W7 . 0 . ~15 Acqultted i was struck by the right hand side of the car. In ordinary clr ces s driver should have seen that bicycle. ‘ Sometimes several persons l_n'a car may by conversation. dis- tract the attention cf the driver. People should not do this. nor should drivers allow tlselnselves m be distracted. Is it possible that this happened in this case? If so he was driving negligently. I! as the driver anal witnesses say they were meeting a car and its ligllts glared in tho drivers‘ eyes, tllat would be sufficient to clear him, as it would be quite possible to shut out all Sight of the bicycle. The two Mac- Kcnzles and Mr. Kett say they saw

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11,15 completed the evidence. Mr. y ,1, Johnston, KC. then summed up the case for the defense. Ilc ‘pointed out that there cannot lac a ‘cum, without a guilty intent. The question was: Did Charles MacDon- aid have a guilty mind? It is also criminal to kill a man because of hsgligence- but is there a warwton ‘mind shown in‘ the evidence produc- 547 qhere is, he said, no evidence ‘p show that Charles MacDonald ‘m,’ sreckless man. He is a man of

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in progress and the British Govem- mcnt entertain the hope it may be possible to come to a. satisfactory agreement as to the procedure to‘

days." _ |

The announcement, which came at an unusually late hour, by no means was unexpected in the best informed quarters here.

Earlier in the day those in touch with political developments noted’ the prevalence of a strong feeling‘ that postponement was inevitable in view of the French political sltu- ‘ atlon. Not until tomorrow will‘

no other car. At the present time almost all cars are fitted with tilt lights, but a great many drivers do not take the trouble to tilt their lights. ‘This is one of the things the Provincial Police might well look after.

These men evidently found out that something had happened. They should have stopped there and then. The fact of their not stopping would not make them guilty, but would be evidence of general negligence. He made plain that anything dune hi. ter the accident would not, make the driver guilty if he was not guilty according to the Crinlinal Code at the time of the accident. It is somewhat mysterious why they stopped and what they did. It is hard to understand why the bicycle was not observed by the occupants of the car. However, the question is, was he driving as a prudent man should drlvc. As a definition to guide the jury, the Court again set forth section 247 of the Criminal Code. He told them the case was o simple one as far as the evidence was concerned. It turned on the point, was the man driving as a

gd soldier who enlisted at the age of seventeen. The Crown and dc- iem have produced about everyone ‘h, was present, who would have ‘m, knowledge of what took place at that time. The evidence showed mt the accused had no idea that he had struck a. human being. He y” perfectly sober and. was per- fectly frank in answering Constable flaylvoods questions. Not one wit» ncss has been able to say he saw the My or bicycle before tho accident. The man was driving his car per- mtly on the right side of the road. glow can it be said hc was wanton or reckless? Mr. Johnston stressed the contradictory, nature of the cvl- dcnce with regard to speed and dis- tances and said there was an evid- ent lack of knowledge of Just what did hnppcu. He warned the jury 0t to bc effected by anything but the sworn evidence before them. The case for the Crown was sunl- h-lcd up, after recess by Hon. J. D. Stewart, KC, Attorney General. He stated tlle duty of the Crown is to present the whole case for the as- slstance of the jury. We have a. problem, he said, in dealing with

motor vars. The per capita. deaths ‘ Drlldf-‘llt mun slwllld? If after ‘med by nwtm- accidents 1h this considering the whole evidence, Province during the past your is "ll-Te 15 filly Tflflsvllilble dvllbi- in

the person's mind, they were bound to give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt.

The jury retired for thclr decis- ion at 3.20. During their absence, the request of the Attorney General that the case of the King versus Christopher Keefe and Richard Keefe be postponed until the next session of the Supreme Court, owing to the absence of a material witness was heard by Chief Justice Mathlc- son and granted.

nearly the highest of any province in the Dominion. We can only pre- vent this by punishing negligence. Illr. Stewart tllcll described the dif- ferent classes of homicide. Death caused by carelessness is included in manslaughter. The question is, docs the evidence bring the driver of the car Wlillill this class? In this case, 1i the cvldcncc shows that the ear driven by lllc prisoner killed the boy, it lies with tllc prisoner to sllow that he did not drive neglig- ently. Mr. Johnston has quoted sec- tion 247 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ’l'he intent ta kill is not necessary in n -chargc of man- slaughter. The Attorney General tllen rcvlcwcd the evidence as sub- mitted. Tile fact that the bicycle waspiclzcd up by the cur is cvldencc that it was travelling along that

villain

C. N. R. LEAGUE

‘ must learn to forgive. As we look

, incrczlsc of over $8,300,000 ’ sales of new paid-for ordinary life

Alberta $2,548,000 British Columbia . . . . . . 3,169,000 Manitoba . . . . . . . . . 2,725,000 New Brunswick 1,218,000 ‘Nova Scotla .. 2.020.000 Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,990,000 Prince Edward Island . . 125.000 Qucbcc . . . . . . . . 14,044,000 Saskatchewan ... 2,103,000 ‘ Newfoundland .. 212,000 '

Premier Laval know whether his new government has the confid- ence of the chamber, and it was felt there scarcely was time for the conference arrangements to be com- l pleted between then and the be- ginning of next week.

APPEAL FOR. CANCELLATION

Sixteen bishops of the Church of England and a number of promin- ent figures in the established and free churches issued a petition to- night appealing for outright can- cellation of reparations and intcr- governmental war debts.

"We make an earnest appeal to all who owe allegiance to Christ in ' their country and, so far as their words can reach them, in other countries also," the petition read, ‘fto use their influence to press for cancellation of reparations pay- ments and of international war debts." ‘

A “spirit of vengeance" prevailed at the signing of the treaty of Ver- sailles, the signatories claimed. “In particular, the reparations imposed upon Germany ln spite of her ur- gent protests that they were im- practicable and unjust have been abundantly proved to have been botll and tollave had consequences disastrous alike to the vanquished and victors."

Recalling that the recent confer- ences of financial experts in Basel. had urged alleviation of Germany's burdens, the petition said "these financial considerations give addi- tional force to the appeal we are constrained to make on other grounds.

“Nations as wcll as individuals

back on the Great War and con- template its disastrous consequences we are persuaded that the nations are called to a. great and comm-e. henslve act of reconciliation. We must abandon the‘ spirit of re. crimlnation and the dark any 5131f- it of suspicion and hatred."

Big Increase _ ~ In Sales Of

Life Insurance

(Canadian Press) TORONTO, Ont, Jan. 20.—“An in the

insurance written in Canada and Newfoundland ill Dcccmbcr as com- pnrcd with lust November is shown by returns from fifteen companies having ill force 84 pcr cent. of the business done ill the Dominion. Fig- llrcs glvcll out today by the Llfc In- surance Research Burcllll show a new business total for December for these companies of $47,163,000. Business ill Ontnviu was down a little over two per ccllL; Quebec lnorc than hold its own; New Brunswick showed all iilcrease of over 3 per cent and Nova Scotia an increase of no less than 295i per cent. For the whole ycar the new ordinary life business of these com- panies totalled $480,312,000, indicat- ing a grand total of all life insur- ance in Canada and Newfoundland of $800,000,000. Dcccnlbcr sales by provinces were:

What nln I'll-Take tea, then two nothings, And lastly a. bee Mix them up and somllling To wear you will soc.

part of the road where it would RARIBLERS naturally be cxpcctcd. It would bc E R Bwyer 92 1n impossible not to sec a. bicycle on Howau""""" 207 208 the load ahead if lights were work- T" M: Brchaut“ "" " 93 m3 in; and driver was watching. If he N A Nichfson‘ m8 m,‘ m not ivatcllirlg he was negligent. ' ' ‘ ‘ " " . . Ruby Campbell . 125 104 h/crytlllng else being equal Lie man Hm)“ HOW‘, 189 222 on defense must be considered as ‘ ‘ “ ‘ ' ' ' atrlvllr: to clear himself. If tllc cvl- i i" deuce that there was a car nlecting ‘ 874 9Y0 MacDonald's car at the time 0i the To“ ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' " ' " 18M crash is accepted then Mr. Ketts ‘ l evidence nlust b: disregarded. “We l [MMJNCS do not luv," he continued, “ilic prl- i r do A5,‘. h, -_ J. n. Iiowatt .. 221 100 in Swing ‘John. Gordon 145 00 '! serious had hllppclzcd." Sam H°°d ~ 139 142 _ ‘hm, mum,“ Urban Gallant 118 08 ‘ In hi.‘ Charge m we Jury‘ we Grace Blenkhovn . 152 117 Court, 111.: .lusllec Arltrzlllulti voln- En“? wamh - - - ~ - - ~ -- 115 114 pllnleuivll fiounszrl on both sides on the collduv‘. of tltc case. Al. tllc last 89G 551 session of the Court, the (lrzllld To“! - - - - - ~ - - ~ - ~ - ~ ~ - - - - < - -- 1457 30W hall nnulc a. rccunllnendatlon 11ml. all vchcles, wagons", bicycles,‘ SPORTS 1:'.c.. should c uxy lights. ill; spring lilo Print-z: illwnrtl 1:. .d Motor W. C. Davies . . . . 174 224 krd the Govcrlllllsllt to G- ‘Vllllfllns 153 142 flu“ k, ma; cflccg How. Earle McDonald .. 142 204 ever, it llus not 113g“ dQl‘,e_ 1.15“... Sandy McLeod ..... .. ‘136 130 even ncecnnuy that thc Govern. Jean McLean 92 16G mcnt should pass lcgisllliiun, Own- Maud McConnell 64 80 crs for iilCil‘ protection should carry ——-- —— llkllts or reflectors on their vehicles. 766 055 ‘i209. a motor car has lights and T0"\l . . . . . . .. 1721 e driver should be able to sec ahead. but there are times‘ when INVINCIBLES meeting other curs that their lights ‘ ~ interfere with vision. His Lordship J. R. Nelson 229 157 stated tl‘mt the time ‘had come when Gordon Swan . 150 171 carr ages of any kind should W. H. Townsend . 128 107 "my llilhts or reflectors. Also, we w. A. McLarerl 12s 11o . ‘"9 Pfrhllps too careless in issuing l Izell Rice . . . . . . . . . 163 63 ‘ llssnses. The time has come when Av Delahunt 151 151 each applicant for license should be __ ___ examined for competency, and aay- __, 945 759 :"“""““:a:i1°:¢:‘ld::r e220‘? alve swd zTotal . . . . . ..... .. nos ve censc can- y ‘ celled. He told the jury they would Bowum; TONIGHT - have to deal with the case as it was l \ Drcaented to them by the parties‘ y, Men-s 1MB“ Fifi"! evidence. It is up to the jury ‘ ‘l0 decide if the prisoner has brought flllmself within the law. In carry- ,5"! out the laws of the country, the “d” 01' Jury must not chow par- v "lillty- No outside influence should gfoellllghthtillih 1-11; raneshlp again t e a en on of the ury I section 247 of the Criminal Cjode. The Ladies Aid of 5t. Jame!‘ The dvtv oi’ a person driving a mo- Church acknowledge with thanks‘ W‘ "if is todrlve to the safety of u" We 0| the Ileintsman plum glsngiubllo. n is hard to under- loaned by mum am. m- their ~- ha how this accident could have cital, the stage deem-gum; from happened. The wheel was struck the Rogers Hardware Company and "1 behind and must. have been fllllll! from the Maritime Electric

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AD.\"Gcorgcto‘wn and Slurswn- Fmnflconnsn 0° ‘b, PRESS ‘

Services Sunday, Janulfy 74th- sturgcon 11 a. m. Mllltmvn Cross.‘ 2.30 p. m. Georgetown 7 l>- lll- 5%‘ jcct "The fire, the wood, and the. lamb." RAY. O. U. MllcNevln. WW"-

Monthly Meeting S u m m e rs id e

1' Town CouncilNEw

(Special to the Guardian) At a special mec-lng of the Suln- crsde Town Council held last

illellt ln tile Council‘ Chamber the Jinanrial report, electric light and P911011 of fire dept. were passed. The ‘financial report was encouraging. lThe electric light report showed a ‘surplus o.’ $24,050.62 which is highly ‘tmltlfylllg 8nd a. compliment to Mr. Jackson and h's Mayo;- Lidstone presided with all Councillors present with the ex- ception of Councillor McNelll. The financial report was read by Mr. M. F‘. Sclnmnan and passed on motion of Councillor Strong sec- onded by Councllllor Phillips.

efficient staff.

The frc dept. reported fourteen

fires with damage estimated at a. little under $2,500. The report. of the electric light plant was read by ,Councillor Schurman, chairman of ‘light committee and passed. It af- ,fords me much pleasure to announce ‘lo you that the electric light plant ‘this year shows a surplus of $24,- 050.62. Tho total revenue and ex- penditures for the year ending 1931

are revenue $48,525.10. Elxpcndlt-

urcs 312447402. In spite of general depresson which prevaied during the past year the plant enjoyed the most successful year 1n its his- tory. The operation of the plant during the past year resulted in a nefi profit of $24,050.62 as compared with $17,818.22 of the preceding year. You will notice the total rev- enue is but slightly in excess of last year, while the profits arc much greater. This is plrliy accounted for by the saving in the engine repairs of approximately $2 000.00 and the reduction in line losses of about 50 per cent. Another saving is from the fact that the new engine can be operated much more economic- ally than the old oncs. There is no doubt that a great part of this in- creased profit is accounted for by the superior operating economy of the new Fairbanks Morse engine although the Potters Erlgincs are being operated at every opportun- ity that‘thcy can handle the load. With regard to capital expenditure $2700.00 was expended for new equipment ccmsislirlg of an nlr filt- er for the Morse engine and mod- ern 0'1 purifier which has already shown a saving of about 200 gallons 01' oil ccstrlng $130.00, besides other‘ necessary equipment, $2028.48 was one, and never have we sccn n more spent on line reconstruction and ex- tension. A saving in line loss of $350.00 is shown. The plant sincc it was put in operation in 1925 has not only taken care of all its run- nlng expenses but has provided sink big funds to the amount of $30,- 563.74 and has billlt up a. surplus of $52,351.08. Together ullth a. reserve for depreciation of $10,910.42. The electric lght plant. has had the most successful year in its illstory.

Conllpllmentlng letters have been

received from prominent citizens of Halifax on our electric light system. The conunitiee, Mayor and other members of the Council appreciate the loyalty and co-operatlon of the i cngheer and his staff,‘ as wcll as the great assistance rendered the Town Clerk in making this suc- cess possible.

by

Rlcspmduli," submitted 111 I‘.

Schumann.

The monthly report of the polcc

dept. was rend by Councillor Strong A report of the meat and mlk in- spcciion for the yeas- was submitted and showed very llttlc to colnpllvn of although some improvement could -bc made in regard to care and cleanliness of stables. A number clf dairy farms were inspected. An a11- pllcation for poslton on the police force from John F. Gallant X100 the truant officers report was received and. filed. A resolution was passed for an overdraft at the bank not to exceed a total of $30.00. Meeting adjourned-S

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CENTRAL GUARDIAN

BRADAIBANB. United Church Hi Canada. Services on the above charge for Sunday, January 24 an- as follows: Pleasant Valley 11 a. m. Granville 3 p. m. Bradalbane 7 p. m. Thos. Palethorpe, ‘Minister.

NEW LONDON GROUP—Prcs- byterlan Church in Canada, servic- es on Sunday, January 24th will be as follows: 11 a. m. Granville. 2.30 p. m. Clifton. 7 p. m. Geddie Memorial.

SERVICE in the United Church

nsvrons BEACH, ma, Jan. 2o. (A.P.)—Sir Malcolm Campbell, British sportsman and holder of

ord, will return to tlleBcach Sands’ -hel'c for an attempt to better his mark of 245.773 miles per hour.

The commission decided to invite Sir Malcolm to run again here af- tcr merchants and civic groups o.- grced to extend financial aid and make the race a community pro- ject. Tile city fathers had‘ prcv- lously notified the famous sports- man Dllytnna. Bench could not n1’- ford thc expense 0f tllc trials.

Sir lvlnlcclln will attempt the new record in his 1,450 horsepower Bluebird automobile which he drove four miles a mhulc last February 5. ll-lc said then he believed he could drive it 25.3 miles an llour.

Local oificllls believe Sir Malcolnls‘ ‘chances for greater speed can be increased by lengthening the beach course from nillc to 13 miles, giv- llng a longer acceleration Tun each way before lllc measured mile is Nuched.

Burns Concert Soloist

BACK AG N FRAE BONNIE SCOTLAND - IIAILED 1x TIIE IIAMELAND AS TllE “scor- TIMI-AMERICAN 11x1) "rumor. or SINGERS"

Aftcr thrilling audiences in Scol- lzmd with ills magnificent voice, Mr Alexander Campbell, (who has been engaged as vocalist for Burns Con- cert) has returned from tllc lund of Burns and Scott, with fresh and vivid memories of’ hcr banks and bracs and blooming heather, her heroes and immortals, to rc-crcatc them in song for Scots abroad.

Tile Stirling Observer says of him: '

“The program submitted was a most attractive and comprcllcllsive

enthusiastic audience in the hall. M1‘. Campbell, who has a voice of exceptional beauty and rare power, sings with a finc appreciation of the spirit of the numbers, and respond- ed liberally to the lnsistul‘. encorcs.

was shown in his rendering of ‘MucGrcgofs Gathering‘ while its pathos and softness was exhibited in ‘Afton Water’ and ‘The Erskay Love Lllt.’ I-ie is indeed a Prince of

had such a musical treat, votes of thanks to the artists brought a de- lightful and memorable evening to a close." _ During a wcckfis engagement at tile Empress Theatre, Glasgow, where his reception amolullcd to an ovation, he was oifclcd u season's engage llcnt, opening ill L01l(i0ll. which was refused Owing to con-_ tracts on this side. l None bllt a real artist could mer- , it and rccclvc the favorable notices l‘ received by Mv. Campbell over the length and breadth of Canada and , the United States.

St. Lawrence ‘ Waterway

“IASTTILTDTON, D. C" Jan. 10—-l (By Ken Clark, Canadian Press‘ Staff Corrcspondcntl-The Illinois Congressional delegation may be expected to oppose inclusion in the

ISt. Lawrence treaty of any specific

limitation of the crater being divert- ed from Lake Michigan by Chicago. On the other hand there would probably be little objection if any to a reciprocal agreement in the treaty providing for the ])l‘(‘SCI‘Vi't-‘

sweater in Forum or way home. Rev. Ewen MacDougal. UPPPI‘ I-Iillsboro St. 210-1-21-21

LOST-A WHITE WlRE-IIAIRED

terrier pup with black patch over left eye. Will anyone seeing a dot! of this discrlption communicate with Walter Hyndman. Phone 344.

200-11

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glasses. Owner may have some, by calling at Guardian Office. and paying for ad. 109-1-21-11

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rd Hake, 5c lb; 102 pound lots‘ 4c. lb; canned lobsters 1 lb. 50c: 1-2 lb- 25o: 1-4 lb. m. Also oys- icr: by the p'nt end quart. Ayl-v wards, 202 Richmond St. 201-1-21-31‘

lilton J. Lewis of Illinois, n member