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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

CHARLOTTETOWTV, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 194B.

Wood islands Sonics

The increasing importance of the Wood, islands-Caribou ferry service, especially with re- gard to the tourist and motor truck traffic, has been dealt with frequently in these columns, and it is unnecessary ta quote the impressive figures which were‘ revealed in last year's transporta- tion reports. There is every reason ta anticipate a still greater volume of business this season, and it is to be hoped that no more time will be lost by the Dominion Government in deciding ‘upon the assistance it proposes to give the aper- atrng company in meeting its requirements.

The proposal that the service could be con- tinued as at present, until a new boat can be constructed, means indefinite delay and will cer- tainly not satisfy the public demand. lt is under- stood there are two U. S. landing ships avail- able, either one of which is larger than the Dun- ning and could replace the Prince Nova with ad- vantage.

The smaller of these boats has a carrying capacity of 200 passengers and 38 autos or the equivalent in trucks (as ' t the Dunning's capacity of 200 passengers, 32 autos.) This would afford relief for the present, but would not be sufficient to meet demands during the maximum traffic season, especially for trucks.

it is understood that the larger boat avail- able has a capacity of 300 passengers and 100 autos or the equivalent in trucks. The operation of this boa-t would require some additional dredging at the terminals, but otherwise could be provided quickly and at moderate cost.

lf either af these boats was purchased to replace the'Prince Nova, it could be remodelled for the service in about seven weeks. The prin- cipal reconstruction work would be done at the Halifax Shipyards, but there is a considerable amount-of other work, involving an expenditure of some $100,000, which could be done by Bruce Stewart and Company in Charlottetown, thus providing a great deal of employment for our local workmen.

These alternatives are being pressed at Ot- tawa at the present time, in the hope and ex- pectation of improving the service this year and not some time in the indefinite future, when still greater demands may require the framing of an entirely new policy to cope with the situation.

Women-Then And ilow

Now that women have got equal rights with men in so many spheres it seems odd to reflect that little mare than a hundred years ago women were bought and sold in Britain. Not in large, numbers, certainly, but they were sold. Sometimes the husbands were punished and sometimes they got away with the transaction. Mr. Claude Berry in a recent BBC programme told listeners about a man who sold his wife by auction in Cornwall."'He sauntered into the market at Redruth," said Mr. Berry, "leading his wife by a straw band fastened round her neck."

"Honesty, loyalty, or any other attribute oi character cannot be imposed — they must grow from within as a result of guided situations which call forth the right responses," Dr. Lamb writes. “The values of sane sport vary with age and other conditions, but ‘playing the game‘ has a depth and wealth of meaning which extends beyond the game itself into the activities of life.

"The values of sport are no longer values un- lass they live with us in all our relationships. The rules of the game are the rules of life."

/ EDITORIAL NOTES/

The going seems to be lamb-like. ‘I ‘k i

Lent is drawing to a close—two more weeks. fi i fi

Travelling by auto even on the hard sur- faced roads is no luxury these days.

An appropriate picture at the Empire Wed- nesday, "Golgotha", the scene of our Lord's cru- cifixion, near Jerusalem, is the Hebrew word for a charnel-house, a place where the bones of the dead are put.

I Q I I lt would be difficult to find fault with the Legislature for protecting R.C.M.P. constables from civil arrest for debt. it probably comes as a shock to a great many, however, to find that such protection is necessary and has not been extended to the ordinary citizen. ‘k

Today at Amherst will be the opening of the eighth annual Maritime Spring Stock Show. Premier Jones should have performed. the cere- mony but has been detained here by official du- ties. There should be some enlightenment from other speakers there on the divergence between present grading standards and the demands of the market.

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The Easter recess will mean no let up for Prime Minister St. Laurent who is expected'to leave the capital about Friday, April 8, for a two-weeks speaking tour which wil=l take him through Western Canada to the Pacific Coast and back. Tentatively, it is expected he will make stop-overs at Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Brandon, Winnipeg and Fort William.

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Advertisements of the Dominion Department of Labour properly caution people against in- ducing Displaced Persons ta break their one year employment agreement. lt should be made clear lo such newcomers, however, that they are not bound to serve a particular employer for that period. Transfers from one employer to another in the some category are readily arranged by the Department. ' ‘ ‘I

_There is always the proverbial exception. A GQman prison commander is going to be hon- ored by Britons he kept under guard because he was "so decent" to them during the war. Prince Wilhelm van Hahenlohe, who commanded the prison at Blechhammer, Upper Silesia, has ac- cepted an invitation of a committee arranging a reunion to honor him next October. "We liked him because he was so decent," said a commit- tee spokesman. "He always gave lair judgment and went out of his way to help the men when they got into trouble."

PUBLIC FORUM

This colvunrrile open ta tbp discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not neocons- iiy endorse the opinion of correspondents. Q

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Sin-In your report on March 25th., of a speech by C. W. De- laney, (Liberal of 5th. Prince), you say—"He called attention to the excellent condition of the cement. highways built in Summerside in 1931 and in Borden in 1934. He gave the Conservatives credit in this connection, etc."

Just to keep the record straight, I would draw your attention to the fact that it was the Len Govern- ment 1930 that built this con- crete piece of road just east of Summeraide.

Mr. L. R. Alien and I represent- ed the 5th. District of Prince at that time and I was s member of the Executive Council. The Dominion Government allocated $20,000 that year to this Province for perman- ent work in order to give employ- ment to laboring men, nnd the lo- cal Government began the can- structlon of what was then known as the “McIntyre Highway."

Mr. Allen and I interviewed the Government on behalf of the labor- ing men of Summerside. At that time, there was only one set of machinery for mixing and spread- ing asphalt and consequently could not be spared for work else- where. We assured the other mem- bers of the Executive that we could procure the machinery used by the Town of Summerside for mixing and spreading the concrete used on the streets. They agreed to give us the financial assistance necessa y and it is quite evident

be ' 1 unnecessary." Neither af' these stadiements is correct. Stick- handllng a! the type that was so, popular and prevalent under old, on-side rules was s. simple matter, at the speed in which they trsvell-, ed, but‘ the skill required today ts of l s. much higher order bean/use of the angles from which passes musrt. be‘ given and received. I would like vary much to be able to taloe one to an N.l-‘I.L. game and palm out the finesse and omiwnmate skill with which the large majority of the players handle the puck at tap

speed. I do not wish to create the i-rn-

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hope wdll continue to do so. The current clamaur is, I believe. the product of lll-lnformtld and tn- aompetent mlters and broadcasters, who not knowing the really fine points of the game, have seiz-

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Bernnrd Shaw says: "I em n Communist, and always call my- self so." But when it comes to the copyright and royalties on ‘his plays, the hoary dramatist hes proved himself to be an astute capitalist. —- Hamilton Spectator.

A nun from Dryden, Ont...‘ hss told the Ontario Tourist Confer- ence of eight Americans flying there to enjoy a waif hunt during which they shot nine of the sni- inals, collected a bounty of $25 upon crsch of them and had "a whale of a time." There is no need for Americans or anyone else in search of such sport to travel as for inland as Dryden. They can enter Leeds or Grenville counties and find wolves within vhalf an hour's run from the border. More- over, the inhabitants, of wolf-infest- ed sections in this district will be

threaten it with destruction. The Christian, at any rate, should

I am, Sir, etc. JOHN F. MacNElLL, M.D. Summe side. s .

MR. ABSENAULTS STATEMENTS

Sir,—I wouldlike ta refer to the speech by the Hon. Wilfred Arsen- ault at the cla ' of the session of the P. E. I. Legislature last week.

He stated among other things that all those who support the C. C. F. party here on the Island are not intelligent enough to be dealt with. To my mind that's a rather bold statement. It would mean that they are not intelligent, all those

have left the unfounded lmpreston that the game ls deteriorating. for

To mellow in the morning, £11058 made fat

which there are no real facts-to By the master's eye. that yield guppfipfi it, such timid leaf, I am. Sir. etc. Uncertain bud, a tnrcduct of his

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WWO Old Charlottetown (And r. r. r.)

FIRST AEROPLANE FLIGHTS

ainsi While - see h0\v this more cihance- sown. cleft-nursed seed. That sprang up by the wayside ‘ Wreath the foot Of the enemy, this breaks all into

iblaze, ' Spreads itsEli, one wide glory of

desire g To incorporate the whole great sun - it loves " From the inchheight whence it

looks and longs! My flower. My r050, I gather for the breast of God.

who support

the C. C. F. The Provincial Exhibition of 1912

-—Ro‘bert Browning.

from coast to coast in Canada. Yet Mr. Mackenzie ling himself stated once that he thought Mr. M. J. Caldwell was one of the mast remarkable men in Ottawa. Is he not intelligent? All those who sup- port the Labour party in Britain, —they can't be intelligent either. Also the majority of the Austral- ian popuiation—they are not in- telligent, etc.

Nat only the C. C. Fers were shocked by those words; even many supporters of the other par- ties realize that members are not elected for the purpose of passing judgment on the integrity of the people's intelligence. Such an ex- amination might do more good if self-administered first. We think that, in lieu of such nonsense, the time in session would be better em- ployed in discussing the possibili- ties of improving the present pro-

wlll go down in history as being the first at which aeroplane flights were given, and the revolutionizing possibilities of the science of avia- tion were demonstrated ta thou- sands af interested Prince Edward Islanders, who can new look for- ward to the day when that nine mile strip of water which divides us from the mainland need no longer be considered a barrier in l the Wilt)’; of continuous communica- tion, winter or summer.

Yesterday Peoli, the youthful navigator, reached an altitude of 2,500 feet in his first flight, and 5.000 in his second. In the latter he did wonderful work. He flew up the river as far as Faiconwood. came back, and went aver part cf the city, and then, when almost a mile in the air, he shut of the motor, and in a series of circles simply using the force of gravity

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The Times, London

THE WORLD A! MORAL ORDER

Lenten Meditations

That the world is a moral order is a proposition as difficult to es- tablish as it. is impossible to aban- Without such a conviction all meaning seems to go out of life; yet what evidence is there that it is more than a piece of wishful

The Hindu doctrine of Karma, riveting to the,deap quences. seems ta correspond to something whlph has its seat in all

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have got beyond the stage at which the lack of coordination between merit and fortune constitutes n problem, since he knows that the supreme snark of God's approval was set upon one who died Ill ignominlous death.

It would seem then as though an environment which is ta foster mar- ality must be one which, while ulti- mateiy in accord with it, does not. immediately and obviously take sides with it. It must be in some respects harsh and ungracious. since only so can it leave open to men the privilege of choosing the good, even when it costs much to do so, end rejecting the evil, even when evQ-y advantage appears to be with it.

Tire conclusion of the argument is paradoxical, but it is not diffi- cult to grasp. The world is indeed a moral order. But it is such not in the sense that every deed done in it receives ar should receive, its just recompense in reward or pun- ishment. Rather is it such because it provides a setting in which mar- ality is possible, and to do that the divine wisdom must often leave goodness unrewarded, that it may shine by its own light, and evil un- punished, that men may abhor it for what it is and not only for what it brings with it.

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such visitors in their effort: to reduce the walf- population which has become too large for em,"

corder and Times.

Britain are sponlaring a new tram. lotion of the Bible. ‘H19 mm,‘ suggestion came from the General Assembly of the Church of Scat. land two years ago. Since then the

angles at a series of special con. ferences. A statement issued by the Oxford Cambridge University Press, who will hold the copy- right, emphasizes that there must be of necessity many years of draft- ing and criticism before_the final manuscript can be produced. This new work is not intended to dis. place the authorized or revised versions of. the Bible now used in all English speaking church“ throughout the world. It will be n totally new translation into modern English made from the Original languages. — UK Information 0r. fice. __._ r

Old steam locomotives are hab- bllng inta the "graveyards" at the fastest clip in history as the rail- roads‘ dieselizution programs move into high gear. A tour of any one o£_a dozen boneynrds from coast. ta"coast dispels all doubt that the coal-fired "iron horse" is doomed. It's even more convincing than a talk with old-line producers n! steam engines, who report they have either converted production entirelyto diesel types or curtail- ed steam facilities to an infini- tesimal level. Lined up on a sirl- ing at Modenn, Pa, along historic Brandywlne Creek are forty stem“ engines: many more are an their way, Once they served their own- ers well. Now these DE‘s (displac- ed engines) and their tenders arc awaiting the acetylene torches and giant alligator shears. Last yam- Luria Bros. & Co., Inc., one of iiw country's biggest scrap‘ dealers. bought and scrapped 250 DE‘s nnrl tenders at its IOU-acre "graveyard" in Maclena. This was a handrail more than in 1947 and nearly triple

the number scrapped at the yard in 1940. — Wall Street Journal.

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comfort or safety. - Brockville R9.

A Joint committee of ahureisee in "

idea has been discussed from all ‘

hearts. The writer of the Wisdom

vinclai conditions. For example, l/Ollllflfled ‘down t0 611F111. landing

The populace crowded round, for they had never ieen such a spectacle before, and eventually, after a lot of standing and staring, someone bought the luckless lady for half a crown. There was a great outcry throughout West Cornwall and before long both vendor and purchaser were in gaol. But punishment did not always follow a wife sale, for in i835 an elderly labourer — also e Cornishman — got tired of his wife, who was only thirty, and took her ta market with a halter round the waist. He auctioned her but bidding was very slow and he was forced to sell her to the only customers, a pair of travelling tinkers who bought her for fourpence. And then the col- lector of market tolls decided that the transac-

Chandler Brothers Woodworking Plant, Langworth Ave., is forging ahead. These two en- terprising proprietors have done a great deal of fine interior work for leading citizens, the iat- est being in the stores of Prowse Brothers and W. W. Weiiner, both of which firms are laud in their praise of their handiwork. lt is encourag- ing having young men like these starting out and making a name for themselves, instead of hang- ing around in the expectation of government jobs.

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Special celebrations in Britain will mark the bicentenary of Goethe's birth this year. Theatrical productions in English and German,

for Education? person should kn sent situation

why 'not study what could be clone

without a jar about twenty feet from where he had started. Thou- sands of upturned faces on the grounds, and many on the city streets, followed the course of the

Every intelligent ow that the pre- in that field is

universe as taking up

of Solomon describes the created arms an

God's behalf and going forthwith him to do battle far righteousness. Few men can long endure the

simply alarming. Yet --— ln closing I would suggest that those who feel like throwing chal- lenging statements lit the C. C. F. party do it in the open. Why not meet the members of that party in 80MB ioint meetings and show them where they are in the wrong? They should he able to do it be- cause they must be intelligent. Or perhaps there are not any intelli- gent people at all in our Canada! I am, Sir, etc.

At FREEND. Wellington, P. E. I.

intrepid young birdm n. The last flight completed yester

thought that the world order which has somehow produced their can-

dgy afternoon, Captain Baldwynf science'snd their ideals is yet neu- tral in its attitude to both. in this sphere neutrality is scarce- ly to be distinguished from hostil-

Aviator Peoli and Mechanician Stone got to work dismembering the machine and packing the parts, preparatory to shipping it by ex- it press. This morning they left for Dogldbury, Conn., thence to cer- tain points in Ohio and Illinois where flights will be given.‘ These aver they leave for New York, whence they sail for a five months’ tour of the Orient. The machine

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Yet the moment that is taken to mean that the world else system of rewa ds and punish- ments, experience test. Every mother who has watch- ed by a dying child, every refugee returning to seek what was once

is a neat, pre-

odges its pro-

1! 301M510“; and 5 y,“ deem his home amid the rubble of a

tian concerned him. He did not know the correct charge so demanded a penny from the husband, the sum that was always paid after the sale of