TUESDAY. ILEAQANT SURPRISE PORT OOQUITLAM. B. C. - 1GP) .. Edwin Wold, 39. long ago ggvg up hope of ever again seeing the personal property taken by the Ger-mans when he became a pm- oner-oi-war in the Second World War. Now he than been notified through the RCMP that the articles are being returned. including wrist- watch, ring, cigaret lillhlef Mid pen-and-pencil set. i :for just as far back as I can re- Stranga But True By F. H. MacArthur Chapter IV G0 WEST, YOUNG MAN, C0 WEST! Sooner or later most of us got the travel bug. Besides inherit- ing it from my mother": people, I seeanied to have the wariderlust member. - Had I been a bit older the wai- oi llll-i-l9lll would have satisfied had gone off to help make the -ruck GUARDIAN. Says Quebec May Be Wrong on Tax Issue By Richard Dalxnault Canadian Press Staff writer MONTREAL. LCP)-The question whether Quebec is barking up the wrong tree in its fight for a bigger share of direct taxes popped up unexpectedly at a public study of federal-provincial relations. It came from It surprising source -9. Montreal lawyer representing interests strongly in favor of the pnw musings in this Held, My ggilellglec government's autonomist lirothers had Joined the army and Marlo Dumemwa point "um come more valuable. Today, direct taxes-on personal income. corporations and inheri- tances-are the big ones. The fed- eral government oolects practic- ally all of them. Quebec has claimed for years that direct tax rights were given to the provinces by the British North America Act. Canada's con- stitution. Quebec says the Ottawa treasury gels money that should go-to the provinces. other provinces -haven't com- but Quebec have let the federal government tax 06"! their lioundlarlea and take f era ants n re urn. nwhile Quebec still keeps all-I rights to tax income. oorpomlvwn earnings and inheritances, it no longer taxes incomes because of the federal rate. It limits its cor- poration and inheritance taxes be- cause of federal competition. successful Campaign Many Quebec lroups support Premier Dtlniea-!ll' View that Que- bec's tax rights should not be bar- gained away. others argue the ott- awa-Quebec deadlock costs the province millions of dollars. Quebec's provincial autonomy cry. with which Premier Duplcssis has campaigned successfully in elections since 1944. has been aim- ed largely at regaining direct tax revenues. - i ' '1'hI.t was the reason Mr. Dumas- n1l'a question about the long-farm value of direct taxation powers was surprising. . It came while Gaetan Legault, another student of constitutional questions. said if the question of direct taxation ever came up be- fore the Supreme court of Canada the ruling would confirm the fed- eral government's powers. Mr. Dumesnii remarked that in many countries indirect taxation was the new thing. in France. in- direct taxation provide the biggest revenues. Direct taxation is van- ishing. In Canada the new trend was not yet i apparent but in years ahead indirect taxation might grow substantially and direct taxation become less important. 7 10, 195i ”””col.o rrw rooru nus:-i d, i i 1 i 4 1 Sr Yllrlamliy 1 1 1 4 NOVEMBER Firmly-set Nylon bristle; resist moisture and wear never get soggy. l.ndlaa' ,..... 35? ......-.-25c 'lvI! rich! in clildmlu an: Inn. the colective eye-brows of a six- mnn commission which at the Que- bec govei'nment's request started a public inquiry into constitutional ' problems. including federai-pro- vineial taxation. Nobody who appeared at the first commission sittings in Montreal last week questioned Quebec's re- fusal to trade its powers of direct taxation for federal subsidies. All provinces but Quebec have made the trade. More Nalunblo ' Mr. Dumesnil. as spokesman for the association of French-Canad- inn youth, said Quebec might win itsvbattle to control direct taxes only to find indirect taxes have be- mm , plained as loudly as Quebec. All ,world safe for democarcy, which , lit. didn't. Anyway. I too, joined the army in l9l5. I was then is 'ycars of age, but told the recruit- ,:r.g officer I was eighteen. when ,I arrived back home proudly wear- ,ing the King's uniform. mother and grandma promptly mined me by my forelock. as the saying jgnes, while granddad commanded line to "jump right out of that Iuniform. lad, and get into your :working clothes." That afternoon, zranddnd bundled up my army clothes. returned them to the depot. and pointing an accusing Loser at the recruiting officer S.Ild, ”Here's your uniform, Cap- itziin. The next time you hand ,'it out to it soldier. make sure he's not a mere boy of fifteen.” Thus ended my brief career in one good reason . ibil” soyingggonow the harvest hands heading for the Windsor station. some of the boys carried loads inside as well ,llie-, army. So txrizet. squaie with as outside, some were drunk as . The old folks and mother. I jump- beasts. and sum did 't sh ' ' i M ” M-'l'95W'R excursion train at all. 9 n Ow up W11" 1' 79" h""" did"? A" dam" ” F” in St. John, N.B.. which is why I came to heed the advice, "Go From Montreal to Toronto was home...a playroom for the ehild:m..:a new modern kitchen? 01' perhaps you are hoping and - - . ' -' v ' t, Young Man. Go West." 3 nj i-mm w h d go i There will be an interiuption of electiic power V'” 3. re, e n lghts, , , . on our Borden lino West of Charlottetown on Thurs- Th xc "T ','I de Sgnlzls in wlirench. English and ” Plmninl f01'Wm"h1"8d"W'"11'0lY- Wh"0'91' I0"? 3 I V ' ' ' ', e e ii.l0n ran was mo aejc, 5 p.d hung d lp ,- . - day m0IT11llE. 30V9mb91' lmhv hmll 09” .1hf- hmlrs of up of two sections. The fare from playing. One: or isjilge tiiaiirugs own plftlcllllf drum: ""3! Wm NP w m"k' n E 9:00 am. and l2:l)0 noon, weather permitting, for the st. John to Winnipeg was :12. got. completely out of control and mm, true, , ,more quickly than you think If YOU 1 Purpose of moving tlieclined a.sHllclquir0(l by the con- 1;: mo1L:tWr(:irt:pdfo1rn 1'htissIsL':a;eerdg:f.;ff;sl::1et:uKht sage :1 H" regularly Now is ; good time to set up yam. l fth Traiis- am a l iway. . ' ,il- Y W011 9 ' , Stmctmn 0 G i g fields for three months. munorred. Nearly everybody a- own "special purpose” account at the Royal Bank. i, The 10115: joiirnsy wns made in board was "hl;.'ll." They stngger- l I I ' -the c.N.R.'s most nntiquc coaciies. 0 leather scat: niid rickety old I ' bumps or baggage compartments, l which were suspended from the t ceiling and could ilP put up oi" let down by chain liiiiqzos. Wllnn we reached Montreal we ed up and douti the aisles, talked to anybody who'd listen. or to themselves when they couldnt get an audience. And to the right and left of all, a great army of drad soldiers tossed this way and that upon the unsweptl booze,- TIIE llOYAI..BAIlI( OF CANADA il)i(lk5dflJ1g nioi-nunien for the liar- stained floor. You could see the Charlottetown Branch W. B. Cruikshank. Manager . west ie 5.. a iiisiiiner of men. evidence nf J 11 33-19 0 Vymmm middleyngpm and R M, every side am: go m;m3;:0l';fhelf; Brnnchee also in Hunter River, Mount Stewart: Sunameraldo , . y o -. . Q3. and Tyne Valley. oldsters. So, you didn't have to be all expert to see that our passenger list represented just a- ,bnut every walk of liic- all bent lior the prairie collie hell or liigll iwnlcr. Frrm St, John to Montreal the journey was uneventful. But from you looked his subjects lay curled up in slumber, or were still on their feet arguing or fighting about some trivial matter. After some of the imrvrsters had emptied tlirir bottles, they tossed them through the closed windows of the car. Bonn! woiit Cut Down On Fuel Bills... ANOTHER CARLO.;&D FAM- OUS J 0 H N S - MANVILLE , lMontrcal to Toronto time was the flying gins: in all directi s. ROCK WOOL. LET US TELL ihell to pay. Boys who could A11 um while (ha c,.c,,kj,,,,, C,f)an3y You How To gAvE 309;) lclmni tZ00d linbmnmm: sudidvlily old coaches groaimi and bumped p V V y , went out of control and torn ;Ingj 1. 1, Wu, 1,) "g R ON IOUK PULL Bnnln the stuffing out of the i':iilwiiy'S rifothe yQdV'gflrEll(;gif'S. 1 we 5pm I equipment. Jolln - Barleycorn wnsl hr-ck of much of this vaiidalistv. for in Montreal e'.'nryl.liin;z was wide open. A drink of whiskey cost a dime, R lnnzc glass of boni- live ccnls. If you bnuglit three drinks tlln linusc treated. and H help yourself liriich Counter offer- ed snack: inst for ihc taking. Only at divisional points dici the conductors show their faces Tickets were examined and pun- clird and then the conductors r.- tired to their places of conceal- ment, whercver that was. , Wllcn brief stops were made atj small towns enroute. pnssengeis hopped off and made for the near- LM. POOLE & 00. Dial 5571 - 5572 I don't know to this day how 95: 1-egtau,-ant, and 31-03 mop, '”l9.V C0l'1d aflnrd 10 be 90 l-!8n- Sometimes they paid for their G crrvus. hilt that's how illiTl,",'S purchases and sometimes thcy shaped up behind the swingiiiiz didn't, At one small town in On- . . doors of Montrr-al's bnrrooms bark tario the boys cleaned out R little in 1915. Evrrv drinking place can-, stock, lock and barrel. and ' R N Wilt l-33'-Tkfd With aoldiers and .'-"ill carried most of the spoils aboard! cnulrl hr-or them sincimr their the train, . ' rolllcky war songs a good block Such acts of tliievery were: 0 "W-”i.V- boiiiid to bring trouble to the cul- With the resuiiipllnii of train seiwice between Lake Verde HT” 3" 110”? b9fm'9 OUT tram Pills. The TMV was being openly. and Southport in the Mlililta)' Harbor SPl1'iCC, Monday, Nov. UV"-' ill"? ll” d9D5'lT'5 .V0l1 Collld F0” ilouted. Things reached a. cllmiix 30th, a taxi service will be 0p8l':ll.Pd leaving Charlottetown Sta- tion at 4:00 p.m. to connect uith t,r:lin leaving Solithport at 3:15 p.m. daily except Sunday for Lake Verde and Murray Har- nor. 1n the case of 1)ii:i-1e:iy:cz's froiii Muir: t Harbor and stations 'n between, taxi service will he provided from Soutliport station in Market Squm-u in .(jIini-loltolown with spots at the Railway Station and intermediate points. Taxi fare is included in the railway passenger taro. when our train.pullcd into the si.'li.inil at Toronto. several police- men boarded it and, getting their liflllds on the rliigleadcrs, morchcd them promptly off to jail. I rim,-r did hear what happened to those law breakers but sup. pose they got out after paying: fines or after serving a strewn for their unclvilized acts. 0 O C 1918 -- 1953 (0WlA'Pkl&'E 2 E R- 0- PA K may M05719 gt - :3 5 , From that time on the spirit of dcccncy prevailed, and save for El. few minor incidents we had no more serious trouble aboard. As I our train sped - across Northern I ,, Ontario we caught It fleeting AA W ym glimpse of a war prison camp, and saw a number of Germans about under heavy guard. The lsiglht reminded us that a war was being fouzht in Europe to ninke the world safe for democ- -racy which of course, it dldnlt, Soon our turn would come to do our bit on the home front, for the saving of the pr:-cious wheat Icrop was in a way, almost as im- :portant as heating the brains out of the Germans on the front lino. Five days after we'd left st. nlohn, tiv windowlos:,down-lii-the- llirel excursion trnin came to a jutop in Winnipeg and the con- llfillctnfs voice runs: through the rm "Winnipeg! All channel This trnln goes on fArlher- Winnipeg --All out!" And out tumbled a sorry looking mess of humanity. We cmildn't have looked nny seed- inr had we bu-n returning to the ibase after a stretch in the front lline trenches. ' I noticed a score or so of far- morx standing on the station plat- form. They had driven in from points outside, the city to pick up what lnrm help they could come lhy. some of the harvesters hired out to them on the spot. but the zmater part of us continued our iourney to more distant points in Saskatchewan and Alberta, where they told us, wages were higher. Duncan, who stuck by rm all along. decided we should go to Gavan, Sada. where it appeared he knew some of the wheat far- mers formerly from the gist. I didn't krfow anybody so went a- long anyway, - (To be Continued) Yes, Friends, The End is Near! We've been generous with lhe lime allolled to gel Sale Prices . We've been more lhan generous with price-reduclions! THIS WEEK ENDS ALL Yes. friends. you have” fill Saturday Night to reap the benefits from Two Great Sole-Riddlod Stocks! So. come NOW! The Crowds, lhe Values. lhe Staggering Sales proves THIS Sale has NO Equal! . T . GR-EENDAL HIWS STORE One. 3!. stores closed All Day November 11th ii. T. HOLMAN LTD. Suinaiersiiia - Charlottetown -. CO. LTD. 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