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TllE GIIAIILOTTETUWN GUARDIAN

Iorulul Bully (Founded in l!!!)

Iruiileutf Lioug Col, W. Cln-nter u_ tilt-Lure Vico President: .1. 1c. 1111-11-11, v4.1. loot-flu ,1 Lleut. Col, I). A. MHUKIHIIOII, l) Idltur and lllnull 1; Director, J. it Burnett. . Auooluto licllloruz: l-‘nunil Walker, sud Linut, tan A. Burnett. lt.O.N.V.lt_ (On An-tlro Borvlrl)

SUBSCRIPTION BATES w In] 1n p_ t; 1, $1.111 g" year; $2.60 Ior 6 month: I153} [or 3 monitle; 50c lur one month City Delhur)" 55.1w pa: your; $3.00 n» a month! $1.715 (or 3 umnthu; 601i for one mouth B] lllll t0 other Province: lull lLB-A- $519" I"? 7"" luturduy Weekly: $2.00 oer nor; ‘L00 for 6 moninn. Mio for 8 mouth:

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The Charlottetown Guurdluu may be obiulmd at llotulllng’: New! Agency. Tllnen Square. New York; 0h! South New! Agency, Corner llilit lilil Washington 801mm llutropolltan New: Agency, i218 Perl it. llnutrrui; J. Flue

Bu; it, Toronto; New: Stunt! Chateau Luurlan

Ottlwui Wolfe‘: Nevin Stunt! Butlbury, 0ut.1 Hub Iohucoo Shop. liloneinn. N- I3-

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

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. 1943

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our rpm“. ‘ 3x11 111 lcrtrn tliagltlic Allltistri‘ 11f 351' klllm‘ ‘hlgib ‘ ‘it 1101111111) 11:1s dvciilt-il t1» iruuc :1111»tlicr iicw \\\.1If vcsst-l :11'!cr 1111- (“Pmll till)‘ l" l'°l’l1l\"~' 1L ‘ '

C. S. tliziiloitniivvii, c-irvciit‘. :1 \\'ili‘v¢l\5' up“. jp, W“ ,,,_-11,-111'-\\:11' ivill 11c a irigatc. ,,,,,,1;,,- 1,, 111w 1111111111 11111-1‘ 1111; 1121111111; c1111“ in tltc l)11111i11.:.1i1. .\ nicillllll U1 “till-cits 11111-1"-

t-stcd in our nuvv and its l\<‘l'>iillll\‘l (and \\'l1'\ isn't) will 111- liclil in tlic Liitv llnll 111i‘ m-gnipg m cinisiilct‘ i111" pi'1'\1i\‘>1ll. élllil i0 3111111?“ for 11s‘ 111,111.11 nduptiuii in placc‘ of its prctlcccs- 5011 'l‘l11-rc d1 1 11d 11c :1. good mcnilancc ofvluyzil 31111 lmtriiiiit‘ t‘ 1/1-11» l0 >lii\\\' £11011" appréciatifiii of m. ],,,..,,,,.- a111,, 1,, 11¢- cauilcrfcd 11111111 tlic cflliiizil. and 111 scc iliat a \v1>r=.l1\vl11le coinnnttcc 1 will 11c sclccml rc-ivit-cnti‘ tiu- Xavv l-(‘ilfllle- ' ‘ l ‘ ' i ' ' <

R cvvit. 1.111111.‘ _»\- 111-. 1'1- 1<1>>~1l b“; Scouts, 1.:1dics' .\i1l. ant the pvlicr organiza-i tions wliicli zillit-il 1111211-111115 111x111 the corvctw CllTii'lr1{if"1f\\\'1l, besides ‘fie ciii/ciis Filerall." “i111 3'0 proud of the inns" 1"? 1119 3")’ R1“-

Crown And Parliament

When l-‘ktmn Bvng of Yimv left Canada at the c1111cl11s'1_\11 of hi5 X917!‘- 35 Li"\'clillll@r'b§ll‘ er’1l he \\ '11 under a cloud. 1:1 ilic fir: clcctinn he 11.111 lu‘(‘Il avcustrl 11; _ I‘; l"‘"lll‘§5-‘ m g1" i111; :11‘ 1:" » z.» _\lr. .\1111;;.1cn and

hi: W,“ a, _\lr_ bu; and liis party. The epfp,‘ 41,1 111.1 licrn full of c1105 fZ-llsctl 11y ‘ lbllliy nliinydnil lll’ Al“ 15m, 1,;,,,_,, 1 1.11111 llflll piavetl favour- - “i . - - itcs. 'l'I1<-:'c 1111c 911'}: inuiicrmgs of fiiiililfl Cuiailrt 11.11“ ' 111111111. The acts of 1111: (j<'1\'<-rn1\r—<1c 1:11 in rciii-iiig dissolution to All‘- Kiuy mp1 Q1, i: a sl1~rt time latcr to 311'- Altljqllistl 111-11: male an election 1>$ll€ P)’ Mr- j\",,g_ ,.\ p111 m‘ the 19:6 clcciion was

fought on ivliiliicr ‘or not Canada was under 111C 111111111, of ll '\\ ‘ti; bircct. _

1-116 fir)», 5.1 Qitcfillpt to go into the facts of this qppczircil in a book by

l - . - - . . Tnitincy, instead of investing heavily in the V1:- l

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Leader of the Opposition to form a Govern- ment. Mr. Nlt-iglicu did. He was unable to carry on for litng. Now, since Mr. King could not carry on and .\Ir. Alciglicn could not, tbcrc ivas only one thing for the Governor-General to do. and that 11c did, giant a dissolution l0 All‘. .\lci;_'_l11-n.

S11 Mr. lving fought 111:.- clcciion on an arti- ficial issuc. raiscd over the actions’ of tlic Liov- urtior-Licticral. which wcrc faultless. The elcc- iion was not ffltigllt on the scandal tinenrtlicd i11 tllC Customs l)t'pill‘lllll'llll and Mi‘. King 1V0"- lf lllc '20 constitutional issue shows anything, and Ur. liorscyf- book gives backing to anv- tliing, it is that flit-re is no trick. not even if it involves tlic Crown. to which .\lr. King Will 110i. stoop, wlicn his political ncck is cndangcrcd._

No Alternative Priinc Rlinistt-r King and Mr. Ilsley haven't

about 1lic forthcoming Victory Loan is that wheilicr it is ovcrsubscribed or not, Canada will have 10 spend cvcry dollar needed to fight this war. “t: 110011 have no illusions on that point. l1 tlic pvoplc do not lcnd tlicir money tlicn it ‘will 11c tibuiint-d by financial expedient, tlic t-fit-ct of which will be definitely inflationary. 1 111s jircssurc- :1;:1i11st our price ceilings under sucli conditions will bc so great that it is doubtful ii lll(‘\' can b1- licld. llccause we have switched -:1t lca-t :1 million \\‘Ol'1\'Cl'S into war production land liztvc p111 anotlicr 700.000 into the armed iliict-s, we simply do not have cnougli people at work to supply tlic demands for consumers’ good which our national income creates. This I cxcc-sivc ptircliasiiig power will incvitably drive priccs 11p. 1f tlic people try to spend all their

.1-1"v Loan and \\'ar Savings Certificates, we will be well on our way to disaster. They will ‘ spciid the mo11cv. but tl1c_v will get less and less in rcttirn for it. They will wind up with a dis- rupted econonrv and little or nothing to show for 1l11ir labor.

r E DITORIAL NOTES -.

"Be prepared" for the great patriotic advance 0n the home front to begin Monday. 111 111 =11

The new Provincial Liberal Leader has not bccn seen about recently. Has he gone to Ot- i:1\\"a to make cibcisance to King?

1k 1F i i

CWiQi-‘iliilatiriiis mi once more in order for 11011. Cyrus dliltdlilllii] on his approaching as- sunipiitin of the office of Assistant Nlinistcr for ;\ir.

a1 111 111 111

11.11.11. Princcss Elizabeth born this date, 19:11; \'l(l(‘>l rlauglitcr of the King and Queen and ll('ll' 1o 1111- throne; is now, iliougli still at lit-r Slllillljs, ,;r:11lu:1ll_v' taking licr place in the llllllilC lifc of 111c- l\‘o_\:1l liaiiiily.

i ill 1K II‘

As a political strategist and schctncr the out- going Provincial Lcailcr is unequalled save by ilic l’rin1c Minister and tlic l-lon. C. A. Dunning. llis 11111111-1 parting" slim u as to (leprive his suc-

])r. liugcnc l‘ solution of l‘:1r. _ , wealth.“ (Oxford Pro-Qt. Dr. l'0i'$<‘.\' <11" cusscs prcctvlcnis of grant and refusal of dis- solution bv the (fr-awn gr great 101114111. Chapters v and \'] (lmilinq 11-5111 1l1e Canarliait Constitu- tional Crisis nf 111111 are thus stunnicd up by a reviewer in "Nuis '1 ,

Between 1931 and 1925 the Liberal Party was in office 11111101- .\lr. King. 1t was a 235-1110111- b" Hougg of Commons. Of tlic 255, the Lib- erals had I17 mcinbcrs, the Lonservauvcs 50, the Progressives, Labour and Intlcjlmdcrits. 68»

on September 5 1935, Mr, lung askcd for i dissolution. Ile got it. One of the reasons Tor the election, he told the country, in 111s cam- pflgn wag to get a clear-cut majority for his

) awn party so that he WOUlCl not have i0 W1)’ ‘on third-party support to stay in office.

The election was held on Ocioberpg.‘ The "a1- previoul there had bceri a redistribution to the new House xvas one of 245 membefi- Here are the results of the ’25 election: Con- nervativcs, 116: Liberals, 101; Progressives. La- bour members and Independents, 28. '

Mr, King met the new House on January 7. 3926. From then 0n his Government had trouble gettin by. Mis majorities were tliin: 3. I01 1°. 1, 7, ,II, 13, 6, 9. I3. 13315. 1151 8-

Thcn came the- scandal in the Customs De- partment, H, H. Stcvens moved a motion Oi censure. Mr, King was on the verge of being defeated by a vote of ccnsure in the House. Instead m’ stavrng and fighting 1t 011i, gfiiilflf! the decision of 111(- llouw, which was tlic jury sitting in iuilgmcnt on the actions of liiS G0"- mcm: 11¢ sought wax"; to avoid a decision by Parliaincnt.

l\lr. King \\’l‘l'li to l-"Wl [B1112 and "Shed for 3 di<<nl11tion of lTirlin-iviit. lbrre Ilfltl never bccn lnv rrwpifil 111m it licfivrc. in 171'. l7iir<0)"5 WOFd-Y’

“To allow :1 Clil)ll"‘l, while n. motion of censure ls undvr dcbiitr. 1o choke off d scussion by dissolv- ing Pitrliamrnt is :1 wholly different thing from allowing :1 (Jalnnr-i ivhich has permitted the de- bate p, p1'1\(‘(‘{‘(1 1,11 g1 vote and has been defeated. i‘) nppvlil from 1hr.- Hoiisc to the ClCCl/Offllc- A Cabinet ciiiiclciiiricd b_v 111v H1211 Court of Parlia- ment is qcrtainlv entitled, in some circumstances. 1,0 {lppfilll to the clrirtorntc, just as a prisoner TOIKIMIIHOCI in r1 lowrr Court of Justice is emitted. in some r-irciiinstanrcs to appeal to a hiqhcr 9111111,, B111, no DTISOHFX‘ under trial in a lower court, is (WPY iuloivcd, while his trial is prrccod- lng, and bz-tm-p :1 lowcr Court has had a chance :0 pronounv." its vcrciict, 1o bring the proceed- jngs m an flhpupt alum 11v 11111101111112 l0 i110 higher Court. W11)‘ should a Cabinet. while its trial in the Houst- of Commons is proz-cvcilnc, and before the House has had 11 clinncc to pronounce its verdict. be allowed in bring 11-1 proceedings to a11 abrupt c1011» bv appealing to the vlrfll/vriili‘? - 0f a rcQuW-"f for (118-011111011 madc- ancl granted while r1 1112:1011 111' ccnsure “'11s under donate, neither M", King nor nnvnno r-l-o 1111s over pro- duced a 111111110 instrvnrc. in Grrai Britain, the Dnminlom m- 111v culonirs"

Lord llvng i'i=iis‘1l .111. l\iii-.; .1 <li.~~11l.1ii11ii. N411 only vms 11111 l} -\t-ii1-1: 1111111111 111:1»! in =o drfnu nnilcr i1" 11 1i zanvr. 1111: 111- 11-1111111 have IIPPIT .'i<‘liil'f 11' .lllilllllll\' if 111- 11:11 gum] in flfl\ 1" i . 11 l\'ii11g r1 ~l'_fll"ll.

Tlisn ir.-l l1 n". li- 11.111 f1». hv cnn-"iii ‘

utional pruclict, c.1111]

llic l\ov:1i 1’11\\'cr of Di“ .1 .. .1<-11t i11 the British C0111111oi1-_1

1111 Alf. M1’ ‘glicn, tlwlthcst; thong

cc.»- 1r 11f 111111110 pcrsonal crcdit for any anticipat- cd iniprnvciiiciiis and reforms at Falconwood, ~_v wuouncing that 11c had been appointed to 1l1.it job in purstuuicc of the Govcrnincnfs pre- concvircrl policy in that rcspcct. 11K 1F >ll i

jean Racine, Frcnch dramatist, born this date 103i): liis nta-tcrpicccs arc “.-\ndromatjuc" in 1643;, "lli-iiaiiiiicas" in 1069; “Bcrnicc" in 1670, “Ipligc-nic" r675. and “Plcdrc" in I677; he bad a jicrfect knowledge of Greek; his characters are true, and lll(‘ll‘ passions finely depicted; hacine is tlic greatest tragic writer after Cor- ncillc- of the French class: "A benefit cited by way of reproach is cqtiivalcnt to an injury... T114.- happiness of the wicked flows away like a torrent."

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Mr. Rene Chalonlt, Bloc Populaire Canadien, Lotbiniere, believes that some thousands of the tinder-nourished children of France should be brought into tlie Province of Quebec, and given homes there for the duration of the war, and has given notice of the following motion in the Legislature: "That this House express the wish That the Canadian Government be prayed to undertake the necessary negotiations with the International Rcd Cross and the French author- ities, in order that, via means of Spain and Por- tugal, as intermediaries, several thousands of under-nourished children of Metropolitan France be brought into the Province of Quebec, under tlie care of Provincial Government and placed in families here during the duration of

tlic war."

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As the outcome of Mr. justice Thorsoifs‘ jiirlgmcnt cxcnipiing tlic Government from ac- lions for damages caused by soldiers 0n duty, an impression prevails at Ottawa that the Govern- incnt will accept legal responsibility in cases whore negligence on the part of men in the armed scrviccs is established as having bccn the cause or principal cause of injury t0 the person or property of a civilian. Tlic suggestion is tliai this responsibility will be retroactive so that rlannigcs awardcd prior to the Tlinrson judg- ment will lie collcciablc. If this intprcssion is cnrrcrt it indicatcs :1 coir-incndablc official at- tilurlc. As i110 law stands, and as intcrprctcd ir. iln,‘ llirirsnii judgment, r111 injured civilian is without rcdrcss, which 1110:1115 that 11c is without justice.

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As iiidicaicd 11v 1‘ri111c .\1llllSl.(‘l‘ King at Tor- 1111111 1111- linitcrl Nations" are nmv ltcadcd t0- ward vici11r_v — 1111c to tlicir complete accord.

Univ ilironqli i111‘. sainc spirit of co-opcration. aiicr viciorv is" \\'i\ll. will llicsc nations con- iitnic uniicr] and ilius inaiutziiii a Stable PC1163. l'r1 11111-111111 11f raw imicrials, output of factories ~nll llll‘ 1111>l< of w:1r—arc bcing made at a r1111‘ 111.11 l~.r'l'p\ l|IllI(‘-. farms and factories busy

said so, but one thing worth bearing in mind,

Itlum he

and mutton are br-plnninu to arrive in Britain. but the quantities are so small that tlnui are beiniz distributed onlv to manufactures n1‘ DlPs and cooked meats and restaurants ‘So 5 you will eat it wiiliniil knowlniz it ls dchvdrated." said :1 Food Mlnlslrv offlclnl overseas have now installer. the noc-

jjin CLIARLQTTEIOEN; GHARDIAN

llotes By The Way

New: from Tunisia tells of the capture of E1 Guetar, and now pro- naoly n San Antonio soldier is serenadlng some dark-eyed damsel with it. Christian Science Monitor,

Do you remember the good old days when only halt the tobacco ivould fall out of your cigaret before you coulc. raise it to your lips?- Kitchener Record.

Hitler keeps on insisting that he will not run away He has shown rare speed 1n Egypt and Libya. Fact is, he is better qualified b0 run than was the kaiser, except that. he has no place to which to go. — Woodstock Sentinel-Review.

Lord Woolton, the British Food Minister, says that the British housewife, who already has 110W- derecl milk and powdered Bass on her pantry shelves. will soon be getting wdered meals. Thats what. mght be called geitlni; things down pretty ftne. - Brant- ford Expositor.

Petain still pipes in his till"??- lng treble 1111a pmws 9f French cooperation witr. the Nazis. What more does he wish his P501118 t" 9Q? He and Laval have betrayed their country as few traitors in lnstory ever succeeded in doing. —Haniilt<>11 spectator.

Among lhg personnel of a Red Army field hospital 1s a WUtIlflll surgeon, agcc. 65. who recently ner- formeq 25 operations in one nighL, Again those amazing Russians -— Kitchcner RECOITl

“The sooner we let this aftllflliflll die the better." said Aid. WiIIiRmS of Vicborln. Hc was referring to a projected change of the 119ml? 0f Vancouver Island to something @159 that woulc differentiate _1t from Vancouver city. Ald. Williams ts

i PUBLIC FORUM

Illo ode-l I Iii! fi ‘I lluudol i! "INWQIQU" ‘I quot-ion d‘ Intend- T‘: ITIIIIINOOO Ilflhl ‘._

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POTATO PRICES

sin-Will you allow us space l0 explain the celllnfl Dfififi 0“ PM“ toes?

People seem w misunderstand be- cause they came to us every day and state 11111: the paper says the nrive accotviing to y;;1r_ Paper. is $2 00 l" Montreal for ti 7a lb. but; 0f T111119 stock, 1m advance of 10c over 11151 months price and as licensed pota- foe dealers we would like to ex- plain to the potato growers. Th8 ceiling price 1n Montreal comme - lng April 8th, l5 $1.90 and no deal- er can sell them over that Price °1' even ask more as they would be ll- able to a fine. The ceiling price for March was $1.85. We are N151 writing this so the growers CH see for themselves that. the prvces we have been paying. taking 1n all expenses have been as much as any reliable firm could afford. Ami/Ann to the contrarynshows an ignor- ance of market conditions

We are, Sir, etc DELANEY AND McKAY,

Per C. S. Delaney. Albany, April 19.

RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE

Sir.- We noticed in Saturday's Guzirclian the letter of "A Rural Dweller" re program of Rural Life Conference to be held 1n P. of W. College May 5th. In answer to this criticism I may say that our pro- gram is nearly the same as that. of the Oxford County, Grey County and Wyevule Conferences held 1n Ontario in Nov. I941. 011r instruc- tions were to plan something simil-

rlght. You amt have too much of a good name. —V11ncouver Sun.

In a. Dublin shop l had asked un-

siiwefisflllly 10f Dem“ h" my llgmfi,D D., of New York. Those on this

er. As the assistant apologized an Irish customer. hearing mv EH1.’- llsh voice, turned and said. Willi semi-malicious locularityr zJohn Bull has allthe petrol.‘ John B1111," I said. “is fighttngvfor his me." Instantly the Irishmans trucnlence vanished. “Yes? he said.

"but I think were winning now "-- ample opportunity for djscussion

London Daily Telegraph.

Decay. incessant enemy _of wood, ls retarded by the chemical "W" usec.‘ to reduce checks, cracks and similar defects WhiCh m!" °“4‘"1' during the drying of green lumber, according to laboratory investiga- Lions reported by F H Kaufort- and E, A. Bohr of the Unlversitv of Minnesota. For chemical seasoning forty to 100 D011nc.s of tire-a per thousand board foot is recommend- ed, depending on the typo and d1- mension of the wooc.

A friend of mim- serving Wllll a well-known country regiment. had a very arm aching exiwrieiivc r6‘ cently _b-ut he brought it on him- self. He is stationed tn a garrison town and boasted when £01m! W! one evening that he was 201mg to salute every officer he met. whe- ther British, Canadian. American. Polish. Free French or any other ally. He returner‘. to barracks earlier intended -for he had saluted 186 times! Onlv once did he meet an American officer, and upon giving a pukka British mill- tary salute, the Yank rrturnec it and said "Thanks '——Wril-01‘ in Brighton Argus.

Mun steps in again to improve on nature and get ahead of any 01c.-

barrel head. a bunch of hay and a

race Traveling in fibre containers. infant chicks anive alert zinc un- daunted after trips of hundreds of miles in their pasteboard Pullmans. The business of marketing bflbv chicks. always more than an infant industry. is larger than ever this year, Victory gardens have been resolutely planned‘ for. but many people are also nreparlniz‘ to raise victory hens. This 1s a wise move. -New York Herald Tribune.

Some confusion seems to exist In the minds of many people or“ the spelling and the difference 1n mean- lng, ll’ any. betvvcen the two words. fuze and fuse, relates C I Oval. In general modern 115112!‘ fill‘? indicates a precise and somewhat. complicated mechanical device for initiating the explosive chnrizc 1n a high-explosive shell. mine grenade etc“ while a fuse is a device, usuallv in the form of a strinf! 0T wfii With a core of slow burning powder. 11sec for communicating fire. or the safely device used in an electric circuit. Puze, therefore, becomes almost nu- tlrelv a military term while fusn in- dicates commercial or llldllfilflfll 11s- . age, as in setting off a charzc of dynamite

There are analogies for thr- hoard- cr and hoarcinq which 01111111. to r11- veal him, even to himsrlf. If ho uv-rc one of a family at di and 1w- cause he not thcro . or c111ilri reach farther, llllPfl his plat:- whilr- others went with out. hr- Wtlllltl lmvv a time squaring himsrlf on anv ground 0f forchnnrlodnoss, Alr- would be called b_\' his right 11:11n:‘_ a: 11c should b0 in tho largr-r family. which 1.91.110 community. Acliiallv 11c 15 one with the inc-ffniblc Got-rum. who told Germans tho other iveck that whatever thr- fato of the cap- tive countries, fhvv cnuld he nssurvti they would not lack for form. ‘We

as 1t is the American hoards-rs There can b9 no doubt that, with sugar, for example, if every house-

or her minimum rcqnln-mrints. there

would have been no cull for ration-

ing of that iicm _De~lroit. News. 1

small ruppilos brig-hydrated heel

The producint: countries r

:1< 111111- Iir-ihi-r. i‘1~1-1i11cii111i inusi continue — 085M? 11111111 for drviiiv meat. he 11111-111111 11 11111-1 111- 11111111 i0 bold permanent jobs gagglnrlf; ilxlggglolplilglllcllfi,"gisfl: Mil 1111- p1|\l~\\.1r wnrlrl is t0 CIijOy llic fruits stonthoti: pair‘; lriist vvepk. deliver-capo 11f “.1 jn-i 111111 11111111111‘, pcacv." Tlic lntcrna- "mm f" 0 ""5 ‘l [Ml 010"“ 111111111 .\'icl,l1~ ('11, of 111111111, 1.td., have in this Mjrgltory yig;jijiigqn‘i.jgif}p,gljf i-=i1r~ :1 =iril<ing illu-lrrilcd arlvcrtiscmcnt, the appreciation of thr- sirrnnizrmknii h fir, M,» H No.1,,‘ t" m“ H", ‘mph-Ci; zmcmion ml grade for tnklniz nnv jmvlng for 1h“ 11

111s, and i: worth perusing.

tmdon Bvenfng Re

sh. ‘they wont, off ruffle planned." WI. 1

subject to many thinking people of

a lctior appearing 1n the Guardian

canned

fairly the alarming growth of chain stores in other 1111-85 which are gradually absorbing the cash trade Islanc. while the few merchants of

used as a credit convenience when fashioned incubator composed of i1 cash

persistent Plymouth Rock willinrz io competition has not yet been to h- fast three weeks for the good of her ed upon, namely uc mtalogue and the sorbs with no "kllmmfli" in this Province outside t e cost of b 1k