London.~London has moved itself back to the ocean, where it used to be in days of Drake. By sprig, when "the next rush of transatlantic g at Football tourlsts begins, travelers will find Declares Speaker ee Ae ence up to London's very doorstep in the biggest and fastest ships. Instead of disembarking at South- London.--Lord Dewar, who is even | 3mbton or Liverpool and going 78 to 200 miles by train, they 1 igrams tha ' more celebrated or His epigea sald a» to land at Tilbury docks, a half hours' for his whiskey, have put oui more wise cracks than i George Bernard Shaw, revealed his panacea for war in a speech recently at the annual chemical dinner here. will be able ride from the big London hotels. The new Tilbury entrance lock, capable of bandling any passenger ship afloat, was opened recently. By spring the "Within ten years' time," he said,' new landing stage and railway station "cheniistry and airships should make war impossible, Present-day defences on both land and sea may become ob- solete befors nations can agree on disarmament Naval disarmaments are goed, but when you get rid of one trouble another always appears The way to outlaw war is to eliminate the cause of war, One way to abolish wars for all time would be to agree to post- pone the mext conflict until World War debts are all paid. Chemistry and the Gospel have done more for civilization and the well being of man- kind than any other phase of human activity." Crop of Epigrams The following are among the latest crop of Deéwarisms of this epigram- matical Scotchman: "Some electrify their audiences and others only gas them." "Chemists can gas an audience." "I should like to be a chemist now." "A combined saxophone-bagpipe has been invented--chemists also discov- ered Nu-leths| gas recently." "There seems to be no finality in the discoveries In chemistry. You have been able to make two hairs grow where only one grew before." "No man can tell - the number: of blondes the Imperial Chemical Indus- tries have mude for thé benefit of man- kind. Was it Shakespeare whose gen- tiemen preferred blondes? But we must not forget that the black sheep of the family isn't always a blond." "Football and chemistry run in fami- des." "Whether genius is transmissible or not in the world is chemistry's ques- tion but all authorities agree as to gout." "The goal of every man is to make money faster than his family can spend it--there are no idle rich to- day so many are chasing them to get their worldly goods." Inventions Stilt Lacking "Man to-day can fly like a bird, but man will never be able to sit comfort- ably on a barbed wire fence." "Man is the noblest work of God, but nobody ever said so but man him- sell" "Still you have yet to invent a fer- tilizer which will make lawn seed grow half an inch and then stop." Lord Dewar sald that the distiller's company to which he belonged had gone in for the production of bodies containing alcohol as required in cer tain industries. "You must not elope with the idea," he said, "that we only cater to the inner man. Consumption of alcohol in that direction is decreas- ing so rapidly that we are casting our bread upon other waters. Cast your bread upon the waters and you will realize how many people are after it." ieee A estes Hard to Explain Dead Woman's White Lilies Turn to Crimson as { Relict Expires Swansea, England. --The weird blos- soming of a dead woman's flowers has furnished. the town of Swansea with a mystery which seems destined never to be solved. The story is told as fol- lows: Several years ago, Mrs. Alfred Jeffs, a prominent resident, died sud- denly. She had been fond of flowers, especially lilles, Immediately after her death several white lilies in her garden suddenly stopped blooming. Her husband gave them to a gardener, who tended them carefully, but they remained barren and. flowerless. A few days ago the plants bloomed again, as suddenly as they had ceased flowering. The flowers, however, in- stead of being white, were a deep crimson. The gardener, amazed by the sudden change, hurried to tell Jeffs. When he arrived at the house, he found that Jeffs had died the same day. | are scheduled to be ready. World competition in the building of bigger and faster liners began to have its effect on London more than a quarter of a century ago. The growing number of passengers ships "too big" for the port of London be- gan, in effect, to push London far ther from the sea. London' answer to the threat which this involved has been tbe pouring of millions of pounds sterling into harbor improve- ments. The new entrance lock fs 1,000 feet long, 110 feet wide and 45% feet deep, or roomy enough to handle the 915-foot length of the B.S. Majestic with plenty of space to spare. ' The new landing stage, which floats in the river, is 1,142 feet long and lies 170 feet from the concrete "shore" which has been built upon what used to be mud flats. = Poised on 60 steep pon- toons, the floating stage is connected with the customs hall and railway sta- tion by five bridges for foot and motor traffic. A "750-t00t drydock, capable of be- ing lengthened to 1,000 feet without interference with operation, is also under construction, and will be ready by spring, rere ---- Australian Premier For Empire Trading Inter Empire Trading Creating Interest in all Parts of Huge Organization Sydney, N.8.W.--T. R. Bavin, Pre- mier of New South Wales, who re- cently returned from a trip to Eng- land and Canada, has delivered sev- eral speeches strongly urging the necessity for closer trading relations of the Dominions of the Empire with the mother country and with each other, "The sooner the Dominions regard the British Empire as an economic unit in relation to the rest of the world the better it will be for all members of the British Common- wealth of Nations," he declared when addressing members of the Legacy Club, "The Imperial Government believ- ed, with a certain amount of justifica- tion," continued Mr. Bavin, "that this problem was an Empire matter. It is one of the adjustments was must make, not only in regard to unem- ployment but to trade as well. This, too, is an Empire problem, rather than a British problem. The avenues for trade outside the Dmpire are grad- ually being closed. The United States Is actally discouraging trade with the Dominions. The interchange of goods and products within .the Em- pire should be encouraged. ln every way possible. I do not refer to Em- pire free trade: that is a dream. But that does not necessarily mean we cannot do more than we are doing. "Existing inter-Empire machinery is unsatisfactory. If we have a real policy by peoples who sincerely de- mand something more than mere formality, this machinery difficulty will pass. But let us have a real im- perial policy on all matters of vital interest tothe Empire, It i only by co-operation that social and Indus- trial progress can he made. The fact that I have come back with a deeper love for and pride in England and the Empire does fot make me any the less a good Australian." Theatre Audience Applauds Ruler His. Majesty "Steals Show" From Actors at Drury Lane London--King George went to a theatre recently for the first 'time since his lines, "stole the show" Accompanied by Queen Mary and the Duke and Duchess of York, he! yout to tis Drury lave fhastre to). the American production, "Rose HIS MAJESTY'S MAIL Top--Six-dog team leaving Churchill for the far mcrth with mail for Hud son Bay Points. Right--The Year's mall for Chesterfield Inlet, Baker Lake and other northern points piled up on the snow at Churchill waiting for dog team express. FAILURE There could hardly be a more dis- mal confession of moral and intellect- ual failure than to admit that our leisure hours hang so heavy on our hands that we must needs escape from our own empty-headedness by betting on a football match or a horse race.--~ Dean Inge. South Australia to Meet Water Need Greatest Drawback to Austra- lia is Lack of Adequate Water Supply Adelaide, Australia --The annual rainfall average having "been more than seven inches short, the Govern- ment here is discussing water restric tions for the coming summer, and gar- dens in the metroolitan area - may either have tobe abandoned or their demands severely limited. To guard against serious shortage in future, preliminary steps are row being taken. 'Tt: iseproposed to build) a reservoir twice the size of the present largest scheme, situated in the Ade- laide Hills at Millbrook, which, when full, resembles a miniature harbor. But the capacity of Millbrook is only 3,660,00),000 gallons. At Myponga, situated 30 miles south of Adelaide, it is intended to erect an embankment 9,400,000,000 gallons, The building of the reservoir will submerge one of the prettiest land- scapes in South Australia, Farm houses, roads, schools and extensive red gum flats will form the bed of the new lake. This year the water in the Millbrook reservoir got so low that the chimney of the old mill showed up for the first time since the area was flood- ed many years ago. With the completion of the Myponga reservoir, the five water schemes serv- ing the metropolitan area will have an' aggregate capacity of nearly 15,000, 000,000 gallons. That is, assuming the smaller reservoir will be built, but if the larger catchment is carried out, the figures will be more than 17,000, 000,000 gallons. The catchment area o fthe Myponga reservoir will be about 50 square miles, and that of the other four reservoirs is 176 square miles. The next largest reservoir to that pro- posed at Myponga is Millbrook, 3,660, 000,000 gallons. Up to the present South Australia has spent nearly $50,000,000 on water schemes, ce A in Postage Rates Jamaica Times: The reason for keeping up the foreign postage rates, recently given by the authorities, is that the public revenue would suffer materially reduced. That is what is seen--it is the unseen which is lost sight of. Hven if only what is on the surface he considered it is clear that the Post Office should never be used for profit-taking. For as this column has continually pointed out, the mail is but a road between you and me and the next man. And just as an enlightened policy long ago took down the toll-gates on the turnpike roads, 8o should every block be taken out of the way to give the cheapest pos- 'sible intercommunication by mail. ---- REVERENCE ~ The more a naturalist studies Na- ture ,the more mysterious she be- comes to Lim. "So God grows sublime and awtul as we labor for Him in. the us," says. Phi lips Brooks. hy. too large -an amount. if thay were} - "mofe| = ks which He has set| | "Would | Vancouver Port Will Establish New High Record Western Harbor Anticipates Huge Increase in Ship- ping 'Business Vancouver, B.C.--Nothing can pre- vent Vaucouver from breaking all her records as an 'xporting Port following telegrams received 'here by relatives | from seamen and officers of ships now en route here for grain. The ships have not been posted, be- ing freighters, but' they are coming for grain cargoes, They will prove to the world that Canada is not an ice-bound country dependent on movement over the Great Lakes or through eastern chan- nels. These ships will take grain to Eu- rope when Europe requires grain most. The demonstration will be: convincing. Vancouver has elevators lining the water-front full of grain and in the interior there are more elevators. As the coast elevators are emptied they will be filled with more grain and the movement can proceed until all orders are filled. Recent flurries in price did not af- fect Vancouver grain, But the Port is arranging to handle a record arrival of ships in the near future. "The statistician who 'avers that somebody dies every time you'breathe should be an antiseptic mouth-wash salesman." ences to' the Dominions, A Tolls of Death in European Storm Five Members of Crew of Finals Schooner Are r London.--Man's efforts to conquer the seas 'brought "additional tales of, .¢ death and réscue from various parts of storm-ravaged Europe : during the past week in: England and Europe. Five members of the crew were 'drowned and-six rescued from the Fin. ! ninsk schooner Draken near Uto, Fin- land. The Draken was smashed on night, and more: than 24 attempts at rescue- failed: beeause of high seas. Thousands -of nets wera'lost by Bri- tish fishing fleets which set out be- fore storm warnings: reached them on Monday, 'A Lowestoft report sald 200 Scot- tish. drifters lost 6,600 nets and 'that the fishermen might be forced to aban- don their work. Two drifters sank with the loss of three lives. Four hundred Yarmouth drifters lost. 20,000 wets, valued at $750,000. A violent tempest swept numerous sections of France Tuesday, ravaging shipping and destroying nets and{ small boats. The Italian steamer Arborea landed at Civita Vecchia with the pilot and wireless operator of a Marseilles-to- Algiers plane, the third forced down on "the Mediterranean in two weeks without loss of life; The two French men of the plane's crew were at the point of exhaustion from starvation and exposura when rescued. The Garthpool, last survivor of Bri- tish 'four-masted ships of the last cen- tury, ran ashore at Hast Sandhead, on the west coast of Africa, and was believed likely to be a total wreck. Its crew were saved. ees Empire Preference 'Melbourne Herald: Trade relations between Great' Britain and Australia): are lopsided. "The value' of the. pre ferences: granted by Britain to Aus tralla does not exceed $5,000,000 a 'year, while on niore than $300,000,000 worth of goods Australia gives Britain | a preference of $40,000,000 annually. + + + Should the British Labr Ministry insist on wiping out-all trade prefer custralia will most certainly have to consider| where she stands in regard to the generous trade preference now grant. ed to Great Britain. * | preaching insistently for the rocks during a gale: on Sunday} th that "in | I never met ry thesiastic in the stranger than the pe of and the United States have themselves to be. It was grea "We went out to the States number of people gave 8 warning not to take the there is a doctrine that Fou au ber of years, it is. the doctrine that you have to take risks in order to get peace. I took t wholly justified in doing so." Son In Japan Tokio, -- Malcolm B. MacDonald, Labor niember of the British Parlia- very much imprested with the presen tation: of Japan's case with regard to Manchuria as placed before the In- stitute of Pacific Relations, now in president of the South | 3 o China's dis- content with the >. roseitt situation in Manchuria, Mr, M said there was a great deal of merit in the Jape| anesp viewpoint. He believes that the would get 'together and discuss frank-| ly the two countries' mutual roblems. China was selected to be host tv the years hunce, but the Chinese city in Chinese delegation, was elected chair- an of the nes conference. - The con- erence cepted: the resignation of J. Merle pon ag as. secretary, al. ough vill: continue to serve um: til his successor is appointed. = Lord Hailsham, former Lord Chan- 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 Ni ernment on' January 1, 1930, would be condemned by the whole world as an extreme breach of international law and as the greatest ossible proof that China was not ready for such rights.| wl Patience, he said, is all China needs to gain her end in this matter. ay Canada Scouts Plan of Ocean Plane Service Dominion Officers Unaware of Negotiations With Imperial Airways Ottawa, Ont.--Reports of a trans- atlantic alr service betweer Great "Britain and Canada are considered as Royal Canadian Air Force, the Cana The passage of the "Atlantic by plane will some day be a daily rou-| 'tine but that day is considered as far distant. The crossing so far has been purely in the experimental stage. Government officials have heard no- thing of any Canadian company en- perial Airways for such a service. Montreal, a mooring inast which, to acéommodate the "R-101 when | makes (ts transatlantic flights, but even this initial filght will not take place until next year. The opinion is expressed that transatlantic voy- ages will be made first by the lighter 'engined glant planes. So sure are government officials 'that * trans-Atlantic plane crossings tiem, and T think I was | Avighly premature by officers of the| dan 'Air Board, the Afr Mail Service| and the Ministry of National Defense. | Canada has built at St. Hubert's,| Hu ro not vob fouaible that they acl pi -Atlanti i 32 Rafe £5 ri ai more or less effactive share in the port of most of the above Mig Tho standard of quality of this Bative below that of European estates. For instance, the sugar factories in Java produce exclusively crystal sugar, while the native manufacturers only next conference of the Institute, two] which the session will be held was not pia an chosen. "Dr. David. Yui, leader of the| 'has to 'fore it is ready for the market, Politically, the Netherlands Indies form part of the 'kingdom of 'the Netherlands coming under Dutch law. Practically speaking, however, its In- terference 'fs 'lmited to the legisla tion, which affects tha economic situa. tion With this exception the Nether- lands Indies enjoys administrative self government on a large scale The su- | prome power Is executed by the gover nor-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 ap pointed by the governor-general. Powerful ties have been set up be tween the mother country and the Dutch East Indies and a continuous stream of commerce flows bgtween the Indies and the Netherlands. Ons of the latest developments has been the recent inauguration of a regular postal air service bythe Royal Dutch Anr Lines, -between Amsterdam and Batavia, On November 1, 1928, a start 'was made with Dutch East Ine dian inland alr communication, thhe Koninklijke ~Nederlandche - Indisce Luchtvaart Maatschapplj (K. N. L Le. M.-Roal Dutch East Indies Air Lines) beginning its activities on that date. -- Dn Says Laid London --Presiding at the annual 'meeting of the Scottish Sabbath Protection Association in Glasgow re- cently, Sir Archibald Campbell, of Succoth, Barty stated that there was a tremendous tide the observance of. the Lord's fief" offenders, hi "tering -into 'negotiations 'with the Tm-| ch 'ing apposed every! destroy the thie Sabbath Day, sal than-alr craft and later by multiple. ||