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The Guardian may be ibtalned at: Hub Iooaeco Shop. Mont-ton. N. B. The News Shop. Monet-in. N. B. George McLean. Pletou N. 8.

Wnllefa White Spot. ll Salter 5L. lllllfnx, NJ. Ietropolltan News Qeney, 1M8 Peel St._ Montreal. United Cigar Stores. Chateau healer, Ottawa Ont.

B. Altken, lord Elgln‘: Hotel Ottawn, Ont.‘

J. Fine, 354 Bay Sh. Toronto. Ont. Wolfe's News Stand, Snrlbnry. Ont.

Old South News. Cor. Mllk and Washington 5b.,

' Boston Iota-Unis News Agency, Tlmee Bllldlnl, New Yolk.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

TUESDAY, MARCH l9, 194d

Our

Departing Governor

General regret has been expressed on a! sides, and by all classes of the community, 2ft the departure of llis Excellency Lord Athlone and his gracious partner, Princess Alice, who have so well served Canada at a difficult and critical period in our history. Now-a-dzrvs. a Governor has not the powcr and authority of his old-time predecessors, who had a hand or voice in formulating policy and procedure of the gov- ernment in office. The position now is more social than executive, but there are a hundred and one things to which His Majesty's repre- sentative must give his undivided attention, not the least of which is visiting periodically differ- ent parts of the Dominion and acquainting him- self with prevalent conditions, especially the well-being of the communities over which the flag flies. Here we have not seen so much 0f Lord Athlone nndiPrincess Alice as we would have liked, but conditions were not favourable, not the least unfavourable being our lack of transportation facilities, or wharf accommoda- tion which would permit of a Governor-Gen-

things require attention locally, and only by persistent agitation and action can they be rem- edied. It would be a tremendous asset to n5 were it possible for visiting yachts as of old m make use of our harbor, for then not only the Qovernor-General, but hundreds of others could visit us in the most delightful summer weather experienced in any part of Canada. We have a potential ideal summer resort, all it wants is de- Veltlbnient-and that requires the attention and energies of a business government, which, alas, at present we have not got.

Redistribution

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ious consideration, with momentous results, in Parliament this session is that of redistribution. The last census indicated the growth of Que- bec was such that it was entitled to many more than 65 seats as provided for by B.N.A., Act or the representation of other provinces must be cut down. Here we are not affected, as by the forc- sight of the Mathieson and Borden Govern- ments in i914, the B. N. A. Act was amended to provide us with a minimum of four members. Not so Ontario and other provinces, and the consequence is that Ontario, for instance, will have to accept rcduced representation to bring it into line with that of (Quebec; An agitation is being foiiicutcd at Ottawa to have the B. N. A. Act amended again to increase Quebec's rep- ftScfltélliion, and thus save the cutting down of that of Ontario and certain other provinces. What transpires will depcud on the attitude of Que- bec, which hitherto has held deliberately and wholeheartedly to the maintenance of B. N. A. Act tmchangcrl.

A Worthwhile Campaign

The increased interest in rural beautifica- tion in Prince lid-ward Island is evidently in keeping with a Canada-wide movement, as is "ldflll lloln a COlllllllllllCElllLlll received from thc national hcailqunrtcrs of the Junior Cliam- bcr of Commerce of Canada. Heading the list of important projects sponsored by the Chant- bcr for 1946, we rczul. is the Canadian beautifica- tion campaign to he held May i to n.

The value of beautification or clean-up campaigns has long bccn recognized, says the Chamber circular. Such campaigns were organ- ized in seven or eight of the large centres in Can- ada in 1945, and were productive of many bene- fits in the matter of public health, fire preven- tion, tourist development, better housing, fuller, employment and civic pride.

This year the national executive of the chi-ml)". representing over a hundred local

‘Junior Boards of Trade and junior Chambers of

“ordinate and extend existing campaigns on s, optional" bosis so that the message of “clean-

_‘ int-up, light-up, fix-up" could be carried ' lg, Ganedlans from coast to coast. Up to the

time, over forty cities and towns are

¢ Wetting to take-pert in this year's campaign.

_ _ reason, of course, why the campaign

extdlld to rural areas as well, or why lzations in this Province should not rtedly behind the scheme.

Jelelon of Parlia- em the‘ Homilfon Spectator, “ Jfrom the wwretched ' i in too-familiar

20,000 .

which i. u. end i... badger"... only trouble and shame. For this-countryithrough the med- ium of the second session of its Twentieth Par- liament, to stress again the trappings of its ‘sov- ereignty’ and to allow purely local issues to turn that session into a barnyard of provincial bleats would bring up a serious challenge. And It

could not be sidetracked.

“If Canada is to take its place as a w sponsible leading power, at many of our more articulate politicians are forever insisting that it is, then how will it advertise its sincerity to the

world f .

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“Surely not merely. by-selecting a new em- blem from a pile of 1,500 flag designs HOW Clfll‘, 4 Parliament; _ from starving Europe secondary t0 local price illlllllilll! and domestic agricultural planning by enlight- ened collegians; surely not by pompollsl)’ bfllih‘ ing off the fact that we could not kw» 3 baker's dozen of troops in the occupation zones of Eur- ope ‘because we were not ‘obliged’ to; and cer- tainly not by cutting down our permanent forces to a point where on a per capita basis they drop far below those of Great Britain and the United Nor can it be helped by a peremptory rebuke to those Europeans who wish to come

tering up an imposing room in surely not in making the desperatecry

States.

out to this country to rebuild their lives.

“All that might be expected on the pollliCal background of the pre-\var years alone; if for no other reason than to yield due obeisance to one province in particular. But Canada has paid 1F

the piper for that long enough. "This is an enormously challenging

ties.

tionalism.”

than that."

Jonoiziat NOTES-

The buildings at Beech Grove are being dis-

posed of. a s it s

An official investigation is to be held in the city in connection with the ‘auto car rates at

Borden and Wood Islands respectively.

flint

Campbellton, N. B., is the latest to invite the R. C. M. P. to assume policing within the retired, and other iobs will be found for those members of the force who fail to gain admission to R.

town. The Chief of Police is to be

C. M. P. ranks. v n- i-

The number 0f cattle on Canadian farms on December I, I945, was estimated at 9,960. 80o, a decrease of three per cent compared with the estimate of 10,257,900 for the same date in I944, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics report. Decreases of more than four per cent occurred and Saskatchewan. Numbers of milk cows on farms were only slightly below those of the preceding year, the reduction amounting to 1.8 per cent.

in New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba

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Another Islander making his way to the of

front in the Church, is Rev. E. l. White

Charlottetown, now minister of St. Matthew’ He has just been elected Moderator of Montreal Presbytery in succession to the Rev. C. Ritchie Bell, who Mr. White is an earn- “gone places" since commencing his ministry here at .

Presbyterian Church, Montreal.

recently visited here. est, aggressive Presbyterian who has

Tyne Valley. l’ i‘ l’

Evidently ivhat is wanted more than a bus- iness manager for Charlottetown, is a business manager for Prince Edward Island. We have no Provincial Veterinary Surgeon, Meat & Milk Inspector; and an excellent prospect of supply- ing Newfoundland with pasteurized milk is likely to be lost, because we cannot guarantee the necessary minimum of bacteria. Why should

ses- sion; for, first and most important of all. it gives the country an opportunity to accept re- sponsibility in other ways than by trumpeting achievements in the press and ovcr the radio. It is certainly no time to talk about local sovereign- _ Whatever the Dominion, with its great natural wealth and geographically strategical position can do, it can do only by looking to more hopfcul vistas than those of a noisy “na- Our role in a lead to a new world 0utl00l<—a real world outlook-walls for more

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Notes 331.11g Way

Ilse s...» i u. nly dlplomatlo ‘Gill , “fir: llviisli- lnzton which deeeaot employ any

United States cltlaanru house-

Mlll MIP- -- Nlwfleeb Magazine. Henry of onee found a particular an at loin of beef

which was aet bef blip so tasty, Contact rglatlea, m ; he drgiw nets swo U1 Ill o kn gnt the meat "Slr ‘ind me cut. has been referred ‘to aa alnloln ever since.

An lnatruetor at Ill nlrllelil in Florlda- had to fly down the llrie on business sndtook‘ one of his students alon es llot. Coming back he doze off or bu, when he awoke nothing beow looked familiar. lcklnz up the lntercom, he sald to the young pilot: “Are .we on course?" "Yes, six-gm “An oheck points okay?" "Yes sir. rflow soon do you expect to and?" 'I_‘en minutes, elr.‘ There w" s rick but apparently the Intercom felled to disconnect, for he heard th¢ boy say under his breath: "That's what I keep telling my- self." -.From Taller and Bystand- El‘.

It ls falrly amusing, by- bhg way, that a nation which tn 1939 and ln 1940 was associated with Herr Hit- ler ln a non-aggression act which was llttle short of an alliance for aggressive war should make it a major charge against Mr. King that n 1936 he felled to recognize the uehrer as a threat to world se- curlty. We do not think there ls any danger of the Ottawa affair making war between Rusaln and the Brltlsh Commonwealth inevit- abfe, or even more probable. It should. however, have a very salu- tary effect ln checking the Rus- sian campaign of intervention in the affairs of unsettled countries all over the world upon the pre- text of supporting "popular" move- mente._ —- oronto Saturday Night.

A break with tradition has al- ready been made by tho Importa- tlon of wooden houses from Swe- den. If the views of experts ln other countries where tlmher houses are common are not belied by the varlable Scottish climate, we have every need to regret that home timber is no longer avnllable In any great quantity. Mr. Thomas Johnston, who speaks with know- ledge as a former Scottish Secre- tary, has suggested that the Ger- man State forests should be drawn upon to provide the necessary tlm- ber; but ln any recourse to that source of supply we need to be punctlllous to avold the charge that has been laid against the Germans that they took advan- tage of occupation to rob their neighbors of their natural wealth. If German timber ls umd it should be reckoned as part of her repe- ratlon. -Edlnburgh Scotsman,

Petorborough hulldlng contrac- tozs have started a school for brick- layers and 18 young men are now busy learning the art. of laying bricks, says The Fort William Times-Journal. The young men are 16 to 21 years of age and about half of them are ex-servlce men. The school has been made possible by the ectlon of the Brtc layers’ Union ln waiving apprenticeship - regulations. The city council and the cltlzeris have extended finan- cial help to the committee spon- soring the move to educate men to help in the building industry. The commlttee was appointed joint- ly by the council and the contrac- tors, Mayor Ovens of Peterbor- ough told the boys the other day to stick to the job untll they ind mastered the art and told them that they would never luck for em- ployment because tn Peterbnrough alone there ls millions of dollars worth of work to be done.

Splee are one nation's answer to another nation's secrecy. They are highly valued by the military men who have to be ready with plans to fight every other nation. Of course, other peoples’ spies are reprehensible. But one‘; own may be heroes. The battle of Midway was largely won by clever intelli- gence work that "broke" the Japanese code. There has been considerable. clamor for the United States to expand its peacetime "cloak and dagger" organization. As 1on2 as nations seek a wlll-o- the-wisp "securlty" ln mllltnry power and secrecy we shall have spies. The answer ls to build the instruments of good will and co- operation. If such lncldenta as this 1n Canada are allowed to foster suspicion and hatred a point can be reached where such a disclos- ure, would precipitate war. A bet- ter use for spy stories la to alert u.- as to the klnd of anarchic world wcp-and UNO-llve lm-Chrlstlan Science Monitor.

S

this be, and what hope is there of developing _

new industries when those within our grasp

are allowed to drop? n. s

David ‘Livingstone, missionary and African explorer, born this date I813; intended for the medical profession he obtained the diploma 0f the Glasgow Faculty of Physicians and Surg- eons, but afterwards decided to devote his life to missionary labours, and was appointed by the London Missionary Society to a field in Africa; he settled in the centre of heathendozn, Bechuanaland, in i840, and from there began hia explorations which resulted in geographical and vast “Dark Continent" to Christian civilization: he the whole length of Lake Tanganyka: "Men are immortal 1nd». till their work is done"-—their work lives after

ethnological discoveries opening up_ the

was the first European to travel

them. O I i i

Here we are on the eve of what promises to be the greatest summer for tourists in Can- ada's history, and we iite not in a position to There is no indication of the new Abegweit, or of the additional auto boat for" the y‘ word about the ‘additional steamer absolutely neces- ‘sary to handle the traffic at Wood Islands- Cariboo. It is true the Northumberlend Ferries have repossessed themselves of the Sankaty, but no move has been made by the Govern- ment to prov de the necessary subsldgfor its

_ ldently asleep at the twitch, and require rousing up lest something serious happen to our all-important tourist traffic and export and import business. Ia therea “nigger in the woodpile”, and is iti ‘I'M

are m‘

is , up? The Governrnentehoizld make i endeavour to have our provincial in-

share in it.

Borden-Tormentine route, and not s

operation. ose in charge are

because the Government owned railway afraid toloae freight patronage that there

protested at whatever cost to the Dona-LT"-

So much that la of lmportan to Scotland ls being taken out of Scottish hands for management from London that Scotland's right and ability to look after her own affairs ls being serlously challeng- ed. Scottlsh men of foresight and enterprise cannot allow the coun- trys’ future to be lmperllled by the e1 mlnution of men on the apot, nor can they llghtly leave the Government to neglect opportuni- tles lt ought to grasp‘. Some atepa have been taken to elp lnduatry and egrfculture, but the Important work of afforestation la allowed to i0 forward to log-trot fuehlon.

ccoifiln to Lord Mansfield, wo could wth advantage have ,four ntllllon acres under timber thus glvlng employment to 200, men --a lar number than employed ln a rlcultum and mining combin- ed. hereb not only would Beet-

weath Increased bu beauty would be added to bar loft heights, famous. ‘ ’, or the r majesty-and poverty. -Idln- burlh Wtlffllfl. .'

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One of It; moat on tlons 1n the rld la the live" m“!

a $1M”. ‘in mambo

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nay." of a mem r of the met t) voueherfor the but’? and an of the tree, colleen a remltl It! dual, and guarantees-Ito unfil- n on

tor t ttitlon

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(Ildur shard-v Collard la u» Montreal magic.) , 1 ‘ _

m. business offline of Blr wu-

thole of one of the wealthleet, men ln North Amerlca. Bo it Wu tb persons vlaltlnl them for the first

me could scarcely elleve that they had found the right address. Th, number was 340 Notre Dame “ma, The. bulldlnf was dlnxy and very old. A pane n Ilasa, set ever its narrow doorway, b th in smell black letter Slr Wm. Macdonald. clue was elven an to the identity of the occupant or the nature of hls business.

Having passed throu h the nar- row door wlth lte brle nu rscrlp- tlon, the vlsltor sew be ore, hlm one of the steepest and narrow- est stairway: ln the city. Slr W11- liam’! offices were on the A" landing. They consisted of three or fcur plain rooms, without rugs or oil cloth, without typewrlters. Wm!‘ out Qlephones, wlthout flllng cases, or an other furnishings to serve the aline of efflclenc or impres- giveness. At a few ml desks n few old men sat working over old- fashioned lodgers;

At a roll-topped desk eat Slr William Christopher Mncdonald himself. He was a small, sturdy little bachelor, reserved but firm “n r ‘~, unessumlnz. sharp-eyed. doing vast business with a so ute independence and a mlnlmum of display, When he arose from hia desk to attend a directors‘ meet- ing of the Bank of Montreal-Fan institution of which he wee the largest shareholder-me would wrap a woolen muffler about his neck,

ca‘ while seated at his desk, ‘pro- be ly to shelter his head rom drafts. I

The visitor might well be justl- fled in wondering how so Brefll l business in the manufacture and sale of tobacco could be "Ifflfll on from offices so small and so slmple. But Sir Wllllam had found that slmpllclty and efficiency have a certain relationship, provided that one ls lmperlous enough l? impose pluln dealing upon 0M8 customers.

He conducted his business en- tirely upon a cash basis, not part- lng with a single plug of tobacco untll he had received payment If payment was made by cheque. the che ue had to be certified. If un- cert fled, the cheque simply went lnto the wastepeper basket wlth- out comment or acknowledgment. If qsnqulrles were made concern- lng the nun-delivery of goods, they would be countered by en ulrlea concernlng the non-certlflcat-on of ch ues.

i: to the success of such meth- ods, lt la perhaps sufficient to say that from his fortune Slr William gave more than twelve and alhalf mlllion dollars to McGlll Unit/Bl‘- sity, and that, when he died ln 1917, the provincial ‘succession dues (even in those days of gentler taxation) amounted to nearly three and a half mllllon dollars.

A P. E. lelande

Slr William Chrlsto her Macdon- ald was born of Hshland stock in‘ Prlnce Edward Island ln 1831. Hls ffiher was Hon. Donald Mac-