‘fcrotis saw-fly, is of an cxtrcniclv intcrcsting

'An experimental station in_ Xctv Zcaland sup-

jng with high-quality Czinatliazi grain, to bring

-'»fhe final selections were made. Thcn followed _ l long series of cxperimcnts to render the variety

TllE BMIIIITTETIHIN tillllilllli

Morning Qaiiy (Founded in I581)

President: Lieut. Col. W. Cheater S. MCLIIN Vice-President: .I. B. Burnett, I-‘J-I.

Secretary: Lieut. CoL D. A. MaoKinnon. 0.8.0. Editor and Managing Director: .I. B. Burnett. FJJ. Associate Edlto ~: rank Walker and Lieut. MR. (On Active Service)

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

SATURDAY, NOV. 12,3114: Worthwhile Short Courses

Til]; tiork of thc cxtcnsion tlqfllfllilflll of St. Dunstan} l..lll\‘\‘l'.~’llv\', startcil llll(lL‘f' the rector- sliip of Rcv. ])r_ .\lurpli_v, and continued lili(l?i' his StlfC\'$.\tll‘_ l\'t'\'. l-‘athcr .\lacl\'cnzic, is show- ing rcstilts of _'_‘_lt'ill value not only to this Pro- vince but to the Maritiuics generally. The short courscs in adult cdtication which the University sponsors arc |li'(‘[lZll‘\'(l spccially for the bcncfit of faruicrs and fislicrincn. 'l‘lit'_\' are frce of chargc and given right in thc cilninitinitics most likely to bc lwiicfitcil hy tlicin. lllt- h-cturcs are givcii by (‘XlWF lll tlicii" field. and arc all of a thoroughly [iracticzil nzittirc. This year, as an- uounirutl i:i Thurs ' "s tiiiardian, the first course Oprlls at Rustico on .\'ov. i7, with sub- sequent Cour-cs being held at llorell, O'Leary Jill cl-t-itiii-rr.

\Vheat Experimentation

liarli- liraiii (Kiiiipziirv, of \\_lllllllr<'|,', (lcscrib- iiiq cxtirriinr-nts in the tirodiictiivn of a iicw kind of whcat \\lllCll pri-misrs to be impervious to the tlt'>ll’llt’li\'c ztctivitics of saw-flics, reminds agrirtilitirlsts that lhi- is oiilv the latcst of a svrirs of Ill~\‘ti\'l'l. s \\'lllt‘ll liavc iiicant lilllllOllS of (lOllillfi to tlic industry. 'l'lic sticccssftil ex- prrimciits loading to the proiltiction of wheat and oats rc>i~tant to rust, o? barlcys without the irritating Zi\\'ll<. of early niatitring grains, and numerous otlii-i" lllll'>\'.'lllllll< which have increas- ed _Vl(‘ltl> and llllIrl'tI\L'll the rpi: ity of crops, are nteiitiont-il. Conipziralilc SHCCUSSCS have bccn lchicrvd in the ticld of animal liusbaildry.

The inforitizition givrn coiircrniiig the d8- velopnicnt of the now wheat, which, it is hopcd, will mcan the llil"\'l'>llllf_f of litany ntillions of bushels aniinaly hitherto dr-troycd by the pesti-

charactcr, bciitq typical of the long and pains- taking evpcrinicntation ivicidcntal to scientific research in griicral. Dr. l.. ll. Xcivnitiii, thc Dominion Lfcixvilist. who is most optimistic re- garding the prospects now unfolding, explains that investigations have bwn carried on in the Dominion lixpcriiiiciital Farms for about thir- teen years. 'l'hc_v began wlicn Mr. ll. _l. Kemp, assistant stipcriiitciidcnt of the Dominion Experi- mental Farms at Swift Current, noticrd that Golden Hall Durutn 1iossc<sctl a solid stein which was not attacked by the sa\\'-fl_v. This led to a search throughout the world for a bread wheat of suitable properties with a sintilarlv solid stem.

ImA.

Commonwealth “may be bad for Allied tinity in time of war, btit it may be good for us," Mi‘.

of experiment and research, five men were killed when working on the new explosivc. They were Commander P. A. M. long, an Ad- miralty Ordnance assistant, Mr. F. C. Lewis. a scientist, and thrce workers T hey met their death It Woolwich Arsenal when a 15-inch shell was being filled with about 50 lb. of the new explosive. Seeing that something had gone wrong, they ran into the danger zone to stop the process, and there was a tremendous explosion and all were killed.

- EDITORIAL NOTES .- Sir Stafford Crippis, British Minister of Air-

craft Production, reports that .10 per cent of the workers in the aircraft industry are women. i ll i i

Here is effective wartime economy at its peak. Discarding of his newspaper in a Bath telephone kiosk cost Alfred Wliiskcn five shillings (one dnllarl for wasting paper.

u a m in Evidently Air Minister Power is among the optimists regarding the early conclusion of hos- tilities, for he announces that one reason why Marshal Breadner was being posted overseas was because "he is entitled to an opportunity to be on the fighting front before the war ends."

i it i I

Schools in Great Britain for delinquent chil- dren have produced workmen skilled in many trades. They also contribute to the war effort immediately by such measures as putting school grounds under cultivation and making parts for tanks and guns in the; school ivorkshops. i h‘ i

The British Army, aided by US. forces in French North Africa, has frecd the whole Afri- can Continent from the Axis grip. 975,000 men were the total 0f Axis casualties in Africa. More than 248,600 of these were Germans. 220,000 killed, wounded and missing were the total cas- tialtics suffered by the forces of the British Empire in the African and Middle Eastern thea-

tres of wag

I I U Qt

Criticism of governments of the British

Eric “larburton, chief of the United Kingdom Information Office in Ottawa, who is known here, declares: “If we cxaininc the British rc- cord, we certainly fiit_d some liltutdcrs and sonic blots in the last two or three ccnturics, but “that strikes us most is the rccord of progress. I think one may safely state," he claims, “that the British standards of government adminis- tration all over the world have been almost al- ways ahcad of thosc of other powers at likc periods." n- 4 n: at

The geuine old school ti! binds a boy to his alina inatcr. lt was the fourth visit Mi’. Churchill has paid to his old school at Harrow since the tvar began and he said: "Certainly I love to come here and have you sing to mc. I hope if anotlicr year comes and we are all intact tiou will honor mc with an- other invitation." \\'itli dccp cniotion in his voice, lic added: “I can scc ulysclf, it secins but

fnreveer

plied the desired variety, having itself first ob- tained it from Portugal. But it was necessary to undertake an elaborate hrccrliiig program, cross-

thé wheat tip to the rcquircrl standard. Many thousands of strains xvrre llSCll bcforc

rust-resisting as trrll. It is now possible to re- port that a new brand of wlicat has been cvolvcd which is "resistant to saw-flics. has a reasonable yield, has acccptablc itiilling and baking qualities and is fll>0 resistant to rust." Further tests will have to bc inadc, but it is reasonably certain “that the bully-ought goal is in sight." Many naincs arc incntioiicil iii coiincction with these rescarchrs, \\'lllL‘ll are a good example of the enthusiasm and spirit of co-opcration animating the specialists who ilcvotc their talents to the pursuit of scicntific inquiries of this kind.

glory of England and its ltistory, surrounding and about nic, and always 7' inigltt conic whcu l should have thc grcat hniior of doing something to forward the great as-

sayist and poet, born this date I850; HS H Ilfivul"

agination and remarkable narrative faculty; his essays and pocnis display originality of thought and charm of style; has ll\ltllCl‘Ol1S'V0lLllllCS to his credit, the more outstanding of his works bc- ing “Frcastirc Island", “l\'idiizippcd", "Dr. lukycl and Mr. Hyde", "Master of Ilallantrac", “Men and Books”, “A Child's Garden of Vcrsc": "I ricvcr weary of great churches.

yesterday, a small boy in thcsc audiences feel- ing the thrill of songs of the school and the

‘ ring the day

sociation with which otir livcs have bccn con-

ncctcd." l‘

Robert Louis Stcvcnstin. Brill-h novelist, cs-

»! It! I

ist he coinbincd finished style with powerful iin-

It is my favour-

itc kind 0f mountain scciicry. hlanltind was ncvci

"A 000E Dose of Brill"

llrigadici‘ (.i. ll. Chi. l. brilliant hcad of the Canadian .\rni_v's lllCdlCJll scrricc, is the only psy-

Clllflfldmtlfilllllfl $llCll a job. l_l’l1il'\<.l<*lpl1i.1's faint-ti Dr. l-Plt l .\':i'i:cl<i:i' thinks all .~\riny medical scrt ' iiuhl be hcadcd by psy- chiairiqs). l _ - Chisholm callrtd soldiers

nlcilttll ll!'l"‘lt'llt)\\'ll> "a disability of the English-

spt-akiiii; pt-oplw- . . .\ wh-dc gcncralirin has llt'('ll tauqiit llitl t i light. liroiii t-tirlicst childhood a lit-y l.\ tri-iiu-il not to rtiii risks r-tt 51> not lo l)l'C<".l\' his iiiothrr. bani: . . 'l‘h.; l'(‘.~llll is that iii the Artur thcrv i~ an cmotioiitil attitude toward gott- ing liurt." liflljit (liidioliii rtcottimciids drill 21s om.- ytfl-Qniiwl '- 1:; lir(':il."lo\\'fl lic-

tliat hr is part l

m‘ 3 Qrwtvlt, I._'| r rt ll"l‘\ tsntpttrziiily lo thc condition of a child for \\lll n all ilcrisioiis arc mam; ,\[‘_v_'r 1 git ‘d dow iii ilrill. a iiiaii can be rcbuilt to u~c lltt‘ so ‘lal fighting :i~.~.<-t resulting front lllt‘ l‘ill"l'~il>>| iiq way of lifc: individ- ual iiiitiatit . .\ fi-u turruiitag~< on l‘. S. incit-

tal r." \= 0- ~ii r.'t'i1.<- out a‘ lllt‘ confcrcncc: 20 to :5 pr: tint of lt- Cil-lllillitli in onc battlc area writ" tli-ttrops}rhiatrir, httt of tlicsc, (i0 to 80 per cont \\"l't' ahh- l‘) rciiiin to the front aftcr the l Arnius short, fin-ttuii-dxtrt-a trt-atincnt (says limo); min-v, than 45 pvt‘ criil of 1\l'"ll' "Wlllfill ilisclivrgt ~ aw- _ll"lll‘ltl,l\\Ullllllflt’.

PowerftTf Newnlixplosive

A ll('\V Uxlllllnlvl‘ lll'tl't‘ powi-rfitl than 'l'.l\'.'l‘. l is ha‘; tisrd by llll‘ hnitcil Nations, tho .\liii- istry of Stippli aiiiioiiiirrs. This new cxplnsivc,

so happily inspired as when it niadc a cathcrlrztl."

its one hundredth birthday lished in London on October I. I343- bration luncheon licld at Claridgc's mcssagcs of congratulation were rccrivcd front tltc King and

‘has plavcd an imuicnsc part iii prcscrvitig the

cvcr, an absolutr necessity t0 have a strong Press and a critical Press. and Parliament are complementary. There is no politician in England who would dare iiitcr- fcre with the freedom of the Press, because on

sclvcs to be people of the titilmst responsibility." i I Q‘

cd a new high record this _vcar._antl, at lune 1st were almost douhlc thc 193') flfluff- _ imtc of 8148.000 licad was more than a mil-

year prcvioitslv. iast ycar was common to all tirovinccs. which is called l{.l).\, (Rrst-arcli Department ‘most sulistziiitial lllffCilfiC occurrrd in tlic pro-

“The drums of war, the drums of ptacc, Roll through our cities without cease, And all the iron halls of lifc

iiotos By The Way

A sense oi humor is that which makes you laugh at something that happens to somebody which would make you aniry if it hnppened t0 you- —Wlnds0r Star.

The people who used to record their gu on the number of beans in the pot ln the drug store window are now recording their guesses on when the war will end. They are probably a3 far wronx its they were on the number of beans-Kiwanis Magazine.

Bernard Shaw is out for n 42—let-_' tcr alphabet. Otherwise, we sup-j pose. it's only a matter of time un-. til the vltamlnes branch, of science, gets down to Z and demands an answer to "Where do we go from here " On the other hand, thou-h,‘ a. longer alphabet would force the soup-makers to retool. and that's‘ not so simple in war-time. -Ot- tawa Citizen.

A year or more no some of its, detractors were comparing the battleship to the dodo, a large ex- tinct bird of Mauritius» They were poor ornlthologlsts. She may not; be an eagle. but she closely rte- sembles the/phoenix. the Arabian bird that burnt itself on its own funeral pile and rose from the ashes with renewed youth. And Captain Mahaws stock ls arising with his battle wagon as the con- flagratlon of war rages on. -New York Herald ‘rrlbune.

The black market lot ll! name from 3 development is f‘ any in i917 which, with variations. ls being repeated tn the United States ln 1943, Ethyl News explains: "German i farmers, dissatisfied with price cell. lntli net. over their livestock. took to slaughtering their animals on moonleas nights and gelling thel meat through illegal channels] Hence the tcnns ‘black slaughter- ing.’ and ‘black marketfl- New York Times.

Graveyard of too many proposed reforms for Canada has been our outdated and confused constitution Sooner or later we must face re- vision or national development will come to a full stop. Clarification. of aulhorlty between the central and provincial government; Lg 1m. peratlve. Public finance, social leg- islation, transpnrtatlons. education and other problems are all involv- ed. Actually, the war has produced it unique degree of unity ln Can- ada: has brought about co-opera- tlon between the provincial and central government; It provides us With a golden opportunity that; may never occur agaln- -Torontb Fin- ancial Post,

Sprcading all the time through our national mlnd is the conscious- ness that, our affairs are in good hands. We can go forward to final victory ln sober confidence. In a,_ democracy we do not spend much time praising our leaders The seats of the mighty are stimulated by the toe of the populace. That way We avoid the errors of t-he dlcmmr- ships. But. today ls a clay for praise, because beckoning before u.s we see immense opportunities opening up. Let us seize swiftly the advantage of Germanys dilemma. The nation remembers Churchill's estimate that; the Germans are ten times as strong as the Italians. That ls the mea- sure of our task. -—Lonclon Daily Express

Thursday the you}; man was in North Africa yearning to be hum] after months ln Africa, Sicily and IY-flly- Sunduy night he slept ln his own bed on this slde of the At- lantic. after submitting to newg. paper interviews and dining with his family. He was delayed 50mg. what by her-dwlnds. ‘that, was no stunt. The tr.) could have been made faster. if there had been ur. Bent reason. It involved only ord- lnary routine trans-Atlantic flying. CH" You remcmber when it was B day's job to hltcli up the 01d piare, dHVP fire or six miles {o Own. do the week's shopping and gave back home -Monli~eal Her-

Mr. Butchart ls gone. m; w“ Vlctorlrrs First Citizen not only on the official rulLs d1 the municipal COFPOratIon. but ln the hearts of the Dimple of the community. He wag, too, Victoria's most. widely-known Citizen to the outside world. No matter where in the world one went ll Seems. there would be wmeoné

Ring with the unrcmitting strife." it >l< >l< it

The News of thc “lurid rvcciitly cclchratctll lt was first pub-- At a cclc-l

from Ur. \Vinston Churchill, who, through Mr. Brendan Bracken, hliiiistei‘ of information. expressed his real sorrow for his inabilitv to he present. Mr. llrcnilzin llrackcn declared: — "You ltavc got to be out of llritain for a while to rcalizc llic iticrits 0f the llritish Press. whiclt

frccdoni of Britain. Till‘ combination of Press and Parliament is of the most vital importance. You may get a wcak Parliamcnt. 'l‘hcrc is, how-

.‘\s a niattrr of fact Press

he ivhnlc the llrilish Press have shown them-

Th!‘ ymrnlwr of hogs on Czniarlian farms rcacli-

The esti-

ion head higher than that of fllC same date ‘a The increase in numbers ovcr

The

fin-mula »\',l. \\‘:1~ ltiiiurii ti» wlulllidh lii llur vincc nf S:isk:-.Iclic\v:iii, while in Uutario only it early part of llll‘ (‘l‘llllll'_\‘, bitt tho difficulty iras _ llllllfll’ cliaiigt- was |'(‘(")l‘(l(‘(l. llv |)l'fi\.‘lll<‘('S. the to nialtr- it oii ziiitlhiiig likr a iiscful sralc Ntinc l numbers‘ of hogs oii (atiadizin farms :|_< at ‘little,

§l](‘(‘l'(‘(l.‘ll until tln- hravir. h l)t']l.'ll'.Ill(‘lll of thl. _ 1st this vrar, with iHCPJIISPS \\':ir llflirr 1li-t'v\'.‘i'('<l lllt‘ lll'til‘l‘\\' :i few vcars'.~ai\ic rlalt‘ lad ycar wcrr: helm-c lllL‘ w:ii' brnlw nttl. l\‘.ll..\'. is now llP-lllICFCilMf ttfi," pcr r/ in}; iiiadv in (Tanada atid lhc built-d Stalcs, crcztsc 1.3 pcrcciit; and in both (‘Ollllltics great strides in produc- crease 32.4 pcr ccnt; Quqbcc, ($8,900, increase

tioii have viiahlcil thr- t-xplosivc to hi: produccill niorc simply and more clzcaply‘ than -'lll)'\\'ll(‘l'(‘.l, clsc. All the United Nations will sliarc the benefits of British rxpcriincnts. (Yanadian and Amer: lll tl€\'-'l'lll1l i and production. ll also revealed that in July i930, after i6 years

is.

coinparcd with the .\ll;crta. 2.3373700, ' (Iiitarin. 1,885,600. iii- kalrlictvail. l,754flO0. ill-l

11.0 pcr cciit: Xlanitolia, 37

pcr cont; New lltlllllS\'.'lt‘l£, 94.000. increase tt.7 per cent; llritish (folunibizi. 31,2300, increase 9.51 the top the lady an the goat pre- yrr wit: Nova Srotia, (r1500, increase 2L5 per pared u» net out. As she passed the rcpt: Princi- litltviird lslzutd, 05,000 illcrttafifi

12.5 pcr ccng L‘ I

who would mention Mr. Btltchnrt, and the iz-irdeis. World-Wlcle was the esteem in which he was held. Yet he Was the most modest and self-effaclng of men. He died Wed- nesday and was biirlcd privately vest/crazy before the public was permitted to know anvthlng about; his passing. It was typical or his aversion to anything stiggcsllve of oslcntatlon. He never wgtnt/gd to Pul- PEOPR‘ t0 M13’ trmtblc- least of all over hlmsclf -Victorla Times.

Thfifre calling himm"Two Plate".

Nelson now. the American goodwill ambassador who wins Russian friends by smashing dinner dish. cs. Donald M Nclsml, U_ 5 w" Production Board chairman. mid the story on himself today. In Nova-Slblrsk. on his recent R115- Ill" wul’. a Russian production official shook him by the ham’ and told hlm now much he llkecl Americans. Nelson related. “When we Russians like somebody. we break a plate-like this," Nelson quoted the Russian. who seized a, dinner plate from the table and smashed it with his fist Not to be outdone. Nelson grabbed two dinner

dishes, and . hf '*_—‘

,,_.,_ ..w,,e,j“",‘;‘eg Anjerlfgggsilllfi‘: uov. i4. 1916 —Gennan forces somebody‘ we break two DIEM”, ln East. Africa. surrendered st. Nelson Informed his compfln,0n_ Chambezl river in Northern

P. S : Nelson cut- his hnnd. The Russians at the dinner embraced

111m fervently ncclalmlng the bloodl

as shed ln friendship. _M0ntr¢;1 Star

We ail try to makczllowaneen In wartime. On our local bu; route (writes "J S. RX‘) conductresses and passengers nllke stretch a point to such an extent that. even on a Wel- dff- a lflric Old English sheep- dog has bcen tolerated. The limit was reached the other day. how- ever, Whcn. at. the foot of the mile. innit hlll ascending out of our vll- lage, a lady climbed lnto the bus accompanied by a goat. The con- ductress hcsltated. but.

nobody on board objected . .? 'I‘lie but climbed the hlll and at

conductress the lady blithely ob- served that she had brought the goat mat for l. little much-needed

lreal name was schlckelilfuber: H

thoughtd _ ymfliilflfl. as things were s0 difficult: 7pm; yncfcagg 23,9] and there was B war on -well, if’

Life insurance Goes To War

I (Ottsws Journal) commutes Bub- ‘ £3.’°'°°°.'t°i3. " t "““ Victory In. llnvestmontm in loans e began to over $716,000,000 average of I300 for every pgifgqn in the Dominion. be t This u cwltalism at u! n5‘- these vast subscriptions o_f e life insurance eomtfliflli" “l” n‘ present the wealth of s 16W I'm“ corporations; they are the new’ - ated saving; of millions of ti! tel Canadians. Life tnsurnnw. in f" _- is a purely co-O ratlve QIIWPPYW- represents the lnlns WWW" °1 the citizens of a country for their muhual wotectlm tinder s PIN! that promotes thrift and individual self-reliance and self-respect. Savings tb-us accumulated do not merely menu protection for the individual; they result ln the in- vesmgny, tn and promotion of pro- jects for national u —or. ll mtliecueofloanslnmls vm‘. in money being made available for m, ooun ry's defence.

This ls the essence o! 1m our ltallsm: or at least the 0888M! 0f what free calflWl-im “Wm Perhaps it is not without slant snce that 90 Percent. of all world's life insurance is held democratic lands.

Not Just- A Joke

fle- the tn

Y cartoonists and other! t0 halt to the pirevalll fashion 0! mslklng Hitler into a udlcrous fl;- ure

Current cartoons 5Y0 in! W0 mm to depict him u an 111-51811- ifllcant and merely oonmm tlble individual, battered and tat. cred... running for his life before n pur- suing Russian bear. his shoes full of holes, and his several “

ending charm,

Two little words. symbolized by the ring she will weer In memory of the occasion. For nrreltlllg iowllnell. for Il- for enduring predilection, elm." than symbols from Wellncr’: glorious collection - ti; flnut we’v\ over shown.

W. W. Welher Lttl.‘

Jewelers

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