"CONSCRIPTION BILL CARRIED 2 BY MAJORITY OF 63 Referendum Defeated by 48 Majority--6 Months' Hoist De- feated by 154. \ ' A despatch from Ottawa says: At first The Laurier 'referendum amend- ment was voted down by 110 to 62, mend: t A. Barrette, Joliette, calling for the six months' hoist, by a vote of nays 163, yeas 9, a Government majority of 154. The following voted for th¢_ Bar- rette amendment: Messrs. Achim of Labelle, Barrette of Berthier, Belle- mare of Maskinonge, Boulay of Ri- mouski, Descarries of Jacques Car- tier, Gerard of Chicoutimi, Guilbault of Joliette, Paquet of L'Islet and Pa- tenaude of Hochelaga, the ex-Secre- tary of State. Ninety Conservatives, including J. H. Rainville, the Deputy Speaker, and seventy-three Liberals oprosed the amendment. 45 OPERATORS HAVE GONE DOWN Gallant Acts of Wireless Opera- tors in Remaining With Sinking Ships. A despatch from London says:-- The, Marconi International Marine Communication Co., at its meeting on Wednesday declared a dividend total- ling fifteen per cent. for the year. The number of ships now installed is 1,855, and the operators employed 3,347, of which 333 have been saved from ves- sels sunk, 45 have been drowned, 29 House Sir Rodolphe Forget and Messrs. Patenaude, Barette, Paquet, Girard, Gilbault, Bellemarre, Boulay, » and Descarries voted with the leader ; of the Opposition. Nineteen Liberals voted with the Government. The Liberals who voted against the Nesbitt, MacNutt, MacLean (of Sun- bury), McCraney, Loggie, Clark, Bu- chanan, Douglas, Champagne Neeley and Duncan Ross. The vote on "The Military Service Act of 1917" was 118 yea and 655 nay. Majority, 63. FOOD BLOCKADE IS. SUCCESSFUL Entry of United States Into the War Stops Importation Through Neutrals. A despatch from London says :-- Discussing in the House of Lords on Wednesday the question of. com- modities reaching enemy countries through neutrals, Viscouzt Milner, member of the War Cabinet, referred to America's entry into the war as considerably checking this leakage. He expressed the conviction that the - injured, one killed and 19 taken pris- oners. Many gallant acts of opera- tors sticking to sinking ships and send- paratively few hours, were recorded. One operator was torpedoed three times in three months, and is still un- hurt and ready to go to sea again, but was rewarded and sical oneness ashore. AFRICAN GERMANS DRIVEN BACK importation into Germany of com- modities from neutral countries, which had previously been imported into these neutral countries from overseas, had been completely stopped by the blockade and the pressure the allies had been able to exert on the neutrals. Undoubtedly, he said, there was still considerable export from neutrals into Germany, but it was entirely the neu- trals' own home products. --_4___ GERMANS COIN EXCUSE TO MALTREAT BELGIANS'; A despatch from m Tondon~ gays::--A pape to the Times from The Hague | says that as a reprisal for the alleged \8 con ae General Retirement of Enemy From All Positions in East Africa. A. despatch from 'London says:-- Under the pressure of British forces' advancing from Gilwa, the in German East Africa haVe evacuated strongly held positions south of the in German East Africa, Germans have seized 23 distinguished Belgians and | removed them without in German 8 of Germans by Belgia wares Germany. They all ead 'directorial | or other connections in the Cofigo, among them being the 70-year-old Count Jean their notorious: punishment camp in™ d'Oultremont, the late $2 Ngaura River, say> an official state- | King Leopold's Lord Chamberlain; nmient issued on Wednesday night. The | also M. d'Ursel, who is aged 67. positions extended from Gimamba --_----o-- Hill, on the shore of Beaver Hafen, to| Mesopotamia a Corn Land. Makangaga, and the Germans retired | The promise that Mesopotamia shall a distance of from seven to nine miles.' produce corn for us in abundance The official report indicates a gen-/ ought to be fulfilled, for of old it was eral retirement of the enemy forces inja land of plenty. Climate, soil, and other fields of operations in German | above all, the system of canals by East Africa. which from time immemorial it was ip ENEMY RAIDERS irrigated, made it abnormaily produc- Herodotus, fearing that his ac tive. BROUGHT DOWN jcount would be deemed fabulous if he A despatch fron London says :-- entered into particulars, contented | himself with saying that millet and Two of a squadron of fourteen ma-| sesame there grew to the size of trees, chines that took part in an air raid | Other accounts tell of wheat leaves on Harwich were brought down ablaze;and barley leaves four inches broad, by British naval aircraft and a third|and that in good years the land yield- machine was damaged, it is officially|ed in corn 30) times the amount it announced. All the British airmen who engaged the Germans emerged safely from their fights. received as seed. If you don't believe in yourself no- body else will. GERMANS SLAIN FROM START OF WAR TO MARCH TOTAL 1,500,000 63,222 Enemy Prisoners and 509 Guns Have Been Taken on the Western Fyont in Six Weeks. A despatch from Paris says: The e] total number of Germans killed from ' the beginning of the war to March, 1917, is not less than 1,500,000, ac-' cording to an estimate reached by This after. careful study of documents bearing on the subject. From April 15 to June 30 the 'Franco-British troops on the western 'front captured 63,222 prisoners, in- ' cluding 1,278 officers, says an official summary of the operations issued on Thursday. The war material taken in the same period includes 509 guns, 503 trench mortars and 1,318 machine guns. meeatibaite: Toronto, .July 10--Manitoba. wheat-- 'io. 1 Northern, $2.36; No. 2 Northern. $2.33, Leo track, Bay, por rhe Manito 2 : C.W., 78ac, track Bay ports Ame! roan corn--No. Pi yellow, $1.824. nominal, track Toront On tarlo oats--No officlat quotations. n wheat--No. lot. $2. Oo $2.40; acon aie to fretghts, outside. | --No. 2, nal, according to troights. outside. | Manito ne Se trst patents, In jute second patents, in jute $11. strong ers', in bag ane, 63-50, Toronto, Ontarlo Sour---Wintes, according to peragle, $10.15 to _-- in bags, track (Ta nto. ro _- t shipment. ee Car lots, delivered Montreal | 'tretghts, bags incl -- --Bran, per ton, $ ho ts per ton, $38; middlings, : good Teed flour, per bag, a ra No, 2, per ton,. $12.50 to 'sig'e mixed, per ton, $9 to $11, track ronte. Country Proauce--Who lesale Butter--Creamery, solids, per Ib., ito 36ac; prints igo lb., 354 to '360: aairy . per Ib., 28 'to 29c. s--Per doz., 28 to 29c Wholesalers are selling to the retail ; or 3 rine 38 to 38c; . ald, in cartons, 37 to 38¢; out of carto Dressed poultry--Spring obiny ens by] sq owl, 22 to 24c; per doz.; $4.0 to $4.50; turkeys. 2 4 0c. Live poultry--Spring chickens, Ib., 20 to 25c; hens, 18 to 20c. Honey--Comb--Extra fine an eavy select, 42. nO to we . i $ No. 2, $2 ee orted, hand-picked, $9.00 to $9.50 per bush.; *Limas, per I1b., 19 to 0c. Potatoes--Red Sta new, bbl.. $8.00 o $8.50; North Carolinas, new, bbl., $8 te $8.50, Smo rolls, 27 to 0 36c; bac ane, plain, 36. to 37c ng 39 to Cured me eats s--Long clear bacon, : clear bellies, ba 26c u ° 27he: 420; bone- " to pails, * t pails, 22c Montreal Markets Montreal, July 10-- Oats--Canadian Western, No. d Cc dian gh No. feed, $1 48 patents, firsts, $12 Pe ed rye . eS5ec 9: noice, i lers. $12 to $1230; + 8, $5.75 to $5.90. Rolled presi Hird 8s, $9.00 to $9.26; do., bags. | 90 Bags $4.35 to $4.4 Bran, $32. | Sho $338. Middlings, $40 to $42 Mouilile $44 to $47. Hay, No. 2, per ar ts, 50 to $13. Cheese--- Fines Westerns, 21%c; do., finest east- | erns, 21 Butter--Choicest creamery. | 86c; " do., seco 34c. Ege electe S70: do.. ao 1 stock, 33 to No. 2 30c. sat '2s to $4.60. eee nnines. Tag heer te $2,20; \Northern, 6 17; 3 iioseken: ete No. 4, $2.00; No. Ye "$1.78: igeed, $1.38 te--No. 2 G.W.. sic: No, i Oe extra No. 1 feed, T3ic; No, {1 feed, 72 No. 2 feed, 70sc. Barley: No. 3, .25; No. 4, $1.20; feed, $1.10; refected. a t¢. Flax----N N.W.C., 65; C.W., $2.613; o 8 CW. 32.46. $2.18; August (first half), $2.13 United States Market: Minneapolis, July 10--Wheat--July closed $2 September, $1.85: h-- No. 1 pea i $2.42 to $2.47; No. 11 North- ern, $2.32 to $2.42: No. 2. do.. $2.22 to $2.32. Corn--No. 3 llow, $1.74 to $1.75. Oats--No. 3 white. 704 ¢t ce. Flour-- Fancy patents, 13,70; rst clears, $10.70; other grades unchanged. ran --$29 to $3 ! Duluth, July 10--Whea = Ne. x, rare: 2.26; No, 1 Northern $2. 36; do $2.20. Linseed--$2.77 wip $2.97: September. $2.76; Oc tober, eh Live Stock Markets Toronto, July 10-----Choice heavy steers, $11.25; cattle, re - . good, $7. stockers, 9.10; [$95 do "springers. $30 1 to "390; $3. sheep, heavy . $5.5 ' . $14 to $15.50; to 16c; lambs, yearlings, vrai oe ay 6.75; he ae d an ghed off cars, 10--Cholce Mon . July steer $11.50. 50 to $12; good, $11 to $11.25; $10.75; fair, butchers _cows, $8 to. weights, sis. es to A home evaporator makes it possi- ble to save considerable fruit on the farm that otherwise would go to waste. The evaporator is placed over the kitchen stove so that no extra fuel is consumed. Dried apples, peaches, plums, raspberries, blackberries, cher- ries, etc., are preserved in this way with little trouble. In the winter the dried fruit soaked overnight in fresh water makes excellent sauce when stewed, also pies and puddings. an. | parts settled were inhabited for a time :|by a rather large proportion of Eng- 2 that Port Jackson was found as a a Grain 10--Cash guotations-- 1821. The convicts were allowed con- 2 le freedom --|period being the right to leave the :|ed exciting and Wh :{land, South Australia, Western Aus- to | Senate and a House, with six Senators all Piano Firm 18 Years Older than Confederation On July first Canada celebrated the paler tema celebration of Con- Looking back over the progress ac- complished in Canada during those years, the many remarkable' achieve- ments seem hardly possible. The industries of Canada have pro- gressed step by step as the population increased. Among the older "truly Canadian" firms is The _ Williams Piano Co., Ltd. of Oshawa, Ont., makers of the famous Willlams New Scale Piano. R. S. Willlams came from England and established this concern in 1849-- ans will feel ew Scale, which they can be prow a Place in their home. The Williams Piano Co. at Oshawa will be glad to send interesting points concerning the "Artist Choice" piano, free upon re- quest. a eeecinennetbennnaasamapaniasunsnonsasianaipmnemeneanaia ------------_------ -------------- Markets of the World 7 A despatch from London says: Figures given on Thursday by Gen. Maurice, Director of British Military Operations, form a basis of some illu- minating comparisons. In the whole theatre of war since the outbreak the British have taken 739 German field guns'and lost 133, of which thirty- seven have been recaptured. These thirty-seven are not included in the figure 739, making the total British losses 96 in ninety-six, eighty-four were lost on BRITISH TAKE 117,776: PRISONERS. i "AND 739 FIELD GUNS Figures For All Theatres of War Since the Outbreak--Not a Single Gun Lost on French Front in Two Years. the western front in the first few | months of the war, not one gun hav- ing been lost since April, 1915. Since April first of this year British and French together on the western front captured 509 field and heavy guns, 503 trench mortars, 1,318 machine guns, and 63,222 men. In all fields of war the British. have taken 117,776 prisoners, among' whom native levies captured in Africa are not included. Prisoners captured by Germans from British forces number 51,088, these including Indian and native troops. From Erin's Green Isle NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE LAND'S SHORES. Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish- men. The best quality of pigs are sold at the Castlerea Market for 131 shillings per hundred weight. THE MAKING OF AUSTRALIA Great Southern Commonwealth. member in modern history. ; |century, January 1, 1901--the date, : | beginning of this very important cen- tury. - Australia is somewhat smaller than Canada, having an area of about 3,- 000,000 square miles. The earliest lish criminals. It was in 1788, eighteen years after |Captain Cook explored the east coast penal station for criminals from Eng-! and, and the settlement, for the next fifty years, transportation of convicts sibeing virtually suspended in 1839. 4c; Potatoes--per bag, | This oldest of the Australian colonies, New South Wales, had made a fair start in free industrial progress from. for money-making, | ¢ y them toward the end of the~convict island continent. first British Governors at | parvison, the convicts and the few | A population of 30,-, 000 in 1821 formed the infant Com- monwealth of New South Wales, | three-fourths of them being convicts-- the strangest collection of free settlers. perhaps citizens the world has ever. seen. the ships at the rate of 2000 persons a week, was doubled in a year. New South Wales, Victoria, Queens- | | tralia and Tasmania. Three is a from each State, renewed to the extent of one-half every three years. The House is elected on the prcoportional basis of population. Women vote. ----_--_+__ In City Streets. "Do you cycle?" asked the insur- ance agent. "No," replied the applicant for a policy. "Ever race in a motor boat?" "Drive much in an automobile?" "Never "Ever go up in an airship?" "Never want to "Sorry we can't. insure you. There's too much risk insuring mere pedes- trians.' a te If a boy earns ten cents he wants it; he is not willing to trust the rich- est man alive. Some Facts in the History of the The establishment of the Common- wealth of Australia has the easiest date and form of government to re- It was proclaimed on the first day of this The new Ross urban rate is 10 shill- it in the pound, or fourpence more han last year's rate. A' large sum was realized at a free gift sale held at Bray in ald of the Bray Hospital War Supply depot. Charles Dawson, who was. twice Lord Mayor of Dublin, died recently at his home, 52 Merrion road, Dublin. M. Murray, Kingstown, has been ap- pointed a Justice of the Peace for P Pomiie ' Dublin County by the Lord Chancel- which the majority of us consider the}),, " . Twelve and a half acres of land, in- cluding two acres of cut-away b6g, in the county of Cavan, have been sold for £560. A most successful Flag Day was held at Wexford, in ald of the Irish regiments and the Irish prisoners of war. The Dublin Victuallers' Association have under consideration the regula- _ = wholesale and retail prices of pes Council of the Royal Victoria Dublin, are Eye and Ear Hospital, seriously considering the closing down of part of the e hospital owing to: lack tices of Lieutenant's absenc late Holden Stodart, of funds, The Right Hon. Mr. Justice Pim, and the Right Hon. Richard neues Cherry were sworn in as Lords Jus: Treland ed the Dard As a mark of eevcachsion of the a Dublin jour- nalist, a cot bearing his name has in the Duke of Con- CHINA IN THROES OF CIVIL WAR "{Struggle Between President and Newly Made Emperor. A despatch from San Francisco says:--China is in the throes of civil war and a battle is being fought be- tween troops of the southern provinces fighting for the preservation of the re- public, and the northern forces of the young Emperor, according to cable ad- vicés received here on Wednesday by the Chinese Nationalist League. The first clash was announced as having occurred on Tuesday by officials of the league, who claim the source of its in- formation is unquestionable. The advices on Wednesday state that President Li Yuan Hung is safe in Pekin and Vice-President Fung Kuck Jung is _-- troop move- ments in Nan According "4 "the despatches the soldiers of President Li in the Chi- nese capital are steadily gaining ground. A despatch from London says:-- The: Pekin correspondent of the Ex- change Telegraph Company says that the advance of the northern and southern Republican armies under Tuan Chi-Jui, the former Premier, and Gen. Feng Kwo Chang, the former Vice-President, respectively, has com- menced. GERMAN TROOPS THROWN BACK Strongest Offensive Since Ver- dun Broken Down -|been opened The gold discoveries of 1851 produc- progressive times. en the "rush" daxted in 1852 im- | has naught's Hospital, Dublin. The annual demonstration of the Dublin Boys' Brigade took place re- cently in the Royal Dublin Society's premises, Ballbridge. A conference was held at the City; of Dublin Municipal Technical Schools on "The Industrial Education of Ap- | prentices." The Russian been awarded Order of St. George to Petty Officer migrants from North America, China Fred Wallace, R.N.A.S., and Europe poured into Melbourne off 'gn the Roumanian front. taken possession Navan, belonging to the Marchioness of Winchester, with the tillage order. for gallantry A movement is general about the f The population of Victoria Jrish Midlands for the employing of ; ishop assistants where farm labor is ! m e Commonwealth consists of six urgently needed. States, called the Original States of } The Department of Agriculture has of 66 acres near for non-compliance ----_4----_--_--_-- What's a Necktie Good For? Man's only non-utilitarian garment is the necktie. It's as useless as a monocle. Yet we wear it. We'd feel awfully awkward walking down the street without one. Once upon a time the necktie was used to fasten ve collar on. But now it doesn't do tha Man's necktie i is the Indian's eagle feather, the cannibal's neces teeth, the mid-African's iv ear rings. Its' his pride, on which he bestows much thought, great care. We wonder what would happen to the vanity of the human race, masculine half, in case of a necktie famine. ------g------- If there is a low spot that has been ] too wet for ordinary seeding sow mil- let. and millet will help out. Hay will be on the light side, Everywhere. A despatch from French Front in France says:--After their strongest | offensive effort since Verdun the Ger- ; Mans found themselves on Thursday thrown back everywhere along an 11- }mile front on the Chemin-de-Dames, 'leaving the ground thickly strewn ; with their dead and having failed to take even one French soldier prisoner, | The French lines remained intact, and the French commanding general, who watched the operations through- out from the front trenches, was able to declare that not a single yard of territory had been lost. --_--4------ BRITISH TROOPS MOVE FORWARD Make Gains in Flanders, and at Messines Ridge. A despatch from London says :--- In an attack against the German lines south-west of Hollebeke, in Flanders, and on the northern end of the recent British advance against the Messines |Ridge, Field Marshal Haig's Ang have driven the * Germans hack o front of 600 yards. n The g was of |made south-west of Hollebeke (near the Ypres Canal). Prisoners were captured in raids in Nieuport vicinity. --__--__4-----_---- Better a small amount of well pre- pared food that is palatable than a large quantity left over, for serving eftovers is among the extravagances of housekeeping, because they repre- sent a double outlay of material, time and heat. The Doings of the Dufts. | WONDER WHAT TOM DID WITH 'THE MAGAZINE \ WAS READING Tc 1- DID YOU TAKE MY MAGAZINES [= TOM- HAVE You GOT MN MAGAZINE? WHN pon'T Nou ANSWER Me-¢ IGUESS MISTAH DUFF AM Gone ouT