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T THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE-ONT., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1928 Labor Delegates Confer With Federal Government The Best bf Them Prime Minister Refers to Excellent Feeling Between Employers and Employees PROSPERITY AHEAD Ottawa.--Labor, as represented by delegates from the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress, recently paid its annual call upon the Government, not only to ui^ge the passing of special legislation, but also to voice strong commendation for certain acts recently passed by the Government. The curtailment of the veto power of the Senate, the re-enactment of the Technical Educational Act which expires at the end of next March, amendments to the Immigration Act, application of the eight-hour day provisions of the Washington Conference in so far as the Government is able to do so, amendments to the British-North America Act, and also to the Criminal Cede, were among the requests of the delegation. Many other subjects were touched upon in the memorandum presented, including the contention that "organized labor should be give membership on delegations, commissions or boards dealing with matters affecting the interests of industrial wage earners, as for instance, the Economic Conference (Geneva, 1927), the Tariff Board, and so on, and that the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, being of a truly representative nature, is the proper body to consult on seeking nom tions for such appointments." With reference to technical edi tion, the memorandum points out that the act provides for the appropriation of $10,000,0(K) by the Federal Government to be expended during the 10-ye-ir period ending March 31, 1929, and urged that Dominion assistance bo renewed at the forthcoming session of Parliament, in order to insure that this imp ;n- •endm jrged in it is sot forth • •ate the good^l*-t or. the quc-s 'of the eight hour day, and i considerably the fair wage tions if a claus: providing for day not exceeding eight hours ssited in all fair wage contracts." An important amnedment to the Immigration Act is recommended. T'r.tler this proposed amendment, any government, company, corporation, society, association, person or party or agents for the same, soliciting to bring immigrants into Canada, shall be responsible, financially, for the said immigrants for not less than one year. It was contended that if there were to be any further tax reductions they should be applied to the sales tax "which is not only an obstruction to trade bat places an unfair financial burden upon the masses of the people," and not to the income tax. Tom Moore, president of the congress, complimented the government, on the Old Age Pensions Act, as for its establishing the West Indies Steamshio Service, amendments to the Income Tax Act, raising the exemption of dependent children from 18 to 21 years, for the acts encouraging the further une of Canadian-mined coal, and for those that extended "public ownership by the establishment of harbor commissions for the ports of ! Halifax and St. John." | The Prime Minister, W. L. Macken- : zis King, complimented Mr. Moore on the "splendid manner in which the Trades and Labor Congress had cooperated in the past with the Government," and at the way in which the delegation had presented its program. The representations made would be helpful. "If to-day we see a return of prosperity," said Mr. King, "this prosperity is due in a large measure to the spirit of conciliation and good ;ployer:s and employees WORLD CHAMPIONS DINE The guests of honor at a dinner giten for world champions only by the Madison Square Garden Club in New 3&pk. Photo shows eight of the sport world's greatest figures. Left to right;-seated: Bill Tilden, Bobby Jones-, Freddy Spencer and Charlies Winter; left to right, s-tanding: Babe Ruth, Gene Tunney, Johnny Weismuller, and Bill Cook, hoskey stor. n thai unple 1 . Can; >ther Historic House Gone SEVERE WEATHER BRINGS TOO HOT FIRES Micheiham Priory, Upper Dicker, "Sussex, England, had one wing com-tely wreeked when fire broke out during the intense cold of late December, e water froze as It felt the hose. The house dates back to the 14th century. Canada's Business Makes Big Strides Physical Volume Shows Jump of 48 Per Cent. Ottawa--Canadian business reached a physical volume at the close of 1927 48 per cent, larger than it reached in 1926, au Index published by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reveals. Business, however, was somewhat below the high point reached in the second quarter. The feature of the year was the rapid advance in industrial stock prices, reflecting an easy money situation. Speculative trading was the greatest on record. The number of shares sold on the Montreal Stock Exchange in the first 11 months wa3 8,651,000. an increase of 42 per cent, over 1926. Volume of construction was greater by nearly 10 per cent, than that of the previous year. Mining showed an increase of 7 per cent, and the output of forestry, an increase of 6 per cent. The average of manufacturing activity, adversely affected by declines in the automobile - and steel industries, showed a gain of only 4 per cent. Employment in wholesale and retail trade averaged 7.5 per cent, higher. The volume of imports increased 2.5 per cent., while exports declined 1.4 per cent. Value of imports was $1,005,000,000 for the first 11 months, an increase of 8.3 per cent. Exports were $1,107,000,000 as against $1,144,-000,000, a drop of 3.2 per cent. Car loading until December 10 shower i increase of 4 per cent over 1926. Conspiracy Trial Opened in India Sensational Story of Revolutionary Plot is Related Calcutta--A sensational story of widespread revolutionary conspiracy in Bengal and Behar was related at the opening of the trial of 20 young Bengalis at Dumka recently. The young men were charged with conspiracy to wage war against th« British forces and banditry. Numerous police raids followed the dis-covery of a cipher book during a raid on a Deoghar boarding establishment. With that knowledge, the polios were able to discover the hiding place of the revolutionists. The police seized revolvers, bombs, explosives, and revolutionary literature. The prosecution alleged the collection of arms was designei -awe the Government. Prince of Wales is Host to 900 Farmers at Roast Beef Dinner Melton Mowbray, England. -- The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of York and Prince Henry, all wearing lounge suits, rubbed elbows recently with 900 Leicestershire farm- They were guests of the British heir at an old-fashioned roast beef dinner at Oldal, Demont Fort Hall, Leicester. As the royal trio entered, the guests waved their tankards and sang, "For they're jolly good fellows." At the heir's request, all the farmers were in their work-day clothes and .didn't seem to be embarrassed. The Prince oi Wales, proposing a toast to "The Farmers," remarked that he had spent "many happy days riding over your land." "I would like to propose a couple of New Year's resolutions," he added facetiously, "which are easier to break than some of your fence rails. One would be a resolution suggested by the word 'New' in 'New Year's.' Do not think I am trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs, but I hope you do not reject anything new without thorough investigation." In conclusion, the Prince of Wales expressed the hope that English agriculture soon would regain a more complete measure of prosperity. Canada to Have New Legation France and the Dominion to Appoint Minister to Respective Capitals Ottawa.--Canada's success in establishing diplomatic relations at Washington has decided the Dominion Government to appoint a minister plenipotentiary to France, it is officially announced. Phillip Roy, the present high commissioner at Paris, will be appointed to th« post; while the French Government will make Baron Vitrolles, Consul-General for France, the first Minister to Canada. Reports to the effect that Canada will send a minister to Japan are denied. During the visit of L. S. Emery, British Minister of the Dominions and Colonies, the appointment of a British High Commissioner to Canada will come up for discussion. Paris.--France and Canada have definitely decided to change the present status of diplomatic representation to the establishment of legations in the respective capitals. The French Cabinet has approved a plan to appoint a Minister to Ottawa. He will probably be the present Consul-General. . The following communication issued by the Foreign Office. "Following negotiations, under,, taken in a diplomatic way, and inter^io^-o wrtiittfe trek ^teee-in in December last between the Raoul Dandurand, Senator of Canada and Minister of State without portfolio, and M. Briand, Minister for Foreign Affairs, France, the Canadian and French Governments have decided to create a legation of Canada in France and a legation of France in Canada. The Minister of France will reside at Ottawa." One Way Out Judge Refuses Naturalization Application to Japanese So Solves Immigration Difficulty Can't Serve Two Countries British Columbia has long been worried about the influx of Hindoo and Japanese. Ways and means to limit and control the Asiatic menace to British predominance have been often considered. The following Canadian Press despatch indicates that a jud'ga has perhaps solved the difficulty: Vancouver.--"I simply refused to recommend the application to the Secretary of State," declared Judge A. Grant, commenting on an Ottawa despatch which stated a Judge had not the right to refuse recommendation of naturalization papers to Japanese. Judge Grant pointed out that in every case the presiding judge in a Naturalization Court must decide that the applicant is a "fit and proper person" to be granted naturalization. , "The effect of my decision in this Batter is that owing to the non-assimilability of the race, its extraordinary birth rate, the economic problem sure to result, the fact a Japanese cannot expatriate himself, and |hat a person cannot possess any more fchan one nationality at a time, I derided that the applicant was not a fit pKoper person to be naturalized," the Judge-- Settlers For Canada Glasgow Herald Cons.): The number of foreign immigrants into Canada in the past year exceeded the number from Great Britain by fully 23,000. If the disproportion continues at this rate the time is not far distant when the British element wilt constiue a minority of Canada's population. If the strength of the Imperial bond which unites Canada to the Old Country is to be maintained, we cannot afford to ignore the call which is addressed specially to our people. Tin Added to Ontario's Wealth Companies Formed to Work Deposit Many Concerns Busy Arranging to Prove Up Properties Supposed to Contain Rare and Useful Mineral NEAR SWASTIKA Five English Mining Companies and two United States groups are reported to have quietly acquired during recent years properties along the border between Bernhardt and Mai-sonville Townships, north of Swastika, in Northern Ontario, in the expectation that along five miles of a pegmatite dyke they will find commercial deposits of tin. This most useful metal has been obtained chiefly from the Malay Peninsula, Bolivia, Dutch East Indies, Cornwall, Australia, Nigeria, and South Africa, but though have been reported from several localities in Canada there have never before been, except in one instance, such extensive plans made for development. The other case is that of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, which is reported to have taken up 100 claims in the Chibougamau area last If the deposits prove up to the expectations of the companies which have been quietly exploring their possibilities, this would add to Canada's growing list of another of the most important minerals of the world. Excavation of Tut-ankh-Amen's Tomb Nearly Completed by Dr. Howard Carter Cairo.--The clearing of the fourth chamber of King Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb at Luxor, completed a few days ago by Dr. Howard Carter, constitutes a practical end to the excavations now in the sixth year, unless further depositaries are discovered which is not believed likely. The chamber contains no treasures such as previously found, but It is filled with an extensive collection of furniture and other objects of Pharaoh's including a large canopic jar, a royal bed encased In beaten gold supported by four elongated Hons after the pattern of similar earlier finds, numerous ushabti figures, much smaller statuary, a quantity of personal Jewelry and several baskets packed with pressed dates and other foods. Mr. Carter removed all the objects to his workshop located in the tomb of Sui II. near by for detailed examination, preservation and packing for the transference to the Cairo Museum. The fourth chamber, as well as the rest of the tomb, will be open to visitors on Jan. 17. Thus nears the conclusion of the work of excavation begun by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr. Carter in 1922 and since continued by the last-named archaeologist. Three years later, on Nov. 11, 1925, the mummy of Tut-ankh-Amen with Its wealth of Jewels and other treasures under shrouds, was opened in the presence of the Govei and archaeological repres Men are so hard to buy for," complained the sweet young thing. "Yes," sighed the spinster of forty-three, "and I hope you'll never learn how hard it is to get a man to buy for." A Pocket Bucket For Motorists Even the best-behaved cars have a distressing tendency to overheat in hilly country. And then it is usually a matter of borrowing a farmer's milk-pail or spoiling a Stetson in order to refresh the radiator. Here is a pocket water bucket described by a writer in "Field and Stream Magazine" that is simple to make and just the thing for the motorist with a penchant for hills. "Cut out a section of a large inner tube about -two feet long. Tie one end ■ tightly together to form the bottom I of the bucket Then cut two lugs in the opposite end. Provide a stick to reach across the diameter of the tube, and then turn the end of each lug under the stick and fasten them t the stick with'adhesive or electrician' tape. Such a bucket will hold cor slderable water. When not being used, it can be rolled up and stuffer away in the pocket, taking up very little room and weighing practically nothing." OPEN WARFARE TRA Fascistl clubs have been oymea an ovw ita given a thorough military training. Mussolini says he rising generation. Italy Prepares Canada-to-Chile Road To Further Good Will Cleveland, Ohio.--Good roads from Canada to Chile, in the greatest highway project ever planned by world engineers, will do more to establish friendly relations between nations of the western hemisphere than the combined strength of the world's greatest armies, Jose Rivera, secretary of the official Mexican delegation to the American Road Builders' Association, said here. Latin-American delegates attending the convention backed Senor Rivera's opinion that scores of misconceptions of conditions In the nations to the south will be wiped out with the completion of the great international highway. , The aged king in the melodrama was blessed with two sons. He was pacing up and down the stage with a wearied look, exclaiming aloud, "On which of these my sons shall I bestow my crown?" Came a voice from the gallery: "Why not art a crown apiece, guv'nor?" Chinese Artillery in Action Sierra Leone Is to Develop Platinum Field .Analysis Shows Metal Compares Favorably With That From Urals Loudon---An official analysis shows that platinum from the Sierra Leone field compares favorably in composition with the same metal from the Urals and South- Africa This is announced in a British Government communique, which adds that these West African alluvial deposits, extending over 40 square miles, are "likely to be of considerable Importance." At present, it will be recalled nearly half the world's platinum comes from Russia. "Detailed information regarding the locality of tho platinum discoveries," the communique adds, "will be given any firm who can satisfy the Sierra Leone Government of their financial standing and bona fide intention and capacity to undertake mining operations in the event of these being likely to prove profitable. "The Sierra Leone Government, however, reserves power to limit the number of prospecting rights, issued in respect to this locality." The Folly of the Protocol London Observer (Ind.): Three years ago Geneva was misled by tha illusion of a short cut. Baffled in^ their hopes and defeated by thel? problems, the statesman o! Europe Sought the vain refuge of a paper formula. Let the League but define aggression and enforce its sanctions against aggressors; then peace would be ensured in our time. Never did Britain render more effective service to the cause of peace than when her emphatic rejection of the Protocol which embodied this flimsy thought called the world back to a sense of realities. TOOK A LONG TIME TO EFFECT SURRENDER Artillery conquers ancient city of Chochow only after 79-day siege. The ancient fortifications withstood daily shelling for that time and the small Shansi garrison surrendered only after their last ammunition was gone. was busy serving his en he noticed a small boy with an innocent look on his face standing close beside an open crate of oranges. "Now, then, my lad'" said the grocer, "what are you up to?" "Nothing." "Nothing, eh! Well, it looks as if your were trying to take one of those oranges." "You're wrong mister!" retorted the lad promptly, "I'm trying not to!"