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Morning Daily (Founded tn i557) Authorised as Second Class MuLI, Post Ulllno Department. Ottawa.

Evident. luii .\. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. R. Burnett; Sei~y.-'l‘i-r-.is., (I. M. Burncll; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank liulker.

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To those interested in any rnsasurc iii grant dramatic art, the film jiicscntation of Shake- speare's "Henry V" at lh: Prince Edward Thc- atre cannot fail to give kcen pleasure. Nothing quite like it has been achieved before, either on the stage or on film. lts success is due in part to the fact that it is the work of English studios and artists, directed not only with masterly skill but with a background of Shakcspearian tra- dition and revercme far the unsurpassed poetry and pageantry of this last of the great bard's Loncastrian serics of historical plays, with if: brilliant central picture o.‘ Henry at Agincourt, and its galaxy of great historical and imagin- ed characters.

Shakespeare himself might very well have had such a yuzture as this in mind when he wrote the Prologue, urging his audience to take "a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene." lt was necessary with the limitcd stage facilities of his time that the audience should thus co-operate:

‘Suppose Within the girdle of these walla

Aro now confiirrl two mighty monarchics.

Whose hich non-aired and abutting fronts

Tho periloiie. iirlfftlllr’ ocean parts asunder:

imperfections with your thoughts:

parts rlhide one man.

muginary pusiancc: Think “hon we talk nf h rscs that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i’ the receiving earth: For ‘tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings,

Carry them hcrr- and there, jumping o'er times, Turning the nrromlilishnlrnt of many years Into on hour-glass."

The areat lines flow on, risina and fallina in majestic cadence. The description of Old Eng- ‘and qirding her loins for battle~never surpas- sed or equalled-may well have been in Prime

Minister Churchill's mind in his lighting speeches during the early stages of World War ll:

"Now all the youth of England are on fire. And silken rlnliianeo in thr- lvnrdrobc lies: Now llll'i\f‘ thr- iirmourcrs, ilnil honors tlibught Rcipns solclv in thi- breast of cvcry man: They sell the pasture now to buy the horse. Following thr- mirror of It" Christian kings. \\‘ith ivingr-rl hi-cls. as English Mcrcnrlcs. - - -"

Again Shakespeare hud lo appeal to his audience, to imagine for themselves the de- parture of the Royal fleet from Hampton pier, with silken streamers flying and all hearts beat- ing high:

"Play with your fancies. and in them behold Upon tho hcinpcn tackli- sliip-bovs climbing: llrar tlir- shrill whistle ulliclr doth order give To sounds colil'us‘rl; hcholrl the thrcarlcn sails Barrio with the invisible and creeping wind. Draw the huge bottoms through the furrpiwrl

SP3, V " Brcastinlz the lofty surge. 0'. do but think You stnurl upon the rivage and behold A city on tho lnronstant. billows dancing:

For so appears this fleet mnjestlcal,

Holdinz the coursi- to llarflour. Follow. follow! Grapple your minds to sternage of this navy. Anrl leave voiir Eneland. its dead midnight still. finilrrlcd with grzindsirr-s. habit-s. nndold women. ilithcr past or not arrivYl to pith and pllssiance: For who is ho, whose I'll!“ is lint cnrielfd \\'ith one appearing hair. that will not follow Those rull'rl nnrl choice-drawn cavalier!

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Franco. All this and more, before the great scene at Agincourt, with all the supplementary scenes, brought magically to life to the accompaniment of Elizabethan music and the poet's own tre- mendous commentaries; opening with a brilliant reconstruction of 16th century London and the old Globe theatre; passing to the humor and , . pathos of Falstaff's end, of Harrys courtship and Fluellen’s quarr-el with Pistol, to harrowing . - , .. scenes of "famine, sword and fire and the cul- minating episodes, in which all disharmonies are resolved and verse and drama ris-e into uncloud- cd serenity. Here we seem to catch the very accents of Shakespeare's voice, in his beloved vehicle of soliloquy: “Tin not the liiilm. the scrptrr. nnrl the hnll. Thr- sivorrl. L1H‘ lYlilff‘. the i-rrinn imperial, Th» inlcrlP-surrl rnho of zolrl nnd prarl. The farrcrl titlc running ‘furc the kinlf. The lhrom- hi» sits on. nor the tirlr- of pomp "rbiit hontii upon thi- liiuh shore» of this wnrltl. Bu, not. all those. thricr-aorgcous ceremony,

.\nl. .ill those, liiiil in hcd majvstii-al, (‘an sir-en sn toimclli: us tho wrclrltcrl sluvr,

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Who with a 1W1" fill‘rl rlnrl vacant mind Gets him to rral, criimrrfrl iilth rlistrrlaful lircnrl: .. ‘

‘Nr-vnr soc-n lmrrirl niclit. tire rhilrl of iii-ll.

But. likv- a. lackcv. from tho rise to sol, fluent! in the 0v» of Pllnobus. and all nllrht Sleeps in Elvsium; nut tlilf.‘ nftrr dawn, Doth rlsg and lu-lii llj-pcrion to his ‘Inf-sf- Anrl follows so llir- r-u-r-rnnnin! yrar With profitabil- lnhnur in his zrarr."

It is regrettable that this fine picture :hould hove fo be shown at prices out of pro- portion to usual prices for admission to pic- tures here, especially in view of the fact that many lovers of Elizabethan literature are but

moagerly endowed with spending money. Mil- lions of dollars are being spent on sci-called educational films, lectures, radio- plays and

what-not, mostly at the taxpayers’ expense, and one is left to wonder why this great production could not be made available at more moderate prices under Dominion or Provincial educational auspices? The Theatre Guild is to be thanked for bringing the picture here at all, and those privileged to see and hear it aroito be congratu- lated on their good- fortune; but a better ar- rangement could liavo been ivished for, in the interest particularly of our high school and col- Icgostudonts and tooclim, and all drama en-

Tfllsllllrt Commissioners‘ Salaries y

‘ The three Tlflllipbfl-commifj-iongr; whg_ visited here last week, together with their fc‘-§ low Commissioners-six in all-are to have‘ their already substantial salaries increased, undcr the provisions of a bill introduced in the

House of Commons on May 29 by Transport Minister Chevricr. In 1903, when the Board of 'l'rnnsport Commissioners was set up, the sal-

cr-zs were: Chief Commissioner, $10,000; As~ sistant Chief Commissioner, .1000; and the othzr Commissioner-there vi-gre but fhfQQ qltg- igothcr at that time——$8,0llO. In 1908, when the number of the Board was iricrcoscrl to six, the salaries were the same, cxc:pl that the As- sistant Chief Commissioner lt"'.‘lV2il $9,000. In 1913, the salary of the Chief Ccmniissioner was inc-eased from 513,000 to $12500. The Gov-

‘crnment in 1930 sot up ci commission to study

the salaries and organization of the civil service throughout Canada, and among other things recommended inzrcazzs in the salaries of the Board of Transport Commissioners. lt was not deemed advisable to follow the recommenda- tions of that commission. In 1946 the present Government appointed another commission (the Gordon Commission) which made similar rec- ommenclations, This part of the Gordon report is now being implemented, increasing the Chief Commissioner's salary to $13,500, that of the Assistant Chief Commissioner to $12,000 and ‘hat of each of the Commissioners to $10,000.

Th: Minister explained that the Board of Transport Commissioners, by virtue of the pro- visions of the Railway Act, is a court of record. The jurisdiction of the Board when set up in 1903 was quite limited. lts powers had to do with the regulation, construction and operation of railways other than government railways with- in the legislative jurisdiction of Parliament. Since then the jurisdiction has been extended tremendously; it now covers express tolls, tele- graph companies, telephone companies, interna- tional bridges and tunnels, Maritime freight rates, the abandonment of operation of lines, the Canadian National—Canadian Pacific Act, the Transport Act, certain agreements made pursuant to chapter 32, section 1 of the Statutes of Canada, the purchase of electrical energy from a person who has acquired water power under lease from the Crown; the operation of the railway grade crossing fund, etc. The Com- missioners are appointed for a ten-year tenure, and receive no pension.

- LZDITURIAL NUIES -

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Now we have had a surplus of rain. .. .. . ..

Brrl Perhaps we should have gone on Sum-

mer Time after all. ..

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Some of our city real estate is going to ap- preciate in value. Once the smoke nuisance is removed from the vicinity of the railway, values will go up.

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lt's an ill wind. The scarcity of Am. ericon dollars will result in increased business for Canadian firms__p,r,_od_ucjngVgooclsywhich com- pete with imports from the U. S. i’ I I ‘l I The so-called Truman Doctrine is as old as Sparta. Tyrants like to have tyrannies for neighbours, and democracies prefer and try to be surrounded by other (TCIHOCIGCLES. I i I I

Both the United States and Britain find ii nccessary to continue peace time consideration, but it is o safe bet that it is not even being seri-

ously considered in Ottawa. I I I I

Education is the concern of all. Teachers and school boards can only serve the commun- ity so far as they ore enabled by public support. Before any real improvement can be expected there must be real interest shown and active support given their: by one alnd all.

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We are a free people but it seems a pity tlnl so many of us express our independence by walking where we want with complete disregard for the attempts of our neighbour to persuade grass to grow on his corner-plot. ln despera- tion he puts up a fence and instead of a beauty spot we have an eyesore.

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Senator Maclntyre should repeat in the he gave our Ottawa correspondent and publish- o:l yesterday, claiming that in some important respects we are ahead of all other provinces with the exception of New Brunswick, where railway employees enjoy similar privileges. He may hear thcre the other side of the story. . i .- ..

The Grand Jury at Sumrnersidc reported vigorously on the increasing dongcr of drunk- ozi drivlra, rind the ncglcct to dim lights on passing other cars; they also protested against the increase in fast andmeckloss driving, es- pecially by taxis and truck drivers. The some Crlllclsm could be offered on conditions in King's and Queen's, and no doubl the Attorney-Gen- eral will authorize the police to take the nec-

cssory action.

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The loi: Lord Keynes (John Maynard Key- nes‘; born tliis date i838," was the principal British Treasury rzprccentotive at the Paris Peace Conference and Deputy for the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Supreme Economic Council; President cf the Royal Economic Society, editor of the Economic Journal, Director of the Bank of England, and member of the Consultation

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Council to the Treasury. His publications in- clude: Economic Consequences of the Peace, A Treatise on Probabifily, A Revision of the Treaty, Essays in PcISUGSiOII, Essays in Bio- graphy, A Treatise on Money, General Th0- ory of Employment, Interest and Money, How to Pay for the War.’ u

Senate‘ his views on the labour situation which‘

llotos By llll Vlay

L 3Z1 in the crown or u 01¢ u, was the crows nest. strongly W" °f W!“ md iirum and mud. About it, wheeling in the ‘n9- rzance of their strength. flap the

lmlimll M115 ("awinfl discordanllv ‘If _'l‘_!‘.\' lumber in from the flock. brPUlt! alike from the ‘smaller

ollcvies. whose nests they rob, um] froyn the creatures of the grounq, “hitch scale lower trees for eggs, l Qv flnmor ln no.-.<y pride, filling Ibo Ill‘ with a puny, \.uyaal.iy_v'__ Victoria Times.

A Toronto Jig-LORD! bu let the rat"o_ut of the bag by referrlnlt to the flve languages no“. ‘auRht-p in our secondary schools: he names them as Lllllli. Greek, French, Gar. “la-n. SPI-nish- Till! explains why 5° mm)’ graduates have an lrn. perfect command of English. which l5 fllJparently not taught at u11__ Pr-lorbarough Ex5mingr_

The turtle his relied on his shell for n. mast effective means of pro- leclm" T01‘ Ill these millions of Rabi. While numerous grotesque- looking creatures have Apppnfgd and vanished from the earth, 195v. 1H1; only their remains in rock; for curiosity seekers who i-all them- Feives fossil-hunters to find. says Our Dumb Animals. Turtles have ‘i110! lllemivlves at home on dry land. ll1 fresh waters and 1n (hi; seas. almost E\'Pl'_1' typo of envLron~ maul that this carlh has to offer hi“ 1h" PFPftJr warmer climates. They havareadily adapted (hum- selves to life tn hills and moun. talus. plains and desert country. ‘xou will find them in ditches. ponds and streams. Turtles a:e latfll’ smart, too. Although they have no sense of hearing. they can feel your slightest touch, and their sense of sight is so keenly de- \'°-l°Ded that they easily distinguish between various colors. SugprZ-slng, loo_ is their ability to be taught; ta run patterns and figures. and to differentiate between the black and white lines of these patterns.

There is a sense of ultimate fate —-llie pi-cordiiined. inexorable qua;- "Y 9f Greek tragedy —LY\ contam- rilalmi: l-lle plight of the North Amcrlvan whooping crane. whose breed has dwindled lo a known population nf 27. Thus tall white. nlumerl hlrd with the brick-red ltrarl and lllaCli-[lpped “ring.- no“. facts extinction. It is nearing the earl of the one-nay road down ‘Thrill hi“? Bone countless inhabi- tants of the world -th'e amoral,“ and other prehistoric creatures, and in modern times. the passenger lYlgr-on which only a few years ago

were scan in untolrl thousands throughout. lil!‘ Pastor“ grams of North America. »~ Vicloria Times.

It will he a 841d day for Britain or the United States ever to or, "iouzh" in their dealings with ear-l» other. There i-s room for realism and frankness for boll-i partieg, But both parties have too much in common. and the world has too much at stake in their friendship. for them to start being tough over the dFli-‘alr- ‘issue of Ilcbls._. Mon- trcal Gazette.

T" "Hwy Scots. both at home filiilfiiiriieiis?‘ u ivilifcome "ifs “Ciliellllnfl 0f a disappointment to "Ulhl-lml- P" Present. it takes flllilhmg from nine to 10 months lo obtain delivery of a set of bag. PlPv-f. After a number of wartime restrictions on manufacture for the home and export markers, llicre is now a time-lag of m, m5,» than four years to make up_ an! several firms arc Wuflfng my; n»; two anil three nights u ivezk in an attempt lo rope with the 01-. tiers coming in from New Zealand, Australia. Canada. U.S.A.. flfltl Ireland, lint lllf‘ task of r-zllrliing l1l\_\\'1ll may" a difficult one, Edlllllllfih Scotsman.

Thinlzs have come to a pretty pass since William Pcnn ‘m i635 planned Philadelphia so that it would resemble n gl‘1‘(‘!l_ and 0pm Cflilfllllv town. and be a "city of brotherly love." The other rlay 500 0f ll"! ('it_.\"-s policemen ivcvn Pfllllhpcri ivl-lll bullet-proof vests, and those vonlraritlons aren't \\'t‘,l‘ll at i-lrinlbakcs. ll happened that. four Philadelphia patrolman have been lllllllllcrl off iii most unbrotix- crly fashion sincevlasl Christmas, anrl the city rlerldccl somcthuig would have l0 he tltirtlt" about ll, __ Windsor Star.

I Th" \\'-1.v~ of olrlt-intr aristocracy "f Ill!" Soiilli win srinriln-ics he liel. l" "ct-vi ilinii dor-"rihrrl.

Take nlrl COlJIICl Clriywpool, ivho ll\'!‘fl lll a small lifissisFillpi lOWll, "'1 far from lhr- Gulf Coast. Am- hilmlls vii-atone n33" [n draw <fl!‘llf‘ lOlll'l‘-f lrarlr lo lllfill‘ rom-

munlty, rol15llllr~r1 the Calomrl on the subject of arrrling a good I10- lr-l in thc town. "Don't noel-I a lliolrl!“ llic olrl fire-cater replied. ‘Ami “'l\.\' "'1', Colonel?" rcjoi/nrri our nf tho holder spirits. "Goorgo" rclorlcrl llir» old iinreconslrucied Sniilliciiicr. "if a visitor is q gun- tloman I'll entertain him in my luanslon; if hr- isn't we don't ivan‘ llllll in this town!" _-l"mm W31; Siren Journal.

The only clllld la supposed to gel too much plirtlllCTi for hiii own xood. This i-s supposed to "iipoi." him- Certainly, the single child lrrows up with less knowledge of the human nice than does the buy with a sister or the girl wl-lh I brother. The single youngster may nevertheless rret s happy sense of security out otllie fart that he or she has no rivals for the par- ents’ affection. Two children are likely to be jealous a-f ouch other. If there are three. two are likely to slang up againn the third. Us- Llllly lt ls the oldert and youngest against the one in the middle. Pour are prone to divide into two L10!- tile camps. We guess there are advantages to being a child ln n family of flva children or more. - Dtiloiigo Dilly News

ml: CHARLOTTETUWN GUARDIAN

A TOMB IN THE

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,Hi.s battles o'er, he takes his ritlSe, U10?!’ Dill- by. and sceptired loll. Round bin the carven centuries LLlkP forest branches arch rinrl coll. In Lhiit dim time, he is not, sure Who lost or won at Agincourl!

Sir William Watson.

‘-@OP@§@QQ-Q-Q-O@-OQ-C-O-Q-§+Q-C~Q-Q4 Old Charlottetown E (Aria mu.)

9 EARLY NEWSPA FERS

"In- 1w5 there were five or more newspaper offices in Charlottetown: that. of The Islander at lite corner of Water and Groat George strccts, of which Mr. John lugs, than Queen's Printer. was the propriel -; that of The Examiner on Hills- borough Street. ciwnodby the Hon. Edward Wheliin: that of the Messrs. Cooper who published The Monitor on Kent Street; iiiai of Mr. Edward Reilly who published The Hamid on Queen Street. 'l‘he Patriot had but lately begun publication under the editorship of the I-Icn. Druid Laird.

"Only WPEKL)‘ newspapers svcr published ln Charlwtotowr, at that time and olltsido of Charlottetown there was no publication, 'l‘i'ic Hon, William H. Pope was tailor of The Isiancler and the Hon. Edrnwcd Wheian editoi of the Examiner}. Mr. James Barrett Cooper was och- ll0l‘ of The Monitor and Mr. Reilly editor of The Herald.

"Talking about IIEWSPGPPI‘ cfficep reminds me of the ‘lelegraph Office which was then in the build- ing now occupied tlf I mistake uolil by the Laborers’ Union. Telegraph communication with the hfaiiiland was in 1865 a new thing in Prince Edward Island; and telegraph conj- munlcatlon with Great Britain and Europe had not yet begun. The late Mr. Charles I-Iyndman was than the Telegraph maiugcr {or Prinpo Edward Island and Mr. T. Muiii-qy was his chief assistant. By the kindness of Mr. James Purdie I sin enabled to read to you a copy pf the first commercial cubic-grant evpr received in Ll1l5 Province. lt rear! :

"London. Oct. 7th. 18 ‘l "Purriie. P. E2. Island:

"Buy eighteen tlioiuana U509) qtrs oats. twenty-six fa. tbrpe sixty i360) Cost. freight Iiandon.

Reply. (Sgdt Borrowmcin." This cablegrnni of one liundi" d

000 bushels of oats; and i‘. will give you an idcaof the extent.- lo ivliioh the export of Prince IiJcI-avzird Island oats had roach in I867. The London firm which sent it was hlcszrs. Borrowman Phillips and Company. Mark Lane. and the Charlottetown firm which received it was that. of Messrs. J. and J. S. Purdie, Povwnal Street.

~ From an address b_v lite lnle Mi’. w. L. Cotton. cclllor of The Exam- inc-r.

Big Ben ‘Bl’ Jame-s Mcqook, Canadian Press Staff Writer, Londoni

y NW” W“ fibrin! has come the .ourist.s stand at. the Parllament, llilildlflls’ imn Rates and gaze a‘. Big Ben, automatically drawing their watches from their pockets to check the time.

"Just. checking to see that Big Ben is right?" says the police- riiail, and the group Litters at the historical London joke.

To suggest Big Ben. whose soiiorous sounding of tho hours i5 carried tiu-oughout the world by radio, might be wrong ls like sug. posting it will never rain again in England,

Biff Bcn ls a tradition. As a clock he is subjccl- lo tllc frail- lics of his kind. but he fails so seldom that. veterans of Parlia- ment. treasure the memorable oc- iasions.

T1185’ would with superstitious ,n_\yn of the time when Queen y ‘vlctorlah Prince Consort. Albert

‘the Good. l dying and Big Ben struck 100 imcs without. stop- ’plng. They smile when thi-y ro- member that. when Gladstone in ‘i886 introduced the Irish Home Rule Bill with fill its controversy and wrath Biz Boil imply slop- pert.

In 18M, the Commons rlcoidorl should nave n clock worthy of the mother of Parllalncnts, "a noble clock, indcrrl a kinz of clocks, tho blegcst. tho ivovlrl llrir. over siren. iviiliin siehl. and sound of the throbbing henrl. of Hon- don."

The clock-makers were appal- led when they read the specifica- tions which said the clock must izo for ciuhl. driys, shown the time rm four dials each 30 fact. in din- iaeter, strike the quarter hours on right bells and tho hours on n bell wcllzhinrr 14 tons.

All these things would have been possible but the sticker was the command that. the first sound of the hour bell should be cor- rect within one second a day nod the performance should be tele- graphed twice a day to Green- wich observatory where a record would be kept.

‘the clockrnakcrs riiild this was impossible ln so largo ii time- piece and the Commons entered a storm of argument about dc- grees of. accuracy. But. ln 1852,

o mass of machinery had been crested-and lay idle for five years until the tower could be