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1r

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Opportunities

- ‘w also various lsltilltla

‘y the blpe hooks

I. My report. I think, will 1110* of file \\'est Indies

he amount of what they

buy. ,"re they buy they $5 their stuff. be great bulk of West Indies proitlcts that comeflgp Calriarla is molasses, sun

pane l)

Ilttwtt '

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w .

IIIIIIEET IIEIBIIE

Liberal Party Record

in this Province is a history of

Itaxes. They seem to Iiave no other

veryltvay ul iticreasitig the revenue. ax=<

“out by fixing the people. I ven- ture f0 say that at least 90 per cent of the Tax Acts of this Province

it and where nave been put on the statute books’

‘by the Liberals. ‘The Leader wbe other night unguage abotit

of the Imposition. . used very strong this Governtnent.

_.He said the report of the Govern» vll ollllls-illlll llle Blllll-Yllrdfi

‘l-conditions have changed since Con-I The history of the Liberal party

ran onmcrmro

. n. politicians has roflledthoin-ol.

need any gigantic ont- but it will need the expendi- of certain aunts whlqi must ven trugrudginsly and prudent-

.1;

have not enough noun-and the 1 Intention la, where an we going

not in 1 than: the illfllant Gov- lay. ernnient ls lust as able and just ll turo willing to go to Ottawa and D1186"! be gi our claims for additional subsidy Iy, as any Government heretofore. I was particularly pleased with the business-like stand taken by thei Premier dn this matter. He struck the right note when he said

ass

"The Port of Halifax is being starved, while Portland and other American cities are growing rich tllayhand prosperous out oi Canadian wheat grown by Canadian farmers federation, and that new arrange-on (ja-pndinp soil, During (b; merits must be made.» The Fathers mun“; o1 November 24,000,000 of __onlederatiti-u in 1873 had lfbushals ofk, d to m of a prosperous and prograa- urqjg» Br MarltimajrovincesqTho hath“, 1mg“. dea thaLafter fifty” s we ‘g ‘

no‘ i ye would be strangled to death, as “on;

d from the Llui States

heat were ajpppo ftpfi and ot" t fimouut _ 8.000.000 b ' a weretabont their’ heights of lpellng. This

WN GUARDIAN

tlon of tho British proionnoo to goods entering through Canadian ports. (AI-Such understanding and re- adjustment of the tariff as will e ble their industries to prosper. ‘Milli; these ihhlls they take the stand that they must be allowed to pursue their own destiny freed of the Canadian flacal policy as en? acted by the Federal Government. ‘that, In effect, is the extent of their meaning when they talk secession. They do not intend leaving‘ the British. Illre, ‘ lBusineot stagnation has brought

lean be appreciated when it is nll- Iderstood that there are as many

has happened. Things have chang- ed since that day. We then hatl pulp-building going on here and in \'ova Scotia. Today steel ships

‘ e taken the place 0|’ the wood- are

natives of the three ‘Maritime Pro- vinces resident ln the New Eng-

"fho people of the Maritime Pro- ivinlles have good grounds for rc- sentntent In this ‘tnatter. They have a legitimate grievance thata pledge dllllilf lllllelllllll)’ by Palllllllllllll llllll and daughters literally forced ottt. Iettdorsetl by the electorate twellty-Iin order ,to secure opportunities tm

vluces. These people are the sous

land States as there are in the Pro- ' '

\

CHAMPIQNF

Fififgt

“APRIL 1'7,

is Canadian-made r." ya better spark plug that i8 " an ~ outstanding tribute F0 , Canadian workmanshtp-

and manufacturing ability .

'l

‘ml.

ar. cm,‘ toffee-and I him; it’ , g of rum. Tut-re are - ties of a union greats. lkmodwnCllnllblvflPlllll¢lll wmhwwlu"

I Hlvlllll lll N0“ 5'10"“ all ill?!’ "emne years ago has been treated earn their Ilviogs. These facts are‘

sprin ;tnt=nt was nnlair and dishonest. ‘m: it will‘

possl

trade this t-ountrv. .

take i! little to work it np and it is tnrery much bigger question than lW-‘qtnagine. Itrmy opinion if sho d never be a party question.‘ It is a). Cstiunfior the biggest men in Cu i. irrespective of Iiarty. In llllilifll _

i tI _ land that [antlers have been called under this new Fetter» nl trol i for‘ Ipglwhich willt-tist about‘; .0oo,u 0 ‘or 310.000.1100. l ltuve v Ilflllbiu whether any tent tier is received, unless it for n ‘my large amount 0t motley

It la ‘fa trutle. or us con teltit- ~ baa“. imagine. Th-

Itoyn " I rs go down there and t!‘ ‘Zhltllir-lidy 0f nbnnt azliutlpqv ‘y a;- for . carrying llll‘ Iltltllsmqjgifigjrpvedllree DilHNPllgtt ships jbd on; ~ ‘reight nillp. .\.I

_, _;-a ship n week in; the I-Zastt-rn uronp, and n ship six; ety three weeks to tilt‘- Waste-i I. tin-tip. lit-stiles two (tillers uWIlt-li by a private coinputiy.

II the [line permitted I rulllu tell‘ you a iut nbou; tht- tiifiereui Islands. us they ltnnre<sed me. but I will leave that and gu on lu other I-Iutlenl. .\ly_ report will cover many details that ca-Jnut be rent-h- ed in a Budget speech.

I will say this that tn mtblicltv‘

received, whether shod human-II

r otherwise, has I-atised mt.- to re- consider a certaiirmatter. i said last ‘year that I Intended to guoui of politics at the end ut‘ this term.

I51

i

will use a about the l. say.

iew adjectives non‘ Iberal party. and I will without fear of contradiction that i1 you want an example .o pure, unadulterated hypocrisy, you need only turn to the conduct oi .he late Bell Government. I ant ‘llTDFlStHl that Ibe hon. tnembers m the other side OI the House mould spend time defending. tlinl Iovernment. when the people mow their history, what they pro» mised before they got into power and what they did when they got n.’ As one Int-tuber of that Go.‘- arnment said. they "taxed every- lling tangible and intangible-Fund I, they ever get into power again zhe people may expect a repetition )' the same thing, because they Jon‘t appear to have any capacity to get money in any other way. I have this opinion, that

u-ople of this cuu-utry want n auditions-like Government. I do tlul believe party politics have very tnut-II to do with matters here. Above all things they want a Gov- zrnment that will do what they say, and not practice any deception. '.-\|)pl;tllii€.| 'l‘liis littli» nltttfer ul llspute about sinking funds»- it ‘nay make very little tiiffertence Int: Wily; but it makes n whole lot If difference the other wtty. our friends tried to prove that it didn't affect the iinntices m‘ the ProvIm-e. I grant you flint; but it was just as illegal us if you put your lnlnd I“ my pocket untl took out my

the

.n this Province. \ve bad lots ol-‘with contempt by Government af-lanegled w by members or the dole-l mitannfaciurles turning out our YB-lter Government. It lies within LhEIgQfiQIL ‘ Iuirettitaitts —»fttrnitttre, iactories..power o1 parliament to remedy that} Jllllltiflfifi. wagon sboptmattd plailfsflgfleyance and Io keep faith atthisI ;Ior making nearly all the agriculqlmo day with the people 0i’ C

Iiural implements required. We had dag’ ‘a population of nearly 100.000.; {Since that time, as the Preinierl {pointed out, our factories have-gm,“ 11ml i5 spreading throng industries have

‘zone West. our roung people are

a s s. I .\IcKenna, .\I.L.A., King‘sl MlWICotinty. .\'.B., was the first speak- er. He said that. while this dele- gation was not here to preach se- lllli t-ession, the burst of applause ll lllwhich had greeted a speech of great malty lllilllllllg Delllllfl ill UP" Mayroi- Murphy, of Halifax, earlier died out, and our ,per and Western Canada. I could in me d,” Md CIGarIY deynonfltru‘. leaving ll-‘l- NW" Swill‘ l“ lllslnlwte many other articles fllollsllle ed thdt there was such stuff In the the same, only they have Iiuturnl ‘tame line, all recogniziilitg that the Mafitimeg. ' resources where we have "Ollfi- Maritinies have valid claims be». "Thig dfllegfl[ion dgprecgrggIplk The truly source of faxes in lhllfgallfla we have not bud the some‘); secessiolyh" said “l; Mcgenna‘ ~'°lllllll’ l3 ll"? “Pmfli- "l? Wwllwsticcess out of Cotiietleratlolt. q)"; I; is my, m say Io me men“; lllillllfilll "W llillllmlflli “"4 ‘M71’ New is the statement 0f U"? beret preset?!‘ that there is a blaze ire tilled Ill mveh MW i8 "WY calljusneial Matiuger Ol llle Ililllll "l there whluh can be stamped out, stand- And till! GOWHIIWQM llilNovn Sroiiu, In a recent report! but w-Iiiclt if given sufficient nir no intention whatever of increas-g may some (lay turn Into a I‘ no the "X" "P0" W!‘ PWPW- "I am -not tinmlndiul oi the fnoflpirpg- ' ‘ ll l“ l“ "l" l‘°""°' l" °“" 9e°pl°illlill "let"? Mllllllm" Prllvlllcell-wllll II’ these frtule conditions cottltl,‘ that lies the ionmlutioti uf our stlv-pvlilt-II our Bank is proud to be so...“ b‘, flowed’ H“. dflegmps “hump was as a country. If our Ill-WIllB llltflt-Itiaely nasuclltletl. Iiuve not ellll-IY there could be no hard feeling if? llrllllilelilllfi W“ llllf" ‘l lll"l"lll“""'l*,ed their full shun: oi tlllll (lilV9l0D"‘vve slly to you we will take fht-l Pulllllfyi lllll ll Ill"! ill" l-lllrllpllellllllfilli. The reulllllln l0!‘ llllll Bill" irectltnn to form our own fiscal. down with heavy titxt-s tin-y bil-

‘itlllrllllvely slow srowtll. which flrvipunt-y, and trade tithe-re we Cull,

Wlllv lllllvlllltilllPll~ llllll lllffi)’ Wllllnow the subject ot‘ public tiiat-un-Igr-Uw and "W," Wlllll l" l4" "WW" w“ "allllm “l':=ll0ll. (‘lllllllll- l"? lllllelild ill") ‘here-l lLWtlI-I Imlnfetl out by speakers 1'0"] l" l9! llllllll Ii"- Tllll l-‘Plll llluodflllll that these provinces do lIeIrtI-nhm flesppe me mcumpurubpt 3a,“; of our Islutitl is leaving, though wemm. cprwm dlsugmnes wIm-h are-rinses m. [he Maritime’; mosupru‘. ll"? lllllllllll “m” lllll’ l“ l4?‘ ‘hell’ not lllleltlllllfily abbreviated llY ill‘ vinces were about the otlly pitrtufl llackl l“ -\"°""l Semi“ ‘he “lmmlml Fell! Ol (‘llllllllll- ‘lllll are m“ allrl‘ the British Empire not to progress‘ l-"l llle llllllle- ll l" Sllllel-l lllal "l"? butuble either to lack of natural In [he p“, 50 years‘ i ll" "lore lllllrlllm“ Pimple l" [hp-resources 0r l0 lllPll (ll llllllilllve. 'l‘lto ilfm tnentbers oi the delegzt-u lcllllwlll Slum" ma“ l“ ‘he Mmlllln lllt! Illll‘! 0i lllll IWODlE-lleelllll l0 tiou cheered the sentiment t0 IIuI me to admit of no doubt. It is gum and cheered agum when] kl Jincltulny, of St. John, declared! Ithatt while the Mnritimes did null

J. l‘).

That shows. t0 my mind.

l

l . l l l'flll‘l(li

time Provinces. Anti It is said thutl there are over half a million (‘uti-imgyfly Important [Imp I" bflngl-gg _,\_ lllin question before the llPllDlll "l

$509,099 gpqyl; pings were made h“ 70"‘-

Remember

A new set of Champions every 10,000 mile

will restore power, speed and acceleration and" quickly save their cost in less gas and oil usedr Champion Spark Plug Company of Canada. Umlwd '

W‘ 1 , Ontario

utliutis in New‘ York City. Canada. the subject should be dis-

wunt to be driven from (foniederm

Maritime Sentiment fussed Wm‘ due regard m (he m. feresIf-l oi‘ the Whole wlllllrfvi 39"" bud not been mentioned mire Int tionnl difficulties will be overcome. many [Imesy

not by any province playing n lone‘

pocket knife or n ten ilullttr bill; becntise that money was to bt- tit-- Imslted there for the tlcbeilttirt- holders. It was trust money, no- . llllll: tnorecr less. and they used ' his Trust Money to reduce tne nook balance against them.

The excuse given by one mem- ber was that they made money out of it. If if was justifiable to make znolley by doing an Irregular at-l a lot of us would get along very eas- ily. II‘ you met a man and knock- led him down and took Ills Illonay. lillil you toltl His Ilonor tiext day In the polite cottrt. "Well, I nestl- It l8! ‘d the Inoueyf- how mui-II sy-Ippn-

t! I 11m spared and have my health on will find me in the game again. Alli llllgo i the game I am com lng hack. t nugbter and up- plause.)

tion yet the ugly word secession

I

I have been gathering sonic trllp-i pings from Upper Canadian news-l papers regarding the situation inynamd, bu! by recognizing that w». the Maritime Provinces. They snylflre each a pa" of a great whole “What earthly good is being dong ills lfllll 11'1""! Sece-“filllll i“ '"*=""~and that. in this country vi wn- by talking secession? Isn't it time: "19""? bl" l belle“? ll a Plebls‘ flictlng interests, there must he a we cite were taken on the question inycenam amount of gh-e- and my“. “no the ,\iaritime Provinces today thesej“ m‘, settlement of proyjnqial‘ people wnuld- get a shock. We quemiomk on m,“ bugs don't want to get out of Conieder-ldemaxlds are just. ation. but they are pushing us out.‘ We must he loyal to our families‘ and our homes. Our ancestors left‘ the Old Country, not because they didn't love the nld land ,but he-_ catise they wanted to live andvi prosper. We have Secession nouq, —nnr young men are going every‘ Our share. as a Province, of the III.“ w‘. weye (renew, [he day across the line info-a foreign cost of the railways of Calnatla is h . 7' , uvefiinking minis in that “luv; |g.|(,n-,Ic0ttntry. Isn't that Secession? This nearly $KII.IIO0.0IIO. Figure Ii out. ca: if] “,‘,’,e",§,§'e,.‘"f('}:g°1,,§,'{",he,.li eeninnnk we wqnlfl m. Mk.’ H, "guy's a matter that Is of very much and find the total cost oi the rail- are people m the Maritime PM»

fillld l1)‘ lhe ODIKlsition. but Iwottltl Iur Imittis s!) well i-II tut- Iuture. lm"! lmPf-"lilllle l0 "ill Pl‘°Vl"°°r“‘llyt-= in Canada.’ There are mttllyivinces ‘vhose ancestors are in“

like to have heard a little ntoru.‘ ‘ .than the small. quibbllng questionsintlicr ways in which webave been as luyal u,‘ his and who aremmlb

Constructive crllitlsnt and u linlr- 35°"! Wllflllel‘ W° i" Ell/mi "Wlvlllltrillllllllll l” "°"‘e‘l°""‘°“fiug serioltisl ‘of Secessiotr not

less petty fault finding, I; we gglfld‘ Asylum inmates too much tea orffake in 1912 wlliein they éOOrIUZOI‘ ma‘ they wany‘ w but because they

get a few. more su estions Iorthe not. ITIIOJIIIO square Ill cs of t e llll er- __ ' _ , .

llfllelllllent of mattgeflrs it would be I l will ‘wow {mm m” "rmmluyland o‘ Canada.“ of “Vhlch we "w" llircflalkitggfiouz-O-haztimcgmlg ‘lg

var! much more in orderthan a ‘Globe of I-‘t-brtiary, 1923: a part. and divided it hetwoenmw parting Mime way‘. AM I

lot of In; Billiryqgqage ‘copying we ltltivber; Ontario and dlflllllfillllmbelipve‘ if our Mamme nlenmers‘ . have been hearlng=—that is about 00ll~ Our proportion of that would he '

zamounted to] (Applause)

HAM Pie

Dependable for Every Engine A Canadian-made Product‘

llil-

To this Premier King replied»-

I don't think I need refer to any W079 5811?“. I think the speet-he op this side In that respect hav been quite a suiiiuient answer to all we have had from those on the opposite side. What I propose to speak of will be remembered by u snod many here tonight. but tbt» younger people will not retnemIr-i- it. and l am going to speak fur u while for their information. the business. of course. of the Op- thy Wllllld vou get? ilfisllion l0 criticise the (Iuvern- It woultbaffect our stall mom. It is the Government's Imsi- a Pr ness to delend what they llziveleretl done. That is quite proper; Ih no objection to a lot that has b

gether? What are you going to y secede from and where are you‘ and If going to go‘! What

can, I feel sure, count on receiving fair play from the other provinces of Canada."

to operate your Goveruineiit. . wer those questions first. Seces- sion talk is simply lack 0f an ap- preciation of Canadian patriotism.‘ There isn't a- sensible Canadian. IlIi-nking of secession."

Provincial Claims

The. Rogers Hardware ‘Gilt: Distributors A A‘

ding as ovmce It’ the financiers discov-

- - _ I w have finished talking some ior- u IIeIIt-Iitriitl result. lll the citles_in.—lt makes us consider very url~ clgller will ‘jump’ tho Whnle Imm- uiltirbl Sllt'll‘t'lllrlst lllltl ileetitformetllotfsly; what tlabotit‘ the ftzttgezrflia’ ,_ i. -- -- ~ w not a sllllllllitl mores no\*-‘cottnr.as sat,swr A challenge m the opp°"t'°" g1? IFIZHZ.I.‘T,,‘FQ,E;3,L-L_mlylxfi ersgils] llrzttlc. (‘tlllllilii was today. There yis 11o ‘place more deslrahlt mm aguph Wm] m": ya," snurfflg m" lu~ suiti, our of thc leatlltig nations to live in. We have no slumli "l fieaweed? De we make any m. of the world in export and her have no millionaires; We 118W l-lll 19mm u, meal [he Cry-mg .1196“ {m- sltlntllilg in the family of tiations most fertile soil perhaps in Clll- lflgh)‘ potash. iodine‘ pug; I 1115"]; wits due to the balance oi trade Ill nda, and the very best people ll "ammo," of “g do m“ pgfllizgthafllKfi‘ favor. In I910 she had been the whole world; and we have all are Qmainubh-iexporting to till t-tnmtrieswand to- asset which we do not value bo- du_\ ulltl was extiorting to 108 ifOllll- cause it is so common-our utter- tries. The water oi the Island is ‘worth “'l‘urltittg to the activities of the Inilliotit-l. and we don't value‘lt till t-ounnert-ial ititelllgetice branch. he we are without it. I discovered said that 23 trade commissioners that on my visit to tho West Illdltl- were luvuted in tiifferent, parts of ls it not worth while, than, for Ill the wuirlil and the oIllt-e at Ottawa to drop this party talk, and I" was equipped to furnish Informu- united, fighting as one man fptill!"

If my hon. friends are sincere in their criticism, why do they not oppose specific items of expendi- Iture when it comes to a discussion of the Estimates? Let them “wt-t "The Maritime Provinces , _ . .tt the hcgintiiiu-z. There is a I-er-itentl that they have not obtained-over 7.000 square miles. and whojfifldwlpglfirgcg‘; met Ht€hlr;p$rl:'_1sut'h commodities taiu amount voted fnr the udmiuis- their fair share of the benefits rifles" tell what the value of than.“ (lfgvenlnwnl all‘)? Dwme e! mélfrom fish waste and seaweed. How nation m Justice. Why don't they Confederation. It maybe thatllereiwill he in mineral wealth land oth- qvliruzm] m" 0;“ n’; Ontaljm andlmany or us, and even flshermeti, “on that .1 certain ‘amount be again geography stwllds in tbtgerwigey‘ jduell)?‘ ‘ym aha ("you Pm reflsweireallze that our shirt buttons are ‘struck out. if it is wrong? ls there way; but as we did not allow 0ur-‘ _ _ 4 _ Ifflénd: i) the‘ West rm“ in r .8 Ilrodtlt-ed from the humble fresh one item in that whole expenditure selves to be conquered by geflttlfl“ one ‘ll "l" lllggesl clalm“ l" llldlmo H‘ i“ y m M‘. ‘fine n"; water clam? These nuti runny like last year that was wrong? will phy in our Western progress ive-‘Wt’ llld _ll0l benefit b)" llllf illlllleculowlll‘ eheile Laxmzvegmgngoalhrog hltluestlons seem ridirultitis in a‘ WWW")? Intent)’ years, until I911. "w" l" a"! ml‘ We"? ll "I W‘ "um" l" “plmmch ‘he Nlafillmeluvelalilfina“. they h“? 1m (‘tiller towns ln "corn Scull: and I Imlielcounlry like Calwdu‘ ‘m; “yam of ‘Andllnfthose twenty yup; ‘hertwill expect you to object, and to problem With the same cnuraglfilllfilllh ll! Cdll-ldil- The“ ll ll" ‘.3’ ‘ ‘ knowledge clln only be discovered

_ _ . . __ , _ . . _ _ , - r t1 ‘I m‘ III discussed our situation with peo- I _ I ._ l . . ~ g , Wt "Qgevge": naéhanyca? m whlch "f": lltltgftieieygfilkltltailgnvrlloilt llqrllfrfdllfltllfinlll fill: tlxvlellesrglrlly ltlIesy-llzlltpdllthyia cllwcorltfzrvalltilvexlimrtltgs ca: Die in all walks of life, and ltlby ‘wemml’ mm l 0mm“ ‘l’ ll‘? “ml “bmll llillllllllllllle! 0f tlade In rights‘! This must be 0M . II one year u one * ' -* ‘ ‘ ' ' l

_ f d y 1 I m; r p_ 1| m... any part of the world. ‘have come to ‘tho time when all" lhcylbad a dpflclt o.’ $198,000. They [he “lllle ‘WY- advice to tell them to rely tlpollflld°lll ll illllllc)!’ "l": he?! Hilts ‘w: wllllld llllrlllllle Y0". llle 5ellflllfllfilllléln an}?! a ,,,,“}‘,'.f,,§ 13M "HO-l.- lII-l "He pointed out that tho export- nnderstahdingof the whole tnalltl‘ A; dd" 9; about $153? thentselves and develop their own-Cillidi. llll 5 9° "ii ° 3

_ ieelln-g. in people whose ancestor-sin. . - -I - I er must be propnretl to tukt- a long at the Conlodoratfon pact mutt!» F‘ - m-wnh- - ‘I-egoim-eq YB"! we cannot stotllM-‘llllllm P"°Vl"°" "lllillY wllhh’ llenemm°ns ha“ “'9” Brim“Itllgelltitllltslgefi nfllusrllll: ‘ll-Oh?’ 'flll-..\‘ll‘\l' and not consider that anus-st arrived -'s’t.~--Wo must start anew; ‘Misha?’ [here “we might no; have made other parts of the Dominion. to the core. The situation l8 itet- ranks 1n h", trade “pm-hwy. me ,I0st if one transaction went bad. we must-lreacli a new settlement-

. ' ~u Ie - _ '

Iilltifizlytlgljflpvermne-at came inm llllcll glalllylllg Pmgflws “we've” WW6 ‘ lter ol Agrit-tilture should strike

llllR very serious indeed. In‘ we head 0y m“. p-mhum... AdJHe expressed the opinion that the that is, if canada is going to l1‘ II‘ we had been compelled to rely ymlmeso" Uovemnmn. m, out. The header of the Opposi-

‘ - . - It I , . mI II II _ - I _‘ -, ‘formation (ll export t-litba ln the mam Canada and prosper ll

upon our own unaided emu.“ we gratnspolixataootz. allot ‘Alftiugililpilmlolfyl, ns rn on “e may .l~t"l Iii-airless should‘ (Loud-upplause»

have betteflted by Confederation. l‘ ' ' tmtlned In power from I912 tilllllml l“ "ohlleret bl" Pelllill‘! lll” about '1:".9. m 1901. the nuit-rui-Delllllr l-"illler will“ W" "fl-

metltotls nlnd eillciettcy :tit-.tilcnfetl"l"ll‘l?lllfi lllllPl-‘l liil lllll‘ tllllllllllllllll ' ‘ - - ' lent In II‘ nit u I(llI it mfftlr . . I ti h ‘l Ul er lllfo his Department, and lllllll_tll..“l)llll v ‘ itnd we lshoultlyogi-ylelattefaizehglafigllilggiajxgngsnngg‘£23?‘ airing" 50p“. let us hope we will ‘ntiitlrtl tarelub,lllllltlllllllldlllg between the pto- The _ v ‘ o ottr ess r . . _ 1 _ __