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§ ( tion. We know thitt the dream of the lie 60 years of "united elort. we have built steadily upo! foundations laid at Confed- 'eration and have extended the boun- daries of the Dominion from sea to Forty years hence many now oin in the commemora- ; hi anniversary of Con- The happiness of that 'day will depend in large upon our labors in the new year and in succeeding years. : "As a result of the celebrations of the past year, we understand more clearly than before the greatness of the task of building a Canadian na- I'athers of = Confederation: wi realized without courage i verance. We know, too, the! gla unity in a country of difiereny and creeds is not achieved w charity and forbearance. The ti wealth of Ganada consists less In the abundance of our material posses- sions than in these moral qualities and habits of thought which have come down to us as an inheritance "not | to $6,000,000. 0000, and in the mining industry. "This. mao hyd velopment constitutes an inexhaus- tible source of wealth. " "Our mining regions have revealed wealth surpassing our greatest hopes. In the last ten months 12,686 claims have been staked and work has com- menced in several mines of incal: culable value. / "During 1927 our population has maintained those noble. traditions hich secure for it the admiration of reign economists everywhere. "It is then, with all confidence that o salute the New Year and it is in- cumbent, upon us to thank Provi- dence." Nova Scotia's Message Halifax, N.S. --Lieutenant-Gover- nor J. C. Tory gave out a New Year's message in which he lister a number of reasons why he believed the people of Nova Scotia should Jook forward to prosperous New Year. Among them were the following: "The favorable report of the Dun- can Commission. "The sympathetic attitude of other parts of Canada toward the Mari- times. ~from the past. In the new period of expansion which les before us, it is: our highest duty to conserve this in. | mission by the Federal Government. heritance for the benefit of those who will some day stand in our places. ! So may it be said of us as it was said of those who created the Dominion, | "The move to stimulate tourists' "Providence being their guide, they: trade and to accommodate visitors builded better than they knew.' (Sgd.) "W. L. MACKENZIE KING" Premier Ferguson Hon. GQ. Howard Ferguson, Premier of Ontario, ing: "As head of the Government of this former Chancellor of the Duchy of province, I congratulate the people of | Lancaster and a member of the Bald- Ontario on the splendid crop and on the increase in general business activ- ity which has been evidenced during the past year. From every side there is the indication that the year 1028 will be one of universal progress and prosperity for the province. The increased interest in the development of the natural resources and the re-| markuble expansion of the great in- dustries' of Northern Ontarlo assures to the people there a rapid' develop- "ment and greater production of new wealth which will add to the general business prosperity of the whole pro- vince and of the whole Dominion. "The people of all Canada and par- ticularly those of our own province; may look forward with confidence. to a banner year in 1928, I desire to wish everybody great happiness and a full measure of comfort and pros- perity during the year that is open- ing." Premier Taschereau Quebec, Que.--Premier Taschereau fosued the following New Year's TesEARe v "The year 1927 has marked a new era of prosperity for the Province of Quebec. The Federal Bureau of Sta- the figure of our to 2,604,000. ts ttandi our schools new exceeds 600,000 and the fund reserved for public instruc- tion by the Government has practic- ally attained this year the figure of _ $4,000,000. ; . "Our agricultural domain, too, is Increasingly great: Land under cul- tivation in 1927 amounted to 6,867,000 acres. The value of harvests is esti- mated at more than $147,000,000 and the gross revenue derived from agri- culture can be estimated at- $275, 000,000, "The Minister: of 'Highways has built 1,300 miles of new" , and issued the following | "The practical application -of the recommendations of the Duncan Com- "The quickened interest of the two | great railway systems in Nova Sco- tia affairs. {and the spirit of courage and buoy- ancy which permeates to a very con- siderable extent the business inter- ests of the country." Viscount Cecil London, Dec. 80.--Viscount Cecil, win cabinet, who resigned the chan- I cellorship following the recent tri- gave out the following New Year's | message: { "Canada will doubtiéss embark upon... .. the year 1928 with a greatly increas- ed interest in the activities of the | League of Nations. As a member of the Council of the League she has undertaken a great and honorable po- "gition. 'She «its us one of the 14 coun- | tries specially charged to advance ithe peace of the world. Her repre- ' sentatives on the Council and at the assembly of the League, however ad- mirable, can only be the mouthpieces of the opinion of her people, On them rests the ultimate responsibil lity; and I trust therefore, I shall be lof what the League of Nations really stands for, and the problems with which it is faced, "Briefly, the League stands for world peace, social improvement and justice. Those are tremendous ideals and can only be achieved by placing them above the sphere of party pol- itics, and going 'all out' for them. That is a point to be morne in mind by all. League of Nations societies. Their aims must be entirely non-pol- itical, as is that of the British League of Nations Union. BUILDING UP PUBLIC OPINION. "It is a great encouragement to know -that there is an active League of Nations Society in Canada which is helping to build up a publi¢ opin- ion that, not only believes in the League ideals but is actually willing to give a lead in one of the surest ways to peace--arbitration. M. Raoul Dand d, the Canadian rep tive at the League Assembly in 1927, reminded the delegates that back in 1926 the Canadian Government in- formed the secretariat of the League that Canada was 'still firmly convinc- ed that it was essential to submit ot ie pral died 4 "The most re progress' « been in the dominion of electric power | up of ei¥ilization are a tals they have : exhaustible stores of such powers. ee But one thing they have got ment of disputes and the reduc armaments by international a ment. That is the great task the League has to face in 1928, and which public opinion alone can enable it to achieve." : which t their reach: the means of preventing « future wars by the peaceful settle-iin c tion of | giv ness many con a | ass! | gious 1¢ 'sinners to come to God of themselves, | Jesus went. out in search of them. He ming awa ii described which is way also ways. ordinary the roof, lowering the illus forgiven PARIS INSPIRED. 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But 1 giveness, with, scribes wh the selvage used for the edge of each These a hal d|ma tier, and loose hanging circular pan-|were occupying seats. In their eyes own: ¢ the. word of knows it give this give. the test. to rise, spiritual t n 1 better i Thom the _stin himself to a physician whose work lay among the sick, mot among the strong. I. THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, 8-12. V. 8. Jesus is in Capernaum when the incident now Company are under way. The room, time being the pool will be confined to of the authorities. hogs. The hog business in Ontario is estimated to bring $20, year to the producer, crowded, and the entrance and stair-! can pass either in or out. . foment four wen appear carrying on| These plans are still in the initial ed in ! a stretcher a paralyzed man, For the. stage, but a conference of a represen- Which was in progress. moment they are nonplussed, as there tative from each coutny has been! is no access to Jesus by the ordinary called for Jan. 24 in Toronto. Before . What is most serlous"{s that this V. 4. Determined not to lose their, opportunity, they resort to the extra- The paralytic on his down right at Jesus' V. 5. The extraordinary boldness of ct impressed Jesus as a great ation of faith. Had he not been preaching about God's immediate will to establish his kingdom lives, and about the necessit; as the means of obtainin veness and fore them, is an example of what their friend 4nto Jesus' pr Jesus aceordipgly turns to the para-| wheat pood could not lytic. and says, a dol r sins are| livestock selling in view of the season- the man's wasted fo ving, "There is no man !allow that, where there is remorse for God's power being with him to heal. This is the point of v. 9. has power. to heal, the; also that he is commissioned to feng Vs. 10, rises from his 'couch. This amazing communication of power to a helpless] cripple produces a profound impres- sion. « But Jesus dr hat there was f but they a d so to this forgiveness Ei to the repentant. Jesus taught there was sorrow for iveness was at once er, while reli- | the day waited for them, and strove | the stirrings of al takes place. on the first landing, is are so blocked that no one At this °F ns 2 h dg ge . r they had ne comfort 18 § of come U. F:Co., Organizing to Con- FIVE YEAR CONTRACTS It is now announced that plans to form a livestock pool in Ontario by ing up. eaching in a house the United Farmers' Co-operative adherents For the. ,000,000 a chief of the party, tain in the Prussian - Though th vod fn the sitonomist movement 18:4 t appears organization |" which the arrested men were build-| small, ft appears the supplying funds are Discovery of the plot was made re-| cently, when the houses twenty suspected persons' were raid- tion with Army, | I who, at! ! theh ead of an organization of outon- || trol the Ontario Hog [omist troops, managed to, escape and of th For Armed Conflict e number of those Inol- some trial i that date it is planned to hold meet- time the autonomists were not mere- i i hen t expedient of getting up on |. probably from the rear, an lected. th Iytic th was hel e paralytic ough an The hi eet. in human of faith ivine for- the pool, hero, right ower? An allet-bed is let wheat pool. {ings in each of the fifty counties,|ly engage It is hoped to not only | control the marketing on the ex- change but the export of live hogs as well under a rigid contract sys- tem. Producers will be asked to sign up to market their entire hog produec- tion for the next five years through|- SUCCESSFUL IN WEST. . 1 J. J. Morrison, secretary of the U. faith means. What difficulties the : men have overcome in order to. get |: Co-operative Company, stated that 1; the system now d by the you."-.He_do of hig | he sald. till his sins h ! 4 the spirit] onthe other to be the will of God to for-| stricken sinner, He cannot yp oy state: If Jesus y may be sure creek. 12. Jesus puts the matter to He commands the paralytg At his word the mental forces which have crus taws from it the much as a man is being worshipped in Jolo, in the Philippine Islands. though only seven months old, it weighs 10st, 10 1b, and eats ten ds of'rice at a meal. It has to d and intained 7,800 has hy 4 Tiles. ; 3 % as not been prosperous Habing industry, although the ented a revenue of $3,- the Land and For-! p to arbitration.' He stated that Canada was 'prepared consider the sory jurisdic- be carried to the table by two-men. The natives of the islands have de- to h 7 ition of the Permanent Court of In- | also 'to study ternational Justice in legal disputes-- a Messiah in infant form, subject to certain reservations, and are already worshipping 'it and of- the means whereby the fering it gifts to secure its favor. ---------- ! -- -- and they F, TT TT , SAID THOSE T OIE RRY! 1 Mover = Al-, cided that so great a person must-be! "o i Dut: aI ere | sequel. at though man, to dec IL THE RIGHT | T0 REDEEM THE LOST, he 1¢ i and ve Barthel ado, invites Jesus to his Levi let shortly, porting to the States and esus was sheer blas-|Great Britain. phemy, God alone could forgive. Va. 8, 9. Jesus, bo applied to Hess saw, Ja i able nature of the stock and the var- } =: iancé of grades. Definite plans would slon the traces of a life of sind pr os p The Jews were familia h Jee ore made at the gathering on Jan. 24, I s:: intel Rr: for-| ' The pool has. been working succese- 8 exquisite femininity. This stun- given him." But Jesus always sought fully in the West for nearly a year,|°W ning Parisian model No. 1702, fash- to get down to the roots of - a, ioned of Creme-de Menthe chiffon, need. He saw beneath the physi derives distinction from its detail in Tavages of sickness, cut. The bodice fits sleekl damage wrought by sin, and his fl 8: sleskly over the task is to minister to the evil ¢ and similar principles will be follow- d here; Mr, Morrison stated. d 4 Backers of the pool claim 3 Unsatisfactory conditions *© which and, have prevailed during the past year would be removed by the mew plan, sin, any other condtion 2 vine for- tate; iveness is necessary. An knows v 3 2 3 i that this right to declare forgiveness Irrigation in Alberta} is supported by his consciousness of| Irrigation on modern lines >} Al- berta dates back to 1891 wheh id- erable tracts of land were rac ed , by the use .of waters from Sheep In the following year more nsive developments were under ken and since then there has been 4 8 8tadual increase in then mmber of | irrigated farms, so that in 1926 the ir- man's life are overcome, and he 'rigable area under the schemes In operation totalled 1,181,000 acres. : A YE y a Ottawa, Oatario--Plans are under, As authorized, | way in the post offies department for are sins forgiven.: the substitution this winter of a weekly alr-mall service for the pres. T. {ent ten-day dog team mafl, to serve incident, Red Lake, Woman Lake, Woman da, but were actu followers info bi conflict. The most of th turalized French and not Abbe Faghauer has 'een some years. house. Great ¥ £100,0¢ tion Great Bi the identity vidual who H large and amount to & toh a enable the present gift to of Alsatian j origin. an active "ber, ngineering, insurance rhipping, for ofl, "eotton, wool, worker against Frenchj intexe All of th rv ple have been transferred d in developing propagan- organizing thelr ms for armed sted are na- and Germans, The inl! 4 8 cidust by ing prohibl- Ti mulating Swed is understood pecially designed to be gecept- The Treasury has receivedhapany donations, amounting In al sinye 'the war to over £1,000,000, for regucing the debt. Stanley Baldwin, it 'will be recalled, set an example in this re- spect by surrendering a large portion of 'his own personal fortune for this purpose. Most of the gifts hitherto war. bonds. named donor's example. publicity. therer, to River and Narrow Lake in the mini le area of Northwestern Ontario. Avia iA tion companies. . been -ap- | | proached by the postal authorities, "ond 1t 1s expected that tenders will be' engineer. "sides to the prohibition {n the lang of the youth of side "is all wet. i have been in the form of cancell | With the law as it Is now changed, others are expected to follow the un-{ . ef A photograph so small that it is] , just on. the verge of invisibility Is be: {ing exhibited in London. The ideal camera for newspaper men, is per-| haps the thought of many who dislike | ~ ; meet Pls _ It would be natural for those who favor Mr. Hoover for tlhe Presidency to point out that the complex govern tal hinery of to-day needs em| It bas been 34d th : Xs there are two be questio atrm of Imperial Chemical Industries, who recently in- duced the far-reaching scheme for | taking the workers of this large un- jlertaking into the corporation's coun- cils, : -Most Industries Represented. Two past presidents, six vice-presi- dents, four other directors of the Federation of 'British Industries, also the chajrman and vice-chairman ot polyers' Of tions are 4 The industries they represent em- brace coal, iron, steel, chemicals, rail- ways and transport, banking, gas, rub- fl, © Ik and milling. It {is also explained that the Federation of British Industries and the National 'Confederation of Engployers" Organi- zations "have only Jbeen prevented participation in} the conference in their corporate g¢fpacily because their constitutiongs"do not empower "this. This confer@ince, which will be held next month is regarded' with hopeful expectatioli as a real attempt Iptimistis generall- joricrete proposals flual business. Misti, chairman of the gompany, says: "No to recognize the dif- a way to prosperity Rimes advises that should 'be 'confined and exploration of {to "ITN Aaa avenues ed drive after efficiency by both par- ties," adding, "the devotion of their energies by tives of thous- ands 'of millions of capital and the vast body of employed labor to the task of evolving a basis for willing co- operation promises, under proper guidance, to be a notable contribution 'to the cause of British prosperity." <* ao Chena The yong (Introdgic is young -tady 'has Just tected to py. "house {of Congress. the National Confederation of Fm. laid on the table." * Ph shall induce a sustain.