HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-01-29, Page 6Reckless Driver Families From
Will Be Curbed Britain Making
safety Responsibility Rulings Good Out West
Wil Feature 1931 Motor Wittniaeg.—During 1930; 489 tame
Legislation lies were settled on 92,666 acres, the
Automobile legislation in Canada purchase price being $1,962,919, ti.e
ttnd the United States during 1931 annual report of the Canada Colonize -
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will be concerned cltieiiy with the tion Association shows. The work of
wnaciznent of safety responsibility the Association eovcats all provinces
lays for the control of the. reckless from Ontario to the Pacific Coast.
aydriver. This is the prediction of the "A thorbugh cheek -up of the faint
Aemrioan Automobile Association lies settled by the Association since
made hi its latest bulletin, issued this 1925 shows that only 12 per cent. have
week. failed, Col. Dennis stated. "Of con-
The motoring body believes that
safety responsibility rulings similar to
the law now in force in Ontario and
several states on the other side of the
border' will come up before the ma-
jority of legislatures in the United
States and Canada in the spring. It is cess in the settlement schemes of the.
now definitely known that Quebec, organization with 4,107 families set
Arkansas, Illinois, North Caroilna' tled on 936,934 acres, the total lxtr
Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Obio, chase price befog $35,115,902.
Texas, Virginia, South Carolina, Wash- P L, Naismith, Victoria, was re-
ington and West Virginia will take I elected vice-president and the follow -
some action.
oliosesomeacttion. ` ing appointed to the directorate:—D,
For the rest, the safety responsibil C Coleman, Winnipeg; C. T. Jaffray,
ity law is now in force in whole or in;
Bart in Ontario, Manitoba, New York,! Minneapolis; C. M. .Bowman, Water-
{ loo; James A. Richardson, Winnipeg;
Ithocle Island, Connecticut, California, i J. N. K. MacAliser, Montreal; S. Cr..
Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, Wiscon- i Porter, Calgary; Geo, A. Walker, Cal -
sin, Vermout, New Jersey, New Hamp- � gary, and W. T. Blake Wilson, 1'au
shire and Minnesota. This means, the, couver.
T. O. 6'. Hertel' was re -appointed
manager, and A. E. Love. secretary -
treasurer.
siderable interest is the fact that only
16 per cent. of British families placed
were failures. The marked success
with I3ritish families is due to careful
selection and constant supervision."
Col. J. S. Deuiiis was re-elected pre-
sideut. Reports showed a marked suc-
A.A.A. estimates, that one-half of the
drivers in Canada and (ne-third of
those in the United States are operat-
ing under one or more of its clauses.
"Officials in charge of the enforce-
ment of law In those sections where
the law is in force are confident that
it is fur lllinu its major object, namely,
the control of the reckless and irre-
sponsible driver," Thomas P. Henry,
president of the association declared.
'The best proof of the confidence of
these officials lies in the fact that they
are advocating the strengthening of its
features."
Air Mail Route
Repeats History
'Winnipeg - Pembina Link
Recalls West's Postal
Outlet in 1862
Ottawa.—History is repeating itself
with the inauguration on Feb. 2 of a
new air mail service between Winni-
peg and St. Paul. At the post office
department it is recalled that the
sante route was chosen. in. 1862 for
the first movement of mail from the
Selkirk .settlement in Manitoba to
Eastern Canada.
Next month Canadian airplanes will
twiny mail from.Winnipeg'to Pembina,
Nortia Dakota. Just inside the United
States border. T'rom thence 'it will
be Sown eastward to re-enter Canada
at Windsor.
The area north of the Great Lakes
which 70 years ago presented such
difficulties to the men who sought to
carry mail to early western settle-
ments today offer distinct hazards to
the aviator. The choice of a route
through Pembina, into St. Paul and
eastward into Windsor completes the
parallel with the route chosen at the
beginning of development iu the
prairies.
The route established in 1862 was
confirmed at Confederation in 1870
In 1879 a railway was built from Win-
nipeg to Pembina and not until 1884
when the Canadian Pacific Railway
was built was an all -Canadian route
available.
Car Hints
Device Reduces
Gasoline Bills
Shows 'Emit,HQw
..,.,5 Hilly Brown, 22 -year-old feminine_jumper,
men in target chuting event. at ,charity air circus,
terminal, Glendale, Calif., landing in e, aict centre• of
foot altitude.
who put it all over
Grand Central Air
airport from 5,000 -
Inventor Claims Saving of ' Belgium and France
Plan Joint Air
When Clutches Spin
Too tight an adjustment of the
clutch or oil on the clutch brake ac-
count for most of the trouble known
as a spinning clutch. The latter is
the more commoner of the two. It
makes gear shifting more difficult.
Backfire Causes
One -Third on Fuel Costs
.A. fuel saving of one-third is claim -
which has been perfected by Dr. Mil
ler It. Hutchison, former chief . en-
gineer for Thomas A. Edison, accord-
ing to a report from 'New York. The
mechanism will also, it is ciaiiued,
reduce the danger of poisonous ex-
haust gases and increase the life of
lubricating oils.
The inventor says his device will
give a gnantative analysis ot the ex
haust gases from the engtne to which
Service to Congo
eti, through the use of a small device
Brussels.—The Belgian Chamber is
shortly to be called upon to 'ratify the
agreement signed in Brusels on May
23 between 'Belgium and France for
the establishment in common of a re-
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din ter Fair Girl Guests
Write : Letter of Thanks
Four Corners of Ontario,
'De -ember 4tlt, 1930
Meir. A. P. 'Westervelt,
Manager of Royal Winter Fair,
217 Bay Street,
Toronto, °uteric,
Dear Sir: --
Macri of the two hundred and sixty.
girls from rural Ontario, who were
your guests, would like to say 'thank
you" iudividuaily, but we realize, :if,
we slid so, you would be • simply be-
sieged wih letters, se, as representa-
tives frown the North, South,. East and
West of Ontario, may we convey their
message of.appreciation to you. •
We are Aware that we enjoyed 'rare
privileges in being given tree adrnls-
Sion to the Dog Sltow Aird the Horse
Show.
The opportunity of seeing "The
World's Greatest Agricultural Fair"
was tine never to be forgotten.
We shall take great pride in broad-
casting our impression of the sp]eu-
dour of it all.
With best wishes for continued sue -
cess and prosperity, we are
Yours very truly,
Flossie Lewtas, Thunder Bay District
Dorothy Blight, Essex County
Gladys Buckingham, Russell County.
Ida Van Der Hoorn, Durham County.
Antwerp t ui1d ing
FirstSkyscraper
New Submarine Lung Enables
Crews to Work 50 -ft, Deeper
Washington --The United States
navy has found its men can live 50
feet deeper in the ocean than its
most sturdy submarines are expected
to descend.
This factor, Rear Admiral George
Rock told the House Naval Commit-
tee, el 1 decrease the dangers of sub-
marine disasters itt less than 300
feet of water.
The most modern submarines in
the navy are built to withstand a
pressure of 132 pounds to the square
inch at 300 feet. But men wearing
the new "lung" have worked under
a pressure of 154 pounds, equal to a
depth of 3a0 fet, without any pro-
tection other than, tate oxygen provid-
iug bag.
By the end of the uaxt fiscal year,
the chief of the Bur:.eu of Construc-
tion and Repair added, the navy ex -
ornbinat on School peota to have all its submarines
,
equipped with hatches an,l "lungs"
Proves Attractive so crews can escape to the surface in
an emergency.
Interest Held by New Plan as Chinese Women Now
NeverBefore, Dairy- i Have Full Status
ire men Told {` Nanking.—Equality of men and rvo-
London.—'.Cite new combinedagr] 1 men in this country is provided by a
cul tu1al and high school being open law which has passed the Legislative
•ated,`..at Ridgetown is proviug a great Council.
The law, incorporated in the civil
code, is primarily intended to elevate
women to the same position as that
enjoyed by the women of bhe western
gular air service between Antwerp, success, and is keeping farm boys and
Belgium and Telisabethville, Belgian girlsa.in the school two years longer
Congo. The line will be worked by than''ever • before, the sixty-fourth an -
the two countries in conjunction from nualaoonvention of the Dairymen's As -
Paris to Ligeuge ,the two ends, Aut- sociation of - 'Western Ontario was in -
it is attached. By noting the amount world. It is known as the law of
family relations.
of unburned fuel passing out of the perp -Paris and Libenge-Elisabethville, foe:Mad recently by W. R. Reek, B.S.A.,
exhaust, the motorist may adjust flee being served entirely by Belgian per superintendent of the school, and of While under the old laws a woman
earbztretot' for Better gasoline con- sonnet and material. the Provincial Experimental Farm on was forbidden to dispose of her pro-
sumpt]on. .The agreement is for a period of which it is located. party without the consent of her ruts
The invention is attached to the ten years and is renewable for fur 1xr. Reek said that the new plan, band, elle now has full power to do
dash of any car without extra equip- ther ten-year terms with the option whereby boys and girls were given vo whatever she pleases with her own
meut. except an auxiliary air valve ou for either country to continue the ex-cational training in addition to tuition 1ealth, Unmarried daughters have
the intake manifold, This is neces- plaited= should the other, for any in realtural subjects, was keepilig the the same right ot property inheritance
sary so that the driver can elect more reason, renounce is part. On May 25 `teomag'e boys .and girls off the streets as sons. The duty of a wife to obey
air into the carburetor as the iufli- 1929, the Sabena. Societe anonytne
aa ono educational system had ever her husband is not i ecognizeci by law.
c
ator of the device shows carbon Berge pour I'exploitatiou de la nayiga 'i; afore, incl; turning out better —'r'
tion aerienne), the Belgian Uoveill- .
monoxide in the exhaust gas,farmers weld better all-round citizens. C.N.R. Prize Awarded`
mens -subsidized air company,
authorized by Parliament to.inczea.se, Steckloy, of the Department of Autmal
Scotland Installs is capital and modify its statutes with Husbandry, the Ontario Agricultural •Winnipeg. — Robert Cochrane,. of
A "Talking" Beacon Grande Prairie, Alberta, has been
Glasgow—A talking beacon, the in- awarded the special Cauadiau National
the Railways cash prize in recognition of
was:
To Alberta Farmer
Another.speal:ei• was Professor J. C.
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the object of making all necessary pre :College at Guelph. He declared that
paratious. Elisabethvilie is only take goon milker was the man who
vention of Charles A. Stevenson, a
temporary terminus and service •;could do the work quickly, because
cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson,
will be extended as soon as Passau t then the greatest amount of milk and
has been installed at Little Cum gars, goods and Postal traffic rvarrattt 'the higher percentage of butter fat
brae Lighthouse ou the Firth of
Clyde.
It is the first of its kind a,id con-
sists of a radiotelephone transmis-
sion of a fog signal and speech front
a gramophone record. It speaks the
word "Cumbrae" and counts out the
ship's distance in miles, and cables
from the signal station.
Santiago Welcomes,
League. Secretary
Santiago, Chile.—Sir Eric Drum-
mond, secretary general of the League
of Nations, arrived here recently from.
Buenos Aires.
He was welcomed by an official re-
ception committee at the railroad sta-
tion and later received by President
Carlos Ibanez at La Moiteda Palace.
Chile is the fourth Latin-American
couutry visited by Sir Eric on Ms
"good will" tour. The--Clovernment ar-
ranged an official program for the dis-
tinguished visitor, including :"vera'
state banquets.
Backfiring may mean the sticking
of an intake valve at times, but a •
The number of described pedes of
more likely accurate diagnosis is too animals' has been estimated at about
lean a mixture at the carburetor. It 1 750,000 according to Dr. 'W. T. Carman,
. anon when the engine shows up best in ine is cool. and acceler-l'teeper of Zoology, British Museum,
Friction is Better
Here is the engineer's opinion on
chains: They are safer because the
co -efficient of friction between metal
and ice or snow is greater titan that
between rubber and the same slip-
eery surfaces.
A humming noise in the differen-
tia] after it has been tightened, oc-
atrring when the engine is being
driven by the rear wheels, indicates
too tight an adjustment.
Valuable Results
Since• safety echication work for the
prevention of accidents to children
was first uudertaken eight years ago,
the ratio of child traffic fatalities has
been decreased nearly 30 per cent., ac-
cording to the National Automobile
Chamber or Commerce.
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"Easiest" Motorists
Motorists of Arizona consumed More
gasoline per capita than those of any
other State itt the Union last year.
Their consumption averaged 668 gal-
tans. California motorists, with a
croneureption of 634 gallons, ran sec-
ond,
It.
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rr ere, o])ta nab]e.• In answer to a ques-
i`he service will be of great acivant-'
age to the northern area of the Bel that it was impossible to get more milk
gian Congo. Bangui, for example, is with a milking -machine than by hand.
now five or six weeks' distance front Il Ct,
the results had been found to
Brussels, while it should be reachedi r�};
(Saiibout the sante.
in seven days by air, and the Fort
Lamy region, which it now takes a
couple of months to attain, requites
but live chty's travel in the air.
Pasteurization of Milk
Montreal Presse: Pasteurization tt
day is a great step forward in hygiene:
It has already saved lives in towns
where it ]las been introduced. It itas
prevented illnesses and the mental
suffering which accompanies impaired
physical health. 11 is generally admit
ted that milk and milk products are
the' most important articles in the
fancily larder. The importance of pas-
teurization is proved by children's
health organizations. The national
council of the milk industry, an or-
ganization composed , of representa-
tives of all branches of commerce and
industry, has adopted a resolution re-
commending that all milk offered for
sale iu towns and villages -should be
Outlook Improving
.The London Free Press takes au
optimistic view for the future. We
abaci
"There is no question that tate
prosperity of Western Canada and
the Whole •of Canada, to a large de-
gree;' cleiieuds upon wheat, so that
with the outlook improving there is
every around for confidence as to the
future.'. However, this (toes not. help
out the hard-pressed Prairie Prov-
inces, Where this winter, in many
sections, there is undoubtedly real
hardship, Every reasonable help and
assistance should be extended to tide
the 'West over the present crisis."
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'Gannets and whales point out where
herring -shoals are. The whale goes
round a shoal like a clog round a
pasteurized. floe): o1 sheep.
Will Demonstrate at Buenos Aires Show
The 010 World is gradually accept•
ing many innovations of modern times.
Witness changing sanitation methods,
electrical refrigeration, and now Eur-
ope is to have her first skyscraper.
Belgium is thus responsible for the
Continent's first tall business struc-
ture, We read in The Celotex News
(Chicago);
"When Columbus discovered Anter''
ca, Antwerp was already a city with
centuries. of history behind it; its
cathedral of Notre Dame, the finest
example of Gothic architecture in Bel-
Gium, was nearly 150 years old. Bat•
tered by centuries of war, the cathe-
dral's 400 -foot spire has since towered
alone over the plains of Flanders.
"But now it has a rival in Europe's
first sky -scraper, the twenty stories of,
which make it the tallest commercial
building on the Continent. Built along
nearly typical American lines, but to
the design of Arohitect Van Hoenack-
er, it is the old world's first major ef-
fort to make its cities grow upward in-
stead of outward.
"Translated as accurately as pos-
sible from the Flemish, the structure's
name becomes 'The Farmers Co-opera-
tive Building.' Its lower floors, fel.
lowing the line of a street, swing in a
wide semicircle. This portion of the
building is approximately the same
height as other new Autwerp com-
mercial structures. Above this rises
the setback or tower just as on Ameri-
can sky -scrapers.
"By permittiug the construction of
The Farmers Co-operative Building
Antwerp has taken the lead among
European cities. In Loudon, for ex-
ample, tate present maximum height is,
eighty feet with two additional stories
permitted for roofs, spires, turrets
and• similar ornamental work. That
Antwerp should be the flrst•continent-
al city to permit the erection of a tall
"commercial structure is esneoially
noteworthy, "because no city of the old
world has had a stormier career.
From the days when Spanish -armies
.were overrunning the Netherlands and
Flanders, Antwerp has been a fortified
city, almost coutiuunlly harassed by
the armies of various nations."
his victory at the Chicago internation-
al livestock exposition where he won
the world's championship for 1930 in.
timothy seed. The prize is awarded
by the Canadian National Railways to
the Canadian taking first prize in the
timothy seed competition.
The railways' award for the cham-
pion in the alfalfa feed class was cap-
tured by Nick Clijelte, of Ranier, Al-
berta, who has been taking champion-
ships at the Chicago show in this
division for a number of years.
Quebec Has Record
Roadbuilding Year
That 1930 was unexcelled by any
previous year in the variety and im-
portance of the work carried to com-
pletion. on Quebec Izigh•vars is the
dictum of the department of roads
for the province itt a bulletin issued
this week.
The report points out that, while
ten years ago there were ouly 4,000
miles of improved road in the pro.
vince, to -clay there are almost 14,000
miles. During the year the depart-
ment
epartment completed thea construction ou
30 miles of main highway and 1,058
miles of second and third class roads,
besides starling work on 500 miles of
road.
One of moat e'fficitnt reseals of its type in world. British anriplaitc c.trile@ +I�lalrin" er:11
I3ritish idnipire Trade -eXhibitCon• She will carry special airc:ati for; d auionslralion,
On
cli.tplay" itt. I3w'uos Aires
rill 'i't;.t
Battery Care
Important Now
Should Be Kept on as' Full
Charge as Possible
During the winter months of all
parts of the car that should be given
more attention than at any other sea-
son the battery is cited by mechanics
as being the most important if the
maximum of trouble-free operation is
to be enjoyed.
Winter makes heavy demaucls on
this part of the automobile and re-
quires that it be in good working
condition. Cold engines are stiff and
require a powerful starting effort and
a correspondingly heavy discharge
from the battery. Naturally, the bat-
tery should be kept in a well charged
condition. For winter work it should
always be kept on as full charge as
conditions permit.
The effect of frost on the battery
should bo atken into consideration. It
a battery freezes the plates will be
damaged. Fortunately, a battery is
likely to freeze only when it is in a
discharged condition, and the solution
has become weak, Periodical use
should be taken into cousideration, if
meter to test the state of charge. If
the acid is down to 1,100 specific gra-
vity, 18 degrees Fahrenheit of frost
will freeze it, At 1,160 specific gravity
2 degrees above zero will cause
freezing. At 1,220 specific gravity the
battery is practic,,aliy safe and will.
not freeze at 30 below zero. A speci-
fic gravity of 1,240 will withstand
freezing at 50 below 'zero. Itt winter
it is especially important to keep tile
acid level well above tite tops of the
plates.
Board Declares London
Tramways As "Obsolete"
London.—Gradual abolition of Brig
tale's tramways, as street cars are
called here, is recommended ill the
final report of the nation's traffic syss
tem -which a royal commission has.
just submitted to the Government.
"It is our considered view,' the coin:*
mission says, "that tramways, if not
an obsolete form of tt'anspettation, aro
at all events itt a state of obsolescence
and arise macre unnecessary conges-
tion and considerable clanger to the
public." '
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