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THE WORLD
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CANADA,
THE EMPIRE
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CANADA
THE MEN BEHIND
Mr. Howe, the new Minister in
charge of railways, canals and mar-
ine, told the Ottawa branch of the En-
gineering Institute of Canada, when
its members were his hosts at dinner,
that in his tow departments were 152
professional engineers. The statement
gave point to his observation that it
was "a strange anomaly" that the
Dominion Government, being posses-
sed of so splendid a staff of technical
experts in Ottawa, so long should
have turned over to small local staffs
the problems of Canadian seaports.—
Ottawa Journal•
STEVE DIDN'T JUMP
Joe Humphries, famous ringside
announcer, writing in a popular week-
ly publication spoils a great illusion
this week. Ile dec'ares that Steve
Brodie, saloon -keeper, never jumped
from the Brooklyn Bridge at a11, but
had a dummy thrown over loaded
with iron, and himself and men were
in a boat below. Brodie merely got
Itis trousers wet, and faked the story
to bring trade to his salon. And it
Certainly did. Too bad to have the
story about Brodie "taking a chance"
debunked after all these years. — St.
Catharines Standard.
CENSORSHIP
'i4 'e are willing to admit that books
by such' writers as James Joyce, D.
H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley should
not perhaps be permitted within reach
of immature minds, for such minds
would only misunderstand them. But
it is intolerable that grown men and
women should be denied Lawrence,
while children are given access to
volumes which Lawrence would have
refused to have inside his house. —
Hamilton Herald.
LEARNING TO FLY
There is a record number of stn -
dents taking instruction for private
and commercial pilot licenses at the
Winnipeg Flying Club this Winter.
The curriculum includes air regula-
tions, theory of flight, aircraft, en-
gineering, air pilotage and meterology.
And arrangements are being made to
give courses in blind flying at the
beginning of the New Year.
This interest in flying by young
Canadians is good news. In a coun-
try with such long distances between
centres of population, aviation must
of necessity play an increasingly im-
portant role. And it is corresponding-
ly important that there be an active
supply and a reserve supply of fully
qualified aviators and air engineers.
The Winnipeg Flying Club's activi-
ties in this direction deserve commen-
dation. — Winnipeg Free Press.
HIGHWAY FREIGHT TRAINS
The miniature freight trains which
now move over the roads of Ontario
are undoubtedly a source of consid=
'ernb'e danger. It was bad enough
meeting or passing large transports
which had a tendency to hog the road
and to obscure vision; but when trail-
ers began to be attached to these
transports, the dangers were doubled,
especially at curves and on narrow
stretches of highway.
The introduction of such unwieldly
velsieles was not forseen when the
highways of the province were laid
out. Their presence has added ma-
terially to the hazards of traffic and
in transport concerns wish to con-
time to operate them, it would seem
only right that they should pay more
for the privilege.
In view of the steady rise in the
number of vehicles engaged in trans-
port service, the time may come
when it will be necessary to restrict
their use to certain roads in conges-
ted districts, leaving other reads
available only to light passenger
baffle.
'Mere can he little doubt that trans-
ports, often with trailers attached,
are a source of ever-present danger
and that the latter, in particular, are
vehicles the extension of which should
be discouraged. — Brockville Re-
corder.
TREES FOR EUROPE
As far back as 1920 the American
Tree Association started sending
`seedling trees to the war-devasted
countries of Europe, to be platted
in zones where shell -fire lied •torn up
the landscape. Since then sonde mil-
lions of trees have been sent over-
seas in this way and Canadian trees
have likewise been supp•ied.
Today the results are a magnifi-
cent justification of this splendid
idea. The trees are said to range
from 15 to 20 feet high, are flourish-
ing, splendidly, and have done much
to replace forests blasted out of ex-
#stance along the battle lines In
France and Belgium. Other trees are
growing in England and Scotland, to
rolr'ace trees cut down for war ma-
terials. — Quebec Chronicle - Tele-
graph.
A KING WORKS HARD
'There is o, tendency to look upon
positions with the Crown as velvety
jobs. It is a mistaken idea, Some of
the hardest worked oxen at Ottawa
Knitting Trade 'ANT DINT EE NEW METHOD
Reports Gains O :IWA S IN '36' OF ASSAYING
Industry Employing More
Workers, Official says Co-operation T o Increase
At Toronto Tourist Traffic Asked For
---Committee Report
Toronto.—The woolen and knitting
industry has been steadily inereas- OTTAWA-10evelopxnont vi Can-
ing in Canada during the past five ado's tourist trade which brings
years, and October of this year saw millions of dollars into the country
are the secretaries to the Governor an all-time high record for employ- every yeear willmethods be achieved by eb-
ment in the industry, with 34,000 operativbetween the
General. That was the case particu- employees working in 2p7 miller in minion and provinces, it was decid-
laxly with E. C. Melville and A. F. 137 :municipalities throughout the
Lascelles who were secretaries to edm recently by a cornmittee of the
Dominion. This statement was made
by H. W. Lundy of Paris, Ontario, Dominion -provincial conference,
Lord iVillingdon and Lord 13essbor- DUST NUISANCE
Woolen
EXPRESSING
and they:handled them well,UST the conviction the
ough. They had many responsibilities president of the CanadianWl
It is not surprising therefore to and Knit Goods Manufacturers' As -dust nuisance on many highways
find that Mr. Lascelles has been made
George. That will he a heavy task, recently. sedation, at the seventeenth annual jeopardized the tourist industry, the
assistant private secretary to ging
too. There are people who think that convention of the organization here report urged a comprehensive plan to
"achieve a condition of dust free
For every 10 persons employeii•in highways,"
royalty. has an easy life; that with the industry in 1930, thei;e are 129 The committee recommended a na-
a11 manner of aides and servants and With the ,makeup of the popula-,tional committee to work in eonjunc_
attention they have little else to do I tion in Canada, and the geographical tion with tourist bureaus; develop -
but enjoy themselves. position of the country, Mr. Lundy rent of national Parks and their
said that Oar•adians have the desire establishment in provinces now with
for durai alto and quality which is
British, the flair for style that is
French; the seeking for new meth-
ods and equipment Winch as Amer?- tional attractions of Canada from
can, and the adaptability • to meet the basis upon which the ever -in -
conditions, which is C::=radian. creasin tourist traffic depends and
The woolen industry enmploys 8,000 Whereas the preservation and de-
more workers today tnan in 1930, velopment of such historic, scenic
said- Luis Blake Duff, Welland, ;and and recreational attractions are wit- ary indication as to whether ore con- the oldest apple tree in the Pacific,
last year in two Ontario towns. Hes- al to the promotional efforts now tains gold: It•will in no way compete Northwest at Vancouver, on the low-
peler and Tete o, more than $',000 - being made by the different tourist with present assaying offices. er Columbia, still flourishes. There
Prof. Walker said he hoped the was romance in its planting, and
test may be developed to a point the history of it was written many
where it will tell definitely whether years ago by Dr. J. R. Cardwell, a
veteran horticulturist of Oregon and'
long president of the state horticul-
tural society.
"The introduction of the first cul-'
That is another mistake. Their
out them.
in receiving deputations, entertain-
Majesties are under constant strain
The committee reported as follows
ig and going about the country lay_ 1• Whereas the scenic and recrea-
ig corner stones, opening-
buildings
pening •public
buildings and doing all the other
things that the people expect mon-
archs to do. We can imagine nothing
more tiresome than to be constantly
on the go attending public functions,
changing from one ..costume into an-
other, probably being compelled to
talk to people who are most uninter- the industry. He, too, stressed the
esting and going through all the Gere- fact that the woolen industry Ca
monies until their tiresome end is y Therefore be it resolved that, the. gold is present in ore to a sufficient
reached. 4 grads is contributing greatly toward Dominion, the provinces and the lo- degree to warrant mining; whether
Being the occupant of a clemocra- the business recovery of 'the small cal municipalities or districts should it is
towns of the p present in amounts worth Erose
tic throne is far from being what is country. 1 deride upon a definite plan designed: $5 to $10 a •ton.
1 The tests will be carried out with tivated fruits in the country in 1824,
a small, compact kit costing about by employees of the Hudson's Bay,
$20 and no more bulky than a shoe Company, is a pretty story with s,
box. Its contents will bo a few touch of romance. At a dinner giv-
liquids in specially constructed bot- en in London in 1824 to several
tics, a few candles and react:onts for young men in the employ of the
dissolving the gold out of the ore. Hudson's Bay Company, bound for'
It isclaimedno scientific knowledge the far distant Pacific Coast, a
Enables Determination In 20
20 Minutes of Gold Values
—Micro Spot Test
hAMILTON, , A new method of
assaying ore, known as the "micro -
spot" test and discovered by the
science department of McMaster
University, was announeed in a re-
cent issue of the McMaster Silhou-
ette.
Professor W, 0. Walker of the
chemistry department and Miss Doris
Hiseox, B.A,, discovered and de-
veloped the method.
The discovery is said to be of great
assistance to prospectors and will en-
able them to determine in 20 min-
utes the gold values of ores to an
accuracy of one part of 500,000.
"Until latitudes in America. He extended
Until now the problem of assoy- these results out into space using the
Ing has, been the check -rein of goldn simple laws of magnetism which
mining, hindering the prospector in '
his coverage of the field," said Prof. govern such things as motors and
Walker. "Prospectors, hitherto have electromagnets.
been forced to load themselves with
the different samples of ore ano Coast Boasts
Rare Old Pippin
Rays Stronger
Magnetic Field Of Earthl
Extends More Than
400 Miles
Paradena, Calif.—Robert A. Milli -e
lean, California's specialist on eosmie'
rays, dispels another fallacy of ter-.
restrial magnetism. The earth's
magnetic field was formerly thought'
to be effective at no greater heights
than 100 miles and essentially rani -
form in strength throughout.
In the course of his cosmic ray re-
search, however, Dr. Milliken finds
that the earth's field extends at least
10,000 miles into space with an in-
tensity stronger on the side of the
globe exactly opposite to North Ani-.
erica.
His results were all obtained on
the surface of the earth and showed
a greater cosmic ray intensity from
the north pole to the equator in the
region of India than in comparable
bring them long distances to the
assay offices, which in many cases
requires weeks:"
The test will provide a prelimin-
Vancouver.—Seeded 110 years ago,
000 was paid out to enxployees in agencies in Canada, both public and
priva te.
DEFINITE PLAN
commonly called a soft snap. — (a) To 'carry out a stock -taking of
LetL)NIDSAY COW MAKES GOOD to t ,•1 $ 1�3 all Canada's tourist attractions, po-
!tential and actual; (b) Evolve a co -
The hardy pioneer stock of Ontario
LOQ
operative policy to ensure the pre -
is again suggested in a story- from
Lindsay, Ont., about a farmer and ai 5i .ervation of all sxich resources; (c)
. To stimulate public interest in the
cow. The cow disappeared on a farm i ilea of leaving nothing . undone in
near Kirkfleld. The farmer kept on
looking for her, but it was 23 days
later that he discovered her wedged
between two trees in a piece of
"bush" at the rear of his farm. There
she had been 23 days, without food,
and subject to the exposure of the
late November and early December
weather. But the story says she is
coming along under treatment, a little
thin and battered, but still a 'going
concern.
There was nothing weak or pam-
pered about that ICirkfield cow and
she should be used for breeding
stock. There maybe a great field for
the cow business if fanners can get
a breed that will be able to go 23
days without eating. About five good
meals would carry them through
from end of grass season to the new
herbage crop next Spring.
Is the Saskatchewan department of
agriculture prepared to go into the
matter? — Regina Leader -Post.
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CONGRATULATIONS FROM
CLINTON
For nineteen days, from Nov. 15th
to December 7th, The Stratford Bea-
con -Herald was printed in The Times
office, St. Thomas, but Monday the
paper was printed at home again, af-
ter a . strenuous week -end getting
ready for it. . The Beacon -Herald is
to be dongratuiated on getting the
paper out so regularly, 'without a.
day's intermission, since 'the fire.
which so badly damaged the plant
the middle of last month. — Clinton
News -Record.
THE EMPIRE
TRANSATLANTIC AIR ROUTES
Probably the first. landing -place on
the American coasts will be at Har- Nr highways
boor Grace in Newfoundland, 'with a Peace Bridge during November than g y
Canadian terminal in Nova Scotia. In
this coutry the chances of various
sites have been carivassed. Experts
of the Air Ministry have recently •tal was 2+17,449. Movement of mo -
been examining several places in Ire- tot, cars across the border increased
land. Possibly Cork ,or Bantry 13ay from 67,042 to 84,7n, in November
., ..- .- alivisin5, has been rendering an ex -
the matter of making as well as
New Governor-General Fast keeping Canada beautiful.- is necessary for applying the tests. young gentleman ate an apple, care-,
finning Hearts of . 1 2, Whereas the tourist industry. is I Through the "anicro=pat" test it i fully wrapped the seeds in a paper
Canadians of vital interest to Canada. 1 is believed persons without experi_ and placed them in the vest pocket
Therefore, be it resolved that the' ence can compete with veteran pros- of the young gentleman, with the
Ottawa,—Lord firveedsmuir, Gan promotional work already done byipectors, and in this way the mining valued that, when he arrived in the
Can -
the various official tourist bureaus fields of northern Canada will be Oregon country, he should plant
ado's Governor-General has not them and grow apple trees. •
"The act wr,s acted, and in a spir-
it of merriment ether ladies pres-•
ent from the fruits of the table, put
seeds of apples, pears, peaches and
grapes into the pockets of all the
young gentlemen. On their arrival
at the Hudson's Bay Company fort
at Vancouver the young gentlemen
gave the seeds to the company's
gardener, James Bruce, who planted
them in the spring of 1825. From
these seeds came the trees now
growing on the grounds of the Van-
couver barracks, as transferred to:
the government on the disbanding
of the H. B. Company. One of
these trees has recently been identi-
fied. marked and protected.
"Seeds from trees in the Hud-
son's Lay orchard were brought to
the interior by employees of the:
company."
waited long to initiate himself' into acknowledged and that these serv-
the spirit of this country's •invigor- ices be continued and augmented,
where possible.
ating winter. His Excellency is PERMANENT COMMITTEE
Yearning to ski and• is rapidly be And be it further resolved that a
coming an adept. •
In his public addresses Lord permanent committee be set up re-
Tweedsmuir has more than fulfilled presenting the various official tour
-
Tweedsmuir bureaus to maintain contact and
demands. He has attended numerous to meet at least once a year for the
functions and has spoken at all of ourpose of co-operation and • co -
more quickly developed.
Ore Samples Supplied
The Ontario department; of mines
arranged to have ore samples sup-
plied Prof. W. 0. Walker, discoverer
of a new assay method, T. F. Suth-
erland, deputy - minister, said.
Samples were sent from the mines
them. His deliveries reveal the ordination of services, to aleMaster University in Hamilton,
craftsman in the English language, 3. Whereas federal authority has where Prof. Walker and ails; Doris
the master of "the polished diction established national' parks in several Hiscox, B.A., carried out tests in
and the rounded phrase." ,
Even When be has prepared no set
address His Excellency speaks fault-
lessly and fluently...: and afford attractions 'to tourists the discovery.
.Not unnaturally, his literary works' which are of substantial economic
are enjoying a great vogue in Can- importance, and
ada. As a historian His Excellency' Whereas certain provinces have no `,, T"0"? i ?'R°
of the provinces, and development of tale new method.
Whereas said parks provide recce- Mr. Sutherland said the depart-
ational centres within the provinces rent had no comment to make on
wrote a monumental history of the national parks and, in consideration
Great War; and also one of his own of the importance of such national
regiment, The Royal Scottish Fusil- parks as a factor in expanding Cour-
iers. His philosophical studies, as id traffic, are consequently deprive
exemplified in "Men and Deeds," are ed of advantages enjoyed by other
scarcely so well known as his nov- provinces,
els, wherein , his heroes, young men NATIONAL PARKS
of upright character, get into all
manner of scrapes and. His Excel-
lency being a good story -teller, em-
erges from thein triumphantly.
It has been indicated that "John
Therefore, be it resolved that such
provinces as are not now provided
opportunity to have such parks es-
tablished within their borders to en-
able then: to participate in all the
To The rescue
How a young bride outwitted the
elements threatening to delay her'
marriage in Honolulu by resource-
fulness plus the aid of modern air
transport; was the romantic story
related in Victoria, B. C., by Miss
Jennifer Greenwood of Elstree, Eng -
Buchan" will write a story of Can- n, land.
advantages' accruing from such de- The bride, \Tics Gwynydd Watson
tide, accumulating material during yelopnient. • - of Devizes, Exeter, was married to
his five years in the Doininion. • ,l; Whereas the future of our tour Geoffrey Dawson of Honolulu imme-
ist industry may be jeopardized by diately following the arrival of the
Number Crossing Border the. dust nuisance on many highways Empress of Japan at the Hawaiian
" Increases hi November Therefore, be it resolved that it is• port' on December 5.
vital to the best •interests of all the • But for the resourcefulness and
Fort Erie — Figures released here provinces that a comprehensive plan assistance of Miss Greenwood, how -
recently showed- that d0,291 more be devised and put into execution. ever, it is feared Cupid would have
persons grossed the border by the to `achieve a condition of dust -free suffered a temporary defeat.
The Storm experienced by the
Acluitania on the Atlantic was re-
sponsible for the, predicament the
bride found herself self i11 on arrival at
New Yore..
Lashed by successive gales on the
voyage cram Southampton the Aq-
uita'nia reached `New • York late.
in the same •.moni;h a year ago, In -
Novenxber, 1034, the number was
1.79,157; in .1\ ovember, 1935, the to- Canadian Flax Seed
•
For Northern Ireland
•
For the first five years the Fibre
+i+a,r be selected. There ia. even 0Uu+v ----- --- -----•rr-•--•- •••••• .••«•••• , aims Watson's train itinerary was
talk of placing the British terminus month in 1934, tremely important mases- e. ser
on the Clyde, though this seems
highly improbable,- since it would
mean that a. longer distance would
hay.e. to be crossed. A terminal 'Eng-
lish site somewhere on the south
coast would b o convenient fox
vied. Canadian flax growers have arranged to permit her to catch the
found a ready and remunerative mar- Empress of Ja'lan at Victoria and
�'ta IVl�lrried
Y ket iu tile• North of Ireland for spe-
tial pedigree fibre -lar-seed. Original
CHICAGO —.With 3,000 reconcil- test pr'opbgations of Irish send were tions.
Miss Greenwood' came to the res-
it,
of parted couples to his eyed= made in Canadk '111 the years ,1923,
e more e x it Su erior Court • Judge Joseph cue and suggested .to the bride that
Imperial Airways' projected Atlantic ' p P 119..9 and 1930 under the auspices of it might be possible to keep her;
service by the Azores of which the Sabath • celebrated his 25th anniver- the Ministry of Agriculture of North wedding date if she hopped aboard
a sary on the Bench last 'veelc by Itis- ern Ireland apex' in co -Operation of the a lane to overtake the "Empire
first stage — New York to Bernxuda— closed his fern -idle for happymart- , i'e Iiivision, and, each year since plane ,, p're Human Ion Sets
is also to begun )text year. The rib But der steaming westward, Slci-%1xg with a balloon at 80 miles
loge: has seen' an increased demand n Ire- R•iiss Watson acted with clecision;
Azores route offers considerably tbeeen bet. ate waystay ' se°ted a r' an hour sounds' impossible to many
The onlyto married— lance for' Canadian grown Bred, Toe
ter weather than that b¢Cween Ire -„g 'p, flung her v�eddinb of us this side of the globe, hnw-
land and Canada. On the other hand„ • is to stay married, excelloht results that have been' bb_ own apex intimate accessories into ever inone ante countries this s»crt has
it is much more roundabout, and ens The 40,000 marital rifts he has tallied, ate indicative of an eneourag- it, and climbed aboard a plane for been a reepted with great enthusiasm
singe stage is longer than the entire
handled during- a •quarter of, a con- ing "ftitttire for 'Canadian fibre 'flax- thiedge. •'; - •• 1 Zeppiin ski -in; is a combinati 'n of
tory has convinced blip, axe said; seed growers. Continued asslst'ance,in. She Was •tinnble to make the con- two rf the riskie.=t snorts ever de.
distance between Ireland rand . Vit,. that divorces are always caused by tfx s important marketing program is nation at Chd•ra;to, so continued by \'iced by man. 'In l neland a ban
John's. Trlancltester Guardian, •.,, • ” i + was pit on gas •bar jmiiping due to
a little, foolishness." , , assured by the Division. ono her air li.lier .ta St. Paul where
SPORT AND POLITICS
:Whether it •coiiperns finances, or a: she caught up' with her train and tlhe ap'villing death rate that result=
Sport has always been pobularly third person, or'soxxdethin� else the entered Ganscia at Mans.; .,taw, can- eta. 'Cie dna; ±as apeian,i was for
supposed to be a great leveller. Such, p ' g e the n", til ipa�,t to -harness 'himself to
apparently is not the view of the stumbling block usually is a trivial- .V, S. Farm Incomes tinning to the Coast and embarking a balloon but counter -balance his
General Council of the Trades union ity," the veteran jurist asserted.
jump 844 I :I ions on file Empress of Japan, whi'h sail. ,,.r;^,,t, then to 'step over hecly;es,
Congress, which has received a se -The judge himself has been hap- ed dfronx V icte is •No .ember.. CO for barns or other str iletnres by gently
Ha ?,aii and the Orient, 1 s n"in" into the ozone.
vere snub from the home Secretary,pily married since 1881. He has Washington -- An $811;000,000 in With the bride's bdl ;lit;'e, consist lAnr111in' the same rinrinle to seri.
for its effort to prevent the interna- ','three children, and seven grand- crease in the gross income from 1925 ' . r p
tional match with Germanyrecently i children, most of whom dropped ped iia- farm products as compared with 1934 Miss, of a ]n nnln i ar of Victoria
a i 1 n?ni11i1 hoar Bell,frve the whale stew ire
Y � 1, t Greenwoodworeached Victoria �.an>•n, i lnstr•^trop. Leo rasnnrl, lege
played in England. The Council pro- : to his courtroom to. congratulate him. was estimated recently by the United December 4 and sailed by the mo- Aiastriiil, amaeeel and aetaunded
tested to the Home Office on the ri. States agriculture delrarirneiit. Tho tor liner Aorangi for ITodxa'.ulu. She ,a„°^+rima 1 b„ attni�,inM a specs; of 84
dicelous ground that as a large ! "Life is Ixn `brief candle for axe.•, n•oxxtlily crop reilort set the value of will be too late for the Wedding, at „arses en l+rim with streamlined gee
number of Garman 4' supporters were s It is a •sort of splendid torch, which farni products. at $3,110,000,000, wbile which she exper.tcll to be a guest, ssa ,,' 1 •cY•e ni.,e•1 &'ie of this dess^in,
coining over for the match they might i 1 have got hold of tier the moment, the 1934 value was $7,206,000,000, but sale was able to slid her friend "i” `' T i+1 i111a• i:, atir,n shows lx+sit-
n,,.l ;,,.i;,,". £in*,rn 1e shows Pant
regard the event as being of some and I want t.o make It burn as bright- in her dilenln.n• ..,,,1 a..•„•1 1+„?•as ci••iare TTI olfat
political importance, lY as possiblo before handing it on to "11ow we'vaste the procious time, Miss Greenwood is gone; In visit ,.. •..•.,,,,r si-ls. ' v0,11 one has ee
future generations.” -•- George Beg.. the irretrievable moments, of one her uncle 11Tr. W. P. W. Ttarn••r. ..... ,
21 I nerd Shaw --
short life!" = Andro Maurais. British Consul at Honolulu. r. •„nl�• 11is#eilnited over its,
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