The Seaforth News, 1932-01-14, Page 3tts
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THURSDAY; JANUARY 14, 1932.,
THE SEAE9RTH NEWS
TO SAVE A LIFE
Late at night, a child seriously ill with pneumonia was threatened with an attack of the dread
infantile paralysis. The family doctor immediately telephoned to the London Institute of Public Health,
stating that if he could obtain the serum that night the child's life might be saved. The C.N.R. was
appealed to by Long Distance telephone, and the train at London and the connecting one at Stratford
were held.
Before dawn in Seaforth the London doctor arrived. The Long Distance telephone calls in the dead
of night from the child's bedside, the prompt action of the London doctor. and the ready aid of the railway
company undoubtedly saved a life.
NEW ENTRANCE REGULA-
TO1NIS,FOR WEST HURON
Commencing this year, Phe' prin-
ciple of promoting students from pub-
lic and separate schools to high
schools on the principal's recommen-
dation, without- the necessity of an
examination, will be (adapted in the
inspectorate of :West Huron, with
certain limitations, This policy has
been in force in city schools for some
years, Ins,p'ector- E. 'C. Beacom, sec-
retary of Goderich and Exeter High
ISandol Entrance Boards; has issued
the following circular on this subject:
"I am instructed by the Gbderieth
and Exeter High Schools Entrance
Boards to inform you that at a recent
meeting of these Board's., the principle
of admitting candidates to High
School on the recommendation of the
,principal, has been approved.
"The following conditions must be
fu10lled in order. that the privilege of
passing candidates onthe principal's
recommendation may 'be granted to
any school
"1. That the instruction I' in the
subjects of G'reu;p 1 ('Art, Hygiene,
Nature Study or Agriculture) shall
be .satisfactory to the Inspector, and
in addition at least 20 specimens of
the recommended pupils work in Ar't
shall be submitted lwith the Princi-
pal's reconnunendation.
"2, IThat any candidate from a
s'ch'ool not complying with the above
condition shall be required to write
an ' esearnin ation isi the subjects of
Group 1, the place and date of such
examinations to be announced by the
Entrance ,Boards in accordance with
the regulations.
"3, That the Principal' shall have
had at least two years' successful ex"
'perience in tihe inspectorate in the
:preparation of candidates fors the En-
trance examinations,
"4. That the Plrinlcipal's recom-
mendations as submitted on Form14
in former years, shall have ,been sat
isfaotary, (and " in su,bstan'tiai accord-
ance with the results of the Ent-
rance examinatian,
"S. That net more than 60% of
the candidates be admitted on the
recommendation of t'he Pisi,neipais,
or such a percentage as the Entraince
IB'oard!s May decide in the, •case of
each school,
"6, 'T'hat at least two candidates
:from each School- shall' take the writ-
ten Deperltmemtal examinations,
"Princip'al's 'will take special care to
the tests given during the year in or-
der that question or answer papers
or marks obtained on 'these tests may
be avai'lable i'f .required by the In-
spector or,. the Entrance Board.
"The prin'cipal's recommended list
in the case :of school's 'where the above
'con'ditions are fulfilled, •shall be - stfb
'witted' on'Fo.rm'14 in the usual way.
This, list,' acconi'pani'i'ed by the pupils'
work lin. Art, must be •forweirded to.
reach the inspector not later than
June ist.
"No announcements of rec'ommene
dations are to'be 'made to the pupils
by :the principals until authorized•' by
'the Entrance Board.
!This scheme will apply toall
schools, .and will be effeotive for the
11I-igh' S'c'hool Entrance Examination;
held in ,wane, .1939.,
POIRT AND STARBOARD. is done by a 'competent mechanic, but
A curious custom of B'ritis'h sea- that it is `done the pr'ope'r manner.
Men is likely soon to be changed. If 'Hector Gabezzana tells how this
a captain wants to turn his ship to should be done. `
starboard the instruction of the "The 'motorist who would have his
helmsman is "Port your helm," and engine in proper shape," he shays,
vice versa. The custom has been in, "should• bear in mind that the. ideal
use so long that its -origin hes been engine tune-up requires attention to
lost. No one kontws :why the sea -dog plugs, ignition •calbles and batteries,
calls one thing when he •means an- distributor contact p'oin'ts, spark tim-
other. T,h'e change to a simple 'right' ing, valve clearance and carburetor, It
or 'left' is enmbodied in a bill nowt be- is -futile to hope to put an engine in
fore the iBritis•h Parliament to give first-class shape by adjusting orre-
effect to tire Internnational-C'onven:tion placing any one of these itent's with-
for the Safety .of Life at Sea and the out attending to the others,
!International Load Line Convention, "It 'is true thalt',much better' .per -
Su• the House of Lords the change'farm'ance will be obtain'e'd if all the
was bpp'osed by (Earl of Inchcape, other operations are attended 'to at
one of the greatest authorities on the time the plugs are changed. And
shipping in the 'Empire. He said that when valves are 'lashed, when breaker
a petition had been signed' by 3,590 points are cleaned or replaced, the
captains, officers and pilots in the other item's ie the tune-up. .cycle
merchant service against the proposed sbou'Id inspected. A complete job
change and that 'there, lead- been no must be done.
real ,call for it except from one or two. An engine tune-up operation can be
small foreign ; shipping . countries. Lt likened -to a 'car wash. No one would
was pointed out that the omission of wash the body of a car and leave the
the 'clause and the refusal to , alter wheels, fenders and interior un -
present 'helm orders would be an an-, touched and cell it a complete- jab.
nouncement to -the world that Great "The correct engine tune-up is a
Britain was not ready to come into an sequenceaffair dnvo0vi-ng six opera -
.international convention 'for the Safe- tions, as foliotwsi
ty of Life at See. Earl Jellicoe was 1. Spark plugs -big .'check for cor-
strongly in favor of the change and reef type of plugs, :.check , for gap,
was convinced ,that 'when the new sys- using feeler guage. .,
tem 'had been in use a' short time it "2. Ignition cable -check far .deter -
would be asked why on. earth they did :oration' ar breaks. ,B'attery checks -
not adopt it long ago. He said ,that 'electrolyte for density and.,; levels,
the present system was o'bvious'ly check for loose connections and, car
quite a wrong method' of giving ord-
ers and then discio'sed a little naval "3. Distributing check -breaker
secret. 'Its dangers so impressed` hlm Point ,gap, use ,feeler guage. Replace
that, when in the navy .they took to points- if pitted or worn too much.
conning ttheir ships from the top e of "5. Valve clearance -check for pro -
the stand'ar'd' compassplatform out 'of Per lash, use feeler gu'age.
sight' of the wheel, he' in'sis'ted on hay- 6. Carburetor-setid'liutg speed and
ing a hole cut in .the platform •so that adjust `' carburetor exactly in accord-
th•e officer giving the order to the mice with in'structions furnished by
helmsman could see that he was put- car's manufacturer."
ling the Ihehn the 'way it was wanted. This advice is well <worth, re'mem-
IWheu he was responsible for the fit- bering. It .sblould be foiio0ved' when-
ting "up of all ships under .contract he ever you feel your motor getting'slug-
in's'isted an th'at'.ho'le ,being .cut; He 'gis'h, when a tinkling knock ap'pear's
thought that at sinuil'ar precaution Under a pull, or when, you '''find you
might be taken, if necessary, when the have to shift into a lower gear going
change was made, "All an officer Cad Ire :a hill which ordinarily is pie to
to •do when he wanted the ship's head 'the- )motor.
to gra to the right was to say `right' When you d'o' take the car tog a
ar 'starboard,' The Earl added that if mechanic and ask Mint to tune it up,
the officers did not get into the new it wood • be best to. click with him
'sys'te'm in .a week he would be very: the operations he will perform' with
much surprised, . th'os'e given here and see 'that he does
j them in the order suggested.
Uncle Will 'had sentlittle Mabel a This is the result of considerable'
e
bottle of lavender, water. study in spare p•eriods,aesd experience,
{
Well, Mabel," he said., "Trow did and is worth follo'win'g
you like the perfume' I sent you?"
"Int was all- r'igh't,'.' conceded the
child, "but II 'like lemonade better."
OLD PLUGS.
Aithough nisi oh has been done to
encourage motorists to change spark
plugs after 3,550 m'iles of driving
the 'owner should not stop' at this
alone, if he would have' a well -'tuned
and serviceable' engine.
IIn fact there is a series of opera-
tions that go 'together and that should
be attended ,to at regul'airin'terva'ls, hi
order to snaiin:fain 'highest 'possible ,ef-
fi,c'tency in the motor. This series is
covered by the word tune -tap, arhd ;int-
clud,es eve'ry't'h'ing from ch'an'ging
plugs to adjusting the carliuretor.
Not only is it 'essential to see that this
Dr. FORBES 'GOIDFREY DEt,AD,
Forbes Elliott ,G,od'frey, 'w'ho
held a seat in t•he provincial legisla-
ture for a longer continuous period
than any other member, held the .port-
folio of health and labor ,in the 'Fergu-
son administr'at'ion, and pioneered' the
enactment .of anti -tuberculosis (and : in-
dnistrial 'he'al'thlegislatio'n., died ''on.
Jan26th at his home in Miandco,.', He
was in has 6511 year. His death` o'f1-
lowed a lin'gerin'g illness during ,which
he refused to admit the ;growing Seim -1
ousness'of his condition• and insisted
on visiting mahy of . his ipatien'ts. Ten
days' previous to his death he .was
forted bo take to bed, His once ,sittsrdy
cons•tittttiee had been undermined by
the ravages of anaelrnua, Dr, Warren
Snyder, the ht' band of his only child,,
vas: with him constantly_ until the
end. Forbes Godfrey was born in
York township on 'larch 31, 18618,
son of the late Robert Godfrey, a
'former' illethodist ' minister, Shortly
afterwards, the family moved to
Owen 'Sound, where, he ,obtained his
e°ducation, Attar- graduating: as a doc-
tor he established a practice tit
ico, and in 1907 mitered the political
contest of -West York as a Conser-
vative' candidate, and entered the
'Legislature. In 192'3 'he was appoint-
ed minister -of health and labor under
Hop. G. Howard Ferguson ]Because
of i11 health he resigned the 'pgrtfolio
-in September of last year and since'
that time'`' had .declined steadily in
health,
FACE M'URDE'R -CHARGE,
'Charged with murder, three men,
:Hector Sharp, ,Graben..Bryson and
tolnn Glendenning, were arrested in
(Toronto. The change was laid in eon-,
nection with the death of 'Fung Lap
Yen, %Chinese restaurant' proprietor,
who died on 'December 31st from in-
juries received the day previous, when
he remonstrated haltie three naen and
was assaulted. 'The men left the res-
taurant without paying their dinner
checks and were followed to the street
by the proprietor, where 'the assault
took place. IFung Lap Yen received
a fractured skull, and -died the next
day.
IIISTORY 'C✓IF POSTAL
SERV'ICE 1OIN1E 'OF RO'M'A'N'CE
AND PROGRESS.
(My PI. 'Beaulieu, director, 'p'ost 01-
-fice department, Can'ada),
(Before dealing, speci'fi'cally with
the development of the ' Canadian
Postal 'Se'rvice during the last` 100
years, it is necessary to show, as a
background, the conditions -preceding
1'530.
Our postal system in :'Canada is
based on that of Great Britain and
,from 1760 'on to the time when the
service 'was finally taken 'oyer by t'he.
'Canadian authorities the Post Offices
in 'Canada were under the control of
the 'B'ri'tish 'Pos'tm'aster 'General ad-
ministered, by 'deputies of his own
choosing. , 'As soon as Canada came
under !British rale, 'Benjamin -'F'r'ank-
lyn, who was in charge of the postal
system in the ''British 'Col'ouies in
North America, left his 'headquarters
in Ph'iladel'p!hia and opened 'up a 'Post
Office 'at Quebec with saibordimate
Offices at Montreal 'acrd'Three Rivers,
These offices Were' placed in charge
of 'H'ugh !Finlay who thus became
Canada's first resident Deputy Post-.
ni'aster'General un'der, 'British rule.
0 -Wing to Feanklyn's p'rom'pt action
postal service.' was the 'fi'rs't Govern-
ment institution to be placed on a
settled, basis after Canada became a
British Prov'in'ce.
The system of operating -the postal
service under Deputies appointed by
the 'British Postmaster General soon
proved inadequate to the needs of
the country. The policy adopted was
that no .extensions or improvements
Of, the postal service 'would be under-
taken unless the resulting expenses
'would he ,c'overed by the increased
revenue. This niatural'ly resulted' in
b'ald'ing back the rapid •development
of an efficient need • -f 'the Colony.
The situation was most acute in Up-
per 'Canada and there was consider-.
able 'agitation with the object of hav-
ing the :provincial 'post offices p'lace'd
under the control of the Upper
Canada .Legislature. No action was
taken, however, by the IBritish auth-
orities and the system aE .appointing
(Deputies by the British Postmaster
General continued, until' 11827.
The rebellion in 'Upper and Low-
er 'Canada in 1837 affected to a
considerable extent the postot1fice's in
these: provinces. Many postmaster's
and some mail couriers, particularly
in Lower Canada,. were 'stron'gly in
symtlpathy with 'the rebels - and gave
them the speci'a'l' assistance wh'ic'h,
their position' made possible. Some
'posi'masters were dismissed' os the
ground of their activities in this re-
s'peet.
'Iaord'Duirhialn when making his in-
vestigations prior to his famous re-
port on the state of affairs gen-
erally in the Canadas, was -instruuct-
ed to give his attention in the col-
enics, and in that report he gave it as
his 'opinion that if his recommenda-
tion for 'nion• df :the provinces should
'be put into effect, the control of the
post 'atfilce should be 'h'an'ded over to
them.. He expressed the 'view, 'how-
ever, that whatever political arrange -
meats might be made, -the' post office
throughout ,the 'whole ;British ''North
America should Ibe administered by
one. general•-'cbntral.
''When Mr. Poulebt 'Thoni!ps'on, af-
terwards Lond • Sycenlavn, •came to
'Canada in :11839, he was instructed to
give effect to The po'licy enirn'cia•ted
by 'Lord D!ttrhann, and he -appointed` a
cammission to deal with the matter,.
on whose rep -ort was Mounded the re-
organization of the post office which
tools place" after the union of Upper
and Lower 'Canada in 104.1
However,: riln sgite of the .re -organ
izetionof the post office awl' irri
provements in the service thecootrccl
of the system still remained with the
British postal authorities and it was
not until d853, when the provinces of
Canada (the present Ontario and
Quebec), Nova 'Scotia and New
Brunswick took over the control of
their ownpostal system from the •
mother country.
Post- Offices in 1551,-9n the pro-
vinco of 'Ontario, the number of •p!ost
offices an. 1851 was" 601. In the first
year after tate province took over the
system, this was increased to 844, an-cl
by 1867, whenii Con'federalioe stook
place, there were 2,3'33 post offices in
this province,
'Postage stamps, which 'h'a'd been
introduced in Great 'Britain in 1840
,were for the first time issued' in
Canada for t'he •prepayment of post-
age in 1851, the values supplied ' be -
ink 3d, 6d, and 1. shilling,
Offices Multiply Rapidly, -Ian 1867
there were 3,478 pest offices' in the
sysitem and in '1929 this number had
in increased to 21,430, Thegreatest
expansion h'as taken place in theprai-
rie provin'ce's. On ent'erin'g Con'feder-
ation the postal arrangements in the
vast territory between the 'Great
Latices and the 'Rocky Mountains were
oom,prised of six past offices- IIn
192.'9 the number of post offices 'had
in'cre'ased ito. 2,4288.
The figures as regards increase in
revenue are still more impressive. At
the end of the first year of Cautfed-
eration postal receipts, -were $1,0'24,-
711, 'whereas in 1929 the gross "rev -
entre of the ,Department was $37,009,-
,000, a 37 fold increase 'during the
period, 'w'h'ereas the population' . had
increased only about 2Se times over'
the same euanber of years. This in-
crease is still more remarkable when
it is considered' that it was accom-
panied. by a steady reduction in pos-
tage. At Confederation: the letter
rate; was 5o per half ounce and at
the first session .of Parliament ' a'fte'r
'Con'federation the rate was lowered
to 3c per half ounce, which rate re-
mained unchanged for 21 years until,
in 1'889, the weight .was changed.
from half anounce to o•nte otince. The
final reduction of the rate was made
on January, 1st, 11899, 2c being sub-
stituted for 3c as :the rate for a one
ounce letter. Undoubtedly a consider-
able part of the in'crea'se is +Post Of-
fice revenue resulted from new, ser-
vices added by the Post Office De-
partment from time t0 tune and.
which. may be dealt with in chrono-
logical ander with a word or two, as
to the growth since +introduction. •
VIoney'Order service w'a's in op-
eration at Confederation and in 1968
there were 515 money order offices
the amount ;of orders issued by 'them
being' $3,34e,574; ;in 1929 the num-
ber of money order offices had in-
creased to 6,1666 the aggregate 'value
of orders issued ;being $20'3,7L9,237r
The Post Office Sayings. Bank was
n'ot in operation prior to Confedera
tion, it was ,established in -April, . 1868,_
and at t'he end of the first year there
were 3113.. poet officess with r deposits
at t'he end' of the first year amount-
ing to $861,655. In 1929 the, amount
on deposit in Post Office Savings
B'anks had increased to $28,375,769.
Post 'Cards -In' 18711, post cards
were introduced in Canada,
• tin 1882 the first railway mail ser-
vice in the West was established ;over
the Winnipeg -Brandon sections of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, iln the fol-
lowing year the service was extended
to Calgary. Con'tinu'ous- daily m'ail' ser-
vice from the Atlantic to the Pacific
commenced, in 11886:
The year 11893 was marked by the
introduction ..of the special' delivery
postal rote sys'tem's,
In 1998 rural nail .delivery was
introduced and, there has been a
steady expansion in this service since
that time.
'1n 1914 the parcel post service
arcs es'tablishe'd in Canada followed
in 1921 by the insurance of ;parcel
pos't and in 1922 by a GOD. service.
These latter two services in conjunc-
tion witty the parcel post system
have been of enormous benefit t
business men of Canada' and have'
facilitated trade to 'an alm'os't un
believable extent.
'In 1924 there was an improvement
111 the Shavings Banik, system,' an in-
crease inl istdecmm'ity for registered
artic'les and the 'introdec'tion of 34c
and 113/sc'bttsiness reply cards,
In 1925 the limit of weight for par-
cel post was increased from l'1' poundsp ars
to 1
.poun'd's, a%'.rate on circulars
for local delivery was introduced and
,for the first 'time in any 'postal system
in ,the world cash registers were used
for pos!tage-•paidsin cash en parcels..
-Mr Ma'ni'a -L1 1927 ex'perimentrafl, air
Si% tri•
service commenced. - This air
mail service is now used• ,oss , certain
routes where feasible.
,Nova Scotia introduced' in 1352 a
registration a
g systenn t which progidehd
for the giving of a receipt to 'the
sender of a registered article end
faking of a receipt ondeliver
a fee Of six -pence being charged' for
this servicer A ;similar ' registration
system calve into 'operatio'n' in Can-
aria in, 18.55. Hitherto in 'Canada' it
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had been the practice 'io 1 ee, a sec--
ord of lettersmarked or distinguish-
ed as cbnenniingmoney, .rnt the letter
bills which accontpall .cd the mails,
but no receipts had been. given or
taken, and attic special protection
was actually afforded, such letters,
!The new Canadian system provided
considerably more security, for, a
small charge of one penny, and vvae
not enplaned 10 money lettere. Under
an agreement with th-e United States,
it was extended the following, year to
letters passingbetween that country
and Canada under registration, with
a prepaid Charge of three pease in
addition to 'ordinary postage.
,W'hea .in the 'fall of bS5 the seat
of !Government Tor Canada was 're-
nnoved' from Quebec to Toronto, (and
with it :the 'Post 'Office Department,
consisting of a staff of seventeen per-
sons), that city had n0 direct railway-
communication
ai'lwaycommunication with the east. How-
ever, with the completion of the sect-,
tion of the Greed (Trunk Railway be-
tween Brockville and Toronto in the
fall o'f 1856, there +was provi'de'd, direct'
communication 'by means of the
Grand Trunk acrd •the Great We -=tern
Railways, . between '(Quebec and Wind-
sor. As a result, mails travelled be
tiveen these two points' in 111857 in 49'
haus as coanpared with 'the period of
10X, days required for the .journey
by the winter mails in 1853, and
there was a corresponding saving of
time between the various intermedi-
ate 'points. '
Travelling Post Office. - There'
were at that time (1857) over four-
teen 'hundred miles of railway ixr
'Canada as compared'with 6''6 miles •i.n-
1351,
The use •o4 travelling post offices';.
with mail clerks sorting and dis-
tributing :the mail's 'From the railway'
in the course of their trips, began in
(England in 1838, and while the lines:
of railway were under constructions
an officer of the Canadian Postai ser-
viee was sent to lEng'1'and to s'tud'y
the system. 'It was first introduced'
here in 1854, on the line between Nia-
gara Blalls
'Tia-gara'Fall's and'Dondon, and by 1857,
the system was in full course in 'Can-
ada,: 'on more than 1,400 miles of
r'ail'way. This postal facility was not
brought into operation in the United..
States until some seven years later.
A railway between the Maritime
Provinces and Canada was proposed'
as early as the thirties, and certain
surveys were subsequently made, but
the 'project fell through. Up to 4851
commun'ic'ation between the Canada's
and Nova Scotia or New Brun's'wick
was by way o'f the . long overland
route of seven hundred miles, requir.--
ing ten days' travel to reach the near-
est paint Of importance. 'However, int
1855, by means of railway connection
between Quebec and Montreal and
'between Montreal and 'Portland;
'Maine, snail's were carried between
Quebec and Halifax 'by way of Port-
land and .St. 'Jolie, NIB„ '(by steamer -
between these latter points) in foul --
days in summer -sometimes an. ad-
tionl day during !hhe winter,
'Overseas Mala Established. - Tlie
The -
month of May, 18.56, was marked; by '
the. first voyage to the St. Lawrence
of the lin'e'otf !Canadian mail Steemers,'
under contract between Mr. Haig'Ia
Alan, of :Montreal, and the Provinc--
nal 'Go'vern'ment. The sea vessels•.:
crossed the Atlantic at an average
speed .c'omparin'g favorably with that
of . the steamers `'travelling between •
England and the ports,' of New York -
and 'Boston ('1L and 13 days wes'tw'ard"
and about a day less eastward), and'.
when in 1859 the frequency was in-'
creased from fortnight to weekly, the-,'.,
Canadian route 'began to be used' ex--• `- w,_
tensive'ly by the United States 'Gov •
-
ern'nient .for the transmission of Etir- -
opean mail from the Targe territory, -
beyond Detroit and Chicago.
During 'the year 1857 the growing;
interest of Canada inconnection with,
the ,Red :River settlements and re=
Bions of the northwest induced the
Government to authorize the '.:estab-
lish in.ent 'of an ail conrntunicat on, di-
rectly through Canadian territory by,
way of Sault Ste. Marie, Lake Super-.
for and the .voyageur route to Lake.
.Winnipeg and Red Rivet. On the up-
per fakes, mailswere carried twice a..
month •in summer between C'oping- •
wood and Fort "William, and from the
latter 'place by canoe to and front n
Red !River. When navigation closed, '6
a monthly service was kept up by
anowshoes .and 'dog trains.
Postage stamps to the` value of le, .
5c, lee, 12f4 .and '07c were -issued: •
first of July, 1859, to meet the e's•tallr-
lishtinen't of the 'decim'alcurrent .
y,,
Stamped d envelopes be'arin'g ,medallion
stamps • to the value of 5 and 10'cr e-
spectivelly were introduced in the be-
ginning .of
e-ginning'.of the following 'year, for
the convenience of the public.
Children suffering front w'ornus soon;
show the synlptoms, and any mo'ther
can detect the presence of :these para-
sites by'the writhings'and fretting of
the 'child. Until expelled and the •sys-
tenni'cleared of then', the child cannot.
regain its 'health. Miller's Worm Pow
dcrs are-puorn,pt and efficient, not only
for the eradication of worms, but also.
as a toner Lup:for •Children that are runt
down in consequence,