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$. g liiLI,IOTT. PDBI,I81IER ANO PROPRIETOR
THURSDAY, DEO. 10, 1903,
year. that it will takenearly all of this 11) SPAR MIEN'. OF AGRICULTURE
$2,000,000 to pay ori' existing oblitatioue.
Local Canadian securities, acting in aym-
patty with American stocks, have all of
them declined and at the present time
are at the lowest point in many years,
NOTES AND COMMENTS,
Another finger post of prosperity is
that of the custom receipts at Montreal
for the past year. They are the largest
in the history of the port and amounted
to $7,825,918 53, an increase of $1,241,-
975,06 whioh is nearly 16 per cent. It is
gratifying also to note that the exports
exceeded those from New York, Boston
or Philadelphia.
Toronto Globe: The signs are mul-
tiplying that presage the near approach
Of the general elections for the Federal
Parliament. Alike in Government and
in Opposition circles activity is shown
whioh suggests the early opening of the
campaign. The date of the elections
Iran not been annouuced, but the officers
and members of the Liberal associations
throughout the country will do no more
than iutelligeut prudence advises if they
lose no time in making ready for a vigor-
ous campaign.
The withdrawals from the Ontario
government's million good roads fund
for this year will be about $90.000.
Wentworth couuty has already 'received
$20,000; Sitncoe county is eutitled to
$25,000 for this year's work; Lanark
will receive $25,000 also, and Welling-
ton about $20,000. A confereuce was
held at Stratford last week to consider
the advisability of establishing a county
road system in Perth county. A bylaw
to the same effect will be submitted to
the electors of York county in January.
A BAILIFF IN ZiON.
(Toronto Star,)
In many small villages in Quterio are
persons whose religion was at once excit'
able and sombre, and they were drawn
into Dowieisu'. They attached them-
selves to the new Zion, which John Alex.
ander Dowie,professing to be the Pro-
phet Elijah come again to earth estab-
lished in Illinois, not far from Chicago.
Some of these converts to Zionism left
their homes in Ontario and carried all
they possessed, placing it proudly in
their leader's hands; Many while re-
maining at home seat all their savings
to Dr. Dowie. Some sold farms, shops,
houses, went to Zion, gave their all, and
became servants of their leader. As a
rule women, more than men. were at-
tracted by the exhortations of Dr. Dowie,
and from Ontario several wives have
gone leaving husbands and children be-
hind them.
Now it appears that the Dowie enter-
prise has come to grief. Twenty or thir-
ty million dollars° have been invested,
and the whole concern is now in the
hands of receivers. Zion is said to be
insolvent, and creditors will parcel it out
among them.
With the savings of zealots a great
lace factory was established,, and it has
been run at a loss. Extensive works for
the manufacture of 'candy were built,
and conducted at a loss, The followers
of Dowie who left homes and friends
and gave all they possessed to this man,
did not seem to see 'any thing incongru-
ous in the claim that the Prophet Elijah
had returned to earth and was gathering
in the money of the pious to manufac-
ture such fripperies as lace and candies.
If the whole thing has collapsed, as
Alluding to the constant charge of
"Corruption" made by Conservative
paper the London Advertiser draws
attention to this fact: "Of its millions
of expenditure of public funds, the
Ontario Government has never given a
dollar to other than public purposes; no
railway steal or "inside interests in con-
tracts, no direct or indirect application
of public funds to election or party pur-
poses can be charged against it, and not
one copper of personal benefit has ac-
crued to any Liberal minister or mem,
ber."
While the Toronto. World devotes
much of its space to partisan effort to
represent the Liberal policy as having
damaged the country, its news columns
ex eloquent testimony to the progress
Canada enjoys ander the moderate tariff
and good rule of the Laurier Govern-
ment. Here is a specimen from a recent
issue:
"Commercial travellers all over the
province report a hustling business for
the year, and an especially active call
for all forms of Christmas goods and
novelties. There are now 12,000 travel-
lers on the Ontario circuit, bat there
never has been so good a year for the in-
dividual knight of the grip."
THE PROSPERITY OF CANADA.
appears to be the case'; serious wrong
will have been done many simple and
trusting people. Aud it will not improve
matters to express surprise that people
can be found so simplenand emotional as
to be carried away by a man like Dowie,
TO THE TOAST, " CANADA."
FRUIT MARKS ACT HAS BEEN A
SUCCESS.
Testimony be Prominent Dealers in
Carla dian Apple's --Work Done by Im-
spectors-They Have Very Difficult
Task, but Good Iles Come From
Their Labors,
Dr. Macdonald, M P. for East Heron,
was one of the speakers at the St. An-
drew's banquet in Stratford, and the
Beacon reports his speech in part as
follows: -
Dr. Macdonald M. P., replied to the
toast "Canada." His: was really a fine
effort. He expressed his pleasure at be-
ing present. and pleased that his name
was opposite the greatest subject of the
the evening -"Scotland might be good,
England might not be better (Iaughter)
but there was no comparison with 5,-
000,000 people, who could not be match -
ad, for push, enterprise, intelligence and
good behavior, why there was no such
country as Canada on the face of the
earth. It was a country forty times lar-
ger than Great Britain -a nation unriv-
alled in its civil and religions liberty.
It was eighteen times greater than the
territory of France; sixteen times great-
er than modern Germany. Canada was
the noblest and greatest of them all. It
was rich in its material wealth and it
was the duty of Canadians to unlock
this wealth and restore it to the people.
Canada had one of the best forms of
Government in the world. Its judiciary
was the best that ever existed. It was
pure and unsullied. Its educational sys-
tem was of the highest. Its institutions
rested almost entirely upon the character
of its people, which was the character
of its Government. We had civil and
religions liberty and were free to wor-
ship God according to the dictates of
our own conscience. Another element
was our patriotism. The speaker gave a
splendid recital of the bravery displayed
by the Canadians who fought in South
Africa. His pen pictures of the en-
gagements they went through were
most vivid. He concluded ,his remarks
amid much applause.
As showing the undoubted prosperity
of the Dominion at the present time there
is no better index than the growth and
expansion of the banking business. As
illustrative of this it is noted that last
week thirteen of the leading chartered
banking institutions og Canada paid out
in dividends to their share -holders over
$2,000,000 or over $100,000 more than on
the same date last year. The Bank of
Montreal with $600,000 leads the list, the
Bank of Commerce coming second with
$325,000. The combined capital of the
absve thirteen banks runs over
$48,000,000. And still there are those
who will argue that the country has not
prospered under the Laurier administra-
tion. The public would naturally sup-
pose that the release of such a large
amount of money would tend to increase
ti e volume of business on the Stock Ex-
changes in Toronto and Montreal as in
past years, but it is a fact that so much
money has been lost, principally in the
American markets daring the present
Pains in the Back
Iled,.r the above headlines the Mont.
zeal Daily Star of Nov. 10th had the
foli:owing report of an interview wltl
Mr. Prank Hamilton, of the firm of
Prank Hamilton & Co., one of the
largest tedelvers of Canadian apples
Liverpool, who llao been in Mont-
real during the shipping season, look -
leg after his consignment, as well ao
these of A1r. Thos. Russell, Glasgow.
"When the b'euit Marks Act first
became law," says Mr. Hamilton, "I
had my doubts as :to whether it could
be worked successfully on account of
the many conditions surrounding the
fruit trade, but it bus proved, a, suc-
cess beyond are question. Speaking for
the dealers on the other side, I may
say that owing to the lack of uniform-
ity in a large Dumber of grade marks
used, and the irregular packing of
Cunadian apples, we were never sure
of what we might expect to find in a
package. It was ',possible to get a
good barrel of fruit under a certain
grade mark. ft was also possible to
ge' a barrel of "trash" under the
braid, so .that the marks on the, pack-
age counted for little,. As it is now,
with the mna,rks fixed by law, when
we purchase packages bearing the
"No. 1" or ",XXX" brand, we are rea-
sonably^, sure that we t.re getting an
honest and fairly uniform "pack."
This has atendency to inspire great
confidence in elle Canadian apple
wade." '
Speaking of the law from. a Cana-
dian standpoint, Mr. Hamilton said:
"I have been 'a. dose .observer of The
work and l cannot 'speak too highly
of the Aloe:tree). Fruit Inspectors.
They have had on. Their hands what
1r consider a very difficult task, ow-
ing to the fact that they have had
to pass judgment on the work of hun-
dreds of different sackers, and pro-
nounce, on the varxing qualities of
fruit from the different sections 9f
the country. Sound. judgment, com-
mon sense and prudence have char-
acterized their actions from the be-
ginning in administering the law, fair -
between the growers and shippers
on one side aid the consumers on the
other. 'lice inspectors, while taking
a firm stand where -glaring violations
were apparent, showed the greatest
courtesy and consideration towards
the shippers by writing hundreds of
letters on educational lines. It is a
well known feet that there are a num.-
bee oft good shippers who, while they
mai; have the best 'intentions, often
find that their packers have violated
,the law, either through ignorance of
its provisions, or careleesnesa. To
prove thief I could) show a number of
letters from my Ontario shippers, who
express themselves as only too anxious
to have their fruit Inspected and the
defects pointed but by the inspectors
tha t they may remedy the same by in-
structing their packers."
for Twenty Years
with cold storage. The railway Anil
steamship corfrpanies will inform
slippers when suitable steamships
will leave St. John or Ilalifax. 'Even
an small consignments of poultry, the
fteigltt charges Will not be over, one
cent per pound,
The chickens fatted at the iilnstra-
tien b1ations have been ,sold in; 'for-
onto. Montreal, St. John, N.B.. Mil -
fax. eV.S., Sydney, 0. tie and Chitrlat'te-
town, 1'.E.1., find also to dealers in
other smaller cities. The price Ob-
tained *foe the fatted ohiokens in 'Dor
-
onto was 11 cents p r ixmund; in Alexi-
tree}, 13 cents per paned ; and in the
cities in the Maritime Provinces, with
the exception .of Charlottetown, 11
Dents per pound. The chickens were
sold at Charlottetown at 10 cents per
pound, •
The fatted chickens sold to the mer-
chants gave perfect' satisfaction and
,c would be to the interest of farmers
to fatten their chickens before theyy
axe marketed. The Department could
have sold several timie,5 as many fat-
ted chickens if an extra number could
have been bought from the farmers
in the vicinity of the 'fattening sta-
tions. A Charlottetown merchant
stated : "We have a`' reply Pram the
may to whom We shipped the last
lot, and he speaks of them as being
very fine and expresse4 surprise that
we could 'produce smile chickens in
this country." Almost any farmer in
Canada can produce fatted chickens
equal to the Government chickens at
little extra expense for labor and feed.
Could not tura ever fa bed -]Kidneys and
bladder affected --experienced great
sufferlag.
Old people learn. to trust in Dr. Chase's
Kidney -Liver Pills, for when all other treat-
ments fail this great medicine seenis to go
directly to the diseased part, and promptly
affords relief and cure.
MR. DAVID MISENER, farmer, Port Robin-
son, Welland County, Ontario, writes :--"I
wish to state to you that I had a pain in my
back and left side for over twenty years. At
tithes X could not turn over in bed, I was so
badly used up. I had cramps in my feet and
legs, and my hands were so entirely useless
that I could scarcely lift anything.
"Kidney disease was, no doubt, the cause
of all my suffering, and sometimes the urinary
trouble would be se bad that I would have to
get up five of six times dndng the night. Fore
mutely, I began using Dr. Chases Kidney.
Liver Pills, and they cured tee completely.
am 79 years old, and quite welt sow,but
still occoLsionally use these pills to keep my
tyttent in good order. Several periople to
whom I have recommended i)r.. amen /Ode
aey- fiver Pilin have been equally benefited.
Dr. Chase's ICidirey-Liter Pills, thc comfort
of old age, one pill a dose, as cents a box, at
alt dealers. Portrilt and signatere of Dr. A.
W. cbue cm ever/ bog.
Patent Reports.
Canadian patents -C. H. Bustin &
G. White, bedstead exhibitors; F. Cul-
ham, trucks ; S. Fader, studs or collar
buttons; G. Wardle, 'barh construc-
tion ; J. Randall, cheese cutters ; C. L.
Elenderson, wrenches ; B. Lindman,
trusses.
U. S. patents -A. ' Gamache, tele-
phone transmitter support ; W. J. &
J. 1'. Hare, olectripe train signal ; J. A.
Jamieson, elevator bin,; L. R. Keough,
making alumina and by-products; W.
A. McDougall, frame for displaying
lace curtains, rugs, embroideries, tap-
estries or the like; E. G. Smith, saw
tool.
In conclusion, Mr. Hamilton; said it
is in the bast interest of all concerned
that a good, honest package of fruit
be plated on the market.
GREAT DEMAND FOR POULTRY.
The Dominion Department ef Agri-
culture has received communications
from British dealers who desire to
purchase Canadian poultry. One of
the dealers, Mr. James Blackburn, of
Manchester, England, is at present in
Canada negotiating ..for the shipment
t,lf poultry. lie states that he would
be glad if he xeceived; the names of
Canadian poultry shippers so that the
chickens could be shipped •early in De-
cember.
For four years the Department of
Agriculture has exported the chick-
ens f atted at the illustration sta-
tions to Mr. Blackburn. The dealings
have been perfectly ,satisfactory and
the prices obtained for the chickens
have been profitable. idr. Blackburn
said that he would • like to handle
3000 'cases of chickens per Week.
The Department pas also received,a
letter from. Alr..'W m. R,oth,well, Man-
chester, England. Mr .Riathwcll says:
"There seems to be a,. very_ good pros-
pect for all kinds of poultry, this
Cbristm,as. If you can give or have
any consignments sent me, you can
rest assured of the utmost value be-
ing obtained. Cash and. sales Aent
immediately goods are disposed of.
probable priees are asfolloww:•Large
cock turkeys plucked, 14 to 18 lbs., 9d
to 1001 per lb. ; plucked turkeys. 12 to
13. lbs., 81-2d to 9,tjser, lb.; plucked
turkeys, 9 to 11 lbs., 7 1.2d, to 8,d per
Ib.; plucked chiekcne, 8d per ib.;
plucked ducks, 74 per ib. ; turkeys in
feather, 61-2(1 to 7d, per lb. I trust
thlat 1 may have consignments from
Canada."
i1Lr. hare, chief of the Dominion
Poultry Division, stated that thele
approximate) !:rices should offer sub-
etatatial inducements to Canadian ex-
porting firms to ship poultry to Great
Biri.tain. Th,e poultry shbuldl be
forwarded fit n Steamship) "equipped
The Assessment Bill.
The special committee which was ap-
pointed by the legislature to consider
the new act proposed by the 'assessment
commission, was in session at Toronto
last week. There is a great diversity of
opinion about the wisdom of same of
the clauses. Mr.Langton, secretary of
the commission, says that the aims of
the bill are: -
1. That the poorer classes' shall be
practically untaxed.
2. That the richer classes shall share
taxation more equally as amongst them-
selves.
3. That the small proportion of taxes
now paid by personal property (about
one -twentieth of the whole amount)
shall be made np, or more than made
up, by other more equitable methods of
taxation in due proportion of all persons
who should pay anything.
4. This shall be done by making the
very large number, who should but do
not pay taxes, pay amounts which may
be comparatively unimportant to each
individual, but which in the aggregate
wrlI be considerable, and so the require-
ments of the municipaity may be met
i without the burden falling very heavily
upon any person.
Silver
Ware
A selection made from our
Catalogue will be delivered at
your door at precisely the
same cost to you as if pur-
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TOWN DIRECTORY.
BAPTIST Canals --Sabbath sorvioes at
11 a ta and 7 p m. Sunday School at
2:30 p an. General prayer meeting
on Wednesday evenings. Rev. J. N. Me -
Lean, B,A., pastor. Abner Casein, S,S,
Superintendent.
It uruo»xsr Ciwncu-Sabbath services
at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday School at
2:30 p nl. Epworth League every Mon-
day evening. Genera.'prayer meeting
t B
on Wednesday evenings, Rev. J. R.
Gundy, D.D•, pastor. 1)r, Towler, S. 5,
Superintendent.
Plulse raxlan 0=U11011 -Sabbath ser-
vices at 11 a m and 7 p m, Sunday
School at 2:30 p m. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev.
D. Perrie, pastor and S S. Superinten-
dent, P. S, Lihkh ter and L. Harold,
assistant S. S. Superintendents.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, EPISCOPAL -Sab-
bath services at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sun-
day School at 2:30 p m. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evening. Rev.
Wm. Lowe, Rector. F. Shore and Ed.
assistant S, S, Superintendents.
SALVArxon ARMY t Service at 7 and 11.
a m and 3 and 8 p in on Sunday, and
every evening during the week at 8
o'clock at the barracks.
POST OFFICE -III Macdonald Block.
Office hours from S a m to 6:30 p m.
Peter Fisher, postmaster.
PvsLro lean Y -Library and free
reading room in the Town Hall, will
be open every afternoon from 2 to
5:30 o'clock, and every evening from 7
to 9:30 o'clock. Miss Millie Robertson,
librarian,
TowN CovwoiL-R. Vanstone, Mayor;
A. Dulinage, Thos. Bell, Robt. Me-
Iudoo, J J. Elli tt, W. F. VanStone,
S. Bennett, Colfncillors; J. B. Fer-
guson, Clerk and Treasurer; Wiliam
Clegg, Assessor, Wm. Robertson, Col-
lector. Board meets first Monday even-
ing in each month at 8 o'clock.
SCHOOL BOARD. -J. J. Ilomuth, (chair-
man), Thos. Abraham,R. A.Douglas, H.
Kerr, Wm. Moore, A. E. Lloyd Wm.
Button, C. N. Griffin. Secretary, Wm.
Robertson; Treasurer, J. B. Ferguson.
Meetings second Tuesday evening in each
month.
PUBLIC Smoot, TEAOHERs.-A.
Musgrove, Principal, Mise . Brock,
Miss Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Miss
Cornyn, Miss McLean, Miss Matheson
Miss Reid, and Miss Cummings.
BOARD OF HEALTH --Mayor Vanstone,
(cbairman), C. J. Reading, Thos Greg -
my, Dr. Agnew, J. B. Ferguson, Sec-
retary; Dr. J. R. Macdonald, Medical
Health Officer.
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Deranged Nerves_
AND,
Weak Spells.
Mr.R.H. Sampson's,Sydney,N.S.,
Advice to all Sufferers from
Nerve Trouble Is
"GET A BOX OF
MILBURN'S
HEART AND NERVE
PILLS."
MISS SARA L MOORE
Teacher of Piano and Theory.
MISS CARRIE MOORE
Teacher of Violin and Guitar
Rooms -in Stone Block, Wingham.
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He sa s t "I have been ailing for about
a year from deranged nerves, and very
often weak spells would come over me and
be so bad that i sometimes thought I
would be unable to survive them. I have
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of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. Before
taking then I did not feel able to do any
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thanks to one box of your pills. They
have trade a new man of me, and my
advice to any person troubled as I was, is
to get a. box of Milburn's Heart and Nerve
Pills.
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DR. MACDONALD,
Centre Street
Wingham,
Ontario.
DR. AGNEW,
Physician, Surgeon, etc.
Office -Macdonald Block, over J. E. Davis'
Drug Store. Night calls answered at the office.
T. CHISHOLM, J. S. CHISHOLM
MAI., M.D., C.M., M.C.P.S.O. Mn, MD,OIL, M C PS O.
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PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, Eeo.
Oirsxcx-Chisholm Block, Josephine street.
RESIDENCE -In rear of block, on Patrick St.,
where night calls will be answered.
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Private and Company funds to loan at lowest
rate of interest. No commission charged Mort-
gages, town and farm property bought and
sold. Office, Beaver Block Wingham.
GRANA TRUNK RAIL VAY SYSTEM.
TRAINS LEAVE FOR
London 6:50 a.m.... 8.10p.m.
Toronto & East9 a.m8.68 a.m.... 8.06p.m.
Kincardine -11.10 a.m1.40 p -m.... 8.88p.m.
ARRIVE PROM
Kincardine ....8.60 a.m1100 n.m.... 8.05 pan.
London 11.10 a.m.... 7.66 p.m.
Palmerston 11.10 a.m.
Toronto & East 1.40 p.m.... 8.88 p.m.
L. HAROLD,Agent, Wingham.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
'rRAIDa L.r3AVE FOR
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Teeswater 1.17 p.m -.10.48 p.m.
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Wingham, Ont.
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ARTHUR J. IRWIN, D. D. 8., L. D. S.
Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pennsylvania
Dental College and Licentiate of the Royal
College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office
over Post Office, Wingham.
W T. HOLLOWAY, D.D.S., L.D.S.
DENTIST.
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CANADIAN PREMIER'S LETTER
Somebody Hae , /Seen iteisaicinE-ria
Hainer Greenwood iicnlea .AlakLnt
Statement Attributed to litm--The
CorrespCwdeaoe Rotative t• the
Giscasatow in Turk, Ragland -
Air. Chamberlain Opaused..
London, Dec. 3.-IIarnar Greenwood'
denies ever having made the state-
ment attributed to hint with regard
to Imperial defence. 'Phis is the
statement denied by Sir Wilfrid Laur -
ier in yesterday morning's paper,.
that it was the scheme of the Clove
ernment for Canada to raise a great,
sum for Imperial defence, but this
was dropped through Mr, Chamber-
lain's policy frightening the Freneh-
Canadians.
Sir Wilfrid's Reply.
London, Dec. 3. -The Canadian A
sociated Press, r'efer'red yesterday ►
a letter which appea•'ed in the. Ea
lish press from Sir Wilfrid Laurier_
It is needless to say that the Premier
did not send any letter to the Eng-
lish press, but he did write a private
letter to a newspaper man in York.
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although not intended for publica-
tion, should not be published. It is
as follows:
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FARMERS
Ottawa, Nov. 19.
Alfred H. Fletcher, Yorkshire Iler-
ald, York: Dear Sir, -I have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your favor of the 5th inst., wherein,
,you call my attention to the state-
ment made in your city to tho effect
that there was a scheme on foot in.
Canada to contribute a great suns
towards national defence, and that
Mr. Chamberlain had so frightened a.
third of the population -the French-
Canadians -that the scheme had been:
dropped. I fully corroborate Mr.
Chamberlain's answer to your en-
quiry. The statement is altogether
without foundation. There never was
in Canada a scheme on foot to con-
tribute any sum towards Imperial
defence. (Signed)
Wilfrid Laurier.
Mr. Fletcher's Letter.
The following is a copy of the let- •i
ter to which Sir Wilfrid replied: \
"Coney street, York, Nov. 5, 1903_
-To Sir Wilfrid Laurier: Dear Sir,
.-Mr. Hamar Greenwood, who has
settled in this country, and who is 15
standing Iladicai candidate for the
city of York, in the course of a..
speech which he delivered on tha
15th of last month, said that there
was a scheine on foot in Canada to
contribute a great sum towards na-
tional defence, and that Mr. Cham-
berlain had so frightened a third
of the population of the French-
Canadians that the scheme ha,i
been dropped. Mr. J. G. Butcher,
Conservative M. P. for York,.
called Mr. Chamberlain's atten .ion.
to this statement, and r eiv-
ed the following reply: 'The state
-
Mont to which you refer is absolute-
ly without foundation.' At a sub-
sequent meeting on Oct. 22 Mr. .
Hamar Greenwood repeated his state-
ment that there was a scheme in
Canada to contribute a large sum of
money towards a huge admiralty
construction in Canada for Imperial
defence, and that since Mr. Cham-
berlain's speeches this has been drop-
ped owing to the Opposition of the
French-Canadians. As Mr. Hamar
Greenwood is posing as an authority
on colonial natters in general and
particularly on affairs in Canada,
and as he persists in his original
statement in spite of Mr. Chamber-
lain's disclaimer, there is a good
deal of anxiety in York to ascertain
the exact position of affairs. If you
could give us any definite informa-
tion bearing on this subject, we
should esteem it a great favor. We -
enclose cuttings from reports of the,
speeches referred to. Yours faithful-
ly, Alf. II. Fletcher, Managing Edi-
tor, York Herald."
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TO OPPOSE MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
t;eoretary of Brass Workers Union Nomina-
ted in West iiirmingham.
London, • Dec. 3.-(C.A.P.)-The
Scottish Chamber of Agriculture of
Edinburgh yesterday agreed to ask
Chamberlain to address a meeting
on the proposed fiscal changes, with
special reference to agriculture.
Chamberlain was informed that the
chamber is not pledged to his pro-
posals.
W. Davis, secretary of the National
Society of Amalgamated Brass
Workers of Birmingham, has been,
selected as Labor candidate, to op-
pose Chamberlain in West Birming-
ham. Davis is considering the mat-
ter.
The Canadian Navy.
The Glasgow Herald, referring. to
Laurier's plan of creating a Cana-
dian navy, says: "We prefer this al-
ternative to subsidising the North
American squadron," The paper
hopes it will be a fleet and not the
monitors, but, in the event of an
Imperial war, ready for service any-
where.
Chief Justice Alverstone and six
judges yesterday sustained Gray's
Inn benchers' exclusion of Bertha
Cave from the bar. In her conten-
tion, she quoted Toronto's lady bar-
rister.
C. Il. Haldane, M.P., speaking at
Hull yesterday, said free trade Wast
the leading factor of Britain'a lead
over America and Gerinany,
The chairman of the Agricultural
Society of Western Canada has writ
ton the Cobden Club that Catradiate
support of Chamberlain comes 'Front
the Eastern manufacturers.
Celrerta Leger.
Panama, Dec. 8. -The canal treaty
was signed yesterday morning t►ftir-
Gut h,mendmartt.