Show METRIC SYSTEM IS FAVORED IN JAPAN TOKIO May 6 Japan G.-Japan Japan has decided to adopt the metric system The bill as passed by the t the e. e house of ot peers stipulates stipulates lates that in the five years to come come ome all leading factories government offices government works and technical schools will be asked ased to use the metric system of weights and measures in instead instead In- In stead of the Japanese The general public will be made to touS tous tous us us ethe system within twenty years ears VICTORIA B. B C C. May 6 Empire G.-Empire Empire avenue is to be he laid out here hero as a memorial memorial memorial me me- morial to the Victoria men who lost their lives in the World war Names of the men are being gathered by the Victoria chamber of ot commerce |