TUESDAY; DEC. 20, 1921, Valuable Residence. Excellent Location. For price and terms apply: KINGSTON AGENCIES, Limite 2-0: HETEFON,--- orale Gh ROBERYSAN == Phone 703 = . 67 Clarence Street. " FOR SALE - SOLID BRICK HOUSE on Union Street -- 9 rooms; § bedroomgs; electric lights; 3-piece bath; hot water heating; hardwood floors throughout; newly painted and decorated; i extra lot; also Garage; extra fine location. M. B. TRUMPOUR 111 14 BROCK STREET - "HONE 704 or 1461w. ® NEW ELECTRIC GOODS JUST ARRIVED Students' Study Lamps, extra good value. Price $2.50 each. English Hot Plates, price $7.50. Call and see our large assortment of Portable Lamps, Agents for Apex Vaccum Cleaner. Burke Electric Company 74 PRINCESS STREET PHONE 423. CHRISTMAS GIFT. FROM MARBLE HALL Jor something nice get a box of our Chocolates. We have a select assortment. SPECIAL FOR CHRISTMAS ICE CREAM~---Hesthrode Pudding in Pints, BRICKS--Vanilla, Vanilla and Strawberry, Neopolitan, Maple Walnut, Vanilla and Orange, Vanilla and' Orange Water Ice, Party, Macaroon, Tutti' Frutti. ) : Special delivery Saturday night and Monday morning. Store closed 12 noon Monday, MASOUD'S 238 Princess St. Phone 980 Choice Assortment of -- HUDSON SEAL, BEAVER AND SABLE Gourdier's BROCK STREET {| out this 3 clally at the close of this year. "| showed that while some committees CLOSES THE YEAR WITH FARR SURPLUS City Council of 1921 Does | Well--Praise Given Mayor Nickle. a a The city council, which held its concluding meeting of the year on | Monday night, was informed' by | Mdyor Nickle 'that uinless some wun- j | foreseen thing arose during the next 10 days, such as a snowstorm, it would close 1921 with a surplus of one thousand dollars or more. H's Worship sald tha* in view of unam-- ployment situation he would be glad if a snowstorm did result in wiping surplus and putting the money into the pockets of those in need, a view which was shared by the aldermen. Shortly before the || council adjourned," the mayor re- || marked that aldermen who were soaking . re-election might want to know just how the city stood finan: He had overdrafts, there were enough surpluses from other sources to yield over a thousand dollars surplus on { the whole, The Board of Works has | cost $2,500 more .than estimated; | marks $550 more; printing $2,000 {i more, law $1,000 more and police $3,500 more. Against these amounts I| were a balance of $2,450 from the in- | dustries committee; $1,050 from the | Board of Health; $870 from the har- bor committee; $750 from Mothers' '| Allosvance; fines $3,500 and other sources $1,000, It was with great satisfaction that he was able to announce the care- ful husbanding of the city's finances i during the year. His Worship also | announced that the Board of Educa- | tion would, show a surplus of $2,000, something it had not been able to show in years. There would also be 'a. surplus from the public library board. With regard to garbage collection Mayor Nickle stated that in 1920 the collection had cost .he city $18,780: this year the collection cost only $16,400 under the contract system, or $2,380 less than last year. This was a decrease of twelve and one- | half per cent, and more garbage than ever was collected. This was an- other matter for congratulation, The mayor thanked the council for its hearty co-operation. It was a pleasure for him to act as chief mag- istrate, he said. He hoped the in- operation as was given him- during | his term of office. The unemploy- | ment situation was so acute that he had decided to continue during the winter and help in distributing the money to be raised by the Kiwanis club for relief. After the first of January the city council would not be called upon to provide any money for poor relief. In concluding, the mayor said he wished that all alder men seeking re-election would be successful at the polls. Thanks to the Mayor. Ald, Kent, on behalf of the coun- cil, moved a vote of thanks to Mayor Nickle for the able manner in which he had presided over council and con ducted the affairs of the city during the past two years. He had sat under a number of mayors, but none given so much time to the affairs of the city as Mayor Nickle. . He regretted that the mayor. was retiring and would not consent to accept a third term. He was sure than another ac- clamation would be accorded him if he werd to consent to serve again, 'Ald. Graham seconded the resolu- tion and also had words of praise for the way Mayor Nickle had served Kingston, "When you" were first elected," sald Ald. Graham, "people said, 'well how will Nickle and Christy get along?' We have got along pretty well," remarked Ald. Graham aniid laughter, "We just fooled them, didm't we?" CHRISTMAS sald the mayor, "You bet we did," replied Ald. dermen had a nice year. There were nice discussions and no trouble. "You did your duty to the utmost and you did it well," said Ald. Graham in conclusion. On behalf of "the city officials, Dr. Sands, city clerk, tendered the mayor their appreciation for his splendid work. Mayor Nickle, he said, was always on the job, and he had the ad- ministrative ability. He knew every CANDY Assorted Home-made Candy- (five different kinds) ; + 11b.box 39¢c. Chicken bones (three different kinds. 1 Ib. box 39¢. Christmas Candy for the Kiddies ~ (5 different kinds) 1 1b. box 25c¢. { Superior lee Cream Parlor 204 Princess St. Phone 648 report and was in tSuch with every part of the municipal administration, The: officials would be sorry indeed when Mayor Nickle 'left, for they appreciated his extreme kindness and his efficiency. > Ald. Couper thought the mayor should reconsider his decision to step out and take up the reins of office for another year. Fo After the vote of appreciation hed been adopted with applause, Mayor Nickle added another word. He sald he thought he had forestalled any vote-of thanks by giving some finan- cial figurgs and closing the debate. However, he wished to thank the council for its most kind apprecia- tion. He greatly appreciated the re- marks of Dr, Sands on behalf of the officials. After going through the re- cords for two years, he doubted if any set of city officials in Ontario have their work in better order than have the civic officials of Kingston. The mayor said that everything had been cleaned up right to date, and nothing was left unfinished for next year's council to undertake. He was pleased to have been able to give so much time to the city's business. One could not possibly act as mayor of Kingston by devoting "only one ~r Ice skating"Without fce has been made possible by a New Yorker who has invegted skates with a number _ of rollers set between plates to serve runners, far less cost. Two French scientists have found that X-ray screens made of a com- pound of tungsten and cadmium give better results than platinum ones at hour a day to the work, for this city has to account for the expenditure 'of, between $700,000 and $800,000. If the job of mayor is worth doing, it js worth doing well, and if one can- not do it well, he had better not 4 coming year would have the same cos | Graham, who remarked that the al-- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. touch -it at all. It was an honor to have been able to serve the city. He hoped gome day to stage a come- back, He would not do this next yea¥, but might sometime later. He had done the best he could. That is the best any man can do, and the best his successor could do. Ex-Mayor Newman's Portrait. Early in the meeting, Ex-Mayor "HW, Newman addressed the council| and asked the privilege of presenting | an ofl portrait of himself. This, he said, was an old custom and hed recently been done by Mayor Nickle: and Ex-Mayor J. M. Hughes, He had served in 1919, a year of many hap- penings, , Ald. Rodger, in moving the' por- trait be accepted and given a place in the city's hall of fame, remarked that it was deserving of such a place, Ex-Mayor Newman served as chief magistrate during the year when 21 - 000 soldiers were demobilized here, and he gave up much of his time in attending to the returned men. He also received the Prince of Wales during his visit to the city. Ald. Rodger reminded the counci] that it | was he who hed nominated Mr. New- man for mayor, and very appropriate that he should now move the accept- ance of the oil portrait which the ex-mayor was presenting. Ald. Corbett, in seconding the re- solution, referred to the fact that Ex-Mayor Newman had fulfilled all the promises he had meade during 1919 excepting one. ed to get married and hyd not done 80 yet, : "Shame on him," remarked Ald. Angrove, However, Ald, Corbett overlooked that failure of Ex-Mayor Newman now that he had given a aplendid ofl, painting to the city. Mayor Nickle in accepting the por- trait, said that he noticed in thé newspapers reports of the engage- ment of the Prince of Wales, and he thought that perhaps this report would be followed by a similar one in respect to Mr, Newman, Industrial Commissioner. Ald. Stroud raised sonfb objection to the recommendation of the finance committee that $500 be paid the city clerk for acting as industrial commis- sioner. It wag pointed out, however, that the clerk was engaged for this work and asked to undertake it for that sum of money, instéad of the city having to pay $4,000 to $6,000 to an industrial commissioner as Belleville is doing and and getting no more re- sults than is Kingston. 'The work performed by the clerk as commis- sioner was shown to have been most promising end results were: begin- ning to show. ' Ald Stroud sald 'he did not know that the clerk had been appointed as acting commissioner or he would not have raised -the question as to re- muneration, Alds. Steacy, Litton, Clow, Corbett, Craig, Kent, Armstrong, Couper, Graham and Angrove and Mayor Nickle all pointed out the great value Dr. Sands was to the city, Mayor and aldermen all sought his advice, for he handled the affairs of the municipality most efficiently. It was at the urgent request of the indus- tries committee that he agreed to act as commissioner, % Suburban Road Area, A report was received from the city auditor showing the amount of money spent since 1917 on the sub- urban road area. In that time the township of Kingston had spent $65 - 000; Pittsburg township $39,000 and the city of Kingston $28,734. The Ontario government paid $41,000. The council passed a bylaw to rati- fy an agreement with the Public Utilities Commission and the Great North Western Telegraph Company for removal of their wooden poles off lower Brock and on Ontario streets to Clarence and the placing of their wires on new steel poles. These blocks are to be paved next summer, and it is desirous that the old poles be taken off the streets. A petition was received from the Allan Lumber Co, end others asking to have Mack street continued from Victoria street to Regent street, and for the repair of Regent street. This was referred to th Board of Works. The Finance Report, These recommendations of the fin- ance committee were adopted: That the rental of Memorial ¥all be increased fifty per cent, for all purposes other than dancessand the rental for dances be increased 100 per cent., and thatthe written con- sent of the chairman of city property committee be given before said hall is rented for dances, That the city treasurer be anthor- ized to pay all unpaid accounts of the year that may come in between the last meeting and the end of the year when the same are properly signed and certified by the city audi- tor, . irr , That the following accounts be paid: Board of Works, ' Pay Hest Dec. 3rd, $412.53; pay Mat Dec. 10th, $645; collector of cus- toms, $6.68; 8: Anglin & Co., $116.- 39; Bell Tel. Co., $18.36; Thos. G. Bishop, $28.46; British Whig Pub. Co., $21.90; Buffalo Springfield Rol- ler Co, $20.71; Clay Products Agency, $505.59; Willlam Cockburn, $169.16; John M. Patrick, $2.25; Sawyer-Massey Co. Ltd, $33.48; Robert J. Reid, $1;. ' . 2 1 Fire and Bell Tel. Co, $12.24; Booth Conl- ter Co., $31; A. Chown & Co., $45.- 05; John Corceron, $41.30; W. B. Delton & Sons, $7.10; Dominion Ex- Co., $1.45; Blliott Bros., $8.40; Hamilton Uniform Cap Co., $28.33; M. C. McAuley, $3.60; McKelvey Bireh, $8.70; Newman Electric Coj, $16.24; Public Utilities Comm,, $1 i] Pp He had promis- | L 8 ol 40; Smith Bros., $2; G. A. Wrignt, $1.60, City Health. Pay list Oct, 28th, $454.75; pay list Dec. 12th, $448.05; Bell Tel. Co., $3.08; British Whig Pub, Co., $3; I. Cohen & Co., $92.70; Kingston Street Ry., $5.75; BE. Paradis, $85; Publi¢ Utilities Comm., $7.22; Stev- enson & Hunter, $3.75. Industries, Pfinting, Etc. Canadian National Telegraph, 70 cents; British Whig Pub. Co., $49.- 65; Public Utilities Commission, $4.45; Victoria Industrial School, $15; J. P. Hanley, $38.15 suburban area, $7,900; discount on debentures, $8.60. : : ---- Contingencies, Bel] Tel. Co., $21.05; city regis- trar, $1.29; Miss H. Fraser, $150; Wm. Gallagher, $6.10; W. J. Gal- lagher, $6; B. McKane, $3; Canad- jan National Telegraphs, 86 cents; Cankdian Pacific Ry., $25; S. Grim- shaw, $74; McKelvey & Bireh, $.40. Contract for Asphalt and Sand. This recommendation of the Board of Works was adopted: Tha the tender of John Lemmon to supply. and deliver 1,600 cubic yards asphalt sand at the asphalt plant at $1.45 per cubic yard be ac- cepted, In attendance were Mayor Nickle and Alds. Armstrong, Angrove, Chown, Clow, Corbett, Couper, Craig, Driscoll, Fleet, Graham, Kent, Lit- ton, O'Connor, Robertson, Rodger, Sargent, Smiith; Steacy end Stroud. AGNES 1S QUITE RIGHT IN "THIS HERE" OPINION Outdoor Dress of Toronto Goads Miss McPhail to Biting Scorn. 3 Woodstock, Dec, 19.--Miss Agnes McPhail, M.P.-elect, for Southéast Grey, had some comment to make on "fashions" when interviewed here. "The would-be wealthy woman of our cities, and especially of Toronto, are a (disgrace. They dress for North 'Pole weather from the knees up, and for equatorial weather from the knees down, They go around dress- ed in Hudson seal coats which reach just to the knees, and With not a thing showing below the bottom of their coats, and with tikansparent stockings and summer pomps, Prob- ably they will spend hundreds of doly lars on doctor's bills before the spring. Why, "the other evening I saw in Toronto a girl with her neck wrapped up, wearing a big seal coat which reached to her knees; her stockings were af the gauze type, and she was carrying a pair of skates as it going off to skate in this outfit. It is a pity these girls haven't more sense." They Do Move After All "In United States Courts Sydney, N.8., Dec. 19.--After a delay of twelve years, the-sum of $5,000 has just been awarded by the United States courts to the estate, o? the late Capt, J. W. Peppett of North Sydney, for damages in connection with the holding up an temporary restraint of the schooner Peschawa in the' Behring Sea by an American} fisheries cruiser in 1909. e Notice of the award was received today by Mrs, Bolling, daughter of Y Capt. Peppett, ANNE TLE - System 8. Deliciously Fragrant . 15°. package -also packed in ¥ Ih tins 'Wish them Merry Xinas by Long Distance " So you're not going home for Christmas?" . « "Afraid I can't afford it this year. It's going to be very lonely here too! I'll get letters, of course, but how I do want to talk to them, be one of 'em |" "Why that's simple. I can't go home dither? . but I'm geing to call my Christmas greeting ie to every one of my folks personally--tall to them By Long Distance. I'll wager I'll almost béfable to smell the good old turkey cooking." "What-a splendid idea! I'm so glad you' made me think of it. Christmas won't be such a lonely day after all. 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