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sistdonem. © of Estima 1$9,980,000,000 . fllaved ~ {able poll of its ment. As the ites already are + on record in favor of the measure, it is expected to go through without dif- fleulty, Although England has been the scene of the fiercest woman's suf- those not owning furniture are denicd the ballot. A partial pledge given by Prime Minister Baldwin at the election re. cently was reaffirmed in Parliament by Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks, who promised the women suffrage equality would be given before the next election, which must come within 18 months. The three parties will have to confer i) We echnical cl necessary ~ in tl e on laws, and it is expected the bill will not be introduced before the session opening next November. " -- ee han Government. the Shantungese won. * ' The Shantung troops are pouring into Shanghai to go south to meet the Cantonese enemy almost at Shang-' - hai's gates. Three thousand arrived | from Nanking, and 5,000 are expected daily for: the next few days to build up the resisting force against an ad- vancing army said to number 50,000. © The Cantonese are nearing Sung- - kiang by rail and water from Hang- for chow. Deserters from Sun's beaten Man Acts as Works army were halted in their flight to- St. Paul's Clock, London + ward Shanghai by the arriving Shan. tung troops. A clash took place at| London.--All Thursday afternoon a Lunchua, six 'miles from this city, workman 'sat in the tower of St. . the Shantungese disarming the fleeing | Paul's Cathedral moving the hands of men of Sun. Be its famous clock forward, second by While Japanese and American vol- second, to maintain the tradition of unteers remained on. duty all night|the time-honored structure, "to 'their concessions against in| The clock broke down early in the + the lights of some thirty for- |afternoon and since it ia referred to olgn warships burned steadily as the daily by thousands of people in the men-o'-war rode at anchor in the|city, London's financial district, as a Whangpoo River before the city. More | means of keeping watches accurate, "than 10,000 foreign soldiers wero in! the cathedral authorities stationed a the city ready for the call. [man in the tower to act as works. Em-- "Synopsis of Proceedings of Provincial Legislature PROGRESS DAY BY DAY of thei 119.51 last year. 1,001" fire rangers was worth three-quarters of a million, ; Finlayson hes 8nd | the province would _ r importance enterprises as they do Hydro now. oho : .. |FEBRUARY 218T-- EBRUARY 18TH--. cia Ten dy eating data Was Ohist interest centred around dis. h b . cussion ' } ven by the En naWer 101 rights ; - ki Deposits in Provincial Savings Banks | E. Proux 0 ay 31, 1926, were $18,366,369.62. leaders. x et] exemptions were granted | Health Act, especiall Com: ' operate. with the Dominion p ointed in 1924, had cost' ment in the Jubilee Celebrations." ad "could not be made 1 D, antaith (Con, frage struggles, women under 30 and | dered Jee Gasoline Act, but refunds had milk inspection and Private Bills al-| FEBRUARY 23RD-- E. Raney wanted to know ever given y inst also shown that Dominion Government had offered the local House on sev- eral occasions. A long list" of Gov- nment Bills were given their var- fous There was a clash be- tween Belanger (Lib, Russell) and Government in reference to introduc- tion of Private Bills, Belanger "Won- if there was not some jockey- ing for tion with some of these bills." In reply to A. McCallum (Prog., South Bruce) the Premier stated that the Hydro paid the Pro- vince the following rentals for water powers: Queenston, $725,000; Ontario Power Development, $204,000: To- ronto Power Co. Dev., $73,000; Nipi- gon, $79,708; Severn River, $8,000, and $618 for the development on the Muskoka River. | : CE Consumption of Electricity. Canada now leads the-world In the public per capita distribution of elec tricity from central electric power sta- tions. The figures of kilowatt-hours gonerated per capita per annum by the five leading countries are: Canada, 1,260; Switzerland, 886; United States, 681; Sweden, 467; Norway, 370. 5 ~Four persons experienced the thrills of Niagara Falls in a way they would not like re- { peated at 10:80 p.m. Thursday night; : the taxi in'which they were rid. ing 'slipped on the wet pavement, | jumped two sets of car tracks .and crashed on its side on the 'brink of the Niagara gorge, with one wheel hanging over the side. A rock that jutted out from the side of the bank held the taxi from falling into the river, 165 feet below. Other than suffering from shock, no one was seriously injured. The tax was pulled clear by a radial car. rr Penny Bank Looted" While School Board Meets Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--While the Public School Board was in session in the board room of the Central School, sneak thieves: broke into the school, robbed the vault in the Secretary's office, directly below the board room, of over $20 penny bank money, and escaped. The police were called, but were unable to find any clue. rrr n Already 'Existent. The Christian ideal, when once it is clearly aprehended; becomes already existent. Sir Douglas Mawson Believes Twice the Size of North in Ice 'San Francisco.--Existenice beneath the vast ice floes of the Antarctic Ocean of a seventh continent, an un- known but habitable land twice the size of North America was claimed 'here by Sir Douglas Mawson, noted Australian 1 and scientist, on his arrival from the Antipodes. His belief, Mawson said, was estab- lished on his last expedition into the for an expedition to search for the continent in 1928 or 1929. Sir Douglas believed the undis- covered land to the depository of EXPLORER CLAIMS DISCOVERY ~~ OF CONTINENT BENEATH ANTARCTIC": Unknown but Habitable Land America Lies Submerged Floes. fabulous mineral 'wealth, including possibly gold, silver, copper, iron and oil, which may some day augment the world's diminishing supply. He further believes that human life can be established and sustained on the new continent, although it may be ¥ "to live underground and with many artificial helps to exist- ence." The first step, he said, would be in "coast settlements." r Mawson declared that sounding ocean currents and their phenomena had helped him reach his conclusions on the hidden continent. He conclud- od with the belief that within forty unawares, adding: "When. the American Minister was asked and could not give guarantees that British interests would be ade- quately protected even in the capital, and could not offer assurances of any kind as regards the other towns, it was obvious that a precautionary measure on Great Britain's part could not. be long delayed. "Some Americans already are talk- ing ws though the Monroe Doctrine were involved, and even predict the possibility of 'an ugly situation' aris- ing, but we can't believe that they re- flect either the official or popular opinion." The order has attracted but slight attention from the average Britisher. « Officials anticipate no such incident as decurred in 1895 over the clash be- tween Great Britain and Venezuela concerning the British Guinea boun- dary, when President Cleveland ob- jected" so strenuously and Anglo- American diplomatic relations were severely strained until arbitration was agreed: upon, A similar situation arose in Ven- ezuela in 1903 when British, Italian and French warships blockaded Ven- ezuelan ports in an effort to force President Castro to pay reparations to their nationals whose investments had suffered through revolutions and political intrigues. That question was finally referved to The Hague after President Roosevelt had declared that TORONTO. Man, wheat--No. 1 North. 1.64%; No. 2 North, $1.50 %; aks Man. oats, No. 2 CW, nominal; No. 3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 69¢; No. 2 feed, nominal; western grain quota- tions, in c.if. ports: . Am, corn, track, Toronto--No. 2 old yellow, 86¢; No. 8 old yellow, 88e, Millfeed--Del. Montreal, frei hts, bags included: Bran, per ton, $32.25; shorts, per ton, $40.25. Ont. oats, 55c, f.0.b. shipping points. Ont. good milling wheat--$1.28 to $1.24, fob. shipping points, accord- ing to Ireights, : arley--Malting, 68c. Buckwheat--76¢, nominal. Rye--No. 2, 97¢, an, flour--First pat. $8.10, To- fonto; do, second pat., $7.60. Ont. flour--Toronto, 99 per cent. Jaton, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto, 35; seaboard, in bulk, $5.40, Cheese--New, large, 20% to 21¢; twins, 21 to 21 years the continent will be "and its mines will be working." populated | c; triplets, 21% to 22%c. Stiltons, 0) % 3c. d, large, 25¢; fing; 206c; triplets, 27e. Old Siittone: tesserae No. 3 North., $34.26; middlings, 1 From. the Fac $1,397,000,000. $87,000,000. From the Forests -- Over $103,000,000. From the Fisheries--Over $2,000,000 2 Furs--Over $3,400, | destruction Total -- Over $2,000,000] 000 : the blockade violated the Monroe doe- trine, The British Foreign Office, how- ever, holds that the present order to the Colombo does not affect the Mon- roe doctrine, and that the Colombo is going to Nicaragua merely as a re- fuge for British nationals. tl Marriage at Long Distance. Winnipeg. -- A marria ceremony in which the bride and bridegroom were 7,000 miles apart was related here re- cently by Mrs. Jan Konig of Amsterdam, Holland, on her way to join Mr.. Konig at Lloydminster, Alberta. Mr. onig was on his farm in Al- berta and the bride in her na- tive Holland when the mar- riage was performed, She was ready to sail for Canada, and desired to be married before leaving. A brother of the groom acted as proxy, which is permitted by the laws of Holland. The permission of the British Consul at Amster- dam had first to be secured. Markets, | Butter--Finest creamery prints, 46 to 46c; No. 1 creamery, 44 to 45c; No. 2, 42'to 43c. Dairy prints, 34 to 86c. Fggs--Fresh extras, in cartons, 46 to 4Tc; fresh extras, loose, 46¢; fresh firsts, 42c; fresh seconds, 88c; fresh pullets, 42c. Storage extras, 48¢; do, firsts, 40c; seconds, 88c. Poultry, dressed--Chickens, 5 Ibs. and up, 40¢; do; 4 to 5 lbs, 38¢c; do, 8 to 4 Ibs., 36¢; do, 2% to 314 lbs, 8c; do, 2 to 2% lbs, 3b¢c; hens, over b Ibs., 82¢; do, 4 to b Ibs., 30¢c; do, 8 to 4 bs, 28c; roosters, 26c; turkeys, 46 to 47c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 85 to 88c. Beans--Can. hand-picked, $3.60 to $3.90 bushel; primes, $8.45 to $3.60. Maple products--Syrup, per imp. gal, boob to $2.80; per 6 gal, $2.15 to j226 per gal.; maple sugar, Ib, 25 to 26e¢. Honey--60-1b, tins, 1234 to 18¢; 10- Ib, tins, 12% to 18c; 5-lb. tins, 13 to 18%e; 2%4-Ib. tins, 1bc. Comb honey--$3.40 +o $4.50 per doz. Smoked meats--Hams, med., 28 to B0c; cooked hams, 42c; smcked rolls, 2b¢; breakfast bacon, 80 to 85¢; backs, boneless, 88 to 40c. | Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs, $22; 70 to 50 lbs. $20.50; 20% Ibs. and up, $21.84; lig tweight rolls, in barrels, $41.50; heavyweight rolls, $88.54 per hh!, Lard--2ure tierces, 15 to 15%ec; tubs, 16 to 16%c; pails, 16% to 17¢; prints, 17% to 18¢c; shortening tierces, ps to 1314c; tubs, 13% to 1dc; pails, 4 to 14%c; blocks and tins, 16% to 16¢. Heavy cxport steers, $7.25 to $7.75; do, com., $6.50 to $7; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.25; do, fair to good, $6.50 to $6.75; butcher heifers, choice, $6.75 to $7.26; do, fair to good, $5.50 to $6; do, com. $4.50 to $5; butcher cows, good to choice, $6 to $6.75; do, com, to. med., $8.50 to $4.60; do, can- ners and cubits, 92.25 to $2.76; but- cher bulls, good ts choice; $56 $5.507 do, med., $4 to $4.50; do, bol 3.60 to $3.80; baby beef, to 10; feeders, choice, $5.76 to $6.25; do, air, $6 to $5.25; fs as, do, om: ahd SE ta$3.50; ho watered, $1 4.50 0 80; do, sulle, 84 . ' culls, : thick smooth, f 26; do country" o © CATS, $11.65; select premium, per hog, $2.20, ~ "MONTREAL. Oats--No. 2 CW, 76%c; No. 3 CW, 8635c. Flour, Man. g; 'wheat pats. frets. $8.10; conte, 3700, A ov? ly oO or From the Mines -- Over, dition, however, that the slayer of the animal keeps the skin and realizes as high as $20 from its sale. In 1928, under the larger bounty, 849 timber wolves, 106 brush wolves and 949 pups were captured, and the Government's bounty totalled $53,217. © With the change in its wolf policy, accordingly, the department has registered an in- crease of almost 100 per cent. in the enimals which are slaughtered, and yet has kept its bounty from record- Ing a iike increase. Reports to the Government on the present wolf season are most encour- aging. The record so far is almost 100 per cent. ahead of last year and 200 per cent. ahead of '1928, Major Guy 8. Whitaker Elected president of the Canadian As. soclation--of -- British Manufacturers, who may inaugurate an advertising drive In Canada to place British goods before the Dominion. ene Lost Savings Recovered. Vancouver.--When Alfred H. Howells, his wife and three children, of Cardiff, Wales, coming to British Columbia to seck a new home, reached Kamloops aboard a Canadian National Railway train, it was discovered that $1,000 which Mrs. Howells had pinned in her clothing, representing their savings of a life-time, was missing. Search of the coach failed to reveal the missing money. A track walker was sent back, in the belief that it had fallen from the train. Reaching a point near Vin- fob $1008; 50: do oft Poe) sulla, three stations east of Kamloops, the walker picked up the money on the right of way. Ar etl cr BRITISH TRADE WITH CHINA The following figu vast British interests in China, have been specially supplied to the Sunday Express from an authoritative source; "Export and import trade with Great Britain, £28,5600,000 in 1925. "Export and import trade with the British Empire, £34,000,000 in 1925. "British Empire's China trade, 20 i | per cent. of China's trade. . "Ia Shanghai alone £63,250,000 of capital invested. "British holdings in Chinese loans not less than £20,000,000, : "British money in Chinese railways at least £20,000,000. : "British money altogether in Chins at least '£260,000,000, and probably £300,000,000, etd Explal at Last, 3 A dear oM lady; in London for the first time in her 1 0%. JoNIng. the .......