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ain't able to 1 she hopes to ;- funnral.” lmry 01' James may Fvbruary 9211' 5011. John 32'! us just, one L 1927. might LUIC the of MUHWI' and The Attack on “Rule Britannia” The Owen Sound Sun-Times as- soicates itself with a corerspondent of the Toronto Globe who protests against “Rule Britannia” as a pat- riotic song. The Globe correspondent protests that the song is a piece of bombast tending to keep alive sus- picion and envy between nations. The Sun-Times says: “We should stop singing such songs on patriotic occasions. They should not be re- published. They belong in the mus- eums of historic relics where they will be comparatively innocuous.” 'Then the Sun-Times adds a bit. of a sermon with the usual platitudes about Peace on Earth and Goodwill among men. OTHER PAPERS’ OPINIONS It will be a shameful day when a Briton bows his head and says “It was wrong, Britain to keep the seas clear. They should forget about it. John Bull made a mistake in seeing that the little nations of the world could sail their ships in safety. He should have allowed the bullies of the world to sail the seas like pirates." From 1914 to 1918 the Globe cor- respondent and the Sun-Times were probably very glad that Britannia ruled the waves. 80 was United States and every' nation in the world that had the least bit of de- cent Christianity and Democracy about it. Britannia rules the waves means freedom of the waves as a score of little countries are ready to testify. If Britannia had not ruled the waves. Germania would now be ruling them. If Britannia had not ruled the waves there would be no Canada as it is today. There would be no British Empire. The whole of Christianity rests upon foundation fact. that the seas have been kept free by Britain. Britain ruled the waves but it never ruled them as a bully. It has dealt effectively with sea bullies. The apologetic Briton needs to be. reminded that the ("h-eat War would probably be going on yet. if Britannia had not ruled the. waves. Surely a song that reminds the present generation that Britannia ruled the waves is in accord with right. Peace will not come by a people “crawling". To crawl is to invite the bully to attack. V The world's national songs and anthems should be encouraged. There is no Britisher who does not feel a thrill when the French National Anthem is played and he also feels respect for the French. No Briton has any quarrel with the national songs of any other country. It is not argued here that Britain has always been right or that the British navy has not been used on occasions when it should not have been. but in the main the security the world has enjoyed is attribut- able to the fact that Britannia has ruled the waves. The terms “Bri- tannia Rules the Waves" and "Free- dom ol‘ the Seas" are synonymous, although they may appear at con- ilict. If Canada is to teach her children to ignore the traditions of the race and especially the had- itions of its sea accomplishments, there will grow up a mushy, spine- less. yellow-livered Canadianism that would disgrace the name "'British".â€"Meaford Mirror. Exchange Free Cheques .It is almost an offence against Canada's banking institutes to state that in United States 98% of the cheques is sued in that country are cashed at par. This is a fact made public just a fem days ago by the editor of the American Govern- ment's otficial paper at. Washington. The system of banking in the Ifnited States where. federal re- serve banks are established at 1egiona1 points and are the clearing houses and fountain heads of all the national banks in the re- gions. enable mone} to be transfer- red irom one bank to another with- out changing the customer an} ex- change on the cheque he presents. t‘anadas banking system is consid- ered to be quite as etIicient in ex ery detail as is that of the United States. vet in the States there is no exchange on the cheques a circum- stance most people in Lanada will consider gixes the palm of super- iorit\ to the banking system across the line. Canadian banks would increase their popularit} by work- i111: out some means to confer a simila: been on the people of Can- :11_ia.â€"-â€".-\llist011 Herald. Thursday, larch 22, 1928 WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATURE Acting on the instructions of Hon. John S. Martin, Minister of Agri- culture, representatives of the de- partment are to be sent to the United States to make a study of “cereal treat” or an 8 per cent cream, that has been placed on the market in certain cities/ of the Province. Recently the sale of the product has been engaging the at- tention of the Committee on Agri- culture. Milk producers of the Province complain that it is a man- ufactured product and not the pro- duct 01‘ the farm. Present. legisla- tion holds that 16 per cent butter fat is the lowest cream that can be sold on the market. Opinions exâ€" pressed before the committee have led the department to make a thor- ough investigation into the product. Following up the splendid pro- gramme of social legislation that has been introduced by the govern- ment, Premier Ferguson has brought down in the legislature a Bill to protect widows and orphans from the action of the father and husband in failing to provide for them adequately under their wills. Introduced under the title “The Widows and Orphans Maitenance Act of 1928" Premier Ferguson’s measure. will give the right to the Judge of the Surrogate Court to al- ter the last will and testament of husbands who leave their families insufficiently provided for. Power is given the Surrogate Court Judge to make provision for the family but such provision is not to exceed the amount that would normally be 1ece1\ ed b) the wile if the husband had died intestate. Introducing his measure. the Premier stated that the principle of the bill was not unheard of as far as the Ontario Legislature was con- cerned. "It is pretty well recog- nized", he stated. “that modern methods of business have changed in such a way as to change the character of a man‘s estate. Form- erly an estate consisted largely of real estate and under the law the widow was protected by dower. Today the bulk of the estate is in securities. In the case of persons who die intestate the widow is pr..otected but the husband mav make a will which depriVes her of her rights. The Bill, the Premier explained. provides that the widow may make application before the Surrogate Court Judge, who would take all the evidence and determine whe- ther or not the widow was entitled to a greater amount of the estate han had been left to her under the will. The Premier stated that the government fully realized the im- portance of interfering with a man‘s will. but he expressed the opinion that it was better to have the estate maintain the family rather than have them fall back as charges on the municipality. J. G. Lethbridge, Progressive Leader congratulated the govern- ment on introducing the legislation and promised that his group Would gixe the gox ernment its strong sup- port in placing the Bill on the Statute Books of the Province. Hon. William Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests, has introduc- ed legislation providing that the Minister may have power to fix the size and kind of trees and timber that may be out on unpatented public lands and on patented lands where the timber remains the pro- perty of the Crown. The measure applies to all grants that have been made by the government in the past. $15533 bers of the Hydro enterprise. The government, he stated, was moving as rapidly as was humanly possible toward supplying" power to the rural districts of the Province. As an instance of this, he pointed out that the sum of $6,000 per day had been expended‘ on rural installa- tions and extensions during the past year and drew the hearty applause of the House when he declared that $8,000 per day would he the amount to be expended in the same direc- tion this year. The government, stated Mr. Cooke, had no apologies to make for the purchase of power from the Gatineau develpment. It was, he contended, the best contract that could be secured on the North American continent. He pointed out very strongly that within,20 years, despite the three great sources of power at Niagara, Ottawa and the St. Lawrence, that the power re- sources' of the Province would be oxertaxed if the loadings increased at the present yearly rate. J. A. Pinard Liberal Member for Ottawa East, was loud in his con- gratulations in connection with the government’s administration of the Hydro question. While he ad- mitted that personally he was a supporter of private ownership, he felt that the Ontario Hydro was do- ing a great work which should have the support of the people of the Province at large. Protection for Ontario grown fruit has been promised by the Private Bills Committee of the Leg- islature that is dealing with the Hawkers and Pedlars Bill. Expres- sions of opinion during the course of the Committee’s deliberations in- dicated that as far as Ontario fruit products were concerned the mea- sure should not be allowed to af- fect their sale. The Committee voted unanimously that Ontario fruit should not be affected by any of the measures contained in the bill. Hon. Geo. 8. Henry,‘ Minister of Highways, has introduced in the Legislature amendments to the Highways Traffic Act, which will prohibit the use of the spotlight on motor cars when the law becomes operative. For the safety of per- sons using the public highways at night, an amendment has also been introduced compelling operators of vehicles over 80 inches in width to carry red and green lights on the front and rear of the truck. The legislation also contains a provision making it necessary for all cars to have two distinct sets of brakes, one of which may be locked when the car is parked. Change has also been made in the bill which allows a police officer to force a driver of a truck to drive two miles to a scale if the truck is thought to be over- loaded. Formerly the ofi‘icer could only direct the driver to a scale within one mile of the scene of the offense. Of particular interest to rural localities is the announcement of Hon. Geo. S. Henry, Minister of Highways made du1ing the course of his cont1ibution to the budget Debate, that the government is p1epa1ed to provide additional re- lief to the townships and counties from taxation for provincial and other highways. Relief will be in proportion to the increase in traffic that is not ofa local nature. In making the announcement, Mr. Henrx at the same time made it clear that the Province was not prepared to assume full financial responsibility for the provincial highways. Mr. Henry pointed out that for the Province to assume the entire burden of all provincial highways that it would mean, in fairness to THE DURHAM CHRONICLE The Municipal Council of the Township of Normanby met in the Clerk’s office in Ayton on Monday. March 12, after being postponed from the previous Monday, March 5. The reeve in the chair; all other members present. Ovensâ€"Seim: That the minutes of the last regular meeting, as read and amended, be adoptedâ€"Carried. Ovensâ€"Seim: That. By-law No.6 of 1928 be given first. and second readings .â€"Carried. Widmeyerâ€"Baetz: That By-law No.6 of 1928 be given third reading signed by the Reeve and Clerk and filed in the By-law Book .â€"Carri_ed. The above 'by-law appoints the following Patrolmen, whose duty commences at this date: No. 1â€"T. L. Minto and Normanby, Leslie Redsdall. 2â€"Cons 5-6 W.â€"Chas. Damm 3â€"Cons. 7-8 W.â€"Chrastian Hill 4â€"Cons. 9-10 W.â€"John Seip - 5â€"Cons. 11-12 W.â€"Wm. Bender 6â€"â€"~Cons' 15-16 W.â€"John Rehkopf 7â€"Cons. 17-18 W.â€"John Becker 8.â€"Cons. 5â€"6 E.â€"John D. Miller 9â€"Cons. 7-8 E.â€"-â€"-Fred Nuhn iOâ€"Cons. 7-8 E.â€"iJohn Smith iiâ€"Cons. 9-10 E.â€"â€"J. K. Fischer 12â€"00115. 11-12 E.â€"Val. Kraft 13â€"Cons. 13-14 E.â€"A. Wettlaufer 14â€"aCons. 15-16 E.â€"â€"A Mee‘rns 15,â€"Cons. 17-18 E.â€"-W. McNaugh- ton 16â€"Con. 2N .--D McIlvride 17â€"Con. 2 S. â€"E1wood Taylor 18â€"(3011. Bâ€"Norman Hopkins 19â€"Con. 2â€"Henry Braun 20â€"Con. 2â€"Herman Halliday. Scimâ€"Widmeyer: That this Council buy f10m the Sawyer-Mas- sey C0. of Hamilton 14 mad drags at 818 each deliveerd F. O. B. Ay- ton.â€"â€"4Carried. The Council adjournd to meet on Monday, April 9 at 10 am. in town- ship hall for general business. all, the taking over of the entire road system of the Province. This would mean that the highways would have to be supported by dir- ect taxation and suggestion that did not meet with the approval of the government. With all the Progressive members of the House, with the exception of three, adding their voices of appro- val to the government’s Budget the motion to go into Committee of Supply was carried in the Legisla- ture by a record vote of 67 to 16. Something in the nature of history was made in the passing of the Budget. For weeks the issue had weathered a storm of debate, but not on a single occasion was the financial status of the province subjected to question. Not one member of the Opposition groups had any criticism to make on the government’s system of bookeeping. Action of the govern- ment in following out a system laid down by a special committee of independent financial experts pre- cluded any suggestion that certain items should have been charged to capital expenditure rather than or- dinary or vice versa. J. G. Leth- bridge, Progressive Leader, addres- sing himself to the Budget, expres- sed the View of his party when he stated that there was a general ex- pression of satisfaction among the members of the Progressive Group that the Budget had been balanced. Liberal. amendment that the Province should assume the entire cost of the Provincial Highway costs was lost on the same division as the Budget. Progressive mem- bers of the House voting with the government on the ground that the proposal would not be fair to counties that had already paid their share of the highways within their borders. Normanby Council New York Critic Thinks Stanley Cup Rules Should Be Revised The New York'Miyror has the fol- lowing to say regarding the a‘p- proaching hockey world series: “World series time is at hand again, but this time it’s in hockey, not baseball. The playofl for the Stanley Cup, which corresponds to baseball’s annual October classic, will be held starting the week of March 25th. New York will be re- presented by the Rangers. The first three teams in each group of five which constitute the National Hockey League will compete in the playoffs. The respective winners in each group draw a‘ bye in the first round while the second and third place teams play a home-and-home series, the winner to be decided by the goal total for the two games. The winner of this series in each group will engage the first place team in a similar series, .and the ultimate survivors in each group play a three-game series, best two .out‘ of three, to decide ownership of the cup for the ensuing year. “This seems a roundabout way of deciding a championship, but the longest way round seems to be the shortest way home, where large gate receipts are concerned. The hockey magnates figure that it would be like throwing away money to decide the world’s hockey cham- pionship on the same basis as in baseballâ€"that is, by a series be- tween the winner in each group. “So the Stanley Cup series is stretched out to the breaking point and a mediocre, third-place team has the opportunity to win the world’s championship, HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS “There are several good reasons why there should be a revision of the Stanley Cup play off rules, among which we cite the following: 1. Because there is the tempta- tion for a team to “lay down” to avoid winning first place in its group, so that it will be eligible for all three playoff series. 2. 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