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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-7-31, Page 3BRITISH SETTLERS FEAR GERMAN PERIL IN SOUTH AFRICA Compulsory Repatriation of r'elltoin $safer' lel Urged -Country Big Ind Possibilities Vol: liaitl , Aj rieyltpe, Shows Big Cattle -Raising Boom, • .A cicslra{;ch from 1Vindhult,, South T fries.,, says: -Tho tete' pl'o.war Ger- Man population of what was eornorly known as German Southwest Africa, inoluding women' and children, was 14,000, ,of whom 2,000 belo'awed to Ger• man gareiseno and 800 were police, "Though no statement onthe eubjedt 'has been made in • the union paella.' • •nreiit,it is known that within the last few weeks these 2,500 liavo been re. patriated in (tiltedon to 000 civilian Oarmans, who are now in the course •of repatriation, and this nuntbov will probably: he Increased by another 400. Moreover, it is entlekpated that at least another 1,000' Germans will re-. -then to G.ermanyvoluntarily, Dtiti'slt; settlel's, are of opinion that 'the former German ofiicers and'so1- 'diers; particularly the former, who aro :settled the land,ought ht to be.com- pu1soriry repatriate. They influence .,both the Dutchman and native, and it they were left in the country they would almost certainly be an element •of pernlauout unrest. The milling possibilities of the coun- try are of virtually unknown enmity and, quantity, 'except for the Otavi •atines'in the south. Geologists of high, repute who have visited ICaolcoveld in 'tho north aro of opinion that lfaolco- 'veld is -highly inineralized and occur- rences of tin havebeenreportedl The .government did 4iot' encourage the prospecting. When a coal seam was reported to Have been discovered in the Bosebe, district in •1910 the German Government immediately closed the ,district to piiospecting. .Apart from minerals The country has a sure future in its stoclerais1ng Potentialities, in w1deh respect it is compared With Argentina. In any consideration of these possi- bilities you must divide the country into north and south, and that can be done roughly: by taking the north as , that portion to the north of Windhuk and the south as south ofeWindhuk, It has enormous economic. valuers, .,both as an agricultural and cattle• rafs!ng country._Its agricultural possi- bilities have only been scratched and considerable devolopnients are expect ed under this head from the additional capital and influx of thepopulation whichiivill undoubtedly take place un- der the new regime. However, cattle -raising in the north seems far and away more profitable and certainlygreater in its possibili- ties. than, agriculture. ' It has been proved that small stock do not thrive :as" Well in the north as in the south, whereas the north has been proved to be the more excellent cattle country. The veldt is composed of grass and trees. The latter entirely disappear in the south: The average rainfall is 15.2 inche3 and falls during summer only. There are no winter rains. The price of private land in the 1101011 ranges frons $2.25 to 55.75 per cape allergen (about an acre). The Present administration cannot dispose of the government land. The south is commonly described as a desert incl its virtues front a Stealer raising, Point of view or any other point oe 'view are not apparent to the stranger or chance traveller." It leas always been neglected and scorned boar by the government and thepros-. pecti'e settler. However,: the --lair who kno0vs the south 'recognizes its great possibilities as a Stook -raising country. The Smith Atrial/ Samar .and par- ticularly those living near its southern border also are beginning to recognize its potentialities In this respect, Those, British who have entered 1110 peotoc• torate since it was occupied are loud In their praise of this region and high- ly satisfied with the 1'estiita they have attained. -I -Torso's, cattle, Namaque sheep and Boer goats all do exception- ally well, end in some portfolio of Re- hoboth, Mnitaltotte, Giboon, Keetman- shoop and Warmbad districts merino and angora goats also do well. The increase in sheep and .goats in good lambing •seasono is 80 per cent;, which is an exceptionally' high per. .centage. This is due to the fact -that stock slckpesseo are virtually iron - existent, The veldt conditions are' very c1if- ferent from ,the north and vegetation is -very sparse as against the luxurious growth- of the north. There are no - trees from Rehoboth southward and the veldt is composed of grass and bush in most places, very much like Karroo, except that the bush is not so thick: The grass is short and sweet and resists drought, However, 'the bush forms the most important part of the veldt. The south is undoubtedly more free from disease than the north,, and this may be clue to less rain and more se• vers winters. In the south, owing to the. minimum rainfall, no agriculture is possible. The average 15,000 mor - gen farm in the south will carry 250, head of small stock, while farms in the Rehoboth, Maltahohe and Gibeon dis- tricts will carry more than this, The first essential in the develop. ment of the south is the opening up of water and extensive boring operations on government land, which are im- mediately necessary. The only bore masters, "Germans," in the country are now being repatriated so that bor- ineoporatlons in the hands of private individuals have for . the time being coneto an end: There is also the questio .of damning the rivers, which cone down during summer rains. ee •Private' enterprise and capital are what this country requires., The country iv111 offer excellent pros- pects and good rotaries to young men with small capital ,-young men who are not-afralc0,of the lonelfiness of the vast Veldt and the comparative ab- sence of social life. There fere no failures, because, comparatively speak ing, there are no stoel;`eicicnessos. The question at the end of a given period is the amount of success obtained and that is regulated by the amount of capital originally invested in stocic. Knowledge of stock is, of course, es- sential. Tidings From Scotland' Three sons of George Moir, a for mer resident of the village of St. Bier gus, have won the D.C.M. Andrew Klnloch, shipbuilder, one of the oldest inhabitants of Kingston, Garrrtouth, passed away recently. The Victoria Cross has been award- ed to Cadet Gilroy Grant, a nephew of Robert Grant, Buckle. Captain.Earl D. Nicoll, son -In-law of Sir James Urquhart, Dundee, has been awarded the Croix do Guerre. The Arbroath Angling Club has re- stocked the Liman stream 'with 5,000 brown/rout and 5,000 Leven trout. Lieut: Colonel G. W. hillier, D,S,O„ Dundee has had the Croix de Guerre conferred on him by the French Gov - mama . Robert Stuart, one of the oldest poor law officers 'in Scotland, retired 'from the position of inspector for Arbroath. The Military Cross has been award- ed to Captain Walter Rhind, Ree„ son 1 of the late John Rhind, Aberdeen, The death has taken plaice at North Gellan, l',oull, of John Middleton, out of the eldest farmers on Upper Dee - side • The reel,ary Cross has been avearde ed to Lieut, C. W. Walker, 500 of Rev. George Walker, EasteParish Church, Aborcloen. The French Croix de Guerre has been awarded to Lieut, -Col, b'Vllliaiu Ras; D,S.O., son of William Rae, advo- cate, Aberdeen, Col George F, Whyte, Highland Field Ambulance, a medical ,practi- tioner of Dundee, has 0 been aittarded the Ci'aix de Guerre. The Dundee Free Breakfast Mission bas ptu'chaeod tl{e Mall Park Mansion, Montrose, as a holiday Home for poor children. The death has taken place at Palgn- ton of Allan Milne, C.M.G., a former secretary of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. NEARLY 50,000 STILL TO BE RETURNED A despatch from Ottawa says: - Apart from the thirty-eight hundred officers and Wren just arrived in Canada, there still remain in England, including soldiers, dependents and un- attached women, approximately foity- nine thouspnd Canadians, who Inuit be. brought home 'before the task of demobilization, is conmplete, Unmarried soldiers and officers still to be return- ed number ton thousand, and married, eleven thousand. Wives, children and unattached women swell the total to -nearly fifty thousand,, Albhough the homeward movement of Canadians is not at present so heavy as formerly, it will shortly be speeded up, and it is anticipated that by the end of August the Canadians and thir dependents will all be back in Canada. CONTINUE FOOD CONTROL DURING COMING WINTER A despatch from London' says: - Negotiations for the securing of large stocks of food supplies in Canada are now under way. It has -been decided to continue the British food control during the coming Winter, and if the negotiations' are Successful its various agencies in Canada will also be con- tinued for .an Indefinlite period. How- ever, in view of the recent action of American middlemen in buying up Canadian cheese supplies before the Ministry of Food could close its pur- chases, the details of its operations in the Dominions are not being divulg- ed. ' r• et T ---w.• a,.r• F'1 • f' r ,r �� -�, �-•-,-,-,----sem•`•: • eaeee -"=f-'• �t rz , • --• az o' 3,10 :' 5 _• pp rs 1.. • jia 4-•$.4 A PLEA FOR GOOD ROADS, You Cant send awaa,for GOOD ROADS. Tho work Janet be done. at home. The worst enemy of GOOD ROADS is out-of-town buying: The only GOOD ROADS movement that is worth while is that leading to the home Town. The -model community is honeycombed with good roads -all highways to the town market, mak- ing it easy of access to the farthest farm. GOOD ROADS and TRADING AT. HOME go hand in hand. They are inseparable. You can't Have one without the other. Every order sent out of -•town mite stumbling block in the movement for GOOD ROADS. But every dollar you spend at home is a paving block -fn the path of progress and economy. Join the "Trade -at -Hone" brigade today. Markets of the World Breadetulls. Toronto, July 29. -Man. Wheat - No. 1 Northern, $2,24%; No. 2 North- ern, $2.21%; No. 3 Northern, $2.17%; , No. 4 wheat, 52.11%, in store Fort William. Ontario wheat -No: 2, 02. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 9$c; No. 8 CW, 89%e; No. 1 feed, 89%c; No. 2 feed, 84%c Ontario oats-No/3 white, 89 to 92c, according to freighj:s. American corn -Nominal. Man, barley- -No. 3 CW, $1.30%; No. 4, CW, $1.26%; rejected, $120%; feed, $1.20%. Barley -Malting, 51.24 to $128. Peas -Nominal, Buckwheat -Nominal. Rye -Nominal. Ontario flour -Government stand- ard, 510,25 to 510.50, in jute bags, To- ronto and Montreal, prompt�shipment. Millfeed-Cor lotseectelivered, Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran, 542 to 544 per ton; shorts, 544 to $48 per ton; good feed flour, 53 to $3.251 per bag. Hay -No. 1, 521 to $23 per ton; mixed, $10 to 519 per ton, track, To -1 ronto. Straw -Car lots, $10 to 511 per ton, track, Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale. { Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 40 to, 41c; prints, 42 to 43c; creamery prints,l fresh made, 50 to 60%c. Eggs -New laid, 45 to 46e. Live poultry -Spring chickens, broilers, 30 to 40c; heavy fowl, 28c; light fowl, 26c; old roosters, -'20 to 210; old ducks, 20c; young ducks, 30 to 32c; old turkeys, 30c; delivered, To- ronto. Wholesalers are selling to the' re- tail trade 'the following prices: ' Cheese -New, large, 32 to 32eec; twins, 32% to 33c; triplets, 33 to 3314 Stilton, 33 to 34c. Butter -Fresh dairy, prints, 48 to, 49c; creamery prints, 54 to 55c. ' Eggs -In cartons, 54 to 55c; selects, 56 to 57c. Beans -Canadian, $3 to $4.25. Provisions -Wholesale. Smoked meats -Rolls, 34 to 38e; hams, medium, 46 to 48c; heavy, 38 to 350; cooped hams, 63 to 65e; backs, platin, 48 to 49c' backs, Iboneloss, 55 to. 07c; breakfast bacon, 48 to 54c. Cot- tage rolls, 88 to 40,1. Barrelled Meats-Picicled pork, $48; mess pork, 547. Green meats ,Out of pickle, le less than smoked. Dry Stilted meats -Long clears, in tons, 33%c; to cases, 34c; clear;ber lies, 28 to 29%c; fat backs, 33 to 340. Lard -Tierces, 85;$rc to 36e;. tubs, 36e to 36%c; pails, 86r4c to 86%c; prints, 37c to 87%'c. Compound laird, tierces, 32c; tubs, 32%c; pails, 82$1e; prints, 335c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, July 29e -Oats, extra No. 1 feed, 51,10%. Fleur, iiew standard grade, 511 to $11.10.' -Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., 54.75. Bran, 542. Shorts, 544. IIay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 528. Cheese, finest; westerns, 26 to 27%'.c. Butter, choicest creamery, 55 to 56c. Eggs, fresh, 64c; selected, 58c; No. 1 stock, 520; No..2 stock, 43c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 51.25. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, 533.50 to $34. Lard, pure tierces, 375 lbs., 38%c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, July 29.-Che,ice heavy steers, $14 to $14.75; do, good, 513 to 513.50;1 butchers' cattle, choice, 512.75 to 513.25; do, good, 512 to 512.50; do, med., $1L50 to 512; do, com., 59 20 to $9.75; bulls, choice, $1125 to 511.75; ,do, med.. 510.25 to 510.75; de, rough, 58 to 58.25; butchers' cows, choice, 510.50 to 511.25; do, gdod, 510.25 to $10.50; do, med., 50 to 59.25; do, corn., 57.50 to $8; stockers, $8.75 to $11.75; feeders, 511.50 to 512; (tanners and cutters, 54.50 to $6.255; mil,lcers, good to choice, $110 to 5150; do, eone and med., $65. to 575; springers, 500 to $100; light ewes, 510 to $21; yearlings, 513.50 to 515; spring lambs, per cwt., 519 to $20; calves, good to choice, $17 to 519; hogs, fed and watered, 524.50; $213 dor w.75. eighed off cars, 524.75; do, f.o.b„ Montreal, July 29. -Choice steers, $12 to $13 pou,100 lbs.; good, 510 to 512; medium, $8 to 510. Choice but- chers' cattle, 510,50 to 512 per 100 lbs. good quality, 59 to 510; medium down to 57 per'100 lbs. GERMANY WILL LOSE MUCH LIVE STOCK • A despatch from Paris says: -Ger- many will have to surrender to France 500`estallions, 3,000 fillies, 90.1100 mild' cows, 100,000 sheep) and 10,000 goats, according .to a report made before the French Peace Conmrjssion sitting under the Presidency of Rene Viviani, by M. Dubois, economic expert for the Commission, in commenting on the Peace Treaty clauses. Two hundred stallions, 5,000 mares, 5,000 fillies, 50,000 cows and 40,009 heifers are also to go to Belgiurn from Germany. The deliveries are to .be made monthly, during a •peried of three montnis until cotlipleted. ' ' •ti MOTION OF WOMAN BARS HOHENZOLLERN A despatch from Weimar says: -No member of a family that at any time has ruled in Germany iseligible for the office of President oe Germany. The National Assembly has thus ruled by adopting a motion of one of its women members, Frau Agnes. 1sT err X3 o 1Car131" E''. .,YL" MT xa. LARGE LOSS OF LIFE IN EGYPT UPRISING 800 Natives and 31 Europeans, Killed -Military Loss Was Light. A despatch from 'London rays: - Eight hundred natives were killed and 1,000 wounded during the recent dis- turbances in Egypt, according to de- spatches from _ General E. 11. H. Al- lenby. '-'Cecil Harmsworth, Under- Secretary of the Foreign Office, made this announcement in the House of Commons. The casualties to Europeans and other civilians were: Killed, 81; wounded, 85. The casualties to the military were: Killed, 29; . wounded, 114. The death sentence was imposed on 39 natives; detention for life; 27. Upwards of 2,000 were sentenced to short terms of impilisonment. The military ' courts have been dispensed with, the sentences which they impos- ed being reduced by three months, General E. H. 'Ii. Allenby, who served as commander of the British forces in Palestine and forced the surrender of Jerusalem, was appoint- ed High Commissioner for Egypt lase March. He arrived at Cairo on March •27 and set about immediately to res- tore order. IIe announced at the time that it would be possible to do this only by active repression. ••• The first uprising in Egypt was participated in by 5,000 Egyptian tribesmen at Assault. These disturb- ances lasted from March 20 to 23. The revolutionary movement spread to many other parts of Egypt, and at times the forcesbf the Allies were exceedingly hard pressed, Toward the end of April it was announced that the disorders had been quelled. Q--- - 500 GERMAN PRISONERS TO EMBARK AT QUEBEC A despatch from Amherst, N.S., says: -Upwards of 500 German pri- soners have left the •iinternmeut caanp here under guard for' Quebec, where they evils board n transatlantic liner for Germany. The Germans were brought to Amherst in 1915, and com- posed for the most part of crews of the Kaiser. Wilhelm der Grosse and other. German ships captured` on the high eeas. Between three and four hundred prisoners remain in the in- termnerit camp, including the Aus- trian and Bulgarian captives. • SOME WEI11t DI DAMS • Looped On by Many at Ps'oor of Duni Personality, Have yea ever drecent you could fly 7 West people have, You hove no motel' trolehles, lie erir . pookots, thunder, starans' oe fogs; in foot, you just; float like an angel in 'a pictz.:'e.' But you Never meet anyone else flying. Yon have the aered2arne to yourself, You are lucky if you have never dreamt that y01a had feet of lead, You' feel Ike 'a, clever trying to wal1c en i1 sandy beach in diving boots weigh, Mg half a hundredweight each! If you 'wore not in a desperate hurry you might not mind, slut there is Always something terrible on your tz'acic. Yet your pace is the pave of ar snail, and you can't mend it, In the cave dream you find pepr- self involved lin devk, loW, narrow passages which get narrower and low, er as you go on, You never seem to think be retracing your steps, Some- times you get into moat awful mud holes as well, and struggle, half see - faceted. It is a form of nightmare, following generally on an overdose of pastry: Vave you ever dreamt the inevit- able dream? You are dangling Prom g � a star over immeasurable abysses of space, supported only by frantieally clinging hands. The fall is inevitable, but the victim is determined to hold on as long as possible. When he lets go he awakens. He never touches bot- tom, unless he happens to fall out of bed. 'Then there is the Argumentative dream, which is a psychological curi- osity. The strange cir,3umstance is that the course of the argument es never anticipated. Your opponent's re- plies come as a surprise! Sometimes the dreamer gets the worst of the argument.. I3e beats himself in de- bate, This seldom happens to a man except in dreams. But it is a good argument, in "favor of dual personal- ity. BREAK CAK)C OVER BRIDE Some CuriouseWedding Customs in English Counties. It es an old belief that a marriage should take place when the moon is waxing and not waning, if it is to be a Lucky match, and in many north country districts in England a strict enquiry is made as to the state of the noon before the wedding day is fixed. In the north, too, no wise bride will ask an odd number of guests to her wedding feast, Its an old superstition has it that if this is done, one of the guests will die 'before the year is out. Iu the Highlands it, is taken as a terribly unlucky sign if a dog should run. between the bridal pair on their wedding day; while In Donbychire prospective brides still tell the bees of ,,their wedding, and decorate the hives for the occasion. In parts of England and Scotland there exists an ancient custom for which reason is hard to find, by which part of the wedding cake is broken over the head of tho bride and the guests scramble for pieces. PRINCE TO VISIT U. S. AFTER CANADIAN TRIP A despatch from London says: - The Prince of Wales will visit the United States next month as a guest of the Amenican Goverment. King Gorge, on behalf of the Prince, has accepted an invitation sent the Prince by President Wilson to visit the Presi- dent in Washington. After his visit to Canada the Prince will go to Washington for a few days as a_ guest o£ the United States Gov- ernment, and later will make a brief visit to New York, where he will live on board the British ':battleship Re- nown in New Yorlc harbor, although still a guest of the Government. Sailor Thoughts. Some one will think of me When I am far away On the open sea; When the great waves roll and play Upon the beach, And the sea -bird's screech Sets all the breakers free. Somn,.,ene will watch Ad pray leer the unfurled sail to creep 1To the sleepy bay; • And a loving heart will weep, As siutset'e sun, Or morn begun, Brings no returning day. Some one will welcome home This weather-beaten ship front the salt sea foam; ' And breathe with earnest lip A heart's request - Nay 1 Lo}re's behest- "No more the waves to roam," One small patch of weeds will sow many acres with seed. Tho farmer who is not breeching anti has •lost faith in • profits from horse rearing is not handling the right sort of horse, A faded .oalored waist may be made white by boiling it in cream of tartar water. One teaspoonful of cream of tartar to one quart water Will bleach it perfectly, THERE'S NO USE GCllly% OUT -iN TI IS TOWN • 1 CAN'T e UNDERSTAND W19Y . 5- ' MAGCIE EVCR • ate MOefFO OUT - �' 1 MI4N'r AS WELL O TO 1360 •EVEN IF NIA061E 1_ NE OUT • I'D HAVE . 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Il�ji�' �•�. .r w - L. .. ❑'1 Evans In England Arrangements have been made. to provide Bournemouth with a pleasure eor'vlee of sea3lenes this Your. Ily permission of the military am, thorltien, a number of Y.M.C,A, wo• mon workfare have left for Cologne. The fountains of Trafalgar Square, wlrioir were 'dry..diu'ing the greater part of the war, are running again. A nos%lent of Katherine Road, Mauer Park, London, while digging in his garden, unearthed an unexploded shell, • le. 0, Cunningham, C:B., leas been appointed deputy to the Oontrollet' 00 Civil Doinobilleatlon and Resettle - The The fleet "al!•British" piano was used at the "Victory Dinner" of the Pianoforte Manufacturers' Aseoelation held recently. The Serbian Red Cross Medal late been awarded to Miss 1VT. L, Illggs.and Moe of her fellow -workers for the Serbian Relief Fund, The football used at a charity match between the bakers and sweeps at Chestnut on Boeing Day was sold hp auction for :2212, The Government Inas perchaoad 27,- 000,000 7;000,000 worth of timber since the sign- ing of the 2rinistice to secure elm. plies for reconstruction, Charles Colina, a Crimean veteran, and 'who was orderly for Florence Nightingale, died recently at Godal- ming aged eighty-three. The names of several actors who lost their lives in the war aro on a shrine which has been dedicated at St. Anne's Churck, Soho. Speaking at the Mansion E-Iouse, Lloyd George stated that thousands of the soldiers owed their lives to the good caro of the nurses. A Belgian newspaper which has been published in London for the past four years has ceased publication and will reappear in Antwerp. Tho death is announced of 0, J. Lo- mas, Maidstone, judges' trumpeter for Kent, a position previously held by his father and grandfather. As the West Coast trawlers have been released from active service, it is expected that there will be quite a decrease in the price of fish. Regulations have been passed for tate free supply, repair and renewal of artificial limbs to• officers as well as_ discharged men, Three anglers caught twenty salmon in the Avon, near Bournemouth, weighing from seventeen to twenty- three wentythree pounds. Twenty Government tractors, which,, were offered for sale by auction it Ranbury, were quickly bought up by tate farmers. The death has occurred at Revell's Hall, Hertford, of George Edward Pal- mer, one of the best known farmers in East Herts. Southwark will have its public buildings re -decorated and repairs made to the roads; in order to give work to the unemployed. A firm of insurance'brokers in Lon- don is offering to insure municipal property from damage from riots, strikes and civil commotions. It was stated at a memorial service at St..Martin's-in•tho-Fields that near- ly 12,000 came from South America to serve in the war. Tho' Ring attended a memorial ser- vice at Westminster Abbey in memory of the Household Troops who had fal- len in the war, Tho death took place recently at North Hayling, of George Dollong, who had boeu one of Florence Night- ingale's patients at the Crimea. It is the intention of the Middlesex War Agricultural Committee to put under crops a largo acreage of laud now covered with scrub and grass, Twenty-six years ill the Metropoll. tan Police Force, London, without a day's sick ]Dave, is the record of Sta- tion Sergeant _Morris of Harlington. The War Office states that the Army Council have decided to maintain Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps as, a part of tine army organization. Admiral Colville states that 7,000,. 000 had been transferred from Sottth- Canrpton to Iiavre without tee loss of a vessel and the loss of only seven men. • Mrs. Creighton, widow of the for- mer Bishop of London, says the French women show far greeter ca- pacity than English 'women in matters of finance. CANADA RESUMES TRADE WITH GERMANY A despatch from Ottawa says: - Canada's mall service has been re- sumed with Germany, as Great Britain is now exporting to a. certain extent into Germany, and as it has practically been decided here that Canada will follow automatically all tate moves of the United Kingdon towards a re- sumption of trade, it may be sand that Canada has also resumed trade rela- tions. It is not yet cortaln whether finotlitr order in Council may be neces• sary to make sure but this matter is now under consideration by the De. partrnent of Justice. ONE CANADIAN CITY REDUCES DEr3T IN WAR. A despatch from Winnipeg says: - During the past live years, under war conditions, the net debt of the city of Winnipeg has been reduced by 57,893,- 403.12. During the fiscal year ending April 80, 1919, the debt was cut down by $1,592,236.05. These are two of the otl'tstanclin0 features in the annual roe pot't of Sinking Fund Trustees sub• nutted to the City Cornell. GRT HOUSING PLANS • FOR TEACHERS' HOMES A despatch. from Edmonton saya,- Three standard plans for teachers' residences to he built in Alberta rural school districts, where there is a pre- dominant nor English population, are now being prepared for the Depart- ment of Ednration, and will be ready in the course of another week. Thoh provide for louses of vary- ing size, ranging in cost from 5:1,000 to 51,300.