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despatch from Dublin 'propotal of Mr. Lloyd ay @ conference in London on the e Trish question between representatives of } and Northern Ireland and e British Government is le cceptance i in its present form. TT lalena, the Republican er, = oe James Cralig, the Ulster Pre- migr; in reply to Sir James' notifica« tion that he canmot meet Mr. de 5 \ 4 a preliminary conference re tin, organ of the Dail eT 'that you cannch a maptin Mens OD of pe peace with Great Irish delegation ought not ivided, but should act as a unit Monday, which form a prelude to a reply by de Valera to the ; British Prime Minister. =~ many Unionists hera 'the invitation to the Ulster "a8 "mistaken tactics" a the of the Republican Joader Hon. W. H.Taft, former United t is sppeinted Chief Justice of U5. Supreme Gone Ey Byung of Vimy, Canada's new id Gover General, is to land at Quebes ed within 97 uth Pole--~and 'also the nin 1914-16, will be whl i lattes is quoted by, Gel The conimander of the British oie] in Ireland is reported to be preparing for more vigorous repressive action if the proposed conferénce between Ulster and Sinn Fein leaders does not SE AS AR Green flies, the pest of the garden- er, reproduce very rapidly, nineteen generations being possible: in sixteen: financed by John 'Queller Rowett, of Agriculture Research, and_ Frederick Becker, a well-known paper - islands, | harvest festivals in Georgia, one or submitted Ee 'Air Force Association, tho 'about one hundred acres. All that res mains to complete arrangements isi the receiving | soneau hangar, which has srved to for Regina by the Canadian Winnipeg, has been awarded to J. D.] Pulp and Paper Co.. Under the agree. within three years. The company pro- | made much more stringent. Tt was | considered that it would -have been | privilege, Sir Henry Drayton,' Min- | ister of Finance, spid on Wednesday. -' Orphan Takes - despatch > says:--Her baggage consisting of two vard Smith paver mills at Cornwall oy opened ir new bleached sulphite~mill, with capacity of 70 tons of sulphite per trying banidng oe Po e first time into » listeict, the st itl Ven To ow 2 by. the city to the association selected one comprising Bes n re- and erection of t Winnipeg, Man. ld pulp berth, con- sisting of 718 square miles of pulp and timber lands, just east of Lake MeArthur, representing the Manitoba ment, a pulp and paper mill, to cost at least $1,000,000, must be constructed poses to constriitt a two-machine mill will be manufactured out on the Company's limits purchased Jast year in the Gaspe Mninsula. The erection of this A deepal trom: Wesbtofton says: ~The ow Republican Tarift Bill re- Aalitty and completely res "the Underwood-Simmone tariff, v 3 Foy £5 fortes sight yours, on the statute' books, was {ntr d in the House on 'Wednesday by Ropressutating Ford: 'ney of Michigan, Chairman of the "| Ways and Means Committee, Some features of thé Permanent Tariff Bill - of particular interest to Canada follow! 'The duty on wheat, which was 88 cents per: bushel In the Emergenoy Tariff Law, is reduced to 28 cents, which was the Payne-Aldrich rate. Canadian wheat came in free under the Underwood Act. The duty. of 16 ceiits per bushel on corn in the Emergency Act, which was the same as the Payne-Aldrich Law, is retained, corn having been "on the =| free list in the Underwood Act. Sydney, N.8.--At least one 'million tons of Cape Breton coal will be ship- ped to the Montreal market this sum- mer, according to Alex. Dick, general sales manager, Dominion Coal Co. This company has already shipped to' Montreal this year, by water, 150,000 tons, or as much as was cent up the St. Lawrence during the whole of 1920. St. John's, Nfid.--It is understood that Spain has increased the import duty on salted codfish from Norway to Lthe extent of two dollars per quintal in retaliation of the Norwegian Pro- hibition Act, which prevents the im- portation of wine from Spain. This will create a stimulus to the New- foundland cod market. Se Canada's War Veterans Receive Pay at Par A despateh from: Otte sani The Militia Department will still. conw tinue to exchange at par, pay and als lowances received by soldiers in Eng- lish currency although the conditions SUrTO the privilege, have beend unfair to soldiers who might still be paid in English money to cancel the ; y rn i 4,000-Mile Journey 'A : from Port Arthur letters, dealing with her father's war record, three-year-old Winnifred Jose- pay on tis CPR, mun. home in Swift Current, Sask. From her far-away home in Glasgow, Scot- land, to the Canadian West, over 4,000 miles, the little orphan has only the kindly directions of train and steam- ship officials to guide her. rome A cine. Make Your Own Violin. Take two tin cans, attach them to the opposite ends of a piece of wood, 'land run &'D or A violin string from one can to the other, The cans will supply the resonance | that 18 furnished usually by the body of the violin. Of course, the range will |* @ot be as great as when four strings are used, but if you use either of the medium-toned strings, you will be able to play almost any tune. In the Southerfi States or America itis a 'common thing for people to malke rough musical instruments. At more days are set apart for contests 'at which people, many from remote 'mountain. regions, play -these home- | made 'contrivances Yor yams, singly Ulster's Parliament. Friends of Ireland on both sides of the ocean are glad that the opening of the Ulster Parliament, attended by the King and Queen, was accomplish- ed without mishap. There was no note of defiance in the solemn proceedings. ud pddress of the. King breathed no of bitterness or anger. He was in| 18 the right in declaring that the Eng- lish-spealing world desires nothing more heartily than a cessation of the strife that hes rent the Emerald Isle and set the hand of brother against brother these many mournful years, The Ulster Parliament is not creat- ed to vaunt a superiority of political condition or to monopolize official favor for the loyalists. It stands as a beacon to the day of amity and true concord among, | Irishmen of every creed and faction. It stands as a sym- bol of the hope of unity. Dif Lord Morris ot Rovian appeared before the Cattle. Embargo Commission and ad- vocated the raising of the cattle em- ar : g rr ,Walrus-hunters paint = their boats TREGLAR ite to. resemble cakes of ice: Onions are given a duty of 75 oents per 100 pounds, as againet 20 cents per bushel of §7 pounds in the Underwood Act and 40 cents per bushel 'of 67 pounds In both the Payne-Aldrich and the Emergency Acta The duty on potatoes is made 42 cents per 100 pounds, instead of 26 cents per bushel of 60 pounds in the Payne-Aldrich Law and 25 dents per bushel in the Emergency Law. Po tatoes were on the free list {n the Un- derwood Law, Increased duties are provided for olives and almonds at the There isa duty of two cents per Welcomed French Mission Hon. O. H. Dolierty, acting Premier, met the French Mission to Canada and extended its members a hearty welcome to this country, te Evidence Enough. "Katle," said the fashionable moth- er, with a frown, "you've been giving the children molasses candy again." "Why, ma'am, do they look sick?" asked the nurse, alarmed. "No; but every doorknob in the house does." request of California growers. SEND WOOL TO ~ EUROPE IN FUTURE Duty Imposed by by the United States Prevents Canadian Export. A despatch from Washington says: --Canadian wool, which forme one of the chief exports of the Do- minion to the United States, probably will be sent to Europe in future, ow- ing to the recent duty imposed' by the Emergency Tariff Act on wool shipments, according to a report to the Department of Commerce. The United States hitherto has been the outlet for approximately half of the Canadian clip, Extremely low prices are Being paid for wool at country points in Canada, the report adds, and it is said that large quantities of raw wool are be- ing sold at from six to twelve cents a pound. The highest price paid for the best wool is approximately 33 cents. Canadian wool interests will be obliged to find other markets for an exportable surplus amounting to ebout 7,500,000 pounds, or 50 per cent, of the whole wool clip, it is stated. ------e There is sufficient power in one gram of radium to raise a battleship of 28,000 tons, one hundred feet in the air. Weekly Market Report Toronto. Manitoba wheat--No. 1 Northern, $1.88% : No. 2 Northern, $1.85%; No. ix Northern, $1.82%; No. 4 wheat, Manitoba oats--No. 2 CW, 48%¢; No. 8 CW, 46%¢c; extra No. 1 feed, 45¢; No. i feed, 48%c; No. 2 feed, 42%ec. Manitoba barley--No. 8 CW, 76%; Not: CW, 70%¢; eleeiad, 65% c; feed, All the above in store, Fort William. American corn--No. 2 yellow, 76¢; nominal, c.if., Bay ports. . pon iariy ocats--No. 2 white, 40 to Ontario wheat--No. 2 Winter, $1.50 to $1.57, nominal, per car lot; No Spring, $1. i to $1.45, nominal; No. HR RS accor 0 Peas--No, 2; nominal, Barley--Malting, 65 to 70¢, accord- gto freights outside. uckwheat--No. 8, nominal. Rye--No. 2, $1. 26, according to! med. freights outside. eese--New, large, 18% to 19%¢; twins, 19 to 20¢; triplets, 19% to| to 21%c; old, large, 38 to 84c¢; do, twins, 83% to te) triplets, 34% to 8bc; new Stilton, 21 to 22ec. Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 25 to 26c; creamery, , fresh, No. 1, 82 to 88c; cooking, 22 to 24c. Margarine--22 to 24c. Eggs--No. 1, B0e; selects, 41 to 42¢; cartons, 43 to a. 1 A hpicked, bushel, $2.85 to $3; primes, $2.40 to $2.50 Maple le JroducteS yrup, r imp Re Le a i Se sugar, one; y--60-30-1b. tins, 19 to 20c per 5-234 ib, tins, 20 to 2lc per lb.; Bs comb. honey, at $7 per 16+ $ section case. Smoked meats--Hams, med., 36 to 88¢; heavy, 80 to Sle; cooked, 50 3 bbe; rolls, 27 to 28¢; cottage rolls, to 29¢; breakfast 38 to S50; special brand breakfast on, 456 to 47c boneless, 42 to 47c, Tr meats--Long clear bacon, 17 to 19%¢; clear bellies, 19%e. Lard Pure, tierces, 14 to 14%c; tubs, 14% to 16¢; pails, 15 to 16%¢} prints, 16% to 16¢; Shortening tierces, 11 to 11%; tubs, 11% to 12¢; pails' 12 to 12%c; prints, 14 to 1436, Good vy steers, $7.50 to $8; butcher steers, choice, $7.95 to $7.75; do, good, $6.75 to $7.26; do, med. $5.50 to $6.76; do, com., $4.50 to $6.50; butcher heifers, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; 2|do, med, $6.75 to $7.25; butcher Cows, choice, $5 to $6.76; do, med. $3 to $5; canners and cutters, $1 to $3; but- chers'. bulls, good, $4.50 to $5.50; do, ¢om., $3.50 to $4.50; feeders, 900 lbs., $6 to $6.50; do, fair, $6 to 5.60; milkens and spring ngers, choice, 0 to $50 calves, rShoice, $8 to $9; do, 6 to $8; do, com. $4 to $6; a youlIngy, 38 1 $8.60; ans spring, $13 to $14; he sheep, choice, $4.50 oy 59; Fi) 2 tn Su; 2 vy and | 8, 0 $8.50; fogs, fed and watered, $12; do, weighed oft cars, $12.25; by fob, 112 25; 5 country points, $11. 3 Montreal. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 61 to 62¢; No. 8, 56 bo.57c, Flour, Man. wheat pats., firsts, Solo. Hed im beige, 80 he, $930 Duan 030 y bY, INO, per car lots, $21 to $22. Cheese, finest easterns, Shoicast Hogs, $6.50 to Wo $3 to $6; eg to $8, and common cattle, LERS--By Gene Byfnes ABouT THREE. TIMES EVERY