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Iraaldcnt: Lieut. UoL ll‘. Cheater S. lllcLlu-a a“ Vtco-lzieaidetul. ll.’ BA.‘ lilurnglknlmnuso rotary: cut. ‘o . l0 fill» - - - Editor and Managing Director: J. It. Burnett. F-J-l- llloolato Editors: Frank Walker and Lleat. Ian A Burnett, lt.0.N.V.l1. (On Active Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Til; ' the Weakest Ink.”

THURSDAY. FEB. l0. l9“

Petitcodiac Power Scheme

One of the most important of post-war pro- jects in every province will be rural fleet-fillet!- tioii. In this l'rovince both tlte Government and the Llppositioit, in tlieir platformsjssned dur- ing lltc last election catiipaigii, stressed this stibject. The question has been how to obtain a clieap scturce of electrical purer sufficient fut‘ the many ]llll']|i|~ti.~ nut t)lll_\' of agriculture htit iii iiitlttstry as uell. l't‘1‘lt;t[t» a solution lies lll ‘t iiu-ieiiieiit now tin fttttt ill "UT blelcl‘ lll'tl\lllt"t' of .\ew lil'llll.-\\l\'lv, tn tilttziiii a fcilcral ;t'aut fni- a st1t'\'t‘_v of llltj tiussiliilitiifls of the Pctitcodiac titlal power project.

Tllt‘ argtiiiieiii 1\tl\llll\'L‘tl iii favor tif this stirvey of .\lit!'l1illlt‘-\\'ltle interest. lt i~ atiicsdctl Ellul lac}. of stifftcieiit electrical potter has heretofore been a serious handicap to pur Jevclopuiciit. 'l‘ltcrc arc ito large waterfalls left undeveloped. and fciv small UllCS. The l'ctilco< tliac titles, llU\'.'t‘\'Cl'. fiariiisli it potential source of trctiieiitltitis vtiltmit; of power. lf they iverc harness-sit. tl|e_v ivt-iilil produce enough electric- ity to l'C\'tllllllttflllL’ the industrial life uf the llaritimcs, t-t >Il\ nothing of lllt‘ effects :iii tthundaiice of cheap electricity would ltavc iii nialcIiig living; cniitliti-iiis tutire attractive on the farms. 511cc», iii harnessing the Petitcotlia; would be an tiicntirageiiiciit to iiutlertrtkitig other tidal projects ivliicli iiow- appear to present greater difficulties. 'l'lie stlllllly’ of tidal power is. of course. iiiexliziiislilile; the difficutly iiiav bi- in liariiessziig it t‘t‘ttlttl|lllC1lll_\'.

Prem-er juries. tvt- tiiidcrstaiitl. is a strong bgliqvfl‘ 5r. the yiossibilities of the Pctitcodiac ptHYCl‘ scheme. We niay zissuiiie, therefore. that the Prince l-Idivard island tiovcrnmetit will give support 10 the efftarls of the .\'cw llrtttis- wick authorities in tilitaiiiiug a fctleral grant for a thorough stirrcy of the whole proposi- tion. This, however, may talce time. Federal QDVEHIHICHls—~'(‘5]lEClE\ll)‘ Liberal governments- llluvg ivitli almost agonizing slowness when it comes ti. doing things in improve conditions in thc Maritiincs. l“ the meantime every other prospect iii the way of rural elcctricification should be explored. The matter is too import- ant to be dependent on the findings of a stirvey in auintlier ll1'()\'l1lC(‘{ through tinqtiesticmzilily", should the Vetitcodiac scheme tiialcrialize, we should hcucfit rcry greatly in this Province from its nperatioir

The Conservative View

Prime Minister King's attempt to iualte a do- mestie political issue out of Lord Halifaxs re- cent speech in loronto has proved abortive. The kjotiscrvative attitude on the ilttcstiotis raised by Lord llalif:t\'~—qiiestioiis of liiiiyiirc- wide SlglllflC3l1CC——\\'ZlS tvcll expressed by .\lr. Gordon tjraydou in the House of Commons. Mr. Liraydon said:

“The Prime Minister has stated that he i; going to attend, at an early date, a conference of British Ctiitiitiotiiveztlth prime itiiiiistcrs. There are strong. but we hope not irreconcilable, views abroad in Latiada with respect lo our position in the Commonwealth and with respect to our relations with the world at large. 1t is unfortunate that the speech from the throne mentions only tlii: latter.

"It is well that the views of all sides should be carefully weighed and considered. The views of the Liovcrtintent would be particularly welcome, hut it is not our intention to ciu- harrass our own Prime Minister, nor tlic repre- sentatives of other parts of the Comiuouivcaltli, by tossing controversial issues into this debate when common sense indicates that cvcry effort must be made to secure a united front in a tiiiit- ed Canada lll :i at“ vr and llltire powerful llri- tish (Qoiiiniouweziltlt."

Must Be Investigated

James Llark, who lHSpCCLCtl shoes made for the (frtiizulhiii armed forces. publicly charges that "iiifvriot" leatliri- was placed iii army bouts supplied to the tioveriiiiieiit of Canada by a Quebec iuziiiufaicttircr, \\'lllt gave presents of whiskey to (ioveriiiiietit inspectors placed in his plant." llt- zilliges alsii that lie \‘.'.'l\ dismissed l't'oiii his position llt't'litl$c lie tried vainly to protect tlit- lrtszisur) and prevent tlic purchase of 1900,09,; Iillltjg of boots not made according in (iovcrtiuicut spscificatitiiis.

"ilihis," (tilllllltllls the Winnipeg Free Press (Liberal i, “is ,-i very serious cli.'u'_'.,'c. lt is di- rected tirgziiiist fllt‘ lll.~]lf‘ClllJll hoard which is composed of high military officers and repres- cuts tlle (Iaiiadirtti and British Governments. 'l'ht~, board's duty is tn inspect many kinds of articles sitpplistl to the fifglitiiig forces of both countries 'l'lit- charge, laid liy a responsible public servant aiiil lying against a responsible ititcr-gnvvriinieiit hoard, c.'iiniot be ignored. The Lioveriiiiieiit should order an immediate iiiqtiiry- lllltl .\lr_ Clark's- rvitleiice, vithci‘ through the \\‘at' lixpeiiilitiircs committee of l'lll'llillllf‘lll. 01' through a royal itoiiituissioii."

inyilfirflain

Holiday

'l‘lie Loiitlc-ii lzveiiiiig Statidartl tclls of what tome nf lltc troops are doing with their leaves overseas. .-\pptii'eiit|_v the Home Division of the llritisli tfntincl lllfelllpls to ‘provide what- ever type of leave :i iiiaii l't‘f[1lCSfS—1llltl the variety is tilde itideetl.

A iiieiiibet" of the lldgiatn paralrnop force tvantctl to study the electrolytic production of zine front n concentrate of zinc ore. llt was ptit in touch with an expert on mineral rc- searcli at the Imperial Institute.

Private j. l)et_viiisli_vu. from Clllllltlfl, waiitetl t0 spend his leave pziitiliiig signs. lle was wel-

coined by a leading firm of siguwritcrs.

A private in the Royal Netherlands Brigade, who had worked as a buyer at a tobacco leaf factory in Smyrna, wished to visit a tobacco factory: A visit was arranged.

Captain .\. _l. lilllllull, South African Forces, wished to discuss cross-breeding of fat lambs with an authority on the type of tneat required for the English market. 11¢ was helped by an expert of the Ministry of Agriculture,

Signalman 1,, l), Allen, of the Catiadian Army, wanted to spend ltis nine days‘ leave on a commercial apiary. The manager of a bee {arm near Marlborough, Wiltshirc, welcomed him as his guest.

.- EDIIORIAL NOTES _

In the city, one is coming to appreciate the

Sunday calm of our rationed Wednesdays. I i ll U

Coiigrattilztlioiis to the winning Cotiucillurs and Water Commissioners in yesterday's elec- tion. Now to get do\iii undisturbed to the business of civic management.

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Konrad Wilhelm lloiitgeit, (icrtiiaii tiliyscist. died llll.) tlIlfC 18:3; did valuable work iu vari- Ull$ branches of tiliysics. btit is best l\'l10\\'li for his discovery of the “.\'" or ltoutgen ltays in i895; aivrirtlcd the Rumford Medal of the ltoy-al Sticiety- in the following ycar. and iu 1900 the lliriizu-tl Medal by the Columbia. University for the greatest scientific discovery of the pre- ccctliiig five years; iii 190i awarded the Nobel prize for physics.

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'l‘lit~ people of France are all sct for invasion, ttcctvrtliitg to a Frenchman tvlio i'cccittly' cross- ed to Britain. Their underground organiza- tion is "perfect" and they are described as niraitiiig the signal to transform passive resist- ance into action. Ticnsion iu lirauet: is sztid to he mounting to new heights in the past few days, with fighting iii some P3115 of the coitu- try assuming the proportions of civil war. Rus- sians, Dutchmen and Poles. even two Ameri- cans, are reported to be aiding French, and re- ported to he aiding French patriots to blow up trains. lt was learned in London that the French Committee at Algiers expects to have 200,000 men in the underground movement fully armed and under orders ivlicn the iii- vasion is launched from l-Ingland. I I i i

A rat trap which clectrocutcs the rodent, de- posits the body in a container and re-sels it- self for the next victim, is being tested by Buf- falo (X._l.) rat control officials. The device has elcctrocutctl 160 rodents a tiiglit a trap. said Mr. Charles B. Benedict, of Rochester, distri- butor of the contrivaiicc. .\s the rat enters and crosses an itivisiblc ray of light, doors at both ends 0f the trap shut. Confused by clever lighting, the rat rtiiis tip an inclined plane to- wards an imaginary» exit. .'\ jolt of electricity sends the rat hurtling into the death chamber. .\ meta] plate pins him and 110 volts of electric- ity burns liini for 2 1-2 minutes. The dead vii- wlent is dropped into a receptacle. 'l'li:,- dotirs spring tipcti, and the. trap is ready for the next rat. u a 1 n-

.\s the. result of the Opposition tlmll-‘llltliilg an explanation 0f the recall of General .\lc< Xaughtou, the Prime Minister has promised in give one day for discussion this weelc. Meanwhile, the General and the Pritnc Minister have had a. four hours interview, during WlllCll, no doubt, “the explanation" was duly drafted to meet the wishes of both parties to the disat-‘rcctiteut. lt \\'lll be recalled that last week, .\ i. King, reply‘- ing to the demands of the tipposition groups who assailed the government for delaying a state~ nient, declared, “after all, the great question that is before the c0untr_r and before the world at the present time is the prosccittiou of the

iug impeded in the least by Gen. McNaughton being at the Scignioryi Club at the present time or by the governments seeking to conclude this (lclnite (Throne Speech) before we take up the debate on war measures." it it i ll

A Hartlaiid correspondent writes: With wire enquiry and demand continuing good from constiniiug centres throughout Untario illliil (Quebec, the potato market ICODLlIIlICS firm with dealers offering $2.55 to $2.70 per barrel for Canada Grade One Urccn Uounlains or Katad- tlins. Farmers continue to show a reluctance to sell, however, and haulings to loading points are light to moderate. Shippers feel that a steady movement of potatoes to market is ne» cessary and some fcar that unless farmers show more inclination lu sell, tltcrc may be a glut in the spring. Holdings throughout Canada arc heavier than was the case a year ago, and in atldition, potato acreage in early southern states shows an increase, all of which will have an af- feet on the market at the season advances. De- hydration plants at llartland and Grand Iialls continue to operate on. an around-thocloclr schetltile, and are tisiiig large flttflllflflCs 0f pota- toes. Wat-ch factories in hotli towns continue to lithe all available cull potatoes at $1 per barrel.

I ti ll ill

Dealing with the proposed increases in the tieatuicut allowances paid to IlCFSOHIICl ilis- chargcd from the armed forces for medical reason, lion.‘ Ian Mackenzie says the cliaiigc means that a [irivate who formerly received $44.20 monthly tiow \vill receive $45. A pri- vate'.< l.\'ffr_' ivlio fni-inerly~ "eceivietl $18.20 now will get $35. A lieutenant who formerly’ re~ ccivpd treatment allowance of $44-20 will get 13:50. A lieutenants wife who formerly re- ceived $18.20 ivill get $45. In addition, the de- pendents will also be paid the cost-of-living bonus they uoiv are receiving. The allowances for children remain unchanged. Those qualify- ing for the increased allowances are those whose treatment is continued ivithout interruption from the date of discharge-either as in-pati- cuts, Or iii certain cases as out-patients. The allowances may be continued only for a period equal to that of service during the present war, or for l2 tnonthsflfolloiving discharge, \vliicli- ever is the lesser. Provision is made also for dependents’ allowances for persons who he- cninc dependents of the cx-scrvicenian after the

,1,“ nf dischargfi. A

war, and the prosecution of the war is i101, be-t

me ci-iaiiumlfrown giaitpim

llotois Dy m Vlay

Tho City of l‘; ‘ ll

l1 PUBLIC FORUM

in: rapidly: It. is no longer a static city ul 23.000 or 34,000 ixiu- ole. but. s growing industrial city with a population of tiearly 3s,- 000 in addition w the armed torc- es- —Klngston Whig-Standard,

_..._.

War can he a costly bulinoss, 1n Ban Francisco a junk yard holds a pile of wrecked planes from the Pacific war fronts which in esti- mated to have a present value of about 813,000 as salviiie. Those same planes cost. at least thirteen million dollars When they left. the ‘assembly lines-Hamilton Specta- or.

Shilling midday dinners for 6d. were exiloyed today by nearly 1,000 boys and girls in a group of Brit- ish war factories. Under a instituted bv the A cmnloyes under 1B _ now etitttled to ha meal at. this llalf-piltfl‘. They must eomnlv with ii condition that they flake both cottrses. The mm are paying the difference lti the price. —-Evcitlng St-autlard. .

Newspapers get niiutletl for everb. thing; tuittcr the :.mi. but it. l't"lll1iill-l ed tur a ‘tomato ivumati to tell the‘ Globe and Mail that. it_ was no good any more for iirrailpDtiig earbuae. This (‘T131119 brought the followm! clever retictrt from the editor: “But,_ com-e what may. we ntttst answerg‘ this catinrd. We cant sneak tori the Tole-grant. Nor can we talk for the Star- Bu; we can say without. equlvocaition that. the Globe and Mall ls 115i’. as good for wrapping garbage as it ever \\’2\S-"-—-'IY01’1L0n Courier-Advocate.

The British medic-iii iveeklv. The Iaaueet, publishes n contniutiicatzou from a urott-i: of three iuiestlga-tors who throw cold water on piitului as a "cure" for the eonun-ou eolrl. The three compared 100 patients who received patullii treatment with 100 who received nothing, The eltowttit: made by those who were treated with paladin was not; significantly ". It is hard. says a New York Times science \\"l‘lLE1‘, to reconcile these findings with those of Major Greenwood, who seems to Vhave proved that, so far as statistical analysis goes, the restilus obtained b_v clinicians with uubttlln cannot; be attributed to chance. Patultti is a derlvlttve of penicillin.

What population can Australia carry A South Australian auth- ority puts the figure at 20,000,000, but a Melboiuue professor goes to 40,000,000 and sven 00,000,000 11 there is careful agricultural plun- uiug. Both zisiree that. the great central area of‘ Australia can never become tcrttle like the lietirt of the United States. It is ‘.00 dry. "It. is not. like the deserts ot‘ nrtrouri, U. S .A., wlth snow mountains nioltintg Just when they are wanted. Australia is Lllg tlzittcst, hottest and driest wutluent in the world.’ says the South Austrivliati. “Sctnethlng might suddenly occur by means oi which. say, tabloid food could be prepared to sci-re to people living round Lake Eyre, bttt the idea that science could stiddeuly discover something is only a zublc and can not be made the s o1‘ a dis- cussion. I think we have done very well to get; seven znillloii hero to datcf-Vaucoitvcr Province.

Architects and designers 0|‘ bus- lnoss j)blt.'€_s,_lil'llt‘lllfi' tnaw know 1L or not. have cause-to be ivortietl. Prcsetit trends throazmi to bring about. the necessity of com 1y

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WORDS MISPBONOUNCID

- Sin-It may be of interest tel have a slight diversion o! topitr _mpludcd m your correspondence, ‘that granted, will you please use , the followlnz. | The writer often wonder: l! Ixmmy others notice with regret. ,the misuse and abuse of a great imany words in our language that its so common today. ‘ has be- come so universally common that one fears mat in another 50 years cur present day Eaizllsn will have been so maltreated as to become almost unrecognizable to any of usi living then.

Among the worst, offenders are the vziaiu broadcasters. Here are a few daily examples of the present time. Russian territory is called "Donnyets, not as 1t should be Doncts. A railway is o. rel-way. A "Cotipon" is citllcd a Cupoti- Ain- erica is used its Air-arlca by one who’ name ending "tosh" gives it as “torsli " Again we hear "Uiiutled States, instead of United States. Mimtrcal instead of Montreal. Kcuec instead of Quebec. In astore one was heard asking for a Moggaslu tn- stead of a moccasin. Recently a fine musical event 1n the clty was broadcasting and the singer was patriotlcally lntonlng "Ole Ang Zine" instead oi’ Auld Lang Sync. "Rusher” 1s the substitute for Rats- sla. Onteerlo for Ontario. Wlndas instead of ‘Windows, Wanta. for Want-ton Gonna instead of Going to. Strcntli instead of Strength anti that is the end ‘oft’ tinstivd of‘ oti the story.

P. s. The above gems were all gathered tn at n Sill"!!! evening's listening from G lo l) It may l)!‘ too niueli to expect. a “Chaucer” like llizrltv of our speaking “Ene- 1isli." llOWR(l1l_YS but surely 1t the above 1s to become commonly ac- cepted. becatiso of a slothfulness of our Canadian speaking. we are certainly retrogradlng and that "fast."

I

I am. Sir. etc A SENSITIVE EAR

In flguppor? 0f Influenza

(Haiku; utrouicle)

Most of the iiguments we can

think of are ll nrrairrt against

' t.» of infliitrnza. ’I‘lint prrtttonitioiinrv elilll. llti- eustiiti: flarctii) of fever, the headaches and backache-s and all the other riches which follow in ‘fltrs wake. do little to ji: fy lll“ rlaim that anything: \vha' er can be said in suonort. cf lnfh it.

That. is Wllv '9 fin: 1t hard to grasp the viewnotut of those who see unexcelled ‘ntelleetuitl opport- unities lurking behind the ugly "respect or ten (‘ass Eu bed. Not. flint ten days lll bed li-s anything lo be 'a"l ="'..".‘"‘.t !' t‘ ~~ ‘t-

the case

iIt‘ 1

sakéffivTrTroipTeEFoulc be more pleasing. But not. many of Us em- bark wtllynllly tin-e without some outward (or. in

got-co aiming our desltny. And ten oys a of influenza is not. soon-thins £0 be looked upon wlm equantinity. Channtng Potluck to Topics of Phe Tltnes-Jbunti that n, no; teti dHvS tie was so confin- ed he mritiaoeil to three novels, tvm autobiographies. ‘ and four works on emnomlemaas well as the ilsuul diet. _ papers and mzuiazlnes. lertoinz him to observe that. if achievement. of ten llwllln. might college education. '1lie rcquencq, of

Cflldl it Lurlin; into its var efion all the steel endurance, loynlly serving their country, fighiingtliu;

from all its mills working at unprece capacity.

Steel-hr figltfin; ships to help the Ship‘ ofsme all on through peril: to the l-lu- bour of Victory-for rnolu and armoured can, gun: and M, ’ -t'ora thousand tools useful in war, machines, pun and pieces-steel i: flowing through the mill: driven by the iron will and brawn of thousand: of Qnadinns, mcled to high

MOLD HIGH

with our armed forces

Torhueudochervu-woakemlntiicnnkist labour and management, the Bgnk 0| Montreal oflm helpful banking eo- operuioit. For all lines of’ industry viral to thenrefon and fonheirempluy- 0H. die Bank ll pmvlding the Hail o! financial oetvicc needed, u locations where h ll nc¢ded—tlirough hundred; d ofim.

dented

TMI TORCH OI FREEDOM

IINIC OI‘ MONTIIIIL

"l Illll IIIIII lIllI-I- ICCOIIIITI Ill III-COII"

MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE . t . t . . Ill Olkoll 0/116 Ynn’

Slum/a! Opal/u

Charlottetown Branch: A. I. B. BELCHER, Manage:

7Tb; which upon such g, ven-

of influenza. inward) curable-

to (he accompaniment. Denmark

- according

get through “Europe

of news- thts could be cars. pneu- bc equivalent to a

l)" o. pit tleutfs

tho

onLv mi,- of some of our atom exotic brands of political exhibitionism could be

Monorail the United Notions victory, Hon. Henrik Kaufmann. Danish Min-

ister to the United States, today told the Canadian Club.

(-1

of i‘ achievement» fanttcal followers

l wrt

fore stops," he

————-—-- because we are all unite Feb. 7—(CP)—- in Dennuirk

. Nazis wants to contribute to

been mined their evacuation.

Department. Of _Piihlic Works Anti. Highways i

may be rt place where

ovevliatillng orthodox methods. Go into u g-roezg on almost any corner‘ and _ t‘il find a prospective subscriber‘ to the new nla A steady star customer rrty ,_a. 11st. No longer (toes ltej-fiannrlyrmun pick items ofi halves with a flourish that dis- plays packages and brands. Instead he reaches quietly here and there, rindeavortng to give service ivlthout undue show or fanfare. A ttoutl customer gets 111.5 canned stuff, raisins, entrants. i-it-re cheese and in Quebec his beer - and leaves the premises manning. The customer is flabby: the giroceryman 1s pleased at having satisfied a tus- bomcr. But if 1t. keeps oti. ivliat about the poor architect and fixture mun? He's izoli to have the problem of designing and lniilduiiz store fixtures that, will allow n11 the stock to as kept tinder the OD1mi/Bf.-—-'Tl’1e_\m'll1f£d Word.

The one person in the worlil, it seems. who oatrt escape the re- leutless eye o1‘_Dutv is the cook. All nature consntres airainst cooks. They are hopelessly ntttett against; ravenous, elementary forces as 1n- sistcni. as gravltty, as oerfldlous as fortune. as uufceling as destiny. lerozn New Zealancl comes a dra- matic lustaitce. A small [mice was besieged by the Japanese, All the olftccrs ivere wounded and the cook took comtnaud. Ho held the Jams all ‘

an t0 1

bled. ."Wha.t‘ii the matter " lils lattddv asked. “I've trot. to art nut. nf here. I nhmtltl be gcttint: break- fast ready now." This is beautiful hi its simplicity. From time mimamorial The Cook has had to drop ewrvthln at t-he a.

111m r0113‘! lost r altar and howl. lei 0 W CO , And sold t msclves. Bnmll tuf- g, this for. Wore there not. mingled with that dross a soar. The vet-v soul of Frantic; they

would have bold This vtvltth the rest, but it. escaped

No treosoirii. no betmyala blink can

111a rwtv-noc, it wild ldndio an of

Ances inf volcea rindnl our rwe.

Octal: to Mai-settles. Bordeaux to

W111 cry: “To iu-ms, to arms! Our

long mlsnhunce

Ia done. pie Gaul la on the march n:'