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The Wood Islands Service

In the report of the Royal Commission on Transportation, note is taken of the representations made in this Province f :' a new boat and improved terminal facil- ities for the ferry service between Wood Islands and Caribou. So far as financial assistance is concerned, the report states that the Canadian Maritime.Commission is the proper body to deal with this matter. In the very near future, it is expected that a satisfactory arrangement will be made with the Maritime Commission in this con- nection. Representativcs of Northumber- land Ferries Ltd. and, it is hoped, of the Provincial Government, will meet with the Commission members and Federal Govern- ment representatives at Ottawa to discuss a concrete proposal for the building of a new boat, diesel powered, of about 900 horse power, 220 feet long, 45 feet beam and with capacity for carrying fifty ordin- ary ears-about one-half the size again as the S. S. Dunning. Tenders have already been received by the operating company for a boat of this kind, to be built in.the Maritimes at an approximate cost of one million dollars. If the contract can be let speedily following the interview with the Maritime Commission, this boat could be built and made available for the tourist season of 1952.

In order to finance a project of this kind, it will be necessary for the company to obtain a long-term operating contract, with a subsidy sufficient to meet the con- struction cost over the period of the con- tract.

the service each season. there be provision

for operating longer periods under favor-

able weather conditions. There seems no

reason why, following the close of naviga- 0 0 ' tion at Wood Islands, the service could

not be continued for several weeks there-,

after between Georgetown and Pictou. Dur- ing the present exceptional season, such a service could be in operation practically all winter, much to the advantage of our

shippers and the public generally.

There is no longer any question as to the value and importance of this ferry service, both to Prince--Edward Island and Great as are its tourist ad- vantages and possibilities, it is even more important from the standpoint of tour pro- ' 0 O duce shippers, who are faced with constant- and whose need for. more trucking accommoda- tion-as the surest means of keeping rail charges down-is already one of our most vital transportation problems. We not, of course, expect support from the railway authorities for this improvement, but the Maritime Commission is a strong independent body, responsible only to the Dominion Government, and we may expect its findings to be determined solely by our legitimate needs and requirements. Viewed in this light,-that of public necessity and convenience--there can be no question as to the need of a new and larger boat at Wood Islands, and of completing the finan- 'cial arrangements so as to have it in op-

Nova Scotia.

ly increasing railway freight rates,

eration at the earliest possible date

17-Year-old, Tractor

luot long ago, there was discovered in California, resting in an old orchard off the beaten path, an English make Aveling and o o o Porter steam tractor, believed to have been imported into the United States some time between January, 1871, and June, 1874, dur- ing which short per'-iod, British road machin- .ery was permitted to come in duty free. It is a small four-wheeled steamer, with wood- informed in the House of Commons. en front wheels, and is probably the oldest total included 5139,000,000 for freight as- tractor in the United States. According to

an article in Canadian Farm Implements, i

is a beautifully made piece of machinery and its discovery is significant because its importation into the U. S. predated any serious development of the U. S. tractor in-

dustry. Fodcral liovonlcvs. Provincial Tax,

According to Hon. Mr. Darby's budget speech. under the”-new proposals Prince Island will receive in the fiscal

year 1952-53. 33,280,000 based on sssum- Maritimes generally on May 1, the 'C. N. ed Gross National Productyf 317-5 billions in 1950 nndjS18 billions in 1951. Indications . a'l,u,iIlit.tloI:q.N.P. for 1951 will-greatly ex- , ' ,,,,snd,If so, the l ” - 0, blysugrmntod. u p 5. I ' , , ment will move to Moncton, Truro. N. 8..

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It is also desirable that instead of fixed dates for the opening and closing of

can-

andinthefirstyearofthenewagree- ment will be approximately s200,000 more. "It is obvious," Mr. Darby said, "from a consideration of our estimated revenue where out of,86,969,000. 54,475,000 is con- tributed by the Federal Government, that

I will frankly admit, with the impending termination of the present tax rental agreements on March 31, 1952, that I have been mubh concerned with that-problem." Which accounts, no doubt, for the report the Provincial Government will acquiesce in the Federal Governmentl: Provincial di- rect taxation proposal. '

tDIIURlAL No: as

The Legislature rose on Monday night in time to permit the members to attend the triumphant.end Of the big hockey game at the Forum.

0 O O

The teachers have a busy schedule out-

until noon tomorrow but individually no doubt manage to take advantage of their stay in the city. 0 O O "The heat is on" Parkdale because of its lack of water and sewage services. The Province, not unreasonably, fails to see the point of conducting a costly public health programme and at the same time neglect- ing to enforce elementary principles of hygiene. O O 0

Some twenty French aviation journal- ists will come to Canada next week to visit certain of the Ontario training centres, and airplane-building factories. Centralia, Tren- ton and Rockcliffe are given as stopping off places, but no mention is made of Sum-

mersidc. I O O

Charlottetown is not the only city bor- rowing to keep abreast of the times. Pass- age of three separate New Brunswick bills seeking authority to borrow and guaran- tee well over 51,000,000 before the close of the current session of the Legislature will boost Fredericton's direct and indirect bonded debt to an all-time record high of approximately 354,250,000.

It came as a great surprise when the Budget debate, in what is supposed to be an election year, was allowed to collapse in the Legislature yesterday after only three speakers had participated, including but one member of the Government and one member of the Opposition. If this was strategy on the Government's part, it was the Opposition's duty and privilege to have forestalled it, at least to the extent of con- tinuing the debate until its own members had spoken. "”

Britain and France declared war on Russia this date 1854 commencing the Crimean War, to resist claims made by the Czar which practically involved the dis- appearance of Turkey as a European state. The allies defeated the Russians at Alma and besieged Sebastopol, fighting two great battles for that fortress, Balak- lava and Inkerman, finally after nearly a year the siege was successful following the capture of Malakoff Fort. The treaty of Paris, March, 1856, ended hostilities. I O O

The Bureau of Statistics reports that this Province contributes more generously for church and charitable purposes per head than does Canada as a whole or any other province except Quebec: All Can- ada, 1.2665; P. E. Island, 1.46'A; Nova Scotia, .91 of 195; New Brunswick, 1.3096: Quebec, 2.6695; Ontario, .90 of 156; Man- itoba, .87 of 155; Saskatchewan, .91 of 152:; Alberta, .73 of 162; British Colum- bia, .48 of 19;.

The Federal Agricultural Department between 1939 and 1950 paid out more than 5210,000,000 in subsidies and assist- ance on behalf of various products, Mr. J. R. Kirk (L.--Antigonish-Guysborough) was The

slstance on feed grain, 529,000,000 for t cheese, 31,435,000 for maple production equipment, and 547,000,000 in hog prem- iums. Mr. Kirk was also informed that the Government has paid out 516,201,000 in assistance since 1940 to the Annapolis Valley apple growers of Nova Scotia. 0 O O

glt was reported from Moncton some- time ago that Charlottetown would pro- vide the training school for diesel engine training. Now it is intimated that before the diesel engine service starts in the

R. will conduct a 30-day training program in the Maritimes to quality crews.i The courses will open about April 1 at P41- mundston, N. B., with a two-unit diesel and an instruction mr. Later the equip-

snd Halifax. No mention is made of

. source in the main must be looked to in I order to provide the element of continuity.

lined for their convention which continues I

' PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open lo the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. Tho Gnrdion does not noccssor ily endorse the opinion ol correspondents.

ROAD CONDITIONS

sir.--How much lo 1' have we to stand the deplorobe condition of our rural roads? Talking to u highway foreman the other day he told me he had a letter from the Deputy Minister of Highways tell- ing him not to have dragging or work done as the men doing it would not be paid. So we cannot blame the highway foreman. but they are the ones that generally get. it in the neck. There always seems to be plenty of money for other things. We never pick up a paper but a delegation is going to Ottawa for something.- What we want. is a. change of Government. C. C. F. or Conservative. Any- thing would be better than what we have now.

I am, Sir. etc.

DISGUSTED LIBERAL Kenslngton, P. E. I.

This Is Census Year

(Royal Bank of Canada Monthly)

The door-lo-door canvass that will get under way in Canada on June 1st will make all the calls by salesmen in a year look like a small cperatlon. There will be about 20,000 men and women on the field iorce.'gathering by dir- ect touch with our people the in- formation required for Canada's ninth decennial census.

There is a centralized office at Ottawa, where the key man is Herbert Marshall. Dcmlnion Stat- istician. He is assisted by several men wno are experts in various fields, such as agriculture, moth- emntics and social analysis.

Two- main duties devolve open the census department: to collect the information, and to compile it into reports. The collecting is done by census commissioners. one for each electoral district, and some- where about l9.00o enumerators hired under 'dlz'ecl.lon of the com- mlssloners.

Enumeraiors work on a piece- rate basis, depending for their re- numerntion on the number of per- sons lhey enumerate. or the num- ber of reports they complete.

In I recent test the rate was 8 cents for each person enumerated in the population count. 10 cents for each housing report. and 50 cents fcr each farm reported on. Ehumerators are also paid for the time they spend while being train- ed. An energetic enumerator should earn from S8 to :10 a day. What are the qualifications? It is hard work, and the enumerator must, first of all, be in good health. The man doing rural work should have a car. All enumernbors must. be able to take a fairly heavy and intensive programme of instruct- ion lasting three or four days. They must be reliable. so that our informution will be accurate. They must. be trustworthy, because the re. it of their work is secret. And. finally. they must be available for full time l':(r'k during the census period.

Ehumerators are required to use courtesy and tact in collecting the information. but citizens should bear in mind that refusal to ans- wer n census question is penalized by law. Even in this enlightened age. there still are some people who think the census taker is something like a member of the OGPU or MVD out to grab all their belongings for the state. In- stead cf that. the census take: is fulfilling one of the functions of a democracy. which is co-operation of all for the good of all. The more truthfully and promptly questions are answered. the easier it will be all around.

what are the questions: There will be eight .c:ocumenis used in the 1951 census: Ll) population; (2) blind and deaf; (3) housing; (4) agriculture; (5) in-lgatlon; (6) live stock and greenhouses else- where than on farms; (1) com- mercial fishermen: (B) distribut- on.

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Huge books and forms are no longer in style. -Last census the enumerators carried around forms two feet. four inches wide; lhls year they will have fcrms about seven inches square. These are called "mark-sense" forms. The enumerntor merely makes a mark in the right: space instead of writ- ing your snswer in full. He uses on electrogra hie pen.

Tim. inst ad of transcribing the information laboriously by hand, in the old manner, the cen- sus people will feed the cards into 1 machine. Wherever the special ink appears. on electrical contact zlll be made and I hole will be pinched. There emerges from the machine a fully punched card, ready for automatic counting or for filing.

The electronic ststlsllcal much- inc is one of the "wizards" among machines. It will reject cards con- taining errors. Pct example. if the enumerstor has put I mark oppos- lts "ii" for I lod's ago. and anoth- cr mark opposite "msItlcd', the circuits won't take it. similarly, if I forms:-'I cord ha I ,holc punch- ed to lndl.cItc he” got something like cos I bushel fcr his wheat. the enema won't itskc um either. These cords would be thrown out by the machines for correction.

The machines on merely rent- cd to the Oonsdlan Government. when our ccnsurls finished, they will be shipped to some other country. -

Taking everything Into consider- ation--men.. machines. printing, Ind all the rest-it is estimated l.hIt. the cost of our census will be about so lnllllop. Ilors mm '10 I! cant cf the manly soon to en- pnumsntors throughout oonnuo. Ind to sum in the Nilonol. and r '--' rf'ir'--. The whole Vnnn 'r i Mi ll Ibcut ca contspcr

Charlottetown which was imposed to be the training centre. '

phere. 22 countries are working

mun Lo Idnnnicforod It lune while an sou

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lI quits young .'

If 'funouihorlhtlvo". is s recon- nlud word. why aren't there un- cuthorltlel - like our unhorscd colouels. cow bursting with their

glcbul strategies.-Winnipeg Tri- bune. -

Six lives were saved recently because Boy Scout Patrol Loader Peter Morgan of the 8th Don- costcr, England, Troop remember- ed his knots. When ' and flames prevented escape of the Morgan family by the stairs at 4 run. Peter quickly tied sheets. together and all the family, In- cluding the 14-month-old baby es- icnped through I back bedroom window to the ground, unhurt. "We were trapped." said Mrs. Morgan. ,"We have Peter to thunk for our lives." Peter. who il 15, has been awarded the Scout Gilt Cross. -Boy Scout News. '

According to the Sydney Fish and Game Society, the fox pop- ulation of Cape Breton Island has greatly increased and the foxes Ito dining regularly n succulent ” ' and lambs. Considering

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EROS ON EINSTEIN

Could we match pace with time, All winds were still:

Morrows would come not; and the opening rose

Would be a rose forever: and our

Wes- Like this-like this-sthy looking face on face Never to close! . ..

Could we as Tlmc be swift,

Eternal Now

would hold us. warm and living. in one beat

Of his strong winds: and we, like this-like this!

In one spent motion. sgtisned rc- maln . . . .

While on the racing wave, It up-

most lift

hang becalmed;

And we. asleep, from deepest rest

unroused.

Sale-housed. as in a grave.

would lie-like this; ;

Nor seek amiss, for wsklng eyesl or brain

To open and look out on life again.

Or if not swift. as Time . . . Could we be slow-

Stund still and let Time gel

And. as it vanished quite. Regaining man's lost. right.

Leap, leap. O Heart's Delight. From sense and sound and sight. Back to the bosom of eternal night.

-Laurence Housman.

not only to Canadians, but to people in many other lands. Every wave length will carry the news, when it is released about the end of the year.

As the outcome of effort by the United Nations, some 40 countries arcl counting heads during 1950 and 1951. In the Western Hemis-

co-operatlvsly to take a census of the Americas-the first attempt. to gather vital economic and soc- lnl information about the 300 mil- lion inhabitants of North and South America at about the some time. ,

Each nation takes its own census of course, but certain facts have been agreed upon so that a reas- onably accurate comparison may be made of the resulting figures. It is interesting. in this con. nectlon. that Nathan Keyfltz, sen- ior research statistician of the Dominion Bureau of statistics. has been sent on loan to Burma. where he will help plan the cen. sun of 1952. In this way, amongl others. , Canada is co-operating with the Technical Assistance Ad-' ministration of the United Nat-i ions. ' With the co-operation of all our people, we shall have at his year's end a full-length portrait of our- selves. Tho first rough total should be published by November, and by December the count should be available for municipalities. The flrst detailed results should be ready by March lose, telling such V-1111188 Is use distribution. sexl and so on. The complete report is expected by March 1953.

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SETTLEMENTS NAMED

"A meeting was held of. Back Settlement. Lot 14. on Tuesday evening, the 14th February. for the purpcse of establishing I new school. Mlr. John Hurkness was called-to the chair. After the busi- nem connected with the said school was finished, it was moved by Mir. Nell Macxlnnon, seconded by W1lliam'Dennis, and agreed to unanimously, "that this Settle- ment be hereafter known as 'Ar- llngtont.

”The inhabitants of Oyster Cove and Shipyard. lot 18. have select- ed ll-Iaml.lton' as the name by which lhcse settlements are to be designated in future.

"The settlement on the 0'I..eary Road. which divides lots 7 and 8. has been named by the inhabi- tants lKnut.sford.' -

"That section of Lot 61. hither- to designated 'sturgeon R.osd', has can named tMilltown'."

-'rhc Islander, March 5, 1869.

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COMPLETE VISUAL IIEFRA(.'PI(IN and ANALYSIS

G. F. HUTCI-IESON

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the prices the housewife now- adays pays for poultry and lamb chops, it would seem that the free meals enjoyed by foxes puts those handsome animals in s priv- ileged class. It would appear, however. that the Fish and Game Society has a concern in this matter applicable to more than the flocks of Cape Breton farm- ers. It is assumed that the foxes would be interested in the 1.000 phcssn t chicks to be released in Cups Breton during the com- ing Summer. That's an inter- est shared alike by foxes and men.-Sydney Post-Record.

The Independence of I free and united Korea is and must remain a prime goal of United Natlcns' policy. This does not mean. how- ever, that an interim settlement would imply defeat for the United Nations or weakness in the pur- suit. of its aims. Once the mil- itsry situation has become stabil- ized, the United Nations should begin in Southern Korea the ex- tensive rehabilitation .for which plans have been laid: and an in- ternational nrmy, less dispropor- tlonste' American in compos- ition, should take up the role for defence. The continuance of a no-man's land or the existence of I buffer state between this new Korea and Communist China would be in keeping with the un- settled conditions which may be expected to continue in Asia for some years: if Idequnts assur- ances against attack could be se- cured, the 38th Parallel could even be restored as a temporary boundary. Meanwhile, in Asia and elsewhere, the wide balance

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