SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1010, = SE SANTA CLAUS BSADQUARTERS &* DOLLS DOLLS Every little girl wants a good DOLL from SANTA CLAUS this year, Baby Dolls--Talking Dolls all unbreakable Dolls, CR SEE OUR WINDOW. Uglow's 141 PRINCESS STREET. 3 UR eyes have been properly call- ed the windows of our souls and age is the curtain that darkens them. When years. of use or strain and neglect have so weakened the eye-muscles that they no longer sc- commodate the retina with the pro- per focus, an optometrist should be consulted. We will give your eyes a thétough examination and if you need glasses we will prescribe the proper ones for you. J. OPPOSITE POST OFFICE KINGSTON ] Id Mounted _ Fountain Pens We have just received a very choice selection in Waterman's 14 Fountain Pens ---- gold mouhted and plain. These make an appropriate Xmas. gift, and you would be wise to make your selection early. Priced from $2.50 up. Kinnear & d'Esterre JEWELERS 100 PRINCESS ST. convention. } Tea -------- en : R "HONORED AT MUNICIPALITIES . CONVEY. | TION IN LONDON { i | He Was the Only Delegate Specially | | Called Upon To Address the Hydro | Gathering, i R.F. Ell'ott, chairman of the Pah- | { He Utilities Commission, and Mana- | | ger C. C. Folger, returned from Lon- | { don on Friday morning, Mr. Elliogt | | informed the Whig that the deliber- | | ations of the convention of Hydro | municipalities were marked by the | Breatest enthusiasm and it was a | cause for extréme regret that King- | ston had never before .been repre- at such a convention. He hat all of the municipalities he keenest interest in Hydro- Electric matters and were most en- ergetic in promoting their claims to | consideration. Hewas signally hon- | ored as Kingston's representative, | | i : being the only delegate who # specially called upon to address the | His claims of Eastern plauded by the representatives and | "his SugERstions Tor a progressive and | permanent policy were heartily en- | advocacy of the | Ontario was ap- | dorsed. Mr. Elliott was greatly plea- | Sed over his reception. * The convention passed a resolu-| the Government to make | 1 of Hydro Chairman per-| | manent and requested that Sir Adam | { Beck be appointed for a term of ten | | Years, or for five years at least, and | | to amend the Act for this purpose. | | tion asking { the positicn { The convention also urged that two | representatives of the municipali- | | ties be appointed to the Commission, | | 88 It was considered that as the mu. | | nicipalities have an enormous capi- | | tal invested, thég should have some | Yoice in determining the poli i {the Commission and supervision { its administration. These two com- | | missioners it was suggested, should | | be chosen annually at the convention | | of the municipalities. i In his address Mr. Elliott spoke | strongly on the equalization of rates and his proposal was concurred in. A Committees was appointed to | quest that meter rents be cut in half, | cost of the inspection of meters, | ~~ The convention was entertained at { & banquet given by | | ' {! ana to protest against the present was greatly appreciated by the dele- gates. NN CANADIAN PACIFIC TRAIN SERVICE f Kingston Sub-Division Effec- | tive Monday, December | 1st. eee J Offices to let; frat Hour front; heat- LEGRAPH BUILDING, g TE ARENCE STREET C. 8, KIRKPATRICK, on Premises General Steamship Ticket Agent 36 Clarence St, Kingston When you are choosing your presents for Christmas, call and see our line of novelties. A few suggestions: Table Lamps--Heaters--Irons-- Toasters, . Pocket Flashlights, Toy Motors, etc. H.W. NEWMAN ELECTRIC C0. 167 PRINCESS ST. NER SA RE TL Teele en Th |p Train No. 611 will leave Kingston 9.50 a.m., arrive Sharbot Lake 11.50 8am., making direct connection for | Tweed, Havelock, Peterboro and To- | ronto. . Train No. 613 will leave Kingston i 12.05 p.m., arrive Sharbot Lake 2.15 Jam. ~ Train No. 615 will leave Kingston ] 5.20 p.m., arrive Tichborne 7 p.m. Train No, 617 will leave Kingston 11.15 p.m., arrive Sharbot Lake 2.45 a.m., connecting with train leaving Sharbot Lake 2.58 a.m. for Peterboro and Toronto. : Arrivals at Kingston will be as fol- WS: Train No, 618 9 am., from Sharbot Lake, Train No. 612 3.30 p.m. from Renfrew and Sharbot Lake. Train No. 614 5.35 pm., from To- ronto, Peterboro, Havelock: Tweed and Sharbot Lake. Train No. 616 9.10 p.m. from Tich- borne. SUDDEN DEATH AT NAPANE OF MRS. CHARLES DEAN ON THURSDAY NIGHT ~| Passed Away as She Was Retiring to Bed---An Apartment House Being . WANTED! | Raw Gourdier's 78 BROCK STREET, Constructed In Napanee. (From Our Own Corresvondent) | Napanee, Nov. 22.--4A very sudden death occurred Qu Thursday when Mrs. Charles Dean passed away, ap- parently without \a moment's <~yarn- ing. ased went to her room about her usual hour for retiring and sat 6n the edge of the bed with a pencil and book in her hand, and must have beem seized suddenly, as she just laid over and quietly passed away. She was pre ng to go to Montreal to live with her son Harry F. Dean, of the Dominion Bank. De- ceased was about W. J. Jewell has received the cons tract for re-modebing Miss Margaret Barrett's house, corner of Bridge and Centre , into up-to-date apartments. This will till a long felt want in Napanee as houses are very seared. Ruth Bartlett of Towa City is visiting Mise Diana Mill d y ng a er wa y is the Josephine Vrooman. - Mrs. J. C. . 'Toronto Mrs. I. Vanalstine, South Mrs. Pidgeon of Tweed guest of Napande, spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Bova. By 0 SERIA AAAs a sien MNES AY ............... THE DAILY BR ITISH WHIG | ness conditions, are | Oétober, 1918, of §358,194,432, or wait upon the Governmrent and re- | i the City of Lon- | : | don in the Tecumseh House which | Selves to 'opportunities offering and | : { quired. There are still a good many | | first secured a permit from him. sixty years of age. | = - en A 4 GREAT BUSINESS ACTIVIY IS REPORTED IN CANADA AT THE PRESENT TIME. This is Shown by the Large Amount of Building, by Bank Clearances and Railway Earnings. It is unnecessary to do more than quote a few figures to show how ac- tive are all business and industrial affairs in Canada at the present | time. Take for instance statistics re- | lating to the building industry, as re-| flected in the permits issued by Can- | adian cities in October. Thirty-nine | places report 3 fggregate of $9.) 181,890, or mote than three times | the value of the permits issued in| October, 1918. Moreover, with the | exception of September, this total ex- ceeds that of any previous month | this year. For the ten months ended | October 31st, permits amounted" to | $62,752,683 or more than twice the | amount for the same period of last | year. Again, bank clearings, which | are an excellent indication: of busi- | running steadily | Ottober's total was | over | ium narrow toes, sad of 1018. $11,725,811,557, an increase "ver 26 per cent. In railway earn- | High School Girls' Brown Calf Lace Boots These Shoes are made of Sizes 2 this to-day under $10.00. OUR SPECIAL PRICE genuine Calfskin; medium heels and med- to 7;no manufacturer makes &'8hoe like rede NCE ee Sheath alates ale ings Whe gain is no less pronounced. | For the second weék of November, | the latest period for which figures | have heen issued, the three main systems earned $7,532,719, an in-| crease of $1,045,035 or nearly 14 per | cent. : Reviewing the labor situation at | the present time, especially in rela- | tion to the outlook for the winter, | the superintendent of the Ontario | Government Public Employment Bur- | : eau states that in nearly every indus- |B A LESSON IN ECONOMY Buy Your Furs] Many more | women are wanted for factory work j than are available and generally | speaking employment is plentiful. 3 Only in seasonable work 18 there now | E & letting-up of demand and if any | 8 distress develops during the winter | months it will be among' the unskill- ed labor thrown out of work with the closing down of construction and other _ outdoor occupation. Even | among this class, the superintendent declares, there would be no difficul- | ty were they prepared to adapt them- i Our Furs were purchased long before the recent sharp advance in prices took place. Prudent fur buyers will read- ily see why it is to their great advantage to buy now. HUDSON SEAL COATS move to points where labor is re- | es Made from selected pelts in the returned soldiers who have not yet | new models; settled down to work. . Shortage of both coal and steel is | causing considerable concern to Can- | adian industry. The fuel adiminis- trator for Ontario has taken over all { bituminous coal in storage and in| transit in the province and is ra-|§ a tioning it out to those whose needs |§ New Hats, new Caps, new are the more urgent. No dealer if : Gloves. coal or any other person or persons having or controlling bituminous coal i Kingston's Largest Hat Dealers. FINE FUR SETTS In all the leading Furs. in storage or in transit is permitted | to 'deliver any coal witout having | 0 | far as steel is concerned conditions | do not improve. Plates and sheets | are in very small supply and wate- ! houses in many departments are | pretty well stripped of material. Pre- | miums are being paid on all sides | for goods. Apart from these diffi culties manufacturers . have little cause for complaint at present. They are well booked with orders and op- erating conditions are generally fav- orable, with labor pretty well settled down to the every day routine. -------------- FIVE PER CENT. PREMIUM On Canadian Money in the U.S. Will Help Canada. i Canadian money is quoted at a | dve per cent. premium in New York. | his means that the Canadian dollar | is worth 95 cents in puréhasing goods | in the United States. } Five per cent, is a Yow level for | NOW OPEN The Marrison Stato is "Again Ready for Bus=ess ~~ Portraiture; Commercial Work | Conving, Ennai Bic. Phone pk Uh Parnes Lomb How. to. make a locomotive or fiying machine, but we can give You the most perfect BOBSLEIGH on the market. The AUTOMATIC COUPLING does the trick. It fitg any bobs. Bring your sl «early. new Bobs have them. McNAMEE & SLACK Horse Shoeing and General Shop Phone ATw. %4 Quéen St. and a quarter per cent. and it has gradually worked down from a dol- : far to the present rate. republic that the United States mon- ey market has sald in effect: "If vou want our goods, Miss Canada you will VISIT REID'S THIS WEEK Spend an Enjoyable and Profitable Afternoon. Furniture and when the use of §f in brought withia the Use you can decide on whap ,. You Can Everyhody loves good reach ef all it makes it all you need right away, JAMES REID The Busy Store With the Large Stock the more pleasant SO ou i Bg i. =m 3 = PURE ICE CREAM Oar. Xce Cream is the purest in the city, Nothing but pure Fruits used with it. Sakell's Ice Cream Parlor © (Next to O pera House) Watch our windows for 8 pecial prices of GANONG'S and IR'S high grade Ubocolates and home-made Candy, ; : : WE SELL ON EASY |" Ou * His x TRADE. paan whe, Transparent . OVEN-WARE Headquarters For | *- KINGSTON.