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THURSDAY, OCTOBER .29th, 1953
SENATE REFORM
Query—Does your article in last week's
Signal -Star meals that Canada should support
a Senate that would do nothing but say ",Ves"
to everything the_ Government might propose a
Would that not be a useless expense Y
Last week's article stressed the importance
of avoiding the U.S. system under which the
various governmental institutions, the Presi-
dent,. the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives, may work, and sometimes do work, at
cross-purposes, with the result of confusion,
hesitancy and occasionally a condition of para-
lysis when there should be action. A strong
case could be trade out for the total abolition
of the Canadian Senate, and this case is
strengthened by the present complexion of
that body, in which the Liberals have all but
a handful of members.
The Senate was constituted by the Fathers
of Confederation for the protection of the
smaller Provinces, which are given a larger
proportion of its membership than they have
in the elected House of Commons. In theory,
this is an excellent provision, but practically
it has been of small service. It would be
politically difficult, however, to do away with
this protection for the smaller Provinces, how-
ever illusory it may be, and if we have to
continue paying for a ,second chamber .there
should be an effort to make it more useful.
It could be an advisory body if there were a
greater evenness in its membership as between
the 'parties to give its discussions sufficient
weight to make au impression upon the public
and upon the elective chamber. It could, in-
deed, have members also from the C.C.F. and
Social ('rediters, and members of no party
affiliation who have distinguished themselves
ill private life, -educators, scientists, writers,
mels who could give life and color to what is
almost i1 Irtol'ibund institution.
There are at present a number of vacant
seats in the Senate: There are prominent Lib-
erals who could present strong claims, from a
party standpoint, for appointment to these.
seats, but we believe that rank -and -file Lib-
erals throughout the country would applaud
the selection, at this time, of non -Liberals, to
correct in some measure the lopsided condition
of the chamber.
EDITORIAL NOTES -
Don't itch for something that you're not
willing to scratch for. -
* * * •
At an international conference agreement
has been reached on a uniform musical pitch.
But will the Reds sing the sante songs!
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Have a heart, boys! Enjoy Hallowe'en,
but don't be responsible for damage to prO-
perty or annoyance to people who have never
annoyed you.
* * * *
Objection is -taken to a line of the hymn
"0 Canada" as commonly sung, •'0 Canada,
our home, our native land," in that for many
Canadians this is not their native land. It is'
proposed that this line should be changed to
"0 Canada, our own beloved laud." 1t is a
sensible suggestion.
* * * *
- 'The furniture people say the rocking chair;
long neglected; is" coming back. The Saltford
Sage says his never went away. At any rate,
though the seat- and other parts -have been
replaced from time to time, the rockers are
the .sante as when he bought it at an auction
sale over forty years ago.
* * * *
Goderieh is growing. Evidence is in the
population figures and visually in- the great
amount of house -building that has been going
on for some years now. There is growth in
area, too, through the annexation of a sizable
bit of•land at the south -end of the town. We
trust that care will be taken, as Goderich
spreads out, to .provide the wide streets with
which the old portion of the town is favored
through the foresight of the town planners
of the pioneer days.
* * * *
In -a, Sarnia court the other day a woman
pleaded guilty "to cashing a forged family
allowance- eeque for $16. Her husband was
ill and she said she needed the money to buy
food for her hungry children. The news re-
port did not say what penalty; if any, was im-
posed by the magistrate, but it would have
been pleasant to read that the people in the
court room made up the sum, with perhaps
something over to assure the children of a few
good meals.
* * • *
Soine weeks ago reference was made in
these columns to the death of Britain's
wealthiest landowner, the Duke of Westmin-
ster, and we said that the. Government. would
get a big slice of the estate. It is now reported
that death duties of 80 per cent. will' have to
be paid on the London portion of the estate,
the most valuable part. As it will be difficult
for the heirs to raise cash to the amount of
• 80, per cent, of more than ten million pounds,
gonia of the land will doubtless be turned over
to the Government or otherwise disposed of.
In similar manner other large estates in Bri-
tain are being roken up and the great larid-
owners are gra ually disappearing.
* * • *
We have been enjoying a postponed bit
of summer and some have called it. Indian sum-
mer. But the real Indian summer roines after
the first snow .and is often accompanied by a
hazy air, and so far we have had neither snow
.nor hazy atmosphere. There are varying ex-
planations of why it is called Indian.stnmer.
Perhaps the most plwible is- that -when the
white men first came to this continent they
were told by the Indians that there would he
such a season before the advent of winter. It
May be that the long summer of 1953 is an-
other evidence of what meteorologists have
stated to be the fact, that this part of the
TKO GODERICR SIGNAL -STAR
not staying long officer ... just popped in for a
Canada Savings Bondi" -
earth is gradually becoming warmer. At any-
rate,
nyrate, we have, had a fine autumn.
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In Napier. Moore's coluu►n in The Finan-
cial Post this story- is told of an Englishman
NOM' had hunted .big game the world over and
-mild shot lions in Africa, tigers in India, moose
in Finland, erocodiles in Brazil. But he had
never shot a mountain goat. So he came out
to British Columbia to shoot a mountain goat.
He was told he could shoot a male goat, but he
mustn't toueh one of the females. His in-
formants said, "You'll have no difficulty recog-
nizing the male because he has a long beard."
The next day, the hunter returned front the
hunt and proudly declared -that he had shot n
mountain goat. All the people in the 'boarding-
house rushed out to see his trophy. One of
then took one.lookand said, :`Good heavens,
roan, that's not a mountain goat; that's a Douk-
hobor!" -..
* •* • *
Peter Arthur, journalist. poet, essayist,•
has been dead nearly thirty years, but he is
well remembered, chiefly- by his unique eort-
tributiolrs to the daily press and magazines.
born on the faun, it was to the farm he turned
for much of the material which he wove into
homely but scholarly' form. He was the
author of several books of poetry and prose,
and we are told in an article by h'red Landon
in The London Free Press that there is still
.a constant demand for his writings and that
his volumes of poetry are sought and his verses
• frequently quoted. His home was in Ekfrid
---township, Middlesex .county,_ .from which he
was styled "the sage of Ekfrid." On Satur-
day last there was a gathering of, -old friends
and neighbors, with others interested, at the
old ?,FeArthur homestead, still in the Mc-
Arthur family, and a tablet in his honor was
erected in a roadside park 011 No. 2 highway
which is. to be known as Peter McArthur Park.
* •- * •
Monday 's by-election for the Niagara Falls
Provincial seat resulted in a win for the Con-
servative candidate. The election was caused
'dry- the resignation of W.' L. Houck to contest
the Federal Niagara seat in the August elec-
tion, which he won for the Liberals. The 'Lib-
erals will now have only seven seats in the
Legislature, and the Frost Government will,be
faced by an Opposition much weaker than the
Conservative Opposition in the Federal House.
Ill the August election emphasis was -placed on
the plea that the Opposition should be -rein-
•forced, and a similar situation at Queen's Park
(with the opposing parties reversed) should
have prevented the further strengthening of
the Government party. That •is, if. there is
anything in the argument that a strong Op-
position is a necessity in ,our Parliamentary
system. Evidently the electors are attracted
rather by the prospect of being in with the
ailing party.
Down Memory's
Lane
25 Years Ago G. Bisset, of Goderich, wag chosen
"The Point of View of the Mari- convener of Canadian industries.
time Provinces" was the subjectA young deer caused a commo-
of an address given by J. L. llsley, tion when it ran around the streets
of town one night. It got into
one of the members from Nova the back kitchen in a house on
East street and when a lady of the
household went to investigate the
noise, she fainted when she saw
the animal.
Thank -offering services were
held in Victoria Street United
Church with Rev: W. A. Bremner,
of Brucefield, secretary of the
Huron Presbytery, as guest 'speak -
Scotia in the House of Commons.
The speaker was heard at a lunch-
eon held in the Masonic Hall in
Goderich under the auspices of
the Canadian Club.
At a meeting of the Goderich
Collegiate Institute Literary So-
ciety, medals, prizes and ribbons
won at the annual sports day were
presented by A. M. Robertson. er. His sermon at the morning
Something unique in the way of service was entitled, "Steward -
a social event was held at the Odd- ship" and at the evening service
fellows' Hall when close to 200 he chose as his topic "What is in
older residents of God rleh amt. -thy Heart?"
vicinity held an old folks' "At 15, Years Ago
sigma," Arrangements for the H. M. Jackson was elected presi-
evening were under the direction dent of the Huron Old Boys' As
of G. W. Black. sociation of Toronto at the 39th
20 Years Ago annual meeting of the group. He
Close to 200 delegates attended succeeded' Dr. G. F. Belden.
the anneal convention of Women's At a meeting of druggists of Dis-
Institutes from Bruce, Huron, trict 12, J. A. Campbell, of Ggde-
North Wellington and North Perth rich was chosen president of the
held at Kincardine. Mrs. R. district. C. A. Hobley, of Walker -
Davidson, of Dungannon was elect-
ed convener of education and Mrs.
FISHERMEN'S LUCK
(Listowel Banner)
Seems as thou4h a few Listowel fishermen
%%ere among the happy throngs that had such
excellent luck at Goderieh over the week -end,
returning with all the perch they wanted, and
perhaps 'a few more. The fishermen make no
special claim to_ skill, admitting that "you
just have to he there at the right titre."
That's the biggest bugaboo about fishing. No-
-body knows when the right time is going to be,
as exeMplified in the classic remark usually
heard by the luckle.ss_fisher'man: "Von should
have been here last week."
NEW CANADIANS SHAME US
(From The Rural Scene)
A deb of , native Canadian
superiority' has vanished like A
morning mist in.the sun of reality.
An:unfounded belief that nature
had endowed the.* born in Canada
With It superior wisdom to match
their` rte resources hes been shat-
tered , by the Achievements'. of new
Canadians in all parts of Canada.
The delusion that natural or per-
sonal wealth connotes superior
qualities of mind or character leads
nature's beneficiaries everywhere
to take it easy and to do less than
their best.
On the contras ►, difficulties over -
.come determine; the quality of in-
dividuals and peoples.
Most new Canadians come from
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Home and School Association of
Victoria School. The fathers ar-
ranged the pregtani; planned and
served the refreshments and wash-
ed the dishes. Three films from
the Department of National Parks
were shown. A short business ses-•
sion was conducted by the presi-
dent, R. Stonehouse:
A week -end storm interrupted
a mouth of almost perfect weather
and--disrupted--Great-- Lakes ship-
ping schedules. Two vessels rode
out one phase of the storm over-
night outside the harbor break-
waters.
10 Years Ago
Between 50 and 60 babies were
at the weekly baby clinic in the
Town Hall, the largest number
since clines were started. Eighty
school children and pre-school
children were given their first
toxoid treatment by Dr. W. F.
Gallow, MOH.
Employees of the Goderich
Organ Company honored Albert.
Shore on the occasion of his re-
tirement after 23 years in the com-
pany's service as superintendent
and timekeeper. An address read
by George Castle expressed the
regret- of the employees at Mr.
Shore's retirement and a presenta-
tion was made by Joseph Wilson.
After practicing as a physician
and surgeon for pearl' half a cen-
tury, Dr. A. H. Macklin, one of
Goderich's outstanding citizens,
announced his retirement.
RECEIVE CAPS
Ten student nurses of the Wing -
ham hospital were presented with
diplomas and eight received their
caps at a ceremony in the nurses'
residence last week. Among the
undergraduates receiving diplomas
was Joan Clark, Goderich, and
among those capped was Ruth
Kean, Dungannon.
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Father's Night was held by the
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