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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
3
A fragmented OCR piece reports on beer consumption by country, noting Germans lead per head with high per capita beer intake and contrasting figures for wine and spirits across nations. It cites per capita statistics for the United Kingdom United States France and other countries, highlighting dramatic differences in beverage consumption patterns.
The text presents disjointed references to English commerce in India, royal and aristocratic figures, and speculative schemes involving land, demesnes, and salaries. It mentions Leeds, London, and Manchester linked to a Royal and charity themes, with vague notes on Indian and American connections and military tangents.
The Leading Markets reports fair export demand for Ontario red and white wheat with prices around 66 to 67 cents, Manitoba fall as navigation opens. Livestock at western yards sees steady to firmer prices for cattle, sheep, and hogs, with notable activity in export cattle and market for spring lambs.
A London despatch outlines tax changes including a two pence per pound rise on income tax plus extra twopence, sugar duties and molasses taxes, with estimated yields of up to 55 million dollars. An export duty on coal adds about 10.5 million, and beer revenue falls by 20 million due to South Africa service. No customs duty on imported manufactured goods and no tobacco or tea duty changes. The South African war cost is placed at 755 million, double the Crimean War.
Earl Roberts reports 21 700 miles of railway held and 200 000 officers and men moved from base to front. About 86 000 tons of supplies и 130 000 beasts and 36 000 tons of stores and vehicles were sent forward. Pall Mall Gazette notes transport strength could win future campaigns, though Roberts found prior system insufficient and reorganized it from regimental to departmental units.
A Washington dispatch reports W Jessops and Sons of Sheffield England will erect a mammoth steel plant on 87 acres of Gordon farm land northwest of Washington. Groundbreaking will occur in days with operations expected by year end. Sydney J. Robinson, managing director, and Colonel Herbert Hughes, English attorney for the firm, closed the deal last night.
Parliament debates a pension scheme for permanent militia officers and widows. Provisions include annual percentages of pay for various service lengths, gratuities for infirmity or retirement, and specific widow and child allowances by rank, with overall family cap. Also notes eight unresolved fair-wage claims and ice-breaker operating powers in a separate petition.
An Edinburgh despatch notes renewed talk of royal entertainments at Holyrood palace. It recalls Queen Mary's chambers and Rizzio’s murder as enduring relics, and notes the poetic fit if a British King again summons Scots to the palace. It highlights the union of Thistle and Rose via James IV and Margaret Tudor.
London dispatch notes Mrs Botha has been traveling between her husband General Botha and General Kitchener delivering verbal messages. French is ill and resting at his headquarters in Johannesburg as winter troop movements begin. Boer commandos lack horses in key districts while peace negotiations resurface.
A Glasgow despatch notes that the United States, strong at Paris, underinvests in Glasgow while other nations prepare. The Russian display will be a standout, with six wooden pavilions, Germany’s exhibit proves effective, and Canada showcases a complete pavilion of foods, products, timber, metals, fisheries, and manufactures amid vibrant colonial exhibits.
A Sunday morning blaze at Hodd and Cullen's flour mill and elevator in Stratford Ont gutted the buildings leaving only walls. Total loss estimated at 10000 with 11000 bushels of grain destroyed. Insurance coverage totals 25000 across Perth Mutual Millers' and Manufacturers' Mutual Northern Commercial Union Economical.
A Reuters despatch from Colesberg reports Colonel Crabbe leading a Boer commando toward the Orange River. About a hundred escaped to the mountains, but several attempted to cross the river where horses sank in mud and riders were swept away. Crabbe ordered his men not to fire.
Sydney dispatch reports the massacre of Missionaries Chalmers and Tomkins with several converts near Debe New Guinea. Chalmers had thirty five years in mission service including twenty three in New Guinea. He was affiliated with the London Missionary Society and contributed to exploration and geographical work.
Despatch from London reports Earl Egremont’s unfinished Silverton mansion in Exeeter now offered for sale. The property begun fifty years ago includes 250 marble mantel pieces amber door knobs and a bath tub carved from a solid block of marble. The completed cost claimed was £150,000.
Prince Edward of Cornwall plans to start his travels sooner than his father and grandfather. Reports say he may join his aunt Princess Victoria in Canada to meet his parents on their world voyage. Public interest leans to the heir known as King David as royal curiosity shifts away from the Duchess of Cornwall.
London dispatch notes the new British loan attracted strong reception with subscriptions reportedly four times over. Main buyers were syndicates bankers and large investors including foreign participants. Rumors name Rothschilds Wernher Bell Co Sir Ernest Cassell and New York backers as early takers of 30 million pounds. Clinton Dawkins of J S Morgan Co allegedly coordinated the syndicate for government to ensure security.
Ottawa reports strict surveillance to prevent bubonic plague and smallpox spread. Pacific coast quarantine bathes Oriental travelers and disinfects belongings. Forty officers monitor border crossings while suspects are quarantined. Disease described as mild and non incapacitating, complicating detection.
A Pekin despatch says ministers from Britain France the United States Holland Belgium and Italy have demanded four executions and exile or degradation for eighty more Chinese officials. The demand was sent to Chinese plenipotentiaries.
A Pretoria despatch says Lieut. Walters and Lieut. Pale of the Tasmanian Bushmen were killed outside Pietersburg just before its occupation by General Plumer. They were shot by a Boer hidden in a mealie patch, who fled after a surprise attack despite pursuit.
London dispatch reports Sir John Brodrick stating in the House of Commons that the cost of the South Africa war over the past ten weeks has averaged about 7 1 2 million dollars per week. Irish Nationalists greeted the figure with loud cheers.
London dispatch reports total UK imports and exports in 1900 at 877,448,917 pounds, up from 814,570,241. Imports reached 523,075,165 pounds (vs 485,035,583 previously) and exports 354,373,754 pounds (vs 329,534,658).
The Bokburg force under Commandant Bok burg, totaling 106 men with wagons and rifles, has surrendered near Middelburg in the Transvaal.
A roundup of assorted reports from Canada Great Britain and the United States. Topics include urban projects in Sydney and Perth and the inauguration of Woodstock as a city, new rail and steamship agreements, legal verdicts and missing persons, and political shifts in New York and Ottawa. Major items mention a Queen Victoria monument in St Thomas Ontario and a hospital hotel planned in Ottawa.
A Washington despatch reports the Post Office Department has issued orders allowing letter carriers to wear a neat shirt waist or loose-fitting blouse during the heated term. The uniform consists of light grey chambray linen or light grey washable material with a turn-down collar, dark tie, and neat belt, replacing coat and vest at each office.
Detroit dispatch reports final arrangements at the Russell House for a $50,600,000 steel and iron complex at Sault Ste. Marie that will run within a year and a half. Alfred R. Harvey of Liverpool and J Frank Gray of New York oversee financing with American Canadian and English capital. The project aims to produce rails castings and structural iron using Lake Superior ore and canal power to cut costs, with mills planned in both the United States and Canada and a $7 per ton Canadian government bonus boosting dividends.
A London despatch quotes Spencer Wilkinson, a renowned military analyst, asserting British troops retain dash and stamina in the Boer War. He notes hardships and a prolonged fight, but believes success will come and Kitchener wants few or no additional drafts. He argues neither Milner nor Kitchener desired peace negotiations, insisting the Boers must be beaten for lasting peace.
Despatch from Harrismith reports Gen De Wet near Kromstad with limited followers and unable to raise a sufficient force for an offensive. Numerous Boers surrender as famine bites, according to the Lendoen message to a news agency yesterday.
A Pekin despatch reports the Emperor's palace, headquartering Field Marshal Count von Waldersee and staff, burned. All contents were destroyed except the military papers. General Ve. Echwartzoff is missing.
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