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THE GUARDIAN

..Aiitliorlzed as Second cim nun Post.-Office Department, Ottawa. A The Island Guardian ?ubli:hlng Co.

President and Auoclltc Editor, Ian A. Burnett, Assocllte Editor. Funk Walker.

CIRCULATION "(rovers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

i"Ti'lQ strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

CHAR!-:OT-TETOWN. TUESDAY, DEC. 30, l9diO

llamages For lie-ath

A peculiarity of the law in this Prov- incc, as in many places, is that it is apt to be less costly to kill a man in an accident than to merely injure him. The Quebec Court of Appeals, however, has ruled that no such situation exists under the Quebec Civil Code. The particular section involved was Article 607 which provides that lawful heirs inherit property rights and actions of the deceased.

This permitted the heirs to support a claim for damages for pain, suffering and loss of cnjoyment of life. The defendant, of course, pleaded unsuccessfully that the claims were personal and that the maxim "Personal actions die with the person," should apply.

In Prince Edward Island there is no provision for the continuance of any claims which the victim might have had against the person who caused the accident. Instead a single action is provided for on behalf of the parents, spouse and children of the dc- ceased for compensation for their loss, which is unrealistically taken to be the pecuniary loss suffered by them as a result of the victim's death.

Other jurisdictions have permitted the courts to count other than pecuniary losses in the compensation to the family of an ac- cident victim. In others, as in Quebec, the personal representatives are put in as good a legal position as the deceased would have been, had he lived. It seems only just that one form of relief or the other should be provided for the survivors who might have considerable difficulty showing exactly how much hard cash each of them could have expected to receive had the deceased lived out his or her normal life.

Reindeer For Scotland

The Montreal Star notes that a private society, known as the Reindeer Council of the United Kingdom, has finally won of- ficial approval for the importation into Scotland of a small herd of reindeer. The object is to create a new source of income for the Highlands, now largely denuded of both people and occupations. Thus the British follow the example of Canada which, 20 years or so ago, bought and drove into the Barren lands, a herd of reindeer from Alaska. with the object of providing ad- ditional sources of food for the Eskimo and Indian population of the far north.

The Reindeer Council has brought in Lapp herdsmen to teach the Scots the tech- niques of reindeer care, and it hopes that, in spite of prolonged official opposition, the experiment will result in an economic in- crease in the meat supplies of the country. While wishing the experiment well, the Star points out that the Canadian project, which has prospered, has not proved a suc- cess purely on economic grounds. It has in- deed cost the taxpayers a good deal of money from first to last. Its justification lies in its provision of extra food for gov- ernment wards, the semi-nomadic tribes of the far north who have, certainly until re- cent times, not received too much help.

"Meanwhile," concludes our Montreal contemporary. "the imagination broods fondly over the I-lielanlmen learning about reindeer from the Lapps. It seems to us about the most revolutionary step attempt- ed in those parts since the English tried t.o make the kilt illegal after the 15 and the '45. Reindeer, somehow or other, seem ill suited to the Highland scene. We associate them too closely with Santa Claus and Christmas, a saint and alfestival which won their way only slowly into Scotland against the far greater appeal of Hogmanay and New Years."

cutting llefonse Expenditures ,

,'l'he four-day meeting of the NATO Council last'week arrived at a decision to

1 cut its planned defence expenditures for next year almost in half. Britain's early declaration that she, would slash her 1953 defence program is generally regarded as tbeibeginnlng of the trend. A recent esti- ” mdmvhowwer, declared that economy was 5 , ita.ln'l main reason for slowing down. mg deep wounds ,to remind heryof i huvyicost of unpreparednesp. It was

btdlil-up of Russian

forces in East Germany. These were given as her primary reasons for believing that a slower armament program was safe, be- fore economy was considered. .

A second report declared that Russian strategy in Eastern Europe is deceptive. It'claimed that although Russian strength has not been increased, her equipment has been considerably improved. It also indicat- ed that vast stocks of fuel and material are being built up in East Germany, so that the armies stationed there could attack at an)" time, without making lengthy, large and noticeable preparations.

The fact that all of these reports are labelled "from official sources". says the Montreal Gazette, makes the problem of de- ciding which is correct a difficult one. But

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one fact is definite. Statesmen, under pol- itical pressure, have lowered NAT0lS aims for the coming year. Military leaders have opposed this decision to the limit of their authority. It seems likely that the states- men have decided that 1953 shall be what their military advisers would call a year of ”calculated risk.” The free world will hope the calculations prove correct.

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EDITORIAL NOTES

lf drivers heed the Attorney Gcneral'.s instructions a great many accidents should be avoided. It should be assumed, how-

ing about rules and may at any moment do the unexpected. I O I

New Year's Day will be a Thursday, in 1954 a Friday, in 1955 a Saturday and from then on always a Sunday, provided that the nations can agree on adopting the World Calendar in time to become effective on that date.

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Of great interest and value to our farm readers is the comprehensive review in todays issue by Superintendent R. C. Parent. covering the many activities of the Dominion Experimental Station during the yeah

Doctors who. specialize in treatment of the skin were told at a convention in Chi- cago that colloidal oatmeal, the gummy part of the cereal, relieves skin irritated by alkaline soap and water. Thus science once again vindicates an old wives' tale. Oat- meal has long been a popular, if unofficial, remedy for the winter itch.

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The sudden death in Halifax of Mr. C. N. Bissett, general par:-ager of the East- ern Trust Company, clones as a shock to all our citizens. A native of this Province, and for many years manager of the Chair- lottetown branch of his company, he took an active part in social and community affairs and was in every way a model pub- lic-spirited citizen.

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Over the centuries the Netherlands has reclaimed from sea, lake and marsh about 30 per cent of its total land area. More than half its people live below sea level; they are protected by 1,800 miles of dikes and 2,000 pumping units, says the National Geographic Society. Reclamation of marsh lands in the Maritimes seems a very minor

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g An American firm in Providence, R. I., 'imported 1,600 pounds of British pennies, half-pennies and farthings, arousing consid- erable speculation as to the purpose of the shipment. The New York Times points out that the most likely solution is that the ”coppers" are destined to be made into bracelets and other ornaments to take ad- ivantage of interest in things British during the Coronation.

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling, English novel- ist and poet, was born in Bombay this date 1865. From journalism he turned to writing light satirical verse and tales of life in India. He travelled widely and commenced writing novels, the first being "The Light That Failed". His best work was perhaps the masterly stories of animal life, the "Jungle Book" and its sequel or his short stories, some of them being collected in "Life's Handicap." Above all he was a poet and prophet of Empire. It is said that he would have been Poet Laureate had he not offended Queen Victoria by referring to her as the Widow of Windsor.

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France has spent more on the war in French Indo-China than all the help she has received under the Marshall Plan. Some of her best troops have been tied Qwn in the Far East, and her military losses there have been grievous. The NATO Council, which met recently in Paris, has not only irecognlzed that France is defending the cause of the free world in Indo-China"; it nlsohasreoognlzed thnttheburdenaofthis war-must be taken into account in main: the duties which Fnncegcan reasonably be expected to. assume in Europe with her lstinted resources and over god oom- ,mltmenu. ”

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THE SNOW-SHOVVEII

Stand here by my side and turn, I

Play. on the lake below thy gentle eyes; The clouds hang over it, heavy and KYRY. . And dark and silent the water lies; And out of that frozen mist. the show In wavering flakes begins to flow; Flake after flake They sink in the dark and silent

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See how in I. living swarm they come

From the chambers beyond that misty veil:

some "hover in air awhile. and some

Rush prune from the sky like sum- mer hail,

All dropping swiftly, or settling

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Meet, and are still in the depths below;

Flake after flake

Dissolved in the dark and silent lake.

Here delicate the cloud.

Come floating downward in airy

snow -stars, out of

play.

Like spahgles dropped from the glistening crowd

That. whiten by night the Milky Way;

There broader and burller masses

The sulleh water mines them all.-

Flake after flake.-

All drowned in the dark and silent lake.

-William Cullen Bryant.

Old Charlottetown (And r. 3. 1. 3

ACCIDENTS ON THE ICE

"On Sunday week, Thomas Hunt. Esq., late Sheriff of Prince County left St Eleanors for Prlncetown. by way of the ice. and on his way got into the ice. and lost his horse. We are informed, if was with much difficulty Mr, Hunt. saved himself: as it was, he got. very badly frozen. He afterwards proceeded on foot to Princetown, where he has been laid up ever since. Serious or.- prehensions were entertained for his safety at. St, Eleanor'.a on Mon- day last, in consequence of some person from Malpeuuc falling in with and recognizing the dead horse on the ice, and not knowing that Mr. Hunt. had arrived safe at Prlncetown, it was supposed he had shared the fate of the horse.

"Another accident of a similar nature happened with Dr. Poole. on Tuesday evening last, and very nearly, we are informed. tennlnat- ed in the loss of his own life. 1:. appears Dr. Poole left Charlotte- town for Belfast. for the purpose of visiting a sick person: be pro- creeded to Bellevue and then took the ice for the remainder of his journey. On his return. not being particularly acquainted with the Bay, he was instructed at Orwell either to keep close in shore or keep outsome distance on the ice: and in keeping out instead of driving be- tween Gallows Point and Governor-'.-s Island, he mistook the two points and drove about two miles outside Governor-'5 Island, until he got into the sea ice. and unfortunately lost his horse (Sir Francis. of hurdle racing notoriety) and very nearly himself. on Wednesday on 'at- tampt: was made .to recover the sleigh. but. no trace was to be seen of ii;..the ice having moved off."

-The Islander. Feb. 13, 1845

no ....on Story

And It came to put In those days, that Jenn cum from Nnnrcth of Galileo. and no baptism! of John In Jordan. And Itrnlghhuy coming up out of the mar, ho law he hunnn annual, and tho Spirit. like 1 dove annealing upon him: and than some 3 voice from baron, uyilll. Thou art my be- Iond Son, In Whom 1.1:: vol!

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Fedenl Cabinet members reported to be not amused by sug- gestions that after all the Peta- wawa. report came right. from the ho:'se'5 mouth. - Hamilton Spec- a or.

A cynical friend observes that, in view of the expense attached to the game of golf, it; is hard to believe that it. originated in Scotland. But. please note that Seats are becom- in: rich by selling it to other coun- tries of the world.-Oshawa. Times- Gazette.

Ex-king Flrouk In to lose his Egyptian nationality. under a new Egyptian law. But. he is supposed to have 360,000.00 tucked coslly away in American and Swiss banks, and a. man with sixty mil- lions is likely to find somewhere B. 'country willing to adopt. mm... oftawa. Journal.

While it. in true that "'I'oront.o" is pronounced "T'ronto," "Tranta," with other variations the differ- ence between pronunciation and spelling is not excessively violent and there is no difficulty in ident- ification. Not so with "Dswishim," which appears to have only local pronunciation to Justify its gen- eral application to "Des Joachim." As 1ocal,usage, however, is not. al- ways the criterion. as "Montreal" instead of "Morenl" exemplifies. it. appears to be only a. matter of time before "Niagara Falls" will -be known as "Niffalls." -Toronto Teegrnms.

Cape Bretonen have cause to join with the people of Antigonlsh County in congratulating Charles Albert Falkenham, keeper of the Cape George Light for 32 years, upon his being awarded the Im- perial Service Medal by the Queen. The distant. scene of Cape George across the expanse of George Bay is familiar to those who drive along the road between Canso strait and Antigonish. A faithful keeper of .1. lighthouse seems to represent to every man something steadfast and sure. Mankind as a whole is on a voyage to a destina- tion as yet. ungllmpsed, Amid storm we like to think of a light shining in the night.--(Sydney Post-Record).

Six hundred and fifty elevator operators in the Yorkshire coal- fields were on strike. By striking they prevented 70,000 miners from working, and so from earning their annual overtime for Christ.- mas buying. The National Coal Board, unable to terminate the strike. called upon the wives of the miners, whose acerbatle ton- gues and caustic commentary forced the elevator boys to return to work. The twin morals are that. there is always 9. fitting spot. for women in public life, and that not even a striker should under- estimate the power of a. house- wife on the eve of Christmas.- (London Free Press). '

Ii wonil. be long now before most of us are going to have to make a grave decision. Are we going to greet our friends during the Yule- tide season with "Merry Christ.- mns," Compliments of the Sea- son." "The Season's Greetings." or "Merry Christmas and n. Hap- py New Year?" There is an easy way out of the dilemma. how- ever. If you are tired of using

are these hackneyed expressions. why

don't you do what. we do? Instead of starting the ball rolling. as it were, we wait until the other fel- low says something nice. Then we say: "The same to you." We smile, too. 3! course.-Lethbridge Herald.

It is somewhat. ironic that I 2.200-ton ”cosmotron," so power- ful ns to be able to pick up the pieces after an atomic bomb ex- plosion and start. putting them to- gether again, should be installed, with some fanfare, in a Long Is- land laboratory during the sea- son of goodwill toward men. -Ot- tawa Citizen.

The art of good Eating but been by no means lost. in our province since our grandmothers bequeath- ed. to their daughters the magical recipes for savory dishes. And now the hosts in our fashionable rea- taurantc and mzitres d'hote1 are behinklng themselves to resuming the old recipes under other forms and are giving the Quebec cuisine at renown which is spreading its reputation abroad. For that pur- pose they have created a profes- slonal association that. prides it- self on offering its clientele a choice of special dishes prepared in the Quebec manner which offer the particular savor of the excel- lent. products of our province. Neither gourmets nor gastronomes have anything further to desire for they will be complet ly filled and satisfied.-I.e solell. uebec).

It takes some 50 to 60 acres of southern short.-grass land to carry a cow for 12 months. In terms of beef the return is 10 pounds per acre per annum. In the native- srrass lands of the Foothills dis- Lrict. 35 to 40 pounds of beef can be realized per acre. But in Ari- zona. phenomehal yields of up to 1,100 pounds per acre have been tabbed. under irrigation, and with a mixture of barley and alfalfa seed. In the Hnvre district of Man- tana records show 650 pounds; near Mandan. N. D., where winters are harder than in the Medicine Hat district. 450 pounds, and on control plots in the state of Wash-

ington. 6-io pounds.-Medicine Hat

News. .

Visually. earthlinxs have been brought to within 20 miles of the moon's surface, through 3 series of photographs made with the aid of the 200-inch Hale reflect- ing telescope on Palomar Moun- lain, Southern California. Unfor- tunately, the moon at that. dis- tance looks about as unattractive as most persons expected. Pltted and scarred by cosmic forces. old Luna of the poems resembles a battered sphere of once-molten metal cooled in a crude crucible. And that, in fact, is precisely what it. is. Illusions, of course. will not be weakened . permanently. The gleaming crescent. of 9. new moon. or the bright orb of the moon when full, will be regarded with the some sentimental attachment as before. Nor is man's iunbltion to visit that cold desolation likely to be weakened by what. the glass at Palomar has shown. The moon as earth sees it. is 9 jewel just: I out of reach. And earth people ..belns what. they are, there will be no letting up in their dreams and plans to reach it.-,-Windsor Star.

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Throughout the Province and beyond, we extend the Season's Greetings and best wishes for Happiness,

Peace and Prosperity In the New Year.

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to its crlgln. long age: before that. that man be- gun to mark beginnings, for love of the new or. at least, veneration for

the stuff of human life and conduct. Fundamentally. of course, what. we call New Year's Day is the same as any other day. For every.dawn heralds a new chapter. a new strug- gle, new hope: and new fears, in the story of life. The man who cel- ebrated his llllsi; birthday anni- versary a few days ago gave as his recipe for longevity is. determina- tion to live one day at 3 time. It is good advice. It may not always as- sure extreme old age, but as a. prin- ciple of conduct it sounds reason- able and good. There can be no doubt. that it can be said of most of us that we overload today with cargo that should be carried by to- morrow or the day after. Thus our days are heavier than they need to be. 0 O 0 Nothing is new for very long whether it. be a. mechanical gadget. a. toy, or a. year. Or. for that mat.- ter, a thought. It in of the nature of nouely to give place to routine. The ageing process begins at the moment of birth. In these days, es- pecially, many things become ob- solute almost as soon as they have cleared the assembly line. Inci- dentally ma.ny things besides ma- chines are produced in assembly packages. Many popular opinions, to mention one instance. These, too. often lose their freshness rapidly and are replaced by others which for the moment at. any rate appear more stimulating A "Happy New Year!" is a greet- ing that in 9, literal sense can re- fer to a very short period of time. Within a few minutes .of midnight. Jan, 1, 1953, another year will have come under the routine of wear and tear. It. will be some time, of course. before age begins to take control, but before the heal of the "wild bells" has ended 1953 will be no longer new. 0 I In the sense in which the greet.- lng in customarily cxchanged it has meaning. referring as it does not to the newness of the year but to the 365 days on the horizon. It would take a prophet of the highest. cal- ibre to foretell with any accuracy what 1953 - this new year which everybody is talking about - will bring of good or bad tidings. And really first-rate prophets are scarce. which perhaps is just as well. Life would lose much of its zest: and M1- venture lf the future could be laid out. neatly in charts and graphs. It. isn't. likely, though, that the year will differ significantly from the one it replaces in the calendar of the ages. Taking them one with another, and allowing for some un- toward event such as world war the years follow quite a well used and familiar pattern. Ups and downs, progress and regress. hopes

The Passing Scene By observer NEW AND on:

From the standpoint of the cal- endar the institution of New Yelrs Day can be tgacod fairly accurately

ut. it must have been

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contentment of faith and the nu mess of disillusionment. 13.; in W959 Wing-5 Just about sum Hm! up? , .lll 0 0 0 There Ire. of course. manv qt... tlons we should like to ha"-.c ..,' swered, if it were possible. b.-,,.; 1953 gets well under way. will no.lq war come closer or move a bli. tur- ther away? That, after all, is in, big question and practically an m, others, or pt least a great man, of them, are subsidiaries of it. Bvf, the avoidance of war, llllpUl'lRiiL though it is. is essentially a ;,..g.,L t.ive thing. The positive tart (or Eoodwill among the peoples of the world is what we really h0pe go, At the moment that seems to be 3' forlorn hope. Certainly it, mu M be realized in 365 days. Even so no one can say it must. for evr-;'ns. main a hopeless quest. Here, as in all things that touch our lives, I311 h is the one thing needful. for if we throw faith away we shall be dero. lict, "without. hope and mxgmm God in the world". As Helen Kcllcr puts it: "If I had not. faith to tr-,;;.l( with and suffer with I could my bear the incessant wrenching at my mind caused by the revival of bar. barism and intolerance. the muila. tlon of mankind by war and mr. secution and tyranny. Faith Ls in, red blood that braces when all fails".

"The yeu.1I dying. let it 4:..- sanz the poet. Yea. I suppose to but on reflection we must arlm-t that the year that is passing to lLg close was not altogether bad and useless. There have been many many worse ones. If it did not ful-I fil our best hopes, neither did 1: confirm our worst fears. "Line Upon line. here a little and there a 11:. tie "it contributed something worm. while to the treasury of the pond, It. brought. new evidence, for exam- ple. that. man's historic fight against disease is much closer than if. has been to eventual triumph. And I believe it can be said that during 1952 some further impetus was given to the ideal of 9. com- mon humanlty. It may be that tho dying days of the old will convey some slight impression for good on the first, fresh days of the New The name of the poet has rut- caped me but I well remember 'hI link:

"Only 5 night from old to newl

Only a. night, and so much wrought!

The Old Year's heart all we.-try grew,

But said. The New Year mo hu brought.

The old Year's heart its hope: laid down

As in a grave; but. trusting. said,

The blossoms of the New Ycar! crown

Bloom from the ashes of the dead”.

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