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CHARLOTT‘E'I‘UWN. CANADA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930

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Strong Request

master General for Re-Estab- Last Winter’s

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'l‘iie committee of the Charlotte- town Board of Trade appointed to ant forward a request for air mail to Charlottetown met yesterday af- ternoon and after conferring with Post oiiice Inspector Whear and Mr. R. H. Jenkins, M. P., sent forward e following wire to the F- tmaster r neral at Ottawa. It is understood hat Mr. Jenkins also wired Hon, Mr. inclair who is in Ottawa, to press e matter with the Minister:

"Hon- P. J. Veniot.

Postmaster General, Ottawa, Ont. "Winter railway and ferry schedule hicll became effective last week, rmlts a mail service to and from

Province assembled at Moncton at

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this Province so greatly inferior to that which Wu so happily provided by.c.lr last winter that a specialcom- mittee of’ '1‘ile Charlottetown Board of Trade was named on Saturday to immediately ursc the re-establish- merit of that splendid mail service. With air service all mall for this

10.10 a. m., including that arriving by Maritime Express eastbound. all C. P. R. mall arriving at St. John on early train. all United States mall leaving Boston by morning train. moat mail originating in New Bruns-

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NOUNCEMENTS. COMING a

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"Reserve ‘ihuredli- lieb. 1 u

I ion Valentina tea. "Buying Hogs, Sheep and Lambs t Remington every Thursday fore- oon. Alden Moose. ' ﬂﬂ-io-li-Montucstf.

"Whist and Dance in Webster's rner Hall. Tuesday, January 14th. _ 1007-1-14-11.

"Special meeting Ladies’ Auxili- ry Protestant Orphanage. Prince treet Room ‘hlesday afternoon at so. - g i084

"Borden Line Club loading h0g8. ' ha. calves at Albany, mureday, . Hound? to 8. l003-3i

"The Annual Meeting of the Mill- W Es: Circle wilhbe held in the erncn Hall on ‘mursday. January 6th. 7.30 P. M. 1068-1-14-21.

"Alpha Rcbehlh lodge meets may night at a r. M. Initiation. 1076.

"Club losdihl hose at Melville

‘"100. ihursday afternoon. Jan-

aiv 16th. mt with Stewart Bus. l074-l-l4-Il.

"The cake sales by the different hurches for_ the benefit oi the .P. E. - Hospital Aid. will start early in "New. lm-ll

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"Annual meeting of U!!! and ‘ dview shipping club will be held '- "in; Hall. Jan. lath at mo. n

my on Feb. 0th. W. _D. Ross,

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"'l‘hc Union District L. O. L. meets 3- ‘Thistle more Room, slam. at 1

-M-- on riicsday. January 14th. . iocr-i-ii-ai.

"Tho Arliiual liummagelalo o! I Salvation Army will be held on “mlY- Jtﬂllsry 38rd. Canvassing l “mmbtliu a-iaw days. 1002

Meeting o! the oi-

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Alli slain Potatoes arrived In

In Southern State, Reports Maj. f‘. C. Thompson. '

There has been giestgsatisfaotion with the "Garden of the Gulf brand" ofoertified seed potatoes in the Southern States this season. reports Major C. C. Thompson, local anag- er of the Scuthgate Produce Com- pany, who returned home lsst even- ing from a three weeks’ business vis- it to New York,‘ Virginia. Nortirand South Carolina. Georgia and Flor- ida. Major Thompson was in the Southern States when the last steam- er of Island potatoes arrived on the S. S. Cissy. The cargo arrived in splendid condition and the buyers were delighted with the qualltyrof the product.

The potato acreage this year in the Carolina-s. yirginla and Georgia. Major Thompson states. will be no greater than last year. with the ex- ceptionof Florida, which will show acousidcrable increase In the form- -cr States there have been several bank failures. which has affected the financial situation. The growers are just recovering from the results of the bad season of 1028 and the Cov- ernment iaieconlmondlﬂs I illlfml‘ lnent of acreage. In Florida. however. the Government recommendation has

’boen for an increase.

no recent clilnatlc changes notice- iblc here were very marked in the ‘Southern States. 118i" Thmim‘

tbeteniperatuie dropped Hid m hi!!! . ﬂ-Yhepotete mil-sci, due to a mil c: statistically warm mailer. h» bllnratherslullllhof latoﬂrbc ad-

Fc-l-rrnine Conditions fnT/l

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Probably the, most siolklnrlr. cri- gillill satiety womarucf Bonnets counta- val-as, ‘shown in pact»- graph here, whose aolres are always

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pijriis "limits-gar Premier ulolinl.

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MOMRIAL, Qua, Jan. 13.-1"ire costs Canada approximately a100,-

duce to Chambers and Boards throughout the country a competi- tion designed to lower this heavy charge on industry. Business bodies have been classified into four sections

Eire Costs The Dominion Hundred Million Yearly’

determined by population and s I shield will be awarded by the Cham- bcr in each section for the organisa- -tion showing the greatest reduction

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.W'y'ili.iI?ress for Resumption of I'll/infer Air Mail Serilice For ,C'h’Towlrl llulllllclllllcllllllsl BEING

ciusls MlItH, loss if LIFE

British Isles Swept By Gale Which Reached Velocity of 120 Miles An Hour. w

(Special to The Guardian) nolmon. Jan. ill-at least thirty- clght persons. including ‘WGDIZY-i-IIISG‘ men. the crew of a British naval tug ‘ lost their lives in a hurricane which swept Great Britain last night. The‘ wind reached a velocity of 120 miles‘ an hour at Eastbourne and more than 100 miles an hour a‘. other points. It subsided early today with as much suddenness as it had ap- peared earlier. Falling dreee were- nsponsible for most of the msilaitics on land and for widespread cutting of telephone and telegraph lines and interruption of railway a-udhighway traffic. London was almost isolated so Jar as wire communication with other largo centres was concerned.‘ ‘me Admiralty announced twenty- three lost their lives when the mcﬂsntclﬂh..~.ic_e_, a. qcaav north ofeiisbant mam. . .

(Special to The Guardian)

FAIRBANKS. ‘Aillkl. Jan. 13.— Capt. Pat Reid, Canadian flier andj his two passengers. Win. H. Hughes; and Jim Iiutohlnson, missing since. they tobk off s week sgo from herej for home. arrived in their big cabin plane safely yesterday. At Unalak- leet. Norton Sound. Maior H. C. Doclard radioed here from the trad»

i158 pest at Nulato. Confirmation of the reported

000.000 yearly. according to a state-g in fire loss. the most educational. merit issued today by the Chamber.‘ activity along fire prevention lines; of Commerce in'an effort to intrc-- and the most permanent structursli

‘ and protective fire improvements.

l Class one is for cities of more than 00.000 population. Class t between 16,000 and 50.000 and clas four, for

l towns of 5,000 and under.

Disastrous Fires In Manitoba Toums

(Special to The Guardian)

WINNIPEG. Man, Jan. lib-Fires in two Manitoba towns during the week end caused injury tonne fire.- marl: four other persona had g my. row escape from s burning hotel and property damage is estimated at more than $30,000.

Enforcement ‘ More Effective

lSing-lc Charge ‘ g Against Brokers

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EDMONTON, Alta... Jen. 13-A B10210 Oil/NR will be preferred g. Bllnst Isaac’ W. C. solloway and Harvey Mills, President and Vice. i-lesldent of Sollowsy Mills. Limited, when they appear in Clllﬂry police court Wednesday morning. It will be the common law “ of conspir- lna mother io do civil wrong u» divers citizens when the millionaire Dirt-hers in the Dominion wide stock brokerage house face Hovinclai Ma- Iiltrate J. Saunders. The Crown will ask for an adimlmment of eight ‘ days before the preliminary hearing ronimeiicosﬂrwo other names be-, sides these of Sollowqy and Mills asomentioncdintho bodyoftiib warrant. Harold Bcndrickson and L. Lhlsssonanddivcrsotlleraaswell

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safety 0f pilot‘ Reid and partywas received yesterday by Captain W. R. Maxwell, provincial air force director | in I wire from pilot Gifford Ewart- tmamwhoissthlrbanksssapar-

Holmi- in the serial hunt for the " mild!!! Illelsen. "Reid and party landed at Unalakleetthlsnoon o. x." wired Bwartnian." held up on account, of weather."

SleetStorms Take ‘Toll Of Death

ispocisi to The Guardian) CHICAGO, Jan. lb-Bllatsrds all sleet storms dealt death and house in eeItfI-l and western sections of the country today. The toll of death since the gau- “ll WWII belle last week monies to at least fifty and so In! were time in‘ traffic ae- piienta falls and similar mishaps he to icy streets and alilcwalss that tabulation was virtually m. (‘NIIMB- Tehsrspb and tele- llooe wine were down In many

J“ki'-colde_at_ weather _eve_r recorded in

i ten persons remained alive in village

and without the strength to commit

Quebec. fair ... ... ... iii-ll Halifax. cloudy ... ... ... .. 30-30 St. John. cloudy ... ... ... 28-28 Boston. cloudy ... ... .. 00-00 New York. fair ... ... ._. 40-40 ' Charlottetown az-ii

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Two Million Have Died of Starvation And As Many M o r e

Doomed To Die Be- fore June. I

(Special to The Guardian) _ PEIPING. Jan. izi-rivc million people have died of ctarvatlon in the central Shensl Province of China within the past ycar and 2.000.000 more are doomed to die before June. acwrding to Grover Clark. editor of the Pelping Leader. who has just re- turned irom the distressed district. Clark, who rnade on extensive in- vestlgation said that out of a popula- tion 01 6.000.000. two thirds of the number will have been wiped out by disease and lack of food within the next sis months. Five successive crops have failed in the province.

Thousands were frozen during the recent cold wave when the thermo- meter. reacbod 32 below are. the

silinsfﬁoviacesfﬁie that entire villages have been wiped out by cold and starvation." Cull/five or

after village that he visited. All the woodwork in houses had been burned as a last resource for heat. Clark says-that he saw thousands upon thousands of people slowly starving

suicide. Men and women begged him to take their children with him. Little food was obtained anywhere. and the people were eating grass in some districts, or anything else they could find. even dried elm leaves, s

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His tory

Monthly Meeting if

City

Council

Anti-Diphtheria Campaign Was Very Successful. Appreciableuc Increase In Number Of Pro-g hibition Cases Shown In Police i

Report.»

The regular monthly meeting of the City Council‘ was held last night in the Council Chambers with His Worship Mayor Yco in the chair, and all councillors present with one e'x- ception.

After the reading and confirmation of a number oi bills communications containing vows of thanks from the Prince Edward Island Publicity Bur- eau for co-operation in the bureau work and from the Board of Trade for repair work done to the Market Building were read. A

Dr. W- J. P. McMillan. City Health Officer, reported alx came of diph- theria since last meetinﬂonly one being reported this year. There was s total of twenty-six cases for last year. The campaign for immuniza- tion oi children against diphtheria has gone on very successfully. Child- ren in every school in.tho city have been lnnoculated. as well as 170 children under school age at s spe- cial clinic. It is intended to hold sn- other such in the near future. No trouble has been experienced by those who have been inoculated though 1000 have already received treatment. 1n answer to an inquiry as to wheth-

pound of which sold for ten coppers in the Wei lRiver district. Oiarkl outsiders the Shensi area one of the worst exam of famine conditions that have ever existed in China.

T7le~ Weather, etc‘

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MEDAL.

TORONTO. Jan. Hi-Maritime: Moderate winds, ill!‘ and a little colder.

Toronto. cloudy 40-04 Montreal, cloudy ... ... .... 30-36

High tide this morning at. 10.50 and tonight at 0M.

Sun rises this morning at 7.30 and sch this afternoon at 4.43.

Full moon ‘russdsy. Jan. 1e, is’!

Suaunsrside tide eighteen mliilitcs lam than Charlottetown.

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or children who have missed the first inoculation will be allowed to re- ceive treatment at the second. Dr. McMillan replied in the affirmative.

Mayor Yeo commended the treat- ment very highly-

Great satisfaction was expressed ivei" the Meat and Milk report rend by Dr. I. E- Croken, which showed a marked improvement over that, of December. It was remarked that dealers reported at the last meeting to have violated the milk by-law have been prosecuted.

Councillor Prowlle stated that the financial report would be ready if a meeting were called on 1'.‘ ‘ ‘ y, Jan. 22. Mayor Yeo stated that if

one time. Councillor roster corrob oratod this statement. _ "

Councillor Holman suggested. the! further investigation be carried on, ‘

ing source of electricity iavery ini- portant as electric stoves and oi.‘ f depend on this source.

The question was raised regardin: street lights which falledto give il- lumination. Chief Birtwisﬂe state! that but. one or two were reportei during the last month. A ‘careful in- spection was carried on nightly b! the ‘police patrol. Colmcillor roster

lmlnldiltlLV "Fﬂiﬁdtﬂd records! in the police memoranda in order tr check up on the rebate given by thr electric light comps-n, in the 088' of a. light being out 0f commission

Councillor Reardon reported fo the Board of Health.

A resolution was moved by Cour: cillor lbeardon. seconded by Ooun cillor Kennedy that Sergeant kad ley be appointed sanitary officer fc the ensuing year.

A resolution to r, ‘ ‘ Messrs. '1 M. McMillan and R P. Ibﬂyth city auditors was moved by Council

London Times Is Honoured

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new YORK. u. Y. Jan. l'-:-- special cable to the Times fro: bondon says. for the first time 5 the history of British heraldry tl rlghttobear scoot of arm; h: been conferred upon a newspsps‘ This distinction is ted ti Times s ' f‘ Lin!‘

it were suitable to all the councillors the annual meeting would be held on that date.

Councillor Foster for the street committee, reported that the ploughs are abroad on the sheets each mom- ing necessary. and that the com- mittee is doing everything possible to keep the streets in good condition. Mr. Abbot on the plough is doing admirable work.

Councillor McDougall for the Mar- ket Committee expressed great sat- isfaction over the repairs done to the Market Building. i-ic also referred to the resolution brought up later to ptrmit the Canadian Legion Band to practice in a room in the building.

Councillor Holman in delivering the police report commended the of- ficers. especially Officer Doyle. for their prompt action in the one cf breaking and erltieﬂng- Officer Doyle, though off duty. working on a “hunch? was largely responsible for the excellent work done in this note- worthy else.

Councillor Kennedy for tho Light Committee stated that be had look- ed into the aim. brought up at the last meeting. regarding the ne- cessity of another boiler at tn el- ectrio iisbtmaat. its some that m. llctec, the Superintendent, told him that but one boiler is ﬁled at a time. tile-second being iﬁd only in ease 0f Iiilflitiﬂt Bu! thereto! a mild wasunnecuoary- m twc

ed, publishers of the lnndon ‘time which hereafter may bear the we.‘ authorised by tbs Crown on seal shields or otherwise accordlm to tl.

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(Canadian Press)

HALIFAX. N. 5.. Jan. i8—'1\. Cunardcrs arrived here over ti: week end from England coming’ der aumices of tbs Canadian Ni tional Railways to land 300 passer.‘ gers and 2100 ions of cargo. The were the Scythla which came p: port Saturday from Liverpool ‘Ir. Belfast. and the Ascania whit‘

landed yesterday from Soutbhamli ton and Cberbourg. g his‘ passengers from the 1010,00. Saturday Iiilht by Canadian National train for the destinations and the ocean unlit".

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Mayor Yeo stated that an unfslli ‘

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