ﬁgures

deli mic gun l,

farming and mining.

business is closing the year around

of 1933, an increase of i1 per cent. This is less than the gain shown at the end of' 1933 over the prev- ious year but if the average month- 1y standing of the index is com- pared, i934 shows a gain of about 20 per cent over the 1933 average. The 45 factors embraced in the index, covering manufacturing, mining, construction, electrical power production and distribution, including carloadings, imports and exports, all confirm the upward trend. Manufacturing has a. gain off! percent. and mineral produc- tion about 20 percent.

Complete returns covering O n- ode's recent industrial produc on are not yet out but available sta- tistics indicate she holds second

A‘ place in percentage of recovery

_of the world on her 1934 record and ﬁrst place if the whole advance from the low point of the depres- sion reached ln February, 1933, is considered In the l0 months end- ing with October, Canadian in- dustrial production recorded a gain of 24.2 percent. over the output for the same period of i933.

Increases ln Trade

l,’ count only the issues listed by the

"dm northlsnd luv!

Exports and imports have re- corded increases in every month of the year over the corresponding months of 1933. Domestic 5ND‘ merits for the 11 months ending Nov. 30 totalled $502,037,000, an increase of 23.1 percent. over ex- ports for the same months of the pmvioua year and imports l0!‘ the 11 mosths were 0474362000. M! increase of 26-7 percent. The bal- ance of trade in Canada's favor on the basis of the ﬁgures for l1 months was $117,675,000. Estimat- ing the December returns, the total external trade will be about 81.182.074.000. against IBHDWDOO in i933, an increase of 25 percent.

Heavy exports -to the United Kingdom and to other Empire countries largely accounted for the increases, The ham and bacon export market contracted sharply after holding up strong for a year. In the first nine months of i934 ham and bacon shipments to the U. K. totalled 93,769,000 pounds compared with 515M000 in 1933. Along with animal FY0406“. W005 and pulp, iron and. itsproducts and non-ferrous metal shipment-l bulked in the increase of exports.

In the 11 months ending with November production of steel tot- alled 700,187 tons, a gain Of 95 PIT" cent. over the 1988 totﬂ f0!‘ "18 same period. Textile output in- crﬁased l9 percent. automobile pro- duction so percent Ind ' production 4B percent. Under this industrial expansion emf) "W" ﬁcreascduabotut l2 pztoalz-s It‘?

c. cﬂor o pmdlwer - warded so well that stock divi- dends for the yea-r, taking into sc-

Uiopyrllghl, 1934 by The Canadian Fran) '

Specdomeicrs of Canadian business crep throughout i934. Acceleration lacked the sudden spurts experienced when the brakes oi depression first began to slip. But the forward drive has been steadier; the industrial vehicle, on a broader highway, apparently more easily directed toward l

The federal trade department's index of the physical volume of

96, compared with 86.2 at, the end

Canajb Adizance f i: I Receives Impetus,’ r - In British“ Trade

Year End Business Review Indicates Further Definite Progress In" Re-

' covery-- Trade And Manufactures Increase But Building Tardy. i

B y ALEX PRINGLE Canadian Press Fixiancial Writer

Especially encouraging is the fact the basic industries-Joel and oil for the business lllﬂClllll€——-Cllillé through much better in the your now closing than in i933. lliis was partciularly true of

advanced about 25 percent. The Great Bear Lake and Camsell River

something sprctacula , have been alikhtly disappointing thought it is yet too early to forecast the result of deeper exploration.

Copper, of which Canada. p05- ses rich and extensive deposits, is being produced in small quantities owing to the low prlvo prevailing. The eXPOrt price of red metal is now around seven cents a pound compared with 7% cents s. year ago. A conference of world pro- clucers is to be held in New York shortly and something may be ac- complished towards limiting pro- duction still further as a. means of getting the price up to s. proﬁtable basis for the smaller producers.

Despite the low price for zinc, the Canadian output has expanded and exports of that metal arc now around record ﬁillres. Production of nickel in the late months of 1934 cased down after reaching 7.138 tons in August compared with 5,099 1n the previous August. Coal production for the year was up about 50 percent. and petroleum production about 30 percent.

The building industry has been the outstanding laggaxd for which there is a special reason. Morator- ium measures adopted by the pro- vinces for protection of property owners unable to meet mortgage obligations have turned holde of investment funds away from real estate loans and it is sold progress is likely to be slow in building until the old rights of mortgagees have been fully restored. Building per- mits issued in 61 cities of Canada 1n 1984 showed an increase of about l6 percent. over 1938-

Having turned away from real estate, insurance and trust com- panies have been buying high grade bonds and under this extra stimulus bond prices have risen t0 a level unknown in more than 20 years. Railway sod canal traffic statistics were mainly favors-bis in 1934.

_.___.____.__.___ VERNON RIVER. SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT

In spite of unfavorable weather on Thursday night, Dec. 20th, a largo crowd gathered in the C. M. B. A. Hall, Vernon River, where an excel- lent program was very ‘capably staged by the pupils of Vernon River School. Rev. P. D. MacGulgsn acted aschalrman. Mthcclnlooftbs program Santa Claus arrived and unloaded the heavily laden tree. A tiny tot, Ruby MacDonald, very sweetly sang a solo to Santa who-n he arrived. Following is the pro-

gram. Welcome-my George Wilson. Bcghoi-us-Meny Christmas-by the oo

_ Christmas 1f Drill-Ten little girls. Dialogue—-An Exciting Time. 'l‘rio - Christmas -Mar-

guarito and Marion MacDonald and

Ann Tweedy.

Christmas Blocking Drill.

Toronto Exchange. totalled $165,- gafym as against 811085.397 in 1983. an increase of 4i percent. improvement has been outstand- ing in agriculture. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates the value of Canadian field crops for m4 st 0536mm. an 111ml» o! suaoooboo over 1989 or 2'1 percent.

oios was 7M cents wlthmgoll omts in the you previous. -

The mining industry achieved batter promos than the sold and base. metal production ﬂnms indi- e e. Many new novel-tin M" brought mm production but u» late to make an impression on tho 1934 output retuml- V!“ stretches of tho hit-BMW lint“!-

Th; average pride of wheat in the E

Chorus-Christmas Bells —- by the School. Flog Drill-by eiaht boys. Pantomime-Silent Night. Solo—Wilfred MacDonald. Dialogue - Getting Ready m s Visit. Trio - Marguerite, Marion, and Ruby MacDonald. Btsr Drill. The story of the Stan-by Idith nmm

Duet-Marguerite and qscu 1m-

Intermlsalosi.

Darkie Bong.

mutation-Estelle Ins.

Duet -- Wilfred and H1181 Hi0- Donald.

Dlﬂ-10§u9—~A capable Servant. vBlpng-Lssmplighting Time In 'l‘he

a ey.

psctad and devolovmont of INI- poots has followed in many new areas. The result is the now emvlﬂlllﬂl 1mm "W!

any ‘previous time in its new”.

Church Chimes

t around to higher

fields, which gave early promise of

Win ior’Donor ~

T. U. Notes

< “As 1m sow." Just a few worm. but they bﬂaht-

dill Alifcthotwssolonldedwitholro. Andsusngthened silplrit discour-

Illd And close to the vein of ddlvlir. And faith to go hopefully onward Sprung up when their lander- nsss fell- Just a few words. but bow potent Ior comfort or blessing their spelll

Just a few words, but they blighted And blackened a name as a frost. And stung unto nmdoess s spirit That hung on the brink of the

lost; . Hung tronsbling with pitiful long-

ings

‘lb him from the valley of shame- Just a few words, but they weighted The balance. And whose was the blame? '

The one who stuffed the burden Prom shoulders that shrink with the load Spoke also the light words of scof- ling

That proved the poor halting lane's . - The speaker went carelessly 0n-

ward. Nor rocked of the deeds that were done; Nor thought o! the lilies or thistles To spring from the seeds idly sown. -Hclen Watts-Move?

{FEE 081F351‘ OOUNTEB T0 EVIL A striking feature of the Christ birthday may be easily overlooked when the very at 7119" P69011111! with Moray Christmases, and when the yuls-log flames "in chimney- place. and iwgh and 1m so» round." This feature is the fact that God used as s. factor in bringing redemp- tion to the world, Mary. whose character is revealed by “The Mag- nifieant," recorded by Luke, in striking contrast to Mo, the Mother of the rote. who dlsobeyed a Divine command. by eating of the tree of knowledge of 300d and evil, the continual sin of the world ever since. The Divine Father countered the mt. ‘uction of sin by on over- weight of loving redemption, and

was used as a factor.

whether thouahtless Christen- dom realizes it or not, the Merry Giirstmas salutatlons of the Christ- mastide-wrn. thousands of absent family members turn their feet hdmeward to gall-her around otho lighted tree and the old home board where parental eyes look loving and glad greetings on s erstwhile children of the old home- stead-hsd a Joyous origin in the '-'-~-"~‘~wd that abideth ever, and from whence an angelic messenger avds sent to the lowly shepherds keeping watch over their flocks by night in the Bethlehem country». And would that Chr’ tendom, like the shepherds on tho first I ': mas Day. glorify and praise

' ‘ "u the Christmas snnivorsa '71!“ 5° “MW mi’ 1114990114511“ 01' m. um ‘y such and: as you are Writing, r u. us wrrv YOUNG raorna m" We" "will" Milli» end I V. . QW)KII} A“; gpgyqpnqq will say t0 you that it is about as Tim“ MONEY on 50M? mnooth a drink as s. Criminal over sumo wrnml nous flfjéllghlfl; Iivilfegl- Th? “new?!

14' Tm; . c s a soon o ow y

M‘ “M”! l“ n. third. makes mo certain mt

wlbny young. epopl’ “n”! “In H1059 WHO I891 0118f thﬁll‘ BYSWZTIS

sporty to smoke cigarettes. but do not know the harm they are doing their hodlel. or realise how much money they an wasting.

Tobacco is a plant belonging to the same family ss the potato and tomato. The plant rakes special I cultivstionysnd when it is used as tobacco, the leaves become W!!! large and it is out when the leaves have turned yellow and then hung up to dry. Thk. and a Imocasa cal- 5 led sweating. brings the flavor. obacco cvntaim a narcotic, cal- ‘—' ~ '~~."'~~. This nicotine is an oli with a stupcfylng odour. It turns

is loluble in water or alcohol. If taken into the body continually it will deaden the nerves.

Tobacco is highly injurious to the heart. when people smoke. the but‘ of the heart is greatly weakened. Alter a time the heart becomes ir- regular and sometimes high blood pressure is the result. -

When the heart is thus weakened the digestive organs do not gst a sufficient supply of blood. besides this the amount of digestive juices isilemned and the food not prop- er y digested.

0m of tbs outstanding offsets of tobacco on children and with is counting tbs growth of boil: bod! and mind. mﬁng it difficult to concentrate m any one subject for any isnlth of time, because of s. nervous restlessness, the affect of the

try in many ways.

writes a letter to the press on one of the big issues of the day: ‘To The Editor:

delight in telling other people how to live. blwlneas. but it seems to ms that You-exceed your duty when you ar- mgato to yourself the right to in- form all those who may happen to

Mary. in striking contrast to Eve, fn-loy ‘m owukmﬂ

bottle of Scotch whiskey for Christ- masand ltisbeforeme as: sits/t my typewriter and indite this letter to you. What right has any form of law fo make me take of this gift?

of liquor, l’ will confide to you, and 1 cannot see where or how I an in- vading the rights of any other Person on earth. I find it excellent. It warms my stomach: it inspires my thoughts. I that I have or added to the lawlessness of the general society in so doing It makes metimdtobc clsssedassoriminsl

require stimulant, should band to- ﬂther; organize and start a. cam- mien to floor this Volstead business.

and like

I fourth. 8nd I am more than over convinced that any man that doesn't is s big this avnbion oi the law is producing

Glorious Oountry. You are wronla. m! club"! is less as soon as it over wa sand a great deal better country and r will lesbe it to you f ' '.'cvm when in contact with air and 11%

seoitch is all right. A wouldt do us harm. when we ened stimulany we need it. ‘Mw grand- afyer was brought up rum, Th” had it in the hauad all ti‘! time. ‘I119! dram it freely and oven the mlnistew drank it when he came to our house. l’ can drink this sort of Scuitg n! dny and not be no wv-‘se a citxen than I was beforc. f could dﬂng this whole quaet sudd noncr- qulbor an otelalh.

mund yiu oner- agaislan sbd thqtyou arwdssd wronhibeom- soonging overt borsyw win: as s bwuhm. We wsiift criulsls. i y! say inxolosihg thqt i will u s. lﬂisooy Hor- Yran." Rexcevtfillu Yioytdx 005d t Swnﬂ‘. '

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Jamaica Entered

KSINGBEON, Jamaica. Dos, (By Canadian Pram-Jim d of the National Grout Britain that an annual riﬂe

"WWI Ports of the Empire for the Junior Kolapore Oup, has served to create additional interest among rlfiemon 0f Jamaica. This colony will participate in the contest. Under what ls known as the Postal competition, reprsg. entatives of the Imperial Fbrtiss serving in this or any other colony may be included in any Colonial tel-m: consequently, crock shots of the Manchester Regiment are tub ing part with members of the local forces, including the police, and civilians in practices on the range at Camp for the selection o: s, tum of eight to represent the colony.

moved that non-smokers are koenor ﬂ-nd brighter pupils than those who smoke. Al bad effects arc not noticeable immediately. But, be not deceived, rather spend your money for some- thing that will bring health and Joy to your life, that we may develop into intellectual men and woolen, who will help to improve our noun.

-—N0llml Kl 1s- ISFGTDGB VH1. Vcfllﬂﬂ

A LETTER AND ONE BOTTLE (In which the Editor Ileams Milﬁh)

The average American citizen

You seem to take a great deal of and perhaps that is your

drink of Scotch" on occasions. I have been presented with n fins

a criminal if I per- I have Just tasted of this bottle

cannot feel, Mr. Editor, wronged the community

or any such occasion.

Now. Mr. Editor. I Im no bum you can't make ms s. bum. f a little drink nowand thou and

have taken a. third or maybe it is

idiot. You say that

state cf affairs in our Greer nsnd

wasndt, when we had fros rum, I want to say to you that this, lot 0f it

Bus whey I wheat of ylu ll in rs- "ﬁll!

I Will

ﬂnemT Ohrihywsx” us‘

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usrdisn osndedoothsiriisptllohlsilum: ‘m’

" S: sndia 1-1 m “*- mnmu.’ ‘m’: 1m. Manor

advances at Clark's Store not: m‘ “'°""°°L dkl-man-i-f.

In Annual Shoot

sulsion Riﬂe Association of

competition is to be conducted m "m."

stant efforts at‘

for oxlstenoc. pnhnals s strange and incompre-

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beneﬁcial or otherwise?"

To put teeth into this injunction it was pointed out that

would also forfeit tho entire crop without any compensation. As fu- aslamawamofthisenrbsrgohas never been lifted: certain it is that the canker is ss troublesome as aver in the Old country.

WARFARE IN NATURE

We hear much of wars and ru- mors of war. That .a number of persons should prepare, and 00n- grcgate together. tor the purpose of slaying or maimlng each other. seems a most wicked and foolish : more particularly when we reflect that most of the persons never saw each other before, and can have no personal antipathy to- wards each other. Yet, dhristian- ised and civilised as the nations N's now,‘ never in my time in the world's history have more elabor- ate and scientific preparations been made for the taking of life.

Talking to an old friend many years ago, I put these points before him for consideration. His view wss- that there was a ceaseless warfare in every aspect of nature and always would be. Jostingly he answered: "We are told that there wssoncgawarinheavsmsndlf the inhabitants of Ursula cannot abstain from strife, is it not too much to expect us tonsstrisls to do so?" when I bad brought him to consider my remarks r‘ _ly, he put those thoughts before ms-

Nature to many minds, suggests peace and rest. Thom an times whorl {he winds are still, the loaves In motionless, and all seems hush- ed in repose: mdstncatb all this, thousands-may, millions-of tiny plants are being silently crushed Olll 0X uxllbﬂl” b] their MON POW- erful neighbors. Hero is one battle of life which everyone who has

bavolmdloroirloin

petual foliage or no quenoea of an ideal world,

same time it must be said mankind: not in the ssnsc

there have been many times

quored. The wars undertaken in India

by such

M '00 beneﬁts have

But (he concluded’) all this propensity to defence. that sit

on vison) is stll to Province in s wild

merit of one captured lately 566 millimstrﬁs total length. tall length» ma mun, strum. When g attack and kill has survived and obtained s mon- vboly of the means necessary for as illegals! hxhetill numerous foes

0W whim red d- ers, caterpillars and slugs, climax-o on tho look-oat for was! places in its armour, and sometimes its foes are of its own household, as when the mistletoe parasitism tho cvs1s- tree, the ivy strangle: the oak, or gllicmniimgiu spreads the potato-

says Baln.

trees. and feedinz on birds "salmon. ‘lhismis

hams of o ffthcrolsthus (hosaimsoon- stant warfare being waged in the vesctsbls world, it is very probable that s greater strife is be

animal from the ﬁrst moment of its lira. quite indspm- dsntly of its necessity for s con- mnt many of rm. thsre are mvrlads of internal and unobserv- ablo foes of microscopic also, with which it must struggle. ‘fliers are also the incessant exertions put forth by ' u; ' birds of Prey. which requln defence. Besides the hostilities waged llalnst each other in tho struggle there exists in many

the skul for been dluppoin

Q

lﬂ 001l-

propsnsity to fight at refers g2 and ot er

distinguishing the spades.

as both caught by s local month I moosurvd some wssmmm.

wouldsppssrtobomors

llbﬁmenh with students have ' Moo uiTlNY6M - % 1 a ‘

go: Grill-f e I‘ m4§o7£°one° "riQﬁTf-Z‘

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and so unisbrlnssustomstclsssqfsincsunasrabofmty thou- % which Paws: roger sands have been new The ‘De-

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Althoush (to come back to the first statement) undeniably in tho abstract WI! must be evil, 3t the

some wars have been of service to

800d has accrued to tho victor, ibr when it has been much more proﬁtable to be conquered than to have con- (for example)

B! Ollvo 5nd Hastings, were other} both wicked and selfish, but have, in the and, resulted in much benc- b sides: perhaps the been greater to 0M conquered than to the victors. allowing for

THE MAMMALS OI‘ P. l. ISLAND

The Esstcm Mink (Mustela vis- bc found in, the state, but is ovmmrativoly scarce. This sub- Bllecld is. I believe, the smallest of the American minke: the msasur

lillnks are bold and courageous hunters and

woodland animal, nesting in hollow

made to domestlcato Martens on fur farms, but the “fiendhh feroc- ity" o! the old males leads them to kill the funnies by biting through l ls, so thsturoaults have so

m this group we have two other related animals, the weasel and ins skunk. The weasel ls s beauti- fol little animal, brown in sum- mer, and white in winter. I am in . doubt as to whether our animal is tho Greater Weasel or stout (Mus- tsls srctloua) or tho Least Weasel (M. rixosa). The local literature it merely as tbs weasel.

books em no ruins for no is been s point which needs clearing up. species are in our range and may wail be prssmt. A vmsol trapper this uuasursd 290 m.n1., but one ylsrs sgo (19231

‘i110 ﬂkunk (Mephltls mcpbitis) ll ls dostruotivu as ﬂio wsaul and

g. E5 El i i?

is strife underlying all tho acts of nature: is such a state of thluls

At ﬁrst aim (he said) it would seem that it was not the best ar- rangement that one class of things

should prey upon, or thrive at the expensl 0f anothen A world where» in all wont on without Janina or sense of pain or inlury would sp- poar to be ideal, and 17611199! Iuoli ' a world might have been oroatoov Whether it would be as good or better than the present state of mass ls another dilution. This is certain; it would not help being a very tame world: change and da- cay, destruction and renewal, youth and ago, could not have cnts into its scheme. All things won d as they were first created: there would be no spring, no autumn, no summer, no wlnter; the trees must have por- foliagg st all. Such are but a few of the conse-

that that

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Wﬂl and

also known by Amos-loan Sable es smerlcsns) and its furs is

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8 18.95 Coats for 3 9.80 1 195000318 for $18.00 8 25.00 Coats‘ for 818.67 8 85,00 Costs for $28.84 8 55.00 Coats for 880.67

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suede, tree barks, diagon-

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lot them play ., . they'll take no

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$5.

Coat and guitars, pure

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Hamil the

par-taunt of Anion! bs praised for its efforts in control this animal. which threatened all the other smaller life. buds and poultry) on the Island. ‘December:

The 11b: which was common in old days, may be regarded ss Is- Ibthor Matheson. tinot, u s wild animal. ‘there m’ and of course many which have boon U, ranch-bred. and cscs‘ but thfeir career ll sh

turoisto

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NORTH IIIIIION SCHOOL

Ibllowing the report oflllortb (includlnl llliton Bchoo for the month of

Erna Coles; I,

e VII-l, Reginald Cafes; Gordon Rodd; l, Wallace smith. Grade v-r-q, Garth B00901‘; l. “$2.5”? . of... .. ..

. 9 . 009"’ mum n T; a, not: smurf.’

Grade X.—1,

Grads mp4, a...“ Ooles; s. w Jeannette ‘iilormids; a, sums “B- Oolss. ~

Gfldo I! sin-l, mm Hooper. Grads I! JPr-l, Psrku- Smith.

' Gals vhms onus: S. Joan ‘llnaahorfnulz: ‘W.

Mil». Una nun’- m o- Uns sm- I