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Ind crepresslng for an im- ‘ Fegcttienicnt. I am 815d a

. m, you that the desalt- (lias approved of payment; ‘- fmqvnrded the ziecom ' ﬁr, w the treasury b19575 o(lvi:illi'|£t8ll(185_ of the ' n uncut cannot be made ' pa) mrotlll is given and I ' tmanluxpcct that this will < gins! the first meeting 01 the ‘ ‘whim, 1 um told, must be u, early dine. I have every _ Ind nssurance of an earl)’ satisfactory settlement,

Hm’ Faitlifully yours.

Minlslﬂ‘ of Fisheries.

.. paid to the crew of the Alma

.. then ‘him as follows:

‘with reference to the claim “unpaid \\';I‘;§L‘S submitted by c, am Burke iinci the crew of Alma mentioned in your recent 31ml have to inform you that iiiaciiiini which hﬂsxbeen pend- ggiar nearly a year was finally ppproved by the Department of eiics some time ago- There g m; dcpai-tiiieiiiiil appropriations from which the amount can be ﬂea and payment can therefore Qly me niiide by the treasury mo. This hoof-d has not met fur-some days because of the ab- ince of so llllllly ministers. A meeting will be hold at an early is possibly within few days, when tlie matter will to finally adjusted. 1 confidently look for an early and satisfactory settlement. With all good wishes, I am, Friithfuiiy yours,

liliii in this instance men hail rltut hart: not been paid.

_ ilslleries Minister's Reply

llmiMr. RHODES: Mr. Chair- I-H hon. member has continu- nme remarks he made when the ﬂiimles were previously under Olliideration. I think I can place tieilcts briefly before the 130m. Iniitee. An agreement‘ was entered ililvbetircen lhe then Minister of Willie and Fisheries and one Q, w, llilflin, President of the Interna- lllilllrcsh Fish Corporation. The Iilément covered a period of six "lllhtllud n portion of it provid- tlihat Nordin was to purchase "If the fishermen all the fish (liable in ‘a certain urea of the ers of Prince Edwnrd Island. at “"8111 llricc set forth in the “mem- For the services to be ﬁrmed lie was to receive during Mod of six months a subsidy of " iier month. This agreement lppmwd by order 1n council ' 0n March 20, 1920- The terms - that the services to be per- ltlisre to be commenced on "M" “Y Q1’ June of that year. “he S: of fact, on the first day »~ e services did not com- “ and in conseque of the nee of tho company which mntmcted t0 Perform the ner- mllliottise of cancellation was giv- ﬁ n? contract was cancelled ‘her “h day of June following. m“ “'68. the servicescto be H ed were never even com. le-diind the contract was duly .:@quentiy there were a number I m‘ "W19 by seamen for wages Y merchants who had sup- ufa" l° "w company which , J ‘ in 5:119. and an action was ., _ Ed m’ "ilhﬂquer court, . "a"! Island admiralty

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id New“; occasion I an mentions had been made members from Prince favour of P8371"! of promises which find that on Minister of Fisher- tain of the b01115

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CYRUS MACMILLAN- “mi, time Cyrus MacMillan

onjilly i9. i930. when the elec- l, “mpillﬁll was in 1311731‘ 955i 130°" emit, the gentleman in KiHES ,,, who was runnnig against ., Honourable J. A. Macdonuld. yeeElVCd complaints concerning

liliiiister of Fisheries

the next

CYRUS MACMILLAN. With reference to the claim of the .l ll! we have hnd reports from two i fercnt ministers of fisheries, nnd ey each assure us that the claim i: justifiable mid should be pnld. lilvclearnrd flint the sum of $3,- f- lsclalmerl by the crew and has i- been piiid. We hope that the eseni ministri- will consider the ikiiavourziliiy and that as a ‘auto. crcir will be paid. It ls rd cough for men to have no‘

CREW;

wages to each member of the crew. The amounts which he found to be

tam, 8111.75; to the mate, $125; to ‘- the cook, i125; to the engineer, $210; to the firemen at $140 per month, $280; and to two seamen at $120 per month. $240; or a total o1 51.097315. I think it would be admit- ted by any fair-minded person that

. due were ‘as follows: to the 0813-‘ ‘

THE CHAR L( )'I"I‘I'IT( )WN G UA R DIAN

there ls no claim either in law or in equity against the government for the

because he performed no services . for the government under his agree- |

celled.

Regretlable Phase

which I do not desire to dwell-ap-

en these unfortunate men that in some manner or other the govern- ment may have been connected with the enterprise. But that under- standing came from nobody in nu- thority with the government. ‘ Poss- ibly in virtue of 1t the men had ‘ill their minds that they were working for the government, and they con- tinued their services long‘ after any work was performed on the ship. As ‘ a matter of fact Judge Stewart in his judgment makes reference to it in these words:

“Although the claim was for five months, I allow each of the plaintiffs one months wages, and I fix the allowance at so much. The crew seems to have kept con- nected with tlie ship until the trial at the request of the cap-

Now, sir, on the merits I submit there is no claim in law, neither is there is equity, by these men agoinsi the government. It would be a ver_\ dangerous precedent to establish i under the circumstances you are go ing to make such a remotely dis- tant contract with the governmcn. an excuse for a claim against the government for wages. I have gone this far, and I dopzot see how I can very well go any further, I have said: The government at the time took out a. bond for the faithful performance of the contract with the Fidelity Insurance Company of Canada in the sum of $5,000, ind-cin- nifying the government against any damages which might arise as a re- sult oi.’ this contract and to ensure bona fides on the part of the con- tractor. The Department of Justice has been asked to collect under thnt bond. Up to the present moment they have not succeeded in doing so- If they do recover, so-far ns I

ling to recommend to the govern- ment that these men be reimbursed r their wages as an act of grace and

submit. lt ‘would be too dangerous a precedent for the government to admit any liability whatever in the clrcumstanc .

No Action Taken

I am not going to impute nay mo- decessor, the Minister of Marine i

mitted the recommendation to council that these wages be paid. But I do say thLz, that while that

it remained and no action was tak- en on it. So I can only conclude either that the government were not in agreement with the then Minister of Marine and Fisheries, or that

her the wages were paid or not. It is true that when the first Minister of Fisheries was appointed a further recommendation came in on behalf of those who had supplied goods to tliLs vessel. Well, I am not going to enter into the merits 1n that con- nection. These merchants must have _gone into the contract with their eyes wide open. and they must have known that there was no liability on the part of the government. And l1 um not going to dwell upon the circumstances that the recommen- dation, if my memory serves nic right, went into council after the inst general election. At all events, this I do know, that my predecessor as Minister of Fisheries, when he wrote the letter which was last rc- ferred to by my hon. friend from Queens (Mr. McLurc) must have written It in Prince Edward Is- land, because there is no record of it in the department whatsoever; we have no knowledge of it there. Needless to say, the recommenda- tion to council for payment of those accounts received precisely the game treatment as the first recommenda- tion to council with reference to wages. NOW. Mr. Chairman. I cannot take "l! V81‘? much more time on this matter forI see I have only half a minute left. I will add only this: I hem we w: recover- under the iii-

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: ' Jll-Stlda W. B. St W t. M“ ‘m that there weri dire . 153°” 1h connection with this l "mm" Wiles. as has been,

r on dlrmm“ ‘Will-HERB. but Otherwise I do not see how I can m ‘m’! duo one mouth! possibly concur in the view that theban’: Mission, Swrls, at her resi-

demnlty bond, and If so I 1m pre- Plred to recommend payment of

merit and his agreement was can-i _

There is one regrettable phase on |

parcntly an understanding was giv- ,'

taln, although it is not easy to un- . , derstand why they were so kept.” i - 4

am concerned, I would be quite wll- ' '

tives or find any fault with my pre- 1 '

and Fisheries of that day, who sub- : I

recommendation went to council, i‘

IN MEMORIAM

month's service which were. found by the Judge to have been" i ' rendered to the owner of the shlpﬁ.

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as an act of grace only, bed ,1; I .

they considered u immaci-i-iiii wllct- ' l ‘

whatsoever.

$2,000,000.

._ Before 1927. All Provincial Governments of the Province of Prince ‘ Edward Island contracted a debt of a

1927--1931. The Saunders - Lea- McIntyre aggregation have, in four years, increased the debt b $1,000,000, despite the fact that they had $1,500,000 more revenue than the preceding Government.

This extravagant outﬁt now holding the reins of power have in- creased our debt by over 50 per cent in 4byears.

If re-elected, their extravagant policy will continue, and the best we can hope for is another million dollars added to our debt, with nothing to show for it. l

They would be allowed to contract, in S years, a debt equal to what all previous governments had incurred in more than 76 years.

i ThinkThis Overt Seriously

ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION

Whither Are We Drifting?

Ann THEN VOTE FOR THE

STEWART CANDIDAT

Greater Subsidy and

Less Taxation

011 AUGUST 6th. be 0n the llifinning Side

I must take my courage in both:m. Tuesday, August 4th.

hands in making this statement. be- cause my hon. friend from Queens has been most insistent, r _ and consistent in demanding that‘ these claims should be paid; butl with ‘u respect m mm I mu" “yfat her home on Washington Street. that I cannot agree with him that

MRS. W. J. BRYDGES

(New Glasgow News) The death of Mrs. W.J. Brydsﬁs New Glasgow, N. S., on ‘rucsdfly

despite the fact that she had been

Mr. McLURE: Will the bond be smug for ﬁve months and also

ollected? Mr. RHODES: I hope so. Item agreed to-

MRS. JAMES BLACKETT

On " nday August 3rd, 1931, at the P. E. I. Hospital, Charlottetown Jessie Blaekett, Au 43 years, wife of James Biackett, of Sourls East. Mrs. Blackett is survived by her ‘ usband, two sons and one daugh- ter; Frank, who is in Australia. and Pui-ney. of Bouri-s. Miss MINOR also of Souris. Two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Saunders and Miss Margar- et Shields, of Shelbourne, N. 5., al- so one brother, Mr. James Shields, of Halifax.

The funeral service was conduct-

theso claims u an act of grace.

ed by Capt. F. M. Belt, of BLAI-

despite the fact that it was realiz- ed that recovery was no so be look- ed for. She was 57 years of n20 and had been a good citizen o.‘ New Glasgow for 3i years. she was born at Montague, P. E. Island. where her girlhood days were spent.

She was a. great favorite and had a, host of friends. She was 0f 8 jolly dsiposition and dispmﬁcﬂ sunshine and good cheer wherever she went. She was a great church worker, for years, in the Methodist Church and after the consum- mation look a keen interest inf!“ activities and welfare of Trinity,

over it. During her trying illness

EOW-‘rlllﬁent is under any Intermrnt took place iii she inhniiilstcd o’ piiiéhbémiiiikl n St. Alban's Cemetery, Saul-is, 2 plu-csgnaiion to

Divine She was

tlie WlllCll was remarkable.

“in all respects a splendid woman

and was worshipped by her hus- band and family.

Mrs. Brydes is survived by he: husband, three sons and one daugh tor, viz: William N., St. John;

"Sydney of Iiiilifax, and Fred and the government " "n": l“ ‘my '5' night June 16th, was uncxpccted,M'iss Lois at home. She‘ is also pect whatsoever. '

survived by four brotlrrs and I011? sisters, viz: Messrs Hubert and Guy Nelson, Montague, P. E. I.,; William at Brandon , Man, and Horace, of Boston; Mrs. Clarence White and Mrs. E. J. Kerr, Mon- tague, Mrs. John Ingram and liliss Ruth Nelson, Boston.

The funeral was held on Friday afternoon and was largely attend- cd. In the absence of her pastor the service was conducted in a yer!‘ sympathetic manner by Rev. J. L. George who was assisted by Rev- ‘I’. J . Wilkinson, New Glasgow, Rev. Dr. Young, Stellarlon and Rev. D. M. Grant, Westviile. The

floral offerings were numerous and

truly be said that she never 80f» those without 310N-

(Patriot Please Copy)

L in dbe rghs Off 0n Dash’

(Canadian Press)

OXFORD, England, Aug-s Sir Arthur Thomson, famous biologist, told the British hygiene council to- day that the safeguard of life is to fall in love. "Love, he said, “has three notes, physical fondness, which is indispensable, emotional attraction linked to purely physical attraction through appeal of beauty and strength and a third note of- ten missed altogether, of higher sympathies in intelligence. purpose and ideals."

LETTER OF SYMPATHY

We the members of Ilaldwins Road Women's Institute express our sympathy for Wu and

uniwa Church. She was alife men‘ beautiful. mioi-iii-iii was made nlywr family l" W" 8"" "m" ber of the W.M.S., and never opal?" Riverside Cemetery where all that herself when there was work to be was mortal o: the deceased was 4mm gm, w“ 315° a mommi- ot tenderly laid at rest llongside the Golden Link Rebekah Lodge. The remains of her daughter, who Pfe- dcath of her daughter Nellie some deceased her. ‘the deepest sym- four and a half years ago 1n the pathy is felt for the bereaved hus- flush or young waizianhood came as band, children and brothers and an awful shock to her and it can sisters. ‘They mourn but not l8

caused by the death of a lovinﬂ ii and and father.

our; m; but little consolation to you, but God's ways are not al- ways ours; and we trust that 00d will sustain you all in 3'0"!‘ Wm“- voiiis in deepest- empathy.

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wish to .'

75 CENTS Oi" $18.10 “HS HIS

SEATTLE, Augﬁ-Tom Maloney 20-,\'.:.i'-o1fl i:ii....r, calmly r 13d by while "policemen searched him and found $18.10 distributed about H1 his fwkuts. but wlrn they took '75 cents out of his watch pocket, he cried. “Hey, that's mine.“ He was held as a burglar suspect.

CHINAMAN STUDIES FARM WORK

ST. LOUIS, Aug ll-Lochiil T. l-lau, of Chino is now among the staff of agricultural experts study ing rural development methods of the lvlissouri Pnef- Railroad. After a tour of duty he hopes to return

LIGIITENING DESTROYS P i\l.»‘l.\"S PIPE RICHLANDS, Vh., Aug 5 (U. P.) -—Dick Blankenship was sitting on the front porch oi his home here when lightening struck n tree in tlie yfllnl and killed a cow and 51X pigs standing beneath if. Blair kcnsliip was unarmed, but ihc pipe lie licld in his hand was burned l0 a crisp, and the soles of both ills

sliocs neatly ripped nwni‘.

ELKO, Aug L. (U. lIl-Tiie “wild wcst" atmosphere of the movies was put to slionip when 3 crirnriiil of cars loaded \\"llll n ton of bui- iion b" arrirtd here from Jur- clidge. Tcn booted, ..>inbr(‘r.ii~<l uer accompanied tlie prerioiis metal n: guards. They were walking nrsrn- nls, armed to tllg teeth with 51x-

to his native land to develop Silll" liar methods along the Chinese! government owned railroads.

guns, rifles rind sound-off shutjnirs The bullion was srnt to the mini in Salt Lake City.

We fully realize that words 0f

Members of Baldwin‘: Mad WWI-

eni Institute.

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