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E. O. CUNNINGHAM
Phernt- 9x BRUSSELS
COAL LEADS PRODUCTS
OF NOVA SCOTIA MINES
'Gypsum and Salt Hold Important
Places—Renewed Interest in
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ALBERTA'S PRF.MIIR
ViS1TXN(. THE EAST
Premier John Brownlee, of Alberta
who is in the East to confer with the
Federal d eral Cabinet on the question of
the return of natural resources to his
province, in which discussion
other western provinces will also
join.
lent grade of material are wide- economical and systematic develop -
spread in the central and eastern merit.
parts of the province and are ex- Diatomaceous •earth, a motorial
extensively used as a heat insulator,
for the pui•i2ication of oils, etc, has
for many years been extracted in a
small way in Colchester county by
the Oxford Tripeli Sales Company.
This year a second company), Scotia
Diatom Products, Ltd., has opened
extensive deposits and started pro-
ducing similar material near Little
River a Digby county.
Zinc and lead do not yet appear
in the list of Nova Scotia's mineral
products but are likely to be listed
shortly. Since early in 11)27 the
Britieh Metals Corporation of Cana-
da, Ltd., have been developing a
zine -lead prospect at Stirling, Cape
Breton, -and now announce that
sufficient ore has been put in sight
to warrant the erection of e 200•
or 250 -ton flotation mill for its
Products, Ltd. at lIa agar t, un - treatment, The shipping products
ueveloped an plo uc will be zine concentrates and lead
Dominion. The recently completed burinnd county, is the only producer. concentrates.
No. 1 B. shaft of the Dominion Parts of the 4Ialagash saltbeds are There is much activity in the
Coal Company, sunk primarily for so pure that excellent commercial
grades of salt can be obtained by investigation of known occurrences
the winning of undersea coal, is one simply crushing and • screening the of copper, lead, zine, and tungsten
of the best examples oil the Niorth in various parts of the province, of
American continent of the applica- rock as it comes from the mine. tin at New Ross, and of surifc roes
tion of modern devices and methods During the present year the Com antimony ore at West Gore in Hants
of permanent construction to the pany has added an evaporator to
its plant, by means' of which the less , county, and it is not unlikely that
needs of the coal miner. It is are onions of the beds also can some of these prospects will in due
estimated that the life of this shaft p p Bourse add to Nova Scotia's total
will be at least 125 years and post ba utilized and the finest grades ofmineral output.
sibly 200 years; and that before it domestic salt added to its com-
mercial products. An interesting t'
is abandoned some 140,000,000 tons
of ore will have been hoisted feature of the Malagash salt beds
through it. Though the Sydney coal- I is the presence of potassium salts, 1
field is the most important in the: which may ultimately be found in
province, here are also important sufficient quantity to make their
productive fields in Cumberland and ' recovery profitable.
Pictou counties on the mainland. Gold mining has had a distinct
•Gypsum was mined in lova Scotia revival in Nova Scotia during the
as early as 1829, but it is in recent last few years, and operations are
years that the industry has had its reported on a dozen or more old
most remarkable expansion. The ' mines. Production, however, is still
present output of over 800,000 tons' limited to a few thousand ounces
annually is more than three times annually. There is a marked ten -
that of all the rest of Canada. dency towards the consolidation of
Gypsum deposits containg properties with a view to more
tensively worked in a number of
localities. The chief producing een-
:re is in the vicinity of Windsor, in
Gold Mining. Hants county, though there is an
• increasingly large output from a
Mining is one of the chief lines number of quarries scattered over
of industrial activity in Nova Scotia Cape Breton island, and the Canada
and coal is the chief mineral pro- Cement Company have recently
duet; next to coal conies gypsum,
opened large quarries in Antigonish
te
then salt. Iron ore •i= no longer county, on the mainland. In spite
mined having been completely dist of the large production very little
placed in the local iron industry by ,=ygsum—less than 2 per cent of
ore from Newfoundland. The past the output—is calcined in the
few years, however, have seen a province nearly all of it being ship -
marked revival of interest in 11ova ped to the United States points.
Scotia gold mines. Salt mining is the third most
�ovaI important and youngest mining in -
Much the greater part of
Scotia's coal output comes from the l Justly in Nova Scotia. Commencthe
Sydney coal -field in Cape Beeton !with small the annual
in 1010 the
island, which is not only the largest 4 value overof the annual output is now
in the province, but the most highly-,
$100,000. Vlalagash Salt
d d •tive in the i • 1 • e Cum -
eve
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an excel -
r.
New Thi gs
re "News"
E\'P.I:Y member of every tanii,y iu this com-
munity is 1uterr:.l1el in the news of the
day. Aftd no items are read with keener relish
than announcements of new thin:gy t;> cat, to
Wear or to Enjoy 1(1 the home.
Yon 1lfiye the grinds awl ille desire to sell
them. The readers of Tl'IIE POST have the
money and the desire to Lay. The connecting
link is ADVERTISING,
Give the people the good news of new things
at advantageous prices. They look to you for
this "store news" and will respond to your
messages, Let tis show you that
n Advertisement is an invitationfl
NEW RECTOR AT QUEEN'S
Dr. 0. D. Skelton, under-secretary
of State for External Affairs in the
Canadian government, has been elect
ed rector of Queen's University in
succession to Dr. Coverdale, whose
neh minister said it had been ar-
rived at in all good faith with the
hope that it would serve as a basis
for future disarmament discussions
:among all naval putters.
11 Here and Th`Cere
111 A
eAn average of 1.183 ears per
day bale been loaded with grain
by the. (1 R, since the middle of
September," said J. G. Sutherland,
head of tate transportation depart-
ment at Winnipeg. This means
aboat ' sy million bushels moved
daily- -u retard mater before ep-
pi'uil lied.
The international Doe. Sled Der-
by that is one of the outstanding
attractions of the winder Sport
season at Quebec City will take
place 210111 1 el,t (,try 21 to 223, it /MS
been announced. The coarse is 120
miles in length and rawer
'nmshers' from all parts of the
country compete.
President Canes of Mexico, has
pnrehased 170 prize British Col-
umbia bens for stocking his farm
near Stexiro City. He paid 01,550
cash for these birds. all of which
have a record of more than 300
eggs a year and all of which are
White Legborns. The purchase
was made through two agents of
the president who came up from
Mexico for this purpose.
An ingenious machine for the re-
pair and maintainanoe of railroad
tracks has been experimented with
for some time by the Canadian
Pacific Railway, it is reported A
gasoline motor generates power
for an electric metallic arc welder
and a grinder. These in turn build
up and smooth out worn sections
of rail near joints. It can operate
anywhere on the lines, quite apart
from any outside source of electric.
power.
Shipping beer by tank cars is an
innovation alike for the brewing
industry and railroading. A
London brewery is now using In-
sulated and refrigerated glass
lined tanks containing 4,800 gal-
lons to ship beer to their
Montreal bottling plant. The tanks
are the same as those used to
ship milk in bulk, but have the
addition of a safety valve to release
pressure in excess of twelve pounds
that may be generated in transit.
Maple products have almost
equalled Canadian apples in po-
pularity as souvenir presents front
Canadians to their friends in the
old country, states J. R. Martin,
manager of the foreign department
of the Canadian Pacific Express.
Christmas shipments got under
way at an early date this season,
be said, the urge of the express
companies to express Christmas
presents early having a marked
effect.
Another story of a bull moose
attacking a man comes from Banff,
Alberta, where the Mercury re-
ports,—"Ona of our local prospec-
tors was tramping through the
hills some miles from Banff, when
he looked forward and saw a bull
moose coating rapidly towards
him. He took to the timber pronto,
and afterwards discovered that
Mr. Moose had established his
herd of three or four cows in a
secluded spot near and was not
going to permit the approach of
any strangers."
T1 1,1,))41'11134 IT (11"1L11•11.\I. ).
lr011110n I1ats a Storehouse of .\n1qui-
t1'a 1.11111^)' (flaw,.
Poll tau?clans 111 1 altoimer'e el
(n. the 1 1 menu than that el 11,.
Getihlh ill 1t is OD. dy + eter.fent
of a,nugniees, wil;••re are to 1•e',ree 1
the reault1 of r.enn,etiun$ aerie' i,•
building in various parts of Londe(
Hairp!tts, s.,'0), , 1111 t-t.e
hues, sclera, s.peints and euegieel fir.
t0ument•1 dating buck c ;fru
111.1,.•,:
In fact, kn..••v aim(;:t ,•r, ry )line ;dr it
pr, eenl•ct tt y ds 1 en to )rood-
t„Mels ,1 i 11 while then
lamps, p1ae-•1 h 1,,., , well, 11''te
n',•11 ,1,.>;ianr) ]teniae . -, i'urui-
1tn'e•, l„tt;:; .eau h,' 1, r,_11 1t 111,4
lc:li d• e 11. 0, 1,, :l , 1(11.f..
11,6 (hail 1��' 111the 11„ 91 t•-t�l;+'.
many r:: .Ili.. ,0 11:. .. a,. ' 1 far.
ei•'r than 1.,e00.1 K1,e•-.'C!!,ar arc
tui 11:1!; .. of .Its. 1'aln".iitttir- (hsl'lnd
,ti-e,tv,•red to Via hes wort It; !lint
ndL„ 1mtr+, and adzes of the Nee
liuuc
p‘ried taken 11'out till', 'fhat.n s
et. Tedelinettuu; ((yet 8,- ,,,,rds and
,ors of ,h,' menet, A' •; anti
beret,, and 1 ,nv'soual ur;lameitta
of the Iron A,ee:
• Chessmen iu arra-cotta (Lad 111
bone, dominoes in lead, bone .lmtc•s,
tobacco pipes from Queen l'fl Dalt elh's
time, sante•-boxos and peau•woud pipe
eases, are amtnst the more recent
exhibits,
very interesting;, too, are the col-
lections of tavern signs, fire insur-
ance companies' signs, b0uudary
marks, spurs, candleholders, tokens
or pilgrims' sighs and badges, and
old knives, forks, and spoons. Other
exhibits include a collection of very
old playing cards, wtttehes and
clocks, instruments 02 restraint used
la Bethlem Hospital, tire escapes,
manacles, handcuffs, and a whipping -
post.
On special application one can see
the signature of Williama Shake-
speare, which is in the library.
PROVINCIAL POLICE
UNITS WILL MERGE
Highway Officers Are Involved—To
Come Linder Gen. Williams'
Command, Report at Toronto.
PLUNGE 1N i.DUCAT(ON.
South Australia Will See That Her
Children Are Ethical ed.
No state of the Commonwealth has
made a more definite advance in
teaching facilities than South Aus-•
tralia, where a policy of tree, though
costly, education is being consistent-
ly. observed. Within sixteen months
forty-nine schools have been opened
a 11 contracts tet for the erection of
new buildings. Despite the fact that
the whole of Australia is paestug
through a period of financial string-
easy the Government is determined
not to relax its expenditure on edu-
cation, the vote for which has ad-
vanced substantially in recent years.
When the present Minister control -
TRY THE CO.OPERATIV[ WAY SHIP CREAM TO
Lhi t ar tI r ' Bo-OpeN Ve Co.
Qfl9l N W-9 A 34971
WE LOAN CANS PAY EXPRESS REMIT PROMPFLY
TRAIN WOMEN DOMESTICS
BEFORE EAV.N BRITAIN
Lady Aberdeen Outlines Scheme for realizes that the importance of
Schooling of Girls Prior to obtaining tt sufficient number of
suitable women immigrants along
with the men can sorely bo ex-
aggerated." She pointed out she
had seen this need, for not only Inti
her husband been Governor-General
of Canada, but until recently he had
Their Migration to Dominions—
Cites Need In Canada.
London, England, Dee. 5.—The
scheme for 'the training of unem-
ployed women for domestic work
before they proceed to the dominions
was discussed at a meeting, repre-
sentative of Scottish woolen's organ-
izations, held in Glasgow recently.
The Marchioness, of, Aberdeen pre-
sided over a large attendance.. The
meeting approved the scheme and
appointed a small committee to con-
sider the details.
Lady Aberdeen said much thought
had been given lately . to various
migration schemes, especially migra-
tion to Canada, of workers who
were in danger of permanent unem-
ployment here, The conference, she
said, had been . convened by the
Scottish Committee for Women's
Training and Employment to hear a
proposal made to them by the Over-
seas Settlement Department of the
Dominions office to assist the depart-
ment in setting up a hostel in Scot-
land for training woolen for mlgra-
tion to domestic employment over-
seas. It was part of a large scheme
which owed its origin to the recon- I
mendation of the Industrial Trans-
ferance Board,
ling the Department assumed office Must Include Women.
about two years also he. found 13 "Migration to be satisfactory,
schools closed, He has reopened
them, established 33 others and afire- must include woolen as well as meat
ed to subsidize three. Every' educa-
tional institution in South Aas1ralia "Anyone who has lived in Canada,
is now a going concern. The demand or known anythin about life in the
for teachers in the new settlementsg
is so pressing that orders have been outlying parts of the dominions,
1 given for building 32 more sehoets
and making extensive additions to
I existing structures.
The aim of the Government Is to
1 leave no centre, however small, with-
out the advantages of education.
Wherever six pupils in average at-
, tendanee canbe guaranteed, a teach-
' e1 will be sent. A school, of course,
' cannot be erected, but means are
found somehow to provide =entree -
1 dation.—Christian Science Monitor.
three-year tenure of office has ex- Toronto, Dec. 5.—Consolidation of
pired. Dr. Skelton was graduated the Ontario Highway Police, opera -
from 'Queen's in 1809. ting under the department of higih-
+ ways and the Ontario Provincial
NAVAL SPENDING Police, under command of Gen. V.
A. S. Williams, will take place 'within
Is'xcluding. Germany, whose naval the near future, it was learned at
the Parliament Buildings Tuesday
expenditures are limited by the
treaty of Versailles, France is the
only important naval power in the
world that is spending less now than
before the war, nc•cording to -a nota -
bee statement made before the
foreign affairs committee of the
chamber of deputies by Georges
T e t rues, minister of marine, At
I that the minister said, Considerable
process has been made during the
I yeer itt bttil1'1t+t' tip the n10:y. Clo:irrg
110 various causes, the war reduced
h'reneh naval tonnage by half. Next
to 111•itatiu,,',ranee was the henviest
loser, the reentry's loss being 113,-
000
13;000 tons to Britain's 570,000.
From 11111 !Prance constructed
the least amount of naval 10000(;e
1 of any of the great powers. The
'French figure stood at 28,000, with
69,000 for Italy, 465,000 for Japan,
870,000 for the United States and
1,170,000 for Great Britain, highways, has for some time opposed
Some further figures given by the consolidation, but it is under -
the French minister as to naval stood he has recently intimated that
spending are Illuminating, Since the he has undergone a change of views
war, the United States naval budget on the subject Gen Williams offical
has been 165 per cent. higher, that report is expected to be the first
of. Japan 120 per cent. higher.; step in bringing the two forces
Italy's 15 and that of France some together. Beyond stating that he
20 percent leas. In spite of this hacl made a very thorough survely
14I. Leygues boasts, the French navy of the police forces in London.
has been so perfected that for its Manchester and Liverpool, in addis
size it is today as efficient as any. tion to other cities, Gen. Williams
Referring to - the now defunot would make no comment on ,his
Angle -French compromise, the Fre- activities,
Gel. Williams, who for four years
has been urging this consolidator
in itis annual reports, returned to
his office this morning following' his
return from ' England, where ho
studied various police systems. Gen•
Williams had a long conference with
Attorney-Gcnenal Price this morn-
ing.
Discussion, it 10014 learned, load
much to do with the proposed
consolidation of the two forces dur-
ing itis visit to England, Gen.
Williams took occasion to look into
the operation of the Metropolitan
and other police forces that operate
as at unit. It is reported that. Gen.
Williams has returned with data
indicating the necessity of doing
away with dual control in police
work.
Hon, George S. Henry, minister of
PUNCH i'OI4 SIX THOUSAND.
It Was Made In a Mountain In a
Garden.
Probably the largest bowl 019000
ever brewed VMS made on October
25, 1694, on an island in the Medi-
terranean by Edward Russel Lord
Oxford, then captain -general and
commander-in-chief of His Majesty's
forces in the Mediterranean.
It was made, says the historian, 11,1
a fountain in a garden. This was
in the middle of four wants, all cov-
ered overhead with lemot, and orange
trees, and in every walk was a table,
"the whole length of it covered with
cold collations.”
In the fountain had been mixed
the following ingredients: Four hogs-
heads of brandy, eight hogsheads of
water, 25,000 lemons, 20 gallons of
lime juice, 1,300 welght of aria white
Lisbon sugar, 5 pounds of grated nut-
megs, 30 toasted biscuits and last a
pipe of dry mountain Malaga.
Over a fountalu a large canopy
was built to keep off the rain; and
there was built on purpose a little
boat, where in was a boy belonging
to the fleet, who rowed round the
fountain and filled cups of the 00111-
pany, and in all probability more
than 6,000 mon drank thereof,
MAY ABOLISH. P,OUNOAI(V HI'V14.
It is Claimed Batsman Wenid Soon
Tiro If He Had to Make Hun!;,
The abolition of "boundary idle,"
as a means of improving and short-
ening cricket matches is being con-
sidered in Lite Old Country.
It is argued that if all lilts had to
bo 11111 snit the bill minim would sooner
grow tired and \weld be more easily
gut out, Certainly rite excusing of
batsmen from running when they bit
fours was not contemplated when the
rules of cricket were drawn up,
Jtnd there is no doubt that a bats.
man, after running One four would be
less likely to hit another on' the next
ball than he is when he has riot mov-
ed from his crease, The bowler would
have a better chance of getting him
out, It would be worth trying.
I34ifast's New Hotel.
The highest building in Belfast,
Ireland, will be a hotel white) Is now
under construction in Doneg011
Square, It will contain 450 bed-
rooms and will Bost $120,000 to
erect. All 10040)n features, such a8
a swimming pool and roof -garden,
are embodied 10 the building. The
some company Is building hotels in
Bangor and Londonderry At a Bost of
£20.000 each.
IS SIXTY YEARS OLD
Canon H. J. Cody, D. D., rector of
St. Paul's Church, Toronto, and
Minister of Education in the Hearst
Cabinet, celebrated hi 60th birthday
in Toronto. He was born at Embro,
Ont., and went to St. Paul's as cur-
ate in 18114, aancl has been rector
since 1907.
been a Canadian farmer on a large
scale.
Lady Aberdeen had seen many ex-
amples of youths sent out by their
families brought up ingood homes,
and forced to live to shacks, when
they got to Canada, amidst indescri-
bable squalor and disorder, unable
•to cook themselves a decent meal or
make their beds. Under these cirum-
stances their health broke down and
they were down and out.
Her own particular ambition, she
said, was to recruit all the surplus
sisters from all classes to go with
their brothers, take services on a
Canadian farm whilst their brothers
did likewise, and thus gain experie-
nce until their own land house were
ready for them, and very, soon there
would be an exchange of sisters into
wives in the most natural way pos-
sible. Meanwhile the brothers *800014
never go through the tragic homeless
experiences leading of disaster.
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