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PAGE SIX THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1931 WHAT HAPPENED AS POWER LINES WERE SFYFRED Sydney Post Produced By Candle Light When Wires ! Collapsed Sydney, N.S. 3, Feb. 26,--The re- 'ationship between necessity and ~ Invention is one of long standing. jut its legitimacy was probably never more firmly established than n the office of the Sydney Post on the night of Wednesday, February and during the early hours ot the following morning. Then it vas that news travelling from Hali- 'ax to Newfoundland radio reports sroadcast from the Nova Scotia sapital, and couple of dozen mortu. ary candles conspired together to srovide the means of putting the saper "'on the.street." The Post, for only the second ime in twenty-five years, had fail- ed to publish on Wednesday morn. ing, its plant crippled by failure ot power resulting from the unpreced- entedly severe sleet storm of tue previous day, .which tied up com- munications between Cape Breton and the mainland for six days. On Wednesday night the stdff were all set to get the paper out on schedule, despite the telegraph tie- up and other handicaps when the lights went off. Then it was that one of the paper's bright young men, after attempts to secure lights from garage and fire station had failed, decided that a visit to the morgue might be profitable. Meanwhile, "in the . Canadian Press office in Halifax the plight of the Sydney papers was being given rapid consideration. It 'was dis- covered that landlines were work- ing to Canso and that busses ran until late at night between North Sydney and Sydney. The connec- tion between these facts' becomes clear with additional detail. Cables run froni Canso to St. John's, New- foundland, and from Newfoundlan® to North Sydney. That was one of the routes that news from the Can. adian Press office in Halifax took to Cape Breton during the days of the Island's isolation. The other was through the ether. The services of Major W. C. Bor- AYLMER PRODUCTS ARE SOLD BY SUPERIOR STORES rett, supervisor of the 'Halifax Her- ald's radio station CHNS, were us fered, and at 1.30 on Thursday morning the stations went on the air for the benefit of Cape Breton A journalism, While the enterprising reporter | was absent at the morgue, two men strode briskly into the editor's of- fice and slammed a bunch of cable-! grams on the desk. "Where did this stuff come fromy queried the editor. "We brought it by car North Sydney," was the reply. The first batch of news to reach Cape Breton by way of the New- foundland route had arrived. Later in the morning a reporter came in with more reports taken from the radio broadcast. The problem uve was to have the copy set into type. Then the candles arrived fromi the mortuary, and were allocated to the various workmen. Candle- sticks were not a pgrt of the office equipment. The old standby--an empty hottle--was requisitioned in large numbers. Each of the lino- type machines had candles arrang- ed to shed light on the keyboard, men all had their share of light. from As the type was set and corrected | the make-up man finished the pages. When he completed a page he sent it downstairs to where the stereotypers conducted their mys. terious rites by the light of the fur- nace. The pressman had a flash- light and some candles but these were not enough to prevent one page going on upside down. His percentage was very good. Out of twelve pages he got eleven on the press correctly, Leaving the paper to the mercies of the press operations the upstairs staff headed for home through the gloom preceding dawn. It was not until late afternoon that they dis- covered the presses had been run- wing only a few minutes when the power was shut off all over the city, They had contributed their bit to the current tendency in literature --the limited edition. Although the - communications difficulties continued for several days, morning and afternoon papers were issued thereafter without the unusual tribulations attending the production of Thursday morning's Post. A butcher wired one day to a slaughterhouse: "Don't send any more sheep. I'm going to kill myself" The same day he got a telegram back: "Don't commit suicide until all accounts are settled." v) gl Sa; AT ere yo Tin "re FOr Ord HE are orig 40 cowage to Rve SEronge owe mow avsi check. al fiorrne By Thornton Ww. Burgess Let proper caution be your guide, ; And by its promptings pray abide. Old Mother Nature. Peter Rabbit, sitting under big brush pile in the Green For- est where Buster Bear was in his | long winter sleep, was thrilled to think that' he was. actually right in Buster' Ld y bedroom, Wouldn't you have been YLMER Soups are swift favorites with Canadian children . .". 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He knew that Nimbleheels the Jump- ing Mcuse slept through the win- ter in just such a deep sleep. "I suppose all the winter slcep- ors sleep just that way," thought Peter ns he watched Buster Dear. "I don't suppcze I could wake Bus- ter if 1 tried I don't intend to try though. , #ir, 1 don't intend to try. It certainly is a queer sleep. When 1 visited Johnny Chuck that time he wasn't even breathing. Anyway I couldn't tell that he was, 1 guess they all sleep the same way. What was that!" That faint on startled Peter go that were fr popping oui ag | motionless, storin i th ( mass vw hich was I} 1 faint sound iad one vcore brezthing. no one there but ter Bear. Could it be tlu was not so sound alec Chuck had been? Could it be that he might be easily awakened? Peter didn't dure move. sir, Peter didn't dara move, There are times when the wisest and safest thing to do is to do noth- ing, to sit or stand porlectly still. More than once Peter has gaved hi: life in that way. He knew that, of course, Buster Bear didn't know that he was there. If he should move and Buster should happen to be awake, there was no know- ing what might happen. So wise- ly, Peter 'froze', as the saying is; meaning that he kept as still that eyes nl iis rly ark ! hat ome- | there was ond t'B Bus No, as if he had indeed been frozen | stiff, For a long time he sat that motionless. He heard nothing more. Gradually his fright left him. all," said he to himself. I imagined it. 1 guess if I jump- ed right on him Buster know it, I" Peter didn't finish. had grunted. grunt, grunt, had moved a little. Once more Peter froze. His heart was going pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat with fright, It just seemed to him that Duster must hear it. But Buster didn't. He was quiet once move, [Peter waited and waited. Then very cautiously Peter began ty creep away from Buster's bedroom. Ouce under the thick brush he hurried. He wanted to get away from that brush pile and he wanted to do it in a burry. That was no place tor him. Buster Bear wasn't in any such deep sleep as Johnny Chuck had been, Peter suspected that this sleep wasn't so very different from regular sleep. Reaching the edge of the "rush pile Peter made sure that the way was clear. You should have seen him go then. If Buster Bear had To Relieve Catarrhal Deatness And Head Noises it you have catarrhal deafness or head noises go to your druggist and get 1 oz. of Parmint (double strength), and add to it % pint of hot water, and a little sugar. Take 1 tablespoonful four times a y. This will often bring quick relief from the distressing head noises. Clogged nostrils should open, breathing hecome easy and the mu. cous stop dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and is pleasant to take. Anyone who has catarrbal deafness or Buster Dear It was a very faint head noises should give this pré- sczlation - MOTHER QUESTIONS VALUE OF GIVING CHILD HOMEWORK Colman Woman Con- siders Work Is Not Chosen Toronto, Ont., Judiciously to the local press on various pects touchng women's interests of- ten bring to light conditions need- ing remedy that perhaps shouia ve brought to the notice of Women's Institutes Home and School Clubs or Local Councils of Women. Collingwood, Ont., on "Homework"; for instance: 'Homework, as I understand it 1s not work brought home for some- one else to do, but work that the pupil feels he needs and ought to Long puzzling, questions in arithmetic, words in do. woman spelling, which the majority spell, ers. The normal, to this and will spend care on work it likes or sees a need for. "I wish teachers would put them- ithe spinning wheel, position and, their | Spring evening selves view standpoint. Autumn, and the homework written 10 times each, this kind of homework given to keep little brains so busy that from sup- per time until bed time must be all taken up,,is ridiculous. in many cases, give homework of a high order, a review of ditlicun parts of the day's lessons or some preparations for next day's work. active child responds time in the parents' from During l2 when the Feb. 27.--Letters writes unpractical The teach. are so delightful and motoring a real pleasure, mother, father and children all like to feel they have spare time for recreation. 'wnu. they see, the comments of par:nts about fields and nature in general is really an education. Let me demonstrate what I mean, In Junior IV, the teacher was taking a literature lesson on 'In November.' A question. was asked what about the snow being sown among the stubble, A great many of tliese city boys and girls did not know what stubble meant, so little James, who had been kept in for not hav- ing his homework done said that while motoring by a cut field his father told him that the remaining part was stubble and playfully told him stories of his boyhood capers in flelds of stubble. All that per- fod Jimmy was looked upon with envy by his less fortunate fellow- playmates. Did not Jim learn something on that trip? "In rural schools homework fis really a necessity, for during the day the supervision cannot be giv. en to such an extent as in urban schools, In a country school of 25 or 30 pupils homework is necessary. especially in genior grades. Having so few attractions in the country, especially in Winter, homework can be given and is generally done with a relish and with care. I well re- member a rural school teacher tell- ing me she had been asked by jun- for pupils if they might have home- work MHke their older brothers and sisters. - "I say, lessen the course of study, climinate promotion examinations oxcept the entrance, and let the teacher be careful that school time Is taken up with the very highest, prepared work, and homework, like will be a thing of the past, " HAVE FAITH IN been right at his heels he couldn't have run faster. He was a bad- ly 'scared rabbit and he didn't carc who knew jt. At last safe in a hramble tangle on the edge of the Green Il'orest, he drew a long breath, "I guess," said he, narrow escape. Phew!" His guess was wrong that time. He hadn't had a narrow escape, for oven if he. had wakenod Buster Dear would probably have dene no more than roll over and go to sleep again. He wasn't hungry. Ite wouldn't be hungry until 'he came out for good in the spring. All 'he wanted just then was to sleep. Poter, however, had mae n real discovery. 'He had found out that ' "I've had 2 | PROVINGE SAYS PREMIER OF N.3. Replies to Criticisms = Made by the Opposition Leader Halifax, Feb. 25. -- "We are de- rived from the best stock of the northern countries; ing for us but shame if we down in adversity." From this text I'remier Gordon S. Harrington, Nova Scotia, spoke Monday night there is noth- lie of 'p as ay | "1 guess it wasn't so after "I guess | wouldn't | but it was unmistakably a | and at the same time he | Juster Bear's winter sleep-isn't as deep as that of some of the other s0- decp but that he can be easily awaken- Had Bowser the Hound come Buster wide awake in an instant and quite ready to rush to hunt new. sleep- ing quarters if he thought it neces- winter ed. along would out and away sary. (Copyright, The sleepers. It isn't and barked, been there have 1983, I. W. next story: rier Becomes Exeited." 0000! a Burgess) "Flip the Ter- in defence of his Govenrmnet from what he termed the "gloom in gen- eral and gloom in particular' of the Opnosition attacks, with a call for faith in the future of Nova Scotia. Dealing with A, S. MacMillan's {address of Friday, Mr. Harrington replied to the Liberai leader's crit- feisms. He submitted a report from the Provincial Fuel Board giving results of experiments showing that coke derived from Nova Scotia bituminous produced 25 per cent. more heat, when compared with anthracite, on 25 per cent. less fuel at a lower outside tempera- ture, and left'less refuse. Fuel-Steel Policy He defined his fuel-steel policy in the terms of a statement he had presented to the Dominion-Prov- incial conference in 1927, calling for coking plants, subventions for the carriage of coal west of Mont- real, tariff consideration on im- ported coke, anthracite and bifu- minous coal, favorable transporta- tion rates, and the abolition of cus- toms drawbacks for foreign coal entering Canada for coking. Mr. MacMillan had asked for this state- ment in his address. The extension of the tuberculin test for bovine tuberculogis to Cape Breton would be .undertaken as soon as it could be arranged and financed, Mr. Harrington said. A committee was now engaged in studying the curriculum of the common school, and it was antici- pated that the number of school books would be considerably re- duced. Referring to Government con- trol, he said: "Some persons pre- fer their politics to their prohibi- tion." The accounts could have been balanced last year by the omis- sion of two items: mothers' al- lowances and increased educational grants. BUSINESS IN BRITAIN SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Montreal, Feb. £6.--"Business is a little better in Britain," said A. D. Duncan, cloth manufacturer from London, England, who is at the Windsor Hotel. "I think I no- ticed a little improvement during the last few months. We also bene- fit from the fact that we are now more equal to the United States," he said. Mr. Duncan indicated that pre- viously the + United States had everything in its favor. Now, since the depression has hit it, business conditions have been more nearly equalized. and that has proved a bobén to Britain. "The effect of the new tariff has been that with a 50 or 60 per cent. duty, a man in the United States now buys two suits where he used to buy three--the price of the third suit really goes into tariff. 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