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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-02-06, Page 5AMKMar- "' PAGE 5—THE BLYTH STANDARD --February 6, 1930 H, A, MCINTYRE, L. D. S„ D, D. S 1)111NTISP Office hours -9 to 12 1 to 6 BLYTH--Tuesdays and Wednesdays Evenings by appointment, 'Phone 130, Dr. W. Jas. Milne, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. CORONER COUNTY OF HURON. Office -Queen Street Residence-Dinsley Street. BLYTH, ONTARIO J. H. R. ELLIOTT, NOTARY PUBLIC & CONVEYANCER Fire, Accident, Sickness, Employer's Liability, Plate Glass, Automo- bile and Live Stock Insurance. BLYTH, ('Phone 104) ONTARIO, LOFTUS E. DANCEY. 13A itltiSTER, SOLICITOR, NOTA 13.Y PUBLIC, (ION VEYANOER, MONEY 'f0 LOAN. 011ico-Queers Street BLYTH, ONT SUN EIFII ASSURANCE CO, OF CANH6, PROSPEROUS & PRO0HESS' VP It leads the field mirtong Canadian Companies, 11, It. LONG,District Manage', (4 oder ich THOMAS GONI)1{Y, AUCTIONEER • GODERICN, - ONTARIO letu•n1 Stock Sales a Npoelalt,v, Order left at the Blyth Standard Office will be promptly attended to. Telephone me Tates at my expense. Dr. J. C. Ross, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office hours -10 30 to 12 2 to 4 7 to 8.30 Except Wednesday evening. Phone No. -Office 51; Residence 69 BLYTH, ONTARIO MY OPTICIAN Witte CltU Drug Store DR, W. J. MILNE, Fine Spectacle Ware and Accurate Lens Work a Specialty. 74'QUEEN ST,, BLYTH THE CREAM MONUMENTAL WORKS has the largest and most complete stock, the most beautiful designs to choose from in MARBLE, SCOTCH AND CANAD, IAN GRANITES. We make a specialty of Family Mon- uments and invite your inspection. inscriptions neatly, carefully ane promptly done. Electric tonla for carving and letter ing Call and see us before placing you, order. it,obt. A. Spolton, 7VINGHAM. • • ONTARI( The Industrial Mortgage ane Savings Co, SARNIA ONTARIO Money advanced on first mortgages on lauds. Parties desiring money on tarn - mortgages will please apply to the under- signed. J. H. lt. ELLIOTT, Agent, BLYTH, • ONTARIO. C. E. TOLL, L.D.S. D.D.S DENTIST Hours 8.30 -12 1,30 -0 Wednesdays at Monkton. ',hones 124,•4212 James Taylor License A tioneer for the County of Huron. s attended to in all parts of the co Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay .ders left at The Standard promptly attended to. Belgrave Post Office. PHONES: Brussels, 15.13. North Huron, 15-623 The Standard Club bing List: 4.114++.14+44114414+4411.4411444114114++++++4444+144+444444 SCHOOL SUPPLIES We have now in stock a complete line of Public and High school supplies: Text Books, Scribblers, Drawing Books, Loose Leaf Books, Exam. Pads, Rulers, Inks, Rubbers, Paints, Water Colors, Compasses, Slates, Pencils, &c The Standard Book and Stationery Store 44444++44+4++*4++++++4+444 44+4444+444+44+44++++4444 Standard and Daily Globe $6.75 Standard and Mail and Empire6.75 Standard and London Advertiser o.75 Standard and Free Pree 6,75 Standard and Toronto Daily Star 6.75 Standard and Family Herald 3.00 Standard and Farmer's Sun 3,50 Standard and Can. Countryman 3.40 Standard and Farmer's Advocate 3.00 Standard and Wiek!y Witness 3,85 Standard and Work: Wide 3.90 Standard and 1'resbvterian 4,50 Standard and Poultry Journal 2,90 Standard and Youth's Companion 4.50 Standard and Northern Messenger 2,55 Standard and Can, Pictoral 3.95 Standard and Rural Canada.......,2,70 Standard and Farm & Dairy 3.00 Standard and Saturday Night, 5.50 Standard and McLean's Magazine 4.75 The B7s Standard, It Costs No More To Fireproof Your Building WHEN you build a new house or repair an old one be sure to use Gyproc. Gyproc also gives quick construction; insulation against cold and heat -and fuel economy. Write for free book, `-'Walls That Reflect Good Judgment," containing interesting infor- mation on home planning with Gyproc; Roc - board and Insults. CANADA GYPSUM AND ALABASTINE, LIMITED Pari. Canada {3 eproof, Wal board t mss, For Sale By Wtfr - I Blyth Planing Mill ' . - .. - Blyth, Ont. The Standard Real Estate Agency The following very desirable properties have been listed with us at very low pric- es. We also have a number of farms and village lots which we are offering for sale Get in touch with us when you are in the market to buy either village or farm pro- perty:- 1} storey brick dwelling on the corner of King and Wilson Streets, Three. eights of an acre of land. This property is in excellent state of repair and can be purchased at a very reasonable figure. ld storey frame dwelling on Morris St. Three-fifths of an acre of land. This is a desirable property for anyone requiring a comfortable home at small price, 13/4 storey frame dwelling on Dinsley St. In good state of repair and most de. airably located. This property can be purchased on excellent terms, Ij storey frame on Dinsley St. (known as the Graham property), This can be purchased at a very low price to close up the estate. 1. storey brick modern equipped dwel• ling on Dinsley Street. Desirably situat- ed and can be purchased at little more than half the present cost of construction A real snap for anyone desiring an up -to - dale home, 13/4 storey frame dwelling on Morris St, Half acre of Land with small Stable. This property can be purchased with only a small payment down, 2 storey brick dwelling on Dinsley St. Modern in every particular. OEuarter of an acre of ground on which there is a good stable and garage. 1 storey frame dwelling on Queen St. North. Quarter acre of land with stable. Get our price on this property. 1 storey frame, ashpalt clad dwelling on Morris St. In splendid repair. A good buy for small money. 1I storey brick dwelling on Morris St, In splendid repair. Three -eights on an acre of land on which is situate a good stable and garage, 2 storey brick dwelling on Queen St. Ten acres of land. Good brick stable. A most desirable property for anyone desir- ing a small acreage of land. A very desirable 2 storey brick dwelling on Queen St. One quarter acre of land. Property in excellent condition. Moat desirable location. This property can be purchaseddor little more titan half the cost of construction today. 134 storey frame wish cement kitchen, stable on premises, 15 acres of land, A good buy, 10 acres of land on which is situate a good comfortable frame cottage, barn, driving shed and the land in a first-class state of cultivation. The property known as the old fire hall on tbeeast side of Queen Street. This building is now used as a garage. It can be purchased at a very reasonable figure. Frame cottage on Mill Street, i acre of land. A very desirable and comfortable place for persons requiring on a small home., 13/4 storey frame dwelling on Drum- mond Street, Stable on the premises, Can be purchased at a very reasonable figure. The Standard Real Estate Agercy BLYTH, ONTARIO DOUGLAS D MAJOR, L. V. C. M. Organist, Choirmaster Knox Church, Goderich Supervisor Music Public Schools. (Certified.) Teacher of Piano, Voice, Organ and 'firer y. A few vacancies for pupils Apply snIntu, Mrs Popiestonc, ('hone 80, Dinsley St., Blyth FARM FOR SALE 100 acres of good land, being lot 21 on the 12111 con. of the Tp. of 1lullett. 10 acres of bush and pasture. On the farm is situate a good 1S storey brick dwelling; frame barn 560(1 with stone stabling and water in stable. Cement drivine shed 50x30 f.tt. Cement hen house. Drilled web, A,l land in good state of cultivation. Hyde passes the farm. Farm situate 14 miles from Blyth. Twenty-five acres fall plowed; 3 acres fall wheat, For particul- ars apply to Fred Austin, R, 1t. 1, Myth. FARM FOR SALE 100 acres one and a half miles from Blyth. Comfortable house, good barn and outbuildings, 6 to 8 acres of bush Apply to N. Radford, Executor of the es, tate of the late John Scott. CUSTOM SAWING I am prepared as usual to do custom sawing, Bring in your logs now while the sleighing is good. JOHN HUTTON, Londesboro, Ont. NOTICE I am starting up painting, decorating and paper hanging and would appreciate any orders, which will he given prompt attention. All winter work will he done cheaper. Apply to GEORGE BLACKBURN, Care Geo. Lawrence. Londesboro Phone 42 on 250 Seaforth FOR SALE -Three roosters, 2nd cous- ins to Lady Victorine who holds egg record for world -358 eggs in 365 days, Apply 2 Jus Postill, 'phone 21-10, To Ile a Common Feitrtsr of English Country }louse. In a few yearn the private alr- garage will bo common feature of the English country Roulet. There are some 200 owner -pilots of light planes, and many of thein are con- templating budding air -garages, says a corleepondent of Toronto Saturday Night, A comparatively email han- gar Is needed for this type of ma- chine, as the wings can bn made to fold back along the body. Hotels and golf eluba are also being approached to provide landing space and ham gars for their clients and members, while the Automobile Association Is busily organizing facilities for the motorist -airplane owner. The Duchess of Bedford, who re- cently made alr history by flying to India and back in a week, has built ! an air garage for her Moth airplane l at her new country home at Sted- hatn, near 141ldhurst, Sussex. "'Wa- lters" is the picturesque none of the beautiful old half-timbered house which the duchess is having modern- ized. A large field beside the house has been laid out as a landing ground, while a hangar and huge pe- trol tank to hold several hundred gallons of fuel have been built. Fre- quently the villagers see the duch- ess's tiny airplane drop out of the blue, plane gracefully down to make it neat landing, and taxi up to its garage, Out jumps the duchess with agility which la amazing for a wo- man of sixty-three. She strolls across to the house to see the progress the workmen are making while her Moth is, being refuelled, and then flies off to be back In London for lunch. "In these days a landing field and a hangar are as necessary to a covet-, try house as an ordinary motor gar- age," declares the duchess. "That is why, when I took over my new house, I insisted on having a landing ground. I have had It made large enough to house a larger machine which I may buy In the future," This is the second landing owned by rho duchess, for she frequently alights at Woburn Abbey, her Bed- fordshire seat, where ehe can taxi her machine up to the front door of the house. EMPIRE DAY. Was Virtually Established In 184)8 by the Late Lord Meath. Lord heath, who died In London recently, will always be chiefly re- membered as the founder of the Em- pire Day movement, In Great Britain at any rate. It was In 1890 that the idea first occurred to him, nays the Toronto Saturday Night. Hit atten- tion was arrested by public Ignorance of Imperial affairs, and he at once set to work to put tile right. Lord Meath used to claim that Empire Day was virtually eet.abllehed in 1808, when he gave 150 to the London School Board for the purchase of Union Jacks to back up the teaching of Empire history. May 24 was fixed upon as Empire Day because it was the birthday of Queen Victoria, and this helped to recommend the move- ment to the Dominions. The celebration of Empire Day took root in Canada about 1897, af- ter agitation by Mrs, Fessendea, of Hamilton, Ont., who had indepen- dently concefced the same idea, and by the time that Australia gave offi- cial sanction to it In 1906 nearly all the overseas Dnmlllioas bad taken It up. Official rccoguillon of Empire Day int Great Britain was withheld until Imperial relationships were more deeply stirred by the war. It was a proud day for Lord Meath when in 1916 the Marquess of Crews announced in the House of lords that the King had officially sanction- ed the observance of Empire Day by ordering the Union Jack to be flown on all public buildh'gs within the United Kingdom on May 24. It is estimated that Empire Day is now formally celebrated In al least 71,000 of the Empire's schools. Rested Bernard Shaw. The latest story about George Bernard Shaw concerns the secretary of a women's labor organization, who wrote asking Ithn If he would be kind enough to present to the members a copy of his new book on Socialism. Shaw scribbled at the foot of her let- ter a note to the effect that If the members couldn't find between them the money to buy his hook he was hanged 1f he'd give it to them. The indignant secretary threw the letter into her wastepaper basket. Then, a little later, she had a brain wave, She retrieved the crumpled missive, smoothed out the creases with a hot iron, and took It to a well-known London dealer, who bought it from her for five guineas. Then she went to a bookseller's shop, and bought a copy of the book with a small part of the money sbe had received, Near Enough. Husbands are hard to come by nowadays, and the wise girl lets no eligible chance go by. Which Is by way of a, prelude to a story told re- cently by Mies Ishbel MacDonald in response to an American newspaper reporter's request for "a yarn with a real English flavor." It concerned a little country lass who dismissed her sweetheart with the statement that she couldn't dream of marrying him until he had saved a thousand pounds. About three months later the twc met, and site asked him how much he had saved. "About thirty shillings," said he, "Well," she re- plied, with a blush, "I reckon that's near enough." Ontario's Hydro. More than 1,100 miles of new hy- dro power lines in rural Ontario have been constructed during 1929, in ad- dition to the 4,000 miles already in eperatiou. The new lines, the I3ydro Commission : mnouucee, will servo 6,700 consuntera. Horses In Australia. There are now over 2,200,000 horses in Australia, 1.1RS, la)ITil ROGERS, M.L.A. Mira. \Cumin} to Enter Legislature Et Manitoba—Typical Canadian 11-lfc aid Mother. Mrs, Edlih Nn-.:rrs, SLf.,1., tit }list woman to miter the Legblitture 01 Manitoba, was born in 1lanitotr. at NOM ay ifuuse, She I a typlca: Canadian wif, and blether, having three dangtttere and one son, Her lu eband was the pilo R. A. Rogers, of the Crescent. Creamery Company. She is public-spirited, Interested ht whatever makes for the building up of a high type. of Canadian citizen- ship, says the Toronto Star Weekly. The war, Moro than anything els}-, changed the direction of Mrs. Rogers' teeming energies. Before that cata- clysmic evont she was a notable so- ciety leader In Winnipeg, content to hold membership in the "correct" women's organizations. Come the war and the call to every serious-mind.d poison to pull his or her full weight. The Central Council of Battalion Anxillariea was formed to systema- tize the support which the women of Winnipeg were giving to the boys "over there." This work soon became closely linked up with that of the Patriotic Lund, and In 1915 Mrs, Rogers opened an office downtown to help soldiers' widows. This office is still doing business, still giving wo- manly advice to women in need of a steadying influence, though Armag- eddon is eleven years in the baclt- ground. It WAS as a "glad hand" artiste -- and the term Is not used in any ex- cept its euro meaning—that Mrs. Rog- ers prat felt the call to share the burdens of those less fit to solve their own problems. She was tireless lu her work of meeting trains, welcom- ing war brides and ending accommo- dation for families c,uming from over- seas. Energetic, resourceful, general- ly admired and respected, she accom- plished herculean and seemingly Im- possible wonders in restoring the do- mestic and economic equilibrium o1 those whore war had rudely Jolted, In sickness she was their help and com- forter; in bereavement their ahcat anchor; to waywardness their mentor and friend. Her initiation into politics came in 1920. It was the that time that Win- nipeg City was to elect its candidates under the multi -member plan, Mra. Rogers stood high when the final vote was taken and she has gained steadily In popularity ever since. Site is a Liberal and has sat in the cham- ber beside such stalwarts as T. C. Norris and Judge Robson. Other wo- men have stood for honors, but They have Invariably lost out when the ballots were counted. Ever since her "a',vakening" dur- ing the war to woman's plane in the life of the twentietih century Mrs. Rogers lois Leen au cllicleut chafe. pion of the principle of "sex equal- ity." She fought and talked on he - half of women receiving tate full franchise and being received by man as his full partner in the business of living and hewing out a better world for posterity. PRE -CAMBRIAN IROCKS. Nave Given to the Oldest Family of Rocks. Pre -Cambrian le the name given to the oldest family of rocks, It is us- ually applied to moan all rocks which are of a greater ago than the Olen- ellus fauna of the Cambrian forma- tions, Oteueltus fausa are the most primitive of well-preserved fossils. Pre -Cambrian rocks may have re- quired half of all geological time for their formation. Estimates vary widely from 48,000,000 years to 1,710,000,000 years. The rocks aro mostly granite, but also comprl, + limestones, slates, quartzites an l gneiss. They contain almost no fo - silo. They are of greatest value for their mineral deposits. Pre -Cambrian formations occur in the Transvaal, India, AVest. Anstrali:-, Southern Rhodesia and Brazil ae well as in Canada, where they ate most exteusim=. The pre -Cambrian area ill Canada comprises 1,800,000 square tniles and is mostly around Hudson Day although some areas also occur in British Columbia and the Yukon. It is called the pre -Cambrian Shield from its shape on the mop. Saved By His Wits. A crook told me the following --- against myself, is rites an ex -police inspector in Tit -Bite. "I was ju:a thinking I'd let you catch up with me"—it had been a long chase -- "and nab me," he said, "for I wtra getting winded; but when I got round the corner of X— road, I saw a lot of sandwich -men drawling along. I snapped to one: 'Ten bob for your hoards for half an hour. I write for the papers, and want to see what the game is like.' The boards were off his back and on mine In record time —had to bet—.and when you came tearing round the corner, you looked this way and that, and then rushed off the wrong way—there being only a lot of esnrl,vieh-}nen and an old down-and-out going the other way. So I got clear!" Betimes Members' Salaries. In accordance with its eleciicet promises, the Government of Queen. - land has passed legislation redncin the salaries of members from 5710 i,, 1500. The bill was bitterly eppo;trd by the Labor Party, members con- tending that they could not live on the present allowaoc,' of year. The Government has also innate ed legislation to sell ell the sis. enterprieee, with the exeeptio: of 1, ., state insurance Miler,. State tete, ,1 and rattle stations, butchers` fisheries, state hotel at babiut!t'a.e the north of Queensland, and c,c,- aeries will be sold. Quebec's Third Largest City, The City of Verdun, the ;lord larg- est city in the Provli of Quebec, has a population of 15,000, or mare than double what it was ten years ago when sig civic r,.,crdc showed 24.001. Valuation of property to fir- ed at $47,000,000. ialt�+a.:("•..":�:.:-Via::".:n;7+ + SEE OUR FINE LINE OF GOODS FOR ,:loZiday Q11 is CONSISTING OF UP-TO-DATE Footwear, Men's Fut nishings, Garters, Arm Bands, Ties, Scarfs, Caps, Braces. A FINE DISPLAY OF Towels, Handkerchiefs Ladies' Scarfs. G. A. MACHAN, Phone 88 BLYTH, ONT. The Standard Real Estate Agency The following very desirable properties have been listed with us at very low pric- es. We also have a number of farms and village lots which we are offering for sale Get in touch with us when you are in the market to buy either village or farm pro- perty:- 1} storey brick dwelling on the corner of King and Wilson Streets, Three. eights of an acre of land. This property is in excellent state of repair and can be purchased at a very reasonable figure. ld storey frame dwelling on Morris St. Three-fifths of an acre of land. This is a desirable property for anyone requiring a comfortable home at small price, 13/4 storey frame dwelling on Dinsley St. In good state of repair and most de. airably located. This property can be purchased on excellent terms, Ij storey frame on Dinsley St. (known as the Graham property), This can be purchased at a very low price to close up the estate. 1. storey brick modern equipped dwel• ling on Dinsley Street. Desirably situat- ed and can be purchased at little more than half the present cost of construction A real snap for anyone desiring an up -to - dale home, 13/4 storey frame dwelling on Morris St, Half acre of Land with small Stable. This property can be purchased with only a small payment down, 2 storey brick dwelling on Dinsley St. Modern in every particular. OEuarter of an acre of ground on which there is a good stable and garage. 1 storey frame dwelling on Queen St. North. Quarter acre of land with stable. Get our price on this property. 1 storey frame, ashpalt clad dwelling on Morris St. In splendid repair. A good buy for small money. 1I storey brick dwelling on Morris St, In splendid repair. Three -eights on an acre of land on which is situate a good stable and garage, 2 storey brick dwelling on Queen St. Ten acres of land. Good brick stable. A most desirable property for anyone desir- ing a small acreage of land. A very desirable 2 storey brick dwelling on Queen St. One quarter acre of land. Property in excellent condition. Moat desirable location. This property can be purchaseddor little more titan half the cost of construction today. 134 storey frame wish cement kitchen, stable on premises, 15 acres of land, A good buy, 10 acres of land on which is situate a good comfortable frame cottage, barn, driving shed and the land in a first-class state of cultivation. The property known as the old fire hall on tbeeast side of Queen Street. This building is now used as a garage. It can be purchased at a very reasonable figure. Frame cottage on Mill Street, i acre of land. A very desirable and comfortable place for persons requiring on a small home., 13/4 storey frame dwelling on Drum- mond Street, Stable on the premises, Can be purchased at a very reasonable figure. The Standard Real Estate Agercy BLYTH, ONTARIO DOUGLAS D MAJOR, L. V. C. M. Organist, Choirmaster Knox Church, Goderich Supervisor Music Public Schools. (Certified.) Teacher of Piano, Voice, Organ and 'firer y. A few vacancies for pupils Apply snIntu, Mrs Popiestonc, ('hone 80, Dinsley St., Blyth FARM FOR SALE 100 acres of good land, being lot 21 on the 12111 con. of the Tp. of 1lullett. 10 acres of bush and pasture. On the farm is situate a good 1S storey brick dwelling; frame barn 560(1 with stone stabling and water in stable. Cement drivine shed 50x30 f.tt. Cement hen house. Drilled web, A,l land in good state of cultivation. Hyde passes the farm. Farm situate 14 miles from Blyth. Twenty-five acres fall plowed; 3 acres fall wheat, For particul- ars apply to Fred Austin, R, 1t. 1, Myth. FARM FOR SALE 100 acres one and a half miles from Blyth. Comfortable house, good barn and outbuildings, 6 to 8 acres of bush Apply to N. Radford, Executor of the es, tate of the late John Scott. CUSTOM SAWING I am prepared as usual to do custom sawing, Bring in your logs now while the sleighing is good. JOHN HUTTON, Londesboro, Ont. NOTICE I am starting up painting, decorating and paper hanging and would appreciate any orders, which will he given prompt attention. All winter work will he done cheaper. Apply to GEORGE BLACKBURN, Care Geo. Lawrence. Londesboro Phone 42 on 250 Seaforth FOR SALE -Three roosters, 2nd cous- ins to Lady Victorine who holds egg record for world -358 eggs in 365 days, Apply 2 Jus Postill, 'phone 21-10, To Ile a Common Feitrtsr of English Country }louse. In a few yearn the private alr- garage will bo common feature of the English country Roulet. There are some 200 owner -pilots of light planes, and many of thein are con- templating budding air -garages, says a corleepondent of Toronto Saturday Night, A comparatively email han- gar Is needed for this type of ma- chine, as the wings can bn made to fold back along the body. Hotels and golf eluba are also being approached to provide landing space and ham gars for their clients and members, while the Automobile Association Is busily organizing facilities for the motorist -airplane owner. The Duchess of Bedford, who re- cently made alr history by flying to India and back in a week, has built ! an air garage for her Moth airplane l at her new country home at Sted- hatn, near 141ldhurst, Sussex. "'Wa- lters" is the picturesque none of the beautiful old half-timbered house which the duchess is having modern- ized. A large field beside the house has been laid out as a landing ground, while a hangar and huge pe- trol tank to hold several hundred gallons of fuel have been built. Fre- quently the villagers see the duch- ess's tiny airplane drop out of the blue, plane gracefully down to make it neat landing, and taxi up to its garage, Out jumps the duchess with agility which la amazing for a wo- man of sixty-three. She strolls across to the house to see the progress the workmen are making while her Moth is, being refuelled, and then flies off to be back In London for lunch. "In these days a landing field and a hangar are as necessary to a covet-, try house as an ordinary motor gar- age," declares the duchess. "That is why, when I took over my new house, I insisted on having a landing ground. I have had It made large enough to house a larger machine which I may buy In the future," This is the second landing owned by rho duchess, for she frequently alights at Woburn Abbey, her Bed- fordshire seat, where ehe can taxi her machine up to the front door of the house. EMPIRE DAY. Was Virtually Established In 184)8 by the Late Lord Meath. Lord heath, who died In London recently, will always be chiefly re- membered as the founder of the Em- pire Day movement, In Great Britain at any rate. It was In 1890 that the idea first occurred to him, nays the Toronto Saturday Night. Hit atten- tion was arrested by public Ignorance of Imperial affairs, and he at once set to work to put tile right. Lord Meath used to claim that Empire Day was virtually eet.abllehed in 1808, when he gave 150 to the London School Board for the purchase of Union Jacks to back up the teaching of Empire history. May 24 was fixed upon as Empire Day because it was the birthday of Queen Victoria, and this helped to recommend the move- ment to the Dominions. The celebration of Empire Day took root in Canada about 1897, af- ter agitation by Mrs, Fessendea, of Hamilton, Ont., who had indepen- dently concefced the same idea, and by the time that Australia gave offi- cial sanction to it In 1906 nearly all the overseas Dnmlllioas bad taken It up. Official rccoguillon of Empire Day int Great Britain was withheld until Imperial relationships were more deeply stirred by the war. It was a proud day for Lord Meath when in 1916 the Marquess of Crews announced in the House of lords that the King had officially sanction- ed the observance of Empire Day by ordering the Union Jack to be flown on all public buildh'gs within the United Kingdom on May 24. It is estimated that Empire Day is now formally celebrated In al least 71,000 of the Empire's schools. Rested Bernard Shaw. The latest story about George Bernard Shaw concerns the secretary of a women's labor organization, who wrote asking Ithn If he would be kind enough to present to the members a copy of his new book on Socialism. Shaw scribbled at the foot of her let- ter a note to the effect that If the members couldn't find between them the money to buy his hook he was hanged 1f he'd give it to them. The indignant secretary threw the letter into her wastepaper basket. Then, a little later, she had a brain wave, She retrieved the crumpled missive, smoothed out the creases with a hot iron, and took It to a well-known London dealer, who bought it from her for five guineas. Then she went to a bookseller's shop, and bought a copy of the book with a small part of the money sbe had received, Near Enough. Husbands are hard to come by nowadays, and the wise girl lets no eligible chance go by. Which Is by way of a, prelude to a story told re- cently by Mies Ishbel MacDonald in response to an American newspaper reporter's request for "a yarn with a real English flavor." It concerned a little country lass who dismissed her sweetheart with the statement that she couldn't dream of marrying him until he had saved a thousand pounds. About three months later the twc met, and site asked him how much he had saved. "About thirty shillings," said he, "Well," she re- plied, with a blush, "I reckon that's near enough." Ontario's Hydro. More than 1,100 miles of new hy- dro power lines in rural Ontario have been constructed during 1929, in ad- dition to the 4,000 miles already in eperatiou. The new lines, the I3ydro Commission : mnouucee, will servo 6,700 consuntera. Horses In Australia. There are now over 2,200,000 horses in Australia, 1.1RS, la)ITil ROGERS, M.L.A. Mira. \Cumin} to Enter Legislature Et Manitoba—Typical Canadian 11-lfc aid Mother. Mrs, Edlih Nn-.:rrs, SLf.,1., tit }list woman to miter the Legblitture 01 Manitoba, was born in 1lanitotr. at NOM ay ifuuse, She I a typlca: Canadian wif, and blether, having three dangtttere and one son, Her lu eband was the pilo R. A. Rogers, of the Crescent. Creamery Company. She is public-spirited, Interested ht whatever makes for the building up of a high type. of Canadian citizen- ship, says the Toronto Star Weekly. The war, Moro than anything els}-, changed the direction of Mrs. Rogers' teeming energies. Before that cata- clysmic evont she was a notable so- ciety leader In Winnipeg, content to hold membership in the "correct" women's organizations. Come the war and the call to every serious-mind.d poison to pull his or her full weight. The Central Council of Battalion Anxillariea was formed to systema- tize the support which the women of Winnipeg were giving to the boys "over there." This work soon became closely linked up with that of the Patriotic Lund, and In 1915 Mrs, Rogers opened an office downtown to help soldiers' widows. This office is still doing business, still giving wo- manly advice to women in need of a steadying influence, though Armag- eddon is eleven years in the baclt- ground. It WAS as a "glad hand" artiste -- and the term Is not used in any ex- cept its euro meaning—that Mrs. Rog- ers prat felt the call to share the burdens of those less fit to solve their own problems. She was tireless lu her work of meeting trains, welcom- ing war brides and ending accommo- dation for families c,uming from over- seas. Energetic, resourceful, general- ly admired and respected, she accom- plished herculean and seemingly Im- possible wonders in restoring the do- mestic and economic equilibrium o1 those whore war had rudely Jolted, In sickness she was their help and com- forter; in bereavement their ahcat anchor; to waywardness their mentor and friend. Her initiation into politics came in 1920. It was the that time that Win- nipeg City was to elect its candidates under the multi -member plan, Mra. Rogers stood high when the final vote was taken and she has gained steadily In popularity ever since. Site is a Liberal and has sat in the cham- ber beside such stalwarts as T. C. Norris and Judge Robson. Other wo- men have stood for honors, but They have Invariably lost out when the ballots were counted. Ever since her "a',vakening" dur- ing the war to woman's plane in the life of the twentietih century Mrs. Rogers lois Leen au cllicleut chafe. pion of the principle of "sex equal- ity." She fought and talked on he - half of women receiving tate full franchise and being received by man as his full partner in the business of living and hewing out a better world for posterity. PRE -CAMBRIAN IROCKS. Nave Given to the Oldest Family of Rocks. Pre -Cambrian le the name given to the oldest family of rocks, It is us- ually applied to moan all rocks which are of a greater ago than the Olen- ellus fauna of the Cambrian forma- tions, Oteueltus fausa are the most primitive of well-preserved fossils. Pre -Cambrian rocks may have re- quired half of all geological time for their formation. Estimates vary widely from 48,000,000 years to 1,710,000,000 years. The rocks aro mostly granite, but also comprl, + limestones, slates, quartzites an l gneiss. They contain almost no fo - silo. They are of greatest value for their mineral deposits. Pre -Cambrian formations occur in the Transvaal, India, AVest. Anstrali:-, Southern Rhodesia and Brazil ae well as in Canada, where they ate most exteusim=. The pre -Cambrian area ill Canada comprises 1,800,000 square tniles and is mostly around Hudson Day although some areas also occur in British Columbia and the Yukon. It is called the pre -Cambrian Shield from its shape on the mop. Saved By His Wits. A crook told me the following --- against myself, is rites an ex -police inspector in Tit -Bite. "I was ju:a thinking I'd let you catch up with me"—it had been a long chase -- "and nab me," he said, "for I wtra getting winded; but when I got round the corner of X— road, I saw a lot of sandwich -men drawling along. I snapped to one: 'Ten bob for your hoards for half an hour. I write for the papers, and want to see what the game is like.' The boards were off his back and on mine In record time —had to bet—.and when you came tearing round the corner, you looked this way and that, and then rushed off the wrong way—there being only a lot of esnrl,vieh-}nen and an old down-and-out going the other way. So I got clear!" Betimes Members' Salaries. In accordance with its eleciicet promises, the Government of Queen. - land has passed legislation redncin the salaries of members from 5710 i,, 1500. The bill was bitterly eppo;trd by the Labor Party, members con- tending that they could not live on the present allowaoc,' of year. The Government has also innate ed legislation to sell ell the sis. enterprieee, with the exeeptio: of 1, ., state insurance Miler,. State tete, ,1 and rattle stations, butchers` fisheries, state hotel at babiut!t'a.e the north of Queensland, and c,c,- aeries will be sold. Quebec's Third Largest City, The City of Verdun, the ;lord larg- est city in the Provli of Quebec, has a population of 15,000, or mare than double what it was ten years ago when sig civic r,.,crdc showed 24.001. Valuation of property to fir- ed at $47,000,000. ialt�+a.:("•..":�:.:-Via::".:n;7+