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THE GUARDIAN

llurnlnllhlly (Founded 1n 1881) Anthorlneil 1n fiocourl Clue: Mall, l-‘oot 011100 Department. Ottawa.

The lnlnnil Guardian Iulillnlilnl Co. ~ ‘Editor and ‘ Director, d. l1. Burnett: Auuclnio Editor, Frank Walker

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,' fflrgiflrongesf Memory is Weaker Than ' the Weakest Ink."

Manpower-own. ssrunnnv, was s. 1948

The King's Birthday.

"lt will be my constant endeavour. Willl 505's help, supported as l shall be by my dear Wife.

a uphold the honour of t-he Realm. "d T9 Pm‘

note the happiness 0i ml P°°Pl<’--"

These words, spoken at the time he began hi! reign, are characteristic of His Majesty King George VI, who has already won an abiding place

‘n the hearts arid minds of his people. His Maj

rsty was bo_rn actually on December l4. i395. bl" he public observance of his birthday was chang- id, for convenience, to June 9 and this year t0

Monday, June 7, by proclamation of Parliament.

end.

lt has been said that no other British mon-

Ich in history has been so close to his 93°19?

llis inspiring example during the years ohWorld Nor Two are fresh in the public mind, as is also, io Canadians, the unprecedented ‘V1511’ of Their Majesties to this country and United States in i939. Shortly after their return to England, War with Germany was declared, and on that occas- _lon His Majesty broadcast on appeal which llifted the hearts of his people around the world. . The task," he said, "will be hard. There will be

dark days ahead and war can no longer be can- lined to the battlefield, but we can only do the

right as we see the right, and reverently commit

our cause to God May He bless and keep us all." The broadcast over, he and the Queen at- tended a prayer service at Buckingham Palace. And throughout the war he frequently set aside | "day of national prayer", and continued by precept and example to exhort his people to re- nain steadfast.

lt is words and deeds such as these that mark the true significance of Kingship, and inspire lhat feeling of loyalty and devotion to the Crown which finds formal expression in the observance if Monday's holiday. "Long may he reign" is the levout hope of all His Majesty's subjects on this lCCUSlOtly

Island Peat Resources

The survey of our peat bog resources by of- ficials of the Department of Mines, Ottawa, is to be undertaken once again, and it is to be hoped with some concrete results. The bogs at Black Banks and East Bideford are to be examined first.

As far back as i9i7, the P. E. l. Develop- ment Commission reported on this subject, quot- ing from an earlier report of the Department of Mines which had mode a survey of lsland peat Bogs in i913. The Commission found that "the utilization of our peat deposits has engaged the ittention of the Department for many years. Ex- periments have been carried out at a very con- iiderable cost, and exhaustive reports have been iubmitted by experts employed for that purpose. lt has been proved that peat fuel can, under fav- ' arable circumstances, be manufactured at a cost

that will leave a margin of profit." l-t expressed the opinion that in this Province the Miscouche bog has the advantages, not possessed by any other, of having the railway run through it and of being comparatively near to the town of Sum- merside, and therefore would be the place indi- cated for the initial experiment.

sites." ls th A'r t to b I d d ' . The Commission _of 1917 estimated a total, pmved by theeDedaii-‘fhient ofeREJcIoEirsQtGrucIfiSnPIUr cost per ton (in the field) of $2.47 for a plant of what? . .

thirty tons daily capacity. It assumed that a bog of 100 acres, 9 feet deep would furnish suf- ficient pea-t to supply the plant for twenty years. As the average depth of the Miscouche bog was under 5 feet, 200 acres would be required.

The Commission noted that "in this time of shortage of fuel the utilization of our peat d2- posits seems impcrotivsly callzd for." But it added that the matter was one requiring "great :are in handling.” "No greater mistake," it warned, "could be mcde than that of inducing capitol to enter a venture of which the success is very prcblemaliccl."

There, apparently, the matter of aur peat fuel resources has rested for tho past thirty years. Now we are to have a new investigation by Ottawa officials, and it is to be hoped that the results, whatever they are, will be conclus- ive. We could certainly do with cheap fuel at the present time, but it is perhaps more than doubtful whether this benefit could b; filgfld with present high production costs.

' Goliath's llelit

One of the arguments used by anti-Con- federationists in the Newfoundland plebiscite was Canada's huge debt-ten times more per capita than Newfaundlandk. On March 31, i948, the Dominion/national debt amounted to $16,- 300,000,000. This is about five times tho total it stood at in 1919 at the end of the First World

pole.

ister,

Airport was

of an org

War, when the total was slightly above $3,000,- M0,000. In September, 1946, the debt of the Dominion had reached its peak amounting to 517.100.000.000. It had therefore been reduced ,000,000-in the ensuing eighteen months. The national debt of the United States

totalled 8255900000000. This was reduced by figflNflMflM in the following eighteen months, N‘.

stood at $246,400,000,000 on March‘ 3i,

- Comparing than national debts on a psi jpaplto-bosiyCanadab debt amounts to $13.25 m‘ llror at Who'd int; to $11.60 p‘: head of . I y. .9 , coursehto - ilni iii,» w effort a the llnltldtbllsilqs

more curly than rliar of Canldu and

rmv 9t

f v =st.:_th's Amorlcanhzsubtic, ’ l income,‘ are probably Dominion.

Tomorrow, 2nd ‘Sunday after Trinity. ‘I i Ir i’

The French Minister Pierre Primlin, addressing the International Fed- eration of Agricultural Producers urged dele- gates to encourage an increase in world farm production without fear of overproduction. I I at i’

What does it mean? Parliamentary Assistant to

The eighth anniversary of the first landing ariized Canadian soil in the Second World War will be quietly ob- served next week but it will the profound gloom and stunned hopelessness of those dark, early days of the i940, when France was in a appeared little to do but wait for the end, the lst Canadian infantry Division, then stationed in the Northampton area, was hurriedly returned to its former billets at Aldarshot in preparation for a hopeless crack at the enemy. On 8th June it was visited by their Mojesties the King and Queen, and by ‘evening of the next day od- vanced elements of the Division had moved out of Aldershot bound for Palmouth and Plymouth. On 13th and 14th June, under Brigadier A. A. Smith, units of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade landed in Franco and moved for up country into the raglan of Lo Mons. They nmr mot the enemy. locaim Paris had fallen and organized French resistance was virtually at an and, the decision was taken in Landon that no more man would be rant and that the already landed must be recalled. Canadian Force withdraw and Irlgadlar Smith, despite the condition Francs was _ fiiglond with lower than holtia dozen missing min. Oriceagaln the w n I billets on: so" mi.» arr Malaria n Tllat llivnslon mar some.‘ P -

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Prospects of a good'hay crop are encourag- ing to farmers and dairymen but like so many aspects of farming it remains a gamble to the

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No better or more’ appropriate memorial than a Church Carillon can be dedicated to the memory of a loved one. The DeBlois Carillon in St. Paul's will be greatly appreciated not only by the members of that lortu but by the community at large. I i it

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Veterans of the Second World War have purchased $56,889,000 worth of veterans’ insur- ance, it is announced. Applications for the in- surance totalled more than $1,500,000 a month. To April of this year 19,812 policies were issued. A i I i’

Britain is to have a National Army, a full scale force ready for any emergency, and the United States is_anxious to Legion to do its. police work. could be combined and we would ent bastion of by Uncle Sam.

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imitation even in rodents is the sincerest form of flattery.' A large rat which inhabits the Keene, N.H., fire station has won the respect of the city's fire fighters. The rat, they say, has several times been seen slidin pipe between the first floor and basement, smartly as a smoke-eatef ever descended the

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Adam Smith, Scottish political economist and sociologist, born this d-ate l fessor of moral

lty, and his Theo he takes sympath came the inspira gisls. His grea Nature and Ca which led to th Policy, and the of the world, though itl tic agriculture and dro country to the cities a place of food production. develop the food- production ‘overseas, making Britain largely dependen‘ lihood. "Man, an ‘animal,

extension

upon imports for live- which makes bargain.“ i’ it fi i‘

force on European not be marred by

war. Early in June, bod way and there

command of

Where there is

of Agriculture, M.

note congregation

establish a Foreign Perhaps the two have a perman- western civilization underwritten

g down a ‘water as

Mr. G. .l. Mcllraith, Reconstruction Min- states that "since tho Charlottetown designed to be a permanent establishment it would be desirable that, sooner or later, the buildings at Maple Hills now used

as housing be moved out af'the area to other

723. Was pro- philosophy in Glasgow Univers- ry of Moral Sentiment, in which y as the root idea in morals, be- tion of the l9th Century sociolo- t work was his Inquiry Info the uses of the Wealth of Nations, e adoption of Britain's Free Trade of her trade to all parts ed to the decay in domes- ve the people from the nd towns for factory in lt tended, however, to

Tomorrow "D" Day‘~l944 when our forces set out to defeat Hitler. ' W

Le Soleil states that Premier Duplessis will announce iit Three Rivers tomorrow July 28 as the date of Quebec Provincial election.

lt seems like a threat to hold up the Abe- gweit at Sarel for six weeks for. planking. Could not the work be done here? will there is a way.

The best news for a long time is the an- nouncement that a beginning is to be made with the erection of 29 houses in Orlebar St. to rent from $34 to $37.50 per month.

Western floods have had grim results but there is a lighter side. A Manitoba dispatch, for instance, quotes a resident as saying he saw cabbifs sitting in trees.

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Rev. L. M. Murray, Kensington, will conduct

a course in administration at the Maritime Con-

ferenca of the Young People's Union Summer

School at Sackvllle in the week beginning July 6. I i I I

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delicious apple, prune. raisin, cher- ry. mlncemeat, chocolate-flavored- wlth-peppermint, coconut cream. or apricot. pie, He ls ready w tackle the problems of contemporary ex- istence. — Chicago Dally News.

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mo other day that. he wanted to get. out. of the House of Lords. "No

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exlstenec of a hereditary privileged class. and one thing I bitterly re- gret ls that 1 am one of these un- fortunate Davids 1s a wealthy men with l. blg house ln unison. an estate 1a Pemhrokeshire and

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man who ds a peer. Wealthy l1“! B Sociallat. And he ls not. the only hereditary legislator who the hereditary system ls indefen- sible and should be abolished.

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Hamilton have for generations con- siclered lb prudent. 1.0 511811111‘ that.

out the

to be appointed by the City Coun-

all

three years), and one by the Sep- state schools Board. 'I‘hey repre- sent all the cltloens of Hamilton. The remaining 16 members of the

box tlve

every ward each year for a perloa of two years. this system. u has been so often proveri 1n the past, ls that. the seven members w... cltlzens are m l. position to take

the

to act as a brake upon lmpetuous

poll

-l1|.rnlltmi Bpabtabor. A Mn

kno

fused u; grant. s men-loge amul- ment. to s man because plslllflllll before marriage are not being kept by the wile. According to the man pelltlonlrig for annulment, the wlfo, when they were- married ln of ml year. promised to bulb work. to have llx children, make b heap! homo, cooking and keeping house, give up her love for harm. rum- the maxim. m harm‘!

which ll. stands are damaging the foundations of Andrews Castle, one at the storm centres of the Re- formation ln Scotland. The ruins of the stronghold. scene murder of Cardinal Bealon, are un- der the care of the ancient monu- ments department of the ministry of works, and they no taking 1m- medlate steps to repair the ravages of the sea. Seventy tans of can- crete, sand. and stones are being poured into a breach 1n the foun- datlona near the Kitchen Tower»- mamiiurrli Scotsman.

that. the "death seat." ls the front

plaice. protected by the steering wheel. and that. a. survey of secl-

ln the front. seal; are injured three times as often as This is a palnt to be kept in mind by the driver who so often has a loved one at his side. If he realiz- ed that ls the person he ls putting ln danger, even more than himself, he might. be dlsposed to take few- er risks on the road. — Kitchener

Waterloo Record. .

goings-on of the lads 1n Washing- ton 1f he has a good breakfast un- der his belt. This business of some

cup of coffee ls a more and a de- lusion. All lhlxigs considered and utter exhaustive the countryman has come w the firm conclusion that he wants a generous wedge of p1e—-any kind

A nun cannot help the able ha

pauper. and Viscount St. Davids is sorry he was born ,to_ become n

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School the you round has been suggested by a Tennessee ‘teacher. The pupils are seylrig that the rest. of the crime new: can be found on the lnslde pages. — Hamilton spec» » labor.

A physician sly! the eve‘ and throat are sympathetically connect- ed by a common nervous ‘fem. Is that why things we hear occa- sionally glve us a pain in the neckt-Klngston Whig-Standard.

Neaklng has been prohibited near certain memorials ln London, Eng- land, becauseJl. ls deemed to jeop- srdlze the dignity .of the monu- ments. Well, monuments are for the dead and love-making 1s for the living. It ls difficult to see how the one bothers the other, or vice verse. - Windsor Star.

Television In the Brllllh Isles 1a a long way ahead of the United Slates elort. One powerful station ln the Alexandra Palace ln North Inndori almost covers the whole country. Since the war. much pro- gress has been made there with televlslon of events ln their natur- al colors. - slralford Beacon- Herald.

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Breakers pounding tho cliff on six

at the

An American surgeon hu found

eat beside the driver. He points ut. that the driver ls ln the safest.

put

ents has shown guest. ‘assengers d,“

the operator.

A man ll better able to face the

all. juice, a slice of toast and a

experimentation. mo

1.

. 2. H so bee . except. jlggly. unstablel ‘ML e m" on“ P‘ M" c" When a, man has concu s a metutinol feeding with a piece of 15mg? mu“ b’ w" '0 “u” h“

lilgh each tlnct loge

born lrita, whether lt. be peer or

er. He told a Cornish audience

clallsh," he sold, "can support the

to pr people." v Viscount S.

another 1n

mbrldgeshlre. He ls not the only I"

thinks

Thomas ‘limes-Journal.

n flielr wisdom the people a!

of a total of 2a members of Board of Education, six are

(two annually for a term of

r.l are elected as representa- s of the various wards, one ll ls not.

The advantage at

‘ all the might. broader. long-term vlew and

tlcsl or sectional opportunlsm.

y mun In Chlooko evidently we his sublect for no ms rs-

term

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also. for generally.

themselves and the

The report. of the survey oom- mlttee of the Canada and New- foundland Education Association points out that. a typi

prepare students to enter universi- ties. normal school, etc; a depart.- ment of commerce to prepare alu- denta to enter the world of busin- ess; a department of agriculture to prepare the students of the coun- try lo become good farmers; s de- partment of trades and industry

anlcal trades; and a department of home economies to prepare glrls for homemaklng and other occu- pations usually followed by women‘

required to study English, Health and social Studies. It ls generally forced today that all the students .n sec celvlng instruction 11s English (both Language and Literature), Health, and Social Studies (History, Clea.- giaphy. Civics, etc). they wilt‘ study those subjects which -lle closest to intend to take school. K

Now lf our youril people intend to go on to a College Course, or lf they intend to enter business llle, Prince Edward Island offers sult- izble educational opportunities. If they wish to earn a llvollhood lln Akrlcullure, Economics.

olal provision for their education beyond Grads VIII. It ls la these directions especially that our eye. tem should be expending, ml;

of Ccmposlto ‘Bl l a r g e r lhrouah the cs publishing

Such

courses In (muulstry, nlolagyjoll; 1P4 Fmlllltrl. Holdffurbnndry, Bookkeop

PUBLIC FURUM

'l'hboolnnnhopanr,o XIII‘

cu limbo: by. epoaoonll of anemone ni interact. "the Utiuiomuiwn

o inter-dependence betwee

or seven inane: of "the goo

earth." .

1f the "margarine collation" finally succeeds 1n spotlighting the amount. of human energy eaypended down on the formant revenue lev- els which urban “organised work- ers" would not consider for s mo- ment, I think the barrage of pro- paganda mey yet perform an im- liilsendcd. but. nevertheless valuable service.