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Morning Dally (Founded in i887) Authorized no Second Class Mall. Pout Ollloo Department, Ottawa.

President, lan A. llurnctt; Vice-President. Wm. B. llurnett; Sccyn-Trous, (i. hi. Burnett; Editor and hlunnglng Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor, i-‘rank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

M0. BiTYTiunnciTTit. m1

lad Roads At lligh Cost

Tho Bureau of Statistics presents the fol- lowing tabla of expenditure an provincial high- ways, which in some ways is really surprising:

Percentage Per (‘aipita of Total Construction lN-r (‘npltn Expenditure and Dlziintrrrtunft‘ on hlisintrruzsrce Unlv blnintrirttnce Canada $4.58 $2.37 52% B, C, 4.90 .94 l9 Al‘ rta 4.62 1.79 39 Sosk. ...... 3.35 1-41 37 Manitobl 1.85 1.69 91 Ontario 2.55 2-25 53 Qugbgc 610 2.42 39 N. B. . 12.00 5.80 48 Nova Scotio 5.65 4.90 37 P, E. I. 10.50 6.20 59

It will be noted from the above figures that Prince Edward Island's per ca-pita expenditure an road maintenance is the highest in all Can- ada. Recalling the deplorable condition of nany of our highways in rec-ant years, one can Jnly wonder where all the expenditure could rave gone. The Liberals used to say the hens ate the gravel the Conservatives put on the roads; but the Conservatives haven't been in pcwer since 1935, and there must be some other explanation of this mystery.

Labrador I

Twenty years ago this month the Judiciall Committee of the Privy Council in London, by a unanimous decision, confirmed Newfoundlands clapn to Labrador, thus overruling Canada's demand for the region. The decision extend- ed the recognized territory of Newfoundland from 42,000 square miles to an area nearly four timcs that size by the addition thereto of 120,- 000 square miles of the Labrador Peninsula.

Newfoundlonders were jubilant over the decision, feeling that their country's ' fortune was made. Estimates of the value of Labrador with its sovereign rights voricd from $50,000,- 000 to $500,000,000. But the means of de-

destitute.

Nova Scotio ono, Quebec 8, British Columbia 2. Manitoba and Saskatchewan will loso ono each, although if Saskatchewan's present popu- lation were token into account, tho loss would be heavier. Tho following table, introduced in tho Houso deboto this wook by Hon. Colin Gib- son, shows tho changes contemplated and tho 1941 populations of ooch Province:

Present Mcm- Moln- Provirlco Population hers bcrl Ontario . .. . . . .. . . . 3,787,655 83 82 Quebec . .. .. .. 3,328,815 73 65 Nova Scotio .. . . . . . 577,962 l3 12 New Brunswick . . . . . 457,401 l0 10 Prince Edward Island 95,047 4 4 Manitoba . . .. .. .. 729,744 16 17 British Columbia . 817,861 18 16 Saskatchewan . . . . . 895,992 20 21 Alberta . . . . . 796,169 17 17 Yukon and Mack nzie River 4,914 1 1

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Mnilustlce Arsonault Opens 0ttioe

As will be seen by an announcement in our advertising columns, Mr. Justice ktsenault, re- tired Judge of the Supreme Court, has opened low chambers in Prowse Block as Advisory and Consultative Counsel. It is not Justice Arsen- ault's intention to carry on o general low prac- tice. His work will be limited to consultative and advisory work. l-le will specialize in acting as mediator in family difficulties and disagree- ments, and in the peaceful settlement of such cases.

He will gladly give special consultation and advice to widows, orphans and the poor and

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Agriculture Minister Gardiner said the 1947 prices for barley and flaxseed crops were under

consideration and wouldbe announced when,

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new:

ls there any temperance instruction in the City, or do we depend on the low to inculcate that virtue? This question is asked because in the Provincial list of winners in the National Temperance Study Course notya single Char- lottetown name appears. i

External Affairs Minister 5t. Laurent said]

Canada had not been approached by the, sec- retary-generol of the United ations Organiza- tion on the calling of a special session of the General Assembly on theiPalestine situation. He was replying to Gordon Graydon (PC-Peel), who asked whether Canada had been "sounded out either officially or unofficially" on the ques- tion of a meeting to discuss British proposals on

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not.‘ By Th. wayiSome Sidelights

People who went hoflorltln “for the winter" are not. airways so sue.

(R. M. in Winnipeg FfQQ Pg-gul

“Emu 1n 86mm “gm they Sh, written about tho activities of ,6 ,,,,.__ou,,,,m (“mom " iflloldmllllrghlhtfiord mongol-wry time H. on o out ony

other world figure.

Raul: would ll b0 u. _ the atom bomb. gut przbabl‘; The amazmg thing " m“ l1" would be “filling to compromise public has been told llttlo 1f any-

thing about the eorly llfg

by ltwepting n as a mural-y gift. —Buf|falo Courier-Biomass.

Dotlvn Cornwall way, may u, ht-‘Binning to claim Barbara Ann Scott as a Glcngarrlan becaugo her grandfather was born in the‘. country. Next thing we know lhey W have her speaking with a mm‘- "fillll! hflZzis and playing U"? bflwipvtn-Brockville Record- cr rind Times.

tory.

it was known in a vague way

that Monty was the son of a

bishop. had once been married and

ho one son, David. For the rest, his early life has remained a com- ,plct.e mystery until now.

Alun Moorehead, the outstanding British war correspondent, has re- cently published the first. connect- ed story of Monty's early life.

Through this account of the Field Marshal's youth, it ls now possible in some measure to ac- count for many of the Monty chur- acteriatics and to trace the devel. opment of his startling personality rizht from the moment of his

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Th" hllilearxmae at. the haule- wives’ snow hcre of o dcvicc to STOW Erass with almost no effort will undoubtedly interest. many o home owner. The dcvicc consists °l SHIPS of papers containing seed and fcrtlllzer imbccldcd within U" SHIP-i Those strips are slfelched °" ")9 Kround. covered with n little soil and soaked wlflh

On Montgomery

Since i043 there ha: boon more

and background of this little Irish dy- Inomo who came suddenly, blazing like I comet‘ out of the dork“; year of war and raced on to vic-

water. 'I‘ho paper dissolves into thc earth. taking thc seed and fertilizer with it, zmrl. it ls claim. °d~ SW55 apltoors in four or tlve days. A method of easy {£1153 Rrowlng has been sought for can. turics. if this one works. then the gardeners millennium is at hand-Boston Post.

l" tlfllhllllg the difficulties and cvcn hardships facang the 3,11. 15h DQOI-llc. care should be taken, not to over-emphasize the deg]. elenclcs and tinder-estimate their strengths. Moreover, there 15 one strength thnb Britain has mar has “thing l0 d0 Willi industrial power or machines. It 15 t)“ Strength that Britain has that. has not-hive to do with industrial, power or machines. It ts the‘ strength of the British peoplel themselves. The deep wells of‘

"Mighty childhood ln Tas-manla to his present responsibilities u Chief of Britain's Imperial Gene-o] Staff.

Moarehead had the advantage pf an intimate knowledge of Monty's moves in each of the theatres of war but his book is also the re- sult of much digging and research. For example he has brought to light such historic coincidence; as the fact that. an early Montgomery ancestor served as Chief of staff 1o William the Conqueror for the invasion of England and hailed from the little Norm-an town of Falaise, where centuries later Can- adian and American troops under Monty's command achieved one of the greatest victories of the lost war. More remarkable is the fact that n nearby little village called

wmron ‘oaamm

April till fall,

through ;

I can do.

They ore out there now, huddled and gray

0n iEllCg and thicket. the win-tor

85' Stlll barely begun. the light un- clear; They hop and flutter and pick and peer, . The ground like stone. frost on the stubble. There must be some-thing there worth the trouble. There must be value I cannot reckon To make ttiem search and examine and beckon. They 1n themselves, I might decide, Aro a sort of crop of the wintr-

tlde

Though only assessable tn the moss

From the sheltered side of o win- dow glass, . .

But knowing how practical is the sparrow, » '

To namc the garden as mine lo narrow

Wlth ‘more of a harvest than I could get

From wlnd and wlnteti and cold and wet.

—C.harles Malam. in the Ohrlstlan Science Monitor.

notable points. One has to do with Monty‘s re- lations with Alexander. He quotes

WORK-h I Dim and labor lrcm

The golriden l5 really not mine ntl B . r

The sparrows in dusty working‘ clothes

Hove followed its oouroo from god to we’

I“ I To harvest to bonfire g1] ygg]

hlr. A. E. hrsonoult

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Rotirod Judge CONSULTATIVE and ADVISORY COUNSEL Low Chornboro

126 Richmond Street I (Prowso Block)

There ls nothing unknown to them_

i Hours; .

rotso- A.M.-l2:30 m. f 2 P.M.'\- 4 P.M., or by Appointment r moms 153-: i

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CHEESE-MAKERS ‘ONTARIO

Flt-OM

l "01! ill-c 32 cheese-makers en- gaged on the Island last year itwolve were Ontario men, as fol- |lowo;—iiazelrbrook. Joseph Bur; Bess; A-bramks Village, W. J. Stev- erw; New Glasgow. J. W. Hesse]- llne: Morshtleld. W. T. Leslie: Stanley, Jamco Eris-tow; Orwell, B. F‘. flngiman; Vernon River, s. T. Wallace; Kenslngton, Albert Roby; Cornwall. C. J. Brown; Si; monitor's. Sydney Richardson; Montcalm. E. 1.. Head; Hlllsboro, Fraser Morrow. Most of these mentioned have spent two, my“

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'vision and drive

ch t f- - ' - M“ er '0'“ “l“°l\lhtyglll““fnsgzlsi. Foy rle Montgomery was the Britain d H B .1.“ _.exact spot where Monty's greatest an ‘e “'1' O°'u""°“ lopponcnt, Field Marshal Rommel

wealth what they arc have t . dried up. These quallllcs mayngellwashstrélck down with o wound tn . 11s e1 .

counted on l0 comc again tn the‘ _ g

fare 1n the countr“s nced- 1 - mp9s q-rmum.’ l w“ , Monty's earliest brush with ou- _‘__ Ithority came as a result of o rigid Th; min", of w“; are 1o“ h‘ form of discipline Imposed by his the mists n! antiquity, some ymiyoung mother in her efforts to pplrod phllnsoptir-r ought, to dmmaintalrt cgntrol over her (I've 1m- or tonsil what Charles Lamb dld'Dul5l\'9 all 8011"! YOlmESlPFS- A5 for roast pig: give us, that 15, utrMOflféllflfld tells, "Little by little least a plausible theory of how M11095 HYEW UP "hill 9W1)’ 90m" Of came to be. Most probably thelthe day was organized end dis- Iifltlléil lugcnttgrbwill never be‘ clplrned. The children .rose at o 'n an l s cs so. for monu- dawn, tidied their rooms. cleaned merits would lac created tohlm at their shoes and chopped wood. Les- cvgry crossroads. adding intoler-loans began at, 7.30 followed by an ‘lb-Y P0 011K "M116 Dfobltml- inspection of the bedrooms Tee“ 1s the 5111c aw» non o! cvcrv children standing on parade at the

(the,

or four. years in their present posltlono. Mr. Richardson has been at Bt. Eleonorb for 15 years. A number o! the Ontario boy: have taken unto themselves tolr daughters of our Island Prov- lnce, and are settled down tn matrimonial bliss in the land of brilliant ohccse prospects." Dolly Eaton-liner. 1897.

LEADS IN MINES

Chile ls the chief mining country in- Smlth America.

circa-titty.

Monty as saying "We had totally different mentalities. 1 ruffle aca- ple‘; feelings, Alex smoothed tnem down." He tells of their conversb‘ tion and agreement at Shepheards‘ hotel in Cairo when they were both first posted to the desert. ‘Alex-l ander gave only one order to Mon-l ty.. "go down to the desert and beat Rommel.” He dld not glvo hlm any plan.

Regarding gctu-zl battle plans. Moorehcad documents the oft. drs- puted fact that Monty did make‘ drastic changes and rearrange the "Overlord" plan for Normandy. which had originally been prepar- ed by General Morgan's COS.

MARCH 10. 1941 Protosstonal Bards

h. Vlaltllon tiaudot, |_|,_n

llrrlmr. Solicitor, Em ‘ Phillipe Billldlll‘ lll Grafton St.

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on. 0.9. nonnonicii“ Veterinary Surgeon Mount Edward M“ Charlottetown, l'.l'j.l_ Phone 8M

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Barristers null Allurllt-ys-nt,» 3 Low E ‘ itll Prtnoo Street E

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PALMER & HASLAM A. J. HASLAM, B.A-. LLB. BARRISTER. ETC.

Bank of Nova Scotla Chamber: Charlottetown, P.E,l, MONEY T0 LOAN

Phone 85 PD. Box 11

H. F. McPHEE, B.A-. K.C. sonny. mo. ennnrsron. soucrron Bile! Bollfllho Charlottetown

Moorehead also strikes out strong- ly at. the false impressions creat- ed by the recent writings o! such

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rumors onoricnufl

nflllbdllnn. . 0o 0o H,“

i deal the Maritime

no: n accordance with tlu~1941 » cotohj um. Ontorlo will ooln one monitor.

Labrador is known to have tremendous water power potentialities. There are two main rivers of which the largest, Hamilton Rivet‘, l5 some 30 miles in length. Rising in a plateau some 1,800 feet above sea level, the Hamilton passes over the famous Grand Falls, which are 315 feet in height—or more than twice as high as Niagara Falls. Here, it is estimated, the river drops 760 fc-et in twelve miles, Wllh l! W01" movement of 50,000 cubic feet per second. The flcw is reported -to be steady and strong and thcre exists numerous sites where power could be developed. _

In view of the announced intention of the Government to explore Labrodor's unknown re-

sources, the water-POW" P1019" "ll-W P11," 9"-

importanit link in the chain of development like- ly to follow in the wake of the miflflfll 90d forestry investigation. _ _

ln the mineral field an clterlslve "0" 0'9 deposit has been uncovered and several other prospects are likely to prove valuable additions to the national economy when full-scale develop- ment has bccn undertaken. - _g

Capital is still thc prcblcm; any extensive operations would naturally require large outlays which would probably be beyond the fortunesof the wealthiest Ncwfoundlanders. However, with

renewed interest in Labrador after twenty years it seems certain that within the noxt de- cade Newfoundland v/ill be receiving more

benefits from the appendage for which 009 91’ thc greatest legal battles in history was “"91"- Should- the Ancient. Colony decide to @- ccmc part of the Dominion of Canada, 5ll¢ "f" come richly dowcred with hsr northern domain. But Ncwfoundlanders cre not unmindful of the Provinces got under Confed- tholr Notional Con- St. John's indicate ioin us in political

oration, and ‘speeches ot_ vontion now in progress in no particular desire to wedlock. ‘

Tho Redistribution Bill

Tho redistribution of Federal constituencies, which will increase tho House of Commons from Z45 to Z55, is to he assigned to a parliamentary committal-with of course Liberal members pro- dominoting-ond not to an independent com-I mission.

Hon. C. G. Power, the Liberal Party's elec- tion export, defended tho Government's plan for o committee. His plea was that there is need for hosto since there is no tolling when on oloc- tion might b: coiled. A committee, ho-soid, would complete the iob sooner than a commis- sion. Possibly speed is important ot this time to the Government, but it should not be tho main consideration. Tho rool objective should bo to ottoin o truo measure of repmontotion reform, and not rnoroly o political roshuffling of con- otltuoncyhoundoilcs in timo to accommodate Mr. King's election plant. '

'~ Tho R lsttlbutlon Bill increases tho upro- untgtlqn . o floaoo fro_nr24S_ to 25$ numbers, Hdtfidflw ll tho mounting mt of glvdrntndhtz‘ ' Dltorminod on o pro-

ily calling themselves Communist, were based on the teachings of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin. Soviet Russia, the charts said, has 6,- 000,000 Communists, ltaly 2,200,000, China 2,000,000, the United States 74,000 and Great Britain 43,000. Canadian figures were not list- ed.

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Fred Anstey (pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie) English humorist, died this date 1934; wrote Vice Verso, tho most popular book of its day; Tho Brass Bottle; (both these wero drama- tized and were the vogue for several years); The Giant's Robe, In Brief Authority, The Man From Blanlrlefs (a play); ho was also o contri- butor to Punch: _

Tho lark soars up in the air, The toad sits tight tn his hole; And I would I were certain which of the pair Were the truer type of my soul! K i ‘k i

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Prime Minister Mackenzie King recently received letters from ltaly informing him that the League of _ltolian Women of Ortonahad adopted the groves of Canadon soldiers buried in_ the military cemetery near that town, and that the women of Ortono had paid tribute to fallen Canadians at o special ceremony in tho cemetery. The Prime Minister has sont replies to the league and to thé’ prefect of Ortona ex- pressing his gratitude to the women of Ortono for tho care they arabestowing on the graves.

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Montreal is slowly getting out of its fin- ancial moross. lt sold this week $31,948,000 of bonds in Canadian funds ot a price of 99.l9—-an all-limo high for bonds of tho at tho some time chalking up o

municipality, clear ustification for tho sealed-tender bid method of dealing. At tho some time, the

chairman of tho executive committeb announc- ed a prico of 98.553 for the U.S.-pay bonds tot- alling $77,811,000. Tho movos aro the last in o series of “funding operations that will savo the city“ it is said, noorly $50,000,000 in dobt service chorgos between now and 1973, tho lifo of tho bonds.

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Primo Minister King's main plan in his handling of tho Dominion-Provincial tox ogroo- ment situation has been to isolate Pmnior Gcorgo Drow of Ontario and Promior Maurice Duplossis of Quebec, Mr. Howard Grgon, Pro- grossivo Conservative mombor of parliament for Vancouver South, told mombors 6f rho Mount Royal Progressive Conservative Association. "Iy hook or by crook ho wants to ploco on thom the. stigma of breaking down notional unity," ho stotod. "Mr. King doesn't wont another Do- mtnion-Provinciol conference,” ho continued, "because, as ho said in tho tlouzo of Commons only tho other day, Premier Drow collod tho King Government incornpotcnt ‘and Pmnior Duplouiu sold for wom, that ho hod no confl- donco ln_ it. Actually thorn -oro two very un- sound footuroo in tho situation", Mr. Gioon stat- od, "first wo have tho Fodorol Government on-

goging in o polltlcol horn-trade, and than wo have ono govornniont toxlng ond onotlm spend- ino the moon. This l: tho woy to out wosto."

thei house-New York Sun. i Those born with n sense M ole- ganec are committed for life to a state of grace more enviable than beauty. At. the sight 0d an elegant woman we experience a

feeling which we can neither analyzi- nor forget. While her good taste soothes. its results

Incite. The fact that sobriety ls (ssential to elegance nevcr pre- vents individuality from piercing the conventions of a current fash- lon. Persons of romantic tempor- amcnt allow their personality to appear; the more self-confident force 1t to do so. Elegance lo de-

pendent neither on order nor disorder, neither on negligence nor austerity; its only visible

common denominator ls modera- tion. That ls why ncfthcr thc vain nor the tlmorous ever achieve it. It takes very little to N"! ll BWBY; a perfume too heady, o feather or a neclllaco too many—and elegance ts gone. And nothing has a more lcthol rfvfect u-pon it than exaggeration. Elegance always gives on im- pression of beauty. but beauty doe: not nccscssorlly Include ele- gancei-Louts de Vllmorln. in Vogue.

Hymn writing ooemo to have became a lost art, thinks The Guelph Mercury. Downwo the early elghtles pramlcally all our most. beautiful and cherished hymns had been composed. and church-goers were as familiar with their hymnal tar-gospel hym-na as they were with the three R's or the catechlom. With the intro- lnotlon at jazz and blues into our occulor life, compote" of hymns, especially for evangelistic service-o, wrote somewhat in that manner. Not. unlike many of the songs written for the moment. theoo ooon lost favor. Tho old hymns, however, still retain their tnoolrntlon and charm. Such authors as Penny Orcoby, Ira n, Sonkey ond other! who wrote there "Immortals" will olwayo bo revered by those whom they have comforted. Just as our song mu. on owing around tho circle. we may again produce writer: of onorod music who will compare hymns similar to those of your: IIO- i