Within the next few weeks Sir Gaunt will sail from Victoria to the United Kingdom mer yacht Four Winds, The victim, Miss Leona Kearns, had two companions board the Empress liner, Miss fora Shanks now practically: ready for sea. Sir Guy reached Victoria recently from Kobe. Also arrived are 19 Chinese!
Mr, Y, Sato, secretary in charge of-the Japanese consulate here, has received advices indicating that Canada is losing some of its trade prestige in the Orient as a result of the aggressive. sales methods of conipetitors in Australia and New Zealand.. For example, exports of Canadian butter t6"Japan last year fell off more than 64,000 pounds. This shrinkage is attributed among other things, Australia's better trade connexions, better prices and better and' cheaper transportation facilities between the Antipodes and. the Orient than atween Canada and the Orient.
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