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a worthy contribution to the development of this country. No doubt at some future time with proper leaders it will again make a worthy contribution to the welfare of Canâ€" ada. The Hon. Dr. Manion in the hope of gaining power has dropped the name of the party he was chosen to lead and attempts to foist himself on the Canadian electors under the masquerade of some kind of a ghost or s-o-called national government. It will go down in history as one of the memorable political stunts in the public life of Can- ada. At any other time it might be termed amusing, but this is no time for political stunts or political stuntsters. There is the convincing evidence of qualified and trust- ed men in high places in this and the Old Land that Can- ada’s war effort has been sincerely, efficiently and hon- estly directed. Our effort has been placed on a firm foundâ€" ation and the people of Canada have every reason to be thankful for the safe and sane statesmanship of those chargefl with the responsibility of government. It is true it does not suit everyone. It does not suit political stunt- sters like Col. Drew and Hon. Mitchell Hepburn and it did not please Mr. Duplessis in Quebec. It apparently doesn’t please the Hon. Dr. Manion now that there is an election but his speeches which we have heard have not brought forward anything constructive as to any improvements .he would make. The feature of the campaign so far we would say has been the regularity with which Manion- Dfrew charges have vanished into thin air under the light 0 facts. When the election was called the Hon. Dr. Manion grasped at the straw of a National Government label. We believe he would have made a much stronger appeal had he retained the name of the party he was chosen to lead, because the Conservative Party has in years gone by made The election campaign continues to hold the centre of interest and with voting day only two weeks distant public sentiment has become sufficiently crystalized to give some indication as to the result. From exchanges reach- ing our desk and from independent sources from coast to coast come reports that there is an overwhelming balance in favor of continuing in office the present government. The return of the King government which is pretty well conceded will be due in large measure to the general satisfaction with the war effort of the present adminis- tration and in some measure to the utter weakness of the campaign of the Hon. Dr. Manion and his supporters. In the first place the Hon. Dr. Manion does not appeal as a leader of the stature to entrust with the tremendously important job of government at this time. Secondly there is a very evident desire on the part of the electors to conâ€" tinue at the helm the experienced, tried and trusted lead- ers who have brought Canada as a united c0untry into the war and this far in our war effort and fear of the disrup- tion which would result from a change of government at this time. And thirdly the harping. petty criticism of Dr. Manion and his supporters is distasteful to serious minded Canadians who are anxious that we get on with the busi- ness of prosecuting the war. In North York the political situation remains much as it was at the start of the campaign. The significant fact that no resident of North York was nominated to oppose the sitting member and the only opposition is the candidature of a resident of Truro, Nova Scotia, pretty well indicates North York’s feeling that Co]. W. P. Mulock’s record of service merits support. Listen to "The Shadow"â€"every Wed., CFRB, 9-9.30 p.m. Established 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RIGHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. J. Eachern Smith, Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per year -â€" To the United Suites $2.00 Covering Canada's Best Suburban District Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 PAGE TWO OFFICE 10 I. D. RAMER & SON THURSDAY, MARCH 7th, 1940. THE CAMPAIGN PROGRESSES “THE LIBERAL” PHONES: RES. 85 & 261-W 405 the admlt bird flies in the same 'manner as other birds. But with the development of the perfect flight ibody, evolution did not cease nor even slow dcwn. Birds that had gained the power of flight through millions of years evolving began to retrogress. In Lake Titiâ€" caca in Chile a species of gre‘oes found it easier to escape enemies by diving than by flying, they found ample food the year round and had no need of migration, and to-day on Lake Titica this species of grebe has become isolated and one day in the‘ future will succumb to evolution. It has forfeited the power of flight and as a result it cannot spread to other lakes and countries. On land the ostrich and the emu found that running offered a perfectly secure existence and the unweildv wing-s neâ€" cessary“to raise their huge bodies1 gradually disappeared until now they have only funny little stiflis, their breast bone has flattened and the muscles of the ostrich and emu are concentrated in their legs. In the arctic wastes the penguin learned to fly under water, his wings degener- ated to mere flippers that propell him under the ocean with the speed of the fish he preys on, with the whole of the ocean to choose from he had no fear of isolation and to- day he nests from the tropics to the polar circle and beyond, an example of successful adaptation. The next time you hear the ex- pression, ‘as rare as hen’s teeth’, don't laugh. Yesterday in the time of archaeology their swam in our oceans 'a giant loon, over six feet long and armed with a long narrow ’bill containing 94 sharp teeth. Comâ€" The Pter-odyctyl is gone but in the remote forests of the Amazon there can still he found a trace of the early days, in the nestling of the Hoatzin. When this bird is hatched it is equipped with two sets of claws on the ends of its wings and until it is of an age to fly it crawls from branch to branch in the same manner that ils lizzard ance.:- tors first left the ground and climbed into the fern forests. As the \vng grows the claws are gradually ab- sorbed until finally there is no trace of the throw-back in evolution and the adult bird flies in the same manner as other birds. LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO THE HISTORY OF BIRDS (By Farley Mowa’c) the the fan and plete skeletons of this formidable bird have been discovered and it is- supposed that a bite from this bird, and: it would be a bite literally, would sever a man’s hand. But this bird and hundreds of others that allowed themselves to loose the powâ€" ers of flight no longer exist. Flight took millions of years to achieve and nature as though in anger at the species that gave away their heri- tage s-o rashly, conspired‘ to destroy them. The last of the flighrtless birds to die was the great auk, de- The process of evolution is end- less. Careful studies of present clay birds such as the common song spar- row show the mark of evolution. There are about 40 different kinds of song sparrow. They vary due to the different conditions they live un- der. The desert birds are p-ale ard large, the forest birds are small and dark. In the next few million years these varying forms will probably 'be distinct species, ‘bearing no resembâ€" lance to each other or to the song sparrow of to- lay. stroyed‘ in our time by man. To-day there are not more than a dozen flightless birds and most of them are on their way to extinction. The flightless [birds that have died off in the last four centuries: are many, amongst them a pigeon of greater size than our biggest swan to-d'ay, the Dod‘o it was called, and the last of its kindl was seen in 1640. The giant fligh‘tlessv rail of Mauritius vanished in 1691. The black emus of New Zealand disappeared in the last century. And the common emu will soon be of the past also. When you see a starling' outside your window consider that the an- cestons of that *bird' were ancient fossils before the first man walked on two feet. In an article of this length I can give only a mere summary of a few of the amazing stories written by evolution on the beds of sandstone and lime in the days when the earth was still in its youth, but it may Show roughly a little of the interest there is in the study of birds: and, why the class of people known rath» er pityingly as scientists enjoy their long and difficult books and their slow hours of research. Combined talent from the Wood- bridge Presbyterian choir and Young People’s Society staged an excellent concert in the hall last Friday even- ing. The variety programme in- cluded choral and solo selections by the choir, a short Operetta by the same group, readings by a guest elo- cutionist, Miss Ola MacNaughton, and a one-act play presented by the Young People’s organization.” PRESBYTERIAN GROUPS UNITE FOR CONCERT Solo‘ists in the choir’s contributions were Mrs. Lorne Bagg, Mrs. H. Lov- ett. Stanley Harper, Gordon McGill- ivray, Miss Gladys Armstrong, Miss Janey Nattress. Miss Orpha Farr and Jack Nattresrs. The Operetta, “Thirty Minutes with Stenhen Fos- ter”, was niayed by Mrs. Pagg, Mrs. '«ovett. Miss Armstrong. Mr. Harpâ€" ‘r and Miss Mahn‘le Harris, assisted 'w the full choir. T‘nn Ynnnrr Peonle’s play, a parti- "t‘wly hwworcns enisode. was en- Wctrd bV the fnllowimr players: Miss "rat'tr‘n’n Vi'an‘ru‘m Miss Tw’vine Eid- ‘1: Inch Nath‘vss, Charlie Agnew Richmond Hill Pinyfict 2W1 3?)?"an n; m'nsio was Miss Tom mev‘“ and The chairman was CiIbPM ‘VP‘FQ. "fkvr: Psc‘<+- ’“or in var‘nuz {11ch9: were Miss “Iadvs ‘Rrownlna Ywquineas mana'rer: Names Ross and .T"ck "rrne‘l. tic‘”‘ts and Ham“ Mm. D. McVonZiP, Mis< Mahd‘e Furl‘ic 'mr! r7. Aqnew, chive am] nlnv dhn‘ctinn: Mrs. Harrv Watts and Miss Fem Berry, ushe‘cettes. VARCOE-TRIMBLE The wedding took place on Satur- day, February 24th at the United Church Parsonage in Bolton of A1- deen Elizabeth Trimtble. daughter of Mrs. Trimble of Palg’rave and Law- son Hutbert Varcoe, son of Mr. and! Mrs. Wm. Varcoe of Adjala. Rev. W. Rivers officiated. They will re- side in Adjala. TINSMITHING FURNACES - PLUMBING HEATING Septic Tanks Installed Pumps Barn & Stable Equipment 74 Yonge btreet VVEFWHNG ‘. H. KANE Phone 92â€"R MRS. C. E. BRADSHA\V Mrs. Charles Ellis Bradshaw, 62 year old resident of the 7th conces- sion of Vaughan, passed away in the Private Patient‘s Paw'vlion, Toronto General Hospigal, pm Saturday, Feb- ruary 24th. .Mérs'. Bradshaw s'ufferea a broken shoulder, a broken hip and other injuries when she fell on ice near her home eight days prior to her death. Vaughan for several years. Mrs. Bradshaw, the former Catherine Taylor, was born at Brockville, the daughter of James Taylor, a natlve of England, and Catherine Stinson, a native of Ireland. Survivors include her husband, two daughters, Myrtle and Rhena, at home, and a son, ‘Chancey, of Tor- onto. Funeral services were conducted at Scott’s‘ Woodbridge funeral chapel by the Rev. L. Rumble of the Bible Society. Toronto, on Tuesday afterâ€" noon, February 27th. Interment was in Hillcrest cemetery with the follâ€" owing acting as» pallbearers, A. Har- ris, Earl Osborne, both of Toronto: Roy Barker, George Stewart, Floyd Farr and Bartley Farr. Her husband is a former postmas- ter at the University of' Toronto office: and_the family have lived in For Everything Electrical, Consult E. A. 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