passport (the usual one is dark blue), and their

OCTQBERWJTI, _ 1947

PACE FOUR _____-_ 4‘¥11‘§_GUA§i_)iAm._i§fl_-°\RL2'FT ETQWN ' rie Monarch, was sighing his heart out in exile i in Holland, he chcse four messengers to carry é PUBLIC FDRUM his dispatches. Two were British, ‘two _Dutch. The "no" “m” mm w l‘ Morning Dally iFounded in 1887». Thinking of an emblem to distinguish them, object w staying honym u; mlglhtllls ml; "was" llhyfllwzo":

Authorized as Second Class Mail. Pllfll 0m" Department, Ottawa.

President. lan A. Burnett; \'i°°'P'°5Id'nl-_wm- R" Lurnett; Seep-Trees" G. M. Burnett; hlditor isn't! lllanagirig Dlrecior. .l._ll. Burnett; 5510mm‘ ham“ Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weakflr Th0" the Weakest Ink."

CllAlib0TTET0lVN.TUESDAY. OCTOBER 2i. mi

York-Sunhury

The expected happened in the Federal by- election in York-Sunbury yesterday when the rec- ently appointed Fisheries’ Minister, 5"9°d'e_" Gl-‘QQ. V. C., led the polls, defeating both lllS Conservative and C. C. F. opponents by large majorities. Once again the presence of two OP- posltion parties in the field proved helpful f0 the Government by dividing the votes which other- wise would have gone to a single Opposition candidate. ,

In selecting a successor to the late Fisher- ies Minister Bridges Premier King found it nec- essary to go outside his own party, and the re- sults show that he mcde a popular choice in Brigadier Gregg. Behind the new Minister both the Federal and Provincial Liberal Governments marshalled all their forces. Everything possible, was done to ensure his election, and this was, doubtless made easier by the fact that both York and Sunbury are represented by a solid IIIOCK 0f Liberals in the Provincial Legislature.

lt is pleasing to note that a report that Gen- eral Sansom had suffered a stroke during ‘the counting of the ballots is without foundation. The General put up a gallant fight against odds aria it would be regrettable if his health had suf- fered as a result of what seems to have been one of the most strenuous campaigns waged in this country in recent years.

International Trade Fair

Commencing last September, nine months before the first Canadian International Trade Fair opens its doors in Toronto, the Department of Trade and Commerce has been directing an extensive promotional campaign to potential customers and suppliers of Canada throughout the world. The purpose of this campaign is t0 attract buyers from many lands, and as the pros- perity of Canada depends largely on foreign trade and the restoration of more normal condi- tions throughout the world, every effort is be- ing made to create a great commercial con- course. There will be more than 1,000 exhibit- ors, over half of them from foreign countries rep- resenting at least twenty-five different nations. Every product on display willalso be on sale, for actual delivery within a ieasonable time. Never before has such an event been stated in North America. Already the response from world pro- ducers and exporters has far surpassed expecta- tions. More than l00,000 individual invitations are being extended to foreign buyers to attend the Fair, which will be open from May 3| to, June i2, i948. i l

Though not an important Province industrial- ly, we too have commodities for export, some of them the finest in the world. Our agricultural and fisheries industries should be featured at this great trade exhibition, and the Provincial Government might well take the lead in arrang- ing that Prince Edward Island shall be properly represented. ~

British Farmers llo Well

A group of lowa farmers, paying their own way, is on a tour of the British Isles and Europe to study farm conditions. The first report from Britain has the distinction of being cheerful. The country is short of food because it hasn't nearly enough farm land to support its popula- tion. But the farmers, according to the Ameri- can accounts, are working hard and doing well.

Nearly all farms of forty acres or more have tractors, with gasoline priority to operate them. The chief difficulty here is lack of repair parts and the deficiency is severe enough to slow down operations. But, of course, in time this will be corrected.

The American agricultural attache told the visitors that the British formers had done a much better production job than either industry or labor. If the others had matched the farm- ers, Britain's industrial output would not be in the present muddle.

The Silver Greyhound

Anybody rooming round governmentalhigh spots in Washington a few days ago might have

ver greyhound. He was Walter Kirkwoo:l, King's messenger, who had flovti from Paris carrying the Marshall plan report. Being a King's messenger is, while romantic and high- ly important, an arduous career. The general i public hears little about this hand-picked body of men, but week by week they go abroad carrying state secrets to foreign capitals. i

abroad. cluded in the Maritimes for tiiis purpose.

Moncton High School. the short-tcrm debentures have sold.

ers offered 5c, and have settled for l0c.

bridgehead across the Sovio River, he singIe-handcdly drove olf a German counter-at-

he looked at his silver porringer. From this he

broke off the four silver greyhounds which dec- orated it, and handed them to his trusty men. That was how it all began.

One of the senior messengers retired rec- ently, and at that time it was estimated that he and a senior colleague between them, had trav- elled a distance equivalent to forty-four and one-half times round the world.

- L-DITURIAL NUTtS —

Trafalgar Day.

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H. M. the King opens the British Parlia- merit in person tcdoy. I fi if i

Tcn iicwly appointed assistant trade com- missioners are making a tour of Quebec and Mari- time industries before tcilaing up their posts lt is to be hoped that the Island is in-

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Whatever Canadians may think of the Brit-

ish Labour Government's proposal to abolish tlic House of Lords we must at least concede to the U. K. the right, as free and equal member of th Commonwealth, of deciding for themselves how they shall be governed.

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Mr. J. E. Matthew's, M.P., for Brandon, who

has just been congratulated by his classmates on his 50th wedding anniversary, was formerly on the reporterial staff of The Guardian, and then entered the insurance business under the late Mr. .l. R. Ross. Since "going west" he has made good iii every sense of the word. also an Islander, a daughter of thc late Mr. and Mrs. David T. Lowther, of North Carleton. "k "k "k fir

Mrs. Matthews is

With Saskatchewan announcing a return to tl-e issue of two licence plates for automobiles foi the first time since i942 it is a good time to

give consideration to the plan of using non-re-

placeable licence plates permanently affixed to the car. Such a system, in addition to its econ-

omy, allows for more ready identification of cars and reduces the chance ef a purchaser finding that he hos bought what turns out to be a stol- en vehicle.

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The late Mr. Montague Annear enjoyed the

rcre distinction of having been in public life for many years without making a single enemy. He was esteemed by political friends and opponents alike, and one could not spend five minutes in conversation with him without recognizing that he was a thorough-going gentleman. The Legis- lature of this Province has had members, but none showed a better example of kindness and courtesy than did the former rep- rescritative of the Murray Harbour District.

many notable

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The board of trustees of the city of Manc- ton, N.B., announces that they have awarded

a new issue of $100,000 serial debentures to a syndicate headed by Nesbitt, Thomson and Co.

Ltd. The issue carries coupon rates of m, 2%

and 3 per cent with maturities running from i950

to I972. Proceeds of the issue will be applied to the cost of building a vocational wing for the It is understood that all already been

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The Union demand in the Packers strike wa". for an increase of l7c an hour. The Pack- Hod the matter been submitted to arbitration in the first instance, what a lot of money would have been saved and annoyance avoided. Our pro-

vincial gavernment took over the local plant to keep it in operation. Saskatchewan Labour Gov- ernment threatened to do the some if the strike was not ended by Nov. I. stood firm.

Quebec and Ontario

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Horatio, Lord Nelson, died this date i805.

A delicate, ailing child of poor pliysic, he enl- ered the Navy at the age of eleven under his uncle Captain Suckling of the H. M. S. Raison- able, and rose speedily, ccming to the front in the wars against the French. orders Neison won for Sir John Jarvis a brilliant victory off Cape St. Vincent against Spain in_ i797; he lost his right arm in _a hopeless attack on Tensrifie, but lived for another seven years to defeat the Frzncli at Trafalgar where he him- self was sltot tlircugh the lungs, arid spine, his last words being “Thank God, I have done my duty."

By disobedience of

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Three years ago on the night of October

2i, i944, Pte. E. A. "Smokey" Smith af New Westminster, B. C., won the Victoria Cross for observed n man with a mysterious badge-a sil- his pa" iii i," 053;“ , "ifertti Highlanclezs l.'l I y Canadian soldier below the rank of commission- ed officer to win the VC in World War ll. They didn't call Smith a "cite-man army" for noth-

‘ile scrvirtg with the Sca- . '. He b::ome the first

vital almost

rig. That niglit, holding a small but

tick. by a troop of thrce Mark V Panther tanks,

The dflfllmmlls file-Y "WY u" Wcll "JP- suppcrted bv two full-tracked, self-propelled guns

level secrets that they are not entrusted to the usual diplomatic pouch service. Today there are forty-two acting King's messengers; most of

personally to deliver documents to British ambas- sadors, ministers or other government repre- sentatives. They work with Foreign Office in London, and carry a special, oil-powerful red

badge of office is an oval bearing the King's monogram and crown, surrounded by the royal motto: "Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense.” Suspend- ed from this is a silver greyhound. The grey-

and about 30 German infantrymen. of 30 feet and exposina himself to the full view of the enemy—"Smokey knocked out one enemy whom are ex-service officers, and it is their duty rank wiiii u bias; from iii; Pig} gun,

At a range

"Ten Ger-

man infantry iumpcd off the back of the tank and charged him with schmeicsers odes," the citotion_ reads hesitation, Pte. Smith iumped out on the road and with his tommy gun at point blank range killed four Germans and drove the remainder back.” ion which won him the Empire's highest award for gallantry, Smith had been in action with the

and gren-

in part. "Without

Twice wounded before the brilliant act-

hound is fimbolic of the swiftness of the King's Seaforth Highlanders throughout their long arid

messengers, and is a serious rival to the lad with‘ the winged heels whom the Greeks employ-

. The King's messenger badge has a roman-

tough campaign in Sicily and Italy, with the ex- cbption of two months spent in North Africa. i“ “rm?!” wk“ m" charm "I m. M". Lore Christmas from the hands of the King at - K3

hospital in He received his V.C. shortly be-

private investiture at Buckingham Palace.

because it's pretty lonesome with their parents out. most of the time. —St. Thomas Tlmes-Journaln

Pfllllle who like t0 alt while they work now have a solentlflc excuse to offer for their preference. The United States Department, of Ag- riculture estimates that standing takes 14 percent more energy than sitting. This debunks the old say- ing, “only the lazy sit to work." lt m-lglibbe more sensible to say. "only the foolLsh stand to work when they could be sitting." Saskatoon star-Phoenix.

Generullasliflo Stalin got up one morning and found that. his ivrist ivateli was missing. He called ln the Kremlin MVD (Security Police) man and ordered him to find the culprit, and bring him to justice. Later that day, as he changed into another uniform. Stalin reached into a pocket and found the miss- ing ivatch. He recalled the MVD chief and told hlm to abandon the investigation. The policeman de- murred. Astorilshed at this unex- peeted opposition Stalin repeated: "l, Stalin, order you to abandon the investigation." Srammering. the chief explained his dilemma: "You see. this morning we arrested 21 people suspected of taking you: viatch and nineteen have already confessed." —-News\".'eek Magazine.

Agreement by a panel of’ doctors at the New York Academy of Medicine that. fatness ls caused by overeating will come as a distinct shock to most of us. To begin with, in a complex world there ls something offensive lil such arro- gant simplicity. It should be more complicated than that-almost eu- crlthlng ls. we have learned. Moreover. it. ls too damaging to morale; lt leaves the portly among us with no one to blame but. tliem- selves. Certainly medicine can do better than that. Worst of all, lt may start a_trend. Almost certainly, a competing panel ivlll soon at- tribute thlnness to not eating en- nugh. Then a really radical doctor will enter the lists to contend that people get. drunk by drinking too much; not. unhappiness m; m- l-ibltlons. not. uncertainty - Just plain hoisting too many glasses. - New York Herald Tribune.

Every once in a while an at- tempt ls made to break through the laws safeguarding and pm. testing our Christian Sunday, to establish 1n lta stead the so-called continental Sunday. Canada has sane laws governing Sunday 0b. servance. They are not “blue laws," as Sunday regulations have some- times been called. The laws are designed to ensure that as fa: as Possible, workmen will not be oom- pelled to follow their ordinary two- cations seven days a week. The plea for a wide-open Sunday ls always based on the need for re- Creation. entertainment and amuse- ment. It sounds very plausible. The Mi. however. does not, fbrbld these, but lb does forbid commercializing SDort. and entertainment. It l5

merclallzed sport arid entertain- ment the profit. motive rather- than the sport ltsell becomes the dom- inant driving force. Every effort, must be made by Christian people and by all who cherish the Chris. tlan way of life to resist the at:- fack on our Sabbath, which is one of the great bulwarks 9f oni- Ohrrlstlan eulture- United Church Observer.

W110" People tell you they have not tasted whale meat it. is better to accept the assurance with re- serve. I have not. knowingly “m- plea the food though I am told that ll; makes very palatable fare “(hell Kimberly Prepared in the kitchen. A chef warns me, however, that lb IS 110W being served 1n many restaurants under all man- ner of disguises. It makes its ap- pearanse, he tells me, ln the form m’ rlssale and even ln camouflag- ed meat pies. There ls no ivarniug oi' this in the menu, and though iB-SBVOFS somewhat of selling things under false pretenses there seems to be no contravention of me law. The interesting thing ls that whale meat so prepared l5 sufficiently tasty for the ordinary diner-out. to deflate no difference. Whale meat. is said. moreover, in he rib‘- in calories, the very flame of wlitzli has bemme anathema to thousands o.’ under-nourished folk ll‘ Western Germany. _ Fran] London Letter.

In most caszs men In the armed services were worse off financially fill!“ 150A’ ivouizl have been in civil ilfe but. occasionally. men found themselves receiving much iafger iIICOYlXCS Von aczount of promotion to i-ommirsloned rank and by ma. t ti at‘ other alloivances than in private life, and the change back lS sometimes difficult. A man in Britain, for instance has been sent. to iall for theft. He explained that as a captain in the army, he and ltis ivlfe received $3,680 g yea;- and lll clvll life earned only $1,800, and he and his wife had found lt impossible to readjust themselves fr. changed conditions. The same thing has faced many Canadians but. fortunately. most of them have met realities aild have not followed the example of the former British army captain. - Niagara l-‘alls Review.

During the last few years use of electricity has greatly increas- ed. But at the some time there has been an appalling scarcity of es- sential equipment. The result ls that it has been impossible to pro- serve the margin of safety be- tween the power whtch can be generated and transmitted to the customer and the amount. actually being used. No magic wand can conjure up the necessary new equipment at a moment's notice. Much of it has been on order for a period of years. Consumers of electricity can help" protect thorn-

patent to everybody that. in com- '

apondenta of questions ol Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian does not neoenur-

en’ the opinion of

u! . a correspondents zn-uvsnavevuuv-xlvruvuiim

TRIBUTE T0 LATE rim. ANNEAR '

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sir, - Words cannot. express the personal loss experienced in the passing of filr. Mont. Annear, late, of Moritakue. '

For more than twenty-Lye Yeah‘- I knew Mr. Annear as a fr end. on exhibitor of farm products and as a dlrutor of the P.E.I. Potato Growers’ Association. In eaoli and every capacity in wh ch one knan him he was a Christian gentdcnlun -sincere, sympathetic, and gene:- ous, his kndness was 511N911 by many.

A5 a director he thought deep- ly. Somewhat reserved ill express- lng his thoughts he was always prompt to uphold the needs of m; farmers whom he represented. His cooperation, his unselLsli interest and his recognized farming ability made hl-m a elt zen of whom any community and country ecvuld well

pepoud.

I am. Sr. elc.,

J.\V. BOULTER ltlisnager P.E.I. Potato Growers Association

AND PRICES

SUBSlDll-IS

Sir.-—Removal of subsidies and rising prices have been hitting the children harder than others. Milk costs 5c a quart. more which adds up to $1.50 per month for the recognized requirement for health. Butter advanced from 39c to 67c since the family allowance rates were established 2 1-2 years ego and 24 ounces adds 42c. Increies an cereals. shoes and clothing have also greatly reduced buying power. and, unlike us old folks, the chil- dren are growing and can't make the old clothes do a few more years.

Were government. subsidies not as good as that much extra. family allowance? Now that. they have been wlthdrayvn and additional price increases have government approval does lt riot behoove the powers-that-be to do what ls nec- essary to maintain the standard of living established by the allow- ance? I believe B. $3 to $4 ln- crease ln monthly rates would be requlrgd to restore its purchasing power. Can we afford to lower their standards. and ls it neces-

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sary or right when almost every- body else ls taking betterment for granted?

I am. Sir, eta.

John W. Gilbert.

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Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream;

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And times and things, as ln that

vision, secim

Keeping along it. their eternal stands-

Caves, pillars. pyramids, the shep- herd- bands

That roanrd through the young

world, the glory extreme Of high Sesostrls, and. that south- ern beam.

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jdnl wrath Diamond ard ”l-1r....~..~./,. Wedding Rlnls

The laughing queen that caught the world's great hands. Tihen comes a mightier silence, stern and strong.

As of a world left empty of its throng,

And the void weighs an us; than we wake.

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journey on for

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DISASTROUS mu: Q

0n the night of the 24th of é Fefbilfirl‘. 1884. about the hour of l2 o'clock, as the oltlzens were peacefully taking their rest, they were suddenly awakened by the lflrrlfylfia CT.“ of flre, accompanied '.ry the ringing of the alarm bell. Assembling on Queen Square, flames were observed issuing from a store on Richmond S-treet, op- posite the Post Office. At. this period. a row of wooden buildings ranged from St. Patrick's Hall to Queen Street. which were then oc- cupied by various business men as printing establishments. Jewelry, Efflcery. dry goods stores and of- ficea_ too numerous to mention, but of which, notwithstanding the constant play of the flre engines and prnlseworthy exertions of the fige department, all were consum- e .