I E f t t 1 s r f f o PAGE rot i» T“ TliE - tiintttomtowit GUARDIAN Dluflllng nail) tluufiuad m 18157) Red Cross Generosity “lriting in Canada's Week/y‘ (Lllllllfll!) M1’- B. E. .-\stbitr_v of the Charity Ot"g."ttiizii".it~ti S..- ciety, pays tlte follottitig fine trihuic work of the Caitadiatt Red Cross: “Before the ititensive air raids on Lundtm began the Crtttatlian Red Cross gave us 5.000 blankets. which ltapgtily‘ were (llSlFlltlllC/l tn our offices in the ltl-rottgfis thr-tttgltlttit Ltttttlt-it. This enabled tlient t<- ttict-z the first SIIOClC. tln Monday our offices were besieged with de- mfmds for food and bf ikets. The Canadian Red (frog; gent to us" \\::l'.:tt two hours 5.006 tnore blrtttlccts, several ".--ii~. of st-ttp. tultlillltiF biscuits and ntilk. and tut-re than 50.000 tit~w garments. My colleagues in the London dis- tricts have worked like dock laborers getting these footls to the varirtits food and rc-t cen- tre: organized lt_\" the lntiitloit Ctittnty Coiiitcil. Todav t§etwt. 133 furthtr consigtttttcttts of Inside-m, Lteuf. I ul. \\. Chester S. IIIcLuIO yn-e Yrcsturul. J. R. Burnett. F.J.l. Secretary, Licui. cut. U A Allcklnnon. U.a.0. Edltor and Xlunaglng Uirectur J B.- Burnett. FJ-l- Associate Elfllurs. trunk u ulker alld Ian A- BUM“- sussicttii-Itus RATES B! Dh-il in l’. L. f. rl-bv u: year also for 8 month!» ->- "" 1H1‘. 50c lur one month. Cm stififtfllffuiliiitlttt-i tv-H w-W l" ° ‘"°'““- ' ;t..5 iur J utoutus._ W In n u Luna ... atiu t. a- A 55- Pflfiflb Satulfzu: aura-In.) l t-ct yr-H. MW I" ° "“'""“ 3'... lot .. uiufilllb- “The blrultycst Jltnulry t8 "FY2058? "WI gm Ill-lilies! lllrlyi- "rt t sun‘. 0t ruutgk 15. 194°- Mt". Ixnity-v Iiuiiscreliun ‘" towels. dressing gowns. and food have reached , 3"“ “dl 35" “lml,” us front the same source. and arc NUT?“ out It: llIr: cei ‘res. h“! "l atn "t \':. luv-w ltt-tt" great has lt "'11 ilic lit-lp given ltv (‘ctttal '. Red Cross. l? is only" right that .i.~ ylltlffi‘ shotiltl he paid to ( .-uicl Xasiiiiili. hlaitir I c'\cl' it ;. .»:.c clut- .- ..l uiiii tlitc ult- . t‘ \\".iltfiiit .~ll.-llC>.~I ' l tiies of the FTIFITIFlITII Rod (‘toss in thi; gntqtprc, ' ‘inc done tlteir utmost to .'tl'cvi"~.te tlte sttff»r— thcir homes." '1 li't"l EDIIURIAL NUIES . .- .- , . tic _ p. ,. , i 1. {My v V _ W M "M. \\liat is the u-c 0f artiitnl gti"ttw]< and hilt..- l,,, ,....,.,..¢,».4‘ protections from changers " nt \\'llll'lllI. if flu-t. t “Pi gm, within the garvisott tlt<'~t".<t‘l\"r's pvovitle 1'“ T tiivzins of tl(‘.<fl‘ll(‘lllill? l‘ 1C O l! The two Prince-see will lie ctitlctritl n. ~ n “m, hm than lthan ever as the ‘result of flier l‘li."tt:l<-i_i.'_ 1 _ WH-Umlw lmessage to the children 0t tilt‘ lzntpirw-titt:atttg tttiore totiching and hcartftilt lirts ever lit-til livilftl over the radio. I II I i t-t lttillli~ll "' tut ztttth- l v ) ‘Ul-ilutlrfcli: The grocery l)ll-lll(‘<S is holding tip well and Mr ll-rahling l the outlook for the fall and yyititer trade ‘IF crowd. rcvrk__c:x,u_fsat*s the Cjanadtrtn Grocer .‘ ‘There ".- money tn ctrculatit-tt illlil tht= is lirttrttg t.» "' .t1- , WW1” ,1 tipott tne retail trade althouglt itiztttt" itilvtsctl tlicm ..lt had been “pp-I. c lffc-l . , tt-llm ""- more or lcss hand-to-moutlt basis in liitvitttf. gentle melancholy and f-lttlflttlif‘ sentiniettt lit-r WFIIIXISZS embodied suited the taste of the ttcricvl . tt- t~1-~~_t ‘mil told them I -- of not publish- .- » . . _ -‘= "ee-pect the con- fQhe displays richness of fancy and atvttttw of ' ' ~11 under the latiatttage. but her work =i:'f~rerl li-i-"ixi n. p. i Qtttttl faith. the production. ller first c "t/“ioit of it ~~i< o» Vt _ ‘ ‘l tic-d for l<i PPiltPd in I920 entitlPd "Ilillc F1‘? of \ '7' s. ti, TNQIIW‘ ' "n fippositioti. lt hill" the firing-litre. Wlicthci" in tittifttrtti or not, uc are soldiers, and it is upon uttt" sense of (llwfllt- . ..._wi line that the battle will turn. l§\'cr_\"~tte. nigh: , . and dav, lives in an atmospltcrc of I'l.\|\'. Jlllll wt- Ilnllll- ‘\l'li"1"r bnes Way must grow accustomed to it. at least to lll<' cx- " ' ' ' tent of making it a point of pride to rrt r_v ott. each of us his several duties, up to thv flltnltvtll f the Press. the Prime .\Iin— “lll hi“? fl‘ of direct pcril. (iltltcrwise flcruiztiiy \ hatt- \"~l~“m3 lmb ‘C no need to defeat us: we <hztll deft-at tit lvcs." W» “"1 ‘he Pm“ It is magnificent and, (to rcvcrse a .ttuotis .- sitntinon the two phasc), it is “.ar_ itt antl then pro- n- m a at =t’--lt‘»fl itt Ian- "tlttios: uttaitiittotts c Pacific to the Vancouver Prov- . iipeg Free Press. ttreal Gazette, and encouraging, according to “llartl\t~t:t» attil Metal", '1'0rotito. Public buying Cap. y, in both city and rural districts, has llll])1‘<l‘-'i'(l con- siderably this year. .\Iany wage earners ai"e today receiving a steadier income than they ltztve in a decade. Farmers have ltztrvt-stctl a lit-avv crop in eastern Canada, and their financial Pirat- tion is better as result. Buying in retail hard- ware stores since the fall season opened has lit-en increasing, and the trade is looking forward to a stihstantial volume of salcs in coiiiitig wvcks. Wholesalers report their shiptnztits of fail guilds to retailers have been in excellent ctuatitity", in- dicating a move on the part of dealers to pre- pare for a brisk fall selling season. 1F Ii 1i Ill I world's history. .. Prime Klinister has vl noyv proposes that “ted, but immediately ‘tin a few day's .l carry with it the and may be con- c httsiness has been rlpkposed hf. Tl1l5 though the ~ ~- meet as arrang- ~.t~=<. and then pro- fiIi""l1I{f early nPXf . LE "' ' Fwv-"tlfll- Orders for German goods which llitlcr was accepting last summer front South .\iiict"ic;tii countries, and on which he gitarantectl fall dc- livery in the belief that he cottltl smash the llri- tish blockade, totalled $5t>o.orm.ooo and wcrc at‘- compatiietl by cash bonds to ltaclt" the gttaratttcc, according to an article in The Autcrtcttn .\l:tg— azine by \Villiam LaYarre, who has spent fivc l"i'_'ljl' 1"" )'f".'l". The Will (fmtnda Yeizfariflivook The 194/. r 1' l m’ the Fltrtatlian Year Book years investigating Germany's plans for econ- I-m, tun t.---~ t -' ' I ti! s» <l""~t\va. This is one omic conquest in Latin America. Mr. LaVat-re of lyr- t" ; - cliirttts issuctl by reports that currently Hitler i< worrving more tlt- l~ ‘i- ‘ . ", ‘at mg the official sta- about losing Fouth Anicricati cottfitlcitcc tltrut Ii-la t‘. » t ' t- llllll cotttaitittig a about losing his l)‘7l1~'l§, and his agents ttt the thou-liq" . . of the natural United States, at great cost to Germany. are re-ottt-t- ~ ~ i . 1 - l v i tlt-velltpiiicnf, the busy httying from American factor-i“ (Intuit-mos ltistlt- " z l - vittttiotts, its dc- 0f the merchandise he promist l to drlitt-r, Titl- mogt :"' . ' l l " V vs of produc- will tnean a heavy financial lose to Flr-rtttaiu". Iii-u. ll‘! t. i " "or. f "lance. education, .\fr. LaVarre staff's. ltut will save (itirtiiait prev r‘ z l. stitdy within tige in §outh America. i ‘i i I in Scottish f the. social and Ill” . ll-ttitittitvn. This tiew t". in’ "Production ittdttgtrifw, hm v _v Pillltlttt, ttw- t ~ - |._"lt) tiztgos. has ltccn especially in shipping totitiztge and aritiatttcttu, tlt-lrtl-igh“ i ' :' i -i:: . lll rttttl iticlittlcs in has been cnoritititisly" ZlCCClCIlllCfl iii the last ft-u all its i " ‘llfftflllftliflll available mouths to meet war demands," rcpurtg Mr, 1;. up ti» 'll‘t 1:’ t " y r . ;t< .\ stati-tical suut- l3. Johnson, Canadian Trade (Qonittti-siuttcr at mart" of "lit it ~ of l t: :td't is lllClllllCfl itt (ilasgow. to the Depttrltncitt of Trade and (hitt- lllv 5ll"~‘l" ‘ * ‘(it's a picture in tnercc. “The iticrcascrl output in this ztnrl otht-i" figurc- itt " r w ml progrvss which the vital industries has l)(‘(‘f1 ntadc prissiltlt‘ lt_v lllt‘, r.,;;.-t;rv l . ' 'il*.‘ fin: tit-tistts of the [iatriotic spirit aiiintatitig the \\"ttt"l;ci'\'." says .\lt" Intuit‘ -| - ~ ‘ l. -'~ t-‘jt. vlohnsott. illllf’)? ltavc sacrificctl holidays .'lII’l In :1". '" t ' w. c‘ tif the new IY-ar for the time bring. vcrtaitt (‘ltsttnlis of flit-it" [look ilw l‘~ " "t t ‘ill t-f Naif-tics state-s crafts established tivcr itiatty ycztrs. itt r-rdcr tn “my t,» i - "t't‘ titty" lrllllllll it from obtain tnztxiititttti output. For ittaaitct. "ztgrtttt- Iltv t< ' t t. ".t the price of tur-ttt has ltcctt rcaclicvl itt thc sliiplttt‘ ng and .~"i._1<t. i " i i Ill!" cost of pztpt-r, shitt-rcpairitig ittdttstrim for the di “'lHlI of printing v ' it it sprciitl coiict-ssiott. labour. and for the exchzitige of htltoirt" llt‘l\\'f‘(‘II t lintitt l. ' ~ ' .-l---ttttil cnpicc have (liffcrvttt classes of craftsmen. In llli (tiItIIlfY. INTI] =1" " -’ i i- t." ttf tv-liqittti, littna whcrt" trade unions arr so strong nu‘ ztrd Writ] fidc sttttl rt I . tcnltor-p wlvt tuay oli- privileges so jealously guarded. such <- t v-siotis taiti topics rt -tttt:tl price of fifty cents illitstrate the attitude of the ordinary wuflciitg ‘d1 titan towards the war," it. the ' ltz-itt: sent ttis that the \\lI~ll(‘ Clllllllfl‘ ~7i"tt. . [En-rt and Captain Kennedy". who. as TPDFO-‘Pltlit- ; l ‘yiwrs of the people of Inndon. bombed out nfl and large retail distributors cotitintie to :tdr.;.t a t while her mnct qnffpcfiflil tirivel, “l“’l~"-‘ l'lit'i"'"- V Wits nliltllslted in ItQQ/‘fl ‘he vent" ltl " we l" i" ‘ ’ tr ‘lie frcrtlottt and death: “Few. save the oor f-"cl fr-t" do oor."l f‘ l‘ "- _ vyrfl" glw- Ottawa ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, . __ , - .. ,,.,.,.I. I] J-fnw . . u _ _ ‘ I ‘ .. “ "y"? ‘l Ilnlzh; Here is the Londoner's atti: tlc: ‘.\c n T _ .- -- H’ “‘- 4'1 i ' . . . ‘ ‘ c! U '* to realise that here in Londtttt cvcrvottc IS in t an extent, ' ' The general trend 0f ltardware salt-s is very" THE (QI-LARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN NOTES BY TIIE WAY “Nowadays everybody seem; to " letitn".cl_\"." wneit they mean . coinrticizzed Mr. Jusuce phreys tn 1.110 High Court. ._ to qtzesticns by his i‘ c" BBC Eitgllsh. my ccu"..~tj vnziuzed. — London It is nothing to give pension and ‘outage to the vvtdcyv- who has lost hcr son‘ * l5 t". 11mg to g.ve food - the w ‘kman who decrepit itt smkitess. But it -cme: t-me End ength to WJZ‘ w"".t the wayward- ness and lizoughtx-sstit-ss of man- ;k;nd; to k€€p the erring workman lll‘. your so: ce till _v:u have made ‘hm an it tg‘cnc. and to dLreCI tel-o ‘ '0 ".210 0W0!’- t L, t. _tu tent would ~ Jenn Ruskn. rapidly is Canada's‘ 113W that a drmaitd has arisen - ‘iatcd tcrzu "tin pol n held stigliung ‘niptibles " \ m p ifl s - H il.. .\ reader in Nflrlhvf" ..t~ ‘U. L’ I uIII .t mos‘. 1n- ‘ of ll‘..l‘l€ “no Ixitcti ' The . 'J\‘ZL~ Gttrcta ‘QCLUE- tuck on; the up. when my It ctthci" satic. It. dy. btgs harbor.” ~ Statesman. ~ ~ ‘ . 2,000 miles from Dakar "l t 3411717- 35 M“ T I T I i- busts vyhlrh this . ' “to Bri- “I..E.l.." (Letitia liilizalteth lmtrliltiil lTtiNi-“i - it‘? l“ ‘m9 . wtfi lie tnaiu- port and novelist. died this lair’. i939. Tilt" ._ ‘e5 "mm ftgldtfi)‘ f.;\vn tn.l.tary< planes) l I to Honolulu. supporung pctnt t attack 0.". South .l)l).‘1ll‘l area 0t" 1e YILUQ would be ' 3 c. by the Unit- I ally" of the Utizied fuzttficd and stip- roitg tea power, its s for breaking up ward be vastly Gaul}? and the ottvzi their opera- tilacc. Its great ce t0 birth brcat 2 Utiited states re- Ycrk Herald Tri- IIL. . ilTJIlC. l It ntity Ii.- that our own defence little.- 11c .s\1ft.c".tiiit ' f atiptin iig embargo on "p iron to all IIOIIILSIIIIGIC . Bu". the 1m- wlttltnztir, restilf as to cut otf Japan tnt that‘ st; e and. .I\l' Qllfy IIIIDOI‘. . t. $01115 wit... me most needs for ‘on of her war for the titt- western Pacific. ttzztmttt to put the oc- acttpicd with eqztarn- hope. Thus we e uceplyt involv- e in_ the ccmpll- l 't.t".<t OUlnLACa n ed than ever ‘w. catcd no: of u <i paliucs. We ire tilayttig it ' ; rnaps an enforced yon, a, (trials of whzch are‘ .i..ucl it. ,,;...~,t. All of Y» can see‘ that as \\t- lascome involved, the, dgtygg-rs (>1 out" position become‘ greazcz- tutti tmre imminent. deny that the em-l of us '\\'0‘.2.(l , b. we are about to tm- . taairally out of the iu/ill. Few of us would _ t. stems. at the mo- merit, a c0 Lent stED l0 "ll"- '- Bummcie Silt}. American tutr cut-respondents in Lotttaii". t an lntercstitig report. ti: t‘ it: o.’ Mr. Churchill; "I-le Lu fiat and rcams the tvatcli the nightly German l the ctefeitise put up OY . raft barrage." It is nvt to hear that this con- ttiu Pt-ttne Mittlstci" is; a to everybody over l I: is good common srnsc to " L iii. .\li". Churchflfs life If it ,. one tnatils Is altogether too val abh- to the cause of tivhich he Is ie leader to be risked in the fulfill! of unnecessary Chill?“- Ii is also to be said that Mr. C.i‘.1!'l"l\lll woitlriift b: tltc man he lh and ttt- couldn't cx"i"t his tiniqtic ittfltteitt-t- among T-nt. British peo- ple iii llllll rxctttro. For the great l|ll5ll"t Ill tits lcafership In this 371.114.? crisis of the Brltlsh peo- plt~ Ill it titrir Iiistnrv is that he _<.'.lItI)‘rl/"S the rotiragc and (Ze- -.» 111,1’. it n (it Ih(‘ tizizttne who Iiave "is ll a‘ least to animate the fight. for the lIl‘f‘~Cl'\‘{Il10h of human lib-, "v tti the tvozlcl. Anybody’ can see t ' Nfr. Cltttrrttitl ouitht not be al- to go looking for German llI the London streets. his itu hat. But. the of Mi". Churchill. rotunlngi itt lmitrttrtt In this tln hat fhc ‘Wllll lIlS iiiintortal the twee:- hats) is surely an In- spit" Ian for us all. — Vancouver znes; constantly rephed‘ tl> a bacittc of . tiar- t .1 of tlirsnire on ll I-tmud l Few | mer constructlon t tavva offices i Aerodrome Construction Commonwealth Air Training Plan nv J. A. WILSON. M-E-LC- Controller of Clvll Aviation . '- SI-ILECTION OF SKIES FOB NEW AEROUROMES As shown In the preceding para- graph. existing ufrpotts could take care of about. one-half of the OflBlhB-l programme. New sites must. therefore, be found for the re- mainder. Time pressed. October . was already half gone and the ad- | vent of stiow WOIIICI increase the ‘dlI-IICUIIY of making reliable sur- ,vc_\"s. Fteld parties were, there- fcte, organized as quickly as pos- sible in the three Prairie Provinces, Southern Ontario and Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces. to find all the new sites required before the \VlIl'.€I‘ set. In. These parties con- .:Istcd of an Airway" Inspector, an AITIYII)’ Engineer. both experienced in the location and construction of aercdrcmes, and an R C.A.F. Of- ficer The selection of aerodrome sites even in the Prairie Provinces and In good agrlcultural land 1s not an ‘easy task. Good drainage ls the first essential. All approaches to the acroclromes must be clear of obstructions. The ordinary amenit- ies of civilization are very neces- sarv near these schools. They must. IlILCfOFE, be easy of access by road or rail to son":- ncrrby centre of tmpulaton. Ample water proximity to a reliable power sup- ply and to good road building ma- terial are also essentials. flit- training plan provided for four scparcuc Training Commands, two in Western Canada and two in Eastern Canada. It. was desu-able that the whole progremm should be divided between these four Cotitmands as equally as circum- stances permitted. On other grounds 1t was desirdable that the activities of the training plan should be as vvicespread as the physical char- actor and climate of the Domin- ion permitted. In the Prairie Provinces the clim- ate and terrain yvere particularly" suitable for a plan of Lhls kind. WGSlEIII Camida could have accom- modai/cd the who: programme. if thts had been necessary The un- certainty of water supply and nit- IIClULy of growing good tut-r were handicaps as we: as its distance from the main centres of popu- lation anu industry. The endeavour has been to secure. to all parts of tfze country. the benefits arising front the large expenditures in- volved In building aerodromes for the training plan. Every effort has been mace as well, in the location of the new aerodromes. to ensure that they will be of some use in the post war period and will serve the peace time needs of our grow- mg (‘Wlhalf transportation system. tM-itv. Fig. 3. Location of Flying Training Schools). l The titan of operation of the sur- ‘vs-y parties was to study in the office the topographical maps available of eacn district and mark on them the locations where a level area of nproxunately one square [nule could be obtained. A re- Cflllllfiléstlflce was then made from air of such areas. nothing particu- larly the approaches to the site, Ju5U,-;ca_ ‘it: accessibility by road and rail, and indications of drainage so as to avoid swampy and low tying areas. After this reconnaissance an caatnitiatioti on foot was made of tne‘ apparently suitable sites and ptcnrntttafw" Investigation reports of atcse _tvere prepared. (A sample 101111 1h attached showing the In- formation required). These survey reports tverethen forwarded to OL- taua by air mall for discussion with the Air 'I‘raI"nIng Command. The Itnost favourable were then ap- A recomiaxtsance was made of ap- Droximatcly 2000 sites. survey re. ports were filed of over 200 and lotimgraphfcal surveys were made of about 150 sites. It is safe to say vie know the locauon of practically eycry suitable aeroorome site tn thewtfstrlcts covered. It was essenhfal. If real progress was to be made during m; Sum. season o I940. that detailed engineering surveys of the sites required durlng 1940 and 1941 should be nvallable In the Ot- ‘ b by the end of 1939. "this would enable construction plans and specifications to be drown up for the work during the Winter months so as to permit 0f tenders being called for eafly tn the Spring so that work might 5"!" Just as soon as the frost was out of the ground. If this could be £10119. the full working season o; 1940 would be taken advantage of All sites required during that V883: and two-thirds of 1941 mugf be t-otnpleted In the Fall of 1940 as do not permlt, Qt construction In this Winter conditions itcrotlrome country. (To Be Cvnllntled) ——-—-__._ THE SILENT LAND Waklitg one morning In a pleasant land. Bv a rive.‘ flowing Over golden sand:- Whence flow e waters. O‘er your o1 en sand? We come towing From the Silent Land. whither ffow ye. waters. O‘er your golden sand? genius for all y We go flowln I! To the Silent Land. ]Iy;;t-tnpg_ ,And what L; IhLs fair realm‘! Every man In (Iimadn, up Io the "not: o‘ 4ft. is now liable for intllt- . ’l'his vntintry is at war, ,:tn;t b ‘we that ivar ls ovcr, she tnity lwtiue llf‘ d of the armed serv- ttttt. ttf nll ttteie nvtn. If any ofl .~""t".t'<i. then this eounlry hns a' tltt-wt tinyv sot-k to cvadc suchl rltttv ta tirewtnt them (lolnrz so. '" 4‘!‘.()ll'lI. ntani" are evading twspcttszhllzty‘. In" fleeing They are do- to the Untied Suns. Tim-re is fl constant trickle (f (“it its of military age across 131a hot Pa snort. officer: are v ‘Z at‘ .r~ of this. but their ltatnds Int" ted. ‘Pltev have not the power ta tnttw tin-sports to these people, I providing their papers are In order. A strain of golden sand In the great darknesg Of the Silent Land. _ . .._____.-—J@me=-fl2mw.- 'I'hts ls a sltuatlon which demands action by the authorltfes. They should awaken to this dralnagc of manpower out. of the country and put s. stop to It. 'I'he Untied States, with a new conacrtptton law on tu statute books, has already done so. Canada should Immediately pass a regulation forbidding the emtgratlon of all men liable for military service. Those who Ire so bllnd to their national duty u to seek safety In flight should be shown no consideration. — Wind- Ibr Bt-Bl‘. "t 511F913". The Air Force organization for Proved for detailed ground surveys. 1i DBU PUBLIC FORUM Rllnolnil ll IIOI Iollh I NORTHUIVIBEIILAND FERRIES 5111-1 think perhaps a word of explanation would not. b: out 0f place 1n connection with the Te- ported remarlu of P. Tur- ner, at, Friday evenings meettrtg re- garding the raw: W be Chtflfled °"_ the Wood Island Ferly- "hm" 1'3?“ some people thirikltad scmethlfll to do with the decision that the 5.3. Hocttelaga should be “Nd l3" stead of the Prince Nova. , The mileage from Wood Islands to caribou t; about half as much; again n5 the mileage bettveetrBcr- den and Tormcntine. The ‘exisflnf; rates on autos between Borcctt and Tormentlm; is the result of yea-i of effort. on the part of ourvBoat-tts of Trade and kindred orgazuzatictts supported by our local "government. and Federal representatives. elld we were told Ls below the rate "we should expect. Namely-Slut) DB1‘ round trip for any standard auto- mobile. but when u. comes w [Tut-Ki the rates are entirely different. and my Lmpregsion i; mat even a small Ford Truck which. dces not occilm’ as much space as a standard auto must, pay about. fcut"_ times that rate, and also pay freight vii any load carried, yivlnclrrates for the larger trucks including load for a return Lrip may run t0 uflwflttli °1 fifty dollars. _ Now, compare this with the RC- ticn of the ldorthutnberland Fer- r.es Ltd" Wood Island-Caribou scr- vicc, which as alreariyt stated is fifty percent longer than the B01‘- den-Tormertttne route, and where the company In order to DTOWCI P. E. Islands Interests. and with- out request from any pllbllC body. set tpe rates for autos and passen- gers at the same rates now charg- ed on the Borden-Tcrmentirte route. and take special ncte of this. the rate for Truck was based oit me autos displaced. In other words. a truck or no greater length than H standard auto vvouid pay $300 f0!‘ the round trip, and would be P"- mlfléd to carry a full toad ctwh way without extra chartle- III M1161 Words-the Company" ntade it P055‘ tble to move without frczglit charge, the products of the Marltlmes to and Srom Prince Edward Island, absolutely free of charge, other than for m: spite occur-ed by 11w truck. which was in each case based ‘EXPERIENCE and MODERN EQUIPMENT up-to-dale. It tnkcs only a fcw minutes to look after your rte-eds in the SAVINGS and CURRENT ACCOUNT departments or your purchase of MONEY ORDERS, TRAVEL CHEOUES, etc. There is security and privacy in the SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX DEPARTMENT. Courteous and confidential discur- sion of LOANS (Business or Personal). Know YourBunk—it canbe useful lo you. BUY Wu Snvln Ind Certificate; keep banking IIRVE‘ apart/w a Sum» “The of NOVA SCUTIA est. tan-oven A csurunv or umxmo IXIIIIENCI BRANCHES IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Charlottetown Motttazue Summcrslde Alblny (YLeary Victoria Kenslngton Morel OCTOBER ts. 1940 on the space occupied by a stand- ard auto. In other words. fl mick] fully lcaoeu, and half as long again a5 a standard auto would pay for a reutrn trip $4.50. J11?! think what It, would mean to our peope to ltave a boat making three round trips per day under these wfldlflflli- l . Another pTOPCSIILOnI mace b? m? . Ncrthumberland Ferries Ltd. was that they would be vv.11;r.;t to co- wlth the Borden-Tormen- other at the regular rcund trip rates of $3.00 per car. Just tlnnki what it vvculd have meant b0 Prince Edward Island thzs season. if the 400 autos that were ferried some day's during thc tcu is’. season across the Straits of CIHLO‘. 6911K‘ have had this route avslable to get- to P E. Island, enter rig by one route and out by the other if they , so desired. Such a plan would have permitted Mr. Rcgcrs cf the Travel Bureau to publish figures that would ‘v show real results foi" ltls nrduotts," efforts. And at this seztszn I “m, convinced the Ferry would be car-t rying capacity loads of trucks Ill-Pd “vim the products of our farms. go- ing to supply the ccnstintlng centres of the Marltimes. and returning loaded with the prcdvct-i of N0"; Scotia and New Brunswick Mlllfll and Industrial plants. all cf which wculd result in our bettcft. What are we going to do about ‘t’ 1 am, Sir. etc.. INTERESTED COMPULSORY VOTING Slr:-—In your editorial under the above caption, itt last T"ursdz1.\‘$ Guardian. you thrust your scalpel knife Into the core of a sore in the democratic body which. if not actually putrid. at least shows signs of disease that may even be of cancerous growth. , Compulsory votltigz L: the very negation of the Irtdivfdttrtl liberty", regarding which we of this British race make so strong a bcast, but, as a punishment for neglect and as n disciplinary agent, It appar- ently has Its merits. As you say. Australia Itas given It a fttlr trtttl t and they l iparently have no thought of duscardirg It. _ But why is compulsory voting necessary? You attrfbute to apathy. l Indifference regarding the progress‘ and welfare o.‘ the state. the large t percentage of electors who abscni themselves from the polls on most occaslons when called upon to cx- ercise their franchise. If you are correct, then education regarding the duties and msponslbilktes of citizenship should be made a strum: feature In our schools and colleges. from the first year to the last, just , as was the case years n20 in the reforming and rebuilding of the Danish Naflon—A single generation of patrlotlc citizenry would bring about many changes for the boner In our methods of government. The number of publfc sptrttett citizen; lodav 1s too small to exert any worthwhile influence and. discour- aged and dlwenrtened. thev juln . with the apathetic In refusing rath- l er than nezleetlnz to vote. "Wha‘ In the good of cnstlnq one's vol '2" they say. the whole system o’ "- ecttons and government Is undo" l‘ t" control of htitze money maklnt: pr‘ "- Ical machines, ftghttnt; one nnn“"rr for position and usfntz its elertir» as pawns In the contest.“ Some gr further and lay the whole butt-t- fnr the trouble upon the sbotililers of the elected renresrnttfltvhtt. tvhrm the" dollaht In termini; "pollfctatw." They forget that It ts they. the } --. -_ ~ -. - n‘! n at n n,n_n,;q_vg_n_n_n_n_v EXAMINATION Fmlng and saaplylng Gluten II. J. IMBIIII OPTOMETIIIST Montague. P. l. I. Office llnun: I0 to l2 A M- : I lo 5 P. M. I. Holman em. It! ‘xnnnmvmrnt i Ofllce Connected wlth GSTOEI people, who select. nominate and vlcct tzese so-callea politic-tarts and 'I\'lIO, after elections, beset. .nlght and day with demands peisoital favors that they whole thoughts and etiergy to the t ttpcn iztem by the political machines its a restilt of r‘i';se exertions they" .have been placid in power. Until the mass of the people have been awakened to a realization n! the serious wrong l lmentbers of the polltlcttl machines the doing to their Ol‘.‘l'l state. condt- l tfotis tvlll not only" not im" i will some fflfllhllflllfl arises. as has lteen l in Ettrotte. and takes from tlzeyi ltave lcf: lherrsolvos for ple themselves, the know . whom Democracy? I atn. Sir. etrx. that they; as "Ks- II REPORT FREIGII 0t":- but an f:"-."m ha“ tn wn e. until the little rml liberty" that’ tons and Kcret. today". l‘ been sunk 1.71 ‘“ <".'I‘s svsfer“ the i IIIIHZXIQUC Impulse of the political y machines, render Impossible efficient them ‘ and honest government. The peo- electots. l0 good government Is of the E l‘. TER SUNK 8 tons. Where Accidents Happen SL1: out of ten traffic killings happen In rural traffic. Six nut of fen IrnfIlc accldenfs happen In cllles, town! and villages. Most urban uccldents happen at Ind hills. 6",?- of accidents and 8% of kllllngs happen at street Inler -secflonl fllPYP-‘a But 21'.’- of accidents and 36% of all kllllngs happen ON THE STRAIGHT ROAD. Three out of every four drivers who zel Into a elther klll or hurt someone. ccldents, IIYIIDMAII 8t 00. LIMITED The Oldest Insurance Agency In Prince Edward Island. Offlcea: Charlottetown - Summersldo - Montague to be wrong-Many" and itidred utmost importance, are entire" . mcst of our pa dflmeflfflry reprn- blame for this blood sucking Inst. . scntmlvcs gladly would devote [IIQIV , tlon. for it ls tfrey who molt!’ :sltape and control the machines. WW9“? .. o» - t ftl .1 t. "m t ta ctr ‘ 2' P@5"',j-.*,‘g"§%.:.i.'.§ t3». it; aiiimiti: tt..:..i:t.;. .. ..:".i;;;- .'.:Pi..::" a W1‘ by ‘me m“ e “ ‘ | dislasbcful respatislbflltyt Imposed Is there In the whole of lhli 2W1! Dominion. or in any one of Its Pro- vinces, a leader strong enouzh to grapple tvlth this great enemy of NEW YORK. Ocf.—13.— (API _ ‘ Slittmint: circles reported today that the Norwegian freltzltters Kern. WM taut y "enemv artion". TIIPH’ n-v mm s of the slnklniz IS NOW OPEN And Islanders know what a real Pal Hi Twist is on a shooting trip. Your luck may be poor or good but Hlckey‘s Is always good. HICKEY’S BLACK TWIST 10¢ PER FIG STRAIGHT Manufactured By IIIGKEY 8t IIIBIIOLSO TOBACCO CO.. LTD" CI-IARLOTTETO l l ckeyb I i l