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President: latent. Col. W. Chester S. Mel-Ire Vine-President: J. B. Burnett, IJJ. Beeretary: Lieut. Col. i). A. lilceKinnon, 0.8.0. lditor and Managing Director: J. B. Burnett. IJJ. Alsociate Editors: Frank Walker and Lient. Ill A Burnett, B.U.N.V.B. (On Active Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thdl the Weakest Ink."

ssrormsv. MARCH 25, um Why Not By Monorail‘?

nmong all the schemes suggested for linking filis Province \vitll the mainland in the post-war years, no one has mentioned the most pheno- menal of all developments in the way of safe and rapid transit. The system is known as Monorail. It would require for its operation neither a tunnel nor a causeway across North- nmberland Strait, but merely a series of piers to provide support for the suspension, on rigid standards, of a single steel rail from shore to shore. Monorail cars would hang suspend- ed from wheels riding 0n this rail. Is this fantastic? The operation of this unique tran- sportation system is thus described in the En- eyclopedia Americana:

“In all the various applications of Monorail, it has been fully demonstrated to the satisfac- tion of the world's most eminent engineers that for speed, comfort, safety and economy it excels any other form of railway yet devised. Con- structed on scientific lines, it is a system which eliminates the possibility of derailment and makes for the greatest speed obtainable with comfort, safety and economy."

Monorail is not new by any means. From sn article on the subject in the March number of the Magazine Digest, we learn that Europe has used it for many years and proved every claim made for it by engineers the world over. The Monorail llne between Elberfeld and Vow- inkel, in Germany, constructed in 1901, is today practically an antique, yet it has carried over half a billion passengers at speeds up to 125 miles an hour without a single fatal accident to anyone. It holds the finest service and income record of any transportation system in exist- ence.

Why hasn't Monorail been introduced into United States or Canada long ago? The answer is the huge investment represented by the thous- ands of miles of railway tracks and tens of thousands of railway cars and locomotives. Rail executives have been too busy with the con- stant headache of keeping their systems in op- cmtion to think about another transportation "invasion” dangerous to their investments. But conditions are now changed. The demands of war and the resulting overloading of all public carriers has worn out thousands of cars and countless miles or 13nd bed. To replace these items billions of dollars will be required. So it is no secret that several big railroads and electric lines are looking to Monorail as the single solution to the costly dilemma facing them.

Famous engineers, industrialists and fin- anciers all over the world visualize the wide spread of Uonorail systems directly after the war. Zara. \\'itl<in, consulting engineer to the Soviet Union Government Construction Trust. and engineer of the United States Government Records, says: “Monorail meets all traffic needs, clears the streets, eliminates danger and [an be erected in less time and at less cost."

Monorail, it is claimed, heads the list on Washington's agenda of after-ivar enterprises. It is proposed to build the first line in Cali- fornia, between Los Angclcs and Long Beach— a distance of 3o miles through some of the heaviest traffic in America. lt takes a full hour to make the trip today. Monorail will dr it in fifteen minutes.

It is planned also to build a transcontinental line. At an estimated cost of about $800,000,- 000 a Uonorail can be built utilizing the right- of—\vu_v of the Southern Pacific and Illinois Central Lines. 'l'his line will touch most of the important cities across the United States, and bring the coasts within ten hours of each other-and at a transportation cost of less than one-fourth of air transport rates!

\lVil(‘lllCl‘ or not a ‘Monorail across Northunl- bcrlund Strait is feasible or possible. we do not profess to know. Only a complete survey would show this. But the same applies to a railway catiscwav or tunnel, and if a survey 1S to be rccontlncnrlcd, why not ask for one that will cover this new and allegedly much more economical and efficient transport system es well?

Strong Conservative Trelid

The .\[Il'Cl1iClli2li' success of the llrcw Liovcrn- mom's candidate in the llzlldinnuld-Xorfollc by- elcction this week, notes an exchange, is of more than provincial interest. It serves to indicate how the brcrilc-uji of the Liberal electoral strength in Ontario is likely to affect the for- titties of tile two rcmzlining parties in the coin- ing licderal election. llaltlimand-Norfolk is mainly a typical rural constituency, although there is a llllulCffllC sized urban votc in the rid- ing. insofar as this result can be accepted as a test of the gcttcrnl political trend, it indicates that as the fortunes of the Liberals subside, the chief beneficiaries of the change will not be the C.C.F. Socialists, but the Progressive Conserva- tivcs.

The (llllCfilllc in llaldiinztntl-Norfolk at the general election of August 4, I943 was as fol- lows:

\\'alsh, Progressive Conservative 7,868 Cross, Liberal 7,077 Grove, (‘£117. 2,577 Total vole 177,522

The Progressive Conservative plurality ovcr his Liberal opponent, who came next, was 701, hilt the xvinnct‘ did not have a clear ntajoriiy, his two rivals between them polling 1.786 more votes than hc iobtaincd. In l\londay's hy-clec- lion the successful Wogrcssive Conservative cattdidate was returned not by a mere plurality but by a clear nlnjority of 2.511 over the ag- gregate poll of both CCF and Liberal candidates. The result was as follows:

blur-tin, Progressive Conservative 10,835 Mulrie, Liberal 3,883

Gibson, CCF 4,49] Total vote. 19,209 The votes cast in the by-election were 1,687 more than at the general election. The Liberal candidate's vote declined by 3,194, and there were thus 4,881 additional votes polled by the Progressive Conservative and CCF candidates. The changes in the standings of the three group;

were as follows: Liberal decrease 3,194 Progressive Conservative increase 2,967 CCF increase 1,914-

This means that the Progressive Conservative candidate obained nearly two-thirds of the ad. ditional vo_t¢ made available by the Liberal de- cline and the increased size of the poll. Premier Drew need have no apprehensions respecting en early general election. Ontario's political pic- ture brightens steadily for the Progressive Con- servatives as the time approaches for the next Federal campaign.

=- EDITORIAL NOTES .-

Canada imported a total of 28,108,485 tons of coal from Britain and the United States last year.

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Staff houses constructed by Wartime Hous- ing Limited in Halifax to accommodate war workers cost $1,147,907 up to December 31, 1943-

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Lady Day, or the Feast of the Annunciation, when the announcement was made to the Virgin Mary by Angel Gabriel that she should be- come the mother of Christ. (Luke 1: 27-38).

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Hear the claims of Professor Blanchard for the vacant senatorship ere being vigorously press- ed at Ottawa, he being declared to be the best educated, best qualified for the job, as well as a representative of s section of our population largely ignored by Liberals.

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Our LieuL-Governor got over $200 added to his salary recently paid, too, by the Provincial Government. Yet an allowance of $4,000 a year is being paid by the Dominion to Hon. H. E. Kendall, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia to cover his additional expenses because of the war.

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We should be hearing something soon about the appointment of the new judge for the Su- preme Court.. eral would have the best chance, but in the pre-

liotee By The Way

Anyone that has money to burn mlgni. do well to save i1 until ucxo Wmler. l! there's mam more ooal strikes about the world, be all we'll have left mnoston whiz-standard.

A home should be a benevolent numeracy; mere can be no rout equality there The parents nlusl. rule. as wisely and as gently a8 they are able; children lnuy argue, and they should be nearu, our inc deciding vote must. always lle wlm the lfli‘8nh5.—-il"€lbl‘bOOU45fi Exam- lner.

recltal that they stopped the per- formanco whue a cut was being re- moved from me pipe-organ. 1n a "J1me," o1 worse. it could stay mere. and lzwe out with one of me tut tunes ot lite weelc-Oicawd Citizen.

TQBflQlBIaIDBDlZS will mean more w some people than me return o! Whammy; cream and plenty 0t nylons. — UIiIlSLlB-n science ivfonl- W1‘.

A drunk on West End avenue oouldrft get into ms home bcfiflilse he had fdriotten lus key. He called a pollceman and asked rum lo break down the door. 'l'ne 00p was about to oblige, when a neighbor

' by 51158880603 "Maybe l can help you." rle identified him- self as Samuel Sea-at i-he uwenwr and founder of the Sezal lock Co.

it. a See iockr" he asked. “N0." the cop wlct him. can Dink it.” SQQM insisted did-New York Post.

The future of Britain is begin- nlna to take sh wwldlsnotadremltlsevlml- lame. Even in our darkest. hour we never forget it. We sull fight. for it. Today we begin to see me re- ward of our vision and our cour- age. Four leaders point to the fut- ure. 10rd Woolton wise and hum- dhe, speaks to us about the prob- lems of reconstruction. he wants mod homes. better education, a sturdy health policy. and work for all . . . But. 10rd Wooltorvs plans for "happy homes" will be a real- ity only if the curse of unenrp oy- ment is exomlsed.—london da/y Chronicle.

Mr. Churchill. whb knows. nd e. reverence for our Eng asked

Ordinarily the Attorney-Gen- and

sent instance that would deprive the Provincial mm

Government of its only lawyer, which might prove a fatality. The selection otherwise will probably be made from Messrs. Tweedy, Martin and Judge Palmer. - n: l- w e

Naval Minister Macdonald, reviewing the work of the Royal Canadian Navy, described increasing successes against U-boats, but warn- ed that the Battle of the Atlantic had not been won. He said the Navy had 25o fighting ships, 450 auxiliary craft, and a personnel total of about 80,000. Casualties in dead, wounded, missing and prisoners since war started num- bered 1,300.

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Loans made by the Canadian Farm Loan Board from the start of its operations in 1929 to March 31, 1943, totalled $49,151,186, the Finance Department said. By provinces the loans have been divided: British Columbia, $2,- 618,144; Alberta, $9,019,771; Saskatchewan, $8,049,528; Manitoba, $5,822,469; Ontario, $8,025,110; Quebec, $13,631,762; New Bruns- wick, $1,188,769; Nova Scotia, $1,580,627; Prince Edward Island, $1,215,006.

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Mrs. Dorise Nielsen, M.P., raised a rumpus in the House when she called for the tabling of documents relating to the release from intern- ment of one Alois N. Schoneider of St. Walbury, Sask. In calling for the information, Mrs. Niel- sen said: “Where a person has a record such as this man in question I think the people of this country should have information regarding his release, particularly when it so happens that for a number of years this man was an organizer for the Liberal party, and we are now expect- ing an election in Saskatchewan.”

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More judges needed. Justice hlinistcr St. Laurent has introduced in the Commons a. bill to authorize appointment of a third judge to the Exchequer Court of Canada. He said the ad- ditional judge would be appointed when the work of the court required it. The court's work had becn very onerous recently, he said. It was expected t0 become more onerous later when it had to adjudicate on settlements be- tween the government and companies which had received itapital assistance and were engaged in war work.

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In icplying to criticism in the House of Com- mons that German prisoners were receiving "de luxc" treatment, Mr. Ralston said: “We are in a difficult situation. \Ve probably don't want to do more for the prisoners than is called for by the convention, but certainly if we do less we will be exposing our own boys who are in en- emy prison camps tn persecution, to rough treat- ment. Moreover, if we were to deal brusquely with German prisoners in this country the ac- tion would soon be reflected in the treatment accorded our own men in (iertnan and Japanese camps."

e o- n- a The accelerated courses for tnedical students

with perhaps a bit of us

on he came utpon "falling into a pattern." to say nothing o! “co 1- ractied." his ence would e - plode into a. memo

worth readlngFOttswa Journal,

A realist, an Indian friend f ours says. is a chap who weal both belt and suspenders and car ries an exitra shoe lace in his ves gasket. - Christian Science Monl

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it is about this time in the yea that householders discover that if they want. anything to come out. of their garden they must but some- thing into it first: thought, seed and that lhdeflnahle somethirlg which redeems t e r s e from being an inert and. lifeless she-be without meaning or use. Nature, however. will do the rest. She will zlve back ten units where entrusted with one, nor w she my“) count the ratio. — Victoria

Colonist.

An automobile that travels up- wam of 100 miles on a gallon of

with a gallon of gas. — Winnipeg Tribune.

“Beware the ides of soothsayer is reputed to nave warned great Caesar. But Julius needed not and thereby fell a Roman dictator. The date was the dies-March 15. the year 44 B. C. Nearly 2.000 years nave passed. Ihe ltalian brazaart who tor a. time alped a nultnry predccessornas been toppled from his pedestal and has become an uolooi. o. scorn and derlsloin among nls own pebplfi. For lvlussoiuus partner in ln- doihz. dark rare also beckons. lt needs no soothsayer 1o give assul- ance o1 the luunlare (lOolfl oi rm.- ler and Nazism. Eleven yeais llgo, in March. me uernnln lrueluer set. up nls uictaaorslllp. ll. was March, 119.15. wncn he lnhoe ulc- ‘meaty o1 versanles unouicr scrap ot‘ paper." u; was m ivulruh Olgllb Years 8B0 that m: UNION/d ins troops 111w me lclllnenltlu- l. has in lvlarch sis years ago unit. tllc uerman IlO-FUBS DOUIEU IHW Milla- trla, and m lvlurcll live years 1.14.1 that. they over-rail uzccnulsolillalu. lvovru is Mal-en ‘Lgwnll, on». llv flew German triumphs are n1 plcspeci. ‘lne pattern or oohlllct nus Ciluilg- ed. ‘lne pool. ls on ine other 1.5. ‘ine war in huropo lnay o1 ma, not be over by Lnr: time unulncr year nus run its cuunsc, uuL us surely as UACMAA‘ loll so Will lnc German tyranny llllu ullcr lb lnc JEDGHESE.—DI‘ZlDuUA‘u luxpuslwl‘.

March." a

German ex-soiuicrs presented ii l9 the British Lolrlun lll Aklou, 4 llmgnlflcent rose UOWl with IIhKS engraved on t1. a symbol ot ulo “ties of friendship" between me ex-servlcezncn or two nations. 1n 944: A legion conference ucciceo t/o hand tne trophy over for sul- vage. It was viewed as a ‘pnoney’ trophy. Then lt became a ‘myster- ious’ trophy because, the salvage decision having been reached, no- body d fin the rose bowl.. Bearoh for it ls underway. - Mon- treal Star.

quinine, essential as a medicine. came fro mthp Netherlands indies. e

will be discontinued at the conclusion of those 5

already started. The Canadian Medical Pro- curement and Assignment Board has agreed to discontinuance ofuthe classes following repres- entations from the Association of- Canadian Medical Colleges. The association 1 d protested that the accelerated courses, starter in 1942 to turn out more doctors, imposed a strain-on both

students and teachers. The courses were speed- rral

ed up through elimination of the summer holi- days.

crl plan, but the speed-up program would be dis- continued for the present first year and for any further entering classes. The nledical faculty representative pointed out that at the present

time thcrewvas no second year medicine at Mc- u

Gill, since the second year had already been ac- cl-lcrntcd into third year, while the first year had not yet completed its initial schedule.

tto Geotrmphlc soul . r there are 700.000 ‘forgotten’ quin- ine-bearlnlz acres in Colombia, South America, and these may be made to produce again. It's sur- prising what facts the war does tng out. - Brsntford Expositor.

The Danish Prue Service in toekhohh reports that when Gen- Ranrnel had inspected the defenca on the west coast said to General von

At McGill those now in third and fourth Rsrinolre ycar medicine Wflillrl finish under the accclemt- t,

from Africa," work wee then accelerated.

Morden perish magazine in E llmd. says who in a church nnec and at many people do it uno nsly. when he ap- pealed to coughers to stop collab-

ing, he said. Hardly a couch was beerd e6 enw service.”

1t was at a Southern ehilrch e

ape. Till-S brave new "m1

am but we feel certain that when la r l

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Lenten ‘Meditations

The London Times

THE PASSION

answer tn the dues human suiferina. Philosophy may and does help men in some degree to reconcile thanselves to it. and to show some o! its ire-trues. But tb-day its very magnitude is mak- for many almost im- the old dil- M "r." otent. or he is not good." a feel as one has lately eXPIB-BSBGIA» that ‘we see no 111811 of his WW '

ence." h Much suffering is due to hume ignorance. and will be progressive~

’s knowledlze in‘

We sincerely 110p; that postwar c“

freedom; and 9 m and prevent it only by withdraw- hig from men this precious 8m- Man. collectively. must bear the responsibility for the renter W11 of his sufferinll. Nat/On Heed mi- for example. make war upon Bach other. True. the responsibility fm‘ war is not equally shared by 811 who are involved ln it, but. the evil or stupidity of some is bound to 1H- volve others: and to fight 392111155 evil may be more n! a Christian h?" ti“??? ’§a.fl’5'“‘?.al§. ‘illaislil mu: e e

the sum of immediate uflerins- The Passion of our Imjd is a IB- mlnder that suflerina lnay be vtc- arious, voluntary. accented 1°!‘ ‘he sake of those who can be helped 111

V. If. is not to stretch too ar to see such In is‘;

tyranny a to w human freedom. Others suffer with no consciousness the vicarious nature 0f their sufferinz.

There is a profound sense in which all Jilfletlrtg may be reami-

not

But the reality oi this fallowshl»? lll . not so much on the of the auflerlll8 as on the ln which it ts accepted. Bt. Pa. links with the that other great conception, “the power n." The path of suffering. willingly trod, leads to

spiritual renewal and triumph. Many are sustained in these day! by the hope of a world from which ised; by the be-

the valley of the shad which he ma be suffe can him in

and deeper fellowship with Christ, it will not indeed mean that all his questions are at once answered. but the burden will be tolerable be- cause il: is shared by him who

Rev. J. A. Ainiey. writing in‘

"gave his llfe a ransom for many?’

For A glee _Port

_ (Halifax. Chronicle)

'I‘hat. Quebec and its environs should be made p, flee po in order to facilitate the development of foreign trade is the suggestion made by the Junior board of trade of that city. Coupled with this suggestion, which l5 included in a brief recently submitted to the Federal government, f5 the fur- ther proposal that a. distinctively Canadian merchant. marine should be developed and expanded with a vlew- to “controlling Canada's share of world trade."

It is heartening to see that; Quebec ls alive b0 the need for developing our overseas markets after the wan-Foreign trade is the life-blood of commerce, and while Quebec City may no; have suffer- ed as greatly as Halifax from the restrictive tariff barriers Past half century. its citizens are aware of the stulttfying conseq- uences Whlch followed upon the Notional Policy or 137a and m; variations of that policy down through the years.

But while there is the 11111951; sympathy and accord with Que. bee in the urge for freer trade. Surely the argument. for a free port applies with infinitely greater force to Halifax. Quebec is not a Brest world port in any sense of the term. Her harbor faculties are insignificant alongside those of Halifax, For more than halt the year the St. Lawrence is blocked with lee. Halifax is open the Year round. and possesses facilities for the svesdy and efficient handling Of 5111115 and shin cargoes second to none anywhere in the wm-ld, T!) "T058 for the establishment of Halifax as a free port would. no 5, Ion: way towards solving the post. war economic problems of gm; "mini-ml!" The port activity winch Halifax always enjoys in

SPRING 0N TWO SIDES OI" THE TURBULENT ATLANTIC

sin-ins ls brlndlns us baseball‘ back. Spring ls gtvl us golf atn. Eminztralz a hep to the otdoor Boring melins blossoms the en. But Gianna‘ 1n Europe meene fife‘ or ea — , . Bpnwrlelamlilurm one nlore Springs means grass thdt le nreener Bbr ‘minus trees that will be in Bprin menu moonlight over the With never e thought of the bitter g oom