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- St. James’ larracks, wheve it is under- =toed they wiil be permanently guariercd. * Barbil:yJ4l.3rd. 'n¢ fire whica aaid b2en burning 1n the 4wn. and bsih. nowds of the S. S. Hydaspes since her arrival here on the 20th, ult, was extinguished on the Ist, ‘nst. The Schoorer Melanson Brothers, ‘bound from Bordeanux, france, to Rarbados, was wrecked off (he East « Point Lighthouse at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. Washington, Jan. 2nd. ---FPresident Wil- son has siened the Bill eontaining the United States sugar contril. through nineteen twenty. : [ondon, Jan. Is*. —ln the Naow Year's Honours’ List there figure as Privy Coun- cillors the: names ‘of the Hon. . J. Donerty, Canadian Minister of Justice, the Hon. A. L. Sifton, Minister of Public Works and Sir Thomas White, former Minister of Finance. The two former were represzntatives at the Peace Con- ference while Sir "homas White wes acting Prime Minister. Among the Baron:ts is Sir Trevor Dawson, of Vick- ers Armanient, and among the Knights Mr. James Buchanan, a miliionae dis tiller and soortsman who ownad esfates in British Colonies. It is understood that Mr. Sydney E. Walton, the we'!l-known journaast, wno was for some time asso- ciated with the Canadian Trade Comnmis- sion in London. declined a knighthood. In the colonial list are, K. C. M. G, Dr. George Parkin, Secretary of the Rnodes Scnolarship [lrust and formerly princi- pal of Uppar Canada Cnliege, [oronto K. C. B. E., Sir Ernest Hateh, Prominent in nospitalicy to Overseas olficers ana their relatives. C. B. E., the Hon. Ali- cia Cecil, the Hon. ©Caroline Grovernor, J. P. Jcyce, Miss Grace Lerroy, who were assoziated wvith women’s immigra- tion and Lady Lucsy Markham, promi- nen: in th> Ovarseas eadertainnz:ni of WOrKers. O:tawa, Jan. Ist.—Tne New Year on2a3 witn saveral cabinet changes. Majoc Geni. Mewburn resigas the port- folio of Minister of Defence to bz2come effactivea on Japuary 15th. Mr. Archur Sifton retires from the portfolio of Min- ister of Public Works and becomes Secre- R®ary of Scace and Mr. Martin Burrell resigned as Secretary of State to become Minister of Customs. : Nantes, France, Jan. Ist.—The ba:- racks containiag Jarge stocks of am:na- nition were destroyed hy fire here last night, Honolulu, Jan. Ist.—A widespread re- volt against the Japanese is imminent in Korea, according to the Tokio corres- pondent of the Honolulu Commereial Ad- vertiser. The Japanese Chief of Police at Seoul, he dec}ares, has docum:z=ntary evidence to prove that Christian mis- sionaries are supporting preparations for an uprising which has the warm appro- val of the Korean Prince Yiktangaa, now heild practically a prisoner by the Japanese. ¥ ROl AN I Washington, Jan. Ist.- The exchange | ot ratifications of the Versailies Treaty ! witl have praectically no immmediate ei- fec. upon American tradge with Germany, and will not alter the present com:- | mercial relation, it was said today in | official circles so far as the United States | Government is concerned anything from | matches to six-inch guns may be ship- | ped to Fermany nrovided a purchaser can be found. 'he present rate of exchange is the principal obstacle to trade, officials said, and in an effor¢ to imprcve the disastrous exchange rate, Germany has imposed :i¢id import regulatiors, as exe- cutive deciees. and owing to the change of the list from itime to time the market is left in a state of uncertainty. At the present rate thére are but few pirchases of American goods. London, Jan. Ist. Despatehes rlrom British India show that there has been considerable fighting between Bri: sh ex- . pediticnary forces and revolting tribes- men, severa losses having been inflieted ‘on the tribesmen, although the British were apparently put to & hard test in defeating them. A despa:ich dated De- cember 18:h states tha: a British column fighting ayainst two (housand Mahsuds and another foree composed of Warziris and Mahsuis who occupied a hill west of A{andola, captured the Sarkai Ridge, driv- ine the tribegmen from their positions, upon which the British then pitched their camp. Airplanes toliowed the ene- my, harassing them and causing r m- bers of casualties. The British losses in the encounter are describea as lizht. A furcher despatch shows that the tribes- men counter-attacked and the British were compelled to retire, owing to heavy casualties, from a hill they previously had captured. This hill and the adjacent ridges from strategic points are essential to the safety of the British eolumns in their further progress. 'The battle con- tinued throughout the following day, with the British having captured se.eral of their objectives. The enemy’s eas- ualties are reported to have been heavy. | Paris, Deec. 81st.—M. Jean Dupuy, | pDirector of the. ‘‘Petit Parisien’’, and former presideni of the council of minis- ters, died here this afternoon afier a short illness. ; A Berlin, Dee. 3lst.—Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia and twenty-six| others have been killed by an explosion of dynamite, according to a Lelgrade despatch to the ‘‘i.okal Anzeiger’’. The | cause of the explosion is unknown. More than fifty p~rsons vere injured. ‘ | London, Dec. 3lst.—Lieut Colonei Cuthbert James, Coalition T'nionist, has | been e ected to the House of Commons ! for Bromiey, Kent. by vote aof 11,177 | against 11,148 for Mr. Francis Lodges, ! Labourite. | Ot.awa, Dec. 31st.—The Trade figures | for wue Dominion. for the Year which | closes today, when fully available, will show the total trade as approximately 2,350,000.000 dollars. i.ondon Jan. Isi.—The following ap- pear amonyg the list ol the New Year hor- ours conferred by His Majesty. Lieut. Col. (.. R. M. O’Brien, Governor of Bar- bados, and Mr. S. W. Knaggs, late Colo- nial Secretary of Trinidad, to be Knights Commander of Sit. Michael and St. Georgze. Mr.Reginald Gray. Bermuda, to be a Kniziit Bachelor, Mr. A. Huteh- ings, Grand Turk. has-been awarded the King’'s Police Medel. Stalybridge, Cheshire, Dee."3lst. ~The first woman magiscrate to preside In a court in England took her seat on the bench nere. The Mayoress, Mrs. Ada Summers, was sworn in and heard cases. Cairo Jan.lst.—An air squadron is join- ing the pnnitive expedition against the Dinka tribesmen, who attacked a DBritish coiumn in the Upper Nile region early in December. London, Dec. 3lst.—British shipyards turned out shipping in exeess of 1,300,000 tons for the year 1919 just ending, and orders in hand indicate that in 1920 the pre-war record in shif onstruction will probably be reached. Paris, Dec. 3lst. -The Internationali- zation of Constantinople and the Straits of the Dardanelles has been decided up- on alone the linee laid down by Mr. Licyd George in a recent speech, according to the ‘*‘Matin’’. Paris, Jan. Ist. =~Hava’s Axeney. The subscriptions 1o the National l.oan have reac ed approximaiely nine bilhon lire, according to the “‘Temps’. : Paris, Jan. Ist.——The floods continue unabated throughout KFrance, giving in- creased anxiety. The Rhine, Rhone, Marie, Oise Aisne, and Garonne have all largely overflowed, while the tributaries of the Seine continue to rise. The Seine is still nearly six tee¢ below the maxi mun of January last year, but many quarters are flooded and navigation is re- duced to almost nothing. : And Noises In The Head. 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