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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-06-08, Page 6Voice of the Press 1 Canada, The G.,,..7... and The World at Large CadaEmpire and The World at Large CANADA venture. They are to play for the Bri' The Perfect Policeman tisk classic, the amateur championship of the British Isles, They will meet the leading golf stars of the world, Canada could not have two finer re- presentatives. They aro not only splendid golfers and outstanding ath- letes, but they are real sportsmen in the finest sense of the word, They are youths who are imbued with the best ideals of sport. Win or lose they will acquit themselves wth honor to their native land. The best wishes, not only of all Lou loners, but of all Canadians, go with thein in their quest across the waters. —London Free Press. stage and screen, but you would find little evidence of that in looking at what stage and screen generally have to offer. Yet, oddly enough, the great- est combined stage and screen success of our time is a play about Englaud and the English, "Cavalcade," which is essentially no more than a few snap- shots culled from 30 English years. The world wants to know what kind of country and what manner of people, it is that has survived such tremend- ous buffets and blows, and solves problem after problem almost as if we possessed sores secret magic. There is no magic in the process. The successes of England are won in the field of character, and it is in the Eng- lish character and in English settings that stage and screen impresarios should look for inspiration. England will not fail them. We are writing not only of good patriotsm, but of good business.—The Era (London). Nobody could look ordinarily quite So wise as a policeman on his beat, either in London or Winnipeg,and at the same time not know anything. He is at least a tradition and has inherit- ed the essence of a principle un - 'changed since he was originated by Peel 104 years ago. He is .the admir- able policeman in whom old ladies im- pose their trust and for whom citizens are willing to ,be taxed. He is the princely, gargatuan fellow with a lot Of leisure on his hands and not much else on hit mind. He is often a good Sport, and the citizens he may have to arrest feel more like standing him a beer than he feels like placing the Cuffs on their wrists. He softens the rigidity of the law with human tolera- tion, and only pinches you when he can almost make you believe the in- fraction of your liberty is more for your awn good than neecfed for the preser- vation resesvation of the peace. He has no pre- tense about being a criminologist, but Is ashamed not to know what goes on on his beat.—Winnipeg Free Press. It Depends When a man asks for advice he hopes It will agree with his own opinion, pre- viously formed, If it doesn't it's not io good.—Quebec Chronicle Telegraph. 125 V„arieties Canadian hardwoods, of which this southwest portion of Ontario form- erly possessed the richest reserves, embrace more than 125 species. The leading ones in the Dominion are birch, maple and basswood, the term hardwood being used as generally equivalent to deciduous or broad- leaved trees. Elm, beech, ash, oak, butternut, chestnut, hickory, cherry, black walnut, tulip, black gum, red alder, sycamore and sassafras are all valuable woods and are still sawn for lumber in Canada, but the supply has dwindled to small proportions. Soft- woods, or conifers, number some 31 species, but form about 80 per cent. of Canadian forests and 95 per cent. of the annual cut of lumber. The total stand of timber in Canada was estimated in 1931 to be approximately 214,477 million cubic feet, of which 167,636 million cubic feet were of coni- ferous species and 46,841 million cubic feet of broad-leaved species, or hard- woods. -London Free Press. Bridge News Now they are malting- contract bridge a matter of 'nice mathematical calculations, with logarithms thrown in. In view of this, what is to become DI those lively and garrulous players who cannot remember what trump is? —Toronto Globe. Revolvers For All Fundamental differences between the attitude of this country and that of the United States seem to be im- plied mplied in a new .suggestion for dealing with the problem of the gang gunman. In this country the deal is to limit, and, if possible, to eliminate, the num- ber of private citizens who are in pos- session of those firearms whose only real purpose is to serve as weapons of offence. But in the United States, where over 10,000 people are said to be killed every year, exactly the op- posite system is now advised. Colonel Goddard, who is rather oddly des- cribed as "professor of political science at North-Western University, Chicago,” and "arms and ammunition expert," recommends that every good American citizen should be equipped with a revolver and told to act as his own policeman in a great national campaign against "gunmen and hood- lums." It would be flatly contrary to the English tradition to encourage pri- vate citizens to believe that they must look to their own protection. That is the 'business of the police, who in most cases heartily resent the slur on their own efficiency which is implied in any suggestion that a citizen needs a re- volver in order to protect his own life or property.—Manchester Guardian. New Type of Church Building An unusual plan has been adopted for the new church at the Milber Hous- ing Estate, near Newton Abbot, De- vonshire, Eng. It s a complete depar- ture from the basilican and cruci-form types, to one or other of which most churches in Christeudom belong, for there are three naves. These naves converge into a hexag- anal central space, on the far (or eastern) side of which there is an ap- sidal sanctuary. The alter thus forms the focus point of each nave and is in full view from all the seats in the church. The three naves are not un- duly isolated from one another, for there are open double arcades be- tween them, allowing a view right across the church. Its arrangement brings the congregation nearer the Sanctuary and altar, and makes the choir much more part of the cougre- gation and the congregation part of the choir. In spite of the strangeness the plan has been approved by both the Exeter Diocesan Advisory Board and the Ea- elesiastical Commissioners. The new. church will be an added attraction to Newton Abbot, which numbers among Its buildings the tower of St. Leon- ard's Church, near which William of Drange's first proclamation was read In 1688.—Toronto Mail and Empire. Easy An intricate jig -saw puzzle of many pieces may be made by dropping the band -painted dish that Aunt Em gave you as a wedding present. --Hamilton Spectator. The Beginning of the End Though it may not appear so to every observer, there is nevertheless every sign that the depression has passed its most acute phase and that economic life is on the path of con- valescence. This is brought out by the encouraging tone of the official re- ports on the progress of business in Canada and the United States, Marked signs of improvement can be seen in commerce and industry. ' The condi- tion of markets is better, employment is gradually increasing, and trade shows better figures than last year.— La Presse, Montreal, Sportsmen Go Porth Two London.youths, "Sandy" Somer- eille, several' times Canadian amateur clrarnpion, and now United States amateur titleholder, and Vole Nash, former Ontario amateur skarn- pion; have sailed 'tor England ott a gra Governments and Shipping The sale of the remnant of the Com- monwealth line of ships for £500,000 to a new company to be called the Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, Limited, concludes a melancholy ex- periment in Government intervention in trading. There was, perhaps, a show of justification for Mr. Hughes' bold venture in 1916, when he bought 15 vessels for £2,056,000, because at that time there was a danger of Aus- tralia being deprived of shipping fa- cilities for the movement of our pro- duce to Europe, owing to the shortage of tonnage produced by the require- ments of the war and the losses from German submarines. But there was no justification for continuing the line and buying more ships after the war; and, as the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry reported, shipowning was "a task which the world's experience has proved is beyond•the power of any Government to carry out efficient- ly,"—Melbourne Australasian. TWO Faianous Skipper Bluenose skipper is guest of R.C.Y,C. during the visit of famous racing fishing vessel and crew at Toronto. When the dinghy fleet set off for the season's first race, Captain Angus Walters watched with Norman R. Gooderham, commodore of the yacht' club, and for years one of the outstanding racing captains on the Great Lakes - Britain to Perserve Wild Cattle Herd London Zoological Society to Provide Funds, for Fam- ous Animals Landon.—The Zoological Society of London plan to preserve the only re- maining herd of British wild cattle which has lived 'for centuries in the park Of Chillingham Castle,. residence La the Earl of Tankerville in North- umberland. Lord Tankerville is no longer able to bear the whole cost of upkeep, though he is willing that the herd should remain In their ancient hoane. Chillingham Park, some 700 acres in extent and alanost in its original con- dition of rough pasture and wpodland, has been so thoroughly inclosed within its stone wall for more than 500 years that the breed of these white cattle has been kept pure. There are 44 of them at present, alid they are small in size with black tips to their up- ward pointing horns, and muzzles originally black but now red. They are very wild and shy' and the only safe way for a stranger to approach them is said to be on the haycart which takes their fodder to them in the winter. Legendary lore says that they are the d.escerrdants of the aurochs or primitive wild oxen of Britain. The British League of Nations The British public ask nothing bet- ter than to .see a peaceful evolution in the ripening process of time of In- dia's genuine independence, in the sense that Canada and Australia do not speak of independence. - They guard zealously their right of self-gov- ernment, but they speak of their loyal- ty to the Crown, because they believe that a Commonwealth of Nations is a finer thing than an array of independ- ent nations accenting as the basis of their independence the possibility of making war upon one another. In the world to -day the British Empire is the one real League of Nations, because within its bounds the possibility of war is neither recc• nixed nor pro- vided for. ---Calcutta Statesman, THE 1..JNITED STATES It's a Gift Women mike better listeners. No man can 'wear an eager little smile to fool you while his thoughts are miles away.—Fountain Inn Tribune. ' *40 Truer When a setting of eggs was discard- ed in proximity to a pile of hot ashes at Colorado Springs recently; the result was sixteen baby chicks. The ineldent seems to ,point to the unwisdoin, also, of discounting one's cthicltOne :before' they aro Batched. --Christian Science M °niter. Pigs Buried 30 Days in Straw Still Live Mondiovi, Wis.—Three of Selmer Lar - son's pigs were buried beneath a straw pile when it was blown over more than a month ago, and he gave them up for dead. But two of them emerged from the straw the other day, he said, thirsty and a bit thin from their 30 - day fast. The third one was killed. Toronto ' ' an, Is Jobs For Wortra2 Chosen 4y BAC® Warden Bickersteth Reported New British Radio Pro- gram Chief London,—J. B. Bicicerste',h, warden of. Hart House, University of Toronto, has been chosen by the British Broad- casting Corporation as its new pro- gram chief and an invitation sent him to. assume the administrative end of this department of the newly -organ- ized corporation, the Daily Herald said Saturday, The newspaper says Mr. Bickersteth will leave shortly for England, sailing from New York on the Olympic. APPOINTED IN 1921. J. Burgon Bickersteth assumed his duties as warden of Hart House in September, 1921. He came to To- ronto from the University of Alberta, where he had been on the stag for two years. He spent four years in Trance, win- ning the Military Cross and bar dur- ing the retreat of March, 1918. In addition to the book on Canada, Mr. Bickersteth has written a history oa: the Sixth Cavalry Brigade for which Lord Haig wrote a preface. He has always been interested in branches of athletics, particularly as- sociation football, having captained the Oxford soccer team in his under- graduate days. Canadians Are Honored For Ambulance Work Toronto.—Ardent supporters of the St. John's Ambulance Corps and first aid work in Canada for many years, a group of prominent Canadian citizens were presented at Ottawa for an inves- titure by His Excelleny, the Govern- or-General, admitting them as mem- bers embers of the venerable order in the Bri- tish Realm of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Their admission to the order pre- sents them with insignia which is the King's recognition of meritorious ser- vice performed in the interests of the order, which sponsors first aid work throughout the world. Among those from Ontario in the group are Major-General J. T. Pother - Ingham, admitted as a Knight of Grace of the Order; Dr. Henry A. Beatty, Dr. W. J. Bell, Col. Henry Brock, Col. H. B. Lockhart Gordon, Hon. Chief Justice Hugh E. Rose and Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Cawthra, admitted as Com- manders; and Dr. A. T. Macnamara and Lt. -Col, 0. A. Hamilton will be ad- mitted as officers. Italian Fliers Invited As Guests of Toronto Toronto,—An invitation has been ex- tended by Mayor W. J. Stewart through Chevaler G. B. Ambrosi, Ital- ian Vice -Consul, to the Italian air ar- mada of 2'0 planes, asking them to visit Toronto on their way to the Chicago world fair. According to pre- sent plans the planes leave Ortebello the latter part of this month and fly to Newfoundland. Toronto has ben the only licensed air harbor in the world, according to Brig. -Gen. J. G. Longton, general man- ager of the Toronto Harbor Commis- sion. Planes can be landed at the foot of Scott Street, within four min- utes of the main hotels. and railway station. Peer Must Pay Wife Ten Shillings a Week Lord Langford, who, after work- ing as a farm laborer, night watch- man, land agent, fruit picker, and concert .singer, succeeded Ito his Irish peerage in 1931, has been or- dered to pay his wife ten shillings. sympathetic study of all the circum - a week, stances should be undertaken. Last year Lady Langford, who, had worked as a waitress in a Lon don teashop, obtained a maintenance order against him of £ 2 a week. Re- cently she told the West London magistrate that £14 arrears were due during her husband's absence abroad, to her. —Lord Langford said it was impos- sible for him to pay £2 a week. He had no means, and was being helped by friends. He expected to get a job soon, but in the meantime all he could offer was five shillings a week. paynients under the funded war debt Lady Langford agreed to accept agreement. Even with these. aids, Mr. Coates had estimated that the final deficit' would be about £7,00,000, but he ex- plains now the position continued to improve right up to the close of the .financial year, March 31. The revenue received exceeded expectations, and this, with the operation of a policy of economy, was sufficient to bridge the gap, and give the Treasury a few, thousands to the good. Considering the serious position we f aced when the year was opened," Mr. Coates said, "I think it -will be gen- erally considered that the result ie very satisfactory." Show Garaiig In ritish Isle Prosperity in Industries Res- ponsible — Not Caused By Replacing Men London,—Insured men in employ- ment in Great Britain decreased by 55,740, while women increased ray 314,270 in 10 years frc;n 1922, it is shown in the latest report of the Charity Organization Society, This is not directly due to women replacing men in industry, it is explained in the report, but owing to the work in which women are employed prosper- ing while industries employing men have declined. In the recession years 1929-32 men to the extent of 11.1 perms, cent. lost their employment, it is state,d, but only 3.1 per cent. of fent.iiee suffered similarly, and this as witjlout the in- elusion nelusion of private domestic service, school teaching and nursing—thiel occupations of women. The report states that for 1932 out of some 6,000,000 insured persons only about 72,000 were known to have been dependent on a precarious and irregu- lar source of livelihood—that is, not in a constant job. The "means test,'1 by which a drawer of unemployment relief has to show clearly what the total means of his family amounts to, has been accepted when properly ex- plained, states the report, in spite of endeavors to work up gra Tames. The Charity Organization Society in Great Britain has operated for 64 years. It bases its relief work on the conviction that people meet life's vicis- situdes best by their own sagacity and exertions, and that if these have to be supplemented from 'outside sources a New Zealand's I Glanced Budget Exceeds Estimate Auckland, N.Z.-That, contrary to expectation, the national leudget had been balanced, has been announced by Mr. J. G. Coates, Minister of Finance. This is with the aid of £2,500,000 taken from the national reserves, and with the help of Britain, which con- sented to a further postponement of fifteen shillings; but the magistrate pointed out to her that her husband went to prison the last time he was sued for arrears, which showed that he really could not pay the £2 a week. "I shall split the difference," he said, "and reduce the order to ten shillings a week. The arrears of £14 must be paid off at the rate of five shillings a week. The affairs of Lord and Lady Langford have been before the courts on a number of occasions, They were married in 1922, and the fol- lowing year Lord Langford, then C. W. E. T. Rowley, went abroad. When he succeeded to the peerage he was, in Australia, .ate Four in Fai'nily Were Killed At Same Railroad Crossing Winchester, Va. — Four members of the Lee family of Clarke County have been, killed in three . separate accidents in recent years at the sane railroad crossing near White Posht. George Meade Lee, former star athlete at the University of Rich- mond, is the latest victim. He was killed by a Norfolk & Western train at the crossing when returning from spending the evening with friends. Lee's father was killed at the same crossing in 1921, and his uncle and his uncle's daughter lost their lives pt the same spot five years later. ' Another strange aspect of the ser- ies of accidents is that the engineer of the train which killed the elder Lee in 191 was a brother of the.:en- gineer who ran over Lee's brother in 1926. Babe Ruth Rewards Orphans When sixoun .seers front the restate orphan home for boys flagged a train and saved it from a . y g 1eeehnutr �' thealso saved several baseball players., As a reward, they were visited by Babe Ruth, who showed thetas how to lilt honters, Safety Calendars to be Issued by Organization Toronto.—The formation of a Na- tional Organization on Accident Pre- vention was urged by R. B. Morley, General Manager of the Industrial Ac•, cident Prevention Association, at the monthly meeting of the,Administrative Committee held here. Reports presented at the meeting showed outstanding progress fxt acct. dent prevention work being done in the Ottawa -St. Lawrence, Wentworth and Essex -Kent Associations. More intensive work in the Niagara Penin- sula, however, was found necessary and the associations in that district will • be asked to carry on a thorough campaign. ' With a view to furthering the in. fluence of the organization, it was de tided to issue a safety calendar fox the year 1934 as a part of the general scheme of safety education in indus. try throughout Canada. P. J. Wood d Ottawa presided at the meeting. Argentine, Reports New Wheat Variety Ottawa,—Black jull wheat, e. newly evolved variety, has just been offeree for sale in the Argentine, according to a report received from the Buenos Aires correspondent of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. A parcel of about 188,500 bushels was offered al the equivalent of 55 cents a bushel in Canadian funds or 25 per cent higher than the current market price for ordinary wheats. The new variety is said tr be suit• able for the Ires Arroyos district it the south of Buein a Aires provinet and combines the characteristics of Argentine barletta and Kansas red wheats. Latest Parachute Invention Used in Prince's 'latae London.•-•Lttgt week the Prince of Wales used his new airplane for the first time when he flew from Windsor to Cardiff City, where the investiture of the Order of St. John of Jerusa- lem was held. His newest plane—he now owns four -is a monoplane and accommo- dates ten passengers. It is one of - the fastest and most luxurious planes in the world, and has a maximum speed of 160 miles an hour. Tlie plane is equipped with concealed parachutes which fall on a passonger's lap wiien sr. einergency button is pressed.