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EW TESTAMENT TRANSLATED INTO
MODERN ENGLISli BY CHICAGO PROFESSOR
Revision is Expressed in Twentieth Century Colloquial
Terms Which Detracts from the Quaint _ Dignity
of the King James Version.
A despatch from Chicago says: -
The New Testament has again been
revised, modernized, and set down in
twentieth-century colloquial terms
that the present-day readers can read-
ily grasp. The work, under the hand
of Professor Ildger J. Goodspeed, of
the University of Chicago, has been in
progress for months, and is now near-
ly finished Dr. Goodspeed is a noted
Greek scholar. I't is from the original
Greek that he has made his revision.
The Goodspeed Testament is bound to
create widespread comment. • It de-
tracts somewhat from the quaint dig- tient and kind. • Love is not
nity of the present Icing ;lames ver- or boastful. It does not put o
Sion. The now English has the quality It is not rude, • It does not in
of the present newspaper English, its rights, It does not become
The New Testament is original in It is not resentful, It: is not
the Greek. Early in the fifth oentury. over injustice; it is only hap
St. Jerome translated it into the Latin. 'truth. It will bear anything,
This: is lcngwn as the Vulgate. John in anything, hope for anythin
Wyckliffe, • the fourteenth century dure anything. Love will nev
English reformer, was the first to put! out, If there is
the Vulgate. into English. In 1611 theys inspired herise
King James Commission, in possession , willepass away. If there is e
of many. additional manuscripts, made speaking, it will cease. If th
keno
knowledge s it
will
g ,pass away..
t Y
the rests
commission pnt translation. In 1881, a I was a child, I talked like a e
of scholars, sitting in Lon -'reasoned like a child. When I b
don,again revised it. Dr. Goodspeeda man I put away my childish
says the Greek of the Testament is:For now we are looking at a di
not classical Greek, but common Syrian l fiection inn mirror, but then we
Greek, that is why he believes it! see face to face. Now my know
should be put in common language of is imperfect, but then 'I shall
to -day. Instead of the old .verse I as fully as God knows me. So
rangement, Dr. Goodspeed has used hope and love endure. These'a
modern paragraphing, with modern great three, and thegreatest of
punctuation andquotation marks. -I " ,
s Oh -a is love.
scure and archaic expressions have
given place to current terms under-
standable by the man in the street.
All the'"there" and "thous" have dis-
appeared, giving- way to modern
speech,
"lunacy'? becomes "epilepsy," and "tri-
bute" becomes "poll tax,"
In the famous letter to the Cor-
inthians, 13th, by St. Paul, on charity
and love, Dr. Goodspeed's version
reads If I can speak the languages
of men and angels but' have no love,
I am only a noisy gong or a clashing
cymbal, and if I have such -perfect
faith that I can move mountains, but
have no love, I am nothing. Even if
I give away everything I own, and.
give up my self, but do it in pride, not
love, it does me no good. Love is pa -
envious
n airs.
slat on
angry.
happy
py with
believe
g, en-
er die
Ling, it
cstatic
fere is
When
hild, I
eoame
ways.
di
-All 'Biblical terms of money value,
weight, measures and distance are re-
placed by such concrete modern terms
as "dollars," "cents," "bushels" and
"miles," a Biblical "husbandman" be-
comes a twentieth century "cultiva-
tor"; "guard" becomes "policeman";
re
shall
ledge
know
faith,
re the
them
His translation of the miracle of
feeding the multitude expressed in
simple, direct English, follows
The disciples said to him
Where can we get bread enough in
this solitude to feed such crowds?
Jesus said to them
How many loaves have you?
They said
Seven, and a few amaIl fish.
Then He ordered the people to take
their places on the ground, and gave
thanks and gave them to His disciples,
and the disciples gave them to the
people. And they all ate and satisfied
their hunger and the pieces that they
left that were picked up filled seven
baskets. There were four thousand
men that were fed, besides women and
children.
A later • despatch from Chicago
says: -The translation of the New
Testament into the present day ver-
nacular by Prof. Edward Goodspeed
of the University of Chicago has
aroused strong criticism from the- pul-
pit. While a few leading- ministers
uphold the work, a cloud of ministerial
critics denounce it as "slang," "bunk"
and "sacrilegious." "It's the worst
bunk stuff I've ever heatd of," de-
clared the Rev. William H. Carwar-
dine, pastor of • Hermosa Methodist
Episcopal Church. "It's a most ab-
surd idea."
"Who
wants to read about police-
men' in the Bible. You can read about
them in the newspaper. Why, it's an
insult to the people to 'write down'
the Bible to them. It's sacrilegious,"
The Rev., Gardener A. McWhorter
rector of St. Edmunds Episcopal
Church "I think it wouldbe more
appropriate if they would bring the
understanding of man up to the level
of the 'scriptures."
Indicating the growth of the dairy,
ing interests in the Province ofAl-
berta it is reported by experts of the
province that the. number of milking
The Late Chief Justice Meredith' cows is at the present time nearly
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 400,000. The value of these cows is
Fir William Meredith, Chancellor of estimated at $19,600,000 and the value
the University of Toronto, who died in of their production in the past year
Montreal on August 21st, Ono of his $23,000,000, $3,500,000 more than the
brothern,'R, M. Meredith, is' also a value of the cows. Fifteen creameries
Chief Justbee, and a second brother is have been, established in Alberta* this
Sir 'Vincent Meredith, presidient of the year, making a total of sixty-nine
Bank
of Montreal. ' :now in operation.
PRESIDENT OF
LTA D MINEDRS
OF AMERICA ORDERS-
GENERAL STILI;
A despatch from Atlantic City, N,J.,' down tools next Friday night and re -
says :-Ignoring official Washington main away from works until a new
and quite unmindful of Governor Pin- contract is agreed upon by the United
chot's expected offer of mediation, the Mine Workers and the` Anthracite Op;
miners general scale committee on,erators Association. The sub-connnit
Friday instructed the sub -scale con tee, however, is authorized to arrange;
mittee headed by John L. Lewis, to for maintenance men retraining at
issue a call for a general suspension, work if the operators so: request,"andl
of 'muting September 1. This done,' agree upon .the conditions under which
the members of the committee left fort they shall work.
the mines to line "lip their men for In the past arrangements for the
what many of them fear may be an conservation of property 'have been
oven more bitter struggle than that, made iti advance of the breaking off
of 1922, , of `negotiations. They will probably
Following the meeting of the eon -t be made now, ,though .the miners in-
mittee word came from Washington sist that the operators will have to i
that Governor' Pinchot had left for, request that: exemptions be .,rade. A.
Harrisburg after announcing. that he; B. Jessup, of the Jeddo-Highland Co,,
would write both parties to the con-' in charge of the operators' case here
troversy to send representatives •to in the absence of Samuel D. W'arriner,
that city for a conference. Such an indicated that the'necessery- formal -
invitation, Phillip Murray, .interna- ities will be complied'=with.
tional,vice-president, speaking for Mr.j Announcing the decision of the cont -
Lewis, who is confined to bis `room mittee, Mr. Murray made it plain that
with a heavy, cold, said would be ac- the miners would not try to foce the
cepted, but would not be permitted to operators to keep the 4,000 mainten
interfere .with the arrangements for once men at work. -
the suspeneion• ordered by' the reso- "It is' not our purpose," ho «•
lutio P said, 1,
n
aU':
the: � .
90
1PY Men
after
September
•
1
By
the teams sof the resolution, unless the opor'atm's ask for them
animoucly adopted, all of the 153,1100 are willin • to nt satisfactory dry
znen in the mines, including the main agreement mR ngc a satisfaccory
k covering . woticing con -
tonsillar men, µ_II be called upon to lays ditions."
THE WAWA_HOTEL, LAKE OF BAYS, WHERE EIGHT PEOPLE WERE BURNED TO DEATH.
The fashionable Wawa Hotel, an the Lake of Bays, Muskoka, conducted by the Canadian National Railways,
was completely consumed by fire in less than half an hour on August 19. The guests, numbering 197,
and sixty of the staff, had to escape in their night apparel. Most of the casualties took place in and about the
tower. Many people were injured jumping from the upper stories.
1
The Week's Markets
TORONTO.
Manitoba wheat -No, ''1 Northern,
51.26.
Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW, 51%%c;
No. 1 feed, 47c.
Manitoba barley -Nominal.
All the above, track- bay ports.
Am. corn, -No- 2 yellow,, $1.08,
Barley -Nominal,
Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal,
Peas -No, 2, nominal.
Millfeed-Del;, Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per. ton, $25 to
526; shorts, per ton, 527 to 529; mid-
dlings, $33 to 535; good feed flour,
$2.16 to $2.26.
Ont.
wheat -No, 2 white, nominal.
Ont. No. 2 white oats_Nominal,
Ont. corn• -Nominal.
Ontflout--Ninety per cent. pat„ in
jute bags, Montreal, prompt shipment,
$4.50 to $4.60; Toronto basis, 54,40 to
$4,50; bulk seaboard, 54.40.
Man. flour -1st pats., in cotton
sacks, $6.90 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6.86.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, $15; No. 3 timothy,
$13; mixed, 512.60 to $13.50.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To-
ronto, 59.60.
Cheese -New, large, 224c; twins,
23 to 28a,4c; triplets, 23%e; Stiltons,I
241/2c, Old, large, 82c; twins, 82%c;
triplets 38c; Stiltons, .53%a. New
Zealand, old cheese, 80c..
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 36
to 38e; ordinary n creamery, mer
Y 34
No. 2, 32 to 83c. Y, to 3E
No. 1 NORTHERN WHEAT �'V 40c Eggs-Extras,
37,tin o 38 cartons, 9
ENTENTE PREMIERS
RE I RS TO 1101 D PERSONAL. 84e; seconds, 25 to 26c,
33
Price Advances as Result of CONFERENCE
®�� GERM
HIGH AT WINNIPEG
Low Grading of New
Wheat in West.
A despatch from Winnipeg says: --
No.
No. 1 Northern closed on the Winni-
peg Grain Exchange on Friday at a
premium of 173 cents over the Oe,
tobet' price, and this premium was
maintained in spite of an advance of
3% cents in the futures• on Friday.
October wheat last year was selling
around 51.01 at this time. Friday it
closed at $1.04%, No. 1 Northern clos-
ing at $1.21'%. The export trade at
the seaboard is becoming alarmed at
poor grading of the new crop to date,
it is said in grain circles, and any of
the exporters who , have sold No. 1
Northern in advance are now anxious
to buy back their commitments: This
brought about the advance of 4%
cents in No. 1 on Friday. 'Itis the be-
lief of the local trade that there will
be a big premium on the top grades
of wheat for most of the season, un-
less later returns from the threshing
show a great improvement over those
at present coining in.'
Advance Party of Mennonites
Arrive in Canada
A despatch from Montreal says: -
Three hundred Russians of the Me
nonitetype passed through Montrea
on Thursday night for settlement '
Western Canada,
The party was composed of in
and women and children who ha
endured much in the transition o
Russia and are anxious for industry
peace and contentment of the lie
land.
They are the advance guards o
several thousands who are due to ar
rive in Canada before navigation
closes. Thursday's party came from
Germany, to which country they had
emigrated from Russia. Conditions
were so bad in that country that they
found it difficult to remain and work.
They represented some of the wealth-
iest of their class.
Victims of Wawa Disaster
A despatch from London says :-No
effort will be spared by the British
Government to reach an agreement
with. Franco in regard to the Ruhr
and reparations, 'Unsatisfactory 'as
M. Poincare's note is in many respects,
it does hold forth possibilities of con-
tinuing an exchange of views which
may in course of time lead to prac-
tical results.
Chief importance among these
avenues toward possible agreement is
attached to M. Poincare's assurances
that France,has no ulterior designs on
German territory..This was a point
upon which Mr. Baldwin dweltinhis
House of Commons speech before the
summer; recess. In that speech the
British Premier said it had often been
Stated that there were ulterior. -mo-
tives in the occupation of the Ruhr,
adding that he refused to believe it,
and that he had always acted on the
assumption that the only object was
to secure reparations.
The prompt endorsement of this
statement by Poincare is regarded as
at any rate one obstacle out of the
path. Poincare's further undertaking
to modify occupation of the Ruhr co-
ordinately with the cessation of Ger-
man passive resistance and evidences
Live popltry-Spring chickens,
ANQUESTION , hens, over 6 lbs., 22c; do, • l e ,
QUESTION fj 20e; do, 8 to 41bs., 17c; roosters,
ducklings, over 6 lbs„ 25c • ,do, 4
lbs., 20c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs.
of good faith on the part of the Reich up, 250.
may also provide an avenue along Dressed poultry -Spring chicken
40c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c. do, 4 to
tit
Natural Resources
Bulletin
The Natural Resources Intel-
ligence Service of the Depart -
Ment of the Interior at Ottawa'
says; -
The dependence of one natur-
al -resource upon another Is -
amply evidenced in the cotzl
anining industry of Nova Scotia.
There are forty operating coal.
mines in the province; and these
last year 'produced'.' 5,658,574
tons of coal. The year 1913
saw the largest output ever
raised, over' seven million tons.
To
enable the mines to be op-
r
e ated, enormous �-quantities of
timber are necessary, in the
form of mine props, etc. Last
year Canada's forests were
drawn upon to supply 18,480,-
000
8,480,
000 lineal feet of timbering
equal to 3,500 miles. It is in-
teresting to note, also, that
there are 560 miles of track
underground in the Nova Scotia
coal mines.
Memories.
c; Memories are -the -picture books of
the mind. If we cannot sleepor are
to
alone,
we may
turn over
y the pages
as
P g
to we like and see again the things that
happened in "the long bygones," For-
tunate age we if the scenes of the past
are pleasant to look upon -if no scor-
pions of the mind continue to sting,
and no nettles rankle. One' of the mercies
in Nature's dispensation is the gift
that generally we recall from what
has happened the sweet and pleasant
4 things. The rest dies gradually away.
The traveller forgets discomfort, and
remembers the friends he made; the
, kindnesses he met, the: goodnessofthe
world and the people in it, showered
• ore his journey.
r Why, in a Little lifetime, should we
care to store up the bitter and the
painful? We ought to evict such
things to make room for what heals
and blesses. Let us prolong, by
thinking of them, those times when
sympathy and affection made ' us.
happy. In the recollection we may
have what peace and content we will.
If we store our minds with such.
reminiscence, we shall. have no space
to keep the rest. Lives beautifully
lived have had to reject, as they went
along, much of the dross of everyday
-the mere "drift and debris."; For
in these is no pure treasure worth put.
ting away for, the soul to take into
eternity.
If memory may be trained to hold
such facts as the multiplication table
or a sequence of notes in music, or the
words of a printed page, it. may also
hold love and truth faith and hope. It
may take account of friendships and
be nnforgetful of the need of others.
Those who. are busy remembering, and
acting on the spur of that remem-
brance, will find themselves usefully
occupied in ways that will put to flight
the evil§ bred•in empty, idle minds.
It is men who have remembered
where they went and whom they saw
to whom affairs that matter are in-
trusted. It is men who have thought
and listened who are fit to havo re-
sponsibility. It is better to confide
in those who remember much- than to
put our trust in those who are content
to anticipate and to prophesy,
30c;
lbs.,
12c;
to 5
which the 'French. and British may
march in concert,
Meanwhile Baldwin on Thursday,
morning began his consideration of
the French note. He had conferences
with Lord Robert Cecil; Lord Derby
and a few other persons, and is under-
stood to have annotated the French
note so that copies could be despatched
to those Cabinet Ministers now holi-
daying in England and Scotland, with
the Premier's remarks on the docu-
ment,
Baldwin sees no reason for calling
an immediate meeting of his Cabinet,
and. he purposes leaving London with
Mrs. Baldwin on Saturday for Aix-
les- Bains. Ile expects to stay a fort
night, • At the expiration of that per-
iod the rima would probably be ripe
for those "friendly conversations"
which Poincare suggested.
In some quarters such: a meeting
between the two Premiers is regarded
as possibly the only step forward. The
British and French Governments tried
weeks of secret diplomacy fruitlessly,
and then published notes, and found
open diplomacy equally 'ineffectual.
Aral so personal talks seem the one
e o_.
s,
5
Ibe., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs. 20c; roosters
16c; ducklings, ever 5 lbs„ 25c; do
to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs.
and up, 30c.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, ib.
7c; primes, 6%c.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp
gal., 52.50;'per 5 -gal. tin, 52.40 pe
gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Honey -60 -lb, tins, 11 to 12c per
lb.; 101b. tins, 11 to 12c; 5-1b. tins, 12
to 13c; 23 -lb. tins, 13 to 14c; Ontario
honey, per doz., 54 to $4.50; No. 2,
53.50 to $4.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 27 to
29c; cooked hams, 43 to 46c; smoked
rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 23 to
26c; breakfast bacon, 80 to 84c; spe-
cial brand. breakfast bacon, 84 to 38e;
backs, boneless, 32 to 98c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs„ $18; 70 to 90 lbs., 517,50;
90- lbs. and up, $16.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $36; heavyweight
rolls, 533.
Lard -Pure tierces, 15% to 158e',c;
tubs, 16 to 161,4c; pails, 16% to 17c;
prints, 18c. Shortening, tierces, 14 to
14%e; tubs, 14x/.x,to 14%c; pails, 143
to 15%c; prints, 17 to 17%c.
Choice heavy steers $7. to $7.75;
butcher steers, choice, $7 to 57.40; do,
good, .$6.50 to $7; do, med., $5,50 to
method left t i 6.50; do, con., $4.60 to $6:60 butcher.
Men
1 eifers, choice, $6.25 to $8.75;- do,
m med. $5.50 to $6.25 ; do, con., 4 to
$5.50; butcher cows, choice, 54.50 to
4 i t qt r . r h 4r,;': ,!rr, 5,25• do m
.!k ,, � a7..vkl, , t?• :;. ,.�!., : �. $ , ed., $3 to $4; canners and
en a 1! .:! . j ; .y;. cutters 1,25
ve t''!'.:''!riCtt ,t{{,iiit"��ta,;!'�nmi ;h:r: ;x�„"r�n�,�� � to $2; feeding steers,
e 1}_ , rr1d il{fist` {;q t 4 . ft;; "' says. good, $5 to $6; do, fair, $4 to $5;
d{"': '' ill it ''1 t `{! 1 r ;+, Inn e i stockers, good, $4.50 to $6.26 • do fair
f
, ., It �t�[ .� 3 to 4•
, `Po
, ,1•l it++ :,: t ir.:,•. $ $ , milkers, springers, each,
..,:, .� , .ppt•.. P , b 80
, ., ! { t,11 ,...1 . s $
,;. . ; Y to havo
! tl .:
w to 1 0•
B o al
! ,. .i c vex
; $ choice, ,� �1 t !.. oce
10.6
E .i t
4 .
0 0 1
given
th
1 {". i ;• do, med., $8 to $i0; do, corm, $4 t0$7;.
f 5fT ;ti;41�t1 3 { i ' ;' ! th old daughter Iambs, siring, $10.50 to $10.75; sheep,
tn, {p • h i' ''lt;,,,•,� of Liverpool choice, light, $5 to $6,50; -do, choice
heavy, $4 to $6; do, Dulls and
i'Y.
Famous English Well
Gives Sight to Infant
A despatch from London__
r rs
on
m the annus well of St.
Winifred at Holywell i said
e power of sight to Mary Wil-
liams, the twelve -mon
a couple, who had been
in since xr la
The baby screamed on touching the
water and then displayed unusual in -
a,:{
�}"i:il! t. i, 11i�!�lf'I •`:!:1���:;!aa��,{„i.,.uu:lii
blind
Now Total Nine
A' despatch from Huntsville, Ont.,
says: -The latest victim of the WaWa
Hotel fire is Miss Elizabeth Carroll,
one of the maids, who was severely
injured from a fall out of the window
or off the roof,: while trying to make
her escape during the burning of the
building. .She. fractured her skull,
among other injuries, and hadrbeen
removed for treatment to the hospital
at Orill.ia some days ago, Late Thurs-
day afternoon she died at the hospital.
Elizabeth is the second member of
the Carroll family to lose her life as a
result of the fire, her sister, Annie,
having been burned to death.
Baron Kato Dies
The distinguisited Japanese states
man, formerly Ambassador to Gi•e
Britain and a leader for over thirty
m
ars
N hat the ,
P!'airs• of Ms connrutry, has
lust died,
bucks,
i b' t eke.
$2.75 to 53.50; hogs, fed and watered,
510.70 to $10.85; do, f,o,b., $10.10 to
threat in a yellow blouse worn by' one $908.256; do, country.points, $9.70 to
of the onlookers. Tests .which were ap- Ho . quotations
plied immediately roved g q are based o the
Y p that the price of thick, smooth hogs, sold on a
child could see clearly. The 'doctor ata'graded basis. Select premium, 90 cents.
tending Mary had told the parents MONTREAL.
that there was little chance of the
child ever being able to see.
France to Fight Forest
Fires ,by Aeroplanes
A despatch from Pari
g Turpin, the universally known
Corn, Ani. No.' 2 yellow, 51.05%,
Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 57%c; do, No.
3, 55 to 55%c; extra No. 1 feed, 54 to
55c; No, 2' local white, 62%c.. Flour,
Man. Sring wheat pats lets $6.90;
2nd. 6.40; strong b 'k $6.20. '
Rolled oats, bag 90 Lbs., $ r to $ 10
$ 6. to $26. Shorts, $: to
to $29.
Bran 2
Paris sa s - Middlings, $33 to $34, ay, No. 2
at Eu enc Y per ton, car lots, $15.
Aero Shuttle Will -Cut
Time of Atlantic Trip
A despatch from London says: -
Crossing of the Atlantic will be short-
ened by eight hours about one week
hence, when the government subsi-
dized service of luxuriously fitted fly-
ing boats will start operating between
Southampton and Cherbourg, to con-
nect at the French port with incoming
au d• outbound liners.
Passengers anxious, for a short-cut
voyage to London from New York or
desiring to pick up at Cherbourg the
liner missed at Southampton will have
a bird's-eye view of the English Chan-
nel'from a cabin built out at the fore-
part of the airship.•
The service. will' be subsidized by
the government at the rate of 550,000
a year for a minimum of 60,000 miles
flown. Arrangements for the customs
service are practically completed,
New Defehce Minister
Hon, E. M. MacDonald, Who has
been acting Minlcs,ter of Nate -rata& De-
fence, talaes"ove the xt port9olto Of that
department et t amdwill
1uov
now seeks re-elec-
tion in Plotou.
"Bassinette" is really a word of
French origin, meaning a candle made
of wicker,
Cholera Claims 820
Victims in Bagdad
A despatch from, Constantinople
says: -Cholera has broken out in
Bagdad, 820 persons being reported)
dead. Anxiety, is felt aboutthe dis-I
ease heading this way*,, Persia already
has been invaded.
Two
have'
died in
Cons a i
t nt noplo from the plague, and
other eases have been found.
A machine for detectingicebergs ergs at
sea has been 'perfected by a Paris
inventor..
But -
inventor of melinite, has supplied the ter, creamery,hchoicestest 20%c. to 84c
French Government ,with a chemical'E �2� to 84c:
ggs, selected, 38a
formula to fight forest fires by aero- Good Ontario steers, averaging
plane. ` 1,160 pounds, $7; steers not so well
M.
Turpinfinished,
red
suggested 6.26 heifers,
� i
that an aviator � $ med, quality,
be' supplied with liquid carbonic acid, I 5; bologna bulls, $2,25; 'butcher cows,
liquid' sulphuric acid, or liquid am -1192:5500 to $4,50; calves, $3 to $8; lambs,
monia in tubes, fitted with bombs teto $i
shatter them and spread the contents
over a wide area. He also suggested
that packets of sulphur extinguisher
or blasting powder might be used to
advantage,
New Trade Minister
Hon. T. A. Low, ,am+e
mb�em
of
the
e
Icing cabinet without portfolio, who
has been appointed to en0000d Hon,
J. A. )Robb as, 111,l41d0•tar of Trade and
Commerce, Mr, Robb goos-to the Min-,
lstry of Colonization and Immigration„
11 .76.1 ungraded, $10.75; lights;
10.25; mixed lot of good average
quality, 511; sows $7 to $7.50.
Baron Kato, Premier of
Japan, Passes Away
A despatch from Tokio says:
Baron. Tomosaburo Kato, Premier of
Ocean Bed Risen
Since Chart Was Made
A despatch from London says
Officers of the Eastern Telegraph
Company's ship, which is repairing a
broken cable between St, Helena and
Capetown, 'report ,that the oceanbed
has risen to within three-quarters of
a'niile of the surface at a point where
the chart showed the depth to be three
miles.
The soundings for the chartwere
taken in 1899, the year in which the
cable was laid. The discovery sug-
gests that there has been a recent
submarine convulsion,
Wealth of Sunken Laurentic
Salvaged by Divers
A' despatch from London says: -All
except a few bars of the thirty million.
dollars worth of gold bullion which
dropped to the ocean bed when 'a Ger-
Japan, is dead. man submarine sank the Laurentic off
Baron I{ato, who represented Japanl Donegal Ireland, has been recovered
by divers who, since 1918, have been
carrying on their labors ninety feet
below the surface of the sea.: In ad-
dition to„ the gold, which was consign-
ed
to United States bankers, the Lam,
oakwas laden with almost five mil-
lion dollars in silver specie, mostly in
two -shilling pieces, all Of which has
been salvaged by the divers,
t the Court of St. James from 1894
I to 1899, became Minister of Foreign
Affairs in 1900. He also' entered the
l Saionji Cabinet, with the same port-
folio, in 1906; but resigned' a few
months later, Since the
war Baron
Kato to h
as -..its ,
r 8
of Japan. g ly guided the .affair's
p and made a policy of peace
his chief program,
Australia Pioneer in
Air Mail Service
A despatch from Melbourne says: -
Australia prides herself on being ono
of the pioneers in air postal services,
and recent competitions have brought
out some interesting facts in this con-
nection. In 1,921 an aerial distribu-
tion sen
iso
was, started
'West Aus-
tral'a t
t with
a 1,200 -mile route Duni the
most desolate part of the $tate,. The
airplanes carried mail and a few pas-
sengers. Since then 180,000 miles
have been traversed and 200,000 lot -
tars have been carried in addition to
small quantities of urgent freight
British • Columbia agricultural eta-
tistics for the year 1922, according to
the De1it, of Agriculture, places the
estimated value of agricultural: pro-
ductions for the year 1022 at 555,322.-
971 as conitpared with 559,742,994 for
the ,year 1921. The, loss of 7.80 per
cent. isattributed to lot' prices' that
prevailed .
a r
t
Vl u
ral
products.
eta.
There were narked increases in pout
try products, which had a value of $4, - .'
5
015,838, in dairy products $8;001,1.35,
in vegetables 55,947,772,. and bene
y
$177;839, wliich'pt•actically doubled in
value 11ie previous year's products.
Imports of agricultural pi'oduciz tyro
less than during the prGvtoes year,