PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG FRIDAY, JANUARY 0 1915. (NEW BUSINESS SYSTEM|ROUTE MARCH TAKEN [HAS DEEN ADOPTED BY THE|1O BARRIEFIELD BY THE 21ST Hurry Mong Sir | The privilege will 'be yours until we close at 9 p.m. on Saturday night, to buy any ready to wear clothing in our store at Off Regular Price ywards it will be too late. We've made a whole army of clothing buyers happy dur- ing this great sale, and many a household hem clothed up from grandfather down the little man. ; {/{'Bvery purchase has been a money-sav- ing proposition, and everybody is happy. pik hth al Have You Been In? No! Well, Sir, you are a very un- . fortunate man ! There are plenty of good things left and if you call before closing time Saturday night you can participate in the bargain feast. - Better come than wish you had. Goods marked in plain figures. All sales for cash. a aa] Livingston's, Brock St. A Little Out of the Way, But It Will Pay You To ; Walk a | LINENS AT IWALDRON'S! Table Cloths with Napkins to f! Special Savings On | match, in all sizes, beautiful _ patterns, e-bes TImer; at 20.1030 % Fine Bleached Satin Damask Tas - Wm. ble Linen, in all th igns, full e ina See aesigrs. full Hu2 wide, all pure flax. : 2 vac, w x har i] Se oc na Havel Off Regular Prices COUNTY COUNCIL, A By-Law Passed Regarding Appro- priations and Contracts--Cadet Corps Grant Asked for Sydenham High School. Ibe chisi business transacted by the County Council at its Friday morring sessioh was the passing or a by law with regard to' appropriations and contracts. - Heretofore there has been no such by-law in existence; The by-law passed provides that all expenditures must receive the sanet 6h of either ecomncii or commitiee; that no committee shall spend more than 200 without ealling for tenders: that all tenders for work. shall be accom- panied by a marked cheque for five per cent. of the contraet price statsd in the tender; that all work or im- provement shall be done on the re port of the county engineer or some other superior oiticer of the corpera- tion," showing the same to be veces sory or expedient; that council ay, by resolution, direct any particular work . or undertaking done by day labor instead. of contract; that no ma- terials shall be grdered or work done by any oflivial ¥ntil an order has been issued in triplicate by the clerk; that the county officers shall make requisition on the clerk by 'December 31st each year for their requirements for next year of stationery and cthor supplies; that the Finance Committe: shall present to council in .Jupe in each year a full exhibit of the financial afiaics of the couneil at the termina- tion of the preceding financial year, and an estimate of the amount ve quired to be raised by assessment dur- ing the current. year, and how the revenue required shall be raised. This by-law was passed at the in stance, of Auditor A. H. Muir, who has been endeavoring to get Fron- tenae to adopt an up-to-date busifess system, like that, of the city of King- ston. -* Major G. H. Gillespie reported to the council that a Cadet Corps had been organized in Sydenham High School in November, 1914, and had already proven .a marked success. He asked that the council render what finanéial assistance was 'geeded to further = the rogresé of the cadet movement ii DRA I'he major remarked that the county had a regiment of volun- teers that was a credit to it, and yet, Lieut.-Col. Ferguson, the commanding oflicer, had told him that the 47th had not received any financial wssist- ance from the council. . He hoped this would not be the case with the cadet movement. On motion of Councillor Wensley, the | matter of giving a grant to the Cadet Corps was referred to! the Finance Comntittee. The following . deputations to Toron- to were appointed, on motion of Councillors Parks and Foley : Printing and Education--Countillors Spankie, Calvin, Halliday, Redden, McRupight. Good » Roads -- €ouncillors Stoness, Fravklin, Hawkey. Balls, Reid. Colonization Roads -- Councillors Thompson, Foley, Parks, Gray, Wens-| ley, Kennedy, Munroe, ' The report of Road Superintenden | | Fair, submitted on Thursday after- noon, was adopted; "on motion of Coungilloy Franoklin, and application ~made ti the Ontario: gévern- ment for one-thind of the amount ex< pended, viz.: $7,300, Council adjourned to meet at three o'clock. in the aiternoon. . (Bee also Page 10.) THE WHIG'S JUMBLE. A General Review of Country District and Local News, "Palm Olive Shampoo." Gibson's. President wilson vetoed the ime migration bill hecauseof the literary and other tests: . We rent pianos as low as 82° per month. GC. W. Lindsay, Limited, 121 ness street. i William Barrett, semdor judge of Bruce county, died at Walkerton, in his seventy-fourth year. "Special hot water bottles" for the, Red Cross Society are sold at Gib- son's Red Cross Drug Store. South Waterloo liberals, observ- ing the party truce, decided.not to Gppose the election of F. Stewart mic SLRACE YALA AICI AD 1) > fefaral bye-election next week. ¥ Castile soap,' 23c, bars, at Gib- son's. . : W. 'J. Watson, ex-police magistrate of Oshawa, who has been in the On- tario printing department for two, agths, eng 'on special work, will: ily enter. the sarvice of the governs ment library, He will act as assist- aut to Avern Pardoe, Leather Will He Dearer leather representative in ¢ on Friday sald that the price ] was liable to go even firm had an order for the. ihousinds of dollars worth of leath- to. ver to an Ota wh Saddle. u facturing firm, but Soild, ot were. 0 Lh a ors Te Weather Notes, as the representative of Si # ; BATTALION The Veterans Contiune Their Weekly Drills at the Armouries--ath Hus. sar Officers For Overseas Service, The 21st Battalion, on Thursdgy af- ternoon; took a short route march to Darriefield. The men were given a rest after a time, and in the in- terval foot races were held. Major Mclean was time-keeper and Lieut.- Col. Wo 8, starter. Officers, sergeants, corporals and buglers each hud' a race, and the impromptu pro- gtomme 'proved very emjoyable. In the Oflicers race Lieut. Flavelle made thé mark, © On Friday morning the right Ji battalion t 'a short mdréh through 'the streets and then return- ed to their quarters. Both half bat: talions were given lectures by their officers. The eold wind that blows across the ranges has made it im- possible to do any shobting in cold weather. that no officer of the 4th Hussars had been accepted. for oversea ser- vice. Lieut. 'Lb. Baxter-iy witn the first coutingent and Lieut. N. Cro- thers is gomg oversess with the third contingent, The school of cavalry that opened Wednesday is. well Httended. At 4 o'clock and 7.30%"elock the classes are beld, \ Major Gilpin, V.8:; is in thg, city Adam Beck, on the Militia Horse-Purchasing Commission, No. 6 Field Company, Canadian En- gineers, which is composed of stu- dents from i University, in t. command of Cap 2 Malcolm, is quar- tered in the, exhibition grounds at Ottawa, There ate 90 engineers there. There has' been some cri- ticism of the medical arrangements for the engineers but invesiigation hus shoyn that these are unfounded. Some of the. men in the hospital preferred semi-private rooms to the public wards, and paid the difference to ob- tain these rooms. The department is now paying the full 'amount, and the engineers are all allowed, when no extra expense. The medical at- tendance, of gourse, is free. ~ Col. Young, of Peterbore, is the wedieal vllicer in charge. The veterans, oh' Thursday evening, held their regular drill in the ar- mourics. Several young men from the country drove in, and took advan- tage of the arrangements that have. tailed for instruction in stretcher- bearing and 'a signaling officer is detailed to instract in signalling. i and shooting are also taught. $ Presbyterians Had Congregational Meetings Last Night. "he annual mee of St. s. Rev. S..J. M. Compton pre- sided at the meeting. J. Mcintyre presented. the report.-of the manage- ment. committee and several ot very satisfactory - reports were read, Alter the 0088. MEN a social prograuime saw. ted. Portsmouth Church. The annual meeting of the Ports- mouth Preshyterian.Chureh was held Thursday night. . . There was a large attendance. The report of the var- ious societies showed that the year had been a very prosperous one, al- though the congregation has suffered heavily during recent months by re- movals and deaths, - Br. MaeClem- ent was reappointed representative elder té the presbytery and satisfac- tion with the services of the migister was expressed, The ahnual' meeting of the First Congregational charch was held on Thursday evening... About eighty people sat down te supper served by the ladies. After supper, reports of 0 Ee Sas sho an 4 : Jent expences of $125 over last year. 'partments of the mately $3,000. $600 of this year had been paid; including coal that a of $106 had been left inthe Treks, IF vas in every way the best finaficial statement pre- | dy been pledged y : by Leonap A few days "© ago it was peporied | Special For Saturday Commencing at 10 a.m. ill, to occupy semi-private rooms at | These range from $17.50 to $35.00. been made: A medieal officer is de- | Evening Cloaks Very pretty designs in shades of Old Rose, Alice Blue, Biscuit, Grey, Shell Pink. The prices of these are $14.50, $18.50, $20. Your Choice Saturday $9.00 iva yo work or varied | for the remainder of the winter, and |" 10 Only-- Evening Dresses For misses and ladies, tunic effect and very dainty. Materials aje Satin de Chene, Ninon and Silk. One only of each de- . 'The colors are Light Blue, Pink, Maize, White, Paddy. 4 Your Choice at $9.50 & $11.50 EES = 10 Only - | | | A Shad Jey 4 and a fair-amount-bas al- Military Equipment * The Atlantic coast disturbance has| Boots Rubbers - Polish Laces kin legging vit $000 Money Belts, Puttees, Wolseley Kits, Jaeger Wool Sleeping Bags, &e.