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- ant: Lleut. Col. W. Clultor I. Mobil’! Via-President: J. l Bur-um, IJJ.

Secretary: Lleut. Col. D. A. tlnkluu. 0.1.0. [Altar and Managing Dlnelor: J. l. Burnett. I'd-l. Anaemia Editors: innit Waller and Hut. Ill A Burnett», EUXNJIJI. (On AcI-lvo Sonia!)

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thai . the Wealces‘ Ink."

MONDAY. FEB. H. 190C

The Boy Scouts

lite ivar has fullyi deniotistrated the invalu- able services rendered to Canada and the Eni- plre by the Boy Scout iiioveiiteiit. An oppor- tunity U1‘ shoiviiig public interest and apprecia- tion in this niovtniciir will be afforded by Boy Scout \\'cck, ivliich llis lixcellciicy the Gov- Cl'll1il‘~lit'llL'l'Zll, iii his rolc of Chief Scout for (Eiiiatlzt, has fixed by proclanizitioti for Feb. gti-Jlt.

Tlu- llltnﬂdtlltlll aiiiis tti uizikc boys physically

fll, ||]li'.'illl\ siitttitl, iiniciizible to disci line, oli- s.r\;iiit_ <tlt3ciiiifidciit in face of difficulties. qiitl Clrlhtfittlls‘ oi thcii- dulics and responsibil- ities as niciiibcrs of the Cvllllllllllil)’, \\'liile it :i|... inculcate. a spirit tif self-sacrifice. Since tlii- l.it.- l,t>1'tl lhitlcii-Ptiivcll inztugtiratcd the

1i1|l\’\'lll\'lll s-iiiit- 35 years zigti it has proved ﬂlJlllltllllllly‘ its Hllllc- lli :i builder of character, “lltl vtry fcw- of the millions of boys and incu wlii. hzitt- pztrticititttctl in it would not testify emphatically that they have derived enormous bent-fits friiiii the training received. The ideal~ lslll wli"'t"h i: griicrzttcs usually survives iii B0)’ Sciuits tt-lieii they reach 111til1llO0(l, and fits them m llt‘. litttci" c‘ zciis of their cottiitryt than other- ni-t- ‘they niiglit lic.

.\qrti'ii, tile training in discipline and scout- (Hill liltt\"ill't'll l)\' the niiiveiiiciit has enabled \llll'tl~lll!fls of taiizint inciiilicrs of our lighting

n-rvctzs to attain quickly first-rate efficiency‘ for the task, before tliciii, and has stood thcni 1,, _;..-»il stead when they went iiiio action, .\lorc- Owt‘, iiitr lltiy St-titits have made a valuable elircct fjiililflllllllOll to the nations war effort in niativ wurvs. ittititbli" in the salvage campaign.

ln flies;- d:i_v~, ivheii there is widespread alarm gliiitit the growth of juvenile (lClll1([ll€!1C_\', thc viilnc of the ﬁctiin itiovcnieiit i5 Fﬂlﬂublﬂl. l1 provide," liQahJi-giviiig recreational activities atid ititercstiiig occupations- for the spare time of tliiiitsztntls of Liriys who, if left without guidance. might snccuiisli to demoralizing influences or waste their hours of leisure fruitlesslyn Hoy Fciint \‘.'ccl., it i: hoped. will achieve its objec-

titi- iii f-icitsiitg the attention of the Canadian pttl. ~ “pt... the value of a wholly athiiirable U1"- ganizzitioit.

TLand Mines

What is htiltling up our advance iii Italy? Anion-q iitlicr things the iiigciitiity- of the en- eiiiy iii ctintriviiig and planting land mines and rrzils. livcti iii the landings below Rome. whcie Sll|']Il'l>t~ of classic tiroportions was achiev- ed, a few \lltt-.l casualties were suffered as the mccltztnicztl int-ls planlctl along the the beach exploded tinder the weight of boats. vehicles

or iii n. tine urn trick uses the Sl§1ll(l2\l'(l plat- tcr-lilttt (i(‘l'lllItll lcllci‘ niine. The thick (lisc, with ztlniost l; ll», nf 'l'.\i'l‘, is buried extra deep in rtiiids ivliich rut tpiickly, The first few trucks roll rut-r without disturbing the rotiiitl, fliit trigger called “the spider." \\'lieii the rut (ll‘('l‘('ll~. tisiizdly :il't<-i‘ the rozitl is ctinsitlrrctl

safe, llll‘ ncrtt truck. sets off lhe iiiiiic, says

Tiiiic, Niiiit- iitw lieriiiziii iiiiiics have nonme- t.ilic czisiitgs it. foil the clcctiical detectors. Sonic have CllQflllflll rather than metallic fuses. Um- typo ha. ;i soft plastic case which raises no liutii in the c ‘Clflfllll lticato , To a tirob- iiig littytiiit-t, ii feels like the surrotiiitliiig earth. The ll£‘\‘.' rtizcltct iiiiiie has Z1 ttcarcd fuse wheel

which niiivrs" zirtiuntl. a notch at a time. Wllvll ll

wltrcl putt, ovt-r it. 'l'hi=. iiiiii.- "in he set iii [In riff ti‘ - any iitiiiilit-r of vehicles" (from tine ti, gm li;t\t- |>.".\<'tl -'lf.l\. tliii- prtiectltire for tciiniviii; lllllll'< tiftcr lil."\ were located. was

to lllllicli a lt-ii; rt»t.t-_ ivzilk tiff to ,-i safe dis-

|7|[p_‘t'_ iil- cit \ in (l >l‘.t‘ll hole and pttll. hi1 flit" it: ' 1' iziaii iiiiit: layers- frt-tpit-iitly iiiiiicd ‘l lllll s, tii.._ and tithcr incaiis llllll it. ll‘ i‘ “limit 'i~; lit-it)" and "Leap-

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'l‘i2:..:fitiii Anomalies l.“ '. . .,. .- " ti. flu: Qoinplatii‘. 1.. l\\ll l in iiii lﬁlnrail .‘l.l .'.s :ig:iin-»l lflll'(‘-.ll(‘l' -lic1.ttii:-li.p at Uttauzi. Now we llll\t :i l. l.i| -i;tl p-ip.-r, the Wiiitiipcg Frcc v .il illl editorial blast against ldpullll-llwlit.» lllltl(‘l' the present fed- .iii; illltlalitjcw‘. the lfrce Press

do not exist iii the British ovl

tcs >\.\lt'lI‘i. ll('l't‘ .ir.- stilll" iii lllt‘ ztrgtnneiits advanced: Iii lllz‘ f\liti» Hf .\':|'.i<iii:il bevciitic-ivliicli |]l('."ll_s Icin: lly l his tlrpiily and titlicrs officials - -t|ii~ l-\\ it-ts :iliiiii~'. <.ct.'itiiri;il powers; and lint tiiilv lllklltllillill ]ltI\\l‘l'\ lllll sweeping tioivcrs iil‘ 1ll.\l'i‘i'il|l‘. 'l"i<~ iticitlciic: of our income tax is. no l".l'_ft'l' lil1ll<'l' the control nf Parliament, “In...- -.i,ciit-i.-il law. urt- iiiterprctctl in parti-

cular ll\' offa-iuls very iiiticli as they sec fit. fiver It \'('l'_\' uzilc- iii-mi these officials interpret

nit lllflrlfllll taxpayers.

'l'lit- lltillt‘ .1. of tliesi: officials no one doubts. 'l‘lit~ii' .‘t‘.ll is ciuirtwitrtitctl tit all tiines on collect- ' y: ll inzixiiiiiiill of l‘t'\'<'llll" for the government, ivliicl. inn-i l..'.v;~ it to tight the war. But in a tl;~tiii.rr.'ii't" c untry lllt‘ citizens should ticver he

=nl.jtc:cil, if l1I\. can prevent it, to the varying piiii-iits iii ufficitilg, however sincere. .\s a funiltiiiitiit:il right tht- citizens, tlcalitig with the fitl\'l'l'lllll'.lll. iiiust be kept tin a basis of equality ivitli Ill.‘ giivt~i'iiiiiciit before the law and this

move this equality and rob the citizen of his buic rights are not well known to the public

There is, for instance, no adequate system of appeals against the arbitrary decisions of tax officials. The only appeal the taxpayer can make is to the Exchequer Court of Canada, a proceeding l0 costly that the ordinary citizen cannot possibly afford to undertake it; whereas quick and easy tribunals of appeal exist in Bri- tain and the United States.

Again, 26 years after assessing a citizen for taxes, the Government can reopen the account and. laying it was mistaken in the first place, force him to pay more taxes for years lon past. This ll riot permitted in Britain or the nited _States. Ontlic other hand, one year after pay- ing his faxes, the taxpayer cannot compel the Government to reopen his account, even if the tax was over-paid in the first place. Indeed, the Government is not actually bound to make a refundtof over-mild taxes even within a year. ﬁction 56 of the law merely says the Govern- ment “may” make the refund.

Finally, while the Government compels the taxpayer to pay interest on all under-payment of faxes, it pays the citizen no interest on tltc amounts that he over-pavs by mistake. In Bri- tain and the [fnitcd Ftates interest is paid to the citizen on his over-payments.

Perhaps some of these anomalies will be cor- rected at the present session of Parliament. 'l‘l1ert~ seems no reason ivhy they should be per- pctuatetl.

— EDITORIAL NOTES _

Lent begins Wednesday‘, 23rd inst. I U l U

Valentine's Day, ivlieii a y-ouiig inairs fancy l5 lightly turned to thoughts of love. it I 1k It

From now on we mtist be prepared for snow and snow, and then, in the city and towns, slush and slush.

i i OI l Note. says The l.Cf.lCl'-RE‘\‘lC\\‘ that Mon- treal Terminal expenditures of the tiovcriiiiieiit bailway, now at nearly‘ $30 million, will exceed $100 million before the indignant taxpayers stop them.

C I Now it appears, iii a fit of depression no doubt, ".t\ndy"’ .\fct\’augliton wrote that he did not have the strength to look after army af- fairs propcrlyz The Government took him at his word, and gave hint a rest “with the hope for hi5 early and complete rccoveryt". but willi iiri promise of reinsfallnient as commander-in- chief.

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Catilain James Cook, English navigator and explorer, died this date i779; sailed the South 1-‘aci'fic in 1768, exploring New Zcaland and East dustralia, taking possession in the llﬁllle of Britain; gave New South Wales its name; in 1772 on another voyage, proved there was no great southern continent as previouslyt believed; on liis last voyage of discovery was killed by natives of Hawaii.

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Britons are wearing the vcr_v itiiiiiiiiiiiii 0i iindcrclothes these days, aitd some have coiii- plctcly dispensed with them. It isn't that the English winter has Sllddﬁflly turned tropical. but Englishmen. according to an official re- port, \\'Olll(l rather spend their fcw precious yearly clothing coupons on outer wear. Of course, a small percentage—mainly men —iicver did wear shorts and shirts and such, by choice. lint now they have lxtcii joined by a great tnaiiy others, cspec"lly women, who ltavc- discovered that by discarding stipcrflnotis lingerie, or mend- ing what they ltave until it falls apart. they can have an extra pair nf shoes or jacket. .\s a restilt, shopkeepers find tlzey- are stuck with an etiorniotis stock of "frown" night clothes ziiid undcriveai. and have appealed for a. reduc- tion in their coupon values. Clothing Controller llugli Dalton has consisteiitLv turned tlicni down though. 1r would give the squaiiderers too much food for inflation, lie believes.

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Uii the whole things are opening up a liit iii the grocery trade. There is now a gradual siting llUlll a seller's to a bu_vci"s market, with itiaiiv iteiiis iii O\'C1'Sll])|)l_\‘. Sonic of thein iii- clude niztciiiwiiii. ticcaii nuts, lard, iiiarintilatle, fresh meats, tiiffcrciii kinl" of cereals, blciitl- cd oils, etc. Sonic tniofficial prcliiiiinztry stit- tistfcs on tiaclts of canned vegetables iii to.“ have bczn received by Canadian Grocer and they Iic: out some of the forecasts given several \\'SCl\a ago, It's calculated that the tomato pack ii: Caiiatlii last ycai- ivas i._l58.o0o cases, half of which is to go to the Department of ;\lLllll- tioiis and Supplyt for the armed forces, lease- iciid, etc. The pack iii 1942 was 2,200,000 aiitl in 11).}! three iiiillioii cases. liti y figures iii- diezitt- a pack of canned totnato juice of SUIHL‘ I.- 'il_;.0oti cams, whereas n was generally ziiili- cipzitctl it would run nicely U\'L‘1' the two mil- lion case mark. So there may lie a change when first reports are in. lt was estimated that the pea pack would not be more than half that of 194.: and the prcliiniiiary~ figures bear this out. It is given as 1,860,000 cases against over 3,- 700,000 the previous _vcar.

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Nunicrotis recommendations for improve» nisiit of Saint john school facilities with em- phasis placed on lliose conditions which were felt to need immediate action, were aptirovctl at a meeting of citizens. A series of proposed recommendations submitted to the gathering was discussed fully and augmented by sugges- tions front those attending, and the executive of the organization was asked to take steps to- ward arranging a special conference with the Boardof School Trustees to go info the pro- posals iii details. Stibjects discussed included the fire protection problem in several old schools, inadequacy of lighting lit city scliool— rooms generally. the difficulty of heating some buildings properly, tiiisaiiitary toilets and trash- rooms. lack of cleanliness and ventilation. teach- ers’ standards, recreational ticcds, instifficient classroom equipment. the neccssityt for improv- ing the school administrative setup, the ques- tion of tbc Board of Health's responsibility with regard to the pupils‘ eyesight and school sanita-

rniizilizv llils‘ ("CZIFCIl 1o exist iii our income tax lysfcni. _ The inziiiy piiasts of our tax system which re-

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Whit Illa Munullrtl to show for n11 ht years of effort? asks a 0cm- tamaortwy wrizer. Well, he has a. nfelie tn the lgiall 0t Shame- Peter-bow’ Examiner.

0m of than day: we hope lo [of ft clear 1n our minds whether the shawls the girls are wearing on their hmds are called "bazwdras," and the rocket-runs the American soldiers are milled “babushkasﬂ or vfce vamp-Bf. Thomas limes iIoin-na-L

A recent cenlul hll disclosed that the Smiths and, not. the Mlac- dionalds am now the predominant trlbe ln Scotland. We had noticed the trend; the good old names of Dewar, Teacher, Ballaxittne, Walk- er, MiwOallum, Halx and-Robert.- son seems to have disappeared wgibletelw-Kingston Whig-Stand- ar .

General Montgomery. In baffle- dress, walked with 111s lt-vearvold son on Mondav night. tutu the crowded dltifngroom of a Landon hotel. The diners knew it was he and knew what lie had come ticmc for, The staff had orders that, he was not. m1 any account to dls- turbed. and his fellow nests res- pected prtvaoy.- nctiester Guardian.

Forecast 914a rather unusual g!- poxt to Britain has been made by E. Earle Valle the well known Aucklauder, He's predicted that the time might come when grass in New Zealand, dried and compress- ed lnto cake form, would be ex- ported to compec-i: with cattle etike. He pointed out that. grass grows eleven months 1n the rear in New Zealand. which enables the butter- fat yield Der more to go as high its 300 lbs. 1n the season. compared with a ‘Muir of about 100 lbs. an acre 1n other dairy prodfwt coun- 1rtes.—Brandon Sun.

Dr. Colin Garﬁeld Fink cf Col- llflfbftl University lists these six needed inventions: tfi an electric llflhl. ten tzmcs as efficient as any Wp have. 12>’ An improved automo- bile gas engine three er four tfzrrs as ecicient as the present tyne. 13> A rautrprcof and sunproof palm, for wooden structures. t4) An alfov cf| Hltﬁlnlllll resistant to fatigup :15 steel. (51 A metal or Ol/llCt‘ mater- ial to ‘take the place of our rapidly tilwliidlm: resources of copper and lead. (6) A irinterlal as good as lea-whet‘ for shoes.

If you thought that lightning al- ways travels downward, vou will

have to revise vour thoughts. A lfizlttnintz cxpczt. tells us that lightning bounce uipivard lrcm

the around 200 :1mcs ns fast as it travels downward troin the clouds. The brilliant. nnrb of the stroke travels upward 20,000 miles per second. ‘Ihc dowtiwlrtl stroke trav- els Qnli’ l0) titties Der second and lts ltsht l5 so feeble that i: often does not; BlfCCtﬁ a photographic film. —Ohmitc N

ews.

It looks as if hotel visitors will soon have to obey a utiifcnn rule to txing their ovrn towels with them. In many hotels a notice is prominently displayed: "Please bring your: own towels." In some places it ls llCfN becoming a strict uijmction. Going out: cf town overnfgltt. I booked a roo-rii at a country l0\\11 .'10i€'., but ivhcii I got tlierc I found no tow s iii mv bod- room. The manageross gave nio one reluctantly. and mid it was now a. tzeneml rule that visitors had to brunt then" own towclisn-Notting- ham Post.

Among those iicrsoiis applying for naturalization women have proved to be the best trrilncd to answer the questions- -,i,it to LhClll, Almost always they can read utitl ivrite. and manifest it.i eager intelligence to become new Cilllildlitllfs‘. Canada should be th_ lncr by this curi- mmidatble attitude as nicthrrs tx- ert a strong influence on their fiomcs and children. The men concerned should endeavour to em- ulate the 200d Cxllllltpll} sct them btv tihcii- women fork; the process of Canadianfzatioii would then be eat-fer for them, and fewer applic-

ations for citizenship would per- {iutgs be deferrcd-I-Iatnllton Spac- a t‘.

$0. Japan. vou found lf. ton dif- ficult. to keep up the pretence of being a civilized . After less

iiu‘.\’~of posing a5 one eiotv of civillaetl nations. you have drociiml the mask and amearcd 1n vain‘ natural form of’ a race of savages viitli a few mech-

inifcul uceotn: nnnts learned from the Wcstc peoples. Well. well, pcrhsqtis it. i "lief to eve-i. one eoiicernctl tlia ‘ lllllf‘ invents iiiyrl HVJOCI ._ over."- hemcsls ln ‘the Canadian Leg- foriary.

The United slates army anil iiiivy are teaching school and they are teaching in one month all the un- boraant tnatltc-t "l"

would get. in ti . they have outlaw-v 4.1.0 class-room lec- tureuis the "DG-JrCS-i‘. fomi cf tench- fiig. "Can our schools teach the G. I. way?" Walter Adams. an iissomtc edt-ibr of Bettci" Homes and Gardens. 1n the February 1s- site. Atczims rtugzucsti; that either crizivatioii be Improved the G. I. wa-y or that another _ be found. ndclfnu: "The old educa- tloii isiijt enrru 1i. Wort, befuddled, beset. wtitli str kes nnd race riots, with economics we can't tuidcr- stand. with zoot-suiters unzl empty- hcaded lzfrls squealing tn ecstasy at the slrcht and scum! of Frank sm- ati-a. Were bedevllcd with science and technology that oim lJiLlld us al promised land or blow its rlghtl back into savagery."

Canada ha: izroivn used In the outcrles of private c-ntemrlsers chafing uridor war limitations. But. there ls n macabre touch to 1.110 latest one. According to the Fin- ancial Post, there's a crisis hi t-lic funeral business. The under-takers

any, walnut imd l y t e humble native elm, willow are left. etail shortages have made even woodcrnhandles de rfgetzr. Plush and velvet. for linings have almost vnnlshed. Docsktn for mwrfnzs ls so short that hfah class wallﬂber 1s being tried. ‘rho cdhzizcrs and erriibalm- allowed to enlist. The Govemmc t. in short. fins shown an unbelfe bte call-oneness toward; n lauouiriv trade: c ss onions have been abolished and n11 its cus- tomers reduced. In upbeat-lance as

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Your svtplrge fa Ilka, m; bee", m“ Yet old nafrom m6 an“, d Your wfaifom . . . nim- nlorou: ways, a h Lest Iatfrontyou byusgq-‘I Forglv ' m sat: ' “mm - —Ama.ndn Benjgmm Hm i?

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(Ottawa Jburiial) Canadian mllled Wlllle flOill‘.

matte frcm the finest Prairie Wheat. ranks ns high in quality as in)’ ttciur milled in the world. ‘Fhﬁrﬂ are millions of people m other lands who would like to have some

of that flour for their bread. if they could get lt. Yet reliable farmers in the Ottawa dis-riot.

have told us they are feeding first quality flout‘ to their 11138. hBVB (lo-inns of bags stored 1n their pig- part5 and hardly Know what to do witii it. They don't like "l" "W. and with [food reason.

Actually this is all old cause 10f complaint with farmers and. ‘de- ztifte a recent order of UWVFYICES Board irhicfi makes ccrubziiation sales cf millfeetis and flour illegal. the complaint still remains. Iii the but few years n.an_v carloads of gerd flour have been fed to pigs, and we are nssurcd some is stilt being used to help fatten pork f0!‘ our own and Biuffsli tables.

The practice of compelling feed dealers and farmers to take a certnfn number of bags _of flour with eveiy order for millfeeds ls an 01:1 established one among mill- ers The inillfeeds-bran and stiorls -arc a by-nrodnet of flour milling and zirr the standard ration in Eastern Caiuitta for finishing h0g3. With the huge increase 1n hog pro- duction the (leflfiﬁld fcr inillfeeds increased enormously. When the accumulation of flour became too great the pressure on dealers rind- fzirnicrs ‘to take tiiorc with their iiiillfeed purchases wits increased. Flour piled up in farmers‘ barns. it lot went liito pig feed.

As a result cf persistent com- plaints those combination silt-s were

made illegal a few vites-Irs aizo Farmers strv this tirrler has n-rit tiltr-rrrl iiiatlrrr. nincli. the flour ls

still there. and if they want ‘he ntillfcccls badly enough they order flour as well. With all the Peed? mid tiriderfcct l.i the world today stirelv sane better rise enii be foitud fcr our flour than to feed it to pigs.

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(Globe iiiiii Mall)

In the Wartime lnfommtfon Board breakdown cnllstnicnts and inllltaigv etillups. the Quebec

military district 1s shown as hav- ing fewer men between the ages o1 1B and 45 than 1t had between the ages of 19 rind 45. Mr. John Dlc- fciibttker iPmg- Ccm.. Lake Centre) called the Cciniiions‘ nttciitlon to tlvs curious discrepancy. Iii Janu- ary, 1943. the » reference book. "Canada iii. War" estimated the Quebec district. to have 214.300 males between 1f) and 45. In Jann- ary this year fts estimate for the same district, 1s 214,00’: men. ages 1B lo 45- All other districts show an increase of about. 20 per cent

their potential manpower strength as a result of inclusion of ll)“ 18-year-old class.

This discrepancy, for which un- doubbedly there will be an ex- planation. 1s bv no means fhe only or!‘ 1n tli~ official mobilization re- ecr 1 Otluws, if harder tn flnd because of the difficulty of obtain- lnz comparable tl"f'i. rrfWJl "i! realities cf lift‘ iriitltllr tn mi even shocking degree. For example. dur- lntz the last. session. and ngaln on

ston traw- tlw army's manpower re- quirements for the fiscal year (April 1943. to March 1944) as 8,500 tmn a month. 6,500 overseas troops, the remainder drwftees.

Wartime Information ‘Board's official breakdown establishes the tots‘. intake ef 1h» army from Jan. 1 tn Sent 30. 19411. as 771517 men. itoliiiit-ccrs and draftccs- On Mav 29 ﬁnl. RRlSlOH tiililcrl 1n th~ Housi- a. statement showing that 42.689 of these had Men obtained riurlntz the first three months of the vesr, fr: other words. durlnil the first. tfx mor1li= of the current. fiscal vent". Anrtl throng Senteneber. the total “Helm w... n h: 24,391;

But on Sept. 13 last Defense Minister Ralston stated thin the monthlv into-km "s H1». fiscal veer was averazlng "sllrthtlv more than iuwv einlstments" and “nboutP 9.700 rlraflecs. n total of 7.700. At this TPlf‘. the PM. enrolment for the first stir months should ltnvr bMn 48.200 men. But. according tn the fining released hv WT-R. ft is 11377 short of what Col, Ramon sum lf. was, And on gi» Mﬂq of Isl- stall-d Tﬂtlllffmﬁﬁlﬂ 1f. falls: W172 "in" of 1.11" 51.00" "thlr-b ouch? f" have been obtalneill 1p that period-

Stmtlar ﬂaws fn the Minister's arithmetic run all through the piece, 117cm Col. Winston's state- nmnh ct‘ Mav '20 and Sent. 1ft the

and demon on._’ﬂie out- look for the sud-faced frntcrnftv.

parent-teacher associations. and post-war rc- uccmcnt of antiquated buildings.

now sadder-laced than ever. l: 1n many respec a grave OIIQ.—OM1- ndhn Ibriln.

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Intake of the draft bonrdii between

ln these figures beyond the

Scpt- 13. Minister" rif Defense Ral- .

lease. the tofnl number of int-ii I obtained in that period b)‘ eon- I seriptfmi was 17.264, or 18,532 short _ of’ the Minister's claims, '.

The mlsfakes do not end there, I nor are they all in one place. Lust l June Minister ‘of Labor Mitchell. who controls the mobllfzatfon machinery, told the House of Com- mons that. the total number of draftees "accepted for training" had reached 126.963 as cf Aprll 16 last. But fn its latest breakdown of the Mobilization Boards‘ activities . I. B. gives the total as 125.640 at Sept. 30, or 1.323 fewer than 1n

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previous totals included men who M. wALBAN

volunteered on being called. and a A" LLB

who "were never documented as BARRISTI-JIG. SOLICITOII [To

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get into the totals?

If the new figure is based, as 'A| tx W‘

Mo q; sfftltisdéil“ Office: 90

claimed, on actual "documentation" there is nothing to lndfcnte to what extent it corrects prevlous mistakes. Of the total of 1251540 draftces, 37,930 are documented a: “interservice transfers and enlist- . tnenis." leaving a total conscript for “home service" force of 87,710 men. This represents an increase of only 10.000 over the "net" total 1n that force at Dee. 31. 1942. The increase 1n the draftz-es-gciie-aclivti since last, December ls 7.267, nlf of which again shows Col. Ralstoifs figure of 30.796 draftees to be strangely out of lfnc.

The simple truth is that there can be no reasonable explanation of the confusion and contradictions Olll! already §lV€l1—1'L1l(‘ldlt‘< The whole business was demonstrated to be a-n incredible muddle lnst January when the first. figures were volt-as- rd, It W05 proved to be a muddle 1 q J1me when Liabor_ istor

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TENDERS rtiii NEW wiiiti PRUVINbIAL siiitinoiiiun

Sealed tenders will be received at this Office until

Friday, March 101.11, 1944, for to the Sitnatorium Building,

seen at the Offices of J. E. H Architects, Charlottetown.

Each tender must be accompanied by a certified cheque

for ten per cent of tl-leﬁiiniouiit,

The lowestior any tender not necessarily accepted.

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L. B. MacMILLAN,

MONDAY (A George

Dlngwell,

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TUESDAY Until 1.30 p.m.

Justine Larkln,

Five Houses

TUESDAY. Until 2.30 p.m. Dlngwell 8: Rossiter, Morel]

The above loading hogs weekly for DAVIS & FRASER

until further

Jan- 1 and Sept. 30 totals 30,706. according

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notice.

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We are now booking or. ders for Baby Chicks, We urgently request that orderé be placed early. First Chicks for delivery February 18th. All orders promptly acknowledged.

SWIFPS Chick Hatchery

Charlottetown, P. l‘. 1.

construction of a wing

Charlottetown, Prince Ed- ward Island, according to plans and specifications to be iirris and E. S. Blanchard,

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