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n of wPUJlilkHl iudcpendcncc with an m- -- ztioihtl ouiluol. zmtl pUllCy of her own. They an auii-luiprrialist, lWU-lSUlZIllUIIlSlS, and fl cour-l, l|l‘<|-.\lill'l‘lt'&lll. Now this Schoui is pagimrrr; 1.. izali/t- when: all that is landing flu-m éla \\l>lllLl~l\C illllkrilllﬁll, and Canada as a nation. '

Saturday Night nus to some extent the outlet f...- milgl] 11f lilis priipzlgillldil. Recently world evrnts l11\\\‘ (unlit-d to modify its viewpoint, and in thv current issue it devotes nearly a page of its valuable space to an article by Mr. Lionel licllicr, lecturer in Toronto University, in which h.- claims the time has now come when Canada must use her weight intelligently, in the interests of the Britannic nations to which she belongs, and possibly as a counterweight to Im- perialism in other quarters, viz. the U.S.A.

One sign of this, he says, may be sccn in an unexpected quarter. Among a school of intel- lectuals who once oscillated between isolation- isrn and internationalism, that was often Anglo- phobe but less alert to American vagaries, a change is taking place. For they are growing alarmed at what the attitude of the United States towards Canada may prove to be. They hear Mr. Henry \Vallace utter one set of principles and perceive Mr. Robert Murphy attempting to ex- ecute another; they hcarken to the resounding East Asiatic thesis of Mr. \Ver1dell Willkie and listen to Mr. Secretary Knox as he advances the quite contrary need for American bascs across the Pacific and around the globe. Dismay fol- lows. Is the American campaign against British imperialism s. cloak for a. bigger and better Am- erican imperialism} In terms of national policy that is improbable. Nor indeed is a moderate American imperialism a post-war development entirely to be deplored. .

Current apprehensions in Canada, as they af- fect Newfoundland and Alaska, may yet be al- layed. For s minor Power is prone to l psy- chology of fear; when intellectuals have adjust- ed their thought to Canada's higher rank and commensurate importance their anxieties might diminish. Yet any hint of arrogance in official “fashington will react nonetheless in Britain's favor on those to whom the trans-Atlantic tie was hitherto more tenuous than the North Am- crican.

The Whirligig of empire, like that of time, brings strange revcnges.

After referring to the place economists plas- in formulating Canada's policies, Mr. Gelber con- cludes that the Ministry of Iixtcrntrl .\ff:-.:~< should he separated front that of lhr l'l'("lll"'f- ship._ 'I‘\\'o world wars, he says, have made the political phase of international affairs the su- preme national issue. But no member of Parlia- ment is ever electcd in Canada, as in Britain, because of competence in that field—and few ac- quire it lnicr. Nor will international affairs ever get the grave, unremitting scrutiny they deserve in Parliament and by the nation until there is a scnior Minister of External Affairs separate from the overloaded office of Prime Minister.

Yet it is vital that they should. For as a Bri- tannic l'0\ver of middle rank Canada will havca duty in world politics not only to others but to herself.

Shortage Of Smokes .

A more serious view of the growing lsortugr of supplies will be taken by many anadians. of lmlll sexes, WllCll they lcarn that the demand for lulmcrn has now gut wcll beyond the Can- adian production, that imports have practically ceased. that reserve stocks are falling fast, and that tobacco users will soon be going short on their smokcs, tmll-ss production can be sub- stantially iticrcast-il.

Special measures lo encourage production are desirable “front the standpoint of morale," ac- cording tn the hlontreal Gazette. It also quotes some unknown authority as saying that "the man who smokes thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan." And its own opinion is that he is likely to be s better soldier or s better crafts- man.

He might or he might not. But the point is that in the midst of a desperate war, when it is necessary that every man should do his best, there is practical advantage in not causing the mental disturbance that might result from inter- ference with an old habit, s rather precious habit N many people.

As for growing more tobacco, in southwest- urn Ontario and elsewhere, we are told that last year's production of 86,453,000 pounds needs to be stepped up to 100,000,000 to meet the in- creased demand due to the larger consumption both by men in the armed forces and by civil- ians. This means increasing the acreage from 77,000 to 87.000. And that calls for more farm

labor and an adequate supply of specialized fertilizer for tobacco culture.

John Bunyan’: Slough

A waterlogged valley of 2,000 acres, which John Bunyan is believed to have had in mind iwhcn he described the Slough of Dcspond, is lbeing transformed into fertile fields by Bed- lfordshire War Agricultural Executive Com- mittee, says the London Daily Telegraph.

The work is typical of what has been done to redeem rural England from the Slough of Dcspotid into which it was struggling before i the war_

Elstow, Bunyarfs birthplace, forms part of this great tract of land reclamation. Scores of fields have already been brought into an im- proved state of fertility.

From Ampthill. prcsumcd to be the Hill of Difficulty in “Pilgrim's Progress", can be sccn the ruins of Hotise Beautiful.

If the inspired tinker could have looked out _a few weeks ago from his old cottage window he would have seen Italian prisoners of wai putting the finishing touches to the new main drainage system of laud which for centuries has been a swamp at wct seasons. 1\lucl1 of it now looks beautiful with growing crops.

The arca through which thc Spring of Life still flows is now growing the bread of lifc.

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to gaictyi, and encourage rationing. s w n- m

“Possibly personal religion will lead men back to the churches if the churches show thcursclvcs t0 be good places for men with psrsonul reli- gion," sagcly remarks “Saturday Night" dis- cussing Canada's future.

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Congratulations are due to the Hon. Cyrus hlachlillztn 011 his prospective appointmcilt to the new position of Assistant to the Air .\linistry at an additional remuneration of $4,000 per an- num. Everything comes to him who merely

waits.

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Sir Henry Racburn, portrait this date, 1756; known as the “Scottish Velaz- gucz" who was the greatest of Spanish painters (1599-1660); Raebtirn began his career as a miniaturist, spent two years in Italy‘, then scl- tled in his native city of Edinburgh where he painted the portraits of the leading personalities of his time, and was made King's Limner and knighted.

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The Ontario Treasurer, ex-Prctnicr IIcpburn, says the Financial Post, precipitated consider- able discussion over the possible effect of Do- minion regulations on provincial finances. He stated that liquor restrictions mean an expected loss of revenue for Ontario of $7.1 millions in the fiscal ycar ending March 31, 1944, while the loss in motor vehicle revenue would amount to an estimated $5 millions, or a total of better than $12 millions in the next fiscal year. He intimated that this loss would force the pro- vince to curtail its services and that it seriously impaired Ontario's financial structure.

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Ovcr in the American capital the McCormick press and some of its echoes in Congress have been hitting at President Roosevelt over the shoulders of such men as Harry Hopkins but

Wheelers and the McCormicks are really more anti-Roosevelt than they are isolationist, says the Gazette, while in Ottawa the various one and two-man blocs are more anti-war than they are anti-King. This latter condition gives warrant to the one criticism that might be level led at Premier King's two important utterances in the House last week against the isolationists —too much attention was paid to the alleged threat to Liberal solidarity. i l i i The following excerpts from letters to London Times are illuminating and appealing to the emotions: "Country Vicar"—r\bout a month before Christmas a company of an Am- erican infantry battalion that had come straight here from the boat some six weeks previous, left us for a military camp some 45 miles away. A week before Christmas ouc of the company officers walked into my house carrying a large box of all kinds of candies and pulled out of his pocket a wad of banknotcs, saying, “There's £25 collected by the boys of our company for the children of your village; the candies are the boys‘ gifts from their rations and home parcels." He then proceeded to make arrangements to give the children an American Christmas party in the following week. Early on the day fixed he and 25 other ranks arrived with more can- dies, cakes, cookies, and all the wherewithal to provide tea for 15o children and their parents. On leaving, each child received a large packet of sweets and half-a-crown. The men enter- tained the children delightfully, and so provid- ed the most wonderful party ever. Capt. R. A. Scott — All Canadian units of Canadian Corps have given Christmas parties to local children ‘this Christmas. I understand that all American lunits have done the same. It is sincerely hoped that this generous ltospitalily will be reciprocat- ed by us all. Mr. Charles Barry ~— The follow- .ing is an extract of a letter received from my son (an officer serving in one of his Majesty's ships) in New York :—"It is impossible to describe in words how kind they are to us here. and if anyone has the opportunity of extending lauy form of hospitality or hclp to the troops in lEngland then please don't lct the occasion slip by. Were you to realize how ruuch they are doing for all of us over here, if one were tn en- tertain 50 of thcm at a time, lhcn one would still be miles behind their kindness to us. Please ldon't forget this. As you know, we have very i little money, being allowed to take only a limit- ed amount out of linglanrl. and thus find it im- possible tn attempt lo rcpayr them. although l mu convinced flint they don't ivnnt any such thing, and that their hospitality is slmutattcotis."

_ ‘Illisflll-‘Xlil-QTTETOWN ..G§ARDl1¥-N

Ilotes By The Wayi l

A desperate Hitler does not Imply a weak rmler. ne may yet resort vol gas warfare; out should he do so, be knows what will happen, for ample warnings have been given by PrLtne Minister Churchill and President- Roosevelt. —Humllton Spectator. l

Like many other composers, Slr Arnold Bax is a retiring rather shy person who gives very lltte thought to his personal appearance. He iusually wears hls native lrlsh home- igpun, and avoids social functions. I am told that his friends had, for this reason, some trouble to per-

painter, born _

suade ‘nm that he could not re- fuse the office of Master of the 'Klng’5 Muslck. when the court ve-, numes the trappings of peace, Sir; lArnold wlll be In attendance on, great occasions, wearing the knee breaches and black silk stockings‘ traditional of court threes. If the sal-l any l5 nominal, the honor ls great! At times the blaster of the Klng‘s| Muslck has aso considerable re- sponsibilities. It would be he who_ would choose the music for im- portant state functions. One of sir‘

_ ‘Arnold Baxls iaredrcesscrs. however,‘

has relieved him of what used to re a somewhat anxious job which re- curred two or three times a. year This was to arrange the program at state concerts. King Edward VII's Master of the Knacks Muslck was a somewhat alcadcmic musician. when he drew up We ‘mlsram for a state concert at Windsor. ho encagej] a child prodigy’ violinist. This would no doubt have pleased Edward VII. had the bcv been elven short and attractive pieces to plain Instead. the Master of the King's nfuslclc out him down for Bach's Chaconne — which is for unaccompanied violin, rand lusts twenty or more minutes. Edward VII, in spite of his royal manners, could not conceal hls boredom, and the atmosuhcre while the boy was p trying grew more and more izlacial. ll was the last stale coitccrt ever hold bv u British Sov- ereign. —By "The Londoner" l

With Madame Chiang KaI-Shek to visit Canada, the words of the Chin- .ese national anthem should have an interest at this time Thev follow: “San Min Chu I. our country's aim To build our land for pence on earth. Press on. comrades, people's van- guard, Ever striving to reach our goal Be strong, be brave, be true, have fa ‘

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One heaft, one 11111111. forevermoref’, ,—H11milton Sim? alnr,

So automatic l .r<~ become the re- flexes cf the jcnzwg: X1121 that the first thing he docs when shot down over Enlund is throw off his para- chute spring to his fret. c1‘ k his bee; and bark "He'll Hitler ' at hls cantors. As a result, British intellig- ence officers have a standing rule that prisoners must be deprived of their boots before bein"! interviewed. Even the young Nazi fccls foolish when he clicks his heels toacrher and no sound 15 audible _New York Times

l Let's not worry about the Little Mahatma this time, nor WflSlE any sympathy on him Gandhi ls quite a showman: and no doutl vnwuld like his countrymen and the wcrld to believe he has committed himself to fresh sufferinu for the cause of: India. Farts are that his blood pros- sure 1s un. and his 'iver no doubt sluggish from physical inaction The old boy's noodle ls still nc-‘lve enough. but most of his life has been spent sitting . What Gandhi is doing is just about what any modern doctor would advise in such a case. —Seatt1e Times

Mme. Chlang Kai-shows address to members of the United States Gon-_ gress was one cf tho most. stirring and eloquent that august» body cverl halrda Among many tneimorziblc passages was this one: “We in china are convinced that 1t ts the

the blows are steadily losing their weight. The better part of wisdom not to accept; 180M118 P‘ Dllm- h" 5"“ “b” l° 4°-

fallure Igncmlrtfously, but. to risk it gloriously " —0tta\vu Citizen.

“A; lhc father of nlne children." snys a Press Gallery correspondent, "J. A. Blanchettc. M. P. for Com. pton, has some conception of the cost

_,lof raising a family." At anv rate._

some conception of the dlfflmflly iof keeping track of all the rarionl ks. --WInc3sor Stnr

When flu‘. universal carriers mode by the automotive companies of Canada were rtlven that name. It, was because their uses are so

the varied. they are almost tmlversnluBrltlsb

But. in their wildest dreams, we doubt if the nutctnobilc men ever thought the carriers ti.'nu'd be used ~for such an unwarlike task as presv sing salvaged tin cnns flnt for ship- ment to the proper collection point. Yet, that is exactly what the army a4; found the universal carriers can do. Tln cans. and there are so many In any armv camp, had lat-en gnth. ered together and than laid cut and pressed flat bv the simple tnethod 0f running a carrier over them at Sussex. N B When the bayonet was invented. it was never intend-l ed as a toast-Irv: fork. yet 1:. makes an excellent lilntisil for that; and when the unlvmrul trnrricrs wrero designed, no one ihoinzht of them for scrap metal crushers, but, they gtzavery we]! at that, too. -WIndsor r.

Having been slanped three Ilmes by I Nal‘ solrllct", n Norwegian ulrl now livlﬂz in Toronto 1s under. standably determlnded to do every- thing she can to help win the war. Such VlVldl personal experience Is calculated to lnsnlre the klnrl of hate of o\1r enemies necessary to whlo 1m an adequate war spirit There are cornnnrnflvrlv few peoplel ln Canada. who have actually been slapped by Nazis. Evr-ryone. how. ever, has been subjected to assault no less real. It- Is not our faces that have suffered but fhlhvc we r-myd even more dear, our mode of life. our concnnts of llhrvfv an" ‘fondness. Surelv our resentment should b1», m less formidable than that nf the rzlrll who was exposed to temporary pain and indignity. -_Wlnclsm- star,

Once. In the old drad ding of Ilsa lsolatlnrvlrt dobaln. Britain's (‘rvoul Lord Halifax Slrvmed In rum wl‘h Ru lmrerlcrn mother nlckreuwz his hotel with go antl-wnr h-nrwr. He. listened nrnvrIv to her story of her nine sous. raid nulell". "T. too have sons." shook lv-v" "nlkcd on. lOne of his thrr-s mr v r’. ‘Wt-Mi- "mlw Petr-r Wand "s. v- ~ lrilvan In Ewynl last Nrvembcr. The U 5. lwoulrl never have known. save for ‘dwntches from Inndon. 1w could anvorio who met the British am- bassador last win-wk. or worked with Wm at. the rmhacsv. or watched hi"- tl-lm w, u... .-.-..-_.=,r,....v-.. ...,.-.@h p Ocnvross. Mvo Wrasse" "w." 11w‘ "-110"- ‘~04 p-u harm-q] (hm, his vmlnrr-w‘ qrw Vlm" i wv-g‘.

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‘full siticerity i- Feb. l. Having re-

|vlval, he finds the demand for I

An End To ' Election Talk

(Globe and Mall.) _

The Cardin suhumeudment to the Speech from the Throne. seek- lng suspension o! the military draft while the House lnvullkllﬁd I10 national ‘nanppower situation. ha! been dealt with. Mr. Cardin and hls isolationist followers hue had a halt, put to their little ramp to atlr up opposition In their Province the possible use of conscrlpt forces overseas.

By the some vote. 195 to 16. the House of commons dealt with Prime Minister King's threat of nu elect- lon. In defunvlng the C amend- ment, which the Prime MlnLter chose to treat as a want-of-con- fldence motion. If. ellmlnrtod the only pretense that. Govemmout has been able to raise for seeking s fresh and premature mandate from the people.

There ls no mistaking that such a threat lay behind the Prime Minister's words of IPrIday luvs.

He closed hls speech on the Cur- din motion with these words:

“fr we are going to have this session open wltm an effort again to divide this country, to destroy the unity that we now have. the sooner the Government of this country knows it. the better. And I want to say to the honorable friends around me that. I look to them to snow where they stand In their sup- port of the. . . ."

Mr. King has hls answer. He ob- tained It. with the full era-operation of the Opposition groups. exceptln the minute Bloc Populalre. ‘more can now be no excuse for not get- ting on with the business of the war. Certainly there can be no ex- case for any further prattle of an election.

It. seems necessary to recall that l1 ‘a5 the Prune Minister himself who faced the new sesslon of Par- liament with 1m appeal that noth- lng so mercenary as politics be allowed to Interfere with fighting the war. It was the Prime Mlnls- ter who, on the same occasion, chastised he Opposition parties for a. ten ency to divert their nt- tent-ion to political preparations. He was then scornful of speculation that the current session would b0 the last session of N18 PERM Par- liament. though he stopped snort or assuring the House that 1t would- n't. be

Now that the threat of s. serious division within the governing party has been removed; relieved of hls uncertainty as to where the "honor- able friends around me" stand. surely there ls nothing to transcend the war 1m the Government's order of things. Its own Parliamentary fortunes guaranteed, l1 only temp- orarily, it ls not Import-Inﬁll». D01’- naps, to remind the Government, 1n the words of its own Leader, where duty lies:

“Having regard to the position of the world today, having regard tn the very crl’. n1 stage which the war has reached, may I express the hope that we will not lull into t-h! error of dtvertltig too much time to dlscussln the merits of the res- pective pollztical platforms lrrlstcad of keeping our thoughts centred, above everythtng else, upon the fact that today we are In the thick of the greatest. strllﬁlﬂ f0!‘ BUM"! with which any people have yet been faced."

Mr. King undoubtedly spoke In

gnrd to this. having regard to his own estimate of the critical nature of the struggle. there ought to be all and to searching for election Issues. But the Prime Minister ought not to be affronted if, c-n rebumrlng his attention to the strusllle f0! 5111'-

thorough inquiry Into the npower situation ms survived the defeat of the Cardin amendment. Man- power, after all, ls the crux of our strurzgle. Tbrtre remains a wide and deenly rooted opinion that Canada cot-Id use her resources more efficiently than the Govemntent.

Politics First

(Globe and Mall)

The battle rages In North Africa. Th2 Russians. scornln! the mt that the have earned. shed elr lives rec lessly to send the Rvslchs- wehr reeling back to the Dnlemr. The Japanese deploy their yellow hordes for a nnal crushln of the armies of Chlang Kai-she . The Nazi sea wolves prowl the deep to take heavy toll of our shipping. The Americans tlghtcn their belts by rationing all canned food-l. and the

Ive on the mengrest fare that they have ever known. In all the conquered cmmtrles patriots risk their lives In darlnl deeds o! sabotage. our own people from Hall- fax to Vancouver toll and strive and stint themselves to make v sure. But amid all this turmoil, sac- rlﬂce and strain the prlms con- cern of a certain brand of benl politician is the mamwsance of the lltlcal ascendancy of Premier g and his satellites. Let the heavens fall, let freedom perish from this earth. but that ascend ency must be safe-guarded.

Dire perils now threaten It. The rampar s of theyrent. Liberal fort- ress of Quebec have been crumbling ominously; the West. on the evl- dence of the recent by-eloctlon In Wlnnlpes. la In an unfriendly tem-

r. and a national formers‘ convin-

lon not long ago observed s two minutes’ silence In nrobutilslnst Ministerial policies on nnicislture. But If only the neat Province of Ontario could be k t In friendly hands the situation ht vet bu n- trliyed. Htﬁnco cuff" sari-day's m ous go erlngo m . Federal and Provincial. of tho Ub- eral Part, In Ontario.

It had n preceded by prolonl- ed confabulatfons at Ottawa. All the master strata sts of the ty machine, from ersl Mln rs downward, have been slttfng our and late. and oudnllfnk their bums of csmpllln whose

0 lug Provincial convention of tbs L1 eral Party. The. advent of Ool. Drew to power In Ontsrlo would be a heartbreaking disaster. but on equally nrlm portcnt of Impondlril doom for the present a st Ot- tawa would be l ‘shop the Provincial liberal 10nd . some pollttcnlsn who would not w the knee tn Ottawa, and ml ht be un accomplice of that troub moms marplot. Mr Ha burn. It matters not that such s coder might be I selfless Dﬁtrlnf. who nut tho nstlonul Inwrest ﬁrst and wss wholehearted- lv for the vlxorous proocsutlon o! the war: these virtues In oertoln Liberal eves an as dust In he b! -

once beside party requl tv and blind lo slty to Mr. K . so Ll ral represents v of tho

people, grunt and mull. feel ulti- flrd In occu g tholr en In this grave c sh wIth petty monocu- vres and machinations for the con- trol of the administration of a Prov-

ll_l_f.‘_e 0f Canada. Th6?! u X10 l!!!’-

when wounded t? a Nazi bomb In‘

"mo. Wood. 22. ma 10st both lens LIbva-Tlme- Manzlne.

71am, he's well again

and doing a wa_.r job.

"MY HUSBANUS had s nervous breakdown-just worry. He left his job in the shipyard to go into logging. But hishealth suﬂcred and the doctor says he's got to take s complete rest. But we haven't any ready money. How can he rest?"

The bank manager fstened to her troubles sympathetically. He knew the husband, knew the wife-both sound citizens. The bank advanced the money on persons] security

usouthegoodcb

The loan was

war cﬁon.

sncter of’ two

honest, bud-working people. In s few weeks, Fred was well again and working in the shipyard.

plid bsck in full.

Because of bank accommodation he is now getting ﬁnancially on his feet again-sud siding Canada's

This true story-only the name ls chsnged-illustrstcs how Canada's Chartered Banks, day in sud day out, serve the human u well as the ﬁnsuclsl needs of Canadians.-

THE CHARTE

lilting and llpplvlm Glusé

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OPTOMIITIIIST Mouton: P I l. Olflcl ll :10 I2 . 312's r i: " M Holland's cw. ov nppolnrLnt-n

ca Uonnecml um DBUGSTOIIB

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antes that; If the present plotters have their Wlv a more efficient ad- ministration can be Installed as the result of a Provincial election. The Brent. mass of the voters abhor the Idea of o lttlcal battle while prec- ious CI-IIB Ian blood Is balm: shed 1n real battles of blood and Iron. and they may well visit their wrath p on the politicians who plunge

em Into such an untlmelv and p},

meaningless fray. l

‘I'll CORN LANDS

The corn lands and the rassy lens

Red farrnsteads and br sht little streams-

That outn should care to dle for {hm l

It may no simpler than It seems. :

Thls lolden field on the hlll set.

A lovely sunellfht mong the lands.

Wu leaven by a man's Ileroo

swea. ,

And him n. sweetened from his 1114!. .

Wu foaﬁht for bv hls patient wit.

Tlllod hls arm grew parched

Ind 0d x . . That s. lad should give his llfe for It

f; the some tale too briefly told. -From Punch.

Soldiers As Fal-Tmersl

(New Glasgow Evening News.)

A dispatch from London states that American troops now In F414;- lsnd viv-lll grow Auxiliary“ food Tip‘- camip areas. ' e pro . m? to IIVO thgnuAllfep gun sulppfngs, no r- fem wIth combat training but will b0 In the nature of "extracurricular activity."

The Ides ls not new. but 1i l! sound. Lust. you the Bruits Army In the British Isles cultivator! near 8.000 mm and provided snout fruIt and vegetables w supply I011 divisions. At the some time. 0on- uIIsn forces In the Old Land. while not. going 1n for any "fsrmlnl"

their own. dld I0 out. and ren- sId In the fumes

of tbs country In Olnldl

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(um u n» n mort- rnnd. while not n

By banking during morning hours You can holp Iho war effort, fuclllIaIo your own buslnoss, and Ilghlcn lho wcsflmo burden on Iho man and womon In your brunch bunk. Mon Ihcn ono-Ihlrd of our oxperionccd mun havo gono lo war.

RED BANKS

acute 1n Britain, the problem calls for Immediate ‘ " . Agricultural experts have warned If nutter: are allowed m d113,‘; propostorous and humiliating slfntatlon may nrlse In which Canada, lavishly equipped by nature to be a producer of food, may encounter actual food short-

ages. The government has taken some steps under Its still Incompletl

manpower policy, to prevent the development of such a. state of affairs. It will surely have occurred to the government that what Oun- adfan, British and American troops can do 1n their llmlted spare time In Britain, Canadian troops can do 1n Canada should the need arise. FLAT RIVER SCHOOL Honor Roll for the month of Feb-

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Grade IX.—1, Agnes Benton: 2 Ansus MacLean: 3. Robert Ross.

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