The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

+ many MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Australia Seeks Solve Irrigation Problems hg By WILLIAM STEWART Canadian Press Stalf Writer | Canberra, Australia--(CP)--Four of Australia's six states are occu- pied with problems of employment of water, one of the most precious resources in the generally dry con- tinents of 3,000,000 square miles. In New South Wales, where drought has cut this season's wheat crop from 50,000,000 to 15,000,000 bushels, there is a 15-year plan to make the state drought-proof at a cost of $50,000,000 for dams, diver- sion weirs, and systems of flood control. Victoria and New South Wales originates in one state but empties in the other.s Victoria would like to harness the Snowy for hydro-electricity while New South Wales wants to pipe its water to the Murrumbidgee to in- crease that river's irrigation poten- tial. The southern island State of Tas- mania proposed extension of hydro- electricity installation in its central mountains to tap more of the 2,000,- 000 - horsepower estimated to be available by damning, and increase present development of 170,000 horsepower. Western Australia has a 10-year, $30,000,000 plan to extend two dams and pipe water through 12,000,000 acres of the state's southern and tortheastern agricultural and gold districts where rainfall is low. For its size Australia has few in- land rivers and lakes and scarcity of water has been a problem since the days of settlement. An arid fifth of the continent is uninhab- ited and undeveloped. Geographical situation gives the northern parts of Australia a tropi- cal wet season from December to March with rainfall often amount- ing to more than 200 inches d year. The southern half gets its rain mostly from May to October and the fall is less dependable. Droughts are periodic and in the past year big wheat and grazing lands in New South Wales and Queensland have been bone dry. Water conservation was first un- dertaken 65 years ago, and among its pioneers were the Canadian- born Chaffey brothers who organ- ized a project at Mildura on the Murray, bed of which is the New South Wales-Victoria boundary for 1,200 miles and whose water has brought life to many areas in those two eastern states as well as South Australia. Most important Australian con- servation project is the Hume reservoir, also based on the Murray, which stores enough water to cover 1,250,000 acres of land to a depth of one foot. OT on ew - toria and South Australia have no rivers to supply them with water and rely on the "grea! artesian basin", an underground reservoir extending 600,000 square miles. There have been fears that the tremendous expenditure of artesian water might exhaust the supply and there have been experiments with storage for the dry seasons of wa- ter that overflows the banks of ditch-like streams during winter floods. Lately, Australian scientists have studied "rain-making" tests in which dry ice was sprinkled on cloud formations. For fear that false hopes might be aroused in drought-ridden districts, secrecy me surrounded similar experiments ere, . Great Progress In Insecticides There is an encouraging fleld for further research in the chemistry of insecticides, said Dr. C. R. Twinn, Division of Entomolgy, Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture, in an address given re- cently on "Chemistry in Insecti- cides" to chemistry students at the National Research Council. It was anticipated, he told the students, that there would be a greatly in- creased use of insecticides through- out the world to control insects that carry diseases of man and animals, to give better protectin to crops and increase production, to reduce or eliminate insect pests from dwell. ings and animal quarters, and to prevent or reduce the chances of of transport. In giving details of the various chemicals, Dr. Twinn reviewed de- velopments in connection with in- secticides during and since the war, pointing out that insecticide chem- istry had developed to some extent as a science during the last 100 years, and especially during the last 50 years. The increased population of the world and rising standards of living, the development of specializ- ed agriculture and improved means of tr had required the adoption of more effective materials and metholls for destroying insect pests than were knwn in the past. The insecticide situation had been more or less established prior to War 2, but the war had brought shortages of some of the most wide. ly used materials at a time when the need for them was never great bal? mop only lo proj: crops In er to ensure adequate food sup- plies, but also to protect the armed forces from disease-! insects, Arsenic supplies were diverted to a considerable extent for war pur- Poses. The U-boats interfered ser- lously with the shipment of py- rethrum . from British East Africa, and the invasion of Malaya and aia Ras Tndies by the Jour cul a 'part of the source of rotenone, . Because of that, there was a great Increase in research on insecticides by entomologists, chemists, and other scientific workers, which had Tesulted in the development of new compounds, some of which, in important respects, were better insecticides than those pre- viously available, ing Ahead In Ottawa By The Canadian Press rs i n ge! shop, according to most unoffizial arch 3] as ie Gate When it WHI ev out business. peace ernment believes the rest of the job can be done by regular gov ent es. ! indi, Je Reconstruetion ent opens up quest of the future of Mr. Howe. Prime Minister King is reluctant to re- lease him from the Cabinet and one strong report is that a port- folio of civil aviation will be created head This would serve the two-fold purpose of keeping Mr. Howe in the Cabinet and giving him control of Trans-Canada Air Lines. It is known that he would like to run T.C.A. for its next five growing years, before going back to his pre- politics job of building grain eleva- Labor: The federal government's draft for a national labor code will undergo a large-scale re- vision before being presented to Puhmen Suggestions ae flow- from the provinces, labor un- and other organizations, and e the code gets re-drafting stage, it is expected contain many changes. had been some ques- would be allocated labor relations in var- es, it is settled now e Dominion government will railways, communica and the coal in- was thought originally ight go to the vinces, is taking it on with consent. The federal government may get control over a few more odds and FEEL ET fis] 4 bert : EEE fll sg* Fireman Wins Beard Contest Kenora, Ont., Feb. 17--(CP)--The undisputed championship for the best, biggest and bushiest beard grown for Kenora's winter carnival Speed King to Seek New World Motorboat Record br Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous motorboat racing pilot, is shown with the model of his new redesigned jet | joo) propelled racer, "Blue Bird", after successful tests in the wind tunnel of the Fairey aviation plant in Hayes, Eng. Sir Malcolm hopes to better his own world record of 141.7 miles an hour, with the new boat which will be ready this spring. went to Buster Dubois of the Ke- | growth shamed 196 other contest- | watched their business drop to a mere trickle while the contest was The judges--two barbers who on, nora fire derartment who hasn't |ants for the title. shaved since Jan. 1. His luxuriant Red Army In Poland Seen Small Warew, Feb. 17 -- (CP) -- How many Russian troops are there in Poland, and what part do they play in the country's life? Few questions are mo.e actively discussed in Warsaw than the first, with guesses ranging from 25,000 to 100,000, but neither Polish nor Russian authorities will make any statement. The answer to the second ques- tion also is difficult to answer ex- actly but charges that Poland is| 2 "occupied" by the Red amy to keep the leftist government in power seem without foundation. The government has sufficient forces of its own to keep dissident elements in check dnd the Red army has taken no part in fights against the Polish und During the elections, the Russian, forces had no share in police opera- tions against the government's pol- opponents, Ostensibly the Red army units spread across Poland are there to guard its communications to the Russian zone, in Germany. Officers and men lead a segregated life and seldom are evident in any numbers. In 12 days in Warsaw and in an 18-hour train trip from Czechoslo- 255 533 land, however. The field in western Poland, used "lot", the fine Polish airline which Operates through the whole coun- try, is really a base for the Soviet g flee, fenced off from the civilian BEE POLLEN SUPPLIES Observations by the Bee Division, Dominion Experimental Farms Service, over a five-year period have generally colonies, and, when pollen supplies are negligible, spring dwindling is severe. Results of experiment, over the past four years have shown that 30 per cent more honey has been produced by colonies that were provided with ample pollen re- serves, This increase in production may easily mean the difference be- tween a profit and a loss during years when the honey croo is poor. | rf Canada will welcome the NEWEST CHEVROLET! Bo BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOW COS row made even bigger-looking, even better-looking / even more beautiful and desirable in every way Today, Chevrolet dealers are displaying the newest creation of Canada's largest producer Chevrolet of automobiles--the new for 1947--offering you an even greater measure of BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOW COST! See it and you will agree that it's the biggest-looking and best-looking Chevrolet A PRODUCT OF / CHEVR ever built. It's more beautiful in every way, both inside and out. It's designed to out-style, out-value and out-drive all other cars in its price range. And above all, it reveals that sterling Big-Car quality--in every phase and feature, in every part and pound of material--which buyers agree is exclusive to Chevrolet in its price range. =] rr (18 3 Y/ GENERAL MOTORS ~ C149 ONTARIO MOTOR SALES LTD. | DONALD MOTOR 86 KING ST. EAST OSHAWA, ONT. 300 DUNDAS ST. EAST WHITBY, ONT. SALES PHONE 304