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The Omiiiéea Herald” was dir-

“/ectly, “represented ‘at’ the” Third
= Imperial- Press . Conference by

‘Hugh Savage,” 'Cuneari,” B.C.,a

” | director of the Canadian’ Weekly’

Newspaper ‘Association “of which

'|this paper'is a member. We have

arranged with Mr. Savage to write
for our ‘readers a series ‘of ‘articles
describing. his experiences and
impressions, “among our: cousins

| ‘down under.”

“ In. them, apart ‘trom’ ¢ ties of
.|blood and common traditions, we
as, Canadians are deeply interest-
ed by aeason of growing trade
between the Commonwealth and
the: ‘Dominion. It ‘will be of in-
terest to us to gee how New Zea-
-jlanders and - . Australians have |j

tackled and, developed a new

country, and to’get glimpses of

_Five- and Ten-acres. Blocks.
OF FIRST-CLASS”

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Light clearing, good soil, suitable for ‘fruit, gardening,
poultry, or general production. ©

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Located one nile .from New Hazelton railway depots .
PRICE: $28 to $40 per acre, spread over five years. No

--“interest for first 18-months; 6 percent interest-on balance : we

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Particulars and infornfation at

“The Omineca_ Herald Office

oN ew Hazelton

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA *
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS ?e-

Pes be i ceenseeeceeaee arene alae Dh O82, 958 2:

Lodé Gold oo... 02. cc ccc cece ecw een eee 118,473,190 |. ,
- “Gilver a . 68,824,579 ;
Oo Ge 5 -70,648, 578°
Copper Lacan enen een eeenee Lae 187,488,378
A Le \ nr ., 92,082,958 .
Coal and. Coke 260,880,048
“Building Stone, Brick, Gement, ete... "42,295, 814 *

' - Miscellaneous: -Minerala . 1,431,349 .

' Making mineral productign to “the: ‘énd ioe 1924 show |
_ AN... AGGREGATE VALUE OF. $859,427,386 « :

The ‘substaritlal Progtess of the mining’ industry inthis. prov-

ince is strikingly illustrated in the following” figures, which

show the value of’ production for successive 6-year periods:,
_For al] yedrs to 1895, inclusive .

etre eena

: For five yeaya, ; 1996-1900. 87,605, O67 -.
ae ‘_.., For five years, 1901- 1905, . "96,607,968 -+. -
a * “For five years, 1906-1910. .....,.....-.. | 125, 534, 474
4 ‘For five years, 1911-1915',....,........ 142, 072, 603

, ‘For five years, 1916-1920) ; = 189, 922° 72h

a “Rar the'year 1921. ; ees ieideed Py + » 28,066, 641 ot
For the year 1922. . conenernvenen * 85,158,843
a For the year 1928. - 2s... IE auaeeehte + 41,804,320
i) Bor the year 1924......2.. ose. cceneniuas 48, 704, 604 .

PRODUCTION. DURING LAST TEN” YEARS, §372,604,725

Lode raining hasoniy been In progress about 26 years, and only ‘about ona-
7 . half-of the Province has been prospéected; 200,000 square miles of jinexplored
\ mineral bearing lands are open for prospecting.
; The mining Inwe of this Province are more | iberal and the ‘fees lower than :
oe any, other Province in' the Dominion or any'Co ‘the British. Empire. ; a
‘ .- "\Mirieral lowations are granted to discoverera te nominal fegs.! "Absolute iltles a
are obtnined by, qa ta such Properties, seourity of which. is suaranthod, by i
babe %
NB cally all Bri British Colaba mineral properties upon whien work
has'heen Pract are di in some ohe of the Annual Reportd of ‘the Minister
of Mines. Thoseconsidexing mining ‘} wagtmonte should refer to Buh reports,
They are avallable.. thaut charge on! sf pidation to the Departineht of Mines, ~:~:
Victorla, B.C... . f the Geol wal Survey sf Canada, Pacific Builaing.
Vancouver, are reoomumeadel oo valuqile, , paLERoes of i information, ;

The Honourable’ This i Mifiister of ‘Mines
. VICTORIA,. aie COLUMBIA» Be

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FIRST ARTICLE |

The average Australiaf. has a
very sketchy. idea of Canada. . To
him it.is a land of snow and ice.
In referring to.it or the. U. 8. he
uses the same term ‘ America.’
It was rather strange to have an

paseing cara. “Fields with wide
edges nibbled away,. rabbit ‘proof
fences and the track of the pois-

on cart showed that there, as in-
deed, throughout the wholecoun-
try, the rabbit is still a serious
problem. True, he provides fur
and meat for export, but that
trade would bheerfully be. saeri-
ficed by most people could its
source of supply be eliminated:

“The introduttion of animals or
plants into.any. country. calls for
the most seorching investigation.
Cats were turned loose to prey on
the rabbits, They almost frater-
nize with the bunnies but destroy|,
the birds. In Queensland partie-
ular! y the prickly pear isinereas-
ing its hold on the country by
thousands of acres annually:
Somebody brought it from South

. Africa with the idea-of using it

for 4 hedge. Birds have. been
imported with the idea of. deal-
ing with insect pests but have
changed that occupation to the;,
More congenial pursuit of denud-
ing the orchards. .

These have proved to'be costly
mistakes but great. care is now

Australian tell .a Canadian how:
much he appreciated the visit of

the argosy of Uncie Sam, .

But this kind of ignordnee is
not confined to Australia.
much does the average Canadian
know of his. cousins ‘down under’,
Australians cannot . distinguish

ver Island, but. some of us are as
|hazy over. Australia, “and New
Zealand, two, distinet Dominions
with 11007 miles of sea between
‘their nearest shores.

Australia, to: us conjures | up a
land of scorching suns, droughs,,|
rabbits, kangaroos and strikes,
“Light underwear’’,
struction given to us, but, during
our tour in September and: Octo-.
ber, there were. six.days at most
when.warm underwear | was not
needed,

Australia i isa littie bigger than.
the U. S..and not quite as, large.
jias Canada... Naturally ‘climatic
‘conditions -. vary. ‘ Droughts do
occur in some sections.. Others
lack sufficient , rainfall.
Frosty mornings and chilly days
do, come, round, But generally
there is sunshine and people live
a good deal out of doors. .

- With. sunshine go flowers. Love

of flowers seems: a3 natural in

Australia. as. love of horses. and
| horse racing. ” Old ‘world. blos-
soma recalling. English. ‘gariens
vie with luxuriant, bloom from

‘ other lands’ ‘and. the. wonders of |

native flora... 2.
| “Where are all thade Vabbits?”
we said. Ant ten weeks. I cover-

ifen ia 000 miles i in vthe’ six States.

“‘vour’ fleet,”” meaning thereby.

‘How

between, Vancouver and Vancou- |.

.was the in-,.

‘d}agitators, Walsh and i

: visiting

being taken to see that this class
of. trouble is not being augment-
ed. The whole world seems to
have been ransacked for. plants
and trees suitable for the coun-
try. Thus you will often find
whiffs of Canada in: groves and
rows of pines, albeit they-are the
pinus ‘Snsignis of California.

The kangaroo 1s ‘by no means
extinct. He likes the best graz-
‘to. be reduced in numbers, for
‘sheen come first. At one point
jour special train stopped while a
‘score of these quaint creatures

mounted men.

The wallaby is Jike a small
kangarop, with a head reealling
mouse features. He is also a
marsupial, The littl: head deep-|
ing from its mother’s poucn nev-
er fails to attract interest. The

supial, He is more like our coon
in size but has a squarrel like
face and makes a splendid pet to
climb oh ones shoulder.

pensive ‘‘reeredtions”’ of organiz-
éd labor in Australia. On our
arrival at Sydney it seemed that
our Queensland, tour would have

railways of that State being at a
complete ‘standstill.

lated to the demands of the strik-
ers and wheels rolled again.

“Overseas shipping was disor-|
ganized during the whole of our
stav owing-to.a strike of British
seamen. -The Australian union
uphel 1 the men and mueh: ‘trouble,
{was caused by” two'Col munist |
atigent '
‘who appear -to- have Settled in
6 Australia ‘to -fément tro | a
felene' Strike prevented many of
@\the British press: ‘delegation from.

West: Austr iin... gusily |

ithe most interesting ¢ ) all state. “g18s

‘ing country and ao has per force].

were driven towards us‘by some ..

native bear is also another mar-|-: -

' Strikes are still one.of the ex-|.

‘to be abandoned owing to the|:

However _
‘the government (Labor) capitu- |

S from the ‘standpoint | of. immipra-

“OUR oars ‘DOWN UNDER’. .
Y HUGH SAVAGE, DUNCAN, B.C.
. With the Imperial Press Conference in Australia.

tion. Following the endorsement
of Mr. Bruce and the ‘Nationalists

bs opposed td “Labor and Com-
munism, this strike petered out,

the agilators were ordered ‘to be
deported, but a legal fight is de-
veloping over the matter.

)@Thus you must approach Aus-
tralia with an open mind. You
‘will be amazed at the hugeness
of Sydney, the industrial devel-
opment and the solidity. of im-.
provements throughout the land.
You will rejoice in unmistakeable
evidénces of a determiriation not

Jto omit sustenance for the finer
side of life and the growth of a

school,of Australian poets, paint-"
érs, sculptors and . writers. -

Every where you “will see the,
influente of Britain’ as contrast!
ed with that of the United States

in Canada, It shouts at you from

streets minus the familiar wood-

en. telephone and. light poles;

from the corner pub: from fence

or bridge—put there for keeps—

from railways and kitchens. Not.
that the practice of America is

entirely. spurned. A little more

of it, especially in. the depart-.
ments of sanitation and plumb-.
ing, would add to the joy of Aus-

tralian life, _ St
If much of Canada be too near

the pole, much.of Australia is too

near the line for white people.

Yet there, as in Canada, there is

yoom for millions whe need have

but two qualitications—health

and a willingness to work,

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF Ba
‘> * qisH- OLUMBIA.

IN PROBATE.

In the Matter of the Estate of wicuel:
LAUZON, otherwise’ known as Mi-,
chael Lauzon, outherwise known as
Micheal Lauzon, deceased. |

' Take notice that by-an order of His
Honour Judge Young miade the 8rd dag
of December, 1925, letters probate hav:
heen isgued to mein respect of the wi
of the above-named, who died at Ki
‘wanga,,B.C., on or about: the 10th ast
‘day of ‘August, 1925, - 3
All. pargons indebted. to: the sai¢
eatate are hereby requested to pay t
me _ the amount of their indebtednebs
forthwith. ~ All persons having claim
lipén;.thé isaid. estate are. by .ré- .
quested to file particulars thereof, au

before the Jat: dey of March; 1926, . *°.

Pat the ‘Ist‘day of: February, 1926. .

me THOMAS: ‘EB. ‘MOORE; : wt
evans, BG! ..

verified by affidavit, with me. on or: °°