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-4k.- Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and Th«i World at Large Be Careful II Is a mi>«t (lifttresHliig experience to Hi) throuKli ail automobile lucldent. ThoMO who have Injured other people bitterly regret their carelfssiiesg If they havo been at fault. 11 la inllnlte- ly better to show a pleasant spirit of courtcHy, take things oiusy on the roads, and avoid the regret and loss that must come from a serious acci- dent.â€" Montreal Herald. The Lucky Man The lurky man these day.s la the one nrho has been so busy lookinR after his business that he didn't know there was a stock crash until he read about It In the papers.â€" Chatham News. Achieving a Profit I,pt the bells ring out! Let there be music and singing and dancing la the street! Let bonfires be lighted on the highest hills! Let there b© general re- joicing! Why all this excitement? Reason enough! A municipally-owned Btreet railway sy.steni has produced a profit. True, the profit shown by the Calgary line Is not largeâ€" 3.24 to be exactâ€" but It is a profit, and that la eomethlng. And it is the first time since 1929. However, there seems to be a fly in the ointment. The despatch telling of the blessed event says that the surplus was achieved "after allow- ing for the electric light department's contribution of $3,375."â€" Border Cities Star. Harvesters' Excursions There will be no harvesters' excur- sions to the west this year. Some of thoso t'xcursions were good. They pro- vided a trip that generally did belter than pay expenses and they also con- vinred a good many folk that Ontario vas a pretty good province. â€" Stratford Beacon-Herald. Buy Now Every report on business Issuing from any source on this continent is telling the same story. Stock and com- modity prices are advancing rapidly, and retail prices are certain very soon to follow them upward. And the wl.ie retail buyer will "get in on the ground floor" now.â€" Halifax Herald. Accidents in Homes Next to the highway, it la in the liome that tliere Is the greatest toll of lif.> through accidents. Home acci- dent fatalities are exceeded only by accidental deaths from motor vehicle operation and, over a period of years, so insurance records show, nearly one- third of all accidental deaths occur at liome. â€" Kingston Whig-Standard. State IVIediclne It Is reasonable to believe that a system of state medicine and perhaps tompulsory observance of the system of medical examinations, innoculations and so on would save money to the state. It Is now common knowledge that neglected health conditions in early life cause a great deal of trouble as age advances and frequently inca- pacitate men for work at a much ear- lier age than would have been the ca.-fe had ttiey looked after themselves as they sliould, or possibly would have, if the service had been available. It is a large (juestion, of course, with two ^ideg to the argument, but there is cer- tainly a swing towards state medicine these days. â€" Port Arthur News-Chron- icle. Roosevelt's Methods Roosevelt is using steam roller, steam hammer or what have you tac- tics to put over his recovery program. Firms reducing hours and increasing wages are to put stickers on their windows announcing that they are carrying out the Recovery Act, and now the President advises the women Of the United States who do moat of the retail buying, not to patronize stores which do not carry these signs. â€" Chatham .News. Railway Rates A lowering of freight and passenger rates, many believe, woud be In the best interests of the railroads, es- pecially In view of the keen competi- tion offered by buses and trucks. Vliether this can be obtained witliout • further cut in wages depends greatly on the extent to which the industry, and allied industries, recover, and, just as important, to what extent econo- mies In other directions are carried out ou the railroads. â€" St. Thomas Times-Journal. What It Would Do Lord Arnold Is quoted as saying that "another war would not settle any- thing." On the other hand, it could be argued that another war would about settle civilization. â€" Monctou Tran- •(Tipt. Work of Ncwapaperi Wiley Post, round-the-world flier, was taken to task by his business manager at the conclusion of the flight for talking to newspapermen. The salient fact was overlooked that If newspapermen had not talked about Post, there would bare been one less manager Id employment today. â€" Ham- ilton Spectator. Must Wa 8lt<p7 Nicholas Tesla, dean of American Inventors, recently told reporters that he scarcely sleeps an hour a day, and that he considers sleep a matter ot habit. According to him, people have developed the habit of sleeping be- cause of having to spend » part of each day in the dark. If it is really a habit, wo do not hesitate to say it is a bad habit. We lose nearly half of our lite in that way. For people who stay up late, perhaps the figure Is only a quarter of their life, but It is still too much. In any case, now we know it is not a necessity of life, there is no further excuse for sleeping througli a sermon or nodding over a book, and public otllcials can at least bo expect- ed to stay awake at their Jobs!â€" La I'atrle (Montreal). The New Era When the World Economic Confer- ence comes to a close Roosevelt says "It won't be the end of the world." Hut it will bo the end of an old worldâ€" the one which was based on International finance and trading. It will be the be- ginning of a new world in which the nations will create fresh markets either of their own people or in new economic groups. America already has set out on this adventure. Britain must tread the same path. The pros- pect before us Is fairer even than that which faces the new Americans. Cer- tainly there is no going back. The bridges are broken down. The Empire Union must now take the place of the old world which has broken down. â€" The Daily Express. Wrong Backgr'ound The pessimism that attends the con- ference is increased by the optimism of its background. The representa- tives of the sixty-six nations in vari- ous stages of economic stringency and financial disaster observe everywhere is apparently untouched and might be tliey turn an England whoso prosperity living In Edwardian days. They come to London at the height ot the Lon- don season, when ^t'l the "pending ot people with money is accalurated and all the luxury left In the country is dis- played. The proper background for a Word Economic Conference in Eng- land would have been Manchester or Bradford or Glasgow, perhaps Glas- gow best ot all, tor tliere everyone can see the miles of empty stocks of tho with activity when all the world need- shipyards, not so long ago teeming ed ships to carry trade from one land to another and all the world traded together.â€" Manchester Guardian. Canada Needs People Canada is the only British Dominion which can be quickly made ready for the reception ot million) ot settlers. She is distant hardly a week's sail from Britain. It Is as easy to cross the Atlantic now as It was to cross the North Sea three centuries ago. The Canadian climate makes her attractive to Hritish settlers. Against the absurd statement that the Canadian climate Is too inclement for further settlement northwards, we place the living wit- ness of the sturdy French-Canadians. Occupying one of the most difficult iwrts of Canada, this people, with the passing of the centuries, has improved its physique. There is probably no sturdier white folk in all the world than the French-Canadians of the northoinniost settlements in Quebec. Canada will eventually be peopled by hundreds of millions. â€" Dr. Frank Bolin In National Review. 1933 Air Heroes - Economy at Sea So rapidly has post-war ship design developed that a modern 40,000. ton liner costs less to run to Montreal than a 20,-OOOton 30-year-old rival. THE UNITED STATES Canada's Recovery Evidence ot widespread improve- ment ot business In Canada is noted l)y several official agencies. The wholesale price index of the Domini- on Bureau of Statistics reached G7.U in June, compared with 03.6 in FeTir- uary. Tliis is a gain ot 0.3 per cent, in three nKmths, or progress at the rate of about 20 per cent, for a full year. As in our own case, the shari^- est recovery has been made in those conimodilies. principally farm pro- ducts, wliicli had previously suffered most severely from deflation. Security prices have also advanced, at a much more rapid pace, and the average value of 130 common shares whose fluctuations are rei>orted by the Do- minion Bureau has increased by more than 50 per cent, since March. Gains In trade and industry are equally not- able. The oflicial index of industrial production has moved up from a "low" ot 67.0 in February to 76.4 In May. A figure tor June is not yet available, but continued expansion in Industries producing steel, textiles and non-fer- rous metals leaves little doubt that it will show a further gain. This evi- dence of Canadian improvement Is of special interest to the United States, inasmuch as more American capital Is invested In Canada than In any other foreign country, and ('anadian mar- kets are second in importance only to those of the United Kingdom as an outlet for American goods. That these gain.i have been made without any plan deliberately to depreciate the Canadian dollar offers further proof of the strength of natural forces now tendliiK to promote recovery. â€" New Vork Times. Accident Stresses Peril | Of Driving Too Slowly , There Is dangt-r in going too slow , Ji' t as there is danger in going too fa.st, according to statistics issued by the National Safety Council, Inc. This was exemplified re^nlly in a serious smash-up. Four cars were directly In- volved, three persons were badly In- jured and several others escaped ' hurts. I "A sedin was poking along, accord- ing to witnesses, at little better than a snail's pace." is the description i given by the Council. "So slowly In fact that a heavy truck, with trailer J outfit found it necessary to try to pass. j "Down the road coming In oppo- ; .-iite direction was another car and the driver , behind this ofle also de-| cided to pass. As a result the big trailer outfit met the other passer | head-on. To make matters worse the collision occurred just as all four cars were grouped together. "Of course, it can be argued that the respective passers were to blame and that they did not exercise the proper precautions before taking the chance. One of thera at least was to blame from this standpoint. But it Is evident that both of them thought the way was clear. They simply guessed wrong, as so often happens. "On the other hand the fact re- mains that a motorist must be creep- ing along pretty slowly it a heavy truck with a trailer finds it neces- sary to move ahead." Wiley Pn.st, lone record world lller, met Gen. Italo Balbo, com- mander of the largest mass flight In history, In New York. Th» meeting took place a few hours after Post had broken his own re- cord for a globe-circling flight. Newfoundland To Lose Status? If Plan Adopted â€" British Commission May Run Colony New York. â€" A special despatch from London to the New York Times says: Newfoundland will temporarily lose her status as a self-governing colony if the British government approves the report of Lord Amulree's commission, which was recently sent to investigate the island's flnaucial plight. The re- port, whi('h is now in the hands ot Dominion's Secretary Thomas, is un- derstood to propose drastic action without precedent in modern British history. It recommends that the is- land's finances be put under expert non-political control as a condition to arranging a big reconstructiou loan. The report goes still further iu pro- posing that the whole administratioa ot the island should be handed over for a time to a nominated commission empowered to recognize the machinery ot government, collect taxes and con- duct the affairs ot the colony by ad- ministrative order. This seems in effect that Newfound- landers would lose their .self-governing institutions until the British were able to put the island on its feet. Widows are living longer in the midlands. Their Increased tenacity to life has cost tho Midland District Miners' Fatal Accident Relief Soc- iety £11,230 In the past five years. Canadian Authors Feted in Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland. â€" The 70 mem- l)ers of tho Canadian Authors Associa- tion touring the United Kingdom were entertained at luncheon by tho City Corporation ot Edinburgh. The function was one of many that have been arranged for the visitors at various parts ot tho British Isles, most noteworthy perhaps being the luncheon by the Royal Society of Lit- erature at which Rudyard Kipling was chief speaker. Replying to the toast to the guests proposed by the Lord Provost. Howard Angus Kennedy ot the Canadian party expressed regrets the stream ot mi- gration from Scotland to Canada had been checked of late years. Canada had room for millions ot Scots If they showed as much intelligence iu reform systems ot cooperative settlement as had been shown in other forms ot or- ganization, he declared. Census to be Made of Tourist Traffic Quebec. â€" During the month of Aug- ust the Highways Department will take a census of all tourist automo- biles entering the province ot Quebec. X similar census has been taken in previous years but last year it was in- terrupted and it has been decided to resume the former practice. During the month observers will be on duty at all highway points ot entry to Quebec and in addition to counting the number ot cars entering a tabula- tion will be made ot the duration ot tlie visits ot tho tourists. Hungarian Partridge Thrive in Quebec Brome, Que. â€" The introduction of tho Hungarian partridge to this coun- tryside has proved highly successful, it was reported at a meeting of the local branch of the Province of Quebec Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. Two years ago some Hun- garian partridge had been introduced, it was stated, and tor two successive springs they have nested, the result being that many healthy young birds are now seen on the wing. In a tew years, the hope was expressed, there will be enough birds to provide sport for the gun. The meeting resolved to approach the authorities with a view to protect- ing the rainbow trout which had been established In Brome Lake some time ago, but had been found to be making their way down the Yamaska into greater bodies ot w^ater. Quebec had been approached, it was announced, but nothing had been done. Study will be made of the possibili- ties of establishing a fish-rearing pond in the neighborhood. New National Park Winnipeg.â€" Riding Mountain Nation- al Park, described here as Canada's new playground, was opened on July 26. This reservation Is situated on a plateau about 150 miles north-west ot the city of Winnippg. It has an area ot 1,148 square miles and contains a small herd ot bison and from tw^o to three thousand wild elk, one ot the largest herds ot this kind of deer In Canada. There are also numerous moose and commoner deer. The new national park is easily accessible. It is approached from all directions by good motor roads, and will probably prove popular with motorists. Prince Praises Bond of Ejnpirc No Narrow National Char acter. He Tells Service League â€" Message from King London. â€" 'The British Common, wealth of Nations was one of th« greatest powers participating in the World Economic Conference," Iha Prince of Wales declared in addressing delegates to the Sixth Biennial Confer- ence of the British Empire Service League at a banquet here last week. "Because ot our position we can never have any narrow, national character," he contiuuel. "For one of the greatest powers Iu the world to have no narrow, indlTidualistic na- tional character but yet be held by a great bond is a very great thing at pr»- sent." The Prince said that after 10 years the British Empire Service League had justified its existence among ez- servlcemen in all parts of the com- monwealth ot nations. AH parts of tha Empire had suffered severely during the last ten years. War veterans ot the Empire had borne their burdens with great fortitude, he said, because they knew what service and sacrifica were and knew it was up to them to help others who had not been through the same gruelling. The heir to the throne read a tele- gram from the King wishing continued prosperity to tho League. Fly Across B.C. Ice Fields I Two Montreal Women I May Inherit 20 Millions Montreal. â€" Upon their ability to prove relationship to Edward Albert Ridley, elderly millionaire found mur- dered last May In a New York base- ment office, depend the chances of two Montreal women to inherit an estate valued at approximately $20,000,000. They are Miss Edith English and her sister, Mrs. W. H. Broscoe. "We have no proof that we are related," said Miss English in confirming a re- port that her mother was Charlotte Grace Ridley, daughter ot Robert Rid- ley, who is believed to have been a nephew of the murdered eccentric. Investigations into family history were being made. Miss English said. Building Permits Value Up 75 P.C June Total $1.5 33.000 Above . May; Maritimes Least Affected Ottawa. â€" The value of building per mits Issued by Gl cities during Juni was $3,536,000, an increase of U,53J,- 000 or 76 per cent., as compared with the May total ot $2,003,000, a Dominion Bureau of Statistics report says Wholesale costs of building material! have been lower la 1933 than in anj other year of the record. Some 50 cities furnished detailed statements showing they had issuei over 200 permits for dwellings valued at over $1,200,000 aud some 1,700 per mits for other buildings estimated t« cost approximately $2,300,000. Durin| May, authority was given tor the ereo tion of over 300 dwellings and somi 2,100 other buildings, valued at ap proximately $700,000 and $1,100,000 re spectively. Quebec in Lead Improvement over May, 1933, wai recorded in New Brunswick, Quebeci Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Al bert^, and British Columbia. Th« largest increase ot $1,250,691 or 23t per cent, oeeurred in Quebec. As comnared" iKith June, 1932, ther« were increases In ijtiebec, Manitoba, and British Columbia.^Hhat of $109,45J or 55.3 per cent in the' last-named be ing largest. The rema'^nlng province! showed decreases. ' Of the larger cities,^^ontreal, Witt nipeg and Vancouver^reported itt creases in the value of the "Jiermits is^ sued as compared with May/anff>felaj__ , with June, 1932, while Toronto showed a gain in the first but a decline iu th« second comparison. Ot the othai centres, Sydney, Moncton, Shawinigai Falls, Branttord, Fort William, Gait Kingston, London, Port Arthur, St Catharines East Windsor, Re'giaa Lethbridge, New Westminster an< North Vancouver reported improve ment over May, 1933, and June, 1932. •i,'^' Blue Heron Colony Wiped Out by Storm Thorndale.â€" The large colony ot blue heron, for many years located in the woods on the farm ot the late Robert Logan, of London, two miles from the village, was completely destroyed by a terrific wind storm. The nests, built in large trees, and occupied by the heron year after year, were blown down. â€" â€" <v - Butter From Canada For New Zealanders Vernon. B.C.â€" The Okanagan Valley | Co-operative Creamery would reverse | the order of things and ship butter to New Zealand, taking in return lumber 1 or fish. Directors ot the company I have petitioned the Minister ot Trade: and Commerce requesting him to try to arrange a shipment ot Canadian butter to the Antipodean Dominion. June Peak Power Month as Industries Busiei Kitchener, Ont,â€" More power wai used In June than in any other month tor the past two years. Manager Me Intyre ot the Public Utilities Commia slon said here recently. As a resuU there was an increase of 169 in th« horse power peak which had been d» dining steadily for some time. The increase in the amount ol powei used is due to power consumption with the smaller factories, some of which are running 24 hours a day, taking th< bulk ot the increase. Steeplejack Alive After 125Foot Fall Denies Pound Sterling is Tied to French Franc London.â€" Leslie Hore-Belisha, finan- cial secretary to tho treasury, iu th« House of Commons to-day emphatical ly denied the suggestion trequentlj advanced that the pound sterling li tied to the French franc. "There is no truth In ttat sugge* tion, ' said the understudy of NevilU Chamberlain, Chancellor ot the fix- chequer. "The policy of the government •» the Chancellor of the Exchequer baa often stated, is to prevent wide flu» tuations in exchange due to purelj speculative influences." - w ♦ » Mrs. C. A. Ame, of Toronto with Capt. Bill Holland of Vancouver, with whom she Hew as passenger, recently. In his hydroplane across the linmense Columbia Ice fields. St. John, N.B.â€" Spectators were hor- rifled recently when John J. Devine, 23, a steeplejack, lost his footing while descending from the peak of St. Paul's (Church and fell 125 feet to the ground. His hold on a long rope probably arert- ed a fatality. He is suffering from shock and the results ot an X-ray were expected to determine any injuriea. Tourists Wanted Ottawaâ€" Tourist attractions ot Basfr eru Ontario are not being placed be- fore the public ill an advantageoM manner, in the opinion of Hon. Georw B. Cliallies, Ontario Provincial Secre- tary. Mr. Challies wrote the Ottawa Board of Trade suggesting the Boards of Trade In Eastern Ontario unite t« devise plans for special literature ts advertise the attraciions ol this part of the Province. I •