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THE DAILY

~ MAY 7, 1879.

Tue new Act must be gratifying to the people. It does away with the excuse for a poll tax—the worst kind of a tax it is possible to levy—under which the poor farmer, with one horse, has to pay as much as the rich farmer with cight or ten horses. It takes away the almost absolute control over the road moneys exercised by the Commissioner of Public Works and the Supervisors. If a man has no money he may now work on the roads—he will not be obliged to find it or go to jail; if he has seventy-five cents, and prefers paying it aud working at his occupation to working upen the roads, he may do so. If he has only one horse, or two horses, he will not be required to pay so much or work soe long as if he haseight or ten. Again, there will be no loss in the collection and expen- diture of the money for the roads. The money or the labor will be applied to them directly, and without ‘‘ percentage” being paid to Assessors and Collectors. More- over, the money or the labor will be ap- plied for the benefit of the locality in which it is raised; and farmers all over the Is- land will not have to contribute to the maintenance of the roads of New Lendon, Port Hill, West River, and other settlements which may happen to have representatives in the Government. The new Act provides a remedy alike for the abuses of the old Statute Labor Act and the later Act of which Mr. W. D, Stewart dotted all the **i’s” and crossed all the ‘‘t’s.” Of course there are some weak points in it; but we hope these will be strengthened as it passes through the House.

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Another Reduction in Canadian Refined Sugars.

Messrs. Redpath & Sons have again reduced the prices of their refined sugars. They now offer Yellows at 6jc. to 7%c. per lb., which is 3c. below previous rates. Graaulated is also $c. off, being now offered at 8§c. Those who laid in big foreign stocks of sugar, on the strength of making from lc. to l4c. per lb. out of the starvation prices which the National Policy, it was said, would be sure to entail, must be catching it severely.

“Tue above is from the commercial columns of the Montreal !Gazette. Anti- Patriots will, of course, say that sugar can be obtained much cheaper in the United States. But sugar refiners are as well pro- tected there asin Canada; and when re- fineries shall have been established in Hal- ifax, St. John and other places, and com- petition is brisk, prices will fall still more. We can manufacture sugar here just as cheaply as it can be manufactured in the United States. If Montreal were now without her Redpath, would there be a re- duction in the prices of sugar? Nota bit ef it. She would be dependent upon the Yankees and the Scotch.

* Tux attention of the Patriot is directed to the following paragraph clipped from the Liverpool, N.S., Times :—

** Notwithstanding the duty on corn meal, it is now cheaper than ever. A week before

the a of the tariff bill it was retailing at $3.25. The price now is $2.95 per barrel.”

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Parliamentary Notes.

Hon. James McDonald has given notice of a bill to provide for the salary of a Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court of New Bruns- wick, and also respecting the salaries of the County Court Judges ef Prince Edward Island.

Hon. Mr. Tilley has given notice of a reso- lution setting forth the necessity of granting a sum not exceeding $15,000 per annum—a subsidy for submarine telegra) i system to and from Anticosti and Magdalen |slands,

Dr. Bergin’s bill respecting e.. loyment of children in mills and factories, p:. «des that they shall not be employed under certain ages, that they shall attend school durin certain hours, that they shall not be saaleseh at all in certain classes of manufacture, etc. It is not expected that the bill will pass this session, and the object is rather to attract public attention to the subject.

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Tax following are the proposed movements of His Excellency and Her Royal Highness up to the beginning of June: After the visit to Montreal the Vice-Regal party will proceed to os and from thence will go to Quebec. While at Quebec they will probably be joined = Grace the Duke of Argyle. No fur- ther arrangements have as yet been made, ex-

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PROVINGIAL LEGISLATURE,

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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

THE EXAMINER'S SUMMARY REPORT. Turspay, May 6. Ferenoon Nession.

Mr. Speaker in the chair.

Hon. Mr. Suttivan moved that the Act entitled ‘The Public Inquiries Act ae be read athird time. Act read a third time and passed.

Hon. Mr. Suntivan presented the Pro- vincial Treasurer's Accounts for the year ending Dec. 31, 1878. Ordered that they be referred to Committee on Public Ac- counts.

Adjourned for one hour.

Afternoon Sessiwn.

SECOND READING OF ‘‘ THE INDIGENT DEBT- ORS’ ACT.”

Mr. Speaker in the chair.

The Hon. the Arrornry.GeneErat briefly explained the provisions of the Act: Any person confined in prison can make applica- tion to the Judge, showing that he is un- able to pay and that the debt is a legitimate one. ‘This being established, the Judge will be empowered to release him, on cer- tain conditions. It will be necessary, also, to make an inquiry as to whether he has property or not ; and, if it be found that he acted fraudulently, no release can take

lace.

House then went into Committee on sec- ond reading of ‘‘ The Indigent Debtors’ Act.” Mr. Bentley in the chair. Havin been read clause by clause, aud the blanks filled up, Mr. Speaker took the chair, and the Bill passed its second reading.

The Speaker took the chair, the Bill was reported agreed to with certain amend- ments, ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Wednesday.

Hon.Mr. Feravuson presented the Report of the Public Works Department fer the past year ; also the Supervisors Returns for 1878, and their estimates fpr the current year.

Hon. Mr. Fercuson moved that the Public Roads Act be read a second time, and in doing so he teok occasion to explain its pro- visions. The new Act embodied several provisions that were contained in former Road Acts. The Act now in force provided that all the expenditure for the Road Ser- vice should come out of the Revenue, and this system had net worked satisfactorily. The Supervisors were invested with too much power,and the system led to jebbery, by persons combining at sales of roads. The result was that, while the expenditure was high, the roads were in a worse con- dition than formerly. He considered the principle upon which the old Statute Labor Act was based as being a correct one, for labor could be more easily obtained than money, and the labor would be supplement- by a vote of the House. But those who enacted the old law must have intended to strangle the system, when they required

four days labor to be performed in leu of

payment of 48 cents commutation money. The law was so loose however, that people

preferred to labor rather than pay, and he was not surprised that the system was not

found to work well. The Bill now before the House, provided that the time a man will be required te work will bear a fair proportion to the amount of money he will be asked to pay. Each man will be required either to pay 75 cents or work on the roads two days of nine hours each. The Act will render it obligatory that the required amount of labor shall be performed. The new law would be similar to that now in force in Ontario. While the old law gave overseers power to enforce people to per- form their Statute Labor, it did not oblige them to use this power. The consequence was that the Act was seldom or never enforced. But the new law contained one feature that would make it more effective than the old Act in this way. On the Ist of August, in each year, every overseer would be required to make a full and com- plete return te the Supervisor of the Dis- trict, who would be obliged to act on the information contained in said return, and enforce payment of all commutation money remaining unpaid. The Bill contained ample provisions to meet every case that might arise. It would be an improvement to the old Statute Laber Law. He believed that it would meet the views of the country, and be the means ef bringing the Road Service into an effective state.

Mr. Yeo had not the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the details of the new measure but he was astonished to find that the Government were going back to the old Statute Labor system. It was the general opinion of the House in 1877, that this system was working very unsatisfac- torily. The time of the people, while work- ing on the roads, would be lost, and the country would reap no benefit from it. Overseers will not compel people to work as they should. This was the case before, and it will be the same again. The present Road Act had given pretty genefal satis- faction. Underits provisions the roads had improved during the last two years, and they were never in as good a state as at present. The new bill was a retrograde movement, but he would not oppose giving the people the privilege of working or pay- ing. It was not fair to pay Supervisors an equal sum, for while some of them had three Townships to look after, others had only one. He expected that the burdens of the people would be lessened by the present Government, but under the new Act, they would, in most instances, be increased.

Mr. Prowse was in favor of a change from the old to the new system in 1877, and expressed views to this effect, which were also the views of a large portion of the people at that time. The then law was not giving satisfaction. Its provisions were evaded, and the work required was not per- formed. He believed the system introduced in 1877 to be the correct and proper one,

copt the visit to Toronto in September.

'but owing to mal-administration on the

the old aystem. No law can be successfully

‘carried out against the will of the people. The new law would contain provisions that ‘would enable those entrusted with carrying .i€ out to compel the people to- perform the ‘required amount of labor on the roads, and it should not be hastily condemned.

Mr. Ricuarps was glad to hear, than an end was about to be put to jobbery in con- nection with the road system. He was also glad to hear that a new-era in read making was about to dawn upon us, but he was afraid that the anticipations of the Govern- ment would not be realized. Considering the amount ef money that has been ex- pended on our roads under the present system, and the character ef the scil of the country, he thought the roads had been kept ina very fair state. Under the pre- sent system the $1 poll tax covered all. The Bill before the House would be no im- provement on the old Statute Labor Law.

Mr. MceMriu1an contended that the new system would levy a heavy tax, especially on the poor man, who, instead of having to pay $1.50, as befere, for poll tax and Land Assessment, would now have to pay $2.25 fer road tax alone. This was reducing taxation with a vengeance.

Mr. A. J. MacDonatp said that a great deal of money was uselessly spent on the roads in King’s County. Work was done on the Roads in October, when it did no good. He knew of settlements where the people had to voluntarily turn out them- selves and repair the roads.

Hon. Mr. ARsENAULT said that there was no improvement on the roads in his part of the country under the present law, on the contrary, the roads were worse than before,

8! and the people wanted to go back to the old

system. - Overseers should be paid if the resources of the country could afford it.

Mr. Far@uHARSON considered tne Road Act an important one, and one that should not be hurried through the House. Every man in the country had an interest in havy- ing good roads, even if they had to pay for it, either directly or indirectly. The present system had given fair satisfaction, and under it the roads were better than formerly. However, he was net opposed to giving the people the privilege of work- on the roads. The present Government was opposed tothe old Statute Labor System in 1877, and he was at a loss to understand why they should now go back to it. The measure now before the House favored the rich at the expense ef the poor. It was an oppressive measure, for under it, each farmer will have to pay an average of $2.00 instead of $1.00 as at present. The Super- visors were not paid too high at present,and the man who had the most work to do should receive the most pay. There would now be plenty of horses in the country under four years of age. It was unfair to tax the rich and poor alike.

House adjourned for one hour.

Wepnespay, May 7. | Forenoon Session.

Hon. Mr. Sunztivan moved the third reading of ‘‘ The Indigent Debtors’ Act.” Motion carried.

Hon. Mr. Fercuson moved the House into Committee of the Whole on ‘‘ The Public Roads and Bridges Act.” Mr. A. J. McDonald in the chair.

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Hawdon’s Record.

The following is a brief history and des- cription of-the man who Hanlan on Monday deteated :—Hawdon is a man 24 years of- age, is 5 feet 8 inches in height, and weighs 10 stone 6 lbs. He isa pitman by occupa- tion. His first race was rowed at the Tyne Regatta in 1876, when he won the»youths’ prize after only about a weeks training. He was then matched against H. Atkinson, of Elswick, whom he defeated on the 2nd of September following. His third victory was over Ralph Forster, of Hawdon, on October 28th im the same year. He was next matched to row J. R. Hymes, of Stockton, over a two mile course on the Tyne, and the race took place on March 5, 1878, when Hawdon won easily, as he also did a subsequent race with the same man on the 30th of the same month over a mile course. On April 15th following he de- feated R. Bagnal, of Ouseburn, in a match for £90, on the Tyne course. Aft the last Thames International Regatta he carried off the second-class sculls, defeating J. An- derson, of Hammersmith, by whom he had been beaten in 1877. On the 14th of Sep

tember he rowed Joseph Sadler on the Thames course for £100 a side, defeating him by four lenghts, and on the Ist of Oc- tober following he vanquished Joseph Can- non on the same ceurse, winning by eight lengths, in 22 min. 53 sec., Which was re- garded as remarkably good time. His last contest was on the 11th of November, when he defeated Lumsden on the Tyne course.

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A FEW minutes before 10 o'clock, on the morning of the 5th inst., the whole town of Stratford, Ontario, was shaken as if by the shock of an earthquake. Windows were blown in, and even the sidewalks upon which people were walking were shaken so as to cause the pedestrians to fall. The cause was soon made apparent. A car laden with dyna- mite exploded at the Grand Trunk freight yard. The wreck at the scene of the explosion beggars description. Under the dynamite car a hole several feet deep had been scooped out by the explosion. The end of the brick freight shed anda portion of ‘the roof were blown down, several frame buildings were lev- elled to the ground, and long strings of freight cars lying imthe yard were utterly wrecked. The business part of the town is nearly a mile from the scene of the explosion, but it shared in the disaster. Valuable plate

lass windows were blown in, frames pat all.

he damage done tu the property is estimated at many of thousands of achat but there is too much confusion to ascertain anything reliable at present. The railway employes working in the yard, Frank Lemaine dit Pige- on, of Montreal, and Thomas Dolan, of Strat- ford, were blown into fragments, the foot of one of them being 200 yards off. Other per- sons were injured, but the whole extent of the

disaster cannot be known for some time yet.

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[part of those entrusted with carrying it out, ! ithe people would much sooner, go back to

BY THE MAYOR.

N pursuance of an Act of the General As- | sembly of this Island, made and passed in the Kighteenth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘*An Act to In- corporate the Town of Charlottetown, and the several Acts in Amendment thereof,” I DO HEREBY GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE that an Election of

ONE COMMON COUNCILMAN,

to supply the vacancy in the office of Coun- ecillor for WARD NO. FOUR (4), in the said City,’ instead and place of Wrii1am W. SruMBLEs, jr., Esquire, will be held on

Monday, the 12th Day of May,

instant, in the said Ward, and at the place following, that is to say; At the Fire-Engine House, fronting on Kent Street (East); and at the said Election the Poll will be opened at NINE o'clock in the forenoon, and continue open till FIVE o’clock in the afternoon of the same day. .

DeEscrIPTion or WaRD—Ward Number Four

comprises all that part of Charlottetown which lies Seuth of Fitzroy and North of Grafton streets.

QvuaLiricaTion—An Act to amend an Act to Incorporate the Town of Charlottetown, (passed 18th April, 1877.)

Section 1. All the male inhabitants of the age of Twenty-one years and upwards, who

‘shall have resided in the said City for at least

one year then next preceding the day of such Election, and being British subjects, and such of whom shall actually, and within the Ward for which he shall vote, then be, and tor three months previously shall have been, actually and in his own right the Jona fide owner of the freehold of one whole Town Lot, Common Lot, Water Lot, or the Lona fide owner of a piece of ground of the yearly va'ue of Thirty Dol- lars, or the bona fide owner of the free- hold of a Dwelling Jlouse, part of a Dwelling House, Store, Warehouse, Uffice or Shop, of the yearly value of Thirty Dollars; or whoshall be inthe tenancy or oceupany of Town Lot, Common Lot, Water Lot, or piece of Ground, Dwelling tiouse, part of a Dwelling Hiouse, Shop, or Warehouse, of the annua rent of Thirty Dollars, payable quarterly, half. yearly, or yearly ; and-no other person shall be entitled to vote at sail Election for such Mayor and Councillors ; provided that every partner whose share of the rent amounts to Thirty Dollars annually, shall be entitled to vote; and provided further, that every such male person of age, aforesaid, and being a non-resident of said city, shall be doing busi- ness in, and be in actual occupation of, busi- ness or other premises in the said City, and who shall be qualified to vote at such Elections under any of the several qualifications herein- before specified, shall be entitled to vote for such Mayor and Councillors, in the Ward in which the property on which he claims to vote shall he situate. °. W. E.. DAWSON,

Mayor. W. B. Morrison, City Clerk. : Ch’town, May 7th, 1879.

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TO PRINTERS |

EXECUTOR’S SALE.

7QXYE Subscriber has been instructed by the Executor of the Estate of the late Henry Coorer to Sell at Public Auction, cn

Tuesday, the 27th instant,

AT 11 O'CLOCK, A. M.,

the whole of the Printing Plant and Machinery belonging to the ?said Estate, consisting in part of —

1 Tuft’s Hand Press (28x30),

1 Half-Medium Universal Job Press,

1 Berry Jobber,

1 Five-horse Power Steam Engine & Boiler, 1 Paper Cutter (‘‘ Printer’s Favorite),

A large and varied assortment of Job Type, including many of the latest styles. Stands, Chases, Galleys, Composing Sticks,

&e., &e.

TERMS AT SALE.

WILLIAM DODD, Auct’r. Ch’town. May-7, 1879—wed fri pat t sale

. House to Let.

NE HALF that desirable Two-and-a-half

Stery Dwelling House situate on the eastern side of Upper Prince street, adjoining the grounds of the Hen. Jadge Hensley. Possession given immediately. Apply to

jE. R. BROW,

at Messrs, Hodgson & McLeod's, Water st. May 7—semi-w

Molasses, Molasses,

UST RECEIVED, 110 Puncheons Choice ey New Crop MOLASSES. Will be sold Cheap for cash or approved credit.

OWEN CONNOLLY & CO. Ch’town, May 7, 1879—3w eod

TEA AND SALE

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Fancy and Useful Articles |

HE Ladies of Zion Church intend

holding a Tea and Sale of Fancy and Useful Articles, in the Basement of their Church, on

WEDNESDAY, 14TH INST.,

IN AID OF THEIR BUILDING FUND,

The Sale will commence at 2 o'clock, p. m. Tea will be on the table at 6 o'clock. Admission, 10 cents ; Tea, 25 cents—Chil.- dren, half price. Mrs. A. STRONACH, President. May 6, 1879— ;

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the DAILY EX

Paper publishedin the Province

ER the Cheapest and most newsy }

Steam Navigation Co. Steamers MAY, 1879.

had FURTHER NOTICE the Steam. ers ** St, Lawrence” and * Prin. cess of Wales” will leave as under :—

NOVA SCOTIA.

From Charlottetown to Pictou, every MON. DAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY mornings, at five o'clock.

Returning from Pictou every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, on arrival of morning train from Halifax,

FOR CANADA AND UNITED STATES.

Leave Summerside for Pvint Du Chene EVERY DAY about 9a. m., on arrival of morning train from Charlottetown.

teturning te Summerside EVERY NOON, on arrival ef morning train from St. John,

By order, HALES,

. W. Charlottetown, May 6, 1879.

ALBION MINES,

PICTOU, N. S.

NLACK and ROUND COAL can now be obtained at the above mentioned. Mines,

For orders apply to

G. W. DeBLOIs, Sole Agent for P. E. Island. Office, No. 35 Water St., Ch’town. Cl’town, May 6, 1879.

Protect the Fisheries, —

.«., S favorable to the formation of a Fish and Game Seciety will meet at C. L. Strickland’s. Office SATURDAY evening next, at 74 o'clock, Charlottetown, May 6, 1879.

MAIL NOTICE.

AILS for Great Britain will hereafter be z closed at 10 o’clock, p. m., on THURS- DAY in each week, to be forwarded via Rimouski, and also on MONDAY, the 12th and 26th inst., at 4 o'clock, a. m., to be fcr- warded ria Halifax.

Mails to be forwarded ria Summerside and Shediac will be closed daily (Sundays except- ed) at 5 o’clock, a, m.

Mails to be forwarded via Pictou will be closed at 5 oclock, a.m, on MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and SATUR- DAY in each week.

Mails for all places west of Charlottetown will be closed daily at 5.30, a.m., to be for- warded by postal car to Summerside.

Mails for Georgetown and Souris East, also

for places on and served from those routes,

will be closed daily at 2 o'clock, p, m,

Post Office open from 8, a.m., till 8, p. m. A. A. MACDONALD,

Postmaster, — Post Otlice Charlottetown, | , May 6th, '1879.

Prince Edward Island Railway y NOTICE. :

N AND AFTER MONDAY NEXT, the 5th inst., and until further no-

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'| tice, a Special Train will run between Char-

lottetown and Summerside in connection with the Steamer to and from Point du Chene :—

LEAVE. ARRIVE.

Summerside. 9.00 am Ch’town . . ..9.00 p.m,

ALEX. MACNAB,

Supt. and Engineer. Railway Office, Ch’town, May 3, ’79. (pat pres her ar ne erie bie 4in)

A BARGAIN. |

‘‘ HALLET & DAVIES” Grand Square Pianoforte will be sold very low if

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quire at Mrs, HeEnprrson’s, near the Drill Shed.

Ch’town, May 3, 1879—lw

Eggs Wanted.

TILL BUYING.

Ch’town .. . .6.00,a.m. Summerside. 6.09 p.m.

H. COOMBS. Ch’town, May 3—pat ar ne

18 Children’s Carriages,

ANDED under old tariff, expected on first steamer.

ins in Tinware, out of job lets bought at auction—etfects late W. B. Allin.

H. COOMBS.

()* E SODA FOUNTAIN. Apply to H. COOMBS. May 3-—ar pat n e 3i

‘The Misses McPhee

we to inform the pe that..t have openeda MILLINERY, MANT AND DRESS-MAKING SHOP, on U: Great George Street, opposite Dominion House. 7 May 6, 1879.

SEED WHEAT.

WOR SALE, 150 of the CELE- BRATED CANAD FIFE WHEAT. OWEN CONNOLY & CO,

Ch’town, April 18. 1879—6w 3aw

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To Inventors and Mechanicg,

ATENTS and how to obtain them, aan et of 60 for postage. Address GILMORE, SMITH & ©0O., Solicitors of Patents, Washington, D.C,

free upon receipt of s

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