■ j; P\ r ANY'people think that


frt^it i? essential for health. They have ^ot hold ojF only half the story! ;It is the Vitamin . C in fruit which isjso' Beneficial^ and this yitamjn C is supplied just as well hy vegetables. So make up for the lact of fruit by ea|lng plenty of vegetables.


Another point: by eating mbre vegetables ‘you prob- ahly would need less bread, ; w|iich would save valuabl; iWppirig space. I


Remember there are other


Parliament and Kid-Glove Warfai^e HITLER POSTPONES


VlfcTdRY ANOTHER YEAR. By CAREY 'LORD.


- before nis'duirimy Reichstag is pro- ’ pdredth part -of his holdings, built , ip in, rjiHE best answer to Hitler's speech,


vided by thfe British House of Commons. 41


ways of servingi; vegetables t • thjan plain boiled: There arejvegetable salads, charlottes,^ rolls, hof-|pots and pie? (as you’ll know if you read ‘ Food


Facts ’ regularly), , And if raw spinach and turnips sound strange to you, try them in d salajl ahdiaee how good they are.


S E R H bW GET YOUR C


For’health, each person ought, ha,ve at least 1,000 “ Internatiohai Uriils ” of Vitamin C every


day. (“ Internatiphal Unit’.’ islthe ^hieabure which scientists:use fdr,yi.td^niin&)-'Hejre is a' simple table from which you can mite up your Vitamin Cj'iEqulremeiits; .Count one: tahlespoonful of cooked vegetables as 2 ounces:' A ! ' "


Potatoes — i Spinach— i


■Broccoli — jSpring Greens— TurnipTops— ! Cabbage — Swedes — '


I. .*o'?


cooked. 8 ozs. = 480 units; 4 ozs. = ^00


I '»I '4 ®ks. = ^00 i „ , 4 ozs. = 500 |„


4 bzq. = 480 w 4 ozs. = 300 99


4 OZI . = 260 99'


, Spinach — Watercress Cabbage-f


h 1,«I’m energy too,' says


Remember to listen to the useful I hints and recipes on ;the Wireless


. ! h . i : '


potatO’Pete - I jat 8.IS;every morning. MINISTRY OF FOOD, LONDON. S.W.I.


BRITISH LEGION |V ■ !


' hrice-presldent, and his-son was an honorar^ member of the local iBranch. Lance-CprpbraL Taylor iinet' his death | accidentally. ,H}s


^ U R ^ s t dutSt this'■week Is to , . y convey sympathy to the widow ‘and two children who mojum the hritimely death! of Lance-qiorporal ] jRobert Tlaylor.'and to'j his.parents.


\mi. Robert'Taylor, -senior,i is our


remains w^iJa brought for Interment in St. Mary’s Ceraeteryj on Wednes­ day, arid i were . given military honours. Words may seem, puny things Ir times of niental stress Md grief, but we assure our friends-that our feelliga for them are none the


less sincife!, . J


[in batie Is fi«nner Wdpam McGahey, who originally joined the local Territorials. The news^lt happened, on February lO t^ b a s been offlblally conveyed' to his wife who resides at 18, Albert-street. Lem


A member who has been wdunded


iMoor. ''The delayed: information, together with the notlflcatlon of his


temdval to hospital,:Is accounted for by the fact that communications from tliG Middle


while to reach this country. I was glad to have a few lines last


take a long


i Great War and finished his course i as a prisoner Tof war; in Gennany. s Writing! from somewhere in the : South, heisayk: -“Twas re a p g : 1 the Legloii notes In-the AdVertlseri and Tiriies’ when I was remln^d of a prornlse to drop you a line. The. notes are the; first things.I read, and although I am the only Clltheroe man here.imany of my mates are equally: Interested in them—so mubh so that several _of them Have made application for memberWp o f ’their own local


week fr;om a member,, Sapper H Aspinwall,: who served In the last


branches.” "Sapper Aspinwall gives


some detaks of “ the dally round and coriimon task,” and mentioned that, a little while ago he had the pleasure of meeting Gunner Jimmy Moran, though he has not seen him


slnce_, : __; And now before -passing oh to


other matters, let ifie remind you; and! the public’ In general, of the dance to be held:at Ihe Conserva­ tive! Club on Saturday, May 31st. in aid of 6ur Benevolent funds. Mr.’ Tingle’s band has b^en engaged, ■and we hope to wblcome a full “ housel’.’ Our needs are. always, great, but they will be Infinitely greater! whenlthe war k over, and we are accoralngly anxious to build


up meiribership and Increase public support of the work of the Legion.


1


•amongst other matters affecting pensions the,following are of first importance ‘ and call ; for ear|y. settlement.


The Legion considers that


:i.—Men-Invalided from the Forces Where a'man is'Invalided from


! ane'es shall continue., until ! eligibility to pension Is settled.


the! Forces his pay and al|ow-


2.—Widows: Where a man dies while In the Fighting Services


i slon shall be issued.;


and no penslon’ils ''awarded 'to the!widow a sympathetic pen-


"3.—Independent' Right|of Appeal'; Where a claim for pension made by !a dibbled man,; widow or


dependant has been; rejected by the Minister of Pensions there shall be the right of appeal to an Independent tribunal., ^


4..—Rates: ' The rates; of pension and'allowances for;the present war. shall be the same as for the Great War pensioners, not less! as Is the case at ipresent


5.—Specified Disabilities; The scale ! of pensions rates for specified :' disabilities such' as blindness, i amputation,- etc., shall be nO less


‘ 'generous than that in issue fot Great War;peiisl6ners, arid such I scale shall ^e published. |


’ / Over 200 tiiris' of I iclothlrig and


boots sent by. friends and well- wishers, of Britain In theiUnlted States have been distributed by the British’ Legion all oVer England and i Wales to districts which have suffered distress through enemy air raids,' ' The |glfts from America came in 800 packing cases, and included used and unused garnients, Whether new, or worn, they' have brought warmth and comfort to many' who ’would otherwise have been’ left in 'sori^. , plight wlth'out home and suddenly deprived of ■


raw J oz = ' f . 99 9) i oz. = 150 99


i oz. = f OO . 99 i oz. - '1 8 4 99


No defeatlstri there: 447 votes to 3« Let us get on with the war. But beUer iitdl, let'ustake'off the kid-gloves. OpTOthe. utmost ruthlessness in waging this ?ght for our existence can prevail.-' And 'the House of Co.nunons insists upon ;hat It -is said that ■Mr/


ruthlessnes^. Churchill wa: mined wayjin'


fied with me.way m whlch things have been hanmCdUet us say-in I^y.aland Iraq-^he is,Fnot the-Wlnstbn ‘Churtbill we all believe. We did a smart bit of work in sending troops to-Iraq to Ipre- stall the quislings. But we. proceeded, to


cancelthel------- , stffl-ordei- Ufitil- the qulslmgs got ready. ’Whv on eal’th-were our. forces.not: told to’ Clean un the Augean stables w »on as they goTthere? The full storV of. Obya and those' fourteen huntod (?) Nazi tanks hak. yet to;be:told. It will be


........ ' ■ akindofstM-


C told some W ; Meapwldle. thp House 01 dommons becam'e restive, and the, war


which and,who,had any conneition With’the last wari but,on receilt si row­ ing, there were brains.in the last war which at legst could compete with t lose engaged in’ the present war. Om Foreign Office, fo'r example, is repeatedly


Service 'was, criticised-as being a'Jong way inebniparaWe .with that, ..which existed in,theilast war. It is custonary deride-1 everything and everyljody;


ebate'hasTcleated'the air. Our Steret


mmcyi «.<t^.|**v,wbchj;he House,Of qbm- mons exprdsseddtself and its IpleTOJ" to get rid olf lihose.kid-gloves.. Let ,Mr. GHurchill then take note. If he is satis­


■a: impress.ed' at the deter-


;reater part ov the quislings, who'pave’ fallen for Nazi bribes, he needs peace, w irid' he needs' peace very- badly,, He


art''b.v gunpowder and'tanks but in


to-day—if he had the smallest hope that he could get a 'breathirig space. Blit he knows no peace will, bq, made pith Hitler, If the Gei'mtoa do not Inqw W that the sooner they learn it .the better.


buld .be out'-ibr peace to-iriorr)w—


forestalled and out-manoeuvred. The Nazis, have been performlng Urder- jround ,m^oeuvres in Iraq smc(l long lefore thej present war’ began. jU’hey


flemanly methods of courtesy arid polite­


lUC- en-


ness, much | as we mgy regret.it.jaije S century out'of date to-day, wheri’ffltler


follows hisi:;predecessors .and gives the an lead to thai smaller nations in trickery


frankly told they: were not riithiess’ t enough. .One could, readily , understand


d duplicity' The GoVqmmenlj'Were


heir, desirb to preserve the sacred rules of the 'oldoMer if they were not opposed


there, is no difference that matters


has ever kno'' there 'seems desire to d Germans.


jto be’'an extraordinary T aguish between Naz|s pnd


■ moderri or ancient 'world As one'Member put it,


tween'the two."-Nazism is a bektlal manifestafion of the modem Gertni my, with some German? perhaps, not quite 1 wipi 'the microbe as


here i? no, such distinct on; - be­


the remairide'r. Thd iGoverfament •were


muniques, and the bdmbings they have announced,'there should'not be aisihgle l drop of oil between Rotterdam and.|Ber-


comments wbich are well worth ref eat­ ing, if only to remind our peoplfei ;hat democracy Is not yet piwd out in this countiy, that through Parliament the people can |sUlI say whaftheythin c:


in. Here s a seleotiori of Parliamentary


anderii g. | . Our peace-time .methods must be completely, abanddhed. Every available resource > at .dispbsal must be harnessed to the national need. .Measures which in peace times would be regarded with horror must niwj.be regarded as inevital|le,’’


“We cannot allow any moreiphil-


downfall Of the Government, but] we do seek to divorce them from that worlp fantasy they I seem to have created., task is to liberate the Government


‘IVVe do 'not seek to encompass the all


belongings. In places where the conditions were particularly bad the' Legion purchased and distri­ buted 800 blankets: and 300 over­ coats to meet the urgent needs of air itald victims. {


If:a workman is too 111 to follow his occupation as ah Insured'con­


tributor ' and submits to his Approved Society a medical, cer­ tificate, are they justified In decid­ ing I his employment - has ceased, and'by placlrig hlm on a free period of insurance,! cause him, after two jyea'rs, autoinatlcally to, 1 lose his fight to disablement benefit ?.Bake- !well‘ Legion Benevolent Committee 'has ijust won Its point that they are not.! though It has takeii eighteen Imonths to prbve it. We congratulate iBakeweli on the result. ■ ' The amount at stake was not large, but the Importance of the principle and Ite-. wide application are obvious. The'man In the case fought out had been ill during most of ' 1938, and for five and a half months of 1939, and It wais In respect of a short Illness in July of,jthe latter year that! he met with refusal of benefit. His:; free ■ Insurance, period, his society said,, had automatically terminated at the end of June, and he was not entitled to any,'further cash‘benefits.


'


‘ Fortified by the vleWs iof the Legion Pensions Department and other authorities, the'.'Berievolent Committee took up the challenge, and : its chairman, Mr. ; Ernest Boulbver, personally acted as advocat’e, first before an arbitrator, who gave his decision agalflst him,


and later before a referee appointed at the Legion’s request by the Ministry of Health, who set aside the arbitrator’s verdict! The Society had contended that the man had ceased to be employed within the meaning'o( the Act, in spite of the fact that his contract of service had never been terminated. Mr, Bouisover countered this with the argument that the mans’ job .was oneri to him to return to, as he did w'heh his Incapacity ended. The referee,; In reversing the arbitrator’; declslop, found In law and In fact that the mail' had not at any material time ceased to-be employed within i the meaning of the Act Bakewell, desferve -thanks for not allowing what might have seemed a Ismail point'to go by default, and Mr. Boulsovef won' high praise by his: able advocacy. Branches which may have to! deal with insurance cases hinging;on the same point of law may. obtain a ’ copy of the referee’s award from ' Bakewell’; Benevolent: Committee secretary, Mr. J. !aI Davies, Moorland View, Bakewell. iDerbyshlre.


ALF. WOOD, Secretary, 63, iWhalley-rofid. Clitheroe,


its lllusioris.’|’: “It is Inevitable I th^t in a war between a nation of shopkeepers and a natwri of shoplifters it is-difficult for the shopkeepers to get aheadj but that does hot excuse us. It is one of the difficulties.” j .“We have not heard often enough' of'the bombing of Italyj. The _ pportunity Has existed for six mo'iths.


also rightl f: told about those eternal oil tanks at Rotterdam and elsewhere which''seeirii capable of standirig so much iboiribmg .without any apparent effect According to. the official dom-


■fessionlthat he cannot win-the .war by this midsummer is a confession that he canriot win it at all. I We have only to hold out. and holdmut we shall. .Mean­ while events are partly .clearing in Iraq; Qplyprpmpt ,apd effective',efforts pould prevent this contagious malady, spread­ ing.' Now that we see soriie daylight there, we begin to worider how,it al| was allowed to happen. It is not chough to reply,' quislings. The quisjlrigs'lwho operated in neutral t European nations t W,e could-do little or nothing.about;- But


hat we should have tolerated 'qulslings in'Baghdad is notrtd.our credit..We persist in toleration when firm actip.n is required. It is Uie old appeasement. " Oh. do nothing to stop them. Perhaps


intejpreted.as due to fear, rae Arabs understand'firm action. Anythingtehort'


reluctance 'to ■ do anything is


of firm action is put 'dbwri to fear. Before the ninfti of'Jerusalem left,


Palestine he^haff jinspired sufficient treason and' ill will that af firing squad 'was his due. iBut we let-him go, to contlrine.his, intrigues in, Syria and.Iitter in I r i i i :


ij; ,■ ; 'So- We, .are,


are required anff are the only, actions that are understood.; A leadhig BiIrish newspaper .ls sufpnsed at.what it-des­ cribes as the” bad. faith " of Iraq. , [That- attitude is apparently shared by some of,


always appeasirig, .


arq always,! letting them ’ pH:, .Qoinff when: decided !f


. ,u ' - ijteps


our higher authoritlfes. But whdt do they expect? Has not the Hitler baqillus of double- dealing penetrated north,


were hbly. assist^ by Raschid Alt the present usurper, the Mufti of Jerusalem,; and similar M. (Rasebid All was Ithm Chief of the Iraq Cabinet. He WM in touch with von P^pen. the Nazi Ambas­ sador in Ankara. And when .Hitler promised to respect Arab independence,


south, east and west? When and Where do' we search for good faith nowMays? German agents were in Baghdad,bpfore this war bdgan. iTheir intentionsjwere ill-disguised. They , were the, usual "tourists”' out. t i stir up.troubleJ and


and-after his ■impg>“'‘ri' victory to,set ____A


Vta nme rniTPII


colleagues and was.compelled to r^ign. A new Cabinet was set up and, prabably with British enequragement instead of dealing trenchantly: with the. majlcon-


tents started the tide old appeasefaent 8®^.


his intrigues In front of teeir eyes. pro-Nazi Sayid- jNaji Shawkat- means that he is a descendant 01


missed. ------ reorganisation, Raschid All begai


Prophet-went te Turl'SY


A few proNazi army officers weri ■ ■ That was fne -extent of their


The ayld le


Papen and on his; returp the coup d etat .


have‘lost aerodromes, while Italy has been strengthened by the steel frane of Nazi oontipl." "It is plain that until we rpmedy drastically what is *v rong with i.our information, servlcei or with


;ow our task is more-difficult,!aj v/e


our,'interpretation of it, further calam­ ities ■ will !ensue. Information is the


weak spotiih 6ur strategical arnibury. It has proved to be so tnroughou; the war. Because of its defect’


have 'again and again proved abortive. It 'Was trib same in the case of Norvay." These- are a few of the most telling criticisma; made in the 'War debate.


s our ;)lps


They do pot'include any of Mr, Lloyd' George’s pbsemtlons for thiS reason: Mr Lloyd'George gives the impression (to'-thosf'Who read after ’him) in his oriticismlthat all is now wrong because Mr. Lloyd' G.eorge is not at the helm.


Sour grapes I have long ago ceased to attract, we .are all wholeheartedly with Mr.; ChurchiU and his Government, but


we want to know where and how im­ provements can be affected. There is room for .'improvements, 'and improve­ ments can be made. Some of our ser­ vices are-steeped in tradition; they are heaped ilp with the cobwebs of conven­ tion and need a thorough cleaning out.


was hatchdd anil RascUd All seized power. The urifortunate part about this spirit of to eration is, that when the crisis comes iBritish lives arei lost: How ’ many British bones are ,pow bleaching m the desert because of our failure to act wh^n the danger beg;an te develop? Gf course that doesn t


matter. Oh, nb. .But out ir slackness, toIera|ion, appeasemi . .


misplaced-and can only .result fa the sacrifice of previous Bntlsh lives to order to put things back on thelf feet again. The Nazi! intention fa thisuraqi revolt was a genwal explosion fa the


Hitler says his bombings will continue until Mr. Churchill is set aside, ;Jt |s merely his way of .announoing.tfiat he is willing to enter into an arrangement to stop Boniblng on both sides. 'Wy ? Because he knows that very shortly he will' get what he .has asked for. He knows that'we. become stronger every, day; He wants to get clear .before his, civilians have, suffered. Six. brot lers,' all iii the forces, killed in one houte in LiverpdoH It makes one's blbod boll. Not' until 'we have, destroyed a hundred thousand German ;civllians—pity it could not be half a? many, millions— must there- be.any. inclination tq cry halt. Be that as it may, Hitler’s con-


e'must bomb them into lt.;,’'vyhen A, CLITHERGE ADVERTISEIl TIMES, MAT 16, :194


HA^G1NG i ' j i A R N '


A LIVERPOOL APPEAL.


NEWTOH DEAD


FARMER FOUND BY' SON.


. i


founq hanging from a, rope-in an outbarn on Saturday morning. ' i


Roonl, on. Mbnday afternoon, when he Inquired Into the circumstances' of; the death of James Bracken (71), 'of Okeiihurst Farm, who was


i^ald 'that at 6-30 on- Satrirddy iriofnlng his father gob up and. had breakfast as,usual making no cofa-- plalnt'ds tbihe state of; his healtS,: Hp appeared to be normal, !and,wetit about his[w;ork as usual, feeding the cows find then returning to the' fafm., AS 8-30. a.m. he made his way .to Rupa Barn, an outbuilding! a .quarteri bfla mile away from the! farm.; S.ome .time later, witness; himself wlenij on the barn and saw through the ppen door.hlsifather In- a kneeling position, held! up by a rope one'tnd of which was round his neck; arid the other} round e! beam.' He: immediately ; cut -the rope, but i )und that his father was dead. ■ ■


Deceased’s^ son, James 'Bracken, } J '


said ■'that idtely ! Ills fdther had; shbwri slgiis of being,.worried about; the bid tlmOs and the shortage df "food stuffs.'


in answer to the Coroner, witness'


they will think better of it, or we may persuade them out of it." And'afi thC: time' our ■


visiting the barn and. finding a tope ' attached 13 a, wooden beam about 16 :feet-)frointthe floor level This had been cut about four feet from‘ the flpor, and the othfer piortto had been iremcved from jthe neck-of deceased.' 'There | was a ladder .neirby. i :i : ; |- ,


cattle P.C.


— Smith; of Slaldbutii; spoke to: Dr.l'Bleasdell; of Slaldhum^ said


he! was satisfied that deceaged had diea . of- th ), iesult of strangulatfon by hariglhi:.!; He had attended him fop some[years,, and the last tfme he; saw hit i <was 12 months ago. !


of ‘‘,Sulc|(le while not o£ sound mind,!" sail he' was satisfied de-, .. ha 1; hanged hlihself;. after j


Thd Coiri mer,’ returiring a verdict becoming :nentally unbalanced. 1 (Comtauec from preceding -column.).'


If the have teen s


now is their chance to make themselyes- heard.! |The trath'is more likely to'be, as.a Germaiiwriter, now fall awayfrom! Hitler’p'elbo v,' puts it: “ The' Nazi can-’ cer has! eatf n- deeply and destraqtivfas; into the Ge irian body, and the apera>j s tion nteded terra cure will have to be


.”.bet ;ei-’ elements ” in Germany: lericed'but not annihiiati


admits-that 'Critics outside - Germany- are justified In thinking the worst and! holding that "if thfa German pebplarhM


evere and itastlc." The safae .writer-


disapproved these' fiave; prevented them.


that! the “ pttter


not prevent them, they must hd assumed to approve thefa," 'He adds that ter the German people irils'bf vital importance fa


things they could Since; they did


ence arid are 'capable of political survi­ val." Tnie'enough.. Without that evid­ ence their SI ipporters here :are stranded. They are faced with deeds, riot words)


suppressed 6r in ex!ile,-o:should provide ‘/some’evidence ” -'it.t 'hey;ar 'e in exist ”s


elemients,’.' : whether _


. ..


seripus for is' to depend on anyoneibu; bursel'yes ar d! our American allies-.' I ; faust pe the same when the war is won. as it will be sooner or laterv Tf we rely on’German/'s opponents, of 'Hitlerisir, we shill find fhe Junkers creeping back as'thdy dib ‘soon aftet the last wbi - ‘‘'They will c leat you yet those Junkers. ’


and those dedds have the bbjpct of put[ h ting ah unwilling world under, the Nazi


eel. I Hem e' the position Is far tob ; U is nmarkable how many Gei[-


nation agginst the well-meaning but perilous I illusions‘ of oui- British ; idealists, j ’


! 'Vanslttart’s ■ “Black .Record,’’: and ! ' wain us of the baseness of their


Middle East. ' All is grist tpjthel Nazi mill. It would help to e p the task.pf capturing Egypj, whether-from.^he Palestine direction or from Libya., tur ­ key has been partly estranged by this curious reluctance on Britai^ do something effective. TOe Turte, like the Arabs, respdet only force when it com’es to the pinchu. In doing as they have done in Baghdad, the Mabs are only running'true.to term, in the.'^rk-


mah writers oppbsed ; to the Hitler regime—endorse the Judgment? of


j '


If a Giermany spiritually' regenerated ra ■a'result of this war were to emerge, p' Germany wnb renounced aggression, ;i Germiriy wl .bse word could Be; trusted, whose[ neighlours could feel .themselves ‘‘safer this 'would’be a happy eveqt. But that m ist not prevent'us taking every precaition. 'We have , been :hqd,


I . . ' I


Inquest he djiy the Sklpton Coroner: :E. W 3od), at Ne'wtoh Reading


IE tra Ho death' o f . a. .Newton ^rirmer iwas the’ subject of an


nUht at tec' morago app


have lost-their all; they have been their treasured homes turhed into!rabble in a flash; they have''Ipst-their!hear and


whe atip


dea'. Some are suffering from shock of wh£ t they have so patiently arid bravely endired. May I appeal most'earnestly


er homes ter these good piople for the duration of the war?.


offe 'ing ter the blessed gift of [sleep and ‘■


‘so


Bp/.T-^Every night for the past seven! fits Merseyside has' been 'ruthlessly iked, by the remorseless____


women and children, and the elderly are not provided for by teny evacu- >ri schefae. Many, of thesbipoor folk


e is coming , to us. A few months you were good enough to publish an pal by me for accommodation for-


remorseless iHun, and


‘J Particular .notice should be taken of the 'effect this “letter to the Pow■


must hOTe had upon him, for, fa 1892 ^dhbi^ojp Satolli visited America as


t to .your kindrhearted readers rind plead | ■


make this stoall return to those whose sleep Is murdered and their homes des- troVied? Please'Welp before it is too late.


Id this too much to ask as' a thank- are p orgetfulness”'that most of you


rivileged to-enjoy? Can you riot


14. Castle Street,, ■ . Service. Liverpool, May. 8,1941, }


H. b. JACKSON; Secretary, ' Liverpool Council of Social


LIVESTDCK RAHONING.


peribd started'on May 1st, put many lanjiers are only now receiving their coupons. Why this delay? ■ Why with- holdithe brick’s until we have started to bull 1 thb: house?'


Sir,-— The new livestock ratioriing


of this quarter’s rations will be wanted for the first few weeks of it. YetLanCa- shir; ’ffllllers' warehouses; ire': crammed wifi. feedirig.stuffs .which; they| are only tod , mxioUs to supply ; but cannot do so witt out the coupons. Surely the present cumbersome system could be'improved by allowing the millers, when they have the feeding stuffs, to give them to us wheh we.want them.


Tie season is gate.this year,; and most i, •Fori: End, Ivijighoe, Bucks. ! ' , . C. KEABLE.’


the condition of the working . CLaIsSES (by Pope Leo XIH, May, 1891), vershs'.' ■ -j..


|lE C9NDITIONS OF LABOUR ( ly Henry George, Autumn. 1891.)'


prompted Pope Leo; XHI to write (now kno'vn as) “The Workers' 'Charter."


Siy,—It is not ■generally known what


United States., In 1882 Father Me;- ■GlOTri ■' deffiiitely allied hifaself with HenW George.; In 1888 he wis warned by Archbishop Corrigan to leave.aside any hing which would seem to coincide witl. Socialism, and to have rio further reliUons with Henry George,!'


majloral^ of NewYork. Consequently, he was temporarily suspended from


oart in political meetings he' appeared TSli',7-Some of us are paying ’Income Hn a public platform in support of


p Ir spite of an injuilctipn not to take enry George’s candidature! for the


,


dutv, nevertheless, d!riven by A burning lasiion for " the oppressed,: Fither (icGlynn continued the public advocacy


__lar reason being disobedience to hjg, eccifeastical. superiors, and under, this , ce Father ■ McGlynn I remained


!


ish estimation. The Turks know .them. They are not to pe relied on. They will be your friend you pay .them we 1


not .once but'twice.. Who can feel ariy ■ assurance of a re-bom"Germany when' We remember the profound ignorance bf the younger German generation as to what cpnstit ites the genuine article pf straightterwlird dealing, liye and let live, an equal place ter all nations, large or small. TTie whole present generatiij of the ybuth of the totalitarian Stati,^


faost men in his Cabinet, but it is obvious I jhe carries too many, , faj too many passengers. .Heads of departfa’ents who'.acilept everything as "O.K.’lthat comes from a worn-out, stodgy .official­ dom, arid instead of guiding are guided, should ipake way, should be compelled to make Way, for men with minds and ideas of their own Jike, for example, Lord Beaverbrook, who runs his own show and' does not allow himself to be ran by I others. The old easy-?oing methods are'useless in opposition to the methods •'employed by unscrupulous gangstersidetermined to gain theli ends by fair 'means or foul, and who dc gain tr them nihe'times out of ten by the most


No one wishes to embarass Mr. Church-, ill, who is head and shoulders above


enough. The Nazis knew tins and|took advantage accordfagte: What is not; understood by the Turks, is whj( the British were content until the last hour to entrust'vltaUy important fetra,teglc centres to people, indulging Inquestion- able tactics with the Nazis, ^ere was also to take into| account a certain rare­ ness amongst the Arabs due to pur fad


e


.n prope :ly encouraged, their own-people will do this and believe they have


achieved a thorough “good riddance of war drlminals.


A POSiIPONEMENT, HITLER' has postponed the wi


.'Was'goirig to win easily before-(fhrist- mas. . '’When any of fay readers are p inclined! to feel despond’ent as to the


of the; war until 1942. The same war which-in the autumn of 1M9 he


erogress of events or lack of progress ofi lvents, from the British.point of view,


ment of victory and it will act as a tonic. As we see it. everything appeal’s to be going .well for Hitler. But not quite so well iri- the Nazis’ view of it. (j'n the! contraryj they 'are now pre­ occupied not on one but nearer a dozen war fronts,' and they have precious little to show for it wHeh weighed in the bal-


et therii reflect on Hitler’s postpone­


got ever ythirig- ffisplayed in the window, ffliere i i nothing left in the tho 3.' If Hitler ii to develop successfully -1 hun-


over, ■ me. world will be .ripe ;’or a thorough purge of unscrupulous Scoun­ drels in jhigh places. They are no; only to be ftjind m Germany but in every country now occupied by that gangster nation, rhejonly thing to do with them, if the diplomatic■ world is to re-start with a clean slate, . is to put them against i wall and announce the fplloW- ing day that they were ’’ shot at dawn.”


ansparent roguery. When this war is


Churchill as one of a fow notable ex­ ceptions, live, iri a past age; 'Ihey are stm thinking about tl939, when their lob is to think about 1949. Parliament holds an inquest; on; the Greece .campaign when our riext job' is 'to go .full speed ahead to prevent another Greece on. the other side of the DardanellM.. We were too late in Iraq to stop the; rpt without, conflict and we are too late in dealing with our so-called administra-- tors who are woefully backward m tak­


T


he truth is our national leadert and their 'Civil! 'servants, with Mr,


have sufferec a cruel mutilation of thejf minds, a simster perversion'.of the)r thoughts.' Itehe situation' will still


of Palestine ter the Jews .'The think the time to senfiHritish troops to Iraq [was when a;„fricndlv Government he|d power m Baghdad, nqt to have left.it. until that. Govern-


■ mentjhad been unseated, OUT OF DA'TE. | , '


Britain' and' America must stand t •gether.' Tlrey are and will continue i' be thb bulwark of democracy. The abc, cation of thi United States' from tlje


demarid a European system that will provide a ideflnite safeguard agalntt ibrther aggressions.' A solution may br faanyinotbel found'in a Confederatiqn on the' lines! of Mr.. Clarence Streit’s “1 Union Now”; but whether or ri,o,


'ible they should have played after the last war wis the beginning of the


'brgariisatipri' to-be adopted;will be' the goodwill tlfat lie's'behind it.. If all the fiatloris of 1


aEsuted, natipris, or a Single po


ing effective or drastic action, if action of any kind. Honest to goodness men themselvd, they think they are 'dealing with' honest men< Our Civil Servi^ ls the finest of its kind, in the world. That is, ter peace time jobs. I t is not adapted for or tufflciently adapteble-to modem war. .Hitler tells us Mr. Church­ ill, not Adolf, is the warmonger. He. does ,not tell us that his agents were- employed in every quarter of the globe years before the war, with a'view to having things ready for revolt when Hitler gave the signal. Before he began his' criminal:; Adventures, devised to achieve bloodless conquests abroad,,he had already coriquered his own people at home" Any opposition to Hitler and Hitlerism was broken as long ago as 1934. The' German masses have since fallen a prey to fatalism and cynicism. The Germany of 'W'elmar and its politi­ cal doctriries has completely vanished. H it is still true that the Nazis are not identical with the- German people, and that the anti-NAzis'are Bntam’s.allies, we should be hearing bf some subversive element, bestirring Themselves in . Ger­ many. Perhaps these subversive ele­ ments have all gone to America.’ If so, they can have nO influence on the people at, home. The 'Nazis ;Will 'see to that..


(Continued wot'of next Column)


we are now pndurmg, to regard violence, ■conflict, ’aridl victbiw ovbr peaceful neighbours as! the noblest aims of life, m theni|nb plqh iwlirsave the'peace: We


uelueye in wail Ub Wp as u permanuj i e;es i r pf mankind! to regard such ;straggles'as


the day of civilisation is ended. Politics ind qconofaics' are not a sufficient cause Of war where the will to peace prevails. t Always there will problems to settle'be­


I ust! have an end once for* all of the sdea-!' that [cruelty, ruthlessness arid


heer,savagery are.manly qualities, or


ween natiqris.' It is only when a.mid- manicomesi'along that war' breaks opt.


politicians [and the .economists will remain indispensable and always, valu­ able, jbut the causes, of war are not to be found in their disagreements, but in the lack of moral standards. Thanks to ' the gutter'methods of Hitler, it qas


Politics and' economics are' not enough in themseliles.i They-deal 'with meams but not with ends. The ■


work of the


become queitibnable-whether there are t any faoral standards left in high.quir-


where are iwe to eXpect tliem? ’When, the Cleaning’


'sity for dallying our.moral ideas to be 'bf 'fifst importince, the vital; task, the most! urgent duty.. -We shall have!‘to decide whether the piiraosCs of human well-being,[freedom, and prosperity for qverj’body, are to prevall.-or. power, ciri-


experience Will' have shown-the neces-


efs. [ And, if they do not obtain there, -up process begins, bit|er


iWhlqh has'it,to be? I .


..........”'


Germany, continue to believe in war.,'!’’llto bui v


IfJ bn. the other hand, the lowerful nation like


’ la puuimnenit nic(cc&sut.jy


A meeting sponsored by the ' Down- Women’s Institute, was held in e School on , iThui'sday evening to ‘ discuss' the qu^tion of forming a


•pQ(ver. to preserve all home grown fruit, ‘iq Was decided to form a centre and the; following .people were appointed toi cqfaprts;e the committee : [Mrs. R. C. A!^eton, 'Mrs. P, Driver, Mrs.; J. Driver, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs[ Johnstone, Mrs. - James, Mrs. F, Robinson, Mrs. Rees, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. J. F. M. Rob-


presided over a latge attendance. Mrs. A^heton told the meeting [that nearly 4(10 pounds of jam was made in the ceritre last year in addition to canning- arid bottling. The chairman read a, letfer; from Lady- Demaih asking the Women’s Institute to do ail m their.


fruit preservation centre. Mrs. Asshe- ton, President olthe Women’s'Institute,


Irison, Mrs’. W. Rigw Cbd Mrs. T. Todd. It I was decided that Mrs. Jphnstone should be' In charge again with Mrs. P. Hidbinson and Mrs, F .: Drtver as


hfelpers.-' It was pointed but that it had n)i; yet; been made -.known from the m inistry of Food what the ration will bi>[ to each'person', but it was felt that


[quest and ! domination, which meins siaveiy for 'eveiybody


/ except the Hitlers!


ever the plan adopFed peace will be '


cil r


second'World Wari Had the United States not Withdrawn into her Isolation shell,liHltlei .would not have been at the helm in Berlin to-day., But more im­ portant'than! the type of post-war re-


largely Germiny, since if Germany fails all Europe jlS' threatened—are resolved bn p.eace andj nothing but'peace, What-


1 Europe—and that 'mepns


Iay, 1891, Pope Leo XIII, wrote eyclical ’ letter, entitled - “ Rerum im: .the condition of [the work- isses, wlrich he addressed to the an world'through the patriarchs, i es, archbishops, arid bishops of


892. ■ - I


ry George felt that the encyclical gh it did not mention his-name specific proposals of I the taxar


man Catholic faith. !


3f land values, would be inter- as an attack upon his! teachings;


, .'This book takes the form of an "open letter " to the Pope. In it he claims, and that the doctrines advanced by himself


reateri; the fundamental teachings’of the! Christian faith.


!


therefore .asked permlssiori; to lay befpre Ws Holiness a more thoreugh ex- plahation of these doctriries, and to set: forth some considerations which, ' appeared to have been overlooked.


approval of the Pope; instead of the condemnation which appeared to him to [be Implied in the encycucal. He


his followers merit the Unqualified


erefore’thou^t it,..nec.essary'w ,ake a reply to a document of widespread importance and he I to show that his postmatea were rimaiy perceptions pf ■' human


" 1887' he’ was ex-communicated,’ thb ’ ! -


a;nount,. £or the first time, and there is sqme, concern among a few of us on the matter.. All qf us realise that we have


ax, or are paying in any considerable


of his views on the land question, re- gardl^ of the serious personal com sequences to himself,,


., ■


,should' : coniidey” that plenty of men Working as specialists in aircraft plants eirn.£Ila day.or mbre. arid that the


tq pay ;our sharq of the cost of . our light for freedom and decency,-but we require ;to imderetand 'the general qpestion'so.that we do not feel that auv! of Us is treated unfairly. • !Ariy who thinks he is'haidly treated


pilot of a fighter plane, who is'also a specialist, gets 14s. a day, less iricome tax, and! 3s., a day for hfs wlfe^ Plenty of industrial workers earning 16s. 6d. a day end their responsibility ter the


.after 11 yeara-service) less income tax, arid as a Company Commander he is responsible day and-night, in battle or at rest, for- the lives of up to 100 men. Im'to now the pay and allowances of officers in the Services are the same as before the war. not having tellowed'Jhe general .rise’ in earnings, but officers qave to pay income tax at the higher ija.tes.: and most ranks of noiKom- •nissioried, officers also hive to pay tax. Some few people/are losing time from ......................) they a;


machines undde their charge when they knock off work; a. Captain in the Army gets 16s. 6d. a day. (19s. a day


The, Rev. Dr. Ed. McGlynn,. parish, priest oi St. Stephens Church, New York was one of the most' influential tofaan catholic Clerg^en, ■ in the


thought,on social problems. This book price, is.j Od. can be obtained from your newsagent or boakseller.


recoriunended to any C__ Circle and: in particular to , the Citilfaic S|udy Club. It will help to clear much misunderstanding anfi 'confusion of


' P.G.S. PAY3IENT' OF INCOME T/&


Ufiited States and made it known th^ he had been instructed to inquire into the I McGlynn case. ; Dr. Richard L BurtKll, • an eminent ecclesiastical jurist, presented to Monsignor Sat^ an .exposition of Dr. McGlynn’s beliefR on^ the land question. ' Subsequentlv Father 'McGlynn himSelL drew ud a- statement of his teaching and sub- ‘ fflltted it to Monsignor Satolli, who directed'it to be examined by a com- irilttee of four of the Professors of the .Catholic University of Washington, who t declared it ‘‘to contain nothing con-‘


Church in the


gate! announced from Washington that Dr. I McGlynn was declared free from


iiary. to' Catholic teachings.” on December 23rd, 1892, the Papal Able­


eoc eslastical censures .’and'restored to the exercise, bf hls'priestly function^ Tpree weeks, later Morisimor Satolli


> ■ ' ! i I ■ ■ ' -!i ' j ' j' 1 ' ' ' 1


fjeutenant Rosenberg’s FATE OF THE ’ FI$HI


A


drew up;a lengthy statemerit reviewing the case'in which he declared that "Dr' McGlynn had presented i |brief state-'


meht of his opmions on moral-economic faatters.and Itwas judged pot contrary to the; doctrine constantly taught by the .Church, arid as recently confirmed bythe Holy Father in the encyclical ‘; Rerum'Novaram.'” T


■ ;r"pie condition or. labour" by Henry so I that the-- reader, may have


resented to the Pope..


George, contains the’ encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIII reprinted in its entir- ety:!' ■


condition of the working classes is evN qently, to be understood! not as dis­ approving the “ single tax,’| but as dis­ approving the grotesque misrepresenta- - p tfons' Of'lt that were evidently at firet'


G;Prom . henceforth, to qriote Henry eorge himself, the encyclical on the


access to the context of all the passages referred:,tq,by Henry'George,


•added to.the.new;edition.' One-con-- tarns exracts from the encyclical of


■mree ! ,new appendices ! have been


vof the points, contained 'in the 'enev- ■cl|cai of Pope LCo 3QIL ‘The lothw tvfo : contain Dr. McGlynn’s doctrinal- statement. as presented to Monsignor SatoIIi, and the principle part of Bishop


P ^ Pius XI " On re/constructing-tlie Social Order, one of -the purooses of which was to develop more fuliylsome


' Nulty”s essay, which pefcame,.known, as ■


heir' intrinsic ■ ■ -


“Back to the land,!; and which was published ten years before Bishop Nplcy had 'ever heard of Henry George.


. 'iTriesc'are. published in'view both of . t their historical importance and of


1


! real Insight Into the lives of 'i ie people - of Newfoundland, ari^ the various. Industries which hffd been developed there, was aiven! by Lieutenant :S,.'Boseriberg, of’tKe Army' Medical Corps when hp' Irioke to imembers of .CUtherqe


Rotdry Club,, at their week^ lunlrteon, yesterday vyeek;; , Mr. F.


Rea¥presided.; : 1 i-- ‘ •.


. ({lUB OLDEST ! COLONY. iHclng the I history; pf New-


fouridland. Lieutbnant : Rosenberg Doliited out that!It;was, ouy oldest colijPYi- having bben; dlscqyered by


infe’l to discover j ri Nojrth-West n ^W e to India, and criipe aerws


Jotitil Cabot injl497. oth'Ms at thatltlme,


NeWfouridlak; byriaccldeni For his! dlscovdry, he; ! received the


prulcely reward recent Jfears; the establishment of;


a taansatlaritlc air service, hadTUt NeWfoundlaridlon the p iap,! There


wris an enoneous impression , that the!first one-way trip;was' made by Linflberg. but;l.as a matter tof f acU Aldock- arid!,Brown made-the ifitst oneway trip ifromjNewfoqndland , t S l S ( i .


pdiw of the.'American' Continent, Newfoundlandi was ■; the ;' tenth largest Island hi the .world,laM only


' a little smaller than E n g lan d : the ■ popTulatioR' being between a 'quarter


' of'Ja .million. and three' hundred ■ tho^Md, Of these, (iO.OOO’jllved in the capital. St. Johns, which was chiwdri. as the.chlef town because lt possessed" a very find natural har- bbur. Thls wabsupposed'tpbelce


■ Pcirtuguese and Frerichifriupd'that; off Its coast [ Werej’’Arid.'


frfee all the year rouM.; After thd Island was diseijivered by Cabot, t|ie


grbmris, and settled! ^here, them went Spaniards and r . - , -


’fishing’ ■r-Wlth people


froin the West Coast bf Nils,Couptry, aiic the Chaniftel Ishrids.'’ Thus a


combination' oj tile, ''Welt' • Pbast dlmects .'gradually became.-[ the spoken ' language, although •' Iri’, retikt years, a little Atrierlcan slangi.


1 'Like Dabbt


so many ■was try-.


■ iJ-


|^he/&olt!’%terly^


hart been’'|ntrb(picfed ’. [i When; NeWr. foTOdlainSers spoke ,4bout. fish, they dial not refer to. all [the I various klndgrbrif Duly [cod, Whlchjcbuld be easily- spUt, salted and dried.-New-’ foundland was ;!furtlier| south than England, but In spite of extremely cold winters, tl|eyinad ve# warm summers, biit 'k intolerable heat,


as the island w;as kdp,t!cool by the Arctic currents'lround Itsicoast.;: CONCEAlEp


iEecause of, I'the country’s..fine


■ as' though tM ■ shiprWas i making: het;d-on for a huge‘ red-trock cliff, towering 500 feet aboVp thb harbour*;


' 'became Impressed - by 'the skilled ' navigation necessary; to: take a'ship lnt3 the harbour of,St,' Johns. [At first ,It seeriieq to the; passengers


’ ’ pretty 'picture.[Suddenly, '[however,, the' -ship, would’ make' a turn to


■ which; with the blue)sea' breaking' ; into white foam, made an extremely


. enter Into}' a-jnarrcfw}channel' of ■


ipr the sake of their, future. Any wherf 'take extla days off their work to avolm }ihcome [ tax are acting against themn selves -and are seriously 'damaging tl


woyk in-the belief that they are saving money by avoiding payment of income tax. It is a gravelv wrong idea, and , to them it taay be said that if there'is not l lUCh on .which they can ispend money


maraes, faced with intolerable condi- tioips of life, migh.be incited to blind revolutionary upheaval, furnished an adaitiorial justification to George ter a, reply, and’gave'him an opportunity.t.o shpw that the only .way to avert this darigerlis to make plain the underlying cause of economic misery ariff its.cufe, and .BO ’ dispel the general ignorance which’renders.possible such' a. catas­ ttrophe. Thus, while politicians all over


'The Pope’s apprehension! that-the,


Poverty ” goes straight to the'source of. sodial ■ evDs showing the -futility of lopping branches while leaving the root Of !tho?e evils untouched,


“'The condition of .labour”, Ifice the authors supreme work "Progreto.and


tirin


,thfe same time a translation info ltahan byl Ludovico Euselio- was ppblished m 'nirin arid Rome and a- cppy of this 'translation, beautifully ' printed and handsomely- bound,’ was presented to, Pdpi Leo XIII personally by: Monsignor ■ t of the Vatican Library.


puulished in London arid New York At labour” was simultafteousl' DOWNHAM


FRUIT PRESERVING CENTRE FORMED,


■■n the autumn of ’1891 ‘‘The; condl- of


r ' . . ' ously’ hd world, are tinkering with [effects


'There are some.who:absent themselw fi'om the .bench; the machine shot


[Ve are [fighting for our'lives. The jol pf the men and wqmen in iridustry Is b work as never before'.-The men of thi R.A.P. who guard our skies, the men o|


i f


Irauntry; . To put it plainly, coal ’ vitally needed ter war production, ai any mine worker who dellberitelv stay! from , the job is hurting the nation,


the shipyard; or other places of worl ’When a job'.is -waiting to be’ done. The; retard .the' national war effort; the; lelp the enemy; they' .play Hitler’! :ame.


The Economic League repeats what' t has often said’ since the war began


Hned: why should we demand t! ight to do, so ? Their cry is “ Give ore ships, faore ■ guns; more tanks, ore planes, more shells,, until we hare massed the, strength. of a powerful and ruthless enemy-—Yours filthffa


• ' ! . ' . j : d,|THOMPSQN,’


. Acting.Hon.; Director. '• i The'Economic League


CARRYING ON


■pq a tretnendous crisis like the -f present,' certain activities a ’e bound to-be suspended. ' They are. luxury cbricerns arid not vital. » riatlbnal or personal well-being. I This cannot, be said df tpe National Children’s Home and Or­


phanage and Its Important fanmy of some 4,000 friendless and home­ less girls and boys. The business pf


'the National Children’s Home and Orphanage In Its annual housejto' 'house appeal, which takes pwe' ‘ during the. period ending May 31rt- The.hon. local officials are: Mf-


as war conditions will allow, nay, it Is certain that-all too soon tie casualty list will -throw -a greater strain than-ever on the resourto df the Home, and everyone will pe .thankful for the assistance of an 'organisation that Is able to, grapple 'with the urgent problems producM [by sudden bereavement pf chlldrto ' At such times as the present the 'natural desire of most of us Isito ‘find something of' possible arid 'practical good that we pan do. No one can make a mlstakeiby helping


providing. for this company cm ijelther be postponed nor.shelved.|It must go on day by day. as efficiently


'e'ery advariiage should be ,taken of thj oler of sugar ter fruit preservation, aid what is left after the rations hive been supplied will; go to help 0 hers less fortunate’, and. jwlll; thus be


hlelping the war effort. . .


'Stanley Flack, 107, West View, 011- 'theroe. secretary: 'Mr. Fred Broqm, '32,' Salthlll Road. Clltheroe. t r^ - surer. They will be grateful for [helpers, and hope ter a generqus


'response to, the appeal. feOWING AND PREPARING.


' no V ,be safe 'to soW dwan and haricqt beiins, but It .would'be bdtter to wait a; week or 'so for iMner bdans. Sow thei dwarf kinds in groups pt'.two or three} seeds every, nine” inches [apart, allowing' 2li, 6in. between the 'rotvsj, Later thq suplus seedlings may bd removed and tninsplanted.leither to ai| odd corner oq


gnund tiefore the thlrfl! week of May, except in favourixi localities. It ritoula


A S-a general ijule it is unwise to have dwarf or runner, bean? above the


some gardeners prefeV to-sow their


bean seeds 8.or 9in; apart and to sow a, few extra 'seeds at the end of each row.


Incase'of losses,. [ ’ I’- [[ . -|,


yori could prepare the site for your ip,aw roWs. You (nay have a heap of w’fal rotted tiirf or. jcompost


‘ PREPARE FOR MARROWS, j • | • When you have a lit-lie tbp® te sparej


’, settle-until -you are ready'to sow oj; plant at the end of the month.


wliere ready’i fdl them, oltaln a barroWload or minure, good | compost, decayed. turf, [to work where ybu intend to grow your marrows. U g it into the lower soil and leave it to


two of rofted or even yell into the - plot


: plknto' and that, the trailing varieties resquire even more roofa.: When, order-


Remember that bush ffiairows 'should be given at leabt 2ft. 6m. between the


I ' ,L


the marrow plants find out which kind your supplier fate ids .to sell you.


stacked BOfaC'l If riot, trji to


.enmn- ' !]f H


BtiShi alang'l on ah or for tralllri


yo’irr yqir r balk,,: fqrit q|


' to make up gap's in your own rows or in. yburrieighbour-’srows. ,| I;


rbfcsi! r^mbll not dl perchJ


•} . ’Wai


tuce^l Tfari’f enougl is verj is oftl becon] to sufl


leist',' ed; reno\| "f.l


ar hi


w! terl ar)un| tUM plmti


Bor


fly ai mqthi


(Coi


grim and Vital battle of the Atlantic, d| not take a'day off when they feel i


e Amy. who guard our- shores, Ui en of the ■ Royal Navy find of to erchant Benice.who are fighting th


ey can well invest in national savings


‘ the: surroundlngl .iriouritatnpus countryside, covered isjlt was [with pine, trees .was most attractive, It


.' sardines in tins, while 'th'ere! was alsp plenty pf good hunting lii the


hllk,


water, only 10() yards w|de,: which exterided fbr a. quarteir of a mile arid thrin "Widened Font into the mag­ nificent harbour. !St. 'Johns Itself Wak not a very beautiful towpi but.'


could be truly feald that Nbwfound- laild was a fisherman's parqdlse. for trciut and ; salmon' clustered’ .like


-"'I !i '! I’’-''


, quite uninhabited,-1'most: people settlings round! the coakt to fish; as their fathers, and graricjfatherS, had- done before' them, ; Indeed there wak little else.for them to'do, and agriculture‘wrid riot popular, the hard winters maklrfg It difficult to,-, keep llvestbck.1! This was partlcu'-; lany unfortunate to-.day,i for; fish! [ which had' bderi' [ described as


“NEWFOUNDLAND i CjUKRENCY.” The Interior of iNew[foiuidland was


.'“ Newfoundland’s curtency,” werie prictlcally of no valu'e.|, -There was stlU plenty of .fish, but people to-day no longer ate salt fish I to any large extent,, and there 'Was hbi market. Ini the old days,; a‘, lbt_0f [salt fish ,wak sold to Spain and Portugal,' but . Norway and Sweden' captured the


strategic posltlbn, ahdithe untold weilth ,ln the' surrounding sea, - sev5ral battles had taken [place for possession of Nfewfbuiidlattd,'traces of the old fbrt3:!and guris still being found’ bn the island,; | In! maklrig th e ' ^rlp from! England,i,vla>' tha! noith,;coast, bf Iseland,: bpe qulcklij;


w


ab e ’ thd be!' |i sense exdell


seals' that' very' their were fl of Vail "delical


fog. 1 It ,wa crew 1 we^ri


that!)


actual appeal if boil reino;| wdre thd I recfenl starts wiiala In cell Ing af thdreT whale actjua


armsf as 1 “ fl


• the at pebpli same


-world hbUdi that


When


flship pay a he| w thdmi The


■ ' [New fod it appro “1^11 Altho lo\K, It


. the-cl .Spbtta


iandli It wo plant, also I f Intera


'but u: thb 1


Irdn"


,lS(


aften P,|M^


ROY HAY PlJ


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