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Exeter Advocate, 1913-1-2, Page 2PracticaIl T THROUGH CANALS Almost Every Commodity Except Soft Coal Shows a Great Increase despatch from, Sault Ste, Out., says,: More than ten trillion tons greater than the record oat 1910, the hest previous season, was the vellums of freight oarried through the canals at. the Soo this season, as shown in the statistical. report jurat is511ed. While shipnaznts of preetically every commodity except soft cots (show an increase over the three pre- vious seasons, the movement of iron acre, 46,303,423 tons, was greater by more than 4,609,789 tons than in 1910, the season showing the great. t previous shipments. The movement of wheat, 174,086,- '4356 bushels, was 60,832,895 bushels the' greater than im. 1909, while e total • gt•ain shipments show a gain of 12,- 605el;,a bushelsover the record of that year. Although the nxovement of hard coal was delayed in starting by spine difeulties early in the season, the shipments, 2,142,485 tons, were 82,276 tons greater than the previ- oashigll regard of 1911. The move- ment o.f soft coal; amounting to 12,- 789,109 toffs, was 483,558 tons below 1911, due chiefly to delay in getting the product from the manes to the loading docks owing to ear short- age. Lumber shipments were 667,542,- 000 feet, a gain of 64,441,000 feet over the high record of 1910. Passenger traffic shows a consid- erable falling off, the number -car- ried through the canals, 66,877, having been 56 fewer than in 1910, showing a loss o € 13 a7 4 or l6 and sh 1ng o > per cent„ compared with 1911. For this, the unseasonable cold weather early in the year is held chiefly re- sponsible. THE INION B ANIw.. oltls Its F ortyseighth Annual Meeting. Progress in all departments of the Bank's activities marks the 48th Annual Report recently issued by the Union Bank of Canada. The Annual Meeting of this Bank was held in Winnipeg ou December 17th, and was presided over by Mr. John Galt, the President. This was the first year in which the Annual Meeting was held in Winnipeg, the change from Quebec taking place during the past year, The statement shows net profits for the year of $700,832, which com- pares with $062,000 for the pre- vious year. The net profits for the year 1912, together with $47,000 de - .rived as premium on new stock is- sued and $71,000 carried forward from the previous year, made $826,- 000 available for distribution. Four quarterly dividends at the rate of 2 per cent,. each absorbed $397,000. The sum of $242,000 was transferred to the rest account, $100,000 written air bank premises account and $10,- 000 contributed to the officers' pen- sion fund. leaving a balance of $75,000 to be carried forward. Net earnings for the year were slightly. in excess of 14 per cent. on the arerane paid-up capital. A further examination of the report shows that gains were made in every de- partment of the Bank's activities. Its' aid -up ca ital was increased, i? .� p and now stands at $5,000,000. Its .gest;' account was also augmented, and now stands.at $3,300.000. Large gains were also made in deposits, current loans and total assets. The deposits now total over $55,643,000, et gain of $10,000,000 during the ee,Tear. Of the amount, $41,219.000 is interest bearing and $14,423,000 non-interest bearing. The current loans at over $45.000,000 show a gain of 87.000.000 during the year, while the total assets, amounting to 869.400,000, show the large gain of $11.000,000 over the figures for the previous year. Another feature of the report worthy of special men- tion is the large proportion of rro1d, silver, Dominion notes and tether' quickly available assets. These bear a very large proportion to the liabilities to the public. The Union Bank of Canada is rapidly forging to the front, and is occupying a continually larger place in the business affairs of the country. The fact that the current leans for t:;e year amounted to over $45,000,000, or a gain of $7,000,000 over the previous year, indicates that the flank is doing a continually larger share of the country's busi- mess and is catering to the business needs of the communities where its branches are located. The fact that ft opened 43 branches during the year is another indication of its eon- tirual expansion. The Bank has now 295 branches, making it one of the best equipped banks in the Dominion in this respect. The address of President Galt was a splendid review of the finan- cial and industrial conditions pre- vailing in the country at the present time, and showed that the officials of the Bank kept,in the very elosest touch with the progress being matte by the Dominion. An enterosting feature of his report was the relat- ing g history d growth of the ofthe h to an tl Mike Bank and the reason for the 4v- transfer of the head office from Quebec to Winnipeg. He showed that eight and one-half ,years ago when the present General Manager took charge, the Bank's capital was lust one-half tthat it is today, the "(,serve `fund Less than one-third, reed ,total assets considerably less than oris -third- ` Altogether the dort and the addresses of the Presi- Quebec Weekly, Owned by Senator ent anal General Manager form Choquette, Loses $7;000 Net. tees of the best combinations issued A despatch from Quebec says: La flay any bank this year. • COUNTESS O1' ABERDEEN. - Lady Aberdeen, consort of the former Governor-General, who with Mass Violet Asquith is visiting on this side of the Atlantic. INVITATION FROM CHILDREN. Rulers of Many Nations Asked to Hygiene Congress at Buffalo. A despatch from Buffalo says: One hundred and twenty-five thou- sand school children of Buffalo and vicinity are to sign a mammoth in- vitation to be sent to the heads of nearly half a hundred countries all over the globe, requesting them for the sake of their little cousins in those lands tosend as many dele- gates as possible to the fourth In- ternational Congress of School Hy- giene, which meets here next Aug- ust. Among those to which the in- vitation will be sent are England, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Spain, Finland, Roumania, Servia, Greece, Portugal, : Holland, Swe- den; Denmark, China, Japan, Cor - ea, India, Canada, Brazil, Argen- tin; Chile and Ecuador. RECORD GRAIN SHIPMENTS. fitriking Figures in Return Mast Compiled by Government. A despatch from Ottawa' says: The Department of Trade and Com- Inerce has just compiled the figures showing total grain shipments east - THE NEWS ast iNF'NEWS IN a PARAIRAPH PRICES OF FARM 110411GIS HAPPENINGS EmtOH ALL OVE1i: THE GLOB .1N A, UT SHELL* Canada,- the Enlpllrt'' ratan the i'*trlif to General Belpre froth*.! Eyes. Canada. +,w, IISPi RVS' PROM 'tits INAO1NO YR4tOS SetwelitSS OF AtMERtCA.,. (!nese et Costate, death, Cheese ani etbee Peeetnie et Home and OtOteellife Breadstulfe, Toronto,, Deo, 31,--t 144r --Ontario wheat flour, Domestic lots, 54 to 54.16 at. mills.. 11anitobas, l Est patents, in Jute bags, COO; seespd patents,, le into hap, $4,bJ; strong bakers, in Jute bagel, $4,40, Manitobit wheat --No, 1 r rthern quoted et 931.2c, flay ports; No. 2, 921-2c; and leo. 3. 900, Bay ports, Peed wheat, G5 to. b7nay1..).`.), Berlin is to have a new Federal0 p,atario hrtseat--No, 2 new white and red building to cost 8200,000. wheat, 90 to 91e. outside, and sprouted, 76 Quebec Board' ' of Trade favors oats—Ontario •oats, 33 to 3314e, uutlikin, Commission government for the city. and 351.2 to 36o, on track, rorouto, Wes•. tern Canada oats, 411.to for No. 2, ani aat Premier McBride of British (,,'o- 40e for 140. s. lacy pyres lumbia has accepted a life vice -pre- Poas-No, 2 at 55.20 to 51.25, Barley-Forty'oigbt-lb. barler . Of good sidency in the. British Navy League, giialfty, 60 to sse, outside. Feed, 40 to 50e. The Donaldson expedition which Uorn-New No. 3 American eerie. 550. all. had been lost track of in the James wail. , ltye-No, 2 at 78 to 75e, outside. Bay country, has been reported' .'Buckwheat -48 to 49o, outside. Bran—llauitoba:bran, 540, in bags, T'o. safe, 1 eon�to.freight. Shorts are quoted at 523 to Serious complaint against the 523.50. treatment of miners at Porcupine was laid before the Attorney -Gen- eral. Cannty Produce. oduce. r Butter --(tolls, choice, 2b to 27o; bakers', inferior: 22 to 230; choice dairy, tube, 2.o; creamery, 31 to 320 for rolls and 29e for Major W. Densmore 'd Bury; Bolide, immigration agent for the Eastern dozen, and of oold storage, 27 to 8e rte„ will go t4 Scotland as special Egga Casa lot f Fresh, 32 ,o s o 330 fee ern strictly new -laid, 45c per dozen. Townships. Cheese--14t-2c kir large, and et 14 3-4c for twine, Beans-lland•picked: 53 per buohel; primes, $2:90, in a Jobbing way. A plan to teach farming by mail tobe tried by the Manitoba HS11:IIAS LIGHTS ON SIbt� W Inhabitant of the Deep is the Irst{ An Unusual . Discovered in Canada A *despatch from. Ottawa says The Commissioners of Fisheries have just received interesting speci- nlens of a remarkable lititle fish ne- ver before fennel : in Canada, al- though rare specimens have been caught in the United States and Europe. It .is a small silvery fish not unlike a small' herring, but has two rows of pearl organs along the side of the body. The fish were naught by fishermen on' Grand Ma- nan, and they are scientifically val uable and interesting. The most wonderful feature is the fact that each of the pearl organs gives out a brilliant light, 'similar 40 a small electric) lamp. The fish fs ,lxailetl the "pearl sides," and belongs to r1 group of very rare fish that a'ral luminous, Very• little is known about the historyof t ese'sma1lefi,glta ~ ' but scientific athorities are" of the opinion that they inhabit the deep est waters of the ocean and thatpthe light. they give out enables then. to procure their food, and may rase protect them by.frightening away their enemies, Prof, Princes is handing these specimens over to the biological body of which lie is chair. man, but is preparing a techniefl$ report for'theRoyal Society of Cagle ada. CE � CORRESPONDENCE TiiROJ TO CO P _ INTERESTING BITS OF COSSiP FROM •THE, QUEEN CITY. Ho Creat issue 'In the Municipal Cam - is about a papa -Mayer Hocken Had Ease Op- - Honey—Extracted, in tins. 121.2 to 123.40 posltlan-Sir Somas Whitney Government, and the C. P. R. is to per pound for No. 1, wholesale; oombs, Holiday Trade, establish demonstration. farm work:, $2,50 t. 53 per doyen for No. 1,. and 52,40 for No. 2, Vi'hat'iesue was up for decision this year A fourteen -year-old boy, 'John Poultry -Neon -fatted, otiraa , was accidentally e t5 - n, dry -picked was a question frequently asked; by vise lb;fowi, it tin. The Galbraith stock thickens 15 to 56c p • tors during the Municipal compo arks, le to lee; gees to answer lig to las ' n pal Ctvic govo h drowned in a well at his house at.turkeys, 20 to 22eLive poultry, about 20 meat In Toronto at present is a question Camden East while drawing water, 1°poi The new Montreal harbor coin per b g molly p1 eVlOna OCCAtlOIIe beoamo y I Io a2c• d Chun the above. of admitilatrationrather than of policies Potatoes -Good Ontario stock, 75 a0 800 or issues. As a result the contest „s ,aa a on track, and New Brunswick, 90 merely w missioners are W. G. Ross, chair- to 921.20 per bag. trial of personal strength between the man, Farquhar various candidates. n 1-2 lea case lots. Pork -Short cut, 26 to 27 ons' devices were ut.ilized', for covering the. do., mess. $21.50 to' $22• Ilam—Medium to ground, Anything like a personal oanvaes Wen. Todd, formerly of Hamilton, light: 17 to 171-2c; heavy, 151.2 to t6;; is impossible, although-. it is said one has been arrested in Seattle, Nash- 18onta'bacl -2 to 143.4c breakfast bacon, Board of Control aspirant, Controller Me- Carthy. had the city divided into 500 sec' tions and had a personal friend working each section. No one else attempted any- thing .so complete. Robertson and Lt - f�rottlstons The task of canvassing a. big city irks Col. A. Labelle, All are prominent Bacon, long clear, 1514 to t5 c per lb, Toronto is of course tremendous, and pari- business men. ington, charged with theft of i2,- 300 from his employers. He is al- leged to have, deserted his family far another woman. Three young children of Mr. and $i1. Mrs. Andrew Curran. of Edwards' Baled straw—$920 to $i0, on track, To - Station, Carleton county, were `onto. burned in a fire that consumed their Montreal Markets. Montreal, Dec. 31, Oats—Oanadian Wes - home, while, the parents were bar- tern, No. 2, 43 to 43 2a; extra No, 1 feed,' ing out .125 ,000 letters 4vould bo $1,200,00 tor ncssing up to drive to the grand 421-2 to 43c; No. 2431 white. 41c; No. 3,,, postage - along. It ie said that some cam do„ 40c; No. 4, do.. 39o. Barley—Manitoba didates for Alderman spent autos running parents' for .Christmas dinner. fend, 60 to 61o; malting, 76 tq 780. BU0k- into the thousands of dollars and thea did Jos. Schneider of Montreal, has tielaeat—R*o. 2, 57 to 6Da. t° 78° not get elected. As thg Salary of an Aider-, been awarded by Judge Charbon -siring wheat patents, firsts, $5,40; do,. man is only 5300 it ie evident that the seconds, $0.90; strong ,bakers'. 54.70; Vein• honor is valued highly in soma quarters work. The nulls are to be erected neau, $799.68 from the Royal tltlam- ter patents, choice, 7535; straight. rollers, et least A Controller gets 82,500 a year. near Newcastle, and they will .be diens, an insurance company, $4,95 to 55; do.. in bees, $2:35 to $240. but even this sum is often exhausted iM R°2 oats—Barrels, 54.60; bags of 90 lbs, election expenses alone. Mr .1. J. Ward extended as the needs of Aitstialiab which, after he join sd, passed an $2,20. Milliaed—Bran, $21; aborts,52°: probably furnishes an exception to this grow. "The amount of money to amendment excluding Iiquor deal- middlings; $28 to $305 mouillie, $30 to $"5.. ers from membership. The sum represents the sum he paid'in, Great Britain. London tradesmen say the 'holi day trade has eclipsed all records " Lard -Tierces, 1 21 41.2e; tuba, 14 3-4e; ,pails, 15e. Raced Hay and Straw. Baled hay—No. 1, $13.50 to $14, on track, Toronto; No. 2.' 512. Mixed hay. 810.50 to Soliciting Votes. The personal letter is widely used. Even l called steel trust is to be created these run into a lot of expense. One can-' in New South Wales, where a' stool didate, it was reported. used 125.000 letters, making plant is to be built at a cost a number sufficient to cover every voter in the city bwiee and perhaps three times. of $5,000;000. The information i!8 it is _doubtful: if these letters and tarda conveyed ` in a 1'e ort just received get many votes, although the cost of send- ' p by this Government from American. Consul-General John P. Bray ab Sydney, who says that $50,000 al. - ready has been spent in preliminary work of a great deal of value to the oorre. munity and into it Mr. Rowell hes throw* himself enthusiastically. Holiday Trading Coed. Toronto looks forward to 1913 as likely to be a banner year. Bounding prosperity continues. It was an tnapiret:on •to gm into any of the stores. before Qhristmae and see people buying Chri.,tmas presents. All classes from the working man to the multi-miliiottaire could be seen Jostitter each other at the various counters and all selecting gifts as if money was no object, The only cloud upon the financial horizon is the possible aftermath of the Balkae War, One reithority estimates that $400,. 000,000 in capital has been destroyed. Thle may mean that the money stringency of the past autumn may develop and eon.. time in 1913, and.If it does there may be. some set back, Vteitors from the Nest are more optimistic of the -future;, them ever and expect 1913 to be the biggest year' yet. If that proves to be the case, 15 means another year, at least, of goo times for Toronto and Ontario. RIVAL TO STEEL CO11LPANL'. Plant to Cosa .5,000.000 to Be Erected at Newcastle; N.S..W• A" despatch from 1'Vashington says: A formidable rival to the so - Hay -No. 2, per ton. car tote; $14.50 to 515. Cheese -Finest westerns, 13 to 131-4n: do., eastern, 121.4 to 12 3-4c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 30'1-4 to 301.2o. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 75 to 90. ' • United States. Minneapolis, Deo. 31. -wheat -December, 81 1.8 to 81 1.4o; May. 85 3.4 to 85 7.8e; July, 871-2c; N. i hard, 837.8e; No. 1 Northern, rule. He is an assiduous glad hander, but does not believe in ;pending his pros. pet-tIve 'salary: The great problem of the candidate le to get his name before the public.'A per. sonal acquaintance of a thousand men le a pretty wide acquaintance, and where there ere 40 or 50,000' voters it is evident that candidates can be known to only a few. It is for this reason that a man who r is once elected finds it fairly easy to hold The Turks and Balkan allies ex- 82 to 833-8e: No. 2 Northern, 80 to 813.8c. his seat if he wants to. He gate so muoh titbit no signs of yieldingin regard o. 3 yellow corn, 415-2 to 42e; No. 3 publicity through the newspapers, during g to oats, •301-4 to 301-2o No. 7 rye, 54 the year that unless he makes very had to peace conditions: Elliott Smith, professor of ana- tomy in Manchester University, says that the Pharaoh of the Exo- dus was corpulent and almost bald; United States. A three million dollar drydock will be built at South Boston to 58e. Bran, 519 to 519.50. Flour—First, patents, 54.05 to. $4.35; second patents, $3.- 90 3-90 to $4.15; first clears; $2.90 to 63.20; see- ond clears, $2.10 to $2.40. Duluth, Dec.. 31.—Wheat--No. 4 hard, 842-4e: No. 1 Northern, 831-4c; No. 2 Northern, 81 1.4c; July, 873-4e; nominal, December,- 825.8c asked; May, 861-4c. Lin• seed on track.. 51.24 3.8; to arrive, $124 3-8; December, $1,241-8 bid; January, $1.24 i-4 asked; May, 51.27 1.8. Live Stock Markets, Toronto, Den, 31.—Good to choice butch•' Congress will probably meet ening steers from Ss to 56.2x, medium at March 15 to begin work on tariff from 55 to $5.75, and common at from 54.25 to 55. Cows from $3.50 to 54 25, with revision. e common grades and canners at 12.50 to 'Wm. I.,oeh, jr., collector of cus- 53.50.ambe Bullsbranged'from from 83.50to ,to, light54.25. Lrought $7.75 totes of New York, will join the ewes -from 54.50 to $4.75, and heavy from Guggenheims. 62.25 to 63.50 Veal calves went at from The U. S. Steel Corporation will $7 t0.59: while roughs changed bands at poo from 53 to $6. Hogs from $8.25 to $8.40 increase the wages of unskilled lab_ per hundredweight fed and watered. overs, Col. Goethals, now in charge of SIIEEP_BONE OPERATION. the Panama canal zone, has been — offered the Governorship. It means P2ttr eminent Hospital is �' a reduction in salary of $5,000. ,'y;: ' pi An unknown woman of L A os nae A despatch from Hamilton says : les, Cal., with a..revolver forced a Gibson Race, the young man who number of drunken Austrians to underwent an unusual operation at cease trampling an American flag. the City Hospital on Deeernber 19, Guy de Villepion, a former tea- when a piece of a bone taken from cher at a San Francisco academy, a sheep was grafted in his arm in has returned from the west coast of place' of the human bone, is doing South America, and told a tale of nicely at the institution. Dr. J. P. having been fattened for a .feast by McGregor, of this city, performed cannibals while attempting to cross the ,operation, and it attracted from Ciudad to Buenos Ayres. He great attention' among the :local escaped after many adventures. medical men. General. 61. Greece has contracted for a su- TAMPER WITH SIGNAL WIRES. per -Dreadnought. Suffragettes Nov Accused of E]n- The Paris police will arrest ve- hicle drivers who splash mud. dangerina Public Safety. The French Premier, M. Poincare, wards for the grain year of 1911-12, decided to contest the Presidency, which ended on August 31. The fig- China has declined tb negotiate a ores . easily pass all records. The new treaty with Britain concerning total amount shipped by lake and Tibet: rail was 139,322,961, as compared 1 Six Italian anarchists are under with•93,380,236 bushels in 1911, and arrest charged with plottingan at - 98,837,867 in 1910. The figures are as tack en the King, _ The Chinese Government has `is- sued a manifesto towardssuppress- ing the opinni industry. follows: -- Vessels. : Rail. Wheat ..87,837,412 15,103,479 Oats 20,767,883 6,776,518 Chas. Borseul, who discovered Barley ,: ,.., 2,959,859 293.010 the principle of telephoning, which Flax .. 4,]554,830 9,443,540 Graham Bell perfected, died poor Rye f,064 4,5540 I.and unknown in Faris, aged 83, LA. Lima PAROLE BURNED. Said She, Yawning. Mr, Stayore—My watch has stop- ped. 'I wonder bow tong I've been talking 2 - :'iiss Bored --You'll find a ealen- dor. 135 the hall. eon fKail to admire a rni and says little t The German penal Bode is to be revised. Eery sixth man and every 25th woman in Germany has been punished for violating it in some way. The present demands of the la1- A despatch from London says: The Daily Chronicle accuses the suffragettes of endangering the pub- lic safety by 'tanipering with the sig- nal wires of the Great Northern Railway near London. The wires, the paper says, were found tied to- gether and a letter was attached which demanded votes for women. �t> • (y' Openotl with a v i n c� earn Company est .lkCCOLI11ts from date re..{.l calved to data withdrawn, Interest Is credited -- JANUARY,. APRiL, JULY and O..T*85 at.titre rate of. timumumuldm 4 % reiae alfP w Accounts may be opened by ken league are scouted b 'the mail and are subjecii':to cheque Libre Parole, a weekly paper, ewe. Young Turks as being aeronaut Ethel ', account.thdrawal, One titular opens an • wrthdra ed b Senator Cho' uette, w s corn- , aa y; q u• pletely desaroyed by fire here on impossible, The newspapers take Wednesday the same view. Tinton Vl rdne�day mornizig. How the ills. The Trust originated is unknown, but it is sup- "The Man of r'ifty" was the •sun- Company, Liinited lused to have been caused by an aact of a Christmas symposium in electric wire.The loss is about the Berlin Tageblatt, and reedxkat Tetude Buil/lig $15,000. with an iilsllrafloo of 518.- experts, business' ;men 'and artists Cor, llhy and aiblanone Sts., Toronto. OnO, The pa=per will etlspend publi- agree that a man of fifty is no alder flirt UP'CAPi'rAI. si 790 006 eMat1091 toe a tOte we6:lt$ until a calsis- than a 'Alan of forty, and in nur er- : NO RESERVE ?: t try t,,:f,;. If/01A is made with the Under- otst ,instatlees dot dedly nxol e 51st- ritere., f.111, blunders. people think he must be a gre't man. Acclamations Are hare, It was almost too rnneh Tor Mane Hoek - on to expect to get an election by accla- mation. As a matter of fact acclamations for'the Mayoralty in Tornato have been exceedingly rare. the honor accredited to Mr. Geary last year being the first of its kind in -a very long period. There : have been a number of virtual acclamations. For example, in 1911 Mr. Geary, although he had two opponents. secured over 31,000 votes against about 3,000 for lris two op- ponents combined. Then in 1909 Joseph Oliver had no serious opposition, although there were against him three candidates, one of whom wits Thomas Davies, who waa this year nominated against Mayor Hocit. en. On that occasion Mr. Davies got over 9.000 'votes, as against Mr. Olivers 26,000 Occasionally freak eandidatee make a surprisingly good run. For example, nn one occasion in the long ago the late E. A. Macdonald was elected Mayor, though by most people he was regarded as a crank candidate. The most striking I11ui- tratinn of the curious motives which sometimes govern electors was furnished in 1907 when Joseph Lindala, an unheard- of Socialist running against the sitting Mayor. '. Mr. Coatsworth, `came within striking distance of being elected. There are always plenty of crank'cand] dates in Toronto. Whenthey are net running for the Mayor's chair they are In the Board of Control or Aldormanic race. There are generally 8 or 10 of them in every Municipal contest, Thomas Davies can hardly he classed as a crank candidate. He is a man of some substance and ability, but generally re- garded as lacking the qualifications and experience which will entitle him to the Chief Magistracy of the city. Poor Place for Meeting. Toronto has little reason to be proud of its annual nomination meeting. Follow- ing Municipal' custom the event takes place in the Town Hall, but unfortunately there le no proper chamber in that pile. The fact is that the Assembly Rail on the top door of the building has never been finished. It is a bare barn of a room without furnishing other than a little bit of dragged bunting and without heat. Eere the nomination meeting is held. This is the only use the room is put to from one year's end to the other. Very few electors find itworth while to attend the proceedings, and there are no doubt scores of nomination meetings throughout the Province which are more Largely at- tended. The system 'of holding Municipal elec. tions on New Year's Day seems to suit a great many people, though it works a hardship to a substantial number, includ- Inc newspaper men, who have the first, and in mann respe0ts, the best holiday of the year. absolutely destroyed by reason of the tact that. there 15 so much to do following the casting of the ballots, It is • generally supposed that the system of holding the poll on that day instead of on the first Monday In ,Tanuary was devised and probably put through by forces friendly to the Temper. once oampaign, The result of the •evstem a holiday wh allb bars l""ere na maatrrshops d by0a great deal of drinking, These who have the day spoiled. however, wonder, if some means could not be found of keeping the bins closed on that day and at the same time brave voting :on another day, Sir. James Whitney, the Premier, has returned to his ofiloe from a dying Visit to England apparently In the best of health and In gond form for a stirring session. Els first and practically his only public act since his return has been to put the'gttictus on an incipient agitation fol' radical changes in the Assessment Aet, Mr, Rowell, the lender of the Opposition, is devoting a great deal of tine to has position, not so nrtreb hi a party sense es in his expectance of a great number of the innttmornble. aplilicatioras that, come t0 tenders of both .*Parties to etteind nubile { meetings: and meets assesses of elerione meas. j repatrin r 9411 les frit all °eco: of „2,-1 itret ethem Is Work,bus 'If well ds be expended will be unlimited," - Mr. Bray declares in his report,, "because the oompany will he spending money all the time." The Broken Hill Proprietary Company I; said to be behind the project, which eventually is expected to con- trol absolutely the American mar- ket. axket. NEW IaRUNSWICR FL NCES. Statement Shows Revenue the Largest in History. A despatch from Fredericton, N. B., says: The annual statement of the finances of the Province of New Brunswick, published in the Royal Gazette on Thursday, for the fiscal year ending October 31, shows total ordinary revenue $1,417,722.17, the largest in its history, and an in- crease over 1911, of $70,9345.12, The expenditure for the year on ordin- cry account totalled $1,409,049.381; an increase of $5,502.53 over 1911. The surplus on the operations o! the year 1912 is $8,672:71, as against a4 deficit in the previous year of $56ec 469,80, sic --,._•..:,,e MILK RAISED AT GALT. Distriet Supply Goes Largely to Hamilton and Toronto. A despatch from Galt ,says: As the result of scarcity of milk in this section producers have raised prices. Chief among reasons given for the limited supply is that the big dairy companies of Hamilton, and Toronto are corning into the clis- trict to get milk. Wagons front Hamilton are collecting milk within a few miles of Galt, and large quan- tities are shipped by express to To- mato. -----_4.-.m Premier Malpartida, of Peru, ren signed after a vote of censure by the Senate, and Gen. Varela suc- ceeds bin, CARRIAGE FACTORIES LTi :, RR I S FIRST NORT3A3E ASSETS 9 Net Assets.,.52,076,000 timid Issue .,,..., - 600,000 51,576,000 EARNINGS, Earnings, 1011. ,... ......$157.465 Rend interest Cherges .,.20.0001 $122,466 SUMMARY Rend Issue, 24 p. e. et Assets, nand Interest sarnod ' s ',These. WRITE FOt$ PARTICULARS J. A. MACKAY & COMPANY ‘14r Tata Royal Brink #lutldito gfl, TORONTO 3I. R, fl rneee1ll, ;quieter. C#'ar,irdleft' t34fiftlin , df NT#teaL a'.