The Exeter Advocate, 1924-1-31, Page 7R GOVERNMENT APPOINTS FIRST
RI' ASH AMBASSADOR TO SOVIET RUSSIA
A despatch from London says! -
There were important 'developments
to the Labor 'Government's first full
working day.
With the appointment of Frank
Hodges, secr-tery of the.Minora" Fed-
eration, as Civil Lord of .the Admir-
en, and Harry Gosling, president of
he National Transport Workers' As-
sociation, -as Minister of Transport,
Ramsay MacDonald has filled the im-
portant
mportant:; posts of his Government. Al -j
though most of the members of tF.e
new Ministry are inexperienced, quite
ee number, Like Viscount Chelmsford,
Lord Parrnnnr, John R. Clynes'and
Arthur I'n-1^rson have been in pre -1
vious Governments. I
A great help to the. Ministers and
a sign that nothing extremely revolu-
tionary in administrative practice is
contemplated, is seen in the appoint-
mentsw„by the Ministers as their pri-1
vate secretaries. Premier MacDonald,
has named Ric Ronald. Waterhouse'
and Robert Gowers, who filled a simi-
lar position with the late Andrew
Bonar Law, and C. P. Duff, who was
private secretary to David .Lloyd
George.
James O'rrady has accepted the
post of the l+'iret British Ambassador,
to Soviet Rnssia. Premier MacDonald
received at the Foreign Office, Chris-
tian Rakovsky, Russian envoy to
Great Britain, who had not bee
granted an audience by -Lord Curzo
13ut the real sensation of the de
was the appearance of Ramsay Mac-
Donald at his desk in the Foreign
Office at 10 o'clock sharp. This may
not sound astonishing, but 'constitutes
a revolution in Whitehall's working
hours, ns no Foreign. Ministers ever
have turned up for work before
eleven.
MacDonald has ordered all Foreign
Office personages to be on the job at
10, even the" highest permanent offi-
cials, and nozio of these latter have
been in the habit of appearing before
eleven -thirty. -
MacDonald made it clear on Thurs-
day to callers that writing notes to
France will be discontinued. Future
negotiations, he said, will be made
through Ambassadors, or when neces-
sary, by personal interviews between
chiefs of state.
The Russian envoy was asked about
Russia's willingness to acknowledge
Russia's pre-war debt to Britain, and
MacDonald received a favorable re-
ply. But the Russians want recogni-
tion first and debt. negotiations after-
wards, while some of the right wing
Labor leaders are anxious to get the
debts admitted before O'Grady is sent
to Moscow.
CANADIAN CIVIC DEBT
IS STILL GROWING
Canad;an National Railway
and Merchant Marine Heavy
Drain on Exchequer.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
Public accounts for the fiscal year
ended the 31st of last March have
been finally completed, and efforts to
produce a surplus are thwarted by,
the drafts upon the exchequer of the.
Canadian National Railway and the
Merchant marine.
Consolidated revenue stood up
buoyantly and totalled $394,614,900,
while the total outlayson consolidated
and capital accounts were $346,565,-
.016. This left a favorable balance of
$48,049,284. About 83 millions were
advanced, however, to the railways
and merchant marine --seventy-seven
t lions to the former and six mil-
lions to the latter. As the increaseof
debt was $31,641,067, about fifty mil-
lions came out of revenue.
The increase in the net debt in the;
fiscal year was $31,641,065. The total
is now $2,453,7'76,868. The gross debt
stood at $2,924,199,338, which is a!
decrease of ten and a half millions. ,1
- Revenues increased by over twelve
and a half millions, while 'expendi-
tures decreased by $15,266,958. The
increases in expenditure were $2,644,-
886 in the interest on the public debt
and $410,745 on agriculture. There
were reductions of over three millions
in pensions, seven millions in public
works, $822,000 in post office, $462,-
888 in soldier& settlement, and $4,-
416,369 in soldiers' re-establishment,
while miscellaneous reductions' were
over eight and a half millions
Increases in revenue were inainiy
$12,869,824 in Customs, $998,210 in
excise, and $32,826,230 in inland rev-
enue. Business tavee fell off $9,784,-
205, and income .$18,972,816. Over 55
ini?lions have so far been collected on
income.
The green apple pack of the An-
napolis Valley for 1923 has been esti-
mated at 1,500,000 barrels, of which
149,408 barrels, up to December lst,
v have been shipped to various Can-
adian markets.
BRITISH RY. STRIKE
REACHES DEADLOCK
Await Action by New Labor
Minister and Trades Union
Congress Committee.
A despatch from London says: -A
deadlock has been reached in the
strike of the Associated Society of
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.
The managers of the 'railways an-
nounced that they would not reply to
a letter sent them by J. Bromley, sec-
retary of the Associated Society, in-
forming them that he regretted that
the strike must continue.
There is a fundamental difference
of principle between the Associated
Society and the railway managers re-
garding the finding of the Wages
Board, from which the managers re-
fused to depart, although they assert
that they would consider cases of in-
dividual hardship among the men if
the strike were called off..
It is . said to be costing the Asso-
ciated Society about 27,000 daily to,
pay .the strikers. The members are
reticent about their resources, but it
is believed that the payment of the
strikers' wages is a severe drain upon
the exchequer of the organization.
It was asserted at the headquarters
of the National Union of Railwaymen
that it had been learned from several
provincial centres that many of the
members of the union, who had joined
the strike had returned to work.
The next step to be taken in the
strike will be action by the new Labor
minister, Toin Shaw, and the Trades
Union Congress's mediating com-
mittee.
National. Institute for Blind
Publishes. Smallest Paper
A despatch from London says: -
The smallest newspaper in the world
has made its appearance here. It is
published by the National Institute
for the Blind as a weekly and is print-
ed in Dr. Moons embossed type. It is
called The Moon and is made up of
six pages measuring .11 inches by 14,
containing only 760 words.
Canada from Coast to Coast
Halifax, N.S.-Six large trans-
Atlantic freighters, carrying a total
of .76,074barrels of Nova Scotia ap-
pies, left. this port recently for the
United Kingdom.. With these ship-
ments the grand total for the present
shipping season up to January 5 is
brought to 836,219 barrels.
Fredericton, N.B.-Five new com-
-.panes, with a.total capitalization ain-
ounting to $706,000, -have been incor-
porated in New Brunswick, according.
to, , notices • of incorporation in the
eiC,, ';dal Gazette. The largest of the
neeee companies is the Edward Sinclair
Lumber Co., Ltd., of Newcastle, with
an authorized capital stock of
$600,000.
Quebec, Que.-Navigationof the
St. Lawrence river is expected to open
early in the month of April. Accord-
ing to preliminary schedules issued
by the various steamship companies
operating between Canadian Atlantic
ports and Europe, 192 ships will visit
this port during 1924.. ,
Toronto, Ont. -Weather Conditions
in Northern Ontario having been ex-
ceedingly good for timber operations,
Hon. James Lyons, Minister of Lands
and Forests, stated that a very heavy
cut was expected this winter. Mr.
Lyons further stated that the cut was
so heavy that the list of Government
scalers was ahnost exhausted.
Oshawa, Ont. -One of the newest
industries' to establish in this city, is
the Ontario Potteries. The first kiln
has been opened.'. The company will
produce table and art ware, -using
Canadian raw materials.
The clay is
being secured from Saskatchewan, and
the Feldspar frolic Ontario.
Winnipeg, Man. -Manitoba bee-
keepers last year produced 3,041,712
pounds of honey, compared with 1,-
800,000 last year and less than 1,-
000,000 pounds in 1921. The average
production per hive was 155 pounds.
Regina, Sask.-The Indians of the
three prairie provinces in 1923 season
harvested the greatest crop in their
history, according to the annual re-
port of thesuperintendent of Indian
affairs. In the three provinces the
Indians harvested 638,561 bushels' of
wheat, 574,282 bushels of oats and
62,304 bushels of barley. The report
shows they raised 58,264 bushels of
potatoes and 10,000 bushels of other
vegetables, They ' summerfallowed
20,000 acres of land; broke 6,808
acres; put up 57,000 tons of hay and
9,516 of green feed.
Calgary, Alta. -This city claims
that it is Canada's leading sunshine
city. The record for sunshine for the
fall was as follows: September, 195
hours or an average of 635 hours
daily; October, 228 hours or 71-3
hours daily average; Noveinber, 156
hours or 51-5 hours daily.
Vancouver, B.C.-Vancouver ship-
ped 13,092,249 bushels of grain be-
tween September" 1 and December 31,
and bookings for future loadings in-
sure a total movement of more than
40,000,000 bushels for the present
crop year, according to figures com-
piled by the Vancouver Merchants'
Exchange. Additional bookings may
bring the total up' to 60,000,000
bushels. About 11,000,000 bushels
have been booked for January load-
ing, 8,500,000 In February,
5,500,000i In March and.
Pril and Ma' considerable amounts.
for April y ,:
win's First Labor Cabinet
THOMAS SHAW A.
V. HARTSHORN STEPHEN
New British Labor Cabinet.
A despatch from London says; -
The new Labor Cabinet as officially
announced, follows:
Ramsay MacDonald -Premier and
Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
John Robert Clynes-Lord Privy Seal
and Deputy Leader in the House of
Commons.
Lord Parmoor-Lord President of the
Council.
Viscount Haldane -Lord Chancellor.
Philip Snowden -Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
Arthur Henderson -Secretary for
Home Affairs.
J. H. Thomas -Secretary for the Col-
onies.
Stephen Walsh -Secretary for War.
Sir Sydney Olivier -Head of the' In-
dian Office.
Brig. -Gen. Christopher Thompson-
Air Minister.
Viscount Chelmsford -First Lord of
the Admiralty.
Sydney Webb -President of the Board
of Trade.
John Wheatley -Minister of Health.
Noel Buxton -Minister of Agricul-
ture.
William Adamson -Secretary for
Scotland.
C. P. Trevelyan-President of the
Board of Education.
Thomas Shaw -Minister of Labor.
Vernon Hartshorn -Postmaster -Gen-
eral.
HE.NDERSON
WALSH F. W.
SIDNEY WEBB
JOWETT NOEL BUXTON
•a•`�Y1.y �`��A it
RAMSAY MACDONALD
J. R.
CLYNES
J. H. THOMAS
Col. Josiah Wedgwood -Chancellor oft
the Duchy of Lancaster.
F. W. Jowett --Commissioner of
Works.
Yukon Experiences Mildest.
of Winter Weather
A despatch from Dawson City,
says :- The Yukon is experiencing the
mildest winter weather in the memory:;
of the oldest inhabitant. This month.
the thermometer has hovered around:
zero daily as contrasted with previous,
Januaries when it ran the scale be-
tween
etween 40 and 70 below, Extreme high,
temperatures have prevailed in the
Yukon and parts of Alaska since early,
last summer.
Many Londoners Live
to Good Old Age
A despatch from London says:-.
That London's climate, for all its fog,
is conducive to longevity cannot be
gainsaid in the face of statistics pre.
sented in the deaths column of the
London Times. Of twenty-seven per-
sons whose death notices appeared on
one day, the aggregate age was 1,992
years, or an average of 78 years. Six-
teen
ixteen of these were more than '70, in-
cluding twelve 80 years old or more,'
two of 96 and one 91.
LORD HALDANE J. C. WEDGWOOD WM. ADAMSON SIR S. OLIVER
PHILIP SNOWDEN JOHN WHEATLEY LORD CHELMSFORD
LORD PARMOOR
C. P. TREVELYAN
Weekly Market Report
TORONTO. twins, 22 to 223c; triplets, 2214 to
23c; Stiltons, 24 to 25c. Old. large,.
25 to 30c; twins, 29 to 31c; triplets,
30 to 32c.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 46
to 47e; No. 1 creamery, 43 to 45c; No.
2, 42 to 43c.
Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons,
58 to 59c; fresh extras, loose, 56 to
57c; fresh' firsts, 50 to 51c; extras,
storage, in cartons, 44a; extras, 41 to
42c; firsts, 36 to 37c; seconds, 29 to.
31c.
Live poultry-Springchickens, 4
lbs. . and over, 28c; chckens, 8 to 4
lbs., 22c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do,
4 to 5 lbs., 15c; do, 3 to'4 'lbs., 15c;
roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,
19c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; turkeys,
young,. 10 lbs. and up, 22c.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern,
$1.103'x.
Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW, 46c; No.
1 extra .feed, 45c.
Mani-.cba barley -Nominal.
All the' above track, bay ports.
Ontario barley -65 to 67c.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, 96c.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 72 to 75c.
Ontario Rye -No. 3, 72 to 74c.
Peas Sample, $1.45 to $1.50.
Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights,
bags. included: Bran, per ton, $28;
shorts per ton, $30; middlings, $36;
good feed four, 2.10.
Ontario wheat_ -No. ,2 white, 95 to
98c, outside,
Ontario, No. 2 white oats -40 to 42c.
Ontario corn -Nominal.
Ontario flour -Ninety per cent pat.,
in jute bags, Montreal,prompt ship-
ment, $4.60; Toronto basis, $4.60;
bulk seaboard,. $4.25.
Man.: flour --1st pats,.in jute sacks,
$6.20 per- barrel; 2nd pats., $5.70.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto;, O. .50 to $15;; No. 2,
14.50• No. 3, $12.0 • !nixed $12.
•Straw -Car, lots, per ton, $9.
Cheese -New, large, 213 to 22c
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
4 lbs. and over 80c; chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do,
4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 8 to 4 lbs. 18c•;
roosters, 18e; ducklings, over 6 lbs.,
24c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 2'ac: turkeys,
young, 10 lbs. and up, 28 to 32c;
g
eese 22c.
Beans -Canadian
lxandp.cked;; lb.,
7c; primes, 6%c.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 12c per
lb.; 10 -ib. tins, 11 to 12c; 5 -Ib. tins,
12 to 13c; 2%a -lb. tins, 13 to 14c; comb
honey, per dozen, No. 1, $3.75 to $4;
No. 2, $3.25 to, $•3.50.
Smoked meats--Ilams, med., 25 to
27c; cooked hams, 37 to 59c; smoked
trolls, 19 to 21c; cottage rolls, 22 to
24c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; spe-
cial'brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c;
backs, boneless, 30 to 85c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., 518;
90 lbs, and up, $17 • lightweight rolls,
in barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls,
$32.
Lard -Pure tierces, 17 to 172c;
tubs, 17% to 18c pails, "18 to 181,4c;
prints, 19 to 20c; shortening tierces,
14% to 1514c; tubs, 15 to 15}c; pails,
15% to 16c; prints, 17/ to 18c.
Heavy steers, choice, $.7 to $7.50;
butchers steers, choice, $6,25 to $6.75;
do, good, "$5.75 to 6; do, mad„ $4.75 to
$5: do, co;n., $4.25 to $4.50; butcher
heifers, choice, $6 to 56,75; do, fined.,
$4.75 to $5.25; do, com., 54,50 to, $5;.
butcher cows, choice, $4.75 to $5,; do
med,, $3.50 to 54; c:l;mors and cut
tees; 51.25;to $2; butcher bulls, choice,
$4.26 to $5.25; do, com., $2 to $8;
feeding steers, good, $5;50 to $6.50;
do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, good, $4
to 54.75; do, fair, 53.50 to $4; milkers
and springers, $70 to $100; calves,
choice, $12 to $13.50; do, med., $9 to
$11; do, corn., $5 to $7; do, grassers,
$3 to $4.50; lambs, choice ewes, $13
to $14; do, bueks, $10.50 to $11; do,
culls, $7 to $8; sheep, light ewes, $6.50
to $7.50; do, fat, heavy, $4 to $4.50;
do, culls, $2 to 9; hoge, fed and water, -
ed, $8.50 to $9; do, f.o.b., $8 to $8.50
elo, country points, $7.75 to $8..25;. do
selects, $9.35 to 9.90,
MONTREAL.
Oats -Can. west., No. 2, 65 to
56c; do, No. 3, 52 to 53c; do, extra
No. 1 feed, 51c; do, No. 2 local white,
481/2 to 49c. Flour -Man. spring wheat
pats., 1sts, $6.20;' 2nds, $5.70; strong
bakers' $5,50; winter pats., choice,
$5.65 to $5.75; rolled oats, bags, 90
lbs„58.05; loran, $28.25; shorts,
$81.2n 5, Middlings, $37.26. Hay, per
ton, car lets, $15 to 516.
Butter, No: 1 pasteurized, 43 to
431/2e; do,No. 1 creamery, 42 to 421/$ o.
Eggs, strage extras, 40c; do, storage
firsts, 35e; do, storage seconds, 2.8 to
80e.
veal calves, me
de
good
ayes; $10; m a,
$9 to $9,50; good Iambs, $10 and
$10.50 ; sheyp, $5.50 to $6 hogs„ $8.85
to : $9; com. diiiry typo cows and
bologna bulls, $2.50 to $8; canners,
51.50.