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|, 'previous year. Mh earners, A mera io, the Tamit Board 80 on, and that the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, being of a truly representative nature, is the proper 'body to consult on "tions for such appointments." With _referefice to tion, the memorandum points out that {he act provides for the appropriation of $10,000,000 by the Federal Govern- ment to be expended during the 10- year period ending March 81, 1020, and urged that Dominion assistance be renewed at the forthcoming session of Parliament, in order to insure that this Important work may be continued Further gimendments to the fair wage regulations are urged in tne meimcrandum, and it is set forth that! "it vould demonklcate the good faith|i of the Governfoent on the i ATHER BRINGS TOO HO; SEVERE Michelham Priory, Upper Dicker, pletely wrecked when fire broke out dur! ' The water froze as it felt thie hose, The Canada's Business lakes Big Strides Physical © Volume Shows | Jurap of 48 Per Cent. 'Ottawa---Canadian business 'reach. ed a physical volume at the close of | «1927 48 per cent. larger than it reach: ed in 1926, an index published by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reveals. Business, however, was somewhat be- low the high point reached in the second quarter, The feature of the year was the rapid advance In industrial stock prices, reflecting an easy money situa- tion, Speculative trading was the greatest on record. The number of shares sold on the Montreal Stock Exchange fn the first 11 months was 8,651,000, an increase of 42 per cent. "over 1936, Volume of cons tion was: greater! 'by nearly 10 per c an that of the - howed an in| crease of 7 per oH iu ¢ 'output 1 58 0 er cent, harbor Halifax and St. John." vr |? nes In. dfustries, ' Em lg world's greatest figures. Freddy Spencer and Charlies Winter; r| Gene Timeey, Jenny Welsmuller, and and for those that extended "public ownership by the establishment of commissions for the ports of France and he the Dominion to Appoint Minister to Respective Capitals _ Ottawa.--Canada's success in estab- lishing diplomatic relations at Wash- ington has decided the Dominion Gov- ernment to appoint a minister pleni- potentiary to France, it is officially announced. Phillip Roy, the present high commissioner at appointed to the p French Government wi Vitrolles, Consul-Gentef ~The Prime Minister, Ww. L. Macken: | zie King, complimented Mr." Moore on the "splendid manner in which the 1 and Labor Congress had co- operated in the past with the Govern- ment," and. at the way in which the delegation I gmpresented its program. The represses "made would, be helpful. SI to-day perity," said ity~1y due if spirit of cg betwg A see a return of pros- . King, "this prosper- large measure to the > jition and good will ve and employees and ctWCanada sets an ex- b pest o fthe world." Reports to the effect that Canada will send a minister to Japan are de- nied." During the visit of L. S. Em- ery, British Minister of the Dominions and Colonies, the appointment of a British High Commissioner to Canada will come up for discussion. . Paris --France and "Canada have ded to charge the pres- ent status of diplomatic "representa- tion to the establishment of legations in the respective capitals. The French Cabinet has approved a plan to appoint a Minister to Ot- tawa. Consul-General, The following communication was issued by the Foreign Office. "Following negotiations, under- taken in a diplomatic way, and after | interviews which took place in Raris in December last between the Raoul Dandurand, Senator of ii The Minister of Fra reside at Ottawa." mh Settlers For Canada Glasgow Herald Cons.): The num- ber of foreign immigrants into Can. | ada in the past year exceeded the' number from Great Britain by fully 2 0, If the disproportion contin- at this rate the time is not far dis- b 'England, had one wing com the Intense cold of late December. dates back to the 14th soutury, = Men 1.4 per cent. Value of imports was $1,005,000, 000 for the first 11 months, an increase of 8.3 per cent. Exports; were $1,107,000,000 as against $1,144, 000,000, 'a' drop of 3.2 per cent. Car when the British element will bonstiue a minority of Canada's pop- loading unti) December 10 shower an |: ih of 4 pericent over 1926. ulation. . I the strength of the Ip . |perial 'bond which upites Canad the Old Country is to be maintdyg we cannot afford to ignore the which is addressed specially to o people, * fp msi "Men are 0 hard to buy for," com- plained the sweet young thing. "Yes," sighed the spinster of forty-three, "and [ hope di t Sensational Story of Revolu- tionary Plot is Related Calcutta--A sensational story of Widespread revolutionary conspiracy rd it is to in' Bengal and Behar was related at i a man to buy for." | Madison Square Garden Club in New York. Photo Left to right, seated: He will probably be the Present of'll never learn how |' ows eight of the sport Tilden, Bobby Jones, standing: Babe Ruth, left to right Bill Cook, h One stor, Way Out Todas: Refuses Naturalization Application to Japanese So Solves Immigra- tion Difficulty ------ Can't Serve Two Countries British Columbia has long been wor- ried about the influx of Hindoo and Japanese. Ways and means to limit and control the Asiatic menace to jewelry and several baskets packed British predominance have been often considered, The following Canadian Press despatch indicates that a judge has perhaps solved the difficulty: Vancouver.--"I simply refused to recommend the application to the Sec- retary of State," declared Judge A. Grant, commenting on an Ottawa de- spatch which stated a Judge had not the right to refuse recSmmendation of naturalization papers to Japanese. Judge Grant pointed out that in every case the presiding judge in a Naturalization Court must decide that the applicant is ,a "fit and Zope matter is that o assimjlability of ordinary birth rate, 1 race, its' extra- h economic prob- e fact a Japan- riate himself, and n cannot possess any more ationalify at a time, I de- r person to be naturalized," puis the Judge. A A Pocket Bucket 'Motorists Ee ly ini d, a matter of borrowing a farmer's milk-pail or spoiling a Stetson in order to refresh the radiator. Here is a. pocket water bucket described by a writer in "Fleld and Stream Magazine" that is simple to make and just the thing for the motorist with a penchant for hills. "Cut out-a section of a large inner tube about two feet long. Tie one end tightly together to form the bottom "tof the bucket. Then cut two lugs in the opposite énd. Provide a stick to pach across the diameter of the tube, and then turn the end of each lug under the stick and fasten them to e stick with adhesive or electricians tape. © Such a bucket will hold con- siderable water. When not being used, it can be rolled up and stuffer away in the pocket, taking up very Httle and weighing practically / | tomb at Luxor, completed a fow days | to EE deioalia peove op to the vs | of the companies which insula, via, Dutch : Indien} es, this w 's Cornwall, Australia, Nigeria, an jis Hat of another of the most South Africa, but though occurrences important ti la of the world. Excavation of Tut-ankh-Amen's Tomb Nearly Completed by Dr. Howard Carter; Cairo.--The clearing of the SOUS swith sed dates and other foods. chamber of King = Tut-ankh-Amen's . Carter removed all the objects workshop located in the tomb ago by Dr. Howard Carter, eonstl- {of Sut 11. near by for detailed exam- tutes a practical end to the excava- | ination, preservation and packing dor tions now in the sixth year, unless the transference to the Calro M further depositaries are discovered , a8 well as the which chamber contains no treasures such visitors on Jan. 17. Thus nears as previously found, but it is filled conclusion of the work of excavation with an extensive collection of furni- begun by the late Earl of Carnarvon ture and other objects of Pharaoh's | and Mr. Carter In 1922 and since con- is 'not believed likely. The reat of the tomb, will be open ania 0 nd including a large canopic jar, a royal bed encased in heaten gold supported by four elongated lions after the pat- tern of similar earlier finds, numer. ous ushabti figures, much smaller statuary, a quantity of personal {tinued by the last-named archaeolog- ist. Three years later, on Nov. 11, 1925, the mummy of Tut-ankh-Amen with its. wealth of jewels and other treasures under shrouds, was opened in the . presence of the Government and archaeological representatives, Italy Prepares OPEN WARFARE TRAINING Fascisti clubs. have been opened al.over Italy in which boys are being given a thorough military training. Mussolini says the future of Italy depends on the rising generation. Canada-to-Chile Road To Further Good Will Cleveland, Ohio.--~Cood roads from Canada to Chile, in the greatest high- way project ever planned by world engineers, will do more to establish friendly relations between nations of the western hemisphere than the com- bined strength of the world's greatest armies, Jose Rivera, secretary of the official Mexican delegation to the American Road Builders' Association, sald here. Latin-American delegates attending the convention backed Senor Rivera's opinion that scores of misconceptions of conditions in the nations to the south will be wiped out with the com- pletion of the gréat international highway. en ---- The aged king in the melodrama was blessed with two sons. He was pacing up and down the stage with a wearied look, exclaiming aloud, "On which of these my sons ehall I bestow my crown?" Came a voice from the gallery: "Why not arf a crown apiece, guy'nor?" the epening of the trial of 20 young Bengalis at Dumka recently. The young meén were charged with conspiracy to wage war against Yhe British forces and banditry. i Numerous police raids followed the discovery of a cipher book during a raid on a Decghar boarding establish- ment. With that knowledge, the po piles were able to discover the hiding ac The police seized revolvers, bombs, explosives, and revolutionary litera. ture. The prosecution alleged the on Of arms was designed to the Government. Sierra Leone Is to Develop Platinum Field Analysis Shows Metal Com- pares Favorably With That From Urals London--An oficial analysis shows that platinum from the Sierra Leone fleld compares favorably in composi- tion with the same metal from the Urals and South Afri This is an- nounced in & British Government com- munique, which adds that these West African alluvial deposits, extending over 40 equare miles, are "likely to be of considerable importance." At present, it will be recalled near- ly half the world's platinum comes from Russia. "Detailed information regarding the locality of the platinum discoveries," the communique adds, "will be given 'any firm who can satisfy the Sierra Leone Government of their financial standing and bona fide intention and capacity to undertake mining opera tiong in the event of tHese being like- 1y to prove profitable. ™ "The Slerra Leones Government, however, reserves power to limit the number of prospecting rights issued in respect to this locality." fr rennin The Folly of the Protocol London Observer (Ind): Three years ago Geneva was misled by the illusion of a short cut. Bafled in their hopes and defeated by their problems, the statesmen of Europe sought the 'vain refuge of a paper formula. Let the League but define aggression and enforce its sanctions againgt aggressors; then peace wold be ensured in our time, Naver did Britain render more effective servicq to the cause of peace than when her emphatic rejeetion of the Protocol which embodied this flimsy thought called the world back to a sense of realities. . The grocer was busy serving his rs when he noticed a: small vith YG wit an naacont ioc look ou his face seins ot "Ni hen, the grocer, what are you #< "Nothing, eh fro i oy a The production is nearly Tait The The most important metals pro- ;duced in Canada are gold, copper, | nickel, lead, zinc and silver Whe production statistics for the year hav been assembled there will probably be found no great difference in total value for the years 1926 and 1927. In. crease in production in some cases may be offset by lower prices that have prevailed during the year for copper, lead, zinc and silver. An aver- age falling off tn price for copper, lead and zinc of about one cent a pound, which {8 the actual story for 1927, is m in the figuring of net prof- its. Notwithstanding this, production has bi well maintained. Columbia leads In copper, wi large mines at Anyox, Bri th copper from the Sudbury ores; Sand Quebec third, producing from a mine that has been in nearly continuous operation for half a cene tury. Quebec will show a very sub- stantial increase next year since tha Noranda smelter will no doubt have started operations before this appears in print. The recent increase in the price of copper will be an important factor in getting this industry firmly established and will also be an incen: tive to. push work towards bringing the big Flin Flon ore body of north- ern Manitoba to a producing stage at as early a date as possible, The con- struction of the branch line of railway to the Flin Flon has been decided up- on and there is every promise that as a result Manitoba will soon take her place as one of the important mining provinces. With the building of this ratlwya is bound up algo the future of a deposit of copperzine ore of eon- siderable magnitude at Cold Lake, A flurry was created by the discovery in the Frood mine, Sudbury, of a body of -ore running very high "tn copper; All of this goes to.prove that as a cop- per producer Canada has good pros- pects of great expansion. The nickel Industry of Ontario is buoyant and figures for the first nine months of the year show a very satis. factory increase. There has been a substantial increase in the gold pro- duction of Ontario, but a falling off in that of British Columbia. Ontario ac- counts for about 88 per cent. of the total Canadian production. The auri- ferous content of the Noranda ores will bring Quebec to the fore next year with a much larger production of gold than she has yét made, The Sullivan mine of British Colum- bia is the source of the greater part of the lead and zinc produced in Can- ada. The Slocan mining division ac- counts for a considerable quantity. There is also a production of lead from Yukon, Ontario, and Quebec, and of zinc from Quebec. The silver of Ontario has suffered a slight falling oft and British Columbia is now well in the lead, deriving her silver from lead and zinc ores and from the gold and silver deposits of Portland canal. Asbestos production fis good, and activity in Sulidinugibifuction, aud water-power developmen Je- flected favorably on the cement andi: clay-products industries, Better labor conditions have pre- vailed in general in the coal-flelds with a resultant increase in produc- tion, Drilling has been active In the search for petroleum. Several dry holes have been drilled in different parts of the country, and a test well sunk to a depth of about 6,000 feet on Governor's island Prince Edward Is- land, failed to strike anything of velue. Operations elsewhere have met with success. Oil has been struck in additional wells in the Turn- er Valley field, Alberta, and as a re- sult the production for this year shows a substantial increase. - The striking of oll in @ well near Skiff in the southern part of Alberta has drawn attention to the possibilities of this area, and exploratory work on the Ribstone-Blackfoot structure has | been satisfactory. + vig TEER i errr et . On Time Circle, Alaska. --A valiant battle against the most severe storm in interior' Alaska in twenty years was successful ' when Mail, Sled Driver Jewel arrived with. the Christmas mail on time from, Ch . Braving the weather 58 depres. below zero tempenrat 3a bring holi- day greetings to outpost; Jewell arrived on schedule, but with his hands and face frost-bitten and bi team of dogs suflesiag from the Well, B Je | cast