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'THE_ GUARDIAN‘

Ins-ill; 1 Authorised ee llennnd Olson llul, Poss Ottloe Department Ottawa. no Island auras-h Pllhlllllllll Co. Idltor nnd llassnglng Director. J. B. Burnett;

Asooelnleldflor. Isaak Walker

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' fTlrl Strangest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CHABLOTTETOWN, THURSDAY, MAY 27. 1948

Mr. lhsolllelrol’: Pnposals

Once more Mr. _J. R. MacNichol, Progressive Conservative member for Toronto-Davenport, who is a frequent visitor to Prince Edward Island, has shown his keen practical interest in Maritime problems by advocating a vast expansion of elec- trical power plants and transmission lines in each of the three Provinces, which he maintains can be supplied from coal resources in the Maritime: as cheaply and efficiently as from hydro re‘ sources of Ontario, Quebec and British Colum- bio.

It may~ be noted that while the Charlotte- town plant is at present burning oil, a.change- over to coal is contemplated owing to the great- ly increased cost of the former fuel. The new boilers are designed to burn either ail or coal, though complete equipment for coal burning has not yet been obtained.

In Mr. MocNicho|'s opinion, the output of existing plants should be doubled in several Maritime centres, including Charlottetown which should have another plant producing 25,000 horsepower. In addition to increased power out- put and expansion of rural electrification, there should be an all-out program of rehabilitation in aid both of Maritime agriculture and industry.

The Toronto member's suggestions with re- gord to the power plant at Charlottetown are more or less in line with the Hogg report which- was prepared for the Provincial Government last year, and which outlined plans for on $8,000,000 Province-wide electrification program covering a period of ten to fif een years. Mr. Hogg, how-

: ever, assumed that t is would be ‘an entirely Pro- vinciol undertaking. In Mr. MocNichoVs broad- er scheme the Federal Government should pay one-third of the cost of building new Maritime plants and erecting transmission lines. It should also make a capital grant and pay a subsidy on additional power produced and sold.

This argument applies particularly to Prince Edward Island, which owing to lock of industries cannot be expected to finance a big undertak- ing of this kind, however necessary to our fut-

. , ure development.

f ’ ».~ The point to be noted is that this pro-

' ‘ posal does not come from a Maritime member

',_ but from a hard-headed, experienced Ontario . industrialist, wh'o has no axe to grind so for as sectional politics is concerned, and who is evi-

'._I_ dently sincerely convinced that the Dominion

would gain tremendously in revenue by aiding qMoritime industrial development on a large inf " scale.

That liar Ferry llotlclt

Credit is taken at Ottawa for not includ- ing, in the Dominion-Provincial tax agreement, funds to make up the deficit of the Prince Ed- ward Island ferry service. This old red herring is evidently still doing service with the powers- ; A that-be, and is used on every possible occasion to mislead public opinion as to the treatment =- this Province has been receiving.

' There is, in the first place, no such service f as the "Prince Edward island Ferry." Both the Borden and Wood Islands ferries operate as r» inter-provincial services and are of mutual bene- ' fit to the Provinces thus connected. " In the second place, the Borden-Tormentine i... ferry operational costs are not chargeable to the H? railway at all but to the Dominion Consolidated Fund. This change was made in I933, under g the MocMillan Government in this Province and ' the Bennett Government at Ottawa. Since I942 the investment accounts have also been separ- ated from railway investment accounts. This is in accord with section 9i of the British North America Act, which vests Parliament with f exclusive authority over all matters coming with- .1". in a certain class of subjects including (sub- -» section l3): "Ferries between a Province and any ' British or foreign country or between two Prov- r inces." In effect this means-as Premier Jones Lpointed out at the Dominion-Provincial confor- ence on the tax agreements—that our ferries connecting this Province and the mainland ‘__' "should be national highways under the terms . upon which we entered Confederation." This is, -- in fact, the policy of the national Progressive u Conservative party as enunciated by Hon. John , Bracken. It is to be hoped that our Liberal rep- --resentatives at Ottawa will be able to persuade - ‘the King Government to take a similar attitude.

Flshlss ilrousils ls Banger

Signs that the rich fishing grounds of the _North Atlantic are beginning to decline are .-.noted with some alarm by the Globe and Mail. YIFor well over four hundred years, the Grand '_'_‘ Banks and other fishing grounds adiacent to the _., Maritime and Newfoundland coasts have been .' visited by fishing vessels, every year drawing a 2'1 valuable catch for the benefit of the European ,1‘ and North and South American populations. nMenyromontic tales have been told of the "cop- _tains courageous" whose adventurous daring in mall vessels defied the winds and waters of p North ‘Atlantic. With the advent of steam . trswlers, the catch per ship has been enormously increased, and the schooner: of the Qgestlbte slipping strife! the picture.

lllrrestrelned cosipetiiios, however, has been

having its stitch; So oismed are United States

‘ I that conferences have been

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ing to a treaty between the nations participat- ing in the fishing operations in the North Atlan- tic. These include France, Spain, Newfoundland, ' Portugal, the United States, Denmark and Can- ada. In a world rapidlyautgrowing its appar- » ent food" supply, it is extremely desirable that oceanic sources should be conserved sufficiently to provide a continuous flow. of seafoodsto the markets of the world. Canada has a vital inter’-

flsttery ls the, best. method of hand- llng s reluctant child patient. If

Deni-Illa Ill" been advised that

day

loos tern l‘

ent.

ously announced.

est in this matter, and may be expected to sup- port any move to maintain the fishing grounds by equitable restrictions on the quantities taken.

‘- Evrromar. NOTES -

Corpus Christi.

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The Bismarck sunk rm. date I941. i i i *

Readers should note that the King's Birth: 7th, not 9th as previ-

hol-idoy is Monday, June

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Merchants will reap the benefit of the new

American customs regulation permitting tourists

to-take back to the States $400 worth of goods

rather than $l00 a: formerly. . ~ i I i

The U. S. Government has adopted a plan by which married couples can pool their ‘in- comes for tax purposes. Scarcely a voice is rais- ed in Canada to demand this sensible law.

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Mrs. Amelia Jenks Bloomer, American dress_ reformer, born this date I818. named after her, she having inaugurated the wo- men's dress-reform movement (short skirt and T She was. also an advocate of

e trousers). perance and woman's suffrage. ‘A’ i’ i’ I

The claim that Prince Edward Island mode a better bargain with the Dominion than the other six dissenting Provinces does not bear out the declaration of Premier Jones that we are en- titled to a million more than we are actually receiving.

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Red Letter days in our history will be the International Fur Conference from July I2 to l5. It is only but right and fair that the seat of the great silver fox industry should be selected for the first get-together on the American Contin-

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The existence of the Arab Legion paid British subsidy and oflicered by Britons is a source of exasperation to Zionists but being the ful- fillment of a treaty with King Abdulloh, thct assistance can only be withdrawn if the U. N. decides he is an aggressor.

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Lord Macdonald, chief of all the Macdon- olds, has replied that he will be "delighted and.

"Bloomers"

honoured" to accept the invitation of the Calo- donion Club of Prince Edward Island to visit us next July, following his participation in the Gaelic

Magazine.

they don't believe ll. Just remember how well it. works with Mulls.- Wlndoor Stu. ‘ '

Boys who get osrsglst smoking behind the gsrege‘, lly come tn for s. spanking. and doubtless feel abused st. such punishment. It it's any consolation to ahem. they're lucky not to hsve lived so years ago. In 1898 s certain Judge Sohatz. of Mount Vernon, NY, fln- ed s boy 8'3 for smoking and stated: ‘The next boy who is brought be- fore me for smoking, 1 will gltc 10 days. This bad habit. which means death eventually. must be brokgn up.”— This Week. The "oold war" ts not so eold tn the United States, where ti. ls Lo be noted that defence g estimates for the fiscal year, beginning July l, have been increased lo 814.000.- 000.000. We can remember when anything near a billion dollars seemed astronomical but. we seem to have gone past that. stage. May- be we will, ln time, become used to trilllgis, 12 zeroes according to U3. and French ideas, but l5 zer- oes according to British figuring. —Nloaaro Falls Review.

As people grow older and more flamlllar with the elgrertenoe of life they learn b0 bear their troub- les and to see that things are sel- dom as bad as they first appear. The trouble with young people is that because of their lack of ex- perience they take life too serious- ly. Among older people there is a tendency to belied! that youth ls s period of thoughtlessness. hopefulness and happiness; but that. is s mistake. As we grow old- er we may look upon the thing-s that. worried us"1n our younger days as trivial; but they are very very real’ to the young.- Chat- hom News.

The cheapest Soviet. cigarettes cost two rubles a package --oboul'

earned s. day by s larw-palrLwork- er. Medium-priced cigarettes run from slx to ntne rubles, while ex- pensive varleties cost. l0 to 20 ru- bles. Last. month the trade-union publication Trud reported s speech by one Pronln, Food Industries Minister. revealing the extent to which the cigarette industry trad met its planned production. The industry had turned out 11 percent. of the planned production of the cheap cigarettes. 49 percent. of the medium. and 142 percent. of the high-priced varieties. - Newsweek

The police Impounded 110 stray

10 percent. of the l5 to 20 rubles r

the

ing

ogri

Mod in Cape Breton. i i

of the Government.

general inquiry.

ment 2,000 years ago.

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The Maritime Optometrists had a success- ful annual meeting in the City, and visiting members were loud in their praise of the ar- rangements, programme and entertainment, as well as of the beautiful scenery of the Island. Nothing was said complimentary, however, about

rockey road from Borden. I i i i

The Hon. C. G. Power in giving his awn views on what Liberalism should be seems con- siderably at variance with the accepted policies He is opposed to "grant- upon boards, commissions and crown companies" and thinks that essential powers should be delegated only to the specifically mentioned minister and for a limited period.

power without responsibility

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The Board of Transport Commissione again taking up a country-wide freight rates in- quiry. Briefs will be submitted before June I9th and after the Commissioners have answered them, probably some time in July, they will open the It seems unlikely that they will have wide enough powers to give effect to Mari- time arguments but the issue must not be lost by default.

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There is nothing new under the sun, though it is hard to convince some people of the fact. Mr. F. W. T ownIey-Smith (CCF-North Bottle- ford) dug away in history to support his Com- mons argument: when ogriculture flourishes, so does the rest of the country. He recalled that Xenophon, the Greek philosopher, mode the state- tle said the government and the counry should do something to see that

culture is brought up to par. I I Q I

Thepostal officials in Charlottetown state that the Postmaster General was in error in declaring in the House of Commons that there would be a delay in connecting/up Prince Edward Island with the new rate for air service on July I. It appears that the Charlottetown post office has been sending all first class mail from here to Monctoh by airplane, and necessarily when the sew service begins in July the postal matter from here will be in direct contact with the T. C.-A. service from that point. It is satisfactory to

they unduly Infested with psrssttes. -Owerl Sound Ssm-‘Ilmes.

plants hsve become of prime lm- portance in the battle for Ameri- can dollars which ls now curled on by .tbe Dominion government. This la brought to snlnd by en ex- pertence or e resident of Port. lite who was held up at the Pesos Bridge recently because he was

dogs while the society picked up 345 stray, sick or injured dogs. In this connection it. would be well to emphasize that. while the col- lecting o: stray dogs ls strlcLly a police function. the stray cat proh- lem ls left to the society for salu- tlon. Al. the present time the so- ciety is endeavor-ing to give the stray oat. the some consideration as the stray dog. One thousand one hundred and forty-five sni- mals were picked up at owners re- quest lor s nominal charge but s- goin 1t should be made clear that where the owner can not. sffora to Pa)’. the some service ls cheerfully given free of charge. Of 2.400 dogs received stlthe shelter. 310 were returned to their original owners and 296 were placed in new hOlTlEe. Of 3,073 cats received 135 were placed in new homes. - Inspec- tor Bwltzer’: Report to Ottawa Humane Society.

Very few people like beta —tlul. ls those lltde mammals which fly about after dork. There are, ot course some strange folk, natural- ists. who do not mind hsnallng them or having them swoop about. But the average man. as web as women. hastily retreats when one gels indoors, grabs s broom and tries to commit. murder. It ls hlehlv interesting, however. to know that there are nine or 10 mectes of "flltter-mice" found in the Dominion and further. that one of them. the "Silver-hatred", ls a creature of striking beauty. further, those who know and ‘dove’ them. stress that they play a very important role tn making the world s. better plsce tn which to llve in that they devour immense quantities of insects, including mosquitoes- though most_ prefer the little lnaeot. to the much big. ger Ilylrt mouse. They are not, su- thorttles sssure, "bed luck." nor do they get tn women's hair, nor are

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The lowly Iosluae and celery

" y pisses, hibernate snlon, and corn-i i ' . in New ing- " ,llie“eoitlirences oreto

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the Ministry

know that there will be no oldup in connecion with the inauguration of the new rates in this Province.

First civil servant to be suspended under the British Government's recently announced enti- Comniunist "purge" is Mlss‘ Ann George, assist- ant private secretary to Education Minister George Temlinson. Miss George received notifi- cation that the Minister had decided there was a prime locie case for considering that she was a person whose reliability for employment an sec- ret work wos open to suspicion. In o letter to srwrtins Jm loyalty. Miss George refused eitherto odrnit ordeny that she was e member of the Communist Part1. Since then the, Government has decided to‘ suspend the purge lsrlurthsr instigation. . . '*

carrying s head of lettuce and two etsllrs of celery. The aggregate east amounted to something rtke I cents -tn American currency- lytepnha-sru not permitted to brine proarsm forbade the importation of suoh vegetables because these were twp of the things that. were not samtsseble to this oounsry un- eer the new regulstlons. They were ooaflsoeteo-srsd will swerently re- meta tn the stockpile inst has been sooumulstssrg both at Port-Isle end Messrs . The point under ero- phssls ls slur-the vegetables were transom for with e satsstg mm of Amortosn srooey -1ust haw the confiscation ts tog to traps-ave ouhnmesloen dol- lsr belsnoe seems to-be something

mogul-s our. - min n.’ nun-helmet.

for the finance experts st pusws

Canada-Canada's austerity dr

AMUSEMENT TAXI!

Hlfi-Tlll IOUOWID] ll ‘g, ggm- psrs-tlve scale of. the Provincial amusement taxes 4a the three Maritime Provinces bseed on the not. admissions in our provincial theatres. It will be noted that. the P. E. I. tax on an sdult admission of 37o ts double that paid 1p Nov; 38°"! and 175% sreater than the New Brunswick m of 4c.

Net Admission P.E.I. N5. N3. 10o 3o 2e 2c 12a 3e 2o 3,; 15° 40. 2o 2c 25o 8c 2e 3c 990 9 Ba 3c 3c 31c 10c 3c 4i; 37o 11c be ‘so I m. Sir, etc, MOVIE FAN

DAWN IN

THE CITY

Now over the town s. good, clean dawn ls breaking,

Like s. gracious d-ream ln s world of fears;

Softly tn silver and pink the tow- ers are waking

Ilium early mist-titre hour of sun- rise nears.

Now tn the lmn Stirring clty 1s raised the ghostly grail tor which men grape, . .

Fbr this dawn which Is beauty and peace and pity-

Brlng to their waking hearts a desperate hope.

depths of the

And they rlse and stumble on Lo what comes utter:

l-‘rcm the desolate night of ruin and min.

The beautiful and fer country of their laughter-

Where ‘Mam comes on hls hidden youth again.

—Msx ‘Press in the New York Herald Tribune.

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Old , Charlottetown rm r. n r.)

FANNINGS CIRCUIT

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“On the 6th. of June last (1787) I went. on board s six-outed open bost. at. Charlottetown, and pro- ceeded down the l-flllsborough Riv- er out. of the mouth of the hsr- bour, taking my private secresary, my tent and marquees. canteens. two servants and stx hands to man the host. The first day I passed several houses and in the evening enonmped st Prim Village on Lot 57, where I remslned three days, exploring the lands and old fields. which were delightfully situated and had formerly been well in- habited by the French. but st pres- ent rsot s. house or family in sev- ersl mlles of it.

“I then went. round Point Prim and encsmped st. Prlmlt (Plnelte) Vlllsge on lot. 68. Here, also, had formerly been a considerable French settlement. From hence I went. to Wood Islmds. Lot. 58. and encamp- ed twc days. Thence to George- town at Three Rivers end Cordl- gon Bay. Not s soul'ltvlns m sll that. coast. and tract of country . , .. "I then went to Lord Town- shendb Lot B6. on which. st. the mouth of-Grand River, live seven loyalists or disbanded soldiers and no more. From thence I wem to Fortune Bay. Lot 43, s small French vlllsge delightfully situated. having s beautiful harbour for smell schooners and fishing vessels. Ilrom thence to the East Point not s single inhabitant. ~

"Near the Point, on lot. 47, I ers- comped three days. Here were large tracts of meadow lends. From thence round East. Point, nesr Bur- veyors Inlet. where I sound set- tled three or four families of dis- bosided troops. From this settle- ment to shipwreck Point, Lol 43, not s. single fsmlly or inhabitant. Here were four Highland funnies: and from thence to 5t. reters. not an inhabitant.

"At 5t. Peters is a well sell-led and flne comtry. where I remstn- ed s few days and then proceed- ed lo Scotch Savage harbour; op- posite to which Is French lavage harbour. very pleasantly situated vlllsgeo- There I hsd my boot, with ell my baggage in it. put on e sled and drown by four pstr of omen. serous the Pflrlllt. two mlles and s half to therhesd of l-Illlsborougb Rlver, where I ennsmped one dsy and nlehtc‘

"The dey following I esme down fflllsborough River so Ohsslotto-

"he weeks, tn vrhloh time I neither ste. snk or elephant: horas. but ae- 10001 lll W MO going one donli the different creeks, still-l srs. boys sad harbour

BLUES

' GREYS JROWNS

not above five hundred families. at. the utmost. on the whole Island, including the French, Highland

and all other inhabitant-s."

-Letl.e of lieutenant-Governor Farm-ing 10rd Nepesn, Under Secretary of State. ‘