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l At the regular meeting of the town ccuncil ten:.years ago, there was a large attendanc> of ratepayers present Mayor Geo, S. Drew presided and Councillors A. Caron, Dr. Honey, R. Richardson, J. T. Chenicr, J. E. H. Chateauvert" and J. Morrison were present. Probably the most interesting item of business was a letter from the Cercle Canadien asking the council to have the tax notices, water bills, etc., printed in French as well as English for the accommodation of the large number of French speaking citizens suggesting a Frenchâ€"gpeaking assisâ€" tant to the assessor; and asking that the sanitary inspector be a man able to speak French as well as English. In the letter to the council the beneâ€" fit that would acerue to a large number of the citizens through this extension of the biâ€"lingualism. In referring to the matter Mayor Drew said it was a matter that the council could bear in mind. The signs showing the loâ€" cation of â€"the tax collector‘s office could easily be in French as well as English. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH. 1941 Children 5 years of age and under 1%, when accompanied by guardian HALEF FARE For Further Particulars Apply to Local Agent Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Nipissing Central Railway Company Rargain coach excursion tickets will be valid on Train 46, Thursday, Feb, 27. Passengors will arrange their own transfer to North Bay Câ€"P. Depot and take C.P. Train No. 8, leaving 12.55 a.m. Friday, February 28. Tickets are valid to return leaving destination point not later than C.P. Train No. 7, from Montreal 8.15 p.m. Sunday, March 2%, to connect at North Bay with our Train No. 47, Monday, March 3, 1941. Tickets good in Coaches Only To Pembroke, Renfrew, Arnprior, Ottawa, Ontarioâ€" Montreal, Quebec, Trois Rivieres, Quebec Thet Tickets will not be honored on Trains 49 and 50â€"The "Northland" Frank Byck & Son Canmore Briquettes, Western Stoker, Iron Fireâ€" man Stoker, Western stove and furnace Coal, Alexo, Pocahontas, Coke, Steam, Welsh, American Blue and Welsh Blower. 86 Spruce South THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941 BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION were 11,579 books in circuâ€" . 0. and N. C. R. Regular Stations FOR GOOD COAL AND sERVICE Coal and Woodyard and Office hn hiy dpep hi dey dep ty dn dey dgy dig iey Hip en izn dip in dip ie in on day sn aite dn ds ign on dip ie dipdly dip i ty ty & ing of the town|lation from the Timmins public libâ€" n':e ;h::e was ": rary during the past year. This is an y pp); e;d;);es::d‘mcrease of 8.225 over the year 1929 _ Dr. Honey, R.! when 68,354 books were circulated,‘ said ienior, J. E. H.]| The Advance of February 26th, 1931. Morrison were| "Timmins public library now has 4,â€" most interesting ' 545 books of fiction, 2073 nonâ€"fiction, s a letter from |and 2,530 juvenile books, a grand toâ€" sking the council | tal of 9.148 books. , water bills, etc..l In The Advance ten years ago: well as English/"While walking home Monday evening on of the large|from his work at the McIntyre Mine peaking citizens | where he is employed as a carpenter, speaking 2L"»‘515",‘\nhmr Beaudin, wellâ€"known in town and asking that | and district where he has been a résiâ€" be a man "’F°leiide11t for many years, was struck by vell #s English. | the Toronto train, No. 47, due at Timâ€" ouncil the beneâ€" mins at 5.35 and sustained injuries to o a large number | both his shoulders, several broken ribs h this extension and other damages He had been In referring t0 walking home along the track and was W .Smd it was & near the Rochester crossing when the ncil could bear train came along, whistling in warnâ€" :\.howlng. the !O‘fing and with bell ringing. The enâ€" collector‘s 0““"3igineer no dowbt saw the man on the ench as well aSitrack but thought he would heed the j 2 \ warnings given and leave track. books in C“'C“'iWheLher he failecd to hear the apâ€" â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"'tproachmg train or for what other reason, he continued on his way, and lthough the train was not travelling ifast it was impossible to stop it before }Lhe unfortunate man was hit. When â€" j the train hit him, Beaudin was thrown AKE R lto one side and so escaped being furâ€" ‘ther mangled by the train. He was ‘hurried at once to St. Mary‘s hospital. B E A D |It was the following day before he reâ€" | gained consciousness and then he was not clear as to how the accident hapâ€" pened, further than that he had been , & i walking on the track. He was sufferâ€" toage ing from the injured shoulders and geka m | broken ribs but apparently his vitality ; | was assuring him recovery." NEED COAL ? Just Phone 32 for prompt delivery From Phone 32 "On Saturday morning about 11.30 o‘clock. an explosion occurred in some cases of old dynamite being burned at the Hollinger claims in Kamiskotia. As the powder was being burned on account of it being a cguple of years old and its destruction was desirable for safety, every precaution had been taken in the matter," said The Adâ€" vance on February 26h, 1931. . "The burning was being done under approvâ€" ed conditions, and though there was little chance of any strangers being in the district, guards were set in each direction to warn any who might apâ€" proach. The powder was strategically located in a sort of valley with an embankment between it and the camp. When the powder exploded Saturday morning the force of the blast passed harmlessly above the camp due to this embankment. There had been some 120 cases of the old powder to burn and considerable of this had been done safely on the preceding days. There had been the occasional stick explodâ€" ing but it was not till Saturday that there. was . any. quantity. ~exploded . at the" time, and most of them were not aware that any quantity of powder had, exploded._ until afterwards. ._ The nearest man was probably»th#eéâ€"shaunâ€" dared yvards away, watching to guard the roadway. He barely noticed the explosion, though the resulting smoke was evident enough. With the peculiâ€" arity of explosions the force of the concussion was felt at Wawaitin Falls and the cloud of smoke following was also noticed from there. It was Ssurâ€" No Baggage Checked Timmins‘ ~â€"The. latest rush ten years ago was into the Rouyn camp, where. discovâ€" exed â€"reported.. at â€"the _Borringanâ€"Mcâ€" Watters claims resulted in a regular rush of prospectors and no less than 350 claims were recorded at the Norâ€" anda mining recorder‘s office in a few weeks. "The rush has caused a conâ€" siderable revival of interest in the Rouyn arca and there is a chance that the new rush may rival the Matcheâ€" wan one in interest. ° Globe and Mail â€" Hitler‘s speeches are getting more and more terrible, and less and less terrifying. missed that a serious explosion had occurred at Kamiskotia and word to that effect was phoned to Timmins. While the precautions taken wore known here and it was understood that the chances of anyone being injured were small, no risks were taken and the airship at Timmins was chartered and took Dr. H. H. Moore, chief of the medical staff of the Hollinger, and W. H. Pritchard, mastér mechanic of the Hollinger, to the Kamiskotia proâ€" perty that afternoon. After landing on the lake there were about three miles to cover before the camp could be reached. This took some time and by the time return to the airship was made it was considered inadvisable to attempt to fly back that night to Timâ€" mins. The failure of the airship to return Saturday evening, together with the fact that there was no telephone, telegraph or other rapid communicaâ€" tion with Kamiskotia gave rise to all sorts of rumours in town as to the serâ€" iousness of the explosion and what happened to the airship. These rumâ€" ours were wired to Toronto and thence got into outside newspapers and on the radio, with the result that much unnecessary alarm and anxiety resultâ€" ed. The families and ifriends of the fifteen men on the property had an anxious time., later proven to have been without real foundation. Ira Lee Sullivan is a native Texan who joined the Royal Air Force and saw war in Britain. Kicking his plane into o power dive he suffered an internal injury when pulling out again, he said, so now he‘s back home in the big southwest state. His home town of Hillsboro staged a big welcome, and Sullivan‘s mothâ€" er donned a British Tommy‘s helmet he brought here as a souvenir. Following the fall of Tobruk to Tommy staged a triumphal glory donkey, he seems happy about the Home From the War PROTECUTION INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE IN ALL BRANCHES 13@ PINE STREET NORTH TIMMINS Phones: Res. 135 Office 112 Here‘s How One SIMMS, HOOKER & DREW To lose one‘s home by fire is tragic but not as bad as it could be if it wasn‘t protected by insurance. Protect your investment . . . See us about insurâ€" ance today. IN CASE OF FIRE Tontmy Entered Tobruk THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Recently he wrote her saying he had shot a crocodile seven feet long and added: "When I shoot another I will get my native servant to make you a 'pair of slippers."â€"Exchange. British empire forces, this British entry all his own. Mounted on a whole thing. A young officer stationed *"Someâ€" where in the East" has put his foot in it badly with his girl friend in this country. Bornâ€"on February 21st, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kozak of 28 Tamarack streetâ€"a son. Bornâ€"on January 15th. 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. R. Corbeil of 201 Elm street southâ€"a son. "This is the, fourth time I have been brought down in an enemy country. I was brought down in Poland and my conquering fuehrer came along and liberated me in a day or two. The same happened in Belgium and in France, so why should I worry? My fuehrer will soon be here in England." "You had better tell your fuehrer to hurry up," said the R.A.F. man. "You‘re sailing to Canada tomorrow." â€"Sudbury Star. Bornâ€"on February 11th, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Dominico Cicci of 153 Pine street, south at St. Mary‘s Hospialâ€"a daughter. Rornâ€"on February 2nd, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gagne of 39 Wende avenueâ€"a son General Sir Walter Kirke has «@ new story of the air war. A German pilot brought down in England said to the RA.F. men: Bornâ€"on February 13th, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Verdun Jones of Gold Centre at St. Mary‘s Hospital â€" a son. Bornâ€"on February 9th, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs.. Robert Morrison Moore (nee Florence May Phillips) of 93 First Ave., Schumacher, af St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€" t SOM s 2 Cx5l Lings ie es Areieer NP berard iesd Bornâ€"on February 9th, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shalton of +159 Maple street north at St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€" a son. Bornâ€"on February 3rd, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bradley (nee Jessie Powers) of l1 Kent avenue at St. Mary‘s Hospital â€" a son. (Bornâ€"on January 28th, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker of 253 Elm st., south at St. Mary‘s Hospital â€" a daughter. Thirteen Births Registered Here During the Past Week Bornâ€"on January 16th 1941, to Mr. and Mrs.‘Henry Alvin Brownlee of 93A Third avenue at St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€" Bornâ€"on January 21st, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Ladouceur of 87 Main avenue, at St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€" a daughter, (Bornâ€"on February 14th, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Dube (nse Beatrice Chalifoux) of 36‘ Columbus avenueâ€" a daughter. e The following are the births reported in Timmins during the past week. Bornâ€"on January 21st, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Simon Wilson of 62 Way Ave., at St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€"a daughter. FUEHRER HAD TO HURRY PUT HIS FOOT IN IT "The police are the very last people we can call in on a job of this sort, Welsh," Bond replied. "You‘d better fact â€" are only pawns in the game. They‘re miserable little fish, compared with the big stuff that may come along yet." Bond glanced at the crumpled scrap of paper the other handed over, with an address in the Seven Dials district pencilled on it "If you was to put the police on them there, sireâ€"â€"" "Oh, you‘ve plenty!" Bond laughed. "There isn‘t such a person aSs & brainâ€" less Cockney. Andâ€"if you can use yours to supply your publican friend with my best Havanas in a good cause "He has found something out, sir, already!" Welsh confided eagerly and triumphantly. "Them two Father Christmases. He‘s found out where they lives." "Big stuff‘s just my mark, sirâ€"â€"" "I know it is You and I, Slosher, we‘re going to need quite a lot of nerve in the next few weeks, unless I‘m very much mistaken. It‘s a matter of brain as much as brawn, you understand?" "What little I have got in the brain line, sirâ€"â€"" "Meaning I suppose, gentlemen that‘s been house lately, sir?" (Now Read On) y €HAPTER IV "WE SHALL NEED NERVE" welsh wiped his lips with a cornet of the green baize apron. ~ "You don‘t need to tell me that, sir. And a great pity it is, I always do think. Speaking as one who knew you then and, if I may so, having a great admiration for you, whatever happened to make such a blooming bust upâ€"â€"" "Never mind, Welsh. The bust up came; and that‘s all there is to it. I‘m not telling you, and I .admit you‘ve never asked, what was behind itâ€"â€"" "Welsh, T‘d a rather selfish reason for that. Partly, I trusted you, but that wasn‘t all. As I remembered you in the old days, you were a good man with your fists, there‘s every chance that I can make good use of your boxing abilities. As I‘ve already hinted to you, the three years I was out of this country were spentâ€"I can‘t exactly tell you how, but can only put it that they were pretty hectic. As a rasultâ€"and I have told you thisâ€" there are one or two ugly customers who would rather like to ‘put me on the spot‘." "Not altogetha@r!" Bond laughed dourly. "Those poor fools â€" one of them is outside now, as a matter of "That being more than would be fitting as your servant, sir. Glad as I am of your kindness in going to all the trouble to seek me out and have me along with you againâ€"â€"" Michael Bond a well known British Air Force Pilot resigned from thc{ Service in somewhat mysterious cirâ€"| cumstances and has gone abroad,| leaving behind him whispers of susâ€" picion of a leakage of important offiâ€" clal secrets regarding a new fighter| plane. l illy estate at Sunningholme, these ruâ€" mours have not been forgotten by his former associates. Bond will neither deny nor admit any story about himâ€" self. Meanwhile, Sunningholme has been let on short leass to an attractive young millionaire named Delma Vivian On being introduced, Bond remembers having met her the previous year in Marseilles when he had rescued her from a very unpleasant situation. He found her in a room with a murdered man. 4 Meanwhile, Bond has seen in a mirâ€" ror the figure of a fat, greasyâ€" looking man, with & girl, whom he recognizes as being concerned in the "past" of both Delma and himself. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS MICHAEL BOND â€" Former R. A. F. Officer who resigned his commission. Gossip connects him with some missing plans GENERAL TANKERTON â€" Staff Officer with whom Bond formerly closely associated. * While they are lunching at the "Treador", a fashionable London resâ€" taurant, they are greeted by one MAURICE LETHBRIDGE, who greets Bond coldly. Bond on returning to his own rooms has a talk with his servant in which he tells him that it would be as well for him to forget about the "old days" when Bond was in the Air Force. "I‘d forget toasts like the one you gave," Bond tells Welsh. The toast was "Happy Landing." DELMA VIVIAN â€" Wealthy young woman who become tenant of Bond‘s family estate, Sunningholme Bond has also met her previously in peculiar cirâ€" cumstances on the Continent. TONY FAREHAMâ€"Bond‘s particular friend while in the Air Force. He reâ€" mains loyal to Bond. When he returns to Britain, three years later having inherited his famâ€" ANNA GREGORESCU ... Daughter of Toni Gregorescu, a Rumanian, and acquaintance of Bond‘s. MAJOR LTHEBRIDGE â€" Former subordinate to Bond. Now he is sus picious of Bond‘s sudden resignation. YOU CAN START THE STORY k Aj ,.»J‘Ifl j 6 E{ im R*L 134 I= SÂ¥A gayil MAYE 3 \ V'\\ . t cIf' > (a/vdong @" < fa 2 \yo & zi;f\ e 9A g\\:// f â€" 1| //d\«\\azfiu/ BA,"‘ “AYE § PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT COPYRIGHT those bearded watching the For that reason alone his appointâ€" ment with the Rumanian had to stand, which meant that he had to go to the Washington Hotel in any case. So he might just as well kill two birds with one stone, and look in on Delima Vivian. The Washington, as its name indiâ€" cated, represented an hotelier syndiâ€" cate‘s attempt to create in London not only an opportunity for American visitors to stay at a home from home, but to popularize the American hotel system over Britain. wWITH LIGHTS FULL ON Bond, a quarter of an hour before his time to see Gregorescu, occupiled an unobtrusive seat in a corner of the immense lounge. But the seat he had chosen was in such a position that he could slip up the broad, carpeted stairâ€" way without being noticed. Which was one reason why he had arrived so early. He was making sure that he had not been followed. This was the second invitation to the Washington Hotel he had received for this evening. It was an immense building that hotel. It was hardly so immense, however, that Delma Vivian and the mysterious Gregorescu â€" both occupying suites thereâ€"could very well avoid meeting each other. It really was not Bond‘s business if they did. Nor was it his business whatever might happen as a result, Indeed. from the point or view of his own activities, he would be wise if he kept right out of that little matter, However, it wasn‘t as casy aSs all that. He had been foolishly chivalrous as to help Delma Vivian out of the house in the Place Maroc on that night a year gone. And now, as if to emâ€" phasize that fact, here she was renting his property at Sunningholme. _ The wise landlord watches over his tenant‘s interests. One thing was certain. He dared not shirk his eight o‘clock appointment with Gregorescu. Not that he was afraid of the Rumanian at all. Bond was not afraid of any man alive. He was far more afraid of the causes, the activities, behind them. "Â¥ou‘re not telling me anything new, Miss Vivian," Bond interrupted. PM aT THE WASHINGTON! "Listen . . ." She lowered her voice to what was almost a whisper. "You said that manâ€"in the Place Marocâ€" was murderedâ€"â€"" "He was." "Mr. Gregorescu, who was with you today, knew I was going to that house that night. He may think it was I who killed his brotherâ€"â€"" "Do you mean thatâ€"that you‘re on his side?" she asked sharply. "You certainly seemed yery friendly with him, I noticed." "I don‘t understand you at allâ€"â€"" She remained silent, as if she were thinking deeply, then went on: "You helped me get away that night, and nowâ€"when I waht you to help me againâ€"you speak as if it didn‘t matter. I must talk to you tonight.> It must be tonight, because I‘m going to Sunningâ€" holme in the morning. T‘ll stay in till you come. I‘m at the Washingtonâ€"" .7“At the Washington?" he gasped, andâ€"before he could say any moreâ€" she went on rapidly: "Yes, the Washington Suite No. 42. Have me pagedâ€"â€"" "Listen â€"â€"" he stopped her, but only for an instant. "IIl listen to no excuses!" she told him. "I‘ll be expecting you â€"â€"" Again before he could say & word she prevented him. This time, by ringing off at her end. The line was dead. be quite clear about that. ‘This isn‘t any ordinary criminal business. It‘s on a very different footing. Something very much bigger, andâ€"something you and I have got to fight entirely on our own, if you‘re going into it with me, as you needn‘t, if you don‘t fancy the job." "It‘s a lady, sir. Wants to know if you‘re in. Name of Vivianâ€"â€"" "I‘ll speak." Bond took over the receiver. He was not altogether surprised that DeIma should be wasting no time in trying to get in touch with him. He supposed that after the way she had manoeuvred their meeting at Deeping‘s office, she would also be capable of finding out his address and telephone number. "I‘d say he has," she laughed, and then was serious. â€" "Listen . . . I‘ve got to see you as soon as possible. It‘s about that man who joined you with a girt at the Toreador. He was mixed up in that business at Marseilles on that night when youâ€"â€"â€"" ‘"What you‘re in, sir, I‘m in too, and up to the neck." Welsh was declaring stoutly when the telephone began to ring. Welsh crossed to the instrument, answering and listening for a moment then turned to Bond, holding his hand over the mouthpiece. "Hasn‘t Lethbridge warned you not to have anything to do with me?" he started off. "He very provably does.". Bond agreed in such a casual way as clearly angered the girl. "I‘ve my own reasons for being that," was all Bond would answer, and again over the wire he heard her little involuntary exclamation of indignaâ€" tion. Her husband remained immoveably calm. He was a hockey referee!â€" North Bay Nugget. Visitorâ€"What are the twins called? Motherâ€"Henrictta. Visitorâ€"Not both the same name? Motherâ€"Certainly not. One Henry and the other Etta.â€"Exchange. Watching the seethe of hotel guests and visitors with a practised eye, he was convinced that no such idea need worry him. Everything, in fact, seem=â€" ed to be working his way, he told himself. â€" Looking back on recent months â€"indeed, matters had moved easily for him, almost as if the mechâ€" anism of life had been well oiled to his advantage. This meeting with Gregorescu today was a case in point. If he hadn‘t run across Delma Vivian, and been taken at her suggestion to the Toreador Restaurant, he might not have known Gregorescu was in London. It was helpful that he had known at this particular moment. Gregorescu was able to give him certain information he badly wanted, and which nobody else could give in time for his needs. Bond had indeed only known that fact within the last day or so, so the fact of meeting him in this unexpected way was an almost miraculous gift. Bond, with the thrum of orchestral music and the talk of the crowd disâ€" turbing his thoughts, glanced once again impatiently at the face of the clock which he could see up the centre of the fan shaped hotel bureau, He was surprised to find that the hands of it still pointed to a quarter to eight o‘clock, just as they had pointâ€" ed when he had entered the vast sweep of the palm foyer. It needed nothing to tell him that, while he was sitting here waiting, the clock must have stopped. "You vile snake," she hollered. ‘"You wretch you serpent . .. you fool . .. you nincompop ... you blackguard!" But the husband continued to nibble at his piece of burnt toast. He glanced at the wrist watch he was wearing. The hands of this indicated precisely eleven minutes past eight. That brought Bond to his feet, with an involuntary â€" little® exclamation _ of annoyance. He wasted not an instant in ascendâ€" ing the broad stairway with its crimson carpeting and magnificent sweep round the gilt caged lifts. He came, in the curve of a corridor, outside Suite No. 5. He moved on, finding Suite No. 7, and proceeded that wayâ€"so it seemedâ€"for miles. He began to wonder if by chance he had misunderstood the number Gregorescu had given him, for this suite seemedâ€"so far as he could seeâ€" unoccupied. However, to make sure, he. thrust into the foyer and on into the room on the right. The suit was still occupied. Butâ€"with what? (To be Continued) "You‘re a disgrace, a lout, a scounâ€" drel, an utter fool!" snapped the irate spouse. But all in vain. Still, he pressed the clectric button, and the bell jangled noisily within. Then, after long waiting, he could hear no signs of anyone answering the ring. He pushed the door still further open. He could see that the lights were on at full in the little entrance foyer, with doors open from this straight ahead and to the. right of him. Pola The wife was raving because her hubby had been conferring with a few "ups" before arriving home for supper. He had met no one at all when at last he stood outside the cream enâ€" amelled door on which were the metal figures 17. He was about to press the bell push, when he was surprised to find the door ajar. First woman pilot in the US. is the proud claim long ago recorded by Phoebe Omlie, Also the first woman to get an airplane and enâ€" gine mechanic‘s license, she has taken over the big task of training 5000 W.P.A. workers to be "grease monkeys" to serve US. airplanes, Her students will all be men. STICKS AND STONES JIUST LIKE THAT Bosses Men PAGE THUREE