The Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-02-26, Page 3• :a
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'. The Wain
Of •Modern • Days
Whalers , in the Antarctic, are
. Anticipating • a. •:Record Sea-,
• so.n--,-Mode'n ; Methods
Have-- Corrie. "tic.. Their
AId' iri. Reviving This
Age-old lndyistry •
By Captain David. , Bea•narcl
•Never in' the. 'history of deep-sea
lisl dig liztis there asseini ted such .a
great'fleet as that,eiiguged iu•tIe tint
aac tie today. Just northof the . ice-
. bar i r:or arid, covering thousands' 'of
miles, over ,11,600 i>;teu, ere 'employed
ori board•.,,325, shirrs harvesting. _the.
:goldeii• oil rem the. mainnia�ls•• of the
I'ew G the millions. Who eat Margar-
ine realize that th.e least ttualities
Brt t eltt�'..;) roiir the el e :nr V svt?Ite 0.11 taf
•
l,1i'e 'getl;n while 1''he whole piocluc
Y, ttott&ypt the 5.out11'..tas wu5=sgld- 1st
.year" at $1o. 'peia ton and, it r$u1144
0Ol)•;000
• '.ithis year tFie"t llalleg fleet has-been.:
lucre:awl.
as 1$een-
inct•easecl. by'tt hundred •s•ililis. During
the first week of. the Present ; season.
o'pe qon plzn'y • alone produced' oil ,to
the. iYalue of .$.240,000. Last year the
same• company; the laa'gest British
' unit employed its. the: whaliu.g iritlus-
try; produced 202.,65) barrels of -whale
valued. at $4,180,045; .during nine•.
teert weeks' Whalurg,;
Seaplanes Join .i'n•'
•Prott.iient°, ameng'the'•-,sir.ty eight
fa.c•t.ory ships •is ,the newly 'conyterted'
• Atlrenic, formerly o'wiled by' the White
Stai.'•Line, ; this vessel, which has
^.� ^ beei1 reltamed Pelagos , has' been' so al -
,y ter ed , that . slue is, scarcely reco•gilIz-
able. •
After renttiyieg • the Messenger ac
commodation, a•tiunkj+ay wa's.built
1 to- the.'ed_e:-o
the sea•, Steel traiidoor.s 'open. out; a:
• .great, drawbridge. is' lowered; :chains
'and heavy steel •wires revolve:.round'•
electric capstans, • and' *hales we"ig1i-
• leganything from' 50 to ore(' 100. tons
are hauled bodily tip. alis:slipway • to•
,the "Rensing"•.deck., -
Then lunge: saws.,rip off `•blankets"
• nf:--bielshet!; -'Mehr .is sliced •up• again
40-tonner, is now being 'built at;
geltist. She and a fleet of nine new.
vessels Will. ,be employed to Kish in
the Vicinity of Et?uvet.Ysland.
It/ has been Round neoessary•to env:
ploy oil transports • with the new
liee:ts. N'eanly a dozen ,great .tankere, ,.
have- 'b'een--- distributed: among the
',ships. This will "allow the= t'a• mar-
ket their oil before the 'close of -the
whaling season, and ret ll`thetr tehlte
before returning home. -
•W'haling , by, ',.nresent:day' ••methods_ i:s
pinta* the hardest and most adven-
turous, employyn'tent the sea offers; it
appears to: b.e...the est, profit..ahle,,_
judging' froth the pr81if1C dividends
paid. • But rt xs:'`iiaYd Work fere e
youths and Men who are'.being t rt•'
ed. iPrea-11 tntly during .ta.e s.umuiar.'
months. -of the , South whaling, crews
work. sixteen hours•per day.
Whet3 1Nhaies .Hit Back •
, And there's clanger to be f'a•eed•, A
• I arpoon farted 'from bow'=girits' 'an rt 11
tug„s:lttii xnav miss the target pr, al-'
•tet�i!atxvely, „May; ,infltet fiesli wounds,
wliie •cause the hig Ash. 'to b'eeolue'
introns aritl!;evert-it'iein.-1*tottlaarrtiv�"i,
11aSer •' ri
The,..thresher whale• :is the' worst
.cu'stomei to .deal With', he will attack,
en' the ,slightest girovecat.ioii.„There
oire. authelitic�accptiiit of this sea:
tiger ramming ;the-whalea.•.Thetrs and
'forcing •the crew to abandon her.
By a” strange. coineidence two .ships'
oi••.the same name have• been iri' caln;"
•sign with whales. On her maiden voy-
age front, Liverpool,: in. July., 1375, a
whale rushed 'at the Cunard liner
.Scy&hia.;with full force,. •The ship. ap-
peared, to
p-peared,to have hila submerged rdek.
The impact was,. se terrific, eat she
had to 'return, to port and go into. dry-.
dock. • • : , ,
In' 192'4,a later Scytivia liad a, weird
eiiperieiice.,~•After° leaving Boston the
-ship appeared to, have struck a'liuge,
log' :ot -UMW, :What •had ° haprpene :
was that hi its 'medsrush a whale• had;
misjud cl=-th-speed-oP th . 11i ' and
the great monster• became'°rmpaled on.
.the bow. otiay by . going full' speed
astern .could it' befreed,
. • A'• few 'months, later '•the • Cunard.er-
Samar:ia Was attacked. f'assenggets
,were startled•to see a• ;fiftyfoot. whale
alongside 'It .dived "under 'fife vessel
'be'for e • turning to- ram;' then it, struck
the' ster=n:-a-tdi-the---sea-•becaitie-•:xeci.
with' blood: --Answers., . ' •
•
•�in convenient chunks'befote it. Passes_
to batteries of boilers which are,•cab-
able of .producing ori at •'120 tons an
IMO: After the blubber•' is removed:
_,•__ "' _ the _,carcass .c?i the' w}tale•• is hauled,
along the 'fore-deck.land sown up -by
rf'voivi•ng, bone-ctitter c; 'the small•
. ,pieces: of 'flesh and pone passing, into
• ether 'boilers • so that all oi.l. is .estrac't-
.. ecl. • •
Formerly the residue }vas thrown:,
' overboard', but this rear it has'"heen'
generally a'g'reed., that it' shall be con=
•vested into •hone -meal, which' makes
excellent food -for cattle,. poultry, etc.
Tat the actual hunting , of ,the whale
wonder:ful.:,changes, • have also.' taken
' :place.• Fast cruiserti'• artited• with.
harpoon -guns •and fitted with- wirelees
are' now used, and work in cohabiva-
tion with scouting seaplanes carrying
•bombs 'and quick -firing gem
Killing by. Electricity
,The modern, method of killing by
-electricity, has'• been l'rouglit into al-
' most general:use.' As . soon as •the
harpoon strikes the whale the 'current
rs,
switch-eit•-cm,. and the -great ltia-iti-ma•1
is electrocuted by the .high voltage'
' • which ,passes through the cropper" core.
of the harpoon line. ' • • • •
The use of seaplanes in whale hunt-
ing is net 'yet g'eueYal; weather
culty in the South Seas has proved a
great ,set -back. - On Alto. . other 'hand,
they have, their advantages ie that
: whalee'can be- seen frorp'the-air long
before the look -out i11 the craw's nest
cam stop them. Moreover'. planes are
useful in keeping. trai•k of "flagged"
fish.• ... • •
file ~system' employed now is td in-
flate the Whales killed by'puniping air
into them; 'they then rige from the
seti•Ilke balloons 'when air -tilled; the
bole is plugged u'p, and tt flag' inserted
, ,that th.ey•'ihay` be: recrivered after
the cat.chcr returns from •thc l:illin'g
of other fish. 'Often as [Many as -fans
great •monsters are 'taken •'its "1110,
cIThi'e" and lowed' back to the fa'ctery'
S,chopls on Wheels
•
"Reedit'', Titin'' and, ',t tthmeti
. •.tari°, north 'of, Lente, S'dperior,
of trappers laird' section' hand's, •
" taughtt • llin • school trains'"1u' regions of northern Oti
' are: ou ravelling e g
tete„ school -houses, -do' pot, eictst.' e,;Pupils. for mo•si part„ are. e.hildi'ett
•
•
unda. School
Lesson
• strut.
Modern yvhating ha, green etnplay alul Ernest R. Rolgh,'of Toronto. at
meet to large numbers of men in the .the next ann'tial. meeting of the instl•
English shipyards. prectically'd-ll the 1
ships being built,. or'converled, hi Eng-
•
laird. A whole, fleet was built .last,
' .year .titi' Cie horlb-east c•oa,;t rat hing-
• land. t.
c,d• One of Ole greatest tv1raling ships. a
•
It ozs
he'was naves an -easy optimist.g,
hard . With sheep.' in the ' midst of
'wolves. According to the. hearer :the
•Christian inessage awakens •great. joy=
`or •great hatred.. Some love the 'light
and turn eagerly tf..it; others hate the
aright••and•-leve-•da-ekness-, 716a<itriiteri I.I, 5>>-rr-4rrtg .Lesaots Fttr
'IL 'iT r�7a 11 11 htrttrrit--•-.
V. 4, The.missionaries are to travel .....••_
tvithoiit baggage and • 'enctjmbrances;
they will find hospitalt�'• by the xray;,
that is all'' they, need. •They .are. not
to '.linger gossiping on, the road, nor
ers are few: pray ye kherefo're..the. even to spend time on individual con-
versions..
Lord -of -the harvest,. •that- be would �%s, 5 6.: • - we s}feak •sf "fitere'tt•UrtN
seed'. forth Iabourers'•into;. his hav,`•and "epi tt ords";:we think it.super-
vest.-Luke •10:: 2. ( ' ' stiti,ous to be afraid of- cr%rCes, and-
ANA'LI'SIS., therefore '.we think of .a blessing or
• . benediction as simply a'•convenient
1.• SEN,DING.f)UT MYSSIoNARIES, .10: 1,', 2.• formula for closing a service. • But'to
' Yak
Is Wearing,.and Peppers."
^r.
Skating by• Moonlight i
I like pond sulfating" best l>y moon;
The- lrollgw an>ong the „t ,
have..a bit of ,mist hang.
t,�,let• .Ghe sky be as olear.
Tlre• moonlight ;which
utsi,c�•.and briliian4 'as y:o1i.
all pearl'' and smoke round
:and the hills. ,/ The shore
like iron tuud'er/your heel as
down t°• the ice,• is ' as
When • -von 1°ok at it, trim the
re. end as the uieaii:oty-`of
)re motion .1S 'tike fl}'•
re m ;. von' float free and
oaks ti,nt)�.r yon;, yaurrtQ,
hot t ...effort.', ' avid yvitirotit
Itient,• fol' speed as'• yuu•
cave �nothiug laehivlct anc
'nothing. i ou look :ftp•
The mist Is .oy'eritea.l . now';
moon. in a "hol'19v halo"
bottom' oY�"a;n i(:y.etiysta] cuP,"
yourself are iu•.just rsuch a'u-
e.lriist naleliy'o.palesceirt.
w 11er omit o`f'.nothi•;tg iota'
. it b} .; ii)UotldYht' . the
utlov , tlie'''c"on5c,roiisue�,,
be'�tii�t�litno-•niu�ae iii st,lyt
car ce1;t• lc�-s'. Afore •ott'en
heat 1•' gU �tor m•y sltatirra
� •litt'isi rtvea•,„„a Windln�
the m111(14111. .to . the.Pail-,
road hills ,:are clothed 'in
t` e ;; riit�lt �Ft rnres them , iri
w ulr blurr.•e�ti'T edges like
paintings '' ori white, silk.
'as '•titey� lia•i`e �shoivg soft
ltrouglr• -.the fras't-Ponder
the air .is filled.,.. '... T}te
+der, has fallen on' tive• ice,
11 t0',c0yea'�' earlier tl'aC1n}?
pre a ,fresh , plate to etch
virr'es and araliesques..Ttie
•ds altead'.fii;e.'an unbrol;eit
eti, .,across yvi �h 'soft -edged.
t 'violet, indigo...and raven,
rl; Pa,�frey, Utter,. ib. "Peal••is
oitrn.•toDeatli• ;
.111-nrioin ' Stree�i;;
,_1Iancliura- —. tZ'itli the
allilrg, as lots as 4ii degrees
o,•'ntore-�'tliuva • 1;000 persons
pickets 'tip oft tire' 'streets
y •frdzen ; to' death. Streets
tutu_ re out' . of loot^s:
two, Weeks.• • is suiTi.ci'ent is
va,n:s nose or 'cheel,~s.
rase egret• has caused trains
lies Id , ruvr two and' ,tlri:ee
ir�d • 'time. "The• ,Trans'
Railroad, was tyro days b'e-
edule throitg�ho'ut � I?ecembe
a• • li •.'� Cite train on .the
astern Rail';i•ay left :••ilio
en ,the loconro[ia•e • yrlreel
gni•• the cold. '
9,400: Earth 'T'rem'ors" -
• Estimated Daily . Record
Cambi•iidge 'Mass. 'Dr. L.-Don-
,o;.
D'on- Leet --
•o . the Harvard' Seismograph ,statien
has.' estimated that about 9,000 earth
tremors; •: most' ' of thein slight. are
recb,rded in the World -daily: , '
• • No se'�•tiou .61 the earth. 1s^ imtrtune •
front• quakes, according to '"Dr. Leet,
Hp said .an' average of one•• shock a •
day-. is recorded on 'Har.v'ard's seismo- •
graph, yw'ilile in Japan the •average
foul frith'.
Dr, Leet predicted ,.,aha.t, •a, severe
slroek 'would occur i i New England
soon.. "Earthquakes tome in cycles," •
he said, "and, since a:gr.eat one has.
not taken place' hereabouts 'for more;, -
than two centuries', yet ' cart be de-
finitely ,certain that one • is, •about
due.`; 4 • . • -•
light Tilb'il'e •
Will always
ing about i
as it 'ym:ay. '
seems s,:o 1. •
look. up. ^is,
the pond
Which is . .
you eti•me '
'vague.
'center' - of tl' , •
a., .dreattr.• .
.h g. in a d
..the world• fl
city is ,wit
. ,arontp1is'li
tray • your •1
app roach -
•ward.' ,
'you s'e'e t^he
'at 't11h•
.olid .you;
,other, ' 'Tis •
dii-res Hast
'•ar o w bei e,
xni:st.,plays
tiko• faiittl -•
ligllf it is, s •
Hiatt tfot _i+
to out „cos •
mile frons
road trestl
,silv.er Inas
vignettes•.'
Jap.aitese'
..Such color: •
and. dull' t
with W'h'ich
silver"' powr
just enoug• i
aith leave,
:With grapevines
'win
pad. bars
sltadoei•s , o
der.—Robe
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March' 1.'' lesson 'iX—Jesus .Sendipg.
Forth .Missionaries—Luke 10: 1=11,
• 17, '21; 22.' ' :Golden 'Text—The har-;
vest truly is ,great; but the labour;
'IL, INSTRUCT.oNS TO MISSIONARIES, 10,: the ancients words, seemed 'powerful
;---a--.1.1.:L__:,.,..._. ` , thirlgs,--.li e •winged 'cleatures,•_goin
IIT A PRAYER 05" THANKSGIVING,. 1Q•:" forth from: the speaker with' some
21, 22. .power to accomplish' their;• purpose.: So
.INTRODUCTION --We must 'not stip.''here, enter a house with, a; blessing on
°' lips'. "f the master 'of the house•
„pose...that Jesus is here' 1a(ying down your rps i• t
precise •• rules which . - stt•all- Cover the. i a Truly �relrgious man, a .son of
- 'conduct•of • . _Chris:tiai tilissionariea peace, your ..words trill bring •hint p
throughput the ages. He'Is• contem- real blessing; if not, you will at least
plating :a • particul'ar missionary tour have tried to bless him;
certain oiiscure reasons has :
V. 3 T'he;support of home and: for: ,
• eign missions is an obligation upon,
all Christlians. • • •
V. • 8 The principle. of eating`What
• is-set'before: you'became very. import•
ant' in ;teryear.fand in the Gentile
' world. We learn. from„ Pawl's letters
'which •for
to be , undertaken in a • very great
huidry.;' fou 'thex'e is to be 'no, time for
pastoral work, no. time •to- persuade
people. gradually; °'if .the message' is
not quickly accepted, the disciple must.,
hurry on, to the next' place, 'vs. 10, 1.1..
Whys we ask, the great haste? Some..how •distressed .were Some Christians
have su.pposed'tltat Jesus,. at this time, 'if they *ere uncertain whether• the
expected the speedy conning Of 'the. end ,meat set before them• had been proper -
of the, world With,. the dawn of the ly killed er whether the beast had not
future kingdom af,God. T'hi's does not, first..been sacrificed. -in a ,heathen.
'seem a very' satisfactory ecplanation. temple:
It. is more probable that temporary \r, '21. The succeed Of, the mission ,
religious •and"politica}'¢onditioi1S made showed. that Satan's. tat -
.
the h ste needful.. Th'e' ministry in tering (v. 18).
lila-,_..as we ntia,y reasonably. sup- . II°L• A
Gabbie Gertie
`.Now -a -days a girl is not c'ontpli-
mented• on her splendid• •ceri.'iage,
but on her classy chassis.'' -
`Toronto Hotel Design •
Win' Institute Medal'
Tot•onto=T1s Royal: York Hotel,
Toronto: said to -he the largest hotel,
,in the British Empire, has won for its
architects the 1930 gold medal of the
Royal Architectural Institute of,
Canada 'for the, outstanding 'achieve-
Ment '1n the last three years:, •
'Sixteen arehiteetg from 4farlou's
parts .01 'Canada submitted. photo-'
.empire of buildings, within the terns
of the' conipetif ion, to .the • fifty-second
annual exhibition of the .loyal Cana-'
chin Academe,• held' in Toronto.
Fermat presentation will be made
s:hoIstly to the successfttl•••czt'tit't)etitars
George A. Ross"and Robert if,.1115c-•
Donald. of 1iforitreil: Henry Sproatt
PRAYER" OF.-
.pose; was near,an.end. ..We are given - 21,,22.s
grounds for, inferring that the • 1 he V. 2: This ver8e pray be • •tal.en in
rsees and., the' Ilprodiartihe• coultthati i4ia tyy either. of twb ways: by "the son' eve
religious leaders • and 1 the may iinde^stand''Jesus himself; in this
In'Galrlee, or, in modern 'tennis' case he. iiclaifnin -. a ,unique knowl
clergy and the police, had appealed' =' edge of God• and a unique imediator-
Herod who ruled' Galilee, 'and that ship. Or "the son" may be taken- in
Jesus, was threatened with the fate of its pfd Testameht sense of "Israel,".
John the Baptist if 'he remained, in meaning here t}i, true spiritual Israel.
that -territory... It seeing that before I*, is difficult to decide, between theca
his great assauit on Jerusalem ...ands
the- Temple.. Jesus retired across the 'v-° spirit -tial
interpretations, for both cover a
lake into ,Philip's'•counti•y.' It. seems spiri.t-iaal truth, , ..
•
.likely, therefore, that this mission
was 'a hasty rush' through the towns lshone Expense $1`00 000 .
'anti. villages Nif Galilee •too' ,,prepare
h
the Minds'and ,hearts of the, people • For B'ritish''Fan Exchange:
fpr what :was''to folio*, We.•calinot, Buenos.: Ayres. --More than $10t1,0,00
however, be; certain of this.• •has been spent by .telephone and
cable cempirnies ' in installation of
lines • and -booths at the Erttisli Em-
pire Trade" Fair groturds in Palermo;
ptoi•[ding ficyie-ttlr'ectset`vice` •from -t1
exposition to. twenty' -five nations..
The International relegrapli and
Telephone •Couipany has .placed Its
entire system, national and interna-
tional,
i ' at file ' disposition •of the
lttc, to he held in I.itiyerne in Quebec. Prince of • \V01es's party, Tire Union maid .�cti e. , es Of Te1•ephone ' Coinpan.•v has , established st'atT.Iis or cerin (coin preferred;
w•rrapi"
. ••••--.---.:s•�--•---. kind nF •stuK nowadays. If I ant to
sere thitit and that RiEC• 10: a complete atltotnatic 'exchange .at rt carefully,l, for each number, n
.Tbc°re's one, I1 •tasrtli?gTtC►Ns TO MISSION he interviewed I shall 'clisclt-s ethi
is that you can't be -care• "SY' aiic= •1.1X; (lie fair ;1:1.61:110 • with a •eatiacity of address your order to"Wilson •Pattern
•. C �^ a �'• St. • orpn:o... tai questions only:'" •
1., SENDING OUT MISSI�A-RIES,.10: 1, 2.
V 2. Jesus indeed, recognized.the
worjti's sin, but he was far from being
a pessimist. He -seeing- to ,fycel 'sure
that there must •lie •a, great response
to, the good news, if only 'there arc
iheasengers to bring it: 'This is .the
only occasion when Jesus is said to
have bidden his disciples pray for a
•)articntnr • object.- It • is significant
that this object should be ^an. inereast�
in the number •of missionat•ies;
•
•
2965
The jumper she:p' lure•. • Vt!`'1.10
'vtoulcin't when ' all. the chic' little.
Parisiennes are • *eai'ing • this very•
model: And it's 'so charming and., SO
practical. : ' • ' • .
Mother will lode. it too for• it ,has.
a 'number^of good qualities:
It's' especially 'des•irable. with the
plain •phrt •of the dress' made of wool
'jersey in delightful pilot blue .shade,
with''deep. blue binding as sketched
"The, .j•tutiper is made of white cotton
.broadclo,th with a soft lustrous �irish.
• ' It ,can also be carvied.out in spoi:'ts-
weight linen find is fetching in • coral -
ink 'shade. 'White handkerchief linen
with matching coral -pink' dot will fa
.sh.ion the jumper... '
•Style •No y1165 is designed fur .girls
of. 6, 8, 10 and 12 eear:s:
to • ''r s eed'=l ire— cot tons, of 1 chalila
r'-
,• Harbin, ; •
• mercury' f
belowr ter
Rare ' been
of• this.'eit
laersous :r.
wall. of k
fi:eeie 'a • it
' • The intense
au most lines
days • .belt
Siberian
i.Ittl-„s�S.;il.. t
aril • anll
Chinese' E
traeks 'when' s
'Cracked fr
prints and pique also smart.
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