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canada from coast to coast sydney ns teste made some time ago with fireclay from two of the cape breton collieries have pro duced a splendid brick which is being used at the sydney steel plant there are other purpoes to which this clay has been applied and hundreds of tons are used each month st john nb it is understood that plans aro under way for the establishment here of a cigarette manufacturing plant and a plant for the canning of fruit the establish ment of these two new industries ac cording to a reliable authority 13 as sured providing that certain conces sions are made by the city and the railways quebec que the population of the city of quebec exclusive of sub urbs reaches 119488 divided by na tionalities as follows french- can adians 101909 irish 0029 english 6490 toronto ont the value of min eral production of ontario for the first quarter of the current year as shown- by a report of the dept of mines has increased 2333000 over the corresponding quarter of last year the totals being 11575151 and 9241853 respectively silver was the only metal of importance to record decreased production during the per iod under review winnipeg man it is reported that there are no less than 200 pros pectors working in the rice lake min eral district this year and that the total number of men engaged in min ing activities is hot less than 900 the rice lake district is what is known as the southeastern manitoba mineral area and lies east of lake winnipeg and north of the winnipeg river regina sask the total value of farm livestock in the province of sas katchewan is placed at 115240900 according to the latest report of the provincial dept of agriculture since the year 1906 the number of horses in the province has increased from 240- 566 to 1152409 milch cows from 112618 to 456006 other cattle from 472254 to 1046780 all cattle from 472254 to 1502786 sheep from 121- 290 to 191937 and swine from 123- 916 to 503069 edmonton alta sheridan law rence brought out furs from the fort vermillion district in the far north valued at 22000 they include sil ver cross and red fox otter wolf wolverine beaver mink and muskrat vancouver bc the vancouver board of harbor commissioners has asked for competitive plans for con struction of another one million bush els annex to number one elevator this will give the plant a storage capacity of three million bushels britain retains purse of the world new york cannot displace london as financial centre london july 5 otto h kahn con- tributes to the sunday times a two- column article commenting on the statement broadcast from washington a few days ago as eminating from cer- crows nest pact is again in force schedule of freight rates ef fective automatically in view of no action by house ottawa july 7 at midnight the crows nest pass agreement affect- a few pays ago as eminating worn cer- m rats jn western canada tain high treasury officials to the fa providing substantial reductions effect that the- american money mar- on coramodities ket was about to displace the british m fu fm in tfe re money market as the financial centre tion of effect js autom inas- the above photograph shows hm king george presenting the colors to the first battalion devonshire regiment at the review at aldershot london conference aims at rapid pacificat of europe a despatch from paris says the a large opposition to it in parliament london conference on july 16 will try as to hamper premier herriot at for a rapid pacification of europe london according to the program unofficially further doubt is raised here by the reaching paris suspicion that a protocol signed at prime minister mcdonald has not ju place the versailles issued the official invitation yet but treaty m essent al detads it is it will contain four principal points recognized that it is to sign a new 1 all must accept the experts plan aereerat the experts plan is x rorvations- outside the treaty but the french object that to renounce their right to 8 sanctions will weaken the power of the allies m herriot has refrained from ex pressing himself but is conscious of political opposition at home if ha yields the right to coerce germany into paying v a despatch from london says the french belgian and italian gov ernments have agreed with the brit ish that when the reparation experts scheme is put into effect the agent- general for reparations and tho chairman of tho transfer committee shall be the same man as these are the two offices that will have tho most to do with repara tions the man whoholdsthem will be practically dictator of the whole in demnity question without reservations 2 the conference will fix for functioning of the plan 3 a date will be fixed two or three weeks later for francobelgian evac uation of the ruhr 4 the allies will agree not to ap ply sanctions in case of future ger man default unless a new body not the reparation commission decides it is necessary it is expected this new body will be cither out of the league of nations or the hague court this creates something of a sensation here as it will mean clipping the wings of the reparation commission which the french dominate former premier poincares follow ers are preparing to fight on this point and may succeed in rousing such abundant crops in southern alberta of the world much as no step has been taken by pl is manifes fy ka parliament to further suspend the ex- that a broad and naturally receptive tension of pact last thursday market for foreign securities based upon the capacity and the willingness was the latest date on which the pro cesses of legislation could be begun of the investing community at large and since that tjme there has bfien no to absorb such securities is one of discusslon of it in the house the essentials the same as is a broad whi hag b d b thg and active discount and acceptance f ft pr and thj cnr market for the successful undertak- thafc h app of the crows ings of the functions of the leading rateg western traffic wi international money centre she could not dislodge britain have a serious effect on their earnings it was pointed up by counsel for the it was yuiiileu up uy counsel lor uie from her traditional position as a western provinces durin the recent money centre if she would and she hearing that the predictions made in 1922 by e w beatty kc and d b ought not want to do it ifshe could the maintenance of britains financial position is vital to britains welfare and she is the best customer of am erica hanna for their respective roads were not realized winnipeg july 6 it is indeed gratifying to learn that tho schedule days from the mere point of view of frei ht rates formi t americas selfinterest the prosperity i fc g n ament df of britain is an asset to america to become e sam p e for surely the past five year have managing secretary of the taught an too convincing y the inter- shippers bureau winnipeg board of relationship of the worlds trade and t dry beit looks forward to harvesting bumper yieldr- north needs rain calgary july 6 crop conditions of the country to the south of calgary are excellent according to reports submitted by the calgary heralds special crop representatives in the fifth report for this year the hot weather following on the recent rains has brought the growing grain along very rapidly and the outlook is con sidered decidedly optimistic lethbridge reports that with a july rain there is bound to be a bumper crop while cardston says crops were never better districts north of olds 60 miles north of calgary are not so well fav ored not having had the rainfall that was general throughout the south consequently reports are not so en couraging and unless there is con siderable moisture in the next week conditions will be anything by favor able along the goose lake line there is also great need of rain although the crops so far are standing up well under the intense heat of the last few commerce and the importance of pre- serving or restoring the consuming power of the nations marconi will build low power stations a despatch from london sayc following- announcement by senator william marconi of- the success of his short wave lowpower beam wive- jess experiments in both telegraphy and telephony godfrey isaacs head of the marconi company announced his firm will build no more highpower stations 1 all the stations of the future ac cording to present plans will be under 25 kilowatts in power both marconi and isaacs predict that a substantial reduction in rates can be made when the new stations are in operation the four advantages are low power comparatively inexpensive short wave stations will maintain di rect highspeed service with the most distant- points more words can be bent a day the system is directional and can bo received only by stations within tho restricted sector of the beam economy in the cost of new stations and in operation duo to the low dower trade this jwill mean a saving of at least 10000000 yearly to the con suming public and will materially re duce the disparities which have been hampering the progress of the west for the past few years added mr hamilton prince of wales ranch to reap good crop new zealand farmers demand state banks a despatch from wellington says great pressure is being ex ertpd on the new zealand government to establish agricultural state banks the agrarian interests urging here as they have done in canada and other agricultural countries that farmers need further credit facilities mr wilfrid the opposition leader moved a vote of censure on the gov ernment on thursday on the ground of their failure to extend pensions and to promote other social and hu manitarian legislation to relieve soldier settlers to solve the housing and unemployment problems and to establish agricultural state banks mr stewart the minister of cus toms in reply defended new zea- a despatch from calgary says so far as we know no particular plans will be made for the visit of his royal highness the prince of wales said prof w l carlyle manager of the ep ranch the other day it is probable that the prince will make a quiet visit just as he did last year we did not know that he was coming but we are delighted by the announce ment professor carlyle did not know when the prince was coming but as sumed that the visit would probably take place in october professor carlyle said that the prince would find some changes the gardens were improving in accord ance with the original plans and cat tle and machinery sheds were being constructed but what will please the prince said prof carlyle will be the lux uriant grass and hay and the abun us quota rule bars many british subjects the weeks markets insular portions of empire fall within restrictions of new immigration laws a despatch from washington says immigration officials have cor rected information given out at sec retary davis office that the british shorts per ton 27 middlings toronto man wheat no 1 north 129 ino 3 north 122 man oats no 3 cv 47c no 1 feed 15c all the above cif bay ports am corn track toronto no 2 yellow 114 ont rye 74 to 78c peas no 2 140 to 146 millfced del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 25 33 quota restrictions will not operate wod feed flour per bag 180 against british subjects of the west indian possessions under the regulations of the new act commissionergeneral husband explained the quota exemption of the western hemisphere applies only to the selfgoverning dominions of the british empire which means that the ont wheat no 2 white nominal ont no 2 white oats 39 to 41c ont flour ninety per cent pat in jute bags montreal prompt ship ment 380 toronto basis 580 bulk seaboard nominal man flour 1st pats in jute sacks 7 per bbl 2nd pats 650 hay extra no 2 timothy per ton west indian islands possessed by track toronto 1750 no 2 1760 great britain and the other european powers fall within the quota restric tions assistant immigration commission er sibray asked for a ruling from the labor department on the status of the british west indies it was stated at secretary davis office that they would remain exempt from quotas as they were under the old law the fact that the insular posses sions do not have the unrestricted privileges of the british selfgovern ing dominions will mean a check on negro immigration from the west in dies to new york o young australians to tour canada this summer a despatch from montreal says fifty boys ranging in age from 14 to 18 years members of the young australia league will make a tour of canada in august of this year tho visit is a return of that made by the 101st canadian cadet corps to west australia in 1912 the boys will ar rive at quebec on aug 23 and will spend a full month in canada visiting 350 no 3 250 to 275 no 3 15 mixed 13 lower grades 10 to 12 straw carlots per ton 950 to 10 screenings standard recleaned f ob bay ports per ton 16 cheese new large 19 to 19c twins 19 to 20c triplets 20 to 21c stiltons 21 to 22c old large 23 to 24e twins 24 to 25c trip lets 25 to 26c butter finest creamery prints 36 to 37c no 1 creamery 85 to 36c no 2 34 to 35c dairy 28 to 30c eggs extras fresh in cartons 36c extra loose 33c firsts 30c sec onds 26c live poultry hens over 5 lb 26c do 4 to 5 lbs 24c do 3 to 4 lbs 15c spring chickens 2 lbs and over 46c roosters 15c ducklings 4 to 5 lbs 80c dressed poultry hens over 5 lbs 28 do 3 to 4 lbs 18c spring chick ens 2 lbs and over 50c roosters 20c ducklings 4 to 5 lbs 35c beans can handpicked lb gc primes gc mapie products syrup per imp gal 775 do com s4 to 650 lambs choice ewes 16 to 17 do bucks 1150 to 1350 do culls 10 to 11 sheep light ewes 550 to 625 do culls 350 to 450 hogs fed and watered 850 do fob 8 do country points 775 do select f and w 935 do off cars long haul 890 montreal oats no 2 cw52 to 63c no 3 cw 50 to 51c extra no 1 feed 49 to 50c no 2 local white 46 to 46c flour man spring wheat pats lsts 720 2nds 670 strong bakers 650 winter pats choice 7 to 710 rolled oats 90lb bag 3 to 310 bran 2725 shorts 2925 middlings 3525 hay no 2 per ton car lots 1660 to 17 cheese finest wests 17 to 17c finest epts 16 to 17 c butter nt 1 pasteurized 34c no 1 cream ery 33c seconds s ieggs fresh extras 85c fresh firsts 30c potatoes per bag car lots 135 to 140 com to med quality cows 350 fairly good butcher steers 650 com bulls 275 calves 550 lambs 1450 to 15 per cwt sheep 4 to 5 hogs fed and watered 850 to 875 light feeders country order 825 to 850 selects 9 sows 5 unusual number of canadians in london many have played part in social events of brilliant season a despatch from london says there are more canadians in london today than at any other time in its history the dominion day dinner had a record attendance including- canadians from every point of the world softie of whom had come over from the continent specially for the occasion wembley is the magnet which draws a great number of can adian visitors but other factors are tho world power conference to which 250 per 5gaf tin 240 per well known dominion hydroelectric gal maple sugar lb 25 to 26c i engineers are delegates the congress honey golb tins 11 to llc per 0 empire chambers of commerce ovila 12c v which is attended by many officials such points as montreal ottawa niagara winnipeg regina saska toon calgary edmonton jasper park lodge and vancouver they will also be the guests of the directors of the canadian national exhibition in to ronto their rail journey across can ada will be made in two special cars over the canadian national railways and their itinerary will be so arrang- smoked meats hams mod 23 to 24c cooked hams 34 to 36c smoked rolls 17 to 18c cottage rolls 18 to j20c breakfast bacon 21 to 25c spe cial brand breakfast bacon 28 to 30c backs boneless 28 to 34c cured meats long clear bacon 50 j n bl j ziz j3i cd that they will spend not less than dant crops i have never seen south- ern alberta look better than it does today british cabinet decides against channel tunnel a despatch from london says twelve hours at any one point ocean weather visit of the weekly newspaper editors tho bisley shooting and even the inter national lifeboat conference there was a canadian competitor in the early rounds of the tennis champion ships at wimbledon and a canadian entrant for the diamond scujjs at to 70 lbs 1850 70 to 90 lbs 18 henley there are also one hitndred 90 lbs and up 17 lightweight rolls in barrels 37 1 cavyweight rolls 32 lard pure tierces 14 to 15v4c tubs 15 to 15c pails 15 to 16c prints 18 to 18c shortening tierces 14 to 14c ubs 14 to 15c pails 15 to 15c prints 16 to 17c export steers choice 775 to825 do good 725 to 750 export heif ers 7 to 750 baty beeves 750 square scarves of vivid colors for men to wear on tho tennis courts are said to be gaining popularity lands sound financial position and i the british cabinet accepting the contended that the australian exper- v 0 its military and naval advis- during a recent trip of an atlantic liner while passengers at one the vessel were enjoying sunshine those at the other end were exnerii 525 butcher heifers choice 650 to members of the canadian manufac turers association here under the leadership of col hatch of hamilton a number of prominent canadian law yers are in london in connection with the privy counsel cases including e l newcombe dep minister of jus tice who will be joined by hundreds of others when the bar association em 91 10 jiuu uiiiy uihsvvh ovoi omers wnen me tsar association tlantic to 8 butcher steers choice 675 to comes here in a few weeks many of end of 775 do good 625 to 650 do- these canadians have been pla rishine med 550 to 6 do com 5 to their nart in socielv durinrr one of thn ienco did not warrant the establish ment of a state bank here thj de bate is proceeding but defeat of h government is considered highly im probable first treaty ever signed in canada commercial pact with belgium- a despatch from ottawa says thero was signed at laurier house on thursday night tho first treaty ever signed in canada a commercial treaty between canada and belgium in whlcheack nation grants to tho other mostfavorednation treatment on its whole tariff schedules the treaty follows negotiations extending over a considerable period which r begun during the presence of canadian ministers in europe last canada extends to belgium the benefit of its intermediate tariff and receives from belgium most-favored- natlon treatment which is a wide var iation from its regular tariff which is rathor canadian imports from belgium for the year ending march were 5340- 875 and exports to belgium 17452- 442 our principal exports were grains 14000000 automobiles 200000 tires 108000 canned salmon 400000 asbestos 400- year and are now brought to a suci000 raw tobacco implements butter ful conclusion plenipotentiary and cheeao among the imports were ra were asked by canada from considerable quantities of glass on ng george for hon james a robb which the i will not provo minister of finance and hon lis boland and were reccivedn few fays ago and on thursday night tho treaty was signed baron de selys belgian consulgencral acted for tho king cf tho belgians injurioiiii to bur manufacturers as tho duty under tho intermediate and gen eral tariffs is the same it s understood that negotiations nro au- under way for a somewhat similar treaty with tho netherlands ers is understood to have decided against the construction of a channel encing a hail storm of 725 do med 525 to 0 do com i 4 to 5 butcher cows choice 5 but- na investigations of the oil possibilities to 550 do med 350 to 450 1 apamsi u uucu the wainwrightirma oil area alj cher bulls 450 1 to 5 50 bolog tunnel between england and france berta and the making of a geological ffgg m clts the supporters of the scheme willp of the field will be dcjs however press for a public inquiry th summer by dr george b hume crs c 5 to 550 do fair 4 to their part in society during one of tho most brilliant seasons imdon has known since the war slany attended the royal qarden party and cojirts and for an explicit statement of the strategical objections taken by the de fence authorities to the project of the geological survey dept of mines considerable drilling will be done in this year during the summer 425 milkers springers choice s75 to 90 do fair 45 to 60 calves britains finest battleships visit victoria during special tour of the dominions hms hood and repulse tho most powerful units of britains grand licet arriving at victoria ancient phoenician ruins found on persian gulf captain r e checsman formerly choice 8 to 950 do mod 7 to private secretary to sir percy cox in i bagdad has just returned from an j expedition into arabia in thft un- i known territories of the sultan of nejd says a london despatch ho penetrated the great south des ert as hi- as the niysterious oasis of tabriivthe position of which has long j been a matter of speculation to geo- j graphcrs the bedouin who inhabit this iiiacccssiblo region are the am muira a savage little known tribo and virtually pagan being possibly j the survivors of the proarab popu- i lation j another important discovery was i that of n ruined site there is every i reason to suppose is that of jerrn an i ancient phoenician port on the per- i sian gulf the position was tlxapgivcn j by ptolemy in his geographical list j nbout the middle if thr- second ccn- tury since when all trc of it has been lost captain checsman w5 staying j with tho saltan ibn sand in jlufuf at the time of the lattcrs ropori dentil ho was in fact in osccusnt uu