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, ﬂaming Dilly (Founded II: III?) . President. Ll-ant.-col. W. Charter 8. Meburo Vice President. J. I. Burnett. I, J. l_ Aocretnry, l.lent_-Col. D. A. lthcﬁlnnon. D. B. 0. liner and Mounting Director J. IL Burnett. I‘. .I. l Associate Editor. Funk Wilker-

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I SATURDAY, AUGUST 12th, 1938

Exhibition Week

ﬁxhihition \\'eek in Charlottetown has been, for several years past, a matter of Maritime- wide interest. It is generally conceded that our Provincial Exhibition is the finest fair in East- ern Canada. This year the programme is at- tracting even greater attention. It will mark the Cmldeii jubilee of the establishment of the fair, and it will he the biggest and best in the half- century of its existence. There will be the keen- est competition, both in livestock and agricul- :ur:il <x\hibits. This feature of the Exhibition is of the greatest importance to our f:irmcrs in eniplinsiziiig the value. of quality productirni and breeding. Special attention has been given to the prize lists in this connection.

The horse racing programme, bringing to- gether over 100 of the fastest horses in the l\laritimes, will likely see new records eslabli~;h- ed, both for speed and for crowds in attend- ance. Improvements to the grounds include the construction of a new bleachcr capable of bold- ing 2,000 people, new sealing arrangements in front of the main grznzrl stand, enlarged vaude- vH’le stage, better lighting and sound systems. new horse stables and repairs to cattle barns and other buildings.

The vaudeville acts, the big midway, the mer- cantile and inrlustrial «lispla_vs in the main build- ing, the fireworks and other features arrangrtd for the evening programmes—-all will be in keep- ing with the lC.\'hibitiou‘s jubilee celebration.

It is hoped that as many as possible of our Citizens will attend the formal opening Monday night by His llonour the Lieutenant Governor. This will be one way of showing appreciation of what is undoubtedly the finest midsummer at- traction this or any other province in Canada has to offer.

The Speech That Failed

The Financial Post (Independent) devotes a front page editorial to the weakness of leadcr- ship at Ottawa as exhibited by Prime Minister Mackenzie King's banquet speech in Toronto.

“Mr. King,” says the Post, “has every right to reminisce. The length of his public service entitles him to do that. But Canada today de- mands lcadership in solving national problems

and not merely tales of the days gone by.

“To reiterate the difficulties inherent in the government of Canada. without a. constructive, challenging declaration on the problems that are the responsibility of Mr. King's government; to talk of the need for “defending and extending the frontiers of freedom” without a word of en- couragement to those leaders throughout the Empire who are preparing to defend freedom in the world at the risk of everything they as well hold dear; to talk of the care that must be taken of minorities without reference to meet- ing the nceds of all the pe0ple—al1 this seemed strangely inadequate at a time when not only Liberals but all peoples throughout Canada a're eagerly seeking counsel and leadership on great and troublous issues of the day.

“Until Mr. King broached Canadian foreign policy in the finishing paragraph of an hour- long discourse, he made scarcely a reference to any of the questions currently exercising hu:i- ness and political leaders in Canada today.

"Not a word about railways, not a word about unemployment, not a word about budget bal- ancing or taxes, about agriculture, about im- migration. about defense policy.

“The work of the Rowell-Sirois Commission was briefly mentioned, but here (as usual) Mr. King avoided any commitment beyond express- ing a. hope that when this body had finished its deliberations the Federal and Provincial Gov- ernments would be able to- find a way out of present difficulties_

"Canada wants to know what Mr. King pro- poses to do about Dominion-Provincial relations. He gave no hint that be has any views on the subject at all.

“Not only did Mr. King's speech fail utterly to deal positively and convincingly with crucial domestic issues. On the vital matter of Can-

, ada’s policy in the world crisis he failed once again to interpret and emphasize the positive side of Canada's position.

“More than once

fending an in fact by declaring:

"If we be true to our cause we must seek to ext: ‘ mddefendfnodomnotonlyfnourown lendbutbeprepuedtodoltluthelnterutaof mankind wherever the need urine." _

‘»lThat would have been a splendid point from

which to have gone on to a statement of Can

Idh,"s essential unity of Elapire countries. Such 3

"Indeed, nice of. Mr. King’: slstence that: _‘ the Clnitdiau Government-~vm firm and

‘ itsrefmal

entire address was his in

lint Cuuda.

during his speech the Prime Minister talked earnestly of the need for “de- d preserving freedom." He concluded

purpose with the other statement did not

the most emphatic and positive utter-

ilr the face of world .conditions. un-

commit the country in film '5: one thing ave

will do. Not are great unnrrirnity oi the ‘mud by

liquely—to make it clear that Canada backs Britain to the limit iucalling a halt to the Nau- Fascist dictators."

The Toronto paper expresses regret that Mr. King did not take advantage of this timely oc- casion "for some very plain speaking on the great political issues of the day" “No leader," it Concludes. “Is worthy of being entrusted wicfr n31l°n3l Party leadership who does not under- stand and hold to the high principles enunciated by Mr. King during his speech. But no leader can give wise and practical direction to the na- lion's business who does not at the same time apply'these principles in a positive and con- structive manner.” _,

Wet Time At Ottawa

Liberals may not regard an Ottawa deluge as an ill-omen, but the people generally, proud as they are of British parliamentary institutions, must conclude there is “something rotten” when Houses of Parliament are floo<.lcd—with water. This is what happened the other day, according to the Globe and Mail. Nor was it the basement in which the waters swirled, but the ground floor of the Central Block, which was built twenty years ago at a cost of many millions to replace the noble Gothic pile destroyed by fire, of enemy origin as some thought. The so—called basement actually is the ground floor and houses a number of important personagcs and institu- tions, such as llon. Cairine \\’ilsmi, Canada's first lady Senator, and Hon. .‘\f‘ll'llll‘ Hardy of Brockville, one of Liberalism's elder statesmen and a former Speaker of the Red Chamber,

Between the sumptuously furnished offices of these distinguished Senators and the splendid apartments of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, in which workmen waded in water a foot deep to prevent property damage, is the cele- brated divorce mill which severs marriage ties at an alarming rate, and on the same floor are the postofficcs of the Senate and Commons and numerous other offices connected with the in- ternal economy of Parliament. Two large rooms which must have been flooded accommodate more than a hundred scssional stenographcrs who \vrite the letters mcn:bcr:' are too busy to write to their constituents.

The deluge, says the Globe and Mail, recalls defects in an architecturally beautiful building. The drains are clearly inadequate in a storm, despite the favorable situation on Parliament Hill. Ottawa never has a downpour but the water

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An Aftermath of the bun:-. fire: which ravaged put; of V3. torts. during Jnnutry bu Jult come to llshtz in the discovery of 3 fallen slant. the worldutullest. hardwood tree. It is 3 eucelypt. I mountain uh. which lsy across the main truck of the Mount Tooran. go forest. near Noojee, and ‘Jed to be sewn through to give road ac- cess. It was measured by the in- spcctor of forests. From 3. point. seven feet above the ground where the butt had become suf- ficiently symnietrlcnl for mllllnz to the point where the straight trunk had snapped of: 3,: it fell represented a. main trunk of 824 feet. This latter point had actually been 331 feet, from the ground. The ‘ most trwlg which had snapped off was at least 10 feet hlgher. Even at 331 feel; it was the tallest hardwood ever re- corded in any part of the world.- Austrauun Press Bureau.

A Tlmmlnl gentleman uw his clog fall into the river, and ln attempting to pull the dog from the water, he over-balanced and fell ln himself. After which an- other gentleman passing by took] upon himself the duty of rescuing. botlh dog and master. when the we were pulled from the river the man was about dead. but the dog was so llvely that it was soon in 3 fight with another dog, the services of several men, and the danger of dog btt-lng man being incurred before the dogs were separated — Tlmmlns Advance.

Milk River has two tnllu I

PUBLIC. §QRUM‘

win; run‘-i>u1.Avr read’ with. mwmt

8113-! mtnedllorul pan the your noen I) question of the delay In‘ rim-this

good reason to

that Mr. Dumung realized the great, need by thla Island forooeau ahl ping and that. uulte poulbly in we of opposition from uncen- tral and avlnoes. be persuaded his fellow Cabinet. mln- faters to rnclude the grant along with the other supplementary es- timate votes. fully and sincerely lntendlng that $150,000 should be spent. this year in deepening the harbor and erilurglng the railway wharf.

It; may be true that the above promise acted to some extent. in favour of the Liberal Party in the recent elections. but I fall to see in Mint. respect, either the Prov- lnclal or Dominion Liberals oou‘r_l hops to main public favour 'n-eaklnz the promise made openly in Parliament.

I feel more inclined to attribute

rung’: regrettable illness a.xu:l then

day, one going north to mm. to the fact that the EIGIASMGI of bridge, the other going south to gs] ﬁg“; M1“,

Great. Falls, Montana. The popu- lation is listed by the Canadian Almanac as 326. The river Itself rates a paragraph in the Encyclo- pedia of Canada. but the town isn't mentioned. Yet there passed through the elevators of Milk River during the last twelve months over 1.500.000 bushels of grain. Over 95 percent of it grad- ed Number One Northern — a. total value at the government peg. of $1,120,000. And there will be a harvest this year estimated at 1.200.000 bushels. But. this is the province where they elected a government to rescue them from the horrors of poverty. — Calzarv

completely engrossed with other matters, notably the visit. to Gim- ada. oi’ the King and Queen. the Confederation anniversary celebra- tions and the anxiety over the Euraperm situation. that valuable time has ben allowed to pass and that once more the welfare of this little Island has been regarded as of secondary importance.

May 1' surzrzest that. while par- donlmz the Dcmlnlom Government for this neglect. we urge upon those oﬁlclals directly responsible the need for immediate action and with redoubled vigor to make up for lost. time.

Unless the whole work is com- pleted by the autumn of 1940 there will be no shipping In 1041, and

backs into the building and every drinking Hemli gltml {$99-“ 5m“é'h‘f‘1ls°he13_':‘el'];5 fountain becomesa geyser. Janitors rush about A on:-ﬁn]; cinmpion po- 3 much more seﬂmm matter man‘ on the double with mops as wash basins eject tat-0-ptelel‘ of the Cunard Line 15 Nlﬁllztd by Eﬁme of 0m‘ 0W'n ‘ I - 0.

rain water that cant get away down the drains. ‘:;'):lV1fddal:’1‘a.D“]fI*:3““w’:s°e“1blg_-”|l;?3f,‘l pwpl Mn‘ S1,. ,m.__

H K S. HEMMTNG.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Exhibition Monday. : 4- an _

George Stephenson, inventor of the steam- engine, born this date, !78I. at at 1- It

The most popular pastime among a. certain section of the community just now is guessing whether Governor DcBlois is going to have an immediate successor, and if so, who? am nr it no- There are reported to be a dozen aspirants to chose from for the Conservative Federal nom- ination in Prince, but a joint committee of East and VVest have decided upon the name of one to submit to the forthcoming convention. II it 1: a- Onc never knows his luck. Burglars entered a wholesale business in Montreal recently, and. “to wet their whistle” broached what appeared to be a cask of rum. It turned out to be “tear gas‘! : 1- it n The Royal visit to Canada is splendidly cov- ered in the July issue of the Canadian Geo- graphical Jaurnal. The text and illustrations ex- tend to over eighty pages, and include a full page view of the King and Queen on the bal- cony of the Provincial Building, Charlottetown, as well as a description of Their Majesties’ visit here. u t it t

According to a Press release of the Bank of Nova Scotia dated August 8, the Cumulative In- dex Business in Canada declined slightly in June, from 93.4% of the 1925-1929 average to 93.0%, but still retained the greater part of the gain recorded in May. Employment, industrial production and the rate of’ turnover of Bank de- posits showed further improvement. Prices fell

Hickman, now chief cook of the Maﬁnla. In seven years, he peeled more than 3,000,000 potatoes for pasengers travelling between

London and Montreal. In those days potato-peeling was a. full-

tlme job. Five men were required to handle the 200 bags which the 1,140 passengers consumed during the voyage. Mr. Hickman said he never tired of the work. Even now his idea. of 3 rest. was to peel 5. bag of potatoes which took him about an hour. There was an as- pect: of this work which appealed to him. It was poslble to all; down and gossip at the some time. The best potato - peelers, he thought, came from Iancashlre.

make a. man proficient at. the work. — South African News Bul- letln.

There is as yet. no ornnlred resistance to German rule in Bohemia and Moravia. Neverthe- less. the Germans are not at all satisfied with the state of affairs in their new "protectorate-" Czech national unity has not been broken. The entire Czech people detest. German rule and are wait- ing for "the day" when they will throw it: off. All the war material which the Cmclu had was taken over lntact by the Germans ex- cept. for small arms and ammuni- tion. which disappeared in great: quantltles. In spite of house- searchlng and the fcarful penal- ties that are inflicted on those who are found in possession of fire- urrns. there 15 little doubt that. a large part of the Czech population will be found to be armed if “the day" comes. Frequent incidents, a. demonstratlvely sullen ill-wlll. pct: of minor sabotage or reprlaal. and so on are an indication of the national spirit and a constant warning to the Germans. Man- chester Guardian.

A public document always

moderately and carloadings sharply, thus off- setting the increases in the other three compell- ent indiccs. It i 3! Something of a sensation was occasioned in the U.S.A. Senate when Mr. John L. Lewis, Labour leader, giving evidence before a com- mittee, declared that Vice-President Garner was a “poker playing, labor baiting, whiskey drink- ing, evil old man.” When the philosophic Mr. Garner reached Dallas, on his way home to Uvalde. he was asked if he had anything to say on "the Garner-for-President Movement”. He declined to discuss the matter, remarking jok- ingly to a friend: "I'm going to get eviler every day. I'm going to be my natural self and a. free man as long as I live." a s it no-

Therc will be no gagging of the British press should war come. Speaking before the News- paper Society recently Sir Samuel Hoarc, Home Secretary, said he thought it would be a mistake to'sct up the kind of Press Bureau that was es- tablished in I914-a separate and remote de- partment of control. "Even in wartime I should like to see the censorship worked on lines that are in harmony with our general conception of the place the press should cccup in our national life, as a platform, a. safety va ve and an inde- pendent bulwark of the public moral,” he said. "Of course they must be prevented from pub- lishing new: that would help the enemy. But I take the view that the best way to avoid those errors will be to take the lender: into our con- fidence. We preferco-‘operation to dictation. .Wc believe that '3 censorship that works as close- ’ _ p ‘y. e leader; of the press i_s_ not

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worth reading is the report ‘of the Game wardcn of Uganda». Captain C. R. B. Pltmrm. the tri- cumbent of that interesting —-and exacting--office does not disap- point. To him big game hunt.- lnx is 8 routine, not a, holiday excursion; his obligation is to conserve the balance of nature. protect. the Dvpulatton. In 1037

is men and licensed hunters killed 2.000 elephants; last. year it. was not. necessary to kill so many. an elephants are doing

loss during to cultlvntors‘ hold-

mu. and only M00 were con- l'pr'J1'no’.‘ .i'r“r°'rl..'r"2°.2'o‘l' rm.""’ , demned to slaughter. This toll mu: Itvpromolu the func- ywu not taken without; adventure. t of the atomic!!-

one guard hnvlnz killed two fglltl on Ind Inﬁrm-

ele.-phunta and wounded another "

found himself helpless because of Dr. Inna stomuh Mixture

the breaking of the extrnctor of :33!” ghtho Two Mm

hls rifle. The wounded entmnl trumpeted: the herd authored:

with ltioh broken from MI ure. he tried to e the empty

1r took about: 4 1-2 month; to P00‘

the guard climbed I. tree. wherfo, I 11- .

l'.S.—-Since wrltlmz the above I note from your Friday edition that rellmfnary work at. the railway pier is already '>einr-V. started upon. which is indeed gratifying.

Nature’s Weather Prophets

(Fredericton Gleaner)

Jln peliods of drought. does the hopeful citizen stlll consult the scarlet. plmpernel In his garden or in. the fields for signs of rain? Thls plant, a. member of the ptrlrnmse fanuly. and sometimes called the men's weather glass or shep- herd’: clock. has long had the rep- ut.a.t.lon of being a wastiher prophet. It lssupposed to close tts petals be- fore rain, on a. dull day or when the sun goes ‘behind a cloud. In many lamls its folk names testify atxliuelts alleged bmrornetrtc propen- 5. Actually. however, there seems to be some doubt as to the pamper- ne1's devprmdabtllt/y as a. weather f “ . Some of those who ex- amine such matters with a. coldly wlentlflc eye say that the pla.nt.'s reputation is not Justified. Indggl.

the lovely pilmpemel has n caught; in the not of keeping its petals wide open both before and

urmgnln. However. i th plant; its due. An abservaminve e

made in England. as recorded by Charles lnmn In his "A Book About the

W¢8’lahe'|'." finds that the mper- nel's blossoms are never fu y open when the relative humidity of the atmocph v is over so per cent,

Otlver plants, as well as Aflllglallls u-vents. reputedly close their blos- soms before showers. They do this. it has been explained. to prom . Mr. Talman says that cw studies of sum move- ments have been made. A species

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Story Of Speed

(Hamilton Spectator)

Just; twenty years ago a. crowd of excited Calgary citizens gs/cher- ed on a field outside the city and hailed the first almnan to fly over the Canadian Rockies.

A few weeks before, cheering throngs In London had A1- cock and Brown. heroes of the hour, who had achieved the stupendous feat. of flying over the Atlantic from Nevvfoundlexid to Ireland.

Then there was 9. sort of hiatus. There were spectacular feats, cul- rrunatlng —for sheer drema,—- with I.Andbeu~gh’s triumph 1:: 1037. And

In the tropics has enjoyed 9. con- slderafole reputation In the rleld of weather forecast-lzng. This plant, which is also called the romry pea.

base, which are used in and for foserles. In the late 18005 it attracted considerable attention as a. weather prophet. an Austrian named Nowuck. put. foa-Lh high claims for the plant. From the vari- by its maul‘;

earthquakes and the

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after Lindbergh others tried it. Most of them felled. The publlc experi- enced 9. strong reaction against what was felt to be is needless surl- ftoe of human life tn the in-terests . of aviation. r so it. went on, Just: what. these "pioneers" were contributing led to ,a lasting controversy. To the philo- : sopher it was a. matter of the indi- lvlduars choice of fulfilling his des- ,t.1ny. ‘Ito the man on the street. 19. ;appeared quite senseless. , But all tthmugh these years scl- enoe was building carefully and slowly from the ground up. Every crash taught: a lesson; every mishap revealed a. flaw. worloed cease- lmly. wltth safet. we/tchword. Before long glam that made the earlier machines look rldlculous were swinging out over the seas and across oontlrienta. ' Saturday a silver ﬂying boat rose from the waters off sou-t.ha.mptmr to launch on the inaugural trip of the new weekly air mail service be- tween the United Kingdom. Eire, Newfoundland. Canada and the United States. Be-tween Montreal and London there is now only a gap of two and a half days. The record speaks for itself

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When you see an individual will the usual slgns of exopthalmle goltre or Grave‘; disease — rapid heart, beat, nervousness, indiges- tion, sleeplessness. and later, bulg- lng eyeballs —you may think that removal by surgery is the only cure. ‘Many surgeons, however, have the family physician use medical treavinent and rest for

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flre-dum in coal mines. 1<"lna.l.ly Nowaclr lsplayai his versatile plant in London whens. writes Mr. Tal- man, “it attracted so much atten- tion that the authorities of Kew G-ardens, eventually published I bulletin explaining its complete un- rellablllty." It is said that Nowuck spent. a fortune in trying to pro- mote his universal forecaster.

All are familiar. of course, with the gmund-hog's reputation as 9. minor weather prophet: with the alleged fonetelllng of raln by the yellow-billed cuckoo or rain crow a.ndt:l1et.reefrogort.reefoed.Im- sects, it Ls sald seek lower levels be- fore Lhe upvpmech of rain because the relative humidity ls less than at higher levels. 'Ilh.e oonderisatlori of moisture on the lnsect‘s bed is I hmdrurioe to it. Inc-reased ow- ledge of animal and insect, psycho- logy some day may explain more fully what seems to be definite re- actions of certain animals and in-

sects to changes in the utrnosphere.

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