The Clinton News Record, 1924-07-31, Page 3• limited
n , he British Association for the Ad -
Mr, Hellmuth promised. to let Mr. vancement of Science is meeting in
McCarthy know what particulars are Canada this. year, and this fact alone
required and thee, Crown Prosecutor should direct attention to the debt
said they would be furnished by Mon- which thciecti let. eofn this country owe
day or. Tuesday next. - to the scientist. Canada has been
The charges against the directors; most generously endowed with
Tuesday, 'Sept: 9 was:fixed upon by and officials follow the original in-' turas resources, but how to make use
Judge-Coatsworth as the date for the dictnients preferred by the Crown. ofm these has s y largely a .problem
being 3fi hours overdue at their next scheduled landing place. .trial of the charges laid under the whcih: the scientists have had to solve.
Bank Act against the Home Bank 10,000 Harvesters Needed 1 We have large areas of pulpwood,.
directors and officials. Judge, Coats -but of -what nee would it be in the
FAMOUS "FIGURES IN His Majesty Buys Limousines worth will try the eases without a to Handle Alberta Crops manufacturer of paper had not rho
CANADIAN `HISTORY to Replace Out -of -Date Cars jury• trThe by jury e9e"ss ttpecons must A despatch f om•Edmonton says;-•=•tmakiniat provided the means? The
n , .. , facechar es at t y'Criminal AesizesiirTen thousand men needed In Alberta px problem, butpmechani seta] alsohas an
Descendants' of Cabot, 'Wolfe A despatch from London says: gopen-1for the harvesting of the crop now
After thirteen years King George ,is 'in6.on Oct, 13.' ,growing is the present estimate of important bearing. Taking wood -
anti Montcahn Represent treating himself to five new automo- The date for the hearing of 'the the .Provincial Employment Services mmping itnintonpaper at rho trate of
Ancestors in Empire i:iae--supercar. of ii7 horsepower charges. under the Bank Act was set;That estimate has been•=made' on the u -to 1100 feetd er minute rec}uires
Pageant. each,, upholstered in truly regal inane upon application of D. L. McCarthy, basis' of reports sent in from several P ' p
mer in royal crimson and blue -black, K.C„ ,special Crown. Prosecutor, fol -i labor bureaus ,throughout the; Prov- order. erieE ability of the .highest'
A despatch from London says:- with speedometertj clocks, lamps and lowing the decision of the Privyiince and makes allowance for the poor order. •.
The :descendants of John• Cabot, one :other fittings ,in silver. Council recently 'rendered.. I crop. conditions^ in certain districts.. Development of ourrs
high degree a ver
of the first discoverers of America; Four, of these machines are being Mr. McCarthy presented Charge; Officials of the department point out,' scientific sand engineering ability.
of General 1100135, who wen Canada made for - public and state occasions sheets against the directors. and offs -I however, that it is necessarily sub- $ and
for the 'British Crown;, of the Mar -and will have the royal coat of arms vers: collectively, and individual; jest .to change as the seasonpro- converting
our falls. and rapids
quis de Montcalm, who died in an
1 g converting the power thus created
emblazoned on the doors,: and back charge sheets against R. P. Gough, greases for better or worse, i into eleEtric energy to provide our
effort to retain it for France, and of: panels, instead of the windows, 5o that 'S; Casey Wood,I�.C„ J. F. M. Stew- It is stated that there are 4 000
two fathers of Confederation will taste Ylighting and power.requirements is
the Canadian section of the:, Will not be able to say that art, F. S. B. Russiili Clarence F. men already in the Province available. an engineering problem of a high
part in t e C d,, n they saw the King's car, but could Smith, C, A. Barnard, Ocean G.' for harvest work, leaving the number
Pa cant of -Em ire• at ,the Butish order, while the use or this same` en -
g p not see. the King. : Smith find Sidney II. Jones, 1 to be brought in from outside. at 6,000.
Empire Exhibition. They will be liv- In having this'.new'fieet of cars the t These will be' recruited largely in ergy'for electro -chemical processes,
ir, e, links with the history of those, No charge sheet was put rn against,g Y such as eetracting nitrogen from the
+> y , itmg is not being as extravagant as A. E. Calvert, who ;vas the Acting British Columbia, with: some .aiso air for the manufacture of artificial
historic times which the pageant is: it might seem, as he' has been using',General Mara er when the bank from Eastern Canada, and possibly a h results of
designed to -represent. There are no has'' -resit 'lim ns g fertilisers, represents the
Ffalifox N.S.--An unusually large
number cf tourists from the `United
'States and Eastern Canada arc visit-
ing this province this year, according
to a report of the Provincial Tourists
Bureau, During one"week, 239 :Am-
orloan',touring cars passed into Nova
Scotia along the border between New
Brunswick and. Nova Scotia.
Montreal, Que.----Contracts for ad-
ilitiona1 wharf " construction in the
port of Montreal, will shortly be
placed by theMontreal Harbor Com
missioners, The works will bo a con-
firmation of the notable scheme of
improvement in progress in that sec-
tion of the harbor east 63 the cold
storage plant.'; It is proposed to let
contract for the construction of 700
feet 'of low-level . wharfage at ,sec•
fieri. 31 and 32. ,"
Ont. -Production of ;`
Timmins, Ont: P gold
from the mimes of Northern Ontario
rst six months of the Cur -
for Lie ft
rent year reached an aggregate of
$11,750,000, according to preliminary
estimates. The income from iievest-
ments,.bonds, ar.d bank deposits, and
P oldsold Nen
for i
from premium on gold
York funds, brought the notal income
of the gold mines to well above $12,-
000,000 for the half year.
Winnipeg, Man. -The ' Canadian
wheat crop will bulk larger. in British
eyes in'1924•than for any year since
world conditions two years after•the
war; made .this market independent
o£ ' supplies from any, particular
source, according to a London ''dis-
patch. . Reports from the principal
wheat growing countries are to the
effect that prospects for the 1924 crop
are not very encouraging., In Canada,
while.the acreage is somewhat less
than -in 1923, it is estimated that the
yield, will be only 19,000,000 bushels
lcso
yield, of last year,
which amounted to approximately
470,000,000 bushels.
Saskatoon,Sask.-A total of 2,-
018,000' trees were distributed dieing,
the _past spring from the forestry
farm at Sutherland, shipments being
made as far oust as Pcrtago la.
Prairie and west to .Peace Paver. The
trees included Russian poplar, Man-
itoba maple, car grana, ash and three
varieties of, willows.'
JEdmtintori, Alta. -A modern fisli:
freezing plant will bo metalled at
Lesser Slave Lake with a capacity
oc• '160,000 lbs, of fish, for the further
development of the fishing industry
in this lake, it': is stated. ^
✓ ancouver, B.C.-Vancouver will
be ,visited, •starting in September, by
one of the largest grain carrying
fleets that ever has calked at any port
on this continent, according to local
shipping men, At one time during
the ';p-st crop season a fleet of 42
vessels was in port, but Next' fall,
shipping men predict will sec a fleet
of at least 200 ships
here, including
vessels making regular calls as well
as a large number of tramp steamers.
D awson, 'Y,T.-Fur production in
the Yukon Territory during the year
ended July 31, 1923, showed a con-
siderable decrease in respect to the
number of pelts, caught, as compared
with the previous twelve months per-
iod, the totals being 46,198 and 69,796
respectively. There was an increase
in the catch of lynx, otter, mink, white
fox, silver fox, wolf and coyote, while
decreases were registered in weasel,
muskrat, wolverine, bear, marten, red
xox,
A. Stuart Maclaren , anti Flying-Oiiicer' J: Plenderleig`h, British round -
the -world fiyerey have recently been located on a tiny Japanese island after
LEADERS. OF OLD LINE PART -IRS.'
President Calvin Coolidge,on the loft John W. Davis, Democratic condi-
.
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date• on the right,.)
ONG-SOUGHT
TOMB OF RESURRECTION
DISCOVERED 1311
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A despatch from .London =says: -It' He immediately and without hesita-
P
le believed that -there has :been.. un- tion identified it as "a shrine of the.
covered the `veritable Tombr of the goddess Cybele or' Aphrodite (Venus),
Eiesurreetion despite the desperate with the' column. and tree of Adonis
P or ' Att s beside it " declaringthet
efforts made by the Emperor Hadrian. Y , fi
to cover up all traces of a shrine in such shrines were found' in the tem -
which centred the' ' interest of the Pies of Venus.
Christians of his day. The discovery A mere, careful cleaning of the
has been, made near the entrance of stone further endorsed his fret im-,
the Garden Tomb outside_ the 'Dan.- pression, for it clearly revealed fruit
ascus' Gate of Jerusalem, and. its un- on the tree. The importance of this
covering is' the result of the - merest discovery, if the identification be cord!
accident. rest, as seems probable,,, lies not so
Some loose stones were being re- much in itself as in its associaiton
with the garden tomb. This tomb is I
moved from the ground in front of regarded by many as' perhaps the very
the entrance to the tomb in the pro- Tomb of the Resurrection.
cess of tidying up the garden, when It`1s a well-known 'fact of history.
one •of them attracted the attention That in- the year A.D. 135, when, on
of the custodian. the suppression of'the .revolt of thea
- Owing to the fact that it had mark- self-styled Messiah Bar-Chocheba, the
Ings upon it, he had' it removed, par- second and more complete Roman de-
tially cleaned it, and reported the find struction of .Jerusalem took- place;
to the Government' Department of the Emperor, Hadrian, built a new
Antiquities. A few• days alter its Roman city, named Aelia Capitoline,
discovery' it was viewed by Professor on the ruins, and among other 'things
Bradeeburg, who was commissioned erected a temple of Venus over the
by the Berlin Society of Palestinian Tomb . of the Resurrection,with' the
Research • to investigate. the• rock
o ales ine a year ago, andis evi e 31f th ' ins' k
WES°1'ERN CROPS AT
MERCY OF WEATHER
Opinion General; holt Prat=
pectcs for Average: ge Yield
Are Taint.
Winnipeg, ,_'Man•, July 24. ---Goof
dry winds sweeping over the
prairies tonight, following a day
without moisture,°has improved to a
marked degree the growing grain.
The shot blade has been. reached or
passed' by most of the wheat and the
danger stage is acute.
B. W. Snow is sending reports to
Chicago traders that fifty per cent.
of the stalks in fields of that section
are infected, but he is not bearing
down so hard on the black rust point
as he did earlier in the.reports which
caused such a . panic. The rust is
there, but Manitoba authorities still
insist it is of the red variety at pre-
sent, and this is not dangerous.,
The 1 Saskatchewan Co-operative
Elevator Co. has published a report:
that in centra1 and northern Saskat-
chewan the damage is irreparable,
but that the southern part of'three1'
provinces will have a 'good yield. .- I
Regina, Sask., July 24-F. 14.'Auld, I
De` utY Minister of Agriculture r
e for
Saskatchewan, in a statement on the
crop :conditions, said:.
"There is a fair average crop south
of the main in, of the C.P.R,.,',In the
districts north' of the line, half of
last year's crop wilh only be secured
under the most favorable weather con-
ditions'from thew on.":
Mr. Auld would not venture an esti-
mate on the yield.
i
Calgary, July 24.-Whatevers
it ,
it will be bad, thus declared II. „W...!
Wood, president of the U.F.A. and
of the Alberta Wheat Pool, when `
questioned regarding the Canadian
Western crop situation.
.Mr.` Wood declined• to make,` an'
estimate 'in 'bushels, but said that
even while rain might improve the'
crop situation materially, .the yield''
would be poor.
Chicago, July 24. -For the first
time in history, the world is facing
an acute shortage of all bread and
food ;grains, according to a state -
an official of one of the largest grain
houses in • Chicago. Mr. Carney says
he believes the United States farmer
will realize $2 a bushel for wheat
g purpose of completely dosrater rt. this season, $1.25 a bushel for corn
tombs f P l t It ' d t firs 76 ecnts a bushel for oats.
Whose reputatioil.as an authority on mg to identify the Tomb of the Re- Natural Resources Bulletin.
the rock architecture in the Mediter- eurrect4on traces of this to ::p10 must ,
ranean is admittedly high.. fb•st be looked for.
The Nature) Resources Intelligence
Carthy may desire to bring to the Service of the Department of the In-
HOME BANK DIRECTORS.
TO ANSWER CHARGES
Jury Trial to be Held on Oct.
.13 and Hearing on Other
Counts Sept. 0.
A despatch from Toronto says: -
attention of the Court o Wednesdayterror at Ottawa says:
dug G at 3 pm T
hh Week
TORONTO.
Manitoba wheat -No, 1 • North„
$1.483'1 ; No, ;3 Norah: .71.40'6,.
Man, oats -No. 3 CW, 58c; No. 3
feed, 51'4c.
All the above, c.i.f., bay ports.
Am. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2
yellow, $1.26•
Ont. e yo --74 0 78c,
Peas -No. 2,.$1,40 to $1.45.,
Millfeed=Del., Montreal freights,
bags `:included:: Brame per ton, 328;
shorts, per ton, 730; middlings, S36;
good feed flour, per bag, 72. -.
Ont. wheat -No. 2 white„ red or
mixed, 71,20 to 71.25 '.f,o,b., shipping
points, according to freights.
Ont. No. 2 white oats -39' to '41c.
Ont:' flour -Ninety per cent, pat.,
In jute bags, M�ptreal, prompt ship-
ment, 76.50; -1 onto basis, 76.50;
bulk seaboard, 76,30.'
Man. barley -No. 2, $0 to 85c.
Man. rye -Io. 2,' 85 to 90c.
Man., flour, -1st pats., in jute sacks,
77.60 per bbl: ' 2nd pats,, ' $7.10.
• Hay-Extra'No. 2'timoth. per ton
track, Toronto, 717.50; No. 2, $7; No
3, $15; mixed, 713; lower grades, $10
to•$12,
Straw-Carlots per ton,9.50 to
,$
710. ' .r
Screenings -Standard, recleaned, f.
n•
o.b. bayits per top,2<. •
Po >P$
to 19%c;
Cheese -Nest', large, 19
twine, 19' to 20%c; triplets 20% to
21i/zc; Stilton., 213'a to 22',c. old,
large, 23 to;24c;"twins, 24 to 25c;
triplets, 25 to 26c.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, .87
to 38c; No.1 creamery, 35 to 36c; ,No.
2, 34 to 35c; dairy, 28 to 29c.
Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons,
87c; extra loose, 94 to 35c; firsts, 28
to'29c;. seconds, 26 to 26c. ,
Live poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs. 26c;
do, 4' to 5 lbs., 240; do, 3 to 4 lbs•, 15c;
spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 45c;
roosters,' 15c; ducklings, .4 to 5 lbs.,
30e. '
Dressed poultry -Bens, over 5 lbs.,
28c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chick-
ens, 2 lbs. and over, 50c; roosters,
20c; ducklings, 4 to 5 lbs., 35c. '
Beans a -Can. handpicked, lb., 63%c;
primes, 6c.
Maple products -Syrup; per imp:
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, 2.40 per
gal.;. maple sugar, lb., 25 to. 26c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 11',6c; per
lb. 10 ib .tins, 11 to 12c; 5-1b. Mins,
11}5 to 12c; 2 lb. tins, 123 to 13c;
comb -honey per doz., No. 1, $2.76 to
73.50; No. 1, $2.50 to 72.70.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 24 to
kIt
27c;' cooked hams, 35 to 87c; smoked
rolls, 15 to;1735 c; cottage rolls, 18 to
20c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 25c; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 28 to 30c;
backs, boneless, 30 to 35e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., 715.75; 70 to 90 lbs., $15.23;
90 lbs. and up, 714.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $23; heavyweight
rolls, $24.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 15 to" 157,ie;
tubs, 151/,. to 15sitc; pails, 1810. Lo
16%c; prints, 17% to 18%c; shorten-
ing tierces; 15 to 15%c; tubs, 15% to
16c; pails, 16 to 101/,lc; prints, 17
to 173tc,
'Export steers, choice, $7.50 to 77.75;
do, good, 76.50 to $7,; export heifers,
$6.50 to $6.75; baby beeves, $7.50 to,
79; butcher steers, choice, $6.50 to
77; do, good, $6 to 76.25; do, med.,
75.50 to 761' do, coin., $4.50 to 75.50;
butcher heifers, choice, $6.25 to $6.75;
do, med., $5.25 to 75'; do, toms 74.50
to $5; butcher cows, choice, 74.25 to
$5; do, meds, $8 to $4; butcher
bulls, goodi,74 to 7$4.50; do, fai, 73,50,
1» $4; bologna.; $2.50 to $3.50; carrr�
mars and cutters, $1 to $2.50;feed';
ing-steers, choice, 76 to 76.75; do, fair,
50;stockers,eh ice' 5
5 to 5oz to
75.50; do, fair, $4.25. t 74.50; milkers,
springers, choice, $75 to 790; do, fair,
745 to 760; calves, choice, $8.76 to
710; do, med., $7 to $7.75; do, corn,.
to $6.50; lambs, choice ewes, '$15
to 15.50; do bucks 13 to 313.,50;
do, culls, 710 to 711;: sheep, light ewes,
$5 to 76.50; do, culls, $2 to, $4.50;
hogs, fed and watered, 78.75; do, f...
o.b., $8.25, do, country points, 78; do,'
select, fed and watered, $9,60; do, off`
cars, long haui,•$9.15.
MONTREAL.
Oats -OW No. 2, 591$ to 60c; CW,.
No. 8, 574,4 to 58c; 'extra No. 1•feed,',
554,f to, 56c; No. 2 `local white, 541x- -
to 55e. Flour; Man. spring wheat
pats., lets, $7.30; 2nds, 57.30; strong i
bakers', 77.10; winter pats., choice,
77.25 to $7.36. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs.,
73.10 to 73.20. " Bran, 728.25. Shorts,
730.25; Middlings, $86.25. Hay, No.
2, per ton, car lots, 716.50 to 717.
Cheese, finest'wests„ 15%% to 16c;
$nest easts, 151/4 to 15%c. Butter, No.
1 pasteurized, 841/4 to 34%c; No. 1
creamery, 83%c; - 2nds,' 32c. Eggs,
fresh extras, 35c; fresh firsts, 30c.
Com. cows and heifers, dairy type,
78; slightly better heifers, $4 to 74.50;
calves, $6 to 76.50 for med, Iots; hogs,
good quality, mixed loth, 79.10 to
79.25.
fewer than three deschdants of Tohn1 yi ce nese and•continuously, felled. For some time he has been Sta a number from the Western research over many years by some
„ I n 1, they have, of at work on. the bank books assisting t s• of the wtilttl's brightest minds.
and Sebastian Cabot alive, and ones course, been siert in'perfect condi- the Crown and the liquidators, and "--
will represen .the first -named of the tion` they are notq o 1. ► In oar metallurgical industries
v exactly.n to date. Wal _d s Smallest Navy.
two explorers, ..VPilfe Alward wills p the announcement of the Crown y
n y The Icings cars have to stand up was somewhat ex petted e , . y man of our most useful •and valu-
Prosecutoi v sWhich i t' i t in tl 1 th 1t f '� e
and it is hoped the Marquis de Mont-
the
tont constant use as when neither' King,eye oiling
petted the conspiracy char es again. The1 replied"theS
e pages i over ism them • there- are alwa s semio
famous grandfather. Leo lard Title g, y the defendants elected to be tried by for'Switzerland is an inland country. industry in `which the effects of scion- -
g 1, y visitors being taken .to and fiom.Judge Coatsworth without a jury; and It lies a. navy, however -a flotilla of tific discoveries. are not felt, and this
will portray the part of Sir Leonard Bendy.,gham Palace leaded not guilty. star• mat which patrol the'1 lakes. itcontol Constituents.
Tilley, and it id hoped . to persuade ; , . p g y m b s p t a t is particularly the case in connection „
n- • p 4. F, I3e11mmth, ICC., who appeared th the development of the natural What is contained in` sea water?"
Nionaoo .also has a navy oE sorts, wi h p
W J. Tuppo;s of Winnipeg to iic•t t.<. inquired the chemistry teacher in a
take the. art: depictinghis ancestor, l C r 3 the ..Ina .fl. navy to able nimera s are a resu t aet..eC
n' ,I ander paid wear, since they ars m While nothing was said it is ex- - •world?' d I processes for their ext
calm;_will Make his appearance before George nor '•Queen Mary actuallyis - l !• al
r 1 man who abl e wins traction. Ter
th pageant
Canada to Displace U.S. I HALF -MILLION LOSS IN
QUEBEC
PORT EIRE -I
as Biggest Gold Producer
r
A despatch from New York Says:
Canada by 1926 will displace the
United States as second among the
gold -producing countries of she world,
in the opinion of Louis D Huntoon,
New York mining engineer and a
former Professor of Mining and
Metallurgy at Yale University. Can-
ada,is now third, Africa ranking first.
Mr. Huntoon, after a prolonged study
!of the Dominion's gold districts, re-
ports his conclusions in the official.
IJournal of the American Institute of
' Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
Canada's output of ,gold is increasing
rapidly, he' says, while in the United
States singe 1915 there has been a
rapid decline.
's • er to has Mr. Calvert will ase be dropped: All Navy"would probably be laughed at, . There are practically no lines of
Sir Charles Tupper in the Fathers
Britisller.Protest5 writing while lie was not making any special launches. Jago -Slavin, however,' is
of Confederation scene. The descen-
dants of some of Wolfe's- enerals.will Advertisements on the shycomplaint,.partieulars of the charges possibly the country with the smallest Fireflies Re -burn All Materials.
represent these military
figures in had not -been furnished to the defence. navy. It had no seaboard before the . Flreflies or lightning' bugs burn tho
P y' 3 ,• 1 His Honor made an order for par- War, and only. possesses a few reonit- some materials over and over again
•that part of the pageant dealing with A despatch from London says:- Mars subject to anything Me' -for erviCe on the Danube. in the production of their lights:
, Mc ors s..
the capture of Quebec. Wbi_e the international advertising tic y g
• convention is attracting widespread '
Records for, Tiny Pbonograolap attention throughout Great 'Britain, ,. .
attention
voice has been raised' in pro -
'at Weinblby` 1.5/16'of liccln., • I test against. carrying advertising'too
fait. An- aggrieved .correspondent of
A despatch from :London says. The London .-Morning Post writes
A tiny tabjnet phonograph in' the plaintively to inquire:
Queen's dolls hoose at the British "Isn't sky writing the worst posse
Empire Exhibition in Wembley. has• sible form of abuse? Soon perhaps
been fitted out with a• complete stock on every cloudless day the, firinarient
of records. 'Like all other furnishings will be }covered with 'every .descrip-
Inthe doll's house, the phonograph is tion of vulgar advertisement."
constructed on a scale. of one inch -,to• . The Welter's' ibe` ' evidently was
the;ofot:• J,aroused by the fact that darling the
The cervices of seventy people ivese• isecent spell of warm, sunny veeether
required to ,turn out:;the' instrument, aii'p'anes havebeen sky wrii:iag with
Which stands exactly four niches high. flame -colored smoke over most of the
It is so small that much difficulty was large British {owns the panne of one
ekperinced,.iii rnakingrecords for it of London's leading, nc"i0 papers.
to •play, so That the realism: might; ..
seem' complete, The makers at lash
c'oiitriv 11 to: get a few hare of "God I '• '
Savo the King" on a record one and Rorie Abe to 'Retire on
it ollar .a ` Day Dear cy
A despatch from Kingston says :--
Dade): tho 38111 of the late Charles
Sandwith Campbell, Ii.C., : of Mont-
real, who was recently reported as
having bequeathed the sum of 7318,-
000 to the :Kingston General hospital,'
provision is. made for the late Mr.'
Campbell's favorite horse.
This provision of the will is to the
effect that Mr, Campbell's horse, Ko
-
A despatch from Christiana says:-, dais, of which be was very fond, will
By a unanimous vote the Storthing be'provided for, by the etecutors of
has ratified the treaty of Spitzbergen
• signed by the great powers at' the.
Quai d'Orsay in 1920, whereby Spitz-
-bergen is given over to Norway. It
le probable the name will shortly be
changed to the original Norwegian .;to, be expended at rhe rate' of 71, per
name Svalbard, •ditm until its death,
for a1I the defendants, stated -that, consisting .chiefly of motor yachts• and resources ort: Canada.
five -sixteenths ,iridics in- dihnietes.
Inspired by: this, they •now have
added four more i•eeords to the music
departmentee'Rule, Britannia," "Men
of Ilai•lech,'' "Home, Sweet Home,"
and "Bluebells' of Scotland." It 'is
predicted this achievement will start.
a craze for miniature phonographs.
Norway Acquires Spit;s-
bergein, Will Alter Name
the. estate during its natural lite or
until .such :time as the executors be-
lieve to be mare humane to destroy
tile animal. A sun;of morieyis being
set aside for the horse's maintenance,
Much Hay Burned and Two
and Half Million Pounds of
Sugar Melted.
A despatch from Quebec says:-
Damage
ays:Damage estimated at nearly half a
million dollars was caused by a fire
which broke out at Shed 21 in the
Port of Quebec, at 6.20 Thursday •
evening.
According 'to officials of the har-
bor there were at the time the fire
broke out 26,000 'Lags of sugar, which
had arrived from Montreal on Sun-
day, which alone brings the loss to
over 7180,000. Large shipments of
hay and some stoves formed the re-
mainder of the merchandise stored, in
the warehouse.
Before the fire brigade had reached
the scene the fire had taken such a
hold that in fifteen minutes' time the
wooden shed was nothing but a mass
high school. of flames. The 2,500,000 pounds of
"Chloride of sodium, and er-and sugar soon melted.
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Tugs .belonging to the Hackett
Steamboat Co. co-operated with the
fire brigade, and attempts were made
to save some of the, merchandise. It
was soon 'realized, however, that the
efforts could only be directed toward
preventing the fire from extending
to other sections of the harbor.
"Weil, what else?"
"Fish!" ,
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-ugsat ,.a e n aeroplane wings Th a'rtSree.cf Wales, �photograplied while ii}sP�ctin°g.«partly,ii d
to Southampton, where lie officially opened the largest floating dock in the, world.
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erste at Wooleton during his recent visit
Marvel of Surgery Revealed
on Victim of Cancer
A marvel of surgery has been
brought to light by the recent visit of
a man to a London hospital. He said
hehad brought his wife to be treated,.
as the hospital had been successful
with him_ eighteen years ago. , He
stated that he had suffered from Can- ..
cer and -that his tongue had been cut
out in 1906.
The man's story sounded incredible,
particularly as he was able to talk
quite' naturally, an almost unheard-of
thing Altai, snch an operation, but a
medical examination corroborated his
statement. > '
The malignant growth had gone en- -
tirely, and the man was able to masti-
co.te his food and smoke.
1924 Russian Harvest
Even Less Than in 1920
A. despatch from Berlin says l•-•
Soviet - official organs in Moscow
openly admit that the ,failure of the ,
cr•ops this year is greater than it was
in 1920, the famine year. Harvesters;
in the Ukraine expect to get only 10
per cent.' of the normal crop, while
crops in Tsaritsin Province and in
other districts along the Lbwer Volga.
are a total loss.
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