "Laface was in no condition to drive but he wouldn‘t get in with me at the wheel so he walked and I drove off, telling him I would leave his car at the comer of Balsam street and Fourth evenue," McNulty said. "I ‘t steal his money but I could have n it all away from him playâ€" ing threeâ€"card monty," McNuity stated, giving evidence in his own behalf. : Laface swore that McNulty had hit, him on the side of the face, probably with an automobile tool of some kind, andâ€" then had kicked him on theâ€"chest as he went down to the ground. Laâ€" face said he had complied with Mcâ€" Nulty‘s demand to hand over his money. "I used common sensq I gave it to him; I thought there was no sense in getting murdered," he related. face‘s shirt was torn cpen and his chest bared and he was bleeding at the mouth. "He had been drinking but was ibyâ€"no means drunk," the sergeant Try The Advance Want Advertisements. Faced by the threat of German commerce raiders in the South Pacific and the everâ€"present shadow of ,pgnnpletlon a string of naval and air bases to link their defences with the British bases in the Central Pacific. Most recent development is an expedition from New Zealand to build an air field and barracks PCGRTH anmo Gforot sounub « s {¢ r a l i a Prints of the local pictures appearmg in our paper are avallable to anyone desiring them. A reasonable charge is made depend- ing upon the size of the picture Althoug'h our reproduction of these pictures are. excellent, the prints are much betber, detaii is bst thmugh the process of engraving. _ | Warns that Soap and Cand Will Not Do in Parcel : London, England. â€" Mrs. Vincent Massey, wife of the High Commissionâ€" er, tells a story of a parcel of candies sent to a Canadian! soldier during the last war. A‘ cake of soap was carefully packed in the sme box and penetrated the caridies so much that even boiling them didn‘t nemove the taste of soap. She also suggested it would be a good idea for Canadian women whéen bott!â€" ing fruit this fall to do an extra halfâ€" dozen or so. These could be sent to friends or troops in England to relieve the monotony of their diet should raâ€" tioning become very strict. Mrs. Massey added that might be taken as a word of warning to those inâ€" friends over there, not to include soap in the same parcel. Northern Man Hears of Conditions in the â€" Old Land at Present ~‘Gobait,â€" Oct. 10.â€"(Special~to Theâ€"Adâ€" vance)â€"Interesting sidelights on the conditions obtaining in parts of the Old Land in war time are thrown by letters received this week by a Cobalt resident from his mother, living someâ€" where in England, and a sister whose home is in a Scottish coast town frontâ€" ing eastward. â€" The letters tell of school classes reduced by 40 per cent of the time available for instruction, of spaciâ€" ous public gardens dug up for air raid shelters, or rationing of gasoline for private automobiles and of other phases of life in these times. Gasoline Rationed. Diffiâ€" culty About Schools. Sleep with Clothes and Gas . Masks Ready. â€"The letter from the older woman, whose residence is in a. small village in the middle of England and in what she writes is "supposed to be a safety wone," mentions chow railway fares have doubled andâ€" how her young érnd_son "started <a new school last week, but only goes three days a week throughâ€" lack of trains. (The school is in a nearby town). Then there are 500 boys from London, with their teaâ€" chors, who are to have the school for Writing from Scotland, under date of Ootober 1,"the Cobalt man‘s sister notes that. "with the rationing of petrol we are unable to rin about as much as we did," and later adds that their share ii{e other three days." This letter is dated October 3. 39 syonsy â€" "CANBORERARA _ #a @ourn£e j on the Kermadec islands. Betweeh Australia and New Zealand is Lord Howe Island, where mystery fortifications are being pushed. When â€"completed, the new bases will form a chain with Fiji and the Solomon, Santa Cruz, Ellice and Union groups, and £0R0 HOWE /5. AUVSL. ) the Singapore and Hong Kong stations to the "Windows are more or less. protected from blast and splinters, and domestic pets are placed in the least dangerous bit of the house every night. A war of nerves, if you like, with our. listening powers always strained. â€" Our front windows face the water and the guardâ€" ed convoys make a thrilling sight." gas masks and warm coats are to our hand, which with shaded lights and blacked out windows is going t:o be no easy job if the warning goes in the | night. $ "There has been no serious air raild yet, even though the. slrens haVc sent us scurrylng to an ‘Anderson shelter, and going to bed is an nour‘s job, what with seeing that our ‘raid‘ clothés Dig More Gold Urges Controller Dr.Fâ€" _ | Conboy, of Toronto i "This is a changed city," the letter continues, "but an extremely wellâ€"deâ€" fended one, as we have thankful reaâ€" son to know. â€" Valuable windows have: been bricked up or taken out;. thousâ€" ands of bags filled with sand are piled outside important buildings and at theâ€" mouths of the ‘closes‘ of the tenements.: The lovely gardens have ‘been ‘dug up‘ and signs with "shelter" on them now assert themselves on the notlce of the public. Toronto, Oct. 18.â€"In order to enable Canada to meet its war expenses with- out shouldering 1mmssible burdens up- on the taxpayers, Contrpller D; F. J. Conboy declared yesterday every effort should be made to increase the nation‘s production of gold and to raise the Dominion to the position of first rankâ€" mg gold productr in the world.: Ways and means of bringing about such ‘an increase in . Canadian gold production ‘will be studied at the City Hall in the near future by tne Northâ€" heefis < hathata Avat ty m o Pm t uin l 2 y their car is twelve gallons per month A She proceeds with the observation that "we are laying the car up aft.er the: New Year.‘" Would Boost Productlon to Ease Burden of War. of the available supply of gasoline for 15. ern Ontario Development Committes, headed by Dr. Conboy. <The commitâ€" tee, which is at present assisting in the task of surveying employment opâ€" portunities, will draw up: recommendâ€" ations to be submitted to the Ontario Government. Canada last year was the third rankâ€" ing gold producing nation of the world, Controller Conboy; pointed out, yesterâ€" ‘day, with South Africa holding top position and Russia in second place. It had been estmated that $165,000,000 worth of gold had been produced in the Dominion in 1938 and of this amount â€" Ontario‘s contribution had been approxmately 61 per cent. â€"â€" "Everything possible should be done to raise Canada into first position iamong the world‘s gold prodtucing naâ€" tions," Dr. Conboy contended. . "We have unlimited one supplies, we have the men, and we have vast territory that has not yet been touched." British Women Mobilized . Speedily for War Efiort §.J (M#KZ.) ty .. % w " % â€" t Et P ‘: * 1 w oi _ . -s..‘‘. $ We have just moved from our Four TRICAL APPLIANCE CO. at 39â€"41 T October ‘14th to Navember 18th, two making it W splendid valu Canada‘s old Springâ€" Mattress Reg. $15.00 Sale Price Regular $3.95 ° Sale Price f Regular $1.60 Salé Price Sale Price § * â€" each These chairs have bow backs strongly braced to set; golden finish. Not more than 4 chairs to each male PFrice _ C _ cac)h They‘te in WALNUT FINISH and sturdily built, Not more than 4 chairs to each customer at this price. . Sale Price The great thing about this bed outfit is its extraâ€" ordinary comfort cwing to the innerâ€"spring mattress which yields gently to the contours of the body. The dbed is in walnut finjth; has round posts 2 inches in dilameter. Outfit ingill standard widths: 3‘ 3", 406". it. in addition ,Ié EDUCED price our customers can pay just a samg M, sum down; balance spread over several weeks wi' h ; any int.erest charges added 40 this price. The fempered coil spring construction is covered in heavy hessian then padded with grey cotâ€" ton felt; upholst.ered in a handsome flgured da.mask finished with roll 2dges and scereened ventilators. All several weeks wi,' gg‘" it any inter: 7* this price. The. ;empéred coil s RIGHT IN THE FACE OF RISING PRICES WE OFEFER STARTLING SAVINGS ON _ â€" 200 Kitchen Chairs 100 Windsor Chairs 3â€"Piece Bed Outfit e STEEL BED e SAGCLESS SPRING e SPRINGâ€"FILLED MATTRESS ‘from our Fourth, Avenue Store to the recently enlarged premises of our agents, the LYNCH ELECâ€" . CO. at 39â€"41 Third Avenue. ..We are celebrating the Grand Opening with a gigantic furniture sale ‘mber 18th, two floors stocked full of furniture bargains. e furnl,tu»re institutionâ€"THE F. C. BURROUGHES FURNIEUKRE CO. LTD.â€"founded 52 years agoâ€"is ~WHILE for every family needing rniture, to BUY during this SALE. Here are some examples of the ere‘s going to be a big demand so dtb not delay. @ §2 095. t only are price reductions convincing _ Burroughes has a friendly Charge count plan without any interest charges or extra to these reduced prices . LYNCH ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO, AÂ¥u FREE With every 4â€"piece Bedâ€" room Suite or Chesterâ€" field Suite sold dqi'ing this Opening Sale Remember this is not just an ordinary floor lamp, but it has a heavy base and shaft of superâ€" jor quality. Then there is a reâ€" flector fixture that may be adâ€" justed to 100â€"watt, 200â€"watl or â€"300â€"watt light as desired, by the turn of a switch; this gives an even light over a wide area and is so much easier on the eyes than the ordinary style; there are also 3 candle fixtures, A homespun shade is included. TRLLITE Reflector ‘Rego $14 050 F / ‘ w _ .’95 Sale Price e "â€" A useful KNEEHOLE DESK for the home:; modern agesign; has drawer and 3 book shelves. .About 15 only in stock so do not delay if you want one. 15 GRAND .PRIZES Being Given Away 30 only Solid Walnut Smoker ~ Cabinets _ Reg. $4.25 _ Sale Price