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Canada from Cast to Coast
Halifax, N.S.-It Is steted that the
United States Gypsum Co., a Chicago
are bringing in quantities of machin
try, pipe, etc., and will undertake ex
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twelve development work on 'their
• gypsum properties near Wentworth.
• .It is expected this company will ob-
tain a much larger supply of gypsum
from their Nova Scotia quarries for
their mills located along the Atlantic
seaboard, which were heretofore sup
plied from the interior of New York
•'Mate.
Fredericton, N.B.-The Fraser Co.
are reported to have secured control
.of the entire output of lumber in the
Tobique river this year. Upwards of
twenty million feet cut in the Tobique
the past winter by Stetson, Culer &
ite Co., have been purchased by the
Fraser Co., which with Fraser's cut
will make a total of nearly 30,000,000
feet to be manufactured at their mill
at Plaster Rock. The Fraser Co. -are
erecting a new shingle mill, about a
mile down the Tobique river from
Plasfdr Rock.
1VIontreal, Que.-Indications from
spring bookings at Montreal hotels
point to a very busy season in the
Metropolis, with the possibility that
the summer months will experience a
business of even greater proportion
than the record established here last
year. In addition to the regular
tourist traffic from the New England
States, a large number of conventions
will be held here, coming from all
parts of the States and Canada.
Port Arthur, Ont. -Seven hydro-
planes will be engaged in patrolling
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the forests of. North-western Ontario
from White River on the eat to the
Manitoba boundary on, the west this
season, and considerable reduction in
the ground staff of fire rangers will
be made as a result of a new program
decided -upon by the Ontario Dept. of
Lands and Forests. The hydroplanes
will be commanded ,by expert pilots
and will be used extensively in patrol-
ling and reporting the presence of
bush fires.
Winnipeg, Man. -A proposition is
being worked out by the pee Keepers'
Association of Manitoba whereby its
members will ship honey to Winnipeg
for clarifying and then sell under one
label and one grade. The new scheme
will be run on a co-operative plan.
PeacrRiver, Alta. -It is announced
that a franchise has been granted to
the Canadian Petroleum, Ltd., for per-
mit number • one for carbon black
'manefaeture at Peace River, covering
-leases on some 50,000 acres. Other
concessions have been made which are
equally favorable .to this concern.
Trail, B.C.=-In its prelhninary re-
port of the mineral production of
Canada for the year 1923, the Dept.
of Trade and Commerce states, in re-
ferring to the opening of the new con-
centrator of, the Consolidated Mining
and Smelting Co. at Kimberley, that
the solution of the metallurgical prob-
lems involved in the treatment of the
complex ores of the Sullivan mine, has
been a truly remarkable achievement,
and as a result an enormous tonnage
of a mineral aggregate with doubtful
value has become a great Canadian
natural resource.
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is to -form part of a tableau at the Empire Exhibition in the East' African,
pavilion. Only the monster's head and its forefeet will fe shown.
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FARM'S 89 800 -YEAR MUTATION CHANGES
CLIMATE AND POSITION OF POLES
A despatch from Glasgow says: -
Old Mother Earth has a permanent
wave. She has had it all along, but it
was noticed only recently by a mere
mortal, Ludovic MacLellan Mann.
Mr. Mann, who is a member of the
Royal Anthropological Institute, the
Pre -historic Society of East Anglia,
and other scientific societies told
about his discovery in an address
made on Thursday night before the
members of learned societies in Glas-
gow.
There is a large wave, in slow mo-
tion, within the body of the earth,
• said Mr, Mann. It moves around the
planet once every 8,800 years, causing,
a slight motion in the position of the:
axis and the poles and giving rise to
changes in climate. The discovery
was made by him in comparing many
ancient with modern astronomical o1-
servations.
The wave causes the terrestrial
crust to pulsate, which accourts for
raised and sunken land surfaces. The
velocity, direction • and amplitude of
• the wave has been ascertained Thus
the ages* in years of all ancient land
surfaces • and of prehistoric periods
can be. determined. • -
• Knowledge of the 8,800 -year muta-
tion Mr. Mann said, had enabled lihn
to read astronomical registers found
in most parts of Europe and America,
sculptored on rock surfaces. The
same key had been successfully ap-
plied to solve the ,mysteries of the
Stonehenge, the celebrated pre-
historic monumentein Salisbury Plain,
England, which is shown to be ,a cal-
endric monument ,evehich registered
astronomical events occurring in a
period 'of twelve saros, which is the
•cycle of time in which the sun and'
moon nodes recur in the same relative
positions. •
General Elections in South
Africa to be Held June 11
A despatch from Johannesburg
says :-The nominations for the gen-
eral election will, it is understood,
take place Oh May 26, with voting on
Julie 37. A significant statement haS
been:Made by Colonel Cresswell, Labor
leader, who said he hoped to see a
Government in power which would
say: "If you close down those mines
without good reason, very well. We
shall take measures to see tat those
mines are, worked." He also said that
if he bac' his way he would.stop the
importation of natives from outside
the lInion, Deny.
W. A. Dempsey
The United Empire Loyalist courier,
is shown after his walk from Belle-
ville to Toronto, bearing invitations to
the mayor and citizens of Toronto to
attend the U.Erie celebration in Bellevle next June..
Liechtenstein to Join Swiss
Republic When Prince Dies
So much of the romance of royalty
has been squeezed from the principal-
ity of Liechtenstein by the World War
that the little state, perched up in the
Alps between Austria and Switzer-
land, has decided to become a part of
the Swiss Republic. The change will
come with the death of the present
ruler, Prince Johann II., eighty-four
years old, who now is reported to be
fatally ill.
Liechtenstein is ruled by the Aus-
trian House of Liechtenstein, which
traces its origin back to the twelfth
century. It is one of the smallest
principalities in Europe, being fifteen
miles long and five miles wide, with
11,000 inhabitants. Only Monaco and
San Marino are smaller.
Liechtenstein is one of the most pros-
perous disteicts on the Continent and
is virtually unhampered by taxation.
Most of the expenses of public im-
provement are borne by the Prince,
who has an enormous income from his
vast holdings in Austria. and Czecho-
Slovakia.
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Unique Stained Glass Win-
dow in British Exhibition
According to legend, it was *not
Columbus who first discovered Am-
erica, but the Irish saint, Brendan the
Navigator.
The exploit of the saint is commem-
orated in a beautiful stained glass
window, which is on view at the Brif-
ish Empire Exhibition at Wembley.
It is the work of two Irish women
artists and will be the only example
of. stained glass work by women to be
exhibited.
The saint holds in his right hand
an oar and in his left a chalice.
Around his head is a nimbus, while
about his feet flow green waves.
Sir Robert Kindersley
Was chosen ,in Paris recently by the
reparations commission as an expert
• to take part in the organiention of the
new German bank of issue to be set
up under the Dawes' plan. Sir Robert
is governor of the Hudson Bay Com.
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RECORD OF FIRST MASS
Historic Religious Service at
Which Champlain Was Pre-
sent in Year 1615.
A despatch from Montreal
While' pruning an elm tree in the
grounds of the Sisters of Mercy at
Sault-aux-Recollets recently, two
gardehers discovered in a cavity of
the tree an earthen jar in which was
a document covered with indecipher-
able writing. It was handed to a
chemist, who treated the paper and
brought out the writing, which was
found to be an account of the first
Mass celebrated on the Island of
Montreal, in the year 1615.
The words were as fellows: "In the
presence of Father Jamay and of
Champlain, a Mass of ections of grace
at which were present seven French-
men, twelve Cri children, six Algon-
quins, chanted and spoken by Father
Le Caron, Recollet Father Charles
Lavoisier (or Lavoidin), Bodjaroka,
Jean Lebeuf."
Here follow four other lines which
are indecipherable, and which prob-
ably contained names of witnesses. It
also appears that Jean Lebeuf was
the writer of the manuscript.
In Abbe Laverdiere's "History of
Canada" the following account is
given of this Mass: "Champlain was
forced to come down the river from
Quebec to arrange details to be car-
ried out during his absence. He again
met at Riviere des Prairies Father Le
Caron, who chanted a solemn Mass on
the 23rd or 24th June, 1615, in the
presence of a large number of sav-
ages."
The elm in which the . discovery
was made is coif -muted to be 349 years
old. Its diameter a few feet from the
ground is about five feet, and its
height, about 125 feet.
Duke of York Chosen as
Scotland's Unofficial Prince
Not to be outdone by Wales, which
can boast of its own royal prince, an
influential group of Scotchmen has
chosen Albert, Duke of York, to be
the unofficial Prince of Scotland.
Since the time when Queen Eliza-
beth robbed Scotland of its royal line
Scotchmen have had ohly two or three
royal princes allotted them by the
grace of their English sovereign. Now
the Scotchmen would like to exercise
a certain amount of freedom in select-
ing a royal prince of their own.
Scotchmen attending -the 141st anni-
eersary dinner of the Highland So-
ciety, at which the Duke of York was
present, took the initiative in adopt-
ing him as their favorite son. The
Scotchmen pointed out that the Duke
of York also held a Scottish title,
"The Earl of Inverness," and that
furthermore he had married a Scot-
tish duchess, and they did not neglect
to note that he is also Scottish by
lineage.
In the course of his speech the Duke
of York acknowledged the compliment.
The selection has precedent in the
action of George 111., who accommo-
dated the expressed desire of the
Scotch and made one of his sons the
Duke of Clarence. Victoria hastened
Weekly 'Market Report
TogoNTo.
Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.10;
No. 3 North., $1.08%.
Man. oats -No. 3 CW, 42c; No. 1,
40%,c.
Man. barley -,Nominal.
All the- above c.i.f., bay ports.
Ont. barley -65 to 70c.
-Am. corn -No, 2 yellow, 95c.
Ont. Rye -74 to 78c.
Peas -No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50.
Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $25;
shorts, per ton, $27; middlings, $33;
good feed flour, $1.90.
Ont. wheat -No. 2 white, 99c to
$1.03, outside.
Ontario No. 2 white oats -39 to 41c.
Ont. corn --Nominal,
Ont. 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 per bbl,; 2nd pats., $5.60.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, *$14.50; No. 2, $1450;
No. 3, $12 to $14; mixed, $10 to $12;
loWer grades, $10 to $12.
Straw-Carlots, per ton, $9.50,
Cheese -New, large, 16% to 17c;
tivins, 17 to 180; triplets, 18 to 19c;
Stiltons, 20c. Old, large, 22 to 23c;
twins, 23 to 24c; triplets, 24 to 25c.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 33
to 34c; No. 1 creamery, 32 to 33c; No.
2, 29 to 31c; dairy, 28 to 30e.
Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 30
to 31c; extra, loose, 28c; firsts, 26c;
seconds, 23 to 24c,
Live poultry --Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs.,
25e•'hens, over 5 lbs., 26c; do, 4 to
5 lbs., 24e; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15c; spring
chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 25c; roost-
ers, 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 26c;
do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 30c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do,
3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chickens, 4 lbs.
and over, 32c; roosters, 22e.
Beans -Can., hand-picked, lb., 6%c;
primes, 6c.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 3.1 to 11%c per
ib.; 10 -lb. tins, '11 to 12c; 5-1b. tins,
11% to 12c; 2%-1b. tins, 12 to 13c;
comb honey, per 'doz., No. 1, $3.75 to
$4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 23 to
24c; cooked hams, 34 to 36c; smoked
rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 18 to
20e; breakfast bacon, 21 to 25c; spe-
cial brand breakfast baeon, 28 to 30e;
backs, boneless, 28 to 38e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to ,90 lbs., $13
90 lbs. and up,$17; lightweight rolls,
in barrels/ 437; heavyweight rolls,
$32.
Lard -Pure tlerces, 14% to 153/4,c;
tubs, 15 to 15%e; pails, 15% to 16c;
prints, 18 to 18%c; shortening,
tierces, 14 to 14%e; tubs, 14% ,to 15c;
pails, 15 to 151/zc; prints, 16%.to 17c.
Heavy steers, choice, $8 to $8.50;
butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.75; do,
good .$6.25 to $6.75; do, med., $5.25
to $6; do, com., $4.50 to $5; butcher
heifers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do,
•med., $5 to $5.75; do, com., $4.50 to
$4.75; butcher cows, choice, $5.25 to
$6.25; do, med., $3.50 to .$4.50; but-
cher bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; bolognas,
$2.50 to $3.50; canners and cutters,
$1.50 to $2; feeding steers, choice,
$6 to $6.75; do, fair, $4 to $5; milk-
ers, springers,choice,
$75 to $90;
stockers, choice, $4.55 to $5.25;
do, fair, $3.75 to $4.20; calves,
choice, $9 to $10; do, med., $7 to
$7.50; do, corn.,
$4.50 to $5.50; lambs,
choice ewes, $15.50 to $1G; do, bucks,
13 to $13.50; do, culls, $8 to $9;
spring lambs, each, $8 to $15; sheep,
light ewes, $8 to $9.50; do, culls, $5 to
$5.50; hogs, fed and watered, $7.75;
to $8; do, f.o.b., $7.25 to $7.50; do,
country points, $7 to 17.25; do, off
cars (long haul), $8.15 to $8.40; do,
select. $8.50 to $8.80.
MONTREAL.
Oats, Can. West. No. 2, 51 to 52c;
do, No. 3, 49 to 50c; extra No. 1 feed,
48 to 48%c; No.2 local white, 44 to 45c,
Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lsts,
$6.10; 2nds, $5.60; do, strong bakers,
$5.40; winter pats, choite, $5.55 to
$5.65. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $2.80
Bran, $24.25. Shorts, $26.25. Mid-
dlings, $32.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton,
car lots, $16.
Cheese, -finest Westerns, 14%c;
finest Easterns, 13%c. Butter, No. 1,
pasteurized, 29%c; No. 1 creamery,
29c; 2nds, 28c. Eggs, fresh, specials,
32 to 33e; fresh, extras, 29 to 30c;
fresh firsts, 26 to 27c. Potatoes, per
bag, car lots, $1.40 to $1.45.
Good heavy steers, $7; fairly good
calves, ;5.25; do, com. and med., $4
to $4.75; butcher hogs, $8 to $8.25;
selects, $8.75; sows, $5,50.
,Considerable attention .in England and on this continent has been
centred on Philip Snowden, Labor chancellor of the exchequer in the British
cabinet, following the announcement of his first budget,
to treat all her subjects equally, mak-
burgh, the third sointhe Duke of 'Con-
naught for Ireland and the fourth son
was created Duke of Albany as Eng-
land's own.
ing her second son the Duke of Edin- Automobile Exports from
Canada Still on Increase
Automobile exports from Canada
continue to show a steady increase,
the total of freight automobiles ex-
ported in February being valued at
$271,369, as against $152,587 in the
same month last year, while for the
twelve mnoths ended February the
exports totaled $5,100,805, as against
$1,224,786 in the previous twelve
months. Passenger automobiles ex-
ported in February this year were
valued at $1,663,612, as against $2,-
964,345 in the same month last year,
while for the year ended February
the exports amounted to $27,392,879,
as against 24,100,321 in the ,previous
ewelve months.
Find Jewelry and Other Trea-
sures Fifty Centuries Old
Jewelry fifty centuries old and a
harp that was played on nearly 2,000
years before the birth of Christ, are
among the archaeological treasures
discovered recently by Frenchmen. in
Syria, along the. Euphrates River.
Piiceless antiques, which have been
added to the Louvre collection have
been collected from that district.
Most of them were dug up at
Doura. They include'exquisito statu-
ettes, well enough preserved to show
the beauty of their lines. Rare ivory
images and ceramics complete the lot
George V. is in a position to emu-
late his grandmother, for he has two
sons who are yet attached to ducal
titles.
Bank of England Loan
for Aid of Greek Refugees
A despatch from London says: -
The Bank of England has agreed to
grant a loan of a million pounds
through the League of Nations for re-
fugees relief work. in Greece, Henry
Morgenthau, of New York, who is in
charge of operations in Greece, an-
nounced.
This loan makes a total of two
million pounds available for the relief
work in Greece, which Mr. Morgen-
thau says will be sufficient to carry
on the relief work until November,
when he hopes it will be possible to
obtain a permanent League of Natione
international loan sufficient to con-
tinue the care of the Greek refugees.,
Mr. Morgenthau, who has been for
.
six months chairman of the League
Committee to take charge of this
work, came to London last week for,
the purpose of raising .the. loan just
granted.
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tively calms the mind than reaching
a decision.
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May Widen Thames to Make
'London World's Largest Port
The increase of shipping in the port
of London since the war has led the
Port Authority to consider the possi-
bility of widening the channel in the
Thames to allow the passage of large
boats as far as London Bridge at any;
tide.
The project would cost about 25,-
000,000 and take from five to seven
years to complete, but it would make
London the largest port of entry in
the world, about doubling its present
tonnage capacity, which is somewhere
in the neighborhood of 25,009,000 tons
annually. The engineers' plan would.
eliminate many bends in the river and
open the present channel from Til-
bury to the mouth of the Thames to
enable -freighters to turn in the -river
and allow a 85,000 -ton liner to dock
against the Tower of London.
Cholera on the Increase in
Several Districts of India
A despatch from Allahabad says
There have already been 10,000 deaths
from cholera in Bihar this year and
the epidemic is spreading. In Chem -
paean, the most affected district, there
were 1,000 ,deaths last week. Darb-
hango, Mizaffarpur and Sha.habad, and
Saran are also greatly affected, and,
the clisea,se has recently beconie epi-,
demic in Patna and Gaya,
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