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The Exeter Advocate, 1924-4-10, Page 7I; td of ne ler nd he 11)r Or Le ;he 115 ve ng ere .r- ker S111 ali fife by ;re ed ?le rag to zs- nd ah is, na, >es la itb as ng as - ern of ,a¢ ;ot lig Mat in, he fide of .m. ►3a: ice US. CO - by :he she Led us ;he ty, le ie- aks :he . ?» al - of er- ;on ne, 6.8e se- ; it en out nig zch )4e rits1 lc, .er- sh, of ick of the his or nig the tir on el,. 7 his;`' • ut, lry est ely ax- her • is )od the ane len .ols th- na- hes hie the rk. sae. ire t•o fi In err at are so Canada from Coast to Coast St. Johns, Nfld.-Encouraging res `. eirts are being received from the seal! ;fishing fleet in the Gulf .and indica- tions are that the 'catch this year; will be the best'for some time. .A despatch from White Bay states that ice floes in the neighborhood are dotted with "White coats" as far as the eye can see.. A si nilar, report came fron'i Twiilingate, and .'ivith the wind keep- ing the ice packed alonrg ;the north, yeast coast, shore fishermen are prom - a rich harvest. ssdericton, • N,B.-Announcement Vials 'the Government of New Bruns- wick will undertake the development of Grand Falls on the St. John River as a public ownership proposition was made by Premier Veniot in the Legis- lature. It is intended to develop at present the power which would come ei oin storage possibilities on purely .anadian territory which it is esti- mated, would. run from sixty to eighty thousand horse -power. Montreal, Que.-It is understood that the Abitibi Power and Paper Co: is planning to build 25 to 50 new houses for its employees on its town - site at Iroquois Falls this summer. Last year 25' new houses were built, bringing the number up to ' 235, A regular program of construction will be carried out this year. Port Arthur, Ont --Approximately ten thousand Finlanders will emigrate from their native land this summer to settle in Canada, according to Eric Korte,''Finnish consular agent for the district. Mr. 'Corte expects that from 1,000 to 1,500 of .this number will lo- cate in Northern Ontario. WinniFeg, IViaa.-For the first'tinie n the history of the Canadian grain trade, wheat has been exported from. the Dominion to the South American continent, ono of Canada's largest ex- porters having the honor of recently handling this first shipment from Winnipeg to Rio de Janeiro. The shipment was made through the port of Vancouver via the Panama Canal. Regina, Sask.--Indians in the Prairie Provinces last season raised the largest crop in their history. They harvested 638,561 bushels of wheat; 574,282 bushels of sats;; 62,804 bush- els of barley; 58,264 bushels of pota- toes; and 10,000 bushels of other vege- tables. In addition they sumrner- fallowed 20,000 acres, broke 6,808, put up 57,000 tons of hay and 9,516 tons of green feed, Edmonton, Alta. •- Fifty - seven cream greers were employed in Al- berta last season. The grading of• cream and butter in this province is now so thoroughly carried out that creamery butter is being sent direct from Alberta creameries to British Arms. Vancouver, B. C. -One hundred deep sea ships arrived in Vancouver during February. This is a port re- cord. During January, the arrivals were ninety-two deep sea vessels..An- other port record made on February 29th, was the number of ships in port. The previous reported record was forty-three deep sea ships at one time, whereas on February 29th there were forty-six. Donald B. MacMillan Arctic explorer, at present ice -bound. in the Bowdoin. TO BROADCAST HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECH King George's Voice Will be Heard Around World When He Opens Exhibition. A despatch from London says: King George will "speak a piece" that is expected to be heard around the world at 11.30 a.m., Greenwich time, April 23, when he will formally open '' tthe British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. For the first time in Eng- lish history the actual voice of a mon- arch will be broadcast and heard simultaneously in the homes of hun- dreds. of thousands of his subjects. If Canadian listeners -in are lucky during the eaely morning hours of that day they may possibly hear the letters. ,first English King's voice to cross the Usually lisping is due, however, to n -Atlantic Ocean. His actual speech. may not carry to t`he ends of the em - vire by wireless, but undersea cables i•ivill take his message where the air ;waves fail. As soon as the words ,leave the monarch's mouth they will Ilse' flashed from a special station in ;the exposition grounds along the All- . ;British Cable route across Canada to New Zealand and Australia, thence to India and South. Africa and back to Wembley, the imperial cable stations completing the circuit within five min- utes, However, the speed with which the cable message will circle the globe will be nothing compared to the swift. ness with which the actual royal voice ill travel to the furthermost radio journed on Thursday night, it had -;yet within tuning distance. The King's adopted resolutions covering eon- struction of seveu of the twenty-six branch lines- which the Government proposes to t Old on the Canadian National Railways. The seven bills have been given firtt reading, int'oly- ing expenditure of $6,422,8.00 out of the twenty-eight rniilipns involved. I.S. MAY GIVE LONG TERM LOAN TO BELGIUM Proposed Credit of $50,000,- 000 by Manufacturers Sup- ported by Government. A despatch from New York says :- American financial assistance to Bel- gium, it was reported in the, financial district on Thursday, night take the form of a long term loan. instead of fish Embassy, in the temporary credit recently sug- front of his , remainedel until noon. standing the Bested when the nfranc scored Prince had not appeared, the detec- its sensational advance. A. group of fives were much worried. manufacturers acting with the sup- Afternoon newsoapers published port of the Government, was said to photographs of the automobile, with be negotiating for a $SO would 00 loan, the captinn: "The Prince of Wales the proceeds of Which be used is the'latest riser in Paris." for industrial development. Bonds to be issued would have the security of In the meantime the Earl of Ches- a Government guaranty. Active competition for the business is expected to develop among local banking groups if the results of .the preliminary negotiations, now in pro- gress, pave the way for a loan. While J. P. Morgan and Company, and the Newsie Was India Veteran Guaranty Trust Company, acting as -" agents for the Government, previous- A despatch from Fort William ly have handled the Government's fin- says :-Thomas Flaherty, Canada's ancing, other bankers are preparing to submit bids on the ground that the proposed loan is not a strictly* Gov- ernmental overnmental operation. The famous seaport of Amalfi, Italy, twenty miles from Naples, was swept by a landslide which affected seven: nearby villages. More than a hundred persons are known to have perished and thousands rendered home- less. PRINCE OF WALES KEEPS PARIS POLICE WORRIED Has Departed for Biarritz to Relief of Secret Service Department. A despatch from Paris says: -The' Prince of Wales, after a 24-hour visit gr to Paris, left on Thursday for Biar- ritz, to the eat relief of the secret police entrusted with the task of keep- ing discreet watch over the safety of the Royal visitor in France. The Prince, who is travelling in- cognito as the Earl of Chester, fooled detectives and reporters neatly Thurs- day morning. A huge automobile, bearing the coat -of -arms of the Brit ter escaped .by the rear entrance of the hotel arid lunched democratically in a modest restaurant. Canada's 91 -Year -Old German Surgeons Use Knife to Improve Children's Speech A despatch from Berlin says:- German surgeons are now employing operative' methods for the cure of lisp- ing, snipping a section from the end of the tongue having been found ef- fective in ending this defect of speech when it is due, as is often the case, to the tongue being too long to find its proper place behind the teeth when pronouncing the S and other sibillant bad habits which the tongue acquires in childhood. • Sometimes the child ac- quires the habit" of _misplacing the tongue when learning to talk so that the characteristic lisping results; in other cases it conies when the first teeth are lost, the child acquiring the habit of shoving the tongue forward into the holes left by the missing front teeth. In these cases cures are ef- fected. by a course of exercises. House Adopts Seven Railway Branch Lines A despach from Ottawa says:- When the House of Coronions ad - tones are deep and'rich and each word is;clear cut and perfectly .nunciated. The smallest inha1iited island is that on..which the Eddystone light- house is built. It is just big enough for the foundations of the - building. W LL,.$LxACI( 'JACK i'M SORRY Tip SS..t`, `f Ot) HE-`r,E. AG.3Al N oldest newsie, is dead, after a week's illness from pneumonia. He was 91 years of age, and had served in the British Army in India for 21 years. In the early days in Fort William the familiar figure could be seen around the hotels, acting as porter, but of late he had taken to selling news- papers. He had left a sum of $200 with a friend to pay for his funeral. FREE STATE MUTINY TO BE INVESTIGATED President Cosgrave Announce Inquiry Into Irish Army Mutiny. A despatch from Dublin says:- President Cosgrave announced _ on Weekly Market Report TORONTO. Sincesed meats -Bangs, med., 23 to Man. wheat -No. 1 North. $1:08%. 24e; cooked hangs, 34 to 86c; spoked - Man. oats --No. 3 CW,. 42e; No. 1, rolls, 17 to 18c; cotta rolls 19 to 410.' 21c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 25e; spe- Man. barley -Nominal. cia;I breakfsst•baeon, 28 to 80c; backs,' All the above, c.i.f., bay : ports. ` boneless, 28 to 38e.. Ontario barley -65 to 70c. Cured meats -.-Long clear bacon, 50 American corn --No. 2ellow 98%c, to 70 lbs., 318.50; 70 to 90:lbs., $18; Buckwheat -No. 2, 76 t 80c. 90 lbs. and up, 317; lightweight rolls,! Ontario rye -74 to 78c. in barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls, $32;. Peas -No.. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Lard -Pure tierces, 14% to 151/ e; Millfeed-Del, Montreal freights, tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c; bags included- +Bran, per ton, $27;; prints, 18 to 183'sc; shortening tierces; shorts, per ton,• 329; middlings, $35; 131/ to 14o; tubs, -13s/ . to 14c; pails, good feed flour, $2, 14% to 15c; prints, 16% to 17c. Ontario wheat -No. 2 white,'98 to heavy steers, choice, 37.50 to 38; 1.02; irutside. butcher steers, choice; •37 to 37.50; Ontario No. 2 white oats --39 to 41c. do, good, 36 to 36.50; do, med., 35 to Ontario corn -Nominal. 35.75; do, corn., 34.50 to $4.75; butcher Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat., heifers, choice, 36.75 to 37.50; do, in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- med„ 35 to 35.75; do, com., 34.50 to rnent, 34.60; Toronto basis, 34.60; 34.75; butcher cows, choice, 4:75 to bulk, seaboard, $4.25. 5.50; do, med., 33.50 to $4.50; can - Manitoba flour-lst pats., in jute Hers and cutters, 31,50 to 32; do, corns sacks $6.20 per blb. .35 2nd pats. $5.70. 32.50 to 33.50; feedingsteers„ choice, Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, .50 to 36; do, fair, Sto 35; stockers, track, Toronto, $14.50 to 315; No. 2, choice, 34 to 35; do, fair, 33.50 to $4;. 314.50; no. 3, 312.50 to 313; mixed, milkers and springers, chaste 370 to $100; calves, choice, $10 to $11.50; do; med., $7 to 39; do, coni., $5.50 to 36; lambs, choice ewes, 314 to 315.50; dol bucks, 312.50 to 313.50; do, culls, 38 to 39; shee, li ht ewes, 38 to $9 twins, 19 to 20c; triplets, 20 to 20%e; do, culls, $!) to 5.50; hogs, fed and Stiltons, 21 to• 22e, Old, large, 25 to watered, 37.75 to 38.; do, f.o.b., 37,25 27c; twins, 26 to 28e; triplets, 30c. to 37.50; do, country points, 37 to Butter -Finest creamery prints, 40 , $7.25; do, off car (long haul), 33.15 to 41c; No. 1 creamery, 39 to 40c; No. 2, 36 to 38e; dairy, 34c. Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 38 to 34c; extra, loose, 31c; firsts, 28 to 29c; seconds, 24 to 25c. Live poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 25c • 'hens, over 5 lbs 26c • do 4 to 5 312.50. Straw-Carlots, per ton, 39.50. Standard recleaned screenings, f.o. b. bay ports, per ton, 320.50. Cheese -New, Iarge, 18 to 19c; to 38.40; do, selects, $8:50 to 38.80, MONTREAL. Oats, OW., No. 2, 51c; do, No. 3,a 48 to 49c; extra No. 1 feed, 47 to 471'4c. No. 2 local white, 44c lbs.; 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15e; spring Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lsts, chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 25c; roosters, 36.20; 2nds, 35.60; strong bakers, 15e; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 19c; da, $5.40; winter pats.; choice, 35.55 to 4 to 5 lbs. 18c. $6.65. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 32.90. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 8 to 4 Bran, 327.25. Shorts, 329.25. Mid-' lbs., 80e; hens, over 5 lbs, 28c; do, dlings, 335.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, 4 to 5 lbs.,24c; do,3 to 4 lbs.,18c; car lots, 316. spring chikens, 4 las. and ove, 32c; Butter -No. 1 pasteurized, 84%e; Thursday that Judge Richard E. roosters, over 5 lbs., 18e; ducklings, No. 1 creamery, 331,6 to 34c; 2nds, Meredith, Gerald Fitzgibbon, former- over 5 lbs., 24c; do, 4 to 5 lbs.; 25c. 32% to 33e. ly member of the Dail for Trinity Beans -Can., hand-picked, lb., 6%c; Eggs-Freshfirsts28 to extr29c. as, 31 to $2c; College, and Patrick MacGilligan, primes 6e.fresh , Ma l ple products - Syrup, per imp. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 31.25.; new Minister of Commerce, had been gal., 32.50; per 5 -gal. tin, 32.40 per Com. dairy type cows, $3 to 43 25; appointed a committee of inquiry into gal.; maple sugar, Ib., 25c. good quality calves, 37; -: do, fairly the recent army mutiny and would be Honey -60-1b. tins, 11 to 111he per good, 36.50; do, hell., 35.75 to 36; do, assisted by Daniel Gorey, nominated Ib.; 10-1b. tins, 11 to 12e; 5-1b. tins, com. light, 35 and up; hot -house lambs by the Farmers' party, and Major 11% to 12c; 2% -lb. tins, 121/e to 13c; weighing close to 40 pounds, $12 each;: Bryan Cooper, selected by the Inde- comb honey, per doz., No. 1, 33.75 to hogs, thick, smooths,,and shops, 38.25' pendent party. 34; No. 2, $3.25 to 33.50. to 38.50. The Labor party refused to nomi- nate a representative on the ground that the committee ought to be limit- ed to members of the Dail who, through the executive, were ultimate- ly responsible for the Army Depart- ment, against which charges of mud- dling and incompetence have been{ made, Minister of Defence -Richard Mul- cahy asked that the committee take evidence under oath, but President' Cosgrave said that no legal power' existed for the committee to take 1 sworn evidence or compel the atten ;1 dance of witnesses. Mr. Mulcahy and,, several other , members complained of the "scan- dalous treament" of officers who had served the Free State against the ir- regulars and declared that the offi- cers would refuse to attend the in- quiry. and would leave the Govern- ment to extricate itself from the situation as best it could. r Busy Visitors, In making a• pound of honey, bees make approximately 2,700,000 visits. Investigation Into Home Bank Affairs Begins April 16 A despatch from Toronto says: - April 16 has been decided upon as the date of the opening of the sittings of the Royal Commission appointed to investigate Home Bank affairs. The first sessions will be held at Ottawa, but as the inquiry develops and books are needed the Commission will sit in 'this city. Chief Justice McKeown of New Brunswick, the Royal Commissioner, wired I. E. Weldon, Secretary of the Home Bank Depositors' National Ex- ecutive, to prepare for. the opening of the sittings: The depositors will be represented by R. J. McLaughlin, I.C., Toronto; A. G. Browning, I.C., of Hamilton, and W. T. J. Lee, Toronto. E. Lafleur, K C., of Montreal, is counsel for the Commission. The English Channel is more salty in winter than in summer. rte'? •• . TWO KINGS AND. AN FACE -ALL IN THE DISCARD EX -KING CONSTANTINE, EX -PREMIER VENIZELOS AND EX -KING GEORGE II. OF GREECE ander, died from poisoning caused by a monkey -bite, he was recalled in. De Cember, 1920. He was again forced to reneuuce the crown September 27, 1922, and died in exile as Prince Flukesbouren on January 11, 1922. His son, George 11., shown above on the right, occupied the throne until December 18th last, waren he, too, was "asked" to leave Greece. Having been married to Princess Elizabeth of Romania, he now iin:ds refuge in Bucharest. The overthrow of the Gflucl:sburg dynasty and the declara- tion of a Greek: republic were practical - The lest Giwckburgs ever likely to wear the craven of Greece are s=hown abowve, together with their nemesis and antithesis, the democratic E1euth-- erios VenizeloeS On the left is ex - King Constantine, who, having mar- ried Sophie, sister of Kaise• Wilhelm of Germany, and having succeeded'his own father,- George L, on the throne in March, 1913, was in .an ad- -filtrable position to help the Germans when the war' broke out in 1914. His betrayal of Greek interests resulted in his enforced abdication hi. June, 1917. However, when his son, Alex- - iN RABBI'TBORir OFFICeR I3Lt)t? 1 CAUGHT -'--�---- 4- �' NlM ".. SYER L I N A SACK 0' CARROTS ly effected this past week. In the centre is bI '4; enizelos�, a Greek from the Island of Crete, who has time after time saved the . Hellenic people from overwhelming disaster slid defeat, only to be rewarded with the rankest ingratitude. During the 'war he Was staunchly pro -ally and it was primarily awing to his skillful representation at Versailles that the Greek nation, which then numbered only about four steillion souls, exercised such influence and obtained such favorable considera- tion in connection with, the peace his engagements for the next two, treaty, weeks have been cancelled. Calvin S. Page Of Chicago, has been named winner of the Nobel prize in physics. His book) "Rex the Life Atom," has been select= ed as the hest scientific week' of the year. He contends that sound is, light; radio is a color and there is no gravity. 70,OQ0 Seals Secured by Newfoundland Fleet A despatch from St. John's, Nfld.,' says: -The sealing fleet now has close on to 70,000 seals either killed on the ice or stowed on board their craft, ac-' cording to latest reports received here It is expected the next advices front the boats will report all the ships' amongst the seals and with sufficient' secured to pay a good dividend on the voyage. . Accident to Prince of Wales More Serious Than Supposed, A despatch from London says: - The Prince of Wales has left London for a rest in Biarritz, after his recent. accident, sustained; while in a steeplechase race, which was more serious than the public was, allowed to know. He will travel as the Earl of Chester, and will remain; at the Riviera for about ten days. All ILIO SAH ; JupctE I AN'S QELIGi-D Yo EPN MAH d. ••cam k ?' . AS) CiAie ri 1 • 1 1 1 4 4 1 A A 4 A i 4 J. 4