Sherbrooke daily record, 27 février 1925, vendredi 27 février 1925

[" Sherbrooke Dally Reeorc \\ Established 1897 SHERBROOKE, QUE., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1925.Twenty-ninth Yea* MANY SHIPS SENT OUT CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE Divorce Measure Was Given Second Reading In Commons A Terrific Gale Raging - Several Vessels Aground IRISH FAMINE STORY AT FIRST HAND ' \u2018\u2018No Food for the Pot; No Turf for the Fire; While the Black Rain Washes Potaties From the Ground and the Wee Children Are Cryiit\u2019 \u201d à form Has Been in Progress for Past Four Days from English Channel, Along Atlantic, to Bay of Biscay\u2014Shows No Signs of Abating\u2014-Unidentified Freight Steamer Breaking Up Near Cape Gris Nez, Across English Channel from Dover, and There Seems Little Hope of Saving Crew\u2014Only Four Men Out of Crew of Eighteen Were Rescued from Stranded Spanish Steamer\u2014Storm Is General Throughout France.BY MILTON BRONNER ¦GALWAY, Feb., 25.\u2014 Hunger sits down at table as an unwelcome and bitterly feared guest and Cold keeps him company in thousands of cabin homes today in western Ireland.That is what a partial potato crop failure and peat shortage mean jfor Galway and Donegal and Kerry and Mayo.Here I am up against the real thing in this 1925 dearth in Ireland.Listen to the talk of Mrs Bartley Connelly \u2014 out this way they pronounce it \u201cKon-neely\u201d \u2014-as she tells in curious sing-song English how it came about: \u201cAnd the black rain fell.All day and every day.All spring it felt and all summer and all the rest of the year.Always the rain, the dull roar of it.Sorrow and sorrow\u2019s sorrow.The potaties were washed away or rotted.And the turf melted away with the wetness.No food for the,, pot.No turf for the fire.Emp-in the house.(Associated Press Despatch) PARIS, February 27.\u2014Several steamers are aground from Dunkirk on the Strait of Dover to Biarritz on the Bay of Biscay, and many tiness 'and blackn ys others today were sending out wireless calls for assistance in the -And the children cryin\u2019 because of terrific westerly gales which have been raging from the English Channel, th® hunger and the cold, along the Atlantic, to the Bay of Biscay, for the past four days, and this diSdPfrom ac'utfluffeS bTa morning were showing no signs of abating.\thair-line.Plenty they nu-;er know An unidentified freight steamer is breaking up near Cape Gris Nez, Congestion is beyond belief.Cen-across the English Channel from Dover, and there seems to be little hope furies ago when Ireland was a con-of saving the crew.\tj Only four men out of a crew of eighteen were rescued from the stranded Spanish steamer Christina Rueda, near La Rochelle.This loss, together with the drowning of seven members of the life-saving station, whose boat capsized on Wednesday as it was putting out to the Christina Rueda, brings the loss of life at La Rochelle to twenty-one.The Brest and Cherbourg roads are filled with craft of all kinds which are taking refuge from the storm.\tI The Lorient wireless station picked up yesterday afternoon distress signals from the Italian steamer Citta Di Elena, the Pelagia, a vessel of Greek registry, and another ship, the iame of which could not be de-! ciphered by the wireless operator.All three vessels were floundering in the heavy sea between the Ushant Light and the Bay of Biscay.The storm is general throughout France.All telephone and telegraph communication between Paris and 'Brest is interrupted.A tidal wave yesterday struck Sein Island, twenty-eight miles off Brest.The breakwater was demolished and all the houses in the, lower .__________________\u201e T part of the island were ruined.Hundreds of persons are homeless.No\t45, must support himself, his * pa le quered country the natives were driven from the fat lands of the east and found final refuge in the west which tempted nobody.The Connelly cabin is the usual shanty of this coast\u2014-.stone walls badly thatched roof, one room 20 by 10 feet.The one door stands open so light can penetrate.The floor is the bare, rocky earth.The whole family and the chickens\u2014 When they have them\u2014and the dog \u2014and the pig\u2014live in this shelter.Mrs.Connelly tells me her man is away working on a neighboring and bigger farm.He gets a job there two days a week, and his total earnings are four shillings, about a dollar.With this, and the potatoes he can raise, the turf he can dry and the fish he can catch, Bartley Con- ilief can be sent to the island as no boat would be able to live in the high seas that are running.EIGHTY-FOUR MEN LOST IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS (Associated Press Despatch) HULL, England, Feb.27.-\u2014Eighty-four men are believed to have been lost in the fierce gales which have swept the Icelandic fishing grounds during the last four days.Fourteen men went, down with the Hull steam trawler Scapa Flow, six Hull fishermen and twenty-four Icelanders were lost in the fishery steamer Field Marshal Robertson, and news has reached here that the Icelandic steamer Leiferhepar is loet with forty hands, all Icelanders.LINER MONT LAURIER RAN AGROUND TODAY (Associated Press Despatch) ROCHES POINT, Ireland, Fen.2Ç.\u2014Tb-» Canadian Pacific liner QUESTION OF POUCY ONLY, SAYS MEÏGHEN Opposition Leader\u2019s Views Regarding Decision in Crov/\u2019s Nest Pass Rates Case.(Associated Press Despatch) OTTAWA, Feb.27.\u2014\u201cI have stated repeatedly my views on this subject,\u201d stated Right Hon.Arthur Meighen, in referring to yesterday\u2019s decision of the Supreme Court of in restoring the Crow's wife and his eight children.Also, for this wretched place he calls home he must pay 18 shillings a year rental, j The housewife\u2014with never a t||SSili| word of complaint or of cadging\u2014 llllllllS invites the visitors within.On the I hearth two pieces of turf flame j feebly, emitting their acrid smoke.In the corner I see a bundle of rags.They move.They are children cuddling against each other in a vain search for a little warmth.1 IBpllBSllll IMÉII oox.V-\u2018.Ig R i m mâsm The woes of the whole west Ireland famine region are written in the face of this sad and frightened little hoy, found near Galway.Note the petticoat he is wearing and the feet bare in winter time.They are Michael, 2, and Thomas, 3, and they are dressed in petticoats as are so many boys in this section, even those as old as 14.Over Con-s nemara way, Mrs.Connelly says, people are worse off.Their fires are out.Farms in this section consist of little postage stamp patches of land between rocks, boulders and bogs carefully fertilized with rotting seaweed.When the saints are favor able the cabin dwellers have potatoes, bread and fish for food and are kept warm by the turf fires on§ their hearths.But this year, nothin;:.\u2019 has been good.And although so fa; in an extensive trip up and down the western counties of Ireland I have not heard of a single authenticated case of death from starvation or from typhus fever, famine\u2019s accompanying plague, I have mar veled that Hie people survive ihc hardship of their lives.Light laughter is rare.Sadnes; is stamped on their laces am.especially in their eyes.The present trouble has been r test of the Irish Free State govern ment.Fairness requires that it bt stated that the government ha risen well to the occasion.Las, December, foreseeing what wa coming, the government allocateo £5()t),00U for relief funds and relief work.Over 6000 tons of coal are bein' shipped to the places where then is a peat shortage.It is sold at six pence (10 cents) a hundredweight.Wood for fires is also being sen in by the government.See I poiatoe-for the next crop are being distributed.Eighteen thousand school children are being given a dail; midday meal of bread, margarint and cocoa.Doctors are mit in th.districts to see that there is n epidemic, and so far they have been successful.The relief wobk being done i mostly in the shape of road building which is thus a permanent asset to the country.Hundreds of me;: are thus being given employmer; at Useful work, enabling them tc tide their families over until th; spring comes.I talked with many parisn priest1: up and down the coast and in many cases I got this message for charitable America: \u201cSend us shoes! Our own government is taking care of the people as regards food and fuel.But t > clothe the bare feet of the women and children is not so easy.Send us shoes!\u201d EXIENDSTO WOMEN SAME RIGim TO DIVORCE AS HELD BY MSI IN COURTS OF WESTERN PROVINCES Bill, Sponsored by Joseph Shaw, Independent Member for Calgary West, Was Carried on Division in the House of Commons Yesterday by a Vote of 109 to 69 and Given Second Reading\u2014C.A.Fournier Protested Against Measure, Claiming that It Was Not Right for Parliament to Pass Divorce Bill.o (Associated Press Despatch) TTAWA, ONT., February 27.\u2014When the House of Commons goes into session again this afternoon the proposed distribution of the canteen fund will be taken up.Yesterday, in the House of Commons, a bill sponsored by Joseph T, Shaw, Independent member for Calgary West, to extend to women tha same rights to divorce as already held by men in the courts of the four western provinces, was carried on division of 109 to 69, and given second reading.MASURE CONDEMNED BY QUEBEC MEMBER\u2014CLAIMED IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR PARLIAMENT TO PASS DIVORCE BILL Mr.Shaw pointed out that Ontario*-and Quebec were the only provinces in the Dominion of Canada whose courts did not have the power to grant divorce.This right, however, existed in all the other provinces by reason of cue fact tnat such power existed in them prior to joining Confederation.In the thios maritime provinces.New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and brines Edward Island, the specified grounds for divorce were Oie same for the husband as for the wife.But in the four western provinces, iie.nito-ba, Saskatchewan, Alberta rnd British Columbia, it was easier for the husband to obtain a ?\t* *:\u2022 >j* *y* k- k* \u2022-;* d* -t- ?-f *3 ?*\tANNUAL REVIEW EDITION * ***\t-3 \"h *3\t*;*\t*> *;> 4* \u2022;* ?\t4\u2019 4* «b 4* *& The Annual Review Edition of the Record will be issued tomorrow.This will consist of twenty-eight pages in addition to the regulav issue.Tomorrow\u2019s paper, therefore, will consist of three sections.Thes« sections will go to all subscribers, and additional copies will be avail-divorce ! able for news dealers in order to * * * * * $ * * & # « « # * ALIEN LAND LAW AGAIN (SUBMITTED BY JAP GOVERNMENT CHIEF NEED OF CANADA IS SYSTEM OF CHEAP RAILWAY FREIGHT RATES\u2014 WOULD SUBSIDIZE THE RAILWAYS Mont Laurier, which was proceeding Canada, slowly to Queenstown after dr.mag- xjest pass agreement rates on those I # ing her steering gear yesteiday, jjneS 0f y,e Canadian Pacific Rail- i $ went aground today on Chicago\ty w]]icd were jn existence in 1897.1 $ Knoll near here.It was not believed\t«It a quost;on 0f p0ijCy only,\u201d!# the vessel was in any (lungei.\ticontinues Mr.Meighen,.\u201cand the The Canadian Pneific mfires tins ,qu,,ror,ip Court\u2019s decision dries not afternoon confirmed despatches\ti4 .n » from Roches Point, Ireland, to the !\t' effect that the liner Mont Laurier\t\u2014\t\u2019\t-\t- was aground near here.Officials of tm^V crifhpany said they understood tbt-j ship was on the' krach, but there was no danger.OVER-PRODUCTION OF CATTLE HAS COME TO END Stated that World\u2019s Demand for Beef Has Overtaken Supply and Therefore Prices Should Be Higher Than in 1924.(Asuociared Pre«r Despatch) LONDON, Fob.27.- The overproduction of cattle has c-omc to an end, the -world\u2019s demand for beef has overtaken the supply, and therefor prices should be higher this year than in 1024, according to the annual review of the frozen meat trade, published by the Wedded Company and recognized in Great Britain'as an authoritative Reference stock- fAssociated Press Despatch.) LONDON, Feb.27.\u2014The * Japanese Government has & again submitted to the Diet ^ the alien land law of 1910 #-which has never been prom- ® ulgated, says a despatch to # Reuter\u2019s from Tokio.\t.^ The present bill, the ires- #¦ sag estates, amends the law 17 to permit the right o\u2019f land, ownership to any resident al-icn except nationals of those )7 countries not granting simil-ar rights to Japanese.\tjt' * St.Jean Baptiste Day Will In Future Be Legal Holiday In This Province-Measure Passed In House Without Any Opposition Many Municipal Councils Endorsed Bill\u2014Ernest Tetreai in Presenting Bill Stated that June 24, St.Jean Baptist Day, Is the French-Canadians\u2019 National Holiday.than for his spouse ,-ho fact that when id ose various provinces entered 'Confederations the divorce law j-overning was tha; which prevailed Ai Elgland, in 1858 in some cases, and 1870 in the others.\t^\t, The Parliament of Canada coum grant divorce on any ground.'! it aw fit, although certain practices! had grown up.The wife must .prove, j in the western courts, not only adultery but desertion for three j years, \u201cwithout reasonable* excuse.\u201d J This last phrase gave great leeway, to a scapegrace husband.Mr.Shaw! bv reason of meet the extra demand.BIG CONVENT AT L\u2019AVENIR WAS GUTTED BY FIRE Convent of Assumption Was Prey .\t.\t\u2022 to Flames Early This Morning ply a natter of doing justice toj\t\u2022\u2014All boarders and bisters Safely Out of Building\u2014Catholic Church in Danger\u2014Iberville Also Scene of Fire.oly the women of the four western provinces, by placing them on an equality with men in the eyes of the divorce courts.Persons with strong religious convictions,which led them to oppose divorce, could scarcely deny the right of equality of women in the matter.Another Suggestion.A.D.Beaubien (Progressive, (Special to The Record) L\u2019AVENIR, Que., Feb.27\u2014Soma thirty-five young girls and the Reverend Sistres of the Convent of tha Assumption here were forced to make a hurried exit from their buikL Provencher) suggested that it ring at an early hour this morning' might be advisable to equalize the: as a result of a very bad fire which, law by putting man on an equal had sitartd from an unknown causa with woman, so that he would haw: in the building .The building was to prove cruelty.\t: very badly guued as a result of the Mr.Shaw quoted at length from I fire, but most of the contents of the ladstone\u2019s address in the British: budding, including the personal ef-ouse on tha need for the equalitv j fects pf tbe convent girls and the f relationship of men and women furniture of the building, were saved.Q' ¦& # * iK $4! » © S « « If There Wes a Subsidy to Permit Ontario to Spend Its Money in Maritimes and West, the Money Would Remain in Canada, Give Work to Canadians and Add to Freight Rate Earnings of Railways, Argues Premier Ferguson.¦p .j, *j» 4* 4 * 4*! * 4* 4* 4- 4- 4* 4* *:\u2022 4< THE WEATHER *j»\t* 4> >;.j.\t4« 4< 4* 4» 4* 4- 4l 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4' FAIR AND COLD (Associated Press Despatch) Toronto, Fob.27.\u2014if Canada is to become the great nation, which is the right, of its heritage, a much greater effort must be made to develop the Dominion\u2019s natural resources instead of importing largely from the United States and other countries; and to this end, and in order that the scattered parts of the country can come into a closer understanding of each other to make the most of their poducts, there must be a system of cheap railway freight rates.The Premier suggested that) it would be much better if the Federal Government were to subsidize the' railways to the extent where Canadian coal could be delivered from the extremities of the Dominion to the* central provinces.J While Hon.Mr.Ferguson recognized that such a subsidy would mean a big piling up of costs, he.felt that in the end the Dominion | would not be the loser.If there were a sufbskly to permit Ontario to spend its money in the Maritimes and the west, the money would (Associated Press Despatch) UEBEC, Que., February, 27.\u2014 June 24th., St.Jean Baptiste Day, is to be a legal holiday n the Province of Quebec in future This decision was reached in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by an unanimous vote.Mr.Tetreau, who is Opposition member for Dorion, was given the entire field to himself, no one else speaking on the subject.The preamble to the bill states that \u201cwhereas the province of Quebec is the cradle of French civilization in America and, since the time of the discovery of the country, has always been and still is the home of Frcnolj Canadians; whereas, who form the immense majority therein, enjoy not only the widest political freedom hut together with their historic - rights possess special civil rights and in particular retail, their own French laws; whereas, from the standpoint oif iheir col lectivity, dignity requires that their national festival, St.John the Bap tist\u2019s Day, the date whereof is the 24th of June, be declared a hold day.\u201d Mr.Tetreau said that since ht had brought in the bill there had blood of the pioneers, settlers and priests, and it was due to the hardy immigrants from Brittany and Normandy who had braved the Indian perils, the climate and the rigors of a new land that the country hau been opened up.All strong races had their nation days, said Mr.Tetreau.The English had St.George ?Day, the Irish St.Patrick's Day and the Scottish had St.Andrew\u2019** Dav and these days made these races turn back to other countries to which they looked as home.French National Holiday.French-Canadians liked France, and showed it in keeping the language, religion and customs of France, hut were exclusively Canadians attached to British institutions, and the 14th of July, the French national holiday, did not mean to French-Canadians what St.George\u2019s Day, St.Patrick\u2019s Day and St.Andrew\u2019s Day did to the people of the English, Irish and Scottish j i races.\u201cOur national day is June' j 24th,\u201d declared Mr.Tetreau.He recalled that Pitt, in dividing I Canada in 1791 into Lower and Upper Canada, had intended that ! Lower Canada should have oppor-1 (unity for free development of a before the law.In closing, Mr.Shaw stated that he had received resolutions from hundreds of women\u2019s organizations supporting his proposal.It had also been endorsed by a number of men\u2019s organizations in the west.Bill.Protested Against (Liberal.C.A.Fournier chasse) protested Belle- The fire was first noticed in the dormitory, and quickly spread to all parts of the building.All activities were centered in getting the children and Sisters out of the building- safely, and this was done in a very short time.People from the town were quickly on the scene and all united in an attempt to save the building and much of the contents were taken against the bid ; out of the building.Poor water been a spontaneous response i-G French people with French charac-favor of the bill, municipal council teristtes.rends was the stated opinion of main in Canada; give work to -Can-Premier George Howard Ferfguson, adian workmen, and add to the when addressing the annual ban- j freight rate earnings of the rail- quet of the Ontario Good Roads As-|Wnys.The depression mentioned yes- gociation here last night.While he j Cheaper freight rates would he a terdav is now centred north of the recognizes the importance of good |big step in the direction of retain-Oulf of St.Lawrence with increased (highways for rapid communication ing Canadian trade within the Donv-intenaitv while the western area of within the province and the deliv-Union, and it wo-ufld have its effects high pressure has moved southeast.| t.ry of goods, he fell that cheaper ; on trade in grain, coal, fish and cat-High/winds with snow or rain have, rates was a Dominion-wide pro-die.In this connect.!.m Hon, Mr.prevailed from Ontario to the Mari- yem of greater importance.He iv-j Ferguson felt, that the prime thing time 'Provinces The weather has fm-reH in particular to the coal of |which was retarding the develop-been decidedly cold in Manitoba and Alberta and tha Maritimes.Each iment of Canada was the vastness .f more moderate farther west.Forecast I Strong westerly winds, decreasing tonight.I nir and cold tonight and Saturday, year, he said, Ontario sends out of .the country, but cheap freight rates the country the sum of one hun- could overcome that, and it would drod million dollars for coal alone, iat the same time tend to live up to when Alberta and, the Maritimes'the pact, of confederation which was could fill the requirement.\tnot being too carefully adhered to.after municipal council, including those of Montreal and Quebec, having endorsed the idea, and many organizations had done likewise, and he calculated that the measure was supported by 1,200,000 French-Canadians.There had been no dis- duced by cordant note raised from any authorized source, the minority in the province being content.There had been talk that a similar measure would he asked for by other nationalities, but while he respected the other races in the provinces, and had no wish to diminish their importance, and remembered that, in dark days men of other races hud aided the French-Canadians, the fact remained that the French-Canadians had been settled here for 150 the suplpy, only a volunteer fire department and a very heavy wind, with cold biting frost, did much to hinder progress in fighting the flames.Although every possible effort was made to save the convent it was soon apparent that the fire was making very rapid progress Catholic Church in Danger.The heavy wind did a great deal to scatter the sparks, and in a short time the Roman Catholic Church, which adjoining the convent, was also in great danger.Every effort, however, was made to keep the sparks from making any headway.Tha church at one time caught fire but the flames were soon extinguished and at noon the flames were finally conquered.The los?will bo about! $15,000, it is estimated.Three Store*, Building as involving a principle to which he was strongly opposed.\u201cOf what sin are we guilty that we have to face this divorce evil at the present session?\u201d asked Mr.Fournier.Divorce.was contrary to all authority, to the law of nature, to the moral law, and to religion.Divorce resulted in broken hearts, ruined homes and injured children, he persisted.\u201cIt is right for Parliament to pass a divorce bill under any circumstances?\" asked J.S.Woodsworth (Labor, Winnipeg Centre).\u201cNo,\u201d replied Mr.Fournier.' \u201c1 an* protesting now,\" retorted Mr.Fournier.He went on to say that the granting of divorce today had reached the point of comedy, if not of farce.It constituted the greatest menace, to our institutions, of which the home was the foundation.If a married couple hud made; a mistake ther should suffer for the good of humanity.Marriages were made too easily, and the fact tha: j The Convent of the A.-sumption many of them were entered int(ijwas a iHi-gp three storey stone build-without the sanction of the Church jngt arKj was used by the Sisters as a The hill was gtve.n second rean-ing.put through the .House in committee and then given third reading.Opposed Municipal Measure.Opposition was strongly manifested against the measure Intro-Edouard Hamel, of Vort-neuf, reducing the qualifications necessary for municipal councillors.As the bill was reported to the House from the municipal code committee, the only change to the code was to the effect that nium-[ [>]>()TEST GERRYMANDER BILL.cipal councillors need only be ahtcj (Associated Press Despatch) to sign their names and read prnft,j INDIANAPOLIS, Feb.27.-\u2014 The instead of, at present, being obliged Indiana Democratic Senators who to read and write fluently.Mr.! ncd into Ohio, tying up business in flamel did not.see why mot\" should the upper branch of the State Légiste expected educationally from a! lature in protest against attempts to municipal councillor than from a pass a Gerrymander Bill, arrived \u201d here at one-ten this morning after an uneventful trip from Dayton, lowered the standard of the con-tract.,\u2018Where are the Dominion Alliance, the Anti-Cigarette League, the Anti-Betting League, the Methodist Alliance, the Women\u2019s Christian Association, the Referendum -Committee and other organizations?\u201d boarding and day school for girls.As soon as the fire was discovered, a large number of the townspeople were on the scene, and all rendered very valuable assistance in helping to get the children out of tha building, and also in keeping tha flames from spreading.yea-.-.There was no corner of member of the Legislative \u2019\u2022'\u2022ou-ic country not sprinkled with the\t(Continued on Fate 10.) FIRE CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE AT IBERVILLE {Associated I\u2019ress D«*«»atehn MONTREAL, Feb.27.Fire which broke aïit at ten thirty last night des-toyd the main building and outhouses composing the schol&stieate of tha Marist Brothers, half a mile from, Iberville, Que.The loss is estimated at $25,000. PAGE ' SHERBROOKE DA1L Y RECOKÜ, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1925, HERE\u2019S HER FACE ST.FRANCIS ! DISTRICT NEWSgssssss GitKerings by the Daily Record Correspondents in the Varions Conunnnities.KINGSBURY ¦Rev.Mr.Logie, of Windsor Mills.; || \u2022will conduct the services in St.An-i j|1J drew's Presbyterian Church on -! Sunday.Rev.W.T.B.Crombie has re-'.urned home from Montreal, where he spent a few days.The heavy rains and bad roads have been hindering lumbering men from doing their work, also the ice harvest is poor.Miss Gosselin, from Lennoxville, is.visiting Mrs.Solomon.Hcadachet from Slight Colds Laxative EROMO QUININE Tablets relieve the Headache by working off the Cold.A Safe and Proven Reined £ ?by.The box bears the signature of j E W.Grove.30c.Made in Canada i L\u2019AVENIR * V :s :.v AYER\u2019S CLIFF NEWSY NOTES OF INTERESTi OFSCOTSTOWN m VICINITY FEATURES LACE AND SATIN Happenings and Reports of Meet-j Reports of Meetings and Person-j ings from Ayer\u2019s Cliff and als of Interest to Residents of Surrounding District.AYER\u2019S CLIFF, Que., Feb.27.\u2014 Mrs.W.H.Rexford entertained the W.I.at her home on Friday afternoon, February 2oth.Twenty-three ladies assembled and enjoyed a meeting of unusual interest.Mrs.E.E.Bangs presided.During the Scotstown.SCOTSTOWN, Que., Feb.27.\u2014 Mr.0.F.McCuteheon was in town! for the week-end.He has been visiting the schools in this district.Rev.E.M.W.Templeman expects to preach in Cookshire on Sunday next.Rev.Mr.Buckland usual business session arrangements will occupy the pulpit of St.An were made for a card party to be held in the card room ,and plans completed for a special meeting to be held in March, which will be of an entirely educational nature.Conveners' reports showed interest and activity in each department.At the close of business Mrs.Bangs introduced the guest of honor, Miss Jarvis, provincial superintendent of the Quebec W.I., who spoke to the ladies in a very entertaining man- drew's Church and also preach at Canterbury on that day.Miss Woodington, of the Snell school, spent the week-end the guest of Mr.and Mrs.John MacDonald.At Sf.Andrew\u2019s Church on Sunday Gaelic was preached at the morning service and Engli h in the evening.Next Sundiay both services will be in English.Mr.Angus MacDonald, of Ling- ner on \u201cInstitute Technique,\u2019\u2019 and ' wick, was in town on Tuesday There has been a good deal of grippe in town lately among the scholars and teachers, and the prin- \u201cHome Nursing.\u201d Mrs.Rexford was assisted at the tea hour by Mrs.F.r\t,1,\t¦\t, A- Johnston, Mrs.A.P.Dustin, Mrs.Cecille Evans ankles are insured E rj chadsey and Mrs\tRoland \u2022 S100.000.And Coles Phillips, !gre^; Lnau-el