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• Momentous Events 0f 1919
The great event of the year regard-
ed in the light oe, its immediate and
future consequences was the framing
and acceptance of the Treaty of
Peace by the Allied Coufereane that
assembled at - Paris on January 18, Af.
ter long and wearisome discussions
au'i disputes; caused by the conflicting
interests of the tabled powers, and Gee
difile It •
a y in e.tzrnatit.,, the degree
re para i
l ton to be exacted from Gee'
many for her wantou destruction of
property and her gross outrages
120 wiles an hour lee a i'icicers•t'im
machine heavier than air,
21 -Clash between anounted palie
and snobs in'Mani peg and kie riot <trt
read, one person killed and many
jurecl, German war vessels held 1
Scapa Flow sttuk by their crews.
22 -German National Assembly b
vote of 237 to 738 vote to sign the Al -
of lies'terms.
25 -The
Winnipeg strike is Calle
off.
26--H. Hartley Dewed elected ne
Liberal Leader by Ontario 'Liberal A
ma
, sedation.
a 28 -The German delegates sign •the
;.pear:e terms at Versailles.
July
2• --British dirigible R-34' starts on
As
juries reeeivett in the fall of his hydro
plane yesterday in Normandy.
'overument r
moat of the war orders in Council, in.
City Markets and
21 -Dominion
c� epeals The Cost of Living
Y cluding. the restriction of importation ! The operation of city produce mar -
of liquor, Deennunzio; who was de- lots is regarded as having ?close
e posed from power in Fiume, undecided bearing on the"cost of living in the
as to his course. ?aderewlki resigned . towns and cities. With a view est
a front the position of Prince :Minister oe gently of bringing 'mut the best sea-
n Poland, takes his seat as member of tents of conducting city markets, The
the Polish diet. Agricttztural Gazette of Canada pub -
y 22 ---Lloyd George to the house of lashed by the Department of gricui
Commons presents the proposal. of the tore at Ottawa, has brought together,
(I 'vetch 'mania create two Parliaments, by :which markets are bundled in
one „in the north and one in the south, eighteen of the larger cities in Canada.
w 23 --The Ring's proclamation , sued The statements alt y
provided by cit
against civilization, a 'Treaty of Peace
was agreed upon, as well as the m
principles for the formation of
Le : ate of rations.
The great adventure of 1019 was the
exploit cf Alcock and Drown in cro
int the 'Atlantic in an air plaui, #ti s
teen hours. The world rang with 't
account of their performance. Th
were knighted by the Ring end"
claimed as heroes, It. is sad to ha
10 record the fact that Sir John Alco
met his death in Rouen, on Dee. 1
when giving what must have seem
to. -him a all
t ., ne flyingexhibition .t an av
the Seine.
January
1•• --Pa erewsiti received with acct
station at arsaw. British land troop
at Taiga, German subs being divide
among the !allies
2 --Germans evaetaate Riga.
e--Tot.tl Canadian easztaltibb for the
past year ended De4'snlber 31 report -
rel to be 220,18e, of whleh tire deaths
were 60,3 2. onr-half in ac•lion.
6. --Death of Col, Theodore hoose•
vett. ox.Preeidegt of the 'United States,
18 ---Opening of the Peace Confer,
once at Paris. Georne; ("!1:•i ne•ea
chosen President.
25 -Peace Confererads t-ndorar; idea
of the League a Nations.
31-••-Serie-us strikes in T3e1f- i an
Glasgow.
February
3 --Strike an the Leedi:z: (1,iigland
tubes.
8 --Railway stele; :u Louden settled
19 -•-•Revolution breaks out in Ilia
mania. Allied Powers decide one
armistice terms to Germaanyc
14 --Constitution of League oe Na.
thins drafted -by Peace Conferences
17 --Death of Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier.,
27 -Marriage of Princess Patricia
Government for in the December o Ii•isla II tuber za;umb
Home Rnle number, the systems
s yms
flight across Atlantic,
he ij Thauksgivin far peace in Great
ey Britain,
a0- 6 -The British dirigible R:34 arrives
ave at Mineola, Wag Island, at L40 am.,
ek a flight of 3,200 wiles, the longest 1
9, history, ire 108 hours.
eel 7 -The body of Capt. Malta brought
er toDover.
18--R-34 arrives at Fulham,. Nor-
folk. England, from Long island, after
a. a 75 hours' voyage.
19 -Great Victory parade in London,
d Bing„ witnessed by millions; the Peace
holiday is entbusiasteally observed in
Canada.
21'--250,000 coal trainers on littler' In
Englaud, causing the stoppage of the
steel and iron shops in Sheffield,
31 --,Icing George signs the Peace
Treaty and tbe Anglo.French Treaty.
August,
5 --Prince of Wales hails for Canada,
9• ---Explosion at mammoth grain ele-
vator at Port Colborne kills seven
men, injures sixteen, and does damage
u
to the amount of $2,000,000.
15 ---Prince .of Wes given a wage
nificent welcome at St, John, N.B.
17 --Return of Lt. -General Sir Arthur
Currie, Commander of the Canadian
Army Corps, who lands at rlal#tax and
is presented with an address an be-
•
half of the ('orporatlon,
25 ---First trip ou tbe Paris -London
n' aur service.
28-Deeth of General Louis Botha,
Premier of the Union of South Africa,.
ro Conunander Alexander Il, F. Rain
.0 y, R.N.. at Westminster Abbey.
Marcs'
2 --Demobilization oi; Canadian corps
1)trgine with the fleet . unit of the 3rd
Division sailing from Liverpool.
3 -Peace Conference Committee on
fepai:ltion estimate $120,000,000,000
i, tl,e amount due allies by the enemy.
18 -Deaths lu all the armlets en-
gaged in the Great War estimated at
9,000,000, and the cost in money at
$137,000,000,000, or $11,000,000,000 -
more than the total propene' value of
North America.
19 --Marconi Company announce the
establishment of wireless telephone be-
tween Ireland and Canada,
April -
1 --Covenant of the League of Na.
tions drafted at Paris.
2 -General Allenby restores order
in Egypt. General IColc'hale reported
to have control of Siberia proper.
13 --Tile League of Nat#ous Commis.1
sion
0 decide
0 ide Germany must pay $23,-
800,000,000
23,. f
00 for losses and damage,
caused by the war.
23-A Blue Book at Ottawa shows
that Canada's war expenditure during
1918 was 3343,836,800,
May
7 -The Peitice terms of the Allies
'landed to the 'German plenipotentaries
at Versailles, and fifteen days given
for them to sign or present reply, An-
niversary of sinking of the Lusitania
observed in Britain. Summary_ of
Peace Treaty received at Ottawa.
15 .Big strike. at Winnipeg, and 27,-
000
men quit work. Body of Edith
Cavell interred at Norwich, England,
after funeral service at Westminster
Abbey,
18 -Australian aviator, , Harry J.
Hawker, starts on Atlantio flight from.
St. John's, Nfid.
25 -Harry G-. Hawker and his navi-
gator, Lieut. Grieve, picked up by Bri-
,,tish warship 1,100 miles from New-
foundland, an accident compelling the
aviators to take to the water. '
28 -The U.S. plane N.C,-4 completed
fifth leg, of the flight to, 14bson, the
distance from the ;Azores• being cover-
ed at the rate of 82 miles en hour,
30= ---British .land, at Archangel,
June
-" 15 -Captain John Alcock and Lieut,
Arthur W. Brown, British war avia-
tors, land; on Irish coast after the first
non -stole flight across the Atlantic,
the time: being sixteen hours and
twelve minutes from Newfoundland
Iif to
C den Island at an average speed of
of the new measure giving India a mayors, city clerks and superinten-
d
larger degree of self-government. Italy dents of markets show clearly. that
agrees that Fiume shall decide its own uniform system of city market ad -
24 --J, D. Rockefeller gives $7.00,000,, ministration- Each city has its own
000 for medical education, one-half of special rules and regulations, In
it to raise the some
an authorization to de, of publican who buys front
vote a part of the gift to promote the city the privilege to collect tolls 1
medical education in Canada, or fees from those wiio bring produce
28 --In a supposed Sinn Fein attack to the market. In other cases, as in
Regina, we Hind a women's organiza- 1'
tion efficiently conducting the city
market on a business llasis, while
many public mar
kers are directly 1. n -
ia
aged y
n
g d by a committee appointed by the
city council. The Hamilton Board of 1
Trade has establisbed a wholesome I
relationship between its urban and r
rural peoples by creating a fanners'
section of the Board. The friendly co-
o •
peration and exchange of views be.
does not exist an Canada any`
pay of U.S- College pro.- instances the market is sublet
fessors with to a sort
. upon the Vice -Regal Lodge, 'Dublin, a
civilian and an officer are killed,
Seventy-four lives and nineteen ves-
sels lost on the great lakes during the
season, the largest number since 1913,
29 -Death of Sir Williau Osier, the
worlci•renowued Canadian physician,
at Axford, England, Demand sterling
at New York, $3.7;!.
30 ---Strike oi` iron moulders in Eng-
land, involving 300,000. hands, creates
grave apprehensions, and Lloyd tveen the two sections result in a bet- r
came is asked to intervene. ter understanding of conditions, copse- i,
Weekly Market Report
Breadstuffs, ^ �i3arz,ellC 14t -, ' p .
I d eats Pickles, pork, $46;
Toronto, Jan. 13,- enitobe whattreuse pork, 345.
—No. 1 Northern, :32,30; No. 2 ;North- t 'Green Meats-Outo
ern. $2,77; No. 3 Northern, $2.7:3 ; in !thee smoked, f pickle, 1c less
store Fort,William,: ' I 'Dry Salted Meats --Long g
t T,,on clears,.. in
Manitoba oats --No, 2 C,W,, 93 0;:tons,TM32%e; in eases, 28e� to 29e; clear
No. 3 C,W,, 39'4c; extra No, 1 feed,i bellies 27e to 28%e;
;2
89%e; No. 1 feed, 84%e in store Fort ' , 'r c, fat lia4ks, 3 e
Williazzi, , X' rt, to 33c:
T,,ar -•-T'
d rece i ,
r
e s 29c
t 9�
02 c tube,
u
b
Manitoba ,
s
� to ,
b
a ,
ka
re -..�
� N.
a
Y 3
,.ir ON., 29%c to 30e; pails, 29s/e to 30y�c;
$1.65,x.; No. 4 C,W., $1,45%7 rejected, prints, 303 e to 31e, Compound lard,
$1,31; feed, $1,34ifx,e,, in store Fort, tierces, 28%e to 2$c; tubs, 29e' to 29%e
William. ; prints, 80e -to 303fc,
American corn --No, 3 yellow, $1,73; - Montreal Markets.
No, 4 yellow, 51,71. track Toronto; Montreal, Jan. 13 -----Oats--. Extra
prompt shipment.
Ontario oats --No. 3 white. 96 to 99re sta standard grade,
$ 25aur 't55., olL
according to freights outside,' n rd grade, lb ., tout 35.55, Bran
Ontario wheat -No, 1 Winter, per 345 25. Sg, Shorts, $5ry 25. to 55,15, Br
ear lot, 32.00 to 32.01; No, 2 do.. $1.971$ e $55,to, liay her s. 2,
to 3L03; No. 3, do,, $3„93 to,$1,94, per ton, cadets, $25 to 320.8Cheese-
f,o,b, shipping points, aeeordin to Cboiee easeterrzzs, roe to 2to Enact- ,
i'reights, 1; , (:haicest crea�ziexy, £8c to OSc; do:.
Qntario wheat---�.NTo. 1. 'Spring, 32,02' to c951s' apes oe ted 'Eggs -d rt resp, 9 1
to $2,03; N'o. 2 Spring, 81..93 to 32.05; stock, x57c; do., o. 2cs�took 5 c 1
No. 3 Spring^, $1.95 to, $2.01, f.o.b., 55e. Potatoes ----Per bag, earlots, $2.60
shipping points, according to freights.. to $2,75.
Peas -No. 2, $2.75.
Sar
Liv
Steck Markets.
Barley -Malting, a s,
Malt' l~
y itt
g, $1.`10 e. $1.75, ac-` Toronto. Jan. 13, -,-•Chance heavy
cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat' --$138 to $1.40, accord-: eters, 314,ir0 to $15,00; good heavy
logia freights outside, W steers, $13,00 to $14.00; butchers' cat
Rl*'e--,•ldo- 3, 31.70 to 31.75. accord-' tie ehoice, $12,25 to $13.00; do., good',
'ng to freights outside. ; 311,50 to 312.00; do medium, $10.25.
Manitoba a flour Government stat to $11,00; do., egn7rnon, 37,ait t;a 38,50;
dard, $13,25 Toronto. ; bulls, choice, $7.1.00 to 411.,50; do,,
Ontario #lour^ Government stain-` meth mei, $1050 to 81.1.50; do., rough,
dad, $9,50 to $9.70, Montreal and To,. 3r 00 to .$.,7.26: ..ztela„r, cows, choice,
onto, iii jute bags. Prompt shipment, ' c`�J•5,0,r to 10,00; 40., good, 59.75 to
Millfeed --Car lots --"• Delivered '.'1t�.2`', do., medium, `•1,76 to 39,25 do.,.
iVlontreal freights bags included ..•.,•, common, $4.00 to $7.50, stoekets, $7,50
r
quently tine Ha+eeilton market is high -1
•"� to 310 00, £.,ales..., $10.(10 to 311,50,
300 Ger ,f high-
ly esteemed by growers and borers. re. p 5 s per tan,
Bran pet tan,. 4.�.� sheets German Criminals It serves the interest of both. S $52; good feed flour, $3,75. canner and cuitera, $5. ,'5 to $0.50•
Willfeatures Adopted r' 1pecial
1"10Y --No. I per ton, 32G �0; mixed,'
n.ixed mzil:cr , <,roed to ekoiee. $llif to $
i^c5;
Be Demanded p by various market :per ton, $25 trach, Toronto. ' do,. com, and med. Si ,ii to $75; 'spring -
administrations are giving it
A despatch from London says
The list of wax criminals to be de
mended by the allies for trial has
been considerably revised and r
dueed front the originally propose
1,200 to about 300. according to The
Daily Mali.
"It was thought Tetter," the news
paper adds, "to demand a few against
whom specific serious charges have
beets lodged than a long list, including
many .persons charged with light ot.
fences.
"The German Crown. Prince and
September. roma' . t of Bavaria Seed Ooats Situation. Smoked 'Meats -Roils, ''0
results, for example, the system adopt-' '315.50, track, Toronto. $3.00: yearlings, $9.00' to 310,€0;
ed as at Port Arthur tar the selling of Country Produce. -Wholesale, i siring Iamrbs, per cwt,, $18 to $19;
consignments of produce by the mar- Eggs, No. 1, f,Oc to Ole; new laid, elves, good to choice, $18 to $21.;
e- ket manager on a commission basis, 900 to 31.00; selects, (35c to 67e.' hogs, fed and watered. 318.50; do.,
ti Besides securing to the purchasers `Butter•-C:reamery prints, 680 to 70e; vele ed off cars. 318.75: do., f.o.b..
e fresh supplies a; food at a cost usually choice dairy prier _. 59c to 60e; ordin.., $17.50;nrdo., do„ to farmers, $17.25,
below the prices charged in the stores, lir' dells prints, 50e to 53e; bakers' �a1, Ja9 , 1 e'aie tzt.l:crrs' steers
these nlarketa bring to the producer' 45e to 50e; oleomargarine (best gr,),' good, 311 to 412 tn� alum, $:1:00 to 511;
cons#derahly higher prices than if 3a to Sze. CJheese \cess, large, 31? c' common, .38 to -Is-- --1 butcher heifers,
the to 32c, Maple Syrup -per a -gal, tin, good. 39 to 310; medium, , 9 to 310;
produce were compelled to pass' 34 per ,gallon; do. one -gal, ti 26 common, $11.50 to $8.-r a; butch r rows.
through several hands, each takin , o_g n' "5 and ,9 o 10•
g Honey -1 lute- -60 s . 5e to 26e• 10's • g , t S , medium. 86,50 to
their necessary toll,
i g exec est ; •Straw --(ear lots, per ton, 414.50 to ere, 940' to $175; light ewes, $7.00 to.
Crown Prince Itupproeli
; 26c to 27c; S's, 27c to 28c; Buckwheat; $ p' canners,
iautch 5 to $ILS0'romraan�
-60's, 19c to 20c. i r
Pr1o V'!h $6. ,0 to $7.50; light veal valves.
316 to
$17; good veal, $15 to $17; medium
� 4 � . , • i,J -aS4 lambs.
In I ,j hams, medium, 35e to 3(•c; heavy, 33c, $1G.25: •sheep, $9; ' ewes. et+ to
t Lase partial
ricta alfai the hams,
cocked $9;
a par tial or total failure last sea- 5 `! ' ' •o $10,25; a weights, plain, �19c to Re; hacks boneless alr Hogs
At idea- Hall anxious as to the available supply of ',cottage villa. ----- to 34e. ; 15.50 'to $If.
vtsrons oiesale
to n the Iter 5 r to 310;i Sl to 31, grass, 50 B ` 1 b
6-•(`onadian Niztionnl Exhibition,
o attendances of was oat eros , ce I hams, 48e to 00c backs.: limbs good $If i
Toronto, gems a total
1,_01,500, the record.
Another Roxnance son, farmers are b to 54e;' �, Slo to Sl,i 50 has, off car vvergh : ,
becoming somewhat breakfast bacon 42c to 41st seleete 420 lights, S1R to $'20; saw+,
a y. A •
seed oats. There is a. general tendency
o tt !
10 Austria signs the Pewee Treaty.
28 ...Half a million men now out on
the railway strike in Geea,t Britain. A despatci. from Ottawa says: -The n re part of farmers wiio have seed! eed , P,a: dere for Cuba l-li�ge Perxna>aent Exhil�i#i(an
engagement is announced of Captain eats for sale to withizold these ttntil i
• President Wilson reported seri- enga lei ;lfacntillan, ('.r-+nadfof Guards. Later in the winttia: The inoventen With Lord •lelll�coe For ft2] eri ail Co e
.sly i11. Ring Albert of J;elginin and A,D youngest of ; ];1 l;fer ,lice
of,G , , oungest son of Mr. and M• seed oat
s is delayed also, because
Queen Blizabetlz arrive tit New York elauriee Macmillan, and the Lady transport:+tion has been
1011 visit to America.
Dorothy Ca.vencii,;tt. third daugh;.er of needed for
4• --•British railway Strike settled by their l� xcellenciee the coal, feed anti live :roc;,
compromise. Governor -Getter. Possibly 400,000 bushels of seed
i .2(1 - Ontario Provincial elections.
'i'lte Bleat's. Government is defeated,
th, returns
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s u _Elected:
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£,'
.
1 F.O., 44:Liberals, 30; Conservatives,
t 25; Labor, 11; Soldier, 1. On the re-
ferendum a large "thy" majority was
given. Publication of the terms of a
new Victory Loan,
30 -Germans begin dismantling the
Heligoland fortifications,
November
1 -•Tire Hearst Government of On-
tario resigns and E. C. Drury receives
a <a1T from the Lieutenant -Governor.
Strike of U.S. bituminous coal minors,
8-$20,000,000 voted by Dominion
Parliament for soldiers' land settle-
ment. •
9-Dozuinioh House of ' Commons
pass the two prohibition bids,
10 -Tho Dominion Senate' passes the
prohibition bills. The Prince of Wales
enters U.S, by way of Rouse's Paint,
N.Y.
11 -Prince of . Wales greeted by
large crowds at Washington. First an-
niversary of Armistice Dag celebrated
in British world by short 'suspension
of activity of two minutes' silence.
13 -Prince . of Wales visits Presi-
dent Wilson at the White House.
Ie -The 1919 Victory Loan reaches
a, total of $673,000,000, of. which On-
tario takes 354 millions. -,..
24 -Prince of Wales leaves by the
Renown. for.: honle.
• December
1 -Prince of Wales given a warm
reception on .itis return to London.
Lady .A.stor takes liar seat in the
House of Commons, the occasion be -
big the first to see a woman repre-
sentative there,
10 -Striking coal miners adopt Pre
iident Wilson's proposal, and the mon
are instructed to retard. to work.
19 -Sinn Feiners attempt to mur-
der Lord French; attacking hint with
bombs end . rifle fire en ;route• to his
home • from a visit in Dublin..' One of
his. assailants shot dead, but rest es-
cape, Sir JohnAlcock, the first avi-
ator who made I -nonstop flight across
the Atlantic, dies at' Rouen • from in
al and the Dubose of Devonshire.
Captain Mactuillati is on the Rideau
1'iatll staff. ills ,father is one of the
beads of the Br#i#ala publishing spouse 'vara. The Canadian Government Seed
of that mane: Purchasing Caminission already ha
-- ,�^- - - substantial supplies in store in the In-
terior Terminal Elevators and large
Within the Empire vest
A despatch .from London says; --
Reports from Anreric'a go to show that
Lancashire cannot rely upon supplies
of raw cotton from the United States.
The Manchester Chamber of Com.
tierce decided, owing to the grave
danger of a future shortage of Ameri-
can cotton with which the industry is
menaced to urge tho Government to
take steps without delay to advance.
by every means in its power the grow-
ing of cotton within the Empire.
Sir William Barton suggested that
Mesopotamia might he utilized in that
direction,
Grain. Growers
oats may be required in Ontario and
Quebec, and a tench larger quantity
in Southern Alberta and Saskatche•
-
Must Grow Cotton
quantities of • good -quality darty-irar-
ed oats are still to come forward.
Aiberta. and Saskatchewan require-
ments will be given. first Consideration
from the seed onto produced in these
provinces.
The shortage in Ontario and Quebec
Islay quite easily be met from the
large and excellent oat crops in Prince
Edward Island and Eastern Ndva
Scotia, No, 1 quality Island Banner
seed oats are now being delR 'r•ed as
far west as Toronto at a price com-
parable with Western seed oats of the
same grade. The price of No. 1 seed
oats delivered in bulk car lots at any
point in Ontario and Quebec should
not exceed the current Fort William
cash price for No. 2 Canada Western
oats by more than 25 cents per bushel.
Registered and other select stocks
true to variety may be higher in price,
The Dominion Seed Branch pro-
vides a system of grading and inspec-
tion, so that shippers in either West-
ern Canada or the Maritime pro -
minces may make delivery of seed in -
three hours later as the 'United Farm• spection certificates with their bills
ere of Manitoba. The change was, of lading. Purchasers of seed oats in
and' any Part of Canada may now buy on
made almost unanimously
the purpose that there should not be ;the basis of grade, No, 1' seed, No. 2
any misun th andinge s to . our tela-
cfseed inspection certific seed, etc., and subject •to the: deliver3'
-ton to the general farm . movement
�hroughont Canada in the wards of Clark Seed Co ares, -q0. H.
� R
Wood,
New Name
A despatch from Brandon says:-
Having' commenced"- at 2 o'elock ou
Wednesday of last week as the
Manitoba Grain Growers' .Associa-
tion, the same organization adjourned
^ mmzesroner,
Secretary.
' Fifteen Feet of
.5noti►.
Complete List' of
•
- Falls in NewfoundlandGerxnalrC
. n;!xx>lanals
A despatch from Paris says: --Ger-
spans accused of violations of thelawsof "war in Prance and Belgium 'during
the world conflict have been assigned
for trial to the different military
courts, according to The Petit. Paris
Jen. Tine list is said to have been com-
pleted.
MA441l • lee 'THERE
Aiel`f CliANCE OF
ME GITTIre' OUT
To relate":?
• !;� til_ � '..:.
A despatch from North Sydney, N.S.,
says:-Traveliers from Newfoundland
staving here tell of unusually severe
weather conditions in the Ancient
Co1onY, ' They state that Iast week
witnessed.' the worst snots- ;., n in the
: thew -Aril from'Key %Vest, Fla
says:. :antral V1 -count Jellicoe, 0o
met Fir t Sete Lord of tele Britisi, Ai
A dyal,att'h front London sayse -
r- Work on the biggest Empire Trade
1- exhibition ever seen in this country,
e to be held neat year under the patron -
w age of the Ring, will shortly begin.
t- Premier Lloyd George is President of
the Council, which will lnclude,An-
e drew Bonar Law, Walter Hume Longe:
Sir Auckland Geddes:. and the Pre-
s niers of the dominions. The exhibi-
e tion is planned to last six months, but
it will possibly be extendedover a
year or two, with eventual develop-
ment into a permanent exhibition for
Imperial Commerce.
alar, v:lro 1, snaking a tour of th
world, ember', ed on his flagship, Ne
Zealand, here. on 'Chu.aday, for lir
vana.
It was understood here that it
Would go to ,south Africa from Cuba
Premier Sir Robert Borden, who 1
on his way to Cuba, accompanied th
Adrnirel.
Prohibition Fails
In New Zealand
A deepatclt from London says:--.
.A despatch from Wellington, New
Zealand, says that on the referendum
recount prohibition has failed to se
Cure the necessary absolute majority,
The present system will. therefore con-
tinne.
Hundred "'Waacs" Arrive
To Settle in Canada
A despatch from St. John, N.B.,
says: Among those arriving here on
the steeiner Metagama were 100 girls
trent 18 to 20 years of age, all natives
of. Great Britain and former members
of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.
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Mrs. Lloyd George
Acts as Magistrate
A despatch from Carnarvon, Walee,
says; -Mrs. David Lloyd George, wife
of the Prime Minister, took her seat
on Thursday in the :Quarter Sessions
as the first Welsh- woman Magistrate,
13 Powers Saw
• the Germans Sign
A despatch from London says;--
The ratification of the 'Versailles
Treaty took place Saturday, Jan. 104
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, in thee
hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
when the. letter modifying the amount
of tonnage orlginally demanded from
Germany was handed to Barin Kurt
von Lessner, head of the German de.
legation," The powers that have ratafled the treaty were represented -
Great 'Britain, France, Italy, Japan,
Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala,
Peru, Poland, Siam, Czecho-Slovakia
and Uruguay,
Prince Says He's Conning
Back Again in the Fall •
A despatch from. Calgary, Alta,,
says: -Tho Prince of Wales is" deter.
Mined to visit his ranch in Alberta
during the coming fall on his way
Out of.18,300 French school children of Calgary, who has just returned
Child Victims of Hun. back'from India; he told Prof, Carlyle,
in the
invaded areas of France, 8,000 from England, where he made arrange..
became hospital cases during the war, ments for the shipment to the r•rneli
most`of them with tuberculosis. In of thoroughbred Dar
one school of 170 children, only e on which thePriDartmoor
ponies
a Prince is introducing into
was not an invalid. The birth rate Alberta also thoroughbred
dropped 60 per cent. Infant mortalitye ThSharthor
cattle and Shropshire e
sheep. The
was doubled. These figures are fur- name of the ranch
Melted by the French Academy of hhas beena.fixed by
history of Newfoundland. Fifteen feet Medicine it r -German t e ,Prof.Princeres the,"E. P. manager snow fell, demoralizingthe c Bion to coin- o, Carlyle, who is
colony's plaints of privations caused to 01
i enemy
de.
sole
system of railway transportation: children by the bloclia my the GeorPrince's rdneh.
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