The Seaforth News, 1927-08-25, Page 7His Royal Highness
Ready for Responsibilities
Farming and Travel Has Prepared Han for His Future Estate
GRACIOUS GIFT
"As• the tumult and the shouting that high roeponsibllity, i trust that
dies" we get time to reread and, con i' niay be found. worthy of it...
aider the public utterances 'of Prince "At least I' may spay that l lose no.
and Premier, Naturally suet public opportunity of keeping always. fresh
expressions of opinion are made after those.. contacts with all parts of the
careful study of word and phrase so British Empire which I have been
Canadians may well consider care- fortunate enough to,make in the past.
fully the remarks made in our midst. . Learns From Visitors
The message of the Prince, Elie
Royal Highness the Prince of '(Vales;, part, and to, all of them I auagrate-
at Ottawa, made his most pregnan't'ffl for the,help they ,give me, it may
statement after thanking Canada and be ,(lune unconsciously, iii vitalizing'
fie Canadian govern1ue•nt.°for their in- my :interest in Canada, and In Iceeping
vitatton to visit Cnada, expressed hie me abreast of the development ot this
ppreclation of )tis appointment as great oouutry, which is so bewilder
-
Hai Councilor the acceptance of iuyly swift, •I like to think,too,
which - "•ceases with it, too, certain that such 'visitors from overseae ate
.duties and certain obligations; ,my turn from the Old Country with some-
ac'ceptance of them constitutee one
more link with Canada and a very
Intimate one."
• "They all have .something to im-,
After telling of ' the kindness of
their Majesties the King and Queen,
in- promising to replace the State
Portraits of ,King Edward, Queen
Alexandra and their own, all destroy -
thing of equal valae to whet they give
—:that there ie a • fair exo'hange be-
tween hoste and gul'eets—albeit all
members of one great family ---of this
quickeuing of ideasand stimulating of
interests, Only the other day I was
present at a gatheriny which, .I be-
lieve, has aclmirably fulfilled this hope.
ed in the are of 1916—he went on to I mean the opening meeting of the
stay: Imperial Education Conference in
'! "Since I was last the guest of your .London.
Government, since even ma iast visit "There is no need to lay stress on
the value of such •conferences for
those taking part in them, They tone
vey, moreover, a striking example of
the importance • which Governments
now attach to the education of the
coming generation, though this. is not.
a lesson which Canada. requires, to
learn from any one.. Nothing, for in-
stance,, -could be more impressive tban
the history of the .Canadian univer
-allies have a continuous and remark-
able. record: of progress•, while each of
the new provincesof the weal bas
signalized its entry upon the status of
province by the creation of a waver -
'say whose successful development has
fully justified the faith of its, found-
ers.
"There was one subject discussed' at
to Ottawa, the relations of the Do-
Minion of Canada -and. Great Britain
have entered on a new and significant
Phase, about which, I. hope, Mr, Bald-
win will speak to you .to -night,
"My, brother, the Duke of York, in
opening the first meeting of the Parlia-
ment of the 'Commonwealth of Aus-
tralia at Canberra, said: 'It Ss, per-
haps, peculiarly fitting.that we should
celebrate the birth of thl& new Capital
city, jest atter the close of an Imperial
Conference which represents tiie be-
ginning of another chapter in-our•Em-
pire story.'
"It is at least, as fitting . that the
notable landmark in the growbh of
the Empire Axed by that Conference
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should also coincide with Canada's that conference which was of parts-
celebration of her Diamond Jubilee. It culler interest to ine—namely, the in
was the Confederation of Canada, 60 terchange of teachers, I know that
Years ago, which marked, if not the much has already been done to facilit-
. first, at least the clearest step on the ate such interchange, and I hope .that
road which has now led, by natural it will be found possible to do yet
progress, without any hesitation or1more. It seems to, me to be one ot
looking backward, to the eoneeption fife simplest and yet surest methods
and attainment of a group of, auto- of distributing widely a real kuowl-
nomous communities within the edge of the Empire and its needs.
"It is not possible for all to travel
and see for themselves, but surely
tin
the' neat best thing is o nabs t enable all
British Empire, equal in status, mark-
ed by a -common allegiance to the
Crown. -
_Foresees Responsibility
y to see with the eys of others, to travel
"To me id particular, as the in the .s frit and in the imagination,
eldest son, the 'conception has a and so to attain to a wider knowledge
special importance which, in whatever 'of what" the Empire means.
part of the. Empire I'.may be, I'try "At this moment I at any Gabe can
always to keep in my mind, The congratulate myself that I am once
Crown stands above all distinctions of more having the good fortune to
country, race, and party, and serves travel to and across Canada, and to
to mark the unity in which all such meet in the seat of government, i
differences are transcended. If, some I do to -night, such - a gathering of
day, it should fall to my lot to assume Canadians as thus:" -
Premiers to Meet
in November
Agenda for Conference at
Ottawa Dwarfs That of
f �5i Parliament
•. DATE CONFIRMED
Hon. , James • Malcolm An-
nounces -.•Decision on
Month of Meeting
•Ottawa.—With a program of con-
structive issues : to come before it
which dwarfs the agenda of the usual
parliamentary session the long -herald-
od conference of provincial premiers
Is to assemble in Ottawa during No.
vember.
Announcement of the gathering In
that month has been definitely con
firmed by Hon. James Malcolm, Min-
ister of
in-Ister,of Trade and Commerce. OC
major 'importance will be an effort to
reach uniformity of the highest stand-
ard in those ''dairy and meat products
-from all provinces with which a con-
certed effort is to be made to capture
the British market. Unitorm, quality
,under national trade mark—a mark
available to all those exporters who
reach and maintain' the standard of
quality required—is to be,considered,
British . and Cauadian authorities
are agreed that hundreds of millions
'of dollars in trade can'be secured an-
niialiy for. Canadian dairy and meat
products in, the British Isles ' if the
quality is fixed beyond the ability of
•.unscrupulous dealers to destroy pubs
sic. confidence.
National Guarantee.
The national trademark would carry
the national' guarantee and would re-
quire a degree of careful inspection
that is only possible through the
closest co-operation between ,the Do-
minion and the Provinces.
The undertaking ot scientific - re-
search upon much broader lines also
ffrequires tile co-operation of each pro-
ivince and of each industry and steps
to secure this and make it effective
will be taken by the conference:
Co^operation in 'the securing of im-
migrants and in placing them and as-
suring, insofar as can be done, their
profitable ,employment," will be thresh-
ed out. The Provincial represeutativee
have been giving special study' to this,
subject and to consideration of the
extent to -which direct assistance is
possible or practical.
RICH GOLD STRIKE
REPORTED IN, N.S.
Promises to Be More Valuable
Than Ontario Mines
Ifalifax.—A special dispatch to the
Halifax Chronicle from Inverness,
states that "gold ore assaying $30 a
ton pure gold has been struck in the
mountains of this (Inverness) County.
According to the article the discov-
ery has been kept secret while assays
were being made, in Halifax, but, it
states that final reports have resulted
in the mining areas being takeh up
by the discoverer, Roderick Rankine,
of Inverness, and others, and that the
lead promises to/prove even more
valuable ,thau the gold mines of
Northern Ontario.
Girl Who Startled the Athletic World
MISS ETHEL. CAT,t-IERWOOD IN REPOSE AND. ACTION
Here are two pictures of Miss Ethel Catherwood, of Saskatoon, who burst like a new star deices the athletic,
firmament when she set up two new Canadian record's for women for the 'high jump and throwing the Javelin.
Two Planes Wien Victory
Two More Perhaps Death
Fires Rage in Northern Ontario — Picton a Sadder
But Wiser Town
On Wednesday four airplanes left four -cornered raoe to reach the goal,
the air port in Oakland, California, taking 24 hours to travel the 2,400
one carrying a woman, and. were TAC- mules'
The Aloha was broughtdownon the
ing out over the Pacific Ocean toward field at 2.22
p.m. (Honolulu 'time)
5,—
Canadian Unemployed Large-
ly Decreased
Ottawa, ;Ont.—Employment In Cana-
dian industries at the beginning of
July showed a further increase, the
gains being somewhat more substan-
tial than those noted on the saute date
in previous years, according to statis-
tics tabulated by the Dominion Bu-
reau of Statistics.
Returns were received from 6137
firms, each'with a minimum of 25 em-
itlo,'ees,, 'representing practically
every induetry except agriculture,
fishing and high spaeialleed business
operations. These firms employed
896,956 •workers as compared' with
87'5,090 at the beginning of ,iuuo.
Reports received from theoffices of
the'Employment 'Service et Canada
Showed unemployment among the
members of reporting trade unions at
3.2 per cent. as compared `with per-
centages - of 5.2 at the beginning of
July, 1926..
Irish Senate Passes Public
Safety Bill
Dublin,—The Public Safety Bill, in-
troduced by the Government after the
assassination of Kevin ':O'Higgins,
Vice-Presideet of the Council, passed
its limt7 sage in thio Free State Son -
ate ou Aug. 10. •
The bill, already approved by the
Dail Eireann, or lower house, includes
theextreme penalty for illegal pos-
sossieu of arms.
Mau's usual complaint: In the- sussi
mer, the heat. In the ,winter, the
heater. „._
Hoieolulu in quest -of fame and $35; and Jensen and Paul Schluter of San
000 in prize money offered by James Francisco, the navigator, stepped
D. Dole of Honolulu for the first from the cabin to find that they had
transoceanic air derby in the history finished second.
of aviation. Friday saw a huge ,mobilization of
Reports on Thursday told of the naval vessels and army and navy
monaplano Woolaroc, piloted by planes in the search for two missing
Arthur C. Goebel, movie sbunt aviator planes of the Dole flight race from
of Hollywood, capturing first prize of the mainland' of the Halted States to
$25;000 in the Dole air race from Ilawaii, and rewards totalling $50,000
Oakland to Ilawaii, and Honolulu's offered for the discovery of occupants
entrant, the Aloha, with Martin Jen- of the two lost machines.
sen as pilot, taking the second prize James D. Dole, who posted the
of $10,000. prizes for the night, offered a reward
Goebel and his navigator, Lieut. W. of $10;000 for discovery of the occu-
C: Davis, naval officer of San Diego, pants of either of the lost machines,
landed at Wheeler Field, at 12.22 p.m. or $20,000 for the discovery of both
(Honolulu time), the first fliers in the crews.' An offer of $10,000 came from
substantial, if not opulent wealth, has!
been "to the cleaners." The term is
used not in .any literal sense, but
rather in the parlance of Wali Street.
It is net to be thought that the town
has participated in any "paint, up and
brighten up°,campaign and. is glisten-
ing in consequence; rather it is to be
realized that the Picton townspeople
are realizing slowly and sadly, name-
ly, that they aro the ,victims In a
$223,'000 financial crash, the greatest
in the district's history, due to the
foolish financing of Ralph H. Raynor,
one time tenant farmer 'and spec-
tacular "motor merchandiser."
Grave Diggers
Exhume Chinese
137 Oriental ' Bodies to Be
Shipped Back to China
Toronto.—Recently 17 men have
been busily engaged in digging' up the
graves and removing the coffins of
Orientals, who have been buried in
Mount Pleasant cemetery here. In a
tent in one corner of the cemetery a
group of Chinamen aro engaged in
removing the bones from the coffins
and preparing them for shipment to
China. It is estimated that there are
322 Chinese buried in the cemetery,
but only 137 will be shipped to the
Orient for burial. The others will not
be shipped until a lapse of seven
years. It has been a practice of the
Celestials to ship the remains of their
fellow -countrymen to China for burial
every seven years, but owing to the
war, the shipments were stopped.
The Chinese engaged in removing
the bones from the coffins use brush-
es and water to clean the 'remains,
which are then placed in white can-
vas bags like dunnage bags, tagged,
ready for shipment,
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Praise For Canada
London.—The Financial Times edi-
torially comments. in laudatory terms
of the reduction of Canada's national
debt, as recently made public in an
official statement at Ottawa-. The of-
ficial figures given out at Ottawa
stated . that the Dominion's net debt
had decreased 952,493,000 during the
first four months of th apresent fiscal
year, which opened on April 1, the net
debt on ?larch 31 haying totalled 92,-
347,834,370, and at the end of July
having dropped to 92,295,335,940, The
Financial. Times says no more signi-
ffcant comment is, possible on the re-
markable progress in every branch
of productive activity in Canada than
the figures quoted.
In another editorial, dealing with
the financing of the Australian State'
ofueensland; th i
Q e Financial Times
refers to, a statement credited to Pre-
mier Wm. McCormack that Queens -
land's expenditure out of loans was
excessive and implying p y ng that "efficient
manipulation of a proper system of
loan flotation in New York would bo
attended by eminently satisfactory re-
sults-" The Times wants some eluci-
dation 01 this from Premier McCor.
neck.
William F Malloska of Flint, Mich.,
backer of the "Mess Doran,' one of
the last .planes, who made the offer
for the recovery of the occupants of
the "Miss Doran" dead or alive. The
San Francisco Examiner, which en-
tered the "Golden Eagle" in the race,
announced an offer of 910,000 for the
rescue of each crew.
Hopes are held out for the lost
flyers having landed at out -lying
Hawaiian islands, but these are not
confirmed. We ask: Is' it worth it?
THE FIRE FIEND.
Forest fires of major proportions
are raging in the Sudbury district
for the first time this year as a result
of th a continuous spell of dry weather
which has created an extremely high
fire hazard in recent weeks. The
past ten days have witnessed the oat -
break of no less than ten fires' in
various parts of the district under
supervision of the Sudbury office of
the Ontario Forestry Branch. At
least two of these fires are trot yet
under control. Two thousand men
and 20 planes fight the menace.
PICTON CLEANED.
Picton, Ont.—The town of Piston,
noted for its retired farmers, and
The Pacific Airplane Race
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THE .WINNER
h Pacific, two arrived safely, two are — Where? The winner A, d. Coopel Is left'oentre, Mantle Jensen who won
Four ileacs snared out over the P Y, Doran lei Cauad'ian born. The soap sihows
Second Pir•ce.is right centro. Above is MISS Doran the missing aviatrix and her Pilot Augury Pedlar: Miss
the ionto.
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Premier Oliver Dies
Leading Figure in British
Columbia Politics Passes
HONEST JOHN
Victofia,r 13,C. --British 'Columbia
mourns 'the priming of Vole. John
Oliver, Premier of the Province, and
Canadians from coast to coast join in;
paying a last tribute to the man who
for
it decade dominated the life of
British Columbia,
At his unpeetreatiiaus home en Ferri
Street, Premier Oliver died Monday
night, August 15th, after an illness
which commenced last spring, and
which he had known for montes
would end fatally. A turn for the
worse oes Monday had warned his
family of his approaching death. He
lapsed into unconsciousness after
speaking with his relatives earlier in
the evening, and. the end came quiet-
ly. His son Joseph of Vancouver
was alone by his bedside evlhon the
Premier died, as them 'was no time
to summon the other members of .his
family. They had retired, riot realiz
ing that the end was go near.
Mr. Oliver ended his days as he
had spent them, unafraid. As itis
strength ebbed, iia found his comfort
in the thought that his life had con-
tributed something to the building up
of his country. '
On Monday, before he sank into
semi-oosciousnoss, Mr. Oliver eaisl
good-bye to is private secretary Jas:
Morton, who `had • been' his intimate
associate for many years.
Shaking Me. Morton by hie hand,
he eumuned up the works of his life
simply, when he said:
"Weil, we didn't always do the best
thing politically, but we dict the best
we knew how. That's all any of us
can do."
A man of the people by birth and
tempe'rament, John Olivet was prob-
ably more proficient in the rugged
arts of the pioneer than any other
Canadian statesman. Miner, farmer,
woodsman, engineer and stonemason,
he brought to the Premiership of,
British Columbia a first-hand knowl
edge of the pion^er's problems which
greatly helped him in his administra-
tion of that task.
He took his place in the Provincial
Legislature in 1900. He was then an
ardent supporter of the late Sir Rich
and McBride, but when McBride's Ad •
-
nuinistration became definitely Con-
servative, Oliver, always a Liberal at
heart, aligned :himself with the Oppo-
sition, of which he became the lender
in 1995. He bitterly opposed the Mc-
Bride railway policy, which included
the building of the Canadian North-
ern line to the east.
In 1909 Oliver ran for the
Legis-
lature
e r .i&-
latera in Victoria and The Delta and
was defeated in both constituencies.
Oliver went back to his farm and his
dykes, eschewing
politics for seven
years. In 1916, however, he was ?!
caught in the swirl of the political
campaign which swept a Liberal Pre-
mier into office, the late H. C. Brew-
ster. Oliver was elected in the con-
stituency of Dewdney and immediate-
ly became Minister of Agriculture in
the Brewster Administration. A fent
months later, on the death of Pre -
miser Brewsted, Oliver was chosen
Premier in his place. In the 1920
campaign the Oliver Administration
was returned to power.
Legislation. enacted during the
Oliver regime includes votes for wo•
amen, mothers' pensions, a workmen's •
compensation act and a measure of
financial aid to municipalities. A
provincially -owned railway and tho
eetablislment of prov'inc'ial control
of the liquor trade were two of the
oontroveraiol matters with whieb,
Oliver had to lead ansost throughout
his Premiership.
During his years in office as Chief
Minister Premier Oliver initiated
many departures n social legislation;
land and settlement laws, and inn-,
provements to the educational system
of the Province.
For the past five years a consider
able portion of his time and attention
was directed toward the'ps-oseentien'
of British Columbia's claims for
freight -rate reductions, and better
terns from the Dominion.
A square -built man of • enormous
strength, he Was proud of his humble ,
origin and delighted in recalling the,
days of his pioneer life on bush farms"
in :Ontario and British Colombia: A
forceful speager( and roafy debater,
he loved it political argument and wag ,
never happier than when crossing
swords wiith spine opponent worthy of;
his steel across the floor of the Legis-,
lature He possessed a ready wit anal •
a keen sense of humor, delighting in'i
and appplaud osg dairy good natared ;
thrust at himself from his oppenents. i
Pension Payments in British
Columbia
Vicarage, B.C:--Definite arrange- i
menta for the ivaugnratlon of pensions 4
in British Columbia will he made here '
alertly ,when Peter Heenan, Federal d
:Minister of Labor, comes to Victoria •
to confer with the Provincial Govern-,
meat, . At this :confareu:ea,'the two
governments will reach a' formaSy
agreement covea'in:g the inauguration
of the now,'Cenad•ian,•:p•etision law in l
this province', the first part of the Do-
minioit id adopt it.
Detauils of regulations to, eon- '
edtinder the law have yet." ` °wf,y,
tied between th federal an : . Y
glaciate. It is planned ,
?
licgstjeimsglkte f
Hundreds of appliicalo
have been reoeiveci by
already. a...:.' '
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