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(gpoclal to The Guardian)

MEXICO CITY, March 12.—Mexi- w“ today ioresaw quick suppression .1 the revolt against the Biiiiemmeill

ibly even with no more serious “d sgnguinary battle than has mark- cd the rebellion's course thus ier. while the main army oi General Caiies moved northward irom Canit- u, ZQQQQQQB], toward Torreon the more optimistic believed that when it laced the army oi General Jose Mon- “In Escobar the rebel army would ‘Qt light but would surrender.

Retreat into Chihuahua would only postpone disaster ior General Esco- ber, these held. Few believed the lim- ited rebel army. believed at best in number only 6.000 men. would be able to withstand the onslaught oi 18.000 men, under Gen. Caller. a

MEXCO CITY, March 12.—The government tonight announced that iia troops had caught up with the re- bel General Urbalejo. fleeing from qenitee Zacatecas. and had taken away 135 oi his men. The General escaped, however, with the iew sol- diers remaining loyal in him.

The same communique announced the capture oi rebel Genergl Simon Aguirre in thaaouthern pert oi the State oi Vera Cruz. Several oi his oi- ilcers were also taken, but his broth-

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ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. arc. "WARNINCk- Montague Saturday

night at Yen's Theatre, stupendous show. The Crowd. 6056-3-13-31

"Where e-m I going the 10th? T0 tee “The Mechanic's Reprieve" at St. 'l‘eresa‘s Hail. Won't you-come too? , d077-Wed., Sat-zi

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. “The 8t. Peters Dramatic Club will stage their popular play "My Ir- ish Rose" in the Holy Name Hail. Monday ni lit the 10th March. 000d specialties tween acts. Doors 0PM at 7.30 p. m. 6085-3-13-21

-.-.-, "lCiNKOR-A HAI..L—Saturday eve-

iiins. March 16th, Rev, M, J. Smith

will speak an "Some Important Events

and Perecneges _ln Irish History."

Plenty oi Irish songs and music.

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"Delft miss the grand lecture in lliulev Hell on Thursday evening. March 14th, by Mr. Thomas l-iiscott. 8r. ii not ilne Friday. 6083-3-13-li

"Pythien sisters will hold a rum- "ilse sale in Market Building. Fil- dsy morning. 6059-3-13-31

"Clii loading hogs at Murriy River arch 19th aiterncon. Annual “mlllll 0! Club at Murray River March 20th at ‘L80 p. m. 8043-3-l2-2i

"Hunter River Club loading, hols Thursday iorenoon March 10th., also lilllflwlng week March 21st. Hose must be lisicd with Sec‘y. Rusziiit

Nicholson. 6040-3-12-21 "eon Carols Hell ‘Thim- ler. speci show, m eoss-s-ii-ai

“Please reserve Wednesday. Juli’ 10th ior Horse Races at Riverside Perk, vcr-uon. fdiillo-Ii-lii-Si.

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Canadian Bank Opens Branches In Panama, Colon.

(Special to The Guardian)

BALBCA, March 1I.—The Royal Bank oi Canada opened branches in Panama and Colon today, marking the deiinlte entry oi Canadian capital into Panama and oitering competition to branche's"'oi"the National City hank and the Chase National Bank of New York, with branches in Pana- ma and Colon, ,_ ‘

The National Bank oi Panama. owned 'and operated by the govern-

Canadien capitalists bought e mil- lion dollars worth oi mortgage loan bonds irom the National Bank rec- ently, and the appointment oi a Cen- aclian trade commissioner has been announced. '

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Hon. J. A. Mac- Donald Speaks in TheBudgetDe-

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OTTAWA, March i2.-'-Th6 Liberal party had boasted oi reducing taxes. Hon. J. A. MacDonald (Cons, Kings, P. E. I.) said. when the debate re- newed last evening. l-le pointed out, however. that customs duties had in- creased over $23,000,000 ior the ten months up to January as compared with the same period a yoeiqeso. If the present Government were not 8o extravagant, it would be possible to wipc out the sales tax entirely.

When, as a consequence oi tliO West Indies trade treaty, Govern- msnt atcamshipe had been plated 0n that route, there had been a serious omission in not making Havana. Ou- ba, a port oi call. It might be diiii- cult to bring about under the present

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Commissioners on Re. vision of the Stat- -u.t e s Substituted Words “C anad a Mail” for “His Maj. estyls Mail.”

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, March 12.—A bill de- signed to substitute the words "His Majesty's Mail" ior "Canada Mail" on tnoK-‘ciiicies in which such mail is carried will be introduced into the House oi’ Commons at the present session oi parliament by T.L. Church (Conservative. Toronto Northwest). An explanatory note to the bill de- cleres its object to be one oi restor- ing the- phreaeoiogy oi the act as it stood in chapter 00 oi tho revised ‘ oi.’ 1906. sections 90. 9i. and 115.

Th; commissioners on revision ci the statutes. continues the note. have substituted the words "Canada Mail" tor "His Majesty's Mail". Such changes were not authorised by any amendment to the old act or by any action oi parliament. say! Mi‘- Church. The bill will also have the

eflieet o! restoring the royal mono- gram "MIL" to the mail boxes.

(Canadian Prose)

OTTAWA. March lfis-l-‘tesuming, tho debate on the budget in the House oi Commons today. J.L. Brown. present Liberal progressive, declared that the speech o! Hon. Hugh Guthrie, the other day had shown that the Conservative party hid now deilililiofl irom the “pussy looting‘ oi the Wln-. nipeg convention and were coming

out lint ior a higher protection. » Ho agreed with Mr. Guthrie that Canada was enivying a measure c! prosperity. Judged by the customary statitistical teste- He also agreed that

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" treaty, but i! at all possible, Havana should be included. Tull! on Foreign Potatoes Should lie Raised Mr. MacDonald urged that the tar- iil’ on foreign potatoes should be rall- ed so as to protect the Canadian product against unfair competition. He asked also that the Department oi National Revenue take additional steps to curtail the emilESling 0i li- quor iuto Prince Edward Island. Touching upon oid age pensions, Mr. MacDonald said the Maritime Prov. incae were et a disadvantage in that ma ,, people ‘ ‘ 20 and 45 are oi age had leit the provinc- es-by-the sea ior other parts oi Cen- ada during their best years oi produc- tivity, therein! adding to the revenue oi the provinces to which they went. As a consequence the Maritime Pro- vincea had a larger percelitagemi people oi’ pensionable egg than the other provinces. With resultant de- creased revebues and riarger nuns- ber o! pensionable residents Prince Edward lalqnd especially was handl- ‘cappsci by the present old lac pen- _sicn scheme. ‘under which the prov- ihoee partioipdting had to contribute. l-le believed in a iederal oid age pm- sion plan, under which the total con- tribution would be made by the Do- million.

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Judxe Helen Gregory McGill, who was dismissed from her position o! luvenliie court Judge in Vancouver by the new British Gove. ‘o1 by the new British Columbia. gov- ernment. The dlsrnisgal lg sir-lush“! ll! the Iioweileliers in ‘v’ ncouver;

LPASSENGERS AND- CREW 11v QUARiiNTJNE

(Special to The Guardian)

BEATTLE. Wash, March 1I.--As I precautionary measure, to prevent another outbreak ' oi spinal mama. gitis here, 338 third class passengers and members oi the crew o1 t!“ 1mg;- President Madison were in quaran- tine today at Diamond ‘lead, near Port Townsend, Wash.

Two weeks ago the liner President Lincoln arrived with 12 one!“ oi the disease. 0i these aiiected aix persona have died. Two ateerage passengers 01’! the n ' It Mldieflll. died iron-i spinal meningitis on the trip irom the Orient. I ,

_C. N. R. Acquires 4 ‘Quebec; Railway

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, March iii.—Bili Number 72, an act authorising the Canadian National Railways ‘to acquire the Quebec, Montreal and Southern rail- way was adopted by the Parliament- ary Railway Committee here today. air Henry Thornton, LPresident c! the Canadian National Railways, ex- plained that the line to be acquired

along the south shore ci the St.

ville, a distance oi 110 miles. It had e. branch irom llelieviile Junction. iive miles east oi Sore], throug St.

Hyacinthe to Ncyan, a distance oi 31 miles. It served il'l.000 inhabi- tants and the annual freight traiiic amounted to 050,000 tone. The pur- chase price was $0,000,000. .

The re- ‘ cost, iesa depreciation, we!

04,200,000 and the equipment cost oi reproduction $1,900,000.

Through this purchase the C. N, 1t.

hopes to ciiect economies on the 1.4:- vis division. third heaviest in trniiio on theC. N. n. System and grade revisions had previously been contemplated.

This division was the

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MiHEH'ifiTH ii5~fliYFlH 5fiHflfli'TEST5!

Names of Oratorical Competitors Repre- senting Schools in District Contests to be in by 20th.

Principals and Teachers are re- minded that the School Contests must all be completed by March 15th.

The names oi the competitors that each school selects to represent it at the District Contests should be sent in at once. and must be in this cflice not later than Wednesday. March 20th. '

We welcome to the contest Donald Ross, X. oi Flat River School. the

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LLOYD GEORGE WILL SUPPORT ANY PAR TY

(Canadian heal) LONDON. larch l2.-Lioyd George leader oi the Libenis, in an inter- view today indicated that he would support any political party in regard to power in the ioi-thooening general election i! that party would support his national eempllln to: reducing Croat Britain's unemployed a million within a. year with extensive road- ‘iiding and other public works. r llbiplainirig his scheme which is em- bodied in a new Liberal booklet oil-l- ied "We Can Conquer Unemploy- ment," which V" publish!!! today. Lloyd George declared: "bi Novem- ber 1 urged the government to take the line we are now suggesting. I! they had done so I would have given them my whoieneerted support. Ii another party ie returned to power end puts iorward similar proposals I will live them wholeheartedmlp- port no wetter what government it is." '

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NEWARK, N. J, March II-llark garet Stretinn Gibb. who ll Joined to her Siamese twlneister, Mary yes- terday applied for a marriage licence with caries Daniel Jcseie. oi Mexico Cityfrlane tor their marriage were withheld.

The twins aeine from ‘New York to the city hail here with their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. John ll. Gibb. oi fmllioke. Mesa, and hurried back as soon u the erolloetion was made. Joule gave his lee as 2i. and Miss Glbli ll. ‘I110 youth said he was a graduate ci the University oi Mex- icc and a son oi the general man- ager oi the Ford Motor Company in Merino.

LAUNCHES APPEAL T0 STAIT MOVEMENT IN CAN. ADA Adamatr OOMVTYNISM -.-_..

wrimirzc, March iii-Au appeal to ell-service men to start a move- msnt that will stamp communism out c! Canada wee made by Lieutenant 0010001 llllllli Webb in hie presiden-

has been appointed es a member tleLaddseee at the oyeniu‘ o; m, w. or the boa-rd oi railway coureh- nuai convention e! the Manitoba pro- elonere to succeed Hon. Isaak vineiel commend. Canadian Legion,

Oliver. who recently retired. 0i- iiciel confirmation ei the convict- aieat was weds late tel». ‘

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Gen. cieoo Manzo, military ciiiei oi west coast oi Mexico, is us- ing hi; soldiers in the rebel'a behalf in u“ “bloodless revolution" in Mex- ico, aimed against the rule oi Presl- dent Portea Gil. He apparently atlli holds welt coast regions in 801101‘! and sinaioa. and is reported to have captured Cnlleancan in the latter miss-Copyright, 1929, Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Inc.

MajorMacP/ice to Command No 26. Field Ambulance

(Canadian Prose) OTTAWA, Mar. 12.—'i.'he following is included in a list oi’ promotions en- nounced in militia orders itoday: Ma- Jcr K. A. MacPhee has been appoint- ed to command No. 20 deld ambul- antc, o. a. M. 0.. located at Charlot- tetown. P. E. 1., Vice Lieutenant Coi- cnel V. L. Goodwin, V.D.. who has been transierred and appointed to command No. 20 drsserve) Field Am- bulance C. A. M. C. Major MacPhee served in England ircm November, 1018. to Jul)’. i919.

TRA NSPOR T SER VICES

The Aeroplane

The large plane arrived yesterday at 12.45 p. m. with mails. She leit on return tor Moncton via Summers!‘ with mails and one passenger.

The Car Ferry

Ice conditions at the Capes were very severe yeeterdey. The Car Berry leit Borden at 0.10 a. in. and arriv- ed at Tiormentiile at 4.00 p, m. taking nearly seven hours in crossing. She leit on return "(or Borden at 0.08 p. m. and at time oi going to prose was still iour and e heli miles from her destination.

tobe and the Dominion generally-He referred, he said, to the movement that made little children "spit on the Union Jack and disgrace the tradi- tions that ere British." -

32 MILLIONS INVESTED 11v CORP_0_1_?A TION

(Special in The Guardian) MONTREAL, March l2.-—One oi’ the largest cash payments ever to have been made 1n Canada apart from Dominion government financing took plaice in Montreal on Saturday. when $32,000,000 in cash was trans- ierred to Consolidated Investment Corporation oi Canada as a result oi the recent financing in which Wood. Guncly and 00., underwrcte the bonds preiflred and common, shares oi the investment corporation ior the above mentioned sum. This net amount was to be paid to the corporation aiter the underwriters had assumed all ex- penses ln connection with the corpor- atiori, etb. The payment oi this amount inin the treasury oi the new corporation will make it one oi’ the largest investing institutions in Cari- ada.

Bananas From St. Lucia Arrive In St. John

ST. JOHN. N. 13., March i1.- Among the cargo to be landed at St. John ex the it. M. S. "Lady Hawk- ins" Canadian National steamship, which arrived here (his afternoon is a trial shipment oi bananas. Nix. Louis Duvaux, irult broker late ci St. Lucia. B. W. 1., but now oi Mon- treal was greatly pleased with the condition in which the bananas arriv- ed and iceis that there will be no dii- iiculty in -‘-‘ posing oi the consign- ment to the Canadian trade.

Mr. Duveux stated that the banana trade of St. Lucia. has not been very active ior the past two years but since the inauguration oi the new ser- vice by the Ginadian National Steamehips under the terms oi the Canada-British West Indies treaty a decided impetus has been given to the industry and it promises to de- velop into something greater. He ex. pects to make frequent and larger shipments oi this product of Canada's sister colony oi the Carribbean.

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(Special to The Guardian) PEKIN VIA MUKDEN, March 12. -.The greatest uneasiness prevails here iri foreign and Chinese circles coiieefillng the likelihood oi wide- spread troubles tomorrow. the en- niversary oi Dr Sun Yet Sen‘: death. or on Friday, when the third Kuo- mlri Tang congress is due to assem- ble at Nenking. Chinese bankers ieer communist outbreaks, and ioreign bankera are advising their clients who are engaged in the export trade to move ell their stocks out at once be- lore a. railway tie-up develops, The Pekln authorities have secretly agreed to declare martial law tomorrow, and one wing oi the government here ie- vors announcing open secession Iron! Nankin at the same time.. on the ground that North China has been treated by the nationalist govern- ment like e conquered province.

MARITIMES ‘HAVE

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and crenri, shingles. cattle industry wan mad; (q- flhg United States tariii Qommlgaina, The recent hearing gathered evidence creased tariiis on prectlceiLv every‘- thing produced on the iann. It 1e unlikely that Hoover will make aid "llllfflry changes in the tariit on i“ "lulled "use oi products while can» gress is revising the whole Fordney. ‘ 1 McCuinber tarlii. ' f

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