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Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at Large I TA.NADA Stratford i» Doing Well Siratford leceiveil some uudi-siiabln publicity Uuiing the recent strike of tho furiilluro workers. It wiih fenrod tliat the reaiilts of the trouble iniKht he felt or a long time. We are ijleiiseU to Kuril through the neacou-U.-nild that though all )« not yet nu-uded the ciiy Is woll on tho way to complete retovtrv. There wa« strong ovldonco of thii when the second Instalment of tuxiR fell due In tho first week of NoveuOirr. Collections In 1933 were us good as they were In 1932. As the Bt'ttcou-ll«"iuld fairly claims: "A city which Kooa tb''JUgh a lime of strike for iiiiiiost two months, and then pays as much In taxes as it did the year bo- lore Im not a waiihed-ont affair. A re<;ord of that sort \n actually of much more Import.ince than a day of rioting, but lb not as spectacular, and is there- fore leas liable to receive moutlon."â€" Tc^rnnto Mail im'U Empire. Two Offences A crooner received ten years Im- priiionmetit for robbiiii; a bank. Why not have given him the ten years fur being a crooner?- -St. Thonuus Times- Journal. Big Advances A viplt l>y motor to Noriolk County the other day impressed lis very much with the changes that have taken plac" ti. that dis^trict (iuiing the past few y»«irs. A generaliou ago Norfolk, with" Hit sand farms, was certainly not connte.: among the richest of our counties. Hut by learning what their type;, of soil and climate were suited tor and then specializing la those lines the people of iN'orfolk have made remarkal)lo advancement in the pro- ductivity as well as in the prosperity of thelr'county. Norfolk can grow ap- ples. Her leaders studied the situa- tion, decided tliat the only way to inak- It profitable was to give .speciul alteiitio'; to producing a good uniform product and go in for cooperative markPtng. This policy has been fol- lowed throucli successfully. Tobacco has beon introduced as a successful crop and has caused a great boom around Delhi, though at the present time there are dinUullies about mar- keting the product Canning Is carried on Buccessfully. providing a good out- let for the vegetable growers of tlie district. One result of Norfolk enter- prise has been that the town of Slin- coe has Increased fifty per cent, in population while oil. .- rural c-mUi^^s have stood still or gone back. â€" bt. Mary'j^ Jeunial-.Vrgu.'!. More Exports Hockey, or as they call It there, "ice hockey." is growing In i>opularity hi Great Hritain. Probably hockey play- ers will be added to our exports to the United Kiiib'dom 1" -^ ^'*' >eais.â€" Sflult Star. Hide windows In Beveral receut acci- dents. It Is noted that such practices have contributed to serious injuries. Ill one case a woman was pinned un- derneath the car when It overturned because she had her arm In such a position and another bad her arm lorn off by a passing car which side-swiped the one In which she was ridint;. â€" Niagara I'alls Review. THE EMPIRE A Children's Charter The act which the Kgyptiaii Tarlia- meiit put upon tho statute books to regulate tlie employment of children lu indu.Htry follows tho lines of acts with wlilch the people of Great nrilaiii and of other similarly advanced coun- trle; are familiar; but being tlio first of Its kind in Egypt it ualura 'y lags behind iu many respect!*. In general children under 12 are not to work :.t. all .though in r. tew speciQed excep- tional cases they may do so after nine years of u'e. The daily hours are not to exceed seven for those of the young- est class, while no young |)erson under 15 Is to work more tlian nine hours a day or to do any night work at all. Pro- visions are mad . for resl-timcs both daily ai'd weekly and against danger aud ill-Iiealth likely to arise in the varliiii? occupations. The act comes into (liieratioii on liie first day after Chrislina.-iâ€" a happy aiigury perliaps for tho introduction of a Cliililreu's Charter in Kiiypt.â€" Egyptian Ga-/.etle. Lost, Stolen or Strayed Sometimes the mention of a particu- lar word almost starlies one. The use of tho word technocracy on a frifMid's lips a day or two ago did startle me. Technocracy, technocracy â€" no longer than nine months ago everyone in America aud a great many people in this country were talking technocracy with (iiiite incredible sapieney. And now what has happened to leclinoc- racy? â€" l.oiulou Spectator. On First Lap of Antarctic Venture liyrd'g flagship passes through the Panama Canal. The Jacob Ituppert, carrying the admiral and part oC liis crew to tlie antarctic, iia.s.se? tlirough tlie famous Cockroach Slide, near Cristobal. Killing Ground Hogs The method described recently o( I idding Durham county of ground hogs by offering prizes to Ih . children who brought tho tails of the greatest num- her of the pe 's as exhllills at rural school fairs, seemed to be a dandy one at the time. It certuiiiiy worlied well In that county as the children slaughl ered 3,457 of the pesls that endanger horses' legs by burrowing holes in the farmers' fields. The Post even suggested Itiat honie- thing similar might be done in this county but now there is no need of it as a belter method has lieen dis- covered in IngersoU. One farmer there has rid his Held of the pesls in a dellghirnliy simple manner. Ho drives his tractor into the infested field.s, atta(-hes a rubber hose to tho exhau.st, and after plugging the bur- row outlet, ho places the hose Into the front door of the ground hog home and lets tho tractor engine run. Tho animnls are (luickly smothered by tho gas and their foniifr homes also uot ns graves. Any farnwr v.ho does not own a tractor but would like to Iry this plan will find a CM does the work just as efllclently,â€" Lindsay Post. Cowardly Gunmen The American gunman in his native alleys maybe a daring and picturesriue fellow, but he cuts a poor figure in this country, where neither pollcomcn nor ordinary citizens carry revolvers. I.,ackiiig llie gun tradition, we cannot make a hero of a blackguard who shoots down an iinarmed man. In compaii.-^on Bill Sikes is a gentleman and a sportsman. â€" London Sunday Chronicle. "Blood's Worth" From Japan There is one consideration (apart from that of poor quality) which should give pause to prospective pur- chasers of Japanese goods, and that is tho conditions under which those goods aro made. If Japanese adults choose to work in circumstances that would appal and revolt the average iiuropeuii craft.sman, that may be their own lookout; but it now seems only too certain that a grave cliilil-la- bour scandal lies behind the Hood of Japane-o dumping, lu coniiiries where child labour was ubolislied many years ago such a stale of affairs can only bo regarded as damnable. Child laliour is "bloods worth" with a vengeance â€" and all who buy the goods it produces are guilty of condoning a crime uguinst humaiiily. â€" Jdhaiineslniri; Sun- day Times. veloped by modern clvilizuliou to pre- sent the news of the day, to foster commerce and industry through wide- ly circulated advertisements, to inform and lead public opinion, and to furnish that check upon government which no conslitulioii has ever be mi able to pro- vide, â€" Col. U. U. McCormick, editor and president of tho Chicago Tribune. Anniversary Peterborough. â€" Fifty years ajjo on Nov. 18 the world adopted standard time, a refinement in universal prac- tice that brought the clocks of the various countries into a scientific agreement, a reform successfully ad- vanie<l by one of Peterborough's greatest citizens, tlie late Sir San- ford Fleming, btvlher-iu-law of E. H. D. Hall, prominent lawyer and uncle by marriage to Sheriff F. J. A. Hall. Since 1883 standard time has been associate<l with the name and mem- ory of Sir Sandford I*'leining wlio.--e splendid career as one of the builderi of Canada has an obscure but prom- ising beginning as assistant to Rich- ard Birdsall, civil engineer of Peter borough, who was the original sur- veyor of a largo se<'lion of reiural Ontario. 61,543 Barrels of Apples Shipped in One Week Truro, X.S. â€" The weekly apple shipn.cnts supplied by Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., showed that six steamers leaded Cl,.54;! barrels of apples in thq week ending Nov. 5, bringing the tocal shipped to date to 650,909 barrels. In the same week last year 16,884 bar- rels were shipixjd an-d the total to date was 230,734 barrels. The Manchester division look 8,325 barrels to Manchester; Transylvania, 11,500 U> Glasgow; Cairnglen, 8,804 to Newcastle; Drottingholm, 25 to Goth- enbur^j; Cairnvolona, 30,645 to Lon- don; Peiinland, 2.244 to .\nlwerp. Ix>ndon has imported 219,094; Liverpool, 176,090; Manchester, 75,- 216; Glasjgow, 49,088; CardilT, 45,680; Newcastle, 37,625; Hull, 13,304; Southampton, 8,012; Avonmouth, 6,84y; Hamburg. 6,329; Antwerp, 5,510; Gothenburg, 25; Bristol, 7,493. Apple shipments from Port Wil- liams in the week of Oct. 28 included Aslaug, 16,o7."i barrels; Juan, 8,741 bai-rels. In the week ending Nov. 4, they were Calabria, 1G.094 barrels; .vgnete, 15,94" barrels. To Sharpen a Razor And now from Kngiand come.s tlie new." that an ex|>erlm(ntor there has discovered that the life of razor blades can be greatly lengthened by k.eping them lying north and south by Ihe compass. He has kept a r.icord of the length cf tho life of the various razor bludea he has used. Prior to orlenta ting Uls razor Iiladcs ho found that no blade would last him Iimger than about ono month or six we.^ks. Dar lni{ the past two and half years, dnr iuK which he has conducted his expert- nifiut. bU blades averaM'd 72 days, one went a* high as IfiH days. Up credits It to lerresiriul magnet l»m - KinaiK inl Post Contrast in CourU Two drug iruinckers woic .inested recenllr. one In Canada and the other across the line. One, sentenced In Montreal, must serve fourteen years lu a penllenllary, receive twenty-nvc lashes and pay a fine of |3,000. The other, tried ai rom ihe line, was freed on a (echnlrality Niagara Falls Re- view. Oxngerous Practice liiflh In \h» list of dangerous prai: I ices may be .daced the rommon on« of drivers and pass*>i.K(!rd of auli.mn- biica resting arms, with elbown ont [}isorder In China The condition of Chinese trade and agriculture is irrefutable evidence of Iht. accumulated effects of disorder and mi.«managemenl of the country's affairs. China is a country with wide ar(tns of as fertile land as any in the world. A peasantry, im^omiiaralile in its industry and frugality and courage under every form of adversity, tills the land with a system of hand-labor, perfect in its own way. even if it lackh the mass production methods of Can- ada and tho United State.^. In Kwaii- tung tliere is all the wealtli of Ihe I'earl lUver Delta and the plains Inir- dcrlng the chief rivers>. Tho popula- tion is estimated at SO.tjOti.OdO. And yet 110 less than ten per cent, of tlie rli-P coii.Mimed. a total of il.inm.llOU piculs per annum, is Imported. In Dllur words, a population e(iuivaleiit to the inliabitaiits of about six leading town.-, including Canton, buys all its rice from aliroad.â€" -Hong Kong Press. Says British Settlers Available for Canada Montreal. â€" With properly organiz- ed immigration schemes, thousands of settlers from Great Britain would be glad to come to Canada, said Com- missioner Uavid Lamb of Salvation .•\rmy headiiuarteis in London. Com- ir.issioner Lamb passed through Mon- treal on his way back to England after spending .several weeks in the United Stales studying the operation of the N'.R.A. Mission Ship Finishes Voyage of 14,000 Miles Victoria. â€" An adventurous voyage of nearly 14,000 miles has been com- j)letcd by the 65-foot mi.-^.=ion ship, John Antle, on its arrival hero for ji'vicc with tho Columbia coast mis- sion. Skippered by Rev. John Antle, the sturdy little craft ca.^t anchor here 100 days after jl left its Thaiiv.-s dock in London, England. Capt. Antic said tho vessel stoo<l up beaulLfuIly under the long voyage and reported nothing untoward occurred. Canadian Farm Products to U.S. Increase 192 P.C Ottawa. â€" The exports of Canadian farm pi^lucts to tho United StatL's in October was valued at $1,397,494 convpare<l with $476,787 in October last year, an increase of 192 per cent., the Dominion Bureau of .Statistics re- vealed. The largest increase was in wool, from $150 to $275,269. 3,708 Patients Return to Society Ontario Health Minister Out- lines Work of Mental Hospitals Toronto. â€" "Durii g the last three years, at our various hospitals, may I say we have turned back to their jilace in society some 3,708 persons from our mental hospitals, an average of more than 100 per month, and rec- ords indicate that more than half of the^e patients will need no further care and will not have to come back." dtclared Hon. Dr. J. M. Ri-bb, Ontario Ministor of Health, in a speech here. Dr. Robb said one of the fundamen- tal efforts of his department was to break down the "widespread public fear" of going to a mental hospital. "There shouki be no reflection upon i man because he has I. ad to come into one of our mental ho.spiUUs for trealnierit," he said. "Nor should there K' any relleclion on the rest of his family, any more than if a man has to go into any other of our hospitals. That principle should be poundetl home, alike in charity and justice to to a mentally sick citizen and to the end we may continually raiisc the standard of our mental hospitals in Ontario." Pioneer Dies In Her lOUt Year Britain Extends Cruiser Building Plan Larger Ship in Answer to Japan and United States rx>ndon. â€" The revised British cruis- er building program which was an- nounced in the House of Commons recently still leaves Britain consider- ably short of the 91,000 tons of new cruisers which the London Treaty allows it to build by 1936, it is em- phasized here. In making announcement, Sir Bol- ton Eyres-JIonsell, First Lord of the .'Admiralty, pointed out that not only the United States but also Japan re- cently announced extensive building programs for large new cruisers. Bri- tain therefore has not alternative but to revise 1933 plans, he declared. The method adopted is to build three cruisers â€" ^two large ones and one small â€" instead of four small as orig- inally intended. Two of these are to be a new type of about 9000 tons each. The third is to he of the Are- thusa type of 5,200 tons as already planned. It is pointed out here that the size of tho new vessels is to be about 1,000 tons smaller than those arranged for in the new American program but is slightrly larger than the new "coast" defence" type recently laid down by Japan. Mrs. Rachel MacMillan IJvec in Township of Eldon for 9! Years After 100 years of life In this coun- try, death came to Mrs. Kachei Mac Millaii of Woodvllle, Out., in hei iKlsi year. The late Mrs. MacMil- lan was widely known throughout the whole province; she was the wife of the late John MacMillan and the graridmother of William MacMiUaa Principal of the Collegiate Institatt ILindsay. On May 12, surrounded by her sii chi'dren, 26 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren. Mrs. MacMillan celebrated the centennial of hoi birth. Xt that time she was in the best of health, full of vitality and In poKBossion of all her faculties. H was believed by all her friends and relatives that she would live foi many more years. For the past 91 years Mrs. Mac Millan resided In the Townsiilp ot Eldon.' It was there she married and raised a family of five sons and two daughters. Her husband died when the youngest of seven children was but a few months old. Archie, one of her sous, died later. Left a widow at 3,'>, she took over direction of the agriculture, and raised and odiioated the family of her children who nr« 30 proud of lier. On the occasion of her birthday, Mrs. JlacMi'Ian fold a reporter many irterestinsT facts. Although sh.e spoke English. th« old Gaelic tongue which shp kne« when she came from Scotland a^ a girl of nine in 1S42. was the prima favorite with the pioneer. Sh<- iiked noiMug better than to have hei fr'tiuls chat to hfr in Gaelic. Shfl prided herself on using the laacmage she learned in Scotland. It was a wild bush country, •'h* nowsed-ite Township of Eldon. vhen Jfrs. .MicMir.an came out from Port Ellon on the Island of Islay neaJ Scotland in 1S42 with her father and mother, and means of travel wer€ sUnv and arduous. It took them 13 weeks to get to To- ronto from Scotland by lioat and then they went in another boat up to Holland's Landing, down I.aka Simcoe to Beavcrton, and Ihroii.tth the bush from there (o where th'^y set- tled in EldoT, Township. l.iltrarians who have wished for ca.st-iron covers to protect the books in their charge will be interested to find that copper s-hoeting is actually fouml suitable for c ivers subjected to havd usage. Old Woollen Mill Destroyed By Fire Athens, Oht.â€" The old ston'- wool- len mill operated by David Miller and D. McEvoy, recently of Ottawa, is in ruins from fire, v>hii'h broke out in the metal-clad addition to the build- ing and rapidly spread tc the main structure. It is thought the fire was cau.se<l by a nail, mixed with the wool which was placed in one of the machines. .\ volunteer fire brigade was quickly organized, but clTorts to brir.g the under control proved useless. The plant, established many years ago as a tannery and operated until recently by J. . Gordon, v.as partly tv.vered by insurance. -♦- Heavily Clad Miner Star of Rugby Game Glace Day, N.S.â€" There's nothing formal about Clifford Orr, so when he arrived from the mines and found Port Morion short one man in their rugby battle with Caledonia, he didn't hesi- tate. Clad in rough pit boots, the husky forward dashed onto to field and played all through the first halt. His boots were awkward, and when tho whistle hlo-w, he slud them. He had no others. Through the last period he played in stocking feet and stood out as the star player. Woman Walks Miles To Be Conf.ned Sudliury. Out. â€" The hardships of pioneering iu Ontario's north may be difflcult for most citj'-bred women, but Mrs. C. E. Riiftey looks at it philo- sophically. S'ae is now in Sudbury at I ler treking' through the bush from hei homestead several miles away. It was little more than two weeki ago that Mrs. Muffey walked in from her Henry township home. She weal to the hospital where shortly after a child was born and she is now prepar- ing [or the homeward trek with hus- band aud daughter. "I love the country down there." sh« said in speaking of her new Aomei "It's so pretty. We're only 200 feet from the Veuve river and we're going to stay there. I suposo ft will be pret- ty fine country when the children grow up, and that is the main thing to think about." Before coming to Sudbury. Mrs. But- fey lived iu Toronto tor 20 years. Night Club Hostess Draws Her Last Crowd The Defence of Australia The proposals do not Include provl- slojiH for military Iralnhm'. It has evi- dently been recognized that the na- tural defence of Australia is on llio water, and that provision Is nei-essary also for prolectlon from attack by air. This is indisputabU). At Ihe same lime Jbere Is H ijreat deal In the Iralniiin of youth lo arms. The keeping of a slandlnc army i?* i-\peiisive. and l.i, moreover, repugnant lo public sent I- meiit. Hul tho •raininn of yoiiiiK iikh lo be ill readiness tor any «mer(?eiicy is ft different Ihinn Hltogetlier. II means immediately, when the call comes, an i^tllcleiii force eapabli- of rapid niolilllzatioii. dlselplhied, skilb-d. Any invading ami) would he lilKlily efflcienl, and lo meet II with raw troops (or 1(1 spend mcntha lakinn I ho rawness off the troops) would leave us In a disastrous pllplil. We may hope that provision for tralnlliK will be foithnimliiB ill lime. I'osBlbly at pro- BonI Parllameii' would not agree lo it; Ihe Labour party would cerlainl.v oi>- poBe it. -Melbourne Australaslnii. THE UNITED STATES The Newspaper Til* new -paiKi i: an liiHllluliou dt- English Dictionary Has "Gone HoUywood" New York â€" Recognized throughout the world as the outstanding author- ity on the English language the Ox- ford Dictionary has "gone Holly- wood," says a si>ecial cable to th« New York Herald-Tribune from Lon- don. In its latest 9l>0-page supplement the editors include a large number ol words and phrasi\s. which, introduced here mainly through the "talkies," h«ve passed into common usage. Ex- amples are "debunk," "bump olT," "v.ow" "wisecrack" and "taken for f vide." Improvement Shown in Automotive Industrjf Canadian automobile manafactur- ing plants, according to the Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce, have, perhaps more than any other '.arg« Canadian industry, shown most ao tlvD signs of recovery in the pas* few months. "Employment in thli industry," elates the Department "stood at 65.9 at the beginning of October as compared with 46.0 a year ago and 59.6 in October, 1931." W i.s iu e.vports. however, that is r» fleeted the most spectaculai gala Kxperls of cars and trucks for th« first nine months of 193.1 totalled 14,- 505 units valued at $6,000,000. aa compared with 7.m2 units valued »( IS.WiO.OOO iu the corrospondini period last year. 443 Million Bibles Montrea'..- A toul of 4i:;,000,00< volumes of the iUble has beeu distri- bute:! to all parts of tho world, In 6G1 ditfoioiit la-giagos. by the British and Foreign llible Soileiy since its ince^ tlon III ISOI. according to Rev. Dr. J. i l«. M Armour, general secretary ,if ihf I'v-; ;>â-  in Canada. ''^ 'riunisands ><i .New Yorluis watch the lasket bearing the leinains of Te.xas Guinan leave the finu-ral parlor. Souvenir seekers snatched flowers from the grave of the nlsht clu,) hostess, who died wlil'^ loniing llrilifh Columbia. I l'..rery man .^'.wild live witl-ip hW j imonie even it he has to borrow the ^ money to do it.- Judge.