' fist ‘ l "L I - elgOMéVEYihlIYTHE and Dy'm- ing its 87-year existence it "rc- 1'5 e Mme 0‘ a “11' has lived through strafing at-
no (1 in England—the world’s smallest public railroad. Dur- tacks of German aircraft dur-
‘ World's Smallest Is Honored War
By JOSEPH MacSWEEN rwit threatens to cause a train NEW ROBINEY, Englandwreck by tossing a rolled-up (CP) -— Slam bang, clicketylnewspaper on the line. clack. whoo whoo. Throw open1 “They see a locomotive tak- the throttle and you‘re off likeling water and want to know
a shot 011 ill? Rummy. nippl’lhow much petrol the tank and Hot- _ fholds." Catt gritted.
Actually 1'75 l‘ht‘ Romney.‘ "Does it use real coal?" is a Hythe I n d DS’mChurCh. the u e s ti o n that occasionally “ orld's smallest public rail- stokes the ire. way.“ But folks in this Kentish IT’S N0 TOY area take liberties with the One prospective passenger,
name to make it jivo with the'hearing Catt, quietly dropped way the tiny trains 80 rollick- plans to take along a dessert lng along thl‘il‘ 13“" miles Oflspoon and volunteer as fire- track. !man.
"We 'don'lmmmd that." Said. “Thanks for the lovely ride on P. . . . .\.n»,\'(‘le'-OI(I SUDCl'lll-lyoul‘ toy train." is another tendent of the launch-gauge clanger that darkens the day "ailway 0” “'lUCll everything— for the railwaymen, because steam locomotives. passenger the my, ‘ and Hot cars, stations—is one-third reg— is no toy, It's an honored war lilar Size. “But you should hear veteran, in fact.
what some of the visitors say."s Built in 1926-27, the railway
, ‘3’.
. least.“ 2108 A will" Sflme‘came into the news recently
was purchased by re- PIUSVILLE
.when it :tired banker Sidney H. Collins, j who wants to “do a Beeching on 1 I . and Eyron Daigle I‘e- ! But Collins assured a re- turned to Toronto after visiting porter it’s a sort of one-third relatives in the district. ' ' Mrs. Mary Peters and daugh- means increasing efficiency but for. Zeta, Summerside were vis- ‘nOt CIOSinS any 0f the line” iting recently at the home of ‘half~dozen stations or firing Mrs Angeline Blanchard. staff as was done by Richard Miss Erma Knox, Tignjsh '15 ;Bceching, chairman of the na- empioycd at the home of Mr. 'tionalized British Railways, a and Mrs. Norbert Corcoran. someWhat larger Operation- Recent. guests of .\Ir. and Mrs. The line has been making a John Corcoran and Mr. and smallPWfIt-H Mrs. Dale Cort-oi'an \\‘(‘I‘€ Mr. “Th‘S 15 a “onlmemial Chal' and Mrs, William Scar]. and lfnge for,me'" Salli comns' 67' Mrs. Fred Bcaulicr, Saint John. I.havent been ‘l‘tereSted m M;- and lirs. Joseph )IacGre— “am as a h°bb¥ 5"“ .1 was a gor. Truro. NS. \\'f‘l‘€ Sunday small boy‘ and Im a blt old to visitors lo the district. - ~ - . . Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gallant lature railways m Bum)!“ bl“: Ontario, were recently visiting vgggeuon pumw sauce hke “"5 relatives in the district. This was I Mr. Gallants first visit to the Is- land in 17 years Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stcrry. Mass. recently visitin: at the
paid for the railway, built as a ' labor of love by John Howley, a Royal Flying Corps veteran and
Beeching he has in mind. That F
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By ROD CURRIE
LONDON (CPl—At the nar- irow end of Victoria Street, just into bustling
doomed building, its grime em- phasized by a patchwork of garish posters, neon signs and a revolving barber pole.
it’s part of Canada’s history.
For it was in this building. t 100 years ago. that the Fathers of Confederation ham— ‘mcred out the final draft for the British North America Act. ‘ hen the fashionable West- .minster Palace Hotel, almost ,‘within the shadow of Westmin- .ster Abbey and Big Ben. it was 'home for the delegates during ithe winter of 1866. There. on lDec. 4, the 16 men gathered around the long green baize table in the ornate, Corinthian- sfy-le concert hall on the ground floor for the host of many long, hard sessions of negotiation.
Within this room, a portrait of Qucen Victoria looking down from its place above the mas- sive fireplace, they tussled with the problems of Senate mem- bership, flirted with the idea of calling the new country the Kingdom of Canada and wres- tled with the question of equal representation. OPPOSED BY HOWE in the background tly little figure of . Joseph Howe, the brilwiant jour- . nalist and leader of 3 Nova "IS the Second World War and Scotia group actively opposed jibe. of visitar, who come to jto Confederation at that time
1and n the term: then ro- look or ride. (or Pholo) posed? p
T e n .\\‘ork finally done and no longer able to control or influence fur-
ed ther the destiny of their dream, ‘tliat they travelled across the square to the House of Parlia- ment to watch as apprehensive spectators while their bill was debated, its fate sealed.
Macdonald. then 52, left his =mark on tile magnificent hotel
a
It was from this hotel that chairman Sir John A. Macdon- ald and three of his senior col- leagues travelled to Bucking-
am Pa' ace to “kiss hands” with Victoria, who wished them lwell in their endeavors.
And it was from here, their
motor racing driver who di last year at 76.. However, Collins estimated that Howley. whose greatest joy was to pilol his own trains, spent 2250.000 to build the line and it probably couldn‘t be put together now for £1,000,000.-. Each of the nine chest-high, lo-li: 8“ eye" more dramatic “'33.” on locomotives __ always p01_ e acc1dentally set fire to his ished to a shine—is worth um‘ And 1‘ was 1“ ’3‘" Wes" nearly £20000_ iminster Palace Hotel also, The railway carries 230,000 after he "immd susan. Agnes holiday-makers in its annual op- ?ggnalig' 3:3 5:0“)? film" 31“ eration from Easter to October, rd‘ f ' a dd. "ears {fat ' traversing a marsh once notori- e gh or a we mg. ea 85L ous as a haunt of smugglers e 91d.h°t.el “1.9m "no “mm and now a sheep hangout. Fare“tary Ilq‘l‘dam" m 1915 When is about 65 cents. .lhe building became for several There were days of de r1,ingwyears the headquarters of the do during the Second World Nauonal L‘beral CIUb' War when the line—the white TO BE TORN DOWN cliffs of Dover aren't far away Today it is known as Abbey —-was used by the army for House, is out up into offices armored anti - aircraft trains, and rented to a number of frequently attacked by German firms and has lately grown raiders. The railway also car—ishabby while waiting for the ried the pipe and fittings forlhammers of the demolition Pluto, the pipeline which even—l squads, scheduled to move in in tually ran under the sea froml1967. nearby Littlestone — on - a to! The only visible reminder of rance. Canada‘s historic association With 15 full-time and 40 593- with the old build‘ingis a plaque
sonal employees. the line oper-.put up in 1911 in the great con- dra
ates regular schedules. lS-car'ference hall, now partitioned
trains chugging under and over,int0 cubicles occupied by I
bridges at about 20 miles anlswarm of draughtsmen.
hour. 1 Except for the handful of Ca— Prince Charles and Princess;nadian tourists who seek it out
Anne -— and their grandfather,|and come asking permission to to
King George VI——\vere among view it. the laque, trimmed those who proudly rode the foot- with provincial crests and flags plates of the Lilliputian locomo- and surrounded by a border of
start now. There are other minr
Collins isn‘t saying what. he ‘rak
tives. seven of them built in the maple leaves. goes largely [Uh
Canadian style. One of them,lnoticed. It says:
the Winston Churchill, was ex-‘ “l t is coom in 1866-7 dele-
hibitcd in Canada in 1948. gates representing the prov- The young of all ages like to inces of Canada. Nova Scotia
cluster around these marvels and New Brunswick, under the
.which the railway boasts are chairmanship. of the late Right d
ish_ handsome, insolent Hon. Sir JOJH A. Macdonald, monsters with the rugged brag— P.C.. (3.0.3.. framed the Act of gadocio of the Western Prair-yUnion under which all British ics." .North America except New-
onlederalion's Final DraftWrillen “w “a Fathers In Weslministgi
lfoundland is now united underl ‘one government as the Dorru'n-i ion of Canada.”
Below are the words: “This tablet was affixed with the ap-
proval of the Rt. Hum. Sir and they were married Feb. 16 [Mgr dangle heme-ESL fig? Charles Tupper. Bart. P.C., with {our daughters of confer get J 9 RM 11 y . G.C.M.G., C.B., one of the dele- ence delegates attending the 011:“ l in” °€§F§a “fin”. gates from Nova 500113." bride. The couple had a brief D it” ngem' ‘d' ted d
Officials at Canada House are liioneymoon at Oxford, where a on' "'35 were “31”?” concerned about the plaque and the weather was grey and PresentEd by‘ Mrs. Eva“ a on. have advised Ottawa that the cheerlcss, and then Macdonald ggdgfifnxxmymmagi D 1(Ema-1;: building is to come doun. It is'had to hurry back to London James Rooney. Mm Rlver, and
believed it will be removed and[ possibly reinstated in the new' building to go up.
SENATE AT ISSU
The meetings iiere. smaller.‘ than the earlier conference in Charlottetown and Q 11 e b e c, were attended by five delegates each from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and six from Upper and Lower Canada. Their task was difficult, the bargaining hard.
The problems of the makeup of the proposed pper House once again preoccupied the del- egates, having already almost wreck Quebec confer- ence.
tors and finally it was proposed that the Queen be empowered to direct the appointment of three or six additional senators, representing equally the tee divisions of the country. if de- sired. There the matter was settled.
Another thorny problem fi- nally settled was provision for representation from the Mari- times if and when Prince Ed-
ward Island later decided to my the Queen diximz join Confederation. July 1, 1867, as the day of the
AI. the Quebec conference the creation of the Dominion of new country was referred to as Canada.
to follow the debate of the bill. .the blessing of the colonial sec-
ret t , emed no
for worry. Still they were ap- prehensive, knowing Howe active in the lobby, flourishing a monster petition begging Par- liament to delay approval until after Scotia election.
lans, problems 0 to be rather indifferent. Some also agreed ‘ there was
that the bill Macdonald was opposed s to having a set number of Sena- felt peer give its America at this time
ceived first reading in Lords Feb Commons where it ran into and some opposition and was modi- fied sligl‘vitly..'1'hen, on March 8,
.— or
further talk
aun'roN
Mr. and Moe. dial-lie McCar- family, Mr. and Mrs. Anchle McCarthy and Mr. Ger- M a y of Burnaby, also Mrs. Robert Col- lum of Edmonton. Alta., and Mn. Dudley Coffin of Mon- treal were recent visitors of their sister and brotderdn-law Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Butler, Glengary. Also visiting Mr. Mrs. Butler are Mr. and Mn. Frank McCartry and daughter Miss Sicila of Boston, Mass. Prize winners at the semi-
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her e privy council of Jamaica whom he had known previously, while she was shop- ping with her mother ln Bond Street. The romance flourished
Mrs. Alvin Costain, Cape Wolfe.
Mrs. Ida Mae Dalton, ton has entered Western Hos- pital for treatment.
Mrs. Albert Noonan. Alber-
Mm. Edward Gaudetlte, Tignish and Miss Bernice Rog. ens of B cent vlsitors at the home their brothers . and . Colridge Rogers, Burton and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rogers. Glenganry.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Colli- cutt, Eric Colllcutt and Miss Ann Pasqulnts of Toronto, nt., .were recent guest at the home of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Collicutt.
On the surface, since it had reason
was
.§
the approaching Nova
And the British parliamentar- preoccupied with serious f their own. tended
w1 that no need for haste
should be , an action Macdonald could prove fatal. As one said, “Th mind to Brit
5" on 8
elved
House can't ape Wolfe. , lsh North Patrick Butler, Glengarry has ” returned home from Charlotte- town Hospital whent he was receiving treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dalton daughter Pattie of Char- lottetown spent the past week- end visiting their parents, reading without and Mrs. Peter Dalton, ton and Mns. Annie Howard, Cape Wolfe.
Nevertheless, the bill re- the 12, passed to the
passed third Twenty days later it received
"the United Provinces," a title that displeased Macdonald who was personally attracted to th grander “Kingdom of Canada." Several British cabinet minis- ters found the majestic title pretentious and the Earl of Derby, then foreign secretary, led the battle against its adop- tion, saying it would "woun republican sensibilities of the United States." As Macdon- ald said in a letter to his sister, they were afraid of “offending the Yankees." QUEEN APPROVED NAME Finally the Maritime repre- sentatives proposed the name Canada, to be designated a do- minion, and when the Queen was asked to determine the name and rank of the country
she confirmed the title Domin- 1
ion of Canada.
Thus on Christmas Day the final draft of "the London reso— lutions" were sent to Colonial Secretary Henry Molyneux Her- bert, fourth Earl of Carnarvon,
spending her holidays at Point Camping area.
boro is teacher at Red P oin School for the coming year.
Norwood, Mass. visited
Mrs. Selwyn’s sister, Mos. Geo- rge MacDonald of Kingsboro who
her operation in the P.E.l. Hos-
EAST BALTIC
Carol Jenkins. Summerside. is Red
Mrs. Earle Kennedy, Kings t Mr. and Mrs. Fred Selwyn,
is at present receiving further treatment at the Victoria Gener- Hospital, Halifax, following
pital several weeks ago. Mrs. Mae MacDonald expects to be able to return to her home short-
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Mr. and Mrs. Sandy MacSwain Toronto, visited with relatives in St. Peters and Greenwich and . also visited with Mrs. Mac- ' Swain‘s aunt, Mrs. R.J. Kidson and Mr. Kidson, Red Point.
APPOINTMENT Appointment of Charles Gooding to the position Manager with Maritlm Limited has been announced by
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the confederation fathers‘ great ally who was to guide the bill
through Parliament. i
It was after a visit to High-’ clere Castle, the colonial secre- tary's estate at Newbury, that Macdonald returned to London exhausted and retired to bed with the newspapers. He dozed off and awakened hours later to find the candle had set ablaze the bedclothes and
pes. He fought the blaze himself and then summoned colleagues
George E. Cartier and A. T. f I
Gait from adjoining room to help. Macdonald suffered burns the face. hands and right shoulder but wrote to his sister, "I got dressed more about it.’
A week later, however, when the conference's main work was about finished, he was or- dered to bed for 10 days for treatment of the shoulder burn and there he spent Christmas
ay. MACDONALD WED
Prior to this, Macdonald had met by chance the young Miss Bernard, daughter of a mem-
but confirmed reports indicate 3'10: wants to sell source said he doubts that any eXlsting ship company could ab- sorb the huge fleet. He indicated
$260,000,000.
and thought no I
Adam F. Broniecki, General Manager. in St. Louis, Missouri, . Gooding received the do cc of Bachelor of Business Administration from the Uni- versity of Tampa, Florida and has subsequently followed var- ious courses related to manage— ment development. Following six years during which he played professional baseball with organizations of
GREEK SELLING FLEET
OSLO (AP) —- An informed brokerage source in this Norwe- Mr gian capital said Monday strong
Greek shlpowner Stavros Niar- his entire eet of more than 70 ships. The
that Niarchos was asking for
the St. Louis Cardinals and 'for.a gogplrne- q New York Giants, he served from 1951 to 1953 with the U. S. line of Army Corps of Engineers in the U S and France.
In 1953 he began his career in the metal container manu- facturing industry. since that time has advanced through positions in production, plan- ning. engineering and sales to
see I BOLENS I
Lawn and Garden '
present post.
Keith Carmichael I Mr. Gooding. who loined I Maritime Cans Limited in Aug-
ust of this year. has established ‘ residence in Bedford. N. S. w
Lt . 25 Bracklcy Pt. Rd. his wife and three children.
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h ome s of Mr. and Mrs. John ‘ P. Gallant. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Gallant, Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Gallant and other relatives in the district.
Mr. and Mrs. Emilie Gallant Toronto, Ont. spent their holi- days with mcmbers of Mrs Gallants family. They were ac- companied on their return triD ‘ by Ernest Gallant.
Miss Marie Gallant. Montreal, spent some time with her pai' ens, Mr. and Mrs. Toff Gallant.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gallan‘ and son left recently for Torontt after spending their holidays with relatives in Piusville and Do'dk Road. They were accom-
on their return trip by Mound Mrs. John T. Gallant ‘ who intend spending some time 1 wt members of their family. ymond Gallant. son of Mi Mrs. Joseph H. Gallant t some time visiting with remives in the district. A large . crowd gathered at the home 0 Mi. Angeline Blanchard to give I ma farewell party before his . deprture to join the Jesuit Fa thfll in a Seminary in Guelph. 1 0‘" a purse was presented him l
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