A LAND OF MILLIONAIRES.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1928, Page 7

A LAND OF MILLIONAIRES.

There are over 270 dollar millionaires in Canada,, while taking the population as a whole—a comparative handful of less than ten million people —the tper capita wealth is greater than that of practically any other country in the world. It is a notable record and is due not merely to the rapid exploitation of tlie great resources of the Dominion but also to the. sense of security which forms the basis of its whole financial structure. iStill pre-eminently agricultural, the country’s population is in considerable measure made up of farmers with a real personal stake in the soil and the promotion of national well being.

DEVON WATERSPOUT “Whilst walking along the sea front at Woolacombe I noticed a great disturbance in the sea. It happened a few minutes after a heavy thundershower,” so writes Mr W. H. Symons of Woolacombe, Devon, describing an uncommon (seaside experience. “A whirling mass of water,” he continues, “could be seen stretching from surface of the sea to the clounds. It raced along for Baggy Points to Morte Point, and on striking the cliffs at the latter it turned into a huge wave which dashed well over the rock. r l he occurrence was witnessed by several visitors.” ,

PABSEC TIEN'DAELB (ECHO A ond lieutenant, who has been missing since the battle of Passchendale, is mentioned in the will of Thom a,s Snell, tailor of Seaband Road, V alii scy , who left a gross estate of £6B, 792. The property goes to "the widow for life and then a. third is left to his son, Cyril Hubert, who disappeared in Passchendaele in November, 1917, “if |i e he alive and claim same.” “His name was put into the will , said Mrs Snell, “because we hoped for some years that we would hear some news, his disappearance being so mysterious. He was going up the line to relieve others when he disappeared None of his comrade knew what happened to him.”