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Ie Following is Re-" printed for’ the In. fformation of Those * Interested. '

1n response to enquiries, ‘the ici- wlng information concerning the i toricsl Contests is reprinted here-

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"As last year, the contests ‘will .... ence in the schools, confined to q ninth and tenth grades and stu- nts oi’ Prince oi Wales College and t. Durlstarfs. The School Champion- » - Contests must be completed by . day, March l5. The District Con- .. . must be concluded by Saturday 20, and the Provincial Final Tridaypflay 3rd.

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elsewhere in The Guardian -- forward to the Oratorlcal Editor l lhe Guardian. Pupils must be un- wnineteen years oi age on Feb- _ _1st, 102a The icur districts consist oi Prince w ty, Kins". County, Queens Coun- ,el0llisive oi Charloiettown and at, ' and Charlottetown, meme- -- Qt, Dunstanb. ‘Three competitors from each will be eligible to take part '- the Dishing Coritest, and three con- louts from each district will be llgible ior competition in the Pro- ~ lal Contest. c three winners of each school - receive a prise oi $5.00 each flare are valuable prises also ior ~- ~ hers in the District Contests = 11ml!- winner c! the Provincial Ocu- vdil receive the Provincial Cham- ill 011D. Ind will have all his ~ her- expensls paid to ‘lbronto in to compote ior the _Oariadiun "' " lonship. ‘rho winner of the ' dim Championship will be en- lidtoulourtollfuropesndtorop- t Canada at Washington in the , G's Qratoricol Contest. “the” contests were a great suc- ~ ‘~ mi year, with the result that " "We Provinces have entered “the _ ~ this year. _ “The candidates have the choice , tour subjects ior their orsticnc,

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“than ten minutes ior delivery. ‘Make your entries now-see that ~ cur school ls on the Ortorlcol man‘:

KINGS COUNTY

filmy River School. Baurls Hish School. Ntw Perth School. Folio Bay West school. l e Pond School. ' l ‘Emmi Loire School.

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SBIJRBEUE REVENUE

(Canadian Press) HALIFAX. N- 5-. March L-Gov- ernment Control oi the sale o! liquor

revenue whereby oIdLuge “new” might be made available lo the aged residents ci Neva Bcotla, is mention. rd in the iulruol report c! Commis- sioner H. E. Mahon, tabled in the Legislature this uitamoon. which places at $2,200,000 apart from ‘d. ministration, the estimated llllillll cost to the province oi adoption oi the pension scheme in‘ Noviicotia.

ssoxvmnn, N. s. Mgr. f-Az the inquest. held here tonight, the body oi the man found lying on the road near this town Thuredey evening was identified as that o! Wm. Burr- lel Taylor oi Charlottetown, P. I. ,1. Corcn C. T. Morton llnpunualied the jury, who after hearing the ev- idence oi live witnesses brought in a verdict oi death i-iuoush callous- tion and exposure. Deceased was ‘i0 years old and being out oi work ior several months. he had been staying

at Amhgrst.

His Lost Capital

xenon, Aigbarlllt -. March 1.-§- The drive to regain the throne from which he was ousted recently. has brought the iorces of Amanullall to within 25 miles oi the capital. His troops today Ollitiirad the city 0! uol. dan and attack d the Kugistan army in that violnltyu Proclamations dis- tributed in the capital aald that the present headquarters o! Amanullali were at Ohanzifabout 80 miles south‘ oi here.

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Mt. Stewartiflohool. Hunter River School. mnstciinage ‘School. Pleasant Valley School. Springfield School.

Pa COUNTY Hbortan ‘ h‘ School. Preelandfichcol. ucnangioneclrool. Bummerside High School.

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CIABLOTIITOWN West Kent 5t. School. Prince oi Wales College. Prince iitnet School.

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"Grand Orange Lodge mscts in Cilarlottetown. March 13th at 2 o‘- eioak p. m. W. W. Mutter-t, Grand Secretary. 4968-33-2-41

"Auction. Bea liaudblill in‘ ill’- ticulm o! auction ale at Nwtll Carleton, larch l2, eouceruiu m: and implements oi the law Harry D- 4003-83441

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- the draining oi vast swamp areas and other ion. adding to the national lcise duties would also record an es- timated increase oi about six millions. Income tax collections, as estimated, would show an increase oi nearly two

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MONTREAL. Que. March 1>;-P.W. K. Rflllfirllfli- dill-Plot sales manager o! the miles-national Pulp and Paper Company here and his tlve year old dluglli-vl‘ Phyllis are deed, his wile Ind 60R Ila iii tho Hospital overcome byloarbou Monoxide so: caused when w. hberloolvu eerie the sI-rage in the llllilillint oi the house was start- ed alter being in winter storage. The lunar appealed to have entered the _house and overcome the dlflereht c! tile legally.

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"l’"" lfiarlaliau Press)" - OTPAWA, Mar. l-Going inin a "flat spin" at an altitude o! 500 feet, a swallow bilflone lust in passenger servjie by the International Airways pl Canada. 0t Rodkland, On- tsrlo, late this amrnoon. G. C. Clegg oi HsmiitoEnOnt. ‘nliiered a tract- uroduulrle and a level-o bruise w tbobcokoltllehaud-Ihetwnas- cougars oi the plane, Joseph Char- ion mid Albert biicLeod, both oi Rock-j; plsnd were badly bruised and shaken up. ‘me biplane was considerably (imaged. Pilot Olegg was brought to the Civic Hospital here (qr, treat- Llrlent. He was unible tonight to sug- gest the cause oi accident.

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Har- l-Tliree villages who dolilwld and many other: sui- fifllfl ma! ‘nun-acidic. 53love births qlpaaoae ooeai near 209ml ior u. distarme ed many miles. Qlflualtiee reports hadwuot been re- ;receilred_ at,“ a. m. lnle rirst huge wave which dItIVIIGW-he village was followed by other smaller waves with comparatively in‘: damage. A

Chosi lson thepointoia penln. Blllfl W i310 eastern coast oi Japan about l5 mics eater ‘lurio in Chiba province. Iltira vllagee were ‘des- "OYNI. ‘Bio coastline caved in ior many mllsu urmqvinoccr n. " llqlh oi l2 ieet inyatcr and mud. o

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v (Canadian Press) glbblDOil‘, March L-‘l-Yormer Pr;- qiienvlvld Hold qwm aquccinz the m or the Liberal party ior the _, ' . amoral election. today pledsod hi! party, ii mt into power to wipe out the acowpc c! unolnrlloy. slant Within} year without adding a ‘chow to tantioll- This would be done. he apld. by putting into opera- tion uteobive plans ior the system- atic development c! natural resourc- es. notably road building, the reor- ganization oi the national transport,

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when naearterryiuadazouriripcm. coldly pa eclleduu time ‘Riv mail train arrived at arc p In. cu time.

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The new Ibltcblld aeroplane arriv- Iii ll! this all! Yllteflll? at 11.10 p. l1!- aud hit ior the lllliillalll abcutl p, m, She arrived back at 3.10 P. m. and Mt llvwllflltfi late! to) Mone-

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Robb Budget. Is Brought Down

Estimated Surplus $69,782,-

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Most Important of Tax i Qhanges. Trade Policy Will Be t One of “Watchful Waiting.”

(Canadian Press) OTTAWA,

Norah l-nlon. James A~ Robb. Minimi- or Finance, m. canted his annual budget ltllemust to parliament today. lie lunouneql NI 081111181031! reduction in the net debt o! Canada ior the present fls- oal you. which ends on Much al um. or mxlsaooo. an ' ‘ _ plus oi total revenues over total ex} liflliilliures icr the current fiscal year ' "E "9-793-000- Bsilmlied total reven- IIOI for tho current iiscsl year oi “Monaco. Estimated total expend. lilffi 9°!’ u"! Qu-rrent [heal year am- ounting to ttllsnsopoo. Total reduc- lbll h! “I8 lfllflflil flllflng {I}; p3‘ six years oi $226,708,000.

Reduction of In Sales Tax

\ .1 due to the war would bring the total "P t0 5153311-900- Th0 interest on the public debt. as oi 1814, the Fin- ance Minister phced at $12,893,000. General , departmental expenditures were given as $110,118,000, or 4o per- cent oi the tctal amount.

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The Government N! the $60,- melvmt“ m.” 9E OM71“

000.000 1081i maturing onAugxustl "l" "it l" lllflilus revenues. thereby. ellectilq an annual interest saving o! 13,300,000. ' _'.l‘lle Canadian National Bqlways pill show a surplus oi abofl 11.0110.- 000 for the railway year 192$. alter plying all charges wlthtbe exception" 9i, interact due thegovcrument. V A lavorabie trade balance ior can- 0! 31541109000 ior ten months‘ o! Ilia Iibiryear was reported. ~

Till" ulllfllfl. “designed-to reduce taxation and to lessen ‘the '5 fiction," we're announced, the ta:- btlon changes rcpreecntingnau esti- ufnltcd loss o! revenue inhaling $25.- 000,000. A s

A crowded house and galleries iol- lowed the Finance-Minister asube" presented his review o! the present fiscal year and his taxation proposals ior that which is to come. From the outset his speech was optimistic in its tenor. Oilcial figures, he said, showed a steady and continuous re- Vducticn oi both debts and rutesbi fixation.

'I‘hen he proceeded to a discussion

o! the ordinary revenues and expen- ditures oi the Dominion ior the pre- cont fiscal your which closes on March 81 next. ior the year he lrnately $185,000,000, or over iorty one percent oi the total revenues. The amount realised from excise taxes (sales and stamp taxes) he gave as approximately 881,500,000: income tax 080,500,000: excise duties $03,400,000. _

Customs revenues timated at approx-

The total revenue from taxation he

estimated at $391,050,000. Estimated Customs revenues would show an in-

ease oi $38,000,000 over the previous

fiscal year, said Mr. Robb.

The total amount collected in ex-

illicns. The largest decrease record-

ed would be excise taxes (sales and stump taxes) which would probably be lower than the Previous year by $87,000,000.

Oi the total cAPEYidlUIYB, the Fin-

ance Minister attributed approxim- ately 42 percent to the great war. ‘rbiswas nude up o! the interact cu payments on the public debt over the "lflisluoa. which amount to tilt-f. 101,000. count lot 040.01%. and soldiers cl» Yil Ildliolllilhment {or approxim- mlv tumour oilin- Ollvtoditures,

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. - 011598011 with soliciting adver- tisements ior a iake railroad, men's nlvsaiinc, police believe they have lliscovered a gang olswindlers oi In- iatgrlatlorlsl _ , whose activities 339% mullahs!‘ _ unuonio busi- ggsls mu,- wluu clock-I In ornat- _Id he stated that another sang or Americans wpnopcratlrll in Sprou- w ‘iliieorim i=ho Plot four real-ruby ‘uuo iraud.

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_ _ {Camden Press) urntrco only. Mar. l-no wed- ding qt Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and mos Anne monocr Morrow be- rcro ulo ‘lilo: rciiu-nr to the United States trom his pliant trip to Max-

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¢ many years chairman oi the Imper- ‘ ial Tobacco Company, oi Great Brit-

‘ this valuation will amount to £4,000,- ' 000, in addition to certain sums psy- T able in respect to legacy duty. He stated in his will that he had already i! given £10,000 to his daughter Mrs.

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‘Arthur Melghun h a member oi the

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iEiliES ESTAiE .50 illlunls

(Canadian Prowl LONDON, Mar. 1—-Detulls o! the will o! Sir George Alfred Wills, ior

sin and Ireland Ltd., who riled leav- lug an estate provisionally sworn at £l0,000.000 have been made known. The estate duty on the property at

Wilson, wile o1’ the Bishop o! Bath and Wells and he leit £10,000 to each o! his other children to equalize such gift. ‘

ERfiliPS IN PARLIAMENT

The Press Gallery correspondent oi the Ottawa Journal writes interest- ingly oi the religions and occupations oi the members oi the House oi Com- mons and Senate. He says:

Roman Catholics iorun the largest relglous group in the House oi Com- mons, numbering 77, or about 30 per centJor the total membership oi the House. Adherent; oi’ the United Church come next with 60, while Presbyterisnsioliow with as. Angli- can member-slot Parliament number 41. Them are nine Baptists, two Unltsrians, three Lutherans, ilve Methodists, two Jews, two Congrega- tionalists, one Greek Catholic, one (kirdstlan and Missionary Alliance.

man oilearllament, is a member oi the Reorganized Church‘

"u... akin to the Mormon Church in the United States. The Prime Min- ister is a. Presbyterian, while Hon. B. B. Bennett is s. member oi the Unit- ed Church oi CariadlnBeiore-Ohurch Union he was a. Methodist. Robert. Gardiner, the U.l‘~‘.A. header, is a Presbyterian. Incidentally“ Rt. Hon.

United Church.

loc was regarded today as highly probable. Lindbergh’: coming trip ior the week-aid to Cuernavace with mum ltatel Ambassador Dwight W. Marrow and his family lcd to renewed discussion o! s pos- slble quiet wedding at the Morrow country.‘ ‘ Anycluailomtiia Morrow iamliy however was conspic- uously absent. Lindberg‘ and his fiancee took reiuge constantly be- hind their now tumour phrase “l ‘have nothing to say."

Qhanges Hands

T090810. Wt. Mar. l-Jfhg sale‘ o! the which Martin Herd at Martin, Que. to Field Lodlc Pam Roseueatho Ont. removes Quebec's oldest Jersey herd to Central Ontario. The death cl Mr. Martin necessit- ated the sale oi the iarln and Dire bred Jerseys ior over t0 herd. He had been A breeding yflrrsnd in that time this herd had ins pure brad Jerseys ior over 00 ltiillmd "l"! lbowlnil and produc- tion honors.

fliilcmtbe death ollbilr. Mari-in in July. 1H8. thmherd and tum have been in ownership o! n2. J. J. Irwin. PM"! this time several brad bad you; loldicoaliy. m ulo oi um. fill-Will twenty bud l0 Iicid Inillt hm involves taking tram Quebec, not only vtluable bmcias sleek, bull the product oi over do you; egg. iul malls! and solution.

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Qsptists in Hon. J. L. Balaton, Hon.

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Seven oi the l8 members oi the v g Government are Roman Oath- olics. arch. Charles Stewart is the. nly Anglican, and Hon. W. D. Euler '1» only Lutheran. There are three

,1. a. King and Hon. .1. ‘c. Elliott. The United Church is well represent- ed in the Cabinet by Hon. J. A. Robb. u... w. n. Motherwell. Hon. c. s.» Dunnlnz. and Hon. Robert Forke. Ron. James Malcolm and the Prime Minister are the only Presbyterlsns. .RDH\UI Catholics also iorm the, ma“ group in the Upper House. with 37. Anglicans are next with 2'1, followed by Presbyterians with l4. more are nine Senators who are {neg-pliers o! the United Church, three’ d! the Baptist Church, seven oi the Methodist Church, one Christian

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R. M. A. "Waits On The Premier

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,CII'I‘AWA, March L-The Retail Merchants Assn. oi Carlladn. waited ‘on Premier King today with s. list oi grievances they desire removed, J. _'I‘. Orowdcr. President was accompan- ied by G. B. Bougham, Secretary; J. T. Begg, Treasurer, and J. A. Groyer oi the Executive Board.

They have aslrcd for a Secretary to be lent by the government to Ontar- io Tobaccn Growers to assist in work- ing out their problems the same as the iruit inspectors and lair wage cinccr-ofuo. Tile merchants ieel that they should be able w obtain from the Department oi Trade and Com- merce the same sort oi service in the conduct oi business in commercial enterprises as other Departments are getting.

President Crowder concerning iruu- dulent advertising, said, where the criminal code was used by the Asso-

atlon it created a suspicion in the public mind that prosecution ls bruoght to stills business competition.

The . Department oi Commerce should be more active to the condi- tions existing regarding fraudulent advertising under which vast numbers oi people ilnd themselves loaded with unsaleable merchandise coupons. Trained and impartial oiilcials would justify any expense thereon by the government. Other questions include N.S.F'. cheques, sales tax, bankruptcy act, attachment oi salaries oi civil service employees who are at present immune, weights and measures and the trading stumps act. The way it fits in with the manufacturers pre- mium, interest on refunds oi money held by the government and a hall cent circular rate consideration was promised in due course.

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S. P. C. 'A. Presents In teresting a n d In , structive Films i if Strand Theatre.

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The Strand Theatre was to the doors yesterday alts ~ -= y with a lareg assemblage oi chil - on the occasion oi the lnstruoti entertainment given by the Socle ior the Prevention oi Cruelty to ~ - lrnuls.

Timely addresses were given - _ Rev. Canon Malone and Rev. A. Maclntyrc, and two interesting > instructive films were shown ,w ~ .‘ taught the children valuable lesso in the care and kind treatment dumb animals.

Nearly a thousand children euro led themselves in the Junior branc oi the Society by paying the iee five cents. The supply oi buttons rs out however, but the names oi th who could not be supplied were en, and they will be distributed. due course through the schools.

Icv. Canon Malone first read following letter from Mrs. J. B. Je ins:

My Dear Children:

The S. P. C .A. essays written some oi you who are here now - so very excellent that we an goi to oflel" another prize this spring which the some rllles apply. The tile is:

“Animals-Why and Bow I eh ~ Care ior Than." and ii any oi YOUJIG especially tcrested in any particular animal - may change it to “Dogs, Why an How I Should Care (or Them," Cats, or Horses ,or any animal ~ ‘preier. _

Let me tell you wily we have c ~- en this title: Our ilrst concern in society is o! course, An ‘why? There is one reason witch ' always think is the best oi all: “ , cause they cannot speak ior me selves." ‘The motto o! the Toron ' rriumarls Society is simply this: " l . speak ior those who cannot ~- fror themselves," and r don't lm _ tilatanyoiueeanthlnkciabet one. Well, we knowressons why should care ior animals, but do know how? Science and medlcin every day are llnding new and but i ‘ ways c! caring ior animals. Inlielll ligentcaureoianimalsisverywl tint and we must not (all into - l‘