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COMMERCIAL NEWS.

SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION.

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JAPANESE ENTERPRISE IN BRAZIL.

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WHEN IS GOING TO STOP! THE END OF COAL

calculated that English

The following vigorous, leader coal will come to an end in about

Organized science in Great from the Daily Mail of August 5 900 years, German coal in 1,400

Where is a movement on-foot to 9

The Anglo-Belgian Commission urge the General Medical Council years, and American coal in 2,000 Britain and the Allied countries seems to express the opinion of

appointed to consider the quest to authorise the granting of a years. While most of us have was slow to recognize the shatter most parties. little barness with coal which ping effect of the war on inter. The Chancellor of the Excheon of the reconstruction of Ypres Diploma in Industrial Medicine. may come to an end at a date at national cooperation in science. quer is at laat becoming alarmed has had a session in Ypres, and a similar demand was made on a least remote as that of William There is a danger that it may be at the fact that the Government recommended that the central former occasion, but was refused the Conqueror, yet it is consoling equally slow in recognizing the are spending 4 millions per day portion of the town be not built on the ground that the subject to think that for our descendants reconstructive effect of peace. gr £1,400,000,000 per annum. He but remain as a historic room was not then sufficiently develop

Report published there are possibilities of warmth The

of warns Parliament that if this ex- ment.

ed. The exprienses of the inst conference of Allied penditure is not reduced taxes

This area includes the ruins of few ye

years, however, have materi-1 which are independent of coal. It the

recently held in will have to be increased.

le Cloth Hall, the Cathedrallally changed the situation. may, for instance, be possible to Scientiste

Does he really think that the church of St. Martin, the Palais barness the Niagara Falls, the Brussels, gives this impression.

This movement comes not a day Zambest, the Congo Falls, or International scientific cooper country can stand more taxation? de Justice, and the adjoining too soon. On every hand interest

the Does he believe that if the in- eloisters is necessary for

It is bounded on even the tides themselves. Then there is also the theory that only collection of data, the fixing of some tax is increased the revenue the north by the Rue Marchen industrial medicine is being

from a few miles below the surface standards, and the sub-division will increase, or does he de-Bois, on the east by the Rue quickened. Employers of labour of the earth there are and co-ordination of work. Be not fear that very soon he will de Dismude, on the south by the who are alive to the new neces

and fore the war as many as forty or find the revenue income tax Grand Place, without however, the experiments conducted by the huge carbide deposits,

borings fifty international day, perhaps,

bodies had falling off!

including any ruins on the op Ministry of Munitions on will be possible which will then come into existence in response Loan was a disappointment if not the west by the west Bue des early hours, and so on with close He knows why the Victory posite side of the square, and on questions of fatigue, overtime, discover an almost limitless to these needs.

due to individual a failure. It was because the Halles. For the rest nearly 1,000 attention. They have evinced a source of heat. Finally, it is they were

in others, they were country is dismayed at the wan-civilians have already returned to desire to obtain further inform conceivable that the problem of effort; the disintegration of matter gen- sustained by International Con- ton extravagance of every depart- dwell amidst the ruins, some 54 ation, and in some cases have trally will one day be solved. If ventions arrived at through the ment. of the Government, and suberges and estuminets are open. tried to secure the services of usual diplomatic channels. By the people who scraped up their pearly all temporary wooden a gramme oflend could be com-

specially trained doctors. Un-j pletely resolved into helium, the the Peare Treaty the Germans last sovereigns to win the war structures, which do a thriving happily there are not yet many Energy, thereby produced would undertook to withdraw from most hesitate now to give money to business with British soldiers and medical men who have studied Nevertheless, they re- the Government to be wasted. with tourists, of whom on Sunday the subject closely, and so it be equal to that yielded by the of these.

The Brussels There is no hope in increased last it is estimated 9.000 visited would seem as if the demand in 'burning of 200 tons of coal, main in existence.

this instance exceeds the supply. Thus, although we may all be Conference proposes to destroy taxation. To increase taxes is Ypres.

There is as yet no provision Meanwhile, cold this winter, there seems to them by the withdrawal of the like feeding a dog on its own tail

the Americans reception be no real reason to be anxious Allied nations. They are to form Our only hope of salvation is to made for the

a new body on an American war reduce expenditure drastically in guidance of the many pilgrims have begun to devote very close about the heating arrangements of our descendants of a thousand model, and, in due course, to every department.

to the graves of the French and attention to the subject. Messrs. Ministers seem. to compete British faller, who are thus oblig: the first number of a new journal invite neutrals to join an organi-

Macmillian have just published years bence.

zation in shaping which they had with

ed to herd with trippers in holi- no part. The neutrals, it seems appalling rate of expenditure. day mood, who even invade the, The Journal of Industrial Hy- to be assumed. will have no option, Their underlings vie with each cemeteries, and to whom nothing giene, under the joint editorship Considerable interest has been

of Dr. David L. Edsall, U.S.A, as they will be left in the air, the other

in these precincts appears sacred; aroused in Brazilian commercial Conventions to which they had staffs and the recklessness of the With reference to an incident and Dr. Stanley Kent, Great circles by the visit to Barzil of the subscribed having vanished. If cost. A strong Chancellor would which occurred a few days since Britain, whose work on Indus- vice-president of the Chamber of this new Council of International stop the money at the source and during the visit of H.R.Htrial Fatigue is so well known. Commerce of Tokyo. He has Research is to have more validity would bring these spending Princess Beatrice of England to The journal has grown out of the visited the coffee districts of than that of a private association, departments to their senses inside visit the grave of her son, a Bel- recent establishment of teaching Ribeiro Preto, and other agricul- there will have to be new Inter-a month. Helpless wailing about gian officer of high rank er- tural districts of the State of Sasnational Conventions, arrived at extravagance from a Chancelloris plained -- Fauls, and has been received at a by the slow and laborions pro-worthless.

What we need is special session of the Rio de

cesses of diplomatic action. The action. Jansen Commercial Association, new body, therefore, has assumed We maintained the great to which he was accompanied by power to enter into relations with Navy in the world as defence the Japanese Minister. In the respective Governments. It is against the German Navy. The reply to a speech of welcome he surprising that these men of German battleships are sunk at referred in eulogistic terms to the science, assembled at Brussels, Scape Flow. great future which Brazil offered do not appear to have heard of Are we still building warships as a market for Japanese manu- the League of Nations, an import or repairing useless old warships! factures, and stated that on his ant function of which is to pro Why is the Admiralty unable to return to Japan he would en vide the machinery for co-give the Mercantile Marine help deavour to bring about a visit of Lordination in matters of with urgent repairs in Govern- Brazilian delegates to that coun- | world-wide interest. Whether ment dockyards? Is it occupying try. The Japanese Minister also the required help be asked all its plant with repairs to war- addressed the assembly, and, in from the Governments or from ships that could very well the course of his speech, referred the League of Nations, some im-wait? to the monthly service which portant questions must be asked. We have demobilized over Japanese steamiers already main First amongst these is that of the 3.000.000 officers and men from tained with Brazil and which status and authority of the the Army. How much has this would shortly be increased. He Brussels Conference. We are reduced the cost of the Army if also expressed great hopes as to told that England was represen- we are still spending 444 millions the strengthening of commercial ted by seventeen persons. By a day? Telations between the two coun- whom were these selected Το How many men are in France A demand has been made for a in order to determine what pro- tries which would result from the whom do they report? By what watching War Office material small force of civil police to portion of time an operator can opening of the branches of the bodies are their conclusions to which ought to be sold and which enforce regulations concerning work well-e render the best Yokohama Specie Bank in Brazil, be ratified? Was Ireland repre- has not been handed over for sale? the speed of motor cars and the service to the public, with the For which a charter had already conted? Were the Dominions

How many hundred officers are noise of horns and hooters in the fewest possible errors and with been solicited from the Brazilian and Colonies represented? Did in the War Office who could be Grand Place. It is feared, how, the least possible physical and (Government.

the Royal Society, which seems dispensed with :o-morrow?

ever, that any such measures, now nervous strain. In this way stand- quite properly to have taker. How many officers, attached to that the British military author ards have been established which VENEZUELAN TRADE MISSION,

leading part, consult with, or the War Office, are scatteredity is relaxed, must depend upou are technically called loads." Dr. Jose Santiago Rodriguez, a distinguished Venezuelan lawyer, receive authority from, the many throughout the country idle or Belgian, public opinion, and public These vary for different types of

opinion does not yet concern operators." who has previously carried out specialised scientific and techni-doing needless duty"

Is it the case that the inexplic- itself wifh Ypres, the holy several diplomatic missions in cal associations whose affairs are

arrived in to be so drastically modified able delay in fixing the new rates ground of British arms. Europe, recently London on a special mission from Did its Council consult its own of pay for the Arrey, including The constitu-retired pay, is keeping hundreds the Government of Venezuela. body of Fellows?

tional machinery of the Royal of officers in the Army who wish with the object of reviving com- mercial relations between his Society has creaked audibly of to retire, but will not do so until country and the United Kingdom, recent years.-- Times. *To a representative of the Times Dr. Rodriguez spoke with enthusiasor of the old friendship between the British and Venezue- lans. He said that the victory of Carabobo, decisive for Venezuelan independence was largely due to the valour of the British volun- teer troops, Great Britain was before the war one of the country's

they know what they are to get?. Is this delay the fault of the War Office or the Cabinet or the Treasury?

turers, and officials connected with foreign trade. "The Ven- Is it not true that another 50 ezzelan Government will gladly willion pounds will be required cooperate with that of the United for the Army before the end of Kingdom in every possible way." the present financial year? How said Dr. Rodriguez, in order to much of this is for Russia? revive commercial interchange

and research in industrial by- giene in the Harvard Medical School. The publishers propose to cover a wide field and to afford abstracts of the ever-growing literature on the subject.

Most of these excursionista are led here by simple curiosity, a very large number coming from the lately occupied districts of Belgium, to whom Ypres means In the present issue there is a શું shell-demolished town and very interesting article entitled rothing more. These heard little, Telephone Operating, a Study of Fanything, during the war from its Medical Aspects," by Dr. Anna the Germans of the heroic defence) Richardson, physician of the of Ypres by the British, which cost New England Telephone and the lives of a quarter of a million Telegraph Company. This article of men, and they are wholly un-shows with how great care tele- aware that the British regard it phone operators are selected by with the reverence which the the company, and how well the French feel for Verdun. If these care is repaid in efficient service; things were known the thought, for example:-- less behaviour of the crowds "Very careful studies have would be very different. I have been made by skilled engineers, recently visited Verdun, and was watching conditions in an ex-) greatly impressed by the conduct change, and listening in on' and demeanour of the throngs of positions, to note every possible! variation in an individual's work'

tourists there.

the Disposal Board? If not, when did it stop doing so?

What is the Ministry of Muni- tions doing with the staff of 25,000 clerks shown by the latest available returos?

What useful work is being done by the 170.000 women and girls" still employed in Government offices when the last census was

aken?

There can be little doubt that the steps referred to above to secure efficient teaching of, in- dustrial hygiene in this country will be successful, and that at no distant period doctors so trained will bave become the friends and advisers both of employers and of exiployed. Experiments already carried out have proved that between master and man, so far 25 health and hours of work are

asonable limits, no difference of concerned. there is. within re-

interests; what is good for the Are we still keeping up useless

How many hospitals are we and to put our mutual relations establishments for the mere sake still carrying on at Dieppe and one is good also for the other. chief suppliers of cotton textiles, upon a sound and permanent of employing men? The Govern- other French coast towns with This is a very important fact, and large block of motorcars and women drivers, should have its bearing on the hardware, drugs, chemicals, and basis. We will gladly exchange ment took

Cromwell- and how much cheaper is this problem of industrial unrest. many other kinds of manufac-goods if a method can be worked dwelling-houses in

which out by

the tared goods, and even under war

trans-Gardens, Kensington, to deal system than bringing our men

German airmen. and home to hospitals in England? stress was successful in main- ference of money may be avoided. with taining a certain quantity of ex- Britain is a highly organized subinarine survivors during the Why does the Government advertise this week for Women ports. Today, while occasional country, the developer of great war. This is still carrying on cargo boats touch at the most mechanical genius: Venezuela is as headquarters of the Royal Drivers for France? When will important ports, and France, still a pastoral land, with great Defence Corps. The guard comes the war end? Spain, Italy, Holland, and the areas of forest and pampas, poss and goes by train every day as it United States all maintain essing only 500 miles of railroad did doring the war. The sentries service of liners, the acute de- in her whole area of 364,000 square fix bayonets and the guard salutes. mand for shipping has so far miles. We need railway exten- What is it defending? And from prevented the re-establishment of sions, harbour works, all kinds of whom-except the taxpayer? any regular British service. As a transportation facilities. every result the coffee, cocoa, rubber, kind of manufactured goods. We hides, and tanning materials

want to enlist the co-operation of do not come to this country. Great Britain as a developer of Inis

our great lands, while we supply hope of remedying this state of her mills with raw materials. The things that Dr. Rodriguez is mak-

time has come when we can be ing studies of commercial condi- mutually helpful and my mission has as its definite object the de- velopment of a new plan of com-

with

the

tions here. He intends to visit the chief industrial centres and confer with shipowners, manufac-mercial interchange."

What has been saved on the daily cost of running the Air Force since the war ended? Is £30,000,000 to be asked for it in the new estimates?

Is the Air Force still having thousand-pound engines manu- factured because it will not agree

on terms to stop the contracts ?

Is, the Air force still having new motor-cars made an i sold by

3.

Why does the Government still occupy the whole of the Hotel Majestic in Paris? And why does it need 350 officials in Paris

to settle the boundaries of Turkey"

These are only a few of the question to which the public de- We print them mand answers. in the hope of assisting the Chan-

cellor of the Exchequer to do more useful: than something wailing and gnashing his teeth. When these questions have been answered we shell ask a few more.

THEY

Change of Programme

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TO NIGHT & TO-MORROW

Episodes 9 & 10 of

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4.-Xaida Stella sings about "Father."

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6. Duo. Wait until we're married," La Petite Zilla",

and Xaida Stella.

A MUSICAL TIT-BIT:“LET 'EM ALE COME"

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SUZETTE...

Chaa, E Weatherly. In love with every domestic

Xaids Stella.. La Petite Zilla.

in the bouse A dainty morsel...

BRIDGET.A pretty little thing !... Mr«. C. Weatherly. DOT A alender little thing? Qasenis Lloyd, The following songs will be introduced "Back to Carolus,

"Blue Eyes." How'd you like flirt with ma ", and ̧

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