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Canada, The Empire and CANADA The Perfect Policeman Nobody could look ordinarily quite Bo wise ag 8 policeman on his beat, _ either in Lozdon or Winnipeg, and at the same time not know anything, He 1s at"least a tradition and has inherit- ed the essence of a principle un- changed sings he was originated by Peel 104 years ago. He is the admir- able policeman in whom old ladies im- pose their trust and for whom citizens aro willing to be taxed. Hoe Is the princely, gargatuan fellow with a fot of leisure on his hands and not much else on his mind. He is often a good sport, and the citizens he may have to arrest feel more like standing him a peor than he feels like placing the cuffs on their wrists. He softens the rigidity of the law with human tolera- tion, and only pinches you when he can almost make you believe the in- fraction of your liberty is more for your own good then needed for the preser- vation of the peace. He has no pre- tense about being a criminologist, but is ashamed not to know what goes ou pn his beat.--Winnipeg Free Press. a b 1 it Depends When a man asks for advice he hopes It will agree with his own opinion, pre- viously formed. If it doesn't it's not j0 good. --Quebec Chronicle Telegraph. 126 Varieties Canadian hardwoods, of which this southwest portion of Ontario form- erly possessed the richest reserves, embrace more than 125 species. The leading ones in the Dominion are birch, maple and basswood, the term hardwood being used as generally equivalent to deciduous or broad- leaved trees. Elm, beech, ash, oak, butternut, chestnut, hickory, cherry, black walnut, tulip, black gum, red alder, sycamore and sassafras are all valuable woods and are still sawn for lusnber in Canada, but the supply has dwindled to small proportions. Soft- woods, or conifers, number some 31 species, but form about 80 per cent. of Canadian forests and 95 per cent. of the annual cut of lumber. The total stand of timber in Canada was estimated in 1931 to be approximately 214,477 million cubic fezt, of which 167,636 million cubic feet were of coni- terous species and 46,841 million cubic leet of broad-leaved species, or hard- woods.--Londen Free Press. Bridge News Now they are making contract bridge a matter of nice mathematical calculations, with logarithms thrown in. In view of this, what is to become of those lively and garrulous players who cannot remember what trump is? --Toronto Globe. New Type of Church Building An unusual plan has been adopted for the new church at the Milber Hous- ing Estate, near Newton Abbot, De- vonshire, Eng. It 8 a complete depar- ture from the basilican and cruci-form types, to one or other of which most churches in Christendom belong, for there are three naves. These naves converge into a hexag- onal central space, on the far (or eastern) side of which there is an ap- sidal sanctuary. The alter thus forms the focus point of each nave and is in full view from all the seats in the church, The three naves are not un- duly isciated from one another, for there are open double arcades be- tween them, allowing a view right across the church. Its arrangement brings the congregation nearer the sanctuary and altar, and makes the choir much more part of the congre- gation and the congregation part of the choir. Ii spite of the strangeness the plan has been approved by both the Exeter Diocesan Advisory Board and the Ec- cleslastical Commissioners. The new church will be an added attraction to Newton Abbot, which numbers among Its 'buildings the tower of St. Leon- ard's Church, near which William of Orange's first proclamation was read In 1688.--Toronto Mail and Empire. Easy An intricate jig-saw puzzle of many pieces may be made by dropping the hand-painted dish that Aunt Em gave you as a wedding present.--Hamilton Bpectator. The Beginning of the End Though it may not appear so to gvery observer, there is nevertheless pvery sign that the depression has passed its most acute phase and that gconomic life is on the path of con- ylescence. This is brought out by the encouraging tone of the official re- ports on the progress of business in Canbda and the United States. Marked gng 0 ement can be seen in i ~ Voice of the Press. venture, They are to play for the Bri- tish classic, the amateur championship of the British Isles. the leading golf stars of the world. presentatives. splendid golfers and outstanding ath- letes, but they are real sportsmen in the finest sense of the word. They will acquit themselves wth honor to their native land. doners, but of all Canadians, go with them in tiWeir quest across the waters, --London Free Press. stage and screen, but you would find what stage and screen generally have to offer. Yet, oddly enough, the great- est combined stage and screen success of our time is a play about England and the English, "Cavalcade," which is essentially no more than a few snap- shots culled from 30 English years. of country and what manner of people it is that has survived such tremend- ous buffets and blows, problem after problem almost as it "field of character, and it Is in the Eng- business. --The Era (London). The World at Large o They will meet Canada could not have two finer re- 'They are not only re youths who are imbued with the est ideals of sport. Win or lose they The best wishes, not only of all Lon- ittle evidence of that in looking at The world wants to know what kind and solves we possessed some secret magic. There is no magic in the process. The successes of England are won fn the lish character and in English settings that stage and screen impresarios should look for inspiration. England will not fail them. We are writing not only of good patriotsm, but of good Revolvers For All Fundamental differences between the attitude of this country and that of the United States seem tq be im- plied in a new suggestion for déaling with the problem of the gang gunman, In this country the deal is to limit, and, if possible, to eliminate, the num- ber of private citizens who are in pos- session of those firearms whose only real purpose 1s'to serve as weapons of offence. But in the United States, where over 10,000 people are sald to be killed every year, exactly the op- posite system is now advised. Colonel Goddard, who is rather oddly des- cribed as "professor of political science at North-Western University, Chicago," and "arms and ammunition expert," recommends that every good American citizen should be equipped with a revolver and told to act as his own policeman in a great national campaign against "gunmen and hood- lums." It would be flatly contrary to the English tradition to encourage pri- vate citizens to believe that they must look to their own protection. That is the business of the police, who in most cases heartily resent the slur on thelr own efficiency which is implied in any suggestion that a citizen needs a re- volver in order to protect his own life or property.--Manchester Guardian, -- Governments and Shipping The sale of the remnant of the Com- monwealth line of ships for £500,000 to a new company to be called the Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, Limited, concludes a melancholy ex- periment in Government intervention in trading. There was, perhaps, a show of justification for Mr. Hughes' bold venture in 1916, when he bought 15 vessels for £2,050,000, because at that fime there was a danger of Aus- tralia being deprived of shipping fa- cilities for the movement of our pro- duce to Europe, owing to the shortage of tonnage produced by the require- ments of the war and the losses from German submarines, But there was no justification for continuing the line and buying more ships after the war; and, as the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry' reported, shipowning was "a task which the world's experience has proved is beyond the power of any Government to carry out efficient. ly."--Melbourne Australasian, The British League of Nations The British public ask nothing bet- ter than to see a peaceful evolution in the ripening process of time of In- dia's genuine independence, in the sense that Canada and Australia do not speak of independence. They guard zealously their right of self-gov- ernment, but they speak of their loyal ty to the Crown, because they believe that a Commonwealth of Nations is a finer thing than an array of independ- ent nations accepting as the basis of their independence the possibility of making war upon one another. In the world to-day the British Empire is the one real League of Nations, because within its bounds the possibility of war is neither recornized nor pro- vided for.--Calcutta Statesman. THE UNITED STATES It's a Gift Women make bétter listeners. No man can wear an eager little smile to fool you while his thoughts are miles away.--Fountain Inn Tribune, J Truel : When 4 sotiing of sees yas digeard. ed in ty to a pile of h Colorado 10 at y incident | racing fishing vessel and crew at Britain to Perserve Wild Cattle Herd London Zoological Society to Provide Funds: for Fam- ous Animals London.--The Zoological Society of London plan to preserve the only re- maining herd of British wild cattle which has lived for centuries in the park of Chillingham Castle, residence oi the Earl of Tankerville in North- umberland. Lord Tankerville is no longer able to bear the whole cost of upkeep, though he is willing that the herd should remain in their ancient home. Chillingham Park, some 700 acres in extent and almost in its original con- dition of rough pasture and woodland, has been so thoroughly inclosed within ita stone wall for more than 500-years that the breed of these white cattle has been kept pure. There are 44 of them at present, and they are small in size with black tips to their up- ward pointing horns, and muzzles originally black but now red. They are very wild and shy and the only safe wayafor a 'stranger to approach them is said to be on the haycart which takes their fodder to them in the winter. Legendary lore says that they are the descendants of the aurochs or primitive wild oxen of Britain. ---------- Pigs Buried 30 Days in Straw Still Live Mondovi, Wis.--Three of Selmer Lar- son's pigs were buried beneath a straw pile when it was blown over more than a month ago, and he gave them up for dead. But two of them emerged from the straw the other day, he said, thirsty and a bit thin from their 30- day fast. The third one was killed. Bluenose skipper is guest of R.C.Y.C. during the visit of famous sot off for the season's first race, Captain Angus Walters watched with Norman R. Gooderham, commodore of the yacht club, and for 'years one of the outstanding racing captains on the Great Lakes, : Toronto, When the dinghv fleet Canadians Are Honored For Ambulance Work Toronto.--Ardent supporters of the St. John's Ambulance Corps and first ald work in Canada for many years, & group of prominent Canadian citizens were presented at Ottawa for an inves- titure by His Excelleny, the Govern- or-General, admitting them as mem- bers of the venerable order in the Bri- tish Realm of the Hospital of $t. John of Jerusalem. » Their admission to the order pre- gents them with insignia which is the King's recognition of meritorious ser- vice performed in the interests of the order which spensors first aid work throughout the world. Among those from Ontario in the group are Major-General J. T. Fother- ingham, admitted as a Knight of Grace of the Order; Dr. Henry A. Beatty, Dr. W. J. Bell, Col. Henry Brock, Col. H. B. Lockhart Gordon, Hon. Chief Justice Hugh HE. Rose and Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Cawthra, admitted ag Com- manders; and Dr. A, T. Macnamara and Lt.-Col, O. A, Hamilton will be ad- mitted as officers. er min Italian Fliers Invited As Guests of Toronto Toronto.--An invitation has heen ex- tended by Mayor W, J. Stewart through Chevaler G. B. Ambrosi, Ital ian Vice-Consul,-to the Italian air ar- mada of 20 planes, asking them to visit Toronto on their way to the Chicago world fair. sent plans the planes leave Ortebello the latter part of this month and fly to Newfoundland. Toronto has ben the only licensed air harbor in the world, according to sion. Planes can be landed at the station. of Hart House, University of has been chosen by the British casting: Corporation as its gram chief and an invitation to assume the administra 1 this department of the newly-or £ ized corporation, the Daily Herald| Cl said-Saturddy. Ss The newspaper saya lis, Bickusototh ; will leave shortly for England, from New York on the Olympic, duties as warden of Hart House in September, 1921. ronto from the University of Alberta, where he had been on the staff for | two years. X oi the Sixth Cavalry Brigade for According to pre- Brig-Gen. J. G. Longton, general man- ager of the Toronto Harbor Commis-, foot of Scott Street, within four min- utes of the main hotels and railway London--J. B. Bickerste'h, warden newly-organ- | APPOINTED IN 1921, J. Burgon Bickersteth assumed his He came to To- He spent four years in France, win- ning the Military Cross and bar dur- ing the retreat of March, 1918, In addition to the book on Canada, Mr, Bickersteth has written a history which Lord Haig wrote a preface. He has always been interested in branches of athletics, particularly as- sociation football, having captained the Oxford soccer team in his under- graduate days. . 3 Peer Must Pay Wife Ten a Wi Lord Langtord, who, after work- ing as a farm laborer, night watch- man, land agent, fruit picker, and concert singer,, succeeded ito his Irish peerage In 1931, has been or- dered to pay his wife ten shillings a week, Last year Lady Langford, who, had worked as a waitress in a Lon- don teashop, obtained a maintenance order against him of £2 a week. Re- cently she told the West London istrate that £14 arrears werg due during her husband's absence abroad, to her. --Lord Langford sald it was impos- had no means, and was being helped by friends. He expected to get a job soon, but in the meantime all he could offer was five shillings a week, , Lady Langford agreed to accept fifteen shillings, but the magistrate pointed out to her that her husband went to prison the last time he was sued for arrears, which showed that he really could mot .pay the £2 a week, 3 "I shall split the. difference," he sald, "and reduce the order to ten shillings a week. = The arrears of £14 must he paid off at the rate of five shillings a week, The affairs of Lord and Lady Langford have been before the courts on a number of occasions, They were married in 1922, and the fol- lowing year Lord Langford, then C. W. E. T. Rowley, went abroad, When he succeeded to the peerage 'he was in Australia, remeron Four in Family Were Kill At Same Railroad Crossing "Winchester, Va. -- Four members of the Lee family of Clarke County have been killed in three separate accidents in recent years at the same railroad crossing near White Posht. George Meade Lee, former star athlete at the University of Rich- mond, is the latest vietim. He was killed by a Norfolk & Western train at the trossing when returning from spending the evening with friends. Lee's father was killed at the same crossing in 1921, and his uncle and his uncle's daughter lost their lives at the same spot five years later. \ Another strange aspect of the ser- ies of accidents is that the engineer of the train which killed the elder Lee in 1921 was a brother of the en- gineer who ran over Lee's brother in 1926. Babe Ruth Rewards Orphans IER Thich women are employed prosper- ing while industries employing men have declined. to the extént of 11.1 per cent, lost' their employment, it is stated, but] only 3.1 per cent. of females suffered similarly, and this as without the in- clusion of private domestic service, school: teaching and nursing--chief occupations of women, A of some 6,000,000 insured dependent on a precarious and irregu- in a constant job. "The "means test," by which a drawer of unemployment|~ | emdeavors to work up grievances. * sympathetic study of all the circum- sible for him to pay £2 a week. Hel , owing to the work in In the recession years 1929-32 men that for 1932 out ( persons only about 72,000 were known to have been The report states lar source of li is, not relief has to show clearly what the total means of his family amounts to, has been accepted when properly ex- plained, states the report, in spite of The Charity Organization Society in Great Britain has operated for 64 years, It bases its relief work on the conviction that people meet life's vicis- situdes best by their own sagacity and supplemented from outside sources a stances should be undertaken. ee fp emetinn adm m-- New Zesland's Balanced Budget Exceeds Estimate Auckland, N.Z--That, contrary to expectation, the national budget had been: balanced, has been announced by Mr. J. G. Coates, Minister o. Finance. This is with the aid of £2,500,000 taken from the national reserves, and with the help of Britain, which con- sented to a further postponement of payments under the funded war debt agreement. Even with these aids, Mr. Coates had estimated that the final deficit would be about £7,00,000, but he ex- plains now the position continued to improve right up fo the close of the financial year, March 31. The revenue; received exceeded expectations, and this, with the operation of a policy of economy, was sufficient to bridge the gap, and give the Treasury a few thousands to the good. Considering the serious position we faced when the year was opened," Mr. Coates said, "I think it will be gen- erally considered that the result is very satisfactory." eee fen. Safety Calendars to be , Issued by Organization Toronto.--The formation of a Na- tional Organization on Accident Pre- vention was urged by R. B. Morley, General Manager of the Industrial Ac- cident Prevention Association, at the monthly meeting of the Administrative Committee held here. Reports presented at the meeting showed outstanding progress in acci- dent prevention work being done in the Ottawa-St, Lawrence, Wentworth and Essex-Kent Associations, More intensive work in the Niagara Penin- sula, however, was found necessary and the 'associations in that district will be asked to carry on a thorough campaign, With a view to furthering the in| fluence of the organization, it-was de- cided to issue a safety calendar for the year 1934 as a part of the general scheme of safety education in indus- try throughout €anada. P. J, Wood of Ottawa presided at the meeting. er ins Argentine Reports New Wheat Variety Ottawa.--Black jull wheat, » newly evolved variety, has just been offered for sale in the Argentine, according to a report received from the Buenos Aires correspondent of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. A parcel of about 183,600 bushels was offered at the equivalent of 55 cents a bushel in Canadian funds or 25. per cent. higher than the current market price for ordinary wheats. + The new variety is said to be suit- able for the Ires Arroyos district in the south of ar Aires province - wheats. exertions, and that if these have to be| Argentine barletta and on ¥ _ist who has just been on a London, Paris, Berlin, and Rome, Walter Marty at the Fresno, California, college sports jumped § teot 8 5/8 inches, breaking the world record. te lpm. of Marriage Worth Fifteen Dollars It has been ruled by a Paris court that the chance of obtaining a hus band, even though he be not the ideal of a woman's dream, is worth at least $15. : The case was one in which a woman ~ a matrimonial agency for the returns of a fee of $15 which she had paid on a promise to find a husband for her. The matrimonial agent did the best she could and introduced two mes ° to the candidate for matrimony. + But neither of the men met with approval and, as no more were imme diately forthcoming, the would-be bride asked for her money back. This request was refused. The claimant told the court that she had been swindled, one of the men introduced being a hunchback and the other clubfooted, neither of which de fects appealed to her sentiments, "What can any client expect for $157" the defendant exclaimed. "1 did the best I could for the money." The judge apparently agreed, for he dismissed the casc. . gt Hat of 25 Years Ago Is Hailed as New Style Macon, Ga.--The pendulum always swings back and women's fashions are - no exception. Twenty-five years ago Mrs. B. R. Jones bought a modish hat in a store here and has worn it ever since, frres . .pective of changing fancies. The other day she was in the same store and the | manager of the millinery department ' waxed rapturous about her hat's style and begged her to sell it so they could model others like it. _His plea fell on deaf ears. " Finally they compromised with the store giving her a new hat on condi- tion she lend them her old one long erough to copy it. z : som In Streets of Chicago Chicago.--Judge Thomas Green of the Traffic Court told police o that drivers of automobiles making less*than 40 miles an hour on through streets and boulevards in Chicage should be promptly arrested. T%.. idea is to prevent traffic jams especially during the World's Fair, rman es £508 Macon in Air Eight Hours Akron, ' Ohio.--~The Macon, the world's largest dirigible, made a rain. shortened test flight last week and earned the verdict from Rear Admir al E. J. King: "She looks good to me Admiral King is the navy's new chief of aeronautics, succeeding Rear Ad: miral William A. Moffett, who was lost at sea with the Akron. The Ma: con was aloft almost eight hours, : WE EE Turk Praises London , Constantinople.--A Turkish journal visit ta of 50 sued another woman who kept: mys