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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1933

ave W-glay For Wor

British Budget ls Delivered By

Chamberlain

Any Change Of Policy Would Stultify Ourselves In Eyes Of World Says Chancellor. Budgets

or A Surplusgf 1,291,000 Lbs.

rays of light through the gloom. The House breathed easier as they learned the Budget changes mean an estimated reduction in taxation

George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Writer) wupoN, April 25-(Canadian press Cable)—The British taxpayer (m! another financial ycar with l (ightellfld belt. mere was obvious disappoint- geni in the packed House of Com- mon; as Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the Exchequer, in a two-hour speech today . presented. the British Budget and dismissed up suggested costs in the income bx rates. The only income tax concession lhe chancellor made was to return w the old system of payment in lqual instalments in January and July, Since Chancellor Philip iinowdens famous economy budget oi 193i the taxpayer has had to meet three-quarters of his payment in January. ‘ But the Chancellor

pound at $4.04 in Canada).

And the members cheered as Mr. Chamberlain announced a cut oi a penny a pint iu the bccr tax. In a full year it means a loss of £14,- 900,000 ($65,560,000) It was the chief concession of the day. There are minor concessions and various duty increases, chief of which is imposition of a tax of a penny a. gallon on imported heavy oils, es- timated to yield £2,000,000.

The Budget also cuts the imposts on arrears of death duties and on company capital, increases taxation of heavy motor vehicfcs, raises the

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M A Canada Wealthy ll Bliliiil

cast some

(slmcial to The Guardian) MONTREAL, Que, April 25.-

of £l4,433,000 ($63,500,000 with the

REACTION STRIKESCAN lwlllils

Canadian Dollar Quot- ed At 87 In New York. Downturn In Wheat Futures.

(By The Canadian Press)'

Reacti-n from a week of rising prices set in on Canadian markets Tuesday, but the picture was not ‘without its bright spots.

Wheat at Winnipeg closed two cents a bushel lower and stocks af- fected by the draggincss in Wall “Street showed a long row of net ,losses on the Toronto and Mont- real exchange boards.

On the Toronto-Standard Min- ing Exchange, however, oil shares advanced in heavy buying. On the Toronto Stock Exchange issues los- ing ground, holding steady and gaining in price were evenly divid- ed. - On all markets the recessions ef- ;effected were not big enough to ‘ make any appreciable change from the high levels reached over booming period. Another cheerful factor was the falling off in vol- ume of sales as stocks tended downward. -

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In Minerals HM R I] E ll

Bl‘. JOl-iZbFS, Nfld, April 25-—(C. ill-A secret formula for maturing liquor rapidly and cheaply is claim- ld by Continental Distillerlcs com- Wly limited in seeking permission imm the Legislature to open a Flint in St. John's for the manu- iicturc of whiskey, rum and light vines. _

Negotiations have reached the W? where it is proposed to sub- "l! to the Newfoundland assembly “Dilation ¢onfirming an agree- ment under which the company Mid be permitted to establish op-

ns. nvplospcctus states that ad- huce sales have already contract-

hl Drocosi, the company's pro- lllris will be enabled to undersell “W o.’ English and Canadian dis- gieerles both in America and Eur-

Tlie closely-guarded formula, ac- "m": to the company, makes it mnecewiry to mature liquor ovcr ‘PM of years.

ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS, ETC

l _i_______ i Ill ior the full capacity output of "it proposed plant. 1t is iurthcr, illlmed that, by Yneans of the ag- , ‘

That French Canadians are pro-d

ioundly religious and that Canada

is extraordinarily wealthy in min- ‘E v I n E N c E I N crals were two outstanding imprcs- l, i

sions got by Jean Pllchon, of Cha- '

lon-Sur-Saonc, France,

lplc iravcl all over the world, in- ‘stead of merely all over France. Of all the places he has visited, Spain. Africa, British West Indies, Aus- tralia, Panama and the United istates, none impressed him more ,iavornbly than Canada, he said. ‘Canadas gold mines in particular ,intcrested him, for, as he puts it. flgold means more in France. The ‘French peasant regards 801d n5 the

Robie Farris Faces Charge 0f Murder- ing Mrs. Jessie M a h a; r. i Daughter Gives Evidence.

only stable riches," Canadian No- tional Railways equipment, especi- lnlly the "unit cars" interested the lvisitor. He compdrcd the latter to the "Michclines" of France.

(Canadian Press)

KENTVIL-LE, N. S., April 25.-The Crown rested its case against Robie Farris lntc today after ten witnesses had testified against, the Watervilie N. S., mun on the opening day of his trial on a charge of murdering Mrs. Jessie Mahar.

Dramatic evidence was given by 10-year-old Beatrice Mahar, dangli- tcr of the dead woman, who told of events leading up to her mother's death at their Waterville home on January 25.

"There he is over there," said the daughter, pointing to Farris in the

DMMMiWmE s llylzv

graduate I engineer, who is visiting Montreal. Plichon thinks modern French peo- l I .,_.__

(Canadian Press) MONTREAL, April 25.—Provlncial Government expenditures will be $27,742,701 less in 1933-34 than last year, according to an ann- uncernent by the Canadian Chamber oi Com- merce who havc conducted a Do- minion-wide survey. All the provinces but Prince Ed-

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‘Jlllnounofmtllll are lmue-rlfiil in m column at 8 cents per word

7 Plrable in advance.

hggflrden Line Club loading hogs, ‘ml- calves Albany, Wednesday, 2°")- 9042-4-24-31.

“TYHY River Club loading

dcalves May 2nd. After- isl Your stock. 9014-4-26-11.

u W? qflclmeslins of the Strathcona hook fcle will be held in Hazel- ,“ School Thursday, April 27th

°°'°°k- 9054-4-25-21.

ll '3": one and only social even- lhe weak at the e. 1. s. Auction game, specialties, Island's I Orchestra. 9078-li IO _"_1 5 widow le without protection "9 should be a law com- a"! married man ti? carfry ' "l! protec on or msfmiliv new n small cost with lfe. .1. Azllloore, Manager- April as-ai. -

education and health. Quebec an-

increase are set. out as follows: '

ernment expenditures reduced $1,-

cral, education, lands, and Provin- cial Secretary. ‘

cut, 171,4 per cent for 1088-34.

$2,146,628 by general writing down of all departments, heaviest ‘shown in

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ward Island and Nova Scotia have cut their total fiscal committments, but Nova Scotias increase of $3,000 is regarded negligible. Prince Ed- ward Isiand, on the other hand, while dropping many publlcworks, finds that it must spend more for

nounced it expects a surplus of $02,- 214.82.

By provinces, the Budget cuts and British f‘ ‘ Gov-

964078 for 1933-34 in the Depart- ment of Agriculture, Attorney-Gen-

Alberta-Oontrollable expenditures

Saskatchewan - Expenditures cut

she dragged Farris away, the young girl recounted. Then she "bumped his head on the floor. He was lying with his throat cut on the arrival of the coroner.

home just a few minutes before, ac- cording to Emerson Pelton, who was in the house at the time. Farris and Mrs. Mahar had gone into the front room togethe , Peiton declared. He was not aware of any ill-feeling be- tween them. -

fbre Mr. Justice R. H. Graham was to the effect that the deep wound in Mrs. Mshai-‘s chest could not have been self-inflicted. One of the doctors took the stand, Dr. h. 0. Bethune, coroner, declared that as he dreued the wound on Farris‘ neck, he had said "I didn't make a very good Job of it, did I doc? That is, if I did it}? He told of or- dering the priscneruoommitment

prisoner's dock as she told of hear- ing a scream and rushing into a front room to find Mrs. Mahar slumped inst the wall, a knife in her chest. Farris, she said, faced her mother with his hand on her chest,

Mrs. Mahar fell to the floor as

Farris had come to the Mahar

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toaninsano asylum five you-sage.

Reduction Of

(By R. K. Carnegie, Canadian Press Staff writer)

WASHINGTON, April 25—Great possibilities present themselves for a trade agreement between Canada. and the United States, which would be of reciprocal benefit to the two countries, and at the same time would not in any way clash with the Imperial Conference trade treaties signed in Ottawa last sum- mer. This view was expressed by Premier R. B. Bennett in press in- terviews hero today.

The Prime Minister met a large group of Washington and visiting newspaper-men and women in the Canadian Legation this afternoon. The first question launched was whether the Ottawa Conference agreements would interfere with reaching a trade agreement be- tween Canada and the United States. He replied that he did not

Canadian Prime Minister Enters Into Negotiations Great Possibilities Exist For Trade

Agreement Between The Two Neighboring Countries -

Will Be Greater.

Wheat Acreage

Bennett Will Br oadlcas t

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, April {ZS-Can- ada will have an opportunity of hearing Prime Minister R. ‘B. Bennett tell something of the progress o! his discus- sions with President Roose- velt in Washington when he goes on. the air Friday even- lng’ next from 6.15 to 8.30 r. M. ' Eastern Standard

lime. Mr. Bennett will speak over a. United States net-

work and his remarks will be picked up in Montreal by a. coast-to-crlist network pro- vided by the Canadian Radio " ’ “ Colmnlseiou.

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(Canadian Press) OTTAWA, April, 25.-Radlo again was the spark to the political gun- powder in the House of Commons I today. It took two hours to pass a [Government resolution authorizing ( the purchase by the Canadian Ra- dio Broadcasting Commission of the radio plant of the Canadian Nation- al Railways. Stations at Vancouver, Ottawa and Moncton, N. B. and studios at Halifax and Montreal were involved._ The price was $50,- 000. Uproar greeted the charge made by P. F. Casgrain, (Lib, Charlevoix- Saguenay), that the Government was discriminating against the Can- adian National in favor of the Can-

‘ adian Pacific Railway Company by taking away from the former its broadcasting facilities and leaving those of the Canadian Pacific un- disturbed. He expressed the belief that the entire transaction was de- signed to prejudice the position o!

Partisan Criticism

On Radio Question Proves A Boomerang

Bad Break By Liberal Member Reveals Political Nature Of Criticism Against Government On Purchase Of C. N. R. Radio Stations.

the Canadian National and asked if it was the intention of the Govern- ment to take over the Canadian Po.- ciiic and all other privately owned stations.

Sir George Perley asked Mr. Cas- grain to state where the Canadian Pacific stations were located. He did not know, Mr. Casgrain replied, but he understood they had stations.

Dr. Raymond Morand, (Cons, Es- sex East), who was chairman of the Parliamentary Radio Committee a year ago when the Radio National- ization Plan was initialcd, told the House" that the Canadian Pacific had no broadcasting stations and had none when the committee was sitting last year.

The remarks of Mr. Casgrain had been made, Dr. Morand declared. "for no other purpose but for politi- cal capital." It was an indication he said, that the Opposition intend-

usmnimnu

Dominion Notes Will

anon can? Pnosruni

ARE_§EEN

Glover Crop Prospects "Partioularlgr Prom- ising; Says Dr. J. A. Clark. ‘

Good crop conditions in Prince Edward Island this year are pre- dicted by Dr. J. A. Clark, superin- tendent of the Experimental Station. Dr, Clark bases his prediction on the favorable prospect of a late spring season. The clover crop particularly he believes will be much better than for a number of years past. Crocuses are already out at the Experimental Station.

The Station has had ‘good. success in hatching Barred Plymouth Rock chickens. Over 1.100 are now out, and not one chick has been lost since hatching. The chickens are all from pedigreed stock, several hundred of them being from regis- tcred stock.

Ilast year the Station put in 260 pallets, chickens, without culling, and these birds averaged 216 eggs.

Fresh

frm: WEATHER

"will. mostly southerly; cloudy and mild with showers.-

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[Associated Press) WASIHINGION, April

ship Prme Minister Ramsay Mac- Dona‘d and President Franklin Roosevelt today discussed thor- oughly the vcxaticnu problem oil Great Britain's War Debt in the United States and then announced that "the basis oi a dear under- standing of the situation“ had been reached.

A statement issued jointly to- night by the heads of the two nat- ions said the debt conversations would ccntinue in London and in Washfiigion, after Mr. MacDon- ald's departure, and emphasized that the day's discussion was to be regarded as "only preliminary ex- ploration."

Meanwhile. Mr. Roosevelt made ready for a continuation of his talks with Edouard Herriot. emis- sary of France, with a growing

PAYMENT t N Gilli)

Not Be Redeemable In Gold For A Per- iod Of One Year.

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, April 25.-The question of gold figured briefly in the House of Commons today when Hon. E. N. Rhodes, Minister of Finance, tabled the Order-in-Council of April lil by which redemption of Dominion notes in gold is suspended for the period oi one year from that date, unless the ordcr is rescinded bciorc that date. _

v Mr. Rhodes tabled the order in accordance with his promise to the House when the question came up yesterday. -

On March 30, last, the Bill to amend the Dominion Notes Act was given Royal assent. This Bill sub- stltutcs for sub-section three of sec- tion four of the Dominion Notes Act, the following:

"(ID Dominion notcs shall be re- deemable in gold on presentation at branch offices established, or at

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Canadian Ships JoinInCelebration

(Canadian Press)

ST. GEORGES, Bermuda, April zt-Ships of the British West Ind- ies squadron, and the Canadian des- troyers Baguenay and Champlain, participated in the annual St. George's Day celebration here.

This ancient town, the capital of Bermuda before the seat of Gov- eminent was moved to Hamilton, presented a gala appea ...-.... as its citizens recalled the stirring deeds of generations of their forbeara.

Governor Sir ‘Thomas Astley Cu- bitt reviewed the troops, including the "Fighting Fifth" from H. M. s. Dauntless, later the Mayor of the town tendered a banquet in honor of the brilliant company.

The company presented a hand- some silver clock, surmounted with the dragon of St. George, to the

town of 8t. George's.

No Remuneration

Saskatchewan; Montreal, General Manager of the Banque Oanadienne Natlonale; and Leonor S. Toree, New York, Presi-

Railway.

Will Be Accepted

(Canadian Press)

\

OTTAWA, April 25.—No remun- eration will be accepted by members of the Royal Commission which in- quired into the railway situation of Canada apart from actual out-of- pocket expenses, it was announced today. The Government will tender members of the commission a for- mal expression of appreciation and gratitude for their service's.

In addition to Justice Duff the‘ seven members of the commission included Lord Ashfield, Eng; Sir Joseph W. Flavelie, Bart- mon, Toronto; Dr. J. C. Webster, Shedlac, NB; Prof. Dr. W. C. Mur- ray, President of the University of Beaudry Lemon,

dent of the Delaware and Hudson

crlbing the amended section as above, states as follows:

commendation of the Minister of Finance and undcr the authority of

on Notes Act, be and it is hereby

London. less this order be sooner rescinded.

panion measure to the order passed more than a year ago and in effect ever since, prohibiting the export of gold except under license. The prac- tical eflect oi the new order has been in practice ever since the mn- bargo on gold exports, and it We! executed merely to regulate the pro- ceedings, the Minister explained-

banks with which arrangements are made for the redemption thereof as hereinafter provided. The Gover- nor-ln-Council may from time to time, and for such period or periods as he may deem desirable, suspend the operation of this sub-section."

The change in the sub-section is the addition of the second para- graph.

The prder-in-Council, after des-

Thercforc His Excellency the Gov- ernor General in Council, on the rc-

the said Act, is pleased to order that the operation of said sub-section three of section four of the Domin-

uspendcd for a period of one year rom the date hereof (April 10) un-

The Ordcr-in-Councll is a com-

pcssibility that the road to dis- armament may be smoothed by an

lanti-wai" 25--iwhicl1 the United Slates CHI-ml)’ and in a spirit of frlend-,

Annual Subscription Delivered $6.00 l‘! Mall Clllldl Illd U. S. A. $1.50

purl in would

consultatxc

join.

Prime Minister R. B. Bennett interested primarily in Canadian- [LIHGTLCQXI trade, wins’. zn-rcziue curtaliment and silver 1irnlinr-linn will scc Mr. Iooizsrvell iilill‘ll'l'(l\‘.'.

In both Britili nn:l Ai/‘xxcan quarters there was a lot-hug oi elation tonight at tli": outcome oi the negflialions and an cvideni view that their success has been even greater than that hoped for

In summarizing their study oi the debt problcm. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. MacDonald sail-l;

"During the day the Prilnc Illin- isier and the President haxr dis- cussed the problems ol tho debt of the British Government to the United States Gzvemment. Both have faced rcalites and the oh- ligatfons and ‘oath bslieve that a1 a result there is laid the basis of a‘

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News Briefs

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, April 25.—E. R. E. Chevrier, (Lib, Ottawa) w” w. day substituted for C. G. Power (Lib., Quebec South) on the Parliamentary Committee which will examine the amendments to the Pension Act.

AMHERST, N. S., April 25.- An ordcr for 1,700 pairs of mil- itary boots was placed today with the A. E. Wry Standard Cornllany by the Department of National Defence. Part of an order for 5,000 pairs, it will keep the Amherst plant in operation for two months. 1

WASHINGTON, April 25. — (A.P.) — The United States Rouse of Representatives ad- journed today after complct ,, debate on the St. Lawrence Waterway Power Right Resolu- tion. A motion to send the measure back to the Interstate Commerce C mmission will have to he disposed of tomorrow be- fore thc- final vote of the re- solution.

We ll Known St. John Business

(C.P.)-—Gcorgc McAvlty, ‘l9, Prcsi-l dent of T. McAvity and Sons, Lim- ited, well known in industrial circles of the Dominion, died at his home today after a week's illness from pneumonia.

Second last of six sons entrust- ed with the development of an in- dustry which has contributed to the mechanical equipment oi al- most all locomotive rolling stock on this continent and in other parts of the world, Mr. McAvity had a large part in the industrial development of Saint John and tho Maritime Provinces. In the field o! brass manufacturing, the firm of McAvity had Empire-wide recognition.

Kindly and sociable, Mr. McAvity enjoyed the friendship oi many persons prominent in public, com- mercial and industrial life. George McAvity frequently en- tertained distinguishld guests. He loved the outdors, finding perhaps

his greatest pleasure in fishing and golf. One of his closest friends was the late Sir Henry ‘rhornton.

Man Passes

i . i salnvr JOHN, N. B., April ae-l

lceBoundSteamer Is Released

(Canadian Press)

ST. JOHN'S, Nflzi, April ZG-Thu sealing steamer Beothic, jammed in the ice near Horse Island foa more than a month after she sall- cd north with the Ncivfoundland neel- W55 “Ported in open water today. She will require additional suppliesto continue killing seals, and the Government steamer Kw; 119W l5 Proceeding northward Btu meet her. Wireless reports toting indicated lihfiy would meet tonlghl 0r tomorrow. The Kyle loft sg John's last Saturday.

Meanwhile the Arctic lcc lhal formed a blockade along the ccasl during the V1053 “Deli has disnpq Feared, and ships have rcsumefl their schedules.