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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-01-10, Page 3onf rence Likely Contract, is Lost Dring January on To Canadian Yard Rum.Running Pact Ottawa Orders- Two New Destroyers From British Builders No Indication of Ep'ibargo On acport of Canadian Product Ottawa.—Canada's naval force, at present limited to the destroyers Ottawa. --Tice Hoose will likely, as- Champlain and Vancouver, and a semble either ou the slot of January number of mine sweepers, will receive or the following week.' nn access Of strength in 1981 when The, ,St, Lawrence' question . colt- two new destroyers of the "Amason" tinnes to loom huge nut 'with little to, class aro delivered, The contract for eugi;est that the bi scheme is going' the new men -o' -war was given to to be entered upun•—no`. Neverthe• Titoi'nevcroft, Limited, of Soetliamp- less, anything which pertains to it, ton, England, it wee-anncuneecl her, even in part, has to be considered in at a priceof $3,350,000. Fifteen ship- relatioe to the whole, It is 'probably building firms subeetled tenders, one because of the inteifsive fight ani pro- ot them Canadihn and the others Brit, grecs' over the Betyuharirois project ish, thatthe. whole issue is belies fully re- The destroyers of the "Amazon" viewed. As the Blotter now stands an class are the 1a'est typo designed and opiniou'of the eIustice Department is are armed with four 4,7 inch guns and awaited' as to whether the essential two anti-aircraft gene. They have consent of the Peblic �cor'ics Depart- two triple 21 -inch torpedo tubes, The ment, called for' by the Navigablenow vessels are 820 feet long, have a Wates' Protection Act,•covers work speed of 35 knots arid carry a cemplo- shell 55 is proposed when?it is to the merit of: 150 officers and men. nature of a ;partial diversion of the SPECIAL FEATURES PLANNED. river, When this -point is cleared up, Special features to meet tire: de - o decision is looked for,.' minds of Canadian climatic conditions Return of Resources. will. be 'embodied' in the new nroreo'- By New Year's cday, it Is expected war. Consideration must be had of • that oorrespo?idence being exchanged the extremes bf climate in Cannda with the Alberta Goverdnment on the which have the effect of "sweating" question of the return of its resources' the hull in both summer and Winter. will be macre public, Meanwhile, an The life of the new shims is estimated be - agreement of .secrecy le maintained. at - l'd Fears, envie although they are be- Prnmter )3rowniee, on arriving here, hewed to be serviceable for twenty years, and probably longer, stated that, in previous interviews, -eM An hid r st apt it , it Alioociated With the Prairies THESE WERE CHRISTMAS DINNERS ON THE HOOF IN ALBERTA A steno at Freeman's turkey ranch, adjoining the C.P.11, Experimental farm at Strathmore, Alta„ where him - The new Canadian clestr'oyers ore dreds of the birds are raised in the course of the year. p there had been a tentative offer to re- the turn: all the resources of the province frit war vessels to be ordered and and continue permanently the -subsidy built as such by the Canadian Govern - of some $620,0e0 annually paid in lieu Hent. During the Great War a large of them.' When the proposals are an- number of mine sweepers were con- nounoed, it will likely be shown that struoted and empleyod in the Atlantic this offer is now definite and official but in the general concept of warships and that, , in otiler respects existing ' Canada has not hitherto built any in conditions are sought to be ntaintaiu_ the routine course of affairs. ed. It will be For the local govern - tains Royal Canadian Navy now con- ' ed. to determine. 'whether or. not to tains a personnel adequate to man accept the offer. these ships, a considerable number of A deterrent factor in all these wont- the ratings who enlisted in time past ern negotiations seems to be, a feat few years having been encouraged to by ono lest it got u less advantageous renew their enlistment by the passage bargain than another, although the through Parliament last session of the conditions in each province are not measure which placed then in the similar: sante category as the militia forces in Probably in January there will be a the quitter of service pensions. The conference on the rum -running treaty terms of enlistment are for seven with the Staten, the latter desiring fears, with risen pensionable at 14 some more effective. method of check - sailors The danger of the Canadian ing the$nflow of liquor insofar rte Can- ada is a source oe the traffic, While lessened by the passage of this bill. internationalcourtesy suggests the CANADI9.N BID TCO HIGH concession of a conference to hear "Everybody would have liked to What is, to'be said, no great indication have. had the contract awarded to al. of putting an' embargo on the export Canadian firm, but the one tender re-; 'of any Canadian manufactured pro- ceived was away in excess of any of • duct -iset presented, Only Paella -the British bidders," stated a high y 1 official of the navy service regarding nothing ccouldin the plegislate to that effecters it has delegat- the awarding to the Thornycroft firm - ed to the Government authoriing any of the contract for the two new Can - such prohibitory regulation. adian .destroyers. The tenders have Radio Channels. been under consideration since last August. The dispavity between the British and Canadian tenders ran into some hundred thousand dollars. It was considered too great to justify the placing of the order hem Russia •Ne otiates For Ford Factory Capacity for 100,000 Cars Per Year Proposed Says Report A continuance of the international negotiations about the allocation of radio cbannels will occur either next Month or in February. Meanwhile the arbitrary assumption at Washing-. ton of control of the air of the Ameri- can continent and the declaration there that six channels are quite enough Cor Canada, is not only gees- .'tioned but regarded as a presunnptu- ous assertion of a right of control that does not exist. In a political way, the West Lamb - ton by-election will call for attention fright after New Year's Day. Two . 'weeks will then intervene before. Poll- ing, if there is a contest. There ap pears to be high speculation • as to what will likely happen. When Parliament assembles the promise again is for the Budget com- ing early. The. Tariff Board's re- ports on the various oases will be in during January. Changes are expect- ed and it is considered wise to let business know, as early as possible, what they are to be so that any effects from uncertainty may be removed. Afghan Troops Now in Control Rebels Damage Kabul Power Station, Leaving City Without Light Moscow,—The first connected ac- count of the attempt of Afghan rebels to seize Kabul has appeared in the newspapers of Moscow in the form of a radio message (rain Kabul, Accord- ing to the message, the government troops now have the upper handanal are bombarding the insurgents who occupied a hill outside Kabel. Six thousand rebel tribesmen burst into the city by surprise ou Dec 14, and 'fortwo or three days the fate of the government bung in the balance since•there are few troops in the city. Tho arrival' of reinforcements from Kandahar and closer points and the use of airplanes apparently turned the tide in favor of the government forces although the messages. states that the battle continues, • Three British ,airplanes appeared. over the cite during the fighting. Ona flying low: was hitby rifle fire and forced to descend to the airdrome. These airplanes distributed proclama- tions professing British friendship for tate Afghan people and the inten- tion not to ilitorvene in Afghan a - fairs, warning against any attacks on British missions or coil lain. The rebels damaged Kabul electric, statiop, leaving eke city without light and stopii1ng the government. radio`, Moscow,—The Soviet Government is negotiating with Henry Ford for con- struction of an automobile factory in Itassia. ^_'he'factory would have a capacity of 100,000, anemicbiles per y,ar, it was said. The officials said another company had made a similar proposal to the Government',. A numebr of rcrerts have origin- ated in Moscow recently that For-.! or General Motors were considering building plants in Russia. The re- ports have. never been confirmed in the United States. Two Soviet officials, V. L Ossinsbi and V. I. Myeshlauk, recently arrived in Berlin and announced they were on route to the United States to negoti- ate a $20,000,000'nutomobile deal. The two officials were unable to secure passports to,•entor the United States, and returned to Moscow. 'Quake is Recorded. In Phillipine Group Manila, P,I.—A violent earthquake rocked the Island of ]Mindanao of the Philippine group during the week. be- fore "Christmas. Casualties were sur- prisingly low, according to first ad- vices received ,here. Miudanoa is situated at the south- ern end of the islands and is one of the largest of tiro group. Ono person was killed and several inured, the reports said. Residents of many towns were startled, however,', as buildings collapsed and the ground' cracked: Most of the damage, which was esti- mated at more than $100,000, was re- ported by the towns of Cotabato, Zam- boanga and Davao. A straight line from east to west would run through the three towns and would` also pierce Macaturiug volcano, which is near the centre of the island and appeoxirnate ly equidistant from Cotabato and Davao. At least 700 13Pitielt homers failed to strike "pay-di�rt",Ifa tho iarvest lekeetea,ggelds Bootleggers Busy Allege Quebec Liquor Pouring Into Ontario in Car- load Lots , Toronto,—Quebec liquor, bearing, to all appearances, the labelling, stamp- ing and other identification marks 'of the Liquor Commission of that pro- vince, is reported to be pouring into Ontario in carload lots these days, and, incidentally, to be throwing a fresh problem on the halide of Sii Henry Drayton. For while this liquor is for reship- ment to American destinations osteo- New York. sibly, much of it is said to be finding The ship's cooks had prepared a its way back, to Ontario bootlegging surprise gift of a large cake for the resorts via,•the• "short circuit" route, Prince, but when it was presented and is being sold and consumed here him, he cut it himself into pieces and in direct contravention of the Liquor requested it to. be auctioned off to Control Act. This situation is report- augment the London Lord Mayor's ed to prevail particularly along the ;fund for relief among the distressed. border, and recent raids of Windsor British. Miners. It brought $3.310. establishments are said to have un- The Prince received greetings from covered ample evidence that the Que- friends all over the world; the ship's bee brands are well patronized along wireiess operators were kept busy all the Detroit River water front. day , receiving the messages from Officials of the Quebec Liquor Com- these. Among them were messages mission, when interviewed last night, from the Icing and Queen, and an - termed the "carload shipments" story other from the Duke of Gloucester, as "very much exaggerated." who is on his way home from South "We know nothing at all about it,", Africa aboard the steamship Balmoral said L. 13. Coi:deau, president of the I Castle. commission. "There certainly must be __e Scene exaggeration here, The liquor Sir Hubert Wilkins bearing our labels may have been bought bottle by bottle in our stores in the usual way. It does not seem reasonable, however, that carloads of liquor could be obtained in this way for shipment" Mr. Cordeau was inclined to believe that faked and forged labels may have been used by those operators behind the reported shipments. Starvation and the News Column Prince George Knocks Down His Cake for .5310 Auctioning of Pieces Aboard Ship Brings Goodly Sum for British Miners London—Prince George, youngest son of King George V, who reached Southampton on the Friday before Christmas, enjoyed an anniversary ceremony in his honor aboard the Berengaria on his way home from lakes Discovery New Terminal On St. Lawrence Prescott, Ont.—What is to be one of the largest grain elevators in Can- ada is to be erected at Prescott, Ont., on the River St. Lawrence, opposite Ogdensburg, New York State. This elevator which is to be built for the Canadian Federal 'Government will have a capacity of 5,400,000 bushels at a cost of approximately $4,000,000. It wi11 Ue erected 011 a spur of land jut- ting out into the river so that vessels will be able to berth on either side of the elevator for loading or unload- ing. Work is to begin early in 1929 and the elevator is to be completed In 1930 to coincide with the opening of the now Welland Ship Canal, a pro- ject that will represent, when finished an expenditure of $115,000,000. The opening of the Welland Ship Canal will "mean that vessels with a length up to over 800 feet and draw- in.g up to 25 feet of water may sail eastward as far as Prescott, where trans -shipment of cargoes will be mane to smaller boats that can navi- gate in the canals between Prescott land Montreal. At present the old Weiland Canal, uow used to link Lake Erie with Lake Ontario, can accom- modate vessels up to 260 feet 111 length, consequently the big lake freighters have to transfer their ear - :goes i1 destined for Montreal. Sudden Change In Gold's. Flow Across Border New York, « Auuatlueerneut dint American kxeliange Irving Trust Co, haft rsogived all additional $3,000,000 gold from Canada brings time total known to have ]leen shipped or defin- itely arranged for to $14,000,000 on the December movement, 211 addition it is reported that one large Cannullan bank hag engaged $4,000,000, but final Proof of this shipmon.t -will not be forthcoming until after the New Year when the New Yorlc Federal Reserve Hank issues its 'weekly statement 'tia gold imports and exports. Of the $13,000,000 total, American Exchange Bulga,r PeasantAL Fraternize With. Rumanian Leaders Plowman, in Coarse Garments' Attends Receptions, Opera, Sees Parliament' Open, iluclutl'est,--Ruumela is watehfng the uow Perlianient assemble, the limit it is said over chosen ' in the country fairly, freely and with; universal mole suffrage. Two of the 011151 leaders of the 13uigar'lau Agrarian Party are ia0)1 in Bucharest, where they have come to felicitate the Rumanian peasatuts on their brilliant victory iu the fight for democracy as ws/i as study conili- Goes her'e to strengthen the bnncle of Irving Trust Co, )las received $0,000,-, good 1V111 between the Bulgarian awl 000, an Unannoruieed bank $3,000,000 Rumanian tillages, and attend the opening of Parliament. One of °tile visitors, George Yaur- danoff, aeeretary of time Bnlgarliau Peasant Party, is a plowman and ap. pears in luxurious Rumanian mini0- tries, at the opera, at receptions laud in Parliament in a coarse, brown peas - and New York Trust Co. $2,000,000. The current situation presents sov- eral rather unusual factors. Inthe early fall Montreal funds were first quoted at a premium in response to. the seasonal requirements, for funds to nuance the, moving of crops. At that time it was expected that gold' ant costume. His eompanien, Dimver Ghiteheff, ' is better educated and wears .pity 'clothes, is an encomium alining champion of unadulterated agrarlatiisnt and is noted for• his till position to coalitions with bourgeois parties, The visitors hays been Well' re- eeived 011d ere convinced that Rte mania's agrarianism is very similar to Bulgarian and they feel sure that if, agrarians dominate, the Balkans the danger of war will disappear. While the leaders of the Bulgarian. would flow from Now York for that, Purpose. Pull resulting from high money rates In this centre, however, provedto be too strong and Montreal funds hovered for some time a trifle above' or below par. Special measures were resorted to in Canada then to finance prop demands without undue pressure ou the Canadian money market, • • During the last two weeks of Nov- ember some special transactions, Cou- pled with seasonal tendency toward strength in Canadian funds, provedOpposition were fraternizing with the strong euough to overcome the attrac-leaders of the National Peasant Party tion of the New York looney market' here; the Rumanian Minister in Lon - and Montreal funds rose quickly to a don, Nioholas Titulesco, met the :Bul- substantial premium. In those two gonion Ministers, Athanase Bourof1 weeks a total of $22,000,000 gold was and Vladimir Moioif, at Lugano and withdrawn from New 'York and sent to assured them that Rumania would do Montreal, everything possible to liquall As suddenly as it_ began, however, questions between the two countriesidate. the movement stopped and a reversal The prospects are very favorable of the Bow set in.' Foreign exchange for re-establishing rho cordial rela- circles attribute this change to sev- tions which existed for decades before oral causes. Completion of the spe- the World War. cial transactions mentioned removed this support from Canadian exch ange. Canada Cali rates in New York stiffening to Cto Develop Airport Stations the highest levels in all points. In ad- dition there was the severe reaction in the market which resulted in large remittances from Canada, as well as elsewhere, to strengthen margin ac- counts. Federal Government Ready to Aid Ontario and Domin= About $30,000,000 gold is expected ion With Information to come to this city hetero the move- ment has run its course. Montreal tines ' funds are in supply at about 14t at what is said to be the fleet of 1% of Ontario municipalities met here ' London, Ont. -Some 200 representa discount. This compares with the gen- I airport convention to be held in Can- erally accepted gold import point of: to discuss aviation problems, and 11-64 of 1%. On occasion of the prey-lade, ions flow of gold to this country, rates I particularly co-operation in airport . went even below present quotations. l and air service programs.' It was This was taken as an indication that, decided to appeal to the Government the drain on Canadian gold reservesto extend at once to Windsor the air had seriously depleted them. This de -mail service now operating between pletion braP s since been artially able- i Montreal and Toronto. elated through uniports from England The prediction has been made," said J. H. Rauesbottom, president of and natural increase in the country's the Western Ontario Chamber of gold stook through mining operations,' Commerce, "that first-class mail in but that anxiety is felt regarding the Canada will all go by aircraft at 2c a gold stock of Caanda is inferred from latter within a few years." i The new elevator to be built at the apparent reluctance of Canadian! That the Federal Government was Prescott will take care of much of' banks to ship metal here, leaving that desirous of arousing interest in .the the grain from Western Canada that i'operation, for the most part to date, establishing of airports throughout the is shipped via Fort William and Port to New York institutio Arthur at the heat] of the Creat Lakes Finds That Graham Land Separated From Polar Continent New York—The New York Ameri-' can. in a recent copyrighted dispatch • from Sir Hubert Wilkins, explorer, at Deception Island, Antarctic. says that lie has solved a problem which baffled Nation (New York): Nine hundred geographers for many years,—proving thousand British miners are on the that Graham Land, is separated from verge of starvation. Arid this is not the polar continent by an ice -filled even` front-page news in our press. channel. Geographers, it issaid, had We enlarge our -headlines for spec- previously thought that the mountains tacular and dramatic' disasters at sea; extended without interruption into the but for the time -worn conflict of labor heart of the continent. Captain and capital, the dreary round of Wilkins made the observation during; strike and starve oil. work and starvea flight in the monoplane San Fran-; only a little less, whe have no longer 'deco beyond the volcanic mountains any but the most casual notice. of Graham Land, ns, I Dominion was the message brought • to the assembly by George C. Wake- man, inspector of air services for Can- ada. He cited the requirements of airports before- they are: licensed by the Government and gave many help- ful suggestions on how airports can be ftnanced under existing conditions. J. A. Wilson, Controller of Civil Aviation for Canada, said the Domin- ion had shown a wider grasp of the possibilities of aviation than any other country in the world, and with the support of municipalities, the Govern- ment could 1oo1c forward to extending greatly the science of flying ;to much greater usefulness., to Europe via Montreal. Prescott has a population of less Experts Discuss Radium Dangers than 3,000, but now that it has been selected as the terminus o1 the huge freighter boats that sail the Great Lakes it promises to become a much U.S. Surgeon -General Plans more important centre. It is 60 miles from Ottawa, the Cauadian Capital and is on the main highway from Montreal to Toronto. The two prin- cipal Canadian Railways, the Cana- dian National and the Canadian Paci- flc, counett with the town. Great influenza is apparently no re- spectoi of peisous. According to press despatches, it has even attacked tees b mesdetes should what the standard] police officials in two large cities, of robustness should bo for a radium] worker, and to codify and distribute Program to Attack In- dustrial Problem Washington,—Health hazards in commercial use of radium, such as the work of painting luminous . watch dials, were studied here by 70 scien-, tists end industrial officiiis who re-, commended anointment of connnit-1 A Peaceful View of the River of Disput" ..,ami'•- .. e M F u..:.ft.',. ,.�'''xxa _ ?K:C . ,''�• r'.' ??« i.»:�F :;., ). . > ram a :AG.". �3 $ •J. THE WIDC 'PARAGUAY FLOWING THROUGH QUIET SCENES The Paraguay River, through which Bolivia seeks an outlet to the Atlantic), oua :OP 1hO. 1ltaill ea1s04 i)f ;t1L0 dispute between Paraguay and Bnl:,vM, r•-.', i words.—Philadelphia,Inquirer. the information. The conference was called by Sur- geon -General Cumming of the Public Health Service to determine a pro- gram by which his officers may attack this newest medical problem of indus- try. Dr. Ethelbert Steward, commission- er of Labor statistics, urged that com- mercial use of medium be discontinued entirely. Ho declared that seven or eight persons had died as a result of working with luminous paint contain- ing radium, that five were uuder ob- servation for suspected radium poison- ing, and that 18 others had Shown "radium activity," or some i11 effects. A.11 of this, he asserted, was "for a fad." Dominion Ambassadors Leo Maxse in the National Review (London): Mr, 11laekenzfe King, the Prime Minister of Canada, „vill have senio difficulty in persuading anyone, except those who desire to be deceived, that the appointment of soparate.A1n bassadors for the different Dominions in foreign capitals can conceivably promote the diplomatic unity of the British Empire. Indeed, his enthusi- asm in this cause, in which he is zeal- ously followed by General Hartzog, his South African colleague, can only be interpreted as evidence that his heart is not in the British League of Na- tions, however enthusiastic he may bo about the Geneva variety. It is the phonograph used in the talking movie that speaks louder than l isguoted, Says Herman Trelle Said Growing Prize Grain Costlier Than Commer- cial Farming Niriunipeg: Herman Treble, Canada's wheat king, stated that he was mis- quoted ie. a report sent out quoting him as stating that he was "going broke" growing prize grain,1V-itat he meant to convey, he said, was that (growing prize grain was much more expensive than commercial farming. "The unorganized farmer: ,does not command the respect of the business world that he should;" Mr, Trelle eon - Rutted. "The struggling farmer ie doing everything in his power to make his vocation a big business. He is slowly separating the proverbial: hayseeds from his matted hair. We men of the soil must insist on the world ]stowing that farming is a big business, "The results of the big exhibitions, however, show that Canadian farmers are not paying euough attention to thequantity of grain that these exbibf' tions demand," he concluded, It is one of the moat beautiful c nn- pensations-of this life,' that no man can sincerely try to help another with. out helping hiuttlelf.—Samuel piniles, 1 Alas! it is not till time ben torn pail half the leave0 fropa the NO man life to light the 1 i3O a Woo with from day to day that Inari be ,o o that the Ye vee• t e t s 8 0 '�+h, �' ,. l ars few tii batlnti 1 riiil;Ig�{. lg3v.