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NEWS

WORLD HAPPENINGS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Slavery

ceased in Bur

notified

has almost
ma, the Governor
Viceroy of India.

has

The United States log:
tablish offices in the
Bullding in the heart of Ottawa.

Captain Montague White-Fraser, '
War,

ation will es

veteran of the South African
and former member of the R.N.W.M.

P., is dead at Vancouver.

te
show

Finally revised statistics on
Canadian automobile industry
that the number cf motor
duced during
erease of 36 per cent.

cars pro-
1926 was 204,727, an in-

Hon. Judge Jas. Flynn, former
Premier of the Province of Quebec,
and pulsne judge of the Court of

King’s Bench, of the Province of Que-
bec, is dead, after an illness of sev- |
eral weeks.

By September 1
Biscuit Co., Ltd.,
in operation in gary,
hundred persons, it is announced.
company is capitalized at $2
will operate under a federal charter.

D. R. Poole, former secretary of the
Manitoba Boys’ Work board, has ac-

the Independent
will have a factory
employing a
The
0,000 and

the

Metropolitan |

cepted the secretaryship of the Na-
tional Bo: Work board, which
Tepresents the churches and the
Y.M.C.A. In co-operative boys’ work
throughout Canada. |
Dr. Abraham Zingher, noted bac
terfologist, who helped perfect the|
Schick test for diphtheria, was OB

he dozed in his lab-|
while conduct-

phyxiated when

oratory at New York,

ing research into the Dick test for}
scarlet fever.
Canada will be represented at

Geneya on the question of nayal dis- |
Armament by Hon. Ernest Lapointe.
minister of justice, and W. A. Rid-
dell. Mr. Lapointe is returning by
way of the Suez route from Austra
lia where he took part in the offic
opening of the new capital at Can-
berra.

The Department of
has removed the embargo on cattle
entering Canada from England. The
embargo was imposed on account of
the foot and mouth disease. It was
originally applicable to the whole of
Great Britain, and was removed from
Scottish cattle only about a montli
ago,

At the national Jersey cattle sale
held at Trenton, N.J., a record price

Agriculture

of $3,600 was paid for a four-yeai-
old Jersey cow fromthe stock farm
of B. Hi. Bull and Son, Brampton,
Ont. A three-year-old Jersey cow

from the Brampton farm was sold to
John Lee, of Ohio, for $1,650. This
Was the second highest price paid in
the sale.

Complete Restoration
of Rheims Cathedral

Historic Building Destroyed by Ger-
man Fire is Again Open for
Service
For thirteen long years the bells of
the Cathedral of Rheims remained si-
lent. Thirteen years
since the last service
building which in the
whole civilized world, bec
symbol of France’s suffering

renaissance and regeneration.

Three dates stand out tragically
marked in the cathedral’s history, On
September 4, 1914. the first German
shell crashed through the north tran-

have elapsed
s held in the
the |
me the
, trials,

s of

sept. On September 6, 1914, Mass
was celebrated for the last time be-
heath the noble arches, under the
shadows of which Joan of Arc five
centuries ago had the Dauphin

crowned King of France. On Septem-

ber 19, 1914, the cathedral was des
troyed by the fire and the roof and
bells crashed in, mo: than 400 tons
of molten lead streaming down into

the blazing furnace.

The long work of re
terminated and the keys
pleted building have been
ver to Cardinal Lucon, Archbishop
of Rheims.

toration is now
of the
handed

com-

Plans for Russian Aviators

Five long flights are being planned
for this year by the Society for the
Development of Aviation and Chem-
ical Industry in Ruse The fi
three will be within Rv territor,
but a Soviet plane will attempt a
flight to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Ber- }
lin, Paris, Prague, Vienna and back to
Moscow. The fifth flight will be from
Moscow to the Far East.

Australian wildernesses abound in
gubterranean rivers which may be
tapped by arteslan wells. Queens-
land now raises 600 million gallons

per day. The artesian belt of Austra-

lla is larger than all Argentina.

The cry “Back to the farm” would
mean more if raised by those who
wish to go.

| or

W. N. U. 1685

1599

A New Coverall
Any boy or girl will find enjoyment

in wearing the attractive one-piec
coverall shown here. The back but-
| tons onto the front at the shoulders |
and the neck may be either square or
V-shaped, Contrasting material is
used to bind the edges and the patch-
pocket is embroidered in an attractive
design 15!

4 years.

ize 2 requires 154 yard
-inch sven aud % yard 27-
inch contrasting for binding. Price
20 cents the pattern.

The Transfer Design is

No. 1168.

| Price 25 cents the pattern.

Home sewing brings nice clothes
within the reach of all, and to follow

| the mode is delightful when it can be

done so easily and economically by
following the styles pictured in our
new Fashion Book. A chart accom-
panying each pattern shows the

terial as it appears when cst out.

|Hvery detail is explained so that the!

inexperienced sewer can make with-
out difficulty an attractive dress.
Price of the book 10 cents the copy.

How To Order Patterns

Addr
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—Winnipeg Newspaper Union,
75 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg

Pattern No. Size.

Name ...

TOWD cseecsecedsserseroueters

Trucked Hogs Grade Well

With the extension .of good high-
ways from the marketing centres into
the country the number of hogs deliv
ered to the stockyards and packing
houses by truck is constantly in-
creasing. Not only is the delivery
accomplished quickly, and therefore
in good condition, but as was pointed
out at a number of swine meetings in
Eastern Ontario by Mr. Eric D. Me-
Greer, the sheep and swine promoter
of the Live Stock Branch at Kings-
ton, it Jeads to rapid improvement in
the the farmer can
see for himself the type of hog for
which the highest price is paid. This
explains why the percentage of sales
trucked to market is usually
than where they are shipped

grades because

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Source of Chinese Munition Supply
) Great Britain is Only Country Not
| Sharing in Business

| Russia has hitherto been given the
credit or discredit of being the chlef
source whence the warring Chinese
| factions have obtained their supplies
of arms and other materials of war.
Russians have been

frequently re-
ported to be serving in both the
Northern,and Southern armies, and

the chief adyiser of the Cantonese
government during its drive to the
Yangtse Valley was Michael Borodin,
the chief agent in China of the Soylet
government, believed to be still in
Hankow, the seat of that faction of
the Cantonese most deeply imbued
with the Communist ideas. Anxious
to get fresh light on the origins of
the Chinese arms supply, the contri-
butor to the Nation and New Athe-
naeum, of London, England, who uses
the pen-name of Kappa, conducted a
private investigation of his own, un-
covering a number of interesting
facts. He found that while the Rus-
sians had contributed both arma-
| ments and men to both sides, some
other nations had also been active in
}a similar way, notably Germany, that
| country sending to China during 19
armaments {o the value of nearly $3,-
500.000. Some surprise would be na-
tural at finding Norway in the traie
to the extent of $1,250,000, with Italy
next, furnishing munitions worth $1,-
|000,000. United States manufacturers
j equipped the arsenal of the Canton-
jese, and France provided military
airplanes. Great Britain, indeed, was
conspicuous inasmuch as it was the
only country that did not share in the
| business.

ropean residents in Ching who
were compelled to fly before the ad-
| Vancing Cantonese probably did not
jrealize that the Nationalist troops
| Were armed with Western weapons.
;The situation, as the Brockville
Recorder and Times sees it, xecalls
its kinship to that existing during the
War when the Canadian troops be-
came the target of shells into whose
construction nickel mined in Canada
entered. That Great Britain has re-
frained from assisting the arming of
the Chinese redounds greatly to her
j credit. It is evident enough that up- |
risings and internal warfare will re-
cur in China as long as traffic in arms
is permitted to proceed without inter-
ference from the great powers. It
can scarcely be satisfactory to the
people of the United States to learn
that the very arms used at Nanking,
where one American, at least, lost his

life, may have been supplied by a
United S munitions firm. The
practical solution of the difficulty aD: |
parently lies in reaching an agrcs-

ment limiting the traffic in arms and

signing aand ratifying the Arms
Traffic Convention to that end. — St.

Thomas Times-Journal,

Issuing Jubilee Stamps

Postmaster-General Veniot is issu- }
ing a special series of postaga stamps |
to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee |
of Confederation. They will be larg-}
er than the normal issue, and will de-
pict the development of the Domin-
fon ,the expansion of its transporta-
tion systems and various phases of
the nation’s industries and resoure-
es. It is stated the stamps will bring
joy not only to philatelists, but to the
public generally.

Tom—'How can that little birthday
gift for your wife be a surprise if she
told you what she wanted?”

Henry—‘I’m pot going to give it to
her.”

| work,

S Grateful to Hospital

R W. BALL

Formerly general superintendent in
charge of eastern lines of the Can-
udian National Telegraphs, has been
appointed general superintendent of
western lines, with headquarters at
Winnipeg. r. Ball will have juris-
diction over all territory west of Port
Arthur to the Pacific Coast.

Employment at High Point

Returns Show That Employment is
Now at Highest Peak Since
1920

Reports up to May 1 of this year
from 5,948 firms showed that em-
ployment in Canada was at the high-
est point it has been since the Cana-
dian Government Bureau of Statistics
began to keep employment records in
1920.

‘The payrolls of the 5,948 firms re-
porting on May 1, showed that there
were 830,850 persons employed:
Manufacturing, construction and

| transportation recorded the most pro-

nounced improvement, but large gains
were also noted in trade, services and
communication,

The official returns on employment
in Canada do not include farmers. In
the months of April and May there is
always a considerable demand for

| farm labor to help in the seeding, par-

ticularly so in Western Canada,
where millions of acres are sown to
wheat and other grain crops.

Woman Radio Expert
Has/Worked Up Well Paying Business
in Brooklyn, N.Y.
ago Miss Harriette F.

of Brooklyn, N.Y., bought a
set. It intrigued her, She
it apart to see what made it
and finding that it was not
neatly made, she rebuilt it to suit
herself. Later Miss Quick showed the
rebuilt set to sume of her friends and
they liked it so well they
sets like it. That started her
business and she up a work
bench and started filling orders. To-
day she does nothing else but build

Three years
Quick,
radio
took

set

radio sets, except when she is erect- |! nouncement for the time being would | |

ling aerials or trouble shooting. She
is Booklyn’s only woman radio engin-

eer and one of the few feminine radio |

experts in the world,
Origin of “Humbug”

“Humbug” originated when James
II. of England cdined base metal in
his fight for the: crown. ‘The Irish
called it Uim Bog (worthless money),
which became first Oombug and then
Humbug.

How easy it is to tell others that
it’s no use to worry.

Surgeon In English Hospital Made His
Life Worth Living

One of the surgeons of a hespital
in Middlesex, England, recently re-
celyed a letter from a sailor reniind-
ing him of an operation performed 30
years ago.

There was brought to him then a
boy of 11 who had never been able to
moye his lower jaw. Of course he
could not talk or masticate, and he
had little prospect of being anything
but an object of charity.

The surgeon decided to operate, and
was entirely successful, The boy grew
up a normal being and became a mer~
¢chant seaman, and he never forgot to
be grateful or lost his wish to repay
the hospital. The other day he ar-
rived at the hospital and asked for
the surgeon; and was told he was
away. Deeply disappointed, the sailor
turned to go, but not before he had
handed in a hundred dollars, a sum
which, he said, was only small in
comparison with his debt, though it
had taken him a long time to save if.
Then he went home and wrote to the
surgeon, reminding him of the opera-
tion, and saying “I want to thank you
for making my life possible, for with-
out your skill and aid my life would
have been hardly worth living.”

geon may have in his own life

Was compensation for e
made a man’s lifé agi? so his
own life was worth n.y >
yi
Per Capi vings

People Now Seveg/ Times Better Off
Than In the Year 1900

Some interesting figures were re-
cently made public regarding the per
ivings and per capita wealth
ceuntry. The figures are
worth quoting if only to disprove
statements sometimes heard to the
effect that we off these
times than in the good old days of
a quarter of a century*or more ago.
In 1900 the per capita sayings deposit-
ed in Canada amounted to and the

are worse

$33

savings deposits amiunted to $152
and the life insurance in force to
$530, or a total for both of $782, or
over seven times the total of 1900.
Figures of per capita national wealth.
compiled by the League of Nations,
are: United States, $2,918 Great
Britain, $2,459; Canada, $2,406;
France,
Japan $544

Testing Wheat Rust Discovery

Further Experiments Are to be Made
at Ottawa
There will be further exhaustive

ordered |
in |

trials it is intimated at the Depart-
ment of Agriculture before a definite
| announcement is made of the wheat
rust discovery at the Dominion Rust |
Laboratory. It is felt that any an-

be premature. In all probability, the |
| announcement will be deferred until
after the present season.

Althought the nature of the find
jis not announced it is understood to
| lie in the diSsovery of hitherto un-
| known principle
how rust itself eds ri Exten-
| sive breeding experiments have been

under way for a copside rable time. |

The result of these ‘experiments is
now being further tesla.

Keep ae Don afmenemy
who wants todo you a favor. =

A rare print

THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION

of the an neeee Conference held at
lic Archives recently by the

uebec, in October, 1864. It was
ight Hon, Sir Robert Borden,

presented to the

Getting The

West’s Money

High Pressure Salesmen Selling
Worthless Securities to the
Unwary

The Saskatchewan Farmer calls at
tention to the “higli-pressure sales-
men peddling highly speculative or
worthless stock who are ‘nfesting*
the Western Proyinces.” These men,
it says, are conducting what has been
termed one of the biggest promotion
campaigns in the history of the West,
Some of them are selling oll stocks
without any apparent, value, and oth-

ers are disposing of alleged gold-
mine securities, while more or le
uncertain industrial securities are

also being offered,

It is the old story of inducing peo-
pie to believe they can get rich quick
ly. It is being told in the Wast as
well as the West, but perhaps the
latter appears like a more remuner-
ative fleld at present. The farmers
are prosperous, and they may not have
had the warnings which have been
given from time to time in this part

Whatever disappointments this sur- }

per capita life insurance in force to}
$70, giving a total for both of $109. At |
the beginning of 1927, the per capita |

$1,570; Germany, $1,080; and }

in rust propagation, |

of the country.

Until some law can be found to
| Drotect the. unwary investor he will
;continue to be prey for the promising

| safeenian:

ce 40 paper. If the victim is a
ian who.can afford to take a chance,
jand who parts with his money know-
\ing that he is merely gambling, the
case is not so serious, but when a_
widow with a Imited income is in-
duced to buy worthless securilies on
the promise of better returns it be
}comes a matter for community inter-

jference: There should be a way to
|protect her, but the most effective
means, so far, seems to be through
| public Too many people do not

|vealize that stocks and bonds paying
|substantial dividends do not go beg-
ging for buyers. When they are ap
proached by salesmen claiming to
haye such securities to offer they
should consult a reputable broker or
a banker before purchasing, and the
} chances are that they will be advised

|to keep their money.—Toronto Globe,

\Government Annuity
Scheme Is Attractive

Labor Department Gratified by
Responses From All Parts of
Canada +

The campaign of intensive and
| Dowinion-wide publicity which Is be-
ing consistently furthered by the min-
|Ister of labor, Hon. Peter Heenan, is
| having a material result. Thig is ap-
parent through the large volume of
enquiries received by the Department
of Labor. and the extent to whieh im
terest in Dominion Government anni
ities has been developed from coast
to coast.

| It might be expected that the more
| de nsely populated sections of ‘the
|Dominion would show marked inter
jest in this form of savings or old age
| insurance. Responses, however, are
coming from—cil parts of Camaia-—it
Is noticeable that the object most de-
sired by the minister of labor, the
development of thrift 6n the part of
the workers and wage earners, is be
jing attained, for it is from these
|classes noticeably that keenest inter
jest is being displayed.

Officials of the department are re-
{luctant to make any statement of
| comparative figures in respect to in

|ereased business undertaken, but
they do not conceal the fact that
ve keen and very wide interest is

being shown in the Canadian gow
snment annuity sclieme.
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as aa aS Le ee
Conference to-be-Heltin Fal

Go to

Premiers of Provinces Will
Ottawa for Discussion
The conference of provincial pre-
miers will be keld in Ottawa in the
latter part of October or early io
November, it has been announced by
Hon. Lucien Cannon,  solicitorgen-
eral, Hon. Fernand Rinfret, secretary
of State, and the deputy ministers of
of the various federal departments.
Selection of a definite date for the

conference will not be made, it was
stated, until the next meeting of the
deputy heads with Mr. Cannon and
Mr. Rinfret.

In the interim, a list of subjects

which the different departments de
| sire enda for
The pro-

to have placed on tlie

prepared.

| discus: ion will be

| vinciat governments are being
requested to indicate the bjects
which they wish to, have discussed
at the conference.

Manixoba Cordage Plant

The first shipment of wrapping
cord from the Manitoba Cordage plant
at Portage La Prairie moved over
Canadian Pacific lines on May 10th
to the T. Baton Co., Ltd., the Tribune
Publishing Company and the Mank
toba Cordage Company at Winnipeg.

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because it’s lower, but because we
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