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ment of Insurance occasioned ty demsge amounting to Taman / exdlusive of incaloulable loss 'Prom forest "fires, the am ; "i points out. ih The 1921 fire loss, "proximately Oa -- S pax cork. was covered by insurance, constitutes a substantial increase over the lobes; "of the three previous years, In the loss amounted to $28,745,500 1919, $25,361,240, = in 1018.7 §88,- agate loss of $15,824,801, and the 58. smaller fires a loss of $4,044, 817,060. During 1921 the fire losses | 817, in Great Britain amounted to only $36,400,000. By provinces the distribution of fire fosses during 1921 was as follows: Alberta, $2.875,000, or $4.95 per capita; British Columbia, $8,050,000, or §56.82 per capita; Manitoba, $2,864, 000, or- $4.67 per capita; New Bruns. wick, $2,725,982, or $7.02 per capita; Nova Scotia, $3,177,000, or $6.06 per capita; Ontario, $15,444 817, -or $5.28 per capita; Prince Edward Island, $216,478, or $2.44 per capita; Quebec, $10,897,658, or $4.64 per capita, and Basitatchewan, $8,755,000, or $4.93 per capita. IMPERIAL TROOPS « JN LIMERICK CITY Octup Barracks Awiiting Developments in Turbulent City. A" despatch from Ulmerick sdys:-- British military forces appeared in the atreets here on Friday, supported by double turreted armored cars, but after drawing cash for wagés of the troops, withidrew to barracks where they are]. for ihe present confined awaiting de- velopments. The situation in Limerick ds daily giving more anxiety. The rival armies oontinue to receive reinforcements, a detachment of fifty having arrived from Mayo to support the' invading forces, while thirty-two men of the Limerick local brigade presénted them- selves to Commandant Brennan at. the castle barracks for service under him. It ia felt that the strained situation cannot last much loriger; but the regu Jor Irish Republican army officers have instructions 'to evoid conflict" ex- Tor ibi- he LE ties, The regular Irish' Republican army forces in the barracks of occupation outnumber the invaders two to one at present, but both sides dre well equip ped and dis! the revolters, if they put up a Ahi, il ba. a diffiouk task involving much bloodshed. Classified according to the charac- ter of the property involved, the more" destructive fires occurred as follows: 49 in industrial property, with a loss of $8,188,200; 82 in mercantile prop- erty, with a loss of $5,659,000; 9 in institutional property, with a loss of $1,048,661, and 15 in miscellaneous property, with a loss of $4,301, AS5, he amount of money spent by t! Don and 'Rrovincial = Govern RELIEF WORK 2 To aniot 5 $195/000, al of i 1921 to. $1 which, 'with the exception of § 415,000, Repatriation Antics: De. was twised by'a ax upon sired by 5,000 Canadians in London. "A despatch from London saywi-- The report that the repatriation of Canadian soldiers 5til in Great Bri- tain was to be resumed, was recently received here and raised high hopes for a time, It develops, however, that its i ; only foundation was the Jecelnt by the en a High Commissioner's Office a I Bll sum of money to be applied to the con- i. | tinuation of relief work he tressed ex-service Canadians: it had been understood: that the relef| of work was to be discontinued. It is however, that Hon, P.O, Larkin {iil be able on bis ereival to atmognes the resumpbion of the scheme of re- | patintation. Fully five thousand Can~ adians; it is said; are prepared fo take! advantage of it. lip Sait Great Britain is facing a strike of Sir Fanta Grebnwood is slated for the portfolio of British Home Secre- tary in' succession to Hon, Edward wi Lady Rhondda Shortt. 08 petitd House Lorde hes Hon to sit Jn th the o of A tin of 'bully best? neatly. 100 mittes on privileges of that Honse. If | Years old, a relic of an Arctic expedi- #hé nade Tervelf of thls privilegg she | Hon, was reently opened and foand will be the first woman to sit in the | duite freshiand edible; Upper House of the British Parlia During Februaty. there were 144 ae-| ment, as Lady Astor was in the Lower | cidents in connection with the Cane Chamber, adian railways, ~The casualties were: da fei dos Passengers killed, 2; injured, 16; em= 3 . yes kill 8; 121; others Ma rial Si on. plo; od, injured, Two "wo Historic Sites | in "A despatch from Th Three Rivers, Que., imtbonad, th Historie. Sites's Oom- mitten will erect a msmonial stone on Bt, Louls Hill to: commemorate} i the of | the battle of 1775 between the English the university it seemed that People who live near the university should andoy 'an' educational service Similar to. that which 'has for years béen avail- nble, in the form of extension lectures; fo So organizations throughout the prov- These alumni -arvanged, there: oy for a series of eix lectures on jes of literary, = summer, at a date not yet wold and the American invaders; A despatch from Ottawa says: --A who were defeated here. promise that every reasonable en Anpther memorial ~ shone Capit be | deavor will be used to attract to Can: erected at Les Visilles Forges, the|ada people of the most desirable class, oldest village in the St. Maurice Val- with particular regawd to settlenvent ley district. =. on our undeveloped lands, is contained' CR in the speech from the Throne which Net Debt of Canada was read by the Governor-General at is is $2,371,886,102 ment and with embodies declarations of 'policy 'by: the Dominion 'Govern Yery hilpful, 58 Sar up Ib $05, Sows bard labor qm posed for. viclation | killed, 8; injured 17; bobal killed, 5 jured;. 164 the opening of the session of Parlia-} "A despatch from London a oT dom 5881 Teed, Mohandas K. Ghandi, the Indian non- rig ol oco-operationist leader, has been placed under arrest. En eivay {No.3 made by the India Office on Friday trac, The atvest wae wade ay Sh Sia, 310 miles worth of Bombay rari 0. 8 extra, He It Chbeged mi arson Redden, a Na- beter ot Sw tori, wa ott Lb lo No. 2.78 to B00, is two years' imprisonment. One year at yo No. "Ho. " our--First m= 3 the Seditiovs M. pt to vie ME Pats, Moll a Gen ier se fo cao 8 the Co "Orta flour--80. pee hn eg inal Law Amendment @ sen-|bu Od ' tances are to run consecutively. Hel: siffeed Bul" hon fre was 'sentenced last December to six| ea Sona: i Bears 2 months' 'detention and a fine of 500 A rupees, but. about a. month aber' he Track, T on Teloased, wid ve nrrevted Tnmeditt errs Oo A to $937 mined, ately on the charge of violsting the to $10; a oh Criminal Law Amendment A Stra i AR i, Euraps Must First A dospiveh. Fron fron. Washington! Ontario No. 8 oats, 40 fo 4bc, out- says:--The United States will | help ide. on thin an only those European countries our--1st first help themselves. And this Gov- taka 36, 8 $8.20 per bbl; 2nd Tite : ernment 2will exert. "tactful sign BE Serpe 3t 2. dat pats. in colt to make those nations feel tire: neces- , $8.70 per bbl; 2nd pais, 90. ity of getting back to normaley. . |' " Ohiase--_Now, eo; 20 to 20%e; This is. the real meaning of the twine, an fo Be "triplets, LH policy with regard to economic rehabil- 'odder ! itation in Europe; as enunclated in the od large 20 to. 2 26¢; vgs, aun to United States note declining to' par. : ow $4 10 20," LH ns, ticipate in the Genoa Conference, a re the pian of action bohind thet pllcy. ose gf 7 ints No, 1, 0c; 390; 5 to » y i 2 IR sed pou I ng. Hickens, : } duck, oe burkeye, 46 to 50c; oul. Spring ring chickens, 22|minion fowl, 24 to 80c; population "which will ald in the de- Lo 8b¢; "turkeys, 48 to 0c; velopment of the Dominions natural |peese, 80c. . resources, settle on arable lands, pro- "iucearine 20 to 286, vide additional traffic for its Taliways f Few Now id, tr i might | Beans--Can, hand han pins, bushel, we 'perhaps have pureued the even' tenor SM: fh $3.86 to $4, i of her way as far as im is had it: way problem," one recently. It is A despatch from Obbawa saysi---A | ment. The speech does not make a this con decrease of $690,882 in the net debt | wpecific snnotincement that legiskation of Canada during the month of Febru- | on the subject ¢f immigration will bed ary, as compared with an increase of | introduced by the Ministry. Tt $4,290,143 in the same month last year 'however, raise the question -and paves is shown by the financial statement 1s-| the way for a discussion of it at the sued 'from .the Finance Department. begins i& connection, that : | tion in 1881 was 4,324,810; that from year to March Sist, 1921, 47184, Us ), immigrants: entered the Dominion} and that, nevertheless, the population | Dorninion, ascording to. the } y 40¢. nent BC 0 8 ion : Tin 6 on bad 2g ok re rm : comme' Wi 3 . Herself, Says Us. outside; $1.85 to $1.41, delivered To. ARSENAL: | $2,371,886,102; as compared with $2, y | 872,685,984 on January 31st, 1922; and habit $2,807, 018,156 on February 28th, 1921, Tn RES, A France has repealed the daylight A, sesing lv, 4 sopesd not dp take of. | until 1928. ired meats--] ; » $19; clear Sten it to on attention of the Government and mem: | nl Hol Dace) Thm ae Sh , both | the sum of u h at hone and 'abroad. es gravita urba 1 EE RES