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Law Enforcement

_Conference Between PremierStewart

And Minister Of Justice Results In Agreement For Policing Of Province By Royal Canadian] Mounties. - ' `

.' (Special to The Guardian) "

OTTAWA, April 12.-Premier Stewart of Prince

Edward Island has been in Conference with the Minister of Justice, and it is understood a most satisfactory agreement for the Province has been made to have the Royal Canad- ian Mounted Police take over the policing of the province from May 1.

Recapitulation Of 'Civic Estimates 1932

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' City Government, ......................................_....

.un-sslllg and collecting .. .. .Board oi Health . ... . . Insurance ............... . 'Scho0iBoa1~d_ . . .. .. _... Sinking Funds irtcrcsr _............., . ltccllnilcolls . . .. . Street ifghtlns . llttrkct. House and library vloono Park .. . .. . . City Squu cs . . . . ... . . . .. .. . oovt. Pond and roadway . . . . . .. . Ihiyiioll I... .. . . . Mnlntcliailce of Streets .. _ .. .. .. .. ...... Witt Dcllnrtment .. FifvD:'i»srtmtn1 _. .... .. ...........

c 3,611.00

3,510.00 3,615.00 2,622.50 52,113.34 21,604.05 61.66204 9,0061; 10,005.16 _ 4,400.03

000.00 000.00 105.00 1,030.15 23,510.00 11,101.56 0,354.00

'ITh°rnton. president or the canes- the c. N. '11, nr. renee lv1oGlbbon`W°“°i° be °°”°°°°d “ld *"‘“Sf°“"d lin Nlilllllll R-'=||Wiys. was taken (Cons. lil skoka) protested this and f° Great Britain' It was said the on the goll cours: at Auxusta, other cxp:rses, claiming: "The Can-,agement 815° Pmvided that °"’y Gwrlll. shortly before his return adian National Railway is likely to £3'°°°'°°° °f °' Wm °f £4'°°0’00° an' to Ottawa wheic he appeared be- bankrupt the country- We can’¢ con- mmuy “Yam” t° 5 sinking fund fore the ra'lways and shipping com- tlnue to sink $l00.000,000 a year in- mr the redemptmn M land stock mittee, One -of the items that cnme'to it. Sir lfenry’s salary and em-

$237 737 73 ln,for considerable discussion was'olumcnts amount to $148,000 a year. and the interest was Chargeable wi

’_ ' :hs l»:1l or $1,052,000 lol- meals, no-I ,the annuities- Between f/3°°»°°° “Mt

» SirHen-ny Tllornton

I 011.0011.

lTo Produce Evidence

That Free State

1 Had Signed C 0 m -

mitment T 0 P a. y Land Annuities To British Treasury.

DUBLIN, Irish Free state, April

12-(Canadian Press Cable)-0ific- ials of the Irish Free States Repub-

i llcun Government tonight were sa'd

to be searching anxiously through _i fyles of the former adminlstratlonl for a financial agreement dated Feb. 1023, in which J. H. Thomas, British `. Secretary for the Dominlons, yes-

terday told the House the Free state i was committed to pay land annuit- ies to the British Treasury.

Yesterdays publication of the ex- |

change of notes between Great Britain and the Free State reveal- ed President Eamon De Valera had 'challenged the British Government to produce evidence-that the Free States had signed any such com- mitment. A member of the former

Irish Govemment ton’ght assured' a Reuters correspondent the docu- ment did exist and bore the signa- tures of ex-President William T. Cosgrave, Finance Minister at the

l 'time it was drawn 'up, and a re-

`present'ative of the British Govem-

» - f- ment.

‘ 1 It was understood the agreement

C' N' R' PRESIDENT VACATIONS IN GEORGIA was based on the land act of 1923

This nhetormnh- of Sir Henry rolling expenses, cle., or oa1clala"oflW11*‘=“i W °“* “W the ”‘““1““|

.1 issued by the British Government

_ _ _ £900,000 of the balance was provided

. REVENUE

Free State was said to have agreed

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llciil "stun ......... .... $ 6,036,835.00 5 _ to meet the l_emamder_

lvfsoliui lfrwerty 2,553,43a.0o V t

Finances O

ml t U 8.590.213.o0 @ 2% S 11l.a05.4e g g I D N A P P E R S

as .... ..... , _ f _ _ -

City Cutlm ed By

~‘"‘°U“l-= hrovioled for in ‘

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d ‘ppeus N. 3.500300

mal ---i- The following report in conncc- increase in service of every variety;

' ‘ "--.--~---~----~» S 224,806.95 tion with the Civic Budget submit- of which the people themselves dc- '

“nm ted by Coun. Kennedy, chairman of manded, the time has arrived when ' "'

3 12,930.78 the Finance Committee, was adopt- it is necessary that curtsilrnent of T h 9 B a nk

cd at last night's meeting of the expenditure be reduced. Yet we

_ » » ` City Council: avoided overdoing it, as it were,

Two Blulon T0 Afnend me 'Your Worship and Collnclllol~s:-

As your Committee presents you to reduce expenditure and staff be-

[fl me Hofe Raifway Act the Budget for 1932. low the point of reason, and m.

It has meant that not only your ' vitably the result is detrimental.

' by the British Government and the

Notes Oi The $50,- 000 Lindbergh Ransom Money

bearing in mind that it is possible

'-5 rr 0 ,ttlzllillllllsn

er, took place. ‘

realized $98.25 bearing six per cent

Mayor Stewart's frequent inter-

by law which provides that the Mayor or Chairman is only privil- eged to express his reasons for vot- ing in the case of a divided vote of the Council, and that otherwise his duties are limited to maintain order.

Calls For Showdown

where as to the debt of the city, and the statement which he had himself received from the city clerk. His, Mr. Kennedy‘s figures, seemed to be disputed by the Mayor, and it was just as well to have this

outside audit. .

Mayor Stewart replied that he

had said the debt was $1,750,000 which was roughly correct. The actual figure was $1,749,000.

Coun. Kennedy: "You are wrong

by two or three thousand dollars.

Mayor Stewart: "That ls taking

off the sinking fund."

Coun. Kennedy: "Do you mean to

Of special importance was the Coun. Reardon thought it should

Budget, presented by Coullcillor be ascertained how far back the Kennedy and seconded by Council- audit would be necessary., lor Holman. A summary or the fig- Mayor Stewart: "I don't know; I ures appears on this page, an am not asking for it." amendment being made to provide Coun. Kennedy: "It is hard to for an additional $500 each to the* say how far we may have to go two hospitals. Savings effected in back_ It may be twcnty years. The various departments were reviewed point ls that there is a discrepancy by Coun. Kennedy, who also re- of some $250,000 between his ported that the last sale of bonds figures and mine and_we want to

interest, isis." 6

ruption. from the chair, especially Holman said he was of the opin- during the reading of the Estilll- ion that this Council had been ei-

ates, was strongly objected to by` eoted to 8lV€ U19 D€0Pl¢ B true, Coun. Holman, who read the city istatemcnt of the civic affairs. He

point settled once and for all by an \1lll€8¢i°H~"

, tcrest rate secured on debentures,

(Special to the Guardian)

;iASrllNc+ToN, D. c., April 12- nuot billion dollars “in the hole." hd Will be the position of the “eral Government by the end of Mm gtpril 15. There is o. pay. u mg ‘$135,000,000 in inlerelt due 'dy mourth liberty loan and ai.

0 excess of expenditures

ltr receipts for th, “nn yan. 1| °°"* *1.°00.000,000.

ii- ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMING EVENTS,

MEETINGS ETC

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hgnonlen Lino club loading nog:

“,:f',f_°"°°~ Nbllll. Thursday,

1011-4-la-sl

l.s`.;`T§,‘“-it’ i2“':.f':.r sm.: -- ”°““““°'~:::..-.=.:.f: "°"‘"l°- tu' 1Yt°t-if-'ii-"sift

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Commons this uftemoon to a bill introduced by Thomas Reid. (Lib., New Westminster). .to amend the railway act. The object of the bill

in central and western Canada. The

cu ly swept along the Nova Booth asa-

, si it

the lm”

\\l§

Realizing the growing cost of Gov-

‘m°ndm°n“ w°’°“d we" bued It leaves us a balance of |06,-,lto leave it over untll193! as condi- °n "°°mm°nd'“°m wntmm in 938.44 to carry on the whole re- tions might improve. 1”’ D‘"“°'“‘ °°“”""°‘°° "W" °' morning anon-s or the city. 'rho This is 11 remarkable showing mm following increases have been pro- when we read from time to time

i*"°*°_` vided for over the above-Board of the rates which are in effect ini

Health $1,000. Police $1,300; and other towns and citiu, as note thai

Sfprm In' IV, S, other noon items 04,000. wool-0 followlngz- -

therefore unable to balance our Halifax 3.40

_ ____ Budget with a,2% rateandan as-:Liverpool 8.75

(Canadian Tren) sessed valuation of 'I5 to 00% leav- Sydney, with a 100% valu- f

HALIFAX, N. 8,. April 12-High ing a deficit of almost $13,000.00. ation ..................... ¢§0_ ter winds with heavy rain We wouid__be perfectly justifiedin Yarmouth 4.00

incleasing the rite tb 2l£% which

board today, and fishermen were would than give ua A 'surplus ‘of The debt of the City is now with-

_ apprehensive of damage to lobster over $0,000.00 but,after giving care- in the one and a half million mark,‘ _ °°n_»i-nw I>ri?°"°'* 1” 'F nu' N° "Wm °‘ 0°! ul-:ous lon lol consideration in the seal-oily or ming a1,40a,40s, len around $40,000 -l°lm !. °'md°n's early activities as llvendnblo quality, Bu, .Q h7::‘i_;m| mph” 1-mud; tonight how- money in circulation amongst aloutotanding taxes. :fs it to be Wong- In intermediary in the Lindbergh 6: ‘Co., harness Ililnu-I 1Ml‘~"1‘0leph0ne linac to Cape Bret- great ‘many of our ratepayers we ered at' that the last sale of bonds ¥|4DlWl!Il were recognized citi-

"' IMO-4611-ii on 'were out 0! commission, but felt that it would ~be working a refilled the num of 98.35 bearing "lily today as the '10-year-old

W *m ` mn” ,nh mum hm me fo- hardablp and that it would be well 0%. “~""”°" Wt M1’ his telephone and

Finance Committee but the Coun-

OTTAWA' ont" Al;;1st1z"(];y|cil as a whole has spent consider- the Canad?" Pig; Ho man; able time-in fact five meetings mg was ‘Ven ° me have been _held devising ways and

means of preparing our Budget.

ernment being largely due to the ji Our :fixed charges are as follows:

W" damned °° mu" wid" ww' school Board ..............__8_ 031,113.34 Increase over 1031 0 2.281,-10 Ie" ‘°’ “‘° "°""d °f “““’ °°‘“' sinking Funds 21,004.06 1,041.05, "“"'°“°" ‘° “‘° “"““¢ °‘ ’°°°‘ non-sooo 2,022.00 stout "‘“" ‘“° °° |"`°"“’° “‘°"° °“”"“”° Intel-can . ........... 01,020.04 6,255.00’ freight rates on the shipment of ___ grain and flour from east to west “$0,203” “moms

c Yet: when we consider that prac- tically $350,000 worth of Permanent Works has been constructed within the City within the past six years it simply means that we are now faced with the following situation,

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England.

(Associated Press)

LONDON, April 1lt-(Wed-

nesday)-The Dolly Mall said today that some of the bank- notes of the $50,000 ransom which Colonel Charles A. Lind- bergh paid in the hope of re- gaining his kidnapped baby had been found in London. Scot- land Yard was doing its utmost to discover how they were smuggled into England, enquir- ing at hotels, banks and other places where the bills were like- ly to have been changed, and has asked several persona who handled the notes to explain how they were obtained, the lllwlplpef llld. It added that “ll lilfpolo of the recent visit or Malo: charles sohoenel, Ntw lllley trooper, to England, wll to trace the bills. Major Sohcclfcra present whereabouts won unknown here. HOPIWIILL, N. J., April 12-D

""'°;°rty f1r°°“"‘°°“"’°"'“ uuolmlod drier 5 low halo-1 in- . _.J s Pvfmd secretly his mom io fo- u"1°°|\re°\l1lllog tarruptlon. The wind at Halifax 'scores were shot and beaten victims were swarms or nu. contact with the abduct-A

mm? trtnsflnid, llnenouln. of from 30 to 40 to doeth hero today. Gangs of . washed from river banks and °fl»

mohodaveloclty _

nllaaohoor and1.02lo¢haor yosiacwltaraeornaenaomoc _ nwoellytaorsinesalneaoon mm, _ stun r.in___ i _ nano. f"'.!L'. ' »~~~._<_,s°_°».'l\°»-l*!t\e.!llllra-.de9.Ni>\l\v.'»;_"_"_ , , U _ "_'_.f;_`»‘°’.1°1ngp~¢5asA»'Cl,,_

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Found In London,

say that my statement is wrong?"

Mayor Stewart: "I said thc gross

debt was $1,750,000. Tile $100,000 bonds are added.

‘ Coun. Kennedy: "Are you acting fair with the city when you say that the debt is $1,750,000? Do you think that is a fair statement?"

Mayor Stewart: “I think so." Coun. Kennedy: "Doll’t you know

the amount of the sinking fund?‘P Mayor Stewart: "Certainly," Coun_ Kennedy: "Then why

didn't you give it?

Mayor Stewart did not reply., Coun. Kennedy then moved the

resolution to arrange for an out- side audit. This action, he said, was necessary in view of the state- : ments mndc by Mayor Stewart with i respect to the manner in which the - finances of the city had been car-

ried on, and the discrepency in the figures quoted. '

Mayor Stewart: "You are acting

`very childishly."

Coun. Kennedy: "It may be

chlldishness on your part. I have

negotiations nor resumed negoti- ations with the kidnappers have been reported to us, and nothing is known of any anticipated rc- sumption."

Coy. Lindbergh himself was nuth-

ority for the statement that "by means of newspaper advertisements and notes received from thc kid- nappera contact was maintained

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audit was carried, monthly routine ia resolution (re the appointment as business was disposed of, and heat _Sergeant of Police Officer Doyle) d discussions between the Mayor and you refused to put lt to the on the one side and members of meeting. Are you going to do the the Finance Committee on the oth- same with this one?"

Mayor Stewart: “I will put it."

find out where this discrepancy ex-

Supporting the resolution, Coun.

was continually hearing statements which did not agree with state- ments which he, as a member of the Finance Committee, believed to be correct, having received them [from the City Clerk. Yet in view of the persistent reports of the terrible financial condition of the city, cit- izens are now asking for an audit. so that they would know just where

:statements from time to time, then the figures should be disclosed. If it is in a. much better position, as we believe it to bc, I am quite sat- isfied that our citizens will wish to have that assurance placed beyond

Outsiders' Opinion

Referring to the satisfactory in-`

Coun. Holman remarked: "Evid- cntly outsiders think more of this City than the Mayor of the city thinks, when they were willing, nothwithstanding what has been said by our Chief Magistrate, that wc should be givcll the handsome offer of 98‘,i on $100,000 bonds; and tllcy are asking for more at the same price." _Coun. Holman added that per- sonally he was satisfied the fin- ances were sound and thought that every member of thc Council, whether the Mayor or a councillor, should be a booster for Charlotte- town, and not a knocker.

Coun. Doull sllid he did not for

rl lnoment think that the Council- lors for the last lullllbcr of years had wilfully or otill~l~\\'i::c nlnde in- correct statemenis. He suggested that both sides might be right, only from different standpoints. He thought what was wanted was n Commission with power to sllm- ,mon people before them and “tell iwhat they know."

Mayor Stewart mnilltalllcd that

the figures he had quoted as to the civic debt were correct.

A heated dispute arose between

the Mayor and Coun_ Kennedy on tllis point, the latter challenging’ Mayor Stewart with unfairness in

omitting the $100,000 bond lssue.` "Take off that amount in thc sink- ing fund," he challenged, "and give thc debt as it is."

Mayor Stewart: "I am not going to withdraw any statement. The_ clllldishness of it!"

Coun. Kennedy: "You should play

fair with the citizens."

Mayor Stewart: "I never heard a

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`C_ity Council Empowers Finance Committee To Arrange Cutside Audit

Finance Councillors Demand Showdown In View Of Mayor’s Statements Re Financial Condition Of City. Heated Discussions End In Carrging Of Reso- lution Opposed By Mayor, Who, However, Had N0 Vote. Mayor’s Prelim inarv Alleeations Re Lobbying Repudiated By Councillors.

At the stormiest session of the , made the motion. What do you pro-‘ Coun. Kennedy: "That may be

City Council held in many years- pose to do with it?" Ifrom your viewpoint."

a session which lasted without in-| Mayor Stewart: "It is in your! V

terruption for four hours and al hands. If you want to putlt i haveillave got a chance to get me into quarter-the civic estimates for the 1 nothing to do with it." in

year 1932 were put through, a rcso-' Coull. Kclllledy: “A few nlil1utcs'gcr lllistuke ill your life."

lution to arrange for an outside ,ago the clerk put in your hands'

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Mayor Stewart: "You think you

lloio, but you ncvcl' illalic il ll g-

Coun. Kennedy: “We are not Lry-

ing to get you into a hole; we are trying to get you to act stl-nigili."

Mayor Stewart.: “I am ucllllg

straighter with thc city than you ore."

Coun. Kennedy: "Why don't you

admit the sinking fund, then?"

Mayor Stewart: “Aln I llcrc to he

cross examined by you?"

Coun. Kennedy: “We want you

to correct the statements you have made in your letters."

Mayor Stewart: “lf you sec luly-

thing in my letters that is not cor- lcct-"

Coun. Kennedy: “That is all we

sec in the papers--your letters.”

Mayor Stewart: "You can't con-

tradict my statements; they arc not wrong."

Coun_ Kennedy: “They are

wrong unless you correct them."

Mayor Stewart: "You are not go-

ing to cross examine me. I won‘t have it."

The dispute continued for some

further time. Coun. Hennessey sug- gested that all that was wanted by Coun. Kennedy was that the Mayol subtract the figures of the sinking; fund, and that would settle the dispute.

Mayor Stewart: "You are child-

ish. I haven't disputed what he is

Colm, Kennedy painted out 9, dig. they stood. "They have a right to saying. But he thinks I am simple

crepancy between statements made kn0\V. and if U10 City iS in HS D9-fi enough W make B Silllemfflll that by the Mayor in the press and e1ge.i shape as indicated by the Mayor’s

he makes."

Continuing, the Mayor calnplain-

ed that he had had a statement to make about the audit, and "they" had asked him not to bring it up. He had aequiesced, “and now they bring it up themselves."

Coun. Holman: “If you are allud-

ing to me, I may say that I did not as much as mention any audit to you."

Mayor Stewart: "I didn't say you

mentioned it. I said some members of the Council."

Continuing the Mayor said tile

arguments advanced ill favor of the resolution were only a "bluff," '

Conn- Reardon challenged the

statement.

Mayor Stewart: "I was not re-

ferring to you. I mean the men who started t- They are not _sin- cel-e."

Coun. Holman: “That statement

was unnecessary, and it is one that you cannot pro\'¢_ I refuse to accept

(Continued on Page 3)

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