The Clinton News Record, 1923-7-12, Page 3QUIET REIGNS AT SYDNEY MINES WHIG
TROOPS GATHER FROM VARIOUS PARTS.
s deota cif t ke Zone Sts y A11d4rtirs ,Inti AU is Calmi-4-
Pickets Pei: nit Feud Stipp li es for Q aciels to Enter Mine
Prep erty.
A despatch from Sydney, MS.; quired to protect the property were
Ys, -Throughout Thursday and up permitted to enter,
u'nirl a late heel' at night the Capo A 'despatch. from Fort William
Breton strike area was so quiet that s.ys:-Shortly before noon on Titans-
one might elmost hear the proverbial day a finilitary" train passed through
pin drop, Steel hehneted soldiers FeetWilliam, carrying 170 mea of the
guarded the property of the British • I'rincese Pats and .the Fort Garry
Empire Steel Corpo'i otion, local and, Horse en route 4 for the scene of, the
mounted policemen yearned about the efa'ikes at Sydney, Cape Breton, six
streets in the immediate vicinity of stock cern of horses are also in the
the plant, but residents of the. affected Special, which had in addition seven
district kept indoors ;for the nest pant passenger cars, baggage car and
and no untoward incident developed. er, Another ;military special will
The band of-.ILM,S, 'Wistaria, anchor- shortly pass here, with a complete tris -
ed of the Royal Cape Breton Yacht china gun corpe from the far West,
Club, -played gaily to the evident en- en route for the, same place.'
joytnent'of hundred,§ lilting the shore. A despatch from' Kingston says; -
An inspection of the colliery. die- About 150 members of the Royal Can:
tricts' 'Thursday afternoon revealed adian Artillery of Kingston, under
conditions similar to those prevailing orderg from Militia -Headquarters at
in Sydney. At Glace I3ay a baseball; Ottawa, have left Petawawa for Syd-
game drew a .slim attendance, The ney, N.S.
miners for the most part stayed about A despatch from London, Ont,,
their own doorsteps and ; the streets says: -Five , y officers .and. thirty -ono
i4l
were practically deserted. Onlyat men who Si�lSs !
' had been lett wlieii the Royal •
Dominion No. 2, the heart of the col- Canadian Regjrnent Regimentwas ordered to KEMPTVILLE PROVIDES A PREMIER FOR ONTARIO
m:i.
herr drstrict,rsupplying,as it does the Sydney or .strike. :• ` 1Cem 'tvillo Ont. 1 the,. home
., t duty were early on ,: p r � s 1 me the new premier of Ontario, ,Hon,.. G. How�tird.p'erguson, The Picture shove
electrical energy :required to .overate 'Thursday- notified to. de a t • -hie' -home end rose are Mrs; G. Howard Ferguson, 'and the iuerv. Cance vative Pre d
P r fm the g mer
the ventilating systems of nMe'other East and they'left'Londen for Sydney
mines, was'there any evidence :of •a about 4 a,m, They were in charge of Foreign, Countries Will Yield
struggle. Here the plant- is being Lieut:-CoI. W. T, Lawless, D,S,O,; of G
..% 0 7$5'6®0 Bushels Wheat
picketedby 259 strikers working in
the kcal headquarters staff. Other '
Weekly Market Repor
four relays oa six -hour shifts;Earlier
in the present, strike coal - cars en CoI Z T F Murphy, Senior IVIedical good, $7 to $7.50; do, med,, 86,50 to
says -The foreign wheat crop this $7; do, corn., $6 to $6,25; butcher
route to, the' boiler. plant were dumped OPhcer Ma7ot D J Corrt an p $ 0 ,,
on instructions of: the pickets, but on M,C„ Ma,7or P DeL• D Passey and $1193/x. heifers choice $7 to $?50• do mecl
year .according to radiograms re-
ceived by the Department of Agricul-
officers in the detachment included A despatch from °Washington
' Corrigan, year will. be larger. than it was last
TORONTO.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern
Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 531%ec;
No. , Pc;: o,r feed, e,
'barley -Nominal..
e a ove track Ba orts,
Anter. corn o, yellow, $1.01%c.
Barley -Malting 59 to 61e 'accord-
ing to freight outside.
2, 68 to 69c.
Rye ----No.- 76 to 78c,
eas- o, 2, , ,40 to $11..45,
Millfeed-,Del.'•Montreal freights,
bags included. Bran, per tong $25 th
$26 shorts, per ton,' $27 to 329. mid -
$6.50 to,, $7; do, coin,, $6 to $6.50;
N 3 CW 503/ N 1 f d 49
butcher cows, choice, $5 to $5.50; do,
this nature, and food supplies for the racks are now practically deserted `.ture from ,,the Internationale Inst -i-
Manitoba
Thursday there was no interference of Captain S. V, Cooke, Tecumseh Bar -
fried, $4 to $5; canners and cutters,
officials operating the machinery re- save for the women and children.. tate of Agriculture at Rome. The crop All th b y p $1:50 to $2; butcher bulls, good, $4;50
to eight foreign countries which last A N 2 y Il w, $1 3/P to $5.50; do, coin„ $3 to $4; feeding
NEW EXPEDITION
THE POLAR S
"Arctic" pared with 656,988,000 bushels i $1
Ship - A1'ctic Goes ,Again 11922. 1? N comm, $4,50 to $6; lambs, spring,' 314
The wheat crop m Spain is to '$15; sheep, choice, light; $6 to
an o
, Sir Robert Kinderstey ,
Head of the Hudson's Bay Company,
Who declared, at: the „annual meeting
:of the tamens 'company, that, • Cana
diens must reduce taxation and the -
cost of Iiviug, to ;achieve real pros-
lreri�tv,' fox which the country is wait-
ing.
Eggs to be Bought and
Sold Accordiat ;to Grade
A despatch' from Ottawa says.
"Mr.. Consumer" is again, to receive
consideration at the hands of the Da
minion Government . Ile is to be sur
that the "fresh"' eggs` he buys ar
fresh, even though the grocer say
they ape. Next Monday the new lei,
islation:providing that eggs be bought
fronethe producers • according to grade
and that they also be sold to the con-
sumer according to, grade will become
effective.
'A pilo of protests from the middle-
men lies; upon the desk of Dr.. J. 1-I.
Grisdale,; Deputy Minister of Agri -
mature, against the 'proposed' law.'. The
commission dealers'complain that they
;have bought large :quantities'ahead of.
the market and on the ungraded,style,
and they demand that they have the,
opportunity -ofdisposing of them in
the same. manner.
The attitude of the department,
however, is that Parliament has de-
creed that grading shall be universal-
ly observed in Canada and no excep-
tions to the law will be made, ' So
the commission .merchants, though'
they bought ungraded eggs, will have
steers,' good, $7 to 37,50; do, fair 36
Tyear produced more than one -filth of to $6.76; stackers, good; $5 to $6; do,
the total world crop, is forecast at fair, 5 to., kers rnillce $5 springers, ® EAS
Buckwheat -No, $ $
750,785,000 bushels for 1923 as corn -
,Ry each, $60 to$80; calve•e, choice, $8,50
to $9,50;• do, med. 36.50 to $8; ;.do
to Canadc • islands f Th 1923 h t p'
Fal North.'forecast at 142,070,000 bushels as
36,50; do, choice, heavy; $4 to $4,50;
hogs, fed. and watered, 38:35; do fob ,
compared with 125,469,000 bushels in dliii s 33 to 36' do culls and bucks $2.75 t $3 50
p g $ $ good •feed flour
37,75; do, country -points; $7.50:'
MONTREAL
an. spring wheat pats.,
2nds, $6.40;' strong Lak
A despatch. from Ottawa says:- 1922.; The rye crop •is.forecast at 30
The ship "Arctic," which made a trip 309,00Q bushels as compared with 26
to the Canadian islands' of the Arctic 252,000 "bushels last year; barley
circle last year, is going' again this 91,731,000 bushels as .compared wit
year .and took its departure July, 7, 77,583,000, bushels' last year, and oa
at 36,991,000 bushels as compared
$2.15 to 32.25,
Ontario .wheat -No. 2 white, $L20
az to $L22:: Flour, M
Ontario No. 2 white oats -50 to 51c.
h' lsts $G90;
Ontario Corn -Nominal. '' $6.20; winter' pats., choice,' $6,05
in` jute bags, Montreal, prompt shipp- to Rolled oats bag 90 obs $$29.
merit, 35.10 to $5,20; Toronto -basis, Mi $ling I34$2G. - No. Norte on,
$5,05 to $5.15;' bulk, seaboard. $4,95 ca Middlings, 334. Hay, 2, per ton,,
car lots, $13 to $15:
Cheese, finest easterns, 15% to
10%c. Butter, choicest creamery,
o .ic, Eggs, selected,
Po-
tatoes, per bag, car lots, 31.20 to 31.25.
front Quebec. J. D. Craig, engineer of
the International' Boundary Commis-
sion, is in charge of the.expedition,
which has been formed for. the pur-
pose of.carrying suppliestotwo Royal
Canadian Mounted Police posts and
also to establish a new post at, the
north end of Ellesmere Island at,Cape
Sabine. A'party of surveyors, natur-
alists'and engineers are going on the
ship for the purpose of investigating
the natural resources of the Canadian
far north. • Captain Bernier is again
in command of the' ship. Incidentally,.
the "Arctic" will carry the machinery Three-quarters of Wrecked.
of justice to the north,'. Among the. Belgian Homes Restore
passengers are Judge L. A. Rivet, -
.of -
Mo r ]- ,
t ea F. n X. Bison _
,Crown coon A despatch from Brussels "says: -
eel; . Leopold Tellier, defence counsel, Belgium is solving her reconstruction
and other court;officials and interpret- problem rapidly. Statistics show ilia
is Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat,, ers' $6,16.
with 31,214,000 bushels in •1922.
Tho 1923 wheat crop of•.Bulgaria•i
forecast at 88,783,000, bushels coni
pared 'with 27,926,000 bushels las
.year; the rye crop at 8,480,000 bush
els as' compared with 7,204,000 bush
elk last year; barley, at 12,281,00
bushels as compared with 9;824,00
bushels, and oats at 10,053,000. bush
els as compared with 19,802,000 bush
els harvested in 1922.
t
to $5.
.Manitoba flour -1st pats., in cotton
sacks, 36,90 per barrel; 2nd pats., 293/ t 29y E 3 e.
$6,85. fig , Q
t- '' FIay-=Extra No,; 2 timothy, per ton,
0 track, Toroifto; $15; No. 3 -timothy, belle cows, $3.76 to $4.60; bologna
0 313;mixed,' 312.50 to $13.50, it 3 3. 5 to up; cows of cutter qual-
Straw-Car lots, per ton, track, To- I y' to 33.50,. Calves, fair to med.,
ionto, 39.50. I$5.75 to $6,25; do, picked ones, $6.50;
Cheese -New, large, 1.9e• i s drinker. twn,
20c; triplets; 21c;'•Stations, 2'2c, Oldt'!$4,50;
lambs, $10 to $12 ` per cwt.
"large, 32c; twins, 32?/se; triplets, 33c;IHogs, ungraded, $9:50 to $9.75; pack-
Stiltons, 33vsc. _ New Zealand old ers took several lots` at $9 for thick
I cheese, 30c. (smooths with a ten per cent premium
Restored Batter -Finest creamery prints 35.for,select bacon hogs selected under
to 36c; ordinary creamery prints, 33 Government grading; sows, $6.26 to
to:34c; dairy, 24 to 26e; cooking, 22c. $6;73.
Eggs -No. 1, 27 to 28c; selects, 31 "
t to 32e; cartons, 33 to 34c.
Live poultry ---Spring chickens 40c• The Fence.
- hens; over 5 lbs., 22c• do 4' to 6 lbs. -
0 , To kivcw',tihistt I ve a, friend, like `you.
ers. They will -proceed to -Pond's In- 600 out of 950 houses: have been. re
let for the purpose of trying a number built: in Niepport and 500 out of 95
'of ,Eskimos being -held there by the R. • at Dix/nude. Out of a total .popul
(.M.P.' on the charge of murdering tion of 3,700' in Dix -made before th
Robert Janes, a native of Newfound= war, 2,000 have returned.
land, at Cape Crawford, • Baffin Island
- in 1920. On board the "Arctic" theere
e will also be parties.. from the Geo -
e logical and Geodetic Survey Depart-
s meets of the Dominion Government.
- Including the crew' and scientiststhe
;ship will carry in all about forty :peo-
ple to the North.
Anti -Consumption Vaccine
s'ie
Available for Canadians
A` -despatch from London says:-
Canadian- ' tuberculosis sufferers, who
perceive fresh lopes for them in re-
ports of the ;success -of Prof. Dreyer's
new anti -consumption vaccine treat-
ment, have been :enquiring whether-: it
could be indde available for them. The
British Medical Research Council, who
are carrying outtrials of Prof. Drey-
er's vaccine, state that they have been
besieged by similar enquiries from all
over the world, but that neither they
nor 'Prof. Dreyer himself can deal
with thein. Trials of the new treat-
ment are in progress at suitable ex-
perimental centres. Patients already
under observation are the subjects of
these trials, and additional cases can-
not now be included. To enquiry from
Canada asetb-whether a specialist, if
sent to England,.could obtain a supply.
of the vaccine and instruction for its
use, it is replied that as soon as the
treatment has been demonstrated to
be efficacious supplies of the vaccine'
will, immediately be made available.
through the usual channels.
to sell graded eggs. ,
Provide Seat for Drury
as U.F.O. Leader
A despatch front Toronto' says: -
At the caucus at the Parliament Build-
ings of the elected and defeated Ll,F.O..
candidates on Thursday, thedeclsion
was reached „that the party Would,. ae
the next session of. the Ontario Shouse,
sit as the official Opposition,., and not.
merely as an 'occupational incre Far-
ther, and of perhaps greate • siguirl.•
once, in view of the history Feria
e politics ,during -the past :four years,
Strongpressure was exerted upon
Premier Drury to remain as leader
' of the party, and the proposition that
is favored at present is to cal; a Con
•kcn, n, have _hire "etileveed -as such,
end open up a' seat lar hie,.` A final
decision in, the .leadership 'quest; -a is.
has. ,t rues harbor on the Atltinttc coast and 1 it ' t'
expected 10 be reaiaeed act a fnrthce tho-largest orders' for the' wheat will s n i
,, ,(, P o world. �1 transfer of Minutia . � . Halifax .
sdiin t1i Pafril to TT to Ir would Mean a
meeting .,, the par�4 to l,e held to be placed in Canada, on account of the tn'eniendotts baoin to Canada: British tbstal a�ut(i r`� �:
1 authorities are tieing urged in t1iePan^l,iemeai;t to tt'a,wsfsi' b a.mtdds
Toronto on July. 271h, • exchange. to a Helifax to J• b
g ; xou Titop.Gttuoshowsthelraibotas�it•willtspiieatrwlren�coninl,�ate,
French Wheat Crop Failure,,
Purchase from Canada
A despatch from Paris says t --The
Canadian Press learns that the
French Governtnont has instructed its
Chicago agencies to buy a three
months' supply of wheat, all hopes of
a bumper crop in this country having
been dissipitted, It is understood that
20e; do,,3 to .4 lbs., 17'e; rooters, 15c; pats in each nose a bit more dew,
.
a- 1' ducklings. over 5 lbs., 30c; do, ,4 to 5 Mora high delight In each bird's trill,'
e Ibs., 28c; -,,turkeys, young, 10`lbe. aril - More;red above ilea ata let add
up, 25c,1
Dressed pouftry-Spring chickens, It tints the biuewt sky mare baize
li5c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28e; do, 4 to 5 To iomow'thatt I've a frlead•bilae scut
lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs,, 20c; --roosters,'•
17c; ducklings, over. 5 lbs., 30c; do, But, oft, L wonsaer TrequentV,
Wltlat sent Of neighbor- filo you see
When past oisr Seiaswycni look at me?
-Mary Carelem Davieet
en -
In Ypres 2,488.houses have been re
built out of a -total of 3,780. Through
out Belgium' 76,000 out of -. 100,000
homes destroyed have either been re
built; or made habitable. at a cost of
586,000 francs, and only sixty -public
c'
buildings out of 1,200 `remain to •be
restored. ,
•
U.S. Woman Establishes
New Altitude Record
A despatch from St.' Lottie, Mo;
says 1 --Mrs. Bertha i5orchem, profes-
sional aviatrix of . Ranson, Iias.,
established a new : altitude record for
women- by ascending 16,300 feet a.,
St. Louis Aviatlon.,Field on Thursday.
The previous 'record was 15,700: feet
and was made' by,.' Andree Peyre
French woman flier, in California, last
May. ' Officials at the field announced
that. the flight was official. Mrs. Hoe,
client was in the air two hours and
eight minutes. When she descended
she had to.be lifted froin the cockpit
,of her plane, her• hands and feet being
'frost-bitten, despite her'winter,clothes.
4 to 5. lbs.,- 29c; turkeys, young, ,10
lbs. and up, 30c. •
Beans -Can., hand-picked, lb., 7c;
primes, 61,tc.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal,, 32.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal,; maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Honey -60-1b. tins, 10% to 11c , ter
lb,; 3 and 2%-1b, tins, 11 to 12',5c per
Ontario comb hone' , per doz., No.
1, 34.50 to $5; No. 2, 33.75 to 34.25.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 26 to
28c; cooked hams, 41 to 44c;; smoked
rolls, 26 to 28e; cottage rolls, 25 to
28c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 84o; spe-
- cial brand breakfast bacon, 34. to 380;,
Packs, boneless, 37 to 42c.
Cured meats -Long' clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., 318; 70 to 90 lbs., 317.50;
90 lbs. and up, 316.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, 336; heavyweight
rolls, $33.
Lard -Pure tierces; 15933 to 15%c;
tubs, 15% to 16c; pails, 16 to .1614c•
prints, 18e. Shortening; tierces,, 14ri5.
to 15c; tubs,; 15 to 1F1%c; pails,, 1534,
to 16c; prints, 17 to 1714c.
Choice heavy steefis, $8,85 to , 8.75;
butcher steers, choice, 37.75 to 33; do,
Girls who remain at elementary
Schools till the age of fourteen are
more apt to:develop round shoulders
'than are' boys, as' they grow faster
and do not take at_much exercise.,.
St,,, Kilda, Britain's most remote
island, with a population of eighty
souls, is cut off for about eight months
in, the year by the stormy seas on its
rocky shores,
Accounts of sh`owets of fishes ac
cording to one scientist, are' not neces
sarily "fish stories." Ile says such falls
is
of fishes from the sky may be causer.
by' high. winds, whirlwinds and water-
spouts that draw tip the fishes from
the water and then let them drop as
their force is spent.
HALIFAX HARBOR MAY, COME INTO ITS- OWN
Britieh shippers are beingmasa b to transfer front New Xork;anc make Halifax l I ai Pax tlloir'port of ea] on this r
of he Atlantio to avoid difficulties with tike United States Go 1 o is tide
Government over li:ablr prohibition sea i.ti�nii ^
regn1a tion•ss ITal i'tax 1 a the f 011 alien
t a 'when its cons uric •i,oai
program ins complete
�
wial'li4aNe CL m sea
e tl e es per i tl
& RABBI I`BOI$O
MRS, COT TO/ '•••I AiL-THA T •
5NliVY DRE$SM,o if jti -1! Eh1-•
1 OORL GEi I?,RAT-ED HER
l calf tT 1DAY Y&:STER1 AY
(,THEY I-1ibD A,GRREP,T ,
TIME,OVI?R THERE!.
.•
IS THAT 50 ?
PID SHE, TAI'CE-
f� 1)AY Oi=F'?'
EA DON I i, RS 'HAVE ONLY SEVEN
TQ TEN 1AY S9 SUPPLY Off' WI EAI
A decpateii from Landon says:
The dook strike continued to spread
on Thursday until 40,000 men are idle
rh British ports, 18,000 of them on
the Thames. London millers have only
seven to ton -days' supply of wheat,
but no meat famine 13 likely because
of the quantities of frozen meat in
Storage. however, moat prices hove
gone .up.
Labor leaders all oppose the strike
and are confident the leaderless,'move-
ment must collapse within a few days
owing to lack of funds, They are do-
ing all they can to get the then back
to work,
At a meeting of.the dock worlterf;'
section of the 'Cransport and General
Workers' Union, held in London on
Thursday, a resolution was adopted
ordering the outlaw strikers to resume
work by Monday. It is doubtful, how-
ever, that the order will be obeyed.
One result of the strike is likely to
be an official inveetigation into the
rnethods the Board,of Trade uses is
fixing the index of-commoditprices,
Y
This index was used as the basis for of compiling it ohnsged and this. view
the: shilling a day wage cut against is winningon
considerable public s m
tvhieh the dockers are striking, They pithy: ' P Y
elaitn the coat of living has not fallen
as the index shows,
Under wage agreements made iaot
year, the men in many tradoe beeido
tho dockers agreed to accept less pay
no the cost of living fell, the Doard
of Trade index to be the basis for the
scheme.
The index is based on statistics
gathered from retailers all over the
country, It covers food, rent, clothes,
light, fuel and a miscellaneous group
that includes soap, soda, household
fittings, brushes, pottery, tobacco, car
fares and newspapers. The prices of
these items Are combined in ticcord-
ance with their estimated relative im-
portance in the average pro -war work-
ing class expenditure -71/ units for
food, 2 for -rent, 1'/for clothes, 1 inc
fuel and light and, 1/ .for other items.
This index now indicates a fall in
the Cost, of. living from 84 per cent.
above the pre-war 'level last year to
69 per cent, Labor leaders do not de-
fend the action of the strikers in
breaking their: agreement to accept
this index, but they do agree the index
is unreliable, ' They want the method
U.S. IS;BRITAIN'S-,
ONLY CREDITOR
All Other her Foreign Debts Paid,:.
Says Sir W. Joynson-Hicks
-Stringent Economy
Practised. -
A despatch from London says:-
Speaking in the House of Commons cat
the third reading of the budget, Sir
W. Joyneon-Hicks, Financial Secre-
tary" of the Treasury, made out a good
case for the present and preceding
Governments'. efforts to stem the tide
of national expenditure, He said the
present year's expenditures of only.
£875,000,000 was 'modest in compari-
son with the expenditures made the
year following the` war. The Financial
Secretary told the members that he
was unable to report as -to whether. the
staffs of the Government Departments
had reached pre-war levels, but added
that after allowing £23,000 to those
employed in the Pensions Department,
the 'figures were only £3;000 above
normal.
Speaking in connection with the'
debt problem, he stated that 54i5,000,-
000 had: been paid off since 1920, All
the foreign debts,' he added, were liqui-
dated, With the exception of the
United States debt and certain suns
due Canada, which were _approximate-
ly balanced by money which Canada
owed Great Britain,
- For the future the Minister prom-
ised to. continue' along:the lines of'
most.' stringent economy, 'He stated
that the: reduction in revenue which
he anticipated next year would have
to be met by a redaction of expendi-
tures, not - by taxation.
.President of Mexico
Alvaro Obregon, `who is-endleavoring
to increase the trade reta,tionie with
Canada, and to this end has secured a •
0argo exliilbitton space at the Canadian
National Exhibition for the displea' of
Mexican :goods.
AIRPLANE AND CANOE IN
NORTH ONTARIO VOTE
Five Hours by Airr and Five
Weeks by Canoe in Recesat
Elections.
A despatch from Cochrane, Ont.,
says; -It cost the Province of Ontario
approximately $20 for cacti vote polled
at Moose Factory in the yeoent elec-
tion. Tho ballot boxes had to be
taken and out by airplane, officials
made their visits'" by the same method,
while enumerators went in and out by
canoe. The total Cost was « about
31,000.
O.f. the 47 ballots cast, only one elec
torr the Hudson Bay lactor, had ever
voted before, but despite this, and al-
though most of the other voters were
Indians, there were no: spoiled papers.
The airplane yvith the :boxes made
e
t . trip round t. z •i
p ru five hour actual fly -
lag time,while the enumerators took
s�five weeks by the rarer route.:
01-1 YES 1 61-iE Yt3oK 1-14L.
DAY OFF -AN' A Coups -E. a,'
1 YEARS OFF HER AGE,
Le3E Sri E,S
A-ree cl eel 1
Markirig Histei-leaf' Spot in Kingston
, 71ho tablet above was unveiled in
Kingston storing the recent convention
of this Ontario fllsitoaiicsi Society.. It
has beeryplaced on the talent of the
BRritist Whig boeiTdling aid miarks the
site of, St. Gess gele Anglican elvareh,
whiereln the that meeting of the Exaeu-
time Council of Upper Canada: was
bald.
r,
Natural Resources
Bulletin .
The Natural Resources Intel-
ligence Service of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, Ottawa;'('
says:- `
nit is interesting to nete
connection with the development
of Canada's' natural resources"
that Canadian tobacco is look-
ed upon very favorably by the.
British importers and manu-
facturers on accountof its sup-
erior flavor, and it this respect
is superior to tobacco imported
from other British colonies,
such as South Africa and
Rhodesia, while at the same
time it Compares favorably.
with that imported from the
United States. So great is the
demand for Canadian tobacco
that over one million' pounds,
grown in Essex county, On-
eario, was shipped to Great Bri-
tain during 1922 to be used in
the manufacture of ,cigarettes,
pipe tobacco and twists. In
anticipation of increased re
quirenients 'of this commodity
in Great Britain it is reported'
that a British tobacco firm has
purchased land _at 'Kingston,
Ontario, and proposes to erect
a modern factory there for the
processing and curing of Can-'
adian leaf' tobacco. The Can-
adian Tobacco Growers' Co-
operative Company has entered
into a contract: to supply the
new British firm. with, 2,000,000
pounds of dark leaf tobacco.
Trevessa Victims Afloat a
Month, Supplies Exhausted
A despatch from Port Louis, Island
of Mauritius, says: -The last drop of
water had been drunk and the last
biscuit eaten when the second lifeboat
of the British steamship Trevessa ar-
rived at this island with sixteen sur-
vivors. Twenty-four men got away in
this lifeboat from the Teevessa just
before she sank a month ago in the
Indian Oeean, but eight of them suc-
cumbed to the hardships they were,
forced to endure in the small Open
boat. '
ter-
rible
,.
Chief Officer Smith told of o
rible sufi'erings the men went through,
ITesaid that the eight, men who died
began drinking sea water 'when they
Could no longer withstand thir thirst,
They collapsed from exhaustion and
the last of them: died in sight of laird.
The daily ration was otie biscuit for
oadh man and a few drops of water,
They added to 'their original meagre
water supply by catching rain water.
When - they landed the sarvivorst
gaunt, and some of them with long
beards, sank to their knoes'and thank,
ed God for 'their „deliverance. Their
their first regnest was for water, All
of thein had badly swollen feat, owing
to constant immersion in salt
Most of the churches in Naples kava
three or four cats attached to them.
They aro kept for the purpose of
catching the mice which infest all an-.
eietit Neapolitan buildinf 3,. The 14 .
mals may often be seon walking MA t:
amongthe congregation or aitrlltainsti
before the altars,