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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-08-01, Page 6
British - 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