The Seaforth News, 1926-12-30, Page 6LEGISLATURE OPENS 17TH
SESSION ON SECOND OF FEBRUARY
Toronto. -The first session of On-
taro's Seventeenth Legislature will
open on Wednesday, Feb. 2. An an-
nouncement to tiras effect was made
by Premier Ferguson following a two-
hour Councils with his Cabinet.
The February opening will mark
,one of the first official appearances
of the new Lieutenant -Governor of the
Province, W. D. Ross, who will em-
ceed his Honor Cal., Harry Cockshutt,
in office early next month. Mr. Ross,
on this occasion, will execute the trine
honored 'formality a delivering' the
,Speech from the Throne. The identity
of the House members who are to
move and second, the Address in repay
will not be made known, it was learn-
ed from the Prime. Minister, until.
atter the first of the new year.
While the House opens a full week
earlier this year than it did. last, there
is little doubt but that the inaugural
ceremonies would have been hold sti_'r
earlier had not some ;necessary altera-
tions to the Assembly chamber inter-
fered. These alterations take the
form of strengthening certain girder
supports, and Will not be completed
until Jan. 15 at the earliest. The
coming session, it is confidently feat,
will run considerably longer than did
the last, which occupied less than
eight weeks. •
Besides the Government control pol-
icy, various important taxation re-
ductions have been promised by the
Governmentfor the session which is
'now announced. A reduction of $5
per yeas' in motor license fees has al-
ready been effectedby order -hi -Coun-
cil, but the LegieSa.ture will also have
to pass the increased ,municipal in-
come tax exemptions, whach the Gov-
ernment has pledged itself to effect,
and will also have to approve the cut
in the amusement taxes, which has
been announced,e -
The new Perlaainent when it oon
vena will be the first one based item
redistributed Ontario. In place of
the 111 members representing the old
constituencies, there wife be 112 mem-
bers representing the new alignment
of the ridings.
CANADA CONSIDERING
AN AYR MAIL SYSTEM
Postmaster -General to Make
Definite Announcement in
Near Future.
World War Pigeon Hero
Dies; Helped Save Battle
Paris.. -One of the feathered heroes
of the great war -a carrier pigeon,
which helped save Verdun -has just
died of aid age. The bird had ai wound
Saint John, N.B.--Proposals look- stripe on its leg band and was one of
ing to the establishment of an :air the government's pensioners, having
mail system in Canada are under con- been given a home by a grateful na-
sideration by the post -office depart- tion.
meet, Hon. P. J. VenicePostmaster_ Through a barrage of shrapnel the
General, said at Bathurst, in an inter- pigeon in 1916 carried a message that
view ever long distance telephone. kept Froideterre Hill from being cap -
"The matter," he added, "is only tuned. In an order of the day the
in the tentative stage as yet and a de-' army cited the pigeon fen "having
finite policy has not been adopted but maintained communication with the
we have it in hand and expect to maks .front line when all human means
a defiinte announcement in the near + failed." In its night through the bar-
future,
A fair trial, he satd, wou.l& likely be ; splinter that carried away its claws.
given the carrying of maga by air- I The pigeon will be mounted and plac-
I sage the pigeon was hit by a shell
plane, probably on a small basis at ed in the Verdun war museum.
first, but if conditions and results!
warranted it, the system likely would.
he increased.
Canada Included on Beans
Wireless Communication
Sydney, N.S.W. Experiments hav-
ing proved the feasibility of beam
wireless communication between Great
Britain and Australia, the Marconi
Co. expects to inaugurate service on
a commercial scale between the two
countries, beginning in March.
Communication with Canada will
probably be opened some six or eight
weeks afterwards.
Denmark Returns
to Gold Standard tution.
English Conservative Party to
Canvass New Women
Voters.
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NEW OCCUPANTS OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Mr. W. D. Ross, who has been -appointed Lieutenant -Governor of On-
tario in succession to Col. Henry Coekshutt, and Mos. Rose. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Roes are natives of Nova. Scotia, but have iivecl in Toa'onto for several
'yrears.
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CANADA USES NEW TREATY -MAKING
POWERS IN PACT WITH CZECHO-SLOVAKIA
Ottawa, Ont. -A commercial trade temporary character continuing for a
treaty between Canada and Czecho- period of 16 months, or until three
Slovakia has been negotiated and ap- monthsnotice of denunciation has
proved by the Cabinet, according to been given by either party.' It is
an announcement from the Dept, of stated that before the expiration of
Finance. The statement, issued by the agreement negotiations' will be be -
the department, points out thatlt is gun for a more general' and definite
the first commercial agreement to be eonvention for the regulation of corn -
concluded since Canada obtained new merciaa re='ations between the two
treaty -making powers at the recent countries.
Imperial Conference.. Negotiations' Canadian goods that are given most
were conducted by Jaynes A. Russell, favored national treatment on impor
Tariff Commissioner, who is now in tation into Czecho-Siavakia are flour,
Europe. The Dept. of Finance states wheat, hosiery, wrapping paper, bar -
that Canada obtains the lowest rates le`y, ants, rye, buckwheat, malt, peas,
of dirty given any country by Csecho- fresh and dried apples,. •as l lands of
Slovakia on a list of some 71 corn- fish, including canned fish, lard, but
modities which comprise all the fin- ter, honey, cheese, canned fruits and
portant. Canadian exports to that vegetables, condensed milly agricul
country, In return Canada gouts tural implements and agricultural
Czecho-Slovakian goods the benefits of tools, rubber footwear, rubber tires,
the Canadian intermediate tariff. lead, zine, engines and motors; adding
The new rates became effective on machines, automobiles and various
January 1. The agreement is of a other items.
The new register of voters to be
d shortly will -show a furter
w h
increase of 350,000 in the number of
publisheCANADIAN GOVERNMENT PROTESTS
women voters. This will bring their
total to about 10,000,000, as against
13,000,000 men voters.
The Conservative party has made
plans to canvass this increased num-
ber of women voters through women
speakers and workers. These will be
coached in a special series of political
oorres'pon'dence courses. The courses
1vi11 include such subjects as empire
development, socialism, trade union-
isin, economics and the British costa
Copenhagen, Denmark.- Denmark
has formaiy returned to the gold
standard, at all events in her dealings
with foreign countries. The Danish
Parliament adopted a measure per-
snitting the conversion of Danish
notes into geld at a fixed rate, begin -
Ming January, 1. This step by Den-
mark was only a question of time as
the krone reached par a few months
ago,' but a Cabinet crisis intervened
early hi December.
Canada's Leather Output
Largest in Five Years
Ottawa. -Canada's leather industry
continues to show improvement ac-
cording to reports issued by the Do-
minion Bureau of Statistics. The
value of the output by Canadian tan-
neries .during 1925 was $26,141,217,
an increase over the preceding year
of $485,542 er two per cent. Prices
for all kinds of leather averaged about
the •same in 1925 as in 1924. There
were 104 tanneries aperating in Can-
ada least -year.
Veteran Author -Engineer
Passes Away in Ottawa
Ottawa. -J, 14. E, Seeretan, veteran
giviI engineer, noted author and ra-
conteur, died suddenly„here on Dec.
22nd, aged 72. Re was for many
tyearc on the surveying staff of the
Canadian Pacific Railway under Sir
William Van Horne and was associat-;
ed with the construction of the rail-
way, Disabled by rheumatism in the •
/ate 90'1", he visited the Yukon and
later wrote a number of books whieh
are considered authoritative of the,
period.
Roast Beef of England Bows
to Modern Stove..
Tho famous roast beef of old Eng
land threatens to join the Ober troll
time of this country's mare Spacious
past which aro unable to survive the
more restricted postwar days, The
recent fat stock allow in Londou has
brought out the complaint that the
modern cooking stove is ruining the
market for large Joints. The pre-war
full-size Joint and full-size oven would
leave no room for a medium sized cook
in most modern kitchens, so the scale
of the magnificent beasts must be re•
doeed by the breeders In obedience to
the builder.
King Loses Half Share in
Girl's Pet Rabbit.
King George has lost half arabbit.
Wilfred gained international fame in
August when the Ring, while staying
at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, bought
half a share of a little girl's pet in or-
der to save the complete animal from
being sold over her head, Tile rabbit
was playing on the lawn In front of
Bolton Abbey rectory, where the other
part owner lived, when be was attack-
ed by a treasonable stray dog and
killed.
Canada's birth rate leads all the
white races of the world, aceording.,to
a e:ese study made at Victoria, B.C.,
of comparative figures. Canada's
birth rate is 28.4 to the thousand, and
Australia comes next with 23.2. Eng-
land and Wales fall slightly below
France with 18.8.
BRITISH NAVY WITHOUT RESERVE
FORCE OF SKIPS OF THE LINE
London. -Britain's navy, for the
first time 15 two centuries, fords her-
self without a reserve forte of ships
of the lino. The pre-war fleet, save
for four ships of the Iron Duke class,
has disappeared.
According to the naval correspond-
ent of the Westin -luster Gazette, four
of the graft that constituted the baak-
bone'oe the Grand Fleet at Jutland,
and which were built at a cost of near-
ly £8,0040&0, are to be thrown into
the discard in the near. future. These
ships are tho Centurion, Ifing George
V,, Thin -gamer and Ajax, and they aro
far superior to many vessrla naw in
ermvies,of foreign powers. They have,
however, been'outelassed by the "post-
! Jutland" type, which will replace
!them. They will be discarded in ae-
on -dance with the naval pact signed
at Washington five years ago. ,,
The super -dreadnoughts, Nelson
sand Rodney,, which have been built to.
replace these ships, will be ready to
I join the British fleet during the sum-
mer of 1927. They parry 16 -inch
guns in three turrets, 'being the first
, B'etish fighting craft to have their
guns disposed in this way.
RADIO PIRATING IN UNITED STATES'
Ottawa. - Pirating of. Canadian
radio channels by United Stator
] broadcasting stations is driving the
radio listeners of the Dominion to des-
peration and bringing a flood'of com-
plaints to the Radio Branch, of the
Dept, of Marine end Fisheries. Ac-
cording to Lieutenant -Commander C.
P. Edwards, Director of Radio 'for the
Dominion of Canada, the situation is
steadily going from bad to worse.
- Under arrangement with the Un-
ited States Dept. of Commerce, Can-
ada is supposed to have the use of
seventeen waves, six exclusive and
eleven jointly with the United:, States
stations, but since the Zenith Radio
Corporation of Chicago flouted the
order of the United States Dept. of
Commerce to' 'keep off the exclusive
Canadian wave of 329.5 metres, and
was vindicated by a United States
court, ,Canadian broadcasting stations
no longer enjoy freedom from inter-
ference
Broadcasts from London, One, are
almost completely spoiled by hetero-
dyning from the Zenith station at
Chicago, and stations throughout
Canada are similarly affected by
rivals in the United States broadcast-
ing on the sante wave -length,
The Canadian Government Radio
Dept. is taking the matter up in a
friendly way with Icon. Herbert Hoov-
er at Washington, with a view to
remedying this very unsatisfactory
state of affairs, and it is hoped that
an amicable settlement which will be
fair to all concerned may be reached
within the next month,
Able to Take X -Ray '
Films of Human Body
THREE FIREMEN TILLED, NINE INJURED
WHEN WINNIPEG` THEATRE COLLAPSES
svinnipeg,-Tragedyhas overtaken
the homes of :twelve Winnipeg famil-
ies, whose plans for• a •gay Christmas-
tide 'have given way to mourning and
grief.
In the most `disastrous fire, from the
standpoint of human casualties, ex-
perienced here, three lives were lost
and nine .persons injured when the
WinnipeggTheatre, at Notre Dame and
Adelaide Streets, was destroyed early
DR Dec. 23. The building, which was
one of the landmarks of the city, is a
total loss. The damage is estimated
at $125;0.00.
The victims, all firemen, were bur-
ied beneath toneof debris -when two
of the walls' and - the ceiling collapsed
under the force of taeveral streams of
water.
The dead: Donald Melville, Robert
Stewart, and R. 3. -Shearer.
The injured: , A. Snaith, R. C. Kirk
(both seriously), Alex. Brown,_ J. G.
Brass, David Williamson, R. Turner,
G. H. Gilmour, Arthur Stewart and
J. Budge.
The bodies of the three victims were
recovered from the ruins after several
hours of search. Shearer and State -
art had been badly burned, while Mel-
ville was crushedbeneath beanis and;
masonry.
Rescue workers fought frantically°
to gain entrance to the building and
several firemen and volunteers nar-
rowly escaped death as a second wall
crumpled from the opposite side. The
(injured were rushed to hospital and
searchers were forced to abandon their
hunt forthe theee men who failed to
answer the roll call.
It is not yet definitely known how
the fire originated. The building had
been vacant for the past five weeks,
but watchman was kept on the prem-
ises. It was during the watchman's
temporary absence that the outbreak
occurred:
NORWICH COUPLE
KILLED BY TRAIN
Christmas Journey Brought to
Fatal Termination by Level-
Crossing Accident.
Woodstock. -Mrs: W. E. Maedel of
Norwich was instanb y kilf_ed and her
husband, W. E. Maedel, received in-
juries .from Which he died several.
hours later, when then automobile
was struck by a Canadian National.
Railway passenger train at the levee
crossing on theprovincial highway
between Eastwood, and Gobles, six
miles east of Woodstock, about 2 p.m.
on December 22nd.
'• Mr. and Mrs. Maedel left their home
in Norwioh shortly after noon and
were proceeding east to spend the
Christmas holidays with friends and
relatives when the accident occurred. Por the Senate sitting,
They had just 'gob onto the crossing g, wall ung. in un -
according to members of the crew, aivled.
when the passenger express came up
behind them, the engine striking the Ice Cream is Sold
rear of the car. Both occupants were at 40 Below Zero
thrown out of the automobile, which
landed in the ditch a mass of wreck- Cirole, Alaska. -With the therrno-
age. Mrs.; Miiredei's head struck a 'meter: at 40 below, ice cream sold
.He was taken to the Woodstock Gen-
eral Hospital, where he died .about 5
o'olock without regaining conscious-
ness.,-
Mr. Maedel was a well-known bust-
nese man in the Village of Norwich,
having lived•there practically' all his
life. He was also for several, year's
a member of the Norwich Town Coun-
Opportunities for • British ,
Immigration.
n0 CIIARLES W. reatersoN.
It has been Canada's misfortune to
have received during past year an..;
overabundance of agrn.uiturai `drift-
ers," some of whom -try farming for a
year or ,two and then b.ali for the less
leberious urban Iife .and ultimately be -
ores absorbed in our congested towns
find cities. ,Our census returns are
obtained at great cost. They are in -
.tended to convey useful information
on which intelligent, national/develop-
ment policies can be built: It is high
time we studied them. It is shown,
for instance, that' our native-born
population contributes seven' per cent:
of "farm owners and operators." The
British born immigrant 0.8 per
cent., and the foreign born population
16.2 per cent. Out of 1,Q65,454 immi-
grants from British countries 4�4,7b`
were rural residents and ,65.30 uzban.
Of the 890,282 `foreign. immigrants
54.22 were coral residents and 45.68
per cent, urban.
It'behooves Canada jealously to re-
p
serve her sound, free British institu-
tions and to •strain every nerve to.
foster a strong 'British sentiment,
which apparently can'best' be done by
encouraging a large influx of people
from the United Kingdom and Ireland,
As, however, we cannot, and should
not, move agricultural people from
there in volume, WO must strive to
open the way for urban Britishers, by
promoting in,Canada a strong'" agri-
cultural development, and also assidu-
cll. He was between 55 and 00 years ously foster the work and. scope of the
of age and Mrs. Maedel was about the admirable agricultural training
same age. They are survived by four schools in Great.l3ritain for overseas:
sons• settlers. But if we want agricultural
- - - settlers; anxious to create permanent,
World's Oldest Legislator on rural homes and with a genuine love
"Duty at Ottawa. for the soil, while eve can try. our luck.
in Northern Europe, we must neces-
Canada has what she believes to•be sandy place our " iifain, dependence
the`ole8est; legislator in the world. He upon the east and central European -
15.on the veat;e of one Jrundned yerurs peasant. And these people can_only
et age. 115 ie Hon. Goarya Casimir be moved through a policy of- state-
Dessaii•11es, who was barn in 1327 In aided colonization. These are the
Quebec Province. -And- he turned • up bald facts of the case.
The indications' are that the indis-
criminate, happy-go-lucky immigra-
tion efforts of the past will not ane-
wer the purpose of the future. The
situation clearly demands comprehen-
sive policies and intelligent adminis-
tration on the part of Canada's immi-
gration Services. The present arbi
trary, bureaucratic 'machine must be
completely overhauled and defective
parts replaced. What Canada wants
heavy fence and she was dead when rapidly at $1.75 a quart here t_ day
picked up by the train crew. 1VIr. lIt was said to be the first shipment
Maeda -landed alongside the fence and 1 of that delicacy from Seattle to- any I is a certain proportion of real, ogre
his head was also seriously injured point within the
Arctic Circle.
.d
. cultural Rettlmms, which need not be
o , the "fancy" class, because agricu3-
ture in Canada, in view of, the large
proportion of "marginal" lands am-
ongst the present vacant area, is not
a fancy occupation in any sense of the
THE WEEK'S MARKETS
TORONTO.
. Man. wheat -,-No. 1 North., $1.47%;
No: 2 North., $1.44; No, 3 North.,
$1.39.
Man. oats- No. 2 CW, nominal No,
3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 63c; No. 2
feed,. nominal; Western grain. quota•
Ncns in c.i.f. ports,
Am. corn, track, Toronto -No.
yellow, 91c; No. 3 yehew, 30e.
I Millfeed-Del.. Montreal freights,
bags hielucled. Bran, per ton $81.25;
shorts, per ton, $53.25; middlings, do, sprang, 2 to 21/2 lbs., 30e; hens,
$40:26; good feed flour per bag $2:30 over 5 lbs 28c• d 4 to 5 lbs., 26c;
New Yorie-A radiologist' of
vcrsity College, London, working
two motion -pi tura experts, has
covered a method of taking- X
2, 42 to 43c. Dairy prints, "a4 to 85o.
Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 72
to 73c; fresh extras, loose, 700; fresh
'firsts 63 to 65e; fresh seconds, 88 to
39c; fresh pullets, 52 to 58c. Storage
extras, 45e; do, firsts, 42c; do, seconds,
36 tea 37c.
Poultry, dressed -Chickens, spring
squabs, 1 to 11/ Ibs., 32 to 38c; do,
spring, over 4 lbs., 30 to 35c; do
sexing, 3. to 4 lbs„ 32 to 35c; de,
spring, 22 to 31 lbs., 30 to 33c•
Ontario oats, s0c, 'f.o.b shipping do 8 t 4 lb . 2 '
Uni- Ont. good milldag wheat --,$L28 f.0. ibs. and u ' i ' gs'
p 32c
with-
, o s•, 40; roosters, 22c•
turkeys 47c geese 28c duckbn 5
cinematograph films of the hua
body,: according to an official British
despatch. The problem of producing
sufficiently strong illumination for
moving pictures without injuring the
skin of the subject has, it is said,
been overcome.
b. shipping points, according to Beans -Dan. band -picked, :ea 60 to
testfreights. $3.90 bushel; primes, $8.45 to $3.60.
ray; Barley Malting, 60 to 64c. Maple products -Syrup, per• Imp
I Buckwheat --75c nominal
R N . 2, 90'.
non • gal., 32.25 to' 32.30; per 5 gal, $2.15
to 32.25 per gat.; tnai.le auger, Ib,, 95
Man. flour -First pat., $8, To- to 28c.
ionto; do, second pat.,.,37.50. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 121/2 to 130. 10-
, Ont. `flour -Toronto, 99 per cent. lb. tuns, 1235 to 13e; 5-1b. tins, 13 to
patent, per barrel, in caclota, Toronto 13% c; 235-1b. tins, --15c.
35.55; seaboard in bulk, $5.55. Comb honey -$3.40 to 34.50er doz.
Cheese -New, large, e0 to 2035ce Smoked meats -Hams, mel 28 to
twins, 201/2 to 21c; triplets, 22c. Stili
People are hungering for the great
truths taught by the Bible. -Dr.
Campbell Morgan
80c; cooked hams, 42c; smoked rolls,
tons, 230. Old, large, 25a; twins, 26c; 26c;'breakfast bacon, 32 to 35c; backs,
triplets, 27c. Old Sti:tons, 28c.. - boneless, 83 to 40s.
Butter -Finest creamery prints,' 44 Cured meats -Long clear baco 50
0 o. creamer'. e• e: No. to 70 iba•, $23; 40 to 90 lbs $2150•
2035 Ibs. and up, $22.34; Iightweight
-' - - rolls, in barrels, 342.50; heavyweight
rolls, $39.50 per rill.
Lard: Puxe tierces, 141/2 to 151/30;
tabs, -16- to 10%c; .pails, 161 to 17c;
prints, 171/2 to 18c; shortening tierces,
1135 to 12c; tubs, 181/2 to 18x; pairs,
121/2 to 181/2c: blocks, 141/2 to 141/2c.
Greatest of British Airmen Visits Toronto
SIR ALAN COBHAM AND LADY COBHAM
A recruit to aviation. dairying the grea.f wtir, Sir Alan Cobham become he
laic t mwst famous 'of 7'Irltish
aviators Ili fl its 1 . i 1 li
bro e t t i -ill and daring that hes, coeseid him to bee „
celled the Stu Pa:ancts Drake of the air. Veal calves, $10 to $11; grassers,
Sir Alan's knighthood was bestowed for hes accomplishments le the air. $5
Heavy export steers $6.65 to $7.60;
heavy - Steens, good, $6.25 to.: 36.50;
butcher -steers, choice, 36.60 to $7.35;
do, fair to good, $6.25 to $8.25; do,
com., $4 to $5; butcher heifers, choice,
36.25 to $7; do, fair to good, 35.50
to $6; do, Com., 34 to 35; butch-er
cows, good • to choice, $5 to $5.25; do,
corn, to rued., 33 to $4; do, canners
and cutters $2.25 to ,$2.75; butcher
bulls, good to' choice, 34.25 to 35; do,
rued,, 33.160 to $4; dc; holognas,, 38.60
to 33.8e; baby beef, $10 • to 311;
feeders, choice, 35.50 to $5.80; dc,
fair, 35 to 35.25; stockers, choice,
34.75 to $5.;;, do, fair to med., 34 to
$4.50; milch. cows, $70 to $83; spring-
ers 390 to $120; plain to tried. Cows,
345 :to 365;• "calves, elioice, 311.50
to $12.50; do, med., $7 to 910; do, come,
and grassers, • 4 to $5; lambs, choice,
310.50 to $11.50; bucks, $7,50 to 38.50;
sheep, choice, $0 to 36.50; do, heavies,
94:50 to .36; do, culls, 32.50; hogs,
thick smooth, fed and'' watered, $10.75;
do, f.o.b., 310.25; do, counterpoints,
$10; .do,off cars, 31.1.16; select grams
lum, per hog, 32.10.
MONTREAL.
Oats -Can, west., 1;1o. 2, 773355c; Ilo.
3, 69c. Flour, Man. spring what pats,,
firsts, $8; seconds, 97.60; strong bak-
ers' $7.80; winter pats.,'choice, 98,20
to $8.30.. /tolled oats -Bags, 90. lbs.,
33.65. Bran, 381.25. Shorts, $83.25.
1%Iiddlangs, 340,26. Hay -No. 2; per
ton, car lot's, 314.50.
Cheese -Finest' ~vests.,' 181/2 to
181c. Butter -.No. 1pasteurized,
40.1/, to 401/2e. ' Eggs -Storage extras,
47c; storage firsts, 44e; storago sec-
s timbre, which have linked by a.iu• routes • far oornens of the empire with onds, 89 to 45c fresh speelails -75e•
• ' P vtt true mothemlagvd, have , , _.• ,
nght him a re nr a'ion for • skill " fresh extras • 66c.
word.
We need to recognize more clearly
the uncomfortable ,fect that the key.
problem in colonization in every pro-
vince in Canada, is the development
of our enormous residue of vacant, in-
ferior lands;' lands generally of aver-
age soil quality, but involving strenu- „
ous pioneering efforts in order to re-
deem and improve them into high"
class, productive farms. Experience
proves co weusively that the European
peasant, Sir. Oliford Sifton's Y'man
with the sheepskin coat," is essential'-
ly the person to tackle this job, for
which no other applicants are in sight.
Colored Lights Limit After -
Dinner Speakers.
A thew sun -fire scheme 'of red and•
green lights for stopping after dinner
speakers has been applied effectively
in England.
When a .postprandial orator has
talked fear minutes, or his ailoted
time, a big green electric light_glows
near the toastmaster's place. After
another minute a red light hones. Then
the .gleets, by previous instruction, ap•
-
plaud until the speaker sits down.
When the system' was inaugurated
at a Chamber tf Commeroe dinner at
Tunbridge Wells, small. cards. aslted
.speakers to "consider the misdeeds of
their predeoeseor°s and to extend their
sympathetic support to the arrange-
ment for ourtailing. the addresses."
Workman Swept Under
Ice: in St. Mary's River
Sault Ste, Mario, Ont---Bur.ied in
great cakes of ice, Martin Shonroski,
aged 40, an employe of the Michigan
Northern Power Co., was drowned,
and his. body tarried out into St,.
Mary's River 'under the leo.
Shemosin was working wt th a pike
pole at No. 1 epillway at theoast end
!of the power house, pushing ice
through the neon, when his "pole
caught in air ice cake and,the swift.
current jerked hum into the water.
He was seen for an instant ttear tlre
serfage at the spot when the . sluice
empti�es-into,the river, butitis~ glace
ly carried under the river ice by she
rushing water. ` It wit be impossible`
to recover the body.
Canadian Seed Wins Prize.
Victoria, B.C.-British Columbia
timothy •hay seed from the northern
districts of this province' was avnarded
fi;'st prize at the Chicago Internation-
al Livestock Exposition recently, ac
cording to advices just received by
the Dept. of egeleultyre hero. This
award is regarded as the highest tri-
bute of its kin in Arnerica and mark,
the newly -developed elroe in northern
British Coble:l h as enormously ram..u
able for farming. , •