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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-07-01, Page 6Lord Tweedsmuir Likes Journalists SAINT JOAN, N,B.—Lord and Lady Tweedsinuir ended their first official visit to the Maratimes re- cently. In a Iuneheon address, Lord Tweedsmuir indicated his preferences notables,' now dead, whom he had known. Among men as "builders," he selected Cecil Rhodes, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lord Cromer. William Gladstone and Herbert Asquith were mentioned as great party leaders. Of philosophic statesmen His Excel- lency preferred Lord Balfour and Sir Wilfrid Laurier. "Lawrence of Arabia" was "the one soldier of genius I have known." Of all the literary men he had known, he thought the name of Rud - yard Kipling would be remembered the longest. "I hope I won't be considered a stifftraditionalist if I say that in my own reeollectioxi it seems to me that the power of public speaking has de- ft will not be considered high treason If I say that there is no one in Can- ada today who speaks as Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke." "I ani inclined to think that radio Is taking the heart out of oratory. Yet it will always be a great art, and perhaps the conditions of the wire- less will produce a new kind of ora- tory where the demagogue will be at a discount." On the subject of literature, Lord Tweedsmuir said he had known many men of letters "though not, perhaps, as many as I ought, for as a class prefer journalists, who seem to me to suffer less from spiritual pride." Canada Produces Canada leads the world in the manufacture of pulp and paper with an export value of over $300,000,- 000. Canada has beneath her soil one ,sixth of the total coal supply of the world. 90 per cent. of the nickel of the world. 85 per cent. of the asbestos of the world. 55 per cent. of the cobalt of the world - 10 per cent. of the gold of the world. 9 per cent. of the lead of the world. 8 -ter cent of the silver of the world. of promotion by merit wherever now instant. with the best interests of the Service, Provision was also made for preference in the matter of appoint- meet to the service to be given to qualified applicants who had served in the Great War, From April 1924, a monthly return of personnel and salaries has been made by each Department to the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics accord- ing to a plan that ensures compara- bility between Departments and con- tinuity in point of time. The institu- tion of this system was preceded by an investigation back to 1912, During the war years the number Ottawa, the Capital Year by year the observance of Dominion Day centres round the Capital and turns the eyes of every. Citizen towards Ottawa. 14 years ago when the diamond jubilee of the Dominion was celebrated it was at. the Capital that the pivot of the re- joicings took place. On that day the open space in front of the Parlia- ment Buildings was black with peo- ple who stood on one of the hottest days of a Canadian summer to listen with hearts full of gratitude and hope as the carillon pealed out its song of praise. Canadians were proud of the capital which became bet- ter known to hundreds of thousands of citizens of the Empire all over the world with the holding of the imperial Economic Conference there. Canada isii-roud Of Civil Service Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's First Prime Minister of employees increased very rapidly, as a result of the enlargement of the functions of government and the im- position of new taxes, necessitating additional officials as. collectors. Such new services as the Department of Pensions and .National Health and the Soldier Settlement Board were also created. The maximum was reached in January, 1920, when 47,133. Persona were employed, a number which bas since decreased to 43,525, in January, 1930. It may be added that, out of 44,175 in March, `1930, 1,- 1.61 .in the Income Tax Branch and 145 in the Department of Pensions and National Health, or 3,306 in all, were engaged in services of outstand- ing importance which had no exist- ence before the war. Further, an ad- ditional 11,739 persons were, .in Marep, 1930, employed in the Rost Office De-' partment, performing services of an industrial rather than of a govern- mental type, and receiving their sal- aries out of the payments of the pub- lic for services immediately render ed, rather than out of taxation. This postal service alone accounted for $2,- 727,756 of the $7,443,404 paid in solar-, les in March, 1930, or 36.65 nor tent'; of the total. "% a The Present Governor-General John Buchan, Writer and torian, Was Born in Perth, Scotland, August, 1875 He came of an old Border family firmly established -in the esteem of the countryside, and comfortably af- fluent. Advantages which, while use- ful were to count little beside the capacity of the man himself. At Glasgow University,.. and Brase- nose College, Oxford, he was not long in proving his quality. With an in- satible appetite for history — espec- ially its pageantry and color — he carried off the Stanhope Historical Lord Tweedsmuir, the present Gov- ernor-General of the Dominion. Prize and the Newdigate Prize for English verse. Also at Oxford, he was elected president of the Union -- that great debating society that has given to Britain so many of its men of affairs. The Boer War had already been raging a year when, at the age of 26, John Buchan was called to the En- glish Bar. Followed- a two-year so- journ in Africa, during' the early months of which he went up the Zam- besi River, and shot big game. He be- came a convert to Cecil Rhodes', dream of a United British Empire and it was not long before lie was called to more serious work. I.4ord Milner was South African High Commissioner at that time. Volume Two of the "Milner Papers" records the commissioner gathering around him a group of able young men, drawn from the Civil Service and elsewhere in England, who Game to be popularly known as his "Kin- dergarten". One of these young Keen was John Buchan, who became Lord Milner's secretary. Another who has since made his; ' mark in British life was Philip Kerr, now Marquess of Lo- thian, To both fell 'a share in the task of healing the war -stricken Transvaal and meeting the implacable hatred of. the. Boers with justice, tact and a genuine desire for friendship. As to the success of this policy, South African offer$ ample evidence. During the next few Years he di- vided his time between law on jour- nalism and then in 1907 came a par- tnership with Thomas Nelson and Sons. During all thers years, John Buchanan was writing. From the time of ` his first novel, "Sir Quixote," which appeared in 1896 while he was still at Oxford, has has been a con- stant" onscant" procession of romances,., his- tories and biographies, interspersed with an occasional sally into the realm of verse and "Light" mystery fiction: The war brought him one of his greatest opportunities for service.. The London Times sent him to , the front as a correspondent in the spring of 1915 and he was present at the. second battle of Ypres. A year • later he joined Sir Douglas Haig's staff as intelligence officer, was present at the battle of the Somme, and was recall- ed in January 1917 to take the im- portant post of Director of Informa- tion at the War Office. It was this war service, joined to his fights as nar- rator and historian which let him write John Buchan's History of the Great War. (1921-2). Assuming his duties as Governor- General of the Dominion at Rideau ):Tall, in 1935, Lord Tweedsmuir brought with him an ideal helpmate, Lady Tweedsmuir, herself, an au- thoress. ,Assured of Support If the Dominion Government de- cides to pursue a more vigorous policy in regard to preservation and extension of the forests, it is assur- ed of a strong support, for interest in this subject was never greater than at the present time,—Brock- ville ime,—Brock-ville Recorder and Times. Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister Prior to 1882, appointments to the Civil Service of Canada were made directly by the Government of the day. In that year, a Board of Civil Service Examiners was appointed to examine candidates and issue certi- ficates of qualification to those suc- cessful at examinations. Appoint- ments, however, were still made by the Government. The Royal Commission .of 1907, ale pointed to inquire into the Civil Ser- vice Act and its operation reported in favour of the creation of a Civil Ser- vice Act and its operation report8d in favour of the creation of a Civil Service Commission. In 1908 this body was appointed, consisting of two members appointed by the Gov- ernor in Council and holding office during good behaviour. This Commis- sion made appointments to the In- side Service (at Ottawa), some after open competition and other after qualifying tests. Qualifying examina- tions were also held for the Outside Service (service apart from Ottawa) and lists establisbed from which the Department selected names. In 1915 a third member of the Civil Service Commission was appointed, and by the Civil Service Act of that year the principle of appointment af- ter open examination was applied to the Outside as well as the Inside Ser- vice. The Act also provided for the organization by the Commission of the various Government Departments for the establishing of new rates of. compensation, and for the principle Where The Laws Of The Land Are (Devised nialinla=aBlEliZgelEiEfeW12322115251121E5Mallg7 �i:'i}�p ,d"•,K�W..z�;C�,*1, dRtil ii,"S.KI.c.ri'S1+Nu.'.Ma1„PP.JiA8.-^�l� :f- ThsasmrmeeeetweaameauaengneuaennxgengenoemssfEISI isa triumphal fust statement o the gothic theme that re -asserts itself 'in every air- . In clic 1 ntrance 13$11 of clic Rouse of I7ariiamelit (Kipper left) theta l • rider t. 'l chamber of the splendid buildings as one clo pent figure Haunts a fugue. arch.'iIi 'h a lin clic tower is the Memorial Chamber (upper,right), Iii the centre is the peace nceteem, fittingly framed between clic holy n g es They shadowy inscribed a 'record" of all triose who valiantly gave their lives to?? Canada in in which clic Altar of lleinembrance stands with its great book of holy names. • ,. the Great War. Below are two aerial v'ews of Ottawa- ;L+roln thetas it may be seen how well the pity was planned, The Government buildings stand. oil the very summit of the hill, Beyond thein a precipitous cliff falls away to the river.