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JUB l"!!! —' m‘: ' Justin" 10th,‘ Canada's newest ooean pier skull which he sustained whanhs ' ll-l-boglntoaervs the Dominion’- fell from the steps of a moving

putts: oflParis, Francs, ls now at the office of B. Graham Rogers.‘ gummflllflfi, buying silver foa-

pelts.

AWUCI! BUBINEQB DONE-din; world. Besides the Prime wnisterutlon.

gun J. Morrison oi the Registry Office . guide, reports that his qffice is, very busy at this time and has been so for some months He says ‘but gum. properties are being pur- gbased and there is a. general up- gmid in business. More business has thFUWfll their olifice this ar than has been done for the gut four ycam-S

.-SPEAKS AT S'Sl'DE-R.ev. Peter lryce, D. D., Secretary of the Mis- sionary and maintenance Fund of h United Church of Canada, was the speaker at s. special meeting held in 'l‘rlnlty United Church, Bumrne side, on Friday evening the mi inst In a forceful an inspiring address, Rev. Dr. Bryce told ‘oi the work and responsibility of the Unit- ed Church, both in Canada and moughout the world. 0n his first quit to fiummerside and the Is- lnd, he paid tribute to the splen- did response made to every appeal and the continued support of me educational, social service and missionary activities of the! United Church of Canada. and es- pcially the effort m relieve reel distress in the dried-out areas oi the prairie provinces. ‘me meeting was presided cver by m. A. 8. Hadley who was assisted by Rev. I. B. luring, of Kensln-rton. Prism Glimmer-side, Rev. Dr Bryce goes to Charlottetown-S

Pres byterian Young People

Elect Officers i?“

roan; Peoples Club of Bum- de Presbyterian Ch ch held annual meeting recen ly and, Ils well attended. "f The following officers were ap-. more: Hon. Pres, Rev. C. J. St; Jeans; Pres" Mr. Ja-rdine; lati Vice Pres, Dr. macMur-do; d Vice Pres, Miss Ella Gay; Bec. hem. Mrs. Eric MadKay; Inaccu- lvs committee. m. Donald Baker Dd Miss If. Macrarlanm-S

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berths, to ‘l0 feet or more at the

Single line railway tracks run the

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nuns-ax. Doc. o-lwnsri Prem-’

13*“- ler Bennett figuratively messes the Poi-emu half an lisui- arisi- mid-

button It . B51111! on, December

, wlthths world, a tn 9°11 of Halifax will have iiirmalley

L-Wl-ll-lfl-tl added to its facilities one of the seven and eight o'clock, shortly

fi%structtues ulthekindinthe two of his cabinet coll-ensues. Hon.‘

in the 0'1"" Ema- Bumrl n u. Rhodes.‘ Minister oi Finance. in Portllill on Bunda ..

and. non. Duranleau, Minis- ter cflblarlne, are expected to take part in the proceedings in connec- tion with the opening of the pier. i

The Mayor of Halifax, E. J. Cragg, is also scheduled to speak briefly. J. L. Hetherington. Presl- dent of the Halifax Harbour Com-i mlssioners, who will preside, will introduce the speakers.

Completion of the new pier at Halifax marks the first expansion‘ 0f large. proportion-K. import equin- ment under the Harbor Oommls- slon form oi port admlnistration.| The new pier increases the accom-g modation for ocean vessels from l‘! to 21 berths. and is expected to prevent the inconvenience and de- lay in berthing of ships that have‘ been crrperlmced in the past few winters when diversion oi shipping from Montreal to Halifax has fol- lowed the annual freeze-up of the St. Lawrence.

The new Halifax port has ‘been named Pier "B". It i350 feet long. Intending into the har- mat right angfles to the shore, it affords berthing accommodation for four ships. the water varying in depth from a. minimum of 95 feet at low water at the two inner

unit is

outer end of the pier.

The pier ls 800 feet wide. The two main one-storey transit sheds, which parallel the docks, are each 1l00 feet long and 94.5 ieetwide. The imcovered dockside working area consists of a strip of the pier lflfcctwldctltcontirelan not each of the main transit ' eds.

h cf both strips, permitting of freight directly from ship to railway cars and" from oil's to vessels. Alt the daeowater cnddl‘ the pier il another one-storey cran- sit shed, with a floor area oi ‘l3 by B0 feat, connecting the two main sheds. The open dockside working area of this shed is 25 feet wide.

Ealfway down the main sheds are brick fireproof walls with wide

to’ accommodate vehicular traffic which may move freely

iron sheathing for walls, in which atotaloflfillitdocraaaeaet. al- lowing free passage of freight to and from the sheds the entire

Falls From Fa Cjioronerh-Jury

. Ray son of John Btronglnan died at his home in

night Saturday from a. fractured

train travelling at about 5 miles an hour on Friday night between

after the train left Northam sta-

inquest was held at his home be. fore Dr. E. T. ‘Danton, coroner and‘ the following Jury, John Gregg, foreman Robert Ramsay, Hardy Ramsay, Ernest Gregg. H. ll‘. Phil- lips, I'll-nest MacNevln and Rev. A. Hart Davies. After hearing the evidence oi Corp. Engles who had investigated the ‘tcr, on Satur-

An

day. the Jurv l ‘ ’ a verdict of

[accidental death from a fractured

skull.

Corp. hinglea stated that he had

]lnterviswed Conductor Hal Wan-elf,

who had seen the man go down the steps but ho was too late to stop him from falling from the train. l-‘le y also had interviewed one of the passengers, a Mr. Miller who was of

Receioed ‘In Train Proves tal To Port Hill Man

Finds Verdict Of Accidental Death.

the opinion that the young mm had slipped ofl as he was evidently waiting for the train to come to Port Hill station. ~

Dr. Champion who was on train told Corp. Ikigles of how he attended to the young nun when he was picked up on the track. Dr. Stewart's evidence was also submit- ted to the effect that the man had died of a fractured skull.

The evidence showed that the young man was standing on the stops of the train after it had left Ncrtharn, evidently waiting for it to arrive at Porthill where hs in- tended to alight. The train, which was travelling at 26 miles an hour, was irmnedlatel, stopped and back- ed up. when the young man was found lying on the track with a badly fractured skull. He was un- conscious. Dr. Champion did what he could for the injured man but he was oi’ the opinion that he could not recover. He was taken to his home and attended by Dr. J. A. Stewart of Tyne Valley. He did not regain consciousness. There was no evidence of foul play. The fun- eral will be held on ‘Tuesday-s

Idle Capital Accumulating In All M01" 1 ‘I Marts. H G0 OBLI- GATIONS HAVE SOAHED FASTER THAN A’! ANY TIMI IN HISTORY-CONSOLE NEAR ALL-TIME PEAK

“e-st no tirlno in the history cf ant- lsh finance has there been a rise

|in British government obligations

comparable w that of recent years," say A. E._Ames a 00., Limited. in their December Investment Letter, dealing with the world-wide accum- ulation of capital. British 2 1-2 per

. in the principal

ulatlve securities although increas- ing attention is being directed to the latter.

Furthermore these declining re-

turns on invested capital are a.

phenomenon to be observed in prac- tlcally all countries-even in those commonly regarded as economical- ly depresed. The descent, of course. has been more abrupt in some countries than in others, and ‘has arpplied more particularly to the flexible open-mark * rates than to the more er less fixed rates chars ‘ by institution in accord~ ance with the risk invo ved.

In brief, idle funds "up to ‘the recent past have had little oppor- tunity ior productive employment and they have been accumulating mon v markets

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Reply Made To Critic-l ism Before P ro b e Commission.

(C. P. By Guardian- Slioolal Wire) OTTAWA, Dec. 8—After remain? ing silent for weeks while charge after charge was levelled against than. chain stores sprang to their own defence before the rnallliflfll- Jory mass buying commission. In a 46.000-wcrd submission, the Can- adian Chain Store Association de- fended the chain system and re- counted the beneflts it has be- stowed 0n the public at large. Summarizing the brief, J. G. Johnston. Secretary of the Associ- ation submitted the following: l.Therc is every evidence the chain store system has conferred ,great benefits on the consumer in the form of lower prices through Llowwed distribution costs and in ‘fresher, newer and hlghefquallty goods. 2. The chain store system has not been operated to the detriment

of producers and manufacturers. . Mm (m) Al“, Mwnem and was

Insofar as the loss leader can be equitably controlled by law, the members of the Canadian Chain Store Assfv‘"‘ion approve of its el- Jmlndtlon “Bin merchandising in fall its branches in Canada. s. We have admitted it would be in the public interest to increase Jrages and our members will co- ioperate in movements in that dir- iection. Our members pay higher wages than are paid to employees in other branches of merchandising. We also will assist insofar as is possible in shortening the hours of work in rnerchentlh estaulishrnents. 4. We have shown that in all re- spects the competent independent retailer is able, under present con- ditions, to compete with the chain stores. l 5. The chain stores do not injure small communities. On the con-

cent. C035 1B 1d b0 15th‘. o m muovem r 1mm! 311° FY9581!!! 1-! 8108-56!‘ ‘h!!! trary, chain stains have enhanced

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lsnzthoifallwallsJrherccfiscf wood planking, covered with c-pl!

tarred and gravelled. the roof installed

iugnl pump forces sea water in

willnoanles.

Electric llditlng supplies 191.000 candle-power of illumination for nght wort which samba ca-rrbd OI! within the sheds and along the docks as conveniently as in dI-W light. m the 40.000 feet of wlro conduits there are 90.000 feet of wiring.

eretn s inches thick. gently Ilvflinl towards docks provide drain!!! when required.

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crets roadway has been laid tbaflength of the area from ths| land-end of the pier. antenna Nah died" halfwiy dowil

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at Bl 8-4. about ten point higher than the price two weeks before and the highest price in nearly thirty years. Since 19W Conaols have risen from low levels plumb- ed onLv at the time of the Napol- i conic Wars and the Great War to high levels reached only in the long’ depression of the 90a. Accompany-- ing the Amos Letter is a chart the price of British 0on- aols for a. period of 200 years. which provides a long-term view of the course of British interest rates. The letter point-s out that marked strength in the demand for hhhest- grade securities has characterised the month of November in bwh Great Britain and the United‘ States. Similarly in Canada the prices of high-grade bonds have ro- flocted these conditions abroad end a sustained interest in cur-r bonds and shares has also been in

nos.

Month by month the accumula- tion of capital and. hind- ered in its search for profitable omlployms ‘ by international bar-

riers and reduced in ‘ ' it seeks an outlet principally in the public securities of those countries

which offer the greatest stability. libr over two years this process ha continued and virtually all classes of open-market money rates and interest yields have been fall- - in in Canada and oral, abort-tam rI-tba more rapidly than long-

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abroadlhgan- absence of have been change rates.

term ra because of the meclal q; banks and buainem cor- omlntry is notations for slaort-term lnvest- in work out its obtainable in some cases, with a. considerable from grlmmobllgations have natur- ineaaun of auocoal- aomowhat faster

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at anytime in hhtory. ‘rhess fun . representing in large part the savings held by financial institu- tions or the aurplm of ind corporations, halve been largely in- vested in government securities and have assisted in meeting the burdens of government finance. A mentor measure of international and national stability is probably sccssary to draw them Main in

iflcant amounts into active use but the low interest return they are now earning will, it is reasonable to suppose, slowly induce their more productive employment. Business re cover-y and growth in markets n86- sssariry s financing for the replacement and expansion of in- dustrial Plants. fiquipment and ln- vantoriea.

The mdltional response in the economic organization to an abundance of capital and low rates is‘..- yinbusincssandnew en financed by borrowing!- This is a slow process and. will!!! there are encouraging evidences that it is now at work. it is also obvious. in the painfully slow increase in industrial bond financing and in

bfllk borrowing. that there is no near prospect o! the bmlneas recovery now in pros!" reversing quickly the existing level of low ln ‘world

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trade and finance and the assurance of stable ex- and consequently of in? ‘icnal lending. are setting barriers within which each presently endeavourlnk own destiny-and,

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interest rates. The impasse w,“

ler- cities and larger towns in which the-e operate in Canada.

6. Chain stores have not exploit- ed the public bv exacting ‘ returns on the ennital invested.

'1. Anv lewisletion which this commission inn-v ‘eel disposed to recommend and anv law which parliament or leoislature may cre- at- will not inlure the chain store system of this country if that law is designed to deal eoultalblv with the consumer, the man and woman primarily concerned. It is curbe- lief that a law which keeps as the paramount consideration the right oi the consumer to benefit from the most efficient means of ulst. will enable the chain store system to survive and it will not be neces- sary for any independent merchant who is competent or any producer or manufacturer who had a legit- imate manket to M out of business because of the chain.

Price ape-cad Narrowed

In recent years, coincident with the growth of chain stores the epreadjetween producer and con- sumer has been narrowed. John- ston said at the start of his brief. ‘We e t» demonstrate the narrowing of this soread. which has been of ' ‘ lable advantage to the consumer, has been accom- plished without unfairness to either producer or manufacturer or to those other branches oi retail trade which have kept abreast of the progress in the science of dls trfbrutlon."

He hoped to demonstrate also, Johnston continued “that advance-

Oanada has been of great benefit to the consumer. has been of ad- vantage to workers in mercantile es- tablishments. that the manufac- lturer and the producer have nol -heen injured and that other mer- ichants have every reasonable‘ - chance to make success of their owl! ' enterprises."

Legislation could be drafted. Johnston said. which would hamper the chain store system. "Laws d be passed which would give the eflclsnt retail merchant great advantage over his chain compet- itors and which would enable the inefficient independent merchant to survive for a. time in spite of his ilnrfllciencied. But it is submitted

with all respect that any legislation which is not economically sound,

which d th - justification for the chain store Ive- out “Lnlganoflle odewnvtoaqetuczner-tuniovmflmoflaerhltlflcfliifllflflflWw aQgmdlQ-rlv were» are the result. n! exists."

the commercial importance of smal- 3°

ment of the chain store system oi cost

Allaerton- County C o u r t

Judge lnman presided at the Al- berton County Court last week. Bev- eral minor cases were disposed M at the 09mins of the Court.

The case of Alfred Ukion vs. Ronald MacKenna an action for 88.00 fw goods sold and fklivnrcd. The defendant claimed a set of! as to part 0f plaintiffs claim. ‘The claim and co ‘ claim consisted cc several disputed items. Judgment was given to plaintiff for $10.16

and costs. J lhn J. Finnin Octave Blan- chard. This is an etion for $100.

for money loaned. The defendant admits that he got the money but claims its was his daughter's nroney. held in trust by plaintiff and

given over to the defendant for his

daughter. The case was triad in

October last and adjourned to the

December court for further dence. Judgment was reserved to the drummer-side sittings on De- cember dist-G

Travellers Aid D i s c a s s e d A t WC. T. U.Meeting

Tne w. C. T. U. meeting this month was held at the home of

a most interesting one. l Mrs. Maynard Schunnan pre- sided. ‘ 1 The devotional period was_con- Mus. Archie Bhafl- M75- read a. most interesting ‘Ibmperance. A duet bl! ng Hinton and Mrs. Dcmlas Gordon was very much appreciated. Mrs. George Pickering EH8 B inmost interesting report of the WW ‘ens had acconlilll-Shed as e repre- sentative of the Travellers Aid. [which is a branch of the W. C. rT. U. work. Mrs. Pickett“! W55 ‘upper ted as Travellers Aid repre- sentative for the town oi’ - ‘side in september and has been the means oi assisting strangers com.- ing to the town and also findinS our. particulars of situations and other information for young people to the large cities. Little ls known of the work o! the Travellers Aid on Prince Ed- ward island. There are fvflesemfl‘ tives at Charlottetown. Alberton.‘ Sourls. is “‘ and ‘ ‘ | side. It is an honorary .- ‘W011 but demands a good deal of the representatives time. The duties of the Travellers Aid are to meet new yesldents in a com-

To meet sir-sneer: comics w the town and also to assist 900916 wh° are not well and have to travel to look after their comfort.

The Aid welcomes any enquiries .for service. The meeting closed {with prlyer.—G

are certain to fail" ates, the chain store system reduces the cost to the consumer." John- ston continued. "It has (miter-red m untold benefit on the consum- ers, wage camera. Hfllfiflfld P801110 and eve else who ls directly and indirectly helped from any soy-- ings he can make in his weekly ox- penditures."

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m addition to the pecuniary N!‘ edits, there were the benefits of freshness in foodstuffs, latest style!‘ Ind Widest varieties and “£110 6N1!!!

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the growth of the chain store idea. 1n every nus u} which it opor- a,

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store system wcoaupllshad this without inluring the vgefivw m“ without mlurlng an! e W“ arm-chant who is up to bll 50b?‘

1t was the (Meet cf chain stares. Johnston said. to move goods to the consumer at the lowest Pflilble . Chain stores have resulted in the following:

l.'l7he saving to the 11H“ l‘ the fact that wholesaling #0011509 have been reduced and passed to the consumer.

{The alwirlg to the 11111915111 the fact that retailers who compete with chain stores have brought

bold earacutod asrlaa of air raids. The manoeuvres showed that was well with