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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-08-01, Page 6British - Robot ■ Plane- Success s5* / 1 4 . EXPORTS UP CANADA THE EMPIRE CANADA PHYSICAL FITNESS INCREASE OF 868 i BRITISH JUNE IN TWELVE MONTHS / -a; ■aT’* • ( • THE WORLD AT LARGE Cornwall 'Census .Shows Population -Now Stands At 23,000 First Half Of 19B Bears Out Hope That Country Has Emerged From ■ Depression’ •........... public, to know, is-that the murderer has paid for his crime; that the death penalty has been duly 'impos­ ed and carried out according to, law. —Guelph Mercury. , A-popular columnist says no. man can be a political leader, in , this . country unless, he has a-good pair of 1 lungs. Well’, Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s life was threatened by tuberculosis when he was-a young Than,and., he was never robust, .but' he; lived:. to 78 and '■ held fhd ,. long-distance record for the premiership, with one except-, ion.—London Advertiser. • CANADA YEAR BOOK Attention may. .be. called to some special features of- the present vol- ■— ume:6f the Canada-Year Book.-There is a brief description of Standard Time arid Time Zones in Canada, ■ which- is of special interest to those- who -travel either in the flesh or by radio. There will be found a- dis- 'cussio.n of the Representation Act. of 1933 and a special table, showing. the populations as in 1931 of each of the new ' electoral’ districts which, will return representatives .to Par- ..........l'iament at'the approaching‘''general ... .ejection. . Probably the most extended pres- . entation of the results of', the Cen­ sus of 1931 that, will- appear, in the Year Book is to be found in Chap- " ter IV, wherie Religions, are cross- ™^.“.i““^haly-sed^by-“racia-l~crrgjn'~f or'-the/first- time, and several new« classifications are added to the, j section dealing with, v^ugubir'thplaces-; the chapter ? closes' with statistics'of the .areas and populat- , ions of countries of trie British Eni- '—"Iff 1934 there was not a single pire for, the years- 1911, 1921 and , . .1931 and of. the countries of . the ------—... ' In th£ Public Finance Chapter ap-. pears, for the first time, a” compar­ ative 'analysis of provincial revenu­ es., expenditures, assets'and liabilities on the. basis agreed upon at . the • ^Dominion-ProvinGial- Conference ;pf • - “1933'; additionar material regarding national income' is . also' included- in- this chapter. The Currency _and B^king"plfln>^^ ion of the new Bank orf Canada and a classification of' bank loans by in- „■ dustries-amf of deposits,. by_ amounts. - In the. Miscellaneous Administration Chapter {here appears a study of liquor control, liquor sales and Re­ venues arising therefrom. -The Year ( Book may be. obtained - from 'the King’s Printer, Ottawa, as /' long as the supply - lasts,? at’ the price of .$1.50. Ministers, of religion, -; • bona-fide - students and school' teach­ ers may obtain copies at the nomi­ nal price of 50c. each. — Ottawa A ■./ .. --U— DANGER OF SPEED 'Authorities estimate that speed of, 30 miles ap? hour ;the car travels 33 feet while the average man’s mind reacts to the necessity of putting on the brakes, travels- an­ other 47 feet before stopping- if brakes are , in first-class shape, and s.till another 20 feet before stopping if the brakes are only passable. That is a total, of .100 feet. If the speed is 50 miles an hour the car travels' 55 feet while the-motorist is thinking of putting on the brakes, another 131. feet with first-class brakes • and an additional .57 feet with passable- brakes, a total of 243 feet.—Sa,ult Star. NOT NECESSARY With so-much blasting going on. at Niagara Fallsy.ther Soo~Star advises- bridal couples to come to the Sault and see the nine wolves at Bellevue Park. But why go so far-when you can see lupus at the door?.—Kit­ chener Record. 1—TOXOID.-AS—.A-LIRE^SAyEK-t.— In 1927 there were 95 deaths from diphtheria^’ in Toronto.' By 1933 the number was. .down to /5." ■ ' ' death from the disease. : , . This change was brought about by "the Ttoxoifling/ of■"'chi-rdren“f Hus iffU munizing... them against the plague that trsed to carry them off by the score. ■ ■1 In .1935 there have bqen 3 deaths from diphtheria to date, two of.’’ the Aa-cf-imstrb ejn-gg miaMmmiinizeir; aduIts. and the ofher a non-immunized child. The record ?til! holds good, that, -so far as known, there has not been one Great Britain’s new air sensation, the .pilot-less plane,, was re­ cently demonstrated over the Royal Air Force Airdrome at Farnr bqrough, Hants, England. The Queen Bee, as. the type is called, re­ sponded perfectly to ra,dio operation; The ship was controlled from J a small wooden cabinet fitted With seven plain white keys.' A pilot _w“sat in the cockpit during the. flight ready to take .over the .controls ——should--a-n-yt-hi-ng---ha-ve1-gone--wrahg;-but‘-from“ tffkeroffWo~-lagrdiTrg“he---: did not- need to manoeuvre the ship . Here is a view showing the master control in action during , the flight of the Queen Bee. The Week In Ottawa Cornwall, Onft.—With an increase of 868 in the- past 12,, months, Corn­ wall’s population now Stands at 12,- 507, according to official figures, madg available by ■ - Ovila Larin, assis­ tant city treasurer. The total is baS'- ed upon rolls' returned for 1935 by F.- B.” Brownridge/ M.L.A., city asses- increase since 1935 has’ or.'4.5 per cent. In t925. proper contained 8,689 sor. The beeh 3,918 the city . persons. Although actual, figures -are not yevt available1 for the 'suburb's, it Is conservatively estimated the combin­ ed population- of tlfe" city and' adjoin­ ing- urban communities .is about .23,< boo. \ Dominion census figures'.trace' the growth of Cornwall since 1S71 as follows: 1871, 2;033; 18S1, 4,468; -18.91,' 6,805;. 1901, 6,704; 19Ut 6,589; 1921, 7,419; . 1931, 11,126... Increase in the population of Cornwall-, township over th.e same period has been as fol­ low's: 5,081, 5,436, 6,790, 6.911, 6,074, 6,63^.10,930.; Establishment in Cornwall -in 1925 of the. Canadian plant of Courtaulds Limited marked this city’s first major boom since. (Cornwall canal was-J^uilt a century ago. Growth has -been ra­ pid in the succeeding 10 years, with an .average increase of about 375 per year. In only one year, 1930, was a decrease recorded, 'and this was but 134. The increase .in the past year is the greatest for any one year since'T'925; ‘ *’ ' ’’ •/.-'." While Cornwall has been.increas- .ing. population the suburbs have .more than kept pace.. It isv estimat­ ed 'the suburban population .’.was swelled by-between 2,000. and -3,000 Loudon,—In June of this year com­ pared 'with June of last imports are, „ "down by £3,345,000. ($16,,591,200p 5.4 per cent., wh-ild exports are tip by £794,0.00 7$3,9'33,240), or 2.4 .per cent., and re-exports'"are up by £906^. .000 <$449,376,0001 PK 29.9 pe^j^nt, ;. The ‘ Times, commenting on'nm&se “figures .says':' ' II- ' ' “ ' . ■' ’•The trade, returns forJune; con- firm. Mr. Neville Chamberlain's; state- a- nibht ,that'“tlie outlook remains . dog-- gedly cheerful. * '•' • ‘ / ' ' Slopes borne out. ' '■ "The’“first “SixTn'dn'th's"of"th<3 • year-1-”--: ■ 1935 have more tha-n borne out the. . earlier -hopes that Great Britain had at, last emerged from the depression and will during-fhe. present year con-' tinue to move forward toward a sane and measurable prosperity, ■ “ , ( death among the 120,000 children vw.ho—have-—been—fu-ll-y—toxoided-since- - 1929.—Toronto Star. ‘ MOTION PICTURES Edgar Dale of the„ Bureau of Educational Research of' ,(5hio ,State University has studied -the' themes of 1,500 moving pictures, choosing. 5j00 ..feature pictures released during each of the'thpee years 1920, 1925 and 1930 by major producing; organiz-' ations/ • — ... . The great bulk of the'- pictures dealt with. the. three - themes of d0minatedT a 1 though almoj^-a s-many-' ... OTTAWA, July,—A'note Of consti­ tutional-, reform- was sounded by„ Prime Minister Bennett last week. The Premier, it is. known, has given considerable. thought to the mapy problems that have confronted the government during -the “past • few y^ars, and in order to adequately deal with these contentious matters, he points, out the. necessity'of a redis-, tributiori' of powers betweeh provin­ cial legislatures and the'Federal Par­ liament. In- other words, a feforma-. -=rianr--<^America -- -------------1 in.1 - The only question i3 as how far th&e "Should ..be' a redistribution’ of powers. -between provincial ■ legislatures - and the Federal Parliament.’ ’ ' While the majority of .members have'gone to their homes, the cabin­ et is still ,at work. It met last week and gave, some consideration to pro­ posals for work and wages schemes to repplace the relief camp system. ■No d-efinite- statement was. made-after- the -meeting but it is known that the scheme would involve placement of jaxge~numbexa~^iG-s-fngLe^^mployed- in the last.12 months, bringing fhe - 7 -total- withfn"a-'-tliou-sa-rid--oTso---of-'thO ■ city population. In. the 10-y,ear period the c.ity’13 assessment has, jumped from a total of'?7,948-,315 -in 1925 to .$11,109,170 for 1935, an. increase of SB,160,§55; - ..ft— j 3-- -a-.—no t ab 1 e—f ac.t_ ■ th a t. ±h e in- / crease in ’both population- and as- .' ses.sment has been greatest in the. 1 j)iasX^four_ jLeans.’_,d.es.p.i.t.e th.e_dgpx.es-.. ' sion. The boost in -population be- -t-w-een—1-9-32—-a-nd—lb-35—w-as;-wit-tr- an. assessment increase, for the same petjiod of about $200,000. & hr GI n E i J Ife BY KEN. EDWARDS —:—"■ -Wh44-e^t-5-Afe^~^in,secbs^devouT'''fruTt~ arid .seed crops, it depends, on ..others, particularly , all varieties of bees and wasps/? to make such ’ffuTt "possible, ‘ but it is their, .aid—unconscious,'but none the .less-part 'of the scheme o'f Nature—thatensures the pollination of - the- .flowers as the-- golden grains are transferred from'one plant to v 51 n 01 liter ■ . is invaluable rin -destroying the min­ ute gfeen aphis infesting the leaves of garden and' house plants, is /but one of a '■ family i. pf nearly two tho.usand’ similar b.ee/tles worki-ng to maintain- the-balance of -nature! ■ , / Catching its .food entirely on- " the. - - ■ -wing, ■ the .dragonfly, .-whose '. struc­ ture. closely’ ihiitates the design - of the-biplane., with two sets of, wings ■placed slightly above the • other,_ gat- . -is’fies its voracious- -appetite with, mqsquitoes and ' gnats. ■ While it3 haoitat is-, usually > semi-$tagnant.' pools-, which,-devoid ^fjrsh, become a bteedij-jg area ’for svich flying midges-, many cf .theijarger.'dragonflies travel, .away: from, the .water in their hunt. .......-hating the kingbird in their mode . of attack. ■ they -sc-.ect' some vantage- p -t or.- a bran'.'h. rc-ma/hir.-g mot'An- ■ Je.-j,. except- for - the' slow turning <f ■ tne.r t-.g-cyed hc-a'ls until ( some w^vnidbit r-^'-<The. swift forav. ’ .'t’-Gt fmmws is r-fly ' al -cb-jL-.ra’,L a\s •U C- 0> over those of:1Q20 in the percentages- of, crime and sex. Such subjects as .says, steadily become more ad more matters . of national concern. FOOLISH RISKS ."' ■ 7 > . W rr 'I 1 7 L ✓ T; r Oj \ ... / y I history and travel made ' a pitifully small showing. ’• -Comedy, a minor phase, showed a steady increase. — Winnipeg Tribune. J THE EMPIRE On the- same day Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hudson/ of Morley, York­ shire, ' will celebrate their golden wedding; their son, Horace, and his wife’will'celebrate their silver wed-^ ding; their grandson Leslie , will celebrate his twenty-firsty birthday;' and another grandson,. Norman . fiud- j son, will be married. A definite course leadin'g to orderly amendment of the constitution is now being planned, by the government fol­ lowing conferences with the provin­ cial governments. Mr. Bennett indi-. ca,ted the government’s.. plan_4h_the ’following statement: '/"/■ T " .'’Recent events: and declarations, by provincial- ministers indicatb that our constitution must be reformed and amended if we are to- be in a position to adequately deal • with problems that have arisen during the” . last few years. We have.come to reai- lize that social, and, economic prob­ lems have steadily become more dnd . mote matters of national concern. Because Canada accepted obligations. / IN DARKEST EUROPE _____ __ ' From •■’■Siberia - to1 th-e ^-Rhine dark-j contained to- treatrgs-"anld cohvgn.rioii'i:- ness is complete. There tij^P'ress is , to which we subscribed, we were en- muzzled, and- public opinion is in, abled, in thq field of social security,’ chains. Here, in Britain., we are free, f to take more'-forward action at the The hushing-'up of the -truth about'; last session of Pariiamnet than''was taken by all previous Parliaments S.nce. Confederation. A.carerul -anaiy-, sis,1 however, of Privy Coun'c:]. deci­ sions,'-by competent authorities war- rantsjthe unmistakable . conclusion chat, in the field not co-vered . by .treaties a.h'l co;, vent ions, no gjb-tar.* rial advance Can- be made . without re for tn..ng and an, end,'ng? -t'’,e 'consti­ tution. '‘This task'cannot-be long deferred ■and is one whic-h I,.• propose 'io undeir take without delay,' after consulta- ti-wi vith .the province-, if 1 cont nue to'Im re--.pom H/.e' for. the conduct ci: governmcn,t in th-is cbutt-ryJObvioj T, iy ‘so far as-, we .can, at pre'••ent asetr- 'tair., the province-" are ail agreed that , the' constitution 'rn’.'.t b-.-.-arnc-r.dc-d. ----- -•............ . ....................■ ■ • . > 1933, _ -figures; ® was third of the’ price ru.irg .n 1 'and half the price rjl.r.g in But the. suerfess; of this easily the most-sat J fact'-, ry-of all the measures adopted since the- war t > aid our-'fa-n.ir/g -ir.du-try, -rnus'i - not be utilise-i' as a modei suitable Tor application.,, without -i-.o i.fi’cation, to other, forms • of produce. The. Govern Tn-ent iriterJs .t/ adapt it to -.meat .import/, and "perhaps to' .dairy-, pro­ duce als-j. In both of- these cases, of’ course; tffere are contingencies, that the German munitions disaster is an excellent, example of Pr p'hip in operation. I The if Press' censor- ’• _ censor in Germany is the ‘Ministety " of Pro-! paganda, who,.sided by secret police, suppresses not only opinion but also.' facts. ■ When'.a" newspaper prints ail the -news he suppresses/the' r.ews-■ the piay', at public,, opinion. .. 'which exist without the free and ssernination-of' news. Britain/’ s free arid must remain so'.' spap■rs -expre.-<' many sha.d<■ s of on. bdt give all the available . f'n which public opinion is-, gest bulwark hgain-ste tyrahny. It, is the first of our1 rights,'ll and’all' other rights dene-nd , it. Det -it go, and we'car. tear up'ober, Magna Charta. and Habeas Corpus, at ooce.-.-Manchester Sunday. Chronicber f’ad.ts. • When'.a" riewspaper prints he news he suppresses' the' paper. That happens ' in ’ all ’■■j’jqor.-fed countries.' Mussolini well'"gibe cannot '■peri al Press- i N'-.-w? /-P-h! facts 'based-. It- is pur stro tyrahny. It. is and ' al BRITISH BREAD CHEAPER / / THAN .^CANADiAN The Government’ ran claim that, despite an'•£] 8,000,000 bounty spread '■ver three' years', -the, British con- fj.T.er i.s .being’ provided with .a cheaper loaf than, is available'-.in a]-' iri'jst' any other country,-. includdjT^ •urii sources-of wheat ak the United States an'd Canada. Opr bread (Oct- y' > . -7, 7 7 A ft r/iu ' I < J. ■only a Germany America. scheme, to the employer to pass on to the labourer, the amount to be. no more ment to keep a man in a relef camp! The Prime Minister has- before him U19, task of filling ■ Senatorial . and pending Cabinet vacancies. At'least half a- dozen Cabinet ministers are expected to retire from the political ■field, and- rumours-, have been flyiflg thick tees, finite K.G., Dominion Conservative organiser; will enter the fcabinet. Political gos- sipers -also have-' - mentioned tire names ' of -Speaker . Bowman, JE’rrick F. Willis, M.P'. and William G. Ernst, M.P. An early announcement regard­ ing Cabinet reorganization is expect­ ed from-the prime Minister. " The 'Conservative' party JLs firing' ■its first election campaign ®guns in Ontario 'this ‘week. Meetng's are be­ ing -held' in the Royal York Hotel ip Toren to on the execT, rn.ttee of ‘ Canada Cor pr.'eri n’at.'- < ■m-n:/ are ' w Of t ’ ‘-1 and fast as .to probable appoin- There seems to be a very de­ opinion that J. Earl Lawson, member for York West,, and Conservative fc first election campaign guns in . t Tuesday-' and Friday; .AU .vf-s 0/ -tbe cfej/traj ' com- the FederaLfen ci Young r-hervaTve Club", zone be- <-■- end Jorai- c;vb presi- . 'attending 'the 'first meet-. ‘‘ h4 ■ Cr’ q h. G1 y d 0 n. pres.de n t Fcdcfa’/.n pr--“,.u.ng. penton , 'provincial -campaign d.recul is Ta- \g •'.r-' q >*rr*?ons. -In the,I rrW-r.m.g ; Mari-ey’.-. lO.c-rj is being { broadcast, ov'r a chain of Ontario ( c'at/.n-. At the Friday meet,ng .the ; president and secertary o'l every rid-■ - -i.ng las'-oc-.'a’k n ,in , Or.tai-0; . alOrg wi'-h, ri’h^the candidate .or the Hit-'; 'i.ug , rr.renb'r '-are att'-r.'.':ng a 1'uiJ ' day c confr ri r.< e. Mr. Ma-:rey’al fo !s g'/ng cm t/fe air Fridaj evening ’from , 1-.' to'-l'.'.3'J o'clock. * . ■ -i i I GOOD/ Famous tennis STAR MAKES GREAT ' COME-BACK oH^>. E)RS- ana measurame pruspunuy. ■ , ( Statisticians and ecT3nomlst'sr"'P-&i^""-/' haps over-cateful lest their prophe­ sies might “‘back-fire?’ on them, were more cautious in the late months ot ■19*34, and same of their leaders went' so far as to declare . titfft Britain. • :h‘ad neared the point of saturation’ - . in. the increase of business in the domestic field. Events,, however,I seem to indicate that their fears were not well founded, for there lias" " been a steady'betterment here in al­ most every branch of. commerce and/ ndustry and domestic consumption , has, at the very, lowest, kept paca-; Witli the lmpro,vejnent.Jn British ex-.- '. ports; . " ■' ' > Financial experts are today allow- ‘ ■ "ing themselves to be quoted as ex-' peering a decided upturn in Britain's " •business- some of them eyen risking the ter.m- “trade* boom, In their difiu’.. -ond-half--of-1'935.-----— ---- Statistics, which indicate, th© grow-( ing confidence of the community in the prospectd'-'fdf the future are plen­ tiful. For. instance the. new capital . issues taken up by the investing pub-’ lie for the period January to the end - of --M-ay, 4935,.AotaIl.ed_.£J3I,2Jj0^J.. 000 as compared with £2,500,000 fori the whole of- 1934, and since thesej fi gures^wer e~~issued~ fli ere~has been/-~ a tremendous rush of issues on the' London market, approximating £15,-J 000,000, practically all of which-have been heavily, oversubscribed. . In '- j.bank clearings there,' is the - same1' . 1 healthy tendency -shown.: Postal, re- . . celpts are .rising slowly- but steadily . and the wholesale- price index re-. mains steady but with indications that a rise, is in prospect. ■ ; On the retails" trade side there, is a/ I furrher encouragement with -a steady..- . .-•mdrithly percentage gain- „ 'over the comparable months for 1933, a*s fol-' .lows! ^ February, eight _pSr . hen.UT , • r •21 1 Mis (TMAT S MY |SEVE6JT7A , U/i^HLEDON .CAaM^OCVSHIP ____<*• .IfrOWAftOJI 6f QUEEN HELEN ■"'Helen Will's. Moody has' just" m-add' i one of .the most sensational come- j backs ever ventured in any -, sport. I After nearly two’hours of play in 1 the final ..at the Wimbledon champ- | ionship ' matches, Mrs. - Helen Wills- [Moody cameir.to her4-own once again,' to.be crowned queen of the tennis '•w'X.d. j '• . ’• . V i Mi's/ Moody has won the JBi'^ish , title for.ric-r sevept-h time and in so ; doing defeated here foremost fellow Alr.e'rican rival, Helen Jacobs. There.j •was f-o hard ' feeling between -the ' two as many would .tljink from by- • g-i.be' reports. Each spoke highly of /‘he, otlrer, giving a. true .sportsman- T:h;p atmosphere. . i ■ - • .Queen Helen, as - many call her, , has been absent from the .courts for a time -ori" account of a. lame back. i Many.Jhq'ught- she ’;wa§ thi'wg-h with tennis chainpi'onshfps—but ' no, with [ plenty of courage, she battled her way , for the seventh."time to win a champ- , ionship at Wimbledon and to attain cause the' big- holiday periods -in that year' approximate those of 1935. —JOxersieas. exP-OxtS—.fr ora G reat _BrL„„ tain for the five months of 1935 as}, compared with the same period of, 1934 have increase .by £14,903,144,.' and by £30,400,802. if compared with1" .1933, whll6 the imports have been! kept down to the 1934 level and toe adverse baiance of trade thus reducJ I ed by ^S.onle- ■- ^2.14,0001,00>0,'"'-^— Bank deposits for the month of? May alone reached th© figure of £1^* ' 961,472,000, an increase of £103,282,-' 000 over May, 1934. One, of the most significant signa bf the betterment of Britain’s con­ dition is in the field of new con- structioh, whether of dwellings or factories. In the housing arena, •construction, seems to have'approach­ ed a boom, nearly 300,000 new place® having been erected and the rate is officially estimated at n^pi-ry 6,000 iiew places weekly. iiT'me case of factories the report for 1934, the lat­ est obtainable, shows that 2,737 new factories were built., that ..year,’ exclu­ sive df those, reconstructed and reno­ va.toil: and a feature of the-report fa. ’ con- fewer London ■ these, ' toe the statement that- thia new struction has .attracted no than 50()$0.0 workers into and its environs', many ' from the depressed areas North. of of No ^Snuff ! •/ • .- i Mrs. Mary Ellen McCi!$gi*s0f __ ray. Highland County, Va,, .^poke as ■ a. key witness in a lawsuit over tho Garrett estate, is .110^ years-old. When interviewed recently she was. wearing a while cap and the long dress- of the old-time mouptaiireor, . There are 6,000- claimants to thtf huge estate in which a certain Chris toprier Shauffer’fi birthplaceJ: cei-nqd./Mrs. McCrea says he \yta( . boim near her home' and it is" upoi her" evidence , that The "VirgThial^/ l'-'" base their' claims. “My, I ■' nevd thought Chris would cause- all t,h< fuss.” ".she declared. When asked to what -she contrl TAi Chauffer’s birthplace^is con" Arid, honours. / "I- She has been seven .times Ameri-.j ])Utod her. longevity-, " Mrs/ ;r, tirieho’der, ami four times,Queen replied: “I-never smoked dr sniff! ?'the French courts, S.hejs just/aft snuff as ,so many of my neighbor ne ■& player in doubles. ' now dead, has done?’ A » r