HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-05-22, Page 7Dominion News in Brief
Sydney, N.S.-An order for 1,000,-
000 gallons of creosote for the Canada
Creosoting Co., at Trenton, out, has
been received by the Dominion Tar.
and Chemical Go, The product is be-
ing.shippedin tank cars at the rate
of 10,000 gallons a day. The local
chemical plant takes about 20,000 gal-
lons of tar a day .from, the Besco
works, and the percentage recovery of
creosote is quite large.
Fredericton, N.B.-New Bruns-
wick's highway program for 1924 pro-
vides for an expenditure of approxi-
mately $860,000. Under the new
permanent roads policy embodied in
a bill passed at the recent session of
the Legislature, it was provided that
$250,000 be spent annually for three
years onconstruction and reconstruc-
tion, For construction $200,000 is also
available this year from the fun pro-
vided by the capitalization of motor
vehicle licenses receipts. , For main-
tenance of trunk and some of the sec-
ondary trunk roads, the patrol`:fund
provides $160,000 this year, while for
maintenance of ordinary roads the
amount available is $100,000.
Quebec, Que.-It is reported by the
Secretary of the French-Canadian
Cattle Breeders' Association that
there are 182 breeders of French-
Canadian cattle in Quebec and about
two thousand head registered in the
stock books of the association.
Windsor, Ont. Providing that
early spring weather conditions are
favorable, the tobacco crop for 1924
in Essex County will in all probabil-
ity total 10,000,000 pounds, according
to an estimate prepared by the Pro-
vincial Department of Agriculture.
Last year the crop was ruined by
frosts, but this year the growers are
seeding. a, larger; acreage than ever
and a renewed effort will bemade to
bring 'back the tobacco industry to its
former position of importance in this
country:.
Winnipeg, Man. -Preparations for
the eatabiishment of a central, steam
heating plant for Winnipeg are going
ahead rapidly and to date contracts
guaranteeing a revenue of $50;000
annually have been signed. Tenders
aro now being called for' the construc-
tion of a. plant costing , $350,000. The
plant will be operatedby the city.
Regina, Sask;-Production of
creamery butter in the three provinces
of Saskatchewan, Manitoba. and Ak-
berta has increased by 1,000 per cent,
since 1910. ,The combined outputs in
1928 amounted' to .37,015,230 pounds.
At the present time a large export
business is being' built up by the
prairie provinces, Saskatchewan's ex-
ports alone amounting 'So over 7,000,-
000 pounds for the pest year. Part'
of this was sold in Chicago and New
York.
Lethbridge, Alta. -Smashing re-
cord's for gas wells drilled in Canada,
+:he Robers-Imperial well at Coutts,.
which came in at 2,528 feet recently,
was tested, measuring 62,480,000 -feet
open flow in 24 hours. The rock pres-
sure was 840 pounds: The output is
about 30,000,000 feet of dry gas.
Vancouver, B,C.-Granville-Island,
Vancouver, is to have another addi-
tion to its already many and varied'
industries, work having been started
on the erection of a lumber mill there
for K. M. McNeil. Approxima$elj'
$300,000 of foreign capital has been
invested and with the installation of
the mill, it is intended to handle both
hard, and soft woods.
U. E. L. COURIER
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
Miss Gwendolen Lazier Tra•
veiling on Horseback from
Belleville to Washington.
A despatch from New York says: -
Miss Gwendolen Lazier, who is riding
on horseback from Belleville, Ont., to
Washington to present President
Coolidge with an invitation to attend
the celebration in honor of the 140th.
anniversary of the settlement of Up-
per Canada, visited Mayor Hylar at
the City Hall on Friday. She invited
him to be present at the exercises,
which will be held in Belleville on
June 16th. and 17th.
A despatch from Belleville says;
The news that Miss Gwen Lazier, Bel-
leville's premier horsewoman and U.
E. L. courier to. Washington, had
reached New York five days ahead of
schedule carne as a distinct surprise
to members of the Celebration Exe-
cutive .Committee here Friday night.
Leaving Belleville on April 26, a daily
run of 25 miles was considered the
maximum mileage, and it is a tribute
to both girl and horse that this sche-
dule was surpassed.
On receipt of the news that the
courier had reached New York City,
Mayor • W. C. Mikes sent a telegram
of congratulation to Miss Lazier on
behalf of the U. E, L. Executive.
Plans for the monster celebration
here in June have been completed, •ex-•
Mayor Charles Hanna, Chairman of
the Executive Committee, announced,
and a director is being sent to Belle-
ville to arrange settings for a four-
day pageant in which over 500 people
will take part during the four days
of the celebration. Scenes to be de-
picted will be taken from the pioneer
days of Prince. Edward County and
the coming of the Loyalist settlers to
Canada.
Medal Conferred for Benefit
of Humanity Awarded to Ban
A despatch from 'Chicago says:-
Dr. E, D. Burton, president of the
University of Chicago, announced on
Thursday that the ', committee on
award of the Rosenberger Medal, to
be conferred for benefit to humanity,
has recommended the name of Dr.. F.
C. Baiting of the University of To-
ronto, for
o-ronto,for the discovery of insulin.
The award . will be made next
:nonth.
MANY FOREST FIRES'
IN NORTHERN ALBERTA
Peace River Country Cut Off
-Saskatchewan Districts
Suffer.
A despatch from Edmonton says:-
Bush fires are raging over wide areas
in Northern, Alberta. The most ser-
ious outbreaks are west of Edmonton,
northwest of Athabasca, and in the
Peace River country. Six hundred
thousand feet of logs, the property of
H. Roberts, were burned neat,, White -
court, northwest of Edmonton. Tele-
graphic communication with the
Peace River country has been inter-
rupted by the fires burning the poles,
bringing the wires down with them.
So far no loss of life has been re
parted.
A despatch from Prince Albert
says: -Word reached the city en
Thursday that disastrous fire swept
large areas in Alingly, North Side
and Paddock Wood districts, about 25
miles north of Prince Albert, burning
out two homesteads without loss of
life to humans or stook. Numerous
bush fires were raging early Thurs-
day morning in the district named,
but are now petering out, It is rum-
ored another fire is still active on an
Indian reserve' north of Alingly.
-off
British Women. Oppose Child
Emigration to Dominions
A despatch from London says: -
Protests against the emigration of
children, apart from their relatives,
to. the Dominions were made by dele-
gates to the National Conference of
Labor Women now being held in Lon-
don. A resolution was passed urging
that such emigration should be stop-
ped until completely satisfactory
plans were established for ascertain-
ing the children's own inclinations in
the matter and for supervising the
children after their arrival in the Do-
minions.. • .
Mrs. Harrison Bell, president of the
National Conference of Labor Women,
said the. Overseas Settlement Com-
mittee,
omrnittee, on the invitation of the Can-
adian authorities, w_ as.sending a depu-
tation to Canada to investigate the
conditions under which immigrant
children were maintained there. -'
An elephant p 3 s from tete age
of 12 to the a of 80. ` It can haul
15 tons,ton,and,y 8
half a
.i•carry
tons wits back, ,
Af or commanding the Esthonian fleet daring the war, Admiral Sir John
Fltka 1 as decided to take up fruit farming in British Columbia. Ile is shown
leaving •l iverpool with Isis .daughter.
Considered the greatest living English composer, Sir Edward Elgar has
been appointed by King George as Master 02 King's Music,to succeed the
late. Sir Walter Parrett, He was knighted in 1904 and received the Order
of Merit in 1911.
MINER• TO REPRESENT HERO OF MESOPOTAMIA
PASSED AWAY IN PARIS
Major-General Sir Charles
B. F. Townshend Served in
Egypt, India and S. Africa.
Paris, May 18. -Major-General Sir
Charles B. F. Townshend, famous as
the defender of Kut -el -Amara 'when
he was commander of the .British
forces in Mesopotamia during the
World War, died here to -day after
six months' illness. He was on a visit
to his mother-in-law, Countess Cahen
d'Anvers, at the time of his death.
Major-General Townshend was
born in 1861. He entered the Royal
Marines in 1881 and saw extensive
military service in Egypt, India and
South Africa.
At the outbreak of the World War
he was given command of the British
forces in the attempt to take Bagdad
from the Turks. After a few initial
successes the Turks, who greatly out-
numbered the. British, drove back Gen.
Townshend's forces to Kut -el -Amara,
the British suffering heavy losses in
their retreat. From December, 1915,
to April, 1916, the British gallantly
held Kut -el -Amara, but finally were
compelled to surrender.
During the siege British aviators
several times flew over Kut -e1 -Amara
and dropped` food to the starving
troop's inside. General Townshend
declared afterwards that Kut -el -
Amara never was captured by the
Turks; that the town fell after 148
days of siege from starvation-. and
mental and physical hardships which
were indescribable. The Turkish com-
mander permitted pen. Townshend to
retain his sword when the town fell.
The British official report at the
time of the capitulation announced
that the British force numbered 8,970
men. Gen. Townshend was released
by the Turks when Turkey signed the
armistice on October 30, 1918.
APRIL WHEAT EXPORTS
INCREASE IN VOLUME
Monetary Value 18 Lower
Than That of April; 1923,
Exports.
A. despatch from Ottawa says: --A
steady increase in the volume of
wheat exports from Canada is noted
in the monthly statement issued by
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. In
April,. 1924, ,6,085,465 bushels in all
were exported, as against 5,143,304 in
April,: 1923.
The monetary value this year, how -
in barrels, $87; heavyweiglit rolls,
ever, was' Lower by` about $300,000,
totalling' $61998,870.
Included en these figures are 32,805
bushels sent to the United States, 2,-
972,469 to the United Kingdom, and
3,080,191 to other cotuitries,
There is also a slight increase in
the quantity of wheat flour exported,
including 8,984 barrels to the United
States, 244,222 to the United King-
dom, and 636,448 barrels` to other
countries, or .• a total of 889,654
barrels. -`•
Oats exported last month jumped
to 1,347,665 bushels, compared with
453,178 in April, 1923. There was
also a big increase in the exports of
Marley and rye.
Prince of Wales to 'Visit
Rhodesia Next' Year
MONARCH OF BRITAIN
Jaanes Brown Will Leave
Two-Roonned Cottage for
Palace of Holyrood
London, May 18. -From a two -
roomed cottage in the little mining
village of Ann Bank, in the Scottish
County of .Ayrshire, James Brown,
the miner M.P., accompanied by his
wife, will on Monday journey to Edin-
burgh to take up his quarters in
Holyrood Palace for ten days as the
representative.of Icing George at the
General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland.
dames -Brown was recommended by
Premier Ramsay MacDonald for the
post of Lord High Commissioner at
the General Assembly. In other words,
he is to represent the King and receive
quasi -royal honors. His wife will be
addressed as your Grace, and for at-
tending ladies of honor she will have
a Duchess and a Marchioness.
Yesterday and to -day she was busy
with her household duties in her tiny
cottage, among other things, frying
sausages for her husband's dinner.
To one of the newspaper correspon-
dents to -day she said that the black
velvet dress which she is to wear for
the journey to Edinburgh on Monday
had not yob arrived.
"It is a nice enough dress," she
said, "but if it does not turn up I
shall just, go in my ordinary clothes.
All my other dresses will be waiting
for me at Holyrood Palace. At the
great reception on Friday. night I
shall wear black chiffon velvet, and
have a heliotrope and silver dress for
afternoon and also one in black mar-
ocain and grey."
Mrs. Brown spent a day during the
week with the Marchioness of Alsa,
her lady-in-waiting, whose castle home
is about 18 miles from Ann Bank.
Such is the natural simplicity of the
Lord High Commissioner that it never
strikes him as wonderful that the.
woman who has lived 35 'years in a
two -roomed cottage in a mining village
should spend ten splendid days in
/the Kng's Palace with esMarchionese
to wait upon her •
ND -WORLD AIR
TRIP IN 17 DAYS
British Company Has Not Yet
Announced When Regular
Service Will Begin.
London, May 18. -The press agent
of the Imperial Airways, a new R.1,-
000,000 British company, has issued
a time table for a round -the -world
air trip which, he says, it is possible
to complete in seventeen days.
The date when this service will be-
gin is not given,but it Will be made
by a combination of airplanes : and
airships.
Flying,' via Paris, travellers will.
reach Constantinople the morning,
after they leave London. Then a long
distance airship .liner will take them
to Australia, which they will reach
on the ninth day. Another such cloud
clipper will take them to San Fran -
Express airplanes will make* the
next stage of the journey to New
York, which will be reached on • the
fifteenth' day. Two more diiys will
land the travellers •'-back home in Lon -
doe on, hoard new airship. about to
be delivered in the United States by
the Zeppelins.
The mat. who can not fill his heart
with love for his fellow;ntortals may.
All his 'p'ay envelope or ins hank ac-
count to overflowing, but he still re-
mains a pitiable bankrupt, a lenient-
able failure. -11. C. Forbes•,
POLAND AND ROUMA NIA MENACED
BY MASSING OF SOVIET TROOPS
King and Queen of 'Roumania on State Visit to London, But
True Object of Pilgrimage i s Search' for Both Military
Security . and Financial Aid.
T,,ondon, may 18. -Aldrin again is ran crowned heads has been merely
felt by both Roumania and Poland at oneof courtesy,' but the polite fiction
military measures recently' taken by that a King and, Queen travel fron
Bolsheviki on the frontiers of one end of the continent to the other
those countries. The concentration of 'merely for _a change of air has no
Russian troops and artillery on the served to slur over the political'sgnl
borders includes 20,000 cyclists. ' ficance of the visit. The royal pil
The most interesting development grimage was undertaken in search of
arising out 'of this scare is the -`dud- both' military security and financial
den turn of Roumania and Poland,to aid -
Turkey for aid' in the' event of trouble. It is an open secret that the visitors
Turkish' missions ,have :arrived both failure to obtain either one in Paris
at Warsaw and Bucharest• where they has increased the importance attached
are concerting plana for defence 'with by them to their` visit. here. The,Rou-
manian. Government is known to be
taking the 'closest' interest in ,the
Anglo- Soviet conference pow sitting
here, although the gdestions'in which
the Balkan state is primarily con-
cerned really come outside the imme-
diate 'scope of the conference.
Roumania's foreign policy is dom-
inated by three questions -the first
being the future.of Bessarabia, the
frontier -province, 100,000 square
milds in area, with rich corn lands
and a population of 2,000,000. Juris-
diction over this province is in dis-
pute between Roumania and Soviet
Russia. The second question is the
recovery of the Roumanian national
treasure, consisting of a gold reserve
and state jewele valued' jointly at
$200,000,000. This was deposited in
Petrograd during the war and was
seized by the Soviet Government.
The third question is the settlement
of free access from the Black Sea,
through the Dardanelles to the Medi-
terranean,
CANADA'S EXHIBIT
HUGE SUCCESS
Proving of Great Value to Do,
minion in Attracting'Atten-
tion •of Visitors.
A, despatch from London says
recent' debate in the House of Com-
mons registered some anxiety concern-
ing the success of the British Empire
Exhibition. To make it a financial
nr' success the attendance must average
176,000 daily, and so far the average
t has only been 30,000. As far as the
the Polish and Roumanian general
staffs.
Turkey's grievance against Russia
at the moment is the expulsion of
all Turks from the Caucasus which is
said now to be taking place.
The causes of anxiety on the part
of Russia's neighbors are the Russian
desire to recover. Bessarabia from
Roumania and the, Russian determina-
tion not to allow Poland to keep the
extensive non -Polish arena which lie
within the present military frontier.
With the state visit to this country
of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie
of Roumania, accompanied by. the
Foreign Minister, Duca, following
close on the downfall of Premier
Poinoare of France, and immediately
preceding the plenary session of the
Anglo -Soviet conference, several loose
ends of European diplomacy have
been linked up here during the past
week.
Officially, the visit of the Rouman-
The Week's Markets
TORONTO.
Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $1,091%;
No. 8 North., $1.02%.
Man. oats -No. 3 CW, 41%c; No.
1, 40%c.
Man, barley -Nominal.
All the above c.i.f., bay ports.
Ont. barley -65 to 70c.
Am. corn -No. 2 yellow, 95e.
Ont. Rye -74 to 78c.
Peas -No. 2, $1.40 to $1.45.
Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $24;
shorts per ton, $28; middlings, $82;
good feed flour, $1.85.
Ont. wheat -No. 2 white, $1 to
$1.04, outside.
Ontario No. 2 white oats -89 to 41c.
Ont. corn -Nominal.
Ont. flour -Ninety per cent. pat,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-
ment, $4.75; Toronto basis, 34.75;
bulk, seaboard, $4.40.
Mars. flour-lst pats„ in jute sacks,
36.10 per bbl,; 2nd pats., $5.60.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, $16; No, 2, 316; No.
8, $18 to $14; mixed, 311 to $11.50;
lower grades, $10 to $12.
Straw-Carlots, per ton $9.60- to
$10.
Screening -Standard, recleaned, f.
o,b., Bay ports, per ton, 317.
Cheese -New, large, 16,5 to 17e;
twins, 17 to 18c• triplets, 18 to 19c.;
Stiltons, 20c. Ofd, large, 23 to 28e:;
twins, 23 to 24c; triplets, 24 to'25c.
Butter-Finest"creamery prints, 83
to 340; No. 1 creamery, 32 to 88c; No.
2, 29 o 810; dairy, 28 to 80c..
Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 30
to $le; extra loose, 28c; firsts, 25 to
26c; seconds, 22 to 23c.
Live. poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs.,
25c; hens, over 5 lbs, 260; do, 4 to
5 lbs., 24c; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 15e; spring
chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 25e; roost-
ers, 18c; ducklings, over 6 lbs., 26c;
do 4 to lbs., 24c.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 80c; hens, over 5 I,bs,, 28c; do,
8 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chickens, 4 lbs.
and over, 32c; roosters, 22c.
Beans -Can., hand-picked, lb., 634c;
primee . Oc,
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., 32.60;. per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal; maple sugar, Ib., 25 to 26c.
Honeyy-60-ib. tins, 11 to 11,4o per
lb. • 10-1b. tins 11 to 12c; 5 -ib. tins,;
11% to 12c; `2% -lb. tins, 1234 to 13e;
comb honey per doz., No. 1, 39.75 to
$4• No. 2, $8.25 to $9.50.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 23 to
24c; cooked hams, 34 to 86c ; _ smoked
rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 18 to
20c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 25c;,spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 28 to 30c;
backs, boneless, 28 to 33o.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 'GO
to 70 lbs., 318.50. 70 to 90 lbs., $18;
90 lbs, and up, $17; lightwei ht rolls,
A despatch. from '`Stilisbury, Rho.-
desia, says-5ir John Chancellor,
Governor of Southern: Rhodesia, an-
nounces that
n-nounces`that the•Prince of Wales will
visit Rhodesia early in the sum'm'er of
1925, or towards the end of the year,
e , .
He that takes too great a leap falls'
into the ditch.
$_.
Lard -Pure tierces, 14% to 15140;
tuba, 15 to 15bc; pails, 15% to 16c;
prints, 18 to 18%c; shortening,
tierces, 14 to 14%c; tubs, 14% to 15c;
pails, 15 to 1534c; prints, 16% to 17c.
Heavy steers, choice, $8 to $8.25;
baby beeves, $8 to $9; butcher steers,
choice, $7 to $7.75;`do, .good, 36.25 to
$$6.75; do, med., 35.75 to 36; do, cone,
$4.50 to $5; butcher heifers, choice,
$7 to $7.60; . do, med., $5 to $5.75; do,
cons, $4.50 to $4.75; butcher ' cows,
choice, 35.25 to $6.25; do, med., 33.50
to $4.50; butcher bulls, $4.50 to 35.50•
bolognas, 32.50 to $3.50; canners and
cutters, $1.60 to $2; feeding steers,
choice, 36 to $6.75; do, fair, 34 to $5;
milkers, springers, choice, $76 to 390;
stockers, choice, 34.75 to 35.25; do,
fair, $3,75 to $4.20; calves, choice, $9
to $10; do, med., $7 to 37.50; do, com.,
$4 to $5.50; lambs, choice ewes, 315.50
to 316; do, bucks, 314 to 314.50; do,
culls, 38 to 39; spring lambs, each,
$8 to $14; sheep, light owes, $8 to
$9.50; do, culls, $5 to $5.50; 'hogs, fed
and watered, , $7.50; do, f.o.b., 37;
do, country points, 36.75; do, off cars
(long haul), 37.90; do, select, 38.25.
MONTREAL.
Oats, Can. West No. 2, 61 to 52c;
do, No. 3, 49 to 60c; extra No. 1 feed,
48 to 48%c; No.2 local white, 44 to 45c.
Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lets,
36.10; 2nds, $6.60; do, strong bakers,
35.40; winter pats., choice, 35.75 to
$5.85. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 32.80.
Bran, $24.26. Shorts, 326.25. Mid-
dlings, 382.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton,
car lots, 316.
Cheese, finest Wests., 15 to 15%c;
do, Eastns, 14 to 14%c. Butter No. 1,
pasteurized, 80%c; No. 1creamery,
29%c; seconds, 28%,c. Eggs, fresh,
Specieis, 38 to 84c; fresh, extras, 80
to 31c; fresh, firsts, 27 to 28c. Pota-
toes, perbag,: car loth, 31.40 to 31.45.
Mled. quality cows, $4.50 to $5.25;
do, corn., 33 to $8.50; calves, fairly
good, 36.50; cons and med., 35 to
$5.60; coin.,4.50;. hogs, mixed lots of
butchers, $'.25 to $8.85; selects, 38.75,
New Zealand Shows
£1,812,000 Surplus
A despatch from Wellington says:-.
The New • Zealand accounts for the
year show a surplus of £1,812,000.
The revenue was • £27,960,000 and the
expenditure declined. Premier Massey
states the figures show the remark-
able prosperity of the country,
Though reductions were made in land
and: income taxes, the prosperity was
such that the revenue increased. The
State Advances Department lent 26,-
500,000 for housing and land settle-
ment. It is anticipated that a -fur-
ther £3,000,000 will be available this
year.
Send a wise man on an errand and
say nothing to him.
Canadian section is concerned, how-
ever, it is already evident that the
Government's million dollar invest-
ment is going' to bring substantial re-
turns. In the way of advertising it
is apparent that the exhibition will
be of incalculable value, and early as
it is, can show.a fair total of actual
sales. A Canadian show case manu-
facturer Nebo sent over an unattended
exhibit was cabled an order for 150,
lots, pleed' with the Canadian Exhi-
bition authorities by a merchant from
Argentina. The firm immediately
rushed a representative over to take
charge of its stand.
The presence of exhibition visitors
has led big London stores to make
special displays of Dominion products
in their shops. There have been many
comments on the high quality of the
Canadian cheese, butter, etc., and this
le understood to be partly due to the
foresight of the Canadian provision
trade and the Department of Trade
and Commerce last winter_ in making
available in London cold stores a care-
fully eclected supply of these products
of the highest quality. It is note-
worthy that Canadian butter and
cheese also bulk very largely in the
supplies used by the exhibiti en res-
taurants, while those of New Zealand,
derpite their simitted quality. have
not been stocked at all.
Minister Asks Airplane
to Cover Large Parish
"Sky pilot" as a nickname for 'a
clergyman will soon have more defi-
nite significance if the example of the
Rev. L, Daniels, formerly a London
curate, now in charge of a parish in
New South Wales, Australia, is wide-
ly followed, says a London despatch.
The minister is here to make an ap.
peal for a single -seat airplane to en-
able him effectively to travel among
the members of his congregation, scat-
tered over a parish as large as all of
England.
Hia district, Wilcannia, in the far
west corner of the Australian state,
has an area of 40,000 square miles.
It consists of a number of small town-
ships, many of which are about 200
miles' away from his home station.
Then, too, there are scattered sheep
farms and isolated homesteads.
The Rev, 'Mr. Daniels will be able
to manage his own plane if be gets it,
for he was trained as a pilot during
the war.
•
King Will Allow Order of
St. Patrick to Lapse
Now that Ireland is no longer a
part of his majesty's first domain, the
Illustrious Order of St. Patrick -the
proud motto of which is "Quis Sepa-
rabit?"-is to be allowed to lapse.
This noble order, which was found-
ed in 1788 by George III as the Irish
sister to the Order of the Garter, has
been the highest honor the sovereign
could confer on an Irishman. During
its existence it has numbered the nob-
lest Irish peers among its knights.
Until the present generation all the
male members of the royal family
have been Knights of St. Patrick, but
the sovereign as grand master and
the Duke of Connaught at present are
the only royal members. Although
the Prince of Wales commonly ap-
pears hi public wearing the Order's
insignia on his breast along with the
Garter and the Thistle, he is not
technically entitled to do so, as he has
never been appointed and enrolled.
Repopulation of London
Business Area Foreseen
Repopulation of the City of London
proper -a square mile in the centro
of the English capital, which hums
with commercial activity all day long,
but is completely deserted after night,
fall -may result from the . abolition
of the "inhabited house duty" by
Chancellor Philip Snowden, the eity's
Lord Mayor claims.
In future business men may again
live over their offices without the
house duty being required. Many of-
fice dwellings will now be reconverted
into dwellings, so as to save the own-
ers
ers the expense of keeping, up two
establishments, and this' probably
will lead to the return of the `good old
days when the City families lived in •
the City..
Three Million- Russians
Now in Exile
Grand Duke Nicholas .of Russia,
who is now residing "near 'Paris, esti-
mates that there are 3,000,000 Rus-
eians in exile, about 300,000 of whom ,
1arc living •in- France, More Russians
ofe disting'uishecl rank under rho old .
i'eginro are residents: of Paris and
When the British air ministry wanted to find out how long a plane ;could j suburb, than any other part of Eus.
ape. Moat of diem are at 'won -k of
float after falling into Inc see, they didn't waste any. luno mi theoretical Berne kindor another n. r or• are living on
s Thel s 1 ,
computations, A r� C. 12 was ordered to Lslte the ]'cadet and this i4 Ito e ,
the tragttteltt.. .if their eer'i'er for-
result.
tunes....