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Conditions In Great Britain
and Other Countries
As seen and written by
Hugh Templin, Editor of the Fergus News-Record.
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The Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada
offers for public subscription
$600,000,000
SECOND
VICTORY LOAN
Dated and bearing interest from 1st March 1942, and offered in three maturities, as follows:
For Cash or Conversion
Twelve-year
3% BONDS DUE 1st MARCH 1954
PAyABLE AT MATURITY AT ,101%
Callable at 101 In or after 1952
Interest payable 1st March and September
Denominations,
.$50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $25,000
ISSUE PRICE: 100%,
yielding 3.07% to maturity
For Cash or Conversion
Six-year
21/4% BONDS DUE 1st MARCH 1948
PAYABLE AT MATURITY AT 100%
Non-callable to maturity
Interest payable 1st March and September
Denominations,
$1,000, $5,000, $25,000
ISSUE PRICE: 100%,
yielding 2.25% to maturity
For Conversion only
Two and one-half year
11/2 % BONDS DUE 1st SEPTEMBER 1944
PAYABLE AT MATURITY AT 100%
Non-callable to maturity
Interest payable 1st March and September
Denominations,
$1,000, $100,000
ISSUE PRICE: 100%,
yielding 1.50% to maturity
Principal and interest payable in lawful money of Canada; the principal at any agency
of the Bank of Canada and the interest semi-annually, without charge, at any branch in.
Canada of any Chartered Bank.
Bonds may be registered as to principal or as to, principal and interest, as provided
in the Official Prospectus, through any agency of the Bank of Canada.
CASH SUBSCRIPTIONS
Cash subscriptions will be received only for the 3% and/or the VA% bonds and may be
paid in full at the time of application at the issue price in each case without accrued interest.
Bearer bonds with coupons will be available for prompt delivery. Cash subscriptions may
also be made payable by instalments, plus accrued interest, as follows-
10% on application; 15% on 15th April 1942; 15% on 15th May 1942 ;;
20% on 15th June 1942; 20% on 15th July 1942;
20.82% on the 3% bonds OR 20.62% on the 214% bonds, on 15th August 1942.
The last payment on 15th August 1942, covers the final payment of principal, plus
.82 of 1% in the case of the 3% bonds and .62 of 1% in the case of the 234% bonds representing
•accrued interest from 1st March 1942, to the due dates of the respective instalments.
CONVERSION SUBSCRIPTIONS •
Holders of Dominion of Canada 1M% Bonds due 15th May 1942, and Dominion of
Canada 2% Bonds due 1st June 1942, may, for the period during which the subscription lists
are open, tender their bonds with final coupon attached, in lieu of cash, on subscriptions for
a like or greater• par value of bonds of one or more maturities of this loan at the issue price
in each case withou t accrued interest. The surrender value of the 1M% Bonds will be
100.59% of their par value, and of the 2% Bonds will be 100.80% of their par value, inclusive
of accrued interest in each case; the resulting adjustment to be paid in cash.
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The Minister of Finance reserves the right to accept or to allot the whole or any part of
the amount of this loan subscribed for cash for either or both of the available nzaturi•
ties if total subscriptions are in excess of $600,000,000.
The cash proceeds of this loan will be used by the Government to finance expend-
itures for war purposes.
Subscriptions may be made through any Victory Loan Salesman, the National
War Finance Committee or any representative thereof, any branch in Canada
of Only Chartered Bank, or any authorized Savings Bank, Trust or Loan
Company, from whom may be obtained application forms and copies
of the Official Prospectus containing complete details of the loan.
The lists will open on 16th February 1942, and will' close on or about
7th March 1942, with or without notice, at the discretion of the
Minister of Finance.
Department of Finance,
Ottawa, 14th February 1942.
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Street, London.
But remember, letters are best of
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MORRIS COUNCIL
$100 Grant Voted For The Inter-
national Plowing Match
Morris 'Council met in the Town-
ship Hall on Monday, February 9th,
with all the members present, , the
Reeve presiding,
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and adopted on motion of
Cecil Wheeler and Harvey Johnston.
Earl Anderson was appointed Ass-
essor fo'r the township.
Moved by Harvey Johnston, second-
ed by Jas, Michie that the township
donate one hundred dollars ($100.00)
toward the International Plowing
Match. Carried.
Moved by Cecil Wheeler, seconded
by Chas, Coultes that the Reeve at-
tend the Good Roads Convention,
February 25, 26, Carried,
Moved by Chas, Coultes, seconded
by Jas. Michie that the auditors' re-
port be accepted. Carried.
Moved by Chas. Coultes, seconded
by Harvey Johnston that the meeting
adjourn to meet again on March 9,
1942 at 1 p,m.
The following accounts were paid;
Dr, Crawford, M.O.H. $20.00; F,
CANADIAN TROOPS -
IN ENGLAND MAKE'
MANY FRIENDS, , -
HAVE GOOD RECORD
'This is the ninth'in the series of
' 'articles written by Hugh Templin, of
the 'Fergus News-Record, exclusiv-
ely for the weekly newspapers of
Canada. Mr. Templin flew to Brit-
ain as a guest of the British Council
and was given an opportunity to see
what is being done in Britain in war-
time.
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Whether Canada is the land of our birth.
or of our adoption,. let us not fail her
when she asks for our help. Let us be
proud of the sacrifices we are able to
make in order to buy more,• and more
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If Canada is worth living in , . and if
Canada is worth fighting for . . . then
surely in this time of national peril Can-
ada is worth lending to.
Remember—we are asked to lend our
money for the preservation of our own
and our nation's, freedom!
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It was natural that a Canadian on
visit to Britain should want to see
:as 'much as possible of the Canadian
Army overseas. Some of the Canadian
(editors' had sons or brothers in the
service. Every one had lists of ad-
*dresses of boys from home.
Actually, it, wasn't so easy to. find
;any individual soldier. The Canadian
;units, are scattered over much of the
.southern part of England, and while
was there, they were taking part in
large-scale maneouvres, the bulk of
the Canadian Corps moving around
London and up towards the coast to
meet a pretended invasion. It was in-
teresting to see this large army on the
move, but hard to locate antis or in-
sdividuals.
few clays after I arrived in Lon-
don; a rather unpleasant incident oc-
curred.
The first six editors reached the city
late on Saturday night, We were met
by E. D. O'Brien, of the British Couti•
cil, who steered its through the black-
out to the Savoy, got us settled in our
rooms 'and by ten o'clock, had us sit-
,ting down to dinner at the table re-
served for us in the grill room. We
,had hardly begun to eat before a re-
vorter edged .himself into the circle,
;proceeded to order himself a meal at
-the expense of our hosts, topped it off
-with a bottle of whiskey and proceed-
Zed to "interview" me because he was
:beside 'Me, It was an exhibition of
'nerve such as I had seldom beheld,
tand I suspect our host seethed inside,
but did not want to say anything in
:front of his guests. As the bottle got
'lever, I wondered what the interview
was going' to Sound like:
As it turned out, it wasn't as bad
as it might have been, but my name
Was spread over Britain as the editor
of a great group of weekly papers,
Stretching front coast to toast.
That brought in what the radio and
movie people would call "fan mail,"
but which might more properly have
been called "letters to the editor."
One of them was a scurrilous post-
card, denouncing the conduct of the
Canadian troops in Britain. The wri-
ter said lie was coming to the Savoy
the next morning to tell me all about
them. I made enquiries, found that the
writer was an Australian in London,
not too well thought of himself and a
bit of a crank. The English 'people re-
sented what he had done. The man
turned up next day, but. I made sure
I was away at the thee.
Troops Have Excellent Record
After that, I made it my particular
business, wherever I went, to ask
about the Canadian boys in England.
I received answers from the high 'and
low. I slipped away from the group
and talked with the English people in
_their gardens. I got official figures
from Canadian Army Headquarters. I
talked withm civilians and English sol-
diers. Before I left LOndon, I had
satisfied myself beyond' any doubt.
The record is not perfect, of course,
but there were few serious crimes or
misdemeanors. I learned little bad and
much good. 'The one definite episode.
in 'which a group of Canadian soldiers
took part rather amused me, though
perhaps I should have been shocked,
The British people cannot speak too
highly of the Canadians. Many of our
soldiers are billeted in private houses,
especially east of London in the vil-
lages near the Thames, These boys
have been adopted as members of the
families.
One day during maneouvres at Al-
dershot, I went along the street ask-
ing the residents what they thought
of the Canadians. I asked if they had
any complaints, if there had been any
trouble. Almost invariably, they had
nothing but praise. I never heard any
criticism of the Second Division, which
was in the district at the time, al-
though there was some of another
division which had been there earlier,
Aldershot has probably seen more of
the Canadians than any other town,
The best outhority is doubtless the
Provost Marshal , of the Canadian
Headquarters staff. I had dinner with
him one night at the quaint old East
Indies and Sporting Club in London,
He gave me comparative figures., It
might be expected that thei, record of
the English Regiments, living near
their own homes, would be better than
that of • the Canadians, Actually, it
isn't, Crime among the soldiers of the
Canadian Corps is only oite-third as
prevalent lit proportion to the eumber
enlisted, as in the Imperial Forces,
In spite of driving conditions that are
strange to Ca wilting, the highway at-
eident records of Canadians is better in
proportion to the number of vehicles.
investigation of accidents showed that
there was a tendency to blame the
Canadians for more than their share.
For instance, a woman called up one
day to say that a Canadian Army
vehicle, bad dam aged her fence. Ask-.
ed how she knew it was Canadian,
she said it had a hippopotamus paint-
ed on the side. It was explained to her
that. the hippopotamus was not a Can
adian animal.: the vehicle belonged to
another .pornininn,
A Few Actual Incidents
Perhaps a feW simple stories will
illustrate the attitude of the English
People to the Canadians.
In a small city near London, friends
called a taxi to take me to the rail-
way station in the blackout, When
the driver arrived and found I was
a Canadian, he asked if I would mind
if hP went around by his house and
brought his wife along; she would
like to talk to a Canadian. When
left them at the station, he would not
accept a penny from. me,
Waiting for the train in that 'same
station, Ltalked to three English, were
in the R,A,F, They ere
loud in their praise of the Canadians
because of an incident that had just
happened. They had ordered lunch at.
the refreShment counter, Service was
slow. An English Iviajor, came along
after their orders were in and insisted
on being served first. The girl at the
counter refused. A bit of an argument
had arisen till it was settled. by- an
R,C,A.F. officer of higher who took
the part of the boys. He had given
the Major a. bib of a lecture, "After
all," he concluded, "we are all fighting
for the same King."
One night, the London Standard
had P. cartoon. It showed an English
girl, rather 'embarrassed, introducing
a young R.C.A.F, man to her parents.
with the words, "I picked him up a-
long the road." The next day, I sat
beside the editor of the Standard at
a luncheon. He told me •the story.
He and his wife had been driving to
the country home the previous Sunday.
Along the road they caught up to a
young couple with their thumbs up:
Hitch-hikers .are riot common in Eng-
land but one • had an R.C.A.F. uni-
form so they stopped to pick them up.
They learned that the girl had just
met the Canadian. In fact, it was his
first week in England, She invited him
to her home and he accepted. As they
neared the place where she was to get
out, she began to 'have doubts. Per-
haps he wouldn't be welcomed. The
editor was a good spOrt. He offered to
take the Canadian to his home .and
that was agreed upon, but as the gii-1
got ready to go, she changed her mind,
She wouldn't give him up, no matter
what her parents said. So le went
along with her,
I have already mentioned the warm
reception given us at Coventry. When
a large part of that city was wiped
out, most residents escaped with their
lives but little else, Canadian garments
clothed the neople; Canadian travel-
ling kitchens fed them; Canadian med-
ical supplies were used to ease their
pain. Standing in the midst of the
ruins of Coventry Cathedral, the Pro-
vost presented to each Canadian editor
a -priceless souvenir, a cross made of
two- ancient nails. picked up among
the ruins.
Actually,—every person I met had
praise for Canada and Canadians —
and it was sincere, not merely a polite
gesture. Many of them had visited
Canada. There was Lord Riversdale,
head of a great steel company ,who
knew my own town of Fergus; Sir
Harry Brittain, who asked particular-
ly about. Acton, Ontario, because he
had visited there, his hothe being in
Acton, England;' Winston Churchill,
who promised to visit Canada again
as soon as lie could, a promise since
carried out; James Bone, London Ed-
itor of the Manchester Guardian, who
lost his clothes when his boat was
torpedoed as he returned from Can-
ada; and the taxi driver who used to
work at Jasper Park and believed it
was the most beautiful spot on earth,
Canadian Soldiers and English Girls
Many Canadian soldiers are marry-
ing English girls. That is not surpris-
ing, but few in Canada realize hoW
many weddings there ,have been. The
commanding officer' of a Western
Ontario -battalion told me. that 100 of
his men had married English and
Scottish girls. He said they were good
girls, of the best types, for he insisted
on interviewing every one before he
gave his permission for the marriage
to take place.
, Now that is something the Canad-.
ian relatives of soldiers and partiett-
lary Canadian girls, should not over-
look. B. IC, Sandwell, who was with
Me, believes that a certain "glamour"
surrounds Canadians in Britain. He
ascribes this in part to the movies and
novels, Perhaps- he is right, At a- big
aireraft,factory, I saw a girl sitting
at a table reading a paper covered
novel; entitled "Love in' theNorth,"
On the cover was a huge Canadian
youth dressed 'in fur parka, hugging
beatitiftil girl, while the aurora bor-
ealis inane a brilliant background.
Bishop Benison Who has spot much
of his life hi the North was mita
amused.
I think there' s a tibit practieal side'
to it than that. The English believe
we live an a, land of plenty and wealth,
Just now, when we eat much they
can't get, that idea spreads. A Can-
adian is considered a "'catch," and
from what I Saw on the streets and
elsewhere, English girls are out to
"get their man" in wartime,
From the soldier's point of view, I
believe loneliness plays a part. The
boys don't get enough letters from
home, Perhaps they get plenty at first
but the number falls off. Some don't
get any, They want the news from
home, but even more, they want to
think that they haven't been forgotten,
They need letters even more than they
need parcels—newsy, gossipy letters
telling what people at, home are doing,
And they like the home town news-
papers, which pass from hand to hand.
Councils or service clubs would be do-
ing good acts if they would subscribe
for the local paper for all boys from
their towns 'who are overseas.
Parceis are appreciated, of course.
The troops 'are adequately fed, but
they get few luxuries, Remember that
when you send. parcels, Some things
are luxuries in'England that are plen-
tiful here. Candies are most welcome.
I saw candies only twice in England
and they were really confections, not
real candies. I would have given much
for some real ones, Send potted fancy
meats ,and cheese, marmalade and
jams in tins (not glasses), braces and
garters and razor blades.
Illustrated magazines; such as Life,
are heavy to send, but are most wel-
come, Send a few of them to. your
soldiers, or to Mr, A. Savaard, Can-
Duncan, B.O.H. $8.00; P, McNab, B.
Q.H. $3.00; G. Martin, B.04-1. $3.00;
Hun. World (subscriptions) $6,04
Dr. Stewart (back salary) $10.90;
Ontario Hospital (Indigent) $40.00;
R. J. Lovell Co. (assessor's and tax
rolls) $13.20; Blyth Standard (acIver-
tistng) .35; McKibbon's Drug Store
(fumigators) $5.95; Mrs. Nellie Logan
(relief) $23.00; Mrs. Geo. Gross
(relief) $15.00; Fred Logan (after-
care) $7.00; A. H. Erskine (taxes)
$25.00; Jas. Shearer (ploughing
match) $100,00; Chas. Johnston (aud-
itor) $25,00; Robt. McKinnon (aud-
itor) $25,00; Robt. McKinnon (post-
age and stationery) $3.75.
Geo. C. Martin, Clerk,
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