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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-11-30, Page 6M^ i�.+ ► • r�wr-�-+S • S -s #�i + I e .r eN► w 1 wS l! fA S . -o„ Voice of thePress aee Canada, The Empire and The World at Large ,� .. Y- -9'.q. V'�YM,-.i.w-�l •R..o-+n'4^.9r^P •-$-4w1 w-o-ai ,P^}F p N•4�+. CANADA, Stratford is Doing Well Stratford received some undesirable publicity during the recent strike of the furniture workers, It was feared that the results of the trouble might be felt or a long time, We are pleased to learn through the Beacon -Herald that though all is not yet mended the city is well ou the way to complete recovery. There was strong evidence of this 'when the second instalment of taxes fell due in the first week of November, Collections in 1933 were as good as they were in 1932. As the Beacon -Herald fairly claims: "A city which goes through a time of strike for almost two months, and then pays .as much in taxes as it did the year be- fore is not a washed-out affair. A record of that sort is actually of much more importance than a day of rioting, but is not as spectacular, and Is there- fore less liable to receive mention."-- Toronto Mail nand Empire. Two Offences A crooner received ten years im- prisonment for robbing a bank. Why not have given him the ten years for being a crooner?—Sr, Thomas Times - journal. Big Advances A. visit by motor to Norfolk County the other day impressed us very much with the changes that have taken ;)lace .in that district during the past few years. A generation ago Norfolk, with its sand farms, was certainly not countea among the richest of our counties. But by learning what their types of soil and climate were suited for, aud then specializing in those lines, the people of Norfolk have made remarkable advancement in the pro- ductivity as well as in the prosperity of their county. Norfolk can grow ap- pies. Her leaders studied the situa- tion, decided that the only way to make it profitable was to give special attention to producing a good uniform product and go in for co-operative marketng. This policy has been fol- lowed through successfully. Tobacco. has been introduced as a successful crop and has caused a great boom around Delhi, though at the present time there are difficulties about mar- keting the product Canning is carried on successfully, providing a good out- let for the vegetable growers of the district. One result of Norfolk enter- prise has been that the town of Sim- coe has increased fifty per cent. in population while oth r rural centres have stood still or gone back. -- St. Mary's Journal -Argus, `More Exports Hockey, or as they call it there, "ice hockey," is growing in popularity in Great Britain. Probably hockey play- -ers will be added to our -exports to the United Kingdom in a few years.— Sault Star. Killing Ground Hogs The method described recently of ridding Durham county of ground hogs by offering prizes to the children who brought the tails of the greatest num- ber of the 'Jetts as exhibits at rural school fairs, seemed to be a dandy one at the time. It certainly worked well in that county as the children slaught- ered 3,457 of the pests that endanger horses' legs by burrowing holes in the farmers' fields. The Post even suggested that some- thing similar might be done in this county but now there is no need of it as a better method has been dis- covered in Ingersoll. One farmer there has rid his feed: of the pests in a delightfully simple manner. He drives his tractor into the infested fields, attaches a rubber hose to the exhaust, and after plugging the bur- row outlet, he places the hose into the front door of the ground hog home and lets the tractor engine run. The animals are quickly smothered by the gas and their former homes .also act as graves. Any farmer who does not own a tractor but would like to try this plan will find a car does the work just as efliirlently.—Linclsay Post. To Sharpen a Razor And now from England comes the news that au experimenter there has discovered that the life of razor blades can be greatly lengthened by keeping them lying north and south by the compass. He has kept a record of the length of the life of the various razor blades he has used. Prior to orienta- ting his razor blades he found that no 'blade would last hint longer than about one month or six weeks, Dur- in'g the past two and half years, dur- ing which he has conducted his experi- ment, his blades averaged 72 days, one went as high as 166 days. He credits it to terrestrial magnet- lsm.-Financial Post, Contrast in Courts TWO drug traffickers were arrested recently, one In Canada and the otber across the line. .One, sentenced in Montreal,• mustserve fourteen years in a penritentiary, receive twenty-five lashes and pay a fine of $3,000. The other, tried across the line, was freed en atechnicality: •-••Niagara Falls Re- view. Dangerous practice Haigh in the list of dangerous prac- tices may be placed the common one of drivers and passengers of automo- biles resting amus, with elbewe out- side windows In several recent acci- dents, It is noted that such practices have contributed to serious injuries. Its oue ease a woman was pinned un- derneath the car when it overturned because site had her arm in such a position and another had her arm torn off by a passing ear which side-swiped the one in which she was riding.— Niagara Palls Review. THE EMPIRE A Children's Charter The act which the Egyptian Parlia- ment put upon the statute books to regulate the employment of children in industry follows the lines of acts with which the people of Great Britain and of other similarly advanced coun- tries are familiar; but being the first of its kind iu Egypt It natui•a"y lags behind in many respects. In general children under 12 are not to work at all ,though in a few specified excep- tional cases they may do so after nine years of wee, The daily hours are not to exceed seven for those of the young- est class,'rhile no young person under 15 is to work more than nine hours a day or to do any night work at all. Pro- visions are mad, for rest -times both daily and weekly and against danger and ill -health likely to arise in the various occupations. The act comes into operation on the first day after Christmas—a happy augury perhaps for the introduction of a• Children's Charter in Egypt.—Egyptian Gazette. Lost, Stolen or Strayed Sometimes the mention of a particu- lar word almost startles one. The use of the word technocracy on a friend's lips a day or two ago did startle me. Technocracy, technocracy—no longer than nine months ago everyone in America and a great many people in this country were talking technocracy with quite' incredible sapiency. And now what has happened to technoc- racy?—London Spectator. Cowardly Gunmen The American gunman in his native alleys maY be a daring and picturesque fellow, but he cuts a poor figure in this country, where neither policemen nor ordinary citizens carry revolvers. Lacking the gun tradition, we cannot make a hero of a blackguard who shoots down an unarmed man. In comparison Bill Sikes is a gentleman and a sportsman. -- London Sunday Chronicle. "Blood's Worth" From Japan There is oue consideration (apart from that of poor quality) which should give pause to prospective purr chasers of Japanese goods, and that is the conditions under which those goods are made. If Japanese adults choose to work in circfimstances that would appal and revolt the average European craftsman, that may be their own lookout; but it now seems only too certain that a grave child -la- bour Scandal lies behind the flood of Japanese dumping. In countries where child labour was abolished many years ago such a state of affairs can only be regarded as damnable: Child labour is "blood's worth" with a i-eugeance— and all who buy the goods it produces are guilty of condoning a crime against humanity.—Johannesbnrg Sun- day Times. Disorder in China The condition of Chinese trade and agriculture is irrefutable evidence of the accumulated effects of disorder and mismanagement of the country's affairs. China is a country With wide areas of as fertile land as any in the world. A peasantry, incomparable in its industry and frugality and courage under every form of adversity, tills the land with a system of hand -labor, perfect in its own way, even if it lacks the mass production methods of Can- ada aud the United. States. In Kwan - tang there is all the wealth of the Pearl River Delta and the plains bor- dering the chief rivers, The popula- tion is estimated at 38,000,000. And yet no less than ten per cent. of the rice consumed, a total of 9,000.000 picnls per annum, is imported, In other words, a population eiluivalent to the inhabitants of about six leading towns, including Canton, buys all its rice from abroad.—Bong Kong Press. The Defence of Australia The proposals do not include provi- sions for military training. It has evi- dently been recognized that the na- tural defence of Australia is on the water, and that provision is necessary also for protection frons attack by air. This is indisputable. At the Blaine time there is a great deal in the training of youth to arms. The keeping of a standing army is expensive, and is,. Moreover, repugnant to public seuti- ment. But the training of young men to be in readiness for auy emergency is a. different thing altogether. It means immediately, when the call comes, an efficient force capable of rapid mobilization, disciplined, skilled. Any invading army would be highly efficient, and to meet it with raw troops (or to spend months taking the rawness off the troops) would leave us in a disastrous plight. We may. hope that provision for training will be forthcoming is time, Possibly at pre- sent. Parliament would not agree to it; the Laboar party would certainly op- pose it. --Melbourne Australasian. •� THE UNITED STATES The Newspaper The newspaper it an institution de- , On First Lap of Antarctic Venture Byrd's, flagship passes through the Panama Canal, The Jacob Ruppert, 'carrying the admiral and part of his crew to the antarctic, passes through the famous Cockroach Slide; near Cristobal. veloped by modern civilization to ,pre- sent the news of the day, to foster commerce aud industry through wide- ly circulated advertisements, to inform and lead public opinion, and to furnish that check upon government which no constitution has ever bean able to pro- vide. — Col. R. R. McCormick, editor and president of the Chicago Tribune. Anniversary Peterborough..—Fifty years ago on Nov. 18 the world adopted standard time, a refinement in universal prac- tice that brought the clocks of the various countries into 'a scientific agreement, a.reforni successfully ad- vanced by one of Peterborough's greatest citizens, the late Sir 'San- ford Fleming, brother-in-law of E. H. D. Hall, prominent lawyer anduncle by marriage to Sheriff F. J. A. Hall. Since 1883 standard time has been associated with the name and mem- ory of Sir Sandford Fleming whose splendid career as one of the builders of Canada has an obscure but prom- ising beginning as -assistant to Rich- ard Birdsall, civil engineer of Peter- borough, who was the original sur- veyor of a large section of Central Ontario. Says British Settlers Available for Canada Montreal.—With properly organiz- ed inunigration schemes, thousands of settlers from Great Britain would be glad to conte to Canada, said Com- missioner David Lamb of Salvation Army headquarters in London, Com- missioner Lamb passed thrdugh Mon- treal on his way back to England after spending several weeks. in the United States studying the operation of the N.R.A. ' • Mission Ship Finishes Voyage of 14,000 Miles Victoria.—An adventurous voyage of nearly 14,000 miles has been com- pleted by the 65 -foot mission ship, John Antle, on its arrival here for :vice with the Columbia coast mis- sion. Skippered by Rev. John Antle, the sturdy little craft east anchor here 106 days after it left its Thames dock in London, England. Capt. Antle said the vessel stood up beautifully under the long voyage and reported nothing untoward occurred. Canadian Farris Products to U.S. Increase 192 P.C. Ottawa.—The exports of Canadian farm products to the United States in October was valued at $1,397,494 compared with $476,787 in October last year, an increase of 192 per cent., the Dominion Bureau of Statistics re- v ealed. The largest increase was in wool, from $156 to $275,269. 61,543 Barrels of Apples Shipped in One Week Truro, N.S,—The weekly apple shipments supplied by Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., showed that six steamers Faded 61,543 barrels of apples in the week ending Nov. 5, bringing the total shipped to date to 650,969 barrels. In. the same week last year 16,884 bar- rels were shipped and the total to date was 236,734 barrels. The Manchester division took 8,325 barrels to Manchester; Transylvania; 11,500 to Glasgow; Cairnglen, 8,804 to Newcastle; Drottinghohn, 25 to Goth- enburg; Cairnvolona, 30,645 to Lon- don; Petinland, 2,244 to Antwerp. London has imported 219,094; Liverpool, 176,090; Manchester, 75,- 216; Glasgow, 49,688; Cardiff, 45,680; Newcastle, 37,625; Hull, 13,364; Southampton, 8,012; Avonmouth, 6,843; Hamburg, 6,329; Antwerp, 5,510; Gothenburg, 25; Bristol, 7,493. Apple shipments from Port Wil- liams in the week of Oct, 28 included Aslaug, 16,375 barrels; Juan, 8,741 barrels. In the week ending Nov. 4, they were Calabria, 16,094 barrels; -,gnete, 15,943 barrels. 3,708 P i tients Return to Society Ontario Health Minister Out- lines Work of Mental Hospitals Toronto.—"Dtirirg the last Three years, at our various hospitals, mayI say we have turned back to' their place in society some 3,708 persons from our mental hospitals, an average of more than 100 per month, and rec- ords indicate that more than half of these patients will need -no further care and will not have to come back," declared Hon. Dr. J. M. Rabb, Ontario Minister of Health, in a speech here. Dr. Robb said one of the fundamen- tal efforts of his department was to break down the "widespread public fear" of going to a trental hospital. "There should be no reflection upon E. man because he has 1 -ad to conte into one of our mental hospitals for treatment," he 'said. "Nor should there be. any reflection on the rest of his family, any more than if a man has to go into any other of our hospitals. 'That principle should be pounded • home, alike in charity and justice to to a mentally sick citizen and to the end we may continually valise the standard of our mental hospitals in Ontario." Librarians who have wished for cast-iron covers to protect the books in their charge will be interested to find` that copper sheeting is actually found suitable for ewers subjected to hard usage. Britain Extends Cruiser Building Plan Larger Ship 'in Answer to Japan and United States London.—The revised British cruis- er building program which was an- nounced in the House of Connnons recently still leaves Britain consider- ably short of the 91,000 tons of new cruisers which the London Treaty allows it to build by 1936, it is em- phasized here. In making announcement, Sir Bol- ton Eyres-Monsen,,, First Lord of the Admiralty, pointed -out that not only the United States but also Japan re- cently announced extensive building programs for large new cruisers. Bri- tain therefore has not alternative but to revise 1933 plans, he declared. The method adopted is to build three cruisers—two large ones and one small instead of four small as orig- inally intended. Two of these are to be a new type of about 9,000 tons each. The third is to be of the Ariz= thuya type of 5,200 tons as already planned. It is pointed out here that the size of the new vessels is to be about 1,000 tons smaller than those arranged for in the new American program but is slightly larger than the new. "coast defence" type recently laid clown by Japan. Old Woollen Mill Destroyed By Fire Athens, Ont.—The old stony: wool- len mill operated by David Miller and D, McEvoy; recently of Ottawa, is in ruins from fire, which broke out in the metal -clad additio)i to the build- ing and rapidly spread to the main structure.; It is thought the fire was caused by a nail, mixed with the wool which was placed in one of the ,machines.. A volunteer 'fire brigade was quickly organized, but efforts to bring the under control proved useless. The plant, established many years ago as a taimery and operated until recently by J.-. Gordon, was partly covered by insurance. Heavily Clad Miner Star of Rugby Game Glace Bay, N.S.—There's nothing formal about Clifford Orr, so when he arrived from the miues and found Port Morten short one man in their rugby battle- with Caledonia, he didn't hesi- tate. Clad -in rough pit boots, the husky forward dashed onto to field end- played all through the first half. Itis boots were awkward, and when the whistle "blew, he shad them, He had no others. Through the last period he played in stocking feet and stood out as the star player. Night Club Hostess Draws Her Last Crowd Thousands of New -Yorkers watch the casket bearing the remains of Texas Gunned leave the funeral parlor. Souvenir seekers snatched flowers from the grave of the night clue hostess, Who died while touring British 'Columbia, Pioneer Dies hi Her 10kkt Year Mrs. Rachel MacMillan Liveci in Township of Eldon for 91 Years After 100 years of life in this cona try, death came to Mrs, Rachel Mae Milian of Woodville, Ont., in lies 101st.. year. The late Mrs. MacMil, len was widely known throughout the whole province; she was the wife of the late John MacMillan and the grandinotlter or 'William MacMillan, Il�i Principa ndsay;l of the Collegiate Institute _ On May 12, surrounded by her 'sin children, 26 grandchild;,en, and 21 great-grandchildren, Mrs, MacMillan celebrated the centennial of het birth, At that time she was in the best of health, full of vitality and is possession of all her faculties, II was believed by all her friends and relatives that she would live fol many more years. For the past 91 years Mrs. Mae Milian resided in the Township of Eldon. It was there sho married and raised a family of five sons and two daughters. Her busband died when the youngest of seven children was but a few months old. Archie, one of her sons, died later. Left a widow at 35, she took over direction of the agriculture, and raised and educated the family of Iter children who are so proud of her, On the occasion of her birthday, Mrs. MacMillan told a reporter many interesting facts. Although she spoke English, the old Gaelic tongue which she knee when she came. from Scotland as a girl of nine in 1842, was the prune favorite with the pioneer: She liked nothing better than to have her friends chat to her in Gaelic. She prided herself on using the language site learned in Scotland. . It was a wild busb country, the no\v-sedate Township of Eldon, when Mrs. 11IaoMillan came out from Port Ellon on the Island of Islay neat Scotland in 1842 with her father and mother, and means of travel were slow and arduous. It took then 13 weeks to get to To - route from Scotland by boat and then they went in another boat up to Holland's Landing, down Lake Simcoe to Beaverton, and through the bush from there to where they set• tled in Eldon Township. Woman Walks Miles To Be Confined Sudbury, Ont. — The hardships of pioneering in Ontario's north -may be . diilicult for most city -bred women, but Mrs. C. E. Buffet' looks at it philo- sophically. Sh,e is now in Sudbury at ter trekipg tltr ough' the bush from het homestead several miles away. It was little more than two 'weeks ago that Mrs. Muffey walked in front her Henry township home. She went to the hospital where shortly after a child was born and site is now prepay. ing for the homeward trek with bus, band and daughter. "I love the country down there," she said in speaking of her new Tiome, "It's so pretty. 'We're only 200 feet from the Veuve river and we're going to stay there. I supose it will be pret• ty fine country when the children grow up, and that is the main thing to think about." Before coming to Sudbury, Mrs. But lived in Toronto for 20 years. English Dictionary .Has "Gone Hollywood" New York—Recognized throughout the world as the outstanding author- ity on the English language the Ox- ford Dictionary has "gone Holly- wood," says a special cable to the New York Herald -Tribune from Lon- don. In its latest 900 -page supplement the editors include a large nuinber of !words: and phrases which, introduced here mainly through the "talkies," have passed into common usage. Ex. angles are "debunk," "bump "wow," "wisecrack" and "taken for e Tide." Improvement Shown. in Automotive Industry Canadian ,automobile manafactur- ing plants, according to the Depart relent of Trade and Commerce, have, perhaps more than any other 'large Canadian industry, shown most ao five signs„ of recovery in the pas( few mouths. "Employment in this industry," states the Department "stood at 65.9 at the beginning of October as compared with 46.0.. a year ago and 59.6 in October, 1931." II is in exports, • however, that is re. fleeted the most spectacular gain Dxports of cars and trucks for the , first nine months of 1933 totalled 14,- 505 units valued at $6,000,000, as compared with 7,942 units valued al 43,000,000 iaa the .correspondine period last year. 443 Million Bibles Montreal. --A total of 443,000,004 volumes of the Bible has been distil. bused to all parts of the world, in 661 different languages, by the British ane Foreign Bible Society since its . incep tion in 1804, according to leer. Dr. J. Ii, M. Armour, general secretary of the sodiei.y in Canada. E'very man should li'a -within hit income even le he has ,to borrow the money to do it.—judge,