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CBARLOTTETOWN SATURDAY. JULY 15. I950

The Franconla

Amazement is the general reaction to the story of the grounding of the liner Franconla. It is almost unbelievable that she could have run on the reef off the Is- land of Orleans. It is the more incredible, although highly gratifying, that passengers and crew should have escaped injury and in fact. have been accommodated in Que- bec hotels within a matter of minutes after they had suffered shipwreck.

The long passenger list, including the Canadian exchange youngsters under the Weston scheme, could have produced a tra- gedy which would have darkened this country with sadness from coast to coast. What it did produceis mystery, and ship- ping people and the man in the street are equally concerned about exactly how the giant liner, under the care of River Pilots, should have been so markedly off her course.

A Fine lslandlbullle-Book

"Seeing Canada's Garden Province" is the title of a new booklet issued by the Prince Edward Island Travel Bureau, which for its wealth of information is to be warm- ly recommended, not only to our summer visitors but to all our citizens as well. The booklet is attractively published and edited in such a manner as to make every item readily accessible. ' The reader is given first a concise history of the Island, then detailed instructions as to how to plan his trip from various mainland centres, and fin- ally is taken over each highway route in turn, where every feature of modern or historic importance is noted for his con- venience. The origin of the various place names is explained, distances along the routes are noted, and instructions giv- en with regard to tourist accommodation, recreational facilities, churches, shopping centres and other matters of interest.

This blending of the Islands past and present into one consecutive narrative has been done with much skill and precision, and represents a literary achievement of its kind which we have not seen surpassed in any tourist booklet published in Canada. There are also railway and sailing sched- ules, rate charges, fishing and hunting regu- lations, and last but by no means least, a serviceable index to the contents.

The booklet has been prepared in re- sponse to many requests from motorists visiting the Province for more detailed in- formation about what to see and do on Prince.Edward Island. It fills this demand admirably, but it also makes fascinating reading for every Islander interested in local history.

llansard In Retrospect

The official report of the debates of the House of Commons does not usually make scintillating reading. I-lansard's pages, however, are not without their bright spots. Consider, for example, the antics of the ebullient Jean Francois Pouliot, stormy net- rel of the Liberal benches, during the dying days of the session.

Mr. Pouliot wanted to know the names, salaries and functions of certain officials of the Canadian Commercial Corporation, bulk purchasing agency of the Government. Trade Minister Howe bluntly declined to provide the member from Temiscouata with the desired information. Mr. Pouliot grew irate. Mr. Howe remained adamant. Hon- ourable members laughed uproariously.

In retrospect, the incident seems some- how no longer funny. Perhaps the DEP- sonality of Mr. Pouliot loses something of its color when reduced to print” But the reasonableness of his demands emerges with much greater clarity. For the mem- ber from Temiscouata was only asking for Information to which every Citizen Ought to be entitled. Salaries paid public servants. out of public funds, should not be kept secret. To withhold such information on the ground that employees of Crown Cor- porations are not civil servants in the letter of :the law in no way alters the circum- stances. .

Mr. I-lowe was wrong. Mr. Pouliotiwas right. And honourable. members laughed!

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set the maximum quantity to be imported from Canada in 1950 at 60,000,000 pounds. Early this year 13,000,000 pounds were shipped over. Then the domestic market began absorbing all the pork offered, and it is likely to continue to do so until fall, when marketings increase. At present, Canadians are eating 20 per cent more pork than they did a year ago. -

The British treasury earmarked 317,- 500,000 to buy bacon from Canada at 029 a hundred pounds at the seaboard. To sup- port the price to the Canadian producers, the federal treasury was ready to add S350 to make the floor b32.50. With the domestic prices now well above this floor, the agri- culture departmentls meat board, which buys bacon for export, isnlt doing any busi- ness. V

"The situation," notes the Ottawa Citi- zen, "had an interesting parallel before World War. II. In the middle twenties, Canada tried desperately to recover part of the United Kingdom bacon market lost after World War I. It' achieved considerable success until the lush years 1928-29, when Canadians ate all the pork produced here. Again the British market was lost. It took a lot of hard work over several years to win it back during the depression. It would seem unfortunate to lose it again."

EDITORIAL NOTES

St. Swithin Day-40 daysl rain or 40 days' drought--which?

O I . In the first week of August all roads for the North Novas will lead to Charlotte- town for their fourth Re-Union.

The four Island passengers on the Franconla who are to continue their jour- ney to England by air must realize the truth of the maxim that "it's an ill wind blows nobody any good."

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The C. N. R.'s "Spud Island Special" leaves Edmonton, Alberta today. The round trip, lasting more than a month, will enable westerners to take in Old Home Week In Charlottetown as well as enjoy their owl. special old home week in one part of the Island or another.

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Canadians in Britain should be careful of their manners as welcome guests. A honeymoon couple recently raised the Loch Ness monster by tossing a ham bone in the water, and then described the monster as a species of seal. "Caddy" is""oine of Scot-5 land's natural resources and, like the scen- ery, should not be spoiled by guests who value their welcome.

Ten years ago, on July 15, 1940, the first Canadian military hospital to function overseas in World War II was officially opened near Taplow, Bucks, England, by the late Viscount (then Rt. Hon.) R. B. Ben- nett. It was constructed on the grounds of the beautiful Thames-side estate of Lord and Lady Astor where a similar institution had been built for Canadians during the First Great War. Rent for the hospital grounds was fixed at the unbelievably low figure of one shilling per year! The cost of building and equipping the 600-bed hos- pital was t1,000,000 and was borne by the Canadian Red Cross Society. Over a period of five years, 25,068 Canadian servicemen and women were treated at Taplow.

Oldest traveller ever to fly from Can- ada to England, 96-year-old Mrs. Harriet Richardson stepped from an airliner at London Airport last week andsaid: "Every- body seems to think that life stops at 90- but for me there's still a lot of adventure left." Tall, silver-haired, with pink roses in her hat, Mrs. Richardson is to visit her "young" 83-year-old sister in South Devon. She explained: "I want to have a look at the places I knew as a girl. The only thing I regret is missing the daffodils. Next time I come I'll pop over a bit earlier in the year. I enjoyed every minute of the air trip and am going back the same way."

A new method of sewage sterilisation, claimed to overcome most drawbacks, has been devised by electrolysis applied to microbiology. It has been developed after extensive research by a London, England. firm, and is known as the Electrosen. It consists of two units powered by a car-type accumulator. .A series of precision-balanced pure copper plates held by insulated snac- lng bolts ls slipped into the closet contalnc. and connected to the control box. This. fitted with carefully adjusted resistance and automatic vacuum switch. controls the cur- rent to the plates. A small quantity of salt water is added to the empty container ind it is ready for use. When the button switch is pressed, a small current passes through the plates and copper Ions are dispersed through the sewage by electrolysis, In a series of subsidiary reactions the copper act: I In oxldllinz catalyst as well as a bacteri-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- Ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

GENUINELY APPBECIATED

Sir,-Le: me thank you most genuinely on behalf of the flood victims of Manitoba for the total of 55,679.51 which your paper raised to help combat the distress which is so widespread through- out our Province. '

The people of Charlottetown have been truly generous and we are most appreciative. "The Guar- dian" did much to help our cause. and we thank you most sincerely. We received your list of don- ore, and official receipts will go forward through the regular chan- nels as promptly as possible. Again, many thanks for your kind assistance.

I am, Sir, etc..

H. W. MANNING Chairman

Manitoba Flood Relief Fund.

Winnipeg, July 12, 1950.

"TIJVIE THIS LITTLE ISLAND WAS EXPANDING"

Sir,-Imported carrots are sold over the counter here at 10c a 1b.. imported tomatoes 39c a lb.-and. yet, this is called the "Garden of the Gulf". Nowhere in Canada does this price occur; carrots al- most half as expensive as raisins and tomatoes twice the price of oranges!

Why doesn't Prince Edward Is- land raise her own garden pro- duce for her home market? Prince Edward Island could be covered with hot-houses with con- vertible roofs swung open when the four months of summer heat come. All this money she pays out to the United States for produce she could have at home for stronger purchasing power. Canned goods are very hi!!!- prlced on the Island. This is be- cause the Province has few fact- ories of her own and is importing "canned goods from other Provin- ces. Is she "a tiller of sod and hewer of wood" for someone else? Some other Province or country is doing the secondary work and reaping the profits while Prince Edward Island-"the Garden of the Gulf"-hands out the cash. All this money that she pays DUI 101' canned goods she could retain at home for stronler lJU!'Ch35i"5 power.

Only a comparatively small per- cent of Prince Edward Island's income comes from the fishing in- dustry. Yet everY PB" 01 I?” coastline has fish and lobsters nib- bling at the shore. Lobsters. HV9 and canned, are wanted the world over. The supply is short. The supply of codllsh, with all its im- portant by-products is short. Oys- ters are still a rarity in man! countries. Why doesn't the Pro- her purchasing

vlnce increase

power by utilizing this natuial wealth at her doorstep. I-0 N1" advantage?

By developing these three main industries Prince Edward lslandls go. principal centres could doub 9 men population; six or MVUI more cities could easily sprinl and the Island's prosperiWd'W0" expand by leaps and boun -

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.. 1 have just finished NM- The l"umers' new! term poi-um, and there is PI-l'tIW1l-Y1! one instance in the comments to which I would like to make refer- ence .. the.llvestock feed alim-

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and concentrates in this and of-hit Maritime Pi-ovlnou. 11059"-at IN fact the rodent Government still pays a freight sublidf. II II I super-exorbitant lml - so bill! that producers cannot. afford to buy and feed. with the expectation of getting much -more out of it. than the pleasure Involved in the no- oompsnying hard labor. In addi- tlon, and as an offset to than who might be over wants in Imbltion to produce, that is the poulbilw um form lagoon and ghudwdw may run not own!!!

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Then he says. "It was felt that if the Wheat Board had not been handling the course grains. tho Dositlon of the Eastern feeder would have been much worse." How could it be? It would be interest- ing to have that statement enlarg- ed upon.

Then again he states. "The ap-

parent solution of the problem is the development, by the Eastern feeder, of strong buying organiz- ations and the building up of sup- plies In control points. A meeting to map out such a plus is being called by the 0.1". A. for next week." I agree with that suggestion only in part. If such I plan is to be sponsored by the Canadian Feder- ation of Agriculture. then Prince Edward Island or our sister Mui- time Provinces will benefit very sparsely from the move, if it ever materlallzes. The C.F.A. or any other Upper Canada controlled or- ganization will cater to their own needs first. They will concentrate supplies first in Ontario and Que- bec. and the Maritime: will have to be content with the crumbs they allow to pass by their boundaries. If we are ever to have an accum- ulation of livestock feed on reserve in this Province we must do it for ourselves and not be dependent upon what others will do for us. But the question Is, who is to do it?

A few years ago. some interested

farmers and others sponsored I movement of this sort. The plan involved grain storage faculties st Charlottetown where supplies might be accumulated, when grain could be bought at its cheapest and brought here by water route at conside able saving in trans- portation cost. The position seemed feasible, and appeared capable of being carried out, and apparently all but. accom- plished, when it. was knocked in the head by the local Federation of Agriculture of that day, who are morally responsible for the feed situation the farmers are now experiencing, It is encouraging to note the change in attitude being expressed by present Federation officials.

I am. Sir, ef.r., J.A. GILLES

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THE Naujrnn

With seed the sowers scatter The furrows as they go, P00? lids. 'tis little mutter How many sorts they sow, 701' Only one will grow.

The char-lock on the follower

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But twice 't.wili not arise.

The Utilizing nettle only Will still be found to stand! The numbcrless, the lonely, The thron or of the land, The leaf t at hurts the haul.

It thrives, come sun. come shawls- may one. blow west. is spring; ' It peoples townl. and towels Above the courts of kings;

And touch it snd it stings.

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SIGNAL GUN CASUALTY

"We are happy to state that Mr. Peter Mu-shall. the Meta of the steamer 'Lady Le Marchant' who was severely injured by the burst. ing of the gun fired as a signal on the arrival of the Mill, is doing well. A compound fracture of the leg was the consequence of the ac- cident. Dr. John Jenkfns, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, having been called in. reduced the fracture. and by the application of I very Ingenious, light and simple apparatus, the pa- tient is able to move the log hor- izontally, and to sit up in bed. and Dr. Jenkins hopes that in a few weeks he will be aboutlagain."

-I-Isszard'.I Gazette, Nov. 29, 1854.

TOOWO

The Age-old story

no that In greedy of gain troublelab his own house, but he tbnt bnbath gifts shall live.

Where and When Soviets Next Move?

What the new development means is that the flag of the Un- ited. Nations can give hope in Asia that those nations who try to stay independent will have an as- surance of armed support. So far from making the United Nations the place for the registration of Communist conquests, the new move may make it the centre of hopes for survival. As the Far East is an area in which the spirit of national independence is run- ning high, this offer of hope and help could become a powerful ap- peel.

But there is great cause for cau- tion and even for anxiety. For as surprise has led to. surprise, so may it lead to surprise again. It has become inevitable. now that the United Nations has unfurled its battle flag, that the Commun- ists will try to shoot holes through it. The surprise of a new aggres- sion - and perhaps a new form of aggression - seems certain. The only question - and it is a big one - is where it will appear.

USED TO IT

YORx'rON. Sssk. - (CF) - Postmaster Tom Colback. who 1'0- tlred recently and began 3 trip through the United states. will set A laugh from his friends on his re- turn. He mailed back polfcllil

minus the stamps.

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Qlnzsnllo-lounges,

by William Cblpmnn. 0.1.8., Onhrlo Historical Society;

Frederick Brsham, the third son of under Samuel Holland. was born in ITM. He was baptized at Quebec on May 13. 1779. accord- ing to the Cathedral records. and was also in the army. His mill- tnry career was as follows: En- sign 60th Foot, March, 1795; Lieu- tenant 7th Foot, July, 1795; Lieu- tenant. half-pay. January. 1799: Lieutenant 69th Foot, August. 1300; Lieutenant, Irish, half-pay, Febru- ary. 1803; English, half-pay, Decem- ber. 1815.

He appears to have made Tryon River. Prince Edward Island. his home after retiring from the army, but probably lived at Quebec in later life. He died there of chol- era on September 14, 1336. (There Is no record of his death. how- ever. In the Cathedral records). His first wife was Mdle. de St. Laurent of Quebec, a sister of the first wife of Edward. Duke of Kent. the fourth non of George III, who came to Canada in 1791 from Gibraltar In command of the 7th Royall-luslllers and later became Commander-In-Chlef of the Forces in British North America. For reasons of state the Duke of Kent was prevailed upon to abandon Madame de St. Laurent, with whom he had lived happily for twenty-seven years. and seek a royal spouse. On May 29, 1818, he was married to Princess Victoria MIPY Louise. daughter of the Duke of Saxecobourg. There is a tradition that Madame de st, Laurent entered a convent. but it is not known where she and her two sons ended their days. Although the Duke was seven years older than his brother-lm law. Frederick Braham Holland, they were on Intimate terms in Quebec. and the Duke was god- father to one of Colonel John Frederick's children

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By his first wife Frederick Bx-sham had two children. Samuel Francis and Josette Charlotte.

Samuel Francis was born in

- 1807 and died on 8th February.

1938. He had two sons. Frederick F. and Alexander Edward. also one daughter. Josette.

In the Methodist cemetery at Tryon stands a tombstone to the memory of Samuel Francis. and beside it another. but the inscrip- tion is now illegible. It may be that of the Major's widow or that of his daughter Charlotte.

There is also a tombstone to the memory of Josette, daughter of Frederick Braham. who died Oo- tober 18th. 1888. aged 77 years. Frederick F. was born on May 25th, 1832, and died on December 3rd. I92i.- He lived at Tryon on a farm of 230 acres. shown on a map of Lot 28, Prince County. his name being on the parcel. The residence. which was only half a mile east of the village of Tryon. was burned In 1901. He had three sons. Philip. Samuel and Camden.

Altxnnder Edward was born in IBIS and died at Searletown on January 12, 1918. He held the office of High Sheriff in Prince County for two terms. He was a noted athlete and sportsman. He had eight children of whom the following were living In 1924: Ed- gar L., of Les" Angeles, Cal. formerly of Great Falls. Montana: Marion 1.. at Summerslde. unmar- ried. living with her mother; Corn (Mrs. W. P. Rogers). Alberta; and Arthur A., on the old homestead. St. Elesnor's. P. E. I.

The second wife of Frederick Braham was Frances Gretkay, whose father had been court phy- llcian to the King of Prussia be- fore coming to America. probably with the mercenary troops employ- ed during the Revolutionary War. His wife was a Parisian. There were five sons and four daughter: by this second marriage: James Wolfe-died in Minnesota. 1872: Sarah-died in P. E. I. in 1874: Henry A. P., of Melbourne. P. Q.. born January 11. 1821. died June. Wm; Frederica: Matilda Char- lotte. married J. B. Tessler of 1A8gt8on Vale. P. Q.. died 1st March.

Augustus Edward Charles was born in 1824. He was elected to (II; Legislature of P. E. I. before Confederation and held his seat for some years afterwards. About 1900 he married for the third time. and in 1904 took up his residence at Wallace Bridge. N. 8., where he remained until July 1919. when he returned to his old home at Psrrsboro, P. E. 1.. and died there on July lath. 1919. He had no children. He was the historian of the family and much of the fumi-

Samuel Holland's Family

From an Irdcle on the LII d Tim f Msjo sun Holland, first Surveyor Goncn.l.:f Bria: oNonh

C.E., published In 1926 by the

Iy history or this sketch wu col. lected by him and obtained by th. writer from his widow, who my living in 1921 near Wallsoe 311139 N. 5.. and from his nephew: sud nieces. Valuable records were, however, lost in a fire some years ago.

Benn (Mrs. George l-lowst) died P. E. I. 1904.

John Frederick Braluun, born 1833, died at Searletown. P. E. 1., January 4th. 1912.

The children of James Wolfe, son of Frederick Braham were as follows: Percy. Arthur, Kate, and Marla or Marlon.

The children of Henry A. P., son of Frederick Brsham, were: Kate; Emma; Charles, drowned in ya. kon, September. '19ll; Arthur, died at Vancouver, November. ism; Ada. (Mrs. Vlcat) died 1921, in England; and Marion 1.. living at Melbourne P. Q.. in 1924.

John Frederick Bi-sham nomad had eight children as follows: James Wolfe, Lawrence, Mas.-.,;' Lewis M., of Bedeque. P. E. 1.; Augustus Edward, of searletown, P. E. 1. (He contributed vslusblu information to this sketch); lto. bert 13., of Bedeque; Grace (Mrs Pethlck, of Charlottetown); Alice (Mrs. muis Howltt, of Tryon); Susan (Mrs. Dr. J. 8. Champion, O'I..eary); and Emma (Mrs. Reg Forbes, of Bedeque.)

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Samuel Lester Holland. son of Major Holland, was born in 1776, possibly in Quebec. on October 4. 1787. he was gazetted Ensign in the 60th Foot. but the date may be an error as he was then only eleven years of age. At nineteen he was a Lieutenant in the 2nd battalion of the 60th and was killed in a duel by Captain Schoedde of the same regiment. He was buried at Quebec on March 29, 1795. There is a tradition that the Captain accused the younger man of some lndlscretlon at a fancy ball at the Chateau st. Louis. They met at a secluded spot behind Mount Royal Montreal.

It is stated that Major Holland, on bidding his son adieu just be- fare he went to meet his adver- sary, said; "Samuel, my boy. here are the weapons which my belov- ed friend, General Wolfe, present- ed to me on the day of his death. Use them to keep the old family name without stain." There is no reference, however, to this presen- tation by General Wolfe in the list of bequest made by him immedi- ately before his death. but there can be no doubt that Wolfe gave a brace of pistols to Holland dur- ing the seige of Quebec. About ten inches in length. with flint. locks and heavily mounted butts, evi- dently made for service rather than ornamental bear the following inscrlption:- "The gift of General James Wolfe to Captain Samuel Holland, 1759.”

These historic duelllng pistols are now (1924) owned by Mrs. Jon. E. Welsh. of Boston, formerly of P. E. I. Mrs. Welsh inherited them from her husband's sister Iiattl. who married Robert Barker. son of Captain Barker. who married Henrietta Holland, daughter of Colonel John Frederick Holland.

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Major Samuel Holland died sl Quebec on December 28. 1501. Hi: age is given at seventy-the-es years in the English cathedral register. In his will (written ill French) he mentions his farm on the salnte Foye Road, n township” in the Island of St. Jean comprisn lng several thousand acres of inn a parcel of land acquired from th Seminary of Quebec in i786, and "un .grande emplacement proche ll Chateau Saint Louis." He beques- thed these properties to his wife. Marie Josette Holland, during her lifetime, and after decease thd properties to be divided equally between his children, John Pred- erlck, Charlotte, Susanna. Prede- rick and George. Charlotte was also given three hundred pounds. He states that he had provided for his other children at the tim of their marriage.

It is probable that after hh death Widow Holland continued to reside at "Holland House", QUOW3 for some years. she and her daughter Charlotte. however. we" living at Tryon River. P. E. I., be- fore 1822. Her will was registered on March 15. 1325, from which it is to be inferred that her death occurred in 1824 or early 1825.

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