HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-10-21, Page 7Canada From Coast to Coast
Vancouver, B.0,--1tivers.Inlet pro-
r?iises to be the fisherman's bonanza
this year. Already nine canneries
tp•ere have packed more than 100,000
/eases of sockeye. At theprevailing
price this represents $2,000,000
In British Columbia there are noW
2,149 separate district cities, towns,
villages and settlements, an increase
of 107 over last year. There are $26
post 'offices and 100 banks.
Calgary, Alta. -Federation of the
fanadiau Teachers' Alliance was ef-
fected here including the four west-
' am provinces and Ontario and repre-.
denting 14,000 organized teachers.
Regina, Sash. -Changes in regula-
tions respecting the standing granted
to educational certificates issued in
Great Britain have been made by the
Department of Education with the ex-
pected result that more teachers from
the old counry will be attracted to
Saskatchewan, Under the approved
amendment teachers who have under-
gone two years training at a British
college are granted a second class cer-
titivate and granted first class stand-
ing on an inspector's report.
Winnipeg, Man. -The Federal Gov
ernment having approved the Mani-
toba Government programme of high-
way construction, a gravel highway to
Lake Winnipeg, 45 miles long, bas
been commenced. It is expected 25
miles wil be completed this year. The
highways approved are from Winni-
peg to Lake Wiunipeg, Winnipeg to
Rainy River, Winnipeg to Emerson,
Winnipeg south yesterly to Reston,
connecting with the Saskatchewan
highways there, Winnipeg through
Portage la Prairie and Brandon to
Elkhorn, and Portage la Prairie
through Gladstone and Minnedosa to
connect with the Saskatchewan sys-
tem at Russell,
J. 0, 'Cowper, Secretary of the Bri-
tisk Dominion Immigration. Society,
predicts a still greater influx of imml-
grants from the I3rtish Isles to Cana-
da. The society has for its aim the
peopling of undeveloped portions of
the British Empire with British people
and has operated hi this country for,
many years. The society is sported
by voluntary subscriptions and Hauch
success has attended it settling work
in Canada,
Toronto, Ont -Canadian woollen
mills which leave had a representative
'in Europe securing business have re-
ceived orders aggregating $10,000,000
and these aro now being placed among
the mills of Canada,
Montreal, P.Q.-Canada's immigra-
tion commissioners, who have just re-
turned after six mouths spent in the
British Isles, predict that as soon as
transportation facilities are adequate
the greatest wave of settlers on re-
cord will roll into the Dominion, The
commissioners have selected six hun-
dred settlers under the Soldiers' Set-
tlement plan from thousands of appli-
cants, and the new arrivals will bring
with them wealth ranging up to $50,-
000 and averaging $5,000;.
Halifax, N.$, --Preparations are now.
being made for the erection of a. new
tuberculosis hospital in the City of
Halifax, the contract being awarded
to Messrs, Rhodes, Curry ez Company
of Amherst, N.S„ their tender being
$160,000,
Sydney, Cape Breton: Maior Bur-
ton, representing the Empire Silica
Company, has purchased in the vicini-
ty of 60,000 acres of land near Whyco-
eomagh, Victoria Co., tea the estab-
lishment of a fire brick. industry. The
building programme in the city of
Halifax has been seriously delayea on
account of the cement shortage. The
plants of the Sydney Cement and
Brick Co. have been consolidated and
are also reviving this important in-
dustry.
FOILED ATTEMPT
TO ROB MAIL TRAIN
Irish Railway Traffic Superin-
tendent Scares Off Raiders
and Arrests One.
A despatch from Belfast, Ireland,
says; -Henry Forbes, a railway traf-
fic superintendent, recently foiled an.
attempt to rob a mail train .at Drum -
bar, a lonely halt on the Donegal
Ballyshannon section of the line. Nine
armed men .sprang from concealment
end held up the train crew. Some of
them proceeded to ransack the mails,
but Forbes left his compartment on
the offside of the train and creeping
'long the footboard, revolver in hand,
,surprised the men who were holding
lip the deriver and fireman.
Forbes opened fire and the men
bolted for the station waiting room,
from where they returned his shots.
rhe other raiders made off across' the
zornfields pursued by Forbes, who cap -
hared one man and eventually handed
him over to the police.
Peary's .Flag Found
Far From North Pole
A despatch from Copenhagen
says:- The United States flag which
Commodore Peary planted at the
North Pole has been found 400 miles
away from its original geographical
point. After an expedition of eixteen
months in the Arctic regions, full of
privation and hardship,' Captain God.
ford Hanson, leader of the Amunsden
auxiliary, has returned here. He stat-
ed that while laying food depots along
the -Amunsden trail he found, 400
miles from the North Pole, the Peary
flag intact in the ice.
Sensatonak Turn
in Dublin Strike
A despatch from Dublin says: -The
port strike here has taken on a sen-
sational turn. The Lord Mayor called.
upon the striking men to return to
work for the sake of their country.
He made no reference to the smatters.
in dispute. Seamen and firemen had''
been .:an strike for; increased wages
since'early in October. The dismissal
of theusands of dock workers'folIowed,
since which'time the • port' has been
almost ° completely closed.
The mei: immediately replied that
for the •sake of patriotism they would
resume work within an hour.
Grievances.
Strong amen rise above the slings
and arrows of censure, from those
whose ignorance has made them fear-
less to rush in and say their say.
Some of the censors, no doubt. think it
their duty to be frank, and think that
they have performed a service when
they have ranted against some worthy
work because they dislike a particular
feature of it, They think they deserve
to be admiredfor their courage and
their candor in speaking out when
others hold their peace,
The men and women carrying the
burden, enduring the heat of the day,
performing the tasks that others drop
because there is no glory, must be
content to let the event justify, thein
if there :is to be a justification. They
must, as in • Kipling's "If," bear to
hear the truth they've :spoken "twist-
ed by knaves to make a trap for
fools." They readthat whole fine
poen for their comfort. Their mo-
tives are misinterpreted. They are
the prey of the whole tribe of back-
biters and gossip -mongers.
But they have no time to waste in
venting their grievances. They have
no time to parade their injured in-
nocence or to air their integrity. They
are too buoy to apologize and explain.
The work must be done; they must
do what the anvid chorus • of carping
critics leaves- unperformed. '
If a man once embarks. in the busi-
ness of retailing hard -luck stories he
Is always certain of a stock -in -trade,
but he finds a glutted market. He had
better remain on the job, doing some-
thing that counts-, something that the
earth wants done.
There is no pest, in fact, like the
man with, a grievance; the man who
'has a. "chronic complaint." We all
have troubles of our own, and the fact
that we have thein enables us to sym-
pathize. ' One who has "been there"
understandsanother soul's perplexity
or misery.. But we do not show our
compassion and our .understanding
merely byadding burdens to should-
ers already laden. The man who car-
ries his cross and endures his sorrow
with courage, and even with good
cheer, is the useful servant of his
kind. Those who make a fuss • about
mere trifles: often go for support and
comfort to those who with shining
faces are. enduring trials of magni-
tude, refusing to be crushed, refusing
to proclaim a sorrow. -
Mosaic floor, laid with small pieces
of different colored" stones set in regu-
lar patterns, were known to the Egyp
tions 2000 B.C. In Babylon, floors of
this kind d'atedfrom 1000 B.C.
1,620
ROBBERY
-"Exiex, Copenhagen.
CONFERENCE WILL
- MEET IN BRUSSELS
France and England Will
There Discuss Question
of Reparations.
A despatch from Brusaeis says: ----
France and England will participate
in a eonfererxee to be held in Brussels'
soon relative to reparations, according
to the London correspondent of the
Libre Belgique. He says propositions
by German experts will be received at
the. conference by an inter -allied corn-
mission, which -rill then report to the
different allied Governments. The cor-
respondent adds that Premier Dela-
croix is reported to have succeeded in
bringing' the British Government to
a:.eept the viewpoint of France rela-
tive to an abandonment of the 5nan-
sial conference which had been plan-
ned, to he held at Geneva.
HOUSE DEMOLISHED
AND SEVEN KILLED
Explosion in Residence at. Tin-
tern, County of Wexford,
Ireland.
A despatch from Dublin says: --
Seven linen were killed, 'five wounded,
,and two are missing as aresult of an
explosion in a house at. Tintern, Wex-
ford. County, according to the official
report. -
The etateanent -adds that it is be-
lieved they were experimenting with
bombs. The house, which was re-
garded as unoccupied, wascompletely
demolished. The five wounded are in
custody.
And Find it.
Some men never marry because
they spend all their lives courting
trouble'.
ELEVEN MILLIONS
OF WAR ORPHANS
League of Red Cross Societies'
Urgent Appeal to
British Empire.
.An urgent appeal for aid to combat
the widespread disease and distress
in the war -stricken areas in Europe
has been made by the League of Iced
Cross Societies to the nations which
have suffered, least from the war. In
response a War Relief Fund bas been
undertaken in Great 'Britain with an
Empire -wide appeal for contributions•,
The Fund is under the immediate pat-
ronage of His Majesty the King and
has the support of all parts of the Em-
pire,
Itis Exceileney the Governor-Gener-
al of Canada, having received com-
munications from London on this mat-
ter, consulted the Prime Minister, and
with his approval referred the ques-
tion to the Canadian Red Cross
Society, and it was arranged for an
appeal to be made during Armistice
Week, in November. The fund will
be known as the British Empire War
Relief Fund.
The Canadian Red Cross Society
accepted the task of making this ap-
peal known throughout Canada only
in view of the relentless circum-
stances• and the humane desire to help
to alleviate the terrible sufferings of
a large number of peoples. The rea-
sons are numerous and compelling.
Large populations are suffering from
distress and disease and millions of
innocent children are among them.
Many Employees Laid Off
At Atlantic Sugar Plant
A despatch from St. John, N.B.,
says: -Many employes have been laid
off at the Atlantic Sugar Refineries,
and it was stated here yesterday that
the plant may be practically ,idle for
a month,
DAY OF HIGH PRICES Ili ENGLAND
IS BELIEVED TO BE PASSED
London Papers Announce That "War Boom is Over" -
Substantial Reduction in Living Costs
in Recent Months.
of artificial prosperty has at last be-
gun to ebb in the United States."
"The decline in England has been
more rapid," the -Times points oust.
"This was caused by the reduction in
quotations by the sellers of goods in
this country."
That there may be an industrial
effect fram the slump in prices is
feared, as but n portion of woollen
workers, cotton •operatives and work-
ers ,in automobile, leather, hosiery and.
lace trades are now without employ-
ment.
The +bankers• are paying serious at-
tention to the statement from the fin-
aneial conference at Brussels that
eleven out of twelve European states
will have budget difi•cits this year.
They declare this necessitatesfurther
monetary inflation, preventing the fall
in the cost of living on the continent.
Exchange rates have resulted in an-
other' curtailment of exports from
United States and. from England.
A. despatch from London says: -The
high cost of living in England is at
an end. The "war boom is over," ac-
cording to the London newspapers
who announce the fact with promin-
ently displayed streamers across
their front pages. They indicate that
the English -are optimistic of giving
the knockout blow, very` soon to the
remaining high prices. x
During the past six months the av-
erage fall in prices on raw materials
Inas been thirty per Dent.. Rubber pro-
ducts have come down fifty per cent.,
tin has tumbled, twenty-fiveper cent.,
popper ,six per -cent:, merino wool
forty-five per cent., and American cot-
ton thirty per cent.
The only sensational decline among
fend staples, however, was the thirty
per cent. drop- in theprice of sugar.
Declaring that the output has" now
outstripped the purchasing power, the
London Times says that the "high tide.
Weedy Market Repor
Wholenele,Grain,
Toronto, Q.et. 19. -Man, wheat -No.
1 Northern, $2.38%; No, 2 Northern,
$2.36%; No: 3 No'rth'ern, $2.27% N.
"
-.heat, $2.20%, -in store Fort Wil-.
liana.
Man, gats -No. 2 CW, 72c; No, 3
CW, 661ae; extra No 1 feed, 06e; No.
1 feed, 67c; No. 2 feed, 62c, in store
Fort William.
Man. barley ---No. 3 CW, $1,143
No. 4 CW, $1.09; rejected, 94%e; feed,
92e, in store Fort William, '
Aneerican corn -No, 3 yellow, $1.30;
s.
naen
nominal, track, Toronto, -prompt ship- trade
aads, Can,mes tWest. o be 2,� be done
g3,
Ontario oats -No, 2 white, 64 to 68e 92e. Flour, new ' s;.sndard grade,
to $2i
Ontario5; Nowheat,2-•-.No.Spring2, W$2intto xer $2,
$2.1050; $12,50. Rolled oats, bags 90 lbs., '$4.20,
Bran, $45,25, Shorts, $50.25. Hay, Ngo.
shipping points, according to freights 2, per ton, car lots, $33- O'heese, fin-
Peas -••--Ne 2, nominal- est cisterns, 25c, , Butter, choieeat
Barley -$1,10 to $1.].5, according to creamery*, 58s to 59e. Eggs, fresh, 6�kc.
freights outside, Potatoes, per bag, ear lots, $1.40 to
$1,50.
to 43e; breakfast bacon, 50 to 56c;
fancy breakfast bacon, 56 to 62e;
backs, plain, 52 to 54.e; boneless, 60
to 64c.
Cured meats -.-Long clear bacon, 27
to 28e; clear`1ellies, 26 to 27e.
Lard -Pure tierces, 301/s to 31e:.
tubs, 31 to'314e; gars, 3114. to 31%c;
prints, 33 to 331he. Compound tierces,
23y to 24e; tubs, °241/, to 241fac; pails,.
24% to 24a%.e; prints, 27 to 28e.
Montreal Marketa.
Montreal, Oct, 19.-A fairly acti-ve
Buckwheat -No, 2, nominal.
Rye -No. 3, $1.65, nominal, accord-
ing to freights outside,
Manitoba :flour -$12,50 top patents;
$12 Governnnent standard, -
Ontario flour $9 'bulk, seaboard.
Millfeegd-Carglots, delivered Mont- $1Q.25; do, 800 lbs,, $9 t
real freights, bas included: Bran,. per $7
ton $45 25- 'shorts per ton $50 2a- corn., to 50; canners
Country Produce -Wholesale, $10Q to $165; do, coin. a$n
to $75; limns, yearling, 8
Butter -Creamery, fresh, made sol- do, spring, $12 to $12.50; cal
ids, 54 to 57c; prints, 55 to 589 No. to choice, $17 to $19; sheep,
1 dairy, 460. $ t hags, fed and watered, $19,7 ; • ,
Eggs -Current receipts, 57 to 60c, weighed off" cars, $20; do, f,.0%1, $1:8.75;
Dressed poultry - Spring chickens, de, mantra* points, $18,50; choice
30c; roosters, 23e fowl, 25 to 80c; heavy steers, $14 to $15; good bevy
ducklings, 30c; turkeys, 45 to 60c; steers, $12.50 to $13; butchers' cattle,
squabs, doz, $5.50. choice, $12 to $13; do, gond, $10.50 to
Honey --23 to 23 %e per ib. for 30 $11.50; do, Hied;, $8 to $9; do, coni,,
and 60 lb. pails; 23% to 24c per 10 $6 to $7; bulls, eboice, $10 to $10,50;
lb, pails, and.24 to 25c per lb, for 5 do, good, $9 to $9.25; do, rough, $6 to
and 2iix iii, ails, $8,
Live maul a.•y--' Spniaigg'� chielcens, 26 Montreal, Oet, 19. -Butcher steers,
to 30c; roosters, 23o; fowl, 25 to 2&c; good, $9.50 to $11; zned., $8.50 to
ducklings,. 25e; turkeys, 35 to 40e, $g 25; coin„ $/6.50 to $8.50; butcher
Cheese -New, large, 28 to 29c;' heifers, choice, $9 to $10.50; .medium,
twins, 29 to 30e; triplets, 29% to $8 to $9; coni., $5.50 to $7.25 butcher
30%e; old, large, 33 to 34e; do, twins, cows, choice, $8 to $9,25; med., $5 to
33% to 34lee. canners, $3 to $4; cutters, $4
Butter ---Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to • t$07,$505;; butcher bulls, corn., $5 to $5.75..
50e; treamery prints, 60 to 04c. good veal, $13 to $15; grass, $6 to $7;
Live Stock Market;
Toronto, Oct. 19. ;Butchers' co
choice, $9.50 to $10; do, good, $8.2
$9; do, conn., $6 to $7; feede
$10.25 to $11 25; do, 900 lb
good feed flour, $3,50. , , $4;50 to $5.50; malkers, g
Margarine -3a to 38e.
Eggs -No. 1, 61 to 65e; cartons, 71
to 75.; selects, 68 to 69e.
Beaus --Canadian hand -parked, bus.,
$4.75; primes, $3.25 to $3.50; Japans,
$4,75 to $5; Lianas, Madagascar, 11 to
12c; California Limas, 12 to 13e.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal„ $3.40 to $3.50; per 5 imp, gals„
83,25 to $3.40. Maple sugar, lb., 27
to 30e,
Iieney-60-30-lb. tins, 26 to 28e per'
ib. Ontario eomb honey, at $7.50 per
15 section' case; 5%-21.4-1b. tins, 28
to 29c per Ib.
Provisionp--Wholesale.
Smoked meats -Hams, me&, 47 to
50o; heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 64 to
68c; rolls, 34 to 369 cottage rolls, 41
top lambs, $13; good lambs, 812,50 to
$13; ewes, 85.50 to $7; lambs, good,
$18; ewes, $5.&0 to $7; lambs, 89 to
$12. Hogs, off ear weights, selects,
$19.50 to $20; soars, $15,50 to $16.50.
Airplane to be Flown Back.
A despatch from Ottawa says: --The
F-3 flying boat, in which Col. Robert
Leckie and Major Basil. Hobbs flew
from Riviere du, Loup, Que., to Winrrir
peg, in the trans, Canada flight, will
be flown back from Winnipeg to Haii,
fax to permit of a survey being made
of the territory covered in the flight
A Letter From London
Though a keen yachtsman and a fine
sailor, King George never steers his
own vessel, as did Charles II. The
first yacht race in British waters of
which we have record was a match
between the Merry Monarch and his
brother manes. The course was from
Whitehall to Greenwich and back for
a stake of 100 guineas. The Royal
brothers steered their own yachts and
the Ring won.
• 1 * 1 *
Queen Mary has never been able to
overcome a feeling of nervousness
whenever she finds it necessary to
ride on horseback. This feeling Is
certainly not shared by Princess Mary,
who is the most dashing horsewoman
amongst living Royalties.
* * • • *
An archery court is being fixed up
at Balmoral for Princess Mary, who
is very interested in the pastime. She
has an extaordinarlly accurate eye,
and were she to shoot game it is said
she would be a rival to her father, the
King. It is a boast of hers that "she
has never killed anything and is never
likely to."
* * * * *
A flying officer tells me that while
the Duke of York was never an en-
thusiastic sailor, his keenness for
aviation knows no bounds. He sub-
scribes to every British and foreign
journal on the subject and loves to
talk air "shop" with officers in the
R.A.F_.
*. r * >* * *
Unlike King Edward, who seldom
wore the same clothes on many occa-
sions, King George has a great affec-
tion, I am told, for old garments. This
Is particularly the case in respect of
gloves, and his valets have to use con-
siderable tact and persuasion to in-
duce His Majesty to put on a new pair
when the replacing of old favorites
is essential.
* • • • *
Since "a king can do no wrong," a
prince cannot be very tar off the path
of perpetual virtue, and the Prince of
Wales seems to present a striking
ease in polat. It is doubtful whether
any man has had bigger praise shower-
ed upon him during the past six
months than he.
"The Prince of Wales has all the
virtues," wrote an enthusiast during
his Canadian trip. "He is good-look-
ing, He is amiable, He can make a
speech. He has a sense of honor. He
knows, how to shake hands. And he
dresses well."
I confess I do not know what tailor
the Prince of Wales patronizes, but I
hope, whoever he is, he shows a dif-
ferent spirit from that which the late
King Edward's tailor ever exhibited..
The tailor was the great Poole, of
Saville Row, and he remarked to King
Edward (then Prince of Wales) at a
social gathering to which he had ueee.
Invited :
"The company's a bit mixed, you
know, sir!"
"Hang it all, Poole," replied the
prince, "we can't all be tailors!"
• * * * *
The Princess Royal does a lot of
angling when she is in Scotland dur-
ing the fishing seasan. The Duchess
of Portland is another adept in the art,
and is of opiuion that fishing is the
most restful amusement hi the world.
Another expert is the Duchess of
Northumberland.
* * * * *
Many famous people possess nick-
names bestowed upon them by their
intimates. I was told the other day
that among the many employees of his.
huge business Sir Thomas Lipton is
always known as "The Trier." -Big
Ben. -
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