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Canada from
Coast to Coast
1alifax, N.S.-Sincehe beginning
of the new year, the seventh of -Can-
ada's direction finding stations has
been completed for serviee by the
radio branch of the Dept. of Marine
and Fisheries. to serve the boats• eehich
navigate the Bay of Fundy and the
stretch of coastal, waters to 1Yiiston.
Once a ship in distress is within 400
miles of the Car adieu shore, no mat-
ter where on the Atlantic or Pacific
sides,.' is possible for the wireless
openz to press the spring and. get
Ideation from a finding station. spe-.
c ally built for the purpose and equip-
ped with special apparatus.
St. John, N,B.—The past month has
been very favorable for work in the
lumber woods and good progress has
been made with the work. Most op-
errs finished rutting opeiations.
some. days ago and their crews are
'busilly engaged in hauling the logs to
the brows. It is expected that the
• work will be pretty well advanced be-
fore the end of the present month.
Montreal, P.Q.-The total value of
pulp and paper exports for January
was $7,84,000, an increase of about
$17,000 Ater December, according to
a report of the Canadian Pulp and
Paper Association, Of this the Un-
ited States took $7,283,000 and the
United Kingdom $188,503.
Ottawa, Ont. -Canada's harvest of
the sea during January is valued at
$1,288,551, according to a bulletin is-
sued by the Dept. of Mines and Fish-
eries. During the month 376,330 cwts.
cif sea fish . were marketed commer-
cially on both Atlantic and Pacific
o t In January, 1923, 175,787
e 's:, valued at $628,201 were landed
OW both coasts.
Winnipeg, Man. ---In conjunction
with the extension' service of the pro-
vincial department of agriculture, the
C.P.R. will operate special cars ever
its Manitoba lines to demonstrate
held and fodder• crops. A carload of
all varieties of seed will be carried
for distribution at the points . visited.
Forty districts will be visited,
Regina, Sask.—The ,average value.
of oecupied farm' lands in Canada de-
clined last year, according to a re-
port issued by the. Dominion Bureau
of Statistics, It is now returned as.
$37 per acre, as compared with $40 in
1922 and 1921. This includes both
improved and unimproved lands, with
dwelling houses, barns, stables and
other farm buildings. By provinces,
the highest value is in British Col-
umbia, Le., $100, the remaining pro
vincee showing values of per acre as
follows: Ontario, $64; Quebec, $56;
Brunswick, $32; Nova Scotia, $31;
Manitoba, $28; Saskatchewan, $24,
and Alberta, $24.
Prince- Edward Island, $51; New
Edmonton, Alta.—The total. enrol-
ment at the Alberta University this
term, according to the annual report,
is 1,314, of which 696 are in Arts and
Sciences, and 190 in Medicine. There
are 900 men •and 414 women students,
British -born students total 1,003,
Canadians 762, foreign 239, of which
188 are from the United States.
Victoria, B.C.—A despatch from
Eng, ng,, states that the Sudan.
Government, through Capt. E. C. Mid-
winter, general manager of railways
and steamers, Sudan, Africa, has ac-
cepted a tender from a British Colum-
bia firm for 150,000 railway ties of
Douglas fir. The contract expressly
stipulates that the railway ties shall
be of Canadian origin.
DAIL EIREANN WILL
PROBE ARMY REVOLT
Free State President Cosgrave
to Assume Office of Minister
of Defence.
A despatch from Dublin says:—
President Cosgrave will assume the
office ipf Minister of Defence, from
which Richard Mulcahy has resigned.
The Dail Eireann, after an exciting
debate, adopted without division the
motioneof Kevin O'Higgins, Minister
of Home Affairs, that the President
be appointed to the post. Mr. O'Hig-
gins a .cited that during Mr. Cosgrave's
illnes . himself would act for him
as Defen e Minister.
A striking feature of the debate
was the testimony of Major Bryan
Cooper, who was British press censor
in Ireland during the war, that the
rank and file of the army had beeen
absolutely true to their oath, and that East Indians to the English crown. He
the insubordination had been limited is at present executive member of the
to officers. Demobilization had near- counsel cf India.
ly provoked a mutiny in the British
HEROIC HELP TO JAPAN
army in 1919, but in Ireland, he as-
serted, the men had stood firm. WINS COVETED MEDAL
The Army Council had put them-
selves indefensibly in the wrong. Capt. Robinson, C.B.E., is
Remarking the Ireland was not yet
out of the woods, Major Cooper tp- Second Canadian to Receive
pealed for unity and the banishment Award for Gallantry.
of personal considerations. I . A despatch from Ottawa says:—
Professor John MacNeil, Minister The Order of St. John of Jerusalem,
of., ducation, contributed a moderat- of which his Majesty the King is
Iii ineech to the discussion. Anybody Patron, and H.R.H. the Duke of Con -
expecting unusual or abnormal things naught President, at the instance of
not to happen in the new Irish State, the Canadian Branch of the St. John
he said, expected miracles. Secret Ambulance Association, has awarded
combinations in the army were once the silver medal of the Order to Capt.
necessary, but the Government's task Robinson, C.B.E., of the Canadian Pa
was to enable the army to grow out cific S.S- Empress of Australia, for
of that state. Mutiny by subordinate his gallant action in saving his ship
officers might be bad, but the delibei:-' and passengers, as well asthousands
ate avid conscious setting aside of tie of refugees, on the occasion of the
authority of the Government by the disastrous earthquake in Japan in
Army Council was worse than mlitiny, September last Word to this effect
and a Defence Minister who stood for has just been received at the head
It haiene option but to resign. office of the association in this city.
General Mulcahy then gave his ver- This is only the second time that
sion of the incident. Neither the the medal has been awarded to a Can
hief of 'Staff nor the Quartermaster- adian, the first occasion being some
eneral, he said, had anything to do years ago, , when the recipient was
with the raid, which was carried out Conductor Reynolds of the C.P.R.
'under the direction of the Adjutant- The medal of the Order, originally
General. He intended to deal before instituted in 1874, is awarded for gal-
the Cabinet tribunal with the question lantry in saving life.
of brotherhoods and secret societies in Arrangements will be made to pre -
the army, and he considered that the sent the medal to Captain Robinson
personnel of the tribunal should be on his return from his present trip.
extended .to include members other around the world In command of the
Sir Prabasham Kar Pattani
Knight -.commander. of the British
Empire, is one of the most clavoted of
than the Ministerial party.
,Newsprint production in Canada
mitring January amounted- to 109,875
tons, compared with 95,726 tons in
t ecen :r and 99,337 tons in January;
1928, according to a report published
by the Canadian Pulp and Papee As- dangerous hill between Birmingham
sociation. Practically all exports of and Manchester for the guidance of
newsprint go to the United States. automobiles.
Empress of Australia.
Automobile Lighthouse on
Dangerous Hill in Britain
A despatch from London says:—
Great
ays,—Great Britain now has its first inland
lighthouse. It has been erected on a
AUSTRALIAN NAVY
AUTONOMOUS IN PEACE
But Will Act as a Unit With
Imperial Navy in Time
of War.
A despatch: ;from Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, says: -Australia is taking
stock of the new situation created by
the Imperial Government's abandon-
ment of the Singapore naval base
scheme,
The Melbourne Age says the de-
cision of the British Government on
the matter will have a very important
influence on the coming. session of the
Australian Federal Parliament. "^
The discussions by the members inr
dicate that the adequate defence of
the Commonwealth is regarded as by
far the most important question for
immediate consideration.
The Cabinet is stated to besfaced
with difficulty, because Singapore
was the central point in the scheme
of the reorganized Australian naval.
defence. It is understood that. Aus-
tralia's contribution to the proposed
Singapore base was to have been
$1,000,000 is necessary.
In the meantime, E. K. Bowden,
Minister of Defence, already has
voiced the necessity of considering an
alternative means of defence in the
Pacific, while Major General Sir
Granville Ryrie, Assistant Minister of
Defence, now favors the establish-
ment of a naval base in Australia.
Premier S. M. Bruce, speaking at a
banquet given here in honor of Rea! -
Admiral Sir Frederick Field and offi-
cers of the visiting special squadron,
declared that Australia' recognee d
her obligation to assist in the task of
Imperial naval defence, but she was
resolved that her aid should take ..e
form of an Australian navy, com-
pletely autonomous in peace time, but
acting in co-operation with, and
forming a unit of the Imperial naleg
in war -time.
Winston Churchill Defeated
in Election by 43 Votes
A despatch from London. says:--
By
ays:-By the margin of only 43 votse,
stdn Churchill was defeated in his
fight for election to Parliament for
the Abbey Division of Westminster.
He received 8,144 votes, to 8,187 for
Otto Nicholson, the official Conserva-
tive candidate. The Labor represen-
tative, Fenner Brockway, was a good
third with 6,156, while Scott Duckers,
the Liberal champion, scored the ex-
traordinarily small number of 291.
Drama surrounded this unusual
election up to the last moment. The
result was in doubt until after the
last ballot had been counted, and the
newspapers were actually announcing
that Churchill had won.
League of Nations Assigns
Two Villages to Hungary
'A despatch from Budapest says:—
The villages of Somoskoe Ujfalu and
Somoskoe, on the Czech frontier, have
been formally handed over to the Hun-
garian authorities by Czecho-Slovakia.
They were assigned to Hungary by
the League of Nations last year.
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Gorgeous Court Dress Worn
by Labor Cabinet at Levee
A despatch from London says:—
Resplendent in blue court dress with
heavy gold braid and wearing swords,
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald,
Lord. Privy Seal J. R. Clynes and a
number of other members of the Labor
Cabinet attended the, first King's
levee since their induction into office.
It was noticed, however, that the
Prime Minister wore no cocked hat,
and kept his regalia well hidden by Millfeed—Del., Montreal freights,
Weekly Market Report
TORONTO. choice, $4 to $5; do, fair, $3.50 to $4;
Man. wheat --No. 1 North., $1.10,
!milkers and springers, choice, $80 to
Man. oats—No. 3 CW, 43%c; No. $120; calves, choice, $10 to $11; do,
med., $7 to $9; do, com., $5.50 to $6;
1, 421/X,
Man. barley—Nominal. lambs, choice ewes, $14 to $15; do,
All the above, coif,, bay ports. bucks, $12.50 to $13.50; do, culls, $8
to $9; sheep, light ewes, $8 to $9;
Ontario barley -65 to 70e.
American corn—No. 2 yellow 981c. do, culls, $5 to $5.50; hogs, fed and
Buckwheat—No. 2, 78 to 82c. watered, $8; do, f.o.b., $7.50; do,
Ontario Rye—No. 3, '75 to 79c. country points, $7.25; do, selects,
Peas—No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50.' $8.80.
MONTREAL.
a long cloak with a cape as he left bags included: Bran, per ton, $28; Oats, No. 2 CW., 530; No. 3 CW.,
Downing Street for the Palace. Sev- shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $36; 51c; extra No. 1 feed, 49 to 491)X;
No. local white 46 to 461/sc. Flour
Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, 98 to Man, spring wheat pats,, firsts, $6.30;
eral Laborites wore the ordinary even- good feed flour, $2.10. , ,
ing coat, with short breeches and silk $1.02, outside. seconds, $5.80; strong bakers, $5.60;
stockings, but they took advantage of Ontario No. 2 white oats -41 to 43c. winter pats., choice, $5.65 to $5.75.
thecrisp weather to enfold themselves Ontario corn -Nominal.
Rolled oats, 90-1b. bag, $3.05. Bran,
as completely as possible in their over- Ontario flour—Ninety percent. pat., $28.25. Shorts, $30.25. lVIiddlings,
lin in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- $36.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots,
Among
,
the members of their party seaboa 4.7$4.T5ronto basis, $4.70; bulk $1B6.
utter, No. 1 pasteurized, 351/z to
in the House of Commons afterward Manitoba flour -1st pats,, in jute 36c; No. 1 creamery. 34% to 35c.
there was considerable twitting of sacks, $6.30 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $5.80, Eggs, fresh extras, 35c; fresh firsts,
these officials who "would parade) Hay—Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, 32c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.55
about in swords," and more than one track, Toronto, $14.50 to $15; No, 2, to $1,60
of them was asked how much he had $14.50; no, 8, $12.50 to $13; mixed,
to pay for the hire of his court cos- $12.50.
tame and .sidearms. • The newspapers Straw—Carlots, per ton, $9.50,
here recently have been carrying ad- Standard recleaned screenings, f.o.
vertisements of shops as well as indi- b. bay ports, der ton, $20.60,
b
viduals willing to let court dress coo- Cheese—New, large, 19 to 20c;
twins, 20 to 21e; triplets, 21 to 21,4e;