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Precision» ueut. Gal. W Cheater S. Mellon Visa-President: J. B. Burnett. l'..l l. Secretary: Llout. Col. D A. afaclllnooii. 0.8.0. Editor and Managing Director; l. ll. Burnett. lP-Ls

associate Editors: Frank Walker and that laa A Burnett. R.U.N.V.R. i0n active Borneo) "The Strongest “Memory is Weaker Thea the Weakest lnls.‘

sire of the British and French Governments . . . .. . .

to Gilmlll3l2_ in a lasting manner all the differ- ences of_policy capable of preiudicing their re- Bbfletive interests and damaging the good under. even

standing which they propose to make

closer." merits of policy.

Middle East and agree that these interests shall be mutually respected. ernments are resolved to make agreement a springboard for wider ments. This is evidently a discreet reference

This phrase contains two important state- _ Firstly, both Government; recognize that each has its own interests in the

Secondly, both GOV- the present aflffi‘

to the cherished project of an Anglo-French

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Notes By The Way

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The Ottawa Journal declares “the flain fact is that only a fool, a unatic or a drunken person drives a motor vehicle in winter at a speed which does not assure in-

can- or truck." The case could not be belie!‘ allied. And the only inference to be drawn is that there are fools, lunatics or drunks

hind the wheels of some of the

stsnt and complete control of tho The

"I!!! W035]?! A STAB!’ . muiggeooan$jirsosaihs Wonigayxreoali that. massyt-iniea 505th halinoadkomitsrb Diamszuuilmmvedtt-inaposasno

But under iusmm shiftiil

Dominion‘ Governments an

estate at death.

business, at distress prices.

ate cost.

Life Insurance will provi at the time it will be most needed - and at a moder-

Sueccssion Duties payable to both Provincial and,‘ the» first call on your Unless there is call! with wliieli- to _ pay Estate Taxes, your heirs may be eompclledto sell income-producing property. Delllllll Ill "m"

do ‘the necessary leash’

_ 6. F. lliitsliososl 8 Still OPTOMIliTBISTB

“Specialists inl the fit T- ting 0|‘ [Iii 1U!‘ up?‘ correction of ocular do feefa."_ ‘

53. Grafton Street

Tho Great-West Life Agent will be glad to sup- ply full particulars without obligation.

Hyndman 6s Co“, Ltd-

Provincial Managers Offices: Charlottetown - Summerside - Montague

on»... Charlottetown - Ilontalll ALLISON P. mason, llistrlet llanagc as Sasnmsrslda CYRUS a. B. SHAW. lllstript of at I. ~\ THOMAS MoAVLNN, B. S. IINDIAN, Special Representatives as Charlottetown

cars and trucks that travel the we"! streets of Kill t . - Ki t The "helm "M! is m"! Kingston Whlg-gsataiiildard. n“ an T“ "cu"! ‘lmVull

0no of the real successes of this age is the number of people ready

to train themselves, t t k c- -ial courses, to proper: tiieasiziiieres Th‘ pumuq “'3' “w! Mk‘ h

for what they wish to work at. ' “m-

Tliere is an objectivity behind it n“ “die” ‘pink whirl 10mm which speaks well for the young The men and the young women of today; they will be runnings things after a few tomorrows. One sus- pects thot they will follow fewer “W,” mirages Gilli test the foreground ‘my; gm; 5nd ggqmetglg ilfiygfg, more care uliy than man of the generations that have gun); before. "MY" Pufl-“Qr- l“ u” New Yak They will have a world of niis- ml“- takes to profit by avoiding, —Vlc- toria Colonist.

This year, to date. Ontario has gen ‘twenty-cine trails involving .___..

e c ar o m , C t- ing“ on gilelS tgrim§nealiarmiigglesiit; (Globe and Mam yélial-gllliiggalfl Ghgxy reslizonsibility ua on, epu orne - enera Th Bri . ‘ .°°‘.’i.‘ i-wiiiw-mi-‘ihi- m“. compose". “scars: .~... . s ist largt b‘ -tial 9' s"... i“ i‘? ‘fire ‘3?~i‘"““‘*-'* ‘i-iiffi-i-‘fi s...“ stasis; “°...“°;‘.'...3§"“.‘.‘1“..'i°8:?i“.“”f.ua- y... w» " will?“ Box .. ur_ng eature consists in the fact was not unexpected While in ' tn Aziolent.‘ Colo on its ' I i that ma s] ‘ t}; . Q ' again ill 1599—1'B.i9@i@d in “wit” “n” e ' “y suit, notmdf aliclllrligtslitizltildfi, hi: ‘S. Crliiiigsitflgn-Gollieflvliltllselliia-Wiiliegual: ”°“- W" “°°"‘“““ "° ‘i “law l" °°i*°“l“",lfl' W, ‘alum wmmmd °’ PALMER f; HASLAM "extremely brutal attacks” b)’ ward the fonner Dominion The the Bfiyiiishyypqlyioiifdraiefigbi Athii iiésniimmm‘) nto ' A. I IIASLAM BA LL,

' Y ‘ ' i assists-ran n" ak of my. Snulla T ' l’ .

alliance. lt is well known to be the wish of both Governments to achieve this, once the path has been cleared of obstacles, and not- ably of the Levant imbroglio.

TUESDAY, nncnivinsifis 194s

DThe Little Red School House

The "little red school house" with its single The agreement is in the form of an up room accommodation is pretty well condemned change of not“, one dealing with the with by modern educators. liven in this Province, drawal of Brmsil and French troops from the where" transportation facilities are limited, there Levant States and the other with AnzlmFrench will be many to agree with a Windsor Star Fancy in the Middle East commenlator that the small rural school has rl-he agreement on m; withdrawal of troops “more of a romantic than a practical value" provides for a nlefling of British and French and that it l5 doomed to pass from the scene. military experts in Beirut on December 21 m

The Orlmru Journal lakes a different view. draw up the prowramnm of Simumneuus with The romantic zirmosplicre 0f the country school. druwal which [s10 Stan very soon on a date it says, becomes visible only to those who view to be fixed by the mil-nary experts‘ Details if [mm m“ vmimliie will‘ “f dis"“'"°e_acmanv will tioubtiess be worked out in consultation l‘ “"5- ‘md l" “Smltmny maciiml‘ Th°$° ‘vh° with the Syrian and Lebanese Governments have tillUKiEd .1 typical ours-room school will ‘vhich have been duly informed of the terms recall that it \\'.i= totally lacking in “frills"-—tl1e of the agreement teacher had in that room classes from beginners ______________

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oareens. ‘Ilhs midst-lying laws an ‘not de- ranged. -

acceptetalmih 13$ ofntahs hi2 a1

sho cruised within 20 s oils:

register without caus ng any h, on.

leangies an not, ova‘- wn

Professional Cards

licil W. Higgins

Chartered Accountant

Newfoundland’s whefiglinljffdfifuggffigfm

Second Chance. mlguméiaprstgwsyfktlrlntgnfcr rub- §Séfp§§°°-rmmu 5m, ‘emu

of natural resources. ggffflmlnglfimg dw

iiffiwfiiirowmtifdl film “'3: 144 Richmond st the transatlantic sir routes open

been chanced in its and that the old problems of poverw. bad health and unda-

velopment

i0 higli-scliwl entrance, and had no time for theory, for experiment, for anything but straight instrurfou in the prescribed subjects. Tilt‘ Journal adds:

“That sort of instruction, with all its fatilts, its shortcomings may have to disappear, but not because it is a bad system -— rather because better ways now are within reach. The ofie-

“Wlio cvcr knew truili to be put to the worse in a free and open encounter?" asked John Milton in his famous defence of freedom of the Press. a '

youth.——Brantford Expositor, propgged convent; _ m h Wm Illi-

——-— be elected early xiiirt viiurie. will begun?’ ' aakseemmimfmnce} which was page} laiftbrfliii‘: all? $122’ ,2}; Qiéewmgfli °§§é§$n§fd§f§ °°‘°"Y- move. however. 0n eiffigimsiagi m: iii-st tlo wlnu tihe risht ‘to

_ was a glut of rubber, Japan se ggrding possible forms of ?0V¢'i!’le\: i” Newhmnd-imd’! hBBVY donend- finilflv£vfilsf éflwhlgiglm“

One of the foremost Australian statesmen I seizure of the main rubber-pro- ment. wflgrbgmglaéo%gnfig a; {my Nifewqoundlmd ha"

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This Province beaded the list of enlist- meiits throughout the Dominion, and n0w it is announced we headed the list that sent men to take jobs in war industries in other provinces. On the other hand, we showed the lowest in- crease in employment from L94! to I944.

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Don't Delay ' Further!

Iu I890 the average value of production per employee in Canadian Industry was only $1,273, and that in the same year only $955 was invested in plant. tools and equipment per employee. In I939 the average sum invested in plant, tools and equipment per employee was $5,542. The more capital invested in Canadian Industry the greater the value of goods pro-

. . . . slump in military demands, the c m1 1° 1 "g3 0mm the occasional brilliant student finds great op- * om s5 n n m: ended There is 8 811B»!!! dlflelen“ °l 5m" waif‘ h“ 1m“ _ . “"3- “omiwa Cmzell- sume responsibility for adsninistra- An P sible because good roads and the motor vehicle new fashion note in footwear, re- pay-mm y-esponsyble government ages enjoyed by their city cousins, and that is one of smart, modern simplic- duced the,“ m“ were m 1939 u duced the greater our income. a a a a substantially inc Government 1M Prince stress

room school perhaps is least fair to the few , . due,“ . - - g ~a, r ti d _ _ students Si0\‘\(‘l than the average to learn. be- is“)?! ‘ism {me Th‘)? ‘Beings? “lrfiadlfielzlléjncraiiv costiinegieoi giithceotligunyifiogiigiflign anfiaf said: fighgggwggsnfai; mic danger of financial ggifhh htgeg cane ma‘: spaghetti-m J A M B cause a tmfhe‘ has no time for coaching and iiihicif evoer akdiilofc ripvance cgii benaired and were supposed w have made a “ma” and the dwnwon h“ Canadian w‘ not enwuviiiltii with a new importance and new ' ' s -l| v I z F re f th bb fl id respongmluflu‘ nlayfllme D p "GEAR" ETC‘ _ Cover? v e Pu er- e s Irom that representative government be- y b1 353315111]; portunity in such a place for rapid advance- ‘he “emy- a“? a“ °“°'"‘°“§ 9E“ Suspended. and that the Governor, “m!” regarding ‘he mum ‘fie me o soucuon , . put of synthetic rubber, the wo_ld advised by 51x commissioners Newfoundland‘ some manna to merit, because he profits not only from his own may face an excess reduction of m," yo, the Bflush qove‘ r‘ belief ‘that nothing essential has class-work but from all the classes above him. “Now the trend is towards fewer larger ' tion. When th British arii l‘ ...“.*:.".';"::;":“s*....;::..":":"r.' .'" my w w»? ~~= “~55 - " ‘Mme m O l1 S I08 . company have resulted in discov- mm enact m” the e d 1938' "um" aflumli l" Gllflfill ll have taken the country school out of its old “swan”? w“ 31"“ m” when the "u. m“ P a an w isolation. Perhaps the Little Red Schoolhouse ve ls ‘h m d S d cnuuynlmw; P is 0n its WAY out of the picture, but not because R§y,,,,.d,°y,-,w"s_°¥he1'Q,,f‘,§',,,,§“‘§,°§; glgiildrelzfuétflwrtd- "W" u“ it failed. It is possible now to give rural boys invented and patented shoes equip- 11mm}, {m deficit‘ which ped with heels made of tubular reached a record ma}, of “p99, means a radical change in the system, but the gye-wFffrri thle hyveareit": point of mm, as 35mg o“; o; m, 151a,,“ McLeod & Bentley old-fashioned country school is not thereby "m" sprlslll-Wg ‘in; silligngilgxilwggg figimmiiliilfbimyl-‘b areitogi “dirt-Z w. g‘ “mutt x' c‘ proved a failure. any more than the horse-and- heel ocfl woiotll or leather, and can 085a,“ and me United‘ 5mg .l. A. BENTLEY. I. o, . ' . e . ‘is made a failure by the faster nuts» 9'” ‘we “ av" "Y °f hellh." established bases. an artificial 8mm.“ u‘ Auamwu‘ n) . . The Scottish crown jewels which revenue and h“ now created a ‘iglgrel brought back from the hid- surplus o; about ‘38‘1g5_°0o_ 07¢ p ace, where they have in sate mum howeve Newfoundluldr‘ i§§‘.‘.‘."i..““.'l2.§ t“ "at some» "new 1» ‘My we ° e “ l“ l" carious, depending heavily on %

Britaiifs Air Ministry have prepared ex- tensive plans to make gliding a popular pastime. Two-seater gliders of the most modern design are to be used as training planes, whereas ltitli- crto single-sealer gliders only were available for

In the opinion of the Financial Post, much was accomplished at Ottawa by the Dominion- Provincial co-ordinating committed bio _im- trainina The few twoieaters which have up mediate settlement was reached or is in sight to now been available havfl for the most Dart’ but the known facts augur well for ultimate been used {or highmying instruction and for and sailsfactorv agreement‘ other purposes not applicable to beginners. As‘

Chm accomplishments are.‘ . however, the lesson is made considerably easier _ _ 1. Demonstration by Dominion and Prov- if the instructor can go up with his DupiL large incial authorities of a. genuine desire to co- Orders have now been given for twmseaters operate amt‘ work mward Frbagreemem‘. The delivery of ‘the new machines is to take

~ 2. Setting up of acontinumg economic _com- place very won so that massdnstruction of mittee_ to _study specific proposals and differ- pupils may begin in the coming Spring Further, ‘mes m ‘new’. , ,, . more, orders have been given to the flying

3' Exploding of Omiwas take It or leave schools to obtain actommodation for the 6X- it" attitude and realization that only by con- cued u “s siderable give and take on both sides will any p p p ' s. a s. a pmp" find ‘vorkaple scheme be reached‘ The first pulpit hour-glass inaugurated in

It *5 “W qmte Clean Sal's the Pod’ that. Compton Bassctt Church, Wilts, England, this

COME“? The avcmge Synge... gets along. and investigated‘ shortage certain. Now. with the Dlunized the Dominion. a Royal would mm’ ‘ lumen conclwm “u” Wm‘ cunnin- nmmmo eighty per cent in te next two and thy-be gm- N°wq°undh_nd_ u, and more diversified schools, and that is pos- eries which are going to strike a GovenunenQ w” mam 5911.593). Boston. Mass. a d 'i'1. all or most 0f the educational advant- ,, n g1 s steel. The effect of the new ilGEi 000 h, 1934“ were somewm“ re, ‘M °°'°"s'" prosperity was induced which h‘ ___________.__ A Good Start At Least the crmvn Rom" at dimmrgh both exports and imports If the ' Lhwies R. McQuaid

“sfle- “lauded "mm"? ‘he lewe“ external economic situation is bad shown with the “l-lonours" is the Newfoundland y‘ bmmd to “u” . a L ' This factor coupled with _ ,_ a s Ilrrll r. ollolhl.

Jewel o‘! St. Aadrew-—which has on its reverse side, a miniature h elvfly' lg lli/igria Flementins Sobieski, the will carry a fire all night long "nu" Em ois pr ncess who was mother rn an he of Prince Charlie-which is the ifirrigi? iiimthiir plilue tieflaslligrt piiizcei‘ ""‘<';',,,,'{.','5',‘,,,”m“'w"~ i 3°V9Fel8fl1i Badge of the Order of of pine kindling-brittle, quick- ' the Thistle and has been worn by catching pleceg that get a fire the FY9591“ Kin! 8nd by King going easily in the kitchen i George V on ceremonial occrpns mornings when zero cold ls popping at l-Iolyroodhouse. The total in-‘ the nails in the clapboards. At| frills"! value of the me;al and night when a man comes in fifom jewels has as far as is known, never the chores, he likes to stop, a] been computed, but some years minute in the ell and let the Ian-i a“ the cr°“'-“ w" Valued B} 515.900.! tern light shine on the results of Jidlnbflrsh Scotsman. m» h as twolodlshed, liieiaped "i gh wit ry ue, s a sat s ying u Mns. Harriet: Beecher Stowds thing as Winter draws on. Uncle Tom has again become ' the centre of a controversy, ilflifl‘

glrgigsccgigeoruuiett thbultl dfliourishlng . e o e .. of corn in the field adif eAsrtnesiiilrigii ‘a

literature and drama. Only this

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Sparkling diamonds whose "M". bu“, “m” Chartered Accountants rrafton Street.

‘manta the Irleelll llllill- Charlotteown

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DIAMONDS $50 to $500

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final agreement will not follow lines originally proposed by Ottawa last August. The so-cailed

date, I623; from the days of Luther, the length

of sermons increased until the middle of the

time pour old Toni is on the other side oi’ the controversy, The Cul- sary Herald notes. It all began

Famous

lllmeographlng cards and correspondence, typing and bookkeeping.

ilbrain mm” proposals. were found to be lad" seventeenth century, when the Puritan preach- mg and “riicccptatile: m many respects‘ Eye“ ers inflicted discourses of more than two hours; fidfafrfli (Emails rgiénltzigs ogfimgfill?‘ lepudlat‘ to regulate theselnthusiastic talkers somelthing

He i. ‘ . had to be done and so we read at the eiuru v-

e m _ . _ - _ ' b ht ft h'm his boo an how»- once of this beloved chest t, Tl drafting of Bill i5. Provincial Premiers de- n?“ at toga, a e1‘ it‘ some churches were wsaid, in effect, that it it‘... - - O h h 1d R3551 "lie" ‘e pup ' Negro up to ridicule, recalled his lwered a“ ulnmamm t° nawat f“ ‘v W0“ provided wit-h half-hour glasses as well as hour former degradation pictured mm do no further business unless thislEmei-zencv ones and one ‘may imagine with what anxiety l! irresponsible and subservient. Powers bill were redrafted. Mr. King assented th ' n re ti n ‘vould regard the choice made andutended to promote anti-Negro

l ‘_ b] d . m Ho e c0 g ga 0 , ‘ _ sen ment. We should hate to see at °"°°' The resms “ere ‘a e m c use by the parsou. LEstrange tells an amusing the oncomln generation denied of Commons a few days later. Story of a 93,351, Clerk who 113d sat patiently "m" "ms oys by the efforts of

The same thing Wiil happen when the Pre- “m1 ha: was threvquarters

WATCHES $24.15 to $100

Nlllfsllllly hanwn fin world over for their st le

l" 31141869011, Conn. a few weeks ago, when a trade union council, a_ Negro organization, a group of ministers and local members of the Communist party objected to a forthcoming theatrical perfgl-m.

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JEWELBRY GIFTS !

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well-meaning liberals, The motive; miers get at the real heart of Ottawa's original behind mo“ emu“ may be me proposals, narrely, the transfer of certain tax powers to the Dcmiiuion Government. As yet Ontario and Quebec have not shown their hand on this nratter. But it does seem clear that several, if not a ‘maiority of premiers be- lieve that a sound and solid fiscal arrangement can be worked. out ivithout the far-reaching "cen- tralization" of tax powers which Ottawa orig-

_ _kliy ‘proposed. " _

In The Levant

The Anglo-French agreciiiciit on the Lev- ant provides a working basis for close Anglo- Frencli co-opcration in the. Middle East for ‘the economic advantage of the Middle East peoples. In the wording of the ioint communi- que issued 14th December "the two Govern- menfs have recognized that ii is i0 their ioint interest‘ to encourage within the frame-work of internationalcollaboration thecconomic well-

, being ‘Ind security of the peoples of the Middle

East!’ . their emphasis oii international collab- lwozGovernments indicate that their ma; aliliiiot be exclusive and that they " is srdfto tlieoppifoaching time when soc- ltslw ‘Middle East. as elsewhere, will be nfltlie United Nations Organization. i liiqiir states that both the United ad French Governments. are‘ “equally sasuringito Syria and Lebanon the of the independence proclaimed-by aid n ted‘ _ life ad- ": '* nitedNsg of the

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under preacher

“when you have done,

to retire.

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users, the need for development of” servicing of many municipalities and

incs will call for greater employees, while extension

ing toward prosperity in peace. _ those who express fear that increasing use

only upon the basis of plentiful hydnfpower. New products will lisniqsli. the general standard of living will. its llfice-titne use-electricity has u: a y “Pr; .0 t, . consent

_ 9m help living ,‘ pidviuou sreultiemiioeii that

be extended tritium, i. miiiqw II ambit tt-tliu, d!

though his second glass," and ‘the bulk of the congregation had withdrawn, tired out bv_h1s posing; the, Clerk then arose at a convenient pause in the sermon, and calmly requested that if you will be pleased to close the church door and push the key under it" as he and the few that remained were about

Hydrrshtric production has _been in- creased greatly in the central provinces, and especially in Quebec, during the war, and they are now facing, the need to secure peace-time bile the. otlierprovmces are seized 0f power and the farm homes hitherto without electricity. The fear of some that there will be an uneconomic glut in the first several peace years is unfounded, ac- cording to widespread opinion among leaders. Ill the electrical field, because new uses, adaptable to peace time. have been developzl. neg m. “my "m," m, “m,” currcn an

of domestic serv- ice to municipalities not now served will help: yaks up the slack. The Royal Bonk Letter corn, We!‘ of dlbfll. Ilfllfi eludes: "Further promotion of the use of eiec- m," noflfluwkun um tric power may well be one of the protects help‘ ' f Attention o:

- a lo, thosli acid electricity will mum fewer jobs should be ill?“ m!" uflzllglll? ' "N eeted to the new industries which can, aribe m ~ _ = . and ch80 fish's-helm»

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highest. But in expressing them the well-meaning liberal; i. -. gain exhibiting the‘ -‘--

Ell-Mil. devoid of humor, sentiment. 01' perspective, WfllLJ