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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-02-03, Page 3News From The Provinces *Now We tminster, B.C.—-During the past ye-5r the Government Seed Extraction Phxnt here handlefl 6,881 pounds of fl low pine seed. Three ; thousand ’ • Is of this was sent to New Zealand and ether conslgnmen’ to Penns xa, Sixteen hundred pound® of mryce seed were sent to *• the British Forestry Commission. In addition to the above figures the plant Ereduced 300 pounds of spruce, 550 of emlock, and 582 of red cedar. Edmonton, Altar—For the fix'st time In the history of Alberta, alfalfa seed Is being shipped to Deninark. This is registered Grimm alfalfa grown by the Grimm Alfalfa Seed Growers’ As­ sociation, at Brooks, which this year . produced ore-third of -a million pounds of this seed. It appears that Danish growers have experimented with this (seed in the past and have now placed an order for 50,000 pounds. Moose Jaw, Sask.—A silver fox farm has been organized at Outlook, Ten. pairs of silver-tipped foxes, val­ ued at $10,‘000, are on hand. Land has been purchased and building® erected. Winnipeg, Man.—Canada lias got to be the source-of supply of wheat for the Old Country for some time to come, according to-Sir Herbert Mat­ thews, Secretary of the Central Cham­ ber of‘British Agriculture. He could. boo very little prospect of Russian -wheat again being largely consumed In the Old Country and with the un­ certainty of supply from India, to- gether with the fact that people in resource. such countries as India, China and Japan were steadily consuming more wheat products, it was his opinion that Canada’is likely to be looked to more and more as Britain’s chief source of supply of wheat, Fort William, Ont,—The first fish net factory to operate in Canada being started here by the Canadian Fish Net Co,, Ltd., financed by Can­ adian capital and employing Canadian labor, Hitherto the nets used by Can­ adian fishermens have been imported from Europe and the United States, which has at times entailed heavy losses owing to late deliveries. Montreal, Que.—Total exports of cattle to Great Britain from Canada in 1926 were 76,654 head, as compar­ ed with 110,257 head in 1925 and 82,086 in 1924. Saint John, N.B.—The Government Employment Bureau -at Saint John re­ ports the labor situation easy with little unemployment. Woods opera­ tions are well up to average, the pulp­ wood industry absorbing a large num­ ber of men. Waterfront activities are very active just now, Halifax, N.S,—Nova Scotia’s fisher­ ies for the year 1926 yielded 300,000,- 000 lbs.,- as against 247,000,000 lbs, in 1925, 219,000,000 in 1924 and 198,- 000,000 in 1923. According to the Superintendent of Nova Scotia Fish­ eries. Never in the history of the fisheries was greater interest awak­ ened, greater production achieved, wider markets secured or a brighter outlook seen for the oldest provincial 52552HEgSJ Occupational Therapy. » A new course was commenced at the VniVersity of Toronto with the begin­ ning of this session and twenty-five young ladies are now taking this new work. The connection between this innovation and the discussion that has been going on recently regarding hos­ pitals^ for the insane will be readily seen. One of the criticisms made of the present systems in asylums for the insane is that the patients, or some of them; are not given enough work to do so as to keep their mind's off their afflictions. The aim of Occupational Therapy is'to effect cures by means of work and at the same time to re­ store injured muscles by meahs of exercise. In order to accomplish these two purposes the work must of course, bo interesting. The new course covers two years and will equip the young women who take it for expert service in general hospitals, in, government institutions, in asylums, in homes for incurables and anywhere that patients can be re­ habilitated by this sort of treatment. In the Jilted States the scop® for Occupational Therapy work has great­ ly increased in the past few years and It is practically certain that the de­ mand for Occupational Therapy aides will be greatly enlarged in Canada in the next few years. The Hikers. We moved in last November, And distinctly I remember 'Twas -the steam heat that she wanted And she eald She was crazy in addition For a dining room in mission, And the den was simply perfect, Being red. Now she’s weary of the mission Dining room. It’s her ambition To -serve ham and eggs in one with PaneHed- walls; And she wanted a bed-room pink, And a wider kitchen sink, And some blue and yellow paper In the hall®. Every autumn, every spring, Just like bird's we’re on the wing. For a ohango in decorations We'go hiking; And I'll gamble when she dies That her mansion in the skies "Won’t be furnished just exactly To her liking.—------------------- Sent* td' Reformatory. aw/ SS'SJSiSHSla Tho northeast area (dotted) is com. Hsiang, who holds- the Province of trolled by five or six military -lords Shantung. If this combination get together -they should hav* no difficulty in driving back the ta/.itherners. The west (vertical prising the pro-vim- River Chow and more or less on press despatches siding with the mediately to -the east. The southern ar a (diagonally whom the gain® of the Nationalists have driven together. The fighting has begun again near Hangchow. General Sims still holds -the Shanghai area, General Yang Sen holds eastern Szch- uan, Governor Yen, the Province of Shansi; Wu Pei Fu, most of Honan; Chang Tsolin, the powerful Manchuri­ an general, now in control of the Pe­ king 'area; General Chang Tseng •luulefl) com­ ol’ Yunnan, most tjf Szcliuan, is tlm fence, although imlic.hte that, it is southern area Ira­ MAP OF CHINA SHOWING THE GROUPING OF THE WARRING FORCES. shaded) consisting of six provinces under General C'Mang Shek, is dominated by the Russians, who have here political and military advisers. The north western area (squared shading) is where the Christian Gen­ eral Feng holds-the provinces of Shen­ si and Kar.suh. He has about 60,000 men and is dependent entirely on Rus­ sia for munitions and funds. awyaiqg} dlan ports, unless th? discriminatory I Ingratitude, regulation is rescinded, tlius, rallies ** like Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas P^'t not ingratitude your heart debase, City and much territory included m • not embittered by the sins of men, ■.. — They Always Do. Bird—“I suppose some one will be along soon to see.what this sign says!” ........ ■ ‘<fi>............ Imports Soil for Tobacco. An Australian company has import­ ed fifteen tons of typical tobacco soil from North Carolina .in which to grow tobacco for a series of test®. Knowing of my position as a wel­ fare worker among children? a.woman about forty years of age told me the following story of her early life—in the hope, she said, that it might be useful in saving some .other young people from the same experience. At fifteen she was a strong, healthy girl, full of animal spirits and anxious for a good time. One night she was at a party and some young men got her half-intoxicated and kept her out till nearly morning. She was frightened and penitent and the experience would have been a life-long warning, but two days later she was committed to a re­ form school for girls, and to this she attributed a downward career that lasted nearly ten years. .Had she been kindly talked to and put on her honor she believed, her future conduct would have been satisfactory. "Do try,” she said, "to keep young people out of re­ formatories, for while the intention is good and efforts are made to help them, the influence of one inmate over another is very strong and is usually harmful to character” and progress.” —J. J. Kelso. New Shipping • Regulation Arouses American Business Firms—Reprisals Proposed. London.—American business inter­ ests ar© aroused over what I® stated to be a discriminatory Canadian ship­ ping regulation which became effec­ tive on Jan. 1, and which It is antici­ pated! may materially affect the east­ ern American ports of New York, Bos-, ton, Portland,. Baltimore, and others by the loss of valuable Canadian tran­ sit trade. The new Canadian order is the out­ come of the imperial preference scheme and stipulates that all freight to Canadian port® must, be shipped di­ rect, instead of enjoying the former ■transshipment privileges through the United States. 4t is understood' that the United States is being urged to take reprisal measures against the great volume of” European fieight which - reaches the mid-western states by way of Cana- the new American inland waterways' program would be affected. The whole situatloii, which involves toe que&tlon ot.a^rji^emenl.s for'free transit between the Uixited Slates and Canada is the subject of negotiations between Washington and Ottawa. It is even reported that the .Canadian Government has altered the offending regulation, but the Canadian authori­ ties in London have not been thus ad­ vised. American shipping representatives assert that the question of discrimina­ tion against either the American or British flag is not involved in the dis­ pute, because© American Miips1 desir­ ing to handle cargo from Great Bri­ tain to Canada can d-o so provided they touch Canadian ports. ’ It is not likely that this- will be done, however, because the amount of traffic is no-t sufficient Canadian ships. I to warrant special calls at ports by American or other The Difference, make the money.’’ © He—"I She—"And I make it stretch.” Stand ready ever .to be kind again. All memory of unw-orthiness erase, Do not with -hatred nobleness replace.. How shall you answer- for your con-. duct when Judgment is passed? And shall it serve you then To plead the wrong of others for ypur case? Let not ungrateful people drag you down, But keep your spirit kindly and serene, Let not a mean xicquaintance make you mean. Bravest is he who smiles when others frown, Strongest is ho whose heart with kind­ ness beats Despite the base ingratitude it meets. —Edgar A. Guest. -A. Luxurious Airship. Fitted with sleeping accommodation for four people, a new luxury aero­ plane has been built tor a Belgian millionaire. There is also a toilet­ room, complete with wash-basins and mirrors. People of forty-five and fifty year's of age are regarded by some experts as being at the most valuable age to the community. ADAMSON S ADVENTURES—By O. Jacobsson. More Salt *ln a River. Salt content of the Colorado river is much higher than it was twenty-five years ago, because of areas now un­ der irrigation. CMOGCMI and 21 women ..... V - - . . ..w Vancouver’s population increased by 9,000 during 1926, according to the annual census taken by the city assess­ ment commission and now stands' at 137,197. The total assessment of land is now $128,518,860 and the improve­ ments $98,768,960. Prepare for’Cltlzenshlp. , Every boy and girl ought to be get­ ting ready for the day when they will be real citizens, with all a citizen’s duties^ and privileges. That includes the right to vote. It takes patience, study and a-clean heart to be a good vo-ter, and that means years of hard work, and work that can only be done now. Women Are Also Listed by Dominion Bureau of Statistics as Electrical Engineers, Carpenters, Sculptors and ? Garage Repair Workers. Ottawa.—Back in the days of Queen Victoria woman’s place was in the fxome, but a good deal of water has gone over Niagara Falls sinCb then, and women everywhere are doing their ^aro of the world’s work. .To what extent they have invaded the profes-. alons and occupations of men is indii Gated in a bulletin issued by 'the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, which classifies the population of Canadians 10 years of ago and over who are gainfully employed. Every one knows how women have cornered the teaching profession, and) it Is no longer a front-page news item if a Portia appears in a Canadian law; bdurt, but It may bo nows to most people that there are in the Dominion 2 women Judges and Justices, 1 lady mining engineer, 3 female, lfootblacks, 34 women boot and shpe repairers, and one solitary woma/ among the 649 cemetery keepers and grave diggers, There are 2 women garage repairmen and 8 lady chauffeurs, 152 women phy­ sicians and surgeons and 49,795 teachers, 8 women sculptors women electrical engineers, There are apparently no blacksmiths or veterinary surgeons, but the superior sex are already found ih such occupations ns boiler­ makers and engine builders* moulders’ apprentices, toolmakers, die setters and sinkers, tinsmiths’ apprentices] and carpenters, I Activities Broadening—Politi­ co! Efforts Becoming More Important. The League of Nation® recently cel'ebi-ated its seventh ahni vote ary, the Council’ of the League having met for to© first time oxi January* 16, 1920, These seven years have been notable tor developments of first import in international po-Titics. Among them, the post-bellum reconstruction, of Ear- ope heads the list, and in the up® and down® of this trying process the League has played a -commanding if not always a controlling part Largely as a result of unforeseen •‘Cir­ cumstances, the political activities' of, the League have been confined almost entirely to the -Continent of Europe. If was there that its ameliorating in­ fluence was -most needed. It was {here that it® most effective work was done. The A Yes-tern Hemisphere and fhe Far East thus far have lain beyond fhe bounds of its political reach. With the possible exception of the super­ vision of mandated territories-, the Americas and Asia, fraught perhaps with the most significant develop­ ments for the future, have been vir­ tually untouched by League politics, Political Aspects. . The nonpoll tinal activities of the Geneva organization deserve proper leeognL’tlon. Im.the fields o-f public health and sc-cloiogy there have been accomplishments of importance andl far-xeaching conseequen-ces. Economi­ cally and financially, it influence- has been marked. But after all, the League is bound to succeed oi* fail in the field of poli­ tics. Its highest purposes-and. Ideals envisioned a new light in the dark places- of international relations. Pre­ venting wans ami minimizing friction among nations were its principal1 ob­ ject®, and it is almost entirely in Eur­ ope that its activity al-c-ngtheso lines has been directed. The Absentees. As It enters its eighth year the League is firmly established, a going oonoern. But it It® now facing a pivotal problem which must be solved if it Is to function and progress effectively. This involves its relation with two large and powerful nations which are outside its membership and which are not likely, within the appreciable future, to corns under the Geneva aegis—the United States and Russia, Co-operatio-n upon ?su-ch -a plane was pot contemplated- in the League plan. A beginning may be said to have been made. The United. States went to Geneva f-or armament discussions and. has- -displayed1 a . readiness to -col­ laborate with the League in furthering the cause of disarmament. The re­ sult® so far indicate- that the problem of effective co-operation of the League with -powerful nonmembers has not- ypt been solved. But it Is yet to be proved Insuperable, and the League enters its eighth year under hopeful auspices -based upon a highly credit­ able and progressive record. Fceh Committee Rejects Germany’s Fortification Plans Pari®.—The military committee pre­ sided ever by Marshal Foch, having examined the German propositions re­ garding eastern fortifications, has un­ animously judged them ^acceptable. This does not mean a rupture- in negotiations, but as another week will probably elapse before can be made it becomes more likely that tflie Conference of Ambassadors­ will find itself dispossessed of this question. At the end of the month it is the League of Nations which takes up the affair. Whether satisfaction is accorded by Germany or not the inter­ allied control automaticaCfly ceases. Successful Method of Dealing With Raiding Wazir Tribes. Th© ylslt of Lord Irwin, &Q Viceroy of India-, to Razmak (pronounced Ruz- mjuch), toe new -cnantonment in th© heart of Waziristan, on. the North* west Frontier, 1® not only a matter of go- - look-see, but is a step farther in a brilliant n-ttempt to capture? the Imagination of th-e tribesmen which < wa®. started by Lord Reading, write® Lieut.-General1 Sir George MacMunp -in tech London Daily Mail. Ra^mak, the new fortified camp in fhc yery heart of tribal Waziristan, was started on the advice of Lord Rawlinson to heal -one® and for all the open sore of the behavior of the moun­ tain tribe® of Waziristan. To Stop Raiding. For yeaxa toe Government of India had tried1 to hit on some method of „ treatment which while ministering to their love or freedom would also px^e- vent their living toe life that the high­ lander usually lives where the hills breed many and, feed few-living <jn the raiding of peaceful and wea-lithiei’ natives in the plains. In their case the raids were apt to become armed invasions, and with other booty, both men and. women, especially fat -traders', would be carried to ransom. Since 1849, when Britain became the hetrsrat-law of the Sikh Government, -the life of the frontier had* been rai-d and counter-raid, the latter growing at times to punitive ex- peedltions. Millions had. been spent in this way, millions poured into the bo'ttomlesi® pit, but less by 'far than the cost of occupying and- administer­ ing toe territory. Local Recruits. Lord Curzon's policy was io employ the young men in local militias to pro­ tect the trade routes through their own oountiry. This was the principle on which the Black Watch was’ first raised, allowances being made to tribal1 chiefs on the understanding that'’ they kept order, furnished some rough police-, and endeavored to give some education and -civilization to the sons of these chiefs who cared to avail themselves of it. Slowly, very slowly, the leaven was working, when -the Great War came down like an avalanche and carried away the result® of a quarter of a cen­ tury’s endeavor. The Drum Ecclesi­ astic was rolling, the Caliph -of Islam had proclaim&d a Holy War, the high­ land Mullahs, the more fanatical be­ cause the more ignorant, echoed the cry, "Glory for all and Heaven for th-ose who bleed,” and the tribesmen flung -themselves! at the British posts. Post War View. Then as the war passed and the time came for th© British bill of reckoning to be presented^ lo I the King of Kabul must needs throw his- army in India and with him went the tribes, enmasse —for who could resist tlie chance to toot fat, .peaceful India? Eventually it took very large forces of half-trained post-war soldiers1 to bring the tribes of Waziristan to -or­ der. It was decided to “l-ift the tribal curtain” in the frontier metaphor, once and for all. Great motor roads have been driven into the hills from the frontier cantonment of Bannu, up the Toclii Valley; and. 7,000 feet above the sea, on the top of the tribal plat­ eau, out of the summer beat of the Indus Valley, this cantonment of Raz- mak has been placed by -the despair­ ing British, a costly but effective cure. • is trained j on the towers of the nearest chief to ’•’answer the sniper’s bullet and peace appears to reign. Pax Britannica. The tribes loathe and hate it, but acknowledge toe advantages of the great roads for their own trade and I mg xj* ivi&ii, ct uu&Liy iru'L cii’e a fresh offer. a six-inch howitzer nes more lik-elv +i,,„ ------ Yet the German conduct in thesethe constant work and wages that they negotiation® has considerably set back Frendr feeling in favor of a rapproche­ ment. engender. When a Viceroy comes, and local chiefs are treated with hos­ pitality and honor, andi rewards in the shape of dresses of honor are present­ ed/ as Lo-rd Irwin has just presented them, then it flashes across the tribal mind that all is not lost by the pres- . As an old chief British Oaks. Attacked by a mysterious disease, _________________ the oak trees are becoming so badly | .©ac-e of the Sirkaa*. Lid LL: affected all over England that experts'onoe said to the writer; "Well, if the fear that within another twenty years all the magnificent oaks planted in the seventeenth century will be des­ troyed. »*4 The Other Kind. "Does much food go to waste in your ho-mo?" "Y-es, to waist.” Run by clockwork, a newly designed machine emits for forty minute® a constant humming noise which is said to bo useful in causing sleep in cases of insomnia. nians have been completed for the World’s Poultry Congress, to bo held in Ottawa from July 27th to August 4th. Moro than thirty countries will bo represented and the number of delegates is expected to reach 6,000. A communication from the London Daily Mail says that 13,000 Russian families, seeking delivery from Bol­ shevik rule, aro to settle in Canada during the coming spring. The van­ guard of this migration, 70 peasant families, arrived in London, singing songs of thanksgiving as the steamer docked at Tilbury. Later they ex­ pressed enthusiasm at the though* of going on to Canada. British try to take over the country it will give thorn a pretty pother, but ... it Will perhaps be -pleasant for us, as we grow olid-er, to go to sleep in our towns and feel certain that wo shan’t waive up and find our throats cut." Andi the women with ailments to be treated and ’Children to be cured are slowly coming -to the belief that eht "pax Britannica" is beter than the old law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. "The international settlement at Amoy was quiet, and the authorities guarantee protection. No foreigners other than those mentioned above have been molested. Toronto is assured of 96 conven­ tions this year, that number being al­ ready reported by the Toronto Con­ vention Association. The®© gather­ ings are expected to bring 75,000 visi­ tors to the city, Frominont among th©se assemblies will be those of the International Bible Students’ Associa­ tion With about 10,000 prospective delegates, the Ancient Order of Sa­ maritans, numbering 7,000 and the World’s Federation of Education wito 6.000. Oddly enough, the last day of the year, Dec, 31, is already booked by th® Sigma Alpha Mu, a Jewish fraternity for the annual gatixering.