MARCH 22, V1924

PREMIER BRACKEN

m. optimistic Premier of Mani- yvho saya that conditions In Canada are more hopeful now than

toha,

at any time for the yearn. Ho spoke befo

"qircaontod public,

Manitoba.

W“ twantylget through; l know that personal-

re I confor-

"i" i" Winnie“ It Wm" W" the Lot 4s R0311 when driving that aeml-publlc,‘

social and aorvica organization: of

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the Premier said you“. lily. the word ‘wermauenf’ is a re-

that we mean road work as per- munent as can be done in this pm vince. l have no don-ht the Leader of the Opposition quite fully under- stands that, and our idea is that this can be done along the lines ailvocoted by the Premier in years gone by. and suggested lust July n the Conservative platform. The Jftillilll 0t‘ steel and concrete DYlilgCn-l and culverts, the cutting lovsh or heavy grader-i, the building :11) and making solid the soft iivﬂlifil)’ D|<1Cﬂi~—lhl5 is all more or c ‘s p6‘ nsnent work, and it is work Tl till»: class that we ‘mean to csrry on.

Mr. A. C. ‘SAUNDERS: That has becn (lone.

lion. J. A. NIuoDONALD: but ".1 great deul "more than that has been done iby you, and that is whore the trouble comes in. You have taken n ten~mile stretch, for instance, and ripped up tour or ivi: miles of perfectly good road, ind made a sol‘! surface where we mil n. hard one before, and ailtcr lint. you iorgot about maintaining t. The result is that in less than wvo years it is not anything like LS good as it was before. Last inll on the Georgetown road there was o. placo on the new improved road |thnt was practically impossible to

|iy because we had to go back by

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have been opposed, to road improve- ment. l will say for the iBell Gov- ernment and the Department of Public Works that n lot oi’ good work was done under the highway improvement scheme, but the trouble was that _a great many things were done poorly, and a great many things done that should not have been dons at all, Their greatest crime in connection with the work was that they ex-F pended allargo amount of money-l something over six hundred thous, and dollars-and after that they, simply LEFT 1T THERE AINI) FORGOT ALL ABOUT ll’i'_ v Every Person knows that our clay roads, no mutter whut you do with them, have n0 actual permanency, and that no mutter how good you make a road this year, unless you time Cure oi’ it sitterwards, it will Quickly develop into ruts.

I Mr. C. McARTHUR: On the sur- ucen

Hon. J. A. MnCDONALD: Yes, and iurt-her; and it is only a quese tion o! time. These gentlemen pro- mised to take care oi‘ the roads. Apparently they realized the none-s. sity for it, but as the hon. gentle- man (or Su-mmerslde said. it was a big probiem—evidently too big ior the Bell Govrenmeut. it was not so much the question of a big problem, however, as of the size or the men who had to DEAL with that problem! (Applause)

The Leader oi the Opposition is lavish now with suggestions about the upkeep of these roads; he ud- vlses us i0 get some auto trucks

n-Aye! “gm were the days." W. Ross. an inmate of a Sydney QM sﬂlqn’ Home, was born on a ship one hundred and seven ‘you; ngo and didn't leave the sea until a short time ago. HQ

otill tallu cheorily of tlm old days

way. That is just a sample ofthe condition! we are dealing with. Unfortunately even the concrete culverts put in by the iBeliGoveru-

and employ men to -1‘ill the little holes. But what about the big holes? There are places on those improved roads that today are so

Dﬁmfillﬁd Willi!“ 8"! 1119 llwﬂlment were not permanent; ll found him)’ bmkﬁ" "P m!" l8 hﬂfdl)’ striking feature of many suits, psr- , number oi’ places where [hose any road left. That" is the way o1 tlculnrly in costume suits whore the

is n, who lays claim to the tillﬂ pean continent. ably proves r charming girls on his arms

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theme oi.’ the design exploited in the

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.111, simply because they were not built properly. They slighted them or some oi" their contractors did inot follow plans and specifications. >i know culverts Over which the illril Government themselves, two

lvcars miter they were built, Jliiiliqale :nvu upniring and patching them ' '

in; and any man knowing any- thing ilmxrt concrete culverts xnoi-xs that they cannot be pinched up in that xvny. The cracks may be ovcrcd oycr hut the frost will mock it. i myseii have seen h g-nrrirrr oi‘ tiivse patched culverts; ._ i.- il.i- class oi work ilwyuwrs 1" ‘nmg. and that is where our money fouls gaming. to a [urge extent. W0 ifrjilliiiiﬂ to got atvvy from all that.

False Propaganda.

Pilllltl’. xztvitspzliicr. the Wm

' spokesman my hon. friends

. g-iillll in an (wilitorlal not 1on5

-_ i, mint immodiziicly otter i-hc .~ ling; inlo power o! the Stewart imvrninu-ni, nll highway IIIIDPOVQ‘ mm; work was stopped, and it dc- tuili ll the sroat hardship 9111159“ o" mm occasion. ‘Pile IlE-"lllﬂ km)" very ‘veil, ilowovsr, that it was two or three days after tho election, and six or seven weeks before the Conncrvatiive Government not into power, that the work on the im-

adverts have no permanency at "i9 5*" GOYQPHMHW-io deal with

mind as the Government; had niivays idODQ in the past.

the litiiio things and leave the big thing: alone. (Laughton)

The Bond issue.

The hon. member for Summon. side refers to the advertisement in connection with the bond issues for The facts. notwithstanding the quibblingoi this gentleman, are very simple. The purchasers 0t bonds throughout Canoiin were written to and offered the bonds nil this Province. The thing was done us any ‘business house would do it

Naturally these, lmen would ask for a statement ulj the Government conditions; who: are you going to give them? You hiive the Public Accounts ‘of ‘the Province to go ‘by, and nothing else. ‘The Public Accounts svere issued nine or ten months provi- cuely. lmlance-il to Deccmihsr, i922, 11ml the oillcial iPublic Accounls contain the only statement uvuil- ' _ . able. That was given them. and . _ _ t. ihut was the bhsis oi’ the intormu- » - - - - ‘ ' ~ ‘ lion on which t-hcse men hnuglitipmNCE “o; WALES Up AND , ROUND AFTER FALL FROM ihc liDllllS. Does the member for, HO SE. - Snmmenside know anything else _

that could be given except the of- pm,“ o1 wales, with his arm

iiciul accounts? nerd, the Oxford Captain who ic

Mr. Xlcihfviiilfit: i said all thuLlHotspurs in a thrilling football match at vvnbc Hill‘ ' the first public appearance o] the Prince since lllS no.

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proved roads was stopped. Thilt is a sample oi the class n! lnior-ma- mm and charm-tor of criticism that the Patriot attempts to HlIYB-‘HJ throughout iho counlry. lmriunntu ly 111s so glaring in l-ts inaccurzwy ma; the people recognize 1t no false, unzi it has very "m" effect"

The history of higinvﬂy iml-llﬁv“ men; 1,; “m; icconrervntlve Gov- ernment st (ntswu many Yea" 58° voted the money 1v ca"? °V m” work, and a. (lmscrvntive Govern- menl. took the miilter up here M"! took steps to start it. My lwll- friends uro not rilllli» WM" the)’ 53y the Conservatives urc ollllil-‘ed- "r

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d”; ['9 from Esquimalt, on a 6,- OW mlio trip in tho llttlo, known norglurn seas by Aiukn, u» Alou- guri’ g, Kamchatka and North- ern, _ ‘,' expecting to lrrivo at Yoko Ma by May 1. En route the

crow will "dumps" of food, patrol and oil for

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CANADIAN SHIP LlP/S CACHE$°FOR FOUND THﬁ ‘NOBLE IL? F’ lT‘7"'

H. M. C. 8- Thiopvsi sailed: fQW crew in' add-Mon to Col. L- E. iiawlzr, .1. l,.,i!cr.:i'1‘_ /\ Prrww. Broqmo, O. B. 2.. who in in fhllfll’. Above i: ih: i-‘m iiltie ciip \ 1N1 q! (h; Ogngdlln and Facile portions l1 vcn u.‘ ~ m" lo w": s (h: F’

of the flight and in shown standing iio. Aural: paiyrg the purl; alone in tho picture above. The iviiliioGcoroc .Va'ai;u»tt:.‘!h .- throo Canadlm officers in ohm-go dlan Czox/crz-r/W-t Arcii". ohoto- of tho Thiopval. served during the graphcr, who will uric lhc rtory war on mine-sweepers and dutroy- of the venture. and Hamilton Lung, en in tho British nnvy, and are orlnthoioqlut for the Dominion Gov- keon for their new ldventuroo. Loft ernment- The Thicpvai will liavo

establish oaohoa. or

. tho Irltlon alrplanoo which will thil ‘summer mako an attempt at a flight lonund tho world.

Tho snip nao tin-on offioorr and

to right. above, they on: Lieuten- ant R- Shlploy, Lieutenant W. J. R. Mid, l. 6. N., In command of tho

p radio on board to keep U1: men In touch with civilization.