HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-01-16, Page 6Year's Progress in Canada and England
Canada
At the close of 1929 Canada rejoices
in the continuance of her prosperity
throughout the year, and in spite o
the slump in the market and the fact
that the prairie provinces only har-
vested about; one-half the wheat of
last year there is no feeling of des-
pondency for 1930,
The session of the Federal Parlia-
ment which opened as usual in Janu-
0r)) saw long debates and discussions,
but very little novel legislation, A
$100,000,000 budget wns brought
down with a lotvoring of the
stamp and sales taxes. So far
as the time taken in discussion i; con-
cerned, the subject of divorce held
first place and what amounted prac-
ticallyto a blockade of private legis-
lation resulted, Premier King prom-
ised to introduce some new legislation
with regard to divorce at the 1930
00001811: The largest hone; vote was
9110.000,000 for the new railway ter-
minal of the C.N.R. The sum of $29;
000,00(1 was appropriated for harbor
improvements, ten million each being
gi(nted to Vancouver and Montreal,
tics millions to Halifax, and two mil-
lions each to Chicoutimi and Three
R vers in Qiehec. There were long
debates on promotion by merit in the 3
Civil twice and on the Government
prolmisal to raise the tax (01 low priced
mining' and speculative shares.
Important charters were granted to
both ra1way companies for the devel-
opment of their' properties in Alberta
01111,jasateliewan, the C.P.1'i, leaving
r, particularly ambitious program of
development in the north. The Board
of Grain Commissioners was reorgan-
ized, the commissioners resigned and
newones were leplxlinted, while four
deputy commissioners wore added. The
1ovsrnnient agreed to pay all repent -
Bons, 'claims of civilians in full, There
• ere 1,321 claims and late amount. in-
volved, as approved by the Royal Com -
71110i001, 1V00 $4,24(1,868.
The Governulen: disposed of a prob-
lem which had been before he country
since- 1911) by granting a sum of 8100,- 1
000 for the by,
of the wages of
the postal workers who struck at Win-
nipeg in 1019, The proposed sockeye r
treaty between Canada and the United
States was held over after long dis- 0
cussion Until next year, The Commons c
refused to allow a resolution 1031110- t
ing the conferring of titles of honor g
to be considered in committee on a
non-party vote. A 911)11on with more
than 100,000 names asked the Govern- o
front to prohibit the export of. liquor to
on ships whose destination Was 'Obvi-
ously the United States, hut 00 action
was taken. Tho penalties for drug al
traffickers with a minimum 00010(cc W
of two years and a 0110 of $1,000 was 11
increased by legislation. th
Saskatchewan, which had been Lib- is
oral since it first because a province, ll'
went into the Con iervative column, 111
the election held on ,Juno 7, resulting co
as follows: Conservatives, 24; Inde- Ii
pendents, 6; Progressives, 5. These
all declared themselves as supporters
of: Mr, J. T. N. Anderson, There are
63 members in t',e Saskatchewan
House, so that tho supporters of Pre- an
mice Gardiner numbered 27. Premier are
Gardiner refused to give up the seals Th
of office until a vote of 110 confidence he
iu his administration was passed oil
Sept, 26, and J. T. M. Anderson be-
came the new Premier,
Ontario held a provincial election of
Oct 30 and the result showed a gain
for Premier Ferguson, there being 91
Conservatives, 12 Liberals, 4 Pro-
gressives, 2 Independent Progressives,
1 Independent Conservative, 1 United
Farmers of Ontario, Dna 1. Tether
eleeted. The election was fought large-
ly on the liquor issue.
A prohibition plebiscite was held in
Nova Scotia on Oct. 31, and a majority
of 24,000 was recorded in favor of
0110 Cnnadiln1 assess0•0 and it is ex-
pected that this will sit shortly.
The Canadian National Railways
established a new rec?rd of [denhmi-
fog from moving trains on May 1119.
The Privy Council of the British Em-
pire in a test case. decided that 180(1(011
were qualified to sit as members of
the Canadian Senate on Oct, 18. The
:Ambassador Bridge, the largest sus -
1(0110i011 bridge in the world, connect-
ing Canada and the United States,
was opened 011 Armistice Day.The death of Hon. James Robb,
Minister of Finance, was widely
mourned. He died on Nov. 11, and his
place was filled by the transfer of Hon.Charles Dunning, Minister of Rail.
10090, to that post. Some changes in
the Cabinet; arising out of this trans-
fer are still to be made, Col. Amery,
late Minister for the Dominions; Win-
ston Churchill, late Chancellor of the
exchequer; J. If. Thomas, Lord Privy
Seal in the Labor Government, and
Ramsay Macdonald, Prime Minister,
were visitors to Canada. during the
summer and fall, A proposal to hold
an Empire economic conference at Ot-
tawa next year was favorably received
by the other colonies: and dominions
with the exception of Australia, The
Canadian Chambers of Commerce held
7111 important convention at Edmonton
during to summer. The question of
the return of the natural resources to
the Prairie Provinces was advanced
one step when the commission repo
ed o1 a plan which Manitoba had
cepted and for whieh intpiementi
legislation will bo brought in ne
year. On Dec, 7 Saskatchewan a
Alberta brought their problems to 0
tawa for further consideration.
Disappointment w00 aroused by t
announcement of Iron. William Ph
lips, the United States Minister
Canada, that he would resign his o
Tice, The (announcement wa0 made o
Nov, 13, He had been Minister sin
Feb. 4, 1927, and had made man
friends in he Dominion,
On Dee, j4 annouf0Cment was mad
that a settlement had been reache
ietvve011 the'1)010inion Government an
the provinces,of Manitoba and Albert
with regard to the return of the)
1 tural reson Ss
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'1.'lte provinces Mie toiget an anima
ubsidy of approximately' 3500,000, in
rowing to 81,125,000, and in additio
ire sou of over 34,000,000 is to b
even for lands alienated.
Alberta gets full control of all land
ncluding school lands and the amoun
f further compensation is to be de
ruined by a Commission. Settle
tent with Saskatchewan is proposed
On Dec. 17 it was announced that
t act to be known as the "Act of
estminster" would be passed at the
ext session of parliament, replacing
e Colonial Laws Validity Act, which
to be done away with. This act
ill regulate the position of the Do -
inions as autonomous nations in nc-
rdanco with the declarations of the
nporial Conference of 1926.
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Great Britain
The year 1.929 opened with grave
xicty for Britain owing to the ex-
mely serious illness of the Bing.
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alth was issued on the sixty-second
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Government control of the sale of Ma
liquor, the figures being 85,000 for andts
trial of the system and 61,000 against. son
The N.S. Temperance Act has been in Iatm
force since 1916,
In the Province of Quebec, Condition On
Hoode, Mayor of Montreal, replaced a t
Arthur Soave as leader of the Con- nein
servative party. Bra
Some excitement was caused by the 1110
sinking of the vessel "I'm Alone," and
while engaged in smuggling liquor. his
Captain Randall, the skipper, claimed Maj
that he was 14 or 15 smiles from the recd
shore when the chase began and that his
it finished up with a faster vessel of 2
chasing hien than the original pursuer, tona
200 miles out to sea, and that he was was
hit by from 60 to 70 shots before he 375,
surrendered. The Prime Minister pro- get
nd0ed a court of enquiry of American thus
y of his illness on January 20. It
s announced late in January that
would soon leave for Bognor on the
th coast and the journey was made
Feb, 9, The King slowly improved
re, but on May 30 he 8'00 again
en ill. He recovered, and after a
g con'alesceuco returned to Buck -
ham Palace on July 1 for the open -
of Parliament, although he did not
end in person. On July 7 a thanks-
ing service was held in Westmin-
✓ Abbey, but on July 15 he was
rated on again, Since then his re-
'ery has been slow but sure, His
josty went to Sandringham in Oct„
was well enough to take part in
1e partridge shooting and is 11080
oat wholly restored to health.
Parliament reassembled on ,Ian. 22.
Jan, 31. the Prince of Wales paid!
hree day visit to a northeastern
ing area. 00 Jan, 16 General'
mwell Booth was reinovd from B
headship of the Salvation Army, D
General Higgins was appointed in d
place on Feb. 13. Oa March 11., 1,
or Seagrave broke—all existing' d
rds for speed or land by sending 4
car, the Golden Arrow, at a rate 11
31,31 miles an hour along Day- v'
Beach. On March 30 the Budget it
introduced showing a surplus of a
000,000, The feature of the Bud -
was the abolition of the tea duty, 16
saving the custc-nner eight cents se
Of Interest to All C.E.F. Men Recalling Old Days
RESEARCH SHIP STARTS ON LONG VOYAGE OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
The new Royal 1.00001-011 ship, Discovery Ii, leaving St C'tttherine's Dock and 'ibw'er Bridge, as it sailed recently
fot' 0 two -years' voyage of scientitic exploration 111 the ,Antarctic,
on every pound, but losing 3150,000,-
000
150,000;000 to the revenue.
At the general election held 00 May
30 Labor won a decided victory. The
standing before the uloetion was 396
Conservatives, 165 Labor, 46 Liberals
and seven Independents, with six seats
vacant. As a result cf the polling 'the
parties stood as follows; Labor, 288
seats; Conservatives, 260; Liberals,
59. Premier HA way MacDonald
formed his second Ministry on Juno 5.
At the election there were 1,729 can-
didates and 11,867,380 men and 13,-
225,156 100111011 voted.
After six weeks' corforence in ,Lon
don eighteen maritime nations signe
an agreement to assure a greater ole
11000 of safety at sea. The Genera
Assemblies of the Sa,ttish Churches
agreed to unite on May 22. The new
Parliament assembled of June 25 and
began business on July 2. Britain an-
nounced a redu,:tion in cruiser build-
ing on July 24, On July 28 the Lan-
cashire cotton spinners went out on
strike, and it was not settled until
Aug. 16, no less than 500,000 oper-
atives being affected, Lord Lloyd an-
nounced leis resignation as High Com-
missioned of Egypt owing to differ-
ences as to British policy in Egypt
with Premier MacDonald. A great
Scout Jamboree began at Birkenhead
on July 31.
On Aug, 1 Britain again.opened ne-
gotiations with Russia looking towards
the renewal of diplomatic relations,
but they came to nothing, The atti-
tude of British Labor at the annual
0ln1er01100'at Brighton in the follow-
ing month forced the Labor Govern-
ment to a reconsideration of its deci-
sion and diplomatic relations were
finally renewed following and agree-
ment on September 10 and sanction by
Parliament, On Sept, 28, MacDonald
anncunoed that he would sail for Am-
erica at the end of October and he
reached New York Oct, 4, visiting
President Hoover, and subsequently
visiting Canada. An undersea tonal
between England and France was ap-
proved on Sept. 30. The first General
Assembly of the United Church of
Scotland was held or Oct, 2, Britain
issued invitations for a naval confer-
ence of the Five Powers on Oct. 7, the
conference to convene in London in
January, The Prince of Wales an-
nounced on Nov, 18 that in January
hs would continue his tour of Africa
which had been curtailed by the illness
of the King. Violent storms which
did immense damage to shipping broke
over England of Dec. 2 and 3, and
continued for several days. 1
Floods and storms continued in
ritain during the first, two weeks of
cc. involving millions of dollars of
(usage to property, On Dec, 18 the' 1
abor Go'ernmer.1 narrowly escaped 1
efeat in the house of Commons 011' 1
le second reading of the Coal Pill,,
o MaeDonold Ministry gaming 0 9
story by eight vctes with 14 Lahor-—
es, 32 Conservatives and 15 Liberal;
estmining from voting,
It was announced on Dec, 19 that
ing George would preside at the first 10
0sion of the Five Power Naval Con- in
Similes of 1929 Mirror Manners
As Guides to Our Customs, Some of Them Take Into Ac-
count Machines and Many Even Our
Social Institutions
New figures of speech, some
thein reflecting upon our manse
our machines and our social fust
utions appeared on tho printed pa
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1929 --the work of columnists al
other writers, Aecordlug to an n
utal custom, the "best' of the yen
crop have been gathered together by
Frank 3, Wflstacb, author of "A Dlc-
d denary of Smiles. Among those
01 a man's body with as much accuracy
rs, of detail as a I'ederewsicl can draw
11- notes from a plane: —William Allen
go White,
rd Dull 00 an illustrated lecture 011
m barnacle breeding.—Pere Lorentz,
s As popular as a pacifist in a muni-
tions cottre.—Holger Lundberg,
He made a clatter like a shower of
leathers. -0. 0. McIntyre.
Ierocious as the moa-combatatlt.—
IV, 0. McGeehan.
which lie presents are the following:
As unmanageable as a skirt in a
nimble seat,—Anon
As heavy' as an old maid being heli
for ransom.—Anon.
As obvious as a flapper's garters
in a street car.—Leon Blumenfeld,
As superfluous as a shooting gal-
lery in Chicago.—Russell Crouse.
Discreet as a Boston matron 10
love with a professor of Greek,—
Richard Connell,
Swept the country like racoon
coo ls. ,John S. Cohen ' Jr,
Ifo was abort as a traffic cop's
auswor.—Ted Conic.
A personality like a sleeping car
blanket—weight without warmth.—
Irvin S. Cobb.
Tasteless as a mail order cake—
Henry Seidel Canby:
The evening was as decorously dull
as a dirge played of a hurdy-gurdy
in a morgue on a Lally Sunday at,1ornoou.—Alfred P, Dennis,
Obvious as a hair cut on p0y clay,--
Peter Dixon,
Overworked as a floorwalker's in -
Ilex finger.—I Elusoa,
Dull as a Now York speak easy.—
St. John Ervin°.
As conflicting as the report of an
eyewituess, J, V. Ellison.
Easy as lamb's niillc and wood alco-
hol.—Ford Madox Ford,
Standard to the American scene as
corn flakes.—Corey Lord,
Easy as analyzing a bowl of chow
mean.—Merritt S, Frankel],
Bringing a now column to Now
York is like bringing a flivver to De-
troit.—Robert Galland.
Attracted about as mach attention
as .011 animal cracker in the zoo.—
110111 Hudnall.Scarcer than porcupine quills 011 a
kangaroo's back.—Dorothy Herzog.Closer than a florists shop is t0 a
iospltal.--George Hamilton Knight.
About as thrilling as a mud bath--
Janies W, Jennings.
As deceiving as a retouched pho-
ograph.—Barret 0, Kiesling,
Bright as the seat of a Scotehmeu's
rousers,—J. L. Belly.
Bidden as securely as one might
Me an elephant under an oak loaf,
Richat-cl Lockridge,
A Dempsey can deliver a blow on
S'MATTER POP— A Local Defect.
rence in January and slake the open-
s eech
She has a flame like a ketclul
bottles—Xlsie kicCormack.
Hours as empty as a beggar's ti
cup on a rainy day.—J. P. McEvoy,
IIe looked like something lost 11
the mail.—Joseph Moncure March,
Meek as a glass -eyed woolly lamb
—Don Marquis,
1ler (lays " " * like drops opo
a window -pane, ran together an
trickled away.—Dorothy Parker.
About as much need for a fur coo
as a Congo native has for skates. -E
Alexander Powell,
As silly as a political issue seems a
year after the campaign. — Robert
Quillen,
Asking Europe to disarm is like
asking 0 mall in Chicago to give up
lila life insurance,—Will Rogers,
As hard to pull as a vermouth cork,
—Charles W. Shaw.
Flexible as a plano.—Lee S1111011.
SOD.
His toothless senile appeared on his
face like a 0110000 bite in a pippin.—
Sheila Kaye Smith.
He his fellows like a refo'rn-
er.—Charles Willis Thompson.
When I went to college the girls
looked like hourglasses with shoes;
now they look like sacks with legs.—
Booth Tarkington,
Words tumbled from Ills lips Ince
a rush of water set free from a lap.
—Martha Banning Thomas.
As out of place as lace curtains of
the portholes of a dreadnought.--
New York Tames,
About as happy lig it toothless guest
at a peanut brittle party. ---Raymond
S. Tompkins.Prattle, like the talk of young
brooks to tolerant stones, --Louis Un-
iormoyer.
About as welcome as a baby on a
sound stage, --Ralph Wilk.
He went out like a match in a
storm,—II, C. Witwer,
Feeble as a struggle over a
club check,—Walter Winchel,
SENTIMENT
Sentiment is a strong magi's con-
cealment of what ho feels, while sen-
timentality is a weak man's expres-
slot of what ho doesn't feel,—F,
Frankfort Moore."Tire idea that a burglar will breed
a burglar is utterly absurd."—Clarence
Darrow.
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Economical Treats
Blackstone Icing
Matto a thick pante of six table-
spoons of eocoa with 2 toblospoonfnis
of belling hater and add two table.
spoons butter, one -)hard cup nei111, one
beaten egg anti one cup sugar. Crook
six minutes. When cool add enough
confectioner's sugar fir spreading con-
sistency, one teaspoon vinegar and
one teaspoon vanilla. heat until
thick. and creamy,
Caramel Ice Cream
3 Tablespoons g'ritndolated sugar,1
cup milk, 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar,
11/2 tablespoons 110ur, 2 eggs, 2 cups
whipping cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla,
1/3 teaspoon salt.
Method--Carainellze granulated su-
gar by placing it in heavy aluminum
pan and heating 1111)11 it is molted and
Li a light golden brown. Add sink
;Led hent until caramel is dissolved.
111x confectioner's sugar, salt and flow
thoroughly and add hot caramel ntix-
lnro, stirring slowly and constantly
Return to fire and cook for 15 min.
Wes, continuing to s11'. Beat egg
yolks slightly. Add to mixture grab -
ally, Cook slowly in double boiler
for five minutes stirring constantly.
(bol, fold sillily beaten egg whites le
caramel mixtures. Add vanilla. fold
in whipped cream, pour into tray and
allow to freeze,
Refrigeration Rolls
1 cako yeast, 5 cup sugar, 2 cups
lukewarm e1ll1., 1 teaspoon salt, 3
tablespoons shortening melted, 6 to 10
cups flour, 1 egg if desired.
Method—Crumble yeast into bowl,
add sugar, salt and milk which has
been scalded and cooled to lukewarm,
Sift flour once before measuring. Add
half flour and beat well. Add melted
shortening and mix in remaining flour.
Let 1i30 to double in hull.. Punch
down, cover tightly and place In IT.
lrigerator about an hour before halt-
ing. Remove desired amount of
dough; shape into small rolls, let rise
to double their bulk slowly in greased
pan. Bake Is het oven, 425 degrees
F., for 20 minutes.
Cream Filling
1111 cups milk, 3' egg yolks, 14. 0111
sugar, 1), cup flour, 1 tablespoon short-
ening, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 9)1 teaspoon
salt.
Metliod--Sift together sugar, flour,
salt. Scald milk in double boiler, add
sifted dry ingredients and cook until
thick. Add lightly beaten egg yolks
and cook three mhntes more. Ito•
move from fire cool, fill 905119 shell
and sprinkle berries on top. Cover
with meringue.
Stuffed 0111 Pickle Salad
6 medium sized dill pickles, 14 cup
chopped parsley, 2 hard cooked eggs,
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper,
1 810011 can deviled ]tam, 3/4 cup
mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon catsup, tread
of lettuce.
Method --Cut dill pickles in half
lengthwise and scoop out centres, Mix
celery catsup, chopped eggs, green
peppers deviled ham and finely chop-
ped centres from dill pickles, Mix
all with mayonnaise. F'lll pickle hal-
ves with salad and arrange two hal.
ves on a bed cf lotion shredded for
each serving. Serves 01x,
'What kind of a winter are w0 go'
n
t0.1101.0, Uncle Abe?"
"Well its awful hard to 0113' as to
that, You know it depends a hull lot
on the weather,"
MENTAL RESOURCES
Those can most easily dispense with
society who aro the moat calculated
to adorn it; they only are dependent
on it who possese no mental re-
sources; for, 111011311 they bring noth-
ing to the general mart, like beggars,
111ey are too poor to stay at hone,
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A GOOD START
How much more work we would ac.
c0u(5115)1 it we would put the time in
working which we spend in thinking'
about getting started,
By C. M. PAYNE