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Zurich Herald, 1933-12-07, Page 6V�ice of the P•r Canada, The Empire and The World at Large I .F+,,,,,Kis.�-�+-�-u-•-rw-•�•a-.r+.�-�-�.+..�*r►-��"'-"rwv-P�-vr-o..�•+r-+..-.+ham CANADA Another Peddler Gyp Or day the past week a tall, mid- >sle•aged man with a moustache called qn places of business and private reei- deucee selling what was described as a new kind of mucilage in etick form. .As the demonstration seemed coin vineing, a good many people bought and paid a dime for the patented "sticker, but after the stranger had gone his way and trials Were made of the glue It was found to be useless. As a matter of fact the supposed solidi- fied mucilage appeared to be nothing but a resinous mixture with no adhe- sive qualities at all, The patented sticker was wrapped in a small label bearing the supposed address of the enanufacturers in Toronto.—St. Mary's Journal -Argus. New Highs During the month of October just closed, a total volume of 203,515 tons of traffic passed inward and outward at this port. This is a new record for Halifax Harbor, and the figures exceed the previous i+'rcord established in August of this year when a total of 177,000 tons was handled. These traf- fic increases are not spasmodic, but are being sustained week by week and mouth by .month, and he would be a sorry pessimist indeed who would fail to find in figures of this kind reason for great encouragement and satisfac- tion.—Halifax Herald. tourist tralllc, and it will be interest- ing to watch its development, In due time the highway through the Algon- quin Park will have been finished as well and with its terminus at this point we should then know what the tourist traffic actually means to On- tario, While no doubt this Pembroke - North I3ay higbway could have been constructed at a much less cost had the work been done by contract labor, yet the fact remains that had it not been for this depression, and relief employment given to the thousands of men, this work 3vould not have been completed for the next twenty years.— Pembroke Standard. Birth of Telephone The people of the United States claim that that country is where the idea of the telephone was conceived, and the claim is still maintained, not- withstanding that Dr. Alexander Bell stated publicly at Brautford, and later at Boston, that "the conception of the telephone took place during the sum- mer visit to his father's residence in Brantford in 1874, and the apparatus was just as it was subsequently made a one -membrane telephone ou either end. The experiment of August 10, 1876, made from Brautford to Paris, was the first transmission, the first clear and intelligible transmission of speech ever the real line that has ever been made,"—Milverton Sun. Plan Not Understood Latest estimates place the popula- tion of the United States at 130,000,- 000, and the New Yorker observes that by a remarkable coincidence this is exactly the number of people who do not understand Roosevelt's gold - purchase plan.—Hamilton Spectator. One Editor to Another From the columns of the St. Cath- arines Standard we lifted this: The whistles blew in Stratford yes- terday morning and it is a real plea- sure to report that the editor of the Stratford Beacon -Herald is awake once again. Ali of which is quite correct, and as soon as we can truthfully do so we shall be pleased to publish a similar report about the editor of the Stand- ard.—Stratford tand- ard. Stratford Beacon -Herald. Canadian Fox Best Recc.t,tly the Saint John Telegraph - Journal published the statement that the quality of the furs from the foxes reared in Germany were not as good as those from Canada. On making en- quiries in London from the most auth- oritative sources, it appears that this statement is corroborated. Silver fox pelts received from Germany and sold in the London market are reported to be "not of more than average quality." The superiority claimed for Canadian fox pelts is indisputable, at any rate, so far as pelts of German or Scan- dinavian origin are concerned. It is held by many experts that even the best British -bred foxes are not quite the equal of the best that comes from Canada, and for breeding purposes it will be found advisable for British fox farms to improve the breed by the oc- casional importation of the best stock from Canadian ranches. — Canada (Loudon). Hail, Dauntless Derreen! Hats off to Dauntless Derreen, M. H. Rutledge's White Leghorn hen which at Agassiz laid its 367th egg and tied the world's championship egg -laying record of No Drone 5 -II of Port Dells, also of British Columbia! During the last week or more Daunt- Dorreen was an international figure. She chased Cadborosaurus off the head -lines of the continental press; she became a topic of conversation on the elevated and in the subways of New York. Bets were offered on her prospects of eclipsiug the champion- ship, and then, when she missed a day because she over-worked herself on a particularly large egg, on her pros- pects of equalling the record, If she had only put a little less into that big egg and left enough for a smaller one she would have over -matched No Drone.—Victoria Times. Unwise The St. Mary's Journal -Argus voices a protest against the custom of remov- ing hats during funeral aervices—a custom which has resulted inmany deaths. It should be possible to con- duct a funeral service without causing more funerals, and to pay respect to the dead without injury to the living. The uncovering of heads in inclement weather is unnecessary and unwise.— Toronto Star Weekly. Buy Made -in -Canada A useful campaign, which. has been in force for some years, is now being pursued all over Canada—the cam- paign to buy Canadian goods. It is not necessary to push chauvinism to the point of boycotting all merchandise of foreign origin; this is neither possible nor practical. Nevertheless, it is rea- sonable, each time we get the oppor- tunity, to show our preference for what is manufactured in our own coun- try by our own fellow citizens.—La Tribune, Sherbrooke. V °etching Ther 'fJnusnal occupation No, 46352, Sam Wardlaw. watches patrons of Los Angeles public library, from a latticed lookout tower to dis- cover mutilators or book thieves, Non -Competitive Jobs Sought For Women Washington.—In the Wl,ite House east room, Mrs. Franklin D. Eoosen eft presided over a conference or. how to create work projects speedily for 400,000 women. Harry L. Hopkins, United States relief administrator, was there to place a goal—"work for 2b0,000 wo- men in the next 30 days" to say the: funds were available to take women, like men, from relief rolls tc employ- ment but that imagination thus far had been lacking. The lights came on in the crystal chandeliers before the wtanen con- ferees—three members of Congra.. s several Federal officials, a score of presidents of national gxoups—hard ended the discussions that started at noon. "The one group neglected ' rigiot straight along has been theunclip'y- ed women," Mrs. Roosevelt said, ask- ing `"as many suggestionsas possible foruseful work that wont compete with labor on the open maaket," From New York came a telegram saying the best estimate of-woinen unemployment there was„.250,000. THE EMPIRE Australia's North The presence in Adelaide of the manager of Victoria Downs station in the Ord River country has drawn at- tention to the vast estate Australia has in the north. The area of the pro- perty, which is controlled by Bovril Australian Estates, an English Com- pany, is 11,000 square miles, half as big again as Wales. At present it car- ries 180,000 head of cattle which are driven 800 miles into Wyndham to the meat works. The white population of the vast track is below 50.—Empire Prose a'nion's Australian News Letter. The Instinct of the Land Everyone engaged in an urban pur- suit has a vital interest in seeing that industry prospers. What is so as- tounding is that thio manifest truth does not appear to be recognized—iu such a way, that is, as to provoke any action—except by a very few people; that so many people seem not to know what is going on in the country, that, in short, the agricultural interests find so few people to interpret them in ur- ban centres. This singular phenom- enon, a particularly strange one in a eoutry where the urban population is still, from its origins, so close to the soil is perhaps clue to the fact that a very small number of citizens have retained their country counections. In France and in Britain many people who occupy eminent positions in the liberal professions or in business pos- eess lands which they themselves work or get others to work for them. Thus they know the daily lives of farmers and the repercussion of high and low prices. With us this is 1ar too rare all occurrence: Le Devoir, Montreal. , King Rewards Gallant Police Pole Office Kitr' in Football .Arrest Midnapore Magis- trate's Murderers London—Tee ging s Police Medal has been awarded to additional Su- perintenoent Philip Noi ton Jones"•and iuspectot Charlet" Oliver Smith in re- cogeitlon of for -it conspicuous gal- lantry in #tttachit g the assailants of the late Mr. Ili rge, district magis- trate of Midnapore, it was announc- ed In a recott London Gazette, Two Bengali youths shot Mr. Burge on September 2 when he was about to play football. Mr. Jones and Mr. 'South dashed et the assailants and he'd them until assistance arrived. troth ofIlcc.s were in football kit and unarmed, era sbowecl complete disregard of personae danger. Mr.' Bnro wa:, the third district magistrate for Midnapore to be as- saselnatc.d, "1 am very glee that they are 'be- ing awardee the medal. I hoped that they would get it," said Mrs. Barge, the rea€,istrate'e widow, who is staying at Camberley, when in- formed of the avares, "it was territey brave •of them to tarl;le ivy bt_sband;r assailants, be- cause they were changed for foot- ball and wee e unarmed " Women Should Work Against Crime in U.S. New York.—Mary Ro''orts Rex - hart, the novelist, said recertly that women have before them the greatest crusade they have ever .attempted - "throttling the crime situ.aticn." "They have shown by their work iu the repeal movement," she said, "whet they can do when organizes. So now let them go to work on crime," Mrs. Rinehart discusser) a plan of attack on crime which ;he believed would be effective. "To begin with, local vigilant com- mittees could be formed by women throughout the country. These could -make investigations, first within their own police district, and if a flabby— I mean crooked—police force is found, they could agitate about it. This would lead to the whole community's removal of unworthy police magis- trates and judges." "Ern pire" . Displays To Mark Christmas London.—Over 20,000 as.ruran-'e, have already reached toe Overseas League from retail trade4s Through- out the country that special Christ /ins displays of Empire foods, wines ea 1 other products are being arranged. The Prince of Wales has sept the following message to the league: "I am very glad to heir that: the Overseas League are making a special effort this year, through the;;' branches, to encourage diplo s,' 'lur- ing Christmas week, of Home and Empire products, and are ereking eu operation to make better, known the. abundant resources of Bri+.',h supply both here e overseas. I wish ,the League all success in the endeavors that they are making tr this end", British Royalty Selects Christmas Card Designs London.—A reproduction of a paint- ing by Bernard Gribble of the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey will be the design on the cover of the King's Christmas card this year. In- side is the greeting: "Wishing you a Happy Christmas and a Bright New Year." The Queen has chosen a garden scene by Flora Pilkington for hr card. "Best lehslies for Christinas and the New Year" is her greeting. The Prince oe Wales's card sitows an. hidden' in the life of Sir Walter Raleigh. Motorists end insurance While everyone discusses what steps should be taken to lessen the appal- ling loss of life on the roads, it is worth while also to consider whether the compulsory insurance provisions. in the Road Traffic Act have proved as satisfactory as we had hoped in guaranteeing compensation to road accident victims or their dependents. Recent cases in tbe courts have shown that the underwriters are not legally liable to pay compensation in cases where a condition laid down in the policy has not been fulfilled by the owner of the car. If, for instance, at the time of the accident tho car, in= sured for private purposes, is being used for trade purposes, tbe fact that the motorist carries au insuance cer- tifacate does not help the victim.—Necv Statesman and Nation. Values Herself Highly The girl at Lynn, 'Mass., who an- nounces that she will marry any man who will support her parents and her ten brothers and sisters must be sort of mixed up. What she wants to marry is the Rockefeller Foundation. --Macon Telegraph. Disadvantiages and Advantages It is indeed gratifying to learn that the Trans -Canada highway between Pembroke and North Bay is practical- ly finished and that by December 15th It is expected that all the work will be clone, and the Men sent to other points. This will assure us of :far great Father of Canadian Legally Marries Twice, Now Must Support Two Montreal,—Louis Kulmonoviteh re- cently was sentenced to three months in jail for failure to support one of his two wives, to both of whom he is well, truly and legally married. Kul- monovitch married a Montreal girl some years ago and went to U.S., where he securcn a divorce and re- inarried—a per£eetly legal procedure. But his Canadian marriage was never annulled, and to the Montreal girl he remains married She charged fail- ure to support and won her case. • New Firms Granted• Printing Buried in Unmarked Grave William Bron, a Scotsman„ Inaugurated First Canadian Paper in Quebec City 1 �iliiam Brown, the father of Cana- dian .printing, lies burled in Quebec graveyard without even a stone to mark his resting plane. Born in Scotland, the son of "laird of Langlands," William Brown first went to the United States, where he worked with . Virginia planters and later studied•at the William and Mary College in that state. From college he entered the printing house of Wil- liam Dunlop of Philadelphia, a broth- er-in-law of the famous Benjamin Franklin. This led to a promotion, in 1760 to manage a printing plant in the Barbatloes, but finding the climate un- suitable be changed his plans and went to Quebec City. Ilene he inaug urated the first paper in Canada, the Quebec Gazette, printed by Brown and Gilmore at St. Louis Street. It was this proximity to the governmental offices that substantiates the opinior that the powers of the day were tale ing more than a passing interest in the new venture. The paper prospered and the firm branchedbranchedout to include a well equip• ped booksellers' and stationers' estab' lishment, The partnership witb Gil' more, who had been a fellow appren- tice in Philadelphia, continued until his death in 1772, Brown's qualities as a citizen and a craftsman.v; on him the highest praise, At the siege of Quebec he was the fore in all the fighting, shouldering his musket on the walls of the city, HS died on March 27, 1789, a bachelor. After an honored career of 111 year: the old Gazette was merged into the Quebec Morning Chronicle and it* founder Inas gone forgotten till lately a resident of the city came across palmitem in an old edition of the pap which gave the full story of the "Cax- ton Caxton of Canada.' A movement is now under way to raise funds to institute an. archaeological and bibliographical exhibition by the Quebec Literary and Historical Society of Laval University, thus bringing belated recognition tp this great pioneer. Charters in Quebec Quebec.—The following mew com- panies -with head offices in Montreal :and having a total capital of $85,000, have been incorporated in toe province' during the past month, act•ording to the Quebec Official Gazette The Landlords' Union Int., Petes- leum Income Distributers Inc., M. Fenster Inc., Terroux Realties Ltd, New companies outside of Mont- real.—Chateau Inn Ltee., Amos, $10,- 000; Club Megantic Ltee., Gatineau Point, $3,000; Le Jeune Co>: m':rce dos Trois Rivieres Inc., Three Rivers, $5,000; Northeastern Fisheries of Canada, Ltd., Grand River Gaspe, $27,500; Northern Securities Ltd., Quebec, $27,900; Verdun Hockey Club Inc., Verdnn, $5,000. Prince George's Tour It. _ is announced from .Buckingham Palace that Prince George has been officially invited by the Government of the Union of South Africa to visit South Africa during the early part of next year, observes the London Times. With the King's approval His Royal Highness has been much pleased to accept this invitation, Prince George, under present arrange ,rents, will sail from England about the middle of January. He will travel to South Africa by liner, and will take only a small staff with him, It is expected that he will be away for about three months. Telephone Cable Breaks London, Eng.—Half the n +tuber of telephone lines between England and the Netherlands and North Germany were put out of action wrier: one ei Welke, principal telephone cables lke, A cable ship of the Brtt'sh General Post Office was immediately 'tent out to locate the breakage. The cable is a new one and runs between Alde- burgh and Domhurg in rhe Nether- lands. THE -UNITED STATES Toil insects Take The annual loos caused in the United States by insects le estimated. by the Department of: 'Agriculture to reach a total of $2,000,000,000, With- out insecticides, according to Dr; Henry G. Knight, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, it would be impossible to feed the world as society is organized to -day. Only by concert- ed war on predatory insects which dis- put possession atthe earth with man can society be protected against fa. Mine and pestilence. The damage to growing plants caused byinsects every year in this country is estimated to average 10 per cent, of their value. Dr, Knight places the loss •to forest trees alone at $100,000,000 annnaliy.--- • er, Washington. Post, Winter On The Lakes 1,000- German Bachelors Ordered to Get Married Frankfurt -on -the -Main, Germany.— The burgomaster here has ordered 1,000 bachelors employed by the city to get themselves married. The order afferts city workers all up nd down the lino, front officials, to wh:te-collar employes, to common laborers. Dies After Being Found Windsor, . Ont.—After lying 14 hours helpless on the floor et a barely furnished and cold apartment, Mrs Elizabeth Bennett, aged 77, was found by neighbors and removed to hospataa' where she died a few hours later. The place bore evidence of extrt•mo pri •�a- tion. Shock and malnutrition are given as the cause of the woman's death. Cs— . Potatoes, Turnips Frozen Amherst, N.S.—Thousancis of bush- els of potatoes and many acres of turnips are frozen in the fields in the Shinimicas and Linden ditatricts, ac- cording to Councillor C. Smith, prom- inent distrct farmer. Smith said this Fall, as far as farming was eoncems.- ed, was one of the worst in his lo'ig experience. More Canadian Canned Pears Wanted Although imperi s of canoed pears in Scotinni from Canada during the first six months of this year totalled ov.n' 13 000 case,, a Scottish firm in the.; trade st"tea that 20,000 cases at least could hove been sold, had they been available •� � with klPetie l r � ,the vessels have been struggling int ports after, a tussle "tat For . the • a„t week Great tithes Lair, and ice -clad like peter re'fef ships. Eier0. we wee the ice -coated '`eek winches of the Collier, after inaptn z into fort of Toronto fa,oni Charlet te; N.Y., with a 0 -inch covering of ice and 12 hours overdue, Says "Unnecessary Bunk” In Education Halifax. — There is a lot of "um necessary bunk" in education, sayt Prof. O. Wilson Snaith, head of Dal- housie University's departmeut -of' education and he would be ~cell pleas- ed if he cored do some "debunking before his days are eneleal " "It is unfortunate, "the dean told a service club "there is so much un- necessary bunk iu so simple and ne- cessary and vitally important a mat- ter as education. It is too bad to have all these amorphous and nebu- lous thoughts about education stick 'knowledge fou knowledge's sake' and `the well-rounded man.' "They don't mean a thing. 1 defy anyone to give an even remotely in. telligent definition of a 'well -round. ed man.' Knowledge is of no value whatever if it is never used " Winnipeg Man Wins N.Y. Gallery Prize New fork.—Joan A. Forlond d , Winnipeg, won first choice in ` the anlual drawing ter pictures at the Grand Central Art Galleries and picks' ed Paul King's "]trying Sails." Mr. Furlong, who is the only Can- adian member or the Gallery, wan the Founder's Day draw land chose for himself a colorful painting al fishing boats drying their sails is s'an:•et Macaw King .to n Lung Island artist who studied in I'ie}v York at the Art Student's Lague and afterward un - ''r the femme Mawbavy. Capitalizing A "Jinx" These -are days of newspaper aa. niversaries with snob leading pub licatio:.s as the Calgary Herald cele. brating its Golden Jubilee and the London (Ont.) Advertised observing its seventieth b!rthday writes the Halifax Herald. But down be, c in Nova Scotia we have an e.ren more unique anniver- sary—with the Middleton Outlook celebrating Thirteen Years of Pro. gress through the medium of an at' tractive Specia] ; abloid edition. The fact that "13" is supposed to be an unlucky number apparently has had no iriiuerme iu the offices of the Outlook. The publishers of that paper juet take held of this al'eged "jinx" and make good copy and capital out of it B. C. Co -Ms Primary Object is Education Vancouver —Miss M. L.Bol:ert dean of women at the university of British Cohn" ,i:t, believes 90 Per cent of the coeds go t'eere for . an education. She doesn't tl n,k their primary ob- ject is a pleasant social life. Some of there are prepared to do house work, even such tasks as disltw.i.shing, in e•r•dea' to pay tultiola expellees, slue seid New Regulations By Lindon ,';hangs Lnuton,_.-The Steck Exchange hers is said to ee ;trer awed to enforce s regulation that ail Imperial loans here will be payable in sterling and fret from the irr,1'0t lou 0f new taxation by the Dnuiini,.a.x.