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PAGE | WQ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1928 ENGLISH VETERAN SERVED UNDER 9 PRINE MINISTERS John Kerr Retiring From Post of Foreman of Supply Division (By Canadian Press) London Oct. 23.--Johm Kerr is retiring from thé post of foreman of the supply division of Office of Works after 42 years rvice, during which he served under nine e ministers. 4+ Kerr, an active man nearing 80 years of age, was born at Luss, Yoch Lomond, and came to Lon- don as a youth. It was his respon- sibility to arrange the furnishings of state apartments on great oc- casions and to see to the equipment generally of the residences of mem bers of the Royal family and eab- 'inet ministers. He supervised the equipment of the foreign office, No. 10 Downing street. St. James Pal- ace, and in bygone days Osborne House and Windsor Castle. He helped to arrange for the corona- tions of King Edward and King George. "Beginning with Gladstone, 1 have arranged the furnishings of No. 10 for nine Prime Ministers," said Mr. Kerr to a newspaperman. "Getting No. 10 ready is a difficult job. Some Prime Ministers like to bring their own furniture (Mr. Baldwin i one of them), while others vely more an the Office of Works, I shall always remember Mr. Bonar Law for his little dog Farnham. He used to follow me miles from Downing street, and it was marvellous that he did not get lost. 1 draped St. George's Chapel for the funerals of King Edward and Queen Victoria, and 1 was foreman at the dismantling of Os- borne House and the preparation of it as a convalescent home for soldiers and sailors." The money the other fellow has is capital; getting it away from him is Labor.--St. Catharines Standard. When you see a five dollar bill on the collection plate, it means there is a candidate in the congre- gation.--Border Cities. Star, AIRPORTS IN FLORIDA BECOMING NUMEROUS Sarasota, Fla., Oct. j= lands is rapidly becoming WR as an "airminded" state, in the opinion of the nation's leading aviation ex- perts. Practically every town of any size and many smaller ones now have municipal landing fields. The latest manifestation of inter- est in things aeronautical is the for- mation of a state-wide on, headed by Frank Redd, an attorney, to develop aviation; to secure lation to safeguard flying in state and "to accomplish for aero: planes what good road associations Have done for the automobile." "The r organization of air ways," Mr, Redd declares, "is as im- portant today as the movement for good roads was 20 years ago, The aeroplane is here. Its value as a means of transportation has been established, Lines stretch from coast to coast, tieing up the larger cities into a huge network. "In the east, air transport lines link New York, Boston, Chi Richmond, Va., Atlanti and New leans. In this state we have a line linking Key West with Havana, Cuba, It has been given a charter to ex- tend its service to Porto Rico and the Canal Zone. A mail route be- tween Atlanta and Miami will be in operation soon, and within a short time, probably, passenger and mail lines will operate from the east and mid-west through Florida to Cuba, the West Indies and to South Ame- rica." TAKEN BY BURGLARS Windsor, Oct, 23.--Two armed "pants" burglars entered the home of George McAskin, Oulette aven- ue, an invalid, at noon yesterday and escaped with a pair of trous- ers containing $11, following 2 struggle with the sick man. He reported to the Windsor pol- jce that the men ransacked his bedroom but found nothing that interested them except his trous- ers. As they started to leave, Me- Askn hobbled from his hed and landed several, telling blows on each of the pair, he told the police, He gave a description of the ban- dits to the officers who answered his call A well concerted effort is said Ito be afloat to re-introduce whis- kers for men, Something will eer- tainly soon have to be dome in or- der to distinguish the sexes -- Brantford Expositor. 30 £361 56 $13.00 7 wv in eli 14--$12.50. Praia i Beauty and Convenience Waterman's New Made Fd b- ih 00." GYRO-SHEATH Desh Sets Beautiful: = thoroughly prac- tical ~-- made business men and to ornament the home, Waterman's new GYRO-SHEATH Desk Sets will appeal to you instantly! 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BRITAIN PREPARES FOR POULTRY MEET World Poultry Congress To i Be Held in London i 4 In 1930 | London, Oct. 23.--The interest created throughout the forty coun tries which participated in the last congress at Ottawa, Ont, indi cates the expectation that Great Britain will, not fall short of her predecessors' in the part of host to the World's Poultry Congress when it is held in this country in July 1930. + The Congress assumes more im- portance than functions of this nature ordinarily enjoy, because it follows upon such events in Hal land, Spain, and Canada, which were given a national character by the Governments of those coun- tries, It was at the invitation of Mr. Baldwin, on behalf of the Bri- tish Government, that the decision was reached to hold the next Coa- gress in England. Already plans are being prepared in Canada and the United States for organized parties in connection with the Con- gress; and it is belleved that some thousands will avail themselves of this opportunity to visit England, In undertaking the organization of the Congress the Ministry of Agliculture attaches much import. ance to the occasion, which, it is anticipated will not only bring a great number of people to this country, but will provide a much- needed stimulus to the extension and development of the egg and poultry producing industry, Jt 18 understood that the King and Queen and the Prince of 'Wales have consented to become patrons; and it is eypected that the Min- isters of Agriculture for England and Wales and Northern Ireland, with the Secretary of State for Scotland, will be the official presi- dents, Preliminary activity has neces- garily heen devoted largely to ar- rangements for the great exhibi- tion, which to the general public will be the chief feature of the Congress, and there can be little doubt that the Crystal Palace will eventually be chosen as the most suitable site for the most compre- hensive display of poultry and small stock that has ever heen staged, This, it is anticipated, will be mainly of a demonstration- al character, though a competi- tive element will doubtless be in- troduced. A number of committees, repre- sentative of every hranch of the poultry and allied industries, will be appointed, and the secretarial and directorial duties will be un- dertaken by the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, PAPER MULCH FOR FERTILIZER IS "WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD" Plant City, Fla., Oct. 23.--The first practical use of paper mulch as an aid to crop production ever to he undertaken in this country on a sig- nificant scale, is planned hy Florida truck and berry farmers this fall, For four years the federal depart- ment of agriculture has heen experi- menting with paper mulch, Results show that it stimulates plant growth and cuts cultivation costs for almost every crop except peanuts. The idea originated in the pineapple fields of Hawali, where producers used $500, 000 worth of mulch last year and raised 30 per cent more pineapples. While government tests leave it still a debatable question whether mulch can he used economically on the lar- ger field crops, they have shown that the paper may be applied profit- ably to vegetables and fruits. In that light the Florida farmers are to use mulch on truck and berry crops. The paper, for which they already are placing orders, is manufactured in rolls 150 to 800 yards long and 18 to 86 yards wide, It is black, very tough, and similar to ordinary roofing paper. It is laid down either between rows of vege- tables, or on top of the beds. In the latter case, holes are cut in the paper to permit the plants to come through. Those who have used mulch in this country say it minimizes the need for cultivation to keep down weeds; retains moisture; aids in keeping plants free from insects and disease; increases the activity of Necessary bacteria by raising soil temperature; produces more abund- ant and earlier crops, thereby af- fording additional planting time be- fore the growing season ends. 8. R. Heatherington, of Orange County, probably is the first grower in this state 'to use paper mulch, Several years ago be covered a 20- acre field of strawberries. and obtain- ed the largest yleld he ever had. Others in the same section, where winter strawberries are produced on an enormous scale, have used mulch in a small way, Celery growers, Loo, bave used it to some extent for bleaching, When their celery reach- ed ig desired height, strips of paper were placed full length of the row in such fashion as would out the sunlight and leave the ks creamy white. PAYS HUGE SUM FOR ATLANTIC CALL London, Oct. 23.--The longest and most expensive Transatlantic telephone call since the service was inaugurated bas been made by an American visitor in London. He rang up 2 business associa- tion in New York and spoke for 95 minutes, the talk costing $1, 425, says the Daily News. The connection was made about half past nine in the evening, and. with the exception of two small interruptions lasting only a few seconds, the talk continued with- out interruntion of any kind. years, Soak a cake of Royal Yeast, with a little in tepid water over Stir well, strain and the" Flavor is im. proved by adding the juice of an orange. ROYAL YEAST CAKES GAME HUNTER IS LIONIZED FOR HIS AID TO NATIVES Man-eating Tigers Were De- creasing Their Numbers-- All Killed By Hunters (By Canadian Press) Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 23--Mem- bers of the Moi tribe in the jungles of upper Indo China are happy again and go about singing nasal Mongol songs of praise for deliverance from the depth-note growls of man-eating tigers, To Howard 8. Reed, Cali: fornia big-game hunter, they give credit for removing the menace which had long terrorized their existence, 'While the Mois observe feast days in celebration of his achievement, Reed is back here with a grin of contentment on his face. The vet- eran explorer has several "hig cats" to his credit, and also what fis claimed as a world's record in Royal Bengal tiger hunting. He has brought to America the first series of man-eating tiger skulls of zoolo- gical record. His hag was 12 Royal Bengal ti: gers in 60 days--one every five days on an average, or what is said to be three times as many as any one-man expedition has accounted for in a season, The series of five skulls of man- eating tigers is officially attested to by the Banta chief of the Moi tribe. It is in the jungle highlands of the Mokong river, up near the Siam hor- der, that the Mois have their kraals and communal halls and villages, built high on poles for safety from the jungle beasts, Last year they abandoned the vil lage of Baum deh Glea, distant from Bangkok some 300 miles by map, but hundreds of thomsands of miles by primitive customs. More than 100 men and women of the Moi tribe were devoured by the man-eating Bengals during the summer season. So the Mois fled to other villages. Reed, on an Asiatic expedition for the Los Angeles Museum and Aca- demy of Sciences and the San Diego Zoological Society, reached Zulito, in the Moi country, early in the spring. The Banta chief of Zulite, with an escort of elders, hesought his aid. Their only weapons are spears and crossbows and arrows. hey told how the great tigers would pounce upon the maidens who went down to the streams for water. Messengers between villages were seized and carried off by the striped cats which lay in wait for humans rather than seek native deer for food as did other tigers. Reed was seeking tiger specimens. He discounted the Mol tales, he says, until a tiger ate one of his Safari guides. Then, after Reed had killed 12 Royal Bengals in 60 days, the chiefs identified five of them as man- eaters, Reed turned eastward, leav- ne, the Moi country as 8 worshipped ty KREISLER WOUNDS FINGERING HAND Winnipeg, Oct. 23. -- Suffering from a severe cut on the index fin- ger of his left hand, Fritz Kreisler, famed violinist had to cancel a con cert engagement here last night.- He sustained the cut while shay- ing and three stitches were neces. sary to close the wound. 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Compared with other towns Port Hope's milk test is good, according to Dr. Beamish, and has been for some time. Inspection of the dairies shows that everything is kept spice and span and that cleanliness is the outstanding feature of them all. The above facts came out at the last meeting of the year of the Port Hope Board of Health, which was held Friday afternoon with Presi- dent W. Fielding in the chair and members Mayor Edmunds, Dr. W. ¥F. Beamish and W. A. Bye, present. APPROVES OF MEN TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS Cambridge, Oct, 23.-- Discussion of sex differences at the British institute of Adult Education Con- ference at Cambridge recently led to a striking defence of "The Girl of the Moment by Miss Norington, head of the Bath street Women's Institute under the London County Council. Miss Norington said: "We have heen so long told of the limi- tations of women that it is time we stood up for them, The girl of the moment," she said, 'is better paid, has a daintier way of dressing, is not so marked out from the class above her." Of mixed classes she said: The influence of the young man teach- er has a fine effect for discipline an my girls. T would not be with- out a young man teacher for any- thing. Nothing prevents any ten- dency to hooligan behaviour more than a polite 'Good evening' from a young man teacher." Miss Phillips, of the Training College Association, said: 'The ex- perience of teachers and examiners fs that girls naturally are less flu- ent with their tongues, hut more fluent with their pen than hoys and men." NUSIC IN ENGLAND HAS DEPRECIATED Noted Orchestra Leader Says Country No Longer Noted for Its Music Leeds, Yorkshire, Oct. 23.--An indictment of Great Britain as a musical nation was made recently by Sir Thomas Beecham, noted or- chestra leader, at the Leeds Lunch- eon Club, England, he said, was the only country in the civilized world which was not only immeas- urably below the standard of oth- er nations, but had fallen baek terribly below the level of 235 years ago. The level of English singing was not what it was 25 years ago, "I have a clear recollection year by year of the musical life of this country, and I say that the level of singing is far lower than it was. The level of choral singing may be about the same in certain places. In regard to orchestras, 20 years ago the English orchestras took rank with the best on the contin- ent. Now there is not in the whole country ome in the first rank ac- cording to the estimate of most continental countries. As for com- position, the most precious mind. in music this country has produced for the last 50 years the greatest composer today is an Englishman. But the bulk of his work is quite unknown, not only in this country, but in the country of his birth, This man is Frederick Delius, It is the most difficult thing in the world to find a singer, but there are great English singers they are to be heard, but it is in every other country under the sun. These great artists do not think it worth while to live in this country. "You have in this country that superannuated, obsoletz, heastly, disgusting, noisy horird method of making music in sheer abundance known as the brass band. This grinding, disgrunting musie. There is plenty of the gramophone. Look at the profits of the gramapnona companies, Oh! I don't mind the profits, I've got shares in them all, I make records, but I have never heard one yet I considered to be music, Then think of all the incom- petent musicians in every cafe and hotel in the country, and in broad- casting there is distorted musiq committed by all sorts of orches- tras, making the whole of life wretched as a result of this filthy sound. But for real music, what on earth have you got to show in this country? Germany has 135 opera houses and 210 permanent orches- tras, Italy--poor old Italy under INSURANCE Name LIFE H, A. MacDonald District Manager Oshawa, Ont, Send me full information about your "EXCEL" Policy, DR" } CSR -------- COMPANY THIS TO.DA' the yolk of Mussolini--70 opera houses Paris five in the city alone, London, with 8,000,000 of people, has not an opera house, not a per- manent institution, "Opera properly done is the most appropriate medium of conveying not only music but other arts to the unsophisticated mind of the av- erage person. Opera is an amalgam, a combination of all the arts. You cannot have great singers rallying round the music life of the coun- try without opera, yet, 1 fear that England in ten years, time will not have even a skeleton of the musi- cal life it has to-day, and to-day it only exists in attenuated form." DIES WHEN WEDDING RING POISONS HER (By Canadian Press) Nottingham, Oct. 23.-- Because Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor was putting on weight, her wedding ring be- came too tight on her finger and the skin broke. She refused to have the ring removed, blood pols- oning developed and she died. Such was the evidence at the in- quest and a verdict was returned accordingly. She was 54 years of age, A woman may be 'as old as she looks. A man isn't old till he stops looking.--Brandon Sun. COAL PRODUCTION GROWS IN CANADA September's Total, However, _ Below That Set for August Ottawa, Oct. 28. -- Coal production in Canada during September was - nine per cent lower than in August and 14 per cent greater than the av- ° erage for the corresponding month in the five preceding years. For the first nine months of the calendar year of 1928 the ontnnt wey 17 per cent in advance of the aver ' age for the period in the n.e pies = ceding years. The output = for the = month was 1,895,758 short tons in- cluding 1,008,752 tons of bituminous .- coal, and 341,492 tons of lignite coal, * Nova Scotia produced 608,423 tons; New Brunswick, 15,716 tons; Saskat- chewan's output amounted to 28,939 tons; Alberta produced 533,589 tons, including 170,627 tons of bituminous : coal, 50,5609 tons of sub-bituminous. coal and 312,553 tons of lignite coal; - and British Columbia's output was 209,086 tons. 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