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CHARLOTTETOWN. snunnnv. AUG. 25. 1951 Street Widening Both Charlottetown and Summersicle

are going in for street widening to facilitate parking and allow traffic to flow more freely. The task is simple enough where the original layout allowed for generous space between the lines of buildings and it means only that there is rather less space for sidewalks and lawns.

Where due to poor or no planning the- space available is small, it is practically impossible to make any improvement. Be- fore an area has been built up it is easy and inexpensive to lay off streets con-z veniently. We learn the hard way that once buildings are in place the cost of correcting mistakes is prohibitive.

Town planning is not expensive, it is costly not to plan.

Secret Law - Making

One of the more objectionable aspects all

modern government is the frequency with which resort is had by members of the cabinet and bureaucrats alike to orders-in- council, rules and regulations which have the force of law. The dangers inherent in this p1'actice revolve mainly around the fact that what is really happening is that Parliament is delegating its law-making powers to the executive branch of govern- ment. The new Emergency Powers A"l confers sweeping law-making powers upon the cabinet and upon officials of govern- ment alike.

The best safeguard against the abuse of authority by those haxing power to make rules and .regulations is that of publicity. Publication of every rule, and every order exposes the exercise of power by the Gov- ernment to the scrutiny of Parliament and of the people.

A recent

order-in-council approved by

the Cabinet in Ottawa does violence to thisl

principle in providing that the Govern- ment is no longer required to publish all rules and regulations made under the Em- ergency Powers Act. Orders addressed to particular individuals or corporations, ord- ers considered likely to prejudice the sec- urity of the country if made public. orders affecting the operation of the Canadian Wheat Board, and a number of other cate- gories of rules and regulations, may now be made and acted upon in utter secrecy.

This, surely. is a dangerous departure from the traditional concept of responsible government. For, as the law stands, a cab- inet minister or even 3. bureaucratic offi- cial, may issue an order affecting the per- sonal or business life of any individual or corporation in the country, without assign- ing reason for the order. and without the right of appeal on the part of the indivi- dual or corporation affected. Lord Hew- artls phrase ”Thc New Despotism" aptly fits such a mistaken concept of democracv. Nor is there any justification for such arb- itrary exercise of power on the part of Ottawa. Law-making by the executive is bad enough. Secret law-making without the knowledge or consent of Parliament is little short of totalitarianism.

Old Age Pension llurdles

The old folks in Canada will need ta. have long memories, remarks the Mont- real Gazette, io answer some of the ques- tions on the application form for old age pensions. Item number 11, though not the worst, is still rather difficult. It requires that the applicant state every place he has lived, whether in Canada or outside Canada, since 1931. And he must give not only the year. but the month of every change of residence.

But item number 10 may be more diffi- cult. It requires the applicant to state all periods of residence he has lived in Can- ada from his birth up to 1931, and the year of every change he has made. Any old persons who happened to have moved (or been moved) abouth a great deal in their earlier years might have quite a time of it trying to recall all the changing scenes of their life, and the exact year of each transition.

If item 10 to 11 are hard on the up-' plicants themselvespthey are even harder on the "two persons" who are to sign item 12. These two persons are, by their signa-

given in Questions 10 and 11.”

Tim lg to, say the applicant, whg must

tunes. to testify that they "have know- of the facts of your residence, as

be at least 70 this year, must find two persons who are old enough to have known him not only for the last 20 year-:-, but since the year of his appearance in this world, or at least in this country. These two persons must also be in a posi- tion to certify as to both the place and year of every change of residence in Canada before 1931, and the place, year and month of every change inside and outside Canada since 1931. Where are two such phenomenal persons to be found?

Members of Parliament who have not .seen these forms will have something to -ask questions about when the House re- lsumes business in October.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Zinoyiev and Kamenev, Russian revolu- tionaries, were executed this date 1936 af- ter being convicted of being involved in a plot against Stalin's life. After the death of Lenin the two became associated with Trotsky against Stalin.

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Tomorrow, the fourteentli Sunday after Trinity. l

The Red Cross sending blankets to tro- lpical Jamaica is rather unusual.

l Give a dog a bad name and it sticks, as the Sons of Freedom in B.C. realize.

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! Making news reel pictures of lobster lpacking should give the industry a boost.

Dr. Cedric Boulter. Island born arch- laeologist, has made a name for himself by his explorations in Greece. May he be long spared to continue the important work he has undertaken.

The fisheries investigations and con- lvention here should lead to further develop- gment of our second main industry. Ilt is enterprise that led to the adoption of draggers, and further enterprise is neces- sary to capitalize on the important sug- gestions and recommendations offered by :experts at this week's meetings.

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I 1 Readers' attention is directed to Dr. iJ. A. "Clark's "Newsy Notes" in this issue, in which he deals with a problem affecting :the marketing of our turnip cash crop.

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The New Year is the usual time for resoiutions but right now would be a good time for all having anything to do with lcatering to tourists to take stock and re- solve to provide them with more fresh fish. .fruit and vegetables, to promote specialties i which they are unlikely to get at home and lto create an atmosphere which will leave them with pleasant memories.

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' The Communists having broken off

-negotiations three hours after an .allege'.l l”incident", it is fortunate that Vice-Ad- -miral Joy put their many breaches of the neutral area on official record, even though not taking advantage of them to end the talks. '

Now that we have loafing bar:-s whele cattle feed themselves and in the West an insecticide sprayer which cattle can oper- ate for themselves, it only remains for someone to devise a means by which the cows can milk themselves.

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Britain is examining the question of whether it should be permissable for a man to marry his dead brotherls wife. A curiosity of Canadian legislation is the Do- minion Act of 1927 which permits a man to marry his deceased wife's sister or a daughter of such sister, but oddly enough, says nothing about a daughter of :1 deceas- ed wife's brother.

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Canada finally has a standard kilogram to serve as an exact basis for the measure- ment of mass by the metric system. For those interested in comparative rather their legal weights, a kilogram equals one litre of water at 4” C. or 2.205 lbs.

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The technical difficulties would be great but Canada would really be linking Bri- tish and American military efforts if we could develop rifle ammunition with a soft driving band, or otherwise, which could be used interchangeably in the .280, .300 or .303 rifles.

Forty tons of frozen fish, at a tem- perature close to zero, is on its way in two new type refrigerator cars from Van- couver to Toronto and Montreal. If the shipment proves successful it should be even more practical for the shorter haul

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Great Britain maintained her high fig- ure of exports to Canada in 1950, as shown by a recent Ministry of Works re- port concerning the building trade. Ex- port of glass totalled 35,300,000, cement 31,800,000, sanitary ware .1i590,000, and glazed tiles &290,000.'

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OLD STAN!-IOPE Cl-JM.E'l'l-SKY

Sir.-I was very much interested in reading your report of the re- discovery of a small. old grzivevurd at Slnnhopc, P. E. l,. which truly had not been lost or forgotten. but mall 1 say neglected because of age. it must be at least 160 years old, al-thopgh those who were bur- led there were not only the emi- grants from Argyle:-hire, Scotland

-the late Hurry l.audcr's birth- place. (How sweetly he' used to sing "Mary of Arg)'lC'l 305m”

the American fishermen you meni- ion-sailors who were drowned in what was called the American Storm-there were also some of the sons and dau-glitrrs of his emigrants who were born in Prince Edward Island.

It appears to me that the x:r:ive- yard must have been larger than is indicated in the figures in your report. Very few now living can tell the facts. In the 1880's the peo- ple of Brackiey. it part)' Of U19 Nit atives of the first settlers, exhum- ed and removed a number of the caskets to the new cemetery at Brackly Point. I saw that process- ion of express wagons pass through Coveheud, on the way to Brneklixv Point. cemetery. as a school boy. The number I cannot say; perhaps twenty.

The old graveyard is situated near the seashore, on n slope of Sandy beach. A low ridge of sand- hills beparates it. from the sen.

ioned in your report, 200 )'Bl"d5 west of the graveyard. I can re- call the invogorating smell of the salt sea. The property was the old Bovyer homestead. lalcr Ii0dgs0n'S. I believe Robert Hodg- son lived across the lane which runs from the Stanhope school- house down to the sea, perhaps one-half mile.

Robert Auld was the name of the man mentioned as having been killed in the sawmill. Auld's mill was at Covehead; there were no sawmills at Sianllope. only thrr-.r.h- lng mills. Robert Auld was wear- in-; a woolen scarf round his neck at the time. which became en- tangled in two large wooden cos- wheels: and he was dragged ill be- tween the cogs. crushing his chest.

I have always understood that Stanhope was named after the schooner which brought the enn- gronts here from Scotland-the Aulds. Browns. Bovyers. Fosters, I-llgginses. Lawsons. Mccallums. Molvllllans, shows. etc. Amom those buried in that first. small grgveyard were my grandmother. Mrs. Catherine Lawson Shaw. and her two daughters Catherine and

Margaret. I mm cl-1-hty-four years of ago now. and do not pretend to re-

member all the facts. But the in- fomiatlon I have given is authentic as far as it goes. I am, Sir. etc.

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EXCITING VVHALE HUNT THE HILLSBOROUGH

l l l The Examiner of Oct. 25, 1877. reported the nppcurnnce of a large wlinle in the llillsborougl: ltiver. On the following day it

furnished its readers with the ifoilowing Cirnmalic account of the

:llliIl1'lIlll1l'S rupture. v "The excitement of Wednesday's llexplnrlng expedition was fresh

;)oslcr(ln,v morning when a small, lbut lively. party started for the lwhallng mounds on board the tslcamer Soulhporl.', at three lo'('lock. Among the party were lllon. J. (3. Pope, lvlon. lVilliam lll'elsh. and Dr. Jenkins--these lgentlemru directing the expedi- llinn. The tide was low at the joulsrl. rind. it being very dark. llhc sleanwr was obliged to lay llo at Applrlree wharf. Here was rommenccd the Inversion of the scriptural prediction by ingen- lmusly lrzuuslorminsz rusty scythcs ,into linrpoons. When these in- strum:-nls were completed. the llrnnsformor was of opinion that HWY were equal to explosive lhalls. torpedoes. or any of the riuodcrn iuv--nlions of whale kill- ling. 1 "After lying at anchor for over ,nu hour. u start was made. The directors set every man on the ;lookout for game. Every ripple lwns VVfllt'llNI with attention. and every dark spot over the bow was said to he the whole. but in jtinic would prove to be a hay ,slui-k, nn oyster smack. or 'such llll-x'O'.' Time was passed in seeing limugmary monsters, until pass- ,inl: liai:gnrly's wharf. Here was illPlll'('l the hang of the rifle, and mrnsciilly the fin of the mon- slcr was discovered moving at H rapid rate along the surface. "About half-past eight o'clock the steamer arrived at close qunrters with the long-watched gnmc. Bosils were quickly launch- ed. The whale passed in advanre of the steamer; but a few shots chaiuzed his course and no dash- ed off nt .i rapid rate down the 1"',l'91'- A 1'lV01)' chase was then given. and the boats succeeded in heading and turning him a lltl.c holow ilui.'x.'nrIy's wlmrf. lie pus"- sri the slminier pretty slowly. with the bouts close in the rear. llere he received a volley that quicken:-ri his pace. but he stop. PM in View his position midway liolwccn !lnx:i:arty's and Cran- berry whnrvrs. "There he was surrounded bv the hnnls. and apparently by. wildered hy the constant volleys of hull:-ls levelled at what was supposed to be the lendei-est part of his rarcnss. The 'harpoon' was now npplicd but with little suc- ress. When four or six volleys it"??? discharged into his aides '10 Sudllcniy moved upwards and

lie was again peppered with ten minutes.

surrounded and bullets for over Axnln he retreated and wont on the flats at the mouth of the Plaquld River, After several volleys were dis. charged in his forepart he be. came exhauntcd and ken.-led over on his side.

"The 'Southporl.', which hm; grounded below Cranberry wharf. come rolling up. Ropes were pro- cured. two notches cut in the rm on his back, and an inch !'0p(' fastened thereto. By thll means he was tied to the steamer; but, at the first roll, the rope unap- ped. nnd he went again on the flats. A four and I half inch new mnnllla rope wu then. with Izreat difficulty, faltencd to his left fin. He was then towed and made fast to the Ileamer, blow- ink. Whinlmt. and in an an ' lng state. The blood from up- bullets completely coloured the water for aeveral yard; .1-oune,

a short time. he lay over u it dead. .

"Tho nlcnmer was then olail ed with the catch in low. A short time elapsed and he became in lively an ever, and by his mavy. menu It was believed he cd taking the ltenmer in tow However. oho wu hauled to ant. after some loud dllcuulon. it was decided to lake the whale by the toil.

launched. and the work of tar

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ins Age-Old story?

And, behold, there cometb one of the rules of the synagogue, Jalrun by name; nnd when he SBW him. he fell at his feel, and besought him greatly, shying. My little (laughter liefh at the point. of death: 1' pray thee, coma and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

Aml -l0Hllh went with him: und much people followed hlln. and thronged lilm . . . While be yet spake. there came from the ruler of the nvviagoim:-'a house certain which said, Thy daughter is froulilcst thou the Master nny furllu-r?

As soon ns Jesuit heard the wnrd that was upokcn. he saith unto the ruler of the nyuagogm-, Be not nfrald. only believe . . Aml ho cometh to the house of the ruler of the synngngm-, and

sooth the tumult. and them that went and wnilcll grcully.

Aml when he who come in. he saith unto them. Why make yr this min, and wrap? the (lumlu-l is not (lend. but sleep:-fh. Ami they laugh:-(' him in scorn. But when he lind put them all out. he tukeili the father and the mo- ther of the IIIIIIIHPI. Rhtl them

that were with him. IIIIKI rnlcrclh

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Appliod science marches on and the world become: I better and safer place because of it: they have just found a metal which has the high virtue of being able to arrest what happens when an unfortunate gets a dose of poison ivy. It is something called zircon- ium and they make a creamy lo- tion with some zirconium in it and the fire that is lit. in the hu- man skin by poison ivy goes out and the watery blisters dry up. all inside twenty-four hours. Even better than that; they think that this new lotion will inoculate one against ever getting into trouble with poison ivy in the first place. -Montreal star.

until I perfonner cm, Plies into sound. Th house is always there, quires a magician Schnabel to open gt, Citizen

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Down stands on tiptoo, ll,-.1 mm, ills, ' ” t

the h And twlncs her goldrh l;...-- l.-,--.. . le snood- i ” with the passing of Artur 1 Wm j '

Sohnalbel at the age of 69 the world smi es,,n"'mt:e1na”"kll”5 -4'-Elliott:

has lost one of the great musicians And niche; glimpses of 1 of our time. Among many. he was gay mood. "T Oilr

regarded as one of the three most outstanding pianists. the others be-

ing Rubinstein and GiesekJ.ng- At hrlllinnt noon the ins: .4, HI,

But trying to pin-point the man's Througlesaglgler mkh In W k cos. 3 5 er n ?fi5'..i” 3'.l""""'lf”l i'..':l li”2”i; W hm" "' " 9 ” knowethgt he brought pleasure of m”dyc1i':”ii:at.i.ag""" shun mm the most rewarding kind to mill- of buckwmm mm, W H I ions, including a host. of people mun maze. ' ” ti”-l ri-

who never saw him at the key- board. Thank.-. to radio and phon- ograph. the art of Schnabel reaches I vaster audience than was ever possible before those inventions. Like so many other distinguished artists - Krelslcr and Padercwskl among them - Schnabel had I list of compositions to his credit. But it was as the peerless inter- preter of the piano music of Beel- hoven that he will be chiefly re-

Tall spears of tassel trim the whl-. paring corn. O And garden flaunts her wares in gaudy :.liow- ' spends a wealth of pantry shelves. (The rival of the glowing n,-pm: row!) i

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memlbcred. Some of' the noblest while Crickets Hm-K M Fran music in the world is contained in ,,.g,,mmi,L ' p . ” 1 O the last three Beethoven sonatas.

But these, and all the rest, remain --Ruth B. Scharfe in The Oltau so many lifeless marks on proper Journal.

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In where life damsel was lying. Ami he took the (lnmnel by the hand, and said unto lu-r. Tnlllhn ruml: which is, I)PIIIl.,' liift-rprolod. Dams:-l. I say-unto thee, urine. Aml slruiglltwuy the damse- arose. and wnlkml: for she win at "10 M50 Of twelve ya-urn. Ami they were nstonlshod with n great astonishment.

Drink And"l)eath To The Unfortunate Pigeons

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Sam Pollock gives a broadcast called ”News From Home" over BBC. In a recent edition he gave an account of the drastic steps now being taken by the Town Council of Leven, in Flfeslilrc, to get. rid of the two hundred-odd pigeons which roost in the Town Halls clock-tower. so grave has the pigeon menace become that the borough's official rat-catcher has been told to ignore his usual prey and concentrate on higher game. The ml-catcher has been issued with a dozen bottles of the best Scotch whisky with which to encompass the plgeon's downfall. Their food is to be soaked in this heady brew and when they are completely under its influence, their crops laden with whlsky-aod- den oats, it is expected that the intoxicated birds will be compar- atively easy to catch. "If the ruse succeeds", said Pollock. "it will make an excellent: parable on the fate that awaits those who fall too easily to the lure of liquor".

ed and who driven into his side to the hilt. Next a red-hot iron poker was applied to the 'blow hole'. This caused him to glv: one and his inst blow. "Now came the work of inking him by the fall. A lasso was :- fallure, even with the assistance of a boat hook. However, after I great deal of perseverance, a slip- knot was affixed to it. In a uho..' time he lay over and was pro- nounced dead. "and the steam.-r started with the monster in tow Everything for n time worked well. and everybody on board could be heard saying, 'Wa killer'- him, didn't we?' It. was. how- ever. decided to give the honour to Capt. Mulch. But an the do clslon was given. a flutterln: movement was perceived by th.- Superlntendent of the P. E. l. Railway, and it wu evident that the monster was about to aim: the steamer. The decision win then given in favor of Mr. Welwlh for securing him by the tall. "He was carefully taken to the clty. and now lies in Mr. H Halea' boathouu-. where he will

remain on exhibition. The pro- ceeds of udmlulon are to ho given to the poor of qthls city.

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