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Hope Again Deferred

Now we lime ii more or less authoritative- 1y that the new car fcrry- will n0t' be ready for launching before "some time next summer.” If that is the case, it will probably be next fall before the boat is in sciwice, zind probably two or three more years before the new piers at Borden and ffornicntiiie are completed. The alibi is the same uhl one about 1iost-\var strikes

holding up cons:ruciiunuthe truth being that the contract called for twimpletitm and delivery 0f the ship “before the winter oi I945."

\\'e have bvcn getting nothing but misin- formation froni Uttatva as to the progress of

this work ever since i: started. I)t)\\‘lll'lgllf iii- sulting to the intclligczict- 0i our people is thc manner in which \\c have been treated. for

there is no ducstiuti but that the misinforma- tion was given nu: tlt‘lll>t’l'lllt'l_\', time after timc~—0veti 0n the floor oi Parliament by s0- callcd l'(‘S])Oll$llilt' minisiers.

Since our licdt-riil reprc~eiitativcs have got- ten nowhere in pressing this matter, it is time the Jones tiovcrnmcnt asserted itself and put in zt formal demand, through thc bcst lcgal counsel obtainable, for reimbursement of the losses sustained hv our farmers and shippers d-ue to Fcdcrztl negligcuce since the 5‘. S. Char- lottetown was lost. Prvinicr Jones estimated that these losss would i'tlll into “hundreds of thousands of dollarsi- it may be millions." Ile said that under the tcrms of Confederation we had a just claim :tgain.~t the Dominion, and that the Province should press it. That was back in March, i944. \\'hat is he waiting for? This is something over and above our claims ‘for fiscal need and other matters presented at the Dominion-l‘rovincial Conference, and should be dealt with regardless of other provinces on a basis of cquitv and iustice.

Mr. Shaw And The Doctors

.\'0w that, the llritisli Xzttionzil llcalth Service Bill has received its third reading in the Iltitise oi Lfiiiiiiiiuns, albeit with stern 0p- position llllilllllllllctl to the end, a point raised by Mr. George llcrnzirtl Shaw in a letter to The Time: is of some interest. Ur. Shaw coiii- plains that the Bill leavcs the oldest and the youngest registered ‘doctor or surgeon with powers such us our monarchs have not pos- sessed since i649. lle says that with these powers the medical profession may poison or mutilate thcir patients with virtually complete immunity and considerable pecuniary gain, says The TiIIiES. .\Ir. Shaw goes on to argue that if the Government are going to impose on citi- zens “a. dictatorial life-zind-dflath service" they must provide a guarantee that the training and instruction of the registered medical Civil ser- vants "shall be abreast of modern biological science and free from private interests in sick- ness and mortality." If the General Medical

'C0tmcil is to fulfiLits propcr function of pro-

tecting patients against abuse of power by doctors, .\Ir. Shaw contends that it should be composed“ of ltrvmen, all sorts of healcrs

in private practice being excluded, as clcrgy- -

men are excluded from the llouse of Com- moiis. ln reply to this Col, the Iloii. Walter

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Cl1.B., I.l..l),, l)..\'t:, l“.l\'.S., writes: Mr. llcrnartl $haw little knows what is under w.'.t_v. \\'b;ti will it matter how the (icn-

eral Medical (Viuncil l\ cmnposcd when the hlctlical lbttctizcs lliiiimittt-i‘ gets into the saddle? "The Medical Practices tComzitittcc," says the sixth denture.- to the National llczilth liill, “shall C‘~'lll>l~l oi a chairman who shall be a ine'tliczil practitioner" and eight other meni- bcrs of whom six shall be medical practition- ers," five to be "actively engaged in medical practice. The chairman and members shall be appointed by the Minister. The Minister "HY make regulations with rcsgicct t0 the appoint- nieiit, tcnure of office, and vacation of office, of the members of the committee."

This tight ring~—this lVflltf-tlfilll, air-tight ring, is to have the last \\'Ol‘(l for all time, not merely upon the influx of new doctors into the practice of medicine tindcr the Act, but even on the movement from one arc-a to another of those already in practice. .-\nd the basis of this control, this tiotcntinl refusal of permission to practise under the Act, however much desirled by the doctors 0r asked for, by the patients. is whether it appears to the committee that the mumber of doctors in the area in question "i! already adequate." lcfore selecting any per- sons, we are told, the Medical Practices Com- mittee shall constilt the Executive Council con- cerned—and there is provision for still further professional consultation. ‘But still the last word lies with the committee "in case.” as the Minister says in the language of all the bureau- cracies of all the ages, “in case of somethin; inwroven"

"I wonder what the comments of Mr. Ber- eardzlfihsjw would havtabecn as a young play-

‘ ilf hiaiaccess to the London stage had by statute lt-‘tbe-mercy of a com- ‘ dinning all ‘appoihietl by e Minister’— fl ibysmute, should be playwrights Qctlvelr gunned’ in. pla

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The Battle of the Marine, this.datc I914. i >i< a 1e r

Hon. John Bracken, Leader of the Op- position, is to be among our visitors this month, preceding the Governor-General and Lady Alexander by a week. He is assured of a hearty welcome.

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Dr. john Dalton, English chemist and physicist, born of a Quaker family in Cumber- land, this date i766; his most important work was his ennnciation of the atomic theory in courses of lectures at the Royal Institution in London, in Glasgow and in Edinburgh, between 1803 and i810.

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\Vhcn the next Federal Government slate is issucd by the Prime Minister, it will in- clude a Prince Edward Island representative. Both Messrs. Douglas and MacNaught are being boosted for the portfolio of Fisheries. Why not try out Dr. Grant as Minister 0f 'l‘ransport, seeing Mr. Howe intends to retire? retire?

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\\'hat a magnificent new Borden-Tormen- tine Ferry we are going to get someday, but not this year as promised and nccded. lly the time it is launched and operating. the Rt. llon. Mr. Howe may have ccascd from troubling us politically, but it is vcrv rtucstionablc whether the Provincial (iovcriimetit will be any more at rest than it is at prcsent.

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Mr. Nurmait Alexander Robertson, the new Iligh (fonmiissioncr in London, comes 0i Island stoclc, his parents being .\lr. and Mrs. L. l". Robertsuii oi dlarshfieltl, who emigrat- ed to British Columbia, Norman being born in Yancotivet" in i904. lle had 2t brilliant uni- versity record at British Columbia, Oxford and Harvard. Ile has been in the External Af- fairs Department since 192i), rising from Third Secretary to Ambassador to Washington.

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“I don't think that any people who are utiaware of their history can be great." Pre- mier Dupless declares. "In Canada we face tcsts which tihallcngc our freedom and it is essential our children know the long history of the British Commonwealth, the freedom which has emerged and the development of the sys- tcin. by which we govern ourselves. Unless they know this history it is not possible for them when they grow tip t0 (lccidc iii arguments concerning our affairs."

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In the next ten ycars, 24,000 farmers and i0,000 people living in country ircas of New South Wales should benefit from the plan to spend $19,440,000 on electricity development.

. The Premier of New South \Valcs, Mr. l\lc-

Kell, said that the scheme would be put into operation immediately". It was part of the master plan. formulated by the Electricity Authority of New South “lalcs to bring electricity t0 every part of the State. Con- solidated revenue would contribute 353-240-000 a year towards the project, which would be carried out by local governtiicnt authority. It‘ >i< i 4‘

An increase in the‘ birth-rate and a fall in the death-rate are generally looked upon as a. favourable sign of social progress. The Uni- ted Kingdom statistics show that, in the first ‘quarter of i946, no less than i8i,.;.|.5 births were registered in Britain. which represent a birth-rate of 17.2 per thousand population. From i940 to i944, the average for the first quarter was 15.7. Against this satisfactory figure, deaths totalled 155,53 or a rate of 14.8 per thntisanrl- population, whilst in the five years period mentioned above the average of 15,7 was recorded. In the sccond quarter 0f i946, about 40,000 more children were born, but the final figure has not yet come t0 hand. AiflTCZilCf increase is expected for the third quarter of the current _vcar..

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In Greece the population by an outstanding inaiority has declared in favour of constitu- tional monarchy in preference to a republic. This is tnidcrstatitlablc, as prcviotis experience of rcpublicztnistn has not been altogether to their liking. The tioptilation is divided rough- ly into two parties. republicans and anti-re- ptiblicans. In the August i923 election the re- ptihlicims won bv a sweeping victory; but in the election‘ of i933 they 10st their mnioritv, and .1 yiro-inonarchial party tool." office: and though’ stibscqucnllv liing George was exiled during the war, th: influence of the Crcck Church and the constittitinnalists has rallied once more in his favour.

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“l\Iotel" is a word decidedly new t0 fillet Canadian ears, but one dating from the mid- thirtics out in the West of the Unitcrl States. according to .\lr. .\llislair Cooke in hi‘. "Am- erican BBC Letter". 'l'hotigh the purist might be pained by the word he might conic to be very grateful for the thing it describes, if he found himself travelling in that part of the world. It denotes a semi-circle or it rectangle of little bungalows each divided by a roofed-iii space into which you can drive your car. In the South-West and along the Pacific Coast they are often more comfortable and private than hotels, Cooke said. though by now the word has come to cover all sorts nf overnight shelters, including. no dotibl, the Governor-Generals railway saloon.

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Know the past. preserve antiquities! Mr. Max Campbell (CCF-The llattlcfords) in the Commons praised the efforts of a group of Saskatchewan citizens banded together in a "unique" effort to retain something from Can- ada’s past. He asked government aid for them. Mr. Campbell said a group nf patriotic citizens had decided to make a ioint memorial and museum out of the old Northwest Mmint- ed Police barracks at Baltlefnrtl, Sask. The “tinique" project now was tinder construction. The barracks, built in i876, had been aband- oned in i926 and were falling into decay. When

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the committee completed its work Indian relics

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN '

Notes By The Way

Those persons who used to oom- plain about business being managed by businessmen now are beginning to realize that very little. if any,

improvement. nan be obtained by.

havin it managed b liticl .— Wash n Star. y p0 ms

Europeans never have cared for corn in any form as a food which Just gow to show that we lrrthis country are ahead of them uh that: too. Corn on the cob. 00m bread, com friitters- in": why erumer- ate? All of the Jishes are delicious. —Sl0ux Clty Journal Trlbung_

The several spectacular use: of missing persons current in the news highlights a tragic plume of life. Thme girls or boys who go away voluntarily, leaving no word. leave many hecrtarhes. Mothers. fathers, ard other relallves live lifetimes through the long hours and days of waiting for word To some who disappear. lt: ls adven- ture. I.t' they "flzlld see the tor- ture they impose on those who love them, it would not be the guy fun they think lt is. --Boston Post.

Away with is-e gap and smirk! about women who take off their shoes ln movie tiootres aizi be- neath the all-concealing lvp-wlkTlifil‘ desk. They've "at the rl ~ idea. after all. An citiciency e.. Alabama has Tll~'(‘O"9i'€d tnnt n. typlst who. wnlle pepper! "up with soft drinks, failed to set. don n more than fiftfi-flve ivords a minute was able once she rt-rnoved her shoes to raise the rate o.‘ striking b" three words a minute. But perhaps the idea. is not so ri-‘zv at that Orien- tals for centuries have removed their shoes before entering n hunts Undoubtedly this notion promotes the flow of suilil; and vjoynrle conversation. In .ti\y'ci\sP, we're all for it. We've got corns. — Calgary Albertan.

One man who learned how time can dull the slz-irp edge o‘. defeat, wns William Howard Taft Some time after Taft rind been defeated for re-eleetion lo the presidency, he was beaten lLl a. golf match. 'I‘he usually gPiilB-t cit-President banged his clubs down on the loc- ker-rooin floor P.1d snorted with rage. “Why, Bill." observed on: of his fellow-players, "you feel worse about being Zcaten at gcif than you did on losing the Prmtdency!" “Well, I do now!" svns tnc em- phatic rejoinder. — Walt Street Journal.

The advent of the tobacco gath- ering season in Elgtn and adja- cent counties s produced some unfortunate res vs in the Delhi area. which is ~he chief libacco centre. TIIOUSiZlUS of experienced hands came long distances to work in the fields RIIQ kllns, and not only did they come before the ‘.0- bacco crop was ieady, but there were more men than Jobs, Wltll the result that. u large nimbei" of them had to slcip cp- lilWILS and fields, or anywhere they could lay their heads. Food svas also another problem, and a great many went. bnclc- St. Thomas Tlmes-tlcilrnal.

The young husband had just ar- rived back from we office. “Afhatls the matter, darling?" he asked. "You lcok very flustered." “O11, I've had a dreadful dlly," the wife answered. ‘First haby cut nis first tooth. then he Ieck his firs‘. step, and then he ‘eil and knocked out. his tooth." ‘IV/all. and then wlirtr. hiippened?" ‘Oh, darling." he answered ln n shocking vo‘r~ .- sald his first word!"- A.. Iondon.

A few weeks ago a Winnipeg drugglst of mus‘ rll leanings bought a few new remi-Js. They cost h:nr $4.44, ‘The sates slip ntimbrr‘. 444 He grabbed nls hat and lteuded fnr the race track. He got tiore in time iv: 1h: fourth rcv-c, ln w i Horse Ne. 4 was [our years old. he hadn't won a rice ln his life, the odds were zood, Th‘: drugglst bet his hank roll 0i. the nose. The horse. came lotirih. ~— MflCl€lil"l'S Mazavine.

Wlien a mere man counts tlic time he spends frettin". chafing and waiting his turn in n barber shop he might console hltnst-lf by recalling 9,11 the tnlngs he tins snid to woman about the time she sperds with the hairdresser. thinks The Brandon Sim. Indeed men. should rather envy women nn tan- sorlnl arrangements. A woman. en call up her ‘ztlrciresser u ivcel: so in advance and make an up- polntment for a definite time. avid with little loss i-r less tncorc/en- ience, have her needs utterded to. Man cannot Ecol: haircuts or shaves by appointment. We doubt if a barber could do business that way. So that. the women Ne Lil- pcrlor to men in another irrrtnnce.

There has been >0 much talk rc- ieforin and lmprcvcni/zni, of lulrn condi- tlons for convlcl: that manv pet.- plc-and perhaps some convicts - muy have lost Sltfhli of 1h.) fact that. penltentiirle. are instruments Admittedly. there is plenty of lI.\-_).'l'l for reform and improvement, but prisons should not be made s» attractive its to encourage repeated visits. ll must he remembered that the inmates of penltentlirics are convicted criminals - men who have ten.‘- porarl lost nnnv of their rights as in ivlduals because o‘ thun- crimes against scvety. They should not be ccddled and the audiorlfles should stand 'or no nonsense from them. particularly when. they ni- temprm use the threat o’ force to badt up their ‘insistence’ on e iy additional rights or prlvlhgts. — Kingston Whlir-Swt-ndsrd.

Chubby girls are preferred as hostesses awvetc-rans’ hospitals be- cause, as has been determined scientifically, the-tr friendly person- alities and even-pampered tllspc- sltions do the mmt good to ill ‘s, szys The St. [0019 Post-Dlsps h. It should be ndird that they do mt do any mutual berm '0 any- body. fllender gl-fs can be svelte. ‘I113 can be zimnus They can be ell y. A number who tatvsliws the scales at ‘rm to il0 pounds is all right to look at in fashion shows or pass the time of day with. Bvt they can never be so cute. as curvefui or as cuddly u chubby girls. Thole at around 140- to 150 on the scale: will be found the sort of feminine companion to sit down and drink brer with ar-d dis- cuss the weigntler affairs of lifu. Gentlemen sometimes fall for ms slender type, it lr. true. But can anyone deny inst =t is the chubby beauty they really pump pr!

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‘Sin-In support of the letter] whl are being published in your pa r regarding the tenrlble rtste of the rosd around East Point. I can safely say that nothing has been exaggerated as to its con- iiltlon and lt could even be elab- orated on. As you top s' rise you may see stretching before you two ribbon-like tracks which the wheels of vehicles have beaten down amid the sea of rut: with grass and ragworth as a guard of honor on elthecr side.

As fall progresses this road with the aid of rain and trucks hauling heavy loads of potatoes will re- semble a sunken river bed. One reads and hears s. lot these days about trying to encourage veter- ans to come hack to the farms. but who would expect those boys to come back or take up farming where the roads in sprln end fall are only e reminder of he muck and mire of Italy and France. An- other thing that is keeping tliem from_ coming back is lack of re- creational actlvltle; _ due m the fact We have no road fit to travel DVQI‘.

People have lost faith in nun local polltlclans because promises made before the last. election have been wnntonly neglected now that they think they are well establish- ed. They may be due for a rude SlifpTPSE at the next election. how- ever. unless some of those prom- lses are_ fulfilled. The peqplp or East _Point and vicinity are tired of being ridden over roughshod.

When the new map of roads was made this stretch of road was marked as a secondary road which ll was not before um time. This would lead one to believe that the clllllllry instead of progressing ls on the decline.

The middle of summer ll the Only time our M. Pfis drive over our road; then they smugiy remark that the road ls not ln such a bed condition after all. I wish that they had to drive over l-t in the spring and fall. for that ls the time it is in its worst condition and when B Rood road is needed most.

_This stretch of country ls as Plcluresque as any place on the Island and I sm sure the people are Just as industrious. We are not to be pacified by merely (m- "18 in the hollows, a Job that we; generously proclaimed by me of our worthy M.P.'s.

If you should be travelling over this so called road after a. heavy Pa"! you would be likely to get sea sickness for you would think lt was a gulf you were goltng lllfollgli. This road ls concave, that is to say. instead of the centre of the road being built up it ls llwllell Wt by our motor vehicles so that the only way wgter can escape is by absorption.

For those who are not anus- tamed to our road here are a few instructions to follow when travel- lml! over It. Sink down as deeply as possible into the seat, get a sThanglohold on anything hanrlv. grinyour teeth and hope that you ‘WM 9nd up in a hospital with a broken neck or dislocated collar bone.

About 1H1 days ago the Govern- ment started working the road bu. tween the North Lake Harbour road and East Lake, with inadg- quate machinery. I feel very dub_ lous as to the thoroughness of this 10b- In some pieces where fences shoulrl be_mnved back to facilitate the Wldflllllfl of the road, the ten- ces seem to be- ettlng the prigr. lty over the roa . Such ls not the ease with the Curran dz Briggs

Omilflny. They believe that If n job ls worth doing it ls worm do. lIlIZ well. The North Lake H5150“;- roarl is an example of their fine wqrk. They do not hesitate to-move things out of their _way In order to straighten and Wrdcn the mad 01d bridges have been replaced by ones capable of weathering the elements. -