i g, Ind second class teachers. use Guurdiuul Tavonffijnlljl-EET Pulanocuvon-outnurunoolllfnnuhn hut-on-o.rl.I..IvtIoIIuuI&mll.. uIlIIILI..1'btou. Inuuou omou. us buvontty thou IC- IIIA.IInIu.hIIuIrIoI0unIlIInZ IAIDILBMO ""”"" " '3: ”tt'".-'. ".'.'..... Munhi Audit nu ma It-um omen It mun-erode. IIIIIIIII In Alolb Autbovtud II Ionod Chm III! Iv III PIG KI Department mun Iy tuner ('.hIrlMIewwI. sumnnrndc IISII IV? D Iinn ' vbonlIPF.I In lIbevPwvh&f U I. 813.00 per up-on. g TTM strangest memory II I! E 1 the venkt-It Ink." ' ruuiumvf AIEJJ4. new Farcical Debate 'I'l1t'lifl was an unrealistic tone to iltcRuti:1ci debate speeches tltis week in the l.egislatut'c. atid for a quite tiiitlctxstitiidablc reason. If the Federal timcrnntcitt cheque of over a million dr-lI;n'-'. now overdue utidcr the tax rciitul iigrcetticitts, has been witii- hclri. and if further deductions are to be iiiade on account of a mis- t-ztlt-iilatioti by Federal census offic- ials, where do we stand with regard in this year's financing? The Pi-oviiiciai Treasurer esti- p tiiulctl :in overall deficit of S1.79-7.8533 l for the year ended March 31st, and l for this year he has budgeted for :-in I ovcriill deficit of S3.434-145- All his calculations are. of course, based on anticipated revettue. If titis revenue PAGE 4 falls short to the extent of nearl.V 11 l million and a half dollars. which Ottawa is now claiminlZ- What l'l0l"l was there in discussing the budget? If the present expenditure estimates are passed. ntuch heavier borrowing from the banks, and much hel1Vl9-Y interest charges than were budgeted for will be required. Our whole fiscal program will, in short. be thrown out of gear. Would it not be better, in the circumstances. to have pre- pared a new Budget. or have the Hang; adjourn pending further ne- gotiations with Ottawa? Realistic action is exl'W't9d of "Ur legislators in it crisis of this kind, the most serious to be faced by any government in this Province since Confederation. To hear members get up and discuss the budget in speeches prepared days in advance. without any reference to the demands Ot- lawn is now making for reimburse- ment, is to make one wonder whether they have In.V c”"CePt10" It all of the situation in which we are placed. 1 As pointed out yesterday. We have legitimate claims on the Fed- eral Government, stemming from our very lack of population increase, which more than offset the sums now being withheld. But the first thing is to know where we stand. Voting Estimates without this know- ledge will not get us anywhere. The Legislature should refuse to be I - party to such I farce, and should make clear to the Federal Govern- ment where the responsibility lies for the whole unfortunate situation. Education Report Of great interest to all our citi- zens is the report of the Select Standing Committee on Education, which was presented to the Legis- lature last evening by the chairman. Mr. Frederic A. Large. Q.C. It ap- pears in full in today's issue, and doubtless will be read and studied carefully. The report notes that almost all the briefs submitted dealt at some length with training. qualifications and working conditions of teachers. It analyses these presentations and makes specific recommendations, notably in connection with junior matriculation standing as a minimum required for admission to teacher training course, establishment of I teacher certification board, reclassifi- catibn of teachers' licenses, payment of service increments yearly and provision for a greater differential between statutory salaries for first Several recommendations are less the districts ltteep the teachers -enreyoune."lefore thietochurigelitaml Act Ind mu-can the view thnt ttio free public non-IectIt-inn school sys- tem be continued in order to provide equal opportunities for all classec and cn-eds. The report also deals with school supervision. administration. trans- portItion of pupils, federal aid. re- gional high schools and othcr ques- tions. It urges the House to cott- sider seriously whether or not an adequate portion of existing pro- vincial revenue is being alloted to education. Ind suggests that taxcs for rural school purposes might be levied, collected and spent more ef- fectively than at present, by iat'L'cr area boaids. It proposes that a com- mittee comprised of an equal number from each of the two political piirtics make a study of the tax structure of the Province, for the purpose of recommending to the House the bc-t plan by which our future educatititrtl needs may be met. The Committee had a gargaiilu:ut task in sifting the mass of eviticu -0. views and opinions presented in it. it is surprising that it was able to do so in so short a time, and britrz in a report so comprchetisive. both in its analysis and reconittiendatioiis. it will take time and study to ucigli the full import of the findings, but it will be generally conceded lllilf a valuable public service has been performed, and an example set in the way of speed and thorougiincss which few, if any, legislative coin- mittees have ever approached. A Beloved Physician Though not a native Prince Ed- ward Islander, the late Dr. P. A. Creelman was so long associated with public health services in this i Province, and took such a leading part in the fight against tubercu- t losis, that his name was a household word throughout the Island. Since . 1930 he held the position of chief medical superintendent of the Pro- vincial Sanatorium, and his skill, ex- perience and devotion were of in- calculable value' to-,i1ll Concerned. He was truly a dedicated physician, as well as a man of charming and sympathetic personality. His death at early age comes with a sense of personal loss to many thousands of i our citizens, with whom The Guard- ian joins in extending sincere synt- pathy to Mrs. Creelman and family. EDITORIAL NOTES A dispatch from Brockfield. Ont., says that 90-year-old Joseph Steacy ”runs his own farm." Well, that's not particularly surprising. It is very rarely that a man of his age is work- mg as a hired hand. I O O Experts in such esoteric matters are said to be pondering the relative merits of rock 'n roll and calypso. Meanwhile, irreverent critics of bolli systems will say there is little to choose between them.” 0 O 0 An expert in mathcmaticsgsays that under a new system of teach- ing the subject "traditional problem representation will be replaced with objects and symbols that can be visualized or handled: and a grasp of the solution may come ahead of the grasp of the problem." Isn't that just wonderful? Putting the answer before the questions. as it were. I O 0 Revenue agents in Spartanburg, SC., are considering what to do with a 14-year-old boy who, with- out a distillery permit, built a two- gallon still so efficient in every re- spect that it was entered in a scho- larship competition. There mu st surely be some way of rewarding the boy's undoubted genius without at the same time winking at a breach of the law. I I I It isn't likely that Charles Holsey of Akron. Ohio, will ever sit in the seat of judgment. But when he is old he will be able to tell his grand- children Ibout the time he passed sentence on himself. After having been in jail for eight months await- ing triIl on I minor chIrge he was told by the judge: "Since the courts have not been able to get through to It:-Ilghtel you out, perhaps it would be better if you were to sent- a comparatively - WARMING UP Power For New Brunswick Fredericton Gleaner An micutiute supply of power for New llriiiisvtick lias been the first aim of Premier FIcmming's (iovernmenl. it was an aim impos- sible of at-liievciiicitt without the aid of the Fedcrzil (iovernnient. For four years he has battled. At no time has he received en- cuiiragciticiil. At some times the probabilities htivc seemed so re- mote, the cliaticcs of success so unlikely that his critics have thouglil he uas wasting his time and evc,i1 his supporters have dilllhicti. - Today he is abundantly jtistl- fied. .llr. llarris in his budget stulcnictil has outlined a plan for building thermal iiiiils to provide New Brunswick and Nova Scutiu with the power that will be neces- sary to serve their itccds. The titer- mal units will burn coal and there will he an integration of supply and fistrihutinii bctween the two provinces. This is exactly the plan that has been proposed. explained and prnuiotcd by Premier Flem- nuntz. over the years. He dealt with it in some detail at the Prem- ier's ('onfcr(-nce at Fredericton last year. Tlie cost at wlti h the power will be supplied to the protiiiccs is of material concern. No doubt the Federal Government will subsi- dize the cost of Nova Scolian and New Brunswick coal. At the pres- ent time the Nova Scntian coal subvcntion rises to 34.75 per ton in ntnke possible the use of Nova Scoiian coal in the factories of cen- tral Canada. The gas pipeline will curtail this market and the St. Lawrence Sea- way will cheapen the import of American coal from Pennsylvan- ia" so that. to foster Nova Scotian coal, the Federal Government might well have had to increase the subvcnlion. The cost of it at the present time is about ten mil- lion dollars a year. Burning the coal in Maritime power furnaces will remove this load from the Federal Treasury, and some of the benefit will. no doubt, be passed on to the prov- inces in a reduction of power costs. Similarly. the cost of financing the dexclnpnicnt will he niucb less for the Federal Government than for the provinces. and this saving. again. will be reflected in the cost of power. Mr. Hnrris' reference to the St. J oh ll River development and Who Owns Antarctica? R. L. Curthoy: in the Winnipeg Free Press .tll1i.H()Uit.Vl-1: There is keen interest in Canberra in reports from Washington that the United States may reconsider its long- standing refusal to recognize ter- ritorial claims by other nations to parts of the Antarctic. Th e discovery on Mchlurdo Sound. in the Ross Sea Dependen- cy Iultlch New Zcnland claims). of a site apprrently suitable for an all-weatlicr air field seems to hmc raised lhe question of who- their the US. should not build one in pztrtnersltlp with New-Zealand. II the U.S. is to remain in Antarc- tica an air base is essential. So far no similar site has been found elscwhcrc on the continent. But if the United States does establish lt- scli there. it cannot claim sovcr- cigiiiy williout admitting the right of nthcr cuiintries to stake their claiins. Riissia is the bi! problcui. At Mirny. in the Australian sector of AnIEIl'('il('5l. llic U.S.Slt. is estu- hlishing an extra-ordinarily well- cquippcd base for the study of oc- rsanugmpliv - it science that will provide the iicccssary data for the csiablishmcnt of a submarine base. This is being done at Australia's invitation. in connection with the international Geophysical Year. tlirny is in lun 2,000 miles of Aus- tralia and is only itIlll' hourls fly- in: tune attay by jet aircraft. WF.l.l. SUPPLIED The Soviet expedition is I00 slrontz and is almost as well sup- plicd a.-Mhat of the United States. There has been no hint from the Soviet Union so far of any intel- tion to remain at Miriiy after the international Year ends in Decem- ber 1958. But the Issembly of I vast array of the most modern scientific equipment and the build- ing of a siibstantisl village have given a disquieting impression of permanence. Australil has advanced her base at Mawson, on the Antarctic mainland. 3.250 miles south-cast of Melbourne. to a high pitch of efficiency. She has recently es- tablished another in the Veslfold Hills. 400 miles east of Mawson. But the security of her foothold on the southern coiitint.-nl may well dcpriul on the United Siateii' wil- llngncss lo recognlte territorial claims or in make I claim for it- scll. , U.S. policy has stemmed large- ly from the opinion of some inter- national Jurists that occuplllon of Antai-ctica has been neither nut- flciently permanent nor continu- bus to justly territorial claims. Some countries favor internation- al control of Antarctica and the US. has so far tended to support this altitude. AUSTRALIAN CLAIM Australia has circulated maps which lay claim to an area of 2.- 473.000 square miles--nearly half of the Antarctic continent. The Aus- tralian claim is based on the pin- ncering work of English and Aus- tralian explorers during the past 00 years. and particularly on her own activity in the last ten years. Australia's exploration of the Antarctic began with Sir Doufilas Mawsons expecition of I919 - 11, T Fluoridaliohln Ontaiio Ottavu Journl The right for the lack of it! of Ontario municlpulitieii to Idd flu- ofirlcs to their water system: is- behind In unusual to of legis- lution proposed It Queen's Park by the Minister of HeIllh for lkI r"JVlll('f. A year no Ottawa WI! Ibaut in take the step of fluoridation (II I means of preventing tnothdeny Imong children! when the courts stepped into the picture. Macm- polltn Toronto wu nklnii simi- lar action wlIII it was restnloed Bruntfqrd. Were they Making the law? Were their councils guilty of contempt or something? so to put the eight within the In clnea this government blll giving them vbut no others) the right D operate fluorldltion syl- mm II the event flint the Sup reme Court of Canada sustIiII the ludmut of the 0ntIrlo court- should the Ontario judgrnent be re- versed then presumably It will be Beechwood does nothing to clar- ify the confusion which has cloud- cd this issue between the govern- ments. At least it is now clear that the Federal Government did re- ceive the New Brunswick submis- , sions and is studying them. and it is to be hope earnestly that since the Federal Government has ac- cepted in principle the responsi- bility of providing power for the Illaritlmcs. Federal guarantees will he oflercd to reduce the cost of financing the St. John hydro- electric developments. RAIL SUBVENTIONS The Maritime-s are to receive the benefits of increased rail sub- ventinns. and a full inquiry is to be held into the question of their transportation problems generally. B oi h power assistance I n d freight-ralc relief did not como too soon. and these provinces are not being offered more than is due them. But signs now point to the possibility that the high wall of , Ottawa indifference has been breached and that the Federal Government has at last begun to alleviate the inequality from winch this region long has suffer- e . The 32 million increase in the rail subventlon can be regarded only as the first step. it alone will not bring the Maritime Freight Rates Act up to date. That piece of legislation is too complex to be suitably amended by a 52 million outlay. But, as Mr. Howard A. Mann. manager of the Maritime: Transportation Comntission. saylz "it's the first will break in our frieght rate tall in 30 years." which nccupicd I base on Common- wealth Bay. on the mnliiland. for two successive winters. in 1929-31 Mawson led I second expedition which at several points took for- mal possession of new discoveriu for the Crown. After the U.K. Gov- ernment transferred to Australia control over what is now claimed Is Australian territory. the Com- monwcaltli Parliament passed In act placing the tcrrlrolry under Australian sovereignty. What was done by discovery and by legislation has been consolida- led by recent activity. In 1946 I meteorological station was estI. bllshed at Heard Island. 2.000 mil- es southwest of Perth in Western Australia in 1940 another was pla- ced on ltlucqiuirie Island, 1.000. miles south-cast of Hobart. In 1954 an Australian party began to dev- elop the main base at Mawtzon. on the coast of Mat-Robertson Land. And now there are the beginnings of a second station which has been named Davis. after Captain J. K. Davis. lie was Mawson's right- hand man in his first expedition Ind had previously been to the Antarctic with Sir Ernest Shackle- ton in l9074l9. "Some people may Ihink." said Richard G. Casey. the Australian Minister of External Affairs, "that we hIve enough problems in Aus- trIllI without bothering about the Antarctic. But with the world rIp- idly contracting and science over- coming distance so last, we can- not tnmtemplnte another country getting Ihead of ill in this great lIud man so close to our Iouth." THAI g The crust of snow on lhglnwn in .mc-lung now; Ind melted front the laurel II you- terdly's white burdcn. Olly I Ihrcd or two oftmow II I!!! on the Ipple bi-IncheI; on the Ian- lng fence. Snow water drips from the gllntas Ind drips . ' Medically Speaking Iylu-Iol.InI-III.l.I. fllll TYPII III IYT; While we Itllfllly II! son is Iunlublod Ind lot it I0 It that. were actually IN "W0 broId vnriotlu of myopia. or IGIF Iightedneu. The ordinary. or moot frenllill type. Iuockn eyes ttut Ire other- wise normol. Geoerolly. this MIC of visual difficulty 00”" in 9”” dren between the Inc: of clxht and 10 who Ire very 100? 0' '9”"'''- We suspect tlut heredity ll" Wm? thing to do with it. USUALLY STABILIZIJ Although it might become worse Is the child grows in size. it usu- ally becomes fnirlyv subtlilred by the time Idulthood is I A more dangerous type of neu- sightedneu is termed prosresslvo myopiI. Almost always this type strikes I sickly child, whether he likes to read or not.- lis advance is rapid Ind is Ic- companied by a destructive proc- on which might terminate in blind- nesl. Fortunately. few persona suffer from it. MIDDLE AGE The third type begins with mid- dle age. While many victims seem to be in perfect health. it usually attacks those with poor general health or unhealthy eyes. Sometimes. we believe. it re- sults from certain blood disorders. Nearslghtedness occurs in some persons because their eyeball: are too loni: from front to back. In such cases the light rays from ob- jects any distance away come to a focus in front of the retinas. This results in blurred images. FOCUSING DIFFICULTIIZS Other l'lL'llml have similar fo- cusing difficulties because the len- sea of their eyes bend the light run too sharply. ' No matter what the cnuse of the trouble. all victims of myopia re- quire glasses which will bend the light rays so that they focus on the retinas and produce clear, sharp images. ' Let me emphaslzo that only I vision specialist should prescribe glasses. If you need glasses. you need the Idvlce of an expert to ob- lain tho but vision possible. QUESTION AND ANSWER E.N.: I hIvo been tmubled with dizzlneu for I period of six weeks. What would be lbs cnuse of it? Answer: Dlzzi is caused by various conditions. among which are constipation. high blood pres- sure. heart Ind kidney trouble Ind dillllfblllcll of the eyes or can. It would be Idvlsablo for you to have I thorough physlcnl exImlu- ation by I physician to determine its cause. OUR YESTERDAYS From tho Guudlnn File: TWENTY-FIVE YEAR: AGO (April 4. III!) The first session of the 42nd gen- eral Iuembly of tho Provincial Leglsllturn prorogued sIturdIy It 1 pm. Fina spring, weather Ind the customary military displIy marked the prorgatlon. His Honor, Lieutenant Governor Dalton gave assent to the bills after which the houu was prorogued. Yesterday's snowstorm did not cauu Iny great delay in the trlin service. Although they were slow- ed up to some extent they were running close to schedule. The Bar- den traln Irrlved It Clurlotletown hat:-knit Iqujruhuuq . uuutiuznauuz II1h.&hIa.u.... II! I1 I11 Ilidllllwlbu , tItIIbInIIIvI.Ivc7bIlyII& . I l1hou.vIuIocIhIuInII.-k5 III&IIIuIIIIIIuua.. dIIl9lIl ;ll&XmH--Goheurihu .-M . cum, . in min in man was unu'I"upueouucuuui:..'; cIrlnjuradIpIdIotrlIIwIIuoIotIlluIoI.1t1pIr,eou.ru.. nluIxeIbytIieIccldtIttbubIII- rItIngrhIIIutIxII.IndiII tend I Inouutery. If OMIHI 1- II out of the 'nIIulIcturm' feodenweronlmllurtydlnpoood. mlIltcI.YuttbeIoIrotbI thIki'Ir;3m of I fllrluflilluuvonacom won t-'1' 1' - 30”! CClIl3I--c . unm uuncue onolo It g. Int: 'IlIeuI::ll:'d l.IlIIIl'l. comm 0 G hiropodlu for its medical corp: -cjuu when we though the " " trying to get noldlxrlonll-blgr two: JR: Ind carry them to luttlo in plugs. .5 l'9uCPPleI'l. Jeeps Ind personal carriers--Milwaukee Journal It 6.55 after duly eiu-outI. TEN YEARS AGO (April 4, H47) A Government bill having the effect of reducing the three Coun- ty Court Judges of the province to two. and of empowering the Attorney General to desigmtc their circu.. was discussed in the Legislature Thursday Ind ' was left in committee by the promoter, Mr. Morley Bell. Summersido. for further consideration of tho mem- llefrlgmtlon - Bepdn To All Makes APPLIANCES SALES I SERVICE MOTORS Rewinding ma sepun bars. The (iovcrnment ice-breaker ELECTRICAL Saurel uiil escort the steamship B. 0. Borjcsson into Gun, town RQPI-In Harbour on Sunday. it was .leIrn- ed last night. Recent winds hlvc blown ice ...to the Strait Ind it is expected that the Saurel will Ic- rompany the ship from thI Strait Palmer Electric of Canso to Georgetown. m i ask us for full particulars 0 t on this interesting plan. No obligItion.l Eastern Socuritios Compony. Ltd. 146 Richmond 81.. Clnrlottotowl. P.:.I. BLADE STEER FRESH ROASTING CORNED SMOKED FRESH PICKLE I PIMENTO FRESH FROZEN FROZEN ' LARGE SHAMAiS SAVE ON MEATS ROAST near lb. 37: PORK lb.-17: SPARE iuiis 4lbs. PlcNlC HAMS lb. BEEFLlVER.........ib. LOAF lb.49c sums 2lbs.45c CODFILLETS lb.21c HADDOCK nuns .. lb. 35: SALT HERRING . . . . 3 for 35: SMOKED FILLETS . . . . lb. 33: cacao. Al" WEEK - Ellll F000 ” SPECIALS nu-zsu noun ' STRAWIIRIIES . . . . pkg. 39: mzw-iriwrr nun COTTAGE CHEESE . pkg. 29: nzimscrtou MILK btlns 89: BEOKEN PEIOI IIOCIIOOOUIIOOI 69: SCHWARTZ COFFEE . . . . . . 1 lb. tin 31.09. JELLO . PUDDINGS . . . . . . 3 pltgl. 338 COIIGATET 396 SOAP..........4coltos29e SUPER SIIDS . . . . . 1 pigs. 69: YORK-I OZ. PORK In IIANS . . . . 2 this 39: YORK-30 OI. PEACHES. .. 2 this 57: NESTLE!-QUIK CHOCOLATI 2 lb. pkg. 51.25 CIIASI & IANIOINI 2 cs. 55: msmu com: OPAL TOlI.lT ussul f . .. 3 rolls 2:: LANTIC soon to Its. 50981.19 . . ,. ,. Urge?--a--. . ( v ' , AH?-.1! ii 3'4uAr:-to