he TULSAY, MARCH 28, 1022, a ee " a' | p-- MARCH "CHAPS . .Our Buper-Borated Cream of _ Witch Hazel is the most sooth- ing and héaling preparation of its kind. A féw applications will work wonders on rough, chapped hands or face. In large bottles L. T. BEST Dispensing Druggist er mr, PR. BELL'S SHAVING CREAM Brushes up quickly; creamy lather and retains its moisture PERFECTION OIL STOVES 2, 3, 4 Burners Ovens and Wicks See our window dis- play at W.H.Cockburn& Co. | Princess and Wellington Sts. Phone 216. i T BH = E 'E =] E = = E . = E BE soiled. Tapestries, r choice. Estimates free of cost; Ww A L L P A P E R S Paper Hanging. Delmon See our Papers before buying. You can choose from the very lat- est Montreal, York samples, including beautiful Lincrustras, Linowalls, etc., in exquisite y $5.00 per roll. Our Paper Hangers and Paint- ers know their business. hang the papers yourself, come along any way. We sell Brandram-Henderson Paints, Varnishes, etc. McKelvey & Birch, Limited General Contractors, Heating Specialists, Steam Plumbeis, Johbers of Plumbers' nd Gas-Fitters' Supplies, Stoves, Shelf, Heavy and House Furnishing Hardware, Tools, Otis, Beat Supplies, Sheet Metal and Tin Work; Electric work; Painting and Special work of all kinds undertaken. AAA y : We Have Just ceptional merit. conditions. Smith KING STREET James Larkin, Irish agitator, is refused a pardon by Governor Mill- er of New York State. "Bobby" Ebor _ defeated Mickey t at Hamilton in ten rounds Monday night. -- er TA A : Sqn Get part of your Housecleaning done by repapering the rooms where wall papers have become ho Toronto and New designs. Take Prices from 10c. to given with pleasure, or if you prefer to Fitters and nw vour energy. home or in our store. T.F. Harrison Co. Linited Poe Hien the Coen novablon The HOOVER It Beats-- As It Sweeps---- As It Cleans Are you tired at the end of sweeping day? It is no wonder that such effort saps We have a remedy--one that will re- lieve you of effort and clean your Rugs bet- ter than yeu could possibly doit. = demonstration either in your \ Spring Shipment of NORMAN PLATE Every piece of this Silver Plate is beautifully made, being hand finished back and front, and of ex- Norman Plate is superior in our opinion to all other makes, prices this season are very reasonable and will bear all comparisons, quality for quality, even under present Jewelers (Limited) Established 1840. Ey THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. Received Our i Bros. KINGSTON FURTHER GAS REDUCTION | IMPOSSIBLE JUST NOW i ies Ee a { STEACY'S DALY STORE NEWS ee 'Utilities Commission Decides to Use Surplus Against Debt on Holder. | | After discussing for nearly an hour a resolution of Commissioner Burns to write off the sum of $10,- 000, representing a surplus on the year's operation of the gas plant. against a debit balance of $13,440.03 | standing against the new holder, the | Utilities Commission decidéd to wipe {out the debt to that extent. It de- | | veloped during the discussion that | | the gas plant will not for some years Ibe in a position to make any substan- {tial reduction in rates to consumers {owing to the fact that the total in- |debtedness is heavy and there has | been no provision made for deprecia- | tion, The matter of immediate con- | cern, however, is a bank overdraft of $55,000, and Commissioner Burns is | anxious to see this paid off before teonsidering any reductions #in the | price to consumers. r } | The question arose over the pre- | paration of the annual statement and | las a question in bookkeeping some | [disposition had to be made of the | | apparent surplus for the year of $§10.- | ,000. Commissioner R. N. F. McFar- |lane* proposed that if there was a | {surplus the gas rates to consumers | should be reduced by that jamount, | as he was unalterably opposed to | | making money"out of the service | 'which should be sold at cost, He | argued that prices of supplies were | 'gradually getting back to -normal, | and there would be reductions in the | cost of operation, Consequently the | consumers should have the benefit | lof it." He moved an amendment to | [the effect that the debit balance be | | paid off in three years instead of one | | year. | | Commissioner Burns stated that | |the first duty of the commission was | to pay off its debts, just the same as | {any individual, and after the debts! {were paid, then he would be glad to | {consider proposals to reduce the | {rates to consumers, It was contrary MARSHAL JOFFRE Famous French military leader who has arrived in Canada to talk peace aims. HELP Prince Edward County Poultrymen. Picton, March 28.--The 10th an- nual meeting of the Prince Edward County Poultry Association was held | here, a full directorate board attend- ling. The report of president and | secretary-treasurer showed that a | healthy condition existed. Plans were made whereby all school chil- dren of the county who rear poultry from eggs given out by the depart- ment of agriculture at Guelph will receive special prizes-offered to en- courage raising of poultry. Dates set for the next winter's show are January 16th, 17th and 18th, Appointed Surgical Officer, Dr. Lyon H. Appleby, London Hos- pital, London, England, has been ap- pointed resident surgical officer at Sanford Royal hospital, Manchester, England, and leaves London on April 1st for his new position, Dr. Apple- by is a Queen's graduate. MOTHER! Your Child's Bowels Need "California Fig Syrup" £ Hurry Mother! A teaspoonful of "California Fig Syrup" now will thor- oughly clean the little bowels and in a few hours you have a well, playful) child again. Even a cross, feverish, constipated child loves its "fruity" taste, and mothers can rest easy be- cause it never fails to work all ths sour bile and poisons right out of the stomach and bowels without sriping or upsetting the child. 3 $ Tell your druggist you want only the genuine "California Fig which has directions for babies and Sn 2 a i a Tr, Jou m say * » Syrup" {to all reason to assume that there was any surplus while the debts | against the plant remained unpaid. | He pointed out that there had been | no reductions in valuation for depre- | ciation and that the gas holder had | cost over the estimate $13,440.03, | and there was for a number of years a heavy bank overdraft. It was $65, | 000 last year, but had been reduced! to $55,000. It was necessary, in his | opinion, to get the plant out of deep | water and so long as consumers | thought that there was any surplus, | they would clamor for reduced rates, | whereas, in view of the actual situa- tion regarding the financial abliga- ons' carried by the commission, it was impossible to make any reduc- tion in the rates. A reduction of ten per cent was made at the beginning of 'the year, but this could not be re- peated until .the bank overdraft was wiped out and the plant was in a sound financial position, There was also a heavy debenture debt to be carried and it was in the interest of the consumers to utilize any surplus on the year's operations to get the plant out of the hole, = Commissioner McFariane main- tained that there should be a wide distribution of 'the debt so that the ratepayers of today would not have to pay off the whole of it, Mr. Burns' motion was carried. Chairman R. F. Elliott reported on the recent convention of municipali- ties held in Toronto and told of the | proposal to transfer the Central On- |tario Electric. system over to the | Hydro, which would have the effect {of binding all of them, including Kingston, to a guarantee of bonds for future development, He opposed the proposal on the grounds that Kingston would be placed under an obligation. As chairman of the Kingston Utilities Commission he was quite satisfied with the twenty- five year contract for power with Hydro. There\are still eighteen years to run and, in the event of consent- ing to the resolution Kingston would | have to assume a share of any obli- gation placed upon her, He there- fore took a strong position in opposi- tion, but seeing that the resolution was likely to carry he succeeded in having an amendment adopted se- curing the recognition of all existing contracts. Sir Adam Beck thereupon gave the assurance that "Kingston would be taken care of, and all exist- ing contracts properly fulfilled." Nine tenders for lumber were re- ceived and the lowest, that of The | K. anufacturing Company, was | accepted, . An application for the removal of | a hydrant at the corner of Montreal and Charles street' was referred of the manager for action. Authority | was given for the purchase of water | pipe for the Rideau and Dundas street main. An application from G. 'A. Bate- man for water extension on Macdon- neil street was referred to the man- ager for a report, The matter of unpaid accounts for work done by the commission in putting water service into residences, was paid was urged, but the commis- sion decided to authorize the man- ager to make collections and sue for the amounts due if necessary. Twenty-five thousand men in the British engineering and shipbuilding trades, go on strike today. In the first division soccer Mon- day: Huddersfield and Hotspurs drew 1% 1 ' was fully discussed. The proposal' to cut off the water until the account ' A band of Hungarians fired on au | Austrian patrol, killing one Aus. trian, i 'Lord Birkenhead bitterly attacks Sir Edward Carson on the Irish ques-} tioa. ( PROBS: --Wednesday, occasional showers, cool. Smart New Spring Suits Specially Priced Our showing of Spring Suits is now com- plete and embraces every late style development direct from fashion cen- tres. THE STYLES are most diversified -- there are swankey little Box Coat styles with touches of Silk Embroid- ery and Braid--the more conservative tailored types and novelty styles galore. THE MATERIALS Most favored are French Tricotine, Tweeds, Por- iet Twill, Homespuns, Men's Wear and Botany pure Wool Serges. THE COLORS in order of merit are: -- Navy Blue, Sport shades, Covert, Black and Brown THE 'VALUES are exceptionable-priced to meet every purse. Our values meet and beat all competition. Priced from $19.50 to $75.00 See our Special All Wool Tricotine Suits at $19.50 to $24.95. SIZES From Misses' 14 to 20-- Women's from 34 to 44 --Stoat Suits from 37} to 461. new teacy's - Limited SPECIAL FOR WEDNESDAY + Two attractive bargains on special sale Wednesday. The values in each . lw. case are of extraordinary merit, American Dress Voiles Regular 75¢. to $1.25 a yard ~ Wednesday 25¢ 2,000 yards of "Sussex Mills" Voiles -- secured from the mill -- saving all converters and wholesale profits di- rect to you. Comprising a hundred beautiful, new patterns and colorings--every imagin- able design is shown in this wonderful assortment. This is the last lot of these Special Voiles that we will be able to secure from this source during 1922--so pro- vide yourself accordingly. 2,000 yards-- worth regularly from 75¢c. to $1.25 a yard. On special sale for one day only-- WEDNESDAY ....25c. yard Cash and carry. No returns. Mail and telephone orders cannot be accepted. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY Chinese Shantung Silk 93c yard 500 yards of real Chinese Honan pure Shantung Silk--clean stock, absolute- ly free from dust or dressing--full 34 inches wide -- worth $1.50 a yard -- while the quantity lasts-- 4 SALE PRICE . .93c. Yard This Silk promises to be in great de- mand for the coming Summer -- for Dresses, Jumpers, Waists and Bloom- ers, - os 3 6 | oe