THE “MARY” BIDS. FAREWELL OME. EFFORT is. evidently required to: influence a -freight-carrying vessel to make regular calls at the Sidney: wharf. With. the announced departure of the “Princess: Mary” no freight service by water will be avail- ~ able for incoming or outgoing freight. The growth in “population in the North Saanich district makes it obvious that a satisfactory volume of trade will repay whoever ~ will solicit the business. _ The case as put by the Canadian Pacific Steamships is “that the “Mary” is primarily a passenger vessel, with the : heavy loadings of freight from Sidney the vessel has been “. delayed in arriving at the Islands and also in Vancouver. The danger of navigation through island waters at night has also influenced the company in cutting off the Sidney call.” Tt is announced, however, that the Motor Princess will operate as. an automobile ferry from Sidney to Steveston commencing next year. But if the “Princess Mary” is off - from October: 9 there remains only the tedious journey to 7 Victoria and the long, slow trip across the Gulf for the “passenger from Sidney. The aeroplane, of course, is the natural outlet; with the Sidney Airport only one mile from . the centre of the village, travel by air holds the promise of speedy, comfortable service. “It would have been sounder, perhaps, for the C.P.R. to “Gancel all freight on the “Princess Mary,” passengers would . then have no delay in arriving at their destination, if load- -ing.of freight was the cause of the delay. The Islands too, .* need better ferry service. .The “Princess Mary” has long been the “Islands Ferry,” therefore, if we are to be de- ~.prived of our call for passengers, to the advantage of the “2 Tglands,-we shall be graceful about it, for after all, we have ', access to the outer world at our fingertips. ws. The- freight. question, however, is an important one. It is‘hoped that the existing organizations interested'in the another c common car rier will make a regular call here. THE SIDNEY WHARF rT qs TIME® that something definite was done by the “ - Federal Government for-the Sidney wharf. The tedious ‘methods. of bumbledom have. not only delayed repairs to ‘a. Valuable ‘structure: but: have caused. hardships and. dis- pleasure to: many of Canada’s guests. “A poor: and patchy job has:been:done on tha: local’ whaxt and. its whole. history. is‘one of. incompetent bungling. ane It ‘must: be™ remembered: that this. port: of Sidney: is:one Canada.;. “The present. wharf. needs to. be extended to ast: engineers. . at : RocEns : “. BROS, | a aes: b ‘AND . fo COMMUNITY PLATE Beautiful chests of flatware in sor- _ Wo have’ w limited: numbar of thore | “famous: lightors in DreWar Atylo: and ue “-analit yo 7 re ere eer ee ok 6 . ~ MAVCO L LIGHTERS “sterling: allvor. lightors of: voat: pocket . B1z.0.: An ideal gift for him, ae COMPACTS. A moat complete ‘nasortmont of com- peta in sterling aflvor or plastic, , Many Jovely.. styles and. designs. to shaves. ahiiey Prices. 5" " 9” ot or : ; 2 RONSON LIGHTERS = p00: COME. SNC AND. | _ENOUIRE AROUT our ULAYAWAY “PLAN. “promotion of Sidney ‘will bestir themselves to the end that. : hungry for meat. ‘dent of the Progressive Conserva- “tives. has friends ‘smell, che :might - be*-per-' .-suaded : “to turn his; attention‘ to . vhis*: enemies, ~ the’ In 1914: one and. a a half. million dollars’ was j = . : ‘parties, needed. attention before = “of: ‘the. most. important, ports. of entry for. automobiles into © eeper ‘water, : a breakwater is needed. to :protect it. These: “projects are. not. idle dreanis, they. are actually approved. by: now. “Progressive Labor: in. ‘united : fi . SPECIAL! 17-JEWEL WATCHES Sweep second hand, shockproof, Stainless steol case, . vices for aix and cight. proof, 75 35 «B84 und 44° t bos while, thoy las ‘SPECIAL PRICK, a ML WHITNEY DIAMOND ME RCHANT | SIRWELR a AND’ SILVERSMITH | “YATE S AT BROAD. Canada, has suffered the ravages of wind and wave and has only received such haphazard treatment as to make. the incoming tourist wonder what type of people we are. Last. winter two floats were damaged. were vitally needed for the incoming American yachts to tie to while their masters reported to the customs. The Engineering department patched up the wharf by taking the two floats away and repairing, in a perfunctory. way, _the rest.of the structure with bits and pieces of the wreck- age and any old piece of flotsom which. happened’ to be floating about. The result was that this summer overcrowding and miserable conditions have prevailed for those guests of the country who would enter by. water. The news that Ottawa, through the good offices of Major-Gen. Pearkes, is to repair the wharf, is good. We can only hope that a workmanship job will be made this time. The completion of the breakwater need not be such a large task. We can take a lesson from the great Invasion of France and sink some of the obsolete surplus boats now available. This work is needed. The facilities of the wharf will be needed more and more as the area becomes more and more densely populated. 050) em (0 01) AD 1-11 ED) ERED) EEO I ADL PRET OUP Sb TASH) GEIL) OREN) TED €) REND (LIED ERGO 1 RD) EDL OLO | OUT OF THE MIST | By KIPPER. af oe “ei “Mussolini Gordon” ... that is what the butchers are calling the chief. of the Wartime: Prices and. Trade Board, and with this I disagree wholcheartedly. If 1, as prices chief, had received the insulting “demands” similar to those made by the Victoria Butchers I would have answered them in exactly the same manner as Mr. Gordon did. This department is convineed that the retail meat dealers are absolutely in the wrong on this Meat Rationing business. We must remember that our brothers in other parts of the world are hungry ... it is, I admit, difficult. The war is over. We won. What tragie words, how silly they sound. Yet, a group of retailers, in the face of advance notice, wait until the last minute then defy our properly-elected government. and tell them what to do! Oh, it doesn’t make sense. What about. the grocers with their coupons, the garage- men, with gas rationing, why, the meat men didn’t give it a chance. If meat is going to be hard to get, rationing is the fairest. method of dealing with it...and we should all buckle in and give a hand. ‘“Mussolini Gordon” indeed . . + EE -EENT-L) EED) TIDE ED 0-CNE {ENE OED (GET) EP 4 ex). ee O{o-oxe 0-48 0.ere cme ee OH) RAAAAAARAAAATURMAMAMUY «= miss iS as good as a “mule.” In ; _ ss any event could it be -asked of CORRESPONDENCE plain Liberals and ordinary:: Con- Let em ee - gervatives if ‘they © really; have coalesced? . The question answer- ‘ed. might show honest voters: they. have,:. Lazarus. like;,.been begging for crumbs, and unlike Lazarus, getting them. If Liberals ‘and “COALITION. “SMELLERGY” - * Dear Sir’ :—Now that the presi- “made- his— -erstwhile®: sky -by-and-by—maybe—they» will’ ‘vote Coalition. pie -with. fixin’s—now, ‘will vot “C.GBR. “AN. members « of. the: “Coalition; ' Civil! “Defence ARP. take. warning.” or : “C.C.Fy: and The leaders of: the two L:P.P, pC é f orld:-will: neverbe. a: “better place or.. People, ‘until .the: people make. better place “for. animals. The. perpetrators ‘of. the: eruelties to.'our ‘prisoners : will: be ‘punished, Jand “rightly; but--how-. is “it. that “cruel. medical “experiments. “on ‘living? animals,’ the, torturing: of ' K. BE. MORTON. RR. 1, ‘Sidney. - E beraenl ad Thursday,’ Sept. 20, sponsored by Ass’n. The report quotes one, a “Major Macdonald, ‘as: having made reference to an. “active and_in- dustrious ‘policy on the Japanese in Canada. the same story and indicated that this comment was definitely di- rected against the C.C.F. I wish to state that the comment. as. re- ported is a false statement based on ignorance or worse, We are prepared to hold a joint public meeting with anyone who sub- serihes to the opinion as reported so that people may discern for themselves what is the truth, We luminous dial, dustproof > and wnhteyr- those who yap most loudly at the “pontations of CCB, he exposid, Tt isin ‘Toot that tha GOI, is the only politienl party in Canada, that chas boon honest “policy can we, the workers, have. suffered ask the Conservative Asan. to publish ry “party's soffielal’: catehingy statements of somo enn- lidnto or offtelal but clearly and approved policy is, Manton you for apace, I hava the honor to ho n 6.6.h, Membar, J. M. THOMAS, Truth or Fiction? - thon knowlodgo? Tere aro some oo Wolfare,: ret right? ‘QUESTIONS, ha- enten’ dally, Chinada'a food - rules. :: Salnvt “nod, ” Lo Tend ty ; ‘eold,” True or. talso?. Answers... will be Priya Www” _ M01 Truvo or falue? These floats _ Conservatives want ‘pie’ in, the . Those. who want; : fur-bearers in’ ‘steel. traps, and. -.. Many. ‘sports involving suffering: “for: animals have gone’ from:-bad, _ to ‘worse -in England: and’ on ‘this . continent ; for: many: years,..and.. § “meither rulers, people nor church’ have abolished these cruelties, or... punished the promoters of them? By ~ Dear : Sin:—In the Sidney: “Res: | h. -view of: Sept. 26 there is.a report: | -f of a political mecting : held: on: °. the North Saanich. Conservative’ §.if opposition” «and its’ -Local daily newspapers carried ff would he very greatly surprised : ta have’ this invitation’ aecopted as it has been our oxperienee that: heals of the C.C.F, dodge a‘direct: challenge where