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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 24th, 1928 Don't pass ears * + + unless there is room in your own traffic line ahead Highway Safety Committee The HON. GEO. S. HENRY, Chairman. I Against That Day THE fabled years of ancient Egypt's fulness and famine--the striking lessons found in other historic facts and natural life processes establish SAVING among the fundamental laws upon which Nature makes her sure indictments. Follow by in I pers tal i " by addir Standard Bank. ecula THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA S. SUTTON Manager, Colborne Branch Branch** also at Brighton. Caatleton, Cobourg, Grafton New Wall Paper Stock IS NOW IN It rtSiil i It -i faWI Is . /"rat i i'£.'i^«p^Ea@sffl All the Newest Patterns and Colorings PRICES VERY MODERATE See the "Special" we are running ! Before buying, look over our stock! Jas. Redfearn &NSon Division Street All Varieties of Flowers vON SALE TOMATO PLANTS CABBAGE PLANTS CAULIFLOWER PLANTS ALL COLORS IN ASTORS Ready at C. W. Crandell & Son's Magazine Subscriptions We are Subscription Agents for all LEADING CANADIAN, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PERIODICALS Also Foreign Ones most likely to be asked for GET OUR CLUBBING OFFERS ! Reduced Rates on Any Combination of Magazines THE EXPRESS Phone 44 Printing Office Colborne A Cigarette butt is not out when io\\ throw it away unless you KNOW t is out. That's the only safe rule to ao by. Millions and millions of acres sf gaad pine forest would be available for better logs than are generally ivailable to-day, if smokers had always* practised that safe rule. A pail of water costs nothing in Canada as a rule but the trouble of dipping it up. Put out your camp fire and help save Canada's diminishing forests. Twelve million dollars worth of timber is being burnt up every year simply for lack of a few pails of water at the proper time. BAY OF QUINTE Large Attendance at Interesting Meeting at Lindsay. Sunday Visiti The third annual meeting of the Bay of Quinte Conference Branch W. M.S. of the United Church of Canada was held in the First United Church, Lindsay, May 8, 9, 10, 1928, with a large attendance of delegates from the seven Presbyterials included in this branch. The reports of the secretaries of the different departments were most couraging showing progress and velopment along all lines of activity. During the nine months the Presbyterials had contributed as fololws: Belleville Presbyterial .. ..$16,375.00 Cobourg Presbyterial..... 16,952.50 Kingston Presbyterial . . . . 7,768.87 Lindsay Presbyterial......15,100.( Renfrew Presbyterial...... 12,000.00 By the division of Lindsay and Cobourg Presbyterials, two new Presbyterials had been formed, those of Peterboro and Oshawa. The work of the Young People well represented on the programme: A Young People's banquet was given Tuesday evening. Interesting and inspiring addresses were given by Miss Bona Mills, Toronto, who spoke from the motto, "Think deeply, live better, love more;" by Mrs. G. B. Forbes, of Weston, who told of the work of the W. M.S. among the East Indians of Trinidad; and by Dr. Florence Murray, who besides giving a graphic descripti of her hospital work in Hamheung, Korea, and making an earnest appeal for funds for the Girls' High School, in that city, which will be closed by the Japanese Government if needed repairs are not made. Mrs. Jessie Mclntire. Toronto, gave an illustrated talk on the schools and hospitals from West to East of the Dominion, where the W.M.S. are caring for Indians, Newcomers, Orientals, and. others. Miss H. M. Paul of Newburg, veteran Missionary among the Indians, nd Newcomers, of British Columbia installed the ' office Among the resolutions passed ai meeting was one denouncing Sunday visiting and urging a saner, stricter observance of the Sabbath; one supporting the League of Nations; and one strongly endorsing the institution by the Dominion Board of a Department of Temperance to promote instruction in the dangers and evils in the use of alcohol, and urging the women to put first things first, taking the responsibility of Citizenship seriously as in the sight of our Leader, the Lord Jesus Christ. Officers elected: President--'Mrs. J. T. Daley, Port 1st Vice-Pres.--iMrs. W. H. Ashton, Camipbellford. 2nd Vice-Pres.--'Mrs. R. Barbour, of Gore's Landing. 3rd Vice-Pres.--Mrs. F. A. Larke, Brockville. 4th Vice-Pres.--Mrs. R. O. Jolliffe, of Kingston. Recording Secretary--Mrs. C. A. lery. Canifton. Corresponding Secretary--Mrs. F Edwards, Cannington. Treasurer--Mrs. H. Irvine, Bond Lindsay. Christian Stewardship and Finance-Mrs. R. G. Lawlor, B.A., Norwood. Strangers' Secretary--Mrs. E. J. Cor-kill, Napanee. Associate Helpers--Mrs. E. B. Cooke, Newcastle. Young Women's Work--(Mrs. F. Riches, Cambray. C.G.I.T, Groups--Mrs. M. Mackinnon, Perth. Mission Bands and Baby Bands--Mrs. W. J. Garland, Cobourg. Literary Secretary--Mrs. John Turner, Almonte. "Missionary Monthly"--Miss N. A. Beatty, Pembroke. Press>--Mrs. S. E. Revelle, M.A., of Kingston. Committees-- Nominating-HMrs. R. Barbour, Mrs. P. L. Jull, Mrs. M. C. Maokinnon and the Presbyterial Presidents, with Mrs. W. J. Paul, Kingston, Con- Finance-^Mrs. R. G. Lawlor, B.A., of Norwood; Mrs. H. Irvine, Lindsay; Mrs. Thompson, Oshawa; Mrs. Hills, Renfrew; Mrs. G. Findlay, Belleville. Delegates to Dominion Board-- Miss E. Dunoon, Lindsay, Mrs. W. J. Paul. Kingston. Sarah E. Revelle. Press Sec, Bay of Quinte Conference Branch. FAIR COMMENT UPHELD At the recent assizes at Walkerton, says the Goderich Signal, the Wiarton Echo was the defendant in an action for libel brought by the proprietor of a pool room, and dance hall at Wiar- made in the course of a report of proceedings of the town council. The de-fence was that the report of which complaint was made was a fair and accurate one and that there was no malice. The trial judge dismissed the action without taking any evidence for the defence. The Meaford Mirror also has just come successfully through a libel suit brought against the publishers because of some comments upon a matter of public concern. In this case trial was by jury, and the verdict was for the defence. Newspapers have a duty to perform in reporting and sometimes in commenting upon public, affairs, and so, long as report and comment are fair and accurate and without malice, they are entitled to the protection of the law. C. N. E. SWIM SHORTER The third Wrigley Marathon swim will be held in Toronto during Canadian National Exhibition it was announced by J. Allan Ross, representing William Wrigley Jr. here to-day. Iwiim will be held in two parts, for vomen, at ten miles, and the other Or men, at fifteen miles, although vomen will also be allowed to enter iecond part. Dates are announced as being August 29 for ten mile event, nd September 5 for fifteen mile event. Prize lists total fifty thousand dollars. BAY OF QUINTE CCONFERENCE In this Conference there are 24-1 Pastoral Charges with ii:;S preaching places in them. Members of Session total 2,024, two more than reported a year ago. Stewards or Managers number 2.921, four more than last year. Other members of Official Boards show a decrease ot 46 and are reported as numbering 2,145. There are according to the reports 239 more families under the care of The United Church of Canada in this Conference this year than last. The net membership of the United Church of Canada in the Bay of Quinte Conference stands at 67, 366, 15 less than reported a year ago. There are 545 Sunday Schools--9 less than last year with a total enrolment of 9.12 less than last year. There has been an increase in salaries of ministers at the rate of $26,-000 per year for the whole conference. The Conference contributed $205,-517 for the Maintenance and Extension Fund for nine months or at the rate of $274,000 for a twelve months' period--an increase over last year's figures of almost $31,000. iFor all purposes the grand total givings of congregations within this conference amount to $1,064,108 for the nine months ending December 31st, an increase at the rate of $165, 000 for the whole year. Since the consumation of Union in 1925 mortgages have been paid off United Church property in this Conference to the amount of $51,000. Churches and Sunday Schools have been repaired or redecorated at a total outlay of over $76,000. Manses or parsonages have been bought or built at a cost of over $25,000 and repairs to parsonages already in use account for $24,415 additional outlay. More than $4,700 have been spent in -furnishings for manses and upwards of $4,650 for organs and pianos. New Churches and Sunday Schools have been erected since Union in many parts of the Conference, some of which may be mentioned: Sharbot Lake. Minden, Port Anne, Greenwood arid Oshawa Mission have new Churches; Beachburg has extended the Church. Bridge Street, Belleville, has a Community Hall, and Oartwright and Little Britain have new sheds. The Women's Misslonarv Society has 337 auxiliaries in this Conference with a membership of 12,826, and contributed last year almost $69,800. This Conference meets in Smiths Falls on May 30th, 1928. CANADA PAYS Canada * pays $1,565,000 annually in salaries alone to her parliamentarians. The prime minister is the highest paid officer in parliament. He receives a salary of $15,000 per year, besides his sessional indemnity )f $4,000. All the cabinet ministers ■eceive salaries of $10,000 besides their $4,000 as members. Senators receive a similar $4.0. per-- ay transportation and travelling expenses when coming to the capital ;o legislate, and also when returning to their homes. The speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons receive salaries of $6,000, plus their indemnities. The position of leader of the opposition, held by Hon. R. Bennett, carries with it a salary of $10,000 per year. Only one mai ' Canada receives a higher salary from the federal treasury than the gover-general, and he is Sir Henry Thornton. The C.N.R head receives salary of $65,000 per year. The Governon-General gets $48,666.66, but the total cost of His Excellency to Canada is $251,000 per year. WHY NOT TRY IT? 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