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{‘1 vi ! )NS 02m IP 23’ noR The minds of all the British subjects and of the intelligent of other count- ries will, this week, be centred on Westminster Abbey. For there His Majesty King_ George will be crovsned King of Great Britain and Ireland and Imper or of India. Following 1n line his grandmother, Victoria the good, and his fath- er, Edward the peacemaker it is reasonable to expect that he, too, will worth- ily fill his high position, so that all lands join with us in 1351}, ing “God Save the King.” EIGHT Men’s Fine Straw Hats, 500. composed of Dry Goods, Gent’s Furnishings, House Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, andiGroceries, is full in all lines. Our aim is to buy the. newest styles at the most reasonable. prices, to get bargains so that we may give bargains Men’s working Straw Hats, 100. worth 15:0. Men’s Fine Shirts, 890., worth $1.25. But whilst: the public mind is centred on Westminsto :- Alley. we must also attend to our every day duties, the farmer to cultivate his emps, and the mer- chant to sell his pins, needles and other wares. LARGE SALES The Highest Prices for Butter Egg; G. J. McKechnie. worth $1 25. MBKECHNIES’ WEEKLY NEWS FRESH GROCERIES are continually arriving. See the 25 cent BROOM “God Save the King” GROCERIES Ladies’ New Blouses, 69c , worth $1 Ladies’ Vests, lOc, worth 121/20 Ladies’ Cotton Hose, 90., worth 121/20. SMALL PROFITS TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE “The moment for the con terposition came, but no 001 was heard. I had to sing the self and go on. g “The performance over, I search of the defaulter, half that he might have been ‘scc a. tiger. My fears were gro he was safe, quite safe. He r blissfully infoxicated.‘ The na zaar was CIOSe to his post; frightened and lonely he h; and got a bottle of arrack, vil spirit, consumed the lot, a: spoiled my ‘show.’ ” “While in India I When interest in the bands of native regiments, and on one occasion I arranged to conduct l I l an evening performance of I] Trove,- 5 dore by one of them. To get a pleasâ€" 3 ing efiect, I i structed the native first comet-player hide himself in the. l i jungle, which was all round the com- ' pound. coming in with his solo at the proger time. Never wash blank clqudy day. Choose bright and breezy. . “One of my most prized possessions is the baton which Sir Robert Stew- art, when concluding the first perform- ance in Ireland of Sullivan’s ‘Golden Legend,’ broke over the head of the first violin who happened to come in half-a-bar late. The broken baton was sent me by a friend into whose possession it had come, and who knew the great. regard in which I hold Sir Robert Stewart’s memory. tl'f' “While we were at Dublin.” said Dr. Regan. continuing, “'I was lucky enough, through playing in civilian orchestras. to attract the attention of Sir Robert Stewart, Professor of Mu- sic at Trinity College, Dublin, who proved a very kind friend to meâ€" indeed. I might describe him as my ‘musical godfather.’ He was barely half-way through it when his colonel bounced out in a towering passion. threatening to put him under arrest if he did not in- stantly stop or if he ever dared again no play such utterly condemned stuff. High-class music was rarely played by army bands in his young days; and he remembers, when stationed at the Curragh. the bandmaster of another regiment ventured to put in a selec- tion from Wagner one-guestmight at Then Dr. Regan has seen a tremen- dous improvement in the standard of army music, partly owing to the dis- appearance of the foreign frauds al- luded to, partly ewing to the general improvement in musical taste in the army. and, indeed, throughout the nation. “Nevertheless, many a man went to ‘cells’ in those days. for disrespect to ‘Mosso.’ Fortunately for me, my first bandmaster Was one of the few Eng- lish ones then in the service, and a. first-rate musician and man.” 1 “The firm ‘came in proteges got all the band instruments , from them and asked no questions as to price or quality. Then these for- eign conductors were a constant source because their 1 l I l of irritation and insubordinationl among their men. Rows were frequent in the bands, and many a man was unjustly punished for insubordinate conduct towards ‘Mosso’ This, or ‘Sig- nor’ That. I say unjustly punished, because these foreign bandmasters were civilians pure and simple, they were not subject to military law, therefore. had not military status or authority, and the soldier who ‘cheek- ed’ them committed no military of- fence. ! I “Certainly there have been some excellent foreign conductors in the service,” said Dr. Rogan on this point; “but, when I joined, the majority of them were rank frauds. A certain firm of musical-instrumental makers in those days made a regular business of picking foreign musicians off the streets, dressing them up in fine clothe-5,. giving them a high-sounding title, and then palming them off on unfortunate regiments as bandmasters. Dr. Rogan has seen some great changes since he enlisted. When he took the Queen’s shilling, two-thirds of army bandmasters were foreigners and there was a violent prejudice against native musicians and native music. Now there is not a single for- eign bandnmster in the army. Coming of military stock, Dr. Rogan went, naturally enough, into the army. joining the 11th Foot (now the De- vonshire Regiment) as a “boy, ” and graduallV working his an up through the band. “Mr. Millar, of the Royal Marine Artillery, it is 'true, can top my record. but he really counts as belonging to the royal navy. By birth, I am a Vectensian, which, you may not know, means a native of the Isle of Wight; by parentage partly Scottish, partly Irish; and I got my early musical training in the best possible school, namely, a church choir. “I remember, years afterwards, I was scoring some of Sir Arthur Sul- livan’s music for army bandsâ€"Sir Ar- thur himself, scored only for orches- tras; he was with me at the time, and looking at my work, he exclaimâ€" ed, ‘Oh, ho, you were trained in a church choir, the best of schools, I can see it here.’ ” “Yes, by virtue of forty-three year’s service, I am the senior Bandmaster of the British Army,” said the fam- ous conductor in the course of a pleasant chat. Bandrnaster of Coldstream Guards Hails From the Isle of Wight and Had His Early Training In Church Choir â€" Can Remember the Days When the Conductors Were All l French or Italian. An interesting interview with Lieut. J. Mackenzie Regan. M.V.D., Mus. Doc., Coldstream Guards, who is one of the most famous of army bandmas- ters. a distinguished a11-round musi- cian, and a very popular figure wher- ever he goes, has recently appeared in M.A.P. A VETERAN BANDSMAN LIEUT J. M. ROGAN IS SENIOR IN BRITISH ARMY. Washing Blankets. ' S h {flankets on te safe. He w ._ rated.‘ The native ba- to his post; feeling lonely he had gone of arrapk. vile native comet-note be 5010 my. rile native and thus went In Miss Edmth (Peters returned home from Dumh'am (where she was a guest of Miss Mary McLellan for a Week toa- so- l ! :Miss Bessie Smith has spent the épast Week with relatives in Mel- gancthon and at Laurel. ! .M'rs. [Bert Summers and Master Jackie returned to their home in Toronto on Thursday last, after a happy two months’ visit to the parental home of. Councillor Mc- Nially. Mr. mas. Ross of the mill, met with what might have proved a very bad accident last Week. While hauling logs on [the truck wagon road and over went load, wagon and horses to the bottom of a. deep gully. Mimcultously all es- caped with little damage or injury. A ‘ Lne engagement is announced of {MISS Hazel Irene vath of Hamilton, 'to Mr. John F. Gnaw the Wedding Ibo take place in June. The home of Mr. John G. 'Beaton Bun-ess-an was «the scene of a very happy event last Wednesday when his daughter Emma was united in marriage to Mr. Harold Victor Wilson of Dunelban. N. J. The bride was given away by her ’father and the ceremony was per- formed in the presence of (a large number of guests by :Rev. 'Mr. Mc- Causiand. The presents which were numerous were handsome am. useful. The bride and groom On IVVedn-esdtay evening of last week a quiet wedding took place at the home of the bride when Mr. Alex. Alexander of Bentinck and fMisa ‘Bessie Hughes of town were united in holy wedlock by the Rev. W. H. Hartley { Only some of the members of ‘the bride’s family witnessed the ceremony. The marriage being over a dainty wed-ding supper was serV- ed after which the bride and groom drove owt to their home in 'Bentinck. Both are well known and respected in this community and 'the Wishes of their many friends are that they may have a long happy and prosperous wed- ded lif-e. I The bride’s mother had 'a. hand- ‘some costume of satin dunchesse. and a hat with black ostrich fea- ttherrs; Mrs. Ciochnane wore a'tur- quoise sastin with large black hat: 'M'rs. Enswomth wals gowned in 'whirte satin, .v-eiled in black fichifion. and wore a. large picture hat in ‘White and black. the toilette of Mrs. Hineh was of brown. the dress ribbed silk and the bait watching it in shade; and Mrs. ereig W318 "pret- tily drressed in pale blue with a iblack hait. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour will meside in Shanghau. â€"From the Yokohama, Japan. “Gazette,” of ‘Slatuxrdary, Apmil 29th. i The bride was married in her attravelling dress, a :s-kir't and Ecoxa-t costume of finest white cloth with a White lave blouse. and a Large White picture hat. on the .Gainsb-omoua‘h order. After the 'ceremony, a rereherche breakfast :was served at the Omien‘tal hoteI. ’xand the bridal pair departed for Miyran-oshirta by mot-om. theme to pass the honeymoon. The Chronicle joins Miss Jack- son’s‘mvan'y friends here. in wishing her much happiness. ' STEPHANqMacCORMICK. A quiet but pretty Wedding took place at 1the home of Mr. D. Malc- Cormick 'Bunessan. on Wednesday last when Mr. Henry A. Stephan. of Stephan tB'ros. Walkerton, was joined in wedlock to Miss Annie 'M'acC’armiick recently of Walker- t-on, formerly of Bunessan. The ceremony. which was psbformâ€" ed early in the morning by Rev Mr. (McOausland was witnessed by only the immediate relatives. The couple stood up unattended. After breakfast they departed on their honeymoon for Fort William and; other points. ‘ HYMENEAL SEYMOURâ€"JACKSON. A marriage took place at high noon on Thursday, at Christ church. the service being perform- ed by Rev. W. P. G. Field, M.A., incumbent, and counte'nxaznced by the American-General, (Mr. Thomas ISamm‘ons. The bride. was Miss Christine Susan, daughter of Mrs. E. Kyle Jackson, of Dwrham, Can- adia, and the bridegroom iMr. cChas. Elmer Seymour, of Shanghai. The wee-ks ago, accompanied by her bride came. here for the event two mother. and they were met and welcomed by Mr. R. D. Cochrane. 6f the Standard on C0,. turbo is an old friend of the bridegroom. and Mrs. Cochran-e. The ALEXANDERâ€"HUGHES YVILSONâ€"BEATOV . TRAVERSTON Tickets and full particular-s from any Grand Trunk Agent. or addms A. E. DUFF, D. P. A., Union Station. Toronto. JAMES R. GUN. Town Agent: J. TOWNER, Depot Agent. cowmzmon EXCURSION to New Ontario, June 22nd. The low rate of one cent. per mile each way (for secondwlnss ticketsr will be in effect from all stations in On - :0, Kingston. Madwaska and “'est. to all stations on T. and N. 0. By. Hail eybury and North. RETURN LIMIT JULY 4th. “Culmlt Special” leaves Toronu 8:30 p.m. quickly ascendifi’ 3v; Invention is probably [.[orgsgtrlotly confident. 9mm; We also own the Famous Livingstone: Ranch located in Southern Alberta, Cu. in the centre oi the Great Winter Wheat Belt; 2560 acres of rich, black loam on a clay sub-soil, capable of producing maximum crops, Place is all fenced and cross fenced, has about 250 acre; broken, two houses, thre. barns,corrals,sheds,etc. Fina spring on each section. Idea] for straight grain or mixed farming. Very easy ternis. 202 ANDRUS BUILDING Minneapolis --= 1 We own 8 quartersections of choice mixed irrigable and non-irrigubie land, particu. larly well located in sunny SouthernAlberta,easy terms In C.P.R. Irrigation Block, Southern Alberta Canada C. L.. GRANT Buy little Darling Stockings for your children _ we have the m, also the VVear-wel] Ribbed Cotton for children and ladies. Fine Cashmere. Hose for ladies and Half Hose for men. A nice line of Fancv Jacquard 139d Foulard Silks at lm-..â€"30c and 00¢ per yd. These are beautiful goods and confined to us. See We have Children’s School Umbrellas for 500., Fancy Parasols for children at 200.. SOOd Parasols for ladies from $1.00 up. STOCKINGS 91d PARASOLS Now UMBRELLAS BUY YOUR ruun our opinion IP93 “ “"“k‘m‘ ’39 probab' amenable. Comm. gonhdefimL‘HANBBUOK 2.15.83“ ‘_A , ___.-. June x .7» 2nd Minn. 1m h00ths thf‘ ev Shem. the cool weather 3:”? tendence conskier-s.‘ 0001318 were snows out‘Wi'th a few «i: 2006. A program. the 33nd formed 11n- Of the evening's an: Welles a- threeâ€"im'h 1‘02! Elvidze. T311 115 were we]: put the'évening was \" “At the recent clash: the Ontario Ladies“ by. Miss Eleonore V highest standing nu Of Muszc, and thé A. i‘ from Ontario Con» Music. Mfisxs Norm: art Obtaining gold? “18 She has ac R. f: ”ion of Art teachm- C01'1929,Newmaxkc:. ’The Methodist garden Mrs; Sutherland‘s Lawn «r evening drew a large (:3 9330M the eatables :it‘u' meats. and the 315: Eâ€"i Band program until night. The booths \x‘rz'c‘ all evening, and the $1.; ‘freshments offered for ~ libemlly partak-en 0f. 'The Entrance examinati: being held this week. Si) candfidames are writing in forty-two ii) Dundalk. thi? in Markdaule, twenty 3:1 I ,s-ixteen in Dromoro. :Egiz‘t Ayton. and five in NWLSI specto‘r Campbell. and BI zaret MacKenzie are the 1 examiners here. help our girls. a help us.” Come. friends with you Lostâ€"On June 261?). 1m? Kechni'es’ store. an} P Glenenlgta new ruifwr k in; spread. Finder kind same at McKechnies‘ my Central Hotel.â€"W.H Arrr. Rev. J. R. Kelly. - will occupy the pulpit tist church next Suma and evening. Mr. MM 3 preach in :Mr. Kelly's . Flesherton on that 123:3; Next Sunday, Row will preach in the “Our Dominion.“ 3 man, and in the ew things which the dc If you want to see ball match be sure a: garden party at 31 Gilvray’s on J uly «1 Fish, fresh in. thr- week. may be Obtain" fit my residence. (1:342)? Miles {Wiflssom POP saleâ€"10 go; Suckling pigs. .5 wt“.- to F. Murdock, 1%. m; of Durham. in Berg Apprentice Wantr tinsmithlng and pk; to N. H. Sternall L; VOL. 44~N0. 236 NEWS ~