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SATURDAY. DEC. 31. I955

The Accepted Time

There are many ways of wast- ing that intangible thing called "Time"; and most; of us have ex- perimented with a great number of them at one time and another. Perhaps the worst time-wasting pastime of all is making predic- tions for the future; even the most carefully thought out ones are little better than guesswork. And per- haps it is just as well. Who would want the future laid out in little charts and graphs, thus doing away with the hopes that animate our lives?

When one stops to think of it, the years are very much alike in the really important things that make up the continuing human story e Progress a n d setbacks: hopes fulfilled and hopes blighted; contentment and discontent; faith and disillusionment. There are changes, of course; but most of them do not go very deeply into the human spirit nor, for that mat- ter, into the heart of Nature, the mother of us all. The fragrance of the grass in season, "the thicket. and the fruit-tree wild”; the ecstasy of all young life, whether it be a babe in his cot, I fledging in its nest, I green shoot from the good earth; the bright fndefinable visions of youth, the dreams of fine old; and, above all, that something in the heart of man thatmakes him, de- spite the doubts and team that arise from time to time, look up- ward and onward and share, as Cardinal Newman o nce noted,

"those divine feelings, kindred with the skies”. These things ever were, are, and evermore shall be. Over them Time has no dominion. The re, of course, many ques- tions we wish the prophets could I answer 'II we turn over a new leaf h-l the calendar of the years. The biggest question of all, perhaps, has be do with this Issue of war and peace. I-Iopes soared high in the cor- dial atmosphere of the Big Four "summit" meetings at Geneva in July, but they declined in the nut- umn when it became apparent, at the foreign ministers meetings, that no easy solutions were in sight. Yet there are signs that the ideal of a common humanity is gaining ground, albeit slowly. Dourbtless the fear of penalties of continuing div isions in this hydrogen age is help- ing it along. There have been not I few instances in human history .where fear, after it has been pur- lfi-cd in the white furnace of experi- ence. has led to faith, the evidence of things not seen. At any rate, as long as man can keep on hoping. he will not. lose his soul. Often, in the darkest moment, the assurance of the renewal of a generation has been heard: "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh." It is a common habit to think

of other times and other seasons. other years, as having been more- lntercsting, more romantic, more stirred by the glory of God. The philosophers, who have delved more deeply than the rest of us into the how and why and wherefore of Tirne, -have not shared this illusion. "One of the illusions of life," wrote Emerson, "is that the present hour is not the decisive hour. Write it on your heart that today is the best day." And did not St. Paul express the some thought when he wrote to an anxious people: "Now is the ac- cepted time, now is the day of sal- vation."

Many New Year Dates

In ancient times the-llgyptlans, Phoenlcfsns and Persians began their year it the auttunnal equinox

-isept. 21) and the Greeks until the

5m century RC. It the winter sol- 2i).- The andent Rom-

.yeI.r from me first any or me their ecclcsiasiicl-.l year begins at the spring equinox (March 21).

” March 25 was the usual date among mosti Christian peoples in early mediaeval days. In Anglo- Saxon England. however, Dec. 25 was New Year's day. At the Nor- man Conquest, because, it is be- lieved, of the coincidence of his coronation being arranged for that date, William the Conqueror older- ed that the year should start on Jan. 1. But later England began its year with the rcst. of Christendom on March 25. The Gregorian calen dar (1382), which restored Jan. 1 to its position as New Year's day. was accepted by all Catholic coun tries at once; by Germany, Den mark and Sweden about 1700, but not until 1752 by England.

The Year At Home

In many ways Canada's progress during the past year has been phenomenal. We have had very optimistic reports as to our boom- ing national economy - reports which unfortunately do not take in- to consideration the difficult times our agricultural industry has been facing. Nevertheless, the overall picture is a bright one, and there is reason to hope that, at the coming session of Parliament, serious con- sideration will be given to farm marketing problems.

We have made marked progress provincially in highway improve- ment, extension of rural electrifica- tion facilities, in the fishery indus- try and in the processing of dairy products. Further extension of our fisheries and farm markets due to increased population both in Can- ada and the United States is fore-

" cast in a Canadian Press review for

the coming year. For Charlottetown it has been I red-letter year. Visitors have come from far and near to join in our centennial celebrations, and we have had the privilege of welcom- big national and regional conven- tions of all kinds on a scale far ex- ceeding anything in our civic his- tory. Almost invariably, our visi- tors have been warm in their ap- preciation of our hospitality and of the City and Province in general. A great many of them are planning to come again. Much credit for the success of the centennial goes to the hard-working centennial com mittee. It is hoped that this fine organization will be continued in some form, and that the great im- petus given the tourist industry by their activities this year will be carried over into the new year and succeeding years. The year has brought sorrow and tribulation into many homes: and to all who have suffered in this way we extend sympathy and the hope that, with the passage of time and the consolations of re- ligious faith, their burdens may be lightened and their hearts refresh- ed with that hidden knowledge which, in George Eliot's words, ”brcaks tiirollgh the barrier of man's brief life, and shows its dark path. that seemed to bend no whither, to be an arc in an immeas- urable circle of light and glory." To our readers generally, young and old, we take pleasure in ex- tending our very best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.

EDITORIAL NOTES Write 1956 after today I I 0 Let's hope that the good high- way traffic record of this Province

during the Christmas holidays will be carried over into the new year.

O O I

Shakespeare might well have been thinking of the New Year when he wrote of Time as ”a fash- ionable hosf, that lightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, and with his arms outstretched, as he would fly, grasps in the comer. Welcome ever smiles, and farewell goes out sighing." '

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APPRECIATION

Sir.-The residents on the 48 Road would like to use this col- umn lo bespeak their appreciation to those who planned the detailed route for the Trans-Canada High- way in this section.

People here have complained years ago that this portion of the road was badly in need of repair and have looked forward to I hard surfaced road.

Now that the final survey has been completed and will this month be presented in Ottawa. we are indeed grateful to those who are lesponsible for making I dream become I reality. The year 1956 will be I red letter year to citizens living here.

To Premier Matbeson and to those whom it may concern (who so justly defended our interests), our warmest thanks. We con- gratulate them on choosing the wisest. safest and easiest possible route for this portion of the T. C. H.

I am. Sir. etc., MRS. G. HENRY JONES

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Now is the midnight with hope.

And quick with shadow-shapes of things to be:

The velvet wings that will be joy in June

Are stirring in the cln-ysalis of time.

The poppy's flame is wrapped in the unfallen snow,

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The music of the bells comes ('lPal" A passing and a birth. . . How strange that what the dark- ness lakes The darkness gives: Courage and fait'h to keep the heart And like a white light turn through- out the days. , The mlsls lift long enough to show a star. . . The young year with a shout Strides underneath the lintel Like I laughing boy.

---William Whitney.

Wren's Plan Restored.

Montreal Gazette

Sir Christopher Wren replanned London after the Great Fire of 1666. The prodigious architect also designed hundreds of buildings to grace the new city, including some 70 lovely churches. The greatest

of these is-St. -Paul-'9-Cathedral on-

Ludgate Hill.

As his most important work, Wren had definite ideas about how it should be decorated and lighted, what its setting should be. But his advice was voted down by state and church officials. It has taken 250 years and another Great Fire of London to present St. Paul's II he saw it and the effect, any the authorities. prove that be was right in the first place.

Outside, Wren demanded that the surrounding the cathedral

The flexible framework of the British Commonwealth was stretch- ed and tested during 1955, but the structure remained substantially

nchanged.

In almost every corner of tho: l4.656,000 square miles covered by the unique association of I quarter of the world's population, there were gradual steps toward meta- lng aspirations of maturing colo- nies and dependencies.

There was trouble. too. One (1 the most difficult areas was tiny. strategic Cyprus in the Medlterl-I- nean, where the cry for union will Greece-"Enoal.s" - sparked bli- ter violence against British sol- diers sent to restore order.

LITTLE PROGRESS

Sir John Harding, former chief of the Imperial general staff, was named governor in September in I tougher bid to quell the distun-I bances. But outbreaks continuedl and political negotiations made llttle progress:

Constitutlonally, perhaps the most significant event of the year was Pakistan's decision in Febru- ary to become a republic like its neighbor India, yet to remain within the Commonwealth. Pakis- tan, I nation of 76,000,000 people, was created just eight. years ago.

Pakistan's move was in step with the year's main trend: I steady movement in many areas toward more self - reliance Ind

I eventual partnership in the Com-

monwealth.

This showed itself in tile West Indies, where representatives of the islands agreed in March on In tntr - island immigration policy that opened free travel between thelcolonies. The decision was I pref ' bbeau federation, on which "final decisions" will be discussed in February during I West Indian conference in Iandon.

LOOK T0 INDEPENDENCE

In West Africa, Nigeria, the Gambia and the Gold Coast cele- brated the first anniversaries of their 1954 federal constitutions. Opening its I955 legislature in February. the Gold Coast ex- pressed the hope of achieving ”ln- depclldence within the like of the present assembly." It would be- come the first Negro nation In the Commonwealth.

The emphasis changed in Kenya from military action against Mau luau raiders to economll and so- rial development of the 5,500,0tll

, African inhabitants. With the Mau

Man's manlture armiu cut to mere flagments, the country turned to "winning the peace" in preparation for next year's elec- llons, result of which will likely in- fluence Kenya's future for many years.

Uganda's dlficultles seemed closer to solution with the return in October of the KIbIkI of Bu- ganda. Mutesa II, earlier banished by Britain for standing in the way of constitutional development.

While East and West Africa 1nI- tured along intcr - racial lines, South Africa continued to press .forwllrd. the nationalist.-'5 full apar- theid policy. -

MOVE BY MALTA

Reports that S o u t h Africa, smarting u n d e r Commonwealth criticism of its segaegstion of

races, would se e k republican status. possibly outside the Com- monwealth. were not so frequent. nor so loud. . In other Commonwealth dovelog menu, Malta Inked Britain allow the Maltese people to "info- grllfe" with the United Klnndom in the same sense ll Northern Iro- land. An Ill-party round-tabla con- ference in London considered Inn

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The Commonwealth Framework

By Robert. moo. Canadian Press staff, London

idea, which would have meant Maltese MPs in the British House of Commons. but no decision was reached.

The year saw Southeast AsiI continue as I delicate area of the Commonwealth. The Communist- led jungle war in Malaya entered its seventh year, and In amneaz offer in September did little solvo the problem.

To the south, Singapore's chief minister, David Marshall, I. I

been under care for more than two years and many for more than five years.

DRUG ADDICT! .

Use of tborazlne may turn out to be of great value in treatment of drug Iddlctloll.

Recent studies indicate that ad- ministrlltton of the drug eliminates from convalosconce aucb disturb- ing withdrawal symptoms II feel- ings of oppression in the cheat, palpitation, irritability, weakness and Ibaky hands.

Even insomnia, he most diff!- oult symptom to cope with, is more easily controlled.

But, all such drugs should always be given under the direction of I doctor.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

an: I had I coronary heart It- tack about six month: I10. Are there any known cures for this disease, such as surgery? Answer: You should have ade- quate rest and eliminate possible contributing factors, such II over- Itress which might have led to your having I coronary heart It- hck.

his demand for sslf-rule, and bur- lied to London in December to sound out Whltohalh views on the colony's immediate future.

At the conclusion of conferenc between Marshall and Colon Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd it wn announced I constitutional confer- ence will be held in London lull April to discuss "internal self-gov-l ernment” for Singapore. It was in- timated that defence and fol-ei affairs would remain under Brl ish control.

PEARSON IN INDIA

CanadI's role in the Common- wealth, particularly in the vitl southern flank of Asia, was dr

stratcd again by the visit in ovelnber of External Affairs Min- ister Pearson. In India, Pearsdl

sought to counter " '

to woo "neutrallst" Prime Mlnpl: ter Jawallarlal Nehru, who visited the Soviet. Union in June. Nelui w host six months later to Irullal Bulganln and Nikita Khrushchev who made several It- tacks on Britain and the West gen- "inucih ls trivin triallu s g to Indus and Canada's offer in Septembc of an atomic reactor was quic accented. Alluge power dam. bu

suggestion in Britain that 3 Commonwealth should be onlarg

to include such count:-la as Bel- gium, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark. Greece, and even 6&-

many.

The year also marked the death of Lionel Curtis and 84, wll Ilngle - minded sfol-ts helped bring the British Commonwcalf O birth out of the British Empire. The Commonwealth, it wII said In his death, was given in present ,gleIning and Issoclatlona by our mligllshman within his own life-

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As the year drew to I class, member " were preparing for the 1966 conference of Com- monwealth prime mlnilstel-I, sched- for June TI in London. They met early in

CHECKING UP

LONDON (CP) - Inspectors examined 9.519 sacks of coal in Mlddlesex county last year and found 173 were underweight.

HISTORIC TAVERNS

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