anes sicuape abana ie rome cactetten y ALGBOTSTORD. SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS Aiononth As Settlers Effects | es a = before this fascinating day was end- Conventions OF Great Benefit ed. The Imperial Mnstitute had inyit-| ed us to dinner, where we were tO) Give People Broader Vidw On Sub- | meet the representatives oute Vino| jects Of Interest Hien industry, under the chalrmans' | ; : lof Mr, Frederic A, Ackroyd, a Jarge| A modern convention is a many: \Woollen manufacturer of Bradford.| sided affair and offers many differ- I]| A magnificent banquet, tendered N18) ont attractions to visitors: Some go "| by Mr, Ackroyd, was followed by T°"! chiefly for the entertainment fea- \dresses exhorting he ang ¥ lfarmer to. growy long wool sheop| tures; others go to meet old friends which would meet the particular re-) and cultivate new ones; some are in- quirements of the British woollen! terested in the exhibits; the program Hane Sedn elke Ad attracts some; "and many go because WORLD HAPPENINGS |’ BRIEFLY TOLD Japan has announced unconditional acceptance of the American anti-war treaty. H.R.H. Prince George has been ap- pointed to H.M.S. Durban ag an in- terpreter én French. P. C. Cawerhill, chief forester for British Colvmbia, -vill go to Austra- lia to represent British Columbia at the British Empire forestry ea Explorer Hono Hudson's Bay Compai bers Captain Fro Takes It's Na The Hudson's Bay a year 1928, has done | beautiful way to the tain from whom it takes One day in the spring o} 1 ter Henry Hudson and his « at the little church of Saj, ga, in Bishopgate { England, to take commiut sailing away to seek the N Passage. -! The little church wag it still stands. The o given it threo windows, a presence of some of its le; | ’ k . “May te tmportea without sates or ||Farmers’ Marketing Tour | Exelse Tax Under Certain | Ganuiti ||| Canadian National Rathyays’ Tour | ps +| Great Britain and Certain officers of National Denmark, 1928 Revenue have apparently had diff- culty in deciding whether or not ex- (Continued.) cise’ and sales tax applies on the im-| qt was a pleasure to see the fine portation of automobiles as settlers’ type of young men who were on this effects, having in mind that Tariff fora, pane ele happy Fellows eRTON 4 i hen who only too evidently were anxious Item 705a provides for the coltection tosimileas wogdnin afr aon 4 of duty on the amount in excess Of) progress they had made was good, $1,000 on motor yehicles imported as) so much so that one of our party de- settlers’ effects. c.ared that the ploughing he had seen In order to clarify the situation, that day by former city workers "| would put to shame some so-called jthe Department submitted the ques-| experienced ploughmen. Another de- Alaska now has more than forty| tion to the Department of Justice for re ence there. time ago on the anniversay of communion, 7 In his little sailing vessel crew of eleyen men and adventurous captain made ages to the Aretic ocean, ( third, in 1609, he sailed for the East India company. Ta southern course he discov Hudson river, and the Dutch who followed founded New An How a Town Prospers that have passed the great ci e New York has grown up around thal site. In 1610 Hudson was again | service of an) English conipan; Viscount Willingdon To Donate} time he took a crew of twenty Prizes Totaliing Thousand | men, and set out again co find Dollars Northwest Passage. He discove Announcement that .His xcel-) Hudson Bay, and spent the lency Viscount Willingdon purposes/on its shores. In the spring of PT awarding prizes amounting in all to} the crew mutinied as he wi $1,000 for competition this year in| way to England. The captain, music, drama, painting, and sculp-| seven sick men and his : ture, will occasion much appreciation) set adrift. Nothing was evi in art loving circles throughout the Dominion. In music there ‘vill be one prize of $200, ‘and two prizes of $100 each; drama, one prize of $200; paint- ing, one prize of $200; and sculpture, algo one prize of $200. These gifts indicate not only His Exeellency’s interest in the arts in Canada, but also his interest in Can- ada generally. It is a practical inter- est of a type that will appeal. The competition which he is indugurating should do not a little to develop talent and engender skill in the arts, and it is to be hoped the west will be heard from in the contest—MRegina Post. Announces Arts Competition ever since, the - Hudson has rung through Ca 10 the motherland, as well as the 1 ini and most honorable institutions of our country. " i Homestead Entries = Show Marked Incr Great Activity Seen Around Offices In Alberta Homestead entries at the land offices in Alberta are | very marked increase as a re new regulations announced ft tawa. Under the new arran| persons who had proved yj homesteads prior to January are entitled to file on a second stead. It is necessary, however, Winnipeg Newspaper Union Money Spént In Advertising Is Gilt- Edged Investment The local merchant who fears to spend his money in advertising, our hosts were met with stout defence | 7 a by Mr, Arkell, of Canada's present/it seems to be “the thing’ to go. policy in breeding more of the short-| Hyery year sees an increasing num- wooled breeds for meat pritianly on) ber of hatcherymen getting the hab- account of the premilum to be secured i of attending the annual conventions on the markets of the United States. |** 2 z i This added spice and stimulus to a) of poultry associations. That such at clared that he would willingly cn delightful evening. After ae wl tendance can become Bene Mi ane ~ were mm ove tion of the In-| cg of people who landing fields for airplanes, and plans|an opinion as to whether or not the) Sage, at current wages, men who! WCre Shown over a sertun Oe | cated by the papel pera are under way for the construction/ exemptions in Schedule 1 and 3, Proved capable as the young fellows" 4 Bie Mays aha then ’pooanyepe” present yearattersyeety Si, of sixteen more, according to F. C.| cy 79, Revised Cts he had scen that day. And still an- peel Shae i re cnettucily: leav-| tet where the conventions are, held. 3 z |Chap. 179, Revised Statutes of Can-| other took off his coat and gave the t© London, but before actually leav-| "tion inspiration, friendships, Crawford, of Fairbanks. ada, h