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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-04-03, Page 3Canada from 'oast to boast_ St JAWS,- Ntid -With _the astral 2me-and• eeroiony, the Newfound -1 lathl ;sealing fleet recently. elearedi from -41 s nores'foi. its annual. seal! hunt -ori the Gulf . of St: •Lawrence: 1• Other. steamers- -from Halifax and 514. John will -join the fleetlater in the month and 'altogether ten' ships will - engage in the hunt in 1924. Halifax, N.S.-The formation of a province -wide publicity bureau to ad- vertise Nova Setoffs, as a summer tourist country was decided upon at; a conference of business men fsom � all parts of the province, held here, reveals,. The objective is to raise; $10,009 by popular subscription, in, which event the Provincial Govern- ment will contribute an equal amount, and to launch an extensive publicity' caiimniem Sherbrooke„ Quo. -A. plant for the' manufacture of hydrated lime has Teen completed at Lime Ridge by .the Dominion Lime Co., of Sherbrooke. This product is used instead of lump lime for building purposes for mix- ing with cement as 0 waterproof. The company's quarries have a high qual- ity of limestone particularly adapted' to the manufacture of hydrate. Toronto, Ont. -It is estimated that 408,000;000 feet of timber, 8,176,000 railway 'ties,- and • 649,700 cords of pulpwood • will be the output of the present lienbering season on Crown lends in tho Province of Ontario alone. There are approximately 30,000 men and 10,000ehmrses sir ployed itesbush;' operations t}lono in .Qn'taxio' Winnipeg, Man. -Fars to tho',valuo of ' $400,000, were disposed of at the 'recent salt: orf -the Winnijseg'l Fur Ane-' tion Soles Ca. • Since..' the company' commenced operations- three years ago, approximately 31,750,000 worth of furs have been sold. In the three years of- operation the company has' sold about $4,000,000 worth of furs. Regina, Sask.-Over :nine hundred travelling libraries are in circulation at the present time, according to a report of the Provincial Bureau of Publications. In addition to the travelling libraries, some 500 books• were sent out to districts where the branch was unable to supply libraries. Edmonton, Alta. -About. 40,000' bushels of pure seed grain have al- ready been marketed for seed growers of the Pro'inee through the Provin- cial Government cleaning and grad- ing plant here. A good 'deal of this has gone to Eastern points, and there has also been a considerable quantity sold in the province. The demand for good seed continues strong. Vancouver, B.C.-The Woodward elevator is practically .completed,in- creasing the grain storage capacity of the port by2,900,000 bushels, Ar- rangements are now being .made to load ships with wheat by means of lighters, If this practice is establish- ed, it will prove another great assis- tance to handling of grain. POWERS STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF MOSLEMS Italy and France, Have Islands to Offer Claimants of Their Choice. A despatch from Paris says: -A struggle among the Powers of Europe for the controlling influence over the millions of Moslems in India, Persia, North Africa, Egypt and Turkey is beginning to manifest itself in two leading camps -that of King Hussein of Hedjaz, who is the British hand- picked candidate for the caliphate, and Abdul Medjid, recently deposed as Caliph by the Turks. Although Abdul Hedjid is a nephew of the old Sultan, Mohammed VI., and was proclaimed Caliph by the Turkish Assembly more, than a S. ITALY SWEPT BY FUNNELS OF WATER Houses, Lemon and Orange Groves Around Amalfi Levelled. A despatch .from Rome says: - Waterspouts, pouring millions of tons of, water out of leaden skies, swept houses, fruit groves and, people out of existence in the region around Amalfi, the .southern Italian city, fa• mous for its exportation of lemons. and oranges to North America. There have been a hundred dead washed up onto tie beaches and pick- ed out of the sea, and more than 1,000 people have suffered injuries. What. were beautiful lemon farms Thursday morning are now mere. torrents of year ago, he is now in exile at Terri- water, which is mercilessly killing tet, Switzerland, on the shores of all before it. Lake Leman, where so many political The deadly phenomenon came after Workmen are putting the finishing touches on,the Canadian Pavil on at the British Empire. Exhibition, ,This large moose head wit adorn one .of the walls. GROWTH IN CANADA'S TRADE IN 12 MONTHS Exports Increased by Over $115,000,000 and Imports by 'Over "$1.08; 000,000. A despatch from Ottawa says:- Canada's foreign -trade continues to show a remarkable expansion. In the 12 months ended February, this year, the exports from the Dominion total- led 31,029,268,881, an •increase of more than $115,000,000 over the pre- ceding. 12 months, and the imports into Canada for the 12 months ended' February, this year, totalled 3898; 338,916, an increase of more than $108,000,000 over the preceding 12 months. The largest commodity increase was the export of wood and paper, which totalled $270,846,606 in the 12 months ended February this year, an increase of about $48,000,000 over the preceding 12 months. Another feature is that in those 12 months the United States was by far a.great- er customer of Canada than ',vas the United Kingdom, the imports into Canada from the United -States being $603,729,056, and from the United Kingdom 3155,179,402, while the ex- ports to the United States were 3426,- 148,638, and the exports to the United Kingdom $355,838,316. The British Empire's sales to Can- ada in the 12 months ended February this year aggregated $197,994,994, an increase of more than 320,000,000 over the preceding 12 months, and the Em- pire's purchases from Canada in the former period wore 3481,917,952, a de- crease. of over $7,000,000. Exports to Australia in the year ended February last were 320,401,275, an increase of over 33,000,000. Ex- ports to Belgium increased from 312,- 651,705 to $16,132,035, and exports to Germany totalled 315,682,625, in in- crease of nearly 100 per cent. Exports to Italy increased from 311,898,606 to $18,170,924, and exports to Japan in- creased from $15,375,157 to $26,901, 473, or nearly 100 per cent. Exports to Norway nar ely. doubled, the total for the year ended February last be- ing 34,922,102, and exports to Switz- erland nearly doubled. Butte',•i'taports decreased' 4,812,035 Pet.".,?; 2,698,824 lbs., and butter ex- ports dropped from 21,812,296 lbs. in the 12 months ended February, 1923, to $12,960,715 in the 12 months ended February last. Cheese imports total- led in value ,$569,047, an increase of 100 per cent. and cheese exports to- talled 323,371,038, an increase •of about 32,000,000. Hard coal imports increased from $27,003,354 to 344, 814,115, and soft coal imports totalled $45,277,286, an increase of over 32,- exiles have taken refuge. The contest, therefore, centres about the ultimate leadership which the Moslems accord to one of the aspiring princes of the faith. The intention in both King Hussein and Abdul Med- jid to call ea great Moslem conference twenty-four hours of torrential rain, a series of the waterspouts filially! forming to sweep the region with, wind and water, Vast funnels of, water whirled over sea and villages,' traveling onto the mountains inland1 and leaving a devastated trail of ruin. has drawn the attention of all Eur. The consternation is unspeakable, opean Powers who have colonies' and for the survivors are frantically mandatory rights over Moslem' sub • seeking wives, husbands and children jects. under the flail -like descent of shots of In France there ie an apparent water. At times the water -spouts, l tendency to support the claim of Ab- dul Medjid, who since the beginning driven by the winds, left one portion' of the country, going in an oblique) of his caliphate has shown himself direction which brought death and eminently sympathetic toward the ruin to districts miles ori the original French. However, the first consid- route of the spout. eration of the French is for the Sometimes the upper and lower ' French possessions, Morocco and parts were seen to move at different Tunis, where there already are other speeds, making the parts separate aspiring Caliphs, such as the present and thus multiplying the disaster. Bey of Tunis and the Sultan of Mor- Gusts of terrific winds are sweeping. there France, therefore, is to -day the southern shore for miles around. hesitating between its friends, Abdul The old inhabitants .declare the eruption of Mount Stromboli, thel Medjid, and its natural political allies, waterspouts must be followed by an In Morocco and Tunis. Still another element in the contro- nearest island. Rome is also a prey to terrific versy comes from Italy, where there aro strong political influences mean - :ding rains, almost unknown at this season. sting from Tripoli. It appears that Civil engineers have been rushed to Italy has given refuge on one of its rho scene of the disaster on the de - islands to the deposed Sultan, •Mo- stroyer Pontiere, and steamers are hammed VI.,"who, although 'a help- sailing to Amalfi to take the refugees less and feeble Prince, is nevertheless to Naples, considered by millions of Moslems as A later despatch from Amalfi, the true father and Caliph of all Mo- Italy, says :-King Victor Emmanuelhammedans. Whether Italy will ad- arrived here on Friday from Naples, VELUM the claim of .Mohammed is an and immediately embarked on a fish - unknown element in the question, but ing smack to visit the scenes Of '-u1jt it is of enough importance to cause laden along the coast, c'': ;1"liy the Trench apprehensions. I recent landslides. �'1 t rig made an Accordingly, it has been suggested inspection Vie -,.-ode seminary here, that France offer Abdul Medjid' a where r;,,st of the refugees are French island off. Morocco or Tunis hoiz .,u. as a place of refuge, where he migh0 After expressing words of comfort be Surrounded by Moslem subjects rr5 for the sufferers, he re -embarked on eventually -succeed to the sp' itual,the vessel and later boarded a de- leadership of the faithful of all lands.; stroyer for the return trip to Naples. It is not doubted that AAul Medjid;remier orere P Mussolini d d 250 000 woad d thus acquire dorinance over lire placedat the disposition `ofq p the (50,000,000 MosieMoslemsunder the French Prefect of Salerno for the relief of flat. However, the :question of the the landslide sufferers. Naples, local Caliphs is"delicate one and the A despatch.from Italy, prrsent etfgr(of the French Govern- says: -King Victor Emmanuel was inert is i,.o4eek to determine just how badly shaken bythe derailment of a far the'Moroccan and Tunisian aspir- train on which ho was a passenger, u eelit; would 'push their claims. !from Rome. The trhin reached Naples Abdul Medjid appears to have the; after some delay. The 'derailment -' support of important sections of the was due to a landslide caused by the Mohammedan world.. Mohammed Ali, heavy rains. chief of the' Moslems of India, has al- ready issued a proclamation declaring' • Abdul Medjid the- true Caliph and Keeper of Privy Purse calling on all Indians to give him support. At present Abdul. Medjid is busy with a host of secretaries on prepare-' tions which ultimately will determine Palace, Treasurer to the King and who will be Prince of the Moslem • Keeper of the. Privy Purse, bas been l] , Unable to Pay Taxes A despatch from London says: - Sir: Frederick Ponsonby of. St. James'. faith, and, incidentally, which of the EuropeanPowers will benefit by his patron age. Alberta has maintained an average yield of spring wheat of 19'/4 bushels per acre over a period of 26 years, according to a chart prepared by the Ponsonby, Under-Secretary of State for, Foreign Affairs. Forty-nine different countries im- ported Canadian flour lastyear,,ac- r e 'L8.84 bushels, and flax, 8.71 cording to the president of the Do- bushele. minion Millers' Aasociation. summoned to appear in court for not paying his taxes, Sir Frederick gave as his reason for nonpayment the fact that expens- es and taxes are60 high. He has asked for time until June. Sir Frederick is a brother of Arthur Dept. • Agriculture. In addition, winter wheat has averaged, over the same period, 20.19 bushels; oats, 86.19 bushels; barley, 26.10 bushels; e Week's Markets TORONTO. Manewheat=No, 1 North., 51.08%. Man. • oats lab: ;3 CW, 41%e; •No 1, 40'c. Man, barley -Nominal. All the above; c.i.f., bay ports. Ontario barley -65 to 70c. American corn -No. 2 yellow 98%e.Buckwheat-No, 2, 76 to 80c, Ontario rye --74 to 78c. Peas -No, 2, $1.45 to 31.50. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included: 'Bran, per ton, $28;' shorts, per ton, 330; middlings, $36; good feed flour, $2.10. $1,02 Onta,oriouwheat-No.tside, 2 white, 98 to Ontario No. 2 white oats -39 to 41c. Ontario corn --Nominal. Ontario flour -=Ninety' per cent. pat., In jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, $4.60; Toronto basis, 34.60;. bulk, seaboard, $4.25. Manitoba flour -let pats., in jute sacks, 36.20 per bib.; 2nd pats., $5.70. Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $14.50 to $16; No. 2, $14.50; no. 3, $12.50 to $18; mixed, $12.50. Straw-Carlots, per ton, $9.50. Standard recleaned screenings, f.o. b. bay ports, per ton, 320.50. Cheese -New, large, 18 to 190; twins, 19 to 20e; triplets, 20 to 20%c; Stiltons, 21 to 22c. Old( large, 25 to 27c; twins, 26 to 28c; triplets,,30c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 41 to 42c;No. 1 creamery, 40 to 41c; No. 2, 37 to 89e; dairy, 84c. Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 83 to 84c; extra, loose, 31c; firsts, 28 to 29c; seconds, 24 to 25c. Live poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 25c; hens, over 5 lbs„ 26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 2,4o;• do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15e; spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 250; roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 19c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c. • Dressed poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 30c; hens, over 5 lbs, 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24e, do, 8 to 4 lbs., 18c, spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 82c; roosters, over 6 lbs., 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 24e; do, 4 to 5 ibs„ 25e. Beans -Can., hand-picked, lb., 614c; primes, Ge. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal, tin, 32,40 per gal.; maple sugar, ib., 25e. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 11' c per lb.; 10 -Ib. tins, 11 to 12e; 5-1b. tins, 11'4 to 12c; 21/2-1b. tins, 12% to 18e; comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $3.75 to $4; No. 2, 38.25 to 33.50. Smoked meats -Hams, med„ 23 to 24e; cooked hams, 34 to 36c; smoked 500,000, while coal exports dropped from $12,247,302 to 39,190,396. Rawy cotton imports increased by about 38,- 090,000. Metal imports totalled 3216,- 085,239, 216;085,239,' an increase of neatly 350,- 000,000, and metal exports increased from 389,461,578 to $128,167,755, or nearly $40,000;000. Wool imports to- talled $357,556,550, an increase of over $7,000,000. Automobile exports aggregated 336,571,450, an increase of about $8,000,000, and automobile im- ports were 380,266,920, an increase of over 31,000,000. "Tipperary" Had a Long Way to go to Popularity rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 19 to -I21c' breakfast bacon, 23 to 260; spe- A despatch from London says: tial breakfast bacon, 28 to 30e; backs, The recent death of one of its coni- boneless, 28 to 33c. posers, Henry James Williams, hast disclosed the fact that the war song, "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary"' was hawked about from publisher tot publisher before a man was finally found who saw any possibilities in it. The music hall singers at first turned it down flat. It was Miss: Florrie. Fordo who on July 24, 1914,1 gate it a trial, singing it in "The' Isle of Man." From them on itbeganl to gain some measure of popularity,: but it was men of the British expo -1 ditionar•y. force who landed at Bou -j logne in August, 1914, who made it� 'famous, as they sang it marching; through the town. After that it was' taken up and the words were trans- lated into almost every European language, even into German, and also into Hindustani, Japanese and Chi- nese. Japanese Government Aids U.S. Aviators A despatch from Tokio says: - Japanese officials aro co-operating to the fullest degree to aid in the success of the American round -the -world fliers, who are expected here late in Ap, ril. Lieutenant Clifford Nuttin arranging the flight across Japanese territory, received the greatest con- sideration at the hands of officers here. The principal depot in Japan is the Kasumigaura military flying station. Planning to Broadcost Song of Nightingale A despatch from London says: - The British Broadcasting Company is planning. an attempt this spring to radio the song of the nightingale in its native haunts. A microphone and small transmit- ting. set will be placed in a grove fre- quented by the feathered songsters, and the bird notes amplified and re - broadcasted by the London station. • Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 :bs., 318.50; '70 to 90 lbs., $18; 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight rclle, fit barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls, $32, Lard -lure tierces, 1404, to 1514e5 tubs, 15 to 15'/ec; pails, 15% to 1Gc; prints, 18 to 18/c; shortening tierces, 13% to 140; tubs, 13514 to 14c; pails, 14% to 16c; prints, 16% to 17c. Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to 38; butcher steers, choice, 37 to $7.50; do, good, 36 to $6.50; do, hied., 35 to $6.75; do, com., $4.50 to 34.75; butcher heifers, choice, 30.75 to $7.50 do, med., 35 to 35.75; do, com., 34.60 to $4.75; butcher cows, choice, $4,75 to 33.50; do, med., 33.60 to 34,50; can- ners and cutters, $1.50 to $2; do, 00511., 32.50 to 33.50; feeding steers„ choice, 35.50 to 36; do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, choice, $4 to $5; do, fair, $3.50•to'$4; milkers axed springers, choice 370 to 3100; calves, choice, 310 to $11.50; do, med., 37 to 39; do, com., 35.50 to $6; lambs, choice ewes, 314 to 315.50; do, by a large maiority over General bucks, (,I2 50 to $13 60 • culls S8 TRANSPORT STRIKE IN LONDON 'SETTLED Terms Agreed on Give Mon Prafchlca11y ;111.Tla yilips: snaladed. A despatch from Ialtdon sa74:- Three 'hours before the snbway. work- ers were to start •a sympathetic strike in support of the trolley men and bus drivers, the tramway strike was vir- tually settled at nine" o'clock Friday , night. I, The men demanded an eight shilling a week raise. At first they were de- nied any increase, and now after "a week of the strike, they get six shil- lings immediately and'. two shillings more later, subject to fluctuations in the cost of living.' But if London breathes more free -I: ly, the menace of a coal strike looms blacker on the industrial sky. The miners' conference on Friday rejected the mine owners' latest offer, which included an increase :in`the -general minimum rate of wages to 32% per cent. above the' pre-war rate. The offer included also a :Government in- quiry into wages at present as corm - pared with pre-war pay. An index figure of the cost of living and the wages paid other industries were to betaken into consideration. The miners' decision will be sub- mitted to the vote of all the miners in Great Britain, April 8, and later a ballot will be taken before any strike is started. Hopes of averting the strike now seem to centre in the possibility of the Government getting the'miners' minimum wage bill through Parlia- ment. The Parliamentary Labor party has decided to ask the Cabinet to do this before the strike vote is taken. KING FEISAL OPENS IRAQ PARLIAMENT Reads Finely Phrased Speech From Throne Expressing Need of British' Help. 1 A despatch from Bagdad � says: - Eighty -five deputies, forty of whom are inere tribal Sheiks, took their seats in the Assembly for the opening of the first Parliament of Iraq. King.. Feisal, imposing in robes, was greeted with loud applause when he read a finely phrased speech from the Throne. The King pointed out that the people was about to assume con- trol of its own destinies and remind- ed the deputies of the great services'' rendered in the past by Iraq to civil- ization and her devastation by'for- eign hordes. King Feisal directed the special attention of the Assembly to the proposed Anglo -Iraq treaty that was the fruit of two years of labor amid varying inflnenoes. Iraq, he said, needed the help of Great Britain and of the League of Nations for her pro- tection against menacing calamities. The country's very existence could only be guaranteed if the boundary question were settled on a just basis. t After the King's departure the As- sembly elected as president Abdul Muhsin Beg Saedun, senior member for Baskra and lately Prime Minister, Natural Resour' • Bulletin The Natural R'esouiaeo fete', ligenc0'Service 'of the Dept, 10l;µ: the lnterior'al Ottawa sawm With •the, coming: 'of spar;; • probably no natural resource de velopment stands •out mode prominently than does maple sugar malting. Ninespeciee f maple occur in Canada, but four of` these are of a dwarf nature. The more important species, with their ranges and commer- cial value of the wood, are as foliows:' Sugar Maple (Acer sacchar- um), also known as hard maple, has the best wood and is also. valuable as the source of maple sugar and syrup. Its range' co- incides with that of yellow birch, with which it is usually associ-` ated, extending from the Mari- time Provinces to Lake Super- ior and from Fort William to the Lake of the Woods. Mature trees are usually from 80 to 00 feat high and 2 to 3 feet in diameter, but sometimes larger. The wood is heavy, hard and even -grained and is used for flooring, furniture, agricultural implements, and interior 'wood- work. It is also one of the best woods for fuel and distillation. -, Red Maple, (Acer rubrum) occurs throughout the same range as sugar maple but ex- tends ,slightly farther north. The wood is softer and not of such good.quality as sugar maple, but is used for the same purposes, Silver Maple (Acer. saccharin - um) is more limited in its dis- tribution, being confined to the southern portions of'Ontario, Quebec and New 13runswick. The wood of this species is also inferior to sugar maple. Manitoba Maple (Acer Ne- gundo) is a native of the great plains. It is a small tree with soft, coarse-grained wood of little value, but owing to its hardiness and quick growth it is valuable for the planting of wind -breaks on' the prairies, BYoad-Leaved Maple (Acer mecrophylluin) occurs in moist bottom -lands in the Coast Belt in British Columbia. It is not of much commercial importance but is used for ornamental planting. HUDSON BAY 'RAILWAY COSTS $20,750,000 That Investment of Estimated Th Nearly Fifty Millions Completed. A despatch from Ottawa says: -To complete the Hudson Bay Railway and Port Nelson ready for the .ship- ping out of grain would bring the otal expenditure on this enterprise to between 345,000,000 and $50,000,- 000, is the conclusion drawn from the. reply of the Minister of Railways to questions asked as to the expenditure necessary to make that port ready to -handle export business. The Government has spent on the Hudson Bay Railway approximately 314,500,000; and on the' terminal about 38 250,000, or a total of 320,.. 750,000. Probably another $5,000,000 would be required to carry the steel to tidewater, in the opinion of the Dept, of Railways and Canals, another 320,- 538,000 would be required to make the harbor ready for shipping grain, These figures total 546,500,000, and there would certainly be other extras, The fixed. charges on the invest- ment .' would be at least 32,500,000 'a year, to say nothing of the annual dee licit on operating the railway. At present this is kept down to about; $25,000 a year, but this low figure is made possible only through the mini. mum of service, A total expenditure of $20,750,000: to date on the Hudson Bay enterprise, looks quite large when it is remem. bered that the expenditure on the, harbor of Montreal to the end a1 1922 is given as 381,000,000, ,, Yasin Pasha El Hashimi, former $9; sheep, light owes, do,8 to $9' Minister of Public Works. In a short do, culls, $5 to 55,50; hogs, fed and subsequent debate the Assembly showed signs of Independence as some of themembers objected to the Gov- ernment's promulgation of the stand- ing orders as a law before the meet- ing of the Assembly, country points, $7,25; do, off car, $7.95 to 38.15; do, selects, $8.50. MONTREAL. Oath, CW., No. 2, 51e; do, No. 3, 49c: do, extra No. 1 feed, 47% to 48c; do, No. 2 local white, 44 to 44%a; Labor Carries Half of Total Seats in Australian House flour, Man. spring wheat pats., 1sts, $6.20; do, 2nds, 35.70; do, strong bak- ers, 55.50; do, winter pats., choice, 35.55 td 55.65; rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $2.90; bran, $28.25; shorts, $30.25; A despatch from Perth says: ---The middlings, $36.25; hay No. 2, per ton, results of the elections in the cisc- car lots, $16. torates of West Australia give the Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 35' to following state of parties: Labor 25, 86c; do, No. 1 creamery, 34% to 35e; Ministerialists 10, Ministerial Conn - do, seconds, 331 to 34c; eggs, fresh try Party 7, Anti -Ministerial Country extras, 32c; do, fresh firsts, 29e; pee Party 6. .A. member of the Cabinet tatoes, per bag, car lots, 51.55 to 51.60. Com cows, 53.25 to $3,60; canners, 31.50; med. quality calves, 56; do, com., $4.75; good vcnls, 150 to 180 lbs., 58.50; hogs, $8.25 to 38.86; se- lects, $9; sows, 56. • Chef of Czar Small Paris Baker. Back of the 1-1clel de Ville, amidst the worst slums of Paris, there is a small bakery which boasts an unusual clientele. Natonly do the workers of the quarter go there fortheir bread, expresses the opinion that if the Gov- ernment wins the two deferred elec- tions it will ask the Governor for dis- solution, and if it loses one or both it will resign, Canada's Defense Bill Costs $1.46 Per Person A despatch from Ottawa gays: -1 IIon. E. M. Macdonald, Minister of Defence, furnished the House with comparative per capita ;figures of ex- penditure on military defence in the but one of the regular customers is a different parts of the Empire, The princess who, sable -clad, arrives in a figures were: limousine. Others there are who sic Canada, 51.46 per head; New Zea - now living uponmoney realized from land, 32.38; South Africa, 52.92; Aus- the sale of their last jewel. tralia, 53,30; Great Britain, 515.32. The proprietor of the pastry shop was once chief ecok to the late Czar of Russia. How he obtained the poet is Curzon's First Choice. . his favorite story. If Lord Curzon had not been a poll - "Before gcing to the palace I was titian, he would have tennis an archt- chef of the Restaurant ds ]'Ours in St. test- The former Secretary for Lor - Petersburg," ho tells those who ex- eign Affairs revealed this easatisfled press curiosity as to his past. "Each ambition in the course of some rather day we placed a beautiful fist in our caustic remarks on ihe'subject of.naod window. But one day the fish did net ern British architecture recently. arrive. So 1 made large bouquets of "it is really impossible for good sugar violets and placed them in the country houses to be built now," he window, for it would act have been declared, "since people with taste are well to have left it empty. deficient in money, whilo those with '"face Czar passed, stopped and look- money have no taste." ed at the viollei-they were his favor- Lord Curzon inquired also whether rte flower. A week later he sent one any one could eyxlain "why cottages of his chamberlains, who summoned built 400 yearsago, at a oust next to me to tho palace, where I was made nothing, are among flee most beautiful, chief chef. rive years I worked there things in creation, while modern build, unless I happened to be on the im- hogs replacing thein are abominations," Daily Diet of Oxygen. New exercises for French soldiers have been introduced at training quar., ters for recruits, including a daily diet of oxygen. The i'oung warriors will spend five minutes a day in'a special- ly built oxygen tank; breathing and absorbing as much` of the life-giving gas as they can. This is designed ;to keepthe troops, fit and increase their chest expansion. No Trouble at All. Probably theme Isn't a physician who doesn't have a few charity patients as • well as those who can stud d•opay their Mlle, and one of these gave a good laugh: to the attending' uums:es at the lsospital. "I'm very grateful for what you have done for me, doctor," 'e'adcl the woman, adding, "1 pray for you every night," "Why, that'ar erery Lino of you . io think of nve like that, biro, Blank," said the doctor, highly satisfied. "Irord, sir, it ain't a bit.of trouble,' replied the "woman anabty, -"It ain't a bit. of },rouble •to put, your name in, along with the others;" "But now all es changed. I make It is. estimated., that 50,000 tons of ••.: . �.. 14ttle calve, anal bread for .my Frengh ..•' 'shipped , 'Vail, Hope is -.the'dream, 4f maxi awake.' y Team $atie been fio,n Van g ar gest are -dock in the world. Photo- cue�tamers and cheese tarts for the a : t -:Many have got into; the habit of tea St. Jahn, New Brtinswich has itis 1 g Y rouver Island water o :Or -:ental rape shows' three boats,10 it at onetiiue. ind stili, plenty of robin to spare. Itunnlan refugees; markets during the past season. , ing dissatisfied.---Lineohi.