The Seaforth News, 1924-03-27, Page 6Dominion N ews in Brief
Iialifax, N.S.—Since he beginning
of the new year, the seventh of Can-
ada's direction findingie stating s ,ktas
been completed for srvice by the
radio branch of the Dept. of Marine
and Fisheriesto serve the boats which
navigate the Bay of. Fundy and the
stretch of coastal waters to Poston.
Once a ship hi distress is within 400
miles of the Cai'.edian shore, no mat-
ter where -on the Atlantic or Pacific
sides, it •is possible for the ,'wireless
operator to press the spring and get
location from a finding station. spe-
elelly built for the purpose and equip-
ped with special apparatus.
St, John, N.B.—The past month has
been very favorable for work in the
lumber woods and good progress has
been made with the work. Mot op-
erators finished cutting operations
some days ago and their crews are
busilly engaged in hauling the logs to
the brows. It is expected that the
work will be pretty well advanced be-
fore the end of the present mcnth.
Montreal, P.Q.—The total value of
pulp and paper exports for January
was $7,821,000, an increase of about
$17,000 over December, according to
a' report of the Canadian Pulp and
Paper Association. Of this the Un-
ited States took $7,283,000 and the
United Kingdom $188,503.
Ottawa, Ont.—Canada's harvest of
the sea during January is valued at
$1,238,651, according to a bulletin is-
sued by the Dept, of Mines and Fish-
eries. During the month 376,330 carts,
of sea fish were marketed commer-
cially on both Atlantic and Pacific
coasts. In January, 1923, 175,787
eats., valued at $628,201 were landed
on both coasts,
Winnipeg, Man,—In conjunction
with the extension service of the pro-
vincial department of agriculture, the
IC.P.R. will;. operate` special care over
it Manitoba lines to demonstrate
field and fodder crops. A carload of
all varieties of seed evill • be carried
for distribution at the points visited.
Forty districts will ,be, visited.`
Regina, Sask.-The average value
of occupied farm lands in Canada de-
clined last year, according to a re-
port issued by the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics. It is now returned as
$8'7 per acre, as compared with -$40 in
1922 and 1921, This includes both
improved and unimproved lands, with
dwelling houses, barns, stables and°
other farm buildings. By provinces,
the highest value is in British Col-
umbia, i.e,, $100, the remaining pro-
vinces showing values of per acro as
follows: Ontario, 364; Quebec, $56;
Brunswick, $32; Nova Scotia, $31;
Manitoba, 328; Saskatchewan, $24,
and Alberta, $24.
Prince Edward Island, $51; New
Edmonton, Alta.—The total enrol-
ment at the Alberta University this
term, according to the annual report,
is 1,814, of which 696 are in Arts and
Sciences, and 100 in Medicine. There
are 900 men and 414 women students.
British -barn students total 1,003,
Canadiaps 762, foreign 239, of which
183 are from the United States.
Victoria, B,C.—A despatch from
London, Eng., states that the Sudan
Government, through Capt. E. C. Mid-
winter, general manager of railways
and steamers, Sudan, Africa, has ac-
cepted a tender from a British Colum-
bia firm for 150,000 railway ties of
Douglas ftr. The contract expressly
stipulates that the railway ties shall
be of Canadian origin.
CANADA RECEIVES
$5,000,000 WAR DEBT
Britain Makes Final Setth-
ment of War Accounts Be-
tween Two Governments.
A despatch from London says:—
Canada will receive from the British
Treasury next week the sum of 38,-
000,000 in final settlement of war ac-
counts
scounts between the two Governments.
The British Tre•ts•t y it returning to
Canada at the same time the 367,-
000.000 of Canadian bonds which were
received in the early days of the war
as a loan, but were never marketed,
the securities being used merely as
collateral. The British Government
at first.asked Canada to, credit her
to the extent of the face value of the
bonds, $07,000,000, but Canada point-
ed out that as they bear interest at
only 81/2 and 4 per cent., they could
be marketed among post-war inves-
tors here only at a big discount, It
would, therefore, be much cheaper to
let the bonds remain in England until
the date of maturity, 1940.After ne-;
gotiations between Chancellor >Phihp,
Snowden and Canada's representative,
1'. C. Larkin, the British Treasury,
agreed to accept a rate of .)'.48 for:
the bonds. Providing the bonds are
cancelled, Canada's war debt will bei
reduced by between $8.000,000 and
39,000,000 by this adjustment.
Mail for Russia Must be
Addressed "Soviet Republic"
A despatch from Paris says: -1
Russia as such no larger exists and
mail addressed to that country in the
near future will be refeeed to the
frontier of what was once tie domela
of the Romanoffs. These facts are
revealed in instructions received by
Bolshevist agents here, which order
them to expunge the name Russia
from all maps and records in their,
possession, substituting "Federation
of Soviet Republics."
This action follows the change of
name in the case of Petrograd to
Leningrad and is believed to be the
first instance in history where a Gov-
ernment has repudiated the country
It governs.
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Lighthouse for Automobiles
on Dangerous Hill in England c
A despatch from London says:—
Great Britain now has its first inland
lighthouse. It has been erected on a
dangerous bill between Birmingham
and Manchester for the guidance of
automobiles.
CANADIAN HONORED
FOR GALLANTRY
Capt. Robinson Receives Sil-
ver Medal of Order of St.
John of Jerusalem.
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem,
of which his Majesty the King is
Patron, and H.R.H. the Duke of Con-
naught President, at the instance of
the Canadian Branch of the St. John
Ambulance Association, has awarded
the silver medal of the Order to Capt.
Robinson, C.B.E., of the Canadian Pa-
cific S.S. Empress of Australia, for
his gallant action in saving his ship
and passengers, as well as thousands
of refugees, on the occasion of the
disastrous earthquake in Japan in
September last. Word to this effect
has just been received at the head
office of the association in this city.
This is only the second time that
the medal has been awarded to a Can-
adian, the first occasion being some
years ago, when the recipient was
Conductor Reynolds of the C.P.R.
The medal of the Order, originally
instituted in 1874,.is awarded for gal
-
'entry in saving life.
Arrangements will be made to pre-
sent the medal to Captain Robinson
on his return from his present trip
around the world in command of the
Empress of Australia.
Choir of 10,000 Singers
for British Empire Show
A despatch from London says:—
One of the outstanding features of the
British Empire Exhibition this sum-
mer will be the imperial choir of 10,-
000 singers, The scores which will
be used in the six concerts to be given
weigh fully twenty tons. There will
be more than 500 instrumentalists.
The expenses for the rehearsals now
taking place, including bus and train
fares, will • come to approximately
3100,000. Already 3,000 members of
the choir are engaged in rehearsals.
British Unemployed Have
Received $1,960,000,000
A despatch from London says:—
The remarkable sum, approximately,
of 1392,000,000 (31,960,000,000) has
been contributed by the British Ex-
hequer for the relief of the unem-
ployed since the signing of the armis-
tice. This includes over £100,000,000
(3500,000,000) used in resettling ex-
service men, but does not include
£100,000,000 ($500,000,000) contribut-
ed to the unemployment fund by em-
ployers and workers.
THE "BIG THREE" OF THE MOHAMMEDAN WORLD
EX -CALIPH, PRESIDENT OF TURKEY AND PROSPECTIVE CALIPH
The three principals in a drama of -he became the first crownless.caliphof the Hedjaz, who has. been Called
Pectins between 300,000,000 and 400, -in history. The same Turkish legis -upon to don thpmeatle of the prophet
000,000 Mohammedans . are stownlatIveL body which created his great -by the: peoples of the IIedjaz, Trans -
above. On the lett is Abdul Medjidness has now just broken him, havingjordania'and Mesopotamia, and wuo
Effendi, one-time crown prince of Tur-exiled him from the republic. Abilulhas intimated his wiliingnoss to do so.
key. When his cousin, Mohaui:medhaa sought refuge in Switzerland. InI-Iia candidature is regarded favarably
VL, was deposed from his high ofnc•e;.lve centre' is,Musita.pha Kemal Paaha,by other Arab races, and would apt be ^
as sultan of Turkey, Abdul Medial feilsusnamed Grano, the conqueror. Ile isfrowned up.ou by the British, who num
heir to the s:pirttual but not the tem-tlre Turkish national leader, the van-ber scene 70,000,000 Mclrammed:),ns
poral powers of his kinsman, beingquisher of the Greeks' and flouter ofanvong their subjects, Hussein''s •oiaim
elected by the Angora, assembly lathe allies, and the present presdd,entto the caliphate is strengthened by the
November,' 1922, as caliph of all tbeof tine Republic of Teckey. He is eject that he is a descendant cf the pro-
Museulinens,. When he was• enthroned former frdend of the ex -caliph, havingphst, and holds •dominion over two
he was given the green mantle of theplayed a prominent part both in thesacred cities, Mecca and Medina,
prophet bet not the sword symbolizingelevation and degradation of Abdulbirth and burial: planes respeetivciy of
Mohammed's temporal powers. Thus Medjid. On the right is King HusaelnMohamuved. .
Eggs—Extras, fresh,in cartons, 85
TORONTO.
Man wheat --No. 1 North ,• $1.10.
Man oats --No. 3 CW, 481/2c; No.
I, 421/2c .
Men barley -Nominal.
All the above, e i.f.,, bay ports.
Ontario barley -65 to 70c.
A,mericar, corn—No. 2 yellow 982c.
Buckwheat—No. 2, 78 to 82c.
Ontario* Rye—No. 8, 75 to 790.
Ppao—No. 2, 31.45 to $1.50,
•Millfoed—Del., Montreal freights,
hagls included: Bran, per ton, 329;
shorts, per ton, $30; middlings,' $36;
good feed flour, $2.10.. -
Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, 98 to
31.(12, uuteide:
Ontario No. 2 white Oats -41 to 430.
Ontario' corn—Nominal.
Ontario flour—Ninety per cent. pat.,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt: ship-
ment, $4.70; Toronto basis, $4.70; bulls
seaboard, $4,33.
Manitoba flour -1st pats., in jute
sacks, 36.80 per bbl, ; and pats., '35.80,:,
Hay—Extra,No. 2 timothy, per ton;
track, Toronto, 314.50 to 315; No, 2,
314.50; no. 3, 312.50 to 313; mixed,
312.50. .
Straw—Carlots, per ton, 39.50.
Standard recleaned screenings, f,o..
b. bay ports, per ton, 320.50.
Cheese—Flew; large, 19 to 20c;
twins, 20 to 21c; triplets, 21 to 2l1/ec;
Stiltonsi 22 to 28c. Old, large,' 25 to
27c; tams, 26 to 28c; triplets, 200.
Butter—Finest, creamery prints; 44
to 45c; No. 1 creamery, 43 to 44e; No.
2, 40 to 42c; dairy, 37c.
FREE STATE TO PROBE
INTO ARMY REVOLT
President Cosgrave to Assume
the Office of Minister of
° Defence. .
A despatch from Dublin says:—
President
ays:=President Cosgrave will assume the
office of Minister of Defence, from
which Richard Mulcahy has resigned.
The Dail Eireann, after an exciting
debate, adopted without division the
motion of Kevin O'Higgins, Minister
of Home Affairs, that the President
be appointed to the post. Mr. O'Hig-
gins added that during Mr. Cosgrave's
illness lie himself would act for him
as Defence Minister,
A striking feature of the debate
was the testimony of Major Bryan
Cooper, who was British press censor
in Ireland during the war, that the
rank and file of the army had beeon
absolutely true to their oath, and that
the insubordination had been limited
to officers. Demobilization had near-
ly provoked a mutiny in the British
army in 1919, but in Ireland, he as-
serted, the men had stood firm.
The Army Council had put them-
selves indefensibly in the wrong.
Remarking the Ireland was not yet
out of the woods, Major Cooper ap-
pealed.for unity and the banishment
of personal considerations.
Professor John IlOneNeil, Minister
of Education, contributed a moderat-
ing speech to the discussion. Anybody
expecting unusual or abnormal things
not to happen in the new Irish State,
he said, expected miracles. Secret
combinations in the army were once
necessary, but the Government's task
was to enable the army to grow out
of that state. Mutiny by subordinate
officers might be bad, but the deliber-
ate and conscious setting aside of the
authority of the Government by the
Army Council was worse than mutiny,
and a Defence Minister who stood for
it had no option but to resign.
General Mulcahy then gave his ver-
sion of the incident. Neither the
Chief of Staff nor the Quartermaster -
General, he said, had anything to do
with the raid, which was carried out
under the direction of the Adjutant -
General. He intended to deal before
the Cabinet tribunal with the question
of brotherhoods and secret societies in
the army, and he considered that the
personnel of the tribunal should be
extended to include members other
than the Ministerial party.
A later despatch from Dublin
says: The Free State is breathing
freely again after the sensation of
the last fortnight. The feeling of
calm is enhanced by the announced
menu of the release of Colonels Mc-
Crea, Thornton, O'Malley, Slattery,
Commandants Dolan, Griffin, Byrne,
Halpin, ex -Commandant Shanahan
and ex -Captains Collins and Leahy,
all of whom were arrested in connec-
tion with the military siege of a pub-
lic house in Parnell Square on Tues-
day night in the search for Major-
General Tobin' and Colonel Dalton.
All accepted and approved the cau-
tions laid down by' General Mulcahy
when he was Defence Minister that
all arms, ammunition and 'etores
taken from certain barracks during
the recent mutiny be surrendered to
the officers rd present in charge of
those barracks, and that all the offi-
cers concerned surrender,and on pre-
senting parole be allowed out under
open arrest, the same conditions also
embracing all absentees from duty.
Thus it appears that the whole of
the present trouble has blown over,
'though skeptics think only for the
present, as cleavages still remain in
the army.
Total grade figures for the. month
of January show a favorable balance
of over. 33,000.000 as compared with
the same: month a year ago; is report-
' ed by the Bureau, of Statitstics. The
total trade for January, 1924, was
e$136,043,327, es against', 31.32,744,787
•
vaatouver will borepresenhe:l at: the umpire Exl!ibitien at We:nblsy in the con:'a,pondmg, period of ].923.
this spring by teathree members of '71" 1Jivisioii, Itoy1 Canadian;Mounted Exports for he ;lax' oro;nth totalled
I'alies it+ture.'l above. TheyConstable $69,570;167. while imports, amounted
, p are. nstable 1:I. C; Foster, Sergeant L. C. ' to $66, 63,069 leaving• a favorable
Sampson, and Colgetable D, L. MaGibbena trade balance of 33,107,197.
to 86c; fresh extras, loose, 33e;' fresh
FREE STATE ARMY MUTINEERS to 28c,
firsts, 30 to 31c; fresh seconds, 27
Live poultry --Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs.,
SHOOI. L 't; % BRITISH � 26c; bens, over 5 lbs.; s , do, 4- to 5
.L DOWN P .S F BRI SO DI �P S lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs.; 15 °' sexing
Ichickens 4 lbs and over, 25c; roosters'
l5c• ducklings, over G Des., 1
A despatch from Cork says'—A from ',Dublin to Premier MacDonald'9c, do,
p 4 to 5 lbs., 1c
as follows: � Dressed poultry—Chickens, 8 to 4
"I am shocked to learn that Britishi lbs., 30c' hens, over 5 lbs, 28c; do,
troops were fired upon in Cork Har- 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 18c;
bor this evening. I hasten to assureispring chickens, 4 lbs, and over, 32c;
you that' this cowardly crime will roosters, over G lbs, 18e; ducklings,
arouse the same horror and detesta-
over G lbs., 24c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c;
I tion throughout Ireland as it hasL
7eBesse, 2primes2c.
caused to myself and my colleagues. Banns es, 61/ac.
Canadian hand-picked, Ib.,
;
"Whether the criminals were mas- Maple products—Syrup, per imp.
querading in Free State uniforms or gal,, $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
otherwise yet remains to be deter-
mined. No efforts will be spared to
bring them to account. The rela-
tives of the victims and the British
nation can rely upon the sympathy
and justice, of my Government in
everything relating to this tragedy,"
British soldier was killed, four are
dying and thirty-one others, includ-
ing two women, were wounded Friday
night by four men dressed as Free
State officers, who bore down on a
military pier in an automobile and
fired a machine gun on a leave party
of Royal Garrison Artillery, number-
ing fifty, who had just lauded from
Spike Island, a British naval base
under the treaty,.
As the four men drove off, they are
said to have shouted: "Up Tobin."
Major-General Tobin headed the Free
State army mutiny last week and
escaped. ..
Driving back to Queenstown, the
four men fired on the destroyer Hythe.
No casualties were reported among
the crew. Free State soldiers are
sweeping the countryside in automo-
biles to find the firing party. The
wounded soldiers were taken back to
Spike Island garrison.
President Cosgrave has telegraphed.
Mr. A. L. Joljffe
Has recently been appointed Commis-
sioner of Immigration for Canada, with
headquarters eh Ottawa. He has been
for the past Ave years • Commiesdoner
of Immigration at Venoou.ver.
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Churchill Loses . Election
by Only 43 Votes
A despatch from London says:—
By the margin of only 43 votse, Win-
ston Churchill was defeated in his
gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Smoked meats—Hams, med., 24 to
25c; cooked hams, 34 to 36c; smoked
rolls, 17 to 18e; cottage rolls, 19 to
21c; breakfast bacon, 28 to 26c; spe..
cial breakfast bacon, 28 to 80e'; backs,
boneless, 28 to 38c.
Cured meats—Long-clear bacon, 50
to '70 lbs., 318.50; '70 to 90 lbs., $18;'
90 lbs.sand up, 317; lightweight rolls,
in barrels, $87; heavyweight rolls, $32,
Lard—Pure tierces, 14x/4 to 14%,a;tubs, 141/ to 15c; pails, 15. to 151c;
prints, 17la to 18c; shortening tierces,
14 to 14%c; tubs, 14 to lbc; pails, 16
to 151/2c;prints, 17 to 173ic.
Heavy steers, choice, 37.50• to $8;
fight for election to Parliament for butcher steers,, choice, $6.75 to $7.75;
the Abbey Division of Westminster.. do, good, $6 to 36.50; do, coed„ $5 to
He received 8,144 votes, to 8,187 for $5.75; do, com., $4.50 to 34,75; butcher
Otto Nicholson, the official Conserve heifers, choice, 36.75 to $7.50; do,
tive candidate. The Labor represen- med., 35 to $5.75; do, com,, 34.50 to
tative, Fenner Brockway, was a good 34,76; butcher cows, 'choice, $4.7b -to
third with 6150 while Scott Duckers,$5.50; do, red., $3.50 to $4:50; can-
ners and cutters $1,50 to $2; do, corn.,
32,50 to $3.50; Needing steers„ choice,
traordinarily small number of 291. $5.50 to 36; do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers,
Drama surrounded this unusual choice, $4 to 35; do, fair, 33.50 to 34;
election up to the last moment. The milkers and springers, choice, $80 to
result was in doubt until after the 3120; calves, choice, 310 to 311; do,
last ballot had beencounted, and the rued:, 37 to $fl; do, corn., 35.50 to $6;
newspapers were actually announcing ]arbs, choice ewes, $14 to $15; do,
bucks, $12,50 to $13.50; do, culls, $8
11 , ,
that Churchill had won. 9
to $9 ; sheep, light awns, $8 to $fl
^0----- do, culls, $5 to 35.60; hogs, fed and
watered, $8; do, f.o.b., 87.50; do,
Burglar Leaves Involuntary country points, $7.25; do, selects,
Aid to Science 38:80.
A despatch from Paris same: -The
recent attempt to loot the Weights and
Measures Bureau in Paris has result-
ed in gain for that institution. • A
scientific instrument found on the
floor turned out to .be an automatic
lock detector most ingeniously and
skillfully made..
Placed over a lock with a lever
penetrating the keyhole, the lock de-
tector registers on a sliding scale the
position and size of every one of the
wards, knowledge indispensable to the
making of false` keys. Expert lock-
smiths declare that with the instru-
ment it is possible to make easily and
rapidly keys to fit most of the com-
plicated modern safety locks..
MONTREAL.
Oats, No. 2 CW., 68c; No. 3 CW.,
51e; extra No. 1 feed, 49 to 492c;
No. 2 local white, 46 to 461/2c. Flour,
Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, 36.30;
seconds, 35.80; strong bakers, 5.60;
winter pats., choice, •$5.65 to 35.75.
Rolled oats, 90 -lb. bag, 33.05. Bran,
328.25. Shorts, 330.25. Middlings,
1$36.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car Iots,
$16.
Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 351/ to
36c; No. 1 creamery, 341/2 to 35c.
Eggs, fresh`extras, 35c; fresh firsts,
32c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 31.55
to 31.60.
I ' Cutter cows, $2.75 to $3; canners,
$L50; calves, fairly good lots weigh -
ling 100 lbs., $6 to $6.75; do, corn. thin,
$6 .and up; hogs, $8.25; do, select
!bacon, 39.
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AUSTRALIA'S' NAVY
WILL BE AUTO'• OMOUS'
But, in Wo Will Co-operate
-With kind Forrn Part of
Imperial Navy.
A. despatch from Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, says:—Australia is taking
stock of the new situation created by
the Imperial Government's abandon-
ment of the Singapore naval base
scheme.
The Melbourne Age says the de-
cision' of the British Government on
the matter will have a very important
influence on the coming session of the
Australian Federal Parliament.
The discussions by the members in-
dicate that the adequate defence of
the Commonwealth is regarded as by
far the most hnportant question for,
immediate consideration.
The Cabinet is stated to be faced
with difficulty, because Singapore
was the central point in the scheme
of the reorganized Australian naval
defence. It is understood that Aus-
tralia's contribution to the proposed
Singapore base was to have been
£1,000,000 is necessary.
In the meantime, E. K. Bowden,
Minister of Defence, already has
voiced the necessity of considering an
alternative,• means of defence in the
Pacific, while Major General Sir
Granville Rryrie, Assistant Minister of
Defence, now- favors the establish-
ment of a naval base in Australia.
Premier S. M. Bruce, speaking at a
banquet given here in honor of Rear -
Admiral Sir Frederick Field and offi-
cers of the visiting special squadron,
declared that Australia recognized
her obligation to assist in ,the task of
Imperial naval defence, but she was
resolved that her aid should take tine
form of an Australian navy, com-
pletely autonomous in peace time, but
acting in co-operation with, and
forming a unit of the Imperial naP'
in war -time.
Labor Cabinet in Knee
, Breeches at Royal Levee
A despatch from London says:—
Resplendent in bluecourtdress with
heavy gold braid and wearing swords,
Prime IMIinister Ramsay MacDonald,
Lord Privy Seal J. R. Clynes and a
number of other members of the Labor
Cabinet attended the first King's
levee since their induction into office.
It was noticed, however, that the
Prime Minister wore no cocked hat,
and kept his regalia well hidden by
a long cloak with a cape as ho left
Downing Street for the Palace. Sev-
eral Laborites wore the ordinary even-
ing coat, with short breeches and silk
stockings, but they took advantage of
the crisp weather M enfold themselves
as completely as possible in their over-
coats.
Among the members of their party
in the House of Commons afterward
there was considerable twitting of
these officials who "would' parade
about in swords," and more than one
of them was asked how much he had
to pay for the hire'of leis court cos-
tume and sidearms. The newspapers
here recently have been carrying ad-
vertisements of shops as well as indi-
viduals willing to let court dress corn-
plete, guaranteeing a perfect fit.
Thomas Griffiths, treasurer of the
royal household, and 'John Parkinson,
comptroller, were for the firot time in
attendance at a full state function.
The former, when a boy, was a half -
'timer in a tinplete work at 4 pence a
day, Parkinson started to work as a
half -timer in a coal' pit at 10 years of
age. Both were in court regalia,
wearing swords, at this week's' levee,
and carried white wands symbolical of
their office. Some of those present
said they carried out state formalities
like veterans.
Scarecrow at 6 Years,
M.P. and Farm Leader at 74
A despatch from London says:—A
lad who began his farming career by
hiring out as a scarecrow at one shill-
ing a week, when only 6 years old, has
grown up to be, at 74, chairman of the
Council of Agriculture for England.
He is George Edwards, members of
Parliament for the iouthern division
of Norfolk and the recognized leader
of farm labor.
That first job was good for seven
days a week, and during his tenure
of it he incurred a thrashing and a
docking of two pence for falling
asleep. Mr. Edwards is the son of'a
farm laborer who supported a wife
and seven children on eight shillings
a . week andwas. sent to prison for
taking turnips from a field ate feed
-his family, Young Edwards. never _;
went to school, his wife taught him to `
read, and he bought books by for-
swearing tobacco. He Is now a magis-
trate and a county councillor.
Wearing of Coat of Arms
Out of Style in England
A despatch from London sem--
The things that moved Victorian Eng-
land are rapidly losing their hold on
the Laborite ,Georgians:
Whereas a coat of arms formerly
was the most necessary of things on
a coach door and the back of an en-
velope, if .OTIIO nsad5 any pretensions at
all, there wore only 30,315 persons in
Great Britain who troubled to pay tho
armorial bearings tax in 1923,,.ln 1880
this number was 252,000 and in 1914
it was 38,802.