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DOMINION DRAMA FESTIVAL Ottawa. Canada-The second Ottawa, Canada-Twenty air Dominion Drama Festival will be mall
existence in
held in the Little Theatre, Ostown, throughout Canada during 1933, in the last week of April next when eleven of these being established teams from ali over the country on a twelve-month basis. In Janu- will présent plays in competition ary, 1934, the Fort Resolation- for the trophy, presented by His Great Bear, Lake, line was extended Exceliency, the Eart of Bessbor to Coppermine on the Arctic Ocean, ough, Governor General of Canada. There were twenty-two light During the weeks prior to the aeroplane clubs ir. the Dominton | festival ellumination contests are
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1934.
smail, downward révisions. F
toes and turnips are also reduced sitghtly, while the forage props are increased by small amounts.
Generally speaking, the changes are
almost insignificant.
The 1033 wheat crop of Canada is finally estimated at 269,729,000- bushels compared with the Novem ber estimate of 271,281,000 bushels and the revised figure of 443,001,-. 000 bushels for the 1932 crop.
Onts, barley, rye and flax seed estimates have been reduced by minor amounts and are much be- low the 1932 estimates. The potato. Crop is now placed at 41.296.000 Wt., and hay and clover at 11.443.- 000 tons.
TO COMMEMORATE NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES
8,087 hours of flying during the Rupert Harvey, a distinguished is one of several notable anniver- first nine months of 1933, in which | English actor who was
acting as at Gaspe, in July, 1543. and took
CALAMITY JANE
Has Said Good-Bye To
GolfTM
SOVIET'S FAR
EAST ARMY
"More Aeroplanes Than Japan”
The Commander of the
Far
IF PLANS FOR DIS- ARMAMENT FAIL
Mr. Baldwin's Firm Declaration
(Special Air-Mail Service)
the
given the
"Calamity Jane," the world's most famous putter. will not be used by Bobby Jonce when he makes bis return to conpetitive golf in the Augusta National Championship in March
No," said Bobby firmly, "her Eastern Army, General Blucher retirement from tournament gelf addressing the Congress of the
London, Feb. 20. An interesting speech by Capt... WAS permanent. Soviet Union Communist party
"To put before the country. the Cunningham Reid" returned an em- four years ago Sha la serving as a model now in recently, repeated the charge that problems which the country will phatic negative to the contention Japan was "feverishly preparing have to face" "rearmament ac- that attack was the best form of last year which had a total of being held throughout Canada. Ottawa, Canada. The year 1934 a golf club factory."
He has ever parted company with for war," adducing us prouds her cording to its own needs if the defence in air warfare. A new nguished is one of severa. It is the 100th his celebrated big driver, which has alleged, building of fifty merodromes policy of limitation of sms should British aeroplane, he told period 68 private and 18 com- "judicator at the final competition anniversary of the landing in Can-been sent as a present to the Royal and aviation, bases in Manchuria, at last fall, in the development of House, capable of climbing 20,000ft mercial llcences were granted to in Ottawa last year is travelling † ada of Jacques Cartier, who landed and Ancient Club at St. Andrews, north of Mukden, and of over sixty international organisation for peace in nine minutes had
Dobby has made a complete break miles of strategic roads leading to if it should succeed. members. Sixty-elghat aircraft ( across the Dominion
defence the mastery of the attack were in use, the total momber-
So Mr. Baldwin defined the effect and changed the whole problem. judge in the various eliminations. possession the country for with the past. All his life he has the Soviet frontiers. He contra-
01 ship was 2,188, und 454 of these Freiminary competitioris
are : France. The city of Three Rivers / bsed wooden-shafted .clubs. None / dicted the recent statement of the 3 of the debate to-day and welocaned such: 'planes were of no use for
commemorate the he is to play in tournaments for Japanese War Minister, General it as complementary to yesterday's aggression, were reported taking flying in- being held at Halifax, Saint John, Quebec, will
and building them, of the disarmament, therefore, would not mean struction. The Toronto Flying Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Kings- 330th, aniversary of its founding by the first time with a complete set Hayashi, that Japan has only 50,000 discussio
The 150th of steel shafted clubs, which he has troops in Manchuria, declaring that negotiations. London. Winnipeg. | Bleur de Laviolette. Club was. the most active. with ton, Torunte.
mament race, and we could obtain It produced a speech from Mr. security with economy. 1.090 hours to its credit. while the Regina Edmonton, Vancouver and anniversary of the founding of used intermittently alnce he gave she has 130,000, besides 110,000 Man-
chukua troops 12,000 Russian whiten Winston Churchill in which he Edmonton and Northern Alberta other places. In many Instances it New Brunswick, as a separate pro- up competitive golf.
He is not making any special and 200 aeroplanes. Of General used his most vivid and glowing Aero Club was second, with 639" s
necessary, so vince, is also to be celebrated. The been found
var coals of the province was preparations for his come back. Hayashi's statement that there were rhetoric to depict the dangers of the hours for the nine-month period. great is the interest aroused, to
We cannot settle down to any routine 300 Soviet aeroplanes in the Far present situation and the menace of Members of the Montreal Light have "eliminations prior even to discovered by Jaques
East, General Blucher remarked: 1534; the Aeroplane Club, who organized those upon which Mr. Harvey will in
war coming suddenly and "bombe settlement plan of practice, " he said.
We will not dispute him. Maybe exploding in London during August their afth annual adjudicate.
was made by Pierre de Monts "I am just going out to play
I can and Samuel air pageant, complied 387 hours of
Champlain on whenever I find time, and when the there are less, maybe more. flying The Webster Memorial
St. Croix Island, near the entrance weather is suitable. I shall spend only say that if necessary our can concentrate no Trophy, awarded annually to the
of the Bay of Fundy, in 1604. The several weeks in Augusta, and will Government
in advence for some final polishing more than the Japanese.
Blucher further asserted that the up, "Renter.
Soviet frontier was guarded with steel and concrete fortifications. Having avowed that the Soviets
most competent amateur airman in Canada, was won for the second 'time in succession by a director of the Montreal Light Aeroplane Club. KEFORESTATION IN ALBERTA
Edmonton, Alberta-Work on a definite reforestation policy for the Province of Alberta, commenced in 1932 by the newly-created Forest Service Branch, which, following the transfer of the natural re- sources to provincial control, was organized to take over the foresty work formerly done by the Federal Government, is making encourag- ing progress. Nurseries have been started in which propogation of seeds of various conifers and other trees and shrubs has been under- taker. Some 685,000 caragana plants have teen distributed throughout the province, largely to individual farmers and schools. There have also been distributed 7,700 spruce seedlings and some 'lodge pole pine seedlings, chiefly to farmers for planting in poplar byuffs. Distribution of this ma terial has been to hundreds of in-
dividuals, 56 schools, 51 institutions and seven municipalities. The work is being continued and ex- tended.
first
From about 120 entrants it will be necessary for the adjudicator to select representatives of all the provinces to compete in the final same year these two explorers dis- probably go over the course a weak many deroplanes that we shall have possibility of war." He found the we were making the last attempt competition at Ottawa. It is pro- covered the St. John River one of bable that the central committee { the most picturesque of waterways, of the festival with issue auicient known as the "Rhine of North invitations to make a full week of
America." The territory which performances in Ottawa,
now
J. T. Grein, one of the most dis- tinguished figures in the English theatre and a well-known London critic, has been secured as the ad- judicator at the final Competition The stimulus which has been given to the community drama by the inauguration of the festival by His Excellency, the Governor Gen- eral of Canada, has exceeded the highest hopes. In almost every instance, and despite the difficulty of the times, the older organiza- tions have largely increased mem- berships, and here, there and everywhere new groups are being
formed.
FINAL ESTIMATE OF CROPS Ottawa, Canada-The anal es- timate of the production of the principal held crops of Canada for 1933, which has just been issued by the Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics, is slightly lower than the estimates of production re- leased in November, 1933. All the Erain crops, excepting corn show.
comprises the Province of New Brunswick formed part of Acadie under French rule. It was included in Nova Scotia from 1763 up to 1784.
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Mr. Baldwin's Reply Mr. Baldwin first surveyed the history of the long efforts of the impoverished years since 1919, the Herculent job" of getting men back to work and the infinitely Mr. Baldwin replied with a sur- difficult problem" of Europeen vey of the course of events and the security. state of public feeling on the To avert war by organising peace outlook not peguliarly cheerful," now, and for good or ill we should but he still believed the dangerous know whether it would reach success pa problems could be dealt with try or not. But he did not accept the rational means it taken in time. desperate conclusion that in the
If agreement on the limitation of city in Canada, Its incorporation desired peace and described their armaments should fail, he repeated have, wak
event of failure we were bound to dating from 1785. The following military measures as defensive while in plainer and stronger words the year several thousands settled in the Japanese preparations were assurance of Sir John Simon yester- could arise were boundaries, ter- The questions out of which war sections of Upper and Lover Can-aggressive. Blucher aroused a storm day, that the Government would ritorial and economic, and these
of applause by crying-
"look after the interests of this, should be capable of adjustment. '. Another 150th anniversary, which
Another notable anniversary is If war breaks out in the Far East country first." is to be appropriately commemor- the sentennial of the
That was work for which the city of our army will reply with a blow ated is that of the settling in sec- Toronto, the capital of the Pro- From which the foundations of prospect was
We should soon know whether the League of Nations must be used; tions of what are now the Pro- vince of Ontario. Toronto was capitalism will shake, and in some failure.
syocess or of therefore any British Government vinces of Quebec and Ontario of incorporated In 1834, but it was places crumble.
must maintain it and work within British Wander Plane the United Empire Loyalists, The Unot until 1867 that it became the
it for greater harmony. E. Loyalists, as they are generally seat of the Government of the MODIFIED FIVE-YEAR PLAN and the debate arose on a motion declaring hope of agreement on the It was a private members' day, The last part of his speech, while referred to, were inhabitants of Province of Ontario. One hun
of Mr. Clarry's declaring that our limitation of armainents and look- the 13 colonies who remained loyal dred years ago Toronto was The congress ended recently by weakness in armaments imperilled ing forward to the co-operation of to Great Britain during and subsea primitive settlement on the adopting the second Five-year Plan the security of the Kingdom and nations in upholding the peace of quent to the War of Independence | shore
Lake Ontario; now in a somewhat less ambitious form endangered peace. Captain Loder law against an aggressor, insisted and decided to migrate to Canada it is the second largest city in than that provided for in the ori-moved an amendment against ex- first that the limited armaments rather than remain in the new Canada and ranks among the im-ginal estimates. The revised plan pressing any opinion on the matter must be fully competent, and se republic. The first section of these portant cities of the world with demands that by 1837 industrial while the success of disarmament condly that if limitation failed we Loyalists, who left practically all its population of nearly 650.000. It production should be slightly more negotiations was pending, their worldky possessions in the is also a city of more than average than double what it was in 1932.
must look to our own interests. The discussion showed strong feel-To these necessities he directed the beauty, and is formet
popularly known The new Political Bureau of the ing on both sides, and another strain attention of the country. as the "Queen City" The cele party Central Committee, which is of opinion, well expressed by Sir brations in connection with its cen- the leading party body, is unchang- Edward Grigy, that while it would tenary are to begin on May 24th ed, consisting of Stalin, Moloter, be "insanity not to seek limitation, and will extend until the close Kaganovitch. Vorushilov, Kalinin, of armaments we should at the same of the Royal Winter Fair, the latter Rosior, Kirov, Kuibishev, Ordzhani- time establish our own security "at part of November. "
kidze, and Andreer.
the minimum cost."
colontes, landed at the mouth of the St. John River New Brunswick, on May 18, 1773, and built a town, first named Parrt: wn, after John Parr, Governor of Nova Scotla. It was later called Saint John and is the oldest incorporated
of
Herbert Samuel against Mr. Chur- After a vehement protest by Sir chill's proposal "to tear up naval- restrictions." without a division, as Mr. Baldwin the debate ended
had recommended.
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