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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
6
The report covers Toronto markets with freight rates and prices for breadstuffs, live cattle, hogs, poultry, and dairy products. It lists on call bids and steady to higher quotations, noting specific figures for wheat, oats, corn, and meat products, along with cattle and hog price ranges and regional freight shifts.
Market notes from Europe showing firm wheat futures in Antwerp and nearby, with steady prices in Parle and Misreh. Reports cite strong country markets, steady carryover, and mixed signals across long and short positions.
A notice from Toronto reports the death of Mrs Catherine Joss, wife of G W Joss, in Premive Ness early Wednesday morning after acute drama. She was born in 186? and was the second wife of G W Rose, with a large family including Tremie Rose. Funeral simple. body to be buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in warmer weather. Prominent mourners and leaders attended, including Premier, Speaker Evanturel, and others.
A London Daily Mail despatch from Klerksdorp dated March 16 details General Methuen’s disaster at a kraal where Boers used captured British guns. British infantry were outnumbered ten to one but fought bravely as Methuen was wounded and his horse killed. Nelarey ordered Methuen sent home under his nephew Townson, who was wounded. Debate over Methuen’s release followed, with Delrey supporting freedom and providing wagons. Delrey’s chivalry as a Huguenot is noted.
An English engineer, Mr. Denismond of the London and South Western Railway, adapts water-tube locomotives. He claims prolonged trials show reduced coal consumption, with a London to Sullabory run estimated at under two miles per engine. Strong factory interest follows the innovation.
The House debated railway subsidies including Lindsay Robengoon and Bruce Minor lines with subsidies ranging from 30,000 to 87,000. The Fort William energy bill faced opposition as zoning privileges were challenged as selective. The High Schools Act amendment aimed to equalize fees for county and city pupils, while municipal insurance and elections topics dominated discussion.
Lord Beresford urged Britain to acquire coalfields in colonies and at home to improve naval efficiency. He discussed adding a naval War Lord to the Admiralty, reforming reserves, mobilizing the whole war establishment, and eliminating coal shortages at Gibralter, Yollur, and Malta. He criticized lack of speed in warships and demanded action after threats to expose shortages.
A crowded, scrambled dispatch sheet details rail and postal finances, wartime medals, Fenian alertness, and shipping risks. It cites Canada, London, Naples, and New York, with mentions of Manitoba laws, insurance cases, and a proposed federal budget surplus amid rising capital expenditures and debt.
A list of members added to House of Commons committees including Carroll and Stewart across Privileges and Elections Railways and Canals Miscellaneous Private Bills Public Accounts plus notes on the Union of Canadian Municipalities opposition to Maclean's bill. It argues the bill threatens municipal rights and could affect ongoing Toronto Bell Telephone Company litigation. Also includes remarks on the 3 percent commission and questions answered about locomotives and transport contracts.
London Times dispatch from Pretoria via New York says Methuen’s mishap is reparable but not alarming. It notes the retreating stance of Botha, once able to force 2,000 men, now reduced to about 700, with cautious indications he will not engage Gen. Bruce Hamilton’s forces near Vryheid.
A London dispatch to the Sun reports Irish emigration statistics for 1901. Total emigrants reached 89,870, about 9 per 1,000, down 7,237 from 1900. Males numbered 18,348 and females 21,527, declines of 1,052 and 2,286 respectively. Of all emigrants, 31,94 went to the United States.
A Toledo despatch reports the Toledo Metal Wheel Company plant, employing nearly 800, collapsed along the Lake Shore Railway just after a passing west-home passenger car. The structure fell across the track narrowly missing the rear coach. had it happened two seconds earlier, all aboard would have been killed.
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