1’: go T4 The Guardian 'i‘iiu1'., June 19. 1958

Shipping C056 Nears Decision

ll.-\l.il’;\X (cm — Counsel for fmm Shipping firms and the fed- c;~;>,l ;_1ov::.rnmeni concluded a-1‘§1U' n‘.(".ll,S Friday in 3“ Exchequer C.nurt aDDeal.case involving ta?“ aﬁinn of $260,000 pald for Gila”? can.cc1‘la~t,ions by three Shipping firms.

The case was heard by Mr. Justice Dumoulin of the EX-

ychgquf-ilf C()u)_'t Of Canada.

appeal was lodged by Halifax Overseas Freighters Limited, Fa- lafse Steamship C0'mpan‘.V‘L1m' lied and Bedf ord Overseas l~‘rc~i__s_>;hters Limited. Harry I. Matiiers of Halifax is president of the three firms.

Mi‘. Mathers said about $130,- 000 income tax was claimed by the government on charter clan- ccliation transactions involving ahitut $260,061 .

A, G C.oop.»er, counsel for the internal revenue department, said the costs were a capital out- lay and not deductible. H.- B. Rhudie, counsel for the shipping firms, said the payments had no effect on the fixed capital of the companies and could be charged to revenue account.

An appeal to the income tax appeal, board last year was re- jected.

ELMSDIKLE

Mr. Donald Williams of the R. C.N., was a guest recently for a weekend of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Williams.

Mrs. Charles Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Dunn and family, were recent visitors to Summer- side.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barnett and family motored from the mainland, and spent a weekend with Rialph’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnett.

Mr. Ivan 0’Brien who is train- ing his race horses at Summer- side, spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. A.D. 0’Brie-n.

Mr. and Mrs. H_il-ton Hardy of Charlottetown were guests on Sun- day of Mr. and Mrs. Orwin Wel- lace.

Friends of Mhs. Roach O’Brien are pleased to know she is im- proving in Western Hospital, where she is a patient.

Friends of Mr. Charlies Dunn who is a patient in Western Hos- pital, are pleased to loam of his improvement and wish him a speedy return to good health.

Friends of Mr. Patrick 0’Con- nor, of Cape Wolfe, are pleased tolmowheismalringagoodre covery in Western Hospital.

Friends of Mr. and‘Mrs. Ivan Adams, regret to learn of their babyis illness in the Western Hospital and hope hot 1 speed recovery. ..

Friends 0! Mrs, Ad-a ‘MacArth- ur regret to know she is ill in the Community Hospiitail, 0'Loary andwishheraspeedyretumto good health. .

Mr. and Mrs. John Smyibhe and Mr. amd Mrs. Guy Shea of Tig- nish, were guests last week of Mr and Mrs. Charles and family.

Friends of Mr. Leigh Griffin were sorry to learn of (me illness which necessitated an emergency openaition in Prince County Hos- pital, on Saturday.

Mr. 3ll’ld'NTX‘S. Frank Dunn and sfamily, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunn and Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Keely.

The June meeting of the Elms- daie Women's Institute was held

at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Adams"

on Monday, June 9th. with a good attendance of members and several visitors. Next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. James O‘Brien. ‘

Mr. and Mrs. Keir Weeks oi‘ Toronto, were recent guests at the torment aunt, Mrs. Hazel Cameron.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bernard of Haverhill, Mass., have arrived to spend the summer at their cottage in Mill River.

Friends of Mrs. Alfred E. O‘- Brien, regret her illness in Char- lottetown Hospital and wish her a speedy recovery.

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Mrs. Myra Callaghan and’ ne-

phew Mr. John Cummings, from.

Bronx, New York, were guests on Monday of Mr. and Mrs. Ger- ald, O’Brien.

The Misses Edna and Alfreda 0’Brie~n are home to "spend their annual summer holidays.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert 0’Bm'e-n and Mr. George O’Brien were Sundzay guests at the homes of Mrs. A.D. O’Brien and Mr. and Mrs. A.E. 0‘Brien. Y»

BEDEQUE ’

Mr. Ralph B. MacCauli and ,and Mr. Heber Myers, Carleton, were visitors to Sackville, N.B., on Friday, June 13th. While there they attended sessions of the Maritime Conference then being held.

Mr. and Mrs. W..T. Reid, Mid- dleton. were in Toronto, over the week-rend. They attended the wed- ding of their son David, which took place on Saturday, June 14th They went by plane.

Miss Louise Callbeck, Miss Mildred Callibeck of Central Bed- eque, Mrs. Edna Jenkins, Bede- que Village, Mrs. K e n n e t h Muttart, Searletown «and Mrs. John Myers, Carleton Jsiding, lett by motor on Sarturday afternoon, June 14th. To spend. a few days visiting points of interest in New Brunswick and Nova

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LICGRGCCIRG for some future hist

“The witch Walpurga, evil and wretched woman, was’,

semcnccd to be led, seated in a cart to which-she is tied; ,

to the place of cxccuticn, her body ﬁrst to bc tom ﬁvc timcs with red hotiirons.” . L Written by an unknown reporter for an obscure German newsletter, this paragraph was published in 15 87. I Slavery was abolished long after witch-burning.

Could it be that another terse passage in a news- \

paper of l 8 59 quickened the conscience of humanity I‘ Here it is : ,

“The auctiouccr brought up ]oshua’: Molly and family. He announced that Molly iusixlcd she was Iamc in her Icf t foot although he did not believe :1 word of it. An cmincntphysicicm in Savannah had declared Ioshua’: Molly was only shamming. However, the gentlemen must judge for themselves and bid accordingly.

“So A/Iolly was put through her pace: and compelled to trot up and down the stagc, to go up and down steps md to cxcrcisc her feet in various ways, but with the same rcsult, the lcftfooz would go lame. Shc was-ﬁnally soldfor $695.”

The year 195 8 marks the 370th anniversary in the history of newspapers.

The first, the English Mer~\:.irie, was published in the same year Drakeiscattered the Spanish Armada. In 1632 the Star Chamber clamped down on news- papers.

But the right of the public to be informed; championed by newspapers, has survived repeated and outrageous assaults by the arrogant, the super;

_§tit_i_ous_ and the corrupt.

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Conscientious, reporting is the ‘newspaper’: Tveapon. * ' .'

The eminent H. G. Wells reﬂccted that great reporting is the product of an intcrrogativc state of mind.

Heywood Broun said: “Every good reporter is writing literature for some future historian”

Matthew Arnold has described journalism as

“literature in ct hurry.”

“I am the voice of today and the herald of tomorrow,” Robert H. Davis has said of the printing press. “I sing the songs of the world, the oration: cf history, the symphonic: ofall time. . . I weave into the warp of the part and the woof of thcfuturc. I tell the storic: of peace and war alike. -

“I make the human heart beat with passion or tcndcr-I um. I stir the pulse of nations, and make brave men do bmvcr deeds. . .

“I inspire the midnight toilcr, weary at his loom, to lift his head and gaze with fearlcsmcss, ‘into the vast beyond, seeking the consolation of a hope eternal.

“I am the circles: clarion of the news. I cry your joys and sarrowr cvcry hour. . . I am the record of all things mankind has achicvcd. I am the laughter and tears of the world, and I shall never die until all things rctu/7* to the immutable dust’; ‘

In the cavalcadc of episodes on history's broad, esplanade, your newspaper, The Star, has cham- pioned thc right of the public to be fully informed on all affairs, particularly those that pertain to Canada’s social welfare.“

I"ct‘c‘riz‘nincw:mcin JKMPES Y. Nicor. ha: szackcd up man thirty year: of newspaper txpcricncc. His by—Ii1zcd Star xtarics have bccnjilcdfrrrm Eumpc, Africa and South America. A man who got: cftcr his stories, Nicol zmcc hired a dag sled and mushcd 600 miics along the Arctic com to ccvcr avgory of the Dcw Linc. , —-. . - . 4 .

THE GUARDIAN

lfrom The Toronto Star

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NUMBER TWO in cl series on the right of thc public to be informed

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The late J5 E. Atkinson; dwricr and publisher of The Star; agreed wholc—heartedlv with Olive; Goldsmith’s: .

“Illfam the land, to hastening ill: a prey _“Whm wealth accumulates and mm decay.” _ Forty—four years ago in a Toronto address; Mr} 7 Atkinsondcclarcd‘: « . . “We have been accustomed to ray that in Canada we do not have thcproblcms of unemployment and a demand for a rcarmngcmmt of industry as they have in older countries, hence our legislators have paid practically no attention to them. = ‘ “Fmmthis comfortable state of mind the people of this city have found themselves lacking, cmploymcnt

I through no fault of their own. Thcirfamilics have suf-

fered, in many cases, to the utmost extremity.

“These workers receive wagcs that even in times of , work are :0 close to the margin of sustenance that it is cl mockery to ask why they do not rave enough to tide them over those pcriod: of non-employment which an as cer- tain and almost as regular as the ebb of thc tidcs.”

Through the years .Mr. Atkinson campaigned for sickness and employment insurance, mothers’ allowances and old age pensions.

There was a time when the infant mortality rate in Canada approached that of the most crowded cities in England — a disgraceful situation which The Star F fearlessly exposed.

I A: in thcpast the right of the public to be informcd; and the imfcrrogativc state of mind which supports that .:rl'gIlI:‘bQI.‘h will bcchampioiicd by your ucwipapcr,

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