HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1923-11-29, Page 2FIRE i D PILLAGE LAY WASTE
FAIR FIELDS OF G MAN SILESIA
Farm Association Declared Food Boycott at Breslau Against
Ail Towns in an Atternapt to Force Resignation of Chan-
cellor Stresenlaran and His Cabinet -Town Dwell-
ers Retaliated by Stetting Fire to Countryside.
A despatch from Berlin says,; -The eminent, h which they would partici-
sky of German Silesia is aflame with Pate. All of the big German farmers
the reflection of thousands of burningI and most of the smaller farmers are
farmhouse's and barns. Nationalist and Monarchist These
farmers are opposed bitterly to the
In the lurid light of this vast fire, towns where there are strong' Social
which is licking up in flames the lair- ist factions supporting Chancellor
est fields in Germany, innumerable Streseman: These landlords have been
bands of unemployed from the towns fighting Chancellor Streseman ' by
and cities of, Silesia are plundering withholding their foodstu1 s, thereby
the still smoking houses, and are driv- causing starvation and dissatisfaction,
Ing off cattle. which directs itself against the Gov -
Along the roads the rifles of the .ernntent
police are spitting fire and lead at the A later . despatch from Berlin
continuous procession of plunderers says: -Chancellor Streseman is out,
moving toward the towns with their
booty.
The Silesian Landbund, or farm as-
sociation, which is intensely National-
istic, declared a food boycott at Bres-
lau on Thursday nightagainst all
towns in Silesia until Chancellor
Stresetnann and his Cabinet resign.
Immediately the town dwellers, and
Tho vote of confidence in his Gov-
ernment was defeated on Friday in
the Reichstag by 220 to 155.
Only a portion of his own People's
Party voted to keep him in power.
Stresemann's Cabinet has resigned
and with the defeat of the Chancellor
goes the program of thrusting the
Rhineland and Ruhr down Premier
particularly the unemployed, met this Poincare's throat and refusing to pay
challenge with fire, the only weapon further reparations.
Left to them They began their op- Thank God,"Streseman said as
he left the Reichstag, "at least the
erations in the morning. The proud
establishments of scores of Jurkers agreement between the Ruhr indus-
and farmers are only ashes, From trialists and the French has been
the towns of Wornderf, Jauor, I,iag- Agre�aaiionay unscorrect.
nitz and Brieg, . particularly, the un- r y putsch isinformation not
impos-
employed angrily streamed into the
countryside with blazing torches by
the thousand.
.A. few frightened, lonely farmers
who surrendered all their foot. and cult days. I hope to return to Faille -
all their cattle without rho t a fight were mentary life and serve the Father -
not disturbed. At the big Junker land again. But I beg my fellow Min -
estates armed farmhands tried to isters and the newspapers to keep
fight off the invaders, but the latter sharp watch for a monarchistic.putsch
burned one farm building after an- that seems so likely."
other. Houses were plundered and Hunger -crazed mobs from the towns
everything taken, valuables as well again devastated the great Junker
as food. Scores were killed. estates in Silesia on Friday with flame
Thursday these bands are still and sword.
burning and plundering lonely estates, The beautiful castle of Herr von
but the Junkers and police gradually Berge and Surrendorf zu Herrhers-
are forming columns against the in- dorf, one of the oldest and richest
cendiaries. At Waldenburg troops families in Germany, located in the
clashed' with returning bandits and district of Glogau, was burned early
plunderers, killing one and wounding Friday morning by plunderers and the
sixteen. The police suffered one dead. family and servants were forced to
A meeting at Breslau of the Silesian flee in their night-clothes. This
Landbund deliberately decided to castle, which was used by Frederick
starve out the cities and towns until the Great as his headquarters in 1770,
they went against the Streseman Cab- and was one of the historical land-
inet. These stony-hearted Junkers, marks of Silesia, is only a mass of
who are mostly country squires with blackened and smoking walls.
big estates, declare, with the land- In Adermuehle, incendiaries fired a
bunds in other German States, that big mill and saw 700 tons of flour,
they cannot support Streseman be- 700 tone of grain and '300 tons of
cause he lacks public confidence, and fodder swept up in flames before they
must be replaced by a National Gov- could carry any of it off.
sible at this moment.
e
I am going to President Ebert
to beseech him to reconstruct the Gov-
ernment so that Germany may not be
without constituted rule in these diffi-
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CANADIAN PORT
BEATS WORLD RECORD
Head of Lakes Elevators Load
6,700,000 Bushels in
Twenty-four Hours.
A despatch from Fort William
says: -A world record for all time to
date is being established by the ele-
vators` of the Post William -Port
Arthur harbor in the loading of grain
into ships.
Between midnight on Wednesday
and midnight on Thursday 6,700,000
bushels were loaded into boats from
stocks in store by elevators in filling
orders distributed during the day by
the Lake Shippers' Clearance Associa-
tion. The previous record of the port
was about 6,000,000 bushels and that
was the record for the world.
There is no other port which can
compete with the one at the Canadian
•head of the lakes in the rapid hand-
ling of grain. About the best that
Chicago could do would be about 2,-
000,000 bushels inthe same length of
time. Duluth has one very fast eIe-
vator,the Great Northern, but here
there are many just as fast for a
short time, and nearly as fast under
an opportunity for continuous op-
eration.
More than double the number of
immigrants' came to Canada during
the past six months, as compared with
the similar period a year ago, The
figures, according to the Department
of Immigration, show 94,333 people
of all nationalities to have entered
Canada during the six months, April
September, 1923, while the number
was 46,331 for the same. period in
1922. British immigration during the
past six months amounted to 51,961,
United States 12 055.
Goes to South Africa
The Earl of Athlone, a distinguished
soldier, who won the D.S.O. In the
South African War and now goes back
to that country as Governor-General.
He is a brother of Queen Mary.
The Spillers Milling and Associated
Industries, Limited, London, England,
may establish a large flour mill and
wheat exporting business in Western
Canada, according to a statement
made by L. Lloyd Tanner, secretary
of the company, who was recently in
Winnipeg investigating conditions in
the grain trade. The company are one
of the largest concerns of their kind
in England and are heavily interested
in the Western Canada wheat in-
dustry. t
PRICELESS RECORDS OF
CANADIAN HISTORY 1
Secured for Nothing by Do-
minion Archivist in Great
Britain and France.
A despatch from London ;says; -
Dr. A. G. Doughty, Dominion Archi-
vist, sailed on Saturday for' Canada
after' a most successful raid on the
private treasures in England and
France, for documents of historical
, importance for the Dominion. Can-
ada's chief archivist, who, as a tire-
less collector for his- department, has
won international fame for his ability
to 'get, something for nothing, is said
to have surpassed himself on this.
occasion, Besides Sir' Leicester
Harinsworth's gift of the Wolfe Pa-
pers, the decision of the Hudson Bay
Company to make its record available,
and an arrangement for the publica-
tion of a series of -biographies of
makers of Canada, Mr. Doughty has
been promised a mass of other ma-
terial' of priceless historical value.
It is hoped to obtain from English
banks and trading"houses records
which will throw a. new light on early
commerce with the new world, From
France it is hoped to obtain docu-
ments relating to the famous company
of One Hundred Associates, as .well
as papers preserved by descendants
of Bigot Talon and other great figures
in the early history of new France.
More interesting than all, perhaps,
is the likelihood of securing a docu-
ment signed in Canada in 1535 by
Jacques Cartier. It will be the oldest
record in all America, antedating that
now .possessed by the Canadian Arch-
ives, which is dated 1542. The money;
values of these collections aggregates!
thousands of pounds. Canada is se -1
Burin thea for nothing.
g n not g.
sir Hamar Greenwood
A Canadian who has already madee
his mark in Canadian politics and who
has entered the present fray as a sup-
porter of Mr. Asquith, Ile 1s a native'
of Whitby,, Ontario.
The'
ee�� S Markets
TORONTO.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern,
$1.0414.
Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW, 421,4c;
No. 1 extra feed, 41c.
Manitoba barley -Nominal.
All the above, track, bay ports.
American corn -Track, Toronto,
!No. 2 yellow, $1.17.
Ontario barley -58 to 60e.
Buckwheat -No, 2, 72 to 75c.
Ontario rye -No. 2, 73 to 7fia i
Peas -Sample, $1.50 to $1.55.
Millfeed--Del„ Montreal freights, I
bags included: Brat., per ton, $27;
shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $36;'
good feed flour, 32.05.
i Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, 94 to;
96c, outside.
Ont. No. 2 white oats -38 to 40c.
Ontario corn -Nominal.
Ontario flour -Ninety per cent, pat,,
in jute bags, Montreal prompt ship-
ment, 34.75; Toronto basis, $4.75;
bulk, seaboard, $4.25.
Manitoba flour-lst pats., in jute
sacks, 36.30 per bbl.; 2nd pats., 35.80.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, 314,50 to 315; No. 2,
314.50; No, 3, 312.50; mixed, 312.
Straw -Car lots, Per ton, 39.
Cheese -New, large, 23 to 24c;
twins, 24 to 25c; triplets, 25 to 26c;
Stiltons, 25 to 26c. OId, large, 30 to
31c; twins, 81 to 82e.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 41
to 43c; No. 1 creamery, 38 to 40c; No.
2, 86 to 38c.
Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 70
to 74c; extras, storage, in cartons, 46
to 47e; extras, 42 to 43c; firsts, 38
to 39c; seconds, 30 to 32e.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 4
lbs. and over, 25c; chickens, 8 to 4
lbs., 22e; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, 4
to 5 lbs., 15c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15e;
roosters, 150; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,
20c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; turkeys,
young, 10 lbs. and up, 28e.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 4
lbs. and over, 33c; chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 30e; hens; over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4
to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 1.8c;
roosters, 1Se; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,
280; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys,
young, 10 lbs. and up, 33e.
Beans --Canadian hand-picked, lb.,
7e; primes, 636c.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 12 to 13c per
lb.; 10 -Ib. tins, 12 to 13c; 6-1b. tine,
l7 to 14c; 2% -lb. tins, 14 to 16e;
comb honey, per doz., No. 1, 33.75 to
$4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 26 to
27c; cooked hams, 39 to 41e; smoked
rolls, 21 to 23c; cottage rolls, 22 to
24c; breakfast bacon, 26 to 27c; spe-
ial rand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33e;
backs, boneless, 30 to 85c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., 318; 70 to 90 lbs., $17,50;
90 lbs. and u316.50; li htwei t
P� g ,gh
rolls, in'barrels, 336; heavyweight
rolls, M.
Lard, pure tierces, 18 to 18%0;
tubs, 18% to 19c; pails, 19 to 1914ac;
prints, 2016 to 213tc; shortening
farces, 1531 to 15%c; tubs, 151/ to
to
16c;1831e. pails, 16 to 16%c; prints, 18144
Heavy steers, choice, 36.75 to $7.26;
butcher steers, choice, 55.75' tc $6; do,
cons„ 33 to 34; butcher heifers, choice,
35.75 to $6.25; do, med., 34 to 5; do,
corn,, 3 to $3.50; butcher cows, choice,
34 to 84.50; do, med., 33 to $4; can-
ners and cutters, $1.50 to 32.50; but -
eller bulls, good, $3.50 to 34.00; do,
con., $2.50 to 33.50; feeding steers,
good, $5 to $5.50; do, fair, $4.50 to
55; stockers, good, 34 to 35; do, fair,
59.50 to $4; milkers and springers,
311; do, med., 3880 to 3110; 1 to5'39; choice,
eons, $4
to $6; do, grassers, $3.50 to $4.50;
lambs, choice, 310.25 to 31.0.75; do,
bucks, $9 to 39.25; do, cons., $8 to
$8.50; sheep, light ewes, good,066 to
36.50; do, fat, heavy, 34 to $5; do,
culls, 32 to 32.50; hogs. thick, smooth,
F,W„ 38.25; do, f.o.b., $7.75; do,
country points, $7.50; do, selects,
MONTREAL.
Oats, Can. West,, No. 2, 55c; No, 3,
54c; extra No. 1 feed„ 52%c; No, 2
keel white, 51,,nc. Flour, Man. spring
wheat pats., iris, $6.30; 2rds, 35.80;
strong bakers, 35.60; winter pats.,
choice, $5.75 to 35.85. Rolled oats,
bags, 00 lbs., 3,3.05; Bran, $27,25.
Shorts, 330.25. Middlings, 336.25.
Hay, No. 2, per ten, car lots, :$15 to
316.
Cheese, finest westerns, 19,4 to
19%c; finest easterns, 18% to 18%c.
Butter, No. 1 creamery, 38 to 883c.
Eggs, extras, 40 to 41c; No. 1 stock,
36 to 37e; No. 2 stock, 30 to 32c.
Canners, 31.40; cutters, $2 to 32,25;
bulls, 32.25 to 32.75; good veal calves,
$10; grassers, 33; hogs, thick smooths
and butcher, $8,50; sows, $6.60 to $7.
Labor Candidate Re-elected
Where and HowInsu is . Made.
Tucked away in an obscure cornet
of the University of Toronto grounds
overshadowed by the new electrica
engineering building ,and flanked by
a row of venerable elms, stands a two
storey, red -brick building formerly
occupied by the University Y,M,C.A
A year or two ago it was planned to
remove the building, as, it was not
suitable for. any universitypurpose
To -day, housing, as it does, the only
"Insulin laboratory" in Canada, the
building, 'together with its recently
installed equipment, is worth upwards
of 335,000.
The Insulin laboratory is one of the
latest chapters in the romance of In-
sulin. It stands as a confirmation of
the success of the research of Dr. F.
G. Banting and his fellow -investiga-
tor, Charles H. Best, M.As Its man-
agement and operation are in the cap-
able hands of Mr, Best, who has, from
the beginnings been in charge of the
large-scale production of insulin. The
laboratory is operated as a division of
the famous . Connaught Anti -Toxin
laboratories, of which Dr. J. G. Fitz-
gerald is director and Dr. R. D. Ref-
ries, associate director. The: business
administration is in charge of Dr.
Fitzgerald and Dr. Defries. Mr. Best
is assisted in the new laboratories by
D. A. Scott, M.A., as assistant direc-
tor, and a staff of twenty-six people
working night and day shifts. With
the exception of three trained chem-
ical technicians, under direction of
M. Arthur Wall, who was the first
technician to . assist Mr. Best when
the manufacture of insulin was begun,
and four chemists, the staff is largely
technically untrained. During the
summer months five medical students
were employed in the laboratories and
during the winter two students are
engaged in part -tine work.
The erection of such a completely
equipped plant was made possible
through the Ontario Government's
grant of 325,000, the remaining $10,
000 to 316,000 being secured from
funds of the laboratory and from pri-
vate donations. The plant is now pro-
ducing in the neighborhood of 260,000
units a week for distribution through-
out Canada, Ireland, South Africa,
Central and South America, New Zea-
land, Australia, and other countries
where plants have not been establish-
ed. The average dosage for the dia-
betic patients for whom such,a large
quantity of insulin is being prepared.
varies from 15 to 20 units a day.
The price for which insulin is dis-
tributed is, as with other products of
the Connaught Laboratories, governed
entirely by costs of material and of
production. The Connaught Labora-
tories are not engaged in commercial
business but constitute a department
of the University of Toronto. Mr.
Best has called attention to the grad-
ual fall in the price of insulin, In
May, 1923, the material was sold at
5 cents per unit, in June at 3 cents
per unit and now at 2 cents per unit.
The distribution of insulin is ef-
fected through two channels. The
first is hospitals which have organ-
, ized departments for the administra-
tion of insulin. The second is through
physicians trained in the use of in-
sulin. For these latter a special short
course of instruction was provided at
the University of Toronto last July
under the direction of Professor Dun-
can Graham.
IThe preliminary stages in the pre-
paration of the health -giving extract
are conducted in a large laboratory in
the north-east corner of the insulin
building where beef and pork pan-
creas (sweetbreads), fresh from the
abattoirs, are first minced in a large
meat -grinder, dissolved in vats of
alcohol, and then placed in a large
basket centrifuge. The liquid is drawn
off from the centrifuge and further
clarified by filtration through paper
in glass funnels. This liquid, con-
taining the soluble constituents of the
pancreas, is reduced to a small volume
by evaporation' of the alcohol and
water content in a large vacuum still.
The residue contains the insulin. The
solution is purified in two chemical
laboratories, one on the main floor and
one on the second floor, by chemical
procedures known as "fractional pre-
cipitations:" The purified product is
the sterilized, rzed, standardized, and filled
into vials for distribution by the Con-
naught Laboratories.
But the equipment of the . Insulin
Laboratory embraces more than the
mare processes necessary to produce
the serum, A distilling roma on the'
main floor contains e large rectifying
still, vacuum pumps, and condensers
by which the used alcohol is reclaim^d,
An oil -burning furnace in the base-
ment supplies steam for the vscuuin
still and a refrigeration machine cools
,1 the alcohol condenser and manufaa
l; tures cakes of ice for small refriger-
iters. A largeelectric fan is kept
running continuously to ventilate the
laboratories and clear the air of al-
cohol fumes.
On the second floor, in addition to
the purification laboratory, thele is
• a laboratory in which two. chemists
are employed on research work in con-
nection with insulin, Clean, well -
ventilated rooms are provided for the
animals used and a small operating
room is near at hand,
The preparation of insulin is con-
trolled by patents applied for in var-
ious countries of the world by the
original investigators. These patents
have been assigned to the University
of Toronto and a committee, appointed
by the Board of Governors, is respon-
sibie for the administration of patent
and other rights and for the promo-
tion of efficient production and'distri-
, button of insulin in all countries of the
i world. The original investigators,
I Dr. Banting and Mr. Best, receive no
financial benefit front the patent but
desired to prevent the filing- of other.
patents which might restrict the pre-
paration of insulin. In Great Britain
I
complete patent rights have been as-
signed to the ..British Medical Re-
Isearch Council and in the United
, States the Ely, Lilly Company of
Indianapolis has been licensed by the
; University of Toronto to manufacture
:insulin. The licensing of other firms
lin the United Statesis at present
sideration. Rights in all
countries except Great Britain have
been retained by the University of
Toronto. The patents for insulin
. have .been obtained largely through,
the efforts of C. H. Riches, a patent
lawyer of Toronto, who has given his
services to the University without
charge.
In addition to carrying out his du-
ties as director of the Insulin Labora-
tory, Mr. Best is continuing the fifth
year of his course in Medicine, which
he interrupted in 1921 to collaborate
evith Dr. F. G. Banting in the re-
searches which led to the discovery of
the insulin treatment of diabetes,
to Winnipeg Mayoralty
A despatch from Winnipeg says: -
S. 3. Farmer, Labor, was re-elected
Mayor of Winnipeg on Friday by a
majority of 4,899. The unsuccessful
candidate was Robert Jacob.
The contest was fought on variety;
of issues, including the record of Mr.!
Farmer as Mayor during the past;
year, the platform of the Independent'
Labor party, which endorsed his can-!
didature, the policy and personnel of.
the. Winnipeg Civic Association which
brought Mr. Jacob into the field, the
alleged intentions of the Winnipeg,
Electric Railway in the matter of
their city franchise, and the general
question of public utilities and the city
Hydro system in particular.
The sale of the first consignment
of Canadian apples 011 the German
market within two years, is recorded
by L. D. Wilgress, Canadian Trade
Commissioner at Hamburg, in a re-
port to the Department of Trade and
Commerce. Mr. Wilgress states that,
with the exception of ten barrels of
the best grade sold to a Berlin dealer,
who caters to the smart hotel trade,
the buyers were Scandinavians or
other non -German firms
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At the Court of St. James's
Frank B. Kellogg, the new United
States Ambassador to Great. Britain,
who replaces Ambassador Harvey.
FREE STATE TO FLOAT
£10,000,000 LOAN
Money to be Used to Defray
Damage Caused by the
Late Civil War.
A despatch from Dublin says :-A
largely attended meeting of the Dub-
lin Chamber of Commerce on Friday
unanimously endorsed the proposed
Free State loan, after listening to a
statement by Ernest Blythe, the Fin-
ance Minister.
Those at the meeting included prac-
tically all the heads of Dublin's big
business,
Mr. Blythe said the attempt to des-
troy the State by armed force had
been definitely defeated and there was
no fear of its renewal, as the Govern-
ment had refused all compromise
which involved risk. The loan was
not for the ordinary expenses of the
Government, which would be brought
within its revenue, but for the damage
caused in the conflict.
A loan of 210,000,000 would suffice
for the present needs and within a
year the Free State's credit would be
as good as that of South Africa, which
had floated a five per cent, loan at
99%. That Republicans in the Free
State had been returned to Parlia-'
menu made no difference, for South
Africa also had its Repub icans,
HER 5BAND `J
----fir-
HIS MAJESTY'S SONS
TO BE CREATE!) DUKES
Prince. Henry and Prince
George to Fill Pepzeted
Numbers.
A despatch from London says:--
Iiing George will create two more
royal dukes in the persons of his
younger • sons, Prince Henry and
Prince George, it is stated by some
court intimates. This step has been
urged for some titne, as there have
been royal dukes in England since the
days .of George III„ whose ample'fam-
ily supplied seven holders of duke-
doms.,
This number gradually dwindled
until in the latter part of Queen Vic-
toria's reign they were confined to her
three sons, and at the coronation of
George V. there were only two -the
Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall,
and the. Duke of Connaught, At pres-
ent this has only been supplemented
by the creation' of Prince Albert in
1920 as Duke. of York, and the exist-
ing number is barely sufficient to offs -
elate at the opening of bazaars and
the unveiling of monuments and to at-
tend to the other duties which fall
upon royal 'shoulders.
Current rumors have opened up
speculation as to the titles which w
be chosen from the dist of those wi
have been connected generally
the royal family. The title of D
of Edinburgh is a concession to Sao
fish pride and for several centuries
has always fallen upon some royal
son. This title probablyy will be 'chosen
for Prince Henry. It was last borne
by the second son of Queen Victoria
and discarded when he assumed the
German title of his father, the Dulco
of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha.
The titles Duke of Kent and Duke
of Sussex, which were borne by Queen
Victoria's father and uncle respective-
ly, and Duke of Gloucester- and Duke
of Clarence, all of which are now in
abeyance, are expected to.furnish the
necessary appellation for Prince
George, unless his Majesty decides to
break new ground with a hitherto tun -
used name for his youngest son.
CANADIANS IN HARD
ELECTION CONTEST
Big Part in British Field Being
Taken by Candidates from
Dominions.
A despatch from London says: -
The Empire in one way or another is
playing a big part in the general elec-
tion. Premier Baldwin has been
greatly encouraged in his campaign
by messages of appreciation he has
been receiving from the Dominions,
Canada included. Lord Beaverbrook,
after some apparent wavering, has
now plumped in his newspaper for an
out and out policy of Imperial prefer-
ence, no matter by whom expounded.
Canadian candidates are in the field
for election and most of them are
having a hard fight. There will now
probably be a three -cornered contest
in the Isle of Wight where a straight
light between General Seely and Peter
MacDonald, a Canadian, had been ex-
pected. Col. Maurice Alexander, who
last year snatched Southwark from
Labor by 2,000 votes, is running
against his defeated opponent, Col.
Hamilton Gault has set himself a hard
task in Taunton, where Sir Arthur
Griffith-Boseawen was defeated a
year ago. Col. Gault in three weeks'
campaigning must bring about a turn-
over of 1,600 votes. If personality
counts for anything Col, Gault's fight
may mot prove altogether a forlorn
hope. In his whirhvind campaign he
makes good friends and wins votes
wherever he goes. He is waging his
campaign with the assistance of Gen.
MacBrien, Chief of the Canadian Gen..
eral Staff.
•
Church Scribe Engrossed
19 Royal Wedding Licenses
A despatch from Lender' says: -
Benjamin Bates Bull has just finished
engrossing on heavy parchment his
nineteenth royal wedding license since
taking up his duties sixty-one years
ago in the faculty office of the Arch-
bishopof Canterbury. Mr, Bun
script is as fine and regular now at 77
as it was when he took up a clerkship
as a boy of 16. He drew' up the wed-
ding contracts for the marriages of
Princess Mary and the Duke of York
and hopes it will be his privilege be-
fore retiring to prepare the license
for the Prince or Wales's wedding.
Mr, Bull believes the deterioration
in hand writing to -day is due to the
abandoi »tent of quill pens, He begins
et:grossinc• a royal marriage , liee,s.•
in a very metnodic;'l way, the first
operation being'the preparation or a
dozen quills which, are fashioned s ,•,
to give var},np• (lttgrn' • of shneS e.
The 'hens, hr had lust wmplete:d is
for the wedding of. Prioress Maud.
The production of lumber in fIri[ioh
Columbia for the first eight months
of 1923 was twenty per cent. higher
then the best previous record:, 'finis'
will easily be the best year in the, his-
tory of the lumber industry in the
province..
Carrying about a million dollars
worth of furs and a number of pas-.
sengors, the Hudson's 13ay Company
steamer "Baychimo" arrived at Van-
couver 'recently from ;l retic waters.
The vessel, which operated as a pas-
senger carrier during the summer on
the Siberian coast, penetrated intts
the Arctic as far as North Cape.