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THE, GUARDIAN

iwe could not reasonably, expect, under a new union or liaison--call it what you will

Authorised as Second Clan Mali Poet. offioo Deparhnont. Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co.

-to enjoy so fully the fruits of an inde- pendence we have come to take for grant- ed. Changes would assuredly be called for

rrenldent and Auoclatn Editor. lam A Burnett. Auoclau lfdlinr. Frank walker.

and they would not--they could not-all be in our favor."

CIRCULATION "Covers Prlnca Edward Island like the dew"

conquering Tiie liortliland

:'TIio Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest ink”.

Dr. C. 5. Lord, who headed a party of the Geological Society of Canada to the

CIIARLOTTETOWN,

THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1952

Far North this year, points out that his 16 men were able, with helicopters, to do an

Mention is

058, goes to India.

velopment.

coming on.

'.iral History, New York.

research in biochemistry.

and Canada.

iiied for institutions

suits of the

munities.

lod covered. However,

mature.

ditions.

needed now. .

to survive.

made of

World Wide Benefits

This Province has reason to be inter- ested in the activities of the Rockefeller Foundation, to which we owe the establish- ment of our fine public library system. A glance at the press release for the third quarter of 1952 of the Foundation shows how widespread are its recent benefactions. munificeiit zrant of f25,000 to the University of Edin- burgh medical school for a five years study for improving methods of medical practice designed to provide comprehensive med- ical care for families. Another grant, B21,- This has to do with several projects for the improving of health standards including medical college teach- ing, and along the road of agricultural de-

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Dr. Margaret Mead is ticketed to go back to Manus Island in the Admiralty group to see how the children she had studied there twenty-five years At home she is associate cur- ator of ethnology of the Museum of Nat-

In Scandinavia a 540,000 grant goes to the University of Lund, Sweden, for re- search in genetics and plant breeding, while the University of Uppsala gets 350,000 for

A number of grants are marked for in- stitutions in Great Britain, .,-many of them for travel to this continent to study pro- jects being carried” on in the United States

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Argentina, Boli- via, Brazil, Chile, West Indies, Egypt, Tur- key, Israel, and India are on the list.

No less than fifteen grants are spec- and persons in the United States, among them a 3:500 grant to a member of the Boston Symphony to help towards his expenses as member of the jury at the International Competition of String Quartettes which will be held in Liege, Belgium; 355,000 for Mr. Junius Eddy of String Quartettes which will be held in residence at Karamu House, Cleveland; 5iil0,000 to the University of Wisconsin to assist in a preliminary survey of the re-, institutions programme community arts on individuals and on com-

Canada is not mentioned as a recipient of any Rockefeller largesse during the per- every- where, benefits from the spreading waves of beneficence, for any knowledge gained is for the use and benefit of all.

Bermuda View

Reports that Bermuda was considering the relinquishment of her long-standingties with Britain and of aasting in her lot with the Dominion of Canada appear to be pre- That, at least. is the opinion of the Royal Gazette, of Hamilton. Bermuda, which says that such rumors are in the nature of if "trial balloon”, and expresses some concern that such a drastic change in the colony's affairs is taken as being semi-officially, and seriously, contemplated. It contends that there is a arge body of opinion that would be violently opposed to deliberate abandonment by Bermuda of its traditional position, no matter on what con-

everyone

"Last week," says the Bermuda paper, "in commenting upon the closing down of the British garrison, we essayed to cm-t phasize the manifold advantages we have so long enjoyed as a virtually self-goverii- lng colony under the Mother Country. We did not then attempt to enumerate them. Nor do we think such an enumeration is They are self-evident to any one who wishes to think a little of the past, the present and the future.

"They are, in fact, so much part of the warp and woof of our being as to have sur- vived intact those great convulslons that . launched the United States of America. We venture to declare that they will continue I-low fortunate we are to par- take of the benefits of geographical union with the great nations of North America, the while our institutions evolve and -strengthen in those mighty llberallzing and iutnianitarihn streams set in motion by the I '0 I " -country; we have the best: of two fliers any other colonies more

the old. let us for the future.

ago are

astonishing amount of work. In mapping 57,000 square miles of barren lands in 113 days, he estimated they did what would have taken a conventional party, by foot and canoe, 25 years, though the latter would have produced mapping in finer de- tail.

The cost was .B215,000, but Dr. Lord, a veteran of geological surveying, is con- fident that the helicopter has proved its worth. In an address on the subject to the western division of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Winnipeg, he observed that within a few years it could place at the disposal of the prospecting and mining fraternity data which, by conven- tional methods, might not be available to this generation.

It is significant that the test was made in the northerly portion of the huge region lying east of the great waterways system of the Athabaska, Slave and Mackenzie Riv- ers, and west of Hudson Bay. This region of the mainland north is the most difficult to enter and traverse. Even to the ortho-

dox plane it has been relatively inacces- sible. Partly because of this and also be- cause the interior would be a tough place in which to mine efficiently and profitably, it has seen little prospecting. From now on, things will be altogether different in the northern interior. It is grist for the helicopters mill. With the Geological Sur- vey showing the way in its ”flying wind- mills" and through its mapping of promis- ing ground, prospecting should increase rapidly.

EDITORIAL NUIES

With the onslaught of winter it has in- tdeed become a cold war in Korea. Cana- dian troops, however, should be at least as well adapted to conditions as any in the theatre.

in the number of passengers, automobiles and trucks carried between Wood Islands and Caribou. This ferry route is obvious- ly capable of great expansion if the neces-

sary facilities and ships are provided. I C O

The forecast by Trade Minister Howe in that atomic energy for industrial power will be available in five years is of special interest here. This new source of energy should be used to put areas lacking hydro power, coal, oil and gas on a par with others more richly endowed with power

resou FCES .

Low prices for pork now mean high prices later, is the warning Nova Scotia's deputy minister of agriculture gave to Mr. James G. Gardiner. Farmers certainly will not produce without a return for their in- vestment and effort and the consumer will pay dearly for permitting) the supply to fall off.

A Prince County youth received a sus- pended sentence recently for wounding an- other young man with a .22 rifle. That is a lesson to the individual concerned but it is the responsibility of parents and cid- ers to educate young people in the proper handling of firearms. To a boy a .22 may seem just a toy but it is in fact a deadly weapon and must be treated as such.

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Many of the Fredericton telephone ex- changes of the New Brunswick government are being centralized in a new exchange. It has not yet been decided whether all government exchanges will be so central- ized. The development should prove a help to the public in getting in touch with particular branches of government and at thesame time remove the heavy volume of inter-departmental calls from the pubhc

exchanges.

Nurse Edith Louisa Cavell was born this date 1865 at the vicarage at Swardes- ton, Norfolk, England. She studied there, in Somerset and in Brusselsvand entered the London Hospital in 1895 as a proba- tloner. She had a wide experience and later helped to establish a modern school for nurses in Brussels as well as other insti- tutions. Her hospital became a Red Cross establishment on the outbreak of war and treated both Germans and their enemies. Miss Cavell was arrested with thirty-six others, tried by secret court. martial for aiding 130 persons to escape from Belgium. She was, convicted and, shot: despite the

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This year there was again an increase M

Doing His Part

.. TI-IE" c;BTA'RDrAN.i Cl-IARLOTTETOWNT

PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the discussion by wrrelpondentl of question: of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse tho opinion of correspondents.

LAMONT POEM RECALLED

sir,-I have seen, through the kind offices of a. friend, Mr. McKenzie's letter. in "the Public Forum" of 4th October, following mine of the 13th November of last. year. I read it with very great interest indeed. You will not, I am sure. want to encourage too many contribu- tions about one particular P. E. 1. family when the Island can boast of so many distinguished sons of other names; but. since Mr. Mc- Kenzie has given special atten- tion to the religious poetry of Ewen Laomnt, it occurred to me that. some of the older residents the Island may remember also 9. song written by his son. Rev. Donald Lamont. It is called "Bon- nie Lyndale" set to a beautiful time which was originally called, I believe, "the Dark-eyed Sailor". The Rev. Donald wrote the song after, he had first left P. E. 1., thinking he might not return (although. as Mr. McKenzie men- tions, he did return long after- wards to the Central Parish). The words. as here written, are not exactly as originally compos- ed by Rev. Donald: but. they are probably not far from the spirit. Perhaps some of your readers may recognize some of the verses and know the correct version. I am, sir, etc,

W. D. LAMONT Glasgow, Scotland. lfth November, i952.

(Enclosure)

Where Orwell runs with a gentle song ,

Through fragrant woodlands and fields of corn,

Where Orwell riser, and I was born,

There is bonnie Lyndale,

There is bonnie Lyndale.

And there the world was young.

I saw the earth woken there in

spring.

The summer bloom, and the autumn glow,

And through the silence of

wreathed snow,

Over bonnie Lyndale,

Over bonnie Lyndale.

I heard the sleigh-bells ring.

When shadows spread from the darklning pine, The angels' watchfires were set on high, Across the seen, in the western sky. Down on bonnie Lyndale, ' Down on bonnie Lyndale, Tonight I see them shine.

Long, long ago on a fading shore. The daylight died as I watched

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'1. Notes By i,Tiie Wax A

Some old stalwart: of the Liber- al party must. have rubbed their eyes the other day when they read about the proposals the UBC Liberal club intends to put. before the next :8. C. Liberal convention. These student.-Liberals favor in- clusion in the next Liberal plat- form of public ownership of the

companies. We know things change pretty fast these days but we were still under the linpremion that public ownership of our his public utilities was still elusive plank of the COI'' party.- Vancouver Province.

"Tn none will we delay Justice and right." That was one of the promises of Magna Carta. Dis- turbing euggestlons are being made that the pledge is not being honored too well in Alberta. An instance was cited recently by Mr. Justice Egbert of the supreme court. At. the Calgary criminal as- sizes. over which he presided, l8 cases were on the list. Yet in only

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they do in this country.

There are reasons for this pre- judice. Dancing in a public hall is very different. ,i'i'om dancing in 8. private home. In a public place strangers come. ill, and even peo- ple of doubtful character, and sometimes embarrassing situa- tions are created for the young ladies. The dance hall is a con- venient. place to become acquaint- ed but not the best. place in the world to choose a. wife.

But. more than all else, it is drink that gives the dance its bad name. Every one knows why drink and the dance. especially the public dance. so often go to- gether. It. does not. speak well of the young man who cannot enjoy the fun without drink.

I am told, and I dare say it is true, that at every public dance in this Province. drink appears. The practice seems to be to pro- cure a large quantity of alcoholic beer sold in some stores, and mix it with hard liquor which may be peddled outside the hall.

If the management of those halls would c -operate with the police, this dr nking could likely be stopped. and I am sure the police would be glad to do their best. in this matter. Light beer is within the law, and here the police have no authority, but every drinker of alcoholic becr knows that..lt takes less hard liquor to satisfy the thirst for intoxication.

A serious situation arises when a nice young man with stinking breath asks a self -respecting young lady to dance with him; and by the amount of hard liquor drunk at public dances there must be a good many young men with

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seven of these will the crown pie- pared to proceed. In the remun- ing 11. the agent of the attorney- general stated that he was unable to go to trial. The reason was that the evidence taken at. the prelim- inary hearings had not yet; been transcribed from the original shorthand record, and be neither the crown prosecutor nor the de- fence counsel had the material needed to prepare these cases for trial.--Edmonton Journal.

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The Air Force major finished his lecture to the group of fledg- ling fliers on 9. high note of pro- gress. "Our pilots have now at- tained the zenith of skill," he said. "I could name you airmen who have done everything a, bird can. do." One young fellow began shaking his head in a perplexed way. He was still shaking it as class filed out of the lecture room. a fellow fledgling asked him, "You disagree with the major?" "Haventt said I do," was the reply. "But I wish he'd named that fellow who took a good, nap while hanging on to the limb of a tree with one foot." - Wall street Journal. ,

, technical men to make an examin-

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DECEMBER 2., .1952

Methuselahs

Oldest. living thing in Canada

stood for the close to Shoen Lake. almost in the geographical centre of Van- couver Island. It a still growl lustily, defiant of wind and the ravages of weather. .

somewhere about 1,150 or 1. 200 years ago. much of the wee- tern slope of Vancouver Island was swept by a tremendous fire. Today, there remains convincing evidence that all growth in an area in extent comparable to the district. between Ottawa and Man- treal and 20 miles wide disappear- ed. in a holocaust.

It might have taken several do- cades for plants and trees to be- come re-established. But. heavy rainfall aided excellent natural soil conditions to create on this site one of the greatest softwood forests in world history.

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A few weeks ago T. G. wright, chief forester for Canadian For-i est. Products I..td.. found his men had cut. down 8. leviathan among trees in the valley of Davis River. Upper Nimpkish. The vast. butt. of this great. tree was so impress- ive that Dr wright assigned his

ation and establish the age of the tree, which they found to be I. 092 years.

But. within A quarter of a mile of the felled monster there stands its bigger brother. Comparing the felled tree with the one still grow- ing. experts think the latter could be a few years senior. In- stead of 1,092 years, the one still standing appears certain to be 1,100 or 1,125.

Of course. nobody can tell for eure because only by felling it can its secret; be cxposed- and so far the axmen (or rather the power-saw operator) hu opared this second tree.

The one already felled (ago 1, 092) was 107 inches in diameter at the butt, 230 feet. in height; and scaled out 30,174 board feet of house lumber. It. was absolutely sound with masses of unspoiled foliage as green as what must have been growing there 500 year: ago.

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Compare this with the oldest. Douglas fir reported by the :3. 0. Forest. Service and felled by Al- bernl Pacific Lumber Co. Near Port. Alberni several wears ago. It was 1,106 years old, or 14 year: older than the felled Shoen Lako tree. It. was only five feet. in dia- meter at the butt. A sample out was sent. to the National Muse- um at. Ottawa by H. R. MaeMillan. While these firs are the oldest in British Columbia. they can- not. of course. compete with the giant Redwoods (Sequoia) of Cali- fornia. Numerous rcdwoode are of a vintage of 2,000 years-some even exceed that.

Oldest Douglas fir of which there is an authentic record reported by the U. S. A. Forest Service was felled ln,1915, in Skaglt: River Valley in Washington State. It was 1,375 years old. U. 8. Forest:

is a Douglas Fir tree which has lost 1,100 years

army said Wednesday major must and plans for the growth and ini- provement of the regular and re- serve "force will be dismissed hm next week at the mice of the army's top officers. 1!

Of The. Forest

g Boy W. Brown in one Financial Post

in: fire more than 15 to meter at the butt. Twoetai: it'll growing in Oregon and 3 mm in Olympic National Pm; , northwest Washington. ' ”

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. ,,. ports the largest tree it has felled scaled 71,542 board feet. It w it feet. in diameter and ..i....,.'.' completely free from blemish M aiidy stort. wcalsiortly 650 yam o w en he no h ber in 1944. W" hm”

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This tremendous imounc lumber from a. single t.reo'ls more impressive when compared with the fact. that the greatest record. ed output of an outstanding gm” of trees on 9. single acre of -too? year-old forest on Vancouver 1... landwu a. cutting made by com" Logging Co. 15 years ago of 253,009

feet. Practically all the ver oi

have their tops brokeyn fut": their greatest height has never been recorded. In Nlmpkish Va), ley (close to Shoen Lake) the tall- est. tree yet recorded was 305 feet ind height: it was only 385 yen"

The story of these forest. gigm. is a. dramatic illustration of in. vast. natural law of the BlIri'll'al cg the fittest. Under perfect condit. ions of soil and exposure to N. and weather, 40,000 seedlings mg, spring up originally on 8. thin. fertile acre. but a. good "catch" ae a clover farmer might. say .9: would be 1.000 tree plants. within 30 or 40 years dominant tree. would .appear-by Iome accldem their roots go deeper, their top. reach farther lkyward and 11:. erally they crowd out their iielgh.

bore.

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At. the end of 100 year: the L 000 tree plants have dwindled in numbers to B0 growing trees, with scores of dead once dislntieguuu on the ground. In 200 years only 50 thrifty ones are left. in ion ears the number has reduced it. Ielf to 20 lofty giants piercing ch. nky. At. 600 year: only 13 are left, all big and lusty. and at 100 yam only seven are still standing. Then are of course variations of this calculation, but. the figures given are results of careful exanilmattom of averages on "medium growing sites". . At. 1,100 years the one truly do. mlnant tree has finally assert:-.4 itself over all the other ”domlnu ants" and you have a noble specl. men standing in massive grand. our in a sort of natural forest clearing. outclasslxig all else on the landscape. alone and majestic.

LARGEST TREE

The Douglas fir, Canada's iii est tree. grow: to heights about 300 feet..

UITAIWA. NOV. 2'? -(CF)-The

annual ronicr-

servlce also reports three Doug-

etarts Dec. 4 and lasts two days.

PROFESSIONAL CARE

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FROM THE PATHFINDER-S

Peace to all who slept at the trail-

ends.

from the blood of Marquette and Cartier

To the flown breath of Scott and Shackleton!

They that felt the arrows of Obsid- lan

Have' no more need of shield or helmet.

They that saw the smoke of strange altars on new heavens

Shall hear no more the conchs of the barbarian,

Nor the long trumpet.-t of ivory.

Nor the throbbing of the war- " drums. Peace to all who he famed or for- gotten- The last igloo built,

The last: keel stranded.

Peace to the renowned few, to the innumerable unknown,

To the tomb of bronze and the grave in the desert!

They are hushed who dared Lev- iathan

And the dragons of Heaperla,

The frontiers of wonder are dis- solved

foul breaths.

Another thing that. should be said: Not all boys leaving the hall are fit. to drive home. Those fatal,

alone,

And wintry winds to a world un- known.

Waited me from Lyndale.

waited me from Lyndale.

To exile evermore.

But. spring to Orwell will ever come:

They'll always plough where we ploughed the lea:

And Heaven will smile. as it smil- ed on me,

Once in bonnie Lyndale,

Once in bonnie Lyndnle,

My happy, only home.

DRINK AND TIIE DANCE

sir.-It is possible that Adam and Eve danced. At. least. dancing is as old as the human race, and it. is a custom all nations. and will likely continue to the end of time. It. in in human blood. But. for one reason and another there is a prejudice against danc- ing. some years ago I was preach- ing for a brother minister, and in the service I had occasion to read the story of the Marriage Feast of Core. In my remarks I men- tioned: "and they likely had dancing.” whereupon up Jumped a man and bolted for the door. I knew then that I should have been more cautious, and explain- ed that among the Jews men and

efforts of the United stitq minister.

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women did not dance together an

late-hour accidents that so fre- quently occur indicate that mis- managed dnnce halls may be. not. only a moral menace, but a fatal- one as well.

Drink is not. the only objection to the public dance, where girls are not chaperoned. but. the very least. the management should do. in the interest of the young peo- ple whom they invite to the hall, tie to keep drink out. I am, Sir.

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Stanley Bridge.

etc, . I. GREEN.

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The Age-old Story

Thu: saith the Lord God; I win own gather you from the people, and nuembla you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel . . . And I will give them one heart, and I will, put a new spirit within you: and I take the stony heart out of their nonh,. and will give them. an hurt. of flesh: that they. may walk In my Itatnlu, and keep Inlno ordinances. and in shell: andlhoy shall be my people, and I will be-their God.

The purple, kingdom of the old mirage

Mutheson. Peuke &

J. A. Corrutliers. R.O. OPTOMETRIST

123 Kent Street Phone 2812

(Next to Slmpeon'I Agency)

Allison M. Giilis. LLB.

BAIIBISTER. SOLICITOB. Etc.

130 Richmond st. - Charlottetown Phone 590

Palmer 8: Husiam A. I. RASLAM. B.A.. LLB. Barrister. Etc. Bank of Nova Scotla Chamboi-I Charlottetown, P. E. I. - MONEY T0 LOAN

A. Wolflien Gander. LL.B.- i

BARRISTEB. SOLICITOB, Etc.

Phillips Julldlng Ill Grafton Street Money In Loon Collection

Dr. W. R. Carson A

CEIIIOPRACTOR Palmer Graduate. CHARLOTTETOWN Phone I072 201 Prinu

Dr. K. A. Muciocimn

DENTIST Dental X-rny Above (lhnrlottetowii Clinic 202 Queen St. Phone MI

J.-S. Taylor

OPTOMIETBIST Eyes Examined. Giant-n Fitted Corner Kent and Queen Ste. Office Phone 1956-Home loll

Gander 8: Hoszurd GILBERT A. GAUDET. B.A.. LIA Barrlllcro and Solicitor! Money to Loan Canadian Bank of Cnmmrrcaildg

Bell. Mafliioson 8:

Foster Barristers. Solicitors. Etc. R. R. BELL, Q.C. ,o.,,n. FOSTER, i.Ln., Lean: on City and Farm Properties 150 Richmond Street Chiulottetown, P.E.I.

Nicholson A. W. MATHESON. Q.O.

Leif Ericson sleeps, and the are that. was Columbus,

nut. Time had new Atlantlca.

The stars they followed still go over; -

Their voices are on the wind from the North-east.

And their flags in the sunset.

-George Sterling.

Old Charlottetown

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BILLIAIID MANNEIIB from a letter appearing anony- mously in The Examiner of April so. Ian:

"I would like to call to the no- tice of the directors of the Queen”: Billiard Club that. a person who in not a member of the Club is play- ing billiard! in their room every morning between the hours 11 a. m. and 1 m. If gentle- men do auch things in Europe. I am glad to any that they would scorn to do so in America, ol-

ci lly when they know it. in :-

ls a public billiard room, I be item, in Charlottetown, and if the European gentlemen wishes to play let him go there.) and not go sneaking into a private room

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re gain : the rules of the Club. Thei-e' '

A. II. PEAKE. B.A.. -LLB.

JOHN P. NICHOLSON. LLB.

Barristers. Etc. Collection: - Money To Loan 00 Great George street Charlottetown

Dr. A. L. Muclsooc

DENTIST Dental X-Bay GLORIA BUILDING I'll Grafton Bi. Phone 291

::1 Errol S. Netting.

. V.!.. IJ.V.M. SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE

M. Aibon Farmer. 93-56 B.A.. l.L.B. Barrister and Solicitor

Bank of Commerce Bulldint

Chnrloftctoivii ' Donn

Money to

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Barrlstcrn. Etc;fZ

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naiiiiisrim. souciroit. Elv- NOTARY. me.

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B.A. , BAIIIIISTEII. soLIHT0'i- NOTARY. ctr. Eugem -n-ugq, Building cnAiu.o'r'rr:roWN Phone 1111

Byron J. Grant. 03'

orroiuirnisr ,, in Kent Street "'"',';" topvonto Revere 1"" Q

Frederic A. LurgeN.o9- Bari-later Solicitor. loyal Bani; of Clllltll ,BI:"'"" Charlottetown. P- "II-I, Loan: on City 9"" '

88' Mt. Edward Bond - Phone OBI

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' its Great George

RANDOLPH W. MANNING. GA. other offices at llailfu. Monoton

Blontrui. Quebec, Ottawa. Toronto.

in order to save fifteen cents."

Currlo Bids. Charlottetown.

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