Local News: Mr. Jas. R. Horner of Cobalt has been spending a few days in town. He reports a much heavier snowfall up north than in this district up to Saturday, when the desires of those wishing for sleighing were gratified as far as this neighbourhood is concerned. Mr. Horner considers the burning of the Pontiac House a distinct loss to the village and that a concerted move to replace it should be made as speedily as possible, if we “are to remain on the map,” so-to-speak.

The schools are open again after the respite of the holiday season and everybody is expected to get down to work in earnest with an eye single to those “June exams.”

On Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Maitland received a pleasant surprise when about fifty members of their congregation gathered at the parsonage at Yarm. As the conveyances arrived, they were found to contain not only their living occupants but also a great variety of practical and substantial expressions of good will in the form of farm produce of almost every kind.

Gold, lead and zinc production in Canada touched new high levels in 1924, while silver, nickel and copper in the past year showed gains in production over 1923.