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DECEMBER 3.1934

THE CHARLOTTETUWN GUARDIAN

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PRE-IIUUDAY SALE "h... .

liursclay, Nov. 29th - And Positively Ends $aturc|ay,Dec. 8th

Do Your Chriétmas Shopping New -:- SAVE MONEY -:- You Have l-ioimams Guarantee

Toilet Sets Sterling, and Colored Toilet Sets

in a large variety.

Dinnerware

l5 p. c. Discount‘

Aynsley China Dinnerware Spode China Dinnerware

Semi-Porcelain Patterns

I5 p. c. Discount

Playing Cards,

Playing Cards,

Beg. 75c. Playing Cards,

Playing Cards

Here's an Opportunity! Beg. $1.00. Sale Price 75c. Sale Price 50c.

Reg. 50c. SaiePrice 88c.

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I Silverware Bakers Comports Sandwich Trays

llO p.c. Discou

Reproduction

Round Waiters, etc.

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Plated Ware

Butters, Bon Bon or Sweets,

Casseroles and Hot Water Pots,

Tea Sets, etc.‘

Hollow Silver

Bread Trays, Bakers, Candie Sticks, Cakes,

Salt and Pepper Sets,

2O p. c. Discount

Fancy China

China Bon Bons

I5 p. c. Discou

Aynsley Fancy China Cups, Saucers, Cakes, etc.

Salt and Peppers, etc. Everything in Gift China

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Leatller Goods

‘ Manicure Sets, Hand Bags,‘

Party Bags,

Fitted Travelling Cases, Etc., Etc.

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Pottery This wonderful line of English Pottery,

lli fancy pieces, any one of which will make an

Ideal Xmas. Gift

25 p. c. Discount

Glassware

All stock patterns in Glassware.

This gives you a wonderful opportunity to complete your sets for Xmas entertaining at

2O p.c. Discount Gift Noel:

Visit this delightful little Nook, packed with Gift Suggestions.

You are sure to find some- thing suitable for Xmas.

Everything in it at

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25c, i35c, 50c 75c and $I1.OO‘-

and many other noyelties

This Year We Have Arranged

Special Tables of Gifts,

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..~ Novelties Boxed Writing Paper, Mottoes, ' ',

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Pressing Problems

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sufficient depth cf water for such a large ship to enter our harbour, there was not sufficient room to allow her to swing at anchor in

‘route. When we realize the extra- vagance in other parts oi Canada, as clearly demonstrated by the Duff Railway Commission, in duplication

. Of Transportation

"Interesting Suggestions Made At Caledonian Club Dinner On St. Andrew's Day By Mr. J. O.

Hyndman.

Following is the text 0f the ad- dress delivered at the Calcdonian .. cm dinner Friday night by Mr.|

. i. 0. Hyndman;

"I feel very greatly honored to have been invited to give an sd-- tress before this important gath- oring.

when 1 was approached s few My! use. it was suisestod that I might deal with Transportation. In the limited time at. my disposal. it would be impossible to cover the wound fully or to do justice to such 1A large subject. I,wiii. therefore, .0llly touch on two or three phases .llaving NIGLIOII to communication Iwith the Msfilsnd. and the Dun- Icln Recommendations. . This Islalnd Province has been ‘Duttlilg up a fight for eihclent and icequate Transportation ever- slnco Iihe entered confederation. Boards 20f Trade have danced-vied their Itiiofl-s largely in this regard mole ithsn on any other question, realis- 111s that it was of the moot vital ’ importance to our agricultural and ilhhlns modules and um the ‘whole commercial and economic life oi our Province was affected ac- dordlng to its efficiency and ade- flllllcy. Holding a. definite documen- 3111"? agreement from the Federal flovcrnment, guarantpeing the Pro- Vlllcc efficient and continuous steam mommllnlcatlon, Winter and Sum- MY- connecting with the Mahlmd RiUWBYs-it seems almost incred- ible that. this Province. a partner of Canada, has had to put up such a Wllillluous fight for over forty years‘ cider w have this promise and Wsrnmes carried into effect. The fllflllluratlcn of the Oar Flcrry ser- um in 1917 demonstrated that it l"! possible to carry cut. continu- 2°l1§ munication with the Main-' llllld throughout the Winter months. iwlth the coming of the Osr NR7. _' new era was opened up for our

loom-

"°°‘ 1' “who Haul-ad I'M-pm m» only would our hotels.

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service as can reasonably be made." - At a joint meeting of the Island Boards oi Trade and the Provin- cial Government, held on the 19th of November, 1938, s, Resolution was unanimously adopted, embodllllls the requirements for the new Ferry to meet the needs of our Province. 1; consisted or six specific requests- All oi these have been fulfilled et- cspt No. 4, which read as follows! "That while we are principal- ly concerned with adequate pro- vision for the handlllls of on 1n- creased freight movement during mo winter months, the great and growing passenger traffic must not be lost. sight of; and it is im- portant that ample and modern}! equipped accommodation for pas- sengers be provided, and to en- courage tourist and passenzer traffic in Beneral oil an equality with the other Provinces of Can- ada, g3 provided in the terms 0i Union, it is absolutely necessary that the pasenser coaches be carried on the Furry at all seasons of the year." '

Second Ferry Needed

‘m carry out. these recommenda- tlons, as well as the sunroof“ 01 efficient and continuous service, there should be a second boat, ei- flciently and adequately equipped to substitute immediately witrout any interruption, whatever, to the service, when the “Chalrllottetcm

off for repsln. or ""1 ascent or disaster. lineal-W. no. in two or time years time. when s large summer tourist, traffic has bean developed, taxing the capacity of the Ferry "Charlottetown," and mm 1n tbs spring a disaster from! firs. collision or otherwise, should! occur, putting the Furry out oil commission. What would hap then to the tourist traffic. with the old Ferry, resorting to flat car con- vey-ance, and her limited sspevltv. as at present fbr automobile trans-

busincss houses. farmers and fish- but the Fed-

lisble for serious losses sustained as a result of failure to most such a situation. I can assure you it his not been s. pleasant duty for those y!» have been put in a position at times to tans Issue with and sonic- tiinss criticise 800d "K110! 011 u"

IVIB. I. O. HYNDMAN

they are not ooncened with the canying out of the terms of Con- federation? In view of many dlfii- cultles experienced ln the past, and in order to avoid misunderstandings in the future, the only 1851818111011! solution for operating the Car Ferry Service. and as a guarantee that. the tcrnls oi Confederation as regards cormnunication with the Mainland will be C81‘ led out one hundred percent, is to appoint a Commission of three to supervise the opertaion of the Borden-TW- mentinc Feriy and the Connections with the Mainland Railways; one to be appointed by the Department oi Railways, one by the Province of Prince Edward Island. and a third member to be solcctcd unanimously -by these two. Until this is done, Prince Edward Island can ncver hope to remove the remlhg Transportation obstacles tha. have blocked and retarded her progress for the past forty years.

Cites Duncan Report In the Duncan Report, on Page

safety,

in a few weeks’ work by the Gov- ernment Dredge "Fielding". The last survey oi Charlottetown Har- bour was made over fifty years ago. The survey recommended by the Duncan Commission in 1926 to be carried cut immediately, remains to be implemented.

Modern Pier Needed

In addition to carrying out what dredging operations, are required the next matter of importance in connection with our harbour, if we are to revive activities and put the water front cri the map again. ls to build a. modem pier for the largest passenger boats that may want to . call here, Steamship lines operat- ing scme of the larger class of boats between New York and Montreal. have been making in- quiries in recont years as to what facilities and accommodation are available at Charlottetown, and we certainly can never expect to have Charlottetown made a regular port of call cr participate in this val- uable branch oi the tourist trade. without modern improvement and up-to-date facilities.

New it must be admitted that this would involve considerable "xnrnditure.

I would, however. submit a pro- position as to how this, and other improvements on the Charlotte- town-Pictou service, could be car- ried out without any great strain on the Fédfiml Exchmuer. At the ,.nesent time, the B/S "Hochelaga" is carrying on the service between Charlottetown and Pictou, undel- subsidy of approximately $35,000 fcr the season of six or seven months. This is equivalent to the interest on more than one million dollars per annum.

New Auto Ferry Service

My proposal is that a new auto- mobile ferry be built for this ser- vice and operated by the Canadian National Railways. Such a boat, with a capacity for forty automo-

‘ blles, could be built for, say. $250.-

To provide such safe anchcragizlcostlhg rimmed; o; what is required is clearing away dougrs, of the middle ground East oi the, m even three tides, which could be dcnelty, and whmh

of railways and in supplying canals millions oi on which no toll is charged boats of foreign national- cost the Federal Government and the taxpayers Fourteen Million Dollars per an- num to maintain, are we asking too much to have our natural avenues of transportation, at this late date. adequately supplied and maintained so that we can partici- pate to the fullest extent in the future in the tourist traffic and in general development of our Prc- vinoe.

The answer in the past has been

at the traffic did not warrant additional and improved service. How could the Province have any great volume in the past when for forty years we had no service to develop it, and since then ob- stacles such as unfair and inade- quate service and excessive ferry charges for automobiles have cur- tailed and retarded our natural development?

Prince Edward Island has been the victim of an extraordinary sit- uatlon-melng deprived of an op- portunity-by the Dominion oi Canada's failure to first supply the services guasarlteed us so as to de- velop our resources and keep pace with the rest of Canada, and then being penalized for the Dominioifs own default as rcgards the obliga- tion it assumed under the Confedera- tion pact. In a recent ISSUE of a prominent financial magazine air pears a very significant statement, as follows:

"The depression debris has largely cleared away and the path opened for a fresh march fmward. Some day a. veritable business bocm will be upon us before we adequately realize what is hap- penlng."

Assuming that prediction ‘s cor- rcct. W; in Prln:e Edward Island, should be alive to the sliu tlon and

‘prepare to take adrliiltagc of the tourist traffic and other opportun- itlcs that are bound to devcl p with the return of moe prosperous days. With the support and co-opcratiorl oi the Dominion wide crganirtion known as the Canadian Travel 301F811. presided over by that gen- Jlls. Mr. D. Leo Dolsn. and with the

31, under Section l8. will be found 000. This, with a similar cxpendl- completion of hard-surfaced trunk a recommendation for improvement tuie for a modern D191‘ $0 $000111‘ ‘roads leading from Borden to Char-

o; harbour “alum, m mince! modate the Charlottetown-Piston Edward Island. The recommends“ Flerry, as well as the larger pas-

"m ticn is that the Public Works De-, sensor boat-s. would mks. In 1111f‘

partment make an immediate sur- B11 oXDwd-iillfo of 3500.000. o1‘ hull-

_ umamolsin".

vey cf Charlotfntown and other the principal on which the present ~ * is d

harbours with a view to adequate provision being made to meet the needs of the Island. Charlottetown has one of the finest natural har- boura on the Atlantic Coast, ‘but practically no public mono? hi! ever been spent to modernize it ss has been the case in all other Provinces bordering on the sea. It was‘ rather a sunprico and disall- pointment. to say the least. to most citissns, when the big Preach Liner conveying visitors from France to the Jacques Cartier Celebration hora, had to oomo to

they an only the man sub contractor-tile Railway Com- pmy-snd are not concerned with the terms of Confederation. for which the Federal Government alone are responsible. Does it seem reunions that our Province should

n-tho Railway Oom-

for be content to bs ii the moi‘!!! of 01° sills-contracts

"n, m; orrnsnce under-i.‘ we hold with the Federal own-haunt. esneclfllv so when the officials of the sub-con- tracta- ue on record in evidence

anch of! the coast outside the harbour. It must have been more

itcrs. and it. more or lass inter-

fered with inc carrying out of the ceremonies. It made the visit an

extremely short one. dcprivilll 0111' CID!

hotels and merchants of an oppor- tunity to transact any business, and also denying the visitors an impor- tunlty to see the beauties cf our Province and inspect its resources.

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than a disappointment to the vis- by

‘There is bound to be a great de- velopment of the tourist traffic of the Dominion in the next few years with the return of more prosperous

_days, and, with the reduced rates for automobile transfer on the Borden-Tormehtino Ferry, and

trunk roads throughout the

, we can count on thou-

sands oi’ tourists coming to our Garden Province where hundreds came before. Those coming by wsy of Borden and touring the Island. in most cases, would prefer to fol- low a new outlet rather than re- trace their steps They would leave

w” of Pictou. stop at the Can-

adian National Lodge at that point; and than proceed to the National

Park which is to be established in

Breton. An adequate and efficient Auto Furry service for this route will‘ also be of greet assistlmcc in a very few you-s in relievifll the heavy

lottetown and Summerslde, and other principal points, we have reached a stage for the first time. in my humble opinion, when we are justified in going after the tourist business in earnest.

Urges Propel- Tannin,

The experience of most citizens in coming in contact with visitors to our shores, has been that the majority were delighted with the Island and its rwources, but went away as knockers on account of our mud and dust ‘roads, and excessive ferry charges for automobile trans- fer. With these obstacles removed, we will have greater possibilities for development, even with such s short operating season, than in sl- most. any other line of endeavor. 350.000 tourists come into Nova Sco- tis annually in the four months summer season. If l0 percent. of that number were induced to in- elude Prince Edward Island in their itinerary, We would soon be dbllgod to construct additional hotel ac- commodation, and it would bring much prosperity to almost all lines

auto traffic that. is bound to deq Ionisn-‘ibrmsatino

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of industry. We have much reason for optimhn for u» mum. but it ’ .

requires vision and proper planning to realize desired results.

Air Transportation

We can also look forward in the immediate future to another avenue oi tourist traffic. 1 refer to‘ the great strides that are being made in transportation by aeroplane. The Maritime Provinces offer an excel- lent field for air transport-prob- ably unrivalled in Canada. Busin- ess men residing in Ontario and Quebec, and many United States points. will bring their families to our shores for the summer months and then fly over themselves in a few hours to spend the week-ends. We should take early action to pro~ vide properly lighted airports to ensure safety of travel.

By way of diversion, I am going to take advantage of this occasion and the liberty oi n~““'ig a rather unusual observation. I : thing this world depression has Jllllgili. forc- ibly home to us is that the citizens of the Maritimes cannot afford to play longer with politics at the ex- pense c: their economic life. A fed- eral election is clue in the coming year. It is now eight years since the Duncan Commission issued their report. There seems to be some doubt as to whether the “White" Commission will deal with more than the Subsidy question, and in that case, are the Marltimes to wait another eight years before the balance oi the recommendations are carried out or another Commission appointed? This is not a political question. as both parties have en- dorsed the report and aze commit- ted to carrying out the recommen- dations. We do not require a third political party in the Island or the Marltimes, but what we do need is to have the supporters of our two great padlock-Conservative and Liberal-bind their candidates be- fore the election that they will stand as a unit, no matter which party is rcturnedio power. and ln- sist. that the Federal Government carry out the l-ccommsrldations im- mediately the election is over. Thrse Duncan recommcndatlilrs are Prae-

ly evidence of where Canada failed to carry out the terms of Confed- eration. The leaders of either party would respect their Maritime sup- porters all the more should they take such a stand so that justice can be done the Maritimes, thus hastening the time when harmony and prosperity will prevail through- out the Dominion.

WORCESTER» Mass. Dec. 1—- James A. Maxwell, Associate Profes- sor of Economics at Clark Univer- sity, has been selected to act with the Canadian Royal Commission on financial relations between the Do- minion Government and the Mari- time Provinces, it was announced at the University tonight.

Dr. Maxwell will represent the Do- minion Gcvernmel-lt in issues in- volving tariif and consequent finan- cial problems.

Whites Restaurant Ltd Brace Block, Queen St. Hard Mixture . ..... 29c lb.

Peppermint Sticks 5c and 10c

Chocolates 29c, 39c, 50c lb. Xmas candy arriving each

day.

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Temperance Notes

(A column of undoubted fact and worthy opinion re the '1‘ Situation.

Under the auspices of the Sons cf Temperance.)

BRITISH COURTS AND THE DRINKING AUTOIST

Mr. Samuel Pope, magistrate in the North London Police Court recently, ln handing out a sentence of £5 and a year's suspension of driving license, observed that mag- istrates were almost compelled to impose a jail sentence on those charged with driving while under the influence of liquor. Advising the criminal in the case he said, "It is becoming serious even to have a meal in a restaurant (with liq- ucr) and then drive home, because if a mishap occurred on the road. no matter how unintentional, and his breath smelt of alcohol, the worst conclusions were formed, and he ran the gravest risks.

In East Housley, Surrey, A. H. Rhodes, war-time chauffeur to Earl Haig, selected by the Earl for his excellent driving, was fined le- cently £15 with £4 costs. and had his driving license suspended for three years. No, he was not in an accident. He was simply driving in an erratic manner along the road.

It is a fair question to ask when the courts of this province are go- ing to belln to deal with the drink- ing driver in a sufficiently drrstic manner to insure the driving pub- lic the protection that is due it?

(The implication in the forego- ing ststement that there is neuli- gencc Ln enforcing the law in this province against intoxicated driv- ers has no foundation in fact. During the current year, out cf 35 prosecutions lsld by the R. C. M. P,, 26 convictions were obtained. These included a n-umbcr in Char- lottetown and Summersidc and, ln addition. six ccrlvhtlons were 0b- tained by the municipal police. In every case the convicted pemscn was sentenced, without option of a fine. to a jail term cf from seven to thirty days and was disqualified from driving for a period of two years. For second offense the pen- alty invariably imposed ls from on" to three months it‘. jail and dis- qualification for a further two years