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GREETINGS and

BEST WISHES

for a

MERRY CHRISTMAS

from i110 Management and Staff

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unis DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS Province of Prince Edward Island

TENDERS FOR LUMBER

SEALED TENDERS. addressed to the undersigned, will be received at this office until noon on Wednesday. January 10th. 1945. from any person or persons willing to supply any of the following list of lumber:

PRINCE COUNTY

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(l) TlGNlSlt- 15.000 F.B.M. 4 in. Plank. random lengths 50 nos. 4 In. x l2 In. x 16 ft. long 5.000 F.B.M. 2 in. x 6 In. x l6 ft. long

350 Posta 7!: ft. long x 5 ins. at small end.

(2) ALBERTON:— ft. long l6 ft. long

s. at small

(4) PURTAGIH- '

15.000 FEM. 4 in. Plank, random lengths 75 pes. 4 in. x

5,000 F.B.M. 2 in. x 6

i 350 Posts 7% ft. long

RICHMOND:- 15,000 F.B.M. 4 In. Plank. random lengths 75 pcs. 4 in. x 12 in. x l6 ft. long 5.000 F.B.M. 2 In. x-O In. x 16 ft. long 350 Posts 725 ft. long x 6 Ins. at small

KENSINGTON:— 15.000 F.B.M. 4 In. ‘I5 pcs. 4 in. x 5.000 F.B.M. 2 In. 350 Posts 7% ft. Io g x

ALBANY:- 15.000 F.B.M. 4 In. Plank, random lengths 75 pcs. 4 in. x l2 . x 1G ft. long 1.000 F.B.M. 2 in. x 6 In. x 16 ft. long 350 Posts 7% ft. long x 6 ins. at small

QUEEN'S COUNTY

50.000 F.B.M. 4 in. Plank. random lengths 71,000 F.B.M. 3 in. Plank, random lengths 10.000 FEM. 2 In. Plank, random 5,000 F.B.M. 1 in. Boards. random ‘ ‘ 25.000 F.B.M. d In. x 0 in.. random lengths 180 pes. 4 in. x 12 In. x 1d ft. long 500 Posts 7 ft. long x 4 ins. at small end 500 Posts 7 ft. long a 5 Ins. at small end 500 Posts 7 ft. long x 6 ins. at small end.

KING'S COUNTY

30.000 F-ILM. 4 In. Plank, random lengths

15,000 P.B.M. 6 in. s: 0 In., random lengths 150 pcs. 4 in. x 12 in. x 18 ft. long

1,000 Posts 7 ft. long x 8 ins. at small end

10.000 F.B.M. 8 in. Plank. random lengths.

The tenderer shall submit s price per M.B.M. for all sawn lumber. prices quoted being for lumber at the mill site. The Department shall take care of delivery from the mill site.

The tenderer shall submit a price each for posts. and they shall he piled near the roadside where a truck may be able to take delivery of IIIIIB.

Lumber shall be elther spruce or hemlock. hardwood (white birch and poplar excepted). for which kind of lumber he Ia tendering.

Random lengths shall mean any length exceeding 10 feet. mum width of plank shall be seven Inches.

Posts shall be either cedar or Juniper. is minimum that will be accepted.

lily shall be all square edged and sawn to the exact dimensions specified. and shall be perfectly sound and free from wane and shakes.

Parties tendering may tender for the whole or any portion thereof. Parties must state for what portion they are tendering. Tenders to be marked "TENDER FOR LUMBER.”

All material shall be carefully Inspected and measured before de- livery is taken by the Department or payment made. Delivery of lum- ber shall be made on or before June Ist. 1045.

The Department does not bind Itself to accept the lowest er any

tender. (L. I. MacMILEAN), Deputy Minister of Public Works and Highways.

(5)

(C)

end. (7)

Plank may also be The tenderer shall state

Mini- Small end dimension given

vHARLOTTETOWN. Prince Edward Island, December 20th. 1944. 12-8-71.

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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

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in the House of y General A. G. l... McNaughton, Minister of National Defense. on the subject of overseas reinforce- ments: from the llansard oiflcisl report. Nov. 23. Continued from yesterday's Guardian.

Mr. Maekenaie : Mag 1 have the privilege of ask t c min- ister a question in o cr to clear up more precisely what is meant when we talk about men being ta- ken from the N. R. M. A. to be sent overseas. Let me put It to the house in a simple way. that to-day. November 33, are a thousand N. R. M. A. . in a certain camp. Then take the situation as it may exist a iveok from today with those same men. ,Assunle-——that none of those men have volunteered in the meantime. The result will be that they will remain N.R.M.A. men ust as they arc today. But If in t e period of that week the thousand men voi- nnteer. the then are no longer ‘classed as .R.M.A. men. they be- come general service men - I am

from today were sent over- seas the public might assume that they are other than the N. R. M. IA. men of today. But they would not be. they would be exactly the some men. The only difference would be that they would be lzc- ine as general service men in- stead of being N.R.M.A. personnel sent under compulsion and not thought of as general service in the sense in which most persom usetghat term todav. Am I rillht in a

Mr. McNaughton: ‘Phat h col"- rect.

Cause OI’ Confusion

Mr. Mackenie King: That is something that is bound to .ausc confusion In the minds of manv. 1 know there was confusion in my owsl mind in some instances citel. of general service other than N. R. M. A. personnel going overseas. When we begin to consider wheth- cr these N R. M. A. men are lloing over as general service men-

Mr. Cruickshank: Let us send them all over.

Mr. Mackenzie King: Suppos- ing all the men in the camp vr-l- unteered boiorc the commanding officer detailed them - they have that privilege-they would tzlen go as general service men. they would be volunteers but they would all be the N.R.M.A. men of today many of whom have been in camp for years. It is Im- portant to have that perfectly clear In our minds. As l understand it, any N.R.M.A. man in a camp is free to volunteer up to the mom- ent his commandlng officer details him to go; is that right?

. Mr. McNaughton: That is cor-

rect

Mr. Mackenzie King: Up to the present time something like 42,000 N. R. M. A. men have become gen- eral service men through voluntary enlistment. Those men had been in the camps for some time and most of them were highly trained.

Mr. Adamson: If those thous- and men refused to volunteer nml were called up under the order in council. they would then becom- general service men.

Mr. Mackenzie King: Certainly

Mr. Adamson: It is exactly the same thing; once they go up for active service they are general service men whether they are m1- led up or whether they volunteer Thre is no difference.

Mr. Mackenzie King: The nif- ferenu is that the one is a volun- teer and the other is not; that is the distinction.

Untrained Personnel Mr. Harris (Danforth): I should

a

like to ask the minister one or two questions. First as to general verv- -ice personnel who have been the army for some time but have had practically no infantry train- ing. are they being sent overseas to reinforce units that require trained infantry men?

Mr. McNaug on: On occasion that may well happen. They would have to have the physical char- acteristics laid down for thc in- fantry and be within the age lim- its. They would be s u for remustering and put through courses of training.

Mr. Harris (Dsnforth): Put through courses of training in Canada? e

Mr. McNaughton: If they were here it would probably be done in Canada. On occasion we lave sent certain personnel for re- muste-ring acrom to England to take advantage of the training facilities there. It would be either one or the other.

Mr. Harris (Danforth): What training will they receive? Will it be eight or ten or twelve weeks?

Mr. McNaughton: 1f they JI-VO already done the full basic training of their own arm. th will get six weeks’ training. 0t erwise it will be longer.

Mr. Harris (Danforth): Win general service men fitted for their

resent service but not fitted for

antry service have an oppor- tunity to a r again before a medical of icer to make certain they are fit for infantry service?

Mr. McNaughton: Yes, that iv so.

Mr. Harris (Danforth): Will it be necessary for the general service man te request this, or will it be done as part of the routine of the service before

_ tiea of statements made’ Commons b

Statements

Discussed By Members . In House of Commons

these men are dispatched over-

seas Mr. llerlsluhton: Port of the routine. 1 Mr. Harris (Dan-forth): My next , ' is somewhat different. We note that some 400 men who have

will ey to ng back to Oans with them tot- fcmilles they have acquired while

they have been ae overseas? Mr. McNaughton: they have families I would think that the

men would be keen to spend the leave with their families.

I.eave To Canada

Mr. Harris (Darlforth): A man mav have married while overseas and his parents may be in Carladn Will he be ermitted to spend his leave in ansde and bring All wife with him?

Mr. McNaughton: I would say, m. because the whole limit on the busineu is the amount of trans- portation available.

Mr. Harris (Danforth): There is

one hon. member. that the train- ing necessary before an infantry man was ready for the ltnc oc- cupied twelve weeks, and that was corrected to sixteen weeks. Whtcn is the correct figure?

Mr. McNaughton: In the in- fantry he would get eight weeks basic tra_lning and eight weeks ln advanced corps training. lllfli would make sixteen weeks in Cau- ada normally. Then he would have refresher training. which would take at least two weeks.

. Hanson (York-Sunbury): Was it not twenty-three weeks st. one time?

Mr. McNaughton: No.

Mr. Hanson tYork-Sunbury): I understood that it was twen‘y' three weeks.

Mr. McNaughton: mind trade training?

Mr. Hanson (York-Sunbury): That may be.

Mr. Harris (Danforth): What age must aboy be before hc v:

Have you in

Mr. McNaughton: The age u nineteen, and there we always get into certain trouble because many boys who want to go forward ell-

aggerate their age. That is con- stantly occurring. Mr. Harris (Danforth): The

minister asked that any roses which came to our notice of boys who had not reached the minimum age should be handed over to him. I should like to hand this lrttcr over to the minister.

Mr. White: This afternoon when the general was giving certain ans- wers to the hon. member for Lake Centre (Mr. Diefenbaker) I under- stood him tc say that on the first occasion when he interviewed the Prime Minister, namely, on 0':- tober 31. 1944. he did not have full information or full figures. or rep- resentations to that effect. Would the general ease ex lain Jllii- what lnforma ion he dd have be- fore him on that occasion when he advised the Prime Minister. as stated in the letter of November v3 f:om the Prime Minister to Co.- onel J. I... Ralston. in which the Prime Minister says:

"I felt it necessary to ascertain the views of General McNauubton. This I did. and ascertained ma: General McNaughton was not sai- isficd that compulsory service vms necessary to provide full support for the army overseas."

iii the general please tell till- l-louee what information he nad before him as to the military v1‘u- oiion on that occasion. bearing. in mind what he has already said tn the hon. member for Lake Cont-re’!

Mr. McNaughton: I think that is a question 1 am not required to answer.

Mr. White: mswered it by telling

the ncr.

h: v IDITIIJEI‘ for Lake Centre that you

dizi not have all the information before you. Is that correct?

"Sufficient ' rmatlon"

Mr. McNaughton: I had suffici- ent information to form my opin- ion, and it was on my Win10" ti)" I took action.

Mr. White: Am I correct in .ls- suming that the answer you gave to the member for Lake Centre

was correct when u stated that you did not have ull information before you? -

Mr. McNaughton: I have stated

again and again that 1 gave my opinion. There was never a time when anybody had all the infor- mation before him; that is im- possible.

Mr. White: But am I correct in assuming that on October 31 in your interview with the Prime Min- ister you did have the informa- tion as to the Ifitilxlxlfed number oi‘ reinforcements go g through the

orcemen‘ stream each month.

over in December. Janualg

the next three months? id 'ou

have knowledge of these rcqurc-

ments that occ on’!

Mr. McNaughton: I had suffici- g rmation to form

the opinion which I expressed.

(To Be Continued)

WELSH PEACE PROSPECTS (By The Canadian Press) CARDIFF. Wales-South Walt-a towns are receiving inquiries from United Kin d ecturcrs

and one in ustrial oificisl said-

wishes for a

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"We feel optimistic about uisoosci war pros ts.”

In the Same Old “ Way

00 YEARS AGO TODAY we first sent our greetings to our customers and friends. Time has not dimmed their loyalty and on this our anniversary we sincerely extend best

Merry Christmas

HUGHES . DRUG c0., Ltd '

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her lips to keep from crying out.

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When Dr. Wade turped away from the telephone his face was Brave. Sara. his wife. came into the living-room qulc . she had been standing in the all. listen-

Iflllsb. you can't gol You can't! its Christmas and the children arc all coming home, and oh. It will IlmPlY ruin all our plans!"

Now. now." Dr. Wade said. He slipped off his house Jacket and moved around the tree that spar- kled with say ornaments and bright tinsel and strings of popcorn. From the closet he brought his overcoat and overshoes and his cap with the fur-lined earlaps. Sara watch- ed him desperately. Once she glanced toward the window. snow hissed a inst the glass. Wind howled a ut the eaves.

Dr. Wade stood by the door and \drew on his gloves and picked up his has. lie looked down at his small wife whose hair was streak-

The young wife lay. her face

permitted to go into the front line ~ Elite and drawn.

ed with gray, h . anxious and deslgzergstg, we" 5n ‘Wing. A smile rested ll ht] on‘ his lips as lie waited. g YI “#5611. b]; lnir {(111 lenseooedbk . w“ held nothing ti”. sllfiifiniiii‘ “Prmh- "You-worm" she said, “mi 51°95 "P108 and kissed him.

the garage. He was glad that lle‘ had taken the precaution to put: chains on the night before. a storm like this the street, pnrtment would the roads clear. In the village Dr. Wade stopped

to make some. purchases. 1M" h‘? Stopped the coupe at the foot of the logging road that led "l! ,to Bald Ridge. Even with chains it would be impossible to go farther with the coupe. so he

compartment of the coupe, Supp. ped them on. tied a canvas luck on his back. tucked his kit under one arm and started up the mad, The storm had increased rather

admit-Dr. Wzldc l

_ _ 1nd to ause to . (llrnlnrz his hock to t e wind. It was two hours later when Dr. Wade 511v tho blurred outline of tho cabin. Ordinarily the trap would have taken him less than ‘thirty mlnutcs. He knocked nnd .11.: door opened at once. l-le step- lfvfid inside and leaned against the nail. breathing heavily. Slowly he became aware of the warmth. Life came back to his muscles. He looked up and smiled.

youn? Brad Jones was watching ~41. Wd -B' ‘ dumb gratitude in .ls face. _.hlnd him his young Wife 1B! on tile bed near the stove, her face white and drawn, biting

Dr. Wade had delivered hun- dreds of babies. but this one was different. 1t was different because was Christmas and a storm raged outside. and his children wfre coming home and he wnsn’t going to be there to greet them. It was different because he had stop- ped in Anderson's store and bought some things that brought tears to Mrs- Jones’ eves. and made it im- possible for young lzrad to speak.

It was late afternoon when Dr. Wade started for home. The sto:m had abated. but the wind was colder. sharper. Now that it was over the doctor's thought leaped ahead, to his own home and his own _children. He was sorry he hadnt been there to greet them. l-Ie and Sara had planned so many surprises.

Sara met him at the door. She helped him of!’ with an coat anal brought his slippers from

“The children didn't get here, The storm held up the train. They just ‘phoned from the ststiosni They'll be here an minute. and we‘ both be on nd to greet them. Oh. it's oging to be the best Christmas ever!‘

youn Brad Jones and his w e. "Yesfl he said, "the best Christmas ever." And his chin fell forward

0n an dheet and he slept. ' Sara looked at him. "Oh. you- you-l’ she said lovingly and tip-

toed out of the room.

i-‘Tomorrow

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PRAY, and WORK

IS Forever by Gwen Briatow

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Klessier drew in a quick breath wit Elimbe

nearer and sat hhndbfl8 in Proud book to look up at him

i and locked awaydlfifii woke W! my night seemed Iigg a on a chance resemblance It

DlnWade backed his coupe outofigot a Husband’

bout answering. th came dawn. Holding her her lei‘). she leaned

She said, "I have not been drink- and I am not hysterical. I nine hours’ sleep and when l on of last mistake based was e ed at

. “Ariilgur, let's face

this and talk about

“I'll talk about it as long as

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', 8 G. d In . l-S 0118 be hours Bettinflnsorry for her. "But w. not true, iMLi-s. Herlon .'

But E1 continued. “You

and went into Cy Anderson's store i have a 54m- m your arm whey-e you A" iwllriwcre burnt by a splash of boiling

chocolate One night when I was making fudge. You have another

scar on your right knee. when you and I were p

produced snowshoes from the m" gncy qlvujand youhit the edge

made ising

the p001 Kessler sat. down, and mc-ved a

pencil that was about to fall off the H189 of the table mnnv scars."

"I have 5O

he seid. "that no

doubt u could find two that than lessened in fury. Frequently would g m . . u mud a_ —more frequently than he liked to bout, " m,.‘Ij°..i.,°§,.,.§{.°,¢ hinggu]!

on his cane. he leaned toward her. and continued. "Mrs Herlong my body is sluch an accumulation of patches and makcsllifts that to (prove or disapprove mv "‘

tn any healthy man would be very difficult. I didn't grow this beard to diszuse 5011141, ugly lineg on my chin that would make me even harder to look at than I um nov." insist that I .

my face. but to cover

Yet you mble your first

husband "

conviction. "It's not

mlzsoéin felt. no yielding of her Iust um you

'As we enter upon the fllresllold of another year, ear thought; revert gratefully to our Friends and Clientele, whose Courtesy, Good. will, and Loyalty, have been of great assistance to us in the difficult days through which we are passing.

We extend our best wishes for the Christmas Season. Let us HOPE,