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Watches TFewellery Silverware Stationery Get the prices on our goods before going else- where. We give as good, if not better value for the money. Have that Watch or Clock repaired. I. R. BENTLEY & & Dr. C, N, Johnson, of Chicago, was in town last week calling _on his friend Dr. Jas. Murray, and other acquaintances in town, At the beginning of September the Sunday Schools resume their sessions in the afternoon. The long auto- mobile trips will be coming to an end, and the camping days will be over. We can setle down into the routine of our lives, or better, we can sta afresh and do some finé work this Fall and Winter. Mr. Robt. Somerville and daughter Mabel, left on Wednesday for Bech- ard, Saskatchewan, Mr. G. H. Cowling, of Toledo, Ohio, returned home after spending two weeks with relatives here. Watch for the auction sale at W. H. Doubt's store, on Saturday, Aug. 28th, The house property will be offered for sale at 8.16 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Ellin, and Miss Eva Hodgson, of Toronto, are visiting at the home of Mr, William Ettey. Mr. E. H. Purdy, one of the judges on Standing Field Crop Competition for the Province of Ontario, started on Monday, August 23rd, for the Nipissing District, where he will be engaged in the work of judging for the balance of the week, . Miss F. Gertrude Kennedy, of To- ronto, has gone to Vancouver, B.C. where she is the guest of her sister, Mrs, E. M. Barnard and Miss Maud Kennedy, at the former's home, 1155 14th Avenue West, Fairview. Miss Kennedy intends visiting other places of interest before returning East. Miss Lola Beare, of McKee's Port, Penn,, is holidaying with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thos, Beare. { WANTED Woman or girl for general house- work, either by the day or month, Apply to Mrs, D. Carnegie, Port Perry. HOUSE FOR RENT Apply to Mrs. J. J. Cassidy, 66 Albany Ave., Toronto. * POWER OFF ON MONDAY The local Hydro Office has received word that the Hydro power will be cut off on Monday, August 80th, (all day), during alteration on the power line. RUG LOST Car rug lost between the home of J. Raymes and the Oshawa Road-- rug blue on one side and plaid on the other. Finder please return to Mrs. Raymes or the Star Office, LOST A tie pin, basket shape, set with pearls. Reward. Geo. McMillan, Jr, Port Perry, Phone 91. ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Benj, Dunn announce the marriage of their daughter Addie Cecelia, to Mr. Donald Simon, of Detroit, Mich., on Saturday, Sept. 21, 1926. Mr. and Mrs, Simon will re- -- A -- KH not attempt to carry on. - servatives. Parliament itself. This is the story. } Constitu The constitutional i issue is pure political Bincombe, designed. bo divert attention from the King Government' s 'administration of the Customs Department, upon which issue it was peivondy defeated in the House of Commons. 1 In September, 1925, Mr. King was ariel dissolution by His Excellency Lord Byng, on the representation that he must be given a chance to secure a clear working majority. He stated at Richmond Hill that if such a majority was not forthcoming, he would 2 In the old Parliament thus dissolved there had been 234 members, of whom 117 were Liberals, 66 were Progressives or Independents and 51 were Con- 3 In the new Parliament, elected in October, 1925, Mr. Meighen had by far the largest group--almost half the total membership of the House. seats the Conservatives had 116, the Liberals 101, the Progressives 24, Labour 2, and Independents 2. Out of 245 4 Instead of immediately resigning, as he should have" done in view of the ground upon which he had been granted dissolution, Mr. King asked for and was granted leave to carry on, on the assurance that-he- would leave the fate of his administration to B On Friday, June 25th, three separaie motions by so- called independents, in support of which Mr. King's Government marshalled its last ounce of strength, 'were decisively defeated and 'the original motion of censure, to which the foregoing had been moved in amendment, was still awaiting decisionin Parliament a . y : ¥ ov Age SEE : < at Soyo. > f i ; Here are the vital stubborn facts: : when Mr. King asked His Excellency for dissolution - on Monday, June 28th. - 6 To have granted Mr. King a dissolution "under such. circumstances would have been a direct denial of the right of Parliament to pass upon the vole of censure then pending. ' 7 Following Mr. King's resignation, Parliament by a majority of 10 did actually adopt a direct vote of censure on the King Government, and declared it unworthy of confidence or office. J 8 It was Mr. King's refusal to follow British precedent in co-operating with the incoming administration to pass supplies and complete the sessional programme that'left Mr. Meighen no alternative but to ask for dissolution. Mr. Meighen followed the same course as 'that adopted by Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1911, when he saw that it was impossible to carry on and abruptly' rs dissolved Parliament. If His Excellency had recalled Mr. King to office, he would have done so in the very face of Parliament's * vote of censure. 11 Under Mr. King's interpretation of the constitution a Premier need never resign, but could demand dis- solution after dissolution, despite the verdict of Parliament or the electorate, and the Governor General must perforce accept his advice. It calls for. no Xomment--it speaks for itself | Fou The Conservative Party stands solid as a rock for sound British constitutional \ practice, the maintenance of the British connection, and the right of Canada t to enjoy the blessings of stable Government. VOTE for DR. T. E. KAIS Ei \ 5 side in Detroit after a brief visit to| is paying 84c., 83¢., and 80c., for mae Signed can sccommodate | B¢ter Fat, You can save labor and make more money by 5 send- ing your cream to the W. A. Sangster DENTAL SURGEON Office Hours--9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Office over McKee's Shoe Store. PORT PERRY, ONTARIO The Creamery | NOTICE. ~~ I have a car load of those N. B. Shingles which do net color the rain- 3 | water, go arrive in -a "few days. Prices right and terms right for a splendid shingle. Would be leased to have you call and inspect. - Our shingles have. arrived "and | prove to be better than any we have i had previously this Fear. 7 e