HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-01-22, Page 7British Mountain Climbers
To Attempt "Home of Gods"
Expedition Planned Early This: Year to Scali Second Highest
.:Peak in Empire
London,—A group of British moun-
tain climbers is planning a new at-
-tempt to reach the home of the Bud
•dhist gods,
Plansarealmostcomplete for an ex-
pedition early iu 2931 to Mount Hemet,
in the Himalayas, second highest peak
in the British Empire, and yet un-
ecaled. to the climbers Succeed they
will have reached a higher eummft
khan any other Party,
Led by Frank,Srnythe,.a member of
the expedition which was defeated on
T{incheujunga slopes last year, the
party will leave London for India late
in February.
Mount Kamet, 25,431 feet high, is
-one of the loftieetof the western Hint-
alayan range, Other attempts to male
it have ,been made, .but the••most duc
cessful•did not reach within 2;000 feet
of the .top.
Smythe will be accompanied by
Squadron Leader E, B. Beauman, R. L.
Holdsworth and Dr. Raymond Green,
of Oxford,
"We shall • start from Atmore at the
east base of the mountain." Smythe`
said, "We shall, of course, have to
encounter the opposition of supersti-
tion.
"Buddhists believe that the moun-
tain tops are the homes of the gods
and that a strange race of extraordin-
ary ape -like man—the snowmen—in-
habit the mountains. I hope to be able
to break down these beliefs."
Flowerpot Island
To Be Reinf it reed
'Ottawa Acts to Protect Land
From Erosion in
Georgian Bay
Ottawa. :.Flowerpot Island. in Geor-
,gian Bay has beenturned over, to
the National Parks.` Branch of the
Department of Interior. Itis situated
at the north end of. Bruce Peninsula
.and is known as Flowerpot because of
`two rock formations that resemble
huge Rower .pots, They have been
formed by erosion of,the waves and
have trees growing ou.thetop. The
'parks branch will reinforce the "Flow
ergots" as their bases are In danger
.of being entirely eaten away by the
action of the .waves.
The island contains 475 acres and
will be left in its present wild state,
-except that 'shelters and other accom-
modations for campers will be pro -
Tided, The lighthouse and lighthouse.
keeper's, home will not be disturbed;
the portion of the Island they occupy
wilt remain- the property of the De --
pertinent of 'Marine.
The National Park will now have
'25 or 20 Islands in Georgian Bay for
the use of the public, Flowerpot
Island was surrendered by the Chip.
pewa Indians iu 1956 and has been
heel in trustrecently by the Depart-
ment of Indian Affairs; to which the
parks branch will pay $165 for it.
:Farmer Finds Diamond
Worth a Fortune
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil—A muni-
ficent blue -white dialnoud, weighing
51 carats, has been found accident-
ally' by a ;poor field worker near the
village of Belisle, State of Goyas, who
,gold it
for less than1
0 000 to some
e
wealthy farmers of the Araguaya
Itiver'diamorid district. The unique
'stone was later resold to a Rio dia-
mond merchant, its price not being
disclosed, It had to be cut; in two
sizes, the. largest weighing 20 carats
and the smaller 10.
This Is not the first large diamond
found in Brazil. Since the first dia-
snonda were discovered in 1725, Btu -
',ellen mines' have yielded numerous
!matchless atones, The crown stone
of Portugal, known as the Braganza,
was discovered' in Brazil, on the
!slopes of the Rambo Mountains, State
of Minas Geraes. It has the fabul-
ous weight of 1680 carats. The
famous "Star of the South" which
}weighs 12532 carats and which be -
gongs to the Gaekwar of l3aradio,
Was discovered in 'fie Bagagetn dna
tnond district, and weighed 2558'
Carats before cutting. It is one of
the most marvelous gems of Its kind,
hreing valued at over $100,000
Among the (most important recent
discoveries, the matchless pink ala-
rm -end "Southern Cross" stands out.
The purchasers of this stone say It
Is the largest pink diamond in the
;World. . It was found July, 1929, in
the Abaete River diamond district,
Mivas Geraes, and weighs 115 carats.
;.t'he stone is still uncut.
Ottawa Seismograph
Registers Earthquake
Ottawa.—An : earthquake of four
hours' duration was registered on the
Seismograph at the Dominion Experi-
mental Farm Observatory her the
Morning, of January 2nd. Tdie quake,
whose epicentre was estimated to be
2,530 miles distant from the Capital,
;was described bythe seismologist as
severe. Owing to the light: character
of :the preliminary tremors, it was im-
lsossibie to determine the direction
(From here of the quake's origin,,
Australia to Limit
Alien Immigration
Canberra, Australia.' --The Govern-
ment has decided to restrict alien im-
migration' until the country's position
improves sufficiently to warrant the
li€ting of the ban.
' The Commonwealth wishes to co-
operate with all countries 'concerned
and has notified the shipping com-
panice that it is undesirable to give
facilities to immigrants for travel to
Australia.
Apart from British imntigrante, only
those already possessing Permits is-
sued oa behalf of the Government will
be permitted' to enter the country.,
Tourists and business men -will not be
affected.
•
Toronto to Have
Huge Telescpe
Astronomical Observatory -
Will Be Erected By Mrs.
D. A. Dunlap
Toronto. An astronomical observa-
tory which will be one of the finest in
the world will bo erected in- Toronto
in the near future, according to a re-
cent announcement by Prof. C. A,
Chant, head of the Department of As-
tronomy, University of Toronto. The
observatory erected by Mrs, D.
A. Dunlap., and her son, D. Moffat Dun-
lap, as a memorial to the late David
A. Dunlap, who died six years ago and
will be known as the -"David Dunlap
Observatory."
The outstanding feature of the ob-
servatory will be a large reflecting
telescope 74 inches in diameter.'rhere
Is only one of greater aperture in the
world, that on Mount Wilson in Cali-
fornia. The instrument is already un-
der construction in England, and will
be homed in a circular metal building.
The building will -be erected near the
city on large acreage to -be converted
into s park, -and the 'park •itself will
be known as David Dunlap Park. The
observatory will be under the depart-
ment ofastronomy, of the.university,
while the faculty of forestry will be
in charge of development of the mark
Astronomy and geology were both
favorite studies of the Iate David Dun-
lap,but the former had a Peculiar
attraction for him. Ile was a keen
student of the heavens. The newpro-
ject, Prof. Chant stated, has-been un-
der consideration for the last • five
years,` and will •nowel a brought to com-
pletion. In working out the plans,
Mrs. Dunlap has had the assistance of
Professor Chant, one of Canada's best
k on
u ttnastronomers.
Telegraph ileo
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Sing Weather Note
Like the proverbial squealof the pig
fn the packing ']souses science final-
ly has found aues even Lor the singing
sound of telegraph wires -in the wind.
At a recent meeting of the Academy
of Sciences, in Paris,. M. Albert No-
don, already knownfor researches in
weather science and in "radio, des-
cribed a way of, using this singing of
the wires to forecast the weather. If
two reasonably long wires are strung
on pole lines, at right angles to each
other, : one wire running north. and.
south, . for example, while . the other
wire runs east and west, it is noticed,
M. Nodon reports, that thesinging of
one of these wires represents at any
one instant, a different intensity or a
different musical note from the singing
of the other wire. Usingspecial eiec-
trio recorders to keep track of these
variations, M. Nodon found that they
correspond almost exactly with the
arrival of oceanic or other storms.
Sound waves or air currents front the
storms themselves cannot explain the
phenomena, M . Nodon states, for the
wires begin .to sing while. the storm
still is scores or hundreds of miles
away. The'teue mechanism, hebe.
neves, is that electric charges in the
atmosphere In advance of a storm set
the wires into vibration as a result of
electro -static oharges on the clouds or
ets on the plains and prairies long
the ground. Amateur weather proph-
have claimed that telegraph wires sing
before a storm, only to be ridiculed by
weather experts, Now M. Nodon
brings them'the beginnings of vindica-.
tion,..
Swans
Seven swans, like galleons,
Came sailing by today,
Seven yellow beaks over seven white
throats,
Down among the mud -banks and bones
of old boats, • `
Thinking all the time of 'their quiet
castle moats
Where' the cbol-leafed, broad -leafed
water Illy floats:
Seven swans, like galleons,
Came sailing by today,
Creamcurving necks' like the prows
of stately ships, '
In among the dead wharves and San-
- grene-rotten ships.
Thinking all the time of where the
placid willow •elps,
Aad the : rainbow -flashing, lightning-
dashing
ightningdashing kingfisher dips.
—John Desmond Sheridan, iu- Every-
man.
Einstein's Workshop In California
Mount• Wilson Observatory,, near Pasadena, Cali 1., inside which is, 100 -inch telescope, where Prof.
Albert Einstein will carry on his research, work wh Ile' on life visit to California.
Gold Crisis Parley
Opens in Paris
Paris -The 'problem of gold re-
serves, which is<troubliug both France.
and England, the former because
they are too 'aria, the latter because
they are too small, is being discussed
by treasury •representatives of the
Frenoh and British Governments, who
are meeting .in Paris for a series of
preliminary discussions,, leading, to a
later conferenoe in London. While
France has been accumulating the
world's second largest gold 'reserve,
therehasb,een'.a.simultaneous drain
on British gold stocks, and the pree-
ent, conversations are being under-
taken with a view to tire best means
whereby the two countries' can co-
operate to solve their respective
problems.
It is now generally recognized that
the Bank of France has been for
some 'info seeking means. to prevent
a turther influx of gold, it is said,
which has.. not come about through
any desire to accumulate vast stocks,
but from natural economic causes.
The -manager of the Paris branch of
the Westminster Foreign Bank, in a
statement to the ooutinental edition
of the Daily Mail, declares that the
only real remedy appears to be the
r i
increase of Frontal fo a gn invest-
ments,
uest-
v
ments, which he considers imminent.
There .is no doubt that, should
Franco -British conversations result in
a better distribution of gold, an Im-
portant step would have been taken
toward amelioration of economic on
dations in Europe generally;
Solitude '
By BETTY GOURRE (Toronto) ..
0- blessed- Solitude!
Midst jostling crowds,
That press upon each side,
The hostile eyes,
That stare,
These 'strangers
Everywhere.
How I long to be alone,
Leave the busy towns 'behind,
And, in solitude
True friendship find.
0! blessed quiet!
Away front noisy cars,
That throng the roads,
The chattering, the talk,
Of the people, as they walk,
How I long to be alone,
Leave the noisy towns behind,
And, in perfect ,quietness,
True peace find.
Linen as made to -day is not as good
as the material turned out 7,000 years
ago, according to some experts,
Aviators Have
Battle With
Coyotte in 'Plane
Belle Fourche, S.D,—Details of a
battle between two aviators and a
wounded coyote in au airplane above
a Dakota Prairie Were told. .recently
by Clyde Ice,. aviator.
With a' gunner as his companion,
Ice was cruising over the prairie
when the coyote :was ,sighted and shot
from the plane. The aviators land-
ed, tossed the animal into the cock-
pit and took off.
As the Plane attained altitude, the
coyote suddenly revived and attack-
ed the gunner. He fought with his
bare hands and waa severely• bitten.
Ice left his controls a moment and
joined in the battle:
The plane began to fall and spin
while to the cockpit both men fought
the beast.
Finally Ice; struck` the 'coyote on
the head with a wreneh and return-
ed to the.. controls in time to 'prevent
a crash. He also suffered severe
lacerations.
The aviators toot no more chances.
The coyote was thrown overboard.
and they lauded to have their wounds
dressed.
Communication in the
Far North
The Canadian Air Mail Service es-
tablished a record for communtcatiou
with Canada's Northland, when the
through initial mail 'flight from Mc-
Murray, Alberta, to Aklavik, N.W.T.,
was completed in eleven hours run-
ning time—a distance of 1,676 miles.
The revolutionary speed of this ac-
compilshment, as compared with for-
mer methods of laud and water com-
munication, may be gauged when it
is pointed out that the scheduled
time of the winter service was for-
merly about 73 days between the
points mentioned and the summer
service 15 days.
Empire Reforestation
Canada is yearly playing a bigger
part in Empire reforestation. Fifty-
tliree per cent. of the tree seed ex-
ported from the Dominion has gone to
Great Britain, 40 per cent, to New Zea-
land, and the remainder to Australia,
Ireland and other parts of the Empire.
During the past 10 years the British
Forestry Commission has Planted 140,-
000 Acres of softwoods, the greater
part of the seed having been sent from
Canada.
Canadian Paintings
Go To Argentina
Seventy-five. Pictures Taken
Mainly From National
Gallery Collection
Ottawa. --Canadian art will be ex-
hibited at the British Empire Trade
exposition which is to be held at
Buenos Aires during the months of
March and April next year. Through
E, L. McColl, Canadian Trade Com-
missioner in the Argentine capital
space has been set aside in the Can-
adian section and a group of 75 Can-
adian paintings will be displayed.
Those pictures have been taken main-
ly from the National Gallery collec-
tion.
1931 Exhibition:
The 1921 exhibition of the National
Art Gallery wll lbe opened formally
by His Excellency the Governor-Gen-
eral on January 15, it was announced
here recently. Unless Lord Willing -
don remains in Canada for the open-
ing of the next session of parliament,
Mei function will probably be his last
public one u this country.
There will be the customary exhi
• bition of Canadian art, the collection
vbeing more nationally representative
this year than previously. Every pro-
vince of the Dominion will have re-
presentation, it was declared"
Ontario House Will
Open 'February 12
• Toronto.—The Ontario Legislature
will open on Thursday, Feb. 12, Pre-
mier George S. Henry announced re-
cently. It is expected the hous will
sit for six weeks and be adjourned be-
fore Easter,
The date set for the opening is that
Immediately following the polling day
for the by-elections in Hamilton West
and Grenville; the former made :va-
cant by the death of Hon. Fred T.
Smye, minister without portfolio, and
the latter by the resignation of Hon.
G. Howard Ferguson, on his.appoint-
ment to the Canadian High Commis-
sionership in London,
Canada's 1930 Field Crops
Ottawa,—The total value of Can-
ada's principal field crops in 1930 is
estimated at 9629,146,000, compared
with $948,981,400 in 1929, and 91,125,-
003,000 in 1929, according to an esti-
mate in the crop report of the Do-
minion BureauofStatistics, Value of
the wheat crop last year is placed at
9173,589,000, compared with 9519,718,-
000
519;18,000 In 1929.
World's Fastest Flying Boat
England's new air scout claimed to Me the large
boat, The Sydney weighs about 10 tense
and fastest all -metal military monoplane
yang
Canadian hnports
Touch Billion Mark
Domestic Exports Estimated
to Total $900,000,000
for Year
BASIS OF 11 MONTHS
Ottawa, Jan, let. --When returns are
all in for 1930 it is estimated teat the
total impute of Canada will be found
to ,leave reached a value of just over
one billion dopers. The value of do-
mestic goods exportedfrom the Do-
mtu3on will probably amount to about
nine hundred million dollars,
Figures covering the trade of Cana-
da for 11 months of the calendar year
are. now available. They show that,
up to the end of November the Do.
iniuion° imported 'goods valued at
9948,141,545. During the same 11-
month period experts from Canada
reached a value of $819,086,698. These
totals constitute a considerable falling
off from the corresponding 11 months
of 1929 when imports amount to 91,-
214,627,537, and exports to 91,093,891,-
058,
1,093,891;058,
In order to arrive at an estimate of
Canada's trade for the calendar year
it is useful to turn back to the figures
of imports and exports for December,
1929, and make them the basis of the
estimate for the month just ended. In
December of last year the Dominion's
imports of foreign goods were valued
at $84,365,165, Domestic exports were
valued. at, 988,520,355. Taking into
consideration the general failing off to
trade, it is estimated that both imports
and exports during the present month
will approximate sixty-four millions.
This figure added to the known totals
for the 11 months gives total imports
of approximately 91,012,000,000 and
total exports of aPproximateiy 9883,-
000,000.
Total Tax Revenues
The total customs, excise and in-
come tax revenues for the 11 months
of the past calendar year, that is up
to November 30 last, 'vas 9302,036,000.
During the corresponding period of
1929 it was $3.75,090,695. Again De-
cember figures are not available, and
the total for that month must neces-
sarily be estimated- During December
1929, customs and excise net revenue
amounted to 923;831,187, while income
tax revenue totalled 9611,293. This
was a total national revenue, front.
these sources, of 924,442,480, With
the decrease in trade it is elpected
there will be a falling -off in customs'
revenue during the past month, des-
pite the higher tariff' schedules.. How-
ever, should customs, excise and in-
come tax last month approximate the
corresponding month a year ago and
Yield 24 million, the total revenue
from these sources for the calendar
year would be iu the neighborhood of
"Ft00t0benc0alendar year, 1929, q
customs
and excise net revenue amounted to
9330,247,881, while income tax yielded
to the extent of e69,285,295. This was
a total of 9399,533,176.
King George Answers
Lord Mayor's Message
Sandringham, Eugland.—The King,
in answering New Year's greetings of
the Lord Mayor, addressed the foiloce-
ing message to citizens of Loudon:
"Pray assure Londoners that I re-
ciprocate their warm greetings, I am
touched by their Idndly aliusipns in
their message to my complete restora
tion to health, for which I am thank-
ful to God.
'While I am hopeful for satisfac-
tory results from the recent import-
ant conferences, the most sanguine
minds cannot fail to realize the diffi-
culties and anxieties' which confront
us at home and overseas,
"All the more, we must stand united
with the people resolutely determined
to find and follow the sure road which
leads the Empire to lasting peace and
prosperity"
Unmarried Workers'
Wages Cut in Chile
Santiago, Chile: A decree by Don
Rodolfo Saramtllo, Finance Minister,
on Dec. 30, fixed the 1931 budget at
1,054,036,714 pesos, approximately
9127,000,000, for expenses, and "esti-
mated 1,039,617,387 as receipts. The
apparent deficit is more than over-
come by the aider for a 15 per cent.
reduction in salaries forall unmarried
public employees.
Canada Leads World
With Hydro Electrics
Ottawa—With 91,000,000,000 invest-
ed in electric stations Canada emerged
from 1930 one of the world's leaders
in water power development,
The Department of the Interior esti-
mates a maximum of 43,000,000 horse-
' power could be generated from Cana-
dian rivers and turbines totaling : 6,-
000,000 horsepower have already been
installed, most of them in the past de-
cade,
Four Travel Cheaply
Air -minded parties offour will soon
be able to make trips from Manches-
ter, England, in a specially fitted air-
plane at a lower rate than from any
other airport in Great Britain, The
rate will be 8d. a mile for Parties of
four, and the new plane which North -
era Air Lines are putting on will have
luxurious seating arrangements and a
special heating and ventilating sys-1
tem,
Gt. Britain Leads
In Shipbuilding
Tonnage in 1930 Falls Below
1929 Total, However
The shipbuilding returns of Lloyd's
Register for the quarter ending Sept.
30, 1930, which . have just been pub-
lished, show that the tonnage of mer-
chant shipping under construction in
Great Britain and Ireland, namely, 1,-
116,746, is not only 275,317 tons less
than that in hand at the and of the
Previous quarter, but is 331,609 tons
less than that under construction on
Septa 30, 1929:
It le, however, sonic slight consola-
tion to find that thetonnage under
construction in foreign countries on
Sept, 30 last—namely, 1;452,290—bas
also declined by some 213,000 tons, as
compared with the total at the end of
the previous quarter: The total for all
foreign shipbuilding countries, with
teeexception of those for France and'.
Italy, show more or less substantial
declines.
Great Britain and `Ireland occupied
first place. Italy moved up to second
place with 315,940 horsepower; the
United States was third with 242,514
horsepower; Germany fourth, with
241,895 horsepower and 'Prance fifth
with 151,209 horsepower, Denmark
and Sweden each contributed upward
of 100,000 horsepower, iu conclusion,
it should be pointed out that the ton-
nage figures quoted above are gross
tons, and that am account has been
taken in the returns of vessels of less
than 100 tons gross.
How to Exterminate ,
Weeds In Garden Paths
Brisbane, Queens.—Weeds 3n paths
can be exterminated by means of a
spray that can be obtained at any
florist. Some weeds are more easily
exterminated than others. Nut grass
and oxalis are among thosethat are
hard to eradicate. Nut grass grows
and spreads in summer in Australia,
while oxalis flourishes in winter, in
the State of Queensland.
Nut grass has nuts growing on a
string -root, sometimes, as many• as
four nuts on one string that may ex-
tend clown into the ground 18 Melee
or two feet, Oxalis is a pretty' little
plant with a blue Sower; the root is
composed of a transparent carrot -
shaped substance on the top of which
grow several small bulbs, all of which
when spread over the surface form
other oxalis plants.
Another way to exterminate these
weeds in a path is to dig a little earth
away from each weed, put in a irand-
ful' of rough salt; then pour in some
water, and in time the weed will with-
er away.
ith-eraway Sometimes theproaess musi
be'repeated two or three times.
A method that is .both slow and
laborious is to dig the weeds out with
a fork. It is also advisable
to do so
before spraying or salting, as then it
is only the strongest and 'worst 1veeds
that have 16 be dealt with. Another
way to get rid of the weeds is to put
hi a four -inch concrete path,
Flower or other beds should be
weeded by digging them up. If there
is .nut grass and the soil is flue and
dry it can be screened, a screen with
a,three-eighths mesh being: used. A
satisfactory way of keeping nutgrass
and other weeds from spreading is
to grow annuals or carpet' plants.
When the plants are massed thickly
the weeds have less chance of growing
vigorously.
Still another idea is to keep the
weeds front growing inland gtegudeu preventing h r reventing the
thus s
wind from carrying the seeds into the
garden. — "The Christian Science
aro nitor."
Echoes of Fashion
The latest feminine touch to one's
wardrobe is the trimmed hat. Hats
for dressy wear are bedecked with
ostrich, either In a group of tiny tips,
or with the long plume. The ,more
tailored hat shows a contrasting trim
of either cocques or quills -
Stiff velvets are a fashion feature in
the ultra -evening gowns for the "com-
ing-out eneentble. A fitted line
Teaches well below the hip, which'
breaks Into a decided fullness accen-
tuated
ccentuated by the stiffness ofr#ire fabric,
A metalling wrap 0$, clinging ycleet
lies dollar and cliffs triinnieed with tae
starched velvet,
Alpaca mohair is an important ma-
terial for amid -season resort wear, and
will continue its popularity. into the
spring. It comes in various patterns.
but of selfe6lor, For the three-piece
costumes it is considered very chic.
Shoes cud bags are also being made
of this material.
Aluch handwork is seen on the net'
sports togs. hand -crochet mesh lace
is shown in conjunction with linen
and silk. Deep yokes are featured, as
Well as tricky belts and cnffs.
A clergyman recently gave a young
woman of his accivaiutance.a very bad
quarter of a,n hour. On her wedding
day he sent her a telegram which, as ,
received, rant "Johne iv, 18." On loole-
Ing up the text the girl was horrified
to read; "For thou hast had five hue -
bands; and Zee whom thou now hast is
not tby husband. After they had ee-
sto;ed the young woman to conscious-
nese, inquiry was made atthe tele-
graph office, when it was found that
the operator 11ad omitted the letter or
numeral indicating the first Epistlg.'
Jofeaxhn.I" E. iv, 15 Toads: "There is no fear •
in love; but perfect lora casteth out