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the present governorgeneral jolia eucrran writer and his toric was bern in perth scotland august 1375 he came or an old border family firmly established in the eateem of the countryside and comfortably af- flu nt advantages which while use- ft 1 wore to count little beside the capacity of the man himself at glasgow university and brase- r03- college oxford he was not long in coving his quality with an in- satihln appetite for history espec ially its pageantry and color he carried off the stanhope historical prte and the newdigate prize for english verse also at oxford he was elected president of the union tint great debating society that has given to britain so many of its men of affairs hie boer war had already been rasing a year when at the age of 2g john buchan was called to tho en glish bar followed a twoyear so journ in africa during tho early months of which he went up the zam besi blvcr and shot big game he be came a convert to cecil rhodes dream of a united british empire and it was not long before he was called to more serious work lord milner was south african high commissioner at that time volume two of the milner papers records the commissioner gathering around him a group of able young men drawn from tho civil service and elsewhere in england who came to he popularly known as his kin dergarten one of these young men was john buchan who became lord milners secretary another who has since made his mark in british life was philip kerr now marquess of lo thian to both fell a share in the task of healing the warstricken transvaal and meeting the implacable hatred of tho boers with justice tact and a genuine desire for friendship as to the success of this policy south african offers ample evidence during the next few years he di vided his time between law on jour nalism and then in 1007 came a par tnership with thomas nelson and sons during all thees years john buchanan was writing from the time of his first novel sir quixote which appeared in 1s0g while he was still at oxford has has been a con stant procession of romances his tories and biographies interspersed with an occasional sally into the realm of verso and light mystery fiction the war brought him one of his greatest opportunities for service the london times sent him to the front as a correspondent in the spring of 1015 and he was present at the second battle of vpres a year later he joined sir douglas haigs staff as intelligence officer was present at the battle of i ho somme and was recall ed in january 1017 to take tho im portant post of director of informa tion at the war office it was this war service joined to his fights as nar rator and historian which let him write john liuchans history of the great war 10212 assuming his duties as governor- general of tho dominion at rideau hall in 1033 lord tweedsmuir brought with him an ideal helpmate lady tweedsmuir herself an au thoress canada is proud of civil service prior to 1ss2 appointments to the civil service of canada were mado directly by the government of tho tlay in that year a board of civil service examiners was appointed to examine candidates and issue certi ficates of qualification to thoso suc cessful at examinations appoint ments however were still mado by the government the royal commission of 1007 ap pointed to inquire into tho civil scr- vlco act and its operation reported in favour of the creation of a civil ser vice act and its operation reported in favour of the creation of a civil service commission in 100s this body was appointed consisting of two members appointed by the gov ernor in council and holding office during good behaviour this commis sion mado appointments to tho in side servico at ottawa some after open competition and other after qualifying tests qualifying examina tions wcro also held for the outside service service apart from ottawa and lists established from which tho department selected names in 101s a third member of tho civil service commission was appointed and by the civil service act of that year the principle of appointment af ter open examination was applied to tho outsido as well as the insldo ser vice tho act also provided for the organization by the commission of tho various government departments for the establishing of new rates of compensation and for tho princlplo of promotion by merit wherever con sistent with tho best interests of the service provision was also made for prefcrenco in the matter of appoint ment to tho service to be given to qualified applicants who bad served in tho great war from april 1021 a monthly return of personnel and salaries has been mado by each department to the do- sir john a macdonald canadas first prime minister minion bureau of statistics accord ing to a plan that ensures compara bility between departments and con tinuity in point of time the institu tion of this system was preceded by an investigation back to 1912 during the war years the number of employees increased very rapidly as a result of the enlargement of the functions of government and the im position of new taxes necessitating additional officials as collectors such new services as the department of pensions and national health and the soldier settlement board were also created the maximum was reached in january 1920 when 47133 persons were employed a number which has since decreased to 43525 in januarv 1930 it may be added that out of 44175 in march 1930 1- 161 in the income tax branch and 2- 145 in the department of pensions and national health or 3306 in all were engaged in services of outstand ing importance which had no exist ence before the war further an ad ditional 11730 persons were in march 1930 employed in the post office de partment performing services of an industrial rather than of a govern mental type and receiving their sal aries out of the payments of the pub lic for services immediately render ed rather than out of taxation this postal service alone accounted for 52- 727756 of the 7443404 paid in salar ies in march 1930 or 3gc5 per cent of the total outstanding dates in canadas history 1497 cabot reaches eastern coast of america- 1534 cartcr lands at esquimaux bay 1535 cartier ascends st lawrence 1c03 champlain lands in canada 1c16 first schools opened three rivers and tadoussac 1c21 code of laws issued in que bec 1c32 canada and acadia restored to france 1g70 charter of hudson bay com pany 1709 british invasion of canada 1743 rocky mountains discovered 1749 founding of halifax 1750 defeat of french on plains of abraham 17g3 treaty of para 1768 charlottetown founded 1775 quebec act comes into force 1776 americans driven from can ada by carleton 1791 upper and lower canada divided 1795 pacific coast given up by spain 1807 simon fraser explores fra- ser river 1813 toronto burned by ameri cans 1826 byton ottawa founded 1840 act of union 1849 parliament buildings in montreal burned 1854 reciprocity treaty with us 1867 royal assent given b n a how canada got her constitution where did canada get its constitu tion there are four important acts of the british parliament which moro han anything else served to form the constitution of canada they became effective in 1774 1791 1s40 and 1s67 they were the quebec act the con stitutional act the act of union and the british north america act most important among tho features of the quebec act was its provisions for tho establishment of french civil law throughout what was then the province of quebec the constitution al act divided the canada of 1791 into the french speaking and the english speaking components lower and up per canada in 1s40 these two were united again by tho act of union and lord tweedsmuir the present gov ernorgeneral of the dominion one legislative assembly was estab lished with limited powers for the two the last of the great acts sep arated upper and lower canada ag ain making them separate provinces each admirtstering its own local af fairs and bound them within a confe deration that was soon to take in the whole of british north america with the exception of newfoundland and labrador this done the die war cast canada as it is today came into existence there followed years in which the power of the central canada govern ment grew little by little finally there came tho war canadian nation hood manifested itself then in its ma ture form and secured the recognition of the world in 1s7s hon edward blake secur ed a melioration in the instructions issued to the governor general that required that except under tho most unusual circumstances he should act on the advice of his ministers astute observers were able to see a gradual development of national conscious ness too in the behaviour of canad ian delegates to the colonial confer ence called imperial conference af ter 1907 in the same year it was also established that thereafter the prime minister of the united kingdom in stead of the colonial secretary should preside at the meetings a significant point inasmuch as it recognized the british government simply as primus inter pares among tho nations of the empire this year the imperial conference comes to ottawa history books will enter that as another significant ev ent in this chain but the war gave canada its real opportuntiy to step forth into the society of nations without timidity and assert her equality in that mom ents patriotic tasks she raised moro than half a million men 595000 to be accurate of these 41s000 went overseas to take their places on the battle front canada also supported the allies in other ways she supplied 1002000000 worth of munitions she doubled her food exports patriotic funds were raised to the extent of about 100000000 publicly she in curred financial responsibilities total ling nearly 2000000000 when the war was over she was among the signatories of tho treaty rt hon mackenzie king prime minister of versailles thanks largely to the initiative of sir robert borden then prime minister of canada following this came her admission to tho lea gue of nations and in 1926 hon raoul dandurand a canadian minis ter acted as president of the assemb ly in the following year canala was elected a nonpermanent member of tho council in the league an honor which was followed in 1928 by anoth er significant event when her prime minister the right hon wl mac kenzie king who at that time repre sented canada in geneva was elected a vicepresident of the league today with head high canadajioes about her work at home and abroad conscious of her national identity and proud of her great name canada produces canada leads the world in the manufacture of pulp and ptper with an export value of over 300000- 000 canada has beneath her soil one- sixth of the total coal supply of the world 90 per cent- of the nickel of tho world 85 per cent of the asbestos of tho world 55 per cent of the cobalt of tho world 10 per cent of tho gold of tho world 9 per cent of the lead of tho world 8 per cent of the silver of the world there will always be those who think they know your duty better than you know it harriston re view where the laws of the land are devised new brunswick potato growers ex pect to seed approximately 44000 acres this year as compared with j- 100 in 1936 according to official sta tistics indicated acreage for tho do minion is 501000 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffvllla monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am briarbush hospital main street stouffvlllo licenso no 203 graduated nurses in attendance private semiprivate and public wards ambulance service phone 191 mrs e r good superintendent le oneill stouffville- funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence phona r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000 mansion house stouffville ontario full course meals 35c room and board by the week 000 tobaccoes chocolates soft drinks sandwiches our specialty ladies and gents rest rooms mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffvlllo money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phono 196 coroner for york county dental neil c smith ldsdds office over bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pm phone oflice phono residence 1011 1015 clarcmont every tuesday office over tuckers store phone claremont 1401 e s barker lds dds honor graduato of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block phono 8201 markham every tuesday office inwcar block in the entrance hall of the house of parliament upper left there is a triumphal first statement of the gothic theme that reasserts itself in every cor ridor and chamber of the splendid buildings as one eloquent figure haunts a fugue in the centre is the peace tower fittingly framed between the vaulting lines of a shadowy arch high up in the tower is the memorial chamber upper right in which the altar of remembrance stands with its great book of holy names there is inscribed arecord of all those who valiantly gave their lives lor canada in the great war below are two aerial views of ottawa frojn them it may be seen how well the city was planned the government buildings stand on the very summit of the hill beyond them a procipitow did fall away to tfa river- see h o klinck obrien avenue for your insuranco needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines thomas bhtkett general insurance agency- representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phono stouffville- 25902 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire stewart beare radio service of newmarket formerly of markham in stouffvlllo ovory wednesday at bratliwaitos hardware phone 9601