f -1-=ze= fxifiifbfi€¥¢8fil§§llb “THE GUARDIAN frAos roux lensing Dally (Founded ll ll") Authorised us tier-amt Class Hell, Pest Olflee Department, Ottawa.’ Ilse lsland Guardian Publishing 0o. Iflllos- and Blsslluglu] Ills-enter. J. ts. Huraottr Aesoelele Editor, Freak Welles I fThe Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." OIABLOTTETOWN. THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1M8 The Marshall Plan which has won world- wide approval of all people interested in the well being of war devastated E-urope, has caus- ed some anxiety in Russia whose hope of in-flu- ence in Eastern Europe dims in consequence. Canada and Great Britain have gone all out in support of the plan, but of necessity the bulk of the financing must and has come from the United States which has already spent about a bill-ion and a half _dol|ars for food, clothing, building materials and medical supplies. About one fifth of the money so for spent for aid under the European Recovery Program has been for purchases made in Canada, and the huge sum, approximately two hundred mil- lion dollars has boosted Canada's reserve of U. S. dollars and at the same time increased our exports of surplus commodities. A word of caution to those who see in the plan a continued strengthening of the demand for agricultural products, is issued by the Department of Reconstruction whichpoints out that the United States stipulates that sur- plus U. S. agricultural products must first be used for shipment to Europe before purchases outside the States may be made. lt may hap- pen that all required agricultural products may be available in Ihe United States in which case Canadian surpluses will either have to remain with the producers or purchased by the Federal Government as our share in feeding the hungry Europeans. Whats In A liaise? It was Hon. Mr. DeValera, when Prime Minister of the Greemlsle, who had legisla- tion passed changing its name to "Eire" which, It is claimed, is the original gael-ic designation. At the same time he provided ways and means for the abolition of the English tongue there and the resuscitation of the language allegedly spoken in the Garden of Eden. His plans did not altogether succeed, many of the old stock sticking to the old ways both in the interest of social relationships and the development of trade and commerce between John Bull and Pat, not to mention the d-ominions overseas and U. S. A. who still adlhere to Anglo-Saxon. Now Mr, DeValera having been deposed and gone to Australia to become champion heavy weight lifter, his place has been taken by Mr. John A. Costello, who is visiting Montreal for the Lawyers’ Convention. On his way across an the S. S. Mauretania to New York he des- cribed himself as "Prime Minister of lreland," and said that "Eire" is incorrect. "The out- standing lrish political problem is to undo the wrong of partition and secure the restoration to a united Ireland of our six north-eastern counties of Ulster." _ But Ulster unhesitatingly declares "hands bff"! The Northern Counties "are not for sale." interviewed in Montreal, Prime Minister Costello declined to express any opinion on the subject, saying he was in Canada not on a pol- itical mission (as he will be in U.S.A. when he returns there) but merely as a guest speaker at tIhe Law Society's gathering. That is spoken like a states-man as we here have no wish ta enter into lrish politics having enough to do st present looking after our awn. Drunken llrlvlng Mr. W. C. J. Meredith, K'.C., has written to Montreal Gazette recommending suggestions for the abatement of traffic hazards. He says the penalties now are far too light and should be considerably increased, and especially more severe punishment be meted out to intoxicated drivers. A fine of from $5 to $10, he says, is almost useless in preventing a recurrence of an bffence. lf the fines were increased to $50 for the first infraction, $100 for the second, and $200 plus suspension of licence for the third, motorists would think twice before tak- "ing chances. An intoxicated driver, he urges, should be relieved of h-is driving privileges for ‘at least two years following the first offence, Ind a second similar offence should result in cancellation of his licence. ln su-ch cases, how- ever, it is important that a medical examination be carried out by a competent physician. Tho Iymptoms of shock and of certain other inno- cent conditions sometimes resemble intoxica- tion, and there have been cases where people have been unjustly accused. "Suitable legislation," says Mr. Meredith, "should be enacted to provide for either coma pulsory insurance or proof of financial responsi- bility on the port of automobile owners and drivers. Many people have been killed and countless others have been permanently Injured by reckless motorists from whom there was no prospect of recovering compensation. When it is recalled that an irresponsible per- eon with little or no knowledge of driving can easily obtain a licence the IQIlOIISHQIS of the situation cannot be exaggerated." r So soy we all of us. ‘- 50:10am. notes‘ __ l‘ The Great Fire in London which wiped out slur City, um date I666. , I 1 Q _ Ollvbr Cromwell, the great English dictator, lllld lllll llflll U53. He was as popular in Eng- . in his do; as his Russian prototype Stalin m’ a . Fall. Everyone, or nearly everyone, will be glad to resume the even tenure of their usual work-a-day ways. i O . The interim Indian Government, headed by Lord Mountbatten, took office this date 1946. Out of it evolved the greatest experiment in freedom in history. "k l Without wishing any ill to ships and sea- men most people will be gIl-ad that the West At- lantic hurricane finally went seaward rather than causing havoc along the coast. A feature of modern life is the amount of colour in articles of daily use. Other ages in- vested princes with an aura of glamour because of the possession of colourful garments which would be with-in reach of the average school Qibl of today. n er s w Helium- is generally associated with light- cr-‘than-air craft but its latest_ use is in ex- ploring the depths of the sea. Using that gas instead of soluble nitrogen to dilute his supply of oxygen a Royal Navy petty officer descended to a record depth of 535 feet at Lock Fyne, Argyllslhire. 1r s: a e As Hon. Mackenzie King is to represent Canada at forthcoming international and com- monwealth assemblies and should be in a posi- tion to speak with authority, Mr. St. Laurent could help the situation considerably by an- nouncing that Mr. King is to be his External Affairs Minister in the new cabinet. w x T-hose having the welfare of the rising youths of our city at heart should bear Ill mind the "Y" is still short of the objective of its recent campaign-some $30,000. Perhaps the difference could be bridged by asking the al- ready generous subscribers to increase their donations by a third. He who gives quickly gives twice. sr w a a a Tlhe repeated deadlocks in international relations show the futility of sovereign states trying to bind one another by agreement when by definition sovereignty means independence of any compulsion. Nations must give up their jealously guarded sovereignty to a world gov- ernment to achieve lasting‘ peace. Meanwhile we must pull our weiglht in convincing Russia that aggvresslon does not pay. i l d! i The 4-cent stamp is to be issued on OIc-t- ober 1st commemorating the 100th anniversary of the achievement of Responsible Government in Canada. That almost revolutionary advance was made without any constitutional change except that the Royal instructions of Provincial Governors required them to_select as their ad- visers, men having the confidence of the elect- nre Assemblies. w o a ' Capital investment in Canada is expected to attain a record figure of $3,000,000,000 this year according to an Ottawa Government sur- vey. The figure exceeds by $200,000,000 an estimate made at the beginning of the year by the Department of Reconstruction and Supply. Capital expenditures last year were $2,400,- 000,C00 and port of the increase now forecast is attributed to price increases. Actual volume of the investment is expected to increase only l0 per cent over 1947. A ‘I s. w Here is something an ordinary reader cin- not understand. The Bureau of Statistics re- ports that between June 1947 and June 1948, our lsland births exceeded our deaths by 1,957, and in addition we absorbed Z11 immigrants, equalling 2,168 additions to our population. Yet the Bureau claims our population decreased 1,(X)O in the twelve months. ls it credible‘ that we “lost 3,168 people by emigration within the l2 months? Ami what is the Bureau's authority for ‘the allegation? An attempt is being made to induce Ger- man children to forget the past, and to become more social minded. Fifty-eight German chil- dren from the British zone of occupation are come under the scheme arranged by the Edu- cation Interchange Council and are spending the summer term with children in public and grammar schools in different ports of the United Kingdom. This is one of the schemes designed to remedy the isolation from the out- side world to which the _German children have been subjected since the coming to power of Hitler. Another scheme which has been launched by the Ministry of Educrtian is for the exchange of correspondence between United is the main foreign language in the 7'00 Sec- now attending schools in Britain. They have Kingdom and German schoolchildren. English * i r w s , Britain has a new radar device which warns pilots of death-trap clouds 40 miles ahead. lt prevents disasters which overtake aircraft in a certain type of cloud as treacherous in the air as icebergs are at sea. Harmless rain clouds are ignored but the dangerous cumulenimbus clouds ore shown on the radar screens. These clouds can tear an aircraft to pieces by a viol- ent upsurge of air currents. Now the’ pilot will have ample warning. This is only one of doz- ens of peace-time developments of the British Telecommunication Research which produced the radar devices which were decisive in the air war. Nicknamed "School for Secrets," it hos lcst is secretiveness in peace and recently it was opened to visitors from the Services, industry, the universities and the Prc'=. Peace-time achievements inclifie a new type electric brain capable of calculating rncedible sums; an automatic gadget which kcrps o telescope accurately fixed on a star, wf"h it fdilows rcund, the sky; new systems of air traffic control; and balloon-borne, radio trrsmitters which automatically and with a new accuracy report back from 14 miles above ti’: corlh weather information to the experts. Apparently the weather has broken for the l Establishment ;, _ firs‘ auARmAN; Curmsorrurows NEWS lTEM — AVI anvi- able reputation is en- oqéd be.‘ thoroughbred l 5.1. castle and swim r which find o ready market for and wide. who DOES Jae Boss snow ore 1'0 ms VISITORS? wuyfrlrosc NEWCOMERS FQOM PRINCE EDWARD §LAND, AWAY UP THERE IN CANADA- NOT US, WHO WERE BURN AND REARED HERE!’ v. The Indispensable Man (Globe and Mail) The Uberal Party and the Cen- adian people have heard 50ml! amazlng statements from Prime Mlnlster kins in 111$ 11m- m" more so than the one he Issued Wednesday t.o justify hi! 49mm‘ InstIon to cIIng to the reins o! office. His reasons for continu- ing as Prime Minister IndefInIte- 1y are both shallow and voIn — “most. careful consideration" had dissuaded him from Immediate re- Ilrement. and “thereby occaslon- ing Immediate transfer from my- self t.o Mr. St. Laurent. of the full responstbflltées of offloe." It. Is no credit. to the new Iesd- er or the party that. m. King's ex- cuseg add up t.o the ImpIIcntIon that ND‘. St. Laurent. shrinks from assumlng responsIbIIItIes which ought t.o be his. If It dId not. think Mr. St. Laurent. capable of assuming those, why dId the Lib- eral convention choose hIm with such an overwhelming voice’! Of a certainly. Mr. King's ps-olonstd occupancy of office wIII not fortify publlc acceptance of the new lead- er as s. man of stature and de- cislon. In-the martyred spIrIt of “this- further-servIce-IWIII-I-daany-coun- try." Mr. King announced hls In- tention to attend both the UN Assembly meetIng In Pans and the Commonwealth Prime Min- Isters’ Conference In London be- fore retiring at his "successor-k convenience." The reasons: , Mr. St. Laurent. feels he should have a little more tlme to make the necessary preparatlons before assuming the dutIes of the head of a new Administration. l He also feels that. It. would be» unfortunate were he obliged e1- most Immedfately after (tsklng) ofIIce, to be away from Canada for a possIbIe absence overseas of some weeks, and this at s time when so many matters requlre conslderatlon at; home. .. .. .. How, the public wIII ask, do l r r VALLEY AT NIGHT valley filled wIth sIIence. and the hills closed In and the. ‘work was over, then j two worlds appeared — the starry, one In heaven and the lighted world of borne and. homes and men. when nlghtlcarme clown and ‘thei his milking. | A neighbor, took his ease. hIs wlfe was hvmmlng reddfng up, the kltchen- 5 you could see his pipe glow. Down the road a piece. ‘ Burrows read hIs paper In his par-i lo I‘. The swallows homing to the be.:n”s dark eaves ' whlrred In the dusk. The cows took shape In shadows. thelr hooves struck spark. thelr horns crowned with leaves torn from the willows by the brook which watered stock and farms. A cow dog raised. his head. yspped t.o n frIend. Shut. In by hIIIs; surrounded. i nelghber sIIent celled to neighbor.» said W611 We are beleaguered in this hollow shell of hills-this wIII not plla sway or die. ‘ this borvlof q-ulet under the stony sky. _ 1111s we mwrfi. We wIII gusts! It! very well. I -BIanca Bradbury In the New, York Herold-Tribune. I ‘af-"eessr- --.-. secunswi . Old Charlottetown p: rem r. s. l.) I; I vvvv l v.1 OXLN A! CAI’! IIOIISIS On Wednesday lest two sons of Mloheel Clerk, Tryon, being In e cart drown by a pols of oxen, the oxen took flight and ran off et full speed when the cert wee up- set end one of the boys, ‘named JIM". Illd fourteen years, wee thrown out. with such violence thst he dled In e few mlnutee otter. The other boy hovfnl more out when the cattle took frlght, q. raped outrun-floral Osmtte, June II. loll. j l I [than hslf e party leaders usually assume the duties of a new Administration? There Is no question of the “old order" hoIdIng on tIII the Incom- Ing leader and his colleagues feel strong enough for the tssk. Not excepting Mr. King. new lead- ers have taken office withfn s. fer-v weeks of success In on eIectIon. On occasion. they have been known to face an emergency sessIon of Parlfunenl; wIthIn an equally short time. As Mr. King's successor. IVII". St. Laurent Is not. required to plunge unprepared or unschoalecl Into "the full responsibilities of office." He takes over. In mid- term, leadership of a. continuing Government. The so-called new Administration wIII be a reorgan- IntIon of the old. The prospect. Inferred. from Mr. King's state- ment. Is that. even he wIII retaIn a Cabinet post. True there are domestlc prob- lems to be faced; there are new policies, International In range, to be formulated. But surely the people to face and deal with these matters are the new Leader and his new Administration, since they wIII have the task of can-y- Ing them out. This st. least has been the reasonable assumption of Mr. King's suppartfng press and the party stalwarts. It being their view that the future belongs ta Mr. St. Laurent, not Mr. King. The only reason for m. Sit. Laurent being Isbsent from Can- ada Is the Prime Mfnlsters‘ Con- ference In October. It could prove more "unfortunate" for hIm to-be "absent? from It than from can- sda. ‘This, Mr. King seems to have conslderecl. for his state- ment offers assurance "that If at any time during the course of the London meeting. Mr. St. Laur- enfls presence in London would aprpear to be desirable. he wIII endeavor to jolxrme there." There Is noIhIng In the affairs of s. reorganized Administration which, In all probability, would not face Parliament before Janu- B-f)’. l0 Prevent Mr. 8/0. Laurent attending the London meetlngs, If there Is one discussion of which he should have personall knowledse. and should not be de-l pendent on hearsay, It. Is the! Prime Ministers‘ Conference WhlClhl as Mr. King has ernphaslzed. WIIII "discuss matters of common In-i fer-est In a manner which wIII.‘ permit, of the freest. possible ex-‘ change of views." In they; en. vLronrment. Mr. King has no Iic-_ Hm to week freely for his sue-I ceseor. In consideration of sponsIbIIItIes. there test. of m. King‘: decIsIon to hold on. Were the positions re-j versed, were m. King In Mr. 512., Laurent/s p561!- wlth a. mandate‘ the eral Party but. with- suah re-I Is one fair, he be content. to have Mr. St. Hardly. Billion Forest Exports j Newsprint Sent To l 69 Different Countries! (Woodland World) I "Proper forest management that: would o-btaln the maximum 51cm lfrom the forest. on the basis or s l crop to be Iurrvcsted annually, I. whet. we need In Canada today," according t.o Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, lMfnlster of ‘Trade and Commerce. In s statement. Issued today. "If we are to treat. our forests as s renewable asset. t.o be fsrin- ed, and not. mined, we musl. ac- . oept. the obligations that. such a policy enteIIe. Only by coopers» IIon on the pert. of government-l end those making use of the forest. can adequate protection end 00n- nrvstlon measures be csrrted ow: "Canada's forests have s very, vItel plsoe In our economic pro- l rum st. the present time," 11ml Howe ssId. "Connie's forest Ir.- du-strles ere mskIng sn Important contribution t.o our present nigr levels of product-Ion end Income! host year our exports of foros‘. products were nearly s bIIIIon dal- Isrs. Out. of this smount. more Milton U. S. dOllIfe' were on the credit. side of our Arnerlcsrf trade ledger. But._ our exports ,of wood ere not. confined to thIs continent. During the Net veer. Osrudlen newspI-II-z found Ite wsy u; sixty-nine Jif- fszent oountrles. ‘The pulp snd paper Industry tenh first In Cenedlen mar. \- feotus-Ing, but. further dIversItIca- tton end development wIthIn LnIs Industry would go fsr towers: strengthening and etoblltsurg our economy. Research scientists in Causal ere turning theIr sttenucn ‘I "'7 "‘*“\':>§R'$R’oXR’¥R’-Y>RW Pursue FORUM f; 9 This column Is open to the dlsrluslan by correspondents Z of questions of Interest. The f’ Guardian does not neoeeesr- "I Ily endorse the opfnloa of correspondents. y i Fuccccssess- ccwcc». (\P\> .. ._. wan or THE Forum: f SIr.—I believe that the farmer's high prices wIII boomerang. Food prices have been spearheading the cost. of living, and are they not. largely responsible for the third round of wage Increases? Organized laborfls wage boosts wIII undoubtedly hold after prIces of farm produce secede to world levels, then the shoe wIII be on the other foot and the farmer will be hard put t.o pay the prices on fuel and manufactured. goods. lAippes-ermtly some economists and offlclals are now of the opinion that. some Inflatlon Is desirable. It. noises the national Income thus making It. easIer for us to carry the tax load. But aren't. we merely shifting part of the we: debt from profits and Incomes onto the middle-class people who bought. bonds, mortgages and In- surance, whose savings were In. sufficient for speculative Invest- ment. Their dollars are shrink- Inz under Inflation. Last. year the U. S. price of ivheat was over $3.00 when the parity prlce guaranteed to the farmer was $1.04. ’I‘tIIs year their parity Is $2.00. whlch I pre- sume Is t.o give the farmer the same spending power as IndustrIaI vrarkers. Meats went up the same extent. and stayed up. Now, our farmers are Io receive U. S. prices or. shall we say. U.S. wages. Somethlng might be saIcI for the farmers getting prices above pas-Ity since the lumber Industry and others also do. but. In the lat-tor case our government re. ‘celves a nice share of the profit In corporation taxes. And the pI-Ice of lumber Is s. small factor . the cost of IIvIng while the cost of foods Is s big Item effecting everybody. Would It. not be wIse t0 sub- sIdIze some everyday necessities that. are priced above parIty, ss Is now done with flour, In order to keep our price structure healthy for future exports? I am, Sir, eta. JOHN W. GILBERT. , Hanover, Qnt. Britain Coal Conscious (By Jaunes McCook GP. Stuff Writer) Whitehall has launched a. new I from A light. said Gert was tardy wlthlj out 95W" l° m"? It out_ woujd‘. campaign to make every Briton coal-consclous. “Save the ocal t.o Swlbkl. 1981194 llldlnsurent not. end speak yo, hgmq- save the nation" has become the ecnncmlo catchphrase of the day. Symbol of thls new approach to BrItaIrfs vItaI coal production program will be the "fuel watch- er." He wIII be In eImost. every office and factory In the land, ad- vising workers to shut doors and wIndc/ws, swltch ofIf unnecessary lights and stop any waste of heal and pciwer. In this way the mInIstI-y of fueI_ and power hopes to save B.- 000000 tons of coal this coming wlnter. Firms are being asked to dei- Ignate one of their staff as ‘- fIoIsI “fuel watcher" for the I- Iabllshment. He will wee: the badge but. the mInIstry says that he should In no way be regards.’ as s "snooper." He wIII be Issued Instructfors about. hIs work and Its Importance st s time when Britain Is slrlv- Ing to hIt. s production target c‘. 900000.000 of deep-mlne cosl by the end of thIs year. To reach that target suthorItIe-s estimate that. 4.170.000 tons coaI wIII have to be dug weekly to the’ problems of further pro- cessing of wood products owl greater utIIIzsLIon of the weeks meter-Isl: Ieft by Iogglng opera lions, by lumbering, and by the pulp and paper Industry." Mr. Howe declared that “there u every Indlcetlon that. we are. t.o- - day. on the verge of greet. scien- tIfIc- end technological develop- ments In the forest Industs-Ies or Osnsds. Butthese developmenzs wIII hsve IIttIe value If we fsII r;- preserve, our rsw mates-Isle. As Usnsrh grows, so musl our Irr- est. Industries expend end develop Our wood and psper exports azt essential to Csnedlon prosperity. It Is therefore essential the! we should protect end eoneerve the prlmsry source of so mach of our vreslth - our dsnsdtsn forests." \ ___‘ Economy Is whet every polltlc- Isn sees so clearly when he hr no public money Io spend. -—HemL2- Lon Specteto . Then these wee the gresplng Io- male who took the rich old mar. for better or worse—and he got better. - Stroller/i Beacon-her- ald. ll. ls significant commentary that wndltfons In Russia are such that many people who have been- able t.o come out. are ready to usk anything rather than go back. How many would like to gel. out and cannot. no one knows. -—1-'c‘.~t Arthur News-Chronicle. Beer-Admiral Hewlett Thebead. lIISPCCCOI-w I of the UmtmI States Navy. warns naval OfflCClS they must. keep slim and fIt. Bur. who Is going to handle all that: safe desk Jobs In event of aria-chu- war, If there are no brood-beamed fst. fellows? — Windsor Star. Vlelorts ls a olty of trees and flowers, and that. man who wow). destroy or remove any of ‘ham wlthout. pressIng reason would re- duce en asset. of which the com- IuunIty Is proud. There wIII, there- fore, be general approval of the city parks committee's action In fuming down a request. to remove the glorious chestnut trees that. Ime Cook street. - VIctorIa Tunes The biggest eel-ch of the ecs- -more than 150-000 hers-Inge —rias been landed by the Peterhead Ire:- nng drifter, Moray View. Ihe boa-I: struck a dense shoal only I6 miles off-shore, ae a result of which the crew, skippered by 1'1- year-old Joseph Buchan. shared £550 for one night's ivork. 111s haul was more than a quarto‘ of the landings of the fleet. of I10 boats. Sixty-five boats’ returned without. catching s fish. —Edh'e burgh Scotsman. A plague of camels In northern South Australia Is causIng losses of fodder needed for stock. AI- ghans originally brought camels Into the state's outback for treas- po-t; now they have bred t.o ls e numbers, and. are running wild. The State Government of fered to give the camels sway. but there were uogtekers. Now I1 has ordered them to ‘be destroy- ed. But sentence has been date;- red because a syndicate of Rive: Murray frultgrowers plans t.o set u/p a factory t.o convert. the car- cusses Into tertIlIzer. — Australian News Letter. The watch we want Ina been ln- vented but. unfortunately Is not yet. ready for the market. No: do we know what It. will look like or whether carrying It around‘ wIII Involve more trouble than Lhc bet/ween now and the end of the year. ‘first Is well above the present average weekly output. Britain's coal productlon has gone up. This Is reflected In the 1.100.000 tons she exported In the four weeks ending July 31, an In- crease of 85,000 tons over the post-war record set. during the some perlod In June and more than she exported In the whole of I947. But Increaslng home dernanpls under the pressure of the export drlve tends to out. the brake on exports and Britain's move to re- cover the place she once held es the world's Iesdlng coaI supplier. And so the cry for more produc- tion goes on. Brlteln’; coo! miner today find: himself a. most; Important cog In Ihe country's economic clock- work. And efforts are being nvadc to provide still better conditions for him and meet his demands Recently. the coal board agreed to the appointment. of a JoInI committee to study the check-off system of collectIng unlon dues end mlners’ oIsIms for Increased cost-of-Ilvlng bonus isre expected to get sympathetic hearlng. soon. good to be got out‘ of It. 11m, are, however. three features “o, ‘this WafCh which will make f. sttrsotfve to eves-y cItIzen. It. not. have to be wound. 1y m keep exact. time for 1.000.00o.q,° years. By now you probably h“, guessed that. thIs bit of Jew“, Is another of those stomlc e prospects. That. Is right. Solemn say that they know how I... u. the ivatch together. But so they have not given any clue h; to the date of manufacture. u." It. wIII be worth waItIng (o; __ Calgary Albertan. A leading ehlrtmeker seys u“; buttons that. laundrles can‘: m, off shirts have already hem L, vented . . . Anyway. the ennouM. merit suggests a number or gum gadgets that. would make y“ machine age a smoother one" Phones that can't. ring while m; are In the bath. Streetcar 4A.»- that can't. be closer} In a wow: be passenger's face. Theatre m; that. won't. remain empty In m rnIdcIIe of the row. Shoes m, can't; be moved -not even L, pedestrians - sgetnet a red rm. fIc Ifght. Radios that get 1M erough for theIr owners before gettlng too loud for the nelgnum -Christ.lan ScIence Monitor. Scientists no puzzled by m. unexipIaIned fact that eggs ,5 many bIrds have not hatched out this year. They feer for the hlra life of Britain. Henry G. mum zoolaglst. at. Whfpsnedo Zoo who this year has been breeding w. riches. rheas, pheasants and d“; says the hens laid well but very few or the eggs hatched. Amen: pheasants Infertility was 75 m- cent. Nearly all rhea and mm eggs failed and out. of six pm of nestlng cranes only one ‘m. duced cIIIcks. The remsrksrle thlng, eeys Mr. Maurice, Is my e sImIler Incl: of festtllty In s“; had been found In other pom 4 the world. — London Ebro. After e sllenoe of 100 years, the old church bell at. King-Bowing, Aberdcenshlre, rang egsln to :45 the people of the qulet. rural w. Ish to worship on Sunday. Ln u. sponse to Its summons several hundred parlshloners attended s centenary servIae held amid shu roofless ruins of the old church- yard. The servIce commemorated the closing of the old church sad the opening of the present one an the main Snuff-Aberdeen road ex- actly s century ego. The 01f church dates book t.o the tvretiih century. Its bell and beIfry m still Intact. and around the ruins are the burial vaults of s. number of oId county fsmIIIu. The Rev. G. S. Alexander, minister of the church. arranged and conducted the service. - Edinburgh Scou- nan. "m Age-Old Story I He that. fallovvetts sfler Plehl- eousness and mercy flndeth Ills righteousness, end honour. YACHT EBCAPES DAMAGE ANNAPOLIS ROYAL. Ne. 0GP) .- A 35-foot yacht, the Inodslone frcm Merblehesd, Men. nsrrowIy escaped dests-uotlan when It dragged anchor In the swift current of the Incomlng tide of the Annupolls Rlver, rmnlly. some men on shore saw ll" craft/s danger, located the sldmtf and piloted the boat to safety. SEEK "EXTINCT" BIRD CHRISTCHURCH. N. Z. —(CPl -.An expedltlon which Is ho e!- plore the wIId fIord reglon l! southwest New Zealsnd next It" may find IIvIng specimens 0f W takahe or notornls. en almost legendary bird long classed ll extlnct. The teknhe Is e Iltlt flightless bird with bright red M11 and blue-black feathers Hard A. Pl Unloading Today D. l. i W “Blue Coal” runrucs srz: Glllllill & B0. PHONE 240 Coal of lllse Imported Illglllh fllld II ll WIIICII T0 PICK. CIITOII @- Q-(asrelboe/fio AT LAST -; We have received smrnn-nsnnssrws m: and winter ""9 o s: now wsms sens rs x consents: scum-Tl" J.. P. IIIGPIIERSIII 8r 80R (CUSTOM BDIUI‘ OI-OTIIII loetttsts Clothe. quail