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Lea Government Introduces On Eve Of General Election New Statute LabourMeasure

Governments Sincerity Challenged "By Opposition, Whose Amendment, Which Would Safeguard Interests Of All Tax-Payers Desiring To Com- mute Road Taxes, Is Vot ed Down. i

PLANE BRINGS [BAD llcnuol FRONll§lAN

Cache Found In Snow- bank Near Moncton

. Airport-Said Plane Bound With W e t Goods For Maine - Made Forced Land- ins-

MONCION, March 30—Followlng despatches from Prince Edward Is- land that aeroplanes are brine press: wineries, h“~‘*‘"°$=* qisctie of the trade hlsﬁinst come to light here.

_ After the recent warm weather that decreased the dimensions of the snow drifts in the vicinity of the Moncton Airport, a, youngster residing in that locality noticed a‘ phone of illicit al- sohoi. Blealiziirg the business possibil- ities of such a find the young lad proceeded to promote a thriving trade and disposed of the alcohol which included o. considerable qualn- tity, it is said, at $1.00 a galloln. Nat- urally he found a ready sale for the liquid at the greatly reduced prices.

According to infcm-latiorl gleaned ln~ unofficial circles, the cache was

- Motives of political expediency in introducing a system of statute la- bour open to the abuse of party pat- ronage were chargedby Opposition members against the Ina Govern- lment yesterday during committee reading of the final clause of a bill ‘lo amend the Road Act of 102a. The lresolution introducing this bill out- ,lined only the purport of the first ‘clause, namely to authorize where necessary the cutting down of trees and the removal of fences and sign- gboards from road intersections, rail- Iway crossings and dangerous curves on the public highways. The bill as it went to corrunittee yesterday, however, contained the following clause: "4. Section i2 of the Road Act is hereby amended by adding the following after the words "process" in the fifth line thereof: provid- ed any person liable for Road Turf and Horse Tax under this Act may commute the cash payment there- of. in whole or in. part by secur- ing an amlourrtcfwork upon the highway by himself or substitute. such substitute however, to be ac- ceptable to and approved by the Superintendent of the Highways for such road district in which such taxes are payable by giving noﬂce of his intention of doing said work to the Superintendent of Highways before the tenth day of May for the year ‘i931, and thereafter before the first day of May in the year in which such road and horse taxes are payable and said work to be performed-

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deposited there some time ago by In asmplslne, which, when flying from Prince Edward Island to a" point/across bhe American border,‘ ldn short of fuel and was forced to? land I-t the local airport, making; a hurried deposllt of his cargo in a near-by srrowbank.

It‘ is understood that the sequel’ to this episode was written into the Police court records a few days ago when soveral men were fined for having in their Domession illicit llq_ uol.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS, comma EVENTS, MEETINGS arcs.

“Reserve Wednesd Jul Rollo Bay ‘ha. ‘y’ “£52132:

g "Zion Mil lilo at 1101111111’! nu. ' h- Baturdsy afternoon, April 4. _ uro-sl-rues. Wed. s», Prhs Auction Bale of Boswe l hr ors, Iiszelbrook. is stponed w April 1st onsocount of rain. 4417-3-81-21.

"lac "A Noble Outcast" the It. ‘liar-ass Dramatic Club in st. ‘throes Hall, Monday, April 8th. > 4463-44-81.

"The annual Hospital play, 1:55p, OI‘ Monday and Tuesday, WI!"- directed by Mrs. Arthur Roper, who always presents debutante m- ists at this show. This year you will II ohsnnsd by the new-comers who together with some of our very best and lovable artists of former par- formances, will give you an evening

IPRUVINSIAI

PLIBEJURBE

Tabled In Legislature Yesterday To Ac- companiment of Lec" ture From Premier.

The total expenditure for the main- tenance of the Provincial Police since its establishment up to the end of 1930 was $6,066.42, according to an itemized statement tabled by Prem- ier Lea yesterday in the Legislature lrl answer to a question by the Op- position leader. The names 0f all employees in the Provincial Police, their respective duties and salaries, were also tabled.

The question on the order paper asked for an itemirled statement of tho expenditure for the maintenance of the department from its organiza- tion to the present date. The Prem- ier said he could only give this in- formation up to tho end of last year. He did not think the Opposition had srighttoaskforitupiodatxaft would not be in order-

Ilon. Mr. Stewart: "My hon friend u" wrong. It is perfectly in order to ask fm- the information up to this date."

Premier I45: "ﬁrst is all the in- formation we have todpy."

lion. an. Stewart: "Does my hon. friend intend to give us the restf." Prernlu‘ Led: "I don't think my hon. friend has a right to ask for it. If we admit thi right w have that question answered up to data, next week there will be mother question/to liﬂlll it up to the 1nd of next week, and so on.”

before the ﬁfteenth day of June in the same year."

lion. J. n. Stewart, discussing the clause, said the Government seemed to be coming back to a recognition Pof the value of statute labour. There had been a great deal of debate on this question, and only recently, during the by-eiectlon in the Second District cf Prince, Liberal speakers had denounced statute labour in the strongest terms. The people of Bec- ond Prince, however, were not quite so enthusiastic over the abolition of statute labour as the present Gov- ernment boasted of being.

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“Personally,” continued Mr. Stew- art, “I think that there are sections in this province where statute labour does not pay; that is in the wealthy farming communities, where the farmers consider that it does not pay them to spend their time on the pub- lic roads, and they would rather pay the taxes and let somebody else do the work with their money. But there are many cases where the pub- lic consider it a. great hardship to be deprived oi the privilege of commut- ing their taxes in this way. That is the situation. But here we have s section, purporting to bring about a return to statute labour, in the geriuinencss of which I have abso- lutely no faith. I fear that it will be used as it has been used hereto- fore by my hon. friends. for polit- ical purposes. Friends of the Clov- ernment will havc the opportunity of commuting their taxes; the oth- ers will not have such an opportun- ity. That is the objection that I see to this section; It is so framed that no man, no matter how anxious he is to do statute labour, can insist

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SECRETARY TU THE KING PASSES AWAY

(thnadlsn Press)

LONDON. Mar. 31—-1.ord Stam- fordham, Secretary to Royalty for the past 50 years, and said to have possessed more state secrets than any other man, died today. He was 81 years old. Born Arthur Bigge, the son of a country vicar. lord Stam- ‘fordham was private secretary to Queen Victoria and at the time of his death was private secretary to the King. He was often referred to as "the man behind the Thrcsre."

Upper Canadians lVill Make Trip

(Csnadion Press) MONTREAL, Que, March Ill- Tho Maroon-Ottawa professional hockey series to be played at illit- fsx, ‘ ‘ and Ch...‘ “ be- came a certainty today when - the players decided in favor of making the Maritime trip. The decision of the local players was made at noon and they leave along with the Ot- tawa boys tomorrow night. ‘I110 teams respective manual-l are not

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Rush Antitoxin By Plane

TO AID-ESKIMOS AT P0

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,'l‘ho plane was commissioned, for the iCornmirrsionler Dc Viglrne. Di‘? liens;

loading antitoxln aboard his fast small Siesrman plane before making a

dash to Point Barrow for the relief of diphtheria-threatened Eskimo resi- dents. Three arc repel-Zed as already seriously stricken with the disease,

llcian at Barrow performed the inoculations.

$26, 797 For Experiment On Highway I

The total colt of the experi- mental sectlon of ‘f sy, built last summer on the Mllpeque Road for a distance of lass than a mile, was 826,791.36, according to a statement tabled in the legislature yesterday in answer to a question by the Opposition.

The Kohl liability of the Fed- eral Government, under the un- employment scheme, is $13,898.68

Already, the Federal Govern- ment has paid 811,461.98, leaving ‘r bllsnce against It of $1,936.10.

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flight by Alaska Territorial Health Crcist, Presbyterian missionary phy-

Donald, Mr. H.

Th annual convention cf the P- E. I. ‘Ieachers Federation opened yesterday in the Prince‘ of Wales College Hall with about 3110 teach- ers present. Mr. loo F. McDonald, the president, presided at both morning and afternoon sessions. At

the morning session after enrolment

the presidential address was receiv-T ed. The president stated that the outlook in the salary situation was growing brighter; and that the granting of teachers‘ pensions has been promised by the Government. At the afternoon session two in- terasting addresses of an education- al nature were delivered by Mr. H. H. Show, Chief Superintendent of Education, and Prof. L. W. Shaw. professor of pedagogy at Mount Ai- iison University.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

following summary of the year's wort was given by the precl-

andupnrdsoftwolnmeotlrlgswsre held.

Our executive rrlsating wu

hold on Jun 1th. at which uwetlm tentative dates were setter the tall urrwentlolrl. It was also decided that l 10th!‘ d! “Instr-cotter? b6 lull’. 011C,

Island TeacherS In Conyention

Addresses By President L. F. Mc-

Of Education, And Prof. L. W. Shaw Of Mt. Allison.

H. Shaw, Supt.

copy sent to each member of the‘ Federation.

At this meeting Miss Agnes Mlurn- sghaln was appointed to attend as many of the fall Conventions as possible in the interests of the P. E. I. T. F. Needless to say Miss Murnag- lrarfs work was highly satisfactory.

Our next executive meeting was held on October 25th, alnd a com- mittee as follows was appointed, President, Erin. Johnston, Prin. Jelly, Mr. Henderson, Mr. f-Iyncs, Miss Murnaghan, Miss Morris. When tihis committee was called to interview the government several of the members were unable to attend and lvltss Dunsfcrd of Spring Park, and Miss Douglas of Prince Street sub- stituted. Questions were asked on the following subjects.

l. When is the Board of Educa- tion to begin H! duties?

2. Does this government intend, as premised, to give me teachers representation on this Board?

s. Ara the recommendations of the Royal Oon-irrllsion with respect to the establishing of larger educational areas or districts to be can-led out? 4. May teachers of one roamed rurbi school! purchase the rwcessary

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(Canadian Press) OITAWA. odl..._wu. s1-r.i. Oel. Hugh Edwin Mumps, M. 1)., O. B.

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J-Qgehed nmapoo during the year.

Treasury about limiting the amount

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Increase In General Duty, With An In- creased Preference For Empire Product

'Is Foreshadowedh In British Budget.

Canadian tobacco m Britain which

ending March 1930, might increase considerable after Right Hon. Philip Snowdenb next Budget. An intima- tion to tobacco importers from the

of stocks they can remove frolrn bond during the next few weeks, is thought to foreshadow an increase in the general duty, with an increased pra- ference for Empire tobacco. It is now hoped that if the Chancellor of the Exchequer increased the duty he will retain a preference for the Ern- plre product. In so doing he would meet the wish expressed by Right Hon. J. H. Thomas. secretary 0'1 State for the Dorninions, by the ‘lb- bacco Federation of the British Em- pire last fall. A deputation from the Federation asked for a 11110"- m Empire production and on the leaf manufactured in Britain or alternat- ively an increase of one shilling four on foreign grown manufactured to- bacco. It was stated that the intro- duction of the British preferential duty had developed the consumption of Tobacco in Britain to 1'1 percent. Meanwhile it is understood that American tobacco exporters are mak- ing a drive against the increased use in Britain of the Empire product.

Although Canada is not the prin- cipal mmpire exporter of tobacco to Britain, she will be sﬂectod 11v a. greater preference and will help in increasing the exports.

(Special to the Guardian)

LONDON, Mar. 3l—'l"hs f-fellllfi’ ordered tobacco firms to restrict re- movals from bond to one twelfth of withdrawals in s llmilll‘ period last year, effective for one month. Th8 order was regarded as highly c1811"- icant in view of the icmoschins Budget address, being interpreted virtually ls a. sign that Rt. Hon. Philip Snowderi. Chancellor of the Kchequcr, plans to absorb the Bud- get's deficit. At present the tobacco tax is 12 cents on l. package of 20 cigarette and about 18 cents an ounce on bulk tobacco. 111s tobacco tax for mo-ao yielded about $813,- 987,946.

(tiursdisn Press) IlONDON, Much sl-lrlml Stamfordlrsm, private secretary h the King, died today aged 8i.

ed Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Saskatchewan. An- nourlccment of his appointment was made tonight by Premier It. B. Ban- nett. l-fe succeeds Ron. If.‘ W. New- iands. r

Drzmrrlnmls oneof ths"old timers" of Northwest ‘Territories and

(By Richard Frlzell, Assistant Press Cul-espondent. Copyright, 1931, by The Associated Press)

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Mar. Zll-— Eleven sharp earth shocks packed into the space of a few seconds, fol- lowed by fire which ripped the heart out of the business section. today. spread terror and desolation through this city, taking an estimated, 1.000 lives and injuring many thousands. Many of the victims were foreigners, most of them from the United States, but this evening while the fire still raged only three had been definitely identified. They were: A Lieutenant Commander Balske, U. s. N. a. Mrs. Murray, wife of a Major in the United States Marine Corps, and a. chauffeur employed by Irving A. Undberg. the resident High com- rnissionar.

(By S. M. Craigie, Manager Tropical

Radio Station at Managua) MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Mar. 31- via radio to New Orleans-The city. was alight txmighi: with fires which threatened to destroy Managua. af- ter s. brief, terrific earthquake at 1L0: s. m. today. The quake lasted only four to six seconds. It shook Managua, o. city of 33,000 persons, bringing down the greatest part of the buildings. The taller ones were especially affected. Fire broke out in the market in the central part of the town. The market was crowded with women and children. One sec- tion fell in and caught fire. About 35 persons were believed burned to death in that area alone. Estimates of the dead were obscure, but it was believed the casualties would be meat. The Lupone, one of the larg-

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CAUSE 0f llR-IGIBLE DISASTER

(Canadian Press) LONDON, March 3l——-The crash 01' the Giant British Dirigible R-loli last October 5, which took 48 men to their death, was due to a willblna. tion of bad weather and leakage in the gas bags, the official board of inquiry ruled in a volunllnous report made public today. The human element did nol, enter into the crash, the board reported, except to the extent that the watch had Just been changed before the 8ND dived in a downward current. The helmsman, the report said, was yet unaccustomed to the feel of tho ship.

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(Canadian Pros) OTTAWA. Ont, Mar. (ll-Starting lrl the upper stories. fire tonight had birrnod through the roof of Ottawa's historic Olty Hall and it was thought unlikely the building could be saved. The blaze gained headway before being discovered and firefighters doubted they could be able to save the four-storey stone building. It is

a pronrinont medical practitioner of Saskatoon. I-la has a

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Central American City Of Man- agua In Ruins —— Communica- tions Interrupted.-

IARIIRN BEFURE HIJSE WAS NRTINURRER

Labor M. P. Asked Ad- journment To Dis- cuss Distress Re In- dustri-al Workers -— Matter . Is Already Before House.

(Canadian Press) OFITAWA. Ont, March .’li--Ad- joumment of the House of Commons to discuss a; matter of "urgent pub- importance," namely the acute distress being suffered by industrial workers in various parts of the DO- minion, was moved this afternoon by A. A. Heaps (Lab Winnpieg North.) ,

Premier R. B. Bennett raised a, point of order. He said that ii he had heard the motion aright it dealt with a matter already before the House and the subject of reference in the Speech from the ‘flu-one. 1t was not in order. Speaker Black ask- ed if any member wished to discuss the point of order before he gave his ruling.

Danger of riots in some cities was feared by J. S. Woodsworth, (Lab. Winnipeg Northern centre) if the Government's assistance to direct relief were cut ofl’ with the and of the fiscal year today. Further con- sideration of the estimates was de- layed while members ‘iscussed wheth- er or not the motion was in order. Mr. speaker Black then ruled the motion was not in order and the House proceeded to other businlesl.

LONDON, March 3l-—'.l‘he Briltsh financial year ended to- night with a deﬁcit of 7.3.215,- 971 pounds (approximately 8116,- 379,855-)

,T7ie Weather, Etc.

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Sun sets this evening at 6.25 and rises tomorrow morning at 5.42.

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