HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-11-05, Page 7THE -FEDERAL ELECTIONS'
The First Reports From the Polls of the Dominion Gave the
Following Returns :
Province-
Ontario
Quebec ,.,. ,
Coils. .Govt. Prog, Ind.
70 10 2
4 59 2
Stl,skabcbewan . , ., 2 13 4
Maslitoba... , , .. 6 2 5 -
New Brunswick 10 1
Alberta . 5 4 G
Nova Sctrtia 11 8
Prince L+devaixd Island . 1 3
British Columbia 10 2 1
Totals119 97 18
Gains and Losses
CONSERVATIVE FROM LIBERAL
Ann mile:le-Digby,
Mould. Royal.
St. Lawrone-St.: George..
Brantford.
Halifax (two south).
Hanih-l(ing�a.
Cumlu Fla ncl,
Colch•eeler,
Cape lir coon.
Richmond' Wait,
Ontario,
North York,
West Pcterboro'.
Restigouche:Madawaska.
Northumberland.
Westmoreland,
Victoria -Carleton.
Perth North. •
St. Antoine,
South Essex
North Oxford.
Ottawa (two seats).
Essex East..
Winnipeg Noe'th,
Renfrew South.
Hastings South,
Winnipeg South.
Waterloo South.
Nipissing.
. Simcoe East.
North Renfrew.
Piston.
Kent.
Algoma East.
Kings.
Perth South.
North Victoria.
Cape.Breten South.
CONSERVATIVE Ie ROM
GRESSIVE,
Kootenay West.
Members of
PRO -
at the Polls.
South Waterloo.
North Wellington.
North Simcoe.
Victoria -Carleton..'
F ro n tEn a c -Addington,
Duiferin-Simcoe,
Brant:
Muskoka -Ontario,
Victoria.
North Wellington
Port Arthur.
East Edmonton.
Marquette.
Lambton East.
Kootenay West,
Stormont.
Timislcaming North.
Timiskaming. South,
Portage La Prairie,
LIBERAL FROM CONSERVATIVE
West Lambton,
LIBERAL FROM PROGRESSIVE.
Glengarry,
'South Bruce.
Prescott,
Middlesex West.
Huron South. -
Edmonton West,
LABOR FROM LIBERAL,
Winnipeg North,
INDEPENDENT FROM LIBERAL,
Labelle.
CONSERVATIVE FROM LABOR.
West Calgary,
Winnipeg South Centre, e
East Calgary.
NEW RIDINGS,
Conservative—Essex West, Store
mont, Winnipeg South Centre, Mount
Royal and Prince, Edward, Lennox,
Fraser Va'.ey, Vancouver-Burrard..
Liberal—St. Boniface, Melville.
Government Defeated.
Members of the Government who suffered defeat were:
Right Hon. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister.
Right Hon. George P. Graham, Minister of Railways,
Hon. T. A. Low, Minister of Trade and Commerce.
Hon. G. N, Gordon, Minister of Immigration.
Hon. James Murdock, Minister of Labor.
Hon. Walter E. Foster, Secretary of State.
Hon. Vincent Massey, Minister without portfolio.
Hon, Herbert Marler, Minister without portfolio.
Winnipeg, No. 2.—With reports
from outlying poles tabulated over the
week -end two more prairie consti-
tuencies were removed from the cleubt-
ful list, the election of E. J. Garland,
Progressive, being indicated in Bow
River, Alberta, and the election of G.
Spence, Liberal, indicated in Maple
Creek, Saskatchewan,.
The standing in Manitoba was un -
`altered over the week -end. The con-
stituencies remaining in the doubtful.
list early to -night were -Kindersley,,
Sask., and Peace River, Alta. In the
former the Progressive candidate is
leading on the basis of very incom-
plete returns,, and in the latter the
Conservative is leading.
The victory of Garland in Bow
River, which late „returns assured,
was the result of majorities received
from polls in the rural districts. Jesse
Gouge, Liberal, who led the poll at
one time ran second, with a Conser-
vative, J. Douglas, trailing. Mr. Gar-
land represented the constituency en
the last House.
With the sticcess of Spence hide
sated in Maple Creek, Sask., the Lib-
erals registered another gain from the
Progressives in that Province. The
fight was a tense one, with the Con-
servative candidate •a close second.
The Progressive candidate, who repre-
sented the riding in the last House;
was last in the three -cornered fight.
As the constituency of Kenora-
Rainy River, Ont., has since the early
returns been transferred from the
Conservative to the Liberal ranks, and
Maple Creek, Sask., has been won by
the Liberals, the ,latter have 101 seats.
Mr. Meighen will have 116 seats in the
new Parliament. Besides' the last-
named, the only other constituency in
doubt is Kindersley, Sask.
SIXTEEN SEAPLANES
MANOEUVRE AT SOO
Ontario Air Service Machines
Demonstrate Before Minister
of Lands and Forests.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Nov. 1.—
Sixteen
:Sixteen seaplanes of the Ontario Air
Service, yesterday flew in formation
over the city, giving a series of
manoeuvres, inn the presence of a num-
`"t
be
of distinguiehad visitors, includ-
ing Hon. James Lyons, Minister of
Lands and Forests, in whose depart-
ment the air service is included. The
flight, which was the most extended
undertaken by flying boats of a corn-
mercial air service in Canada, was
very spectacular.
Ale of the sixteen machines have
bean engaged for the past seven
Months on forest patrol duties, and
remote transport flying, which inelud
-k` ed the transporting of eight or. ten
tons of provisione to the Red Lake
gold area, north of Long Lac.
The first flight on the program was
a flight past the machine on the water„
on which were stationed. Hon. James
Lyons, Mr. W. C. Cain, the Deputy
Minister of Lands arrd Forests; Prof.
E. J. Zavitz, Provincial Forester;
Squadron Leader A. T, Cowley, Con-
troller of Civil Aviation for. Canada;
A. 3: Wilson, Secretary of the Royal
Canadian Air Force of the Dept. of
National Defence, and Capt. W. R.
Maxwell, director:. of the Provincial
.Mr Service. The machines' flow by
the barge one at ,a time for the pur-
Vase of 'inspection and demonstration
of service ability. The machines then
prooeeded'north and south and form-
ed up in two groups, the manoeuvres
following.
In the evening first rstannual ban-
quet
a
quet of the Provincial Air; Service
was held at the Algonquin hotel.
One Woman Elected
and Three Defeated
There will be onlyone woman mem-
ber in .the next House of Commons,.
namely, Miss Agnes McPhail, Pro-
gressive candidateinSoutheast Grey
and member of the late House, who
defeated Dr. L. G. Campbell, Conser-
vative, by a majority of about 1,000.
Three others tried their luck at the
po is with poor results, In -Carleton
Victoria, N.B., Mrs. Minnie Bell Ad -
neer,' Independent, received only 78
vote Hon. J. K. Fleming,- Conser-
vative, getting nearly 7,000. In North-
west Toronto Dr. Caro:ine,a3roam, In-
depenelent Conservative, received 545
votes, In ' New Westminster, B,C.,
Mrs. Rose Henderson, running in, the
Labor interests, lost out.
22,000,000 in Gold
is Shipped to Canada
New York, Nov. 1.—Goad to the
amount of $22,000,000 has been sent
to Canada from the United States
during the past month, according to
the Federal Reserve Bank. This ship-
ment of .bullion to the Domin ofi laid
to the account of the extreme steadi-
ness of Canadian exchange, which has
been at a premium for months, offsets
ehipsrnent of geed to the United States
banks from Great Britain and Japan.
During the first.twenty-seven days of
October, shipments of gold from Great
Britain totalled ? $32,000,000, and
Japan lead shipped via San. Francisco
$4,000,000. The inflow' of geld' to the
United States is the heaviest recorded
since May, 1924.
South door of the new proeeneial buildings,' Queeees Park, Toronto, now under construction.
Canada froH Coast to Coast
Summersi.de,,, P.E,I.—One ofthe
largest consignments of live foxes
exported from Prince Edward Island,
was recently made to New York for
trans -shipment to Norway, consisting
.of 200 foxes with a gross value of
$40,000.
Halifax, N.S.—The lobster fishing
season this year was the most success -
ie the history of Western Nova
Scotia. During the season 86,287
hundredweight of lobsters were caught
with a value of $1,371,992.
Saint John, N.B.—Potato exports
through this port this season to date,
largely to Hr{vana, have been consid-
erably greater than during the core-
respohding season of lase year, For
the period ending October 8, 1925, ex-
porta totalled 77,627 bags and 19,400
barrels, as compared with 61,622" bags
in the same period last 'year, ,
Quebec, Quer—Since the year 1910
to date, the Dept. of Roads of the
province spent a total of $68,000,000.
on highways and roads, Out of this
amount $51,000,000 has been expend-
ed to build roads and $17,000,000 on
improvements and maintenance. In
the course of the current season over
$6,000,000 has been spent, mainly on
maintenance,
Kingston, Ont Kingston's popula-
tion for 1925 is estimated by the City--
Assessor
ityAssessor at 21,689, a slight increase
over the figures of last year. The
total assessment °for the year 1926
amounts to $17,436,511, an increase
over this year of $252,211.
Winnipeg, Man.—The growth of
the dairy industry in . Manitoba is
wed illustrated by a comparison of
the figures of production in 1900 and
1924. In 1900, the total value of
dairy products produced in Manitoba
veae $1,681,306. Last year it was
$13,093,902. In 1924, 198 carloads o1
creamery butter' were exported from i
Manitoba totalling 4,435,200 pounds. 1
Regina, Sask,—A voluntary pool
for the marketing of dressed turkeys I
will be operated in Saskatchewan thia�
fall by the co-operation and markets
branch of the Provincial Dept, of
Agriculture. The dressed turkey pool
will be open •toany turkey raiser in
Saskatchewan, providing a local
organization is 'available through
which the birds may be assembled.
Calgary, Alta.—Alberta heerl 10,463
acres of registered cereal seed this '
pastseason, according to the applica-1
tions for inspection made to the seed,
branch at Calgary. There were 278
growers of cereal seed and while it is'
yet too early to make a statement as
to the amount of registered seed there
will be this year, it has been estiniat
ed that there will be around 360,000
bushes from Alberta.
Vancouver, B,C.—The first ship-
ment of pure bred dairy cattle from
British Columbia to Southern China
left Vancouver last week, when thirty
head of stock went forward to Shard- ,
hat.
VIOLENT STORM IN
ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY
New York State Reports Ab-
normal Weather Conditions.
A despatch from Quebec says:—.
According to reports reaching here
ton Friday, the most violent snow and
rain storm in recent -years has done
!much damage in the St, Lawrence
Valeey below Quebec, the tog Lord
Roberts being wrenched from its
moorings and dashed to pieces on shore
and three Government wharves in the
Bois Des Chaleurs suffering severely.
Pole lights, or portable lighthouses,
were washed away at Fox River on
the Gaspe coast,
A despatch from New York says:—
A driving combination of snow and
rain on Fridayswirlsd into thermetro-
politen area, spilling the earliest offi-
cial anowfall in- this city on record.
The previous early record was Nevem
ber 9, 1892. The storm left its trail
of snow in an area extending north
to Southern New England and south
to Pennsylvania, All New York State
and New Jersey experienced abnormal
atmospheric conditions. A four -inch
snowfall was reported at Oswego, on
Lako Ontario,
INCREASE EXPECTED
IN IMMIGRATION
Canada's Crops Have Re-
ceived Much Favorable Pub-
licity in Great Britain.
Montreal, Nov. 1.—"Conditions in
Great Britain indicate that there will
be an increase in the number of indi-
viduals and of families leaving the
Old Land during the corning spring
for the purpose of taking up land and
of settling various parts of Canada,
as well as engaging • in agricultural
work," stated W. J. Black, Director
of the Dept. of Colonization, Agricul-
ture and Natural Resources, Can-
adian National Railways, in discuss-
ing immigration matters on his return
io Montreal following a brief journey
to Enatand.
' "The fine crop gathered in this
season's harvest has received a great
deal of publicity in the British Isles,"
said Dr. Black, in explaining the in-
creased interest in Canada, "end, na-
turally, people appreciate that a coup
try which can produce such an abun-
dant crop should offer excellent op-
portunities to those who want to live
and work upon the land.' The stories
of the crop earned a direct appeal,
and this very desirable news spread
rapidly, aided by direct reports from
successful settlers contained in letters
to friends and relatives,"
-captain Roald Amundsen
Norwegian Arctic and Antarctic ox•
plorer, who arrived In America recent-
ly. Hee is delivering a series of lec-
tures --describing the dash by plane
which he made with -Lincoln Ellsworth
and four others towards the north pole
thinseminar, Theparty was lost in
the toe Por• thirty days. ,
It is extraordinary to me that no-
body is ever taught to speak well: At
the age of eighteen young , people
should be able to stand up in .public
without fear or nervousness,—Mr,
Henry Ainley.,
MALTA, CORSICA, NICE
CLAIMED BY FASCIST:
Dangerous Pan -Italian Move-
ment
ovement Spreading Part of
Switzerland • Also Claimed.
Geneva, Nov, 1.—An open Fascisti
move for Pan -Italian claims to terri-
tories which at present belong to four
neighboring nations to Italy, is caus-
ing some anxiety in diplomatic circles.•
In a booklet just published under the
heading `Fascist Catechism," which,
it is stated, is approved by Premier
Mussolini, and which has crossed the
Swiss frontier, here is a ample ques-
tion:
"Are all areas of Italy in our pos-
session?"
Answer—"No, we must still obtain
from England Malta, from France
C..rsica and Nice, from Switzerland
tha. Canton of Ticino, and also a por-
tion of the Canton of Grisons., from,
Jugo-Slavin, Dalmatia."
Norwegian Explorer Elected
Rector • of St. Andrew's
St. Andrews, Scotland, Nov. 1,—
Dr. Fridjof Naneen, Norwegian ex-
plorer and humanitarian, has been
elected Rector of St. Andrews Uni-
versity. He r osived 216 votes, while
John Galsworthy; the novelist, polled
160.
St, Andrews is the eldest of the
THE MARKETS
TS
Man. wheat—No. 1 North $'1.4
No. 2 North., $1.89%; No. 3 North
$1.34%.
Man. oats -No, 2 CW., nomin
No. 3, oat quoted; No. 1' feed, 48M
No,' 2 feed, 45V
Am. -corn, track, Toronto—No.
yellow, 95eic.
Melfeed—Del„ Montreal freigh
bags included, Bran, per ton, $2
shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, p
ton, $36; good feed flour, per b
$2.80,
Ont. oats -38 to 42c, f.o.b. shippi
points.
Ont. good milling wheat—$1.12
$1.15, f,o.b. shipping points,. accordi
to freights:
Barley—Malting, 67 to 69c.
Buckwheat—No, 3, nominal.
Rye -'No. 2, nominal.
Man, flour, first pat„ $8, Toront
do, second pats,, $7:50, Toronto, .Pa
try flour, bags, $6.30.
Ont.; flour—Toronto, 90 per cent
pat., per barrel, in earlots, Toren
5 30; seaboard, in bulls, $5.15.
Straw—Carlots, per ton, $9 to $9,5
Screenings — Standard, reclean
f.o.b. bay ports, per ton,' $18,
Baled hay—No. 2, per ton, $15; N
8, per ton, $14 to 814,50; mixed, p
tn, $13 to $14; lower grades, $6
Cheese --New, large, 26c; twin
26eec; triplets, 27c; Stilton, 28c. 01
large, 30c; twins, 30%c; triplets, 31
Butter—Finest creamery print
4,7c; No. 1 creamery, 46c; No. 2, 4
to 45c. Dairy prints, 40 to 42e.
Eggs -Fresh extras, in carton
60e; loose, 58 to 60c; storage extra
44 to 45c; storage firsts, 41 to 42c
storage seconds, 37 to 38c,
Dressed poultry—Chickens, sprin
3;
al;,
c;
U.S. OIL FAMINE
PREDICTED BY 1950
World Supply is Good for Less
Than Century, in Opinion
of Expert.
A despatch from London says:—
2 The oil supply in the United States
will be exhausted in 25 years, and the
ts, entire world's oil 'supply in 80 to 100
8; year*, according to Sir Richard Rod-
er nmayi)o, formerly Chief; Inspector of
a15, British Mines, He made this startling
statement while giving evidence' be -
ng fore the Royal Commission en the
coal, industry here on Thursday, Sir
g Richard remarked incidentally that
one authority declared the.. American
supply would be exhausted in 12
years. Referring to the coal situation,
he said the world output of coal was
o; increasing but the coal output of Eri-
s -1 Iain and the British Empire was de-
creasing. The American capacity was
eg' far beyond her actual production,
wherefore she must try to capture
0. British export trade, he said.
ad' Duchess of York Sets
0. Styles Featuring Gray
er
to
A despatch from London says:
is, Gray in female attire promises to be
d, the rage this autumn because it is
0. being much worn by the Duchess of:
e> fork, who is so popular that she is
4 known as "the little Queen" and ap-
e plauded enthusiastically, even when
s her picture is flashed on motion plc-
; ture
lc-;.tura screens.
The daughter-in-law of King George
g, and Queen Mary, while always in the
lb., 82c; hens over 4 to 5 1bs,, 24
28c• do, 3 to'i lbs„ 220; rooster's 18c
ducklings, 5 lbs and up, 27 to 30c.
Beans—Can. hand-picked, lb., 6%e
primes 6c.
Maple produce --Syrup, per in
gal., $2.40; per 5 -gal. tin, $2,30 pe
gal„ maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 12% to 13c pe
lb,; 10-1b. tins, 1214 to 18e; 6 -Ib. tin
13 to 13%c; 2r/s-Ib. tins, 14% to 15c.
Smoked meats—Hams, med,, 31 to
82c; cooked hams, 45 to 48c; smoked
rolls, 22c; cottage, 23 to 25c; break-
fast bacon, 82 to 36e; special brand
breakfast bacon, 38 to 39c; backs,
boneless, 33 to 49e.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $22; '70 to 90 lbs„ $20,60,
20 lbs.- and up, $19.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $43.50; heavyweight
roils, $39.50 per barrel.
Lard—Pure tierces, 18 to 18%c;
tubs, 181,5 to 19e; pails, 19 to 194zc;
prints, 20 to 20n/sc; shortening tierces,
13c; tubs, 18,5c; pail, 14c; blocks,
15 to 153tc,
Heavy steers, choice, $7.75 to $8
do, good, $6.70" to 87.60; butcher
steers, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, good, $6
to $6.25; do, med., $4.75 to $5.25; do,
come, $3,75 to $4.75;, butcher heifers,
choice, $6,25 to $6.75; do, good, $5.75
r318'4,°'
o $6; do, mod., $4,50 to ee; do, com„
$3.60 to 94,50; butcher cows, choice,
94.50 to $5.25; do, fair to. good, $4 to
$4,50; butcher bulls, good, $4,50 to
I$5,50; bologuaa, $3,25 to $8.50; can-
ners and cutters, $2 to 92.50; spring-
era, choice, $90 to $100; do, air, $40
to $50; calves, choice, 912,25 M $12.50;
do, good, $10 to $12; do, grassers, $5
to $5.25; good light sheep, '$6.50 to
$7.50; heavies and bucks, $4.50 to
$6; good lambs, $12.50 to $12.75; do,
med„ $10,75 to $11.25; do, busks,
810.50 to 911.25; do, culls, $8,56 to
$9.50; hogs, • thick smooths, fed and
watered, $11.45 to $11.60; do, f.o.b.,
$$10.75 to $10.85; do, country points,
$10,50 to $10.60; do, off cars, $11.75
to $11,85; select premiums, $2.05 to
$2.10.
MONTREAL.
Flour, man. spring wheat patents,
rsts, $8; do, seconds, 97.60; do,
h ong bakers, $7.30; do, winter pats.,
hoice, $6.50. Rolled oats, bag, 90
bs., $3.25. Bran, 927.25. Shorts,
29.25. Middlings, $35.26. Hay, No.
per ton, car lots, , 14, Beans, $2,40
$2.50 bushel.
Cheese, finest wests., 23% to 24c;
nest casts., 231.5 to 28%c, Butter,
o. 1 pasteurized, 42eec. No. 1 cream-
ery, 41355c; seconds, 40 c. Eggs,
torage extras, 45c; storage firsts, 40
41c; storage seconds, 35 to 36e;
to vanguard of style, has a very indi-
vidual style of her own and much
originality, and assists greatly in are-
' ating what is known as royal fash-
tp, ions. The Duchess recently appeared
✓ in a gray velour coat, trimmed in
moleskin. Tho fur was used as an'
r' inserted pattern in the cloth and not
s, laid on in the old style,
During the late summer holidays,.
which she spent in Scotland with the
royal family, the Duchess appeared
at several functions in a pleated tar-
tan skirt, and black velvet coat, a
style which suits her very well, and
within a few days London heard of
a new gray tint and "Dachess of York
gray" soon became a fad,.
One of the Duchess' newest dance
frocks is lavender and gray with a
hint of blue in it; for the Duchess is
seldom without some touch at least
of her favorite color.
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This dangerous pan-Itallan move- , Dr. Fridtjof Nianaen, fi
ment apparently is spreading to famora A•retic explorer, who has been rN
teunteraot the difficult emigration elected rector of St. Andrews tiniver- a
problem, The Matte de Lausanne .sits, St. Andrews, Scotland. to
comments "Decidedly the Fascists
are exaggerating. If they foleow this
course, they have chosen the best
means to arouse distrust of their
neighbors."
Elector in Australia
Must. Vote or be Fined
A despatch from New York says:
Compulsory voting will be introduced
in the Federal elections in Australia
for the first time on Nov. 14 next, Sir
James Elder, Australian Commission-
er here, annonced on Friday.
Under a new law passed by the last
Parliament, registrars are requi-red.
to prepare lists of all persons entitled
to vote. Any elocto'r,who fails to go
to the polls without giving a valid
reason' for staying away is liable 'to
a fine of $10,
For the east ten years compulsory
'noting has been enforced in the State
of Queensland, but this is the first
time it has bean applied, to Federal
politics. The Mw was made general
cast summer.
Canadian Fruit Wins
High Rank in England
A despatch from London s' sa
p y,
The Associated Fruit Growers of
British Columbia have won fleet, sec-
and and third prizes in the dessert
class of apples exhibited at the Im-
perial Fruit
mperial'Fruit Show in the Crystal Pal-
ace, and the. Ontario Frfit Growers'
Association has won . first prize and
the Associated Fruit Growers` of Brit-
ish Columbia second and third prizes.
Scottish universities, dating from
1411, and Its rectorship is considered
one of the highest honors that the
academic world of 'Great Britain can
bestow.
In recent years its Rectors have in -
eluded 'Rudyarii Kipling and Sir
James M. Barrie,
Hondurus Settles Debt
Owing to Great Britain
A despatch from Washington
says:—A Honduran debt floated fifty
years ago in Great Britain which was
originaely £5,000,000, but with com-
pounded interest amounted to nearly
630,000,000, was settled on Thursday
through an agreement signed at the
British Embassy.
Honduras agreedto pay a total of
61,200,000 in semi-annual instalments
'without interest over a period of
thirty years. The money isto be pro-
vided by a 8 per cent. tax on all Hon-
duran consular invoices and collected
through sale of stamps, beginning
Aug. 1, 1926, by the National City
Bank of New.York as fiscal agent,
Shah of Persia Deposed,
Premier Aims at Dictatorship
London, No. t -The Shah o!'.Per
slam bets been deposed. , The news from
Tetheran that this action was taken
in respect of the Kajar dynasty by a
vote, of eighty of the eighty-five mem-
bers of the Parliament does not aur -
prise diplomatic cerc:es here as it has
long been known that Riza Bion, the
Premier, hos been aiming at a lictater--
ship, and this is confirmed by reports
that Riaa has been appointed head of
the provisional Government.
fresh specials, 58 to 60c; fresh extras,
68 to 55c; fresh firsts, 45 to 46c. Po-
tatoes, per bag, Quebec, car lots, $1.75
to $1.80.
Med. quality steers, $5 and $5.25;
comm cows, $3.25 to $3.50. lambs, $11
to $11.75; bogs, mixed lots, $11.50;
sows, $10; selects, $12.
Oil -Soaked Seagull is Rescued
from Breakers by English Boy
A little lad named Derek Ford, of
Golders Green, N.W., London, making
holiday at Trebarwith Sands, Corn-
wae, rescued a seagull which, its
plumage clogged with oil, was being
buffeted and drowned in the breakers,
says "The .London Mail." When the
bird was got ashore it was a -pitiable
object and ravenously hungry.
After it had been hand fed' with
bread some petrol was obtained and
the task of cleaning it was begun.
This occupied several hours; 'and the
gull, which made no atternpt to fly
away, has been placed in a private
aviary to recuperate.
Doukhobors Rebuild
the Schools They Burned
A despatch from Victoria, B.0-,
says: -Canadian Doukhobors living
in the interior of British Columbia,
who for years refused to send their
children to school and burned a num-
ber of public school buildings, have
abandoned their hostility to Canadian
education entirely. The Russian col-
onists have completed the construc-
tion of seven new schools themselvues
and these are being used to educate
300 Doukhobor children along Can-
adian lines.
Art Lamps of Alabaster
in Tut-ank. Amen's Tomb
A. despatch from` London says:—
Whereas the world is just beginning
to use alabaster far electric lighting,
the Egyptians 3,275 years ago made
even finer alabaster lamps than are
produced to -clay, Howard Carter, co -
discoverer of Tutank-amen's tomb,
said in an address here.
Mr. Carter made known that in
finding many of these lamps in the
tomb the secret of how the Egyptians
illuminated their homes was revealed.
The lamps were executed in beauti-
ful designs in translucent alabaster
and one of them stood about three
feet in height, with a large central
cup. There was no decoration on the
exterior or the interior, but immedi-
ately a light was placed in the vessel
there could be seen a picture of the
young ldng and queen in colors.
This effect was produced by another
vessel, with the decoration on its ex-
terior, being fitted inside the lamp so
cleverly that the joints between the
two vessels could not be seen.
Canada is Only Source
of Helium in Empire
A despatch from Calgary, Alta.,
says:—It has been estimated that, in
the city of Calgary alone, there is an
annual waste of 12,000,000 cubic feet
of helium gas. Canada is the one
source of helium in the British Em-
pire --this product being found only in
the natural gasses of Ontario and
Alberta.
Three -tenths of 1 per,,cent. of the
Bow Island gas, in the Medicine Hat
district, is helium gas. He^lum can
be extracted from tho natural gas
with no great trouble, and as it adds
nothing to the value of this gas for
lighting or heating purposes, there' is
a great commercial loss sustained by
not extracting tho helium. It is point-
ed out that helium is a comparatively
rare element in the United States
also.
Ice Halts Navigation
in Rideau Canal
A despatch learn Ottawa says —Ice
was sufficiently heavy an the Rideau
Canal Friday morning to stop naviga-
tion. The freighter Ottowan, bound
fox Smith's Falls, was ice -bound near
Hog's Back, five miles from here
early Friday morning, and had to
break iso before proceeding,
To Prevent. Child -Marriages.
Attention is caeled' to the amend-
ments added this year :to the Marriage
Act in Ontario, requiring a lapse of
three clear' days between the issuance
of a marriage license- and the per-
formance of: the ceremony, and requir-
ing that a copy of the registration of
birth of the other party to the intend-
ed marriage, should be submitted to
the license issuer.