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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1929 PAGE THREE Oshawa and ' Deluge of Rain Lasting Several Hours Causes Considerable Damage > Hundreds of Cellars Flood: .ed, Bridges and Culverts Washed Away and Roads and Railways Blocked as Result of Worst Storm Ex- perienced Here for Many Years NO COMMUNICATION TO EAST OF THE CITY Firemen Receive Hundreds of Calls for Assistance in Pumping Out Flooded Cellars-- Barns Struck by Lightning and Burned-- Highway Blocked at Whit- by and Pickering A dévastating electric storm, fasting for 'seven hours, and ac- companied by an almost unprece- dented deltige of rain, swept over Central Ontario from five o'clock esterday afternoon until the early hii of this morning, and had its focal point! in the Oshawa district. As reported elsewhere in today's poolssue of The Times, the storm was the direct cause of four deaths in this district, two persons being drowned when their car went through. the bridge over the Har- mony Creek, and two train engin- eers being killed when their en- gines were derailed by washouts on the C.P.R, and C.N.R. lines near Bowmanville. In addition = to these accidents, eonsiderable other damage was done by the storm throughout the neighborhood. Two barns were struck by Mghtning and burned down, scores of culverts and bridges were washed out, and cel- jars 'of stores; homes and other laces were flooded to varying epths by the water which backed up into them as sewers failed to earry it away as quickly as it came down. Concentrated Fury . The storm broke about five o'- clock with a few sharp showers be- tween lightning flashes. Through- out the evening, the rain and light- ning! ¢ontinued intermittently, and then, about ten o'clock, the fury of the heavens broke loose in its full intensity, The lightning kept the sky lit up almost constantly, andithe thunder roared and growl- ed like distant artillery, only to break out into terrific peals which seemed to shake buildings to their foundations. For about four hours this continued and all the while the while the rain poured down in gheets. Creeks which had been meandering along suddenly became raging torrents of water which car- ried everything before them. Cel- rs filled up rapidly, and. the fire- men soon found a great demand for their services from business houses, anxious to have their stocks saved from the floods by the use of pumps. Few people in the city were able to sleep, for the force of the storm was such as to creatw constant anxiety as to what might happen. In many cases which were reported today, families were up all night trying to pump water out of their cellars, and several cases of furnaces being drowned out by the rising water were also report- ed this morning. Oshawa Creek Over Bridge Swollen by the heavy rain, Osh- awa creek went on the rampage and washed over the King St. bridge. Traffic was interrupted for several minutes and the flood war ' er poured into the cellar of a house situated at 148 King street. The water also caused damage to a foundation wall of the new Hud- son and Bssex garage causing it to cave in, the damage being estimat- ed in the neighborhood of $100. Another result of the storm was seen in a mass of trees and other debris which was carried by the creek as far as the old Toronto and Eastern Railway piers. Here the roots and logs became jammed, forming a regular dam. Highway Flooded . Travel on the hghway soon be- came a matter of great peri. ime subway at Whitby was flooded to a depth of about three feet, and cars were held up for nearly a mile each way, waiting for the wa- ter to subside, so that they could pass through. Even at nine o'clock this morning there was still a considerable depth of water on the road at this point and cars had to proceed with great caution, sev- eral low-built models having their pugines flooded and stalled as they passed through the flood. At Pickering, the creek overflowed over the highway for a considerable distance, covering the bridge to a depth of several feet, and backing up the road in both directions for over 50 yards. After the storm passed over, however the water quickly subsided, and this morn- ing traffic conditions were almost normal. City Isolated This morning Oshawa found it- self practically isolated so far as road or rail traffic to the east was concerned. The two bridges at flar- mony were washed out, thus cut- ting off communication by road, and two serious washouts on we C.M.R. and C.P.R. lines near ¥ow- @nvil'e completely blocked both S,5° ms. today between Montreal and To- - ¥onto on these lines, so that usua- Wa is cut off iz a manner which (TRAINS STRANDED AT-HANY POINTS "OWING T0 STORY . (Continued from Page 1) night are also stranded, but the three Montreal-Toronto trains on the C.N.R. were able to reach To- ronto after detourment. i The C.P.R. and C.N.R. Toronto Montreal trains and the C.P.R. and C.N.R. Toronto-Ottawa trains, all of which left last night, have been unable to préceed owing to devas- tation frought by the heavy rain and are being held up at differenv places along the line. C.N.R. Toronto-Winnipeg train No. 8 is being detained at Brad- ford, Ont., about 40 miles north of Toronto owing to bad track condi- tions north of there. It left here at 9 'clck last night. No trains are running' Eastbound trains from Toronto are nearly all being cancelleu ur detoured until repairs are made. Resumption. of normal traffic is ex- pected some time tonight or early tomorrow morning. The passengers on the stranded trains are being made comfortable and fed by the Railway, the state- ment said. | A washout occurred at Oshawa, a steel bridge and stone arch were washed out east of Locust Hill, and the main line was obstructed by the derailment of a locomotive and cars of a freight train near Bow- manville, where there was a mud slide. Engineer J Kennedy was pinned underneath the locomotive when it overturned, dying shortly afterwards. NON-ITALIAN POPE FORESEEN IN ROME Expansion of Church Abroad Calls for More Foreign Cardinals Rome, April 5--~Constant expansion of the Catholic Church, particularly in America and the Far East, and the resultant necessity of an increase of non-Italian cardinals, has increased the possibility of a non-Italian Pope within the next 30 years, in the opinion of 'observers here. The present situation in the Sacred Callege, which has only 59 members, makes a foreigh Pope even more possible, it was pointed out since when the present 11 vacancies are filled the growing Church in distant parts of the world doubtless will be represented. The recent deaths of Aurelio Car- dinal Galli and *Evaristo Cardinal Lucidi within four days of each other reduced the Sacred College to the smallest number in decades. Of the living members, 26 are Italians and 33 foreigners, although normally the Italians predominate, . Seven members of the College have died since the last consistory on De- cember 19, 1927, when seven foreign- ers were awarded red hats. It was considered likely Pope, Pius XI. would create five new cardinals at the next consistory in May. Both foreign and Italian candidates have been nominated, including the new Primate of Ireland. Of the four American cardinals, two were created by the present Pon- tiff. They are George Cardinal Mundelein, 'Archbishop of Chicago, and Patrick Cardinal Hayes, Arch- bishop of New York, who were ele- vated at the same consistory in 1924. Pope Pius also created Raymond Cardinal Rouleau, Archbishop of Que- bec, giving North America five na- tive cardinals. Pope Pius has elevated 26 to the Sacred College since he became Su- preme Pontiff in 1922. Of those still living, 11 are Italians and 13 foreign- ers, divided among the following countries: France, 3; United States, 2; Spain, 3; and one each for Bel- gium, Poland, Canada, Hungary and Germany. PRODUCE PRICES ON THE 'MARKETS CHICAGO N OPENING Chicago, April 6--Wheat, May, 117, July, 120 7-8; Corn, May, 89 3-4; July 92 7-8; Oats, May, 46; July, 45. CHICAGO GRAIN + Chicago, April 6.--~General selling and much slower prices came about in the wheat market today as a re- sult of widespread rains and snow in the Canadian northwest. Numerous standing orders to sell out at various fixed limits were forced into execu- tion by drop in values, Opening 1-2 to 1 3-8c off, wheat later showed some additional setback. Corn, oats and provisions were also easier, with corn starting 1-4 to 7-8c down, but subsequently holding near to the in- itial figures. the city has not experienced for pseveral years: i Services Hampered Telegraph and telephone com- munication to outside points was temporarily interfered with by the storm, and .it was not untn on in the forenoon that the tele- (Continued on Page 13), wuss District Centre of Terrific Electrical Storm "TWO ENGINEERS KILLED NEAR " JWHANVILLE (Continued from Page 1) of "eighteen in a cattle car, two cars to the rear of the engine, were killed, the other nine horses being freed from the car and taken to a neighboring farm. A cargo of automobiles in the car immediately behind the engine was badly damaged. The tender of the engine was lifted up .in the air, and hung suspended, while the engine" itself had ploughed into the mud bank and was partially buried under a shower of mud. Be- hind' it, the first six cars of the train were piled up across the tracks in a criss-cross fashion. After the accident, the fireman walked about three miles farther east on the line to Newcastle to report the accident. An auxiliary train° was made up at Trenton and arrived at the scene of the wreck at 11.20 this morning. It was not expected that the line would be cleared before a late hour tonight. Through Fast Freight The wrecked train was a through fast freight from Toronto to Montreal. It had been sched- uled to wait at, Bowmanville for eastbound passenger train No. 22, Toronto to Montreal, which was to cross it at this point. Since another train was on this siding, however, it was given orders to go on to Lupton siding, a short distance east of where the wreck occurred. The passenger train was following it, and when it came upon the wrecked freight, the train crew were able to render some assist- ance to the crew of the freight. Engineer Kennedy was dead, how- ever, and the injuries to trainman Holmes were found to be slight. Had another train not been on the siding at Bowmanville, the freight would have waited there and it would have been the pas- senger train that would have struck the washout, with a per- haps much/ greater loss of life. One of the features of the wreck that made it less serious than it might have been, was the fact that the roadbed at this point is prac- tically level with the land in the vicinity, there being no high bank down which the car would have rolled, and no cut in which they would have been jammed. At the south side of the road there was a low earth bank, into which the engine ploughed, while on the other side of the roadbed was a slope down of about two feet, lead- ing to a shallow ditch that was filled with water from the heavy rain when the wreck occurred. The passenger train was held up at Gibson's siding all night, the wreck on the C.N.R. at Darling- ton making it impossible to re- route the train over the C.N.R. line. This morning, a large supply of food was secured in Bowman- ville and the passengers were given breakfagt, and later in the morning. a fleet of buses was used to take the passengers from Bow- manville to Trenton to continue on their way from that town. The O.N.R. Accident Engineer Robert Milne, of Belle- ville, is believed dead as a result of a derailment of Canadian National Railways eastbound passenger train No. 20, + about one and one-half miles west of Bowmanville about midnight last night. No other members of thetrain crew and no passengers were injured. The wreck was caused by a wash- out on the track, The locomotive left the rails and turned over on its side on the right hand side of the track, and it is believed that Engineer Milne was pinned under- neath it. His body had not been recovered from the wreck up to 2 o'clock this afternoon. Was Running Slowly The fact' that the engineer was running on a slow order limiting him to a speed of four miles an hour, was the only reason that the wreck was not more serious. This meant that when the engine hit the washout, while it turned over and the front wheels of the bag- gage car left the rails, none of the other cars were affected and no passengers were injured. Fireman H. 8. Dewey and travel- ling fireman M. J. Boyd, who were in the cab of the locomotive, escaped uninjured although they were in the engine when it rolled over. They extricated themselves from the wreck and reported it, but it was believed that engineer Milne 'was pinned underneath the locomotive. The derailment tied up traffic on both the eastbound and west- bound tracks of the C.N.R. malin line. Trains from Toronto were held up at Oshawa all night, and about one o'clock this afternoon a special train which had been made up at Newcastle took the passen- gers off Train No. 20 on to Mont- real. Shortly after passenger train No. 20 had become derailed, a much bigger washout devoloped about 2 miles west of Darlington, where about 75 feet of track was washed out. This track had been crossed by the train a few minutes before. This and two other smaller wash- outs were discovered between Osh- awa and Darlington by section men, who kept other trains from operat- ing on the track. They will tie up all traffic on the C.N.R. main line for a considerable period, and rail- way men had no hope of having service resumed even on the west- bound track tonight. It will prob- ably be late tomorrow before trains can run on any kind of a schedule. An anxiliary train was made up at 'Belleville and arrived at the scene of the derailment about 11 o'clock this morning. The track conditions prevented assistance ar- riving sooner, REPRESENTS DISTRICT mE | JOHN DRYDEN Pupil of the Oshawa Collegiate, district of Ontario at the Ontario oratory championships in Toron- to in May. Fifteen other dis- triet winners will compete, and the winner of the contest will represent Ontario in the Domin- fon finals. John Dryden, who is 15 years of age, was born at Shade" Farm, Brooklin, the son of W. A. Dryden and grandsom formerly Minister of Agriculture for Ontario. He attended tue public school and continuation is completing his junior matricu~ lation at the Oshawa Collegiace. He won prizes several times at school fairs for oratory, and last year took second place in the district finals. At Oshawa Col- legiate this year he took an act- ive part in the school debates. He is a member of the Brooklin Boy Scout troop, and a supports er of all sports. A. E. O'Neill, principal of the Oshawa Collegi- ate, says of him, 'John has al- ways 'been a conscientious sie- dent, yet his interests include sll phases of school and farm activity." » YEARS ARE SPENT ON SOLAR ECLIPSE Berlin Scientist Hopes Five Minute Phenomenon Will Justify Plan Berlin, A pril 6.--Years of pains- taking preparations, an ocean voy- [age from Europe to the Far East, then days of travel across wild dountry to a remote native village in the mountains of Sumatra, ana finally several more weeks of dif- ficult, exacting, scientific labor-- all for the purpose of observing a solar eclipse which will last only five minutes. This is the task which is engag- ing the attention of Prof, E. Fina- lay Freundlich, astronomer of the Kaiser Wilhelm research institute of Potsdam, His preliminary pre- parations completed, Freundlich left Berlin in February at the head of an expedition of six persons, one of whom was his wife. His goal was the village of Takingeun, bur- fed in the mountain of Sumatra, the only spot on earth from which the next obscuration of the sun-- scheduled to take place on May 9-- can be seen in its totality. At Takingeun, Freundlich will set up a miniature astronomicus laboratory. For this purpose he took with him two carloads of tele- scopes, and other astronomical equipment, ag well as material with which to construet a special cam- era, a 'dark' room and an elec- tric-generating plant. Between the time of its arrival and May 9 the expedition expects to work from early morning to late at nights get- ting the station, camera and tele- scopes ready for the eventful five minutes; weeks of toil which may go for nothing, if it happens to ram or even be only a little cloudy dur- ing those few, fleeting minutes, Test of Einstein Theory The main purpose of the expeal- tion is to test one phase of the Ein- igtein relativity theory, namely that which involves the supposed '"bend- ina" of light rays. At its apex wue eclipse will completely hide tne sun, only the corona being visible. It is then thatthe phenomenon will be "shot." Should this section of the relativity thesis be valid, tue highly sensitized photegraphic plates may be expected to register light rays reaching the earth in di- rect though curved lines. Failure to register these rays will not, it has been said, disprove the Einstein theory, although on the other hand snccess will go a long way toward establishing its validity. Freundlich, long an intimate friend of Prof. Albert Einstein, has undertaken this mission, not as & champion or opponent of the lat- ter's theory, but solely as a scien- tist who hopes to test by scientific methods, whatever the outcome might be an hypothesis advanced by a fellow scientist. While it 1s presumed that he would be pleas- ed to be able to demonstrate the soundness of Einstein's views, Fre- undlich himself has refused to dis- cuss this side of his investigation. Equipment Rebuilt Ever since the comparative fail- ure of his attempts to photograph a similar eclipse on Jan. 14, 1926, the Potsdam astronomer has been preparing for this next heavenly phenomenon. In 1926 the stars near the sun did not register dis- tinctly enough on the photographie plates to be of any value, and this was believed due to imperfections in the equipment. Since then Fre- undlich has rebuilt all the equip- ment, strengthening the lenses and improving the telescopes. This task has occupied virtually all of his time for the last three years. of the late Hon. John Dryden, | who will represent the Port Hope | "Maple | school at Brooklin, and this year ! ANGLERS ELECT THER OFFICERS Make Plans A ti iti . D : > C ing Keen enthusiasm in the prospects for fishing this season was displayed at the annual meeting of the Osh- awa Anglers' Association - held in Welsh's Parlours last night. The fol- lowers of Jdsaac Walton were not apparently disturbed by the rainy weather and gathered in convivial- ity. : A fine address on the progress of the Association during the past year was given by Mr. F. L. Mason, presi- dent of the association. Mr. J. C. Cockburn, of Port Perry, gave a re- markable address on fish culture and suggested that Lake Scugog be re- stocked intelligently. He pointed out that Mr. Osler who has a duck reserve at the lake has kindly con- sented to co-operate with the asso- ciation in their stocking operations and allow the fry to be placed in his reserve. In the election of officers it was moved by Mr. C. M. Mundy, second- ed by Mr. Brown that a tournament committee for 1929 be composed of the following, Messrs. C. Elliott, N. Felt, A. Maynard and G. Robert: shaw. It was moved by Mr. Miller, sec onded by Mr. Butt, that the mem- bership committee be composed of E. Alger, W. Burns, A. Galloway, C. Lambert, R. Ross, A. Twilly, W. Thompson, P. Thomson, M. Miller and A. Larmer. Returning officers were all re-elected for 1929. It was decided that the member winning the cup so kindly donated by Felt Bros, for annual competi- tion for the finest specimen of game fish, should not be entered in the prize contest for which a sum of money was set aside by the as- sociation. Upon motion of Mr. George Todd, seconded by C. M. Mundy, a special committee to deal with prizes was appointed, members being G. Robertshaw, F. Mason and D. Todd. Fly Casting Prize At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Cockburn offered a fine fly rod to the fly caster doing the finest fly casting at the tournament to be held during the summer. This was followed by an offer of a bait cast- ing rod for bait casting. All fish entered in these competitions must be caught in unreserved waters in Ontario. Keen rivalry 'is expected. The Officers The officers of the Association are as follows: -- President, Frank Mason; 1st Vice- Pres, D. M. Todd; 2nd Vice-Pres., C. M. Mundy; Secretary, N. ¥. Ton- kin; Treasurer, G. H. Smith. Executive Committee--Ge0. Robert- shaw, Arthur Hoare, Ewart Alger, Charles Birchard, Agpold Larmer, DANISH ARMY TOBE "DONE AWAY WITH Denmark Likely to Lead Way in General Disarma- ment Copenhagen, Denmark, April 6. --The possibility that Denmark may become the first European na- tion to achieve practical disarma- ment has been envisaged as a re- sult of forecasts that the social De- mocrats and the Radical Liberals were likely to obtain a majority in the Lower House in the April 24 general elections. The Government's recent defeat, which precipitated the resignation of the Cabinet and the dissolution of the Folketing, was due to a split between the Liberal Democrats, known as the Farmers Party, and the Conservatives. The former held 47 seats in the Folketing while the Conservatives held 28. The parties split over the ques- tion of whether Denmark should have a moderately strong or very strong national defense force. Together, the two parties con- trolled the Folketing, in spite of the Social Democrats, known as the Labor party which had 53 seats and was the strongest single party in the Lower House. The Labor Party co-operated with the Radical Liber- als, which held 16 seats. The Labor Party is known to be definitely deposed to any national defense force whatever, while the Radical Liberal Party, which is really not Radical but Liberal, fa- vors the establishment only of a small coast-guard and an interior guard along the lines of a domestic police force. The cost of such a force would be less than half the sum now pro- vided in the national defense bill, approximately 40,000,000 kroner (about $10,670,000). Anger of Government employees at their recent salary cuts has made it most probable that they would 'swing their votes to the La- por and Radical Liberal parties, enabling them to win enough seats in the forthcoming election to form a Government. The Danish press generally con- cedes that if the Laborites and Radical Liberals form a Govern- ment, the former will support the latter in their coast and interior guard proposals. Thus, ironically enough, an election which was call- ed to settle the question of a mod- erate or strong national defense may result in practically abolishing Denmark's defense system. REJOICE It ain't no, use to grumble and com- plain-- It's just as cheap and easy to re- joice, When God sorts out the weather and sends rain-- Why, rain's my choice. for Interesting DECIDE T0 START CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SHELTER BUILDING COMMITTEE| NAMED BY CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY Plans Adopted at Meeting of Society -- Site Is on Centre Street The Children's Aid Society held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening in the office of the local superintendent with an ex- cellent turn out of the workers, Warden Dobson and Reeve Cassie of Uxbridge were present and briefly spoke some very encouraging words in behalf of the society's work. Shelter Discussed The proposed new shelter was most enthusiastically discussed. Ar- chitect Stenhouse who had been ask- ed to provide preliminary plans for a suitable building was present and submitted his work. These plans were studied with a good deal of care and some suggestions in modi- fications were made. Mr. Stenhouse's plans follow quite closely the lines recommended by the Department at Toronto, The Site "The proposed building is to be located upon the site recently dona- ted by Mr. J. D. Storie. This con- sists of six acres of land facing on Centre street, below Rotary Park. This is an ideal site and the society is most grateful for this magnificient- ly generous donation by Mr. Storie to its work. Resolution Passed A resolution to proceed with the building of a shelter was unanimous- ly endorsed and architect Stenhouse was also given supervision of the construction and instructed to pro- ceed with the elaboration of the plans and specifications. President Schell named a very strong committee of some of our most interested citizens as a building committee. The following gentlemen were named viz.: Warden Dobson, Mayor Mitchell, Mr. G. W. Mec- Laughlin, J. A. Bickell, T. H. Evér- son, C. E. Schofield and Alex Storie. To Start Soon It is proposed to lose as little time as possible in starting the construc- tion of this Children's Home for the County of Ontario and the. City of Oshawa and while there is nq desire to spend money on a specially ornate structure every attention will be given to beauty of design and its practical suitability for the work of the society. It will be a building worthy of the community and worthy of the many generous hearts behind it. Provincial Report The following is a summary of the 35th annual 'report for the whole province of Ontario, as presented by J. J. Kelso, chief superintendent of the Ontario Children's Aid Society. "There are fifty-five Children's Aid Societies in Ontario with a paid offi- cial devoting al This time to the work in each County or Djstrict. "The Children's Aid Branch deals with Neglected and Dependent Chil- dren. Children's Aid Societies, In- dustrial Schools, Supervision ' of wards in foster homes, Legal Adop- tion of children, Care and Protection of children of Unmarried Parents. "Number of children made wards during the years 1893-1928, 27,949; "Total number of files, about 40,000. "Number of children at present under active supervision, '9,500. "Children made wards during 1928, permanent, 706; temporary, 283. "Number of children in four In- dustrila Schools, #573; Protestant, 573; Roman Catholic, 200. "Number of Legal Adoptions dur- Legal Adoptions since 1921, 4,632. ing the year, 663; total number of "Cases of Unmarried Parents in- vestigated, 1,865: increase Unmarried Parents" cases, 141. "Paid by putative fathers for sup- port of children, $110,291.85; addi- tional by private settlement, approxi- mately, $20,000.00. "Monthly cheques issued for sup- Jone of children born out-of-wedlock, "Funds transferred to Public Trus- tee for investment, $98,210.51, PARIS NEWSPAPERS DISCUSS MEETING See Benefits From Cham- berlain-Mussolini Conver- sation at Florence Paris, April 6.--Parisian news- papers displayed a lively interest yesterday 'in the Florence, Italy, conversation between Premier Mus- solini of Italy and Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, .describing it as a satisfactory step toward cementing relations between France and Italy. Petit Parisien said that what- ever subject may have been dis- cussed by Premier Mussolini and Mr. Chamberlain, the meeting could be viewed with great satisfaction by the French because of their ¢lose liaison with the British. '""Any amelioration of Italo-Bri- tish relations favors a Franco- Ita- lian rapprochement," it said. Echo -de Paris sald it was be- lieved the two statesmen may have discussed the Franco-Italian ques- tion attheir conference and the sta- tus of Italian Nationals in Tunis. '"Morethan ever," Echo de Paris sald, "the route from Paris to Rome passes through London, And though a more direct route would be desirable, yet while waiting for a better one, let us be glad that this one may be practicable." SEAGRAVE Seagrave, April 5.~The Easter ser- vices on Sunday were very well at- tended. The Sunday School in the morning having an attendance of 88. The lesson taught and hymns sung were in keeping with the day. Mrs. C. W. Clarke rendered a pleasing solo. The evening service was not so well attended, The pastor, Rev, Mr. Davidson, preached a very impres- sive sermon, The two splendid an- thems rendered by the choir and the solo by Mrs. C, W.: Clarke were well given and much enjoyed. Sacrament was administered at the close of the service. The concert held in the United Church on Friday evening under the management of the Quadrata Club was a success, considering the con- dition of the roads. The program being given by Mr. Ellis and his fam- ily of Lindsay. Several numbers of the program were enjoyed, and the Club wish to thank those who came out and made the concert a success. Miss Irene Spaffard is spending the holidays with her parents at Green- bank. ' Mr. Grant Orchard and Miss Iva Reynolds of Port Perry high school are spending the holidays at their homes here. Mr. John Mark is in Toronto this week attending the O,E.A. conven- tion, Master Harold Scott is spending the Holidays with his cousin Harvey Clarke of Pleasant Point. Mr. Bertrum Wannamaker visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Stone on Sunday afternoon. Miss Unee Sleep of Pleasant Point school is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sleep. Miss Myrtle Cookman of Sonya was a recent visitor at 'the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Wooldridge. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Reynolds an- nounce the engagement of their daughter, Grace Hannah, to Mr. Robert Gordon Cherrie, only son of Mr. and Mrs. David Cherrie, Scugog. The marriage will take place on Sa- turday, April 6 The monthly meeting of the Wo- men's Association will meet at the home of Mrs. Alice Tanner on Wed- nesday afternoon, April 10th. A good attendance is expected. . Master Kenneth Scott is spending the holidays with relatives in Myrtle. Mr. S. J. Wooldridge and Mr, J. Harding were in Lindsay on business last week. Mr. Melville Sleep spent the week-end with his family. Mr. Elwood Clements of the Good- year Co, Bowmanville, spent the week-end" with his parents, Mr. and Mis. Geo. Clements, Mr. Aubrey Moon of Toronto, call- ed on his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. 'W.. Moon on Friday evening, he also visited in Valentia, where Mis. Moon and little daughter are visiting Mrs. Moon's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hodwin. Mrs. J. Shunk has returned home from Uxbridge where she visited her sister, Mrs. R. Pollock for a few days this week. Miss Alma Frise of Toronto Nor- mal School is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Frise. . The many friends of Mrs. John Mark are pleased to hear she is do- ing nicely after her operation in Tor- onto some few days ago. Mr. Angus Wilkinson of Oshawa and the Misses Annie and Grace Hadwin of Toronto were recent cal- lers in Seagrave and Valentia. Mr. Sam Netley and Mr. Neal Mc- Millan spent the week-end with friends and relatives. Mr. Netley re- turned to Cannington on Monday where he has a job with the Bell Telephone line. Miss Lillie Blight of Toronto spent the week-end in Seagrave. Mrs. Blight is returning to her home here, in the near future, having spent the winter in the city. Mr. and Mrs. C, Sleep of Lindsay visited relatives one day this week, . Miss; Dora Orchard of Stouffville is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, Orchard. The Quadrata Club met: at the home of Miss Velma McMillan on Wednesday evening of this week. . TAUNTON Taunton, April 5--Miss Beryl Glas- pell has been visiting at the home of her uncle, Mr. T. C. Glaspell. Mrs, Fred Cobon visited in Tor- onto on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs, Will Scott visited his brother, G. L. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Walter of Toronto motored down to see their uncle, Mr. Richard Walter, on Wed- nesday. Among those from this district who attended the sale.of Mr, S. Snowden on Tuesday were, Messrs. Harold Bennett, Murton Walter, George Scott, Ray Scott and Jesse Arnott. The roads continue rather bad, but it is thought the recent heavy rains will do much toward settling them. Many of the farmers are getting their spring and summer's supply of wood cut. Farm Land $1,000 Acre; Natural Cooking Found in the Antipe Stoves, odes D. Campbell, of Oshawa Re: turns from a Six' Months Trip to Australia, New Zealand and the Holy Land. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS PARADISE ON EARTH Many Interesting Sights, Un- usual to the Canadian, Re- lated by Mr. Campbell to a Representative of the Times. Farm land go rich that one acre would provide sufficient pastur- age for six or seven cows or a dozen sheep, but that was worth $1,000 per acre; a "Paradise on Earth" that was luxuriant in flow- ers and foliage; places where na« ture provided cooking stoves for the natives; and several other ine teresting sights were seen by Dune can Campbell, proprietor of Camp- bell's Studio, .and his father J. Campbell, in the six months cruise to the Antipodes from which they have just returned. Mr, Campbell has given an interesting resume of his trip to a representative of The Times, which is published today. The tour taken By Messrs Camp- bell led to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, Palestine: and back to Canada. They sailed from Vancouver on the Aorangi, the largest motor boat in the world and one of the finest ships plying on the Pacific. The first call was at Honolulu, in the Hawaiian Is- lands. "Hawaii is a little paradise on earth," said Mr. Campbell. "The tropical foliage rises tier on tier on the beautiful hills, and the gor- geous flowers add much to the de- lightful scenery." About 60 per cent of the inhabitants were Japan- ese, 20 per cent matives and 20 per cent whites. At Suva, in the Fiji Islands, the party found native life in its prim- itive form. They visited several native villages in a 38-mile drive around the island, returning to SHS a city of about 13,000 peo= ple. The ship then continued dire to Auckland, New Zealand. In thie Dominion, in which the party spent three weeks, the most notable thing was the sheep farms which supply a large part of the mutton consumed in Great Britain. Great refrigerating plants handled this production, one in Hastings being capable of taking 6,000 carcasses per day. Butter was also a large (Continued on page 11) In Memoriam RICHARDS--In loving memory ox Alfred Lorne Richards, who de- parted this life Apr. 6, 1927, Sadly missed by Wife and family. (81a) Coming Events 8 Cents per word each in- eertion. Minimum charge for each insertion, 85¢, THE OSHAWA CITIZEN'S BAND are putting on a concert in the New Martin Theatre on Sun- day, April 7th, 1929, at 8.30 p.m. This promises to be the best of the season. Be sure tuo attend. (80h) OLD TIME SQUARE DANCE AT the Oshawa Winter Gardens, Friday evening, April 5th. Hay- makers orchestra. Admission 35c. (Wed., Fri., Sat.' tf) MADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, Ross Corners. Phone appoint. ments 2894. (76-78-81) BIBICAL DRAMAS INCLUDING "Samson and Delilah", "Diana of the Ephesians Sacrifice", 'Ishmael" will be presented in the basement of Holy Trinity Church on the evenings of April 16 and 17 at 8 p.m., under the auspices of the A, Y. P. A. Ad- mission 50c. y (79-81-82-84-87-88) AN AFTERNOON TEA WILL BE given by a Ladies' 'Aid Group, Simcoe St. United Church, Tuesday, April 16th, from 3 to 6 in the School Room, Come and bring your friends. (81a) CENTRE ST. HOME AND SCHOOL Club Monday, April 8, 7.45. All parents welcome. (81a) HEAR "THE TALE OF TWO Cities", by Rev. Allworth Eard- ley, famous interpreter of Dick- en's in St. Andrew's School Room, Tuesday, April 9th, 8 p. m. Tickets 35c. Students and children 265c. (81d) be mad BROOKDALE NURSERIES Bowmanville, Ont. Deliver healthy stock direct from Nurseries to your home Catalogue on request SPRING IS HERE-- and Garden Planting plans must soon €.