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1‘o Lord And Lady . Wiilingdon —- Boy

Scouts .Wiii Form _ Guard of Honor.

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~ SAINT JOHN. N. l. Jan- levlvre- nsrlilions have been Bbmﬂiﬂld i" live reception to b0 hlitlllld Ibfd ind Lady Willingdon in 8t. John tomorrow altlftloon on thfil‘ lrrlval from Ottawa. Their lili-

. ifliﬁlllilii will be met st the depot

here by Premier J. I. M. IlXi-U‘, hfsroi" W. W. White, M. L-"k; lrll~ niier C. F. Oolistshtinl, D- B- 0-. ‘allioei- commanding military district ro. ‘l; Lt-Gol. R. J. Brook, A. D. 0.; it-coi. r. Gilmlln, D. g. 0., and tislcr A. if. Campbell. A. D. 0'. A picked troop of boy |coute will form a Guard of Honor and will be in- silesiod by Lorri Wililngon. The oi- flnlsl party will prooeed to l. 10ml hot'i. where n Gilard of Honor of mo men ml the fusiliera 01nd. will be urswn up to receive them.

After inspection of the Guard of ilouor, 'I‘|ie’r lllvceilencles will be met it the door of the hotel by Hon, liugh H. McLean. K. 6., V. 1).. Lieut.» Governor of New Brunswick, and conducted to the Vice-Regal Suite, where bouquets will be presented to Lady ivillingdon by Mnyor White ltd the Saint John Women's cen- idlan Club. A public reception in the hotel ballroom will follow. '

ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS ETCS.

“Coniw ll m, - l! Rink Sports Friday, » 5H‘ the Illn- 1031-1710411, "M'- Btcwlrt “Wedneeds ' mo“, ' .v- Special ~ 1550-1-10-01. "Oi Tn“ H,“ ‘i time dancing l. o. o. F. lﬂlllsht. Good music. 1551-11.

“Alumni Meeting R0 l c ya Scarlet hunter in Uigg Hall. January am. liHl-l-IO-Il

"WWW live hogs muggy, gm- alutrtvéleliioecn. evmti Whed%.

He t- The Milton Hornets, g-p 1550-11.

us“ - __-€__ "ll "on at murals "mee- ﬂhﬂzmlwn- Jimmy 20th. Everett ' issa-i-ie-ul. w...

"Hockey mulch at Albany ling w, ‘girth Port Iiigln and Al» Wm‘ - atl, Gama starts gt g

ill’! "Minus; h’ Meetlrll Orwell s. m'

"lifltkry at leilten breakers V,‘ “n” "Y "lam.

‘"3" h‘ 5'14 in Orwell Oove l E Df- lilllllllﬂ 00th, no . °° "*- lmetarv. llll-l-ll-gi,

"Feller Dress Carnival 1mm» Rink, ii not fine on ,_

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first fill’ night ""1"-

"The on n,“ Church‘: ale liven by the an.

gum,“ w"! hi4 of P. I. P! commence on iaturqey, ""“"~l "it ieta-i-ia-il.

......_... ltltion. Wm. 0. l. a. Phone vrevaatad where they on vm-io-in-anu.

It“ ‘Willa! neetlsl ‘a: the t,‘ “query 0a., will be held n,” _ #10 flail on Tlllldly “m.

" "ll! 20tl- at 2 o'clock, H.

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p‘ in the matter the counsel stated. A

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a verdict of not Iuiity to the charge of manslaughter who brought in by the Jury sitting at the trial of George Smith at the iuﬂi-emeoeuit yeltardav alteration" before m. Jus- tina Arsenault. The Jury retired at 5.80 on the completion of the charge W the DPf-‘Sidinl Jlldge. and brought lb the verdict of lcfllllttli liter less than lisif an hour‘! deliberation.

0M Withers. the prisoner himself. was called fer the defense. The ad- dress by his counsel. Mr. J. J. John- ston, R. 0., followed, with the address for the prosecution by Attorney Gen- evall Campbell pvecodlhl adjoin-n» ment for the morning.

The trial of Otto Curtis, o! Victor- t, la. who la charged with manslaught- ,er in connection with the ddsth of illerbert Glow at Brsdalbsue will ho- [lin at 10.00 this morning before Mr. f-luatiee Saunders.

i On taking the stand, and after he- ll"! duly sworn George smith. the ac- lousad, reviewed in detail the lncid~ eats preceding the fatality on the morning of November is, last. He cor» roboratld the evidence given on the siay previous by Mehlelll. The witness atatedthat they descondod the mu approaching the bridge at a moder- IiB "t6 0! speed. but ssw no per- son on the med ln the vicinity of, the bridge. lifter crossing the bridge, when they were travelling at about fifteen miles an hour. he stepped on the accelerator to tulle the hill. Ilsshos of sunlight had been ‘bother- ing him somewhat in driving. He was paying clsae attention to what he was doing. He law nobody on the road aftcr creasing the bridge. As the sun- light flashed in hig eyes he felt a iﬂontinued from pogo l)

Jar. lie stopped the car at once, and came bask to see what had happen- ed. A Ivomau, Mrs. Darrsch, ivns ly

ing on the road, unconscious. Wltuese, saw Mr. Btewsrt there. lie went tn Clrewy’s store and requested that they phone for a doctor arid for the pol- 'iee. Later he had conversation with Cemmlaslone Trainer and was sub- sequently arrested. "

JDDIICB OF COUNSEL

In his address to the iurv Mr. Johnston pointed out that.

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(Canadian Press) LONDON. Jan.

settled tonight.

.,* Bon Voyage To Th e i r

' Excellencies

The following message was [glglggpheﬂ yesterday to ills Excellency Viscount Willing- dou, Governor-General of Can- nyin, by Ills llonor Lieutenant Governor Dalton:

"On my own brhall lllll 0"

.::.. i; hora-nah: Arosemena. llr. Aliﬂro mo formerly Paulunanian mln |

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Some ' Lobster

itanmdlsn Press) NORTH SYDNEY, N. 5., Jsn. l5-—’l‘hs king of all the lobsters to be taken eff this coast in re- cent years was captured, when Oaptsin Thomas Burt hauled in i his trawl off lngonisil yesterday and found the gloat uruslnueun entangled in ll. TTIH‘ lobster weighed ten and half pnunrjj: ulsssrmnred with n half inch shell and was calculated to b‘: a century or so olrl. It is being prepared for exhibition purposes.

‘Will Stand Trial On Charge Manslaughter

icanailiun Pres-ii

HYDNL ,' MINEG, N. B... Jan. l5»,- J-lsrcld Young of Little Eras U01"; "- was aopmilticfl to stwnri trial at the:

‘next ierln ut thc iluyirrnic Court til-i ,8

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Steven Drowned '= In N ewfgundland

One Youth And Sixi Girls, Rang-

hehnll of the people of the

land, l rospectfully tender iu Your Excellenc, and to Lilly wiulngdon, a rcgretful farewell upon your departure from Can- ada. As personal rcﬂmscnil‘ tivc of Ills most gracious M!" jeoty you have done much to strengthen the tics of loyalty and devotion to tiw 11'0"’!!- Your past record of public scr- vlee is an indication of contim uetl achievement is V1117"! "I

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ST. JC-HNS Nfld. Jan. 15—Sevcii girls llvaliging from 11 tn 25 years of age,

icvsaiis, one youtiv and six

,\\'(‘l'.’, tlrcrvnerl last night in the rap

|ltl vsnter of the Exploits River, when i he sled upon which they were driv- ':i_", bi-olzc through tlzc ice at Point of Bay, according to word reaching girl was from Point of Bay, and the there early this afternoon. A smrch iloi- the bodies carried beneath thc

‘ire has been iuisucccssful. i

Sleigh Breaks Through Ice.

Vlnrlia. We vvlsh you Ilonnv ﬂnirg£iuhnc (ham-n et llon

CHARLES DHIITUN

Province hi’ Prince Edward IS- ‘ Lieutenant Governor

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tutti ltititnitermali; Of itiilil STRIKEi lSSE__T_TiE|J T

15.—-l The dispute in the Soilthf Wales coal fields, which] ihas kept about 150.000, idle since January 1, was!

. the thriving city of Oaksce. tonight.

Annual ﬂlllllrrlplleina Delivered 10.00. By llaii Claude and U I. A. “J0.

“NOT GUIL TY”-—M1NERS c0 BA CK T0 u/QRK I

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Mexico Quake

wenty-Itive Persons Are Believ- ed Killed And Many Injured—— Impossible To Describe Con- fusion.

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BANKRIIPT

lfnunelfnn Tress]

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 15——Solctier:. iwere turning over tho wreckage of

carrying out the bodies of men and "women who perished in thc eartli- ,I.ORON,I.O' Om“ “.3, H N "imit- whlrh 13m’ WEN‘ Fucked 'l"~i_\'lnr_ L'f"i1li>.'lii\', hi1 lied u we 0"" ‘ECW110111 Iv-KOAILD. At least twelve |1€l‘-i(.|arr,_.[ bwkrup, M, 0am,“ Ha" m_ lsona perished mid many more: ‘were ‘injured, but telegraphic communica- viion “as impossible and radio meo- isages iircgulur. The city itself, frag- iinentary messages said. was in ruins land panic stricken people slept in ‘the open despite intense cold. be- cause they were afraid to g0 back to such homes as were loft standing.

The only clcai" picture of the die;- astcv came out of the mined cily in . ..

a message i0 Prssiticiit Ortiz Rllbiu I H i

from Gchcvill Evarislo Port-z. th2 Ca reful

imilltary commander of ‘he State of ' Study UFPrQposed Amalgamation

tiny nu n petition ili"fi by Harry H-ir court. Harwurtl. pstliion rlainiezi '$1000il from the Ta_~.ioi' Conujflziv, which haqi not. been rioing bilsinr-sr for some time. '1'- c 'i'n;v101" Company were fovmcriy mrzlnhcvx of the Stan- dard Stock and Mining Exchange. They had no hrnnrl1c= outside me city.

Oaxaca. It was he who hlKi that at ticnst tvvcnty-"ve persons had been killed or injurcrl. Another message to the Department of Communica- tiOJS said that twelve had been kill- ed, but this could not be verified} immediately.

"It is impossible to describe thc confusion here," thc Generals mes- sage said. The loss is iucalculabic, at least twenty-five persons have been

lﬂansdiun Preset

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 11-»! careful exauiniaiion by the lcchl lca officers of thc Canadian Nntiua Iftallwsys, consideration by the haw‘:

killed or injurerl and we are still dls- I n; diréctors‘ N31,] (qyngllnﬂugn ‘my i-‘iwgﬁm? bodks “I m“ ‘[9357 [the Government o! Cunuda, Mil i . "" "'"' iprecedc any vimncun lnent li_\ Sir

lllcllry Thornton, Hesiciciii of the Canadian National Ra May's, on thn

President Hoover

Tier: nmu The Duty on Effie llurigeli, Salvation Army school ' tenchor, H5; Doris Pally, l7; Carrie

Baker, 20; Chcsley Peckford. 10;‘ Dossier Peckfovd, l6; Ethel Pcckford,’

14; Matilda March ll. The March ‘IPMM w “w “ummm

OTTAWA, Jan. 15.-Furthei' n monuments to thc Australian C118

Misses Budgell, Pelly snrl Baker lived at Phillips Head in the Lzwisportc

. ‘ ~ C i ldistrict Northern Newfoundland. Guam“ by me Canada“ “we on

missiouer at Melbourne. 'l‘hcre were ‘increases in the tavlﬂs on tobacco

else tiierg we; up deliberate inlen- Yfﬁllitiilf.’ from tho death c! Jflhlﬂ’.

{mm t, gliv mg n; bgliqvgd u,“ g’ Bonner. Bonner (lied following a fist-g U‘ S!

-pi‘ﬂlﬂli should not he pilnlsherl a5 n: fight with Young at Little ill-as IIOPI

criminal under such circumstances. In reviewing the incidents preceding the fatality on the morning of the accident, Mr. Johnston referred in the effect of the sunlight in making driving extremely difficult. WJBH m; old lady same from as she we: struck nobody will ever know. Up to the time the car had cmsscd the bridge, Mr Johnston stated. every- thing had been sli right, but when loin! llb the hill they were com- piolnly blinded. iuch an accident

to any our drivsrln the province and they would pursue the same oourael of action. henna the mousse should not be convicted of committing a criminal aot. Police Commissioner ‘Prlinor in evidence stated that there was a elaar view through the wind- shield in the area over which the wiper worked. An act of Dori intuvaned

flan: of 000's own sunlight blinded him. that he was unable i0 I" the (Continued on page l)

"The Annual Meeting of the led- eral Doiryihg company. Eldon. will be hold in the Belfast Hill. 0n Wed- nesday, January Iiat at 7.80 p. m.

might have happened to any IﬂfBOlLi

ls few weeks ago.

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W) YU" EVER Nofics flit-if flu: PEOPLE wit» ' MONEY‘ f0 00ml " Setooh

BuRN ANY

Iloll TORONTO, J lo-Jtrong north-

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J. I. lfcwilliama, Secretary.

itlz-l-le-el. ""With the Australian Lilllt Reese in Paleatlne". Illustrated ile-

tun. um light elrielal views. b! luv. Meerneae legato. Ohlplnm with the Force ll! the Holy Utld- 5i‘- Jﬂmea Hall. "Tuesday. January 10-

erly Wind) or galu. partly cloudy end cold with local anowfiurriea. Temperatures

Maximum 20 Minimum ll

l-figh tide this morning at MI and tonight at 0.07.

Bun rises this morning at. 7.31 and

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nun-sun OTTAWA, Jan. 15.—Apparently the

legislation passed at the emergency eeoslon of Parliament last Beptcmb er. increasing the customs tariff on many linen, but maintaining the "British prefevevioe principle, is not hurting lite-United Kingdom an nurcli ina it is affecting imports from tho United states, for it ia noteworthy in the trade returns for November that. while Imports from thc United Stat- ios declined from 010,044,000 in No~

a i The (Iaznutiinn 'l‘i'ntic Returns furNovombcvﬁiiow i

'i‘i1nt Imports From ‘the United Slates Declined 33 Pei’ Cont. and Those From Britain Six i

'aiul cigarettes: 011 1Y0" "W1 “"91 ‘"1"’ e ' pllfi on timber. The dilly of two cents 1 ‘per gallon on kerosene- has hull re. I i i

moved.

France Suffers i Economic Crisis

i (Special tn tl-a Guurdium PARIS, Francs. Jan. 15.741318 w- ‘onomic crisis in France Hittite"! the to e-isooaooo in No‘ 'r.tabillty of the entirel- Willi?" PM“ pient is about to filﬁﬂllﬁs» Rﬂpmms from taxation iinvo shown a rlecvcaac

from the estimates 1'01’ the m" “m”

away by only 0 percent from 017.- 330000 to 010,153,000. ‘HHCC Raymond Poincare took Step5

One of the features was n vise in ‘in save thr Frolic. five yearn ugn. 'I'i’lf‘. the imports of fibres, textiles slulillecomber (leer-ease in tlfillftfmll lllifi products from Great Hrltaén by over Fﬁuurcn for the next few months are 0500,0000 compared with November likely tn be ivorhc.

1020. There ivos also an increase of , about $000,000 in iron and its products ‘

coming from Britain i Churchill

‘itlﬂlltl’, 1920, vt-mber 1030, a decrease of {l8 per cont, thoac from Llrent Britain fell

lﬂanadiap Preni

LONDON. Jan. 15-4110 Ineuan Round Table Conference in commit- tee this afternoon passed the 8on- key mart on a scheme of eat!- governmant for India. 1t will go before a full plenary of the Confer- ence. which may commence tomes-r ew. and will oopeiude on Monday ‘momm- i! Illicit ID0900-

Seglf TGozIernrnTent For Indie: Passed

Not Open Till fSpring Cf I932

i I —4—. lnpeelal to the uuardianl 1 WINNIPEG, Jan. i5.—~Ci‘|Ul‘Cll|iI, gwesicrn Canada's seaport on the in= 31d will announce the Government‘; invld era of Hudson Bay villi not bu “my u "u, Cumin “I15, opened uutiiihe spring of 103.2. ac~ A5051" gevcjopmgng wdgy “'55 g cording to northern men here today. report that. the Maharaish ol Dike While the harbor will be opened for soar. one of the iliost important of grain shipments to Europe by the

the native Princes, had proposed minor-them route during thc present]

the Conference granting of amnesty ieeason on or shout September 5, only to the political prisoners in India, a very few business houses will be who number between 50.000 sud 00,-

pq, thaaaawltlﬂllilllle

KeroseneRemoved

mms ‘arm have been “wwardcd wisinns for continued success in the

allowed to establish headquarters in lile. plum and hybrid cherry

attitude of thnt ('Llll}lill_\' iouarcl iizn- Inlgavntlon o!‘ the L"Jll'.‘ll_‘l'..'ii.I tele- ipiaph systcvms of lilL‘ Csnndiiii: Na-

tional alicl Canadian Faciilt. itail< ,\vn_\':<. Isle arlmiiitld here LOCIIU‘ that ithc illliﬂiilflﬂlilllLli nan. uniler ‘adoration in (‘CllilCFiUil zvLll n plo- mcse/l mersiiwi; of Jfii-Zlll uncles; .0111 cable siweri. . .» n sznuii- by» " tem.

Sends Message To Gov-General

J ltipeeial to the Guardian) i \VASHING"I‘ON. 1).vC., Jsll. l5, ‘President HOUYPI‘ has sent to Vi: |couiit Wiliingdon, the retiring Gov !0l‘llOl‘ (ioncral of Canada. his cxpres- ’

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lviscountjs new post as Viceroy of In- .‘

idla. “On your departure from 0L ‘ 311's. Hoover j0l1lli me, the Goes To Wall

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‘President telegraphed, in renting in

you and Latlv Willlngeion hes-I lhﬁilrg", iior it pleasant Journey and for con illllllCCl success in infra. The relai- T K

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inns of Canada nml the UPlibfl Stat NE“. Kvnb-h M, lfkschulu ‘es haze ‘in-err happy indeed dilrmg Umlm I...“ l.,.l,l.l.,y,lll.._g i, mm" 0| lf1llt‘ dlntlngriilriicci term :i.'~ (IU\Ql'l1Qi'| l1mctvﬁlwrl, miumu]... ‘mmmwn.

ECEenera; nnel us. r-liell alivnyr. imic the ‘invest. pleasant. recollections. of your i-isit to Washington."

Il-Lmrs, urn pu; int.» llie hands uf a ,l‘r"".‘.\f’l' i 'i.'l_\. "iliz: iwpztion 0f [IlfPll i i'l".‘liiifli'.\. \‘.ili)~" r-Liiiwis lmgfPiflifd i TTmU-‘T-"m E-"iillfli $3.000. er." tiirii assets. 0t the ' LJtJlUOAKILIUIl of esocoooc ifilfl liabil- ities at 010000.000. The. contpany is ‘a silbsiiiary of thc Schulio Cigar _.___ |Stcﬂe group anti was lsuncilcd in iCnnadlnn Prensa 1928. The receiver. ill!‘ Irving Trust lii-‘IRUSALIYBI. Jilll- i5-sTilt‘ JUN-ill; Company, was llﬂlll"i'i without Impo- liclegrnphzc iigenci" reports that abol- sliion sitev twcmvrl for sehulte Uni< i'luu of thc Palestine mandate, the‘: W,‘ rm.‘ sud it “w, ]]r,'|_',<,=;\r_\‘ m r0114 \\'liil(ll"!l\\'fii of the lizillnui" iieciars-w-evie znmarir- for the ivneflt nf erode ‘firm and ‘In csiaielu-hlnt-nt of :1 Pni- i ilurr. anti :-rnckiir»1r;.~-,'t Millie‘ (‘rovrrnnieiil rel-pomlliie to an! eieeierl Parliament, iii-c demanded by the Aral) executive in its reply to 1hr \V|lli\". Paper submiitrti to High Unlu- nvesioiier Chancellor i,ori.i_v, with the request that he forward it to Lon- don and Geneva.

I Jewish Demands

The Prince Has ‘$6,500 Mile Chat

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LONDON. Jan l5--'l‘lic Prince of _ \\'Zli(‘\ picked ‘up liL. ieleohwie tr T0 Ffalt York lltuiir- llii: :\.li"l'no<ui itiil Hill illr- mice net-ox: . .100 milrw to liurne] _______ Aivm. talking iill .'~r'.'i :1 illillllif‘. \I"lh lripleial to thc iiuurrliani Fir llrrlrevl (t|I‘r{'*Jil. (‘ilill“lllilll of thq WlNPIiVEG, Juli. l5.—A pionrm- 31-41;], Tvglfﬂf‘ |i_‘;.l~.l\,tl0i1. wliuh tilt! fruit grower on the Prairies told dcl Prince will open in the Argentina

‘egates to the annual convention of Cnpnnl Airircli l4.

Advises Farmers

the Mnnitobn Horticultural Assoclat So clear “m; thc ii-..ii..iiii.~.-lo.i than

‘on today, that fruit growing should Irleuis eiﬁxg ncar the Prim-e eoulri

be regarded as n profitable field by hear ivhni Sir lli-l-Lzi-rr snvl Firsii ‘imnievs. ills four acres of crnh np- he renl n mesulge o.’ \\‘!’i‘_0l'Il£‘ id trees Llie heir illlli llirn liicr W" an in!

netted him a greater profit last year. formal that.

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