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e CMmbntmin o0 -- M h '-'.r $. Herrington, the "Crown~aAttorney | containing #ouvenire of the war. 'Among Lennox and Addington, headed the the articles were one of the chocolate . l 1 2 deputation of mill .owners, which in-- hoxes sent by her Majesty to the troops, 4 \ecluded E. W. Benjamin, Alfred Knight |a Boer tobaeco pouch, an ostrich fea-- and B. S, O'Loughlin. ther and several cartridges. Diversity of opinions were plentiful ' , Messrs. J. A. Auld, South Essex, ; A as to the value of the property along R.L. Pardo, "qst Kent, and F, F, Par-- # the river below the dam. Mr. Whiting | dee, West Lambton, waited upon Hon, said that, while years ago there were| | Mr. Ross yesterday and urged the fifteen mills along the river, now there' 'ur»}mintmom of a permanent drainage were but two or three. Mr. Herrlngton,l referee,. Mr. B. M. Britton, M.P., o; on the other hand, said that he repre-- Kingston used to occupy the position, sented no less than thirty--two manu-- but since his election. to the Dominion facturers and mill--owners, the aggre-- P.arhament Mr. Hodgins,. Master--in--Or-- © gate value of their property being dinary, has temporarily filled the posi-- $1,000,000. 'The dispute between the tion. two parties became greatly complicat-- Mr. Pardee, member for West Lamb-- ed, and the members of the committee ton,. received 'a telegram from the refused to side with either. The re-- Sarnia Gun Club protesting against any port of Robert McCallum, the Gov-- change in the present open season for ernment Engineer, which was to the quail, wnicen extenas from Oétober 13 effect that the disadvantages of the to December 15. dam could be obviated by a cutting 9 through the rock of the river bed, was Pulp . Dues Advanced, read, but no chance of a settlement As a sif t 4 was in sight until the Chairman ad-- (}()\'ernnr::l::trlri'l(a(isx ;;;'gé']t}:)('edtg:s(ase, tlh" vised an arbitration. Mr. Whiting said wood cut on Crown lands at ;"'; pcv es that he felt that his clients could not per cord. The order is to take eff mus stand the burden of an expensive ar-- the bggmning',,f the ;Iext .ll for )e(t nX bitration, but the Attorney--General May 1. At bresent the rat ';;".B,'L' year, suggested that each party pay the costs per cord, and the adv rap will Conts of one arbitrator, and divike the cost th # Aloe W1l bring f e dues up to the amount of those in Y¥ of the third, so that there would bel effect in Quebec and New Y an incentive to both to close the matter * ew Brunswick. as early as possible. Further discus--| Weessmeaemenmeemne n nunmemmmmgeg sion of the bill was postvoned until ' Wednesday next. t A deputation of mining men from| Sudbury waited upon the Governmentl yesterday and raised objection to | the new regulations requiring that nickel and copner shall be manutac-! tured in Canada. The ground of ob-- \Jection was that the processes of re-- fining nickel now in operation in this country are still in the experimental stage, and until their success has been established it would be an injury to the mining interests and prevent the investment o% capital by outsigers to place any embargo on nickel. The deputation did not raise any objection to the bonussing of Ontario refiners, but would like to see that done, if possible. The miners were introdused | by Messrs. James Conmee, M.P.P., and' Loughrin, M.P.P.. and included Messre. | W.--H. Holland; J. Turner, Secretary of | the Canadian Copper. Company; D. , (¥Connor, Baker, Board of Trade, and| Clarke. 1 Mr. Dryden Chairman. , The Railway Committee met and or-- ganized yesterday. Hon. John Dry-' den was re--elected Chairman on the motion of Mr. Farwell. A bill was re-- ported authorizing the Manitoulin & Noerth Shore Railway Cumpar';{' to con-- struct a railway for one hundred miles north from Little Current,and eastward from & point named Drury to Sudbury; t also to run a railway from Little Cur-- rent to Meaford, via Owen Sound and Wiarton. The company may operatel the railway by steam or electricity |n| the unsettled districts. The line will be operated by ferries between Manitou-- lin Island and the main land. Parliamentary Notes. Mr. Matithew Currey of the Attorney-- | General's Department yesterday re--| ceived a box from Private Cecil Mac-- kenzie of the Royal Canadian Regime»nt