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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-07-03, Page 7F'. t• MO NS 'A.DOPTS CHURCH UNION BILL f0 ,11G1ME EFF ECTIYE E, 1925 A despatch from Ottawa says: - Church; Inion has. become .a reality.. ,At' 1 o'clock, this, ,(Friday) morning,' by a majority of 52 votes, : Paella-, Merit gave approval to the amendment' reeved by J.L. Brown (Progressive,1 Lisger), which stripped from the Lill the clauses calling for legal,process1 and two-year delay, and substituted, thereforanother whereby .the orLgna1 measure becomes effective on June 1;0, • 2925: tib vote followed Immediately upon 'cogent, and.- vigorout pleas by the Prime Minister and the leader of the Opposition against further delay.. It was ar. iairecordeel ".r nt of head;,' in committee, and shelved 1.10 for the amendment and .58 against. ,I Rt. Zion, ,Arthur Meighen, Robert Yorke, 'Hon, Messrs. 'Lapointe, "Gra-1 a' , : , , o , ng; ana Ian oveinmen , anc .he n- and Stewart stood .With those favor -i tario Government in particular, _seem- ing the amending resolution. Among ed to -day to be putting obstacles in those standing In opposition thereto the way of helping good farm workers were Right Hon, Mackenzie ICing,::to go to the Dominions. .The cense- GENERAL SMUT'S FALL ATTRIBUTED speech of the' Prime' Minidter; follow- ing " cioe.ely • upon 'earnest, "appeals,' for Support of the Brown'antehdment by Hon. George P. Graham en -1016n. D. A. MacKinnon, swept the:debate from the',•lagiig course upon Which. it had fallen. .. The Lender of the Opposition, corn - Mgt next, placed ineisiyeness and earnestness before mere -tune -wasting eloquence, and on conclusion left the House in mood foe -immediate action. -Y-- Clain>!s 'Good British Settlers 'Rejected by Ontario A deepatch from London says:- Ys:- At a meeting of,the British Passenger Agents' ,Association, 'Charles Wright, Honorary Secretary, said that the Honorables Boland and Macdonald, quenoe was, he -stated, that Australia and. Hal McGiverin, chairman of the. and New Zealand secured a 'better Private Bills Conunittee, among the supply of Empire builders or the Liberals, and the: folloowingConserve-i Homeland retained these first-class I tives: Honorebles Tolmie, Guthrie, agricultural workers: Ontario was Manton, and 'Vicars. Spence, Ross, turning down such applicants, he add -1 Dickie, Clark, MacLaren, Harris and ed, all assistance bohig stopped for Church. !this year. It was difficult to under - The standing vote represented an stand this, while the entry of Ruse attendance :of 168.meanbers in a House sians and other foreigners continued, membership of 284. Expectation that he concluded. the vote would be deferred until this evening's session, tar even until Mon- day, probably accounted for the large number of absentees. Only in the hour or two immediate- erater of the I•sland of Oaku, Hawaiian ly preceding division did the debate' Islands, evil become one of the great - attain that standard of excellence na-l est athletic stariunis in the world 11 turally to be looked for in a discus: the plans of prominent athletic officers sion of a subject of such inmport. The at Hawaii are consummated. r-- Stadluin"in Volcano, .Punelibewl, the largest extinct ,A recent photograph of Thomas : Hardy, English novelist and poet, who has been endorsed by the P.E.N. Club for the Nobel prize for literature. VANCOUVER EN FETE ' TO WELCOME FLEET British Warships Receive a Hearty Demonstration at the Pacific Coast Metropolis. A despatch from Vancouver says: - Fifty thousand citizens of Vancouver gave the British special service squa- dron `a great welcome when it arrived in the harbor shortly after 2 o'clock on the afternoon of June 25. When H.M.S. Hood, world's great- est battle cruiser; H.M.S.a Repulse, H.M.S. Adelaide and H.M.C.S. Patri- cian rounded Point Grey, after having passed up the Gulf of Georgia from Victoria, they weremetby a great flotilla of small craft and excursion steamers, and as they passed through the narrows into Burrard Harbor thousands of men, women and chil- dren lined along the Stanley Park shore of the narrows shouted :their welcome. As the squadron passed into the harbor aeroplanes of the Royal Can- adian Air Force circled the great craft. At every point of vantage from • Point Grey to the city vast crowds at. every peak waved and shouted asthe mighty warships moved maje,tically to their anchorage. " The City •,is in festive attire,- the main streets being a mass pf color - wlth flags';aindiiunting. A magnificent a'ich of ,Welcome has been erected by __y city , • at , Granville and Georgia otre4ts, A civic .dinner and dance was ?tendered the officers of the fleet. A " half -Holiday was proclaimed by Mayor Owen. Australia (as- 79,250,000 Bushels of Wheat for Export A despatch f o Adelaide says:- A local authority ee ,tamates the last Australian ; ;wheat harvest at over 126,000,0.00 `1?ushels;.,deducting home requiremente this leaves an exportable surplus of •79,260;000 bushels. ` This season's exports 'of •wheat and wheat flour to date are equal to approxi- mately,6,000,000:bushels of wheat. An average crop is likely in the ensuing season. Peer Peeps Into Future, Sees Roadhouses in Air After having taken a peep into the future, Air "Minister Lord Thomson came down to the House of Lords re- cently and assumed the role of pro- phet. He said that in three years time he hoped to have in the air two kinds of airships suitable respectively to commercial and naval purposes. In ten years he hewed "to see at least six airship constructors competing for, orders in this country• and building • up a great and growing industry,' serving the purposes of imperial com- munication, bringing people of the empire and the world closer together and carrying freight as well as mails, says a London. despatch. Seine tinie in the future, the min- -ister said, he foresaw the day when noble lords would' leave Parliament House on gliders- with light engine, and . wing their way westwardalong the Thames Valley or northward to Scotland. On their way -they will need a rest grid perhaps they may call in at some great caravanserai float - in; serene, safe, high up, far 'removed from terrestrial fuss and noise. Above is shown, en the `left, Sir Jenner vernal', and, on the right, Dr. Herbert Bruce of Toronto, two widely known medical men, photographed at the letter's home. `ROUND -WORLD FLIERS PASS IN AIR FLIGHT ren Major MacLaren, the British Aviator, Reaches Rangoon €roma Akyab. A despatch froin Rangoon, British India; says :-Major A.' Stuart'' -Mac - Laren, the, British aviator who is at- tempting a found -the -world flight, has arrived here from Akyab, Burma. A despatch from London says :-A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Rangoon says Stuart MacLaren had a stiff flight from Akyab to Ran- goon in the continuation of his at- tempt at a world flight. Cutting across the Bay of Bengal,. MacLaren flew over the United States round -the -world squadron, going in an opposite direction. The Britisher was conlpelied' during his flight to make a landing at Gwa, After another start he was forced to descend at Yandoon, in the Delta, after which his journey to Rangoon was uneventful. MacLaren said he regretted he ar- rived at Rangoon too late to meet the United States aviators, whs loft there. for a tamp of about 500 -miles to Chittagong. Heroic Work of Everest Expedition Acknowledged A despatch from London. says: - Professor Collie, Acting President of the Mount Everest Committee, sent the following telegram on Thursday to Colonel • Norton, leader of the Ever- est Expedition: "The committee warmly congratu- late the 'whole party on the heroic achievements published to -day. They especially appreciate the consummate leadership displayed. All are deeply moved by the glorious death of the lost climbers near the summit, and send best wishes for a speedy restora- tion to health of all the surviving members." • 'All .Parts .in`` Eenry VIII." Taken by Women Shakespeare's "Henry " VIII," in which all eparts were . taken by 'women, was staged in the open air. at Wester - ham, in Kent, says a London despatch. Girls of the public schools and some of their teachers, as well as daughters of :families' whose names are associat- ed in empire history ,and wives of local tradesmen, all took part in the production, which was directed by Gwen Lally, the playwright. Thin is the first time a Shakesper- ian play, calling for a hundred char- acters, has ever been attempted by a company composedentirelyof women. The production was remarkable for the success of the players, as well as for the historical accuracy of the cos- tumes and properties. Prince Henry. to Head British ' at Olympic Games Prince Henry, third son of King George, will do the honors for Eng- land at the opening of the Qlympic Games in the Colombes Stadium, near Paris; on -August 5, leading the Brit- ish athletes in the grand march past the reviewing stand. This ceremony over, he will retire to the shade of the grandstand, turn- ing over the grilling work of winning points to the sturdy teams, the mem- bers of which are now training in two big camps' near London. Canadians Going to Reside in States Must Furnish Passport A despatch from Sault Ste. Mario, Ont., says; -Besides paying the regu- lar immigration service $8 head tax, en: additional vise certificate, costing $9, will be demanded of all Canadians going into the United States to reside after July 1, owing to the radical changes in the:Anferican immigration laws. Canadians making trips to the. Un- ited States, and Americans crossing to the Canadian side of the river, must secure identification cards. These cards are issued free of charge. Each application must be accompan- ied by two passport pictures; one of the pictures is pasted on the card. The identification card system is intended primarily to facilitate the passing of both American and Canadian commu- ters across the boundary. It will practically do away with the many questions which those who have not cards are asked at present. Counter-Actant for Poisonous Gases Found by Englishman A despatch from New York says: - F. N. Pickett, an Englishman, says that in experimenting during the de- struction of ammunition, he discover- ed a counter-actant against the pois- onous gases used -during the war, He says, he has already given the'formu- lae to the British and French Govern- enents, and is on his way to Washing- ton to give his process to the United States Government.' He also brings with him a formulae for an arsenical solution which he used against .locusts in Egypt, and which he. believes will be successful against the boll weevil in the cotton - growing states., Mn, Bening Arnold of . Camelot, 13onrnemn-.:tb, England, went bowling , to celebrate his hun- dredth birthday. TO WORK FOR THE BRITISH :EMPIRE A' despatch from London .says:- encs, hoyeever; .is ,stalking •evidence. With Premier Jan Smuts's adminis that there is. a new drift- of oppinion tration gone flown to defeat as a' re- in the South African Union. It -hardly salt of . the South African general would be .an exaggeratloneto say uthat elections, the first avowedly •republi- his efforts` =in the campaign for•im- can government in the British Em- periai development and'European ed.flexile/itpire has come into existence. Generalflexile/it are the direct cause of the Hertog, the Dutch nationalist leader, smashingeblow his 'party met at the who, with' the support of the Labor- polls. ites, headed by Col, Cresswell, suo- With tine Herizoa-Cresswell admin ceeds Premier Smuts, gave assurance istrat'ion novo' in power, a new chapter in his pre-election campaign that the secession issue would not be raised during the meeting of the newly elect- ed Parliament, • : between the South African party and Nevertheless, the outcome of the the Nationalists. Momentarily, the voting came as an unmistakable blow most interesting 'question is whether at the principle of imperial' .unity, the combination which came into be - This feature of the election is stress- Ing With a 'common ' desire to oust ed by the fact that General Smuts Smuts as almost the sole, bond of un- was unable to retain his own seat in ion will be able to hold together now opens in the history of South Africa, The Labor party, headed by Colonel Cresswell, Isola the balance of power the western division .of.. Pretoria,. the capital of the Transvaal. A new seat is certain to be found for the soldier - statesman, who in other parts of the British Empire is ranked as one of the greatest of the imperial figures of his time. His rejection by his own constitu- that •this object has been achieved. Both parties, however, chiefly are concerned in local interests, and it is now certain that South Africa, under the new regime, will not play the prominent .pert on the imperial or world stage that it did under General Smuts, • '`•Prof. Cavalierl Casein, of Italy, who has had patented his apparatus which has proven successful in foretelling of earthquakes 15 minutes before occur- rence. The Week's Markets TORONTO. Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.242; No, 3 North„ $1.171/2. Men. oats -No. 3 CW, 45%c; No. 1 feed, 432c. All the above, c.i.f., bay ports. Am. corn -No. 2 yellow, $1.12. Ont. rye -74 to 780. Peas -No, 2, $1.40 to $1.45. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, $82. Ont. wheat --,No. 2 white, nominal. Ont. No, 2 white oats -39 to 41c. Ont. flour -Ninety per cent, pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, $5.80; Toronto basis, $5.80; bulk seaboard, nominal. Man. flour -1st "pats., in jute sacks, $7 per bbl.; 2nd pats., .$6.50. 1 Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $16; No. 2, $16; No. 3, $13 to $14; mixed, $11 to $11.50 lower grades, $10 to $12. Straw Carlots, per ton, $9.50 to $10. Screenings -Standard, recleaned, 1. o.b. Bay ports, per ton, $16. Cheese -New, large, 181/ to 19c; twins, 19 to 20c; triplets, 20 to 210; Stiltons, 21 to 22c. Oid, large, 22 to 23c; twins, 23 to 24c; triplets, 24 to 25c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 36 to 37c; No. 1 creamery, .35 to 36e; No. 2„ 34 to 35c; dairy, 28 to 30c. Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 86c; extra loose, 38c; firsts, 30c; sec- onds, 25c. Live poultry -Hens, over 5 lb., 260; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 150; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 55c; roosters, 18c; ducklings, 4 to 5 lbs., 38c. Dressed poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs., 28:; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chick- ens, 2, lbs. and over, 60; roosters, 22c; ducklings, 4 to 6 lbs., 45c. Beans -Can., handpicked, lb., G1/ec; primes, 6c. Maple produets-Syrup, per imp, gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal.; maple sugar, Ib., 25 to 26c. - Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 112c per Ib.; 10-1b. tins, 11 to 12c; 5 -ib, tms,. A photograph of the smart -looking tlumpeters at tiie "Empire Day and members of the Royal Family. hanksgiving service at Wembley, which was attended by the King and Queen -111/2 to 12e; 21/2 -lb, tins, 121 to 13c; comb honey, per dos., No. 1, $2.75 to $3.50; No. 3, $2.50 to $2.75. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 23 to 24c;, cooked hams, 34 to 36c; smoked rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 18 to 20c; breakfast bacon 21 to 25c; spe. elal brand breakfast {moon, 28 to 30c; backs,'" boneless, 2$ to 34c, Cured meats -,--Long clear bacon, fib to 70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18; 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls, $82. Lard -Pure tierces, 14% to 1511e; tubs, 15 to 151,5c; pails, 151/9 to 160; prints, 18 to 181c; shortening, tierces, 14 to 141/2e; tubs, 141/2 to 15c; pails, 15 to 151/2c; prints, 161/9 to 17c. Export steers, choice, $7.75 to 48.25; do, good, $7.25 to. $7.50;' export heif- ers, $7 to $7.50; baby beeves, $7.50 to $8; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.25; do, good, $6.25 to $6.50; do, med., $5.50 to $6; do, con., 5 to $5.25; butcher heifers, choice, $6.50 to $7.25; do, med., $5.25 to $G; do, corm, $4 to -$5; butcher cows, choice, $5 to $5.50; do, med., $3.50 to $4.50; but- cher bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; bolognas, $2.50 to $3.50; canners and cutters, $1.50 to $2,50; feeding steers, choice, $6 to $6.75; do, fair, $4 to $5; stock- ers, choice, $5 to $5.50; do, fair, $4 to I$4.25; milkers, springers, choice, $75 to $90; do, fair, $45 to $60 • calves, Choice, $S to 89.50; do, meed., $7 to $7.75; do, com., $4 to $6.50; lambs, choice ewes, $15 to $15.50; do, bucks, $11.50 to $13.50; do, culls, $10 to $11; sheep,; light ewes, $5.50 to $6,25; do culls, $3.60 to $4.60;, hogs, fed and watered, $8.50; do, f.o.b., $8; do, country points, $7.75; do, select, 1. and w., $9.35; do, off cars, long. haul, $8.95. MONTREAL. Oats, Can. west., No. 2, 511/2 to 52e; do, No; -3, 492, to 50c; extra No.'1. feed, 481/2 to 49c; No. 2 local white, 45 to 451/2e. Flour, Mum spring wheat pats., lsts, $7; 2nds., $6.50; strong bakers, $6.30; winter patents, choice, $6,60 to $6.70. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $3 to $3.10. Bran, $24.26. Shorts, $26:25. Middlings, $32.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18.50 to $17. Cheese, finest wests., 16% to 171/2c; finest oasts, 161/2 to.16%..Butter, No. 1, pasteurized, 34%c; seconds, 32%c. Eggs, fresh, extras; 35c; fresh firsts, 80c. Potatoes, per bag,, car lots, $1.85 to $1.40. Con. bulls, $2.50; good veal. calves, $8; fairly good calves, $6.50 to $7; med. calves $5.75 to $6.25; con., pail fed, $4.60; lambs, 14 and 15 cents per pound; hogs, mixed lots, butcher, $8.75 to $9; sows, $5. Peace River Country Wheat is in Shot Blade A despatch from Edmonton says:- Wheat is already in the shot blade in the Spirit River district, according to reports received at the offices of the Edmonton,'Dunvegan & British Col- umbia Railway. Frequent rains, to- gether with an abundance of weather favorable to crop growth, has made prospects for a bumper crop particu- larly hopeful. Let him not complain of being cheated .,who buys cloth by the pat, tern. Natural Resources Bulletin, The. Natural Resources Intelligence (Service of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa says! Its has been .said that but for the birtls•man would` soon starve to death; as insects multiply so Tepidly that they would- early overrun the earth, and .devour everything edible, Birds are the natural . enemies of insects, and'as they have voracious appetites, they 'devour a tremendous quantity of man's worst enemies. The farmer, as well as the city resi- dent, ` is commencing to appreciate whatthe birds are'doing for him,' and is less antagonistic to them. In the olden days every 'farmer ,had a gun awaitieg the arrival of the birds, and many, of theiim were shot down while doing the work. which the farmer could not do -saving his food; supply. Have you ever watcheda robin on the lawn, and -wandered what he did with all the insects and worms he picked up? The robin eats at certain seasons •of the year about, double its weight in insects hndvArbrms every day. His dinner hour is continuous, commencing at sunrise and not finish- ing until after sunset; he works long hours, digging and picking, to pro- vide food for his family. Apart from its benefit to roan as a savior of his crops, what is more interesting than to watch the wild` -birds as they ::go from place to place, from tree to tree, singing or chirping meanwhile? The birds give their protective service to man without charge -they ask no pay except to be let alone. And the farm- er is wise who will let his gun rust out behind the kitchen door before he turns it upon his best friends- -the birds. Extension of Old Age Pension Approved by British House A despatch from Londonsays:-A quarter of a million elderly Persons in Great Britain will benefit as a result of the extension of the old age pen- sions scheme which has received the approval of the House of Commons. Philip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, when introducing the nec- essary financial resolution, said single persons having an income' not neces- sarily earned, of 25 shillings weekly, will be entitled to 10 shillings pension weekly, and married couples whose income is 50 shillings weekly, evil' be entitled to one -pound sterling jointly per week. The cost of theadditional scheme will be 24,000,000 in the ;first year, but will rise to 27,000,000. The proposals, said the Minister, in nowise could be regarded as a final settlement of the problem of old age pensions. He hoped shortly to submit a scheme of mothers' and widows' pensions and to reduce the age limit to 65. -- Englishwoman Meets Adven- ture Painting African ' Wilds After fourteen years of painting 10. the wilds of Australia, South Afxica and New Zealand, Miss Mabel With- ers, an English artist, is showing three eollectioes of her pictures in London. One of her landscapes, which, appears in the South African pavilion of the British Empire Exhibition, has been accepted by ,Queen Mary, to whom it was offered after she ex- pressed her admiration for the paint- ing. - Miss Withers's search for subjects was not entirely without adventure. Once in South Africa she painted all day long in blissful is -moral -ice of the fact that two lions had been killing cattle within a few hundred yards of her. On another occasion slue found a troop of baboons separating her from her guides, but escaped un- harmed. Hayseed Was Growing i y wing in Farmer's Eye Hayseed blew into a man's eye and caused grass to grow there. This astonishing fact is vouched for by doctors at the. Gloucestershire roy al infirmary, says a London despatch. A farm -worker having something in his eye which caused painwent to hospital for an operation, a surgeon made an incision above the eye and found a green blade of grass an inch and a half long. He also found Apparently hay- seed. ay- see . A d PP y the hayseed had be- come lodged in the corner ofthe sock- et and the discharge from .the tear• duct watered it and light had reached the seed through the eyeball sufficient to make the grass green. Hematite Has 'Been Found Near Michipicoten River A. despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says.: -A very interesting die- covery of hematite ore has been made by Isaac and Joseph Ball, about six miles'south of the Michipicoten River. Specimens of the ore show it to bo a high-grade ore of good quality. The range is about two miles in length, and from 100 to 200 feet in width. Eight claims have been staked and recorded already. Savants to Study Life Habits of the Lapps The Lapps, inysterious nomads of the north, are again to be studied by scientists; says a Gothenburg des- patch. Dr. es-patch..-Dr. G. Clyde -Fisher, of the Museum of Natural Ilistory,• New,' York, is•now here on his way to Swed-: ish Laplands to observe the lore, cus1; toms and daily life` *1 these- people. „