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l Lu us VI-use In-In mus Lu: no new Ida; udruu It In Prince luau .. by In neusnn census MI. 44 Kru II M. for-in Is-urirur (min 22': unrvsruu lower lid... to A. lumen. Publrlou and Central Isuus Frau Walker. lilnnv lumber tisudlaa Duly Nuance PIHIIIIIII CBIIIIIQ Member of I'M Clldill Pun Iembnr Audit Intel: I Ctnalollcns Iuoon -rtirr-en ll sumnserndo. Iluune and Alberta: Aulbonsod II INCA Clan III! U ll! POI OM60 Denartmeal Ottawa.

Ix urrrrer mrnrlouesowl. name ll5.II pm ID Iurvr Elletuherv rrr PEJ non other Provinces In It I. IIIJI DC! IIIIIII.

"The strongcst memory is weaker than the wukcsi ink."

nor: 4 TI" s'mv.'Mav I4,7ill51

St. Dunstan's Closing

A fun ycars ago at Harvard Unl- vm-.itv a cpccial committee dcvotr-cl tliv uh--Iv -it its time to a study of tiir giinil iliilll till American Fduiia. titrii. It rvpni'li'ri, in brief, that the biiiiuriiiiim li'ttl liccn too long dis- rc;;;u-rtwl fur the ripe of education ulii-..- .nIr- iiiiijltlxll was ”cashing in" llillllfllll'll of delay and

ltiili llltl

nictitnl ctli-it li -iicw attention to the riaiinvr of exw-rtsivc specializa- tion and in ilw lltlllfl of i'ccsiahlish- Iii(: lliw lt.. ll' iiliwr ilint lily lwlillld etiliuiiimi KIllt'tl Hfiti lsclnre-the

day: of tin: 1.:-col.-.; the idea of a

main friwriml ciiltliiw-; ill? attain- ment. a-. IiI'.ill.K as lll.t'r lie, of A slmr 13- i-ipuiiing uiirltiiil rather" than

of a partu-iilar knoulcilge which stops short at narrow margins which if has ncitlicr the time nor the train- ing to ct-us.-2

Down illl'fIllLIll tli c ycars, St. Dunstan's University has served suc- cessive generations with increasing effiriionncy. both in the in nricrn sciences. and in the niore tliornlilzhly tested paths of the humanities. This combination of light and learning ts what higher education means. its pt .-will-;tl arixaiitagcs are obvious and inipnrtuiit. but less obvious and hlfirt-3 important is the training in char- arter building. tn the acquirement of an ;arivnii;ite PlllltlSfipll)' of life based on t'liris:ti'-iii ethics and priticiplcs.

Tin: in. we believe, the l,lnixer- s!tv's 10?-rd convocation. it is an im- portant riav for the graduating class. for the facility and for all the slit- dcut-., fmiunr stiidmits and friend- of the institution. which has served this Province so well and which is now, despite its venerable age. still in the l1PyrlHy of its youth and vigor.

Strictly On Their Own

Old customs are hard to change, nlwtlwr they be wise or foolish. For pxaniple. it. has always bccn a luvs- tery why election ballots do not in- dictate the political affiliations of the various caiididates. The suggestion ha: been made several times in rem-nt years. but for some reason or other. or for no reason It I'll. the Federal Govemment has not seen fit to approve it. Only the names of the candidates appear on the ballots, the pi-esumption. presumably, being that voters vote for the man pri- marily. and only secondarily for the pm-iv he repress-iits. Sometimes. of coin-sc. this is truc. but more oftcn it isn't. And when two men of the, name surname are running in the same riding. as happens occasionally. it is quite possible for mistakes to bc tn:-irlc. A voter in a hurry is likely to cast his X for J. W. Brown. Liberal. when he intended to cast it for W. J. Tlrovvn. Conservativr-. or vice vcneir.

This iiiivlake could easily be gvoiricd by having the proper desig- nation appcar after the man's name. Any why not? after all. it is the. winning party that makes the (lov- prviriwiil. Nit it Wfllllfl SN'fTl RS ll Th? 3. '- -.-imulrl have s placc on the inrpur-tnrtt piece of paper. llndcr thv present lav. nnli officials are not even permittcd to tell a voter what party any particular candidate 1-enrcsents. That. of any rate, seems silly.

Still Rampant Whatever matters were agreed upon by President Eisenhower and King Saud of Saudi Snbia on the occasion' of the latter": visit to Washington some months ago. the nrpprronaion of slavery in the Moelem kingdom was. evidently. not one of "them. Accoriiit'g LO United Natioml Hvestigaiors. there are It the pre- can tune more than one million men in the permit Ircn. the'best llI&ts balm in Mecca. the Holy IRE.

sold by their parents.

Forays into mountainous regions are not as frequent as they used to be, although they are still carried on. Trzideis concentrate chiefly on the annual pilgrimagcs to Mecca. The parents. being usually short of funds before the journey is com- pleted, are glad to sell their daughters for enough to cover out of pocket expenses. The average price for I suitable female is around T200. Young. able men. fitted for hard labour. go for as little as 5100. European women. when they can be found. fctch a much higher price. sometimes as much as 31000. Often, the report says. sheiks give slaves to each other for birthday presents.

King Hand is, of course. quite familiar with these goings-on. and he could stop the practice easily enough if he were so inclined. The U. N. report does not say so in as niaiiy words. but it leaves little dnuhi that the traffic in one way and another brings I good income to the royal coffers. YPY, ihll ll ill! man Prcsidcnt l-its-ciihower hopes will bct-mire 2 -'t:uiiit'h defender of ”ircc- doin" in the Middle East. How very trouhinri the spirit of Abraham

'Llf'ii'nlii lluisl lml

Freight Subventions

The first revision of the Mari- timcs Freight Rates Act in 30 years will come into force on or about July 1st when rail rates will be re- duced on siiipmcnts of comnioditics outbound from the Atlantic prov- lncea, The reductions will be made as a cririscriiiciice of the Dominion (”.mr-i'niiiciit's iiccision in iricrease its subventions under the Maritime Freight Rates Act from the present 20 per cent to 30 per cent. The de- cision was aiiiioiint-cri in the Rudgct Spcci-ii of Firiaiice Minister Harris, on March 14th.

As noted by the (iapc Breton f'o.-l. gr:-iii t'I'crlil is due the Mari- tiiiics Tr;itispoi'tatioti ('nmmissinn for the decision l'inall.v reached. The case for the revision of the Maritime Freight Rates Act was pressed strongly for )cars by the com- mission. It was rc-emphasized by MTC before the Gordon Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects in i938. and again to the Government itsclf earlicr this year.

The revision, says The Post, should help appreciably the in- dusti-ics of the Atlantic region in thcir l"flflf'flVfll' to compete more siicccssfiilly in the (lanadian market outside this region. It would have helped more 'had the rail freight rates on commodities moving en- tircly within the Atlantic rcgion been rctturcd. The liicrcased sub- ventionri on the commodity ship- merits from the Maritlmcs to other parts of Canada are expected to cost the Federal Treasury an additional s2,tl0ti.fiOfl annually.

"While there is plenty of rcason to rejoice in the additional subvcn- tions grantcd by Ottawa." says our Sydnr-y coiitcmpori-try, "it would be a mistake to assume that the Mari- time Freight Rates Act has been madc completely up-to-datc. As has bccn poinlcd out by the Maritime.-r 'T'ransportatinn Commission, the act is a complicated piece of legislation which requires considerable detailed analysis More it is finally adjusted."

EDITORIAL NOTES

Workers are to get three hours off on June in for voting purposes. A iiolid.1y. you might say.

0 O I

Thc l'nitcd States Air Forcp has complctrd an electronic rechartlng of all North Atlantic sea areas, (Tharts now in use. it is reported, would be of no service in the event of nuclear war when absolute ac- curacy ln aiming of long range mis- siles would be imperative.

. o o 0

Advcrtizers of alcoholic liquor! in the old days were imaginative. if nothing else. A researcher has dis- closed that In the 1390': it was nothing to see whiskey proclaimed II "the only sure cure for consump- tion. bronchitis and all other wasting dimaaes."

T D O O

The first shipment of oil Ilfmliti ions) to be produced In French uguntoriai Africa has arrived in France. By 1960. it is expected. Frtncb Africa and Algerian wells will provide more than two-thirds of french all rcqulrcrncnfs. Arab Gov- ,IlnPnfl should take note of tho rum-n evil as of the fact inst

BOYSL LEAD T

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Owl McireiAbout Statistics

By Patrick Nicholson

Ottawa: "Hnxs”rs you living'.'''

That the western ”belin." with which Ross Thatcher. Mtlnsr .l;rvt's three- iime member of parliament. greets people hr-re.

it is answered in very serious manner by the Dominion Run-nu of statistics in its ”Dailv Rullr-tin” which this column .'-larled tn ric- scribc ,vestcrda.v.

Our population r-r-.u-in-cl in raw nrd lt'c.42f).00fl.tl0I'I on 1st MLIl'i'lI of this year We live In an estimat-

cd .'l.97A.flflfl households As a rough .

rule of thumb. statisticians vtork

on the hasls that our poniilaiuur I

is divided up ncallv ipln neat little parcels of Inui'-pt-i-sun-fanrilim That is. father. mother and two children. it averages out close enough for rough rule of thumb plirpnscs. But in pram-iu-c nf ('nllrKl' the Canadian hnuscliolri varies widely. from the Qiicbcc farm- house which may. Ind probably does. contain widowed grandmo- ther. father and mother. and I baker's dozen of little ”('.ana(llMi Ind ”(,'InIdicnnr-x." In the metro- politan ”Bachclnr snitc" in-I-iipir-rl by I single or lonr car:-cr wmnan.

And the accommodation occu pied by the CInsdlIri ”hnnselrnirl" may and indeed docs VAYY from the quarter-million dollar bunga- low home on Toronto's ”fllallnrini Boulevard" to tire 32.000 worth of snack rct-cnilv movcd at a am of M.flt'l0 by Ontario Hydro to make way for the 34. Lawrence Seaway

flooding. MODERN CONVENIENCE!

The average picture of the in cr- Ige of these widely varying t'rrn- ldlln homes is presented in nest tabulated form by the Bureau of Statistics.

The proportion of CInad'ran homes cauipped with modcrn con- veniences increased again in I956. declares the Biircau. ..

And none too soon. to judge by the statistics of basic essentials It is accepted as I perennially good joke in (2rmIda to refer to Frenclr plumbing. But let us be honest: Paris has had flush toilets. running water, adequate sewers Ind r.cwIge disposal plants for longer than Iny of us no remem- ber. Yet we in IdvInr-ed Ind mI- terlslly-blessed North America are such tiglrt-wads that we refuse to

spend the dollars armed to re .

have its from the chronic state which we euplternislicallv call ”siornacli flu." and which doctors say is Ittributable to our primi-

is the trir-nrllv greeting. .

live sewage dlspoul unsystem.

Speaking for Ottawa. and that gun for most of our communities. the mic feature of our liven, in arldrtinn to i-anovs. which we have adopted unchanged from the Red Indian is our sewage disposal sys- icm. of dumping It rsw into our fill'fl'&

In lhc fill;-ma limit. to mile a horrible cvainplr. no fish ran now Inn In tlir strefcli of 100 miles down-xii-cam from thin city, yet we allrm our children to swim in ii TIIRHI-I 0liT "F F0l'R

Hnucver, even if the outlet is nnly into the ncarcwi rivcr. or in- to I septic tank wliicli contamin- ales wells and erupts shove the surface. three out of four of our llnmcs now has I flush toilet. Some of lhcse. we must Idmit. have in he shared with other families. A handful of families use I chemicsl toilet. And l3,flt'ttl Carrarllen homes have neither fimrir nor c.lremlcIl toilet.

iinuever. we are spending llflfl. ooomil of the laxpaycrs' money

iirc r-tact sum which would wnup all those unsrrvcrt homes with I septic tank It least -- on bringing culture to Clfildlllll.

l rinnt 'want to appear crudely iitrlitariirn. but i do feel that lav- srtnruw should come before learn- ing; nu child cvcr contract:-d r-rill plum polio because it could not in-Ir I CInIdlIn symphony, no adult rurfters. "irtnmsch flu" In- riuIil,v bcc.I In his or her eyes can- not feast upon I CsnIdiIn oil- painting. . i

in other ll('l(lS of material cum- fnrtand convcnlcnccc. we are do- tng better. While 75 per cent of our homes have the sole or sbIr- cd use of I flush toilet. 74 per cent have a telephone. 94 per cent have electrification and 96 per cent have ratio. 57 per cent usc furnac- rs for heating purposes but a high- or Full percent Zrnve I car. Two out of three families own their homes. which is I simplified way of sav- ing that one in three pays rent to a landlord and nearly two In three pay it to a mortgage coni- Dll'l.V'

2.199 linmes have I vacuum cleaner; 2,676 have I sewing ma- chine; .1..'lil have IflmP form of refrigerator; and 5i..'lfCl have It washing machine.

With I lip of the bat to nature. u-iem-e. Inrl instalment burying. we can truiv say that we never had it so good.

Annapolis Royal-1606

Montreal Gazette

The first known pocml wrlttr-n north of Mi-xicn. and dealing with an early attempt by the French to settle in Nova Scnua and Maine. Ire reprinted in the current issue of the HIrvIrd Library Bulletin.

Annapolis Royal, which the French r.-Illed Port Royal. is de- scribed in one of the poems. which was written n lull. -The port. one of the settlers, wrote: "in th: solttIry spot the Just man has enough to delight him and to Iti- rnlre the power amt lnodness of

i

God. if he wishes to contemplate t its cbrrrrntng loveliness. For. it p

one goes wsntiering around tire 1

whole earth, and even ferrets out III the secret places of the world. one will find bias In beIutlful or so perfect that llevre Royal does not surpass by very much."

Tire four poems are r:-printed from I pamphlet that comment nramt lire r-eparture for Fr-anre

t

: the Indians Ind

gs". wt!

came Acadia.

The poems and tire rlrcumstsnn cs of their rnmposition Arc de Icribed by Ernest W. Wilkins of Newton Centre. Mann Fr sldent Emeritus of Oberlin College. in his Irticle. "The Earliest Extent Poems Written North of Mexico" In the Harvard LlbrIry Bulletin.

in the autumn of 1603 Pierre riu fiua. Sieur dc Monts. received from Henry IV of France a com- mimnrr making him the King's Lieutenant General for the "coun- tries. tcrrlmrlcs. rollla Ind mn- fines rrf La Codie." It command- an him to bring Christianity to

bestowed upon him I ten year of the fur trade. The tree us design- ted in between tire lot! and III degrees. or from where Hilla- fklflllia now stands nortbwnd to our Vcwfoundland

he MmIts' expedition left France in turn ship-. in the spring of ION

' . Among those with him were his

licuierrani. Jean de lienmuri. sleor dc Pmrtrlrrcourt; special

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HE PA AD

PUBLIC FORUM

f'bII column II open tn the dlseue emu lav crrrrupnrrdt-irtI of question of tattered. The Ounrdlu does not swee- nrtlsv now: the opinion It Iorreo 113m

APPRI-ZCIATION Sn. While l have not Mill tune to read carefully through your

special edition on agriculture. l have. nevertheless. uulod thIt it In it very worthwhile contribution to the advancement of Igriculture in this Province Incl an innovation upon which your pnper iii to be higlilv complimented.

1 hope it is your Intention to continue and develop this feature from year to year. it has most Interesting possibilities Ind can serve ir most useful purpose.

I regret that difficulties out of the nrdinary prevented my con- tributing to this edition. you may rest assured. however. that in the future. if It Ill possible. our or- ganization will be prepared to (0- npcrntc with you.

I am. Sir. clc. .l.L. Di-IWAR secretary

P.F..f. Fr-dcratinrr of Agriculture

FISIIING AND SHOOTING

sir. in SIturda,v's issue of The guardian Mr. Spirrgcurr .lt-iikins in his column ”fiunler's Corner." makes the following Ilement. "some rspoi-tr lf'I Ix ggentcd and for this reason I have nude it I point in check for myself; sometimes several complaint.-r are received concerning a specific sec- tor from people who bad no pre- vloul knowledge Hut otiien bad voiced information luvins in do with the same general Idea. Here is in specific tiislsiir-c."

Mr. Jenkins than went on to

i tell how I city angler told him

that while recently fishing in the pond at the site of the old Crosby Mill. Marshfield. he trad licnrd heavy shooting in the Mill Creclt. "sometimes one or two. It other-s rczzulnr rnlicys of right nr ten shots" Also A resident of the Rcd Point Wharf area had given him I similar report. This is I rim where someone is again oh- vinusly pulling Mr. .lr-nlnnsi leg

,ll'Ifl he should investigate more

ral'cllillv hcforrgiving publicity to rumours nhicli reflect on the resi- dents of any specific IreI. The people on both Ildes of Mill Creek have never been guilty of llleul shooting themselves nor will they allow any on their property bv any one else.

I have checked with the property owners on both sides of Mill Creek. Mr. Leigh Irina! and my fsthor. Alinon Wood also with other nerjii. born in tire vicinity and no one has heard I shot find this yeIr. The geese have been very plentiful Ind so fame that they were coming into our orchard within 100 yards of the home.

Last week to resident Irom In

Jack Miner area of Ontario null -

tips whole film photographing thew gccse at rinse ranac wiiiriv

would have been impossible if tlrrr but been subjected to my recent shooting.

with regard to the City Iain who reported "gunshots Ill er- noon and on into the evening" I would like to inform Mr: Jen- lrlrrs that l have leased the pond in Intention and lie parties who have leased it Infonnpej mg that they have pvt diu-insert

publicity to his City wls Iltlltlll illegally in mg mg rather than in mrbll-tr I-rmrenuu Iietcwlcnts Ib-ctr reflect on tire pa-pie of this neitiborniood. l Im. sir. etc.

WALLACE WOOD

Iarslrfteld. P F..f.

Medically Speaking

I'yllernIIIN.lInIeeeI-H-n-

REED EARLY WARNING! TIIAT MIGHT BE CANCER

count: for nearly NW” M mirl:r.uiinircoTrndo.ot. nth-r torn" "f

disease. I-ntwurin-W "1"

"m be cured if it is

car uIuIlly fl" mated pI'omPU.V- IARLY SYMPTOMS . mu The rinse: lies in U19 l.'” mi in recognise the

then genlto-urliuig l muc I my-S HY '..'.T”n'3w'1'.'l-.” suusucu wow u- that elderly persons moot often are the victims. We I180 km" Tl"? the cancer sometimes is associated witlr certain substances in the ur- inc.

Forwitiu MATERIAL

The rtrlnecontains many foreign wu-re msterlIlI which enter your body through the mouth. lungs and skin. The American Cancer Society points nrit that long expos- ure of the tissues of the urinary tract to certain of these substanc- M has been shown in be associa- led with In increased incidence of ranrcr.

we also believe that ctumuc 'rr-- rttatioiis and inflammation: may possible be contributing factors in pan;-fr at the genitourinary tract ma in other parts of the body. ton.

nu. cancer of the bladder. for examplc IMPORTANT FACTOR

There chronic irritation fmm ltnnea or I long-standing infection might be In importsnt factor in developing cancer.

You have I good chance of pre- venting serious trouble if you see your doctor Is soon as you notice Inythmg unusual. Blood In the urine is I warning sign tint should never be ignored. .

Even more important for you men past the age of 30 is I com- plclc examination at least once I year. You should not wait for dan- ger signals to develop before see- ing your physician.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

John B: What causes diuinus in I person in whom apparently nothing else seems in be wrong?

Answer: Dizziness ls cursed by vIriouI conditions. Imong which Ire cnnstipuion. high blood pren- Iure. heart disuse Ind kidney Iii- menu. it mIy be due to defects of the eyes or Iemici cuiar canals in the ears.

You are in need of I careful study by your physician to find the cause before the proper treat- ment can be suggested for car- recting the condition.

MARCHING IONG Since I was shown I special way. Since I wII told pIrtlciiiIr time: I may not choose I different day nor other gruilerit in eilmii. '

What I have seen shall let in: start. What I have ircsrd Illllllrl me then in pace the appointed road apart where it dissociates from men.

Wllotllrsvehiowolenowrny might; my knowledge fun the Journey

inns. Iffirma rm wsltcful Is I light Ind forward II I marching sons

-Norma Farber. in the tliirisitsn Science Monitor.

OUR YESTERDAYS

From the Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVIZ Yl-SAM AGO (Ml! ll. 1932)

1'.re group of for breeders who have been meeting to discuss the question of research among foxes. met last night to receive the re- port nf the delegation who met the Directors of the CInadinn Notional Fox Breedprs AIsoclI- t.loIr It their board meeting on Tuesday evening to place before them cci-tsln proposals. The dele- utlon was informed that I rem lufton had been pauui bv the board to cetabllall I bureau to deal with reseInlr work.