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Privation F0 l- lows In Wake Of The WorstStorm In Yea lav-Seri- ous Loss OfLiae-

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Hfipeciu to The Guardian) clauses CITY, Jo-n. l8-— Cold. duth and privation stalked hand in hand over the southwest today as tihevsncla-b dslowly making its exit from northern rocky mountains states roared out over the Gull cl Mexicofiremperature rec- wdsc! decades fell insdozen cities and tom-teen lives have been token. Approximately flliw persons vote believed lntroonsd in snow

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most olyoars. Tuls- plwnc and telegraph wires were down and highways impassable. ham some rcscuasncrations. serious loss cl llvo shook was issued lrom the sheep counts-yo! Wyoming to the csitle ranches o! Texas. At Sham- rock, ‘Isms, 140 persons were fight- ins s-scinst doatbby cold snd star- vation. They went ruler-c “panting to find work on a projected allmcd "fly to nndf that construction will not. be started until sprlw. warm Wsmlzsltlons c! the tong! 5,900 Wcons were swamped l1! demands

the brunt oi the storm yesterday more than a score o: persons were unaccounted I for on snowcbnked BIEIYWBYI. An interstate bin was mwoncc between Bait can "City "id Wvcmins Ind could not be lo- wsd- m outlying districts m: was lelt for the hiety or many sheep time one their flocks.

can FRANCISCO. Jan. ill-Ex- mm wk! moped the Northwest "i" was.’ but cslllcnua experi- "Wl rolieljlom ireezing tempera-

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ggqgg a, Murphy, candidate of the Conservative Government and Robert l. Finn. the Liberal nominee. With but one day remsinill? l" “hmh u’ persuade the electorate either to sun- mn 9L Murphy and restore the Government msivritr 01' W" ""95" usbyrrcmlorsltlmmduutth= last session. or choose Mr. Finn and create s stalemate at 2t members {or 5w, pgfliy, speaker excluded. made; p1 m“, 9am gmkc in the cons -

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British High Commis- sioner Makes Impor. taut Statement of

NEW‘ YORK, N’. ‘L, Jan- 148-—(By ‘The Canadian Preach-The guiding n-inciplo c! the British Empire is tho principle o! democracy applied not to a single nsrtififonly but to an aggregation ct slates scattered over the world. This was the theme el~ sboraied by Sir William Clark. Brit- ish High Commissioner to Canada. speaking tonight before the Canad- ian Society or New York.

"In matters of high moment such; es the issues now before the nations‘ oi disarmament and o! politics lead- ing up to the pccliication o! the world," Sir William said, "the Em- pire, speaking with the separate but united voices o1’ its member-states, specks with far greater force than in earlier days when Greet Britain spoke alone on behalf ol the whole."

Bll‘ William subscribed m the language ms». aansrsr- use Salute, lcrmsr premier of South Al- rlcs. who. speaking s fcw days ego in Canada ncwrclc that while xcr the last l0 years the task had been’ . to elaborate the freedom of the do- minions. the next 10 years would be devoted to perfecting the unity c:

the commonwealth.

l "Unity ls essential lb u» well-be- lng cl the Empire," su- William con- tinued. "more csrrbe m. miscon- caption ncw as to where, when crit- ical issues arise, each and every member o! the autonomous Empire stands. But it the voices were not united, l1 our several peoples follow- od each their own ways without N- gsrd to the other members o! the commonwealth, only weakness would ensue."

First and lorcmost in the endeavor to preserve unity was the need (or e Large mes-sum o! inter-consultation- With this in mind. the British gov- emment decldedf to send their first High Commissioner to Canads.

"I can only say," Sr William went on. “that my experience of a very happy year suggests that this is in-

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Egg Farm Loses 2,000gLayingHens

(Special to The Guardian)

BRONTII, Jen. l0-A large pen with 2,000 laying hens at thrlirug Ilgg Fann nels- Bronts‘ was com- pletely destroyed by tire last night. The origin oi’ the fire is es yet. un- known, but it is thought to have started iron. the hes-ting plant. ‘lbs nre wss discovered by Henry Brown, night watchman about 0.80 p; m. Beanie and Oslrville‘ firs brigades

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STRATTORD. Oynt. Jan. lit-When the authorities obtained s master key today and ’ the deposit boxes in the office o! Alderman Tom Brown lawyer oil-owed with theft from clients. it was ascertained that bonds and other securities to the value ct $47,000 were missing. Among these an the securities o! the Romeo lodge. Independent order of Odd Fellow listed at 11.000. Another it; em was that o! widow client who PQPOWBd sccuritls to the value o!»

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BUTTER IJIIIE

Cargo Is For Sale In Maritimes —- Furth. er Decline In Prices For Eastern Canada Butter Is Expected.

(Canadian Prose) MONTREAL, Que, Jau- lk-Large 1y influenced by arrivals. past and P91111111: 0i’ New zeslcnd butter, wholesale product closed last week here at. from 37 to 37 1-2 cents per

' Pound. showing a drop 0f hall cent.

Trading was fairly quiet to the re- lsil trade. Solids were 40 cents s. pound and prints 41 cents. The scheduled arrival ct Halifax .at the end o! this week or s. New Zeglgnd boat carrying 140.000 boxes contain- lng 8,000,000 pounds of butler for Eastern Canada, l5 gxpecwd m n. sult in j Iurthsr decline in prices. '17“ Pr!“ oi storage eggs is heading ubwcrdwbilo tmh olll m becom- ing cheaper here. Storage grades an “W suit» mo». while the {rush molt Moth bring 62 and 63 cents s doses and fmb extras t0 a dos~ on. Storage extras are quoted st 5i cents a dosvn; sbomgs firsts at d8 and storage seconds at 45 cents a desert

Potato prices loll somewhat. New Brunswick Green Mountains are quoted at 81.90 to 01.05 and Qusbecb at $1.85 to 01.00 per ninety pounds in bulk. in csr lots, s: track here. Poul try was steady during the week.

The nah-vim ports o! Rico and Vohiseils have been chosen bvthe Soviet Governmsntastheoporating

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LONDON, Jen. ld-Prinle Minister MacDonald is figuratively gliding his lolns to lacs one of Ni greatest double tasks that. has ever burdened the‘ shoulders of I Brill-lb Prints. Minister in his Hers. Parlia- ment opens on Tuesday in the same buildings when the great, five pow- sr naval conference opens at the same time. it will be his out! to guide the Parliament Labor Party and tho Gorillas!» tlnsssh a dil- dlcult sessicecb Parliament, handi- capped by I alight majority vmloh was out to a utinilnum ct eight votes smonthagosndatthessmatlms provide the to the ‘nations asimblsdinanattllfltoliiilltsed reduce navsi h. ‘flit doubt mwia tor ls».

‘minister Facing Greatest Task 2f Career

His Duty To Guide Labor Party

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Full of Hope Tha‘ Financial Burdens On Naval Ships Will Be Lowered.

(Special to the Guardian) LONDON. Jen. lit-Juondon‘ is the rendezvous of from the chief naval powers who are here to go into conierenre next Tuesday on the problem of lmcning the burden o! navel crslt. The circle o! delegates was made complete today with the arrival cl the United States delega- tion who landed at Plymouth this morning. The Americans were warm- ly greeted at the port and also on their arrival in London this oftomoqn

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Saddest Thing ’

Boon I-(ter reaching Landon, Secre- tary o! State Still-icon. Chief of the U. S. Party, called on the British Premier at l0 Downing Street and wls in conference with him for three louse. He declined to disclose what had been the silblcct o! his talk with ‘the Premier. Beyond saying that the talk was "pleasant snd not interrup- ted except by a ‘nice cup a: the Prime Minister's tea," he offered no ilsiormatlon about it and success-

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0000100 HAS $25,000 FIRE

(Canadian Press)

lvlolwrou, N. 2., Jan. l8.-Fll'e early this morning broke out in the Imperial Block, Main Street, mus- ing damage estimated at 825.090- Fifisen tens-his and the Imperial Theatre, suffered 1mm the fin in vgylng degrees, The huildlnl. "h"!!! 15 Qwngd by the Mertopclitl-n Stores o1 was», out, sustained the smi- egg dnmagc. The tire sWDt NW0“!!! the hsllwcysoi the second and third {loom "aqua; um roof belore lire- men got it under control.

The Weather, etc

1MB ELbvAroR bow Shouts. M‘ Lsssf, Conn 0P 4o EXPECfAflons

Fresh westerly winds, lur.’ station- ary or lower wwmilfl-

Toronto cloudy . . . . . . . . .. 20-16 Montreal cloudy .. ... . . . . .- ‘vi-I Quebec snow .. ... 2-4 below Charlottetown cloudy . . . . 22-14 aallru cloudy .. .. lo-s

High tide this liter-noon at M‘! and telnet-low mcrhinl at s34.

Bun sets this aitcrnoon at tel and rises tomorrow mcrnllil at 7J0.

best quarter moon wonder. J0!!- iistfht 11.4! a. m.

lulnmsrlida us: eighteen mu monotonous-ton.

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Brlgx-Gen Clarence

B. Edwards, Ill-lime commander of United Stat. cs division, who declares “prohibition ll “l! wlilvlt thing that ever hap- pened to Amerlc ." l-lo believes sim- ultaneous parades through the count- ry might prove effective.

ParrotSickness

Claims Eight

(Canadian Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—Surgeon General Cumming o! the Public Health Bel-vice reported yesterday s total o! about lllty live cases o! par- rot lever or pslttacosls have occurred during the present outbreak in nine States. and that sight deaths have resulted lrcm the rsre dLsecse. Dr Charles Armstrong, public health of~ llcer in charlo 0f a nation-wide sur- vey of the disease, said his owv check up showed a total, o! lorty "well established" cases d! parrot lever. and four others about which there is slight doubt. Public health service bscteriologlsts, Dr. Armstrong said, arc st work in an ellort to identity bacteria causing the sick- liels of parrots.

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By Thomas Green lcmcclurbyrrqn Staff W.2ter)

KAMIsOOPS. B. 0., Jan. "Iv-Chil- ling that the Dominion Government was an administration o! experiment 101' purposes o! expediency. and the assuring o! bower. Hon. R. B. Ben- nett here Saturday night onnclildod his itinerary in British Columbia 1U‘ his prwerlt speaking tour. “The real difference between the two pirflll." the Conservative chieftain exclaimed "is that We are tor a conflnuityfl‘ Policy based on nrinoiniosnd ‘tn: Liberal Government it OiM-Ill O8- pcrilhents for pilflifllel of “Idiotic!

es in policy by the Government to! "political expediency." In I!!!)B'- Ben- not: declared, Liberal momhff-hld voted in their full strmgtlrsgairlst s permanent outlet to the ‘Pavilion?! the Peace River districts. now claiming lull credit 1'0! the auc- cese o! the Canadian National hail- wsy, but in i021, he observed El day! of adversity for the ...-arm. Ilbeiil members lad been critical. ‘Two veal-r

ued. Liberal members had voisdin the House of oosurlons ssainst a Conservative amsndnlsm {or 1!!!! treatment to returned soldiers. Now. he went on, after Sir Arthur Uiiifl! and the Canadian ugiorflisd non-o that. the benefit of the doubt he It?! to returned men on appllpitlms, thf gcvemment had indicafld‘ its“ in- tention cl accod‘ to ldlfildmand. 1n opening his remeflliulll‘. Berb- nstt declared that solicioaldiiyviflfi not disturb prosperity ‘PAOIIIMIIII e whole, were not netidlill in obtr-

‘ Bail Refused

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REGINA, Sssk. Jsn. Mir-Harry Sronfmen of Montreal was today re- nsnded for trial on three charges ‘rowing out o! the alleged attempted ~ribery of Cyril Knowles, former Cus- oms Inspector. Police Magistrate Pickett offered to set. bail st $240,000 but defence counsel reiused the cl- Ier and Brontmsn was remanded in custody. l-labaes Corpus proceedlngs will be taken immediately, it was an-

nounced. "

A zig-zsg puzzle was made the sub

ccter. The Dominion, he went emwlth its railways. canals and other pib- ' llc undertakings had facilities _to cue {or 20,000.04» people. "Dill." the opposition chieftain ‘said. "I! must, not and cannot Evita poiopll into Canada merely to biidlc." Canada. today. Mr. snid- wss laced with an unfavolilnfllflfi or trade. Prom s lavorihfi- I snce for the year ending November a0, 102s. of $3i'1.000.000'ho dwlmfi- the Dominion has new on adverb! trade balance of _ for the twelve months mains ""- ember so. 1m. The qc_ _ _ __s_l Ottawa, Mr. Bennett coltflfllfidrfilli’ ed about tax reduction. but he eb- served indirect taxes collected 69-13! ct customs under the present scintill- lstrstlm had incrsssedddlhfifflt-

Jcct of a sermon by Rev. Dalton- Goldmg in Btroud, England recently.

(United Press Cable) LONDON. Jln. lF-Olle ol the greatest. trials in England's his- tory wlll be the prosecution o! Clar- ence Charles Retry and three o0- defendahts on charges ol fraud snd

shareholders add

lcl-gery arising lrom the crash o! the with lists-y himsei! tbfl Retry rroup cl companies last you. ' d - The trial opens tomorrow. bosses of .1011“. Attorney-Gossip) “fir ' nearly 010,000,000 were incurred by bor ocvsremot. members or the Crown possession.

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One Of Greatest Trialoirf In England ’s History

debacle. and meruberslci the Landon.

stock Exchange have Mold this! of 0.099.000 in dilohllfllflilphlil" tiflnl to (creign ersditdli» 711*.»- doiendsnts In A. l- TIDN‘... 30113.0- Discn and Edmund ifisilbll".

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