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"It not be out of place to reflect," said the chairman (Cr. DMcGregor) at the last meeting of the Bruce County Council, "that it is 17 years ago to-day since Britain declared war on Germany. Many of our troubles and much of the present uncertainty regarding tho future arc a legacy of the holocaust of ID 11-1918. Unless some hotter solution of our economic troubles is'soon evolved it will seem to many that 'God's Own Country' will be like the devil's own country to live in " Cr. McGregor concluded by expressing a hope that the forces at work lor peace and international understanding would in tho near future ho rewarded with success.

I'hc following meteorological observations were recorded at Mount Somers during July, the figures for the corresponding period last year being ,in parentheses. . Hnin fell on 14 days, totalling 2G2 points (191), with a maximum of 85 points on the Bth. The year's rainfall totals 18.21 inches (23:22). Frosts were registered on 30 occasions (28), making the year's total of 139 (118). Snow fell on four days. Maximum frosts of 22 degrees were registered on the Ist, 11th, and 12th. The general index of production in the United Kingdom fell last year from an index figure of 106 to 97.8, that of Germany fell from 101.8 to 85, and that of America from 106 to 88.