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By JEAN 5. CYRIL CASALISI

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The Riddle of the

derless Horse

NEWS or MOBTIMEI —iny futfnor likes run to stay in , l N . but I had to look -; “ER InthemorningthexewunowlaftAraslokoow..soIoa.rne . THE RIG 1 of Mortimer. Malcolm had inst join-land I cauxht a man inside the ‘ the Recoulles at breakfast when house. He got away. but I'm quite

the telephone rang and answer

MORE SATISFYING TEA

seemédtonndap

simply. “l-Ie was drowned. hkas been found near Maseru. t e

he'll drive us over to Maseru."

.-_‘.p,_._,T_. ..-.

"D9151 the sergeant say anythln

saidagain

without knowing where he

going. There's lust thankful for-— puts an end t

that other nightmare." They reached shortly before nine o'clock, an

the farm shopp But his comm in half an hour. the Rccoulles

with disfavour. as, faced with

hotel.

stable yard. c crow

ohanningb whey cart was in

usual place beside it. The yard w

MESSAGE FROM HER. MAJESTY Till QUEEN, T0 GIRL GUIDES IN CANADA

to his surprbe. he found Tom d

HAIJIFAX. N. S..

15th June, 1939

My dear Lady Tweedsmuir It was s'_‘".h a pleasure to me, auring my visit to Canada, to see so many Girl Guides and Brown- ies, wherever I have gone. I have been glad to see them, not only for themselves. but also because their presence in such large numbers. and their obvious pride in the great

sight of

industrious hand.

“Be eweiled native.

tgou 1, amiisediy and t

indeed."

very much. looked up smiling.

flourishing in Canada,

always continue to bring happiness to -Canad-

that it is I hope it- may

do so, and W

them and to their fellow

do, for I am waiting for my

horses."

lti/Xflalcolrn watolgelng h‘im,mam}l1s;<ifl:y e contrast tween e 8 idem’ very°i“in%‘1‘;“c°‘1:,‘é’;°’3lr,5£ ring and the brown hand. message from me to all the mem- ‘'5 of the Girl Guides Associa-

I am Yours Very sincei-ly

ians . Would you,

length. “It is very bad, Master.

it. Wrhjgn the re-entexaedmthg in ace was ea wearing a

in his expression relief on me 1'. whenlhad lace him—and

“Moi-timer's dead." he announced . blankets. And, Man His broke open in

police want us to identify it. We'll have to leave directly after breakfast, father. Piennar wants us to meet him at nine o'clock. and

drownin that Mortimer must have been dazed by his fall. and have fallen into the river accidentally. He must have wandered down there was one thing to be

Malcolm saw Adhemar and Cor- neille off with Pienaar. He had ar- ranged, at Adhemar‘s request, to do 1:, bad for

not be back for at least two hours.‘ and he eved the empty dusty sti-eets|c;-op B dreary wait. he walked back to the from the road. Mr. Green. my

| an He wandered out throush the house wok 1; g,w3.y_ Buggies and cream bad 10,”,

died the restricted space. the best ghlng u: do. and that is not . We lall. My father says there were some far corner but Tom was not in hisl as alive with noise nad bustle, andl een can Malcolm strolled out to the street 35. ’ where he had parked his car. There, about

. U5- tcr in hand, hard at work on the car. M.alco1m..st0pped. for a moment to watch him, surprised also by the a ring which flashed and glinted with every movement of his

he ‘ Wfilkbd up 904' “on?”

a boy. “T'l’l8.t.'s a._good idea, Torn; thanks

And he went on with his work.

a. bad business about Baas Mortimer. Tom," he said at

I hope nothing bad has come to Baas Mor-

Oorneillfllcertain from the way he ran. that he wasn't a kaffir. Man. he was

blanket and he threw it hands on our own . whoever it was.

father's voorkls."

it was one 0

"Well " said colm. wondering what was coming next. l “But. man. that wasn't all. ru

tell you why rm bothered. The day -after you and Corney came to our house in the middle of the night.

“I'll take you then." said Malcolm. my father found Mr. Mortimer‘:

ggriding whip, and he brought it to the house. He was angry about it, and said it showed Mr. Mortimer must have been on his land again-— he didn't like that you know. I said. ‘But. father. Mr. Mortimer is lost and you know the police are looking for him; you should take this to Pienaar,‘ but he would not, and when I said I would take it..- man. do you think he would let me? 0IHe said he'd be comin to town for

Nagmaal. and he woul see about it

Brandfontein himself. I said it might help to find

11 , Mr. Mortimer to say where the ‘Whip was lying, and I said. ‘SUDPCW Mr. Mortimer is dead. it might make

you to have_that whi .' while he waited. but he laughed. and said he coud ons were finis-hedvbegin to be afraid when he had

could ', done some bad thin

8... “Khan did your father find the "A th to f u ruit, not far t e p o o rsp mm“ {looked up that whip in his voorkis, (1 th person who got into‘our

C It makes things grid 1 don't know what's

ec le in our 5 ruit last night. and p wasi)i't just a kaffir. M1”. on tell me what I must I wanted to speak to oomey it, but I mus so back_in a short. time. and comey wont be back before I go. Do you think its the police‘. %1d?t'hey are sending to trap m a er"

"But,ylock here," said Malcolm. “the police say that Mortimer was drowned. and if that's so. why should you be in a difficult -

D one ofthem

"Hang. man. but that's nonsense- .to sav that he was drowned. Why. the river is far from t. he road. and Mr. Mortimer sat a horse like I Hottentotf‘

"Well.the police

I

And there's nothirw, he didn't. i< there?"

(To be Ccntinuedl ..__________

Household Scrapbookf.

§ [By ROBERTA LEE) E

“1”zAB_"3_T___.“ 3- timer. M master and my missis like- - ’—"‘_"' him. an he is a. good ma.si»e‘l_’1-" ma‘ . .. . Baa;'r’:§a:o¥t°‘ir;ie!¥'1sa'vel¥;‘odyheh.:s been Th‘ ’°“’h‘ P°l'“ ‘i. foun ' ‘km any and .1‘, "Dead, Masfcr?" . Wm“ °“° ‘‘ m S (3 v “Yes. he was drowned. nu body iJr§3ii=il}i‘erslgmp0kc‘1{at:e1rr1';n5ln_f)ee;iI fgwhglaf .. _ ‘x. gist. §iiu'§gi"in the river near Maseru. pm 3 “me on 3 com plate um

R/Pill’/'.'4.S'IJ'

I am sorry.

wh‘n YOU 35,-V.

QUAKER

Master."

working more slowly as if Dollde over M01'l.in1E!"s death. When at l the car was polished to his satlsiac

copdpgr trinket worn by natives. Tom," he remarked The boy laughe hand to display the stone. “It is 5 real master at the

quickly, and found straight up into the face of Japl van Stcllen. CIIAPTER. XII’! JAPIE IS PUZZLE!)

Japie's first

D0!/BIZ-' your MONH BACK

. . . if you don't agree OUAKER CORN FLAKES are lhe most delicious corn ilakes you've eve.

eaten I

for Malcolm it was an awkward en

ALVA“ told on a money-back gunman files‘

of better flavour. Quaker Corn [Inked now make lhil special ofler to win new fr-in . Try Quaker Corn Flakes. If you don't unfit they're the man dellcloul. lull return flu partly and package to The Quaker On: Com. pany. Peruhorough. Out. A cheque for double It prin nu paid will be promptly mulled to you. Only delicious Quaker Corn Flakes Ill wax-wrapped and triple-aulad for uuigbl-[nu-rbc-non ctlspneu and fnsbaau.

iv only Quaker can llolroo an Inn nuhmoua bocuu In-udlohd with healthful Vitamin ‘'0'’. order Qnllor

can Plain in-

ing he was drawn aergeant_Pienu.r

" wnedl" Jane’: voice [scorn ul. Don't you believe it.”

on. "it's a. bad b bothering you about it.

“You think he wasn't drowned?‘

"I think there is a. funny oing on; and it makes it v or-‘ me "

Master. I did not

list around the room a

a.t‘s a. handsome ring of yours, (1.. and turned his

diamond. Master; my mines gave it to me.

ossed, so he real- horseman had stopped

beside the car. He raised his head himself looking

words proved him to be innocent. of any suspicion that " he was saying. th newt."

Mortimer? You've heard one of Mr. dimming‘: boys told my hard boy. And may are any- aaid so when he was

11 thlt MAJ l 01115 El . I was co in c h i cry ll!-Yd Look here?! said Malcolm. "We'd “IE '0 CI-lk

‘ ' " ' f If th path stays I ‘k‘59u'i;};1fett‘ilea8p0lice nthls Eajiigntlfa 1i1syp°ci’§‘e.s not rciin together: " D mornine. and th probably know." the 1e 3 volnt has been WW“

‘- “My master w be very s01Ty- .

Fly Killer

He went on with his dusting. ring

d by placing dish contam- ground

F'lies may be kille

- ing a mixture of cream.

ti h t d back a pace to &d- black e er. and sugar. CORN ruurrs m,..lr’§ i‘°v.’w..’*°“°*°°*':.*..'*=.*."=°..:“..::.*5 ” “i .. 5.1,. o ner p - o c"‘PvMonFla . sidergd ar fltglgxf reward 101’ the The bleeding pot cuts Can Ollell , ; are Nmmh voluntary work. Tom aoce ted if-_ be stopped by applying quantities ,- ‘; W ‘‘“l' with asmiling,‘Thank Y0“. aster. of 5513 and flour, spreading on ‘ - and as he did so. Malcolm noticed thick . Salt, of course, is tem- that the hoop‘ of the ring looked re- pom, pgmmi to .41 open wound. markably un ke the usual brfl-is OI‘ _____.:_.._

Are You a—Victim of Frayed Nerves?

burettor of his car and. like all true motorists, was soon engr ' much so, indeed. that orally heard his name spoken, d in that a

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Turn "Aches" Into Vitality Poor Mary suffers tortures with her nerves. but Bob’: sure it's all 3 her imagination. I Wrong, Bob. Her as es and pains. her fatigue are as rea ‘as the chair i am’: sitting on. ' A shame. too, for nerves given , the proper care can be a woman‘: 1 greatest source of charm. energy. But so often——modem living being

M"‘l°°1m "area ‘L mm 1“ "m“”°‘ as hectic as it io—nerves are driven

mant. " tcll ' , M . Green." .3: ie went I you rusiness thlapand it's me” a lot. I'd like to see,

to the breaking point

Learn to let up in your work, any the ychologisis. Dawdle a bit at lune enjoy a leisurely tea.

And in play. too, take it any. Don't tour strenuously into game: or exercise, IO often the case with the high-strung‘. Stroll. don't hurry. when you wal .

Worry? Another enemy to nerves

I I

,1“. Redirect the ener you pour into mm, ma uulau netting. ve an outside .114 an it interest. oin a club. And such an

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interest I fine antidote. too. for davn, filled with petty details, an- I: meet. \

chain a nervous aches and jit- ter: for a ulthful vivacity. in our 32-Page booklet I well-known phy- alcan e lain: nervous disorders. what to 0 about them. Give: 1: r diet and b care, advice on - loiania, itrita lity. nervona indi-

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Full text oflreport of Hours. D. I". Archibald and W. A. Mnrrell on audit and investigation of the City Accounts, continued from yes- terdays Canadian:

In preparng the Cit. Statements for the year ended Jyanuary 15th. 1938. expenditures were taken into

‘ December 3131; 3'!

else the

prepare n ear ended Ja/nuary i5th, 1938. whic due to missing vouchers, etc, would have taken a. lot of time without corresponding benefit to the city. This Balance Sheet. is set out. in consolidatcd form. also in detail as to Current. Capital and Trusts.

Reconciliation of Surplus Ae- count as at January 15th. 1938 (3) sets out in detail the various ad- justments from the City Printed Statement; as, at January lsth. 1938. to the Balance Sheet (A) attached. These adjustments, with the exception of shortage, are mainly due to lack of even an ordinary bookkeeping system in the City Clerks‘ Offce.

Revenue and Expenditure (C) You ended January lath. 1939: This for the reasons noted above includes in addition to the actual items applying to the year. ex- penditures for the first fifteen days of January, 1938.

EXPENDITURE AND DlSBUESE- MENTS

While Capital and Civic expendi- tures and disbursements aresetout separately in the attached state- ments, to prevent duplications in this report we are treating them under one head.

During the year under review disbursements were made by the City from various Bank Accounts as follows: Airport, Civic, coupon. Direct Relief. Port Edward. Per- manent Works and Lord's ‘Wharf, Government Pond. Spa ark Culvert, Utility, Victoria Park. Vic- toria Park Breastwork.

Our examination of the vouch- ers supporting these payments dis- closed a very unsatisfactory situ- ation. Payment after payment had been made out of City'r'unds with- I out the formality of obtaining the approval of the Flnarico Com- mittee. and in some cases there was not even a voucher on hand to given an indication of the validity or otherwise of the bursement. There were several cases where vouchers had written on them wha to

out to be plan forgeries. A brief inspection of the vouchers for 1937 showed that the same condition existed with regard to lack of pro-

I‘

err Special iA"udit AndIftv_e_§igation

he had supplied all gravel purchased by th excwtion f

6

in-that

statemen of sand and s lied? in 53.31.03. As

porting

three dealers, stantiate his had su lied gravel fact that we posed

man supplied In an

used in City

that the

be too great accounted for

roan gineer’s office

exactly what They could go

Rcgardi ward, we foun

value of the

the oject. this tern are

be obtained. the Civic

of this difficult sence of your

per approval. although as to the

uestion of forged signatures in we are not in a position. 1 ted th ' u we have not presen ese V - drs to the Committee for verifica-

Certllled Bllll

As the minute book states dis- tinctly that. at the various meet- ings of the Chg‘ Council, bins certified by the nance Committee} were ordered to be paid. or the. previous payment of such bills was approved. it follows that. for I‘. considerable period been paid out by which the Council know absolute nothing. It would appear to be one of the first duties of your audit/018 to report such a state of affairs, but apparently no such report was made.

Because of this condition. it was necesary for us to ask the Pin- ance Committec to inspect 8“ vouchers and confirm those which were in order. When this was done. it was found that the majority‘ 0! unsigned vouchers, ~ or vouc em

for helping him with a very beau-ing irregular sig-natures.‘ were- who wanted to kill him." He won for rfcetly proper payments and off. coul be passed. There were a few

Malcolm. Vfl much at E 10059 vouchers. however, on which it was and. started ti eri!‘-K With the 093' difficult to get information.

ve an? these have given us a SP8!“ deal of trouble in order to dis- tinguish between those which re- presented actual cash slmrtaees. those which represented payment! which were impro r. but actually made to the paries alleged to have received the money. and those whictl‘; were apparently proper pay- men At the time of writing. there are two Civic vouchers, in the total amount of 8225.00 which represent actual cash shortage, nmi two other Civic vouchers. amounting to $309.65. which are carred in Sus- pense pendin the receipts of fur- ther informa ion. In addition to is. Port Edward vouchers to the amount of 8356.50 are carried in suspense until further information can be obtained. Whether these will prove to be further cash short- ag: or merely prroperpaymeritsfor

ich there is at nt no on- lpueht justification. we are not in

a position to say. rotted slrn-Mm

Most of our difficulty with these

vouchers was ill‘ 9 itenla of Sand.

Gravel. and stone purchased for

various comm are . In dil-

cussing this Inc or, we shall. 101'

purposes of clarity man an fur-

”i‘.‘‘ ’‘‘?.‘l‘’’‘“ "’i‘..I.°a' ."“..7. J;

c uea gram 3 1'

certain dealers. for which all docu-

ments were found tube in OM91’-

Apart from these. all puxoh

. we tly made from

ldealm. It is nooeflary to

. patently, became nun

vouchers are mission I

some of tho. uncalled area and the nuns

um

the only indication as of the ve3¢‘i.or in

money has the City whorl? 311?

as

inter. of error that this distribut and is

fact that thfi

port sets out .5 ent for eac

act materials used on

finitely that the different

is completely In addition vouchers, we

in detail .and stances.

which were satisfaction h the

wry spending of C overcome, the

proper (a)

condition

I'B€£

agent. one to firm 1 and .€.‘.’i"t.""" tor.- to 0. special 6011! u

and no bills of the requla

less than the total amount to have been paid

was not the case. and we found

discrepanc value of materials stated by, the Engineer's office to have been used. and the value of matei'la.b paid for was $1,435.32. This appears to

due to weathering and petty thiev-

i out of storage. e did attempt

further in checking this item by

they could not attempt to state

led by persons other than the e sand and’gra.vel contractors. mentioned above. obtained from the City Engineer an exact statement delivered to the t. and found 55.50 more for stone than the

Engineer states was delivered at Vouchers making up

count till further information can With regard

able Mai: tbeenbcorrected. but in general. ls em a the distrlbuti

own in We‘ be eve that

able importance payments is exact same difficulty exis to Capital Expend h project. but. in the nce of any system whereby the City Engineer verified that the ex- is not possible cost of materials as between own as between Capitaland civic.

number of cheques made “Bearer." These were

sufficient evidence

found to indicate that the pa actually received the money. use um so settled to our

irregular payments set our above. Immediately on discovering these cheques. we solicitor instruct the Bank that no more "Bearer" cheques were to be cashed.

Buecommedations

In order that this very unsatisfac-

a central purchasing ipt of a. written re

main wit one to be kept by the pur for-wardd

in goods or services not obgin

irtiom (c) Acoounta‘ w n mo dbon a _§§

the sand and the city, with small

0 the few

no t of the amounts avel which he had

1. e total amount of this was only $15.06 ur-

to so it appeared to sub- siatement that he all the sand and

question. This statement was further substantiated by the

were able to match

four out of the six cheques sup- to be paid to the other two den-lers oeninst items in the state- ment of account with which

this

attempt to check this matter further, we city Engineer's office to make up I surnmary of all

asked your

sand and gravel projects during the

year. together with the amount re- maining on hand as the end of the year. These amounts, when valued at purchase prices, given as proximately the same fig- ure as t e total monty DB-id out for

should have

sand and gravel. Such. however.