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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-08-20, Page 6/L France Welcomes Canadian, Back After 20 Years J CANADA lands.—Windsor Star.vehicles financed during May was 41.5 per cent, more than in the same month last year. — Hamilton Spec­ tator. More than 30.000 dwellings bars been provided in - London since the last census was taken In'193L Smoke costs Britain $400,000,00* a year, and. does intense damage to th* buildings. It also deprives some townt’ii of ha! ftheir possible sunshine. EDITORIAL HERE, EVERYWHERE. tEe~British flag flies, and held in high ' Granaries in the-Port of Ldhdou. hold over 64,000 tons of grain, white its warehouses, which comprise 50* acres of floor Bpace, can take in the goads to' a total of 1,600,000 tons. By. modern methods a motorcar can be painted in one day. Formerly ths proces stook six weks and called for twenty-two coats of paint. V'5% ■ •i!-? COMMENT FROM THERE AND \ A Practical King Probably Britain has never had so practical a ruler as King Edward VIII. Recently, in his capacity as chief of the Ajr Force, | His Majesty flew in his own airplane to inspect several aerdromes. The Duke of York, his brother and heir presumptive, was a passenger. It was the Sovereign’s fourth flight since his. accession to the Throne. | I. King Edward always has shown a desire to understand, how his subjects live, to know |he life of the soldier, the airman, the sailor, the man on the street; It is because of this prac­ tical aide of his life that he isLbe- loved4 and respected everywhere that Wheat Sales Despite the almost prohibitive duty of 42c a bushel, about 45,000,099 bushels of Canadian wheat have en­ tered the United States since August 1, 1935, and the movement continues at the rate of a million bushels a week. Because of drought conditions in the American grain fields, the ex-r ports may increase in volume from now on. Canadian wheat evidently has no market problem now.—Mont­ real Gazette. A Mother’s Tribute The mpther of the Governor General of. Canada visited Niagara Falls a •hort time ago and the Review of that place states that the people people “took. her to their hearts.” They quote her as saying of her son: “He’s a guid son is John. Never in the forty years he has been away from home has he forgotten to write to me. Since he came to^ Canada 1 have had three letters each week.” ' Such a tribute will not lessen the respect and admiration ^>f the Cana­ dian people for their Governor Gen­ eral. On&the other hand it will greatly enhance his reputation in Canada. While it dsiplays the strong charac­ ter of this Son of the Manse, who has risen to such a high position of * trust and confidence,, it also demon­ strates the strength of character of the mother who has been able to rear \'such a son.—Chatham News. . 1 z* p Cl Mothers • Great men' never forget their mo­ thers. . Behind every prominent and successful man there is a woman who may not share in the• publicity given her offspring’, nor in the honorable records they achieve, but the man worth while is the one who will give her generous credit, and. bestow the kindly attentions which she deserves. —Chatham Daily News. f V One-Club Golfer Miss Gloria Minoprio, the qr°man golfer who uses only one club, was . the surprise of. the women’s open championship second qualifying round . in ' Southport, England. She went around in 84 to qualify easily. Offi­ cial scratch score for the course, is 75. She was in only three bunkers and each time got clear easily. Many other contestants with 10 or more clubs made scores in.three'figures.— Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. I Spam’s Decline Spain has been a cockpit of battle || for 1,500 years, has been a rich, mighty nation, famed for valor, has fallen to decay, stands today as a . third-rate Power. Her history is rich in romance, in adventure, in a noble literature, yet blotched at intervals by cruelty, by decadence, degradation. <h ■' Time was when the Spanish army was the mode] for Europe, renowned for its discipline and valor. Spain’s soldiers won triumphs oh .all battle- fields, her sailors dominated the seas, her adventurers were everywhere.— I Ottawa Journal. ... -J ■ ■ ' / sets Another Problem A mechanical planter which and waters plants at the rate of 12,- 000 an hour is, being used at Sprows- ton, ner Norwich, for' planting cab­ bages, celery and strawberries. Un­ less the way is found to distribute more purchasing power to consumers, sound money will have to ’find a Mechanical device to eat them. Peo­ ple can no longer be persuaded that • destroying- the crops is a profitable way.—Ottaw Citizen* ' Nova Scoti* ™ Scotland ^ More than 300 years ago (in 1625, to be exact,) Charles I, by royal man­ date declared part of the soil of Nova 0cotifi what it known as the Usplan- ide» that broad plateau that lies tn Iront of Edinburgh Castle* And that bit of land remains part of New land In Old Scotland to this day. Prom events associated with that royal act came Nova Scotia’s flag and coat-of-arms. Charles was creating “baronets of Nova Scotia’” (there are stiil baronets of Nova Scotia) and the charter proclaiming the Esplanade as a portion of Nova Scotia has.never been annuled. Interesting and ro­ mantic ^istbry, familiar perhaps to nb great number of Nova Scotians themselves.—Halifax Herald. Sign of. improvement Another sign of returning pros­ perity is, the number of new or used cars which have been purchased this year. The peak of the sales-year is May, and according to a graph pre- paredbyL theDominionBureau—of Statistics,the=peakhasbeenraised each year since 1933. For 1936 the Upper Berths in Planes We are not quite sure if your can go up to bed in the Zeppelins, but you may soon do so in a two-storey sleeper ^lane. From Holland, for ex­ ample, comes word that Anthony Fokker has designed a “two-storey** passenger plane which will carry 66 passengers with adequate sleeping accommodations, dressing rooms and the like.—-Brandon Sun. Forest Fire Losses The timber of an area the equiva­ lent of three townships was destroyed by tire this month in Algbma. It was part of the last remaining stand of White pine. And it takes from 199 to 125 years for white pine to grow to merchantable size. While it stands growingjiowever, it has an immense value. There was enough timber de­ stroyed by the demon fire to build another city like Sault Ste. Marie, according to the Sault Star estimate. Lightning is said to have been the main cause of a loss approximating $2,599,099. That being so, there is only one provision which can be made in addition to the strict enforcement of fire prevention laws and practices. There must be a build-up 'of a fire fighting organization as efficient for its work as the brigades which are kept on full time in the cities and towns.—St. Catharines Standard. ‘ Raised Wheat Lands Without the valuable topsoil the land becomes a vast waste of desert and the paltry sums "which* the ori­ ginal wheat grows earned are far overshadowed by the terrific national losses in ruined lands. — Halifax Chronicle. Slaughter Continues • Many things have been tried in this province to reduce the number of highway accidents. Police officers have shown extra vigilance, police magistrates have been severe in their punishment of offenders, newspapers have devoted columns of space to educative matter appealing to the common sense of motorists; and while all of these have had their “effect in correcting many , abuses of the traffic laws, the slaughter continues. — Chatham News. THE EMPIRE Immigration for Defence Mr. Savage, J the New Zealand Prime Minister, has recently declared that population is the first, line of defence, find a similar , view appears to be gaining currency in Australia. It is significant and reassuring that the two Dominions should have be­ gun to realize this aspect of their security. Hitherto they have been generally content to look at the mat­ ter from the purely economic angle; Their attitude has been the intel­ ligible one that it was no use expand­ ing their populations without com­ mensurate* prospects of employment, and it must be, admitted that such prospects have not existed daring the past five years. But the recognition that population is a necessity of de­ fence reverses the problem, for it in­ dicates that the means must bo found of adjusting employment to popula­ tion and hot ^vice-versa.” Unhappily this particular line of defence is not so easily reinforced aS armies^ air forces^Or even navies; you cannot ar­ bitrarily raise it to the requisite strength by any two-year, five-year or ten-year programme. The birth rates of Australia and New Zealand are, and seem likely to remaiii, far too low to justify them in relying on their natural increase; if the defi- cieaey is to be made ub, immigration is their sole resource.—Hong Kong Press*' 1 , ■ • Canadian Legionaires who* took part in-’the battle of Vimy Ridge 20 years ago were warmly welcomed in Paris on their arrival to attend the ceremonies attendant bn the unveiling of the memorial at Vimv Ridge. This picture shows Hon. Philippe Roy, Canadian Minister, to France (left), shaking hands with Brigadier-General A. E. Ross, at the Gare du Nord in Paris. —__< ■ z ' ■ • _______•__________■ ___________/J__________ ________ , ■ , ■ ■ ■ : __________• ________ Harnessing of Columbia Is Proposed on Pacific Coast OTTAWA, — The entire Columbia River System on the Pacific e Coast may be harnessed for the creation of industrial power in the next few years. . Publication of the report of the in­ ternational Joint Commission on the water power and drainage cases in the Kootenay valley, in the neighbor­ hood of the^ international boundary, has drawn attention to certain curi­ ous geographical features of the Kootenay River and the Columbia' Ri-I ver system of which it forms a part These rivers, although they ulU mately empty into the Pacific gOcedn travel for the most part up and down long narrow valleys running north and south. The Kootenay rises In the Roc­ kies only a few miles from the source of the Columbia. The former flows to the south into Idaho, then turns and flOWB north into Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, emptying into the Columbia some distance south of the city of Nelson. Meanwhile the Colum­ bia has travelled north from its own source in the Rockies around the northern end of the Selkirk mount- ains, and south to- the international boundary, into the State Of Washing­ ton, and finally to the Pacific. The Pend d’Areille, another tribu­ tary of the Columbia, comes up to the boundary from Idaho, and dis­ charges into the main stream after a course of a few miles In Canada. Far­ ther west the Okanagan, rising in British Columbia flows south across the boundary to the Columbia. And bn these various streams, particular |y on the. British Columbia side, are long narrow but very deep lakes, fil­ ling gorges between the various- dif­ ferent moiintain chains; Kootenay Lake, the Arrow Lakes/ Okanagan Lake, Solcan Lake. All these rivers and lakes-form one complete water system, and very definitely an Inter national water system. CHATHAM* — Something in the tore of a break for .the harassed chit- ken farmer has been provided by the Ontario Government* In the Introduc­ tion of registered •‘brands’’ or tattoo marks tor poultry. Tattooed on Wing The innovation Is designed to<pro vide a ready means of definite iden­ tification, and to act as a curb on the chicken thieving* By means of thb “brand***- tattooed on the *eb of a chicken’s wing. not only the owner, but any police in the province who have a list of the registered brands can tell to whom the chickens right­ fully belong* Any chicken raiser cah now write to the Director of the . Live stock Branch, Ontario Department Build­ ings, Toronto, and for the sum of $1 secure a registered tattoo symbol or ‘-‘Brand’* for his exclusive use* The brahdiug instrument is quite inex­ pensive. The marks provided the Chicken ranohers will be filed at all police de­ tachments for ready reference and in cases of birds suspected to be stolen will make a rapid check-up easy. A \........ ..- '7"pi Motorists Advised To Try Courtesy McQuesten Declares Most Accidents Caused by Breach of “Common Sense. Rules. TORONTO—In launching the “Try Courtesy*! campaign of new^ptper ad-| vertising to draw thezattention of Ontario motorists to the necessity for showing each oth?r more con­ sideration, Hon. T. B. McQuesten, Ontario Minister of Highways re­ marked: • “Most drivers obeyed the law, but merely adhering to the letter of legal rights and obligations did not con­ stitute a sufficient contribution by the individual motorist. “A blind insistence upon all the privileges of the law is only too often the cause of the accident, as when one driver insists upon asserting his rig i -of-way in a doubtful situation,** Mr. McQusten warned “Improper use of the highways does not mean only wild, drunken oi reck­ less driving,” he went on. “It means also the negligent, indifferent, thoughtless and discourteous actions of the normally law-abiding majority. “This latter category present a problem. of another sort. Inattention, lack of courtesy, or other faulty habits may be quite as dangerous under certain circumstances as the foolhardy tricks of the most irrespon­ sible individual. Records show that, mare than 81 per emit i tut drivers involved in accidents have never be­ fore been Involved, so It Is Oyldent that "these so-called ninor lapses are really of enormous importance. * Driving Habits ‘The improvement in driving habits of such individuals canno; be brought about by legislation or by law enforce­ ment, because these violations are more frequently against the rules of courtesy and common sense than against traffic regulations. “So it is ilear that safety on the road demands of both motorists-and pedestrians the same dejree o* court­ esy and consideration for others as do business and social contracts % *'L appeal to every motorist in On­ tario, even .hose who are conscienti- . ous in observing all regulations, to make a special effort to be more courteous an* considerate toward other drivers After deep study,, the departmental experts are forced to the conclusion that highway safety i Ontario today is largely a question of good mannert and unselfishness. ‘Care on tie part of the pedestrians Wi*x play a major part in in/ reduc­ tion of fatal accidents," Mr. McQues ten said. “In 1935, out-of a total of 560 killed ip flrotor accidents in On­ tario, 225 were pedestrians .** MIRROR GLASS I^TIALS Soft calf akin bags have initials cut bn mirror,glas». inlaid Education la the leading human souls to what Is beat, and making what Is best out of them; find these two objects ata always attainable to­ gether and by the same means. The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others. Ruskin. If you know bow to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher’s stone. Franklin. Edmonton Newlyweds Prove To Be Good Cooks EDMONTON, — Whatever may be true of young married women else­ where, Edmonton’s brides go not make the can-opener their main stand-by, it lias been proved at the summer fair. The cooking section in the women’s building this year has a larger exhibit than ever before and, say officials, there is a surprising nubmer of contributors from among the yodng married housewives. ‘.‘Young women may have turned to cooking aS a result of the depression,** said one official at the exhibition. “Of course, we can’t be sure of that but one thing is certain, add that is there Is a surprising number of exhi­ bits from young people." Not only are daughters • showing mothers how to cook, but the monop­ oly of young cooking experts runs still further. All the judging was done by five young University of Alberta grad­ uates. • . These graduates, may be stylish,up- to-the-minute young ladies who look as if they didn’t know a cookie from a doughnut, but they ^certainly know their baking, according to an official who was present during the judging.* “My, those young ladies certainly are strict judges,” she marveled. “They tested this and tested that, compared notes, and discussed their opinions and knew just exactly what they are about. You’ve certainly got to be a good cook to win an award under them!” Largest Income in Past Six Years is Forecast For U. S. Growers CHICAGO. — Farm prices at the highest general level since 1930 as a result of the protracted drought, market analysts forecast that 1936 farm income might be the largest In' six years, barring further serious crop losses. 1 ’ Farmers* income in the firsts halt of the year was* $335,000,000 greater than year ago, the government es­ timated. Since then, the rise in prices of important agricultural commodities — in some cases the sharpest since war days—was believed by most ob­ servers to have more than offset the serious crop losses due ’ to heat and lack of rain. ’ ■ Traders cite, the danger of a world wheat scarcity as grain prices spurt­ ed upward in foreign and domestic markets; There Was no sign of the deluge needed to halt the steady de­ terioration in mid western fields. In effect,' the drought has taken away the income of fanners whose crops were destroyed and, by. lifting prices, has given it to those produc­ ers whose crops were successful. The advance in farm prices since the drought became a major market influence has been sensational. From June 15 to July 15* the Bureau of Agricultural Economics said, farm prices sfiowed the greatest increase for'any ?o day period since August* 1934. At mid-JUly* when prices were lower than they are now. the general level of values, the bureau said, 'was Hie beat since September 1930* and Panlies Here’s the new pencil-slim cos­ tume slip. It is accompanied by brief French panties. It moulds the figure beautifully through the bodice aiid the hips. Its unbroken line makes it per­ fect for evening frocks and par­ ticularly sheer frocks. Only two major parts to the slip. The pantie cuts all ..in one piece. It’s child’s play! Isn’t it? YouTl want to make several crepe silk sets in street length, after ypu’Ve finished . the satin crepe ankle length ensemble. And while you’re about . it, make a fbw cotton panties to wear ’neath the . form - fitting dresses of 1936. . Style No. 2916 hkdosmatsd for , sizes. 11, 13, 15 and J17T years. Size 15 requires 2% yards Of 35-inch material for full-length slip; with 1% yards of 35-ipcb ' material for parties* How to order patterns Write your auttbe aud address platniy, giving number 'gad' rise • of ’ pattern wanted. Enclose l’Sc : >a stamp* or coin (cctfn - pro- ferred); wrap, it carefully,. ami address your order' to Wilson Pattern Service* 73 West Ade- ' laado Street, Toronto. i < » ' * 't e . ' | ............................................................