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'expaiidiiig them to meet provincial-wide I quirements.

finial deficits which would be exlfififlnfld.

' territory fairly well.

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THURSDAY. MARCH 14. 104s

The Financial Muddle

_ It‘ is tinfortunate that at a time when the illlalmal Dvfilllon of the Province is so seri- pus. changes adopted in ilie financial year and in the methods of prcscttting the finances in the Legislature should make the whole situation so extremely complicated. The Provincial 'l‘rcas- urer, Hon. Mr. Hughes, may have expert quali- fications, but he is a iuan of such few words that his statements read like the oracles of the apliinx. In his budget speech last year he dis- posed of our whole finances, past, present and future, in the space of seven minutes, leaving most of his hearers as unenlightened at the end as when he started. This is not a. proper dis- charge of ministerial duties, and it'is to be hoped that this year .\Ir. Hughes’ budget re- marks will be fuller and franker.

One thing that plainly emerges from the Jones Government financing is that at a time when other Provinces have been piling tip sur- pluses to tide them over reconstruction, we have been going behind by tremendous leaps and bounds. i

The Public Accounts for the year ending llfarcli 3i, 1945, showed an overall deficit of $552437, a deficit on ordinary ac- count of 348,487. Those are the only concrete figures available to date. The estimates for the year ending lllarcli 31, 1946, ho\v- ever, are for an overall deficit of $887,656, and a deficit on ordinary account 0f $588,626. That is for the current year ending this month, about which presumably more information will be given by Mr. Hughes when he moves the

. House into committee on Supply. For the forth-

coming fiscal year, ending March 3i, 1937, estimates are for still another huge overall deficit of $846,524, and a deficit on current account of $619,524. Considering the very lim- ited revenue sources of this Province and tlic uncertain prospects of reaching harmony at the Dominion-Provincial Conference, these three-quarter million deficits recurring year after year are truly alarming. They mean that we are heading straight for bankruptcy. In the circumstances, what will we have left t0 bargain with at Ottawa in another year or two?

Our grave financial position calls for more than casual notice this session from the Gov- sliotild throw aside his reserve and tell us what he knows. The Premier should clarify his remarks made with regard to the Ottawa Conference, and stat: plainly what proposals and counter-proposals, if any, have been madc- liveryt minister who speaks will be expected to deal with his angle of the finances in the Budget debate. Only then will the Legislature be in a position to (listuss intelligently the estimates before it.

Rural

Electrification

The exceedingly explicit report, by Mi". lohn R. Kaye of Halifax Engineering Co, on

tlie prospects of electrifying the Province laid

over at the Legislature this week, will be read with more than usual interest by most of tis. It is explicit in the sense that it clearly sets forth the problem to be faced, and suggests three ways of solving it, llioiigli the implication is

i that there is only one practical solution, yiz., the ; amalgamation of the Maritime Electric Co. s

and Sumniersides municipal undertakings, and re- The Maritime Electric Co. state (lint they might be willing to build and operate the lines if the_ Government would furnish the mosey forwheir construction and for the an- 3i least for a time.

ilt would seem, says the report, that some

' 2,000 miles. 0f rural lines in addition to those

under construction and planned this year should cover the The cost of such an in- tallation would probably be in the neighbor- He would not like l0 ii-estiiiiate at this t._ime_of what ‘the dmuldeficit might be: Th" will depend largo- ilil than». at which the lines are extended glgu-gtegtwhich the potential customers

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I Education lfiaeir~~amflit-i~-v»~.. eta-um-

; Some limfound thoughts on education are I ’ if followers

already built, for construction

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_. - v _ _' -eomments from : ' ' taeliti in the Glebe Collegiate lu- ~ ' , the Oimvii- ‘four-

eatioii tor their children.

Co_., how to drive a car, and teeth, gm i311, and €wlnfi~md m)’ 0th" Old ulillfbllt sound learn- "E- r ' ' I ' ‘ W1?“ 56¢» 5ch°°l l3 l reflection. of society, and society today is bedevilled false morals andyideals. Don't tell the truth; but be popular; dent love your fellow main so lnueh that you cant down him; don't under d life, but get ahead. Aiid what second ; school subjects will get a boy ahead? Or which does he think will get him ahead? First, sport; ggggnd, sci. ence. Neither of these as it is taught will add much to education. For unless a citizen under- stands the relation of sport to a sound body, and a sound body to the fellowship of man, its teaching as an educational factor is of no value. And a boy may win a scholarship in sciciicc, yet if he does not see, and is not taught that his knowledge may be channelled from its full fruition, may be twisted, and stunted, and even imprisoned, until the problem of the relation of science to society is solved, he remains, cveii in the realm of science, uneducated. lie is merc- ly a trained workman.

“The materialism of the agi; is making ro- bots of our graduates. To change our schools we will have to convert our politicians. Two or three times in the last >15 years they‘ have reorganized the courses to give more time to English, and each time English has suffered. The teaching of English today is worse than at any time in the last 25 years. And it will get ivorse because the curriculum is becoming more and more overloaded. And it is becoming more overloaded, first, because the “homc" is dis- appearing; second, because we confuse informa- tion with education; and third, because leach- ers are of less value than cigarets."

-EDITURIAL NU I t8-

The Provincial Government expect ti) realize a quarter of a million dollars from their liquor business, out of which they generously propose to devote $2,000 to teach tciripei-ance

in the schools.

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A manufacturer who owns zipper plantsiil Montreal and the U. S. recently bought a full- page ad worth $2,500 in the New York TllllCS in which he appealed to both labour and man- agement to get together and end strikes. i ‘K ll l‘

\’Vhat seemingly we are suffering most from in this Province is disagreement between the local and the Federal Governments. Cut- ting one mother's throats politically is ncitlier pleasing 'to beholders nor profitable to tax- payers.

a a n- e ’ _ The amount of money the Jones Govern- ineiit is paying on borrowings, including Sink- ing Fund, is $860,000. The taxes, apart from the Federal Suspension agreement, is $874,000, so that all we have to come and go upon from Provincial levy is $14,000.

i ill i! i A new ivallpaper which enables a room to be warmed up in one-third the normal time has been produced by English women research scientists. This remarkable fuel saver actually reflects the heat from an electric fire instead of absorbing it into the wall. The action is (luc to the metal decoration with which the paper is encrusted and which prevents heat being lost

in the plaster of the walls. i i i

,. Whether advertising likes it or not, the cra of peace seems bound to bring a raslrof con- tests for consumers, says Tlidf- “The contest tide would not have been stemmed this long were it not for the shortage of attractive pay- offs. 'l‘iine is running out on the sport shirt era and potential contestants, like everyone else, need iicw and different bait; two-toned aiit0- mobiles, fly-yourself planes, cruises to c-‘wtlC lands, or even prosaic prizes like waShlhE mach‘ incs, vacuum cleaners or garbage disposal sinks."

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(jciieral George \Vade,~Britisli soldier, the first to open up the Highlands of Scotland to make them accessible to lowlandcrs, born this date r073; t0 him was entrusted the task o.’ putting? do\vii the i715 rebellion, and his stic- ccss ivas largely due to training his soldiery to make military roads connecting ‘he lleilllllllflfi" ers of the different clans; necessarily he was not popular in the Highlands where he was looked upon as a ruthless dcsperado despfillllll! the rural simplicity of a proud and iiidcpellllflll 'nallOl‘l; he was ‘text sent to command the forces in Flanders against the French; and was re- called to put down the flfilflll of I745» but "l this lie failed.

Who an} traitors to posts in the Pub" lic service? (asks Tlu Lowr-Rcvmvl- That is the key question. It is important, because _it is not enough to clean out the few fools orvil- lains who have sold out to a i911!!!" POW"? N!) one who is likely to follow their cXflmPle Shfmlld be retained in the public service or permitted to enter it. The test-ls not going to be an e85)’ One to apply, but it is very necessary. There will have to be a check-over 0t the record and associations of- members of the public service, with some way of assessing the degreeto Whlflh young men and women have been Wlwmd l?!‘ “m” pram; . Further appointments _will have to be watched very closely, and that brinlls us back ‘to the question of who apwlfllfd 9"!‘

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' ent traitors. Whofeoorrvinetlded them?

Social progress, so characteristic 0f‘ post- war Britain, is now becoming evident in tho sphere of education. Parents without i-neana are tp be helped even more than befor: in their deav unto be llifih ¢°lll ° i$°°di ¢ “' o ' The new method 9m" Jthtlol feelnnd other costs pf educa-

ssfeguarded by means of insurance.

‘n. trlslte moderate contributions

was‘

the child's‘ birth and in. dill ’ _d flit com our eorrtl '

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A Toronto dealer add p”; c" for e395 and we: fined “o, This ls es easy a way to_ eloq- 3100 as any we know. -_ Pqgubm-ouih Examiner. _. - - -

‘His vary first Ill“, ‘T!’ ".5. can soldiers‘ wives and boggles from Europe set up an exee fl ' stan ard for good ooh, every new cuislgnnient 0| finite newest Americans, the teal level continues to rlre. Q hem- much less about the science of eu. zenlcs nowadays than one did in the period of the First orld War

lit lf there are stll euggnlsgé de 1y concerned with the future hea th of the American pie they must. certainly take p eaaurg in the-s; new contributions to the na- tions physical stock. - New you-k Times, .

‘Ilhe breakfast Hll-of-fnro iiie Metropoiliiiin Hotel in New York in 1859 ls something um; requires more study. Here ii», 45; Tongue, mutton, ham, bee! a 1a mode, corned bee! and roast beet, Broiled meats available on time breakfast menu were i'ump steaks, P°Pk "mills. Spring chicken, ten- derloin steaks, veal chops, salt mag. kerel, salmon and ham, Then (h9g1; was this assortment of fried dishes: ham and eggs, fish with pork, fish balls,_pigs feet, sausage calfh; liv- er with pork, oysters. If a diner had n less rugged stomach and pre- ferred stewed dishes for break- fast lie had a choice of oysters kidneys, tripe, liver and clams: He could also have hushed fish hashcd meat and boiled mackerel’ boiled, fi‘ied_ scrambled Ol‘ poached (‘Ego omelets, plain or with umujley and onions, ham and kidneys.- Owen Sound Sun-Times.

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A drastic plan for minimising or» cidents in the streets of Edinburgh is to be discussed by Edinburgh Accident Prevention CounclL The plan, devised by a member of the mum“. MP- L. Gordon Sandeman envisages recommending to the’ town council the abolition of trams in favor of buses, the removal n! all electric standards from the centre of streets and the pavements, the removal of all street islands, the proper marking and illumina- tion by night of pedestrian cross- ings, the erection of railings along- Slde the pavements of narrow streets and at all street corners on main streets, the replacement of all wood and rubber blocks by gran» lte blocks, the education o! school children to walk rather than run across streets, and of pedestrians to walk on the left side instead or, l5 5'- Presenl. 0n the right side i: pavements. - Edinburgh sum.

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1n passing out war honors, the game of crlbbage has been sadly neglected. Probably not even pqk. er’ did as much to keep men's minds off the unpleasant tasks which battle entails. This country has Americanized the game some. what. A lurch became a skunk (England doesn't know the ant. mat.) A poll‘ royal, ls merely three of a kind here. And for the two- handed combination-by fat‘ the most interesting Brrhtigement United States players almost ex. clusively use the six-card game m. lhflllbh five-card cribbage once was, ‘considered more scientific l.n Brifliin. The game, of course, in- volves science when you win, luck when Y0}! lose. War or peace, it's a neat bit of simple sociability and always accompani by gQQd-ngt- urod banter. For relaxation before bedtime, cribbase is better than a nirihlcap. --Minneapolis Star Jnur. mi .

An Ottawa women who sent to Holland a parcel of olhhg in. ‘Tllltilnt! a suit of mens pajamas, Wl her name and address in the Pllcket. shows us a letter of thanks from the wife of the grate- ful Dutchman who received tnom. 585's The Ottawa Journal. "This Correspondence," writes the Dutch- goman- 13,4)“ Enlllfih} dictionary. Trlmyou it decipher?’ One cam "Vere is a story between the llncs:

ery much thanks for the night dress "l!!! you send. On 22 January 1:46 have I she ‘reeclvo. My man iii 8 '_l months sick, and I havg m; cllllhlfll for him. It ls here very bad 1°". hlmler, cold_ and Gor- giifaril By war-misery is my sick m iwagl" He drove chauffeur of

o or us. Twelve year married, 33 Years and have 3 kins’ boy B ye," 2 W159 and 11 year." Thin. in tiré glglxtcrsf Cllflllollary English, i, [he huny i? much of Europe IOLldy__ Gerfifé. 001d. prlvation, tnmmany

“5- It l5 "19 Brent privilege of Camidlalm. out of their com- parative abundance to help re. leve this acute distress.

M the nice r ti; u. the Mnharajaho of c0glilgentsffritié ln Southern India, has been an. trounced, alter a reign of‘ two Years. His successor will also b:- a" Elderly Bentleman because iii Cochin, as in the neighboring 5mm o! Trnvnncore, the mntrlnrchvl Syfllfim prevails, and lt. is not B Son of t e ruler who succeeds but the eldest member of the i-o 1 house whose mother l5 n roomy: 255's The Manchester obit-aria’ atggelhvffilhpcculiarlty of this 5m!“ i I "FY large royal house, f,‘ T" "'9 Prlnws. ln addition it, “.9 reeomewliat lengthy 1nd,“ 1 m‘? "e Riven numbers, gun-i- tgflllfefh with each century l0

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a us: ‘ha. °Isi.'...l"..§;.".:: "'18. Mr. 52nd Prince." ‘ms vffnces :2: “Silt.” Pm o“ "=- rn-i- merits in oey seek vmou‘ em hi“ I er t0 augment the clvll lst sllott d to them, Whig m

zflftrriigncmes ir so low as so shl limp;

The facts concerning Kin; xarsrodne-Blifhegelpxrg-ttir [any ed

e s r: g eii wéad gtqmel. It wlll be remeni. fl 0d unequivocally on;

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itown where it was then a novelty.

Experiences of . _ _ g An Island Airman: _ 1 , By Clllrlol I.\MMMIIIIII A

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After rpendiiiz : 10w days . in . Toronto l; began to let very IQIQ heels-like many others. 13g: passed and on November ll, 1 B, - about I00 of ur were gated to No. t Initial Training hool in‘ St. Thomas. This ‘yea originally designed as a hospital and wane beautiful bulldlnfl.

We spent most of our first month scrubbing floors, polishing furni- ture moving equipment, etc., and by the time we had started our course in mechanics we had plenty

» _ Restrictions.

the Government. Britain's sufficient and balanced times. the svitalߴ'<1ull' and t breedwu

domestic prodiuotlon was ably expander elfouts of Britain

wlveswere Ilad‘ "a ginning 01 the winter the

B .- n.

Britain's New - Ration

ooim taraeelnzool

annexe. - lrths bo-

f h d work behind us. u“ were o AnarAlr Frame Mechanics course, P95307911 B1111 1101794 ill-l m9 Y"? by the way, conslvta o! such sub- 1946 “fund bfln¢'ulQ bflmnm‘ o‘ jccts as: Metal working, carpen- an lnflTa-Be l" “idol”- -

'_ ‘ l' l , bl lll , flilghftilfiliitikiibjrtfbingcilif irirlilfiiiii- withdrew-l i" ""06 Ell‘

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“k533i; “.8130, 1 Enu-y a; 1g T_ 5_ ‘therefore. when early in Febru-

ary new food nounced. it was natural ‘aigflntment was ienerallY withdrawal of allocation o! dried 21E: l8 convenience. But. lb is

Wn found our graduation a rather historical event. Political and mill- tary pcrsonnges o! the highest standing attended this function. Our stay in St. Thomas was a pleasant one. Most o! us visited “ll/Inch" Hepbuins farm and, of course we had St. Thomas gills crazy about the Air Force because

dollar expenditure Uldthf-llt

restrictions were an- that.

dis- felt.

the domestic an 1n- , due to financial res-sons. since at. present the utmost economy is required in

alloca-

tliey didn't know its/too well in m?“ Wm be 99m‘ 9W5‘ obi reduced scale. in e. tow

those days, _ mug! 11mm 3,,“ regzowflt‘ m, ~ ' ‘ ll 00111118 5i. 1'3 n ran

Perhaps the most exciting event two gauges w one dance) w“ um

during our stay at St, Thomas was on the 20th of December when most of us received uniforms for the first time. It must be remem- bered that up until then we had still been wearing our own civil- lan clothes. Two huge R. C. A. F. trucks returned from Toronto with all kinds of clothing. They came at a very good time, too, because the next day I was going home on Christmas leave. Yer, I was permitted to spend the Christmas holidays at home in Prince ward Island-what a grand thoughtl

On the night of December 88 I was the only airman to get off the train at Charlottetown and need- less to say I was very proud of this new uniform-particularly in a

for wheat economy will increase the domest tlon of exes. poultry and

loaf, with an extraction of

tritlous bread tholleb loaf never became really in Britain. The r milling offal: at 000 tons a You‘. ports o-t coarse Brain for will also be reduced. ence, the allocations stuffs for pigs and wulbry. at. present are rut! lent

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will be based on one numbers from May the

1st, I met my family that evening and o‘ a planned ‘ncreue m one

I’ could tell that they too, were pleased that I was going to

a part in the defense of the ducmms 53M“ o“ the

lay Enp thr e_ - food shortage into the When one thinks of those days in 1989 and pictures the many dif- ferent, apparently, well informed pfople making such remarks us: ‘ see you have wings" “My, aren't your wings beautlfullW-well-lt was rather amusing. After all every

that. the incr evutoted

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ed to Dartmouth. Atlong last I was a real airman-I was no longer a trainee. What. a relief! Dartmouth was a fine Alr Sta- tion and the meals were even het- ter than St. Thomas. Discipline. however was much more rigid and we were seasoned airmen before leaving there. A great many of us were permitted to live off the

trails, the entlne and

India. are

Europe

How clearly I remember that night in the summer of 1940 when another chap and I had only mov- ed lnto n new boarding house, mid as the landladyfis daughter had just contacted scarlet fever we were all quarantined for 30 days!