FEBRUARY 1» 1°“ fin- Tfile Electors or Ward Five accepted the suggestion of numerous electors .d lap-e to offer as a candidate for Councillor in the '11 Wm hing Civic election I take this opportunity to so- m“ Suppl)". of the voters in ‘this Ward. Iicltltmn extremely interested in the welfare of our City d ,,-;||_ if elected, spare no effort in an attempt to pro- mifle good civic administration. m Respectfully yours, A. '1‘. MacKINNON. flovinll . lggl-‘Alfgigi: 15mg sow IS-TIIE TIME T0 car l mulii .\i.\( 1 ' -. , Government lob as Clerk. Post- oiic .\l 1.1.1 FtoululMllJlllmlctgénpggfs man. Customs Clerk Steno. em cotiuW°Y11°11M 5 L_26_§_ _ Six Dominion-wide exams wel rilm-N- B_-:_-_;-_—_____ - since war begun. nee Booklet é, ____, Agxlllb‘ Wanted M. C. C. Schools Ltd Toronto 1o _,--*,— y Oldest in Canada No Agents trrvl-rn DEVICE SAVES GAS. Personal ramlzinch- improves oermfmww- ='-‘=“——_“’“ Demonstrated 1n :10 minutes, any ltou CAN uuN A uuivia m truck. tractor. Guaranteed- ‘ Attractive agency Dro- VICIOFY MIR» Cgmpll-"Y- Kindergarten with our ileip. Call- adlan Kindergarten IIISUIILI! ‘Pnronto I0 Ontario N-Per l. 0lltal'i0.____ -2 - -~ " "ii WILDERISI groM-lcl" “POWDER. suc s u ne nsve 0m rm- Mil1e Help wanted edyceigr lndigglifion, nausea, £0101 lnll: IIELI‘ WANTED. extan- stomach, digestive ailments. etc. Brings quick, comforting relief. ltnccd coinllewm’ accwm-flm 177 Tasteless. Uncolored. 50c and $1.00 tl-llolcsiilc establishment. Must be sizes at Re din Bros, Drug capilblc of taking complete charge Store-D. of books and office overslsht- 1" '_'___;——_‘“ rep”. 5mm age, experience and LOSI only desired. RCIEIECECCS requir- ' ire "J." Guar an. ‘d’ “r L-854-2-2-6l. |I‘.\.\"l‘i-‘.lI—L'X‘l'i~lllIhNLI-I[_) PRESS- llliill llllil horcman fol Custom DARK BROWN AND WHITE Boston Bull, missing since Jan. 18. Police are lookiilg for this dog and anyone found holding him will be prosecuted. Reward Tailoring. Permanent ocsltlcll- offered for information regard- oood svage. F- W- 3- 0019MB ing his whereabouts. Write Limited. Moncton. N- B- l "Rays", Charlottetown or tele- L-6"-=-°'3- phone 1:140. L-112. iior Rent To Le; f0 RENT-SUNNY SIX-ROOM T0 LET -- STORE. APPLY 249 ' lpartllient, heated, Continuous Fitzroy. L-97-2-7-2i. hot water. Electric range. Apply lirs. liernc, 130 Elm Avenue. Telephone number 321. - L-_10_8-2-7-3t. Banks Miscellaneous “Al. BARFAINS. - MAN'S NEW | f cloth Orcrlcoat. Ladies Raccoon Stuck! (cnmd an Press) Close t. roll. Calder‘ Tailor Furrier. 205 Canada _ 1 rnton. L-95-2-7-Ii. C Ce 152 FOR NURSERY STOCK APPLY F. Manuel“ — - S. Reeves Soiithport. before March NW9 5901-19- 1 o lst Apple-trees 70c each. o her R0351 39-111‘ __ii_ s commensurate. L-l2-2-3-6i. 1 ll. K. S. IIEMMING & 00. rvrllvrllliio IN REAL ESTATE I42 Richmond St. Tels. Dov i376—-Niuht 344 TWO OUT 0F TOWN HOUSES in growing Communities, TWO OUT 0F TOWN choscn from our lists. NEW DOMINION, corner NINE MILE CREEK ROAD, Queens County. 7-Roomed house and one acre land-wear School and Church. Large barn, good condition, also shed and hen house fiactit-ally new. Pump in house. Price $900, cash, or $1000. on rms. IIOIYNT STEWART-A) roomed house, and corner lot, situated op- oosite Royal Bunk. llouse stone foundation. Large barn and blacksmith‘; shop. Price $1350. HOUSES in growing communities. .1 FOR SALE CITY HOUSE BUILT TO LAST LONGWORTII AVE. well-built 0n a high level. 7 Rooms. Hard- , Wood floors on ground floor. Hot water furnace. Fireplace. Sun- . "Poll. garage and small lawn. A comfortable home, also con- "°"11‘"l|l' adapted for conversion into two apartments 538W WWI reduction for immediate sale. FOR SALE CITY BUILDING LOTS. CITY HOUSES. OUT 0F TOWN HOUSES. HOTELS AND STORES Also FARMS FOR SALE IN ALL PARTS 0F THE ISLAND We are Agents for the solo of VITA GLASS. s WANTED 'I‘0 BUY FOR CLIENT Double tenement House-good locality -yleldlng good rentals. TO LET FURNISHED HOUSES APARTMENT FURNISH- ----..,,,,,,,,,,,, _, mmh u, an on UNFURNISHED lesion 3| _ Bachelor Apt. .._ modern -clec- rcfl 7 "mm! _ no‘ 1 trlc range, continuous hot W819i‘- T0 LET SUITES 01-‘ ROOMS. furnished and unfurnished, at prices rangint ""- lo Momentary. Several ‘In “I h dQJ-IflIflG Furnished Booms, with or without board. Willi! “11-"319111118 privileges. TO LET "ma! 0mm. store and wueheilm ‘Fl-IE CHARLO'I"TFZTOVY_N_ 7\‘_ srocx QUOTATIONS New York Stock ‘Montnal Stock Exchange Exchange (Canadian Press) ._. (Canadian Press) Stocks Close Stocks UIOSO ‘ Am c and F a1 7-8 Am Tel Tel 12a 1--i Bell Tel 14s 1-4 ‘f? si“i‘.i°t“““t i3 i"; §“.3“ii“t . .1 o‘. i‘? ' ' ._. ' s: dYxnAvOCO aa 1:21 mo; P51030025 12 ' Advertising Rates Parable In Advaooo or. .. mp3,. 45-8 , h Ohl as c In l A a i- llllolmllm '~1'"l° 1°’ 5*" *""'"’°"'°'"' a 0”" Eniisieiiso la 1-2 Car ‘found 4 s-a _ . - Co Ed on 131- C.'.n Pacl c 6 W1"'r“1“§,'{,“.'“'§:,,f§f,fi£§n ,',',:‘.l"-oi,‘,:'.,‘,‘,'“,.:23,,'t?'::2 Lm‘? (ieii Elec gs zii-g Caln Steamship s a-s , - . . ~ a - i ' C1‘“"'"°“ “7 “itwirifilgllfimtgiiillsnentgcetio,“ “KEELILPR :1 filling/hog; 24 I--i ggciirnehslaow 2g 3-4 iilortlldiggge 55gb: inch; “Fed enga ‘omen 40 words for $1.110 Kennecott 34 3-3 Dim Coal Pfd 15 1-4 ill‘ 1"" ""1.':“'""::" 1 '21.: trr.:"r'.'t":1-.r"" We“ *3 3'3 2"" are“ 3 "‘ . , 7i] DC!‘ C 0|‘ l‘ . 0 II l0 II OIII N Y CCII I'M - m lngh. Address and uistluu $1.00. Other rates on Ne, Am co 29 1.: ynéfzgiekel pg; lppiiflllillll. Penn RR. 3 b; o/I Owcr - Phil Pct Co 40 1-.. Nut Brew 25 »- std Oil NJ 39 3-4 Noranda 48 1-2 Z”___ w d Texasd C0111) g-é gowg Clgrp 1g I-2 Z-‘f-f‘ U it A1- - ue c ower 5:301" pbvale ante Uhsegglbcber gflilrgnlgggm 13 H . _ ,os o '.-' .-w —— 17»; SALE - irltolsrlzrltréfi vgolgg ,o,n'f£,"£§§n§,'g'f§§l Vallacliliill col-p 1o 1-B st Law Pfd 14 a-a hailed 1"““11?.1.“°s1;l'i3tl§ Central sarv Write for information ii/loier 317951 U111” 25 1"1 11a “l i. “M” 11-99-2-1-21. Burber College. Halifax. N-m vie-st Elev '76 3-4 3:, _ V j____.._. _::~ , ‘voolworbh _ {on “Li, -411 Loesrennozah Mme and Female Help Markets (If 1'“. C°i1§‘p<l:°1-1eee'lt. JL-‘lillz-"lfzi. Wanted Produce Prices a Glance (Canadian Press) 34 Toronto-Base metal stocks higher; other groups lower. Eggs spot: Eastern A-large Montreal — Utilities unchanged; 34A; A-medium 32A; A-pullets golds higher; PENIS ""1 9'11" 2g 1-2a; E-B 28A; E-c 26A. industrluls lower. -;-— New York-Stocks closed lower. MONTREAL, Feb. 6—(CPi— New York-flatten and coffee hllll- Produce Market, prices here today er. a5 l-eporiej by (he Dominion De- ~- partment of Agriculture follow:- MINING MONTREAL. Ffeb. 0-4091- Canadian Commodity Exchange. Butler 111261: Que (92 score) 1-4-34 l-2. Butter: first. grade crezmery rints, Jobbing price. 35 1-2-365 first grade solids Jobbing price, 3: -35 1-2, wholesa e, Que no Ilqopasé s r . 3 l-2: '—_" §f§§§§d33"§§’_‘° 4 (Canadian Press) (Iihccscil curlrerlt‘ I‘2C3C(.‘i[1)t2 wlisgerBtl ‘TORONTO. Wb- 6- wlltean. coore —. ..- . ~ factory shipping point, Current re- Slodfs 91°51‘ celpt Que white 23 7-8; colored 24 1-8, delivered Montreal. Wholesale. Acme Oil 7 weséegn vlQrhlte %14“1'g-€44i';i (iog- Alderrélgc ore 5, new e 4 - -.Ang n __ colored 24 1-2-24 3-4. Ang Huron 22o Eggs: graded slrrment seliilw Ai-titfielri 71-8 A~larg= 34- A—-m€"lll'1l 31 1-21 Aunor Gold 13a pulTeis 2B: B 28; g 26. Bankfleld 5 Potatoes: Que wici'e< no 1 1.60- Bese Metal 3 1.65: no 2 1.30-1.50: NB mountain 39m- Ex 8 3-8 no 1 1.70-4.80; PEI green moun- Beame 58 taln 1.75-1.85: Ivhltles 1.70-1.80. Bgdgood 8 1-2 ——~——-—-—-—-—-- Bcbjo 8 1-2 Bonetal 25 Brit Dom Toronto Exchange mo... a2 1-4 Cal Edm 110 ___.._ Calmorit 13 TORONTO. "Feb. 6-—(CP)—'Ihe Cent Pat 19g 14 base metal stocks tightened up late Cent-Poi m‘ in today's Toronto exchange ses- Chester 54 slon to show an index gain of .28 Cochenour 30 while other groups posted small Comweoltl} index losses. Golds closed .17 down Con Smel. 33 1-2 and the industrials were off .12. Davies 17 Volume was a little better than East Mal — the week's average at 137.003 Eldoi-ado '31 shares. Falcon 30° l-Iollinger had an active day and pernland 2 i-4 a drop of 25 cents to a new low Gillies Lake 3 1-4 for nine years at 9.25, Losses 0f 3 Gods Lake 15 to 7 cents were showing at the G915 Gnu; 2 1-2 close for Central Patricia, Little Gold Eagle 51-2 Long Lac, Malarlic Gold Fields, GfandQrfl 4 Preston and An-gio-I-Iuronian. Bra- Gunmu- Gold 10 lorne gained 15 cents to 8.25. To- Hard Rcck 4g burn traded 12,600 shares and Ialri- m 5am 13 ed 5 cents to 1.10. Honing“ 925 The action was spotty in the Home o“ 251 base metals. Norah-tie and Hud- “Jmest , 4 3.4 son Bay firmed siahtly and Nick- Bud Bay Mm 27 5,5 el and Smclters weakened small Jmk w,“ 16 fractions. Jason 29 Few industrials showed volume Kerr Add 3B5 of any importance and price cnaniz- Lake Show 10 es uicre nlalnl in small fractions. Lamaque , we The Ford sioc s were st-rotiit. In a Cad .7 Sitme of the DQ117131 Oils were llc- limlgle LL m5 tive. Vermilata tradc-d 17.5 0 shares Maéassa v 255 and gatflfiri I-Z IO IO 1-2, Brltsh- M L 0d mo Domllron traded 13.700 sitar-ls and “as? 43 held limiter-god at 25 and l-lome- M91 B" 180 sierd liirred over 17-000 Fhlws 111111 M“ “m? 40 1-2 filmed l-4 to 4 3-4. Anglc-Canad- Mclntylc 125 ian firmed a rent tn 49 and min- Mine Corp 25 b‘ or loves were hoard-ed by Caldarv lvfoneta. and Edmonton. I-Ilghwocd and Cal- N.pisstng I 2 mm‘ ggiahcih. 43 1:2 Pucolta 3 l-Z Fa ‘ Paymaster 15 ma“ Preston 29g a 4 l he _ NEW YORK, Feb. s-(Arl— F“ m Wovoriofl SW1“ °1 “swim” baiekt 31121-15131 a7 ed down further in wdays mill‘ ,6 sscoe 46 and even the recently buoyant tails agave Lake 3 H, joined (he retreat. steep Rock l.“ Canadian stocks which aged sud Basin H5 fractlonsmhllrllgludgéiamlgllstlllill-walz‘ qumvan 57 gram cc n c ' - ' , ers CCIIIQIIOII 1-4, Walkers PM 7-5- §_51‘{{1111I_1i1€h International Nickel 5-8. 811d Diffgfi 9g 5 no Mines 1-a. Canadian Ferd d To liféla m3 gained 2 1-2 Doylts to 13 1-2 fir!‘ UPD u :1 m1” Dstillers Seaarwlvfd 1 1-2 W" g ‘("1" in‘: m - to 76 1-2. Canadian Pacific an Waite iu Lake Shore Mines were unchangfll- Wri I-Iarl 355 The Associated Press average ol Ylnlr YG I 7-! 00 stocks was oft .3 of 8 PC1119 1“ 37,9. Transfers of 431.960 snares UNLISTED compared with 440.149 Thummy- _ Alllfmg depressed stocks DuPont foothill 85 dwped (o a new 1941-42 low. 0th- Mandy 24 3-4 9T5 on the losing end included U. 011 Bel 3 s steel} Bep.1~j|~~,._ Youngstown _-.___-__i-- sheet, Gcneltll Motors. OhlY-‘vler- WATER ESSENTIAL Santa Fe, Uliicn Pacific. 991111-5111- ----- vania. southern Railway. Allfiwfl- Water is a body regulator. It do American Telci 119119. U-S- Rub‘ helps keep the body at the COYNCI bei- searr. Roebuck. Douglas A11" 1cm raiure the blood stream craft Boeing. Consolidate Edison. liquid, and aids ill elimination. Nor- Westln-vhclisc. Dow Chemical, Un- mally, from six to eff-i “cc-res of ion Carlfrie, Allied cilemical, East- water are needed event day. mm, Kgdnk, AIIIOYICIIII Can and In- ternational Harvester. West/em Union W85 011° of the few favorites finishing with a mod- not. plus sign. Others were Radio Corp. General Goods and C91" Products. FORTISALE Island Yorkshire Breeders are offering for sale several registered boars. IIPDWX” mating six months of ngé. majority of which are fight qualified dams. For fill‘! l" I n f o r motion communicate with S. D. Irvine, Secretary. P. E. I. Swine Breeders As- soclatoin, Box 489, Chill‘- lottetown. P- E- 1- 1. 90-2-7-21. lar- ~ i‘ rlhfl Portion H’ u onl! u PALIII I I":';,,".., u-n‘ ‘g luv! Ohulnhlflvmm, . (‘hueiulletnlll .€_____i- ___.... .. -_ - THE ED .._ r. _ —A SA TURDA Y FEA TURE- PRESENTING NEWS AND VIEWS or INTEREST T0 TEACHERS AND ALL 0'l‘llEltS s1; {JKING i IMPROVEMENT lN EDUCATION i AGE FIVE "" ucA TIONAL HORIZON i ‘i; WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? The following fr. a table from the valuable report, “Financing Ed"; cat-ion in the Canadian Province. This report was pmplifed by Dr- Kenneth Argue, University (>1 A1", berta, for the Canadian Teachers Federation: c-ltion is the ‘Open scsllmc" to a successful future. we cannot afford L11 have our children uneducated. To use again the words of our Minister of Education: "Teachers will have t» be better paid." . . flivioney should not be considered when it Total, Current Public Revenue, Expenditure on Education Per Child of School Age Expenditure in (5-17) in 1987. Taking P. E, I.‘s Index Province Dollarfper Year of Performance as 1.00 P. a. t. _ _ _ - - - — ——$l8.10 . ‘~00 New Brunswlck- -- — - - 20.00 1.10 Quebe¢ — - - - —- — — 21.70 1.2’) Nova scotlw- - — - - — 24.00 1.33 Saskatchewan - -- - - - 25.90 1.43 Manitoba — - - - - - 33.80 1.87 Alberta — — — — — — — 41.50 2.29 Ontario - - ~ _ - - - 46.50 2.57 British Columbia - — — — 48.40 8.66 The foregoing table speaks for lt- l: a question of the education of self. These figures are for 1937, but,you1' children. while the other provinces have in- creased their expenditures on cclu- cation since then, our expenditures have decreased. For instance, last year we spent $26,761.54 less on education than in the year 1935 when there were less pupils e11- iolled and fewer teachers to be paid. It. has been estimated by com- petent authorities that whereas. about twenty-five years ago, half our revenue went towards educa- tion. to-day less titan one-quarter the revenue is spent on education. This kills, once for all, the old ex- cuse that there is no money avail- 111116 towards reforming our educat- lozial ills. Since 1928 we have been turned aside by the "powers-that- be" with the stock phrase, " you show us where to get. the money, and we will increase your salaries." or "we deeply sympathize with you." we realize you are woefully underpaid. but where is the money to come from?“ Well, since 1928 there was a great increase in public expenditure, but on other tings, and the poor little boys and girls (our future citizens) could scratch along as best they might iitldcr a poorly administered, woefully in- adequate system of education; and the teachers, while watching mil- lions spent, here and there. could take another hitch in their belts and absorb reductions from time to time to economize for the Govern- ment. If ever there was false econ- omy that was it. To-day the chickens are coming home to roast. Next year many of our schools may be closed for lack of teachers. Edu- Now that 1t settlement has been reached by our Government with the Federal Government. and cx- pt-liditures in other lines have been drastically reduced, we are looking forward. at the next meeting of the legislature to a. substantial in- crease in teachers’ pay, and to (he inauguration of a planned edu- cational program for the future. It is only fair that the children of our province be given equal educational opportunities with those of the more favored provinces. It is only 111st that teachers be paid a living wage. Any adjustment in teachers’ salaries should take into considera- tion the fact that teaching should cc put on a. professional basis. No young man or woman need teach to-dav to make a living. Al- most every week several teachers leave the profession to take up other positions offering better pay. '1"ne other day I noticed R11 ad- vertisement iii the paper which of- fered s40 a. month and board for waiters. and $60 a month and board wage cooks. The average monthly wage pad our teachers is $40 (annual basis), Take from that $18 the average board paid a month. That leaves s22 a month for teaching. It is ally wonder teachers are leaving? And don’t forget teaching is a thankles, exacting, nerve-racking job. Those of you who have only two or three child- ren to attend to know that What are you going to do about it? J. R. MacDO-NALD. Selfy P. E. I. T. F. AT YOUR SERVICE Federation members will recall that prior to the Spring Conven- tion c-f 1940 Tile Teachers‘ Aid 1:1- cluded two distinct services cue, a personal correspondence d.vision through which members might re- ceive assistance with difLculties encountered ill school work; the second, a publications (topaz-trident which made available cheap print- ed helps designed particularly f-cr the Entrance effort. The natural expansion ‘of these two services coupled with increased pelscnal responsibilities made it necessary to separate these departments and Mr. Harold Lavvtoll was appointed to head the Personal Problem Di- vision, Mr. C. F‘. Hine continuing as director of The Teachers’ Aid. The Personal Problem Division it must be emphasized. is for Federation members Only Teach- ers’ are invited to submit, prcbems of school work and where possible to supply the source and answer oi’ such problems. It, is suggested that not more than five prcbietrs be included in any one letter un- less the items are very short anti require little space in reply. lengthy letters are certain to re- A TEST ON THE If the statement is true, write 'I‘ after it; ii’ it is false. urrlle F after it. e l. The northern and 501110 ~01 U"! western portions of the Bfiiiill Isles are mountainous or hilly. 2. In northwestern England there are extensive lake districts 3 No part of England was af- fected by glacial ice. 4_ Rainfeilla abundant iii all f I" . °“§_L5§e.y1iit.t1ie coal is tnincd in the British Isles. “ 6. Northern Ireland has vc.y it . 00h‘? vririeetgoastline 0f the British Isles is very lrrsglilar. r g. The North Sea provides ‘Iivli fishing grounds for the Bfliisll. 9. It is onl in recent years that fishing has eocme an important British industry. 10, The Gulf stream moderates the climate of the British T5165- 11. All Dllfts of llle British Isles be said io have an oceanic cuIgawSOlhQ parts of the British isles have too little rainfall for agriculture. 13_ 1n me mountains oi’ northern Etigiand there are many sharp. rugged peaks. 14, England is (he most densely ed t f EUWDP- wffiuhrltflao iliiikglfitve always been 1 .. ‘ is? 11.375028; the capital of the i Enltpi .. 51111111117719 pillow. Isles have very ' h bo . ‘°Ya_'°°-§1~...“'w.ii'es.- level of (lie Thames River at Inndion is not one-med by the tides. l9, London L: n 8"!"- 11103111‘ l: -l . 1112(1)“, Chews]! etrhe oldtst industries of Great Britain is the W001i“- mnnufacluring industry c 21. Westmlnister A-bbci’ ls a famous cathedral in Llvcrpcsl. ceive belated atlcillicil for the ob- ject cf the service is to give the greatest help to the greaist mim- her. Letters should be adores-ed to Mr. Harold Lawton, Peucnal Problem Dlv., P.E.I. T F. Cliariciteiowll. As stated above. the Teachers’ Aid is new purely a publications service, the director being Mr C. P‘ I-Illic. Charlottetown, frcm ililcm tilese printed helps may be secured. Through this department, teachers 0r students may secure blackboard stencils, outline maps, certificates. posters concert. ma- terial. books, and many specially prepared Entrance aids in mathe- matics, history". language. gecg- raphy. etc. A catalogue can be had on request. special dollar ackages are available-Ono for ieac l-ers and one for Entrance pupils - which include nearly all ovailanle ma- icrials at a substantial reduction To get prompt attention frcm either of these services it is im- portant to direct your letters to the right, department. Both are eager to be of rcal help and (‘an be dc- pended on to treat your request seriously. IIOIICSII)‘, and confi- dentially. BRITISH ISLES 22. There is a famous observa- tory in the part of London known as Greenwich. 23 The greatest inlporis at Liverpool are, manufactured goods. 24. Southampton 1s the port. through which most British trade with the Americas passes. 25. Belfast is the capital and the chief seaport of Northern Ireland. 26 Tim Yorkshire district is one of (he greazu‘. woollen-manu- facturing districts lli the world 27. Cot-ion manufacturing began earlier titan woollen manufacturing ill Great Britain. 26. England imports much raw cottons IPCGI the United States. 29 Linen manufacturing is 1m- poriant in Northern Ireland 3) The city of Birmingham is located in the ccal-minging dis- trlots. 3'1, By careful methods of farm- lug the people of the British 1st.»- are able lo prcclilce nllllcst enough focd l0 supply their needs. 32 Birmingham ranks first among English cities iii the manil- facturlng of iron and steel . 33. More oi tho land in the Irish Free State used for pasture than for crops. 24 Tilers are many dairy and poultry farms ricer the large cities ill the British Isles. Cotton and woollen textiles are (he loading exports of the IrL=h Free Stale 36 'I‘llere ls much lvalcr power available il-cm llie I'IVCX‘5 of Eng- land. 37, The blinding of merchant. .=lllp= is an important industry in the ‘British Isles. 38 Britain supplies llcr colonies with ran" m/tierlrfls aiid imports mriiliifaclurcd rzccri= irrm llirm 39 The cilv of Manchester l: (he r-entcr cf th- cicatcst cotton- mgplifagiuj-irg dislIlCt lIl the acrlti. » CURRENT AFFAIRS Pan America. Most turblllfllt i110 most important Pan-American conference in history-the emf?“ gency conference of '\merican For- eign Mlnisters-ended in harmony in Rio de Janiero. Peru and llcindor signed an agreement to end their century-on boundal y dispute, a cause of inter- nlitent warfare. Representatives of the 2i Amer- ican tepubllcs, formally approved 40 resolutions. the keystone 0i which was a. recommendation that all sever diplomatic relations wi.l. all the Axis. and a supplement. that all break commercial and financial relations. In brief, the resolutions also pro- vlded for an hemispheric bureau of investigation to hunt down Axis agents; rigid control of communi- cations and commercial aviation: establishment of military colnnilt- tees. mobilization and acceleration of shipping. and measures to cush- ion Lain-American economics against the shock of breaking to latlons. Representation by. population figures. Canadas population at. Julie 2. i941. was 11.419396. redistribution on the basis of 1941 figures will reduce House of Conl- mons membership by seven mem- bers, it was announced by Hon. J. A. MacKinnon. Trade Minister. Saskatchewan, whiui now has 21 seats in the Commons will be re- duced to 17 and Manitoba. now with l7 seals, will be reduced to 14. the Minister said. McKinnon- announced 194i population by provinces as fol- lows with 1931 in brackets: oaPrince Edward Island 93.919 18S.- Bl. Nova Bootia 573.190 (512-8415). New Brunswick 453.377 Quebec 3.319.640 (2,874,774). Ontario 3,756,632 (3.431_5g3l_ Manitoba 722,447 (700,139). Saskatchewan 887.747 (921,765). Albert-a 788,393 1731.805). zsgritlsh Columbia. 809,203 (694._ Yukon 4.687 (£2301. Northwest Territories 10,661 (9.204) Under redistribution lll!‘ Bongo of Conlmons will have 238 Men;- bers distributed as follows with the new division in brackets: Prince Edward Island 4 (4): Nova Scoiia l2 (l2): New Brunswick l0 (10): Quebec 65 (651; Ontario 82 (82): Manitoba 17 (l4): Saskatclrevail 21 (17); Alberta 17 (17); B, tlsh Columbia I6 (16): and Yukon 1 (l- Conodfls P°Dulation of 11.09.1196, a_s reported in the decennial celi- sus taken last June. was a trifle over 10 per cent above trio total 10 years earlier. The largest gain vras in British Columbia- ivhere it. was more than 1a per cent. the second 111T8°§t 1X1 Quebec viltcre it was a fraction above l5 per cent. Saskat- chewan was the only Province lvllose population declined. the 105s bBlIIg about 3 per cent. Nova Sco- tla 1s up approximately 11 per csiit New Brunswick 10, Prince Edward Island 6, Ontario 9, Manitoba 3 Alberta 7. the redistribution act Under whim ls to be based on the 1941 population, the next House of iotggxiloggrevélil illlavzzh 23a membcrs, w ‘l e re=el1 2 5 'I‘1il.s reduction of 7 songs 3.111‘ fill on two Prairie Provinces. Maiiltoba will lose 3 members and Saskatche. wan 4. In all other cases. the rep- rescntation as_established tinder the last redistribution will rcmhil unchanged. Areduced House of’ commons despite a general population in. crease of l0 per cent is an anomaly “T151118 out of the Federal scheme of representation- under “high Quebec's membership remains at 6a for all time, the general unit of representation being one-sixty. fifth OI the whole population of Quebec. This scheme of pre. Confederation origin and is designed to protect French-speaking Carla. do from becoming submerged lli an Eurllsh-lailsuagc Parliament BI Ottawa. whether by heavier (m- Iillsration into the other Provinces 0F by that process of political leg. erdemain known as gerrymgndgp This does not mean that Quebec 1155 R111’ special privilege o1" advant. B31‘ 8S COIIIDRFed with the rest of Canada in the matter of Parlia- mentary representation. All Prov- inces are on precisely the same footing. except that, owing to model-ll amendment. to the B.N.A. Act. no Province shall have any smaller representation in the Com- mons than its fixed membership in the Senate, Were it not for 1111s saving constitutional amendment. Prince Edward Island and Neu- CITIZENS’ EDUCATION Tile first meeting for 1942 of the Citizen's Education Committee was held at Prince of Wales College, Friday afternoon. January 30th. The president, Major A. R. Bren- nan presided. Although the impassable condi- tion of the roads kept the out-ol- towil members from attending the meeting, the members present cin- tered into a most interesting dis- cussion as to the trends iklucation- al reforms were taking in the oth- er provinces. Ontario. 5851mm!" wan and Nova Scotia in particular were mentioned as helm! l" E119 headlines of the newspapers in H115 respect. Statistics obtained from the De- partment. of Education by MYS- Gates show illai in Prince odwov‘ Island the average cost Pi“ Yuri)“ pa; year, l5 the lowest lli Calla a. Brmsh Columbia ranks highest with an average yeflfll.’ "51" °1 587" l5 while in Prince Edward Island the average cost per pupil is $32,- ro. These figures. the lets“ "1’- (alnable, are not up to date as in the past several years many rllro- gressiv, changes have taken pace in other parts of Canada. especliflj ly in (he Western Provinces. Aiitei Britisn Columbia in a descend Hi6 scale come: Alberta. Ontario. Man - (obit. Quebec. Nova Swflo- N"? Brunswick. Saskatchewan an-l Prince Edward Island. Q1191)" 15oz;- -—— i- l1 com- pared with 104376.786 iii 1931 and the Brunswick would each have one Iliflllbvl‘ its lil the Conllnons than tilcy liuw have. With lilesc excep- iloilrs, i ;»rc$;niailon by population, _ wcen tile 9 Provinces. is a bas.c. uncrarigeable rule of the Cl- tladiaii Constitution. (Sydney Pcst-Recordl i? .1. Burma. I11 the Burma the Jap- anese lllYddflfg have forced patrol crwsiiigs of the Slllween River above fallen Moulmeln in an at. tempt to capture Tlzaton, 40 mile; to the north, and to cut off British forces a: Mi-Iflflbllll. The Nippoiiego arc bzllibiilg Rangoon with the idea oi (ipciiilil; 11p till offensive against the city. A I-‘. ill Ulster. Several . . g1 . and United States troops m“ landed , safely at a North of Ireland port, 1119 171113118111 of American forces tlispatcllcd 1o Eilropc ill this Ivar. Those [PC0115 were escorted safely by lllc Umlcd Slates and Royal Navies. The commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AER: is Rial-Gen. Russel P. Hartlo. Sh" e Sinclair. British Air M. vsho welcomed Maj.- Gcn. ii anti ills force said: Your _. fc arrival iliarks n new stage lli the World War, and g gloomy ilorteiit for Hitler." Russian Front. News from the Russian front indicates that (he German stand is stiffciiiilg. Ill the central sector the Russians are ad- vancing slowly but steadily against U19 important town of Smolensk, which is situated on the upper reaches of the Dnieper River and somewhat outside .e eastern fron- tier of Willie RLls-jizl. It is about lllid-IVM’ between Moscow and Mink. the capital of White Russia. In the southern sector Tlmoshenkois forces have captured Kharkov In western Ukraine. and have recap- tured Lozovaya. mid-way between the Donets and Dnieper Rivers. disclosing a 93-mile drive into the industrial basin of the south whirl: virtually destroys lheentire German winter line down to the Sea. of Azov. In the Crimea the Germans are more or less on the offensive but the Russians are holding their own. anti are tlcfcildiiig stoutly t e eastern approach by way of Ker , (o Transcauscasia. Ill the north. ilzc Russians have captured Itzhev. lust south of the Valdal Hills and on the Volga River. Battle of hfaoassar. Macassar is a strait. which separates the island of Borneo from the Celebcs. This Strait is an inlportant one a5 lt lg one o0 the main approaches to Java. heart of the Netherlands East Indlss and site of the United Nations‘ Supreme Command. The Japanese attempting to run the Mrlcasal‘ Strait were st- lafiked bl‘ A B D A bombers and submarines. (American. British. Dutch and Australian). 46 Japanese warships and transports were stink in the Battle of Macassar, and. at st. 25.000 Japanese troop; were lost, The Japanese ilave put aslioz‘: at Balik Pzlpen 011 the cast coast of Borneo ill all attempt to cap- lure the important oil wells there. The Battle of Macassar is still rag- ing. and it is claimed that the Japanese have 65 shins. carrying 150.000 men. of the original convoy proceeding in their attempt to ‘Crust at. Java. Tile Japanese are bombing Surabaya, Javanese air and naval base. This base is situ- ated on the eastern end of the 1" Island and facing Macassar strait: it is the larocst base in the Dutch East Indies. It is reported that Japanese have captured Amboina. the second largest Indies naval base. it is an island in the Molucca group. COMMITTEE HEETING comes midway with all of $43.00 1101- pupil. It was pointed out in the meet- ing that interest throughout Call- ada in matters of education Wu increasing year by year, as shown at. present in many articles in the various newspapers and periodicals throughout, the Dominion. Members of the Conlmittee are on the look- expenditure out for such articles as they ap- pear from time to time so iltaf ‘hey may be informed as to the isles‘. trends and devclopmcll-s a- long educational lilies. and a file o! all such information is being built up. Major Brennan in greeting the members present, sp0ke most. en- coiiragingly of the work being ac- complished and the interest that is bcino shown it: educational mat-- icrs by the people. not only in this province but throughout the other provinces in Canada. 'I‘1\c Committee rlilourtied to meat again in February. This Department ls conducted by the Prince Edward Island Teachers‘ Federation. Contribu- tions are welcomed and should be addressed to H. Lawton, Charlottetown. - 1'2 i I'D To Thgileotors of Ward 5 A delegation of my fellow citizens cd me personally to consider their v h e cillor in the ward and where I make m.) 0m - it is every citizen's duty sooner or In ter of good government for our cili- afed for this position. Mo)’ I "511 3° this matter on Election day Feb. ll. an vote dlilllicable in 1'01"‘ tzlgretfii ‘his mane‘, Wm “rulnly appreciation of your su in Ward 5 havec £15:- - -_ i i'on as - IOIIIQSHI ll llzeeling tha‘ tel" i0 assist in the mat- I have today 110111111’ ur kind assistance in d also that any other ll be added to your own. My be reflected ln the most faithful service l am capable o! giving, if elected. Thanking you in advance I am. Sincerely _voui's, A. L. WRIGHT. aura-roses? l‘. l (i.