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"Space Toll--156 HC Get Cheaper er A despatch from Toronto says: --A kilowatts from 60 upwards to which sovolutionary -change in the rating the 2-cent rate js applicable. for domestic 'and commercial If, for example, a municipality Yghting hroughout the 'various 'HY- finds that it requires a minimum of 920 Hiowatta r month at 2 cents to . dro Electric systems of the Province , i apn th Tout was announced Thursday night by Sir arty will have power to increase] An Beck, speaking on behalf of the the standard minimum from time to dro Commission. | time, subject, of course, to the general Simplification of 'the rating m supervision of rating by the Provin- has been under consideration by the cial Commission. officials of the Commission for some It had been decided, Sir Adam stat- months, and on Tuesday members of the Municipal Hydro-Electric Asso- tion were called into conference. e call for this conference was is- sued by ex-Mayor Maguire of Toronto ed, to accept for general use in the matter of commercial rating the basis put forward by the Toronto Hyro- Electric Commission for use in this city. Formerly commercial lighting , was supplied at a minimum rate of 6 as president of the association. The boil of these deliberations was a de- | cents per kilowatt hour for 30 kilow- ¢lsion---which was communicated offi-| att hours, 3 cents for the next 70 clally to the municipalities through- | and 1 cent for all over 100. The To- out the province--to abolish floor-|ronto rate, which will now be applied space rating for all domestic services throughout the province, provides for and to provide instead thereof a 30-'a rating of 4 cents per kilowatt hour cent service charge in the case of all for the first 50 hours, 2 cents for the houses, large or small, connected with next 50, and 1 cent for all over 100. municipal distribution services in the] These changes have been formally various Hydro zones. approved by the Provincial Commis- It is believed, Sir Adam states, that sion, as well as the new domestic rat- James Brown, Labor-miner M.P., has leaped ato the imelight through being named by King George as Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland and ruler of Holyrood Palace. He didn't forget to chat with the "hobble" at the gate. CHINESE BANDITS * NIAGARA WHI : of mis-' cellaneous craft | various her- g bors all over the world. Among hel properties liquidated were real estate and factories, rolling stoek, industrial trial) plants, machinery, mechanical trafs-! port and road plant, mu huts, | £ , textile s and goods, medical stores, food" aircraft material. y--E No. 2 timothy, Toronto, nd a0 as ~Carlots, per ton $9.60 to tandard, recleaned, f. Now, Sarge; 16% to 176 ew, ' ¥ ns, 17 to 18e; triolets, 18 to '22 to 3a; lo 2% anges 24 dt ne Bttor. r--Finest creamery p 86c; No. 1 cre 31 Sue: "No. | 33 to Be; aly to Eggs---~Extras, to 2 this will he found in the end to be ing system, and, so far as possible.] more equitable than the minimum and goes into force on the first of June. One Canadian, One English-. maximum floor space ratings hitherto] At the session of the Commission, . enforced. revisions of provincial rates in 212 man and Two Americans It also -has been decided that the, cities, towns and villages were form- Held Prisoners in Hills. standard charge for current shall be ally approved, having regard to the A despatch from Hong Kong! 2 cents for a minimum of 60 kilowatts | surpluses disclosed by last year's|says:--The Chinese captain of the and 1 cent per kilowatt for all cur-| revenue returns. In 155 cases reduc-| motor boat, belonging to the Stout rent supplied above that minimum. In| {ions were made in the rate for power | Memorial Hospital; boarded by pirates the case of municipalities which find | supplied by the Provincial Hydro tojas it was proceeding up the Cassia the revenue from this basis of rating|the local authorities; in 54 the ratel River from Wuchow to Kweilin, which insufficient for their needs and neces-| holds at that of last year, and in 3|place is being besieged by opposing sary additional revenue will be ob<|only was it found necessary to make! Chinese armies, and where twenty | tained by increasing the number of | increases. missionaries are believed to be in o-- danger, has escaped and returnea to Wuchow. He reports that 300 brig- ands, all ex-soldiers, attacked and routed the escort of 80 soldiers. A Chinese gunboat passed' and fired a few shots, bit did not stop. The brig- ands then boarded the motor boat and demanded £100, firearms, gold leaf, ete. When military reinforcements ar- rived, however, the pirates abandoned the motor boat, which they had ran- sacked, and carried off the four mis- sionaries who were on hoard toward the hills. Soldiers followed in pursuit. A despatch from & Shanghai Says :-- i boat: RLPOOL CARRY OF MISSIONARIES CLAIMS YOUNG VICTIM Youth of Seventeen Leaps: from Boat in Futile Attempt to Reach Shore. A despatch from Niagara Fallsy Ont., says:--Joseph Alexander Demp- sey, 17 years of age, was drowned in the whirlpool in the lower river early Thursday morning when he jumped out of a rowboat' which had become unmanageable. Dempsey, with Edward Barrie and Morley Pearson of this city, went along the river bank with a skiff and launched it just above the whirlpool with the idea 'of taking it down to Queenston for the summer. Dempsey got into the boat himself and started to row across the big eddy. The eur- rent, however, was too strong for him and he had: to: pull the oars into the Finding himself gradually be- ing drawn into the vortex of the pool, he jumped into the water and started toward the shore. He made about twenty strokes, shouting for help, and suddenly disappeared. It looked as if he was caught by a strong undertow. The body has not been recovered. It is probable that if he had re- a extra loose, iy i saan 9 i, oniery_ H 5 lbs. ve pou ens, over 1 26e; Hi 6 Ibs., 24c; do, 3 tod 11bs., 16¢; Burd chickens, Ibs. and 3 rs, 18c; oie Be over 5 bs. do, 4 t0'8 ec. esse ultry 2Be; do, 8 ™ 4 lbs, 18¢c; Dh ohieh ens, 2 lbs. and over, 60c; roosters, Beans--Con,. hand-picked, 1b., 6%¢; iiegle Sonmieiemicas inne NCR a en hin] ' y r imp. 32.0 per ee SG Se he b. tins, 128; oi 18¢; 73 to 5 2 Hy 5+ oi, maple Plea Bi 0-1b. tin n't 1ila to 120: 2 Fv honey, 2% dor, No. 1 No. 2,.$8.25 to $3.50: id i 0 meds; 78 24¢; cooked hams, 34 to 36¢c; he rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage a 18 to + |20e; breakfast bacon, 21 to 2be; spe- ~ | cial brand breakfast bacon, 28 to 80¢; *f backs, boneless, 28 to 3: Cured meats--Lon ng 50 1b aay Sir; htweight roll s. and u ghtwe! rolls, in barrels AEE rolls, Sat bacon. Bb fl | to' 16%c; 1s, 15% to 16e; 18 to 18%ec; shopteniog; rd--Pure tierces, 14% to After ten years of experimentation, tab" 15 to adhe | J. L. Baird, a young Scottish engineer; The first splice in the new cable which is being laid between Alaska and Seattle, a distance of 965 miles, ROYAL PERSONAGES Thirteen Unaccompanied VISIT BRITISH FAIR | Children on Atlantic Voyage King George Roars With A despatch from Quebec says: -- . There were 18 unaccompanied chil-| Laughter at Prince of Wales dren whose ages ranged from 7 years | Modeled in Butter. upward on the Canadian Pacific A despatch from London says:-- | Steamer "Montcalm," which arrived King, George and Queen Mary, with| at Quebec at two o'clock Friday after- King Victor Emmanuel and Queen noon. Helena of Italy, and Princess Mafaldi| William Burgess, aged 9, is destined nt a considerable part of Wednes-| to meet his uncle at Tadmore, Sask.; rh forenoon at the Canadian Pavi- | Gertrude and Jack Hanrahan will Hogs at the British Empire Exhibi- meet their mother at Walkerton, Ont. tion. Announcement of their Majes-| and the remainder of the childrén are ties' visit to Wembley brought sight-| going to join relatives in other parts seers by the tens of thousands, but, of Canada, mostly in the Western thanks to the skillfulness of the police] Provinces. and the good humer of the crowd, the royal party made a walking tour at the exhibition in perfect comfort. The first call of the royal party was at the Canadian National Rail ways pavilion. The longest visit of the Malian royal visitors and their yoyal host and hostess was in the Do- 'minion pavilion, where they were around by officials. King Sone fairly roared with laughter he was suddenly confronted with the model of the Prince of Wales in "Canadian butter. The butter exhibit in the form "of a model of the herse, his rench, the house and cape all being in butter. pital, capital; is it not?" King 'extlaimed to Queen Mary, who. Semmes Immigration Shows Increase of 103 Per Per Cent in A despatch From ¢ Ottawa says: -- Infthigration into Canada in the month of April this year shows an increase of 108 per cent. over that of the same month last year, the total for April, 1924, being 19,380, as compared with 9,500 in April, 1923, Of the total for April this year 9,410 were British, as compared with 4,671 in the same month last year; from the United States, 1,888, as against 2,140 in April last year, and 8,082 from other] ggsi countries, as against 2,680 in April last year. ; Canadian Pacific Railway ¥ then was eof by. the royal | the release of the four missionaries, pril | i, Despatches published in the Shanghai papers tell of military and bandit outrages against missionaries both in South and North China. Reports state ' that five missionaries in Kwangsi and' Kwantung Provinces, at the towns of | Talwan and Pienlo, consisting of the Rev. R. A. Jaffray, of Toronto, and Be Rev. E. H. Carne, Britishers, and two Americans, named Rev. Rex, Ray and Dr. H. G. Miller, were' _captured | and are being held prisoners in the. mountains. The missionaries were proceeding toward the Town of Kwai- shun, in Kwangsi Province, in order to take supplies to their group of mis- sionaries, practically held prisoners there due to the internal fighting. . A despatch from London says:-- The Government has communicated with the British Minister at Pekin in- structing him to make vigorous and immediate representations to the Chi- nese Foreign Office for action to effect mained in the boat he would have, been saved, for it drifted around the addy. and was drawn up mear the i | two of whom are British, who were captured by pirates while proceeding to the relief of a band of twenty Wis- sonaries beleived to be in danger at | the hands of Chinese bandits. The Government has asked for an imme- diate official report of steps taken: to secure the release of the captives. Hong Kong, June 1.--Two of thei four missionaries recently captured Pte, Charles Mullet by Chinese pirates, Rev. Robert A.| of Toronto, spent his 85th birthday Jaffray of Toronto, Canada, and Dr.|in the trenches of Flanders during the H. G. Mjller of New York City, have| Great War, and can still fix bayonets been released by their captors to ar-| with the best of them; range for the payment of the ransom ri demanded: The other two; Rev. E.| West India Isles Shown Carne, an Australian, and Rev, as Very Loyal to England Ray, an American, remain pris- oners in the mountains, ten miles| Sir Eustace Fi 'Governor of above Chiuping. The military auth-|the Leeward Islands; on a recent visit to orities are endeavoring to secure| to England, told r their release. t Indian pos- Washington, May 81.--Official| sessions would never coded to Am- word of the latest outrage by Chinese erica for war debt. The sentiment of pirates against British and American' the people was sti missionaries in China was reported to a change of fla, 1 the State Department to-day. The loyal to" Great Baan : Pekin Legation is already pressing Sir Eustace said upon the Central Government the neec- the commercial logs o y for: prompt action: to obtain ve- war: and four s eit? of the foreigners and nish ment of the pira that he was against such. the has announced the invention of ap- paratus which enables one to see i | wireless. | irel ; , 'PRAIRIE GRAIN CROPS | MAKE UP LOST TIME ImprovensentinV in Weather Con) ditions Results in. Rapid 3 Growth of Grain. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Marked improvement in weather con-| | ditions throughout the Prairie Pro-| | vinces has proved a welcome boon to the Western farmer generally. _ Despite the lateness of the seeding oprations and the unusually cold wea-! j ther during the past month, recent rains and rise in temperature have contributed greatly to rapid growth. Wheat seeding is completed in the three Provinces with the exception of a few isolated districts, while good | in is reported in the i i coarse grain. Farmers in the Regina district re- port that erops are slightly ahead of last year, and in some districts wheat has reached the height of three inches. In the Prince Albert district lack of precipitation has somewhat 'retarded | $6: growth, but rain is forecast. The Seasons crop Prospects in Al- berta are regarded as the most ideal in mire years. A steady but gentle downpour of last week-end over a wide area proved very beneficial. In Manitoba the crop is not much later than in former years, although the lateness of the seeding season | ¢ io wheat reduced the acreage. sown There is am "time yet for the development of a good crop, ST conditions. y 'no| fear need ba ¢ pe un eh 14 to 14%ec; tubs, 14% to pails, 156 to 15%ec; prints, 163 to fi Export steers, choice, '$8 to $5.25 do Cig $7.50 to $7.75; export hefers, $5.76 to $6; do, com. $4.75 $5; $9; butcher steers, choice, $7 to 18 fy Eos 5 do | | said possibly the highly ats French powder used by Roumania, which is like that which during the. war caused numerous accidental ex- indirect cause of battle. Bucharest, June 1.--The loss of lite in the fire and the series of explosions at the Government Arsenal, west of thé Capital, Wednesday, now is esti- muted at forty, which is somewhat smaller than at first believed. The 'material damage is placed at 6,000,- 000,000 l6i--$1,158,000,000 at the nor- mal rate of exchange. biti WHY CANADA OBJECTS TO RECEIVING TITLES | Manchester "Guardian Says Sale of Honors Makes Them Undesirable. A despatch from London says:-- to 90 1bs. $18; The reason why Canada and South Africa have shown a repugnance to . titles being conferred on their citi- zens, according to The Manchester Guardian, is partly explained by the / fact that these Dominions have had bad luck in London's choice of the re- cipients for honors. Shady" modern history, The Guard- ian says, which has involved the vir- | tifal sale of peerages to rich men who have financed English political parties 'do, do, SE w 50 to $5; | also' makes titles objects of dislike butcher heifers, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; (in (hose Dominions. 4 med.; $5.25 to $6 do, com., $4.76 0} "yada and South Africa are made in an ~"the-~recent--an--------- 5; butcher cows, choice, "$5.25 $6.25. 30; butcher. , $4.50 ¢ 2.50 to $3; 503 canners a DT, 1.26 to $1.60; feeding steers, choice, 6 to $6.75; do; fair, $4 to $56; milk- ers, sprinzers, choice, $76 to $90 do, fair, $45.00 to $e. 00; stock- ers, Choice, $5 to $6.25 $4 to $4.25; 50 ate ewes, $16 to. $17; do, bucks, 310; doy cals, 35 5 $57 spt So J Te Foods ih El $7. po $5005 Sourtey fears, pi Cheat | o moles MONTREAL. Oats, Can. West. No. 2, 51 to 52¢; do, No. 8, 49 to S05; extra No. 1 feed, 48to 48 oi Hod loeal white, 44 to 4bc $6.50; ats., 18ts, Jes0; ni, hr 3 strong bak choice, 18 Rag? to oh i A) py, ¥2. 025; hay, No. 2, per on ear lots, 15% gr Th easts., C3 , Butter, N ERs a "Hi 0; | article di The Guardian's references to Can- discussing nouncement of the South Australian Government's propody! that no person in that state shall be recommended for knighthood unless such recommen dation is endorsed by both Houses of South Australia's Parliament, nn LA bie, la" 0%0: ami choics Rough Riders Admit Defeat They Ride Atlantic A despatch from London says:-- fod hundred and thirty rough riders do, | from - Western Canada, Texas and gs, travelling, fu) spas nd Wyoming, now en route to England to participate in the international Todse at the British Empire Exhibi- tion in Wembley, admit defeat in their efforts to rough ride the Atlante Ocean, According to a wireless: Neceived $5. 80; here, the whole cowboy contingent has been laid low by seasickness. The upon which they are struck a southeasterly gale off of Sandy Hook and ever since has en- ° a series of fogs, rain, JLrsas seas, so that the has been put out of com- tee Tua a Spies. : ol Toa So, BY pony wh x