Daily British Whig (1850), 28 Sep 1926, p. 1

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f LORDOR TIES REVIEW of King Cabinet Is Most Favor- able--- f Upon Caa- da's Representative to 0.5. 'Ottawa, Sept. 28.--The Cabinet has bed called to meet again this Afternoon. Yesterday's meeting was short, but it is probable that the one to-day will be longer and that Some of de matters which are pend- ing wilt be disposed of. The appoint- ment of two more judges to the cus- toms inquiry commission, the ap- Dointment of counsel for the .com- mission and the enlargement of the scope of the enquiry are among 56 things which the Prime Min- { Indicated would have the first attention of the cabinet. It is under- od. that the Government has al- Feady approached certain judges with & view to thelr serving on the commission with Sir Francois Le: mieux. Other appoifitments, which will probably be mads before the Prime Minister goes abroad, include three to in: te. Two of ai vacancies the Cacia and Nova Scotia. There may be nents to the post of Lieuten- or in both provinces of and Manitoba. - be ; "THE 28--In an' edi _ vevie [with entire : favor of King's cabinet the = Times e whole country already is dently for a period. of 1 Mr. Mai- "Through {t is a small event in --_------ the paper, "it is satis- factory from this paint of view that have found a fit- ng. representative for the Wasn- sn post and ft whi prove a con- venience to ail parties in Canada to : fasatepal, Sept. 28--Three sons of McGill niversity wil with vi nt Willingdon, the new Gover- 0 oral of Canada, the distine- dors Da bor 6th, in connection with 'the § 105th siiniversary re-union. They Dr. Frederick Gault Wills, of Vancouver. PTET TOIPEOS $2900 00000000044 $ "A TYPHOON SINKS * MANY CHINESE JUNKS « Hong Kong, Sept. 28--A typ- & hoon of unusual severity raged & yesterday at Macao, a Portu- ¢ guese settlement forty miles & distant, Scores of Chinese fishing junks are believed lost # with all hands, % ; * $0000000000000000 New York-Montreal Air Mall Service| . Albany, N.Y., Sept. 28-- Major- General F. Ryan, president of the Colonial Air Transports Corpora- tion, holder of government air matt contracts, stated at the Chamber of Commerce Afr Port dinner last night that a New York-Montreal air mail, passenger and freight service, con- necting at Albany with the New Boston-Chicago route, would be es- tablished next spring. ---------- OOMMENDS CHOIOR, Of Hon. Vincent Massey as Canada's Minister to U. 8. London, Sept. 28. --With regard to the proposed appointment of Hon. Vincent Massey as Canadh's first minister plenipotentlary at Washing- ton, the Manchester Guardian says the choice is an excellent one "and commends the announcement that Mr. Massey. will be in London when | ton Premier King confers with the Brit- ish Government on the matter, TRAVEL IS EASIER IN CERTRAL CANA Missionaries Pass Wanhsien and Hankow, Where Disturb- ances Lately Occurred. Toronto, Sept. 28.--That the mili tary situation affecting travel in the Yangtse Valley in Central China is much easier is Indicated by a cable received at the forelga mis- sions office of the United Church of they tra 11,500 miles down the Yangitse river, passing hsien and Hankow where thé distubances oc- curred two weeks ago. Other mis- slonaries, who {left Chungking In Wi China last week, are remain- ing Ichang, partway = down the Yan and will return to their fields at Chungking when the op- portunity arrives, Shot A Eagle, ; Belleville," Ont., Sept. 28--W. P. Clarke and son Melville, of this city, whilst duck hunting near Big Island, off the Bay of Quinte shot a dark grey eagle which had a wing spread of seven feet. I; 'was one of the larg, ost birds ever seen In this locality. NA PRAISES DECISION ing awarded 1n | the ble public ser-| a ce in the promo- Oal., Sept. 28.--The ps #4 has : THE SMILE OF MR. COOLIDGE Wien Be Pid US. Posies Tit at Washington, SATISFACTORY RESULT Of Discussion With Regard to Alcohol Trade Policy and | Procedure, Be Says. Toronto, Sept. 28.--The Telegram | Says: Promise of greater co-operation in the suppression of rum-running be- tween Canada and the. United States was last week obtained by Attorney- General Nickle inthe course of a personal interview with United States President Calvin Coolidge and other officials of the law en- forcement departments at Washing- Mr. Nickle sald that nothing in the nature of a formal agreement had resulted from his series of iu- terviews which, however, he de- scribed as having been "eminently satisfactory." 'When pressed for details as to his mission, Mr, Nickls said: "If you shouwdd say that the Interviews had to do with the recent poison alcohol ceses and the traffic in alcohol gen- erally, I would not deny it." ! His visit to Mr. Coolidge was of his own seeking, he said, and was arranged through the good offices of District Attorney Templeton of Buffalo, with whom Mr. Nickle has had previous conferences--follow- in the trail of death left during he tion. oon- in his capacity for making decision," Mr, Nickle ob- served. "His cast of countenance is solemn, his facial features immobile, but when the smiles his face lights up all over. He has a keen sense of humor, I would judge, and he seemed to be particularly well in- formed as to detail." "In future you will probably con- duct such negotiations through Vin- cent Massey, who is to be the Can- adian Ambassador at Washington?" suggested the reporter. "1 think not," replied Mr, Nickle, "My babit of mind is usually very direct." No Time Lost. "Perhaps the results Will not be directly observable," said Mr. Nickle, " referring to - his mission. '"There was certain: information 1 desired to give and certain information 1 de- Washington, Sept. 28.--'""My dear fellow, I have been out of polities a long time but I still know enough about polities to know what I ought 3 Lr : : reply of Mr, Wiliam hr ol Justice of the Supreme rt wl asked dy a newspaflermiani for his opinion on the workings of the Quebec liguor law. Mr. Taft has just returned from Murray Bay, Que. . ---------- TO ERECT CANADIAN STYLE OF DWELLING NS County Council in Old London Will Try to Experi- ment. London, Sept. 28.--Houses built of Canadian lumber after a Cana dian pattern are to be given a till in this country after several years of agitation fo this end. The Lon- don County Council is the first to oy bullding Canadian houses here. Three pairs of such houses are to be provisionally - erected ' for the County Council on its neg estate at Becontree under the supervision of the council's architect, who has made a study of wooden houses throughout the world. The chair man of the council says the main trouble with regard to the accept ance of Canadian houses is in get- ting the prices to campare favorably with 'those of other cofintries, ' es- Decially the Scandinavian countries. [VAN RAYNOR COMING HERE Prospect for Argos WiiI im coming here. Raynor can kick a ball farther than any. other man in this country, ac. cording ike Rod be of real assistance to the Tricolor in the Intercollegiate Pace. LIKE ADAMANT Premier Lack of Flexi- = NO HOPE EXPRESSED Coal Strike Within the London, Sept. 28.-- Yesterday's debate in Parliament on the prolong- ed coal strike brought no sign of Peace in the coal fields. The day was the first of the two- day series of scheduled discussion of the tie-up that has held the coun- try in the paralysing grip of indus- trial 'warfare for nearly twenty-two weeks. Parliament's meeting yes- terday was to confirm again the Gov- ernment's emergency powers regu- lation during the crisis. To the House of Commons the operring Ses- slon was occupied by lengthy re- views of the Cabinet's attempts tv bring about "a settlement which were broken frequently by sharp bursts of criticism from the labor benches. After the week-end speeches of the miners' general secretary, A. J. Took, in which he talked about "an organized retreat," the public Was prepared for new peace moves, but igs Inst night none was forth- coming. Ramsay MacDonald, the former British Labor Premier, ap- peared to voice the gemeral pessim- lem pervading in the House when he declared that he was sorry. to say tha Lantiook do be thy No Sign of Surrender, The viewpoint of the owndrs, who evidently are satisfied with the drift of workers back to the pits In 'districts, was not heard at great length during the debate, but Mr. MacDonald warned them that there was no sign of the miners sur- rehdering or of serious breaks in "HM the min. ers, some weeks from now or per. have some months from now, in some places go down into the pits again, shepherded 'by despair and starvation, the owners would then call the Premier to thank &im for hie assistance, but there would be no triumph, for all that would have happened would have been the increases of hate and the banish- ment of hopes, of peace and good- will. ' During the debate Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill Totered BALDWIN SAYS Of a Settlement of the Great} THE PRINCE OF WALES A recent picture of the heir to the British throne. The each night writes a record of his day's doings. Great § Send-Off For Baron Byng Thousands Cheer His Exoel- lency at Station as Train Departs. Ottawa, Sept. 28--Byng of Vimy went home yesterday. Thousands as- sembled to bid him. good-bye. His -sénd-off was probably the mosy de- monstrative, and certainly the most democratic ever given to a departing Governor-General. Long before train time the sta- tion was filled. Beyond the gates, peope with official standing began to fl the space round the end of the viceregal train. The space be- came too small and the train was pulled out a little to. enlarge it. RC hour the ing continued. Then lencies stepped wu the platform of: their train, the guard of honor which' fringed the crowd with soar: let came to attention and the train- shed rang with repeated cheers. The crowd had closed in until tracks and platforms, buffers, baggage trucks and ice-wagons: were covered with the cheering throng. The train mov- ed out slowly as the band played "Should Auld Acquaintance Be For- got?" Lord and Laay Byng waved from their platform until the train was lost to view, > Premier King, ex-Premier Mej hen, Sir Rober; Borden. practieally every member of the new cabinet, Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, ecorsuls resident In Ottawa, representatives of the Church, the fighting forces, the returned soldiers and of several women's organizations attended the send-off, Bouquets were Killarney all afternoon long, One, as high put aboard the | 8 Kiwanis 'was introduced' into : anoque last night in rousing ¢ on the occasion of ths first visit of the Kingston Ki to that place. That the m the local club 'was carried out 800d. results goes without : say An impression was made that a pleasant one indeed and't little donbt that the time and expended by the local Ki Boing to Gananoque' last nigh well spent. Of course, the chief ftem event was the message of Ciw delivered to the Gananoque mex of the Canadian Club, who joint meeting with the local Club, dy the newly-slected : ant-governor of the fan. W. ¥. Mills, But this, there never was a ever spent by a than the one last night. time the meeting open iia J 0 until o address of the a. fot Again it filled and by the time of t| Thetr Excellencies arrived there present were and real fun Toyed in a gathering of (wan ere was a free and happy sph throughout the thay Canadian Club mem of Que soon Actiired and ' that the meeting was a hug cess and evérything "wen; over ed at the humor "Mayor E Mayor Wilson, ; Gananoque Canadian Club, was chairman of the meeting at the later handing over his duties to wanian 'Columbus Hanley, pre of the Kiwanis Club. Following. dinner, Mayor Wilson extends cordial welcome to the Kiwani; Gananoque. He referred to'the meet! of Canadian Kiwanis ofp

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