SUMMERSIDE GUARDIAN 0

and PRINCE COUNTY CHRONICLE

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vw.: has adecrafall Um,” “ture may be lnocrhd

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varliraurr. 4 for 20°

____.... oo rooms lr cc ‘L P- 'mu' 1' the Present propri-

Lgffe ,cms mm wh etor. 'rue clliwn l-:cure nas always better stores been associated with the commer-

L_“.|° u 35 hu cial and social life of Summerslde. - ...."“"i'...“l:° °‘°a‘“°"“°.';‘..:‘ °“°

tation & Whcl W” Wm trav-

tns ng. clling public as one of the nicest

are 1° ¢‘y. om’ flllllly l‘l0l‘»€l.B in H10 Maritim; prov- development md inces. On the occasion ' of the

pup. at hmm ut! visits of the Governor Generals ____ of Canada to Summerside the Clif- Bmmnma Brno” ton House was the scene of many for me mths "um, brilliant functions and many noted Gestation dr Whclp and dislihgulshed people have slept for vlxcns following beghmit-9 l;°°f- ld availabl at your near 0-W YS WCW an 0 EHS-

ri-aus-1-az ts-ti lilh family and resided in oner-

NlcELY_p|-lendl Wm mhrsldc. O11 the deiillii 0! their

'f,°,§:lGr.c learn that Mr mn P“'°“i4- Mi-is Georgie. new de- Pshea of st muy, 18 “kms ceased and Miss Tottie carriedon

ms,-,oem ° 1- the Clifton House and their two

progress from P0 »» --» C- -W H-i i.~:.::.::l....‘:=:.": is

invest ieedina D“"‘°°°“- ludmg wgmm _ The Clifton House is one of the

d in ` -

...___ years ago. Besides the Clifton

him or are - Get'-use Williams' house on need elm Granville Street is claimed tc ne reed; md the first residence built in Sum-

iiifiiieeiifie ring; e,srE

Sarah Mawley opened House. which was bum Ollllvbell in the early

Burnmersidc. This hotel in the hands of the Maw. . until quite recently. Mr.

lcttetown before comi to Sum-

°v' . ow under

the management of Mrs. Bruce

oldest establishments in Summer side and has always escaped the many tires that have visited the town. It came very near to being burned when tire wiped out 3 gee. tion of Water Street about eighteen

House. the oldest buildings now standing in Summersid: are .the Nurses Home. which was Summer- sides first hotel and was known as Sulnmersidc House. This was UU!" by J0°¢‘Ph Green and was

lncértler occupied by li/ku. James Reid.

merside and was occupied by 5 branch of the Green family.

The departure of Miss Mawley

from Bummerside has recalled to many of the older residents cf the town, the early history of the place.

Miss Mawley will be missed by 119? friends. which are irnanlvl Bhc willalscbcmissedin Bt. Mary's Cl1urch.of which she has been a mcmher since it was built.

Her friends wish her every hap-

the time to Uiness in her new home.-.B »~ .

Closing C. Y.M.L. Card' Party

The concluding party of the _C.

Y. M. L. auction forty-fivcs tourna- ment was held on Friday night and was featured by the largest at- tendance yet this season. This was the _final card party before Lent but they will be resumed after

W0” Easter. When these card rties

began last fall it was promised that they would be the best in town. Arid that that promise has been fulfilled is evidenced by the fact that they have been held every

l>1*i\° Friday without exception for over

skis-S four months and on no occasion

has the atteendancc been unsatis- factory.

A great deal of credit for the

outstanding success of these par- ties is due to Mr. Joseph Gaudet. the energetic chairman of the so- cial committee under whose man- agement the whole program of par- ties hls been carried out.

The members of the Catholic

Yo\mgMen's League appreciate very much the patronage they have re- ceived and look forward to receiv- ing the same generous support

PERSONALS :lien their annual play is present-

The prim winners at the final

card part _ are as follows. I..e.d.ics

M1” ZW” Gaumt °f summ” nrst, Mrs.yBam Grady: ladies' con-

H°l’°"“t°d °“ in th! Pun” solation, Doris Gallant; men’s first,

md ;°p“‘“1 °n M°nd°»Y m°|'° M. J. White: men’s consolation, Mr.

doing nicely.-B Purves; freece-out. Mrs. Isaac Ar-

sensult. The winners of the tour-

m°°R°“° “NNN TNWUUS nsrnerit primes were- ladies' Mrs §,,,‘2'§°"`°*¢4 win the Prinoo .rclui c. in-ceruuiitf mee. lauriey

°°Pii*\1 im Sunday and ncucettc. 'rne ccconrl highest scores “°°d P“°S"°== “Wd ro- were held by Mrs. mein oellent

and Mr. Music Blaoquiere who also held second high score in the last

ReflU’ll8 F7011! 'mc iiieiiy new pr-ire fertile

tom-riament was drawn by Mrs.

FUD' Salg In .rcnn murray.-s

IIDMCINTON-Company formed

Ne w Yo r k here financed by Denver, Color-

ado'intcr~c|ts, to produce gasoline, fuel oil and asphalt products from the McMurray sand Beds.

Rollrood Mo|\'s Lcmo Book Gone

ll Years Pala hllavadby Dodds

any are

lame

L o c a I S ____ ». ~ --, , 1

many rn uc an-neu P E I 1 d o icnnutcnuir nite auicrenz time ulsruircuu m..w,,§,'”',§ 0 o S an S allns uric: that. in ilicil 1. cm. tho

ummcrslde to take up her , _ minion should assist by voting a in Charlottetown at the R g T E special subsidy in aid, because su

Ladies Home. 0 a subsiiw is a gift and not aekglhé ‘um ,uvemt of wndmom md cu._

mn-

pect of the retro me enum. A spcctive feature of "We have, however," th rn _ iiv report continues, "lik, ir., §l§§- can Commission, taken this re-, °!'°SD¢°i-ive feature inte wecun; at mlkills. our recommendations and also the fact that the increased subsidies which we have recom. “WW ‘N W basin in the risccl year 1985-36 and lot as of the fiscal year following the dugg of the Duncan report." . The annual additional subsidies

Wvrcsent cn a five percent pm- annum interest basis, mpugjueg sums of: Nova ricotta $26,000,000; New Brunswick $18,000,000; P;-mee Edward Island $5,500,000.

' Stresses Fiscal Need

Chief Jllhlflcc Mllthleson gives

T292: reostinouziévg- trixisscigqtpogiet the

e anceof

"fiscal md" as a guiding prin. ciple. The first requisite from the of-flv days to gmnting additional aid.by the Dominion to a Prov- ince, he states, is proof of fiscal need arising from causes for which the province was no; res- pomible. He also expresses belief the proposed increase wculrl give only partial and tcmpora/ry relief.

"It was made clearly to appear °i\ this inquiry." chief Justice Mathieson states regarding the question of treatment accorded to different provinces, "that one of the major problems facing Canada today is the devising of some gen- °1'°»1 Plan for adiustment of Dom- inion and provincial financial re- lations. The practice which has ex- isted from early days of dealing with single provinces or groups of provinces without due regard to the interest of all, may bring about a condition of grave unrest not free from danger to Canadian unity."

OFFICIAL SUMM.AR.Y

UITAWA, March 4-Following is

the official summary of the report tabled in the House of Commons by the Royal Commission on nuan- clal arrangements between the Do- minion and the Maritime Provin- ces:

Under the terms of reference the

commission was required to take into consideration and deal with the recommendation 'of thc Dun-

Lea Ancl Wright HockeyLeague M e e t i n g

- A meeting oi' the Les and Wright Hlockey'lieaguc was held in Bum- rrlcrsidc recently. There were nine present representing four leagues. Crilly Lea, in the absence of Pres- ident and vice President acted as lmairman. Some amendments were made to the bye-laws this year. The meeting took exception to thc way some teams are allowed to play in two different leagues throughout the season and strongllv tlecommended that in the future the various leagues enforce regul- ations that will check this prac- tice_ It is against all hockey prin-_ ciples that any team play in two different leagues for two trophies in one season.

The executive for _thc coming

year is as follows: T. J. Inman. President: C. C. Baker, Vicc-Pres- ident; Fred E. Moyse. Secretary- '1‘neasurer; Crilly Lea, Max Lefur- gey, Willard Thomas, Heber Mac- Querrie, Spurgeon Clark.

The bye-laws governing this

league are:

l.Competit.icn is open to the

ith electoral district lricluding Vic- toria and Crapaud.

2. (a) All clubs must qualify in

their respective leagues.

(lb) Any team not competing ln

any league must submit a roster of if players. 8 of which must be from one school district.

8. Any player who has played

more than two games in an inter- mediate or senior league during the prcvlcus season is not eligible.

4. The list of Dlllycrs of each

competing team in the foe and Wright League must be in the hands of secretary of lil-id. league not later than March 2. \

5. Bach team entering this lewiie

mug; pay a fee of $1 before com-

acting.

0. All leagues must declare a

winner by Feb. 28th. '1. Nc mm participating in tho

nec cnc vlvr-ight Hookovmifssiiiit ma draw payers *Wm I M ‘

arigtlieraleagllc that lh_a/vc played dmin c season.

0.'I5hc annual meeting of the

loc. and Wright Hockey League ls to be held cn the second 'mesday in February or thcreabouts at the discretion of the secretary.

ii. All frames must bc played in

eieccrl i..__r-lnlu. .

lation. ml decides

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wley has been associated , . and would “lie gacvidedlgtatih

business and social liie 3 M D pence or poop

Bumlhlrsidc for many ada dnot ily thcpeoplc

and mother, theyellfs 1 4 0 of than piriovincf in qiilyesticn.

n ' _ _ "For t . _f reasons

can .Commission that there shoul be a revision of the financial ar rangemcnts between the Dom l0V0l'Dm°Dl’f U-Bd the Maritime Pro vinccs. 'nic report of tic Commission. submitted to thc gov

"M1466 that immediate ~ in lump-sum increases should be

three Maritime Provinces. name]

wick $600,000 and Prince Edward Island 3125.000, and that these in- terim payments chcula be continued until the Dominion Government had time to complete its investiga- tion snd reassessment. In suggesting these sum; the

Duncan Commission expressed the view that these were to be regarded M the mlliirmirn addition that the three Maritime Provinces should have in any such revision. The interim-lump-sum increases have been voted annually by Parliament and paid to the respective govern- ments of the Maritime Provinces.

Submission of Claims

Carefully considered and ccm-

prehensive briefs were filed on be- half of the governments oi' the Maritime Provinces and the Domin- ion. The Maritime Provinces were represented before the Commission as follows:

Nova Scotia: Hon. A. L. MacDon-

ald, Premier: and Mr. Arthur Ba.m- stead. Deputy Provincial Secretary and Clerk of Executive Council.

New Brunswick: Hon. I... P, D.

Tilley. K. C.. Premier; Hon. W. H. Harrison. K. C., Attorney General: and Nigel B. Tennant.

Prince Edward Island: Hon. W. J.

P. MacMillan. M. D.. C. M.. F. A. C. S., Premier; and Hon. H. F. Mac- Phee. K. C., Attorney and Advo- cate General.. .

Mr. C. G. Howard, K. C., and Mr.

F. 8. Rugg. K. C., appeared for the Dominion government.

Broadlv speaking. the submlssicris

of the provinces related to (1) the alleged exceptional economic dis- advantages of the Maritime Prov- inccs since Confederation. as com- Pwed with the other provinces; (2) thc specific claims enumerated and discussed in the Duncan report; and (8) “fiscal need" as a ground for increased subsidies in aid from the Dominion.

The existing financial arrarige-

ments between the Dominion and thc three Maritime, Provinces em~ brace the following classes of pay~ ments by the Dominion:

(i) Annual grants for the sup

port of their government and leg- islatures and in aid as provided in the British North America Act.

(2) Interest in respect of debt al

lowanccs.

(3) Further aid voted by Parlia-

ment frorn time to time by wary of readjustment of then existing ar- rangements or of special. grants to one or the other of these provinces or or rearrangement ei' such sub- sidies aprplicable to all provinces.

Fiscal Need

As regards payments for the

support cf the provincial govern- ments and legislatures in aid, the Maritime Provinces advanced the' arglunent that “fiscal need" was a factor to be taken into account in any revision of the financial ar- rangement; between the Dolninicn and any or all of the provinces oi’ Canada. This theory was most strongly pressed by the Premier ol Nova Scotia, who claimed that. fin- ancial necessity of the provinces had been the basis of most, if not all, subsidies of every kind pro- vided for by the British North Am- erica Act.

In all revision of subsidies he

argued that the object could be traced back to financial necessity of thc provinces s.nd the willingness of the government of the day to yield when the situation was suf- ficiently exlgent.

Special Grants

The report admits that financial

necessity has lain at the basis of most. if not all. of the revision and special grants of subsidies to provinces since confederation. But while admitting this, the view is expressed that this policy which

eratcly adopted as a rule of action generally applicable in the matter of the financial arrangements be- tween the Dominion and the other provinces, as it would lead to con- ditions harmful and dangerous in extreme.

To the contention of thc Premier

of Nova Scotia that "fiscal need" might uc rcirly applied if it could be shown that the functions which the province was discharging were necessary: that such functions were being economically carried on; and that the province had exhausted all available sources of revenue, the report stat/es:

“When any province is in such

a necessitous condition, with its own credit exhausted, it ls, of gourm, mcper for _the Dorninltli Government. if it deems the main- tcnancc.cf provincial credit to be of national importance. to come- to the aid of that province by WI! 0! a guarantee cf its tei'nP°1’iif¥ buf- rowings or of a direct loan to be repaid with interest as soon ss. by reason of improved conditions or cf economies effected by the HW-

i credit has been restored

in thc psym ts of bid to ther there was anything unfair

°`“ °“ ’ Y u" llnequinolc in the wncle situct

Nova Scotia $875,000, New B;-ung' as regards the Maritime

has prevailed should not be delib- “1t is recommended by the Duh-

f»,1,g;;;;;,e;.;wn r WHITE coMM1ss1oN REPoR 1.' is PRESENTED

at-'

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from Do-

test of “fiscal need’ and procce to consider upon other- grounds the claims of the Maritime Province! for increased subsidies '

With s. view to ascertaining whe

or ri

Provinces

when compared with thc other pro vinces of Canada, the report care- fully weighs other arguments ad- vanced by the Maritime Provinces, including a lack of increase of pop- ulation ac compared with other pro- vinces token as a whole; low per- capita wealth and taxable capacity; comparison of costs of government and finances of the Marltirma pro- vincial governments. In the matter of greatly increased public debt the Maritime Provinces were not sing- ular among the provinces of Can-

inicu _ .

Duncan " _ -. to

ernment on Sept. 23, 1926, recom- 0¢\1°\‘ Arguments Weillml IBKFBBBW Biiliruing to each its d

tcrim - mme ' -

_ i ims

ada.

It is pointed out, however, that

the further aid recommended, no matter upon what claim or claims founded, will find its way into thc revenue side of their public ac- counts and assist to that extent these governments in the immedi- ate and urgent task of endeavoring to balance their- budgets. It will also enhance the public credit of the Maritime Provinces.

At Confederation the Dominion

assumed responsibility for the debts and liabilities of each province en- tering Confederation and fixed a debt allowance.

Maritimes' Contention

The Maritime Provinces contend

that the greater part of their public debt at the time of Confederation represented railway construction costs and when the Dominion took over their r-auway property they charged against the provincial debt allowance the bonds ot the prov- inces issued for railway purposes. They, therefore, argued that they were entitled tc have that portion of their debt eliminated in deter- mining thc extent to which the debt allowance originally given to them clrculu beer u reduction. The report states that the orizirial arrange- ments have been sc altered by read- justments or dem. allowances that it is not possible to make an ac- curate comparison accorded to the various provinces in that regard, although admitting some basis for the claims.

At Confederation

Of the orisinal parties to Con-

fedemtiem the Maritime Provinces alone have received no accession to their ,territory and claim that in the early years of the Prairie Provinces the money t.o meet the cost of administering their natural resources must have come from the older provinces. The natural fe- scurces have now been returned to the Prairie Provinces. The Turgeon commission, which dealt with the ease of Manitoba. recommended a refund of over $4,500,000 and also the continuation of the annual subsidy, in lieu of public lands. Two commissions are now dealing with the‘ccsc ci' up provinces cf Alberts and saskatchewan. The Maritime Provinces claim compensation by reason of the terrifM’Y granted by the Dominion. particularly in the ease gf Ontario and Quebec.

Speclnl P. E. I. Chiu

'rc this and to the oloooiol oleim

of Priincc Edward Island. Whlldh never had any crown lands. dim weight is given. with reference to the fixed sums expended by the Dominion upon the construction of trans-continental lines and local branch line; in the western prov- inces, the report asserts that these were in accord with the consistent policy oi' all governments to link east and west by railways and were. therefore, not so much to the bene- iit ci cnc western Provinces as to Canada as a whole. »

' MAJORITY REPORT

The full text of the recommen-

dations of Sir Thomas White and Mr. Nesbitt follow:

can Commission that a detailed determination and ooscumlnt should be made oi these various claim, of the Maritime Provinces sc trier. me ...cruel amount as well as the reasons and purposes at- taching tc it can be icoosuilied by the rest of Canada as fair and equitable. 'mic briefs and IIS"- ments subrnittcd cn behalf of the provinces and the Dominion and the documentary and other evidence adduced before us have enabled “B rc mac the ruasootod WH” °*' smination so far' as it is UNM' cable to do so.

“An assessment in detail of eiwh

claim is not possible as the claims are for the most. part based “D011 broad and general considerations of fairness and equity having retard to the treatment enjoyed by other provinces under the same headings and to thc economic disadvantages to which the Maritime Provinces ue peculiarly subject owing to their isolated. geographic P°liii°“ in relation to the central and western parts of Canada towards which the trend of Canadian devel- opment has continuously and in- cressini set-ever since the cstab

ts is thlll enabled to lttrlclto

fi0mM!inal\ci¢ldifIU\ll~

bf 0if980l-D8

feel obliged to reject this proposed’ “M m usgssmem in dgtm

3 ig?

by their nature not sul- etailcd appraisal by any mathematical calcula-

tion as the htel; for accurate com- parison is wantins on account of

cumstances of development of the svcral provinces.

Claim! Ill Allnllto

each of the claims presented before us is for thc reasons given, maui- fcstlv impraoticable, we adopt the only course available to us, vis consider equitably the claims in the

weight accord ng to our best judg ment and making our recommends tion in the form of special addition al annual subsidies to the Maritime Provinces respectively as a final equitable settlement of the cla brought before us for adjudication. These additional annual subsidies so recommended are to be in substitu- tion for the interim annual subsidies recommended by the Duncan Com- mission. They should commence in the fiscal year 1935-tiand the in- terim annual subsidies recommend- ed by the Duncan Commission should cease at the end of the fiscal year 1934-5.

"The additional annual subsidies

which we recommend are as fol- ows:

To Nova. Scotia 1,300,000 To New Brunswick 900,000 To Prince Edward Island 275,000

Annual Subsidy Plui Commended

"We agree with the Duncan Com-

mission that it is preferable to make our recommendations in the form of annual subsidy payments only and not in the form partly of sub- sidy payments and partly of a .fixed sum in respect of the retrospective feature of the claims. We have, however, like the Duncan Commis- sion, taken this retrospective feature into account in marking our recom- mendations and also the fact that the increased subsidies which we have recommended are to begin m the fiscal year 1935-8 and not as oi' the fiscal year .following the date of the Duncan report.

"These annual subsidies which we

have recommended and which are to take the place of the interim annual subsidies recommended by the Dun- can Commission, represent, on a five percent per annum interest basis, capitalized sums as follows: Nova Scotia 26,000,000 New Brunswick 18,000,000 Prince Edward Island . 5.500.000

“Honorable Chief Justice Mathie-

son finds himself unable to concur in the recommendations to our re- port. Hlsrnemorandum of dissent is attached hereto.

Claims On Merit/s

“In concluding our report we deem

it advisable to say that in reaching our conclusions we have endeavored not to be influenced by conditions in the Maritime Provinces due to the present world depression in which all the provinces of Canada have shared, nor by comparison of grants made for relief purposes by the .Dominion to the several provin- ces, because such conditions arc common to all and in some present more acute problems for temporary assistance than in others. We have dealt with the claims presented to us on the evidence of specific facts pertinent to thc subject-matter of our industry and of long-continuing conditions peculiar to the Maritime Provinces and not common to the other members of Confederation."

CHIEF JUSTICE MATI-IIESON

Chief Justice Mathieson gives as

his reason for dissent that the re- port minimizes the importance of "fiscal need" as a guiding principle. whereas from early days the first requisite to granting additional aid by the Dominion to a province was proof of fiscal need arising from causes for which the province was not responsible, also because he be- lieves that the proposed increase will give only partial and temporary re-I licf.

Mr. Justice Mathieson said: "I find myself reluctantly com- pelled tc dissent from some of the opinions expressed, and the conclu- sions arrived at, by the majority of this commission.

“The report minimizes the im- portance of “fiscal need" as a Wid- ing principle in determining the amount of subsidy which provinces

eral Government in support of pro- vincial governments and legisla-

tlrres.

“From early days one first rc-

quisite in granting additional aid by the Dominion to a province was proof of "fiscal need” arising from causes for which the province was not responsible.

"Buch proof would, of course, not

be required where the claim rested on damages as for breach of the

pensatlon for the alienation of Do- minion lands to other provinces.

A Controlling Princble

“There is no doubt that when the

financial terms of union were first being considered, one controlling principle accepted was that in re- turn for the sur-render by the con- tracting provinces of their principal sources of revenue-the customs and excise-the Dominion was to grant such subsidies as would enable these provinces to carry on their local ad- ministration without resort to direct taxation. The records of the negoti- ations preccding Confederation, and of thc statements officially made by prime mlnistorl, ministers of fin- ance and other leading statesman then and since that time, are replete

llansalrllxccs-pt|Quo¢od ‘

Mr. Justice Mathieson then quoted

three excerpts from Hansard living statements of sir Wilfrid Laurier- W. S. Fielding and Bir George Fol- ter in support ofhis contention.

His statement continued:

"It is a fact difficult to explain

that by degrees this flmdiuncntcl principle has been departod from in practice. These provinces have ceased to rely “Wu Dominion sub- sidies alone for many of their nc- cessary public services andthrough the years have steadily increased in area and -arnmmt the exercise of their provincial taxing power until it practically covers, in the Maritime Provinces at least, the whole pro- vincial ficld. while tho Dominion Government has also invaded the provincial field, notably in the case of income tax, and still the provin- cial deficits grow.

“There has been it ibn! dfi-it H0111

the firm anchorage which the Fathers of Confederation thought they had secured.

Notable Developments

“Some other notable developments

have taken place ln Confederation. The fields of taxation surrendered by the provinces to the Dominion have proved prolific sources of rev- enue, far in excess of what the ‘Fathers of Confederation' could have anticipated or even dreamed; while. on the other hand, the rigid limitations imposed upon the amount of subsidy tc be granted tc each province, in return for the sur- render of its fruitful and expanding source of revenue, has left the Mari- time Provinces, in particular, in a position of financial embarrassment that urgently requires a remedy.

Fiscal Need Emp-haslsed

“The report greatly minimises, if

it does not quite repudiate, the rei- evance of the question of 'fiscal need,’ when it says the provincial premiers 'endeavored to show that their respective provinces-have ful- filled the condition of this test. namely, that the functions which the provinces were discharging were necessary, that such functions were being economically carried out and that each province had exhausted available sources of revenue.’ The report objects to the acceptance of such evidence as a justification of such financial assistance as might be required to meet these needs. The objection is upon this ground, name- ly. ‘the government of the Domin- ion would have to sit in judgment upon the question as to whether the provincial administrations have, or have not, been economical; whether or not a provincial government had exhausted all available sources of revenue; and whether all the func- tions which it was exercising were necessary in the degree to which they were being exercised.” The re- port continues, ‘under our political system, from which the spirit of strong partisan bias can never be wholly excluded, grave abuse through favoritism towards individ- ual provinces, and consequent dis- content on the part. of other pro- vinces whose governments were not so favorably regarded, would surely follow the acceptance of even this modified test of ‘financial need' in the case of provinces seeking fur- ther subsidies in aid- from the Do- minion treasury.” with all due res- pect, let me say that it was to obvi- ate such objections and to answer these questions that the Duncan Commission and this Commission were appointed and empowered.

Case Ahiy Presented

“There can be no advantage in re-

arguing or stating more fully now the questions which were so ably presented by the representatives uf the Maritime Provinces before this Commission and so strenuously op- posed by counsel for the Dominion, but I may shortly state my oplriion an the result, which ls: that vital questions referred to this Commis- sion remain undetermined by this report, and that the increase of sub- sidy proposed will give but partial and temporary relief. The lapse of more than eight years since the Duncan Report went into effect granting provisional subsidies only, has witnessed such necessary in- crease in government expenditures in the case of all the provinces as will quickly absorb the present pro- posed increases, and still leave them in a position to compel diminution of necessary expenditure on provin- cial scrvices, or a further increase of provincial debt or of local taxa- tion, cr of all three combined.

are entitied to receive from the Fed- wrihese old Briggs); eelonies that

formed the Atlantic bulwark of Bri- tish North Americs, after bearing their full share of the cost of Can- adian organixation and development, should not be treated with less jus- tice and consideration than is being accorded the provinces whose lands they helped to purchase, toprotect and equip for settlement.

Absence of Equality

Confederation contract, or for com- "nie eviden;-4; pr-°¢|u¢¢d hem,-¢ me

Commission showed from early days a total absence of equality in the treatment of the different provinces in Canada, both in regard to money grants by way of subsidy and in the gifts of vast areas of Dominion lands to some provinces without any unl- form' plan and without any com- pensation to provinces that did not sharo in the partition of the com- mou property.

"It was made olesrly to appear on

this inquiry that one of the major problems facing Cauéda today is the devising of some general plan for the adjustment of Dominion and pro- vincial financial relations.

Unsatisfactory Practice

"The practice which

from early 'days rl

With dtbltrhtlbhs to thlt effect."

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MISSINGPAIR

(U. P. by Glianllalfa Special Wire),-~ IIVINGHTONE. Northern Rhod- esia, March 4-Anxlously sought -ing: wild territory since their pear-alice on a plane flight four' days ago, Lady Margaret Young' and Dr. James Kerby, Government'

. Y _portedsafe and rmharmcd. _ `

Olotcd t at Gokwe in Southern p Bhodlesl: with word from the miss'-' ing woman. who is the wife of f‘overnor- Sir Hilbert Young of

piloting crashed and the machine was badly smashed, but the oc-. cupants were unhurt, and were .

Gokwe post

At Gokwe there is only the nas-

ive commissioner and six white in.-

population. It is 250 miles south- east of Livingstone whereas on the flight from Livingstone to Lusaka, Lady Young's course should have . been northwest. There was no ex-.. planation of how Lady Young, an wwmbuslied Pilot, came to be so

far off her course.

Two Killed By Snowslide

(C. P. Cirle) (By Gnar-d.lan's Special Wire)

UORNERBROUK, Nfld., March C

-A snow-slide swept down the side of a hillrtoday and crushed the life' out of two persons, seriously injured. two more and completely destroyed two buildings. Caught llnprepnred, Mrs. Leonard

Diamond and one of their children were killed by the avalanche that seriously injured two others. The

pied by a family named- Prosper, were 'wrecked but the Prosper family escaped without serious injury,

Son Of Former

Weds U.S. Girl

(A. P. By Guardian’s Slpcclal Wire) ROME, March 4., - Ernanuela dc Dampierre. descendant of French - aristocracy and a distinguishes Uni- ted States family, became the bride today of Don Jaime, tall young son of former King Alfonso of Spain, amid scenes of royal pomp and cer-

emony. -

Royalty from many sections of

Europe and hundreds of representa- tives of the nobility of France, Spain _ and Italy attended the impressive. ceremonies in the centuries-old Jes-

uit Church cf St. Ignatius.

The bride is the granddaughter cl the former' Josephine Curtis eg peg.. ton, whose family goes back he .n Connecticut deputy of 1622 and in~ cludes such figures in American his.

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Award Parchment .

For Life Saving!

(By The (hnadlan'Pi‘css) H

HAMILTON. Ont., Mtirch 4--In 1'¢°0KI'iition of hercfc action in li_ic__ saving the Royal Canadian Humane- »

ray of Saint John. N. B., and J. William Urquhart ci New cilasgcwgl,

i’1'0n'l drowning at Saint John Jan. 9,1935" and that of Urquhart for "rescue of Raymond Jollata from drowrilng in the East River, New Glasgow, Nov. 14, 1933."

Governors of the Association

have awarded i2 mode an

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To Prevent “Fill ”

Dangerous germs which lodge iq

Grippe, Flu, or Bronchitis. You can dwtwv these germs if you cleanse your nose, mouth and throat with Cctarrhosorre.

ii-lin! Catarrhmolle; it stops a in a fcw moments, cleans the noo- trils. takes soreness cut. of tha

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Irstzble Throat. you will (cl prompt and effective action from Catarrhcnlic.. Carry the Inhalcr your nurse or lwokot. sto.. usa-

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