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An exhaustive survey of educa- tional conditions. faculties and re- quirements in the public schools of charlottetown. undertaken for the city school Board by Prof. John C. mgtthews, M.A.. chairmen of the Department of Education at Penn college, Columbia University. and mmgriy of this Province. is now

to be ready by the end of August.

Among other thinll. the survey will make recommendations as- to me posaibiutlea of a modern high gchool as well as of utilizing exist- jng school building facilities and equipment to the fullest extent.

Prof. Matthews began his survey here last summer at the request of his former " ' i D!- g,(:., Lea. chairman of the City school Board. He spent three or four seeks here, accompanied during part oi the time by Dr. Felix Mcoormaek. associate director of the Institute of Field studies, Teachers College. boi- umbia. who is an expert on school buildings and equipment.

Made Inspection

Together they inspected the four publlc schools of the city. and also Prince oi Wales College and the Vocational School, seeking to deter- mine the adequacy of the facilities.

nearing completion and is expected um

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housing of a modern programme of education. .

"Another extremely important objective." Prof. Matthews states. "is the financial aspect. Under that

we are trying to discover if Char- lottetown is getting the t value for the educational do spent in

terms of the needs of its boys and

"It is also necessary to determine whether, if we improve educational opportunities here, the economy or Charlottetown will warrant the pro- vision of the kind oi programme required."

Prof. Matthews has had a dis- tinguished scholarstic career. A ne- tive of limsdale. this Province. he was principal of the Alberton High

” 'before:”,the staff of Mt. Allison Academy. In' 1016 he removed to- Columbia University where he received his M. A. degree and where he is expecting to obtain his Ph. D. degree this summer.

He reports having received ex- cellent co-operation from ideal teachers end citinens in the course

- oi his inquiry. He also speaks very

warmly of the valuable research work done by Mrs. Lanta.

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appraising the equipment for a modern educational programme. and rating the buildings along these lines.

To supplement this -inquiry. a great deal oi local research pork was required. This work was under- taken by Mrs. J. P. Lents. who offer- ed her services without remunera- Lion, and wiao.has.eecalvad,,iaueh oo- operation from citi'sens. students. teachers and others interested.

"We have tried to piece the survey on as wide a co-operative basis as possible," Prof. Matthews states. "We ire now at the last stages oi collect- ing the date. It w be my respon- rlbility to analyze this data and pre- pare a report. including recom- mendatons which we believe will prove of most practical velue."

Main Objectives

Major objectives of the survey, as outlined by Prof. Matthews. are: (1) to evaluate the present programme or education for Charlottetown boys and girls; (2) to determine what kind of programme will meet the requirements in view oi the puplls' ability. interests and vocational ob- iectives; (3) the adequancy of the nlant facilities with respect to the

Coming Events

"Mail your Films to Garnhum Photo studio. Charlottetown.

"Lesion Whiat and Dance in 3?”!-it Hall. Saturday. March loth.

"Buying llggg daily. Mao's kg Grading station. ass Queen St.

"Variety Concert. Millview Hall. Man-h iilth. Auspiccs Vernon River Women's Institute. Curtain 0.1.5.

"Receiving Hogs se Crapaud for nada Packers Limited. until 12 min each Tuesday. Robert Dew-

"Come to poverty party. Hun- ”! River Hall tonight. Prices grmmost poverty stricken cos-

"Farmers-Cleanlng grain and liars seed daily. We eliminate ""l "MI and other refuse. Pat- Einu are assured an excellent job. - A. Gillies & son. bl ritaroy It.

hrcome to Wlnsloe ltstion Hall. lav. M-rcn sen. sis. Program- h- rames. contests. lunch. Ad-. million 50c. Auaploas Highfieldx

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0'1'l'AlwA. March 0- (OP) - Cheque-cashing in Canada climb- ed to 39.000.000.000 in January, an all-time high for that month the Bureau oi statistics repored today.

lwery region in c 4 .,shared in the big increase f (1.300.- 0tl).000 a year ago. H

Biggest climb was in -British Columbia. where cheque-cashing reached t'i0l.000.tl)0. a 40-per- cent gain. from sses.soo.ooo in January last year.

Quebec jumped 21.5 per cent to sa.se.2.5oo.0oo from 32.384.000.000: the Prairies. 29.9 per cent to al.- 30d.0M.000 from ti.l55.b00.000: on- terlo no per cent to 43.746.000.- 000 horn 33.106.003.000; the Mari- times 14.5 per cent to t205.'i00.000 from Il0'1.l00.000.

Failure of the Provincial Gov- ernment to properly dischafl9 their duties during the Dominion- wide railway strike last August and the improper administration of crown companies were cited by Mr. D. L. Mathieson. Conservative member for Fifth .Queen's as ex- amples by which the Government had failed to practise the system of responsible government and protect Provincial rights under Confederation. Mr. Mathieaon was speaking in the Legislature yea-

terday on the draft address amendment. "In recent times the first

breach the Government made in failing to carry out the system of responsible Government was in 104'! when the Attorney General was a member of the executive council and did not have a seat in the House." Mr. Methleaon stated. , "Another lessening of the pow- ers of responsible government has

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!IALl.'l"AX. March 7 -(OP)- Premier Macdonald presented his budget to the Nova scotia Legis- lature today and despite a new

turnover sales tax budgeted for a deficit of 5908.912. ' Because of the constitutional

steps necessary. it was not likely that the sales tax bill would be introduced at thlstsessioll. he said. Therefore he could not disclose the rate. He said, however. that it would be less than the m

of three percent.

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If the British North America Act were amended the Legislature might be called back into session to approve the tax bill.

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AUCKLAND. March 8-(GP --The dock strike which has paralysed New zealend ports is developing into one of the gravest indust ial 3 .15 in the Dominica's history. The dockers have been on strike for 1'! days. demanding higher wages. .. .

Roth the dockers and the Gov- ernment are showing a completely- unyielding front and it's evident the Government intends to force a showdown with the dookers who have been a source of constant in-

dustrial unrest for many years.

Increasing numbers of service-

men ere being used daily to work sh

. The Government announced

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lo! t t ” that troops will be assign- ed tomorrow at three more Doris to

Four Die In Electric chair

OSSINING. N. Y.. March I -- (AP)--The lonely hearts sleyerc. Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. died tonight, in sing Sing's electric -chair. Fernandez went first A , -

Mrs. Beck followed him to. the chair. . . -. - --W”-"0 '

Before they were executed two young slayers--both 22'years old- died for a holdup slaying. They were John J. King and Richard .1. Power.

Kim led the processing. the first quadruple execution in New York in nearly four years.

DONDON. March 'l-(.Reuiers)- King George, suffering from a feverish chill, continues to make satisfactory progress. it was stated

Charges l Responsible Govit Being Undermined

after his doctors saw him today.

....j.-?.-:--- been the actions of one member in controlling a matter that may run into millions of dollars." he stated in reference to the Trans- Canada Hlirhlwey. "This whole matter has been kept secret by Premier Jones." he added.

With regard to protecting rights under Confederation. he stated that the Government had fallen down by shutting the door on ob- taining subsidies from the Dam- inion Goverrunent.

The manner in which war in- duatrles are being distributed is another way by which these rights are being violated. hd said.

The amendment. which was moved in the Legislature Wednes- day by Mr. R. ll. Ball. Leader of the opposition. was brought about because it was the 100th anniversary of the granting of responsible government to the province and on account of rum-

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0'l'l'AWA. March 8-(special)- Ontario potato-growers are

, covering alarenid at the way their

produce is being. edged of! .ihe market in favor of potatoes ,fro Prince Edward island and Ne Brunswick.

This was made clear here today at a meeting of Carleton county Potato PI-oducora' Association. (Carleton County is reprcsenud in the Home of Commons by Op altion leader George Drew sndwalinosi encircles lhe city of Ottawa.) At the meeting. my

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will be edged off the market." This lack of grading. the speak- er continued. is costing Ontario potato-growers thousands of dol- lars yeerlyland rneneces the an-

tlrs industry in the Province. Advice to the potato-growers herelfllow toplmprovs the present product was given by Dr. if. 1.. Patterson. director of the farm economies branch of tin Ontario or AMa"'ricul gee. III: In- pan .: seed. to, fe- ,!hIt po . incurs supplies of niece, and rover grading is essential ll) ”a.reuto"g:rl- i. If I.

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Premier Jones Replies To Opposition

Charges

Opposing the opposition amend- ment to the Draft Address in the Legislature yesterday. Pranier J. Walter Jones maintained that the charges made therein against the Government had no . foundation. and that the arguments of the opposition leader- in supporting them were for the most part er- roneous.

With regard to Mr. Bell's refer- ence to a sales tax. the Premier explained that under the B. N. A. Act, section 01.. the Dominion Gov- ernment is empowered to levy,.tn- dircchtexetlon. .while section 02 limits the Provinces to direct lax- ation. In 191'! the Borden Gover rnont invaded the latter field wit

a war income tax and. later the Provinces were forced to direct taxes which they subsequently

relinquished temporarily for Fed.- eral subsidies.

The recent proposal by Ottalwa to amend the B.N.A. Act to give the Provinces the right to collect a turnover. or sales, tax was a move in the direction of decent- ralization and on principle should be welcomed, the Premier con- tended.

He pointed out that other Prov- inces already collect revenue through sales taxes. Agreement in principle with the Federal propos- al, he maintained. did not mean that this Province was going to impose such a tax. But the con- stitutional amendment should be there to enable it to do so it re-

quired. "We don't propose to put one on." he added, "but if the time

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Little Progress Being Marie At Paris Meeting

by Harvey Hudson PARIS. March 8 -(AP) -- The United states accused Russia to-

day of -fermenting the currenh armament race and said any Western move now to disarm

would alarm the free peoples of the world. s

U. s. Ambassador-at-large Philip Jessup made the statement" at the meeting of the Big Four deputies who are trying to arrange an agenda for a meeting of the for- eign ministers of Britain. France. the United states and ltuseia.

Besides him was Andrei

Gromyko. Russian deputy foreign

minister. one source present said Jesaup looledsquareiy at Oroenvko as he asserted:

"The majority of the free peoples of the world and those seeking, escape .from bondage are alarmed by the mascot armaments oi the soviet Union and its bloc."

This alarm will increase. not diminish. if Britain. the United states and France halt their at- forts to reach a military par with ltussla. unless there is come assurance from Russia that she has abandoned her aggressive pol-.

A short time before. Gromyto had said that the "furious arms race of the West" is caullni the world's tensions. he said the west had started the that the of the world are ” was part of the. g the deputies.

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The Government has refused to conduct further negotiations with the present ' i of the Water- side Workers Union.

ordered the union's president. 1-! Barnes. pnd its secretary. T. Bill. from his office this week when they arrived to discuss the strike. Sullivan said then that the Government is prepared at all times to meet responsible union leaders. but-the futia-e discussions with the doctors must be with re- sponsible men represente"vu of the industry. . Following a recent broadcast from Warsaw supporting the New Zealand dockers stand, Sullivan J ' ' that this offered conclu eive proof that there is a con- nection beiween the dockers strike end , the Communist-controlled world Federation of Trade Unions.

ii. K. Women Flock To Work In Factories

LONDON. March 8 - (Reuters) - Faced by a swiftly rising cost of living. more and more British housewives are leaving their kitchens for the factory bench and office desk.

Many are going into industry full l-lm..e. but there are thousands of chiral wtho. becadse domestic ties will not give them complete freedom. are taking on part-lime jobs. particularly evening work.

One of the most popular factory shifts for the housewife is from 5:30 p.m. till 10 p.m. with a week- -ly total of about 20 hours. George P. Barnett. chief inspector of faci- ories, said in a report published today.

"ro some housewives.” he said. "sitting down at a light job for four hours seems more like a rest than work. and they enjoy the companionship."

In one district a newspaper ad- vertisement for evening-shift workers brought 1,000 women to the doors of a small factory.

Under protective legislation. eve- ning shift work is outside the hours normally allowed for wo- men in factories. Employers must get a permit from the factory lmpecto to employ them.

The factory inspector said that. even for ordinary day work. most women dislike the restrictions laid down in the British Factories Act for their" own protection.

They are annoyed, he said. by lack of flexiblliy. Many 'profer to put in a few hours overtime Sun- day rather than Saturday morning when they go shopping. Others like to work off all their overtime allowance under the Act in two days of the week.

Twin Sons Are 25th And 26th For Ont. couple

CORNWALL. 0nt.. March 8 - (CP)-The twin sons to whom Mrs. Alberta ltuest. 41. gave

twins--are her 25th and 26th children. Nine have died.

Mrs. Ruest now is resting with friends here. But later this week she will return to a full house in an la-by-00-foot log cabin on a lonely sidercad 12 miles northeast of here. she and the latest twins will share the two-room dwelling with . her 01-year-old t t d Rector. and 12 of their 17 surviv-

Indvemeht and . .

lng children.

The iamiy says the father has not worked since he was laid off a laboring Job on the Cornwall Canal last year. asters that. he worked in a cotton mill.

Every month. however. also comes into the home as unam- ploydant insurance and family allowances. The 1. gives the family so loaves of bread a week. Rent for the land on which the two-storey. two-room home stands comes to 3 a month.

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VALUAIQI TIMES!

The white crimes of In st. Lew- apoo region. used extensively for pulp. also provides. much wood for tnanieteeturos.

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Oscar Coliaao. 31-year-old Pucrto lllean who has been sentenced to death in the eleetrle chair for an attempt to break into . ident. Truman's home. Blair House, with Intent to kill the President.

RE-OPEN RAILWAY

CANTERBURY. England-(CF) -A railway between Canterbury and whitstable. closed for 21 years. may be re-opened for the

festival of Britain this year.

LONDON. March 'l-(Rcutcrs)- Sixty ships are to be brought out of reserve to serve with the active British fleet this year. James Call- aghan. parliamentary secretary to the Admiralty, said today.

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WEST-CENTRAL FRONT. Ko- rea. March 8 - (CP) - Canadian troops tonig-ht sat light on Hill 532 after a two-day battle described by Lt.-Col. J. R. Stone. their com- manding officer. as "one of the greatest in the annals of the Prin- cess Patrician."

Two Bayonet

The engagement saw the bat- talion m ke two bayonet charges up a 60 gree slope covered with shoulder-height pine growth and cut by a lacework of enemy poa- itions.

T-he Pairiclas yesterday took two spurs leading up the hill. one of them with a bayonet charge and close-quarters fighting. To- day's attack carried them onto the hill.

Chinese bodies counted on the ground today numbered 43. More undoubtedly were carried away be- fore the Ohinese withdrew and. on the basis of the normal ratio of killed to wounded, at least 250 enemy must have been wounded.

Anyway. the trails I followed up hill 532 today were drenched with blood and they led right on down the forward slopes into enemy ierriiory beyond.

Todayla bayonet charge was made by the company of Maj. Vince Lilley of Hamilton.

Unlike Wednesday. when the Chinese bitterly contested the sa- sault. by a company under Capt.

Death Of Well Known Guardian. Contributor

The death occurred at Brackley Beach last evening of Mr. Blythe Hurst. senior. known to decades of Guardian readers as "Agricola" and esteemed far and wide for his literary and scientific attainments.

Mr. Hurst qualified. among oth- er things. as the Island's most authoritative botanist and natural- ist, and he was also highly versed in geology. history, music and the arts generally. His work on the Flora of Prince Edward Island. published some years ago. is still the standard text, and in addition he wrote on this and kindred sub- jects in his weekly "Newsy Notes" which The Guardian has been privileged to publish for many years.

Mr. Hurst. was eighty-nine years of age. and had been in failing health for some time. He was able, nevertheless. to continue his studies and writings until a few weeks ago, when he contracted in- flucnza.

A native of rlorthumberlend. En-gland. he came to this Province in 1910 and taugihtlat Harrington School. Winsioe Road School and later at the Mount Herbert Orph- anage. It was at this time that he began contributing his articles to The Guardian. Later he was for a time agricultural editor of this newspaper until removing to Brackley to join his son. Mr. Blythe Hurst. junlor.. in farming operations.

Mr. Hurst was the first to sug- gest. through his column. a music festival for Prince Edward island. and also the adoption of the Lady's Slipper as the floral emblem of the Province. .

He had a beautiful garden of wild flowers at -his farm. which he icnded lovingly until his illness. Much of his time was occupied in replying to correspondence re- ceived from all parts of the con- tinent. with respect to the flora and fauna of the island.

He was also an authority on church music. and was himself a composer of music of this kind.

Kin-dly and courteougdn men- ncr. Mr. Hurst had a host of friends who admired and appreci- ated his sterling qualliies. and profited by his encyclopeedic

knowledge which was placed freely at the disposal of all who chose to consult him.