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Department. Otuws. The Island Gnsrdlsn Pnbushlng Co.

CIRCULATION Total City zone ........ ..

................ ..,,..- 1.165

llatnll Trading zone .. .......... 8.457 All Others .............................. 821 Toll! Net Paid. .. ..................... ....... 13.040

Editor Ind Managing Director. J. B. Burnett Associate Editor, Frank Walker

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

CHARLOTTETOWN. TUESDAY. JUNE 12, 1951

Mr. Gordon's Visit

The Bank of Nova Scotia has been the training school of many distinguished Canadians, but none more outstanding than Mr. Donald Gordon, C.M.G., LL.D., Pres- ident of the Canadian National Railways, who is visiting us today. Mr. Gordon was born in Scotland, came to Canada at the age of fourteen, and entered the Bank of Nova Scotia two years later as an ap- prentice. He made rapid progress, and at the age of nineteen was appointed to the head office inspection staff. At twenty-five he was appointed assistant chief account- ant, and at the age of twenty-nine was as- sistant manager of the Toronto branch. At thirty-four he was appointed Secretary of the newly instituted Bank of Canada. At thirty-seven he was Deputy Governor. At forty-six he was chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, and later Execu- tizle Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. At forty- nine he was President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Na- tional Raflways. His principal business now is to convert a bankrupt public utility into a paying proposition. If it can be done, Mr. Gordon is the man to do it.

At present he is making a comprehensive tour of the Atlantic Provinces for the pur- pose of getting first-hand information on our transportation problems. He will be the guest speaker this evening at the annual dinner meeting of the Charlottetown Board of Trade, and there is no doubt but that his address will be both interesting and stimulating. Perhaps he will bring us good news, as he did to the Newfoundlanders in telling of the expansion of Canadian com- munications there, which have already cost between 3600,000 and b700,000.

Wehave problems peculiar to ourselves in this Province connected with the rail- way, two of which were aired at consider- able length before the Board of Transport Commissioners last week. Others, of long standing, concern our car ferry operations. From time to time we have occasion tc voice complaint with regard to reefer car shortages, irregular train services, freight rates and what not. Sometimes we get redress; at other times we feel that our grievances are ignored or perhaps not fully understood and appreciated. As the leading agricultural Province in the Mari- times, we know that we could be making a much greater contribution to the national ivelfare if our transportation facilities were more adequate. We realize, on the-other hand, that other communities have other problems, that the Canadian National has tremendous responsibilities all across Can- ada, and that, to quote Mr. Gordon's own words in Newfoundland, costs must bear some relationship to revenue traffic, real or potential, especially at this time when pri- orities in every case must be given to na- tional defense requirements.

At the same time, we are a Province of Canada. and by no means an unimportant one, with special claims upon the Dominion which are the real basis of our representa- tions. Mr. Gordon no doubt has heard all lbout them, though primarily they are the concern of Parliament rather than of the Railway management. In any case we need not enlarge upon them here. It is our hope that the C. N. R. president's visit will prove enjoyable as well as mutually advantageous. And most assuredly we trust that he will be under no misappre- hension with regard to our appreciation of the services rendered by our local railway officials. No Province could be served more faithfully and efficiently. This fact is fully realized by our shippers and public Seller- ally, and it is always to be understood, however loudly we may have occasion to complain of railway shortcomings on other grounds.

Ilot II.S.l. Varsls II.8.S.II.

A Prime Minister St. Laurent addressing Northwestern University's centennial com- mencement In Chicago brought out into the open and discredited a subtle form of Communist propaganda. Finding it all but impossible to get any large numbers of peo- ple to actually support the Russian cause, the Reds have been painting the world situation as a struggle between two great imperialist powers, the United States and Soviet Rilulr... -

The implication is, of course, that there is little to choose between domination by

of good will should see to it that they are left to settle their differences be- tween themselves.

The falsity of the picture is best dem- onstrated by the position of this country, alongside the great and allegedly imperial- istic United States. Our institutions, laws and policies are of our own devising, with- out benefit or threats of any kind from Washington. .

Canada's independence is itself answer to Communist propaganda.

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EDITORIAL NOI ES

Kings do not "retire" from the throne -they abdicate, or go on sick leave, with a regent doing the active work.

0 O 0

Amateur gardeners seem to find just now that grass either refuses to grow de- spite all coaxing or else is sprouting so rap- idly that it is almost inlposslble for the lawn mower to keep it under control.

0 I O Today in Australia they are celebrating the 50th Jubilee of the Commonwealth's Parliament. Among the many newspaper- men attending is Mr. Gillis Purcell, Gen- eral Manager of the Canadian Press.

0 O 1 Hon. Mr. Winter assures Mr. McLure that he will reply later to his suggestion that the Federal Government acquire the Lucy Maud Montgomery old homestead as part of our National Park. Everyone will welcome a reply in the affirmative.

O O 0

Nova Scotia gasolene dealers now make 5c profit on each gallon of gasolene they sell. They have appealed to the Utilities Commission to let them make a 6c profit, but decision has been reserved. It is pre- sumed the profit is gross not net, as 50c for a ten-gallon fill-up should be sufficient.

C O 0

Charles Kingsley, English author, was born- this date 1819. He produced manv volumes of poetry, novels and literary, sanitary, scientific and historical essays but the impulsive and socially minded Kings- ley is probably best remembered for his "Westward Ho" and "The Water Babies." 0 O 0

It would be handy, but not very ac- ceptable to youngsters were all birthdays to take place on the same date. In Solon, Me., one birthday cake did the trick in the Robert Waugh home. It was the birthday of Waugh, his wife and their year-old son, Richard.

O I O In Mexico they evidently have a high- er conception of culture than have the CBC and local radio stations. A joint committee has been set up on broadcasting ethics. The committe has agreed in a 12- point code, to avoid vulgar language, ”hor- ror stories" and quiz programs in which spectators are asked embarrassing questions or made the butt of jokes. The code pro- vides that programs must respect public de- cency, races, nationalities and religions, marriage, the family and the home. Mex- ican broadcasting has been subject to Government censorship for some years. 0 O 0

They are determined to eradicate if at all possible weed in Saskatchewan. Earn- ed assistance payments by the Depart- ment of Agriculture to rural municipalities and local improvement districts for the con- trol of persistent perennial weeds totalled 3531288 in 1950. This amount made up half the total spent in these areas during the year on approved projects for the erad- ication of leafy spurge, Russian knapweed, hoary cress and toad flax. It included the cost of Atlaclde where used and the cost of spraying service on a custom basis. If 2,4-D was used, earned assistance was pro- vided only where crested wheat grass was seeded or when a good stand of grass was already established.

0 O O

Saskatchewan is looking after their young folk and teachers. Recently d2,000 was granted for entry in the Olympics, and now settlement of a dispute between the board of Assiniboia School District No. 812 and a group of teachers employed by the board has been announced by Educa- tion Minister W. S. Lloyd. The settlement. agreed upon unanimously by a conciliation board, provides for increased salaries in all certificated schedules for the teachers, with Increases of from 5140 to 5500 in the annual salaries in the various ranges. The new schedule will become effective July 1. Included in the settlement, for increments. for experience, are yearly increments of 5100 instead of the former W5. It was also agreed that each year's experience would be given full recognition and credit on the schedule, whether in the district or else- where, and that service in His Majesty's forces would be considered a teaching service provided enlistment was made from the teaching profession and the teacher re- sumed teschlng or teacher-training with two years of discharge. special allowances were also agreed to for principals, and pro- vision was made for payment of M00 bonuses for abilities. andror cultural activ-

me or the other and that men and women

itles outside of school hours.

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open. to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily c the opinion of correspondents.

RURAL MAIL DELIVERY AND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

Sir,-It is many years since rur- al householders got their service. At that time it was all horse- drawn vehicles that travelled the roads, and the house-holders put up their mail box where it best. suited themselves. The mall cour- lel'. according to his oath of office was required to service that. box, and for years all went well. Now high speed cars and trucks form the bulk of the traffic, and the rural mail box in many cases still stays where it was first put, and the courier has to cross and re- cross the road to service them. Just recently a courier had a narrow escape. He was in the not Of Servicing a box on the left side, when crossing the road to do so. a car came at a high rate of speed and was only a short. distance from the courier when the driver got his car to swing sharply to the left and cleared him. Had there been a car or truck coming, lralllng the courier, there would Celminly have been another road accident. The courier in question, is 3 V9117 Careful and conscientious man. anxious to do his duty and goes through bad road and weath- er to do it.

This matter was referred to the Provincial Department of Justice, and in his reply the attorney- General said, "with regard to the difficulties experienced by the mall courier in having to deposit and pick up mail from mail boxes on either side of the road during the course of his mail delivery, we can only assure him that the neo- essity of having to cross over for the purpose indicated would re. lieve him of any responsibility as far as persecution by our Depart- ment is concerned for an lnfrnc. mm of the Hlzhway Traffic Act. Apart. from that, of course it is up to the courier himself to see that his crossing does not create dang- er to the public, and that he does not become involved in or become the cause of any traffic accident. When the courier goes over the road one way. certainly it is the dill! 0! the boxholdel-s to have their boxes on the right side of the TONI. but those on routes that the courier comes and goes back over. Serving the same householders will Ways. should have two boxes,

doubt box holders would be very sorry if their courier met his death when in the set of servicing their mail box. and they would give s seven or ten dollsr wreath to go on display at his funsrsi service. who would the coroner's Jury uy was to blame? And what might the sup. remc Court Judge say in his ad- d'955 t0 the Jury? Let sll concern- ed act today and maybe ssvo trouble and expense Put up the second box of some kind. I am Sir. sic. Ex-Postmsster

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Thus ssllh the lord. The hour- on is my throne. and the north " Ill! foototool: when is the house this yo build unit: not snd when is the plnoo of my not? For all those things halls mine hand made, and all those slung: have been. saith the Lord.

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Notes From Another Island

By "Anson' ii LONDON, England:-

In this column a few weeks ago I suggested" that perhaps the word ”festlvnl" only told part of the story of the Festival of Britain. Now, a little delayed, perhaps, but here at last, has opened the really festive part of the business: the Festival Pleasure Gardens in Bat- lerses Park, in South-west Lon. don.

Here there is all the fun or the fair, and then sbme. There is mus- lc, fsiry lights and fountains and flowers, and side shows galore: you can have your entertainment in the modern style or the old (for instance, a programme of 3--yea;-. old silent films, Charlie Chaplin, Keystone Cops and all, not for- getting an off-stage pianist pov. ldlng the proper sort of music to sun. the action, and he'll be lucky if some of his audiences donlt. en- fer into the spirit of things and pelt him with orange peel.)

You can get your hair standing on end as you watch the antics of an acrobat stop a l-to-ft. mast, with no safety net in case of error, then you can calm your curls at the ballot or a puppet show. or, like Ferdinand. you can Just sit and smell the flowers . . .

C C C

It sll seems perhaps a, mug ye. mote from the other grant gitg south of the river-the rather more long-haired section that in. cludes the palaces showing what we can do in s. more serious vein: industry, science, discovery, his. tory and the ultra-modernity of today nnd the future; the arts, in. cludlns the only permanent build- ing - the fabulous concert hall where some of the world's most celebrated artists perform.

Yet each of these two sections, the South Bank site and the Fes. tlval Pleasure Gardens at Batter. sen, provides the perfect foil for the other. Those who. having seen me- Wish '0 set the other can trav- el there on a river bus along the Thllmes. and in doing so feel themselves perhaps momentarily s

WHEELBARROW

A wheelbarrow is a friendly thing; It. has two hands to meet your hands. It carries rocks and colored loads, And when you want. to sig, 1: stands solidly on wheel and legs.

g 1. Notes By

when we adopt the Isle Mr. Shaw's-I0-letter alphabet. learn- ing our A. B.C.'s will take much longer, and perhaps be one of the uubjech for senior metric. - Ot- tawa. Cltlun.

Early ohoioo stnwborrios are quoted at 29 cents n quart. in But- falo and of. from 59 to 85 cents n quart in Hamilton. Yet some sf- ter-dlnner speakers keep referring to it as the invisible border. Hamilton spectator.

Boys riding bicycles on high- ways are 9. threat. to life, both their own and other people's. Young boys ride in s carefree style, hither and yon. Many car drivers are little better though they travel at high speed. As high- way, traffic is developing in Ont- ario it might. be worth considering whether boys riding bicycles on highways should not be prohibit- ed. - London Free Press.

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He was an old man. s bit gnarl- ed, but still sturdy. and he plied the spade with vigor as be dug into the tough sod. A passing neighbor stopped. "Let me give you s lift on that. what are you doing any- way?" The old man refused the offer with firmness and dignity. "I guess I can still plant. 1 small peach tree". he sold. The neighbor laughed. "A peach tree. Do you expect to eat the peaches from it?" "No, I don't". said the old man. "I don't even own this land. I rent it. All my life, my work has caused me to move around quite n bit. I hsve been eating peaches all those years but I can't recall ever eating any from a tree I planted myself. If somebody hadn't planted peach trees, I wouldn't have had peaches."

This "rscisl origin" business sl- wsys pops up at census-time. A while back 1 lot of us wanted to insist. that our racial origin was "Canadian" on the ground that, after hundreds of years on this soil, our families had become Just that. when the census-takers re- fused to take "Canadian" for an answer. we all got very hot under ihe collar about it. Now the ques- tion has been asked in the House of Commons whether it is proper to call u Scot an "Et Caters." confidentially this I3 DFBCIIEIY what we have called Scotsmen on

with Crimson Epbleo. pl1mPkln cccasion. The exact words used 3”” indeed have been -'-- --Et Cet- I-lenped with brown and scarlet e,,,.v- Bug mat, wag only when we

leaves. It marks in path through mornings cold

With silver frost. it is the friend

Of boys the whole year long; it goes

Squeaking bright sun and rain

Unlll it's plied with feathery snows.

red through

-Frances Frost.

part of the traffic on that river in and out of which so much of the

world sails. A part. one might say,

of London itself. 0 I

Without forgetting that all this

is only a part of what is. after all,

the Festival of BRITAIN. embrac- ing every

Small. in the land, there is no

blinking the fact that London is dis- Dlays up and down the provinces, as they take place during the next NW months. will be unexcelled. Many of them will reflect life and

the centrepiece. The various

the activity and skills of the

People in those so different ports of the country, and in doing so that

in

they will show something would be quite out of place London or snywhere else.

The visitors from overseas who

can spare the time to go into the provinces will be lucky;

But those who stay in the capital

can hardly be blamed, for London

has so much to show: even when all its featlcal activities have been taken in there still remains itself.

NOTICE TO nun ousronrns

Beginning JUNE 18 for Summer M th , open on MONDAYS. TUESDAYS, THUE;;ISDlA;);lr8gLfiC;RYE;lA&,; gram 8 AM. o'clock to 4 o'clock P. M.: on WEDNESDAY from o'clock A.M. to 12:30 '1 k PM. ' 8 A.M. o'clock to 1 o'clc?choP.M. and on SATURDAYS from

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lly you can be protected.

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voun rossrsslous

The things you live with-your home. your business. your "stock in trade"-sro all subject to loss through accident or clrcumstonces beyond your control. i

For your own sense of security. you should learn how eu-

' We will be glad of In opportunity to servo you.

iiYllliiilAil & co. i.TIl.

OIIAILOITIIOWN - I I IIONIAOUI

Aunts Ilu-osgnonl the Province

Ilnosllfl

community, large or

their journeys will be amply rewarded.

on. We got over it quickly, and so did the Et. Ceterns (Coops! Please excuse. We meant to say "scot.smen.") At all events. we are on this occasion on the side of the Scots and of all other persons lumped in this vague, vast cstegory. Nobody likes being call- ed nn Er, cetera and ML -l-M

liad a mad

JUNE 12, 1951

The Way If

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Mlcdonnall was entitled his say in the House. A star.

to hue M0nt.rea1

When Csnndlsns fly 4

flag during the tourist sessI:l.n 38' cranes more ill-will than gopdwu with thoughtful Americans nag they chespen their own country in the bsrgsin. The U.8. flag nailed over I hot dog stand in New Brim swlck is as out of place as 3 gm" ish or Canadian military qecm' tion upon a. man with no 1-igm wear it. The proper places for the U. 8. flag in Canada are over uh. entrances of U. S. diplomatic and consular establishments, and M ceremonies with a genuine inter. national significance. It should 1,. treated with the same respect that W6 17113319 Cllpect other coun. tries to pay to our own symbols oi nationhood and patriotism. An,- symbols for which men hug fought. and died in the name 0,: honor and freedom, be those sym: bols Canadian, British, American French. Dutch, Belgian or of an. other friendly nation. ought. not ll be dl-sped about indiscriminately like baseball , to or 10.1.". regslla. - Saint John Telegraph. Journal.

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Old Charlottetown I

(And r. r. 1.)

SUMMEBSIDE BAN K

"A special meeting of the stock. holders of the Summerslde Band was held at Summel-side on Tues- day last. William Cundall, Esq, cashier of the Bank of Prince Erl- ward Island, who had been dep- uted to investigate the affairs of the Bank, was present, and gun. in his report. which was accept- ed as satisfactory. Resolutions were unanimously passed in favor ' of continuing the operations M the Bank, and expressive of con- fidence ln the new directors. Till institution is now in good hsnds. and the feeling of the meeiingwas so decided that its enemies did not deem it prudent to offer any op- position. We congratulate Mr. Holman and his brother director: on the result. of the Investigation into their conduct, and the busi- ness of Prince County on havln: banking facilities continued in their midst."

--The Islander, July 2, i569. m

LOCAL TAX KAMBACK. Sask. - (CPi - After considerable debate a local amusement tax of 10 per cent now is in effect. here with the town collecting on all entertainment tickets except those for chsritv affairs. The money will he used for s new administration building

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Bell. Malhieson & Fosl-or

Barristers. Solicitors. ole. R. R. BELL. K.C.

D. L, MATHIESON, LL.B.. KC. 6. R. FOSTER. LL.B. Loans on City and Farm Propsrtlss.

150 Richmond Street Charlottetown, P. E. 1.

Chris. R. Mcdluoid

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FIIEDERIC A. LARGE.

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