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"Professor" Jimmy Edwards. the radio and stage conledlan-has been elected Rector of Aberdeen University. He polled 430 votes.

Lord Lovat was second with 370 votes, and the two other candidates, Captain A. A: C. Farquharson, Laird of Invercauld, and Mr. Paul Robeson, the American Negro

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z"" - 3-:3: singer, each had 104. There was a 54.2 you Not rnld ......... ...-- lame per cent poll.

Mr. Edwards, who succeeds Lord Twceds- nluir, graduated M.A. at Cambridge. Dur- ing the war he served in the R.A.F. and won the D.F.C. He spends his spare time I farming at Fletching, Sussex.

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f'Th'o Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

' ' CIIABLOTTETOWN. FIIIDAY. NOV. 30. 1951 TM

Well Paid For What They llo Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill is seventy-

. It is to be hope? that all our represenii l seven" today, and as active ill mind and atwes at Qttawa Wm suppzrt MP2 Mcmires 1 body as an average man half his years. He gmttesgs Bwnrd gefgzffarfg trteCf)un11l:1gi:sig::: will be wished many happy returns by ad- oh matte: involving i)h)e transportation mirers an the wO:1d,Ove,r' rights of this Province. These rights are matters of agreement between us and the Dominion Government, with which the Board has no concern. and this lack of

l jurisdiction nullifies much of its proceed- ings so far as we are concerned.

Owing to the retirement of Chief Com- missioner Archibald. of Halifax. the Mari- time Provinces now havc no representative on this Board. which is another matter of complaint. The Transport Minister has been asked to make appointments on a re" founders of ”Punch” over the destinies of - gional baSiS' but he has given "0 indicw which he presided most admirably ilntil his , tion of the Government's intention in this death. l

respect.

Meanwhile it is proposed to increase the salaries of Board members without consid-l cration of personnel. The Turgeon Royal; . . . . . Commisnon on Transportation had recom- odomzmg by plckmg me animal up by the

mended a strengthening of the Board. As tam ,Th.'S eyldence of the truth of a Cinn- : mon saying is of more academic than plac-

poimcd out by Mr' George C' Nowlan in tical interest because very few would at-

the House of Commons, this cannot be done tempt to get Mme enough to takp advmw

by merely increasing salaries. Indeed. for T i '

the services they are performing it would age of the tcChmq,ue' . seem that the Board members are already overpaid. They act as a convenient buffer for the Government in sidestepping re- sponsibility for remedying our transporta- tion grievances, but that is not something for which Maritime taxpayers should be Iurthcr burdened.

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Statistics now available show a collsid- erable falling off in the sale alld use of cigarettes. due largely to recent alld suc- cessive boosts in the taxes, but at least for the present session of Parliament prospects for relief arc dim.

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All Ontario farmer who stepped on n skunk saved himself from needing dc-

Woolworth millions dwindle. Taxes almost tB14,000,000 from the estate of the late five-and-ten magnate. Charles S. Wool- worth. a court audit revealed. shows Federal inheritance taxes on the E516,- 417,594 estate of more than 958,000,000, with Pennsylvania State's share adding 51.- 774.774. Depreciation leaves the 3314.000,- .()00 estate worth 52,513,864. External Affairs officials in Ottawa'sf 0 v t-

liasl Block were somewhat embarrassed n'. The picture of the Royal sapphire fox few months ago when the Government ofllfur cape presented by Premier Jones to India declined to accept the offer of several ! the Princess Elizabeth has been widely pub- nlillion dollars worth of low-grade wheat asslished across Canada and in the United

Canada's first installment of her obligationsistates. Interest in it has accompanied the Princess to the Old Country. and the Lon-

to cast and southeast Asia under the Col-, don Daily Mirror features it in its weekly

pictorial section, with the caption: "Prince

' Strange case of India's Wheat

ombo Plan. Now, it seems, India has agreed! to accept S10 millions worth of top quality! wllcat and no questions asked. The puzzling thing about the Canadian;Now there is fresh fame to be made fronl gift to India is that the wheat will not be lSapphires'." used, as most supporters of the Colombo :- Plan imagined, to feed the starving masses Lord Rowauany Chief scout of the com, or that populous Sub-Contlneilt am thug; nlonwealth, is to visit the first Caribbean ward off the menace of Communism. Rath-- Jamboree in Jamaica from March 5,17, er, it seems more than likely that Com- 1952. A small party of Kingvs Scoum munism will be fostered as a result of the drawn from a" parts of the United King, gift. For the wheat is to be sold to private p dorm will go, and Scouts from Canada. the dealers in India for a price, and the pro-1U. S. A” Mexico. the Republics of cemml ceeds, according to the stipulation laid down i and South America. Cuba. Ham. and an by Ottawa are to be Used 10 Promote Some the West Indian Islands will be there. To economic project designed to increase In- mark the Occasion the Government of diffs 0"” productive Capacit-V' Hlamaica is to issue special 2d. and 6d. It seems a strange way to go about Stamps. fighting Communism. For the dealers to whom the wheat is sold in India will find It difficult indeed to refrain from speculat- 'ing at the expense of those who need it most.

The United States govcrlllllcnt has classed newsprint production as a defence industry, eligible for the official "certificate of necessity". vantages in writing off capital for tax pur- poses but it is not expected that the re- sulting expansion will have any marked cf- fcct on the supply situation. So far as wood from Canadian sources is used it merely means a proportionate reduction in supplies from this country.

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Democratic Students

ill Scotland the occupant of the highest office in the,Univc;sity. Lord Rector, is, chosen democratically by the students themselves in a secret ballot. This last month both Edinburgh and Aberdeen chose their Lord Rcctors. but with a surprisingly 'Imall vote of electors.

According to "The Scotsman", Sir Alex- ander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, has been elected Lord Rector of Edinburgh University in succession to Mr. Alastair Sim, LL.D.

The new Lord Rector had a majority of 436 over his nearest opponent, the Aga ' Khan. '

The results were:-Sir Alexander Flem- ing 1096, The Aga Khan 660, Mr. John Cameron, K.C., 373, Mr. Evelyn Waugh 237, Mr. Sidney Goodslr Smith 227. Sir Andrew Murray 170, Mr. Stephen Potter 124, and Mr. Jimmy Logan 70.

Only 57.9 per cent of the electorate voted.

7 The Lord Rectorehlp of Edinburgh Un- ivereltyyle the highest Scottish honour which has been bestowed on Sir Alexander Fleming

A statement which has been described as the most important in the history of South Africa's campaign -against Tuber- culosis came during the month from the Minister of Health, Dr. K. Bremer. He announced that he had recommended Gov- ernment support for a plan to build a net- work of 40 tuberculosis settlements which would house 8,000 patients and 12.000 mem- bers of contact families. Loans from the Housing Commission of S2.200,000 at -lei per cent are proposed, and it is believed that eventually the expenditure on the scheme will be 53,000,000.

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Are blood clinics to be superceded? A dextran (artificial blood) factory is now in operation in South Africa. It is one of only four such factories in the world, the other three being in Great Britain, Sweden and the United States. The blood plasma substitute, discovered by Britain and Swe- den at the end of the last war, is obtain- cd from cane sugar by a process of fer- mentation. Already many thousand trans- fusions of dextran have proved effective. especially In cases of shock: and in times of peace and war it seems that this discov- my will be of the greatest significance.

Him work has been well recognized in the world of medicine. both in Scotland and abroad. but apart from being made the -iflrot Freeman of bio nktlve Dorvol in 1946. Sir Alexander had not received I major honour from his own country, Mr. James Keith O'Neill Edwar'ds--

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NOVEMBER so. 1951

Lessons from Europe In Community lbrogress

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FARMING FUNDAMENTALS

Many lm that people on the Island h e plenty of money, no evidenced from their dreu, the cus they drive, etc. We may ask: are farmers not supposed to dress as well as other people? How else can they move about today? It is cheaper and much safer to drive I car than a horse and wagon. Many of our IslInd farmers have small trucks instead of passenger cars. Local bank managers confirm our belief that even today only I very small percentage of the farmers in this Province completely own their automobiles and machinery used on their farms. They say that "The machine companies own more of our Island form: than the

farmers". This may not. be wholly!

a true statement, but the trend is definitely in this direction.

It. is not unreasonable to Iuggest that if our forms continue to be deserted they will soon be bought up by large food processing com- panic: and corporations and we will have to return to the landlord system, with all its inevitable con- sequences: we will become mere serfs to those companies Ind our blessings of private homesteeds, self-employment. and independence will be forfeited.

This trend has already started in eastern Canada and if it can- tinues. large companies will have total control of food product: right from the field to the con- ' counter. Consumers gen-

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TIIE ROYAL BANQUET t I E. Sir. -- Re Anglican clergy's let.- ztcr. Even from this distance, one icon readily see that their letter referred to a point. of courtesy. not as Mr. Jones interpreted lt, ii point of privilege. This common court- esy seems to have been recognized in other Provinces during the Royal tour. I am. Sir. etc..

(Rev) S.J. ARMSTRONG Daysprlilg. N.S.

Sir, -- The emission ill inviting a reprrsellt.xitiro of the iAngllcan Cllui-cll to tile Royal banquet is important, but. not so compared with the drinking of the toast to the Royal couple in intoxicating liquor, contrary to the more civil- ized way it was done in Ottawa. -thus setting a foolish example to the you'll: people of fills Province. The mother who receives her son home at. one o'clock in the morn- lng, too drunk to fllld his own bedroom door. does not laugh as did the banquet guests at the Princes joke. Mothers don't. laugh at drlnklllg jokes.

I am, Slr. etc.. (Rev) W.I. GREEN :Stailley Bridge. P. E. I.

CONTRAST IN VALUES i Sir.-ln your news columns the other day there was ii story from ;0lt-.':w:l llcadcd "Value of Factory ;Producls'Higher". lntimzlting the basically progressive fact that. accordinz to the Bureau of sin- tistics rEpDl'l. estimated gross .factory value of products man- 'ufaclurcd in Canada during 1950 reached a peak of 513.781.220.000. l The above is I massive sum (oven in terms of to:lny's rath- er allzlrlnlc dollar) and is a lil- llc difficult. for this average mind to measure. Nevertheless it looks smart, and the only bit of com- incnt which occurs to me. at the moment. is to suggest that it would be desirable to learn just. what portion of the cost of raw inat.crinls-recorded as amounting to 57.010.299.803-came from lhe farms? Only last week one of the financial journals (Monetary Times) pointed to the fact. that 039 per cent of Canada's indus- trial plants are dependent upon agriculture for their ,raw mn- tcrials." '

However, I feel that there are interesting undertones to the fol- lowing fcntures of the above news story. when brought inlu the same column with the con- trasting data covering the activ- ities on the nation's 710.000 fai-ma: "Number of employees increased to an estimated 1,186.20!) for 1050. with salary and wage payments of 32.762.258.000."-(CP).

I feel it is valid to compare the above totals with the fact that there Ire an estimated 1.003.000 men gainfully employed on me farms-forgetting. for the mo- ment. that there are Ibout. B00.- 000 rurIl women actively It work on these lame iltml-Ind that the net income of the farm- ers. in 1950. was 31.460.000.000. Yes. I'd like to Ice In expert lu- terprctetlon of t.hlI contrast.

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The Age-old Story"

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sensible wnrnlng to elderly gentle- men to stay away fronl the srlow shovel. In other words. let. George do It. Quite so. and in these times men and women in middle age are well advised not to run up- stairs. or try to chase and -catch up to the bus or streetcar. ---(St. Catllarlnes Standard).

First alder: always had our Id- lnlratlon anyway but we find add- cd pleasure in the competent nurse at the British Festival park who r.as confronted by a mall leading a cow who said the animal had toothache and could it. have first aid. please. Tllc nurse supervised the rubbing on of a sootillng salve and remarked. as the face of the cow relaxed, that she liked to see all patients. - toltana Journal).

An obscure group of ldulists contends that there is an aston- ishing amount of satisfaction to be obtained from trying as hard as one can to do things well The general theory of the efflcncy of effort as a way to satisfaction is not being tested very hard nowa- days and Llcrcabouls. The rule has become that parts of five days shalt. thou labor and do some of my work, getting off as early Fri- day afternoon as thou cansl and staying off an extra day if thy regular day off falleth on a na- tional hollday.- (The Printed Word).

We are back in a period when nlnglstrntell ill light of tllelr ex- perience suggest the ilumoer of cases in whlcli corporal punish- ment could be applied should be increased. Their case will hail: much support. especially when hardened. cruel and ruthless crim- lunla are being punished. At the same time there is no wish to re- turn tovthc 18th Century meth- ods whlch saw minor criminals broken by the lash.-(Ottawli Journal).

The Royal visit. leaves us with the uplifting sensation that. Can- adian bnnd music has picked up its heels and become more cheer- ful than of old. "0 Canada", we suggest respectfully, can be in dole- ful tulle lf played to keep time with the slow singers who roll the words on their tongues; given the vigor and quicker tempo of a'good band it becomes a hymn of joy and confidence and that is how it sounded at many of the Royal oc- casions across the country. The orchestras which took over at in- door occasions also deserve praise. Their selections, often heard as background music by El national audience. were presented with youthful tunefulness that befltteri the evenl.- (Ottawa Journal).

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"Some of the Indians on Len- nox Island have been dangerously ill for some time past. but are now-owing to the timely Ild. skllful treatment, and kindness of Dr. Byrnc-inst. recovering. The poor Mlcmac on Lennox inland ap- pear! to be sadly neglected. when sickness layn lllm proutrate. There are about thirty families on the Island. and no provlllon. It Ieemr. in mode. nor any arrangement en- tered lnto. with my medical mon to Ittend. Dr. Byron bu kindly volunteered his Iervlcee ln Ild of there poor sufferers, without ex- pecting any (we believe) remun- eration. Heretofore. If a medical man dent in his bill for ” t attendance and medicine. the in- dlIn Cornmlnlon who Iure to make lll'I objection. and flnIlly I lawoultz the upshot II now, no medical mon wlll Itlend. Reform is therefore loudly called for. Where now to the Indlon Commie- Iloner whlle Ilclmeu il In the wlgwem We under-Itand he bu not bee on the 1IlInd.for some time."

--Summerrlde Jou'rnIl. Nov. 8.

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The Ottawa Journal proffer: the Twlngeu of envy probnbly r.ill

through many Canadians as they read the news that cigarettes in France. even after a new price lzlcrease of 20 percent. are now to cost. only about the equivalent of 18 cents for a package of 20. Oth- er Canadlans. however. if their memories of French cigarettes re- nlnln at all fresh, just. as certainly fculld consolation in the thought that tobacco. after all, makes the best smoke. no matter what. it costs.-(Winnipeg Free Press).

Abandoned cats are I menace to

Ismail birds and are daily attend-

ants at neighborhood garbage cans in search of food. They straw garx bilge over lanes, they fight. they make the night. hideous with their yowllng nnd tllcv multiply the stray cat population. Abandoning a cat is cruel to the cat. and al- most as equally cruel to one's neighbors. Probably no law could ever deal with the practice. The mnedy is thought and decency.- tvancouver Pi-ovlncc).

Smoking in I-ed, says James II. Fitzgerald, chief fire prevention officer for London. is the number one cause of fire. and 70 per cent of all fires start in the home. Mr. Fitzgerald says that if a man has to smoke in bed he ought to move his bed under a tent set up in the middle of a field. This is drastic treatment. but if the majority of fires are set in this way it is logi- cal. Smoking in bed is not. new, Mark Twain did it for years and was never incinerated. Churchill does it. ill seemlnr: safety. The danger is that the smoker may fall asleep. Most. people. however. should go to bed trfunccoless. They have all day to smoke in the of- flce. Besides the cost. is rising both for tobacco and for lnattressea.-- London Free Press.

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VVIIEP NOT TODAY

Weep not today. why should this sadness be?

Learn in present fear.-l

To o'ermast.ei' those tears

That unhindered conquer Ulcc.

Think on thy past velour. thy fut.- urc praise; Up. sad henrt. nor felnl: In unlzraclous complaint Or a prayer for better dnys.

Dally thy life shortens. thy graves dark pclce

Dreweth Iurely nigh,

when good-night ls good-bye.

For the frleeplng IhIll not cease.

Fight. to be found flghtlng; not fIr Iwny

Deem not strange thy doom;

Like this sorrow. 'twlll come. And the day will be today.

-Robert Bridges.

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erally must. soon learn to take more interest. in the problems of more efficient food production and distribution.

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some economists suggest that "there are too many small farm- ers in eastern Canada; that we might as well admit the day of the family farm is past." We must admit that there is a great deal of inefficiency in our present form- ing system. The tremendous over- head costs of expensive machinery and interest is not economical. There are many small far-ms val- ued at. 35,000 to 38.000 on which there is also 35.000 worth of power machinery.

A great. deal of this machinery is used only for one or two weeks or less out of the year and is not properly cared for when it is not in use. But. our young people feel that they must. have this mIchin- ery; on the farm they are entitled to all the conveniences of shop and home that. they can have when working in industry. How- ever, if we take the lowest. deprec- iation-1092;-on this machinery it. amounts to 3500 per year; more- over. there is interest on invest- ment. gasoline. repairs. etc. to add to the real cost.