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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-06-05, Page 2HYDRO -ELECTRIC COMMISSION AN- NOIINCES CHANGE IN RATING SYSTEM Flat Service Charge of 30. ,Cents Replaces Domestic Floor Space Toll -155 Municipalities Get Cheaper Power. A despatchs:—A kilowatts from 60 upwards to which 2 -cent rate is applicable. revoluutiti onary from Toronto saychange its the rating theIf, for example, a municipality system for domestic and commercial' finds that it requires a minimum of lighting throughout the various xY '90 kilowatts per month at 2 cents to dro Electric systems of the Province carry its necessary expenses, the local was announced Thursday night by Sir; authority .will have power to increase Adam Beek, speaking on behalf of the the standard minimum from, time to Hydro Commission. I time, subject, of course, to the general Simplifications of the rating method supervision of rating by the Proven. has been under consideration by the •cdal Commission, officials of the Commission for somei It had been decided, Sir Adam stet - months, ' and on `Tuesday members of; ed, to accept for general use in the the Municipal Hydro -Electric Asso- matter of eonunercial rating the basis oration were called into conference. put forward by the Toronto- Hyro-1 The ca es 11 for this conference was -I Electric Commission for use in this sued' by ex -Mayor' Maguire of Toronto city. Formerly commercial lighting as president of the association. The was suppliedat a minimum rate of 5 result of these deliberations was a de-lcents per kilowatt hour for 80 kilow- cision-which was communicated offi-, att hours, 3 cents for the next 70 dally to the municipalities through-1and 1 cent for all over 100. The To - out the province ---to abolish floor -i Tonto rate, which will now be applied space rating for all domestic services throughout the province, provides for and to provide instead thereof a 80-1a rating of 4 cents per kilowatt hour cent service charge in the case of all' for the first 60 hours, 2 cents for the houses, large or small, connected with' next 50, and 1 cent for all over 100 municipal distribution services in the1 These changes have been formally various. Hydro zones. approved by the Provincial Commis It is believed, Sir Adam states, that; sion, as eyell as the new domestic rat - this will he found in the end to be ing systema, and, so far as possible, more equitable than the minimum and goes into force on the first of June. maximum floor space ratings hitherto 4 At the session of the Commission, enforced. revisions{of provincial rates in 212. . It also has been decided that the cities, towns and villages were form - standard charge for current shall be ally approved, hatinrr regard to the 2 cents for a minimum of 60 kilowatts surpluses disclosed by last year's and 1 cent per kilowatt for all cur- revenue returns. In 155 cases reduce rout supplied above that minimum. Iii tions were made in the rate for power the ease of municipalities which find supplied by the Provincial Hydro to the revenue from this basis of rating the local authorities; in 54 the rate; insufficient for their needs and neces- holds at that of last year, and in 3 sary additional revenue will be ob- only was it found necessary to make tained by increasing the number of increases. The first splice In the new cable which is being laid between Alaska and Seattle, a distance of 965 miles, ROYAL PERSONAGES VISIT BRITISH FAIR King George Roars. With Laughter at Prince of Wales Modeled in Butter. A despatch from London says:— King ays:King George and Queen Mary, with King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena of Italy, and Princess Mafaldi spent a considerable part of Wednes- day forenoon at the Canadian Peel- le • avi-lions at the British Empire Exhibi- tion. Announcement of their Majes- ties' visit to Wembley brought sight- eeers by the tens of thousands, but,i thanks to the skillfulness of the police and the good humor of the crowd, the zoyal party made a walking tour at the exhibition in perfect comfort, The first call of the royal party was at the Canadian National Rail ways pavilion. The longest visit of the Italian royal visitors and their royal host and hosta:as was in the Do- minion pavilion, where they were shown around by officials. King George fairly roared with laughter when he was suddenly confronted with the medal of the Prince of Wales in 'Canadian .butter. The butter exhibit ie in the foul of a model of the Prinetee Alberta home. the Prince, his horee, bis ranch, the house and - landscape all being in butter. -Capital, capital, is it not?" King George exclaimed to Queen Mary, who was ale° much entertained by the display. The Canadian Pacific Railway Building then was visited by the royal party. The spectacle of a model train running right around the C.P.R, Building attracted the visitors' atten- tion. Sleeping Sickness Peril is Gaining ill England 531 cling sickreesis increasing rap- idly in this country, and 640 eases :were' notified by doctors in the free three weeks of April, against 468, in 1lfareh; 217 in February, and 75 in January, says a London despatch. While investigations into the cause opf Clio disease are being carried out by the Medical.Resear•eh Council, doctors ;admit they do not know either a cure or any means 'or preventing the ',spread. Large towns appear to be more effected than rural districts and the tlioeaee seems to epread •westward. .Iames Brown, Labor -miner 113.1'., has leaped into the limelight throe gh being named by King George as Lord High Commissioner of the Church of. Scotland and ruler of Plolyrood Palace. Ile didn't forget to that with the "hehbie" at the gate. CHINESE BANDITS NIAGARA WHIRLPOOL CARRY OF MISSIONARIES i CLAIMS YOUNG VICTIM Thirteen Unaccompanied Children on Atlantic Voyage A despatch from Quebec says:— There were 13 unaccompanied chil- dren whose ages ranged from 7 years upward on the Canadian Pacific steamer "Montcalm," which arrived at Quebec at two o'clock Friday after- noon. William Burgess, aged 9, is destined to meet his uncle at Tadmore, Sask.; Gertrude and Jack Hanrahan will meet their: mother nt Walkerton, Ont., and the remainder of the children are going to join relatives in other parts of Canada, mostly in the Western Provinces. Immigration Shows Increase of 103 Per Cent an April A despatch from Ottawa says:— Immigration into Canada in the month of April this year shows an increase of 103 per cent. over that of the same month last year, the total for April, 1924, being 19,330, as compared with 9,500 in April, 1923. Of the total fo April this year 9,410 were British, a compared with 4,671 in the sam month last year; from the United States, 1,888, as against 2,140 i April last - year, and 8,082 from othe countries, as against 2,689 in .Apri last year. mint of the pirates. I islands was excellent. One Canadian, One English -Youth of Seventeen Leaps man and Two Americans I from Boat in Futile Attempt Held Prisoners in Hills. ( to Reach Shore. BRITAIN LIQUIDATES SURPLUS WAR STOCKS Supplies to the` Value of $3,- 2355,890,000 Sold in Past Five Years. A despatch from Montreal says:--- The Disposal and Liquidation Com- mission of the British Government, which in connection with its prede- cessor, the Ministry of Munitione, has had in charge the liquidation of the surplus war stocks and properties of the British Government, has just completed its worli, and as 'reported' by the English' Information Ser- vice, has realized for these stocks In the past five years $3,285,890,000 at A despatch from Hong Kong A despatch from Niagara Falls, says:—Tho Chinese captain of the Ont„ says:—Joseph Alexander Demp. motor boat, belonging to the Stout sey, 17 years of age, was drowned in Memorial hospital, boarded by pirates the whirlpool in the lower river early as it was proceeding up the Cassia Thursday morning when he jumped River from Wuchow to Kweilin, which out of. a rowboat which had become place is being besieged by opposing umnanageable. Chinese armies, and where twenty, Dempsey, with Edward Barrie and missionaries are believed to be in Morley Pearson of this city, went danger, has escaped and returnee to along the river tank with a skiff and Wuchow. He reports that 300 brig- launched it just above the whirlpool ands, all ex -soldiers, attacked and with the idea of taking it down to routed the escort of 80 soldiers: A Queenston for the summer. Dempsey Chinese gunboat passed and fired a got into the boat himself and started few shots, but did not stop. The brig-, to row across the big eddy. The cur - ands then boarded the motor boat and rent, however, was too strong for him demanded 5100, firearms; gold leaf,. and he lead to pull the oars into the etc.' ':boat, Finding himself gradually be - When military reinforcements ar- ing drawn into the vortex of the pool, rived, however, the pirates abandoned he jumped into the water and started the motor boat, which they had ran- toward the shore. He made about sacked, and carried o6' the four mis- twenty strokes, shouting for help, and sionariea who were on board toward suddenly disappeared. It looked as if, the hills. Soldiers followed ire pursuit. he was caught by a strong undertow. A despatch from Shanghai says:— The body has not been recovered, Despatches published in the Shanghai It is probable that if he had re - papers tell of military and bandit enabled in the boat he would have outrages against missionaries both in been saved, for it drifted around the South and North China. Reports state' eddy and was drawn up near the that five missionaries in Kwangsi and shore. Kwantung Provinces, at the towns of Taiwan and Pienlo, consisting of the Rev. R. A. Jaffray, of Toronto, and the Rev. E, H. Carne, Britishers, and two Americans, named Rev. Rex. Ray and Dr. H. G. Miller, were captured and are being held prisoners in the mountains. The missionaries were proceeding toward the Town of Kwai- shun, in Kwangsi Province, in order• to take supplies to their group of mis- sionaries, practically held prisoners there due to the internal fighting. A despatch from London says:— The Government has communicated � with the British Minister at Pekin in- strutting him to make vigorous and immediate representations to the Chi- nese Foreign Office for action to effect i the release of the four missionaries, two of whom are British, who were captured by pirates while proceeding to the relief of a band of twenty .ens- sonaries beleived to be in danger at the hands of Chinese bandits. The - Government has asked for an imme- diate official report of steps taken to secure the release of the captives, Hong Kong, June 1.—Two of the four missionaries recently captured by Chinese pirates, Revs Robert A. Jaffray of Toronto, Canada, and Dr, H. G. Miller of New York City, have been released by their captors to ar- range far the payment of the ransom demanded. The other two, Rev. E. H. Carne, an Australian; and Rev. Rex Ray, an American, remain pris- oners in the mountains, ten miles above Chiuping. The military auth- orities are endeavoring to secure their release. Washington, May 81,—Official word of the latest outrage by Chinese erica for war clobt. The sentiment of r' pirates against British and American the people was strongly against such s missionaries in China was reported to a change of flag, and they were very e the State Department to -day. The loyal to Great Britain. Pekin Legation is already pressing. Sir Eustace said also that despite n upon the Central Government the.nec- the commercial loss occasioned by the r :essity for prompt action to obtain re- war and four successive years of I lease of the foreigners and punish -''drought, the future outlook of the The leek's : Markets TORO'N•O, Man. wheat—No. 1 North., $1.18'/:; No,, 3_ North., $1.05'/x. Man, oats—No. 8 CW, 42stc; No. 2,41e. Man. barley—Nominal. All the above c.i.f., bay ports, Ont. barley -65 to 70c. Am. corn—No, 2 yellow, 956. Ont. Rye -74 to 78c. Peas—No. 2, $1.4U to $1.45. Millfeed—•Del. Montreal freights, bags included:, Bran, per ton, $23; shorts, per ton, $24; middlings, $30; good feed flour, $1.86. Ont. wheat—No. 2 white,. nominal. Ontario No. 2 white oats -39 to 41e. Ont. corn—Nominal. Ont. flour—Ninety per cent. ppat., -'The releasing of these surplus pro- in jute Bags, Montreal, prompt 'ship- ment, $4.95; Toronto basis, $4.95 perties and; stores in -large and small bulk, seaboard, $4.60. lots has involved more than three mil- Man, flour -1st pate., In jute sacks, lion separate business transactions,. $6.50 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6. including railways' in Europe, Asia Hay—Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, and Africa, as well as thousands of track, Toronto, $16; No, 2, $16; No. miles of railways, sidings, etc., in the 3, $13 to :$14; mixed, $11 to $11.50; British Isles and a large fleet of mis-� tower Stragr d es, $10 pert ton $9.60 to eellaneous craft lying in various har- $i0• bors all over the world, Among the` Screenings ---Standard, recleaned, f. properties liquidated were real estate o.b., Bay' ports, per ton, $17. and factories, rolling stock, industr•iali Cheese—New, large, 161/2 to 17c; plants, machine*, mechanical trans- twins, 17 to 18e; triplets, 18 to 19c; port and road plant, metals, 'huts,! Stritons 20c, Old, large, 2 to 23c; buildings, furniture, building mater- twins;' 2e8 to 24c; triplets, 24 to 26c. g � nl g Butter—Finest- creamery piinta, 35 tale, horses and other animals, textile to 86c; No. 1 creamery, 84 to 86c; No. goods, medical stores, food stocks and 2, 88 to 34c; dairy, 28 to 80c. aircraft material. Eggs—Extras, fresh, in cartons, 33 to 84c; extra loose, 81e; firsts, 26e; seconds, 24c, Live poultry—Hens„ over 5 lbs., 20c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., i6c; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 58c; roosters, 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c. Dressed poultry—Hens, over .6 lbs., 28c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chick- ens, 2 lbs. and over, 60c; roosters, 220. Beans—Can., hand-picked, lb., 61/2c; primes, 6c. • Maple products—Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 6 -gal. tin, $2,40 per gal; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c, Honey -60-1b. tins, 11 to 11'4e per, Ib.; 10.1b. tins, 11 to 12c; 5.1b. tins, 111 to 12c; 21 -Ib. tins, 121 to 13c; comb honey per doz., No. 1, $3,76 to t $4; Na. 2; $8.25 to $8.50. qs Smoked meats—Hams, med„ 23 to 24e; cooked hams, 34 to 36e; smoked rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 18 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 26c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 28 to 80c; sk 1 backs, boneless, 28 to 385 Caret meats—Long clear Macon, 50 to 70' lbs., $18.50; 70 to -90 lbs., $18; 00 lbs, and up, $17; lightweight rolls, u a l in barrels, $87; heavyweight rolls, $32, Lard—Yore t:erae9t �1 After ten ears of experimentat•on, tubs, 15 to 151c; pada; 151 to 16e; to 16Me; Y prints, 18 to 18?4 c; shortening, J. s announced a the Scottish engineer, i, 6 tubs, 1sh to ing, h s uswhithe invention of ap tierces, 14 to 143„c; 1G'� t 17 t which nobles ora to see by�p h ' $8 t $6 26• Pte. Charles Mullet Of Toronto, spent his 66th birthday in the trenches of Flanders during the Great War, and can still fix bayonets with the best of them.. eee West India Isles, Shown as Very Loyal to England Sir Eusta e Fiennes, Governor of the Leeward Islands, on a recent visit to England, told reporters that he was certain the British West Indian pos. sessions would never be ceded' to Ain - 2, ROUMANIAN ARSENAL WRECKED BY EXPLOSIO Loss to Country Equal to That of a Lost Battle—Com- annalist Plot Suspected. A despatch from Vienna says:— Despatches from Bucharest show the explosion of the central ammmrition stores .at Gotroceni nearby was one of the biggest of sueh.disasters in re- cent years. Th11 depot' was the chief store of the Roumanian Army, and the biggest calibre shells, as well as' an unmeasurable quantity of smalil arras ammunition, received only a few weeks ago from the Skoda worke at Pilsen, Czecho-Slovakia, wero de- stroyed. It is'only natural that because of the tension with Russia, a Commun- ist plot is suspected as the cause of the explosion. The number of victims is still unknown. The damage is esti mated' at a billion lei (par value 3200,- 000,000). The day before the explosion. the Roumanian War Minister Madareucu stated in Parliament that Roumania was ready for all eventualities. A neutral military informant who' ar- rived here on Friday from Bucharest, said possibly the highly inflammable French powder used by Roumania, which is like that which during the war caused numerous accidental ex- plosions, may be the indirect cause of the great magnitude of the catas- trophe. Although Roumania is not at war with Russia, her loss through the explosion is equal to that of a lost battle. Bucharest, Jutte L -The loss of life in the fire and the series of explosions at the Government Arsenal, west of the Capital, Wednesday -now is esti- mated at forty, which is somewhat smaller than at fist believed. The material damage is placed at 6,000,- 000,000 lei—$1,108,000,000 at the nor- mal rate of exchange, WHY CANADA OBJECTS TO RECEIVING TITLES Manchester Guardian Says Sale of Honors Makes Them Undesirable. A despatch from London says:— The reason why Canada and South Africa have shown a repugnance to titles 'being conferred on their citi- zens, according to The Manchester Guardian, is partly explained by the fact that these Dominions have had bad luck in London's choice of the re- ' •cuts for honors paratus c r e ais,15 to 153hc; prints, - $ c. c . wireless. Export steers, choice, o Shady modern history, The Guard- _ ! do, good $7.50 to $7'75 export heifers y 4 75 t $5 PRAIRIE GRAIN CROPS `89; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.75; do geed. $6.25 to $6.75; do, med., have financed English politicalparties UP LOST TINE $6',7r to �c0; do, cam„ 64.fiQ to $5 : also makes titles objects of dislike $5.76 to $6; do, tom„ $ o ; ian sas, which has involved the vir- 'tual sale of peerages to rich men who MAKE heifers, choice $fi 76 to $7,25; in those Dominions. The Guardian's references to Can- ada and South Africa ave made in an article discussing the recent an- nouncement of the South Australian Government's propos I that no person in that state shall he recommended for knighthood unless such recommen- dation is endorsed by both Houses of South Australia's Parliament. • � butcher m .. do, med., $6:26 to $G do, tom., $4.75 to+ Improvement in Weather C ditioxas Results 1n Rapid '$6.25; do med , $3.60 to $4.60; ea Ser on i $o; bnteher cows, choice, $5.25 to Growth of Grain. butchr bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; bolognas, {..$2.50 to $3,50; cameras anal cutters, r •s choice A despatch from Winnipeg says:--- $1.25 to 31.60, feeding Steen , Marked improvement in weather con -136 to $6.75; do, fair, 34 to $5; mills -1 ditions throughout the Prairie Pro- e s sprin e s choice, $75 to $90, venees has proved a welcome boon to erm, choice, $5 to $5.25; Bo, far, the Western farmer generally. 34 to $4,25 calves, choice, 310 Despite the lateness of the seeding to $10,50; do, med., $7.50 to $9; do, oprations and the unusually cold wea-'tom., 34.50 to $5.60; lambs, choice ther during the past month, recent ewes, $16 to 317; do, bucks, 314 to rains and rise in temperature Navel $16; do, culls, $8 to $9; spring lambs, contributed greatly to rapid growth. per lb., 15c to 18e; sheep, light ewes,s Wheat seeding 'is completed in the. $7 to 8; do, culls, $4.60 to $5; bog , three Provinces with the exception of. fed and watered, $7.85' do, f.o.b., 'a few isolated districts, while goodise "5; 5 do, country points, $7.10; do, select, $8.60; do, off cars, long haul, progress is reported in the seeding of coarse grain. Farmers in the Regina district re- port that crops are slightly ahead of last year, and in some districts wheat has reached the height of three inches. In the Prince Albert district lack of precipitation has somewhat retarded choice, to $60.00; stock. growth, but rain is forecast. The season's crop prospects in Al- berta are regarded as the most ideal in many years. A steady but gentle downpour of last week -end over -a wide area proved very beneficial: In Manitoba the crop is not much later than in former years, although the lateness of the seeding 'season materially reduced the acreage sown: to wheat, "There is ample time yet for the development of a good crop, and, not- withstanding unfavorable weather conditions during the early spring, no fear need be entertained concerning the crop," declared Premier John Bracken, Minister of Agriculture for Manitoba, following a visit through the Neepawa district. BRITAIN' ARMY NOW REDUCE D TO 156,935 Soviet Russia Has Largest Farce in Europe While France Ranks Second. A despatch from London says:- Great Britain, which during the war put' an army of. 4,01)0,000 in the ,fiel'd, now has air army that is smaller than Spain's or llolland s and not much bigger than that •Of Czecho-Slovakia. This fact was brought. out by Stephen Walsh, Secretary for War, n reply to a Parliamentary question. According to Mr. Walsh, Soviet Russia has the largest army in Eur- ope. Ti numbers 1,003,000 men. France ranks second, with 732,248. The Brit- ish army --without including the'In- dian army—with a. strength of only 166,935 peen, trails Poland, Italy, Spain, Holland and Switzerland. Inexperience is, an,•evil that cures itself from day to day—Mr. Stanley Baldwin. 38:25. MONTREAL Oats, Can. West. No. 2, 61 to 620; do, No. 3, 49 to Vic; extra No. 1 feed, 48 to 48r¢c; No.2 local white, 44 to 45c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lsts, $6.50; 2nde, $6; strong bakers, $6.80; winter pats., choice, $5.90 to $6.00. Rolled oats, bag, 00 lbs., 32.90; bran, $28.26; shorts, 324.25; middlings, 3$30.25; hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 16Cheese—Finest wests, 1512 to 15l c; finest casts., 14ei to 149sc. Butter, No. 1, pasteurized, 33c; No. 1, creamery, 32r/c; seconds, 31ac. Eggs, fresh specials, 85c; fresh ex- tras, 32c; fresh firsts, 28c. Potatoes, per bag, ear lots, $1.40 to $146.• • Com. teary type cows, 38 to 34; canners, 31.5b to 31.75; good veal calves, $6 to 36.50; ea, med., 35.50 to 35.75; pail fed calves, 94 to 34.50;. spring laeles, Y8c per panne. Canadian Welcome for British Fleet at Victoria A despatch frons Ottawa says:— The Dominion Government plans for the reception to the British special service squadron on the: Pacific coast were :announced by Hon. E, fie, Mac- Donald, Minister of National Defence, The Dominion will give the officer, of the fleet an official welcome on their arrival and will tender them a reception and dinner . at Victoria, Subsequently a party of 30 officers and 259•. men will be _given a tour to Calgary and Edmonton and back by way of the Yellow Head Pass. In this tour the Government of Alberta will co-operate with the Dominion. Father of Soldiers' Irssurance Passes in Fort William. Fort • William, 'June 1.—Arthur ("Joe") Lucas,' who Was first in Can- ada to broach the subject of soldiers` insurance, and whose suggestion was finally adopted by the Dominion Gov- ernment during the war, died at 0.15 o'cleck Past night in McKellar General Hospital, Fort William, following an illn.ess of six weeks' duration. So near and yet, so tare -but the plucky New Brunswick saimnn, pictured will keep on trying until it event- ually scales the falls and reaches the quiet waters above. Rough Riders Admit Defeat They Ride Atlantic A despatch from London says:— One hundred and thirty rough riders Atm Western Canada, Texas and Wyoming, now en route to England to participate in the international rodeo at the British Empire Exhibi- tion in Wembley, admit defeat in•their - efforts to rough ride the Atlantic Ocean, According to a wireless received here, the whole cowboy contingent leas been laid low by seasickness. The Menominee, upon which they are travelling, struck a southeasterly gale off Sandy Hook and ever since has en- countered a series of ,fogs, rain, squalls and cross seas, so that the whole outfit has been put out of com- mission—all except Tijuana, a spirit-,° ed Texas pony which the rangers are going to present to the Prince of Wales. According to the'message, the only mitigating circumstances of the trip is the presence of a ministering angel' 'in the guise of a lively young woman champion bareback rider, who soothed •'tire spirits of her strbcken :fellow - travellers by saxaphone selections. Ars ,3 to Establish University at flagelad First steps` toward a return to the glories of Haran s l-R.is;hid have been taken by the Arabs, with the gleam - agement acne-- agement of the British, in Bagilaecie. where the cornerstone of a new; Arabic university has been laid, says a Constantinople despatch, '!he lemming of both the Last and the, West twill be taught it the univer- sity, called Al al .Bait which will in- ehudo colleges of divinity, engi'neering,. sc en'e law, education end medicine, The building which has been started will i.e a eembinaiion of l astern and Westorn architecture and will house the divinity school, As the Ministry c' Meilen). Pious Foundations, which is edeancing the stoney, lacks fends, the other colleges will not be started .for several years. A thousand Yeats ago, when Oxford and the Sorbonne were unknown, 'Bag- dad, as the capital of the Abasslde Caliphs, was a great centre of -learn- ing which, during the Davie Agee in Europe, saved many of the Greek classics for the West.