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There is no nation in the world yet & which can produce the seamanship and the PP#A Britannia rules the waves all right but Britain reaches out to every part of the world for seamen, Lascars, Arabs and Chinese, to mention just a trio of nationalities. Thievery aboard troop ships during the war, it is reâ€" ported, was at a very minimum, but when a ww»ummmm to be kept, even on the anchor. ship, if he is fortunate enough to survive the ship into a lifeboat, his pay stops. And it T oden‘t start sprin unlli he signs on nnother Take that run to Murmansk as one exâ€" ample. It is not generally known, either, that the minute a seaman steps off his sinking m-mt»m«muu -mffi armed service personnel receive. It is com sidered an injustice. These men were surely on the fighting line, if ever men were. lives and nearly 4,000 were taken prisoner. With a tonnage of 17,500,000 at the start of the war, Britain lost two thirds of it in four wmm'mm'%m the Queen Mary was hit by torpedoes. They hnnotboaeafltmd.l!tmmhh the effect that she took two and made ;‘h:'m.umnlghflynhedmd.hh Whatever the criticism may have been Mmcm&mumm Queen Elizabeth at enormous cost, it is now revealed that these two mammoth boats were Mhthdrwdththmhm:m. They carried 820,000 American safeâ€" zfi lpo?d.:miu the vlnh:{m fu:: against the Uâ€"boats. On one trip Queen Elizabeth out ran a pack of 50 German unâ€" dersea wolves. Aao(fldllnporthufi-t York, which forms an epic story of British The most famous remark of Viceâ€"Presiâ€" dent Thomas R. Marshall was: ‘"What this country needs is a good fiveâ€"cent cigar." This was later amended by Franklin P. Adams to read: "What this country needs is a good fiveâ€"cent nickel." There was a timeâ€"and not too long ago â€"when the smallest Canadian coin had . a definite value all its own and a nickel was sufficient to ndnfy'oehfldhood.';dddm There was, according myth legend, even a fiveâ€"cent cigar although it was not Nowâ€"any fond t who tries to imâ€" mhhtmymm with the value of money can be stumped every time with the question: "What will a nickel buy, Daddy ?" fimjutha'tuymaufi to suggest that the nickel will fit the slot the mission bank. ‘The penny, the nickel and the dime are no longer a yardstick of value for the child because the things they used to buy have been taxed out of the fiveâ€"cent class if they are available at all. _ WHAT WILL A NICKEL BUY? True independence is never afraid of m-dhumm :‘-mto&o-nmmhm wartime nuisance taxes have been removed but many still remain. It will be a big day on the way back to economic normality when the fiveâ€"cent piece is once again sufficient to buy a bottle of soft drink, a chocolate bar or a package of gum. It would be good finance and good politics to bring the nickel back to Nor is the child the only one affected. Adults still pay three cents for their daily paper but they cannot help but be aware that tothorfleoofmlnythimtheymuubuy something more has been addedâ€"something officially known as an excise tax, inaccurateâ€" ly referred to as a luxury tax and correctly regarded as a nuisance tax. _ _ The Grimsby Independent "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weekly* Established 1885 ued Thursday from office of aao:.'fiu.umsu.cum.‘ LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers, Over 20,000 British seamen lost their FACTS & FANCIES In recent weeks some of these special ptionâ€"$2.00 in Canada and Per year in United States, payatie â€" *_** J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor, Frank Fairborn, Jr. Mfmdfludw g‘mmsu.cnm. m The street cars are still running on Street and Castle street, but the buildâ€" ings on either side have dh%pund as though they had never been. e Victoria Memorial, with its beautiful statuary, still in their long v: 0 = + %mlfitatnd%ohazym ories are conjured up acrial photograph of the devastated heart of Liverâ€" I & t THE WISE FATHER ... s mont and New Brighton, while droves of cyâ€" eum'ouldukotluhlgbv:n to Chester and as far as Wales. bmasmld take the boats to the Isle of or Lianâ€" dudno, or if they preferred to go inland, the; old saurain Tor poinic in the miatmads it Many a morning have I seen the lark rise singing from its nest in the field, slowly mounting higher and higher until it was lost to sight in the blue, and I have lain on back to search for it, listening in boym ecstasy to its rapturous song. There is nothâ€" ing this side of heaven so enthralling as the song of the lark broadcast from the skies in a continuous chain of melody over an English countryside. Many a time have I loitered beâ€" neath a garden wall, overhung with the dripâ€" ping gold of the laburnum, and listened to the mellow notes of the thrush at sunset afâ€" ter a day of rain. ll.u.'::timu"”"'hi‘vii‘mh“' châ€" ed for birds‘ nests fondled the delicate uuoord*pled” pled brown, warm eggs, replacing them gen yulvmu::cem ship of those little homes in the hedges of old England. But that was long ago, and before the First Great War. Mmmm times of peace," when the poets of Engls sang as melodiously as the birds, and when wmthcmofmdwmlorthenmt part happy in the of their toil and domecfievlda:i::u. fieu‘wmpor?du;; unemploymen | periods of prosperity. there had been no hard times in Britain the wam Australia and New would have been much smaller than they are today. Butthe&nntmnuof the English people clung to their homes and old associations. The workingmen took a serious interest l:‘rildelnndlnhbor movements, but they not allow the "social problems" to interfere with their interest in sports. Football (soccer) was a ruling passion with the masses. They looked forward to the games on Saturday afternoons when they would walk in throngs to the professional glmu.nlnorlhlu.mdspendneouphof ours in lusty enthusiasm and shouting in the open air. _ C .V entire families would crowd the ferry boats plying across the river to Seacombe, Egreâ€" omecdhdplutomnhl”rumm zmmMMl up to so well as war. lhnnhfmmwm g'wm"uuoneom Mmmz of Liverpooi, England, which M%Motmbhb.mn-ltd German frightfulness. 1 was born in that {gmponufln River Mersey, and 1 every street and corner of it. 1 spent my boyhood in its suburban outskirts, atâ€" tending school at Tue Brook and Anfield. I MnMwmmA:htrnfl.dWm Woolton and Aigburth. Many a happy day in m and summer have I spent on the and beautiful estates of the Earl of Derby and the Earl of Sefton. 1 doubt if those peers of the British Realm ever got as much real pleasure and inspiration out of their fine mansions and broad acres as I did in those carefree rambles over their estates. MEMORIES OF OLD LIVERPOOL (By Lewis Milligan) Then there were the bank holidays when BAKER‘S â€" MILLYARD‘S â€" RUSHTON‘S MOUNTAIN‘S STORE, BEAMSVILLE THE INDEPENDENT On All News Stands Every Thursday Morning at 10 o‘clock In Their Mature Y ears They Will Be All The Wiser For So Doing SUBSCRIBE TODAY Teaches His Children To Read THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT B RDADC ALGL ETK . "Fat" Lampman‘s Orpington hen and brood of chicks scratching out his newly planted garden. Sandy Todd, The Editor‘s Devil, giving the winâ€" dows of The Independent their annual bath. ‘Things Chief Turner sternly warning motorists that park in the bus parking spots. Even one of our Counciliors ran afoul of the Chief. work done with four men. Doing a fine job, anyway. Rev. W. J. Watt planting flower garden on the grounds of Trinity United church. First strawberries of the season in Theal Bros. last Friday afternoon. Grown by Jim Shackleton, the bowling champion. . George Doucette, striding down street. Outwardâ€" ly calm. Inwardly exultant. His Uncle George Doucett, Minister of Highways carried Lanark with a majority of 11,000. it endures as an example whichâ€" we might mth;tn&wlu us. Nnu:flnnitv. Td Progressâ€" af thine chnracterited" the Seven a.m. every day except Sunday, West, The Barber, the sole possessor of the street. ‘The only place of business open at that hour. Supt. of Works Jimmy Lawrie scratching his head and trying to figure how he can get eight men‘s Last Thursday, North Grimsby Councilior Johnny Aikens with Col. McCordick, the Liberal candidate in tow; Clarence Lewis with "Mac" Lockhart, the Tory standard bearer making the rounds. It‘s all over now, Main Street can relax. Victorian Era, and the greatest of these is John Stadeimier putting a new cement floor in the Henley service station. a Charlie Mason fixing a leak in the big water main. Fast work and a good job. You can read all about the Vâ€"E Day instructions if you look in the west window of "The Little Shoeâ€" maker‘s shop. Also that a big dance will be held in Winona hall on May 17th. I‘d rather see a sermon any day than hear one. utdoBo-mvhobl:hclhnp. y Tor stands undamaged at the top of Lord Street, and this may be symbolical. _ The Victorian era, with all that it repreâ€" sents in peaceful progress and democratic Rushton‘s new Gypsy striped awning. The wartime housewife with her meat MAIN= STREET Letters to the Editor Dear Mr. Livingston: & While we of Canada are sacrificing many of the luxuries of life, and are being rationed for many of the necessities, all loyal Canadians should help as -.-.-un-nmn-nu-.- Now, here is a thought that might simplify the rapid and thorough distribution of pork, for inâ€" stance, in European countries. Instead of shipping our choice bacon and other pork products to Europe, why not ship the live porkers over and turn them Joose on the fields of Europe. They could root amidst the battleficlds and clear them of the threat of mm-m--uummm in the matter of agricultural pursults just now. Every time a porker nosed out a mine, it would, of course, explode. mm-wqm-m eause his incandescents were so small and were usâ€" ed so intermittently. He needed an accurate meter that would register the total electric power used by each customer in a given period, In those days the modern unit of power â€"â€" the kilowattâ€"hourâ€"had not been devised. Nor were there instruments of any sort except the cumberâ€" some Wheatstone bridge and gaivanometer. Edison therefore had to devise a system of his own or let his customers have their current free. * IN THE DAYS WHEN ELECTRICITY WaAs BOUGHT BY WEIGHT When Edison opened the Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882, he faced the serious problem of current measurement. ‘The arcâ€"light people had been giving their customers a flat weekly rate for the use of each light, Edison couldn‘t do this beâ€" ‘The problem was difficult because the meter had to be dependable and cheap and very accurate. If it were not the customers were sure to howl!. His m_n-wanymu its simplicity. He would use the timeâ€"honored principle of elecâ€" troplating, in which a known weight of metal was transferred from positive to negative plate by each ampere of current in a given time. Electrolytic meters appeared in the United States by the thousands. Each Edison company had .wmmmmmw the plates once a month, taking them back to headâ€" quarters to be weighed, and so computing by a formula what quantity of électricity each customer be accomplishedâ€"the destruction of a hidden mine or trap, and the wider distribution of pork. Don‘t you think this is a good idea? _ __ _ _ _ _ _ If there are any prizes being offered for "helpâ€" ful suggestions," the writer believes this one merits one of three such prizes, .. had used. ‘This operation had to be extremely acâ€" curate, since the monthly change in weight amountâ€" ed to only a few thousandths of an ounce. Though it sounds complicated to one who is unâ€" familiar with the interaction of electrical forces, the aimple in principle as an insult .w:nuummm e in withâ€" :vmfl,mbqwmm‘ the delicacy necessary to make the instrument acâ€" Nmmmwlcmmm system of admitting the electric light man to "weigh the bill" every month and did not realize how crude it was, muwmmum that the electrolytic meter was considered one of the marvels of the age, creating more humor than hardâ€" ship. But when the electric motor began to invade the country the situation was quickly changed. Large quantities of power could not casily be measâ€" ured by Edison‘s invention. ‘The only alternative was the flatâ€"rate method, which was fair neither to the customers nor to the power company, During his work with trolleyâ€"car motors Proâ€" fessors Thomson came to the conclusion that a simâ€" ple mechanical meter must be devisedâ€"a meter such as the gas companies used, that registered the total of the commodity consumed on dials that could be read direct. ‘The electrical trade was clamoring for such an instrument. Accordingly, about 1889 he atâ€" tacked the problem. ‘The general solution was in his mind when he began. ‘The essence of the invention lay in the expert handling of the details, The principle, which seemed to him obvious but had escaped everyone cise. was that of a tiny clecâ€" tric motor connected into the circuit to be measured. ‘The power to drive it would be nearly zero, but not quite, and always proportional to the main power being consumed. ‘The shaft of the motor would opâ€" erate a train of dials for registering the total energy that had gone through the circuit. with a grin And wondered oft why grandpa tucked his napkin ‘neath his chin. ‘Though the father and the mother more them looseâ€" ly on their knees, M‘-__*h“lhullumumu on his esE EcyCP ORS Why he always wore it that way, as a boy, I never aulug;_nl-llhu-un. I remember his "When you‘ve lived 1 have n ouse ';}-cu you will know Mvggl-qm-h&“!mu It stayed just beneath his whiskers and it billowed ‘WAY BACK WHEN Frank Fairborn, Jr. DISTRIBUTION OF PORK GRANPA‘8 NAPKIN Melpfully yours, June 8th, 1045. 4 Blake St., Harold B. Matchett Business Directory Thursday, June 14th, 1945. §6.50 WEST MAIN STREET HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR V acuum -eleaners Electric Floor Polishers BARRISTER, sOLICiTOR, Etc. ksquire _ Beamevilie *« & Ontario AUMON(IR‘V:F&.AM EI“: .b.h%d‘z =~ 80, Beamevilie or Grimeby Indepandent, Phone 36. I have just received the largest shipment of New C.CM. Parts and Accessorâ€" fes that I have had at one time in three years. Come in and have your "Honey" Shelton NEWPARTS... ACCESSORIES SUN LIFE OF CANADA Complete Repairs to All Makes 314 St. PLUMBING and HEATING George 1. Geddes "THE LITTLE SHOEMAKER" 25 Main Street, umuv“ Moure 0â€"5 â€"â€" Saturdays 9â€"12 Central Vacuum Cleaner Co. 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