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UNITED CHURCH. Bu“: Sunday. Mason - ll land. arrived home

_1hgd-i:IVlCBS i0! 1”’ peeep a P. M. James M. B .uflfllt€i'. -5010 e deat

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pins iwlhfflgyez 76 years. Mr. Arsen- al, who wps born in Egmont Ba . $22’; ‘Argekisaliitehas lived Jmhgeafiba“: and unassuming man- {by made many friends WhO Will 17w t his passing, He IBBVBS b0 T his widow, the former Julia and one son, Benjamin at following brothers

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iihsummgrsldeu Bay. and in Maine. and Cyrus ARV-Oil!‘ ubin in Mcncton, Mrs. Alex “mm-i, Li Summerslde, Mrs. mm Arsenault. and Mrs. Alb _7“Q¢llflil

i asth. . “d A

lL lli 1518mm" Bay‘

l pf the community is ex-

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it’: rune”; will take place ri-em

i i“ Qflif, reign“??? P231’! Catholic

i Kiwi, thence to St. Paul's Cem- mm summerside. 5

'lhram’s Village iftouplc llear Son {ls lap Prisoner

[gay letters have been received

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E RESIDENT DIES — h occurred at his home n underside on Thursday. MINI! r. Joseph L. Arsenault.

Y Mr. and Mrs. in for many W"! "M"

any The ‘partly

ed w the bereaved family- Saturday ‘m

wiareisw- '- - ~ assume m rune: oops-n m lllllllllilla see-nus; a

"znlllillllllsdllelal- Waterman».

ranvile some 1' I" Isle ia In ‘ma; I01- Plnng i“ h; gh- “flu. "mime an your sun. "Qnxolv 1min;

PASTOIAL OIIAIGI .- vlces ferSunda , sou-c‘

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-.Iiolu on roam a-ru. glflnmuir-iscglolelvinsm Ofmbfil-uglfl m. - I umme , who hog

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llev. llr. Goody to Address Short Course iit-Borden

The last oi the winter series of Short Courses sponsired by St. University opens at

Borden on ‘Tuesday, March 21st and will continue ior four days. The nationally known promoter and organizer of (kaoperatives in the Marltimes. Rev. Dr. M. M. Director (ti! the Extension COUISe and will give two

mlbllc addresses in Borden - one the evening of Wednesday, in: h “T32 "iitfmpii" t“ "E1231" even . bu c cor y invited to attend and should not miss this ty hearing

ous speaker 0th rs B. e course will ebe fax

oi ers. . N. 8.; Mrs. J H. Delaney, Extension De- pariment, Sydne , N. 8.; Ml‘. J. bfclntym. tiuol Age ENE. Moncton; Rev Mr. Jar inc. ’a.stor, Unitcd Church, Tryon: light Rev, J. A. Murphy. Kinkora: ‘ieoresentiatlves of the Federal and >rovincia1 Deparunents of Fisher- ies and Representatives of the Fed eral and Provincial Departments of Agriculture

{dents of the California area who m,

gun-d a broadcast from Tokyo‘

which stated that their we» Pie- ~ m] Arsenault, was alive and well h g Jgpgnesg prisoner C!

"$1 Arsenault. who loft Prince .mwml Island several years B80

minted with the vv nipeg Oren;

“liq-r; and W35 taken prisoner a fly, “I941. Since then his lies

dtbeusii

lees received from official sour-

‘ifoilble to write his pannts telling than news of their son. Two brothers, apr. Augustine Ar. meult. now with the Royal Can- Enginoers overseas, and Pte. . lofiserllaumh I Votes-all; , 011ml t n a serving their country. Another ‘brother, Alyfe A-lfsenault. is with the Marine Branch of the ‘Ii-ans- wrt Department in Charlottetown

RAISES HUMANITY

OI BRITISH TOMMY

‘ WITH Till? 8TH ARMY 1N ITALY March iii -(CP)—- A German officer

MI safe in Brltlli hand; hill written

_DUili0llythll.'lCOWQdilC bile to his c _ and his e is the humanity of the British soldier.

_ "You don't need be worry about liie because We have all been tree Well." he said. "I would never have

‘_ believed we would act such good food.

, You coilld say thetthe whole gro

I owmand is to blame for our m- !" W0 d!!! the entire division

, "I Sllllt in two. I believe the whole itilmsnt was captured’

"Our leaders wanted to pull out

_ but the Tommles were too quick

' i0!’ them. We were bombed so much

_ ihll we couldn't even fire. Then

I mused tanks rolled over our guns "if! izround thorn to nieces.

All that saved us from death was fwd dugout-s and the humanity of he Tcmmies. We got clgaretp and ihilwieie right away, so we are in iced hands. If it goes on like this gfikall come home again fit and

FANNING SCHOOL -----lion0r roll of Pannin School i0? February: ' . x Sn-l. Jack Bearish: l Irene Taylor. Grade X Jr.-l. Edythe Donald? . Bvioihy Murph a. mrie Taylor. ‘Grade IX-l- Charlene Owen; . Janet Auld; s. Mary Besristo. Crude VIII-l. Elaine Bryanton; " Jimmie MaeKinnon. Grade V.lI—f. Doris Stewort; 2. oKinnon

“in "- - 0 V‘! -i. Max Murphy; 2. llsl h . _ Kmpzkchlmllion. 3. Donnie Mac

: James R. M hy.

-1. Mufid: 2. 8- Verna Bri-

Orsde 1V—-l. Vlvlln a anton‘ ~_ MacKinnon; S-milunioii

Bride ‘fail-l. Mary Macliutt‘ 391d Besrlsto: 3. Junior Mao-

’ ‘z 2.0 IL-il. Vernonr suckers Ids I n.

- ut: 2.

iienrislo, “Nile i (cl-l. Audrey Bearish:

Maciienzle: s. Thane

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ll f H Kong Christmas: o on‘ fami

i- 13 llound Trips

had no direct word from him occasional have

Senior Canadian M eshon here is Cmdr.

QWQQH fliarirmyuiotaenoysi CEO

1*°°*' Gis Betty m,

‘this promises to be one 0f the best courses yet.

llanadien Makes

Sees llo Action

BY BOSS IIIUNID he. War Correspondent A PORT IN

NORTHERN HE- LAND, March 1e —(OP)- Corvette Maya‘ tho German submarines are Just leery of meeting up with Lieut, Kori Grunt, an officer of the

of corvsttes, frigs But anyway the fact is Grant. who was a fqflri" i"! u" Vancouver Sim in peacetime, made more than 13 round back and forth across the North

t been in action.

wile thinks he holds flu record in us, respect and says woefully: "I've never seen a sinl m": gem g, sh sunk, the nearest a good distance from s convoy."

But it shows how the escort shill lad lsbmorino huntors l" Win!

up his U-boato the Atlantis naval officer

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and isi

Canad-

m a ti“? “em

rt port. wor e I8 W9 hem is outstanding.

‘Ric Unitcd States Navy helps in. tho repairing of the Canadian drips

hioh oome in here and a number of Canadians work with the Ameri- can experts in the electrical shag. run by an American naval lieu -

emn .

They fix everything from com- passes to electric wiring on the guns and one of the Canadians is Petty Officer H. G. Hazard. He used to run g plumbing, heating and elect- rical business in Cooksville, Orit., joined the Canadian Army It til! start oi the war and men went into the navy and served for a i008 time on the Atlantic escort before being assigned to this shore but ~ I

0th Canoxi in l"

lsns petty eorfiticers J. L. flrarlton o Ro-

gins, S. G. Woiien oi Saskatoon and‘ I

land of gaff officer

Art Baxter of Victoria.

Cmdr. Hugh Pullen of Oakvillm, Ont.. in the Canadian destroyer! gtawa, oosnmendst the all-ogl-bitlg; n o sscor ships

Normantic. This I112? Ms been

a has not been in action , bu ha, escorted

tankers across- the ocean withoutn single loss from enemy action-

Ewert Penney of Toronto is . 3111C? on the new Canadian corvette i Forest i-iill and for three Ind l, half years he had not seen his’ brother, Norman Penney, an RACN. lieutenant also on an escort ship. Ewart had been serving on th west coast and Norms-n on the eu and then they both were sent over fused his brother i Canadian rt by ayl then in. more o anoe bumped‘ oth ' -

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has I pay on income trips 1 year.

lo attack,'

p, desert warfare.

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Dllltled by William ti Fine A Psuraounl henna

Also British News and SHORT SUBIECT

SHOWS 7.30-9.15 SATURDAY AT 2.30

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Britain Extends Pay-As-You-Earn Income Tax Plan

BY ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press Staff Writer

IDNDON. March l6 — (C?) — Britain is broadening he)‘ gccgpt- Billie 0f the pay-as-you-go principle in the income-tax field. Under a new bill before parliament between 1,500, and 2,000,000 persons with salaries more than 60o = ( , 700) a year will start paying inccme tax on the from April 5, the beginning oi the next income-tax year. Previous legislation earners making up to 600 pounds a year in thLs category but now ~ the limit has been relaxed. Oi some 14, 000,000 income tax payers in Brit- sin, about 13,000,000 will thus start

incomes rather than on incomg sf the previeug year.

‘Iihis new scheme follows Canada lead in the field of income tax. It

is

‘not likely that the method of pay-

ment will be extended here to cover the remainder of the taxpayers. “EPOTMY rosidelitp in Britain, who

All-Canadian convoy escort group include a number oi Canadian civ- tes and destroyermlilisns hora such l5 newspapermen, that are not included in the pay-as-you-

earn scheme and will continue to oi the previous

Members of the British armed

Atlantic on escort ships and hsmtgforces do not ccme under the pro-

visions eystcm either. But it is rovided that if ths in- comes oi t ese service personnel fall they can be taxed or. the re-

the

l.“ come m gpot mg two submarines duoed income oi the current year

rather than on the higher income of the previous year. All members of the British forces pa income tax "MAM! they are rig st home or

The Iiondon Times said that the new bill "ranks as a landmark in British fiscal history" and added that “pay-as-you-eam on this scale will mpart an elasticity to the income-tax and therefore to fisc and economic policy that will be in- valuable, not to say indispensable, in the years that lie ahead."

The change over in April will mean that the great majority oi the taxpayers included in the new scheme will be assessed on their earnings from April, i940, to April, 1944. Although the bill prilvides for a supplementary tax for additional remuneration after Sept. 20, 1943, it is explained that this provision is to prevent avoidance of tax.

Ordinary increases of pay due to ,i'Gll0tiO!l, increment or overtime are excluded. No employee who had an increase in pay in the ordinary course of hi, employment will be affected by the supplementary amusement.

The complexities of the new system are certain to be a puzzle to ihmulnde Ind the Inland Rflonue Deplftment has 700 local income- tax inspectors ready to call m1 my- stifled taxpayers and explain the Wflfkiiiss of the new scheme.

Mflily factories have set up their own income-tax information bureau; for war workers.

NEW WAR INDUSTRY

h drod f r hant ships andl NEW DELHI —-(CP)— More than high. m 5 o m’ c 50 varieties of motor vehicles are be- '

lng turned out in India tods

new carrier is parilcula ' one

rly iit ed for The first Indian- vehlcle was produced early in

Canadians Encounter

g Stilfer Opposition iii

if . 1M0 er Nazi oppo

pay-as-you-earn system |

pill; H1050 Wflflel

this spring to pay tax on current)

'8 for most of your friends" (Laugh-

pay-us-you-earn tel’)

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Address On

C tulationa t0 Opalim" u“. on their efforts Ii" i?‘3§§““i§"o. °"miii-"°““‘iiiie"§i' n3; n s ifloraeo Wright, Fourth Diltfict w: Prince, in speakin on tho Bud- ’ All thro ' debate he

mmbsreo l tofasaistanoato -

ure.

The Opposition loader and oth- are] had expressed indignation that 011 Y

highways. ‘ psymen and slnkin fund g0 to pay off the funded debt, which is really a mortgage on all t farms. The some was true of education. This government sys a larger groper- ion of teac ers’ salaries t an is paid in any other province. Pub- lic welfare grants to hospitals, old age pensions, etc., go to benefit farmers to a certain extent- Fburth Prince contributed more to taxation than any other dis- trict in the Province, and double that of any other district in Prince County, he said. Extra expenditure was required in that district in order that the farmers might carry their extra products to market. He was surprised to hear his colleague, Mr. Strong, state that the road work carried on there in the last election cam- llign was political. Mr. Wright denied this and went into some details. I He agreed with Mr. Strong thatl the Heetown road needed repair i He understoo’ that Kinkora roan-r would be gravelled as soon as pos- sible this year, and the Freetown road would be the next on the list.

Old Age Pensions

Regarding the charge that the letter sent out to old a c pension- ers on the eve of the e ection was for political purposes, Mr. Wright thought that "no one but our political opponents would think oi such a thing.”

Mr. H- Strong: very few old age Fourth Prince that he letter did not make very much difference one way or the other.”

‘Mr. Wright claimed that in July. 10.10, Premier Bennett had made a promise to pay the full amount

oi old ago ns. $150,000 subsidy

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“There Sfg so ensioners in

pens

Discussing the increase obtained by the McMillan Government, he claimed that if it had not been for the King Gov- ernment. the White Commission which granted the subsidy would never have been appointed, "be- cause the to Commission was the outcome of the Duncan Com- mission whose appointment the Conservatives opposed.”

Dr. McMillan: "They had sn al- I _temative pro l." i

Continuing Mr. Wright said he proposed to reply :0 an Opposition charge that the Liberals had al- ways been "tax raisers and debt

producers." Dr. McMillan: "And pro-Sena- Mr. Wright: "Wglfit did we find

rs." when we came Mr. McPhee: "You found Jobs

‘to

ter). dlér. ‘Wright: "W? ‘found a big e w en we wen n."

Dr. McMillan: "How much over- draft did you find?"

Mr. Wright: ‘aiaguunpaid debt

was about $1. . -

Dr. McMillan: “How much did ‘you leave?" l Mr. Wright: “We left about 81,- 200,000, but that isnnot the point

‘I wish to s esk on. l Dr. McM lan: "Oh, no!" (Laugh-

| Reverting again to tho Bennett Government, Mr. Wright claimed iPremler Bennett and The Guar- dian had promised a national highway free of cost. He quoted at some ien th on this subject

Dr. MoMilsn: “Do you find anything about hard surfaced highways them?"

r. Wright; "What else would "they be but hard surfaced?" i Dr. McMillan: “No, they were ‘not. They were gravelled."

Third Parties

Mr. Wright maintained that the Conservative promises at tnat time had been broken. The Do- nlinion made a. grant 0f only $5, 339 a mile and when the Liberals came in they had to pay the bal- ance. The member from Bradal-r bane was evidently speaking fol his party when he said the roa- son we have the 0.0.1“. today is because the old parties did not keep their promises.

Ml‘. McKenzie: "Why did the Progressives organize in 199i?"

Mr. Wright: "Well; we ars not discussing that."

Mr. McKenzie: "It doesn't suit you.” (Laughter).

Riesumlng the debate on March

~14. Mr. Wright said that $617,00G°.n their politic

was un sid by the Bennett Gov- ernman on the Borden and Rus- tico highways. Since that time this Province was obligated to pay on the trans-Canada high- way sclteme over $2,500,000.

No sound reason had been given bv the Opposition for the Stewart Government borrowing of $1,000,- 000 at 0.12 per cent. Ibsen warned at the time by the ilate Mr. Lea not to issue bonds .when the interest rate was so

Mr. H. Strong: "Why didn't Mr- Lea refund the overdraft before ‘he went to ths eople?"

Mr. Wright: r.- would

he had been

have done that. if iretumed." : "Why didn't he do

i ‘it in June?’ Wright contended the ls- hould have been for a three

Ml‘. e s ar -iaued at a chea ved a total to d n that transaction. The Bennett Government had also promised to pay the full cost of old n1: pensions, he said. The |Liberals hav: had to pay 0060.000 out of provincial revenue under

su 3'0 r rate and e of 0414.000

By Hon Ho race.

P DI “°.‘e.‘l"'e'i‘.' “iii-wees

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' _.iese soldiers.

They had alike

Budget

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which registration ve ‘ woultzli‘ n33‘; than pay 018,335,‘ on e .- ' He defended the Campbell Gov.- emment as "one of l4‘ gaunt-stand! the Province Iver funds they had shown e lllflllill every year, w so that fillr‘, except for on; yearhhld-dtl- c . - Ho went on to ciio a siltemont motor registration feerin the ercnt provinces, she that our rates we: oomparati, 1f they were further _ h could the Government increased demands on education. public welfare, etc? The Government last year paid out, 0300.000 more on public ‘wol- fsre than was paid in any year by the Conservatives, h; laid. In the different items of public ao- counts which could be classified as public health they spent 8115,- It was justifiable, Mr. Wright

maintained, to use for this pur- pose the revenue derived from the

health tax on liquor and tobacco. wqunfled

Farm Labor Board

He reviewed the activities of various boards with which he was connected. These included the i-Legloiial War Labor Board, set. up by the Wartime Prices and TTads Board to see that the cost. of liv- ing bonus is paid and also that employers did not compete with each other unduly for labor. They were not permitted to grant any increase unless it could be shown that a comparable industry was paying higher wages.

Mr. Heath Strong asked why lobster packers could not get per- mission m pay higher wages. 1n view of the high wage: paid else- where.

Mr- Wright: “That would take the labor away from some other man."

Mr. Strong: "At the airport ln Summerside they will bay a girl $65 a month for waiting on the table or washing dishes. This man who wants in hire help — why has not hfi a right to pay the same amount? Mr. Wright: "If it. could be

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putting out would not be incrcas-i ed in price. then we would grant that pennission."

Mr- Strung: "He could only sell at the market price."

Mr. Wright said it -hn.d been found impossible to keep labor costs down. He went on to deal with the Farm Labor Bureau, es- tablished last year. “We realiz- ed that we could not do a great deal owing to the fact that we did not have farm labor in vfnce." he said. "When llshed this board our idea was to use all the available labor we nad to the best advantage, and use every effort to prevent any farm labor that we had from going elsewhere." ~

Rcgsssls received for farm lo- for for permanent help-totalled 091 of which 188 were filled. uasts for men at haying, harvesting, etc numbered 540. oi which 296 were filled. The Board obtained fifty men from Quebec to help "harvest ‘potatoes, grain, etc., and they got

tDiB-l of 731 hours’ work out" of _ They got 150 men ii-om the army training centre arid airport, who gave the .fal’i1l9l's nearby that much extra work. In addition, postponement of military service was granted to s. number of men on condition that they would do more farm work.

The situation this year, Mr. Wright feared, might be even worse than last year. Farm labor is scarce and the board is working l..\ er great handicap. They had all efficient man in Mr. Cecil Mil- ler, who will do everythi can to serve the farmers in- terests.

Legion Want Change In Prohibition Act

l At a regular monthly meeting of The Charlottetown Branch of. The Canadian Legion British" Bin-i pire Service League held on Jani: 27th, 1944 it was resolved lo reaffirm the following resolution adopted at the convention of the Provincial Command of the Can- adian Legion British Bn ire Ser- vice League held on July th, 198p. It was recently presented to the Provincial Government: "WHEREAS, the Council oi the Provincial Command of this or- ganization previous to the last two Provincial Elections appealed to leaders of both political parties to use their efforts to prevent the liquor question being made a plank al platforms, and this request was complied with.“ ~ THEREFORE RESOLVED, that. since this important matter has been lifted out of party polities, this Convent-ion of the Prinq -, ward Island Command of the Ca- nadian legion, B.E.S.L., assembled at Summerside, does with all sin- cerity appeal to leaders andpublic to consider the question only from the point of view u to what‘ is sensible and in the best inter-i ests of the people, and of the pro-i motion of respect for all law. andi appreciation oi British freedomfi and therefore urges the Govern“ ment to take arly steps to repeal the presen Lquor Law, and re- place it with s Lsw founded on what may be found to be the beet Government Control Law regulat- ing the sale oi liquor in the other Provinces of Canada. or on ths Liquor Laws of the Mother Coun-