i. Bracken is right in a

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SATURDAY, MARCH 23,

1946

N. B. Surpluses

Atxorrling t.» Premier Jones in (hg‘LQgl]-

lzt1ure,’.\e\v Brunswick‘ like Prince Edward ls- limtl \\'lll have a deficit this year. lt would be interesting to know where the Premier got his information.

The 10.40 Xeir Brunswick budget brought down 111 the Legislature by Provincial Secre- tary _l. J. Hayes Doone anticipates no change 1n the trend of New Brunswicks finances. If estimates of revenue are accurate the treasury will once again take in more than ever before. And a record sum is to be expended. llere, says the 1vlryru/J/i-Jullritul, is how intake and 0utl21_v have grown since 1939.

Revenue Expenditure 11m» .. $ 8.475.088 $ 9.350.154 r040 .. 10,302,143 0,764,000 1941 .. .,, 10,948,040 10,046,807 1942 . .. 11,800.47) 10,641,229 1943 - .. .. 12,203,727 10,487,777 r944 . 12,091,236 12,609,134‘ I945 -‘- 1445x781 13.992476

Corresponding figures, estimated for 1946,

3Y6 Wvtllllf‘. l4.730.537, and expenditures,

$14,091,404. .\ study of the budget shows

little change in most items, a good deal in others. The hope for larger receipts is pinned chiefly on the gasoline tax. The government expects from this source $2,700,000 as compared with $2174.61»; in 11)45, presumably because gas rationing has been lifted.

Shortening Debate

l\l-r. John Bracken, National Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, suggested in the House of Commons that the debate on the Speech from the Throne be curtailed. Last session, he said, was his first as a. member of the Commons, and he found the procedure “slow,_cltin1sy, wasteful of time and excessive- ly conventional.” “

He pointed out that the Throne Speech

debate sometimes continued for more than a

month. It could, however, be shortened by the A parties agreeing as to the time to be devoted to it and the allocation of that time to the vari- ous party speakers. At present members in ‘ the Throne Speech debate speak on all manner ‘of subjccst, many of them not at all cogent, principally for the purpose of “addressirig" ‘their constituents, rather than dealing with the pressing affairs of the nation. l\.lr. Bracken is willing to commit his group, which is the official Opposition, to the curtail- ment of the Throne Sptech debate. It i5 hoped that other parties agree, for there are, many urg- ent problems which should be debated at once by the members of the Commons.

1 Like our Provincial Treasurers Budget A French cruiser left ‘France Wm, the ‘was. speech in the Legislature. the Throne Speech u“, Tune n, of ‘ha, yea,- and though formcr at Ottawa is remarkable only for the hhrgha] pen,“ ordered mc ship l0 remrn tto fact that thcrc is little in it to dcbatc. It a French port‘ its command“ digobeygd llrc

would he, well, says the Clubs and Mail, if it were brushed ztsidc as quickly as possible in order that the lltmsc may get down to the scri- ‘ous matters WllCill now confront the itation. One of thcsc, the most important of all, is Canada's position on external affairs.

The gravity of developments abroad does not have to be stressed. To push back the de- bate on them into some far distant future is not good enough. bcr of the British Commonwealth, as a nation committed to the United Nations Organiza- tion, is affected by, and has obligations c011-

ccrning all that has been tlolnll ‘"1 l" 151F099

and the East.

There is no way of knowing whether our‘

foreign policy is in step with events, no satis- factory means of measuring except in debate. On this count alone

sking curtailment of

windy Throne Speech debate. Wheat Production Problem

Mr.

‘ As a result of the world food shortage con-

lga‘ this-ytli‘. At the

bee, Agriculture Minister Gardiner strongly tire- i keeping i946 wheat acreage at the I945 ll!‘

‘Western delegates who would have liked t0 w! ._ i l ,

says the Ottawa Ioumol, die, by no means at simple is much more 1n-

w ie matter

Canada, as a strong mem-

its effectiveness,

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' -sidersble_ pressure is being brought to bear on

Gotvernmenpof (janade to recommend to r... ‘e farmers "that they increase wheat acre- ’ Dominion-Provincial agri- _ 1 gleeful‘ conference held in Ottawa last Decem-

- despite representation-s from some of the

latter, he believes, would be thirgerous

dairy production.

to supply bacon to Britain in huge quantities

dustry in Canada.‘

fected by the outcome.

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proceed with it,

Ill i Ill II

The

ton Firemens Association have blccided

ritimes.

partments in the Ma l i i

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his _wish to attend the Peace Conference Paris in May. terview Prime

Minister Attlee on

teridance of all Imperial Premiers, in April a anticipated.

iiilll

a show-down on the

one by one. fession that he has bungled matters badly; It t a s1

pcrance legislation, r v

Here is something for the Jones

new industries.

lem in Scotland, Lord Marsfield says

esty-and poverty.

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order and took the gold to ‘Martinique. C T I 1

“Big Bertha” _ date 1918; it was a gun constructed to fire shell a distance of 75 miles; its object, but the damage nificant

plans to drive back the 61mm)’- The Timer Iiistory Of The War:

ies. Some might he obtained from the tion of our line. Commanders of these

isions could be spared The Canadian Corps and was intended for the counter-attack case the enemy broke through Its place of assembly was m

in his publication, “Th!

wouk Farm/VMuskoka: We who till the land. Seeing our duty To feed humanity. And knowing that an act of mar- To lessen food, While any hnngefl. Violates the Law of, Pltdgg ourselves , To give our best to husbandry joining with our nelglfiborl. Wherever they may N. '

, T9 mgltg our WOfk MOM And to uphold

God,

fruitful ;

wheat acreage could only be obtained mi; year at the expense of other coarsegrain crops or by vlowinz 11v summer-fallow. To pnoourage the and has led to trouble in the past, while less coarse grains might well deal a body blow to hog and As it is, Prtirie farmers are showing definite signs of wanting to get out of the hog business, and in the Ease fggd for the ‘Vfllllnle expanded hog and dairy branches of

Ontario and Quebec, and Canada has contracts

Any way this wheat problem is looked at it presents difficulties and wheels within wlleelsl It is no easy decision for the Government to make and Canada's export trade in two im. portant items-wheat and bacon-may be af-

Tlte Brighton Bridge is merely a Show winJ dow exhibit for the Liberals who, according to‘ Premier Jones, have never even promised to

tournament committee of the Mone- to change the dates of the Maritime Firemens Fournanrent to July 30, 31 and August r_ The previous dates were July 6, 7 and 8, Nona; bf the change is being forwarded to all fire de-

Prime Minister Mackenzie King is to have in On his way thither he will iri- _ _ Irnpcridl Conference matters, 1t being found impracticable to call an Imperial Conference, with the atl-

The Leader of the Opposition has called foil Reconstruction Counci issue, and Premier Jones seems loath to obligel His statements are at variance with the pub-l lished correspondence and it is too late now to squirm out of the position by repudiating them Best course would be a frank con-

It was naturally expected the adoption of Government Control would tend to increase the sale of legitimate liquor, and decrease that of “moonshine" and the “bootleg" variety. The return of so many war veterans also had its influence. But it was not imagined there would be a 75% increase from January to December.

popularity of the Government's improved tcm-

Govern- ment to ponder over in searching for possible Dealing with a similar prob- that country could with advantage have four 1nil- lion acres under timber, thus giving employ- ment to 200,000 men-a larger number than employed in agriculture and mining combined. Thereby not only would Scotland's wealth he increased but beauty would be added to her lofty heights, famous already for their mot-

1t Petain had had hisiway. tit. 17min. Government would have lost to the Nazis 235 tons of gold. Bullion to this amount has inst been returned to the Bank of France by Mar- tinique to which it had been shipped in i940-

started to shell Paris this

it accomplished it did was so insig- the Parisians merely laughed at it‘. this date also the Bnt15l1 and French laid their According to “Then came the question as to what lElr-itish troops 6011111 5s brought up t0 boll) ll" rhlfd and Fm“ Aim"

First and Second Armies at the more northern 00r- After consultation with lb! two forces, ill W35 ‘P’ termined that each would.contribute what '(llV' for use where required. formed part of this force lll the British front- front of Amiens.”

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Mr. John Atkins submits this farm creed Scene From Shing-

Washinrlaou has i plus several thou u

pyjamas. They're all (qr sale o eager buyers-except" t the tops were made ln New, ark and

were made in Callfomlu “.1 re still there._ -From Newsweek

are‘ still there, and the lpegoms lezlne.

agriculture is already scarce; less coarse M.“ zumpanwfonmpmhhw"

granlis are produced on the Prairies this year 1t llfld gel: staffs‘, tit ti}: r-obobiei ' ' Elf]! 0 HERO l8 E G [X5 0

wond almost certainly mean fewer hogs in the“. chosen News by "Mung

the fiction of E. Phllll. helm, English writer, w o we; n

_ , ' t f i t l d th - An abundant supply of coarse grams IS also m“ er o n “we an e devlou“

a necessity for feeding poultry, now a huge in-

ways of espionage. The spies, too, could gain lots of painters from his thrilling tales. He never for e moment deluded himself that, he was writing literature. But he did pen entertaining fiction and was without a l‘ in his own realm- l-lamllton pectator.

Naval history was made at South- ampton when Mr. A. V. Alexander. First Lord of t/he Admiralty; Lord Cunningham 0f Hyndhope, First Sen Lord; and Rear-Admiral Slr Thomas Troutbrldge, Third Sea Lord, visited the United States nir- craft carrier, Enterprise, there and the Admiralty flag was hoisted in the ship, says The London Times. It was the first official visit paid by the Board of Admiralty to an American warshi and the first time that the A miralty flag has been hoisted in one, and Mrs. Al- exander presented the flag to the Enterprise as a memento. -Prece-|

ent.

Realistically, tho factors which favor mining in Canada include: Increasing labor supply, growing availability ot equipment and sup- plies, new deposits to develop, new fields to explore, improved demand for base metals and silver, decline in labor unrest, a broadening un- derstanding of the role gold is to play in the rmtoratlon of world economy. an immense flow of new venture money. These are the wheels on which Canadian minim; will roll at accelerated speed in the years immediately ahead. —- Northern Miner. .

General Omar Brndl y was re- cently appointed Admi istrator of Veterans Affairs in the United States. One of the first things he did, on taking oven, was tn issue a simple but. very wise order, says The Regina Leader-Post. From then on the employes of his department who were formerly officers in the various branches of the service, must drop their military rank. In other words, a colonel, a major or a private reverts to ‘Mr!’ again.

So great ls the demand for tar- tan materials in America that the Board of Trade is limiting the out- put of manufacturers in the coun- try fnr the home consumption in order that the utmost can be done to serve the overseas market, says The Edinburgh Scotsman. A num- berof Scottish MP3s particularly Sir W. Darling and Commander Clark l-lutchison, are making in- vestigations lnto the whole ques- tion bnth in Scotland and in Lon- don and are assured of the cu-op- eration of their parliamentary col- leagues ln taking the strongest

The 13,550 six months‘ warrants issued are acttlog ti; sete that the 1111311} ‘wlill

~ I10 E OD 8 SCHTCO ma CF18; ll equivalentto about one to every one of the 14,- this Country for. the. n“, [W0 0,. ooo families in the Province, indicating the three years. wlvrh is 11 PM! 110s-

siblllty at the moment.

Britain's losses went tn prosecute the war. In no other sense did she gain. Under the theory of equal sacrifice, established early ln the ,war, the United, States spent as large a share of its na- tional income as that doctrine 1-1-- qulrecl. But doing so, because of our immense size, wealth of resources and resiliency after years of de- pression, we came through ‘not only without impaired position but with the greatest potential for pro duction the world has seen. ll that logic of the worsening of the economic position of a great ally and the immensity of our strength which su rts the loan to Brit- ain, now ofore Congress. -Min- neapolls Star-Journal.

A graduate of the University of Toronto, class of '22, reportsthat when he was coming down in an elevator of the Royal York the other evening, all the passengers except himself got off at the ball- room floor which was crowded with well- ressed young men and women assembling for a party. The pretty elevator operator kept the car waiting a few minutes, while she gazed rather envlously at the gay scene. “Looks like quite a party," said her remaining pass- enger. "I ivondcr who's giving it?" The operator leaned out of tho car and looked nt. n large blue untl ‘whltc sign. “Well", she. snlrl, "that card says U. of T. but I don't know what that moans.“ - The Printed Word.

What ls the effective rtinltu of your shotgunltMost hunters are a reed that beyond 60 yards the kll is problematicul, and it would be wel to make that the limit, in order to

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revent waste of am- munition an game. A chart de- signed to show the hypothetical number of effective shot that could be placed ln a 30-inch clrcte at various distances states that of "219 No. 6 chilled shot leaving u l2 gauge full choke shotgun 208 would be found in the target at (0 yards, 134 at 5o yards, and 93 at 60 yards." It will be seen that the spread between 4f) and 80 rda is rulte large and that the total is only one-third of the original circle. Notice also that a 30-inch circle ls a substantial target. compared w th a bird on the wing. -—Ontarlo Fish and Game Bulletin. '

Gloria Swanson,‘ who’ says nhc can't get along on her $200 weekly alimony, has gone to court to com-

pel her current husband-her fifth a

~40 My 8 $3. or . month which she says be promis- ed her. She says he promised her a yacht, too but the couldn't agree about a g I bat room and tho yacht remained unbullt

lament her meagre ,

lorls‘ has hail to m1 furniture m1 pawn ewelry thsr Swen-

or

o

does concern d ever, is the incredible so of the frien-

oueuc‘ l Formula?

This column. lojgpsn b», none

Guardian an. not neonatal ll: endorse la opinion of correspondent ,

A PENNY A DAY

Slr,-A.n recent issue,

ce appeared in l o he Guardian ln reference to the shortage of food in Euro e. The writer spoke of the mill ona on half fare and the numbers daily dying- of hunger. He could have mentioned the eeri- ousness of famine ln India and how the government of that’ coun- try ls offering gold in exchange for wheat from Csnadm, But no great promises could be made. Af- ter speaking of the debt we owe the British people, whose bread contains all the shorts and mid dlings of the wheat, he suggests that the people of this little prov- lnt-e present. them with n gift of good white flour. Hls plan ls to ha e each family make eighty pounds of flour last as long a:

one hundred pounds has been lasting. He has three inns to contribute to this end, vlz: Cut

out all waste; use substitutes to take the place of white flour, and tighten the belt. This reminds us of th, old sing-song: Chew your food; Chew your food. gently through the meal. The more you chew the less you eat. The less you eat the better you feel, etc. But flour ls not as good a med- lum of exchange as dollars and cents. I know of one or two fam- ilies who place a chlldsbank. or any suitable container on the table for the first men] of the day. In this a nickel ls dropped. Some have a habit of throwing in the copper: that collect in the shopping bag. It would develop the imagination of the children to hear the blessing asked and the poor remembered at the same time.

At the present time we are the rich. All are rich who have enough and a little to spare. Can we “enter the Kingdom" and be self- ish? Can a camel go through the eye of a needle? If every home in our Garden Province took up the plan, it would mean a daily offering of $1,000.00. The honest ones would cast in more than n nlckle.

I am, Sir, etc., ARCH. MacKENZlE.

features. is to be placed in th

clock makers’ museum at Clulld- hall, London, to be the property of the nation. Mr. Vlckery, who was 62, refused all offers for his clock. The dial shows the time of the day, the day of the week, the day of the month and the name d the rnonth. The times sunset and sunrise are shown on smaller dials and nbove these ls an astronomical dial giving the sun's place in the elliptic, a gold disc representing the sun. The chiming and striking mechanism, on the same movement, provides for alternative Westmin- ster and Wilmington quarter chimes. The hour strikes, and there ls a different tune for each day of the week. played every three hours. Ylckery also made a planetarium whlch' ls so accurate thst no error, assuming there is one, will be apparent for 300 years. The signs of the zodiac, revolving clockwise, will make one complete revolution in 26.860 years, or one- slxteenth of an inch in 40 years.

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