ople in ovince — 8.000 in ty -,- Read’ The dian every day.

over 33.090 I19 thiB Pr the .Ci Guar

The Guardian is read in practically every worth- whflo home in Prince

THE WEATHER

Moderate to fresh northerly Wllldli fair; not. much change in temperature. Sllfld3y—mo§fly rnir,

Everybody

pdwardl island.

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(Canadian Press) ‘

... National Railway system f0

. year 1932 was $61,006,919, ac- rcport of . axing-President, S. J. Hunger-i . tabled in the House of Com-i} .. today by Hon. R. J, Manion,

,.. to the annual

t. lcr of Railways and Canals

i. decrease in gross revenue wasi about

501,567. as compared with the , nus year, and the reduction in totalled $44,- operziting . $5,895,433-—$t,'703,266

gating expenses I 4, leaving a net enue of atcr than ill 193i.

Taxes amounted to $5,204,048 and i»; were other income account ls of $4,732,124, largely increas- “I193: by the necessity of pay- . heavy discount on Canadian

in the United States. '

‘the interest on the funded debt the hilnds of the public was $56,- 378 iiiid this interest charge, - other income account debits, ‘the system o. nct incoliio dc- _ for the year of‘ $61,000 ‘>19 ex- e of interest on -govcrlllnelit

This not income deficit rep- i 0 '

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Iiiliulzgerfori sold the reduc- expenscs and financial - g was minlc possible "by the . ty and continuing efforts of all o" to secure the maximum

in operating wotlvely better

economy."

itwas possible, because of these orts and careful scrutiny of all

~ iblc avenues of saving, to keep 1 win] cash requirements of the ~ m within the budgetted estim- u presented m Pitriinmcntfdd- la the fact that the revenues of System declined $39,401.567 as pared with the previous year.

fered Same As. Other Businesses

The year 1932 witnessed o con- arice of the world's great ec-

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' OUNCEMENTS.

OMING EVENTS, MEETINGS. ETC

"Announcements are tnarrteil In

column at 2 eenta per wurrl leily payable In allvurlce.

"Silversides vs. Stars at wheat- t River tonight. 3537.11

"Reserve Saturday, April is, gm i llflcid Presbyterian Church cake ut Hoinlans. BoTr-o-Zu-ll,

"Don't miss Concert at Long 11 Monday night, March 21th. not fine, Tuesday. B514-u-2d-2l.

‘étlovchead Club loading hogs tune-idol! fcrenoon. Milltll 20in I l0 0 clock. List stock with Sec- rv. .1. s. Allen. 8572-3-2J-1i.

‘gorse Races at Wlsnefs Dam arch 27th at 2 o'clock. B578-3-25-1i.

‘Mt. Stewart Club loading hogs 111v afternoon. March 2stii 3° 1111i- stock. D. J. McDonald. i W. B580-3-25-1l.

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m“? match tonight at Hilli-

h F1111‘. New Glasgow Colts vs.

> ' Er River Beavers. Skate after ‘ 3585-11

‘Us A“ Blue Bag" presented by _, “ Plfllrers in Kingston Hall, w’ g1’. March 28th. Admission 25c c' 8569-8-25-11.

'0 gels .5810 by the Ladies Aid of H "1116 Church at Moore st Mo- ‘ 011 Saturday afternoon. 8548-3-24-1".

It “we Popularity of our cheap es- umarglfillrance is attested by tho ‘ M118 inquiries received. Why uh 111° quote you rates. Write h‘ "11s to-diiy. .1. A. Moore,

I". Sun Life Auuranceco.

March 24-31.

Ill! . Guardian Two lento

nnual Report}; .N.R. System .Was abled Yesterday

ct Deficit, According To Acting President S. J. Hungerford l- ,$61,006.919 — Drastic Curtail- ment Of Expenditure And Strict Economy Was Practiced In All Departments.

AWA, March 24—-The not‘ deficit of the WhOlB cnn-I

Covers Prince Edward

a-

Europe Virtually Two Arnied

Island Like the new

Camps

\ LES,

I Lots To Do

About Nothing

(Canadian Press) SYDNEY MLNES. N. 8., March Zb-David Carey is wondering what all the fuss l;

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G ERMAH ITALIAN

A pica that

launched by himself and Premiu- Mussolini was made by Prime Min- ister MacDonald of Great Britain shortly before his departure lion. Rome to Paris. In a statement ls- sued to the p.css the British states- man said: ~"\Vo are here not for un imposed peace, but for an ogrcct. pence. The wllolc idea is to open up possibility for complete agreement

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The County Council heard this week that there wasaprla- vnér 1n liiii for an Indefinite term under the collection act, and immediately ‘begin; a ‘w. uIDIJS crusade for his release.

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Corridor

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TEtidiitim-‘Vt T i in “m emu“ m: Europgfinillilfggcg‘ natloni, but an agreement in which it is still necessary to obtain the sull- i

all nations should concur. It is no use trying to recreate mankind. We must take it as we find it.”

~ It was announced Foreign Mlnlstc _iir John Simon w zuld fly to Gem, warding the MacDonald train thu- ln rerirfd to his forthcoming col sersations in Paris with Prom“ Edouard Deladicr of France, Mac Donald pintod out that full agree irient to the latest European pom-r 11in has not vet been reached, since

Cort of both France and Germany.

"It we leave out any power, we m: beaten." he declared. an el- ‘wrts it" 1101113 made to maintain

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY. MARCH 25. 1933

Scores Opponents

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tropenn equilibrium, which is se- rely threatened by racial hostill- l 2s. The continent ls virtually di- cled into twn armed camps, one flied with France, the other with ‘termany and Italy, as illustrated in ‘he map shown here. l

Th” Council PM!“ . ‘mu not between one, two, three or six

resolution against the. Jldgf- lnlte innnlsonment of debtorg idler Warden McLean had outlined Carey's case.

It developed today that. Corey is at liberty and ha! been for the last month, hi“. ing bccn 19163-8131] after making an arrangement for paying his creditors.

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orrawa, Murch 424—(C.P.)-— Following close on the heels of a. three hour conference between the Prime Minister, the Minister of

Veterans Hail

With Approval Gov’t. Attitude Explanation. Byi-E-i-nance Minister Satisfies War Veteran Leaders

As To Sin ce rity Of Bennett Government ~Attitude.

slon with respect to what is iii the Iminds of the Government" in that

lliillitii IN is IGISLATUREI Yiiliblllll

Department 0f Pub- lie Works Submits" I ts R e p o r t.

(Canadian Press) ‘ HALIFAX, March Zt-Output of

lconnection. His brief statement was received by the associated vet-

adafs Financial

World Conditions.

24—(C.P.)- some inter-

TORONTO. March Though occasioning

(‘M15018 temporary inconvenience

York funds the Banking crisis in

United States "in the large did not

Canadian B u d g e t Sounded A Note 0f Confidence In Can-

Stability D e s p i t e

flllrtion to International ‘rriide and

by the lack or quotation of New

Finance, and the leaders of the erans‘ leaders with "much relief." Associated Veterans, the statement Inundaicd for the past two days delivered in the House of Commons with telegrams from all parts of today by Hon. EN. Rhodes, Flrl- the country voicing the protest of ance Minister wherein the Minis- various veterans’ bodies against tor asserted it was never intended what they considered a violation to interfere with pensions as such"'of the pledges of Parliament with was hotled by ex-servlce men as regard to pensions, the associated an acceptable climax to a swiftly- veterans felt tonight that the moving drama. Minister's explanation would cut “The last thing in the world off that flood. It would also allay that weliud in our minds was any the fears of ex-scrvice men that interference with the sanctity of any drastic action operating to the contract concerning perisionsfltheir disadvantage was contemplat- aaid Mr. Rhodes. The Minister ed- touching on the interpretation put In an official statement emerg- on his reference to the suspensionllng from the conM-ence of the As- of pensiong to civil service warjsochted veterans this afternoon. pensioners in the Budget; Sngech of; the soldiers leaders placed tllem- last Tuesday, sought this afternoon: 59111911 “Y1 Yew"! 115 approving the

Nova. Scotias gold mines showed an increase in 1932 of more than 60 per cent over the previous year's production, it is showli in the report of the Department of Public Works ‘ and Mines, submitted to the Legis- lature today,

Gold mined during the past year amounted to 941 ounces, as com- pared with 575 ounces for 1931, showing an increase of 366 ounces.

This increase has not been brought about by large scoie opera- tions. ‘It has been due, ruthcr,_to the fact that a large number of un- employed have turned to placer mining in the Province as a means of earning a livelihood.

HALIFAX, March 24.—(C.P.) - Einployment in the coal fields of Nova Scctiu dropped iii 1932, accord- ing to the report of ihe Department of Public Works and Mines, tabled

o. HON. G. SIIELTON SHARP

Minister of Public Vvorks, whose ziddrcse; on the Ituilget uppcurs in today's issue.

Stabilization Of Fruit industry A I s S e e n

(Canadian Press) KENTVILLE. N. S, Afarcll 2-1-- Stabllizaticil of Caiiaddis fruit iii- diistry through tho agreements reached at. the Imperial Collier- once inst year was FCEll today by G.

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cause of or. ravngunt CX1."ll(llilll'L“= ‘ivhcli in office and failure in bond fill oicr aft of a million iiiiri

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Lea Lion t lll illc LPillbliltilh iill '1hiir gill bl lion. (i. Slit - ion .\lllll$lt'l' of Pubic Wurlzti, ill u .‘-[l\‘L‘('ll on the liiltlgi-l which Fllbl“. i l'(lil‘ l. of applause ‘from Ciiiiscrvutivc hczicliis. lvir.

Sharp scored, among other things. the Opposiion arguliiolit that it was the Lea Goveriinicritk." intention to bond lhc ovcrdrlift "after the cit-c- ,lioi'i." This i(lil‘.l>.>l0ll, hr- clziiiliiui, lshovved the desire of the Lea ad- ‘miliistraiicn in mislead the people as to the trun- i-oiiciition of the fill- fillCCS, and its purposeful neglect of ; the overdraft caused serious loss, not , only iii interest charges but in forc- l iiig the Province later to issue bonds on a. less favorable market.

Mr. Sharp first answered the alle- gation of iiic int-iiibcr from Riistico lliir. Lt-Pugei of extravagance in villlfdllitnillg 1i rizlit-oi-vray iii front i of the Doyle property on the shore i

urination is iiiii llllll i iiisiiiii

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ioiisibility for the prcsciri fin-

iA. Barrat, director and liver-sens’ representative of the Associated‘ ‘Growers of British Columbia. l

'I‘rcatir.s entered into at the con-i fcrence have, .\-ir. Barrut declared}

pposition Financial Critic 0f The F8tl~ oral House Criticiz-

‘placed the industry on at

,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,_ ,,,,, ,,,. es Bennett Budget. Ind that the grivavr must cOil- -*———

centrate as never before on the icimadh" Pres‘)

3mm, ma,.ke,_ OTTAWA, March 24——H0fl. J. L.

Rrilswn, financial critic for the Liberals, concluded his speech on the Budget in tllg Commons today

Discussing the Nova scotio apple ‘situation, llc declared that in inziny cases they were not arriving in

Annual Subscription Delivered $5.00

lly llull Canada and U. B. A. ld-Id

Charges Willful Neglect By Late Lea Government Of Huge Bank Qverdraft

Budget Debate Warms Up With Lively Rebuttal Of

Upposition Criticism By Hon.‘ G. Shelton Sharp,

Who Probes Record 6f Lea Government For

y Reasons For Present Financial Situation — Ex-Minister McIntyre Adjourns Debate.

line running norih from Rustico iiliiige. This was one of the most Uflitlltlllllwdfwfli in thrs Province. For a. number of years the bank hea been washing sway" in tilat section and it vrrls Liar-marl llPl‘£‘f»$Z\l”y to ziilke a new light of way through the Doyile property. The land pur- chased from other parties was oil the rear of their farms The build- ings were not iicur the prop- ciiv as were the buildings on the flcyle properly tiikcll over by ihe Government; ‘but when the first right. of way was taken it had to run practically between the barn and the house. Before the agree- ment was completed the house had burned down and a. new house was built inland with the result that Mr. Doyle preferred to sell the land nearer tile shore. In the right-of- way there “WIS i1 small section of barn that had to be removed. There was also a cellar that had to be filled up, The hon. member from Rustlco had valued the old cellar of the Prince of Wales College at $50,-

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Bright Spots Of Financial And Industrial Wk.

___-_ iBy The Canadian Yressi TORONTO -- International

Nickel Company's exports in February were 3,075,300 pounds,

the largest since lllari-li, i932.

HALIFAX —— Some improve- ment noted in demand by Brit- ish markets for ltlaritimr- Prov- inccs‘ lumber and apples.

GUELPH, Ont. - Luncashlra Felt Company, l.td., announce

they will soon take mi mnrr‘

iiy moving a direct waiit-of-con- iidelice motion against the Govern- ment. The motion was an amend- ment to ilie motion of lion. E. N. Rhodvs that the House g0 committee of supply on the Bud- get. The Rnlston amendment was

England iii good condition. Tile British market for Nova Scotia grown apples should, ‘no said. be better than it ES now rcyorivrl, es- pecially ill \‘i1\\\' of the or JlZtplllC- til posiffioil of the Pl‘l)\'ll‘.(‘“.

into ‘

ivurkcrs and inrrciisi- 3*" r'-=.. lion. SAUL!‘ STE. fir-mu. (int--

Canada Steamship lilies will have 57 boats in operation at opening of navigation and ex- pect heavy grain movement aiul

cross the International boundary",

mccording to the monthly business

to set at rest the “mfsapprohenw

1 Minister's observations.

Sumlnorv or trio Bank of Montreal. i Describing the banking situation Ins the feature of business condit- ions "abroad" the summary says 1n Dart "that for a time the Unit-

cd states had departed from the ——-— gold standard," The umom says m, UITAWA, March 24-0r.>--Oar gilmmary, h“ 0,385,‘, to my out loadings on Canadian Railways for tthe will domestically; m, prohlb_,week ending March 1B amounted med gold export‘, be,“ m m" ‘bite 35,886, an increase of 1,515 over ‘spcct rnuch in the position of can- ‘the Previous week‘ but a amp of mm, 5nd by the compulsion o, se_!7,268 from the corresponding week ygye penames w be applied to of last year. The biggest advance boarders has brought odor to banks ‘lest week was in tn. western divis- a m.“ volume o, gold “M ‘old ion where the movement of grain gerglglcayel [showed on increase of 836 cars ov-

The cannula“ Budget deuvered er the previous week, and 778

1n the “on” o! commons’ Muclhhigher than the corresponding 3L the summary says m l rev,” i week of 1932. Coal increased by 242

o; the change,’ sounded g a0“ {can over the previous‘ week and ei-chandise was heavier by ll’!

d: donriddnce in the financial m- .‘ m bllity or can“, despm unnvoh while miscellaneous freight increas- able world condmona ed by 160 cars.

‘The Eastern Division showed an increase of 423 with 22,048 cars as compared with 21, 025 for the pre- vioua week. Total car loadings in the Western Division were 13,838 earl an increase of 1,092 in com- pariaon with 12,748 for the woek previous.

‘Increase In Car Loadings

WINNIPEG. March 74-(0. P-h-The Winnipeg‘ l-‘rce Prom in its new! columns today publishes the following:

"Transfer ot the Winnipeg groin exchange and its trading, facilities from Winnipeg to Fort. Willllm or Port Arthur ll being aerlonaly discussed by Prominent members of the ex- change today.

BBIDGEWATIZR, N. 5., Mar. ZL-Royal Canadian Mounted Police uncovered I00 gallons of

‘contraband nlm in a barn at Lakelanrl today. They sald no charge had been laid because it did not belong to the owner

,0! the barn.

"Brnckley Beach Rink tonight at 8 sharp, Winsloe Huskies vs. Blood- hounds. Skate after game. 8588-11

FamilySuffers Double‘ Be-

reavement

NEW cihasuuw, N. s., March 24—1Ciill8.d13fl press; _iy,,--,lth struck swiftly at o. New G-usgow home today, carrynig llway Gflfllld McNeil, 63, and his wife -witllin three hours of each other.

McNeil, who was n. building w“- tractor, died from an attack of plcuro-pnciunenia o short time after Mrs. McNeil had succumbed after an eiliergcncy operation. She was 52 years old.

A daughter, Mrs. Elmer Christie, lives in Detroit. Fraser Cameron, a. brother of Mrs, McNeil, is l. resi- dcnt of Providence, R. I., while n brother or her husband, Albert S. McNeil, lives lli Washington.

MONTPELIER, Vt, March 24—(A.P.)—'I'he State Senate, by a. vote of 23 to (l, today on- acted a meson a. providing for the licensing and regulation of the sale o! malt and mmcnted burl-rm! containing not more than 3.2 per cent of alcohol by wclrlit. The House or Rrpre- aentutlvea having previously passed the measure, the bill now goes to the Governor for

his signature.

P711050 for the corresponding per-

lu the Legislature todiiy by Premier l Gordon S. Harrington, i The report shows ihe ‘average Jlumbcl‘ of iviiiers employed lust year to have been 12,711, us coni- pnrcd with 13,055 in 1931.

The total nulnbcr of man days worked showed o. corresponding drop from 2,568,048 to 2,063,95§. coal out- put for tile year was 3,775,879 long toils.

Coal distributed for consumption in Nova Scotia was 870,834 tons. An- other 1,640,755 tons were included in shipments to ihe St, Lawrence mur- ket, while 40,180 tons went to the United States.

The total qumltity of coke monu- iactured in the Province in the past year was 86,707 tans. Produc- tion of tar, a try-product in the ‘making of’ coke, amounted to 1,-

462,090 Imperial gallons.

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Wfins Prize In Grand National.

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FOX POINT‘, N. MilfCll 2~t~l Winner" of $123,000 us: u risiili, uli Kellshoro Jot-ks liciury ‘ill llli‘, Grand National today, Club- llorlie i of Dartmouth is going to do his bit toward solving the lllli‘ll.lilti,i'llll‘lll‘ probieirl. I

“I am going back ‘til xii thrill l~> l the end of tho month,“ lit‘. .\ lid, “lint l after that it's a long Yilritiifill for‘ me. Probably a garnizz‘ I

Iiorllc, a pump llllllll zit tilt: 1711- periul Oil Cilmpiiirv l'i‘lill*'i'\‘ iiiair Dartmouth, bought it $1370 lrish Hospital Sweepstakes tick... scvrrni tmontlis ago and signed iéii iioiiimc ‘ dc ‘plume "poor blliii."

“Perhaps I can licip sonic tillirr [pour bum," he lziuplicti iiiiiigiiit as llc talked about giving up his job.

lie was not sure. svliui. hi: would do after the vacation was iivcr, (if one thing ho vsiis sure, however, hr: wvas goiiil: i0 invc-t. tin‘ lllf vy sound sccliritim as non as iii- not it.

None of your ;»i(i(‘l; miirkvt Slim‘,- ulatioii for lire." hi: ilulurrd. "lni going to illvcsi the money in some good bonds that \\i‘.l llF<lll'f‘ a stcntly income."

Horne nilpcilri-d i.lllil Will unruif- led wlirn he \\’;l.'< lllullllldll ovvi‘ illt‘ long distance ii~lt~iiliitiii~ lililuy that he had won a pi-iizc.

ire Losses

During Week

TORONTO, March 2-t—tC.P.)-- Fire losses in Canada durilig the week ended March 22 were esti- mated by the Monetary Times at. $445,500 as compared with $443,550 for the preceding week and with $439,850 for the some week o year ago. Fire losses since the first of

,tllc year to Mai-ch 22. are estimated =' at $434,820 u compared ivith so,-

10d of last year.

i are r- 'iilli‘f‘(l it) cope with the irres-

tlmt instead ihe House go on _re-' cord ris follows: i

"Tliir ]7l‘\'\})f).\ill:§ of ilii- Govcrli- iiiciii. to; sot fiirlll in ihr: Biidgrzi.‘ prt li-d to this‘ Housie by the llfiiiisicr of Finance make no pro- vision for the fundrilncntal chang- es iii c.‘ ‘rig ilolicics regarding Lrliri‘, crct. and ciiiiilloyiniriit ivliicli

fslr volume of package freight.

LINDSAC. Ont. -~ Canada. Vflhvou (‘nmpany i,til.. has pur- chascd a building here and will move from Pcierborough in a. few weeks.

The WeathenEct.

i-nt r I l lllllc situation. They imply __ _ t, ("All iumr FLITKDFLE

it m» nuance of iiscol and other \\'eok tin- 0.77/13 ii..,-,|,.,, M",