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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-07-25, Page 6" ' Vi ■ " ■"’/^f;; ' ■ ..' ''‘•J • . , • . ‘ ~ » Tiii.r-.I. I.nnw—mmmn /.17.7.,~~ T-—? ..................."’ — - —...... ................. CANADA THE EMPIRE ? 1 ■' -V ' .... ‘T~.... ............. ..r-7 -. ' • ■ ■- \l THE world • AT LARGE RELIEF FIGURES INDICATE ■ IMPROVED CONblTIONS Welfare Commissioner A. .Laver, used, to report that Toronto had 30,000 families on full relief/He now states that the number of fam­ ilies .on-full relief-is decreasing by. BOO a -week.'au"d that the, past year . witnessed , a\ decline of 1,800 fgmil-. ies-: For the! week ending July 6th, ; the"“Ubmmissioner says," the” aggre-, gate was 19,177 families'. .Last lyeaT at” the. same time, the statistics showed 19,636 families, but 1,300 of the-families now reported were , tak­ en over from the llo'use of Indus'- try.- .To. the .efficiency of'-the inves­ tigating staff, Mr. Laver gives cred/ ' it for .at 'least -some of."the. decrease. The fact is that, .economic, condi­ tions are decidedly better than -they were two or three years ago. Churelj- , arid philanthropic societies .relief • i.eommittees fifid that they have few-' er -rent, food afid other relief prob­ lems to- solve than- thet 'had same time ago.. Demands on the funds for clothing and .other necessities ■ of . '• life are §ot as frequent or as great .•.-as- they .were. Requests are' becom- • ing more numero.u's, .though, for fin-;- “ancial assistance to keep the appli­ cants for a week or- two until they are able to assume- the duties of the. , positions that have, been promised them. All these experiences of city! , eoliejf workers .are' most reassuring,.. w. have already been closed. Now- be, ca’use of a tempotary 'situation, and because the bankers have dared to rub him the wrong way, he makes a complete right-about-face, and- pro- •poses to establish.-fifty more savings offices- • 1 . ‘ ■ By dating' this -the pgme minister hopes to "secure the • money needed .to' financec,.the. province,But it will be a long-draWn out- problem to. .es­ tablish,, .thesp branches, and to inter­ est the people In putting their money into them. ’ it may be a different pro­ cess getting the money at all, and meanwhile^ the ^province .must financed. Further, the cost of es­ tablishing these offices,, paying, -their overhead expenses and the necessary salaries, is liable to be rather high, in -proportion to the. amount, of "money deposited in them- But more - importune. Ctill is t£ie imature. Motorboat. Controlled By Radio wk M I be ’.We- - don’t- ‘knpw-Avhe4hcr ‘Miss- .Elsie Hobart is' saying" “Eureka- " or-.' just' ■ stre^cliirtg' from _ ting job of painting dhe miniature, boat which Victor C^rp started, stopped and steerbd entirely idio control. The cra'ft, 40 inches long, made a spedd of two and a half knots during the demon- ’n- " ■ ■ .. '■ . ■. .■ ■/; ,v ' •'.'tjmkte fate of these new' offices. , ?'a§“’T-egards - recovery, from" the? crisis' through which we have- been -parsing... ■ .—Toronto ’Mail and Empire. ■ _________ —"FISH Week • •'/■'■ ■ ♦ > The week, starting -September 30 has been' set aside as Canada's Fish -Week......-The--I'eason- for announcing' the date so . far ahead is that- it .takes some -folk about, that long to catch 7 one.—Stratford Beacon-Her-' ald.! •' - I The-present situation .which has. im­ pelled the premier to decide to estab­ lish . them/ is a temporary ope. it will'blow over,'and the financing of- the province will be restored to nor- . mal lines. ■ The need toy the-chain of savings, offices .will then cease to‘ exist, but there they will be, a string of white elephants spread over the ..province of Ontario - because of a snap decision made in the. heat of 'the moment.. It would be well, in dflllL^.^...ulue£K^ w-bre to adopt the Asquit-Sian' policy' ,c* - - - -■• -■ into, a- scheme-wliich will prove'-.do have been very ill-ad- --vi-sed-.-—Os'h'a'Wa“"Times7^ ? T” ’ ' !• ’ - - , - ■ u, ’ ; ’ ' ’ ■ vail and he that- loveth and makeih. •- a lie, should gain credence. The Brit­ ish Army has a magnificent ■ record, but the young army of Anzdac can- withstand. comparison with any Brit­ ish force of. the past. It is difficult . to overpraise the troops of Anzac/ For it is tlie simple-truth to. say that in essential- qualittes'•■'nd- 'more' ■■effi­ cient army was ever put- in 'the field by any . country, in th#? wor-Id. — The Australasian,' f' . ..', . ‘^A LESSON LEARNED? ! . g'f §■-“gg e h'"''in,'“celr t a in, septi 011s of the native, press 'a violent'’-protest —-^jArtr^rn^R^^LEAi5Ei<sf The Communist leaders' of the 3,- , €00 relief strikers . at Regina, ,_Sas- .' -katcheW'am made .good their boast- "“’that “the' street of' Regina would be red with bihod,: 'if the marchers —-wem-^mt-erfered-myirit’*—when ' the" strikers turned on police troops who sought to-"break-■•up”theif"'masd meet­ ing and bloodshed* followed. One po? Beeman was killed and a score of , others wotmdhd./ while+ther .strikers also had numerous casualties. Uonditiops have. certainly reached h .serious , stage when .the -streets of a Canadian city become the scene of armed fighting. It is evident that t-he. strikers have been fed' the in- s:'dibi£& propaganda 91 the Reds and that they Ate preD.aned-,for .an. . ., •> , vi uie native, press a > lo-ent’-procesi a»ainst -what is described'as a buil­ ding-up. of British .influence in . the ..-af£a-i-i's-:--of-"Egyrt)-t---bv—air1 •tire reuse ■ m I .British personnel.' The argument is 'offered that the payment of. seven: millions in the- way' of . compensa- 'tTon “for. British officials who were ..dismissed was considered at the’time to be cheap Tor a good, riddance. None of the scribes admits that this mea? sur© was brought about by. a dis, graceful scramble forofficeon-the. part of Egyptians . who considered' themselves- fully cfualified. to run the. mTa'Ch--ihery'' dT goyernment; That they' ’ »w-er^—net~fiT-fai^4i-e4r--4o.bs~wa-s--d:is-"- ‘tastefully . demonstrated by the en, suing years of chads. Things have. ? before ' -long ' SOLOMON KNEW. K NewCKQrk^re.cords--a-gre-at-4-ncr-ea-se- In the number of young children, running away. t-ronr their homes or' involved in juvenile delinquencies; .Solomon said something agout. spar-' ing the v rod 'and spoiling the child. ■ and-: he- k'new~‘;a 'thing "pr "two. about" :handling° a large househbld.-^-tBrant- •ford Expositor. '' '____ ___________ . ■ ........ ' Oakland, .California, . twoman. tells . _the_judge._she-i.saw—heF-b-us-ba-nd-on-Iy- four -times — the day they met, the • day before they were married, -and the day after they were married! “.Up 7here. most bridegrooms don’$ go back to golf until- along .about the third, dr fourth .week.—Windsor Star. .’ I been getting so bad fhat' level-head-' ed Egyptians themselves "have boldly demanded that. British efficiency, fairness .and genius .should , be recall­ ed to the direction of affairs. These ■ are . th© days, when sound-minded'. Egyptians have brought it home t'o' political leaders that the swim to prosper! ty- cair-only be-1'"th the trade • - - • and n^t against it. Hence, the trade mission 'that is at-present in England- —The Ottawa—Any doubt., .that! Prime .Minister R. B. Bennett would' lead, .the Conservative forces-in the - com-' ing'Dominion election' was. effective­ ly dispelled -on Friday Jast when fol- Jlfl.&i.ii^a...a™paLty^da.u:c.u.s^Ke.ld™a-- ■hours prior to pj-oTo'ga-tion of. Parlia­ ment, the official, announcement was made that the Prime 'Minister would "lead his" forces - into battle. .The Prime Minister personally .told ■ his . followers' in thei-r. final get-together before, they scattered td/their' homes.' rto7 -p re par-e-v f q r'-t-he-c anrp a-ign tn a t- he - was' fit and , ready for battle and in­ dicated to them his plans which 'Will culminate' in the "appeal to. the peo­ ple. Mr. Bennett, will take a ' short holiday, following whic-h^. he^yill- re- ,' turn to-, .the Capital, announce to "the 'people the ..revised personnel of his. -.nkbi-netH^g^Wel-h-asr-the date - of the election. battle/ The “A g<io(,r deal of thought, has bee* been given’in past.y.bars to the kin|a of education’ in,- ag£iculture which ca|‘ best be, introduc^i^o school cuti ' - ■riculum” Dr.- R?' C.', Wallace; Presf? dentj University of Alherta, told the 15th convention of - the Canadian So* ciety of;Technical Agriculturists .as* sembled at,Ediponfon. / ft must bi 1 frankly. admitted at the outset, hi , said, that relatively little success, had attendecKhe efforts’,of thqse .who ari .concerned' with school education id ■the. teaching Of agriculture,'The fo.r-» hial agriculture" of Grade the high .school1 had' on tmy whola hot- achieved what was expect,ed ol. it; and 'the .school garden,-'30 enthusi-^ astica'lly proclaiffitM^hirtT-yea-ya' ago, cannot be seen in Western Canada to* It would take them too- -far ^fiej®/ to -’discuss all '.the underlying difflj cult-ies, lack of trained teacherk; disJ continuity of schol life during the growing season, and the rest’. ThisjJ however;' •had'- been clearnetl -that -ia - ■public and high school it was th® „ science and not the art of a vocation that could <be taught successfully^ For that. I reason,? ! said Dr." Wallace^ he was of- opinion that successfudl ■ work in agriculture in the public anal high school will' cojwfc-"incidentally to. the study of nature science.. ,| 'If the applications of the priilJ- 1 ciples of science were continuously I made in plant...and animal processes/ in weather l.ore, and in .soil process-j , es, interest Tn -agriculture andjri’ag­ ricultural procedure'would grow, na­ turally out of/the; .underlying scienti-j fic -principles which have universal application; and the teacher." would* ■ n°t he placed in the ^comprornisyig "position? of •posmg^ unwillmgl'y, as"'an ■ ,. expert, ih a field where he or she wa*- not accepted. That wou0 be, he felt; the emphasis for the- future. • 'Y^n^ie^Ter"'hand7“tfi'efe"'’h^ Teal success in boys’ and girls' cliin work, and in school fairs, in whiehJ .agricultural^.projects...had played, theirj...... ’.part, mainly -because the. activitie* were extra-curricular and conducted . in the realistic atmosphere , of the farm with the help of trained district . agriculturists. -In so/far as these pro- / , Ejects were honestly carried? out byj ', the young people themselves, they were~t-he--soun4est^—acebmpl-i-s-hmeht—- which had yet been, achieved in the _ vocational -activity in agriculture of schodl-age boyp and girls. The sys- •ffienWid^61r~“a s~y et/rtinforturra-telyx —V reach all schools and all school cl^ild- rqn in the rural'districts. I • The bonus will be paid put of a ?1.000,000 fund which the House of Commons, passed: ■ A ‘national -highway prograriime of ' considerable, .importance to Ontario -ha-s-^bee-n-^-gFee^0®'^ e t-'W-e-e'n-“th-e“fp ro-’-- vincial and -federal governments', whereby the sum of §9,512,500. .will'be expended on the- Trans.-Cana.da- high- 3ya.S_,„..Th.e_JDLomdnion—g.o-v-etn.m-.e-n-t--w-i-l-l- pay -50 per cent, of the 'cost,'. or ~$4,T56,250/ The sections' of the high­ way, .mileage,.'total, cost, and Domin­ ion -com1in&u.tTon* foilowT'SchreiKer To” /Nipigon River,-70-S5,30,000-§265,000;« ■Nipigon”River' to'. Rort Arthur-65- $70,000-838,250; Fort ' William to English River-114-$265,006-$132,500; -En.gl.is.hi JRiyer^-to -i2Dymerrt-7-5*$29-9,- 000-$149.'500; Dyment.to Veroulliori Ray-60-$l,350,000-8675,000;. Vernul- Tlon' Tb//Kehbra-^T8'3,^ ‘ . _Kenora. -to- .K-oew.ar-i-n-6-8605-,00O-$2O3i-- ■ •500; Keewatin to’’Dog Farm-li- S200,'00'0-$100,000; Dog Farm to. Manitoba. .Boundary-! 1-850,000-$25,- 000; Penmb-roke to North' Bay-126- '81'85,000-892,5.00;" Schreiber' to. White River-115-$4,485,000-$2.242,500; Pem­ broke to Ha-wkesbury, including Bon- nechere Bridge-^STS.OiJO-SS-l^QOO. “i ,. ’ Business conditions' are much 'im­ proved" all over the province accord- ■ ."■4ng YJ3--qfficia!.iind.exes....Repjo.rt.a frbnl. Brantford indicate that sixteen 'manu­ facturing iron ' and employing pr In contrast to the :storm-y' scenes which have marked, some of the s.es- sions of the seventeenth Parliament,, the sixth and final session, was- of­ ficially prorogued by the Governor- ,General early last . Friday afternoon .without incident. -Following this jaiembers, of the .Commoris;and' Senate' departed, for their homes and pre-; pared to engage -in the coming elect- io-h "s-truggl-e; ' the-- most m-omemtous--in­ Canada since Confederation:. Thus ended fhe life of another'Parliament, which has' sat -for five, years, making a record of legislative ■ achievement 7VTtich7~v,ull rank Tn' importance wjtrT the most outstanding .in., the ,.hisforyl BY KEN. EDWARDS £ -;v i i Canada's / -Junior / Tennis ! ffitANPIOtM » is ter, -I^rem Mi at .the W ►'TP omy th er ' wpek Ha- .new, -company ., will- c,e 5 sori.es, while ,at- Port Cplborne -the Car.adiar/-F.urna-'e Company resum­ ed- opera'isr-s.- afer a -hut-do some months. " • ; t street cars - 1 .the things they is __ ___________ —ses'-ffiave' If local transportation companies I current of . Great' Britain. Ottawa Ther e ...... H 7 P B L P.N' S - . Br'ffiK r K dab'/ b. brajich. < «d Ings in p ir Ince to off.--,-: aticial h 'u<< ‘’ ernnwnt’s ■ qui'e' < haract^;-. like a# deci • i-'n mado oil meat, on'the sp<-ir of th Without- thinking the. m-i" to a '.t.'gieal I couclus'ot!. - Soon’ after he .becatn^ pr'i- lier ' Hepbjirn t: government saving's to bo eliminated, as a 'rh'-a^ure, and beeaii-n need of thmn cxirte+i. NO1^Y"STREET cars, wish t.o commend- their t&,the public,-on*-1 - 1 ,tl......................... will ffiave -to do . is to - reduce the 1 Sphinx, Cairo.' e x-a-“ .'it on 'thgt.'street "carTTiFTni's respect.;!/ / that city. bn-, it said that the cant ’1 <? °t eyana- ere very noisy; To wbicfc the man-/ S£«Hb er o£ the company replied that rhel Yfi °5l ■cars Ottawa -were less than those in Montreal. Hamilton an -ford, ac- :g to tests a 'ecc.rdmg'. lance which n .oise w»hat47 Dr. E- -M. Crow­ ther of the Rothamsted Experimen­ tal Station describes in the-latest is­ sue of the Empire Journal of Experi­ mental Agricu'ture r.X'o. io. 1935) the remits of 22 field trials at Rotham- sted and other 'centres on the effects -of calcium' cyanamide an 2 ammonium sulphate ’ on spring y potatoes iizers gave IL of the r.e were eScien: -~^Gh-ief“k-enr^pa-s-sed-^u-r-h'rg-H.'he--Tdst- stages of the session was the Can­ ada Grain Board bill) designed to aid the Canadian farmer in the market;- ing of his wheat,-—the board to act' as a' selling agency for the Canadian wheat crop. T^ie Senate prior to pro- rogration amended some of -the gov­ ernment-bills, notably that establish- ■inig -the1 Trade and Industry Com­ mission, the -amendments beir.g de­ signed to'put “teeth'Jv into the new act. The Senate al-s.o ucraOked’’ dow'f. on the new '•’’racket’’ which inveigled people into investing their mor.ey f-'om S>1 up in the hope • of g . an amendment which t -Sue fifms -connected ' with the steel trade are currently more jhan 2,000 persons, , rshertty-r -begitr Staipps Stand Up -As An Investment "7'<fe.4r Y>rk Herald. Tribune) & the :n London la«t w$ek amp’s of Latin America, hi'.ipp.nes one of the vamp-collections and nent tin the 'finally dis- (V 0 The- g-lory o W j’ ;t", tt-.v. t; r; > ;■ ]■' ’ ” TU'fM- 11.... 1 v '■■ ■■. ■ ivos .to a-< ’ > ; ihw. r ft t)? t v- ';a.: n-iw wo .cl'—*; \<>ip’[Hrefx !» I’f til-1 ■ nolti ■ 1933., with on f ederate been held, :n in Lon- fev' month., ‘-•'•ors have from v?iar a-rl?' called a •;•■).I^c-tron •K nd ,cved ?. .' Jfkr-d, to 1 great.-, near be- r- .'.band-1 i gc-pt. an years ft illy add- j t rn^n't. worth' from 57,- ’ I.‘cs, rail- , ada. ’’he no.offi) of' was. -In- hffjnk tn ;• fo'atod by jvimo. de M'eulen|-Epster of- no had been .•p/ lgiiim (1-1,-.6-4, ■ ’ rt.-tmps ---j ' I , . - .... famous" Wimble* t/j f/Rj - do"n courts and dtfo tp a- neivoqs on Hili account she could not filay her best, However, our youthldl Canadian champion test much of her norvoupness after ho'r first set im­ proving greatly in Ihe second. Never- fliehsg she was no match for . the Belgian -tar Mme. de’Meulem-Eesterj. bettor known as Mlle Sigart.' ' ■ . ' tl’arolin.g Dbacon, Miss Young’s, team mate ..Was defeated by Mim_Xid-. del of lCnsrhind bv flio st?ri+n) scote on is' the. Miss Canada Honorable, ment iota' goes to Miss Eleanor Youjig of Vancoilver, B.C., Canala’s junior- tennis champion.' ' Miss) Young waS sent to England 1 by the Canadian Lawn Tennis As- ' sbeiation alpng with Miss Caroline .-/Deacon, the senior champion of “'Can- ■ ’- 1 ad a. \ . ! After securing a bye in the first’ ■> ' round of tiro all-Englahd ohampion- . J sjiip •thatches, Ml s Young wag de- Sinco this was M.ss YOting’s firat ’. f-’hA United .appearance on the famous" Wimble* • afnp'-i t (ft. -pi English i for the foal-; vridlcate’l London to- '• price- pair) ■-. fiddle $875,- h a n 7 T p<» r ’ an Ko for- I In) ■ ■ • • r <■ ."1in vc iror 'H'l OI I'.llgliHUI l).V J HO Sfl ■' t ' . ' 1 ’ ' ’ '' ■■ / '!■ r (,in^i ;m Mj s Young. M-iss Dear •!> t •• '>'• '■r-.1 t'anadian senior champion. ‘ 1 < , ,\. 1 Both-girls- -d'cro defontod, j. . ... ..r,‘ -1 -/'•. ■ 1 , j ff rn 0 ;'t. wifal an-I 1 Ir1 <>.'-:p('i'i'''ncn i,hon'd foe ri'i r • rfl /!,<1 >. . ./-».•? 1 .r-j,’ i r, f. h r-entire' uni-‘ • ■ |-l) HO * ;'' ' M-ir/I’k kf«>rd., -'ft ■ ’ ,