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r115“ ciiiiniorirrtiwu GUARDIAN

Homing llully (Falnildod ln ma?)

Prultlunli Lieur, Cui, W. (‘twitter s ucLuro \lr>c |‘reni|l~ : J. IL llurnrll Bocrnlaryi lits-ul. ll mun...- ml in.» I| t t-r. J- ll "I" Anov-luto ltmru Frimk \\ lllltflr, Ilurllrll. N \,I{ (On Al-tlvo tlorv e0)

filillfil'llll"l‘lll.\' K.\l' l h nu“ 1n |-_ |<j_ |_ $1.0 per veur 0 for ti month: ullu nllilll 00 In’ ll nmnlhl one mulilll 34A $1.011 per yrinr L00 for B nlflnllrn.‘

llturtluy “we . an. for :1 1. 1.1 .1 The (11.n1..n.-1..»1.. turn-nun. may n. ohllllllrd at. llnlulltitg‘; xv...- it»... ’ I I in“ vii-a; mo. “u”, ma" .\,,.-...-,., a "tt\l|tn: Metropolitan s t». 1 . a via-l m n.1, st, . ".-..- sninii rinnrna .llllr|I'Pl Ottawa: \\||| w. \t‘\\l stand hililllltr), out; llub l Illhllvfn .-11..1._ it.....-1..... u. I

W; Strongest Jfeiiitlri/ is Weaker Than the Itch/res! Ink."

1~|1[?11<|ii.i\i. .\i-iiu.,i2:>_ iota ,

A New lslaud Industry

Print"; liil-soal l-l. . ilehitlratiiri |;-l;1111 l-w now :11 ~ 1 11 at Ftizziiuer-itlc. am‘.

;he citizens 1.1’ that p. 141w -~:\.- it-xvu are to he

congratulated 11p-;1 their iitiihuiie in tilttaining

this ytalualile 11~-t-' :11 the llltllhjllill life oi the

l-1-o\111.--_ 'l‘l11. .t!-l1'_\' Ctnuld pl:1_v a

big p91’ iu iln- u... . of 1111i‘ i';1i"111'.~rs,;111-l

here 2- no l'<il\‘ll ‘t shotzhl ‘mil continue

_.11 11 §i-lill\l - lia-i- :11':er the w';u'.

_\lo1l1-r111li-l1\. . . '11‘: the flavor

"mil iiiiiiiqs 111' ' I ixiriit pro-

ilucis to :1 -u:'p" ,_ t-\ r11. l .. saving ei-

fecteii lll “lllltl/ll ‘cw is, of rtiiut-e. the first

and fo11»111o.1 iiiou :11 tin" pre-cut lilllt"- _\, .1..tt-| in 11st : ' ' - all the output

l

largely taken out of their pay envelopes‘. In

the face of that, the deposits ltave reached a new high.

— EDIIURIAL NUIES-

Back the Attack and lilast the Fascist. r There is no ceiling on llay flowers, and they are scarce zutvhitw". . ' r >t< 11 a Stimmersitlc holds the limelight ihcsc days, nothing succeeds like success. r >1- tit it SUlllC hae dilis they canua spcn’ $111111» 1111.1 .~Zl\'(_’ wha lack it. lint, we hae tlibs an’ we can save, Att' so we hack th’ attack wl’ 1t. =1- : x >1= Charles \\'illi'1u1 Shirley Brooks, English novelist aiiil jlllll'll.'lll>l, died this date, i374; is

.co11-i1l1~rt'1l one of the "realest editors of

"lhmch". in the editorial c air of which he SUC- ceedeil the tlistiiigtlislletl lark Lemon; he start- <tl the well-kuoiiii satirical articles, “The Es- -.nre oi liirlizuneni" in which the proceedings oi that j_;l‘r.'ll assembly ; e eujoyably liurlesqued: as :1 novelist hi‘ laiins to distinction rest with ".\sp:n Court." fhe tiortliau Knot", and “The .<ilver 111111," tmtoitg others. >l< »"F 1k 1i

l.l\'<' hirths in Canada during the second quar- 11-1‘ of to]: itlllllll.'l'l’(l (“r0772 (preliminary fig- ures) giving an equivalent zinnual rate of 23.8 per 1.001. population as compared with 69.576 births and a rate of 14.3 for the second quarter of 104i. l)eaths totalled 27.854 with a rate of ~11) per 1.000 population as compared with 28,- 1118111111 a rate of 10.0 The natural increase for tlte quarter was 41,218 giving a rate 0f 14.2 per 1.000 population as zigainst 40.948 or a rate of 14.3. There wtas 311.500 marriages giving a rate

Notes By The Way

In their enthusiasm, the post- war peace plflllllclS should riot .V€l'iUOl( elitacw tile detail oi. ivinii- ing me war. —5tr-..iord Beacon- lferald. littlar’; " ‘ shouldn't deny too emphatically that he is in- sane. A plea of insanity might come in hanciy later on. — From the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Someone has ’ ’ out t-hat it i.s Only since the opening of the

has come down from the northwest. —-k’0l't Arthur News-Chronicle. Qulslings In German-occupied

in their boots. The lleels are in imminent danger of being separat-

-.ng?-Winds 1- star.

ed from their souls-From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The estimated derlize of live stock in enemy-occupied Allied countries as a result of lack of feeding-stuffs, mquisitioning, Andi slaughter is abotit 11,000,000 cattle.’

TilEmgHARLQiliiETOwN __GUARDljA__l_\l_ _

PUBLIC ‘FORUM

xur OOIII1_I u sou Ill "I dllalollnl b1 firltdlfldi" ‘f qnotlono OI tntorul- TIC Olnrlnttctflil Ourdlu don no! Manually udorlo fin OIIIIIII nl ocvoonllnms

DILAPIDATED HOUSE

Shy-There is a small house in the fairly central part of this City that should be removed before the tourist rush comes.

Every room is leakin and the

' kizche" is a disgrace, wa ls all col- Alukm Highway that’ an m“ com lolred filo with rain running down.

1c Wllld blowing up in several

corners; stuffed up with papers to stop the draft and cellar ofitimes

" . . t i territories are said to b: shivering §’,§‘,‘,‘§§,°,§,,,§’f,_““’° m I Mould be

I am. Sir. etc., S. F. TARBUSII.

Cabinet Wisters i‘ And Work

(Ottawa Journal) A London despatcfa tells cf Prime

31709-009 llQPSE-Y» 121309.903 Pigs and,Miuistci~ Churchill taking an even- ll,0t'0,000 sheep. -Lnndon Times. 31112 off to see the i-‘l-ly "AYEeIllC Blld

Old Lace" going behind the scenes

Toronto airman shot down m," l afterwairds for a glass of sherry with Germany and n.w a prisoner tn the m‘? Pia-ills-

hands of the Hulls has itistructed

We WCIlClCX‘ if there isn't a hint

1-115 wife to put, an his assigned Day in this for some of our own minis-

in-ao Victory Bonds, ship were you thinking of off-Jr- 5

what rump tors? Because if Ml’. Churchill. who

hares with President Roosevelt thc

mg as an excuse (m. not “wash heaviest tasks in the democratic

f

Best lish story of the war comes fr m Scotlmc. Scientists of a great r chcrrcal corporation at Edinburgh are working in a small loch in West Scotland on the theory that sea fish can be multiplied by tilt- Pflken and phosphoruq vitamins.

world, can find time to relax. to

reshcn his mind and spirit, why

should Canadian ministers. with

esnousibilliies and tasks infinitely

less heavy‘. eternally have their noses to ille grindstone, threaten themselves with breakdown? Would- n't they act as much work done. perhaps even more work done. if occasionally

they cleared their

Fiounders have already been b m“ minds and freslicned their bodies

ed ten times in stature and weight. It is officially added that the 59¢-

with a little relaxation?

Om- of the wisest men oi’ our

c181 mo“ l5 inlrcduced thrmlgl‘ a generation once wrote that it was

Game Birds A_re Becoming A Nuisance

(The Calkflfy Helfllf” ‘fliere will be little film-ll"! °l game birds in Alberta this Falérllg- less the Wartime Prices and Hm? Board at Ottawa sees f" W m‘) fy its order prohibiting the mang- facture of shotgun sbellfl- T ° order was based on the need of conserving the materials user. in these shells, and gas-line- However. there are several other angles to the situation that should be taken into consideration by "l9 mm. One lr that a very valu- able source of meat supply W111 be shut off’ at a. time when meal rationing is in full effect. Another is that game birds in Western Can- ada -ducks. geese. Pflfllldfle- phmsants and prairib ClflCKt-‘llfi- have becrme so plentiful that. they constitute a serious menace l0 farm and garden crops ln many districts. It is only through an- nual shooting periods that their numbers are kept within reason-

able control.

Already Oomplaiiits have been received from Brooks and other centres to the effect that uihept stocks and other grain left in the fields are being stripped bare dur- ing this stage of northern migra- tion.

Ag Dr. Rowan, of the University of Alberta, an authority on game birds. has Pointed cut, there is a more realistic approach f0 the sub- ject of allowing the shooting of wile." game and wild birds in Bri- tain, Germany and the United Suites. In these countries it is ‘being pomtitted because of the contribution thereby to the na- tfnial meat supply. He points out further that if a reasonable supply of shotgun shells were turn- ed out in Canada this year the effect on the munitions cutput would be very slight

The consumption of gasoline tn hunting trips need not be ttrcc because the severe rationing in force would compel hunters tn use

PREPAID BY BUYING

llicioiir l.0AN

Span Donated by Illa E. B. EDDY COMPANY LIMITED - Hull - Canodg

Now pealing loud again, and louder t to church, as the ti-ocps staii 51111, f throughout the land hear the 1 Clem- and SOllOPOllS, as the gale, silent bells, they will think oi . comes on! 4 who made it POSSIblP- TlWi‘ With ca=y force it opens all tlm cells pause and Dray l" H1058 vilw Where Menfry slept. I And as the people of Britain go may be freed of its scourge-

? yet to give their all that the ~

PIC MEETING

- W .g.i- - _ _._ , ~ Qmlxtur ofoatetl- - 1- , ~ - . "'1 ll“ l-l-l-ll \ _ - » ‘ ‘l-"llllli- l.‘ I l‘ o1 1:1» as against s3. 31b o1 a rate of 11.0 in th- sun e m “ vflnfoule‘ “llllxfllfl itunian mind as with soil. other f-ms or tranfinortatlon_ me hritish \l u! l-Wl Ililtl “llllllml OYCYFCUIQ‘ second quarter of 104i. it” “Pails bizfttfcilil W5“ theref mus: railways for lotiger distvices fill‘. liventiiallv, I- '1 il. itther plants of llllS >r 4t n: e ll-“il 5 ° a °“- °m¢ ° °“ the cycle for short trius- Evfly

IN SUPPORT OF

____.

kinil Will h1- ‘i-Qtvil in this. the garden pro- \Encc of la‘. lri "1.~111i-;1'1tiiiie the fact that the intln _ -' irtcil i:vrc is of prime, i:i1p1.r:;1:ic' 01' ssttisfactit-ii to all

concerned. 1'

\Varlimieh Shipbuilding

eaiiathrs Cillllfllilllltlll in merchant ships and in naval ships is one of the vital factors in thc current Battle of the .»\1lautit: of which the news mounts steadily. Since the first 10,000 (dead- weiglit) cargo ship was delivered in December, i941. Lianadzi has delivered ruore than I00 ships to carry stipplics overseas. .-~\t thc present time, according to latest figures there are I57 ships 11f IQOOO-tfm capacity and i3 ships of 4,700- toti capacity untlcr construction in Canadian shipyards. Tltcse ships are being put into cnn- voy service at thc rate of right nrtcit each tnuntl: and that rate has been maintained ever siucc Iune, i942.

One lopoo-touuer was converted into an oil l tanker, and four more ships 0f the szunc sizcl are being converted. ln addition, there are three I 3.700—ton oil tankers under construction in this . country. Private shipping compatiics have al=o: converted eight or more cargo ships to nil tauk- i (f3.

Shipbuilding cottracts uutlcr ivay jn Clllllltlu

at thc ])l'(‘.\Bl'lf time excevrl $1.ooo.000,o00. 'l‘hi. is one of the leading war costs .'l.\'5lllllC(.l by llll> country. it compares with the entire cast for one year of the Ciauarliait army, for which the estimates given in the budge: was .\‘1.078,000.o0o for 1943-44. It COlil'l'll‘(‘§ with the cost for one year of the Royal Canzirlian Air l70rce, which was given in the l)lltl§"l as $626,900,000. a fig- ure increased recently by .\"_g4i,ooo.ooo, the cost of R.C.A.l7. persoutiel o\'<‘t'=c:1s both in R.C.;\.li. Squadrons and in thc RAF, which (‘zinarla has assumed. I Canada is obviously an important agent in the war being fought with sea tiower. lu wnr production, as Prime Alinii-tci" hing recently noted, Cauatlzt is fourth nation tin thc Allied siclc. ln air power. (‘zintitlzi is fourth United Nation in tnilttarv air strcitgth. lti sea power, Canada is evidently lotnnittf; up as fourth rank- ing nicmhcr of the United Nations, though Cati- adian sca [)fl\\'(‘l' is lar ‘_ specialized in escort vessels zmtl merchant >higipin_;.

Yet we h'1\e :1 good \v:1_v t0 p]: hcfore reach- ing ativlliiiu; like vapacikv prritluctrou. llnu. Mr. llmve recently zitleniztctl that eastern Cau- adiail shipyirtls hat] ltccii wrirkiiig only One shift daily, as ziezvie-t three ~~hifts on the west. coast. i

a

l

Money In The Batik ' 1111c of the iruitnkalile mpecti. of Catiatlr-fs

war lo.'i\i.~_ .-.'1A\- the llirtiiito dieltjqiviiu, h.'1~_ {we-n 111t- 1-11111-11-‘1- 111' mviuus lirmks deposits af- ter the drain on them which each loan cou- ltitutcs.

$aviug~ tlvpfi-ils in the chartered hanks (not including lfllxl rinnpziiiies. provincial savings banks. rte.) mnoinui-il iti $1 4i.o5l'4.7ti8 before the first war loan \\'.'|\ offered hy thc public. After hzing rctliiri-tl hi‘ two war lttzuis. they had Tt"\‘(i\'(.‘i‘\'ll s11 11s io .~lilllll :1t $I.7o7,557,800 when the third war loan came along. llespite the with- draivals for that fllilitlliill. the - ivere $i.7_'o.435.- 65$ when the fliilllll loan offtretl.

The fifili lttIlll ivas fl‘.'il'l\'4'lCil last Fall, antl- flte witlirlraw-als due to thc fourth had not only been replaced, httt the deposit.- stood at $I,74S, 248,134. 'l"his was coinitleralily higher than at the bcgitiniug of tht- war although savings had been four times tlrzuvn itpnn for loans.

And what has happenctl since? By Novem- ber, i042. as a result of thc fifilt loan, savings (leposits in the chartered hanks wcrc down to $t,6_’t1..11)tfuti, ln December they rose to $1,- 673,i8o._'83; Iauuary’ llll~i yczii‘, $1.72.',_;70,8fii; February this r (he latest gazetted), $1.7);- 461) 353, This figure. which no doubt l1:1s since been e. vile-l, i» a new girl-loan peak for this ‘ war au-l 11':irl_v .\‘_:_<.o1i1i.tititi higher than thc cud- nf-Iilflll f‘.‘_'lll't'.

'l'lu- revt-ut figures are even more sitgttifit ut than ll|ll...'ll~ on the -llI'f.'|\‘(‘, fur since hist l":-.ll 1 the aiiioiui vivili tlPlllmlliifx‘ would ll/lflllllll)’ lay hv in ti» ltilllb to tutti lllPlfilliVlilli‘ t;i:~;|1ill. which u-etl it. h1- tlne on .\h1rcl1 3i ltavt: beeul

.of Xnrivcuian or Czech.

The provincial and county committees of the |5We€ping

Red Cross \\'ai' Services campaign are t0 be cnngratiilatctl, not only tipon the tiupreccdeuted sticcta-s 0f the campaign recently closed, but also on the very complete final statement they have presented to the public, and which appear- ed itt yesterday's ijiiartliau. 'l‘otal subscrip- tions for the Province zmiotuttcd to $98,384.52, while total receipts on deposit in the hank on April .2: were $87,015.81. 11' Prince lidward lslaud does as well proportionately in the present Victory Loan drive as it did in this campaign, there will he every reason for satisfaction. 1K i‘ *

Germany is managing better than thc United Nations in the war zigaiust thc high cost 0f liv- ing, League of Nations statisticians find. At tlte cud of last year, prices in (icrtuaity had risen only l0 per cent above lllc i939 level, while .’\lll('l'lt‘2lll were 22 percent and the Litiitetl Kingdottfs 30 per cent higher. British prices, however, have held at about the same levcl since early i041. .Y\n1erican prices started to rise t0- ward the end of i040. The cost of living in \ustrali.'1_ New Zealautl. Canada and South Africa went up only 2o per cent between i939 :in<l i043. lint tlllltd‘ affiliates of the British liuuiire did lc-"s well: Indian prices were up i»; per cen: and l'.q'_vptiai1 S0 per cent. 1n ja- pan, the cost of living l1:1< gone up ahout as tunrh as in liritain. lt rose quickkv until the lll\'il~liill of the Low (fittttiirits,antltheuremain- etl levcl until l‘carl Harbor, lufhitioti in China has put living C(l.~l< tip to six times whai they were in itljt).

It‘ i= >i< l?

This _\'\Zii‘l§ llt-rlrv, greatest of all races, is again to llC run on a Saturday at Newmarlcet. The tlale is lune it). The other four classic races of 11143 will zilso be decided at Neivmarkct where flu-re will be twelve tl.'1_vs racing in the first half of thc season which bcgziti on April l0. The _lr1ckc-_v (lub, after consultation with thc ministry of transport, havc made a strictly ra- tioned fixture list and the sport will again be on regional lines. Saturday racing on Ascofs historic course-there arc to he five One-day meetings there in the first half of the season—-is a 1iovel£_v which only war-time conditions could have brought about. For generations Ascofs four-day fixture in lune used to be one of tho

. great social events of tlic litiglish summer sea-

Son as well as the scene of the finest racing in the world. It is a illilglllflCClll race-course, pro- viding a true test river all distances, and the jockey (lub hoped, pertuissiou having been granted for racing there in the coming season, to transfer the llcrhv and Qaks to Ascot. The government authorities, however, said “NOT \\'l1ile rcctigtiiziitg the importance of keeping the mvitig industry going in a restricted form, they are strongly opposed to putting any strain on transport facilities. a >11 n n1

“I have this week been reading again witlil

great cujoytnctit the “Iliad of Homer,” writes Mr. Harold Nicolson in The Spectator. “It is

-thc fashion today to deride our former school

curriculum and tn irontctitl that the many hours sticut in boyhood coustrtiing Greek texts or,

, with the help of a (lradus, turning out execrable

hcxattictcrs, were ivholly wasted hours-hours that could have been better spent in the study I do not share this vicv i helicvc that the intricate accuracy of the clas ‘ll languages docs provide a mental train- ing which is not offered to a comparable dc-

; grcc hy any modern tongue. I agree with Alain

that thc muscles of the zulolcscctit mind are tau- fem-d, and at the same time rendered more flex- ihle. hy what he Calls ‘la difficultc vaiucuc,’ and that the (ireck and Latin languages do in fact offer thc best of all gymnastics. But the days of liberal education are now leaving us, and for men who arc not scholars to profess an interest :11 classical liicruttirc will shortly, I suppose, be regarded as a proof of intellectual snobbishness. l am sorry about this, siticc thcrc must be many men of my gciiertition who. while totally tinable to con-true a chorus of r\t‘.\ClI)'lll.\', do none thc l('~\ retain sufficient tnt-tuury of the Creek lati- puaige to read their Leaf of Loch with heighten- t-rl appreciation. And for them the Greek lan- llll-‘RJW (‘Wit when aided by the crib. will al- w:1\~ 11.1w ahout ii .'1 qnalilv of light and outline such as is not prtwitltwl by the clouded voca- bularies of Nordic tongues."

Wound them to apply a

Those who 013mm". loudly for [he cabinet ministmrs iii Canada have

sliouic. c iisider what will happen

.. » .,. ncvcr IOlLITlBCl this. Long before this Buy of an Lolhols war, louf; before the last ivar, when

1f we do “o, My w Chuck WW0 cur problems of govcrnicnt ivero

increases (and s0. indirectly, nvagc increases). if we do not continue food and clothing rationing, it we do ii t control the release of raw materials, and if we do not coli- trol ilie issues of capital. The last, although it may seem the worst de-

l i

ccm-‘iai-aiivcly‘ simple. they comm-

ttcd ihcm-rlvcs lo drudgery, acted

as ihuiigti the world might ston if

llPf.’ ceusfd their worry It was Sir

John Thompson who cnco said to a Journal writer: “I have no time to rend; I just wear a path to and from my office." No time to read r15

mm of nee enlerprism is 1mm“ Prime Minister of Canada in the

Lani. Manchester Guarc‘ ian.

1890's!

Thirty two years n20 Sir Robert

n suns ‘he purpose‘ "l me 1°‘ Bord .1 invited Sir Geo 2e Murray,

talitarians t

953m"? [he ‘l‘-°‘l~"l"" a British expert. to rep rt on the.

yvorld tits comiwllfll F9 Chm??? b4“ tnachipcry of the Canadian gover- twee“ “$0 P-Jbf-Plllvl- ""111 trill’ menbOtic of his findings was that w‘) _ he“ “Ml Wm‘ ‘l? "0 "l cnlirct ministers burdened them-

left of’ compromise.

Brlllllll- "l? selves too much with details: over-

Umled slams “"4 fills-ll?- ‘Yllll 111i‘ \\l‘il‘llll?(l thr-tnselvcs with admin- suplmrt of m0“ C! m? mlflllel‘ llll- istrative routine that. could be "0115. dl5lJlllc this View and rite delegated to officials. “They deny

keeping alive the Europe a; a concert of ntuvers in t which international prcbltm; can

COYlCOIJll-ll 0f ihfniselvos time“. WTOIC ‘litrray,

' to think in terms cf irolict. Sir George Mu l'l‘3_V'5 report

besclyod by mutual adiustzrlzitt biwiuwlit un betterment. Sir Robert anc without recourse to force - Borden confessed in his Memoirs i

Chatham News

History was made at.

notinc-rtnent tlia t a

first time in the unir -. it) years of existence . VET-Sill’ llfis long been known

its progressive attitude i ward co-JIV

ecucz-iticn. and lllt‘ only occasion

'.i t vshsti he retireri from the prem- ip in 1920 hp was exhausted in

_ Qua-oil's m 1d and body. Sir Thomas Vvhite Ulllvefslly rcczntly yviili tlzn 1\‘l- rm! l\'lr. Char wuuiuii 3d 6'1. 119911 gliiduzited iii Divinhv for 1111- . Mr.

' . " :."\y' wt- rtre toll by Mr. King

Dzuiuiug broke of Finance.

in the l\~ v a siiitiliai" fate.

mes Robb-l .

we he has been ‘l bcczztzse of the strain on Mr.

1 r111 SllOlllll this be? Afr. Ilsley,

for surprise is that the event 1-1<1‘\ve troll krnvr. works hard. gives of I A ' f: w

not occur earli

strong, the gr-

left no doubt

maintazti

tlic college vcy w; _ an, the hut. honor pOSSlblQ 0i attainment. Kingston Whig-Standard.

British salvage Operators, spurred on by war shortages ant. lay in- creased shipping casualties. are reaping a rich harvest £11,111 the oce n bed ‘around the British isles. Am 11g their hauls have been LllCSQ; Thirteen Lllflllfifilltd tons of steel

‘POUI l .

"h i". a verv great best} if i’. is llPC("Sfll'y