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President, lJolrL-Col. W. Ghoul" l. I VIII-a euldout, J. B. Burnett, I. J looreu-ry Lieul. Col. D. A. Iuklllou. ll. l. 0.

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conduct in such act or performance.

"2. The preceding section shall be read as part 0f the Road Act, 1936 and shall be con- strued as taking effect at the time the said Act came into force, and shall apply to all actions heretofore or hereafter to be commenced fin rfspect to any act 0r performance thereun-

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Notes ‘By The Way

Doubt-less many beside ourselves have wondered just what a ti-Ckiflll , i8, and how it got its nante, but ‘ never found anybody able t0 en- lighten them. The 1uys.ery is now explained by an longish solcitor. who say; it dates back to the days of the old cock-fights. when the

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l should be us high as those in other ‘provinces, all thmgs considered. First we have very little hard surfaced roads, second, our Iran's are much shorter than in other provinces, third, our season is only about seven months. Elsewhere . the roads are kept open the whole lycur, and they can run the 12 ‘months, bcsidcs the gasoline is lower in any other place than P.E.I. Why should we have to

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_._._._ pay 1c p01‘ gallon more to the oil Sin-In my 1cm;- og Wednesday," companies than these other pro-

5 1, in emr, mediated U_ 5, gaso- , vlnccs. This is a matter the gov-

Ilne prices as tax paid, instead of emmcut. should regulate. We be- ,

They were first devised by Dr. L, 1895, as the original Combination W l first of its kind in capsular form ev

Cecil ffrench in orrn Remedy, the er to be produced

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fight was over. the practice grew up of toasting the winning Llrd the bird with the most feathtrs ieit. in

its tail; hence the cocktad. The‘

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ilBener Than He Knew”! The British expedition flew over Mt. Ever-

Our local contctiiporary congratulates PRE- Illllik (jmiviii-zti. on huving a deficit last year of “only $24,054” on ordinary account and a total incrcusi: in lliilllllllCs" of $215,522‘. It contrasts thcsc figurcs with his lust budget statement and says aLlmiriii-gl_v ilizit like the Confederation Fathers, he "buililcd better than he knew.”

Let us sci: how wcll the Premier “builded” in contrast with our CUll[('lIl])Ol'3.l'y'S o\vn assur- ancc of whut the Liberals would accomplish if elcctcd in 11135. .»\t that time it stated that the Qffllllilf)’ rcvi-uuc for the preceding year, the last full ycur of Couscrvzitive administration, was $1,385.777.3i, "and for this year and subse- quent ycurs wc will have an additional payment from Ulliuvu of 5150.000, so that without count- ing Fcdciul contributions under the Relief Act or for other services, there will be available over one and ;1 half millions of dollars for all purposi-s. The ordinary expenditures in 1930,

the lust _vc:ir of the former LEA Govcrttmengl _ 3 _ _ , p U, l that jllSflfy him 1n spending the taxpayers ,.

was $i,i7.\‘_3:.i.85, so that it can easily be so that the Lilicrul pl.'1tf0i'1l‘l_ of a Balanced llud- get is no idle boast. Under the careful and wise glililllllft! 0f HON. \V_ M. LEA, it can lw Hf‘- rmliflir/iuil nil/will additional taxes, uiit/iuiit u culling of suliiriizv, ;,_,,-,/,0“t 81,”, a “flu”, (m,

tnilniuul 1y‘ up), Iilliltlfilry services." (lbitriot, Juli" w. Isms-l And £ljQIllii1 "Balance the Budget annually"

(not in 1113-5‘. or 11139, but every year, be it not- ed) "it cuu be (lone, insist the Liberals. We have Ill‘llll|l\'L‘Il to do it. \'\‘e have the will to do it and wc will do it. Some of the Liberal can- didates show their sincerity by declaring that if it i; no: don; t/iry toil! never run again." (Patriot. rilll)’ 13, i935).

Obviously from the foregoing statements, the Liberal assuriuutc of a balanced budget annual- ly was bziscd on the fact that the Conservatives in their lust full year collected ordinary revenue to the amount of 31.385777, and that in the follow-iii; your i935, (thanks to Conservative initiative) lllUy hud obtained a further annual subsidy invrcuse from Ottawa 0f $150,000. This nintlc $1,535.37 of ordinary revenue, as against the toiul expenditure five years previous- l_v of tllc 1.1-1.1 (jovcrtimcnt of $1,455,678. “S0 it cun casilybt: sccn that the Liberal platform of a liul iccll liuilgct is no idle boast." ‘Plainly the iiifcrcncc was that the LEA-CAMPBELL Gov- ernmcut would cut down the total ordinary ex- peiidiiurcs to a point where at least a balance on ordinary llCUllllll if not 0n capital account as wcll, would be accomplished annually. And this “without additional taxes, without a cut- ting of sularics, without even a serious curtail- ment of any necessary service." Each of these latter specific pledges has been violated, as

est this date 1933. a o Now we are to have government sale, wholc sale and retail, without public control of the revenue therefrom. 1 i! Ill i The Campbell Government collected $101.- 58978 in taxes in 1936 comparcd with S138.- 918.71.in the previous year——0r £55,('i;i,o; more. Of course, it must b‘: horm- lil llllllll 1b."! in the previous fall little effort was mud: lw the Campbell Government to obtain paymriiis I

When the taxpayers realize that practically nothing was done on the roads last year, aiii no public works, undertaken, they must marvel ‘ what- on earth Mr. MacIntyre did with that, $280,000 he spent on his Department 0f Public ‘ Works. '

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u m The Minister of Public \\'orks boasts that he l has now got control of his tlifllllfllllPllt. Does l hard- 21,202.07 in the in ouch of the three page 58 of the Public

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ziriicil money to the extent of $ ‘Allllllfvlllillti! of brides" counties, {l5 set forth on Accounts? w a o _

During his visit to England for the Corona- tion and the Imperial Conference, Prime Min- f ister Mackenzie King has been invited to of- ficiate at the opening May 6 of a new bridge ‘ across the Thames at Chelsea. Reminiscent 0f i his 1926 experience of “blasting through an open door.”

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British Columbia is to have an election this year, when certain pressing financial questions have been settled “on a safe and solid basis,” which includes a $4,000,000 public works hand- out from Ottawa. It is not at all improbablcl that Alberta also will have an election, as thel Social Creditors have fallen out among them-i selves; and all indications point t0 Premier Hep- ,1 burn trying his luck in Ontario this Summer‘ or Fall. l

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No Liberal need complain about the Fed- eral G0vernment’s dismissal record, seeing that no fewer than 716 civil servants have been made “t0 walk the plank” since Mr. King took office. The greatest number of dismissals took place in the postal service, where 347 persons were separated from their positions. Out of 58 Department 0f Fisheries dismissals, 55 were of individuals whose employment was seasonal. The Justice Department accounted for 54 dis- missals, Agriculture 45, mostly in P.E.I., Transport 34, National Defence 22, National Revenue 26. Sixteen branches were affected

everyone knows. instead of a total ordinary revenue of 51,385,777 which the Conservatives enjoyed in their lust full year, the Campbell Government last year collected of $t,705,493— over $500,000 more-and expended $1,730,147, not to speak of capital expenditures whereby they increased the liabilities to the tune of $215,- 522.52. '

These figures. we submit, show very clear- ly that whi-ilu-r or not PREMIER CAMPBELL build- ed “bcitor than he knew" hc certainly has not buildcd in accord with the Liberal election speci- fications. .

Ilt-rc is. further evidence, from the Liberal It-Ianifcsio, clllllilllllllg the ‘Liberal platform am- plificd uuil (‘Xlllflllltltl by MR. THANK A. CAMP- lil-LLL, l.’roviiii~i:il (fuiupiiigii Leader", sct forth iii the lEui-ioi of _|ul_v 5, 1935 as a statement of policics "on which the Liberal Party expect to ZlClliVYL‘ :1 su-i-trping victoryx" \Ve quote:

“The .\l.\i".‘lii.i..-\.\.' (it)\'(‘1‘lllllCfll.' has had the

advzuilziqi- ilizrlug its thrcc years of an increase of ruwliii try ]‘i“.'t‘llllL' zuuoiiutiiig t0 $589,261.21. and |'i<i iiiiii .\l\i".\lii.i.i\.\' boasts that he rc- rciuwl lli'.'ll'l_\' :1 llllllliill iloll.'ii's in grunts from (ltlziuii, lll this connection the IVIACMILLAN (iovcriiiiwiit would obviously make large 51W- inq» by lit-iii; piqriiiiitcd t0 use Federal relief llltllll'_\' for llll.‘ construction and repair of bridge. .-iiwl ll'llf‘l' public work. “iith such ad- ditional ll\tlilll‘\, uud such strings in the cost 0f lillllllll‘ and lliillkfllllfi, we would have expected the ("oii-ciw-uiivt- liovuriunciit to show a magni- firrrir .\'l.'/'/.l,l.\‘ mrr all izr/iciidiiirres."

Sui-cli- if Mu. L‘.\.\ii-i:i:i.1. could expect the

CI|ll<l‘l‘\.'lll\'l'.s -\\itli ordinary revenues 0f some $300,000 l<-~.~ lliun he himself collected last year _..io show “u muggnificcnt surplus over all ex-

cuditurcif‘, it is not too much to say that he iius mmlc a very sorry showing indeed, when instead of :1 liziluuccd budget he comes out with I “mugiiifivciit ilcficit" over all expenditures of nearly a quarter of a million dollars. If this, as our CtllllClllllttfllfy suys, was “building better than lic kucvr", what will the completed edifice look like, when he and his spcndthrift colleagues reach the cud of their tether!

A Curious Amendment

llfrmy will wonder whether the following bill, lntrorluct-il in the Legislature by the Hon. I. P. Mclntyrc, Uinistcr of Public Works, has any connection with the shamefully neglected con- dition of some of the paved highways of the Provinci- llll'lf‘l' his administration:

"i. 9<~<~tioi1 38 of the Road Act, r936, being

r lid ~wl Vlll. Cup. 1, is hereby amended by ltliliu il"l"‘l'1 tho following as sub-section (a):

"(.- .\'o Rlinistcr, official or employee of the l‘ urlmcut of Public Works and highways

=h1ll l- personally linbkr for any damages 0c- ::1<i'oni l hv boun fi/b- performance of his duty or l)_v l-is CflFV‘\'i"‘f out 11f unlit-rs or instructions ircccivcil lw him fn-m n superior unless it is estnbli-bi-tl ‘it'll swb hliiii-tct‘, official or em- oloycc liz-s l)f"t'll guilty of negligence or mis-

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altogether, n- n: a-

Mr. E. T. Fisk, chairman of Australian Amalgamated Wireless, told an audience re- cently that the first record of a. “beam" mes- sage was more than 2,000 years old. It was made at the battle of Marathon, when the Grecian commander noticed a Persian soldier on a mountain top making the sun flash a re- flection from his polished shield. By means of this heliograph message the Persian fleet was being guided into the harbor. Marathonmadc an economical start 0n the business of trans- mitting messages. Today, 30,000,000 words pass by cable between Australia and the rest of the world. The rate of speed at which a beam wireless message goes 0n its way today is the same as that of the sun flash sent l1y the Per- sian signaler at Marathon 2,000 ycars ago. — Australian Press Bureau.

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Here are a few of the increased expenditures

incurred by the Campbell Government: toss m6 Interest on l')(ll'l'0\\'('il money $2 121381) $268,366 Administration of justice 08,672 72,544 Provincial Secretariat 11,820 19.271 Fishennen's Loans administration 1,652 Grants 48,676 52.002 Direct Relief 55,039 60,881 Postage 2,881 4,391 Auditor 3,321 4,083 Old Age Pension Office 6,022 7,138 Pensions Paid 192,090 213.654, Supt. of Insurance 133 225 f

number of ingredients in the concoction was decided by the number of feathers still remain- ing in the victor‘; tail. Not. a. few think it would lmve been a bright idea to have allowed the ccoktall to die pari pnssu with the cock-fights. l

One of the outstanding feature! if the internecine conflict that is suing waged in Spain is its fluctuat- ai; and indecisive character. The ovil war began last July, and s0 ' - neither party has scored a sive victory, and the latest re- p ts indicate that. the tide 0f

‘.1510 ikceps ebbing and flowing .. the tides of the sea. —Brant- l;l..l Expositor.

So the old agitatlbn has died out and South Africa is as loyal as any part of the Empire. Curiously

, there is somewhat the same situa-

t.on in Ireland. De Valera. may talk a lot of political effect, but when it comes down to actual in- dependence he would hesitate. The situation is_tlmt to-day the Britsh Empire is perhaps stronger than it over was. The constitutional crisis through which passed last De- oember whichwould have rocked most countries, passed without a flutter. It revealed that the strength of the Empire lay not lily in a oom- mon king, but in a common regard for British democratic institutions, for British law, order and justice. Great Britian is to-day in this troubled world the Gibraltar of democracy. This is the reason why South Africa is clinging to the Empire as never before and is the chief reason why Canadians are de- termined that. come what may, the Dominion will remain s. part of the Empire-London Free Press.

The defiant altitude of the Italian Government has appvrmt- ly tended to put up the backs of both Great Brltlan and France. They may easily feel in the flat violation of the nan-intervention agreement u challenge difficult to ignore. Rut surclv this nerd not bring wcr, Mussolini may be an- oyed but be will never lie "mad" enough t0 “ight a new Peninsula War with the Brtlsh and the

French navlcs could completely ed before the people 1n men- lsolate. Even i“ Hitlen committed practical election Ilcabbage" fol-m. suicide ncninst the Miwiirt Line it I Am. Sh.‘ Em

would not help Italv a particle in Spain. -Moutrca1 Star.

In tho lilllc spun oi’ life we own. how lucky we are if we are able to gather to us as intimates but a small handful of friends —“those without capltulntion," as Stevenson once so well put it. I believe that i most of us carry a-bout. within our consdous mind a dira-rn-frlend— one full ‘of understanding, kindly tolerant and full of peace. A friend] of friends- A friend sin- cere" vibrant in p a. ls h i p. selfless and whole. The very thought of such n fr’end is a chal- lenge to us a'l to be such a one.

South Africa. dces not want, and will not tolerate, either Commun- ism 0r Fascism. Pro-Nazis and anti-Scmifsm and pro-Scmitism, are cotmlly unwelcome and un- necessary here, and can only lcad to hooliganism and brnwling, and possibly to bloodshed. Anzl s‘nc': some sort o." o. colored slfrt seems to be the outward and visible focus and rallying-point 0f most bf these oboxlous movements, the sooner “this shirt business" i5 (so to speak) nipped in the bud. the better it will be for South Africa. —Johanncsburg Times.

How long can the slrugzle hut?

accessible mountain ranges. n-rld desert tracts. mid wide oceans, the machines hum on tlWr normal- l_v uneventful nnths. Coivcmnlifltn of tho trillion-i of ivfllcs l0 '1VCY'S“(l Ilmltcrfil Airwayts Mono cxyrct to cr-vcr arrrnncn mllrs iltls your) helps to ken) a zonss of propr ’on in the fin-c of such occasional (lb-is- tor as alt Wis all human prowess. __Londwn Dally Mall.

l have noticed that you um- 1hr word "undoubttdy" in your editor- ials. May I suggest that you con- sider the use of "doubtlws" ln its place? It is a shorter word and. to mv ear at. least n bctlcr souwFn" word, Aside from its lt-nizili, 1 think "undoubtedly" is an ntrkwvnrtl word,

Fight.

sumor between nether millstone, is the proposal to‘ ,.

petition, of Clleckln 0f consumers by f crease.

monopolies th

plus tax.

The difference is only slightly material to the issue. bought gas 1n Boston at 95c for 8 (U. s.) gallons, and some hund- reds of "gallons at 8 gals, for $1.

We can imderstand the embargo upon New Etigland tourist traffic when confronted, if it so happens, witha 10c tame-tide 32 to 35c (Imp. gal.) price in this province, .215, camipored with less than half the

home price. , I Am, Sir, Etc. MOTORIST DUNNING AND PR/OTECHON

Sin-When Ivllnlster of Public Works. Isreal ‘Pane, puliicly ex- pressed himself in favor of protection he had to leave the Laurier Cablnet. Then it was consistent for Liberals to practice protection, but not to preach it, .

Finance Minister Dunning, in the King Cabinet, has openly de- clared for (protection. He sou. holds his portfolio. Why? Is he stronger than his Free Tmdg party. or is it a. concerted game to run with the fox and hold with the hounds?

I am, Bir, Etc. IIISTURIAN

HIE FLY IN THE OINTIWENT

Sln-‘rhe blast of trumpets, and pretended jubilation, over the $200,000. Wood Islands’ grant, has met with a chilling setback. Pubic Works Minister Cardin hus let the cat out of the bag.

When pointed out to him that (to complete the project) it would involve approaches at Pictou Landing and hundreds of thous- ands of dollars further expendi- ture, he replied:-

"The expenditure would not be mad, until the province or some private enterprise had given satis- factory assurance the service would be initiated."

Which means that it 1s another characteristic Liberal bluff.

It will however be made to do political service, and till i- next election draws near will be dangl-

A. RANDOM GUESS. "THE WORM TURNS"

Sim-With about half of the legislation designed to further tax and oppress the small producer and consumer, it is some relief to iind a. number of members, led by Mr. Camipbell, in protest against the avalanche of burdens being laid upon the taxpayers by the Campbell Government.

stiffening entrance to the poor man in County Courts by lawyers fees, hitting his lifetime savings for the benefit ofhlsramllydnnp- parent succession duty revls’on, taxing further his truck and, transport rwcomodation, revising, no doubt upwards his farm asscss- i ments, and the and not yct ini

In sympathy with the trend t0 gTind the small producer and con- the upper and

, ,,- - v vii . bntirl concert the tgfusmgk ilzlfgéilggi" citizens it." lll litrrto numbers attempt to grind down m 0:251“ l to lirui" it. 11d it is fpit that they competitor where m recente gvcérsi will. coup-dual,»- pll-lvlllvi/illly its Dos: have been the "mans, by com_ FllLO i» tlzi- i~ ll’ igrn to save the

g the pinching urther priqg in. It is

those combines and

at has been the fccd-

we flndI that the truckmcn are bclna at 19"" mill)’ used. There ls noirru- ‘ son in the world why our faxes ‘

especially when computer! with sprightly "doubtlcss/L-Ex.

Granted adequate pu-chasltig power to the great masses of pm- ple. manufacturing plants and in- dustrial factorim would be running full blast athigh pressure in the attempt to meet the legitimate need; o. the people. But it certainly Ls the Machine-when attempts are made to rim a hlghly-mrchanirrd world on the old bmrls ._ l-lul lax ‘ Herald. l

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lleve our country members are familiar with these facts and they will surely look after our farmers

any incrcnse in expenses the far-

mcr in the cud v::1ll lnvc to pay it. I nm, Sir, etc.,

Afflti-lle; ‘MQLJCKMAA

Till") LEGION BAND

Sin-In days gone by the citi- zens of (Jluirlottctoivn, during the summer mouths, were favoured with at lcltsl; two band concerts a. week, but for i110 inst few years band cnuvtris l'vt- been few and fur bctwvvn. lay we have two bands in the city, the Canadian Legion iinti tho League of the Cross. ivtpniy of the bandsmen have been playing faithfully forI years and 011a by one they feel they are not ublc to carry on. The Legion Baud at the present time is; getting into tho position where ilioy nrc hnrdlv nbfc to tum out with flit? si‘ ihmiltl fool < . assurance ihut they urc nblc to perform in Wily that will be satisfactory to themselves tiuil to the citizens 'l‘his is lrirri 3y due to the fact tltat their iiutrumriits have about rorvod thrlr day. When the 105th ' Overseas Battalion wns orgzmizcd :1 large llllHlliPl‘ 0f now instrum- ents were ivurcliascii partly through public !-lll\."(‘i‘l]3ll()lI and partly through r1 ‘illIiPlllil-l funds. To those wort- nilrlrd some old instru- incxits 0f flu‘ 82ml Band which for ilio IilKVf, 11112-1. had already seen bitter ilujts. At. the close of the \\'.'li‘ all tlicst- instruments were given to thcfiinciividual members of ill!‘ New] mid iliov have been