Arizona republican., 1914-02-22

general work Tn the Australian house.
 So urgent is the want of servants in Australasia that it was stated to the commission in evidence that the lack of them seriously affects the health of housewives and even acts as check upon the growth of popu- lation.'
 viting tenders in England for the supply of steel, sleepers, which, says the "Englishman' of Calcutta indi- cates that the age of the steel sleep- CT is commencing in India. For some time past the price of wooden i sleepers has been advancing with alarming rapidity, and even at the enhanced prices the railways have great difficulty in fulfilling their re- quirements of sleepers. The foreign department of Burma, it appears, has ! supplied large quantities of pyngadu sleepers, but the price of these rose SC rapidly that the railway had to I look to other sources for their re- | quirements, and large quantities of sleepers of the kind called jharrah were imported into India for supply to railways. The price of these is also steadily rising. Deodar, sal and other kinds of timber are also used i for sleepers, but the demand is greatly in excess of the supply, and 1 they are readily bought up as soon as they come to the market.
 The Assam forest department has also taken up the question and sup plies certain amount of sal sleep CTS to the Eastern Bengal State rail- way and the Assam Bengal railway but their resources are not equal to supplying all the sleepers that even these two railways can use. All over the province of Assam the require ments for timber of various kinds is province contains a large area of forest, it is not able to supply the demand for timber, and tea plant CTS have to obtain their tea boxes from abroad, and the railways their requirements in the way of timber from Burma and other sources.
 These matters have attracted the attention of various rulers of the province from time to time, but ap- parently it is the absence of working plans that prevents the forests from being worked on a commercial basis. The requirements of all railways in the matter of sleepers must be very large indeed, and with the extension of the railways, will go on increas- ing
 Canon Sutton, vice-chairman of the Cumberland county council. has told a remarkable story in lecture on "Spiritualism' to the church people of Dearham, Maryport. He was deal- ing with the possibility of dying persons form appearing to the indi- vidual in his or her mind at the moment of death. and he related an extraordinary experience. He be- friended the orphan daughter of a clergyman by obtaining her situa- tion as a governess. She became en- gagged to an officer of the Indian army. and Canon Sutton gave her a sealskin coat as a present. The af- fair turned out unhappily, however for the officer tilted her and broke her heart
 Some time afterwards Canon Cut ton dined at Dovenby hall and rode home to BridekirIl, on a clear, moon light night. Near Dovenby school at 12:15 a. m, he saw the form of the girl in her sea1skin coat The horse seemed to see something, too for he stopped. On reaching home | tho oanOn t11J ic bo bo d seen, but she laughed at him. Never theless. he learned later that the gir had died at the very moment she ap- peared to him on the road. that al the time of death she was wearine the sealsllin coat he had given her and that her last words were to tel him that she forgave him for intro ducing her to her faithless lover Asked if his experience on the Dov- cnby road had not shaken his nerves Canon Sutton replied that he had nc nerves.
 The ruinous effects of syndicalism were strikingly exposed by MT. D. A Thomas, managing director of tht Cambrian Colliery combine in a i speech at Tonypandy, the scene ot former strike riots. last night. He said that Tonypandy was one of the most active centers of syndicalism and the local leaders of the move ment were suspicious, shallow. minded body of men. As he had been severely attacked by them, he would like to contrast the material results of his action as a capitalist with theirs since 1907. when the Cambrian combine acquired the Gla morgan colliery. The population of tEe district had been increased by P per cent and the number of men employed in the Combine collieYies had increased from 10,500 to 12,700 The amount of wages paid had in- creased by 25 per cent, although the output of the collieries had only in creased per cent. Moreover, the average weekly earnings of every man and boy employed above and below ground had increased from $9.41 in 1907 to $1050 last year.
 Syndicalism, on the other hand, had engineered a strike at the Cam brian combine collieries, which had lasted twelve months and cost the men $5,O0o,O00 in wages, and which had entirely depleted the funds ot the South Wales Miners federation and had crippled the financial posi- ton of the Miners Federation of | in 4