____THE DAILY BRITIS ~The seven and nine-letter words 8 this pussle add interest to an Otherwise average makeup. There ~ re few unkeyed letters, so that on * the whole the puzzle should be easy to solve. Horizontal. Vehicle for carrying passen- gers. Meal (pl.) 2000 pounds. So. On the lee side of a ship. Space of years. Bark. Biblical pronoun. Part of a stable. Take care of. 53% yards. Fictitious narratives. Organ of hearing. Preposition. Part of verb "to be," Far below the surface. Father. Mold. Pointed pleces of metal. The joint between band and Besides. Drawings of buildings. Small houses. i Part of a cirdle. _ Beverage flavored with juni- per berries. 480 sheets of paper. Pertaining to the poles. . God of sun. Cunning. Indian wigwam. Negative. Garden implement. Consume. To make reparation, To elur over. Pour out of ome into another. Very wamm. Principal axis of a flower. Look slyly with malice. Short slumber. Pertaining to the drama. Lange species of seals. Military duty. An every meal food. Balanee. Low flat marsh land. Decay. Noose. An expression om the face. Mistaken, Male sheep (pl.). Close friend. A poker term. } Former Russian rulers. Wise men. Small animals. Before. Pronoun, Vehicle, Matter in the most marified state. . Forever. Personal pronoun. A printer's measure, Preposition. Sn ET ER AL PRL ACRIONS RIHLIOISIEIRINAIL IONIC INP ARISE IGIU[AIVIANNEIR]S] SIEEIMLIAGIGIARID] [| INI SIO TINE IM OlCITIOIBIE IRIMDIE [MIEISINIE] NEIARINEIASIFIDINCE EIR] PIO IEIAICID) FIEEISISIEIPIAL IRLIAIS]S CIAIRTT IAT IERIAIMIE INITTA ISHS EEA TIA RATT PIEICIRMANIATS EOL EE BIL IVISIRNE WE IRIS] DIE] EL EIGIEIMIATL TATR IRN RIUPPILEDHSLISICIAING Death of Mrs. . Henderson, N.Y., the death oo f of Mrs. Clem. Hurry, follow- an: illness of about five months. Hurry, fifty-one years old, was fm In Gananoque, a daughter of P. and Mrs. Moses Bishop, and joved with her parents to Three } Bay when a child. She had at Henderson for seventeen Besides her husband, she is by a daughter, Mrs. Hawley , Henderson, and a son, Hurry, Adams; also four John Bishop, Vermont; and Charles Bishop, Cape Vin- and Alexander; Bishop, Buffalo, two sisters, Mrs. Meade Hayes, 'ee MMe Bay, and Mrs. Charles , Cape Vincent. Late Mrs. Bertha raft. Mrs. Bertha Kraft, St. Lawrence, N.Y., died at Watertown, Monday, been an invalid for the past twenty- three years and was taken to the hospital last December after the death of her husband, George Kraft, Her death was due to erysipelas. Mrs. Kraft, forty-six years old, was born on Wolfe Island, a daughter of William' aud Mary Horn. During her early life she resided on the Is- land, later taking up her residence at St, Lawrence. She is survived by her father, Wiliam Horne; two sis- ters, Mrs. John Niles and Miss Bliza- beth Horne, of Wolfe Island, and three brothers, Robert Horne, of Wolfe Island; - Walter Horne, of Providence, RA., and George Horne, of Massachusetts. Heard in Surrogate Court. In the surrogate court, Brockville, before Judge Reynolds a contestation of the will of James Poole, of the township of .Bastard, by some of the next of kin was heard. It was main- tained that the will was not the pr- iginal or genuine document and con- siderable expert testimony was avail. able in behalf of each of the liti- gants. After a small portion of the evidence had been heard it was agreed between fhe solicitors that there was an intestacy and judgment 'was directed to issue, amending the existing grant of administration, with will annexed, by striking out any references to the will. The pre- sent administrator is to wind up the Ottawa, Feb. 23.--An indication of the desire of parliament t» save the public money by eliminating needless talk and getting down to business speedily was furnished on Monday of last week the debate on the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne terminated with: out an amendment being offered by the opposition, and the same even- ing the main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1926, were tabled by Hon. James A. Robb, act- ing minister of finance. That de- bate established a record for brevity. That one week compares very favor- ably with the three weeks consum- ed last year and with any session of this fourteenth parliament. An amusing fact in this connection is that, while last year the Conserva- tives were scolding the Progressives for prolonging the discussion, the opposition this year were scolding the Liberals and Progressives for not talking and charging that a "con- spiracy of silence" had been arrang- ed between those two parties. It was also declared by Conservatives that the Liberals had refrained from talking so that the session could be shortened in order to hold a general election at an early date,, The Liber- als and Progressives both refrained from talk, after the leaders and a very few others had expressed them- selves, but for another reason which was their desire to get down to busi- ness and to save the country avoid- able expense. Economy in Practice. A reduction of almost $7,000,000 was the outstanding feature of the main estimates. Another notable fact is that, if the reductions in the main estimates of the last three fiscal years are added together, there is to the credit of the Domin- fon government a total cut in esti- mated expenditure of nearly $105,- 000,000, and this in the face of heavy uncontrollable outlays that cannot be cut and that must be paid to meat obligations contracted by Canada during the war and as a re- sult of the war. Still another im- portant' feature is that where any considerable increase of expenditure is to be provided for it is really in the nature of an investment on bde- half of the taxpayers of the Domir- fon. An {illustration of this is the proposed additional expenditure of $700,000 toward the maintenance and operation of the dredging fleet in the River St. Lawrence channel. The effect of this will be to further reduce the hazards of navigation, which are now really at a minimum, and thus encourage the British un- derwriters to reduce their rates of marine insurance on vessels plying in and out of Canada's greatest waterway, Features of the Estimates One important saving effected by the King government is in the inten est on the public debt, the' amount of this being a little over $2375, 000 as a result of refunding loans floated by the government in the lat- ter half of 1924 to pay off maturing Victory Bonds and other obligations. The government was able to get its money at a considerably cheaper rate than the interest carried by the Vie- tory Loan issue they were retiring. Then savings were actually made in some of the uncontrollable outlays: soldiers' land eettlement, $1,500,- 000; soldiers' civil re-establishment, $1,210,000; adjustment of war claims, $135,000; Imperial War Graves Commission, $98,780. In- cluded in the estimates is an item that will prove popular with the agricultural people of the country, and that is provision for an annuity of $6,000 for Dr. Charles Saunders of the Central Experimenta] Farm at Ottawa for his invaluable services to his country in the development of the now famous "Marquis" spring wheat. Ourbing Combine. During the week the details of the proposed contracts between the gov- ernment and the British shipping concern, headed by Sir William Petersen, for the purpose of setting up sufficient competition on the At- lantic ocean to compel a reduction fa freight rates on goods shipped from 'Canada to Europe and from Europe to Canada. - There will be some live- ly discussion of that project in the House of Commons. The govern- ment's purpose in the scheme is to get control of ocean rates in return for paying a cash amount of over $1,000,000 to the Petersen concern. A fleet of vessels will be put on the ocean by the latter, to be supple 'mented by probably twenty ships of the Canadian Government Merchant Z ' ON PARLIAMENT HILL By a Member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery 3 Marine, and the money to be paid to the company will be determined by the extent to which that company c~s its freight rate below that of the North Atlantic Steamship Con- ference. That the latter is a com- bine maintaining extortionate rates on Canadian cattle and other exports is shown in the report of W. T. R. Preston tabled in the House of Com- mons and even more conclusively by the evidence submitted to the House two years ago by the special commit- tee on agricultural conditions ap- pointed by parliament to inquire into ocean freight rates and other ques- tions of vital concern to Canadiah agriculture. The government's pre- sent plan to curb the power of the North Atlantic Conference is a direct result of the reports of that Specfal Committee, Another interesting fact is that the report submitted by that committee to the house was a unani- mous report, was assented to even by the Conservative members of that committee, including Hon. Dr. 8. F. Tolmie and Donald Sutherland (South Oxford), the'latter of whom last week In .the house devoted a lengthy speech to denunciation of Mr. Preston, author of the latest re- port on the activities of the North Atlantic Conference. Re-making Canada's Constitution. Whether or not the parliament of Canada could and should amend the country's charter--the British North America Act--a question of deep in- terest to all Canadians was debated for two days during the week, the discussion being occasioned by a re- solution moved by W. F. Maclean, Conservative member for South York and the oldest continuous member of the house. After an 1I- luminating discussion, in which the prime minister and Hon. Ernest La- pointe were the principal speakers for the government, Mr. Meighen for the opposition and Hon. T. A. Crerar for the Progressives, Maclean resolution, the ameniment by William Irvine (Labor) and the sub-amendment by J. 8. Woods worth (Labor) were all withdrawn. Premier King, while regarding the debate as largely academic, admitted there was much to be said on both sides of the argument, and suggested that it would very probably be con- sidered by the conference to be held shortly after the present session be- tween the provinces and the Domin- fon on the primary question of re- form of the Canadian Senate, Mr. Meighen declared he still favored the presentation of Canadian appeal to the British Privy Council and ot the power of amending the Dominion constitution through the British par- liament. Mr. Lapointe urged that the pact of Confederation was in essence a treaty between the prov- inces and the Dominion and that the latter could not amend that British North America Act without consult- ing the provinces nor without their consent. Mr. Crerar said he was in agreement with the principle of the Maclean resolution but was dubious about the method proposed by Mr. Maclean. ~ MINISTER MOVES, } A Sugar Social Held at D. J. Oronk's, Mountain Grove, Mountain Grove, Feb. 24.--Rev. Mr. Coleman preached his farewell sermon here on Sunday. He goes to Sharbot Lake. A sugar social under the auspices of the Methodist Sunday school was held at the home of D. J. Cronk on Friday evening. A very pleasant evening was spent in music, recita- tions, games, etc., after which maple taffy and sugar was served. The proceeds amounted to $15. A large number attended the Ep- worth League service on Sunday evening and listened to an excellent address given by Miss Maud Thomp- 80m, on 'Put On the Whole Armor of God." The many friends of Mrs, 8. Stenchcomb, Long Lake, regret to hear of her serious illness. Miss Gertrude Price, Napanee, is under the parental roof for a few days. Miss E. Reesor, Stouffville, {s visiting her sister, Miss K. Reesor. Mr. and Mrs. McPherson, Oso, are at H. Loyst's. George Cox, Elmdale, spent Sunday at his home here. J. McCrimmon and Miss V. McDonald are at William Cowdy's. K. Thomp- son at R. Munns'. Mr. and' Mrs. John Godfrey at J. D. Clark's. Miss C. Penman at W. Barr's, Mrs. C. Cowdy at W. Uens'. Miss Axie Fox at G. Cronk's. Mr. and Mrs. D. Cronk visited at Long Lake on Sunday. Mr. Stock- loser and family have moved to Ma- doc. Mrs. Fred Thompson and little the | BE EARLY! TOMORROW I DOLLA 'BE EARLY! Doors Open at 9am. DAY! AJACKSON-METIVIER'S Chiffon Silk. Every Bears the maker's name. 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