A MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR

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THE GUARDIAN.

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The Royil Navy tries to assure that as many as possible of its ships are in harbour on Christmas Day. For the unlucky ones on pa- trol or on passage-and there are a good many this year in Korea and elsewhere in the Far East- the best that can be expected is "Sunday routine". with work re- duced to a minimum. Festivities have to wait till harbour is reach- ed. For the Navy in harbour, the big event of the day is "Captain's Rounds”, when the Commanding Officer of each ship, attended by his officers, goes the round of this whole ship, greeting his men and being offered hospitality by them on each of the gaily decorpteri mess decks. He is preceded by the youngest boy in the ship. dressed in the uniform of the ship's sen- ior petty officer. the Master at Arms (or Police Chief of the ship). Men are allowed to wear impro- vised fancy dress on that day and may even "impersonate" the cap-

Britisli Hope To limit Top at Mt Everest Next Year

By Michael Newmsrcls LONDON, Dec. 23 - (AP) - Sixteen British climbers hope to reach the unconquered top of Mount Everest next year by bet- ter planning than ever has gone into a mountaineering exploit. Two military men used to oper- ational staff work have been giv-

en the job of mastermlndlng Britain's assault on the world's highest mountain early next spring.

Every man's place on the ground is being worked out in advance. every piece of equipment tested and re-tested. every move chart- ed to big-scale maps.

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Seven times since 1922 the world's toughest climbers have pit- i ted themselves against the silent snows psnd howling winds of Everest. Seven times the grim mountain has hurled man gback, kiiling,seversl ranking climbers and Himalayan .porters.

Getting to the top of the empty mountain would serve no useful purpose. But the inanimate fury of the mountain's defences makes restless man more determined to reach the summit and live to tell ' the tale.

Mountain climbers, when-' asked why they want to scale it, are wont to reply: "Because it is

there." Still Growing

No one knows for sure just how high Everest is. The official in- dian figure is 29.002 feet, but a Swiss party reported last July the mountain is growing and its elevation now is 29,610 feet.

All the previous Everest as- saults have been British ones ex- cept two Swiss attempts this year.

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Season to our friends!

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To you. our islands. in many ways- Wo wish you Happy Holidays!

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SEASONS GREETINGS

We sincerely thank you for your continued pat- e ronage during the past years and trust you have found our service good and our prices right.

On behalf of the staff I take this opportunity of wishing you a pleasant Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

For your convenience' our store will be opened all day Saturday, Dec. 27, 1952.

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E J. H. STURDY, MANAGER

May this Christmas be bright and inspiring for you and yours as the Christmas star of old.

A. MacDouga1l

Col. John Hunt. 42. has been chosen leader of the new British party. Another soldier. Major C. G. Wylie, is his chief staff officer.

But most of the remaining 14 men who complete the party are sedentary workers who just hap. pen to like climbing mountains. There is a civil servant, a statis- tician. the director of a travel agency, a schoolmaster and a brain surgeon. Few of them have ever been on the slopes of Ever- est. although all are experienced Alpine climbers. Most are in their late 20': or early 30's.

No British climbers have ever forgotten the unsolved mystery of the deaths of G. L. Mallory and It. C. Irvine, who may have been the first men to reach the top of Everest. If so, they died immed- lately afterward.

They were assigned to the final assault of Britain's 1924 Everest expedition. Worn out. dragging their bodies in a dream through the sparse atmosphere. they dis- appeared from view in clouds that suddenly closed on the peak. Time. phased. then the wind blew the cloud mist aside momentarily. in that brief moment watchers low- or down the mountain saw the pair climbing steadily upwards. perhaps only 600 feet from the summit. Then the swirling vapor closed in again.

Neither Mallory nor Irvine was ever seen again. No man knows what happened to them.

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The officer commanding and staff of Canadian Army Recruiting Station Charlottetown

take this opportunity to wish one and all A Very Merry Christmas and ' A Happy and Prosperous New Year

This Recruiting Station is located In the Block Build- ing, Kent St., Charlottetown, and is open daily from 9 a, m. to 5 p. m.; also Tuesday and Friday nights from 7 p. m. to 9:30 p. m., where you will be given any in- formation without obligation. regarding enrolment in The Canadian Army Active and Reserve Force. '

In keeping with the holiday this office will close on 23 Dec. at 5 p. m. and open on 29 Dec. at 9 am.

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