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Flesherton Advance, 11 May 1927, p. 2

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• I NEW ZEALAND GOVE RIIEKT TACKLES UNEMPLOYMENT An unusunJ am<Mint of ir*nuln» un- dll not overlook the excellent work •tnpJo)-nicnt 1« said to ho tbo rennon *hloli lins bocti done hltlmrto by voluu- why the Now ZeaJand (Jovemmcnt haa tarj' organiintlone oi,eratliwr ou the liu revisited projHjMto for the aJ)t»ori>- basis of ptihllc Kubs<Mli>tion. With the tlon of (lortaln unpn.ploy<?<l workei-s, a cxi>e.r;cnco gcln.sl their (isslKtanoe In l>p<>Kram d<.-scrl.b©d by some newe- oouuediou wtih the row 8<4ie.me wUl papors 111 that country aa "a rtroljsht- bo very welcome and Taluahle, and forward attempt to toniiv^r the acute- the I'rUno Minister allowed his good neea of the pix>blem by a practical and sense In Inviting tlieir co-operotlon." humanltarUui schunic." As put for-j In deslln* with the qiiegtion of on- ward by tfao Governraeivt the plan of- ennUoyuiijat, howevej-, this Wellington tAiB equitable ccndltlona of employ- Dewtip«i>er polnta out that care should tu«nt to all cIaK8c« of workt r?, accord- bo taken that the nondltlon If* not ex- ln« to the Wellington Dominion, which : aggerated. A certain proportion of sot* on to »ey: j men out of work, It tells us, are cn- "It provides for a mtnlmum wage of g-aged In e«nional occupntlims, but â€" 128, and Ss. (J3 and $2.25) a day r«- 1 "Kven In Ihfir ctino. It Is i>06«lble 6a>ectlvtJy for married and single mt-n that greater hardship tlian ue<uaJ Is of average or boUjw average ability, fci-lng exi>oiicnoe<l from the fact that «<iid at Uio Mime time a generous In- . tliC're has bt-on a genoral tendency for duccnient to the bt<ter nit'rt. Co-opona- ; Industry to sliorten sull ne the result tlvo contracts will be arranged wboie of tho present louiporary de<i>re«elon. poeslble, and where this can not bo done, tl!« houtrly wago rates will be on tho same basds. In iiny c«iBe, It Is "up to the man.' as the Prime Minister points out, to e«Lrn alKrve th« minimum by his own efforta. 'Men employed on relief wxtrkn on the cooperative sye- "Tho cimdltlun of tlnauoUil strln- genoy tlirough whlcii tlie country Is now pasGlng has caught us somowha* unprepjired. There Is not cn'.y a gen- eral tightening of tVie money market, but tlie Government ItsroK haa been obliged to exercise tho greateet pru- tern," says Mr. Coatos, 'will understand donoe and reserve with regard to ita of cour&e, Uiut notwithstanding tho expenditure ami commitments. The rat© of romunenitlcn mentioned above, absorption of an apxjreclable number th-c>ro Is nothing to prevent them re- ceiving imiTo If thijy earn more.' "This, It will bo generally agreed. Is a very fair and generouB offer. Among the unemployed there is doubtless a oeu-taln proportion of Inefflclcnls, m«n who even In normal times would be of unemployed wxwkerB' by the Govern- ment means In the aggregate a eub- Ktantlal outlay over what may prob- ably be an Indiellnlte period, and from which It Is Impos&lbJo to exi>ect a commensiiTate return. "The Govemmrat rightly suggests claeacd as 'uaejiiplojabloa' at standard i that where dtetresa demands humanl- wages, and who In the moat favorable j tarlan ac4.ion, the State has a duty to clrcum»tanc-ea oouW never hope to , perform, but the Oovei-nment Is not In earn &n much m Uia average worker. ' a nnancial position to dl»trlbute scand- L«bor from thto oIa*3 ie more or Ices [ ard wage Jobs to inexperienced work- a lots on the wBges paid, and the Gov- ers, even If It were so minded. To do ernment must etand to lo6«. In the eo would materially circumscribe the clroumstancee, however, the Prime area of relief, and at the same time re- Minister I» fully Juetlfled In the course move the Incentive to eeek perman- ent employment elsewhere when op- Coates, In hie announcement, portunlty offew." taken. "Mr, Miii'e. Jourdaii, a much decorated war nurse, recently received the most ooveted decoration of all, "Knight of the Legion d'Honneur," at the hands of General GouTaud, at a Prlee d'Armes at the Invalldea, Paris.. WHArS All HAS ABOUT CHINA? Tbe Foreign Editor was Dwditatinjf PresildeJit now. Tea k«, aft«r tb« R»' an editorial on the latest develop- pubUc was e»t«.blleh«<], a stnafc iiilU> ments of the .situation in China when tary leader oamed Tuan Shit kal got his wife â€" supposedly absorbed in tbe command of the Govorameot and ap- book column of the morning paper â€" pointed his chieftain* as rulers of pro- looked up and aakedv "What's aJil this rlnces aB thixnigh the country and about China?" tried to make hlmeelf Emperor. Thert The Editor pulled himself together was a NationaJIM moveimeat asahist rapidly and executed a general coun- hijn. He died â€" It's been rumored tbAt teriiianeuvei': "What do you mean â€" he wa» poisoned. Atter Us death no f-H thl«?" one aeemed to be strong enough to "Why, these attacks on Americans oontfxia the country loi«. Various and Englishmen â€" what's the reason mlMtaxy governors and generals haw for them? There's a war there, tried to exercise power, and there ha,Te isn't there?" | been wars between facUoiM and uuuiy "Yesâ€" there's quite a Httle war. changes of government at Pektag. The attacks on foreigners have hap- Meanwhile San Yat-aen establlshad pencd in connection with the internal headquaxters of the Katfa>iMllst Party struggle to" â€" I â€"the Kuomlngtang â€" at Canton, aa4 "Oh, I knowâ€" that's between the organised an administration clalmdias North snd the South, Isn't it?" i to be the rightful GoTemment ol| "In a general way, yes. It's be- , China. Finally, ooe crafty mtlltarjrj 1|ween factions, for control of the ', chief got the upper hand hi Noztll! country. The Nationalist Party â€" j China, and he heads the other Nortlb^ the one you see referred to as the em militarists and really run* ttiti emergency Garernment at Pekingâ€"^ Music Flows From Toronto Faucets. A curious phenomenon In radio re- ception was re<-ently noticed In a flor- Psychologist Tells How to Develop Personality. Want to change yourself ? Easy enough, saye Henry Knight 1st shop underneath one of the kirge Miller in an editorial In "Psychology Toronto broadcjisting stations. FV>r Magazine." "Your present condition," •oine unknown reaaon everything that '^tes Dr. Miller, "Is but the externall- Is broadcast or flnda Its way Into the nation of the predominant Impressions ml-cTopUone, while the radio tranemlt- which through euggeetlon yau have teiT is on, can be heord quit© olearty ^orol up In the Sub-conscious mind, through the faucets In the tlorist shop lot the Ideas which you occasionally with the metul sink acting as a loud- entertain. What you persistently think speaker. detemiimee to a nicety what you are Although a number of telephone and *'"' where you are. radio engineers have Inve^vtlgated the "Learn to use this tremeiidous force," continues Dr. Miller, "and there Is almost no limit to what you can achieve. This is the devtne alchemy which transformg weakness Into 8.trength, povwly to wealth, sickness to health, and defeat to life triumph- ant. Your destiny Is In your own hands." Dr. Miller points out that It Is pofi«lble connections between the broadcasting Btatlon and tho hot and cold water-t<>i)« In the ahop, nothing has been found which would account for this peculiar effect. Music Is received with muoh more volume than speech, although the lat- Uir can bo lic<iaxl at a distance of three feot when the apeaker Is talking with less than average force Into the micro- through the Conscious mind that the phone. The operator of CFCA, E. J. Subconscious., which governs emotidns Bowers, reports one evening, while a ^"'' l^istlncte, Is controlled. The Con- oonoort was being broetloawt by re- "'''ous mind Is the guardian at the mote control, the music could be heard Katen of the Subconscious. Tlie Con- Tery plainly outside the locked door of , sclous mind consists of tho flacultlee the shop, some ten feet away from the °' ntt«ntlon, perception and reason, water-taps. i Lcam to exercise these three and The owner of the ehop, when asked ^^'^T situation in life may be ratlonal- as to whether the continuous flow of , '''®'' "•"'' und<»rRtood. music was Irkwome, repdk-d he did not ' '"^^^ "'^'^ "'''o reasons.," concludes And It so, and often came to the shop ^^''- ^'I'ler, "cannot be d^fealed by any at night to hear a good concert. He i c*"""* circumstances." haa listened In this manner to cliurch I ^J services broadcaist through CPCA. [ _ j »« The only time that It Is bothersome, t*nada May Hear HlS Wind of Cornwall. The sweet wind of Cornwall, It Wows across the moors. Ite perfume la a riddle That puzzles and allures. Its fragrances are blended Of b1os«om» gently tended With gonse that laughs unfriended In gold upon tbe moor». The sweet wind of ComwaJB^ It blows across the wall Of many a tiny garden And takes Its toll of all. It snatches balmy pledges Prom honeysuckle hedges And' the hardy rose that edges The sea which savours all The sweet wind of Cornwall, It blows across the sea. To those who sought far fortune It smells of memory â€" Of cliffs where gulls are crying. Of moors In sunlight lying. And childhood's dreams undying Beside the Cornish sea. â€"Amelia Josephine Burr, In "Selected Lyrics." Millenium Seen When People Begin to Think. "If the potential but dormant thoughts of the race could be stimu- lated Into activity, the entire aspect of life might he changed almost over- 1 night," jiolnts out Dr. Henry Knight KuomlngtoQ â€" on one side had head- quarters at Canton, in South China, at the time when it started |k cam- paign against the militarists in power at Peking, In North China. But it has followers more or less all through the country." "They're the Reds, arent' they?" "Well, some of them are; and they are often called that In news refports. There really are three divisions In the party â€" conservatives, moderates, and "radicals. It's the radicals who are the so-called Reds â€" the Communistic wing." "The Bolsheviks are backing them, aren't they?" "They've taken a great part in building up the radical organization Special Tower Needed to Hang Victory Bells. A gaunt, tall skeleton steel work Is mls-lng Itself beside the Victory Tower on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, to ' await the coming of the Victory bells, I which are to ring out the diamond ' Jubilee of Confederalon. I In the rear of the tower at the' height of the roof of the hall of fame, tlie.re Is a Jagged gap In the stonework boarded up, an eyeeore since the tower was built and the subject of much con- jecture. This gap Is to take In the,^. ,. ^ „ ,^, ^, . beMs which will then be hoisted Into ' t'ona'>8ts generally, with the aim of place Inside the tower. j JnaJ^inK trouble for the other foreign It would have been Impossible to I Powers in China." have hoisted the bells the whole dls-' "^* **"** ^^^ reason for these at- tanoe within the tower, for the mem- ! ^^'^^^ °" Americans?" orial room occupies the first hundred "Partly; but the dislike of for- eigners always has been common in China." "I guess it must be a good deal like the United States. We don't see much of foreigners, and so we don't understand them or like them â€" moch." "There's a lot In that. China used Marshal Chang Tao-Mn, of Manchurte.' It's against him and bis followera thai the Nationalists are fig^Ung." "What's the dllToiXjooe between.' themT* "Well, the mUltarlsits are a pretty' reactionary let; and they raise funds, by appropriating the national and pro-l vlnclal revenues end letting their sol* dlers loot. They would run a govern* ment on despotic lines, porobably. Tb* Nationalists are a mixed group, but In general they want a oonstltutlooal cen- tral government and a coasldierablie d*-' gree of local eelf-govemment for the, p(roTlnc€«." "Who's wtnntngr' "It's hard to tell now. The Natlona*« â€" yes. But it wouldn't be at all ac- { '«<« were winning. They had lA-^ curate to call all the Nationalists j â-¼anced from the South and galnedj 'Reds'â€" Even though Soviet Russia j oommand of the Yangtze River In oen^ and advice to the Na- 1 ''^1 Cblina and set up their capital Ini has given aid feet over the entrance arches. The roof of the memorial room comprises a wonderfully carved gothlc arched vault, so the bells muet be taken Into the tower above this. There will be £2 bells to be raised and hung, the heaviest weighing ten tons and the smallest being about the size of a schoolmam's large bell, but i *<> ^^ ^ country closed to foreigners, much heavier. The belle have been y**" know, and the Western nations cast at the foundry In Croyden, near ^^^ more or less to force the way London, but have not yet been shipped ' ^*" trade and missionary work by special treaty agreements. From time to time there have been upris- ings against foreigners, long before this present trouble. The Boxer rtots, back around 1900, were a case of that sort. You remember when the Unit- ed States and the European Powers The High Potential of Baby- hood. be ».Tld, In when Uie radlo-and-music •tore across tho street opens with Us loud-speiikcr and rebroadoasts above the noise of traflic. Then 1 am In be- twt-(}ii two fires. Just what is the cause of this freak reception has not been definitely es- tablished. Samuel J. Ellis, radio In- spector for tho Toix>nto district, haa Investigated with telephone engineers In an effort to solve the mystery. "We tested every pipe near by and In other parts of the building, but no- whero was the volume as great as at the tap.s. Near-by pIpoH would re<ord to a tillght eatMit when a fiddlestick was UKeii." said .Mr. Bills. This, .Mr. Ellla e.\plalne<I, was a Majesty's Jubilee Message When III.S .Majwty, King or Canada as of all iho DritUh dominions beyond the seas, 8t.arts tho "victory" cai^lLlon pealing on f'arilament Hill, Ottawa, on Lkxmlnlon Hay, all Canadian stations not linked up with Ottawa for the broadcasting may be stilled. Then at night when reception ha.* improved Ottawa hopes by rtbroadcasting to give to the people of Can.-nla the King's message In hl.s' own voice. Hie maj(«.ty will llKlrn In for the cariUon'K pe«l and it Is oxpi cied that thix)ugh rc-brfKidcnsting tin* r,r<)pl*> of Oanmia will bear by his own voice the king sayhiK that he heanl th,. |>,vlls of Caimda ring out on her diamond Jiibl- Consrlder the power of human pe^ Mlll'er- eonallty. in a tiny bundle of flesh ^-_- "Inveetigators tell us that the race 'liat we call a baby there lies dormant ' and Japan had to send expeditions to URes but ten per cent, of Its mental Power sufflcient to lift the entire race ' rescue their citizens in the siege of capacity," writes Dr. Miller. "Each to loftier heights and turn the course Peking. It's an old story in China." generation has but few Independent of history Into fairer ways. The baby I "Why don't they like the foreigners thinkers. Th- luas.ses are content to ^rown to manhood becomes a soldier now?' drift along on a d«a<i level, mental leading his country's troops to victory' "Well, many of them feel that the parasltoa, living upon the thoughts of 'n the hour of apparent defeat; an ' foreigners look down on the natives '*'!'"*• ^ °''**°' swaying a nation with his elo- i and have treated them badly. And This being true, the marvel Is that Quence; a musician composing strains , the Chinese don't like the concessions we do as weU as we do. Consider what destined to thrill unborn generations; I and privileges that the old Imperial advancenM^nt might be possible if by an Inventor whose creative genius will ' Government gave foreigners, e.xempt- sotne divine alchemy we might re- ^n^lch tho worid and make life easier ing them from Chinese law and al- claim tho vast deserts of racial men- and more abundant for hundreds of lowing control of the tariffs." '"',â- . . ^"""^ "^"""^ disappear, nilUlons. ..j^^^^ ^^^ became of the Em wars would bo no more, crime, dis- ease, superstition, Intolerance, would! vanish aa the mists of August before' the rising sun." Fountains. Pew things are loveMer than foun- tains are . . . White water s.tahblng at a blue sky far Or falling over in a crystal troe Canadian Seeds, Canadian-grown s«<ds connmand re t" per or .' "The Emperor? Why, the 'Boy Emperor,' so-called â€" tho heir to the throne â€" was confined for many years which Europeans have long been aware, that In tho Northern Hemis- phere, tho farther north any plant am bo bitught to perfection the higher w'Uh fr„,o ,«,,!•. . *'"' ''** ""^ q«iallt.y and that of near With frozen lire In nil its veins to see dosceii'dants, Shuttled by wlndw into a rainbow bar. ^^^bli^Vr '"""«" '"f""'^ by virtue; in tho Imperial City at Peking, after of their Inherit qualities of hardiness p j *.. and vigor of growth. It Is a fact, of Uf-OVgB llooster. ONell, In ••The White Big Playground. Jiispt-r Nnllonal Park, In Alberta, wllh iiM ;ir<vi of 4,400 square mi;ca, is one of Iho iiirgwi '•playgpouMils ' In tlie world. ,\ piii-t of Ihi.-! ros.Tvi^ to the Ancient Paving of Lava. The slret'ls of tho city of Pompoil were paved with bjocks of .ava quar- ried from tho neighborhood of Mt. Ve- suvius. the Manchu dynasty was overthrown in the Revolution in 1911." "Oh. ye«, I remember. Well, then, they have a republic?" "They wt up a republic after the Revolution, under the leader&hlp of the founder of the Nationalist Part.v â€" Sun- Yat-sen. You probably recall hearing hl« name?" "Sun Yat-sen? It makes me think of Sen-Sen." ThcTe was a siUght pauee for reflec- tion on both sldoa of the table. Then: "Is ho Ppoflldent?" "Sun Yat-e.^n7 He's d'ead. He only acf<Ml as executive ttinipornrlly, and another man be><-amo the first regular lee. small wojxien rod, some eighteen Inches l<,.,g and simlUir In appearance The irogram during the day will be ^ an ordinary brcH,m8tlck. One end principally .-onflned to c.ullio , m sU h«d .een Bawed off diagonally and a but at night there will Iv.. .p.,',,"!^ bV small u.KKlMidlak the si.e of one'emr eminent Canndian.s. prob.h v In^h nallcl u,K>„ It. The other end «t« languages. To Improve the r. -epS grooved,., fit on a pl,H,. When the fid- at distant points, the s.m..li,v b S dlestk-k was plac^od against a pipe and casting stations wouKl b<. sli.. „ "av- il'mVi ' '*'â-  """" """ '"^^ *'^" '"« "* '"«* P"^-^rM sta.i<,n.s ,l,c i,,^. •"'.'*• ca«.tlng. K. J. Howers, operator of the broad- cast Ing station, holds somewliat slml- ' * "" Jar views. Since he explained that the ' Road to Success Nnt Stmicrk* ttellon Is In no way connected with the nhlH^ , ^Ira ght. PIpeH, it being thonoughly grounded ^ T "".""f " ""' '"''"*'â- ' Where necessary, and the leada ,â„¢ i ""*• 7''*^'* "«•""•' t^'lnx n.s unlnter- the m<Morgen,,^.or to Uie tubes con- 1 r**" "'„''r'*'T'* '" ""^' "*'"" "^ "'"â- " tain mere than the re<,ulrod number of '"^ «'"^<^,'',«l«Pn"'". 'n busin*^ Ufo f»d^o-rrequency chokes and by-,>a8, ' 7 . ""! *'*"^ everything we nt- oondcnsers, It would seem that r^ 1^7""!' ''m'T '""'? '"""• "''*-" " Chanlcal vibration Is accountable for i . '"*""• '" "'"â-  '"'"' ^*"'" Oils "ta.p muKlc " "• I perhaps wo neem nv..ii in hUp ixick- The case has a«>„,ed considerable ! r..Vl"':.l'nJ".:.'"''' *""' " •"'" ">• lBt«n«t among Toronto radio fans Imitation of Resin. A Ryntheilc ivsln produced by a north of the cnnlraj section is .iilll un- Vipun.se clemhl is .said to be cniwble rrosidcnt.'" explored, but the park is being rapid- ''^ taking aniline dyes, whereas na- "Who's President now'" tho »•..».-, iu;iU;„ „f lural Rli'ss can bo colored with min- "That'!, what they're trying to find out In tho civil war. There isn't anv ly (>iH^n;(l ii|i by trallw iiii'l liigliways. eral d.xca only H«port« from Kng-land tell of a slut lar c*«« In which a motal kimp pole near Station 2LO in London acts In t like manner and dally brings crowds about It. Never Neglect Hsnd Signals. Donf neglect hand signals. Many accidents have been brought about by l^e drJveni who are too negligent to Kaiu those bebliMU quired years to gain. Then we weaken and gIVH up. Pon- ' sibly one more week, even omh mori> day of siruggle, would have hrongbt the goal In Bl^t. Pully half tht> fail- xxres In the big aims of our lives I'oiild be tracwl to thU nilMake of reirard ng a temporary reverg.i ua dwIslvB de- feat. You and I would he uppalleil to- day If we knew the vast number of uniJM-essary falliiren men and women who were derelvcil and cheated by thia Moloch, Ulnoouragemeiu. i Hankow end captured the port of Shanghai "But they're not winning any more?"*! "No; there's been a split between the moderate group on cue side, heaid^i ed by their general, C4Uang Kal-sihek,! and the radicate on the other â€" th*r' Reda The moderates now have head- quarters at Shanghai, and the radicata, at Hankow." "I see." "Nothing more?" "I don't think so." "Dcn't want to know the reason ton the spUt?" "Ot, It seems to me they (dway» split. I'll bet It's no sensible r^son. It never Is." "WeiU, It seems to be partly over th«, general poUclea of the partyâ€" whether^ they BhouJd be Communietic or demo- craticâ€" and over the attitude to b« taken toward foreigners." U struck the Foreign Editor, think- ing over the conversation, that the needed edltorlaJ explaining the situac tlon in China had been outlined - Th», OuUoofc .J Luring the Temperamental Fish. That flah have a well-eetab!lshed r».' putatlon for vanity may be gathered from the popularity of the mirror as a "trick" lure, according to an article in "Field and Stream Magazine" de»- oriblng peculiar bait patents. However, vanity is not the only pla- catory Instinct ai)T>ealied to by the«-» 1-ures. One device carrios a mifroF suspended behind the bait to aroiw^ a fis'h's competition Instinct; while an- other seeks only to oxcite curiosity by his miiTor. Still another promising Inventor wrote, "My invention seeks to utilize the Instinct of a lish to bite at an- other fish, particnlarly one smaller than himself; and my invention con- sists, therefore. In placing a reflectlr* surface upon the line In which Uie f A will see himself reflected, and also a hook upcn said Hue adjacent to the re- flecting siirfiiw, so that when the lish bites at the suppoeed approaching flsh. he will be caught upon the hook." fr World's Poultry Congress. Some of tho RrKlsh delegates l« the Worlds Poultry Congress here July 2Tth to August 4th, are sailing from Brkain at once, according to word re- ceived from Edward Brown, I^ndon. Pre.^ldent of tbe 1927 lntemi.tlonal ("ongmss. Pi>esident Brown himself is sailing on June 24th to a«;lst In pre- paring the show. The .Marchioness of Aberdeen, wife of a former C.ovoinor- General of I'anada. writes to say that ner daughter, Uuiy Pentland. with her son. young lx>rd P<-ntland, and lion. Peggy Sinclair, is likely tqo be a visit- or to the Congress. i,udy Aberdeen adds that thei^ will doubtless be a number of me-mbers of the National Council of Women att«nd In one ca- put Ity or another. armlstlc.';";.!"..;;';,:" *""' ''"'' ""' Hmdenburg Bu.p<.ud.j ,i„.uU.!es «1 . ue hau!e>l to Co.upiesne, wh*re tbe The Vole? of the Sun. The day began before your eyes werf awake. Something had spoken. The world abo«t j-our i-om was very still; The sun. It seemt^, had dried up every sound â€" Yet something spoke. No lark's eong In the sky: No gentle lowing of a cow; No cheery salutation from a passerby In tbe rood below- Just morning, tmbllmely beautiful, touching yiour eyelkls. And si.mtthing breathing •Peace" In- to your ear. You lay in quietness and listen*^!'. You and the sun were close to oue an* other. U waa tha sun's voice you had heard. i

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