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MIS- ABIAIIAM NOONAN

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Z The heartfelt sympathy oi the loommunity 1s extended to Mr. Abra- gbam Noonon and family, Albany, in ‘the death oi his beloved wife, which lad event occurred at her home on 1 iday, 11th oi December, after an a. ess of two weeks, which she bore j {with true christian patience and for- litltude. The deceased was a splendid of true womanhood, a faithful

d loving wife and mother ever zwatchiul and scrupulous 1n the care 3;oi her family, gentle and retiring in liner disposition, kind and amiable in I§her social relations and ever ready

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* ;to extend a kind word and welcome Zsmilo to those who had the pleasure of visiting her hospitable home. Besides the bereaved husband, dve sons, Thomas, Frank, Austin, Amby, gI-lam of British Columbia, two fdsughtez-s, Mrs. Chas. Reardon,‘ Syd- zney, N. 5., and Mrs. Peter Hughes. ‘Charlottetown, one sister Mrs. Mich- -ael White, Alberton, one brother jDan oi Boston, U. S. A., are left to iirnourn the loss of a faithful wife Rand exemplary mother. The fun- weral took place on Monday, Decem- ifber 14th, a Mass oi Requiem was y gsung by Rev. Father Monaghan, and I Zthe services at the grave were con- Educted by Rev. Father Monaghan. ;:Thc pail bearers were: James John-

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Survey Of The Economic Position Of Canada At The Close Of I931

By Honourable H. H. Stevens, Minister Of Trade And Commerce.

III Construction.

$304,n4,700, which was a

years from 1919 to 1921,

building costs were at their

building represented by the

the in dred million dollars in new

The value ‘of the construction contracts awarded in the Dominion during tho first eleven months oi 1031, as compiled by the MaoLean Building Report, of Toronto, was larger total than in any oi the calendar

and also a larger total than in either of the calendar years 1924 or 1925. Prices d.’ building materials were much lower in 1961 than in any oi the above-mentioned years, so that the physical amount oi

tracts awarded is greater than is indicated in the foregoing compar- ison. But in this year of depression - merit oi ovei- three hun-

struotlon, which can only yield a return to its owners over a long period oi years, is unpresslvo evi- dence oi the continued and unabat-

arly, when PEEK.

the approaching meeting of con- Ottawa in 1032.

Inllway l‘ loadings.

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commodities.

plne have risen from 20.3 per ant‘ oi total imports in the fiscal year ended 1929 to 24.2 per cent in‘ the twelve months ended October 193i. Again. the proportion of our ex- ports of Canadian products going from 25.2 per cent in the fiscal year 1030 t0 27.9 per cent in the latest twelve month period. simil- total exports 0f Canadian produce to the British Empire rose from 84.0 per cent 0f tho total in the fiscal year 1930 to 38.4 per cent in the last twelve month period. At this rate, the prospects are propit- ious for the further increase oi inter-Empire trade as a. result oi the Imperial Economic Conference at

The serious falling off in railway carlosdings in 1931 has been due in some cases to smaller production oi Lower commodity prices have also made it more diffi-

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Here are a few real, honest-to-goodness that you cannot afford t0 miss! HOLMAN Policy! for the home. bargain !

New Year Bargains.

No misrepresentation of value. You Wlll ﬁnd that the items below comprise everyday l1£".‘i‘.\‘;4lii(‘S Look them over-- every one 1s exactly as described and a genuine

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fidock Dawson.

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Mr. and Mrs. Peter McDonald, Mr.

The offerings were as follows: Wreath, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew

ﬂiray from Women's Institute,

mlnion. External Trade.

ed confidence of the Canadian peo- ple in the future of the great Do-

The dollar values of both the imports and the exports oi Canada have, of course, fallen in 1931 on account, oi the raipld fall of general

cult to pay transportation charges from the producer to the ultimate consumer and have thus reduc "‘ the voliune of trﬂ-hspoitation. The competition oi the motor truck on the steadily improving roads of the Dominion must also bear a part oi the responsibility. In the more than eleven months iirp to December 5th, the cars oi revenue freight loaded

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ﬁend Mrs. Bert Poquet, Mrs. James liMcNeill, Mrs. Margaret Simmons,

‘_ Mrs. Chas. Reardcn, Mr. and Mrs.

" Gratton Noonan, Mrs. Michael t, ,Whlte, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hughes, 'v Mrs. Joseph Nocnan, Mr. and Mrs. _Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Noon- V an, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Noonan, ' ‘ﬁr. and Mrs. Amby Noonan and lTAbraham Noonan.

exports over imports. Thus,

‘fical years ended March 31,

prices. ‘Ibgether with this there has been observable an increasing ten- dency to replace the unfavorable balance oi visible trade which was previously in evidence by a favour- able balance, that is, an excess of

import-s of merchandise in the

and 1901, exceeded exports by $103,- 330,000 and $89,075,000, respectively, the excess of imports was reduced to. 830,281,000 in the last available twelve month period ended Octob- er. Indeed, in the last four months there have been favourable balan-

on Canadian railways n

while

1 930

132; miscellaneous 150,360.

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2,461,240, as’ compared with 3,014,184 in the corresponding period oif 1930. The decline of 502,885 oars was dis- tributed as follows brought all the main classes enumerated: grain and grain products 20,241; live stock 5,262; coal 60,267; coke 3,805; lum- ber 43353; pulpwood 54,141; pulp and paper 18.376; other forest products 42,024; ore 42,024; mer- chandise less than car load 123,-

While this decline divers/gas more than 11,000 cars per week for the

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Another Big Bed Bargain!

Simmons Cane Panel Bed in Walnut ﬁnish equipped

with strong steel spring with cable fabric supported at each end with numerous hclicals. All .

felt mattress a

Three Piece Bed Uutfii —- Priceil to Save You Monty!

Simmons Walnut finished Steel Bed with 2 tlnuous posts, equipped with strong link fabric spring and all cotton felt mattress as illusirziicd. 39", 48”, 54" sizes. .

inch cull-

$li5J5

of Thanks»

period from July to October.

cos, aggregating $20,000,000 in the

49 elapsed weeks of 1981, the show- ing is far better since the middle of October, the cnrloadlngs for the

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f‘ "Card _4 Abraham Noonan extends Jincere thanks to the many kind Vhdfrlends and neighbors during his

. _‘ zgcent sad bereavement by the death . of his beloved wife. 11339-1-6-11.

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f, ---Mr. Robert Ross oi the staff of ..the Bank of Nova Sootla who spent Christmas with his parents,

. .1Vlr. and Mrs. Henry Ross, Wheat-

ly~ River has returned to Kenslng-

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. i; Miss Flora MlsDonald “is spending I she holidays at he; home in Wit/eat ley River. i

~~ -Miss Sadie Johnston Summerside. a short vacation with her mother, Mrs. Annie Johnstonc Mayileld, accompanied ti! Miss ir-‘Biscrltla McKenzie. ‘rho Mayfield Women's Institute Wihsld their monthly meeting on Dec. 22nd at the homo o.‘ Mrs. Wil- lard Nicholson. Meeting opened by singing the Institute Ode and re- peating the Creed in unison. Min- utes of last meeting were read and approved and roll call answered by ‘thirteen members and one visitor. Reports from sick and school com- mittees, were then given and new "one a/ppolnted. sick Corinna-Mrs. Blair Andrew, and Mrs. Harold ‘Ijoombs; school Comm: Mrs. Lewis Tqymbs and Mrs. Warileld Orr. Iﬂnch Committee for next night's ﬂleetlnz. Mrs. Willard Nicholson 1nd Miss Ella Wyand. 1t was moved {and seconded to have some bills 5 paid and 95.00 was voted to be sent to the Red Cross to help out in the suffering and distress t‘ nit Canada. Six members paid their membership fees. Next meeting to be held M. the home of Mrs. Blair answered with, "New Year's Reso- Andrew where roll call will be ‘ilutionsl’ programme Committee ‘Jjor next meeting, Miss Marguerite kouston. A danty lunch was pass- ed-Jiy the hostess assisted by Mrs. Wirficld Orr and Mrs. Azmio Johnston.

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The ‘Ranchers oi the Sea View school held their annual School Concert on Deoiist with a crowd- ed house. A splendid program was carried out by the pupils assisted by some community talent. Mr. J. Week! Mwrhv Boted as chairman. Following was Uhﬂfllfﬁy ihc-'&ho0l. Christmas

chroma: IAorosi-le, Christ- ttiom: ‘matrimonial Music by Adllilléelild H" Dugggg; itatioa; Verb Broader; Dust; Doris Blakeney and Arnold Hilts; Reading Billfo Blskcnsy, A 011mg. "i" "ml" l’! Junior lﬂleill: Will- Tho belt day d all; Roul-

the programme: '

In particular, balance in our merchandise with the United states has

$946,745,000; $310,754,000 and

of only $141,583,000. ‘Thus

corded in our trade with the

period of last year-an

8180000000 a year. In this

Canadian dollar

equilibrium in 1932.

favourabe balance in even’

the "Along Band." Letter to Bani-e. by Villllls; cise. Christmas DOM!!!

.- tors); Squire Emerson,

7oodside, Polly Mrs.

an Dulgan, Uncle

the unfavorable

greatly reduced. Whereas it was

590,000 in the fiscal years ended Much 31, 1929, 1930 and 1931, re- spectlvely, the statistics for the last twelve month period ended October show a balance against us

has been an improvement cl less than $205.000,000slnce 1929. In- deed, ths last four months ended October, the adverse balance re-

ed States is only $21,734,000, as com pared with $81,394,000 in the same improve- ment of almost $60,000,000 in one- third of the year, or at the rate of

section, the present discount oi the 1s discouraging Canadians min pin-chasing in the United States and encouraging the people" of the United States to D115’ from Canada. This cause, operating all along our 3,000 miles of comm

frontier, bids fair to bring our im- poi-ts from and our exports in the United States still nearer t0 an

In contrast with our trade with the United States, our trade with tho United Kingdom has shown a

for more than"40 years. Our trade with other Emiplne countries also

that it is observed that the VFW‘ orticn of our imports comini; ‘Wm the United Kingdom has rise" from 15s per cent in the fiscal year ended 1920 to.17.8 per cent in the last completed twelve months ended October 108i. Similarly, our total imports from the British mi-

ing George Branden Step dancinlf. Roy Burt; Instrumental Music by Dialogue-The

Ibler- Dal-key orus; sing a Song of Christians; plnlogue, Uncle Joe's Will, (Char-

iawyer, Aulden Donald, Mrs. Chat- eon, a talkative Indy. Miss Annie Ohallertonh ttle daughter. Lillian McLeod, nu i unker,- s. seedy Farmer. HOT

, m. uni-tier. "a viillsa mi

Ilnd Donald, Miss Eval i annoy. Joe tbs ii-lendless 1m e retatlve, Huntley, deceased (i) W. M. C. Donald. Instrumental Music, Allie! ti» programme, ssnta Claus put i-n an appearance and distributed sweets and fruit and sift! to hacboll and pillll-IC. ,_

latest six weeks ended Decembe trade been

$220.-

11888

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atlng unnecessary

transportation in Canada.

tion. year

MISCOUCIIE CONVENT SCHOOL

shows a favourable balance. Bi least in recent years Thus it is D°°""b"

; Gad X-IA]! Po ,2 - with a good deal o. satisfaction alrercaenant- n’ m" Mel

Grade IX-l Auldire Arseneult Margaret Smith, 2 Rita. Arsenault. Grade VIII-i Mary Hogan, 2 Rose Hickey. Norma Poirier, 3 Ma- rie Rose DesRoches, 4 Inonella. Wood, 5 Anne Marie Desltoches. Grade VII-i Jean MacMillan. 2 Corinne DesRoches, 3 Thelma Ar- senault.

Grade VI-l Florence Dalton, 2 Beatrice MacKinnon.

Grade V-i Margaret Poirier, 2 Katherine McNa-lly, 3 Ardonisa Ar- senault, 4 Lilian Desliochas.

Grade IV-l Nazaire Poirier, 2 Louise MacKinnon, 3 Velma Smith, 4 Mary Dalton.

Grade 111-1 Julie Anne Arsen- ault, 2 Margaret Arsenault, 3 Vir- ‘ginie Polrier.

Grade 11—1 Alphonsus Keefe, 2 Gertrude DesRoches, 3 Horlnina Poirier.

Grade I-1 Morris MacCormack, 2 Vclda Small.

Music, 100 percent.— Mary Moc- Neill, Mary MacDonald, Mary Ho- gan, Faustens Gaudct. Margaret Smith, Florence Dalton, Auldsns Arsenault, Dorothy Gaudet. Juniors- Ethel Sharbell, Mary Dalton, tMary MacDonald-S.

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5th averaging only 4,563 fewer cars than in the corresponding weeks of the last year. The cessation of the precipitate decline of prices which for nearly two years has made it almost impossible for producers to earn profits on their products has already gone far to restore busi- confldence throughout the

_ . As the result oi the falling off in railway traffic ln 1981, the finan- ces of the railways have necessarily been affected. 1n the first nine months of 1991 the gross operat- ing revenues of the steam railways oi Canada was $365,843,777 as oom- pared with $338,083,374 in the same period of 1930. Operating income in these-nine months of 193i was 812,- 056,l88 as compared ‘with 830.950,- 860 in the same period oi 1000. The situation resulting from this great reduction in gross receipts and in operating income has led to the appointment of o, Royal Commiss- ion to consider methods of elimin- , ‘ition be- tween the railways and generally to consider the whole question of This Commission ls at the time oi writ- ing actively at work upon the great problem entrusted to it for solu-

Two Real Mattress Values!

‘Layer on Layer of soft cotton felt encased in good

quality art ticking makes this one of the outstanding,

mattress values offered this season. Choice 7 I

Compare These Specials Before Buying l Strong Steel Gable Spring $8.50

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Strong Steel Spring with Cubic Wire l-

of3sizes, 39", 48" and 54"

45 lbs. of Cotton Felt covered in floral covering-a wonderfully comfortable mattress. Three standard sizes '

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ed one each end by numerous hcliiail remarkably good value at llililllllllﬁ Regularprice . . . . .

Two

FREE DELIVERY of All $5.00 Orders

Kitchen Cabinet $37.50 i’

Walnut Finish

Top 32"xl8", mirror pare the value

Kitchen

Oak Kitchen Cabinet, with sliding porcelain work table, ten piece uiil- ity set, pastry drawer, flower bin, etc. With each cabinet we give free 35 items of household

goods. (Not samples)

wood. Stock up now this low price

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Steel Sliding Goueh $9.95

Steel Extension Couch with strong fabric and Cretonne Covered Mattress- A double bed at a moment's notice . . . .

$9.95

Dresser $10.75

Walnut ﬁnished Dresser with three Drmvers.

22”x13”. Com-

Bhairs 75c

Strong Kitchen Chair built of kiln dried hard-

at

75c 6 ,0, $4.25

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_HOLMAN’S GUARANTEE SATISFACTION

Splendid Values !

Nice comfortable lit-ed Rock-

cr. Uphnls-"lcrcil buck and spring soul with loose cush- ion. (‘mi-rod in crctonne. Rocker or Plain chair

to mulch.

Special price

Large comfortable Kitchen Iincker. ﬁnish golden 021k, a

wonderful zit

i‘ We Believe This SALE Offers You The BEST VALUES Ever”

R. T. HOLMAN LTD.

— Summerside and Charlottetown-

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53th:; Rockers

.... .. $715

value