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NAVY CAPTURES ITALIAN ISLAND In the original action heard before District Judge Rene Danis, His Lordâ€" ship held that the Municipal Act conâ€" fines the jurisdiction of taxing authorâ€" ity to the specific limits of the muniâ€" cipality. The Town was seeking auâ€" thority to force the Pamour Gold Mines to deduct statute labour tax from the salaries of employees residâ€" ing in Timmins. The company refusâ€" ed and the matter went to court more or less as a test case. It has been hinted that the Act may be changed in the near future to the extent that companies will be forced to make poll tax deductions from their payrolls for employees living in â€" municipalities other than that in which the industry is located. Petition From Jewelitrs Llaxul retall jewellers s®enut a ullailâ€" mous peliltion to Gouncli that in future trage uuctioneers not be granted licenses to conauct business l4 pibher thaun the Luwis IThe Town of Timmins will carry its statute labour case against Pamour Gold Mines to the Court of Appesal, it was decided at a special meeting of Council vesterday afternoon. Poll Tax Decision To Be Appealed By Timmins Cecile San Cartier, a moon girl, was happy to learn that the witch forecast a happy future for her, and in her happiness, Cecile sang "Dear Eyes". Cecile has a very lovely voice,, and throughout the programme, her selecâ€" (Continued on Page Three) Upon the arrival of the moon witch the girls begged her once again to tell their fortunes, and in her song, "Gathering Fagots", the old and wrinâ€" kled witch told her own love storyâ€"a courtship with the man in the Mgon for over forty centuries. Once again, the old witch said that earth folks would arrive on the moon, and as she spoke a disabled airship was seen to land in the distance. Decision of District Judge in Action by Municipality Against Pamour Mines Concerning Statute Labour Tax to be Carried to Court of Appeal, Council Decides. QOutstanding work was done in the preparation of the costumes and the stage settings, and the students and staff of the school are to be compliâ€" mented on their fine work. Special note should be made of the costuimes worn by the "Moon Girls" which were made of layers upon layers of pale green and yellow net, anhd created a misty and creamâ€"like appearance ncâ€" cessaty to the production. Etars of the presentation were the ‘"Moon Maiden" (Beulah Wood), Eveâ€" lina (Lucette Hanson), the Moon Witch (Daphne Gay), the Captain (Jorma Kalliokoski), the Poet (Hart Drew), and the four moon maidens (Barbara Honey, Gertrude Teitto, Barâ€" bara Barry, Cecile San Cartier), with other character portrayals by Irene Gravelle as Peggy, Mary Zudel, as Miss Aurelia, Robert Wheeler as the radioâ€" man, Jim Welsh as the Moon Man, Glen Tansley as Jack, Mario Pellizari as Sam the sailor and Georgette Cleâ€" ment as the Stewardess. Beautiful stage settings, dainty cosâ€" tumes, clearâ€"voiced vocalists, and fine music combined to make the presenâ€" tation of "Moon Maiden," a comic opâ€" eretta in two parts, one of the outâ€" standing performances of the year. *"*Moon Maiden" was presented on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and evenings at the Goldfields theatre by the students of the Timmins High and Vocational Schools, and the large number who attended the performances were especially pleased with the talentâ€" ed portrayals given by the students . Students of Timmins High and Vocational School Present Comic Operetta Stage Settings and Costumes Oufs?fanding in Presentation of the Operetta; "Moon Maiden." Many Attractive Musical Numbers. List of Those Taking Part. 2 Sections 12 Pages | Che PDorcupine Adpantr “'Oooooooo Qutarilo Mayors with Premiwr HKepburn on ti> matter of relhie graunts, Counâ€" cillor Willicsm acting ed by stores in the same classification. The matter will be taken care of in a general revision of the closing byâ€"law. Permit Is Refused The request of A. Patent for perâ€" mission to operate a wood yard at the corner of Hollinger avenue and Mountjoy street was refused. Parking Meters The ‘City of Sudbury informed the Council by letter that the sixâ€"month test period for parking meters there had expired on February 14 and that it has now been decided to retain them. The clerk was instructed to write Sudâ€" bury, requesting additional details with regard to revenue and other data in connection with the meter parking system. The question of adoption of parking meters is to be fully discussed and considered at a gerseral meeting of Council in the near future. Acting Mayor Presides _ In lhe aboseace of Mayor J. E. Bruâ€" nette w.uo is atiending a meeting of grkft. :) Ggit ife duifl!! ‘The deceased airman spent 1936 and 937 in‘ the Porcupine and was emâ€" ployed at McIntyre Mines. He is a Brother of Mrs. D. A. Campbell, of 107 First avenue, Schumacher. Mrs. Campâ€" bell left on the Northland last night to attend the funeral. Funeral services were held on Wedâ€" nesday for baby Rose Greenwood, fourâ€" monthsâ€"old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Greenwood, of 59 Pogg street, who passed away on Tuesday. Interâ€" ment was made in the Timmins Cemâ€" etery. Sgt. J. G. Butcher, of Carmen, Maniâ€" toba and formerly a resident of Timâ€" mins, was one of four Royal Canadian Air Forée members who perished on Tuesday when a .big training. plane craahéd on ‘Oak Lake two hundred miles wast of Winnipeg. ; The other victims ‘were ‘Egt! W. H. Treft, of I,uqkpqw . .observer; Sgt. H. sgt. Butcher, during the time he reâ€" sided here, showed a keen interest n sports and was a member of the Porcupine Badminton Club and the Timmins Golf Club. His many friends here will regret to learn of his untimeâ€" ly pasing. faf i ARARALE YY p. 4 AA Av. 2L Vâ€" â€" AA 6 London, Ontario, obâ€" server and L.Ac. L R. Lancaster,.. of Rodn?:y _Ontario, radlo opex a,tor Sgt. Butchér waa 'thé; b’flob ofi Ane: ‘illâ€"fated S B L Funeral of Baby Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood Weekâ€"End Will See More Snow The clear, cold weather pervading in the Porcupine (toâ€"day will change to cloudy with light to moderate snow over the weekâ€"end it was predicted this morning by Sydney Wheeler at Holâ€" linger observatory. The temperature for the past three mornings has been well under zero and this morning at eight e‘clock the mercury stood at fourteen below. Maxiâ€" mum and minimum temperatures since last Sunday are: Monday, 30 above and 2 above; Tuesday. Babove and 12 beâ€" low; Wednesday 10 above and 14 below. Sgt. J. G. Butcher Perishes With Three Others in Mishap in Manitoba. Former Timmins Pilot is Victim in Plane Crash Toâ€"day‘s Fine Weather Will Have Short Run Says Holâ€" linger Observer. Published at Tmmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY St,. Thomas. . The funeral is being held this (Thursâ€" day) afternoon at Haileybury, Col. Lang‘s love of the North tempting him to express the wish before he died that he should be buried in this country to which he had given so much of his heart. In August 1906, he married Miss Lillian Douglas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Douglas, of Sturgeon Falls,. In addition to the bereaved widow, three daughtersâ€"Miss Chrisâ€" tina Lang; Mrs. Richard Jacks (LsOâ€" bel), and Mrs. Arthur Cook (Florence). There are also three brothersâ€"A Wilâ€" son Lang, Tiimmins, Dan Lang, promâ€" inent Toronto barrister, and Hector Lang, mayor of Medicine Hat. One sister, Mrs. Mary Ferguson resides near The late Malcolm Lang was born in Eagle, Elzin County, on Feb. 25, 1874 son of Daniel and Anne Jane (Graâ€" ham) Lang, both of Eagle, Ont. He was educated at Eagle schools, and forty odd years ago moved with his father to Sturgeon Falls where they engaged in the fishing industry. He did not remain long at Sturgeon Falls, moving to Haileybury, where he made his headquarters for many years. Durâ€" ing this time, however, he spent much time in the Porcupine area, where he prospectd and had other business inâ€" terests, He was one of those who went through the 1911 Porcupine fire and his long association with the counâ€" try gave him a complete knowledge of its people and its needs. 8 St. David‘s Welsh society of Timâ€" mins are holding their annual banquet Saturday evening, March lit in the Huilinger Hall, commencing at / p.m. A most interest.ug _A beeu The late Col Mac Lang went overâ€" seas in 1916 joining the 159th Battalion as a private. He served through the whole war chiefly with the Canadian Forestry Company, returning with the rank of Major. He had been a good friend of the local militia and was ofâ€" ficer Commanding the Algonquin Regiâ€" ment from 1924 to 1928. He retired with the rank of Lieut.â€"Colonel. south in 1926, and served for four year. In 1934 he was appointed chairman of the T. N. O. Commission and held that post with credit to himself and advantage to the country until last year. He was always an ardent adâ€" vocate of the North and its possibilâ€" ities and gave good service working for the progress of the country. In the death in hospital at Toronto on Tuesday ofCol. Malcolm Lang, the North loses one of its most useful and popula1 citizens and literally thousands of people here lose a personal friend. Col Lang had been in illâ€"health for a year orâ€" so, and his death was not alâ€" together unexpected though it came as a shock to the ho s of friends he ‘had made in a long and useful public life. The late Col Lang spent forty of his 67 years in the North: He 'fi%s prds- pector lumberman, mining man.. He was the very popular member‘for this riding in the Ontarlo Legi latm*e from 1914 to He resigned in 1993 \to "Temiskaming South for the Federal House. He was elected to the Dominion â€" House for Temiskaming North Loses One of Its Outstanding Pioneers In Death of Col. Mac Lang Member for Legislature, Member for Dominion House, Prospector, Lumberman, Mining Man; Chairman of T. N. 0. Commission, Passes On Had Wrorked for the North for Forty Years. ANNUAL ST. DAVID‘S NIGHT MMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1941 London, Feb. 26â€"Britain has laid down new drastic food rules. A person who eats two eggs, or both fish and meat, at the same meal will be liable to two years in prison or a $2,000 fine. The penalty also goes for hotels, resâ€" taurants or boarding houses serving such meals. NEW AND STRICTER RULES FOR RATIONING IN BRITAIN The law, which goes into efféct March 10, is designed to meet criticism that persons dining out escape rationâ€" ing. Sgt. J. W. Butcher, a broiner of Mrs, D. A. Campbell, of sSchumacâ€" her, and a former eimployee oi thi Melutyteâ€"Porecupine â€" Mines, _ vaAt the pilet of an illâ€"fared K. ©C_ A. 2. L aining plane that crasheu is Uak Lake Mamtuba un Tuesday and cartied lour is Fosce membe:s to THE LATE COL. MAC LANG Similar tactics were used when the officers called at 42 Kirby ave., where Pietryk is alleged to have been in charge. Eleven men were booked as "Foundâ€"ins" as a result of this raid. Toâ€"morrow (Friday) PFeb. 28th, the World Day of Prayer service conducted all over the world, will be held in St. Matthew‘s Anglican church basement. The women of the town and vicinity are cordially invited to share in this event by their attendance toâ€"morrow. Five officers raided the Finnish Club and an astonished group sitting around a table sat spellbound as the police camera in the hands of Conâ€" stable George Archambault flashed with fatal precision. Six men are charged as "foundâ€"ins" from this adâ€" dress. A fAashâ€"camera df two alâ€" leged gamblmg jomts will . prov‘tde a portién of | police evidehce when two loqstl mieh, appoar on:se arqte :ehm;ges of | keefimg chmmbrt housés in police court here on Tuesday. The accused are Oscar Karppinen, manager of a Finnish Club at 53 Fourth ave., and Stanley Pietrzyk, of 42 Kirby ave. World Day of Prayer to be Observed Here Feb. 28 Gamblers"Mugeed by Police Camera Sitting at Tables Two Raids Photographed by Locgat Ofi’tcers-â€"â€"Nmeteen Me.n are: Charged, | their death. Sgt. Butchers was in ies < lhe Spent I1ti¢t, he â€"@ meimbvoer ol the Forecupine BHadâ€" minton tlul sn. QGu.l. Ciuso and lthien Pttwnet The group pictured above was photographed â€" this week _ while working at the Red Cross room in the basement of the A. J. Shragge store, and are shown wearing the new uniforms which were recently sent to the workers by the headâ€" quarters of the Red Cross Ssociety. From left to right ‘arecMrs. W. J. Carroll, Mrs. J. Kinsey, Mrs. J. Mcâ€" Chesney, «Mrs. G.> Loom,â€"Mrs.~ G. Moore and Mrs. R>~R. Stevens, some of the members, of: the: surgical deâ€" partment, who were . busily wor king on rush order two hundred bandages for the Red Cross: . he Pacéuplile autlil ha 1 Las 444 his hout.t6 al 1 4 4444 biae 99 Published at Tmmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY With respect to the application for salary increases, the Commission reâ€" ferred the matter to the Councii. ‘The question of one day‘s holiday each week will be deoalit with ut tho 1 meeting. TWO neWwW conmslablel, AilLG w the force, Airthur a. Harvey anu Marcel Perreault, bouti ‘l ininliis in s peluce AoZ In a signed petition presented to the Timmins Police Commission at their regular meeting on Tuesday night, the entire staff of the police department made a request for pay increases and one day off per week. At tha present time officers are grantâ€" ed two days off each month. Police Force Members Ask Salary Increases Police were immediately called and Coroner Dr. L. H. Minthorn comâ€" menced an investigation into the afâ€" fair. After viewing the remains the coroner decided that no inquest will be held. Daley informed police that Patrick, in company with his brother, Thomas Daley, visited his home â€" Wednesday afternoon. The two men left about six o‘clock last evening and Thomas Daley told police that he left the deceased on Pine street in the downtown section a short time later. William Patrick, 49, well known local citizen, was found frozen to death in the woodshed of a house occupied by James Daley on Cedar street between First and Kirby avenues this morning. The gruesome discovery was made at eight o‘clock when Daley visited the shed to get firewood. The body was sprawled on the floor and frozen stiff. Malta Is Attacked German bombers unloosed . a telrific attack on the: Island of Malta yesterâ€" a,y @nd itb is reported today that seven hd perhapg thirtéen| of the «faigers were shot down. Timmins Man Is Found Frozen To Death Here German bombers struck hard at the south half of England during the night» concentrating mainly on London and South Wales. .A communique said the German nocturnal assaults were on a considerable scale but added that there were very few casualties. New Night Fighting The British Air Minstry news serâ€" vice disclosed today that twoâ€"man British night fighters . are patrolling German air lanes to shoot down Britâ€" ishâ€"bound raiders as they. Off. Describing last night‘s attacks in Norâ€" thern France, the service said one crew flew down from the dark at two airâ€" dromes and cla,unéd A probable vic=â€" tim at each a taxing Gefman: pIa‘né was hammered with two full bursts of gunfire and then bombed and one in fhght was foreed .down .and appeared, to crash. f ; Request for Additional Wages Sent to Council hy Police Commission. Two New Constables Appointed. Purâ€" chase Two Cars. Higher Estimates Approved. British planes of the bomber, coastâ€" al and fighter commands rained bombs on the Cologne area of the Gerâ€" man industrial Rhineland, the submarâ€" ine base at Flushing, the invasion port of Boulogne and German airdromes in ocqupied France in a series of raids last night, the air ministry said toâ€" day. Many heavy bombs were @ropâ€" ped at Cologne on targets on both sides of the Rhine and large fires were started. Four British bombers and two fighters were reported lost in the varâ€" ious operations. William Patrick, 49, Perishes from Exposure After Going to Sleep in Woodshed at Rear of House on Cedar Street. Body Discoverel by James Daley This Morning. Naval Attack Precedes Fall of Castel Oritzo, Used As Seaplane Base Invasion Ports Blasted R.A.F. Carry Out Devastaâ€" tating Raid on Cologne Area During Last Night. Troops Landed on Tiny but Important Island Following Bombardment by Three Destroyers, Assisted by Planes. Capital of Italian Somaliland Captured by British. Germans in Libya? Estimates Higher The departmental estimates were apâ€" provea anc sent on for consideration by Souncu. ‘The iotal for this year wlhuch provides for salary increases is $49,011.50 as compared with $47,872.04 Purchase New Cars Authority was granted for the purâ€" chase of two new cars from McDowell Motors, one a Ford and the other a Mercury. created three vacancies but the Comâ€" mission were not disposed to appoint three new men and accordingly the force will be one less than the preâ€" vious full strength. Lovely flowers; . donated by ‘Mrs. Shephard,, were used in decorating the supper tables, nd A vex’y large numâ€" ber attended the évéht. Steak pie was the fain course and was a delicious dish thoroughly enjoyed by and every one. The Daleys retired about 10.30 last night, leaving the kitchen door locked. A small porch was open and the door of an adjoining woodshed was also unâ€" locked. Through the night no noise was heard that would indicate that anyone had entered the premises and Daley was astounded this morning when he found the frozen body of Patâ€" rick. There appears at the moment to be no person who saw the man in vicinity after leaving the house early in the evening. The deceased has been a resident of Timmins for a number of years and is a native of Scotland. Mr. Patrick, at one time during his residence here, was engaged in the laundry business and is well known to the older resiâ€" dents of the Camp, Funeral arrangeâ€" ments had not been completed this afternoon. Further reports from Cairo announâ€" ced the British capture of Mogadiscio, capital of Italian Somaililand. On the Libyan front, advanced Britâ€" ish forces have driven back armoured fighting units believed to be German, in a clash west of Aghelia. _ From Rome came the unconfirmed announâ€" cement that Italian and German soldâ€" iers are battling the British in Libya for the first time. From Vichy it was reported that Free French forces are now threatening to close all Red Sea ports and cut off more than 350,000 Italian troops and colonists. ‘The members of the Women‘s Auxilâ€" iary of the Presbyterian Church were hostesses on Tuesdav at a very successâ€" ful not supper held in the Oddfellows hall, . Conveners, were‘ Mrs. Falkener and Mrs Conley: Supper Event by W.A. of the Presbyterian Church According to the information receivâ€" ed in Ankara, three British destroyers appeared off the small island, which lies close to the Turkish coast, and opened a heavy bombardment which lasted until Italian or German planes arrived and started to attack them. The destroyers then withdrew from the island but a few hours later Britâ€" ish planes appeared and protected the warships from aerial attack. With the protection of the air force, the destroyâ€" ers moved in again and forced a landâ€" ing on the island, which had been used as a seaplane base. British destroyer crews have seized the ITtalian ilsand of Castel Critzo afâ€" ter a threeâ€"hour bombardment and a battle between British and Axis warâ€" planes. it was reported at Ankara, Turkey today. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents