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0 1 4/~Wheat--May, son | Se Nor & hur, 611d; 8o Neo. 2 do . rs ate al, 00, and b= 10 Pode; 150. £ test butter ajtations Are ~~ rints, 31 to i _@o., solids, duiey isn 2% to Wo; inferior 90 pound in tivs and olover strained ney, os Fates por dosen; extra, $3 per id Oo | or, 96.25 to v8; ao de . 58276 for primes and $285 for tario toss, '900 to LE lots, Bor "Row Branston fo $1.10 per bag, out of store; 90 Soeaidh Sulons--Per conse, $2.60. CANADA'S TRADE FOR YEAR. Gain of Nearly 28 Per Cent. Over Record for Previous Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: Canada's total trade for the twelve months of the past year passed the billion-dollar mark by a little over five. and a half million dollars. Final or detailed figures will not be available for some weeks yet, ut the returns received so far by the Trade and Commerce and Cus- toms Departments show that the billion-dollar mark has been well Pad. As compared with the mion's trade for 1911 this re- presents a gain of nearly $189,000,- 000, or 23 per cent. Imports for the past twelve months totalled ap- proximately $664,000,000, while ex- amounted to nearly $352,000,- 000. The gain in imports was near- ly $140,000,000, while exports in- creased by nearly $49;000,000. Only one country in the world rivals Oanada in the percentage of trade growth during the past few. years, namely, Argentina. By the end of the fiscal year it is expected that ada will have reached tenth among the countries of the world in respect of total trade. The Dominion's trade ~ has doubled within the past six years and treb- ed within: the past thirteen years. 1The principal gains in exports 'during the past year have been in s 'of agriculture, 'mines anufactures.. The increase in ex- forts of agriculture has been over venty-five millions, in mines over pelve millions, and in manufac PO ; Expor forest and of animals and pir products have shown a falling of several ne, due, doubt- gs, to the increased demands' of (0 3 tw Finest west: eastern cream. 885 to LG 8 oor Lola The vo. ; United States Markets: 86 340 to 95840 No. 1d hi No. 3 ye ¥ Oste--No. 3 white, 300 to 314g. 5 é--~No. Bile 26 150. Tran--sio00 to $1950. Bofuin, Jan 4 Wheat Ne. 2 hard, , 0. es: y Bie 287 May, oto bid. : Live Steck Markets. . §4.--~Cholce' steers, $7 to 50 to 96.95, fair at $5.50 t $4.60 to $5, snd oanners age. Lambs, $5 to $85.28 for ewes , Oslves ranged from $3 each, as to sive and quality; Sales of selected lots of hogs were m freely at steady: Jrices. f Toronto, Jan. 14.--Cattle--Choloe butok- i medium, 853 to 3 pows, 83 to 30 LL ; Opmners, 92 to 3 Ph TE Teal, Lid " dan s 26. ere and Feeders-- ly to. 760 oo nt $3.95 to 83.50; feeding bulls, 600 to 1,000 Ibs. at $275 to $4.25; vearlings, $315 to $3.50. ° Milkers and . Springere--From $50 to i fllesp and Lambs--Light ewes, "84.76 to 8525; heavy ewes, $3 to $3.50; lambs, $8 to 88.65. 8.8, fed and watered, and $8.95 to , f.0.b. 5 ON FIRE IN MID-OCEAN. Berens wt Passengers on Allan Liner Have a Thrilling Experience, A despatch from Bt. John says: A narrow escape from destruction from fire and severe experiences by passengers and crew were re] y. the Allan Line steamer. artha- ginian,; which arrived here on Fri. ay night from Liverpool.. The steamer left Liverpool December 98 for Bt, John's, Halifax and Philadelphia. Capt. McKillop said that when she was three days out her cargo caught fire in some un- explained manner. - The flames spread so rapidly that it was neces- sary to pump an enormous amount of water into the vessel to drown them out. The fire was finally ex- tinguished, but for twelve hours the water was knes deep on the lower deck. "Tt is estimated that repairs to the vessel will 'cost $10,000. A large part of the general cargo was damaged. a Da SIXTY VESSELS EEADY. Unique Result of Sending Icebreaks ers to Fort William. A despatch from Fort William saya: Ready with the first breaking of ios in Thunder Bay and Lake Bu- perior to steam out of the harbor to their destinations; sixty vessels are tied up at the elevators in Fort William with 13,000,000 bushels of grain in their holds. = This work, which 'hae never been equaled at the head of the lakes, is due to Keoping the harbor open after navi- gation had closed. The 'vessels were able to move to different ele- must be altered. : 'expensive problem to b the expense must not the. taxpayers. It wo ductive expenditure, Intely necessary "if our p power is to be maintained parison with that of our to | added The explanation given by the 'Ministerialists. is that the land Yuostion cannot be dealt with until e land valuation scheme under- taken-in David Lloyd George's fam- ous. budget is completed and. that this' will" require at least another couple of years. ; GASOLINE LAMP EXPLODED, Jongqulere Woman Killed, Another and Two Children Hurt, A despatch from Quebec says: A fatal accident occurred: on Thurs. day night at Jonguiere, 10 miles from Chicoutimi, by which one'wo- man lost her life and another wo- man and two children were' badly burned. In the residence of one '| Hick, an employe in Price's paper mill; a gasoline lamp exploded, in- stantly = killing Mrs. Lilaburn, a servant in the family. Mrs, Hick and two of her children were badly burned. How the explosion oc- curred is unknown. The house was only slightly damaged. MESSRS MONTREAL'S HEALTH BETTER Deaths Have Been Reduced to 19.99 Per 1,000 of Population. A despatch from Montreal says: Montreal citizens' health ig improyv- ng,. according to latest : report. During 1911 the percentage of deaths was 21.19 per thousand of population, but in 1918 this had been reduced to 19.99. Deaths of children 'under five years of age in 1012 numbered 49.92 per thousand. Deaths from consumption in 1912 numbered: 895. ; PRE Chen vators with little or no assistance and withont any undue rush. Tce-} : breakers are breaking ice two feet harbor 00 x cost $40, leaving $64 profit. mal, The best three viding over two million pounds of milk more than the poorest" three hun: dred; Thus the startling discovery was made that each one' of the |® three hundred good cows made as' much profit as 105 of the poor kind. -- CANADA'S WHEAT IN BRITAIN tmports From: Dominion Exceeded Only by Those From India, A despateh from Loudon says: A Government return shows that Canada sent here last year twenty- one and a half 'million hundred- weight of wheat, the next largest figure to twenty-five millions from the East Indies, adian cattle imported totalled 6,800, as 13 49,230 in 1011. The value of Cana- dian bacon sent here was £1,176, 1000, over six hundred thousand less than in 1011. The United Kingdom sent Canada' 1,600,000 gallons of} spirits. . The most noticeable thing about British exports to Canada is the steady drop in raw material, and the steady increase in finished products. oF | thick weather. 'She {ledge & quarter of a | Chebucto Head ligh || tion, Hy "his course in thi Bunday ~~ morning, Caan 8x in a few momer ; Tre, Thos. Taylor. is dead fr sonl gas, near Wolseley, Sask., h husband, two boys a domestic | were all seriously affected, and the | 'youngest boy may not. recover, TR. URANIUM STRANDED. ring for a Pilot. A despatch from Halifax says a Beaman Vere won Uranium assengers weve taken 'off at Chebucto Head; at the en- trance to Halifax Harbor, and reached here in safety. No li were lost. The um struck at |; 11 o'clock on § roing in {3 ; on the ight and fog sta- the captain' got out of ay is a mystery. pilot ab' How Sisk ox Teg lle Manon [Fos