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Paris, May 31.-Accompanied by "One of the greatest engineering six Ministers and Under-Secre feats in the world, the construc- tarice, the Premier, Mr. André THE Undersigned have received tion of the new, Welland Canal Tardieu, left to-day for Dijon, between Lakes Erie and Ontario, at where, on the occasion of the ban- a cost of over £24,000,000, will soon quet on Sunday opening the par be completed, and will probably be liamentary session, he will deliver, opened formally on July. The cut- what he has announced, will prove ting of the canal and the completo be a history-making speech, tion of the railway line to Hudson which will be a" demonstration of Bay represent two historie-steps in nicely adjusted mental equilibrium the transportation system between regarding both domestic and for- Western Canada and Great Britain.eign policies and an expression of For decader successive Canadian great good humour and unbeatable Governments have endeavoured to optimism." It is believed that the facilitate the progress of ships over speech, which will reply to recent various sections of the mighty orations of It Duce, was approved waterway of the Great Lakes and
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reforence to military necessities Arthur, and as long ago, at 1824 3. company was formed for the pur- along the Franco-Italian frontier. The proposed extension totals near- By pose of linking the two lakes. 1833 serviceable waterway hadly 4,000 kilometres at an expense been cut from Lake Ontario to the of Fr. 8,500,000,000. The new Welland River at Port Robinson, lines include the double track per- and thence to Port Colborne, an Lake Erle. The original canal was over 27 miles long, and 40 wooden tocks were required to overcome the Niagara barrier.
manent way between Paris and Nice leading through mountainous districts, where, it is declared, the traffic will not be exposed to air attacks.
Polish Good Offices.
Ten years later the canal was rebuilt, the locks being reduced to Warsaw, May
31. Political
27 in number. and constructed of quarters forecast the new attempt masoary, and the channel deepen-to pave the way for the continua- tion of the Franco-Italian: pour- ed. This passage, aerved for 25 parlere on the occasion of the visit years, by the end of which time next week to the Polish capital by trade requirements and the expan-.
the Italian Foreign Minister, Signor Grandi. "sion of the markets of the west
made further enlargement impera .tive. The Government decided, therefore, to cut a new canal alto- gether, and another passage was constructed via Allanburg. Since its completion in 1682 its depth has been increased to 12ft. But the demands of trade were insistent, and still another canal had to be put in bard.
The one now being made ruba from Lake Ontario to Allanburg by a new route, a distance of a dozen miles or so, while from thence-to Lake Erie the course is roughly the.. same as that of the present water-
The Polish Foreign Minister, Zaleski, returned to-day from Paris, where, it is understood, M. Briand Polish had suggested that the Government should offer Signor Grandi its good offices as mediator. M. Briand is reported to have em- ̈ phasized that both Poland and France would bath be vitally inter-- ested in maintaining the status quo in Europe.
LUNDY ISLAND'S "COINAGE.
GOVERNMENT TO OPPOSE -RIGHT OF ISSUE.
con-
It is understood that the way. It is, all told, 25 miles long, British Government is to and the number of locks is only test the right of Mr. Mar- eight. Their length has been in tin Coles Harman, the present creased from 270ft. to at least owner of Lundy Island, to issue 500ft., and their breadth from 45t.. special coins and postage stamps to soft, while the depth on the for use on the Island. sill will be 30ft. Lock No. 8 is the largest in the world, being 1,380ft. long. It is estimated that a loaded freight vessel will be able to pass through the entire canal'in eight hours, as against 15 on the present system.
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attracted interest among philate lists and cumismatologists. The coins and stamps were based on the denomination of a puffin, with a half-puffin, the puffin being a
Од sca-bird common the island The new canal will make the pro-where it is known as a Lundy duce of the world more readily Parrot," On the obverse of the available to the Mother Country.coins is the head of the owner, A new terminal has been selected while an inscription runs round the on the St. Lawrence at Prescott, Mr. Harman bought Lundy for
edge, "Lundy-Lights and Lenda" which is springing into history as £16,000 on October 21, 1925. He one of the most important and active transport centres, in North contends that the owner of the is America. Here, at an estimated land has always been permitted to cost of a million pounds, a giant his own will. He points out that administer the island according to elevator is being erected.
Lundy is a vest-pocket-size self- governing Dominion like Canada or Australia." But there is a dif- ference, in that, according to the Representation of the People Act of 1918, the islanders who were qualified have had the franchise. They have voted at one election on the island itself, but since then on the mainland-et-Initow, near Barn. Captain George Mylcham, one of staple. At present there are four the two survivors of the motor names on the voters' list for the trawler Arravale, of Milford Barnstaple Division, one being, Haven, which was wrecked on the that of Mr. Harman himself and rocks at Adrigole, Bantry Bay, re-the other being a service man on cently, gave an account of the dis the absent votera list.. aster, which involved the loss of Mr. Harman states that if his six lives...
action regarding the issue of coin- Captain Myleham said: "We age is challenged he will apel were getting our gear 'ready be direct to the King, tween 1 am and 2 am. The An inquest, the only one ever weather was misty and a south-wes held on Lundy, was conducted re terly wind blowing when we sudcently by the North Devon coroner denly struck a rocks: I set to work on the island. Last month the with the pumps, but seeing that nahes of Mr. Walter C, Hudson the trawler was quickly sinking we Heaven, a former owner of the ie launched, our small boat and all land, were placed in a vault on
CAPTAIN'S STORY OF TRAWLER WRECK.
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the boat capsized, throwing the but at his wish the ashes were eight of us into the water
taken to Lundynek due
Lundy is not the only part of the British Isics enjoying "Home Rule" The Calf of Man and | Brownied, IJANU, NIGHT FRUIT,
privately owned and have special privileges. Fedual conditions also survive on Herm, one of the smal- lest of the Channel Isles PAN
I managed to pull myself on board, the trawlor again, but was the only one to get back. Then heard a shout from the side calling Tor help, and I helped the chief engineer, James Sidney, out of the water. We took to the rigging, where we remained until we were rescued at six in the morning by means of a rope from the shore.
All the bodies were recovered the next morning":
In the thirteenth century Lundy was held in demesne by the Crown, but has changed hands many times
Bince then.
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