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for re-elwxtion to prove public approval of his

right to receive emoluments of office Nowhere 1n Canada/s parliamentary history is there a case of a cabinet minister holding office for more

llorulll Dill! Gould ll III!)

Pflldell: l-lelt. Col. W. Chute: I. loll-III Vice-Premium J. l Burlelk l‘. J. l. Secretary. I-leut. Out. D. A. llaelhueu. 0.8-0.

lllter and alunuln; Dlreem: J. L Burnett. 7J4. Funk Walker and Hells In

Annotate ldlten: A. Burnett. 8.03.113. i0! Aetlvu Bervleet

“The Strongest Memory t‘: Weaker Thu

the Weaker‘ Ink.‘ TEJEEIiiiYTIANUmY "

than the two or three months it took to arrange his election in Parliament

In the long record of Britaiifs pailiaiticntary’ history there is only one case. ln r846 Gladstone itcld the Colonial Secretaryship for one year without being in Parliament, his Newark scat being refused hiin because of his stand in favor of repeating the Corn Laws.

disregard the basic principle of our

N. B. Reconstruction Program

The .\‘t-\v Uvutiswick tQ-uitiinitiee of Recon- struction has made a very comprehensive report

to the Provincial Liuverntnent, and a summary of its ftfCflllllliClltlflllODS titakes vi-ry interesting reading 'l‘he_v include a proposed harbor de- vrlopnteiit scheme, with llélfllcnlill reference to

SPiint john; airport construction; $38,658,000

to be spent on postwar high-very grading and paving .l".l $2.535.o0r) on new bridpes; intens- ivi- progvritii of forestry" roiiwsrvatioii; aid to potato growers in (l(‘\'t.lt‘|I'|l€Il[ of iuscct and disease icsistatit varieties, iiiiproietnent of de- llydfli and starch manufacturing methods, and bett-r utilization of waste material from the PUl-llll imltisiry: coojx-ratiiiti with Ottawa to obtain rtbiiniltiiicc oi tontiiirrciztz fertilizer mid lllllCtlwllt‘ at cheapest price; farm draining and land clearing program; acceleration of soil survey; distribution of \\'C~.l('!‘fl feed grains at ‘ltllllllltllfl c‘ : encouragement of fist. meal iii- dzisiry; ritilcr <l(‘\\‘ltI|>lllClll of blueberry bztr- rlevlnpir-ciii iii ciiin-ciuttiixe rtitld storage pants: a-sisiance to fishcinueti i". various ways; rxlical ltrnrtivetnetit of nublic healtn services:

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rural el::tr't ‘Elllttlll eight million dollar school bnilrlitig girl-gram; ~lum clt-arainct- zuid housing _miitluct.~: full rcvit-iv of Dt)lllllllt)l'|-[)l'0\'ll"lClhl

fraiicial relations. etc. The report is evidently the result of careful

and cxpezt study, and has the atliaitttige of pre-

senting .1 concrete programme which can be di=-

cussed w: its tnerits" with the federal authoritics. ln this Province the lunes i‘

suveriiment has

not yet got around to establishing that non- partisan Reconstruction Committee which it lllflllll<t"l in its election platter-in. However.

“rcniiei- litucs has l‘(‘\‘(’llil_\’ msiiincd the port- t'l~- iii ,\llll*l€l‘ .if tlii- ltt'\\' rlcparlnietlt fir)“ which auzitc-ritv wa. taken at the last session or H -.- l.€Ql:lillll'€J and, still more recently, a sec- tvtary or ileputy of the department was ap- pninterl in the lI(‘|'~"tll of .\l=. l F. Connolly. .\'o liviht riciuistiiicti-vu problems were dis- eussv-l by llretnier lones aad other members of the lslaui deiegzition which visited Ottawa last week, \‘.'hat is" needed now is a blueprint such at the \»u llruus ick lQWOIHYFHCIlOIl Cotiimit- ttl- ha. u. full} prepared fur rhit province. 'l.‘hi::, is a matter which should be rlivnrced entirely from politics. and it is hoped that the public will hr kept fully informed of the progress made ~’~.~-.~. ’ll"l‘l“ to time. tin a subject of such vital in- terest an] impiiriiiiicc.

Empire Forces

The total strength t ti-i: British Commoti- nralth zuirl linipirc forces at the middle uf 194;. Nils 8.713000. 'l'he number of men reported as killed, tiiissing, or prisoner of war is not in- eluded it‘ this total. If allowance is made for trese and for men discharged on medical mil other grciinrls the total iiuitiher of men who arr serving or have served since the outbreak of tl".= war has been over to millions. The com- parable figure for the last war was 9 millions.

he casualties tn all ranks of the armed forces 0f the United Kingdom dirring the first five yours of war, as reported up to September 3,

1944, were :-

Killed 176,081 Missing . 38,275 Wounded . , . . . 193,788 Prisoner of \\'ar t. 154,968

Total 563,112

Casualties to the British Commonwealth and Empire forces during the first five years of isrir as FGPOFKCd up to September 3, i944, were 925,963 cf Whom 242,995 were killed, 80.603 missing, 311,500 wounded, and 290,865 pris- oner of war. From the beginning of the war .0 August 3r, r944, 20.629 merchant seamen serving iii ships rcqistrrcil in the United King- dom have been killed by enemy action at sea and 4,173 have been interned by the enemy. These figures exclude the number 0f merchant seamen who have been ivounded or injured.

If McNaughton ‘Were Defeated’!

Apropos of lieueral llcfvaiightonls candida- ture in ehi: coming ltyt-lection in North Grey. the uiff5tlflll l> being raised of what will happen to him if h." is defeated-ivhctlier he would be compelled to resign from the Cabinet immedi- ately. or whether he could retiiain in as Defence .\lllll>l\‘l' ~ttutding for some other cnnstitumcv ‘n the mulling‘ Qiriicvnl cit-ctr 1n.

Oddly ciiotigh, says the Ottawa journal. there

l.‘ ll<t lair '_;tl\'(‘7'lllll;_' the itiattei— and little pre- e-dent. .\ll that exists is ClL-‘ltlmi the custom under" which lli('lllllL‘l's of fhe (Tabinet must be .".(‘l1‘tl1(_‘t'~ bl l‘:irli.-m|¢rit. The fact remains that

tlw- custi in. >ll])|)<ll'i(’tl b_v no statute. could not prcvctit .\lr. King from committing General :\le.\'augliton in his (‘abinet regardless of the vt-rdict of \'orth lire). .\lr. King could hunt llrl-iit fut a safer place to l‘llil his titan, or. in law. he cmilil ttlluu" \lc.\'>tught"r: to remain Dc- Tffllfl‘ .\llll'>ll‘l‘ and simply have hint represented in the lflnllllflFh hyv some nthcr Minister or a l".irli:tmentar'y' Assistant.

Hut if zhis is the law I is not the custom. Our sy-tr-m of govt-mitten is ltased on parlia- tretitary wprcse-ntaiiuii. on the principle that

quenfs when they had volunteered for service,’ hr- said. "lloivevcr, l do object to give similar orders when they concern men who have been

mental system. General

able.

--EDITORIAL NOTES-

With the dcitiobilizing of L‘cach Grove, the loss of 130 employees at ll"ti:e Stewart's, and -ther itilir-titions of Federal disregard for otir :1 tcrests. the prospcctsof liJtt-rment here un~ tier tireseri. Liberal Government are glum in- need. ~ if IO! 1U i

One of the tinomzilies of otir present system of stiow shovclling is tllul muse law-abiding cu-izens ivho regularly keep their pavements tlean are the ones to suffer most, and the most denounced by pedestrians, when a thaw sets in. for theirs become the flooded footpaths.

s a- a r Prospects for the vacant .\.ir Ministry are _ being dis.ussed at Ottawa, and Hon. Colin Gib- :0", Minister of National ktvenue suggested 1S the likclyt appointee. What; about assistant lllllllfiltll‘ Lyrus Machlillaii, isn't he entitled to promotion, and aren't we t‘.'l'illE(l to a seat in the UO\/t.'l'l‘llll€l.I.> Oh, for some worthwhile "yappers" at Ottawa to make the rafters ring! rung.

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Liflder present regulations members of the . C. A It". who have had overseas service or more than three years’ service in Canada are riot subitmr to army call when they are discharg- r-d from the air force. New regulations will r:- stricl the cxctizptiitn to those with overseas sci~ .ice. Sash a policy would itiaize available for army service a large number of ground crew whose service has been limited to Canada. The 4,200 trainees released by tlie n‘. . F. fol- lowing curtailment of the .tir fitllllllg plan are practically all subject to call and may have ai- rcady been directed to report for army trriiu- mg.

I l‘ it ll‘ In its post war prngi'ztzii:iie in be stimittcd to ‘lie Fcdvral Government, New Brtitiswick re- commends that $8,091,000 be spent 0n school building requirements in the. liil-year-period fol- lmviiig the ivai"; (This iiiclud-_-=, $t,6i9.500'for l"|,'l2lL'L‘.'ll“ll or iiiiprovcriiruit or l,ll\J one-room scliouls, $150,500 for replacement or improve- rncnt of 100 elementary grader‘ schools in rural areas, S; 000,000 for constttictioti of 60 new regional high schools, $650,000 for extensions or new ‘building's for acutlemfr and vocational sivondary schools in cities and towns. and $1,- 105,000 for replacement or itiiprovcnreui of el- cmeiitary schools in cities and irnvns).

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iirlmutid Spenser, English poet, died this date 1591)‘ born in London, an! educated there and at Cambridge where he distinguished him- self and became known to Sit Philip Sidney; g-irned literary fame first with his bi/tcft/icrdbr Calritdar: receiving a gov. .ent appoinitiiciit i: Ireland. he published iii 1580 Aliffflflflff tut elegy 0n Sidney, and later, the first part of his long allegorical poem, 1i "rt. Quanta, the sec- cnd par‘. not being publishcl till lllo return to Lcndon, 1596, when he also publishedPrat/inl- fllllfflfil,‘ his hotne was burnt-ti and one of his children burned in Ireland. tlll'l lie himself died

Ay mt- liow inatiy perils drw unfold The righteous man, t.) ivtke him daily fcll. Were no: that heavenly grace doth hiin uphold And steadfast Truth acquit: out of all! U I i I!

If the health of the residents of Saint _ltlllil is to be .t<ici;uatel_i' protected tlzt-re la an tirgcnt need for the pasteurization of all fluid mill; brought into the city for consumption ivas the

iv indicated the necessity for such measure. it was stated. To further emphasize their stand in thdmatttr the board passed u second resolution urging the provincial government to provide for compulsory pasteurization of all fluid milk sold in the province. A similar resolution was yoSSfid 'it a meeting of the board sortie llllit: ago but no action has been taken tu date. The Saint John board has not been authorized to enforce the pasteurization of milk being delivered to the .or.sunicr.~.. By checking raw milk as it comes f.oni the producer individual licenses may be StfiptlldWi if the standard of nlcanlitiess is low in the opinion of the dairy and foods inspector, but that is all.

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Quebec is getting along tiicely under thi- king (invcriiment “conscription" policy. llulice Cricf _lean Jules Gagnon told the Quebec City Council they now had none of the police force zifisted. All the City Constables once in the zrmed forces now 11ft! back in the police fiareei 'il-iii .\l.iir.r ticrald lligarsuttc, M. 1)., Medical Officer Commanding the No. 5 Provost llrps has resigned Reason: “l did not object ordering the tracking down of tnzlitary delin-

il a titan rruiuot bt- rilccivil hr. has 1o right to

up until H131 ulicncvcr rt hlcubri" of inent was named to the Cabinet he had to run

_ _ _ ctnscriptcri for service oiersruis." goicrn. V luiirltimi-iitnl i~ lit-t. principle that turtle ha< been in charge of the Provost (fin-p, l';trli.'t- 1.‘ conscripts than volunteers.

Maj. lliga-

In the light of this, Mr. King would hardly govern- McNaughton, more- over, holds the key Cabinet post in this wartime government. That he could con-finite to hold it without a seat in Parliament. after an unsuc- cessful atrmpt at the polls, is scarcely conceiv-

0, mon e‘.pi'essed at a meeting of the Saint lolin leonslsfis of whateve; léhrejelpited i i , . ' ., , '. _ v t e makers o ung n; ltiaid <.f llcaith. lahoratoiy tcstsmarle retcnt cigars‘ The cigar; s”, the” er

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Notes By The Way

USSR. in

estimated 100.000 grapefruit States on grapefruit ls Ellnlng wide it)’ ln th USSR. Plant

ln the sub-tropical lone are being expandett-USSR. Bulletin.

Figures of he; .,.

into commerc" channels. tulllv to feed Allled urmles ovei

1.484.000 and Manitoba fourth 1v creased 040.000

try a wedding with

lctures aken at

Orleans-Btraganza —

Segura.

and the bride leans lace."

ding, Foley said there were “prin- ces enough to pack a London bus.

Q;-

train." There are 16 trunks or trouaseau to be sent tn the bride's new home at, Petropolls. near Rio de Janeiro. The wedding pres- ents filled several rooms. and in- cluded jewels valued at thousands of pounds-London Express.

Banks are dlgrtlfled institutions, and We like them that way. A romping or frollcsome bank is un- thinkable. But banks are also hu- man. and We have always been rather sorry that they took pains to conceal their humanity from the public. Such concealment has led to the familiar cartoon con- ception of a bunker us an ovrr- stuffed old gentleman with white

fs cruelly indifferent to the trite of the average cltlzen; it has ald- cd Socialists lWht) only like Sonia - lstlc bankers) to spread the belief than. bankers are sohemtng fel- lows who bring about; depression in order that they themselves may itrofll, in some mysterious way: it has fostered the legend that hanks are bowelless lnstitu~ tloiis, operating on business in-in- ciples laid down by Scrooge. Banks have never been like that, al- though lt. is true that they have become much sunnicr during the past. 25 years. — Petrrbomtigh Ex- 811111181‘.

Most educational authorities agree that the major reason for tlie decrease (in secondary schools) was the fact that many young people left school to take war Jabs. Thousands of them. having gone iu work in the summer. simp kept on working and failed to rt»- turu to their classes. What those young people should have realiz- ed, and what, those tn similar clr- cumstances must realize, now that re-convcrslnn is in the air. Ls that their education is frequently more important than any immediate aid they can give, as workers to the war effort. Here in Balti- more. as elsewhere throughout the country. the local department's campaign deserves praise. But the primary obligation rests with the parents Ttiry have the best o1!- portunity and lhc most. direct rte- sponsibllity to impress upon their children now of high school awe that. they represent the future for which we are fighting and must prepare themselves for it. -— Balti- more Sun.

Th: interim report of the fe- viot Committee on dentistry just. issued gives a frankly gloomy pic- ture of the dental health of the population. describing 1t bluntly as “bad" and adding that its ef- fect. on general health ls bad also, the London Tunes rcnvvts. The examination of recruits for

in M its tow l» l2i.“.,‘l‘°?.i°2i.°.f.a£l§“‘Tdfilflélffl §r'...."“"fl...“°"€§“"l...l€.t‘ lféi: "m3l'kal'll* f°_l' grafi“ and melmlyi lllgelller wltll a Wide lncldctice riwf dental dls- sclerhists who Wvlfk M these DPQl-if- a sumptuous imagination: ease. The committee takes the lems can still emoy the explorers

view that a comprehensive dental service should form an essential part. of the National Health Scr- vlce, and it hopes to make sucn a service sufficiently attractive to secure recruits.

Chinese Government reports in- dlcnte that Cliungklntt cigarettes tire tnade of tobacco produced lo- cally. Americans who smoke them are inclined to disagree. They contend that the raw ma- terial used by the manufacturers

parts twlio judge by taste alone). are made of hemp soaked in crude all and bound together with reclaimed rubber. third grade. - New York Herald ‘Prlbttne.

The Canadian contribution to the common wur effort has been massive, ‘and this ls an appropri- ate moment to ' owledtte Canada has been liberal with her manpower, and e uully liberal with munitions, foo and money. Canada, for instance. bears the entire cost of pay. allowances. maintenance um. equipment of all R.C.A.I‘. squadrons operating over- seas, and likewise of all .C.AF. personnel ln the RAF. That land of wide spaces nu shown an equal breadth ln her conceptlo of fealty to the Etnplre. It l1 high- ly gratlfylng to see Canada zet- tlng results commensurate with her great outpourlnga. - Edln- burgh Evening News. _ .-

0!’ all Allied ulrerlft. Berliners are said to dread most of all the Mosquito. which they term "the menace raider." As the newest Mosquito now flies at a hel ht of

slx miles. above the range o Ger- '31. u.‘ ¢||i|¢|m,_ , man anti-aircraft batteries. and pun" m “up” can carry a LOOO-pound bomb or an-sn-‘un six 500-pounders, that fear would ‘hm ‘Hdmflm, appear to be thoroughly juslilfled. hwu,"du_ m,“ -Brockvllle Recorder and Tmea. wnaflgh'mm p w u: wooggilgglé-l-gsyon Headaches - bqeutly HUI. __.___ lbdrl’; Klthey Pills dearth ma, WOODSTOCK, ma. Jan. ll - Ilvl-I It-Iivv I rhwu h Mm

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The flnt gupefntlTxnve In the eorglu, will yield up tl year. Introduced from theflnltids ly a few years ago, the . i-M intuit by u» ‘w. slit the ‘ii-rover m’ m’ naw

Starry

‘Speaking on

travelling at Judged b

Spaces

(London Tuna) Depths of Space", Sir James Jeans sold that all the stars that couid be seen without a telescope lay inside sphere huvlng a rizdlua of about light-ears - that lstunce wnfch 11,000,000 miles minute took 8.000 yearn to cover. terrestrial standards

“The

wu to light

i

u r __ Clnada mi- the flret. ma? 13am: “my m“ t ‘he w" by which

of 1944 ‘DOW thlt Alberta ll still I 1 bef th

"or ‘Mil’ lll-l'~ll“'ll’"§=*s “fir”: t 00h l‘ I

buted 2.361.000 to the flow of hurt u.“ o‘ my’ ‘n o y n“ e u.

6WD-

aeaa. the Letltbrldle Herald re 110m. Ontario stood second with 1.553.000, Bllkltche

wan third wit‘:

636.000. Alberta's marketlngs ln- thla year over last. or about 40 per cent. but there are pans ‘tlhat production ll MW 1111-. the aphere- of stars seen with the nit o .

In the ulxth year of we: they in can stlll stage in a. neutral coun- 3.000 lnvltedl guests. fantastic splendour and Jugeuntry. "wuter-falls” of Jewels. opulent. receptions. Charles Foley, Express Foreign editor. brought. to London from Spain. Seville. where. 1n tne great cathedral, Prince Pedro of m grandson of the first Emperor of Brazlb-sncl Princess Esperanza de Bourbon- Orleans were married by Cardinal The bridegroom, wearing the Order of the Golden fleece.

Cflbllllt the Wcll-' to run a train.

marquises and counts to fill a

sldewhiskers and a w!) hat. who in

such u sp. ere

Yet this lphere was only one drop 1n the great. ocean of ' space. The great wheel of slurs - had a diameter of something like 200,000 light-years: .helr light started on ltadourney through space long before man had he- come clvlllzud at all. If they com- pared that. wheel to the driving wheel of an express locomotive.

5 now.

unaided e e would be the else of l. drop o steel one-eighth of an

meter. space was full of rotating stars; our own Iyflflm was only one ‘of ‘mlifly-

The central stars of the planet- arv nebulae were remarkable as being among the hottest stars known to astronomy-indeed. that

eee vast atmospheres round them. Their surface temperatures

Centigrade. or 10 time: the tem- perature of the sun. The flre in the fire-box of u locomotive was. no hot. that its few square 1w v1 surface sent out enough

but these were so hot that an area of sur- face the slzt» of a 005E886 553ml! sent out enough energy l0 "l" " vast llner the size of the Queen

Mattie central stars of these neb- ulate were abnormally small M well as abnormally hot: they be‘ longed to tlie class of yery com- pac; stars L'r.own as white dwarfs- One of these stars had recently heen discovered with only Rllolll half the dimensions of the earth. 1n spite of lta small size lt prob- ably contained neat-l" 1,000,000 times as much substance as the earth, so that its aVBTHEE llclmll)’ mus; be qhobll 36,000,000 times

w” ptoblbly why they alone had‘

ranged up to about 60.000 degrees -

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R . . ‘uel-igltlggg ll" needs o! community, h; laly to sen and doing so h‘ [gentle works hard, Elllggpflu‘ ’ P P"!- Thll h free

frog; money and afar-ding other ll m}; [T- . _¢!6en- - inf-Jill“... i... .£:i*r::".it:,‘.°.'

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kn; @1111: fir”; all 7g“!

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that of wafer. To put it in anoth- er way, a cubic foot of water 0n earth contained 1.000 ounces, but the average cublc foot of matter that star contained about 1.- 000.000 tons A piece the stzv of a pinhcad would break a nuns brick. 111a! was an extreme case. and the central stat-s of the plan- gtuy nebulae were mostly con- siderably larger, the tnajority hav- ing one-half or one-third of the diameter of tlic sun. Even ‘the nearest of these nebulae uier. many. tltozzsands ol HEM-led" instant. so mat they riinveflrvd M faint. objecxs in 111B‘ telescotifi- e