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Stanley Ice Racing

Stanley Bridge Sporting Club held ltslfinal race of the season. Good Friday, March 26th. over a perfect track made possible by the untirlng efforts of Jas. E. Hiscott and Bernie l-lynes, who deserve a lot of credit for keeping the Club going all winter.

Three classes were run off. Class A had three well matched starters Rnbort Baldwin winning the first heat, then Marion L went on to win the next two. Mack Watson not hitting his right stride had to be satisfied with third place. Class B-Ladie Dale and Kai Aubrey answered the starter's bell. Kal Just shifted to the trot went a

"wonderful race but just couldn't bead the glib little pacer.

It took four heats to decide a winner in the green race. Princess Scott won the first heat, Boston Blackie the second then Nelson

“Msthesonb trotter nipped the last

with two

Then came the presentation of the grand prizes for the season going to the horses winning most [points in the different classes. also a silver cup donated by Mr. Mstheson of Saskatchewan who is always a great promoter of clean sport.

Marion l‘... won the cup for own- ar. Geo. Semple, going the fastest

a host of the season. The prizes for wmost points were donated by Mr. Btsnley Cole and the two mer- shants of Stanley Bridge and won as follows-Honey Girl, owner

Fred Taylor in Class A with 23.

points. For Class B _Betty S. own- ed by K- Duggan with l5 points

In the green race Princess Scott owned by B. Bigger won with l2 points. . Following is the summary.

CLASS A Marion L. (Sample) .............. .. S 1 1 Robert Baldwin (Cotton) 1 2 ii Mack Watson (McLeod) ...... .. 2 3 3

Time: 31; $0 1-2; 3i. CLASS B Lsddis Dale (Ferguson)

Kai Aubrey (Profitt) .... .. , Time: 84; 83.

Green Race

TQM QUQSUOB Mark (Maill- ison) ' .......................... ..

Princess Scott (Bigger) Boston Blackle (Chappel)

Time: S1; 38 l-2; 37; 35. Officers, Judges, Nelson ‘Con. J. Hiscott. liarold 'l‘imer—B. Hynes. Starter --D. McDonald.

Sport Shorts From Britain

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unhealthy. On tho whole the essential feature is co-ordiilai-lon- “and possibly an elusive chanical substance."

Soccer tours between the United Kingdom and the dominions. like present cricket and rugby trips. may result from an Empire con- ference to be held in London dur- ing the Olympic Gtmes.

The British Football Association is awaiting eplles to invitation letters sent ecently to Canada, Australia. New Zealand South Africa and the West Indies.

Besides tours, questions of common policy between Empire countries and methods of encourag- ing soccer ln the Commonwealth, are likely to bs “iscussed.

Tommy McGovern well-known British lightweight boxer. who be- gan his professional career in the United States after the British Board of Boxing Control refused him a licence to box in the United Kingdom, now has permission to box in Britain. ’

Acvninlstrative stewards of the board, after interviewing Mc- Govern reprimanded him for box- ing outside their jurisdiction. But the rebuke is a ncuilnal one.

Several fight offers ave already been made. Tommy 11 bar no- body so long as he eventually gets a crack at the British and Europ- ean title.

LONDON’. March 30 -- (OP) - Cosfs of the Oxford- Cambridge boat race are so high this year. the universities fear the Putney- Mortlske course may have to be forsaken for Henley, where the "we bessn 119 years ago.

This year's battle, on March 2'7. will cost each university £1900 ($9.200) - three times more than Dre-war - and each "Blue" will spend £30 to £40 from his own pocket.

"If it had not been for two

bensfactc s, one of whom presented us witha new boat," said Ci. C. Richardson. the Cambridge presi- dent. "we would have ‘been in difficulties this year)! " This year's "gate" will be worth at least £30,000 but all the two boat clubs have ever received was about £150 between than .- fwm sale of programs. rental of seats onjccoulpanylng boats and broadcast and film righiA

Bulk of the "gate" goes to river- side space owners who get spectator and parking rights, and to buck- sters who sell anything from favors to programs.

‘Transferring the rsco to Henl . officials estimate W911i Ilve e3 team about £500 in hotel and trsnlwrt costs.

Footballer-cricketer Denis Comp- ton probably could msko a fortune . on soctsl invitations if his time were hisown, but wiry morning s postman leaves a batch of letters which hays to be snows ed: "Mr. at his Kenton,‘ Middlesex, home ‘Compton regrets..."

Most sought-after sthlstal in British sport today. Denis is inundated with requests to spssk st church bssssrs, savings rallies. sports matings. religious revivals ‘and political meetings. I or

Compton accepts only one $31’? .¢¢Q§§'“TT" “T1373 tg‘|g"mtl~=I l "it ""1"" d ll . mwmm "hit? s: ‘a, Ho trains ovary morning with

ighysiques gocossariiy good health ... Writing in the London Evening » tandsrd, Sir Adolphe said Britain. —- Dominions, Colonies and the -- nited States will always be rominnlt in the . sport world. - ut ever-g. nation and every race flay ‘pro ucs examples to prove ~- "ma marathon me for Qxtmpll. amt. s

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other Arsenal soccer players and cannot spars the time to ltly overnight on lecture or spssking engagements. no has glso refused lucrative cricket-coaching offers from India sn dNsw Zsslsnd. '

"Football/lg my winter businlls.’ says Denis, “and I hsvirno intention of giving it up for several lessons."

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this about gradually, no doubt some citizens would liko to make a very drastic change in the pre- sent methods of assessment.

"To this end. our Council saw fit to invite Mr. Colt-er of Saint John over to speak to us on the forms of assessment now useo in Fredericton and which are also being installed in the City of Saint John. Mr. Colter is recog- nized as an authority on assess- ment and we felt he was the best man procurable to speak to us on a method which would tend to- wards more equitable taxation.

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“The method as suggested b! fMr. Colter is the determining of the real tax on a footage basis and the breaking up of. the land and buildings which we now as- SCS8~-B&--0R0~Un.lb. ,-.'.l‘o..do this the first step is to have drawn to scale tax maps, one master map of the city, and then block maps. This would show the exact amount of__property owned by each indivi- ~dual in each block. _

"In the Jesidential area the different types of buildings would be classified into six types of dwelling, the actual values work- ed out depending on the area. A formula to ascertain the valuation would be worked out by mul- tiplying the ares by a oo-efficient as set up for each particular type of dwelling in each sons.

"This ‘same system would also apply to the retail stores which would be divided into three groups: and likewise the wholesale area depending on different factors‘

efficient to be used.

"Ihese different oo-efficients for different areas would be deter- mined by the zone in which such dwellings are located. ‘

live-Year Plan

"This plan, according to our ad- visor, Mr. Coiter, would take ap- proximately with the present ares of our City. at least five vosrs to, become effective, and would re- quire s draftsmsn, and five ss- aiatants, university students in engineering. to work along with our assessor and engineer.

“This would entail considerable cost to our City and whether or not it will bring about a more equitable assessment than is being gradually brought about by Mr. Seller is debatable. I feel that we must give it a great deal of thought before entering on suehan

"Taxes are levied. but they are collected and paid only acoordlnl to people's ability to pay. Duriql the last eight years your City has come ahead and reduced its fin- ancial debt. Its current collection on real and personal tax has been 00 per cent of its current levy. ,

"Some criticism has been lnsde of the collection of poll tax, and while I agree that a largo per- centage should be ecllecind. I would like you to remember what I have said-taxes can b0 V _ according to tho 11's sbllit! to pay. On tho tax ro forpoll tax are many unemployed and till! show as part of the assessed rsv-. Unemployment certainly affects to a degree tbs amount of poll taxes outstanding.

"Withths present cost of build- ings and materials, l do_not con- sider it an opportune time w mske any drastic changes, such as the establishing of new rnsthot of

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LANFS BAKERIES LIMITED

Announce The Opening Of Their Distributing r

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Depot: In Charlottetown, P. E . I.

‘ATTENTION GROCERS! If for any reason our delivery truck does not reach you in time, please pihone 1781-L and a. special delivery will be made directly to you.

And the appointment of ROVY (Buck) WHITLOCK as Sales Representative. Mr- Whitlock requires no introduction tot Charlottetown and District, as-it is his native City. ‘

And that Lane's bread, cakes and other bakery products go on sale today, Thursday, April 1st, and fresh daily thereafter at

your favorite grocers, who will be the sol’ dealers of LANE’S High Quality Bakery Products. REMEMBER when buying or siphoning your grocery order—DON’T SAY BREAD, SA_Y LANE’S BREAD PLEASE.

Lane's Bread Land Bakery Products are made intone of Canadals most modern

and up-to-date bakeries. Dough rooms, fermentation rooms and bread cooling

rooms are all air conditioned.

The entire plant is open for inspection at all times.

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March Nth-which he delivered to the Board of ‘Trade, I noticed where the Civic Affairs Commit- tee had invited a tsx expert, Mr. Coiter. to come to Charlottetown tn discuss the question of tax- ation with them.

Invited By Council.

"Might I say for the publics information, Mr. Colter was in- vitod to come and meet with the City Council in Committee, by the City Clerk on instructions from the Council, the City paying his expenses. The purpose of the meet- ingwas to discuss with Mr. Col- ter methods which he am in- stalled st Fredericton and was in- stalling at Saint John. As to whether or not these would be ap- plicable to Charlottetown will be left to the elected representatives of the peopls- to decide.

“Mr. Russell also stated that

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"is to try to reduce taxation. The real estate in this City has been bearing heavy taxation. The reas- on is because we have no system. The revenue which can come to the City is all set out in the Act of Incorporation: real estate. per- sonal property, poll tax, licenses, etc. Considering the fact we have no real tax basis in the City, what can we do to better things?

“I got a lot of benefit from Mr. Coultafs visit. He felt that any assessmen‘ offered must have a good set-up. He recommended we should have a tax map of the city. That system was in effect in all the cities of the United States and in the larger Canadian cities. I feel our system ls not good en- ough. If we set up a good plan, it would be better. Mr. Couiter said it was highly desirable to have land valued by itself. In Frederic- ton, they have such a system. I should like to repeat that no one

the Mayor would be expected to give out some information about the meeting with Mr. Collar. This I have done, not that I believe I was stall called upon to do so, but there. have. been conside able repercussions as to Mr. Colter‘: visit, and I do soto Point out w our citizens that we did neither acceptnor rlect the method gs outlined by this assessment ex- pert.

"Certainly too, there are mam’ things which might be procured at s ‘great cost, which would be nice for our City to have. but we must not rush into them blindly. Wemust cut our suit according to ourcioth. We must not shoulder future Councils with increased Sinking Fund requirement, and increased debenture interest.

"incinerators, compulsory gsr- bage collection, fire alarm systems, pensions schemes, and many other things have been discussed by- prevfous Councils and sre‘noti.ing new.

Revised Act

“I would also like to point out to the citizens that the Charlottetown Act of Incorporation was revised by the previous Council, and whe- ther or not we implement the occupancy. tax or increase the poll tax wiu also be a matter for the membarswho have been elected to the Council. Because authority was obtained in our revised Act does not necessarily mean we will put these into effect.

“Irregardless of what tsx is im- posed. lt affects three types of individuals- 4

(s) ‘rhoss who can pay and do

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(b) Tboss who an pay and don't pay (c) Those who can't pay but would pay. . (l) The first is the ideal citizen, (i) The second is the poor type citizen‘ whom we must take every moans to make psy. . (IVThe citizen whom we must V lislh.___whose financial ircurnstsn-

has suggested we were going to raise taxes. In fact, under an im- proved system, we should be able to lower them.”

Coun. J. D. Stewart said he was not present when Mr. Coulter, the tax expert from Saint John, ad- dressed the Council. He was, how- ever, in agreement with Coun. Lowthefs remarks. _.

Coun. Lester O'Donnell said he thought the present time a poor one for making a new sssessmeit plan. Neither did he think the poll tax should be raised from $5 to $10.

Coun. M. A. Farmer said he thought it had been a good idea for the Mayor to bring the matter of taxation up. Elia eta‘ ‘ "would allay the fears of the pub- llc.” Coun. Farmer recommended something in the form of a press release be given the public once a week so that it might know more of what the City was do- ing. He said the "assessment ma- ohineny was antiquated and does not make for equitable assess- ment." He thought a man earning $200 s. month, and not s property owner, should pay more than a s5 poll tax I

Awaits Press Publication

Coun. E. C. ' hnstono ssid he would not care to say too much at present respecting the Mayor's statement. He had only heard it read once and would have to wait until it appeared in the press so

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“Co ently. then will always basic ‘nsmountoftsssscsr- riod ss arrears.

“It is our task sndths task of our Collection Departs-lent to ssgrsgah the isttsr two mm of citizens; We cannot judge every- bbdy’s sbilityto pay, by-our can Ilnsneisl. ‘standard. '17s cannot tabs blood from sistooa On the other band. all must no to it that ovsryporsonsblotepsybis lust tax to-City romius doc so. In- crsssinl’ Poll tax. for instance, to slum not only is s discrimination against the person already psy- ing. but it would also increase the amount outstanding by those who have nottho wherewithsll in pay the present 8.00 poll tsx. -

Disslsdsn by Councillors Coun. if. W. bowthor said he had

difficulty in undmtaiidinv < the purposrond reason of ib- ~ ~<~~r

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that he could study it more care- fully. He thought, however, the statement showed something of a “defeatist attitude." It gave the impression that the Mayor was satisfied with the present assess- ment. Coun. Johnsione said he did not get any idea. from Mr. Coulters address that changing the assesment would take five years. Neither could he see why the change-over should be an ex- pensive one for the City. He thought also that the poll tax collection had been poor. ' Coun. S. F. Doyle said it was his opinion the whole question of new taxation was "much ado about nothing." He did not. pretend 0o be an expert on financial matters but he thought the City ad- ministration was being well con- ducted. Certainly, Coun. Doyle 581d. when a City continues to re- duce its debt as Charlottetown was doing, there could not be much wrong with the present assess- ment system. ' Referring to the poll tax col- lections, Coun. Doyle said many people who had found it impos- sible to Pflyfiuring the depresssion years were now working and

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the efforts of the provincial teachers’ organizations was being done. Mr. Croskery assured the teach- ers present that they were welcome to call at the central office any- time they happened to be in Ot- tawa and thus get. first hand knowledge of what the national or- ganization" was trying to do.

Two periods of group instruction were held in the afternoon.

Today's Sessions

This morning's session, begin- ning at 9.30, will conclude the con- vention. Tlw first item on the pro- gram will be short talks on Red Cross activities by Mrs. Robert McCallum, Miss Estelle Haines, M. Sc., and Mrs. Harry Cudmore.

At 10.15 there will be an address

by Mr. B.C. Silver. This will be fol- lowed at 11.15 by s. talk on cancer control by Mr. J.P, MacInnls. ex- ecutive secretary, P.E. Island Div- ision, Canadian Cancer society.

"wishing to be good citizens, would like to start paying now." Un- fortunately, in the past such peo- ple, when they-had gone to pay, had been scared away by being confronted with tax arrears which they could not pay. He recom- mended that such people be for- given the old debts and be allow- ed to start anew. '

Coun. C. M. Cox said he thought there should be a more equitable assessment. Ho said the Board of 'l‘rade‘s Civic Affairs‘ Committee had "overstepped themselves" in the report read at their last monthly meeting. They had taken credit, Coun. Cox said. “for every- thing the City Council has done in the last two years."

‘SITES DOG? PHOOIYL.

BULAWAYO, Southern ‘tho- (18518 —(CP)—- Main bites dog wouldn't make news here. A Na- tive woman, crossing a shallow stream was attacked and bitten on the leg by n. crocodile. When she coal-dent releace its hold with her hnads she stopped and b.t a piece from the crcr's snout. The woman is recouverlng in a native

clinic, but the croc...'!

Enjoyable Dinner

Yesterday's program closed with s. ldinner at the Charlottetown Ho- te -

Mr. Daniel MacDonald, president of the Federation presided.

The toast to the King, proposed by Mr. L.W. Show. director of ed- ucation, was responded to by His Honour, UeuL-Governor J.A. Ber- nard who congratulated‘ the teach- ers on the large attendance at their convention.

The teachers, His Honour said, were doing most important work. From some of the humble one- room schools in which many of those before him were now teach- ing, had gone forth men and wom- en who had made the name of Prince Edward Island known as a DTOl-‘lflfie which had produced more than its share of famous educa- tiflhistfl. and statesmen, His Hon. our concluded by expressing the hope that the deliberations of the Federation would be fruitful and that the teachers might enjoy their brief visit to the City.

Mr. B.C. Silver, B.A., B. Ed, in- specter of schools for Halifax COIIHW. N.S.. led a sing song dur- lng which the gathering sang "Loch

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40 Killed in Train Blast

JERUSALEM, March 31—(AP)~4' An official announcement here too day said 40 persons were killed and 60 injured by mine blasts which wrecked the Cairo to Half! train near Binyamina. The an: nouncement said most of the can: ualties were Arabs.