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iL t cave $ a » ts es Fo s t jt iA ;@ TXE ; !fa‘!éz:;;} 32 #1 dub l3Â¥ + Bit Rufas Isaacs, Attorneyâ€"Genâ€" eral, and L:-H Isaacs, have cele brated their silver wedding. An addition to Harrogate‘s winâ€" bractions is proposed in the of an ice skating rink. childrenâ€"a boy of mix and a y of ftourâ€"were burnt to déeth in fire at Xarmouth. wiwn to the Zoological Garâ€" , Regents Park, up to the end of November, totalled 983,034. In Acrmm there are only two fdont.a easnot begin to learn anyâ€" bouses to let at a lower rental than , thing, to understand anything, or 108. l'eehum included. |communicate even in the simplest John Hogan, a Blackburn labor.l manner.until they have memorized er, fell asl 8 I of a build |these 8,000 ideograms. Then they and and fractured his | begin to study in ‘earnest, and have 'msny more thousand to learn, for Buxton fire brigade and Buxâ€" | every one of the queer Chinese son Council are still at loggerheads I marks means some sound, some sylâ€" ‘and the S{Iigldo members continue | lable or some object, and there is a ko be on strike. | different one for everything. _ Hfieâ€"Buxton fre brigade and Buxâ€" son Council are still at loggerheads and the brigado members continue Casks of Je, joints of meat and macks of coal were among the prizes fl';on in a charity angling match at leston. . Mrs) Isabel Tippett, an advocate es for women was fined 105. wmarket for keeping a dog withoirt a license. * TK &o be on strike. " Undertakers of Wellesden have requested the Council to make them subject to the provisions of the Early Closing Act. K . In n there were 2, i and 1 deaths last week A Sunderland policeman, George Wilkinson, was remanded on a charge of embezzling 35s. from the Hearts of Oak Friendly Society. While praying aloud at a meeting of the local Evangelical Society at Preston, Henry Proctor, aged sixtyâ€" d‘b‘. scollapsed and died. ‘o provide herds for sporting purâ€" poses in British Columbia, red deer %o be exported from & farm at nham, Surrey. t. Frend Karno‘s plans for makâ€" Tagg‘s Island, near Hampton at a cost of $35,000, has been by the Feetbam magisâ€" The movement of wheat, 174.088,â€" 456 bushels, was 60,832.203 bushels greater than in 1909, while the total grain shipments show a gain of 12,â€" 505,005 bushels over the record of that year. _ While shipmentw Of practically every commodit" *XCept soft coal show an ;,m.,%ver the three preâ€" vious seases*. the movement of iron ore, ",‘,«.423 tons, was greater by than 4.699,789 tons than in Wthc season showing the greatâ€" Sst.previous shipments. FROM MFRRY 019 HNS§!A}) ll‘:\}! BY MAIL ABOUT Jou® «@â€"BULL AND UIS PCOPLE. A despatch from San arie, Ont., says: More : illion tons greater than the of 1910, the best previous was the volume of freight through the canals at the 4 season, as shown in the 8t report just issued. .« Practically Almost Every Commodity Â¥i#topt Soft Coal Shows a Great ‘Increase X‘;;.gh the movement of hard urrences in The Land That Mlp Bupreme in the Comâ€" > _ mereial World. §# 8 t5.+ #) A!t.on J & ostmasterâ€"General announcâ€" ig number of telephones in 1910 was 64,200 ; P‘tion was held in Hove against the decision of Jouneil to buy the local rt: company‘s undertakâ€" s sent a wift of pheaâ€" natients at St. Luke‘s for the dying poor quare, BRayswater. (N, a farm servant, ~Mridge, was fined $40 . (Wiiving his employâ€" .. _ "Mith grsenic in it. _ Aigave approved 0y 4 the building ‘*% improvemenats e a cost of 5 ‘ M p L ed «by an _ Wikish Muâ€" < f o extinâ€" Wnr. vae A $40,000 as &n owance to the Lord freight caertied at the #00 this | the blatistical m Sault Ete jcoal was delaved in starting by More than ten ‘ mine d.ificngu'e. early in the season, than the record | the shipments, 2.142.485 tons, were revious season, |82,.276 tons greater than the previâ€" freight carrfied \ous high reeord of 19i1. The move at the $#0 this| ment of soft coal, amounting to 12,â€" the cslatistical | 789,109 tons, was 483.338 tons below 1811, due chiefly to delay in getting of practically | the product from the mines to the reept soft coal loading docks owing to car shortâ€" r the three preâ€" | age. £, 1 20 81 5 births ) be alâ€" hool er 34 tÂ¥ "4€ _ Lumber shipments were 667,542,â€" '000 feet, a gain of 64,441,000 feet , over the high record of 1910. ts But now the awakened Chinese are preparing a brand new Chinese alphabet. And joy should reign throughout China, for an alphabet of 42 characters will in the future take the place of the thousands upor thousands of queer characâ€" ters. Hitherto the unfortunate Chinese children have been forced to memâ€" orize at least 8.000 ideograms or characters. _ "Hieroglyphics," we generally call them, the queer little quirks and quirlecues, The stuâ€" dents casnot begin to learn anyâ€" thing, to understand anything, or communicate even in the simplest Is to Have Fortyâ€"Two Letters Inâ€" stead of Eight Thousand. Chine is to have a brand new alphabet. As the present Chinese alphabet consists of 8,000 characâ€" ters, the change is going to be one of the most remarkable in the hisâ€" tory of ietters, for the new alphabet will contain only 42 characters. â€"The method in which the Chinese have gone about to make for themâ€" selves a brand new alphabet is deâ€" scribed follows "The task was intrusted to a learned committes, composed of Chow Hi Chu, the secretary of the Chinese legation at Rome, the adâ€" junet secretaries Wan and Chou, and Solonghello, professor of Chiâ€" nese and Japanese at the School of Oriental languages in Naples, and one of the greatest polyglots in the world. These gentlemen have studâ€" ied all known alphabets and comâ€" bined them to form one which shall represent every sound in the Chiâ€" nest tongue. The alphabet adopted by them consists of 42 characters, of which 23 are vowels and 19 consonâ€" ants. curred Ind:cted at the Surrey Assizes for the murder of his wile at Craydon, HBenry Hall was found "guilty‘‘ and sentenced to ten years‘ penal serviâ€" tuds. Passenger traffic shows a considâ€"| erable falling off, the number carâ€"| ried through the canals, 66,877, having been 56 fewer than in 1910, and showing a loss of 13,074, or 16 per cent.. compared with 1I911. For‘ this, the unseasonable cold weather early in the year is held chiefly re sponsible. Ashford, Kent, where an outbreak of foot and mouth disease has ocâ€" "Of the vowels, four are taken from the Greck, four from Russia, five from Latin, and one from Chiâ€" nese. Of the nine remaining vowâ€" els, two are modified signs and seven are reversed ideoograms.‘"‘ enist Adsiscaftw Minates b% "In Bed. "A minutes less in bed and a few more minutes spent on a good breakfast will fortify one for a great deal of the unhealthy condition: under which even the best city worker has to labor,"‘ said Profesâ€" sor Haliburton recently at the secâ€" ond of the series of conferences which are being held at the London Guildhal!l by the Institute of Hyâ€" giene A bolted breakfast, he added, in order to catch a train, if it was reâ€" peated day after day and year after year, was sure in the end to bear fruit of a very unpleasant nature. He also condemned the "American quick lunch."" _ _ L £% _sDr. Murray Leslie said exercise was also essential to the city clerk, and as a golf enthusiast he believ‘ed golf was the finest of al} games for the business man. Dancing he conâ€" sidered the finest exercise of all i‘ it stopped before midnight. Daneâ€" ing was bad only because it carried one into the small hours and rést was interfered with. NEW CHINESE ALPHABET. Rats Live Long Minus Water. EAT GOOD BREAKFASK. in & French publication as rnment exporiments show an live andndefinite time e of the aniâ€" a diet of bread, o water sixty L' i tâ€" l "The Man of Fifty‘‘ was the subâ€" 4. jeet of a Christmas symposium | in n;lhh)" Porlin Tageblatt, and medical «_ | avmnorts, hvsiness men and artists ase = ?at 4 man of fifty is no older . +oo mon of ‘orts, and in numerâ€" no jous instances decidedly more use c lrct Jos. Schneider of Montreal, has been awarded by Judge Charbonâ€" neau, $799.68 from the Royal Guarâ€" dians, anâ€" insurance . company, which, after he joined, passed an amerdment excluding liquor dealâ€" ers from â€" membership. _ The sum represents the sum he paid in. Elliott Smith, professor of anaâ€" tomy in Manchester University, says that the Pharaoh of the Exoâ€" dus was corpulent and almost bald. Three young children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Curran of Edwards Station, â€" Carleton county, were burned in a fire that consumed their home, while the parents were harâ€" nessing up to drive to the grandâ€" parents‘ for Christmas dinner. London tradesmen say the holiâ€" day trade has eclipsed all records. The Turks and Balkan allies exâ€" hibit no signs of yielding in regard to peace conditions. A fourteenâ€"yearâ€"old boy, Juhn Galbraith, was accidentally drowned in a well at his home at Camden East while drawing water. Wm. Todd, formerly of Hamilton, has been arrested in Seattle, Washâ€" ington, charged with theft of $2,â€" 300 from his employers,. He is alâ€" leged to have deserted his fanfily for another woman. Major W. Dunsmore of Bury, Mue., will go to Scotland as special immigration agent for the Eastern Townships. A plan to teach farming by mail is about to be tried by the Manituba Government, and the C. P. R. is to establish demonstration farm work. The new Montreal harbor comâ€" missioners are W. G. Ross, chairâ€" man, Farquhar Robertson and Lt.â€" Col. A. Labelle. All are prominent business men. Berlin is to have a new Federal building to cost $200,000. Quebec Board of Trade favors commission government for the c.ty. Premier McBride of British Coâ€" lumbia has accepted a life viceâ€"preâ€" sidency in the British Navy League. _ Serious complaint against the treatment of miners at Porcupine was laid before the Attorneyâ€"Genâ€" eral. _â€"The Donaldson expedition which had been lost track of in the James Bay country, has been reported safe. A three million dollar drydock will be built at South Boston. vw(&n]éress will _ probably meet March 13 to begin work on tariif revision. “i\.l-z;;.-‘Loeb, jr., collector of cusâ€" toms of New York, will join the Guggenheims. _ _ s o The U increase orers. Col. Goethals, now in charge of the ?anama canal zone, has been offered the Governorship. 1t means a recuction in salary of $3,000. An unknown woman of Los Angeâ€" les, Cal., with a revolver forced a numhber of drunken Austrians to cease trampling an American flag. Canada, tha Empire and the World in Gegeral Belore Yout Eves, UAPPEBXIXG® rRrROM ALL OYVEB TUE GuLOBs 1N a RETSHUELL. _ Guy de Villepion, a formér tea cher at a San Francisco academy, has returned from the west coast of South America, and told a tale of having been fattened for a feast by canniba‘s while attempting to cross from Ciudad to Buenos Ayres. He escaped aiter many adventures. Gr\egce has contracted for a suâ€" perâ€"D adnought. Themris police will arrest veâ€" hicle drivéT who, splash mud. The Frenth Premier, M. Poincare, decided to &gontest the Presidency. â€" China has ‘declined to negotiate a new treaty with Britain concerning Tibet. Â¥~ ~ 4 _ Six Italian anarchists are under arrest, charged with plotting an atâ€" tack on the King. m The Chinese Government has is sued a mani{esto: towards suppress ing the opium industry. _ * The German penal code is to be revised. Every sixth man and every 25th woman in Germany has been punished for vioiating it in some way. Chas. Borseul, who discovered the principle of telephoning, which Graham Bel) perfected, died poor and unknown in Paris, aged 83. The present demands of the Balâ€" kan league are scouted by the Young Turks as being arrogant and impossible. The newspapers take the same view. ER WITH SIGNXAL WIRES. _S. Steel Corporation will the wages of unskilled labâ€" Great Britain. United States. Canada. General. , w Accused of Enâ€" Public Safety. ACCuscu of En° * t I believe thereâ€"ex Public Safety. Central Asin al om London says:| portance as to n nicle accuses the | question, for no dangering the pubâ€"|ists than that ithe sering with the sigâ€"| any prejudice agar Ideal Suburb Is the Latest Enter» prise in Austratia. Ever hear of Daceyville?! Sydney (Australia) papers have been filled with it. It has been cartooncd, lampooned, lambasted. It has been hailed as the first swallow of the socialistic â€" summer of â€" content. Other‘cities have build model teneâ€" ments, Sydney proposes to build a model suburb, as part of a deliberâ€" ately planned socialistic state, CcolxtTEss o%,\lmwuux. Lady Aberdeen,! consort of the former Governorâ€"General, who with Miss Violet Asquith is visiting on this side of the Atlantic. Nowhere has nature been so gen erous, so lavish. e Daceyville is only one little cog in the proposed Greater Sydney. The "Hqoucisg «cA 1912," constiâ€" tutes a housing bO&#] o< three memâ€" bers, to be appoinÂ¥R by the goverâ€" nor. Power is §!¥€".th> state treaâ€" surer to purchase, "Asupme, and apâ€" propriate landâ€"8¥¢n though the land be included 10 «Sydnoy. The board MAY huve the land platted and with the consent of the minister may C2U8¢ 4py w done on such land a)r:yth;)rtl’(u;gol;g of renfiering it Bt for the use to which it may be P4*Â¥%nder this act, or, with the approy4} of the minisâ€" ter, enter into &D Ayeement with the cqunu'%_ t x reipalite, e~»* the city of Sydney by%ich such work may be done by such council ; dedicate reserves for public recreaâ€" tion, or for other public purposes, and fence, plant, and improve such reserves; set apart land as sites for buildings, or for religious, charitaâ€" bie, or municipal purposes. The minister may erect on any such land buildings for residential, business, or other purposes, or for public use, and hand them over to the board. The board shall be charged with the duty of maintainâ€" ing and repairing such buildings, and insuring thein against loss by fire. The cost of srecting such buildings shall be churged to the housing fund. [ s The board mav submit to the minister proposals for erecting on any such land buildings for residenâ€" tial, husiness, or for public use, giving a description of the proposed buildings and their estimated cost. On any such proposal being apâ€" proved by the minister, the board may erect the buildings and shall be charged with the duty of mainâ€" taining and repairing them, and inâ€" suring them against loss by fire The cost of erecting such buildings chall be charged to the housing fund : Provided that such cost shall not exceed by more than 16 per cent. the estimated sost submitted to the minister. V All moneys recived in respect of land and buildings leased under the preceding provision of this act, or sold or leased in pursuance of seeâ€" tion 20, and in respect of any unâ€" dertakings and institutions of pubâ€" lic utility or convenionce conducted or managed by the board, shall be paid into the housing fund. PLANX A MODEL COMMUNITY. Authority â€" Holds Produnction to Have Reached the Maximum. From the present outlook in the gold mining industry of the world, good production will have reached its maximum within the next twelve months, and it is possible that 1912 will show a positive decrease, says H. C. Hoover in a recent article. Continuing with a review of the various countries in respect to their "uture gold production, Mr. Hoover says: "‘The placer gold of Europe was practically exhausted in Roman times. Lode mining there is a small ndustry and evary foot of ground is known. In Asia the Chinaman has washed the grnell from Sizm to Tibet and Mongolia centuries ago. In lode mining I can say from three years of exploration there that he has long since e&hausted the mines down to water level, and if mines do exist, it will be a very slow busiâ€" ness finding them _ I do not myself MORE GOLD PRODUCED. e in Ti Toronto, Dec. ii.â€"riourâ€"Ontario WHCZ} Bour Domesuie lows, $4 to §4Jo at miss. Mauitobas. . b.net palg@lts, in j.ie b=gs. #9.W; second paseDus, D NilG bage, #+4/; stroug vakers, in jule@ bags, $â€".04. w Manoou wheatâ€"ao mt izc, Bay ports; ho. 3, we, bay poris. 67¢, bay poris. _ _ TV POTVs %v()muno oats. 33 to 31â€"%0, outside, LerB t""...h s6c, on track, Torouto. weâ€" 4De for NOM\‘" 2 and mt reaso so. 2 al pLJ to $1.25..9..mms,.,, Barieyâ€"rortye.ghtib. barley of gooa quality, 60 to o5c, outside. beed, 40 to 30c. i d C hin dsn Paviv n tiiny s > Om t Outari.o wheat. 90 PMIGES OF FARM ~ Coruâ€"New No. 3 American corn, 390, ail rail. ® lyeâ€"No. 2 at 75 10 76c, outside. Buckwheatâ€"48 to 49%, outside. Brauâ€"Manitobs bran, $20, in bags, Toâ€" ronto {reigat. Shoris are quoted at $23 o Butterâ€"Rolls, choice, 26 to 2/0; DARCT®, inferior, 22 to 2, choice dairy, tubs, R.e: creamery, 31 to 3%¢ for rolls and 2%¢ for solide. C t us g ONTARIO ARCHIVEs TORONTO Eggsâ€"Csee lots of fresh, 32 to So &zr dozen, and of cold storage, 1 o 4 strictly newâ€"laid, 4¢ per dozen. Checceâ€"141%e for large, and at 1434c for twins. Beansâ€"Handâ€"picked, $3 per bushel; primes, $2.90, in a jobbing way. Honeyâ€"Extractod, in ting, 1212 to 12 34c per pound for No. 1, wholesaile;, com bs, $2.50 to $3 per dozen for No. 1, and t2.10 for No. 2. Pouitryâ€"Wellâ€"fatted, clean, dryâ€"picked stock. Chickeus, 15 to 16e per lb; fowl, 1i to 1%¢; ducks, 15 to 16¢c; geese, 15 to 17¢; turkeys. 20 to 2c. Live poultry, about te lower than the above. . ce o s kEPOR*"3 FROM Tht cZaming TRad+ ChnThes OFâ€" aMER:ICA. trices of Cattts, Crain. Chesse arg "taw Proguce a1 mume uzng aDrdad Breadstuffs. â€"Potatoesâ€"Good Ontario stock, 75 to 80c per bag on track, and New Brunswick, 90 to 921â€"2¢ per bag. Bacon, long clear, 1514 to 1512%¢ per 1b, in case lois. Porkâ€"Short cut, % to 27; do., mers. $21.50 to $22. Hamâ€"Medium to light. 17 to 171%c; heavy, 1512 to 16c; rolls, 1412 to 14340;° breakfast bacon, 18c; backs. 21 1â€"%e. _ mt o Tt s Fe * Balkd hayâ€"No. 1, $1550 to $14, on track. ?fimnu);. No. 2. $12. Mixed hay, $10.50 to _ Baled strawâ€"$9.60 to $10, on track, To ronLo. 150. Minneapolis, Dec. 31.â€"â€"Wheatâ€"December, 811â€"8 to Bilâ€"4c; May. 8534 to 857.8¢; July. 871%; No. 1 hard, §37â€"8¢; No. 1 Northern. 82 to §338%¢: No. 2 Northern, 80 to 81 3â€"8¢ No. 3 yellow corn, 4112 to 42¢; No. 3 white oats, 301â€"4 to 301%¢ No. 2 rye, 51 to 586. Bran, $19 to $19.50. Flourâ€"Firs: patente, $4.05 to $4.35; second patents #3 â€" $0 to $4.15; frgtâ€"oloare $290 to ©3.90; #etâ€" ond cleare. 4210 to §440. _â€"_ 000 c)° _ Td OxMNNe CCC DC NE Duluts, Dec. 31.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 bard, #4 1.4e. No _1 Northern, B3146; No. 2 Corthern, 81 14¢; Juls. 87 34c; nowinal, ecember, 82580 asked. May, 86140. Linâ€" ed on trick, ©10440; 00 arrive .ma 303 DC smber, $1.2418 bid; January, $1.24 14 asked: May, $12714. L.ive Stock Markets, Toronto, De«, 31.â€"Good to cholce butchâ€" ering steers fr=m 86 to $6.2%, medium at from $5 to $575,* and common at from §4.25 to $5. Cows frow $5.50 to $42%5, with common grades and Cannere at $250 to §1.50. Bulle ranged from $5.50 to #4.2% Lambs brought from $7.65 to $7.75. light ewes from $4.50 to $4.75, and heavy from ©22%5 to $350 Vea)l calves went at from 87 to §9. while roughs changed hands ai from #3 to %6. Hogs from $8.2% to $8.40 Striking â€" Figures in Roeturn Just Compiled by Government. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Department of Trade and Comâ€" merce has just compiled the figures showing total grain shipments eastâ€" wards for the grain year of 19i1â€"12. which ended on August 31. The figâ€" ures easily pass all records. _ The total amount shipped by lake and rail was 139.322.961, as compared with 93.380,.236 bushels in 1911, and 08.837.867 in 1910. The figures are as follows :â€" se per hundredweight, fod and watered. Wheat Oats . Barley Flax . Rye .. Rulers of Many Nations Asked to Hysgicne Congress at Buffalo. A despatch from Buffalo says : One hundred and twentyâ€" five thouâ€" sand school children of Buffalo and vicinity are to sign a mammoth inâ€" vitation to be sent to the heads of nearly half a hundred countries all over the globe, requesting them for the sake of their little cousins in those lands to send as many dele gates as possible to the fourth Inâ€" ternational Congress of School Hyâ€" gione, which meets here next Augâ€" ust. Amon? those to which the inâ€" vitation will be sent are England. France, Germany, Russia, Italy. Spain. Finland. Roumania, Servia, Greece, Portugal, Holland, Sweâ€" den, Denmark,. China, Japan, Corâ€" ea, India, Canada. Brazil, Argenâ€" tina, Chile and Ecuador. IXYVITATION FROYÂ¥ CHILDREN. Provisions. i Bacon. long clear, 1514 to 1512c per RECORD GRAINX SSHIPMENTS. Statement â€" Shows Revenue the Largest in History. { A despatch _ from Fredericton, N. B., saye: The annual ment of the finances of the Province of New Brunswick, E.“bl,i,, .in t‘L" NEW BRUNSWICK FIAANCES. ardâ€"Tierces, 1412¢; tubs, 14346; pails pa F2 CCOCEY io wheatâ€"No. 2 new white and red 90 uo Y.c. outside, and sprouted, 7> s s +1« 20 Baled Hay and Straw. Country Produce. Montreal Markets. United States. Vessels 2... 87,837,41 2,922,859 4,154,830 767 1 sortuern quored No. 2 Sii2%¢; aud keed wheat, 65 10 urâ€"Ontario wheat % o 2o; bakers Is. Rail. 412 15,103.479 883 â€" 6,776.312 B539 ~ 293.010 830 1,443.328 , 064 4,540 y, for the 31, shows 417,792.17, A dsspatch from Ottaws says:jelectric lamp. The fich i; cajleg The Commissioners of Fisheries |the "pearl sides." and belongs to 4 have ju:t received interesting speciâ€"|group of very T4 fish thal nag mens of a remarkable little fish meâ€" |luminous. _ Very) jjpl}s is knowr ver before found in Canada, alâ€" | about the histOrYy Of these small fish, thouch rare specimens have been but scientific Authyr;tieg are of the caught in the United States and |opinion that they inhabit the deeop« Europe. It is a small silvery fish |est waters of the 0ean and that the not unlike a small herring, but has | light they giv® OU+ enables thom to two rows of pearl oreans along the j procure their food. and may alse side of the body. The fish were|protect them by Giphtening away caught by fishermen on Grand Maâ€"|their enemiecs. /py Prince it Nanwand they are scientifically valâ€" | handing these SPQoimaens over to the uab‘le and ‘interesting. The most| bivlogical body ©% which he is chaire worderful foature is the fact that| man, but is PreMaring a technical An \‘Jnusual Inhabitant of the Deep s the Fi } Discovered in Canada F itst Wanwand they are scient fically valâ€" uab‘e and hltoe"qtins, The most worderfu! feature is the fact that each of the pearl organs gives out # brilliant light, similar to a small Holds Its Fortyâ€"eighth> Annual Meeting. . =,;. Progress in all departments of the Bank‘s activities marks the 48th Annual Report recently issued by the Union Bank of Canada. The Annual Meeting of this Bank was held in Winnipeg on Detember 17th, and was presided over by Mr. John Galt, the President. Th&was the first year in which the AnM] Meeting was held in Winnipeg, change from Quebec taking pla during the past year. The statement shows net profits for the year of $706.832, which comâ€" pares with $662,000 for the preâ€" vious yvear. The net profits for the year 1912, together with $47,000 deâ€" rived as premium on new stock isâ€" sued and $71,000 carried forward from the previous year, made $826,â€" 000 available for distribution. Four quarterly dividends at the rate of 2 per cent. each absorbed $397,000 The sum of $242.000 was transferred to the rest account, $100,000 written off bank premises account and $10,â€" 000 contributed to the officers‘ penâ€" sion fund. leaving a balance of $75.000 to be carried forward. Net earnings for the year were slightly in excess of 14 per cent. on the average paidâ€"up capital. A further examination of the report shows that gains were made in every deâ€" partment of the Bank‘s activities Its paidâ€"up capital was increased and now stands at $5,000.000. Its rest account was also augmented. and now stands at $3.300,000. Large gains were also made in deposits current loans and total assets. The deposits #Gw total over $55.643,000 a gain of #$10.000,000 during the year. .Of the amount, $41.219.000 i« interest bearing and $14,423.000 nonâ€"interest bearing. The current loans at over $45.000.000 show a gain of $7.000,000 during the year. while the total assets, amounting to $11,000.000 over the figures for the previous year. Another feature ol the report worthy of special menâ€" tion is the large proportion of gold, silver, Dominion notes and other quickly available assets These bear a very large proportion to the liabilities to the public. _ The Union Bank of Canada is rapidly forging to the front, and is occupying a continually larger place in the business affairs of the country. The fact that the current loans for the year amounted to over $45.000.000. or a gain of $7.000.000 over the previous year, indicates that the Bank is doing a continually larger share of the country‘s busiâ€" ness and is catering to the business needs of the communities where its branches are located. The fact that it opened 43 branches during the year is another indieation of its conâ€" tinual expansion. The Bank has now 285 branches, making it one of the best equipped banks in the Dominion in this respect. es The address of President Galt was a splendid review of the finanâ€" gial and industris! conditions preâ€" vailing in the country at the present time, and showed that the officime of the BRank kept in the very closest touch with the progress being made by the Dominion. An interesting feature of his report was the relatâ€" ing of the history and growth of the Union Bank and the reason for the transfer of the head office from Quebec to Winnipeg. He showed that eight and oneâ€"half years ago when the present General Manager took charge. the Bank‘s capital was just oneâ€"half what it is toâ€"day, the reserve fund less than oneâ€"third, and total assets considerably less than oneâ€"third. Altogether the reâ€" port and the addresses of the Presiâ€" dent and General Manager form one of the bost combimations issued by any bank this year. Quebec Weekly, Owned by Senator Choquette, Loses $7,000 Net. A despatch from Quebec says : La Libre Parole, a weekly paper, ownâ€" ed by Senator Choguette, was comâ€" pletely desaroyed by fire here on Wednesday morning. How the fire originated is unknown, but it is supâ€" posed to have been caused by an electric wire. The loss is abou: $15,00, with ar (s> = ( ®2 cation for a few ment is made writers. LA LIBRE PAROLF BTRNXNFR y of Occupation at Salonica Galilty of Many Outrages. © despatch from Lordon says : Balonica correspondent of the THE UNION BAXK. JEWS ASSASSINATED. »#y man, but is pre§_",'g;;; a tech ‘report lor the ROF4) Socioty of Don‘t Let the Sharo the Back Of Â¥Olp Noek Those who fre@ubp, the barbor are perhaps Dot 8Wire that it is & mistake to lllq' hi to shave theip necks, for he is mak; g fertile sod for a boil or & carbunws pj,, back of a man‘s neck is w "n! proteciod from germs by long,, "* _ hairs, They grow over the t 1Mportn..y neck muscles. This & one of the evidences we have )0#Natnre looks alter her people. 1 fu think how bhe neck comes in cOBact with all rts of germâ€"carryi® stuftâ€" ~©©8% ars, overcoat coll@@ of fur and Y Cket,., Dorrowed sw $s muff. lerRand sCratebing, st launderod coll@M and many o4 articles of wear ‘"nd 1C0AFr, Â¥99 "U see thatk _ Premier Malpartida, of | !signcd after a vote of ce ‘the Senate, and Gen. Ya in New mouth Wales, where aA %e|â€" making plant is to be built at a of $5,000,000. The informati« conveyed in a report juskt rece by this Government from Ameri Consulâ€"General John P. Bray omhiain h ihitihhe re erec yPe esc ho they â€"will extended as the needs of Australi grow. ‘‘The amount of money to be expended will be unlimited,"* Mr. Bray declares in his report, says: A tformia called stee! tru ‘"‘because the company wilk} be spending money all the time.""‘ The Brokers: Hill Proprietary Company is said to be behind the project, which eventually is expected to conâ€" ‘t‘rol absolutely the American mar et. Patient in Wamilton Wospital Is Doing Nicely, A despatch from Hamilteon say#s Gibson Race, the young man who underwent an unusual operation ab the City Hospital on December 19, when a piece of a bone taken from a sheep was grafted in his arm place of the human bone, is doi nicely at the institution. Dr. J. Mcuregor, 0| the operatior great attenti medical men. District Suapply Goes Largely te Hamilton and Toronto, A despatch from Galt sa the result of scarcity of milk i section â€" producers have priees, Chiel among reasons for the limited supply is that dairy companies of Hamil Toronto are coming into t trict to get milk W agons Hamilton are collecting milk a few miles of Ga)t, and lar tities are shipped by expr ronto. MecG eceds him CARRIAGE FAGTORIES,I 6% > FIRST MORTSASE 80 SUNMARY ; GBond tssue, 11 p. o. of Asseta ESHKEEP ROXE OPERATION. NATURE PR MILR.Xa@IsED AT GALT Bond interest Charges .. 30,000 not Assots EARNINGS : n t} ASSETE i AI he fich is called little is know® tution, Ur. 2 @ city, parfor nd it attra imong the 1 SIDFS k ne vengea tthe b Aw ) le Yery 1i, : Apivd re dela Courned th _ you O# ko n PAkmwor aflord Your ) way ‘\whe 4 ome wh t vern q lOved owin He n Â¥