The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE. ONT.. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927. 3 Ship-Airplane Service Urged to Speed Maik Byrd, Chamberlin, and Leviathan's Csptain Say Relays are Feasible S.S. Leviathan.--The project of expediting mail and passengers by a combined ship and airplane service across the Atlantic was discussed by Captain Hartley of the Leviathan, Commander Richard E. Byrd and Clarence B. Chamberlin. The discussion was prompted by receipt of a message from David A. -Burke, manager of the United States Lines at New York, who advised Captain-Hartley that he was proposing to recommend a definite plan for such a purpose to the shipping board if advised that it was feasible. Declared Feasible. Both Commander Byrd and Chamberlin joined Captain Hartley in concluding that it was entirely feasible to begin experimenting on a ship to shore service when the ship was within 500 miles of port, lengthening the distance to 1000 miles when conditions were practical. Chamberlin even expressed willingness to sign a contract to begin such flights personally at once with a1 Bel-lanca machine, using a collapsible runway sloping from the top deck to the bow. Commander Byrd recommended a catapult, using a Voight seaplane or a Leoning amphibian carrying approximately 300 pounds of mail or three passengers, making it possible, with complete safety, to cross the ocean in two hours less than four days. Captain Hartley did not believe that the weather would offer difficulties in such a service. Importance of Speed. Such expediting of certain classes cf mail, including quicker transmission of banking paper, is an important feature, while business men could have Saturday morning in New York and bo in London or Paris on Wednes-" uay. ' t Canadian Crop Outlook ' 'Better Than Average" Winnipeg, Man.--A "better lan average" wheat crop is forecast for western Canada this year, on the basis of present conditions, by various organizations whose estimates are' -generally regarded'as reliable. It is estimated that the wheat-acreage is ibout 19,750,000 acres, as compared ivith 21,700,000 last year, there being a, decrease this year of about 9 per sent. By provinces, the acreages: Manitoba, 1,600,000; Saskatche^in, 71,0v0,000; Alberta, 7,275.000. So far as the other principal grains are concerned, there is an increased acreage this year devoted to their cultivation. There are 11,000,000 l increase ed ed to The Rumanian Royal Family Affected by King's Death not a member of r'i*« aid the instruction, ranks of the Osovi-ackim and be ready to rise to the defence of the union. Every worker how to use a rifle, how to deal with gas attacks, and how to strengthen the defence of the country." The week will be devoted generally to rallying of economic and military resources. The newspapers launched the campaign with editorials and cartoons intended to rouse martial spirit. (Some people wonder just how much rope these illadvised disturbers will need to hang themselves.--Eel.) The enant Des- >rs for marksmanship that the can bestow, in the final for g's Prize recently, winner was Captain Vernon, formerly of the Royal Army Medical Corps, with an aggregate of 292. Burke's aggregate was 291. Burke might have repeated his victory of 1924 had he scored just one more point in the second of the two distances in the final. It was this distance, 1,000 yards, the longest of the whole shoot, which cost him the prize. In this he scored 70 out of 75. ROYALTY OPENS MERSEY DOCKS King and Queen Perform Ceremony at £7,500,000 Buildings in Liverpool Liverpool--King George and Queen Mary recently opened the new £7,-500,000 Gladstone Decks (a locked basin for loading and unloading ships?, said to be the largest, most modern and best equipped in the world. The docks, 56 acres in extent, unlike the rest of the port of Liverpool, are accesible in any weather and almost in all stages of the tide, to the largest steamships yet built or likely to be built. They thus have an entrance lock,, 1,070 feet long by 130 feet wide with a waterway feet deep. They also provide £ miles of quayage with mechanical loading and unloading machinery and GO acres of storage warehouses. More than 170,000 tons of cement were used to construct the quay walls, 63 feet high. Their majesties arrived at 11.30 in the morning and later embarked on the Galatea which proceeded down the Mersey to the lock at the entrance of the docks. Here the Galatea broke a ribbon placed across the entrance, proceeded into the new basin, from which the King and Queen viewed in the distance the Gladstone Dry Dock, which they opened in 1913. An experimental service of motor coaches to carry ocean passengers between Liverpool and London is announced. This has arisen from the competition which is now acute here between the railways and the motor traffic. REGE NCY WILL FUNCTION IN RUMANIA Losing his long battle against can- Michael, who was proclaimed heir Prince Michael a regency will admin-r, King 1-erdinand of Rumania died j on the abdication of Prince Carol, j ister the royal prerogatives. In view Bucharest on July 20. The de- Carol, who is separated from his wife, of the complicated political condition <,'!;;,,r,','.i!..,'!onan1' ls shown at the TOP I farmer Princess Helene of Greece, is ; of the country unrest and disorder, the LEFT ia QueJfrf^Kwn BELOW, his wife at the j it is feared, may follow the death of RIGHT. During the minority of | Ferdinand. CENTRE, and a Marie. At the RIGHT Crown Prince and in this vol the end of eact t of the Prince'* doings One copy of the previom week's entries is despatched to Kinj George and Queen Mary; one to Prin | cess Mary; and others to his brothon nd v is finished, the completed diary, gether with a Eclocticn cf photographs, is specially bound in purpla and copies are deposited in the libraries at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham, Marlborough House, and York House. Another copy goes to the British Mus eum, and thu3 forms invaluable material for future historians.--Mont real Star. PLANNING THE PRINCE'S TOUR How Arrangements are Made (By Horace Wyndham) One Remedy. Dull Returned Explorer (relating adventures tediously)--"And when, after fighting our way through miles of jungle, wo found, to our dismay, that it had swollen to twice its normal size--what were, we to do?" Bored Young Damsel (catching only the last few words)--"Did you try poulticing it?" With the large number of oil welis that are now coming in Alberta, it Slight be in ordor to change the name t,l our province to Oilberta.--Radcliffe Review. >^.^.p_ King George Comforts Little Scots Lassie Edinburgh--Little Annie Laurie Mackenzie was having a good cry one morning in the streets of the Pleas-ance slum district tecause a playmate had stolen her teddy bear. In the midst of her tears someone patted her tousled iiead asking: "What's the matter, little "one?" It was King George who, with the Queen, was inspecting the settlement, The King intervened, restored the teddy bear and went his way smiling as Annie Laurie brushed away her tears and wondered who the kindly gentleman could be, .. •• '"--s^ When the Prince of Wales goes a-touring, all arrangements have to be planned many months ahead. Thus, the details of the Canadian visit of His Royal Highness were worked out last January. A tour having been decided on, the first thing to settle is, of course, the approximate date of leaving England. The Prince is-a busy man, with many .palls upon his time, and his engagement-book is certain to be filled up quite early in the year. As soon as the actual date is fixed, a spell of feverish anxiety descends upon the members of his household. Perhaps the busiest among them is his prirate secretary. One of the earliest of this official's cares is to procure a stock of all the newest and most authoritative books dealing with the districts in the projected itinerary. A careful digest of these volumes is then made by his librarian; and, by studying it, I the Royal traveller forms a very good idea of what he will see. If, too, an expert happens to be lecturing on any of the places mentioned, the Prince takes an opportunity of going to hear him. On this account he has several times been amdng the audience at the meetings of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Colonial Insti-,tute. Planning the Program. As may be imagined, a tremendous i amount of correspondence has to be carried out before the tour actually begins. Letters and cables are forwarded well in advance, both to heads of departments abroad, as well as to the officials who will come into touch with his Royal Highness; and each receives a detailed program, giving times of arrival and departure, and length of stay, etc. When the suggested program has been submitted to, and approved by their Majesties the King and Queen, copies are furnished for each member of the suite selected to accompany the Prince. These officials are responsible for making themselves thoroughly familiar with the contents, and to know just what their own duties will be at any given moment. The program is, of course, regarded as strictly confidential, and not on any account to be communicated to an unauthorized person. For this reason a special staff is employed to type the programs, and a record is kept of every hand through which they pass. If, then, anything leaks out improperly, the offender can be brought to Who's Who on Staff. The first member of the Prince's entourage ls Vice-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, who has filled the responsible post of comptroller and treasurer to his Royal Highness since 1920. Born in 1872, Sir Lionel became a neval cadet on the Britannia in 1S85, and afterwards went to the Royal Yacht. He saw active service in South Africa, and did so well there that he was specially promoted to the rank cf commander. During tho European War he took a strenuous part in the Battle of Jutland. The admiral is, of course, fully experienced in all the multitudinous requirements that bring a Royal tour to a successful issue, for he accompanied the Prince on his recent journey to Canada. Perhaps the member of the Prince's suite who has as much responsibility as anyone else for everything going well is his private secretary, Sir Godfrey Thomas. Educated at Harrow, his first career was diplomacy. When the world-war broke out, he was serv- , the staff of the British Am- The baggage-master's job is to see that none of the portmanteaus and suit cases go astray. This calls for pronounced vigilance. His task, however ,is to a certain extent simplified by the fact that all the luggage entrusted him is of the same pattern and legibly marked with the Royal cypher. Still, as the number of pieces is more than a hundred, he has some anxious moments lest, when his back is turned, any one of them should chance to be annexed as a "souvenir." This has never happened yet. Still, there i3 always a possibility that it I may! "Logging" the Tour. A careful "log," or diary, is kept j Shanghai Numbered Amonj Great Ports Washington--Shanghai, a city o 2,000 000 population, with commercia, buildings and residences in the mode! settlement comparable to those of rnj large western city, has a shipping trade of 30,000,000 tons annually thai goes to all parts cf the world, says 3 report to the Department of Com merce, from Julean Arnold, commer. cial attache at Shanghai. Firms of all nationalities maintain offices in Shanghai, and its canals and creeks are lined with mills and factories both foreign and native. 01 the 30.000 foreigners settled in Shang-3 are 3,500 Americans. Grain, Produce and Livestock TORONTO. I Man. wheat--No. 1 North., $1.70% ; No. 2 North., $l.G61/4; No. 3 North., trade: «1 rn rif nn-ft! Smoked meats--Hams, med., 30c; c.i.i. pons. I cooked hams, 40 to 42c; smoked rolls, Man. oats--No. 2 CW, nominal; 25c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 30c; No. 1, feed 69%c; Western gram backS) boneless, 32 to 42c. quotations in c.i.f. ports. I Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 50 American corn, Toronto freights, I to 70 lbs., $21 \% 70 to JO lbs., $19; adventures were his before he found 3 yellow, kiln dried, $1.14%. | rolls! $33.50 per bbl. himself safely back in England again. | Millfeed--Del., Montreal freights,! Lard_Pure tierces, 14% to 15c; The third important post in the .bags included. Bran, per ton, $32.25; tubSj 1514 to iqc. pajiSj iffto 16%c; Prince's personal staff is that of shorts, per ton, $35.25; middlings, j prjntS( 17 to 17%c; shortening, groom-in-waiting, a position held byi$42-25. _4 rr t\ v. . I tierces, 13%; tubs, 14%c; pails Brigadier-General Gerald Trotter. He | Vf- oats--55c, f.o.b. shipping served for twenty years in the Grena- d wneat_$1.38( f. dier Guards (the Prince's own regi-'0-b- shfpping points, according to •>°"t\ and fought in South Africa and freights. France. He is also thoroughly familiar with the etiquette and routine of Court life, for, prior to going to York House, he was a Gentleman-usher to the King at Buckingham Palace. Important Subordinates. In addition to the high officials al- Barley--Malting, nominal. Buckwheat--Nominal. Rye--No. 2, nominal. Man. flour--First, pat., in cotton, $9.05; in jute, $8.90; Toronto second pat., in jute, $8.40. Ont. flour (old crop)--Toront;. ready mentioned, the Prince's per- j Toronto!' V\£A"V "& ' *6i 15%c; blocks and tins, 16%c. CATTLE AND HOGS. Heavy beef steers, choice, $8.75 to $9; do, fair, $8 to $8.25; butcher steers, .choice, $8 to $8.75; do, fair to good, $7 to $7.75; butcher heifers, choice, $8 to $8.50; do, com., $6 to $7; butcher cows, good to choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do, fair to good, $5 to I $5.75; do, com to med., $4.50 to $5; !do, canners and cutters, $2.50to $3.50; "5 to do, , butcher bulls, good to choi $5.90; new crop, $i.. Beans--Can. handpicked, $3.00 to $3.90 bushel. Maple products--Syrup, per imported gal., $2.25 to $2.30; per 5 gal., $2.15 to $2.25 per gal.; maple- sugar, lb., 25 to 26c. Honey-- 60-lb. tins, 13 to 13 %c; 10-lb. tins, 13% to 13%c; 5-lb. tins, 14 to 14%c; 2%-lb. tins, 16c. ^omb honey--$4 to $5 per doze.i. sonal staff on his tour includes a ber of subordinates, who are ncvie the less charged with responsible functions. One, for example, is a skilled photographer. On him devolves the duty of securing views of every place the party happens to visit ,as well as portraits of the leading officials and persons of distinction whom his Royal Highness will meet during the tour.' These portraits and views are carefully preserved, to form the illustrations required for a bound record that is subsequently compiled. Last, but not least, in the suite accompanying the Prince, are a valet and" a baggage-master. The former Butter--Creameries are selling-functionary is held responsible for Solids, No. 1, 35 to 35%c; No. " ' seeing that his Royal Highness has a £0 34%c. fitting wardrobe for every possible I Creameries are selling Joints to occasion on the tour. This wardrobe j jobbers at , considerable one, for, j 34 to 35c. City wholesalers are paying, delivered, Toronto, as follows: Eggs--Fresh extras, 32 to 34c; fresh firsts, 29 to 81c; seconds, 24 to » to 37c; Np. Cheese--New, large, 19% to 20%c forms, dozens of suits of mufti for day and evening wear together with sport-1 tw^"~20 to 21c^ "triplets", 20% to 21c'. ing kit, must be ready to hand when gtiltons, 21%c. Old, large, 25c; twins, wanted. . - ....... 126c. Old Stiltons, 27c. _ bolognas, $4.25 to $4.75; baby beef, $8.50 to $12; feeders, choice, $7 to "7.55; stockers, choice, $6.50 to $7; k>, fair to med., $5 to $6; springers, hoice, $80 to $110; milch cows, choice, $70 to $80; plain to medium cows, $45 to $65; calves, choice, $12.50 to $13; do, med., $9 to $10.50; do, grassers, $4.50 to $5.25; spring lambs, choice, $14 to $14.25; sheep, choice, $5 to $6; do, heavies, $4 to $5; do culls, $2 to $3.50; hogs, selects, w.o.c, $10.15; do, f. and .w, $9.85; do, thick smooth w.o.c, $9.65; do, f. and w., $9.35. Regular discounts on inferiof grades of hogs. Surprise Packets. V Reservations may be made for, ladies in boxes only.--Prospectus otl a New York banquet to Colonel Lind-; Packing "'Em |n. \ The lodge has more than 20 rooms* . . . When filled t? capacity it can take care of 53 sleeping gnests.H' Washington Star.