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The fire in the Library of Parliamenti Building fortunately did not burn any of, the library proper, being confined to a location under the dome some 140 feet above ground level. Damage by water toll the library, however, must be extensive and: this Province is particularly concerned be-, cause in large measure that is our own, archives.

Until very recently there has been lit- tle attempt to preserve 0Lll' historic records and even yet this Province has no building

designated for that purpose although parti

of the Prince of Wales College building is;

ive for polio. The hope is however that the experiments will indicate whether medical men are now on the right track.

Dr. Van Riper gives short shrift to cer- tain current notions about polio. One the- ory blames it on unwashed fruits and veg- etables but repeated tests have failed to lo- cate the virus on such foods purchased on open stands. Another idea, which he dis- misses as ”probably . . . an old wives' tale” is that higli-strung nervous people are more susceptible than others. There is no ev- idence that hereditary factors are import- ant in polio; on the other hand polio does appear to be ”a disease of the well-nourish- ed, of people with liigher-tlian-average standards of living."

It is probable that great numbers of people have been exposed totpolio without developing any clinical signs of infection and that immunity is therefore very wide- spread. Dr. Van Riper suggests that the best precautionary measures are "just the common-sense rules that most of us should apply in the summer." prevent children from becoming over- fatigued and to guard against chills. In the event of outbreaks, it seems preferable to keep them playing with the neighborhood children rather than to move into a differ- ent area where a different type of virus might be prevalent. There appears to be

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no relation between diet and susceptibility and therefore no necessity of varying the normal summer meals.

The fire illustrates one of the great" ad-i vantages of microfilming important re-l cords. There are many documents having an important bearing on our history which previously could not be duplicabd by any practical method. Now, thanks to the use of microfilm, it is quite possible for us

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In Egypt itself there was,

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to maintain King Farouk on the

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be used for the purpose, and-t.h he should issue A warning that a y forcible foreign intzrvention wo d be met by armed resistance. It was an. unecessary utterance. No thought of any such action had even been considered in London as l. hypothetical possibility. And be- fore General Ncguib spoke, in- structions had already been sent to Mr. Michael Creswcii, the Mininer in Cairo (in charge in the Ambas- sador's absence) to make it clear to the new Prime Minister and to the General that the British Gov- ernment had no wish to interfere

Hunting and Hshinj Editor, Ollie i

Rodmm, fishing this yealroffwz Novtla Sham, remarks it tine striped bass will just be half as cooperative

3;, he found euexgoneom tlaelsland , oo , the ex . edition will be a success. 3:. . -

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'llransfiguration. to have copies of everything bearing onl - o o the history of the Province whether the; 1'.-mm early ,.epo,..S last nigm N appearql originals are. at Ottawa or Whitehall as al that the social Credit party have agaim great many indeed are. , Alberta. AS P"...

wvon by an easy walk in ' .With 3" adequate P.1'0VinCi3i am-hiV'95;niic1' Duplessis said in Quebec, "You can't building it would be possible to collect and beat p,.0Spemy--. and Alberta has been rid, P1'e59VV9 3 great deal 05 the rapidly Vanlsho ing the crest of the wave of late, due large- ing material 0" Island history amd at "wily to causes but remotely connected with same time make available locally copies of g0V.m.nm(,nm1 policies. records from these other sources. It should 7 be possible for historians to make all the researches they require for compiling theirs works without having to go to Ottawa,i London or elsewhere to do so.

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The demand for blood donors, and the ready response of volunteers is as great in the Old Country as it is here. In Eng- land and Wales 17,269 new donors joined

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NAVAL VISITATION i

"A novel and pleasing sight was witnessed by our citizens on Tues-, (lay forenoon. Between 8 and Eli o'clock, n. m., from eight to nine” liundred of as fine a set of fel- lons as the British Navy can pro- duce were landed on the Queens ivliarf. from H. M. S. Nile. All the men, except the marines, ws-rel hats, and were fully armed l equipped. The preliminary rangements having been complet-

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Ploasant to see a the Federal Council Churches of' Christ, a Protestant organization, presenting in the United States a collection of tributes to Msgr. M. M, Condy, a Canadian leader in education and the co-operative movement.-Ottawa Journal.

An unreasonably large number of trucks are being driven up and down the highways with loose ends of rope or pieces of chain dangling. It is almost enough to make one

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to face and question them and make them give a. good account oi themselves. But audiences of two, three or half I dozen are common. in one case only reporters were in attendance so the meeting was called off,-Calgary Albertan.

From Gnvelbourg, Saskatche- wan. comes news of ii strange find -8 rock bearing the clear imprint of a human foot. Many great men have left footprints on the sands of time. But this caveman, or what-

Mlld Inflation

Econoniists in this country are predict- ing a mild wave of inflation, bringing a ,j , gradual swell in the price structure. This I i ' is an attractive picture, so attractive in- deed that we must be on guard against wishful thinking.

Everyone complains about inflation, of course, but it is with certain mental reserva- tions. Although it is painful to see the cost- O of-living ever on the upgrade at the same time the average man would far sooner see it so than be in a period of falling prices if to go with them we had to have lowered production and smaller payrolls.

Whatever may be the case elsewhere, in Canada we have long been highly subject to the effect of even slight changes in our ex- port market. With increasing population and a more diversified economy that sens- itiveness may be lessened but as things stand today, exports remain the prime gov- ernor of our economy. '

We cannot afford to miss any oppor- tunity of keeping trade at a high level, whether by attention to our own production methods, trade agreements or by"bolstering the currencies of those who wish to buy 1, i from us.

Latest on Polio

, The iilghly encouraging verdict. that i progress towards the discovery of a polio ,1 preventive, that is to say a type of injection ' that will offer permanent immunity, has . , been greater in the past 12 to 18 months 5 iv . than at any other time has been offered by l Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, medical director of , the National Foundation for Infantile Par- 5 , , alysis. While emphasizing that no such pre- ; ventive is available yet, Dr. Van Riper in i an interview published in the magazine, U. S. News and World Report, cites a num- ber of important developments. It used to be thought -that the virus (actually there are three types producing identical symp- toms) went immediately from the intestines to the brain and spinal cord by way of the nerve conditions. While this has not been dlsproven, recent evidence suggests that at some time in the course of the infection, the virus circulates in the blood, where perhaps I! barrier can be erected against it. Again it has been shown "rather conclusively" 'that an individual does not need to carry any tremendous amount of antibodies in order to prevent paralytic polio. Current experiments in Houston, Texas, where thou- sands of children are being given injections of gamma globulin, are intended to subject , these new findings to practical test. l Unfortunately the inoculations, if suc- J , will provide An immunity for a ofonlyfourto slxweeks. Since .... T-globulin is difficult to obtain. it is

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the National Blood Transfusion Service in the March quarter bringing the total to 470,574, greater than it has been at any .time since the war. 0

A limited company' has been said to have neither a soul to be lost, nor a body to be kicked but one, at: least, is claiming to be capable of supporting Her Majesty's right arm at the coronation ceremony and pre- senting a right glove. The Duke of Nor- folk incorporated his ancestral holdings and now wants to exercise the ancient privilege as agent of the company.

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One of the more serious results of the now settled steel strike is that the United States Army has been obliged to curtail the use of ammunition by any but units in action or destined for combat assignment in Korea. One of the most important as- pects of training is the use of one's own weapons and familiarization with the over- whelming sounds of battle.

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Field Marshal Sir William Slim was born this date 1891. lie became a school teacher but joined the Army at the out- break of the First World War, serving in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia. After the war he joined the Indian Army. In 1942 he commanded the First Burma Corps, the 15th Indian Corps and then the 14th Army nvhose operations in 1944 marked the turn- ling point of the Burma campaign.

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Potato prices are going to result in a lot more money for farmers this year than they expected, according to the Toronto Globe and Mail. A report indicates that prices did not slump as usual by August 1 and seem unlikely "to do so. Early and mid-season and late crops are reported light. One farmer, however, tried to re- verse the trend. Ile dug up a single po- tato which tipped the scales at one pound

seven ounces.

In the sudden death of Mr. George Mc- Cullagh,-publisher of the Toronto Globe and Mail and Toronto Telegram, Canadian journalism has lost one of its most dynamic figures. Only forty-seven years of age, he was a comparative late-comer into the newspaper publishing business, but his in- fluence was soon felt, and it was not long after his purchase of the old Toronto pap- era, the Globe and the Mail and Empire, that the new paper, the Globe and Mail, soared above all competitors to become Canada's largest morning daily. Besides improving the technical equipment of the paper he broadened its news coverage and special features and made it A truly na- tional publication. He was himgelf a man of outstanding personality, with warm human qualities and with a genius for hard work and initiative which would have

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think that some drivers enjoy the

Several Of Our Principal streets-- addition to the clanking and clat-

ihe splendid band of the tNile'.l centre

placed near the

of

,terlng that these make. some driv- tl" ere get A little careless about the

column, pouring forth such strains! of exquisite music as our dull ears have seldom listened to. The men were then marched mit on the Princetown Road for about three miles, and returned to town by the Lower or North River Rontl, and by one o'clock the whole foree had re-embarked, and were gain at their several stations aboard the 'Nile'."

--The Monitor. Aug. 21, l (The ”Nile" was the flagship of; Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, and she was accompanied to Charlotte- town by the ships ”Mcdeu" an-l "Nimble". At a ball given at Gov- ernment House in honour of the visiting officers, dancing was kept, up "with great spirit until nearly- four o'clock, when the nppronchl of daylight alone induced the us-, scmbly to break up.")

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The Celtic Tongue (Manchester Guardian)

To revive the Cornish language. which died a natural death in the 18th century, seems. one of the least fruitful objects of human en- deavour. But it has its devotees, and steady if not widespread pro- grass was reported to the Congress, meeting this year in the Isle of Man. The revival began in 1900, and now, the congress was told, there are about 50 Cornish speakers, plus three families learn- ing to speak from scratch. At this rate Cornwall will be Cornish- speoklng again about AD 34700. One may question whether the at- tempt is well advised.

The general purpose of the Cel- tic Congress is. as a Scottish dele- gate said, "to unite all the known Celtic nations" in order to main- taln their inherent qualities. -A commo l language would do much to promote their mutual aware- ness and their sense of difference from the harsh non-Celtic world. But to maintain six languages in being is surely calculated to divide rather than to unite. If the Celts could agree on one language, or perhaps two at most (to give both Brythons And Goldels A chance), they might be getting somewhere.

The effort to revive the long de- funct Oornish tongue prompts the suspicion that its speakers are Cornishmen first And Celts after- wards. At A recent congress Breton and Irish delegates Addressed the assembly in Welsh; that was the right spirit. would not the Corn- ish speakens be wiser to learn welsh instead? it would give them A liv- ing language for I. dead one, A po- tential lingus fsncn for the Celtic world. and An entry into An exten- sive and beautiful literature. which cm-nlAi-i can hardly claim. It might be more difficult to put the some urgumenl. tactfully to the Breton: And the Irish.

The Age-tllil Story

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For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, And created): the wind. And declnretli unto mm what is Ms eiiougiic. unis mnketh um morning darkness. And trendsth upon the high plAceA of the earth. The hard, The God of hosts. iii his name.

William Caxton printed the first English, A translation of

book in A French history of Troy. in Bel-

brought him to the top in any profession.

glum in 1476.

lrats and coons lived on other food.

protection of long overhanging loads as well. There are definite regulations about the use of red flags attached to overhanging loads, and ignoring them can, lead to payment of a fine. It is a lit- tle more difficult to decide when R loose rope is B. menace.-Cornwall Standard-Freeholder.

Down by Wheatley I farmer found muskrats have R. taste for corn and had stripped in plot. 30 feet square, out of his field. This is not peculiar to muslcrats. Rac- coonk also like corn and, especially as the ears ripen in the head, of- ten are found in a corn field. This shows that animals, like men, can cultivate a taste for some edible which is not I natural food for them. In their original wild state, before corn became a crop, musk-

taut when they found corn handy. lthey acquired a liking for its suc- -culent qualities.-Windsor star.

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l Surnian Roturlnns held a "loiid .5hirt" contest the other day, at lwhich membe wore the loudest shirts available. some of them were startling to the eye. Are men losing the complex which for genera- tions has condemned them to drab icolors and conservative styles? Well. at least they have advanced to the stage in this warm spell when they can wear such a shirt without being regarded as a moron or an idiot. Somehow the male of the human species got out of line with the males of other species. in the feathered fowl usually the mole has the most colorful plumage. And in the animal kingdom the mule deer, for instance. sports the most ornate set of antlers.-lWlnd- .50? Star.

All political ';;:ii-an Are a desperate effort in Calgary to re- vive political meetings as I. fen-

they are meeting with little suc- cells. In rural Alberta, where vot- ers have to motor many miles to

schools. They are -well Advertised. No cil,izsn.wouid. have to travel

more than half 3, mile to meet At

making '

ture of an election campaign, but Attend A meeting, the response is

much better. in Calgary, meetings are being held in many of the

ever he was. did even better. He left his footprint on imperisbable stone. The question is: How did he do it? How can is man leave his footprint in solid rock? Our guea is that it was a combination of time and pressure. He was standing with his bare foot, on the stone. and he stood there so long that he made a. mark in it. Clearly. he was waiting for something. But what? Somewhere in the next world, he is waiting yet. To this world. he has bequeathed a token of his monumental patience. It may not hearien us in our emergency. But it gives us some idea of what to expect.- Toronto Globe and Mail.

It. oust: more to outfit A soldier than it did a. few years ago. But inflation alone is hardly I satis- factory explanation of I report that in 1951 I seamiin's kit (cloth- ing and personal necessaries) cost a329 whereas it cost but 3155 in 1945. ii. soldier's kit 54400 in 1951 as against :13? in 1945, an oirmn.n's kit 3436 in 1951 as against 5210 in 1945. In the 1946 the Dom ton cost-of-llying index for rclot ng was 122.1: in 1951 it was 203.1. An increase of eighty-one points or sixty-six per cent. But the expen- ditures of the department on this account show an increase ranging from 100 to almost 200 per cent There is no evidence to show that A soldlerls kit has been enlarged to all that extent.-Toronto Teler gram.

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COMPLETE insunaucri SERVICE

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On the other hand there is al- ways in such situations the posin- lbllity of a breakdown of order and authority. And the tragic events of last.-January are a warning of what-can happen in Egypt if au- thority fails to ma.inta.i.n order. Until what Mr. Eden describes as "a. stable and orderly administra- tion" emerges from the present crisis there must be some anxiety for the safety of the large foreign population, mainly concentrated in the sometimes turbulent cities of Cairo and Alexandria. And if that safety were really threatened by mob action of some kind, which the authorities proved unable to curb and control, then ii situation would arise in which Brit- ain, as the only power with armed forces in the neighborhood, might be compelled to use those forces for the prototion of British lives. This has been explained with friendly frankness-i to the new Pre- mier both by Mr. Cresweli and. on his return, by Sir Ralph Steven- son, It is in no way a threat, but rather an assurance to people who, because of certain historical incid- ents which now belong to 3. closed chapter of Anglo-Egyptian history, might have interpreted the precau- tionary naval and military move- ments as an indication of coming political pressure.

Those movements mean nothing more or less than that if the worst were to befall, and action were to be necusary. it would have to son- ieve its purpose, to be immediate and rapid.

The British Government, in fact,