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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. fi 1 2,to 1 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.