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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1922-9-28, Page 3CANADA ON EQUALITY WITH U.S. REGARDING COAL DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania Fuel Commission Settles on Same Distribution Plan as Prevailed During War—Maximum Price at the Mines Fixed at $8.5Q Per Tort. A despatch from Philadelphia, Pa., Mous of the United States, the Penn - says :-Distribution of all anthracite I s'i lvanra Commission, represented by produced in the next year will be! Commissioner James S. Bean, who • served as `chairman in place of Mr. regulated by the Pennsylvania Fuel' iteney, went into confettenee with Commission under an agreement af-f. members cf the Canadian Fuel Com- fected in this city on Thursday. f11 d misaien, states, including Pennsylvania and; The Canadian Commissioners were the Dominion of milia, will receive; informed that their country would be allceat;ons of anthracite; under a .dis-i put on the same distribution basis as tribution system devised by the Penn -s prevailedduring the war, lout that they would be permitted 60 per Bent. of their normal consumption, the same ea the United. States. One rigid regu of prepared sizes of anthiraeite actu-. lation laid down to the Canadian ally consumed during 1921. Instead authorities was that cinder no condi- of applying to the Federal Fuel Ad- tion were the Caziadien coal dealers' Sylvania Commission. Each state and Canada will be alio= sated G per rent. of the total amount ministration in Washington, the vari- to enter the United States market Row t ,M' pSa lir 1'a♦ K M9A." Se4ete,M `ICtt. °409 est A411/7, .1I •rNn ea". musts "N, wia1; • 44,00.. 1.1--,, R,0. a.'+ i° $tale of ,N,Yas. tear: eoedeithididdhaddided.hr #hidide .ie, es crus LL.ta+a i'> 'ft �lt,.s .U7Hri..:law ous states and (:sandal wart conduct with an offer Brttatn is taking a firm stand e anus t tato Tull ',weer hemei Pestle, w sate detnitude since ills eatery ov r , . -. off to buy arztltz.aezte Gaal , , Far%:., $,.2O per -}lbs; •2tod pats., $aa e. all business of anthracite distribution; ata rice Maher than 8.50at the the Greeks have been notable for their comprchet•�:vends. Tlie surrendErr of Thrace by the Greeks, the alp:an:➢- Hay -Extra p s $ e Ex ra . o. 2, per ton, trM 4 through the Pennsylvania Commis ritines as fixed by the Pennsylvania cement of any designs to hold Tchataldia. and ne with irawtia➢ of Allied, foree:s front this neutral ion1 rimed the ' Toro to $16; mixed x'13.50 to, 14- }P } Dardanelles, Constantieeple t -d the la:aphorns are all parts tf L'�: requests. lu'.garia is reported as EWA°< iL°ng c"_�is123.50 to, +14• straw, $9 ear- cion, of w i:li W. D. B. Ainey, chair- .Consults -shin. and'announced on Time - along, $ , , Y . hope - man cif the Public Service Cammis� day byGovernor S>raul, along, the Maritza River, and also to be !denier Ting the surrender cf Adriano ie. The Britfslt Govern:meta is hope Sion. is the Public r 1 ful that France and Italy Will assist in folding v eso proprocaition'. if they fail, Britain will emcee the T7irks alone. The eguletion, the Commission de-. r . , ➢;_, .. die - The ,� •. • ' , . The place. mentfanfad in the t'oreg sing rill _ t'n�aar,aF s't dire ntsap) ualaif•r,ir,..,l. fAtl`s��t r.11.ts wtitela zntF fr;,aire iii entire matter of dastrlbutren !laved, fox•estalla� any attempt on the r. i 1 was gine over here on Thursday, when part of the Oanadiau coal dealers to paste>.es later will also be found o x the map. the Feel Cron nts ?onere representing enter the market, dangle a fancy * ,- ANAii th•e rat our et,ates, as well is Canasta, price before came of the more un- �' �. WELL ` [=gi!a :'"� `�S` (' as red met with the Federal Fuel Committee reliable operators, and ship out coal aril the Pennsylvania Fuel Commis- and disrupt the entire system cf sifts et the Berlevue. Stritfeed, tribution as well as create a shortage Following the ec:nferente between in this country that might become representatives f.f the Fuel Commis- serious. Kis ?VS The Week's Markets Torento. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northe'rxz:,.. $1.09; N. 3 Norbherzk, $106. Manitoba oats -Nominal, Manitoba barieNominal All the above track, Bay ports. American corn -No, 2 yellow, 80e; No, 3 yeliovr, 79c, all rail. 'Barley---N`o. 3 extra, test 47 lb.s or . t` better,• 55 to 58c, .aCcordtng to freights outside, Buckwheat -•-Nominal. Rye ---No. 2, 62 to 67e, Millfeed--.-Del. Montreal freight, bags included: Bran, per ten, $21; shorts, per ton, $23; good feed flour, $1,70 to $1..80. Ontario wheat--£+ o. 2, 90 to 95e, at outside points,. Ontario No. 2 white •oats ,33 to 35e. Ontario corn ---Nominal. Ontario ficor - 1st pats., in jute sacks, 93'; $6.80 to $7.10 per bbla 2nd pats. (bakers), $6 to $6.30. Ninety per cent. pat, in jute bags, M mtreal, prompt shipment, 34.50 to 84.60; z .nt a brills, 34.35 to $1.45; bulk, seaboard, 34.20 to 34.25. Manitobba flair -1st pats„ in jute IRISH CONSTITUTION DISCUSSED BY HOUSE Short Course in Journalism. Far the seised time the L'ni • it f, DARDANELLES WITH FLEET AT i.0 A despatch from Con-tantinople envoy a,= sl;esl th;:t he could not fur- s ys:-Summing up tlaa military sit -I Hash h a guarantee. uation here, officers at British head- Late Genera] Harrington received quarters said on'Thur day:•-•- the Turkish W;ar :flimsier and the y row now hold a stripy en the Weide, M•n -tic a.f' the Xntta*afar a:r�l they dis Second Readingis Given Vote of Tor into e'a:ndueted a short course aide cnvorIng the narrows anal' aieree hew peacc�'s'ul conditions ecoid of 47 to 16in. Provisional Parliament, t.. in Jcurnalisln from Sept, 11t1 to 16th Chanak ztseif. Our advance posts are, he ma:nt,tine.1 in the caue.:al in the this year. Like the framer eoan;.e, pushed rut an ai11 poG.�tble lines of thea event c 1' , s orders. Iden alit aspproarh. The positions are ps. ;seyon3 one wva 'etzthaaaiasticall}*. - 1'sen1 calNd Italian generals A de atch frena Dublin says:•-, receive 1 and very well attended.' well entrenched and wilrel Fatrther- d e':nrt,e regret Mutt their Governments 1* � . `' more sail the AvailabIa hiedater:rane The ere aitution passed its second: Ninety-eight students, representing find tl:.nr s'lv,s unable to participate, p fico now is at the Dardancalles. preps rations for t3exelace. vee hn b the Prov.,x.onal Flacks-' daily, weekly, and crass pubiicatdom, ,,_ f ally statex3 facie that in tlt� g } It is a; .o of _telThe I� rane•h cAmrnand4:rf However, and ilt",rllding free-lance" writers, as mens by a velar of 47 to 1f, without wveI az3 !:hers interested in journal<a the Allied force; have no intention of evacuating Constantinople. ens same n�lment• c elan a being of- p fl, g k ra, toe fixe comee, and were Ea.l ex- feral. On Monday the House will con- eeeding.y appreciative ative of the instruc- ei,•ler, clause by clause, the .draft al- Mon that they received. Mr. C. A, C. ready approval by tate British, and Jennings, editor of" the Mail and Em - salve amendments will be offered.' ph'e, gave three lectnres on editorial In•inctral]y by Labor repre-,entativee. writing; Mr. P. A. W. Wallace gave; The Goveri;tner t, upon request, an- sir, leets.res en the ta:ehnique of writ-; natured that twelve artielee in the beg feature article; Profe.s.^cr W. J.' draft mast remain intact. In ten of Aiexar:.r lectured on English liter -i them the ruler of Great Britain is ature; Profess`ar G. M. Wrong on; Kin ,own ' referred to either as the g Canadian Constitutional History; Mr. or bis Majesty. A. Ii. 11I•w,ore on the work of the rural' Efforts to alter other articles will weekly new::?paper, and Mr. A. R. net likely he attended by much sue- Clute on newspaper juria.prudience.! erns. The first 25 articles will be con- Mr. M. 3. Patten and Mr. L. 0.' sidered on Monday and the Mini try's Thomas of the Natural. Resources In -i hope 'el getting those aparoved before tell,i�gence Branch of than Department; adjournment that day indicates the of the Interier, Ottawa, gave each n; attitude toward the w.ould-be amend- very interesting and instructive lee-# ers. Expressing a weir for more in- tura on the opportunities of the press" telligent exit's:ism during the third in so far as Gove'rnonent information reading, Minister of Heine Afaira 'J3 concerned and in the distribution' O'Higgins warned that there would be of information on the natural re -1 no time for sentim4ntsal protests .sources of Canada. • On Friday even -N against his Majesty, He said: ing of the eourse the university ten - "That was all -threshed out last d'ered a reception to the students, at; December and the situation is too which they were received by Sir: grave and too urgent to cover the Robert a`rd Lady Falconer. That ths' ground again. We' know that the Course is very much worth while and signatories did not like -the treaty any that it should be an annual feature; seems to he the !pinion of the une versify authorities as war 'as of the students who attended. The short eourt,e, end the tutorial class in Journ-, more than we did." Anzac Ensigns Flat Galli Oli alisin ww�hrell is to be herd thrs wvcnter, Flying P sem to be the proper preliminary' steps leaking towcandcs the establish-! ment of a regular course in thea subject. .. ! . a� A depatxi from London says: - The Landon Times' Ghai1kk corres_ ped lent, telegraphing Wednesday, says that the Australian and New Zealand ensigns are flying at ! elia, oppnr ite Chanak. Arzac officers, under Col. Hughes, who have been engaged for three 250. Milligrams of Radium for Montreal University A despatch from Montreal wags: - years past on memorials to the fallen The Quebec Government has bought in the peninsula, are enthusiastically snottier 250 milligrams of radium in': assiting in the derfencNe e the Nar- addition to the one grant already pur- rows with their resources of depot chaeed: by, it some time a;a. Both worksto`ps and laaber. purchases wy,ere from the United Chanak and the Narrows are the States Radium Corporation, the price sccrues of roost intense activity, from beingat the rate of $77 a milligram. dawn to dark. The Turkish n,opu'.a The new supply will be placed at the Men momentarily is quiet. and under disposal of the Universite de Men- the control of the military. teal r . • BRITISH DOVE N N T ISSUES STATEMENT OF VIEWS.ON DARDANELLES SITUATIOr A des'perteh from Londern says: -An, authoritative statement of the British i Government's views on the Deaden - Giles situation was issued here Friday. evening. It asserts that the Struaits•l must be neutralized, and open icor free f navigation to all mien -tries, of the world under the League of Natc+oins or some other effective inbernvati!on'a1 orgenizatson. The statement follows: "Curious mi�,iaippmebensaonrs ,exist as to ,what Great Britain.leants. She is seeking no'tbling ,for hereself, 'and as ptrrrauin'g no eboort-siiigh�ted polka iof her ewe, nor Dome' ba,se�d O n . n'n,oi.0 teepee. Such eons`idie'ratians do net aro. e here. "The sutprezne interest -no mod4fi- paF o+n of which can be entertaain�esd- tA the eii'ec`bi:ve neutrali�zdation of the Strait; and e. toll guarantee of free navlgaattor� for iaillicroRunt;riee, under thiel I a 'ue jai' Nations, ort• sortie obhes ef- fective ,in'teeenationaI" organizartiioia, ".All. other rnatters at issue: elle eecondary' and subje':i to peaceful, ae-, ooinmodatuon between t`u'rkey and txhe S'tratelss more der c ':y c+onoerner .�' " 'Phe Second Battalion ,cf tlee •Gren: v, d',^ i C. 411`.6.3 ''. ' � ^-,9"lt'•e�C1' ern 'bereid the Pi+it;i it : tresiiri r 1'sm,prese of .India' at Glasgow for the Near East. The eteaner will raid aft Be'.fa,st'for othee. milliWry units, including the Sussex regiment;. The Third B,atta1ion of the C'old- stream 'Guards vial 'reeve :Aldershrorl Tuesday for Tiibrn y, where it will take a .steanrer for Turkieh wiatars, The Second B�artt,alion of. She Fusiliers and the.Second B'athalrion of the Rifle B:.sigadie'�a ^e else under` ,o der�s, to move at `sees 'native. T1ve Kereadoimt fo3•aes. are rapidly cxea ei.ng on the Chanak frontier; but have nor-cou mvttead any overt acts of' hostility, says e Reuter despiabch. from G,o tantinoap!1a•, dated Friday. Relldabl`e reports oay tihat a Stihl ' afore sdexirus ooncentrabi'on . is occur- ring at .Istniid, to wltiel region Mus,- tapl:ra Kemal Bashi, the•adtionaliet loader, ie,ere'caeding, and th`er,e,seenes. to be givour for. �bellevi.ng. the Na tianal ets - will make Conab,anttaopd,e their ohje�ct ye, , rather theii CCh�an�ak, insrsi meld ea bad r uanrti4it ssera n rht� q E?, of sus. ppliee are zuv'aila'bl'e in the leered, r+agi,on:, while. the herbi''re popaabatton sof Con - ,a:iaavtinoples.wuonuilrl'_ cause :trou'ble in the 'rear, of,''the British.' ; "It is true that the British army is embarking the wive, and families of its members," said an official, "but this need: not cause anxiety. Officer and men should not be hampered' by the presence of their families. "The British hourly are expecting a large forte, of - cavalry, tanks and armored' care. Furthermore, the At- lantic flee is sending here additional aircraft and light cruisers." "Berl," the Turkish paper at Ana- tolia, says: "Now reigns the victorious Turk. At this moment Turkey le not making war to reoccupy Thrace and Adrianople, but overdone is partes tly certain that Turkey could recover them by force is she liked." Another Turkish paper says: "It is just the Same for us whether we ger to a conference as conquerors or con- quered, provided our national aspira- tions are accepted. Our terms are known." General Pelle, French Hig+b. Com- missioner here, has returned from Belvieu, where he extended to Kemal the invitation of the Allies to attend a joint conference. While General Pelle refused to discuss the visit, he said he w•as impressed with K,emal's frankness when he stressed hie in- ability to hold back his troops mu.h longer if the formal contro=l of Con- stantinople is not promptly coneeded. Hamid Bey visited General Harring- ton, Commander of the A11ied forces and explained that what the Kemal- i'sts were seeking was the right to cross the Dard,anelies, a privilege already accorded to the Greeks. General Harrington replied that a Turkish advance on the Straits meant a declaration of war against Great Britain and would be resisted with • s ma Ne Cheese -New, Targe, i9 to, ft u.e; twins 20 to 21e; ''".psis?s, •21 tis 211. ,..; fi*z't r.;, '.:k 0:,1 l ar re, ''3 as '.•tr; tw ire, 21 to 24'ee; Stater.;. 2rze. Butter- 1.1ne-t cresime:. par ireton that the to 40.; �ex� Unary ert.a:eer} p;r.t.t?...31 would faSiSt in .'very to 7r Dairy, 29 to ') , ('waren, •)7t• ing' orler. Praireri poultry- Spring eer i,:•ns, ti 3i1 to ti5e; roosters 23w; fowl., 21 ter csercbr. to pi:flaninury e t snit's 27e; tla.]:l:nge, �+it.'_; sue eye, 35 to lei. ire out!t S ar.n€ el:iodieno, ` 5o; the rrrrdiuetion of ;,cid during ur.,':9t p � , � . or � . :roan the mines oi' 1�rslthern Ontario rr,r,- e+~s, 17 I° 3O' , f+gyri, 2 t to Heir, ret �rkF3rgs, 30s ; trace ew s,, 30 to 35e. was the highest an 'areal, with a to. .+i rg ei i nc •20 to "a2i�, tal yield of approximately $1 Rif) .1�1t1.' F.gge- ego. 1 lie.*.died, '33 re 34r; For the first tine the produe en of zeeeets, 33 to 38s; e<:k.ne, 43 to 45s. stria in Ontario eiieeeted the rate of Bears--Cars.:':°::an, harile rke:l, h r., 322,000,000 a yeiir. Eight mine; con 5-1:,+,', prunes 33.75 to 83.90. tr baited to the output, three being in dank �Pro'•IUCt?r--SYrtt r,' Per i ^•+ Pareripinso and five in Kirkland bake. ga , $...20, per 5 asap. gals.. Said; Tea.st five more prodi vers wi'1 laity maple ,agar, alb„v:Or. �ry r Hones^.H0 b, ins. 13 per la 5- ly be incloade l within as few months.' 21a -sial tins,. 14 ei 15� per Tr., Ontario while the p.re:•ent pirs,au:.ers, i;y en- math beefy, per'.; w.. 4',v.7a to 34e -ii.. tinging tI:eir min, are expiectec1 to ?pleases •- .Nets Ontarters. $1 t`a )1.4,5 ten ciao; a to 50 per cent. to their out-” Smoked niea e---1I'aam ., ' *L ; to, put within the next twelve months. P 28c; Booked ham, •12 :+o 47h; ; e z, =1. - . rot's, 26 to 28c; 'ratter ` 38r;. breakfaet bac:,., 32 t ., 3 . ; vis ie cial brand breakfast 'hare -r,. 3` .o 1;)s; back,. boneless, 39 to 43e. Cured meets -Long clear r,:,e rte-- -- en, Wig:'ams lake, B.(.`.. -The discovery, good crop of sznaller fruits at the' 317; lightweight rolls, in Vitae 318; ds rer7:raid near here of a despond ofk Colleges this year. In thie eonrectdon } heavyweight roils, $4©ri�C, i ww t' .s said to b nearly lured Prof. Broderick said that the ever,: Layweignre, ttrce3, 5 knoll lulls c yI all vigor. Hamid Bey replied that the Kemal - wits cid not w ish to figlh't lige British, A means ,of avoiding a breach was then discussed. General Harrington proposed that a conference be called early in October or sooner, and asked Hamid Bey to guarantee that the Turks would observe the, neutrality of the ' Straits until then. The Turkish Mustapha Kemal Pasha Leader of the Turkish Nationalists, -s ho have so deoisively defeated the Greeks > in Asia Minor. He' is Com- manaing the : best equipped. Tnrkis'h. army, that ever conducted a canepai,gn. le.manea that tiie Alli' u 1-it3.t t Hshaa d Con statitinopie over to the Turks. Itatdin is sued in the manufacture of:' bearing type of strawberry was be- pails•, 161/2c, prints, 18c, flavor a tr..1 to the ori.' . r•v t wvii;la,1'2%e; pails, 13 bo 13're; print '1 . yp+', to 16a the advantage of a longer season. ^ Choice :hexu steers, $7 to. $8; but- porceram and of some textiles. + corning distinctly `papular, having •a' tierces, 12 to 12?/ie; ;:tits, I Oa]grary, Alta- Vainar�' is believed" , lee; to , to be the only city nn the American continent where adddtion5 to the civdrt (oal't, Ont. -The production of sit-! cher steers, choice, $6.50 to $7; ado,. zoo come right into town and deliver ver during the month of August from; good, 36 to $6.50; db, med., $450 tar the mined of Cobalt, South Lorrain,' 35.50; do, com., $4 to $4.25; butcher their►selves. From time to time deer, ansa CrowvgandIa, amounted to approxi heifers, choice, $6.50 to 37.25• do, lynx, coyotes and other denizem3 of ,mei., X5,50 to $6.`?ii do, coin..4 to the mountains, prairies and forests,. mately 8-000,000 ounces, according t,o: an American ensile,which' preliminary estimates. ' Seven mines'' $5dotcn er a $3g50etod $4; $4.50 to including A 7 contribiried to the output, these being, $5'{r); , "' o , was raptured by a Calgary deg, }nave Nipiesing, Mining Corporation, Coni-' o ,, 34 50'to135 d.o, con,. h 39.501te paid visits to the city a and lost their 3 , , freedom. The most recent addition to ages, 0 =rien, bieKilrl;ey-Darragh, La $3,50; feeders, good, $5 be $6; do, fair, the zoo to arrive unheralded was at Rase and; Peterson Lake. $4.50 to 35; stockers, good, 34.25 to youngmountain gout, one of the least Querbece Que' Negotiations have $5; do, fair, $8 to $4.50; milkers, $60 been successfully carried, on by a. repelto $80,; springers, $ 70 to $90; calves, was captured in a ]'anal' back yard; and approachable, of wild animals whiresentat'ive of the Provincial Depart- amide, 310 bo $11.50; do, med., $8 to d meat of Agriculdtua•e in England for $6; do, e0mT ,, $3 to S7; eprIng Iambs, is now installed at the zoo. i 511 to $11.70; sheep, o41''Ace, $5 to $61 the sale to British fiance of pure Que-i do, good, $3.50 to $4.50,• do, con,., $1 Regina, Sask.-An official exbibrtt. ,honey vender a government eertifi-; to $3; yearlings, rluo]ee, $6 t+o 37; dro, of livestock will be sent to the Chicago care, One firm ordered over a million come, $4 to 35; hags, fed and watered, International Livestock Show this;pounds anal others will probably fol -.311.50 to 311.75, do, f.o.b., $10.75 to year by the Provincial Government, low suit. There is a strong demand for $11; d`o, relintry paints, 310.50 to according to a decision arrived at bye the pure article.$10.76. the Provincial Livestock Board at a, Bathurst, N.B.-Gonstructiion of a' Montreal.recent zneetdng. Announcement is also new mill for the manu!.factvre of of Oats -Casa. West. NV). 9, 55e; do, made that the Government will pays print by the Bathurst Go., Ltd., is an -1, No. 3, 50e Flour, Men. spring wheat honorarium of $300 for a grand; pounced to commence shortly, Thepats., firsts, $6.80. Por"]ed oats, bag championship, and $100 for a reserve new plant, which is to be erected an 90 lbs., •$2.90 to 33. Bean. 830. Shorts, o t n cru lots championship, and $50 for a first prize the ground adjoining the pulpmil'1, is 322. Hay, No. 2.. per o . , $18 to $'19. with livestock which may be exhibited ready for operation, It will require, Cheese, finest easterns, 151e fn from Saskatchewan at the winter fair1 upwards of 1,500 men in addition to' 15%c. Butter, choicest creamery, 35c. at Toronto this year. This offer in' the staff now employed. The initial Eggs, selected, 35 to 36e. Potatoes: also open to any •Sa;:katchewan exhi output of the mill will be 50 tons of per bag, ear tots, 80e. bit.ons who show livestock er grain at; paper a day, whsch will later be in-: Steers, 35.50; light i uteher steers the Ghi'cago International. 4 creaser to 100 tons a day. ' and heifers, 34.50; grassers, 33 to Winnipeg, Man.-Presppezts promise{ Halifax, N.S.-Under the Act to $3.50; lambs, best, 311; med. Iota, $9 a splendid crop of apples wherever Encourage Seetlenent on Farm up; hogs, selects, $12. they are grown in Manitoba accord -Lands, which ich a settler may barrow' — ing to Prof. F. W. Brod'eri'ek,�-of Main- money for the purchase of a farm, Gold Claims Recorded itoba Aga,icultueal College. The yield granted be has caisih capital equal to in British Columbia twenty per cent. of the appraised; value of the' land, the Provincial Gov -t A despatch front Quesnel Darn, B.C., ernment ;hos made •seventy four leans says: -Many :claim's have been record- total'ling 3148,152. ed within a radius of one mile of Quesnel Dam, and gold is being re- covered from all. Prospectors who have spent the summer successfully will be equal, to or beyond the average, thin being particularly true of the harvests at Morden and at the Agri- cultural College. There also was a • Canada's Bumper Harvest 1921 1922 Wheat 300.858,1.00 bu. 320,968,000 Oats 426,232,900 bee 509,752,000 Barley . 59,709,100 bu. 64,881,000 Rye 21,455,260 bu. 37,848,000 Fiatx 4,111,800 ,bu. 4,580,000 Hay and Glover 9,930,000 tons 15,545,000 Increase 20,109,900 83,519,100 4,171:900 16,392,740 418,200 5,615,000 EXCELLENT VIEW OF SOLAR ECLIPSE OBTAINED BY CANADIAN ASTRONOMERS A despatch from London says: -to be highly pleated at the success of: The astronomers had a splendid view tike ,photxograpble prate, taken wiih the of Zwhureclay's solar eclipse from purpose of proving D+insitein's theory r ore relativity, namely the heeding path Woodall, near : Broome, Australia, ac- of a ray od light in its ;pass'age carding to a desp itch to The Times through the sun's gravitational field., from Perth. The sky was eloud'less The Canadian and .Auseralian astr n- and the c.bsaivatW'ns were most sue- oiiiers occupied positions nearby the cessful. Anierloans. AQ'1 bad made careful ef- The United States expeclvtien, et forts to verify the Einstein theory. oolial treaded byProfessor W. W. Chawietnies Plena where the British, , Campbell, direcbor ref` Lick Observe- Dutch and German expeditions wesre tory, saw a corona 40,000 miles wide; located, and Weolal, were considered from wvlach four Tong streamers of the moist favomab]'e points for obser- light shot forth, one exberciing 2,500,- s a`tion, beeitut e ' of the area high alit- 000 miles from the sun's centre, says tudc-•there, but an expedition, undo a despatch to the Eowohange Telegraph George F Dod'well, Government from Melbourne. The duration of the estronoomei• In South Australia, went totality of the erliieee was four see- to Gerd:illo Downs inn the AuitraHan o h r ,ter and' began ,a an 15 secondniiterd:nor. The observations made ends s or g � by Is,ter than previously predicted. this expedition also are said to have United States astronomers are said been 'most swocesriiful, prospecting the district hills are rush- ing back here to get in on the new strikes which have taken place within, the past two weeks. The Cedar Creek Channel has been stalked for five mikes. Potatoes Grow on Vines In Washington A deapatdi from Hahnam, Wash., says: -Potatoes are growing on vines in the garden of Harry Van :Wartier here. He says he planted his crop in the usual way. He was ,startled, by the size of the plants and still in•ore startled when tubers began to .form on there. He is now picking large potatoes three feet above the.groen,d. The estimated:, yield orf 903,919,800 amebae of grain for the Western Provirooes this year by the Winnipeg Free . Press,, as compared with 681,, 98'4,600 bushels din 1921, has been con- firmed by Ds. J. H. Gri safe, Deputy'.. Minlate'r of Agriculture. The United Kingdom was a 'be'tter- eustio nee of Canada than the United States for the twelve month e'ndln t with July, succeeding to A •et at laaiueicl 'by trite Feditteral-aua'ewu •of Sbaa., ideates. The totale[p4m�oCanadian to the U to far that l �iiit+� tq � w ' valued e $844,000,000, parki'd t .Aitld to Great Britain and Ireland were er 1 nearly 80700 004 R Qr0 g: t