HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1922-3-3, Page 3CENSUS RETURNS GIVE DOMINION
A POPULATION OF 8,769,489
Increase Since 1911 Amounts to 1,562,846 -- Oitjo Ha
2,929,034 Residents---Flonce of COMU10141a, Will Have
Increase of Ten Members Over the Present
Represe ntation.
A d'espetch from. Ottawa eays:--- appliers particelerly to the ca:o, oJ
Revnisea figuxes of censue i'-e.turni is- British Colured;ra• Retrrtt entation in
stied on Fricke\-- night imnig the total the next House, roDowing Redietni-
popul.atiort• of the Dominion to 8,769,- blition Bill, will coreare -with the
489, as compared evith 7,206,643 in prasent ;House, as- fol.lews:
1911, an iraareeSe el 1,562,846, The Next P,rereat
revisions muclIfy- the announced totals Pro•vince--- House Henze
for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, . ••• • 65 05
Prince Edward Island and Ontazio. Nova Scotia ........ 15 • 16
The revl.sed figure S for Ontario, rather New 13runswiek .... 11 11
curiey, restores previonse!unofilcial l'rinc.e Edward. Island 4 ' 4
compaitatione, the total anneunced be; Ontario , ....... 81 82
ing 2,929,034. IVIenitoba 17 1.5
The total by provinces and tend- SasicatChewan 21 16
taries, as compared with. the 1911 Alberta .......... . 19 12
eensus, now stands:- BritishColumbia ... 14 13
Yukon . , 1 1
Province 1921 1911
Nova Scotia... .. 523,887 492,338 Totals- ..... „ ...'„ 245 235
New Bruaistvick .. 387,839 351,889 These figures give the Maritlme
peMee Eao(eard Isd, 88,6.15 93,728 Provin:ces a decrease in represteritit:
Quebec ..... 2,349,067 2,003,232' tion of one member, and the Prairie
Ontario ......... 2,929,054 2,523,274 provinces on inc./errs° of eleven mett,
Manitoba ....... 613,008 ' 455,614 aeoe,
Sa.sileatediewart ... 761,390 492,432 Brieren, nonnneet, under o.,eson/t
Alberta . . .. 581,995 374;603 ee,e,ens figeees, ,eeree one teerneeateet
British Columbia . '.523,353 392,480 there is a PossibilltY that final figures,
Yukon ......... e 4 162 8,512 wtili give the 1,,:orernte another mem*.
6,684 18,481 ber. Ths unit, ef reoresentation in the
•Canactian Navy .. corning redistribution will bo 36,100,
and the Teo-ease:libation of a Innynice
Totals .. 8 709 489 7 206,643 will 'be reached by ,diyidine this nuni
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The next House of Commons, ber bete it's population. The Yudeocj.
lowing reallstributi•on„ wilt consist o,111 -nay -los,e its rePre.s.entetion entirely
245 nreinbere, according. to the cenesk,L•cellilloviling rettil'alributi:on.. Its8,512 in 1911 opulancrease. off ten members overe es•comnared i
thpe' es wth•and.
figures just. issued. This willr
be an -in, the last" ceneus. was only 4,162,
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, mat repre.sentation. The *figures .ane9.27,219 in 1901 ---figures which in th,ern-
however, still subject to, revision, and selves are el.oquen•t of an ebbing ticie
final returns may make a chLange. This from the gold -rush •days.
Mennoraite Colony
Removing 'to Mexico
A deepat•che front Winnipeg eays:-L-•
To prepare the way for all 'members
Additional Shooting
/n North Ireland
A despatch from, Belnast,
Two' feather 'Sho,otings took, place in
of the aild colony- of Mennonites in Belfast on Friday night." -An,
1Vlanitobta,, an advance guard 3 -eft here party entered the home -ate' Pretest -
March 1. The peaty consisted' of 111 ant named jal.ines!Huttarieandeliot and
persenis, granted certificates' to pre-' killedeHuttent-Laterer Cathblimsaldon-
.cees,c1 through United" States -territory keeper named Reilly ?as -Shadowed
th • o h • his place ,of business to a hospi-
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tall near his dito,me and s -hot dead, He
was a mark for about twenty bullets.
In addieon to these affraals, a -com-
mercial tra.veler named Burns, was
shot. end killed in a shop at Milford,
Donegal, when he :declined. a,n order
to throw up his hands.
first :group to leave -vere-ntembers
the Plum Coolee colony, and, -it is•
understood tth
that a fare.r party from
the Plaskett. Man., colony AvTil lea.ve
about 1Vlarch 27. They ere routed by
way al IVEnneapolis, Kansas City and
El P.aserid t
, Texas, arid epe•cial train
consisted of twenty-three ears, carry-
ing „ell household effecne and, stock.
tebec Woman Dies
at Age- of 105
Canadian Tars Take
Part in Cereanony
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MEMBERS. OF PRINCE OF ALES
PARTY Filia UPON -IN PUNJ
Agitatithn Anp:ong Si ,rhsis Assuming a, Political Aspect Wth
Wild Talk a a Re viva.I of Sikh Rule.
A c'eseratch front London say.e-have been made to tem.per With the
The firing Linen several, members' of tr'oonn, and ithat in, the village's, while
eimii les 'e froin thelr litim es
the Prinee, of Wales panty -Mine
the '..,,onoyrs aee subjected to interindta-
wc!re reeteripg frean Delhi toPuttiiiort ilby rnonibers of the
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in the Punjab etierioa of Indlat re-tioniste.
ported' by the routtiala eorreop-onlent Contineirage the despateh says that
of the. Lereloe Tinia.na None was hitSpevi.al letereSt attaches to the meet -
end t:he character of the ass:ear:arts isieg in Delhi on Friday of the wo,riting
not :known, The 'police arz..e .c.1 the non-co-operatioraist
gxting. congress. Gandhi's recent su,seeretion
A despatch -to the London Times of activities has greatly offended the
from Delhi, dated Thursday, says re-II:ea-needed section, in:eluding the
ports fiaire the Punjab indiLeate theyoung Hindu noneco-opertators and the
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nee -tinted eerie:me/less a the agitationextreme Khalifatis,ts, While the elder
arno:ng the Sikhs., which is clefinitelyinen, notably Aimed. Khan, Gandhi's
/ az:seining a :political aspect, 'with wilddectered encoessor in the event of -
I talk of a revival of 'Sikh rule. • Gandhi's arreeta are said to be rea'dY
The desp,a-toh says' red,onialed efforrbsta drop the entire movement.
A Factor in Cad'a
na n Unity.
Markets of the World
Ne-wz. has been received, from the
Canadian, Pacifie,Railway that, at the
last meeting of the Board, three an-
nual echolorshipe were provided for
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- foele 'George Mathew Adams Service euneereetes Western Canada adManato az .
eveloping Canada's Water -
Powers.
Prof. R. Angus, of the Facility
ot Applied ScienceandEngineering,
University of Toronto, hag ,arranged
a series of special lectures on water-
power „development for students and
others interested, Five eminent; en-
gineers are speaking, between Febru-
ary 27th -and March 6th, on,the
of the 'vast water -powers of, Can-
ada. Lewis F. Mood,y of Philadelphia,
Max V. Sauer and Thomas H. Hogg
of the Hydro -Electric Power Commis -
Bien, W. M. White- of- 1VIilwasukee, and
Nornia.reR. Gibson of Toronto will each
deal with the phase- of the subject in
'Which, he snecializes. The provincial
university,' is • giving Tegular, c-omurses
in,- water -power dervelopment and con-
servation et the ,present tirne, and, has
clone so for many years, numbering
-amongst its graduates- men .who:' have
became noted- in this field of engineeo.--
ing. The present series will, therefore,
supplement the regular courses and
wild bring the university into closer
contact' with the men who are respell.-
sible for the engineering work of the
greatest water -powers in Ammica, and
therefore the g-reaiest in the world.
A Yardol Turnips.
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There is a very interesting old Ls:
A despatel rom, 'Ottawa savs:--
A de:spat41 from st. Agathe des The crew .01 the omieer ralie t tom , still practised by numbers of
Monts, Que „says -Madame Jean Cagradian'fieet, whicLh is spenclin!g the farmers in the North .ef England of
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Baptiste"Dtufresne is dead hero, at the noineee„ in the strut'', fricislied the
Which Inany people'May' not have
age of 105 years, 6 months and 4 days, guard a honor at the opening of
When the potato crop and the turnip
having been born at ,Saint Benoit in parliament in, the Barbadees Islands, fields show green the poorer people in
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the vieinity may purchase so many
yards at a fixed price, taking their
Sinn Fein conference reaches agree- risk of what may be found underneath
inent to pa one Irish elections for when the time is ripe'ror harvesting -
the crop.
One penny per yard: is usually --the
price 'asked, and the portions chosen
are then marked out with stakes-, re-
minding one somewhat of the manner
in which a gold-digger stakes' • his
claani. It is a very poor harvest in--
deed when a yard of earth. will• not
yield at least a stone of the n,00risti-
,„
ing tubers.
In many instances, w•here the labor-
ers live ,at some dis,tamee from the
planted fields, owners readily lend
heir carts and horses at a nominal
harge for carrying home the hamlet's
1816. Her hits.bancl died eight years
ago at the age of 95.
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,Sir Eine Gecudes has resigned his
Seat in th•e British Hoose of Comanons. three months.
T Lllf EXCHANGE R IMES HIGHEST,
:LEVEL:111....NEARLY:THREE:YEA
, A despatch fro•rn New York
Sterldng exelrange Thaar.eday morning'
was bid np to a new high level for
the balance of :trade.againet England.
Whereats the :excess of imperts" over
exports Decernhen Wtp,sS £25,000,000
it dropped to £13,000,000 in January.
nearly three years when ' demands British eeportr in January, were
bills 'were- sold for $4.40 7/8- and cnbles largea- „than any month .of last year, t
cOmnianded $4.41%. Sterling 'at with the' eiceeption of M -arch Thi.s c
Thursday's quotations is up 20 cents shiftingeof foreign trade also is int- s
since the beginning of the year. of prestsively told in the statistics of the
98 cents from the lowest level touched United States foreign' trade. A
upply.
This is undoubtedly a relic of the
14 days of villenage, and is of great
benefit to th poor in thesehardtimes.
Gift to Princes from
Canadians in London
A despatch from tendon says:-
The gift of London's Canadian colony
to Princess Mary i's a handsome silver
lea set aa-icl. a screen, -
last year, and $1.24 from the lowest
quotation fer all time, registered in
1920. •
The causes of the extraordinary
advance in sterling -exchange are 'sev-
eral. One is the tremendous impr7cve-
ment in the foreign trade position of
Great Britain during the last few
, months, The foreign trade statement
new
low level of values of Ameriea-n° ex-
ports was reached in January, when
they reached only $279,-215,000,- a drop
of $17,215,000:compared with Deeem--
The diminished flow of exports to
Europe, including England, is reflected
in at markea scareity of bills of 'ex-
change offered for salethere agm
ast
for janua.ry showed a big decrease in shipments of goods. e
are to be used to•pureue postgraduate All the above, track, Bay ports.
Re -duce British' Arra-1y study at the pronincia.1 university of American corn( --No. 2 yellow. 77%c•
by 33,000 Men
„A -despatch from London says: -Sir
Laming Worthington -Evans, speaking,
at Charley on Thursday night, an
/lammed that the Government was
prepared to recommend a reduction
in the army estimates by- £16,500,000
instead of £20,000,000, as proposed in
the Geddes report.
This 7-enlel Mean a reduction of the
artily by 83;000 men, and the disband-
,
ing of 24 laattalions of infantry, 47
batteries of artillery, and the equiva-
lent of five cavalry regiments., with a
corresponding reduction in the higher
st'affs and • ancillaa-y services.
•King,Emperor-ts Fund
to 'Build Schools
A despcatc.h from London says: -
According to' a Reuter cable from
Delhi, India, King George has directed
that the monies -in the Kin,g-Emperor's
Patriotic Fund, subscribed during the
war, shall !be used to build boarding
schools for the eons- of Indian soldiers.
The schools wild be called "King
George's , Royal Indian Military
Schools." The Prince of Wades will
lay the foundation- stones of the first
two schools -on February 25 and
March. 1, reepectivelE,
Want Wreman Delegate
In League of Nations
• A despatch from Ottawa says:
The sending of a woman delegate to
the League of Nations has evidently
found favor among members of the
Nation -a-1 Council of Women Executive,
which has received. a letter from the
Council of Great Britain asking the
Canadian Council to take the matter
up with the Canadian Government. It
was dedded, ,after consideration of the
letter, to act on the suggestion.
Oetario. The purpose of the Canadian
Pacific Railway in granting these
scholarships is, in the words of Pres.
E. W. Beatty, "not only to keep these
graduates in Canada but also that
they may become better:acquainted
with the conditions in the East and
so tend, to promote Canadian unity
upon their subsequent tereturn to the
West, I am strongly of the view that
the movement is one which wild eh-
vionsly be of benefit, natntly to the
students but also to the communities
innavhich they afterwards live and
'that these circumstanees warrant the
granting of the scholarships."
No. 3 yellow, 75%c; No. 4 yellow,
7414c; track; Toronto.
Ontario oats ---No. 2 white, nominal.
Ontario wheat -Nominal.
Barley ---No. 3 extra, test 47 lbs. or
better, 57 to 60c, according to freights
ou ts.ide
Buckwheat -No. 2, 78 to 80c.
Rye- No. 2, 86 to 88c.
Manitoba flour -First pats., nom-
inal
Ontario flour 7790 per cent., patent,
bulk, seaboard, per bbl., nominal.
IVIillifeed-Del. Montreal .freight,
bags included: Bran, per ton $28 to
32; shorts, per ton, $30 to $32; good
feed flour, $1.70 to $1.80.
Baled hay--Tradc, Toronto, per
ton, No. 2, $21.50 to $22; mixed, $18.
Straw -Oar lots, per ton, $12.
Unofficial quotations --Ontario No.
1 commercial -Wheat, $1.25 to $1.30,
outside.
Ontari.o No. 3 oats, 40 -to 45c, out-
side.
Onttario corn -53 to 60c, outside.
Cheese -New, large, 20 to .001/n -
twins, 20% to 21c; triplets, 21 to
21%c. Old, large, 25 to 26c; twins,
25% to 261/oa; triplets, 26 to 27c;
Stiltens, new, 24 to 25e.
Butter--Freish dairy, choice, 28 to
30c; creamery, prints, fresh, fancy, 41
to 43,c; No. 1, 40 to 41c; No. 2, 34 to
36e; cooking, 25 to 26e.
Dressed, poultry -Spring chickens,
30 to 38c; roosters. 20 to 25c; fowl, 28
to 320; ducklings, 32 to 38e; turkeys,
50c; gees.e, 30c.
• Live poultry ----Spring chickens, 22
to-n28c; roosters. 18a; fowl, 20 to 28c; I
dueldings, 32c; turkeys, 40 to 45cn
geese, 20e.
Margarine -20 to 23c. 0
Eggs -New laid straights, 45- to
'the denellanment tl
the ereatioil of a Ne
ljnetBloclialerdo' nr'citoinpl}vGriet
Boat‘ti oil
tIll'idle'rvn°d-cler:1•1:::,eT1hIg)ieyenBtelrenleorci8,111;744
n"1:Sectjo4localts,, confrepc'
sea that lierriags erpfirted o
standard quality.
gam inersid , , been
e'stimaitod that keel. fur farmer, have
earned $250,000 in the past three
menthe. Farmers are 'coming. in a
thereesing extent to r,eatince the prof,
of fax farming as a Side line, and, sun-
Pleraenting the larger ranchos, the
breeding- of a few foxes is liecoming-
an itdjunct to other agricultural-activi-
tiee, This is having a beneficial effeet
on the trade of the town whiele now
has a p:opulation of 3,000,
Halifax, N.S.-In order to encourage
reforestation in- Nova Scotia, Frank
T. D. Barnjum, Anna.polis Royal, N,
S., is reported to have Offered a cesh
bonus of .$2 an acre to the farniers
of Nova Scotia for every acre of
snruce or pine seedlings planted by
them an their 'farms the • cornine,
spring of 1922. No' one farmer ls to
0
be paid a :bonus on more than 10
acres: so as to distribute the, plantings
as widely Its poSsible over tile pro -
vine. Location and method of plant -
mg must b'e aniproved by the govern-
ment fOrester of 'Nova Scotia, if' cne
jusnat'Psimillonelete:ter°,tthoereinaissuerebysalVitils.1aBc'fOrryn:
r8Fsuraetsde.
Fredericton-, N.B.-The dairy pro-
ducts of the •Provint-e of New Bruns-
wick 1921 were valued at $027,064,
according to the official SLatiStieS.
PrOd•UetiOn iricluded 1,000,303 pounds
of cheese, valued at $304,864; 1,1(32,020
pounds of butter, valued at $470,870;
and 154,626 gallons of ice eream,
ue,c1 at $251,328. -
Montreal., Que.-A report from
Nevoiesisk, Russia, states that three
hundred and, ninety-four oil tanks.'
have been recei-vecl there from Canada
and 304 inore are en route. The
steamers Canadian Seymoua: and Can-
a,clian Ranger brought banks as welt
as miscellaneous cargoes al shoes,
foodstuffs and ,agriculturel
ments
Toronto, Ont. -Another unit of ilee
General Motors Corp:oration is being
organized in Canada, and will be
known as the Oakland Motor Car
Oarnpany. It will be located at Oshawa,
Ont, arid eperations are expeceted to
commence in March. The cempany
already hos an its books some large
orders for eicpert. The Canadian
branch of General Motors, located at
Oshawa, is now turning out more cars
than at any other time in its history,
Winnipeg, Man. -An advan, patty
British emigrants bound for west-
ern lands has eemehed- here. Nearly
wo hundred eetnene m the Can-
dian Pacific eteamehip titiontealm"
'rived during- the " week bound for
lye s:tern poin t •
Portage La Prairie, Man. -Fifteen
ho,usand sacks of ---flour, the gift of
Western Canadian farrnere, to the
Armenians through the Relief ksse-
iation, left this point for New Orleans
48a; new laid, in cartons, 47 to 50c. t
Hon. W. C. Kennedy
Beans ---Can. handepicked, bushel, a
gaged in a Domanion tour of inspec- "gal., $2.50; per 5 imp. gads 22.35.
Latest photograph of the Minister of se; primes, $3,75 to $3.90. a
Railways and Canals, who is now en- Maple Product.s.--Snru.13, per imp.
tion of the Canadian National and
associated lines,
Winnipeg reports that provincial
election is planned.
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StVBIT• HAM' t.1 FAVOR•• • • • •
M kiViPLIN .2: in: " F..REMOVING..
EMBARGO GROWING E.3.1GLA.ND.
A• despatch froan London says: -
'Despite the statement by Sir Arthur
Griffith 13aseawen, Minister ol Avi-
culture, that the British Government
\Would not xernove the mibago on
Canactia.n cattle, the fight, is by no
means over. Lard Beaverbrook, who
has been the foremost in the cam-
paign for lilting the ban, acidreised
five thousand members cS the National
Union of Fanners at Norwich on Sat-
urday. , Sir Henry Thornton and, Col.
Hardy Mullins al Winnipeg, who
spoke so strongly on the matter at
the meeting of London Meat Traders
last week, also spoke at the Norwich
gathering,.
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It is moteworthy that many mem-
bers of Patliament, who La few
months ago opposed the removal of
the embargo, have now changed
their opinions and are strongly ad-
vocating this step. One candidate
is new running. in an Enedish con-
stituency with the removal of embargo
as the principal plank in his platform.
Equally strikintg has been the change
of heart manifested hi the part of
many members in the National Farm-
ers' IJnion. The Daily Express is
understoo:c1 to be determined to! make
the embargo one of the issues in the en
coming general election, and its views
eh
are supported hy, nearly the vvhole of qi
the London press.
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Maple sugai- 1.9 to 22e.
Honey--60-30-slb. tins 14% to 15c t'
per ib.; 5 -2% -lb. tins, 1,7 to 18c per
Ib.; Ontario comb honey, per doz., .
$5:50. •
Smoked' meats ---Hams. ined.. 29 to f
32c; cooked ham, 40 to 43e; Smoked -
Or sin-pmert donetantinople. Ap-
rolls, 24 to 25c; cottege rolls, 26 to 13
.eals for aid for Armenia found a
eo,dy -resnon!se among Manitoba and-
askatch elean. farmers, donations be -
ng from two to. five bushels per load,
Regina, Sash. -The total output af
reamer -yr butter from the 58 cream -
ries openating Saskatchewan dur-
g 1921 was 7,085,562 pounds, valued:
t $2,609,410. The total value of all
28a; breakfast ba•con, 29 to 33c; special r
brand' breakfast hatial, 85 to 37c; S
backs, boneless, 38 to 37c. i
Cured meats -Long dee; bacon, 16
to 180; clear bellies, 17 to 19c.
Lard -Pure tierces, 14% to 15o; e in
tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 154c; e
prints, 17 to 17%c. Shortening-, tierces, in
15c; tubs, 15%c; pails, 160; prints, a
airy- products was $18,774,445. This
Choice heavy steers, -$7.50 to $8; is
do, good, $7 to $7.50; butcher steers, p
choice, $6.75 'to $7.50; do, goacl, $5.75 ea
to $6.25; do, med., $5 to $5.50; do, ti
corn., $4 to $5; ha:tether :heifers, choice,
$6.50 to Vie' do, med., $5 to $6; du,
come $4 to $4.25; b.utcher cows, choice, ti
$5.50 to $6; do, mede $2.50 to $4.50;
can•ners and cutters, $1 to $2.50; but- eh
cher bulls, good, $4.50 to $5.50;
come $2 to $4; feeders, geode $5„to $6; tj
do, fear, $4 to $5; sto'cicees! ,goott $4, e
to $5; do, fair, $3 to $4; milkers, $60
$80; springers $70 to $90; ealves,
axe, $12 to -$13.25; do, nied., $9 to
0; do, eom., $5 to $7; lambs:, choice,
3 to $14; do, cent.. $6 to $7; sheep,
voice, $6.75 to $7.50; do, geed', $5.50
to $6; clo, come $1.50 to $3.50; hogs,
fed and watered, $14.25' to $14.50; de,
1.1o.b., $13.50 to $13.75; do, country
paints, $13.25 to $1.8.50,
Montreal.
Veale, $11 to. $12.50; medium calves,
$10 to $10.50; inferior-, $9 to $9,50;
hogs, $14.25 bo $14,50. for
Cheese -Finest westerns, 17% to
18c. Butter--Citoines.t creamery, 37 to
38c. Potatets-Per bag, Oar lots, 90a 171?
ta $1. or
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the first year M the history of the
rovince that the value of the cream-
y output has reached' the seven mil -
on pound mask. The figures also
how an increase of 50,000 -COWS in
le province in the past year.
E•chnonton, Alta. -Nearly three
ousancl. farmers 'attended the Alberta
overnmerat mixed farming train in
le first week of its itinera-ey. The
-ain, which is stocke-d vith excellent
types ef livestock and accompanied by
s'cientific agriculturists, is sent oat by
the Provincial Government for the
promotion of better mixed farming
methods in Alberta.
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Vaneouver, B.C.--Over $31,000,000
tvorth, el products were shipped' friorn
this port to the United States ,aloric.
clueiaig 1921. Among -the commodities
shipped were meats, eggs, -fres.h milk,
fish, hides, lure (undressed), grains,
elite, coffee, tea, spices, wool,
g -s, timber, paper lia.se stacks news -
int, enal, lime, platinum, gold, silver
e, nitrate of soda, sulphate of
.onia, granite, etc,
Boy Tires of Job;
Mine Tied Up
A despatch from Arnher.st, N, S.,
say -s -----The mines at joggins are idle
says: -The mines at Jaggins were idle
Thursday afternoon, throwing five
hundred nieri, ant of employment, A
boy operating en, electric motoe re-
fused to open a pump switeli close by,
and left his work, allihotigh this had
been part elf his diuties for several
Months. The other boys in the'rnine,
hearing of his eetion, also left their
w,tyrk, ztaifcl in consequenee the. whale
mine is tied tip.
A rye stalk, measuring six feet nine
inches, is reported from Beaverlodge,
INTertheril Alberta, the verage beight
1 being six feet,
Kaslo, B.C.-Picking, packing' and
shipping the 'longest fruit crop in its
history, the West Koot,enay's retatrus
from fruit alone -during 1921, on the
basis of prices at point of ship/lime,
will be .c•onsideralaIy over 8500,000,
The apple crop is estimated et 350
ears, a gain al more than 100 per cent.
over 1920, Valued at $360,000. Straw
berries: also show a 100 per cent, in-•
crease, with an estimated venue oil
$55,000.
Prince Rupert, E.C,--An adcbi tioneal
unit, sitfileient produee thirty WW1
of ice daily, Will 'be added to :die plant -
of the Canadian Fish eml.Cold. Storego
Cempany-here at a coSt of 825,000, The
additional capacity 18 urgeiytiy needed
as there Ints been an ice shortaige
every pteceding year ciu'iing ibe
sCason.