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2s LL oan provant it thats will bo no "I am 80 much concerned for the quiet development , of industry, the peaceful mind, and confidence both at home and abroad, that I will use every ounce of. influence I have to prevent an election during that period. "I think this Parliament ought to lasf even longer, i 5 "That statement must not be taken by either of the other two parties to mean that we are going to submit to any Jinfairness. 3 "I wish to make it quite clear that 1 am going to stand no 'monkeying.' It will rest with the other two parties 'and not with us, whether there is to be " an election sooner than in two years. "That is the only thing one can say just now. I have seen the troubles and upsets to industry, finance, and internal develgpments of unnecessary elections. "Whatever Government is going to make {itself responsible fer the con- duct of national affairs both at home and abroad at this time ought to have a chance to develop its policy."--' Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. | "The workers of Britain have pro- " nounced their verdict on the Baldwin Government. Before the swift ad- vancing tide of democractic indigna- tion the mighty Tory majority built up on the Red Letter lie of 1924 has been smashed to atoms," says the Daily Herald. "Mr, Baldwin spoke softly of peace "vountry by an elec. | 80d day. Mr. Clynes, M.P. "We haye not had in recent history any instance where an anti-Govern- ment vote has been so decisive. The Government had no constructive plan or policy on unemployment or social questions. Labour won because of its programme upon these problems; and it has now a constitutional right to | the Parliamentary opportunity for | Which the electors made it the strong. est party in the House of Commons." Mr. Snowden, M.P. "The e'action results have exceed- ed my expectations. The Labour Party has won seats where victory seemed impossible. "We have won the whole of the in- dustrial areas, and by substantial ma- Jorities. 4 r "A Labour Government is assured. There is no alternative." Says Big Meteor Made Lake Boil \ - Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--A strange tale was brought down to ths Soo from Michipicoten Island by Frank Kush- ick, a prospector, who said a huge meteor about the size of a ship feil and goodwill, but in action his heel|into Lake Superior close to the island was always at work, Wherever that 8% 10 o'clock on the right of June 11. hard heel rested the people have risen Lhe meteor illuminated the island with in their might and rejected his repre. | the brilliancy of daylight and created sentations with overwhelming scorn and derision. polls in the mining area are but a measure of the contumely, mistrust and scorn he has aroused, The humiliating Tory | a rumbling noise which was heard for two minutes after the meteor fell at Puckasaw and -Pipe River, 20 and 12 miles away respectively. Kushick's story is supported by his brother, Gordon, and Augusta Weid- of Lieutenant-Governor Bruce. Byng Improves London Police Former Govemor-General of Canada Succeeds in Clean-up ANOTHER SMILING PRINCE Prince Henry at VanGouver garden party with Helen Mackenzie, nlece "LEAVES SCOTTISH HOME Lossiemouth, Scotland, : -- Prime Minister MacDonald completed his holiday here this morninz and left _|aboard a military airplane for his Loh don desk. + 'The Premier found a large crowd awaiting him at the taking off field where the bomber in which he was to fly and the small scout machine to act as escort previously had landed. He, his' daughter Ishbel and his sec- retary mixed for a few minutes with a delegation of children from the school he once attended as a boy. Then he donned his new helmet and goggles. . Miss ¥shbel helped to strap : para- chute to her father's back and he bade flying coat, | oi tion™~deperfl 'upon the number of charges he initiates. This is a fallacy { Officers are selected for promotion on her good-bye, entering the planc. The pilot, D, Hislop expressed pleasure at having so distingaished a passenger general considerations of their chas- acter, ability and att¢ntiop to duty, which eannot be guarded by any such arbitrary standard." . ! Turning to some offences that the police are concerned with preventing he says: "Proceedings for drunken- / The Workers Have Given Their |man, camped about two miles away on i Answer. the island. The meteor fell between "Lord Birkenhead and Mr. Churchill the island and the mainland and there went about the country telling of what appeared to be two balls of fire, either condign punishment would be meted following the meteor closely or attach- out to the Labour Party because of ed to it. The air was full of sparks, its declaration that it would render the two said. Quite a sea arose after null and void the foul provisions of the the meteor struck the water and there Trade Disputes Act. The workers Was a pimbling noise believed to have have given their answer. Throughout! been caused by boiling water. The the country the trusted leaders of level of the lake arose appreciably. Trade Unionfsm have been elected to of on Vision t Byns, appoint; og showed a substantial decrease, ropolitian Police last year to reform. the total figures ot 20/51 Yen: 1056 police methods, has issued his annual 1€58 Shah for 1927 'an sg Wan report which shows police offenses for 1926. actually upon a sma'ler scale in the! last 13 months than for the previous Beats Punishment for neglect of duty was meted out in only 465 cases, compar- ed with 580 in 1927 and 622 in 1926. How high the staadard of efficiency! r---- eed Doctor to Operation Chicago--""What you need," said Dr, mark the people's hot resentment of this mean Tory attempt to cripple their industrial and political machin- ery. "But not only have these triumphs been secured in districts which are traditionally Labour in their sympa- thies, the yhave been achieved in the very heart of Toryism. hee. The Saskatchewan Result Prince Albert Patriote de I'Quest (Ind.)) :-- We have fought the pro- vincial Conservatives ause there have alwaps existed among them in- fluential people who were ready to attack us and to give us great reason has ben is shown by the fact that last metropolitan area, comprising 7,760, 000 people--escaped detection. CONFIDENCE SHAKEN Referriig to the effect on the Lon- don police of the public criticism to I. 'Siegfrid Jackson, examining a T'll operate to-morrow." "And 1" said" the patient, ing a pistol, "will operate nod." " It is said that in Chicago: to-day there is a man- with" $210 of Dr, Jackson's money and a pair of ton- : Winnipeg, year not a single murderer-- of whom transient patient at his' office recent: With forest fi {there were only 24 in the London !¥ "Is to have your fonsils taken out. encamprients, Indians living north of |°%. 48 fo 4 | "By deciding to resign at once," be anxious about these very few says the Yorkshire Post, "Mr. Baldwin Tights of ours whose maintenance we relieves Mr. MacDonald of some men demand, if they were returned to sure of uncertainty and anxiety. He POWer. But we should not forget, on . can' proceed at once to the formation the other hand, that it is the Con- of his Cabinet and to the preparation' Servatives. who have been cur best of whatever programme he thinks ne ftimndy in Manitoba. and Bhat i On. : _Itario it was Mr. Ferguson who abol- tan Sucvesgivly present to Parlia ished_Regulation XVII, Maybe, now that they have come to power, the Libzral "Friendly Neutrality" Conservatives will follow these good "His task will not be too easy in examples. We will judge the new any case, for while ® may well Government by its acts, being resol- eschew any such programme as may ved at' all times to stand for our look too like an open bid for Liberal rights. And if experience thows that support, or at least for Liberal 'friend. Our fears have been illfounded, we ly neutrality, he wis bound, presum- will consider it our duty to give the ably, to seek to offer legislation of a complete liberty of action" as far as character to make Liberal opposition' Voting goes. Among them there are which they have been subjected, Lord iis that need taking out. Byng says: "There is good reason > to believe that the constable's confi- . dence in the public and in himselt| Bombs From Airplanes was for atime. slightly shaken and pr "Fail to Cause Rain hai the sency of he foe ule | 1} Kong Army sins caced " x in-maki ments. al Taking into consideration the unm- {Hong Kane, ing apes ber of"police officers involved and the! large variety of circumstances which' arise I am impressed by the rarity of cases in which frivolous or malicious flights were made above the charges have been brought by the Seven flights were mad police." . clouds and 100 Daunds of deolin Sop § - ped. The chemical theoretically has Lord Byng also deals with the car 2 refrigerating effect on clouds, caus- rent supposition that unnecessary ino greater: condensation and subse- prosecutions are liable to be encourag- quent rainfall. ed by the promotion system in opera- tion in the ot oroliton force. POINTS OFFALLACY clouds. The experiments were not suc- cessful. ---- Now that the weather is milder 'a powdered | chemical known as "deolin" on the difficult. "Moreover, he has to consider, as events are likely to show in the fu- ture, the kind of promises which have been made in the constituencies, it not in his published programme, at least by his propagandist lieutenants, He will certainly be glad to be re- lieved of any additional uncertainties arising from the tactical position, "If Mr, MacDonald tries honestly to serve the interests of the country in the difficult position in which he finds himself, it may be anticipated "thta he will not meet with factious oppostion intended simply to make 'scoring points'." "In all the circumstances," points out the Birmingham Post, "the soon: "er Labour can get to work the better. Since in the near future Mr. MacDon-| ald is again to enjoy the dignity--we shall not say the sweets--of office, it| a programme before Parliament as-) is but right he should have an' oppor. tunity to form a Ministry and prepare sembles. Low x "His troubles will then begin, for he has a motley to control, to say eezability which i Lon cot shin i ot Wha 2 many Conservatives who would gladly vote for a party which has always been theirs. ~. errr fp ern Gambling On the Stock change Quebec Soleil (Lib.): The, disas- ter which the majority of those who have tried their luck on the stock market have suffered, utterly laments able and cruel as they are, are af nothing compared with the economic repercussion which they are likely to | cause. These disasters could have been repaired in time--but ina much { fomger time with the French-Canad- jians than with the English speaking | Canadians we haves not the same re- cuperative power--if the money had merely changed hpnds. But unfor- tunately shis is not the-case. This money, or at least the greater part of it, has gone out of the country. It investments, for terest must be 8, while to swell th tors and 'capital and to the has gone to the Stock Exchange never} to return. The same is not true of " It is often suggested," he said, "that an officer's prospects of promo- many of our friends who have a cold bath all the year round ; ave started again.--Punch. : i! | To Cross London, --Lieut.-Col, R. NJ with his wife and a mechanic; left the Thames at Chelsea in an attempt to -| capable of doing 45 miles and said the weather conditions high up- were smooth and he evpected '0 make a good trip. The Premier's danghter was unable to accompany him Ly airplane be- cause of a Iritish army regulation forbidding women to make flights in military places, Wi J Fires Drive Indians On to Lake Islands Three Avcas, Busing in Nel- son House District, North of Winnipeg June . 14,--(C.P,) -- res raging around their Nelson House, Manitoba, have been SWINE: forced to seek Shelter on small islands' in Beaverdame Lake; 'according to! word reaching here late to-night: Sev- eral Indian: families have taken pro- tection on the islands. =; Three large fires are burning up in the Nelson House district which is about 450 miles due north of Win- nipeg. The settlement at Nelson House is not at present endangered, but devel- opment, of high wind would prove a [great menace to the mission aad tread: ing. post located there, iy Eliminate Shams Bristol, Eng.--In an effort to eradi- cate slums, members of various Bris- tol churches have formed an organiza tion for acquiring derelict property, spending £100 to £160 in recondition: ing each house and providing tene- ment dwellers with pleasant, habita- ble homes. 2 This fact was disclosed at the seventh of a series of mnon:partisan regional conferences just held here by. the' National Housing and Town Planning Council, which adopted a resojgtion' welcoming announcement ot the Minister of Health's proposed extension of the Town Planning Act to all' vacant as we orth Sea In Speed : wart, cross the North Sea to Stavanger, Norway, in a big speed motorboat, They intend to go up the east: coast to Aberdeen, from where a-swift dash will be of tha 640 miles to Sts 92¢; feed wheat, 79c. (e.if. C if and bay ports. Price 'on track, 1c high-| er than ve. > SED 3} Man. oats--No. 1 feed, Satie; > Nos feed, 46%ec. (cif. Goderie an y hn Thor's re a Am. corn--No, 2 yell that elther the British civic authori-. yellow, 933%e. {ail ba "| tieg or the Government can «do in the b eA i de Bra a bis, way Of SHOWIng thi and mak- Ags ineluded--Brat, pep 25; tool at-home which will be- shorts per "ton, 389.25; "middlings, {118 thom (col at otndvess Hospitality nt. Good, oats Set thottres rma itors Ont. oats--Good, sound, heavy oats on ht visi "45 to 148+ fob. | from these shores. "At'every stage of if~car lots, '45 "to 1487 fob hivpine] SHOR th ie Wh lovey Jae forefathers we hope the representa tive men of Canada will be welcomed tas' kingmen féilow eitigons whom fe in the old country @elighted to thave among us." = British Aviator Is Given Gold Medal nts. Ont. milling wheat f.0.b. ship- pint Lis cooing to freights, 1.15 to: A Bacioss Mating, 65 to cle: arle; ng,' 4 Buckwheat--88c. - Rye--No. 2, 5c. Mon: flour--First patents, in $0 Toronto; second patents, in jute, Ont. flour--Track, Montreal, ear lots, 90 per cent. patents, per barrel, HAY AND STRAW, = © Local yheleiale hay and straw deal ers are making the ifollowing quota- Hons aie {delivered at To- ronto) ¢ No. 1 timothy, loose, per ton, $19 Bert Hinkler "Honoted by . President of International ir Congress to $20; do, baled, nominal; No. 2, do, do, $14; No. 3, do, do, $12 to $13; lower grades, nominal; wheat straw, $10 to $10.50; oat straw, $9.50. . | "Toronto wholesale dealers are quot- ng the following prices to the trade: moked meats--Hams, med, 32 to Copenhagen---Bert Hinkler, British aviator, who flew from London to Australia and back agai, was award- ed 'the International Astonmitic Som. gross' gold medal today by Presiden Count de la Vaux, because "the flight marked a milestone in the evolution 84c; cooked hams, 50 to Bic; smoked of air touring." rolls, 28¢; breakfast bacon, 26 to 38¢;, Hinkler, to the cheers of the Con- backs, Deaipealed, 37 to 39c¢; do, smok- gr ; 1 4 ce. : ! Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $21;°70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90 to 100 Ibs. and jup, $18; lightweigh rolls, in barrels, $11.50; heavyweight rolls, $38.50 per barrel. Cosco Lard---Pure, tierces, 16¢; tubs, 156% book, containing only. the signatures of gold miedal winners. , The names hitherto placed in the book are of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Fran- de Pinedo, and Sir Alan Cob- to 16%c; pails, 16%c; prints, 18% to 18%c. hortening, tierces, 13% to 14%ec; tubs, 14c; pails, 14%ec; tins, 6%c; prints, 15%¢." > « Pork Joins, 81%c; New York shoul- ders, 21%e¢; pork: butts, 26%c; pork ams, Complete Evacuation Under Way as Result of Fur- Tremors \ Wellington. = New Zealand. --The complete evacuation of the Murchison district was, under way today as the | hon: ham , Count de la Vaux explained that the competition for the medal was mors severe this year than ever before in the Federation's history and described Hinkler's flight. In the first Emg- lish language address to the Congress Hinkler replied, thaking the Federa- tion and declaring that he realized the him after he 8 d the disti had learned the distinguished of the competitors rout othe Hinkler told press men that he ex- pected within a couple of months to start a new apd sensational flight. but declined to discuss his plans furs ther. : . | extinguished. Guerilla 'Warfare - Waged by Moors Scatter Mountain Tribes EL Bordj, Morroea, June 14, (U.P. and A.P.)--Two thousand Moor- ish trihestien Santinued to wage result of renewed. earth tremors which {Rave terrorized the populace. Practically 'all the inhabitants of i the adjoining 'valleys have flocked into I We i. Most of them fled in such 'hagte' that they left behind even: what | was not destroyed by the "quakes and | had nothing except the clothing they | were gy : + Two severe tremors shook the dis- triet Sunday, one of them so extingu Previous 'quakes had been felt in the Murch Taka and estport districts on Satuzday after-|captured in al bag Co | vanes, which wperated all day : rp , 'Which opel in the 'vicinity with ma- hine-guns "and bombs, scattered the 2 The Fa : : est fires rests, with It 288, signed the Federations golden. . = Y. pl--t a