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Branch offices II Summcnme. jlonlaaus and Amanda. Autlol Dertmanl.

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were reluctant heroes. It will be recalled

Tavish, was unable to trick her son Hamish into becoming an outlaw like his father. al- though death was the alternative.

Indian Government has asked the various Provincial Governments for suggestions on how to effect the removal of hundreds of monuments which were set up times in honour of British officials soldiers. has been a noticeable lack of enthusiastic response from Provincial authorities,

while some statues might be taken away without offending any one in its jurisdic- tion.

r em models, from surreys and phaetons to ' Iulkies and home-show pony carts. From. .3 can be bought "Our.Mail Route Buggy",

. H Americans still buy! buggies in my num- hers; Amishmen. the ' devoted Ammsnite

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travel wherever it will do the job. Probably half the" buggies built in the United States go to Louisiana. New bug-

teiowh. P I: l.. by l'Ia sos Company Limited. 'Gsvsn Prlqes liver! Island til: the Ilsw” Editor. Frank Walker General Manager. In A. Burnett

eons Class Inn by the Post owes De Ottawa. By carrier: Charlottetown. Sununerudo IISJI pox P E. I 89.00: Other Provinces and U. 9'' Illlltlm. "The strongest memory is weeks than the weakest ink."

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TUESDAY, DEC. 28. 1954 Missing Chieftain The Clan MacTavish has renewed hope

of acquiring a chief after many years of, waiting. The death of the Canadian who'

sociable are among the vanishing models.

ago refused to press his claims now opens tury ago?

be known as the 24th chief of the clan.

The late John William Alexander Mac- Tavish of Sherbrooke leaves behind abro- ther Dougald and also a nephew. According to the Lord Lyon King of Arms the Mac- Tavishes tried for years to have John Wil- liam press his claims, even offering to pay the cost of the proceedings. That gentle- man, however, was not interested, perhaps because there is no castle, manor house, 1; i or money to go with the hereditary office.

It seems a pity that the chieftainship of a Scottish clan should thus go begging. There is, none the less, a certain practical common sense about refusing to accept a dignity which cannot be properly main- tained. The man who could have been chief ' had he wished was perhaps more highly regarded than he would have been had he claimed the honour and been unable to carry out the obligations -that go with it.

Even in literature the MacTavishes

vehicles for rent, adding spice parties and special promotions.

any sort through the streets.

Sliii Badly Needed

in New York state has closed its doors to tuberculosis patients. This pioneer institu- tion at Saranac Lake is no longer needed, the report says, because public hospitals are treating more and moretuberculosis pati- ents; and ”wonder" drugs are making home treatment possible. To emphasize this

that bcottls Highland Widow, Elspat Mac-

quoted as saying: "TB isn't dead, but sanatorium treatment is."

That, Press, may well be the prevailing belief in

A Good Augury

In I move to rid the country of all vis- ible reminders of former British rule the

in New York. But. it is not the opinion of sanatorium doctors in Canada. Although new drugs and better surgery have brought striking benefits, they have not altered the basic principles of the cure. .They have, in- deed, added difficulties because patients do not feel ill enough to stay in the senator- iums, even though they are not fully recov- ered. Nevertheless, home treatment is not a good substitute for sanatorium care. Pre- mature discharge from an institution may even break down the careful program of prevention upon which real progress de- pends. '

The day is probably not far off when prolonged treatment in sanatoriums will not be needed. When it comes, much of the credit will go to preventive measures which

other and Thus far in the negotiations there

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One Government took the view that,

others were better left untouched, since they did honour to India as well as to Britain. Another volunteered the sug- gestion that before making any rash move the Federal Government would be well ad- vised to find out what other Common- wealth countries thought of the plan. Still another Provincial leader said frankly that, as far as he was aware, there was no pub- lic demand for wholesale removal of Brit-I ish traces: consequently he did not see how he could have any part in it. From at- ieast two Provinces came word that thei is unwarranted.

Federal Government would be more usefully' , EDITORIAL NOTES

Occupied in matters more important to Innoccnts' Day. .

therefore easier cures. The so-called mir- acle drugs do not prevent the disease. But

Indials economic wellbeing. In no in- stance, it seems, was there any indication of haste in carrying out the proposed de- molitions. It may well benthat the Indian people, as distinct from a few of their more vocal politicians, look back to British rule with more affection than hostility. If this be the correct interpretation to put on the present attitude of local governments it augurs well for India's future role in the Commonwealth.

An Aimosi Vanished lrade

It is worthy of note that buggy mak- ing, though not exactly booming, still is'a business in the United States. At least two companies maintain their listing as buggy manufacturers in farm equipment director- ies. Here and there work a few other lingering craftsmen, who put headlights, taillights and parking lights on highway buggies built to order. The biggest buggy factory-located in Lawrenceburg, Indiana -makes about 800 passenger vehicles each year. Its catalogue lists nearly 50 differ-

This is the

enjoyment. and pe..i;ps many years of life

Thomas Babington Macaulay,

ent and became one of the most valued contributors to the

offices he spent five years on the Supreme for that of Canada.

curacy.

popularity.

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-or the "Blue Grass Special."

For steady transportation, says the,Na- lions! Geographic Soclety,,only two groups becomes, the greater the fire hazard. In- creased care should be taken with the lights. Overloading the electrical circuit should be guarded against, and the tree lights should be turned out if the room is to be vacated for any length of time. Elec-

tric trains or other electric toys should be

farlners whose somber garb and Gbi-man with may;bs,f from Pennsylvania to Qldl , iii French-speaking Aca- ly Iaouislsnsfs, southern "Cajun coun-

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gies are seen as often as new cars in some small bayou towns. Buggy dealers support- showrooms, blacksmiths repel; iron-rimmed, wooden wheels, and storesiand doctors' of-l Long- maned Creole ponies pull high-wheeled fam- ily buggies into towh on roads that often modern conveyances. While plain buggies are still fairly common in some rural areas, the day of fancier car- riages seems dead. The victoria, brougham, barouche, rockaway, landau, cabriolet and

What happened to all the countless old was entitled to that honour but who long. coaches and carriages of a short half-cen- Who has ever seen a. buggy, the way for another to lay claim to thei dump comparable to auto graveyards? A' right to wear the chief's eagle feather and few stagecoaches stand in museums, a few i buckboards bounce around estates and dudei ranches. Recently, a refurbished Conestogal wagon rumbled into (Wheeling, West Vir-it ginia, following the path of the old Nationali Road and commemorating the forerunner; of the covered wagon. One New York City, stableman keeps several hundred old tally-l hos, gigs, coaches and other horse-drawn- to college In Central Park, a few hansom cabs maintain a nostal- gic business. But in all New York, fewer than a hundred horses ndw pull wagons, public carts, carriages or conveyances of

A recent United States publication re- ports that the famous Trudeau sanatorium

trend, an unidentified Saranac doctor is

comments the Winnipeg Free

some parts of the United States, or at least

ensure earlier discovery of the disease, and

until they do, sanatorium treatment is not dead. Any has.y conclusion to the contrary

time of year when young- sicrs and 0tllE3l'S are tempted to try the ice : before it is thick enough for safely. A little patience now will pay off in many hours of

V n Baron Macaulay. English historian and statesman, died this date 1859. Son of a well-known philanthropist, he early showed literary tal-

Edinburgh Review. After experience in Palliament and various

Council of India, in which position he draft- ed the criminal code which formetl thebasis He was a narrative writer of the first rank, although some. times more interested in effect than ac- ” - His "Lays of Ancient Rome" and

History of England" achieved enormous

Christmas is past, but until the New Year celebrations are over the Christina's tree decorations will be with us, and it is well to remember that the drier the tree

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OTTAWA REPORT

The last time I saw Paris, that nosi.a.gic song was a tragic liar. ner heart was neither warm nor gay; nor did I hear laughter in every street catfay. That, was nearly three years ago, in glorious weather in May. Noth- ' else was glorious. A wicked spiral of inflation was poised to threaten the little that remained of the way of life of what. could be Europe's richest country. The in- fant NA'IO army hopelessly faced a Red line which was far from thin. The political musical chairs, which have been the curse of France re- cently. mocked the democratic and encouraged only the communists. This month I have seen Paris once again - and what a different Paris. Not one of the five days I spent there was glorious, for the layer of cloud and smog seldom rose high enough to reveal the summit of that famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower, But. the heart. of the world's most beautiful city is once more warm and gay, and the laughter has returned. For France is on the up and up. Her recovery over the nine post.- war years has been less sustained than Germany's; but her economic, political and moral upswing in the past. two years has been spectacular. She is once again the Motherland of which Les Canadiens may justly be proud. She is once again a. mili- tary ally for which we all can be grateful. 0 0

Industrial production has reach- ed record levels. Recent months have seen France's exports exceed her imports in value. for the first time since the war. Prices are not merely levelling off but even slip- ping downwards, after terrible years of inflation and devaluation. And as this new prosperity comes in by the door, the appeal of commun- ism is flushed down the drain. with increasing economic strength, France ls becoming a more stable ally.

Stability of government remains 'illlp0SSlble under the present con- stitution, and Mcndcs-France is commonly expected to get B. knife in his political hack in the near future. He himself realises the in- evitabilltv of this. but is confident he will be back as Premier later.

T11:-.r”s to sensational headlines, :u":s on rlcoholism, imposed by s vni"--d:"i:” ing premier. are upper- zrsrst in everybody's mind about Frrnce today.

The trith on this subject is sonic-

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ny .l's.i.i-ick Nicholson

what. different from the sensation- al and superiicial SIOAIES put out oy some of the less responsible news magazines. It is not correct to say that France is a hotbed oi alcoholics. where even babes are weaned on red wine, and their eld- ers drink themselve. into the grave via industrial impotence. Nor is it correct to say that the Premier has shipped higher taxes and short- er hours on the cafes where the French workinamsn buys his rc- freshmenta. 0

True. there has been s. drive against excessive consumption of alcohol. But to the French, alco- hol aa a word does not embrace every liquid containing alcohol. Absinthe, Pennod, Putts and similar drinks containing Mm of alcohol are being increased in price through a 2096 increase :1 excise tax, and their hours of sale have been curtailed. But to the French people wine. containing only 1196 of alcohol, is not "alcohol", so no restrictions have been put on wine, nor on beer or older.

I went into one comer cafe for coffee and a croissant one morning about 8.30. other cu:..omers stand- ing at the long serving counter were about fifteen men in their work clothes. one of them order- ed lemonade; the rest all drank red wine or hlte wine, at a. nickel in glass, to for ify themselves against the day's cold and labour,

'There has also been a lot of ill- lnformed talk about the sugar beet subsLdy. Alcohol is an essential in- gredient of explosives; it is there- fore a. strategic war material. so the French government has encour- aged excess production of alcohol. of. industrial quality, to stockpile explosives and to make sure that the country could produce sufficient for the needs of the army in case of war. One result of this has been to force the price of sugar up to

20 cents per pound. Mendes-France is reducing state purchases of sugar beat, and is also subsidlng a reduction of the sur- plus productlon of wine, which the government also bought up. The ef- fect of this will be to lower the domestic price of sugar, and to lessen the high proportion of 1095 of the population previously em- ployed in the production and dis- tribution of alcohols in various forms. This in turn will free man- power needed by France's increas-

ing industrial activity.

T ES B V N O , .

One of mir suburban bus sensors sizfs hint chivalry on public convcyarce has aiwa) .: brcn more or loss of a standing joke.- Sudbury Star.

Women who smoke, so we read. are taking to the pipe. But the cycle will not be complete until

yo-e.

Nicotine carries a jackknlle and a plug of "chewing" in her hand- bag. - Ottawa Journal.

A Salt uni City man trained his watchdog never to allow strang- ers nesr the home. But one eve- ning when his owner was away the dog kept cops and firemen at bay while the house burned down. - This Week Magazine.

A shot shine man with an arti- ficial leg was knocked downlst. his stand in Dallas by s young wo- man who robbed him of his wal- let containing 329, and fled leav- ing him with his wooden leg shat- tered end the other leg broken. An smssonian creature out for a good time no doubt. well. Texans often boast about having the best of everything. This is something

the -feminine fan of My La dy.

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there was hothing ob' cuonable

.- in them. We trust the czar and

his staff will use all their efforts to get rid of the 25 to 30 per cent residue of "objectionable matter" as soon as possible. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.

But yesterday we heard about the most extraordinary Christmas card in history. It appears that a. few years ago I German indus- mlllli. one Herr ollinger. bought a pieassnt,but inexpensive old painting, and sent it to a friend, having written "Fl-ohliehe Weiss- chten, lleber Fi-eund" (Happy Chistmss, dear friend) across one corner. ' The reciplenl liked the p-int-Ins. and took it to an ex-

pert who identified it as a genuine

Rembrandt, worth, ut sse,ooo, Herr Homnur ,tri to get his Christmas card back; indeed, in ensued in 13 run of lenlsults for In movsrv. but without euc- csss. - Petsrborounh Examiner.

different for them to boast about. -Sydmy Post-Record.

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double the Canadian price, or about.

i he ?oe&' WINTER Darin

When snow has covdred every boundary line

And changed the shape of bush and rock and tree

Then only is the whole of this earth mine.

Then only does the earth belong to me.

For who can claim a meadow-for

his own

Without a single marker now to prove

That yesterday there was a white- washed stone.

A silver creek which made B. bor- der-groove?

Oblltemted now by cold and wind nail the norrowness I used to

claim:

And little deeds I pledged. I now rescind

To take the earth - nor need to sign my name.

-Ainobel Armour in the Christian Science Monitor.

I The Age Old Story

The way of the just is upright- nesa: thou, most upright. dost. weigh the path of the just. Yes. in the way of thy Judgments, 0 Lord, have we waited for thee; e de- sire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee . . . 1 Lord. thou wilt ordain peace for us: for than a so but wrought all our works in pa.

'U.8. PRICE INDEX UP

A WASHINGTON (AP)-The gov- ernment reported Wednesday its consumer price index lose one tenth of one per cent in November. But. except for new cars, living costs actually went down, There were price drops for food, ap- pliances and home tumlshlngs. reading matter and recreation. NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters)-The Kenya police aioncr has

the colonial go' . . here on the police role in the Man Man strug- gle, authoritatl 0 sn day. Commissirxnu Arlhur Young, on English po - r M'::.”i the force reorrtnnizrd to make it more independent of the govern- ment.

Montreal dcctcr discovers -IIIWI you may live longer

is strem the use of all disease? Research by he University of lVionh'eel's Dr. Hans Selye in. dicates nearly all disease--whether a heart attack, a mild case of asthma, or just that "sick" feeling - is due to chemical ' ” ' brought on by worry,oi,hoi- pu-9...,

January Reader's Digest bx-in news of theory which may pro one of the most significant medical advances of the century, my help you live longer. Got , January Raaderls Digest today: 37 articles of Infant ' t, including the best from leading msguinq gnu current: books, in condensed form.

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to her subjects is a rernihderthet. although the word l"Empii-e" is not in high repute just now. it still represents a very consider- able brco-aoclal. economic. pc-

I came across some up-to-date facts and figures on this subject; they shtfw. among other things, that not yet has the British Em- pire beenc liquidated. Following are some of the niore interesting revelations. '

In land area the Empire re- mains about' one-fourth as large as the Commonwealth; and at this moment nearly 100 million British subjects live in variously desig- nated territorles which are admin- istered to a greater or lesser de- gree by the Colonlsl Office in London. In all, 58 territories make up this Empire classification.

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The largest in population, and the second largest in area, is Nig-

mately 2! millions. The smallest in both area and census figures is Pitcairn Island in the South Paci- fic. 2 square miles in area, it has a population of 100. Incidentally. if this little spot, made famous by n mutiny, continues on its backward course, it will soon be a. ghost Island. 15 years ago it had a population of 200. Since then there has been a steady ex- odus of young people bound for Norfolk Island which is much larger (10 square miles) and al- most metropolitan by comparison (pop. 1000).

It is the old story, no doubt. of pr , being much better across the border or a few miles further on. This doesn't always make, sense but the Empire owes its existence to that frequently mistaken concept. If all English- men, Scotsman, Irishman. and Welshmen had stayed at home, there would not havenbesn any Empire.

Taking Commonwealth and Em- pire together, one of the more provocative facts released by .the published data has to do with the extremely sparse population of some areas and the extreme, and almost stifling, congestion in oth- ers. How to make some sort of adjustment will. we may be sure, become more and more pressing as time goes on. Members of the Commonwealth may have equal sovereign rights; but they cer- tainly do not share, equal oppor- tunity to grow and expand.

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From the standpoint of space, Canada is the most favoured member of the entire group. Its land area is roughly one-fourth of the Commonwealth and Empire combined; its populations is only about one-fortleth. We have al- most forty times the. land area of the United Kingdom; our pop-

ulation is about. one-fourth, as large. Experts say that, considering

involved, 5 mil- lions would be a fairly satisfac- tory populatlon for the United Kingdom. If that be so. and al- lowing for all manner of excep- tions and reservations - many thousands of acres of waste land. for instance-perhaps we can say that Canada has room and to spare for at least 100 millions. This is a conservative estimste in view. of our vast areas and, or so we are told. the vast untouched natural resources. No doubt there are reasons for the Federal Gov- ernment.'s cautious immigration policy; but they can hardly be very convincing to those people in Britain and elsewhere who

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However. bad as Britain's situn. tlon is from the standpoint of living space, there are worse sit. uatlongln the Empire, as distinct from the Commonwealth. Th. most heavily populated area in the, Empire, and perhaps in the world, is Hong Kong. with an in. credible total of ,6000 to the" square mile. Singapore is next, with something like 3500.

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There are. of course, gum. thlngs besides figures which mug; be reckoned with in any discus. sion of populations and living room. As between Britain and In. dis, for example, the 500-300 ratio is not an accurate measuring rod, Britain is a highly industrialized country hnd has been for man than a hundred years, whilg 1),, industrial potential of India is only now entering the phase of recognition; and that makes a difference.

Nevertheless. it is clear sing emigration from Britain will haw to be stepped up if the.sui-pin, population lr not to get out of economic control. It would seem reasonable to spppose that, with our roomy spaces and immense resources Canada is the logical country to absorb the g-i-egg" psrt of this surplus.

So it seems that the Empire, quite as much as the Common. wealth, has an important re- sponsibllityv towards people: of many races and languages in var. led and widely separated lands, True, the. concept of Empire 1; not as it was in other days. Its burden in our day is not that of keeping "lesser breeds" on their good behaviour, but that of car- ing for the colonial territories un- til such time as they, or a feder- ation of them, are ready and able to look after themselves.

MANITOBA EXPANDS

WENNTPIIB (OP)-Mmitobo be- came larger by about I00 homu Tliesday when a small section of Saskatchewan was officially joined to the town of min Flon. An order- ln-00'm0i1, Dllbed by the provincial government cllmaxed the amalga- motion.

ST. JOHN'S. Ni'.ld.. (OP) - The chairman of the workmenh com- pensation board said Tuesday then have been 20 industrial accidental deaths in Newfoundland this year, aiopercuitincreaseoverausm emge year.

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