The Seaforth News, 1924-12-04, Page 2BRITAIN TAKES STEPS TO SAFEGUARD
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THREATENED
despaficlt from London eevsi- country by the employment of any
The diecovery of -a network of plots methods which they conceive will
FATHER AND SC STIOT.
THROWN DUO OCEAN
--
Canadians Murdered by. Hi-
jackers in Gulf of Georgia
Off B.C.'Coast.
throum t men -benefit their cause and place it before A despatch from Victoria says:-
>noub Egypt, declared o , Capt. W. G. Gillis and his young soli,
ace the lives of British officials in that the rest of the . world. believed by the police to have been
country and in the Sudan, from the Great Britain, it :was stated, intends murdered when a raid was Made on
Governor-General down to, civil clerks, to safeguard the lives of its subjects, their .auricle, the Beryl G., were held
has ,caused the British authorities to and it is fire belief of the men on the up, under the guise of the law; by °a
issue orders for the arrest and im- ground that the best method is to hi-jacker in a pollee uniform, accord-
Brisonment of all prominent anti- arrest the plot leaders; no matter g statement made by author -
ritish plotters. P what rani. or position they, may occupy xtiestwcrlcng on the case here: "
Furtherarrests, possibly on a large in their country. The Meryl G. took on 350 cases of,
sea:e in Cairo and Alexandria, are Fe .1 Marshal Viscount Allenby, the liquor, more than half of whieh was
expected to follow quickly the arrests Brit,. High Commissioner in Egypt, transferred to another vessel before
announced on Thursday, among others has eepressed the hope and opinion the raid was mads on her cif Sidney.
those . of Nekrash Bey, Zaghloul that the new Egyptian Cabinet will chi, Island.
Pasha's Minister of the Interior, and operate in breaking up the plots g From evidence pieced together, it is
Abdul Rahman Fahmy, declared to addition to accepting the British de-1said the actual hostile was aecom-
have been long actively engaged in eland that meetings be. P fished by three men who rowed across
$5,000 for building and equipping thel
lots against England, it is intimated stopped. San Juan de Ikea Straits in a boat Dowager Queen Alexandra.
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in official natters here. Great Britain is placing much em- which put oat from a vessel alleged The eightieth birthday of the Dow -
Government
has been provided by the locale
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lliscover . of: the numerous lots is phasis on thus last demand, it beingI Government while the Federal -Gov-�
Discovery p murder of the Sri" -i to have been operated by seven men ager Queen Alexandra was celebrated ernment will provide an operator and,
etat:d to have been made by the Brit explained that. the maid ,five of whom are now. under arrest. by a gathering of the Royal Family at
isle authorities in their investigations dar and the present crisis were, in the defer all c d
following. the murder of Major-Gen-
eral Sir Lee Stack, the Sirdar. For
t: �t f tee a i n ,. r•: S7.A'Y
Canada from COagt to toad
St. John's, Nfid The market for
dry codfish in European markets has
seldom looked better than it does at
present and the. Newfoundland fisher-
men are getting the biggest prices
that have prevailed since the war:
Years. There is a considerable short -I
age of cod from Norway, Iceland, Bri-
tain and France, and consequently
there has been an active demand from
Southern European countries for this'
Newfoundland product. I
Charlottetown, P.E.I.Arrange-;
meets have been completed; by the
' ProvincialGovernment with the Fed-
I
Dept. of Agriculture for the pro -I
vision of a fox experimental station
-
here. The Island fox breeders have!
'provided the land for the ranch and;:
yin addition; have agreed to supply 25,.
pairs of silver foxes. The sum of,
British view, the result of the .Egyp-
tian Government's allowing open meet- ran out and Captain Gillis fell, mor-' of Wales, and others. The Dowager 1 - Kentville, N.S.-The evaporators in
the most part the alleged plotters are ings in which the discontented ele- t111yg wounded.
said to belong to the groups of ex- .`lents were able to work on pnbhel Soon afterward there was a second,; health,' but has withdrawn entirely 'Hack, Aylesford and Kingston, - are
tremist patriots who. aim at achievir,-,,- feeling ar ' t > further such n -pts as shot and the son was killed according' from public affairs. She is able to working to capacity:. The demand for
p
the complete independence of their' that for LII" a^ler ,of t,
p P -•- to the police. Then the bandits' launchl drive out almost daily. The Dowager
---- ---- was brought alongside for transship-' Queens birthday t ay "was o i au y, t justify .ih
FISHING TUG SINKS p a , ,gY?_ meet of the cargo, after which, it is December first. this mdrrtry producing to the cepa
s of maintawing an
As the three men, one in a police Sandringham', including their Majes Y
operatiieg thin experimental st
uniform boarded the launch, a shot ties, the King and Queen, the Prince
Queen is well and enjoying good the Annapolis Valley located at. Ber-
hr �Srrda.u.evaporated: apples this year is said
o us i e pieties interested in
h d t h l i tl d n M da J Y
IN LAKE' ERIE STORM
The Harold G. Beck of Buf-
falo With Owner and Dart
of Crew Believed Lost.
A. despatch from Dunkirk, N.Y.,
Bays: -Grave fears are entertained
here for the 'safety of the fishing tug
Harold G. Beelc; her master, Captain
John Beck of Buffalo, and three mem-
bers of his crew. Two of the deck-
hands were picked up by the freighter
Belgian and taken to Buffalo,
The missing men are: Capt. John
Beck, 1057 West Avenue, Buffalo,
owner; Harold G. Beck, engineer, son
of the captain; :two members of the
crew, which consisted of Christ Moore'
of Sandusky, Ohio; Harry Nowickie,r
Walter Zuraisky and Joe Antuscew-i
ski, all of Dunkirk.
The tug was returning to the har-
bor from the fishing grounds last
night, when a shaft on the propeller'
broke. She was then in mid -lake,
about 26 miles off this port, and a
fierce storm was raging.
Flares were sent up, which were'
sighted by the master of the Belgian,
en route to Buffalo. The Belgian was
put about to attempt a rescue: Three
hawsers were put on the tug, roiling'
in the trough of the heavy seas, but',
they all snapped like threads. In
Maneuvring with the lines, two mem-'
hers of the deck crew of the tug sue-
eeeded in scrambling aboard the Bel-
gian.
After
elg1an-
After the third line parted, the
Beck drifted away in the fog. The
master of the Belgian stood by for
two hours, trying to locate the tug,
tent did not sight her again. He then
proe eded to Buffalo.
Local fishermen say that the storm
Was nne of the worst of the year. The
wind blew at 70 miles an hour, and
there was a dense, shifting fog,
Gr. ,Iter Market in Great.
E:itain for Canadian Wheat
A despatch from London says: -It
is very probable that as a result of
the adoption of a resolution by the
British Empire Producers' Organiza-
tion Canadian wheat will find a much
greater market in Great Britain. The
resolution stated it was desirable on
economic and strategic grounds that
the home production of wheat should
be materially increased, and strongly
' urged that the wheat which must still
be imported after the home 'supply has
been absorbed should be purchased
from the wheat growing centres of the
Empire. The resolution further urged
that steps be taken to organize and
make fully available the wheat sup-
plies oftheEmpire, and that the Gov-
ernment institute an inquiry with the
view of fixing the minimum quota of
Britain's annual requirements which
should be grown on home soil.
Z1war Pasha
asserted, the two bodies were hand-
cuffed together and dropped over-
board. TAKE STEPS TO FINANCE
A despatch from Seattle says: -A GER1VIAN RY. LOAN
reward of $2,000 each for the arrest
or information leading to the arrest British and American Bank-
of Owen ("Cannonball") Baker and ing Houses Make Arrange -
Harry le. Sowash, reputed Chicago
Arrange -
gunmen and Puget Sound hi -Packers, ments Under Dawes flan•
is announced by the Government of.
B.C. in connection with its prosecu
city of their plants. Several cars are
moving to Winnipeg, as well as to
local markets for export.
St. John, N.B.-As a result ofthe
port charge reduction made by the
common council recently, the Scan-
dinavian -American line has decided to
use this port on its eastbound' trips.
The first ship of this line to use St.
A despatch from New fork says:- John as a port will leave here about
first steps' in financing Germany's the end of December.
tion for the murder of W. G. Gillis railways, as. reconstituted under the Quebec, Que.-The amount of lum-
and his son William on Sept. 18 last, Dawes plan, have been taken by Brit -
the
that will be cut in the forests of
when hi -jackets boarded he Gillis isle and United States bankers who the province during the course of the
craft, Beryl G„ in the Gulf of Geor- placed a credit of $15,000 000 at the Coming winter, is expected to be equal
gra, killed the two men and took a
valuable cargo of liquor.
CANADA'S TRADE
RELATIONS. IMPROVE written by a London banking group TORONTO.
disposal of the German State Railway
Company.
One-third of the loan will be in
pounds sterling and will be under -
The Week's Markets
headed by J. Henry Schroeder and, Man. wheat -No 1 North., $1.76%;
Steady Increse in Goods Sold Company. The New York banking No. 2 North.,
$1.71%• No 3 North
and Det tease in Goods syndicate headed by Speyer and Com- $1.65%; No. 4 wheat, $1.6,6$'x.
Who has succeeded Said; 2aghlulpany includes the Equitable Trust Man. oats -No. 2 CW, 66c; No. 3
eed
Pasha as premier of Egypt. He is a PUrChased, Company, the Chase Securities Cor- 1 feed468c�No. 2 feedtra No. 1f60c' 64c; No.
moderate and was formerly president A despatch from Ottawa says:- poratton, Blair and Company, the All the above, c.i.f., bay ports.
of the senate in Cairo, and before that Canada's greatest source of wealth Bank of the Manhattan Company and Am, corn, track, Toronto --No, 2
and optimism continues to be her for- the. J. Henry Schroeder Banking Cor-' yellow, $1.93.
__ _ eign trade, which for the twelve poration. I DZillfecd-Dolt 'Montreal freights,
CANADIAN SHIP BURNS, months ended' Oct. 31 last showed a Organized in accordance with the bags included: Bran, per ton, $30:20;
favo-rable balance of over $126,000,006 Dawes plan to take over the operation shorts, per ton, $32.25; middlings,
CREW ALL RESCUED as compared with the previous year. of German .railroads under private $83; good feed flour, per bag, $2.25,
Exports for the year ended Oct. 31! Ont: oats- No. 3 white, 49 to 61c.
xp y management, the German State Rail- Ont, wheat -No. 2 winter, $1.33 to
Coastguard Boat Takes Col last were $1,076,632,203, as compared way Company constitutes what is said sem; No. 3 winter, $1.31 to $1,33;
lingwood Skipper and Ten with $994,646,069 in the previous year, to ue the largest railway system he the No. 1 commercial, $1.29 to $1.31, f.o.b.
f Crew to Safety. and with $815,53010 in the year world, having 33,000 miles of road. shipping points, according to freights:
o
ended Oct. 31, 1922; imports were Two-thirds of the equipment, consist-' Barley -Malting, 88 to 93e.
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, $818,671,463, as compared with $911,eling of 31,000 locomotives, 70,000 pas -1 Buckwheat -No. 2, 82 to 86c.
Ont., says: -The steamer J. C. Ford, 759,278. So that there is a steady in -I singer cars, and 750,000 freight cars, pat flouo. r -New, w� to 2 per cont-
emned
by Capt, Percy Ramsay and crease in goods sold to other countries,; is less than ten years old. pat„ in jute bags,. Montreal, prompt
Capt. W. T. Ramsay of the Sault, was and a continuoue decrease is goods' The original cost of the system, ehipment, $6.50; Toronto basis, $6.50;
completely burned at anchor off Little purchased from other countries. Iweose lines extend into every part of bulk, seaboard, nominal.
The Dominion's largest balance of: Germany, was 78,200,000,000. I Man. flour -First pats„ in jute
trade is against the United Kingdom,' Present capitalization consists of .sacks, $0.20 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $8.70.
the exports to the Mother Country in $3,095,000;000 common stock issued Hay -No. 2 timothy, per ton, track,
to the German Government or the Ger-'Toronto, $14.50; No. 3, $12.50.
Straw-Carlots er ton $9
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STRIDES BELGIAN SHIP' mortgage reparation bonds, guaran- o.b. bay ports, per ton, $26. Marion, Ohio, She was the widow of
• � teed by the German Government,' Cheese -Now, largo, 19c; twins, the late resident of the United States.
minister to Rome,
to the average for the last ten years,
that is to say, in the neighborhood of
900 to 1,000 million feet, according to
a statement made by the chief for-
ester of the province.
Kingston, Ont, -Work is rapidly
proceeding. on the plant of the Dye
and Chemical Co. of Canada, recently
incorporated with headquarters in
this city. It is expected that the plant
will be completed by the end of De-
cember and in production in January
next. Production .at the start will lee
confined to: pharmaceutical chemicals,
coloring. materials. for food -stuffs, tex-
tile (soap) preparations, and dyes for
paper, leather, fur, inks, etc,
Winnipeg, Man. -It is estimated by
the Provincial Dairy Commissioner
that butter production in the province
this year will exceed that of,last year
by 1,500,000 pounds. Prospects mdr-
cate that the output for 1924 will be
at least 12,260,000 pounds, or possibly
12;500,000 pounds; of which amount'
7 000 000 will be available for export.
Regina, Sask.-Sixteen thousand,
five hundred chickens have been
brought into Regina :this fall under
the new pool car system; and the sea-
son has only started. Of the total
about one-half have been shipped out
for foreign markets in live poultry
transit cars specially built for the.
business
Calgary, Alta. -Following an inter-
view with the, Minister of the Inter-
ior, farmers in the Retlawr-Lomond
district are proceeding to form an
irrigation district under the Alberta
Irrigation Act.
Vancouver, B.C,-There is an'ac-
tive revival of lumber queries from
the Orient, Australia and Africa, and
it is anticipated orders for approxi-
mately 40 million feet will be placed
with British Columbia mill by De-
cember 1. It is reported that an order
for eight to twelve millions feet is
already placed for Soudan delivery.
Trout Island, near Detour, the loss
being estimated at close to $40,000,
which is only partly covered by insur-
ance. The cause of the fire is un-
known. The United States coast-
guard boat came to the rescue, talcing
the 11 members of the crew safely to; p
CANADIAN PIONEER ( man states, and $2,620,000,000 fist ' P Mrs. Warren Harding
Screenings -Standard, recleaned, t. Whose death occurred recently at
shore. They reached the Sault by which have been issued to a trustee 19% to 20e; triplets, 21c; Stilton,
Dominion Government Vessel
tug. I appointed by the Reparations Com-� 22e. Old, large, 28 to 24e; twins, 24
e are was n er a r t i mess on. o c• r' e s o c.
from Cleveland to Thessalon when the' in the _Scheldt. The romuaey le also authorized to Butter -Finest creamery prints,
fire started off Little Trout Island. Brussels Nov 30. A serious col -I issue $476,000,060 in preferred stock'39 to 4Oe; No, l creamery, 37 to 38c;
Capt. Woolner of Collingwood, who I No. 2, 34 to 3-c. derl-y, 28 to 30e -
arrived in the Sault with the crew,
d thek f theUnited St to
Th b g plyi g h w y I'gh Suffers Damage in Collision • i t 25 , t 1 1 t, 25 t 26 MONTREAL.
I
lision occurred yesterday morning in, and $22.600,000 second mortgage
the Scheldt. In the channel of the'bonds, which will be pledged as secur-
prarse woe o a s Wallcenisse, between the Belgian ity for the $15,060,000 credit.
coastguard in rescuing the crew, even --e
after the boat had lost a wheel steamer Alexandre, bound for New -
Chief Engineer T. Horrigan wasI Port with a cargo of iron, and the CAIRO GOVERNMENT
the boiler roam wh
hers of Canadian Government vessel, Can YIELDS ON ALL TERMS
the crew told him if he wanted to save
Tris life to leave the ship,,as it was on
fire. By that time the fire had spread
to all parts of the shi
possibility that the fire started from was made through which water pour -
defective wiring in the ship, but he
did not know. ed into the ship, which remained
afloat, however, and went aground on
The boat was on her last trip of
the season. She was used to carry the right bank of the river. Efforts
arebeing made to refloat the vessel
The Alexandre has a gross tonnage of
1,830 and was built in 1920.'
The Canadian Pioneer also suffered
damage to its stern, but above the
waterline. It was able to continue
its voyage to, Antwerp.
adian Pisnmer, coming from Montreal
to Antwerp,
T.he. Alexandre was struck amid-
ships on the starboard side, the level
of the engine -room. A wide breach
lumber and coal, and was on her way
, for a load of lumber when the fire
the scene to see if any machinery can
started. Capt. Ramsay will return to
be salvaged.
Eclipse ofSun n Jan.. 24
Eagerly Awaited by Scientists
A despatch from New York says:-
The effect, if any, of•the eclipse of the
sun on radio reception will be one of
the subjects studied when the eclipse
' takes place on January 24. A publi-
'cation devoted to science is co-
; operating with radio enthusiasts in an
effort to collect data on this phase
of the astronomical phenomenon,
Prof: Ernest W. Brown of Yale,
Mexican President
Taken Oath of Office
Mexico City, Nov; 30. --At noon to-
day Plutarco Elias Galles, school
teacher and revolutionist, took the
oath of office as. President of the
Mexican Republic.
Fifty thousand of his fellow citi-
zens crowded the immense Mexico City
stadium to witness the ceremonies by
chairman of the committee of the Am- which General Galles peacefully thole
his place as President Obregon's suc-
erican. Astronomical Society, which is censor.
arranging for general observation of This function is usually performed
the eclipse, points out that it will be in. the hall of the Chamber of Depu-
visible over Connecticut and parts o#. ties but because this is one of those
New York, Canada, Michigan anal rete occasion& in Mexico when blood
Wisconsin. All of the observatories; shed does not attend the transfer, it
within the zone will -watch the eclipse,' was :sees
spectacle.
t
Tbose who are in the iccality where, General Cellos was received with
the eclipse is total will have. the op- cheers, but dead 'silence fell •as with
po: tunny of viewing the corona of the upraised hand he pledged himself "To
Viscount Allenby, High „Com-
missioner in Egypt, Reports
Situation "in Good Order."
Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 65
to 67e; loose,' 63 to Cie; storage ex-
tras, in cartons, 48 to 49c; loose, 47
to 48c; strrage firsts, 44 to 4-oe; stor-
age seconds, 38 to 89c.
Live poultry -Hens, over 6 lbs., 20e;
do,.4 to 5 lbs., 18c; de, 8 to 4 lbs., 13c;.
spring chickens, lbs. and over, 23c;
roosters, 12e; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up,
1.8c.
Dressed poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs.,
26c• do,:4 to 6 lbs., 23c; do, 3'to 4 lbs.,
Cairo, Nov. 30. -The discussions be- 16e• spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over,
tween the new Egyptian Cabinet and 28c; roosters, 18e; ducklings, 6 lbs.
gyP and up, 25c.
the British Residency upon the ,terms Beans -Can. hand-picked, lb., 6%c;
of a settlement of the present crisis primes 6c..
are at an end, as the Egyptian Gov Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
ernment has accepted the British con- gal., $2,50; .per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
ditions relative to the Sudan and to gal; maple sugar, lb., to 26c.
Honey -80-]b. tins, 13e a per lb.;
the protection of foreigners in Egypt 10-1b. tins, 184c; 61b, tins, 14c;
London, Nov. 30. -Despatches to Zit -lb. tins; 15c.
the Foreign Office to -day from Vis- Smoked meats -Hams, med., `L6 to
count Allenby, British High Commis- 27e; coolced hams, 37 to 38e; smoked
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sioner in Egypt, describe the situation rolls, 18 to 20e; cottage rolls, 21 to
there as being "in" good order." 24e; breakfast bacon 23 to 27c; sppe-
Official despatches from the Sudan tial brand breakfast {moon, 29 to 31c;
likewise report conditions "easier and backs, boneless, 29 to 36c.
satisfactory." Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 60
to 70 lbs., .$17.50; 70 to 90 lbs„ $16:80;
90 lbs.. and up, $15.60; lightweight
Official figures compiled' by the Do- rolls, in 'barrels, $33; , i.e_ avyweight
minion Bureau of Statistics indicate rolls,; $27:
that for the whole of Canada over 14,- Lard -Pure, tierces, .18 to 1830;
000,000 cubic feet of natural gas was tubs, 1814 to 19c; pails, 18% to 19%c;
produced last year. The value of this Prints, 21 to 22c; shortening; tierces,
14�i to 15c; .tubs, 140'4 to 15?/4c;
was $5,875,160 in 1923, which shows pails, eel, to 16c; prints; 17 to, 17Vec..
the striking gain of over $4,600,000 Heavy beef steers, $6 to $7.25;
above the figures for 1910. butcher steers, good to choice, $5:26
- to $6; do, fair to good, $4.25 to $6.25,•"
There are not many industries that .do, com. to fair, $3 to $4.25; butcher
can claim to have increased their emit- 'heifers, good to. choice, •$5 -to $6.75•
put by 42 per ,cent. during, the; past do, fair to good, $4, to $5; do, com., $3
four years. But the Canadian pulp to $4; butcher cows, good to choice,
and paper industry can do so. Most $8,50 to $4.25; do, fair to good, $3
1' P y to $3.50; canners and cutters, $1.60
industries. refer to 1920 as their peals; to $2.56; butcher, bulls, good, $4. to
year for output, but the pulp and pa- $4.60; do, fair, $3.25 to $3.75; bol -
per industry has passed its 1920 pro- ognas,'$2.50: to $3; feedingstetra;
duction figures by' nearly 50 per cent. good, $5 to $5.50,; do( fair, $4 to $5;
sun. This to the fringe of light:moue d observe the Mexican Conetibuvirion and stockers,. good, $4 to $4.50, do, fair,
the edge. It is of a etrangegreenish-, What is more, it continues to set up 3 to 4; calves, choice, 0.50 to 10;
Lail laws emanating there#ram, and to stew •marks. $ $ $ $
blue color which clothes the earth with work solely for the benefit of the Re- " co, med:; $5.50 to', 9; do, 'grassers, $8.
' an ashen tire,.,tars will be visible, ublic,during my term., of office•" If you allow your shadow to be cast to $5; mileh cows, choice, $70 to $90;.
in the 1 yr ^en before Mite cies p for a short while on one of the great springers, choree, $80 to $100; good
cent of the``sa 1 ees disapp en..1 I As a result of the removal by South pools where oil is stored in California, light sheep, ,$6.50 to $7;, heavies and
One of the most impresei.; eights, Africa of dumping duties on Can- and then move away, the shadow will bucks, $4.60 to $0.25; bulls, $2.50 :to
of the eclipse will be the land ,of adia paper, Canadian manufacturers remain. The explanation is simple. ,'1.60; good ewe lambs,, $11.25 to
p S p P11.60; bucks, $8 to $9.501 mecl, $10
shadow approaching :.from the west will make an effort to recapture this The heat of the 'sun causes gas to rise to 1 culls 9' to ,9,60 hos thrcic
Com. dairy type cows and canners
$1.50 to $8; com .bulls, $2.25 and
$2.50; mixed lots com. and med. sucker
calve§, $8; grassers $$450; `good
weight hogs, mixed lots, $9.50; do,
selects, $10; lights, $9 to $9.26; sows,
$7 to $7.50.
Cheese -Finest vests„ 17�/.,, to
17%e; finest casts, 17 to 17%e. But-
ter -No. 1 pasteurized, 35eic• No: 1
creamery, 34%c; seconds, 38% to
83%c. Eggs -Storage extras, 48c;
storage firsts, 48c; storage seconds,
89e; fresh extras, 65e; fresh firsts,
50e. Potatoes, per bag,. ear lots, 70
to 75c.
Tee trench Senalo recently granted
comn'„ete amnesty to former Premier
"Joseph Caillaux, who was convicted of
-dereatl':it activities during the world
war.,
at an enormous speed just before the
face of the sun is entirely, obscured.
This is most impressive when viewed
from, a. height.
market. The removal of the duty will, in minute bubblee in,the ,oil. The -sha-•smooth, fed. and'water'ed,' $9.60; do,
be of great benefit to manufacturers dow cools a part .of the eurface, de- Lobe $0; do, country points, $8.76r
of craft paper, as it was against this .creasing the gas formation, causing a do, off cars, PIO; select premium,
paper that the duty was put in force. difference in diffraction, 1&1.88:
Natural Resources Bulletin -
The Natural Resources Intelligence
Service of the Dept. of the Interior
at Ottawa -says:
The extent to which the development
of the Natural. Resources of Canada
is dependent upon railways is not.suf-
ficiently appreciated' by Canadians,
with the exception of the few who are
intimately associated with tranepor-
tation activities. :When the early pi-
oneers .had to drive great distances,
over difficult' clay roads, and then
only at seasons when such roads were
passable, their wants were few, be-
cause they had to confine their trad-
ing to very limited areas..
With the advent of . the railways;
however, we are now able to place our a
produce on world marlcets, and to re-
ceive in exchange, indirectly, the pro-
duce of the world. This has been the
situation also with respect to our for-
ests,-.our mines and our fisheries.
Without railways the enormous grain-
crops of western' Canada would be
useless; pulpwood,' and paper, miner -
ale and the enormous catches of fish
on the coasts of Canada would be re-
stricted to local needs. The returns
of freight car loadings in the week of
Nov. 1 showed that 20,009° carloads of
grain and grain products,, 8,483 car-
loads . of live stocic, 291 'carloads of
lumber, 3,869 carloads:. of pulpwood,
1,288 carloads of. pulp and paper, 2,-
114
,
114 carloads of other forest products,
and 1,173 carloads of ore were moved;
out of a total of 74,640 cars loaded.
The organization necessary to satis-
factorily move this enormous quantity
of 'freight, with its ,great number of
loading and distribution points, must
give cause for admiration of those
responsible for such service.
Development of natural resources
and railways. meet go hand in hand in
the growth and success of Canada, and
as new branches are built new areas
will be :opened up to cultivation, new
mines will be made commercially pos-
sible,,and our more distant forest re-
sources will lee available to industry.
A General Education.
Cargo of 3,132,000 Eggs
Leaves Montreal Port
A despatch from Montreal says: -
What is. claimed to be. the largest
shipment of eggs ever to leave this
port on a single vessel, was carried
on Friday on the Melita, which sailed
for Belfast and Glasgow with a cargo
of Canadian produce, including 8,132,-
000 eggs, or 8,702 cases.
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Of 4,4;02 students enrolled this year
in the University of Toronto, 2,387,
of over fifty-four perede tt, are taking
courses in Arts, while only eighteen
per cent: are studying Medicine and
only eleven per cent.. are in Applied
Science. This fact would seem to in-
dicate that there is not, as has some-
times been asserted, a,tendency on the
part of the young people of Ontario.
to overlook the advantages of a gen-
eral education and to strive to enter
the more highly specialized and more
highly paid professions. The Arta
Faculty, with which practically- all
Universities, and certainly all the
earlier Universities commenced, and
which was in .most cases the only
Faculty for many decades, is still pre-
dominant. Nowadays many students
desire, .if they can afford the time, to
take the Arts Course before Commenc-
ing the study of Medicine-, or Forestry
or Law. Of those in the Arts Colleges
some intend going into the Ministry,
some into teaching; some into law,
some into business, still others into
journalism, but a -great many are
simply anxious to secure a liberal
education'in order that they may have
a good equipment for whatever career
they may later decide upon. To all
citizens who arra interested in educa-
tion and in the welfare of the youth
of this Dominion it is pleasing to
know that Arts, the foundation of all
educational systems, is still more than
holding its own. -
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Contents of Cobalt Ore.
To the uninitiated, ore is just ore.
If It happens to contain bright specks
at onoe the supposition is that it con-
tains; gold or silver, To the metailm•-
est, however, every species of ore
presents its own special features, says
the. Natural Resources intelligence
Service of the Department of the In-
terior. In the case of Cobolt oree
from the Cobalt district et Northern
Ontario, when this field was first de-
veloped the silver was looked upon as.
the only oontent worth develeeing..
Cobalt one -however, provides• a num-
ber of metallic substances, each of
which is very valuable in its own spo
tial field. From the ores of the Co-
balt field is extracted arsenic, silver,
copper, cobalt, cobalt oxide, and co-
balt salts, with a small iron •coatent.
The demand for arsenic for the pro-
tection of the cotton crop of the south
ern states intensified the Production
of this insecticide: • Formerly arsenic
was recognized as a nuisance in any
ores of which it formed a punt. Co -
halt oxide is ilea. as an alloy in the
manufacture of a high grade tool steel'
known as stellite,- Cobalt itself is th.e
ingredient of many compounds whiell
provide :the beautiful blue colors in
i porcelains, pottery, glass, ele,, and It
is especially -valuable in producing
that pottery, so dear to the heart ,of
the conne'fsseur of china, Old Sevres
blue, ,
Abdel Aziz.Czzat Pasha
Egyptian minister in London, upon
whom has Julien the responsibility,for
assuring Britain of the: regret felt at
Cairo over the assaseinati.on of Major-
General Sir Lee Stack, governor-gen-
eral of the Sudan and Sirdar of the
Egyptian army:
Comparatively Speaking.
"Iii this part"," said the movie, direct
or, "you have to do a uumber of fanny
falls. How are you on fall -s?"
"I rank text 'to Niagara," Lire apple
cant replied eanlidently.
Following a season of "lean" .years,
the salmon industry of British Colum-
bia has come back strong, and the
Dept. of Marine and. Fisheries places.
production for 1924 at 1,516,824. cases
-a new high record for the province.