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IN Till BUDGET DEBATE

Iiilleral Member Criticizes the Government in a General Way and Repeats Serious

glzarges Against Young Ladies of this - I y.

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‘ All‘. W. H- Dellllill. Libi-‘llllvlllém- Chief Justice received when he ‘bur for Second Prince, sneukllli: 0n vas Premier, at a time when the on» Budget la the Provincial Les- cost of living was one-third higher “him-e on April 6th, compliment ‘than it in tangy Qjlithe sneakers who had preceded Regarding the Bell government

. l“ We dill-iam- HB 118001184 tile Poll Tax, Mr. Dennis said in look-l , Wfillilefi 1119-49 Ill lilitl 58851011 “"1010 lug Ilaizk over that period he could " Inhale iuvorflbly Willl lllly llllll soo where they should have had 1.11 ve been given within the historic better sense. It was the only 1v i Is oi’ the Legislature. Tile Ilud- thing they ever touched that smock- f. delivered by any Govcrnluulll ed ol‘ the Coilscrvatlves. The Coil? Jaomewhat like thc annual rcport servlitive party when in power, (run important company: it ls a passed an Act which provided for ew oi thc work oi the past a Poll Tax of from $2.00 to $4.00. . and it is also a iorcrust of There was tho proviso‘ that that _ t they hope to do in the tutnrc. Act would he submitted to the V, turaily, that report must be ct‘ a people. That was proof positive “Emilie llfliilm- Bu‘ =15 llltl report that tho then Premier of the Pro- wliich the Premier as laid before vince considered that a Poll Tax this House, and ill ileuling with it was one of the best ways of’ rais- every member must necessarily lng money. The present govern- Ptake up some coilsiderilble llnlc. menl. hnvo shown how necessary The Premier has held up the the Poll Tax was because when '-platiorm upon which he claims they repealed it they supplemented ltbat every pledge has been re- it by imposing n gasoline tax, ad- eemed. That may be so, Mr. Don- mlttlilg by their action that the 'is admitted, but the platform was Poll Tax suvnlied an amount oi rgeiy it skeleton upon which his revenue which was required to suc- upportors built up the campaign cessiuliy rim the province. sue. The platform ivas not loo Mr. Dennis wished to compare ad, but it was the gross niisroprc- tho taxes collected by the Conserv- ‘iilation with which ouch skcle- ativcs with thc revenue collected n was clothed-that was why the under the Tax Act of the Bell (lov- lactors of the province ww-ro do- ornnioilt. lle claimed tllut there . elved. We were told that if the were lwv 10X 1101B Passed by the Liberals who increased the sossion- present tlryvcrrnmoili, but tho Act. h! indemnity iluil boon olliccrs ot a to which lie ileferred was the (inso- banktlioy would not have been line ‘Fax Act. in 1020, (he first running their election; they Wtlllld Your ill which thc Liberals were ‘have been behind the prison bars. ill Dowel‘, the revenue was $706,000: We were told iil regard to the snl- motor tax, $30,000. milking n total arias of the hoods of departments 0i‘ $737,000: loss Dominion subsidy. that it was a salary grab. The Lib- $372,000, or a collection from the eralsraised the salaries from what people llnil year’ oi’ $305,230.16. By til "' pppossd » was too low lor the some method of figuring the ', rs of‘ the Crown. up tn $2,. Lilyeriils collected from the people ‘ j/When the lowest salary paidlleXi your tiiiiliiillixilli. in 1022 they embers of other parliaments collected from the people $854,078.- ns $1.000. they thought it was only ll, and in 102:1, $281,920,851. Or in that our members should be ifllll‘ years the Liborais collected ll $500. But it was represented from tho ‘people of lbe province $0 thc people that this was n. iFl,-'f84,87il.50, or on average each steal." When tho Bell Govern year oi‘ $348.7lil.87. men! raised the sesslomil iildciniii- Lllldcr thc Conservatives in 192-1 Qty tlll-"l province ivns a land flowing the total ordinary revenue was iwith milk and honey. There was $076,064.23: motor vehicle tax, $54; eaith untold in the country 111111.099. gasoline lax $14,000; mm} nder ‘those conditions the cost oflllllloullt collected, $744,876.04, less iving xvns lllgilei‘ than had ever Dominion subsidy, {£372,000, making

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Once more it's Easter.

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erne effort drove back the foe.

So the Voice of the Conqueror of death is calling the sons of men today: "Awake Awake from the mud-life, the grub-allfe, iihryiflliis "a" °7 51°!" 3"" W°P|d|Y "Ho. and rise with Christ's Body Into the heaven- ly places (ls.26:l9) “I am the Resurrection and the Life; though he were dead yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and belleveth in M; Qhgll Oh man, believest thou this today? . Oh woman, with sorrow as poignant it. is faith lathe Christ Who lives today, not the

die."

Up with you, you dead man!

It is the day that declares to the children. of men the: the Son of God arose ln glory from the dead, and brought life and immortality to liqlvt Once more the everlasting Easter Voice challenges the race with

Awai" "W" "iii QWEPNL and arise from the dead, and the One oil the classic stories of the greet war was of that trench wherein lay a great mass of the dying and the dead, and u the ‘enemy swept over their recumbent forms, a man. nameoilPerlcard ‘qlioutedfin a voice of thunder, , And marvellous to any out of‘ that mass of seeming corpus the men arose, an Incandescent mass of daring, and with

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‘Time Honored Charitable Club Makes Initia-

tion a Most Comical and Ceremonious Affair.

(By British United Press.) thc fins iinpilsoll on pom LONIDON, April 14.—’I‘lio Prince mcnlbci-s or on members wiho Pail of Wales. when he visited l-Insllngs ‘to product‘. the badge of member- IO 011011 li-e music plvillflil on Al» ship on ddilflllii. This ileliland coilsists in a wlite hip of tho Ancient Order of Wlnk- request to "twinkle up"; The chal- les as fine pas-sell through ihc town. longed member must produce a and was, at ct given moment called special shellfish from his pocket. on to "Winkle up." and an.» cross-examining "Winkle" ‘Tho deromony is not quite so ol- muss do thc some. It sometimes nborale as that employ-d in thc occurs that the cross-examiner has meeting with King Neptune ‘on not brought out his own badge 0t crossing the Equator, hill ll is more iofrlce, and then the fun begins, bo- honoilred in its charitable useful-cause two d.fanlts~—not one-aug- 11051;, for lize Winkle Club provldts ‘ment the funds. Nonuomplianoer poor children with boots and slock-‘ivith lilo rules is penalised with lugs, from iniids provided byn flno oi six cents.

in tho form of tenders under lhc,carcl'ull_v. layer after layer, and It two Governments? ‘stayed packed in that 0011111110:- Iion. llir. McPl-IEE: I would like Mr. Dennis had not seen roe a to know ivhat that has to do Willlzillllilfi that way In the last two 0'!‘ tllelmutter. n d h f lghree ytears. Notion yinurulllfe. ‘£1137 fir. Dennis rep e ibntt e orm‘; uid l em up s arp n om a of tender was important becauseland lwo cars meeting on iii rainy the contractors would lender inlday slide off into the lira ns on that particular way. He presumedleacb side. (Laughter) That lathe the (‘overnment is taking the low-lway she goes, est tender in every case, though a! Mr. Dennis had not much use for great many people say the cun-lthe patrol system inaugurated by tracts are going to friends oi ihelthe present Government. The pal.- pzirty. But under the former gov-lrol men just travel back and for- ernmcnt the lenders were awarded wards over thc roads, and that is .0 the contractors bidding thc low-Hill they do. It is a joke in 1.119 3st. lie defied anyone to provo aiwoslern end of the Island about the ilnizle cnso in which the lender rc-j time those fellows have. Ii. is 110i’. ~eived by thc department was nota job, it is a ‘position!’ Yhou don't icalt with as a secret matter until» have to do very much eit er. n t was finally decided upon. It islolhei- words, the system is a fail- zeiierully known, he said, that suclijnro. Whal would he (Mr. Dennis) s not thc case today. lffliflmlllflllll? it was a dilficuit. pm- Tlie Bell (lovernmcnt was seri-' hlem, bill. if he were In a respons- usly handicapped when they un-lible position such as the Minister ertook the building oi’ improved-o!‘ Public Works, he would experi- mds because they had no expert‘, menl. ll. would cost a little; ex- lice. It was a new venture into pcriinenls sometimes are expen- nexploreil territory. Mr. Denninrslvo, but it is possible very often onld frankly admit that ilrobublylo got good Jesuits.“ In tge thrift here were mistaken made, n-jplacs our roa sore ragga at e rough Ilonesl. efforts were murlcJ wrong time. The mud drag was ‘he way in which the present gov-lfirst brought into existnce in $1- rlimcnt has continued the work is lario. but they never drug thero a he highest compliment that conlid, there before in? 23th ciitJunxe. Our e paid the Doll Government; t people wnll unt I t c w n er s over as been on cxact initiation of tbxo; and gel. out at a timormiien th; dralg lelhod iuloplod by the Libero 14 slips. over the hard B, an 5a i1 rom slnit in finish. In 1921' the down into the hollows where the Aberals called for tenders firrpilesllclay’ is soft and it pulls a littia or Vernon River bridge, and lhelmorc out lhoro than is éilllkflll o: sliders ranged from $7.00 to the hill on either sido. e resu 16. in 1925 thc tenders for lhelis that when you are drinving a car» ame material for Lower hionlaguejover the roads in those places it ls

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, eon known. Later on the Coilser- a total amount collected from the vatives fixed the indemnity nt people in 1924 oi’ $372,094.10. In 400.00. Knowing as they did that I925, by the same figuring, this he COLIIIIFY disapproved ol’ that, Government collected from the puo- __ and that members had promised D10 $376,077.13; in 1926, $399,791.06 l ‘the electors If tho amount was not Or a total ill three years of $1,043 - l reduced to the orlgl a1 sum thoy'5$3-21. ' would resign iroln th Ir seats, the PREMIER STEWART: Will my Liberals in Opposition moved an ll-Oll. friend permit mo to ask a amendment that the $400 lndciniil» question‘? ' ty ho reduced to $300. Mr. DENNIS: Yes. , Mr. HUNTAIN: I suppose I am PREMIER STEWART: Was that‘, not allowed to mnko im oxpiuna- i“ ifilllllvlflil Hillier lilo Taxation lion. l may any lilut tho Imadol‘ Alli? ' l ol’ the Opposition irharlzcll me upon Mr. DENNIS: Under the new tho floor of this Iifllliif‘. with inak- Taxation Act; ilndor your AQL llllr that ullttomcnl. and thul. charge PREMIER STEWART: Thnl in, was publlshod in ono oi’ thc news- not cnrmct. I papers oi‘ tho Province. I emphati- Mr. DENNIS: Ii is QDITQQL l cally contradict the statement and PREMIER STEWART‘: It lnclud.‘ l will challenge the Leader of the cs u! thc other sources of revenue‘ Opposition to produce his proof. "W" illillmlllce all“ everything olsoii (Applause) Mr. DENNIS: Pardon me, Mini Mr. DENNIS: I might slly to the Premier, I misunderstood. I bold Kontioman who arose und inadctiltq’ (“ileum from file People. It in; objection that that diffcrcllilc is bc- chides every item that the people‘ tween himself and thc Iieudel- r.-‘,puid into the treasury of the pro.‘ lhc Opposition, something ivithiillliil- - i l

Christ of the bygone past that brings the radiance that never was on sea or land. Faith in a dead Christ cannot save, nor can mere faith in His Ideals of peace, of love, of brotherhood, and humility. It was the resurrection of Jesus Christ Himself that brown"! "CW ||7= i0 #158 old w°ridf n0 phfl-“ltasmlc spectre but the ‘Lord Himself, Who said "Behold My hands and My feet, it is I Myself. Handle me, see, because a spirit bath not flesh and bones as ye see Me having." -

xharl’ were from $4.00 to $6.00.1soniething like getting in a boat ‘hat showed conclusively that atjim a gentle swell. This was only lie time the Liberals were huild- natural inider the present condi- ng the roads the cost of structnrq lions: ho was not blaming the Gov- I material was very much higheriernment for that. What can we d0 Iian it is now. Under those con-lto better things? Mr. Dennis would itlons the expenditure under thc have a drag made that would take leli Government would natarally,botli sides of the road. It might. 1e more for the same amount OHDOI. work. but he would try ii- H5 vork. Tho present (lovernmcntwould pilt o. tractor ahead that IUIDIDYH the some engineers todayJwould pull it. When It b68811 w iesldes that tho low-lying and dir- rain, when the mud was an Inch lcult places were the first to beranrl o hnlf deep, he would puttnat mprovcll. and consequently tbcgon lbo road and he would keep it ~arlior work would show a greater on while it rained, if it was five ‘XDGIHHLHPG if considered on a days. nilenge basis. In the project from. A NIEMBER: What side would liiscouclie to Northam. clay was you give the travelling public to wirtcd over a mile and a qlinrtolmdrivo on? Phero wore anmo Coilservoliveprtr, HON. Mil. liicPHEEz Has the ecls where thoro was nothing to hon. member figured out how io but put tho road machine on for many tractors it would take’! mllo nfior mllo of lilo work. Tho hlr. DENNIS: I figure that l nembcr for Fort Augustus, ho ilioniflliiilil‘ on that road will make loved. would admit wbnl ho said thirty-five miles u day. in that regard. Mr. Dennis was not‘, 110K. MR. MoPIlEE: liow ion; condemning lilo idea of thc roodfldn you think it is going to continua machine; it. was the cheapest waylrainiilg lo snll you? the work could ho done and thcl Mr. DENNIS: iprosume it won't best way, but wiion tho Libcralsnstoir raining just. because you start. ‘wore building up swamps and iow- out wllll a tractor and a drag. lying places that method was onlllbaughtor.) Start oiit when it ba- ‘of thc (IIIGHliOII. gins to ruin. and i-lirlp when ii. stops. The Iilbornls llnvo hlifill olnlrgol‘, Mr. hirNlqlVlNa You wiluid block with making no effort ltl. mull muiii-Jho highways. Ilow would people ‘ Well, they prepared forlgci past’? it, perhaps not so woll as they Mr. DENNIS: Tho people would should have done, but any mall sec you coming. If is quilo easy to who travelled the roads that wore provido for traffic over one side 0! nindc. especially the Wcaicrn Rood, your drag. knows that tllu clay was put on (‘Cllllllillii-‘ll on page 3)

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Brilliant and Witty Afterdinner Speaker Gives Valuable Advice at Royal Instil-

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We may smile at the little boy who dashed ‘Into his grandmother's room at suns rise, and putting His hand upon her shoulder an Ibo lay sleeping, cried out: “Wake up. grandma, the world's begun!" But the joy that camelto the disciples n their doubts dissolved and their hopes revived and a new songwal put in their mouths, was in very deed the beginning of a new world ‘to them and to the ages. Verlly there was ful- filled that day the words of the prophet Isaiah: “The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord (the Risen Lord Jesus Himaelfl) shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and the day; of {by mourning shall be ended."

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Once more with the dawning of this Easter day let fears all vanish and doubt-lull die away as He speaks Who said: "Fear not: I am He that llvetb and was dud; behold, l am alive for ever more." Awake! ye ION! and daughters of sorrow, for tho day is coming when God shall wipe away all tears from all ayes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall be be any more pain.

God give us all in this free land of ours today the power to rejoice once more in the radiant sunlight of the Resurrection of Jesus. God give u: grace to take the glory of His life, and to claim His victory. God give us grace to conquer lbi those vic- torious energies that change all ideas and transform all careers; the power o1. HI: Resurrection; Today as life all around, as very opening flower proclaim; ~Hls Resurrec- tion power and sings that death la dead:

which I have nothing to do. Every PREMIER STEWART: May I member in this House voted forhlsglfiii my hon. friend if what tho. $400 at a time when hay was tluoollllllllls pay and whut the foreign in-l um____ lsuranca companies pay are paid by A MEMBER‘. Members doirt tiiiinmo 1190018? ' l ny_ (Laughteu) Mr. DENNIS: All sources of in~ Iilr. DENNIS: Butter was 32 cts. ""119- Illluiid, and other products wcrc PlmMllllR STEWART: That in roportiouately low. My couten something else. Why don't you ion is that considering tho condiv hill’ W118i YOU moon? foil under which the farmers had, Ml‘- DENNIS? l Sfly altogether o carn the money by which woivollcrlcd from the people or the aid both sessional indemnlties.‘P10141109- "PH was very much lower. PllldlViiER STEWART: You are Mr. Dennis said the amount oi "i" "lllllvvi yet- 2000 pgiu “my” the He“ GQvefn-i Mr. Dennis maintained that he eni. t0 the hulls at dgpflygmqnlgluwis positively correct, and would ad not been reduced‘ by the (10,. submit his figures to any allthorh. ervstives with, the gxceptip“ 01 ty iii the Iiouse, he didn't carewho . »» Attorney. Generitrs department they \\'€|'0. The yearly average housh during the 41,0110" thsucillltiriilil by the Conservatives was

eople we o‘, v i; v u o m... l$38‘.'.ll5l.-l2. Dodlicting the Liberal ho sessiozul‘ age t‘ rtpaiggldhtfnveragl» from this it showed that educed. yet; q" 5 ' i

eceivlng some ‘t no‘ p“ yo", ~ m ilrcsciit administration $34,134.55,

Q1- is now thc people were paylngunder the bout $1000 more than the present on nu average every your more. . . a... .

Wake, wake. glad heart! awake, awake! and seek thy risen Lord, Joy In His resurrection take and comfort in His word.

that the Liberal surpluses were made by selling Government bonds in the sinking funds, by taking the money obtained from the bonds and reducing tlie overdraft In the bank. He would uh my member if: the fund in thesinlung account is not a credit of the province, and if the overdrstt at the bank is no} a debt against the province? Al would admit that. I! we lessen one

for 1924 was $67G.064.23: ordinary expenditure, $699,160.04; deficit, $23,095.81. In 1925 the ordinary revenue was 866-i,590.-.i6; total or- dinary ‘ expenditure, $714,185.74." deficit as it appears in the ordinary accounts for that year $40,005.28. I-“or 1920, MIUHDBDIHB would give the Government credit for two years of railway taxes, 880,000, which they got which was never

‘ I tho treasury 0i created their surpluses by deplet- ttgznlgllaliyilloiliélrniliignl. . ing the sinking fund of about $148,- Tm, neon", today, he said, 1W0 000. That being- the case he (Dr. pgading the papers and they are McMillan) as. a member of the getting tired of oontrudlcriory stnte- Government admits that the Lib- manta, They are asking: "Which erals did have surpluses. _ . ol these parties is telling the The Premier. in his Budflili truth? 0r are either of them telling Speech, said Vthc highway improve- lhe truth?“ We should be honest ments had been oomplatedp not- wm, mg people, and let them reas- ivithstaiiding that. the fact, as r m, the [hing out in a dlspasaionate shown by the. Public Accounts, that

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Mrs. Ruth Snyder 11d, Henry Judd Gray . Will Come B’ i‘? Court Next Week-

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lie lovtr, Henry Judd Gray, must . , , m", my u, ._ and trial ltlogeliher tor the muriler fififligifi; Ziivlilé r1113. ‘time since i’ i-lle Woman's husband. Albert shortly after their nrresll: Neither "Yfifilwllllsuine art editor, a ‘ e. The Woman's only revok- ‘Eiilflii-l of M-Plrsnyih!‘ to seourll nit a of (lrny ivas a conlcnlilillflllu l ‘ V, “mam 4-“; ygflflfirdfl jg‘; . r guy nppetlrflli distressed. 3'1 ilwrimpacpiirt notice flcu - “also. looked at the 001'" l" qt iuonggpload Qlty ruled that ‘ court, - _ _ . .