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Morning Dolly (Founded ln 1881) Authorized n Second Clan Mull, Post Office Department. Ottawa. rruldeut, Iun A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. IL Burnett; Secy.-Treus., G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, .1. It. Burnett; Associate Editor,

Frank Walker.

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than ' the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, DECEMBER ll, 1946

illd Age Pensions

At the four-day session of Provincial Old ‘

Age delegates with the Federal Government, at which Mr. Otto W. Campbell represented this Province, the matters under discussion in- cluded:

1. Methods by which authorities might de- tgrmine the commencement dates of pensions:

2. The effect of temporary absence from the country on eligibility.

The degree to which other forms of public assistance received by an applicant, or outside income or property holdings, should be taken into account in dotormining eligibility.

4. Residence qualifications and proof of a e.

g What recommendations were made on these points was not disclosed. Administrative prob- lems discussed included the simplification of practices regarding such matters as forms, gen- eral policy regarding old records, compilation ot statistical material and other organizational problems.

The advisory board was set up under the Federal Old Age Pensions Act to interpret regu- lotions and co-ordinate the Federal and Pro- vincial Iegislation.’ The Dominion now pays 75 per cent of the net cost of old age pensions.

Sounds Timely Warning

A striking parallel between conditions pre- vqfling today and those of twenty-seven years ago was drawn by Mr. George W. Spinney, C.M.G., president of the Bank of. Montreal, in his address at the Bank's annual meeting yes- terday. After World War l there were also demands for increased wages and shorter work- ing hours culminating in strikes and disorders, with resultant decreased efficiency, lessened production and greater cost of output. In con- sidering the similarity, Mr. Spinney said, one might be inclined to take comfort in the thought that the difficulties of the present day are in- herent in a period of transition and that, as in the past, they will again disappear. He warned, however, that after the boom conditions of 19I9 came the deflation and unemployment of 1920, a situation which none would like to see repeat- ed. The sequence of events a quarter of a cen- tury ago is a "warning and a challenge" to all responsible elements in this Dominion to see to it that present attitudes, policies and actions are directed to avoidance of the cycle of boom and slump.

It is encouraging to note that the demand for banking services reached unprecedented lev- els during the past year, according to Mr. B. C. Gardner, the- Bank's general manager, who also submitted his report at yesterday's annual meet- ing. The number of savings and deposit accounts in Canada increased nearly 40 per cent since 1939. The number of borrowing accounts has also expanded, particularly in the "personal loans" category.

The modern age is so full of financial and other complexities that an increasing number of people are turning to their bankers for advice and guidance, and the Bank of Montreal staff are encouraged to render helpful and friendly service in this respect. The increased counter work has made it necessary to simplify routine and increase the use of mechanical equipment. Plans are actively in hand for improving and expanding facilities in this respect.

- Social Security and Appointments

Although security and opportunity are the two basic obiectives_ of any nation, security's place should be as a by-product of opportunity, according to Mr. .i. M. Macdonnell, M.C., K.C.,' M.P., Progressive Conservative Party, who devel- oped this theme in an address before the Pro- gressive Conservative Club of McGill University.

"lf you place security above economic ef- ficiency," the speaker noted, "you may reach the point of increasing cost to where youdestroy the very thing you are seeking." He observed that the people who came to this country to people it "came looking for opportunity, not security--security is a by-product, to bo ososld- ored after opportunity is made."

He called on young people to think clear- Iy on the two principles in determining what they wanted of the country.

Mr. Macdonnell charged _that although the-

maiority of the people in Canada were not socialists, socialism had engulfed the country in Federal legislation. ‘ "Primo Minister King and llsley, they're no more socialists than ourselves," he said, "but they're in the hands of the experts and,_mind you, tho oxports are persuasive." -- Tho speaker mentioned this in the course at a consideration of price controls, which he hold to be ono of the most basic of all ques- sionf f-._‘oro ‘the Dominion today. Ho called o} ' i‘ ' rs to think out tho question of con- v_ y and what dsgroo was necessary ' tho groatost benefit. Ho hold that Qbly- o had grown into tho habit of ac- Jtopting controls. . F Ho roforrod to a friend's remark, "if you don't-look out, we'll slip into socialism," arid t I

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to climb out of It." ‘its bplolnsd that tho Progressive Con- , Pony was os much ‘corlcornod with ' oollty as tho socialist but hold i‘ ‘ "I boolc intolloctuol fallacy" to {its / I wealth was fisod and " -to- lbtrlbotod differently. ‘ilo

pointed out that national wealth was dependent upon thousands of critical decisions by thous- ands of people each day.

In a brief reference to trade, he emphas- ized the need for "great foreign trade" if the cbuntry was to prosper. On finance he held that the Government could not go on borrowing forever, pointing to the last budget as being II times the pre-war_one.

- EDITORIAL NOTES .-

A flight from Newfoundland to Ireland in five-and-a-half hours — 360 miles an hour—is |ust about as long as it takes from Sackville to here via the C. N; R; rapid ‘transit service.

lt is satisfactory to know that Messrs. Davis and Fraser are still in the market for hogs although for. the present'it may be necessary to slaughter them elsewhere.

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Tho Hon. W. G. Thompson who has resign- ed as Minister of Lands and Forests in the Ont- ario Government, has been succeeded by Mr. Harold Scott, Peterborough, a lumber meroh- ant. . v. ‘ '

Oyster landings in Prince Edward Island have been averaging 7,088 barrels annually in the past three or four years. On the value side the range was from a law of $9.28 in I942 up to a high of $11.76 in '45:

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Mrniohnqiracken intimates he will take part in the forthcoming Federal election in Hal- ifax to fill the vacancy caused'by the death of Mr. W. C. Macdonald. lt is interesting to note that Dalhousie'University students have formed a Bracken club with Mr. Roderick Black of Amherst as President. The emphasis at the in- augural meeting was definitely on the "study" part of policy for*which the Party stands.

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It is interesting to note that six motor cargo vessels, each 2,600 metric tons deadweight, will be built by Marine Industries, Lld., Sorel, Que., at a cost of $1,393,000 per vessel. The first of these ships must be delivered before the end of I947 navigation, with the other five to be fin- ished by 1948. Perhaps by that time our Abe- gweit will also be *ready| for service.

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_ Sir Rowland Hill, British Statesman, born this date i795; was in early life a successful teacher," then invented the rotary press for printing newspapers; his. fame rests for the most part on being the originator of penny postage, which he succeeded |n getting the Government to adopt in 1839; he also invented the adhesive perforated stamp, which is in use to the present day. His only office in Government was as secretary to the Postmaster-General.

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The British Conservative party retained its parliamentary seat in Aberdeen South when its candidate, Lady Grant, polled 21,750 votes against Labor's 17,911 in a by-election. The labor candidate was A. J. Irvine, lawyer. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Sir Douglas Thomson, Conservative, who in the I945 general election held the seat with an 1,800 ma|ority over Labor. Lady Grant is the widow of Sir Arthur Grant of Monymusk, who was killed in action in the Second Great War.

When Christmas comes it brings good cheer to Montreal, wharf habitues. Widespread pilfering in waterfront sheds this week has taken heavy toll of two rich Mediterranean cargoes of brandies, French and Italian wines, nuts and expensive silverware and resulted in the branching of 400 cases of cognac out of q 5,000-case shipment consigned to the Quebec Liquor Commission. The cargoos, which were taken to Montreal by two Canadian cargo steamers, the Mont Sandra and the Fort St. Croix, were raided following their unloading in sheds 19 and IO. The Royal CanadianMaunt- ed Police have been called in to investigate'the widespread pilfering. In shed 19, where the Mont Sandra unloaded 13,980 cases of French brandies and Italian wines, 135 cases of cog- nac and I5 cases of wines were discovered broached in a single shipment. Wines stolen included dry sack sherries and Gonzalez Byass consigned to the ‘Ontario Liquor Commission.

The Winnipeg Free Press/the outstanding

defender of the Federal Government's view- paint in Dominion - Provincial relations, has published a very interesting cartoon cap- tioned "Pre-Christmas Party." It depicts

Prime Minister King as Santa Claus. He is standing before a, Christmas tree and is beckon- ing with uplifted forefinger to a number of lit- tle boys. Six of these little boys have lined up in a queue, and are waiting ‘to get the pretty lit- tle parcels that old Santa has for them under his tree. Tho names of the little boys in' tho queue are New Brunswick, Nova Scotio, P. E. l., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Another little boy —- British Columbia ,- is galloping in through the door to ioin the expectant queue. Under a sofa two little boys are hiding. They are‘ Drew and Duplessis. i R i

A report on the sales of Canada Savings Bonds shows that Canadians purchased close to $500,000,000 worth in the first 30 days after the issues went on sale. The Bureau of Sta- tistics report indicates that inSeptember Can- adians purchosed iust about more of every- thing, except shoes. Retail sales generally were Ii per cent higher, but shoe sales woro down two per cent. Radio and electrical stores transacted 80 per cent more business during tho month than in the comparative month of 1945. Ranking second among trade increases was a 33 per cent gain for furniture stores. Hardware merchants reported a 22 per cent in crease. Sales remained high for department storos which recorded a I9 per cont gain. Vor- ioty stores showed a gain of I3 psr cont. Gains for country gsnorol stores were eight por cont. Food storos showod a six por cont increase, and restaurants a gain of throo per cont._ Drug stars solos wsrs up sight psr cont. -Tho Clair- nsas season is oxpoctod to bring a mdrlrsd n-

ciloaso in retail sales and of rpsndlng gonor? o y.

THE CHARLOTTETOWNfiGUARDlAN

iiotss By Tho Way

South Ami-loan Indians are sold to be fond d ants fried in butter.

in Canadss— we can't get the but- ter. -Ddrnonton Journal.

lfthercloonothingthetoon be depended upon it is tho 0on- odlan winter. People talk slbaut the climate changing. It. is not changing, but our methods of fight- ing the climate ere. Tlie progress of modem civilization makes win- ter seem less and less severe. when as e matter of loci. lt. ts as cold as ever. -—Sydnoy %t Record.

Science hos mode another leap forward ~01- meybe upward would be better. By latching a camera to a. Gonna-n V2 rocket, pictures of the earth have been taken from 6S milx aloft. Fortunately, the films survived the inevitable smash at the flight’; end. This good luck gave the world photographs of what. looks like either an oblique stucco wall or an underdone pen- coke. -.Detroif Free Press.

Federal agents are enforcing birth control upon two species of birds which harass farmers and fisher- men- herring gulls, which prey upon lobsters and blueberries and cormorants, which eat bot-h blue- berries and young clams. In the first. efforts of control. agents In small boats. armed with hammers and needles, punctured each egg they could find. This didn't work for punctured eggs filled up with gases smd exploded. Tho female herring gull then would start all over again with u new batch of eggs. Now the method Ls to spray the eggs with an oil emulsion Returning to the nest, the bird sits patiently on the devitalteed eggs until her seasonal urge to become a mother has P118611 ——B\1811\¢68 Week.

Queue; that are unavoidable may be endured without. undue irrita- tion. Another variety, about. which something might be done, is awas- ed by persons who expect bank tell- ers to make out their deposit or withdrawal slips. Mamy banks dis- play notices asking customers to fill in their slips. It is not or ought not to be anymurt of the duty of tellers, except ln cues of obvious incapacity. Their patience with others is something at which to marvel. But to o. customer writ-h his deposit in order, standing buds of s. half-dozen adults who poke un- sorted notcs through the wicket unaccompanied by o. blank slip, the spectacle represents s. madden- ing theft of time. —Tcroalto Tele- gram. i

A great many ex-aervloe men ore showing good judgment in choos- ing the line of work in which they hope to earn a livelihood. In his report to a. national meeting of the Vocational naming Council, RF. Thompson director of training. Dc- partment of Labor. stated that. 469 carpenters, 250 painters, 50 plaster- crs, 538 plubers and steemflttcs-s and 18 sheet. metal workers were presently preparing themselves for the future by learning trades while "training-on-the-lob." These veter- ans have shied away from while collar jobs where chances are slim- meet. to obtain emplo ‘ be- cause the large number seeking them makes them highly compet- itive. And as a. matter of fact the mechanic and skilled tradesmen are getting much fetter pay en- velopes these days tium the aver- age white collar worker. --Kltchen-

er Record.

Apparently the ready tongue of Britain's famous wartime Prime Minister is a. family ldlosyncrasy. as one Australian police sergeant discovered recently. In the Darrlgo country of New South Wales lives a cousin 0d Winston Churchill, who n-aturelly Ls a centre of inicrst. Wearing e. long tawny beard. reg- ged pants at hall most. height and send-shoes, the local ‘ "of the Churchill clan recently turned up for his gas ration tickets at. the police station. On the score of his beard the sergeant remarked: "You know you'd much improve your looks if you strayed your whiskers." ‘Think so?" woo the answer. Well. let. me tell you. I91‘- geant, that if you grow a. board it. would much improve your looks. It would hide some of your cheek." - Emplro Digest.

Gus Croolre. su Australian rodlo- man, thinks he has solved the pro- blem of “rc-heeling” old shoes. One morning, he chanced upon a il.ne of women outside a. Sydney shoe repair shop, who were obviously wailing to have new heels put on their shoes. To Gus. this was an unnecessary waste of time. He hit. upon the idea for a shoe with an arched aluminum role and u high aluminum heel. At use merit, it. looks as if it will earn him o. fortune. The touch of originality is in the heel. Ac the bottom is s det- achable layer of rubber or leather. The purchaser of every pair of shoes is given rs number of epuire heels. when one heel wears out. the weer- or simply inserts mother. The total weight of s. pair of shoes is only 2 1-2 ounces. Apart from their

venienoe, tile inventor claims that. they ore strong enamh to withstand s pressure of home cone. They promise to be oool in oumme and worm in winter. World potonto have been opplied for, and already orders hove been received from North and South America, Bronco,

Indie. Palestine, South Africa. Singapore, Dunno. --Austr\1lsn News.

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A dish like this would never go over .

Scottish Associations In P. E. Island I

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m AMI-st. i894, lord Aberdeen. Governor General, and Lady Aber- deen visited the Island and were mtertlslned by the Oaledonirsn Club at the field sports which were held that your at (scorgeto .

Ln the following year a memorial ifrcm Edln ‘ Scotahmen was

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Wondering lust. whet might be in the hlllll. we asked Miss Amie Robertson. o resFSoof. She lsvo uo the : » Procurc fh_o largo etomopb-bog ‘of o sheep-also one of lily smaller bogs coiled “Klngjo Hood", together with vho pluck, which la the lights. liver Ind heart. The bogs must be well first in cold _ water, then plunged in balling water and scraped. Great csre must be token of llhe large bug; let it. lie and soak in cold water. with o little salt, all night. Wests oleo the pluck.

read by the president. John S. Muc- Donald, oddressed to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. to which he was requested to obtain sl fares of all members of the Cal onlantlub. The memorial was a protest against the use of the terms "Euclond" and “the English" instead 0! "Bri- tain" and "the British" 55 provid- ed l.n the Treaty of Union. 1107. 'I'he Club cooperated with the City Council and other societies in celebrating Her Majesty's Dia- mond Jubilee with a public pro- cession. This was followed by u military review ond the fiormol opening of the Victoria Pork Road- way.

Lord and Lady Aberdeen made u second visit to the Island and were presented with an address by the Club. His Ebocellcncyk reply contained the following: "I hope Seotchmen have ce/rned a suffici- ently. respectable position in the Dominion not. to cause allusion to thorn to be en occasl of annoy- ance to those who have not the good fortune to be Sootchmen. It. is gratifying to find them in con- junction with other nationalists, Joining in building up the country not only in the material. but in the moral, educational and religi- ous sense."

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The field sports of 18M took piece at: St. Peter's Bay. At this gather- lng the Island record for throwing lhe heavy hammer was bmizen by Donald E. Clark. of Grand River. King's County, who placed to his credit e throw of ninety-seven feet one inch.

Iibr- the games held this year Lieutenant Colonel Irving 0.0.6.. Halifax, for some years president of the club, forwarded s. prize for competition. It was awarded to s young lsdy of Charlottetown who competed in dancing the Highland fling. ,

As the meeting of January 80. 1900, J.J. Davies, Esd, on behalf of Mrs. Davies. presented the Club with m oil pointing. It. is u repro- duction of the famous painting re- presenting Robert Burns reciting his poems before the Duchess of Gordon. who was surrounded by a group of literary friends.

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Lleuf. John A. MacDonald, being about. to depart for service in South Africa. was presented by the Club with e valuable ring and an ad- dress. On the following evening the members assembled in the club- roam and. under the direction of Marshal W. Dodd Small, marched to the railroad station, whore they bade farewell to their fellow clone- men. In March tho Club joined the other national societies of the city in celebrating the relief of Lady- smith.

The Club Joined in the celebrat- ion in honor of the soldiers’ return from South Africa. the members marching from the oils-broom to the station, the-nee to the Market Square where addresses were delivered. Afterwards in the olubroom ad- dresses end souvenirs were present.- ed to Chaplain Fullerton and Lieut- enant MacDonald.

The annual gathering took place this year at the teus- Athletic Association Park, Charlottetown, attended by the Governor Gener- al. Lord Minto, and Lady _Minto, were at the time visiting the Prov- ince. The Boys’ Highland Brigade, on this as well as several other occasions, contributed much to the imposing appearance of the march to and from the grounds.

with the English mastlffls that he took e. number of them to Rome and put them to combat 1n the ring against all other fighting dogs. The msstlffs killed them all and Cows:- made them fight bulls. bears, lions, tigers and gladiators with spears and u-ldents. When the mos-stiff was worsted, he dlcd with his teeth in the opposing entrant's throat. The English moniff is e big Wwflfflll 1108. weighing up to 2M ponmds, measuring 10 inches around the foreleg, which is two inches more than the eves-age mar-rs wrist. In modern days he is used as o watchdog, being hostile to strangers, but docile and friendly toward his master. A few do/ye ago a group of GOG-lovers met in a London hotel to see what they could do to save the English mastiff from extinction. There are only eight pure-brede left in the country-two males and all females. and all old. It. was report- ed that there are only '10 in tho United States, and it. is hoped to be lble to buy some of them end rovlvo the tweed tn England. ~