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ntww j jt mmfjwbsjiy the acton free press thursday april lath un the week at ottawa ft il dkny woooson ivhi afcwf wrstar i ravirn ottawa tcp largest single lian i canada ltroryls before parlt ttsent and while mwh u bring said about it approval of the 1 jv out loan to britain is practically fore gone wawlmlwi altheugvtits sic would duerf a twvwer btidget the canadian loan has been approved in principle b the four mala part lea of the commnni oajy a handful of mmbn hav rg latere disapproval this general approbation is hesed oat an appreciation of canada posit lea in the past war world and on a new concept of international trad supporter of the loan point out that canada u easentially a trading nation will a highly spectajlsed una of gywmle to trad with large e sports a audi commodities as wheat lumber has metals fish meat and cheese the dominion larks such things at petrol sum coal mrus fruits steel jwodurts and testtles unless she ran sell mr sun lutes canada cannot buy the things she eeds and often it s impossible 1 011 to the particular countries ruin which she buys thus it is important to canada and to othrr rountrm in similar positions that internal nal trade he organld nlon imiltllslrial lines in order to accomplish this a lane picture theatre or other place of amusement that munlrtpallty cnjt i aioly complain if a shortage del ops in materials for construction uf lluumi mr hour added it was ini possible to judge from ottawa tht relatlvf necessity of nosed const ruction promts the esecuuve of the i an adian federation of mayors on tha other hand said a true phture of rej alie neteslly could not tap gained by a omd oltaw and rurrmta ttoards of control decided to ignore the order and ut building contrails as tefore oitawat mayor stanley lewls said lefusal o a city lu giant contracts for com men la 1 tu tiding a would simu- i divert materials used mainly in u h unl ruction to centres whuh mere unrestricted and might result in driving away industries w hw h wished to lo ate in a particular illy 1 a si w eek however t he gov el n nifiii reaffirmed hi decision lo 11 the otdei stand siooooooo irkram to end teofithonk ritral unes pro the first stage in a flohk000 ofcram to ekpsnd and improve rural telephone service the hell telephona company of anada has added 3 400 j more rural lelrphones to its system ima it wea announced this week i a tried out in spite or the shortage i of materials and mtnnimrr these ad ditlnns bring the total of rural tele phones seived bv the tompan to tha i record high of mote than 5fi 000 i the beginning of 1mb and there aie romil rrhirm 1 ry l imrmnlh llnnno url vib m rtler of indept ndenl companies wtlh a ees to bell lines through con to help wsr torn nations rv elahltsli thamselve to help other nstlnns back on their feet i aruida h adva i d a total of vtst in i m1ii which will toe uwd by thee nthonv for purchases in thi counlrv ns kt ing their rehablbtathm and it ihe aanie time building up fututt mirk t for canadian products a special anangcmenl n nedm 10 rover the united kingdom in a use aha is canada het cuitomr nnd i nance the building up of llrttlh trade ol only with canada but with other countries as well la of prime importance tr the iomlnioi the loan d i toed by urmn- mm later ilsley a the keyston n the financial me in and arrnnxrinrnts bade by this r t ntrv for in nation vrade and mionslrutclon ftt in wlh a gvnersi t lure n hi i m ol cj opera th n ba rd on tl e i riinils of the atlantic o arter this picture dearrtbed rrcentl h m high trade department official is i en of low tariff and free trade to anoid a repetition of the self uffl lanry policies that were loll wed af tar the first great war with such disastrous results pertinent rommmi on the lonr rtme last week from j ii mardonnell ipc uuftkakaontarlo chief financ ial critic for the progressive conaerv live party he aald thai if llrlllain 414 not receive a loan from canada th united kingdom would he forced 4o form a sterling bloc from which canada would he tscluded further explanation came from tlnanca allnlatar ilsley cut off from trade or faead with a severe loss of markets abroad we could not main tain even our present standards das fvlte whatever success we might hav tn aecurlng full employment glvan a to expanding foreign markets nd to imports of tilings we require w ran make our own employment ef fartlve in yielding us living standards far beyond any the average canadian enjoyed before the war while suggestions of bread ration ingl came from llrltaln inst wwk canadian officials said there w is lit home upe impoattant j if we are to hava a haalthy com munity life it is necaasary to hava healthy home conditions and nvlron ut v here tondjtlons ara claatt and htulttvy in the home one is tlksly to find higturr ideals of cltlaettshlp liter- is more likely to be a hlghar respeit for law and order and a fin er courtesy among tttlzans as wall as a more definite appreciation of tha fmrr arts hie kind of ufa our rltlx eps ik in their homes tends to rap- rod uce and eipreia itself in commun is life when horn lnfluances ara len wholesomr and alavgtlng titer is always a better and finer lypa of community spirit and rtttsanshlp this la a statement thai can aaslly b prut m1 from tfva past es parlances and history of communities loday considerable spaca is uaad in our newspapers periodicals and books considerable time occupied in disrussion investigation and surveys tonsidersble matter sent over lha air by radio and considerable spans involved in the correction and admin lat ration of justice this is all bacaua of the lack of a proper horn environ ment tha influence of a horn is paramount a mothers swt kindly disposition founded upon that lov that la ineshauatlbl doe permeate into the family when there is under standing cooperation and support be tween arrnts however when par ents are at dagger itolnts when relat hmvhipt are strained whin idealism ik at vaiiance all these finer quallt its of he mother are i ut when tha niolhi 1 is attracted to the itrverag rooms when these evil associations drtt m t he finer 1 hlngs in woman ihhki when children are neglected flood big problem for aussie fanner in various area ttilt yar kallwalej at vt000f00 smsj- y australia mrsons aie feared i rwfiiiy drowned li floods whk h hava rampaged through the northern districts of queeruland and new south wales and through lasmania and victoria millions of dollars worth ol aim propei ty has bn lost and dsmned and much valuable stock drowned in vutorla alone ihe losses aie rstlmst ed at nearly tuoounon in q uremia nd losses are almost as high following the worst ftoods on rvcord j looda are not new to australia ttiey mriir almost ragulsrly every year enerally they follow long periods of hot weathar and drought conditions when the weather break suddenly with cyclonic storms the f looda this month folio ed that pattern a cyclonic storm rosd the north queensland coast flooiled thousands of square mile with term rial rains and then moved an to ni w south wales and victoria where it spent itself in lasmania the floods men i susad by a slogan moving in from ttie ms and followed vo years of recunl droujil t itie flntxls ususlly ur tmlwtin i4tmbrr and mirdi miiiii are the ami al ian summer nioi ths ietemtwr k iften thi hottest montl of lite yar and lu itumlillty teste ihe ttinmtlon for ilonli stoims mtmh brings tht imni ui from siimitk i to autumn w hen inln le oini mini ihundnnl hut t ho flikku art not gencial facial low fares a3a mil my m tluwby aiu ittkmmi t00ab mar ktwwi lux 1h 14a wisw if canadian national central vermont century old necttng arrangements it ik t to posed thiiing the next fw yiais to re1 u re the numlwr of tele phone subset ibeis on a rural telephone line and this alone will require ovr 1 ws circuit miles of additional wire with thousands of pole replacement cross arms etc this reduction inlosd will enable existing rural telephone users to get an improved servlc and will he carrying out the recommendat inns made by subscribers themaalvaa in answers received from a rural op inlon questionnaire circulated by the lie 11 telephone company in ims in order to provide for growth on existing routes a further two to three thousand clrc uit miles of w ire will be required and to extend aerv lc beyond present routes it is estimated that almost 1000 more mile of pole and wire must te constructed this latter change will encourage the pro- islon of service in the fringe areas of exchange c onstructlon charges have now been reduce so that the company i pays the cost of extending poles on public highws at least half a ml la jer applicant rurthermore polea n private proerty leading in from the hlghwsy will be supplied free up to 750 feet beyond 750 feel there is art installation charge of s3 00 per 230 feet in addition to this lioonoooo pro- tram rural telephone will he roni verted as rapidly as pouthle to the same system as that in large cities this will permit the installation of lei ephone sets which are more conven ient to use than the present types there u hut one result which w overcrowded i lhrou lnp sln areas around sydny nnd flilshu tave to day in our ourts of justice home life can only m strengthened by a trul observ ance of the isws of the rtator when these laws are ignored and broken nothing but dulress and disgrace fol low tn their wake i a rents the res ponslblllty is yours it is to yyur children that you owe this lesponslb- lllty mist hae permit to import plants hi i plant fiom for a on ouhilng i i for importation another country permit must he hum r stot k into i ana la nn applh atlon made tn the vhlif riant pmtettlon division minim lpnrtmnl or agrkultuic ottiwa in the appluat on d tails must ik klwn as to the numb r kind arlelv tla ukallhood of any such ttp ir ah- l nn valut of the plants the name nnd ada whether or not the inlted address of the importer and of the stalaa put bread rationing into f to it was explained the canadian popul atlon was too small for bread ration tug to have am nppi c iihlr f r t n wheat supplies meanwhile agritulture minister gardiner outlined the hail of the government s plana for supplying fivod to hungry countries rood control orcanlxat ions such av t ht w heal maat dairy- and special produt is baards had authnritv to alunate ihhi aupplle and ship as mut h fo1 is could be snared to where it was most needed special drives foi food were unnecesary mr gardiner said our organisation works hi stat ed oive it a chance by salng ttm laavlng it in tha shops thm less and laaa totll be rernoved from source of aupply it i taken b oui boards and devered to those who know what to do with it i tha best way to help starving countries he totd canadians was to aav at home the foodcbiitnit or- ganlxatlons would take rare of 4 the yaat hemmed b many and loud com- iplalnta from urban centres concernin tha housing problem the government has tossed part of tha responsibility back latthe- laps of the municipal ttw however the move has been met with tiaubtrul welcome by soma cities i an omarlncouncil announced by lucontlructiori mlnlatar how provid es aa that tha munldnallilaa now- have w4wad authority to cancel or refuse butldliti par mils for construcucn work 6ttaibered non explalninv it mr bow aald tha aovarnmant 1 continue to maintain vqultahla jmiuois of matartau howtwar isdbauld tha munidpallty daclda to use ma bulldjnjt matadali tobujid motion shipper to whal oint other than tin acktrtts of the import tr ih plants are to he forwarded hy nam i post express or freight if no prohibited plants are included in the spplu atlon a numbered permit will te issued to the applicant with out charge if the pam 1 is to be sent in pat eel htvt a spclal mailing labt1 miiijm stnt with the ermit the importer will thin m nd his ordi i quoting the numhei on tht permit and i m losing labels if issued when the nearest customs offlc notlfh that the shipment has arrived the permit will then be surrendered to the cis toms with the other clearance pep pi blic simritei people 1 a leiulin itastm why progresslv towns go ahead is that they include many puhllt splrltcil ptople such folk are a blessing to any commun ity andtt is mpossiblt to thank i hem too w armly usuully these people have plenty of personal and business cares which would naturally lake up an their time and attention et somehow in their busy lives they manage to squeeze out a little time here and there for public and organ- hratton work their experience and judgement are extremely i valuable they know how to make ab appeal that interests the public anq secures cooperation there are a large number f rjeopli who are willing to take holdi and do active work in town actlvtllfcaj the community is greatly indebted for the efforts and enthusiasm and tie com tnunltyth nowaaea a gnu uf tuch people 4i aura to rnak pro- greas ahd present an atti what has svtkdkn done a story la going the rounds pointing tut the ll ing w hkth sweden has done in a way of social services comparing i er progress with the efforts of an nda along similar line it s a phasure to mt our c nnad an up lifter returning ont e more to sweden for their insptrntlon ihe clr cle is now complete ihey will soon te hnme again sweden w as lhir fust lov i sin e thin thiy hac ronni ed tht world potntlnn out the wondeti of other lands augkcvt ng thnt other countries and governments are mm h i w isei more i ni roua thnn our own t lrumstancev make swrthn an e cellent country to quote it ix some tlihtanct finni canada we haven t much opportunity for finding facts by dircvt contact its turrcmy unit is differ nt from ours i his p4 imlta loost m s of sintrmtnt some i ven ns mimlnt that trows hnve tht v al te ol dollarx sweilen has k t out of two wars irovided both slde wltn ni iuii itinn ami supplies thus growing ilih through a tragedv in u hit h vli hid no in live part no on blanii s the swedish h o le for this thtv have the i lgh to sell wtite they can sell or the highest price and tht v have rv t rv light to slnv out of war if tht nn able to do so fills happened with swedin not with canada tor ten yinrt out of thirty two almost n third of that i lod from 1014 to luh then from 1 ij to imfi we have devotid our if foils lo f recing tlu wot id fiom dispels swiden pracllchlly ilone nmong the industr al countries of the world was nl le to i njoy peace while finding ex tellenl markets nmong her neighbors oui national debt movctl up fiom v3moodia in 1911 to 2 248 000 000 in 11il not very much of this was paid off i tween wars wi started nhntn in 1019 with a debt of a1 1vj p nnd thi diht gn w until it iiailietl 11 ih mx ocv on maixh list i ui there is muili more to be nd 1 id 1 his dtws not represent all our j nls we met a great deal of ti em i ut of current income sweden dli itttd her iffoits to olhei thinks we hy force of cln um stances had to go to war in any comparison allowance vl ould be mad for varvlng i ircum stance what strange mind some people ruxe twenty or thirty years rto frw canadians sought for inspiration in other lands but now when cnn ada is a leader among the nationa when everywhere there are words of astonishment and praise for our ac complishments there are many whose mtnds roam over foreign lands seek ing for means to disparage their own oh yes let ushelr aboutothr countries almost any nation has some thing which others might envy but jet the searchers for help exer cise a measure of detachment a re gard for the realities of the thing thty are discussing strange unf it how few mlgraletd that duwhtj heavens when canadians leave home they cross the border into the united states austin cross a well known canadian journalist mentions the cast of a woman now an m p who years ago visited new zealand with the idea of making her home in that country and after carecul study of rind it ions decided -to- re turn to went- em canada and settle down at wlndthorst saskatchewan for instant t ex writ m ed heavy tains ihls month but without floods i h m wen unfilled to tht noithcrn jinils of 1h iw stall s ills la simply imibum they t illo v the path of the cyclone and naturally taw their grenlesl ef fet t in art sa which an low lytnt and tut by mirs wl ich csn overflow floodt are on uf tht three big weather mtnaces with wlilch the aust rallan farm r may have to conl nd with in any year i toe huvhflres and drought i he three generally t le months of hot t a use drought drought followed by buahfina i fl tther two are un a vu lous meattier w 111 it generally r 1 t hesn by rtjtv tty mo si iiiomas ont cl clly su thoittlis decided recently to stake out tlxiut w gsrden plots for rltlzeni who lave nplle1 for them offlclnli mi i enrl all ippllcstii nv t me fron nnrtment residents it of tl nsti it till i -r- i iii ii llm i uslsml link ii t iistl isn 1 luilwv is r 1 i tnting iut one hnnlretltji slinnenwrv sit tht f i ni k n in nn tite iower ut have taken place on the road duriaf ti rtntur sre jtlrsyel here the old oovsraor pause bttut w il il mi lm in i hi thre rears after ground was first broftaai os tha contntti m f ihe rsiusy ws designed to haul a psanngar train a au a lumuie wiili its one tair or toinch driving wheals it cost tlojooo and ta repotetl to lu once run mils la 41 secoaida the aaodara too aiasa giaajl huu slxvr it i uoe of a beet of ten freight mfntt now m naa on vermont lioe it hs tea driving wheals a tractive effort of isjdoo inailial and weighs ftksaoo pounds carrying 30 tons of eoal sad ulho ealbtf 90 water il pi w feel long the governor paine his the abkitaatm tlie lint locomotive oe by the c v- waa a wthkdburaar in s nifsre to governor proctor of vermont on tha oeeasson a baa renituary k r r nsn in- ri in1 tt i milua viunasl luilwsv sjiii prestdent of the central vermont said for a ass rind yatee the central vermont has asrrad the people along its unas tad la use aaa ttguou communiuea asd laking tha united states aad ainaifax aaa haam and contmuea to be aa wvsjaabla laatramest af tataraatiaaal ajaad vfll we in cansda chsttah the friaaslalaip of the uaitad btataa a fhiaitastp trfaj and iirovcn in two world wars and we look to this frisaviskln ta be a siljaaf r for stsbilising the world yea h0f fad yom w the aame poaidoo aj jo greeo anybody may personal loam throagh your bank make it poasibie for you to antici- patw furure earoiof this ii an esseotta part of tta aarricea sfnal lows may b obtained to meet fiaaaoal auyada of many kinds to staaisaadawiiyttnprdyo to earn tha discount to provide cor iwme repairs to send a boy of rlri to collega to consolidate debts indeed for any sound reason throagh all personal life and contmcrclal ufa it oper ates silently and unobtrusively you take it foe frantad that is the way cansrllsn banking works tht 9 avtrlflrhhf speiierifl by yovr bnmlc