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Page 2 THE HAILEYBURIAN THURSDAY, MARCH 27th, 1930 Speaks on Canada at | Rotary Club Lunch et R. D. Cameron Gives Address in Which Faith in Dominion is Predominant A very interesting and instruc- tive address was given to the Haileybury Rotary Club at its luncheon on Monday by Mr. R.D. Cameron, of Lucknow, Ont., who a tour of the North Country of the Retail Merchants' Association. Mr da" and as he has been across the Dominion from sea to sea, he has 1s on in the interests Cameron spoke on "Cana- . very clear conception of the im- portance of the country. That he is a strong believer in the future of Canada was made evident in his speech Mr a till in its Cameron said that Canada having orn only 63 years ago, at of Confederation. He gave of the early history of the Dominion, including the choice of infancy, been time its name by Sir Leonard Tilley, vho, after reading the 72nd ew Psalm, suggested that the new country be called the Dominion of Canada and his suggestion was ilmost unanimously adopted by the conference which was then planning the bringing together of the Dwelling on the size of Canada Mr. Cameron said that it cover- ed 3,500 miles from the Atlantic Pacific and 1,400 from the U.S. boundary to the north pole. It comprised one-third of the British Empire, was 30 times the i f Great Britain and Ireland scattered provinces. to the combined and contained 440 mil- lion acres of arable land. Only one quarter of this great area was occupied, Mr. Cameron said, and only one-half of that was tilled. The slow growth of Canada fol- lowing Confederation had beena disappointment, the speaker said, but at the dawn of the present century the tide had turned and there were coming in some 50,000 people each year. This had gra- dually increased until at the time the great war broke out, we were receiving three to four hundred thousand annually. This had again dropped on account of the war, but had been increasing dur- ing recent years until now it a- mounted to 159,000 per year. christianity was great, the speak- chritianity was great, th espeak- er said, and the schools and churches were doing a great work in this regard. Perhaps the next important factor in the work of assimilation was the press, Mr. Cameron said. With Canada's progress along} material lines, the speaker said, has gone also great progress a- long spiritual and social lines. The standards of living are high- er than they ever were before, the death rate has declined and in all branches of science that has been for the benefit of mankind she has progressed and kept her place in the forefront. At the close of his address Mr. Cameron was tendered a hearty vote of thanks on motion of Mr. G. J. Gibbons and Mr. Geo. T. Smith, the latter ~ telling him frankly that it was one of the best addresses that had béen giv- en before the Rotary Club, that it would prove an inspiration to all. and | years. WIFE: zle on. "Oh, there you are, Egbe Do just wear it for a f can see it's all right and get used to it!" art. Dinkie won't have the muz- ew minutes so that the darling --The Humorist. SETTLE HEN man reaches th where the urge fo zen he must "settle up." Now this "settling up" bt ways some little account is the subscription to the easily forgotten. "forget," the publisher is accounts. There is one sure way of your newspaper--watch it comes due. in at regular intervals by most of us. DOES MAN UP OR DOWN? at stage in his existence r "home" dominates his thoughts he is suffering the first stages of the "settling down' process. house and all that goes with it, and realizes that before he can settle down and become a Solid Citi- He begins planning a isiness should be indulged There's_al- that if not paid promptly when notice is sent, will be allowed to stand indefi- nitely. One of the most unfortunate in this respect newspaper. The amount is small and comes due but once a year; so it is But when a thousand subscribers in a bad way and imme- diately has to put on pressure to collect the $2.00 keeping "settled up" with the label every week. Af- tr your name the date on which your subscription expires is printed plainly. Pay it promptly when Make sure of it now. "LOOK AT THE LABEL" WOMAN'S BRANCH OF © SOCIETY WILL MEET The Women's Branch of the Haileybury Horticultural Society will hold their annual meetipg at the home of Mrs. N. J. McAulay, Probyn Street, on Monday @ter- noon, at 3 p.m. It is ho that all members will be pr and all others who are inter in the work are cordially invitéd. STEADY PROGRESS REPORTED AT MEET B. V. Harrison Named Vice<Pres. of Canada Northern Poygr Corporation At a meeting of directors Canada Northern Power Corpor- ation, Limited, held in Montreal, on Tuesday, at the close of the annual general meeting, B. V. Harrison, of New Liskeard, was appointed vice-president am-gen- eral manager of the Corporation. Mr. Harrison has been connected with power companies serving Northern Ontario for the pa€t 20 In July, 1927, he was ap- pointed general manager of Can- ada Northern Power Corporation and two years later elected to the 30ard of Directors. Mr. Harrison was also appoint- ed vice-president and gthe*ral manager of Northern Ontario Power Company, Limited, and Northern Quebec Power €om- pany, Limited. At the meeting of shareholders of Canada Northern Power€or- poration, Mr. A. J. Nesbitt, the president, reviewed the progress of the company, mentioning the fact that the power load was steadily increasing with a_ cor- responding gain in the number of customers served. He added that practically 10% of the revenue collected from customers is re- turned in taxes to the public through the various governmént- al authorities. By Sell It By Advertising ! of| allie ae atin a Notes of the North ' dion At police court this week Emil Jarvie was fined $20.00 and costs for illegally having moose meat in his possession out of season. The charge was laid by Game Warden R. Eddleston, who went in-and found the meat was illicit- ly held by Jarvie. The man was lworking for a lumber company and was living in McEvoy town- ship. Game Warden Eddleston is doing his best to curb illegal ac- tions in regard to game.--Porcu- |pine Advance. | A reward of $25 is offered for information that will convict any- Jone found tampering with town fire alarms or police signal boxes as advertised in another column of this paper. No frivolity of this} -- |kind will be tolerated, whatever \the circumstances, and no excuse |for the misuse of these essential community protective devices. -- Kapuskasing Northern Tribune. Discovery that a piece of pork, which had been cooked for Sun- day's dinner, was full of porcu- pine quills resulted in Mike' So- bransky, residing at the rear of 13 Duncan Avenue, reporting the matter to the police. It is un- derstood that the quills were first noticed when one of the diners had a piece of quill stick in his throat. Inspection of the meat which had been cooked with veg- etables, shows numerous black specks, which were found to *be more quills about half an inch in |length.--Kirkland Lake Northern | News. The Speaker has it on author- ity from the head office-of Pan- dora Gold Limited that recent de- velopments at Pandora Gold Lim- ited property and the discovery jof high grade has greatly en- jhanced the prospects of that mine additional property to the west of the O'Brien-Pandora strike, with the same geological condi- tions.--New Liskeard Speaker. John Tyson, of Killarney, met with a peculiar accident when hunting wolves in the woods near his home. His rifle was accident- ally discharged, the bullet dis- lodging a rock, which struck him with great force in the head. -- Blind River Leader. Diamond drilling is to be start- ed shortly on the property of Swastika-Kirkland Mines Limit- ed, three miles from Swastika on the old Matachewan road. 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