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"Department of Agriculture. Pacia year the crop was ruined by giiests, but 4 yo fie pow a ' Mayor Hylan at Hall on Friday. She invited une 16th and 17th: h from Belleville says:-- t Miss Gwen Lazier, Bel- 26 miles. maximurit and it is a tribute to Dok 1 and hove that hi she dule surpassed. ol 'of the news that the reached ; .of foreign capital has been 'invested and with the installation of the il it ft 8 intended to handle both Y FOREST FIRES THERN ALBERTA Pere River Cow Country Cut Off --Saskatchewan Districts Suffer. A despatch from Edmonton says:-- | Bush fires are raging over wide areas in Northern Alberta. The most ser- jous outbreaks are west of Edmonton, northwest of Athabasca, and in the Peace River country. Six hundred thousand {eet of logs, the property of H. Roberts, were burned near White- court, northwest of Edmonton. Tele- graphic * communication - with the Peace River country has been inter- rupted by the fires burning the poles, bringing the wires down with them. Sv far no loss of life has bow: ree Hy cnpateh from Prince Albeft ord hed th y and Paddock Intahey 3 ots t 25 miles north of Prince Albert, burning out two homesteads without loss of life to humans or stock." Numerous bush "fits "were raging 'early Thurs- Fo Sche~| day morning in the district named, but are now petering out. It is rum- ored another fire is still active on én Indian reserve north of bike ' V*% | shall wear black chiffon velvet, and at works, from | Lord - . | to wait upon her. the .age| | of 80. It can : ton, and carty 8° MINER TO REPRESENT MONARCH O OF BRIT. AIN James Brown wn Will Leave Two-Roomed Cottage for Palace of Holyrood London, May 18.--From a two- roomed cottage in the little mining village of Ann Bank, in the Scottish County of Ayrshire, James Brown, the miner M.P., acéompanied by his wife, will on Monday journey to Edin- burgh to take up his quarters in Holyrood Palace for ten days as the representative of King George at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. j James Brown. was recommended by Premier Ramsay MacDonald for the post of Lord High Commissioner at the General Assembly. In other words, heis to represent the King and receive pur, Grate, 8(itending ladies of honor-she will 1 a Duchess and a Marchioneéss. Yesterday and to-day she was busy with 'her household duties in her tiny cottage, among other things, frying sausages for her husband's dinner. To one of the newspaper correspori that the black' : is to wear for the journey to Edinburgh on Monday had not yet arrived. "Mt is a nice enough dress," she] sald, "but if it does not turn up I shall just go in my ordinary clothes. All my other dresses will be waiting for me at Holyrood Palace. At the great reception on Friday night I 'have a heliotrope and silver dress for' afternoon and also one in black mar ocain and grey." Mrs. Brown spent a day during the week with the Marchioness of her lady-in-waiting, whose castle Boma is about 18 miles from Ann Ban Such is the natural simplicity nk the Sommifiiones sat it never derful that the: woman who a! 85 years in a roomed cottage in a mining Yillaga 1d spend ten did days in the Kng's Palace with a Marchioness pr a 5 'ROUNDWORLD AIR wi Cocos the greatest living English composer, Bir Edward Elgar has been appointed by King George as Master of King's Music, to succeed the late Sir Walter Parratt. He was knighted in 1904 and received the Order T° of Merit in 1911, Alea, { that the British foree numbered 8,970 | April, 1924, 6,085,465 bushels. in be re 1} 'Inclided in these figures are 32,805 33 HERO OF MESOPOTAMIA PASSED AWAY IN PARIS Maj jor-General $ Sir Charles B. F Ti end Served: in Egypt, a and S. Africa. Paris, May 18.--Major-General Sir Charles B. F. Townshend, famous as the. defender of Kut-el-Amara when he was commander of the British forces in Mesopotamia during the World War, died here to-day after six months' illness, He was on a visit to his' mother-in-law, Countess Cahen d'Anvers, at the time of his death. Major-General Townshend was rn in 1861. He entered the Royal! good Marines in 1881 and saw gatensive military service in' Egypt, India an South Africa. At the outbresk of the World War he was given comand of the British from the Turks, After a few initial successes the T who greatly out~ numbered. the British, drove back Gen. Townshend's forces to Kut-el-Amara, the British suffering heavy losses in their retreat. From ber, 1915, to April, 1916, the 'British gallantly "Diiring the siege British 'aviators 'several times flew over Kut-el-Amara and "dropped food 'to the starving troops: inside; General Townshend declared afterwards that Kut-el- Amara never was captured by the Turks; that the town fell after 148 days of siege from starvation and mental and physical hardships which were indescribable. The Turkish com- minder permitted Gen. Townshend to retain his sword when the town fell. The British official report at the time of the capitulation announced men. Gen, Townshend was released by the Turks when Turkey signed the armistice' on October' 80, 1918. lei reitan APRIL WHEAT EXPORTS {vi INCREASE. IN VOLUME | gal. Than 7 hat of he is 1923, |b ? t A despatch trom' Ottawa says :--A steady increase in the volume of 'wheat exports from Canada is noted| pie.' brenkfas 'in the 'monthly statement issued by the Dominion Buteall of Statistics. In| backs, were exported, as against 5,143,304 in| to A ril, 1923, The monetary value this year, how- $82. was lower by about $300,000,' $5,998,870, sent to the United States, 2,- 9. to the United Kingdom, and) ,101 to other countries. re is also a slight: increase in ty of wheat flour exported, barrels', London, M, ad | ment, $4.75; 3Y 13 Alarm ! felt by both i a military Turkish missions have arrived hth? at Warsaw and Bucharest where they are coficerting plans for defence with the Polish and Rotumanian general] Mania staffs, Turkey's grievance -against Russia at the moment is the expulsion of all Turks from the Caucasus which is said now to be taking place. The causes of anxiety on the part 'of Russia's neighbors are the Russian desire 'to recover Bessarabia from Roumania and the Russian determina-| tion: not to allow Poland to keep the extensive non-Polish areas which lie within the present military frontier. With the state visit to this country of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Roumania, accompanied by the Foreign Minister, Duca, following close on the downfall of Premier Poincare of France, and immediately preceding the plenary session of the Anglo-Soviet conferencs, several loose ends of European diplomacy have been linked up here during the past week. Officially, the visit of the Rouman- The Week's Markets TORONTO. Man. wheat--No. 1 North., $1.09% ; No. 8 North., $1.02% Man. oats--No, 8 ow, 41%c; No. 1, 40%e. Man, barley--iNominal. All the above c.i.f., bay ports. Ont. barley--66 to 70c. Am. corn--No. 2 yellow, 95¢. Ont. Rye--174 to 78c. Peas--No. 2, $1.40 to $1.45. Millfeed--Del. Montreal frei his) bags included: Bran, per ton, shorts, per ton, 2 middlings, $02. good feed flour, Ont. wheat--No. 2 white, $1 to $1.04, outside, Ontario No. 2 white oats--389 to 41c. Ont. corn--Nominal, Ont. flour--Ninety per cent. Jat, in jute bags, Montreal, grompt 8! 6; to basis; $4.75; bulk, seaboard, $4.40. Man. flour--1st pats., in jute backs, $6.10 per bbl; 2nd pats., Hay--Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $16; No. 2, $16; 8, $13 to $14; mixed, at to $11. 80; lower grades, "$10 to Straw--Carlots, hia Bs $0.60 to Jield "Kut-el-Amara, but finally were|$10. teompelled to surrender. Screening--Standard, recleaned, f. o.b., Bay ports, per ton, $17 Cheese--New, lar, ° 164% to 17c; twins, 17 to 18¢; t lets, 18 to 19¢c; Stiltons, 20c. - Old, large, 22 to 28c; twins, 23 to 24c; triplets, 24 to 26c. Butter--Finest creamery prints, 83 to 84c; No. 1 creamery, 82 to 88c; No 2, 29 to 81c; dairy, 28 to 80c. Bggs-- Extras, resh, in cartons, 80 to 81c; extra loose, 28c; firsts, 26 to 200% Seconds 22 0 286. ve poultry-- kena, 3 to 4 Ibs, 26¢; hens, over 6 lbs. do, 4 to 5 lbs. hs 3 do, 3to4 os CS oving Eas 2c bs. and over, bbe 3 roost. = 18¢; Sucking, over 5 lbs, 26¢; o, 4 to tbs... 24e Otitek Dressed poultry ckens, 3 to '4 Ibs, 80c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28¢; do, Sto4 Ibs., le: Spring « chickens, 4 Ibs. and over, 82c; ed eras ae, 1b., 6%e¢; "Ma ny do producta--Syrup, 3 BE imp. per 3- 40 per oo su, " 28to 26¢. " #y oney-=60-1 fins, ip to 113e 3 10-1b, tna 5-1b. tins, 11 to 150: 2 i. Rn 12% hy ak per dos No. 1, $3.75 to i No.2 2, $8.25 to ked mata Tams, med., 28 to 24c; cooked hams, 84 to 86c; smoked rolls, 17 to 18c; cotta, rolls, 18 to t bacon, 21 to 26e; = cial' edna | Dreakast bacon, 28 to 3 , 28 to 83c. of masts Long clear bacon, GO 70 to 90 1bs., $18; ©. | pasteurized, 30%c glo- 2 hats, although the questions in which the Balkan state primarily con- cerned really come outside the imme- diate scope of the conference. Roumania's gh id is dom- inated by three gq ons--the first being the future of Bessarabia, the frontier province, 100,000 uare miles in area, with rich corn lands and a population of 2,000,000. .Juris- diction over this province is in dis- pute between Roumania and Soviet Russia. The second question fs the recovery of the Roumanian national treasure, consisting of a gold reserve and state jewels valued jointly at $200,000,000, This was deposited in Petrograd during the war and was seized by the Soviet Government. The third question is the settlement of free access from the Black Sea, through the Dardanelles to the Medi- terranean. Lard--Pure tierces, 14% to 15%e¢; tubs, 16 to 16%c; Ba 16% to 16¢; rints, 18 to 1 shortening, ferces, 14 to 14%¢c; tubs, 14% to 16¢; pails, 15 to 15%e; prints, 16% to 17¢, Heavy steers, 'choice, $8 to $8.25; baby beeves, $8 to $9; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.75; do, good, $6.25 to 6.76; do, med., 85. 75 to $6; do, com., 4.50 to $5; butcher heifers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, med., $5 to $6. 75; do, com., $4. 50 to $4. 78; butcher cows, choice, $6.26 to $6.25; do, med., $8.50 to $4.50; butcher bulls, $4.50 to $5. 50 bolognas, $2.60 to $3.60; canners ped cutters, $1.60 to $2; foedin steers, choice, $6 to $6.75; do, fair, $4 to $5; milkers, springers, choice, $75 to $90; stockers, choice, $4.75 'to $5.25; do, fair, $3.76 to $4.20; calves, choice, $9 to $10; do, med., $7 to $7.60; do, com., $4 to $6.60; lambs, choice ewes, $15.50 to $16; do, bucks, $14 to $14.50; do, culls, $8 to .; spring lambs, each, $8 to $14; light ewes, $8 to $9.50; do, Sulied 5 to $5.50; hogs, fed and 'watered, $7.60; do, fob. $7; do, sountry points, $6. 76; do, off cars (long haul), $7.90; do, 'select, $8.26. MONTREAL. Oats, Can, West. No. 2, 51 to 52c; do, Ne. 8, 49 to E0c; extra No. 1 feed, 48 to 48%c; No.2 local white, 44 to 45c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats. lsts; $6.10; 2nds, $5.60; do, strong bakers, $6.40; winter pats, choice, $5.75 to 5.85. Rolled odts, bag 90 lbs., $2.80. ran, $24.25. Shorts $26.25. Mid- dlin ) 332.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car ots, $16 Cheese, finest Westa., 16 to 15%c; do, Eastns, 14 to 14%c¢. Butter No. 1, No. 1 creame: 29%c; seconds, 28%c. Eggs, fresh, speciale, 83 to 84c; fresh, extras, 80 to 81c; fresh, firsts, 27 to 28¢c. Pota- toss Ror bag, car lots, $1.40 to $1.45, ty cows, "84. 60 to $5.25; do, Fay $3 to $3.50; calves, fairly $6.60; com. and med, $6 to £56 50; com., $4.60; ho, , mixed lots of butchers, $8. 26 to ss, { selects, $8.76. ree meee wei New Zealand Shows £1,812,000 Surplus A despatch from Wellington says: -- The New Zealand accounts for the year show a'surplus of £1,812,000. The revenue was £27,960,000 and the Tr | expenditure declined. Premier Massey states the figures show the remark- able prosperity of the country. Though reductions were made in land and income taxes, the prosperity was such that the revenue increased. The State Advances Department.lent £6, {800,000 for housing and land settle- ment. It is anticipated that a fur- ther £3,000,000 will be available this year, en prea: Send a wise man on an errand and fo 70 hs , $18.50; 8. -and u $17; lightwel ht' rolls > barrels, $7, heavyweight ro say nothing to him. Inistry init and out now Jong' 'plane would sea, they didn't waste any time on theoretical ordered to take the header, and 'this is the attached ' it .|sales. A Canadian show case manu- is apparent that the exhibition w | be of incalculable value, and ly a3 is, can show a fair total actual facturer who sent over an unattended exhibit was cabled an order for 150 lots, placed with the Canadian Exhi- bition authorities by a merchant from Argentina. The firm immediately rushed a representative over to take charge of its stand. The presence of exhibition visitors has led big London stores to make special displays of Dominion products in their shops. There have been many comments on the high quality of the Canadian cheese, butter, ete., and this 13 understood to be partly due to the foresight of the Canadian provision trade and the Department of Trade and Commerce last winter in making available in London cold stores a care- fully sclected supply of these products of the highest quality. It is note: worthy that Canadian butter and cheese also bulk very largely in the supplies used by the exhibitim res. taurants, while those of New Zealand, decpite their admitted quality. have not been stocked at all, ee feet Minister Asks Airplane. to Cover Large Parish "Sky pilot" as a nickname for a clergyman will soon have more defi nite significance if the example of the Rev. L. Daniels, formerly a London curate, now in charge of a parish in New South Wales, Australia, is wide- ly followed, says a London despatch. The minister is here to make an ape peal for a single-seat airplane to en- able him effectively to travel among the members of his congregation, scat- tered over a parish as large as all of England. His district, Wilcannia, in the far west corner of the Australian state, has an area of 40,000 square miles. It consists of a number of small town« ships, many of which are about 200 milesaway from 'his home station Then, too, there are scattered sheep farms and isolated homesteads. The Rev. Mr. Daniels will be able to manage his own plane if he gets it, for he was trained as a pilot during the war. RIOD FRA King Will Allow Order of St. Patrick to Lapse Now that Ireland is no longer a part of his majesty's first domain, the INustrious Order of St. Patrick--the proud motte of which is "Quis Sepa~ » | rabit?"--is to be allowed to lapse. This noble order, which was found- ed in 1783 by George III as the Irish sister ta the Order of the Garter, has been the highest honor the sovereign could confer on an Irishman. During its existence it has numbered the nob- lest Irish peers among its knights. Until the present generation all the male members of the royal family have been Knights of St. Patrick, but the sovereign as grand master and the Dike of Connaught at present are the Prince of Wales commonly ap- pears in public wearing the Order's insignia on his breast along with the Garter and the Thistle, he is not technically entitled to do so, as he has never been appointed and enrolled. -- i ren. Repopulation of London . Business Area Foreseen Repopulation of the City of London proper---a square mile in the centre of the English capital, which hums with commercial activity all day Jong, but is completely deserted after night- fall~may result from the abolition of the "inhabited house duty" by Chandellor Philip Snowden, the city's Lord Mayor claims. In future business men may again live over their offices without the house duty being required. Many of- into dwellings, so as to save the own- ers the expense of keeping up two establishments, and this probably will lead to the return'of the good old days when the City families lived in the City. vio ig -------- i -- Three Million Russians Now in Exile Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, the only royal members. Although fice dwellings will now be reconverted