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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1931 | EASTERN ONTARIO NEWS Made Course In Par © Pembroke.--Rev. R. T. Ruth- erdale is the first member of the lgeal club to make the Pem- broke golf course in par, 35 |. strokes. This feat he accomplish- ed while playing with D. W. 'Blakely. He had three birdies in the first four holes, and might have broken par but for trouble on the fifth which cost him five strokes on a par § 'hole. Water Cut Off Fenelon Falls.--In order to safeguard the town's water sup- ply, it will be, cut off from Wed- nesday at 10 o'clock a.m, until ¥riday, 18th, when repairs will be made to the reservoir on the hill which is the source of the town's drinking water. Investiga- tion of conditions which made the supply so inadequate last winter, are accountable for the . . present work that of cementing the reservoir to stop leakages. Pid Much Damage Metcalfe.--One home destroy- ed, two silos lifted, carried away, and shattered, and considerable fencing blown down, was the toll of the heavy electric and wind- storm which passed over this dis- trict about two a.m. Fortunately po one was injured, but the at- tendance today at the opening of the two days' annual fair here was considerably depleted through farmers having to stay home and fix up some of the damage. Play Box Lacrosse Prescott.--Box lacrosse was introduced to this town on Mon- day night at the Arena when the Fast End and West End amateur teams of Cornwall played, the former being victorious by a gcore of 10 to 9. A large crowd was present and a fine exhibition of the abbreviated game was played. The smart passing and brilliant stickhandling of the team struck the crowd's faney and the fast play brought rounds of applause from the fans. The winners excelled in combination play, which brought them the majority of their points. Only two penalties were meted out during the match. Observed Anniversary Brockville--Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Todd, 50 Victonla avenue, on Tuesday observed the 40th anniversary of their wedding which was solemnized at Cardinal by Rev. George McArthur. The anniversary was marked by a family reunion in which Mr. and Mrs. Todd were joined by their children and grandchildren, Mrs. Allan Hutt, Mr. Hutt and four daughters, of Cardinal; Frank G, and Mrs. Todd, Chesterville; Ernest J. and Mrs. Todd, John R. and Mrs. Todd and son; William Todd and Miss Helen Todd, of Brockville. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS LA KIDNEY Bac ka uy, 2ODER TR LLY Ss in = Ay IT ------------ Open New Hall Pembroke.--The fine new hall of the North Renfrew Agricul- tural Society at ~2achburg, built to replace the one destroyed by fire a few months ago was form- ally opened. Nearly 1,000 - "Te were present and the event was not only very enjoyable but re- sulted in a substantial contribu- tion to the coffers of the soclety. Horse Ate Too Much Lindsay.--An over-feeding of wheat caused the death recently of a valuable five-year-old mare the property of Simon Ferguson, R.R. Number 2, Oakwood. Dur- ing the threshing a quantity of the wheat sifted through the floor into the horse's manger below and was eaten by the horse in such quantity that although veterinary aid was immediately summoned the results proved fatal. Two Barns Struck Picton.--Prince Edward County was swept by another severe elec- trical storm on Monday evening and as a result two barns were struck and burned, Both con- tained the season's crop of grain, hay, etc., and some machinery and fowl. : A Reunion Brockville.--At a meeting of the 156th Battalion Reunion As- sociation held in the counties building last evening the date for the second annua% dinner of the association was fixed as No- vember 7. The banguet will be held in the Manitonna Hotel, and the committee in charge will again meet shortly to complete the arrangements, Invitations are expected to go forward to form- er members of the unit within the next week. Organist 35 Years Kingston.--On Sunday last R. R. F. Harvey completed thirty- five years as organist at St. George's Cathedral. He com- menced his duties as organist on Sunday, Sept. 13, 1896, and by a co-incidence he completed his thirty-fifth year on Sunday, Sept. 13. Open Kingston Hall Kingston.-- Kingston Hall at Queen's University, which was damaged by fire a short time be- fore the closing of the spring session, 1s practically rebuilt and fireproofed and is expected to be ready for occupation by the Arts Faculty with the opening of the University on September 24. Al] the work on the building will not be completed by this date but the rooms will be in such a con- dition that the classes can begin werk and the finishing touches to the building will be put on after the fall session opens: Fair at Centreville Camden East.--Many people from this district atended the Fair at. Centreville on Saturday last, and with splendid weather and a large entry list, was one of the best in years. The Institutes of Newburgh, Camden East, Yarker, Reidville, Tamworth and Croydon had splendid exhibits of home cooking etc., and although the honors, which were won last year Newburgh Institute won the group by Camden East, the local branch secured the special prize on cakes, Mrs. Albert Lewis of the Camden East branch donated the special nrize for pies. The special prizes vere donated by the several 'ranches, and the group prize was lonated by the fair directors. Closing Golf Club Pembroke.---The formal closing of the Pembroke Golf Club for this has been set for Wed- | When Your Doctor Has Callled-- In case of serious illness ll your .best friend is your | doctor. His advice should ii be followed to the last de- ll tail. It's his business to il diagnose disease and pre- | scribe the proper treatment. When he gives you a pre. scription to be filled that's nesday of next week, when the usual closing day formalities will be held and one of the interest- ing features will be 'the final match between golfers of the east and west sections of the town, each of whom has already won two games. Before the closing J. M. Beatty and John Blakely must meet in the final for the club championship, while several rounds are still to be played in the finals for the Beatty Cup. Heads Presbytery « Kingston.--Aat a meeting of the Kingston Presbytery of the United Church of Canada, held in the Sunday school hall of Syden- ham Street United Church today, Rev. Frank Sanders, pastor of St. John's Church, Brockville, former pastor of Calvary United Church, Kingston, was elected chairman for the ensuing year, succeeding Rev. H. W. Cliff, pastor of Cookes Church, this city, Rev. Dr. G. D. Baldwin, of Kingston, was re- elected secretary treasurer for his seventh term. Injured While Hunting Smiths Falls.--While hunting on the opening day of the duck season, Gerald Malloy, 20-year- old son of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Malloy, was badly injured in the hand at 5.30 o'clock, when he ac- cidently stumbled on a root and fell. It is thought the young man tripped over some obstruction, and that in falling his hand had slid up the gun barrel and was Jquately over the muzzle when he shot was 'discharged, Bitten by a Cat Iroquois.--Three-year-old Betty Merkley, daughter of Mr. - and Mrs. Gi Merkley, College St.. was bitten in the back by a stray cat, The feline had been around the house the best part of the day and Betty treated it to a piece of meat when it at once attacked her. Dr. Marcellus was called and treated the wounds, which were severe, but could not tell at once it the animal is afflicted with rabies. Wants Arts Course Kingston.--For the first time in the history of Queen's Univers- ity, A convict in Portsmouth Peni- tetitiary has made application to enter an arts course and do his studies extra-murally in prison. The applicant is a youthful long- termer. In the past five years, he has passed all Ontario department al examinations from entrance to High School. The University work will be sent to him by the head of the extrg-mural department of Queen's, TRANSPORTATION A BIG PROBLEM Dominion Government To Seek Solution of Present Questions Ottawa, Sept. 17.-- While the attention of the: Dominion Gov- ernment since the close of the last parliamentary session has been concentrated on the unem- rloyment situation, another pro- biem of major importance looms up in the hackground. This is transportation problem. For some time the two great Cana- dian railway systems have been experiencing hard times. The Government.owned system found itself very much in the tore- ground during the session. In the House of Commons, as well as before the special committee whié¢h reviews railway estimates, the financial position of the Can- adian National, focussed the at- ter.tion of the members from all parts of Canada. In the House speakers dilated on 'the magni- tude of the debt. Fingers were pointed at certain allegedly wasteful and unproductive acti- vitles carried on as part of the general railway program. The charge was made that the Cana- alan Pacific system might suffer through attempting to compete with an organization which had behind it the financial strength of the Government of Canada. Canadian National On the other hand, the Cana- dian National management was given credit for turning a collec. tion of bankrupt roads into a strong and efficient railway sys- tem. Hard times, it was pointed out, could not be avoided, and the railways were bound to meet them. The committee of Parliament which considered the position of the Canadian National, made an important recommendation 'which it is expected, the Governwent will shortly implement. It reec- ommended the appointment of a Royal Commission to canvass troroughly Canada's railway pro- blem and report to the Govern- ment, and also Parliament, its conclusions and recommenda- tions. This commission would find itself with a real job on its hands. The problem is such a large one, its ramifications sc pumerous and involved. Ques- tcns of rates, of duplichtion in lines or in train services, of mo- tor competition, of hotel opera- tion, etc., all enter into* the gen- eral situation. The motor bus aud the motor truck, utilizing the righways constructed by the var- jous provincial governments, have become a competitor of the rail. ways which must furnish thetr own costly right of way, pay for its upkeep, and contribute 'o tha revenues of the country throurh taxation. And one of these rail- ways is owned by the Federal Government which must pay the piper is operating deficits occur. At present no official indication of the men which the Government will select to deal with the prob- lem is available. Matters of railway finance and railway op- eration are highly technical so presumably the personnel of a commission would be such as to ceal with questions of this char- gcter. Canada's great systems have expanded to include, in ad- dition to the actual railway ser- vices, steamships, hotels, radio, etc. These in turn,'involve other losses activities. The service to the public has been excellent but the cost has been considerable, and if business conditions slump, they are reflected in the railway balance sheet. With the program for meeting unemployment conditions under way, it seems likely that this oth- er situation will command early Government action. If a com- miesion is to investigate and re- port In time for Parliament to consider its findings at the next session, it must be established betore long. WEAVERS BACK AFTER 18 NONTHS 80 British Hands Ignore Ruling of Union Manchester, England.--Ignor- ing the ruling of the Union of Weavers, that weavers should re- fuse to start work in the mills on the basis of working six looms in- stead of the usual four, 60 work- ers have re-started at the Queen's Mill, Barnesley, on the six-loom system. It is expected that the mill will be working at full strength within a fortnight and that another mill, under the game ownership, will be re-started. The dispute in the weaving trade over the six-loom system has lasted for 18 months. Some hostility was shown when the Barnesley workers re-entered the mills today, but the police easily controlled the situation. It is anticipated that fresh ne- gotiationg looking to a general settlement will be re-opened at an early date. What funny notions, thoughts absurd, Enter the youngsters' noodles. "Twas raining cats and dogs," one wrote "And the street was full poodles." (Boston Transcript). ot Ue salmon wrote a six-year old This almost made us swoon-- of It is *'a fish that in the Spring Goes up the streams to spoon." Bankers and Politics Editorial in the New York Times.) Mr. Arthur Henderson and the members of the British Labor party who now look to him as leader have officially spotted the villains of the piece. The fall of the MacDonald Government was wholly due to a plot of wicked bankers, foreign and domestic. They mixed in British politics. They delivered an ultimatum to the Prime Minister. Without severe economy snd higher taxes there would be no more loans or credits. According to the rude comment of the Labor man in the street, the bankers "played Mac- Donald for a sucker." Through his inexpertness in matters of public finance, he was led on by them to upset the Labor apple- cart. : So far as a plain tale can put down these whimsies, the thing has been done. We already had the explicit denial from Washing- ton and from the Federal Re- serve Bank of New York that anything resembling a political demand had been made the con- dition of an extension of credit. Mr. MacDonald himself spiked the story, so far as the Bank of England is concerned, With its officials he had conferred, as it was his duty to do, respecting the danger that the pound sterl- ing might depreciate in a calami- tous way. But the Prime Minister declared, in the most explicit fashion, that '"'never once during the whole course of the negotia- tions did the banks interfere with political proposals, but simply confined themselves to expert ad- vice on the effect of the proposals and the possible yield of the loan." This is sufficient testimony for sensible men, but it will not, of course, destroy the bogy which the Labor Left-Wingers have set up. They will go on saying that the bankers were too astute for Mr. MacDonald. Perhaps they did not set up any open and positive political demands upon him. His world may be taken for that. But in his innocence he did not per- ceive that there was a strong and sinister political motive tacit in all their representations to him. They kept their hook well baited, but they caught him at last. The whole affair was too technical for Mr. MacDonald. The bankers in the conspiracy deceived him and got their ne- tarious way. Something like this REVOLUTION S00N ENDED IN AUSTRIA Honorable Peace Declared and Leaders Submit Re: signation to Heimwebr Vienna, Sept, 16.--An "honor- able peace" wae declared yester- day by leaders of the Nationalist Heimwehr after a fruitless at- tempt at armed revolution. Dr. Walter Pfrimer, organizer of the attempted *Putsch," order- ed members of the Heimwehr, Austria's counterpart to Adolph Hitler's German "brown shirts," to return to their homes. He and other organizers of the movement submitted their resignations to Heimwehr executives. The attempt of the Heimwehr to seize control of the Govern- ment had been heralded for months, so long, some observers said, that its force was discounted in advance. The cry of "wolf" was heard so often that it failed to create much alarm. The Putsch began in the prov- inces where control of city halls and other official buildings was seized in a dozen cities. The main strength of the Heimwehr lay in Styria, Upper Austria, and Salzburg. Troops, rural police, and gendarmes werg mobilized quickly and the Government an- nounced that the movement had been suppressed with the arrest of between 75 and 100 leaders. Only One Casualty The Government authorized whatever measures were neces- sary to break the uprising. Blood- shed was reported only at Kap- fenburg, where one man was kill- ed and several injured in a Heim- wehr attack on socialist head- quarters. Insurgents retreated without resistance in Styria before the ad- vance of three battalions of Gov- ernment troops. The centre of the Putsch was at Judenberg, an ancient city of less than 8,000 population on the Mur River. Dr. Pfrimer was said to have issued a proclamation there opposing the Government's compromise on na- tional economy measures and urging support of Dr. Ignaz Sei- pel, leader of the Christian Social party. OVER 1,000 U.S. BANKS CLOSE DOORS IN 1931 New York, Sept. 16.--Accord- ing to the records of the Ameri- can Banker, the number of banks which have closed their doors in the United States since January 1, 1931, has passed the 1,000 mark. The closings of the past week have brought the figure up to 1,098 with deposit liabilities of $764,000,954. Forty-four banking institutions have failed during the past six weeks and 54 banks were closed the previous week. A farmer in one of the dry areas was asked how he liked the policies of the different govern- ments. "Well," he replied, "'un- der the Meighen Government I lived on faith. Under the King Government I lived on hope; and so far under the present admin- istration, I've lived on charity." will doubtless be the assertion of Mr. Henderson and his support- ers. They find it easy to think bankers capable of any iniquity. As for an "international banker," they would agree with some of our own great authorities like Senator Johnson of California and Senator Brookhart of Iowa that he is little petiter than a traitor. The actual function of the bankers in all this business was plainly that merely of economic experts. They were able to link up financial causes with financial effects. They could tel] the Gov- ernment, or the public, what would happen if the British bud- get had to face a huge deficit if borrowing had to be resorted to on an expanding scale to meet governmental expenditures, and it the outflow of gold from the Bank of England continued. It was merely a case of applying the elementary principles of banking and currency, Prime Minister MacDonald had sought the skill- ed advice of bankers, and got it straight. When you have called in an expert, you do not denounce him as a scoundrel simply be- cause he tells you what is the matter. If a doctor looks you over and informs you that you the symptoms of a serious dis- ease, you do not fly out at him in a rage and accuse him of hav- ing some secret and ulterior pur- pose. But that is precisely what the Labor party is doing in the instance of the bankers, Because they set forth the financial facts and stated the financial conse- quences, they . are railed at as selfish plotters and recreant citi- zens. It is hard to break up an obses- sion of this kind. It will probably continue to manifest itself in one guise or another. It ig the nature of folly: to rush to the extreme of credulity against all evidence. But for ordinary sober folk, who are not in the habit of seeing spectres at every turn in the road, the myth of the Great Banking Conspiracy, of which the British Government became the victim, will have been forever discredit- ed by the solemn and conclusive statement of Ramsay MacDon- ald. DEMAND LIGHT FOR HARDWARE Sales Volume "in Winter Lines Continue Slow Toronto, Sept. 16. -- While there has been an increase in buy- ing, as dealers build up their stocks for later sale, wholesalers state that total business is still light. They anticipate that or- ders may be numerous in coming weeks, as buying depletes the light stocks which are thought to be in most hardware stores. Many items are included in as- sortments being bought now, some of which are, stove and furnace accessories, lanterns, electrical appliances, cutlery, radio tubes and batteries, hunters' equipment and ammunition, heaters, ete. Stoves and ranges in many of the latest enamelled color combina- tions are being taken into stock by dealers, and early showings of new models is already under way, states Hardware and Metal. Wholesalers are quite incensed this week over the necessity of withdrawing the reduction they recently announced on Irwin aug- er bits. Two weeks ago jobbers' prices to the trade on these were reduced by 1 per cent, following a reduction made to joBbers by the manufacturer, In communication with the De- partment of National Revenue at Ottawa, importers were informed that the reduction could not be allowed on importations, and that if an invoice showed the lower price, dumping duty would be ap- plicable. Advice was sent to job- bers therefore that in view of this action of the government, the re- duction would not be applicable to Canadian prices, and jobbers have advanced their prices to former levels, Reports from U.S. sources in- dicate that some manufacturers of radiation and boilers have re- duced their prices there, but Can- adian manufacturers do not ex- pect any immediate. change in prices here. Some price reductions are also reported in certain electric refri- gerators in the United States, but other makers do not anticipate making any change in their prices. The vice-president of one company stated, that sales of elec- tric refrigerators by his company were 400 per cent ahead of 1930, and still further increase was ex- pected before the present closed. Dun's Review The distribution of seasona merchandise through retail chan nels during the week has been on ly moderately active. The mand for the new styles of millji- nery has stimulated, notably, sales in this line, and there is a steady call for hosiery, women's footwear and kindred items. Sta- ple groceries continue to move in the usual quantities, and fruit offerings are increasing. The lib- eral market receipts of butter and cheese have resulted in a slight easing off in quotations. Inquir- fes for all kinds of merchandise, however, have been sufficiently numerous to kindle a spirit of cheerfulness in most Provinces, according to dispatches to Dun's Review from branch offices ¢f R. G. Dun & Co., located in thefhief commercial and industrial /cen- tres of the Dominion. A moderate renewal of ativity can be discerned in the ajomo- bile trade, cash sales constfuting an imposing percentage The number of new cars maddavail- ablg for us in Canada durjg the seven months ended Jw 31, | 1931, totalled 68,350 (rs, as | compared with 11.6768 ear{in the | similar period of 1930. |Paper | mills in the Sault area ifreased the number of running njchines and incidentally reduced unem- ployment. Steel orders 5 year ing purposes continue toje con- fined to immediate needghough improvement in automole re- quirements {is noted. [eather conditions for the past wik have been favorable for the grfth and arvesting of seasonable pps. PLUMB WORTHLIS Uncle Dan, centenariagnd ex. | : slave, is a pensioner of South ! -- ag- lon, etc. All druggists, 25¢ & 75¢ Carolina family. 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