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~~ "mska. During all ' __ area of the Hielson brought thejr plane down, and | estab all quest by what is regarded as the greatest flight in history. his place, sult y "the world, among the figures in aviation end tion. There has bee: ls of avia- Wilkins that an the dirigible, | 'suitable medium for Arctic exploration. Cs Amundsen, Ellsworth, and their companions flew from Spitsbergen to- ward the North Pole in two airplanes, were forced down, and made a thrill: ng escape on the one plane which re: | mained serviceable. Byrd and Ben- mett went North with a crew of volun- | teers, and with seeming ease took off, for the pole, fiaw around it, ajgl were | back within a few hours, The| Amundsen-Ellsworth expedition, with its personnei transferred to a dirigi- 'ble balloon, next flew to the pole from , Spitsbergen and continued on to Al-| that time Wilkins wag struggling against a heart-break- ing defeat of his efforts at exploration ' with Point Barrow, the northernmgst tip of Alaska, as a base. This was his third expedition. The first was al- most a complete failure, though a 'brief flight over the Arctic Ocean bit a sizable piece out of the unexplored area, The second was marked by an air cruise which charted an immense ice-cap. Wilkins and ther than landed on the ice, which would depth. They three miles. landing for sc $hird landing fed lon parts 6f 16146 a their way out--a ha; ence by for more picturesque he 18 an Australian. His fir son in 1915." He came baclf to fight in the British Army during the World 'War, and won conspicuous honors for 'bravery. The war gave him training im™Hviation, and he was navigator of one of the planes which nade the 'the lone might gather, k and ded Pei, in which a radio be the| oplane capa: onsisted of chocolate, biscuits, 'pemmican, malted milk, and raisins. They carried two primus stoves, which burn ; vaporized kerosene or gasoline under f dce-pack; sounding gear, thermometers, snow-shoes, a wind- proof tent, and spare clothing. Their wireless set functioned for a time, then gave out, 3 The successful outcome of the first transpolar journey by airplane, in the opinion of Captain Wilkins, was due to the skilful of piloting of Lieutenant Eielson, a perfect monoplane and en- gine, reliable gasoline and oll, favor- able weather most of the way, good luck, and careful \ navigation. kins himself Hy na om his story of wag a Inere pas- natter of fact, it was in exploration and his f aviation that enabled » the top of the world. CRainst heavy odds will RE satisfaction to all PDA hirpluck and deter- Acking to: his original the flight that senger. As a his experieng him to 2 His sg briny, 'Scientific Value Bliking flight makes a contrl- b th stunt the first place, it seems to beyond further doubt the if the world Wilkins- and such mythical ter- pan Land and Crocker Rliminated. Elks Magaine" at filkins was making e hopes to interest the r nations in establishing ical stations in the Arctic {and Antghetle, and in working out a { Wilk! gating, yet: pressure; a rifle and 350-cart-|' Pp our definite knowledge of | e; it 1s more than a flylng' - | with tmmfgration to Canada. + Act. London ~Two veteran missionaries, Arthur Shearly Cripps, of the Soclety for the Promotion of the Gospel, and John White, of the Wesleyan Method- ist Church, express regret at the ap- proval by the Colonial Secretary, L. C. falrs Act for Southern Rhodesia, fenders under 16 may receive a whip: ping "not exceeding 15 strokes" In feu of imprisonment. They declare that in the Govern: M. 8. Amery, of the new Native Al- lg whereby. under clause 18 native of-|4, theless the number of these in use has increased very greatly and they are spreading over a much broads er area tha nwas thought possible. A supplementary machine intco- ment White Paper dealing with this | act, which concerns a population of nearly 1,000,000 natives, described by thelr governor as "loyal. and: law-abld- ing," notable attempts are made to abate the old-fashioned British preju-| dice against the habitual use of a pun: | tshment for Africans, which was an outstanding feature. of preabolition days--punishment which 1s unforget- tably associated with the "treatment of Africans as human chattels, | Again and again, 'they say, pleas were advanced that the substitution of corporal punishment for imprison: |.ment will rescue the youth of Africa from the contamination of prison surroundings, ' ' . The missionaries allege that "the adroit presentment, of this' insidious 54 iT Commandant of British Army * Vocational School in Montreal MANY AVAILABLE Discusses Project With Rail- way and Canadian Gov-~ ernment Thousands of men leaving the Brit. ish Army y&arly are available to come to Canada if satisfactory arrange- ments can be made In the Dominion - {to accommodate them, according to a -igtatement by ol. FH. J. Stibbard, com- mandant of the British Army Voca- tional Training Centre, 'Chisledon, Wiltshire, England, who is now In bringing about this possible immigra- tion. x ; Col, Stisbardi is on his way to Ot- taway to%interview representatives of the anadian' Government concerned Col, Stib- bard carries on his work at Chisledon ler. the jurisdiction of the British var Office, Tested and Trained v The men represent the highest type anada to study ways and means of ¢ of manhood and will be trained for! Accidents Will Happen. Ms plea is the real menace.to British cd- lonlal policy in present-day Africa," Mr. Cripps and Mr. White refer ap: receives regular pay right up to the time his training for overseas settle- ment {8 "Tomplete. The men do not all join at the same date, but are transferred from. thelr unit on the first of the month, so that there Is a continuous stream of men coming in and going-ont-all-the time; . "During their course the men de- velop what I call a farm sense and the course of Instruction is quite broad. The men learn to drive horses {n pairs, fours and eights. In this con- nection remounts are used---a horse of lighter type than English farm horses 80 as to correspond as nearly as pos- sible with those In use in Canada and Australia. In some cases the re- mounts are unknown, which, of course, 18 an added opportunity for the men to learn the handling and care of these animals. Then ¥e have 100 dairy cows and whilg'a man is engaged in that part of the course he milks three times a dg i ry' Methods v features of the training in- to-date poultry methods, The themselves record, select, incu. naturally and artificially, rear, nd pluck, Another part of the covers. the making of ham and | (eos bacon." Parti | attention is pald to the | traiy he soldiers' wives and the | children. #0]. Stibbard regards this lyn essential for any successful scheme of emigrgtion from England to the Dominions oxarseas. "You will be particularly interested provingly Society's committed; which | tralia to secure theso people on ar- says: "Our committee's opinion Is | rival. This 1s remarkable considering that the resources of a- humanitarian that the Austrlian scheme for settle: | policy for keeping young offenders ment closed in 1924, but the real rea- out of prison cannot be said to be lim- son for the demand for army trained ited to corporal punishment, which settlers is the fact that they have tends, we submit, to brutalization, and done so much better than any other we suggest that an enactment for class proceeding to Australla....... serving sentonce in existing industrial | "Now, I hope that the future will schools instead of in jail, would meet bring a similar demand from Canada. |the rekuirements of the case." 1 am here to study conditions for my-| According to the Executive Misslon- self, and Canadian schemes of settle-|ary Conference of Southern Rhodesia, ment which are at present available, |The power given to native commls- with a view to sending trained colon- | sloners, almost at discretion, to inflict {sts next year. If I may say so, with- corporal punishment on boys of 16 or out, of. course, any intention of being under for offences in some cases in the least little bit critical, my obser-| Which the native commissioner him- vation hds been that in the past Cana-| self may be concerned is against Bri- dian schemes have been launched too tish principle." late in the year to allow proper prep- aration on our side and for a scheme to 'be actually taken in hand and the! \ . necessary training begun before o. Egypt Replies 1 ould tually int aT : Hon. the fotawing Ton, to Ultimatum . . Sent by Britain Note Is Conciliatory, but Re- | grets Attempt to Inter- Py Airs Studies Schemes "My Idea In coming now is to get an outline of all your schemes in my | head, return to England, clrcularize my findings to every unit of the Bri- tish army in Great Britain so that the fere With Legislature best available types can be selected, tested, and put in the necessary glx | -Cairo.--It is hoped here that Down. i SEPolsaw : months' training and be ready to come ing Btreet will be satisfied with the to Canada next spring. | Government's reply to the British ulti-| "I am néver tired of stressing the testing feature of our undertaking. The men we are training' are not those who have been demoralized by hav- !matum demanding withdrawal of the | Public Assemblies Bill, fnasmuch as, | ! despite fhe Government's declaration {to the contrary, the reply establishes. ing had nothing to do for years. After a hard training they leave (ireat Bri. "the British right to interfere In mat- | ters affecting the security of forelgn- to hear," continued Col. Stibbard, the farm hefora heing Drought to Can "that excellent provision is made in S08, Jociarey gu Subhard. In this connection with the training of the ~ London-Australia flight in 1919. Few in this country will remember his ensuing* exploration of tropical Aus- tralia. Later he was second in com- mand of Sir Ernest Shackleton's last Antarctic expedition. For the past three years, most of Wilkins's fellow explorrs have been inclined to scoff at his efforts in the North. They could honor him for nis courage and deter- mination, but could not understand "his adherence to airplanes as a con- veyance and to Point Barrow as a base. His faith bas been vindicated, and he stands to-day among the greatest of living explorers." Hits Bulls Eye In flying from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Dead Man's Island, in the Spits- formed a feat of navigation that is ac- claimed by his greatest rivals, Byrd and Amundsen by his preceptor In ex- ploration, Stefansson; and by the man . In the street. While the trapsatiantic flyers of the last nine ye ive bad a continent to aim for, h ng a course for Spitsherg + 2 + 4 system --of- observations whereby weather conditions for th entire world "Approximately 30 000 Jo 35 000 | amlilies of married man, They are may be forecast, finds land in the unexplored area! north of Alaska, it will have great potential value both from the com- merelal and military view-points. His chief purpose is to discover whether the last unexplored area of the North: ern Hemisphere is land or sea, but he will also attempt to prove that the shortst af-trade routes of the world are across the Arctic wastes. Since the days of Magellan, Steffansson re- minds us, it has been a commonplace that you can go east by sailing west. It is now about to become an equal commonplace that you can go east by er ata ite hie' | fying north; that the shortest toute | from Europe to China is a wortberly on, 3 "Wilkins is probably better qualified for the flight he contemplates than any other man. He has had more ex- perience in aviation than any other explorer, and a broader taining in both Arctic and Antarctic explora: tion than any other aviator." r No Advertising eo was no blare of trumpets to m up and hearten him. There or lurid proclamations. was undertaken with ublicity as Lind- "Captain Wilkins believes that if he 420 p _|all accommodated at the centre and rr She Briss rm In Bae wives are taught milking, poultry 1 t Bo Yo their OWI home por methods, and in addition given instruc- Ww tion In domestic housework. Even A io heir Irionds sug relauved afchildrén, are included and all over proportion, however, have nothing y ge-of twelve. when they leave the whatever to do. These are the men gFChae are good milkers. : we try to get some months befors The real reason of course why we they are due for demobilization, to! particular attention to the ques- } of the wife 18, as I have sald from test and to train them for overseas \ 4 settlement. the platform time and again, that a "From a physical point of view woman represents 90 per cent. of the - failure or success a man meets with ese prt he De that in migration to an overseas dominion. splendid food and training which they Go to Australia receive in the army this fact can be| "Most of the men and families readily understood. trained at the centre have gone to "The testing and training centre at Australia, and they have earned such 'Chisledon covers 1,000 acres. Six | a reputation in that country that when months before a man is due for dis- [it is known that colonists from the charge from the army he is trans- [centre are available there is a very ferred from his unit to the centre and 'strong demand emanating from Aus- tain, and if, after a thorough test fn ers. It Is true, the bill is postponed the case of families, the woman ls, Only till next session, but this is gen-| not considered the typa that will make | rally taken to mean sine dle. good as a farmer's wife, the whole| The text of {he reply which was family is returned to the regimental handed to the Residency will not be! unit and another takes its place tor available till it reaches London, but | testing and training. |1t {8 understood to be couched in con | "You may be interested to know," cillatory terms, while maintaining the Col. Btibbard concluded; "that our | Viewpoint that Britain has not the gcheme has been in operation for right to interfere with the country's seven years. The centre was first lo-| legislation. 2 : cated at Catterick, Yorkshire, and the | The note expresses Egypt's desire plan was known as the 'Catterick | to maintain friendly relations with Scheme.' This camp has now, how | 811 powers, especially with Britain, ever, been made into & permanent | 80d that, animated by this desire, the 'Aldershot of the north.' The whole Government had recommended the atmosphere of our scheme and centre, | Senate to postpone discussion of the while dealiig with men 'still on the bill till next session, thus hoping to pay-roll of the army, is what you might afford Britain an opportunity of re- call one of demilitarization. Our whole considering its position in a calmer iden 18 to get the men used to civilian | #tmosphere. The reply further re. agricultural work and civillan ideas," | Bréts that the bill is made an occa- rile sion to attempt to interfere with the Isn't it strange tbat many houses | Legislature fn a manner incompatible furnished in modern style are just full Scotties Believe in Getting Their Money's Worth with a continuance of constitutional of antiques? Government and, states that the Cov. - ernment will not submit in future, ersten British Warship gaMered for hum king's fight? tifie igthe lofty Jiopes ess, though imps, fot 7 obstacles, will jet wres ts and treasurda from Limps to Harbor Bacchus Travels Stern First After Sinking Ship With Loss of Ten Lives Portland, England --The crippled British warship Bacchus reached haven with the survivors of the crew of the Greek steamer Igannis Fafalios, which it had sunk in a collision In the channel recently. Ten of the Greek sailors were drowned and two others diod after 'being picked up from the water, The Bacchus itself was so badly crushed forward that it was in grave danger of sinking. Its crew were able | to navigate it slowly, stern foremost (since it was so down by the head toward this port until two tugs a the battle cruiser Tiger came to its ald and took it in tow, 3 ep dil nus 0 - Tho masses are said to enjoy good music. wh duced on the prairies for the first time last year, says the Department of the Interior through ffs Natural Resources Intelligence Service, is expected to further extend the fleld for direct harvesting and threshing without the heed for the expensive and time-con- suming operation of stooking the grain. The new windrow method is calculated to advance materially the time at which harvesting can be com. ménced as pared with the com [bine alone, In fact it is claimed by those who. Mave tried it that cutting oan B& commenced as soon as with the blunder. The feature of the naw machine Is that the stubble is cut high and slightly turned over, forming a shelf on which the grain is lald out In windrows to dry. With the alr cur- rents passing uhderneath curing is rapidly effected. In two to four days of good drying weather the grain is ready for threshing, and with a pick- up attachment the combine is then used to finish the operation, deliver- ing the threshed graln fo the tank wagon. Later In the harvesting Bea- gon the grain in other flelds may be- come sufficiently matured for direct combining without first windrowing. The windrow machine, it is claimed, -has-removed all the disadvantages. of the combine, If so the new methods may be expected to quickly spread across the. prairies and revolutionize the harvesting of grain In Western Canada. Nowhere in the world is there land more suitable to large scale methods of harvesting and the result- ant economies may be expected to fur- ther enhance Canada's position as the pramier . wheat exporting country of the world, " rb iat Instructions to Warships Countermanded in Britain Londpn.--The Egyptian. crisis took a favorable turn 'when 'Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Minister, an- nounced in the House of Commons that the instructions which it. had previously been thought necessary to glve to certain British warships had now been countermanded. The British Cabinet discussed the Egyptian reply tothe British demands, The reply had been hatided to the | British High Commissioner at Calro, It explained that the Public Assem- blies BIll, to whifh the British Gov ernment took exception, had been put &side until next November. This did not meet the desires of-Great Britain, which demanded ts withdrawal, The Egyptian note, howbéver, exs plained the difficulties of withdrawal of the bill in view of tho previous. actlon of the Egyptian Leglslature, and this was taken into. consideration by the Hritish Government, It is probable that there will be further ex- changes before definite action is taken on either sidg, ee p------ Government Investigates Spontaneous Combustion The U.S. Department of Agriculture is going after the fire problem in earnest. = The fires «arising from "spontaneous combustion" of hay wet by the Vermont floods have started the chemists to work on this problem, This cause of fire is fifth in fmport- ance on the list, giving an annual loss of $8,000,000. Probably much mors, {f the 40 per cent of farm fires Hsted a8 cause unknown could be tracsd down. The department is also askl co-operation throughout the summ: to prevent fires originating from dis 'carded burning cigarettes, which are thrown away at the rate of 170,000 a minute in the United States. This in- vestigation will be of great value to Canadians as well. ree Apr. Harbor of Montreal Is: To Be Deepened A greater depth of water is to be provided in Montreal harbor, accord. ing to the Canadian Deputy Minister ot Marine and Fisheries, by the cone struction of seven submerged weirs between the island of Montreal and Sorel, It is estimated that the sub- merged weirs will be finighed In twoy Jun " cout 98 $1500.00, An ad nal two feet of water will bo 'available thé ot Monttoat, permitting a minimum of thirty feet of water to be kept all yea rounds These measures are expecte: 3 : overcome thie variable water the St. Lawrence River at Mc whisk Ja etn attributed by some authorit] (La of water | from nt ain dixarpion of aie: ier, difough the anise caaft hear! wy hear it. When they | can ara y they don't. strato: "Are you old foung x