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* Enfaty first " is the motto of the Air In an informative and eloquins address i Ministry in relation to civil flying to the shareholders of the Canadian Paci
SAFETY TESTS.
CRICKET PROSPECTS. SURREY AS FAVOURITES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
Dealing in 2 home paper with the
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Sir Auckland" liefdes announced in the Hanse of Commons on May sith" that a One cannot afford to make mistakes in the Railway at Montrent, last month, Pre-prospects of county elevens, P. F. Wartier question mader consideration was a mis the air as on the ground te ever, at sen,"sident E. W. Beatty said in part: sion to investigate Far Eastèrn markët, remarked tieneral Sir P. H. Sykes, Con
The results of the year's operations" Surrey, the champion county of re for cotton piece-goods, " Japanese com trolloptionořal of Civil Aviation, speak were, on they whole, and wander the condiwill be captained by C. T. A. Wilkinson, petition, he added, was one of the probing at the Criterion Restaurant, and ations which existed,' satisfactory, notwith most capable leader, and a tree and lems with which any such mission would series of unlucky accidents which might standing the shrinkage in the net car attractive batsman and the other deni What the middle" of "the month caised by lack of forethought and pre-ings of $120,6ro, due to the extraordinarateurs who will appear from time to private selvices were reerised in Shanghai | exution might well use a set back to the ary increase in wage scales and cost of time a P. G. H. Fender, D. J. Knight, to the effect that the mission had been whole art and industry.”* ̈*
Over 7 and E. C. Kirk. Fender was unlucky materials of all descriptions. devided on näd would leave England in
jer wit of the total therrase in operatenough to break his leg while playing the early autumn. This news, combined In pursuit of safety a series of teata vi ing expenses was due to inercases in football some six months ago, and he will with the publication of the Peaces terms both, then, and machines will be insisted
not be able to play for some little time. 1z gabyli disclosing the immediate future of Shan-up. They include tung and Tsingtao, his Very naturally made the subject of Japanese conr petition one of the leading topics Lof the past month, It is obviously
bject with which the mission search. referred to will have to deal com prehensively, for it is a many-sided There is Japanese comperitian in its thoroughly legitimate forma There is dapanese competition in its i legitimate form. represented by Japanese infringement of trademarks."
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After firers of, war, Jand the When Pots, navigators, or engineers in the existence of times of the must severe arreaust pass a uredical test. Physiclimatic conditions, I am Happy to say mental and temperamental suitability are regarded as important; and have been that the physical condition of your pro- made the subject of special medical reperty is excellent and it will not require
Any person wishing to By aircraft wore that usual unintenance expendi- I liveries that in any work he may impart carryingther sengers or goods for tures to ensure its usual cheiency.
hum must obtain a certificate qualifying him to do so and a laren,
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Your directors are of the union that
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AN ALL-ENGLAND CANDIDATE." Fender bowls with a short run and an
easy action, and delivers the ball fum is good height. A beautiful feld in "the slips, and a daring and powerful hitter, were it necessary to choose an eleven to In represent England this season, he would be one of the strongest candidates for a place. D. Knight is another young last autumn and winter, suffering from the effects of gas poisoning. Should his health be good much will be expected of him, but he will not be availabl until after the University match. E. C. Kirk bowled with considerable su cass in the charity matches at Lord's and the Oval last summer, and a bowler of his type, who comes quickly off the ground, is always useful on an Oval wicket.
a reasonable amount of additional branch Faery arcraft must be registered, and the construction should be gone on with will The assigned a registration d soon as conditions warrant. and the nationality thark.
necessary statutory authority obtained And there is Japanese gpmpetition in its Slachines will be certified for a definite Resolutions will be abmitted for your politico-economic form, as represented by load; in the air re overloading or strap-approval for the construction of the lines Fler policy in Manchuria and Tsingtao.
will be allowed, banging
are most drgently required. So natach that 'is at once unfair and Each machine will carry three log books this connection I should point out that in unsound finds expression in print about-und for the machine, one for the engine, the matter of railway constret the this gastion that a definition (of the and one for the journey, attitude of British merchants in the
All passenger aircraft will be periodi: country is faced with a condition quite) player of England class, but he was very
unmeedented in the recent history of Far East to the Japanese question) is cally inspected, overhauled and Certifed Canada, in that the National Railways desirable especially at a time like this as airworthy.
and your company are the only large cou when everywhere an attempt is being made The spording man who is anxious to flypanies with resources suthcient to enable to give basic principles and facts their his own machine will require to licens them to provide additional railway facili- relative importance. Let it be said,ell, but there will not be the same restricties to any substantial extent. Serious therefore, simply and sincerely, that on tions upon him as upon the man piloting the secre of Japanèse competition of the for hire and reward, legitiuiste kind British merchants enter- One important regulation forbids any tain neither fear nor animosity. Natu- thing but ballast water or ine sand-tr rally they do not like it because it spells be dropped from aireralt. decrossed profits and harder work. But they do not fear it because, when fairly played, they have set never been beaten at the game of cominere. Nor do they entertain any feeling of hostility, because animosity towards a competitor merely brenase he is a competitor is not part of the national psychology Had it been, British soldiers too would have had a hyan of hate, whereas the armies marched to battle to sentimental, but entirely good-humoared, doggerel. The statistics of increasing Japanese trade are publish- ed, areordingly, as a group of facts re- quiring the serious consideration of our very Fest brains and as an indication tha as commercial rivals the Japanese have got to be taken far more seriously than
and continuing blunders in our railway "policy have resulted in the licvernment bring required to assume the ownership at present of 11,000 miles of railway, with the prospect of the nequisition of an
Of the professionals, Hubbs, appeared An chvives point which has not been additional 6.400 miles. When this acquisins great a batsman as ever on the two or lost sight of." said treneral Sykeiston has been accomplished the principal three ccasions I saw him play that year, the danger of certain undesirable geatle competing systems in Canada will be Sandham, one of the younger gent Hitch was in men from versus being literally drop our company and the Canadian Nation- ration, should get, runs. ped from the clouds in this country, and al Railways. I have no apprehension as valided out of the Army, and it is said
that he will never again how fast, but the police and other authorities knowing to the ability of your company, with its nothing of their advent. The provisions splendid facilities and equipment, and he is a superb fielder and so useful a of the Aliens Restrictions Order or the loyal and efficient officers and men, 10 hitter that he should be worth his place Defence of the Realm Regulations are abtain a fair share of the traffic and to in the X He may he of distinct valua applicable to persons arriving here by air harid it expeditionsly and well, I baves a googlie bowler, for I have seen him equally with thow arriving by sea, except no fear of Government ownership, but attempt this style at praction with some sticces, Surrey need n slow bowler, but, that the place of "approved ports in Government ownership has some appar taken by that of appointed aerodromes. ert fear of private competition und in spite of this, handicap. I fancy them
real conditions. It has recently been strongly for the championship. In addi found necessary to give the National tion to the county matches, Gentlemen v. Railways privileges in the gutter of con Players will be played at the Oval an struction of railways not enjoyed by pri- July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, and on July 17th, vate companies and to exempt them from 18th and 19th. Surrey and Middlesex for a war cha- fromplying in other respects with the exist. will play a "friendly"
ing laws respreting railways. I sincerely rity; the match, of course, not counting trust that this policy of making one law in the championship. for the National Railways and one for the Canadian Pacific and other private enterprises will neither be continued nor extended. Because nothing would, in my opinion, be calculated to destroy confid
TO PREVENT SMUGGLING.
Our Customs friends have been very worried over the question of smuggling, and it certainly is a very difficult one. For outgoing and incoming aircraft cer- tain appointed aerodromes have been
During Easter, he mentioned, 972 pas sergers were carried. After General Seely had announced that civil flying would be permitted during the holidays, applica- tions were received from all quarters, but og indstigation by competent officers many of the places proposed as aero. ence dromes were found unsuitable, some of the pilots applying for licences had been tarned down Ly the R.A.F. as unft for pilot or observer, while some machines were either obsolete or had not passed their experimental stage.
LORD MORRIS ON BOLSHEVISM.
in Canadian Railway enterprise more than a policy which would confer exclusive and peculiar rights on the National Railways designed to make the competitive conditions unequal.
One familiar face will be missing at the Oral this summer-Tom Hayward, who has retired from the game. What n great player he was England never had a better No. 1-so sound and so cool. His bat appeared to the bowler almost illegally broad.
He was a model for a young player, and no one has ever played fast bowling. better than he did. In making his defen- sive strokes he always appeared to have beaps of time to spare.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PROBLEM." Different views may conceivably be
In the Gentlemen' r. Players match at " held as to the public ownership and opera Lord's in 1906, when the great majority tion of railways.. My own views aro
of the professional batsmen were falling sufficiently well known not to require re-like aizrpios before the terrific onslaught Lord Morris, the Premier of New Petition, but the fact is public ownership of N. A. Knox and W. Brearley. Tom is already here and experience only will Hayward was getting every ball in the show whether the difficulties have men-middle of the hat, and playing these very tioned in securing efficient and non-essen fast bowlers, with apparent ease. In the tial administration can be overcook, and end he was run out, and the Gentlemen the country receive an adequate service won by some 40 odd runs.. at a minimum" of loss..
MIDDLESEX PROSPECTS. "1 am "satisfied the Government re- A good comrade as well as a mighty cognize these difficulties and that a sincere cricketer his name will go down to cricket and determined effort will be made to history one of the finest and most reli- meet the situation. It would mean, how-able of batsmen. Middlesex will, a ever, to be obviously wise that the assumptual, rely very largely on amateurs, tion of further obligations should at least backed up by J. W. Hearne. Hendren,, be deferred until the practicability of Murrell, and Lee. F. T. Mann has been Government administration, or adminis appointed vice-captain, and, in spite of tration under the aegis of the Government being severely wounded three times, de- (which is quite inseparable from Governlarca that he is ready to field in the
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they have been hitherto,
Ten years ago, the Manchester Guard-allocated." far for example. was more than sceptical about their potentialitics and even to-day there is a tendency in some quarters to under.timate them" The tendency arises partly from the very obvious inferiority of Japanese workmanship in certain lines, partly from the knowledge that Japan's modern, like much of her ancient civili zation. is in the main imitative and therefore lacking in one of the essentials of industrial success. Of the two handi caps the latter is the more permanent and, therefore, from a competitor's standpoint, the more reassuring, for to the extent to which the Japanese are dependent upon other people's ideas they must always be behindhand in applying thein. Gracted, however, that the fact constitutes a safe- guard, it may be suggested that it is foundland, visited Walthamstow, recent on which too much reliance can be placed.is, to deliver an address in aid of the one, in fact, which the very invertivenes fands of St. Patrick's Church Club. Pre- of the West is itself continually weaken; vious to the meeting he was received by ing. For ideas are becoming more, and the district councillors at the Town Hall. more rapidly communicable and as are thanking them for his reception, he sult genius in the forms of inspiration Said Bolshevism was abroad throughout must necessarily approximate in value to the world, and it was seen in its worst genius in that of taking pains. Nobody form in Russia, and, let them make no will deny the Japanese the latter capa mistake about it, they had it in Great city. They are probably the mest pain Britain in different forms and in differ- taking people under the sun.
ent places, They saw the spirit of revolt And so long as they display this quality in their divorce courts, where the cases in legitimate competition British mer-of which they read in the papers showed chants make në complaint. On the con- that there was a want of consideration trary, they admire them for it. It is when for others A man married a girl who ment ownership) has been demonstrated. country at both ends." the capacity of taking pains ignores was the idol of her parents, and in a few In the end the burden of the enterprises N. Haig, a cricketer of the right type, generally accepted standards of fair months went off to his club, and why dealing that they become critical, Wilful should they be surprised if the girl went must be borne by the people and the should do well, and we are hoping much infringement of trade marks, unreliabi- off with her admirer ? The best club for People are entitled to know whether the of G. T. S. Stevens, the captain of Uni- methods of Administration are such as versity College School, a young cricketer lity of their own subjecta in spheres in any man was his home, however humble warrant their approval of the continuance of high allround promise, but at the which everybody is supposed to have an it was. They could not go to any theatre of extension of them in the interests of moment a better bowler, I am inclined to equal chance, these are the faults which, or read any book without having their
think, than batsman. when they meet them, British merchants susceptibilities offended. It was the duty
S. M. Haslip, of the Rugby Eleven of and difficult to forgive. And unfort of the members of the council to spread TRIUCTES TO LAD SHAUGHNESSY,
In conclusicú President Beatty paid a will be tried. He can bat, bowl, and
1913-14, is another young cricketer who.. Trade right ideals of education. nately they meet them often. marks are being infringed right and left;
glowing tribute to his predecessor, Lord most certainly Beld. Our policy will contracts are broken and in Dalny, where
"catch 'em the door to. Manchuria is supposed to be function bars, that is to say, with an in-holders, introduced by Mr. Huntley H.
Resolutions passed by the C.P.B. share to like Kipling's soldier,
young.' open, it is open to Japanese only. That ternational staff controlled in practice as
After 24 years' service I am myself is the reason why the fature of Tsingtanwell as in theory by the Inspector
Brammond, contained the followizg
Through Lord Shaughnessy' finan-something of a has been," but, under is being so much canvassed. No Briton General. Viewed in the light of procial skill and executive, ability, an im. pressure, I am tempted to pat my for- ignores, or is ungrateful for, the help
tunes to the test once again, and I hope given to his country by Japan in thes and of all her expressions of good mease transportation system has been to play in some of the matches at war. On the contrary, his realization of and logical and it is greatly to be hoped fciency and economy that the Canadian
faith the suggestion is at once moderate built up and consolidated with such ef- Lord's. all that Japanese asistarice meant is ax-
An innings that I played lately in the ceedingly vivid. But this cannot possibly those which she is pledged to safeguard, moderate rates, have seen their resources ably very unwisely-that I might, with a that in her own interests, as well as in people have enjoyed efficient service at desert in Egypt leads me to think-prob- erase other experiences. Indeed, it seems rather to set them in relief and to make Japag will decide to adopt it.
developed beyond all expectation and bit of luck, make a few runs occasionally, all the harder to understand how in one much for the bencht of Japanese as of years by a steady few of immigration, cellent sergeant-major who was umpir, It may not be out of place to add, as have been encouraged during, normal especially as the admirable and most ex- capacity Japan can act with good faith British readers, that in conacetion with while the financial returns of the coming assured me that he had not seen so and in others fail to do to And, as a con- this question the following paragraph pany itself have amply justified the constraight & blade an mine in all Egypt- sequener, in questions like that of Tsing apppeared in ย tao, it leads to a request for performance Hulletin, the incuth-piece of the Federa- industry and management.
recent issue of the fidence placed by investors in Canadian nay, not between Dan and Beersheba
The amateurs available, besides those I rather than rromises.
tion of British Industries, one of the Japan is pledged to the hilt
It is particularly gratfying to the have already mentioned, are E. L. Kidd, not only to run Teinstan to Ching but most-powerful organizations in Great shareholders that under Lord Shaugh- S H. Saville, the Hon R. Anson, M.
Britain.
nessy's presidency the Canadian Pacifio H. C. Dall, and, I hope, G. E.. V. Crutchley, to do so in a manner which will give all merchants who wish to trade theration of members to the statement which rendered such signal service to the cause
It is desired to draw the earnest atten- Railway Company should not only have and, as always, we shall play our cricket. equal chance. Yot Japanese newspapers appeared under the above heading in the of the Allies during the recent great war, No one ever saw a Middlesex eleven bored keen, energetic, and, happy spirit in Tatartao are claiming, for a Japanese Manchester Guardian of April 2nd (Page but should also have maintained it and listless in the field. concession not merely all that the Ger-4). In this statement it is clearly demon efficiency and financial standing in the mans held but more. while the only terms strated that, should Japan succeed at the face of the difficult conditions created by on which the Jananese Government bas Peace Conference in establishing her the war. The shareholders consider it published its readiness to return the port claim to an exclusive concession at Tsing due largely to his farsighted policy that and honour the spirit of self sacrifice to China are such as will make equal tac and to a privileged position in regard under such circumstances the Canadian enjoyment of trading facilities impose to the railways, mines and other develop Pacific Railway Company should not only with which Lord Shaughnessy maintained sible. It may be that. Japan intends to meat, throughout the Province of Shan have required no assistance from the the arduous duties of the presideneg modify these terms. In the article just tung, a vital blow will have been struck Canadian Government, but should. ac during the anxious years of the war in referred to certain modifications are Aug at the prosperity of the two ports, tually from its reserves have been able to spite of physical disabilities. They ro gested, the most important being readinem Shanghai and Tientsin, and the whole provide substantial aid to that Govern. joice that these disabilities have bec on her part to let the Chinese Maritime futurs position of British trade in China ment in maintaining the high standard ameliorated, and that with renewed Customs function in Tsingtao an they will receive a serious eat-back. British of Canadian, credit
vision berean once more enjoy the beauties of that which the Canadian Pacific Bail- (Continued et foct of next column.) Chamber of Commerce Journal, Shanghai. ** (l'antinued at foot of next calumni.) way has made accessible to the world.”
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