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2 i Lo - Bo ---- ne tata ---- a Fifty- Halifax, Oct. 29,--A furious Autumn storm bore down from the northeast to-day and left a trail of property des- truction and damaged shipping as it raced over Nova Scotia and, out into the North Atlantic. : Driving wind and rain played havoc "with roads and communication lines, and along the coast the raging north- easter swept two vessels adrift, drove the tanker Talaralite aground and sank a sailing yacht, There was no loss of life. The 53-mile gale carried the Halifax lightship away from her moorings .t the height of the st. 'm early this morning, and she drifted for hours off Halifax harbor before distress signals by short-wave ,wireless brought assist- ance, In Bedford Basin the storm tore the [mperial Oil Company's tanker Tala- ralite from her berth and drove her aground. Mooring lines of the 2,361 ton motor vessel parted as she tossed at the dock, and the wind swung her away from the wharf and into shal- low water, Anchors were dropped overboard; but they "failed to hold. The Talara -Mile Gale psd Sweeps Tanker From Moorings lite had completed discharging cargo, and the lightened vessel was stranded high on the shore, The tugs Coalo- polis and Ocean Osprey tried to refloat her to-day, but efforts were unsuccess- ful, and the tanker remained hard and fast to-night. In Halifax harbor, the yacht Pin- fons, owned by Paul Doyle, was torn from its anchorage and gunk. The craft was designed hy W. J, Roue, de- signer of the racing ::hooner, Blue- nose, of Lunenburg, At Way River Valley," near Hants- port; the swollen river overflowed its hanks and covered a long streteh of highway under six feet of water," The roadbed east of Windsor was flooded also, and remained impassable to- night, At Berwick, in the Annapolis valley, the Cornwallis river Tose over Somer- set road. Streets were washed out by the terrific rain, and scores of cellars flooded. A At Lunenburg, home port of the Grand Banks fishing fleet, no shipping damage was reported. Trees were up- rooted, however, and communication lines were felled. Ascah Girl's Body Bears Knife Wound Gag in Mouth of Armless: Legless Trunk Found in Sea ~ Peninsula, Que., Oct. 29.--The arm- less and legless trunk of Maud Ascah, 15, was taken from the freezing waters of Gaspe Bay here Saturday and preliminary examination reveal- ed the young woman had been knife in the abdomen and gagged with a handkerchief. Together with her cousin, Margaret Ascah, 117, the girl disappeared from her home here on Aug. 30. A country- wide search was begun and about a week. ago a girl's foot - was found wedged in the rock of the Gaspe coast. It was tentatively identified as hav- ing belonged to her, while a coat and shee found nearby on the beach were identified by relatives as having been her property. The body 'was taken from the water on Saturday by fishermen apd police who continued dragging the bay, con- vinced that the older girl met a simi- lar fate. The body was only. partly clothed, parts of the girl's dress cling- ing to her shoulders. °, a Tends Cow and Chickens At Hundred and Six Pierce, I'a.--Mvs." Martha Weeks, of Keeyesville, Hillshorough county's oldest resident, celebrated her 106th _ birthday, almost three months after the anniveriary date; i The party given her by the Wo- men's Club here was planned origin- ally for August 7, her birth date, but she became ill at the time so the celebration was postponed. "Mrs. Weeks lives alone on a small farm tending to her cow and chickens. -- ., or Toronto Returns English Families to Homeland: By means of a co-operative plan negotiated between the local and provincial Mothers' Allowance boards and the City of 'Toronto, two widows | and their families will be returned at the city's expente to England, where relatives have undertaken to care for. them, A' large part of the expense will be absorbed over a period of months by the provingial board. A substantial saving to both city and province is involved in the plan_ which relieves both administra- tions from any further c'aim of the individuals thus benefitted. May Tie World Mark For Eggs British Columbia Pullet Skips a Day, But Starts Lay- ing Again Agassiz, B.C., Oct. 29.--"Dalntless Derreen" laid an egg early today and gave her backers almost positive as gurance she wi'l fie the world's re- cord of 3567 eggs in 365 days. She has now laid 365 eggs in 363 days. Derreen couldn't mak. the extra egg that would have put her on a pinnacle by herself, and let Saturday €0 by without a cackle, But. at seven o'clock this morning, while W. H, Hicks, superintendent, and the en- tire staff of the Dominion Experi- mental Farm, tip-toed about in anxi- © ety, the good hen announced to the nvorld the race was 'on again, The fearly-day laying showed she was back "fo the cycle which should norgally produce one-a-day for the next two Mays at least, d "pDerreen 10-I" her official name-- fs-in her nullet year and is a White Leghorn, . When ghe laid her egg late Friday ft was forecast at the Kxperimental a'arm, where 'they study form and performance to the finest degree, that she would miss Saturday. She did, but swung into a 'sure stride today, Derreen has carried the farm's hopes of producing a: world ghampion this year, : $56,860 Awarded In Powlett Case University of Alberta Held Responsible for Haz-- ing Injury Edmonton, -Oct. 29.--An award of $56,860, with costs, was made by Mr. Juetice W. C.. , in Supreme Court to C. H. A, Powlétl and Armand Powlett, Ca'gary, in their damage action against the University of Al berta. Mr. Pdwlett sued the University of Alberta on an allegation that his son, Armand, became insane as a recult of the 1932 initiation: at the Univer- sity, : "There should be compensation (for the boy) as far as money can compencate fully," the judgment said. Mr. Justice Ives gave a lengthy Judgment, In it he observed, "I am not unmindful of the doubtful state of the recovery of ycung Powlett.,", The judgment did not differen- tiate between the University, the Board of Governors or the Senate of the University. It stated mere'y that the plaintiff should receive the amount stated. } "The first issue hefore ug is to de- termine the direct cruge of the men- tal breakdown," he said. "To do this I must rely almost who'ly on the evidence of the very able and experi enced psychiatrists, At the same time in weighing the balance of pro- babilities emerging from that evid- enee I do not propose to exclude such common sence as I may possess as a Inyaans oe Lowest Wheat Crop Grown in Western Australia in Years Perth, Western Australia. -- The wheat pool of Western Australia estimates 162,450000 bushels 'of wheat for the 1933-34 Australian sca- Som. It may be better than this, according to other advices, by rdason of the late rains, 'and an additional 3,000,000 is prophesied. % The yleld from Western Austra- lia is expected to be 32,500,000 bushels from 3,200,000 acres sown, This is the lowest return since the 1926-27 seaton, and comes out at a little over 10 bushels to the acre. The estimateg by the pool from the other states are: 40,000,000 bushels from Victoria, 50,000,000 from New South Wales, and 35,000,000 from South Australia, Western Australia's harvest for 1932.33 was 40,000,000 bushels, Com- menting upon the coming harvest the West Australian says: "Failing some early signs of the market re- acting favorably to the Wheat Agree- ment and to heavily reduced esti- mates of production in Canada, Argentina the United Stateg and Australia (the Wheat Pool estimate 'ts 166,000,000 compared with 200,000,- 000 bushels last year), the Federal Government may count upon strong demands for another wheat bounty. It may' be hoped that in framing the 1933 budget the Federal Government will not overlook the plight of the wheat industry." : . i + -- Ah Married By Recorder Who Saved Dog's Life Bridgeton, N.J.--Three weeks ago, Recorder Frank J, Lore saved the life of a dog when he paid the license for the owner, arraigned in municl- pal court, ° . And just because he did that, Miss Bonnie Saslow, 25, of 21 North Bos- ton Avenue, Atlantic City, decided that she wanted Recorder Lore to preside at her wedding to Albert H. Gordon, 33, of 330 Pennsylvania Avenue, Atlantic City, Miss Saslow, a lover of dogs, was; informed by her mother, residing, in} London, England, who read an ac: count of the incident in a London newspaper, to "get married by that Jersey judge who saved the life of a dog," and ghe did. | The couple immediately departed, on a lineymoon, . "<4 H. H. Groff Passes On A ------------------ EE RE Sr Tt Ea i ---- 4 : ri : : Foremost Canadian horticulturist and hybridist Henry H. Grof, whose death occurred recently at liis home in Simcoe, Ontario, Mr. Groff, who was in his 80th year, was a recognized authority on the "gladiolus and the Iris. s In a China Shop Fakenham, Norfolk, Tngland. -- A young bull last week rushed into a shop where Queen Mary and the the Princess Royal were examining goods, in the china department. The animal had fled from traffic in a crowded street outside, The royal party looked up in sur- prise at the sound of commotion and the Queen found the bu'l standing almost beside her. Its. drover and clerks hastily ejected it before any damage resulted. The Queen and the Princess remained unperturbed. Her Majesty said. "I have heard of a bull in a china shop, but had never seen one before." - o, pp ---------- Drug Chamber of Hotrons Visited by Mrs. Roosevelt Washington. -- Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt recently paid a half-liour visit to the "chamber ef horrors" ex- hibit at the Departmen! of Agricul: ture. Prof. R. G. Tugwell, Assistant Sec- retary, and author of a proposal _for revising the Pure Iood and Drugs Act explained to her and fier: daugh- ter, Mr. Curtis Dall. about the>nu- merous examples of what the Food and Drug Administration describes as instances of false representation of"the curative powers of certan pat- ented medical preparations; poisons contained in certain cosmetics and somé substandard food preparations. | Furs Up 100 Per Cent. by Year-end, Prediction Victoria.--Furs, by the end of the year, will be up in price 100 percent, states Samuel Dmitrovskys Polish fur merchant of Tientsin, who reached the city by the President Cleveland from China, There are no more fur stocks left in China and the stocks in United States have been disposed of in a falling market, said Mr. Dmitrovsky, who controls one of the largest fur collection businesses in the Far East °, ge New Auto License Colors Announced Quebec.--Automobilg license plates in the Province of Quebec next year will show black figures on a back: ground of aluminum grey, it was learned here. : The plates will also he slightly longer than usual, but not so broad. On the left, "Que." will be written vertically, with "34" on the right at the other end of the plate with the number between, ®, ee or ---- Canadian Teacher In U.S. Re-engaged Five Months' Deadlock in Board of Education Caused by British Subject on Staff - Bloomsfleld, Conn.--Miss Nellie K. Paget, of Coldstream, N.B,, has been re-engaged as a teacher in the Blooms- field Centre Junior High School after a five months' deadlock in the Board of Education, caused by her being a British subject. x The board held is first meeting since two new members were elected October 2. It voted 4 to 2 in favor of accepting the recommendation of Charles. M: Larcomb, superintendent of schools, that she be retained. Re-engagement of Miss Paget was opposed by some because she was a Canadian. At a special town meeting September 18, however, a resolution was adopted urging her retention. Miss Paget hasbeen a teacher here nine years. : t Newlyweds Are 8 And 77 Years Old Howell, Mich, -- Marriage license application was made here recently by Willlam M, Poole, S81, and Mrs. Martha Stimcon, 177. Both gave their homes as Superior, Neb. The prospective bridegroom has heen married twice and the bride-to-be once, ts Probe of Deaths Follows Arrest California Insurance Man Held While Four Being . Investigated Los Angeles, Oct. 29.--A trail of deaths, originally ascribed in part to heart ailments, was under investiga- tion by the district attorney's office to-day in the case of Alfred L. Cline, insurance man of Glendale, Calif, Cline, arrested a' week ago, .is being 'held at San Bernardino on a charge of grand theft in connection with the robbery of a Los.Angeles man, Martin Frame, 60, who said he had become drugged after drinking a. glass of but- termilk given him by Cline. : Quantities of a hypnotic drug and also a swift acting poison were found in the possession of Cline when he was arrested, officers said. - The deaths' under investigation in- clude those of Cline's wife, Mrs. Bes- sie Van Sickle Cline, her brother, Lu- cas Brandt McCreery, Rev, E. PF, Jones, English evangelist, and Mrs. Carrie May Porter. ~ 2 In the deaths of Mrs, Cline and the evangelist, estates were left to Cline as beneficiary, $33,000 by the former and $11,000 by the latter. mt Arthur-Orangeville Road Will be Finished in 1934 Orangeville.--It is announced here that the unpaved six-mile stretch of roadway between here and 'Arthur will. not be constructed until next spring. Nearly sevén miles of con- crete has been laid from. Arthur east. For those west of Arthur this high- way, known as No. 9, is the shortest way to Toronto, and the portion in- completed is said to be the worst of the 22-mile stretch during the spring and is not passable for several weeks, Dufferin Courty Council asked the de- partment not to,do the work this year oozing to the present high taxes, and the government has their wishes. complied with ., --oge Announce New Road In Peterboro County Peterboro.--The Burleigh Falls- Bancroft road will be rebuilt and re- routed by the Ontario Government in order to supply better, traffic facilities forthe northern part of Peterboro County and to give work to jobless -during-the winter, it is announced by T. P. Lancaster, M.P.P., for Peter- boro. : A small party is already at work re-routing the road. Construction work will begin at o.ce and work camps, each capable of housing 100 men, will be established along the pro- posed route, The new road will eventually become a modern artery of traffic and a link in the rew road from Toronto to Pembroke, shorten- ing the distance by 195 miles, Mr. Lancaster said. * Four Killed as Plane Crashes in Barnyard Westboro Mass, Oct. 29.--A woman and three men were killed here when the airplane in which they were flying crashed in a barnyard. Observers said the plane. fell from a height of 350 feet after a strip of fibre had been torn from one of Lhe wings. It struck with terrible force and its nose was buried in the soft earth to a depth of three feet, ------eelgfe Too Many Jokes Become Annoying Toronto.--~Rol®rt White {s firm'y convinced someone fs trying to annoy him, ; J When a radio announcer. congrat. ulated him over the air on his 86th anniversary White, secure fn the knowledge he is only 45, laughed it off. ~ But when! bogus. phone calls, arrival of emergéncy crews from a gas company and the waterworks de- partment as well as a long string of taxicabs and the fire reels prompted him to ask police to run down the Joker, - _|:thé west side of Lake Winnipeg, 200 | :Mark at §dll Harbor, 80 miles to the 115,000 Pass Bier Selkirk, Man. Oct, 20.--Two Lake Winnipeg fishing boats, the Lu-Berg and the Question Mark, unreported for 10 days, are safe in northern ports. Word of thefr safety was received here. The bots carried 24 sailors and 1] fishermen, i The Lu-Berg is at Dauphin River, on 'miles north of here, and the Question "Of Hillier Babe still endeavoring to find a cjue or mo- tive behind the death from exposure of "Bunty" Hillier, 18-months-old child, from all parts of the city and out of town people came in an endless stream Saturday and yesterday to mourn at the bier, Banked by Flowers Against a huge bank of beautiful flowers, the white lambskin casket rested in the living room ,of the home. Through an open doorway a few feet away could be seen a little empty crib, its blankets folded, a baby plate lying upon the pillows. The baby, dressed in a little lemon- yellow frock with satin ribbon flowers, rested with a rosebud in a chubby hand. The frock had been her "party dress. Upon her feet, clad in short lemon-yellow socks, rested a spray of lilies, the gift of her godmother and godfather, Mr. and Mrs. S, Beach Har- rington. A silver plate against the white erepe de chine lining bore the words, "Our Darling." ; Ae Advertising Is Termed Strong Indystry Aid Oshawa.--"Advertising has proved iteelf to: bg a strong aid to indus- try," said R, S. McLaugh'in, presi. dent of General Motors of Canada, Limited, here last week, "and these days, when a strong and' persictent selling program contributes sp ma- teriallv to our national we'fare, 'it is desirable 'that workers in the adver: tising field should be increasingly alert 'and co-ordinate their labors more than ever. with sales "effort. Truth in advertizing is important today and so, also. is the ability to observe and take advantage of the changing viéwpoints of the buying public. Exhibitions of advertising; such as those announced by.the To- ronto Advertising and Sale Club for October 31, are for this reason valu- able contributions to the public good. "The Club deserves warmest com- mendation for staging an advertising and art display. at this time," said Mr: McLaughlin,' and is chowing praise-worthy enterprise and energy in" its plans for the show, which I understood is to, be on a larger ccale than in former years, 2 -- ee U.S. Train te Driven By Motor Philadelphia, -- A stain esg steel, stream-lined, motor driven train, be- lieved to be the first built in the Uni- ted States, was demonstrated last week in a run from Philadelphia' to Bridgeport, about 20 miles away, The three car train attained a speed of 78 miles an hour. On the first car is a 600-horsepower' internal com- bustion englie, burning a non-explo- sive fuel." Directly connected with the engine is" an electric generator. The car also contains, a 30-foot rail way post dflice and a baggage room: The second car is a coach seating 60 passengers and the third another passenger coach for 56 passengérs, with a buffet to serve light meals. Officialg said the entire train weighs as much as one ordinary Pullman coach, and that it's operating cost would be one-third that for a steam train. * Latest will be placed in service. , --- Churchill Atiais Storage Shipment Grain Will Be Kept in Readi- ness for 1934 Opening Churchill, Man,--First shipment of wheat for winter storage in the gov- ernment elevator here is nearing this northern port over the Hudson Bay Railway. Coming. from Saskat- chewah, the grain will be stored in readiness for the 1934 ~ opening of navigation. More than 500,000 bushels are en route to the port and when shipments from the prairies cease at freeze-up the elevator will be loaded to capa- city with a total of 2,400,000 buchels, eh A AE wc . Montreal Has Deficit of $1,426,584 for Year Montreal;--A deficit of $1,426,584 resulted from financial operations of the city of Montreal for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 1932, according to the annual report of the director, of finance, : Fae The net debt of the city is shown Unreported 10 Days on Lake Win: ipeg . TwoFishing Boats and 24 Men Safe 'Toronto, Oct, 30.--While police are ) - The train left for Texas where it] | north of Selkirk. A long-distance tele- phone call, put through by a member of the Question Mark crew to relatives here, gave the craft's position, ern storms during the past week but came through without mishap to either vessel or the men aboard, The boats were engaged in carrying fisher- men and supplies to lake fishing sta- tions. 3 'The Markets PRODUCE PRICES. Toronto dealers 'at the following prices: Eggs--Prices to farmers and coun- try shippers: Ungraded; cages return- ed, fresh extras, 35¢; fresh firsts, 33c; seconds, 20¢, . Pulley extras, 25c, Graded, cases free, 36c. for fresh ex- tras, 3dc for fresh firsts, 17¢c for sec- S. Butter--Ontario creamery soli No. 7, 19 to 19%c; No. id 18% i 18%e. urning cream--=Special, 19¢: No 1, 18¢; No. 2, 16¢; -v.l.. shipping L, i% 3 3 =o] shipping Cheese--No, 1 large, colored, paraf- fined and government graded, 9% to 10c; twins, 10 to 10%c; triplets, 104 to 10%ec. Poultry, A grade, Alive--Spring + 12¢; over 5% to Shiskens, over. 6 lbs x s.y 11¢; over b to 6% lbs., 9c; over 4°to 5 lbs, 8c; over 2 to 4 Ibs., Te. Broilers, over 13% to 2 lbs, 10c. Fat- ted hens, over 6 lbs., 9c; over 5 to 6 lbs., 8c; over 4 to b lbs, Tc; over 814 to 4 lbs, 6¢c over 8 to 31% lbs., be, Old roosters, over b lbs., 5c, Black and red feathered birds, 2¢ less per 1b, Dom- ectic rabbits, over 4 lbs, 6c. White 'ducklings, over 5 lbs., 8c; do, 4 to 5 Ibs,, «6c. Guinea fowl, per pur, 90c. - Poultry, A grade, dressed--S pring chickens, over 6 lbs, 16c; over 5% over 4 to 5 lbs, 12¢; over 2 to 4 lbs, lle, Broilers, over 13%; to 2 1bs., 13c. Fatted hens, over 6 lbs., 1lc; over 5 to 6 lbs.,, 10c; over 4 to 1bs., 9c; over 3% to 4 lbs., 8c; over 3 to 314 lbs., Te. Old roosters, over 5 lbs., 7c. Domestic rabbits, over 4 lbs, 12c. White ducklings, over 5 lbs., 13¢; do, 4 to 6 lbs, 11c, : GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Following are Saturday's closing quotations on grain transactions for car lots, prices on basis c.if, bay ports, : Manitoba wheat--No. 1 Northern, 66%c; No. 2 do, 647%¢c; No. 3 do, 62% c; No. 4 do, 615ec. Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W., 34%ec; No. 3 do, 32%c; No. 1 feed, 31%c; No 2 feed, 29%c; mixed feed oats, Manitoba barley--No. 3 CW, 38%c; No. 4 do, 37%c; No. 1 feed screenings, $17 per ton. : "eae Ontario grain, approximate. price track shipping point: Wheat, 60 to 65¢; oats, 25 to 27¢c; rye, 40 to 42¢c; buckwheat, 33 to 3ic. : LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS. Steers, up to 1,050 lbs., good and choice, $3.76 to $4; do, med., $3 to $3.25; do, com, $2 to $2.75; steers, over 1,050 lbs., good and choice, $4 to $4.76; do, med., $3.60 to $4; do, com., $2.50 to $3.60; heifers, good and choice, $3.75 to $4; do, med., $3 to $3.75; do, com., $2 to $2.75; fed calves, good and choice, $6.25 to $6.50; do, med., $4 to $4.50; cows, good,. $2.25 10 $2.60; do, med,, $2 to $2.25; dv, com., $1.50 to $2; canners and cutters, 75c te $1; bulls, "good, $2 to $2.25; .do, com., $1.50 to $1.76; stockers and feeder steers, good, $2.60 to $2.75; do, com., $1.60 to $2.25; milkers and spriiigers, $25 to $45; calves, good and choice vealgy $6.60 to $7.50; do, 'com, and med,, $3.50 to $6; grassers, $2 to $2.50; hogs, bacons, f,0.b., $6.10; do, off trucks, $5.35; do, off cars, $5.60; good ewe and wether lambs, $6 to $6.25; do, med., $6.50 to $6; do, bucks, $4.26 to $5; culls, $4 to $4.50; sheep, good light, $2 to $2.50; do, heaps, $1.60 to $2; do, culls, $1 to 25. ) >a ep ee 4 J ret ee World Fair to Stay Open : to November 12 Midnight Chicago. -- A Century of Progress Exposition will remain open until midnight of Nov. 12, officials of the fair announce) The scheduled clos- ing date was Oct. 31. The extension of time came in re- sponse to demand of city - officials and civic organizations that the fair be kept open to permit a luge Arm- istice Day celebration, Nov, 11, and a "Personal Liberty" day Nov. 8, in anticipation of repeal of the 18th Amendment, . "An attempt alco is being made to continue the exposition through next year, but fair officials have" reached no decision beyond Nov. 12, nisl Heifetz Going to Russia - After 17 Years' Absence New York.--After an absence of 17 years, Jascha Heifetz, the violinist, will return to Russia, his native land. 'He announced recently that he had accepted the invitation of the Soviet Government to give a geries of con- certs in Moscow and Iieningrad be- beginning the middle of next April Heifetz left Russia in the throes of its first revolution in June, 1917, He made his American debut in New York the following October, Sy _ i ~ANH ABP YLSHLSPOP Frost Nips Apples Napanee, Oct, 20,~-As an aftermath of thé cold weather of last week, heavy losses have heen sustained to apple crops of the late variety. One well-known grower of Bwitzeryille, four miles east of here, will lose prac- tically all his late crop, estimated at at $161,057,23), an increase of $12. 412,086 over last year, \ [oat >. 4 two thousand bushels, nearly all Sloans. - et eS SE ---- {Industry Lookout Both boats had battled terrific north-{ | and builders here as of the near future that may help to litt the industry from four years of . are huying produce| 'to 6 lbs., 15¢; over 6 to 53% lbs., 18¢;. = Decidedly Better Money from England Expect: ed to Help Situation-- 'Houses in Demand : Toronto.--Lootening of money tor home. building mortgages, a reduced mortgage interest rate and more: land as sterling holds close to par in Canada 'are-held by contractors bright spots . depression, + "Doubled Up" city have "doub'ed up" and available' money for spéculative : and private home building has? tightened. the dullding industry has been in the dumps. . In 1929 Canadian construc tion contracts totalled about $677,000, 000 while it is estimated the total outlay in 1933 will not exceed $60. Builders look forward confidently to several factors «to improve the situation. They believe a loosen of money for. home building is im. minent now that the federal govern ment's conversion loan is out of the way, according to W. J. Fugler, a prominent contractor and director of the Toronto: Home Builders' Associa- tion, : Cheaper Money He also suggested the possibility of a cut in the mortgage interest rate in the east to 6% to 7 per cent. and 8 to 12 per cent. in parts of Western Canada, In recent months, it was pointed out, a limited _ amount of funds has been available for actual home builders, but very little foi speculative builders. - 7 Such allotments of funds have been limited to 50 per cent. of present. day building costs which means that owners must have a pretty good nest egg to 'begin with, It was sald hardly any contractors in the field taking secod mortgages for part of- their outlay as in the days before the depression. Demand Growing "Building "in Toronto {is no- heavier than in the same period last "year, : a rapidly expanding demand for houses. .They believe the same sitw ation prevails in other parts of Can. ada. "Doubled up" families with their growing incomes are looking for pri- vate domiciles. ii Some of the money now available for construction is from England and "this. supply is excepted to Increase with sterling holding close to par here, The Toronto Home Builders' As sociation, sald Mr.. Fugler, 'is gath ering information concerning the Old Country where it is understood loans' are afforded up to 80 per cent. or more of the. cost. See Steady Increase Leading bul'ders and real estate men here agree the demand fot houses may be expected to increase stadlly over the next few years. with home-building practically at a stand still through four years, the pressure' cn the country's building resources will be all the greater when more heads of families who have shared homes get jobs and begin the search for individual houses. It wag said there was a moderate advance some months ago in botk lumber and brick prices, but cast purchasers are now. sald to be able to get materials little higher thac the prices ruling at the lowest level of 'the depression. EES Builders reported a steady demand for houses of better-thap-average-- clags, more of these being erected in Toronto suburbs this year than last, About $2,250,000 of such bdilding has taken place in the Kingsway district in the last four years northern border, in Forest Hill Vil: lage and vicinity, about 75 houses worth from $15,000 to $30,000 each have been built this summer, es en Lindbergh Sees : ; No New Air Route London.--~Col, Charles A, Lindbergh believes there will be o regular pas senger air service between Americe and Europe via*Greenland, the route he recently surveyed, during the next year, it was stated by the Lon: don Times. : The newspaper sald ~~ however, that the famous American flier was not yet ready to offer a final opinion regarding year-round service over 'the route, and will withhold com: ment until he has made the trip by' air in winter, vo 3 Pest Battle is Costly Winnipeg.--The campaign to com- 'Lat the grasshopper menace, inaugur- ated 'by the government, was carried through this year at a cost between 50 and 60 per cent. over the $15,000 expended last year, Manitoba officials state, : ' PARC Canadian Fire Losses Toronto.--Fire losses in "lanads during the week ended October 18 ; 1988, are estimated by the Moneta.y Times at $200,000 as compared with $107,400 for the precading week anc with $183,126 for the same week & | year ago, ~ funds for lending availab'e from Fug = 000,000, 1 though contractors point hopefully to ™ operations of building societies In the » and on the é As families in nearly every large - an HR TRENT