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‘PHI (JHARLOTIITOWN GUARDIANL

TIIE OIIARLOTTETOlVN GUARDIAN

crop in Nova Sootia than last yar. A new marketing agreement atsures a market for some- what greater quantities than last year with a slightly higher guaranteed price for dehydrated apples. Increased farm income-swelled by large dairy and thog production and by higher

PW" Ieralae Dally (Ieaaled h II] f rraetiieati neat, Cal, w. (Ileater a, taalaa: , Vlea Praaldenlt .0. a. imam, ran.

leeretaryr Ueut. Ool, l). A. laallnaon, I.l.\

ldttor and Inna]! a Director, J. l. llurnett. IJJ.

Aaaeelata lidlaorem Iran! Walker, and Hang Ian Ilurerl, LOJNJ, (On Aeflve ierrloe)

prices for practically all products—-is reflected in the 13% increase in sales of country general stores during the first six months of the year, well above the average for Canada as a whole.

SUBSCRIPTION III‘-

Iq lull In P, I. L HAO par yaeri "All for l Ifilfll

IIJ-‘I lnr S alanine; It: tor die month City ltstltsry “.00 per year; $3.00 for I nuntll ilJl fur 3 moutlali ilk for one month

By lull to other Province: and IJJJ. “.00 pee 1-: laturdey Weelatyi 9.00 per yeaiihllsfl ler I leetla, Mk1

for l man

The Charlottetown Guardian may ea ebtalnel at Bowling‘: New: agency, ‘lime: tluuare, new York; 0!! Smith New: Agency, Uilrllnr lllll llll Wnlhlliftll Ilatllnli Mufnmullllan hon: Alene], l2“ Peel BK. llontreeli J. Fill

t! Utnad Chanel Lenrleri

$51 Bay Tut-onto; New: Ottawa; Waite‘: New: stand ludbury, 0nt.| lab

Tobacco shop, lloncton, l. is.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker flan

the Weakest Ink.” if T t” "'_i_3,_i5ta

OiiiariofReaclions

(T-iiiiiitiiitziig ..ii tlic rccciit Ontario election hll‘. liitito lllli\'ll(‘>'>ll, lliilCtl Lilici-zil journalist. in); out- uiitci \\lil bc to iorcc the Ring Ljovcrii- incni iiiio d more progressive policy. The miCYQ- scopzt" <'\t’ i=5 tlit- prime iiiiiiistcr will ccrtoiiil)‘ iluritiiig till the wall ziiitl lic will . \\ lit-ii ilie trziili!ii\ii:illv coiis '\'-'l- i-f lliiiui-iii gives a tliirtl of its lvg- . Iii the Lil“ ii is ClCill‘ tliut the public r !‘('.~ll\'(’ uiiil demands reform. Mr. _ “rc- it to them.

For a _\ciii' ll<t\\', s;i_\'s this commentator, blr. Kir; li;i< ‘v. iii "iiluiig lurgvlv about rriiiriii. H6 l-zis .~(‘Z up :1 iI.il'll.illlt‘lll(ll'Y coiiiiiiiitcc to sliapfi the post-nor world. lle has set tin a committee of Eilll-‘VFHFS to do the same job and fiiiallv a com- Tt-e of wiiics-ioiizils iii the grivcriiiiient dc- . l-iit s.» fflr ii-vlliiiig has rc=tiltcd hut liis ll\.l\' lw civiisidcrcil more procrastin-

zrion hut "l. iii isiirt. part of l\lr. King's C(‘ill>'ltlt‘i‘-

ed progrriiii. lli» is not going to shoot iiutil he

FPCQ fl uliite: of their evcs. lrle is not going to

\"l~'il‘ F"? cfcctioii {illllllllHlflOll a year ahead of

llic t o'l.

_ TTit- Oiiidrio vcrtlict must sitggcst to Ur. King that hr cannot choose his time as he pleases. The public will not ivait much longer. Therefore, it i= to be expected that ivhcn Parliament mccts again .\lr. King will have a program of SOCi7ll rciliriii liirqcr thziii ziiniliiiig cvcr kiiowii iii tlliS country buiorc. Uiic crtu picture Llic Pfllllfi Hitl- isier. listening to the radio on the night of the Oi-iturio election and going to the telephone and tefiiig the experts to start work 0n a new pit grrim lt‘\llll>l'l'O\V morning.

ttiiiiirio. sii_\s .\lr. llutcheson was a pffrfecl niziiliciiiiiiiciil demonstration of what must hap- pen lllltlQl‘ our present party divisions. About ‘ll‘i"’lS oi the Outiirio people voted against

l. but ihcv divide their votes between two

». _ ruirl licuce llClllliT cotiltl get a majority.

uni, about a third of the people voted fOr soc-

' -iii. li a icw more than a third of the people

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Fishermen. too, have benefited from better prices, while catches of most varieties have been satis- factory. Substanfial quantities of frozen cod, pollock. and flounder: are being exported to Britain under a recent inter-Govemment contract. Of dried and salted fish, Canada will supply a

afions recently arranged by the Combined Food Board.

=- EDITORIAL NOTES:

l-low these King's County Liberals love one another!

U U I I '.l‘lie new Drew Progressive Conservative Gov- eriimetit for Ontario was sworn in yesterday.

I U U I At UHLVBlOUC in Alsace-Lorraine, on this LlElIC i870, the Ucriiiaiis wou a saiiguiuary Yie- iory over the French, which proved to" be the be- ginning of the end of France's resistance to the l'i‘ti5$lfli'i aggressor of that period. I‘ U ‘I ‘l

lt must have been very important election business that called Premier Jones to interview l-‘rime blinister Mackenzie King at Quebec at 8 time when his attention would ordinarily and naturally be concentrated 0n war developments. v a a li '

Dairy herds in Great Britain have been given first priority in supplies of imported feed, so the cattle population has increased by 4.6% while all other animals have declined in numbers. The uiiniber of hogs has fallen by 51.9% since the war began.

Iii i I U The Indian State: occupy an area of just

of India, and have a population of about 9o,- ooopoo. This area is not British territory; the King's writ does not run it, and the Indian Legislature cannot legislate for it. It is divid- ed into many countries and ruled by native In- dian potcntates who have treaties with the Bri- tish Crown. I U i I

Final steps in the creation of a single iiHtiOrIill

telegraph system for the United States have been

iiates By The Way m t‘:

At thh aeaaon of optimist l: s arde

e_-_-—

n big as those pictured catalogues. —Gulph

The slain: ha: been

not onotlllh attentions: paid to l" h. , d 50.10;“ in: arme: ve swep over en

f books on the latter’: birthday; and sllrwem ma Norman.‘

quota of about a7 million pounds under alloc- known work

Women are now calling trait:

. _ t ti ld at. it: northern ex-

Naw Yuk’ Pm“ gallon‘ w‘ tilblinlhy eimld glgbt miles wid, at " th

A friend who t West Yorkshire farm was struck by the high spirits during the dlruier- time break of a small grciu alien prisoners serving a: sborere. They seamed to be having a Joke at the expense of Mussolini. Two cf the prisons}? smargaly t?‘ attention‘. taken by stockholders of Western Union and tylgmyfanillrfmaglilmngugoealgnfjgfd Postal Telegraph who voted to merge the com- Pill" "Mimi!" hi!

- - ~ _ mush merriment Briskly, they both munication agencies. The merger has been for marched

pose that instead of all the the m“ maroie about tracks and desttna- ' tlons, the new formula will be some- the city flung like" oh’ dear’ were‘ u” Zsncle fromthestrlpofslckle-sliap-

m“ ‘he 5"" mu“ PW" ed land which form: it: harbor.

in the eleventh century B once bore the Trixtacrla These were Pelorum on the northeast; Psnhymu: sero) on the southeast; and Lily- baeum (Bow) on the west. It l: on Passcro that the Canadian: have Established brldgehends.

tar

History has ahovm that it we: a disastrous time for when mometai-y dld not fully understand the subtle meaning of money, got. control of It the financial monetary reformer‘: voices are not a: strident as‘ they were, but they , __ may recover their breath, and when uiider 600,000 square miles, or about two-fifths they do we should remember the lessons of history and beware of their snecluua at, merits —Hs.mi1- ton Spectator.

system.

several

man whbhbel will produce veretetrole:

any nation reformers, who

nlly vlalted l.

shouted. amid paces -bsck-

in

them gen out and 1051111" "Wvggff Q! than the Christian ere. u. ahe - ' ' qred pirate: of the ancient world

.. wit»

Let‘: reform education and teach —:cletice, mathematics,

uaineas, health

(Pli-

-Tomnw

Canada's

of It-

“ y The Plus m,‘ Martina, battered doorstep to the

Rwlw- blasted it: harbor facilities to ro- aelyfwbytgglosggull-ihi 901ml?“ 1'15‘ tard the movement of Axis force: terelsn affair: and vhllowivhv- But mainland. An the Allied armies l! we did that we would reach the piled victory on victory in Slcll ‘Golden Ace." and lust new We are the Axis troops were crowded biw a bit Off the Bold standard —I.nn- into the northeast a 1e of the don Free Press.

at

mally approved by Congress, the Army and Navy and the Department of Commerce. The Federal Communications long has urged the consolidation, now has the working plan before it for final authorization.

Commission.

Already the trans-Atlantic air operators are talking about a post-war airplane, details of

voicii for socialism, and the Othcrs wCrc to rliv- iii» tht-ir vott-s. .1 socialist govcrnmctit would be, (Iicircl c-ii zt minority vote.

ll rl/tc. '1 iiiucii iutittcr if a goveriiiiicnr is cl- crtcd oii a iiiiiioritv vote when no great issue ii n: 5ZPil\'t‘. In this case a very great issue is at

on of ygrivoi-iimetit-cotitrollcd economy, a Afflllilllflii of <‘\'t'i'_\'thiiiQ and, flllllhitfi‘. out! cnliglitrttcd a totalitarian state.

lf the CCF continues to grow, Socialism will he the basic issue, if not at the next election, then :it the election following it. lf the nrxt election flzltfi no niirty a maioritv we shall see in flit‘ ririi-i-nii the some coalition which alrcndv has dc- v<~‘rir.:rl in the three provinces of British Col- unibizi. Rlnnitoba and Ontario.

Business Survey

ln a survey of business conditions in the five

main ZlYCZtS oi Canada the Bank of Nova Scotia

of <Ziii;l:ii;i:_i.' riithcr than differences." Some jirrwiiict-s lizivc. liccii affected more than others liv iizi- vxjiziiisioii of wnr industry, but in eachIiS fouiitl a high level of general activity and in- crcnsiiig pressure on the non-war sector's. of the ecnnomyz _ iii tlit- Rlni-itimcs, though the earlier eXPflfl-‘lfln

coal mining. logging, rind agriculture testify.

llltli l1l1l\L m, rirc liciiili

iiig operating efficiency.

the first half of i042. Port activity is also great.

On the other side of the picture are the dc- clines in coal Zllltl luinlicr output. Coal produc- tion for lllP first five months of the year was

labour shortages. ln April over 1,600 fewer min- ers were at \\'0l'l( in Nova Scntia than a year earlier-hence the recciit measures concerning mine labour. As for lumber, the winter cut of logs was again reduced, despite favourable wea- ther. Markets are absorbing lumber about a: rap- idly a: it is sawn: export shipments both to Britain and the U. S. A. have been larger than a year ago, domestic demand is in excess of supply, and mills have fcw unsold stocks.

In agriculture, the cold, late season prevented the anticipated increase in grain acreage: — in- deed, in some parts nf Nova Scotiri they wrre re- duced. As a result, Western feed will he ncCflCd in these Provinces, as in other l-iastern areas. Growing conditions have improved. however, and yield: will be generally quite good, with a fairly large potato cropaPxospecia are for a larger apple j

t

which have been completed, which will fly across the Atlantic in IO to i2 hours with a transoceanic

wards. —-Leed: Yorkshire Post.

How the legend that spinach waa a healthful food grew up we do not know. but we expect that it has! something to do with the rise of Puritantstm and the decline of Mer- i-le England The Puritans, observ- ing that boiled spinach had an ob- jectlonablc smell, a flat and slight- ly nauseating taste, and an appear- ance as of scrapings from the bot.- ton of an old boat. said "Aha, just the thing to feed to children!

which

l\°\\’¢\‘¢1' jportatioii will be greatly improved and co-ordiii-

fare of $100. Charlottetown has a definite inter- est in this international operation because it is on ‘the Great Circle Route. The airlines are not going to put the rail, steamship and truck lines out of

l 11hr‘ coiitiiitiaiice of private initiative or the ‘busjne55_ Th” will suppigmcnt instgad of ‘up. slated

plant them and. after the ivar all forms of trans-

ated, with the airplane creating much new busi-

it is down th

There will be iciis civilian clothing

We'll tell the little perlshers that. ' good for them and ram elr throats whether they choke or not," Arid tihua began the great spinach legend which has per- until this day. -Pe.‘,er- borough Examiner

n years the citizens have

ness which will not be subtractel from older forms of transportation. s e e

Major Raymond Massey. 46, who left the New York theatre and Hollywood films to join the Canadian Army, has reverted to a reserve made up o; 750990900 gummy,‘ a status because of ill health. The army announce- ment said Maj. Massey has been under medical observation for several weeks, and that after leaving hospital in Montreal he will return t0 New York for a rest. During his army service. Maj. Massey was attached to the adjutant-gen- moiitlily i‘(:\‘l6\V reports the situation to be “One eral's branch. He served in the Great War as an artillery officer. and was wounded and invalided home in i915. For a. time he was a training of- ficer at Pctawawa, Ont., and later was detailed for duty in Washington with the British mission. Subsequently he sayv active service in Siberia.

e e e

This from Saint John Telegraph journal is lans tr-iidcil to lcvcl oii over the past year or equally applicable to this province: The thought iil0i'f:. llltltlélry and trade remain extremely active also comes that there are many abandoned farms __;,5 the, labour shortages which hsvearisen in lil New Brunswick, many of badly “run down" but still capable of being re-

Sliijibiiililiiig hiis CitillllliiPll to cxpiuiil and the turned to production, which could be acquired by Tilli\\li\' (‘HF shops iii-o l)ll\\‘ lzirucly mi war work. yoiitig men who wish to take up farming. Sflltifl Swirl output llliw‘ ~liii\\ll l‘l't‘lt\'('i‘\,' siut-t- the strike of those iiieii would require agricultural courses nntl itittii-e ii-iidtictioii \\'lll benefit from the new to bring them knowledge of modern methods, ‘ ici~ iii-t lilt1\\'l| iii, as wt-ll n5 from but in these days of planning, there should be 110 .11.... plant fliitl mixer, still tinder great difficulty in arranging for this. cr-ii-trtictii-ii. whit-ii or» (*x]t('Cl(‘(l to add about one reads of what is being dong that-a iritrudes 60,000 tom to annual ingot capacity by increas- the idea that much more can be accomplished 2mg m, m do,“ To supplement Ntw- and there is a belief in many quarters that the ' foundlaiirl ‘hi-c stipplics, iron is being mined in farming industry is capable of successful exten- New n]‘1]i‘|=\\‘lf‘l\' for the first time in many years. sion right here in New Brunswick. The demand The coiistriiclioti trades keep busy and a fair for food has increased greatly during the war Tfllilillf‘ of lllililZlFV building is still being imitated years and the prediction has been made that this -—lii(l(‘(’t'l. reflecting this, the Maritimes were the demand will continue in the post-war years when only area in Canada except OntariO in which the

ples of the occupied countries are being Wlmlnfl M41 WHEY"!- Jlflllé1f‘_\'-_lil1i6 contracts approximated those 0f rel-ta ilitated.

Another gallant young Canadian, Pilot Offic- er ery Dunning, i: reported missing aéter air scenic beauty that i: more than . o rations oversea: state: the Montreal azette. down 19% from that of i942, chiefly because 0f Hp: is the only w“ of the Hem Charm A‘ Du,“ ning, iomier Finance Minister of Canada, now resident in Montreal. Born in Regina twenty-four years ago when hi: father was a member of the Saskatchewan ‘Government and on his way t0 its.Pr:'::.:*;::.;‘..":i.i:;:t;"°st..t;"i>i’::; m» ~~----»- ltfld Queen's University, Kin tton, graduating in 194i with the degree of Bu: elor of Commerce from the institution over which Hon. Charles Dunning preside: a: Chancellor. The patriotism QIIWYM’: "i! hm”!- ll of the father, expressed ln many year: of dis- tinguished aervice to the nation. was dominant in the son. He went straight from the UttiWtfllY 9'3"“! i‘ "m" E“ ml‘ m" ‘m’ into the Royal Canadian Air Force, underwent his training in Quebec province and in Februar)’ of last year went overseas, to prove himself a skilful and courageous flyer and a capable gfficq, '

available in the next rationing per- iod. which bezlns in September, and purchaslni; power will be restricted to something between 36 and 48 present coupon values. Clothing rations have to be cut according in the available cloth. The clothing budget of the Board of ’.i‘rade is

O n

year ‘This l: a wartime measurement of civilian needs What the Board of Trade cannot know is the extent; to which individual reserves of clothing ure being worn out, and the new demand which will conse- quently be felt This is a conting- ency tor which the department is unable to provide at s. time when total supplies will be less. The re- sult may well be that every one will have to be a little shabbler than he or; she had expected tn be. -London T mes.

A bi: barn near Br-antf u was destroyed by fire with the loss of 22 kilns of tobacco, 900 bushels of oats, and a number of livestock. How often we read of a. farmer l0a< ing his season's crops, many head of cattle and horses, and probably his implements as well in a bad fire. And unfortunately he seldom carries enough lnsurrtiics to iccoup film for l-he lusts of the building and con- tents. There ls never adequate fire- fighting apparatus within call, gnd not; enough water oven if them were. There Ls little that. can be dune ex. cept sadly watch his assets go up in flames. Farmers are proud of their big barns. They put everything they ave trim them. But they are taking g so. It may be more expensive to erect a group of small buildings welt separated around the farm, houslns cattle tn one. horse: in another. one kind of crop heave and another there, and implements somewhere else. but 1t would be an excellent form of 1n- surance. A farmer ml hit lose one not lose his ll _gtm hdtioquld a . . oma: Tknes-Jom-nal.

them no doubt

When

It anyone desires a pletnre ef skin deep let him go out into any part he choose of the Iltngllah 0mm- try today. Aimott every parish h like a new place, and familiar scene: are bright with : strange light. Wherever you look the colored ear: of lraln or the comely shock: pnttiem out t-he landscape aa never before in memo , at any rate in

tier. which were one: the Ira-nary of tendon. do not share in this rev- elation, for their at t: rather lea: Iooii than elsewhere and their field: have always been arable; but. botmttful and early almost. beyond precedent, and a. multitude of older grass fields are the moat richly adorned ‘Phi:

it was. It differs all ‘J16! countries b reason bi‘ the multitude of sl le bee: that Irama theae herve scenes and emhower the homestead: and church towers as

MESSINI

B Canadian Italian mainland which Allied for- ces entered today. be: a hlltDfY of tra v and defeat- uakes. plague: and battl-

nrond it. for a period of time laug-

and knew the sound of marching feet of Oarthifllrtlans, Romans.

It: teat. e occurred on . Ig,”1908,?vfi‘endyone of the moat dlustroua earthquake: ever

approximately 8x000 persons. 1n the present war it was repent.- dly rocked by Allied bombs n that

between Sicily and the Italian Island where Meaalna situated.

The Strait of Meutn: separating Sicily from Italy i: approximately

Founded by pirates from Oumae took its original name of

'1‘ Carthaglnians took Mesalna lri 39

ment

The Saracens took the town 1n 881

Approximately 40,000 of the city: inhabitants were killed by plague in 1743, and the city we: bombarded during the 1M8 revolu- tion agslnst. the Bourboris. In IBM cholera. brought. death to 000

1b, -

Garibaldi landed in Sicily in i060, and Meseina wa: thelastcity on the island taken from the Bour- bon: and made a part of united

l gilhpe the 1908 earthquake, the residential section of the town ha: bon built south of the old city. In that. section the streets are wide and the buildings are low. Public buildings now occupy the old town sl e

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biggest, from point of atten ever held here»

of-town visitors.

It ls the first. time, to my knowledge, the citizens have been appealed to, to open their homes, arid from my own knowledge I

What has caused Toronto to be known a; the convention City of

opened their homes to outside whenever called upon, not for the monetary gain, but. for the credit: of