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SE AE AT = E > » ' THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1929 iz - PAGE FIVE OVER WEEK-END) 2 (Continued from page 1) ] formerly of Mount sney, near where the tragedy occurred, were among those who were enj ing a ke, d. The Pepe near the shores o a favorite picnic ground. Th two girls went in bathing, and it is eved that ome got ond her pth and the other went to her cue, both being drowned. One of e bodies was located in water about . five feet deep, while the other was recovered in 12 feet of water late this afternoon. No one actually saw tHe tragedy, but the girls were soon missed, and it was found that they had been in bathing and had disap- ared, Singularly enough, the father " the two girls was drowned about "folir' years ago, when his car went off a weal here. J rothers Drown 'Late yesterday afternoon, two brothers, Reginald Storms, aged 14, and Milton storms, 16 years, were drowned at Collins Bay. The two boys were out in a boat with Reg. Watts and Frank. Leonard, when the boat upset and the occupants -were "tossed into the water. Neither of the Storm boys could 'swim and they immediately sank. Efforts were made by: the other boys, to save them, and one of the bodies was speedily re- covered, while the other was located some time later. The pulmotor and two doctors were summoned from Kingston, though 'they worked for over an hour on the bodies, life was found to be extinct, The Storms family live on the farm of: G. A. Clark, near Collins Bay, while the younger of the drowned bbys worked for Mrs. (Dr.) Rankin, at Collins Bay. The family resided at Cushandall about seven miles east of Kingston until last April. : Motor Boats Crash Brockville, July +The bodies of 2 Miss «Gertrude Widmer, aged about 35, .of New York City, and W. C. Colbron, aged 20, of New Canaan, Conn., drowned* yesterday afternoon when two fast motor boats collided in Canadian waters off the head of Larue Island in the St. Lawrence, were recovered in 50 feet of water this morning, by divers from Alex- andria Bay, * The two victims were passengers in a motor boat driven by Captain William Giffin, Alexandria Bay, which had gone to that place from the Newton summer residence of an . island to meet Colbron, who was at- "' vited to ' Friday le ] " 4 i ha i ¥ Ad H : i . fending a military camp at Pine i .Y., and who had been in- spend the week-end at the Newton cottage. En route there in , rounding a point at the head of Larue Island it collided with another boat driven by Captain Bernard Snow, Alexandria Bay, the occupants at the Giffin craft being thrown into the water when the boat sank. Giffin swam to shore with one pas- senger, the other two being drowned in the swift and deep water. Upon recovery of the bodies, they _were brought to Rockport, Ont, "where Dr. J. N. MacKie, of Lans- downe, a coroner, released them after having ordered an inquest to be held at Rockport on Thursday eveming next, Boy Drowned at Meaford Owen Sound, July 14--A sad drowning fatality occurred - off the Lakeside avenue beach at Meaford afternoon, when Gordon Steinhoff, aged 13 years, only son of , and Mrs, Charles Steinhoff, cor- ner: of Cook and Parker streets, a clever young student, met his death while in bathing. As no water was found in the lungs, death was attri- buted by ' the physician to cardiac failure. There was no evidence of cramps. ; Dies in Pool . Timmins, July 14--Eight-year-old Eddie Godin, son of Mr, and Mrs. "Joseph Godin, was drowned in a pool ind Gillies lake, near here, when he apparently rolled off a log on which. he and some companions had been playing in the water. While no one appears to have witnessed the accident, the boy's absence was quickly noted, and when help was brought his body was found, head downward, in the mud. Bruises on His head and shoulder apparently indicated he had struck something as he went down apd was stunned, as he did not come to the surface again, Level Crossing Crash ' \ St. Catharines, July +¥--One¢ man, Ernest Luke. Kelly, of Fredericton, N.B, died in the General hospital early this morning and his two com- panions are there seriously injured as a result of an auto trying to beat a' strect car at a level crossing. According to the facts gathered, KKelly, who had just arrived here yesterday to work on the Welland ship canal, and two companions, Wil- liam Scrivener and Albert Harrison of 115 Vale avenue, this city, were out driving last night, and just after midnight tried to cross the level crossing just east of Thorold when struck by a Canadian National elec- tric car. y Motorman Bates says his car was running slowly and the auto came along on the road, paused as if to stop and then started to cross ahead of the electric car, The other two men also were unconscious when taken to the hospital here. Kelly was 46 years of age and a widower. His daughter, Mrs. Walter Welch of this city, arranged to have the body shipped to Fredericton to- night. Coroner D. V. Currey will hold an inquest. Pinned Under Auto , Cayuga, July 13--Pinned beneath a car which. had turned over in the ditch, Mrs. Phillip Healy of West Haven, Conn, met death yesterday on the provincial highway near here. Mrs, Healy with two other West = Haven women and the driver of the Fs PL 0 el A AP tr GH | Paturday evening. _ 'car, Ferdinand Heyer, was taking a - short trip in Ontario. No explanation has been given for the accident. The car swerved from the road and plung- ing into a deep ditch turned com- pletely over. Passing motorists ex- tricated the body of Mrs. Healy from bencath the wrecked machine, while the others, all of whom suffer- ed more or less serious injuries, were taken to the hospital at Dunnville. Girl Dies After Crash Sarnia, July 14--Freda Logan, aged 10. lies dead at her home, 215 Cot- terbury street, Sarnia, as a result of an automobile accident near here late i rt Trow- a f vr bridge, - 17, 4s -in. the Charlotte Eleanor ; Hospital suffering severe back injuries sustained in the mishap, and Malcolm McLean, Swliarialid Wives of the car taining Miss Logan, her 18-year- old sister Alma and Trowbridge, is held pending release upon $5000 Alma Logan escaped injuries with, minor cuts and or bi and McLean' did not suffer any injury other than 8 According to the police re- port, McLean was driving from his home in Sarnia to a dance at Oil Springs. wih At a point three miles below Pe- trolia, on highway No. 21, the car veered to the left. McLean turned it sharply to the right and as a result it crashed into the right ditch. The two girls and Trowbridge were rushed to the hospital, where Freda died at 1.10 a.m. : Robert J. Whiting, high constable for Lambton county, was called, and, together with Constable Frank Reiadp of Petrolia, arrested McLean, 'who was taken to Sarnia. ; McLean said he was not traveling fast at the time immedjately preced- ing the accident. - Coroner F. W. Mulligan today stated that the in- quest would probably be held in Petrolia, Wednesday evening. John Logan, father, and four sisters sur- vive the dead girl, whose mother pre- deceased her several ycars ago. Truck Driver Killed : St, Thomas, July 14--Bruce Mec- Alpine, who drove a bread truck for Norris Brothers, died in the Memor- ial hospital last evening from in- juries he received a few hours before, about ten miles southeast of the city, when his truck struck an excavation at the foot of a hill, left the roadway, overturned, and pinned him under- neath. His pelvis bone was crushed and death was due to internal injur- ies. Although the truck had rested on him for two hours, he was quite conscious 'when brought to the hos- pital and talked to the attendants. Mr. McAlpine, who is a native of Glencoe, was in his 37th year, and is survived by his widow, one daugh- ter and three sons. Lumberman Drowns Port Arthur, July 14--Robert Con- rad, 22, employe of the Hammer Mill Paper company, was drowned by fall- ing from a small boat while boom- ing logs near Hurkett, forty miles from here this afternoon. He was taken from the water in eight minu- tes, and although a doctor was qftick- ly available could not be revived. His home was in Nova Scotia. Hamilton, July 14--Miss Isobel Hutchinson of 125 Caroline street south, aged 17° years, .was fatally burned and her mother,sMrs. William Hutchinson, sustained painful injur- ies Saturday aiternoon when gaso- line fumes ignited as the daughter was cleaning a dress in the kitchen, The mother went to the rescue and was burned about the hands, arms and face, She is a patient in the General hospital, but will recover. Miss Hutchinson died in' the General hospital a short time after the acci- dent. 5 Both mother and daughter were in the kitchen, Miss Hutchinson being engaged. in cleaning a dress. Sudden- ly a flame from a stove caught the fumes and the garment, which had been saturated, was ablaze. Before the young woman had a chance to free herself the flare had raeched her own clothing and she was en- veloped in flames in a moment. Her mother rushed to her rescue and, dis- regarding her own safety, wrapped a rug about the girl. She was in a semi-conscious condition when rush- ed to the hospital, and Mrs. Hutch- inson was in great pain. Cars Collide Milton, July 14--A serious motor car accident occurred at the jog one- half mile west of Milton last night when Harold Gillean and James Lacey, farmer of Nelson: township, figured in a head-on collision.© Mr. Gillean was driving east to Milton and Mr, Lacey was driving west from Milton to his farm on the town line when both cars crashed head-on at this dangerous curve. Mr. Lacey es- caped with slight injuries but Mrs. Lacey and two of her children were badly injured, while Mr. Gillean and Miss Bessie Smith, occupants of the eastbound car, received slight injur- ies. Both cars were badly damaged. Michigan Cars Crash Woodstock, July 14--A number of automobile accidents occurred over the week-end, the most serious of which was a smash between a De- troit motor and a Michigan truck driven by Clarence Garnett; Avery street, Detroit, in which four persons were more or less seriously injured, three of whom are in stock hospital. The accident took place four miles east of Woodstock late Saturday afternoon. : ' oGrdon Lyle, accompanied by his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Harding, 17400 Third street, Detroit, was driv- ing his car east, he turned out to pass an auto parked on the road and when he aplied the brakes'it is said the car skidded and smashed into the Michigan truck going west, and then tdmbled over into the deep diten, rassing motorists released the injured and they were taken to the hospital. : Gordon Lyle is suffering from a fractured pelvis, cuts 'and bruises; Mrs. Lyle, also cut and bruised; and Mrs. Harding who also sustained severe cuts adn bruises, is thought to be suffering from internal injuries. Mr. Harding was not held, having sustained but slight injuries. In the other motor accidents the occupants of the cars escaped injury. Falls As at Wheel Ingersoll, July 14--A serious higr- way mishap, which resulted in a num- ber of people being taken to Victoria hospital, London, occurred ' about three o'clock Saturday afternoon at a oint west of Thamesford. A car cing driven east by George Blatch- ford of 261 Egerton street, London, plowed into the rear of a truck carry- ing highway workmen when Blatch- ford fell asleep at his wheel. The Blatchford car drove the truck across the, road and directly into a car driven west carrying Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Glanfield of Midland. The Glanfields had their two and one- half year old son with them. All three were painfully cut and bruised and are in the London hospital. A man namel Long, one of the highway workmen, was very seriously injured and is also in hospital. 'In addition to other cuts and abra- sions, Mrs. Glanfield had her wrist broken. Otherswho were injured in the truck were George King and Charles McDonald. 1 POLISH FLIER ~ MEETS DISASTER (Continued from page 1) (tioners, It appeared that their plight was desperate when they reached Graciosa, one of the five islands of the central group and about 35 miles northeast of here. One of the natives of the island today said: ' "Toward 10 p.m. a grey plane appeared and began circling around the island in search of a landing-place. We attempted by means of gestures to indicate the largest field, which is fairly level. . ""The alternative was suggested that the aviators might risk alight- ing on the séa. We prepared to rush to the rescue in that eveur. The aeroplane headed toward the field he had indicated, but sudden- ly it barrel-rolled, hurling out the mechanic. '""The aeroplane had barely touched the round when there was a great explosion, instantly killing the pilot." The Polish warship Iskra left here during this evening to go to Graciosa to give what assistance it could to Major Kubala. The single cable connecting the island with this city was overwhelmed by the many messages filed. Sailing boats were pressed into service to main- tain communications. It was ex- pected that the officers of the Iskra would undertake an inquiry to de- termine the exact cause of the di- saster. Coste Turns Back Villa Coublay; France, July 14, --Dejected, but undaunted, Cap- tain Dieudonne Coste, France's premier airman, returned to his homeland today, landing here at 9.27 a.m. (3.27 a.m. E.S.T.) arter the Atlantic to New York. Although the morale of the ecvn- queror of the South Atlantic visib- ly was shaken, he showed not the slightest trace of physical fatigue from his nearly 28 hours' battle with the elements aloft, during which time he was not able to take his hats from his plane's controls for a single second. A stone wall westerly wind which he met just west of the Azores, causing an excessive con- sumption of gasoline, and slow progress were the determining rac- tors in his decision to turn back when he was almost as near to America as to France. "We will try again," Captain Coste said as he stepped from his plane. "But we will pick our own time; we must have a maximum of chances in our favor on this side. It was exactly 6.18 p.m. E.S. T.), Coste said, when he ran into the 'stone wall" and had to turn tail and run. He had travelled nearly 1,500 miles from Le Bour- get. "We found our gas consumption we were behind both in kilometres and gas. "At times, with the motor at full speed, the plane was able to ad- vance only 50 to 65 miles an hour, a decrease of from 70 to 75 miles from normal speed. Fuel is Devoured "It was hard with our motors turning beautifully to see our gaso- line evaporating without our ad- vancing. The mechanics gauged the tanks, and found that during the 28 hours' flying the motor had used up over 1,085 gallons of the 1,460 gallons of gasoline with which it started on its trip. On the return flight, of course, the plane was helped by following winds." The pilot said he tried every alti- tude to circumvent the wind wall. '"Therp were times when we flew 60 feet over the water; later we mounted to 9,000 feet, but every- where always that gale hit us in the face. "I knew that crossing from east to west was very difficult, but never in my most pessimistic vi- sions could I imagine anything like this. The Southern Atlantic from Senegal to Brazil was child's play compared to this job. "But we will try again. not tired." We are LJ FOUR KILLED WHEN GUELPH RADIAL "HITS AUTOMOBILE (Continued from page -1) for Toronto. Tossed into the ditch and along the rails were found af- ter the accident, the spoils of their day. Fish, big and small, tenting, knives and forks, plates, blankets and all the camper's paraphernalia, each telling the story of the gay outing that ended in stark tragedy. Township Constable Sidney H. Belford, of Port Credit, was the first policeman on the scene. In the interval between the accident and the arrival of Constable Bel- ford, Russell - Jamieson, farmer, living close to the fatal crossing, telephoned for Dr. A. H. Sutton, of Cooksville, and Dr. A, H. Mec- Fadden, of the same place. The two doctors arrived a short time later. By that time, however, one of the party was dead; two were transient between life and death; the fourth was unconscious. Little hope was entertained for his life, but Kenneth Cox, nevertheless, was rughed in Skinners' ambu- lance, which was called from Port Credit, to St. Joseph's hospital, To- ronto. Within ten minutes after his admittance, he died. Crushed Beneath Wheel The father, John Cox, had been instantly killed. His body was found by a horrified motorman, pinned beneath the left front wheel of the car. It was impossible to drag it from beneath the heavy wheel, and before the body was removed it was found necessary to send for an emergency car in or- f a grave but futile attempt to span y mounting terribly," he said, "while | der to jack the car from off the body of the dead man, : Kenenth Cox was found crushed against the post of the' cattle guard, only a few . feet from the crossing of the road. His brother, Jack, and his friend, Jack Rigs, were lying in the grass amidst the wreckage of their car sprinkled carelessly along the right-of-way, The first to arrive op the scene were four Toronto men who had been driving, along the Burnham- thorpe road timt afternoon on a pleasure jaunt. They were Horace Oldershaw, Gerald Barter, Arthur Costello and Harvey Carroll, all of 437 Sackville street. Toronto. Mr. Carroll, with Mrs. Carroll and the three other men, were sitting un the bank at the side of the road, about two or three hundred feet to the west of the crossing. Their car wis pdrked nearby. "We saw their car pass by along the road," Mr. Carroll stated last night. "It was travelling at about 15 miles an hour; it was such a funny old model it couldn't go any faster, I guess." : "Everyone in the car seemed to be enjoying themselves. I noticea a 'boy, standing up in the back seat, shouting to the boy in the front. I remember the car well, because one of us remarked what a funny old wreck the car looked. And my wife had replied: 'That doesn't matter; they're all happy, aren't they?' . "And then, all of a sudden, I heard the most awful crash. it seemed to me as if the sound of a whistle came at the same time. The crash lasted for a few seconds; one could hear the car being seraped and torn over the tracks by the train." "We all looked aroun," went on Mr. Carroll, "and we saw a cloua of dust rising up from behind the trees. I jumped into the car, the other boys jumped in; two men walking along the road clung to the running-board, and we drove us fast as possible to the crossing. When we got there, that would be about 30 seconds later, the motor- man wasn't out of the car. "It was an awful scene. The elder man was pinned down be- neath the wheel of the car. One of the boys was up against the post of the cattle guard. I could see that he was still alive." "The other two were just dying when we got there," Horace Old- ershaw stated. "They were lying in the grass a few feet from the track. Both of them were bleeding badly, and they moved a little bit and then died." ISSUE IS AROUSING BRITISH PUBLIC Labor Government Cautious over delicate problem, London--Superficially, the Empire economic issue is gaining ground in Britain, but the Government has given no indication of its intention to commit itself beyond the Empire development migration phases large- ly impinging on unemployment, They may clarify the attitude when the Ministers have overtaken the rush of parliamentary business. Meantime, the Imperial partner- ship problem has drawn more atten- tion outside of Parliament than at any time in the past seven years, and seems to justify the belief that Brit- ishers are awakening to the magni- tude of the possibilities ahead. If it advocates once touch the imagination of the man in the street in Great Bri- tain, the task will be immediately lightened and speeded up. Imperialists in Britain are voicing a degree of enthusiasm which is some- what = premature, though gratifying. The Daily Express editorial contains the following underlined prediction. "The time is approaching when free trade will be the fiscal law of the Brit ish Empire, when, behind a tariff im- posed on foreign goods and produce, trade between the Empire States will flow as unrestrictedly as between the various states of the American Union. This is remarkably similar to the Free Trade Empire Zollverein idea favored by many members of the' Common- wealth section of the Labor party. The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain's advocacy of the adoption by the Con- servative party of an out-and-out Im- perial policy .adds emphasis to the movement, though if , simultaneously carries the risk that opponents will impute to it a partisan character. Mr. Chamberlain this afternoon amplified his Imperial policy declaration by saying that he had in mind that in- stead of concentrating on protection for 'home manufacturers against un- fair foreign = competition, Britain Pin some distant future we mij lS -------- should Jil Iujpesial trade the basis of its Bveal Doli 5 ivolving, conshl. tations, pr prolonged, een d Dominion interests, British an es Replying to a question as to wheth- er the delay would affect inter-Im- perial relations, he said "I think the position between us 'and the Domin- ions is likely to get worse unless it gets better. If we don't take advan- tage of what seems to be a favorable moment I won't ie ill never get another chance, but we wi iFget such a- good: chance, Each time we neglect an poftunity r we al- low the Empire ur be invaded by foreigners, tending to take from INTERNATIONAL BANK _ SEEN AS AIDING WORLD PEACE ion, However, Must Be Found in Economies Its It Will L New York, July 15, ~ Justification for the us that which only by preferences| for Set can we still hope to'maintain for our- selves in fhe world. . "I think it is useless to talk at this time of a free trade Zollverein with- in the Empire and a protective tariff against the rest of the world, But once get the representatives of the different interests round a table en- deavoring to remove difficulties, and there is no saying where co-o station af ieve the old ideal of an Imperial Zol- verein wherein the Empire would. be treatéd as a unit and trade within it would be as free as between the vari- ous states in Australia or the provin- ces of Canada." Sir Robert Horne and Sir Arthur Balfour, two great British industrial- ists, have declared in favor of an Em- pire businessmen's conference, not ne- cessarily before the Imperial Econo- mic meeting. Some inkling of the government's attitude towards a clos- er Imperial economic partnership will be possibly revealed on Monday, when they will be questioned as. to what decision has been arrived at re- garding the summoning of the Econo- mic Conference to consider Empire problems. It is unreasonable to ex- pect immediate action, since the gov- ernment are facing innumerable pressing domestic . problems which they are pledged to attempt to solve. The left wing under Mr. Maxton -is already impatient enough to table an amendment to the Speech from the Throne demanding "measures aiming at the reorganization of the indus- trial system to provide for the needs of the community by nationalizing the key sources of economic power, name ly 'banking, the importation of: food- 'stuffs, raw materials, supplies of in- dustrial power, and land." Despite its illusoriness and the pos- sibility of its merely putting the left wing on record, it is significant of the impatience Premier MacDonald will have to face. Equally symptomatic is the inevitable disillusionment of at least a section of the Labor electorate which at the next election is likely to turn twenty per cent of the non-vot- ers into disappointed Laborites. The Conservatives are forcing the pace as far as possible regarding pref- erences andesafeguarding, and if Phil- lip Snowden attempts to remove eith- er, a pitched battle in the Commons is certain. Already workmen ia safe- guarding industries are alarmed at the outlook, and on their own volition are gathering information and forming organizations in the Coventry auto- mobile area, the Nottingham and Lancashire lace districts, and the may end. It may well be economies which states the mon National City The institution one "which seems to bring nearer to reality the long cherished dream of a 'Bank of Nations."" oposed International Bank ents must be found in the ich it is able to effect, y bulletin of the ank of New York. is characterized as "There are evident reasons afford- ing a substantial basis for the institu- tion," the review sets forth. "As an agency for receiving and transferring the reparations payments it will be superior to the elaborate and costly transfer committee of the Dawes Plan. The saving of expense of itself is an important item, and there is a possi- bility that the earnings of the will contribute something eventually to the reparations payments," Yet the economists writin bulletin admit that "it is difficult to see how the bank can avoid compet- ing with existing banks, and especial- ly those engaged in international bu- siness. part of which at least interest pre- sumably will be paid and, like any other bank, it must have earnings tp pay these and other expenses make a return on its capital. Doubt- less it will seek to make itself ser- viceable to the banking business and avoid the competitive much as possible while: still accom- plishing its purpose. will have to be accepted as another bank specializing in international af- airs, "The opportunity of the bank render useful service in transferring the reparations payments and in oth- er ways will exist in its relations to the central banks of nearly all im- portant countries, press the opinion that it will serve as a clearing house between them and that it should go far to eliminate the costs and risks now incurred in the shipping and reshipping of gold. There seems to the expectation. bank in the It will carry deposits, upon and features as Nevertheless, it to The experts ex- be a good basis for Plan is Called Ideal "The bank promises to bring into closer relations, and in a degree uni- fy, the bankin surely a desirable tendency, inasmuch as it involves no domination, simply more harmonious and econo- mical operations. To a very great and useful extent the Bank of England has performed such a part in past, but a bank in the ownership of which many countries are represent- ed, and in the magagement of which not fewer than seven of the leading central banks are represented, may be considered to be more ideally con- systems of the world. but the Effect, Review of National City : Bank States stituted to play the part of Central Bank to the world than any existing institution. ' It remaing 'to' be seen, however, whether this is so or not, "Something more than D and management is mecessary, to make 2 banking institution pre-emin= ent. It must the natural center of international transactions, and time is required to establish any banking institution in that position, How- ever, the bank willstart out with a definite function, and is free to make for itself whatever place it may, within the scope of the proposed char- ter. There is no need now to specu- Jate upon how large a place that will e. "Two Suggestions of a critical na- ture have been offered, one that the bank may be politically controlled and the other that it may be too am- bitious to stabilize the finances of the world, and thus attempt tasks beyond its power--as in control over gold movements. Danger of Mismanagement "Both of these suggestions reduce down to the danger of mismanage- ment, which, of course, attends upon every proposal to establish a new in- stitution of important powers, or, in other words, to improve the =xisting organization of affairs. It is true that central banks are more or less subject to the authority of tbe gov- ernments of the countries in which they are located and under whose laws they exist, but it is also true that they have more or less influ- ence with those governments, hence it is possible that an institution in which numerous central banks are re- presented may serve as a new agency for good understanding between gov- ernments and an influence in behalf of stable relations, commerce, co- operation and peace. "The more points of contact there are between nations the less likeli- hood there will be of misunderstand- ing and a rupture of relations. Fur- thermore, with the central banks of numerous nations represented in the management there is litfle likelihgod that the bank cansbe made to serve any political purpose. "As to the danger that the bank may interfere too readily in the ad- Justment of international payments, and thus prevent the wholesome check upon inflationary tendencies for which gold movements are the most effective corrective, that must be ac- cepted as incidental to the operations of any plan for modifying the effects of credit restriction, As with all propositions of the kind it must be left to the experience and wisdom of the men to whom the nt is confided. They. will manageme: , have to deal with the problems as they arise, In this case the manage- ment, of course, will be that 'of in- dividuals schooled in central banking and will be in constant touch with the leading central institutions." LAST WINDJAMMER MAY BE PRESERVED "In Thames Is Put Forward = London.--The return of the Finnish four-masted barque Herzogin Cecilie, the most famous of the remaining sailing ships, to Falmouth has again raised the question of absorbing in- terest to sailormen. Have the days of sail for this country departed for ever? Just before the war Britain had more than a hundred deep water square rigged ships; three years ago there were four; today there is but one, the Garthpool. While efforts are being made a- broad to retain sailing ships if only for training purposes, it seems to be generally accepted, even by those who regret the necessity to do so, that sail under the British flag cannot any I¢gnger be made to pay, and must fereione, vanish from the face of the ocean. | Naturally the suggestion comes for- ward that the Garthpool, the last of the great British windjammers, should be preserved as a monument to the last days of the sailing ship era for the instruction and inspiration of future generations of Englishmen. Critics who pride themselves on their practicability deride the proposition as a scheme for saddling ourselves with another white elephant. Already, they say, we have the Cutty Sark at Falmouth, preserved for us by the generosity of Captain Dowman; considerable difficulty was experienced in raising the money for the restoration of the Victory and Implacable, the only surviving ships of Trafalgar. The preservation and maintenance of the Implacable and Foudroyant are only possible by the generosity of Mr. Wheatley Cobb, despite the fact that these ships are devoted to the noble purpose of a training ship for boys and Sea Scouts. Others point out that in London there is no museum exclusively de- voted to the sea and ships as there is in Amsterdam, Venice and in Am- erica; and that such an institution would be a much more effectual and practical proposition in every way. Supporters of the Garthpool, how- ever, are not without answers to these criticisms. Far from being jeal- ous of the Victory, Implacable, and Fourdroyant, they glory in their pre- servation, and in many instances have helped in making the achiévement possible. Midlands hardware region, to combat the removal of these duties and edu- cate their fellow-workmen on the subject, : The safeguarding duties expiration dates vary between June, 1930 and April, 1936. THE FAIRIES HAVE NOT A PENNY TO SPEND The fairies have never a penny to spend, They haven't a thing put by, But theirs is the dower of bird and of flower And theirs are the earth and sky, And though you should live in a pal- ace of gold Or sleep in a dried-up ditch. You could never be poor as the fair- ies 'are, And never as rich, Since ever and ever the world began They have danced like a ribbon of ame. They have sung their song through' the centuries lon, And yet it is never the same. And though you be foolish or though you be wise, With hair of silver or gold, You could never be young as fairies are, And never as old. --Rose Fyleman, in "Fairies Chimneys." There are 89,000 shops in London. A wretched husband who recently went shopping with his wife says that this seems a very conservative estimate, the and She--Why, your heart sounds like a drum beating! e--Yes, er, that's arms. the call to Snob: "I never inferiors, do you? Girl: "I don't know. associate with my I never met any of your inferiors." London.--Canadians visiting Lon- don are enjoying a joke about the walking stick and wash-leather glove complex of the well-dressed man about town. In Canada and the United States it is considered peculiar and foppish to wear gloves or carry a cane; spats are positively degenerate, and only the very courageous, artistic, or dar- ing do it! So naturally the men from Canada arrive in Piccadilly without either. They join the fashionables in the west end, and for a few days they feel sorry for the smart men of Bond street and Saville row laboring with a walking stick and chamois leather gloves. At the end of a week the visitors capitulate; they choose the smartest shop in Piccadilly and buy a walking stick and a pair of gloves for themselves. To The Same Shop During the past week four Do- minion cabinet. ministers, a Montreal financier, an author, and several im- portant business men have gone to the same shop for their stick and gloves. They all know each other at home, and the full flavor of the joke came out when they all met at the Cana- Canadians Visiting London Adopt Cane and Lemon Gloves dian high commissioner's office at] Canada House. Mr. Larkin, always faultlessly dressed, smilingly observed the Lon- don styles of his friends from home; each carried the: latest yellow gloves and gold-mounted cane. Rather shy- ly they all placed their canes and gloves on Mr. Larkin's table, and there was a round of laughter when the author arrived with a swagger Piccadilly cane and the lightest of wash-leathers in his hand. "I've Fallen Too" "I've fallen too," he confessed. "I began to feel aboinable without them when I walked in the streets of Lon- don; besides, the policemen and lift- men are more attentive to a glove and cane enquiry. "After all, it is-no use for Cana- dians to try to defy the ancient and honorable institutions of old Lon- don, even when it comes to fashion. However, I compromised with my Canadian prejudices and bought a walking stick that has a dual per- sonality. You slip off the stick, so, and you have an umbrella! The man who served me was a very sympath- etic chap; he gave me a few lessons on how to carry a stick and gloves. 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