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'hottle to our New Vanilla a and get an - am Whipping Spovs Fise Tar Soup a cake or 6 cakes for 25. a R. C's and Moir's Chocolates. "MORRISON'S DRUG STORE. on Sale on Mon. . AE BE, 2 ES ee from $3 Men's anid Boys' nly will be sold away ra cost. ml miss this opportunity. el a ios. © Tha of Luml yuri ibe so for $258, "TERMS CASH attention and the ery best Service of our business. In the selection keeping the right ~ | proved of by the Town of Oakville, : Topsts. Son reported that the beds in the rls at the tele k and were terrified for a few momerits. The following o | report was sent 'out from Ottawa: | "A severe earthquake was' registered at the Dominion Observatory on Saturday night, February 28th, e first pre- liminary tremor was registered at 9 hours, 21 minutes, 9 seconds: The into Taking the round from Graven- hurst by 9-6, Port Perry moved into the final of the Interscholastic 'League and will play home and home games with either Campbellford or Cobourg to decide the championship, next week. The locals lost on slow ice in | Gravenhurst on Wednesday night 4 to 3. Playing the greatest hockey of their career they came back strong and defeated the garnet and gold at Port Perry, on Friday night, 6-2. Play opened with the visitors car- | rying the puck into the local's end of the rink and testing Kaufman .with 4 or b shots from outside. MeMillan came back with a rush. Sloan rushed 'but. was held out by the Ideal defense. | McMillan rushed, dribbled the puck past both defense men and picked the | corner of the net. From the face-off Baldy Doubt secured and shot. The puck struck Sloan just below his eye and he was down for the count. Sloan was off for the rest of the period. 'Minus their star, Gravenhurst fought strenuously and tied the score. With about five minutes to play Nesbitt slipped the puck over to Cork Doubt and he sailed in a long shot from out- side the defense that Collis did not The second period had just started when Sloan returned with six stitches in his face, He bucked up his team mates Kaufman was called upon 'make some remarkable saves. One | Mi ni to the.epic centre was 540 ) kilometers or 335 miles. occurred near the mouth of the Sa- It probably guenhy River, Quebec. Its duration was considerably over two hours. The quake is the severest that has been felt since 1658, when a shock oc- curred at' the same location. It is the fourth Inrgest that has ever beer recorded at the Dominion Observa- Ytory. The others were the San Fran: cisco and Japanese earthquakes and one on February 4th, 1923 in the Pacific Ocean. = At Quebec shocks occurred at 9.30, 9.82, 11.30, 12.30 and 4.18, and several slight recordings have been noticed at different times since. of efficient execution which is a part of the regular service maintained by any bank in its daily affairs. To merit your confidence we must go further. The Standard Bank main- tains a policy of personal courtesy in its dealings, regardless of their re- spective importance, which should he an asset to your business as well as : Port Perry High School Move inals. - body. Roach picked the corner of the visitors net from outside and put his team in the lead on the round. Sloan came back with a fast rush shot be- tween the defense and tied the score on the round once again. , It was anybody's game at this stage of the proceedings. Graven- hurst were skating a little faster but were hot shooting or combining as well.: McMillan relieved the strain b minutes after the last period started. Travelling very fast, Sloan checked him and threw him off his balance, as he hit the defense, He managed to hold the puck and rounding the de- fense bulged the twine, Port Perry pressed and. Roach scored on a' shot from gutside, Roach came right back shot and tore in for the rebound which he shaved out to Nesbitt who drilled it home. The garnet and gold never gave up but ore into the red and white defense who stood up manfully under the strenuous play. Sloan got right through but McMillan turning knocked the puck out of reach. Referee Deshane deserves credit for the exactness and impartiality with which he handled the game. The 'teams . Gravenhurst goal, Collis, defense, Sloan 'and Lawson, wings, Reynolds and G. McNab, centre, B. McNab, subs, Hornsby and Wasley. "Port Perry--goal, Kaufman, def. ¢Millan and Dowson, wings, Colla- t deflected off Dowson he caught Fafter being set. to stop it with his cutt and K. Doubt, subs, M. Doubt and Roach. Gas Plant for Whiby? With a proposal to establish in Whitby a coal gas plant similar to that now in use in Belleville and ap- provided that the Town will grant an exclusive franchise for from 25 to 30 years, John Ayers, of the firm of Strathy Agencies Limited, Toronto, Canadian agents for an English firm now opérating 500, similar gas plants in England, came to Whitby last week and interviewed Mayor Burns, ] Jackson and other n home market which would be very much. appreciated by all concerned in the improvement of better live stock. Many good suggestions were given and it was decided to hold a meeting in the Township Hall, Brooklin, on Saturday, March, 7th, at 2 p.m. to make further arrangements. A hearty invitation is extended to all South Ontario Breeders of Pure Bred beef and dairy cattle, sheep and swine to be present at this meeting and take an active part in promoting the chief industry of the Province of Ontario and which South Ontario is parties, larly noted for. Greenfield, a member ization and former . Horticultural - Society Notes The first annual winter exhibition of the Port Perry Horticultural So- ciety will be held on Tuesday next and can be'labeled "experiment year" or "mistake year" as from the mis- takes of this year we should be able to make a success next year. Mem- bers are urged to bring anything they can this year to make a display. Mr. Kent has arranged for Mr. Moore to give another address in April. r, Maries will give a Garden Talk on Tuesday evening and will be glad to answer questions. The option committee is working to give as large a premium this year as possible, next year the premium will likely be smaller and the work of the Society larger. Join now if you have not already done so. No admission fee is being charged but in the evening a silver collection wil! be taken up: Whitby Presbytery Church Vote Eight churches in Whitby. Pres- bytery have voted on Union and Bow- ménville is one still to vote. Pres- bytery territory extends from New- castle and Newtonville on the East to West Hill on the West. Two churches have voted against Union, Port Perry and Whitby. Results to date are: For Against 169 119 Dunbarton .... ah 4 Brooklin as 22 Columbus * 22 98 Pickering et 22 Newtonville ; 16 In the Presbytery of Lindsay, Ux- bridge voted 27 for Union and 143 against it. rm rere RECENT SNOW FALL PROTECTS WHEAT Farmers declare that the &now which fell the last few days will be worth thousands and thousands of dollars to them--if it remains. "The recent rains and mild weather un- covered the fall wheat and without a blanket of snow it was apt to be in. jured by the alternate thawing and freezing which we uspally have dur ing March" said a well known farmer. "The blanket of snow will protect it until the mild spring days come a- Cecil | round: We would like to see the snow Cae an for some weeks." en HOO \ DIED ° Ward--At the residence of her son- in-law, J. H. Chinn, 21 Indian Trail, | Toronto, Elizabeth Way Ward, relict | of the late Joseph Ward, of Green- bank, in her. th year. : be held at the Metho- Shurehy Pot, Peres: of Thursday, in ours. BE be i di i dd pg PORT PERRY BRANCH--H. G. Hutcheson, Manager Branches also at Blackstock, Little Britain, Myrtle Station, Nestleton Ce kM The Island of the Golden Age Robert Hare Pitcairn, perhaps the smallest of the world's island kingdoms, lies about midway between New Zealand and Panama. It is centrally located, about 8,000 miles from each country. It is but a little "dot" in the great ocean of many waters and quite un- known to most of the world. Its history, however, has been a very remarkable one, perhaps the most romantic of all islands histories. Its people are the descendants of the "Bounty" mutineers ~n® ~~ma native women from Tahitti who settled on Pitcairn in 1789. The inhabitants now number about 170. They are a strong, healthy peo- ple who use neither tea, coffee, to- bacco, alcohol, nor swine's flesh. In fact, little of any kind of flesh is used on the island. An abundance of fruit is grown through the forest, while 'n the gardens supplies of pumpkins, sweet potatoes, yams, and vegetables of various kinds are cultivated. Pitcairn is about two miles long and one acrogs. It rises in the centre to more than 1,000 feet above the 'sea, The shore all around is rocky and steep, with only one small bay to serve the purpose of landing place. The community live a happy and industrious life; They are governed by a chief magistrate and four repre- sentatives. These are all elected an- nually. No police or jail is required. A spirit of deep religious feeling pre- vails among this people of simple, honest faith. I was asked to visit this island and spent some time with them. My wife and I sailed from Australia several ponths ago. It was calm most of the way from Wellington to Pitcairn. After ten days of travel across a wide sea, 8, 000 miles without one object visible but water, the stars, the sky, and the sun, a little "dot" rose out of the ocean before us. As the moments passed, it grew more distinct, rose to a loftier view and greater proportions and before noon our good ship had stopped before the little kingdom of romance--Pitcairn Island. The day before we landed, the sea was rough, and heavy rain fell most of the day. "The question of landing was assuming a serious aspect, but on Sunday morning the sea was as a great mirror of glass, for the storm had gone by. On the voyage across,Captain Cam- eron of the "Remuera," had very kindly given a lantern lecture on Pit- cairn and her people. This story had awakened quite an interest in the minds of the passengers, so long be: fore Teaching the island the deck was lined with eager watchers looking out over the cliffs and groves of the little world that had grown out of the sea. Boats were now visible, coming across the water, Reaching the side 4b the steamship, the people soon scrambled up the ladder, with their oranges, bananas and curios for sale. Quite a lot of business was done. A boatload of tourists was taken ashore, and another load of fruit brought out. Then the things for Pitcairn were un- loaded into the boats. We were t | down in a large basket. With a sweet | farewell song, the islanders said fooddy. » and three boats pulled for man must pull with his strongest stroke. As the boat strikes the shore several of the men jump into the water and draw the little craft up as far as possible, and then as the wave recedes, the others get out. My wife was carried ashore. I tried to jump, but my foot went into the water, and a wetting was the consequence. A home had kindly been prepared for us. After we had watched the men draw two of the boats up the slip into the sheds, we were led up the winding path that leads to the village on the eastern side of the island. We were astonished at the richness of the vegetation, and the beauty of the steeps that rose before and beside us. On the way up we passed through a cocoanut grove where the trees tower- ed to the heights of fifty and seventy five feet. Each"bore its cluster of nuts just underneath the leaves that must battle with many a storm. Vegetation is luxuriant, and both sugar cane and sweet potatoes flour- ish. We were glad to reach the end of ed the top of the village and looked our journey on the sea. As we reach- out over the deep, the last vision of the departing vessel was seen. Then there came a little thought of soli- tude--life on a little dot with the great ocean all around. But imme- diately we felt a new realization that no part of our little world is beyond the reach of our heavenly Father. There is no place on earth where the human heart might live more ob- livious of the world's cares and an- noyances than on Pitcairn Island. Here the rush and struggle after per- sonal gain does not appear, neither does the rise and fall of tomorrow's markets press the heart. Forty-eight homes nestle among the cocoanut and orange groves on the northern slopes. Of these dwell- ings some are thatched with leaves from the palm trees, but others, of more modern style, are roofed with corrugated iron. Most of them are provided with open windows, having shutters they may be closed in case of storm. Locks and fasteners are un- known and unnecessary in the simple home life of this little kingdom. For their domestic life, some of the homes are provided with ovens built of stone. In these a fire is lighted, and when sufficiently heated, the ashes and embers are removed, and the bread, made of 'corn and sweet potato grated, is readily and perfect- ly baked. When salt is required, large tin dishes are filled with salt water and placed over a furnace. Here the boil- ing process is continued until the wa- ter evaporates and the salt is left be- hind. To suply sugar, the sugar cane s ground up and pressed, and the juice thus secured is boiled in a vessel similar to that used for making salt, till it becomes a thick sirup that will keep for any length of time. ; The homes have' wooden floors, and sides built-of boards in the forest. Wal