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government is quite the reactionary right "The ‘.Tfl_r t6 _qnlt“ntir-ml Londonâ€"British oversens â€"trade in April showed the highest imports Imports And Ex In April * Bext hor Monn °* Since 1932 ‘ "It was quite apparent that the late Mr. Irwin was familiar with the Aanger altending the removal of these rods as, during the past winter, repairs were made to this deep well mp which necessitated the remorâ€" E of the rods. At that time pre. eautions were taken to see that the rods did zot come in contact with the high voltage wires. For some unknown ;eason, this precaution was not taken at this time." "Me is also warned that all trees and stractures must be kept at a wafe. distance from the lne." Mr. Jeffrey says. "On investigation it was found that at the time of the mccident, four men were working at a deep well pump on Mr. Irwin‘s farm, removing stee! rods from the well. The last rod which was being removed from the well by Mr. Irwin, was longer than the others and came in contact with one of the high voit. age wires of the electric service pole line which ran past the well. This apparently caured the instant death of the two men. ( C Toronto.â€"In a statement j:ssued in connection with the nccidental clec. trocution of Robert Irwin and Maiâ€" colm McKay on the Irwin farm in King Township, R. F. Jeffrey, chief municipal engineer of the Hydro, N!ll.o.tllflhlll-n.'m primary services are instailed, the rural consumer is warned that those wires carry high voltage, 2200 voits or 4,000 volts, and that it is dangerâ€" ous to touch or come near these wires . STATEMENT ISSUED ON FARM FATALTY Hydre Official Cites Warnâ€" ings Issued to Rul:al L..__ Consumers_ the province move disedi .cc uds h nno‘“lofl_ur'fl' com A much largor acreage of grains is indicated genoraily An acreage reduction . of 19â€" per cent. was estimated, chiefly in the €Cried.out areas of southwestern Man. itoba, couthern and central Sasatcue. wan, northern Saskatchewan and northâ€"central and northern â€" Alberta, It was estimated the acreage seeded to wheat would be reduced 2,329,600 aeres, from 23,206,000 to 20,966,100 acres, 340 POINTs CcHECKED The report, based on information from 360 strateglc points, was compu. tod on May 1§ conditions . Coarse grains, the report continued are taking the place of wheat, par. tleularly in the northern areas, due to lateness of the ;cu- Wheat seeding practically com. pleted in Manitoba, the reports say, and, with the ©xception of northern districts, most of the coarse grains seeding had been done. The percentage seeded varics wide. ly..in Saskatchewan , About 70 per cent. of the entire wheat crop is mmaka .. P More Iecy me Sn is quite as groat fram nary right as from the "_Gleen Prank, warned that all trees must be kept at a from the line." Mr. "On Investigation _ it eastâ€"centre over :' Hon. Dr, J. A. Faulkner, minister < of health, stated curing the past year lu. nnmber of inmates in the bosp!i« ) tais have increased 600. | Cost of graceries and provisions at ‘/ the Brockville institution Increased $4,716,; . cobourk, $5,216 _ Increase ,Wml.v. $10,469; _ Hamilton, $6,169; K‘ngston, $#3,290; London, $18,680; . Mimico, go7 483; â€" Orl!HNe, $11,480; penctang, $12462; Toronio, $11,388; Woodstock, $11239. i% L203 ay rcomy ravald "While the number of inmates in theze justitutions may have increas ed alightly»last year," cald Mr. No# bitt in presenting the figures, it could hardly account for the large Increas. 48, in some cases almost 50 per cent., in the cost of groceriss and provis Jofs. } TORONTOâ€"Ygures showing there had been a 2> per cent Increass in the cost of groceries and provisions for the O«ario hospitals for the fis cal year ending last October As com pared «ith the previous fscal year, were producted recently in the Legis. mmiure by Russell Nesbitt, Conserva« tive, Bracondale _ y Food, Provision Bills in tario Bigzer For Last Year _ Canada in M, Octor‘s opinion is much better of than Belglium as far us the unemployment situation is concerned Higher Cost "There is no point in Belglizm which is more than 100 kilometers tfrom the border," he said "and 100 kilometers is less than half an hour‘s fight in the fast military planes of today.," Fears of war have brought even the Swiss to the point of im ~asing armaments M. Octors pointed out. _ _ A war in the air is the phase of hostilities most feared by Belgium today, according to the visitor, . MONTREAL,â€"Belgians know that. If there is ‘another war they will be invaded, whether they are belligerâ€" ents or not. Hence they are prepar. Ing to withstand attacks in the fuâ€" ture, according to M, Etienne o«on.“ lawyer of Brussels who has spent the past month investigating company law in Canada and the United States. __"We are arming in Belgium just like in any other European country," he said. "‘We believe though that Germany will not start another war It she knows that Britain will defin. itely oppose her, But, on the other hand, we know that Britain is hayâ€" Ing its dificulties with the Dominâ€" lons on this subject. We know that you Canadians, particulariy, do not want to get into any more wars," Sure To Be Invaded In War, Visitor Says Declines were registered in wheat flour, which dropped slightly from $1,147,681 to $1,015,320; ments, from _ $1,766,004 . to $1,561,181; planks and boards, from $1,217,014 :n $1,198,618 and partially manuâ€" actured , from $2,122,795 to .l.“l.!!:"" INCREASE IN REvENUES An increase of $493,602 in federal revenues for the month of April was noted. Customs and excise receipts last month amounted to $12,888,â€" T68 compared with $11,895,165 for April, 1934, A small decrease of $21,267 in customs revenues was more than offset by the substantial gains of $87,477 in excise taxes and $414,â€" 457 in excise fiu:;. "l-dry colâ€" lections also rose 2,086. The following figures show the comparative _ statement . for the month, the receipts for April, 1934, being given in brackets: Cusoms duties, $5,598,469 (85,619,737); exâ€"| clse taxes, $3,711,926 ($3,024,408). excise duties, $3,019,457 m.m.-l 000); sundry collection», $58,914 000); sundry collecticn (§45,078), $3,064,539, _ an nicke!, from $2 349, For Future Attacks To and nnu"'“-?;c;;n‘; $2,446,008 to $2,72%4,. 169; |»Atroad #80; , Ald So« 480; lluluw 328; | with th On | Other | letters, bearing _ almilar adoption requess, have been reâ€" ’nln‘ from distant nlaces, . includ. Ing Milwaukes, Wis«, sald the Minâ€" ister, . Greatest response, . bowever, has come from Ontario, "Rveryoue approves of ldentifyâ€" ing the rejoleing over the quiatap» lets first birthday with + remom» brance of children who are »ot ‘«m ous but forgotten," Mr, C.oll suld. "Already the . ffty.@ipbt . Chiioten‘s Ald Societios in the province Eave indicatea . their Wearty wn-':’ with the plan to trade aboiters [ birthday of the Dionme quit has been set aside as "adopt weok." _ It has developed a rooster‘s tail, rooster‘s head and comb, and one pooster‘s leg including the spur. It used to cackle; now it crows, and it has taken up an alarming penchant for barnyard fighting. Only its body and wlher leg remain those of a hen. Ontario Receives A year ago, Grifithbought two setting hens, Onp is still a bet. Grifâ€" fith doesnt know just ‘what the other It refuses to set on egzs Grifith suts in Its nesl, ONTARIO, Cal,â€"Paul Grif th ns longer marvels at men changing into apes, or childrens with upsideâ€"down stomachs. He has a hen tur=ing into Hen Turning sible, and with masks where it is not possible as civilians now give to worrying over improbable gas at. tacks, thousands of lives would be saved." Refuses To Set On Eggs After Being l:‘quirped With New Tail der on, professor of applied pistology at Yale, international authority on war gases and ec.hnu-dll..u mask, which saved untold lives in the Woer d War, the result would be small in compari:on to the casuaities yearâ€" y from (nhaling dust in industry, Dust in such industries as tunnelâ€" Ing, drilling hard rock and the use of asbestos, e said, causes hundred; of cases of willcosis every year. Tuberâ€" culosis frequently deve‘ops, reâ€"ulting In death or permanent divability, "If Americans would pay as much attention to equipping the dust proâ€" voking industries with proper ventila. tion," he declared, "where it is pos. Fear of gas in war, he said, has been greatly exaggerated. HMe pointed out that such attacks on London demonstrated on several occasions the weakness of gas as an offensive weapon, The only casualities were A few bli:ters. dei on, over New York C 100,000 tons of war Mundreds of persons probably would die and countloss dlon'o‘.u ) seriously. affected. ‘et, according to Dr. Yandel Henâ€" Than Gas In War â€" Yate Professor Refers To Silicosis NEW HAVEK, â€" Conn.â€"Visualize :Z.'.'.....;“:" York c‘.‘:'::l-m Many Requests To Adopt Babies by Francoâ€"Russian Pact u.‘.I va N'n [â€" piuy Cseated), R Worse Menace gases in the metâ€" in Paris quintuplets, lopt a child yep | Ontario led the provinces in the yrp. | production during March with 174,096 j12, | Ounces, Quebec noxt with 34415 og, | ©40068, _ ARO British Columbla third not with 28,019 ounco., Manitoba and 1p | Saskatchewan produced 12,266 ounces .4 | while the output from Nova Scotia, pe |the Yukon and Alberta amounted to 683 ounces, gaman reaearc as it already « agricultore and ley. Sharpe Miz. C soclation, ca!« erous signas t at hand wheu the undes bu, years must i« Caripbell, chas survey commit dollars would : this year.‘ is to The combinc) bellef that commod« Ity prices will risg and business acâ€" tvity will imrove formed the basis for the optimi:(is qutlook of an orâ€" ganization who«« membership cult approximately (3,000,000,000 annua ly for durable (od8 and comâ€"modities. About 1,600 | purchasing _ executives from the Unite: @tates, Canada und Mexico heard an«/ygle of business and the views of snance, industry ans the government y New York â€" equalled in t forecast in a Association of sembled in is here. 'AVE W m Dotrol!+â€"â€"Restoration of the §6â€"4â€" e w day minlmU= wage has been #Bâ€" m cm‘,".s. nounced bY the Ford Motor Cortpâ€" anyâ€" ReSlration brings the miniâ€" P l ::: 'm”llck u':rh‘c Ford ware «e is of 1929. Both and Lincoin Is Predicted hy National Asâ€" «bOP8 are Included in the increase. soc. of Purchasing Agents | TW®raise from the present mintâ€" smm mum of $5 a day is a 20 per cont. New Yorkâ€"A wave of buying yn.| Increase, Ford offcisls said. Wage equalled in th> past sik years was | brackets above the new min‘imum iil forecast in a ««»vey of the Nathnai|also be given bourly rate advauces Association of ‘urchasing Agents,,.| from fre conts upward. The averâ€" sembled in isornational conventyy |age wage pald, officia‘s said, will be here. bove §$6 a day. i The combine) belfef that commod.| Announcement of the higher miniâ€" ity prices will rieg and business acâ€"| MUMwage came just as Prosident lvity will imrove formed the basis | RO9®®Y!t announced wage scales fo: for the optimiâ€"ii qutlook of an orâ€" :_ $4,00,000,000 _ workâ€"rellet p oâ€" ganization who«« membership spends t approximately 1:0,000,006,000 annual.| _ A 19!8! 9( 126000 word em»toyes iy for durable (o48 amd cormmodities. | W!l! be 2800lq, of whom £‘00 aure About 1,600 .u:.... executives | 1002160 !" D®lgy, 7he new minimum ram the Tniisi @intes Canada und .'-....!'.'."..'“‘ compar.y‘s payroll NEW YORKâ€"Hatry Winston, New York diamond merehant, announces is purchase in London of the Jonkâ€" ®*: diamond, the largest uncut diaâ€" mond in the world, forasum "In exâ€" cess of ©$700,000." ‘The stone weighs 726 carats, and is approximately the size of a hen‘s ogg. The Jonkers was unearthed in the South African field on January 16, 1934« _ Burean of Statistics reported . last week. Gold produced in March totalâ€" ed 249,479 ounces ngainst 249,310 ounces in the same month last year, Ontario led the, provinces in the production during March with 174,096 ounces, Quebec noxt with 34415 ounces, and British Columbla third with 28,019 ounco., Manitoba and Saskatchewan produced 12,266 ounces Receipts of Jewp!ry and scrap at the Royat ‘?_!!h_llhu in March conâ€" gold content of these receipts for the Gold averased $35.40 per ounce in Canadian funds during March, and on this valuation the month‘s output was worth $5.831,557, OTTAWA.â€"A | considerable gain was shown in the gold production in the three ‘months ended March when it amounted to 717470 ounces compared with 703535 ounces in the sime period last year, the Dominion three months ended March totaled 11,983 ounces 717,470 ~Ounces Canadian Picture theatre Wellare sermons proached throughâ€" out the county and the Weiland County society Las arranged to have _ speakers nddress audiences botween performances at a moving Children‘s Ald Society @d the Minister there MOYOMODE Started . to welfare The Gove ed Ambasea "further Eur o«ipit ® the Soviet wit} muFur January, ry, March \ wave of buylng unâ€" past six yOars was i vey of the Nathnai ‘urchasing Agontsa,. ark, _ of Browne & . prosident of the As attention to "nem~ i the time is close ihp alnck caused by â€"» af the lat 16W yat into France in "Mutual Aid Ag@ement," is initialed France, as security," eireulation ounty has / have . child the French Foreign Minister Laval and Apsiles to Canada Wind4 â€"R.storation of the $5 a day Mitiggy wage, as announced by the Pordgotyr Company of Michiâ€" gan, Willlsg apply to the Canadian M"..'ntqn- Wallace _ R. Campbell, PFSont of the Pord Moâ€" tor Compa®Y Canade, 116., statod here. T®® =weass will take efec! immediarely. In 1992 thtminimum dropped to | 0.:“-& fil'mllfl;: um.:n“u 35 lof b present mint« mum, «fclalfa1g, was the bighest | wagss P0 Wy the oxtra dollar was added in 192. | creased (B9minimum wage to $7 & auy. That ~e} remained in effect until 1931 #By the $ minimum was resumed . by $2,000,000, month. oficials said. In flj'_:f"m of 1929 Pord in. Wage Scale For Shops To Return To Early 1929 Level â€" 20 Per Cent Increase |CANADA PLANS Further inquisies revealed the fact that 1,100 members of the Civil Ser. vice in Canada have app‘ied for leave; the Ontario Covernmesi is granting employees leave with pay,; other prcâ€" vinelal governments . are . providiag every faviiity whereby exâ€"service men employess are pyramiding their anâ€" mnual 1935 vacation to apply to their 1936 vacation in order to get away to Vimy that year. Theâ€"Canadian Naâ€" tional and Canadian Pacific Railways unllnlhhn-.hlmu.-‘ panies and manufacturers across the Dominion are making similar arâ€" rangements, many companies, {ncludâ€" Ing both .raiiroads, having already circularized their men. The Pligrimage will sail from Canâ€" ada around July 15â€"16, 1936, stay three days in Pranceâ€"July 24, 2% and 26â€"then proceed to London for a| stay of four or five days, returning to Montreal around August $th or !li-‘ The Pilgrimag, will be organized on an all.expense basi; from date of ©anadian port departure untit . re turn to Canada, bookings to date chow that we may actually be faced with a shortage of ships. Pligrims #hould register carâ€" ly in order that Steamship Companâ€" es can provide sufficient boats and avoid disappointment ‘This piigrimâ€" ago will be Canada‘s Peace Demonâ€" stration to Europe. The Peace Army may easily become 20,000 strong." _ "Steamship companies and Cana. dian Legion officers report that apâ€" piications for the Pligrimage have practically doubled since the King‘s Jubilee," stated Captain Ben Allen, With the Jubiles Celebration of Their Majesties concluded, Canada is now turning its eyes towards the Vimy Pilgrimage of the Canadian Legion which takes place at Vimy in July of next year. Joe was borm io Warrep, Rhods Istand and graduated from Haoly troms Crows College, starting out on his baseball career in 1923, He was with Hartford in 1927 and Ciarks. burg in 1928.29, In 1930 he went o Kvansville, Jn 1991 Morrlstey found bimselft wifk Bt. Pasl In this yeat he was the leading short.surp of the leagee and had his best bailing ay. erage of .433, 1932.33 saw him with glaciane‘! and 100105 with the Lamts Owing to a bad foot this year Joe was kept out of the big Jeague, Me is quite a comedian on the feld, even at that he is "Ike" Boont‘s right. bard men, Morrlasey is a valuable man !t is more than likely that he will be closâ€" wn to captaln the Leafs this year, VETERAN MORRISSEY Joe Mortissey is now playing hid second your with the Toronto Maple Leafs, This experionced second baseâ€" man is ou» Of the oest doubleâ€"play makers in the league, "Wars are the logical and almost inevitable result of theâ€"whole comâ€" petitive economic system." â€" Sherâ€" weed Eddy. "Thoughts have the power of makâ€" ing us feel happy even while our body is suffering." â€"â€" John Cowper _ There has been a long lull in Canâ€" adian aviation. The time has come when efforts to develop the real poâ€" tentlalities of the Dom!sion can be u-d.cull.lnau.ruu the air map of the world. It «hould not be allowed to remain a blank space.â€"Winnipeg Tribune. These contracts were not profitable in themselves. They merely kept the wheo‘s turning, provided a centre from which other services could be made available at all times. In Canada a few years ago encour. aging start was made in tha; direc tion. Then the Government : broke the backbone ofihe whole developâ€" ment by cancclling its air mail conâ€" tracts. In every country in the world exâ€" cept Canada, the backbone of aviaâ€" tion is.commergial airway service on regular schedule alow, established quoting the following prices to the ‘Toronto retail trade: Porkâ€"Ham, 21¢; shoulders, 15%¢; ::!‘:s 17¢; pork loins, 21c; picnics €. 1240 pat 150 Prmia, ihige U 4 $ €. ‘ Shorteningâ€"Tierces, 9%e; tubs, 10%c; pails, 10%e; prints, 10%e. HAY AND STRAW No. 2 timothy hay, baled, ton, $14 to $15; No. 3 timothy hay, ton, $12 to $13; straw, whew*, baled, ton, $10; oat straw, $8.50 to $9.50. | Hensâ€" Over 5 tbs. ... Over 4 Ibs ... 3 to 4 Ibs. ... Old roosters .... BUTTERâ€"Ontario No. 1 solids, 21%e; No. 2. 21c. POoULTRY: (Quotations in eents.) . M United Farmers‘ Coâ€"Operative Co, Saturday were paying the following prices for produce: \ â€"_RGGSâ€"With _ cases returned, "A" large, 16¢; "A" mediam, 15¢; "B," 18¢; "C," 18. PRODUCE PRICES (By United Farmers 1% to 2% lbs. 14 Over 2% lbs. 18 WHOLESALE PROVISIONS LY KEN. EDWARDS P‘4 Live Drei 14 18 1 millifed guesiicn: low does a homlug pigâ€" con tkken away in a box, returm hud« dreds of miles to its own joft? There swems to be a great deal of uncanuy wisdom in the feathered kingdum~ toronto Giohe. # N Go0D FOR EVERYThHING London, Out., Income tax office re» eelved three cents from a man who wald his consclence prompted him to turn in that amount. Probably he has been taking sulphur and molâ€" es:08. It was alway» said to he good for the whole system.â€"â€"Strattora Usacen.Herald. examination of all drivers with more «earching tests than those which are now imposed.â€"Brockville Recerder. TEsTs OF orivers In England it has been considered advisable by the authorities, fazed with a tremendous growth in the number of motor accidents, to order reâ€"examination of drivers granted permits during: the past few years with mote rigorous® demmands being made upon them by the examiners. It would be no surprize eventually to see a similar pulicy adupted in to appreciate the soundess of the conclusion. _ Every magazine has some readers, Every billboard is seen by some persons. Every radlo station has _ some listeners. But everybody reads the newspapors.â€" Border Citiecs Star. back up paragraph above, une does not need to consult figures advertiser who uses m rspapers V; one is getting the best available cov. erage at the lowest cost." EVERYONE READS THE PAPERS The Bureau of Advertising, sur. veying the whole field of publicity media and roporting *~ the American Newspaper Pup.ishera‘ Association, now meoting in New York, says: Mowever, this only puts it up to us to preserve our happy . state. Rarthquakes we cannot prevent, but io a great extent we can control flod conditions by forest conservaâ€" as in Greece. We have no battle ragâ€" ing over a 120â€"mile frout as in Bol. Ivin. tlon.â€"Saint John ‘TelegraphJournai, comparatively slight. We are far enough from the Euro. pear continefit to watch without un. due alarm the developments there, albelit our Intere:t is not untinged with some anxicty. We do not have to try in absentia batches of fugitive There is altogether too much nonâ€" senso» talked about business. The world is full of theorists, men who can tell others how a business should umnmuum been able to a succeess of one themselves. To conduct a business successfully three thigs are cssenâ€" tial: money, ability and a tromendâ€" ous capacity for bard and strenuous work. It is the last of the three which contributes the greatest part to the success of a business, but it is a wise combination of the three which provides work for hundreds of thousands of men and women all over Canada.â€"Kingston Whigâ€"Standard. NOT SUCH A BAD ‘OLE! Millions are starving in China, Thousands have recently been killed in an earthquake in Formosa, Ong way and another this seems to b# Even when we suffer from what we on the highway? Do you strictly ob sorve all trafiic rules, stop lights and4 signals?â€"Quebec Chronicle _ Teleâ€" and older people? Do you always keep to your own side of the road? Do you become excited when con. fronted with a sudden emergency? Do you always keep your car in perâ€" feet mechanical condition? Do you trafile, road and weather conditions? Do you always give the right of way Do your Do you give all your attention to your car when you are driving?t Do you always drive at a reasonable Judging from what is <heard about Alberta‘s broad acres sulted to mi« ed farming it shouldn‘t be difficult for them to produce what they want, =Port Arthur Newsâ€"Chronicle. ‘ MODEL DEBT Without further additions, the debt of the City of St. Catharines by 1937 â€"and that is only two years awayâ€" will be a million and a haif, the low. est of any clty in Canadaâ€"St, Cathâ€" arines Standard. FACILITIES AVAILABLE Banners carried by Edmonton un» Voice of the Press CANADA ‘y Ni