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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23rd, 1928 PRICE TELLS QUALITY SELLS j Allen's Store, Colborne THE GORMAND'S PARADISE of BARGAINS Those who wish to stock their larder with good goods at bargain prices should not delay n doing so. We have the right goods, and not only the right goods, but the right prices. "QUALITY" "PRICE" is the password is the byword of of this firm. our customers. Don't hesitats to enquire about our prices and goods! Our Phone number is 140. We quote you a few prices at random--but remember our prices are lower than others! SPECIALS for Friday and Saturday/, August 24th and 25th: St. Lawrence Sugar..........101b for .62 (Only lOIb to a customer) Brown Sugar................10 lb for .58 (Only 201b to a customer) Aylmer Soups, all flavors........4 tins for .25 Magic Baking Powder, 16oz. tins (cash & carry) .34 Certo, per bottle.....................25 Clarke's Catsup, reg. 30c bottle.. .. Special .19 Millionaire Sardines, reg. 18c tin . . Our Price 2 .25 Corned Beef, reg. 35c per tin......Our price .25 Ivory Gloss Starch, reg. 15c pkg. Our price, 3 .25 Pastry Flour................24ft for 1.00 Peanut Butter, reg. 30c pail .. .... Special .19 Corn Starch, per pkg..................10 Baking Soda................101b for .25 Breakfast Cereals-- Shredded Wheat, per pkg.....:. .. .10 Red River Cereal, per pkg..........19 Cream of Barley, per pkg..........19 Roman Meal, per pkg............19 Kellogg's All Bran, per pkg..........19 Kellogg's Bran Flakes......3 pkgs. .25 Teas and Coffees Our Specialty-- Karimpore Black Tea, reg. $1 lb. Special .65 Standard No. 1 Black Tea, per lb.....50 Japan Green Tea, per lb...........40 Garden Blend Coffee (fresh ground) lb . . .50 Canning Season Specials-- Pints, per doz.............$ .85 Quarts, per doz...........1.00 Half gals., per doz.........1.35 (All new stock) Zinc Rings (extra heavy) per doz........15 Rubber Rings, red or white (extra heavy), 4 pkg. .25 Parawax, lib pkg...........2 pkgs for .25 Get our price on Sugar by the cwt.-- • . - -,-.---| - TERMS CASH ! Highest Price Paid for Eggs! C. M. ALLEN & SON THE QUALITY STORE WITH THE LOW PRICES ' COLLEGIATE COURSES mphasize Teaching 01' British Canadia story - thai mlt of He id The British history becomes mor ever entrenched in the collegi; siitutes and high and oontin schools of the Province, as a re changes in the prescril nounced yesterdav bv the Department or Education. Canadian History also" has its status bolstered, and Latin becomes a subject which cannot be altogether evaded in favor of English grammar. • The most important of the changes made affects the subject of history. Hereafter British History will be a subject of the Lower Softool course and of the Lower School examination. Candidates who hold certificates of standing in Lower School Canadian History, obtained before 1929, will be exempt from the Lower School examination in British History. In the case of the Middle School, Canadian History will be a subject for the Normal entrance and the junior matriculation examination. Candidates, however, who hold certificates of Middle School standing in British History, obtained before 1929, will be exempt from the Middle School examination in Canadian History. There is also a provision under the Middle School courses whereby Music may be substituted for Ancient History. Heretofore Latin has been an alternative for English Gramrmar in the case of Ehe Lower School examination. Henceforth can-, didates who desire to substitute Latin for English Grammar will be required 1 to pass the two papers in Latin of the Middle or Upper School examination. The new courses of study come into effect immediately, and the department expects all principals to make themselves familiar with the changes that have been made, so that there rr-ay be no unnecessary delay in the organization of their classes in Sep- Repeal. Halifax, Aug. 16th, 1928--Repeal of the Nova Scojja Temperance Act and the substituting for it of a system of sale of liquor under Government control was almost unanimously requested by the Halifax City Council last evening. Fifteen votes were recorded for the resolution making the request, with two opposing the measure, one of the latter being on a matter of responsibility for the liquor laws and not -on the merits of prohi- The motion stated that statistics proved that the Prohibition Act was incapable of enforcement, as it lacked public sympathy; "that it produced despicable spying, perjury, deceit and tendancy to lower the general moral tone of the community; that it has assisted in smuggling to the loss of -public revenue, and has induced a general contempt of the law. It further declared that liquor should be sold under proper Government super- (123) ] Tourist traffic to Saint John this season is the largest in its history, ajid so far is equal ia* not greater tRan during the whole of last sea-eon. Touria*» started arriving ■ rlier this spring, and have continued in much larger numbers than in other seasons. ! . - Colonel Scott, who is succesa>-" fully producing tulip bulbs at Salmon Ann, British Columbia, believes that the Industry has a future. He has one acre under this produotlon with drying, cleaning and storage sheets. He grows fifty-two varieties of bulbs arid has about a quarter of a million bulbs on hand growing. The Alberta Amateur Championships will take place shortly at Banff, Alberta, where the annual Highland Gathering and Scottish Musical Festival is being held from August 31 to September 3. An elaborate programme has been arranged of a Scottish character, many of the athletic contests being peculiar to that race, suoh as tossing the caber and putting the shot. Plans are reported to he on foot among sheep raisers to establish In Vancouver a wool grading centre similar to that functioning in Trenton, Ontario, where at present most of the wool business of Canada Is conducted. An authority states this would probably have the result of increasing the returns to the producer from 25 to 50 per cent. Although the automobile Is sometimes said to be a rival to the railroad, it gives the latter a great deal of traffic. The number of freight cars used by the Canadian Pacific Railway for the transport Of automobiles has doubled during the past five years, and the latest order of 300 new cars for the company has Just been completely filled. Trans-Atlantic records have been ^Tade by two - new vessels, the "Duchess of Bedford" and the "Duchess of Atholl." the first two of the new cabin class quartette to be built by the Canadian Pacific Steamships. The former has just accomplished an eastbound voyage from Liverpool to Montreal in six days, fourteen and a half hours, while her sister ship, enroute at the same time, made a'westbound crossing from Montreal to Liverpool in six days, iS hours. The second school car operated Jointly by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Ontario Department of Education has been issued from the Angus Shops, Montreal, for service in the tistrict west of Fort William. T. 9 car is a remodelled first class coaoh equipped like an up-to-date "little red school-wlth bright classroom, with and the moral welfare of the city. An advertisement In The Express ndensed advertisement column will likely to bring a. customer for ur live stock or produce to your the race for Turning Point in Canadian West's History Week-end SPECIALS FRIDAY and SATURDAY FREE--The first ten customers buying over $5.00 worth will get a White Silk Scarf Free on Saturday, August 25th, 1928. Ladies' everyday Broadcloth Dresses, extra good quality................$1.50 Ladies' Gingham House Dresses...... .. .75 Children's Gingham and Chambry Bloomer Dresses, 2 to 6 years.............75 Children's Dimity Bloomers, size 4 to 10. .2 for .45 Ladies' Dimity Slip..................50 Ladies' Broadcloth Slip...............75 Girl's Khaki Suits, 3 to 6 years........ 1.00 8 to 14 years............ 1.50 Boys' Summer Suits, clearing at..........1.00 Clearing Out of Summer Hats at Your Own Price We also have all kinds of Remnants 'Ladies' Silk Hose . . ..........3 pairs for 1.00 Children's Lisle Stockings, black or brown, per pair.......................25 A Special Table of Shoes that we are clearing at a very low price. A. Aziz COLBORNE 1 siMs-mlrc. "g'.obe, iwim* 'tiBlUI, regulation desks, and so forth; a library for the uss of students and adult visitors as well; and comforts able living quarters for the teacher. The school car is able to reach remote areas where permanent school facilities are not available. P lfty years ago, Winnipeg church bells ringing wildly and the few steam whistles ir «*ty were screaming with joy. On that day a new shrill note was added to the tumult. It was sound of the first locomotive v/histle to_ shatter the peace and quiet of the little prairie city. I; The day marked the occasion of the arrival of the engine now known as the "Countess of Dufferin," brought to Winnipeg in connection with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. And the event celebrated by the entire population, following the issue of an extra edition of the only daily paper, announcing the coming, was termed "A Historic Happening," one of the greatest importance to the entire North-West. | The first engine, forerunner of hundreds of others, did not enter Winnipeg mounted on rail. Though steam was up m order that the whistle might swell the chorus of welcome the wheels of the engine rested more or less securely on a barge that was towed up the Red River by the steamer "Selkirk." The barge and steamer were gaily decorated with flags and bunting, and the engine itself was polished and gaily decked with ribbons. The "Countess," considered half a century ago a paragon of mechanical accomplishment, was due to $TTllfjm Wmnipe« <*-rly oa the morning of October Hie "Countess" did not arrive that day, but the next, for the difficulties of navigation with a tow of six barges were too great for speedy progress. This engine bears the name of the wife of the then Governor-General, Lady Dufferin, who formally christened it at Fisher's Landing, and today she stands in a shiny coat of black paint, decorated with gay flower boxes in the C.P.R. gardens at Winnipeg. And yet it was only the merest accident that prevented the "Countess of Dufferin" from being permanently relegated' to the scrap heap. When her usefulness was over she was sold to the Columbia River Company, and in 1909 she was found in this company's scrap heap by Richard Waugh, a mayor of Winnipeg. The old engine was handed over to the. city of Winnipeg by Sir William Mackenzie, thoroughly overhauled in the C.P.R. shops and, in the spring of 1910, placed in its present location in Whyte Park. . There are fully as many as fifty men in Winnipeg who remember the arrival of the "Countess," and among these is Dr. Charles N. Bell, one of the founders of the Winmpeg Grain Exchange, who handled the arrival for the customs department. The iron "Countess" was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Company in 1872, and purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway for $5,800. She was later ild to the Golden Lumber Company for $1,000, while modern engine costs in the neighborhood of $70,000. She thought it w©ul& be too expensive The old lady had never spoken over a long distance line before -- but she was so hungry for the sound of her daughter's voice! The operator was kind and helpful and in a moment the beloved voice was sounding in her ear." And when the telephone bill came she found the call had cost only 45 cents. Now the Sunday evening talk is a regular thing. More -- it now costs only 25 cents. Instead of asking for her daughter by name, mother gives "Long Distance" the distant number -- hence the charge (after 8.30) is only 25 cents. Many do not realize how inexpensive Long Distance NECESSITIES FOR Pickling & Preserving We carry a full range of all requirements for the up-to-date housewife's summer efforts. Now is the Jar Rings, white or red 10c doz., 3 dozen for 25c /Parowax, per lb......................20c Water Glass Egg Preserver.....20c lb, 2 lb for 35c Preserving Powder (Salicylic Acid) . . 10c, 15c 25c Saccharin Powder (Sweetening) . . . . 10c, 15c, 25c Parke's Catsup Flavor..................35c Wax Paper......................10c, 15c Corks, all sizes................5c dozen up SPICES OF ALL KINDS Celery and Mustard Seed, Tumeric, Whole and Ground Spices, Whole and Ground Cinamon, Allspice, Mixed Spice, Whole and Ground Cloves, etc., etc. W. F. GRIFFIS "THE REXALL STORE" Phone 85w King Street Colborne The effect of Eye Strain is shown in the efficiency of the young student. It is a good plan to consult H. J. MAYHEW King Street Jeweler. Optometrist Colborne | If you are a subscriber, your label J is either a receipt or a notice accord-] ing as your subscription is, or is not I paid up. It comes to you every week. How does it appear to you? 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