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Cold d is ly uré 4# Lord Dewar sAid that the distiliet‘s company to â€" whichâ€"ke belouged bad gone in for the production of,bodies coutaining awcobol as required in cerâ€" tain‘ industrie«. "You must not elope wi? thhe r, Ke anid, "that we only cator. to the inner man..,,Consumption of alcohol in tirat direction is decreasâ€" ing so.rapidly that we are.casting our bread upoun other ~waters. Cast your bre? upon, the waters and you will reallze how many people are after it." esp bher denly have put out mére wise cracks than Goorge Rernard Shaw, revealed his ‘panacea Tor war in a speech recently at the annual chemical dinner here. ‘"Within ten years‘ time," he said, "chemistry and airships should make war impossible. Presentâ€"day defences on both land and sea may become ob solete before nattons can "agree on disarmament . Naval disarmaments are good, but whan you get rid of one trouble another always appears The way to outlaw war is to climinate the cause of war. One way to abolish wars for all time would be.to agree to postâ€" pone ‘the next conflict untilt World War debts are all paid. Chemistry and the Gospel Wave done more for civilization and the well being of manâ€" kind than any other phase of human activity *‘ . London.â€"Lord Bewar, who is evem more celebrated for his epigrams than for his whiskey, and "who is satd to "No man canâ€" tell â€"the number: of blondes the Imperial Chemical Indus tries have made for the benefit of manâ€" kind. Was it Shakespeare whose‘genâ€" tiemen preferred blondes" But wo must not forget that the black sheep of the family isn‘t always a blond." "Shill you have yoet to invent a for tllizer which will make lawn seed grow half an inch and tWon stop." _ â€" H "Dick is & to take him who bave to of medicine." "Man is the moblest wor! but nobodyâ€"ever said so but self," £ 4 Creat Waterspout Crop of Epigrams © . The following u,o among the latest crop of Dewarisms of this epigramâ€" matical Scotchman: "There seems to be no finality i the discofgries in chemistry. Yo have been able to make two hair grow where only one grew before." "Some electrify their audiences and others only gasâ€"them." "Chemists can gas an audience." "I should like to be a chemist now." "A combined saxophoneâ€"bagpipe bhas been inventedâ€"chemists also discoyâ€" ered Nuâ€"lothal gag recently." "Whether genihs is tcansmissible or not in the world is chemistry‘s ques tion tut all anthorities agree as to gout," > » "Football and chot lies." Ab Severat vyears ago, ; Mro. Alfted fis, a ,Dromiiq resident, M‘gid nly. She had eo?n,‘tdnd of RNowars, pecially â€" lilies. mediately after t death several white lillies in her rdon‘ suddenly . stopped blooming or husband gave them to a gardener, ho tended them carefully, but they mained barren and flowerless. Hard to Explain Hurls Takes Fling at Football U hurried Debts Are Paid eer From Scotland Barrage of Wittiâ€" the hous th Seen in Channel ence rspout in the Chanâ€" om Deal for about itly. _ Looking like ss, Tmass of cloud farge, conicalshap ny Speaker is Audiâ€" flowerless. , piants bloomed hey had ceased s, however, inâ€" wore a deep i he found that day. y the sudden Jeifs. â€"When run in famt t M «~| Australian Premier », For Empire Trading | @ydney, NBW.â€"T. R. Bavin, Preâ€" mier of New South Wales, who re [cenny returned from a trip to Engâ€" | tand aud Canada, has delivered sevâ€" eral speeches strongly urging the necessity for closer trading relations of tha Dominions of the Empire with the =mother country and. with ,each / .other. ; _’ by spring World competition in the building | of bigger and faster liners began to |have its effect on London more than f: quarter of a century ago. . ‘The | growing number of passengers ships "too big" for the port of London hbeâ€" gan, in effect, to push London farâ€" ther from the sea. . London‘ answer | to the threat which this involved has | been (the . pouring . of millions â€" of pounds sterling into harbor. improveâ€" ments. [ “Existm&:’nter-zmlflu' miphinery ig unsatis ry. It we Itayg a real policy by péoplesywho. â€"nincfiy-.@& uaild something more..,thah‘"" mera, Tormality, this machinery . @Wculty, w pass. . But let us havo a .real m‘ pefal poticy on â€" all mutten:‘( mll interdet to,the Empire, It ds _enly byl cq}-:pmtlon that secial unf indus / trld! progzess can be made. The fac that I-ofave come, back with g deepéert loge for and pride in Eng*ld anmd Tho Empireo does not make*‘nme any tha less a good Austratian *‘ _at Tilbury Docks _ â€" .. Longon.â€"London ‘has moved itself back to the ocean, whore it used to be in‘ the days of Drake." < By spring, wlhen the next» rush: of transatlantic tousisty begins, travelers. will ~ find that they can safl un to London‘s very doorstep in the biggest And fastest ships. a & & K. mud fl:’s. »Poised on 60 steep ponâ€" toons, tag floating stage is connected with the customs hall and railway staâ€" tion by five bridges for foot and motor traffic. S London Has‘Moved Back to the Ocean Transatlantic Passengers in "The Imperial Government: belieyâ€" ed, with a certain.amount of justificaâ€" tion," continted Mr. Bavin, "that this problem was an Empire matter. It is ond of the agzstments we. must make, sot"only in regard to, unemâ€" ployment but Ptg trade as well.;~ This, too, is an Empire problem,, rather, than a British problem. Theâ€"avenues for trado outside the impire are m udlly being=«closed.. . The U Btrates is actalty" discovuraging=trade with the, Dominiong.~ The infegchattge of goods and products within the Kimâ€" pire should be encouraged in every way possible. I.do not refer to Emâ€" Theatre Audience â€" Applauds Ruler His entrance brought the audience to its feet in a prolonged tumultuous cWeer. _ The monarch, looking fit and bronzed, waved his band and smiled happily. â€" The cheering continued, deâ€" laying the raising . the curtain. Te free trade: that is a dream. But that does not necessarily ~mean we cannot do more than we are.doing. "The sooner the Dominions regard the Britisk Empiro as an economic unit in relation to the rest of the world the better it will be for all members of the British. Commont wealth of Nations," he declared when addressing members of the Legacy Club. Cns â€" " Londou.â€"â€"King George went to a theatro recently for the Arst time since his iliness, and "stole the show" from the actors themselves. Marie." After the performance the audience sang "God Save ‘the King," while the King bowed his acknowledgment. Instead of duemb.rklnw Southâ€" ampton or Liverpool and ‘going 78 to 200 miles by train, they will be able to land at Tilbury docks, a balf hours‘ tide from‘the big London hoteld. .The new Tilbusy entrance lock, capable A handling any passenger ship aftoat, was o,ened recently.. By spring the new landing stageâ€"and railway station are scheduiecd to be ready. Theâ€"mew entrance lock is 1,000 feet long, 110 feet wide and 45% feet deep, or roomy enough to handle the 915â€"foot length of the 8.3. Majestic with plenty of space to spare. . The new landing stage, which floats in the river, is 1142 feet long and les 170 feet fromâ€" the concrete "shore" which has been built upon what used to be Inter Empire Trading Creating Interest in all Parts of Huge Organization His Majesty "Steals Show" From Actors at Drury He was cheered again by a large crowd on leaving the theatro. A T50â€"f0o0t drydock, capable of beâ€" ing lengthened to 1,000 feet without interference with operation, is also under consiruction, and will be ready Biggest: Ships Can Land If the five powors can meet on the five points when they coms: together for naval reduction, there will be no lquestlon as to the outcome. With the cqmpletion of the Myponga reservoir, th&ve water schemes seryâ€" ing the metropolitan area will have an aggregate capacity of nearly 15,000,â€" 000,000 gailons. That is, assuming the smaller reservoir will be built, but if.the larger catchment is carried out, the figures wil} ifirhmore than 17,000,; 000,000 gallons~ ~The catchment area o fthe Myponga reservoir will be about 50â€"square miles, and that of the other our‘ reservoirs~is 475 square milos. Bext largest reservoir to that pro= posed at Mypongaâ€" is â€"Mil{brook, 2,050,â€" Up te«the prasent . South Agstralia has spent ngarly $50,000,000 on .water Adelaide, Australiaâ€"The annual rainfall average having been more than ‘seven inches short, the Governâ€" menkt hege is discussing water restricâ€" tions for the coming summer, and garâ€" dens in the>â€" metroolitan ~aréa may either have to be abandoned ‘or their demands severely limited. _ : To guard aghainst serious . shortage in future, preliminary steps are now being taken. It is proposed to build a reservoir twice thre size of the present largest scheme, situated in the Adeâ€" laide Hills at Millbrook, which, when full, resembles a miniature â€"harbor. But the capacity of Millbrock is only 3,650,00,,000 gallons. At Myponga, situated 30 miles south of Adclaide, it is intended to erect in embankment 0,400,000,000 gallons. vew lake. . This year the wator in the Millbrook reservour got so low that the chimney of the eld.â€"mill showed up for the first time since the area was qood- ed many years ago. _ . The building of the resorvoir will submerge one of the prettiost landâ€" scapes3> in South Australia, ~Farm housas, â€"roads, schools: and extensive red guam flats will form the bed of the South Australia to Meet Water Need Greatest Drawbhack to Austraâ€" lia is Lack of Adequate Water Supply \ Those «Wips will take grain to Euâ€" rope when Europe requires grain most The demonistration will â€""be convincing. But the Port is arranging to handle a record arrival of ships in the near future. Ts : PEK â€" % Western Harborâ€" Anticipates Huge Increase in Shipâ€" ping Business Vancouver, B.C.â€"Nothing can preâ€" vent Vaucouver from breaking all her records as an ~xPorting Port following teleg::an:s received here by relatives from séamen and officers of ships now en route here for grain. They will prove to the world. that Canada is ‘not an iceâ€"bound country dependent â€" on â€"movement . over . the Great Lakes or through eastern chanâ€" nels. £ As the coast elevators are emptied they will be filled with more grain and the movement can proceed until all orders=are filled. _‘ +. ; x The ships have not been posted, beâ€" ing freightets, but they: are coming for grain cargoes. 4 l Recent fAurries in price .did notâ€"afâ€" fect Vancouver grain. â€" Vancouver has elevators lining the waterâ€"front full of grain and in the interior there are more éevators. m Vancouver Port Will Establish , TO BLOOM BUT FOR A SINGLE NIGKT.\ °_ < = . «sl Nightâ€"blocming Cereus, owned by Mrs, McCartney of ‘dtfu_lz: t* at night for only. one night each year, the flowers lasting but a f sw ho rfl} It is a member of the cactus family. & i Fie: 4 New High Record TORONTO Tolls of Death in European Storm Five Members of Crew of * . Finnish Schooner Are > Drowned London.â€"Man‘s efforts to conquer the seas brought additional tales of death and rescue from various parts of stormâ€"ravaged Europe : during the past week in England and Europe. Five members of the crew . Were! Ohjposo dele drowned and six rescued from the Fit| man of the 1 ninsh schooner Draken near Uta, Finâ€" forence aiso land. The Draken was smashed on | of J; Merlie the rocks during a gale. on Sunday | though he v night, and more than 24 attempts at| tiil his succe rescue failed because of high seas. |â€" Lord Hail ..A violent tempest swept numerous sections of France Tuesday, ravaging shipping .. _and destroying . nets . and small bBoats. i * h â€" The Italian,steamer Arborea landed at Civita â€"Vecchia with the pilot and wireless operator of a Marseilles{toâ€" Algiers plane, the third forced down on the. Mediterranean in two weeks without loss of life. ‘The two Frenchâ€" men of the plane‘s crew woere at the point of exhaustion from starvation andâ€"exposure when reéscued. _‘ Thousandsâ€"of nets were lost by Briâ€" tish fishing fleets which set out beâ€" fore storm warnings reached them on Monday. A Lowestoft report said 200 Scotâ€" tish ‘drifters lost 6,600 nets and that the fishermen might be forced to abanâ€" don ‘their work. Two. driiters sank with the loss of three lives. Four hundred Yarmouth drifters lost 20,000 nets, yalued at $750,000, mewemesaal ;)\ © .0( |> < SUCCESS *# * ‘"_}) It is no success to Build up a forâ€" . * tume. withouts a ter;, but it is 'f,"m thgbl:h‘oat mc% up,a ‘char. fow "gttctu, and the fertune natura‘ly goes $ W "og §)) With HUAB); rpiâ€" m ror‘ag#rt 4 ~Af I never met eople who can be more enâ€" thusiastic in the welcone they give a ‘Stranger than the people. of Cansgda and the United State® have shown emselves to be. It was great. , ; Canada has »built at. St.. Hubert‘s, , Montrea}, a mgoring‘ iaist which.is to accommodaté.,the . Râ€"101 when it makes i(s transatlantic Aights, but even Lplsfifi;nltlal fight will notâ€"take Mlave unti} next )g , The o[fih?n is cxpoéssed,t‘*t ‘transitlantic "voyâ€" ages will be m e first by the lighter i th:;rfx-a}r craft '%nu later by multipleâ€" engined .giant, planes, .: _°~ x *_s#-um’ are" #overnÂ¥ient * ofliz-(nlsl + ‘:3:-. Wfit’ ‘plahe flbssmgsi ‘are" not féa*flblék‘tt *they dizsâ€" ourage" "ary â€" Eraitu Kti@Rile fÂ¥ing, @.’ imgs â€"preipie ~Wib â€"f bibkip i. 3t Governmenit Caanoi~ axgected. to send | searchers out,-ft’timfi‘ that come dow» in Canagian Ed tory. ".’5 alter » of * fact » such searches®‘ & i&:&%m ernment planes, but no fyer is en couraged Ro attetupti fhr 5) ‘â€"~. .‘ 5 MacDonald Talks _‘ Holland Observes On American‘Trip. â€" Third Century of _ The audience," w! mfi Friends‘ Meeting n":e, various refereneg;to the new Anfi* American ‘frierdship. ‘The Prime Minister stater that "in my whole life . ~*We went out to the States and a numbér of pcople gave us solemn warning not to take the risk.. But if there‘is a doctrine that I have been preaching insistently for a great numâ€" ber of years,; it is the doctrine that you have to take risks in order to get peace. I took tWem, and I think I was wholly justified in doing so." _ Son in Japan * Tokio.â€" Malcoim . B,. . MacDonald, Labor member of the British Parjiaâ€" ment and son of Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald, declared himself very much impresred with the presenâ€" tation of Japan‘s case with regard to Manchuria as placed before the Inâ€" stituce of Pacific Relations, now in session at Kioto, by Yosuke Matsuoka, former viceâ€"president <of the South Manchuria Railway, Lord Hailsham, former Lord Chanâ€" cellor of the United Kingdom and chairman of the British delegation at the conference, declared that arbitrary abolition of ¢extra territoriality in China by decree of the Nanking Govâ€" erament on January 1, 1930, would be condemned by the whle world as an extreme breach of international Jaw and as the greatest ossible proof that China was not ready for such rights. Patience, he said, is all China meeds to:â€"gain her end in this matter. + Dominion Officers ’UnaY"arc of | Negotiations Wit â€" imperial Airways Ottawa, Ont.â€"Reports of a trafiss atlfntic _ alr" Sorvice betwger Great Britain and Canada nre considérefAs highify premature by officers %;l:o! Royfl"?anadian Air Porce, thk 4: dian Air Board, the Air Mail Service and the. Ministry./of National Defe «The‘ passage~ of the "~Att@ntic by plane will Some day be"aâ€"daily row tine Dit that dhy: i vonsidered as far distant.~> ‘ The crossing" so far has been purely in the ex’poflmeg:al Aslage. Government oficials have: tTeard moâ€" thing of any, Canadian company en tering info negbtiatfms with ihe Imâ€" perial : Airway‘s . for . sugha sCtmgce.a i to . Windsor and: Detroit. ‘ ~Connec. tions. are made with transâ€"American‘ air lines from â€" Detroit..â€"â€"Christian , Science Monitor. 4 Alaae 4 Although he recognizes China‘s disâ€" content with the present situation in Manchuria, Mr, MacDonald said there was a great deal of merit in the Japâ€" anese viewpoint.. He believes that the difficulties between China and Japan could be settled if a mixed commission would get together and discuss frankâ€" ly the two countries‘ mutual roblems. China was selected to be host to the next conference of the Institute, two years honce, but the Chinese city in which the session will be held was not chosen. Dr. David Yui, leader of the Chinese delegation, was @lected chairâ€" Canada‘s ‘attontich » at. â€" present is directed to Wufi fl'”nu to bridge the tho afl(n‘flmu ol rocks and treed \yln:’%@n’ astorn ‘and western Canada, sdnd (the ‘grew barâ€" rler to the expedition of :?l:lnéu. Airmail service now ‘exikts to and from the liners in. the"8t, Lawrencé passing Father Point; from Mohbtreal to »Ottawa ,and ‘Toronto, and thence Canada Scouts â€" Plan of Ocean man of the next conference. The conâ€" ference aiso accepted the resignation ol J. Merie Davis, as secretary, al though he will continue to serve unâ€" til his successor is .appoinied. memnin nmn mA it n n e Plane @8 was seized by the police, was found ,!! toncentain $80,000 worth of jewels. . tg»-; "siy~*: "Stolen Gems are The Kev. Dafli Watson, moving & resolution (0 the«pffect that that meetâ€" ing oppoled | everytWag ‘ that would «desivroy the spcrednes« »aud. restâ€" of the ~Sabbath: Day, sald that Abe. railâ€" ‘way . tompantes,by offering cheaper fares than on »ediWary days,â€"Anoited tha‘ peogle to traÂ¥el and © secularize the D&th, e also existed a muniW' *@id their clvig~ athe) . t ‘to ‘ the peoâ€" pleâ€" to golt and howls?t T# reference to execursions he stated that ho could give many is where, at the inâ€" Atigation _ g_& 'fi«cathom *Chitech kpe w noâ€"hed been runm on Sabbath Day., ® Dutch enterprise has established in the ‘Indiesâ€"a territory equal to halt the area of Europe, excluding Russia â€"ra close network of agricultural es# _ mh’ factories and mines, which p@ % vide ample work for the natives : 4 in â€" many parts have considerably raised their standard of living. ' Ruropean estates in Netherlands Indies Are of considerable importance. Generally speaking, the cultivations consist of crops, the produce of which can ouly be. hartestedâ€"after many years, or the raw material which re quires a Jengthy and expensive preâ€" paration betore it is ready for the marâ€" On Wim was found a‘diamond of 16 cara(s, valued at $40,000" He deciae ed tbat he was culling for a .certain Okroun Daho. The lafter, when an Science Monitor." . For the milling of the sugar crops in Java alone there are 180 factories. _ ket. ‘The agriculture carried on by the native population, on the other hand, consists chiefly of annual crops which for the greater part, possess a market value without being subjectod to a complicated preparation, and which can often be mortgaged «x sold while still standing in the field. stream of commerce flows between the Indies and the Néthertanis, One of the latest developments has been the recent inauguration of a regular postal air service by the Royalâ€" Dutch Aur Lines, betweep Amsterdam and Batavia, _ On Nov:bef 1, 4988, ~a start was made with Dutch East Inâ€" dian Auland air commuhication, thhe Koninkléke ~ Nederlandche » Indisce Luchtvaart Maatschappli) (K. N. 1. L MABRoAl DutcK Fast Indies Air Lines) bo#inning Its activities on (hat dute. . Parisâ€"~A &tirglar who during the summer season broke Into a dozck villas at Deauville, Leâ€" Touguet an@ Biarritz, . and. collecied. ~altogother whout $280,000" worth ofâ€" jowels, has been arcested in Paris, * resled, adnng‘ ted that he had carrigh out*a‘ d ogen aries ‘at select Nor mandy resorts, j _ A.4maillâ€"walise which Daho had onâ€" trusted to &. cate keeper, and which Scots Sabbath i No: > .,.,, Puni:;.&nw London"~ Pre®idies "At "lie antraal mobting " of ~the" S¢ottign _ 8abbath Préotection Association in Glaskow reâ€" cently, Sir Archibald Campbei!l, of Buccoth, Bart., stated thay=~there was a tremendgus tide setting in against the o!mu)caoah Lord‘s Day, The chief "offenders, "shid," were ‘thosb who cou)d get: thalr pleasure on aiâ€" most every ‘day of the week;> . , ~ * As M. Jacob, m cutter of precious btones, who frequently journeys be tween Paris and Amstergam, was arâ€" resled at the Gare du Nord recontly. Yet the native population has taken, espocially during the last fow years, a more or less effective share in the exâ€" port of most of the above produce. The standard of quality of this native produce stands, however, considerably below that of European estates, For instance, the sugar factories in Java produce . exclusively crystal sugar, while the pative manufacturers only veryâ€" primitive . and practically unreâ€" fined sugar cakes. As far as rubber is concerned, the native population produces a poorly prepared product, which is mixed with a large quantity of water and wifich has to undergo further preparation beâ€" fore it is ready for the market, Politically, the . Netherlands Indies form part of the kingdom of (the Netherlands cofming under Dutch l&w, Practically speaking, however, its inâ€" terference is limited to the legislaâ€" tion; which .affects th. economic situaâ€" tion With this exception the Nother lands Indies emjoys administrative self gevernment on a large scale The suâ€" preme power is executed by the goverâ€" norâ€"general in the name of the Queen, Since 1918 a representative body has existed, known as the "Volksraad" (People‘s Council), the members of which are partly elected and partly apâ€" pointed by the governorâ€"general. Powerful ties have beer kot up beâ€" tween the mother ‘country. and ~the Dutch East Indies and a continuous Dutch East Indies Found;By Police af $ &