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. entitling her to act as first mate of Aa ay, Ont. The 'gold minesy $665, of Northern Ontario broke. all pre- win-' vious records during November, eight the present winter a pro- of $2,100,000. Approximately 225,000 between 8,000 and 9,000; tons of ore were treated. Hence ected. h average recovery of the entire pro- 'ancouver, B.C. -- Extraordinary ducing area of the province was $9.38 i rapm----e-- Labor Party Has Another Titled Woman Adherent A despatch from London says: -- The British Labor party now has an- other titled woman adherent to share that honor with the Countess of War- wick, Lady Mary Murray, wife of the Liberal, Prof. Gilbert Murray, and a daughter of the Earl of Carlisle, has written the Oxford Liberal Asso- siation here that she has joined the Labor party, it is announced. Her brother, the Hon. Geoffrey Howard, M.P., has long been one of the Liberal whips of the House of Commons. But the family of Carlisle and 'Howard has always been noted for its ability to differ amicably in politics. i Chinese Bandit Slain Who Shot Missionary A despatch from Pekin says:--Leo Yang Jen, notorious bandit, whose men recently shot and fatally wound- ed Prof. Bernard Hoff and kidnapped |: Hilen, both United States mis- lockade of the North Sea against the | sionaries, was killed in a battle at Dlockads fleet. gl Kwantiling, the Foreign Office has Mines have been brought to the been advised. surface during recent violent storms| Mrs. Kilen was rescued several in the North and Baltic seas. A num-|days ago. ber have been picked up-and exploded{ Jen had terrorized. the Provincial to assist in the breaking up of huge bordérs of Honan and Hupeh for two ice flelds in landlocked coastal watery, | years. | tivity prevails in the lumber trade a ton. Hollinger produced 50 per f the province and this year should cent. of the grand total. a banner one in so far as this| Quebec, Que.--Asbestos mining in' is concerned. Japanese re-| the Province of Quebec is ostensibly quirements are said to amount to ap-| on the eve of a boom period if the proximately 260,000,000 feet, and a figures submitted by the Bursau of great proportion of this business will) Statistics may be taken as an indica- undoubtedly be secured by the trade; tion of advancement. Exports of of British Columbia. Canadian asbestos for the 12 months | Calgary, Alta--The largest con- ending August, 1928, were $3! am nc ae signment of fur pelts' ever sent from 000,000 ahead of the same period TW. Barford Evans Western Canada in one shipment left ending August, 1022. The tonnage A Hamilton citizen, who organized ' this city recently for New York. The exported amounted to 202,646 with a the first' Cénadian. Club thirty years consignment consisted of 1,886 coyote, "value of $8,376,249, compared with ago, It wascumigue of its kind in the or what are generally known as wolf 122,785 tons, valued at $5,604,561, in world, and was the basis for many pelts." These were gathered up from the same period in 1922, " similar societies. The early history of various parts of the province. There St. John, N.B.--A total collection Canadian clubs is recalled during the is a brisk '~mand at the present time of 23,600,000 Atlantic salmon eggs has celebration in Toronto of the twenty: for this : prices having increased, bean. wiade EA the Tetaining Jonds op fifth birthday of the club in that city. ' from $8 to $12. era y thé Department of Marine > ; Winnipeg, Man.--It is understood and Fisheries in the Maritime Prov- N 1 Being F od that a 50,000-acre land deal has been irices during the past season. The in- ew Poo) mg rormed completed 'by the Webster Land Co. dividual collections from the various by Alberta 'Farmers The deal, which involves a large sum ponds were as follows: Margaree Har- bm and was a cash purchase of lands left bor, N.S., 6,000,000; Morell River, P.| A despatch from Edmonton says:-- yacant by Mexico-bound old colony; E.I, 1,000,000; St. John Harbor, N.B,,! Steps are being taken by the United Mennonites in the vicinity of Ros- 2,500,000; Miramichi River, N.B., 12,-| Farmers of Alberta for co-operative thern, Sask. { 000,000; New Mills, N.B,, 2,000,000. | marketing of general farm products, Winnipeg, Man.--With a hundred| Halifax, N.S.--The Becker pulp| under one board which would be dis- million bushels of wheat still in farm-' plant, at Sissiboo, has turned out in| tinct from the board in charge of the ers' hands on the prairies, the rail- the vicinity of 1,800 tons of pulp since| wheat pool. The annual convention ways find their work In excess of what the recent rains furnished sufficient'adopted unanimously a resolution ask- original plans calléd for. Much equip-| water to enable them to operate their ing the executive to appoint a com- ment, which goes into the shops usual-| plan, Shipments will commence some- mittee of 'seven "to survey a field of 1y at this season, will continue in ser-' time this month. co-operative marketing, with power . - - ---- | t0 organize the different commodities WORLD-CAMPAIGN peii's Bird Songs Under Whe so-operative Marketing #75. TO FIGHT OPIUM Are 1,800 Years Old| 1¢ was the belief that eggs, poultry and other products were not available Ieague of Nations Invites Na- - Jegpaieh feom Rome says] ¥ Alberta in quantities which would P the last da 0: ompell a pictur-| justi the over f tions to Two Conferences esque Ey with marble fountains] a that head ooo gual in Geneva. and frescoed Fisies wag ny of the, control profitably of the several com- d .__A adornments o e city. One entered modities, x > eho By Pore dy 2 through a carriage pavillion, the high i .reotic drug evil took definite form entrance surmounted by a bell. Across oi Thursday when the League 7f Na- the threshold a court in white and tion issued invitations to the first In. E0ld between two rows of pillars led ternational Opium Coriference, to be to the spacious sloping var raess, wat- held at Geneva the first Monday in °red by a drowsy brook. The twitter November, and a second conference on °F ® thousand birds completed the the third Monday of the same month. pastoral laadsape, ted: thi The first conference will include Basavaton 1 ve, resurres i 8 delegates from countries having Far garden. od 8 Jus You green nde Festern possessions, where opium. 88 they were when Vesuvius erup smoking exists. The second confer-| A.D. 79, A silvery bell again pels) ence, which- will include representa- for visitors; the murmuring brook! Hise «2 nragtically all countries of the wanders in through new conduits, and world, will push The Hague Conven-| "ongsters, descendants of the birds Hon 'decision to 'secure a broad agree- who were singing about Pompeii more ment concerning opium and its deriv-| than 1,800 years ago, carol as their atives, and definitely limit the pro- forbears did in the days made famous duction of opium. by Bulwer-Lytton. A report that Prof. Manley O. Hud- Tree "son of the Harvard Law School may| Storms Floating Old Mines, have won the Bok Peace Plan prize H H has created fntatent jo League 01 Na- Two Ships Believ Su tion circles. Prof. Hudson was at-| A despatch from Hamburg says:-- tached to the legal section of the! ustraments of the war, harmless for League during the summer months of years, are believed to have found vic- last year. tims at last in two merchant ships in -- the North Sea. These vessels, with . all hands, are thought to have been Only Woman in the World sunk by the floating English mines i Sea Captain's License | which once constituted part of the A despatch from New York says: -- "Aye, Aye, Madam!" ' Thus does the crew of the good schooner Ruth Martin answer their "skipper, What is more, they take a pertain pride in the unusual saluta- tion, because Mrs. Jennie E. Crocker, of Cliftondale, Mass., is said to be the! ---- only Joman in the world holding : N.Y. Moving Seven Inches captain's license for an ocean-going sailing vessel and another certificate Away from Europe Yearly A despatch from London says:-- New York is moving away from Eur- ope at the rate of seven inches a year, any steamship afloat. Nelson A. Crocker, lord and master of Captain | Crocker ashore, is her first mate! according to the calculations of Dr. afloat. J. W. Evans who in a lecture on| Former Premier Asquith, leader of Mrs, Crocker has sailed all the seas | «Shifting Continents" at King's Col-|the Liberals, in a speech in the House ~ of the world with her husband since lege, said this had been going on for of Commons advised Liberals to they were marriad, 19 years ago. millions. of years, | vote in favor of Labor and } AER Observations made at Greenwich vod Conservative and a few ab- Cn . show that the town is moving thirteen | stain m voting, Britain in Paid $4.58 to Pound inches southward every po. sa ile this debate 32 Soing om the EE 3 Bon erst re--. storm centre of the political situa- for U.S. Liberty Bonds | : ; tion liés in the threatened railway Aeroplanes Carry Food strike. to Ships Wedged in Ice The still more serious menace of a a coal strike grew more ominous on Thursday. The miners' vote in favor of denouncing the wage agreement that ended the 1921 strike was an- nounced. The men by a vote of 510, Oe fn "he agreement does not expire until April 17, so the crisis is not immedi -------- A despatch from London saysi:-- A despatch from London says:-- The approximate rate at which the $02,000,000 . paid by Great ritain to the United States last December were| A despatch from Christiania ) ised was $4.68 fo the pound,|saysi--Aeroplanes are carrying sup- Chamberlain, Chancellor of! plies to 50 ships that are now wedged Exchequer, explained on Thurs-| in the ice in the Cattegat and off the Payment was actually made in| Danish coast. The aireraft drop bonds purchased at a dis-{sacks of food and other stores near Hees ; the imprisoned vessels. LIBERAL LEADER INBRITISH COMMONS TAKES SIDES WITH LABOR PARTY [5 n coich attached to. the , desired The freight train carried a number| . of pieces of artillery, machine guns| 4 and ammunition shipped from the from the States. The rebels, after searching ; the freight train, dismantled the can- non and carried off the machine guns and ammunition tities What they tinable to remove was burned, rned together with two freight' cars, ; Treasury Department officials con- firmed a report, that the Mexican Gov- ernment has 'purchased four destroy-|$1 ers from the United States Govern 1 ment, and {hat they are expected to! = prov arrive at Tampico early next week,| Aj}; where they will be manned by Mex-|Ontari ican crews. It was asserted that a| An alike, which has' ; better ones, $10; lambs, $10; hog thick smooth and bufgher type, FIVE PERISH IN GALE | SWEEPING ATLANTIC, main for some' time- to Instruct the rye--No. Mexican crews. The arrival of the Milt amp! the 'rébel blockade of Tampico. | Ey included: The War Department stated that ur, 2.10. : Ontario wheat--No. 2 gunboats outside of that port. 3 \ a EH Ontario No. 2 white oats--388 to 40c. 9 Ontario corn--Nominal. Canada' 0 re Las in. jute bags, Mon he t 9 Months in $4.60; Toronto A despatch from Ottawa says:-- doi A summary of Canadian trade pre-|gq a pate, Pr and Excise shows that for the nine|track, Toronto, $14 ; No. 2, months ending December, 1928, Can-|$14.50; No. 8, $12.60; mixed, $12 | merchandise for consumption, as), Cheese--New large, 21% to 22¢;° p o against $677,260,000 worth imported gins, 22 to 24%e; iriplets, 22% to Six Ocean Liners Will be Late : t ; ; trip During the. same period of 1928 RE 20s; twins, 29 ta Sle; Liple, 46 wrought ued at $816,861,000, as against $782,- | to 47¢; No. 1 creamery, 48 to 45¢; No. Stories of the havoe ght by exported during the nine months am-| Eggs Exes : ' xtras,. hd ; extras, ge, in cartons, 48c; with' $10,649,000 in the corresponding; _.' y : 'S . period of 1922." Imports and exports Xtras: 49.10 dle} rsts, 85 to 86c;| and by coast guardsmen. 'Five per- the course in to $1,494,072,000, as against $1,809, Ibs. i overs when the haxge Plymouth went dows. who 886,000 in 1922 1bs., 22c; Vi Figurh roosters, gi ancouver Ir'iguring M Be 0 d. 220, 0) ; Ing-to ia} ' as Year-Round Seaport| "B68 Toure "Boo chickens, folk on Friday, : Rotfeaiions br 4 Ibs. and over 80c; chickens, 8 to 4, The Cunard liner Ansonia reached January 26th, in order to facili Cable announcement that ocean char- 4: 8:to-4 lbs, 18¢; K radi The course . ; ters liad been secured for twenty-six| roosters, 18¢ so - 8 bs, Bester. wits. two. starhoard pend be. ; 5 neath the rail of the promenade deck | fee is but $2, tuition is free, 10 Ibs. and up, 28 to pled. the promenad, hfe , tuit ; At - six ocean liners will be, part of the American crews will re- destroyers is expected to end quickly she "per ton the rebels have three old Mexican white, 93 to | --Storage, 9b6¢, outside. \ a de Shows ntario flour--Nin, Steady bulk seaboard, $4.26. pared by the Department of Customs| Hay--Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, 50 to $16 ada imported $678,211,000 worth of Siraws Car lots, per ton, $9 i in the same. period of 1022, be, Old, large, as Result of Storm. Canada's domestic exports were val-| Butter--Finest creamery prints, 576,000 in 1922. Forei 2, 42 to 43c. n 'oreign merchandise | 2, tronh. in carto : e J 4 ounted to $10,889,000, as compared | Ble const were told by arriving vessels side for the nine months of 1928 amounted| Live chickens, 4 Mus areknown So have lost lives, tools 8 ti ns-- 19¢; do, ng, 10 Ibs. an a A despatch from Winnipeg says: -- | Ibs. ; hens, over b lbs, 38¢; do, New York from Liverpool by way of arrangements. - =~ « ¢; ducklings, over © lbs. ; lkhea | its very cheapness. The regis million bushels of 'wheat from Van-' 24c; do, 4 to 5 Ibs, stove in snd, with, her bulkhead be. fia YEE} ShesP couver between January 20 and April YOUUE, i : $8 to $10 per week and the only other Inte in their arrival here ax & result cost is railway fare. Three lectures 80 was a strong selling factor on the Doane Canadian, handpicked, :1b,, 4 of the storm, ar are given each morning' during exchange. It had been figured that|n.. there would be difficulty in getting de- "legis Frodiciss . oy imp. liveries of so large a quantity before, gal, % .50; per Seal. thn, 40 per } course and the afternoons are devots spring, though Here are knows 1 be gal.; maple oe, 11 120 por = Re Ay od to visits to : Roy L Or Ae twenty million at Buffalo and fifty a I : France Reduces Army "sem, - th "Se 2 dings, the i Ib; tins, 11 to 12¢; 5-lb, oh ih versity Buildings 'other po hy Fon Ey roa ene} 12'to 18c; 2% 1b. tins, 8 to 1dc; comb Strength to 350,000 ig B and Bein} at present from Vi How such honey, per dozen, No. 1, $8.75 to $4; ie SE SESE oi qu present from Vancouver show such No (4 $528 to $3.50. £1 A d toh Paris saysi--As tions. a high record it is anicipated here| Smoked meats--Hams, med., 25 to ato we i. Arhang foie 'there movement through the Pacific' 27¢; cooked hams, 87. to 89c; smoked & © walig pitee 9 TP en § route may export some forty-five mil-| rolls, 19 to 21¢; 22: to, LOB Wi a Sule being i ow suk lion. before lake navigation opens. _ | 24c; breakfast, 10 estore the Yalug of he Trane os hall. the standing 'army ox France hag been 50 reduced to 850,000, which is 200,000 18; legs than the pre-war rds. ug rea. stands; ht Tolls} The French officials claim that the b= Tolls, reduced 'army gives Praes Are ds Lard--Pure tierces, 17 to 173c; tinction of being the unly.world power, tubs, 17% to 18c; pails, 18 to 18%4c; except Germany, which has a smaller prints, to 20c; shortening tierces, army to-day than lofure the war, de- 4% to 18%c; tubs, 15 to 16%¢; pails, claring that the fgures disprove the |. 16% to 16¢; prings, 17% | charge that France is militaristically. aonvy. Sisss, Sha increasing its armed forces. ~~ |] TO! 80 to i Cured meats--Long clear bacon to 70 1bs., $18.60; 70 to 90 Ibs., § 90 bs, and up, $17; ligh in barrels, $87; heavywe ate, but if Labor negotiates its first! hurdle of a railway strike, a second and more difficult obstacle awaits it in the form of the miners' attitude. A dockers' strike is also pronounc- ed inevitable by Labor exports and' go the sky has suddenly become clouded! ?": with many impo: apparently produ ing advent of and the belief their own Cabinet demands. Labor's "no the form of ar dress in 1 em in scored Sat aot