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ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY

On motion of Hon. Campbell, seconded by Hon. J. P. McIntyre it was resolved that the following address be sent to His Majesty the King and that a humble address be sent to the Ad-

“Y” Campaign Makes Progress Reports Show

$3624.70 of the $7000.00 object- ive was subscribed for, it was an-

ministrator of the Government re- questing him to have the same conveyed to His Majesty.

To The King's Most Excellent Majesty

Most Gracious Sovereign:

We, Your Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the Legislat- ive Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island. in Parlia- ment assembled, desire on behalf of ourselves and of the people whom we represent, to give ex-

riounced last night at the second report supper meeting of the sn- nual Y.M.C.A. financial cam- palgn.

Mr. W. E. Massey presided at the supper which was held incon- junction with the regular u-eekly meeting of the Y's Men's Club.

Hi; Worship Mayor P. W. Tur- ner occupied the chair during the presentation of campaign reports.

The team captained by MnGor- don McDonald was given a recog- nition prize for its work in yester- day's campaign. The previous night the Iii-Y Grads team head- ed by Mr. Clifford MacDonalciled the field.

Speakers included Dr. JA Clark, Major George Craig. Mr. W. E. Massey and Mr. Norville E. Luck. secretary of the local “Y".

Why it had been necessary to increase the objective thirty per cent this year over last year was explained by Mr. Massey, chair- man of the budget committee. The increased amount was to take care of a deficit. due to not reaching the 1936 objective and to extraor- dinary expenditure for building re- pairs. Of the $1100 spent on ren- ovating the "Y" building $600 had bcen made up by private subscrip- tions and the ecmainder would have to come from the proceeds of this year's campaign.

IN MEMORIAL!

MRS. MARGARET HANNAFORD

Funeral services for Mrs. Mar- agret (Boylan) Hanriafcrd, wife of Mr. Robert E. Hannaford, who died April 2nd, were held Tuesday morning from her home 172 Mid- dlebfy‘ Road with a. High Mass of Requiem at St. Brigid's Church, Lexington Center. Mass. st 9 o'clock. Burial was in West- view Cemetery. North Lexington.

Mrs. Hannaford was born in Dromore, P. E. I. Besides her 111$- band. she leaves to mourn. a daughter. Miss Marion I". Hanna- ford, of Lexington. Mass

ElFETH? IIOWATT-At the Prince Iikirward Island Hospital on April 15. I937. to Mr. and lvfra. Vernon T. How- stt. a son. WWW}? MARRIAGES 5 "TW W"? '“4"‘li—-“ CHANDLER-LARGE-At St. James‘ Church Manse by the Rev. Dr. R- Moorhead Iesflté. on April 1i 1937, Cora. Blanche Chandler daughter of the lain H. M. and lvlrs. Chandler, City. to Roy War- biuton Large. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Large, City. WlLiilAiilS-RICI-IARDSON -- At St. Paula Church, Charlottetown, on ‘Thursday. April 15th, Rev. HD. Raymond officiating. John Edwin Minnie

Williams to Constance Richardson, both of Charlotte-

MOUNTAIN--At Malpeque. April l5. 10:17. George Mountain. Fune-

prcssion of our unfailing loyalty to Your Majesty's Person and Throne.

The constancy and loyalty for which Your Majesty has been dis- tinguished during the reign of your worthy father and your close resemblance to him in almost cv- ery respect gives us every assur- ance that the high examples set forth by him will be closely ob- served and faithfully by Your (-1 Majesty. 9, In common with all your loving subjects throughout your vast Dominions. we look forward with glad nnticipations to the day ap- pointed for your coronation.

It is the fervent wish of this Legislative Assembly that Your Majesty may. by Divine Provi- dence. live long to rule over us, and that Her Gracious Majesty. Queen Elizabeth. may be spared for many ycars to share with you the happiness which we have ev- ery reason to hope and trust is in store for you as the ruler of the is greatest Empire the world has ever known.

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Bills were ‘passed providing re- tiring allowance of $500 each an- nually to Capt. Archibald Mac- Dougall and George B. Macbeod who have asked to retire from public service. The former is I sea. captain, and the latter a trea- sury clerk.

The House adjourned till 230 pm.

ha PUBLIC SERVICE ACT After recess. On motion of Premier Campbell. the House resumed committee with Mr. Stewart in the chair, on the Public Service Act.

On motion oi’ the promoter. Sec. 2 was amended to provide that the required period of service of s public servant should not neces-

Sec. 1'1 was amended to provide that the Lieutenant Governor may make regulations for the following purposes: (a) to provide a sched- ule of deductions to be made from the salaries of permanent and non-permanent public servants; (b) to establish from the deduc- tions so made a fund to be in- tended to provide for retiring ai- lowance: (c) for the administrat- ion of the fund so established. On motion of Mr. Baker. public health nurses and Prince of Wales College teachers were struck out of the list in “Schedule A" of perm- anent public servants.

The motion carried.

Premier Campbell: I don't think that that elimination will have any substantial effect. as the public health nurses and teachers of the College have been very generally recognized by both parties as not being subject to political discrim-

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ral notice later. , MORIARTY—In the City April 14. i 1037. Peter Moriarty: aged 80 lTs-i Relmins were forwarded from A.A. ‘ Hcnncssryvls humeral Home yester- dny afternoon by train to St. Mar- garvts‘.

MFLLIGAN - Al Everett. Mass. April 15th. 1037. Mrs. PatrickMul- iiean aged B4 years. Remains will arrive in Sumrncrside on Satur- dajr. Funeral Monday from the into residence of Nlr. Fidele Perry to Paul's Church.

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1n sad but loving memo y of our lcar husband and father. Mr. Piulcolm Mar-Lean who deported (his life on April 16th. 1033. Do not Mk us if wo miss him F01‘ there's such a vacant place For we can't forget his fnotstcpg Ami his loving smiling face, inserted by Wife and Family.

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FUNERAL NOTICE

The members of Knights nf Pvt-hiss will meet at Pythisn l-Isll at one-thirty today to attend the funeral of our late Brother Past Chancellor P. A. Farquhsr- son. '

By order. B. FRANK TINNEY .

Ordinary dress.

N. D. MacLean

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in A program cf an exceptionally entertaining nature was presented at a concert in St. Paul's Parish Hail last. night Under the auspices

oi (he Y M. C A. the concert (3 was for tllc Canoe Cove camp fund.

Each item on the program-was heartily applauded and ‘encored- So uniformly excellent were the numbers that to comment on any one without mentioning all would be unfair.

The following was the program. Novelty orchestra. Haystack Sam and his ilog Callers.

Song and Tap Dance "A Quarter to Nine", Mury Welsh. Vocal Solo. “The Laughter", Mrs A. H. Roper. Reading, "I Want a Bed", Mary Sinclair.

Tumbling, Y. M C A. hinior Girls.

Sketch "The Milky Way" Maddi- gan and Stanley Thompson.

Tap Duncc. “Old MacDonald", Pauline Wood.

Songs, Charles Earle.

Duct and Ballot "Raindrops". Annabelle Lauxson, Edith Whitiock and the following dancers, Marie Davis, Mary Welsh.

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Reading. "Saunders Mcfllsshanls P Courtship", Edna Gordon.

Skit “Grace 'n Allen" Peggy and Harry Porter.

Harmonica Contest.

Vocal Solo, "Tommy Lad", R. B. Metzler.

Dance "Irish Iiilt and Waits Tap". Miss Worthy'a Pupils, Joan Williams. Pauline Simmons, Mary Welsh. Marie Davis. Paula Arsen- ault. Myriam Netting and Gloria.

Accompanists. Mis: Lillian Earle, Miss Berna Huestis and Miss Gaudet. t

Director of dancing. Miss Leila

O . Worthy]

ing the provision to cover second- hand dealers travelling through the country.

was to prevent junk dealers from purchasing stolen goods and thus putting a premium on petty thefts.

objection to the bill. Second-hand dealers were very serviceable to country people who could not sf- ford to pay extortionate prices for new commodities from merchants.

ment. erything so that the poor man cannot exist at all.

junk dealer even if he sold some- thing to get a bite to eat. We are

ves. You can get some pretty good stuff at a, junk dealer's sometimes. You are not tightening up on the fellow who is able to buy the high class stufl. Why not tighten up

lastingly after the poor fellow who

Hon. Mr. Prowse said the pur- pose of the bill was to protect the purchaser against buying stolen goods. He fully approved of it. Hon. Mr. Allen referred to the theft of boots and other articles from merchants‘ stores, to be re- sold as second-hand goods. tection was necessary againstsuch practices.

Mr. MacPhee: "What protection would you have if you had your hat stolen in this Legislature? I

ing laws for some you ought to make them for all."

The bill. after further discussion was agreed to.

On motion of Premier Campbell the House went into corrrmlttce with Mr. Jones in the chair on an Act to provide for the imposition

sarily be continuous to qualifyhim of a t“ upon purchasers 0g 3850. as a permanent employee. mm Sec. 4 was amended to include

married women as well as public Sec. 1 defines "gasoline" as servants over 70 years of age in meaning “the product distilled the class of officials who may be from petroleum which, by com- retired at any time. bustion, develops the power re-

quired for operating motor vehic- les and which is intended for such use. It also means all other liq- uid products which although known under another name fulfil the same purpose by the means and for the same end, ex-

Sec. 3 provides that "from and after the passing of this Act every purchaser shall pay to the Prov-

Majesty, in the right of the Prov- charge or tax at the rate of ten

purchased or delivery of which is received by him."

sion.

the tax to: (1) fishermen upon gasoline bone. fide, purchased and used by them for furnishing pow-

them in fishing; (2) farmers upon gasoline bona flde used by them

f rm work; (3) persons purchas- ing gasoline in bulk for direct ex- port from the province upon so

ported by him; operators of stationary upon gasoline actually and bone. fide purchased and used by them

manufacturing or industrial pur- poses; (5) farmers, upon gasoline bona flde used by them in tract- ors, while in use on farm lands:

flde used by them vessels, used for commercial and fishing purposes only.

was in compliance with the Lib-

eys collected under the provisions of the Act shall form a. part of the consolidated revenue of the province, but a corresponding am- ount. shall be annually disbursed thercout in valley o! ityt-(a) s. sum sufficient to pro- vide the rebates mentioned in Sec- tion 5: (b) one-fifth of the hal- ancc to provide a special sinking fund for the retirement of bor- rowings to be made in respect of expenditures passing of this Act upon the hard- surfaclng of public highways in the province and or upon stand- ard subgrading and graveillng of highways preparatory thereto; (c) the balance or surplus to be ex- vcma V,“ pended in the and Beryl Mcuonam and repair of highways

section the bill was agreed to without amendment.

third time and passed: to amend an Act to Assess, levy and Collect Taxes on Income and Personal Prof‘ "Y: an Act to sm- Lafse- end the City of Charlottetown Tn- ooiporstion Act; an Act to auth- orize the issue of debentures by

to incorporate Mommial

ination. Ilbr that reason I did not

offer any objection to the motion. The motion to adopt the biilwas

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(Messrs. Hughes and Joneswho

had previously stated their oppos- ition to the measure, were not P11011101‘ then within the bar of the House.)

JUNK DEALERS ACT On motion of Hon. Mr. Allen

the House went into commit-tee

with Mr. Wright in the chair on

an Act respecting dealers in sec-

ond hand articles and junk. The

bill imposes an annual license fee

of $1.00 on second-hand dealers. r exclusive of dealers of secondhand cars or other vehicles of machin- ery or dealers in furniture. Each licensee must keep a record o! all articles bought or sold. Penalties {are provided Ior violation of the aw. '

0113'. Barbour objected to extend-

The promoter said the object’

Hon. J. A. Campbell took strong

think." he said, “we should use little common sense and judg- We are tightening up ev-

You are going penalize him for dealing with a

ssing legislation to suit oursel-

them, instead of being ever- not able to pay?"

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d that happen. If you are mak-

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elal Treasurer, for the use of Ills ce of Prince Edward Island. a

nts per gallon on all gasoline

It was carried without discus- Sec. 6 provides for a rebate of

for boats actually employed by

stationary engines for provid- g power for the performance of

uch thereof as is so directly ex- (4) owners and engines

such engines when operated for

) persons, upon gasoline buns in boats and The Premier explained that this

a1 election platform. Sec. 7 provides that “the mon-

the following prior-

incurrcd after the

building. upkeep. in the rovinco."

After some discussion on this

Third Readings

The following bills were read a An Act

he City of C" ‘rlottetovm; an Act Allister Murray

Murray River; an Act to amend the Crapaud Creamery Company Incorporation Act.

MB. J OUN MUSTARD

R!!!)llming the debate lvir. John Mustard, Third Kings, said there was no question that the Brewery loaned horses as part of their ad- Vfifiising scheme, but he had not seen any advertising in this prov- ince in connection with their sn- imal. The greater number of our newspapers ‘and periodicals com- ing into this province all carry liquor advertising. If we were to bar the brewery stallion we might go farther and bar all liquor sd- vertising froin coining into the province.

last year the Agricultural De- partment had purchased a stal- lion “Scottish Chief" for about $1,000. The maintenance of that horse cost another 81900-82000. as against the cost of the brewery horse of $149. "In other words there was a. difference of $1850 be- tween the beer horse and what I might call the ginger ale Scottish Chief."

He agreed with the Premier that silence was the proper attitude s0 far as. the administration of the Prohibition Act was concerned. “We cannot remove a. thirst orde- sire for intoxlcants whatever leg- islation we pass. We have dozens and dozens of speakeasies all cverl our towns. They will always re- main. I do not know anything that is going to eliminate them unless the human race will forget this thirst for intoxicauts," Mr. Mustard said.

He commended the Premier's budget speech, and indorsed the first Year's financing by the Gov- ernment. Our debt problem was a serious one.

"At least 95 per cent of the tax- es paid in the province finds its way back to our farmers andflsh- ernien." he declared. The mer- chants and wholesalers merely passed it on to the primary pro- duoers.

For many years we have been honusing the manufacturers of Canada. They have been placed on the dole at our expense. For- tunately we have s. government at Ottawa which is legielating in the farmers’ interests. We know from the records of the Farmers Cred- itors Arrangement Act that alarge number of our farmers have be- come hopelessly l insolvent. The problem is to get these farmers back on their feet again. Their stock and equipment are gone, their buildings are out of repair and they cannot be reinstated without financial assistance. Itwill require years before these farmers can recover the position that they once enjoyed. He understood from Hon. Mr. Dennis that the New- foundland government bonuses people for improving the land. A similar scheme should be adopted in this province not to bring new acres under cultivation but to re- store those that have been allow- ed to go down, to make a. survey of the province, find out justwhat conditions do exist in the farm communities and that they bonus limestone so that a farmer can procure it at $2.00 or even lam. Many farmers are so impoverished that they cannot buy fertiliser or spray material and the Govern- ment must come to their assist- ance ln some manner.

In conclusion he predicted that the government's achievement would be one oi’ the most glorious in the history of the province.

MR. H. H. ACORN

The government by careful and prudent administration had bet- tcred the financial situation last year by $45,000, declared Mr. I-LH. Acorn (First Kings), the next speaker. He complimented the Public Works Minister especially on making economies without any curtailment of any necessary ser- vices. He commended the Minis- ter's attitude on hardsurfaclng l-iighways as stated in the Draft Address debate.

Mr. Acorn noted a great change

in the public attitude towards ed- ucation during the past year; the people today are becoming edu- cation-minded, a result which he attributed largely to the Adult Education campaign. He believed an improvement in curricula was overdue. He had had occasion last year to complain, with regard to the prohibition question. that "paid agitators" were abroad in the land Mr. Acorn said. Fortunately a change had taken place in this re- gard as well. I-le was pleased to note that it was the intention to promote temperance education in the schools.

He cited liquor sales in provin- ces under Government Control and asked how any sane man could contend that we would be better ofl by discarding prohibition. He asked the members to canvas in their minds whether in any sin- gle polling division in their con- stituencies could be found ave persons who habitually indulge in strong drink to the detriment of themselves and families. "I do not exclude Charlottetown which to some prohibition writers has be- come a modern Sodom and Gom- orrah."

He memoir-w the‘ M11011!‘ 111-‘ crease in venereal diseases. lndto a resolution passed recently by the Women's Institutes. asking the Government to pass the necessary legislation to compel all persons about to marry to submit proofof their freedom from venereal dis- ease and to pass a mental test.

Mr. Acorn wannly indorsed this requzst. We have no records in this province except of the Char- lottetown and Summerside clinics where indigent cases are treated free of charge. Those records showed that at Dec. 8i inst the totol venereal cases in Charlotte- town was 86, of which 06 were male. with total treatments am- ounting to 1510. In the Summer- slde clinic the number of cases was 44. (20 males). total trest-

ments 060. lie was convinced that the number of patients who are

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Mr. Acorn also complained of the fees charged by the medical pro- fession for treatment. There was no doubt that the doctors throughout the rural communities were veri- table anseis of mercy, but in his own section. from Idontsgm to East Point, there are only four physicians. Three of them are el- derly men and within the next few years that territory may have only one doctor. When they pen on, what are the rural communities to do for medical skill? The younger physicians refuse to take I country practice. They must be near a hes- pitai where every necessity is pm- vided for them. While we have about 60 doctors in Prince Edward Island. nearly half of them are io- cated in and around Charlottetown and Summerside. Our people in general were not in a position to pay the foes charged them for surgical treatment, Mr. Acorn tended. He cited an in- stance. Some years ago legal servic- es were increased to such an extent that legislation had to be passed to set a. limit. “Unless the medical profession reduces their charges it may be n for the represen- tatives of this House to enact such legislation as will not only give them a reasonable remuneration

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but will also protect the public." he declared. .

Mr. Acorn suggested that during recess the members should acquaint themselves with the possibilities of