Toronto, Oct. 30.
The famous "dark horse" of th Toronto Maternity marathon came to ght here to-day at the eleventh hour of competition when Mrs. Elizabeth McLean, mother of ten children, filed application for tthe $500,000 Millar Award on the basis of nine eligible children.
'Under the terms of the unusual wilt Jett in 1926 by Mr. Charles Vance Millar, $500,000, which has grown nearer the million-dollar mark, Will be awarded to the 'Toronto' mother bearing. the number of children in a night, Although three. or four con~ testants "have" dropped out in recent years, seven other Toronto mothers beside Mrs, McLean have entered claims for prize the joney."United Press. have spared no pains to promote and encourage humanitarian efforts to mitigate the sufferings of the Spanish people, and my Navy has acted in Accordance with Its high traditions In. relieving distress.
'It has been the consistent policy of my Government to attempt to localize the unhappy struggle, and, with this end in' view, they ha seconded the French initiative for a non-intervention agreement and have energetically cv-operated in its negotiation and application."
The Speech observed that essential measures for strengthening of three} defence forces had been steadily pursued, and rejoiced at the marked increase in trade and employment and the "diminution of unemployment—Reuter.
Woman to Move Reply London, et. 30.
The frst session of the 37th Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which opened in the last year of the reign of King George V, was prorogued at noon to-day by Royal Commission on behalf of King Ed~ ward: VII.
On Tuesday, His Majesty himself will drive to Westminster to open the new session. The King's speech will Feveal the principal measures of the reply to the Speech, will be moved the Senior Member for Dundee, Miss Florence Horsbrugh, who, more than once, has been a member of the British Delegation to the League of Nations Assembly, This will be the first occasion in the history of Parliament that the moving of the address has fallen to 2 woman.
Miss Horsbrugh is a Conservative member and the address will be seconded by a National Labour sup-parler of the Government, Mr, Harold Nicolson (West Leicester), who resigned from the Diplomatic service in 1929-—Wireless through Reuter,
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