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THT-JRSDA.Y, 1%.ZOV, 24th, 1949 ,
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...49.110TITUTION
the AU0st important mat-
ter. i* the Canadian political scene
0„,e ,:framhag ,oe • a coastitntion,
41.9'ylr
at Canada I'S ereerging intO.
*iatiOnhoed, The l3r1t1sh-Nort1x
,,A,znerierz Act sets forth ,the powers.
.0f the gederat and the Provincial
.444/0,14e#S reSpective
,tields.. With regard to the former
f..1010. p,ritt;te Xinister holds that the
•federal. Pailiament iiayframe the
onstitutiou without anY ..reTerence
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to proyinces,nd with 'regard
Aei the latter—those coining within
Ue purview, Of the Provincial
,.garliaments—he is calling tOgether
,he TePresentativeS a -all ,the Pro-
. lin-CeS for delibera.tiOn,
-WP.'have -been waiting .tor .some-
...linb to propose, that something
,41,te "the method 'Of constitutional
elzazge in use in the /felted States
.!,*, adopted in Canada. There a
„Aertain proportion a the individual
§tateS, by vote of the_plectors,
,,,,'„t*natriaver a Change in the .Federal
•OnStituti,on' laefOre it becomes
•"effeetive. • Sontething•of this sort is
tike. raind 'of the editor -,ef
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aturday Night, who says:
We are not opposed to the
exercise by the people of Can -
:aria 0- very_ great rowers
tOntrel -over their own const1tu.4
tion, though .we shOuld Illte to
see the exercise Of those poets
surrolinded-:
guards ' against, rash: or hasty
action and againdt %tyrannical
aetion by the national. majarity
.1..4:to:wards a_ • minority. But -.we
•• are strongly oppossed to -the idea
that the Canadian. Parliament
, a •proper represehtatien ,
the Canadian people for- this
purpose‘, and that it shOuld,
have power to change the cat-
stitution without'Any safepard
'against either ',"rasir r - tyran-
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,---The-,prOp4rZmeihedai1e1i4--
ling the' eonstitutien, even -4n
matters which de_nat touch the "
• Provincial. PeWer$,. le: by 'refer-
endum -Ow by specially sum -
boned constithtional ,gonven,
tiOns, in which -both the People
and the gOvernments of -both
the Dominion and .the Provinc,CS
will have representation.
this is ,ar", Tetisonable propos
and one that the, GovernMe
8116*, 'selipusly eonsider.
his' part in the business at ttte
',town, Don't stay away from' tie
nominations, and then grumbla all
next: year if the Council. doesn't
sllit..YOu, • '77 •
0 •* f
Milling excuses for the. Charitable
Gifts Aot is the gratement -that
some charitable trusts escape tax:
• atiou. Butthere is not a, word
•abeut taxation in the Aet. ..there
are eppertunities .for abuses in .the
admiaistration of „trusts, why, did
not, the Government make some
p.rovisioe, against $1.1cli'possib1lit1es?
There is nothing -of this nature in
the 'Aet. The. intent_of the Act is
all too evident, and its framers did
not even, take the trouble, in fram-
ing it, to conceal its, purpose..
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"OSIFER Of 'WY:MEADOWS
key.liarm .11avte
MONK ICAus
,kmen Wants a isiSsonlu regard
to the inogress ot the world, he
Should just think about cedar railS
for 11,
sortTeke, for it -
stance, tonight, when .the oceasion
grose to get some kindling. ter Lt4e
naorning he.It :was quite easp,
to walk Out into/hp backyard. pick
uP. Ebe bileXaaw, and a fEWaYglY drivers all eladeaXoring to Meet
rail, and after a ply. sqcoos of the clalnr Of 8, new day, Yet wit1i7'
•puslalug and pulling with the saw al a Sense of languidness o'er
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to achieve A, bleek eedar, , Mantlingtthe colleetive etfort,Could
With a -0,1014-1-146 Motion thisit be an aSpeet of the aftailnath
block 'was Fedueecl in 'ttirn to gat, that 'terrible ,condagration hipper-
striPs, and these yielded- to the UPS' designate "Wold War IV"
thin, taper:Me strips that virtV0,11Y it the, Sea of "QxPevleAce q. pugilist
guarantee a pod, Are. As am added has when rapeatedlY he is knoelKed
asSnranee he were Piled ou the to the eaavaS head-illt in the saW.-
,oven door Where thqtrag- dust jet refU,Ses te• bow to • 411S
ranee of their drying waited clean 'dietateS Of defeat?
odor throughout the kitchen.' • This is, of course, the objective
What -shall we do for kindling analysis of oneho •inescapably
swolamenootwiheczarsterrail has gone? eomparestthe Kers. seaPOrt of two
'that the cedar
rail ;narks an era, and that as this
day 'midi, age of. ours 'MOW intO,
Modern One the cedaerail becomes
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vanishing symbol. . , ,
Pione'ers there were who entered
this land first 'and:cleated the land
and tilled_ it -:-and" in due course el
time they fenced it with the -old-
fashioned. snake -rail fence, Sprawl-
ing along as it did, the old 'rail
fence took up a great. deal of,room
---16-liarbored Weeds and stone piles
—snakes and berry bus1en-7-and in
time it was considered out of fash-
ion. Farmers with -fields and fields
or unused :and would get all ex-
cited about,the waste taken up by
the rail fence and then they would.
build•a straight _rail fence. It took
a great deal of labial- to achieve,
but th.e fesults Were considered
-The rails left oyer in the process
of building a new„fefice were piled
up and buzzed for kindling. Others
were used for piling over the straw -
stack -to keep the wind from • taking
the top off it. The rails were cer-
tainly hazidy, but nobody though t of
going back to the bush and cutting
a cedar tree down, and, in time,
splitting some new gails-hey were
out_of fash1on.,-
The straight rall•--fenee was
doomed. It• fell 4ato" disrepair and,-
-the- ea ttle-had antating-habit
of punhing it over_ whenever the
occasion came along. It sprawled
along in an untidy, straggling way,
lurching to *right or left as the
frOSt decided in heaving„ from the
earth in the spring -time.' A half-
hearted ,attempt Wan made t� - put
it back into service by bracing and
.with two strands of barbed wire
strung along, but this was definitely
not a success. •
•Then came ' the strait wire.
fence, and even. here We -rails cable
'into service aS posts tn•-liold-the
Wire „up and its centre ..strand of
barbed wire. But thne proYed that
lacked a great deals)! being a suc-
ecevs: ,tsimplified _hls' :form- of fencing
We came to buy woven Wire:
'11 an proud we were of, that fence,.
and how _diligently we scythed the
weeds along the • fence. and in-
dignantly demanded that our neigh-
bors de tbesanze. This-wa.g mod-
ern progress. - -
The rails *ere' piled ,np. bellind
the barn. Threshing day used some,
but .for the Most part they came to
the house in the /form of cedar.
Through the years the pile Went
dewd—and • as it did . we started
casting about for another rail fence
to .besacrificed. There wai .only
one—aird that a useless strliggling
ereation that started in the clearing
and pet4ed out halfway through
die bush -on the Way to the river.
Thii, -too, was eleaned up—and in
turn, beciime:kindling.
Where do we gedrom .here? The
rails Will„soon be used- -up-the larta
fenced with wire -and we have
rest the knack Of splitting • rails.
Any man on fell mi that a cedar
rail hasn't the qualifies „Unless it
has been yveathered for yearn! tin -a
fence—and so, perhip,s, weare
entering.a new era as the rails,dis-
appear-and Mit leek, about- for some
new form of kindling.
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ACcording tci Napier Moore in
The .Financial Pest the presses of
Inland Printer, one of -the big pub-
lishing concerns _' of the United
States, had to bestopped, for the
correetion of an error in a book
that was being printed. .A. press-
man noticed that one of .the_char-
hetera was reaching for a 'leg .of
fried children:" Oft enquiry it was
found that it should hp.ve- been a
"leg, of frige.chicken.".: SO don't
wonder too; much if neeasionally
there sheuld be a typographical
erren in -the paper".!ycnrare reading,
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At the' blginning ,of. the Ottawa
_session -the proceedings: -.as reported
in Hansard and the press„Yere de-
cidedly; dull, but_in the last few
weeks. things haVelivened np., The
0p5oSition 'has -found ,:two or three
matter S into which it can put -its
teeth and plug the Government ,on
the defensive, and Conservative and
-,C,C.F.-;!...members. are making the
most Of _the oppertunity. There 'L
St14„-hovvever, the occasional mem-
ber •Whe4Starts aff..with„the ptiomise
that he will haveSveryte-T-s? words!'
1*•-_-tty and then'takes up half-a-
*dwen pages of Itansard. No won-
der if- members slip_ out of their,
seats and leave, the chamber when
, such word/ fellovvis are talking
themselves , out,
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ARTICTL '
1.-10w strangely qaiet the nietrop,
olis ot 14verpea1" Qn, ”the morning
•Of 'tl1sera1larita,0011,s, The 'Min cen-
testing, the right-of-way ,with, the
leg; portem, laggageMen and taxi,
and A -11_0f- d_ecad ego 'with the
IziverpOO1 of 1949. 'Let un'not for-
get that, apart from homes bereft
of loved ones, --and, one ,wOuldli'
minimize the itiour Of mind and the
irreparable grief occasioned tby the
sante---46 ii Canada' -were
sparedtile---horrors of death
rained fram the skies. Liverpool now
bears ratite- testimony .to this
ghastly forth of modern, warfare.
'Owing; in Some measure, to this
fearful expenditure of energy and
nerve, there are not lacking gigns
of .weariness and fatigue. The gen-
eral waiting roem of the railway
station is less than tidy ; the -paint--
able Parts cry out for renovation,
without their cry being- heard.. The
locomotives, which to the ,writer
years ego always gleamed m the
lovely color schemer designated by
the company, owning them, now are
drab, and sthoke-laden • the coaches,
or "carriages," 'less than inviting—
All indicative of a people wearied
by War and deplorably disillusioned
by the poverty Of peace. Of course
there -may have been extenuating
arthunstances, such as the strain
imposed by the peak of the "travel!!
,Season; 'nevertUeless this. deesn't
".explain eyefything.
what; ' sbnie
"politically -biased reader might . en=
jr
oin "Nationalization 'of the rail-
-WaYs'.'±-it is° the_obserVer's_eandi
beliefthat change. of ownership
has nothing to do with it. it is
the ennui:, • an ineseapable con-
dition .of mind and: bady,
the ieesdapable result •of
a nation's resources being strained
to .the breaking point by a conflict
Satanic‘ in its, inception and 'dia-
bolical. in its execution. Neverthe-
less, traditional British 'courtesy
reigns.. The marvel is 31.61.-30"nueli
that the Motherland is weattering
he gale of theolpast-war years; VIA
rather
UnyernbIance &f"S'aul at ,au: That
sherstands with her head erect. is
fbe.'marvel of the, ages: at the
chief -chef of the • §.S.- Franconia
tell hits story. "Night after night
Heinkel, bombers over L-frerpool;
'driving the inhabitants -und4r-
ground, like so Mani rodents seek-
ing refuge from the marauders
disgorging' their lethal loads, after
which 'harrel-rolling'. and Topping"
the tantamount to ,salying,
'We are here; what cab. you do
about it?"'
•"The fact was," said Mr. Pres-
ton, "nothing coeld be thine about
It, not even token resistance
offered."
The aim, of course, was to break
civ,ilian morale; this adhieved, the.
'first line of defence as down.
The horttOr of modern Warfare is
that theajyjjian finds himself, yes,
and herself, • in the front line
trenches. You statesmen of the
world-, whatever language you speak
or species of -culture .you
bend -every effort to the perpetua-
tion ofpeace: "For peace hath her
m
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-:trals and now is anxious to rikit-.,partment of Transport Orilla lights
1 4, :' of 'the' control .Of rents, A to he tended- by one lone person,
year 'ago-. it proPOSed: - that. the PrO-. both for -their otvn ',welfare and the
safety, of. navigation alko.. '
iinees Should again' resume their
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- antharity, but :the Provincial. Gov- "Whatpretfr 'hair:'yon • hare,-
ernMentS, recogniiing thaa rente 'Mary," said the visitor. irkou must
-, ' • . . .. . • ,..'"4' . -t-* h * . t 1 ft ' . -.1 ' • "
tea, • eptqattous ,subject;, sided. , 'PA e. qci.. 1 om ‘your- zn,ohr.
"No, ' • replied 'little. Mary; "I niast
Way tram the proposal. '.In these ._.
. . nave got _it:from. ,Daddy. His 'is
•-.-T-trurnstntWelS,-OttavyaPlias- 4atiffes,4- -au , gotte,,-• -- - ------ 7----.. - - ' . - '
Inaxei- itOward dedontrol, allowing In
'71ilferefite,of h0tise'rentfils.up :to 22
Wi...cent., to c6me into effeCt some: The. .(,otintry--Wouse - in the -..Cit y . '
iiinths 'hencer.-: . • -
-Preto many. comments en the.
Dear Little Friends;'=Wouldv you Who looked like.Christmas crackers•.
WHOLESALE, AUTOMOT.IYE
:,,,,.±,,,One.:"inight' judge .that the .1 .
to have' a letter all to your-. All these 'people were. .walking or.'
'dancing vvlien the halide played.
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'.r.ettaed... rents; , It has, of: course; '14:41 iknow,,when: I was your age,;I. :big iloatik•-• One „Ofthem had John .. Accessories",..ands- Equip' ment
tlayertiment *Las ,--abitrarily in.,. se ves froni Torontonow and again?
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' There `Were ,dox,.ens. Ot. beautiful
7lived- on a - faral in guron. -county Browns ',Ten -Little Indians,"- 'Do,
- a.one nothing :of the kind; it has
; and, ezijoyed all the things you d ou.i.emember them'yv
? here_as a
AiniplY Contracted, the seepe Of, ire tnow—at least all•the things children totean pole, a vi,igWani and a bireh,
Jiiiiitroi. Inereases are a matter be .0 now that we used to do, For bark eanoe • on ' the,: float. - They
1"Ween. 1,andi.:04 eixd . titu.tat and one thine we didn't have* 'cars' 40 looked 'very _interesting with their
go -off to the, city for the week -end, war-paint...and feathers. '' Then, -I,
' *Must not gO f)eyolid the prescribed
• and I'm quite siire we never saw wish you had seen "Three Men in
, .41Mit.7 The 'argument ' of those who Santa Clans. So. I *am going to tell a Tub." There, was a queen of -
Ail.. aleng have' .:OPpOsed control' in ,:r'oe about a very interesting day tile:sea and some merniaidS driving
ihat'O' given a tree 'hand persons ''We• have had In Toronto this vveek, 'a whale on the fioat and'Ttba1gnced
with ',Ratith.L;,=„14...,11PLUL,...imaryou d have lovied _ 7.1.4xttito'mlE-- 1 , trItEiritrrETifoTt re&
''',-e'"--go-v
t---ri',--very--early Saturday men perched in it. . Tse Whale was
-iikiiiSei kind that , thus the houSing morning and rushed through break- even ..epeuting 'water. !How many,
Situation would' be reileyed• and fast,' Then'we got on all our warm oe you have heard teThe Teddy
• -4,ents. be kept within reason. The clothes and-- went -down town ' and 13ears' Picnier ' There yvs one
P
l laxation of control
lined up along the 'street for an float vvith. the,•:%eddy bears:- They artiareWill
• hour waiting to see the Santa Claus were so Me: Mother • Googe and
,glye• opportunity, for the testing of parade; There were .thous4ds a all the Mother Goose children were
thitt. tlfeb,iy. ' - ',,- ., . children there'—young and old --and there. 1 wish you hats seen their
,..:4",iiiiiircliewan; *and one Or tW,0 soP3O. ot,..the old Ones Were aS?old Its costumes. They were so lovely!
• this old Country Mouse, - . There Oh, yest Hey Diddle Diddle—we
. ether i)rOvkticos Are preparing ' to
„ Were policemen. 'everywhere — in saw the cow jumping lover the moon.
take over cantraii, but so far the cars, On motoicycles, on horseback Really! : " , '
'Ontario 0oVerninef# has declined and on their own pet. . They were . The Fairy. Queen and :Queen of
e. „tO de, so ---a, tapit adniisaten' that 1311.83' watching that no little.thild- Hearts' ;a'fid all the fairy story
it
reh, got out on the street in danger children were In . the parade too. .. could.. not handle the". situation from cars. The childrenk, were all De you rethember, ',OW De4r, What
'better 'than' ik Is now -being handled- over—un teuee-g, pasts,----wiudoWsills Car the matter Ire?" und Allobby
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U.X.....tho, Ottawa, .Gevertunent, ,..,.... And, even_up ,trees.TheY, .,Were, cert :„Shaftee!s,000,49.-,,,.$14Krrt'Ven4sonze.
stailY going 1 te' see everything i. of • the . sofigs .Were -ott the flOats•.
ADITORIAT.,'NOwES Felnally we' heard a hand playing; I'ou'd have loVed it all. 'But ' I
' ' a.
. ,ftrid there come the parade., First Almost argot ' the most; Important
'Of ail eame - the„"48th Highlandera Perseri of all—'Santas Claus hitnself,
...;StunebOdy, 148 been dehnnking Band 'With their kilts Swinging and with bis eight reindeer': (1 didnist
1,clie Irds$` bee." , (in' the ailthoritY druMaricks beating: (The next timo .4.00. ltudelph: '.--,,,,ith his red tilfse.)
at n-axont litho. bog worked .nrong YOU See a kiltie '1Virtd.,.-Wateh the But . 'Santa,: *eyed, and. smiled. at
. '- ,,yi 'll a
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'bees tot setverat: deeadea,:tliet are drummer,' Re's wonderfnII) Then,: eVe*0.11A-,, and iiivited "us 0 .cumo iYore 100king for All,
. • itild..;.to.-,b-o„ tiqhor 41i.3,,,;..erpta,oreot, after st1eVefithingThere were ever so gn.t 4 ,Intist•,stop now or ou'll W WIWI! .1 ta.ti't reineinber .to.Toyland and, see him: ,
tx:nantio MOTOR,. i'teite ',111•04..ley• .8t
, *ha n.MIe tOe Wright'. goweVer, *O. many bands, some in' gay Uniform be tired,' .4 tvo,g9i.neto , tell you,
, .. „ . , . ,-, ' f
oat' anyone"'huovo , that ' if the atd-aome not...., There was one hos' about . the tiretty Windows down son,
. 1741.0; htiVe tal ofzet!, , iiiivit, or .60*
-little tellow utak opery. snuir ,, e college' bold.: *hi& looleed find town' Old the' other ChrietreeSeY .
sounded.-weiderful.' They were the things, Mao X wanted. 'to tell you., hinit., ,IlttliIENT :1000*, BEING.
eati he ritiltk.eharti. ,ut, !Ames;
' 40 , iK. li* -- , Wien .banit of. elf, to .- And'..there , abut : the- 4`Menntica,'' but , there iti;
v ... U bie OOP et- maiOrettea hot time or qieder, '' 'OtEAlitiY,'AI:SioZdtAT,A,PlotB,'
,Aitohe»t, itniindert'ilit, the, mot doing -O.., ,the .clever ' tut,* they SO good-bye foi 'this time, Little
el$t41.0init,[natni4leet1n0,Whieh. is an do, ThOre', ivere4,"eloWnEri,e.f an ,C.Onary Igoe., , Vu wtite $4511 itotoix'
' i,lield.,,,,t, , - 44.y. tilgjit0 fkotnnanfly',, otzfro,01*(tati'':iatt: l'itbilx,V: wheerWo,,''0;,111.258t.,,,,,•iii,i,l.ix.z..,totartmtit,, 1,.:?.,0114.,,,
o*Ill itil, ; le.htlhe Cie& erIa ,dresaed in lovely 'red and -- P.
White Striped' dreSSe'S like , eandy. OW the little, dog who is who
id". A* m`ifitimciltit. ligiitek. eatieS, They wore. °tick enough to to.oll the „Toronto sohOols 'i..eYteileh
, /d8 ---'' ''''''7 ----7.-"'7---;,--"f.ent, ' -'.' There :were . iaome 'betmtifiii, theehIldren, laitrety rinea.. .She lied
ring qvit, .4ztr ! now,,•-oviott:Leglii &Wm. .,ivitit.'. lOvely, .tratisnatent it.tovoly tIott• 411 1),seolot,,*itil tor.u.,
40041ene,--lii Short, .te take wings, And there Were even boys hOg: to take ,are et her.
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HOUW NOT BE ALONE
(Co lingwoqd Enterprise -Bulletin)
A .gad occurrence tooli' place lase
week when a lightliOuse-keeper. took
ill and died at his post an Lake
Stiperior. He had apparently been
ill several days and, rough seas 'pre-
vented his leaving.. ni took the
old-fashioned methed iziaeineil
tote L in .a 'bottle which by chance
was picked up. It read "Come and
get -Mo. -first chance. ..Sic -,--almost
died." While -not be- aware of
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the complete details "of his case, it
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BENT CONTROL
Rental, O6,44.U1. is 'constitutionally
'within the sphere of the Provincial
. authority, but in the emergency of
:Wartime ,„it was . taken over by. the
Federal ,,Glovernraeut by general
O'Onsent..9ttawa has gradually bee
hedding the various wartime eon- would seem advisable th.at the De-
11... Turner
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-$4:Qtorle4 no- lSs renoWne'd - than
war.', , .
Xlere is arnencrete illuStratien 4
the baual„frAtage et death rained.
froal the'-'01ties!.". • "
r.Nbe-alr-raid. aireaS wall—a Mad
rush to thesheltera, the spaeigna
basement of a Chlireb is invaded.
No nbeci to aalt what' denoniblation
it is, or the allegianee' of those who
seek • its ,shelter—these, artidcial
41atia9tiona are forgotten., for the
COMmon denominator ass6rts
7 -the, .safety of aged 'men, women
and children. Tw,o. hand„red ar
more have, found SanCtuar,Y here --
it is God's house. . A thouSand-
.
pound mlssile of incendiary and
OtOsive prOPortiOns plummetsMortal-
through the roof, engulfing fiu We make our way into the city 4allpar4tug of Grace,Marie.. Can it
the suhseqUent iaferno. Not 'soul .fnia quite natUrallY present- prices be thatrhere Canada we are too the:loadiva'Y built ont to the scow,
Survives this helocaust; steam -pipes of merchandise are OQMPared with- 'well cared for In the 'realm OffoQd?
' and the tools, pumpst efit,„ removed, \
The shepherd's pie palatable and The holes in ,tbe icor' better!), wereAllffig, followed. by prunes lost in Patched, the water ptiniPed an
.eustard-:--a typi.cal English the scow 'refloated and toWed to. i•b '
dessert but More than alien to the Port ,where it Will be -berthed'
palate of a '`Canuck"—pardon the for the -Winter. — s.,Soutliampten
deseent into the- valley of the 'vern- Beacon,
and Resfr and brothOrt
tagain goelned to he fiQ Unte4; the
hopes and Yearilit4ga of tile Years
are cryStallize�, hereo-4 lenrc
the 'reader PoStieased of a parallel
experiepee tO 'mentally lilt in here:
Nybat -weds. and 'the oelleRoaltion,
Of tle same wonld fail to, 'reveal.:
What a welcome aceorded IVIrs,„;
Turner. and. daughter Gra ee Marie,
}low alt-wiae the 'OreatOr in Malt-
ing the central -Unit of ,themuni--
verse's' life the “trailn:". 'XII, the
erficible of ”seParatron followed IV
reunion the tensions Of life are
resolved into the erigina.lonolitof
affectiOn and alt excesa baggage Is
1 -Pat' adrift. 'There' is much,- excess
baggage in modern . It Is
hampering the happiness or hivim
life, dear reader, eut it adrift. Here
in this reun1on4;the, atMosphere is
charged with ,a. glow and an at:
feetion which, in easence, possess
the mantle of that which is
jor about $50, where,'
as the,priee would per:4411Y' have
been ,41)013k, 42,19,0, Or. $104
/ess tO .414Y; the writer rubbed hie
eye er in Jitter betirildetment. he
'coat. of other goods IS TQPigted
14 a liite rat10. • .
, restaurant is entered, a -menu
,ProOured, Severely limlted in terms
of varlet's', SillePherd's ple-sausaiies,
which, aecording to hOme -rUmor,
are of doubtful origin., "fay' we
have a .glasS of milk, Please, for the
Or'?" "R"eply "Sorry, sir', but it 4.S
rationed," After we had eXPlahled
that -we had ju7St arrived frem
Canada Wd"-Vere not, yet in p0Ef-
'SesSion"..-.6f yleifors', ration 'Cards,
the waitress' aonsulted. her 'superior,
whereupim our needs in this par-
41cular were niet, TlxiS nornulllY
-Potent 'and health -giving beverage
looked_pale and, ,aneznic—could it
be of . the powdered Variety?. .4.t
any rate, it collided .not only with
*palate but *also withthe digeltive
nnatsr.4.1*, NV. so, a
strife are-- Xeee'lvini , the, dual ben0-‘
t:Cdtsie.: 13f re.:,a1:044 ,1,1.8:40:atlltr4
rea.u:::.
deos,ssnseeeaAointfereilotrinf,orear eWrhec%earggiain
pes
Qf soul, *ad rtna Riot sue ohail
nb osifoonusn dofiathetbeeaTrtah,013044nOgf
way to the splendora Of the gternal
City at the .heart of the TeinPoral.
'Next week—NeweaStle, the Qity ).•
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". SCOW, SALVAGE.D.
, Salvage operation's on ,..fhet segyv,
which vvent.' agroulld. nortizi 4f, the
town six .weekago' were iTueeess.
fullyieoncluded on Saturday by the
13erraingham Construction Co..and
the large power shovel,. and' Other''
"equipment moved;: to safety, ••
hO4VY Shovel • was .,111n ashore over
Ore .eollapSed, the .ecliace .folds up
as. though It were tissue Paper,
and another grimchapter is writ-
ten in the agelong tune' of Mars
"Man'XnhunmnitY • tO
Man." What is now to be_done?
Qnicklime is funnelled in, the taain-
meth tomb is sealed, the sacred
rites of. the Christian Church
chlintetb, bereaved with tear -laden
eyes • and torn hearts plod their
weary way. Ere the light of an-
other day gives • way to the claims
of night the sirens will wail again
and- vantage points of physical
security will again be sought: 'The*
Franconia's chef lost a bright-eyed
little :daughter in this catastrophe,
while he °himself survived two tar-
pedoings during the grim struggle.
May the writer indulge thiS re-
ilection? To those who cry in the
face of Britain, "Imperialism!" it is
surely significaf to note that de-
spite the fact that she w,as totally
unprepared—histary records that she
had ;naval units in the'port • of
Aden unable •"to. get up. steam"
because of their empty coal btingas
—for such • a celossal. trial • of
trengthi yet she chose the pathway
a duty which was, of course, the
_pathtyny_ of honor. She .knew the
tightening Strength pogaisSed . by
her, adversary: That "'good but dire -
sighted statesman; -Chamberlain; had
gone--ta-Munieh--Airmed-only with
an 'iiiabrella,.possessed of il: white
shirt,' not *brown" or black or Any
other co1cr, in, order to perpetuate
"pea -6e in out tiMe." "I bring You
peace,' said this SCiOnof a great
family. • Before :the ink on the
Munich parchment was dry, the lit,
tle man possessed Of big ideas
.flaunting the "brown shirt" had
sent 'his murdeiouS Panzer divisions,
into Poland, C,applentod by an
aerial cover, Blitz tactic amazing-
ly successful, fiendishly -successful:
,n4ess.,_than-three-4ays.the,4roli1J
Poland created 'by the! genius of a
Pils-ndski and a Beck lav„peostrate
at the feet of the'snivaaseF.4„
These ob*vatiOns dO-Lnot seek
to , glorify war but iritrier to
"goryify" it—this is my own Mon
age. This is a grim recital of
stark filet. Liverpool, Hull, New-
castle, Sunderland, Bristol, Cardiff;
Glasgow, London. and countless
other strategic centres were soon
to be "Warsaw.ized." Ooventry
Inust never be- forgotten. Trarsaw
in ruins was to he the 'Prototype of
all that was to follow. How -Her-
man's chest expanded with pride.
For this "tight little ,isle" the Am-
brella was to be . ensthroncled in
mckthballs and, the dread task of
putting ber an a combatant footing
clamant. ..... Hence her languidness,
the. paucity of paint, her weariness
which inapinged themselves, Upon
• the writer's spirit on that eventful
Saturday morning, July 16; 1949;
• Let.yeur Scribe pick up the main
threads again- after this valid
cligressidn.. • Lwking into the
Countenances of sisters -Margaret
these ef the -Past. The tores, or
“allopa,” ; are 'leaded, A ,bair of
men's shoes • bearing 'the ticket
-(fouz pounds, about* sixteen
dollarS before devaluation); .111 KO'
'War days he.tprice . ticket -would
have read, 10/4). , (ten shillings ad,
n
Siipence, or the equivalent a two
dollars and fifty cents)—a rise of
almost 700 per eent. 'A suit '-'45r
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call BRADLEY 44,S,ON.,
•our parts 'order gets IMMEDIATE A,TTENTION
from ONE ORMIE-LAROSTaCES-,FOR,___
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AS ANNOUNCED' BY THE MINISTER- OF FINANCE, THE
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE 0,F U.S. DOLLARS
FOR TRAVEL 'CONTINUE- IN FORCE. As in the pdst, it will
be necessary for. Canadians to.obtain'a permit from their
banl if they wish to take out of Canada: more than. $10'
'U.S., or niore.than 425 "in'U.S.' and Cdnadian currency
coribined. •
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resident May obtain for pleasure travbi, purposes during
the twelve months beginning November 14th, 1949, is
$1 40. In the c.ase. of, children ofeleventositomia_v
thilitnount is -$16kThere iS" no resi?ictiOn n t4e number •
of trips as Sono as the annual allotment is not exceeded.'
Travel for pptsiness, Health or
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these ,purposes by makiiig application through anyof
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apeCial arrangements exist whereby Canadian dollars can- "
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UnitO'd Kingdom and other sterling area countries, cis wellas in
Most countries of Western Europe. Travel expenditure in theSe
countries.does not come out of the $150 US. cucrency ration.
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