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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE ONT. THURSDAY, AUG. 1, 1935 3 - CANADA THE EMPIRE - V»* -- ^ THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA PHYSICAL FITNESS A popular columnist says no can be a political leader in this country unless he has a good pair of lungs. Well, Sir Wilfrid Laurier' life was threatened by tuberculos: when he wa3 a young man and h was never robust, but he lived to 78 and held the long-distance record for the premiership, with one exception.--London Advertiser. CANADA YEAR BOOK Attention may be called to some special features of the present volume of the Canada Year Book. Thetis a brief description of Standard Time and Time Zones in Canadi which is of special interest to those who travel either in the flesh or by radio. There will be found a discussion of the Representation Act of 1933 and a special table showing the populations as in 1931 of each of the new electoral districts which will return representatives to Parliament at the approaching general election. Probably the most extended presentation of the results of the Census of 1931 that will appear in the Year Book* is to be found in Chapter IV, where Religions are cross-analysed by racial origin for the first time, and several new classifications are added to the section dealing with birthplaces; the chapter closes with statist'es of the areas and populations of countries of the British Empire for the years 1911, 1921 and 1931 and of the countries of the world for 1931. In the Public Finance Chapter appears, for the first time, a comparative analysis of provincial revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities Den >Provi upon at the Conference of iaieria regai included in is chapter. The Currency and nking Chapter includes a descript-i of the new Bank orf Canada and classification of bank loans by in-strics and of deposits by amounts. the Miscellaneous Administration lapter there appears a study of lucr control, liquor sales and re-ii-ics arising therefrom. The Year Book may be obtained ;m the King's Printer, Ottawa, as lg as the supply lasts, at the ice of 51.50. Ministers of religion, na-fide students and school teach-3 may obtain copies at the nomi-1 price of 50c each. -- Ottawa sVTURE'S WONDERS types of insects devour frui crops, it depends on others rly all varieties of bees am 3 make such fruit possible public to know is that the murderer has paid for his crime; that the death penalty has been duly imposed and carried out according to law, --Guelph Mercury. DANGER OF SPEED Authorities estimate that at a speed of 30 miles an hour the car travels 33 feet while the average man's mind reacts to the necessity of putting on the brakes, travels other 47 feet before stopping brakes are in first-class shape still another 20 feet before stopping if the brakes are only passable. That is a total of 100 feet. If the speed is 50 miles an hour the car tra 55 feet while the motorist is thinking of putting on the brakes, another 131 feet with first-class brakes and ai additional 57 feet with passabh brakes, a total of 243 feet.--Sault Star. NOT NECESSARY With so much blasting going o Niagara Falls, the Soo Star advises bridal couples to come to the S and see the nine wolves at Bellevuc Park. But why go so far when you can see lupus at the door?--Kitchener Record. TOXOID AS A LIFE-SAVER In 1927 there were 95 deaths from diphtheria in Toronto. By 1933 the number was down to aid--ur , but of garden .- ; part of the schei ensures the pollination rs as the golden grains •ed from one plant to ady bird beetle which in destroying the min-aphis infesting the leaves - fai ily of working to maintain the balance cf nature. Catching its food entirely on the win..;, the dragonfly, whose structure closely imitates the design ol the biplane, with two sets of wings plaied slightly above the other, satisfies its voracious appetite with mcsauitoes and gnats. While its habitat is usually semi-stagnant pooh, which, devoid of fish, become a breeding area for such flying midges, many of the larger dragonflies travel away from the water in their hunt Emulating the kingbird in their mode of attack, they select some vantage pest on a branch, remaining motionless -except for the slow turning of their big-eyed heads until some winged tidbit passes. The swift foray that follows is nearly always successful.--Calgary Herald. foolish p»sea A- man who c-uld not swim dived Into 10 feet of water and was drowned. Worse still, he took to a watery grave with him a 17-year-old youth who valiantly attempted a always know the depth of the play safe. There have already been far too many drowning accidents this Summer, and for the most part carelessness has been the cause. As for the case in point, two lives have •been lost where there need not and should not, have been one.--Windsor Star. AS IT SHOULD BE spectacle should not be made of passing from this world of one has taken the life of his fellow All that is necessary for the In 1934 there was not a single death from the disease. This change was brought about by the toxoiding of children, thus immunizing them against the plague that used to carry them off by thi In 1935 there have been 3 deaths from diphtheria to date, two of thi victims being non-immunized adults and the other a non-immunized child. The record still holds good that, known, there has not been o: death among the 120,000 childr who have been fully toxoided sin 1929.--Toronto Star. MOTION PICTURES Edgar Dale of the Bureau Educational Research of Ohio State University has studied the themes of 1,500 moving pictures, choosing 500 feature pictures released during each of the three years 1920, 1925 and 1930 by major producing organiz- The great bulk of the pictures dealt with the three themes crime, sex and love. The love theme dominated, although almost as many pictures dealt with crime, pictures showed a marked over those of 1920 in the percentages of crime and sex. Such subjects history and travel made a pitifully small showing. Comedy, a minor ph_.se, showed a steady increase. -- Winnipeg Tribune. THE EMPIRE A FAMILY AFFAIR On the same day Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hudson, of Morley, Yorkshire, will celebrate their golden wedding; their son, Horace, and his wife will celebrate their silver ding; their grandson Leslie celebrate his twenty-first birthday; and another grandson, Norman Hudson, will be married. IN DARKEST EUROPE From Siberia to the Rhine darkness is comp'ete. There the Press is muzzled, and public opinion is in chains. Here, in Britain, we are free. The hushing up of the truth about the German munitions disaster is an excellent example of Press censorship in operation. The censor in Germany is the Minister of Propaganda, who, aided by secret police, suppresses not only opinion but also facts. When a newspaper prints all the news he suppresses the newspaper. That happens in all the spoon-fed countries. Mussolini may well gibe at public opinion, which | cannot exist without the free and open dissemination of news. Britain's Press is free and must remain so. Newspapers express many shades of opinion, but give all the available facts, on which public opinion is based. It is our strongest bulwark against tyranny. It is the first of our rights, and all other rights depend on it. Let it go, and we can tear up Magna Charta and Habeas Corpus at once.--Manchester Sunday Chronicle. BRITISH BREAD CHEAPER THAN CANADIAN j British Robot Plane Success Great Britain's new air sensation, the pilot-less plane, was recently demonstrated over the Royal Air Force Airdrome at Farn-borough, Hants, England. The Queen'Bee, as the type is called, responded perfectly to radio operation. The ship was controlled from a small wooden cabinet fitted'with seven plain white keys. A pilot sat in the cockpit during the flight ready to take over the controls should anything have gone wrong, but .from take-off to landing he diil not need to manoeuvre the ship Here is a view showing the master control in action during the flight of the Queen Bee. The Week In Ottawa OTTAWA, July,--A note of constitutional reform was sounded by Prime Minister Bennett last week. The Premier, it is known, has given considerable thought problems that have confronted government during the past few years, and In order to adequately deal with these*contentious matters, he points out the necessity of a redistribution of powers between provin. cial legislatures and the Federal Par. liament. In other words, a reformation of the British North America Act would be needed to straighten out Canada's social and economic problems which have as Mr. Bennett says, steadily become more ad more matters of national A definite course leading .to orderly amendment of the constitution is.now being planned by the government following conferences with the provincial governments. Mr. Bennett cated the government's plan in the following statement: "Recent events by provincial mini constitution i ?nd.ed if are t ! in adequately problems that have arisen during the last few years. We have come to real-iize that social and economic problems have steadily become more and matters of national concern. Because Canada accepted obligations contained in treaties and conventions which we subscribed, we were enabled, in the field of social security, 3 take more forward action at the ist session of Parliamnet than was iken by all previous Parliaments Ince Confederation. A careful analy-is, however, of Privy Council decisions by competent authorities warrants the unmistakable conclusion that, in the field not covered by treaties and conventions, no substantial advance can be made without reforming and amending the consti- 'This task cannot be long deferred 1 is one which I propose to undertake without delay, after consultation with the provinces, if I continue t0 be responsible for the conduct of government in this country. Obviously so far as we can at present ascertain, the provinces are all agreed that the constitution must be ober, 1933, figures) third of the price ruli and half the price ruling But the succe this Germany America, scheme, i easily the most satisfactory of all the I measures adopted since the war to The Government can claim that, aid our farming industry, must not despite an £18,000,000 bounty spread j be utilised as a model suitable for over three years, the British con-1 application, without modification, to sumer is being provided with a other forms of produce. The Govern-cheaper loaf than is available in al-[ ment intends to adapt it to meat most any other country, including imports, and perhaps to dairy pro-such sources of wheat as the United' duce also. In both of these cases, of States and Canada. Our bread (Oct- course, there are contingencies that The only question is as how far tin should be a redistribution of powi between provincial legislatures i the Federal Parliament.' While the majority of members e to their homes, the cabin, et is still at work. It met last week and gave some consideration to proposals for work and wages schemes to repplace the relief camp system. No definite statement was made after the meeting but it is known that the scheme would involve placement oi large numbers of single unemployed men on farms. It is suggested that if thd farm wages were not considered high enough a bonus might be Paid to the employer t0 pass on to the labourer, the amount to be no more than that which it cost the government to keep a man in a relef camp. The Prime Minister has before him the task of filling Senatorial and pending Cabinet vacancies. At least half a dozen Cabinet ministers are expected J.o retire from the political field, and rumours have been flying thick and fast as to probable appointees. There seems to be a very definite opinion that J. Earl Lawson, K.C., member for York West, and Dominion Conservative organizer, will enter the Cabinet. Political gos-sipers also have mentioned the of Speaker Bowman, Errick F. Willis, M.P. and William G. Ernst, M.P. An early announcement regarding Cabinet reorganization is expected from the Prime Minister. The Conservative party is tiring its first election campaign guns in Ontario this week. Meetings are being held in the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on Tuesday and Friday. Alt the executives of the central committee of the Federation of Young Canada Conservative Clubs, zone representatives and local club presi-are attending the first meet--ith Gordon Graydon, president of the Federation presiding. Denton Massey, provincial campaign director, is leading the discussions. In the ing Mr. Massey's voice is being broadcast over a chain of Ontario stations. At the Friday meeting the president and secertary of every riding association in Ontario, along with either the candidate or the sitting member are attending a full conference. Mr. Massey also is on the air Friday evening from 10 to 10.30 o'clock. ;do not arise in the case of wheat and 'bread. The success of a levy-on-im-ports scheme obviously depends in the last resort on the proportions in • which imports of any commodity stand in relation to the home production.--Glasgow Herald. INCREASE OF 868 IN TWELVE MONTHS Cornwall Census Shows Population Now Stands At 23,000 Cornwall, Ont.--With an increase of 868 in the past 12 months, Cornwall's population now stands at 12,-507, according to official figures made available by Ovila Larin, assistant city treasurer. The total is based upon rolls returned for 1935 by F. B. Brownridge, M.L.A., city assessor. The increase since 1935 has been 3,918 or 45 per cent. In 1925 the city proper contained 8,689 persons. Although actual figures are not yet available for the 'suburbs, it is conservatively estimated the combined population of the city and adjoining urban communities is about 23,-000. Dominion census figures trace the growth of Cornwall since 1871 as follows: 1871, 2,033; 1881, 4,468; 1891, 6,805; 1901, 6,704; 1911, 6,589; 1921, 7,419; 1931, 11,126. Increase in the population of Cornwall township the same period has been as low's: 5,081, 5,436, 6,790, 6,911, 6,074, 6,631 10,930. Establishment in Cornwall in 1925 of the Canadian plant of Courtaulds Limited marked this city's first n boom since Cornwall canal was built a century ago. Growth has been rapid in the succeeding 10 years, with an average increase of about 375 per year. In only one year, 1930, was a decrease recorded, and this but 134. The increase in the past year is the greatest for any one year since 1925. While Cornwall has been increas. ing population the suburbs have more than kept pace. It is estimated the suburban population swelled by between 2,000 and 3,000 in the last 12 months, bringing the total within a thousand or so of the city population. In the 10-year period the city'is assessment has jumped from a total of $7,948,315 in 1925 tc $11,109,170 for 1935, an increase ol $3,160,855. It is a notable fact that the in. crease in both population and as. sessment has been greatest in the past four years, despite the depres. sion. The boost in population between 1932 and 1935 was 2429, with an assessment increase for the s period of about $200,000. BRITISH JUNE EXPORTS UP First Half Of 1933 Bears Out Hope That Country Has Emerged From Depression SMspgRTga HOT5HDT5 EY KEN. EDWARDS QUEEN HELEN Helen Wills Moody has just made ie of the most sensational comebacks ever ventured in any sport. After nearly two hours of play in the final at the Wimbledon championship matches, Mrs. Helen Wills Moody came into her own once again to be crowned queen of the tennis Mrs. Moody has won the British title for her seventh time and in so doing defeated her foremost fellow American rival, Helen Jacobs. There was no hard feeling between the two as many would think from bygone reports. Each spoke highly of the other, giving a true sportsmanship atmosphere. call "Some opinions are too any except very learned hold."---Dean Inge. silly fo: Queen Helen, as many has been absent from the courts for me on account of a lame back. Many thought she was through with tennis championships--but no, with plenty of courage she battled her way for the seventh time to win a championship at Wimbledon and to attain world honours. She has been seven times American titleholder, and four times Queen of the French courts. SI fine a player in doubles. London.--In June of this year compared with June of last imports are down by £3,345,000 ($16„591,200) 5.4 per cent., while exports are up by £794,000 ($3,938,240), or 2.4 per cent., and re-exports are up by £906,-000 ($449,376,000) or 29.9 per cent; Times, commenting on these figures says: 'The trade returns for June con-n Mr. Neville Chamberlain's statement that the outlook remains dog-1 gedly cheerful. HOPES BORNE OUT. The first six months of the yeaT| 1935 have more than borne out the, earlier hopes that Great Britain had; at last emerged from the depression' and will during the present year con-1 tinue to move forward toward a sane' and measurable prosperity. Statisticians and economists, per/ haps over-careful lest their prophecies might '"back-fire" on them, were!( more cautious in the late months otj 1934, and same of their leaders went so far as to declare that Britain had neared the point of saturation in the increase of business in the domestic field. Events, however,, seem to indicate that their fears' were not well founded, for there has been a isteady betterment here in almost every branch of commerce and ndustry and domestic consumption has,' at the very lowest, kept pace with the improvement in British exports. Financial experts are today allowing themselves to be quoted as expecting a decided upturn in Britain's-business, some of them even risking; the term "trade boom, in their dis-; cussion of the outlook for the sec-' ond half of 1935. Statistics which indicate the growing confidence of the community in the prospects for the future are plen*j tiful. For instance the new capital issues taken up by the investing pub-' lie for the period January to the end of May, 1935, totalled £37,200,-] 000 as compared with £2,500,000 for' the whole of 1934, and since thesej figures were issued there ha3 beens a tremendous rush of issues on the' London market, approximating £15,«| 000,000, practically all of which have been heavily oversubscribed. In' bank clearings there is the samd healthy tendency shown. Postal re-' ceipts are rising slowly but steadily, and the wholesale price index re-1 mains steady but with indications that a rise is in prospect. On the retails trade side there is a! further encouragement with a steady monthly percentage gain over the! comparable months for 1933, as follows: February eight per cent! i March, six per cent; April, seven per1 and May, 10 per cent. The year: 1933 was chosen for comparison be-! cause the big holiday periods in that' year approximate those of 1935. ! :as exports from Great Britain for the five months of 1935 asj compared with the same period of| 1934 have increase by £14,903,144,1 and by £30,400,802 if compared with1 1933, while the imports have been1 kept down to the 1934 level and uhej adverse balance of trade thus reduc-1 i by some £14,000,000. Bank deposits for the month otj May alone reached the figure of £1,« 11,472,000, an increase of £103,282,J 10 over May, 1934. One of the most significant signs of the betterment of Britain's conJ dition is in the field of new con-; struction, whether of dwellings or' factories. In the housing arena, construction seems to have approach-boom, nearly 300,000 new places having been erected and the rate is,, officially estimated at nearly 6,000 new places weekly. In the case ofj ories the report for 1934, the lat-obtainable, shows that 2,737 new. factories were built that year, exclusive of those reconstructed and reno-t vated and a feature of the report Is the statement that this new con-1 struction has attracted no fewer' than 500,000 workers into London and its environs, many of these from the depressed areas of the North. No Snuff! Mrs. Mary Ellen McCrea, of LuJ ay, Highland County, Va., spoke asj i key witness in a lawsuit over the Garrett estate, is 110 years old.' interviewed recently she was wearing a white cap and the long! " ess of the old-time mountaineer^ There are 6,000 claimants to the huge estate in which a certain Christopher Shauffer's birthplace is corn cerned. Mrs. McCrea says he wai born near her home and it is upoij her evidence that the Virginians' their claims. "My, I nevej thought Chris would cause all thh* fuss," she declared. When asked to what she contrij buted her longevity, Mrs. McCrei eplied: "I never smoked or sniffe^ just as ' snuff as so many of my neighbors I now dead, has done."