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FEATÚRES of the DAY)
Australia's Debt Over £1,000,000,000:
Tliat tuc closest control should Hie
exercised over future public borrow
ing was the advice of the ch.-i-nninn of
the Commercial Bani; of Australia (Mv.
j", h. Webb) at the annual meeting at
Melbourne. He directed .attention to
Mic fact that Australia's ipublic debt
ni..«- exceeded tl ,000,000,0(1(1. .Mr.
Webb added, Ihowcver, that the pros
peels for our primary industries dur
ing the coming season were vere fav
orable.
Canada to Appoint Moro Trade Agents:
The Canadian Government is stead
ily pursuing its policy of fostering
the country's oKport trade. The Minis
ter ol' Trade and Commerce recently in
formed the Canadian Manufacturers'
Association that it was proposed tu
appoint :i number of additional trade
commissioners to countries where the
Dominion was not now représente,!.
The Government has also announced its
intention of subsidising additional
steamship services carrying Canadian
exports to every country of the world.
Further, in the hope of promoting
trade in Hour, dried fish, canned goods,
motor cars, refrigoia.tors and lumber in
West and. South Africa a fnrtnigrftly
steamshiip service from Montreal In tin'
principal African polls is to be re
sumed next mouth ly the Killer Demp
ster Company.
Canada's Farm Students:
in addition to thc -lU'.ñ-lli registered
students in. the 'SA universities nf Can
ada, it is estimated that dose to
L'0.000 young people took extension, va
cation or short courses offered to far
mers and farm boys and girls in 1!IL'7.
These courses embrace a wide variety
nf subjects, from instruction in the
mysteries of gas engines to tho art of
first aid and home nursing. A recent
rcpovt of the Canadian Gnvermueut
lttircau of Statistics shows that 11 .!-*-"> I
male students tool; the farmers' course
in the University nf Saskatchewan,
0.100 young women tool; the hoine-mal;
ers' course and l'7ñ-' were enrolled in
the boys' stock judging classes in th
same university.
All Grand Slam Hands:
Tauru was an extraordiuary occur
rence at- a bridge parlv in Auckland
(X.Z.5. tho other .lay.' Al ono tobie
each [davor was dealt a complete still
- II! spades, 1:1 hearts, Kl clubs, bi
diamonds-in the same deal. So great
was the shock to the players when
they gazed upon their hands that there
was no nropor bidding, though the'
holder ol' the spades declared a grand
slam in that snit. In the excitement
the linnis were laid down, and the
astonishing situation was revealed. The
pack was ti. new tote, and the cards
hail been cut in the usual way. Uecause
ot' doubt about the sliulTle the score was
not counted, but the owner of lite
spades had a hand worth 2:13 points
10(1 for grand slant, 00 for honors, :.nd
03 for the game. Steh a distribution of
the cards plight not occur more than
once in several hundred in'rllton deals,
although an authentic case occurred in
England and another in Maine (U.S.A.)
last year.
Wemen and Spcrt:
"Competitive spurt lias lipon, ami
always ivill ho, outside woman's ] ro
vinco. The more exercise a man litis.
th.1 liner-drawn, leaner, and litter he
becomes. Women, however, are li« bb
to put on weight with violent e.\erei:-.e
-you can notice that development in
women-golfers, fur in.Utinc ,\ " In thea
terms a Macquarie sheet (.Sydney i
specialist confirms the raided opinion
ol' English doctors that such streun
oin effort tts the Olympic contests ic
|i|uire is detrimental to ivoiiun. 'I'm
collapse of several girls after event.
nf 'this year's Olympiad has brought
tn the if'nrefront 'thc subject of .- > II -
.?adorable controversy in the past. "Our
civilisahion is only a V'lieer," the
specialist said. "We are still primi
tive under the skin. .Mau was design
ed for hunting, and -games, thc logical
development from 'Hinting now that
we have not to go out. and slay stag?,
for food are good for him. :Bnt woman
wai 'designed to stav at hom- '.nul
look after the family! Mild exercise,
tennis or basket .ball, is advisable, bul
competitive sport is most undesirable.
This has 'been demonstrated over and
over again. Sterility is a common pen
ally, and women who 'contravene Na
ture's law* by lighting against their
bioli.gical destiny will often injure
themselves permanently am) spend
their middle-age in an invalid's chair."
Hnrpp Pnwpr nnrl TTIlnwi+t.
In his hook "Ihigincs" I'm. K.
M. ila C. -A 1111 r ; i < 11 . dolbies certain term-:
foi- tho benefit of laymen in an inter
esling fasliion: "Tlie rate of doing
work is failed 'power' by engineers. An
engine of one horse-nower is an engine
Unit will do .liyiOO" foot-pounds in .¡
minute; that is, if you used it to drive
a elane, 'and there was no friction, il
would life II.I.OOO pounds 1 foot, or
:i:t00 pounds to lu feet in a minute,
or a.'IO pounds 100 feet in one min
ute. So we always talk of the powci
or horse-power ol' engines lleca use Ilia:
¡veils us what we want to know, Ile
rate al which they can do work. You
J have all benni ol' horse-power and
many of'you kilowatts. A kilowatt i i
just another measure for lneasiiriii;;
power. Yon might measure the length
of the table in feet, or in ('"renell meas
ure-metres. In tho same way you can
measure power in horse-power or ii
kilowatts. A kilowatt is a thousand
watts, ami a watt is a measure of power
so named in honor ol' .lames Watt, th-'
great inventor aiiil engineer. The way
to turu kilowatts'-int-o horse-power, ic
horse-power into kilowatts, is to remem
ber that, roughly
i h.p. equals '] of a kilowatt;
so that. 1 Kilowatt collais 1 KS h.p."
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