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4 t SABBATH PROTEST. And all on a Sabbath afternoon too, after the Prime Minister had been to a forenoon service in his own little church at Lossiemouth No wonder there were some protests against the breaking of the Sabbath Day and the wonder is that there were not a great many more. That there were very fow, and these feeble and apologetic, shows that even the people of the Highlands «re moving towards broadâ€" er views of things, are becoming more tolerant, and are realizing that if work is good the doing of it on the Sunday does not make that day any less the Sabbath. The really secular paris of the Prime Minister‘s week‘s soourn at his oid home, in the interâ€" val«â€" between his acceptance of office and the full beginning of his work in London, were carried out on week days, when the people of Lossiemouth welcomed him to the place in crowds, with processions and pipers and huge bonfires, when the women of the vilâ€" lage in their working garb, hauled his motor car from the railway station to his house, when the children held high holiday; and when everyone, without distinction of politics, united with everyons elso to make days greater than any that Lossie and its loons had ever known in the past. were descendants> to the third, and even fourth, generation of people who had gone from the Lewis to Canada. Even Mr. Macaulay himself had never than any that t ever known in : It was a gr time when he y leader, fighting Parliament, an It was a great change from the time when he was an unknown labor leader, fighting obscurely for a seat in Parliament, and called, by many who did know him, a dangerous revolutionâ€" ary. It was also a great change from the time, during the war, when he was expeliecd from the membership of Moray Golf Club because he was not an enthusiast for the war. That exâ€" pulsion still holds good, although those who engineered it would gladly have wipod it out and welcomed him back> The story is that he wouldn‘t eome back even if they asked him, and even if they apologized, and that is likely why they don‘t ask him. EXILES FROM LEWIS. The Provost and magistrates went out in a tender to meet the Minnedosa and give those on board an official welcome, there was a big bonfire on an island in the bay, the streets of the town were decorated, the liner was surrounded by all kinds of small craft, rockets were fired from the shore and the liner shricked in replyâ€"in fact, Stornoway could not have dor@® more it it had been like Lossiemouthâ€"welâ€" coming a native as Prime Minister, And, all the time, many of the 100 were not really natives. Some of them the time, during was expelied fron Moray Golf Club an enthusiast for pulsion â€" still hol those who engine« have wiped it out back» The story eome back even if even if they apo! likely why they d EXILES F] It was not the first time that an important, informal mecting of naâ€" tional importance has been held at some little place in the north,. There was ‘one in Inverness, and there was one in the Far West of Rossshire, both when Mr. Lloyd George was Prime Minister, but they had to do only with affairs peculiar to the Unâ€" ited Kingdom. Last Sunday America and Groat Britain metâ€"in a country house near Forres, very near the "blasted heath" where Shakespeare‘s Macbeth met the witches; and where, in the same play, King Duncan was murdered. The exiles from Lewis are home, and are spreading themselves all over thoir native islands. The Canadian Pacific liner Minnedosa brought over a hundred of them from Montreal to Stornway last weekâ€"end, among them heing, as the chief personage, Mr. T. B. Macaulay, president of the Sun Life Assurance Co. of .C@nada, who has givern about £50,000 for Lewis schemes within the past two years, including £12,000 for a library in Stornoway, £17,000 for a hospital, £5,000 to help in building a town hall to take the place of one which was destroyed by fire, and other sums for other purposes. It was arranged that the new town hall, municipal offices and library should all be opened when Mr. Macaulay and the other exiles were in the place, and so Stornoway and the Lewis have had a remarkable week. Glasgow.â€"No matter what other politicians may say about the dangers w a Socialist Government, there is pne thing they can‘t say. They can‘t allege that the Labor Prime Minister was slow in getting a move on once ::gochtohhjob. Last Sunday (the tter the day the better the deed, as we say in Scotland) before he was in office a week had the new American Ambassador away up at Forres and was talking with him about how Briâ€" tain and the United States might set about keeping the world in peace and quietness. That was hustle enough to satisfy the most i ustling of Ameriâ€" cans, and Mr. Hoover, who is also new to his job, should be pleased. What with all the new brooms on both sides of the Atlantic there should be some aweeping up done, and in the process Scotland should have a big share. For the Prime Minister is Scottish, he is a Ramsay and a MacDonald (both good old Scottish names} his home is in the little fishing village of Lossieâ€" mouth, away up on the Moray Firth; some ofâ€" the best men in his Cabinet are Seots, and it was in Scotlandâ€"in that friend‘s house near Forresâ€"thaAt ho met the American Ambassador, and began "conversations" which may mean an enormous lot to the future of the world. ) * Scene of Meeting With Dawes _ Figures in Shakespeare Proud of Premier QUIET RETREA%. But if any private person wishes a quiet retreat, where he and his family would not.be disturbed by the screechâ€" ing of railway trains, the hooting of motor cars, the jostling of crowds, letters two or three times a day and papers every other hour, he might do worse than take over one of the Loch Lomond islands. With a good house, a big garden, and an island large enough forâ€"strolling in and keeping a reasonable number of beasts and fowls, and with a motorboat for going to Balloch, or Luss, or Balmaha when he felt so disposed, it would be an ideal life for one who liked that kind of life; always assuming of course, that the presons concerned did not require to work for a living. Butâ€"someâ€" one shoud suggest that another island â€"St. Kilda, to witâ€"should be taken into consideration. There is a proâ€" posal that all the 38 inhabitants of that most lovely of Scottish islandsâ€" away out in the West Atlanticâ€"should be taken off and settled downâ€"as a little township somewhere on the mainâ€" land and otherwise, there will soon be none of them left, they are decreasing so rapidly. Not long ago there were about 100. Now of the 38, only 18 are grown men, and of these only four or five are strong enough for hard work. But it will not be easy to convince them that they should settle down on the mainland. _ They are islanders first, last and all the time, and would probably pine away still faster if the sea was not all around them. The best plan would be to raise a fund for buyâ€" ing the islands of Loch Lomond and settle them on these. They would have all the solitude of islandsâ€"if tripers in motor boats could be kept awayâ€"and they would also be in touch with civilization all the year round. Some one should speak to the Duke of Montrose about it. They have quite enough of unprofitâ€" able Highland estates, given to them for nothing, and costing more than they are worth ; and they are not havâ€" ing any more. Least of all the Duke of Montrose, whose forebears took great big sums from Glasgow as comâ€" pensation. When the level of Loch Katrine was raised for #he city waterâ€" works, and at every subsequert time when more land was required up that way for the same purpose. If the Duke had given the Corporation ail the islands in Loch Lomond as a free gift it would not have been much. But even then the Corporation might not have taken any off his hands. Burma Suffers Serious Floods And New \ So is His Grace the Duke of Montâ€" |rose. He has been making two imâ€" portant suggestions since the Labor Government came into office. The first was that as taxes especially death duties, were such a heavy burden on landowners, the Government should arrange to take land instead of money. He himself would have been glad, when he succeeded to his title and estates, to have made a bargain ofthis kind, instead of having to pay big sums. He thought Mr. Ramsay Macâ€" Donald might think of this idea when ‘he was sunning himself at Lossieâ€" mouth. Mr. MacDonald may think oft it, but it is mot at all likely that any government, least of all a Labor Govâ€" ernment, will lighten the burdens of landlordism in this particular wayâ€" or in any way. It would be a beauti; ful arrangement for the landlords, but would leave the governmont with the land on their hands. The Duke‘s other suggestion was that some people might buy the islands in Loch Lomond, which happen to be, in a legal sort of way, his property. It is doubtful if Socialâ€" ists will admit thit they are his proâ€" perty at all. At any rate, the Govâ€" ernment won‘t rise to this bait. Some people thought the Corporation of Glasgow would, and they raiged the question at a Town Council meeting. But the Council turned it down at onee, without discussion. In the village of Mahammi, northâ€" east Kyauktam, only: four of 120 houses were left_standing. Loss of human ifte was fortunately small. The whole Kaladan Valley from Parstwa to ‘Mychsung was affected only a width of 60 miles. _ ‘The government is taking reli¢f measures. . The chances seem goo@ for Lioyd George‘s holding the balance of powâ€" er in the new House of Commons. Damage Estimated at $1,000,â€" 000 â€" Whole Villages Washed Away ». Akyab, Burma, Indiaâ€"Total damaâ€" ge estimated at nearly $1,000,00 has been done by floods resulting from summary yesterday said there had been disasterous effects in the townâ€" ship of Kyauktem and Myobaung, one of the most thickly populated and prosperous argas in this district, and in the Arakam, hill district. The flooded area covers 10,000 acres and befween 10,000 and 15,000 families have lost everything, includâ€" Ing al food and seed grain. _ The flood reached Paletwa in Nortiaern Arakan and only a few government buildings in the highest part escaped. NEW SUGGESTION that man <can balance!â€" Two expeditions have been éxpected to penetrate into theâ€"region of Lake Eyre, the great stretch of salt water in central Australia which, though disâ€" covered 90 years ago, is "still surâ€" rounded with mud and mystery." One expedition has been organized by Samuel Upton, a fellow of the Royal Empire Society. The other exâ€" pedition was to be sponsored by the South Australian branch of the counâ€" cil of the Royal Geographi¢ Society. On the eve of the departure of the Upâ€" ton expedition, it was announced that the geegraphic society would defer its plan and lend its official support to Mr. Upton‘s efforts. One reason for the action of the geographic society was that the leader of its proposed exped.tion was Cecil Madigan, acting professor of geology at Adelaide University. _ Professor Madigan may now accompany Sir Douglas Mawson upon his projected expedition to the Antarctic this year, although definite plans await Sir Douglas‘ return to Adelaide where he holds the chair of geology at the uniâ€" versity. Adelaide, S. Aus.â€"The "rain makâ€" ers," who hope to irrigate a vast area in South Australia from the sky, have just joined forces here and ended the prospect of duplication of their field expeditions. At the same time it beâ€" came known that the scope of the reâ€" search is to be widely extended. Into this region where the mirage sets up a "wall of glass" through which it is impossible to see, engineers would drive a long canal, to connect the lake with the sea. This project, they declare, would give an annual rainfall of about one inch to an arid region which for successive years has little or no precipitation. TWO EXPEDITIONS JOIN. The Upton expedition will seek to end the "thousand miles of ignorance" of the Lake Eyre region, which inâ€" cludes Torrgens Lake, Frome Lake and Lake Gairdner. These lakes have a combined surface nearly double the area of Wales. The expedition, it now is learned, will study the feasibility of Plan to Make AMERICAN TRANSATLANTIC PLANES CRA-QKB uP Green Flash, t.ry;utlanuc aeroplane of Capt. Yancey and Rogor Williams, being dragged ashore after it crashed taking off from Old Orchard, Me., recently. Neither pilots were hurt, Rain Makers Propose To Get Moisture by Driving Long Canal in Australia g y‘ * TROOPING THE COLORS ON KING‘S BIRTHDAY Duke of Connaught, Prince of Wales, Duke of York and Lord Lascelles inspecting troops at colorâ€"trooping. Australia Wet â€" Green Flash Crashes On Attempted Takeâ€"Of aonr ocms aure ces e 002L Nt m i+ WILL STULPY MINERALS. Extensive study of the mineral wealth of the region will also be underâ€" taken. The natural or artificial use of the drained areas of some of the lakes for growing such creps as rice and millet will be investigated. concentrating the freshâ€"water floods of the Diamentine, Cooper and more easterly creeks into one of the lakes which is above seaâ€"level as a means of conserving bood waters now unconâ€" trolled. The possibility of utilizing this seeâ€" tion of South and Central Australia brings up the problem of transportaâ€" tion and Mr. Upton‘s expedition will consider the use of the canal for this purpose, affording an outlet from the lakes to Spencer‘s Gulf. Mr. Upton points out that Lake Eyre is unique among the lakes of the world, for man has not yet sucâ€" ceeded in reaching the main body of its waters, or in sounding its depths. The waters of the Great Artesian Baâ€" sin are believed to flow naturally into the lake, and from time to time, enorâ€" mous floods reach it, yet rarely are its waters seen from the shore. Winnipeg,Man.â€"The search for oil in the western provinces is extending into Manitoba, and announcement is made oi the formation of a syndicate of eastern ‘capitalists to drill in the Ochre River field. The new organizaâ€" tion, which is called the Carter Oil Syndicate, has taken over the holdings of 1,300 acres south of Ochre River. London.â€"With clockwork precision a full rehearsal of matters connected with the King‘s drive through London on his return from Windsor Castle was carried out by troops and perâ€" sonnel of the Royal stables. The state landau with full equippeage travelled from the Royal stables in Kensington where they .were met by a squadron of life guards. At the point selected for the King and Queen to change from the motor car to the carriage the troops formed aline. Then a motor car stopped at the curb and at a sharp word of. comâ€" mand from the office commanding Full Rehearsal of King‘s Drive f Through London Carried Out "Colorful" Scene in Old London TORONTO Joseph Lizotte of Riviere Quelle caught 190 porpoise from May 21 to 25, His process is to skin the fat off and then to skin the hide and cook the fat in vats. It is then reâ€"cooked and the oil is put into barrels and the balance which is dry meat is used as feed for farm animals. The oil is barâ€" relled and sold in the United States and Montreal ard fetch»s from 45 to 55 cents a gallon. He expects to obâ€" tain an income or at least a profit on this season‘s work of approximately $6,000. He employs about 20 men in this operation during the season which lasts some six weeks with in‘ermittant intervals. the cavairy the men saluted with down swords. The door of the car was opened and then shut, and the car drove away. Close behind the car came the Royal landap and the motion of opening the door and the handing in of the King and Queen, following which the drive to Buckingham Palâ€" ace was started. The change from one vehicle to the other took less than three minutes. Then the cavalry diâ€" vided into escort and cavalcade and centered to Hyde Park, _ through Queen‘s gate and the procedure was gone through again and again until every movement was carriedâ€" out with exactitude. Menace to Fishery Is Turned to Profit The porpoise come in shoals, the process of catching them is in a large weir built into a bay comprising 72 acres. When the tide com»s in and any porpoise come into the weir they cannot get out and on the tide recedâ€" ing the porpoise is left stranded on the shore. The skins are cured with salt and sell for 14 cent. a pound for leather in Montreal and Quebec. The average weight of the white whales runs about 1,500 pounds. Lady (instructing new maid): "When a visitor comes, you must anâ€" nounce him to me first." Maid (the same evening): "Please, ma‘am, my sweetheart has come." Seaside Lotharioâ€""What is there I can do to prove I love you*" Hero Worshipperâ€"*"How â€"about swimming the Atlantic?" 6 The commissioner of Assam Valley estimated that 30,000 persons were driven from their homes in his district alone, while the flood in the Surma Valley inundated a region of 1,900 square miles. No accurate death figures were reâ€" ported, but it was believed hundreds had perished, and starvation and sufâ€" fering were widespread. The supply of rice was said to be low, and relief London.â€"The floods in India wers the worst in the country‘s history, acâ€" cording to an exchange telegraph disâ€" patch from Calcultta quoting officials in the affected territories. operations were hampered. The entire town of Salcher was under wator, Lord Balfour was born into statesâ€" manshipâ€"his mother was a Cecil. The only thing said against him as &A young man in parliament was that he took life in a leisurely way and was a philosopher rather than a man of action. He became a Minister of the Crown when he was 37; next year he was in the Cabinet, and the following year he was Chief Secretary for Ireâ€" land. After that no one said any more that he was not a man of action. In that most difficult of offices he won his spurs. â€" He won in Ireland: the hearts of many who were his sternest opponents, and he came back to the Conservative Loader in the House of Commons. When he was 54 he became Prime Minister and found the leadership of his party the most difficult of all his life‘s tasks, involving more than usual! ingratitude. The war brought him back into office (after an interregnum of eleven years) as First Lord of the Admiralty and later of Foreign Minâ€" ister in succession to Sir Edward Greoy. MISSIONS TO U.S.A. Under Conservative Governments more recently he has held the dignified position of Lord President of the Council. Among the most successful of his tasks have been two Missions to the United States, one during the war and one since, marked by the most enthusiastic appreciation of his personal and intellectual qualities. He has at cominand vast experience, breadth of judgment, the gift of fine speech, and he is a great gentleman. His withdrawal from the political arena, even at the age of cighty, is a national loss only modified by th fact that he may still serve History with These political services,â€"continued for 55 years, have been abundantly supplemented by high distinction as a philosophical writer, and lecturer, and TRUST AND ADMIRATION. «Many years have passed since Arthur Balfour lived amid the petty bitterness of keen party strife, and when he did they left him unscathed. He has long had the trust and admiraâ€" tion of men of all/shades of politics. In whatever great office he has repreâ€" sented his country all his countrymen have known that they would be served by him with a dignity, and ability, a personal charm and an Intellectual power that would add lustre to our statesmanship. h a varied essayist. The Order of Merit, the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the Chancellorships of Camâ€" bridge and Edinburgh Universities, and honorary degrees conferred by sixteen British, American, and forâ€" eign universities show how this great statesman is regarded by the world at large. Too often men who serve their genâ€" eration in the highest positions die before the world‘s appreciation has been adequately expressed. In the retirement of the Earl of Balfour from th public work in which he has virtually spent al his life till now, and whil yet he can make us his debtâ€" ors through his still active pen, it is a fitting opportunity to recall how faithful and how vast have been the labors of this servant of his country, a man whom all admire for the loftiâ€" ness of his characted, the sincerity of his aims, the wealth of his mental powers, and the grace of his personâ€" ality. Floods in India Worst in History Thirty Thousand Homelessâ€" Hundreds Believed to Have Perished The news that the Earl of Balfour now in his cightyâ€"first year, is selling his London house and retiring to his Scottish home, and thus withdrawing from the active life which he began 55 years ago, when he entered Parâ€" liament, has been received by every wellâ€"informed â€" British citizen with deep regret, for Britain has no finer statesman so rich in experience as he. his It is a dramatic thing when a man leaves the house he has lived in nearâ€" ly 60 years, and when it is one of the greatest men in a nation it is paâ€" thetic, too. $ Retires to His Scottish Home Withdrawing lâ€"f rom _ Active Life Which He Began 55 Years Ago saving devices are increasing through. out the West, accordiag to the Governâ€" ment Labor Bureau. The use of com» bines is becoming a leading factor in the mechanization of the farm. Last year there were 2,670 combines used im the Province of Saskatchewan, while Alberta used 1,067 and Mazsitoba 171. This year over 4,000 will likely be in use in aSskatchewan &lon. Ottawa.â€"Tourists®\ to Canada in 1928 spent about $250,000,000, accord. ing to estimates of the Burcau of Staâ€" tistics, this being an increase of aboutk $40,000,000 over athe previous year, The same statisticians figure that the amount spent by Canadians touring abroad is less than half of the above figure, or, roughly, $103,000,000. La Presse (Ind.): It is in the publie interest that samitary units should be properly constituted and should have permanent medical officers directing them, who are paid respectable sarâ€" aries. Without this condition it 4s hopeless to expect an improvement in the public bealth and a decreate im the prevalence of disease. It is cerâ€" tainly better to group together beveral little sanitary units which are insufâ€" ficiently organized, through lack of funds, and thus to turn them into ore _gnhflonsotthelmdm. ‘This is the policy followed in Britain and \%e United States. k There are times when diminutive aircraft perform evolutions in the air just as though Lilliputian airmen were holding the stick in tiny cockpits, For instance, when Frank Lauder wound up his R. 0. G. (Rise off the ground) monoplane and placed it on the ground near his home in South Norwalk, Conn., it made a regular "test flight." Taking off, after a short run, it bankâ€" ed in a wide circle to the right, came down in a perfect threeâ€"point landing, ran along the ground and climbed again for a straight flight of more than 500 feetâ€"all with one winding. Air escaping from a balloon propels another freak machine, designed by William Reitze, of Baltimore, Md. Just before the start of each flight, Reitze blows up a long balloon to which wings have been attached. Holding the combination aircraft aloft, he reâ€" leases the mouth of the balloon. The air, escaping violontly in ene direcâ€" tion, pushes the plane in the other! 100 Take Up Homesteads in Peace River District Montreal, _ P. Q.â€"One hundred Frenchâ€"Canadians originally {armers in the Province of Quebec, but more recently employed in the New Engâ€" land states, are doing their own pionâ€" eering work in the Peace River disâ€" trict, J. E. }cgmlt. colonization agent of the Capadian Pacific Railway, statâ€" ed on his return from the eWst reâ€" cently. While woundâ€"up ‘strands of rubber remain the standard motor equipment for model planes, other sources of power are constantly being tested. The most spectacular of these are the rocket planes. At the national meet at Atlanticâ€"City, last year, the rocket plane event was won by an ingenious little mpachine in which the "power piant" was a powder magazine stored in an ice cream soda straw! Canadian Farmers and soaring high in the air, headed over buildings for the o0cean. Memâ€" bers of the Coast Guard in fast moâ€" tor boats were called upon to follow it during its recordâ€"breaking twelveâ€" andâ€"oneâ€"half minute flight, They found it, nearly a mile from shore, proudly erect on ‘its tiny floats, riding the waves. weight dunz:n planes,. Two ol the little machi whirred into the air side by side. They imounted in great circles, lifted by updrafts under lowâ€" hanging clouds, When they disappearâ€" The vicinity was repeatedly searchâ€" ed but no trace of them came to light. They seemed to have disappeared from the face of the efrth. Because the flight of a model airâ€" plane is always an adventure, writes Edwin W. Teale in the August Popuâ€" lar Science Monthly, the fascinating sport is being taken up in all parts of the country. It has close to 200,000 enthusiasts who each year stage naâ€" These men all marr‘ed and heads of families, emigrated to the Wost from the United States some time ago. Fifty of them have alzeady taken up homesteads, preferring them to settled farms. # Of the hundred repatriated, only five were accompanied by their famâ€" ilies. One of the strangest accidents that ever befell a model airplane occurred over a field on the outskirts of Chiâ€" cago. Members of the Illinois Model Aero Club were tuning up featherâ€" weight duration planes. Two of the tional andglocal contests. Perhaps the most spectacular flight ever made by a model was that of a little rubberâ€"bandâ€"propelied seaplane owned by Tudot Morris of Peru, Ind., that started out to fly the Atlantic. Equipped with floats, it took off from a starting pool at Atlantic City, J., ed in the clouds, they were never seen again! _ _ Toy Planes Make Strange Adventures of Model Craft Like Real Machines !:(ll‘g â€" Suk.â€"fl(echainicul iabor« Quit U.S. For West Public Health | the the wl ull Digni urC MURL 14 erne sC