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New Library and Reading Room at St. Alphonsus Church at Schumacher Schumacher, Feb. 24th. Special to The Advance. The official opening of the St. Al. phonsus Parish Church new reading room and library was held Saturday afternoon. The Rev. father Martinâ€" dale added a few words of encourageâ€" ment and congratulated the committee in charge for the success they had achieved in having such comfortable club room. The funishing of the club room conâ€" sists of a threep iece chesterfield suite in rust and green repp, a radio, sevâ€" eral occasional chairs and foor lamps. Local and landscape pictures are hung on the walis. A wellâ€"filled library with many valuable books should prove very interesting reading to the members. A small fee entitles each one to membership. To mark the opening event, the library committee served afternoon tea in the new club rooms. The large tea table was very attractive with its lace cloth. The centre piece was a large vase of spring flowers, blue iris, daffodiis and narcisâ€" sus, with a lovely silver tea service at each end of the table. Mrs. Jack Marshall and Mrs. Mac MacMillan ipoured tea They wergq assisted by Miss Betty Murphy., and Mrs.. John Bagorda. In charge of the kitchen were Miss Ailsen Curran, Miss E. Murphy and Mrs, Ken Burns. A large number of ladies attended and enjoyed afternoon tea. «h P P s P AP AL L Wellâ€"filled Library, Together With Reading Rooms and Club Facilities Established by Young People of the Parisk,. Formal Opening a Pleasing Event Saturday. Sss P LC A P L A APâ€"A A AC: There was a very large attendance of adults and social evening given by the Cornish Social Club in the Hollinger hall on Saturday evening, and while the children enjoyed an informal concert presentation, the adults played a few hands of cards and added some inches to thelt knitting. Mr.{Stutton and Mr. Hocking acted as MXC.‘s during the evening, and a dainty lunch was served Happy Children‘s Social Evening Timmins Now Has Largest Number of Phones of Any Town in This Part of North The report notes that the. Timminsâ€", Schumacher exchange is the largest in‘ the whole system and has also shown | the greatest growth during the past year. This exchange has 4,380 phones according to the 1940 report. For 1939 the number listed was 3985. This means an increase of 395 telephones in the yvear. l The total number of phones in the| Northern Telephone system for 1940 was 13,506. For 1939 the total was| 12.9026. ‘The increase of 580 in the year was due chiefly to the increase in the phones in the Timmins. Schumacher exchange. This increase was 39%5, as. noted. and is more than twice as much ; as the increase in the other twenty. four exchanges combined. There are twenty.five exchanges in | the Northern Telephone Lines, covering ,Mm‘t of the North. The fol. T ures from the report show the number of phones at each of the exchanges : â€" Timmins.Schumacher, 4,380. Kirkland LakeBwastika, 2973. Noranda and Rouyn, 1,994. New Liskeard, 942. south Porcupine, 607. 1 | Haileybury, 484. â€" Amas, 473. Kapuskasing, 3#4. 1 Cobalt, 317. Englehart, 390. Larder Lake 173. Durparquet, 110. Hearst, 95. Math:son, 95. Senneterre, 44. Matachewan, 40. Eariton, 33. ; Fik Lake, 33 Latchford, 8. Mumoe 8. The report of the Northern Tele. phone Company, as prepared for the annual meeting of shareholders being held at New Liskeard today (Monday), contains many interesting and illu. minating facts. Timmins -â€"â€"-Schunnzac‘hc;â€"“â€"lâ€"‘f)”(â€"c_-ffiifi;;e Lists 4,380 Phones. Kirkland Lake and Swastika Next With 2,973. South Porcupine in Fifth Place. Increase of 395 in Timminsâ€" Schumacher Phones Over 1939. Itetion Th¢ iflmmmm Dog Owners Are Given Warning All Persons Failing to Have Dog Licenses to be Proseâ€" cuted. A warning was issued today through the Town of Timmins license departâ€" ment that all persons who have failed to obtain dog licenses will be prosecuted without further notice Six dog owners are scheduled to appear before Magisâ€" trate Atkinson on Tuesday for failure to have their pets licensed and a conâ€" certed drive on delinquents is to get under way this week. Inspector Martin pointed out that January 31 was the last day on which last year‘s license was valid. Mining Institute Meets Wednesday at Mcintyre Hall Official of Munitions and Supply Department Will Address Gathering. The February meeting of the Porcuâ€" pine Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy will be held at the McIntyre Community Building on Wednesday evening commencingâ€"at 8.30 p.m. | _‘"The report shows a large increase in taxes and your company is glad to be in a position to pay increased taxes ‘and thus take a part in helping Can. ada‘s War Effort," reads, in part, the president‘s report. "We are pleased also to report that every one of our full time employees has arranged with your company to have a deduction made from each half.monthly paYy cheque, which money is being used to purchase War Savings Certificates." The report gives total revenue for the company for the year as $521,614.57 with â€" expenditures . of $394 .279 74. Dividends of $47,796.00 were provided for and after the usual deductions, balance remained of $271 $30.80 at the credit of the loss and gain account. There is a reduction of $6.000.00 in bond issue reported for the Vyeal, omm 5/ AXt _ 4 â€"* us The speaker for the occasion will be G. C. Moutoure, of Department of Munitions and Supply, Ottawa, who will address the gathering on the topic "Metals and Minerals Under Control." The address is being looked forward to with great ‘Ueal Of‘ interest and it is ekpected that a large crowd will be in attendance, O‘Brien, 5. Boston Creek, 4. Tyranite, 3. Villemontel, 3. Among the other interesting figures in the report are the following:â€"The company had 908 miles of pole line at the end of 1940, an increase of 13 miles from 1939. There were 30,669 miles of single wire, over the previous year‘s 38417 miles. Local calls from pay stations were up to 130,305 from 128.616, an increase of 1,619, but longâ€" distance calls dropped from the 1939 level of 509.976 to a decrease of 28492 on the company‘s own lines and connecting systems. One paragraph in the.report by the president, Mr. T. MoCamus, is worth special mention, as it indicates a raâ€" ther unusual way to look upon increas. ed taxesâ€"the attitude being one of thankfulness that the company is in position to meet this increased taxa. tion. â€"~It is also stated t counmon battery ser ed in me Liskearu ‘ublished at Tmmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY d in the report that a service will be install. iru diuing the present East African Conquest Makes Steady Progress British forces, recently reinforced by Senegalese, were credited at Cairo to. day with steady gains into Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland. The Senegalese, members of the Free French Forces, travelled half way across the continent by truck to get into the fight. They crossed the An. glo Egyptian Sudan from Chad in French Equatorial Africa and were then transported by ship to the north. ern Red Sea coast of Eritrea. They joined the upper claw of a British "pincer‘" being closed on the railway town of Keren where the Ital. ians have held out determinedly. A communique said this advance from the North was making satisfactory progress, while other forcess a‘ few miles west of Keren continue '!thbi}' preparations for the ‘reduction of the Italian positions covering the town. | Cairo further reports that on the ~Ethiopian front, (British ‘troops,* aug. mented by native forces, have occupied i the town of Shogahi on the Blue Nile. British Forces Make Gains Against Italians in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somaliland. Town of Shogahi on Blue Nile Occupied. R. A. F. Gives Strong Support. The RAF Middie East command declared today that British bombers, escorted by fighter planes, were mak. ing "continuous raids on Gura Cheren and Asmara, capital of Eritrea and added that the tempo of air attack on Italian positions in Entrea is increas. ing daily. Buried in loose muck when he feli into a chute after the wooden staging on which he was standing collapsed, Edward Rrown, a timberman employed at Faymar Gold Mines, was instantly killed early today. The body was reâ€" covered in less than an hour. Brown is said to be a married man and the father of three children. KILLED AT FAYMAR While throngs of Netherland‘s nationals from every part of western Ontario stood for hours in a cold drizzle of rain to catch a glimpse of her, Princess Juliana paid a long visit to Netherlands troops trainâ€" ing at the Juliana barracks in Stratford. With Col. G. J. Sas (right) commander of the Dutch force, sne NETHERLANDS PRINCESS INSPECTS HER TROOPS TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, 15 Grydsuk was employed as a deckman and muck was being hoisted" steadily in the cage, compartment ‘of. the shaft. During thése operations the pull cord from the ‘cross. head chalrs broke and Grydsuk:! Wht up manway . to in vestxgt/b‘ ~For some â€" unexplainable reason the workman cliuinbed from the manway into the cage compartment. The cage was moved from below and caught the unfortunate victim before he could get back into the manway. His body was crushed by the cage and fell a distance of forty feet. Naybob Miner is Killed Instantly In Shaft Mishap Fred Grydsuk Crushed by Cage When Attempting to Repair Pull Cord. Struck by a cage in the new shaft being sunk at Naybob Gold. Mines, Harry Grydsuk 23, was almost inâ€" stantly killed last Thursday night. Deceased is a son of Mr. and Mrs Fred Grydsuk, 224 Pine street south An inquest has been ordered. Woman is Charged After Liquor Raid On Sunday Morning Provincial â€" Police Swoop Down on House in Mountâ€" joy Townshipâ€"10 Found In. Following a raid by Provincial Police at 1.30 Sunday morning on a house in Mountjoy Township, Elsie Pomerleau, alleged to be the owner, was arrested on a charge of keeping liquor for sale and locked up in the local police cells. She will appear before Magistrate Atkinson tomorrow. At the time of the raid,police allegedly found seven men and three women in the house drinking. The feverish tempo of Canuda‘s industrial war efioil has ugclome a fight agalnst time with leisure for such incidentais as meals, A machinist is here shown in a Cunadian gun plant munching away al lus iun.h with oue bLand on Lhe coutrols ol us whhurinyg maclinc, speaks to an officer umn. After the turned aside to greet hnherseager to shake expressions of loyalt, To celebrate the second anniversary of the Women‘s Institute in Timmins, the members were hostesses to a very large and merry crowd at the Holling. er hall on Friday evening, when their friends and acquaintances ;i-anced to the music of Uncle Art and His Merry. makers, Women‘s Institute Celeprates Second Anniversary Here Both round and square dancing were enjoyed, and during the evening, a delicious lunch of hot dogs, doughnuts, coffee, and soft drinks was served. Lion Charles Yatés, assistant Tim. mins | ‘Crown Abtbrtxey addressed ‘the regular weekly of the Lions Club here Thursday evening on the Ontario judicial system, explaining the jurisdiction and scope of the various courts existing in the Provincial set.â€"up. He also mentioned briefly a number of recommendations that have been made regardiiig changes in the present system. Mr. Yates‘ remarks were fol. lowed with great interest by the club members. Describes Ontario Judicial System to Timmins Lions It was decided that the club would not, as a club, join with other clubs in hearing an address from Dr. H. S. Thompson, of the Dental Hygiene Council in March, but that individual members would attend if they so de. sired. Secretary Harold Pirie announced that the District Governor, m Rothschild, of Sudbury, would pay an official visit to the next regular meet. ing. Charles ~Yates, Assistant ‘Crown Attorney:; Speaker at Weekly Dinner Harold Collins introduced Bill Lans. bury who entertained the meeting with two humorous recitations, "Happy" and "Casey At The Bat." A vote of thanks was extended by ‘"Silent‘"‘ Bill McDermott. Vice President Bill Wren presided at the gathering. Guests for the oc. casion included Jim Spalding, of North Bay Lions Club, Leon Charlebois, Ansonville and William Lainsbury, Timmins. The chairman extended the club‘s congratulations to Lion Garth Teeple on his recent marriage. at the head of a khaki clad colâ€" ilitary inspection the princess the civilians who clustered about her hand and received her with Published at Tmmins, Ont., Canada Mn EoE NoT Every MONDAY and THURSDAY More Australian Troops Land At British Port To Augment Large Garrison Japs Said to Have 100,66()“ Men Massed on Hainan Island for Drive Southward, Toward Singapore. Japanese Foreign Minister Calls on “}Vh.ite Race" to Cede Oceania Temperature Exactly Zero at Eight O‘Clock This Morning at Hollinger. Milder Weather Forecast "Fair and moderately cold today but becoming a little milder," was the weather prediction of Sydney Wheeler at Hollinger Observatory this morning. While Mr. Wheeler would not defiâ€" nitely commit himself, he believed that a real mild spell is not in the offing. Five inches of snow fell intermittently from last Thursday until Saturday. The temperature at eight o‘clock this morning was exactly zero. Maximum and minimum temperaâ€" tures since last Wednesday . are:â€" Thursday 20 above and 8 above; Friday 22 above and 10 above; Saturday 12 above and 6 below; Sunday,, 14 above and 6 below. Arrest Local Man In Kirkland Lake On Two Charges James Godin to Appear Toâ€" Morrow on False Preâ€" tenses and Theft Counts. Arrested for by Kirkland Lake zsolice, James Godin, 181 Spruce street north, was brought back here on Saturday and will appear beâ€" fore: ‘Magistrate ‘Atkinson in« police court tomorrow afternoot.© He will face charges of: false pretenses and theft. Lodging House Proprietress is Charged Here license department Mrs, R. Cantin, 72 Third avenue was charged today with operating a lodging house without a municipal permit and will appear in police court here tomorâ€" row. Police claim that the woman had been previously refused a permit to operate a lodging house by the New United Church at South Porcupine Crowded For Opening Services Mrs. R. Cantin Alleged to Have Operated Place Without Municipal Perâ€" mit. South Porcupine Feb. 22â€"(Special to The Advance)â€"Such a large number of people attended the first services in the new. United Church today that many sat on the steps and some in the kitchen in order to be present at the opening ceremonies. Three hun. dred is a small estimate of the number attending in the morning. Before the actual service began, Rev. J. A. Lyttle and Rev. W M Mustard entered together They were received by Mr. Walter Honer, chairman of the Building Committee, who presented the South Porcupine minister with the keys of the church,. Mr. P. J Andrews spoke on behalf of all who had worked for, or given toward the building. Mrs. Burton presented the new oaken front to the church from the children of the Dome SBunday School. This was inscribed suitably on a brass plate with the words "Suffer the little child. ren to come unto Me." Rev. Lyttle replied to these speeches by thanking the congregation for their efforts and voluntary labour, and those committees which had vora. w i Dly towaras tlius Rev. Mr. Mustard whno preached the moruing cervice took as khis Ne >v. W. M. Mustard Preacher at Morning Services. Reyv. F. J. Baine Preacher in the Evening. Presentations Made Before the First Services. Music Features the Services, Reports from Singapore indicated today that more Australian troops are arriving there to reinforce those al. ready landed and are in training for jungle warfare. Unconfirmed Chinese reports from Hong Kong said Japanese forces on Hainan Island, described as totauing 100,000 men, had finished preparations for a Southward drive and were °x. pected to move soon toward Singapore. These reports said naval stores were ready at six points and that fifty to sixty Japanese warships were in the gulf, between the Island and French Indo.China. Japan showed signs of nervousness today as three French warships steamed for a secret destina. tion, just before it was announced that the Thailand.French Indo China armistice weeks. Meanwhile Foreign Minister Mat. suoka of Japan today called upon "the white race" to cede Oceania, the vast region of the South Pacific, to the Asiatics. Matsuoka Geclared in parliament that "it has always been my pet theory that Oceania, which is 1200 miles from North to South and 1,000 miles from east to west, must ‘be made a place for the Asiatics to migrate." "This region has sufficient natural resources to supply six to eight hun. dred million of people and I believe we have a natural right to migrate there,"" said Matsuoka, Two Japanese leaders told a lower house parliamentary committee that Japan is watching British and United States moves closely and that its navy has already decided on counter meas. ETT i is s ures to any threat.© Bothâ€"expressed full confidence in the Japanese army and navy to push its expansionist pro. gramime,. Another $1,000 to be Sent Overseas This Week to Bomb Victims‘ Fund ‘The Timmins Commilttee in â€" charge of the fund for the Bomb Victims overseas are sending another $1,000 overseas to the Lord Mayor of London‘s fund for those suffering in Britain from the Hun air raids. Some weeks ago the local committee forwarded to the fund two hundred and twentyâ€" five pounds sterling (approximately $1,000) to London, and received acâ€" knowledgement and thanks from the Lord mayor for this appreciated help. This week another $1,000 is going forward, and it is hoped that several more contributions of similar size will go from Timmins for this worthy cause. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents are labourers together." Special music at the morning service was the anthem by the choir, "I will Sing of Thy Great Power," and solo by Mrs. Stanlake, "Open the Gates," followed by the choir rendering "I Will Sing Unto the Tord." Rev,. F. J. Baine conducted the even. ing service taking as his subject of discourse, "Jesus ‘Christ the Founda. tion." The choir sang the anthem, "Thou art my God," and George Woods gave the solo "Bless This House.," Mr. Percy Harris, of Timmins, sang "The Lord is My Light and My Sal. vation." Presented and dedicated to the ser. vice of God at this time was a new piano, the gift of the South Porcupine Young People‘s Unionâ€"Mr. Ken Davis making ‘the presentation; and a new electricâ€"range for kitchen use given by Miss Margaret Fraser in memory of her father the late Doctor Fraser, previous minister of the United Church in South Porcupine. Mrs. Dan Reed, in the absence of Mrs. Libby, President of the Gauild (who is sick), acted for the (Giuild ut the presentation, The Pioneer Paper of the Poreupine. Established 1912 had been extended for two