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Hanover had another early morning fire last Saturday when the stables at the rear of the Hanover Inn burst into name and burned to the ground. Be- sides the stables, Mr. Kormann lost a new Oldsmobile sedan, purchased last June. The alarm sounded at about 5.45. Owing to the nature of the build- ing. fire spread rapidly and was soon a mass of names. Fortunately there was little wind, and though several nearby buildings were threatened, the fire was confined to the place where it started. Had a high wind been blowing, many stores and buildings in the heart of the Samuel Bishop were connected up to Hydro about the middle of December. This is the beginning of a. new rural line westerly from Meaford and new subscribers can and will be added, any time they so desire, provided that the necessary number per mile sign up. Those Yarmers who are interested would be well advised to see these in- stallations, and also that of Mr. Amos Ford on the same line as well as the very complete power installation of Mr. E. Rowe on the rural power line to the south of Mealord.â€"Meaford Express. Hotel Statics Destroyed New Inn] Hydro Extension A further extension of hydro in St. Vincent township took place this tall, u-rlve in a few damâ€"lurkwe Stand- will procure the services of an exper- ienced harnessmaker, who expects to luve tot hatchâ€"m Slice“- PAGE 2. ‘Sa fegua'rd Your National Service Loan Certificates .' CA'I'I‘AI. AKD IISIIVIS: 74 HILLION DOLU‘IB The owner alone cess to it and you can rent a box for v le at the nearest branch of this bank. Your Interim Certificate wt beg ded safely-â€" you Can’t get your bon WiWâ€"and they, in turn, will require pr ectio A Safety Deposit Bi 0} The Royal Bank of “Canada . ', you are a subscriber to the National 111, you need ‘a Safety Deposit Box. Lightning in December During the heavy thunderstorm about 3.30 Thursday afternoon of last week lightning struck the barn on the farm of Ross Cudney, west half Lot 26. concession 5, Amaranth. The lightn- ing struck the east end of the barn, carrying out the gable, badly damaging the foundation, taking of! six rafters and the end of the purline plate and taking oil the purline post. The bolt traveled to the west end of the barn and set fire to the hay in the mow. Mr. Cudney’s brother, who lives across the road,- saw the lightning strike and immediately telephoned a hurry-up call to neighbors .for assistance. They res- ponded as rapidly as possible and worked to such good effect that the barn was saved, although a large quan- tity of hay and straw was badly dam- agéd by fire and water. 'Monday afternoon when {he tore up his cheque f 330 which he had received as his allowance for his divisim of the township. Mr. Lennon: claimed he had not earned the money and so refused to take it. He had kept an accurate account of the time which he had spent and found it amounted to twenty-six hours and a half. His divis- ion is well looked after but he did not feel justified in accepting over a dollar an hour for his services. Mr. Lennox states that he believes commissions should be paid by the hour. Evidently he is opposed to charg-‘ ing a day’s pay as is so often done, for the work of an hour or so.â€"Arthur" Enterprise. mom-stow, Robmunnox,oouncflmantorWeat ’, mated a little «mutton at the Board position W‘ suction, lea-s. W P. t and John Oriel-son ans Mr. J. Ewen and W. complete the Board. on , a load report. was built and organics! this a. The d D and Mr. Edmund Nome was elected to There was only an average attend- the ”“1011. Mr. Herb Vollett is chair- m of Mmyers prewnt. Mr. H. jman and Mr. Ernest. Roseborough the Ritchie presided and Norman Timp- 'th1rdmemberontheBoard. sonwassecretary. Theretirlngtrustee g Aberdeen wasE.Vessieandthe Board tmsyeu- ‘with MrKIR. Grierson presiding “Dd McArthur (chairman) and James present and Mr. R. Noble was chair- man. Mr. R. G. Hapkins secretary. The auditors, Mr. Max Grierson and Alex. Hopkins gave the report of the year. New chairs and a new globe were purchased for the school and the lib- rary equipped. The school house was painted both the interior and exterior. The woodshed was also shingled. Mr. Lawson Hopkins has the contract of supplying fifteen cords of 20 inch wood at $3.50 a cord. Mr. William Manta hasthejobofcaretaking withspecined extraworkat asalary 01888. Mr. Charles Ritchie retired from the Board and Mr. Edmund Noble was elected to the position. Mr. Herb Vollett is chair- man and Mr. 'm'nest Roseborough the Varney There was a good crowd present with Mr. Wilbert Blyth presiding. Mr. Bert Barber was elected for the year. Mr. Palmer Patterson was retiring trustee and Mr. Albert Keller will fill this posi- tion. Mr Harold Barber ampletes the membership of Board The auditors were Messrs. Bert rber and James Wilton. The improVe ents made were a gravel walk at' the school and the drain repaired that drains the grounds. Mr. Thomas Park took the contract to supply wood at $2.25 a cord. Mr. J. Bryans ts caretaker and Mr. J. Wilton Allan’s School, Egremont There was a good crowd present with Mr. J. Campbell, chairman and John Allan secretary. The auditors brought in a very favorable report. The finances this year showing a $200 higher balance than the previous year. The auditors were Messrs. Eugene Weppler and Walter Ferguson. There was keen competition for both the con- tract of wood supply and caretaking. Mr. Robert Webber received both ap- pointments. The latter at a salary of $35 for the year and ten cord of 16 inch green hardwood to be supplied at $1.90 per cord. A new wire fence around the grounds is to be built this year. Mr. James Marshall ws re-el- ected trustee and Messrs. Edward Lind- say and John Queen complete the delegate to .convention. No. 9, Glenelg There was a good representation of ratepayers present and Mr. G. Whit- more was chairman. Mr. W. R. Weir who had been elected to fill a vacancy on the Board the past six months was re-elected. The auditors, Messrs. Ro- bert McFadden and Thomas Bell re- ported a balance on hand of over $1,100. Mr. Clark Watson was ap- pointed caretaker at a salary of $65 a year. The contract for hardwood and bedar was let to Mr. Prosper Porter, wood at $3.20 and cedar at $1.50. year’s work. Mr. Neil McFarlane was chairman and Mr. Frank McArthur secretary. Mr. Charles Kennedy gave the trustees and auditors‘ report. No repairs were made and no delegate was appointed to at- tend trustee’s convention. The board was composed of Messrs. James 'P. Mc- Gillivray. George Stewart and William Brown. The latter retired and Mr. Henry Beaton received the election to the Board. The section auditor for next year is Mr. Neil McFarlane. Fif- teen cord of wood at $2.00 a cord is to be supplied by Mr. J. D. McArthur. The caretaker will receive $75 for the Edge Hill Over twenty were present with Mr. John Firth presiding and Mr. Wm. Rit- chie secretary. Masters Will and Geo. Scheuez'man were appointed caretakers with $60 sallry. The wood contract went to Mr. J. Firth to be supplied at $2.90 a cord. The retiring trustee was Mr. Arthur Edge and Mr. Cecil Moffat was elected to the position. Messrs. G. Sherman and Alfred Bebb are two other trustees. The auditors’ report was given by Mr. Victor Williams and the trustees report by the secretary. Mr. Herbert Edge was appointed audi- tor tor the coming year. new furniture had been purchased and a cement platform built in front of the school. There was considerable compe- tition for the contract of supplying wood and this went to Mr. Ray Mc- Clocklin at 82.90 for hardwood and $2.20 for cedar. The retiring trustee was given a vote of thanks. Mr. R. T. Ed- wards was appointed delegate to the convention in Toronto. The caretaker for the year is Basil Davis with a salary of $65. Robson presided and the secretary for the day was Mr. R. T. Edwards. Mr. Joseph Edwards was the retiring trustee and Mr. C. 0. Cool: was elected for a three-year term. Mr. Albert Mc- Nally and Mr. William Banks complete the Board with Mr. McNally chairman. The trustees’ report showed that the library had been more fully equipped, in eommuhity mm: the more mouth- ly the path of pmgress grows. An in- telligent interest in the problems of the echool section is a very desirable stand- miswasoneotmebiggestmeeum held for some yum. About 22 rate- There were about twenty ratepayers mung theyfijofity otAratepOyerfis in die le Sections “Held THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Two employees of the Treasury De- partment of the Alberta Government were placed under arrest night. The men, Maurice Jones, accountant and cashier, and James. Spnwls, are be- ing questioned concerning an alleged shortage of funds the amount missing is not known as yet, but auditors are checking the books The British Government has taken the initial steps for summoning the in- ternational conference on reparations to meet at Lausanne, January 20. Tele- grams have been sent ' to British repre- sentatives in ten counties which are expected to participate in the confer- Any person with $28.19 might have gained temporary possession at least, of a 100 acre farm in Blanshard Town- ship, if he had been at the tax sale at the county buildings at Stratford on Tuseday afternoon. As it was, not a bid was received on the farm so it was not sold. The sum of $28.19 owing against the farm is for a telephone bill. ists. The little Indian leader was ax- l‘ested in Bombay early Monday morn- A mysterious package mailed without marking on its bunap covering some time Thursday night, and which had been in a bucket of water for many hours as a precautionary measure, con- tained eight muskrat skins and one skunk skin. Mahatma Gandhi was placed in jail at Yerawda, for the third time in his career as leader of the Indian National- While railwaymenv gasped in aston- ishment Saturday night, an automobile rattled its way past Paris Junction sta- tion on the Canadian Naitonal Railway tracks a few minutes before an express was due. Pursuit was organized by utomobiles along the nearby highway and by jigger, along the tracks. Train- reached a level crossing in time to flag the express. The car meanwhile had crossed the Grand river trestle and stalled a short distance up the line. The driver was taken into custody and his car was ditched. Shot through the chest, allegedly by a man he was attempting to arrest, Constable A. W. King of the Arctic Red River detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is lying in a critical condition at Aklavik, N.W.T. King was brought there by Constable R. G. McDowell, who had been his com- panion when the shooting occurred at Rat River on the old Yukon trail last Thursday and who drove his dogs 80 miles into the teeth of an Arctic bliz- zard that he might bring the wounded man to safety. Discovery of a new method of pre- serving honey as an opaque, gray-white butter instead of a golden liquid was announced Saturday at Cornell Univer- sity. Ithaca. The new product called crystal honey, has a slightly different flavor, it neither drips, nor spreads, sticks, smears and has been oflered by the University to the honey industry. The discovery is the accomplishment of a young Canadian, Dr. E. J. Dyoe. ical condition in the Collingwood Gen- eral hospital, young Hawton passed away Monday afternoon, having been conscious for a. few seconds Sunday afternoon, during which he gasped out his story to friends. Standing on an old wagon on the farm where he worked as a boy, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald presented the prize in a plowing contest at Losiemouth, Scotland, Saturday and dwelt upon the ancient art of turning a straight furrow. “There’s great craftsmanship in the plow,” he said, “and I hope that for many generations to come there will be horses on the farm and plowmen behind the horses.” S E E E g 8 8 g 5' g § § 8 is .5 : E 8 and the fact. that the council and the Board of Trade are dealing with other important industrial propositions is the beginning of a prosperous looking year for Mayor Sutch and his council. Frantic with remorse, after his shot- gun had accidentally discharged, dur- ing a hunting expedition, seriously wounding his life-long pal, Lawrence Hawton, 18, young farm lad from the Sixth Concession Nottawasaga town- ship, turned the rifle to his own chest, and inflicted fatal wounds While his chum, George Gordon, 20, lay in a crit- News in Brief Tom: “Travelled all over the world, eh? Went up the Rhine, I suppose.” Bill: “Climbed it to the top." Tom: “Saw the Lion of St. Mark?” Bill: “Fed it." Tom: “And visited the Black Sea?” Bill: “Filled my fountain pen there.” chief of the Toronto Telegram died Monday evening. He was in his 50th year and had been with the Telegram for thirty years. near Springfield, Montané. So many United States citizens forgot to add an extra one cent stamp to the envelopes bearing their Christmas cards this year that no less than 275,000 letters from across the border arrived short paid in Toronto during the holi- day rush. Harry and Jennings Young, outlaw brothers from the Missouri Ozarks. killed each other Tuesday to escape capture by an armed posse. The two fugitives had killed six peace oflicers Mr. W. H. Merritt, president of the National Table Company. and one of Owen Sound’s most prominent citizens, was the victim of a serious accident while hunting Wednesday as the result of which he will sufler the loss of his left hand. The Russian frmtier was closed last Thursday on the Persian border bet- ween the towns of Ordubad and Astar because of an outbreak of plague in the Persian village of Miran in the Ar- debil district. The report said the plague had been in existence there for two months and 22 deaths have re- sulted. Old neighbors of the late Wm. Lackie, for a number of years reeve of Artemesia, who lived on the Meatord road, have received word that his son Tom, residing in Northern Saskatche- wan. had been drowned. Shot in the heart, a boy at Yo mgs- town, Ohio, was saved when the blood pushed the bullet into an artery. The bullet finally lodged in the boy's groln where surgeons said it will be permitted to remain for the time being. The boy, Harry Besharre, was shot by a play- enoe suggesting that they approuch other Governments regarding the time and place. , mate Saturday. Gerhardt, George ............. ........ _ ............... 45 Schenk, David ............................ V ................... 94 Werner, J. ...................................................... 73 Trustees electedâ€"Schenk, Cox and Damn EECTION RESULTS, EGREION‘I' AND MY DiedattbebudSea 00.0.... 0...... .00... C .0. .0 .0. .00 09.0.0 : nanny for m; 112‘ The Chroviicl'o. u 7 n u Mdeornundmilm §§§§§§§2 It gill pay you to advertise COUNTER. BARGAINS Round trip at ORDERS TAKEN 'H ATTIIIS I O-FFI CE . WEEK-END FARES . . between any two point. in CANAnlAfi' PACIFIC ne Shqp ‘- CA RBON L‘EA‘F CA RBON BACK STVL‘ES