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Zurich Herald, 1931-11-05, Page 6On October llth, Thanksgiving Sunday, 'the Silver Fox Patrol at Pick- ering held a Church Parade at the local Anglican Church, attending the evening service, • Their numbers were swelled very) considerably by the members of the Sea Scout Troop from Oshawa, under the command of. Captain Rigg, and by the members of the 5th Oshawa Troop, who journeyed in by automobile to assist and encourage these Lorries. Scoutmaster Dou Hutchinson of the 2nd. Ontario Lone Scout. Troop also attended, and brought with him the Lone Scout Flag, and he was acconi panied by Commissioner John Fur - winger and Lone Scout Bruce John- son from Toronto.. The service was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Robinson, father of the Patrol Leader of the Silver Foxes, and the sermon was preached by Mr, Terett, Scoutmaster of the 5th Oshawa Troop, whose remarks centred on the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed- nego, whom he likened to the first Lone Scout Patrol in history, with Daniel as their Patrol Leader. ing, Doug. passed on the leadership of the Bear Patrol to Lone Scout John brewer, in whose hands we know that the Patrol will continue to progress. The appointment of a Leader to the Lion Patrol has not yet been made, heti is expected shortly, and we are looking forward to big things from Lakefiold under this new reorganiza- tion. Lone Scout W. Brown of Sunderland R.R. 1 has written us a very cheerful letter, in which he says that he has been out in this country from England for eighteen months, and he lea* been working on a farm, which life he very much enjoys. His chief ambition at the moment is to be a Icing's Scout, and he is working hard to this end. We sure wish him lots of good luck and good scouting too. Don't forget about that Christmas Good Turn Scheme which we men- tioned last weeki Lone Scout Question Box Are there any Lone Rovers in Can- ada?—(B.T., Oil City.) There is no organization which caters to Lone Rovers; such as the Lone Scout Department does to the Lone Scouts. We do not think, how- ever, that there is any objection to a Rover Scout who is isolated from others, working as a Lone Rover. Full information on this subject can be obtained from the Commissioner for Rover Scouts, Boy Scouts Associ- ation, 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2. Lone Scouts and other:, are invited. to send in questions on' scouting sub- jects, which "Lone E" will endeavor to answer `week by week in these columns. Full information concerning the Lone Scout Movement may be obtain- ed from the Lone Scout Department, Boy Scouts Association, at the ad- dress given above. All boys between 12 and 18 years of age who cannot join a regular Scout .Troop are eligible to become Lone Scouts. After the service the Scouts were enetrtained at the Rectory, and all voted the occasion a great success and a most enjoyable and instructive time. Lone Scout Ronald Sage of Ingersol is very keen indeed. Recently he at- tended a banquet given by the mem- bers of the Ingersol Troop, where he met other Scouts from Embro, Wood- stock, Tillsonburg and London. He tells us that the 1st London Troop turned out in full force to visit their friends at Ingersoll, ar ` they had a great time, which Ron fully enjoyed. We are sorry to l ear that Patrol Leader Douglas Macdonald of the Bear Patrol at Lakefield has been forced to relinquish the leadership of his Patrol, an dthus both the Patrols at "The Grove" School have lost their old Leaders. However, before leav "LONE E." French Monks in Exile Build Palatial Monastery Paris.—The monks that were ex- pelled from Franve in 1901 have set .v.4k.els .T1eleansta led „at escri.ed as the last word in archi- tecture and equipment. . . The rule of their order is that the monks must provide themselves with everything for which they might pos- sibly have a present or future need, and the modern disciples have fol- lowed both the spirit and the letter of the law. Among the contents of the mon- astery a modern library, three storeys high, containing 60,000 volumes; a printing shop, a bookbinding work- shop, an electrically equipped dairy farm, kitchens, where cooking is done --King esell aa 1,. Godson �} eeee Goal cup presented by Icin * his ; godson, Ilon. _George St. Lawrence Neuflize PousonbY heft;;; :on of their excellencies, the gov- ernor-general of Canada and Co " k a Bessborough on occasion of •�•.�fi his christening. Huge Development Noted In Southampton, Eng; Southampton, Eng.—This port, whe many visitors get their first gl1mp2 of England, is developing so rapidly that it will soon be in the forefront,;" British towns, a survey just eo pleted here indicates. The survey carried out by volunteer workers der auspices of the local Civic Soci to provide a basis for a comerehensi scheme of town planning. Its publication draws attention the fact that to the west of the. dock where Atlantic liners are berthed; mous White Herd Listed as a Luxury onclozi-Whether present financial Canadians Planning Pot Now Eclipse in August, '32 Montreal. --A rare opportunity for Cailailians to view from a convenient petal;a total eclipse of the sun, and otieswhiolt will not be repeated for 22 years, will be provided on August ill next year. The "zone of totality" Is roughly 100 miles wide brit for scientific pur- poses it is desirable to be located as closely as possible to the central line. In the 1932 eclipse this line will cross the Canadian National Railway be- tween stations adjacent to the town of Parent, Quebec. Originating in the Arctic regions, the shadow will -sweep down across Hudson Bay, skirt the eastern shore of James Bay and cross the St, Lawrence near Maskinonge and Pierreville, some 50 miles east of Montreal. Canada. The duration of the eclipse is. about 100 seconds, the shadow travelling at the rate of half a mile a second.. The 700 utiles between James Bay and that coast of Maine, where the shadow wilt pass out to sea, will therefore be tra- versed In approximately 23 minutes.. It will cross the St, Lawrence at 3;2a E.S.T„ and the international boundary at 327 pan. The last eclipse of the sun to be ob- served as total in Canada occurred. on;, January 24, 1925, when the path of totality swept across western Ontario. over the Niagara River and southeast to the Atlantic at New Haven, Conn. After the 1932 eclipse it will not be ung til 1854 that the next will be visible in Six Billion Estimate I Paris Managers Reduces of Canada's Wealth Salarie sof Actors Ottawa.—It is estimated by the Paris.—Paris theatrical managers Dominion Bureau of Statistics that have taken a stand against paying the total capital invested in Canada I extremely high salaries to actors, is $17,500,000,000, of which 65 per I writes a correspondent of The Chris - cent. is owned in the Dominion, 201 tian Science Monitor. A consider - per cent. in the United State¢, 13 per able number of the producers have agreed not to pay more than 500 francs ($20) a day to any performer., Exception .is made of a very few popular "stars" whose drawing power is recognized at all box offices, and who, it is admitted, may justly be paid a certain proportion of the re- ceipts. Paris producers find it very difficult to compete with the "movie" companies and feel they must take a united stand against paying such fabulous salaries as aro reported front .Y c n n certain extra hay to win Hollywood. The new ruling, after all, acres of mud laud is being z, g giXe will not affect many performers. It At the same time a new gtag�ime r. 1y 700; Ver, aria no extraneous blood has ever The bureau finds that there are is said that there are not at present feet long is being constructed, ander; ,-,keen .introduced. 1,200 branch, subsidiary and affiliated more than' fifty actors in Paris who dock sufficiently large tq - "Now a crisis is looming up, for l establishments of T •itish and foreign receive more than 500 francs a per - graving .f, commodate a 70,000 -ton ship Ise. being. althoughe the herd is maintained at connection in Canada with a combined built here. a ,cost of about $35 or $40 per ha d The present ocean dock was opened annually, entirely for the sake of ne- in 1912 and can accommodate four of , tional and scientific interest, it is the largest liners at one time. The jegarded by the inland revenue an new dock will be 12,000 feet long, Walaesthorities as a personal luxury, and , contain about 260 tons of water, aiirno reduction of taxation whatever is will be the largest graving dock ever allowed in respect of its upkeep." built. ;i Heexpresses the hope that some oeditions will cause the dispersal cent, in great Britain and 2 per cent the famous Northumberland wild phite cattleherd, the only pure 'descendants of. the .originalBritish Vrild px-'is discussed by the Earl of 1 ankerville, the herd's -owner, in the 4nrrent issue of The Field. `Tile wild cattle, now about 44 to number, leave been in Chilling -1 at $6,000,000,000, and on that basis less slam Park for some 700 years," the than 20 per cent, is in the hands of Earl writes. ' . "They have been left British and foreign investors. Cana- - to themselves,- be. diens have approximately $1,750,000,- 000 in -vested in other countries. in other countries. This total includes the bonded indebtedness of Dominion, provincial and municipal governments and all other investments with the ex- ception of private capital in domestic enterprises such as homes and farms. The total national wealth is estimated �a;. --•- u? organization will volunteer to as - Fowls Escape Hunter's Guns, sume maintenance of the herd and' tat his willingness to turn it over states g r Oklahoma City.—Despite the. aim y to the nation. fields Animal In' of hunters that swarmed the' �C more than 50,000 of the fowls escaped, ` Out of CO'€'rol _a , .... -r�.... Mobley, pmts .+ ,.. Brussels. --Brown bears are as Quo- -��.. ,.wa.��-----'-x-'• -- ,Tames Truslow. A.damsYin 'Harpees ceptible as opera singers, and the and fish de- s mallex;� . a es ;• , se is : ti slights S 00 this fall to shoot prairie chickens; Appreciate Audience of the Oklahoma game Iia. ; ee g i Monthly Magazine (New York): `The 1'he.prauiq? `'? .._`S.w:'j'1 tli ,L,2_f..•o b life' has-been target, much harder:: to .tha,tx hauafl, , steadily rgettung shorter, ;the hythin hunters maintain. For this ieasou• faster, by a ,process over which we many of the birds survived. , have no control. Scientific discov- on ery, whether cause or effect of the kla- latest acceleration in tempo, cannot tint- ! be halted without a complete col - em lapse of our civilization which is based upon it. We must now go on, seeking new inventions, new sources NOW For British Films `• of power, or crash—a civilization in London Sunday Dispatch a nose dive. It we are to become Cons.): The British film industry liar adjusted, it is evident that in some now an unprecedented opportunity fol way we have got to order our lives forging ahead and showing that it can differently. We have got to bring produce pictures in no way inferior to back, in the new, quickened tempo, the work of its foreign compo itdt`s. some sense of leisure and secure for Hollywood, owing to the fall of rte l- ourselv s a respite from the hail - kept in a zoo on the modern terraces, with a ditch too wide to throw across between them and the public, take on a proud and supercilious attitude, en- tirely overlooking the fact that they are expected to work for a living by providing entertainment, according to reports made for the Antwerp Zoo, which .1s considering the advisability of giving its inmates at least the illu- sion of roaming at large. Animals, it appears, are entertain- ing only when in fairly close con- tact with human beings, and left to themselves lions and tigers go about in hermetically sealed apparatus so their private affairs, careless whether that there is no smoke or smell; ele- the public ever hears a roar or even vators, an electric bakery, artificially heated cellars, in which summer vege- tables are grown in the winter; light railways, which distribute goods throughout the monastery; a moun- tain railway more than 300 yards Iong which connects the monastery with the railway station, to bring in sup- plies and `export" surplus goods pro- duced in the monastery; electrically operated pumps for watering the gar- dens and an electric power station, driven by oil -fired boilers to supply power throughout the monastery. The Dominion First Montreal Presse (Ind.) : (During the year 1930 more than 67,000,000 bushels of Canadian grain were, "shipped vit U.S, Atlantic ports, prac- tically 37 per cent. of the total ex- port, while only 47,337,940 bushels, or 26.4 per cent. went via Canadian ports on the Atlantic and the St. Lawrence.) These figures set one thinking. The construction of the ailway across Canada, at the test Of $330,000,000, was approved precisely in order to obtain an export route for Canadian merchandise which a growl. They seem unaware that the economic is one of the most pressing aspects If modern life. The Antwerp zoo makes money from visitors, con- certs in the gardens and the sale of animals bred there. This year it has two baby elephants, born there, and the other elephants work hard for a living, begging for sous or carrying children on their backs. Nearly every cage has an occupant earning its,keep in one way or another, and the establishment pays good dividends to its shareholders. If the animals are secluded, perhaps they will forget all their parlor tricks when there is no hope of tid-bits to encour- age them. Strawberry Vines Yield Late Crop La Fleche, Sask.—In La Fleche, le•- cated in the midst of the wind-blown, drought -stricken district of Southern Saskatchewan, early this month, Mrs. A. A. Beamish picked more than three quarts of strawberries from her patch of the ever -bearing. vines that had been planted in 1929 on a plot of .should cross Canadian territory and ground about twenty feet square. leave from a Canadian port. This This is .an unusual, if not record- • obligation still exists, and those who breaking yield for this district in the are responsible for the present ab- normal situation are guilty of a grave injustice towards the people of the • Dominion and are working against their best interests. Food Grown at a Loss Quebec Soleili It is difficult to un- ''derstand why provisions, a necessity for everybody, have fallen in price go enormously. With cotton, build, dug materials. etc., it is different; you can put off buying a suit or alter the plans of a house, but you cannot go a single day without eating• the consumption of food is practical- ly the same as it was In 1929. If tit Is true that the law of supply and demand must' always govern the sziarket, there is no reason why the ;products of the soil should be selling (below cost price. They . naturally lead to fall like other commo'di'ties, but, according to the natural course of things and the laws of economics, they should be, in *proportion, much wore dear than manufactured prod - An open season was declai prairie chickens in six wester honma counties and hundreds ers joined the hunt, but most returned without their hag limi month of October. It was ;only duriag the past few weeks since rains have been falling in this district that the berries. had made any headway this season, as they had been seriously affected by the hot winds and drought. Y0• - British Exhibiton Ship " Will Call at 30 Ports, ing, is faced. with a muck lese. pro able British market. The stew ,pots combined with the quota system a� enterprise at Elstree shpald tr form every cinema the eatre'iam. G! Britain. Noise Abatement Move Planned by t;O'fc Oxford, Eng.—A society - ?4x storm,,of sensation and need for con - id' stout; adjustment, some new habit t of p ourselveerns, that s nervously, us to nervously,to rise mhsn- t above the plane of sensation, and to codicentrate on the things of the si,jit. Only thus can we regain co trot. of our individuality and our lr +•e`s in the whirling flux into which d we ,shall otherwise dissolve. the. abatement -of noise caused b5inaoor traffic has been formed here, and,, is theirst of its kind in Britain. This noise and its accompanying reverberation are said to be a Men- ace to the safety of colleges cud historic buildings, and a serious lis id- rauce to study. Already more ti an 100 subscriptions for the soe4tty have been received from the occup- ants of houses in two Toads alone. It is thought that Many other towns will hasten to follow the example- se by this new Oefor;l movement Port-of-Spain, Trinidad --Tice Brit- ish exhibition ship, British Exhibitor, scheduled' to leave England next month, will call at thirty West In- dian and South American ports dur- ing its year's cruise. At each part the general public will have an Op- portunity to see exhibits of almost every artiole produced by Great Bri- tain. Lord Aukland, one if the directors of British National Exhibition Shiif, Ltd,, annottnced that the tour was ar- ranged because English merchants feel that now is the time for a ileal i means of approaching the overseas markets, capital of $1,746,220,000, of which 17 per cent. is owned in the Dominion. The United States, owns 1,071 of these branch plants with 68 per cent. of the capital; Great Britain has 14 per cent., Flowers that Bloom in Spring Blossom in Fall in Indiana Bedford, Ind. — The flowers. that bloom in the spring seem to have their elates mixed in parts, of Indiana. An apple tree is blooming here. In Marion honeysuckle is in bloom, while from Warsaw came a report that the cherry tree in the Rev. D. V. Wil- liams' Back yard, which failed to have any blossoms last spring, is covered with them now. i;:a u'iy.zi!. s1i3av?ilt in Rear 45" rz f,�'✓.,� �........ By the looses of it the ..s' lavglish Mix featuring enc'''^l• see:. Melte tVai approval of this ''dr:-ue:uer. formance, and probably not more than twenty who earn 1,000 francs daily. Even these favored few do not ap- pear every day, and they have heavy wardrobe expenses. Paul Reboux, writ- distributed ritdistributed among 172 plants, and ing in Paris -Midi, proposes that a just other countries account for less than arrangement would be to add what is 1 per cent. saved on "stars' " salaries to those of Branch plants, it is explained, are less prominent members of the caste, who in many cases are poorly paid. A number of Paris theatre have re- duced their price of admission. Some favor doing away with the cut-price ticket system, under which some tick- ets are sold through agents at prices much below those charged at the theatre box office. Siberian Chinese Now Have New Alphabet Vladivostok. - Latinized Chinese Brussels. — Even homing pigeons written language is to be introduced sometimes nave a' roving disposition I in the schools of this Far Eastern and a longing to see something oe Soviet the world, it would seen. One of The decision came after twenty the birds belonging to au amateur eight illiterate coolies had mastered of Dottignies, a little village near the the twenty-eight letters substituted Franco-Belgian frontier, was released for the 50,000 ideographs of their language and learned to read and write in six weeks. The new alphabet will be used in Chinese primary and secondary schools, the Eastern faculty of the considered •to be any companies in- corporated in Canada which are sub- sidiary to or affiliated with foreign. capital; similar companies licensed to do business here, but not incorpor- ated; assembly plants and agencies of foreign firms, and Canadian firms re- lated to outside companies by the use of patents and trademarks. Horning. Pigeon,: Leaves • On World Tour by its owner at a contest held in Arras, early in August. ,Contrary to the rules of the game, it failed to return to its home nest. Nearly two months later, its owner received a letter by air mail saying Far East State University and in that the pigeon' had been found at several Russian high schools, &igen, in indo•China, and identified itee by an msc.rlption under its wing. It had travelled over 6,000 miles from Dirigible to Dwarf Akron Ha/ted in Latest Plans Lakehurst, N.J.--Reports indicating that an airship nearly twice the size Britain's Unemployed its starting point. of the Akron may be built in the • Reduced by 33,52 United States caused considerable London.—The first decrease since continent here as the Navy Depart - July 6 in the number of unemployed Wrenn opened bids for the construe- in Britain was announced recently, I tion of the great dirigible hangar at The total registered at employment Sunnyside, Calif. exchanges Oct. 5 stood at 2,791,520, a I "The hangar will house an airship reduction of 33,252, compared with of 11,000,000 cubic feet," read an of - the previous week. I ficial statement, The Akron has a The decline is due to an increase capacity of 6,400;000 cubic feet. The in the number of hien and women new hangar, which will serve the at work, not to stricter regulations 'Pacific coast airship base, will be 1,- 338 feet long and 310 feet wide. Its height will be about that of an eight- een -story building. for registration. The seasonal in- crease in unemployment expected at this time of year has been respon- sible for adding only 28,000 to the Total cost of the base project as total. authorized by Congress Is set at $5,- The 5;The total reduction in unemploy- 000,000. The Akron is making a ser- ment is due in turn to the hiring of les of trial flights, and semi-official more than 63,000 who had been tem- reports indicated that the giant air porarily unemployed, mainly in the liner probably will be at Lakehurst cotton, coal and wool industries and Naval Air Station early in November, the motor trade. $30,000,000 Liner France and Germany Under Way in France Hamilton Spectator (Ind. Coin.); Paris—The super -Ile -de France, of France and the United States between the French Line, which is to be the them dominate the economic situs- largest, fastest and most luxurious tion, and;in some quarters there is a liner afloat, may be. named Jeanne fear lest the diplomatic conversa- d'Arc. The giant craft is rapidly be - tions will fall short of expectations. ing constructed at the Penhoet ship - The airangenlonts entered into be- yards at Saint Nazaire. tween Germany and France, while Costing more than $30,000,000, the they are hailed asa welcome advance new boat will measure 1,020 feet in on the road to international under- length ----two feet longer than any standing and co-operation, • may be . other liner ever constructed—and viewed in an aspect which is not en- will displace 70,000 tons. There couraging to other European .nations. will be accommodations for 2,132 What has happened is that I`rance passengers and a garage for 100 auto - agrees to provide the money, and mobiles. Actual streets, forming a little Paris, with cafes, stores, chapel, swimming pool, gymnasium They are turning to the Germans to and park, will line the inside of the do what they night have done for hulls. themselves. Germany the technical skill and equipment essential to a great indus- trial revival in those two countries. The Toronto Daily Star:—The Bell Telephone Company announces that Toronto telephone calls now num- need riot deprive anyone in this town ber over 1;300,000 .daily and that wo- et a haircut. Contributing their bit d 55 per Dent. of the coin,- to those financially distressed;, the p n hold It tactfully refrains barbers agreed to devote one hour 'atoM saying that they also hold 75 each Thursday giving ' haircuts to:' 1* OSArii .lijko poliversatioftis'. : those who could not pay for tall Barbers Clip Unemployed Free Broken BoW, Neb.—Inability to pay