Daily British Whig (1850), 3 Oct 1922, p. 13

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RAILWAY \ SYSTEM "AGENCY FOR ALL STEAMSHIP LINES , { cial attention given your family friends going to or returning from Old Country, Passports arranged & t For information and rates apply to P. HANLEY, C. P. and T.A.G.T. er mn, Ont, 'Open Day and Night. p 'PHONE 99. | ENOWN AS THE "LONE WIDOW IN LONELY LABRADOR OF CIVILIZATION." Riches May Be Undiscovered In the Rocks of That Oold Country, But 80 Far'Fishing and Furring Have Been the Only Successful indus- tries Tried by the Citizens. Labrador has continued through he ages the lone, lorn widow of civilization. The possible values of its half million square miles are still almost unknown. The Canadian Geo- logical Survey has done splendid work : WILL HONOR THE PRINCE Unique Features Are Arranged for the Toronto Exhibition. Three years ago the Prince of Wales visited Canada. He paid a visit to Toronto, and his presence at the opening ceremonies of the Cana- dian National Exhibition drew a re- cord crown to the grounds, Probably never again will such a gathering be seen at that function. This year, the most popular young maa in the Brit- ish Empire will again be a feature at the Exhibition, although he can- not be present in person. A great spectacle has been planned which will be known as "The Prince of Wales Indian Durbar," based upon the re- cent world tour of the heir to the throne. Between the time of his de- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. SZ / -------- SMOKE parture for the Far East in October last and his recent arrival home, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales visited 106 places in India, Burma, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and Egypt, and covered by sea 'and land a distance of 49,908 miles. Probably no royal personage has ever achieved such a record in such a period of time, and few human beings have undergone experiences of so varied a on it, though no industrial develop- ment has resulted from its discov-| eries. Due to its work, however, an | I'amense amount of light has been | thrown upon this vast peninsula with i its waters draining into four seas. | Geologically it forms part of the | JEreat Canadian Shield--a vast com- | Plex of pre-Cambrian rocks, which in its well known parts has furnished i kind. The manner in which this be- immense deposits of valuable min- 19ved_Sumbaniiao ot Lbise, Jas 10. erals, such as the fron and copper of} made upon him has won admiration the Lake Superior district, the mag- | for him the world over. It is Hoped netic iron ores of the Adirondacks, | that Canadians hi dot hy the the gold of the Porcupine, the silver | Magnificent Durbar production is and cobalt of Cobalt ye the nickel | fitting tribute to hi One interest. and copper of Sudbury, Ontario. It {28 item in oo Oana is reasonable to suppose that treas- | ®Vent was Lhe Ager i or a as ures do lie still untouched in Labra- | 9lans to play : e Nie DEmba of dor's rocks. For beyond the mere | in the pageant. a ra a analogy with the rest of porthern | YOUths who thoug at 8 at oly yar Canada, gold was discovered "in situ' | Sonal Appeatante an Se on Rh a few years ago in the Mealy Moun- | Part applied a the BPreatls tains, a range running northwest and | Were putting on : P the featires southeast about the center of the | , The latest addition to the fea east coast. The furore created at | Of the exhibition is Music Day. On that time ended in a small expedition | that evening a choir of 1,000 voices whose efforts are marked now only | will be assembled in the finale of the by a heap of abandoned machinery | Prince of Wales Duttar, ht Bw de on the sandy beaches between Sand- | conducted by Mr. H.. A. ' wich Bay and Hamilton Inlet. The | leader of the Mendelssohn Choir, and long winter, which prevents com- | #mong the choristers will be repre- munication by water with the north. | Sentatives of the Mendelssohn Choir, ern part of the seasoast for eight or | National Chorus, Oratorio Society, nine mouths out of twelve, also broke | Orpheus Society, Masonic Chorus, the Syndicate which was mining Toronto Festival Chorus, Scottish pyrites for the sulphur one hundred | Chorus, Harmony Male Choir, Bell miles south of Cape Chidley. So far | Lelephone Chorus, Welsh Choir, nothing has been dane to develop the | High Park Masonic Choir, Earlscourt {large iron deposits known as mag- | Choral Society, Eaton Choral Society |Detite and. hmatite: in 'the Grand | 298 200 Church Chatia,_ {River Valley. Like some sulky vir- | On the same day, a ba Pp | gi tion is to be held when the title gin, Labrador is still wrapped in the - "will garments of isolation, while her | Champion Band of Canada" will be lovers seem for the time to have | awarded. There will be cash prizes | turned dejectedly away. Probably A F2n&ing from $200 to $1,000. This the best overture made for her favor | 1 something quite new among the has been the quarrying of some of | €Ven!s at the Fair. the precious labradorite which ap- | =u, | Pears In large quantities near Nain | ffi | and also near the Northwest river. | War and industrial unrest have D l prevented the settlement of the ques- | a > || tion of the boundary of Newfound- | maces. The red men, ue, are no ental Surgeon land Labrador. It is still an unde- | longer numerous thers, but thelr 1 fined strip of land along the Atlantic place-names are scatte every- i Wishes to announce if | coast and the Straits of Belle Isle. | where and remain a stumbling-block | that he has resumed {ll This fact, as far as the development | to visitors both in meaning and pro- | . Ww. 1 fi | of the country is concerned, is a | nunciation. A visitor was puzzling his practice, cor. €l1- H| serious handicap. However, events | over Moolasaalahkt at Apes "v3 3 : || in Newfoundland seem to point to "What does that eans?" ° lington and P rincess the probability of confederation with | asked an Indian. Streets. Phone 2092. Dr. H. A. Stewart Corner Princess Canada in the near future, when the 'Oh, that means big harbor," an- Point at issue could readily be solved | swered the Indian, with a grin. fi even if the decision of the Privy "Big harbor? Then why don't you Council, now under consideration, | say big harbor and have done with Over Face and Neck. Face Disfigured. CuticuraHeals, and other stringed in- 1 ida V. Telgmann, BE, Blocution and Delsarte sys- Cultures. Pupils may At any date. Terms on appilica- Foonontica Deliciously because of Fra ant. quality and -- longer wear. Also packed | in] Tins. : LT Ar GRAVES BROS. PLUMBING, TINSMITHING, STEAM HEATING, HOT AIR AND HOT WATER HEATING All work given our personal careful attention, { HOUSE FURNISHING HARDWARE i 211 Princess Street Phone 332 WRITE FOR NEW STYLE BOOK / AND SELF MEASUREMENT CHART 'R.DACK & SONS |, MAKERS OF MENS SHOES FOR OVER 100 YEARS 7IW.KING ST. TORONTO BRANCHES: 819 Fort Street, 'Winnipeg Windsor Arcade Bldg., Montreal Fume SINE -------------- BURNS | YOYAGED TO SEA IN CRAFT OF SKIN Entire Population of an Island Sail on Unusual Holiday Every Four Years. FOR SCALDS." CUTS AND BRUISES, FOR COLDS, COUGHS AND BRON CHIAL AFFLICTIONS, FOR® STIFF MUSCLES, SPRAINS AND STRAINS AND NUMEROUS OTHER AILMENTS COMMON TO MAN AND BEAST, THERE #8 NOTHING SUPERIOR TO THAT OLD SVBIED AND RELIABLE REMEDY, Alaska, Oct. 8.--In six boats, filled with matives away King Island in Beh- ng Sea, are bme hundred men, women and children. They consti-|"* lute the entire population of the fis- land group and they voyaged out to sea in their primitive craft. Besides the human freight the boats also carried household goods, hunting outfits, and a shipment of ivory, carved toys and trinkets, skin garments and several bundles of the Nome, big skin from far Reliable companies only represented. D® THOMAS® H D. WIGHTMAN 151 WELLINGTON ST. ECLECTRIC | KINGSTON HOME COOKING NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT LUNCH, YOU can always find something to suit your individual taste oli our menu. The courteous service which we have al- fox furs. la ys. A large quantity of this * ways extended to our patrons, plus our real "home cook- merchandise from the far-off islands »" will go to Seattle on the Victoria. ing," has built our business to its present growth, : This Eskimo tribe takes a vaca- ROYAL CAFE 157 Princess St Cape Breton. | Cape Breton carries the atmo- | sphere of a Scottish settlement super- imposed on the country of the Mic- ee ------ tion once in four years. The people live on walrus and seal, birds and fish. It 1s one of the few tribes that refuse to accept modern weapons and tools, Get Your Roof Re- paired Now With our Slatex Roofing and Shingles a bs ------ Wellington Notes. Sept. 27.--Dr. and Mrs. Benson, Toronto, are visiting in town. The consolidated school will open on the 10th of October. Mrs. (Dr.) Dean and two children, have returned home to Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Jr., motored from Port Hope on Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Smith. Mrs. Kathleen Smith was called to Toronto this week owing to the sudden illness of her son, Bdgar. R. C. Richarlson has sold his Salmon Point farm and moved to Wellington. Word has been received from Calgary. of the death |. of Allen Dingman, formerly of Picton and Wellington. He is survived by a widow and two sons. A cold wave has struck this district and many gardens have puffered as a conse quence. Mrs. H. Minnaker has re- turned home from the Picton hos- pital. Bert Davidson, Lake Shore, who recently disposed of his farm, will move with his family to East Wellington. Mrs. Amos Garrett, who is dangerously ill at her home, passed her ninetieth birthday on Fri- day last, Mbuies to Draw Higher Interest, According to an announcement from Osgoode Hall, «ll moneys paid into court by suitors to await the result of litigation, will draw fnter- @st at the rate of eix per dnt. in place of five "per cent., which was previously allowed. At present there is on deposit by litigants the sum of between eight and nine million dol- lars, s0 that the that a total increased disbursement of over $8,000 will henceforth pe necessary on interest t. The rate now announced is the highest which has ever been paid. ---- England's coastline is 2,200 miles long. Slatex { W.H. Cockburné Co. Cor. Princess and Wellington Streets never materializes. In 1912 all the | it?" was the indignant reply. rest of the large peninsula formerly The Scottish element of Cape known as "Labrador" was added to | Breton makes it the most thorough- the Province of Quebec, an area re- going Seottish section of Nova puted to contain 364,961 square | Scotia. Out in the open there is miles. Under the medieval title "the annually held the famous Gaelic coasts of Labrador," Newfoundland | communion service. Among this still holds jurisdiction over an un- | Gaelie population are counted y known quantity of it, as if she were bards, inspired men, who compose Some sea rover granted all she could | epic ballads as they did centuries got out of "foreign parts abroad." ago, and do still, in the land of Os- €anada in 1921 sent the steamship | sian. And the songs of the High- Acadia to make a complete survey lands, the "Fhir a ta," the "Tam- of Hamilton Inlet, which she claimed | huil mor, mac n Tamhull," lumber mills were erected in | still float out upon the air; while the Grand river district. As a result | the traditions of old Highland feuds the big companies trading for fur in | or of the Jacobite risings of 'el or the Bay have refused to pay duties | '45 still linger, eked out by such to Newfoundland. If justified in this, | visible memorials as one may see it looks as if those which have long | beside the rude chimney plece--an been paid under protest would have | ancient dirk or a rusty claymore to be refunded by the eolony. that some long-vanished ancestor As Labrador has no representation, | had flourished at Culloden or Falkirk. it being too expensive to collect the It was in this stern land, whose Yotes of the widely scattered inhab- | grandeur matches its vigor, that the itants, it was proposed in 1919 to | inventor of the telephone made his appoint the. Governor of Newfound- | summer home, and where he has land. ex-officio as commissione for it, | been laid away in a grave hewn of Weight, and where culosis, Actual Results N Put up in 8 oz. Jars, Ask your Druggist. Tuber, Affections, there is a tendency Short of Wengen Phone 216. not scratching. M; - face -was. disfigured for "The trouble lasted Mcintyre Teck Hughes Hollinger Have these Stocks reached the top? We are in receipt of informa- tion of latest developments in these properties that would en- able you to answer the above - question to your complete satis- faction. Is your factory a museum? Much has happened to make jt known to the world since the days OUR job as a manufacturer is Ye keep in touch with the buy- ing public, and to make it trust you. Otherwise, the buyer.is indifferent to your product, and your factory becomes a museum for dead stock, . to a courtier: "Cape Breton an island! fjords Wonderful! Show it to me on the the only chart extant | map. So it is! Sure enough. My dear to from the | sir, you always bring us good news. 'W. McCarthy, Belleville, Ont., Oct. 8.--Death came suddenly on Saturday to Will- lam McCarthy, who resided at 1 Canc Mton Road just north of the city limits. He was about the house in the forenoon and at three o'clock in the afternoon was found dead in a chair, Deceased was eighty-one years of age, and was born in Wexford, Ireland. For years Mr. McCarthy was a G.T.R. engineer and was one who took part in the making of the first rallway bed in this division. SER g33f : Weite, telephone or call aE PHONE 11. : | A. McKINNON & C0 ars for Canadian arin. el Bg Your closest contact with your customers is your advertising in the Daily Newspapers. The people who buy this newspaper to-day did so yesterday and will do so to-morrow for one prime reason--to get the news. The shopping crowds at any department store prove how close- ly such news is read. Perfect your contact through * the advertising space you rent for to-day and give them more news--to-day's news of your product, your prices, your ser- vice and your avenues of distri- bution, = hy § : i tt i if Li g sis v m g : £5 1 : B ii: £3 Be { # : E ) i = g i i gs A Record Port Colborne, Oct. 3.--The steamer Fordonian, from Milwaukee to Montreal, carried twenty-nine hundred tons of corn and wheat, the largest cargo ever known to pass through the Welland canal. 3 a -------- What's a fine person or a beauteous face Unless deportment give them decent 1 § i §i Rr ables > § i s 5 li HH if 85% i: h i E i i i HT i i il i ol ti i Ip | E 3 £8 & gt i fs i i § i : 2 : You can do this in only one way--- ny < DG Ahrough the Daily Newspapers. 23 Ta If yop tell the truth and do, your job J f as well by the readers as the dally newspaper does by you in providing and retaining them, you will not need E F 5 ! gs i Ex » lssued by the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, Toronto. Sie

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