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ha DRX a - and deceive your wives; Phot down. > > "Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at d at Large aa iTS . CANADA [ Easy to Advise, But-- = Mere, readers, is a little advice: Ear- "Ty to bed, early to rise, cut the weeds and swat the flies; mind your own business, don't tell lies; don't get gay pay your debts, use enterprise; and buy from those who advertise, -- Tillsonburg News. "some People--Some Bank! There is a striking Indication of the financial! strength of Britain in the matter of the saving of money by Brl- tishers, contained in the annual report of a leading bank, one of the Big Five. Tho deposits compared with last year show a clear gain of $179,000,000, The general prosperity of the iostl- tution was shown in the maintenance of three classes of dividends, one of 10 per cent. the others of 14 per cent, eacly With total resources approximating] "two billions of dollars, there is sum- moned up a satisfactory money pros- pect of capacity to finance enterprises under a widening market, such as was hoped for by the action of the Econ- omic Conference, that is most reas- suring. } The increased savings on deposit tell the story of latent financial ré saives in England, This is fortified by the statement of the large divid- ends earned, and paid.--Winnipeg Trl: 'bune. Husband's Allowance In Italy bachelors pay a tax of ap- proximately $65 'a year, which, says the Hamilton Spectator, Is just about what the average husbandvin this coun- try is allowed to keep for spending money.--Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Lumber. Trade Picking Up A decided optimistic outlook is now prevading this section and the Domin- fon in general in the lumbering indus- try. as. the demand recently has in- creased .and lumber pileg that have + stood untouched for the past two years have begun to dintinish. Prices for lumber have advanced five to ten dol- _ lars per thousand, although the price] is still about half of what'it wag in the boom: years, More lumber ia being shipped Out now than for any time in4-=- the past two years.--Lindsay Post, Fatal Oversight He brushed his teeth twice a day | with nationally advertised tooth paste. The doctors examined him twice a year. He wore his rubbers when it rained. He slept with- the windows wide open. He. stuck to a diet~with plenty of fresh vegetables. He relin- quished his tonsils. He golfed, but never more than eighteen hbles at a time. He got at least eight hours sleep every night, He never smoked, drank or lost his temper. He did his daily dozen, daily. He was all set to live to be a hundred.--The funeral will be next Wednesday. He had forgotten about trains at grade crossings.--For- est Standard. No Market A new street car has been demon- strated in New York, a car that pro- vides acceleration almost double that of the standard model and that, roll- fng on rubberized tires and with rub- ber "sandwiches" worked into its springs, is said to make less 'noise than an electric egg-beater. It cost $500,000 to produce this new car, re- "ports say. The next problem, it would geem, is to find a large market for it. {We have seen nothing to indicate that very many street car companies are in a position these days to lay out exten- sive sums in the purchase of new roll ing stock--even when it rolls on rub- ber.--Border Cities Star. 1] Prairie Trees if Many a farm in the west has been paved by the planting and cultivation f trees, Shelter belts properly made ave protected the crops from wind nd from extremes of temperatures, pos have helped in collecting and con- jerving moisture and in directing it .to the best advantage. And, perhaps qually important, they have tempered jhe flatness and barrenness of the rairie and have helped to make evén he lone shack look and feel like a ome.--Winnipeg Tribune. { Flight of Time Eighteen years ago twc aviators flew te Atlantic Ocean, the first ever to have done so, The British flyers had jd primitive plane, no radio and never pore: informed of the weather ahead. th great courage they gambled Af Bekins fate--and won, They had only alned in war aviation with all its Nevertheless, such is the te of air heroes in peace in the Bri ish Empire that the names of John | cock and Arthur Whidden Brown are ' embered s--Brandon Sun, AHE EMPIRE hems of Statesmen ay, unfair to Judge mod- udle complexities that were un: mt of flty or a hundred years ago, ut It has 1b reckon with a democracy 0 keenly wllve ta tts own importance in . 4) the Sianbelleries of the rt world it has become the terror that 'walketh by night. It was easy to run Europe--even to run it--when the Man on the Street was merely a speck on the horizon,--Glasgow Weekly Herald, Better Music There is little sense in the argument that because music is now "on tap" universally, it has been degraded to the status of water, gas and electric light, There was nothing more calcu- lated to degrade music than the pre- wireless era th} cottage planos and musical evenin when Inefficient amateurs desecrated the air with execrable renderings of "Cavalleria Rusticana" and the latest sentimental had done nothing else but free us from ballad. If so-called "mechanical music" this form of torture it would have our heartfelt gratitude.--London Morning Post. Empire Trade ".The self-governing Dominions as well as the Crown Colonies are now buying from and selling to the Old Country on an increasing scale. Senti- mental bonds are strong, but economic bonds are not to be despised. Inferna- | tional trade is far too complex for all trade to be on a reciprocal basis, but it seems a common sense proposition to help those who help you, and the picture of an ever-increasing mutual trade between the Old Country and the Jmpire overseas is one that must ap- peal.--British Guiana Commercial Re- view, z A Prince's Fortune Forty polo ponies which have just been brought to England by the Ma: harajah of Jaipur are valued at £1,000 each. This Indian Prince's fortune, including his wonderful collection of jewellery, is 'estimated at more than £100,000,000. --London Answers. Curfew Still Rings In London London still rings the curfew, though centuries have passed since the order it conveyed to 'cover your fires" had any effect. From the Tower of Lon- don, from Gray's Inn and from Char- terhouse the curfew is rung each night of the year. Charterhouse rings the number of the brothers in residence. Should the number be full, all is well. It it falls one short, then the brothers know thereby that another of their fellows had gone to his-rest.--London Buty Telegraph. THE UNITED STATES Wooden Cats For Orchards It's a wonder that some one has not thought of it before. A farmer of War- wickshire, England, weary of losing his fruit crcps to birds, has made wooden cats for 'scarecrows" and placed them where the offending birds cannot but see them --Los Angeles Times, Ten thousand eggs were smashed when sixty crates fell from a lorry in| a South London street, Silent Revolution Six monthg ago this country would have laughed to scorn a prediction that July would see child labor wiped out in cotton textile mills, the stretch-out abolished, the mill village on the way to the scrap heap, 1929 wages guaran- teed to unskilled laborers for the short- est work week they have ever known and the right to join labor unions no longer questioned. Yet this has come to pass with the placing of President Roosevelt's signature on the cotton tex- tile code.--New York World-Telegram, ---- Unemployment 'Is Worst Affliction of Mankind Banff, Alta.--Greatest tragedy in human life is unemployment, accord- ing tovLord Snell, member of the Brl- tish group attending-the Institute of Pacific Relations conference here, To be unwanted, dismissed, of no account, that is what the unemployed man feels," Lord Snell told the con- ference, ! While the unemployed were docile, he added, behind that docility there was a suppressed exasperalion--that could not be ignored. Lord Snell feared a possibility ot a swing toward Soviet Russia it condi- tions became worse In capitalist coun- tries hut improved in Russia, The re- sult, he thought, would not be Com- munism, but chaos. He believed, however, civilization was not breaking up, "but was growing up" and that the world was at the be- ginning of -a new growth, ee Traffic Safety Lesson Taught at World's Fair Chicago.--Many of the technjcal exhibits at a Century of Progress ex. position teach elaborate lessons in physical sclence, but it the National Safety Couhvil, through its display, can.teach one simple fact and teach ft so it will never be forgotten, it wlll have served its purpose, "It the casual visitor to the world's fair grasps the fact that it Is for ' the safety of hig life and the lives of his fellow citizens that the police are studying trafic' problems, en- forcing trafic laws and regulating the use of the streets by vehlcles, the - exhibit will have done all that could ha expected of it," the coun- cil says, a reconditioning treatment, battle with the sharpshooters. > Believed to he the strangest-looking battleship atloat target ship, Centurion; leaves Portsmouth alter Battle-scarred, this weary-lopking ship will shortly be ready for another During the practice it is entirely controlled | by. wirelecs. Woman Presides at Pacific Conference Dr.. Margery Fry, Member of 'British Group, Guided Discussion with Ability and Diplomacy Banff, Alta.--Dr. Margaret Fry holds the honor of being the first woman to preside' at a round-table conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations dur- ing thé present sessions. Dr. Fry handled an important meeting .at which the delicate matter of the in- fluence of internatjonal armament fn- terests on violent nationalistic propa- ganda was discussed. Members declared Dr, Fry guided the discussions with ability and dis- arming diplomacy, Dr. Fry, member of the British group, was principal. of Somerville College, - Oxford, 1926-31; -is- honorary secretary -of-the Howard League Prison Reform and a member of the British House of Commons cons mittee on prison labor. , ge --_ Suggests Traffic Officers ; Be Taught First Aid Kitchener.--The suggestion that traffic officers in Ontario should be schooled in first aid and that they carry first aid kits with them will be advocated by the Kitchener Board of Trade at the meeting of Ontario As- sociation Boards cf Trade. This is the suggestion of Secretary Boughner Sponsors of the resolution say this may alleviate much suffering after accidents on the highways and {hay save lives. °, "we Maritime Provinces Get Orders for Christmas Trees A sign of increasing prosperity in Canada and of 'the -expectation of better times in the United States is showing itself in a heavy demand for Christmas trees from the Maritime Provinces, reports the Industrial De- partment of the Canadian National Railways. Although Christmas is four months. away, buyers are already busy. High prices are not anticipat- e', but a large demand is thought to be certain. '* Wives Taught to Vie With Stenographers New York. -- Columbia University have announced a new serles- of courses designed to help the wife com- pete with her husband's stenographer, ' Prof, Lillian H. Locke, explaining the new home service institute, said: "The contrast between a man's wife and his stenographer is often very marked. The stenographer looks bet- ter dressed, néater, more attractive, -I-advigo the wife to dress at least as well as the stenographer if she wishas to hold the respect of her husband. These courses will hoy her how to Toronto, Sept. Vera re- gret is expressed concerning the fatal"shooting accident which Cluny Dr., noted Toronto angler, all-around sportsman and promin- ent architect. The accidental dischatge of 'his shotgun while he was-putting his new cocker spaniel pup through a wire .fence on the Glen Major fishing club grounds, north of Whitby, caused his death, For four hours the wounded man lay on the ground before he was found. He was accompanied to the fishing grounds Thiireday afternoon by his friend, Harry Vipond of Toronto. They separ- "ated to fish, and, apparently, around about supper time Mr. Hart went back into the bush_and scrub at the northern end of the grounds _ with his gun and his dog, "Vipond, coming back to the club- house, became uneasy Yasd he took the life of Ronald R Hart, 65_| Prominent Sportsman Dies 'As Result of Shooting Accident saw the pup.-come In acting strangely, ~ He called, but got no reply. Becoming more alarmed as night fell, he telephoned to two other members of the club, Douglag Huyck and Si, Mathers éf Toronto. They joined Vipond,, Frank Noakes, the caretaker, and one of his friends, and spread out through the bush, flashing lan. terns and shouting, About 11 .p.m, a faint voice an- swered them, It was Hart, They found him lying beside the wire fence: #ith the shotgun some dis- tance away on the other side, with hig right shoulder terribly mangled by. the' discharge of one barrel of the gun, Brought to Toronto," Mr. Hart died at 5 o'clock Friday morning. ~ Mr. Hart was a member of well -- known fishing groups who angled throughou¢ Ontario and Quebec, He was vice-president of the To- rontp Angler's assuciation, and a . most active and important mem- ber from the -club's inception. Eats Plenty of Meat ; Although Over 100 Portraits of Queen Victoria and Abraham Lincoln Occupy Places of "Honor in Former Slave's Home St. Catharines, Ont.--Cornmeal and plenty of meat have been the favorite foods of Mrs, Katherine Deveaux, who recently embarked upon' her 103rd year. Born a slave on a South Caro- lina plantation, Mrs, Deveaux, known to her many friends as "Auntie," came to St. Catharines in 1863 with ler hus- band. She brought with her a piece of sheepskin on which the date of her birth had been recorded by her master at that time. Mrs, Deveaux lives Sone in a' neat little house on Dufferin Street, In a place of honor fii, her sitting room hang portraits of President Lincoln and Queen Victoria. iy . "That man said, 'You go free," she explained, pointing to Lincoln, then truning to Queen Victoria's photo- graph, she added: 'She said 'Come over here. They can't get you here'." -- ne Women Can't Compete With Men -- As Barbers Women wili never usurp male bar- bers, said one of the oldest barbers in Toronto recently. "Women never take time to finish a hair cit properly, but hide the cut's Heporfochn by waves and curls." Incidently bobbed hair for women is nothing new. Back in Lillie Langtry's day, many womeh came to barber shops to have their hair cut and curled to conform with. a "mop" fashion which for several | years Held sway. Collection Agencies Must Have Licenses Order-in-Council Also Says Agencies in Ontario Must Register Toronto,--An Order-in-Council has been passed. under which collection agencies in Ontario are retuired to re- gister and receive a license from the Ontario Securities Commission. The Government hopes the collec- tion agency act, which was brought into force by the Order-in-Council, will have the. effect of protdcting creditors who place their accounts with certain agents that have made a practice of using ingeniously worded contracts with the effect that most of the. money collected was left in the hands of the unscrupulous agents. ~ ® Administration of .the act will he carried out by Norman Harris, Each | collection agency will have to furnish] a bond, if so directed, and must file copies of all agreements and forms used in its business. ; All collection agericies must keep all the money collected in a separate trust account in a chartered bank or trust company. Leaders in the collec- tion agency business were heartily in accord with the requirements, it was stated in Government circles, -------- ee 8 eis 343-Pound "Figure" Windsor, Ont.--Sergeant Frank Gasdorf, of the Detroit Police Depart- ment has found a way to keep his figure. A four-and-a- -half-mile swim does' it, he claims. The 343-pound constable did the swim across the De- troit river and reached the other side in 44 minntes, ert ee Just abow How thoroughly. he Know hls busiross, Frank Ly 'landed thls 726-pound tuna while holldaying. with Ralph Bell at Lockport, N.S. fighting, James landed the whopper ahd shipped it to Toronto, " Totontonial Lands & Whopper amos of Church Street, Te Atter several "hours [Writer Predicts | had been suffering devastating losses. Terrible 'War H. G, Wells "Sees New. Order Arising Without Rent, Interest, Profit London --H."G. Wells has had a "dream" of what is going to happen in the next couple of centuries. In this he saw a ruthless war and the destruction of the. present econ- omic system to be followed by a new order of things in which there will be no rent, interest or profit and a full and happy existence will be possible fo) everyone, ells recorded this in his new book, "The Shape of Things to Come," just published. He traces the history of the world from 1913 to 2116 and paints a picture of a horrible war in Europe in 1940, leading to wholesale death and plague from gas, germs and bombs and col- lapse. of the world system as we know it. : From the rulns rises a reconstructed world, in.which, as he puts it: "There remains no way of becoming passively wealthy, Gambling... is ruthlessly eradicated. Usury rauks with forgery as a monetary offence. Money is given to people to get what they want and not as a basis for fur: ther acquisition. There are no usurers or rent lords," § ------ Two New Industries Locating i in Toronto ele Toronto has been cted as the lo: cation for two new industries, it has been announced by the Toronto Indus- trial Commission, ! Standard N.R.A. Products, Canada, Limted, newly-incorporated Canadian subsidiary of Standard Products of Cleveland, Ohio, are leasing 6,000 square feet of floor space at 9 Davies ~Avenue, where they will manufacture automotive parts and assemble and finish a bicycle of English make. It is.stated that withic three months as- sembling of British motorcycles will be added to the operations. ent company has a. manufacturing branch in London, England, and a sales branch in Paris, France. Platinum Products, Limited, has been formed as the Canadian subsidi- ary of Platinum Products Corporation of New York, and has established headquarters 'at 45 Richmond Street for the assembling of cigar and cigar- i ette lighters for distgibution in the Canadian market. Harpell to be Freed ; On Ticket-of-Leave Ottawa, Sept. 1.--1J. J. Harpell, Mont- real publisher, convicted of criminal libel, was released on ticket-of-leave to-day, it was learned at the Justice Department.' Application was made by Harpell's counsel for ticket-of-leave and Hon. Maurice Dupre, Solicitor-Gen- eral, dealt with it. Tea Restriction : In April a restriction was placed]. on tea exports from Ceylon, India, and Java, in order to raise prices to growers, who, for almost four years, Higher prices have resulted, not only at the gardens, but also here on our own markets, and many package teas already cost more than they did six months 'ago. Some of the finer qual- ity brands are as yet unchanged, how- ever, and are, consequently, even bet- ter value that at last April. Dorland Returns From Penitentiary Reaches Toronto by Motor ~ While Family Waits at - Station--Plans to Get Steady Job Toronto, Set. 1 9Y oe conscious of the ill-fitting clothes issued to him at the prison gate, Albert Dorland, freed after completing three years of the five year. sentence imposed by Magis- trate Emerson Coatsworth, grinned his satisfaction as he reached home. "If the police will leave me alone I'll be o.k." he added. Released from the penitentiary late yesterday after: 'noon, Dorland was escorted to King: The par-| ston station by prison officials and when they Teleased him there officially, he. joined friends who had motored to Kingston and returned with them. Unaware of altered plans his father, Robert Dorland, and his brother, Charles, waited for him at the Union Station. Disappointment was written over their faces 'as they searched in vain among the last stragglers from the train. Dorland's first visit in To- ronto. was to his grandmother who, more than anyone else, had persisted in the agitation which finally. brought about the Dorland inquiry, 'and. her grandson's release on ticket-of-leave. The release of Dorland is proof that Federal officials "realize that there was irregularity in the trial, convie- tion and sentence of Dorland, and proof to the peoplé of Toronto that the administration of their police force must be drastically. improved," Frank Regan, counsel for. Dorland, declared. --_-- First, Sugar Cane Crop in Manitoba is Harvested (Brandon, Man,--~Andy Henderson, of 'Bannerman, is harvesting Manitoba's' first sugar cane crop, He hag a 10:4 acre patch in excellent "condition . claims this '1s the farthest north t tl Augar cane has evar fan riahad. Lumber Industy Has Good eal Increased Purchases bv Uni 'ted Kingdom and Build- ing Boom in U.S. in 3 Factors' ay Montreal. Increased purchase ou nadian lumber by United Kingdom markets and prospects of increased sales. in the United States where a' "wave of economic optimism conse- quent upon President Frankun D. Roosevelt's National Recovery Act" is 'said to have resulted in a building boom .are listed as "signs of unmistak- able revival in the Canadian lumber industry" in a report drawn up by the Montreal Board of Trade. The report is based on results of a canvass of the lumber industry in the Maritime, Provinces, Queber, Ontario and 'British Columbia, Re-equipment-in the near future of Canedian lumber mills in order to provide lumber according to United Kingdom specifications is viewed as increasingly possibie in the report. Heretofore idle ships are now moving Canadian lumber from Atlantic coast ports to New York and Boston, the report continues. Reports from the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario indi- cate lumber cuts, this year will be more considerable than for any one of the past three years. A notable factor resulting i in optim- ism in the industty is the fact that provincial governments are materially encouraging increased cuts as a means of absorbing Aanemiployed labor, the report states. Widening Wackots fon British Col- umbia fir and cedar are reported and. the recent shipment of 750,000 square feet of this wood to Toronto via the Panama Canal is viewed as an indi- cation central Canada markets are . opening for British Columbia lumber, eS ¢ Apple Jepectiv The Provincial Fruit Branch and the. Dominion Fruit Branch have' joined forces in: the inspection of the apple crops of Ontario in connection ' with the export regulation of the De- ¢ structive Insect and Pest Act that prohibits the export of apples to any 'country other than the United States unless the shipment is accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued ..- by a-duly-appointed inspector, It is intended to inspect only those orch- ards from which apples are likely to be exported. 'Any grower who pro- poses to export apples is required to submit an application for -inspection, with the exception of growers who have been carrying out control opera- tions this season under the Ontario Fri1it Branch under the "Orchard Certification Plan." These growers have already been listed. The inspection began on August 23rd and any varieties found free from infestation may be exported, subject to further examination by the Dominion Fruit Inspectors at the time of packing, when certificates will be ~ issued. Applications' should be forwarded to the Secretary, Destructive Insect: and Pest Act Advisory Board, De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, It should give the name and postal ad- dress o: the grower, the location of his orchard by county, tow.ship and lot number, and should state the var- jeties and number of trees orchard. : EE A LI Prince Sells Farm And Shorthorn Herd New York.--A London cable to the New York Times says the Prince of Wales' farm in Nottinghamshire has been sold to G:. R. Shélton, with the herd of pedigreed Shorthorns going ta the well known exhibitor, W. B. Shel. . ton. In connection with the sale it is re- called a recent rumor that the Princu* would sell his Alberta ranch for pur- - poses.of economy, was denied. The Prince bought the Nottingham. shire farm in 1927 and stocked it with cattle from hig farm in Cornwall. The buildings were modernized and elec- tricity was used wherever possible for light and power. His object in ac- quiring the farm was to save his cat: tle from exhausting journeys when ex- hibited 'at agriciltural shows fn the north and midlands. ", EE Siam Gives Two Books . To McGill University Montreal.--Two nooks about 'Siam - have been presented by the Siamese ganernment to MeGill University here, it has been learned from univer- city officials. The presentation was made as part of Siaraese activities at the 'World Grain Conference which corcluded at Regna August bth. The ' volumes, ."Siam-<Nature and Industry," and "Siam-----General' and Medical Features," were: sent to the University through a. special commit~ tee of the ministry of conomics, Bangkok, which had charge of Siam ese participation at the grain confer ence. The first book was prepared .nder the guidance of H:R.H. Prince urachates, the prince of Kanbaeng 'Bejra, is an encyclopaedia of Siam, he second deals with the re markable medical development of the country in recent years, aa well a "inthaw fantisnns in his _ IESE