- lifting of price controls in the

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ONARLOTTETOWN SIIARIIIAN T’ MT »<..1',1E;..a.. In ism i _ I Authorised as Second Class Mall. rm Office

Department. Ottawa.

President. lsn A. Burnett: Vice-President, Wm. I. Burnett; Secy.-Treas.. G. M. Burnett; Edit/or and

lounging Director. J. B. Burnett: Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is IVeaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

TUESDAY, nucuiiiisszir. s1, 1946

tlii The Threshold

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There is always something inspiring in the thought of a New Year. However smudged the old pages may be, this is a new leaf to be turn- ed aver, with untold possibilities. The mistakes of the past can, with courage and wisdom, be avoided. However disillusioned we may be, this feeling of hope and confidence revives on the deathbed of every old year, arid it is well that it should be so. We are all, as Stevenson says, "in- defatigable adventurous pioneers." We all ex- pect to come forth some day_on some con- spicuous hill-top, and but a little way further, against the setting sun, descry the spires of EI_ Dorado. Whether we do so or not is of little consequence, "for to travel hopefully is a bet- ter thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour." ‘ _ _

This applies to national and international affairs, as well as individually. As the year I947 looms on the threshold the thoughts of men are centred, as never before, on building on the ruins of our war-weary, stricken world a. more idealistic and enduring civilization. This new year may be of momentous importance in this connection. Reference was made in these col- umns yesterday to the machinery whereby _the United Nations Organization hopes to achieve tbis objective. Behind the machinery is the purpose expressed in the preamble to the Char- ter of the United Nations, which may bequot- ed as the most timely thought to leave with all our readers on this New Years eve: ‘

"We, the peoples of the United Nations,

"determined to save succeeding genera- tions from the scourge of war, which twice ll‘l our lifetime has brought untold 50m"! l°

mankind, and _ "to reaffirm faith ll'l fundamental human rights, in the dignity_and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, 00d _ _ _ "to establish conditions under which Illsh“ and respect for the obligations flllSlng ‘mm treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and "to promote socia standards of life in lar "and for these en and live logellilel‘ l" P9" good neighbors.’ This is an am

I progress and better ger freedom, ds to practice tolerance

e with one another as

bitious programrnii, l?" me" i no reason why, under Providence, it caiiiwl b? realized The challenge comes to the leaders of gvery member of the United Nations to work resolutely and steadfastly to this end. Failing this nothing else in world affairs will matter very much. ‘ .

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"r odbilbutllitiiniiei ‘Rhine: Edward Island. This i! b ne ouf by the annual reviews of activities in o: farming fishing and other industries. These much appreciated features have beeps supply? by officials of the various departmen , P c _ cial and Federal, who have all been very o operative.

To all our Iéfdfifl, at h wish most sincere Y:

Bliadhna Mhath Url

Bonne et Heureuse Anti

A Happy New Year!

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ome and abroad, we

eel

New ZealaniPs fllose Vote

tion in New Zeal- f the Labor‘ Gov- Fraser by a mar-

The recent general elec and resulted dlfld tllaie Feturn o ernment, hea e y remier _ . gin so narrow as to cast grave doubts o; itsealzilil; ity to function effectively, °Y 9"" '

Ion in office. The final count, reached after mega than a week of tabulation, gives the Gav- emmeng 42 ggqts in the House, and the N0- tional party 38. Even this‘ narrow margirfi (Ollllt: not have been obtained had it not beeneb or phs year's redistribution legislativfl, YhezheYurbufi Government created new seats in_ h Id centres where Labor is stronfl, l¢°‘,'"‘9 h‘ E a‘ set-up unchanged in the rural asredmrwmeiri: met National party is predominant. 0H0‘: ‘ d the sesame to o governments lengt o "F, even in radical New Zefllflliil-

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Reviewing events of the year I946 from the legol point of view, the Fortnightly ‘Law Journal comes tb gloomy conclusions regarding our pro- gress towards restoration of democratic and con- stitutional government. "We must confess", ll’ says, "that we see little encouragement in the present trends in Canada that there has been any progress on the road todecontrol which must ‘be the first step to the restoration of demo- cratic ond constitutional government. Eyen as

United Sta , without the catastrophic consequences that the economic experts predicted, does not seem to have brought our dictators to a realization that the time has come for them to cease their tyranny. In fact it does seem that it hos, if anything, increased their determination to hang on that much Iongsr to their usurpation of pow- er. At least, when the-hood bureaucrat is giv- en free time on the nationally owned redio svs- tein= tospreod bereoucrotlc_propopondu on the elr, It. does not seem es if the bureaucrats are

m to cease from their tylannizlngs and ' ‘ _ Jtbet propaganda wrfoiled t:

w fill I y of In intention to alleviate in slightest rlgeer of the present ille-

tatorship. There was not even a hint that the powers usurped from the Provinces would be re- turned to them at any time in the near future. Rather the suggestion seemed to be that con- trols would be maintained lust as long as the power-lusting bureaucrat could possibly hang on to office and, with controls, the continued usurpation of provincial powers."

.— EDITORIAL NOTES ,- w?

_ Hogmanay, watch night service, or, alterna- tively, dancing in the New Year. ‘It i i ‘k

Tomorrow, New Year's Day. Change the calendar, and remember it is I947. Social calls to be attended to.

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Born this day, l72l, the Young Pretender, Eharles Edward Stuart. His cause died with

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Eighty-one per cent of women and 77 per cent of men prefer newspapers with advertising according ta a survey conducted by Batten, Bar- ton, Durstine and Osborn, New York.

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In the old days, no slight could be more keenly felt than to have one's house passed over unvisited by New Year celebrants, nor no breach of hospitality more resented than to have callers without placing refreshments at their disposal.

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After tomorrow:

Yale's corpe and Yale's gane, And we hae feasted weel;

Sae Jack maun to his flail again, And Jenny to her wheel.

We experienced neither the extreme cold nor the blustering snow storm promised us ovor the week-end for which we ought to be thank- ful. We have our habitation in a sheltered nest, and do not half appreciate our advantages in this respect.

awe,

How many of the older generation can look forward hopefully to another full year of joys and sorrows, successes and failures, all of which go to make up life in this humdrum ex- istence. To the young, life opens anew with the beginning of another year, and they enter it with zest and enthusiasm. Their life is be-

fore them.

wees,

In other days, and still yet in many parts of Scotland, children dressed as guisers, visit all the homes in the district giving a theatrical dis- play of some old tale. Sir Walter Scott, who delighted to keep up old customs, invariably had a. set of guisers to perform such a play before his family both at Ashestiel and Abbotsford.

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Mr. Abbott is reaping where Mr. Ilsley sowed, and is already boasting of his antici- pated surplus when he brings down his budget. He will have to bear in mind that prosperity has its responsibilities, and if he has inheritbd an over-flowing treasury, he will have to share it with the hard-pressed taxpayers who have been groaning under the exaction of his predecessor,

TheHDuchess of Windsor is regaining her old position among the leaders of fashion. She used to be the best dressed woman in the world, and then, Iunaccauntably, dropped to tenth place. This years report of fashion editors gives her second place. Both the Duke and she are en- titled ‘to congratulations; the pity is that he finds it so difficult to gain anything in compari- son to what he lost when he abdicated on her ac-

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"We need to realize that more than all

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THE CHARLOTFETOVi/Ny GUARDIAN

city to Montreal. u stunt

including the Star.

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mania so a; to make hLs

foo-d Beacon-Herald.

so much?" asked one. "I think,’

or’;

indefinitely be used a5 free accom-

duslry- They do mt increase me

are used by parking. the bettl’. — Liirolford Beacon-Herold.

Wur- veteran. Phlllp Lynch Queens ls a public school teacher by day and bartender a-i. u tavern in Hollis at night. For his work at

receives $51.25 a week. For mixing drinks he gets S60 u week. A1- tho118h he has taken the night 10b as a sideline, it. may. be reason- ably asked In view of Its superior

all. a. bartender or a teacher. —New York Times.

lad who'd never taken care of any-

eltter lar some friends of the fa-m- lly. He was gives-l a coke, four boob of comics. and u phone number to call in case the baby should wake up and seem to need parental ai- ientlmi. Shortly after fem, the par- ents returned home and expressed gmtlflwtlmi at the fuel. that Lhe baby was quiet and BPPRWHIIY hadn't. made any trouble. "Well. it. dld wake up once" the WW8 guardian said. “but there was no sense la calling you. because lt. went 0H to sleep again the min- ute I started rubbing It, buck of It's ears." -Ne'w Yorker.

One of the factors justifying the one storey scl-icol ls that maximum use Ls made of ordinary daylight,- made possible by the large iIIiJPW-EQ In use of glass. But the chief factor ls the matter of safety- EV"? @1055 rcom and corridor has u separate exit, at the ground level. As thew are no stairways andmo fire escaPe-‘i the school can be emailed quickly- Pupils are easily seeresuied www- mg to age, with separate play areas for little ones —anofhe1‘ helP m avoiding play accidents. There ls 515,, the elimination of overhead 110159. The single storey school h“ sOme advantages in lower buildlnS costs. Extensive flre proof construc- mm 15 no; needed. Steel lg not re-

treaties and pacts, more than all trade confer- ences and agreements, the world needs the good-will, the faith and the idealism which vital religion briligs," Rev. C. Ritchie Bell, B. D., Montreal, declares in a New Year's message. "lt is wrong for any one to claim that by the mere development of culture, by the spreading of education and science that evil can be thrown off," he declares. "We cannot lift ourselves by our_own bootstrafi and it is only through Jesus cllflil’, as 2.000 years of history has proven, that we can redeem our sins. Man cannot save man." i ‘A’ i I

_ The boy who gets into trouble because he is high spirited and restless, or because ho is led astray, or because he knows no better, is worth reclaiming, says The Vancouver Province. He should have a second chance or whatever num- ber of chances he may need, and society should see that he gets them. Society is guilty of a misdemeanor too reprehensible for words when it sends a boy who might be reclaimed to a col- lege of crime from which he can only graduds

into a career of degradation and misery. I Q

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Sterility caused by a surgical ‘operation be- fore marriage is not a ground for annulment of the marriage, Mr. Justice Philippe Demers, ont- real, decided in the first judgment of its kind in Quebec Province. Action to annul his mar- riage was taken by Ernest Eduard d‘Aoust, who married in Ypres, Belgium, while with the Can- adian Army. D'Aoust said that later he learned his wife hod undergone an operation which pre- vented her from having children.’ He claimed she concealed this fact from him before the marriage and said tlhiit had he known it he would

not have wed.

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Mr. Gordon B. lsnor, M. P. for Halifax, de- nies that the hold-up in the carriage of groin to Britain is any fault of that port. He cabled to Anthony Eden, deputy leader of the British Opposition and fellow officer of the Empire Per- liamentary Association: "No difficulty to get- ting Canadian wheat moved if John Struchey (Food Minister) will urge shipments vie year round pert of Halifax. From information given mo," Mr. Isnor declared, "l have every rseson to believe that if Mr. Struchey were to press the matter, I feel that double the present quen- tity. being moved through Halifax could be

handled without any congestion:

yoylng herself l

tired of waiting for her- Our Him

released the children. into s nearby restaurant. with potato chips. mum!"

escorted [o m; ca; again, but. my glppflflflLlY quite lifiYPY.

Hanover P0!!-

luy aside bu those ease Ind slew

qf plum puddings. Dr. ' to professor

verslty. puts h lncluddd In ii

clpes for ulcer Walter Aurfll. ecoonslng Ottiws. JGmmLIt, rooms ls by way of belnl l but. not ions loo h

mher uIKr

decided find P" ldleties. more‘; the vim snanr. ‘mt

' ll to 1U ohlchm stock. Piece t in; water for

llotos By Tlio Way

A Coleus-y flu ls plllsliss‘ s. 2.250-mlle horseback trlp from lilo that. should leave everyone disinterested —WIndsor

It I'll sold o! the lalo John Barrymore ihui he could read a lieallers ivecli. Wlih prices what they are 110W» anybody can do that. —St,rut-

Two little glrln wore busily dis- cussing their families. “Why does your grandmother read the Bible

said the other little glrl. “that she's cramming fos- her finals." —Riead-

Tho olilef sue of parking meson ls to Impress car owners with the fact vthiit the public streets cannot.

modatlan. and lo encourage private P811185 to enter the parking in-

accommodatlon and they should not. be used merely to extract revenue from the public. 'I‘be less the streets

of

Jamaica Junior High School he

pay whether Mr. Lynch Is. first of

A twelve-yosn-old Muimnsoneok

thing younger or more fragile than lllS Airedale puppy consented. one night recently. to act as s baby

whereabouts of their PBNW- He learned that their mother was "\- n a, beverage room nearby and the children were PM“?

ryve-r- gentleman went to 56c 1'01‘ hint-Self. and sure enough found ti"

was somewhat sismflfizdxllgle‘ i‘: f l1 ed him out. Wm i ° w and wok them All came forth shortly. very horny. “Milli: what, have you. The children we; and momma. went beck to her beer. —

Stomach ulcer Dlilfllhe Ill! n"

of milk and that. intending PIN“ FRI-n! O0 st the OOII- m}; Medicine of New York uni- ls name to n will’ whole book of se- pmtlent; written bl’ w The w. Aurel! renewed ch61. e ran foul as. l 08f’. Ices sltbmllllvu Ill M)” u] patients. Mr. Aurel! and will Mr. Mltoll rocouunended ‘l’: lgkgg so z. "Ohlchm R012 - ch up seetton-iskesflflll‘ hem la rapidly boll- foisr or five nslnutcs. water. and sllp of! "i!

A" FarmerLooks at ~ The Factory Worker

(Farmer's Advocet r)

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There ll no essential difference bUEWQLI farm people and factory people. Neither of us ls prepared to approve o1’ or ply for, anything that is Inconsistent with our own Inter- ests or which provides rrtarns for other; which are out of llne wltli our own rewards for com liable skill and effort. Farmers are now puylrn; factories prices lrVlllTh y"eld factory peape much higher returns and shorter hours than favmers can gain from l-he sale of their own FY0611" We formers cannot. cor.- iinue ‘.0 pay too much oi‘ our pro- duction for too little fa-"tory pro- duction even If we wished to do a. thing so foolish. It ls impossible for us. over any protracted period. to excnhnge ‘About with yoi on the basis of 2 hours for 1. as at; ps1.- ent. We will run out of ones and you will have the worthless twas of lnfktlon which then will p- resent neither profit nor vermin] product on.

Union equity Is restored quickly In the exchange of farm and fee. tory labour. by unprecedented pro- cluctlon which will lessen costs and prices we ell must prepare to un- dcrxo the surgery at dQpg-Qgppon- A Prolonged conveleecence, under the cure of those greet doctors, sflplily and Demand. who must op. efate Lxtensisely enough to re- m“! n" meier obstructions o, m, clrculaflon rf goods and services,

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may restore our economic health evflltufllllfl The illness will be pal“. ful and full of heartache; but w; must Luffer lt, If we do no: take DPf-‘Ventetiire medicine non, (To be concluded)

NEW YEAR'S EVE

9110c on tihe year’ 1 r

mind's might‘, as c" in my Sitting 1n dreams, not “d, quite elyslurs, Bslencrmg sll ‘iwixt wonder and de-

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Meihvvshi my body sud all our world took flight

Arid vanished from me. u s dream, outright;

“B11118 out thus In sudden strange decision.

I sew es 1n the flashing of a vlslori. For down between the tall towers

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HENDERSON s, CUDMORE

“PVhere Quality Is Sure"

t on" in future isnder e. clause "not ‘contained In the Dominica's orig. ‘trial offer." It ll to be hoped this will prove a. profitable claims for

What "Principle"

(Sydney Post-Record)

of the night. 3°m° by Swat wlnds in awful unf-

son.

Th! 1861111118 masses of mankind sweep by,

Even as a glittering river with deep sound

And innumerable banners,

on, Over the starry border-glooms thail

bound The last gray space Lu dim efer-l -nliy. _ And all that strange unearthly mu]- iltude l seemed lwlslw l" Vii-St. seetihlnrg cotm panics overmore. with hoarse and ter. rible crle;

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qua-ed to any extent. and 011i- stone or other ornaments-tion Is Plunged onward. each in its implgg- eliminated. Tliere are some adverse able mood factors which include the lurlo Borne down over the triimplcd‘ amount or lurid necessary; the great bluzanrles expanse of roof, and the extensive Of other faiths and other phat» u“ otyspmal “m” flown sound Each ‘fiailiiivlng furiously and eachl Sim-T mes. - pursued;

A Iluiover businessman was dis- 5° Wed they on with tumult vest uu-bed by the crying of several little Bu‘ snd grim. children loft alone in a car. mike: 121mm” "Ymid ‘I'm I

f his fflcz. up town. son wan children o; h“ Whtte-haloetismgroups that sought ' . T991119 ll Y

zmredhafltxgflzvolzs: ‘fxtleavyrfia, The H3135“?! one crowned and suc- Wh“ w" imlmm“ wan‘ m‘! ‘he And film. flsr forward. flouting tall

and dim. ‘Ilhe banner of our Lord and Master, Ghrlst.

-A.rchlbo.ld Lampman.

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i u. three Llyflefffdbe: {nflfjo ';;,,.,.mm_ Old Charlottetown m, you he; 4n no uncertalp term: (Ana PJLI.) h th lit of her, an ~—— 5"“ “h” ° on‘ IIOGMANAY

The early settlora at. Belfast, had few holidays. Ohrleunus passed un- noticed. New Your’: Day was the great duly of the your. On the Eve of that day ‘striking parties,’ com- posed of young folk of the district armed with slicks, marched iii-rough the settlement. when they arrived n a house they surrounded H. and do the eooaarpenlmerlt of muslg from the sticks beating tho log wells, vigorously sang s. Gaelic re- frsln, which may be translated: ‘Got up suld wife, and elieke your feathers.

Dlinne think that we IN beggars. We're‘ 11st bell-nu come oot to play. Getupsndgleugoorlsogmana ' If. so happened but rarely. there wee no ‘Scotch’ on hand, they were glveci cakes. But these were poor substitutes for whet. they sought. snd the user lime with which they directed their fleet footsteps to, the light bedmnlng from the noes-est neighbors’ vrlrsdorv revealed en Intention to Ignore substltutg herltod thirst by the only mess! end on enxleiy to stoke" their lo- known toiiinnonaioshoir ion- fscticrs fos- pssemtime. When the log houses were sebleoed by shlflllfll OIUI. Rifle pl-fllQ ICC lliilwllfll-

principle" of e financial offer made

a tax-alluring statement Mr. Jones has given out 70111118 lacks details, which will probably not. be made public till the deal goes through officially but it seems quite obvious that the Island Prov- Ince has been drawn within the am-blt of Federal negotiations on th Ls not surprising. seeing that where- a3 the flnunclol needs of the Island are urgent. 1t has little to offer In the way of bargain 0r barter for new Federal concessions. and they And desperate encounter at mad "e “em “m”! M ouawa‘