The Clinton News Record, 1924-07-10, Page 3P �,; „� • CANADIANS FLOCK-TO,
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THE OLD COUNTRY'
jctliie .S Tests made ,some
time ago vtitii froclaY from two of
the ‘Capa liz`eton ca'liczieg have pro=
reused a splendid brio$;which is being
used at the Sydney steel, plant,' `There
are other purposes to which this clay
has been applied end hundreds, o' tons
are used, each mciuth.:
St. John, N ,-It. is understood
that plane . are under 'way- for the
establishment here of a -cigarette
manufacturing plant, and' a plant for
the canning of fruit. ' The establish -
meat of these two_new:industries, ac-
eording to a'reliah1e.aiithority,;is as-
sured, providing that certain conces-
sions are made by the city and the
railways.
Quebec, nue The population' of
the City of Quebec, exclusive of 'sub=
urbs, reaches 119;488, -divided by na-
tionalities as fellows: French- Can-
adians, 104,969; Irish, 6,029; .English,
5,490: '
Toronto, Ont. -The value of, min-
eral' production . of Ontario for the
first quarter of the current year, as.
shown- by a report of the Dept. of
Mines, has increased 92,333,000 over
the corresponding -quarter of last
year, the totals being $11,575,151 and
$9,211,853, respectively: Silver was
the only metal of importance to record
decreased production, during the 'per-
iod l under review.
Winnipeg;' Mane --It , is reported
that there ara no ea.
uectors workin g hi ilie
eral district this year, andel lih'lytb
total amber eel men engaged in mI
s,ccivities 3s not less than 000, The
1'vige Lake district 3s what le known
as the Southeastern'Menitoba literal.
Area and lies east of Lake Winnipeg
and norbh of the Winnipeg, River,
Regina, Sasie-The total value of
farm livestock in the Province of Sas-
p katchowien' is placed at 9115,240,900,
according to the latest reportof the
Provincial Dept, el Agriculture Since
the year 1906 the number of horses in
the province' has increased from 240,-
566 to 1,152,49; niilch cows from
112,618- to 456,006; other cattle from
472,254 tee 1,046,780; all cattle from
472,25.i to 1,502,786; sheep from 12.1,
290 to 191,937; and swine from 123,-
916
23;916 to 563,069.
Edmonton, Alta. -Sheridan Law,
rence brought out furs from the Fort 1
Vermillion district, ia the far north,
valued at .922,000. They include sil-
ver, cross and red fox, otter, wolf,
wolverine, beaver, mink and muskrat,
Vancouver, B.C.-The Vancouver
Board of Harbor Commissioners has
asked'•for competitive plans for con-
struction of another ;one million bush-
els annex to number one elevator„ This
Will give the plant a -storage capacity
of three million bushels.
WEST INDIES -`BARRED
BY U.S. QUOTA LA'V'U
Denied 'Unrestricted Privileges
of the British Self -Governing
,Dominions.
A despatch from. Washington
says: -Immigration officials have cor- a portion of the north -south' trans-
rected information given out at See- continental railway. Preneiee Gun, in
retary 'Davis' office that the British conference with the Federal Minister
quota restrictions will not - operate of. Works, claimed the completion of
against British subjects of the West the line should precede all other Com-
Indian possessions monwealth projects, and understood
Australia to Undertake New
TEanscontinental Railway
A s
de's atch"from Adelaide sa :-
p d Y,
It is understood the Federal Govern-
ment has definitely promised the
South, Australian Government to
undertake the construction of at least
Under: the regulations of,. the new the Minjster gave Ms assent subject
g to the eonditions which the. Govern -
Act, Commissioner -General Husband h -
explained, the quota exemptiones of the meat is'considering, When tbenort
l.Vesterne Hemisphere napplianly to° ern territory was transferred' by
the self-governing inio s f the` South Australia to. the' Common -
f ga ng Do n o
British Empire, which means that the - wealth, Validating Act gave'' South
West . Indian. Islands, possessed by "Australia first claim to construction
Great Britain and the other European of the first big railway by theFederal
powers fail within the quota restric-
tions.
Assistant Immigration Commission-
er Sibray asked for a ruling from the
Labor Department on the status
of the , British: West' Indies. It
was stated at Secretary Davis' office
:that they would remain exempt from
quotas; as they were under the old
The feet that the insular posses-
sions do not have the unrestricted
privileges : of the British self-govern-
ing Dominions will mean a cheek on
negro immigration from the West In-
-dies to New York. ,
Government. -
Channel Tunnel Scheme
Vetoed by British Cabinet
A despatch - from London says; --
The British Cabinet,- accepting the
views of its military and naval advis-
ers, is understood to have decided
against the construction of. a Channel
tunnel between England and France.
The supporters of the' scheme will,
hgwever, press for a public inquiry,
and for an explicit statement of the.
strategical objections taken by the de-
fence authorities to the project.
• A photograph of the old Bible and prayer book presented' to Rev: D. N.
Morden, pastor of St. James' Square Presbyterian Church, Toronto, by D.`, A.
Valleau, during the 'United Umpire Loyalist celebration at Belleville.
Tourists from the Dominion
Atteneing Variety of Social.
and Other Functions,
A doepitch froln London says:-
There
aysi-There aro more Canadians in London
to -day ,than a•i any other time in its
hi foxy. The Dominion Day dinner.
had a record attendance; :including
Canadians` from every point of the,
vprid, some of whom had come over
from the continent specially for the
occasion. ; Wembley is the Magnet
which draws a great number of Can-
adian visitors,
anadianvisitors, hutotherfactors are
the world power conference,: to which
well known Dclstinion Hydro -Electric
engineers are delegates; tlie_Congress
of Empire Chambers of Commerce,
which is' attended, by many officials
of Canadian Boards of Trade, the
visit of the weekly newspapei editors,
the Risley shooting arid even the inter=
national lifeboat conference, '• There
was a Canadian competitor in` the
early rounds of the tennis champion
ships at Wimbledon and a Canadian
entrant for -'the Diamond' Sculls at
Henley.: There are also one hundred
members of the Canadian Manufac-
turers' Association here ' under the
leadership of Col, Hatch, of Hamilton.
A number of prominentjanadian law-
yers are in London in connection with
the Privy Counsel cases,' including E.
L Newcombe, .)Dep. Minister of 'Jus-
tice, who will Se joined by hundreds
of others when the Bar Association.
comes -here in a few weeks. Many of
these Canadians have, been playing
their; part in society during one of the
most brilliant seasons London has
known since -the war.' Many attended
the Royal"Garden party and courts..
Duke of Argyll Acts ,
as Stonemason's Laborer
Those • who would care to see a duke
acting as,stonemason's laborer should
go to Inverary Castle, Argyllshire,
says a Glasgow despatch., Here, minus
his coat' and waistcoat and with his
sleeves rolled;up, the 52 -year-old Duke
of Argyll is working daily on the
erection of •a belfry in the castle
grounds which is to house a fine,peal
of .bells of great antiquity:•,
Wearing kilt; 'Balmoral bonnet with
bright red "toorie" and a gray woven
shirt, the Keeper of the Great Seal of
Scotland can be seen carrying heavy
stones and acting•. as assistant gener-
ally to -the' skilled stonemasons, whose
orders he accepts like any;:other work-
man. And he keeps te trade union
hours. •
British Explorer Finds Site
of -Ancient Phoenician Port
,Captain R. E. Cheesman,''fermerly
private secretary to. Sir Percy Cox in
Bagdad, has just returned from an
expedition into Arabia in the un-
ly
eee
see
The photograph above shows, Sylvia SL, from Halifax, N.9., the only Cana-
dian 'entey in the Bermuda cup race4ronr New London, Conn„ to Bermuda,
a distance of 600' nautical miles,
LONDON CONFERENCE AIMS AT
____ RAPID
PACIFICATION ION OF
EUROPE
A despatch from Paris says: -The
London conference on July 16 will try
for a rapid,pacification of Europe
according to the program unofficially
reaching Paris.
Prime Minister MacDonald has not
issued the' official invitation yet, but
a large opposition to it in Parliament
as to hamper Premier Herriot. at
London.
Further doubt is raised here by the
suspicion that a protocol signed at
London will replace the Versailles
Treaty in essential details. 'It is
it will contain four principal points: recognized 'that it is to sign a new
1. All must accept the experts' plan agreement, as the experts' plan is
without reservations; . [outside the treaty,, but the' French
2. The conference wifl fix a date object that to renounce their right to
for fure;tioning of the plan: f sanctions will weaken the power of
3, A date will be fixed two or three j the M.
Her.
weeks later for Franco-Belgian evac- es 'Herriot has refrained from ex
uatjon of the Ruhr;" poetical opposition'hit but is hme-3conscious of
political ; at home : if he
At The Allies will agree not to ap- yields the right to coerce Germany
ply sanctions in. case of future .Ger- into paying,- ! -
man default unless a new body, not A despatch from London>..says:
the' Reparation Commission, decides it The French, Belgian and Italian Gov-!
i,s necessary; en -intents have agreed with the Brit -
It is expected this new body will be ish that when the reparation experts'
either out. of the League of Nations scheme is put into effect the -agent-
or The' league ,court. This creates general ,for reparations, and the
something .of a sensation here, as it chairman,,pf . the Transfer 'Committee
Will mean clipping the wings of the shall be the same man.
known territories of the Sultan of Reparation Commission, which the
Nejd, says a London despatch, I French dominate. -
He penetrated the great South Des- Former Premier Poincare's 'follow-
ert es far as the mysterious oasis of --ors ,Pre preparing to fight . on this
Jabrin, the position of which has long
been a matter of .speculation' to gars..
graphers, The Bedouin who inhabit
this inaccessible 'region are the Ah
Murree -ea savage, little known tries
and virtually pagan, being, possibly,
the survivors of the pre -Arab popuu,
lation.
Another important discovery wa
that of 'a ruined site, thezte` is ever
reason to suppose, is that of Jerra,'an
ancient Phoenician port on the Per
As these' are the two epees that
will have the most to do with repara-
tions, the man who holds them will be
practically dictator of the whole in.
point and may succeed in rousing su8h demnjty question.
l 'IRISH BY -Al ACTION
ASSUMES, IMPORTANCE
Because of Clain Set Up by
Republican Leaders in
B - Caampaign. '
Y
A despatch from ,London save--
-
ays:-- That the Irish Free Stkte: eonsiders
her ,position in the Empire. the same
as that 'of' Canada, and in matters of
status takes Canada as her exemplar,
has often been .noted, Hitherto, it
has been the Free Staters who have
taken this attitude and stressed the
analogy' to prove that the Free State
under Dominion :constitution enjoys
aIlethe freedom she needs. Accord-
ing to the Iatest' news from • Trelaid
in connection with the impending by-
electiofi , In Maya, . the Republicans,
have now adopted the Canadian anal-
ogy for more sinister rises: They are
arguing that as under the treaty the
Free State enjoys' the same status as
Canada, she enjoys „Canada's .right,
already admitted and defined by Brit-
ish statesmen, to'secede from the Em.-
pire and become an independent state.
They aremaking this a contentious
issue in Mayo and forthis and other
reasons the by-electionis regarded as
`scan Gate The position was that given
'byPtolemy in his geographical list
about the middle of the second con-
tury, since when all trace of it has
been lost. '
Captain Chessman was, staying
withthe-Sultan"bn Sand in Haug ' at
the time of the latter's reported death.
He was, in fact, in excellent health,
New Zealand Farmers Ask
for Agricultural State Banks
A despatch 'from.. Wellington
says: -Great pressure is being' ex-
erted on the New -Zealand -Government
to establish agricultural state, banks,
the Agrarian interests urging here,
as they Kaye done in 'Canada, and
other agricultural countries, that
farmers need furthercredit facilities.
Mr. Wilfrid, the Opposition 'leader,
moved a vote of censure on the Gov-
ernment on Thursday on the ground
of their failure `to extend pensions,
and to promote other social and hu-.
maniterjan legislation; to relieve
soldier settlers; to solve, the housing
and unemployment problems, and to
establish agricultural state banks..
Mr. Stewart, the Minister of Cus-
toms; in reply, defended New Zea-.
•1arid's' sound . financial position, and
contended .list the Australian exper-
ience did not warrant the establish-
meat of a state hank here; Th:: de-
gate is preceeding but defeat of the
Government is considered Highly im-
probable'.
E.P. Ranch Presents Pleasant
Success of "Beam" Wireless, power; comparatively' inexpensive
Abolishes High -Power Station
rect high-speed" serviee with' the Most
short wave stations will maintele di -
distant` points; more words 'can be
A despai"h' from London • says: - sent a day; -the system is directional,
Following announcement by Senator and can be received 'only by stblaons
William Marconi of the success of Iiia within 'the restricted' sector of the
short wave,, low-power "beam" *ire- beam; economy in the coat of new
less experiments, in both telegraphy stations, and in operaton•,due to the
and telephony,'. Godfrey 'Isaacs; Bead low power. - ,
of the Marconi Company announced
his iirnc will build no more high-power Norway's Capital to
stations• Resume Old Nanne ; Osla
411 the stations of the future, tic- r.
cording to present plans, will be - A , despatch • from Christiania
under 25 kilowatts 10'power:, Both says: -Christiania, Norway's capital,
Marconi -and Isaats' predict ,that a will revert to ils'ancient name. Oslo,
substari i`al reduction in rated can be on January '1, next, The proposal,inada.eveten he new -stations aro in
operation. which has been Iong discussed, was
The four, advantages, arse:' 'Iow�finatlIy adopted by Parliament at a
I recent,- dating.
R SIGNED IN CANADA,
imERCIAL PACTwrni REL��4,1d. �T
..
A despatch from Ottawa says:-
There was signed rat 'Laurier.IToiise
on Thuitaday 'night. the "first ;treaty
ever signed in^Canada, a=co4nlnercial
treaty between Canada, and Beigi'um,
in, which each dation' grants -to the
other most=favored.nation. treatment
on , its whole tariff schedules, The
treaty follows'negotiatibtis extending
over a considerable'" period, which
were ' -begun dui•iiig the presence` of
the Canadian Mbusters in Europe last
year, andf are now brouglit'to arsuc-
cessful conclusion. .Plenipotentiary.
powers were aslred by Canada from,
King- George for Hon. James A, Robb,
Acting Minister of Finance, and'IHon.
Dr.
13eland, and were received a .few
days agoand on Thur
sday night
'till
treaty
treatY was signed. haxon Selys,
$elgianConsul-',Ucneral; acted for .-the•
Ring of the .Belgians.
Canada ektends'• to Belgium the
benpfit ef`rts,'intermediiate tariff, and
.receives feom'tBelgiupo;;most-tavored-
nation treatment, which is ..wide var-
iation frons„ firs regular tariffs;which
is rather high:.
Canadian iinn'orth from Belgium for
the .year .ending 14[arch>were $6,340,-
,875,=and,expor•,ta to Belgium. $17,462,-
442,
17,462;442: Our' principal 'exports .. 'were
grains (914,000000),.' automobiles
($200;000);. tires -(;108;000), canned
salmon (9400,000), .asbestos ($400,-
000), rate tobacco,• implements, butter
and cheese, Among the :imports were
,considerable 'quantities of 'glass, on
which the ihiportatirn<will not prove
injurious to our manufacturersy cis rho
duty under the intermediate and gen-
eral tariffs is, the same.
It is understood that negotiations.
are also under way for a 'SeineWhat�
similar treaty, with the Netherlands.,
Aspect for Owner's Visit
A despatch frdm .Calgary says: -
,,q0 far as we know, no --particular
plans will be made for the visit of his
Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales,"
said Prof. W. L. Carlyle, manager of
the, E.P. ranch, the other day; "It is
probable that the Prince will make a
quiet, visit, just as he did last year.
We did not know that he was: coming,
but we are delighted by' the announce -
mein."
P, ofessor, ,Carlyle didnot know
when the Prince was coming, but as-
sunied that the visitwould 'probably
.rtes place in October;
--Professor Carlylesaid that the
Prince would "find some changes. The
gardens • were improving, in accord-
ance with the original plans; and •cat.
tee and machinery sheds were being
constructed,'-
"But what will please the Pince,"
said Prof''Darlylo, "will be the lux-
uriant grass and hay and the abuu-
daiit crops I have never seen South- .: An iron worker liketo, •aphel a I .were,
ern Alberta look better than -.it does wc'rkiug c,ir the Canadian end of the
to -day."
'coarse of ei t.o
ee ir.
fraught with great signiflcanae for
Ireland's immediate future,
Fifty .Australian Lads to'
Tour Canada Next Month
A despatch from. Montreal says:--
Fiftyboys, ranging in age from 14
'OhON'li),
Man wheat -Pio, 1 Nortb., $1.29%;
No,
Man. oats -Vo. 8 CW., 47e; No. 1
'sed, 6c.
All the above, c,i.t„'bayorts,
,. Am, corn, track, Toronto -No. 2
yellow, 81,14.
Ont rya --74 to 70c.
Meas ---No, 2, 91.40 to 91.45.' ' +
Millfeed-Del.. Montreal freights,
brigs included Bram'per ton, 925;
shorts, per ton, 927; middlings, 933;
goad feed flour, per, bag, 91.80.
Ont. wheat -No, 2 white, nominate'
Ont, No. 2 white oats --39 to 41c.
Ont. flour -Ninety • per cent„: pat.,
In jute bags, Montreal, prompt' -ship-
ment, 95.80; Toronto basis, 95.80;
bulk seaboard, nominal:
Man. flour -1st' pats., in jute sacks,
97 per bbl.; 2nd -pats., 96.50.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, 917.50; No. 2, 917.50;,
No; 3,,,,915; mixed 913; lower grades,
$10'to912,, - •.
Straw -Carlota, per ton, $9.50 to
$10.
Screenings -Standard, recleaned, 1.
b,b.- Bay ports, per ton, .916.
Cheese -New; largo; 19 to 19Vsc;
twins, 19% to 20%c; triplets, 20%a to
21%c; Stiltons, 211 to 221%. Old,
large, 23 to 24c; twins, 24 to 25c;;