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Port Perry Star (1907-), 13 Jul 1933, p. 6

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/ P af 3 a -- / i i |} ------ ---- a a RS" 1 World Economic Conference Held Together By Sterling Committee Cold Bloc Talks "Unobtrusive' Withdrawal From Con- ference London, July 9.--The World Econo: mic Conference was believed to-night 1a the threshold of vital developments. This opinion was shared throughout ¢ the delegations and in the city as fur- Jher solidification of the sterling-dollar block through a concerted drive for the recovery program was expected to : _ develop in the next few weeks, (iold bloc quarters 'were busy over the week-end making a last stand, but It was privately admitted they be: lieved the sterling-dollar group was about to move forward with a sweep- Ing price plan, : Powerful forces "were oworking to push Great Britain from the yet half- "hearted support of full-fledged partici- pation in the wishes of her Dominions, An important debate in the House of Commons on the World Economic Con- ference is scheduled Monday, which reported Sir Robert Horne lauding the United States' recovery by inflation and inviting Great Britain to jump in, See Boom In Commodities. In the city (financial district) it was anticipated ssush a speech would have a boom effect on London commodity prices. Sessions { British officialdom was understood | to. be awaiting more definite indica. tions from President Roosevelt as to how far he wishes to go and also learn of his specific aims." : # The Statist, a financial review, sug- gested that the Dominons and Great Britain could adopt a caufious policy or reflation independent of the United States providing the American pro- gram proved distasteful. Expectation . that the conference would get somewhere came "after it had been pronounced dead by 99 per} 'cent. of the delegates. The gold. bloe, while admitting in- flationary- action now seems possible, mantains this would be nefarious for the entire world. The decision of the central. gold banks at Paris to defend the gold standard was minimized in Dominion quarters, where it was felt nothing powerful enough can be invented to withstand the price-raising movement once it is under way.. While the prospect of action poked {ts head out of-the confusion caused by recent conflicts, there was every in-|- dication of further trouble ahead with the gold group. Tr - British Pound Canadian Dollar Relation to New York Funds Causes Jubilation at Capital Otcawa, July 9.--The strong upward swing of the British pound and the marked advance of.the Canadian dol- lar in relation to New York funds dur- ing the past. week has been greeted with enthusiasm in government circles. ' Not only is the price of wheat great- ly advanced but the price of gold as well, This metal sold on Saturday at $30.85 an ounce, as compared with the par which is $20.6718 (plus). The ad- "vance mm the Canadian.dollar, in rela- tion to United States funds, will make it easier for Canadian debtors to meet their interest and maturity commit ments in New York. On Saturday the premium on the United States dollar was only 5% cents. During the month of July maturing principal and interest of Canadian honds payable in United Bates funds total $18,907,815. While the advance in sterling re- quires more Canadan dollars to-meet London commitments, these commjit- ments are largely met by goods and gold, which are paid for in the British market in: sterling. Yesterday the pound sterling was at $4.96 in Cana- dian funds, almost 10 cents above par, or approximately two cents on the dol- lar. : : > Canadian Regiments Get Belated Boer War Honor Ottawa.--Thirty-two years .after the Peace of Vereening, which brought the Boer War to a close, twenty-six units of the Canadian militia have now received the battle honor, "South Africa," to be embroidered on their regimental colors. Announcement to this effect was made from the head- quarters ot the Defence Department here recently: Approval of this honor by King George has been received by the de- partment. The units whose color is thus enriched obtain the award under the same conditions as governed that of similar honors to the yeomanry ani volunteer regiments of the British 'Army. ' All of the seven provinces of Can- ada which were in existence at the time of the South African campaign are represented in the list. *, 'o* Death Separates 92 Year Old Twins Brantford, Ont,--Brantford"s. non- agenanian twins are at last separ- ated--by death, Joseph Davidson, 02, has died leaving his twin brother, fsaac, last of a family of 14 children. Df the 92 years, they had been apart for only 10. g : About 82 years ago the brothers came from Belfast to Toronto, tak- Ing seven weeks for the trip. To- other they - had homesteaded in orthern Ontario and in Manitoba, Dread Germ Kills ' Young London Boy Swimming in Polluted Pool y is Blamed for Death London, Ont, July 9. -- Five days . after he was stricken by the dread 'ed streptococcus haemolyticus, pre- umably contracted while swimming in *% the south branch of the River Thames, 7 Jred Kelly, 16-year-old son of Fred "Helly, 9 Marmora Street," died Sat- Yorday evening in St. Joseph's Hos- tal, is dove i 1 Dr, M. A, Plitt, the attending physi- 'lan, {identified thé germ, Though kha germ Js sometimes found jn raw nilk, the boy had nothing but pasteur- Jzed milk prior to his illness, He had been swimming In a section of the friver from which the playgdounds _ department had transferred {ts tup- 'ervised pool because of sewage fot: dution, | Regatta Won "By Brockvillle Winning by 45 Points Ottawa Club Second Ottawa, July 9.--Brockville Rowing Club regained possession of the Com- stock trophy when its crew took the aggregate championship of the Kast- ern Rowing Association regatta here yesterday. Eight times Abbie Buett's blue and white clad crews from the St. Lawrence flashed home in front, roll- ing up a total of 45 points for the day, with Ottawa Rowing Club second with 31 points, and Lachine Rowing Club of with 29 points. Verdel Price of Brockville won the senior as well as the novice singles, leading home Cedric Liddell of Hamil- ton Leanders iif the senjor milé. The senior fours went to Leanders of Ham- iton and the senior eights to Ottawa. 0 Askwith Captures Diamond Scull Henley, England, July 8.--A Cam- bridge undergraduate, T, G, Askwith, 'to-day wor the Diamond Sculls--con- sidered the world's 'amateur sculling championship--at the Royal ¢Henley Regatta." . Askwith filled a throne long held by Canadiang -- Joe Wright, Jack Guest and Bobby Pearée. This year no Canadians competed. Askwith, rowing for Trinity Hall, Cambridge, covered the course in the good time of nine minutes seven sec: onds, and defeated N, L.- Warren, also of Trinity Hall, by two lengths. Three American competitors were well behind Askwith and Warren, who turned the event into a two- man affair, The struggle between the two Cantabs wags close over the entire distance, Askwith finally pull ing out for the *two.length lead. The Kent School eight, of Kent, Conn,, won the Thames Challenge Cup by defeating Bedford School by two lengths. in "the final race, © IR "s News Broadcast : Ruling Is Issued Material Must Come From Licensed Press Service, Board Orders: Ottawa.--Instructions have been issued to all radio broadcasting sta- tions in Canada to the effect that from July 17 they will not be allowed to broadcast news items other than those provided by the Canadian Press or some other licenced news agency in the Dominion of Canada. Beginning on that date the Canadian 'Radio Broadcasting Commission will be ished with news bulletins for two five minute broadcasts daily, including Sunday. ; According to the new regulations which the Canadian Radio Broadcast- ing Commission has circulated to all stations including those not yet taken over by the commission, a basic news bulletin service will be distributed from Toronto, head office of the Can- adian Press, to be augmented by reg- ional néws items at such centres as Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Vancouver, ; APPLY FOR SERVICE. These broadcasts will be used on the commission's chain of some 20 stations, and made available to all in- Montreal, last year's champions, third: Hollywood cops skates vehicles subject to all traflic laws, so law-abiding Judith Allen wears headlight, tail light and license plate, anh, v U.S. Trade Moves Forward Rapidly 'Orders Pour in as Unemploy- ment Goes Further Down New York, July 9.--The striking colors which the industrial picture has taken -on-in United States recent- ly became even brighter during the past week as business moved forward with unprecedented rapidity. "Trade reports indicated that orders poured in from unepected sources and for amounts unsurpassed for many a moon. A further reduction of unem- ployment was shown, accompanied in many cases by encouraging announce- ments of pay increases. "It no longer is an opinion that business is on the upgrade, it is a fact," announces Dun & Bradstreet, 'Inc., which feels that the weckly in- crease in the back-log of unfilled ord- ers is unquestioned proof of the perm- anency of the general improvement. . At the same time, confusion sur- rounding the future value of the Un- ited States dollar--in the wake of the administration's inflationary legis- letion--im prompting wholesalers "as well as retailers to place orders with considerable caution. Most analysts hold that the success of the Fall mer- chandise season will largely depend upon the prices at which the farmer will be able to sell his produce; to- gether with' the relative vitality of mass purchasing power. Increase Shown oe In Cost of Living Washington,--The cost of living, to wage earners in this country has in- creased for the first time since Sep- tember, 1930, the National Industrial Conference Board disclosed in a re- cent survey, The increase, amounting in May to ahout eighth-tenths of one per cent, was due largely to a 3.6 per cent rise in food prices, This in- crease {s much larger than the usual geasonal advance 'from April to May, the hoard reported. -- Food prices still are 7.6 pér cent. below May last year and 38.9 per cent under four years ago, LL Aged Couple Robbed , by Armed Bandit Ttuna, Sask. July 9. -- Entering their home near the village of Hub- bard, Sask, -an armed bandit forced Fred Hrysak, aged 84, and his wife out of bed and robbed the old couple of thelr old age. pension money. Threatened, with death if they re- fused to give him all the money they had in the house, old age pensioners gave the robber a-$10 bill and he disappeared, ---- es >: Export Is Permitted LR of War Munitions London. --Great Britain permitted export of war munitions duking the dependent stations that apply for the gorvice, from the nearest Canadian Press Bureau, 3 In the Maritime Provinces the news broadcasts will be at 7.30 and 11.30 tario and 'Quebec at 6.30 and 10,30 p.m,, Eastern standard time; in Man- itoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 7.25 and 10 p.m, Central standard time; and in British Columbia at 6 and 8 p.m; Pacific standard time, p.m, Atlantic standard time; in On-! three) months' ended May 31 to three of the four nations recently warring in South America, Lieut.-Col, Davis Col ville, secretary of the Overseas Trade Department, disclosed in an answer to questions in the House of Commons. Export licenses were issued to 12 aircraft gun mountings, Bolivia and 250,000 rounds of rifle am- munition to Paraguay. ' | Tov-nship, k : Martial Ties thE Father Gives Life To Help Child Slips into Deep Hole Near Belleville as Girl Wades - to Shore A father of five children ho gave his life in an effort t¢ reach his seven-year-old daughter, brought to ing accidents which'claimed five lives in Ontario over the week-end, Robert Armstrong, an Irish farmer who had settled in Canada with his family three years ago, was watching his little girl wading in-a creek near Belleville when thé child appeared to get into difficulties, The anxious father ran out to her assistance, slip- ped into a deep hole and sank to his death. The 'child waded safely to shore, Ey pate te The dead are: ~ : - ROBERT ARMSTRONG, Sidney PAUL MAILLOUX,. 15,. Tilbury, drowned in creek, : BERNARD GOSLIN, ploye, drowned in Graud River. LAWRENCE DAVIS, Halifax, 'drowned at Sarnia. : MAXWELL HALL, . Buffalo, drowned at Albino, Ont. | "JOSEPHINE LAVALLE, 12, of Massey, drowned in Sable River, near Sudbury, FATHER GIVES LIFE. vg Belleville, « Ont., July 9.--Robert Armstrong, laberer employed on the farm of Charles Massey, 6th conces- sion of Sidney township, was drowned in a small creek crossing the Massey farm late Sunday afternoon, in at- tempting to rescue - his 7-year-old daughter, who had slipped into the water, ' Armstrong, unable to swim, was wading towards his daughter when he slid into an 8-foot-deep hole in- the stream and was drowned. The child was able to wade to safety. : The body was recovered nearly one hour later by Charles Clement, an employe on the Massey farm. Dr. R. A. Flynn, of Belleville, had been called in the meantime and after resuscita- tion attempts 'had failed, Dr. Flynn pronounced life extinct. Armstrong, father of five 'children ranging in age from two months to -seven years, had been in Canada only three years, having been born in Ire- land. : 0 ag Weaken . G.A.R. Veteran is Free Rochester, N.Y., July 9.--Cupid's darts that plerced so fiercely two years ago proved for a 9l-year-old United States Civil War veteran and his 65-year-old bride only a momen- tary sting. Charles D, Carr, G.A.R,, post com- mander, who as a youth of 89 wooed and won- Mrs, Catherine Brown, 63- year-old widow, appeared before Su- preme Court Justice William F, Loe and won an annulment to their mar- riage. Mrs. . Carr did aot contest the suit, 2 . : --_-- Thunder Showers, Hail Storms Cool the Prairies Winnipeg, July 9, -- Occasional thur.der showers .and hail storms broke the oppressiveness of week-end mugginess on the Canadian prairies and brought "a measure of relief to parched crops throughout the three western provinces, Ti were uniformly high, but many sec- tions reported cloudy skies broke the foice of the sun's heat. Except in Southern Saskatchewan, where - the grasshopper plague . as- sumed menacing proportions again, and in Southern Alberta, where rain is- badly needed, crops were reported in fair condition, with few districts experiencing important damage. ---------- Quebec Man is Drowned * at Connecticut Resort Danbury, Conn., July 9.--A swim by moonlight cost the life of Henry P. Brumell, 36, of New York, member of the British Air Crops during the war, at Lake Candlewood, late last night. Brumell, a native of Buckingham, Que., who recently was employed at the Bridgeport plant of the General Electric Company; was guest of friends who had rented a cottage at the lake. resort, seven miles from here, 2 He and others went for a swim at 11 p.m, in the moonlight. He was seen to sink and before any of his companions could reach him, he van- {shed from sight. His friends ex- pressed the opinion that Brumeli had suffered a cramp. htt A ein Saturday, Sunday Quake .- Shocks Noted at Ottawa Ottawa, July 9.--An earthquake of moderate intensity was reported at the Dominjon observatory here, The first preliniinary tremors arrived at eight hours, 42 minutes and 24 seconds, Kastern Standard Time. The distance or 5,460 miles, The time of origin was 8,30 p.m, EST, shock arrived at 12 hours, 41 minutes and 30 seconds a.m, E.S.T, today.| 12 afperaft The distance to the epicentre for this ment is seen in the vessel passages, machine guns and 139,000 cartridges to shock wds 4,000 kilometres or 2,600 for the boats average about 22 men to Peru; spare parts for six ton tanks to miles. The time of the origin was 12 a crew. Thus at least 13,046 more hours and 34 minutes a.m, K.8.T. The mariners are working this year than secording continued for one hour. (New York Times) a climax of tragedy a series of drown- farm em- Temperatures | Progress, 58.8 on the same date last year. gress for three months, the first time since 1931. ponding week last year. of 1932. mobile. industry 18 per cent, Italy, agents of World Recovery In thelr preoccupation with domestie everits, many Americans are unaware that improvement of prides and of | business is being made not only in .{ the United States but in other coun- tries where there fs less disposition , to attribute every gain to fluctuations in exchange. Evidence of such a move- ment is widespread:~ Recent figures from England show an increase of em- ployment" for the fifth consecutive month, reducing the number of men out of work to the lowest figure in two years, with the exception of one week before, Christmas, 1931, "Basic indus- | tries, such as buiding construction and the steel industry, show the greatest Prices have been rising, and the London Economist's index stood at 65.0 at the end of June, compared with In France a more than seasonal de- cline of imemployment has been in pro- In Germany the number of registered unemploy- ed declined in June below 5,000,000 for The official index of wholesale prices at the begin- ning of that month stood at 92.4, com- pared with 91.6 at the end of 1932. Railroad freight traffic is increasing, the daily average of carloadings for the week ended on June 24 heing 107, 200 cars, against 98,800 in the corres- Hours work- ed in the steel industry during the first five months of 1933 are.8 per cent. above the figure for the same. period For the building trade the gain is 16 per cent. and for the au our Department of Commerce report industrial activity and employment increasing at the end of May, with considerable gains in steel, zine, cement, rayon and electric- ity. Cotton spinuers are operating at 74 per cent. of capacity and weavers at 70. Domestic stocks of goods are low. ; i 3 ! Gains of this sort are not limited to European countries. Iu Canada a bet: ferment in trade, first noted in On- decided increase, have been rising, and there is in- paper, Individual countries in Latin America have profited from the im- as wheat and copper. The same in- fluences have benefitted more remote producers. From Singapore the resi- dent United States Trade Commission er reports that "general business senti- ment is much improved," ' in conse: quence of rising prices for rubber; sales of automobiles in May increased, and dealers are now placing orders for American cars." . ~ There are, of course, many dark spots as well as these brighter ones in the world economic situation. But the gains now being made are suffi- ciently widespread to suggest that the need of replenishing low stocks, the rebound of prices from a panic level and the improvement of confidence are operating contemporaneously in many parts of the world. It is unfortunate that this forward movement cannot share n full measure the benefit of a less trammeled international trade. om -- Canadian Exports During May Show Increase annual basis in several cording to figures last month, such a basis 3ince that orable halance for the - month year.of $3,884,908 ee A rs Trade Revival plug last bring about a trade revival. next month, he said, arations are greatest ultimate return. eee 0 Ralph Connor Elected (Ralph Connor), Winnipeg, gates to the annual convention. son Kirkconnel, Winnipeg; rence J. Burpee, Ottawa. Lake Tonnage 000,000 Bushels--Iron 1 a week-end Ore Trebled Sault Ste. Marie,- Ont, tivity. o reaches a tot&T of 3,844,084 tons wheat, Jast on the upper, lake runs alone, ; Over Last Year| Montreal.--Canada's external trade in May totaled $78,602,967, as com- pared with $84,837,716 in May, 1932. This was the smallest cecline on an years, ac- just released by the Department of Naticnal-Revenue, The improvement is due principally to the expansion in exports from $40, 476,404 in May, '1932, to $45,576,337 the first exparnsion on shown In June of 1929. Imports for the month totaled $32,926,630, as compared with] $44,361,312 a year ago, leaving a faved 0 $12,649,707, againsu an 'import aur- ~ By Advertising London--Major J. J. Astor, M.P,, chairman of the Times Publishing Compary, speaking at a luncheon of the American Chamber of Commerce} here, emphasized the impcrtance of advertising at the present time to - Advertising. interests are making a bold attempt to help towards trade revival by organizing an advertising. and marketing exhibition at Olympia It is curely in | times of slump that initiative is like- | ly to achieve most and that wise prep- likely to produce the Much can }» done'by good and skilful adver- tising. Now is the tie to advertise. President Canadian Authors Quebec.--Dr. Charles W, Gordon is the new president of the Canadian Auth- ors' Association, having been chosen at the election of officers by the dele Other officers selected for the en- suing years are: Vice-presidents,: Mer, Camille Roy, Quebec, and 'Dr, Wat: honorary '| secretary, Howard. Angus Kennedy, Montreal; honorary treasurer, Law- Nearly Doubled Wheat Shipments Up 40, July 9.-- "pimes aren't so tough after all" is ! the refrain sailors on the Great Lakes are humming this year as countless propellers churn up the "sea" behind. From all ports come word of increased activity; of boats at last moving out after, in some cases, two years inac- 'The 'increase in freight tonnage at both the Canadian and American 800 locks for this year over last year 80 far, and the increase for the Canadian' canals alone is 79,606 tons.. The total tonnage for all the canals for the firat three navigation months is 7,769,196 as compared with 3,926,024 tons last year. Wheat shipments have jumped nearly 40,000,000 "bushels and iron ore ton- nage is almost three times the ton- to the epicentre was 8,800 kilometres nage of a year ago. Grains other than and. soft coal are about the | same as in 1032. Vessel passages are Preliminary tremors of a second. up 693 here as compared to the sam "period last year, An indication of increased employ: oo The Markets Toronto dealers ave buying preduce at the following prices: Eggs---Prices to farmers and coun- try shippers: Ungraded, cascs return- ed, fresh etras, 17c¢; fresh firsts, 1c; seconds, lle. Graded, cases free, 19% for fresh extrag, 16ts for fresh firsts, 18c for seconds. Butter--No. | Ontario' creamery solids, 20%c; No. &, 20%c. "Churning cream--Special," 20¢; No. 1, 19¢; No. 2, 1d¢, f.ob. shipring points. . Cheese--No. 1 large, colored. paraf- fined and government graded, 11%c; twins, 11%c¢; triplets, 12c. ; ; Poultry, "A" grade, alive--1933 Spring broilers, over 4-lbs,, 18¢; over 3% to 4 lbs. 16c; over' 3 to 3% lbs, 14c; over 2% to 3 lbs;=12¢; over 1% Ato. 2% Ibs. 1le: Fowl, fatted, over 5 lbs., 10c; over 4 to 5 lbs, 9¢; over 31% to 4 lbs., 8c; over 3 to 3% lbs, Tc. Old -roosters; 5c. Turkeys, market price. Squabs, per pair, 2bc, Pigeons, per pair, 16c. "B" grade poultry, 2c Ib less than "A". "C"" grade 2c lb. less tian "B". Sn GRAIN QUOTATIONS. " Following are Saturday's closing quotations on grain transactions for car 'lots,' prices on basis c.if., Bay ports: : Manitoba wheat--No. 1 hard, 87%¢: No. 1 Northern, 86%c; No. 2, do, 847%¢c; No. 3, do, 84%c. > "Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W., 43%¢; No. '8 do, 40%c; No. 1 feed, 40%c¢c; No. 2 do, 39%c; mixed feed oats, 26c. Man. barley--No. 8 C.W., b0%c; No. 1 feed screeniin s, $16 per ton. South African corn, 78c. : Ontario grain, approximate prices track shipping point: Wheut, 78 to 83c; barley, '42 to 46c; rye, 456 to 47c¢; buckwheat, 36c vo 37¢c. - ~ * HAY AND STRAW PRICES. Toronto dealers are paying for hay and straw, baled, car lots, delivered, per ton: No. 2 timothy, $8.50; No. 3 timothy, $6 to $7; wheat straw, $6 to $6.50; oat straw, -$0. LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS. Steers, up to 1,050 lbs, good and choice, $4.75 to $5; do, med., $4.40 to $4.60; do, com,, $3 to $4.25; steers, over 1,060 tbs., good and choice, $4.76 to $5.26; do, med., $4.50 to $4.75; do, com., $4 to $4.25; heifers, good: and choice, $4.75 to $b; do, med,, $4.40 to $4.60; do, com., $3 to $4.25; fed calves, good and' choice, $6 to $6.50; do, med. $5 to-$6.76; cows, good, $2.76 to $3; do, med., $2.50 to $2.75; do, com,, $2 to $2.25; canners and cutters, $1.25 to $1.85; bulls, good, $2.50 to $2.75; do, com , $2 to $2.25; stocker and feed- -er steers, good, $3.76 to $4; do, com, $3 to $3.50; milkers and springers, $26 to $46; calves, good and choice veals, $4.60 to $5; do, com. and med., $2.75 to $4; grassers, $2.25 to $2.60; hogs, bacon, f.0.b., $6.60 to $5.60; do, off trucks, $575 to $6.86; do, off cars, $6 tu $6.10; good, ewe and wether lambs, $9; do, med., $8 to $8.50; do, bucks, $7; culls, $56 to $6.50. A -- ee Flyer, "Reports Self in Siberia Moscow.--James 'Mattern, Ameri- can flier, is safe at Anadyr, in the Chukotka Peninsula of Siberia, ac- cording to a telegraph message re- colved here last week, direct from Mattern himself, . Mattern's telegram said: ; "Safe at Anadir Chukotka, Siberia, Jimmy Mattern." = 7 The message was sent from the wn of Bocharova at 11.p.m. on July and was received here in mid- afternoon of July 7. : The American flier's message gavé no details of his situation and Air Force and official quarters here were without any information of him, Anadir, or Anadyr, is a trading post on the Anadyr river in the north- enst Siberia, north of the Kamchatka Peninsula, near Behring Sea, and rovsk to Nome, Alaska. proved oftlook for such commodities' Missing Since June 15 generally along the route Mattern! Under Way | i | settings. Zt 53 Variegated Exhibits -- Dept. of Agriculture Super vising Show -- Every - Branch to Have Display The combined exhibit of the various - branches of the federal Departmént of Agriculture at the forthcoming World's tario and the western provinces, has. Jirain Exhibition and Conference, tc spread to Nova Scota and New Bruns- be held at Regina from July 24th tc - i wick. Textile manufactures show a August Gth, will be a happy: combina +3 described by our | tion of artistic conception and actual dts commerce department as amounting utility. o almost to hHoom proportions." Prices activities, Through the latter phase of ita « the Department will demon strate its close association not only creased: production in nickel, steel and with the farming industry but with every man, woman and child in the Dominion. The efforts of the Depart ment in promoting and encouraging the best quality of Canadian livestock and every other agricultural product are more or less generally known bul its work in safeguarding the food of the people of Canada and preventing the inroads of disease and - foreign pests through the administration and enforcement of the many Acts of Par lament appertaining thereto is not s¢ well recognized. Every article of food on sale in Can ada, one way or another, comes unde the supervision of the Department's inspectors or analysts--tresh, canned dried vegetables, "fruits and meats; milk, condensed, powdered or fresh; all products of food factories; eggs, butter, cheese, the testing of seeds which includes all cereal crops, and incidentally, the permission of the De partment before a sale of seeds can bg effected; the prevention of the intro duction into Canada of live stock ant plant diseases; the suppression of foreign insect pests; the supervisior of stock yards, the supply and control * of the markets intelligence service of the Dominion; the registration of live stock, of fertilizers, insecticides, ant fungicides, also the analyses of the latter; the actual enforcement of tht Acts of Parliament; in short every thing having a bearing ~direct or in direct, on the supply of healthy Cana dian stock and pure food for the peo' ple. These and other activities wil be indicated at the Exhibition: The Dominion Seed Branch wil! have a fully equipped laboratory al work, with six analysts busily engaged in testing seed. Like the other ex hibits, the laboratory will serve a double purpose, in that, while it af. Aa fords a_public demonstration "of" ite Gy Ai daily work, at the same time part of ~~ :° { that work, executed on behalf of the judges "of the Exhibition, will be tha \ testing for purity and germination of the seeds of the actual competitors for prizes. # While it is impossible to gauge the full extent of the havoc wrought by innumerable insects pests--the loss to Saskatchewan field crops alone in 1931 being estimated at $7,200,000--the Dominion Entomological Branch will convey a very clear idea of these field pests which, if left alone would reduce the Dominion to a wilderness, and ot the household pests which would ren- der towns uninhabitable if not held in check. . > A most interesting showing will be made by the Experimental Farms Sys. tem. The Cereal Division with its sam- ples of grains, including 'grain grown within the Arctic Circle; the Poultry Division with an impressive rural scene; the Field Husbandry Division presenting a wide range of experiment al results dealing with varied topics, control of 'weeds, soil moisture, cost of producing wheat, management ol range lands, progress in - farm ma chinery, etc.; the Botanical Division showing the great importance in cer- '| eal crop production of-preventing plant diseases; the Horticultural-Division demonstrating that good vegetable seed can be grown in Canada in a com: mercial way; the Chemistry Division with its intimaté help to farmers; the Division of Bacteriology fllustrating, among other things, clean niflk produc. tion; and the Fibre Division exhbit-' by the side of an old-fashioned 0 ing sfaning wheel samples of manufac tured linen, yarns, twines, and cordage, - will all be seen in appropriate artistic Last but not least, offering amongst its warés the printed word--the token of achievement of the other Branches --will be the Publcations Branch of the Department of Agriculture. It may 'be said to be the exhibit most at-homa in its natural surroundings of: pub- licity, for the principal function of the 5 - Branch is tor make available to the' farmers of Canada the vast fund of practical knowledge secured as a re- sult of the special investigations and studies ~conducted by (he several branches: of the Department. At Re: gina, therefore, the Publications Branch will bring to the very doors of the farming industry a wide range of material which embraces the whole: field of operative agriculture in bulle- tus, pamphlets, circulars, and special publications. <= Dept, of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ont. F, : Ta : Everest Wins Against Man and Machines London,--The - chajrman of the Houston Mount Everest expedition, C, G, Bruce, announced recently that as a consequence of continued bad weather, the expedition will be with: drawn, Jai wigs = x "That does not mean," he sald, how. © ever, "that we have given Tp hope of finally gétting there. "The struggle still gobs on but for took in attempting to fly from Khaba- the moment the mountain has. son J againgt man and, his machina " ) " . 3 he

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