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By Charles P. Nutter, Associated Press Staff Writer (By Guardian's Special Wire)

LONDON, Deo- I2.—Four powers and three dominion: Joined today in firm rejection of Japan's naval conference demand‘ for equality u: thescaswithtlrcatkritaiuaudttie United States.

The United States, France, Italy, Canada, South Africarand Ausiraha joined in the refusal voicing vario reasons reflecting national ‘ ‘

Th‘ the conference, designed i9 lay a basis for rep-Icing the expir- ing ioridou and Washington naval limitation treaties, apapreutly head- ed for e deidlock. although some hope prevailed in aii delegations ma: a compromise may yet be poss-

DEPAI-‘l! HASH] T‘.

The ' delegation departed hastily as today's session broke up. The hurried ‘exit at first created the impression they were walkout out of the conference. but well informed sources said. that this was not the case. .

British determination to resist the Japanese demand was linked in

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ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING MEVENTS.’ MEETINGS. ETC

f°Donce at Wlltshire I-Iail to- night. Charlottetown music. L-S770

"Dance at Wiitehiro Hall to- night. Cites ttetowu music. L47’!!!

"Mr. I-i. Kirsh needs some illver fox skins. I-Ie is buying at i. D. Jenkins‘ office. L-377I

"Huyins potatoes and turnips daily- Farmers Warehouse. Hunter River- L-3729-l2-l2-8i.

"Albany Friday‘ night, December 13th. Card Party at home of Mr. and Mrs. Amlhtse Noouan-

"Poultry-Buyiilti’ all kinds drou- "T Wullry on Irnded besis. George i-eilihtizer 00., next Queen Hotel.

L-3598-l2-7-tf.

"Grading ‘poultry every day at highest market prices for cash. Poole 8s Thompson Ltd.

. Li-SNI-lfl-IZ-til.

"Bis Table Display system. mo“ STIOPDTBB is made compara- tively easy at Clark Bros, Visit our Mt. Stewart or Montague store.

LrThe postpones meeting of the hale. Auxiliary oi the P. s. r.

oiestant .Orpl'ianage will take PM "n Friday. Dec. so. n-aws

"Bllylfia live “and dressed fowl. chicken. also dressed turkeys, mm and ducks Friday and Sat. G av. Dec. lath and nth. A. o.

m". Albany. 3-317;

"Bilylhsrvulrry O11 following

= De. by?“ c lath. 19th and 20th.

“Buying live hogs Hunter River “leader. December 1'lth. Everett ‘"11"!- luierald. Alden ilosse.

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Mlill IS MY NEIGTIBUR?

At This Joyous Season of ‘Cheer _and Good Will We Are All More or Less Neigh- bours, Only Some of U Are Much Worse

. off Than Others and the Little Ones May be Grief Strick- fan if Santa Passes

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"We wish that we could seud s gift Td‘ evflfy needy case, .

Iibr each deserves a mighty lift, A loving act or-grsoe,"

‘The surnames of those - whose numbers and Christian names are published under. Santa Claus list are not revealed, nor are their ad. dresses known except to the ole , ofthschurch minister- ing to their needs and ourselves. They are anonymous fellow

oiusshs m t t. um Billie. Pals. “MG- wtmlllldlifl

‘so mom. eauksioooibiu» em

a direct word of gratitude from those whom they help to make Christmas whet it should be. Giving joy and cheer to the un- known rieediest children. one gives to all, even when one seleotg g smile child on our list. They may

800d be lust around the corner, in the

""10 b‘°¢k. 0r at the otiior end of Th1! my. but they bzccino neighbor-g all-givers and recipients: gent; Pals and needy children—ln these Christmas contributions u; m; m. known. "Alike unknowing and (m- known." the needy children have in these gifts found as many neighbors as them are Santa Pals. and the Santa Pals as many friends as there are little ones whom Banta Claus might other. wise overlook. Who that has aught to give. would not welcome the op- WTT-Tlllity to reach out and help these unknown through the med- ium of this ooiuihhi

Our list cf needicst little ones grows space, wont you add your toys and goodies, or mite, to pro- vide them with the cheer that

Christmas ought to bring?

YBSTIIBDAIPS SANTA IMLS Miss Ray Gillespie.

Rev. Father Flemming. Moore and McLeod, Ltd. Joan Stewart, Malpeque Rd. Fairlie Prbwse.

Mr. H. G. Rngersdn.

Mrs. D. J. Riley.

Dorothy Kirwsn.

Paul Cudmore.

Mrs. J. L. McLeod.

Mrs. Mary Seller.

Miss Lena McLure.‘

Pied seamen. Donald Bung.

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Board Heard

Dec. IL-After an

OTTAWA, liners ' “ reserved ’

tarlo and Quebec. attention of theioerd at Maritime " of ‘ b

ways of competitive rate reductions

Sets Dec. ‘ 17 For Hearing In Hull Murder

(C. P. by Guaadlau’! Special Wire) HULL, Que, Dec. IZ-Crown At- torney Ilernand B. Major an- nounced today he will be ready to proceed two days before Christmas mh preliminary hogging of mun ‘*u'a “d3”, ' Parppacflfi logcd to have taken pectin (batik robbery plot that resulted iu the slaying Dec. 4 of Armand Nadeeu Held on the largest blanket murder charge sworn in Canada since 19M at least 11 of the i2 will be brought here Dec. i7. the date sot for the hearing when they were remanded last Tuesday, to appear in court and hear the ease adjourned. One man still is sought.

Four Atlantic A i r T r ‘i p s‘ Weekly Planned

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) WASHINCYIUN, DOC. IFRGIIITBI‘

Decision Reserved (By Railway Commission On Ma ritimePotato Rates Case Application Of _

Maritime Tradé Yesterday For

Rates Reduction On Potatoes MovingTo Ontario é? Quebec.

(Canadian Press, By Guardian's SpcciaLWire) all-day sitting, the Board of Railway

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the time Board of Trade for reduction in rates on potatoes moving to Onf

Today, the final dsy oi’ sitting on Peace which has already held the Province hearings. was occupied with

for and the application.

Y . It also brought forward the suggestion the potato application may be only the firIt of several resulting from the putting into effect by the rail.

to meet truck competition. SUPPORTS APPLICATION

Col. J. L. Raiston, arguing in sup- port of the Maritime Board's applic- ation, ststed that while the applica- tion deait only with potatoes, reduc- ed rates had been put into effect in Ontario and Quebec by the railways on many other oommodiiim to mect truck competition. He reserved all rights to deal at some other time with commodities such as lumber. biscuits and confectionery, iron and steel, and hides."

Today's afternoon sitting was oc- cupied very iargely by Col. Ralston

(Act, asserting that statute ha for alts basic idea Marltimo- _ lace shippers should be given a than’ y to compete in Ontario and eo markets. He Boltrllw put into effect-much rate reductions on potatoes Al would permit restor- ation of the parity provided for in the Maritime Freight Rates Act The application arose as a result

of reductions in freight-rates in On- tario and Quebec on potatoesmadc effective by the railways to meet truck Wliipf-tion. day '1‘. Marshall, representing the Toronto Board of 'i,rsde, expressed the view ~the Maritime Provinces. under a. strict interpretation of the Maritime might Rates Act, were enthfsd to the reduction sought.

orrosr: APPLICATION ‘

trans-Atlantic air service for 1937

‘with four round trips a, week by,

slant passcnser-irmii planes was‘ projected today as the "confident hope" of oiliclals of four govern- ments. |

A formal statement issued at the close of a week of conferences be- tween British, United states, can. adian and Irish Free State Govern- ment representatives said "under- standings" ieachcd on a. reciprocal basis had raised the "hope" for the 19d’! objective. ‘

Charlottetown

Engineer-Badly Burned

(CP. by Guardian's Special Wire)

PIOIOU, N. 8., Dec. l2-Joh!i Trainer of Charlottetown, engineer of the Public works Dredge No. 9 was badly burned about the rlghi and head when he fell against electric heater in his cebinpiie taken to hospital and treated

Maritime Province: Clu DFMontrdgI Elects Ofiicers

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by Di‘. B. H. Quthcrland.

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n A. P. billiard. first? president from tlon until his death

On the other hand. J. K. Smith, who appeared for the Montreal Board of Trade. requested dismissal of the application. He argued terms of the Maritime Freight Rates Act did not require the railways‘. to out rates in tho Maritime: because they had introduced competitive rates in Ontario and Quebec to meet truck competition. ,

For the railways, I. C. Rand. re- prese “ g the Canadian National.‘ and G. A. Walker. the Canadian Pacific. both opposed the applica- tion. The former asked the Board to consider the situation from a practicalpoint of view. If the rail- ways could not meet truck competi- tion in Ontario, they would move no potatoes. But that would not help Maritime Province potatoes to get into the Ontario market. It would merely handover the entire busi- ness in Ontario to trucks.

Mr. Waiker presented arguments to show setting of competitive rates in thecentral provinces did not call for rdductlo in the Moritiniss ‘

The Ontario Potato Growers As- soclstidn was represented by C. H. Bowyar, who opposed the applica-

UNDER‘ HANDICAP

leaving aside freight rate oom- pariso Ralston argued the Maritime vince shipper of pota- toes was tinder a very greet handi- cap in getting into Ont rio markets as com arad with his ompetitors

in xthl Province. The Maritime Province shl WI! M11111! f0 pay a more for refrigera-

tion and heating. l-Is illustrated this point by saying that the handicap suffered by s potato shipper in Charlottetown ttfontario. as oom- pai-sd with any iso mils shipment in Ontario, was 28 cents per 100

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Secrecy Shrouds Com- .mittee Meetings At I n t e r - Provincial Conference.

(O. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

UITAWA, Dec. l2—Purther con- tributions by the Dominion tress- ury to the Provinces to defray rc- liei costs. possibly on an increased basis, was the proposal token into consideration tonight by the con- tinuing Dominion-Provincial Con- ference Committee of l0 on fin- ancial questions. It is anticipated a meeting of_the Cabinet will be held tomorrow, prior to a plenary confer-once session. to enable the Government to reach s. decision on this point.

llbur conference committees wire in session today and there will be two or three clean-up meetings tomorrow morning, after which each of the six committees will present a report to the picn- ary session. The secrecy which has surrounded all conference act- ivities since the opening session Monday morning will be maln- tained. At a meeting of the con- ference steering committee this afternoon it was decided tomor-

row‘s plenary session will be in private. Features of today's develop-

xoeniskas revealed )9, Ptflsg, ‘Ilililllllfl wors-

I. A reemcnt in the mining committee that the mm)! indus- try should have a pe of at least five years of stabilized tor- at‘cn

2. Agreement in the constitution

Earlier in the.

committee on the prinlcple and methods of amending the British ‘forth America Act.

'3. Creation of a. continuing sub- committee of l0 of the committee on financial relations between Provinces and Dominion

4. Adoption by the committee on ummnlovment and social services of a system for registering and classlfyini; unemployed people on relief. ‘

' n. the" mihihg committee this nfteri-uv-n. nnder the chairman- ship of Hon. T. A. Crerar, it was screed the committee should sub-

mit a report urging that when a national conference is culled in regard to uniform company laws. full consideration should be elven to all matters concerning flotation of companies for the purpose of carrying on mining operations.

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INTEGRITY

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Cancellation Of Power Contracts By On- tario H a s Adverse Effect In London. -

(C. P. Cable) (By Guardian's Special Wire)

LONDON, Dec. 12.--'I‘hre London newspapers commented in heir fin- anciaicolurnns today upon the oc- tion of the Ontario Government last lriday in cancelling power contracts of the Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission with Quebec companies. The Times sold: “'I‘he news had a depressing eflect upon the market in Canadian securities here. Since Mr. Hepburifs government ‘passed legislation ‘canceliinr the contracts the usually steady demand for Can- adian securities in-lnndon has been seriously . " ‘ special-

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.'i'he ilymlxprcss described the

dccisionas tltdestructivel.’ “, shows." it added.

"that those who buck contracts

h daiusgeto their

wdit ‘ u th d persist iii Jiu ‘Ige fo es ofOTltgib IN t home to the pro- visos: be‘ hoped that hei-

fin "Hakim! will be re-eetab- uiiihisii-“Pufifiiiiiw”

. o iuaviteliil mo“... to iuiurs the credit o! the province with Canad-

and the cltv (the fin- tendon."

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TfikEA iEfis WA VAFW PAEf/sy

No Pro-Christmas Cheques This Year

OTTAWA, Dec. lL-Cariadian war peusloncn will receive their cheques on the usual monthly dates this year and no advance payment of pensions will he made for the Christmas holiday, it was learned at the department of rdiinsions and national health to-

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Last year the issue of cheques was speeded up in order to place the pensioners in funds for Christmas.

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MEREASEI) CHRISTMAS BUSINESS

Improved Trend No- ted Ali Across Can- ada By Retail Mer- chants.

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

Christmas shopping has moved to the other side of the plate glass. All across Canada, smiles are creasing the retail countenance, for the window-shoppers of the last few years are inside now with money in their pockets.

Imllrovement in the business at- mosphere preliminary to the ac- tual movement of packs down the chimmey is notable in two ways-

éfifiwnlffihimii, e111» imvrwed

This insistence on the hast we; remarked particularly among East- em storelreepers, whil-s on the Prairtea and the Pacific Coast peo- ple were considering ways and means to get stockings big enoua/h to hold a house ‘or an automobile so evident was the jump in real es- tate and automobile sales.

Mvs chants Optimist

Merchants of the Marftimes pre- dicted the most profitable yuletide season in six years. The improve- ment was particularly noticeable in Prince Edward Island, where better prices for farm products brought out more money, and in Cape Breton. home of s well-main- tivned coal and steel industry. Increased sales were duo in some measures to delayed trude—mild weather in October and November accounted for that-but Christmas lines were moving faster in Halifax. Sydney. Charlottetown and Mono- ton. Saint John reported activity about the same as last year, with prospects for a sharp increase the last week before the holiday. Halifax: Christmas shopping slightly better than last; year. Im- provement general with tendency toward bettsr grade merchandise. Retail trade was aflected to some extent by mild weather in October and November. ‘With colder wes- ther in December some of this fall mcic is, counts; on top of Christ- mas trade ‘and prospects are for steady improvement until year end.

Saint John: Christmas shopping activity here reported about same as last year, which was better than threeprevous years. Owing gen- erally- improved conditions 3ft:

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When one has a good table, one is always right with the lychophant.

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Peace

ing the Ethiopian conflict.

dropped.

Peace Only Object

At Geneva both Premier "Laval of Trance and Anthony Eden oi Britain gave assurances their only object was peace, within the framework of the League, and that Geneva arid Addls Ababa would have their say, as well as Rome.

In Rome indications were that Premier Mussolini was willing to accept the formula as a basis for discussion. But in Dessye Emperor Hallo Selassie toldl-Iavas Ethiopia could not accept the proposals be- cause they would “place a premium upon aggression."

Dissatisfaction with the plan was shown by left wing members of the French Chamber of Depu- ties, who prepared formally to challenge it when Premier Laval returned to Paris from Geneva.

Although Italy's northern army is marking time while supply loads arc repaired, the southern force made ready for an anticipated at- tack by 150,000 warriors under Ras Desta Demtu. Scouts returning to Dolo told of a concentration of Ethiopian forces in the River Jubs. area.

By George Hnrribleton, Canadian Press Staff Writer

GENEVA, Dec- l2.-— (C. P. Cable) - League action on sanctions on oll, coal, iron and. steel stands ad- journed tonight to permit members of the Council to consider the Franco-British plan for ending war in East Africa.

The Council itself will be sum- moned in special ssmion on Wed- nesday next to decidawhsther, in view of the Italian and Ethiopian replies to the peace proposals, the policy of imposing economic sanc- tions should be continued or drop- ped or. if necessary, extended.

In the meantime financial and economic sanctions now applied against Italy remain rigidly in force.

EXCITING DAY

Briefly, such was the upshot of an exciting day at Geneva. It was a day of hotel diplomacy, with only a short private meeting of the sanctions committee of 18 to reveal the activities being carried on with- in the League framework.

Talks began almost immediately after Premier Laval oi’ France and Anthony Eden. Briti_sh_ M iictffif

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“Late News Flashes

anti-Japanese deruouatratl

sldent, - was

lief public works total!

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mltitbeavarted. ' Thenainea tiieeeccstaayfeerahaaa,

ceases efteurhttrafflc. n‘ efitaceialfttee

night brought‘ a i-ey of hope that a threatened

t annanngailctlie ceei sues tho Miners Ialesttllnlof and to meet them Dee. n.

.s.....__i-...-_ OTTAWA, Dec. Il-(O. P-T-Tlsb Dominion-Provincial Conference it VIII learned that Gill ‘ hill-COMM Ilghway

LONDON, Dec. li-(C. P. lII-valb-Greet Britain intends to take no action against Japanese military activity in North China, Prime Min- llter_Bnldwi_n_ said in the lloho of Commons today. Ills 4 in reply to a question by Capt. Peter blacdonald, Conservative represent- lug the ‘lsle of Wight. Macdonald h a native of Nova Scotla-

CANTON, Dec. lfl-(C- P. Hind-The Japanese gunbolt 518i W“ reported proceeding to Canton from Ilongkoug tonight following violent which swept this city today.

The gunboat, it was reputed, was sent to protect Jnplneae residents in the event of further dinlrbancea.

HAVANA, Dec. “iz-qsrs-Joss s. Barnet. 71-year-old lcting m:

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of Cubs ‘ ' "‘ by the Cab-

inst ahq ‘Council orfiis mandolin: jointly as III electoral college.- Barnet will take the bath of office at the presidential ,aiace tomor- rnembera of the Supreme Court will visit the palace in, a body.

MONTREAL, Dec. li-(Irilnyb-C. PJ-Tliree urz::- layment re- _ lag in coat nearly 11.185000 have lnen “thrown out” by the King Government, the Colette states in a deapatch from its Oran correspondent. Announcement was made yesterday, the paper

caeisi-psvsiopmuiis in m. coal crllll

nation-wide strike

owner: sou informed that they had in-

tnilqy, has accepted the be com-

Annuai subscription Delivered cane. By Mali Canada and l7. l. A. $4.59

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French

Proposals

Terms Reported Acceptable To Italy But Rejected By Ethiopia. League Putslg Exciting Day.

(C. P. By Guardian’s Special Wire)

Tile League of Nations sanctions committee of 18 yes- terday decided to delay action on oil, coal, iron and steel sanctions against Italy to permit members of the League. Council to examine the Anglo-French proposals for halt-

The Council will meet next Wednesday to decide in the light of Italian and Ethiopian replies to the peace - plan, whether sanctions- should _be continued, extended or

In London Alfred Duff-Cooper, British Secretary for War, predicted the plan “very likely will fail.” He said the only ‘crime?’ Britain and France committed was put- ting forth peace suggestions. '

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