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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1935-08-01, Page 6a CANADA THE EMPIRE liwagoggs mm CANADA PHYSICAL FITNESS A popular columnist says no man Can be a political leader in this country unless he has a good pair of lungs. Well, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's life was threatened by tuberculosis when he was a young man and he was never robust, but he lived to 78 and held thelong-distance record for the'premiership, with one except- ion. -London Advertiser. CANADA YEAR BOOK Attention may be called to some special features of the present vol- ume of the Canada Year Book. There is a brief description of Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada, •which is of special interest to those who travel either in the flesh or by radio. There will be found a dis- eussion of the Representation Act of 1033 and a special table showing the populations as in 1931 of each of the new electoral districts which will return representatives to Par- liament at the approaching general election. Probably the moat extended pres- entation of the results of the Cen- sus of 1931 that will appear in the Year Bok is to be found in Chap- ter IV, where Religions are cross - analysed by racial origin for the first time, and several new classifications are added to the section dealing with birthplaces; the chapter closes with statistics of the areas and populat- ions of countries of the British Em- pire for the years 1911, 1921 and 1931 and of the countries of the world for 1931. In the Public Finance Chapter ap- pears, for the first time, a compar- ative analysis of provincial revenu- es, expenditures, assets and liabilities on the basis agreed upon at the Dominion=Provincial Conference of 1935;' additional material regarding national income is also included in this chapter. The Currency and Banking Chapter includes a descript- ion of the new Bank orf Canada and a classification of bank loans by in- dustries and of deposits by amounts. tp1iA iscellaneous Adminreh atioe- xFi'"+'R'R,7 w"�'C,m:ac,.�:�.-ee. liquor control, liquor sale ``leii 'i to venues arising therefrom. The Year Book may be obtained from the King's Printer, Ottawa, as Iong as the supply lasts, at the price of $1.50. Ministers of religion, bona -fide students and school teach- ers May obtain copies at the nomi- nal price of 50c each. -- Ottawa Journal. mgegg THE WORLD AT LARGE public to know is that the murderer has paid for his crime; that the death penalty has been duly impos- ed and carried out according to law. -Guelph Mercury. DANGER OF SPEED Authorities estimate that at a speed of 30 miles an hour the car travels 33 feet while the average man's mind reacts to the necessity of putting on the brakes, travels an- other 47 feet before stopping if brakes are in first-class shape and still another 20 feet before stopping if the brakes are only passable. That is a total of 100 feet. If the speed is 50 miles an hour the car travels 55 feet while the motorist is thinking of putting on the brakes, another 131 feet with first-class brakes and an additional 57 feet with passable brakes, a total of 243 feet. -Sault Star. NATURE'S WONDERS While types of insects devour fruit and seed crops, it depends on others, particularly all varieties of bees and wasps, to make such fruit possible, but it is their aid -unconscious, but none the less part of the scheme of Nature -that ensures the pollination of the flowers as the golden grains are transferred from one plant to another. The tiny lady bird beetle which is invaluable in destroying the min- ute green aphis infesting the leaves of garden and house plants is but one of a family of nearly two thousand similar beetles working to maintain the balance of nature. Catching its food entirely on the wing, the dragonfly, whose struc- ture closely imitates the design of the biplane, with two sets of wings placed slightly above the other, sat- isfies its voracious appetite with mosquitoes and gnats. While its habitat is usually semi -stagnant pools, which, devoid of fish, become a breeding area for such flying midges, inany of the larger dragonflies travel away from the water in their hunt, Emulating the kingbird in their node of attack, they select some vantage post on a branch, remaining motion- less except for the slow turning of their big -eyed heads until some winged tidbit passes. The swift foray that follows is nearly always suc- cessful. -Calgary Herald. FOOLISH RISKS A man who could not swim dived into 10 fest of water and was drowned. Worse still, he took to a watery grave with- him a 17 -year- old youth who valiantly attempted n referee, A non -swimmer ought always to know the depth of the water and play safe. There have already been far too many drowning accidents this 'Summer, and for the most part carelessness has been the cause, As for the case in point, two liver have been las where t t her there need not and _ should not, have been one. ----Windsor Star. AS IT SHOULD 73E A spectacle should not be made of the - passing from this world of one who has taken the life of his fellow Irian, A1I that is necessary for the NOT NECESSARY With so much blasting going op at Niagara Falls, the Soo Star advises bridal couples to come to the Sault and see the nine wolves at Bellevue Park. But why go so far when you can see lupus at the door? -Kit- chener Record. TOXOID AS A LIFE-SAVER In 1927 there were 95 deaths from diphtheria in Toronto. By 1933 the number was down to 5. In 1934 there was not a single death from the disease. This change was brought about by the toxoiding of children, thus im- munizing them against the plague that used to carry then off by the score. In 1935 there have been 3 deaths from diphtheria to date, two.of the victims being non -immunized adults and the other a non -immunized child. The record still holds good that, so far as known, there has not been one death among the 120,000 children who have been fully toyoided since 1929. -Toronto Star. MOTION PICTURES 'Educational Research of Ohio ''Strata University has studied the themes of 1,500 moving pictures, choosing 500 feature pictures released during each of the three years 1920, 1925 and 1930 by major producing organiz- ations. The great bulk of the pictures dealt with the three themes of crime, sex and love. The love theme dominated, although almost as many pictures dealt with crime. The 1930 pictures showed a marked increase over those of 1920 in the percentages of crime and sex. Such subjects as history and travel made a pitifully small showing. Comedy, a minor phase, showed a steady increase. - Winnipeg Tribune. Great Britain's new air sensation, the pilot -less plane, was re- cently demonstrated over the Royal Air Force Airdrome at Farn- borough; Hants, England. The Queen Bee, as the type is called, re- sponded perfectly to radio operation. The ship was controlled from a small wooden cabinet fitted. with seven plain white keys. A pilot sat in the cockpit during the flight ready to take over the controls should anything have gone wrong, but from take -off to landing he did not need to manoeuvre the ship Here is a view showing the master control in action during the flight of the Queen Bee. IIN REASE OF 868 IN TWELVE MONTHS Cornwall Census S h o w s Population Now Stands At 23,000 Cornwall, Ont. -With an increase of 868 in the past 12 months, Corn- wall's population now stands at 12,- 507, according to official figures made available by Ovila Larinr assis- tant city treasurer. The total is bas- ed upon rolls returned for 1935 by F. B. Brownridge, M.L.A., city asses- sor, The increase since 1935 has been 3,918 or 45 per cent. In 1925 the city proper contained 8,689 persons, Although actual figures are not yet available for the 'suburbs, it is conservatively estimated the, combin- ed population of the city and adjoin- ing urban communities is about 23,- 000. Dominion census figures trace the growth of Cornwall since 18'71 as follows: 1871, 2,033; 1881, 4,468; 1891, 3,805; 1901, 6,704; 1911, 6,559; 1921, 7,419; 1931, 11,126. Increase in the population of Cornwall township over the same period has been as fol. lawn: 5,081, 5,436, 6,790, 6,911, 6,074, 6,631 10,930. Establishment in Cornwall in 1925 of the Canadian plant of Courtaulds Limited marked this city's first major booth since Cornwall canal was built a century ago. Growth has been ra- pid in the succeeding 10 years, 'with an average increase of about 375 per year. In only one year, 1930, was a decrease recorded, and this was but 134. The increwe in the past Year is the greatest for any one year since 1925. While Cornwall has been increas- ing population the suburbs have more than kept pace. It is estimat- ed the suburban population was swelled by between 2,000 and 3,000 in the last 12 months, bringing the total within a thousand or so of the city population. In the 10 -year period the city'ls assessment leas jumped from a total of $7,948,315 in 1925 to $11,101,170 for 1935, an increase of $3,160,855. THE EMPIRE A FAMILY AFFAIR On the same clay Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hudson, of Morley, York- shire, will eelebrate their golden wedding; their son, Horace, and his wife will celebrate their silver wed- ding; their grandson Leslie will celebrate his twenty-first birthday; and another grandson, Norman Hud- son, will be married. - IN DARKEST EUROPE From Siberia to the Rhine dark- ness is complete. There the Press is muzzled, and public opinion is in chains. Here, in Britain, we are free. The hushing up of the truth about the German munitions disaster is an excellent example of Press censor- ship in operation, The censor in Germany is the Minister of Pro- paganda, who, aided by secret police, suppresses not only opinion but also facts. When a newspaper prints all the news he suppresses the news- paper. That happens in all the spoon-fed countries. Mussolini may well gibe at public opinion, which cannot exist without the free and open dissemination of news. Britain's Press is free and must remain so. Newspapers express many shades of opinion, but give all the available facts, on which public opinion is based. It is our strongest bulwark against tyranny, It is the first of our rights, and all other rights depend on it. Let it go, and we can tear up Magna Charta and Habeas Corpus at once. -Manchester Sunday Chronicle. BRITISU BREAD CHEAPER THAN CANADIAN The Government can claim that, despite an 918,000,000 bounty spread be utilised as a model suitable for over three years, the British con- application, without modification, to sumer is being provided with a other forms of produce. The Govern - cheaper loaf than is available in al- meat inttnds to adapt it to meat most any other country, including imports, and perhaps to dairy pro - such sources of wheat as the United duce also. In both of these C1180, of States and Canada. Our bread (Oet- course, there are contingencies that : 31 Th Week In t wa gOgOseggaggenggegaggsgarneogeaug OTTAWA, July, -A note , of consti- tutional reform was sounded by Prime Minister Bennett last:, Week. considerallle-•'the'dght`-to t ; problems that haveconfronted the government during � the .past few years, and in order to adet uately deal with these contentious natters, he points out the necessity of a redis- tribution of powers between provin tial legislatures and the .Federal Par- liament. In other words, a reforni.a- tion of the British North America Act would be needed to straighten out Canada's social and economic problems which have as Mr. Bennett says, steadily become snore ad more natters of national concern. - A definite course leading to orderly amendment of the constitution is now being planned by the government fol- lowing conferences with the provin- cial governments. Mr. Bennett indi- cated the government's plan in the following statement: "Recent events and declarations by provincial ministers indicate that our constitution must be reformed and amended if we are to be in a position to adequately deal with problems that have arisen during the last few years. We have come to real- lize that social and economic prob- lems have steadily become more and more matters of national concern. .Because Canada accepted obligations contained in treaties and conventions to which we subscribed, we were en- abled, in the field of social security, to take more forward action at the last session of Parliamnet than was taken by all previous Parliaments since Confederation, A careful analy- sis, however, of Privy Council (Aol- sions by competent authorities war- rants the unmistakable conclusion that, in the field not covered by treaties and conventions, no substan- tial advance can be made without reforming and amending the consti- tution, "This task cannot be long deterred and is one which'. I propose to under'e take without delay, after consulta- tion with the provinces, if I continue to bo responsible for the .conduct of government in this country.- Obvious- ly so far as the can at present aster - ten, the provinces are all agreed that the constitution must be amended. The only question is as how tar there should be a redistribution of powers between provincial legislatures and the Federal Parliament.' - Inor2�ar 'a' t :nt m aXa4.11.',5., have gone to' theiriioines, tlie'"cabin- et .es still at work. It mit last week and gave some consideration to pro- posals for work and wages schemes to repplace the relief camp system. No definite statement was made after the meeting but it is known that the scheme would involve placement of large numbers of single unemployed men on farms. It is suggested that if the- farm wages were not considered high enough a bonus might be paid to the employer to pass on to the labourer, the amount to be no more than that which it cost the govern- ment to keep a man in a relef camp. The Prime Minister has before him the task of filling Senatorial and pending Cabinet vacancies. At least half a dozen Cabinet ministers are expected to retire from the political field, and rumours have been flying thick and fast as to probable appoin- tees. There seems to be a very de- finite opinion that J. Earl Lawson, K.C., member for York West, and Dominion Conservative organizer, will enter the Cabinet. Political gos- si-pers also have mentioned the names of Speaker Bowman, Lrrick F. Willis, M.P. and William G. Ernst, 1VI.P. An early announcement regard- ing Cabinet reorganization is expect- ed from the Prime -Minister. The Conservative party is tiring its first election campaign guns In Ontario this week, Meetings are be- ing held in the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on Tuesday and Friday. All the executives of the central conn- mittee of the Federation of young Canada Conservative CIubs, zone re- presentatives and local club presi- dents are attending the first meet- ing, with Gordon Graydon, president of the Federation presiding. Denton Massey, provincial campaign direct- or, is leading the discussions. In the evening Mr. Massey's voice is being broadcast over a • chain of Ontario stations. At the Friday meeting the president and secertary of every rid- ing association in Ontario, along with either the candidate or the sit- ting member are attending a full day's conference. Mr. Massey also is going on the air Friday evening from 10 to 10.30 o'clock. ober, 1933, figures) was only a third of the price ruling in Germany and half the priceruling in America. But the success of this scheme, easily the most satisfactory of all the madopted measures adapt d since the war to aid our farming industry, must not 4 do.not arise in the case of wheat and bread. The success of a levy-on-irn- ports scheme •obviously depends in the last resort on the proportions in which imports of any commodity stand in relation to the Bonne p ro- duction, -Glasgow Herald. It is a notable fact that the in- crease in both population and as- sessment has been greatest in the past four years, despite the depres- sion. The boost in population he. tween 1932 and 1935 was 2429,~with an atusessment increase for the same period of about $200,000. "Sonne opinions are too any except very learned hold." --Dean Inge. 0.1:171.V liiilEll'fx. EY KEN. EDWARDS Mas. ADIN MOODY t\mous TEricos STAR MAKES GREAT come -Melt ('x'J. , ' S MY ' SEVENTH wimeLnooN cArzlinPlow$iitt, BRITISH JUNE E IRIS P First Half Of 1933 Bears Oui Hope That Country .Has Emerged From Depression London. -In June of this year com- pared with June bf last imports are down by 33,345,000 ($16„591,200) 5.4 per cent., while exports are up by £794,000 ($3,938,240), or 2.4 per cent., and re-exports are up by £906,- 000 ($449,376,000) or 29.9 per cent. The Times, commenting on these figures says; "The - trade returns for June con.. firm Mr, Neville Chamberlain's state- ment that the outlook remains dog-. godly cheerful. ROPES BORNE OUT. The first six months of the year 1935 have more than borne out the earlier hopes that Great Britain had at last emerged from the depression and will during the present year con-.' thine to move forward toward a sane and measurable prosperity. Statisticians and economists, per.. haps over -careful Jest their proplie- eies might "'back -fire" on them, were more cautious in the late mouths of 1934, and same of their leaders went so far as to declare that Britain had neared the point of saturation; in the increase of business in the domestic field. Events, however,' seem to indicate that their fears were not well founded, tor there has been a steady betterment bee in al most every bi anch of commerce and ndustry and domestic consumption has, at the very lowest, kept pace with the improvement In British ex- ports. Financial experts are today allow- ing themselves to be quoted as, ex- pecting a decided upturn in Britain's business, some of then even risking the term "trade boom, in their (Hs.: cussion of the outlook for the sec-) and half of 1935. Statistics which indicate the grow- ing confidence of the community in the prospects for the future are pien-1 - tiful, For instance the new capital. issues taken up by the investing pub.7 lie for the period January to the end of May, 1935, totalled £37,200,-1 006 ars compared with £2,500,000 for the whole of 1934, and since these: figures were issued there has been' a tremendous rush of issues ou the' London market, approximating £15,-1 000,000, practically all of which have been heavily oversubscribed. Itt' bank clearings there is the same) healthy tendency ishown. Postal re -1 nese are rising slowly bat steadily] i,,.,+>h^J�t'iplNte whole4,ale price index re- ,inains steady but with indications,' that a rise is in prospect. On. the retails trade side there Is al further encouragement with a steady monthly percentage gain over thel comparable months for 1933, aa. fol.. lows: February eight per cent; March, six per cent; April, seven per cent, and May, 10 per cent. The year 1933 was chosen for comparison be-! cause the big holiday periods in that' year approximate those of 1935. Overseas exports from Great Bri- tain for the live months of 1935 as compared with the same period of 1934 have increase by £14,903,144„ and by £30,400,802 if compared with' 1933, while the imports have been? kept down to the 1934 level and the' adverse balance of trade thus redua.i ed by some £14,000,00:0. Bank deposits for the month of May alone reached the figure of £1,-i 961,472,000, au increase of £103,282, 000 over May, 1934. One of the most significant signs o4 the betterment of Britain's con- dition is in the field of new con- struction, 'whether of dwellings or factories, In the housing arena, construction seems to have approach- ed a boons, nearly 300,000 new places having been erected and the rate is officially estimated at nearly 6,004 new places weekly. In the case of factories the report for 1934, the lat. est obtainable, shows that 2,737 new factories were built that year, exclu- sive of those reconstructed and repo- - vated and a feature of the report is. the statement that this new con- struction has attracted • no fewer than 500,000 workers into London .and its environs, many of these, from the depressed areas of the North, • QUEEN HELEN Helen Wills Moody has just made one of the most sensational come- backs ever ventured in any sport. After nearby two hours of play in the final at the Wimbledon champ- ionship matches, Mrs. Helen Wills Moody cane into her own once again to be crowned queen of the tennis world. - - Mrs. Moody has won the British title for her seventh time and in so doing defeated her foremost fellow American rival, Helen Jacobs. There was no hard feeling between the two as many would think from by- gone reports. Each spoke highly of the other, giving a true sportsman- ship atmosphere. Queen Helen, as many all ber, has been absent from the courts for a time on account of a lame back. Many thought she was through with tennis championships ---but no, with plenty al courage she battled her way for the seventh time to win a champ - silly fort ionship at Wimbledon and to attain men to world honotnrs. She has been seven times Ameri- can titleholder, and four times Queen of the French courts. She is just as fine a player in doubles. No Snuff ! Mrs. Mary ellen- McCrea, of Lu. ray, Highland County, Va., spoke ai a key witness in a lawsuit over the Garrett estate, is 110 years old, When interviewed recently she wag wearing a white cap and the long dress of the ' old-time inountaineefl There are 6,000 claimants to thy huge estate in which a certain ChriP� top?i r haufferbirthplace Is OW en S 's p oi cerned. Mrs. McCrea says he w -a born near her home and it is upoi her evidence that the Virginia ' base their claims. "My, I nev allth cause Chris thought C would fuss," she declared. Whenn asked to what she cont buted her longevity, Mrs, Meer replied: "I never smoked or sniff snuff as so many of any neighbot now dead, has done." ee