HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1928-06-07, Page 6Many Species Falsely Accused
of Hurting. Crops, Fed-
eral -:Bureau Finds
..Insects Principal Food . >
'bestrueticn of . Weed Seeds is
Another Useful Habit ,
Whether_ birds are seuI 'or injurf-
o>_s,' to -crops` (1613 ends -;upon what ''they.
eat. Many birds are accused ofeat-
.ing or destroying. this or that crop•
when in reality tho accnsation is un-
founded. Because of ,this the Bureau
of. Biological Survey of the' U.S.: De-
partment of Agriculture, says,';' The.
Pathfinder," has, spent many years, in
a systematic investigation 'of the food
of those species which: are 'nest com-
mon about the farm and garden;
Within certain limits,'; says this au-
, thority birdt eat the kind of food
that. is most, accessible, especially
when their natural foods aro' scarce..
The, investigation.revealed that the
great majority of land birds.subsiet
upon insects during the pe iod'of nest-
ing.. and molting, and `also 'teed their
yiung upon them. during the first; few
weeks. ,Many species were fouird to,
live almost entirely ripen in`seets, talc'„
ing ,vegetable' food 'only when the
former were not obtainable. Because'"
of this it is difficult, to estimate -the
value' of birds to the farmer in re-
-straining the great tine of insect life.
Another useful function of birds is
the destroying of weed seeds. Ii
whiter when insects become scarce
the birds turn to vegetable food such
as seeds of weeds.•
One of, the most familiar. and wel-
come of our feathered visitors is the.
bluebird. - It is one of the' earliest
northern migrants,':and everywhere is.
hailed as a harbinger of spring. So
far as known the bluebird has never
been accused of stealing fruit or of
preying upon crops. Nearly 70 per.
-cert. of its food consists of insects
and their allies, while -over 30 per
cent. is co!ade up of. various vegetable
"•substances. But se'' -tar as vegetable
food is concerned the bluebird i5 posi-
tively harmless. The western species
of this bird is even more commend-
able in its food...habits than its east-
ern relative. '
Robin Pays Its Way
In mny parts pf the country • the
robin is one of the most cherished of
our birds. It is found throughout the
United States, far_porth through Can-
, ala and even in Alaska. The robin
is an omnivorous feeder and its
food habits, comettnies cause appre-
'tension to fruit growers. 'It is fond
of cherries and 'other small fruits.
But examinatidnof over a theusantl
stomachsshowed that mote than 42
per cent. of its food is mantel matter,
principally :insects, while the -remaind-
er is made cup largely of small fruits,
mostly wild. Although robins takeea
small' amount of cultivated fruits, it
must be remembered that they are'n
natural .enemy of the insect world,
and that they work during the whole
season' to make the crops possible.
''J tri when the fruit -ripening period
tomes they already have a standing
account with the farmer for services
rendered. '
According to a department bulletin
the very character of the food of
birds of the titniioe family .gives a
• peculiar value to their services to tile'
farmer. It, is in the winter season
that -titmice do their greatest work.
When there are no insects flying or
crawling about these birds must feed
upon such species as they find hiber-'
nating in crevices or upon the eggs of
Insects laid in similar •places. There
are seine seventeen species of titmice
In .this eountry and gs many sub-
species. Nearly 70 per cent. of their
food consists of animal matter: The
former is made up of small caterpil-
lars ami moths and their eggs.. Tit-
mice are known as chickadees. Ex -
emanation 'of the stomoalls of these
birds'revealed that they contained in-
furious insects to the 'extent of over
BO per Dent. The vegetable food or
this epodes seems to consist most of
;broken up seeds.
House Wren Friend .of Farmer
The food habits of the diminutive
house wren are entirely beneficial to
the ,armor. They live principally upon
animal food -98 per cent. insects and
their allies and only 2 per cent. vege-
table matter/ Tile haus() Wren is only
one of a munerous .group of. birds of
similar habits.
Imperial: Preference
Melbourne Herald: The next gen-
eral• -election in Groat Britahs is likely
to he fought on the question' of -Pro-
tection....
pro-tection.... if Britain has, been slower
thai we would like to respond to the
preference requests of the Dominions,,
she has made up for hen' tardiness in
other ways .. To -clay, throughout the
United Klegdom, a strong bias in
favor of purchasing Empire products
exist. itis the strength of tient senti-
ment that is promising a change in
the' British, fiscal outlook. • If the
hopes of many British and all Aus-
IAailien people aro realized, that sen-
tiutent will, heiors long, be, reduced
to a' easb• basis, to the great advan-
tage of those copr..tfios.
Cciresp®ident Sees For ;Him '
self How'Planes`Cut 3000
Miles to 31 Hours
The air mail has shortened the 3,000
miles • between few" York City and
San Francisco to31'hotirs. Mail post-'
ed in. Wall Streeton Monday morn-
ing is delivered in`, Market Street late
Tuesday afternoon., To learn how this
''.service operates The' Chrietfau .Sen
Brice Monitor sent :a stair correspond-
ent 'over the"lone iidr.e is his'aceciuilt
of what thesir- service Is doiiug and
sone of,tho plans for the near future.
all o2 great interest Gamow that Ottawa,
is considering a trans Canada air.
way,
By a Staff.Correspondent
New York—"Air Mail!"
Men'scurried io their posts in the
National Air Transport hangar: at Had-
ley" Field, N.J.. the chief air mail -
terminal of the East. An airplane
appeared{ overhead, circled the ,field;
and' droppec.,to earth with a perfect
three-point 'landing.
Tnco.men.rall out.:and led it to its
mooring. ' The others removed the:.
mail -from its -bold, and rushed it to a
station wllere,clerks =.sorted it -rapidly;
Meanwhile a mechanic was warm-
ing, up the, airplane that would soon,
leave_tor the``West on the first lap of
a flight across, the continent. 1 was
strapped into a parachute•and .11oisted:
into the front cockpit': The motor
roared. The anchor, blocks were pull-
ed away. We taxied down the' field,
;turned, and_toolc off' into the wind:'
San Francisco at that moment was.
3,000 miles ai*ay-the same `destina-
tion toward which the Pony:, Express'
raced less than, three-quarters of a
century ago. Hard -riding horsemen,
dashing over short relays, spanned
the 1,400 i'les from the end of the
railroad at St. Joseph, Mo:, to the
Golden Gate. Their'speed, thrilled the
nation; they rode it in eight days..
e
Call on 35 Meters
Comes Out of 'North
Montreal, Git,e.—Isola.teil in a far
north mission, with 'acrid 'as ISIS
only contact wltle the outside,
Father L. Ducha'_me is anxious to
get into communication with ama-1
leeirs on 05 metres.
In a letter-writtereapril 10 at the
Romain Catholic ll;ission at Chester-
field Inlet, far nit or 'c'.is West'cobol
of .lTudson' Bay, Mather Ducharme
says that he has called repeatedly1
DTI the shat `t tie - lengths but could
get no response. tis adds that he
pla'io to conic on the -air each Satnr-
Say: night- just NIS 'KDhA, Pitts
burgh, signs off i,,7/ the hope of
3ettnlg a: coats CSS..
Coast to Coast -
And now, from coast to coast; over
more than twice this distance, a letter
is delivered in 81 hours. To send a
letter winging on its way by air has
become as simple as buying a loat
of bread- at the corner grocery, and
mail- is now being carried over the
country on more than a score of air
routes. ,
I turned amid the mail sacks an'
express packages carefully stowed
before me in the cockpit and looked
at my pilot, Earl Ward, a confident -
appearing young man intent on his
Joni:
The fields of New Jersey, occa-
sional towns, the rusty hills of 'Penn-
sylvania, were flitting by in a moving
panorama. We in the plane were a
tiny world apart.
• Only two phenomena were particu-
larly noticeable. 011e was the bump-
ing oaused by, air. pockets; the other,
the desert-olear quality of the air.
At 4.20 in the afternoon the tower
of the Cleveland Union Station pierced
the horizon and soon our plane settled
on the Cleveland field. We had been
in the air three lours and a half.
"Ian 'sorry," the airport ofMeial said,
"but wee can't send you en to -night..
You see, we take the mail into ;even-
thea where we wouldn't think of send -
leg a passenger."
Air Mall Looks Ahead
In spite of the; blue sky, at Cleve-
land, there was rain" in the West.
The air mall segs all, With its elab-
orate system of radio and wire Com-
munication, it can tell exactly the
temperature, barometric pressure,
cloud height, or "ceiling," Wind ve
Molt r and visibility at any spot along
the route. '
Tate offlelal said that in Chicago
the/planes for the West would be
delayed and by taking a train I might
catch the one reserved for me. On
the way to the station the chaffeur.
told me about Pilot Ward,
"One of the crack fliers in the serv-
ice," he said. "Used to bo a lienten-
ant Inthe marines. Holds the record
between New York and Cleveland of
two litters and 26 minutes."
In Chicago I found that the west-
bound plane had left only 30 minutes
behind schedule. The management
changed my reservation to the follow-
ing day.
The next night I niet Pilot Wagner,
a one-time army flier and veteran of
seven years in the air mail service,
and "one of the best"
Wo talked of expansion and im-
provements in the service. National
Air. -Transport operating regular 'pas-
senger service tion. Chicago to Dallas,
will soon extend that service over
the C\licago-New York brench'cif the
route.
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� a i t ar�n a ftl0,
Po in s', e gemptof X1`;
+,)i$tl a i}w il: y',` of13,'30 ;
pounds al d 4 41nee weight of 5.704700.
e
Its engine was a Wasp, made by the
Pratt -Whitney Company. ' The 26
planes operated ' by the ` line art!
ahnost identical in design .and equil
inept.
Emel'gency Landing
The ship, flew so smoothly ped the
'rotor droned so soothingly tltb till`
asleep. When I ,awoke we 11I44'
circling down to the revolvingbetitg�o�ii.
en'tlre -emergency'
.field at 17,0417,04/114up"ir.
I1. Peg ahead forced us to make ole%
Ives i a0 :home in a cold littl Chao . '
until morning.
At 6 o'clock • ere went on -to tits'
eastern bank of the Mississippi,whote,
because of poor. vieitaility,, we landed
on another emergency -field eureoundod
by acres of cornstalks.. The-catebekel
drove' us'to his farm home near by
for a -substantial morning meal.
Then we were off again for \Iowa
City and Omaha, where mall andti'
gage were, transferred to another ptiW9
and -I met ply new pilot, E1,M. Allisiill,
introduced as one _of Boeing's "etas'
men.
We set out within 10 minutes and
bucked'a heavy wind to reach North.
Platte 'at 3.40 o'clock that. afternoons
The farms were laid out in neat 1601
acre squares, with fences ruining"
directly east and west, north and
South, which. is of great assistance to'
tire pilots. Two hours later the brigllta
ly painted roofs of Cheyenne wel-
comed ue. 7 '
There I' met Pilot 11. A. Collinson,
described as "an old-timer in the air •
mail in these parts and never had a
serious mishap." We took off again
immediately, Making for a break in
the fog that covered Sherman Hill.
It closed before we oould get through
and ilfr. Collinsoir wheeled back to
town. : `,
Through to Rock'Springs•
Late at night we ,got through to
Rock Springs, Wgo., the halfway point
between Cheyenne and Salt Lake. Red
lights ofitlined the fleld against a Jet
background.
We ate at Rock Springs and waited
until "Unlimited visibility" was re-
ported. In spite of that forecast, we
met a rim of fog` over the Wasatch
Mountains and climbed to 13,800 feet
to top it.
At that height' we could see over
the roof of the "stuff," as pilots, call
.all water vapor collectively. The full
moon, lighting the trumbiing mists,
transformed them into glowing, -white:
baby blankets. Mail pilots see more
of the.beauty of nature every day'than
the average city dweller in half a hen-
'dred two-week vacations,
Crossing the clouds we circled
sharply down to the field at Salt Lake
City, ,a drop of 9,400 feet. As soon
as the mail was re -sorted, we were
on our way again with a new plane
and another pilot. We sS+rh'Ped the
tops of the Ruby Mountaids so closely
that pebbles and leaves were easily
distinguishable, and then found our-
selves in Dike, Nev.
WON 14,000 -MILE RACE
' Finish Barque Hergozin Cecilia reached Cardiff 96 days out of Australia,
Below is Jennie Day, 24, an artist, who was a stowaway diseovered en the
`ship nearly starved.
Another pilot, Huking, took the ship. Ontario's Aries
He informed me that the last" pilot, - Show Progress
Ellis, could "fly anything, anywhere."
Over Mountain -Ranges
Wo Stew over mountain ranges and
tan -colored valleys, where countless.
Sheep nibbled and on above alkali
plains to Reno, with its brave green-
ery, the ail' mail gateway to the Sierra
Nevadas. There I learned that hi-
king, in spite of his seeming youth,'
had been in the aviation "game" for
12 years and knew all about aircraft,
The next pilot was C. 52. Vance.
His lap in the relay led across one of
the Most difficult and dangerous
stretches of the entire route. NSo,
You see," one of the mechanics at
Reno explained, "they were bound to
.pick an expert to fly from here to the
coast,"
Mr. Vance took us over a territory
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of
California in which. there was no land-
ing for 75 miles—only pine -covered
mountains and green ravines. Val-
leys, canyons and streams, which
never would be seen by tourists, were
it not for the air line, flitted by the
little cabin windows, all too transient
in their loveliness..
The plane came down` -for exactly
two minutes in Sacramento to drop
a packet, and then winged its way
straight to the Oakland Municipal
Airport -and journey's end,
We were 17 hours behind schedule,
but still two full' days ahead of the
mail trains.
Discounting my 24-hour stopover In
Chicago, I'had been en route just'48
hours from coast to- coast. We had
been delayed by .unfavorable weather,
but never Once' by motor or other
nteclianieal trouble. • Every link lit' the
air mail chain,clicl its 'work perfectly.
Boeing Ali:. Transport, giving mall,
express and passenger service from
Chicago to San Francisco is to in-
stall three giant passenger planes,
threeoiotored' and with accommoda-
tions for 12 persons, for week -end ex-
cursions.
x cursions.
Testing Radio Beacons;
The Department of Commerce is
experimenting with radio beacons,' to
be .placed on .efthor side of the
charted course. '
As soon as these beaconsareoper-
ating, schedules will be changed so
that the flying time froth : coast to
coast will he two nights and one day,
instead . of two days and one night,
as at present.
Seven -thirty, -our; scheduled leaning
t lie, arrived, but not the snail' from
Minneapolis. We waited. Overhead
a 500,000 candle-power revolving bea-
con shot its beau for miles. Finally
came the cry: " "Air maill" Quickly.
the sacks were stowed and we were
ole.
I found the passenger -'cabin like
the interior of a very small' coupe,
Finished iii light groan enamel, it had
a narrow, leather upin01hterech seatycle-
signed for: two lean passengers:','ih-:
down 12 1i7 27 inches inlilt into each
eloot, were aclegitate for sight-seeing.
-1 small demo heat Ming abet e and xa.,,R,+ .- ,.t• , vF h e"•,: 9,:xF'B _,.S; 7 -___- _x 1 N... P"�'.@%�-'.
ti..ar. '..'' aA,t.1's t�« Aa' b.. :.h• ;d::..,... „- :;: sw`yte -`..i; ':Mc
s. hcaten from the. exhaust ,below kept
.the little stateroom, wenn enough.
grantee' " i license, ,,r „nte,<b bY, the Aeronau-
tics rpreau of thc';Dep:irtciient of Com
Hon. Charles McCrea is Op-
timistic of Canada's Min-
eral future
-Ottawa.—During the first three
months of this year the value of
mineral output of this province had
exceeded the corresponding' months
last year by $1, 250,000, Zion. Charles
McCrea, ,Provincial Minister of Mines,
recently said. "Within the next 25
years Canada, and especially Ontario,
will have reached a degree of pros-
perity beyond the bounds of realiza-
tion at the present time," he said:
"We are only beginning to raise
the curtain upon the vast mineral re-
sources which lie beneath the great
pre -Cambrian shield of the'earth. And
fully 95 per relit. of these resources
lie wholly within Canada," lie said.
He then went on to speak of the pre -
Cambrian layer of the earth's crust as
the greatest mineral bearing stratum
known to exist in the entire world.
IIe told of properties lying in the
Province of Manitoba which contain
$500,000,000 worth of minerals, which
await the spade "of the miner.
•
Immigration .
London Morning Post (Cons.)`:
Canada 'neves more slowly titan- the
United States because she has a
smaller population. If sbe desires
to take her share in the development
of the Continent, it is a little difficult
to see why she follows her present
policy of restricting'imm'igration from
the Mother Country.
Foresees British
Industrial Revival
American Magnate Declares
Methods Will Be British
and Not American
New York.—Through business meth-
ods that will be British and not
American, the British' Empire, within
the next' 20 years..wi11 experience the
greatest ,industrial ---renaissance of
modern history. This was the opium
expressed in New 'York by Robert
W. Johnson; American industrialist
and vice-president of Johnson & John-
son, New Brunswick, N.J., on his. re -
tarn front Europe.
"My tour of English industrial cities
and my conversations with British in-
dustrialists and Parliament members
of the younger generation confirm a
conclusion to which I had been moved
by eight years' study of world markets
for American business," said John,-
son.
ohnson.
"I ani :convinced that Great Britain
is to experience the greatest industrial
revival of modern history. I feel
equally certain that the methods by
which this renaissance is to• be
brought a'lont will be typically English
and not adaptations of practices learn-
ed in, America or any other country.
Indian Gave Us Maple Sugar
The early settlers in Canada from
the Old Land learned from the Indians
the art of maple sugar making, and
indeed followed for many years
their crude methods until modern
equipment replaced ;the old. As a
matter of fact, until about 60' years
ago there was little improvement on
primitive Indian 'methods.
A Strong Addition To'Britalns Sea Power
"ODIN" iS THE NEWEST OF GREAT BRITAIN'S SUBMARINES
This undersea. craftwas laundie.21 a short, timeago at Chatham dock yards liy Mrs. Stirling,
admiral Superintendent efthe dpcicy a1•d when this pie me lues secured
wife
of ,tire
Coast Guard Cutter Mojave
Arrives at Halifax; Daily`
Broadcast Is Made
Halifax, N.S.=The woilc oaf the
international ice patrol this season
was`reviewed -hy commander Cecil M.
Gabbett, of the United States Coast
Guard nutter: Mojave, :when the vessel
put in here lifter Its 'sea0r14. tons- of
duty oil the'Grand Banks It.w;ea the,
first' time that the 'Mojave; which
alternates on patrol with the cutter
Modoc at fortnightl-y'�intervals, had
called here. Commander Labbett re-
ported that weather conditions, on the
whole, had been excellent since the
patrol was begun in March, altho}utgh,
during the, Mojave's second tour five
days of continuous fog were eneount-
r The Mojave, like the Modoc, is ellec
trically driven, andis one of the few
vessels of that type afloat. The ship
is equipped with every'madern,aid to
navigation, including- a fathometer
which tells the depth of water ,under
the vessel by means - of sound :waves.
The radio 'equipment permits'tram-
leasston of IlleSELES . over . a radius
ot112,000 miles, and daily reports are
sent to 'Washington. On her present
cruise the'Mojaye transmitted a total
of 70,000 wordsbyradio. Four broad-
casts aro sent out daily ,'to inform
steamers of the position of icebergs
south and east of the Grand Banks,.
and steamers in communication with
the cutter are requested to report the
position and description of .any other
bergs sighted. These are 'carefplly
plotted' on a chart and a complete
record is kept of the movement of the
bergs until they melt or drift out of
the trans-Atlantic steamship lanes.
From the glaciers in the far north
about 500 icebergs drift down into the
steamship lanes during a normal sea-
son, but last ysar only -350 bergs were
reported as: a result of the cool wea-
ther. It was one of these mountains
of ice into which the steamship Ti-
tanic crashed -to sink with a loss of
1,600 lives in April, 1012. It was as
a result of- that disaster that the inter-
national ice patrol was established by
the United States under an -agreement
with several other nations. As an
example of the wo awe of the patrol,
Commander Gabbett eported that on
the present cruisethe cutter received
a wireless message from a large pas-
senger liner that she was in a dense
fog and asking if any icebergs were
near by. The steamer gave her posi-
tion and sipeeda•'and by referring to
their. charts the Mojave --officers were
able to give warning that the steamer
was in danger of colliding with a large
berg. The steamer -changed her course
and the danger was thus averted.
The Mojave and the Modoc will re-'
main on patrol until the iceberg men-
ace has passed. During the patrol the
morale of the 110 members of the crew
is kept at a high point by frequent
exhibition of motion pictures and
other entertainment, and when tbe
cutter is in her home port at Boston
,dances are conducted weekly aboard
the vessel.
Veteran- Explorer of Arctic
Forgets Dispute Over
Norge Trip to Help
Fellow -Flyer
An Arctic drains, of more than
usual intensity would be produced if
Roald :Amundsen veteran Polar ex-
plorer sheukl go to the aid of.'General
Umberto :; Nobile, nowmissing- in the
dirigible Italia, since there has been=
friction between the two men over
since the famous flight ,of the' Norge
to 'the North Pole in 1026, says the
Asgociateil Press;
After the flight was all over, the
published memoirs of the two men
showod_,lhat all ,had not been smooth
between .them, Nobile as the builder
;and captain of the Norge referring to
Amundsen' as megaly a passenger,
while Amundsen accused the Italian
flyer with "attempting to appropriate
for Italy',the-last great undertaking
of his life, the flight of the dirigible
over the North Pole.
NORGI1 ALSO WAS MISSING:` '
On that trip. the Norge also was
Missing for many hours. Radio com-
munication had been maintained be
tween'the dirigible: and land stations_
until the Norge crossed the.Pole where-:
no fu,es rther messages were intercepted
g p
'or many holies the fate of the expe-
dition was unknown and the world
waited' anxiously: for news at length=
to hear that the dirigible had landed,
safely at the tiny village of Teller,
Alaska, about ninety- miles from
None. ,.
After 'that air voyage Amavndsen'
said that his exploration days were
over and recountedhis discovery of
the Northwest Passage into the Arctic
Ocean, the Northern Magnetic Pole
,and the South: Pole. '
Lincoln Ellsworth, of New York,
who had financed, at least in part, the
two air expeditions of -Captain Am-
undsen, was the first to denounee No -
bile after the Norge flight by saying'
tbat others had, been responeible for
the safe navigation of the dirigible
from Spitzbergen to Alaslca.
AMUNDSEN CRITICIZED NOBILE
For a year Amundsen had refused
to be drawn into the controversy. In
that year Nobile had been promoted
front colonel to general and was de-
corated by the Italian government
Then Aminn,clsen published his auto-
biography and dwelt at great length
on 3iobile's conduct while in the air'
over the Pole Ho said that while he
and Ellsworth had limited themselves
to two tiny Norwegien and American
flags to save weight and space, Nobile
took armfuls of small Italian flags to
oast into the air over the Pole and
finally let loose a huge flag which,
Amundsen said, threatened to tie up a
propeller.•
Britain to Compel
Food Profiteers to
Show ACCOILMIS
IRRESISTIBLE
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Paris decrees is the smartest move-
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cicledly feminine, and is irresistible
developed in sheer 'figured georgette
crepe with harmonizing bows of can-
ton faille crepe ribbon. Chanel red
georgette crepe, Marine blue silk, lus-
trous fiat 'silk crepe and black can-
ton faille crepe. Pattern in sizes 16,
18, 20 years; 36, 88, 40 and 42 inches
bust measure. Size 36 requires 2%
yards of 40 -inch material with 1%,
yards of 2011 -inch ribbon. Price 20c
tho pattern.
HOW TO. ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and address plain.,
ly, giving number and size of .such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stempt-or coin (coin ;.referred; wrap
itcarefully) for eailt number and
address your order to Wilson aPettern
Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto,
Patterns sent by return mail.
•
I1Hternational Finance
• London Referee (Cons.): 'There:
will soon be no tine: in control of
oreciil who Isnot also; an international.
financier. Are iut'ernational finan-jI
ciers desirable custodians of. tine fate
of ciatioiis? " Will their activities tend.
,to worldtpeace or to world war? Ob -i
Serve Trow two groups of thein isve,'
one another when they fall ut! Ob
serve their callousness towards' colli,
Lontlon.—The Governlnent has de-
cided to 'compel merchaltte to disclose
then• accounts where food profiteer-
ing is charged.
Replying to questions In the House
of Commons regarding the difiicplty
in obtaining information experienced
by 'the Food Council, the official bod3c
commissioned to investigate prices,
Stanley Baldwin, the Premier, said:
"The Government 1s prepared to give
the Food Council all the support re-
quired to enable them to obtain es-
sential information, and they are so
informing the council. Unless, there
fore, within a reasouable period, the
requisite information is supplied by
those traders who have so far failed
to do so, the Government proposes to
ask Parliament to grant the necessary
powers."
This announcement is'understood to
mean that the Food Council may be
armed -with authority to compel the
attendance of witnesses and the pro-
duction of books, refusal carrying-
penalties
arryingpenalties of a fine and imprisonment.
Scots Australians
Tour Industrial
Towns in Britain
Plymouth, Eng.—Six hundred Scot-
tish Australians have arrived hero for
a tour of British industrial towns.
Every 'one is of Caledonian descent,.
aril the tour will end in Scotland after
visits to ]ixeter, Salisbury, London,
York, Newcastle and Scottish towns,
finishing 1n. Inverness. .Each indi-
vidual. selected has been successful
in his particular calling.
Sugar, cotton and 'fruit growers
from Queenslandwheat heat farmers from
South and Western, Australia, Victoria
wool farmers, wool mamtfacturers,
cattlemen, • timber merchants, dish
eanhers, iron and steel diasters from
the big cities are mixed with bank-
ers, 'merchants and industrial saless
men-
ante
ien.,.aTrio object of the visit Is to bring
similar typos of business men in the
British" Isles into contact for their
mutual benefit. " It is also felt that
actual testimony from those who.
have succeeded will do mutclr to dispel
misgivings among possible intending
entigraiits:
• The American Move
Loncion Times (Ind): The United
States Is for the first time for years
entering upon an international negotf-
ations. That is all the greater roe•
son why the ;British - Government
should' strongly support this initiative,,,
Cariadlu Boys Win Cup. in
�. Shoot
London.—Canada won the. Ring's
Special Challenge Trophy for 1927
in the iiiniature'rifle shooting
con -
Petition for boys, of the British
ifiMpirc:-Canada's average' for 3,000
boys who competed Was 79.2 pointe
nut of a possible 100.
munities yvheii they work together;