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The Timminc town council mci on mdaydictuocuandvcuidveriheiax mum-yawn. Iiwu Whameouncfltoholdaiu ,sal'cthlsmt m daicaclccicdm m Council Decides to Hold Tax Sale on Properties in Arrears, on Sept. 11th Two persons were charged with Illeg- by-law. One man was charged by police with disorderly conduct. On Thursday night. the police locked Decision Reached at Special Meeting of Council on Friday Afternoon After List of Arrears of Taxes Had Been Studied by the Council. Some Names Withdrawn from List for Proper Reasons. wards the river and the truck was travelling east on Wilson avenue. As the truck made a left turn up Foss street it collided with the cyclist. The injuries sustained by the cyclist were a ripped finger and a flesh wound on the left leg that required three smokes to close. The boy was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital but was released short- ly utter. . Police intimated that. other charges may be laid against. the truck driver. The car has boon ordered on the high- The accident is alleged to have happened on Wilson avenue as the boy on the bicycle was travelling west. to- Man Charged With Defective Brakes Following Accident Following an accident on Wilson avenue on Friday afternoon, police laid a charge of driving a car that had defective brakes against Darius Goulet of 138' Oak Street, 'I‘immins. It is alleged by police that the truck had collided with a bicycle ridden by Gor- don Phllbon, of 91 Gallagher at, South Porcupine. paymtzht a very quiet one. The last time that the mobile unit was in Timmins the impression was left with the recruits that as soon as they were accepted by the travelling unit they were in the Air Force. This impression is wrong. The unit will accept all applications and give the recruit his medical examination. The recruit agrees to go where the Mr Force officials want him to and when they want him to. It was pointed out that the officials would not call up any recruit. without first having a place to send him for his training. an applicant and there is no need to go elem/here for the completion of the test unless there are too many appli- cants to be tested. One portion of the test alone takes over an hour and a half so that if there were many applia cents there would notbe time to test them all. Pilots and observers ar3*.required to have their junior matriculation or the equivalent in mathematics and physics. The, qualifications of a wireless air gunner are that he must have com- pleted two successful 'years of high school. The mobile unit. that is in 'I‘immins now has the full fg’cmtles for testing The hours that applicants may apply will be as follows: Today the omce wlll be open 1mm 9 in the morning tlll 5 o'clock in the afternoon and [ram 7 to 9 in the evening. The same hours will preVall on Thursday. All other days the offices will be open from 9 o’clock in the morning till 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Flying Officer. Barton told The Ad- vance this mo" thgt the unit was looking for p ts. obse k. and wire- less air gunners and fabg _fc workers. Flying Oliver R. W. Barton, Flying Ofl'icer D. Temple and Sergeant W._E. Sp'g‘nkg Arrived Yesterday. Will Remain : oiilâ€"e Unit of R. C. A. F. Arrives in Timmins, to Test Air Force Applicants A Royal Canadian Air Force Mobile Unit arrived in town yesterday and started to receive applications this 1110ng in the basement of the Post Office. The unit is in charge of Flying Officer R. W. Barton. and he is as- sisted :by a medical ofificer. Flying Officer D. Temple, and a trade tester. Sergeant W. E. Spinks. The unit. will remain in Timmins for a week. in fimmins for aWeek. éiir‘ restofthenameseteyedon. Thelist Mprapertieswmbepuhushedmthe Ontertoauethe. » ‘ On May 15th Mmr Brunette will dun the warrant embartnnsthetax niemdattertlmtdubnomrtpay- mtoftaxeswfllbeaoceptedoneny _._â€"_)"__ About Forty Timmins Young Men Get Training Call Number of Notices Receiv- ed Here on Friday Morn-= ing. \ About. mm; of Thnmlns young men received their call for Military Training on Friday morning. The notices said that they had - to report. for medical examination and 11 they were accepted they would receive an- other notice telling them anto re- Remi Robinson, 115 Wilson Avenue, was charged by police at 12.30 this xpornlng with careless driving. He is alleged to have passed the police car on Mattagami Blvd. while he was driving canelwsly. Another man was charged on Sat- urday night at eleven o’clock Wilth speeding on Wilson Avenue. On Saturday night Timm'ms police laid charges against eight young men who had been told to go home and re- fused. The ages of the young men ranged between 17 and 205 Police say that the men were yelling, whistling and swearing on the street at 11.30 at, night. The police officers told them to go home but the young fellows refused to go. Police then laid charges of dis-‘ orderly conduct against all of them. Wilfred O’Connor, 174 Pine Street, North. was charged at 10 am. yester- day with having wine in a public place. Eight Young Men Are Charged With ‘ Disorderly Conduct Temperatures since Thursday are as follows: Thurs., max. 57, min. 27. Fri- day, max. 56, min. 36, Saturday. max. 72, min. 42, Sunday, max. 47. min. 42. This morning at eight o'clock 44. The forecast for today: Cloudy with a possibility of‘: light showers. The weather may clear up later today. Alleged to Have Been Creat- ing Disturbance on Street Saturday Night. Forecast. for the next couple of days: Fair to moderate. about May 20th. A little over three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in a steady drizzle yesterday afternoon. A total rainfall of .85 inches fell in the steady but. light It. is expected that the men will be asked'to report to the training centre Rain To Clear Up To-day Fair and Moderate Weather Predicted for Next Couple 'Mr. Sydney Wheeler, the Hollinger Weather Expert, predicted this morn- lng that the showers that started yes- terday might step by to-night. It is possible that, there may be light show- ers and the weather may clear up some time tonight. Days. Published a hubs. 0- that My IOWA! and A! Porcupine ‘ Rod'- and Gun Club Placing Boats on Several Lakes and Rivers B. Large had been caught; in this dis- trict.. Mr. J. F. O‘Neill has consented to allow the members to have the use of his .boat on Baker Lake. Boats will be placed this year on Baker Lake, Blgwaber Lake. Frederick- house Dam. MeArt-hur Lake, Simpson Lake, Tretiagami Rivel‘, Moose Lake, Watabeag Lake. An interesting letter received by Mr. J. F. O’Neill from the Uni-ted Stat-es Fish-\and Wild Life Sérvicémaéméhdé A nblélqk duck banded at Rochester; "New _Ydrk, November. 5th, 1938, by W. Sportsmen Asked to Protect Hungarian Partridge 1n the District. Mr. J. S. Kitchen Displays Interesting Colour- ed Films at Meeting of Rod and Gun Club. Four More Boats to be Built by Club This Year. A sum of $25.00 was voted by the club for the bringing into the district of Hungarian part-ridge. Some of these .birds have been released recently in the district. Sportsmen of the district are ' asked to protect these birds. Posters describing .these birds will be placed in convenient places. The president, Donald Sylvester, was in the chair for the usual monthly meeting 'of the Porcupine Rod and Qan'plgbt,on May 15!}, and the meeting Rev. J. S. Kitchen, Schumacher, ex- hibited a number of coloured films that he had taken around Moosonee and district, and Algonquin Park, as well as some local shots taken of- the Protective Association re-stocking the lakes in this district. The films were very much appreciated by the mem- bers. Mr. J. :0. Brady in very able manner moved a vote of thanks to Mr. A letter. was read (from Mr. William Lang, sportsman, lecturer and author, in regard to arranging a meeting of the club at which he would give an ad- dress; It was planned to arrange a meeting in the future to hear this noted sportsman. firmed £0 be one of outstanding inter- est. and value. There was a large turnout of members and friends. Road signs will be made and placed by the club this year in and around the district. .3111): police "have ordered on the fleet. alter It was Involved in an “Benton Frldtyaflcrnoon. The whaldtobealmnodtepu- muwthathadboenmved- “ fled «into. truck. The no Mun leg. ‘, CAR ORDERED OFF THE STREETS TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MDAY, MAY 5TH, 1941 “BOUQUETS” FOR. THE BOMB VICTIMS The organizing meeting of the St. Matthew’s Lawn Bowling Association .was ,held on Thursday and the 'Asso- ciation is preparing for one of its big- gest seasons. [Lawn bowling is rapid- ly becoming one of the major spoxts of the district . The association expects to get play started this year about May 24th and it is expected to be a bumper season. It looks as though the competition is going to be very keen this year. Buf- zfalo-Ankemte has entered a team and it is expected that McIntyre will enter a team next year. The McIntyre players will play this year but not as It was announced at the meeting that there is room for about. twenty new members this year. Officers for the 1941 season: were elected at Thursday’s meeting. Glen White was elected president for the coming season and Jim Gaodman was installed as vice-president. "(Bill White was elected secretary-treasurer. Charlie Pozzetti was elected conven- er of the Greens Committee and as- sisting him are Harry CMoCullagh and Jim Goodman. In charge of the Tour- nament, Committee is George Golden and with him Jack Gurnell and Charlie MoCann are working. St; Matthew?) Lawn Bowling ASsoci-ation Organizes for Year Kitchen for the splendid Show he had put on for the Club members. Have Room for Twenty Members This Year.. Of- ficers Elected. ~ Four boats will be built this year by. the Club. . Qho til-gm ,hoard god the fit-out -. ‘ ht;- M‘fflmva-fi'lbo-‘ ‘0 Moderator of United Church to Preach Here on Sunday Next Meeting of Presbytery of Cochrane Called for Sat- urday. two years. He is principal (K St. Stephens College. Edmonton. A meet- ing of the Presbytery of Cochrane is called for Saturday at 4.15 to meet. the moderator and to transact. business. Legion’s Bingo Nights t0 Cofitinue at “K'” Club Hall Appoint Conveners for Committees of the Junior C.W.L. Council which met. at. Winnipeg last September. and he holds the office for Conveners f01 the various commit- tees. for the ensuing year were ap- pointed at an‘ executive meeting. of the Junior Catholic Women’ 8 League on Friday evening, with the president, Miss Mae Andrews in the chair, as follows: Membershipâ€"aMrs. A. E. Burnett. Study Clubâ€"Miss Mae Andrews. Magazine and stampsâ€"Mrs. J. W. ‘Spooner. Social Serviceâ€"~Mrs. P. H. Laporte. Red Crossâ€"Mrs. J. MaoNeill. Girl Guidesâ€"Mrs. H.- Burke. Programmeâ€"Mrs. F. Kelley. Refreshmentsâ€"Mrs. C. Jennings. Publicity-~Mrs. J. Martin. Other plans were discussed during the meeting, but definite details will be made at the regula1 monthly meeting The bingo nights of the Canadian Legion, for the Legion Cigarette fund will continue to be held in the “K” Club hall, Fourth avenue, every F114 day. It was expected that the Lions Club hall would be used in future for these events, but plans could not be conflicted and so all patrons and othegs who wish for a real night's fun at bingo are asked to remember it’s “Bingo” every Friday at the “K” 0111b hall in aid of the Legion Cigarette fund. The Moderator of the United Church. Rev. Aubrey S. Tutbtle, DD., LLD., will preach at} the United Church on Sun- day, May llth. In order to accom- modate the large number who will wlshtohearhhntwoservlceswmm held. at. 9.30 and 10.45 am. Dr. Tattle was abated moderator at the General to take place on Tuesday evening hi the basement of the Church of Natiéityâ€"cdlmnencmg at 8.30 pm. Mr. J. J. Grant, president of the St. David’s Welsh Society, is stand- ing between Mr. Jenkin and Mrs. Dewar. The cheque from the sale» of the flowers made by the ladies is for the very handsome sum of $160.32. The uicture above suggests one form of “bouquet” going to the victims of the Hun bombings in the Old Country. This is a “bouquet” of money that came from literally hundreds of bouquets of flowers made by the ladies of the St. David’s Welsh Society. For weeks the Welsh ladies worked in the making of beautiful flowers and then held a display and sale of the flowers in Harmony hall. the pro- ceeds for the local Bomb Victim’s Fund. Mrs. R. S. Dewar secretary of the St. David’s Welsh Society, is shown handing the cheque to Mr. T. W. Tod, manager of the Bank of Montreal ,Timmins. Next to Mr. Tod is Mr. W. A. Jenkin, and mum at mm. Oat. Gaul: 13m HONDA! '3“ WAY Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilford have received an official card written by Mr. Wilford’s nephew, Staff-Sergeant Hol- lingdale, who was taken prisoner by the Germans during the evacuation of Dunkirk. Stafl-Sergt. Hollingdale writes:-Dear Aunt and Uncle: It was a very pleasant surprise to receive your letter dated Dec. 17th, 1940, on Feb. 28th, 1941. Letters are our one link with home and it cheers us up no end to receive them. We are all well and hope you are too. Let Mary know when you get thisâ€"Keri” Mammoth Raid T hmsday Uncovers Large Quantity Communist Literature Power Company’s Boat Makes Year’s \ First Trip Up Mattagami River Statf-Sergeant Writes from Camp in Germany Score Direct Hits on Two German Battleships in Battered French Port Alganuins Will Parade To-Night The river has been blocked With 1033 so far this year but they are all cleared out now aha travel is again possible. The men report that the fishing is getting good around the Sandy Falls district but that they haven’t started to bite at Sturgeon. Arthur Nova'k, South Porcupine, Arrested and Being Held in J ail. Pamphlets Were Shipped in Here Quite Re- cently, Police Say. Members of “D" Company, Algon- quin Regiment. CA. (1%.) F. are asked to turn out in full strength to-night 'for their first company parade of the year. The parade will, start at the armourles at 7.30 and will cover a large part of the town. The company will parade in Tim.- mlns to the music of the Porcupine Gold Belt Band under the direction of Mr. A. (3. Welsh. The company This will be the second parade at the year for the company and the fimt in Timmins. The first parade at South Porcupine on April 27th was a big suc- cess and it is expected that tonight's parade will top all previous marches. Boat Came in Saturday and Left Again Yesterday. River~ Has Been Blocked With Logs Art Parent was driving the boat that made the first trip and he had three passengers with him. The men arrived in Timmins on Saturday morning and left again yesterday. The other men who came out were: Charlie Killeen, Bob Brown and Reg Arm- brust. The Mattagaml river is now open as far as Sturgeon Falls. On Saturday the Northern Ontario Power Company boat We the‘firs't trip‘ of the year up the river to Thnmins. Arthur Novak, Railroad street, South Porcupine. was arrested on Thursday night in a mammoth raid carried out by the Timmins detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as- sisted by the Timmins Police and the Provincial Police. The Mounted Police were under the direction of Sergeant Kirk; the Provincial Police were under the direction of Sergeant Elliott; and the Timmins Police were under the direction of Chief of Police Leo H. Gagnon. Twenty simultaneous raids were made on homes that were sus~ pected of containing subversive liter- The raiding took place at ‘ 9.30 on Thursday night and the raiding pat-men Fhrst Time British Claim Direct Hits on Battleships. Bel- fast, Ireland Bears Brunt of Last Night’s Aerial p.Attack Damage Heavy. ' ' "'â€"V will wear battle dress and fillâ€"geâ€" hilly equipped. Ask That Company be at Full' Strength for First Parade of Year in Tim- mms. Heavy fighting is still reported from Iraq where the British are (1er to keep Germany from reaching the valuable oil reserves. It was announced that the British had already taken large quantities of oil out of the country and had stored it elsewhere. The Iraq forces are reported to be in control of the two pipe llnes that carry the oil from that country to Egypt but to counteract that the Brit- lsh are reported to have occupied the only port in the country. The British gave Baghdad a heavy pounding from the air yesterday. Nazi raiders swarmed over Ballast and! Liverpool last night and it is feared that the casualties would be heavy. It was the fourth consecutive night that Liverpool has taken a pounding in an apparent continuation of the German effort to wreck British ports at Which us. aid might be re- ceived. land, Antwerp, Belgium and IcHavm, France. Near Antwerp a direct. hit was made on a. German supply ship at about 1600 tons, the ministry said. Pilots 1n the second wave or British bombers said that they saw heavy ex- plosions in the rectangle of fire that was started even before they had dropped their own loads. This. was the 15th attack on the port of Brut since the German battleships too}: refuge there. Northern Ireland bore the brunt of the Nazi attack and one of the redeem- i‘ng features or tfie' raid Was ‘that fire brigades from Eire waved across the international boundary help put down the mes. ‘They were still helping this morning. A strong bond of friend- ship was built up as the people forgot their differences and worked alongside of each other in a common cause. Casualties were expected to be heavy in the first raid since the first Tuesday after Easter. It was announced by the Admiralty that the evacuation from Greece had been accomplished with the loss of WO destroyers and four transports. Three of the transports were empty when sunk and from the other 700 men had been rescued by the destroyers Dia- mond and Wryneck. These two de- stroyers were the ones that were later sunk by German dive bombers. RAF. raids over the German-held coast of France were very heavy last night and the damage is expected to be great. Great fires were started at the naval base at st. Nazaire. 8t. Nazalne is on the Bay of Biscay, south of Brest, and has been used as a base for the German submarines and sur- face raiders that are preying on the British shipping in the Atlantic. On Saturday night the British raid- ers showened Cologne with new. high- .powered bombs and the Air Ministry said that they must have done 1m- mense damage in the Rhineland in- dustrial area. Direct bomb hits on the moon-ton German battleships, Schemhcrst and Gniesnau, were claimed by the British this morning. This is the first claim that direct hits were scored to be made by the British. More bombs were seen to fall very close to the big boats.» The Air Ministry also announced that smaller forces had attacked the dock and shipping at Rotterdam. H01- Other raiders were all over England and Scotland during the week-endat a cost of twenty-four planes. Nineteen of them were credited t9 the new night fighters. Police alleze that they uncovered a. large quantity of Communist litterâ€" ature, printed in Russian in Newt’s room on Railroad street. Police say that the literature had been shipped In to Tlmmins and South Porcupine quite recently and further imam- tlon is expected to bring out the me of the Oanmunistic propaganda. Details of the raids and the literature have been forwarded to the AW” Generel’s department and the m are waiting word from the m . _‘ 3.), g before-I proEeedinc any tuning.” _ utilized the services 0! titty police officers. Fifteen Thnmins homes were visited and five homes in South Por- cupine felt the pressure 01 the luv. 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