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h Other People hinese al. da s in a h. â€"Her uts were take tru@g mid» thotr hing Jus® they dily vde e€B ind ma the he ka aÂ¥ nG rt try and commerce is greatly appreciatâ€" ad in Great Britain," he said.> . "A proof of this is the fact that the Chamâ€" bers of Commerce in London, Birmâ€" ingzham and Manchester were sending delogates to the Alberta convention next September. Trade is improving 4n England. I thought the improxe ment might be largely fictitious .and that the leadors of industry might Jist be whistling to keep Yheir eur-J Head of Chamber of Comâ€" merce Returns After Long Visit W. M. Birks, president of the Cana dian Chamber of Commerce, accomâ€" panled by Mra. Birks and Miss Lois Birks arrtved in Montreal in the special train from the Empress of Australla which docked at Quebeq, Thoy spent some t‘me in Europe, in the course of which Mr .Birks motorâ€" ed through five countries besides Brl-' tain Members of the Church of Scotland have chosen as their moderator the Rev. Dr. Joseph Mitchell, Mauchline, who has been a warm supporter of the union movement and a valuable servâ€" ‘Ant on committees of the church. The United Free Church moderator is Rev, Dr. Alexander Martin, principal of New College, Edinburgh, who was moderator also in 1920. He has given ars of labor to the cause of union. rho moderator of the Free Church is Prof. J. R. Mackay, a distinguished theologian and scholar. W. M. Birks Finds His Royal Highness and the Duchess will take up residence at the Palace of Holyrood for 10 days and carrp through a busy program of visiis to the General Assem>ly and the numerâ€" ous charitable and philanthropic instiâ€" tutions in the city. The appointment of the Duke of York as Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland has given great joy to the Scottish people. It is regarded as a signal act of Royal Aavor,. At the closo of the assembly last year it was tentatively agreed that in the event of union taking place Their Majesties the King and Queen would attend the service in St. Giles‘ Cathedr® at which the uniting covenâ€" ant would be signed. The King‘s illâ€" ness, however, made that impossible and it is considered a graceful act on His Majesty‘s part to send his son. The Duke will be the first member of the Royal family to attend the assemâ€" bly since James VI. did more than 300 years ago. * The Generals Assembly of the Unâ€" ited Free Church, having in November last voted by an overwhelming maâ€" aority in favor of the union, the Presâ€" yteries, Kirk sessions and congregaâ€" tions were asked to express their opinion. The great majority in each case was in support of the scheme. The figures now made public are: Presbyteries, 63 for and none against;‘ Kirk sessions, 1,302 for, 91 against; congregations, 1,320 for, 104 against. DUKE‘S APPOINTMENT. ‘ In the debates which have taken place in the United Free Church Asâ€" sembly in recent years there has been an absence of rancor in the speeches, the majority having always admitted that those who have consistently idenâ€" tified themselves with the minority have taken the stand in response to the dictates of conscience. There is no suggestion that the parting when it comes will be bitter. | The Church of Scotland membership is practically unanimous for union. At the last assembly an amendment for the rejection of the scheme received only seven votes. In the United Free Church, however, although an overâ€" whelming majority are keen to go forâ€" ward into the larger union, there is & minority led by Rev. James Barr, with a vote at the last assembly of 48 minâ€" isters and elders, which is determined to proscecute with all energy the arâ€" rangements for a continuing church. FREE FROM STATE. The majority maintain that by the acts of 10921 and 1925 the Church of Scotland freed herself of state control and interference and that the financial bond between church and state was broken. The minority believe the acâ€" tion proposed is against the principle pof religious equality which they count as sacred a principle as spiritual freeâ€" dom itself, and to the principle of woluntary support of religioun orâ€" : dinances. The progress of Canadian indusâ€" _ Edinburgh, Scotland.â€"The General Assemblies of the two great Presbyâ€" terian churches will meet for the last time as separate bodies near the close of this month in Edinburgh, when the | eyes of Scotsmen and Scotswomen tho, world over will be turned towards tlnl city. Daring their sittings the assemâ€" blies will come to a decision of mo-, mentous import to the Scottish peoplo;; after 20 years of negotiation union is at last to be an accomplished fact. ‘l'ho| final steps which constitutional pro-’i cedure requires will be taken in the | autumn. _ Many questions concerning church life and work at home and | abroad will be discus:ed but the nub-‘ Ject of union will overshadow all | others, Britain Improved Scottish Church _ |Wet Weather Halts Union lrmpinent‘Farming Operations General Assein‘\l:liel of Two Branches to Meet Last ‘ Vehicles Quebec Chrontcleâ€"Telegraph (Ind.): The opposition of the farming class to a general provincial law is part preâ€" judice, part obstinancy and part laziâ€" ness, but if the driver of a horseâ€" drawn vehicle were risking only his own life the Government might well take the stand, under the cireumstanâ€" ces, that his blood is on his own read. In point of fact, however, he is as much a potential menace to all other traffie upon the road as apeedingl moterists can possibly be to him. M. Croskery, district representative for the department of agriculture. The | grainâ€"producing lands of Peel County |are still half unseeded, according to |G. R. Patterson, of the Department of iAgricultnro. He said that the northâ€" ern section of the county in the vicinâ€" ‘lty of Caledon was in much better ’shape than the central and southern |sections. The season opened earlier in the north on the sloping land and llhe fow days of dry weather had givon | the section an early start. Spring wheat will be short, hay crops gbod| Iund alfalfa, except in the lowâ€"lying !parts, exceptionally good. ' "The season is much delayed," said A. P. McVannel, of Milton. "There lhas been a heavy rain cach week and ithat has held back operations, espectâ€" ‘ally on the heavier land. The sceding around Georgetown and Acton is well on, but other places are not so forâ€" tunate. Continued rains in Ontario County have greatly retarded the seeding and planung_opentlons. according to W. Jess Baker, of Vaughan, who farms 250 acres, said that ho had lot the cattle out to grass on Friday ,which is rather late. _ "In Markham Township the fall fall wheat came along very well in the early spring," said Norman Porter. "The cold wet weather that followed held it back considerably, and a week ago it seemed pretty bad," ho wont on. "The last few days of warmth, however, have improved it fifty per cent." ° ( The Donalda Farm in York Townâ€" ship, the property of Mrs. D. A. Dunâ€" lap, is very well advanced in seeding, according to the suporintendent, Dr. R. M. Jenkins. "We are fortunate in being on fairly high ground. Some others have their fields so wet that they have done very little seeding." | James Muirhead, of Agincoutt, states that crops, such as oats and barley are coming along nicely in :most cases. Fall wheat, on the other hand, requires dry ground, and the general effect of the recent storms has been to rot a good deal of it. In my estimation this is going to be an off year ,though an immediate drying up of the weather may yot allow a fair crop," Mr. Muirhead considers that the hay crop is the most promising at present. | Farmers of Scarboro are anxious to |see a few days of dry weather, said ,W. D. Annis, clerk of the township. He stated that many of the prominent ;famerl had reported that their farmâ€" ’lnc operations werse retarded a full month, oNE TYPE OF BEAUTY WE IN THE EAST CcANNOT ENJOY L Waterton Lakes, National Park, on the International boundary in Alberta, is the most southerly of Canada‘s scenics Market gardeners and vegetable producers in East York Township reâ€" port fairly good conditions prevalent. The wet weather that has provalled this spring in York and adjacent counties has had a somewhat adverse effect on farm conditions. Secding is reported two weeks to a month late in some localities. Grain growing secâ€" tions are affected most, but gardening conditions are reported as less seriâ€" ous, A late season for the gardener, however, may mean the loss of the‘ early market. Grain Growing Districts of Ontario Are Most Seriously Affected "We shall fight against anything ot that sort belng introduged on any large scale in Rogent Street, There are plenty of other ways of adverâ€" in these days can enjoy health and vitality, But there are many ways of advortising. Within 100 yards of this room we can soo a form of advertisâ€" ing by electric signs. "Regont Street Is not going to shrink from advertisement," he deâ€" clared, "for advertisement is the sort of stimulant without which no trade A groat deal of Regent Street is the property of the Crown, and one of the speakers at the dinner was A. 8. Gaye, Commissioner forâ€" Crown Lands, London. â€"The merchants â€" whose shops and stores have turned the reâ€" built Regent Street into an English Ruo de la Paix and Fifth Avenue comâ€" bined aro strongly in favor of newsâ€" paper advertising and just as strongly opposed to garish electric signs and other objectionable means of attractâ€" ing attention. This attitude received pronounced expression at the first annual dinner of the Regent Streot Association, at which the Lord Mayor of London and many other distinguished guests were present. Canada‘s Diversified Natural Beauty Attracts Many Tourists London‘s Rue de la Paix and Fifth Avenue Combined Sets High Standard Flashing Signs Barred by Edict of Regent Street JAPAN OPENS AIR maiLl Inauguration of airâ€"mail service in Japan, showing Tatakawa, airport for Osaka, with full cargo. Note the Bougquet Nearly thirty blind men are now pra?uulng with more or less success in the legalâ€"profession, three being reâ€" cently called to the Bar. guards had been placed around public buildings, and that Lord Irwin, the Viceroy, and various prvoincial govâ€" ernors and high clvil and military ofâ€" ficers were protected by guards. There were rumors current of secâ€" ret movements of troops and military personnel and material throwg:hout northern India, the correspondent said. "The dispatch said reports filtering in from the hills showed that the Inâ€" dian Government was facing dificulâ€" tles, the nature of which have not been explained. Serious Developments Among Natives, According to . _ Reports Londonâ€"The Daily Mail‘s corresâ€" pondent at Colcutta, India, report that stringent precautions had been taken to .guard high British officials because of "serious developments" among the natives. British Officials In India Guarded tising, particularly by our shop winâ€" dows and in the press. In relying on newspaper advertising we should inâ€" trust the work to men and women with a fine sense of language and for our pictorial art we should employ the finest talent available." Daily Mail dispatch said heavy pilot about to leave Economicus in the Review of Reâ€" ’vlew- (London): Mr. Churchill may go down to history as a bold but not ,as a successful Chancellor of the Exâ€" chequer, _ His first Budget was reâ€" sponsible for saddling the nation with a pension scheme which will not beâ€" come selfâ€"supporting, even on his own calculations, until the year of grace 2005. In every other Budget he has raided one fund or resource after anâ€" other, and has thus cleared out every nestâ€"egg. He has the highly dubious recor dof having, by a species of finanâ€" cial legerdemain almost without parâ€" allel, imposed upon the superâ€"taxpayâ€" er an extra year‘s tax. By the device of changing its name and calling it a surtax, he collects both supertax and surtax on the same year‘s income. Several of the catch were "whaler" sharks, a kind which preys on whales. Some of these wede found to have reâ€" ceived amazing wounds, presumably in battles with the mammais, two being so maimed as to be half eaten( away. After three human tragedies attribâ€" uted to sharks at Bondi Beach, ntar the heart of Sidney, a commercial shark fishing company spread huge nets between two ships and secured 29 sharks, one of them a tiger shark, the most ferocious of the species, 20 feea in length and weighing between 800 and 900 pounds. \ shore, but the crocodile followed and made another vicious snap at Conlin, this time just missing his left leg, which, on tccount of.a terrible gash in the hip, was trailing helplessly in the water. One happened to have with him a long pole, with whigh they had been engaged in some water sports, and with great presence of mind he raised this and brought it crashing down on the snout. Seizing their dazed and bleeding companion, they made for the _ At Carns three youths were bathing in an incosure near the shore when one of them, Kevi â€"Conlin, age 14, who was in water only 18 inches deep suddenly leaped into the air with a cry of agony. His companions were horrified to see pointing from the water the long jagged jaws of a crocoâ€"l dile wide open ready to snap again at the boy. ‘ People of North Queensland who have abandoned the practice almost estuaries of the distinct on hot days have abandoned the practice almost altogeter as consequence of invasion of salt water crocodiles. He said he had dived into deep water when what he described as two devil‘s eyes, glowing and ferocious, seemed to dart down upon him, and even before the tenacles grasped him he felt utterly powerless. An uncanny fascination or paralyzing horror made him almost incapable of effort against the muscular and tenacious grip. Alâ€" most more terrifying than the amazâ€" ing strength of the tenacles was an electric wires, which they seemed to impart, but whether this was real or due to terrified imagination he could not say. "‘The Raiding Chancellor" T. Vangioni while swimming in Akarga Harbor, New Zealand, enâ€" dured terrific tgony in the grip of ’tentacles of a giant octopus, A friend dived into the water and beat off the sea brute with a club, Vangioni being on the point of collapse when het-“ cued. salt water crocodiles have given a dfingerous aspect recently to shallower sections of much of the Southern Paâ€" cific, which hitherto have been free from these menaces. Sydney, N. S. W., May 18â€"(A.P.) â€"Ferocious nuke;, giant octop!, and Ferocious Beasts Affright Bathers ern Pacific Dangerous F. Summer ces . 9Wn lt "Glasgow "How can I tell if my daughter has the gift of painting?" asks a reader, You can usually seq It in her face!â€" It is always risky to give a man who can not control his own manâ€" power fifty or seventyâ€"five horsepower to control.â€""Boston Herald4." â€"â€"The Government meanwhile is deâ€" termined to end the harmful propaâ€" ganda about conditions in Spain, and it is announced that a Madrid newsâ€" paper has been fined 50,000 pesetas for publishing an untrue item rmrdincl‘ an alleged brawl in Seville. This in fact was the only discordant note !nl the news of the inaugural ceremonies. Apart from its political significance the fair is regarded as an event of unusual importance. Only after the greatest difficulty did authorities sucâ€" ceed in completing their preparations. Even now some of the buildings are not ready for the inauguration, as, far‘ lnfi_anee. the Argentine pavilion. Gen. Primo de Rivera in the course of his speech said :; "Our words vibrate across, the world to tell it of the close embrace which unites brothers and sons and members of the same race." The arrival of the King, Queen and Info,ntal was announced by salvos of guns, the signal for a tremendous ovaâ€" tion, while thousands of white pigeons were liberated over the tribune amid the waving flags of Spain and Portuâ€" gal and the purple standard of Castile. J On each.side of the semicircle were seen the diplomatic representatives of the American republics, resplendent in goldâ€"braided uniforms. Opposite woere the Cabinet ministers and Spanish grandees, and on the left the flower of Spain‘s aristocracy. ‘ Seville, Spain.â€"Despite all misgivâ€" ings as to the success of the Iberoâ€" American exhibition, Seville has sudâ€" denly become a city of crowded streets. The big fair was solemnly opened by King Alfonso in seven short words. The ceremony took place in the Plaza de Espana in the centre of the exâ€" hibition grounds, the imposing specâ€" tacle being witnessed by a crowd e-tl-“ mated at 70,000 gathered under a serene blue and cloudless sky. ] Release of Thousands of White Pigeons Adds Brilâ€" liance to Scene as Alfonso XIII Declates Iberoâ€" American Exposition Openâ€"Dictator Attends Cereâ€" mony SEVILLE EXHIBITION ; Spain‘s King Even his death would cause almost no political concern in Persia, for he has no political followers. His broâ€" ther, Hassan Mohamed, $0, has polâ€" itical ambitions, according to prominâ€" ent Persians,. If death overcomes the Shah his brother is expected to replace him as pretender to the throne. Hassan is ambitious to become the eighth Shanâ€"inâ€"Shah of the Kadjar dynasty. He insists that he alone is able to reâ€" store the dynasty. _ He has engaged in politics but little. Even before he was dethroned he spent most of his time in Paris and very little in Persia. He often remarked that power was thrust upon him when his father abdicated the throne, before Ahmad Kadjar had a chance to phy.‘ He was only 11 at the time. He is but 31 now. | Before he became 111 the former Shah was a popular figure in French society, in the theatres and in the restaurants of fashion, where he was always accompanied by strikingly beautiful women. His finances appearâ€" ed sound, following his 1,000,000 franc coup on the Paris Bourse, although he did lose heavily in an industrial and oil slump, C We c S ce eE throned, forgotten, abandoned by alâ€" most all of his followers, is slowly nearing his death in exile, his doctors agreoing that there is little hope of his recovery and giving him but a few months longer to live, Former Shah of Persia is Dying Paris.â€"Persia‘s king of kings, deâ€" P 2 weul se PW M t ced a and Fo . Opens Fair of The greoat scientific accomplish: of the last two years seems to | been taking the sound out of Jor refrigeration and putting it into silent drama.â€"â€""Detroit News * ' Watchman in the Spectator (Lon don): Mr, Baldwin is playing a lone hand very deftly, In many respects he is the best electionser of the lot, and he still possosses the ear of the electorate. His intuitions are uncan ny. He knows, as no one else ap pears to know, what the "ordinary man" is thinkingâ€"and the "ordinary womar»." And he plays upon their in stincts, as against their passions Or emotions, with a hand that never tal ters. Mr. Baldwin‘s speechesâ€"brov coll and allâ€"have been first rate. And If he holds to the course he has odonttothlmltbo-wwl-z off a victory over both the other part les. One thing is certain, ‘There wil} be no landslide against the Unionists now. ~ The Department of Education will check carefully the rosults of this trial radiocasting program in order to ascertain to what extent practical use of the radio can be mado in connes tion with Alberta‘s public schools, as a means of amplifying and supple menting the teacher‘s work. . The radio program consisted of the Emâ€" pire Day message of King George and Queen Mary, and addresses by the Licutenantâ€"Governor, the Promfer. and the Minister of Education., Edmonton, Altaâ€"Radio education in Alberta schools was tested out for the first time on May 23, when # special patriotle program for Emplre Day ‘was radiocast from the Calgary and Edmonton radio stations to every school in the province. Alberta Tests Radio Education & lance corporal,. His jealous fellow» guardsmen had made his young millâ€" tary life unbearable. When he was publicly reprimanded for lackJustre buttons at guardmount, the sensitive sentry could sland no more. He threw his rifle and fur busby into the Buckâ€" ingham bushes and stole away, Sentry Bivewright now faces a twoâ€"year im prisonment. â€" Were England at war, eny tochnically, he would face a firâ€" ing squad. TORONTO he had walked), he confessed that he had wilfully deserted. His reasont] Although only 19, he had been made He, Signaler George Sivewright, 1st battalion, Scots Guards, dressed in dusty civilian clothes, stumbled into his mother‘s home in Aberdeen, Scotâ€" land. As he soaked his aching feot (Aberdeon is 600 miles from Londong‘ The Lost Sentry of Buckingâ€" ham Palace Found The mystery of the guardsman who vanished in his scarlet uniform thres weeks ago from a sentry post at Buo kingham Palace, the first palace sentâ€" ry in British history so to disappear â€"was solved last week. ‘The solution came, not through Scotland Yard Wt from the missing sentry himself. Three of the fAve medical mnbz of the House agroed to s & bill, which was sponsored by”l:gzn& gomery, Minister of Health, in the Provincial Government, ‘The othef medical member said he would not support compulsion in vaccination o# Inoculation, except in cases of thoss who might be exposed to a discase when there was an outbreak. Mr. Baldwin‘s Campaign | _ That it was a step of retrogression rather than of progress and tha# 3 was not in accord with the spirit the times were some of the character} zations employed by Mr. Ivens in his speech against the bill. He said that England, after trying vaccination for ‘. century, and compulsory vaccination for half a equtury, had changed the law to optional vaccination, This was done on the recommendaâ€" tion of a Royal Commission, which had spent cight yeard in its inquiry and which had taken the testimony of experts of Europs and America. Hol land also had abandoned compulsory vaccination last year, following a disâ€" cussion of the question by represente tives of the League of Nations. Into the Manitoba Legislature proâ€" viding for compulsory vaccination ang Inoculation in the mining, lumbering and construction camps of Northern Manitoba was® strongly criticized by William Ivens, a member of the Labor Party, Although the bill was given & second reading, it is generally oxâ€" pected that its provisions will be conâ€" siderably modified in committee, as & result of the effective arguments adâ€" vanced by Mr. Ivens. Vaccination Bill Opposed By Ivens Mystery Cleared Winnipeg, Man.â€"A Legislature is Criticized o. 5y Lebor Leader HIVES no one else apâ€" t the "ordinary 4 the "ordinary s upon their in eir passions Or that never fal speechesâ€"brog i first rate. And se he has may 'flfi the other part iin, ‘There wil