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~1DOBBIN‘S Bet on thy sighing lips shal make Mrs. E. P. Ciement and her daughter, Miss Florence Clement. who have been spending the winter mibntbhs in Toronto, are expecting to return to their home in Kitchener shortly. Mrs. Clement is at present spending ~a ~~fortuightâ€" . with . her daughter, Mrs. Fred Kelly in Gueiph while Miss Clement is the guest of ‘Mrs. â€"Gartshore in Toronto for a short visit. ~> " beautified ~with fragrantâ€"pinkâ€"roses: As usual with Mrs. Snider‘s enterâ€" tainments, the guests enjoyed to the full the good things provided for them, and a very pleas«nt time was spent by the large number who reâ€" sponded to the kind invitation of their hostess. Mrs. Robert Hackney and Mrs. H. J. McNally were the hostesses of a very â€" successful meeting of St. Paul‘s Presbyterian Ladies ~Aid Society at the home of Mrs. Hackâ€" ney on Thursday afternoon, with a very large attendance of the memâ€" The good news that the King ni much better and will soon start on his Mediterranean journey has been received with much pleasure by the general public. The heartfelt wishes of all the peoples of the Empire go with the King and Queen as they start off on a much needed and wellâ€" deserved holiday from the cares of the state.. Canadians will have a good opportumity to see ‘Their Majesties when the great day comes for the opening of the beautiful new Canadian _ building in â€" Trafaigar Square at the end of June. Mrs. Sorensen, of Rosebay, N.S., is visiting _her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Bolduc, 55 Young St: W. Mrs. Edwin W. Snider was the kind hostess of two charmingly arranged social functions during the past week at "Braeside", Waterloo, when the pretty rooms were much every plece Of service that thou renderest. The regular meeting of the Ladies‘ Aid of the Waterloo Methoâ€" dist Church was held last Thursday, with a unusually large attendance of the members, due to the work which bas been undertaken by the Society. ‘The appointment of a nominating committee for the anâ€" nual meeting, which will be held next month,, was made, and among other business transacted, it was decided to hold a spring rummage sale. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aberdcen will be in Montreal in April, guests of Lady Drummond. during their stay in the city. They go to Washington to attend the Conference of the international Council of Women. In case of broken Lenses, it is necessary to have quick relief in most cases. Your prescription can be filled here in shortest time possible. You can‘t be optimistic with misty optics. Quick Relief y love shall chant its own beatt 1924 Ford Tudor, nearly new 1923 Chevrolet Coupe 1923 Chevrolet Sedan 1923 Chevrolet Touring 1919 Chevrolet Touring â€" 1918 Chevrolet Touring 1924 Ford Touring 1921 Ford Touring : Among these you will find some interesting values. Come in and look them over G. W. GORDON Used Cars Optometrist and Optician 50 Ontario St. S., Kltchéne.r Phone 2777W own life‘s working. f President, Mrs. 8. C. Tweed, (reâ€" elected); first vice president, Mrs. J. Swinton; second vice president. Mrs. A. B. Pollock; third vice presiâ€" ldent. Mrs. August R. Lang; fourth vice president, Mrs. U. B. Shant:z; lre(-ordlng secretary, Mrs. Frank Haight ; corresponding . secretary. | Mrs. Arthur Foster: treasurer, Mrs. Bruce Marr; laws affecting women and children.Mrs. W. P. Clement; ‘ educational ‘committee, Mrs. A. L. Breithaupt; citizenship committee, Mrs. Milton CoQk; public health, Miss Blanche Oakes and Mrs. A. K. Cressman; literature and films, Miss B._Mable Dunbham and Mrs. G. B. daughter, . Anne, who arived last hursday, March 26th. Congratula tions. Mr Oscar Roos, one of Waterloo‘s popular old boys, accompanied by Mrs. Roos and his niece, Miss Helen Roos of Toronto University, were recent visitors at the home of Mrs. Emma Roos, Church Street, Waterâ€" loo. Boclety were dealt with, after which dainty refreshments were: served, heartily enjoyed by the ladies. His Excellency the Governorâ€"Genâ€" eral, who arrived in Toronto on Friâ€" day of last week on an unofficial visit dined on Saturday night with the officers of the Toronto Regiâ€" ment, of which he is the Honorary Colonel. Mr. A. W. Pequegnat, the efficient accountant at the Kitchener ‘branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia, has been appointed Manager of the branch at St. Jacobs. Miss Emma R. Kaufman of Tokio, Japan, who has been making a short visit in New York, has returned to Kitchener, where she is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Albert W. Augâ€" ustine, Margaret Ave. Mrs. James Valentine has been visiting her mother, Mrs. J. McNabb, Drayton. Ont., during the past week} On Wednesday of last week Lady Byng was a visitor at the exhibition of paintings by Paul Alfred in Otâ€" tawa, and purchased a charming small picture of winter scenery near Rockcliffe. ed Major and Mrs. G. A. Heather, N. Queen Street haye returned to Kit chener, after a pleasant visit with Capt and Mrs. A. W. Cartwright of Ottawa. Rev. P. N. Harding of 8t. Thomas, who for four years was the efficient rector of the Church of. the Holy Saviour, Waterioo, paid a visit to his former parish over the week Bride, George street, where he had the pleasure of renewing many old acquaintances, . * Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Somerville nni The worries of Robert Forke, Proâ€" the happy parents of a lovely little|gressive Leder, anent the possibilâ€" daughter, . _Anne, who _ arived lwluy of an election in the near McLennan Mrs. J.. H. Webb returned from a much enjoyed holiday trip of six weeks spent at St. Augustine, Fla., making aâ€" visit of several days with friends at Washington, en route to her home in Waterloo. Mrs. C. W. Foreman and little daughter were . week end . visitors with her parents in London, Ont.. while Rev. C. W. Foreman exchanged puipits with the Rev. P. N~.Harding of St. Thomas. The Annual Meeting of the local Council of Women was held last Friday aftenoon at the Y. W. C. A., when the reports of the year‘s work were presented by the various comâ€" mittees and representative of the affiliated societies and found most satisfactory, showing that excellent work is being accomplished. ing. During his stay in town, Rev. Rev. Robert Bruce of Nairn spent last week at the home of Mr: Sexâ€" ton Hamilton of Winterbourne. The following officers were elect of Mr. and King St. Waterloo t u6. i On the coarse grain markets, flax guffered a decline of T% cents, rye receded 9% cents, barley, 4% cents, and oats 2% cents. The actual causes of the break were not clearly apparent, although market authorities claimed that the liquidation of "long" lines held for speculative purposes was the prinâ€" cipal factor, with United Kingdom and European holders the chief sellers. Lower Liverpool cables, disâ€" appotnting reduction in the United Stated and Canadian visible supâ€" plies and improved weather cond!iâ€" tions throughout the winter wheat helt contributed to the weak sentl of price disorganization. Buying power flattened out, and the docal and _ American â€" markets â€" crashed down with barely any resistance unâ€" til shortly before the close of the seasion. May delivery was battered down to $1.44%, for a lossâ€" of 16% cents below Saturday‘s closing figures, and a total of 76 cents from the season‘s peak price of $2.20%. May wheat closed at $1.49%, a net deâ€" cline of 11%% cents for the day. The deferred futures and all coarse comâ€" modities were swept into the vortex at the Galt Women‘s Canadian Club, giving a most interesting and iaâ€" strutive talk on "Some Literary As pects of the English Lakes." cently destroyed by fire at Palm Beach, Florida, on his return, with Mrs. MacLean, to Toronto, told an unusual story pertaining to looting from the hotels at the time of the fire, which was said to have netted the thieves about $1,000,000 in jewâ€" els and valuable clothing. The story concerhed a press photographer, who had been staying at one of the hotels for about two weeks. When the fire broke out the press man carted all his belongings down to the beach and then started to take pictares of the various scenes. When things had quieted down he returned to his trunks, but fonnd‘ them stolen. Everything he owned was contained in them, but he pm-‘ cured the necessary materials nnd‘ deyeloped his photographs. The next day while examining them he snw‘ the two men in the picture taking away his bags. He took the picture‘ to police headquarters who recogâ€" nized the men and arrested them" the same day and recovered all his belongings. ‘ Tottering under an avalanche of selling orders, the wheat market was precipitated into another senâ€" sational decline on March 30 which forced prices down to the lowest level in several months. Lieut.â€"Col. J. B. MacLean, the Torâ€" onto publisher who was an occupant of one of the hotels that was reâ€" mons Monday, and as a result the House learned that the Government is much jJess susceptible to uneasiâ€" ness on this g@bject than some of its opponents. "Geologist Morton of the Queens: land Government says the discovery of the mineral in Longreach, Westâ€" ern Queensland, has afforded the most signal proof to date of the fact already recognized that the artesian basis of the State is not devoid of petroleum contents. This instance is only an end product in what was doubtless once an "oil sand." ANQTHER SENSATIONAL DECLINE IN PRICE OF WHEAT AT WINNIPEG ‘‘The Government has not decided upon the date of an election, and, so far as I know, the matter has not been discussed," stated Premier King when Mr. Forke referred to despatches from Winnipeg to the effect that Hon. E. J. McMurray, Solicitorâ€"General, had advised his constituents to prepare for an elecâ€" tion. The first definite discovery of oil in Australia was reported March 30 by J. A. M. Elder, Australian Comâ€" missioner at New York. Previous search had developed traces. Mr. Elder made public the followâ€" ing cablegram from the Commonâ€" wealth Government with reference to the occurrence of oil in the Longâ€" reach Town Council‘s boe: PHOTOGRAPH OF BIG FIRE SHOWED THIEVES AT WORK MR. FORKE‘s WORRIES | ‘ APPEAR PREMATURE DISCOVERY OF OJL the well known MADE IN AUSTRALIA Pittsburg, Pa., serving sentences for offenses ranging from. â€"robbery to second _ degree ~â€" ~murder.â€" escaped through the roof of the institution on Sunday. One was shot in the leg by a guard and fell to the street outside the walls, breaking his ankle. He was recaptured. scene and found the older boy had drifted 150 yards down stream and had been pulled out a few moments before by a resident living near the flood gate. The lad was taken home The convicts made their escape by burning a hole thru the metal ceilâ€" ing of their cell and sliding down a forty foot prison wall by means of a wire rope. Half an hour after its discovery, fire of an unknown cause had feâ€" duced to smoldering ruin8 ae barn, containing two horses, which stood on the small farm occupied by Hugh Earle, on Evans Avenue, in Etobiâ€" coke Township, about two miles north of Toronto, on Monday night. Besides the two horses, which could not be reached, the losses include a large quantity of feed, farm impleâ€" ments and fertilizers, "while damage also was done to an adjoining greenâ€" house, bringing the total loss to more than , $5,000. youngster from the water A long and complicated legal battle was ended on March 30 when the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council allowed the appealâ€" of Ouellette, a Frenchâ€"Canadian laborâ€" er, from a Supreme Court judgment against the Canadian Pacific Railâ€" way for damages for the death of his two minbr children in a develâ€" crossing accident at Hull, Que., in 1922. The C. P. R. fought the case not so much on account of the damâ€" ages, which amount to $1,500, but to settle the question as to whether the company ought to have a man on the tender of every engine which runs backward. Protection to Be Adequate. Five were later captured in a stolen automobile, just* outside the city limits of Butler, Pa. into the water. Chief McBilistrum and the" next day was none the worse for his cold dip. Alluding to certain provisions in the Railway Act of Canada which provide that "whenever in any city, town or village any train not headed by an engine is passing over or along a highway at rail level which is not adequately protected by gates or otherwise the company shall staâ€" tion on that part of the train then foremost a person to warn,persons crossing the track," their Lordships remark that it is in the least degree unlikely that the Legislature inâ€" tended by a readjustment of certain forms of expression to impair or undo a warning and proteétlon givâ€" en to the public at level crossings. Consequently the ‘Privy Council‘s alâ€" lowance of Quellette‘s appeal annuls the Supreme Court‘s sustenance of the C. P. R.‘s appeal from the judgâ€" ment which awarded â€" Ouellette $1,500 damages. * HORSES BURN ALIVE RAILWAYS MUST KEEP LOOKOUT ON ENGiNES RUNNING BACKWA If you are looking for a good well built home on a large lot here is your chance. One block from the Ames Holden Tire factory, Kitchener, a Seven Roomed Red Pressed . Brick House, good sized kitchen, dinâ€" ing room, parior, reception hail, on first floor, 4 nice sized bed reoms, and bath room on second floor, good sized floored attic, good basement, house has ail onveniences. Owner wants to seil for a quick sale, and reduced the price to $5,000. $1,000 cash. $500 CASH, baiance terms, buys a nifty new 5 Roomed house with all conveniences. 10 minutes walk from post office. Eight convicts in A Real Bargain EIGHT CONVICTS ESCAPE Real Estate and Auctionser, 34 Frederick Street, E.J. SHANTZ IN ETOBICOKE FIRE the riverside Trafalgar Square on June 29. This arrangement holds good despite the rearranging consequent upon ~ Bis Majesty‘s illness. It was originally place on Dominion Day, but it is impossible owing to their Majesties® previous appointments. The total of 500 was formed of several parties, one being made un of 33 families brought to Canada under the scheme of assisted settleâ€" ment of approved British families in which the government of Great Britain and of Carada are coâ€"operâ€" ating. The families number in all 168 individuals and will settle in various parts of the Dominion. ‘There also came by the "Canopic" another party of farm laborers and a small party of boys, the latter under the auspices of the British Immigration and Colonization Assoâ€" ciation _ of~ Canada. Deeply wrapped in slumber, an unindentified man lay on the railâ€" road track a short distance from the Union Station, Manchester, N. H., on Monday night. Two trains jarred to a stop with shrieking brakes. The train crews gently lifted the. recumbent form and eleared the track. Ensconced in the safety of a police cell, the man conâ€" tinued his sleep, which the police suspected was alcoholic. As fine a body of new settlers as ever came to Canada were landed 500 NEW SETTLERS at Halifax recently and are. now travelling towards various destinaâ€" tions im Quebec, Ontario, and the western provinces, on board a special C. N. R. train. . ’ MAN WHO SLEPT ‘ ON RAiLROAD TRACK HADâ€"CLOSE CALL Brickerâ€"Germann Co. Ltd. I ] es Lll3|lll“lllllll|IlIlllllllllllIllllIllll"lllllIllIIll||IlIIl|IllIllIllll“IlllIllllllll'IIllllllllllllllll mnanmmmnnilt New Satin Faillie Corded Silkâ€"Corded on one side and Satin finish on the other, good weight, suitable for Suits, Wraps, FEnsemble Q'Besses, etc., 40 in. wide in Navy Blue, Black, Seal Brown, Reseda Green, etc., price special value .. 54 50 FANCY FIGURED SILKS. ® New designs in Silks and Crepe de Chene, beautiful coloring combinations, SATIN CORDS, CAPITENSE. [ane] REACY C#Xe Our New Spring Cotton Goods appeal to every woman who loves pretty Materials. A Wonderful Colection at moderate prices. 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