BIRTH OF CANADA

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20911, 16 September 1939, Page 9

BIRTH OF CANADA

HONOURED BY UNITED BTATEB WARSHIP AT CHARLOTTETOWN The visit of the United States destroyer Hamilton was a feature of the observance here in July of the seventyfifth anniversary of a conference at which the groundwork was laid for the Confederation of the Canadian provinces. The Charlottetown conference took place early in September, 1864, and the following month the Fathers of Confederation continued their talks at Quebec. As a result of these meetings the British North America Act was promulgated and the Dominion of Canada born in 1867. To collaborate in the celebrations, the U.S.S. Hamilton was dispatched here, where her visit recalled a distinctly less pleasant call by American war craft. That was in 1775, the year before the Declaration of Independence inaugurated the United States. On that occasion 'Charlottetown, even then a flourishing British colonial port, was ransacked. Visit In 1776 The American privateer ships Lynch and Franklin, in their search for prize money and the spoils of war, boldly and against orders sailed into Charlottetown Harbour. No resistance met their landing parties, which looted State documents and personal belongings, and took the Governor, Phillips Call-beck, as hostage. On their return the captains of the two ships were rebuked and dismissed by George Washington, Com-mander-in-Chief and first President of the United States, who ordered safe conduct for the Governor to his home and_r&tum of all the loot. Chemists at Bridgeport, Connecticut, believe they have discovered the perfect food. This they’ have called “ manatone,” and it consists of banana pulp, ground coconut, malted milk, skimmed milk, whey and dextrose, with a slight addition of cocoa for flavouring. It is pleasant to taste, contains all the necessary nourishment, minerals, salts and vitamins, as well as enzymes lor easy digesting.