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McCLINTOCK - PORT PERRY, ¢ ONT. 8s young that call the attention of the to which these young ventilation" the report less attention is paid to Some pits Many are so wet that the people have ter, at the same time the constantly 'as they term x bor commence labour of the are drenched; and in this state, their feet also ally (and in 8 untavourable of this." ro BS in of a full day' s labour are 14, and occasion- the children have to walk a mile or two at night with- In the West Riding of Yorkshire it t there are very few collieries with thin seams where roadways exceed a yard in height, and in some they not iN Toad nys 26 or 28 inches; nay, in some the height is as little 22 inches so that in such places the youngest child can- without the most constrained posture. The ventilation, 8 In general is very bad, and the drainage worse. In Old- untain seams are wrought in a very rude manner. insufficient drainage. The ways are so low that can work in them, which they do naked, and often ter, sledge-tubs by the girdle 'and chain. Lancashire, 'the drainage is often extremely bad: a pit e 20 inches seam," says a witness, "had a foot of water t he could hardly keep his head above wate." In East here the side roads do not exceed from 22-28 inches in es have to crawl backwards and forwards with their The whole of these hese place s are in a most deplorable ventilation, and inage is quite as bad. The 8 given by the young ihe Grain and the old colliers them- heir sufferings is absolutely piteous. In North Wales, the mines, the roads are low and narrow, the air foul, of work dusty, dark and damp, and the ventilation most . In South Wales, in many pits, the ventilation is grossly ected, and the report complains of the quantity of carbonic acid , which produces the most injurious effects, though not ly bad enough to 2 prevent the people from working. So long as a candle will burn, the labour is continued. The next subject to which I shall request your attention is the nature of the employment in these localities. Now, it appears prevails to a lamentable extent of making young | persons and children of a tender age draw loads by means of the § FFE : Minima HEL -- Deca and chain, This practice prevails generally in Shropshire, hire, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in Lancashire, in in the East of Scotland, in North and South of Wales, Gloucestershire. The child, it appears, has a EE South Bl his waist, to which is attached a chain, which { girdle hound ihe Jog, and is attached to the cart. The child is | obliged to pass ae 0 | they have to pass | sewer, quite as ond and oftentimes more contracted: This kind all "and the chain under what, a might be called the hind legs; and thus through avenues not so good as a common have to continue during several hours, in a temper- od 8s perio 'ectly intolerable. ; e : pit at seven years of age" (said a witness) when eld ig by girdle and chain. The skin was broken ood ran down. I have seen many draw at six." Hood appears that they draw these heavy weights some some 14,000, and some 16,000 yards daily. "In the bearing are 3 s the Commissioner, "the persons employed Ei always girls and women. They carry Ca hsating ate of unrailed roads, with burdens varying from - : their : pros iaby cruel slaving," says the Sub-Commissioner, ! fo humanity, I found a little girl," says he, "only six Jalf 8 tut, and making regularly 14 long day With burden varying from 1 cwt. to 1% cwt., ded and the distance. along the road, added to- exceeded in each journey the height of St. Paul's Cathe- meme) weirs CRIMINAL SESSIONS OPEN ON TUESDAY. in| The County Court and general ses- of labor the ature § Medals and each addressed the meet- ing briefly, and congrajulated the boys on their good work. Mr. James Lee, of Greenbank, in Class I, was the winner of Mr. What- tham's Medal. Mr. Murray Dunkold of Claremont, in Class 2, was the winner of Mr, Sinclair's Medal, while Allan B. Meyer of Claremont, won the Medal donated by Mr. Clifford. Hugh Strong, Port Perry, was win- ner of the Medal in the two-furrow Class. The following is a complete list of winners: Class 1--1 James Lee, 2 John Fol- shaw, 8 Vernon Hartford, 4 Ewart Anthony, 5 Harry Boyes, 6 Walter Kirk. Class 2--1 Murray Dunkold, 2 W. C. Sonley, 8 Ralph Jones, 4 Stanley Spencer, 5 Wilmot Paxton, 6 Frank ' Sweetman, 7 Herb Brockett, 8 Donald Black. Class 3--1 Allan B. Meyer, 2 Cam. Anthony, 83 Frank Brown, 4 George | Warner, 5 Albert Spragge, 6 William Swanick, 7 Geo. Straughan, 8 Her- man Harris. Class 4--1 Hugh Strong, 2 W. A. Jackson, 8 Maurice Fralick, 4 Mark- ham Truax, 5 Gordon Cherrie, 6 Walt. Webb, 7 Arthur Howell The new officers of the South On- tario Plowing Association are as follows: y President--Thos. Halt. 1st Vice President--E. W. Webber 2nd Vice President--Gardham Tran Secretary--W. 8S. Croxall Freasurer--A. J.- Howden Directors-- Pickering--G. M. Forsyth, Walter Millman, Murray Dunkold. E. Whitby--Lloyd Gifford, Robt. B. Smith, Carl Avery. Whitby Tp.--Ed. Pardon, F. Rowe, Oscar Downey. Scugog Tp.--Frank Sweetman, W. A. Jackson, Clarence Fralick. Reach Tp.--Grant Christie, Webb, James Lee. A long list of Honorary Presidents were also elected: Messrs. W. E. N. Sinclair, MP.P., L. O, Clifford, M.P., J. L. Whattham, Wm. Smith, R. R. Mowbray, Samuel McLaughlin, Geo. McLaughlin, Peter Christie, Fred Hatchett, Sam. Jeffrey. Twenty-two paid up members were secured at the meeting. It is the wish of the new Executive that this membership be increased to 100 be- fore January 15th, Each and eyery officer and director should consider it his duty to turn in as many paid-up members as possible by that date. A committee will wait on the County Council in January for finan- cial assistance after which a meeting will be held to decide the location of the 1925 Match and to arrange a prize list. EE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The debate last Wednesday night was heard with interest by a fair sized audience. The argument for the affirmative, viz: "That the auto- mobile has done more good than harm" was presented by Geo. Craw- ford, Miss Susie Vancamp and Mrs, Wallace Marlow, of Blackstock; and the negative by C. Coulter, Miss M, Goode and Grant McMillan, of Port Perry. the judges were Mrs. T. W. McLean, Mr, Spinks and Alvin Bell, who after careful deliberation gave "decision in favor of the argu- Walter Canada. cash and are acceptable anywhere in STANDARD BANK OF CANADA PORT PERRY BRANCH--H. G. Hutcheson, Manager Branches also at Blackstock, Little Britain, Nestleton Station, Sunderland strong drink that was Burn's undoing is elimated. We are pleased to hear that Rev. W. J. Copsey's sermons last Sunday were much appreciated by St. John's congregation. At the meeting of the W.M.S, last Tuesday, this year's officers were re- elected for another term. The Llewellyn Hall in Oshawa is a home for the children of our mis- sionaries. At present there are 19 inmates, The Home Mission Board has asked the Whitby Presbyterial to supply the Home with winter vege- tables such as potatoes, onions, cab- | bage, carrots and turnips, also apples and canned fruit, The congregation may leave their donations at the church on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 16th, The ladies will be there to re- ceive them. 2 wren) Orm-- REASONABLE SALARIES FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Recent events have pointed out one reason why members of Parliament should be well paid. There should not be the slightest-excuse left for our representatives to mis-appro- priate public funds in any way. In view of the constant demand made upon these men for subscription to public enterprises the salaries should be generous rather than niggardly, but when misconduct is found there should be no whitewashing. MWe should pay our representatives well, and then expect the very best service from them in the interests of the whole country or Province. --------iaf) ( (mmm MOTHERS' ALLOWANCES IN ONTARIO COUNTY. At the annual meeting of the Board the following facts were given: In his address Rev. Peter Bryce stated that there are now 28 benefic- iaries under the Mothers' Allowance Act in Ontario County. Half. the total amount expended annually by the Commission was raised by the Province and the other half by the Counties. In the first year of oper- ation there was expended "$775,000; the second year $1,400,000; third year $1,618,000, the fourth year $1,708,000. The cost of handing this money had been reduced from ten per cent the first year to four and three quarter per cent. last year, showing that the Commission was careful that not a single dollar was needlessly expend- ed. Members of Local Board did not receive one cent for théir services. p00 WAR MEMORIAL, COURT HOUSE, WHITBY. The late Colonel J, E. Farewell, in his will, directed that a memorial be erected in the Council Chambers at the Court House, Whitby, as a mem- orial to the men of Ontario County, who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War of 1014-1918. The undersigned Executors desire the names of all the men who made the supreme sacrifice and would ap- preciate these names being sent in to the office at Toronto before December ot [ohat, next next, at which date the list will 'The Toronto General Trusts Corp, I .___Executors, "VELOCITY OF CHEQUES" According to the December Month- ly Circular Letter of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, the "velocity of cheques" has recently been fairly rapid. This is generally considered to be one of the best indicataions of business activity, the higher the "velocity" the greater the use evident~ ly being made of the country's work- ing capital, and the more liquid the condition of business in general. Soa » ITS A HARD WORLD A year has Sleep, 8 hours This leaves Rest, 8 hours This leaves Annual Vacation, 14 days ... Which leaves One Day, on which (being Labor Day) nobody works. neme--y J Or-- DISTRICT AND GENERAL H. P. Schell will be a candidate for the Mayoralty of Oshawa. L . LJ A new and rather unique farming enterprise is to be undertaken by Mr. R. J. Wannop, formerly of Brighton, who has purchased a farm between Oshawa and Whitby, and where he will commence celery growing. Mr. Wannop has had wide experience in this line and the enterprise should prove very successful. * LJ » Belleville citizens voted .om ' the question of daylight saving. The vote was as follows: For daylight saving: 784. Against daylight saving: 2352. * . . Oshawa lost $3844 on its Old Home Week of 1924. . * * Oshawa is to have a Poultry and Pet Stock Show on December 16, 17, and 18, » . » The Cobourg Felt Co. has closed business for the present and the town of Cobourg is creditor to the company to the extent of $34,000 secured by mortgage on the building and machinery. LE I Expert crackmen early Thursday morning blew open the safe in the office of R. W. Dixon & Son, of Osha- wa, coal merchants, and secured $280 in cash and $10. from a cash drawer which was jimmied open, and threw about $300 in cheques around the ; floor, disdaining to take them or a quantity of silver and coppers, 4 * x» 3 ho vieinity. of Sault Ste Marie wolves have been very ) a big wolf hunt is oe dn