even Other Provinces Receive ubstantial Increases.

lie For Federal lhlic Works ‘ is Reduced

UHAWA, liiub. 26 —(CP)—- Eti- let for the Public Works De- ent for 1043-44 contained in . main estimates tabled in the . . (g r‘ mmons iodsv reflect wartime policy of curtailing » nlction followed in recent

They show a decmase 351 from last your to a total

O I-h

$11,133,150.

lrpeudituros Wllvided for spec- .. york: throughout the country . . lsethylearb ewropristione in .. ow: "

ls-haibo .

Prince Edward Island- Isrbor; and rivers generalIy-dor ._ iensuclfll’ services, no new sub to be undertaken 35,000

OTTAWA, Fob. 26 -(OP)-- rin- ance Department estimates for the ilscal year 1943-44 call for ex- penditures of $374,686,300, an iri- crease of $63,527,411 compared with the current fiscal year. it was shown when the estimates were tabled today in the House of

Commons.

Total set aside for subsidies to the provinces is‘$14.428.¢84 com- pared with $13,768,953 this year. The amounts b provinces are: Nova Sootla, $7 .140; Prince Ed-

ward- Island. $381,932; New Bruns- u

wick, 1732.306; Quebec, 82.859245; Ontario, $8,155,007; Manitoba, $1,- 717,879; Saskatchewan. $2,085,571; Albqfta $1,794,810; British Colum- ble. 8996.513.

Island Subsidy Unchanged

Bubsldes for Nova Scotle, New Brunswick, Quebec. Ontario. Manl- wbu, Alberta and British Columbia show increases; the Prince Edward Island subsidy is unchanged, and that for Saskatchewan shows a de- crease.

Compensation to the provinces for their surrender of income and corporation taxes. under the Dom- lnion-Provincial taxation agreement act. 1942. totals $84,427,644; the same amount as in the current year. The amounts by provinces are: Nova Scotla, $2,911,018: Prince Edward Isfand. ‘l0 New

WM.

Tlil llli of niell subsidies and subventlons '

1 ~44 estimates includes-

m". Bouris and the Magdalen

. 2.500, Prince Idward Island and New- ~~ and 817.500

MM! ward island- and Nova

lav llrlgedlrs l

____ UITAWA. Feb. S --(CPl—Most 0.1.. Nelligan, principal Ro- Oethollc chaplain of the Can-

v-nned forces. and m. Rev.‘ i~ Wells. Drlnclpal Protestant lllsin, have been p, u, honorary rank of brigadleu‘, "lgnheagquerters announced. wonflml’ ey were honorary hnioshop Nelllgan is Bishop of hidliffllle and Bishop Wells is ‘M the Anglican diocese of . illlshon Nellimrils a native of lhgivt Edward Island and has vis- » h"! frequently since the weir.)

Events

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"T'Illlies—l\4ontegue saturaiay.

"T'lkl"—\50\1rle Monday. m m

. lllt car coal for sea- ‘nnkon- now. J. P. Caflllahan,

N

ism-fill“; e sale Saturday Feb. hL-Hnlli y send donations lo C,w. n“ (over Provincial Bank; Fri- ;Y lilernoon beginning at 1.30.

I 36-21.

Pro mm ‘Bgohéld Movies, National

i =- Mt. ate t, i‘ giiefilgaxlork ‘Téuéskdpyl. Bprink ‘it’... w. -~ “not;

Unloading "011 Tfillfsflhry olaltletfngnmm ' '""°" our

l‘ Pugh-til}: u... soo-

JW Convent Scdalitl

“Y- ry aeth.

, s-ss-si

lllllon w. r. an.» in win. I lruary 2d .

Bl ~ la aide-oiled woes mm.

8 Brunswick, $3,650,067; Quebec, $20,. "

586,075; Ontario $28

.964,040; Mani- toba $5,654,741;

Saskatchewan $5.-

0,471: Alberta 341780.881; British Columbia $12,048,367.

, U

S Side Alnnan

ls Promoted

LONDON, Feb. I6 —(CP)—

Il..C.A.F. overseas headquarters

announced the following air- men have been promoted to pilot officer:-

Prlnce Edward Island - E. It. Arnett, Summers" .

Fur Prices Unchanged At Montreal

The Canadian Fur Auction Bales Co. Ltd. held their February sale of silver fox funs in Mont-IBM 01‘! Wednesday and yesterday and will complete the auction today. The quantities were not nearly w W!‘ as the January sale.

The following are the results of the first two days’ selling.

Montreal, Feb. IB-Saleof Sliver fox furs yesterdvl‘ and today "W15 prices unchanged from $11055 01 January. selected and regular one- half to three quarter silvers, selec- ted full silvers and special OT!!!‘- [figs were auctioned. Tomorrow. Friday. the balance consisting of the regular full slivers lnfcriiil‘ types and low grades will be sold.

Georg-lie u‘ Gaga?!

e Fur e n8 9 '

x31? 8 ‘Canadian National POX Breeders‘ bocliltlfifl-

Senatorldclntyre Guest 0f ilonor At Luncheon

Lift‘; mad: a ' oo the sewnd about of aim. non-

. . x.

Premier Campbell said Hr. ilo- lntyreb promotion to the 88mm or Oesiah wee a‘ matter of lim- e satisfaction. and there wee no do that he would fill the position with distinction and conmetence.

‘hi.

The Pe

I illillllES LAUN

Soviets Push Ahead West 0f Kharkov

LONDON, Feb. fi —(CP)—- The Red Army punched new hoies in Nazi defences 0n the approaches to the Dnleper River west of Kharkov and stormed and captured Mingrel- skaya in the western Caucasus only 35 miles from the big Black 3gp, Don. 0f Novorossisls. the Russians announced tonight.

Despite continuing strong Ger- man counter-attacks and imlpedirs, muddy weather. the Russians also gained ground in 302119 sectors of the Donets Basin and west of Ros. tvv aloha the Sea. of Aaov in the drive toward Taganrog, the regular Thufsdfll’ midnight communique disclosed.

The noon communique today and the midnight bulletin disclosed that the Axis had suffered approxi- mately 5.900 casualties, since wee- lie-lid?!’ Xllliht in operations ex- ildln! from just south of Orel, hlHR of the southern end central front-K. to the western Caucasus. The midday communique m. nounced fresh gains on the 3p- proaches to Orei but dispatches in. illiiflled stiffening German resistance it many P0111158. especially in the Donets basin where the Russians for weeks have been trying in reach Stallno from the Krasnoarmeisk. Kramatorsk sectors to the rim-m,

Oivic Affairs Reviewed By Mayor llulman

The following review oi affairs was givcen last night by His Wormin Mayor Holman at the 23111151 meeting of the City Coun- "Ihe eventful year of 1942 has closed-a year most significant in the life of Democratic Govern- ment in that by the guidance of Almighty God through the medium of Stalin, Roosevelt, Chiang-Kai- Shel: and Churchill, that life has been taken from the precarious D0eition of trembling in the bal- ance, to one of complete assur- ance of Victory over Nazism and Fascism. We know today that we shall still enjoy liberty, and the right to free speech, that our gov- ernments will still be of the people, by the people and for the people.

"Tonight, as the head of our City Government,I request that you Councillors give an account of the year's work as done by your respective committees. Before hear- ing these reports, however, I - will take leave of your time to report

briefly on my year's work as Mayor. ‘The Cltv Corporation is once

more in the happy position of not only having a balanced budget but also of having a very substantial surplus. I would like to mention, not only have we a surplus over current operational expenses, ~but there is a large reduction oi the City's debt. and twice during the year have we subscribed to the Vic- tory loans. The details of these three important facts will be given you by our chairman of Finance Coun. Lt. Col. H. C. Chandler.

Debt. Reductions

However, there is one statement of fact. in the City's financial pos- ition that 1 would like to draw to vour attention, during the past three years the nei, debt. nf the City has been reduced by the sum of

cnaswrrcrowi§i,loal~iaiia,l FRIDAY, s

(lovers Prince Edward island Like the Dew

CH“ OFF

1943

l I l

erman Resistancejtiffens Onwlgussian Front

.E.I. Federal , rant Unchanged

War Situation Last Night

lly Kirke l... Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

Just how badly the bold, risky and all but successful Axis surprise offensive in Central Tunisia. has backfired to precipitate a crisis for its authors instead of their Allied opponents it ls atlll ton early i0 say. But prompt Allied counter-attacks under iihe mightiest air umbrella the war in Africa has witnessed suggest that Rommel may have brought upon himself the very dange he sought to avoid. Ill; own waistline flank is now endangered. llls shattered columns nellng backward from the Kasserine Gap toward the coast may not be able to protect it. O O I I O O

llad the Nazi desert fox been content merely to expand hla escape

r along Ire coast, denying Allied air power the use of improvised clone-up advance bases from which to that communication route, his position would have been materially improved. He could have halted on l. defensive line to await the upshot of his impending major clash with the British 8th Army, with reasonable hope, if it went against him, of pulling out of the north through his widened cgastal corridor had he halted his central offensive through Fald Pass just westward of flint strong barrier. Even before he crashed on through Kasserine Gap to menace Tebessa and the Thala junction of the British-American lines, Romrael had definitely proved that there was no substantial Allied striking power mobilized ln the central area. The Allied Fald Pass and Maknassy threats to his flank were In fact nlr threats ‘only. American troops were not in sufficient force there for strong ground operations.

O O O O O O

It new seems unquestionable that file Allied plan of battle did not contemplate r ' ‘ operations in the centre except by air. It must be

in the south and the British 1st Army in the north.

Immediate Construction

Of New Car Ferry Urged By Farmers Institutes

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ws Briefs

“Ne

ti?

a strongly wooded

LONDON, Feb. re —iFrlday) WW“-

keyed to synchronised nutcracker squeezes by the British 8th Army,

“Absolute necessity 0f immediate ' .-'constructiesi=of a new car deny, to be placed in service at the earliest ssible moment," was emphasized resolution passed at the armual meeting yes- terday oi‘ the Central Farmer's in-

The Institutes also recommended

—lCP)—

the

Waves of heaviest bombers swept the Straits of minutes last night, followed by sudden shutting off

Dover for

Britain's across

45 of

by resolution the closing of Prince ‘of Wales College this year on May 1 and extension of the school va- cation over July, August and Sep- tember, in order to help meet the

Reports Surplus For Year In ‘ Bivic Accounts

Exporting a surplus oi $730252 for me year i942 m civic accounts. the chairman of the finance com- mittee, Lt.-Col. RC. Chandler, submitted the iouowins analysis 111 tabling the financial statement at the annual meeting of the City Council lasi- 1118M!

“Your Worship:

“The detailed statements. We" pared by your City clerk, and cer- tified by Morrell and Comlllfll’. Chartered Accountants. which ale submitted with this refit)" Present. for the consideration 0f yourself. your Council, and the vii-liens "l Charlottetown what the auditors state to be a true and H correct view of the City"s affairs. The report of your Finance Commit- tee can ony be Sllplllemliilialy W these statements, and will there-

b i f.

m-r-iyff wine note, Sir, that the statement of Revenue 8s EXPSIICI- iure, again, for the second succes- sive year, shows a modest surilll-il -—-$'7,'l02.52. This i300. dESDlW thfl tact that in 1942 the lamest con- to Sinking Fund lIl L110 tory was made-S44.0l7.- 71. This would seem 0MB

to lndi that a. sincere effort was made by yourself. and ur Council to con- duct the Citys business efficient- ly during the year lust Passed-

This is more significant in the case of Charlottetown than a sim- ilar report would be in many other cities in Canada, because, while many of these other cities have experienced something in the na- burg oi a boom by reason oi an influx of war-workers. and the es- tablishing of industries directly connected with the countrys war

effort, o such additional sources ‘of re iue were available to the Civic administration in nr-

lottetown In fact the reverse was

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llsley Tallies Estimates For

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Riches are not an end but " instrument of life.

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May Bfita

Subscription llull\e-rs~d_ $0.00

1 Dlhslr l'rII\l||<-\~h isllrl L.H,A $51M.

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lOf Clean-Up In No. Africa

Rommel ’s Forces Under He my Attack From Two Directions.

By DAN I E L Associated Press

DE LUCE Staff Writer

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA, Fob.

25—(AP)—Allied armies on the offensive with strong

cover in both western and through the Axis rearguard in

zlir

southern 'l‘unisin Kasserine Puss tunic

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penetrated advance positions on the edge oi’ the hlureih

Line. Under the field command

of Gen. Sir Harold Alexan-

der, British and American forces were declared to have

launched the long-awaited double squeeze

bridgehead in North Africa.

The annual meeting of the City Council was held last night with His Worship, Mayor B. Roy Hol- man presiding.

Ail the Councillors, with the ex- ception of Coun. J. E. Stems, who is in hospital in Montreal, were present at the meeting.

The following communication to the City Clerk was received from Mr. K. M. Martin, City Recorder.

Dear Sir,—- I am informed by Mr. Johnston. Attorney for Mr. D. Butler, that he has issued a writ against the Citv of Charlottetown and several employees of the street Department for damages in the amount of $3500 for the demolition of Mo‘. Butler’; buildings under order of the Board of Health. I am

S

i

try were reporiotl s! man positions

lng a domlnritirv: Algerian frnntzrr, ed he was helm! cow‘ back his shntfnrr-d . the coastal c’ .. . . nisin.

appeared dw- =- scnle attack Afmx" narrl L. Mnrvt-vpyyxrvfi‘ henrd horn

'T'llni<ln,

0n i110 .-\..‘.'i.~:

Kasserine Pass, from which

Marshal Erwin Rommel last S-zn-

I day tli1'r-'.lv‘\vci to bro ‘niw A‘ Annual Meeting u... ~ 0f the 1'15‘. Axis t‘ s s the east Allied pl deadly ill" llflfTilli: rear, strikinsi

depots and trnnvaorr cnlulnrw.

Allied tank (‘Ol1‘.'i"l\‘ " 'li"1l!' "

p. V», .,..,~

r n".

eltia above the Thus instead nf '

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aw" ll'

In the i“ "i l“ _ nq-v- , frmr sir T“ *

rll‘ (‘lop

VPTPVQ“?

The Ytnlhv» can“ Iu-(nvy n, rlrd in iawwr» “" ‘

'.'§'v“‘l*

asked to accept service for all de- fendants, and will do so

CDUHT/‘T-flfll?‘ "I

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therwise instructed. K. M. MARTIN.

Axis radio stations on the cun- tlnent and an alert in Swit- zerland which usually means both Germany and Italy are being attacked.

serious farm lrsaour shortage.

Bunk, presided at the which was largely attended.

The financial statement, sented by Mr. J. Lincoln Dewar

AIVITHERST. N.S.. Feb. 25 ~(CP) New Perth was approved.

- An improved ty-pe of Anson trainer plane - the Mark V - has just come of! the assembly line at the Canadian Car and Foundry Company's planyhere. Quantity construction oi the new machine

will start shortly. Dewar, New Perth.

NEW YORK. Feb. 25 -(Cl’i —Gen. Charles De Gaulle. in a broadcast over the BBC today called on French youthto “do everything that can be done to harm the invader. while await- ing the time to destroy him" becaus- “ihc lmur of the great- est effort ls here."

pointed:

Carleton. Mr. J. Lincoln Dewar was ap pointed representative from tn

Letters Enroute From Jap Prison (lamps

Federation of Agriculture. Discussion centred around trans

portutlsn difficulties and ~ uncer

tainties, r

included R. A. Proiltt, Freetown

N‘ Feb‘ 26 ___(Cp wbyey E. O. Helm. D6 Sllblfi; J. J, ‘Drain

-'T'he Daily Mail said toda that letters from 2.000 Canadian and British soldiers imprisoned by the Jabs after the fall of I-Iong Kong are enroute to Britain after being delayed for six month; by the Japanese.

The newspaper said this news

s1 c. Wright of the Provincial De partment. Reuben Large, Dewar. New Perth. Hudson Low they, Carleton. North Bedcque.

s160.455.74. This could never have been accnmbllshed if it were not for the continuous untirlng. loyal de- votlnn and supervision of our Cltv Clerk. Mr. J. A. Fullerton, over all departments, and the cry-operation given hlm by the officials U!’ the various departments.

‘The yclur saw the formation of the organization for Civilian Air

to congratulate all those who have vohmteered their services in bulld- lnl Ira one of the most ficlent ieatlons of its kind in the Dom nlon of Canada. During the year also. salvage QQI- lertion we; organised.

“'- Many distinguished pereoneges lde to tll 10l- ____._. ________ uiffiviqfii? the‘; ooene Isaroh “(diaries on iaifefceFr-a: g Government l -—-——-————- #2:“ "..'E.‘l8...°"..‘."°E'.ff"£»‘.slT.'€I-Z .... .non- . Yanks in Tunlsle wahgmw“ m‘ “all?” a h m“ ll n u... 3.... coves-amnion! a». w» Were llot Green '°15i-uni»"omm"'u ed. other: in attending: incl :- no. Hon: n“ i A“, jflawlxflhgmggdpfqflu—5uflllflflg BTW HQ! T-hhtulll

states troops in Tunisia "green." War Secretory i-ifi Stimson seid today the fctcew repulsed German veterans were in- lenced in one sense only - whh hn enemy in a That. he said, was one one thing that could not be imitated on the training field. hi every other re- the Americans went into

l\'l’:lr;~hf1clil_ George Jnrdinc, Free

was given to 800 relatives of the, ‘mu and others.

men who came to London YGSiOT-y Cay from all parts of Britain tog join a new organization known as the "Bong Kong Fellowship."

1t said arrival of the letters which may not occur for four or five months would provide the first news of the prisoners apart

Myers of Four pranch

North Bedeque Institute.

President J. W. MacLean, High meeting

11"‘

Officers appointed for the com- ing year weie: President, Mr. J. E. Dingwell, North Liake; Vice-Presi- dcnt, Mr. Hudson Lowther, Carle- ton; Secretary Treasurer, Mr. J. L.

The following directors were ap- Klngls, J. E. Dlngwell, North Lake; J. W. MacLean, High Bank; J. L. Dewar, New Perth. Queens, R. C. MacLeod. U158‘. DJ. MacDonald, Mt. Stewart; Iedwell Boswell, Frenchfort. Prince, X. O. Gallant, Egmont Bay; Prank Jar- dine, Bedeque; Hudson Lowther,

Central Farmers’ Institute to the

ntions for dairy cows and the difficulty in procuring certain iypcs of iced. Those inking part

or, Bodford: Guy Rodd, Brackley; J w. Reid, Middleton. W. R. Shaw,

Wilmot Valley. Dr. J. A. Clark, J. Lincoln

Frank Jardine, -Wyil'.e Gibson,

Hocportg of outstanding achieve- moni in institute work were sub- mltlcd by K. F‘. Webb and Hermes Institute and by E. Lord and F. Jardlne of

Bald Precautlov and 1 wish here I

Ago

missing . decided

Joinih

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battle as carefully prepared I thorough and painstaking training‘ could lake _ ,

Today

(Iy The Canadian Pull) I. 1018 —.Brltish hosp ship Cllenhart Castle sunk in the Bristol Canadian troops m gucoessful raid near Ilene. Romania to conclude peace with the

Channel ; c H

vasrlr

Y“. new

r0». e few scattered letters since the fall of the island Dec. 194i.

War—25 Years

ital d and 102

_ L

“esoluilnne

adopted as read:

construction of a car fem‘-

Prince unable to

therefore

osl of Home Bakers who-

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M

¢ x r"/11<1:'¢.‘€/z1/

The following resolutions were

"Resolved that the annual meet- ing of the Central Farmers Insti- tute urge immediate action by the proper authorities in M28111 W the

Whereas the present car ferry. Edward island ls entirely handle the traffic and whereas. the supply oi’ feed for our greatly increased livestock holdings depends on this very slender link: be lt resolved that this

---——-.+_—-.-.=---_~- ~= "(CTtIln-iledmn gage 7, Col 0r

Non-War Costs

OTTAWA, Feb. so-tCPl-De- bate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne, which has occupied the House of Com- mons almost exclusively since Feb. 1-, ended this afternoon shortly after the Progressive Conservative want- of. confidence amendment was defeated by a vote of 150 to