NERY RR WE a I BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1980. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG oti me -------- 20% OFF FOR THE BALANCE OF JANUARY WE ARE GIVING ABOVE DISCOUNT OFF ALL OUR REGULAR SUITS AND OVER- COATS---NOTHING RESERVED This means that you can purchase Clothing at less than present wholesale prices, as the manufacturers have advanced their prices two or three times since we purchased our present stock, D. J. WILL | "THE MEN'S STORE" TABLEWARE that is at all times and for all purposes desir- able. Bvery piece that does not give en- tire satisfaction will be replaced It is abso- lutely guaranteed. Ask for illustrated folder, OUR eyes are your good true Y friends. Even after you have over exerted them and you can no longer ee things as clearly as in former v.ars all that they need is an expert examination dit the hands of our optometrist who will specify the lenses of the proper focusing power to correct your faulty sight. And they will go right on serving you properly if you have them exam- ined every two years. Kinnear & d'Esterre JEWELERS 100 PLLACKSS 5T. J.J. "The House of Better Glasses" Opposite the Post Office Phone 699, KINGSTON. ro LAND FOR SALE, Olden Township, 204 acres, min- eral rights Teserved. Timber lot, chiefly hardwood, valuable, Cs 8. KIRKPATRICK, Kingston. 86 Clarence St. PHOSPHODINE. The Great English Preparation. Tones and invigorates the whole nervous system, makes new Blood in old Veins, Used f lity, Mental the How, i ng in plain Joe THE WOR MEBIINE Co Smaner mailed . A 2 YOUR OLD TIRES Give Double Mileage if They Are REBUILT By Our Latest Process 4 TRIER ga Hii The Best Tire Repair Shop The Place of Efficient HITE 'The House of Good Tire Repairs a | | WOMEN'S SAMPLE SHOES Black Kid, Patent Colt with Grey Kid Kid, Chocolate Kid and oe. + hogany fat.......... 0... $495 Men's Brown and Black Calf Bluchers and Bals \ ios REALS Mra nen sees. ah HCE Sr SPENTHORE THAN ALLOWED THE LIBRARY PROPOTION | sumtrrran TO THE CIVIC FIN. | COMPLAINT AGAINST SUBURBAN ANCE COMMITTEE | ROAD AREA COMMISSION, | -- {Made by the Reeve of Kingston | Which Promises to Give It Favor | 'Township -- Bedford Township able Ocnsideration--eoting of the Board om Thursday Evening. Enters the Good Roads' Scheme. | A meeting of the Public Library When the request of the Suburban | Dod ho | a Area Road Commission, asking for | Poard and 8 committee took place in the council chamber, $48,000 for this year's work of Dace | Thursday evening. The plans for the Kingston and Pittsburg townships | proposed reconstruction of the build- | was read q | ing offered by G. Y. Chown were dis- T As the ey Janell | cussed, and a letter f on Thursday afternoon, Councillor | of Ontario regarding rom the Synod | the land the | Clarke, reeve of Kingston township, | building stand on, was read. The va- | made a sharp attack upon the com- | lue of the land was placed at $10,- ion fo stcotin the amount a {81 td Su bo pichated wil | money voted to it last year. He re- drawn and the design chosen will | terred to the minutes to show that | give a splendid library. There are | $15,000 had been voted, and it was | two storeys lor books and reading | Stated in the resolution that not over | Iams, 10d he Shier, Or third story.; $20,000, mciuding the Ontario Gov-| 4 sub-committee consisting of ernment grant, was to be expended. | Rev. W. T. G. Brown, T. J. Rigney, Instead, the commission had expend- ane Be ih Richardson, Was appoint- | d over $26,000. Was this addition- tee of the city council and place the | al amount to be charged to the town- | proposals and the plans of the iby. {ship of Kingston or would the | ary board before them. | aaaty Sounsll Lave t provide for | ,, Later Mr. Rigucy fopurted et it, he asked. It was not fair to the matter its most favorable conat- Kingston township to saddle it /with | deration. He explained that gccord- an expenditure which was not pro- ing to Chow's orm the mater [[vidéd for, and Councillor Clarke held hi tt hor | It rh {that the commission had no right to | counel to either accept or reject the | exceed the amount voted to it. His | offer. He thought that in view of the tow t {lls | 8enerosity of the gift it was one that fo DhiD vig now ea forty m la the council could not afford to re- {on the T, and he did not feel | joer 'put would be disposed to meet { lke going back to his constituents | the conditions of the &ift-by making {8nd telling them that they must pay | the provision required. still more for road work that was not -- authorized. He thought something | should be done to bring the commis- | LETTERS 10 [HE EDITOR Councillor Clarke also claimed | sion to time. LS that there had been extravagance in The Emp t n. the road building. A cheaper strue- | Kingston, Jan, 26.--(To the Edi- of Saturday on { tor): Your editorial ould Save i tat SALTS | ths "Emir aria] Of Bud in King- | Of the men who worked on*the roads | 5100" Will be read with interest. {just put 1 t Many are of the opinion that the last [ot the ner one Tr | paragraph sums up the situation been kept upon some 83: the' work- | fairly. Men flocked here in hundreds ers and the people of his township | 1° find employment making muni- . tions. Hundreds of soldiers who re- we issat : Te very much d furied wi the | ceived, their discharge here brought | their wives and families, thinking | they would find employ, The some expl tions militia officers in charge of the of- with regard to the suburban 4a fices here for finding employment would be well ad to consider work. t t Trek Js UCL AL Task Your that Kingston is a city of only about road work in the five front town- | twenty thousand population, and .as | ships. He had to depend upon fore- times are only normal here at pres- | nem to see that the men worked, as | ©0t it cannot be considered a Mecca be could not be responsible. Not- work of the Suburb Commission, for employment for ail who choose wit nding that there might have | to flock here. Farmers in this part of the finance commit- |- idling at the work, his reports | Ontario bounded by Brockville, Ren- : ar | frew, Trenton, Belleville ang Nap- fh ioe os Jobo it | en Monin, melee at hand than it could have been done | 5°00 Wages. Several men have gone Under contract. The commission | 1 \these towns and of themselves | found employment found it impossible to do the work | Bone i unless pln road | Sommodation. Ald, Cohen has given . { employment to quite a few out of the | Miniinery Was ed, cumin it | City. Kingston cannot be expected to | wis decided to refer the points rais- | {Urnish employment tor al who | { come -here, and the employers of la- | ed by Councillor Clarke to the Good | b. ] Roads Committee for. adjustment. hay jare doing what they can to keep | The commissioners will be asked to | PuSiness Moving. { appear before the committee and / ours aly make explanations as to why they ex- =F. MILLS. ceeded the grant given them. The council adopted the request of the Roads Committee fixing ! $70,918 as the amount to be expend- | od upon good roads this year, Of this amount the Ontario Government pays over $30,000. Councillor Patterson, the energetic young reeve from Bedford township, presented a petition from his council asking tlw Ontario Government to make the main Bedford road a county provincial road. This request was acceded to. Bedford will thus Join the front five townships in the | Hi county good roads system. Bedford's example may be followed by some of the other northern townships. J. G. Elliott addressed the council and asked that it send representa- tives to the Ontario Educational As- sociation's annual convention in To- routo in April. He assured the couneil that the interests of the rural schools could be furthered by taking part in the deliberations of this vigorous association. The matter will be dealt with by the committee on education of which Councillor Halliday is chair- man. Inspector M. R. Reid asked the council to appoint an attendance of- ficer. This matter wes also referred to the education committee. A fon was present from the Orphans' Home and as! for a grant this year of FHT Sa Fp of the request was . Mrs. J. J. Lackie, who has the oon- tract, far supplying bread to the Jadl, asked council to increase her tender price awarded last November, as the price of flour bad so increased that she was losing money on the con. tract. The property committee will deal with the matter. On motion of Councillor Halliday a committee was appointed to consider the question of a county memorial to the 'men and boys of Frontenac who fell in the great war, and to re- port at the June sdssion, ------------------ ANOTHER LOT Of Slightly Damaged Blankets on Sale at 's. We received another lot of slightly damaged blankets, white and grey, large double-bed size. On sale while The Critic. My father Says the paper that he | reads ain't paf up right, | He finds a lot of Tault, he does, per- | using it at night, ! He says there ain't a single thing in { Aid Ba warth while to : | t it doesn't print the of | Stuff that people need, pe ! tosses it aside says on the bum' But you ought to hear him holler | When the paper doesn't come, He reads about the weddin; he snorts like all get wn and He reads the social doin's with a most derigive shout; He says they make the the wimmen folks alone, read about the 8 he'll fume and @ says of information it tain a crumb But you ought to hear him holler when the paper duesn't come, He's always first to grab #t he reads it plumb clear nd He doesnt miss an item or & want ad ~that is true He says' "They don't know what we groan, don't con- But you ought to when the hear him holler Paper doesn't come. Col. J. T. Clarke Col. John Thomas Clarke, M.D, a native of Foxboro, has been honored by King George for his services in war. William Clarke, Fox- received word of the dis which has come to his bro- Col. Clarke is now entitled to the letters C.B.E. after his name, for he has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His brother, Charles G Clarke, resides in they last, $2.93 and $3.49. and housing ac- | BEAUTY SPECIAL A beauty specialist of cently gave out the following state- ment regarding gray hair: For Saturday WE OFFER YOU SOME REAL GOOD BARGAINS IN WOMEN'S SHOES -- GIRLS' SHOES -- MEN'S AND BOYS' SHOES. Abernethy's Shoe Store Ladies' Fur (Coats In view of advancing prices it will be to your advantage to buy now, Hudson Seal Coats, made from choicest skins and full of style through and through, lined with fancy silk poplin linings. Mink Marmot Coats in the newest models, with belts, su- perior finish. Muscova Pony Coats, made from choice lustrous 'skins, collars and cuffs of Australian Opossum. Come in the time to and see. Now is buy. . 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