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THE firm» LIST

Under the new Dominion Fran- chise Act. entirely new lists are in be made up this fall and the an-

nouncement from Ottawa of the appointment of the registrars of el-

‘a-"ietors for the various constituencies] -_

jdicates the time of registration 3am near. The Ottawa despatch Seaks of them as “revising offi- One of the duties of a regis- r is to act. as "revislnfl 0316K" _;-;;Each registrar will appoint two rsons as enumerators for each ‘ban subdivision and one enum- erator for each rural subdivision. The nomination of half the urban enumerators is left to the candidate who received the highest vote in the last federal election and of the other half to the candidate cf an opposed political interest who re- ceived the next highest vote. For good cause the regisirar may refuse any nominations and name his own- The enumerators will ac: together, and in case of dispute Lhe decision is with the registrar.

Under the Act, the appointment of the commissioner was made, not. by the Government, but by resolu- tion oi’ the House of Commons, all parties unanimously concurring in the choice 0f Col. Thompson. Hg is

., the sOn of the lat: Sir John Thomp- Prime ‘Minister.

It is understood that Coionel Thompson decided i0 give all parties a “lock in" when making the sel- ections for which he is wholly re- sponsible. Politics were not qualify- ing considerations. It is claimed that, of the 245 selected. 45 per cent ‘were Conservatives, 45 per cent. Liberals, and l0 139i‘ céht Inde- pendents. If any unfairness or in- competence is disclosed, Col. Thompson undertakes to d‘smiss the officers. He himself cannot be in- tcrfercd with except by statute. Nor. if it were so desired, could he be removed save for the reasons which govern the removal of jud- ges. The position has a judicial

status.

Colonel Thompson will scon call for

voters.

unprecedented world depression -

still more marked if commodity val- ues are taken into consideration-is evidence that the Bennett Govern- ment, having "sowed the wind, is reaping the whirlwind!" On the con- trary, it is proof of the foresight 1nd statesmanshlp of Premier Bennett in" i urginS. at the Imperial conference in London in 1931, the policy of Empire preferences which was embodied in the ag ements “ ‘ ’ at Ottawa the following year. Mr. Bennett's policy at the London conference, says the Liberal organ, "was sum- med up in that descriptive comment ‘humbug’." It need only be add- ed that the British Lnboritc, Rt. Hon. “Jimmie" Thomas, who made that comment, took a leading port in the Ottawa. conference and has since been a stout champion of the Em- ‘pire agreements and an enthusias- tic admirer of the leadership which Premier Bennett showed on that 06- casion. Unlike certain 111131111 politicians and newspaper! 111 m“ country, Mr. Thomas was big enough to see his mistake and get solidly be- hind the great trade movement which the Canadian Prime Minister inaugurated.

EDITORIAL NOTES

It is nothing now for Island cars to take a run to the mainland for an afternoon.

It is suggested the Hochelaga should reduce her auto rates in com- petition with the Car rem’-

The mystery is. who invited Messrs Paterson and Colwell to dil- ate on the Confederation League?

"Where ignorance is bliss ‘tis folly t0 be wise" must be the sentiment of Premier Bennett regarding the alleged kidnapping plot.

As. according to evidence, "wine, women and clwll-ilni." Dlwflfled the last night on the ill-fated M0110 Castle, it was natural the alleged incencliarist should pick the library for his fell work-where he was ai- most sure to be unmolested.

a general registration of

Each registrar will thereupon mall . a public notice to each postmaster chief Birtwhistle rightly draws

; in his district, which should contain attemia“ to the wonderful “card 2 the necessary information as to the for observance of law find order m -'- time and minncr of registration. the Guy during Exhibition week and lsmmg also m‘, hours and faces Jacques Cartier celebrations, when : n; which he win be available IOI’ the" we" “““"P““°d °'°“'d” m g consultafimx the city. and not a traffic accident ’ The urban enumerators must or other untoward incident reported.

maize a house to house canvass for qualified voters and must afer- ‘wards leave a notice at the hcuse informing every person whether . they grant or refuse his or her ap- E pication for rcgistrafiicn. Both in ; urban and rural communities, the Z lists compiled by the enumerafors will be posted up in tire pcst office 1 0r other public building. The voters 1 should examine these lists and make Sure that their names are included . and properly spelled. ‘Those who 3' would add their names to the vot- j er-‘s list. either before the prelim- I inory list is completed or at revis- ion, must aipply in writing.

I The electors last chance is to ap- l pear at the revision, the date for which is publicly set. Here names I may be added cr, after written notice, struck off for cause.

, Once the revision ls made the list ‘ in both urban and rural districts. is _'~ closed finally. Appeals will go to I the county court judge only in 1 cases where there is a disputed . nnme. In other words, the voter _T previously must have done his or j her part.

Attorney-General Roebuck is said to have returned to Toronto dis- comfited because Canadian lawyers as a body declined to endorse his proposals for severe penalties for kidnappers. In this connection may we remind Mr. Roebuck of the re- cipe for hare soup-"flrst catch your hare!"

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The city Councillors are- unani- mous in recommending speeding up of jobs for unemployed: unfortun- ately, offlcialdom in Ottawa is so busy working overtime trying to get the various schemes systemitiz- ed for checking and auditing pur- poses that it cannot find time t0 issue the necessary permits for work to begin.

"Toronto the good" is fast losing its reputation since the dill-Ilse oi government. Its leading brewer has been kidnapped; its Premier has been threatened to be “bumped- off"; it has in its jail three alleged kidnapping conspirators who had the Canadian Premier as their in- tended victim; and now the police ‘statistics indicate that the nurrber of arrests of drunken car drivers has increased 78 per cent since the respectable beer parlours have open- ed for businoel.

‘ OUI.‘ TRADE INCREASE

An interesting point raised by the local Liberal organ in its attempt w discredit the figures showing Can- ada's phenomenal trade recovery during the past year, is that present prices are higher than in 1933. Vol-

; ume, and not value in trade returns,

‘ l; contends, is the proper criterion.

7' Applying this argument to its 0WD figures for the peak year 1929, We have shown that prices were much higher then than now. 8nd M1150" quently the present figures in dol- lars and cents represent a. much greater volume of trade than would be represented by the same fiiilrefl for 1929,

But it is incorrect to assert that there has been no increase In trade volume as well as in values during

. the pug year. According to the Do- ‘ minim Bureau of Statistics. the Phi- sicai volume of business in Cflnfldfl at the end of the first half of 1934 was within 4 per cent of the average volume attained in 1990. the Y"? which initiated the last wave of world prosperity. At the end of Jurei: this index stood at 96.8 as compel‘

with sen in the previous June and wood mode several inquiries about In average level of 79.7 for the Y?" h" P"”P°'°d mmmn‘ wur’ and

A despatch from Ottawa yester- day carried the misleading statement that “both New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have market- ing boards of their own but they did not pass legislation enabling the Do- minion Marketing Act to function within their boundaries." The state- ment in so for as it applies to this province is doubly incorrect. We have not yet established a. provin- cial marketing board; but the en- abling legislation was not only pas- sed, but passed unanimously, at the last session of the legislature.

In connection with the remark in an interview with Mrs. I-nrwood, Boston, that when she inquired about n Maritime tour ot the C.N.R. office in that city, about s11 the in- formation concerning Prince Ed- ward Isiend she got was that it would cost her $4M addition for o ticket to Charlottetown, we are ad- vised this is not correct. Mrs. Har-

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against a world-wide war which while it has not been stridentiy or- tlculate. is manifesting a growing influence for the peaceful settle- ment of international differences. This is l. largo body of the public which, realizing the naked truth of war, and having had good but bit- ter reascn to appreciate its barbaric futility, is becoming more aggres- sive in its insistence upon measures to_ avert so terrible n disaster. That movement is growing in volume and formidabllity and is exercising o powerful influence upon govern- mental international policy, espec- ially ln the Anglo-Saxon countries. -Vfcwria Times.

Cfvlliuifonl endnrc only u they succeed in passing on their best things to each succeeding genera- tion. For that reason education has always been one of the primary concerns of mankind. One reason assigned for the persistence, viril- ity and toughness of fiber that has madelthe Jew the miracles of the Ems is that no notion has so com- pletely mastered the knack of hand- inB down to its children the per- manent results of her past achieve- ments. ‘Ilo retain is just as neces- sary as to attain. Anything that is to live in the heart of the nation must be planted in the hearts of its children. Any nation that sluc. kens in its education is a nation on the road to decay.

It is now well known that a fav- orite financial devlce in Manchuria was to issue paper currency in the season when the grain and bean harvests came on the market. The issuing banks, which were connect- ed with the administration. financ- fd i118 grain trade; but after selling the grain and beans in the export mflfket for foreign currencies. they allowed their own paper currencies t0 001181356. thus leaving the pa”. ant and farmer with only a rrac. tion of the real value of their harvests.

I" Planning a new town or vil. 153° the"? 18 Plenty of swpe for or- 181118110)’. In most of the dder cen. tree there was no planning at an, 0f course there were firings which the most farseeing designer mum "03 911F800. such as the coming of the automobile, making ghe city street more dangerous for pgdeg- trians than the railway track 91d cities contain a good many houses built before modem plumbing came into fashion, and before electricity D-flYed so large a part in providing household conveniences. New invgn- tions may render further changes desirable. But it is possible to make m-Sgglsgble rpgovislionlfor space, air.

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Y0"!!! Dcflpie sometimes com- plain of life's monotonous dullness and tameness. Gone are its fresh- ness and its bloom! The root of the difficulty is not far to see-life hag become stale because there is siale_ "PS5 Within- Keep the life within 515F098 and virile and clean, and m; life of the great world without shall be fu’l of zest and nevcr_ 09951118 keenness of interest!

It is a very remarkable coincid- ence that employment in the Unlt_ ed States has reached its peak when fofelkn trade-including lnypgrtg._ was Bfefllfsli. 811d that it has struck ifs lowest depths. notably in 1.032, when 70791811 trade was almost dead . . . If we can just learn to 199k at this question of foreign {rfldg n1 the practical light of all that. lLlS hBDDEXIed in the past, we can safely put theorizing and hair-splitting aside. I believe. and convince our- 591V98. 011i; 0f our own rich exper- ience. that we are prosperous when “W181i trade is vigorous. and that we are in a very bad way indggd when foreign trade is hampered and hamstrung.

It is quite incorrect (o spcak of Fascism and Nazlism in the same breath, and as for murder, torture and exile. the total death roll of the entire Fascist revrfution in It_ 81y was 4.000. of which 2,000 were Fascists. whereas the Russians ad- m1i 1.300.000 actual executions in the five years 1918-23. Nob even those who drew up the manifests will deny that the first and most urgent political objective of p.15- cism was to ensure against Com_

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MR. BRAIN OF TIIEHIIMIS

Is it the Scotchma-n or the En. gishman who cannot see a joke? Courtesy dictates that I should an- swer “the Englishman." seeing that I Hm Enkllsh myself and r do not desire to hurt the feelings of my Scotch friends. Moreover, the Im- gllshman. won't mind. '

Mimi’ years have Passed since the Parliamentary Press Gallery went to Quebec on a week-end trip un- der the leadership of George H. Ham. The particular object of the journey was to welcome twenty lending British journalists, who were coming to Canada as guests of the C. P. Ft, "to spy out the land." ‘ ,

When Lord Shaughnessy first mooted the invitation to David Mc- Nichol, general manager, he inslst~ ed that as far as possible‘ the vsit- ors should be men who had not previously visited Canada. This stipulation was impressed upon the editors of the newspapers who were each invited to nominate a repres- mtative to make the tr'p. As a re. ilt, out of the twenty who ar- rived in Canada on this particular occasion, not more than two had previously crossed the 'Atlantic. Prom London there were three or four correspondents. the others haiing from Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester. Leeds, Shef- field, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Edin- burgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dublin, Belfast, etc.; altogether a very rep- resentative body.

The Press Gallery boys were on the wharf at Quebec when the Em- press came alongside. We sang some of our rousing gallery chor- uses and then gave “three hearty British cheers" for our visiting con- freres. The effect upon the vist- ors was amazing, more so when they learned that we had travelled three hundred miles to welcome them. The dcan of the party was Mr. Ernest Brain, of the Times, he being the unanimous choice of his travelling companions. At recep- tion functions Mr. Bran did not always answer tothe toast of “the visitors?’ cs dean he insisted upon passing the honours around.

On Sunday afternoon the Quebec Board of Trade was our host for a trip up the St. Lawrence. It was a very hot day and when the invi- tatlon for refreshments was ex- tended there was a general move to the vicinty of the bar.

With over one hundred men con- centrating at the one point at the some time there was some confusion, and the demands for liquids came faster than the “barkecp" could flll‘ them. Accord- ingly half a dozen Quebeckers

Among them was the Hon. J Bureau, then sol citor-general of Canada. With his coat ofi’ and corkscrew in hand, Jacques was extracting‘ corks with unparalleled energy. Mr. Brain, who was near- by, squeezed through the crowd to my side and inquired. “Is it true that the gentleman on the other side of the bar is the Canadian so- lcitor-gencrai?" I replied in the affirmative and asked if there was anything wrong about it,

“My ——" said Brain. "the thing is incredible, a member of the gov- ernment acting as bnztender. I would never have believed it." “Oh you will get over your sur- prise," Ireplied. "You will see ma- ny more amazing things before you leave the Dominion."

The Britlshers went. as far west as Victorn. They saw the harvest fields of the prairies at their best; they visited many of the scenic points in the Rockies. Everywhere they went they were busy taking notes and later hundreds of col- umns about Canadu appeared in the newspapers they represented. The trp cost the C. P, R. several thousand dollars, but frc/m an ed- vcrtlsing standpoint it was well worth it .

At Calgary the visitors were en- tertained at u banquet by the Board of Trade, and there they

munism.

The most interesting people urn

met my friend. the late Mr .P- J. Nolan, K. C., one of the outstand- ing mcn of the West. He was a

to be found in small towns, in small stores. and at tasks that gf-l ford but a small compensation for. honest labor performed. It seems so, easy to talk to such folk. There it‘ so little. or no pretense. There is’ also such a wholesome outlook up-i on life. Herc. too. most genernllv 15 to be found the irndcrstanding heart. Michael Falrlcss wrote cf this WDe oi’ human being in such beau-l tiful fashion in her immortal ittlci book "The Roadmender." "I have. attained my ideal," her character says. in the firs: chapter. “I am a roadmender." He continues: "I wonder how many beside myself have attained, or would undcrsanri‘ my attaining. After all. what do we ask of life. here or indeed hereafter, 1 but leave to serve. ‘,0 live, to com- mune with our fellowmcn and with ourselves; and from the lap of earth to look up into the fncg of GMT-Exchange '

Boston agency is fully ailvc to the attraction and holiday possihiiiifs? of the Island, and never fails tot boost them. nor 1934 season, or a2‘ tours arranged for Enstem Cnnada,; no fewer than seven are routed in-, to Prince Edward Island. The agency is fully supplied with liter- ature of the Tourist Association, and also C.N.R.. publications, and no , opportunity is missed of bringingi them to the attention of lnquirersl and others. It is highlyvsatlsfactory to get this assurance, and we are satisfied the interests of the Prov-

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ince are well and adequately look- ed after by the general agent and hi dad in Boston.

wonderful story-teller; his caustic wit and rich brogue delighted ev- erybody who met him socially. Some weeks later he told m2 what had occurred at the Calgary din- ner to the Brltishcrs, at WlllCh Mr. Nolan was chairman.

The duty roster had brought it round to Mr. Bran to respond on behalf of the visitors. After grace- fully cxpressing the thanks 01f his colleagues and himself for splendid hospitality extended to them, the Times man said the Ca- nadian visit had been a revelnton to all. Hitherto his holidays had been spent each year in the British Isles, with an occasional trip to France. Last ycar he had gone further afield, having vsitcd Aus- trin-I-iungairy, and now this year had come the wonderful trip to Canada.

When he sut down "Paddy" No- lan as chnirmian rose again and told Mr. Brain that while last year he might have passed through Aus- fria-Hunzary he muld rest asmred he would never go through Canada hungry. ‘

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THE TREATMENT OF SLEEP- LESSNESS - INSOMNIA

31;- _ In a recent issue of’ the Guardian we noticed a loll-B!‘ 51'0"! senator J. J. Hughes in reference to the Potato Growers Association of this Island. We paid the first dollar that was ever Put 11"" m“ Aswfm" tion, and have been on the direc 0t- ate ever since its irwePilllll- Hughes wants a ROYBI C°mm155°n to investigate the affairs of the As- sociation in r6811"! t0 its conneclikon with a. man named DYB1 °- B‘: York. We know the 1118111180111?!‘ would only be 90° 819-11 19° hue 5“

a. commission, provided the Associa- tion was not put to any additional gxpen5e, To satisfy critics like Mr. Hughes the Asociation had to set a chartered accountant outside of thg ‘Province at a cost of seven hundret ‘dollars. And what did he find? Th8 ,the two men who had alum-ed 3:6 ‘books gave a true account 0f g ‘wonkings of the Association. It almost unbelievable the wild stories told about the workings 01 the A5- sociation. Now we know lrriistilsf: ’ 8V6!‘ VB