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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1932, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS

CANADA’S POPULATION

TEN MILLION MARK PASSED

VANCOUVER, December 4

Canada has a population of 10,353,778 an increase of 1,565,829 over the census of a decade ago, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics announced.

Ontario lias the greatest provincial population, 3,426,468, an increase ot 16.8 per cent., but the gain is not so great as that of several other provinces, ißritish Colujmbia, leading witn 31.38 per cent. This is a gain of 164,628 in ten years.

The Yukon has a population of 4213, as compared with 4157 ten years ago, and the North-West Territories 7133, as against 7988 in 1921.

As a result of the new figures, redistribution of the representation in the Commons will be necessary. The Commons will still have 245 members, but Nova. Scotia will lose two members, New Brunswick one, while Alberta will gain one and British Columbia two. PLEADED GUILTY. death SENTENCE commuted. LONDON, December 26. Peter McVay, who pleaded guilty at Manchester to the murder of Mrs Sarah ■Eaton, and was sentenced to death, has been reprieved, and his sentence commuted to penal servitude for life. MeVay’s was the second plea of guilty to a murder charge wiithin a week, and the case occupied only a few minutes. There has been considerable comment on the advisability of allowing "guilty’' pleas, at least until the circumstances of the oase have been disclosed and substantiated by evidence. TOO MUCH CRIME. HOLLYWOOD FILMS IN CANADA. ONTARIO, December 26. The Board of Censorship explains that the number of gangster pictures, in which lawlessness is emphasised, and crime is depicted, is largely responsible foif its rejections of Hollywood films. A great number of screen stories deaj with the administration of justice. They portray United States court' room decorum and procedure, leaving the impression that these methods are British, whereas British films dealing* with these themes afford a striking contrast. Canadians also object to recent Amer 1 - can films emphasising social liquordrinking in a country where liquor is prohibited. This, it is suggested, is a direct offence against respect or national laws. APPEARED IN “FAUST.” : MELBOURNE' GIRL’S SUCCESS. LONDON, December 20. Wilma Berkeley, a Melbourne Girl, who appeared in the “Greek Slave,” has made a conspicuous success of Marguerite in “Faust” at the Old Vic. She was recalled seven times. EMPIRE TRADE. TAXING DOMINION IMPORTS. LONDON, December 20. “Imports of raw materials from the Dominions, which permit their re-entry as manufactured goods on reasonable terms, should not be taxed,” declared Sir Robert Horne, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, when lie presided a* the Imperial Smelting Company’s annual meeting.

“If France and America refuse to revive confidence, the Empire can, within its own circle, develop resources enabling us to exiot, and perhaps to prosper. I believe that 1932 will mark the beginning of a considerable recovery throughout the Empire.” BRITISH WAR DEBT. OWING TO UNITED STATES. LONDON, December 29. The British war debt to the United States amounts to £938,958.463, of which £29,503,562 is held privately. Tt was funded in 1923. at three per cent for the first ten years and 3] percent thereafter, but in order to provide a sinking fund, the amount paid by Britain is 3$ and four per cent, respectively. The amount paid by Britain to the United States last year was £33,038,000. Against this, Britain received from the Allie, on account of loans during the war, the sum of £17,700,040, and £16,800,000 from Germany, on account of reparations, a total of 34] millions. The total foreign debt owing to the United States hv the various countries is £2,646,600,000. ' TITLED LADY’S END. WORRIED ABOUT VORTEX CLUB. LONDON, December 23. “Everything is entirely mv own fault; God forgive me,” read a note left I) v Eleanor, Lady Torrington, who wa« found dead in a flat with a gas ring by her side. Evidence 'at the inquest ,showed that she was worried about the alfairs of the Vortex Club, and the coroner, in finding that she committed suicide while of unsound mind, said that she was anxious and depressed regarding finances, resulting in insomnia, leading to mental instability.

TRADE RECIPROCITY. BRITAIN AND ARGENTINA. BUENOS AYRES, December 23. A hope that Britain will treat Argentina on the same basis as the Dominions ,because British capital invested there is greater than the amount invested in the Dominions, was expressed by the Foreign Minister at the first meeting of the Government committee appointed to seek an agreement with Britain aiming at reciprocity and trade facilities. ■ HITLER’S SUMMONS. ■ FORMATION OF FLYING CORPS. LONDON, December 20. Opponents of the Nazis are excited by Herr Hitler’s summons, couched in military terms, asking members of the party who are able to fly to offer their .services to form a flying corps. Herr Hitler says that the object is sporting aviation, and he discounts the military phraseology by pointing out that most Hermans with air experience are ex-war pilots. It is denied that the Nazis have ordered 25 aeroplanes from the Albatross works. Moreover, the paucity of Nazi funds forbids such a purchase. A cartoon, published in “Vorwart's,” the Socialist newspaper, depicting Herr Hiitler selling to a newspaper for cash; his reply to Dr Bruening supports the authenticity of this view. There is nothing to prevent the Nazis, some of whom own. or can borrow, aeroplanes, from forming their own air club and calling it a flying corps. WHEAT AND FLOUR. QUOTA FOR THE DOMINIONS. LONDON, December 23. It is obviously difficult, at present, to forecast' accurately the quantities of wheat and flour on which the quota allotted to the Dominions will be based. The Secretary for the Dominions, Mr J. H. Thomas, has made it perfectly clear riha.t nothing is settled -beyond Great Britain's acceptance of the principle of the quota, provided satisfactory quid pro qtios are obtained from the Dominions.

Moreover, Mr Thomas, is emphat.u that the figure is not fixed, and that n. cannot be foreseen. What Britain is likely to concede depends on the degrees of reciprocity arranged for at Ottawa. Fifty-five per cent, for the Dominions was generally accepted as the basis ol .the discussions in 1930, arid it is believed that both Britain and the Dominions regard this as the minimum share, though it may be extended at Ottawa.