wm ------ onnor'stz stad | Shop Here o-morrow ! If you want real bargains in dependable merchandise; everything crisp and new this season, up-to-the-minute in style and ~ ~ finish Our Big Sale this week. continues for the balance of Large crowds of satisfied customers serv- ed daily. - Several special lines added to our long list already published. Come to- morrow GET A NEW HAT FREE 30 trimmed velvet hats to be given away absolutely free tomorrow. Every hat new this season. Worth regular $3.50 to $4.50 BUY YOUR NEW COAT HERE Tomorrow we are selling coats at less than present wholesale prices, and with every coat sold at $12.00 and up, we will give absolutely free your choice of any hat above mentioned. SEE the WINDOW AT THE STORE THAT SETS THE PACE 260 PRINCESS ST. PHONE 800. Higher Up Street but Lower in Price. A A A A A AAAS, Will You Have An fdison Phonograph This Christmas 77 Place your order early in order to insure delivery. The sweetest music, and that: which cannot be distin- guished from the human voice 1s obtained from Edison's fa- mous diamons point phono- graph. Rugs, Curtains, Secretaries, Easy Chairs, Chesterfields, Book Sectional Cases. Everything to make the home attractive and comfort- able. 1. F. HARRISON CO. Phone 90 a Modish Footwear ! We specialize in up to the minute fash- ionable footwear for ladies. Our pleasing patterns, pretty color creations and snappy lasts make an irre- sistable appeal. Our splendid range of attractive fall models is now being presented for milady's . approval. T.J.O' Connor «4 1) J NN INTERESTING REVIEW, LOF THE ASSOCIATED BOARDS OF im FRADE MERPING -- Meek at a Meeting Kingston Board on Tuesday Evening. Board of Tr evening, R. Was Given by R. of the ade mes Meek re e al 1] meeting of the A Bo: of Trade in jai success, The discussions unusually - spirited, and .the 0" the organization, in expres e minds of the people on pub- 1estions, clearer than a great was made Hamilton was proud of this occas- and for one particular reason, the convention was one of the held in the pew Duke of Con- it hotel. It is,a handsome edi- | | fice, costing over a million dollars, | | containing over four hundred rooms, tmodernly equipped, besides several | { dining rooms, and halls, for public land private entertainment The tamphitheatre occupied by the Associ- lated Boards in every way met the | | desires of the delegates. The ban- | | gueting 'hall is spacious and beawt!- | | fully furnished. It supplied the! { Associated Boards with accommo- t'on of the most acceptable kind. ingston- can have 1 convention | the Associated Boards, perhaps | next year, but the question of ae- | comniodation will demand the first { consideration | ---- Two Special Features, features of thé convention special treatment, and this I them at a later date. is civic government in| The convention | address from the Bur- | This | years | Two ! require | nope to give The first I its simplified form. favored with an . Brittain, the Director of eau of Research, Toronto | bureau was established some ago, after the manner of the bureau | of New York, and for the purpose {of educating the people upon the j varied phases of unicipal govern- { ment A number wealthy men subscribed a large sum of money, | (many thousand: of dollars), for | the endowment « the bureau, and [ then they called to-its head, Dr. i Brittain, a well known student of | cal economy He had been E asked to prepare a draft bill for le | islative considera a bill that pro- { vides for tour forms of government, l thus: (1) Gov- ernment by Mayor, Council, and Ad- ministrative Board; (2) Government by Mayor City Council and C Man- | ager; (J) Government by Mayor, | City Coun and Committees; and | (4) Government by Commission. | These forms cannot be considered at this time The subject is too im- portant, and it is desirable that the | Mayor and Alderman should be] asked to attend and learn all they | can with regard to the subject, A copy of Dr. Brittain's draft bill has been loaned to me for a discussion of the proposed municipal system, The second matter was the address | which Dr. Allen D. Albert, of Min-| neapolis, made at the luncheon which the city of Hamilton tendered to the | Associated Boards of Trade. It was | so remarkable for its spirit, meaning, jand effect that I must deal with it later, and probably at another place. | Immigration, kxpress Charges, The Associated Boards, on the re- commendation of the Brantford Board of Trade, and on motion of | Col Cockshutt, M.P., asked the gov- | ernment to see that all British sub-| tion, these he described 1 jects desiring to emigrate should be | sent to one of the overseas domin- | ions and that they be placed on the land, or in occupations for which | they are fitted; and that encourage-| ment be given to these who are not likely to become. loyal Canadian | citizens. The idea was unanimously | endorsed, : On the protest of the Hamilton Bodrd of Trade against the levying | of a manifest fee of 10c per ship-| ment, upon all express traffic be-| | tween tho United States and Canada, | { the meeting was unanimous. The desire is to have the matter inves- | | tigated by the Railway Commission, | and it is expected to either modify | or abolish the charges. It was stat- | ed by one speaker who had an ex- perience of his own, that at Bridge-| burg $37,000 had been paid last | year in manifest fees, and the fron- | tier towns and cities, including bo ronto, had contributed $50,000 in| this way. It wag further stated that | the 'extra labor paid by the express companies was represented 'by three | or four clerks at Bridgeburg. Check on Stock Broking, Mr, Martin, the vice-president of | the Hamilton Board of Trade, moved | a reésolutien, which was adopted, asking for.the establishment of some court or commission which 'would pass upon the value of all stocks put upon the market. This -court or commission would have the power | to call for financial exhibits, of 1ain- ing and other companies, and take | such action as would assure the buy- | ers of stock of its bona fide character, The mover of the resolution pro- duced, in support of it, an accumu- lated experience which was very convincing. In Manitoba and Al- berta there are commissions or courts which investigate stocks. In Alberta this authority followed the rE, BACKACHE GONE ! "I think GIN things ithe demand for | yielded to {the foreign { known the values g- | was embodied in | but his was the | come | water revelations with regard and investments. farting 0jl discoveries Provincial Highway. There "the ial highway from the east to the west, such a highway being necessary to maet ihe increasing tide of travel and to t as the main artery of commerce I'here was - some ex- pressed dissatisfaction ing of the route, and in reconcile the delegates and order to had to be eliminated: Windsor, 89 one terminus, and pass ing along Lake lawrence River of the Prowince. is that j upon the gove The nment of Ontario and | present the resolution The infor- {mation given to the , Associated Boards of Trade is to the effect that which cannot be successfully resist- led. The motor licenses last year the Province $600,000, The sum will be twice as large when the roads invite a further and un- limited investment in automobiles, Welland Canal, It will be a surprise to the Board of Trade as it was to the delegates, | that the resolution in favor of the enlargment of the Welland Canal, | without interruption, did not carry. It was the grounds thas the finished urged on work shipping routes Provinces to the Sea Catharines they the Western The Welland and St. opposed the motion because said the canal work could wait, and that to hasten it would mean the diversion of labor from munition and other the eanal, they would not that. delegates did not | ition to amount tO- it did motion Scientific Investigations, Mr. Black, representing the bury Board of Trade, made an elo- quent appeal for Scientifie Investi- gation Bureau with which to make of Canada's mineral solution recalled the which a Royal in 1910 factories to have Your very much, The was defeated wealth 1 re technical Commission re The plea for t+ 1001% ommended + paper which was 1f must be read with very complete Mine's a great deal « Department nierest by the Day Light Saving, Agriculture, subjects are being Newman, and I have only a word to add. Ald. Newman supported the resolution of the Ham- ilton and Toronto Boards of Trade, speech of The united plan was for a measure, which will be respected by all the people of all the provin- ces and occupations. As for the farmers, the desire was expressed that all Boards of Trade would welcome them to membership, and on the ground that the welfare These with by Ald |of the producers was the welfare of {all the people. Belleville leads in ation and I should like very if, during the winter, Mr. of the Standard Bank, can be induced | to visit Kingston anf address the | Board of Trade Trade upon this subjest. {A LITTLE E BOY MAKES AN APPEAL FOR HELP Doing All He | Can for the Blue | Cross and the Red Cross. The Whig has received lowing interesting letter: "I am a little boy, of twelve years and I am doing all [ can for the | Blue Cross, and the Red Cross, and I am pleased to help, for other <child- ren and' people are working for the same. Remember the heroes and horses who are falling in this great war. They are the people we are trying to help, when we come to | you and ask you to help them. If you can't afford the money, all you have to say is 'l can't afford it," but don't out and throw a bucket of over us. Don't forget that takes away our heart These jeroes are falling as fast as they can in this war. They are fighting to guard us and our Empire. And some of you big people ought to help us. Just a few of your odd coppers will am- ount to about $25 in a year, so re- | mepaber me when you dre giving | your coppers away. | am not the {only one working for the Blue Cross because we made this club. People think that we don't roll up a lot of bandages, but we do, but when you are working that is the time you can speak, but not hefore, so I hope yon have a good heart to help us. 7 "(Signed) ELIAS NOLAN, 78 Markland street, Kingston. Ward of Children's Aid Society Has Been Sent to Marlbank. The Children's Aid Society has se- cured a good foster home for one of their wards at Marlbank. A resi- dent of 'Barrie street has made ap- plication fgr one of the wards. Since the new board of management took over the work of the society, homes have been secured for a number of the wards, and it is the intention to secure homes for as many of them as possible, as it will thus relieve. the city of a great deal of expense, and the children will be well cared for. \ Alexander Jack, the newly-ap- pointed inspector for the society, will not be able to take over his duties for a couple of weeks. Division Court Cases, There were forty cases heard by Judge Madden in Division Court on Tuesday. The court lasted until 2 p.m. The Brown-Patterson case was the most important, dealt | the day. | federal | this eco-oper-| much | Elliott, | Brantford Officials' Salaries Increased Brantford, Nov. 29.--Owing to the high. cost of living the following sal- ary increases were granted by the - City Couneil last night: H. Fe Tieon- ard, city clerk, $200; Miss Woodyatt, assistant, $60; Fred Unger, city overseer, $200; City Engineer T, Harry Jones, $200; F. W. Bennett tax collector, $200, and A. McAuley, market clerk, $120. |presentatives. There will be a meeting of the of- ficers and . members of Kingston Juvenile Hockey League in St. Mary's School on Thiirsday evening. teams wishing to enter may send re- * was really no objection to orion ot the Kireston "Board torTrade with regard to the Province: over the nam-| make | them unanimous the words following | "Leavi ing | Ontario and the St. | to the Eastern part | expectation | strong delegation will wait | better roads is one| was necessary in| from | and | expect the oppos-| but | y | hnical schools now | | the fols| Any | Cl "One Dollar Cosy Slippers for women, in brown, grey, black, red and dark blue; soft, warm and com- fortable--only $1.00. Abernethy's Superior Quality -- Newest De- | slgny -- Moderately Priced Hudson Seal Coats We are specialists in Hudson | y Seal Coats, and our stock rep- resents unrivalled values, which we believe are not sur- passed in Canada. If contemplating the pur- chase of a coat we advise quick action, as price of Hudson Seal is advancing and we cannot guarantee our present low prices for any definite period. Campbell Bros. Kingston's Oldest Fur Store. | Blue Sea Tuna Fish Eats Like Chicken at 1.3 the Cost. This Season's Pack Just Arrived California Ripe Olives These Olives are rich, nutritious, Wholesome, no preservative or arti ficial coloring matter is used. Price, small tins, 15¢ each. Large tins, 33 cents each. Hendersons Grocery Phone 279 59-61 Brock St. "A Square House to Deal With" ~~~ ~N A NYAL"S EMULSION OF Cod Liver Oil Coughs and Colds 50c and $1.00. Prouse's Drug Store Phone 82 ot. ; Three-Piece Toy Setts and ~ i ---------- ------ Spare Picard, a former Grand of the Hurons, and one of their last descendants, died at Lor- ette, Que., aged 85 years. Shoe A. on A Store Home-made Chocolates and Candy Made Fresh Every Day Sakell's Next Opera House / a Phone 640 } nl jr THE CHRISTMAS - GIFT STORE Doll Carriages in Rattan or Wood AA AAA NN Baby Walkers. Children's Rockers and High Chairs Gifts that are pleasing to young and old. Robertson's Limited Dinner Sets! Dinner Sets! Dinner Sets! No better place in Canada to select a Set; big variety of patterns. One set in particular, to which we wish to draw your at- tention. Made by the world famous potters, Johnston Bros.: The Royal Milton, a very pretty conventional border in autumn tints, and gold traced. Call and see it. Best value anywhere, Charm Ceylon Tea Black, Green, Mire, Packed in King- GEO. ROBERTSON & SON, Limited. at Sargent's Drug Store Cor. Princess & Montreal Sts. Telephone 41