ALLEN NOW' PLAYING! Charles Ray in "The Old Swimmin' Hole" ---------------------- YEAR 88; No, 0, For the P.W.0. Regiment--- More Government Assist- ance Is Necessary. At the annual meeting of the offi- cers of the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, held Wednesday evening, it was decided to erect within the ar- mouries a memorial to all former members of the regiment who served overseas. The matter of arrangi for this memorial was left in th hands of the following committee Lieut.-Col, A. B. Cunningham, chairman; Lieut.-Col. R. E. Kent, Lieut.-Col. H. J. Dawson, CMG. D. 5.0., Lieut.-Col. W. Y. Mills, Lieut.- Col. P. G. C. Campbeil, Lieut.-Col. H. E. Pense, D.8S.0., M.C., Major (the Rev.) G. IL. Starr, Major L. F. Good- win, Major G. Bawden, Lieut. H. E. Law, Lieut. B. 0. Smith, ' The first duty of this committee will be to make a list of all former members of the regiment who served overseas. As it is expected that there will be about two thousand names on this Mst, it is important that no name should be overlooked. The relatives and friends of all former members of the battalion who served overseas are requested to send in their names to any member of this committee or to any officer of the regiment. A card index has already been prepar- ed for the purpose of making up the list. All Who Served Overseas. It loes not matter when the man served in the old battalion, whether ten years ago or twenty-five years ago. It is intended to include in this list the names of all former mem- bers who have served overseas. When the list has been completed, the form of the memorial will be de- cided, but the present intention 1s to erect a brass tablet containing all the names, with those who were killed in the honor roll. The annual meeting of the officers of the Princess of Wales' Own Regi- ment, held in the mess at the ar- mouries, on Wednesday evening, was the first since the conclusion of the war. Two of the former commanding officers, Lt.-Col. A. B. Cunningham and Lt.-Col. W. Y. Mills, were pre- sent. Two others, Lt.-Col. R. E. Kent and Lt.-Col. H. J. Dawson, C.M.G., D.8.0., were absent on account of ill- ness. The annual meeting was pre- ceded by an excellent dinner served by the mess steward. An orchestra of the regimental band played enter- tainly. Col. Pensc's Report. The report of the commanding of- ficer, Lt.-Col. H. E. Pense, D.S.0., M. C., covered the period from Septem- ber, 1619 (when the first steps of re-organization were taken) to March 31st, 1921, During that time the Re- giment detailed a guard of honor on the occasion of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales', and three periods of training have been carried out. Major-General V. A. S. Williams, C.M.G., who was then com- |. manding the district, inspected the first battalion in the winter of 13%9- 20, and the unit was recently given a_sedond inspection by the present general officer commanding the dis- triot, Brig.-Gen. W. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.0. The affiliation with the regiment of three C.E.F. units has been ef- fected, the.colors of the 21st Bat- talion, C.E.F., now being in its cus- tody, Since re-organization, 410 W. 0.'s., N.C.0.'s, and men have been taken on the strength. During three weeks ending October 23rd, 1u1Y, 126 were enlisted. From November 24th, 1919, to June 22nd, 1920, 184 recruits (and again a large percentage of them experienced soldiers) were at- tested. During the recent training period from January 20th, 1921, to March 10th, 1921, 100 were added to the strength. Two units have been re- cruited in the regimental area since the war. One company of the 4th Machine Gun Brigade and "A" Com- pany of the Frontence Regiment have taken from 150 to 175 men, the Hulk of whom would have been seen in the P. W. O. R. ranks. More Government Aid Needed. The commanding officer, in his an- nual report, expressed the opinion of the officers of the regiment that it is absolutely necessary for the govern- ment to give additional financial as- sistance if the work entailed in the proper administration and training of an infantry battalion is to be exe- The | nereased to such funds are | manner 3 available (help sult |of the assistance required. The of- | d decision regarding | | this matter, | ng left in the hands | {ot the regimental committee for ac- ition. The C. O. signified hi opposi- | | tion to officers, after contributing a!l | [their pay, making private contribu- | tions to support the regiment i | In his report the C. O. brought to attention the question of the erection a to those of regiment in the great | | ficers react a 5 memorial who fell of the war | middie of January six Since the o-defray-thyexpense' KINGSTON, ONTAR! |SENATE TO DEBATE ' . THE G.T.R. SITUATION ry Senator Casgrain. Will Raise the Question--Federal Road Grants. A COMPLET BREAK-UP Of Proposed Miners Confer- ence----Railwaymen to Support Strike. | Seastors She 7.--National union | Scotia), and Barnard unanimously | lumbia), gave notice yesterday J) | Ottawa, April 7.-- In the Senate, Senator J Casgrain will call at- tention to railway problem in | Canada wit} cular reference to] the Grand T i Senators Sharpe (Manitoba), Todd | } Girroir (Nova | (British Co-| of | kK), London, April of railwaymen to-day decided to support the coal miners in | IRQuiry regarding the agreement to i spend federal money on highways in | 0. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921. SIR THOMAS" WHITE QUITS e Daily British Whig = Resigns As Member For Leeds--Catholic Labor Un- ion Controversy. Ottawa, April 7.--Speaker Rhodes announced 'at the openiir® of the | louse this afternoon, that he had re- | | | {row officers have been appointed, | i » ely, Capt. Jones, Lie Pons- | A 1 i K toi ! Allen, Kelly, Germain and | fomp'ete hreak-up of the con in + " | ference betwee eprese tives t |Hewgill. During that time "D" com- | ence heiween r rg Niiatives o | the miners ners Zovernmer pany has been re-organized, 90 per ume OWIArs and governme 2h | ' } wit a view E « f gent. of this personnel being of the | Vth & Vie 8 0a. 8 vas anr ped {in tl se | senior cadets of the K. C. I, Cadets, jstotke: Was an Bp in the hous 11 all with certificates 0 cominons by romier "10¥{ signallers, | : form the signal sectio under an |George th TRoon, | overseas N. C. O. An officer In most districts of the South | is re-| : : rales coal Re he extremists quired to take charge of this section Wales coal fields the extre mists are winning the day. In one colliery af- Under Captain Jones the bearer sec- A hy] tion has been organized and is al- [ter another the officials are being most up to strength Three pipers compelled to abandon the pumps. Unless something is done to save the | have been enlisted and a combined | t pipe and bugle band paraded with |Mmines from the inrushing water .the the brass band for the recent inspec- |damage will be so 2xtensive that 70,- tion of the general officer command-, 900 miners will be deprived of the : their strike | nam ts If to set the as n Naval Units Are. eld tn Readiness Queenstown, Ireland, April 7.--Naval. units: here and at other home ports have been in- structed, as the result of the strike of the British miners, to hold themselves in readiness for emergency service. Shore leave has been curtailed, even officers being required to return to their ships by 8.30. o'clock in the evening, Naval officials view the situation as being filled with the gravest possibilities. OTTAWA PLUMBERS' PAY | the | necessity of a confidential character i and could not be produced. | had their respective provinces, the road j ceived the resignation of Sir Thomas | ei espective pre es, oads, amounts expended, and the] amounts paid [ Sir James L ator Bostock communication dian governn government appointmse present ugheed informed Sen- that any messages or 3 between the Cana- ut and the British ith reference to the of successor to the 'roor-general were of w Senator Bostock was also informed that no rails had been purchased for the! Kamloops-Kelowna railway, and it | not been decided when track! ying would be commenced. He was | some ing Other Reports. fhe paymaster, Major G. Bawden, read a report, which, considering the many calls upon the funds of the | units, particularly during re-organi-| zation, was accepted as most satis- | factory. The report of Major Sparks for | the band committes showed that | both bands are in excellent shape, | Bandmaster W. J. Christmas direct- ing the brass, while Sergt.-Drummer W. Murrey is in charge of the com- bined pipe and bugle band. The brass band is now in possession of fifty-| seven. instruments in first-class con- | dition. | The appointment resulted as follows: | Regimental--Major E. B. Sparks, | Major L. F. Goodwin, Major J. C. | d'Esterre, with Capt. R. H. Waddell | (adjutant) and the C.O. | Band--Major E. B. Sparks, Major H. D. Wightman, M.C., Lieuts | G. Granger and S. Allen. | Musketry--Major L. F. Goodwin, | Capt. E. W,. Skinner, Lieuts. W. Ponsford and J. W. Kelly Sports--Major J. C. Capt. F. K. Ludlow, M.C, H. E. Law and W. Germain. President of the nless--Major H. D. Wightman; vice, Lieut. F. L.| Hewgill, secretary, Lieut. W. Pons-| ford. Auditors--Capt. Lieut. S. Allen. The next parade of the battalion will be held on Tuesday evening next, when pay will be issued. of committees d'Esterre, | Lieuts. R. H. Waddell, PREMIER WARNED GIS. ON 31ST OF MARCH Extension of Time Conditional Upon Possession and Con= | trol of Road. S------------ | Ottawa, April 7.--A warning to | Sir Alfred Smithers, chairman of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, that consideration of the: application of the company to the government for extension of time in the arbitration proceedings and for further Bis} vances must be conditional on the government obtaining possession and | control of the railway, was given by | Hon. Arthur Meighen, prime minis- | ter of Canada, in a cable to London, | dated March 31st. This cable was | | opportunity | months | throughout Lanarkshire the menac- |ing attitude is shown by the miners | | jare working pumps. |at several {companied by looting. { miners' | the negotiations, and he appealed to | {that decision. i of finance, is probably the most wor- | ried person in the government, | year revenues | which have been taxed from the peon- of employment for | further informed that the Pacific | Coast fisheries treaty had not been | ratified by the governments of the { United States and Canada. | In practically every mining area and thy wives to the volunteers who | i There have| F PE: = REALS | been demonstrations and scufflings | 8 pits, necessitating police | intervention. At some places there | has been much wanton damage, ac-| tha | tha see Lloyd commons speaking in to-night, regretted federation could not their way to give instructions to the pumpmen to resume work during | George, 1 the miners' representatives in the | house to exercise their influence to | induce the federation to re-consider | | | DRAYTON HAS TO DIG UP $130,000,000 | The Task of the Finance Min= | ister Is an Unenviable One. DR. FRED TORRANCE Veterinary-generai of Canada, who : told' a committee of parliament that year at an end, and facing the neces- pasteurizing milk a not sufficient, sity of finding ways and means to! tha: Syery Anlry herd should be suh- : a :C 2. est. provide for the staggering expendi-| °°! t© uercuids 1ey tures called for during that whica is | LIVED IN NORTHLAND to come, Sir Henry Drayton, minister ye | Ottawa, April 7.--With the fiscal | And Found The Indians Careful and | Helpful. Winnipeg, April 7.--Eleven years in the northland as chief fire ranger with jurisdiction over 50,000 square | tis his task to provide during the coming in excess of those White, as member for. Leeds and Brockville. Sir Thomas, who resign- ed position as finance minister years ago, accepted the posi tion as government representative ov the Grand Trunk board of arbitra- tion . Consi ble controversy arose as to the ¢ ation created by his ac- ceptance of a position of employment under the crown, it being held ? various legal authorities that by doing so he had forfeited his seat. A his yy iegal opinion was, however, secured | from the justice department to the effect that, while not having forfeit- | ed his seat, his salary should be pro- vided for by a special appropriation | of parliament, and that it be stipu-| lated that this was done, notwith- | standing anything in the House of | ot Commons act to the contrary. The announcement of his resigna- | tion was greeted with opposition ap plause: Sir Thomas was a parliament since 1911, EEE Ir member of Catholic Labor Union. On motion to go into supply, Ern- est Lapointe, of East Quebec, rose to discuss the controversy which had arisen regarding the application of the National Catholic Labor union! for right to representation on various | labor boards. Mr. Lapointe explain- | ed that the union comprised 40,000 persons, and believed it had a right to such representation. | The minister declined to grant the request, and, for some unknowm rea- | son, started a violent onslaught on the union, declaring that its opera tions were nefarious and that the | other labor unions would refuse to | be associated with it. | The minister of labor said Mr. | Lapointe had no right to side with! any one union against any other. Mr. Lapointe did not believe that the working men of Canada would refuse | to sit in conference with brother workers of another organization. The attitude of the minister, how- ever, had been endorsed by Tom | Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Congress. | | VETERANS ABANDON SOME QUEBEC FARMS | { | Employers Offer 73c., Men While | Ask $1 an Hour. | Ottawa, April 7. There is a | strong possibility of a walkout of {union plumbers in the city, accord- | ing to an official of the union who de- | clared that the reduction in wages | | from 80 to 75 cents an hour, decided {upon by the master plumbers would {not be tolerated by the union. The { plumbers, in fact, had sef forth de- | mands for a wage scale of $1 an | hour. | Union officials declared that if the | contractors stood by their decision |to lower the rate of pay a 1st. PRESSE RPE d Sep SINN FEIN FLYING COLUMNS OPERATING Belfast, April 7.--Flying col- umns of Sinn Feiners are op- erating in County Tyrone. Sev- eral barracks were attacked with bombs, but the attackers were driven off, + + J + * + + +* +* * -* > AAA REE EE ERE RRS THE WORST IS YET TO COME Be Governed by Biped Reptiles. Aberdeen, Scotland, April 7.--The world may be ruled by a race of bip- The World To {ed reptiles in 1,000,000 years or so. according to J. A. Thompson, profes- | Sor of natural history in Aberdeen University. The collared lizard of New Zealand, he explained in an ad- dress, is already learning to become a biped and if it masters this secret of man's gppremacy, the rest may follow. / THE LONDON NEWSPAPERS PRASE SIR T. W. WHITE Showed Con as Canada's Finance Min- ister During War. strike | would almost certainly occur on May | spicuous Ability | ple during the year just ended, by the sum of about $130,000,000. This for the main estimates alone, Suple- mentaries are not yet down. Customs Lave always provided the bulk of miles of territory, is the record of | J. T. Blackford, who recently arrived | here from Norway House. Mr. Black- | ford has resigned his position and in- lends staying in more civilized parts 186 Out of 219 Rémain-- | rondon, April 7.--The resignation Money Lost on Lands | of Sir Thomas White from the Cana- Resold | dian house of commons is the sub- . ject of editorial comment in several Appreciative refer. | one, for a while. Within the territory under Mr. Blackford six Indian reservations are located and there are about 4,000 In- dians in the district. The territory extends from Lake Winnipeg to Hud- | son's Bay and as far east as the On- | tario boundary. Mr. | was the first fire ranger in the dis- | trict, organized it and now twenty GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS | ar } Q fF co ' rangers are on the staff. MMISSION 8 REPORT | In all the time he was at Norway ER House, Mr. Blackford had t ble Said the Grants Will Not | Bo te rg, a with the Indians, he declared, As far Be as High as First as fires are concerned, the white tra- Proposed. Canadian revenues, and it is only within recent years that indirect taxation has figured in the recsints at all. And customs revenues falling away. So that altogether the task of the minister is an unenviable ara Blackford, who | itis veller is far more careless, he said. cg, em, vem NOT "THAT POOR PRUNE" university commission regarding the | | Board on included in the correspondence be- tween the government and the Grand Trunk directors, tabled in the house grants proposed. Less generous annual grants will be given. Through | a definite system, it is proposed do- | | yesterday afternoon by the prime ing away with the present method of | that the Drury government decides | SAY HIS COLLEAGUES to adopt the recommendations of the | Baptist Ministers Concede Right of Rev. G. A. Hugh- Ottawa, April 7. --E. W. Tobin, | the member for Richmond, Wolfe | county, Que., has asked a series| of questions with regard 'to seven | Quebec counties in which farms were | bought by the Soldiers' Settlement | account of returned men | who wanted to take up farming The answers to these, as tabled in | seven different documents to-day, are | interesting, in showing the measure | of success obtained so far in placing | men who could really enjoy life on the land. Out of 219 placed on the land in these seven counties, '33 have aban- | doned the farms thus chosen for | them, or more than one out of] seven. This average would prob- | ably be found to exist throughout | Canada. Of the 33 farms thus thrown back on the hands of the Soldiers' Settle- ment Board 14 have been resold, | morning papers, ence is made to his work as Can- ada"s finance minister during the difficult days of the war and 'o the conspicuous ability he showed in tap- ping unsuspected reserves to 2nahle the dominion to carry on her part in the great conflict. The Times, in a graceful tribute to the ex-minister, speaks of his singularly attractive personality, his unusual power of persuasive speak- ing and his high reputation for right and integrity. THERE IS LACK OF MONEY Plenty To Eat; Plenty To Wear; No Cash. Tokio, April 7.--Residents of Vla- | divostok have plenty to eat and | plenty of clothes but no money, ac- | cording to a correspondent of the Kokusai News Agency who has jus: and 19 are not yet disposed of. In | returned from that city. minister. The correspondence begins with a letter on February 9th and continues through until April 3rd, | when a cable was sent to Sir Alfred meeting deficits. | Premier Drury and his cabinet are to-day deciding whether the royal | disposing of the 14 farms the board | son to Secede. London, Ont., April 7.--That Rev. Smithers saying that if the company gave the necessary consent to put the government into immediate pos- session of the road the government would extend the time for the arbi- tration award being completed. The prime minister said that while the correspondence was not com- pletd, he felt that the situation was such that the house should know where the parties to the agreement stood. Just prior to the sitting of | the house Mr. Meighen said he had | received a further letter from the | Grand Trunk containing legal argu- ments supporting the proposal of an extension of the time. Still Another Penitentiary Investigation; . Two Dismissed Officials Geta Hearing W. F. Nickle, K.C, has been ap- pointed to preside at an investigation into the cases of two officials of the Portsmouth _ penitentiary against whom serious charges had been pre- ferred and who, upon the action of the superintendent of penitentiarjes, W. 8. Hughes, were suspended inde- finitely. This was several months ago, and the officials have since been carrying on an uninterrupted agita- tion for a re-hearing with a view to clearing their characters which they alt had been besmirched after many years faithful service. Francis King, barrister, has been appointed to represent the govern- ment while the officials will have their own lawyer, a privilege that was denied to them when the charges were made against them. It is expect- ed that the cases will bring to light some interesting sidelights on the in- ternal management of the penitenti- ary, which includes the female de- partment. The charges are said to have originated among the female prisoners. { R. H. Grant hopes to induce the pre- | Taylor, Queen's University, i F. Nickle, Kingston, saw the commission's report on university fi- G nancing will be considered by the | o legislature this session or not. Hon. | . A. Hughson, of Stratford, who re- ently tendered his resignation as a Baptist minister there to take up his pastorate with the Presbyterian Principal | church, was fully justified in taking and W.| the course his conscience dictated is premier | the consensus of opinion among Bap- mier to go on with it. suffered a loss of $2,100, and the loss on the other 19 could not be ascertained until they are sold. 'The total amount invested in these | farms was $881,541. The average | cost of these farms. ran from $3,628 in one county, to $4,266 in another. | The seven counties concerned are as| follows: Drummond - Arthabasca, | | Wages, even | "Good beef can be purchased for | 20 cents a pound," he says and con- tinues: 'A good suit of clothes costs | about one-third what they do in Am- erica and other things in proportion. The only thing the people lack' is money to spend. Colin has virtually disappeared from circulation and no- body will accept the paper notes. of government em- that the Ontario government does this morning. The commission's re- port calls for $2,225,000 to be spent on Toronto, Queen's and Western Universities, It is learned on good authority not intend to adopt the report of the University Commission in so far as it respects financing, How Sinn Feiners Received Their Arms London, . April 7.--Methods by which the Sinn Feiners are receiving arms and ammunitions have been disclosed by the discovery of an un- derground dump in Dublin, says the Evening Standard to-day. Ammuni- tion boxes found there, it declares, bear the stamp of a powder works in Massachusetts. The boxes, the newspaper asserts, were shipped by Irish-American sympathizers who had established wireless communica- tion between "gunrunners" on the west coast of Ireland and in the United States. Guelph is out of debt' Hydro-electric system. to the tist ministers in London, "Rev. Mr. Hughson was merely ex- ercising the right to free thought as | permitted by the Baptist church," de- clared Rev. J. A. Norton, pastor of tfe Maitland Street Baptist church, in supporting the action of Mr. Hughson. . The Baptist pastors of London re- gret that Rev. G. N. Leichliter, of Adelaide street Baptist church, re- ferred to Mr. Hughson as "that poor prune up in Stratford." Mr. Leichliter's attitude, his bro- ther-Baptist ministers maintain, sav- ors too much of religious intolerance and is not in accord with the broad policy that governs the Baptist min- Istry. : PEEEPPPPLOIESISISILISS > 4+ 1,700 HOUSES BURNED + IN TOKIO CONFLAGRATION * % Tokio, April 7.--An immense # conflagration is raging here and % is still spreading. Seventeen + hundred houses have been lost # in the fire. Fifty persons were %+ injured. * * + * * + * + + * Ld + jcoal to the eastern markets. * PEERS RISPIEPIEIIRPLTTS Lin connection with the sale. Shefford, Richmond and Wolf, Stan- | ployees, are paid in food, cl6thes and teu » Missisquoi, Brome and Comp- | tickets for use with the public utili- | ties. ---- TO USE THE RIVER { | Young Leeds and Princess Xenia | will live if America after their mar- | For Carrying Coal To the Eastern riage at Athens, which is to take Sections. | place next June. Edmonton, Alta., April 7.--A sug- | gestion that the Saskatchewan river | route be used for moving Edmonton | coal east, enabling the cost, of trans- Refuse to portation to be greatly reduced, was | recently made by R. Cunningham, as- sistant engineer of the Dominion pub- He works agency here. He claims that @ river route to northern Saskat-| -- ¢hewan points, and even to Winnipeg, | flonase, Apel 322 biich develop. Is not only feasible but would solve [© 331 evening in the proposed re. the problem of shipping local mined | ¥4mption Of negotiations between | Fepresentatives, of the striking coal TT ---- | miners and the mine owners, it was Tobacco Merger | announced in the house of commons Montreal, April 7.--There is a | bY Lloyd George, the premier. ramor- on the street to the effect | He said the miners' federation had that a big deal is about to be effect- | just informed him it was unable to ed whereby the Imperial Tobacco See its way clear to instruct the Company will secure control of the mine pump men (whose duty it is to W. C. Macdonald, Limited, tobacco | keep the mines clear of water) to manufacturing interests. Two mil- | resume work during the negotia- Hon dollars is the, sum mentioned | tions, in Lloyd George declared it would LAST EDITION. GIVE RIGHT TOAPPEAL In OTA. Cases--Doberty's Denial About His Office Furniture. Toronto, April 7.--In the legisla. ture yesterday afternoon Hon. W. Kk. Raney introduced what he said would be the only amendments to the Ontario Temperance this ses- sion. The bill provides for giving the | right of appeal in cases coming under | the O T.A, to the senior county judge on the record of the evidence before the magistrate, The bill will also amend the O.T.A. leaving export business in the hands of the domin- ion government. Bonded warehouses will be exempt from the provisions of the O.T.A. Hon. H. C, Nixon brought in a bill amending the Marriage act, It pro- vides for the registration of ali per- sons qualified to perform the mar- risge ceremony. It also enables a duly ordained woman to perform the ceremony. Municipal clerks are ex- officio made issuers of marriage li- censes. All present permits to issue marriage licenses will he automatic- ally cancelled by the bill. act ACY The Furniture Bill. Before the orders of the day were called, Hon. Manning Doherty rose on a question of privilege to contra- | dict reports of extravagant expendi- [ ture for elaborate furhiture in his |private room at the parliament { buildings. He said that in dozens of papers throughout the province it had appeared that among the articles in his room were a mahogany chair, costing $185, and a mahogany rocker at $190 "Those articles were never in the room and were never purchased by the department of public works for this room," said Hon. Mr. Doherty, "It's like the coal scuttle," said W, .Curry. The minister concluded by saying that "anything I want I am quite capable of getting myself." J. A "Bald Statement." Hon. G. H, Ferguson said the public accounts committee was the proper place for the minister to make his statement, Hon. G. S. Henry said the minis- ter should not expect the house to be satisfied with "a bald statement {in the house." The statements ! which had appeared in the press | were based on the reports of the | proceedings befora the public aec- counts committee, It would be well to wait until the report of those pro- ceedings was brought down. Hon. Mr, Doherty said he had con sulted the deputy minister of public works, who sald the articles were not purchased for the minister of agriculture's room, and that evi- dence had not been given before the public accounts committee, HEALTH OF ONTARIO WAS GOOD IN MARCH Notable Decline in Communi=, cable Diseases 8hown in Report. Toronto, April 7.--A somewhat re- markable decline in the number of deaths in Ontario from communie- able diseases during March of the current year, as compared with March, 1920, was recorded in a re- turn tabled in the legislature. The total number of deaths in the month of March, 1920 and 1921, respective. ly. was given as 1,663 and 602; the total number of cases of such disease, 6,143 and 2,182, The influenza epi- demic of last year contributed large- ly to the 1920 total, there being no fewer than 734 deaths from influenza and pneumonia, as against 42 this year, The month of March in the pres- ent year, however, shows a marked increase ia the numbe* of cases of venereal disease, from 142 to 378, covering syphilis, gonorrhoea and iehancroid:- Two deaths 'rom sleep= ing sickness are repor.ed. There vere in Ontario in the same month 526 cases of smallpox, with three deaths resulting therefrom. Order Pumpmen to Start Work And Miners' Strike Negotiotions Are Off be quite impossible for the negotia- | tions to proceed unless this obstacle | was overcome, and he boped the members representing the miners would exercise their influence to in- duce the federation to reconsider its stand on this point. Leaders of the miners' unions, who conferred with Lloyd George this morning, refused to order the pumpmen and engineers in the mines affected by the coal strike to resume work, pending negotiations with the mine owners. As the result of this refusal, the miners and their em- ployers will not meet to-day,