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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-10-24, Page 2*<• X, ’’1 •TfX % <1 I 5 J’C] tern Service West Adelaide I If t ■ <’ jr'q.., A A ’*F' •Sr ■ ’1 “The mu n ism cijce in s ores. is a simple preventative of common co ds in thi$ head. When you feel a cold coming on stoop and un­ lace yohr boots and lace them up ag­ ain. I read this in a Smith African pa- ' Typical Ethiopian warriors on troop train as they leave, for Ogaden front for first-fighting. Note-bare feet^f soldier in con­ trast to modern uniform.- . .7 • ’yr . % A C Dear me! And here we had an idea ------------- —'■--------------------------- ---------- -Sir here per cen\. in importg of cattle; 122 per cent, in imported meat products, mostly canned; 7,446 per cent, in 1 butter. - ' if. WifelMPIRE .t •. < 1 THE world *■ 7 - AT LARGE Ethiopia’s Warriors Increase Nearly Five-Times as Fast as American Exports to Dominion—U.S. Purchases More From Canada Than ■ Any Other Single Country, Analysis Reveals. 1 £ k: ’ THERE ARE GOOD DRIVERS, TOO! ■ The Toronto 'Telegram,gwhich. cat- Ties on a persistent and well-directed campaign against careless : nd re|k- u ■., less motorists, pays a" tribute'hot un- deserved,to another ejass of driver in these words: ... “But there is a mo’torist of another type which falls into none of these categories—on;e who is (Reserving of at least passing mention; It is the "motorist who keeps his eyes on the ’ p 1 Toad, is alert for any emergency, who adjusts his speed to the circum­ stances, who is not always in such a -confounded hurry-that he has-tb try ' Tb'bea'^ other fellow his due share of the road, who doesn’t dawdle in the middle of • ths highway, who doesn’t*s.top across the pedestrian’s path at an intersect­ ion, ^nd who gxnerally behaves him- ..._ self as if he was a reasonable human “ ■ ..being.” . All of' this is true. Great numbers ' of - motorists drive with caution and discretionv They never. have to ex­ plain things to the magisthate. More often, than not they carry insurance, -J..,, but their claims under it are in- ' , J frequent. Many have driven for. years ... without, an. .accident of any .jsjprt, simply by taking reasonable precau­ tions, by using common sense. .His accident -record, or the lack of it, after all is- the best' test - of a . driver’s skill. One man drives tens of 27'^Jbhousands of 'miles and hasn’t even <driving will find another car battered and dented, scratched and scraped, and it isn’t ’ credible’ thatf ■“the_-other- fellow,”' is always to blame. The • good driver watches out for bad drivers, goes , on the; assumption that nobody, else knows or follows the rules 4—y of the road, and in that spirit usually __hje^finds_.saf.ety..-TDttaWa..Journal.•__ the wolf the trout. As it is now il­ legal to . take beaver, then animal was returned to .the water. The . Mail , & Empire ' won’t believe this story, al­ though an earnest effort has been made here to tone if down for gen­ eral acceptance.—Soo Daily■* Star. ■' FATHER KNOWS They’re exhibiting a -goose with four wings in Medicine Hat, Alberta, 'but what' is needed, in a bird—partic-. larly in large families—is one « With four legs.—-Niagara Falls - Review. MORE FOR MOTORISTS Motorists using the country roads ■at'night'-report/skunksare-unusually common this year. It appears that “the pretty little white and black kittens” are not being trapped be­ cause the value of their skins is very low. Unless there are more cents for the skips there yvill be more scents for the‘mdtdfTsts.—-Elmira Signet. . ___ ___IN-HUMBLE. PLACES-------- The Fergus News Record, an On­ tario weekly newspaper, reports that a lady .who was judging “homemade” cakes at a fair in a town north of Fergus.found a piece of cellophane sticking to. The icing bearing part of the trade-mark of a well-known cake manufacturer, and “at the same show- one exhibit of preserved fruit contain­ ed some which had been bought in cans and emptied into- sealers to.be exhibited.” ~ ’■» DEFENDER OF THE PIPES It is not often that the bag-pipes are under fire in a city which bears many impressions of the_ great pio­ neering race, whose history, achieve-, ments and aspirations are expressed in' the tones of this instrument. In the. last few days, however, a number of correspondents have complained in this newspaper that their serenity has been disturbed by the strains of the pibroch which they have likened to the -squealing8_qf_to.tur.ed_p.igs.__ ________ ■'-“With'rthi'srthe-^ There is music in the bag-pipes, more, .indeed,.than, there is in_many_.com- pqsitions for other instruments, which are described as highly classical, but which are about , as melodious to the ear as high-grade futurist art is to the eye. We would rather heaT some, lusty young Scot practising on . the bag-pipeS“ thTan some tyro producings howls and wails of agony practising on'a’”saxophonA“or~a trombone?-—L_L_~ . We have heard some critics "of the-1 bag-pipes who play no musical- in­ struments at-all make day and night hideous by instruments of torture of the first magnitude, namely, the horns of their motor cars. Raucously hoarse devoid of, the slightest melodious note, they are by all odds the most objectionable. of noise agencies to be fqund anywhere, and >if they can be drowned out by thA good. bag-pipe, ■player—all- -power- to-^he—pipe^.-^--- -Victoria Times,____. such”"na~st’y'~p er sons'. ’ "Inc’iff^hfairyr'tHe- item illustrates the advances' riiade in the canning industry. Canned fruit and vegetables now can stand right up to “the kind that mother used to make.”—Edmonton Journal. ■_ ' GAMBLING ON A SURE THING ;t: Montreal produce exchange' .now offers facilities for gambling in cheese “futures,” although the gamb­ ling element is- nominal, since the. future of a cheese is, almost certain to be stronger.—Windsor, Sta^ TAKES IT QUIETLY Dr. Dafoe says the Dionne children' . have all lost weight, but he is not at, .' all disturbed and says such things must be expected. It’s well he looks at things that yvay. Most parents do’con­ siderable fussing ,when one child loses' weight, but if they had^ five of theni •' working ■ at it they a 1 d go -craz-yT— Stratford Beacon Herald., MUST HAVE ONE NEXT DOOR A singer admits drowning .his. wife. If he. made as great a. nuisance of '• himself about the house—and the neighborhood—-as some singers do, ..it is tiie wife who- ought to have done the drowning.—Brockville Recorder., WAR ATROCITIES I War' atrocities "'at their worst and ‘ most atrocious were surely brought home ’yestqrday to families, men," housewives and little children by the radio. Descriplives; were used, the scenes painted horribly and ' all the trimmings, were-delivered to make-, women go pale and everybody shud­ der. Radio broadcasters seemed to oUtive1 each other, to .the . jjoint b£ hysteria in adding to tfre gi'uesofhe- ■ ncss of the Italian bombing raid. Words did not suffici, expletives, were' . used' and exaggerations adopted which could not be found in any reliable .' newspaper- (lespvtch: —St. Catharines Standard. •• . ..u 1 , 5” 74’ ’' "I WWW EReS , • ‘ • •'I'-'- Inflammable Litter Causes Many Blazes ; ’ I) ‘ * *• ' • •• • Careless housekeeping^^ permit- - ting the accumulatiorTof inflammable litter-\and rubbish, war responsible for 26,000 fires, during the lastjhre^ years in .Canada. ■ • The careless practice of dumping, litter of all kinds in basements; or unused rooms, or around* Buildings is not ‘only a serious fire hazard but is unsanitary and disgracefully un­ sightly, 'It is a time honored say- „' frig, .that - “Cleaipnes Is Next , To Godlines.” Make ah impression of your home . and your . place of business. -Use the limit of your perception and ahaisoni n.g_p.owars—to.—discny.e_r _and_..... eliminate all possible causes of fire just. as you would in making an important, businsess deal. Tt will pay -__ you a handsome dividend in safety arid saving. Washington.—United State^ im­ ports from Canada increased nearly five ’times as fast as this country’s gale's to the Dominion, in the first' •six months of 1933, but .still were $28,00’0,000 short of parity, it is re­ vealed in an -■analysis of U.S. for_ eign trade increased recently tyy the foreign trade ’'division^ of the U.S. ^Chamber ,’Gfi„Cpmmeree. , • ■ ■ t? Canadian sales to the United States gained 28 per cent, over the first six months of last year, reach-, ing a'total of $130,105,000, the big- .gest . figure since 1931, the'analysis showed They were larger than im- ports from any o.thgr nation, being twice as large as the United King- I dom total of $69,204,000, which.it-, .self represented a 21 per cent, gain -over--l-fi34“—------------- But, while U.S. sales to Canada rose only 5.8 per cent., tending to close the- wide spread of a year ago, they ^still stood more than 15 per cent-, above Dominion sales here- Their total was $15.8,'529,000, repre­ senting, • according - to -the. -analysis,_ “S’ healthy gain.” ~ . TOTAL TRADE Total U.S._Canadian trade in the first six months of the year was set at'..$288.J534,000,' taken to indicate the va^ue of the full year’s exchange will run more than $500,000,000. While the analysis showed Canada as leading all nations in sales 'to this country, it revealed a'close"race between Canada and the United, ..Kingdom for the position of this country’s exports being- -15.-6. per cent. arid. 15.5 per cent. - .;l--^he--U-ri-itedB?Klngd.oniLfigure^ ever, represented a decline of 7 per cent, in purchases from the United States. This was in. marked contrast to greatly, increased sales of this country’s goods to all other’ mem­ bers of the British Empire: 41 per cent,r to Australia; 23 per. cent, to Souw Africa; 20 per cent to India; 25-—per-^qent—to_'New_ _' Z ealand38 per cent, to Hong Kong; 4'9 per cent. _to-_British_ West Africa and 27 per cent, to ptitish Malaya.' " Simliarly, U.S. imports^"from all leading cquntri.es of the Empire ex­ cept Ueylon were larger thqn in 1934. Tiie analysis notes that “the Empire includes our three Reading suppliers, CariaHp., the United King­ dom arid British Malaya.”' Regard­ ing U.S- imports generally; it re­ marks .that “an increase of 48 per cent./Was . recorded for North Ahier_ ica, due^ largely to 'heavy imports from Canada and Cuba.” ~~ . T A ■ Few * Don’ts To Prevent Fires and other iu- , cleaning pur- in furnace* the chimney DON’T leave matches within the" reach of children. ' ' - DON’T pse wooden containers for ashes —• use metal ones. DON’T use gasoline fl ahi able material s for poses, in the homes. DON’T start- fires without first having cleaned. DON’T smoke in bed or while ly- DON’T use coal oil to start fires in stoves, or furnaces. DON’T leave rubbish around’in cellars — it may burn you out. DON’T leave oily wastes or rage lying arpund put -them in metal' containers.. - • ■., - ’ DON’T fail to know where your closest fire alarm box, is situated. ___ Forget War And The Elections And Talk Of Chicken Suppers prices were good. Perhaps that. js> a. happy ending for a chicken’s life.. During other years she was faithful and then- on-toward. the_end .sho did what she could fo support the work ___‘ Yes, her children would be proud enough to make reference to such a career. The wonder is how the ladies make those chicken suppers pay. ,Mostr.people who go to them eat a great deal. They seem to have a certain acrobatic exuberance when theiy set to on the first helping; they anti cipate that if they, get through and look:, hungry some person will suggest they have some more. Never did we know a per­ son to decline such^“suggestrdn"at" The air ~afid~it"'wh‘ets until its consuming. possibilites are great like the national debt. But we’re glad the season is on us for chicken suppers. We rejoice. So many things seem to have been sliding and becoming uncertain that it is well' to note the continued existence of something, which an- I chors deep in the memories”of days when there was peatfe in the world and honor among men. The annual chicken supper. Ahl.. Yes, thank you, we?ll have another-leg and a piece off the chest.. We’ll just put iljose bones on the edge of the plate.-— Stratford Beacon-HeYald. : After reading the .war’ news of the day and having tried'to get the political battles fairly recorded it is weirtd” edmU upon something- whreh- has within it a degree of. goodness. ■THaViS^why'we^pay -heed*_at~the--mb— -of_-the*_chuxch._, ment to the increasing number o.f announcements of churches which are. preparing to hold the annual chicken supper. • ’ • There have been_ sohie such . things printed in this papet; in the weekly newspapers from the dis­ trict there appear to be even more. Just a casual inspection resulted in finding eleven of these events heralded. And they were all printed iir~a~frie]^^ sup- jar splei^id iJaMgyj^jnment“had; run around 30 and 40 cents. We suppose there must be a' cer- tain-1 number of chickens marked for destruction right now in a good many farm yards. We. don’t sup­ pose they would expect a man to hand over the pullets from his flock, at least it was never done that, way on the tenth concession even if it was for .the support of the church. There was a feeling that a more seasoned- and experienced’ bird could support the church -perhaps better than some, young thing that was getting to be- fairly handy and regular at laying eggs when the '“Tir~about:"“fifty-year—or~-inore7"*--- grandfather will say to his grand­ daughter: ' ‘I can remember yvhen . they had queer things in houses, called windows!’’’—H. G. Weils. i ■ ■ ' . • */ ' ' . Z • ; ---------------------- Colorful Collars Fashion Dictates CANADA LEADS Which a^e' the nations who are ‘'clinfibing most rapidly out of the de- pression? They are , the British' nations. Canada’s trade leaped up 22 per cent last month. Inspiring news comes also from little New Zealand, where Mr.- Coates, the Finance' Min­ ister; boldly states that the Dornin-* ion’s economic problems are “largely solved.” Cuts are being restored, emergency taxes.reduced, pensions in­ creased. On top df" that Mr. Coates gives a new. break to his countrymen. Population of New Zealand, 1,618,000; public , works expenditure announced, £5,630,000? That means the inaugura- ti-on'of new boons and amenities for New Zealand at /the rate of £3 10s a head.—London, Daily Express. WINGS OVER EMPIRE : . More swiftly the world moves on wings. The time is noW' wjthiir meas­ urable distance when travel will al­ most exclusively .be by air. It is, thorctlore', not surprising, that the for­ mer British Sdcret^ry of State for Air (the, Marquess of Londonderry) . should have • declared in a recent', speech that ' '“our transport system . fulfils a vital Imperial’ need.” TTy'1’' ! the substantial framework of Imperial ter dairying.will usually;make a sue- A i-wttT'H-wrtF —1 A - ..-.I.— ? -- 1.5 - J . w. » » ; UV33' Ok -canj ..lumii’- other arid more elaborate plans are 5ng ratiori tlrat will produce abund- bein'g -devised. Lord Sempill plans to ‘ ance. of ^ilk. results lin 'ihe product! link the British Empire with a ser-' ion of-early Jambs that, grow rapidly vice of giant' flying ijoats; Imperial and finish ItyLlhe market at an earlyi Airway's is considering a commercial aAlfalfa or clover hay. .are essen- service foy flying -boat -between Great tiaras' they" are. protein • roughavjrs. Feeding System Outlived - . Winter Dairy Fafmerr Have Advantage • ....- In view of t’lc fact t at a proper system of feeding is the principal es-' sential, of the successful raising Of early lambs • particularly those, -for the market in ,th.e latter part of Juno , and early July, tihe farmers who un- UP°” ' derstaml the basic principles of win- .. , , , . P.0/”0' ter dairying.will usually;make a suc- Airwliys wcrld-sWioe communications , cesg raising early Jamb'7. A feed-, other arid more elaborate plans are' jng ratiori tlrat will produce abtind- ^eipg^.devised. Lord Se.njpill plans to ance1 of milk, results 4n she product! vice of giant' flying 1 Airways is considering a commercial HARD TO BELIEVE ,'JoH'nny Chubb? of 'Mamainse, it is related', was fishing in .'one of the (nearby streams that-flow into Lake Superior when he heard a .noise be* • hind him. Turning- he ^aw a wolf. Johnny was so surprised that he fell backwards into the stream and, sup­ porting hi'msqlf on his hands t?o' keep his suit dry; was Surprise'll to find He * had lit On a beaver with one hand on a trout with (ho other. The matte;' w<is settled amicably by hinr. tossing Britain and Canada; and existing ser- 'corn sl-lagcf mangels or sugar beets vices are being speeded up and dup-’ ttre also valuable succulent feed* and licated. Prestige in tlje air is of para-r' besides keeping the ewe healthy ttiey. mount importance today. The race for stimulate the/milk flow. Ewes-with’ supremacy goes hand in^-hand with ’ lambs at foo', also require a liberal al- technical invention and the expansion I lowance o'f grain usually not less' than of services. It is' the duty of the ' a. pound' daily .and .ewe’s 'with,-twin dominions to co-operate', closely withj lambs often taking up to two pounds Great Britain’. 'The European mind .daily., Oats are a safe feed for milking knows the* value of aerial comrnuni-' ewes; and ak this‘grain is most com- cations. It is taken for granted abroad nion on-all farms it is- generally .re- that Governments must be willing to commended for ewes' in milk, subsidise civil aviation; for "'no first-1 A ewe flock raising early lambs class Power can afford to lag. behind , ynder a system of feeding as suggest- i.n air development.. People in the 'ed above will bring their-laihbs for- Dominions have fewer opportunities. Ward to the spring -pass without set of noting the intensity of-this develop- back. As a rule, lamb ’ at the time ment of. its endless possibilities.-^—The ! the 'eWes are turned to grass will Australasian. ‘ / A* ' 'have led-rned to eat both grasvwiil '-—_—■ ■ ! roughage, and, If thfe pasture field is difference between Com- accessible to .the barn, j't is adyisnb'O and Fascism is a . differ-’to make a creep for the lafribs so7 that, stench.”—Benjamin DeGas- they can be fed grain while on the ’ • ' ' pasture. Grain feeding oft ~irnpbrfsT“from"BriHsIwMafa^^hTcH totalled $68,799,000, or 29 per cent, above -the~f9~34 figure. Only a neg­ ligible gain, 0.04, was shown in pur­ chases from India. Imports from the Gold Coast, Nigeria and other British West Africa colonies advanc­ ed *59 per cent.; from Australia 58 per cent-; from New -Zealand 100 •per .cent.; from Hong Kong 48 per Cent, and from South Africa 10 per cent. ’ . ; ' On United Stales foreign trade in general, the analysis revealed sub­ stantial increases in exports_ to North and South America-~'and to Oceania, but brought out declines in trade "with European countries, wfiichAat one time took four-fifths of all United States exports and now take only two-fifths, and a heavy loss in trade with China which amounted to 40 per cent, of last year’s total. ‘ , The Chamber of Commerce ana_ lysis fails to break down total's of United States trade, cither exports or imports, with various countries, but it emphasizes largely • increased United States imports of commodi­ ties which Canada produces. For one point, it brings, out an “extraordinary increase’’ in imports of f.oodstuffs, which' it attributes to the 1934 drouglri. an.d -higher domes­ tic prices. It cites a gain of 117’per cent, over the first six months' of 1934 in imports of'wheat;, a gain of" 226 per ceant- over 19.3.1 on by-pro-j tend,, to pro-li ce this«.s<mulfl be ravor-i . . increase of cd. Fortunately -Itome-grown grains ' 1!’4.?kK1''"I ’ risc 1 hr. u-hat ,r. nrederl. Oat- hak' of J7’558 J>« Mnt- oats. ' . •iey-, uucKwiiuui, uuu .wnea; »re-i agk o. , . ..suitable mil are best with sour milk J SG3 ,°^ .??? Excellent 'results may be obtained by p the, feeding 6f elevator screenings, I and that unmarkefiible potatoes, fed' , ■in conjunction. .with home-grown grains, not only, produce economical gains, but flesh of very highest qual- i-.y. creates the rate of growth and devel­ opment and makes it possible to mar­ ket at an earlier, date. As a rule Jung, lambs are worth mo.re by the pound than July lainbs and July Iambs are worth more than August- Idmbs. So that a /eW bushels of grain fed to esfrly lambs*is invariably marketed as finished laftib well above current prices. 4 Finishing Poultry For The z Market The general . purpose or heavy [ Weight breed; of poultry are best I 'suited for cralb feeding and best-re­ sults can be e.xpec.ed only when strong, vigorous, sturdy type birds I are used. Since the markets demand I a light colored skinr thc.se feeds that! , tend.to.prQ-li.ee this«£1.1 frulcl be favor-1 - - — ’ Pre just what are ncedecL Oat-, bar­ ley., buckwheat and wheat are i all' ' . ‘ ' ft. . 2 pasture 1ft- 'Colleq.cd by the' New Statesman and Nation: . I do no,i. know to whom 'Sir Thomas was referring whoti --be' talked about savages, but in my opinion bbls ter„m would be applicable-to oho who''floes not play the. Niiiional Anthem before or after a performance. — The May* per about two.years ago, arid have not'^ ?0I>!y t0 ^'r riion)" had a told since trying the 'experl..' '‘ '.ment, al hough 'I have a voided many.' ' • ~~ Theonly people who apg hat cured by ‘ ™ I1"’ ,l'"‘.Wst this method are those .who■ thlWc t[- F W-.Rmlmt: reported -on too silly to be .tried prSpcriy.-Letter •’» arrlvnl ( in Daily Telegraph. 21 11 cie are some smart new ways to gl\c your last year’s dress that ■i'new look.” . . For instance—add a dramatic tied collar of silver metal-cloth to a silk crepe or a velvet dress for cocktail and dinner weai\^ , Have velveteen' collars galore — in new] greens, scarlet-r,ed, rusts, and purples for your every­ day dresses. . Presto—- A ‘halter” o'f metal cloth, satin criepe oi velvet wilt transform any- dres& to a com-' ' plet'e disguise. . Style No. 3476 includes th« three-collars and' halper illustrat- ed. Pattern cuts in one size. Hal­ ter reqilires % yard of 39-inch material. See pattern envelope for foliar requirements. HOW TO ORDEll PATTERNS Write yftur name and addresi plainly, giving number And siz« of pattern wanted. Enclose l'5c in stamps or -coin (Ad/ft prefet- I’cd;, wrap it carefully) and ad-. ilress your order to wilson torn Service, 73 C__.‘..".-L"! ’y Street, Toronto.