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Wdnesday, Feb. 19th. Dzlncillﬂ 94,0430

l i Admission 35 cents o t

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gays Confederation life business Biggest since ’31

,, ,,» .- industrial activity h MmilrUgCaliada. the new busi- o; confederation Li?“ assistant

111,31 manager. Toronto. Mr. Dev- 1111 11.115 hero yesterday to attengu: sgntnillids today at the Char-

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utown lliatel. accompanied by P. the Rev. Dr. J. Keir F‘raser who also‘ £11.11 Robins, ulperintendent of conducted. service at the grave. Th I e 11111916., A, £3. Wail, inspector of pallbearers were: Messrs, ,1, M, 1.1.115111.1.1¢.._ Hunter. C.M.Bhannon. R. Rhymes,

‘..'11.111011;.. 15 new business up, but, R. R. Hurst. Frank Walker and W.' our business in force showed the g1? Xséwlgllllre- Interment Pwnitfs‘

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than evol, people recognize

ygjua of security."

.~iil.~o they were free of

$111110... as to military service

and travel. he said.

1 ents, Dr. Fred W. Routiey, Nat- Ilis csmlltllli‘ 1n 194° 118d Md 0U» Egg‘; 11:21 YET]: “m” 9' Plea-sum and ﬁnal Commissioner, announced to- tout-xi more l“ death all" the" " ‘ “° M“ Edwam R0“ day. To accomplish this, tile Red

in i930, but only 870.000 of this mgyi-gxlfflﬂ due to war deaths. ‘l5 in this war been on the i915 s .c. the added war claims would have reached $500,000, stated Mr. Devlin

Notwithstanding nightly bomb- ing: and the constant threat of in- vasion. illf‘. comparlys U. K. business had held up smlfsiligiy well. “In mite cf war difficulties. our sales in Great Britain were 85 per cent of the 1939 figure, a. magniﬁcent a- chievement. Surely this is a tribute to the capacity of the British t0 tarry on. he stated.

Retluﬂloss Standing Committees For 1941

At a meeting of the Executive of the Princi- Edward Island Division, The Canadian Red Cross Society, held at the office on Friday, Feb- ruary 14th. it was decided to open the new headquarters as soon ready with a tea and reception.

Mrs. J. M. McFadyen, reporting iol- the Hospital visiting commit- tee slid that Rod Cross visitors had been lrlaking regular calls on illemen or the service in hospital ililflllg tllc inst few weeks and that magazines and other comforts had been provided for them.

Tile following standing Commit- ltli \l'l‘l'<‘ lhvu appointed for 1941:

lvoincrli: War Work Committee: lfrs. E. A. Foster. Chairman. Miss Beulah Munroe. Ass’t Ch.. Mrs. J. l. Morris. Mrs. C. G. Duffy, Mrs. A. BvCosh. Mrs. W. H. V. Dunbar. ills: Marv Macdonald, W. I.

Wuvs nhrl Means Committee: lilﬁmd. A. Mrlclvflllnn, Mrs, H

. E. '%lrligh.tlllil's. A. E. Baker, Mrs. Leigh 111

l-lo ‘t 1 Vi iti : 1111151110 ll s ng Committee Jf

5 . M. MCFHGYBH. Mrs. C. G.

whillrsportation Committee: ' Mr. “B1111 Browders. Mrs. J. H. Mc-

Junlor Rod cross and Handicap‘-

Chllclrens Committee: Mr. . 1 litters. Dr. H. D. Johnson. Dr. M0 J. Murchison. Mr. William

ran. Cllllllllllsll Committee: Ml‘. Geo. ' Mr. A. B. Fisher. Mr. G.

Vlvreedv. 7- lllllrluvru. Mr‘. D. A. MaicKln- Dr.

lion. .\lr. D. J. Bonneli Blaster Relief committee: M11?- Moclvllllnn. Mr. George J’.

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llillx. N. s.. on February 16th 11114111110 Milinl‘ w. A. Smith and Mrs. . ii S011. “—~_~__€-___-_ __ \\_-___J{EQT!*S

Kll-iéhdif - At llcr residence. No. diltill SITCCt, City Feb“)- $.01 13' 1941. Mrs. John IF. Brad- 1111415151 “d lelirs. The funeral will 151 111°" Thursday momlng at 111110-11“ If) Si. Dunstan's Basilica 1mm .qilr_ln Mass will be cele- tnywejwl 1lclualn. will then be 1111m-1h;_rl 0 _North Wlltshire and interns-f “- bl Wild to Kelly's Orols ..it ill Church Cemetery.

Card 0F ‘Thanks

ha.‘ “Pd Mrs. Ambrose I-Ierreii. St. "i=- lor 22. wish o» tn

"lﬂnv friends f ii. or their kind- duﬁnmd altnressions of s pathy 11111141121111; illness and dea of Mr. - mtllcl James. Also those

M11332. Moss Cards and Spiritual

v-Card Of Thanks

' mbere od funny o1. 11"- members of the itvte ltli“i.illili‘.i‘ t" do"

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UNDERTAKER EMBALMER

Charlottetown ‘m! North Wlltlhlre Phone-ug- *

w"*“““”*“w“ 1111mm of Pythias

L-4o-2-1s-2l. 3181MB WW Passes

1111.5; lllClPfl e in ten W875. With 111e1111ay- ctfttptiOll of 1935. When “@1091; Owi- the old Capital Life. This means that people are holding 115110 Lhcll‘ life insurance in these 111111111115 dpys, for in wartime. mar: explained Mr. peilln. It. ulls to the advanta¢ of c polisy oiinors to retain their old __ it‘

as Jesus Christ.

FEBRUARY 19-114!‘

The iiontral Guardian

11th column is l-ueTved for news or 100i! lllf-Qmt- but advertising of 2."i°‘1'.’..ii“1“'£.$" ili‘..$'"‘"°" s .

able in Advance. ' w p”

Brothers In

CI-ASWELL for Photographs,

couranaluirro u . ANCI. N m ‘$5,211,

robe. 1-78.

-Mrs. ‘Ymn Bownes; of this city, Mon. nay received word of the death M’ Mrs. D. M. Johnstone, formerly o‘ 19118 RIVH‘, which occurred n Celery. Alta. on mo. 14. The de- °¢ﬂ8¢d was well known here. ..____

laiatohewan

LOST-One ﬁnder please phone us,

_ on Thursday oclock to st, thence to R, torment.

l ‘ . Dunsggg" Ylﬁasliﬁc: Two Charlottetown boys It present

from left to right is Bugler- 'l“- ’ “mg-RM, yEs-PERDAY _ The town while on the

funeral of Miss Evelyn Burnett wa. liers at North Sydu .' lheid yesterday afternoon from he; q ate residence 24 Upper r-nusboro

THE fzuaaporrjgrowlv GQARDIAN .. The Services

serving in Ills Majesty's forces. They

, q, cemegery 1111. 111_ are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Arsennult, Fltllroy 5L, City. Pictured

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right ls Private Leonard of the Princess Louise Fusi-

Street where service was hid b

YORK ANI) VICIINIT _ Helen J. MacDonald, York? axis: business visit to the city yesterday. -'I'he condition of Mrs. John Lam. hler. Pleasant 'Grove shows no mprovement-.-Mr. Hubert Morri. son. Pleasant Grove. has been ac. ted for service in the air force. r. Peter Proud. York, radio operator, has been on duty in Eng- land for some time-Miss Lillia D. Crockett has returned to her

To prisoners

The parcels of food for British prisoners of war in Germany which the Canadian Red Cross is shipping overseas. will soon be increased from 10,000 a week to 20.000. The Brit-- is}; Red cros; hes requested the So- ciety in Canada to double its ship-

—A 001001’ 0f 17 finished hogs can be seen at the farm of Vesey Bros. York. The were fed from pro- ducts of t eir farm except for a few bags of oil meek-His many friends at York are pleased to ilearn that Mayor Holman has been asked by the Mayor of New York to acccmpanv him to the confer- ence at St. Louis.

SALVATION ARMY MEETING- The special feature of last even- ings service in the evangelistic chmllalgrl being held at the Sal- vation Army Citadel. was the part played by the women of the Home League. Member's of that branch took part in the service and con- tributed an appropriate selection. The subject for the evening was, ‘On the River Bank“. the text be- rig taken from Jesus’ words. in John 7:37-37, "If any man thirst let him come unto me an drink. I-Ie that belicveth in me, ou of him shall flow rivers of living water." Adjutant Hawkcs referred to the rivers of spiritual influence eman- ating from the lives of followers of Much interest is be- lng aroused by the s ial ar- rangement of the hnll or meetings which add a realistic touch to the services. Tonight the subject will be “In the Garden."

GYROS HEAR. ADDRESS- Mr. J. O. Hyndrnrin. a member of the Canadian Council of Save the Children Fund delivered all filter"- esting and informative address on the activities of that organization at the regular meeting of the Gyro Club in the Charlottetown Hotel Monday night. l-Ie explained that it was organized in 1018, during the idhllmtt?" "Y filmii“ “¢“"‘°“ ga ne e . In 0 e ana- _ w» cep On many mem rs ave , congﬂbuted $35 toward the mop. 1by the recent abandonment of .he tlon of a child. The speaker point- .-l0-day tralmna period. ed out that it is an entirely volun- Tomorrow the result of their af- tary organization operating in fort will be placed before Hon. J. more than 30 countries prior to the G. Gardiner. Minister of National war and by its efforts more than War Service‘. The rewmmehdll- 2.500.000 pounds iuwe been eX- Lions will then g0 to the war cab- gended in aid of children. Today inet and folloiving official approv- e prsanlwllpn ls cvnvetltrllllnll al a proclamation will be issued °n 94d m children in the Brmsh calling out the men required for Isles. lVIr. liyndman will gladi the 111.511 $111111) o; about gym N- furnish further particulars to al 61.11115 “my “.111 be called w 11.8111, mteyesliesgnlt? gheJ walla‘ Ad. pone; irlg camp late in March. mun‘ y ' ‘mar 5 m‘ Registrars attending included:

Tom Davies was greatly enjoyed. , o_ K Presby was c11111r11111111_ Col. J. P. Hooper. Charlottetown.

Cross in Montreal is preparing to pack 10,000 parcels a week to keep pace with Toronto's figure. The first allotment of 8.000 food parcels. des- patched last. month. has reached Lisbon safely according to a cable received from Colonel Iseilrl, In- ternational Red Cross representa- tive thero. These will be forwarded immediately to Geneva. via Marseil- le; for distribution in German pris- on camps. The number of parcels packed in Toronto to date now to- this 48.000 and this figure is be- int; increased at a rate of 2.000 a dav.

A sample of one of these prison- ers of war packages is on display in Moore Ar MacLeods window.

Formulate plans To oah up ~ 75,000 men

OITAWA, IFeb. l8—(CP)—-Pr0- posed changes in. regulations and procedure. affecting nppfoXlmﬂi/e" ly 75,000'single men to be called up i-hls year under the four-months compulsory tnilittlfy l-lﬂmlnﬁ Plim- were formulated tonight T0! 1m- mcdlate submission to the G-ivern- ment.

For two day's chairmen. memberﬁ and registrars of the Dominiorfs In administrative divisions, set up un- dcr tire Department. of Nutloiral

Personals

The many friends of Mr. John Howatt will regret to learn of his very serioll: illness at tile homi- of 1hls son, Mr. B. L. HOWBtt, East Roy-

Britain, Mexico May renew Relations soon ‘

Miss Florence McAulay left yes- terday on return to New York sf- ter visiting her P".‘,‘-1l‘l'. McAulay, Si. Peter's Bay.

Mrs. E i? WASHINGTON.‘ Feb. 18 --(AP) ,Britnil1 and Mexico may soon open negotiations, informed sources said today. to repair a break in diplo- mntle félltlliqlls iyihlcigﬂgﬁggtxiédeilgige years figs) rom 1e ' ‘priation of British, United States and Netherlands oil DPOPQTliP-r-

Ari lln ending agreement on major difficuite: existing between tho ‘milled States and Mexico was said to have led to informal conversa- tions iookln to settlement of the British-Mex can dispute.

Formal talks were understood to be waiting outcome of the present United States-Mexican HBtIOtlEtlQIl-i- with particular reference to settle- ment of the oil question.

A LOVELY SCENT.

If you like your hair to have a , delicate. perfume. and mast of 115 do, sipra yalr hair with Pilfllme while it still wet from the sham-

. A delicate scent will stay Etoothe hair until the next washinl

use ur glass flow-er block in the centre’?! your salad bowl; makes small salads lock like biG Ones. and the moisture runs thrdlﬂh 199008 the lettuce crisp and dIY- P"? l tablespoon of vinetﬂl low W" bumt saucepan. fill it 11D Wm‘ °°1d water. and boll for a road ill/e minutes: the burnt 1111s miigzlnigzﬂ.

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Arthur Mutich. Box I94, Char- town

in of Jamaica for American defence

NEWS Y NA TURE N O TES

By Stuart 1.. Thompson §+O-§-Q+Q-¢§O0-O~O+O'§4+0-§-§~>§9

WINTER SURPRISES IN THE OUTDOORS

Nature's world is an orderly one. Things do not happen haphazard. And yet occasionally these who ram. bie outdoors have surprises. Even trained naturalists are sometimes at a loss to explain some unexpect- ed turn of events. Few of Nature's cleatures are es well-timed in their travels as our birds. But how can we explain thg presence of a "ttrict- ly stunmel” resident in our local- ity in mld-urinter as many times I have seen?

One wild January clay. while crossing a. field in a driving bliz- zard, I had ccme closer to trio farmhouse than I expected. and the.e singing to the vines which draped the verandah I saw a for- lorn flicker-one of our Summer W ers. He was g a meal off the frozen berries still on the vines, and appeared to be hav- ing a. tough time of it. I-Ie looked thoroughly out of place; and so he should, for his right place was in the Southern States in January. Again, on one of our Christmas Day census outings, we found 1 ing dead on the frozen sand of a. beak ‘wind-swept beach. a clean, appar- ently healthy, Savanna Sparrow. This little bird is one of the musi- cians of our summer meadows. His lisp note always associated with the sizzling heat _of a shadeless pastureland. Even after September he is seldom seen. But by what strange change a Savanna. Sparrow should remain here until late in December is difficult to say. Several years later on the same beach, on December 31st, a Red- backed Sand-piper was found wad- ing albout in perfect health in a. small stream wilich remained un- frozen. His companions lcft for the south in October, yet he e he was a solitary unique sight. In fact, he

mend". as he slipped and sprawled in attempting to cross the smootht areas of ice formed at the. edge of- tlie stream. A sandpipenon ice 0f| all things. 1 The sparrow family being seed- eaters. are often met with, in win-l ter. but; even some of these are highly migratory. The White-l throat/ed Sparrow is a bi:d of the thickets, and the Swamp Sparrows slimmer home is the watery marsh overgrown with lush reeds. Yet. once to mv surprise i found a fin male White-throat. in good sprits in a snow-laden brush pile in January, and in a frozen marsh, coveted with unlnviting dead reeds bowcd down in deep snow, was a healthy Swamp Sprrrow chirping his loudest. In fact. it W35 his out- of-season note which attracted and

. puzzled me and his presence 0n

that occasion still docs. On another cccason a friend and I were quite pemlexed to find the light snow, which covered the ice of a matsll, CTlSS-CTOSSEG with tllcl tracks of a chicken-like bird as it1 had walked about. We might never, have solved the riddle had we not walked boldly in among the reeds and scared out a full-grown coot. Here is a bird wh‘ch would rather! swim than either fly or walk, Yet. though apparently in good health the bird had lingered on here a fule‘ three months after its oompanlons1 of the marsh had departed. exist-i ing on what. we could not. say-a) water-fowl that perferred snow-- shoeing to swimming. 1

There is always s1 reason‘ for tlfrigs. even extraordinary things! and I doubt not that if in all these.‘ and manv other such puzzling cases.‘ we knew all the facts. there would be really no mystery. There is such a thing as certain individuals. in any race or species. being ‘deter- mined to be diffezcnt peculiar, or1 original. There are even insane ln- dividuals. Neither of these abnonnai traits are unknown in the human] race. might they not. also exist in nature? In any case. it ls such un- expected sapperlings and baffling. surprise; that make outdoor bird study so fascinatmg.

SIZE OF BASES REDUCED

macs-row. Jamaica. Feb. 18 _ (CP Cable) -Arcas dong the coast

bases at 8t. Catherine a-ird Man- chester have been reduced from 33 1-2 square miles to seven square miles. it was reported here today. No reason was given here for tho reported reduction.

AGENCY FOR. ALIENS LONDON -(CP) - A central ag- ency, the International labor Brunch has been set up by the Ministry of Information to make the best use of the services and la-

Seores big hit

Blazer and better than over the

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1941 edition or‘ the Merry M-lllﬁhﬁl; snow was acclaimed by a Dackcu

11'9"“ h‘ me 3°” “we Ha“ '35‘ ‘The question of Island revenues

mgm" The eniwe “summit con’ from the viewpoint of the Slrols ,1,,‘“$,“,,1'1{,,§,_Y§‘,,“{.,L°°£ ‘§,§§“m“$}§ Commission Report was thc subject

_ M111, 1;, who inf an address broadcmt last even- §}‘.§“;.¥,t°'.'.’.‘}l$§ berm-g ﬁg snow |fng by Hon. ‘Iharlc A. Campbell. started at 0.15 were‘ unable to set a - “I cannot- hppe ln the shalt time seat. ' _ at my disposal," said Premier Camp- ‘lne Minstrels presented their cell, "to give even a comprehensive program earlier in the afternoon ‘outline of the provisions of this Ro- to in Bl-ldlenw 01 010M! t0 1°99 c1111‘ port. Whatever may be the ulti- dren. TIXOSB W110 did IlOt see bile 111mm [are of the Report u I whole. 5110i" 185l- nlilhi- W1“ hhve ‘m W‘ it clearly represents a hittory-rnak- porturilty or uotni: so this CVQllILR 111g 5111111, o1. 111B 1111mm“ 11101119111‘ "5 l‘ 15 ‘epeawd m we same m“ ‘affecting Dominion-Provincial rela-

i111: iroigtolinigluiztlttg" ltllbiflflastttllinrtg ‘mnshlps- and it Wm inevitably

» . 11 . . -~ d form _a basis for any comprehen- {1}1$§§“1,‘,‘{§},1',‘e‘§5eﬁ1“§1,§“i,$§' 5551115 'srve discussion which may and must with new and enjoyable jokes. u-ne ‘take plape an these problems ln the End Men are: illiam Morgan. not we distant- future.

even provided us with some amuse-1 Th

Frank Bradley, Frank Maclntyre and Elmer Gallant. Bill Brown was the interiocutor.

The latest sons hits were sunﬂ by some of Charlottetiowns best. young artists. Tap dancma and step dancing also featured a first class program. ‘Ihe Merry vlvlinsirel ll-piece Orchestra supplied the music. It would be difficult ‘.0 single out any particular person for special mention as each and every member gave s, good performance. The stage settini; is worthy u! special note. A large spotlight in the rear of the hall played on the ensemble during the performance and other llirhtinlt effects were also in use. Messrs. R. MacDonald and James Coady were in charge cf these while Messrs. Leo Corcoran

the stake. _

The show was staged by the S". Dunstasvs Basilica Dramatic Guild of which Rev. George MacCormac .s the Moderator.

The program opened with the overture, "Land of Cotton" followed bv the introduction 0f the End Men, who with appropriate cere- mony took the places on the

ius Johnson Brown" was sung bY one 0f the End Men, Elmer Gai-

A Rhapsody” by I-Ielen Tralnpr. John McQuaid was the next soloist and the title of hissoniz was the popular. “My Buddy.’ (At the af- ternoon show this number was sunk bv Bill Brown in the absence of Mr. McQuaid). , “Only Forever" was the tourlil number on the program and lt was rendered by Miss Evelyn arsenault. This was folsowed bv a tan dance bv Joe Morrison. Next The Bad Humor Mari" was sung by Hﬂrvld Woods. A patriotic number. “We're Proud of Canada" by Chﬂllle Chamberlain followed. FrtlnkBrad- ley in "Lazv Bones" W35 next. A selection by the orchestra followed. Miss Phyllis Blanchard was next heard in the sohiz 0,911 t You Heal” Me Callin‘ Caroline. "The _ solo. "Down by the O-Hl-O . tolowed Wm, M155 Kay Gallant doing the Slniiilnil. Bill Morgan, was W4- heard in “Called it Dixie LZHKA . The next. number was a. tab dance by Lloyd Gallant which was foi- lowed by "Sierra. Sue bv MXSSUMBI- Lina Cnappelle. ‘Mandy Lee W-ll men 51mg by Frank _Maclntyre_ ulld this was followed Wllll 9- 0504-9 D-V Andrew Gmiant. Jimmy POWEI‘ “as heard in a clever impersonation. "All Ashore". The {goals by the cum-e igsgmbllgiggt?’ "leii the Band Writ“ Yvfgig-y ivuiistrel Orchestra consists of the following: Sax-u- phones. Bob McGvegor and Ray Slmmondsa '1‘|-un1pei.5, 1110.». lVAli- FBHBIlC (director) and William A _- bert; Trombone-Concert l-lolll. Dr’. J. T. Croteau and Frank Smith. Violins, Vernon NicFarlane and Al- fred McKearnelv: Bit-Se Plum-i- Emile Doiron and Prod “Dov? Piano. Austin Connolly. (At 1c n_- rel-noon show. Mlsses bhlllal’ 5""? Donngd and Putfllxcrllgegmharcs .\tle seen n ance n _ . . e ladies of St. Elizabeth Aid society sold candy at the 511°“

PRIDE

(By James Maclcan)

"115 pride that pulls the country down

And makes the common man a fool

' l b l or a 80W" Twghargwyrnteiexftaecatlrig righteous rule.

on. pride of party and 0f "le- Rcliglon. sect, or cult or clan‘;

And ride of rank and pride 0f

pace

That makes a jackass of a man In mind and to a scarecrow (urns Ailothcr with his grab so outer

whose mind mis-shapen never learns .

God-s mark __i,lie simple and slu- cerc.

But silly schemes of silly mind. Of foolish order. foolish plan Qf thought that's left too far be-

nd _ _ To chum ‘up with thelrfeliow man. And women in Religions name Dressed in the height of fashion

when

Sir Willinm Wallace plnyed the game 1

Of hide and sock with Edwards IIIQII.

What wonder then the world this our

Is- in a turmoil of dismay when we are‘ taught to vote to pow-

er Tile backward ones and homage pay To men be-ribboned hulking round Like prize bulls at a country fair. And women stalled and stanchion- ed, bound. Denied the right to love and bear

Mistaken worth of place and cult. That burdens down till lands rebel, Whose final and whose not result To usher in a spell of hell

When men from that would swing 1

way

Ard to nether far extreme

Flam God and Nature's normal swa

For which we hope of which we dream.

The common man may be ll fool

But after all is he the one

WIN; plays the price. discards the oo

The usefulness of which is done.

UITAWA. Feb. l0 -rCP) -Uni- forrriitv of quality and description in Canadian canned lobster will be assisted by provisions of an act to amend the meats and canned food: act to be introduced at the present session by Phheries Minister lttirh- and. The bill provides for inspection of calmed fish and shellfish before and after calming and for examin-

provisions were covered in existing legl lotion but particular applicat- ion wss desired by the lobster lu-

bor of allied and other friendly a- by rubbing over one

liens in Britain. Bart of sweet oil to two ports o! lack water-

‘ Egg‘: males. lvlcNeill strn n. Sis"- lotto

_, r-n-o-ls-u-u-I-ss-a-a. minis MM

not’ ink. Inrve on for a day be- Bu: p08!!!- -

dustrv seeking extension of markets in Canada and the United States.

Uu Mlnlﬂfl rE-miiiioi-Ttif '

and Bernard Fleming looked after 1s

stage. The first sonlz. “Rufus Ras- i

lant. This was followed by "I I-lear1

ation of canning premises. Similar i

1 "It has been charged in some quarters tilat the adoption of the iprlnclpics of the Report would mean gihe loss of Provincial autonomy and 1the wrecking of the whole structure 10f Confederation. A carefull exam- 1lna‘.'on of the terms of the Report reveals. however. that the constitu- .tlonal changes recommended by the 1C0mmissl0n are surprisingly few in number and small in extent and that practically all the Recommen- dations of the Report could be csr- ried out by voluntary agreement, within the four walls 0f the British florth America Act as it now stands.

Unemployment Relief

“One small exception to this rule | the case of unemployment relief, with respect to which the Commis- sion recommended the transfer to the Dominion Government of full leliwnsibiiity of relief for employ- a es. Surely, however. the Provin- ces could not complain of los of ﬂumlwmy in this respect. as this ‘Dartlcular recommendation origin- ated with the Provinces themselves 1and was vigorously pressed upon the .Commis ion in the course of the {Provincial presentations.

Then there is the Recommem tiatlOIl that the imposition of income . ax, succession duties. and corpoi»-

ation taxes should be vested exclu- slvely in the Dominion. This invol- ,ves no reahconstltutional change. 1as the Dominion already has un- doubted jurisdiction to impose 1\l’|_V or all of the taxes concerned and ;ihe urgent necessity of Dominion ‘Revenue from these sources might lvery well become so great as to di- ‘minish serlouslyuif not altogether preclude. Provincial revenues from rtlle salne sources. While as a pro- vince, we naturally could not afford ‘to abandon these fields of taxat- ion without receiving sane compen- sating revenues, I am firmly con- |vinced that income tax. succession 1dutles. and corporation taxes are not suitable or proper sources of Pro- vincialaevenues. It is in many cases impossible to separate completely 1those portion: of personal or cor- poration incomes which sre cam- ed in one Province from those which afe really earned in another Pro- '.' I108. » l “The result is that the Provinces in which are situated the Head Of- fices and executive officials of large corporations are enabled to collect sub tsntial revenues by taxing in- comes earned through operations in tile less fortunately situated Provin- ces. Ilra varying degree. the same inequality prevails with regard to t“e collection of succession Iillties. The Dominion can not only collect thee classes of taxation more cheaply and efficiently. freed from the obstacles created by Provin- cial boundaries but can more equit- ably apply the revenue derived from taxation of Canadian incomes and Canadian estates to the purposes of Canada as a whole.

Assumption of Debt

"In compensation for the 10s; of these sources of revenue. the Com- mission proposed that the existing Provincial debts, with their future debt services. should be taken over and asumed by the Dominion. In the case of i.hls Province, that would include the cancellation of the debt of nearly a Million Dollars advanc- ed by the Dominion to the Island in connection with the Land Pur- chase scheme. This would mean the flllfihnent of a claim which the Province has been unsuccessfully advancing against the Dominion for a great many years.

"The Commi. _ 1 further recom- mends that til present system of Provincial subsidies be abolished. and in its place there be initiated a scheme of National Adjustment Grants. These Grants are based on thc silage-sled policy of enabling cacti Province to carry on its es- sential Provincial services on a ~tan- flBlTi not. below the average stand- ard prevailing throughout Canada. rind with the imposition of Provin- clnl trues of a standard not higher than the Carlaclian Provincial Aver- age. This Recommendation clearly recognises the viewpoint which has been urged by the Maritime Pro- vinces for many year t. namely the basing of Provincial subsidies on the subsidies on the fiscal need of the Province concerned. In the cam of Prince Edward Island, the pro- posed National Adjustment. Giant was Seven Hundred and Fifty Thou- sand Dollars; this amount was es- timated to enable the Provincial Government to increase its expen- ditures on pifblic services, principal- ly Education and Public Health. by Two Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars a year. The minlmixn a- mount of the National Adjustment Grant was to be fixed. bur. the maximum could be increased at the end of each five-year period if anv Province made out a genuine case of additional fiscal need.

Provincial Autonomy

"'I'lle principal direction in which some of the Provinces apparently feared a loss of autonomy was in the Dominion control proposed for future Provincial borrowings. Two alternative methods were to be set up. ‘The Province might continue to borrow wit-bout Dominion consent. but in that cnsc thc Province would have to borrow on its own credit. Or subject to thc approval of a Federal ,Council. the Province migllt obtain permission to borrow with a Domin- iion guarantee. The absence of Fei- Ieral approval would presumably 10love a styoa on any proposed .Provlncilll hurl-owing. and the re- sult would probably be that the Provinces would require Federal ap- proval for snv substantial future ‘borrowings. This control. however. lwould probablv be beneficial for the Province: themselves. and would csrrlauilv he assent-is] and necessary it tho Dominion directly. and the residents of thou herbal

have s smaller per gsplta debt in- directly, were to assume the debt. burdens of those Provinces which now have heavy per clpita liabili- ties. On the whole, it vrmlid appear that some systematic control of large Provincial borrowings would be salutary. not only for the Pro- vince concerned. but for the other Movinces and the Dominion u 4 whole. Such a system would ensure an equitable development of all parts of Canada instead of permit- ting extravagant expenditures in one Province and excessive econ- orny in others.

“It is not to be supposed that the adoption of the Commission's Report would be s panacea for all our financial problems. It clearly would. however, be of very substan- tial benefit to this Province, and we can only hope that the premat- ure break-off of discussions on the subject will not preclude its fair and thorough consideration by the Hovinces at. a later date.

Debt Refunding

"It may be asked where the Dan- inion Government would secure the money necessary to implement such a comprehensive scheme of finance. I have already suggested that from the sources of income tax. succes- sion duties. and corporation taxes. the Dominion could, with less ex- pense of collection, obtain larger. and yet more equitable and less burdensome, revenues than the Provinces are now doing. In assum-

at less cost than the Provinces are now doing. by refunding Provincial obligations at lower interest rates than Provincial bonds have been carrying; the Dominion could also derive a substantial profit from the 1 discount at which the debentures of several of the Province: have been changing hands in recent. years. Finally, in its own financial relationships, the Dominion would be freed from the hampering effect which the financial embarrassment of its Provinces necessarily causes to the Dominion itself.

“In the meantime, and until some comprehensive arrangement can be reached for the revision of Domin- ion-Provincial relationships, the Provinces must struggle along un- der the present arrangement, and must strive to avoid placing any obstacles iii the way of Dominion revenues for war purposm. On the other hand, it la inevitable that the presurc of war-tirne financial re- quirements msy compel the Domin- ion to encroach still further on the revenues which are now available to the Provinces. The Dominion Government has already intimated the necessity of withdrawing ext-mil! aid to the Provinces for un- emplnymeirlt relief. The increases ln Dominion income tax rates will substantially impair Provincial in- come tax collections, because we a1. low Dominion income tax payments as a deduction for the purposes of calculating Provincial income taxes. It l8 hoped that these difficulties

lng the Provincial debts. the Doln- l inion could service these in future 1bc

Lieutenant Miss Hart was

per and everyone was that she still had at hairs left on her head!

be held on Friday as Guides vvlll be iI1S])(""t‘i‘l for black stockings and ties. tie is 2 1-2 inches wide at the bot- tom and 6 inches louo from bclow the knot to the bottom of the tie. Kindly have all ties regulation size as well as freshly laundered. Any Guides requiring tics are asked t0 Iget in the Friday. Will all Guides please bring one cent besides their regular fees its their contribution to Lil€ 'I'l~iink- n

_ PAGF THREE Minstrel show ‘Premier Campbell On The Revenue Problem & The Sirois Report

Rcgulzl" "Hnesday Eve l.’-

FROLIC

New Dome Ba ilroorn

Dancing 8 to 12 p.m.

l Admission 85c including tax

Girl Guide News’

1st, 2nd and 3rd Companies The Guides of these Companies had a most exciting Scavenger lHlunt last Snlurtiav aflcrnuon. The were divided into small groups, each group was QlVtfl trwo hours obtain the following articles:

One baked potato.

One i870 cent.

One clay pipe.

Tilree hair" pins.

One trivct.

A little bit of Heaven. b One Moore dz McLeods stockln‘ ox. One hair from Miss Hart's head. Three raisins. One empty Sweet Cap. cigarette -x

One Guide Tlenderfoot pill. One Doddts‘ Aimcillilc (1941).

Congratulations must be given to the Guides on thc speed and ingenuity shown. The prize was

won by the group consisting of Barbara Picknrd. Doris Vail, Bar- bara Rogers. and Helen Acorn. who did CXCCptIOII-‘lliy well by arriving back fiften minutes lxfcre the al- lotted time havi obtained every article on the lis. Upon their re- turn to St. Peter's Hall the Guides we're quite ready for their supper and hot cocoa. and later entered into games with great enthusiasm. unable “Hllrit" me for sup-

lad to sec

east a few

to be present durin the but she arrived in ‘if

The regular weekly meeting will llFllﬂl and

Tile regulation

touch with Miss Hart before

g Day Fund. ATTENTION GUIDERS AND GUIDES. THINKING DAY FEBRUARY 22nd.

It has been suggested

of the Provinces will to some ex- tent be compensated by the addit- ional empiognent given by the Dominion war production program, and by the lncreaie in the number and amount of income available for

It isnot only necessa f Dominion Governmentryw or every possible dollar by means of

the

for tile citizen". of the Dominion to exercise every possible and to place their savings at the dlsl>0sai of the Dominion Govern- ment through the medium of War Ic-gtfterls and War Savings Certifi-

lnterpreting ‘The War

(By Kirko L. Sim son. Associated Press Stat‘ Writer) Greek reaction to the Turkish-

strikingly belated unless it is to be discerned in official reports from Athens and Rome on progress of a sustained Greek offensive in southern Albania. Since the Greeks are the most interested party, their interpreta- tion of that vague and uncertain commitment of their neighbours not; to fight each other is much more important than the views of 303B. Ankara. Rome, Berlin or even London. At first blush, how- 6W1‘ "Iii language of a Rome war bulletin is worth notin :-

“On the Greek (soutlern) front, . . . bitter fighting continued all day yesterday (Monday). during

which the enemy suffered very high losses without moving ouri lines. our losses also were consid-' erable."

Athens cap d that with a de- claration tha the Italians were‘,

blowing up munitions on the south and central Albanian fronts. prev sumably preparatory to an exten-' slve retreat. 1

as a possible Greek ally. the Gov-' ernmerlt that makes such a decis-l ion would seem to risk much at’

tuned to an extraordinary pitch. The Greeks have nothing but vic-1 tory to show for the war.

To halt. now and order the vic-1 torious Greeks to surrender all the l ground sanctified by tile blood of alien comrades might be quite an undertaking for the Athens Gov-1 ernment. It has little to gain and. much to lose by capitulation.

In view of previous close relations between Greece and Turkey it does not seem possible that Athens has no more information on the effect the Turkish-Bulgarian pact will have on Greece than the wording of the pact indicates. Prolonged silence in

merit lS possibly more significant than Nazi chortling over it. as a diplomatic setback for Britain.

ale. Germany will be faced with the alternative of making a two- (ront war, or suffering a serious lack of prestl e in the Bnikons by ﬂailing to fol ow through militar- Y.

NEW YORK. Feb. l8 -tAP1 - A Canadian air official disclosed la t night more than 1.100 Ameri- cans are taking part in the British 1Commonwcalih Air Training plan mo!’ Icy II Canada».

. - MW. taxation’ but H’ 1s equally essenbml act of sympathy and understand-

eoonomy 11x11‘, the second would be a practi-

attentlon of your Guides at meeting this W661i. Also them of the Thinking Day Fund t0 which each Guide is asked to corr- tribute one penny.

expires vvllhin a year Feb. 18 -—(CP Cahloi

on manoeuvre. and r-lljovl-ii a inns:

joint cnlnpaign inr 1101M Greek W1" S1111,“ has been [conducted by vnllllltllrv ivrir services

[of $000 seven years from now.

Athens as1 to the Turkish-Bulgarian develop- |

lf- ~- the pact does not crack Greek mor-

H ual-ters of the Girl Assoc atlon that

should be celebrated in nthc fol

ing manner, namely, honor of all those Guides who prevented from wearing uniform and from Guidi ope taxation. But at the present tune, Guide in the Pro nce should polo our paramount financial problem is 15h he!‘ badge. belt. shoes. etc, and Dominion revenue for war purposes. 5pm“ "P h" "mam" "w"

tli that

=3?

nh’, each

y than ever; and (z) their. each

Guide make a special effort to petr- Conect form acts carrying out the Guido

The first would be a definitl

attempt on Trunking Do

Guides to combine with the once: 0f goodness in the the powers cf evil.

fight agsiins Gulders: Please bring above to

YOU! remind

News Briefs

NDON. rep. 18 —(G'P Cable)-

DO A bill enabling Malcolm MacDonald to retain his seat in the House of

Bulgarian non-aggression accord is lcgmmons “vhﬂe 59mm: as

United Kingdom High COllllIlir5.iOllt‘l' in Canada was publisher! totiov. It

of passage.

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, —Tne Duke of Gloucester" today saw battle-keen

units 0f the Cnirndlnli 1st division

talk with Li.~Gf'll_ Natlgiitorl on lire propal the Canadian troops for notion.

TORONTO. Feb.

n} lCPi __ Funeral services wrri- l ‘ ' l(\ll}|_\' in St. Michael's Cut‘; or‘ 1' iti. Rev. John J. Blair "s o.‘ tne

Catholic Cllurcli I2 cumin Sollety of Canada, who riled llilft‘ i"i‘l.'i2l,'~’. Archbishop James C. Mcﬁlllgall of Toronto delivered the funeral lira- tio-n and Archbishop John '1‘. Mo- Nally of Halifax chanted ixultific- ai requiem hicil llliléﬁ. as islcd by Rev. Gerald J. Klvo of "Fornrito.

OTTAWA, Feb. ill -~tCl"> —-Maj.- Gen. A. D. McRnc of Vancouver. Consc" ivc lllFllllXW‘ 0i‘ thc Sonata for British Columbia. ilas accepted fro cilnirmzllislili) oi thc llarlnllal

organizations Mart-ll f-i.

HALIFAX. Fvh. ill W4C?» »-- A Nova Scoflnn started sci-nothing to- day when he offered iIVC SllilTPs

stock (mortgage crvpo‘: imi of Nnvn Scoiial with n book inlllc of $625 in exchange for W11!‘ caving: certificates costing $480 iviill a twine I-Io was taken up imlnrlrlintl-ly ullrl one newspaper office reported iii por- sons had offcrcd stock in cxcllnnzo for war certificate.

lrs {than ounce

ARNIOYIIIIIS‘

Thursday; Feb. 720th Dancing 9-! Don bit-user's Orchestra. Admission 35c