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MCLEETN

ON G0\lT'S RECORD

Comprehensive Review of Governments lilorli W During Past Four Years. Oyster 'lndustry

to Another $l00,000.

llo_'ll.riil’t on Roads now and Everybody Satis-

_Agreement Eqiviiient

fied with the Expenditure. ` i

ln the Legislature last evening the

l-lou. John McLean spoke on the Bud- get and took the opportunity to review the work of the past four years and to reply to criticisms of the Administra- tion. He claimed that the arrange- mont entered into with the Dominion Govemment in connection with oyster areas would ultimately be worth another $100,000 per annitm to f.he Province. He referred in enthusiastic terms to the services rendered by the Provincial Engineer. both wltli regard to the oyster arena :ind the roads. and said he had more _than saveil his salary in tho economies he had effect- ed. He i-inlil that he did not believe it wcnldhe possible to get three bet.ter men to illi the portfolios in the Cabinet, than Premier Mathieson, Mr McKin- non and Mr James A. McNeill. it ever there was a Government that could go hack to the electors' and feel satis- fied with its record, it was the present.

Hon. JOHN McLEAN continued lils

speech on the Budget on Wednesday evening. Ho said he thought it lils duty. as it member of the Government, that he should give an expression of his views on its record during the past four years. He would first go back to the time when the Government took charge of the affairs of the country. The first duty of the Government was to ascertain exactly where the country stood financially. and in doing this they followed precisely the method that was adopted by the Liberal party when they assumed the reins twenty years before-they employed outside men who were not interested in the province nor in the Government. and theeejlpen prepared a full statement of the liabilities right up to the time when the, __Cons_ervstl_v,eS came into power. Whatever criticism might be applied to any circumstance in con- nection with the Government, it was now fully settled that they assumed liabilities and debts left by their pre- decessors to the amount ot' $1,072,000. The late Government had been going into debt at the rate of between $40,000 and $45,000 a year, and at the last election they could give no assur- ance that the debt would be reduced. or that there would be even an en- deavour to reduce it. The speaker then proceeded to deal with the var- ious promises of the Government :it the last election and the manner ini which they had been carried out. One ol’ the first promises made the people was that the Government would make the revenues and the expenditures meet, and if they had done nothing hnt that alone he would have coil- sidereil they had dons very well ia- iieed. But the Government did. noti rest there; they had done a great deal- more. They went up to Qttawa,` laid'

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Dominion Government in such a. man

the claims of the province before the

ner that could not fall to beleffectlve. a

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BACK Ell_ll_ll_ ”llilME" lll l_._E_lilSllTi|llE Ellll__lCT|l|T|ES

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Germ_an Report Stated.

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, 'April 21.-Siu Edward

Grey, foreign secretary, appeared on

nd came back with the s lendid sub- the ministerial benches in the House

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sidy of $100,000. In 'regard to the Agricultural Department, the province had been granted,$2ti,000, which. had it not been for the interest which the Premier and his associates who went to Ottawa had taken in the welfare of the people, would have bcen $6,000. Then the Premier had also brought up the oyster business und hnil handled it so satisfactorily as to have the control of it locally; and while it might sound preposterous he felt coiiviitcod that this wits in itself equal to another $100,000. ’l‘hc proposition had been that the Domiiilou Government should take charge ol' the oysters, cultivate them and protect thenl. and charge all expenses to them, and then give the island one hall' of the netproceeds, which would have been a very small amount. That was a matter of great importance to the Island and would be of great benefit to the people, who appreciated it accordingly. ln speak- ing with reference to the claims of the province, the Leader of the late Government made the statement that it was useless for them to try to get any extra amount from Ottawa. and although they were pressed by the present party when in opposition to

of Commons today for the first time

ance set at rest the German rumors that he has been at various places on the continent on every variety of diplomatic mission

Sir iidwaid brought back a very

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be acquired in the open air with no other care on his mind hut: landing

salmon. ’l‘hls is exactly what he has the King and his “dv'S°"” M' as We" 'inet meeting has been coiled for

been doing while on his vacation.

ETLTHT iIlllll]|lllS UEEEH SITMMETT HITMES

here He was Fishing Sal- Resolution Adopted, Voiun All Transatlantic Steamers mon and Acquiring aTan and Renewed Energy, not on Diplomatic Mission as

cohol During War and

scribed to by all Members ,of House.

The PREMIER yesterday aitemoon

ing resolution (seconded by Mr Rich ards, Leader of the Opposition), which was carried --

Resolved 'i‘hat wo. the Legislative

Assembly of the Province ol' Prince

nmistakable cont of um on his (ace Edward Island in Legislative session ,md restored energy that could only convened gladly avail ourselves of

the obllortunlty to follow the illus trious example of Hia Gracious Maiesty

tlic affairs of Government as of the conduct of the war, in voluntarily ab- staiiiiug from the use oi’ intoxicating liquor as a beverage during the con-

since the Easter recess. His appear- in the Legislature moved the follow- _trans-Atlantic trade have been noti-

tlnuance of the present war. And we heartily endorse and strongly urge upon His Ms.jesty’s loyal subjects of this island to join in promoting the objects of the “Provincial Patriotic

Abstinence League " and give it their

FU earnest support and co-operation. As

L evidence of our individual sincerity

and sympathy with this movement we

(Special to the Guardian.)

OTTAWA, April 21.-The Minister

of Militia received offers from wealthy (lanadians to use their summer homes as convalescing hospitals for wound-

put forward those claims they never ed Canadians invalided home from the

made shy attempt to collect a dollar. l-le thought. the_country would give the present Governmentcredlt for urging those claims and also for carrying out

front. They include Sir Wm. Mac- Kenzie’s home on the Victoria County Lakes, Sir Rodolphe Forgets at St lrene, Que.. and D. Lorne McGibbon’s

the promises mails. The next thing _af Sl- ASB'-T16. Que- The Militia D998"-

was to effect changes in the road act In

and put the Public Works Department into a proper business-like shape. To- day the people were perfectly satisfied. with the Act and would not f’or a

ent has appointed a comnlittee to

act in conjunction with the R d Cross in looking after invalids. it is made up of .Lie;|t.-ColauoL.Mamisei-l, -Lleut.~ Colonel Hallack and Li t-Col el

eu . on

moment think og going back to the Jacques ofthe Headquarters Staff.

former state of affairs. Under the present Act every cent spent is ac- counted for, wlille under the previous Government the very opposite was the case. To-day not a cent was spent for which good value could not he shown, and the Commissioner of Pub- lic Works did not have-very much trouble with complaints of money mis- appropriateil so far as the road were concerned. in regard to the public works. this Department had been thoroughly reorgsnlsed, and some of the newspapers had found fault with the Govemment for the number of employees they had in the department.

PlTEPlllllll§ Til HENEW?

llllllllllEilES EIGHT

(Special to the Guardian.)

BERLIN, April 2l-A despatch re-

ceived from Athens says Great activ- ity has been noted among the British forces on the island of Lemnos, which lies west of the entrance to the Dar- dnnelles. Troop transports are arriv-

Wihen Professor Shaw. the engifltier. ling daily at Lemnos from Alexan-

vas brought here it was titoiight by he Opposition that it was an imposi-

ion to have a man in the Department

drla, Egypt. The censorship is more rigid. Alla indications point a strong

CTZTOR against H18 T)nf'dl'iil€lT€B nf. ull was gtlll for more and ag Lloyd Gegrgg

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with the salary he was receiving. em-ly dnte_ _

subscribe our names to the annexed pledge formulated by the above-named organisation. `

" RESOLVED FARTHER: That this

resolution with the names of the sub- scribers hereto be entered upon the records of this House."

All the members who were present at

the time subscribed their names to the Resolution.,

'SUMMARY

__ (Special to Thc.Guardlari),, LONDON, April 21.-The British ex-

peditionary force in France which at the beginning of the war consisted of six divisions, has been increased to more than thirt'y-six divisions or roughly speaking 750.000 men, accord-

ingto a statement by David Lloyd George in the House of Commons this afternoon Th bancellor d that

en in battle had been filled and the army was adequately equipped. He reiterated the need of a greater supply of munitions declaring that during the battle of Neuve Chappelle more am- munition had been used than in the whole South African war which lasted nearly three years. Interesting in- formation also was given that the out- put of munition factories had been in- creased more than nineteenfold since the outbreak of the war but the call

tarlly to Abstain from Ai-

Endorsing Patriotic Abstin- ence League. Pledge Sub-

. e C adde ,

the place of every man who had fall- ‘

Ordered Not to Leave Port Without Orders- Ships will be Used as Transports if She Eniers War.

(Special to the Guardian.)

ROME, April 21.-Events are mov-

ing satisfactorily and decisive action by Italy may he expected at any mo- ment. All Italian steamers engaged in

fled not to sail' for America until special permission is granted by the minister of marine.. They will be used as troop transports if Italy enters the war. The minister of war was summoned to the royal palace last: night and conferred with King Victor Emman- uel for several hours. A special cab-

Thursday afternoon.. What action is to be taken can only be conjectured.

JlPlll Will lllS|ST llll EH|lll'S lIllMPlIlll|IE, WITH HEH l|EMlllllS'

(Special to the Guardian.)

T0l{_IO, April 21-The crisis which.

has come in the negotiations with China ,as to the acceptance of the de- mands of the Tokio Government has been followed by a protracted confer- ence of the Cabinet. The semi-ofilciali press expresses the belief that Japan has brought the unsettled clauses of her demands down to an irreducible mininunu, and that in the event of further procrastination on the part of China,-she-probably will press for it reply within a given time.

UNITED STATES

EITIZENS HET|lllll

(Special to the Guardian.) _

WASH1.\'G'l’ON, April 21.-'gre can-

cellation of sallings from aly to

HON. L. L. JENKINS’

VTGOROUS DEFENCE

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Of Administration. Scuthingly ilritlcises Oppo-

sition Leiider’s Puerile Fuultflndlng and His Analysis of Public Accounts tiontrusting Pre- sent Progress with the Stagnation and

Deficit Regime of the

Present lirltlcs.

HON. L. L. JENKINS spoke on the

Budget debate on Tuesday evening, replying to some of the criticisms of the Leader of the Opposition. in the first place, he said, the Leader of the Opposition in replying to the Premier had made the statement flint the debt was greater today than the last ilscnl year that the Liberals were in power. In doing so he quoted the public ac- counts iip to the end of the fiscal year, and in this connection he tolii only part of the truth, which was worse than an untrutli. He iild not tell them that during the last two months the Liberals were in power they ran up a deficit amounting to about $85,000, and during those two months field two- bye-elections, in which most oi' the money was squandered in three or four sections where they tried to hold on to power but were turned down. If the money squandered in these dis- tricts had been as carefully handled as the present Commissioner of Public Works had used all the money pass- ing through his hands since he was in office, those districts would have been in a position today that they would not require s dollar. The money was paid for work never done. The Lead- er of the Opposition had also forgot- ten to tell the House that the Liber- als left behind them liabilities to the amount of about $83,000. He had made the statement that the teachers were not paid their last moiith's sal- aries and that was how the present Government had got their surplus. But he did not also tell iliein that the Liberals had left $23,000 oi' teachers' salaries unpaid for this Government to pay, and left a deficit and tried to make the people believe that they went out with a lower debt than the .Conservatives had today. The debt they left when they went out totalled altogether $1,072,000. Tho Leader of the Opposition had made several ex- travagant statements, and the speak- er would say this much for him, that in making those statements lic had said he “ was not sure; he thought he was right." it would seem that that gentleman was paying foo uiucit at- tention to Dominion politics and left. somebody else to prepare his state-

the United States may cause the States to take steps to aid the home | coming of Americans. In the absence; of appeals so far the State Depart-i ment officials expect they will ar- range transportation via France for, England.

fhcre was not a man. said the speak-

ir. who did more or better work tliaiii

Mr Shaw, or who was a more earnest,_ 0 energetic and conscientious worker.

He earned his salary over and over again, and as the Commissioner of Public Works hail remarked in his

ment a good deal of money by his competence and efficiency. Mr Shaw had made plans for oyster beds, and this lie thought required a man oi' ex-

'ceeding ability. in the first place, to

\ (Special to the Guardian.)

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21.-An fllclal statement issued today by the war office says it is now known defin- itely thst six torpedo boats attempt-

continues to hold the opinion that the consumption of liquor is interfering with the work he promised legislation to deal with this matter. The figures made public by Chancellor as to the size of the British army in France and

ed to penetrate the nsrdaneiies Mon-‘ the expenditure of ammunition has

ious announcements concerning the. effort on Monday night by vessels of the Allied Fleet to run the straits and the above despatch fails to dis-

make the plans. anil in the next place was

to get them into proper working order. So far tis agriculture was concerned. he did not think it was necessary for lilni to say much. There was perhaps not u farmer on the island who illd not appreciate the great advancement which the Department of Agriculture hail made possible in agriculture in the province. lion. Mr McKinnon. Conimlssioner of Agriculture. had dealt comprehensively with his Depart- ment and had shown them the enor- mous improvemenfs which had been made in this direction. He referred to the magnificent buildings in Charlotte- town and Summerslde, which had been acquired by the Government. and the great assistance which they would prove to the farmers of the province. He also spoke of the short and long courses, which had made it possible for the young men of the island to acquire rlglit at home all the educa- tion in the principal lndustry of -the country they needed, instead of having to go to Truro, as formerly, where only limited numbers could be accommo- dated. He said that an agricultural building would also in the near future be erected in Sourls, and the people would greatly appreciate this depar- ture. There was nothing that the Leader of the Opposition or the Op- position press could say that would for s moment blind the country to the improvements which had been 'brought about in the agricultural conditions in the province within thelast four years. Those improvements were overwhelm- lngly obvious. and every farmer was perfectly aware of them. Coming now to education, the 'Leader of the Opposi-

close what the result of the attempt

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Ulllll-BE MUITSETTEH [ll Slllllll Tl] Hlllli

(Special to the Guardian.)

CAIRO, April 21.-A Young Egyp-

tian merchant named Khalil, who on. April 8 made an unsuccessful at- tempt in Cairo to asses-lnate Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt, was today sentenced by a military court: to death by hanging, _

THE WEATHER,

TEMPERATURE,

TIDE, MOON. ETC.

(ipeclll to The Guardian) TORONTO, April 22.--Maritime:

Fine and a little higher temperature.

THI WEATHER.-Yesterday was

fine and bright.

The highest temperature recorded

yesterday was 39 deg. above zero and the lowest was 87 above. The lowest of the previous night was 32 deg. above. At 9 a.m. yesterday it was 86 deg. above,--and at 9 p. m. it was 31 above. _ The tide will be high this afternoon

excellent speech he saved the Depnrb _day night. There has been no prov-` caused great surprise in England,

where the opinion was general that only about half that number of men had reached the front, especially as there had been no signs of decrease in the number of men training in this country. Many new men had already been under fire as the Germans were making repeated attacks to recapture Hill 60 near Ypres which the British took on Sunday and have, according to Fielil Marshall French’s report,

been repulsed with great loss.

There has been activity at many

other points along the Western front and Berlin. which is more communi- cative than Paris, says the Germans have made progress in the forest of Le Pretre near St. Mlhlel, and re orts

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the repulse of French attacks in other sections from Champagne tb Alsace.

The Russian advance in the Carpa-

thians has already come to a full stop for reports from that region speak only of attempted attacks which were repulsed both in the mountains and in the direction of Stry. The Austra- Germans have made an outfianlting effort to support the latter move- ments. lt is stated from neutral

sources that the Austrians have vir- tually evacuated Bukowlna.

. The British have had to deal with a raid against Indian territory on the Northem border of Peshawar Valley, undertaken by four thousand men in command of a fanatic Mullah. After a few hours fighting in which the British suffered 70 casualties. the ral- ders dispersed. fn Mesopotamia the British defeated the Turks and have occupied Nakhalla from which place

nt: 2.ll4.snd tomorrow at 3.45; lt the Turks fled last week. The Turks

*°m°"‘°" m°U““¢ It -5-35 Slim are also being attacked from the

Saturday at 6.86. _ The sun lets this Afternoon at 6 A8

Black Bea, the Russian fleet having

lion--nie snooker did not now ana tomorrow so ess; it i-an és- "¢.““ "°°“ °“° °“‘* “°*P‘°F°‘1 ¢°“ whether ‘hewes eamest or not--had mm-g-_0q_ margin; gg 4_5; mg 5”",-_ Turkish supply vessels and bombard- tl‘l¢d W °|'°l\° ‘U lmP\'°".T°“ #PU TT" dagnmornlug at 4.58. ‘ ` ed Arlthava. From every lids comes

schools were. going down, simply be

cm” M ,om dm mm, "wma __ Mm mow rim _thil mofnlde at no" oi activity in no sir fiooi which aeoiiiitoe. ' one had only to moot my ab", ,M , M, mm on www, lil" been bvlr bomberdlnl towns and teacheffto-day' and observe in his hy' A rn mn ‘t .Me ‘_m_ military stations behindwthrlinep of ‘e0ur\t°D\ll¢°. *N Nil vrvfelllon of Th, Lg q,,,,.,,,,. 0, th, mo, ,ip the armies. 'rho Britton claim to huo

gl§*;,*1;}“'"§§d*“;’,' ,§§‘,:‘,§n“_,°,°`,§',‘°,h'; on rhunesv. Am-ii non ot use ':i:ii;_¢;_nLtuo ammo -initio amor

teacher of rg! no. 'rliore was not

tetliunitonvlttlvrnl mes ‘ ° Y' »

'NIU IGI Ch I tiodl' Ill be thi

Mlnlrtfa I.lnl||tlt_\\,¢ttt'oi lmuritstism. of _ -_» _ ,I _ _ ‘ ours andhfty-nine minutes. Mlnlrils Llnimont Guru New-algta

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ilt is learned to-day. He visited Field

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lIllElllT Til PHTTVITTSE

(Speclil to The Guardian)

HALIFAX, April 22.-The Prince

Edward Island Heavy Artillery which recently arrived here were inspected. to-day by Colonel Thacker, the Fort- ress Commander. He complimented the men very highly on their drill and appearance and said they were a cre- dit to their province. They will be stationed at the citadel for some time and will take over the movable arm- iimenf.-

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[TEE llEW Tllllll Bill

(Special to The Guardiln)

NEW YORK, April 21.-The British

squadron off New York was strength- ened to-My by the arrival of a pow- erful crulser. Within three hours of its arrival it held up a big steamer off the New Jersey coast opposite As- bury Park.

(Special to The Guardian)

PARIS. April 21.-With the impor-

tant Vosges crest in their possession the French are now operating along three different rivers in Alsace in their efforts to flank the German right wing by reaching the Rhine. Along the Fecht, Lauchand and Weisbech and in the hills on both sides of these streams are raging daily hand to hand conflicts which are neglected in the official communications but which in their totality will have an important

eifet-&_ on the result of operations in the estern theatre of war.

While it is impossible to state de-

finitely the disposition that is to be made of Kitcheners army when it is finally assembled on French soil. the belief is growing here that a large part of the British troops will be used on the Aleutian frontier. it is known that this phase of the operations has been thoroughly discussed by Lord Kitchener and General Joffre.

'rho British War Secretary made

another of his secret visits to France.

Mlrlhall French at the British head- quarters then motored by night to the town where General Joffre and his staff are located. Kitchener return-

ed to England immediately after his conference with General Joffro. .

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ments for him, and it wus no wonder he qualified his assertions by saying he was not sure, for he knew that the sources of his information were not reliable. He had shut his eyes to the fact that this Government, while re- ducing the debt as they had done :inil showing a surplus every year, had paid various old bills their predeces- sors would not or could not deal with. one of which was twenty years old, contracted in the erection of a wing to the Asylum. The Liberals had re- duced this man almost to poverty and refused to give him what was only his right, an opportunity ~to prove his claim. The Conservative Government when they came into power realised the injustice which the man had suf- fered for so long, and allowed him to have his claim tested, with the result that he was paid. That was one of the many debts left for this Government to pay off. Besides paying depts, how- ever, the present Government had done a great deal for the farmers of the province, having acquired a splen- did building in Charlottetown and another in Summersiiie, which would mean a great deal for the advance- ment of agriculture in the province. in the three years in which the (lon- servative Government had been in office they had succeeded in erecting permanent steel bridges to the valuo of $111,000, whereas the Liberals in twenty years had not done half as much, the value of their bridges be- ing only $40,000, and some of those bridges they left were in a deplorable condition. The Leader of the Opposi- tion had stated that the present Gov- ernment had not fulfilled their pro- mises to the people. li' the Leader of the Opposition were in his place at that moment, the speaker would ask him to name one promise the Govern- ment had not fulfilled. They had kept every pledge made, and hail reduced the debt beyond the most sangulne ox- pectations of any elector in the is- land. He had also criticised the Com- missioner of Public Works. Mr. Jen- kins thought the Commissioner, in his address, had dealt fully with these criticisms, and had also given to the House a statement of the work of the Department such as had never before been presented. l-le hoped, and was confident. that the good work which the Commissioner had done during the past few years would continue; and with the assistance which he would. receive from the Engineer. a capable pains-taking man and au untirlng worker, a great deal would still be ac- complished. The Leader of the Oppo- sition had also criticised the roaiimas- ters and the present road system, and the Opposition press had done every- thing in its power to injure the sys- tem; but it had lived and prospered ln spite of their efforts to "down" lt. At one time the roarlmasters were not paid enough, and now they were paid too much, said the Liberals. lt was very dlfilcult to know what would please the press of the Liberal party. The roadmllters today. said tho

speaker, did not go around the country helping their favoured friends to escape the taxes. He thought that the roadmasters were doing their ut- most in the performance of their work and the Opposition could not galnsay the fact. ’1‘lii= Leader of the Opposi- tion had maile the statement that tho roads toiiay were not in as good condl. tion ns in 1911, Ho (Mr. Jenkins) had travelled over most ol' tho roads, and he knew that there were roads which bud been put into shape since the pre- sent Government came into power that never linil a dollar spent on them during the Liberal regime. Every year the roads were being made bel.- ier, and any man who drove over them would know the difference. The Leader of the Opposition had referred to the North River Bridge and stated that the Liberals made the contract. It was easy to make ii. contract. but it was another thing to, pay for the work; and if the Liberals were lu power today the bridge would not have been built. Mr. Richards had better he mute in reference to that bridge. for the last year in which the Lib- erals were fn power sixty feet fell out of the middle of it one nlglit, when two young men who were crossing over it came within an inch of losing their lives. With reference to agriculture. the Leader oi’ the Opposition had made the statement that the Depart- nient had gone down since he left. That was a. matter that could be left. to the people to decide on, andhe thought that the Commissioner "of Agriculture had dealt pretty com- prehensively with that criticism. The speaker would say, however, from the standpoint of a fe.rmer,that in the lalit three years or tour years agriculture bad made enormous strides; and with the establishment of long and short course it was not to be wondered at; that the young men of the province were taking an increasing interest ln the soil. and in the raising of better stock. This was due to the agricultur- al grant. The speaker referred to the mudscow, which would prove of lnestimable benefit to the farmers. Ha thought it was one of the greatest blessings to the people. Another class oi' people who were deserving of help were the fishermen, and the system of eiiiicaling thi-.se fishermen in their hiisiness. leaching them to cure their fish, and helping to secure for them markets in Central Canada. in Mont- real, Toronto, Ottawa and even as far West ns Wfnnipc-g, would be a. great. step in the direction of advancement. Fish could be carried in cold storage and landed in Montreal. by means of the Cor Ferry, twenty-four hours af- ter shipment. This would be s. boon undreamed of before by the fisher- meut. He was sorry the motor truck project last year did not materallse owing to the war, but he hoped to see is soon. He was also anxious to see a branch railroad built out in North Rustico. in regard to the estimates, he might say that since the Govern- ment had been in power the sur lus had always exceeded the PreniT;r's estimate. Tliere was no better sign oi good and sound management than this fact. Today, owing to the good work of the lslanil's reprcaentatlveli' and tho influence of the local Govern- ment there were three or four wharv- i-s on tim \\'est River. Hon. Mr. Jen- kins concluiled by expressing tho op- inion limi the people of the country would appreciate nil that the Govern- ment had ilone for them during the pnst four years.

BIG THEATRE BURNED.

PAlllS. April 20-A liavas despatch

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