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=o CHeTTAROR. lack any semblance of a perspective

“The strongest memory is weaker on national issues, because they find than the weakest ink” jt impossible to relate these issnes PAGE 4 FRIDAY, JUNE 2%, 1966. | specifically to their own lives and en-

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vironments. And it was disturbing to find this lack of knowledge, especial- lv. on the part of those in our com- munities who are normally the lead- ers and moulders of opinion, the

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For Freer Trade Parliament was again reminded this ° ; week of the need for taking concrete

action to stimulate the lagging economy of the Atlantic region. The inder came from our junior mem-

r for Queens, Mr. Macquarrie, in.

the form of a motion calling upon the

; ‘fist in promoting increased trade | . yeen these provinces, the New | ——Fargiand-states-and-the istands of the West Indies. It got support’ from ~ members representing Canada's three | major parties. But it suffered the | . ——usual- fate of matters brought up dur- Washington with respect to General on seer for eee _ _ de Gaulle’s current visit to Russia. _, bers’ business—it was talked out to | was that he might be persuaded to aid prevent a vote and probably w Po Foreign Minister Gromyko’s _....... ome before“the Commons again SeeneR. _ | excluding the United States. But re- ____._... However, the Macquarrie motion did portedly, en the-seecond—day— of his bring assurance from government --talks at Moscow, he threw cold water spokesmen that its favorable recep- | on that proposal. He is still, of course, . . tion in the House would be taken into | nursing his “grand design” for a new- account; even that the government © old Europe; but while he obviously:

' society. . Perhaps it is well for all of us to be reminded of our obligations in these terms. As a nation grown to adult- hood, that’s the way we should ez- ‘pect to receive timely admonitions— hot sugar-coated to suit our palates...

De Gaulle. In Russia One of the fears entertained at

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_THE BLIND MEN AND THE OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nichol son oe beet

Where The Bili

+-“Pourriez-vous—-m‘indiquer com> im the” plum-etvit service posts. 6d for its magnificent ancient

ment aller a ia Grand'Place. s'il vous plait?". | said in my- lon French accent tothe

liois father. Wearing his Sunday-best suit and a proud smile, he was promendaing his wife and three children past the crowded sidewalk cafes on the

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buildings. such as the fashion- able Abbe de la Cambre, and

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By Dr. Theodore R. Van Delien

A. hexanoie acid compound may ‘prove to be a remedy for acute pancreatitis.. The French drug Plastenan was effective. in |laboratory animals and there are reasons to believe that the Produet will do the same in hu- |Mans. Best resutts are obtained when it is given promptly after the onset of the disease _

The pancreas manufactures insulin and a number of diges- tive ‘enzymes. The latter flows into the small .intestine through @ common duct also carrying bile from the liver, This com- mon channel is the reason why an infection of the pancreas fre-

rentt octated v a ais order of the gallbladder or bile ducts

Alcohol is now a eommoan ute of pancreatitis, Many of

Pietim rm ‘

wereas others sprees. At any rate, booze in- cluding wine and beer stimulat- es the organ which secretes its

ices into the duct that now is

ked by an aleohol- induced congestion. . There are many other causes

i“ Pancreatitis but‘these are-the

Most common. The condition can be severely painful and‘ stems from a distention of. the gland and léakage of the caustic juices into the abdomen. The distress, usually provoked by a large meal or alcohol, develops gradu- ally and increases Steadily in in- tensity. It begins above the nav- el and often radiates j

| back. The abdomen is tender to

the touch. The victim vomits or

retches repeatedly and may go into shock

a Di00d - tests offer the clue that the “ts mvolv-

ed. Most of the victims are so ill that hospitalization is needed as a lifesaving measure” Chronie Pancreatitis is the end result of recurrent attacks of acute flammiatidn. Persist drinking

s found

in 30 per cent, but regard-

Pancreas that no longer manuf tures its “quota of insulin and the | digestive enzymes. Best -results ‘are obtained in those in whom

versal education is permitting Place with their elaborate cary- °4¥Sative role

the Flemish to compete for top posts in business

The most vivid impression one gains in this picturesque and

ed and gilded stone facades. In juxtaposition now one ‘sees im- pressive and imaginative mo- dern palaces, such as the. Ban-

~. Mrs.

PAINFUL HIP & Q. writes: My seven- year-old grandson complains: of Pain in his hip and thich He

Boulevard. Adolph Max. In that history-rich litfle country ‘is of ie Lambert colonnaded and Dever wants to play with other

“had the matter ' Wants to see United States influence that means. Some misgivings were ex- | in Europe reduced in the course of

' pressed with regard te the regional | achieving this objective, he is well aspect of the issue, but no one was aware of the role which American nu-

" prepared te quarrel with the claim | clear power plays in maintaining the that freer trade would be a boon to | “balance of power necessary to West this part of Canada, if it could be European security. fr worked out in a way that would not Nor is it likely that. any sudden conflict with national policies. | or secret political agreements will

The answer to reservations of this—|—emerge-between~Paris- and-Moscow

kind, of course, is that it is high time | as a result of this week's grandiose our national policies. and those of | affair. De Gaulle has spoken of other. nations, were being geared to _ “new alliance” between the countries, ~ broader trade principles. This pro- — put he appears to have been referring posal has been underlined of late by to a closer community of understand- “the Canadian-American committee sponsored by the Private Planning Association of Canada and the Na:. tional Planning Association of the ~ United States. The committee is urg- ing that the Canadian and U.S. gov- ernments “initiate discussions with the United Kingdom and its partners

~~"“in' theEuropean Free Tradé Associa--! at the same time urging comparable

__tion’ as a first step in the'path to | forms of East-West collaboration free trade comprising all the Atlantic © upon other European powers.

nations. The committee is well aware Certainly there must be an aware-

“ the difficulties in the ve but it is | ness on both sides as to who im the

advancing the proposal at this timein ssesses..the teal. power,

“8 ee snl OSt.possesses..the teal. both. thinking beyond next year, when the Kennedy Round at Geneva will have concluded, with results that remain | Continent..and that its influence can to be seen. ; | be diminished only in a general re-

In a footnote to the report, one. | Jaxation of the tension of East-West member of the committee suggested relations. This consideration may in-. that much of Canada’s secondary-in- | deed be the most potent restraining dustry might be adversély affected by _|- influence, for by alarming West Ger- competition from powerful trading — many, General de Gaulle and the Rus- partners. If he means that it would | sians would only strengthen the not have the tariff protection it now _ ponds between Bonn and Washington.

enjoys against imports from Europe eee - A Harrowing Case

and the United States, of course he is Bureacrats everywhere must have

right. “Special arrangements might ~ have to be made to bring it through shuddered at a news stery which -has come out of France. It is’ about a

a transition period. On the other hand, free eémpetition would, in the | French civil servant, Louis Bublens, | who is suing the French government

long run. improve the effectiveness

wt Canadian industry and would mean for $10900 because, he. says, he suf- great benefit to Canadian consumers. ' fered a nervous breakdown from in- ‘FNot so speak of our basic producers activity while employed as ‘a bureau in this part of the country, whose ih-“ chief in the ministry of labor.+

; . ~ too rin been subord- He told a Paris court he spent nine

iPr to ot er considerations. hours a day “twid@ling my thumbs.”

McCutcheon Speaks Out“

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| pected to concentrate on strictly na- tional ‘trade, new cultural contacts and pos- sibly some cooperative but cole venture in joint space exploration. Both. countries could proclaim thé in-

ed States cannot be evicted from the

t i

i | | |

| derived from a@ teutonic word -

_|_nocence of these arrangements, whil »ARE..CANADA.

i was unprepared for. his: ew brush-off: ‘Je ne pas.” Surely, I thought, Bruxelleis would understand at least the name of his world-fa- mous main square, Grand. - Place, the architectural joy and legitimate pride of this capital city?

I tried again, and anoiher stroller rebuffed me in facile

French. = N Then it dawned upon me; } was the unwitting victim of the

savage battle of bilingualism splitting this tiny country. Se then I asked my way in Engl:sh identifying myself as a tourist

father than a French-speaking |

Belgian, and I received polite directions

| ing and interest. The French are ex- | The man-in-the-street here tends |

to be a Viaamand, whose facial and physica! characteris

issues, aiming at expanded | tics betoken his Germanic orl ’ He jealously treasures his

gin Flemish dialect and refuses to recognize the French of the Walloons, whose very name is

Meaning “foreigner”

| - Belgium is a small country

'

one-twentieth the area of Sask ‘atchewan; yet its population is

| twelve times that of that prai-

rie province. A sharp east-west

+ line. passes through Bru-seis to

in army divisions and nuclear mis- | the —

| the Walloons | execytive positions and got

divide the country, the north be-

| ing inhabited by the Flemish ep hite-the~southts-

isinhabited’b

of Latin origin French in its owt distric

age ia with this capital astride the di!- viding line being bilingual. The

such as we have. makes their situation different “from ours ‘In the past the. Flemings havé. been outnumbered and have been economically depressed. so

~ Our Yesterdays | ' (Frem The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO ‘(June 24. 1941) German troops Zgttenipting to

eross the Prut River on the ' southern end of the vast Europ- ean battle front wete throwr

4: “I am beginning to wonder how into overtime. When_he-complained_| oor , - Some businesses, some — of his idleness. Bublens said, his |

; rganizations. ever manage to suc-

* ‘eeed in“ life if they devote-as-clittle Srethought to their own affairs: as

hey are giving ta our national an niversary.: This shot was fired by

superiors gave him an annual ficiency rating of 40 per cent, and a comin endagon z ;

“Ce ernment Tae PY have replied hy chatacterving Rublens as 2 mal-

ef-

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back by “Soviet troops. and Nazi

vet, he-cldims he was eVeA = infantry driving toward Wrine in

compelled to ¢onti is inactivity | eld Lithvania were cut. off by ; nue hie ine ” eounter-attacking Red soldiers

Reports that the German hbat- tleship was bound for the-Can- adian coast to shell Halifax when—overtaken and surk—were termed “just possihly true’ br Canadian natal spkesmen

1.

TEN YEARS 469

comprends shops_.an

——

predominated iB,

sperity. T he and well - kept; restaurants are crowded; and prices here are not bargains by Ottawa stand One exception is the many little restaurants, nestling cheek by jowl in the narrow streets around thé Grand-Place where$2 buys a main dish of va-

farms are lush

riety and excellence unmatch- .

‘ed ‘by Ottawa's eateries at the Same price,. while wines are a- ‘bundant and joyous at cola pri- ces. Another very apparent ex- ception are the gaily’ coloured silk dresses which women can buy at mail-order prices. é Brussels has always been fam

tremism._ ae

mounted on ball-bearings, and _

. the efficiently equipped Con- What might be wrong?

g@tess Palace for international, - conferences. For Brussels is

Have you any ‘dea ' REPLY here are several possibilities

Pancreatitis.

go on \xriodic

“true but-it-tells nich

territory, in ~ one-time Spanish —manifesta-—Maina— —flown—a-

tions stem from -a battle- warn

| NOTES BYTHE WAY ~~ The nouveau riche manufac. Mrs. Newlwad was determin. ~ :and his wife were having ed that the grocePshould not

, aif adjusting’ to a life of

elegance After the first dinner ‘in their sew Brean mansion the husband turned_to his

wite and asked, “Shall we have our after-dinner coffee in the Hibr- ary" “It's too late,"’ she re-

plied. ‘The library closes “ai

6". ~~ Vancouver Sun.

Just out of law school and seeking a auitable location for his practice, the young man _made-e-tour of all the staté’s | county seats. Pausing “4 the | courthouse im the centre a very small town, he approached sat drowsily on the steps) Young man: . De you have a criminal lawyer here ‘Native’ .We think 80, young feller, but we ain't ne- proved it on him. Mea- Star.

Inflation note: seshoes and t

horseshoe able to pic

k re for nothing, in- the U.S. —

ce

Zia

5 a set of four wo iron’ stakes pite

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up almost any now costs $7. Windsor Star.

# ir

take advantage of her iitexperi. ence. ‘Don't you think the

eggs are rather small” she asked critically. “Indeed,..i de" agreed the grocer’ “But that's

the shopper, ‘th with the farmers anxious’ to sell their eggs that

e

“They're sh.

they take them our of the nesta

too _soon."" — Hamilton Specta- tor. ;

stand for leadership of the Lis.

beral party will seeth strange to many Canadians who remem- ber him ‘chiefly, as the author of a bud that fell apart at seams. _— Vancouver Province ., Japanese hotel owner serves free beer whenan earthquake After a few rounds the guest can't tell whether he or the hotel is rocking — Wind- sor Star.

By Joseph

Canadian Press

LONDON (CP)—The story is told that when the Second World War burst on the world, this

the West Indies:

“Carry on Britain’ Barbados is behind you.” , . r lot Db strictly { @bout the small island eolony of 166 Square miles, which soon may become an independent country within the Commonwealth

tourists, Barbados is the only

flag other than Britain's, hav: ing _ settled bythe English in 1624.

A___ constitutional now is under way

conference hefe and

~ the -Guiid-Houses~in~-the Grand: -8#!/bladder- disease —is-piaying-a— much is at stake for the island

whose people appear divided over whether they are ready to go it alone into independence One of the first speakers at the conference was ED. Mott- ley of the Barbados National party, who leads the opposition in the colonial legislature. oldest in the Commonwealth. He was

the capital of the supra-nation- iscliding Perthes’ disease Why prominent in the debate early al world now growing up, hous- 2 consult your physician who this year when the legislature

ing many of Europe's new orga- Will recommend X-ray and oth- approved a government motion

nizations such as the Common Market, Euratom and the Coal and Steel Community

Yet behind this prosperity and

progress, one senses always the ‘ather than the uterus. Is there |ife” i

itterness of the bilingual prob-

lem, turning neighbour’ against. Could be saved through caesar- | mogt

er laboratory tests? ECTOPIC PREGNANCY Mrs. B. writes: I have a friend who is pregnant in the abdomen

any possibility that the child

neighbour and bloodying the ۩4M operation?

heads of demonstrators. One REPLY can but hope that Canada wil] Extrauterine, or abdominal, | learn from and avoid this ex- Pregnancies have been known to

Vancouver

President Johnson made a simple little speech at Ariington

‘

National Cemetery on Memor- _

ial Day that has a significant message for those -whe suppose that peace is a natural state in human affairs.

nine US. soldiers who were the first men killed in the military operations initiated by - their

country in an effort to maintain -

peace and order in the world - ~

One was killed in Greece in 1947. when the US. helped that

died in the airlift that re witter~

e o or Tas 49. Two died in the Korean War.

Another couple were killed on Kinmam Island. when in 1958 there was a Chinese aggressive gesture in Formosa Straits. An., other was shot down over Cuba during the 1962 crisis when the Russians made an effort to set up recket sites’ there. The last on the list was the first Ameri can killed in the Viet Nam war

The president declared. these

Doesn't Just Happen

lieved Berlin from the Russian

Province... :

men represented all Americans who have risked or lost their liv- es in U.S. peace- building ef- forts since 1945 - “They. were sent on their mis- sions; he said, “‘because this nation believes that peace is not just somethi ns ‘eace

we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. I must be built stone by stone ; “In the first half of this cen- tury we learned that there can be no peace if might make-s right— if force used by one na-

“agaitist” a” weaver nation is

permitted to succeed. We ‘have

ag- gression is when it first begins. That is why we are in Viet Nam. What the president was say- ing is that peace is. imposed: it doesn't come naturally, There was a long period in history known as the-era of Pax Britain- nica in which Britain imposed peace on warring peoples with | what was sometimes . called “gunboat diplomacy.’’ Now’ the U.S. has taken up the burden.

_. Whats Really Neede

Lendon Free Press

Finance Minister Sharp has taken a step ‘toward honesty in currency. No longer will our dol- lar bills carry a promise to-pay to the bearer ane dollar. This is ene of the traditional touches that became meaningless when Canada abandonéd the go!d standard. * =

When paper money was intro-~- duced it was intended. as a sub- stitute for metallic currency. In the. United States one particular type of note was a silver cert¥- feate which promised te pay a definite am

| New Work For Prisoners

to gold..and in the days before - 1914 one could go inte a bank in- Britain and exchange paper. money for gold sovereigns.

Since then times~have indeed changed. Now our dollars are not only not redeemable in gold.” but if is hard to establish a stable value for them in goods. Stnee: 1945 our dollar has depre-- ciated by some 30 cents

We would all be grateful to Mr Sharp ‘if he woiild- provide a dollar which is worth # dollar and continues to maintain that value. What is said on the face

of silver. Gener- of the bill is ‘less impor _ Were linked what it will buy. & >

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Chatham Daily News

In Britain regarded hy sanme

of tne newer lands as a bit hack

++2nd the industrial —revalutinn ——Such,at least.-te-—the—prerres heen a Y

ee ——MeFutcheonimn-a-recent

ne content who ig “attempting to shake (Tune 24. 1956) is invading the cell bleck Bpeech to the Canadian Centenary the taxpavers’ faith in how their ee cane come ae oa | Time was when assigning pri- Council, and it was followed with a © pinney js spent.” | wart opened the chest x-ray Soers such jobs as sewing mai’ ‘warning that the centennial would Well may the Vancouver Province - drive “at the offices of the Tub. > Bocagee : c tait-to-achieve—its-objectives—ifthis ask. How's that again?” It adds, in. : Se sep oe ‘(public indiffererice wasn’t sloughed - reporting,the incident_that “se far we Russia —dhowed —_Westerig_-__ New howevet;thete—-activities 3 leaders seven new jet fizhter=< are 2oing out of style Sritain’s

eff promptly. -

Business. the senator insisted, must not look upon the centenary of Con- federation as just another charitable project to which it has to contribute money. Voluntary organizations must

“not look upoh it only as an_ oppor- ‘je Ut

have heard no word from the Cana- dian bureau rats of any such menace

- 10 ‘aziness”” Rut of eourse there -is always the possibility that one may Aun up. We shall await with tetloat Trench court proposes to do

3.

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three: of them triarzie filving wincs

shaped never <een hernre

Howling Jew ser grass. fields he mew jets stole the Soviet L AviStinn Dew shaw fear older , horn ber elsngrste ons baties, parachute jumping and » |; Woup-landing -exeggise by . & ) ‘helicopters. : i

bazs, weaving baskets and mak. CMe tinmediately, perhaps: but vet:

“vonsent of a Roval Commission

prison” inmates “henceforth

much hkelier te he trained

“rad m light engineering

es. wood and tubular stee! work,

ard even in furnitvre-making 6

are tn

texts!

tre

Be’ santr

tothe old. days er earned 9$ 9d weekly. the equiva- eat of 80 cents ~ NoW the ‘¢ision jooms ef 14 pounds

Pre

the equi- *

valent of $39 “work week

for a M han

tion of Lord Stenham, a-jumoer minister in the home office The new pay schedule will not ©

ip ¢ 7

Lore Stonham, as befits a ¥a> bor minister, feels that ihe new pohcies will bring new hope. dig-

uty and cenfidence to -prisaners.

will prepare them better for a te- turn ta the outside world. wu) help cover the rising costs of Bri tains prison serviee— and per- hens even -nermit came pritan ce ebrate the:r .re'case 5 making. some slight restitution te ther ctims

A goud idea for Canada.

er. ta

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£0 to term, but this is the

4

‘pendents are now receiving from [

owing to iM health and at the

tion rather than the rule. CAN’TLEAT SEAFOOD Mrs’ A.A” writes: Could—nau-— sea, which follows the eat ng of seafood, be due to allergy to this food? :

excep-

REPLY -Yes.- It also may represent in- tolerance to seafood because of gall bladder disease or peptic ul- cer. MARRIAGE AFTER SURGERY —

K. G. writes: How long after

aus * Hysterectomy tam a WONT EN ere

marry? , REPLY The ceremony can be perform-

ed as soon as the woman.comes

out of the anesthetic. (NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Van Delien should “Be *

Van Dellen. ce Chicage Trib- une, Chicago, Ill nois.)

DARTMOUTH, N.S. ‘CP) The University Women’s Clu has. commissjoned Halifax art- ist John Ceok to paint four lo- cal scenes as a centennial proj- ect. The subjects include old Dartmouth houses, a street scene and a waterfront scene.

a PUBLIC FORUM

This column ts open te the discussion by correspondents of questions ef in~ terest. The Guardian does net neces sarily enderse the epinien ef corres. pendents. Ali letters published are sub- Ject to editing “and condensation where Decessary- The: Guardian ts unable tc enter inte any correspendence regard ing letters submitted. 5

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VETERANS’ PENSIONS ~ Sir, —May I through your col- umn’express my appreciation to Mr. Diefenbaker who recently brought to the attention of Mr. Pearson the shabby treatmént the war veterans and their de-

his Liberal Government

Mr. Pearson has fully admit- ted that $200 a month is a subsis- tence level for two senior citiz- ens and at the same time ex- pects a veteran like myself who

as a wife and seven children to 4 —

live on $221. I understand I am allowed to make up to. $900 a year but that I am unable to do

same time not eligible for a dis: ability pension as my tliness hegan alter my discharge

1 alse understand there ha> Hasan ate ponted te lonk inte disability pensions: but so far no menting has ‘been made regarding the ran’s allowance pensions

to -grant—a—salary—inerease for himself. his members’ of Partlia ment. tap cicil servants.-old age assistance. etic. etc. I. for ane am certain Mr Pearson ean ser it leaves raem for bhitternes= and also tempers the pride of all who tonk part in a great country's ef

r peace ata freedom

1 am, Sir, ete, DISOCOL RAGER-VEPTERAN

| Pa

_ ‘air

for independence.

Mottley spoke earnestly ~of preserving the ‘‘essential free- doms and democratic way -of on the sugar-producing is- whose population of al 250,000 is’ nearly 9 per cent of African origin. With 1,449 persons to the square mile.

land,

Barbados Caikerince

MacSween. i.

Staff, London

‘ft is the most densely inhabited

territory in the Commonwea!:) The last election was held in

cratic Labor party. led by £E. W. Barrow. gaining 14 seais over a combined opposition of

si b 2 Ttrover sy OW revolves ‘around whether the election should be held after ‘n- dependence, as Barrow wants, er before, as the opposition prefers

the Windward and Leeward |s- lands adopting a new form: of

”

in. Loved by many Canadian __Barrow’s stand is that wih —

Britain,

the only ‘course —for—

~ tne -

pendence. The British govern- ment would have no right « dejav or uestion the islands right, in this view

Britain originally hoped that; following the 1962 breakup of the West Indies federation, the islands in the are including Barbados would become pendent together7in some sort of federation of their own

Britain, it appears, still has not given up hope of some even- tual. form of federation. 4i- though it already has reached agreement separately with the Windwards and Leewards. These agreements leave de- fence and foreign affairs in the © hands of. Britain “There seems to be a body of opinion in Britain;.at Jeast. that. Borrow could ease the situation and remove doubts by agreeing to a pre-independence - election.

As the Pan-American Games even allowing for spiralling com

Society is discovering to {ts - sorrow, we live In a day of mounting construction costs when everything costs more than inally estimated. ~ The society is already faced with the fact that contracts for facilities requiring capital out- lay have added up to more than thi

still more contracts to let

To make -matters worse, it now seems that television reve- mue (originally estimated $800,000) can be expected to rea- lize only $390.000.. The unkindest

the spiralling of costs in connec- tion with the Pan-Am pool:

“planned as an-open-

oject, the pool’s first es- tima cost was a little over $1 milli was decided o

have the pool enclosed and the cost was upped to an estimated $1.7 million Byt when actual tenders were opened, the .low- est bid was $2,508,000. Preliminary estimates for the total cost of the Games was set at $1,380,000. _ Obviously,

Founded 1877 AN OLD NEW BRU

ties need: Chapel, Senior and

Sound teaching, - small INFORMATION MAY BE HAD

classes,

Charlottetown.

————EE——EE—————————————————— Rothesay Collegiate School

ROTHESAY, 'N. B.

FOR BOYS

“An Independent School whose puriose is to” offer @ liberal education for able boys. For this it possesses all the facili-

Rink, Playing Fields, Gymnasium, 200 acres of countryside.

; ~-©. H. BONNYCASTLE, B.-A., LL.D.

-. Bay Vista Lounge

(diist west of Cavendish

OPENING DANCE

(Premises Now centrally heated) _ Music By The. VEbvEle

No Minors Pleas-

struction costs, there has been bad planning somewhere.

But the Games are not the only Centennial project which has fallen afoul of increasing costs) What has happered here has been dujplieated all across the country. and nowhere more so than in connection with Expo ‘

a curtailing of the latter project they’ should not be allowed- @.

curtail ‘plans for .the Pan-Amw. - Games : te If more money is required, ~

it should be forthcoming. Tha city and Métro. should. be. pre... pared to supply further funds if necessary: -and sinee provincial

j —f¥ also at Stake, .a good case can be made for the augmenting of provincial and federal grants.

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