General business moved within very narrow limits during be} the past month.
While there has been no sign of any serious recess manufacturers have up in the demand for their goods. It is felt that this may be accounted for by the fact defective wiring in the steeple, where the blaze was first sighted Within a short time the' whole edifice was ablaze, and the had only time to the Baered Host and a fow vestments. Fanned by a light wind, the flames jumped 10 the adjacent convent: fortunately, all the children in residence there that a good deal of business was had had been roused and were removed transacted during the summer" in safety. Not until both "of the the expectation that prices might Duildings were beyond any hope of ie sharply. As there has been no saving did the local" fre. iphtess Indication of this, buyers. are' bez aided by a squad rushed out from coming much more cautious, and Montreal, succeed "in are holding their purchases within blaze under' control. the limits of current demand. number of Catholic institutions have Canada's external commerce con-been destroyed by fire during the tinged" to "gain slightly during August, the Tast_month for which ast year, and there has been fre-
reports' ate "presently available, quent talk: of incendiarism, no de-mite evidence has been. brought after bettering the mark of the forward in any case. The loss to year before in July. The balance of foreign trade is" continuing the Church has been largely covered insurance. favourable, and the excess © of ex: ports over imports for the past A New Stupidity Erelve® months is—$114/74)000.
Another factor of some. interest Of all the strange public spectacles that are planned the larger place that" trade. within Peel of the crowd, the arouse the curiosity and touch the the Empire has past years Canada's "Walkathon" now being held in Export trade with "the United Montreal has proved to be one of Kingdom rose from 314 per cent. to 41.3 per cent, and with the British the most popular. The basic idea to call for entries of any number Empire from $9.3 per cent, to 404 of couples who will continue to walla per cent, while to foreign countries the decline in exports was from 60.7 24 hours a day under certain rules per, cent. to 80.6 per cent. judged the winner. Briefly, the rules unoil the surviving couple fy ad-'The bright spot in industrial production during the past mont follows: couple means a man the products of the fores ceeding at any rate, However. slow woman walking; means pro-print. production rose fo tons in ay, to 194,000 tons 5 long as there is progress; 18 minates out of every jour are set, August, and the export movement of planks and boards from 116,000,- {side for vest, during which time O0Oft. to 128,000,000ft. 'The other Eating, sleeping. or any otter diversion may! be" indulged' ing point' worthy of special mention is the increased activity in the nickel mining fields; the exports of during August were eight times those of August 1932, sporting to. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics showed a rise of 24,000 over the month of July, and an aggregate rise since April 1 of 104,000. During the five month the oTcial index has risen 76.0 to 87.1, an increase rd] considerably higher than the average of the past thirteen years. Last 8 decline of 10,000 work during the n of the farming com-not been improved by poor harvest. The wheat crop for the whole country is now estimated to be about 280,000,000 Bushes, compared with 480000000 bushels' last year, and 560, bushels in 1928. "The only' reason that the farmer has for feeling that the situation is easier is that he will got a better price for his pro-duets, and may look forward to a broadened demand next. year.
Two Imposing Fires Two disastrous fires have occurred within a few days of each other in Canada. One was Halifax, where two of the sheds on causing no litle loading in the port and a $2,000,000. The other was in Valleyfield, a small city some fifty miles from Montreal, where the Catholic church and con: vent were completely wiped out at 4 loss of $1,600,000.
The fire in Vailoyfield was a most spectacular one, and dre watchers from miles around. The cause was unknown, although it was thought to have been due to Imedical attention ix provided, and very effort ix made to look after the welfare of the contestants The strange feature of the contest, which sounds so' simple almost ridielous, la" that 4 draws thousands of spectators night after might and has" already been foing "for sixty day Ay the Couples become." more" and, more wenned some of them drop out the ce, and ie appears that, ths Provides' the high-water" mark Exeltement for the crowd; women faint and have to be revived in wes tiring rooms, while men sive vent to. their enthusiasm by" Shute of ehcourayement to the ear-qutiers
fre allowed to stage litre shows of Dung the re periods the couple their own, such as aiving'a ance ora song at the eonclion of each these acts the crowd ly encourage ft to throw in sins, and "populee couples are said to receive ax much
alone, as $75 a week from this source Te is natural that the Walkathon should "have aroused' plenty Sppenition us well. ae ruwlng a goodly measure of "support. the Most. spectacular" piece of pros Dagan araingtthe'pent Same Students from. the University er night when a inge grow
Montreal marched in and pelted the Contestants vith. rotten, fruit and temporary stopped the she. them went outside the building and monde an uproar that. completely tinneryed, the spectators, Tu the of a molge, with the forces order, many' of the wine dows of. the "auditorium broken, and there were black
quietly ay: After umber "being a Watkathon. proceeded, The "youths gave warning, that, they, would re-Kam to complete their job, but far this threat has not been carried out 1
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