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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., DEC. 8, 1938' EMPIRE CENTRE: Political prophet Wythe Williams, of Greenwich, Conn., in telephone conversation with the Toronto Globe and Mail last week expressed the belief that a move is actually under way to make Canada the centre of the British Empire, economically and politically speaking. "For safety's sake," he said. "It's figured to be the safest place in the Empire." Business and finance already are being transferred from the Dominion to Canada. May be a Good Thing (as the book "1066 and All That" puts it), but sometimes we don't feel any too "safe" over here ourselves. What with spies to the south of us, blizzards in the West, Fascists in our midst, and only the Atlantic between us and Hitler. KILLING HIM OFF: It won't do any good. For prominent phy-chiatrists to declare him insane, for gypsy women to prophesy him dead by Christmas, for ordinary people like you and me to wish some-body'd bump him off, Isn't going to do away with Hitler. He's very much of an actuality, large as life and twice as brutal. No amount of wishing is going to get rid of him. If Hitler were murdered tomorrow, someone else would be shoved up immediately to take his place. Remember that Thyssen and Krupp the German big-money men are backing the Nazi gang for a win. If German goods could be consistently boycotted, if the City of London would stop lending money to Berlin, if the democracies would present a solid front against him. Hitler (and what he stands for) would be defeated. Only then .... MONDAY HOLIDAYS: On first thoughts the proposal to have all single - day holidays (except the Christmas and religious festivals) shifted to Mondays would seem to be a swell idea. Long week-ends away from work. Weeks of work uninterrupted by holidays in the middle. It would suit city people fine. But farmers won't thank you any for the suggestion -- they can't leave off working for days on end. Ministers of the church don't like the plan either, since they believe it would take people away from religious services. TOUCH AND GO: Will it be Poland next, or Roumania, or Hungary? A couple of weeks ago, King Carol thinking it was his country's turn to be swallowed up by Hitler, rushed to London for aid. Now the Manchester Guardian comes out and says editorially that Poland will likely be Hitler's next victim. Says the Guardian: "The Germans are now seriously planning to treat Poland as they treated Czechoslovakia. By promoting the independence of the Polish Ukranians, Germany could bring about the dismemberment of Poland just as the annexation of the Sudetenland meant the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. Again, the dismemberment of Poland would be only the prelude to dismemberment and colonization of Soviet Russia." THE WEEK'S QUESTION: How much of the world's press is under strict control? More than 70 per cent, of the press in other countries knows no "freedom" in the sense that we understand it. Old Well Again Used By Village A relic of Vienna's pioneer days, an old well in the street in front of the Vienna (Ont.) Hotel, is being put into use again. Years ago the well was filled in with dirt and its exact location forgotten. Workmen have now located the well and dug out the debris with which it had been filled. They found the old bricks that encased the well still in a good state of preservation. In the early days pioneer settlers drove their teams of horses or oxen along the old plank road past the tavern and its pump, today streamlined automobiles speed past on the tarvia-coated highway. Flowers For Her Majesty Size of Forehead Means Very Little Dr. Alfred W. Adson, professor at the Mayo Foundation Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, told an audience of doctors last week in Philadelphia a large forehead indicates "physical disorders" in many cases. He said "the size of the forehead has nothing to do with the ability of the brain," and added: "Sometimes if it reaches considerable height, it may be an indication for study by the neurosurgeon." Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is pictured as she smilingly accepted a bouquet of flowers from a young admirer as she arrived at Sadler's Wells theatre, London, for a presentation of "Drama, Music and Mime," by the London Young Women's Christian Association. VOICE OF THE PRESS WHAT A FALL! Now that the days grow colder, we might say, with Shakespeare, "Oh, what a fall there was, my countrymen." -- Moncton Transcript. MOB PSYCHOLOGY Another difference between this country and Europe is that when mobs gather here it is merely to look at the new motor cars. -- Toronto Saturday Night. --o-- A LOST GENERATION This generation is reported to be much slower in paying its bills than the last. Of course the early settlers have long since passed away.--Hamilton Spectator. HELP FROM THE PAST If Editor Jim Curran of the Sault Star continues digging up old Viking swords and other weapons, he may yet solve Canada's defense armament problem.--Toronto Globe and Mail. THE GREEN LIGHT A court in Montreal has ruled that if a pedestrian starts across a street intersection with the green light he is entitled to keep on going if the light changes when he is half way across. Pedestrians will no doubt be relieved to know that in such circumstances the law does not require them to dive into a man-hole or stand still and get run over. -- Edmonton Bulletin. YOUNG TRANSIENTS It is time that the governments of the country -- federal, provincial and municipal-- the church, the welfare societies, the service clubs and other organizations interested in bettering the lot of humanity should get together in a real effort to solve the problem of the young transients. In every community where this problem exists there should be a general body formed for the express purpose of seeking a permanent solution.--St. Thomas Times-Journal. WOMEN COUNCILLORS The fact that women are elected to seats in several municipal councils throughout Ontario, and are justifying the confidence electors placed in them by the splendid way they are administering public affairs, suggests the thought that Amherstburg might very wejl nominate a couple of women for office this year. Ladies have been serving in other official positions here, such as the cemetery board and library board, with much acceptance, for some time. It lis*' to be admitted that women quickly get a grasp of public administration ard by very intuition know the right course to take. One thing is certain. They would knov where every cent went, and f6f what purpose. -- Amherstburg Echo. Urge Farmers Tattoo Poultry With the co-operation of the pro-* vincial police the live stock branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture is making a concentrated effort in Carleton County to have farmers tattoo all their poultry. The tattooing of poultry was initiated by the Ontario Department two years ago to act as a deterrent against chicken stealing thant had reached an epidemic in certa^j parts of'the province. "* ™ Practically all farmers in Western and Central Ontario have had tie tattoo mark placed on all their poultry and it has been responsible to a very large extent in putting a stop to chicken stealing. Former Graduate cn Board Don't Disdain Good Manners Advice to Students, to Boys and Girls in the High Schools, Writes the Dean of Co-Eds Lena E. Misener, dean of women, tells Oklahoma City University students how to behave in her new treatise on etiquette, "White and Gold Book." Among things frowned upon by the O. C. U. dean is public spooning and she writes that it is possible for a boy and girl to walk together without stringing their arms all around each other's waists. No Affection in Public "It is poor taste to show marked affection for one another in public," says the book. "The world is not especially interested in such soulful drama." Other don'ts: Don't dance while smoking. You may singe the lady's hair or burn down the house. Don't ignore the alumnus who has returned for a good time. But help him along. Don't fail to express "audible thanks" for small favours. Dean Misener avers that she believes everyone should "enjoy himself to the utmost" as long as he refrains from "undignified" conduct. In the preface to the book she reminds: "Do not disdain good manners, for in so doing you admit a weakness in your own self." A Dairy Farmer's Net Income $329 Cost Survey of 800 Representative Ontario Dairy Farms Is Being Conducted Investigation by a trained field force into costs of milk production in Ontario has shown that in some communities not only do farmers make no profit, but they lose 50 cents on each 100 pounds of milk, a group of leading Oxford dairymen were told by H. R. Hare of the economics division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture. Mr. Hare has been directing a cost survey of 800 representative Ontario dairy farms, by study of the results of which it is hoped to determine what is the actual cost of production of milk in Ontario. Actually Lose on Production Preliminary results of the survey as reported by Mr. Hare when he spoke to the Oxford County Better Bull Club in the Department of Agriculture offices at Woodstock, >show an average of 57 farms that in- Western Ontario milk production costs run from $1.05 to $3.57 per 100 pounds, while receipts average $1.20 per 100. The 57 farms whose records were used to prepare this particular preliminary tabulation ship to milk condensar- Bruce County Reforestation Trees Planted on 1,500-Acre Tract Recently Well Established Council is Told Bruce County, through its conservation and reforestation committee, has acquired 1,500 acres of land in the Amabel area and already some 250 acres have been planted with young trees under the supervision of the Ontario forestry branch. The approximate price 6f this land was $1.03 per M. W. MrCulcheon, gra.iuatc of I Victoria College, Toronto, in 1926, [ who has recently been appointed 1 to the board of regents of Vic toria University. He is assistant I general manager and secretary of | the National Life Assurance Company, Toronto. Calls The Beaver "A Lazy Fellow" From earliest times. Canadians have generally understood that the beaver was a model of industry, says the Brockville Recorder and Times, and they have thought so highly of him that they have made him one of the emblems of their country. A troublesome naturalist belonging to the Sault Ste. Marie district now comes forward with a different version of the beaver's characteristics. He finds that, far from being the busy animal that he has been always pictured, he is really very lazy, and, what is more, very stu- Works Only Two Months This gentleman declares that the beaver actually works for only two months during the year and spends the rest of it having a good time. He will go a quarter of a mile into the bush to fell a tree when others lie right beside the stream which he inhabits, and then he will drag them to water by a much longer-route than necessary. Moreover, we are told that beavers don't even build their dams straight. Canadian Gave Standard Time To The World Sixty Years Ago Sir Sandford Fleming Proposed that the World Be Placed on a Basis of Universal Time -- Time Belts Sir Sandford Fleming, the Scottish engineer who lifted the modern world from the haze of crippling time confusion by giving it "standard time," was described by D. E. Galloway, assistant vice-president of the Canadian National Telegraphs, as a "giant of intellect and his work remains as his greatest memorial," Mr. Galloway told a Canadian Jewellers' Association luncheon in Toronto last month that "in commemorating today that eventful night at the Canadian Institute One of "Vic" Regents of duration t This Curious World By William Ferguson EVERV I COO ROUNDS dp SEA WATER. CARRIES ABOUT OF COMMON SALT, IN SOL.UTION. WONDERLAND OF OZ P£NO, NtWDA, " DIVOS.C-H; CAPITAL." OF TKfZ WOF2-L.D, has wo eh MAR/3fAG£S than D/\/OJ3CSS. . _ .lew day to dawn com-[24 hours are required for the zone. At the very moment ,.is in the first zone. 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