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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.