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THE. GUARDIAN

blurnlng Dally (Founded In lilifl) Luthorlred en ties-null Claen Mull, Poet Olflee

Department, Ottawa.

The lelnnd Guardian Publishing Co. lalll\lll nee-u] Managing Director. J. l. BnneBi

Editor, Ireuii Walker

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iblARLUTTETObVN THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1948

ilur Naval Tradition

October 2l, marks the l43rd- Gh- famous of all British naval

Today,

niversary of the most

victories — the Battle of Trafalgar. on the decks of which Ad- Nelson was fatally wounded, was returned to England and some lOO years later it was refitted and restored to full lighting trim. Today Nelson's flagship is berthed in dry- dock at Portsmouth where it stands as a fight-

ihip H.M.$. Victory,

miral Horatio

ing symbol of His Majesty's Navy.

Mortally struck by a sharpshooter from the top of an enemy ship, Nelson is said to have that his face and decorations be cov-

requested

ered by a handkerchief so that his might not be noticed by the crew. He was taken below where he received the news that l5 of the enemy ships had surrendered. "Thank God l have done my duty," were the last words that

came from his lips.

The "Nelson touch" is immemorially asso- ciated with the British naval tradition, and it is fitting that this anniversary of his greatest victory should fall during the celebration of Navy Week in Canada. As will be noted from an ad- vertisement in today's issue, a special CBC broad- cast has been arranged for this evening between i030 and ll.30, Atlantic time, which has been sponsored by the Navy League of Canada in co- operation with the Toronto Musical Protective

Association.

Also in traditional Naval style, Oct. 23rd. is being observed at H.M.C.S. Queen Charlotte as "Come Aboard" day, when the pub- lic is cordially invited to meet the officers and men of our own Naval Division. This not only affords an opportunity of inspecting the train- ing quarters and equipment but of learning some- thing about the peacetime work of the Royal Canadian Navy and of showing public interest and appreciation in what is being done.

Rosthern By-Eiection

The Federal constituency of Rosthern Saskatchewan was established under the Redis- tribution Act of i933. Since then it has been held continuously by Mr. Walter Tucker until he resigned to contest the provincial election as Liberal leader. The by-election to fill the va- cancy will be held October 25. lin the Federal ‘general election of i945 Mr. Tucker won with a vote of 6,898, the C.C.F. getting 4,678, the Progressive Conservative 1,299 and the Social

Credit candidate 792.

The campaign, now in its final week, is being fought with great vigor not because a Liberal defeat would endanger the Government at Ottawa but because it will test the strength of protest feeling in Saskatchewan as well as of

C.C.F. policies and record.

The C.C.F. candidate, Mr. ‘Peter Makaroff, K. C., has placed it on the basis of on appeal to the protest vote quite plainly and the C. C. F. party leaders have indicated his election would be o declaration of disapproval of freight rate increases, the cost of form implements and in- creased cost of living, as well as of Government policies on livestock, coarse grains and on in-

come tax regulations.

The Liberal candidate, Mr. W. A. Boucher, has a long record in municipal affairs and in his speeches has given support to Liberal policies for agriculture, vocational training, national health insurance, extension of P.F.R.A. and P.F.A.A. and admission of refugee immigration, He has urged old age pensions at 60 for women and 65 for men, a fair deal in freigth rates and offered strong opposition to further socialization and tc Socialist and Communist activities.

The Social Credit candidate is Mr. George Bielhortz, who ran in the provincial election, coming second to Mr. Tucker and beating,the

C.C.F. entry.

Rosthern being a farming constituency, election will in some measure register farm re- acticn to C.C.F. labor and socialist policies as well as to the Government's record.

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Sale of the third series of Canada Savings decendants Victory Bonds—has opened across Canada. The 10-year bonds pay interest at the rate of 2?’. per cent, and can be cashed at any bank at any

Bonds — the postwar

time at full face value.

Why does the Federal Government, with rev- enues and surpluses at an all time high, still seek to barrow money from-the public? of the answer is that this money, borrowed at the 2.1,; per cent interest rate, can be used to retire higher-interest federal debts. reason is that it is an anti-inflationary saving

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But iust as important o reason for continuing these savings bond issues each year is the de- mand of the public for a\continuation of the program which became so general, with Vigfory Bonds and War Savings Certificates,

savings during the wor years.

The savings many people during

Canada Savings Bonds.

fect.

The third series will be available in denom- $l00, $500 and SW00, with in- restricted to o maximum of $1000. They provide an opportunity for sav- ing through the medium of bonds which are com- aiid readily convertible into casii.

iiiations of’ $50, dividiiol purchase!

pietely safe

habits which were built up by the war—for many of them it was the first sizeoble savings they had ever accrued—~hos been continued by many with these This is particularly true of those who buy their bonds through the pay- mil deduction plan, which will again be in el-

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EDITORIAL NOTES

The addition of live lobsters to our c exports is an achievement of which we have every O

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Ministership. Mr. St. Laurent is leader Liberal party, and Mr. Howe, Minister. The situation would be im-

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wholesalers.

i947 Montreal .. ... 74-75 54 Toronto .. 72-74 53-53 Winnipeg . . . . . 54 42-43 Vancouver , . .. $4 40 Edmonton .. ... 47 40 Regina ... 5i 4l-42 Charlottetown . . . 59'": 42.

Appointment of Major-General F. F. Worth- ington to the newly created post of Coordinator of Civil Defence Planning is a step towards pre-_ paredness, but organization should follow the planning stage with the least possible delay. i‘ is KI I

The smell of burning leaves is usually one of the pleosonter features of our Fall, but this year the fires hardly got started before being doused by the rains. know that the leaves make i Yr i

At any rote, we excellent fertilizer.

Trafalgar Day — in recognition of Nelson's famous naval victory. Devoted to the celebra- tion of the deeds in general, and of Nelson in particular, in the Senior Service, so long Britain's First Line of Defense.

Mr. L. B. Pearson, now contesting the by-el- ecticn in Algoma East, lold an audience recent- ly that an old-time campaigner, riding in his car, shouted in his ear at one point: "You can stop waving now, we are out of your constituen-

This Province was one of three which had no representative at the Empire Parliamentary As- sociation Conference in London, the other two being Nova Scotia and Quebec. We very nearly were represented by the Premier, however, who

Our fish exporters are opposed to compulsory inspection not on principle but because it would be a serious burden on the industry. were the government to assume the cost and guar- aniee no delay in the hold-up of outgoing con- signments, the Fisheries Federation would not

Presumably

An excellent appointee to the Royal Com- mission on freight rates to be named by the the beach to the dock-a murky Dominion Government would be our own Chief 10s. and we hed to pick our way

lsland was out in the ocean.

The Cape Bretoners

lt is a great boost having the Hun Trials, sponsored by the Charlottetown Kennel Club, in and gem“ a mgagve reply. we our midst with entries from all over the United States and elsewhere in Canada. are enthusiastic over and bespeak a great future for the pastime. Field Marshal Stuart G. Ives, President of the Club, is to be congratulated on his organization's en- M, m. me fismg m, Qhlnned i,

The visitors their experiences

Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Swedish chemist, died this year i896, was inventor of dynamite, blasting gelatine, and smokeless powder; made a huge fortune of which he bequeathed eight an- nual prizes of $40,000 to be awarded for most ing the leader, and gcuing M. - important discoveries in (l) physics, (2) chemis- try, (3) physiology or medicine; and for the great- est service to the cause at peace during the

The toy industry is moving ahead to a new peak in i948, says Mr. Horatio D. Clark, secretary facturers of the U.S.A. He re- ports toys in better supply today than at any with most manufacturers having good order backlogs. As a result, Mr. Clark claims, unit production will be consider- ably higher than a year ago and probably closé to an all-time high, with prices unchanged gen- erally from a year ago.

A new version of an old story comes from the teaching profession. Two men, a prominent citizen and o schoolmaster, went to church to pray. The first prayed: "Oh Lord, l thank thee that l am not like these professional men, even this poor teacher; l pay half the teacher's sal- ary; it is my moncy that built this church,‘ l sub- scribe generously to foreign missions and all the work of the Church; it is my money that odvanceth Thy cause." The other’s prayer was, "0 God, be merciful unto me; l was that man's teacher."

Ministerial responsibility is more or less in Mr. King, as Prime Minis- ter, is responsible for everythingPthe Govern- ment does or neglects to do but he is not the leader of the party with a maiority in the House and, moreover, is about to step down from the

possible but for the principle that every mem- ber of the Government is responsible for all its

Egg prices on October l5 this year and previ- ous years: The prices quoted below are for Grode At Montreal and Toronto the prides are those at which graded shipments are sell- At other points quotations are prices to shippers for ungraded eggs.

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sol/i on tile ocean with the fog coming 49%-50 in from the lee and jult. elttlng “M waiting. A fairly robuet rvvell was 39 roiling in and we were rarely on

en even keel. Herring were cut up

3Q largo 3 or 4 pliedce‘: and cert over the.

s e er en n e lure to the tune.

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NEXT YEAR, ' LITTLE SPuo/

A Tuna Battle Off The N. S. Coast

We were up long before daylight at 4:45. warmly clad and fully arm- ed wlth cameras. binoculars, etc.. and at 5 a.m. were trudging across

We cast ofl

Justice, Hon. Thane A. Campbell, LL. D. This awdmh '°,,,‘,',‘°,,,“’f§§", pew mmmes would be in line with precedent, as it will be iZnnflao.

recalled that a very important member of the White Commission on Maritime Claims was the late Chief Justice Mathieson. The also ably represented on the Duncan Commission by Dr. Cyrus Macmillan.

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The sole lone landmark to guide us to our destination was a fog horn. on one of the points that jut After picking up that sound through the fog op: skipper then lay his course to the “eastei-d", as they say. rind head- ed for a spot. where he might pro-

Steel continues to be a bottleneck both in this w" ‘°"‘° Pa" "°m “"5"” "she"

men. Out of the fog loomed the

country and the United States. The announce- d“, oumne o, a lonely boa, and merit from Ottawa indicates'that the situation the sole occupant was hauling his will be worse rather than better, with lower sup- plies and a larger proportion required for es- 5,,“ and boughh sential defence projects. who were "evacuated" to the central provinces could have boosted production considerably. ‘k "k i‘ i

herring nets. We "spoke" him. as they sny nauiically and drew along» buckets of oait. which were fresh herring outof the net-about 20 good herring to the bucket and the price 50 cents per bucket. e e

After inquiring if he had seen any signs of tuna that morning

proceeded on our course. Beyond him a few miles our skipper then sought a spot. where he though we might get a “strike”. ‘The time now was shortly after 6:30 a.m., and while the fog was still heavy, i: was not es murky as when we

out somewhat. Finally our skipper selected a spot at. the end of a her- ring net, as generally tuna are found where mackerel and herring are running.

We tied up to a buoy and then made ready to “put. the line over” as they say. Bailing the hook, test-

adjusicd in the chair. with harness, etc. The chair ls on n swivel ar- rangement. that allows l! to be turned in any direction. When a tuna is on the hook the choir and rod must be pointed in direction of the fish at. all limes to ease the slruln on the fisherman as well as the rod and llne and a taut llne is necessary to set. the hook stronger ‘into your fish. O O U The harness ls a leather arrange- ment flint. ls worn like a vest and is fzistenrd i0 (‘El(‘l’l side of your reel. It. sets high on the shoulders to hclp relieve the strain when holding the rod. The rod is set in a socket cm the swivel chair and the entire arrangement of harness and socket. for the rod ls made io FGllPVP the heavy strain on the angler.

long and wound on a very strong reel.

hook is attached to this louder. l‘hc reason for this is the fish could c-nsily chiife through the llne if he

wire gives the needed protection.

the warning signal.

strikes, the float suddenly

fisherman is thereby enabled brace himsclFor herself. for

catches firmly.

tug by the fish. I I

coffee and doughnuts or

will tell the new! of a "strike."

can be distinguished, some

out of the water.

—— hed her shore.

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The line is about. T00 to 800 yards

The last 15 yards of the line is attached to u wire leader uni] the

swallowed the liook uiid the strong

Time is now 7:07 u.m.~—siill foggy and M. --- is now in the Clldll‘, the line boiled rind aver the-side. Attached to tho line about. 25 feet from hook is a "float" that ls light- ly attached lo the llne and acts ns When the fish goes under writer with the lug, uiid the

to the heavy pull on the line if the hook This float. breaks off from the lino with the sudden

A fire is started in the stove in the cabin and all hands have hot sand- wiches. but all alert however and watching that warning float that

Fog is etlll thick but other boale with their llne: over and other: crule- ing about. watching for some sign to indicate lune are in vicinity. Sometimes the sign may be e flock of gulls hovering over is school oi‘ herring or perhaps e Lune leaping

break through the fog with little success and the watch goes on easy a bit by more hot coffee and doughnuts. 8 o'clock comes. 8:30. then 9 and now the skipper is de- bating ln his mind about moving to another location. At 9:15 as he ls standing beside M. —- to ease off the harness, the second man in our crew shouts “There she hits!" And sure enough the flout was under water and old man tuna had struck. Then such activity in the boat! ‘ t I The skipper had the boat whirled around and we cast off from the buoy. M. -—- braced herself for the fight 'and about 300 yards of line just. whizzed off the reel in no time. M. —- snubbed the iirie a few times to get the hook in the tunifs mouth more firmly and reel- ed ln a bit occasionally to get the force of his pull. The- heavy tuna rod (which incidentally was hand- made by the skipper) was acting beautifully and the line standing the strain well. The line is called a “B6" line and is about. the size of a tripled heavy darnlng thread and when we! can stand a tremendous pull for its size. At. about 9:30 the skipper is pretty well convinced that the hook has a good hold rind the battle ls ivnxing stronger. The tuhn ls dashing about wildly and the skipper busy keeping the boat in llne with the fish and the sec- ond man ls engaged in keeping Mfs chair pointed in the direc- tion of the fish. The strain on M. ~— is heavy now but we nave no further indication of the size of the fish except the pull an the lino. M. -— reels in or "pumps" when- ever she ran to get some of the line in to draw the fish nearer the boat. l O O Along about 1O o'clock the tuna started towing the boat when M. —-— snubbed in the line tight and headed for the open sea. In look- lng over the stern we found we hed nn audience following us through the fog. Orie of them was a sword fisherman and the other a tuna fisherman who were eagerly watching us to see how the battle was going. l have a good movie of the sword fisherman‘: prow pecking out. of the fog in our wake. M. -v- was-entirely oblivious to onlookers so intent was she on the business of handling the tuna. She got u great kick when I told her she had an audience. e e e

The fish towed us for about. 35 irilnutes the first time while dash- ing about furiously. He surfaced twice during this time but through the fog ll was hard i0 determine iris size although the skipper knew ‘he was n big one.

Suddenly. oui. of tiredness, us we thought, he “sounder? and \venl down on the bottom and M. —— irled hard to reel in some of the line but ihere was apparently n dead weight. on iiie other end 1nd the skipper though that perhaps the fish was dead.

This situation continued for nboui 25 minutes when M. --—- felt an enormous pull on the llne and old man lunn ivhlrled around and handed for Liverpool. and van off about 200 yards of line before M. —- was able to snub him up again. Then began the hardest and most thrilling part. oi the battle. The fish was now towing the bout stern foremost. and M. ~—— reeling in every yard possible when he would circle or pause in his wild efforts. O l I

The skipper turned and shouted suddenly to M. —-—-: "Pump liim. pump him hard!" The cause for this excitement was that almost directly lri front of us looming out of the fog was the "Fairway Buoy" fur out from the mouth of Liver- pool Harbor; nnd then came the struggle to keep the fish from get- ting snarled in the chains that. anchor the buoy to the ocean floor. M. —— had to pump or reel in with all her might. to shorten the fish's play and to keep the llne taut and the skipper had to edge the hoot between the fish and the buoy and also to try and frighten the fleh to change ile direction and gel it clear of the buoy.