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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE ONT^H-R^ 10, 1935 HER ARMS AND LEGS IMMOVABLE Ten Years with Rheumatism To this woman it must have been like commencing to live a new life, When she began to use her arms and legs again, after they had been helpless for ten years. "I suffered with rheumatism," she writes, "and had been bedridden Since 1920. I could not move arms or legs, and had to be fed like a child. Everybody thought I should be an invalid all my life. I forced myself to Hght against it and tried a number of different things. It was Kruschen that eventually saved me, and to-day 1 consider it is saving my life. My condition has greatly impi my limbs are gradually more supple. Already I car »ut assistance, and dress which I had not done for t --M. H. Two of the ingredients chen Salts are the most effectual solvents of uric acid known to medical BCience. They swiftly dull tbe sharp edges of painful crystals, then con. rert them into a harmless solution. Other ingredients of these Salts have a stimulating effect upon the kidneys and assist them to expel the dissolved uratic needles through the aatural channel. tion to study shsuld be encouraged ^f0taple PrOgreSS Made By Royal Bank of Canada becoming eat with- of Krus- Schools Proposed For Prison Inmates TORONTO -- Compulsory school attendance for inmates of all penal institutions was suggested in the fifth annual report of the Ctizen Service Association, presented at their recent annual meeting here. With a view to bettering conditions, it recommended that every illiterate prisoner should be given schooling, and every prisoner with the ai All efforts of the organization are directed toward making the ex-prisoner a self supporting citizen, the report continued. The best way to do this is to find him a job and not give him promiscuous charity. The association during the five years of its existence has done everything possible socially, economically and religiously to keep them on the straight path. During the past six months 520 men have been placed or replaced in jobs. The association ha? been successful in the complete reclamation of more than 85 per cent of first offenders out of the Guelph reformatory. These men are given personal interviews before they are released, jobs found if possible, and in some cases tools bought. Deposits Increase $50,000,000--Liquid Assets $382,172,287 --Profits Down Slightly After Heavier Taxes but before Feden ' ' France Also To Export Wheat LONDON, Eng.--The big four wheat exporters are prepared when wheat expert quotas for the crop year 1934-35 are finally allocated to . make room for France as a tempor' ( ary wheat exporter, it was stated by the wheat advisory commission's permanent secretarist last week. j The statement indicated the commission's 600,000,000 bushel estimate of the world export demand during the present crop year would be divided so the 530,000,000 bushels tentatively allotted the four overseas exporters -- Canada, Australia, the Argentine and the United States--will be reduced to 526,000-000 bushels. The estimated quota of 10,000, 000 bushels for the smaller exporters, Hungary and Bulgaria, will be reduced to 6,000,000. With "reserve" quota France will be allowed an export quota of 11,000,000 bushels, apart from 6,000,000 quintals of denatured wheat. The financial statement of The Royal Bank of Canada for the year-ended November 30, 1934, reflects a period of improved business conditions. Figures of total assets, deposits cash, investments, commercial loans and note circulation all show an increase during the year. Total assets are $758,423,904 of which $382,172,287 are liquid, being 56.16 per cent of total liabilities to the public compared with 55.76 per cent a year ago. Cash, cheques and bank balances aggregate $165,683,031 or 24.35 of public liabilities. Government and municipal "Securities have increased during the period from $113,782,602 to $133,220,489. The outstanding feature of the statement is the increase of $50,554,-510 in public deposits. Of this increase it is understood that $41,347,-334 is in Canada, the balance abroad Canadian savings deposits being up $11,126,336. After a steady decline in commercial loans of banks in Canada over the period of the past few years, it is encouraging to note as further evidence of business to note as further evidence of business revival, that the Royal Bank's figures under this heading show an increase of $10-092,494 the total standing at $226.. , 942,028. I Profits for the year were $4,398,217 but are not properly comparable with published profits for the previous year, because heretofore they were reported after deducting Provincial the sake of uniformity and the fuller information of shareholders, both classes of taxes are now disclosed in the published report. During the year under review Dominion and Provincial taxes aggregated $1,075,016. Making allowance for the increase under this heading, profits are lower by $268,448. Net profits, after taxes, covered dividend requirements of $2,800,000, annual contribution of $200,000 to Officers' Pension Fund, the usual appropriation of $200,000 for Bank Premises, and left a surplus of $123,200 to be added to Profit and Loss Account, increasing that account to $1,506,804, to be carried forward to the next fis- | cal year. The showing while gratifying to i the shareholders, will this year be of special interest to the public, as It affords perhaps the most striking evidence yet given of the extent of the improvement in trade throughout Canada. The Annual General Meetng of the shareholders will be held at the Head Office of the bank in Montreal on Thursday January lOtn The principal accounts with comparative figures for the year, are as follows: -- The Royal Bank of Canada General Statement ^jS^I 30th November, 1934 Deposits by the public not beads**-*"^ m>---- t.ci.-n» by nu- (.iiww !;:,',£",*• ,miud" 1""^.^i balances duc°to o ther Banks In Cana. -----by and balances due to Banks and Bankli Correspondents elsewhere than In Canada..... ___ibiiitfes to the public not Inc Uttnol Credit Outstanding Gold and Coin on hand 16.38 $95,777,138.49 .----ini other Bank_____ Balances due by other Banks in Canada......... Domlrlon ar OthoMDomini Provincial Gov ing within two xceeding market Canadian Municipal Securities! n< Public Securities other than Cana Call and Shor •9,832,404.1)7 •6,663,110.24 6,724,973.12 17,487,895.87 12,443,170.98 . $226,942,028.24 14,347.86 326,782,534.7: Bank Pt Real Esi Mortftag,----- Liabilities of Ci [1 Estate other than Bank Premises....... rtoqges o^n^le3' Estate sold by the Bank. . Controlled Companies ecurity of Note Circula- NOTE:--The Koyi JAS. G. ROSS, C.A. \ W.°GARTH THOMSON, C.A. ( Auditors of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company ; , Canada. 24th December, 1S34. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT ' J 1.383,604:11 il Bad"and .......... 4,398,217.62 dNo. 189 at 8% per ai M. W. WILSON, j Managing Director. S. G. DOBSON, Conquering Influenza Tests Indicate It Is Caused By a Filterable Virus "Find me a suitable animal which can be infected with a disease and I will give you good hope of preven. tion, if not of cure," said the late Sir David Bruce. Influenza has little if anything to do with tropical medicine--Sir David's specialty -- yet like Malta fever and Nagana, the diseases with which Sir David's name is especially linked, its nature has been made a little clearer by practically applying the principle of "find me a suitable animal." The animal in this caso is the mouse. It has long been suspected that influenza ii_caus_ed by a filtrable vt_ rus, in other words by some virulent organism too small to be seen in any microscope, so small, in fact, that it flows through Ure finest porcelain filter like water. With that hy. pothesis the medical profession had to be content until last year. Then it was discovered that influenza can be transmitted to ferrets. The call for a suitable animal had been answered. The animal found, further , investigation removed any doubt as I to the nature of the virus. It did indeed belong to the filtrable vari- Now come Drs. Andrewes, Laidlaw and Wilson Smith with a new discovery and a new step in the fight against influenza. Strains of human and swine virus which had laid fer. rets low were successfully used in infecting mice through the nose. Sera were then prepared against the ferret strains of human and swine influenza. Injected into mice, they had a neutralizing effect. From the story as the experimenters tell it in The Lancet, it& evident that the discovery is complete in the large. Even if it has still to be shown that mice can be infected directly by man without the aid of the ferret, influ. ----has now been definitely con- | quered. The NORTHAMPTON, Mass. ""'^iTTpo has a new significance at Smith College. The Department of physical education has inaugurated a new method of teaching ming. It is music supposed to give rhythm and emphasis of stroke, according to Miss Gertrude Goss, swimming instructor. The waltz tempo is suitable to the side stroke, breast stroke and trudgeon, but the foxtrot is better for the crawl. Gives Duchess Shoe of Canadian Spruce (Canada's Weekly, London) One of Canada's presents to Princess Marina, now the Duchess of Kent, was probably unique. For a j considerable time experts have been carrying out extensive experiments i with Canadian spruce wood. The ul. timate success attendant on these ex-1 periments has resulted in the introduction of a new and intensely interesting fabric to the Mother Country, and one which is destined to immense popularity on account of its [ extraordinary durability and utility, j Through their experiments and discoveries in this direction Canadians 1 may well be instrumental in opening ! up new and important trade connec-I tions with England and other parts ■ of the Empire. The. fabric resulting from the experiments with Canadian spruce wood is startlingly similar in grain and texture to leather, with all its com. mendable features of durability. Yet the fabric is actually manufactured from the purified cellulose fibres of the spruce wood. By means of a recently discovered process these fib-s can be moulded by intense heat essure until this takes on the form a leather-like fabric, which has ithstood remarkable tests, enabling , -- to be placed in the front rank of j durable fabrics. Two of the first articles made from lis new fabric for introduction into lis country may be found among the edding gifts of the Duke and Duch. _ss of Kent,, although primarily designed and executed for the personal use of Princess Marina. They take the form of attractive soft brown shoes with a matching handbag, both produced to a corresponding design. The use of these articles by the Duchess of Kent will doubtless do much to introduce and popularize unique Canadian fabric to the people of this country. When once tested, the qualities of the fabric will commend themselves to British s, who are not slow to acknowledge a thoroughly reliable article. Shoes made from this fabric are light, soft and exceedingly hard-wearing, and the material lends itself to intricate design and inter.lacing. The Duchess of Kent's shoes have interlaced instep strappings. The experiments on the cellulose fibres of spruce wood have opened up a wide range of possibilities, for the fibres can be utilized in many widely divergent articles, from fabrics shoes and upholstery fabrics to as phalt roofs. New products will, n( doubt, be rapidly developed, baseu on the new discovery, quite apart from the vast improvements to pre-' utility articles which will be SCOUTING Here ' There Everywhere every other Scout, without regard tc Boy Scout toy repair shops in well 'er a hundred towns and cities ac. >ss the Dominion from coast to coast again helped Santa Claus to vi-the many thousands of children of needy families on Christmas Eve. In the parade of Scouts of many lands that opened the Scout Jamboree at Melbourne, Australia, December 27th, Canada was represented by Scout J. G. Langley, of Peterboro, Ontario. To express the appreciation of the Alberta Scouts for practically shown interest, a Thanks Badge was presented by Lt.-Gov. W. L. Walsh, the Chief Scout for Alberta, to Col H. G. Reid, head of the Western Arctic transportation system of the Hudson Bay Company. Scouts of Wallaceburg , Ontario, under direction of the Scout Leaders' Club, co-operated with the town Relief Department in a Saturday cloth- A diary report, date by date, of the doings of the Glenboro, Man., pack and troop, published in three issues of the Western Prairie Gazette, was the effective form of annual report made to The third Annual Hobby Show of the 1st Queenston, Ontario Group made a new record with 995 entries and $200 worth of prizes. Some mammoth apples, pumpkins and vegetables were shown by Scouts and by other boys of Lincoln and Welland During a mountain climbing hike, Scoutmaster Gale and several Scouts of Anyox, B.C., shot a mountain goat. They brought It home and treated the troop to a goat meal banquet. Troop Leader Kirkwood gave a talk on "Assisting to get the Scoutmaster's Goat." The reviewed 1934 activities of Pic-tou County, N.S., Scout Groups co. vered: A skating meet, a hockey league, a bird house competition, church parades, a Cub and Scout athletic field day, a first aid competition, a Scout Apple Day and a Christmas Toy Repair Shop. Two patrols of Lone Scouts, numbering nine boys, have been organi. zed at Fenelon Falls, Ontario, under the leadership of two former Scouts, Murray Graham and Douglas Ward. In recognition of good work done on Poppy Day, the 1st Grenfell, Sask Scout Troop was presented by the Canadian Legion with a handsome troop flag. Scouts of Kent, England, saved enough small coins during lust winter lo entertain 300 unemployed boys at On behalf of the B.P.O.E. Exalted Ruler A. E. Megson presented the Moosejaw Scout Association with a shield for annual efficiency competition. President O. H. Zimmer accepted the shield, and awarded it to the 12th Moosejaw Troop for 1934. A free skating rink is being oper. ated this winter by the Scouts at Glenwood, Alberta. Interesting experiences as a Scout leader in Japan were related to the 5th St. Thomas Ontario Group by Adjutant Kenneth Barr ot the Salvation Army, a former Canadian Scout. Adjutant Barr had just returned from the Far Bast. Pipe Smokers! fillupwith GOLDEN VIRGINIA and enjoy a really cfood smote! &S0 MADE UP IN CIGARETTE TOBACCO Sugar From Wood German Process Successful, But Is Not Considered Practical During the World War German chemists were hard at work trying convert cellulose (wood) into su- r. It was a harder problem than it seemed--so hard, in fact, that not until after the treaty of peace was ligned was success achieved. The ■ictors in this struggle were Profes. ;or Friedrica von Bergius (Nobel ^rize -winner), famous for his work n making gasoline and motor spirts out of coal gas, and Professor /on Scholler. What the two chemists gave the world is a way of making wood palatable. A goat can eat paper, but a man cannot. A difference in digestive processes is the reason. Hence the problem that von Bergius and von Scholler faced was that of creating the factory what was in effect an artificial stomach of glass and metal and letting that digest wood. The digestive juices were powerful acids that split the cellulose into PLAN NOT PRACTICAL. There can be no question of the efficacy of this process. But will it enable Germany to do away with su. gar importations? Her production of sugar beets, while large is not enough for her domestic needs. Professor O. Spengler, director of the Institute for Sugar Industry in Berlin, crushes the wild hopes that German economists have based on the work of von Bergius and von Scholler. The process of converting cellulose into sugar is commercially cheap and efficient enough, but it J takes too long to grow wood. To I support ten people, ; During the process of perfecting this fabric many severe tests were carried out, after which the finished article bore no ill-effects. The proof that a fabric of this nature can em. erge unharmed from the stringent and somewhat drastic tests of freezing and boiling is sufficient testimony to its reliability. Two subsequent tests to which the fabric was submitted were those if baking and freezing and then baking again, but neither process affected the material. Among other equally stringent tests, the fabric was boiled in water, soak, ed in ammonia for a day and a night and afterwards dried immediately in an intense heat. With a member of the Royal Fam- j ily to set this new fabric on the road to popularity, and with its own undisputed advantages, Canada has here every prospect of a new and profitable line of commerce. Stone of English Abbey-Sent to Kenilworth, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.--The Urban District Council of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, has sent to its New Jersey namesake a stone from the ruins of the old abbey at Kenilworth Castle for the new municipal library in the Harding School. Founded in A. D. 1130, the old abbey was dissolved in A. D. 1538. The inscription on the stone states that it was carved about A.D. 1300 and that it was taken from the ruins of the Abbey at Kenilworth by the council "as a token of good will for inclusion in the building of this library" at Kenilworth, N. J. 1.25 acres of land planted to sugar beets are required. The same area planted to potatoes will support but ten and wheat but six. Because wood grows so slowly the same amount of forest land would make even a poorer showing than does wheat i*ver the year. Evidently a tree is a poor substitute for the sugar beet in ^ Germany's present Little New Marinas Loyal Toronto has already had two girl babies named after the "fairy princess" Marina. 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