l u... .l.leu$.#Ool- w. 0h -e. ma.“ "Whalers: ts. i. n.'=‘...~...~s.. - Director. J. ltnr, Fnub W BUIIBCR ‘PTION RATES 85.00 la il i -l livers k 0th II llfi-"i/ebri udiludc-ienicemelleed to P ll. Island per year tln udvuueei mulled lo Canada and 0.8. Member: Audlt Bureau of Circulation: "The Strongest Memory la Weaker "W! the Weakest Ink.‘ SATURDAY. JANUARY 21. ‘p190. The Real Mr. King flremier King's excuse for withholding frflm Hon. Dr. Manion the contents of the Throne Speech until it ivas actually being delivered by the Governor General in the Senate chamber was a gratuitous inSlil_t_t0 ille- leildcl‘ °_f H‘? Illajestys Loyal Opposition. the declaration o an immediate election was a decunient which, he said, had to be kcPl liver)’ "97)’ SCUM-i and he implied that Dr. Manion could not be trusted to preserve secrccv if he had bccn extended the usual courtesy of an ailvancc copy__llc fliggcfilffl (to quote Dr. l\lanioii’s own scathing cumincntl “that if he had given me a copy of thc Speech s _ 73 I would have blathcrcrl it all over thc strcct. And the same Mr. lxing, who was so solicitoiis about preserving sccrccy from all but his cabinet collczigtics, ‘confessed that hc had discussed the matter with the gcncral electoral officer, an official outside of Parliament alto- gether! A quite unnecessary action, too, because the Prime Minister could have obtained all thc infomiation he sought from the Election This incident throws a more ‘revealing hgat Qff-Mr, King's nientzthty and attitude towards the public than all his eloquent speeches about democracy-s and the supremacy" of Parliament. 9O Per Cent Are Critical unly a few days ago the Liberal press was de- claring that Premier King “takes thc dignified position that the llotisc of Commons is the place to discuss the Liovcrnmcnt's war policy." Now that Parliament has been dissolved without an)‘ chance given of discussing this or any other is- sue, whzit can be said for the dignity 0f M1‘- Kings jinsititm? More importatit than Mt- Kings loss of dignity, however, is the challenge which such action involves. .'\s for thc criticism which lcd to the Govern- ment's rcfusal to face Parliament before obtain- ing a fresh mandate, the Sydncy POSK-Rfiftllfil (ludcpcndcntl estimates that it expresses "the opinion of fully 9o pcrccnt of thc people of Qan- ada. Our Svdnev contemporary says: “Canada has liecn nominally at war with Ger- nianv for over 4 months. There is no ques- tionithztt thc vast itiajority of CanadianS 1.176 eagerly ilcsirous of seeing this Doiniiiioifs war effort prosecuted intensively, efficiently, and in such a nianncr as to reflect credit not only on Canada, but on the whole Empire. But the dis- heartening fact is that, ineastirctl by the King Government's rccord since last September, our war effort has fallen far below the standards the people demand and have a right to expect. The men who have joined the colors have not been decently equipped, and in thotisantls of cases their dependents have not been jiziid a dol- lar of separation allowance to this day. '1 hc eifcct this callous indifference and neglect. —— tn Sflll!‘ tln- t'.'l\t' llllltll\',-*'l5 lilw-lv ll! produce on Cflll\lllltlll$ zicriiss (fziuaila in lllt‘ months to conic, can c-zisily be pictured. \\'itliout uniforms or even wovcn clothing, without military equip- ment of any proper kind, housed hastily in un- comfortable and often tiiihygienic quarters, the majority of those who rcspondctl first and right loyally to thc call for voluntccrs, have livcd for the past three or four months as no Canadian soldiers, not on actual scrvicc in the itrciizi of war, should be compelled to live. “'l'hat Mitchell Hepburn and George DFCW forgot their political difference and united in condemning the King (jovcrnincnfs ‘war work" is not at all surprising. Nor is it any answer to the vote of censure the Ontario House pil5SCil upon the King (iovcrnnicnt to say that Ilepbtirn hates King, that Drcw is simply playing politici. that the matter in question docs not fall within thc purview of a Provincial Legislature. Ad; mittiug all this, thc predominantly important fact remains thc llcphuru resolution said wharoo per cent of thc people of Canada arc saying. that it coiisi-qiicntl_v uict with instantaneous pub- lic approval for its content, regardless of thy; political or personal motives that inspired it. The Post-Record adds bluntly: "The plain truth is that thc (iovcflliiiciit fit Ottawa, considvrctl as a ‘war c.'ibinct', docs not, iin its jicrsoniicl, its political outlook, its policies Lxor jngthodg, rgprcscm a sizable fraction 0f the people of Canada. None hii‘. incurable partisans continue to dcfcnd it or even to rltjolflilllc f‘)? it, WlIllC iicarlv everyone condemns it. Such is the backgroiiiiil of fundaniciitzil fact. which was behind the action of the Ontario Lcgislatitrt‘. flllfl which gives that action its chief signifivanctz" Princess Louise And Alberta Commenting on thc dcalli recently of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Canada's lVrr/clji rc- called thc beautiful niuiiniain lake in the Rockics which was named after llcr Royal Highness. A correspondent adds the further interesting fact that the Province of Alberta also takes its nainc from her-she was Louise Caroline Alberta. Towards the end of the Governor-Generalship of her husband, then the Marquis of Lornc, thc North-West Territories were ilividcd into four districts for postal purposes and one of these was named after the Princess. When the pre- lent Province \vas formed in i905 this ivas the name given to it. The following sonnet address- ed to his wife appears in “hlcmnrivs of ("iiuridn and Scotland," by the llzirqui. of l.i»r,,,-,. . In token of the lovc WlllCll thou hast shown -..__.._..__._.. .. 0. I. Burnett». IJ.L alter. wh but never bec. otit fit. Stamp c world fccl issue preparing the course enterprise effort. Tl committee.’ Th,- -\'l'\\' cign liiblc ion of the The Tcsta ivlicn they A rin y cq ui mixed up uision will lion llound flllCfltlll cxpri-sscrl pounds or Canzirla of ant to obs persmi pcr "For th journalists themselves many. l Gcrinaitv, must have thcrc will lllflft‘ lllCll id to beat first task. ciivrcs of tries. l -~ v w»p-!-.-.,11waw-rwr.-. 1.- i " A Province v 11103115 of ensuring the success of a sound. it seems obvio ivould produce equally satisfactory results made to embrace the \ tween a Llnion Government and a forc its departure for li found by members of tl away for later attention. ing thc Testaments thro lains began promptly. sack. Each copy will b or man, his Unit, an The production of milk in i038 was estimated at approximately i5 3-4 pounds from tho consumption of fr [u-cscntcrl a daily their Supply Parliamentary Secretary to the ll of Information said in an address to and \Villiain llohcnrollcrn done to (loath, heroic people can d vxainplt- will be cmiil t For this wide land of freedom I have named ast and for it: beauty famed By thy-dear name to be hereafter known Alberta shall it be! Her fountains thrown From Alps unto three oceans to all men Shall vaunt her loveliness e'en now; and C". Each little hamlet to a city grown And numberlcss as blades of prairie grass On the thick leaves in distant forest bower, Great peoples hear the giant currents pass, Still shall the waters, bringing wealth and power - Spread the loved name-the land of Silver Springs Worthy the daughter of our English Kings. - IZDIIURIAI. NUIPS Y? The most sensational disclosure of the Parlia- ment now dissolved, was Mackenzie King's fear of disclosures illii jam today." u it! i I >l<>k>l<>t< Le i! l! 1i 1F ltibs and philatelists throughout that the British Philatelists agree t which the British Governm issued despite hostilities. * -i= >i= n- pursued by Colonel Ralston as was sound, icre is no difference in principle .7 i: i: w u Sucicty of Canada to Canadian Active Service Force incnts—about opcncd crates believed It’ llritisli and l7 the First Divis- “Lewis Carroll", born this date, I832. “The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday —- Now all those fat jobs waiting to be filled must wait till the result of the election is known -—and even then successful can to be on “the outs." I didates are likely No wonder the Prime Minister arranged that he and other members of the (iovcrninenl, as well as the Governor-General, should appear at thc opening of Parliament in iuixeral garb. They were to be present at the obscquics, w n: 1k 1k These stiddcn “steal” elections, a la Macdon- ald in Nova Scotia, Campbell in P. E.I., and now King in Dominion, are beginning to pail upon the clcct0rate——zis Duplcssis found in Que- Can you beat Prime Minister King's cynicisms and disregard for honest public opinion? rcwardctl the King Pin of the Montreal Customs Scandal with a scnatorsliip, and now the Centre l’iii of the Bren Gun Scandal with an appoint- nicnt as military zittachc to thc Canadian tioii at Paris. He . a- s w- m (Dntario Liberals have formed two camps with separate organizations and organizers. The On- tario Provincial Libcral Association is backing the Hepburn Government, Federal Liberals are backing while the Ontario the Mackenzie King thc Government should a special stamp series to commemorate the iooth antiivcrsary of the appearance of the first stamp on May 6, 1940. a special series, jilanncd btit thcn should be ' hat ent cancelled because of the war, Says the Montreal Gazette: “It is not with- out significance that the Minister of Finance in to launch his first domestic war loan called in the assistance of previous ministers and others, ivithout regard to party affiliations, and that the loan was a tremendous success. If El single war and tindoiibtedly it was us that the same course if vhole of the country's war be- union war loan nusiviy of thc missing coitsigiiiiiciit of lc-taiiiviits given by tl 01"- be- ngland has been solved. 7.000 of them-—were 1e Seaforth Highlanders to contain pment. The consignment had become cn route with uni Every man with the ts of baggage stored The task of distribiit- ugh the Divisional Chap- Di- receive a copy to carry in his knap- is due at an early date. 4i u: w the Dominion s, a gain of about 1-2 million poii over the revised figure for i937 and about 2 hilliou ovcr the i930 estimate, ri-corilctl in I933 was rcflcctcd in the milk as milk. 3.3 billion pints in I938. This constunption for the whole 0.82 pints per person. crvc that the milk day while those required to purch averaged only 0.70 pints per day, 1F i! ‘F ear thc name of the office." d the name of the Chap- lain yiresenting it. Another consignment of ouo New Testaments =0: 5-- in bil- nds 3'4 The advance pro- per cow xvhich moved up to 4,07! lQ3O figure of 3.578. The csh inilk together with cream reached a total of 4.3 billion re- of It is import- _ ~ producers supply- ing lllCll‘ own homes consumed 1.17 pints per asc c second time," Sir Edward Grigg, in Loudfiii, ritish Ministry French “France and Britain find llllllCfl in a struggle against (ier- S just as lirrdcriclc thc Great, Bisnia done with it. If not, hr.- anothcr llitlcr and Europe will under thc colors. the Germans Th1- second is to support the ma riy (icruiany zidviscilly. for llitlcr is rck were Germany. \Vc in 2o years be \Vc shall soon have 2,000,000 We arc determin- coinplctely. That is our I10" the h atrals calmly and wisely. Fin- ’, l... land has demonstrated by her bravery what a n. It is to be hoped that this ated by the Low Coiin- Thi-re should be no neutrals in the crus- ade we are waciug today in defence 0f Chris- tian civilization.” iioirs innit WAY The but n: ‘ told, 851d II ‘Phlel 11nd to be puelie thro the letter-box. - llen Only, London lu oonlruvenlal memento My perception’; rather fine — 1 elwayu see both points o! view: The one that's wrong, and mine! —8e.turduy Evening Poet, Plut- odelplitll, Pa. A member of the public com- plained about the condition of a bowel received badly battered and wtvw it. had not: seen any cake, and did not like cake, anyway! The Bub-Posiuilstreess forwarded me postimarrs report to her Head Of- fice with the comment: "1 have no reason to doubt this man's vorac- i ."- — Medley. Landon. A ship's gunner, home 0n leave. was sitting with his cat by the fire Hts wtfe fiad to go and visit some relations, and warned him to keep an eye onthe tire. She was atrurc! that it mitgn go out, you under- stand. She went out. The gunner fell asleep. Two nours passed_ The lire died. The Wife returned. She entered the ltvlniz room, took one look at her husband, snoring be- tore the dead fire, and screamed:- "'1<“ire!" The husband leapt. to at- tention, tore open me door of the oven, rammed in the cat, slammed the door, and crted:- “Number Sue gun ready!’ -- Courier, Lon- on. versity reported that. a modern $2_00 fiddle produced steady tones wncse quality ls similar to that of a Vl0lll1 mace by one of the best. old Italian craftsmen. To Hettetz that was wonderful news. He felt 1t had been well worth his wniie to co-operate 1n the tests, for the re- sults removed another men-ta] on- stacle from violin students who might have been thinking ma; me quality of their violins was a nancn- eap in their work.—Gtles Edgerton on Jascha Heretz in Arts and Decoration, London, client! At last he attracted his at.- t/entioii and whispered to mm that R6 WM speaking for the wrong Der-son. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" snorted Dunning; men, recovering his composure, contlnu. ed his speech: "What I have said so tar. gentlemen of the July, is all that. can be said lOr those opposing me. Hciw slight ls their case 1 now propose to show you....And this he old. Completely demonllslimg me arguments tie had previously put forwardl-Belfast Telegraph. iste lian yea The farthlng is by no means the smallest coln_ If you find yourself 1n Athens, and a smelt boy shouts the Greek for "Give us an ‘ti/penny, mister," the smallest sum you can enrich him with ls one ten-tn of a driuhma, or rather less than one fifteenth of a penny. 1n Indla you @811 Spend a pie (worth u. tenth of B P911113’). Ln the Straits Settle- ments they have a coin worth one hundredth pm of 7.1. But these cash trtfles must seem wealth m the artless natives oz An on; (Portuguese West Africa), nlnetleth of one penny.-—“lt. H. B." m m‘? Ufllll’ EXltrcuss London. The Sliubert theater im-presarics, present status with the benefit, of tremendous theater sense, but 11g. tle formal education. There ls the tale o! an actor ln a Shuibert dra- ma who read a llne beglnnlng, “I am Omar Khayyinn.” “You don't. know anything," Mr. Lee Shubert 1s supposed w have told hlm “You should say, ‘I 5m Omar of Kiwi/yam." "I am Omflr of Khay- yam," the submlsstve actor in- toned. Later one of the more literate Shubert subordinates ap- prised Mr IJEE of his urror. Next time the actor said, “I am Omar of Khayyam." Mr. Lee stopped him “Let's cut out the 'of‘," he said. ‘The act's a little too lon a1- reudy." - A.J. Llebltng in The New Ycrker. New York. brother, great Brew to their The I attended an amazing meet-In; of job-hunters the other evening. About '75 men and women were there. of every are, training and background you can Imagine. An ‘elghteenryear-old hlghschoo! izrad- uate looking for a job as delivery boy.... a ftfty-nlne-yeur-old ex- executive lookhiiz for anything a. middle-sized mother who wants tobeapracttcal nurse. Job! ' men and women hunting fm- "o" to keep their nomes together, to keep their heads above water. to keen off relief. You'd expect them to be a. discrvi-aqed, hriioless lot. wouldn't you? You'd expect them to be zrasptnz at straws. or izrumbltniz about their ‘uclr But they weren't. They were zotniz about their bus- tness as soberlv and efflclentlv as If thev were directors at. the an- nual meetlnu of a prosperous cor- oorutton. Thev analyzed one an- other's problems, offered this from their own experience, planned campaigns for s-elflng themselves lnto new tobs. They were actlniz as one ano er's employment coun- selors-and they were getting re- sults! Who were they? The mem- bers of a remarkable organiza- tion known as the Man Marketlnlt Clinic. which has been meeting ln a borrowed hall ln New York every Monday evenlnl since October. 1936. Built on the nrlnclole of self-help. the cllnle l5 a brand-new 0H6 The flat-fish. such u the nlulee. the sole. the turbot and the halt- but. do not acquire their flattened shops and one-sided coloring untl! they sink. Uri to that time they are tlnv (slvménebtrlcgl firth‘ like lth: youna co . u w- en ey an dwu the: lle tune linu- croacliinents ahead of time. The Committee on En Legislation was by Liberal Priinc hlillffilt!‘ Mac- kenzie King to begin to draft the Defence of Canada Regula- ti0ns——including Regulations 2i, March i4, of the bound copy of the reg- tilations reveals this interesting be travels round to the upper the heed, taking its blood vessels and nerves with 1t, and there from u position on the side of the head alongside its fellow, 1t direct: 1L5 proud unklnktng Both eyes, elevated upon knobs so that the fish can bury most entirely save for its eyes, stand together on the same side of the head and the fish swims always on Ommimney in ‘Nd ngmans l It I: Jcomprehenrlvf- wlrd Ind any lo tmd linow that the Nello o! every word ef it ~18 v1 AAAiAA Pr mier King's "Readineissf" Regulations (Judith Robinson in Globe and Mail) sheer madness." It appears that a 1111113111 the cue which lt nun unemployed youth, certainly. orlg l contained. Th uniu ' ' wnoemefi amrmed ma: P‘: m; Not in _ the National Harbors delivered the parcel as be find re- B°ardi 1t '5 531d- But one place it did prepare. One place it ready for war one year and six months before war came. In the place where war could enable a Government to encroach most swiftly and completely upon the freedom of the citizen, the Lib- eral Government at Ottawa be- gan to prepare its wartime en- eighteen months started and set it down in a story about Canada ‘at War that for the New York Post. Other interesting things were in the story. Let's get the dates straight on the Government 0f Canada's great Pro-War Effort first: The committee pared the Defense of Regulations was appointed i938. The title page Edi" he which Elgvhen he was a young mun, Lord fag; o H n ' ll! anlaviviiissiittiliinelaiiid Q That was 833ml)’ glclggélgmopgngdh and burrito lslpxoai afti-r .\dolf llitlcr roilc trium- or n moi" l _- -, as ht"; leader dévelopedeveliflsy tiioiveii- phan"), mm Aumrm‘ fit! arguments against, m; Own It was exactly seventeen days before W. L. Mackenzie King, then and now Prime Min- said in Par- r of Canada, tent: “The idea that every twenty rs this country, done all it can to run should feel called upon to save a continent that cannot run it- self, seems a niglitmarg and ___________.. _ .._ ._ .. WINTER How large that thrush looks on the Dale morn-tree! A swarm of such three little months B80. Had hiooen tn the leaves and let none know Save by tnc outburst of their mln- strelsy. A white [hike here and there — u snow-ll Of last; night's frost — our naked flower- ed s hold- And for u rose-flower 'on the dark- ening mould h gry redbreast gleams. No 00m, no bee, The current, shudders to its lce- bound e : Nlpped 1n their bath, the stark reeds one by one Flash each lls clinging diamond tn the stun: ‘ ‘Neath winds whtchdfor this Winters sovereign ple 3e shall curb great king-masts to the ocean's edge And leave memorial forest-kings derthrown. -D. G. Rossetti. flatten outii ThCeTBIaTcWeITITZaEIe and the halibut lle on their left sides. The t-urbot. lles upon his rlizht stde. Then the lower eye. since it would the sand. of no use buried tn stare side-F. D. rth Cape,” (l0 a away :7..- Hy BJLBWO!‘ to the Old problem of how He shows you clearly and plelnlyiim what t0 land a _lob 0!‘ m0V8 On to a bet- you're buyiig, and luil where you'll stand flel’ one. There are no fees or It you get Into any difficulty. That's why I charges. A jobhunter can melee always turn my insurance problem: over use of the services of the citnic lolhe Nllloriulfire agent. without even telllna his name or ,, , , why he 13 the"__w|ugam A_ pp There: no uueslion lboul your being 131mm 1n 111E American Manning fully proleciul if you tievethis Comprehen- New york, me Automobile Insurance. that‘: iunt what CHARLOTTETOWN w. x. ROGERS AGENCIES no 2 lot of us have been wronging the Gov- eminent at Ottawa. We have been saying that it effort any place to prepare in time against the coming of war. It did, in one place. Not in thc air, obviously. Not among the made no iergency commissioned Canada UDWEYGS. "521! al- I I n g Molnobile insurance isn't e bitcomplieeted when you deal with the agent of tlie Nel- lcnel Fire Insurance Company 0| Hartford. end it’: straightfor- entlnd, Iuldel, I npll Fire will illnd but to get I V 3t) and 39a—-on lVIarch i4, r938, getting his wartime regulatioris Nut m, long age, n51"; wok m“ Not i939. Nineteen tliirty- fcfld)! 1° PM flfdlllarl’ Qlflzells l" 3ft t3 oo-ppegatfiawttlidtlg pnyisips eight jflll for echoing in September epa men o rvur nvr- . - -- - m an em," w demnmne the $5,131 An American reporter named Pnme "lllll5leflal Ttllllarks 9f grimy/grips Egg ggediniarpu-maop Stanley Thompson noted thv Jul)" I a va us vio- - -~ ‘ ‘ ' ms and those made fact in a recent visit to Ottawa lhele are M1" mfemsllng wrote pre- OH side of -i v‘v vv v v v V the penitentiary now for mak- ing that remark because you would be violating the regula- tions on which the on Emergency Legislation was secretly at Mackenzie King was talking. other still talking that way in the summer of 1939. handed Mr. King was in the really important war prepar- ation. Never mind air-training schools that didn't get started or boots and blankets that didn't get bought or machine-gun con- tracts that did get let or boys who were given no chance to learn fighting for. Forget all that and remember this: eighteen months ahead of time, the Prime Minister of Canada felt war coming on and started things in the New York Post story: ulations wartime restrictions in’ fifty- seven pages. It is a neat volume, bound in red and bear- ing across the top of its front cover the words: merit is the property of about this book, but very few have seen it. Most persons think one day it is a secret document and the Government has not discourag- ed that belief. iii a few hours after I arrived in Ottawa on the fore everybody where I could get one. Nobody knew. Everybody which has doubted very, very inticli if l itself, could get one. mcnt, noted the address of the King's six-story building where Gov- directed me to the top floor. I asked a dignified gentleman at the counter there for the book. ‘He handed it to me and 1 paid him 25 cents_ bargain. At $I a copy it would be a best-seller in Canada. Lib- oral-minded inembcrs of lianient begged the Government to make it a best-seller, arguing that the people were entitled to know. ment prepared for Government ignored these pleas. -i= =i= n< book, the _ New York Post studied its ef- fects on the and set down what he learned. rights, privileges and protec‘ You could get five years in Committee work while Mr. Mr. Mackenzie King and Canadian leaders were The ‘shows you how fore- IIIIIIIIIIIIIII that freedom! is worth Away back in March, i938, {Ilpflrllpzy/luus, b11114 ' , “GOlISEIIlIE r STABILIZE TllE iinioii Adequate lnveetment In Llle welfare of the lndlvlduel. but ullo O“|',ull uullou. liomee. [or lull particulars eoncernlng rates end your nearest agent or wrlle or cell on iiviiniiiiiii a 00., Limited Provlnolul Manager: Summerslde Charlottetown ii MACHINE The Greet-Well Ll! unnee Company ls the "Ubumplou of Thrllt lnn o!’ thousand! of Cuusdluu JANUARY u; 1911i " a -- llE iiom: llllll Insurance h vital, not only to from the ltalldlblut pollclel. eonlull Montague “l it t s t x t t t \ s \ l s REPAIRS rIaIIIIJ/Iollarrr/II): ENGINES-IMPLEMENTS-MILL MACHINERY FOUNDRY WORK IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS HALL 6's’ STAVERT ‘ 84 QUEEN ST. CHARLOTTETOWN v The Defense of Canada Reg- incorporate Canada's little “Th is docu- His Majesty's Government in Can- A Every Canadian has heard I heard about the book vvith- I Sunday be- c'a' Christmas. . . I asked any riutcr and went to the that Mr. At 25 ccnts that book is a Par- how their Govern- war. The Having studied his bargain reporter from the scene Canadian You learn that many of the MMVS THE IMPROVED GUNIIITIDN l’ 0WD ER FOR HORSES AND CATTLE This Condltlon Powder will curry off gross humon. purify the blood and give the unl- mul‘; coat u fine llosay up- pearunce. - Tones u the system, rem- edle; ul! u tn troubles and ll u splendid erudlcltor o! worms. Absolutely the fluent Candl- tlnn Powder money can buy. No owner of stuck should be without It. Price Per Lb. 50 Cents. I'l' PAYS T0 FEED M ‘S HOG-WORM AND TONIC dlleululol by question: e! lottetowu Guurdlun doe: no: M. eenully under” u" PUBLIC FORUM Tlill column In one!» m- lhe eorreupondeulu of Interest. The Cher- oplnlnuu o! . Illllltllllllllln SERIOUS TRAFFIC DANGER Stu-As u resident. of this clty I am astounded at. the number of children, mostly of tender who have been allowed to coast and romp about on the re- cent. icy streets. years, skate, manipulating lits automobile on congested thoroughfares, owing to the fact that: numbers of slovens and horse-drawn slelghs have stttlng or lying on th-s back. youngsters who, without a. moment's warning, jump of.‘ one by one sllp around 0n the icy street and practically cause the motorist to lose control of his ca: owing to the nervous tension thus created. From countless lawns which slope towards the pavement, our precl- ous wee ones come dashing down on their unsteady slelglis. A ttme- ly honk of the horn causes the least. callous of them merely to s erve his sleigh to one side or the tions of democracy have been abolished because ment believes that is way to handle things at home while the nation is defend democracy in Europe. Canada is Hitlerized. The offi- theoretically a dictator-are, in fact, considl- erably more oppressive and take away considerably more of the stern, and sometimes, it seems to me, just plain crazy. w: w n- Final policy with regard to kinds nor as to the manner in which “L_%AA¢AA k A A a other, barely out of the path of danger. Surely some one cares whether the next generation has strong limbs and uncrlppled bodles. How some of these tots escape serious Injury ls a matter of amazement‘. to the writer. We all agree that chtdlren have ii right to play, outside as well as indoors. Play they must l! they are to grow up healthy and r0 . But wh n they are allowed to carry out their innocent sports on the public streets of a busy ctty, I think their little lives are left dangling on too fir; a thread. Possibly these Ohlldft n cannot - ce_ve the dangers that: lie a ut them; surely it. ls the duty of those who love them to see that their play hours are spent tn safety. motorist has a serious time the Govcm- tlie best helping to do not mean to say that regulations certainly are as oppressive as that could be thought up by But I did and this is how. citizens’ rights “than those in I em, sir, stgglmwn I ' y , Ilooked i“ ti]? ielephoile Enlgiffnlciiiforcement is erratic- book under Dominion Govgmi sometimes mild, sometimes A W" in lelm" “Pml-im’? l‘ easy to mend with leather cement Ask for it at your hardware deal- er's. Trim the edges of the torn leather neatly and cement; the patch ernment documents are pub- Wouldrfl it be Swen to be a to the underside. fished. - - rtcr from the New York You will have no difficulty in The Mounties in the lobby £3573‘: and able to Say things like removing the 5km o, wmaw u you dlp it lnto very hot. water: or place it. on a fork and hold 1t over a gas flame. without offending against King's war effort? -¢~ e~s e Vere-w: illatiiiifor Receiving Fisherman's Deficiency Claim Certificates All Claims for Deficiency Payments must be received in the offices of the Salt Fish Board, Halifax, N.S. not later than February 15, 1940. Claims received after the above date cannot be considered. made in respect of fish caught in which have been made between the dates of April 1.1939 and February l5, 1940. in accordance with Such claims may be 1939 the first sales of providing these claims reach the office the above. 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