THURSDAY.

Gerald Waring Reporting

OTTAWA - The fact. that the govemment paid Walter F. Thomson, LlbFl'al .M.P. and mo- viiicial Liberal lender in Ontario nearly a quarter oi a million dol- llrl in legal fees over the last louir-and one-hall years is at least I most. interestinii commen- tary on Canadian political pat. ronage.

Thomson recw'.cd 52'F2.l1)5 ll'0lVl' tihc Government for work done (or the Department of Veterans Affairs since Jan. 1. I947. The Progressive Consciw a in as are trying to present l:i.s fact to the public as a great scandal. On the other hand, Thomson x.,:0'oiiS .V denies that he was overpaid 101 his work.

The amount, of coiii-M, is slag- (crin-g. And there eeenis littie

doubt that Tlionisnn got l?"'ic xx ork on the basis of party p.itrtinage.l But there's BIN: no ieasnn to as-l nume auiomaticallv that the ttoun-l (ivy dldriii zet. good iziliio ior the

money Spfnl. That this .: nhxiiiii.-Iv iiolzlhuil patronage :.sn". too shockzitiz A.-

most inx'a.'ia.ii.y the Chive. 1 of nhr: rla) Ililliflw is legal robs Ln lanj. s of H5 min po':t al !a.lh. l:ir xxiij. .1's nI'.x:iv.-

:'.'s ticcepxcd

so much of retained to no mix, '.a.x ciiizfc LTRI.t')II of 1.1.0 (' nection u.'i'n the :L,i.eiiic .. ioeiwicemezi illlfllf-I Land Act. Ana iis : all 0: southern On! The vnliime of ('tiiiiilW-'" lively ample legal ii.i.x,iiC.-'s '.in:t'li was handed to n :71 was liiLllllt'lllfI- oiis. He opened branch tiiiiices. and engaszed a large stall. Dui-;ni: one 15-month period, he enrneci

CANADA PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISI...-KNIW

IN THE I'ROBA'l'l-7 (.'0liR'l' The 5th day of June A.l7.. 1951

In Re Estate of KATE Mc- LEOD late of Mount Vernon in Queens County in the said Pro- vince. Single Women. deceased. leeitate.

To the Shcziff M the ('0unti.V oi Qiiieens County or any Con- mahle or Literate person Wllhln said Couniv

GR.EE'l'lNC:

WHEREAS upon reading the petition on I:.o M Dtinciui -I. R;iey of Belle R.ver in Queen": County aioresad MPl'i'hani. and Chester Marian of Caledonia in Queen's County nloresa.d, Mer- chant. Exectiiors of the above named estate, i:.r,v. p:ay.ng that I citation may he '-sued for inc purpose hercinal: set. forth: You are trhereloire hereby re- quired to cite all persons .n-

ihe said Estate to he and appear hell he the Judge pie- sent 3' I Pi'o.):s'e. (:il.i.li to he held in the Court House .n Charlotloiouii in Queen's (Ioi.nl,r, in the said Prm;nce. on Wednes- day the Hill day of July next coming. at LrlF ll(l.i' rii eleven o'clock forcnuiin of the same rim

ieresied :n

, pa.d at

in she.-. ca -e if any lhcy can of lI'ie e;i..”l - .. be passvcl and

the Estate .0:('(l al

plA)'P(l fa:

in said pcz: . i D. L. .Vla:..... i tor for as cl Pent n AND IT IS I'll':REBL 0RDl:ill- 1011') that. a l!"iP, cn;v.' he.eti.' hurl forthwith pub uric-ri in Si'lill'.' nP'lA'5DaDPr pix" rd in Chat- lottelovvn af: ' in each week for at . ciimec-.i and than R trim. (wipv hrrroi be. live weeks from the date. heieol

forthwith paste-1 in the follouiri: public places lF',WP(".lC:N. name- ly, in the hail of the Coiirt l-louse in Cl'IFll'ii'lIiIPl0i.xll aloin.-'a.:I. II or rich, irie siriie nf (lhcsw, Marvin, t,"a'icdnn.a ainicsairl. and at in near the store of D. J. R:le;i. Belle Rner itimrsaicl. so that all persons iiiteiesird in the F..vt2te as aforesaid may have due notice i.he:cor.

WITNESS H..: lloiimir Harold Leonard Palnier, lungs or the said Pi'obat.e. (out at (ln.i:'loiie-

inwn in Qiier-i.'s (fmiitt, the day and year l.l.-l acme WHI- int. 85' the ('o:i.t. (Sgd.i H. 1.. l'.ll.)ll"R, ilcg..-ti r. tscali

Get right at the cause of

Headaches

When edgy nr-rvr-s and he; lile miserahlr-. they iiuiy be " in six: 1-” from an Iipsct rlipo.-iive iny.-trni. tla.-Ii to the brain along the .-rnsitive Vaults Nerve--your Truth Nerve.

Rromo-Seltzer sctilen upset -imiim in. get: right at the muse at your Iiv-aularlic end I-dxv lIN'Vl'H, hriiiizsi ta-t rrlit-I. At the lallI1' tlrnr. Hmniu-Sc-ltirr sonlliv! the Vault: Nervr and other nr-ivein which may have atidril to your misery.

Keen Brcimn-Scltrci hniivly at all tiiiie-. lo help light Iicaularhes. Ask your drugiu.-I tor Bromo-Seltzer today. .si.9

8172.253. In cases in which he employed no outside agent, he was paid at the rate of 330 per case, plus disbursamenks. Another lawyer. who also does work for the government on oc-

casion. told me that ”I wouldn't touch one of those cases for wan .

Perhaps mil. But Thomson

wasn't. uifered one; he obviously

got thousands, and organized his business on a mass production basis.

Thormion reported that he spent about. 384.000 obtaining the title abstract; and other documents. and another 515,000 paying his siailf. Thai left a balance of irinre than 563,000 for 15 nionl.hs' work. A sizeable fee indeed. but- it's not uriusuai for some law- )ers to earn fees as high or

h:gher.

not

De.-ip.tp pationage, the Govern- mvnt cine.-n”. usually hire incom- pebenl lawyer.-. And the rate of remuneration isn't usually high.

"Teri dollars an hour is the mosi you can get from the Gov- oi'iiiiicnt." one iaiilx-cr commented.

But simple arithmetic silio--.-5 that Thomson's net. of 363,000 iur 15 months means that on the basis of a 40 hour week he was a rate or nearly 325. an ho-Ir. That. could be the result of a tremendous volume of business ixindled quickly. Or ii. could be ..nai Thoiiisoii. hrcatise of his political COl'lneCil0llS, received iimre favorable treaiimgm, man the governniciit accords to other l8'-Wcrs - which is what the Pi'ogii'essii-e (fonseivaiives hope to prove.

Thonison already has claimed that if any lawyer cares to look into ihe l'('('(ll'd of the work done, he would find that ”he would not hate done ihe job as cheaply as I cl.d." The On'.ar.o Liberal lead. er also stated the other day that he wniild nlitiii.-e the time and

Tl-IE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Sunday Selieol convention lleld At Hampton church

The South East Prince Sunday School Convention met. at Hump- ton United Church on Friday, June Inc at 3 P. M. There were two sea- was

sions. The aiternooii session

opened by ll devotional service led

by Rev. l is. Woollrcy pastor of Re” Mn w00”T93'--'w the church. assisted by three young girls. The President. Mr. New GLASGOW wy L

Otto Johnson. then introduced Mr. Dalrymple. Acting Gcnernl secre- tary oi the M. R. E. C. who lit- tingly replied. The theme of the convention was taken from the 1950 World S. S. Convention in Toron- to. ixleaus Christ Teacher and Lord." The minutes of the last convention were read by the Sec- retary 'rrea.surer Miss Phyllis Britten, who also gave the (inan- ciul report. Lust year the conven- tion came within 53.00 of their allotment. Roll call was responded to by delegates from 9 diiierent. Sunday Schools.

Mr. Dalrymple then took charge the meeting. The delegates then divided into groups to discuss their objective in Christ- ian Education. The afternoon meeting was broiiizlit to a close by Rev. Mr. Bacon pronouncing the Benediction. The evening session was opened by a devotional ser- vice conducted by the Tryon Un- ited Church Young Peoples group. Rev. Mr. Killam oi the Tryon Bap- tist Chiirch then explained the function of the M. R. E. C. mid stresed our responsibility in ni:i;n- taining it. After it study of the nt- icndance chart. Mr. Dairyniplc showed lllms of ”HOIllE life in the Holy Land." Mr. Brent wood was appointed President !or the en-

of were

place to eviplaln his roIlecl.:on of 932,135 i'z-mu tile izovcrnmcnl.

A lot of peop'e u.ll be aw:-1.1. Eng his e.x'planv:it.on with consid- erable Pa;'.El'nCs5.

GIRLS-SEND IN YOUR

NHSS P.EJ.

OPEN TO GIRLS IN THEIR l7tIi YEAR" AND OLDER Many Beautiful

Such as Wrist Watch, There will be a prize for every entrant

1. Contestants must be a resident of Prince Edward Island. 2. .('ontestan.t must possess om: 131;-ni trig. dancing. dramatic instrument. or be pi'epai'ed to give a short talk or: any subject in which she is interested. 3.

All contestants must be recommended by a Com- ml-mlly 0I'ganl2g1tion or two responsible resident. of the Conimuntty in which they reside.

Play your part in the SUCCESS OF FESTIVE Wlr2El'.'

YOU WILL ENJOY TAKING PART IN THIS CONTEST

Address your entries to

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CONTEST

Prizes Chest of Silver, err;

y ' such as sing- ablllly. playing a musical

ENTRY RIGHT AWAY.

suing year, with Rev. C. A. Brib- Len as vice President. Min Flor- ence Mnbey was appointed Bec- retary-Treuurer: Miss Ruth wright then save her Impresa- ions or the 3. 3. Convention held in Toronto in 1950. Mr. Dalrymple closed the meeting by emphuih mg the theme, "Jesua Chlllt Teacher and Lord." The closing Benediction was pronounced by

The June meeting or New alu- gow w. I. was held at the home or Mrs. Elmer MiicDonuld. In the ub- sence or the President. the Vice- Presidcnt took charge of the meeting. Meeting opened by sing- ing the lmtltute Carol followed by repeating the creed in unison. Minutes oi Inst meeting were rend and approved. Roll cull was re- sponded to by eleven member: and one visitor by "Naming the piece or your birth" end an interesting lat-t about ii.

Members decided to provide lunches tor swift: Cunudiun meet- ing which is to be held in the hull June Mth.

Reports of committees then lol- lowed.

New committees are u Iollowlc School-Mrs. Foster Beilar and Mrs. Roy Diclrieaon also to get prizes 101' school children). Sick-Mrs. R. W. Stevenson and

Collector! were then appointed for the salvation Army.

A puper prepared Inc? read by Mu. Elbert Hill on llclilzenshlp" wu then given and enjoyed by all.

Mrs. I-hrlend Hill und Mu. W. J. Muclaeocl are the delegates to the orphanuze meeting.

Mrs. George Dlckluon. Mrs.

Harland Hill and Mn. router lei- lnr were nppointed to not lull pert- lcularr on music teacher.

Mrs. Richard Dickleson to pre- pare puper on "How to cut down housework in Bummer Months. in order to enjoy nrd inn." Ml-u. Rcvell Dickinson to uiv demomtr l Ition on "How to nuke crllp ul-I ad." I Mn. Earl Houston invited mem-l bare to her home (or the next; meetinl. Roll cell to be unaweredl

with ”suuestione and recipes oh cold drinlu (or hot duys." l Mi.-.1 Ella Sample then read a

poem entitled the "Garden of the Gulf." , Collection amounted to .91 cental one member. pnld dues. A delicious lunch was served by the commit-'

tee in charge assisted by the boa- teas. Meeting closed by singing the i

Nltional Anthem.

NOR IH AMERICAN ilfi

L. S. STEVENSON

liHllN( H MANA(:M'

Mrs. Richard Dicklcson.

Lunch - Mu. Chalmers Laird and Mrs. Harland Hill. . Programme-Mix-I. Morton Lark-. :n and Mrs. Earl Houston. I

further pai'ti('til'.ii'a

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Sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi

. Prizes to be awarded for best carriage most orig. innl cni'rla,'.'.e. best costume and carriage, most ori,r:iiiLl Best tricycle. most original

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JUNE 22,13, 25 and 26

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