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returning home the uheep tan huddling together against tile hurdles blowing out thin bostrils and stamping with delicate forefeet their heads thrown back and a light steam rising from the crowded xheeppen into the frosty air as the two animals hastened by in high spirits with much chatter and laugh ter they were returning across coun try after a long days outing with ot ter hunting and exploring on the wide uplands where certain streams tribu tary to their own river had their first small beginnings and the shades of the short winter day were closing in en them and they had still some dis tance to go piodding at random across the plough they had heard the sheep and had made for them and now leading from the sheeppen they found a beaten track that made walk ing a lighter business and responded moreover to that small inquiring something which all animals carry in side them saying unmistakably yes quite right this leads home it looks as if wo were coming to a village said the mole somewhat dubiously slackening his pace as the track that had in time become a path and then had developed into a lane now handed them over to the charge of a wellmetalled road tho animals did not hold with villages and their own highways thickly frequented as they were took an independent course tegardless of church post t- flce or publichouse oh never mind said the ilat at this season of the year theyre all safe indoors by this time sitting round the fire men women and children dogs and cats and all we shall slip through all right without any bother or unpleasantness and we can have a look at thom through their windows if you like and see what theyre do ing the rapid nightfall of middecember had quite beset the little village as they approached it on soft feet over a first thin fall of powdery snow little was visible but squares of a dusky orangered on either side of the street where the firelight or lamplight of each cottage overflowed through the casements into the dark world with out most of the low latticed windows were innocent o blinds and to the lookersin from outside the inmates gathered round the teatable absorbed jn handiwork or talking with laugh ter and gesture had each that happy grace which is the last thing the skill ed actor shall capture the natural grace which goes with perfect uncon sciousness cf observation moving at will from one theatre to another the two spectators so far from home them selves had something of wistfulness in their eyes as they watched a cat being stroked a sleepy child picked up and huddled off to bed but it was from one little window blank transparency on e night that with us blind drawn n a mere the sense of home and the little cur tained world within walls the larger stressful world of outside nature shut out and forgotten most pulsated close against the white blind hung a birdcage clearly silhouetted every wire perch and appurtenance distinct and recognizable even to yesterdays dulledged lump of sugar on the mid dle perch the fluffy occupant head lucked well into feathers seemed so near to them as to be easily stroked had they tried even the delicate tips of his plumpedout plumage penciled plainly on the illuminated screen as they looked the sleepy llttlo fellow stirred uneasily woke shook himself and raised his head they could see the gape of his tiny beak as he yawn ed in a bored sort of way looked round and then settled his head into his back again while the ruffled feath ers gradually subsided into perfect stillness then a gust of bitter wind took them in tho back of the neck a small sting of frozen sleet on the skin woke them as from a dream and they knew their toes to be cold and their legs tired and their own home dis tant a weary way once beyond the village where the cottages ceased abruptly on either side of the road they could smell through the darkness tho friendly fields again the royal bank of canada general statement 30th november 1931 liabilities otttal stock aild up 09m mmmva4 summm baluvc mat cntm jorwjd 415510541 wm55m56l m4ca4 unclaimed 87uj bwt no 177 at 114 pa annum rajable in ixcmfctr 131 m5smo0o tojlstwm t751jm dpoit not bearing lateral ii701ijw34 deposits bearing interest including interest accrued to data ol statement 47638917186 total deposits 164730307550 notes of the bank in circulation 3323709754 adrancea under the finance act 2000000000 balances duo to other banks in canada 836763 1 1 balance due to banks and banking correspondents elsewhere than in canada 1665588018 bill parable 3i2192413 liabilities not included in the foregoing 36736018 72152210064 letters of credit outstanding 2896650664 182570243682 assets cold and subsidiary i on hand j275ws5547 dominion nutea on hand 3m 6940325 lvponlt in the central cold reserve 30000000 united state and other foreign currencies 1512vm3s jwm324510 notes of other canadian banks 337873754 cheques on other banks 25329297 95 balances due by other banks in canada 314 37 balances due by banks and banking correspondents elsewhere than in canada 36032 466 96 dominion and provincial government securities not exceeding market value 8547305848 canadian municipal securities and british foreign and colonial public securities other than cana dian not exceeding market value 3464181653 railway and other bonds debenture and stocks not exceeding market value 1193540481 gall and short not exceeding thirty days loan in canada on bond debenture and stocks and other securities of a sufficient marketable value c 3913726834 call and short not exceeding thirty days loans else where than in canada on bonds debentures and stock and other securltle of a sufficient mar ketable value to cover 3715611172 3486j551w current loan and discount in canada less rebate of interest after making full provision for all bad and doobtf ul debt 29157622024 arrest loans and discounts elsewhere than in canada tea rebate of interest after making full provision for all bad and doubtful debts 12458138879 noncurrent loans estimated loss provided for 318743463 41934504366 iwnk premise at not mora than coat less amounts written oil 1727797673 real estate other than bank premise 216375246 mortgage on real estato sold by the bank 90117715 liabilities of customers under letter of credit a per contra 2896650664 share of and loan to controlled companies 617279950 deposit with the minister for the purpose of the circulation fund 370000000 other asseu not included in the foregoing 54462884 82570243682 note the royal bank of canada france has been incorporated under the law cf france to conduct the business ol the bank in paris and the assets and liabilities of the royal bank of canada france e included in the above general statement h s holt m w wilson president general manager auditors certificate to the shareholders thb royal bank of canada we have examined the above statement of liabilities and assets at 30th november 1931 with the books and accounts of the royal bank of canada at head office and with the certified returns from the branches we have verified the cash and securities at head office at the closo of the banks fiscal year and durinc the year we counted the cash and examined the securities at several of the important branches t wc have obtained all the information and explanations that we have required and in our opinion the transactions of the bank which have come under our notice have been within the powers of the bank the above statement is in our opinion properly drawn up so as to disclovj the true condition of the bank as at 30th november 1931 and it is as shown by the hooka ol the bank w garth thomson ca of peat marwick mitchell co i a b brodie ca y audltor montreal canada 2sth december 1981 of price waterhouse co profit and loss account balance of profit and loss account 29th november l30 41c677829 profits for the year ended 30th november 1931 544832732 55510561 appropriated as follows dividends nos 174 175 176 and 177at 12 per annum 420000000 contribution to officers pension fund 20000000 appropriation for uank premises 40000000 reserve for dominion government tales including tai on bank note circulation 66000000 balance of profit and loss carried forward 415510561 55510561 ii s holt m w wilson president general manager montreal 28th december 1931 latest radio device guides unmanned fleet in air or water london a radio invention by which it would be possible to control a fleet ot airplanes or sbips is said to havo been perfected by a young radio engineer the inventor also de clares that by his dovice radio signals i a dozen or so craft carryin cannot be jammed that even if an other radio station is operating on the same wave length it will not affect the controlling instrument these revolutionary claims in re in an interview he said my method is absolutely new on one wave length high or low i can transmit eight distinct signals two men in one airplane could fly hundreds of tons of freight or mail with the new robot pilot which the air ministry still has on its secret list these ma chines could be landed with perfect safety and without a human hand mote radio control are made by chales touching tho controls keeling of buckhurst hill essex a london suburb the system is so ex tensive that anything from a type writer to an airplane can be controlled by a person miles away keeling de clared freight vessels could be controlled either from the shore or if in a group from one master ship they would re- quire no crew every operation of the boat would bo mechanical and would be controlled by radio better living standard attributed to advertising new york the influence and inl and they braced them- portance ot modern advertising was delves for the last long stretch the stressed by j p muller president of homo stretch tho stretch that wo tho j p muller advertising agency know is bound to end some time in speaking before the annual meeting of tho rattle of the doorlatch the sud den firelight and the sight of familiar things greeting us as longabsent tra velers from far oversea kenneth grahame in the wind in the wil lows rj horses ousting machines on australian farms adelaide s aust a decided swing- over to horses from mechanical trans port has been noted throughout aus tralia recently it is particularly noticeable on the farms and in south australia where the government has been making ad vances to necessitous agriculturists for tho purchaso of horses carrlors aro finding that horses pay better than motor lorries for short hauls durlrs tho last 12 months nearly 2000 d i horses have been sent from south to western australia and there 18 a keen demand in tho markets for clydesdales two or three years ago very few horses were being sold at auction but at present about 6000 a year aro being put through tho ring riding hacks and ponies are almost unprocurable to know what is right and fear to do it this is cowardice confucius tho womens press club of new york city the public learns many things through printed and broadcast adver tising mr muller said pointing out that more than 2000000000 is spent annually in advertising ho attributed the rlso in the standard of living for tho averago family from 350 annually in 1916 to 1200 in 1930 to the in fluence of advertising advertising is a surefire method advertising men consolidated in clubs and federations vigorously protect the standard of advertised goods by pro secuting where fake ads try to sell poorly made products he added viao to play bridge auction w contract wynne ferguson author of practical auction bridge article no 4 auction is a game ot contrasts one hand will play well and the next one badly that is on one hand you will get all the breaks and on the next everything will go wrong it is a game of such infinite variety that no player can ever hope to master all its quirks and turns even the best of players lost their judgment at times and allow their own hand to influence their bid ding to their disadvantage when they should realize that their partner has an unusual or freak hand the other night the writer noticed two examples of this failure to be on the lookout for the unusual or freak type of hand auction bidding the dealer with the following hand hearts a 7 clubs a 9 4 2 diamonds a q j 8 spades a k 4 bid one no trump second hand passed and the dealers partner bid two hearts fourth hand passed and the dealer bid two so trump when his partner bid three hearts the dealer failed to realize that it his partner had a justifiable threeheart bid they had a sure game in hearts and bid three no trump although there was no sure game in no trump the 100 aces were too much for his judgment and as a result he went down three tricks undoubted a net loss of 50 points on a hand that would have scored game at hearts his partners hand was as follows hearts q j 10 9 6 4 clubs q 6 3 diamonds 10 9 7 spades 5 dont allow 100 aces to impair your judgment contract bidding the dealer should bid two no trump and his partner four hearts as a contrast to his bad bidding the player whose bid has just been criti cized played tho following hand very cleverly a resolution for 1932 i wiu try red rose tea it hearts k q 7 6 clubs 10 4 2 diamonds k 9 3 spades a 6 4 hearts 5 4 3 clubs a q 7 5 y hearts s 2 diamonds 6 4 a b clubs j 8 3 spades s 7 5 2 t 2 diamonds q j 10 spades k q 10 2 hearts a j 10 9 clubs k 9 6 diamonds a 8 5 spades j 9 3 z the player in question was play ing the hand at three no trump a opened the five of clubs z won the trick with the king and led four tounds of hearts winning the last heart in ys hand b discarded two diamonds on the last two rounds of hearts z was now in a position where ho could make two odd but figured that if he could force b to make another discard ho might pos sibly make three odd by making three diamonds or two spades lit trick six therefore he led ys ten of clubs forcing a to win the trick who there upon led two more rounds ot clubs b was now forced to make another discard he could have discarded either a spade or diamond if the former z would discard a diamond and mako two spade tricks if the latter z would discard a spade and make three diamond tricks it is a perfect example of the squeeze play study the play of this hand careful ly for it was cleverly thought out it is very unusual to win a game by leading your opponents suit te a tea 2 choice qualities red label orange pekoe owl laffs wise or otherwise its an excellent idea not to want the things you cant get the largest bone in the human frame is the wishbone fish bite but nobody seems to want them muzzled beware of a woman who always agrees with you she doesnt we may fool others occasionally but we all get fooled in time we all like our friends to be perfectly frank about other peo ple things people give you may cost you more than they are worth its an easy thing for a married man to un- j derstand why as a bachelor he didnt j understand women when sunshine hits you when a bit of sunshine hits you after passing of a cloud when a fit of laughter gits ye and yer spine is feeling proud dont forget to up and fling it at a soul thats feelin blue for the minute that ye sling it its a boomerang to you wife several men proposed to me before i married you hubby why didnt you marry the first fool that came along wife i did on page g17 volume 10 lltli edition encyclopedia britannica the page heading reads footandmouth dis ease football after listening to the conversation of certain inspired oldgrads during the late foot sea- son we heartily subscribe to this high ly illustrative and illuminating lie-jd- women in chile may get vote santiago chile deputy don fran cisco melvilu has presented a bill to congress demanding votes for women throughout chile supporters are working hard to obtain preferential consideration for the measure the south pacific mail an english- language publication commenting on the bill says we believe female suf frage would be an excellent thing for this country we do not know what the present proportion of boys and girls at school may be but not long ago there were many more girls than boys receiving state education it is a matter of common observa tion that the women of chile are more intelligent than th men they havo a wider range of k s they are more practical when it is a question of the little things that make up daily life and upon them rests at all times a re sponsibility that they accept with good humor and philosophy for in many country places especially in the neigh borhood ot big towns with their cor rupting influences it is invariably the women who do the work and keep the homes going his mistake the young suitor thought christ mas eve a suitable time to proposo to his lady love ho diu so when he had finished talking she shook her head no john she replied tho young man looked crestfallen but why not betty he said ive given you a car ive sent you flowers ive taken you to dances and hundreds of shows in fact ive given you everything that money can buy now of placing the goods of merit before you refuse me why is it the buying public said mr mailer because john she said dramatic america is advertising conscious and ally youre too extravagant with x i g zag papers attached in id 15 and 20 package young paris barristers pay taxes by digging paris some young barristers in montpellier have found a humorous way of protesting against the heavy- taxes that are levied on members of the socalled liberal professions as french senators and deputies are nearly all members of the bar there are probably many future parlia mentarians among these young men considering the vicinal tax too high they availed themselves of the right which they had to pay it in kind this is why they were seen one morning happily breaking stones and cleaning out roadside ditches under the supervision of a road men der the result of this smal inci dent was to attract the attention of the powers that be to the lot of those intellectual workers who in france are poorly paid this gives food for thought for if all french men suddenly availed themselves of their right to pay certain of their taxes in this way the authorities would certainly be rather perplexed the example of the barristers in montpillier has already been follow ed by the tradespeople of a small town in the pasdecalais depart ment who paid taxes which they considered excessive by three days of work on the roads first use of shorthand traced to early romans rome shorthand symbols are of ancient roman origin a recent arcbe- ological study has revealed romans were widely using a unlforn system of shorthand writing 200 years before christ such are the declarations in a recent investigation by gino massano who has brought to light tho full alphabet of ancient roman shorthand writers the symbols are in some respects similar to those employed today several centuries before christ when rome was extending her prov inces into every part of tho world the need for 6peed brought forth several forms of abbreviated writing by sym bols which wero swiftly adopted for commercial enterprises ancient rec ords show most of the accounts and j letters of roman firms wero written in shorthand without transcribing as tho recipient wag always familiar with tho code employed what new york is wearing by annebelle worthington illustrated drcta illslikil xvztk china lesson far every pattern arc- you a thoroughbred it lias been well paid that the cart liovse goes until lie cant go another inch and then gives up that the thoroughbred goes until he cans go another inch and then goes the other inch plsnle bourgct enlargement le bourse france plans for the enlargement of le bourget airport are lien studied by a commission headed by m etienne riche undersecretary of sate for air modernization of held facilities and purchase of addi tional land as well as the construction tii new hangars and administration buildings are being examined by the group classified advertising boy visiting a shoemaker what i do 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