‘- ‘j _ _ _ , y , _ _ . ‘ _ . . , _ , leader of the villagers sot. ll e ti‘ 4jjzw'u‘ , H \I\‘O0l\ at, Oftltavfa atipogesmaré foi MacLean of gummemde, also mgdes m tlONsTiLfAlgfdfl€igflilnTbE and] when éhe id; l‘(’2till do bull‘: h‘ r ‘ u o k» L- r e- - ~ are“ e "r Charlottetown and is emcee‘ viii "w MB. at; ~.'.:*:l'.‘.".:..:l .‘.‘££.-J°i’.§§“i‘I.‘-; ‘ __"_ "d1 @3995 "l ea 9' '

PAGE FOUR . ._

THE

GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

DECEMBER H, 1949

‘Editor and lllunnglng Director. J. R. lluroelt. Auioclulo Editor, Frlnls Walker.

_"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

THURSDAY. DEC. 22. 1M9

K'H.»\RLO’I‘TE'I'O\\‘N.

i Nurses’ Placement Bureau

Association of P. E. l. to set up a Provincial Placement Bureau deserves widespread sup~ port. A central office. or clearing house,

task of supplying nurses as required and, particularly. in assuring that the most urgent cases at any time would receive ade-

work. The contraryq however, is the case today. and the problem is to make the niost cttlcicnt use of tiie trained personnel now available. lt is iii the interest of each coni- iiiiiiiity". and of the Province, to help assure that no patient. urgently requiring the serv- ices of a nurse. is neglected because no one knows w here one can be found engaged in a less tiressing task.

They used to speak of Mr. King's “pro- verbial hick". But. in the opinion of the Ot- tawa Journal. lVlr. St. Laurent has it all tfl\"€l' his prctlecessor in this respect. “We are thinking," it says, “of that chain of events (the last of which came about over British food contracts) which com- pletely demolish all the things which the Government held. and asserted vehemently, dining the last election.

“The voters. in June, didn't know the truth: the Government kept it from them. The Government. didn't. say (what they knew to be true) that our exports to Britain were going (they said just the contrary). They wouldn’t admit that they would be compelled to devalue our dollar (they said

say they were suppressing a report of their

Parliament in the process). They didn‘t re- veal that their Department of National De- fence would have no dealings with their Na- tional Film Board because they couldn't

trust it. _ “The Government concealed these things,

Things the voters should

lng too badly." they had a right to

have known. things

ernment. luck, incredible good luck, but it ii as public misfortune. Practically every-

f tom them, didn't believe him. Time just ii asnl on his side."

adults Well Sllllslllllotl

llllSSlOll on 'l‘ransportation to voice again scime often-expressed railway arguments.

that it was wrong for the Federal Govern- uienl to assist; in the building of a Trans- (Tanarla highway because by doing this it would be unfairly subsidizing a railway (‘UllipOlllOl'. (he highway trucking industry.

lf the railway spokesman was talking as flie. representative of a company that had never enjoyed any form of Government aid, suggests the Winnipeg Free Press, his argu- ment. would carry great weight. But one need only think briefly of the litindreds of

'l‘lie burden of the argument advanced was »

vative estimate can be seen fioni the fact

no account of the tremendous appreciation in land values since that time, on acreage still held by the railway. Nor does it take into account the already substantial flow of revenue to the railway from its petroleum rights in the Prairie Provinces. From this

Capitalized on a basis of 3 per cent. these oil rights alone are thus worth $40 millions to the company.

other vehicles which carry passengers and goods along the highways contribute nothing to the revenues of the state. This, of course,

EDITDRIAL NOTES

Pilgrims landed at Plymouth this date 1620.

I I O The calendar says this is Ihc shortest.

day’ in the year. I O O

Civic tumours indicate Councillor Farm- er will enter the field for the lvlayoralty in February. O O I College students and others are home for the holiday, reunited with their families for a few minutes a day at least. O O O

The Royal Commission on Transporta- tion will resume its sittings on January 30. It expects to conclude in two months there- after. ‘ O O O

The Mayor of New York gets a salary of $40,000 per annum. That should enable him to keep his new bride in clothes and comfort.

person's thoughtlessness in this mutter trziii

The year's end brings at least one un- welcome chore for farmers and fishermen. By Dec. 31 they must pay the Income Tax collectors two-thirds of their estimated in- come tax for 1949, based on estimated 1949 income, or actual 1948 income. whichever is

immigrants, Mr. R. J. Dinning said at Ed- monton the other day. "The Scotsman is

and can tighten his belt tighter than any- one in times of adversity." O

Reid and Donald MacLean, who received their D. F. C. decorations at Tuesday's wing parade at Summerside. Mr. Reid is assist- ant. accountant at the Royal Bank in Char- lotteto\vn. Mr. MacLeaii. a son of Mrs. Roy

Provincial Department of Public Works and Highways. ~ O O O

In sending a witness convicted of perjury to the penitentiary for three years, Judge Gustave Marin, Montreal, took time out to speak of the total disregard shown by some persons taking an oath. l-Ie said that false oaths and perjury had become a social plague which had to be remedied at all costs. “There no longer seems to be any respect for the oath," he said. “We see God taken as a witness to what one will testify with extreme disdain aiid often with

§d b<§>¢biflliti\' j

Q PUBIJC FURUM g This column ls open to the i

discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- lly endorse the tipiniun til correspondent:

rirétitivlzdi - ~§> i 95c.

COMMUNITY RINK

Sir.-Du.ring the part few weeks

that sucli a rilil; is badly needed.

surrounding (ii>l'.‘iCL. Therefore a number of yieoplt- fell that a Mlllpit open air rink WAS ll good place to begin the work cf ding adequate recreational Comequcntly; a pil‘ li-

o. »— a. 1

meeting l

was quite suczcsstul. A large rcp-

rescnt/ition was present. nrd it

therii progress has been quitt- good. The committee has, iii central. rc- ceivcd good cooperation. This has

rink. We welcome constructive criticism but it. must be accompan- led hy conslructivc cooperation.

sideraible amount of work ls still necessary before the rink will be ready for tho public Thus more public support will hr» required. 'l‘haiiking you for this spacq in your valuahlv papri- \\‘c are. Sir. etc.

Sir.--l :i|ii tint-losing a (Tzinatlian Press clipping from your paper on the 12th \\'|lll‘il should lit‘ cor- rectcd, especially the part which states tluu the cmhzirgo against the import of Clinzitiizin potatoes has never liccn liftcrt by the Stiilcs but is still llilllllitlillPfl.

lu the first, place l\lr, Brooks was not in the llousti on Dcccm- bcr i0. lf y-ou will look in llzin- nird of that. date, pages Il0Sl5-96, you will sec that l askiitl (his question iinrl the fiillf‘! question about Lilo embargo was on whcnl. »-not potatoes.

Tho embargo against potatoes was liftctl rinrly this spring.

l lini. Sir, ntc.

The Age-Old $t0ty Q

He shall Judge the people with righteousness, and thy poor with Judgment, Ho shall deliver tho needy when lie crleth, the pour also. and hlni that hath no helper. He shall spars the poor and needy. and shall save the souls of tho needy.

the most. popular lll cities, vill s and in the country iircas. It would

the small districts of France down through the ages.

lii many countries the yulc lo; (la but-hci hlis an ItlTiDOYtHIlt. plate in the. Christmas rites. ‘In France too this is so. And the custom goes

is lost in the mists of the middle M285.

was called oii Novcmbci- 28. which" hack so tar into the past. that. it

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l l , .

'VNHNHN'HHN'INNNENHVBVNNHHNHNHHENH

A_ Y ‘II _ T H E G U A R D I A N that about 50 years before that the railway ‘WhGTB | Gall. YOII "Bfldll I BIMIOI‘ - 5 o Morning Uutly (Founded In lillfi) had sold,b_ack 8on1? Its granted land to i ‘_ Authorised II Eernnd (Slut! Mull, Pull um“ the Dominion for $1.00 an acre. H; -

i The lllllglip:illl'll1lri‘ll‘ltl‘nosljlnzihln‘ v... Furthermore. this 1936 estimate takes i’ i ,-

Fffih Pr"! "ll"- "W Elia-i nluays stood a chance o! deluttl‘

lish have a flair for coping Wifllt l5 not. quite adequate to m" the law is provided in an item me 5it,uat,1(yn_ gen, w“ . ‘mm’ recently appearing iii Time and. iiidi was in the iiiii flower or u,‘ Tide. of London. Two friends lventt r-iallstic planning, that. had m‘ out to lunch. At. the cold counter, tjgiinlized B. number o! industi-is; in their favourite inn, they found: jmpgged state Count-Dis on Pr“; an agreeable display oi cold D1815, and rents and “Eda and m“ mjo including chicken and ham; but mlsed more o! the some if TE-elgqt: they were informed. a trifle se- m, Their opponents. on the on“,

source. in rents. royalties and reservation we“ no doubt m“ one Demon d d d‘ Th? (lecmun of me Registered Nurses. fees, the company gained a revenue last year ‘,',“gi{i' have either chicken or ham. 230131 “oefresuche sffitfidcfitid‘ ‘t; ' ' ' of nearly $1.2 millions. not. soul. Accardllllly. one ordered the rte-establishment 0f pflyah

ham and the other chicken. When QHLQyDyjSQ‘ and ma; was the ma,“

the plates arrived. each saloinlv transferred under the wat:h ul eye of the waiter. half his portion to the other, so that. each received

basis on which the campaign w” fought. After 14 years of socialism a majority o! the people signified their wish to return to a. system

where rill re istered nurses would be listed. ., . .

and throwing which they could be contact- Ihe ranway Sjokeisnlal] Overlooked sun ‘what “its (iriicgltyizinylioortiixifidiv-s P‘ private enterprise‘ The Verdi?‘

‘ ““ ' . . . . . another factor in this matter. From his mm B“ H . ' . . ‘ F“ '5 “S PM“ “s was ‘h°155“°» W!

ed. would mean a great simplification in the . _ , broken. the dineis vicic satisfied. gcncfauzations Such as Mp com " discourse it might appear that trucks and ‘and the waiter was able to we“ “mm, obscme m 4mm,“

retire with a clear conscience. Time; ,

It: is just. possible, however, that. i when word of this fait accoiupli reached the Food Ministry, the ol- ficlal machinery of regulation may

All through the war. and even more so afterwards, we should have been building up good will

"mate utmmon‘ If the profession were is uite untrue ln licence fees and the

overcroivtletl, the service would be iii the na- q , ' _ ‘ h?“ qllleui’ bmw" _“ ‘mkm- " bi‘ iiiakiiil; Sui-c that the Britta.

. l , t , enabnn" gasoline tax these vehicles pay handsome winniliez Fm PWSS- consumer iUlCW that a big prtypgr.

‘U19 0f all QmP 03019“ _ agenc)» _ =1 Sums to provincial treasurieg d b——-;‘ d m“ ‘he tioii of his food was coming from

members to get their fair share of available it ghoul v Ii ¢ t _ r _ Canada. We should also have gain in the opposition o socia is.ii made sure that he knew the t»

Zealand has been growing and gathering. lii each election the margin of the Governments ,own security has bccii narrowrd. (The rise of IiISEiIlSiGCLlOIi paral- vlcls the accumulation of unsatis- factory resulLs from the social experiment itself. Tlic main caus- for opposition would seem to lie i in the creeping paralysis of laxa- tlon. The later cost hart over- taken the earlier promises. The first penalty exacted by high tax-

lh NQW trcrriclv reasonable prices we we" accepting. No doubt he would have bcrn stir-prised not only at. the, (llléllltlly hut at the fact that this came to him at far less cost than some of the hcavily-subsidized fond from his own producers. Had thcsc facts become well known in Britain ,:ind it was up to us tn iiiahe them well known, the U,K_ authorities might have run 1m, much greater opposition when they blandly proposed switching so

_ Business has been exceptionally brisk. _ 1 d _ t ‘ ,

‘ i - ' ' i ‘ 5 -

k 0f Th G t m’ “‘“‘°“‘“‘““~‘~ m“ as: ‘m .2222. ‘nrsr... l“. ‘c’ °.§“°."- “We 0V8 lllllfill v v ii . '- ' - ~ i I - n "m" m“ ‘a m ma“ “m L“ ° ' .‘i.°§l§~.‘f.TIf.‘.‘§§lii.2'82‘i§.li2‘.§“‘~.1l. --

clicnwlv, i - - l ._ decllinlng production mcaiit higher pd ‘SW11, blcqftgagdgz: lxrsxgnécgur prices for goodS and Sci-vices, So ‘mm, in Great Brita-m have hop in the end the first result (high- N, Yam" than made’ sure m" H" “X99 jmwd ham“ Wm‘ U“? the British consumer would dis- iast rcsiilt (high prices). When llli‘. pm.“ ‘H1011, his bread Cheese and Holland called upon thc people mum and “ha. immzg were um“ 1° 3°! ‘he pmwnms $°"°"“““""‘ mg from. In this hush-hush policv offtheir backs in order that they m, on“, have we played dam)"; might raise their own incentives, 3m‘, “to the hands b! ‘he sum 31° “'55 "m mew‘? “Sing ‘he 37m‘ traders but we have created In £11619 of °c°n°mlc ll‘°°‘~'~"-'M°“' atmosphere where some ill-lii- trml Gazcue- fol-marl spokesmen in Britain can charge us with profilcering anrl Tho comment of (ICF Leader FpDligllliZ. and get away with it, M. J. Caldwell in reference to the it is time that people on both fall of the Socialist government sides of the Atlantic knew how in New Zealand. that “a govvru- important this food export l; to

COURTES}

Of Courtesy, it, is much 1m Than Courage of Heart oa- 14°11.

ness_ .Yet tii my Walks it seems to mo

l

Almost. everywhere it was the cus-

tom to have it burning not. oiilv on Christ-mils day. but in many places

The brothers Thomas and l-‘elix Platter in an old manuscript, des- cribe Christmas at Uzes in Southern

dragging a huge log through the streets. It. was placed in lin enor- mous fireplace which they called t.he "cacheflocfi ’l‘licii the follow- ing ceremony look place. A mp. resentative family was i-i-iosgii, Tm,

right hand - fatiivr. mother

children passed first. a glans of

and then ii handful c-f salt.

left hand of each was held an ll- ‘luminated candle. when this ivns

finished n short pl'll\(‘l' '..- ~ ,1, ,ed in which God was “flillsfidepleiiifll i all might. prosper. i a o

1: The" ‘the youngest. child put, a writ, ‘on nncnwnd of thr- 1.; | vihei gflflthofgvlflllltlfi In thr- immc or a The second child pill. sonic on the

other cud c-f the lo: niid, nzniii, n1] i. chanted “In the name of the Son"

finally n third (‘IYODpCtI a imje in the middle of the lug niid again.

~ H .. - v .. .» a - l. . _ ‘drft ._ . _. 8. maltci has l.rt‘l‘l .ct..l\liig ., i,’ """ , rlehjhiatlon “ as _ nonsense ) frhey d) The file m a C- N- R- “est bQund mill much discussion throughout this LllflSlllldS LU§lU|llS ‘That’ m" Gm" f’! GU15 l5 in COUN- say they were going to remove lent contr015 car is blamed on the not. unusual but illegal ediiiiiiiiiiity- \\lli(‘\i’l wt- iddl slioilltl h.‘ France 95-"- ~ _ _ . _ , reclvem‘ l'"zt t‘ .T. (they said Mr. Drew must be defeated and dangerous habit of including inflam- nvaiter .,,°‘,$,,,‘,).lf, if“ ‘Wis ____ oii Monks I did li-i stoi-rtngtion cause he would remove theml. They dldnt mama substances in Christmas parcels_ one ccmmunitv llllk 3i North \\'ilt- Anion; all the christian fcst- all. shire. It uecd llZlPfllY be stntoil lvals Christliias is. uiidoubt.edl\'.l'1‘h<‘.\' llfvlk me straight into their ' Fl b

0W" Combines Act Cmnmissioner on me mean disaPDointment to man)’- For many y-cdi-s tliflfr‘ hinc lied-ii .1 -“'<"\fl_'1'liY<’-fl Plvli-itcs oii ii wall. flour min-mg industry (breaking a law of . 0 . practically no recreational fiicil- need several llirgc volumes to clitii- All“ (Iolllifhy “'58 l" lllfim all ‘ ities available to lllq youth cl the cr lozethcr the various customs of

Tile first the Annunciation;

The second the Visitation;

The third the Consolation.

Of God that was Our Lady's Son.

The first. was of Saint Gabriel;

Un wings a-flame from Heaven he fell;

And ns he went upon one knee

He shone with Ileavenly Courtesy.

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513mb’ 531d i0 “l9 i-oifntry- There are n? lesser. was obvious that ihc public desir- Nevertheless there are many old ,

issues, our trade is at unprecedented peaks, I o O _ gfiinticenlzxk. A t-diuié-gciisnl .-_.,m-- Mcclufig. wlhlch m8 ho“. m, people o“ lad‘ om o‘ Nazareth “do _ . i _ , i _ _ . W‘ HDDW"? - "Hr giveirin ill‘ l5ti and he 16th - t 1v‘ ‘ ~' " *- Eier} UOCLV 15 DIOSPQWUS- and we arm" d‘) What Canada needs is more Scottish tiill YIOWOY iii build tilt‘ llilk Since? regarded the iiiiiidi-iiiiit-d of i3... ‘ "' “S M" “will "1 “(levy load‘.

Yet was her lace both great and kind.

i For Courtesy was Ln her mind.

in line. Then from rizlit. hand ltl , and ‘

wine. thcli a sninll piece of broad“ lii the i

l

‘ i Old Charlottetown

know" \\ ere kept. under C0\‘€l‘- the best mam-l - i . .1d ii ‘h . - been vorv 0llCOlll‘i':l','ll"'» but we a ii- mmd ti- 1 n! 1- -i . - - - grant in tie vioi . e piesi- haw h“ ‘,1 _ r l ° 5 °i= H" “Md “as .- ». . __ H ‘ _ . . . _ _ ‘ , , 3m 4st,,“ m", u, m“. l _d u l _ M 1 1h» thud it was our Little Lord lt was cleicr dQCG-PUOYL with time 3f a" dent of Burns Packing Company declared Cfldl shortages iiiid lii tome cases ‘lilialflslllionlflljle KQKLI wlioii all the Kings in 8111i: "U-"l bl" ll Was“ t denwcracy- It was (‘Ow in an interview. “He is industrious. thrifty imple- bwa" l° Cllllfi" (lit wii- cllflSilllaS rites of i-ai-ioud killdS “"°"°d=

" mittee and even lose inn. m m.‘ Look place He was so miull you could not so:

His large intent of Courtesy.

Our Lot-d, that. was Our

‘hing Mr- Dnaw aueged and Charged was ' ' Construction has advanced to the n.ancem159q_ son. “TIP? llllli the Public» the facts Concealed Congratulations to Flying Officers D. M. “We Wile", "t" “XV” l" °~‘"\- Oil the 24th of Del-ember. lust iii U” W“ ~"°"' Pm?“ °“"' hi’ m“? ‘nmcc rlwim"? “Co!” Bu‘ a ‘~'°"' nightfall. we saw tiic villagers My Rhyme is written‘ my wmk is

done.

—Hllali'e Belloc.

LAUNLTHING OF THE "ETHEL"

"This fine ship, built by Messrs. Duncan. Mason and Co.. of this city, was launched on Saiturday, the 29th tilt. Being the largest vessel ever built on the Island. the rvcnt of her launching attracted ii great ameniblage of spectators, and we are happy to say that the majestic style in which the huge mass started, and entered her des- tined clement, amply compensat- ed thr crowd for the time they were kcpt wailing on the Ferry Wharf and parts adjacent. Owing to hcr great size. she took the ground near the edge of the

Lsdyjs

ment that had been iii power for‘ iis and to them. —- Toronto Fin- li years with~ a slliii majority ‘| aiicial Post.

6.95 a pair

Choose for “lllM" a pair of

Warmly lined with soil fine fur robustly constructed for ionuer wear.

n.

Give Fur-Lined Gloves-He Likes Them

. Capo Gloves Lined

millions of dollars granted by the Dominion a sinister smile. This must CGHSC and wit- lb_m_]'2“:r';"""'r"mm" zliildlidliiidtinun nid iidiiii- iii the fdildciriiddfwusiiistiiilmiiltildi Gootsliln Gloves ~ Gowannmn" to "ailways in Canada to mal“ 1195595 Wh" a", "fined '0 ‘Gstify Wm“ m" "w "O'i"l‘A\VA, ‘Doc: lL-(LIP) Yl‘lic (Tint? Ifojifi-HIOHV continued in the Sprmg tides. when we hope ‘o an‘ ‘ ize that. they are standing on pretty shaky truth.“ Government“ will insviissdviiii Pro- Slime way for the bread Biid finally §§§mf§§°§f,"; "w" h“ around ivheii making this argument ' ' i‘ ili-"sliifiiitigli" “l§‘i'L§dii1=m§ii§§ Qdiic- iiiiiiiimiiiidqalliieil“giiiifdil? ‘ ihie "Sm ‘5 °‘ t‘ ‘°"‘°""““ “'°““‘" Dmski“ Glow, ‘t

According t0 the rePQi-t of the Royal According to an exporter there is a mar- tguiigtzttes,‘érgrigilitsxi-nlyiln; them, shouted "Joy _ God we: mgtiggi-algndulso‘li)glil1lll)tlt'0l and; are: . 5 , Commission on Railways and Transportation ket; for all we an produce in butter, eggs m: Compwns’ ' _ mhhereupnn mh personlmned . brfll‘ ttiilsiidd with very elo-bor- Bearskin, ‘i in Lanada. l5u51-32 (The-Duff Report) the am? poultry m he MallltlnléS, and in Oii- Rogsiiiyilai; l0G2l.-d-i|'_‘r“i"ir0:la(i§d (P; zllggmtggréheigggdhz T] each o! 2139531g‘géiefivécryndiepaféngisggd slid: Hand‘ “whoa I ‘£§’..i§‘..3.‘;‘.'f‘l..?i..2‘§.‘ii?.l"'iidfii.e‘ill‘éi"f.ii iiZL°..‘.‘.'Zi°‘.§t.?;.§“ ?Z.“.‘i'..°¥1ZXi“lZ’.'.“iCL‘i-ZI ..Il‘?£‘“il‘.“.“i‘. ,,;;h;,;,;<»ii§,.;;5i$13.25.. that. t5???....“"i..fi'.lf..."°fdi£ifit'ii $6.00 . more than $1,300 millions. While the Cana- he gays, P, E, I, will be booming with all firrfgfll,“ ’,‘,'S‘§,',,Hi'i;1nI>cii;i;i;;i;§§§é burn tlie,table if pliicrxlofiigoiixiijt? rgéqzegfgffinjfizilléh zguelfte‘, “mid Pighlx Glow! rlian PHClflC System TGCClVQd only 8 Péla- the {rang-Canada rgadwgrk, bridge opcr- ends. The three-tiny conference Riga? ,',','f"’,h°,.“§f,‘,’,','y rggthcae‘: inch; breadth of beani, 38 feel; O