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Royalty rink to- y V 13-942

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y, Bridge and Seaview tonight at ygyiow rink. Admission 15 cents. L-937

r-gocgey at l-Iighiield tonight. mgnfield Granites vs. West Royal- iy Bearcats.‘ league game. gSkate m“, Trad "Igflfud game, Cornwall tonight,

| o'clock, Cornwall vs. Dunedin. skating after game. L-939

"New Glasgow 1m vs. Hornets at Milton rink tonight. ante after. 11-940

"forum tonight, Alexandra Qoutliport_ One hour's skate after. Admission l5 cents. L-941

"Forum tonight Alexandra vs. goutlrport. One hopr's skate after. Admission 15 cen . L-941

"Hockey at Wheatley River to- night. Glasgow Road Maple Leafs rs Ramblers. [r936

"Repeat performance French- csasdian night Thursday. Feb. nth, 9.15 p.m., in Hearts Hall. Ad- mission silver offering. L-931

"B. L S_ auction and freeze out, also last night of the tournament tonight at 9.15. Admission 25 cents.

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"Wanted-Dressed Poultry. Buy- ing daily. The Royal Packing Co., Charlottetown. - L-865-3-7-61.

"Concert and dance in Morsll Hall, Monday, February 17th.

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"Buying live hogs at Albany Thursday, rep. 18th, Emerald 14th. 0. C. Green. l..-855

"Dance will be held in Miliview ilsli on Friday, February 14th. L-9l2-2-12-ll.

"Reserve Tuesday 18th for Choir Concert, Central Christian Church. L-925-2-l2-3i.

"Regular monthly meeting ladies‘ Aid Prince Edward Island Hospital, Wednesday, 3.30 P. M.

"League game at Bradalbahe to- llisht. Granville Tigers Vs. Brad- slbsns Rovers. Skate after match.

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"Annual Meeting of . Afton Egg Circle takes place at Afton Hall, Friday, February 14th, 7.00 o'clock. Arternas Betts, Secretary.

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"l-iear Dr. Iowry lecture in St. Oatherines Hall. February 14th, IP. M. Program. Sale or candy. Ad- mission 1d cente If stormy Satur- day. ' 11-011-2-13-11.

"Prince Edward Island Poultry Association will hold their annual lbw February 17-20, Farmers with in T. G. Ives’ showroom. Any liaison not receiving a copy oi the win list may bring ~ along their willry and make entry at the

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"Bbeclal livestock meeting under liupices Kansington Shipping Club Iill be held in long River Hall,

av. February ram, at 1.00 P- IL B. D. Irvine will address the Mting on rail grading and fac- tors relating to hog production and llketing. _ n-ass-z-ii-ai.

“Livestock Marketing Board oga during wpek oi _Feb. . Tuesday afternoon.

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Viscount Monsell Re- veals Measures Tak- en By Admiralty In House of Lords.

(By George Ilasnbleton, Canadian

, PRES S18" Writer) '

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LONDON‘, Feb. 11—The Admiral- ty is alert to the question of de- fence against modern aerial attack.

Viscount Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty. told the House of Lords today that in the last few years combined air and naval manoeuvres have been held on a large scale as defensive prepar- ations against possible attack upon the British Isles.

The manoe vres, he said, had "reveiledvalrfa le‘ information for new naval construction, both with regard to anti-aircraft guns and hull ~ construction.

Lord Mensch said that during the last four. years there had been 120 special meetings of the cabinet dealing with the problems of the imperial deiencs “tee. And the defence committee itself and its various sub-committees had held mors than 800 meetings.

Regarding the problem of bombs versus battleships the First lord of the Admiralty said that all coun- tries shared the opinion that air attack had not rendered the battle- ship obsolete. No country was abol- ishing capital ships. _

The immense offensive power of aircraft was not being under-rated but», Lord Monsell warned against exaggeration of its value. The bomb was not really a new problem but imposed the necessity of having guns fired vertically as well as hor- izontally.» ~ I

"We are mbre than satisfied with the progress we are making will: our anti-aircraft guns," concluded Lord Monsell.

The discussion was raised in the House oi Lords by Baron Strabolgi, retired commander and authority on naval affairs. He submitted a motion urging full inquiry into the condition oi Britain's fighting forces, especially with regard to the necessity of increasing expenditures to bring the navy to greater stren th. _ v , _

Fol owing Viscount Monsell’: dis- closures Lord Strabolgi withdrew his motion. »

The House oi Lords discussion was not the only revelation today the government is giving close at- tention to the defence problem. Much interest was given a visit to No, l0 Downing Street today of Sir Samuel I-Ioare, former Foreign Sec- retary. It was the first time he had spoken with Mr. Baldwin since he resigned from the cabinet following the, ill-fated l-loare-lavul peace proposals anent the Ethiopian war. The visit lent color to recent forecasts of the return to the cab- inet oi Sir Samuel.

Woman Rescued ~ By Policeman _ In Halifax Fire

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) HALIFAX. Feb. 11—Police cou- stable John Wilkie of the Halifax for-cc fought his way through flames and smoke today to carry Mrs. Eliz- abeth David to saieiy- - . The rescue was made as firemen worked their way through slippery snow-filled streets w brinI swam“! to the burning David residence. They had a stubborn fight on their hands and considerable damage was done befilm the fire was brought contro . mm blaae, which fire ofbciell m“ w” caused by a defective flue. was discovered by I "W"! Wm“

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Seek Imposition 0t Gountervailing Potato Duties

P118111. N. n, no. 11-Assur- ances have been received from authorities at Ottawa that the mat- ter of countervailing duty on United States potatoes entering Canada will be brought to the st- tention of the Minister of Finance for consideration. 'I‘he infor- mation was contained in a number of letters received by W. E. Shore, Secretary of the New Brunswick Farmer's Industrial Organization. in roply to a letter sent by him to Federal and Provincial officials. asking that the New Brunswick potato market be adequately pro- tectcd.

The question arose over a clause in the reciprocity treaty between Canada and the United States. providing free entry of United States potatoes into the Canadian market. Some fear was that the free entry cf those po- tatoes into Canada might adver- sely affect the price of native tubers.

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Soviet Press Claims Attempt M a d e To

° Block Ratification Of Franco - Soviet Pact.

(By John Lloyd Associated Press Staff Writer) MOSCOW, Feb. 11—(A. P.)- The Government nevlspsper Inves- tla accrued the Japanese tonight of provoking ‘a war some in the Far East to block ratification by the French Chamber of Deputies of. the Franco-Soviet mutual as- sistance pact. Discussion of the treaty began in the Chamber in Paris today. A iew hours earlier a Soviet dispatch from Urga, cuter Mon- golia. asserted Japanese and Man- choukuan troops were concentrat- ing along the outer Mongolian border preparatory to “new and more serious provocations." Repeated incidents and skirm- ishes have occurred along that frontier in recent months.

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Soviet reports said Japanese newspapers yesterday circulated false reports that 600 troops cf miter Mongolia attacked a Jap- anese-Manchoukuan border post and that there were heavy cas- ualties in the resulting battle.

"Certain Governments ofEurope are exceedingly displeased that the mutual assistance pact is up for ratification," Izvestis said. This reference was believed to be to Germany and Poland.

"Japanese authorities, either on special request or their own in- itiative, render a peculiarly friend- ly service to governments striving

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Malcolm MacDonald Wins By - election

MNGWELL, Scotland, Rb. 11— Malcolm MacDonald, Dominicns’ Secretary, was elected to the House of Commons for Boss and Grom- arty constituency in the by-election held Monday. The result was mlds known late today.

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Preliminary Hearing Into Charge Against Mrs. May Bannister [Concluded

(C. P- By Guardian's Special Wire) MONOTON, N. B., Feb. 11—Betty W“ W“ kidnapped beacuse Mrs. May Bannister wanted a bgby to put Milton Trltes and Albert Pow- ell under a "moral obligation," Crown counsel G. F. G. Bridges 4e. clared in court this afternoon afwr testimony ended at the preliminary 25% ‘.?$r.."l?i..2.‘“'..."“““‘“"- DP the in- fant found in her home Jim, 10, Decision in New Brunswickzs first kidlwnivlns case was reserved by Magistrate W. F. Lane until Thurs- day afternoon. Last week he com- milled the accused woman's sons, Albert and Daniel. for trial on a charge of murdering Philip Lake, who died at’ Pacino Junction Jan. 5 with his common law wife and young son. when MTS- Bannister could. no‘ have a baby of her own she pro. 9W‘!!! 0X19. Mr- Bridses charged. In ‘so doing she thought aha would ‘set more money out of Powell and Tribes," he contended. The ‘Crown Prosecutor argued that sufficient ev- idence had been produced to war- $11!: Wmlfliiillls the accused for

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"Defence counsel H. Murray Lam- bert, on the other hand, declared the prosecution had failed to con- neot Mrs. Bannister in any way with alleged kidnapping and had failed to prove that the Lake lbaby was kidnapped. He also contended that the person or persons alleged to have procured the infant for the accused ghould have been men- ticned in the information.

Four witnesses heard this after- noon, making a total oi 17 since the hearing opened, were Earl O'Brien, Mcnctcn, Sergeant B. G. Peters. Constable A. J. Ewing and Dr. R. J. Caldwell. Their testimony added nothing new to that already on rec- ord. Trites and Frances Bannis- ter, l5, daughter of the accused. were on the stand this morning.

Mr. Lambert remarked that Fran- ces had told of going to the Lake home and getting the Lake baby from Arthur, but he argued that Mrs. Bannister was not there and it had not been shown that she sent the brother and sister to get the child. No evidence had been sub- mitted to show she was even awake

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FEARS i|El0 EOR 0VER0l|E PLANE

Search By Air and Sea U n d e r w a y For French Airliner.

(A. P. By f‘ s Special wire)

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 11-—A search by air and sea was under way tonight for the commercial French airliner “Ville de Buenos Aims," long overdue On a flight across the South Atlantic.

Five members of the crew and one passenger were aboard the craft, operated by the French air- line "Air France." The passenger was Emile Barriers of Buenos Aires, a director of the line.

The plane had not been heard from since 1 pm. yesterday (noon A.S.'I'. Monday), when it reported it was 010 miles east of Natal. Brazil, and flying at an altitude of 400 feet. It left Natal yesterday

rning and was due at Dakar, “ ‘ Africa. at l0 am. (7 am. AS312) today.

Two airplanes and three cutters were sent in search of the craft off Brssil- Thor were the Air France seaplane “Ville de Bio de Janeiro." and llhd plane " uro" arid three Air hence cutters.

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Skirmish In A Ontario House Opening Day

(C. P. By Guardian's special Wirel

TORONTO, Rb. 1l.—A brief skir- mish between Opposition leader George S. Henry and acting Prem- ier Harry Nixon over procedure in connection with the new provin- cial income tax bill shattered the calm of opening day in the Ontario

lature.

Adjournment , d immediate after Hon. Paul Leduc, Minister of Minespintroduced the income tax hill which gives the province the right, formerly held by municipal- ities, of taxing incomes. At that point MI. Henry arose to comment. on the int. ‘uctlo of a govern- merit measure opening day and ask , tponement of second reading, scheduled for tomorrow, so the Op- position could consider the meo-

sure.

Up to that time, the traditional party truce of opening day had been observed. Lieutenant-Gover- nor- Herbert A. Bruce read the Speech from the Throne opening the session.

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Issue Consists Of Two Percent Seven Year Bonds and T h r e e Percent 17' Y ea r Bonds.

UITAWA. Feb. 11—Ah issue of $80,000,000 Canadian National Rail- way Company Domlnion guaranteed bonds to be offered throughout Canada tomorrow, was announced today by Finance Minister Char- les A. Dunning. 'I‘he issue is being made to recoup the government for advance made within the past year to the Canadian National Railway Company for the redemption of funded debt which matured or was ca‘led for redemption.

The new issue will constt cf two percent seven year bonds due Feb. 15. 1948 and three per cent 1'7 year bonds due Feb. 15, 1953. The seven year bonds will be non-callable and the 17 year issue will be callable at par 0n or after Feb. 15, 1948. The price od the seven year bonds is 98.40 to yield 2.2.5 per cent and of the 17 year bonds 97.50 to yield 3.20 per cent.

The issue is being made by the

Bank of Canada by authority of '

the Minister oi Finance acting on behalf of the Canadian National Railway Company. Subscriptions will be received through banks and recognized dealers throughout the country.

The bonds will be guaranteed un- conditionally by the gcvemment of Canada as to both principal and interest. Principal will be payable at the Bank oi Canada or its agen- cies and interest will be payable at any branch in Canada 0f any chartered bank.

Conflicting Evidence At Murder Trial

(C. P my Guardian's Spccial Wire)

TORONTO, Feb. l1 -— Harry O‘Donnell'.s lawyers today produced evidence conflicting with crown testimony brought out in 7 1-2 days of his trial for the ravine murder, of pretty Ruth Taylor. Dc- fence evidence clashed with the crown's over material in the blue sweater worn by the .20-year-old stenograph thegnight she was ravished and killed_

Disagreement between the ex- perts of opposing sides came late in the day when Dr. Frederick zeidler. German-born specialist in textiles and forensic chemistry, declared the girl's sweater material was Angora rabbit and had “similar characteristics" to fibres in baby things found in the O'Donnell home. Crown experts had sworn hairs on the sweater were Belgian rabbit and distinctly unlike those on the baby articles. ‘

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Prime Minister King Defends Trade Treaties In Debate On Address.

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

OTTAWA, Nb. 11——The whole of Europe might be at war today if the Canadian government had not repudiated and discwned the Rlddell oil sanction proposal at Geneva in November, Premier King advised the House of Commons to-

ay. Reviewing the suggestion of W. A. Riddcil, Canadian representative at the Ilieague, that oil sanctions be imposed against Italy as an aggres- sor nation, the Prime Minister said it was, not the plan of the Canadian government but RiddelYs personal viewpoint. The fact was, Mr, Km); said, that Rlddell had been cabled to make no commitments involving Canada without express instructions but had not waited long enough to receive the cable before making his suggestion. "

Throughoyt the world; Mr. King

said, applicaLion o1’ an oil embargo against Ita‘, became known as the Canadian pan and this fact alone made 1t necessary to repudiate it as an official suggestion. It was significant to note the sanction was not applied after the repudiation and a. European war‘ did not de- velop. It would be a dangerous step for Canada, said the Prime Minister, to" attempt to regulate a. EilIOpQMI war. Was that Canada's place at Geneva? be asked.

The Prime Minister took part in the address debate, speaking alto- gether about three hours. He had numerous clashes with Conservative leader Bennett who accused him several times of misrepresentation. Mr. Bennett five or six times raised points of order, usually on some el- ection echo.

The Prime Minister took sharp issue with the Conservative lend- cr over the merits of the Canadian- Amarlcan trade treaty. lVLr. King said he believed the reciprocity agreement “is one wihch will be productive of infinite good to both countries." It would have a wider application than that. It would im- pres on the rest of the world that economic nationalism and trade wars must end.

Mr. King said it was no wonder Mr. Bennett could notobtain an agreement with Washington while he was Prime Minister, considering the fact he. more than any other

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Explorer Says rlledfern Alive

NEW YORK, Feb. 1l—-\A return- ing scientist-explorer said today he had been informed by natives in South America that Paul Redfem, who disappeared nine years ago during a projected flight from Georgia to Brazil, was alive and. well.

Dr. Morton C. Kuhn, of Cornell Uhivemity medical centre, said the natives told him that Redfern was living in an inaccessible wl“ css in northeastern Brazil, near the Dutch Guiaa border.

“The Indians don't regard him as a god," Dr. Kahn said he was told. “1-1e’s Just a pale-face to them even though the first they've seen."

Di‘. Kahn said the tribe that has Riedfeni would not give him up be- cause it would not want another tribe to have him. He added that a rescue expedition would encoun- ter almcst i ,_ able obstacles in pathless mountains and flooded

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(Cf. By Guardian's Special Wire) CYITAWA, Feb. 11 -— Main esti- mates calling for expenditures of $384,437,548 during the fiscal year 1938-37, were tablsd in the House of Commons today by Finance Min- ister Dunning. The figure for the current fiscal year ending March 31, next, was $396.509,542. These are for ordinary expenditures and emergency estimates will be pre- sented later for relief and other ex- traordinary purposes.

Estimates for the next fkccl year on ordinary and capital account show a reduction of 512.081.1133, compared with those for the cur- rent flscal year. The reductions are generally distributed throughout the various spending departments. although in some instances there are increases

Greatest dcrease is under the heading of miscellaneous expendi- tures, a reduction of $6.9l6.l45, and the largest increase is in the 9P0" vision for debt charges, being $3.- 195961 greater than the amount estimated for the current year. Other increases include $1,494,736 for aviation, $295,997 for civil gov- ernment costs, $284,317 for national defence, and $158,904 for the De- partment of Mines,

Under the heading of public works the reduction was $3,828,565. but this does not touch the public works undertakings for relief pur- poses.

Agricultural Estimates Cut

Other departments sharing large- ly in the reduction were Railways and Canals, Agriculture, mail sub- sidies and steamship subventloris, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Department of Indian Affairs. ocean and river lighthouse and coastal services, penitentiaries, sup- erannuation costs, fisheries, Irabcr Department, and, Dominion Parks. Total ordinary expenditure esti- mated for 1936-37 was $380,075,939. a reduction of $9,318,670 from the estimate for the current year. Cap- ital expenditure was estimated at $3,455,900. a decrease of $2,514,659. Loans and advanccs caved for $895,- 708. a reduction of‘ $248,653.

Of the grand total of $384,427,548, Parliament will be required to vote $203,174,910, the balance being provided for by statute.

The debt maturing during tho period covered by the estimates was shown at $430,951,670, and the striking funds total $1,763,620.

Enlarged Payrolls

Enlarged payrolls accounted for practically all the $2}§,997__added to

Rush To iii 0f British Ship

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

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11--The British moiorship Loch Ranza sent s distress call today, saying the ship was "not under command" 14 miles west of Fort BTflgg off the northern California coast.

A coast guard cutter, the Ewing, hurried to assist.

About 30 mtn comprise the Loch Rama's crew. The vesel is o." 3.- 990 net tons and was built at Glas- gow in 1934. It is owned by the