The Seaforth News, 1924-09-11, Page 2Uonianion News in Brief
Amherst, N.S.-The rolling mills of
the Canadian Gar & Foundry Co. here,
are busily engaged on an order for
severalhundred tons of reinforcing',
rods to be used for construction work
in Montreal, It is the first time that!
work of this description has been car-''
ried out at the local mill.
Fredericton, N.B.-Wool grading.
for the New Brunswick Sheep Breed -I
ers' Association has been completed
by the Livestock Branch of the Pro -I
vinciel Dept. of Agriculture, The total
amount of wool graded this year am-'
ounted to 25,000 pounds. The quality,
is declared to be the best ever handled
under the co-operative arrangements.,
Quebec, Que.-Tourist traffic in they
Province of Quebec in the past year'
or two has developed into one of the
province's most important industriese
and in order to make better known the
attractions which this province has to
offer the tourist, the Provincial Gov -1
ernment has authorized the expendi-
ture of some $50,000 for advertising,
rand; publicity purposes. The money
'will be spent in conjunction with the
Quebec Tourists' Association. I
North Bay, Ont. -Exports of the
products of Northern Ontario to thei
United States for the first six months
of the present year show an increase:
of approximately 45 per cent. over
'those of the same period of last year,
The total value of the exports for the
period was $24,937,570 in comparison
with $17,292,808. Gold bullion exports
show an increase of more than 100 per
cent.; silver bullion of 30 per cent.;
lath 450 per cent.; and newsprint 40
per, cent.
Winnipeg, Man. -With a reeortl at-
tendance, including buyers from all
the principal fur centres of the world„
the fur auction sales held here during
August, were the most successful yet
experienced. Pelts to the value o£
$825,000 were disposed of during thu
three days of sale.
Regina, Sask.-Creamery "butter
production in the Province of Saskat-
chewan during the month of July am-
.
ontei to 2,284,609 pounds, according
to the report of the Provincial Dairy
Commissioner, This is the first time
in the history of Saskatchewan that it
has bean possible to record an output
of over two million pounds in e. single
month. Compared with July, 1923,
this is an inceeese of 889,925 pounds.
Edmonton, Alta. -Completion of a
new well at Wainwright, Alta., which
will produce more than 500 barrels of
oil a day, was announced by the sup.
erintendent and geologist of the Brit-
ish Petroleums, Ltd., at the- ane gal.
general meeting of the company held
at Vanouver,
Vancouver, B.C.-Tarzan Second,
the largest wooden scow in the world,
was launched recently at the Wallace
Shipyards. She is one thousand tons
burden and has 300,000 feet of British
Columbia lumber in her make-up. The
scow is to be used as a carrier for .a
great pile-driver for the Sydney E.
Junkies Co.
MAJOR FIGHTING NEAR I U.S. ARMY FLIERS
SHANGHAI COAST COMPLETE WORLD TRIPThe i1rince of Wales is shown in polo costume in England, a Costume
which lie wore at Meadowbrook during the international polo matches, The
All Sectors Engage in Civil Forced to Descend in Casco prince is a known player of ability.
Warfare -Wild Firing Rea- Bay, Maine, by Heavy Fog. -
son for Few Casualties. A despatch from Portland, Maine,SANGAI QRFICN' SETTLEMENT
Shanghai, Sept. 7. -Engagements
were reported to -day in all sectors,
including Changhing, In Chekiang pro-
vince, about 100 miles southwest of
Shanghai and Huchachen, in Kiangsu
province, on the west shore of Taihu
Lake, 75 miles west of Shanghai. But
the, major struggle centred on the
small town of Lieuho, on the seacoast
barely 30 miles northwest of Shanghai.
Late night reports confirmed the
outbreak of fighting Sunday at Tseng -1
P us east of Taihu Lake, where the ob
jective of the Kiangsu troops is Sum-
kiang, a city only about 20 miles south- I
west of Shanghai. Late reports from
the Hwangtu sector, northwest of,.
Shanghai, indicated that the Chekiang
advance had reached Liutuchiao.
An eyewitness returning to -night
from Lieuho reported that the Che -1
kiang troops were withstanding all at -I
tacks, though the Kiansu line had been,
advanced about a mile just south of
Lieuho. The deserted town was under.
heavy shell' fire and continuous ma -1
chine gun and rifle fire of both sides.
General Ho Fang -Ling, Defence Com-
missioner of Shanghai under Lu
Yung-Husien, the Governor of Cheki-
ang, spent the day in this sector per-
sonally directing the Chekiang army.
The wounded there numbered per. 1
haps 200. The number of casualties
continues out of proportion to the tre-
mendous amount of firing. The eye -j
witness related the haphazard method tsaying of h> front lines,sa in that the sol -I
deers were discharging rifles and even'
field pieces utterly regardless of aim-
ing, often simply pointing them at the
sky. S
1 519 000 VISITORS
AT CANADA'S FAIR
Increase of 26.000 Over 1923
Attendance Gives Evidence }
of Prosperity.
To -onto, Sept. 8. -For the first tiara:
in the history of the Canadian Nation-
al Exhibition the million -and -a -half
mark has been passed, and as a resule,
the year 1924 will go down in the
records of the Fair as one of the peaks
of optimism; and, owing to the fine
spirit displayed by the citizens in gen-
eral, the opinion has been strengthen-
ed that the era of depression has pass-
ed its lowest point and the country is
once more on the up grade towards
prosperity. The grand total of at-
tendance at the end of the two weeks
stood at 1,619,000, compared with the
high -record figure of 1.,493,000 of the
year previous, and while there were
fluctuations in the attendance during
the two weeks, the temper of the peo-
ple'was fairly even, and the majority
of the days showed increases over the
corresponding days of the year before.
Five of Missing Men Picked
Up in Gulf of St. Lawrence
Sydney, N.S., Sept. 7. -Five of the
fifteenmen missing from the three
masted schooner Raymond, which was
torn from her moorings in St. Pierre
harbor during last Thursday's gale
and wrecked on the rocks at Fortune
Bay, Nfld., were picked up in the Gulf
of St. Lawrence by the C.G.S. Arras,
Friday, and landed at North Sydney
yesterday. The men were practically
exhausted and unable to stand on be-
ing taken aboard the rescuing craft.
Hope is expressed for the safety of the
remainder of the Raymond's crew.
The rescued five stated that they saw
the other boats early on Friday morn-
ing and the expectations of an uniden-
tified sailing vessel which came in
stays several miles from the. Arras,
and shortly after resumed her course,
leads to the belief that she had hove
to, to pick the ten up.
says: -Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, Com-
mender of the United States Army
world flight, and his two companions,
Lieut. Erik H. Nelson and Lieut.
Leigh Wade, were forced down by fog Fight for Control of Port Waged in Fields of Growing Grain
in Casco Bay on Friday in their flight Without Material Progress Being Made byEither Army.
from Pictou, N.S. Their planes were g g
not damaged, and the flight to Boston
thus interrupted will be concluded on
Saturday if the weather is favorable..
The fliers came ashore at Mere
Point, near Brunswick, and arranged
to spend the night at summer cottages.
The flight started at Pictou Friday
morning with good weather, but as
the planes cane down from the Bay
of Fundy and headed along the Maine
coast the fog began to bother them.
They were forced to fly low most of
the way, at times not more than 150
feet above the water.
Over the telephone Lieut. Smith
gave to the press a brief account of
the experiences of the fliers.
"We ran into fog most of the way
down the coast," he said. "When we
reached Casco Bay it was dense, but
we hoped we could make our way
along a little farther, in the thought
that we might strike clear weather.
It could not be done, and we looked
around for a landing place."
Boston, Sept. 7, -With a national
presidential salute of twenty-one guns
flashing in their ears, the U.S. army
around -the -world fliers floated down on
Boston Harbor at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, completing their last jump
over seas.
They arrived after a flight of 136
miles in little less than two hours from
Casco Bay, Me., where a thick fog
forced then: down Friday. •They set-
tled in sheltered water off Noddle Is-
land, the army's airport in East Bos-
ton at 210 o'clock.
PROTECTED BY CORDON OF SAILORS
Although Maine soil was the first
in the United States they touched
after their epochal circumterrestrial
flight, their arrival here was their
official return to this country, and it
was attended with pomp, ceremony
and a tremendous display of enthusi-
asm that indelibly imprinted itself
upon those who witnessed it.
A despatch • from Washington
says :-A protective cordon, composed,
of Shanghai volunteer corps and Brit -I
ish, United States, Japanese and:
French sailors, will be thrown about'
the foreign settlement in Shanghai to
prevent the entry of armed Chmese1
forces there.
A despatch from Shanghai says:-'
A:though only one of the three armies
of General Lu Yung Hrhian, Tuchuu
of Chekiang, who i, fighting to retain
control of Shanghai against the as-
saults of General i;he Shish -Yuan of
Kiangsu was Engaged in the battle
which continue:, throughout Thursday,
the Chekiang headquarters assert it
was able to more than ,gold its own.
Despite the fact that its line from
the Shanghai -Nanking llai:way to
the Yangtse River was lightly held,
the Chekiang leader reported their
army held their positions in the centre
and made some progress in the
Hwangtu sector, on the railway and
in the vicinity of I.iuho on the river.
Both sides are said to be rushing
up reinforcements. Men and women
in the affected r area . a being o con-
seripted, causing a further influx of
refugees into Shonehai, the Chinese
quarter of which is already crowded
with people fleeing to escape the
fighting:
General Lu has two further lines of
defence. The second, held by 20,000
men, the same number as engaged in
Thursday's battle. extends from near
the boundary of Northern Chekiang to
a point west of Woo Sung, the outer
port of Shanghai. The third army,
some 8,000 strong, is stationed in
Hang Chow and Ningpo in Northern
Chekiang.
Though troops estimated to numbers
competent eye witnesses declared that
40,000 battled throughout the day,
I
neither side had made any materiel
gain in the fighting.
The battlefront extended from the
line of the Shanghai Nanking Railway
to the Yangise River, about 18 miles
from Shanghai at its nearest point
and about 25 miles at the most distant.
There. was no evidence that the
Kiangeu had any co-operation from
naval forces on the Yangtse River. In-
dications were that the Chekiang
troops would be able to hold that sec-
tor unless the attacking forces were
heavily reinforced.
At several points the opposing fight-
ers were hidden from each other by
fields of growing grain through which
the rifle and machine-gun.bullets cut
their way. Eye -witnesses said that
undoubtedly the fighters were wasting
large amounts- of ammunition in the
characteristic manner of Chinese
troops firing wildly.
General Lu Yung -Hsiang, command-
er of the defending forces, styles his
command the "Chekiang -Shanghai
force." The defenders are divided
into three armies, only one of which
has thus far actually been engaged in
the fighting.
Prize MoneyforPrince
is Sent from Saskatoon
A despatclr'frunn Saskatoon says:--
Ilis Royal WOlineal the Prince of
Wake won't be broke when he arrives
et his ranch in Alberta. Among the
many letters which be will receive on
his a •rival will be one from the Sas-
katoon • Induste + Board, enclosing a
cheque ear $501, this amount being
the prize money won by the Prince's
exhibit at the 1924 Saskatoon Fair.
If you don't lino v what you want,
others will sell you what you don't
AIIi T ATO;5KEYNOTE ()F. Aa Pape
Found to be King's
Gem
DONALD'S SPEECH AT GENEVA MEETING Still another attraction has been
added to the British Empire Exhibi-
A despatch from Geneva says: -
Prime Minister,. MacDonald, of Great
Britain, dominated the Assembly of
the League of Nations on Thursday
in an hour speech, during which he
defined the British position.
He declared _ against military alli-
anccs by groups of nations. Ile de-
clared definitely for arbitration agree.
meats. Ile pleaded with the smaller
nations to base their security on in-
ternational arbitration agreements
rather than on military pacts, and
said:
"History is full of military pacts,
but always there have been invasions."
He said the 'United States, Germany
and Russia must come into the League
of Nations. He complimented the Un-
ited States for its help in the London
settlement, and said; "Europe for the
past few years has not offered, United
States a very attractive companion-
ship, but when the United State's own
heart' will incline her to come in, she
will find an honored and welcome tion at Wembley, says a London des
place," patch.: This is the world's largest
He said it was impossible to deal sapphire, a jewel weighing ten ounces
with Germany -while Ber•:in retrains and valued at more than $26,000. This
isolated, and while there is a.menac- stone was discovered recently in the
ing empty chair in our midst. He ask- home of a Mahometan official in Hy.
ed to have Germany join the League derabad State, who had been using it
now. , for many years as a paper -weight. In
He urged the convocation of a dis- fact, so little value did this nian at.
armament conference in Europe at- tach to the curious Looking stone,
tended by representatives of all the which is intricately carved in the form
nations, including the United States of an ear ornament, that he frequently
and Germany, and he recommended gave it to his children as a pretty
Ialso elaboration of the covenant of plaything.
the League and that the authority of The stone has a long and romantic.
the council be exercised so as to insure history whichcent
ity of the League. has been but from
the continued existence and prosper- the tweury, 'when it was an
ornamenlftht on a Buddha belonging to
He declared likewise that the Brit- the Ballala kings of South India. It
ish-Soviet treaty was a "first step toe -was handed down from generation to
ward bringing Russia into the League. generation until it cane into the pos-
The French delegation, meeting on session of a white man, who eventually
, Thursday afternoon following Mac- gave it as a present to the ancestors
Donald's speech, decided to endorse his of its present owner.
CANADIANS RETURNING
FROM UNITED STATES
position in its general lines.__
The Week's Markets
New Western Wheat
Grading Up Well
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 7. -Inspect
Immigration Officials See Be- TORONTO. tion of the new crop of wheat up to
Man. wheat -No, 1 North., $1.449/( ; and including Friday, Sept. 5, con
ginning of Large Influx of No. 2 North., 51.3914; No. 3 North., sisted of 189 cars, of which the fol-
Dominion Workers. $1.3631. ; lowing grades were represented, show -
Man.. oats -No. 2' CW, 611/sic; No. ing that the early wheat has been
A despatch from Windsor says:- .3 CW, 69c; extra No. 1 feed, 69%c; grading well: No. 1 Northern, 160
What local immigration officials be- No. 1 feed, 58c; No. 2 feed, 56c. I cars, No..2 Northern, 22 cars; reject-
lieve to be the beginning of a large All the above c.f.f,; bay ports: ed, 6 cars, and smutty, 1 car. One odd
influx of Canadians from the United Am. corn, track, Toronto -No, 2 car of oats was also inspected and
States is seen in the monthly figures YeMillf ed -Del., Montreal freights,) graded No. 3 CW. The total number
issued by the department for August, bags included; Bran, per ton, $29; of cars of barley inspected was 137,
which show that last month 852 per- shorts, per ton, .. 31; middlings, $37; of which 82 were No. 3 CW, 1.7 No, 4
sons entered Canada at the Port of good feed flour, per bag, $2.10. CW, 13 no grade, 13 feed, 11 rejected,'
Windsor. Of that number 410 were Ont oats=No. 3 white, 50 to 52c.' .I and 2 barley and wild oats. New crop
Canadians returning home after years' Ont. wheat --No. 2 winter, $1.12 to rye naturally showed the heaviest in
of sojourning in the United States. $1.17; No. 3 winter, $1.10 to $1.15; ryectiona, totalling 484 cars. Tho
There were 386 persons refused ad- No. 1 commercial, $1.07 to $1.12, f.o.b.
mission. shipping points, according to freights. •grades were: •No. 1 CW, 30; •No. 2
Barley -Malting, "r6 -to '78c. CW, 308; No. 3 CW, 5; no grade, 136,
At Walkerville out of bG persons; Rye -87 to 89c. I and rejected, 6 cera.
admitted 45 were Canadians returning, Ont. flour -New, ninety per cent.
from various parts of the United pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt Quick Sale of Canadian
States, the majority of them, however, shipment, $5.75; Toronto basis, $5.75;
being from Detroit. There were 184 bulk seaboard, $5.65. Securities on N.Y. Market
+ejections. I Manitoba flour -First pats., in jute
The general trade outlook across sacks, $7.90 per barrel; 2nd pats., A despatch' from'New York says:-
On line is believed responsible for the $7.40'
Tho Dominion of Canada offering of
swinging back of so many of those' Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,$26,000,000 30 -year 4% per cent.
track,Toronto ;17.50; No 2 $17 No.
who left their own.land for woik in c $1emixed, $10 u grades, $10 bonds for the account of the Canadian
Uncle Sam's country
to $12. , National Railways was oversubscribed,
Straw-Carlots, per ton, $9.50 to and the books closed before noon on
$10. 1 Friday, according to an announcement
Canada's Fruit Finds Market Screenings -Standard, recleaned, by Dillon, Read & Co., head of the
f.o.b. bay ports, per ton, $22.50. banks syndicate offerin the bonds here
in . England and Germany I Y a
24 to
Hon, S. P. Tohnfe states that amen e- 25c; triplets, 26 to 26c. I yield of 4.75 per cent.
g I Butter -Finest creamery prints, 38 The offering contributed to the
ments have been concluded whereby to 39c; No. 1 creamery, 36 to 37c; No. strength of the Canadian dollar, which
a hamburg firm takes half a million 2, 34 to 35c; dairy, 28 to 30e. I has been at par or a fraction above
boxes of Canadian apples, if procur-I - Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, for the past week. The Canadian dol -
able. Mr, Dettart, acting for their 45e; extra, loose, 43c; firsts, 37c; sec- lar commanded a premium of 1-32 of
egene, sails on Saturday on the Pitts -fonds, 30 to 31c. I 1 per cent on Friday.
burgh for Halifax, and will see the,
Cheese -New, large, '20c; twins,; The offering price of the bonds was
20>�c; triplets, 21c; stiffens, 22 to 23c.
9G and interest. The will return a
Y
A clespeteh from London says:- Old large, 23 to 24e• twins
Live poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs., 20c; _�
0 4 to b lbs., 17c • do 3 to 4 lbs. 15c
Nova Scotian merchants there before spring chickes, 2 lbs. and over, 25c; England is Inundated
he proceeds to British Columbia, via roosters, 12c; ducklings, 4 to 5 lbs., With Flood of Pennies
Kootenay. Mr. Cosgrave, of the Dept.' 180. .
of Trade and Commerce has alto con-
poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs„ A despatch from London says:-
eluded a deal with a leading British 26c; Dressed 26c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 22c; do, 3 to 4
firm prepared to take an unlimited lbs., 18c; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and There is a glut of pennies in this
quantity of first-class fruit ocountry, and the royal mint, which has
freight. Mr. Dettart is also this firm'sitoandover, b lb30a;s., 25cr,sters, 15c; ducklings, 4
I not struck off any since 1922, is unde-
so'e agent. The deal offers exec tion -i leans- Canadian, hand-picked, ib., tided whether to coin any next year.
al opportunities to the Canadian fruit 6%c; primes, 6c. I The London Gas Light Co., which is
Maple products -Syrup, per imp, proprietor of the largest number of
trade. ' gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per slot meters in this city, has an accum-
® ' gal.; maple sugar, Ib., 25 to 26c. I ulation of 17,000,000 pennies which it
To Interest Canadian Manu I Honey -60 -lb. tins, 13 /ze per lb.; is unable to unload.
to lb. tins, 131,9c; 5 -lb, tins, 142c;1 The mint can well afford to let u
factin 1925 Exposition /�-.b. tins, 14 to 15c. p
fac+
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 27 to on the manufacture of copper coins,
29c• cooked hams, 42 to 44c. smoked as it is stated officially that a profit
A despatch from London says: F. rolls, 18 to 20e. cottage tulle, 21 to of 7,000,000 pounds was sh
W. Bridges, who organizes the ship- 24c; breakfast bacon, 23 to 27c; ape- silver coining last year, due to the use
,:ing, engineering and machinery trade tial brand breakfast bacon, 29 to 31c; of a -new alloy in this currency,
exhibition held yearly since 1906 at backs, boneless, 36 to 40c.
Olympia, has sailed for Quebec, to in- Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 Committee of Guarantees
rarest Canadian manufacturers in to '70 lbs., $17; '70 to 90 lbs., $16.60;1 Gi
establishing a Canadian section in the 90 lbs, and rap, $15.50, lightweights vas Way to Dawes Plan
I
exposition in November, 1925. Mr. tel s, m barrel, 532; heavyweight
Bridges, who is in touch with the high -he
roiLard -Pure, tierces, 171, to 18c; { Reparation Commission A despatch from s decided ton
{est class manufacturing concerns here, ,dad on
tubs, 17ai to 1+,'. c; pais, 18 to !Slee; Thursday that, during the application
wishes to arrange for Canadian agents prints 20% to .20%0 • shortening' of the Dawes reparation plan, the
want. I Canada thirty-six years ago. 17c pails, 17 to 171 a; prints, 18 to Committee of Guarantees would not
11870%;0.
exercise the attributions conferred
Export steers, choice, 57.50 to $7.75;1
upon' it by the Treaty of Versailles
do, good, $6.50 to $7; export heifers, and by the schedule of payments of
$6 to 56.60; baby beeves, $7.50 to 510; May, 1921.
:for several of them. He last visited tierces 16 to 16%c• • tubs 16% to
The photograph shows the wreck of Major Stuart MacLaren's plane. in his attempted 'round -the -word it h.tat Berin ,island. lie
t @ g
rived recently at Prince Rupert, Pritish Columbia, !laving deckled to give up the attempt of circling the g'.,:be.
d tie crew
butcher steers. choice, $6 to $6.50; doe
good, 55.50 to $6; do, med., $5 to 55.50; $4,5 0 in Old Stamps do, coin•, 53 to 54.50; butcher heifers,'
choice, $6 to $13.50; do, mad., $6 to Are Found in London
55.75; do, mom., $3 to 54.25; butcher,
cows, choice, 54 to 54.50; do, med.,'' A despatch from 1,onden says: -
53 to $4; butcher hulls, good, $4 to Duringthe turningover ovof old docu-
54.25; do, fair, $3.50 to $4; bolognas, mentsin the Record Office here, a
$2 to 3: canners and cutters, 81 to
$2.50; feeding steers, good, 56 to batch of New South Wales postage
$6.25; do, fair, $4.50 to $5; stockersstamps of the 1865 issue was discover -
good, $4 to $6; do, fair $3,50 to $4.25; e. Coecors vaue thein at $4,
,dlltl
500.
milkers, springers, ch., 575 to 5100; do,' The stamps were attached to a re
fair, $40 to $50; calves, ch., 59 to 511; port sent to the Co oninl Secretary eby
do, med., $6 to 58.50; do, coin., $3.50 the Governor of New eolith Wales.
to 54.50; lambs, choice ewes, 512 to = ----
512.50: 'do, bucks, 510 to $10.50; do, New Zealand Continues
culls, $8 to 59; sheep, light ewes, $6.50 to Reduce Taxation
57.25; do, culls, 52 to 54.50; hogs,
fed and watered, $10.10; do, f.o.b.,'
$9.50; do, country, points, 59.25; do,' A despatch from Wellington; New
select, fed and watered, 510.50; do, Zealand, says: -New Zealand is one-
off cars, long haul, $10.50.of the few countries which is able to.
MONTREAL. I steadily reduce its taxation. This
Oats, CW, No. 2, 65 to 66c; do, CW, year's budget reduces the: land tax; by
No. 3, 64 to 643 c; extra No, 1 feed, 10 per cent.' and the :ascii e tax by
63c; do, No. 2 local white, 61', c, 131-3 per cent. Mr. Maley, Prifne
Flour, Man• spring wheat pats., firsts, Minister, also intends to ask the house
57.90; do, seconds, $7.40; do-, strong to reduce the amusement tax, and the
bakers, 57,70; do, winter pats., choice, tobacco duty, thus snaking the re
57 to 57.20. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., missions of 68,000 pounds in ail.
53.55 M.dd. gran, .2 .26. Shorts.' Trade TreatyBetween
531.25. Middlings, $97,25. Hay, No.' -
2 per ton, car lots, $16.50 to 557.
Veal calves, suckers, 57 to 58; do,` Canada and. Netherlands
grassers, 58 to $8.50 lambs, $760 to __
$10• sheep $850 to 56; hogs, $8.75 to: A to: from Ottawa says:
1
9.50; do, better: weights, $10 to Mast -Favored -nation treatment in
1025; sows, 56 to 57, :. ,
r. - I customs duties by bothparties is pro -
The huge gates' of Henry VII:.'s vided in a trade treaty between Can -
Chapel in Westminster Abbey are be. ada and The Netherlands, concluded
sieved to have' taken eighteen years on Friday. Legislation will be neces-
to make. A sary to give the treaty effect.