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"The Right‘ Price For My Pocket"

"In the first plwl. 59am? ham is the right price hi‘ "W . Pogkgf. Secondly, Ii has s flavor that is sweet and mild. that only Buckingham Ilse. I “Mot say too much ior the

New Crop." J-

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Packages I0e. Ile and Vita Packed ‘Ilse I08

suurnslnr

and Prince County

[ch-nary 8th at 8 Iva Road's Corner. ‘this is the m: of a two game series, total to count to decide a winner noet the first team. Skating af- brlnatch. Admission 10c. and

Irinitr Ioiut (hull

Mission Band- Womsn‘: - ‘ .v MUM-F- Annual dues.

United Prayer Service in St. Paul's Parish Elli.

Meeting of Official Board- Social Hall.

Bllflfi CAMPBELL-At Brooklyn. Lot 0i. ailanuary 24, 1004, to ldr .and lin. Simon A. Campbell, a son, Mal- evim mes.

J a i DIATIS

Y-Ln c onIULO, Niiniautson oflk. audio-s. laastmlmagediday.

Ndth ‘D7011, Pbb. Um, Victoria Alberta, wiia of J. linrd Sharkey. bled ‘l4 years. rural Thursday, Feb. 0th at. 2 Jfi.

UIATI‘ — At

Moral Thursday, service zydtlock. Interment Tryon Cem-

Il1110CK._AtBunierRiv0r, NBJDIQGem-gelwhitlock,

IIIQS-ln th'dty K. I, 100K him Alphcnsus Peters. aged s “W. son of llr. and Mrs. Moses

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Cali at White's Restaurant

LUNCH You'll like it.

Perfection ICE CREAM

0pen8a.li.iola.n. Waalaleeml.

College Hall, Tuesday and Wednes- day, IFebruary 0 and ‘l, 0.10 pm. Proceeds in aid of AJLCC- L443

NURSES ASSOCIATION XIII‘! —'l‘he regular quarterly nseeting 0! the Graduate Nurses Annotation

city by plane yesterday afternoon frmi the Magdalene ' ‘ "d en- ioutg to Quebec. He will contmue his journey today.

GOODS Bb0vInBED—A llllll quantity of cigars, , ---, and tobacco believed to be part of what wns stolen from P. N. Manuals store, Elm Avenue, was found by

Dominic Doyle on Monday night. 'I‘hs goods were hidden in a vacant building near Upper Queen Street.

PIELIIHNABY BEARING-Fred Beaton, who was convicted recently on a charge of having possession of stolen goods, appeared before Meg- istrste MacKinmm yesterday for preliminary hearing on a similar charge. This case is in nectton with a theft of fuses from the ranch of Mr. Heath Crosby in November last. lvidence was heard from a number of witnesses and the er was committed for trial at the next session of the Supreme Court.

IIIAI TIE CIIABIDTTUIOWN Mala Chwus in Prince of Wales College Hall, ‘Iuesday and Wednes- day, February 0 and 'l, 5.15 p.m. Proceeds in aid of A.A.C.C- L448

OIICULATING PETITION — A

is being _ gunners of the provinm by the Fish and Game Amocistion in an endeavour to have an open season sat for the shooting of black bellied piovar each year. It is requested that the season last from October 15 to November 15 each year. TEACHER ILL-Mr Dan Bell, popular teacher of West Kent School, has been confined to hh home with a severe cold for the plat two weeks. His pupils and nu- merom other friends all hope for his recovery. w. Garden Harding has been appointed to the staff of West Kent during m. Bell's absence.

NUBSIS’ MEETING-The quar-

“ _cfthe¢‘ ‘ ‘ Nur- ses‘ Association was held last even- ing at the Charlottetown Hospital. There was a good attendance. Miss llae King, the President, was in the chair. Considerable routine ‘ “ was ‘*4 At ifhe concluslu: oi the meeting. a dainty ‘ ‘- was served by the senior student nurses.

BECIIVI! B8QUIST—-St. Paul's Anglican Charlottetown, is . a. . 1 r .

by the will ofthe late Lucy Jane Roberson. which was probated re- cently. Besides several other be- quests the sum of $500 is left to the British and Foreign Bible Society; 01,000 for the erection of a tablet in St. Paul's Church; 01.000 to that church for missi

0000 YR Church. The remainder of the ast- ste goes to St. Paul's Church to bs used for the Church of Ibgland milicns in Cansds.

AUUHON ‘IOIJINAMINT - The sixth game of the Auction Forty- fives tournament held in the Holy

usual, well attended. Prise winners

IQQ-Iwwamcmfladarkfndif hveflflbeusisslwest

IOIIIIZIAII lsll A's‘ A Imps; bedroom aide

was held last evening in the Char- t ' In,

and Hospital and President of the Society occupied the chair. The meeting was a busueas one and

-i--- routine “ ‘ was transacted.

B001! ECONOMICS COURII- ,'I‘he three weeks course in Home ' being ‘ ‘ ‘ i?! i110 Women's Institute Brunch of the Department of Agriculture. got un- derwsy yesterday morning with an lenrollment of '_ students. This closely apprcxims the limit of twenty which is all that can be accommodated.

PIISOIAIA

The many friends of Mr. Dllllld Ramsay, son of Rev. E. H. Ramsay, aresorrytolaarnthsthshasbeen

‘confined to his home for the past two weeks.

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Mr, Fred Waye, Great War Vet- eran who has been a patient in the Charlottetown Hospital has re- turned to his home in Hunter Riv- er much improved,

LIVELY

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are merely the credentials cf impot- ence. He would like to pose as the , cf oonciliatioti. but ever sincehecsmointothedouncilhe has been the apostle of party strife. He has done nothing but find fault with everything but himself. And all the trouble was that the city did not wish or require his services."

Chargeshlaliceandlvilhiilld

Continuing, His Worship said that (MT. Whear in aletter tothe press had made "three incorrect state- ments and one malicious statemt

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Mayor hsd expressed the city would lose out in a certain law suit.

Coun. Whesr: “That state is imle."

Mayor Stewart: “Never was there suvh a false statement made."

f‘ ' ‘ he maintained that the people of Charlottetown "would not pay the least heed to anything that Mr. John I". Whcar says."

‘To show "how utterly unlit" the latter was to be Mayor of the city His Worship cited press statements oi Mr. Whear regarding the cost oi the auditor, the civic debt, etc., which he contended were "w

and untrustworthy.” "And this", he sdded, “is the gentleman who thinks the people of Char ‘ are greedlly waiting to hear his viewa"

The Mayor charged that llr. Whear, as a member of tha light committee, hsd brought forward a motion to pay 010.000 in someone from the mainland to assess the light plant, when the sams work, be contended, could be dons at s. cost of 81.000.

His Worship also us ticised the publica“ in the press of the list of tax arrears. What good. he ask- ed, did it do? Not one stflll had af- terwards been taken to follow this matter up. l-le had been criticised, i-Iis Wor- ghip continued, because he was not "full of the froth of optimism" and because he hsd not talked boast- ingly about Charlcttetowzrs finan- cial standing. A statement by the Mayor oi i-lslifak had been cited in this connection. But he was not go- ing i0 follow the I110! oi Halifax Mayor. He was too

He believed

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nu-

Parthiau shot at Coun. Wheel remarkiu that ths latter might be con as s Wafer

cner-“thst is likely what he will do; he is evidently after the money."

OOUNCHLOI KIN NIDY

Coun. Samuel Kennedy. chair- man oi the finance Committee and candidate for the Mayoralty. was the next speaker. Be showed that according to the audited

City Clerk the net debt as nib- mitzed by Finance Committee at the annual meeting is as follows: ‘Ibtsl debentures afloat $1,716,100.00 Bank overdraft 118,414.01 Bank overdraft Per-

manent Works ..... Bank overdraft Sink-

ing Punt

4,205.74 33150 Fs-Too-ESB _. . S 30,0ifl.ll

51 ,000 .00 99.017 .71

less

Cash in banks

Investments Bonds .

Taxes in Arrears

Due from Provincial and Dominion Clov- Gmhlilll;

Net Debt . . . . . . . . . . .. 01.031.388.52

"rhe argument uscd_ by me signing himself ‘Business Ila-n". continued Mir. Kennedy, “is that these unpaid taxes and the amounts due from th; Govern- ments should not be taken into

ed st that this gentleman should sign himself with s disguieed name? Why cast such reflections on our business men? Where is the business man who in Illllnitting a. business statement does not in- elude his acccun receivable? Ibr one who takes the viewpoint in sign himself as Illh is surely a Joke. He certainly knows better. It ,was merely done for politiml pur- poses. I have every faith that our citisans will turn a. deaf ear to such absurd statement as this man makes.

TaxArrears

"Ibi- argument sake let us take the amount of the unpaid taxes of the years 1V9 to 1020. Real lis- tatc $1045.45, Personal Odfifii. ‘rhue Real Iktafc Taxes in ar- rears src a direct charge on the Real Estate and are oollectable. What a trifling amount is serious- ly in srrearl. During the years 193041-3240 we have hsd our share of the situation caused by the depression. We have been called upon to enlist the unem- ployed in performing works of various kinds and providing the needy with direct relief, to the extent of thousands of dollars. When one stops to consider that over this year alone practically 040.000 was paid out by the three Governments besides what has been paid out by the churches and other charitable institutions it comes to a largssusn. Addfothlsslso the extra work that was undertaken and the $19,000 grant from the T‘ ' ‘ Government for the re- moval of clsy from the ambition Grounds and one can see how badly our citisans have been hit 11v these _ on times. In the face oi all this how can any citi- ssn wonder that them are tamed in arrears. i-iow could it be other- wise‘! Would you pewle, intelli- Rht ll Wu are conskhr iior a. munent what great harmhips "I"! 0! W1‘ people have hsd w put up with? Would yotferpect them to pass back to the City "W"? 111°"! that was given them for relief purposes in order to pay their taxes. I do not think so. True no doubt there are s number oi people with Taxes in arrears who are holdins back and using this depression as an excuse for not paying their taxes. People are ever Dmne to take advantage of anything that looks like a break for them. Now that these dark clouih of dapreaaio are disappear- illmwecanget aglimpse ofthe m"? 1mm!- ltt ul I0 forward with renewed faith and courage. trusting that all will mm out for the best in the future." Continuing, Coun. Kennedy said the investing public has always looked upon the city of Charlotte- town as being in a strong financial

chart Charlottetown

did showing, and in

latter is the lowest of any unichallty in the list.

be." he asked, “wonder-

t Charlottetown‘: bomb

rly sought after and

market prion paid for

then. Do not be hoodwinked into

002i!!!“ Hill our City is drifting

1e

statement! as published by the}

considerotion. Is it to be wonder-l

pres- M57911"!- I shill, as in the pagt,

coin-aged our efforts at Ta! 00l- leflion by pessimistic statements ,concerning tha outlom for the col- ilectionofthcse tax arresraflebas even commented on cases before]

lendesvoring to main iis faxes by saying that if the‘ lawve: for the defence handled his

_ case properly the City would lose ‘ WI. hsubmlt that such statements “Hand conduct by our Mayor are‘

Losloulsicd to hinder m the abuse-i

tlon oi the city revenue and fur- ther that uuch tend to impair the credit of the City in the eyes oi thepublicirruehadidtrytocon- vey in the public that he is a great economist, but wss he sincere in this? His endeavours since tak- 3118 office seem to have been dlrvried towards contention, and in‘ c “trusting the work of the com. cll. I cannot lock bad: on any real effort of his to economies."

Coun. Kennedy cited a. letter ,wll!r:l1 appeared in the press with reference i0 the paving of North! iRiver Road. “The present Msyori lliwllsly opposed this project but; ‘in the course of a few months he~ ‘fumed right sbout and gave his, ‘casting vote favoring proceeding. ‘with ihe work. I could quote you other instances such as this.”

Reviews Mayofs Platform

l “Hz. n»): presents r.-~.':'.'.~.z- plot- form to the Citizens as follows: Inst-Th; appointment of a Com- petent City Mlsxiager assigning to ilirn the carrying out of all the

93 duties now performed by the City‘

Emginecr, the Street Committee 21nd the Public Property Commit- tee. Where ll the economy in this"? It would ivppear that the Mayor simply wants to dismiss our pres- ent Engineer, a capable and con-, scienticus officer, one who is fully qualified for his office and who in addition is a. returned sohiier gvhosc service st the front has been highly praised. I can sce no reason for this change except to obtain the position for some friend of his own. Doing away with the Street Committee and the Public Property Committee will effect no saving as these corrnnitiees receive no pay for their services. A real City Manager is a highly paid person, who draws in Cities where such are employed. $5,000. per‘ yea: or more. Such Managers usu- ally have charge of all departments of Civic Government not merely the Street and Public Proporty De- partments. Our present Engineer is a fully qualified Civil Engineer as must be the proposed one. The present, incumbent receives only} $1700. per year. bet mc tell you what the City Bllineers are paid in other placu: Halifax $5500; Moncton 03010, plus Street Cum- missioner $2100; Ifiedericfon $2600 plus Car allowance $720.

Second-Making it ineligible for the ‘Stlipflldll-fy Magistrate to be appointed City Recorder. How will this help to balance the Budget? The present Recorder is as cap- able and as convpetent as any lswyer 1n the City and probably gets less for his services than any one would demand whom Mayor Stewart would wish in put in his place. I wonder if the Mayor has lmme friend in mind m this posit- ion.

"rhlrd-A complete change in the mode of assessing property, whereby the work of the assessor may be simplified and the coat may be lessened, existing inequities in the value of many properties may be mmcdicd and the procur- ing thereby cf more revenue for the Oit What. I should judge from is the dismissal of the ,. assessor and the appoint- ment 0f another. He fails to show how any saving is to be made by this change.

"ninth-The doing away with all unnecessary offices. The Mayor should be more explicit. What are the unreoesuary offices and what saving does he mean to effect?

“Fifth-The balancing of the City Bucket within a reasonable time limit. When the present May- or went into office he promised to balance the bucket forthwith. Now much more modestly he speaks of s reasonable time limit. What is this Reasonable Time Limit? Is this not mother election promise? ~"It hsd been his policy." Coun. Kcnnedy concluded, "to gvor to keep mwn all unnccesssry ex- Dtn-‘lc; to practice economy non- sistcnt with common sense. This he would continue ic do while he represented cftisens at the Coun- cil Board. "Why," he asked, “should I have a different attitude? I sm a fairly large tax payer. I have been instrumental in building un the north end of School and Ifillsboro Streets. Some few years 08° You no doubt will remember that this was a paliAlre new. rm Cit)’ derived from it about I30 in taxes. Within a very short time of m purchasing it the revenue in- creased to around $1500. At the present time I have fairly large interests: in other parts of the city. so it can be seen that I have every mason to safeguard the interests of the taqzayrrs.

"I stand as s booster 1m- ma city not a knooker. That should be the attitude of every citizen qgac- isliy its governing officisls. I ap- Pfll i0 Wu 10f your support at the forthcoming election for m9

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dive you of m Your interests. Before closing. Coun. Kennedy mid the Mayor, had admitted that he would have supported former Oounciliu- D0ull‘s appointms

y bee: in filrthering

n

fiyer Iowan: "I 6&1 mean to q hat Ir. Isnnsflsnstamsnt

ithecourfsbywhichtlzeOitywa-lo cl

story? ‘Another

undo ‘ ‘ he wanted removed was Mr. Measervey, the City Surveyor, fogetsomeotherpersonintohis office. when be found that the Council did not approve of this, thinp did not go very harmoniou- m.

Continuing, Ir. Kennedy said Mayor Stewart was himself receiv- ing remuneratiovns in the way of pensions as County Court Judge and Judge in Admiralty of 85.800; "and he wants to ridicule us for paying Mr. Duull $1.200. So far as I am concerned I believe Mr. Doull doing good work, and in the urse of n few years you will find f hi. he has made quit.- a saving to time citizens of Charlottetown."

Ml. DOULUS STATEMENT

Given a few minutes of Coun. Kennedy's time to reply to the charge oi misstatement by the Mayor, Mr. W. P. Doull, electrical inspector, explained the steps lead- ing up to his resignation as Coun- cilior and his apvoinunent w hi! present position. He hsd gone to

~ 3r his support. He

event of a tie vole, His WorlhlP would cast his vote in Mr. DouiPs favor. He had offered to accept the position at 01,000 for the first year. After arrangements for pre- senting the matter to the Council were made, he again spoke to the Mayor. This time His Worship re- plied: "No, I have decided I won't do it You didn't move a resolution to put somebody else in place of the City Recorder, and you didn't move a resolution to put somebody 615B in as appraiser, so I have decided that 1 won't do this rai- you.‘

Mayor Stewart: “I didn't iihink it possible for a man t0 Ktt up Ind make the statement that Mr. Doull has mode. It is false from begiflfl’ ing to end.”

(Cries cf "Boo!" and "Sit down")

Mayor Stewart: “Quiet! He came twice to my office and I opwflfid li- That is the truth of the matter.’

Voices: “Sit down!"

Mayor Stewart: “If I was in favor of it why didn't they make the appointment earlier?"

Voices: "Next speaker. time ls up.‘

COUN. HINNISBIY

Councillor A. AHenneaseysaidbe had no great political sins to an- swer for as chairman of the public property committee, whose funds hsd been expended in accord with the vote cf the Council. He thank- ed the electors of Ward One for returning him at the last election, expressed the hope that he had sewed them satisfactorily, and as- sured them that he hsd endeavored todoeotcthevery best cf his ability

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COUN. REABDON

As chairman of the street com- mittee, Councillor M. W. Reardon. presented a brief but comprehen- sive review of the street paving work. A stretch of tnrvia hsd been laid on Queen Street in 1917 but the first ashpslt street paving was laid in 1919 and was added i0 each year until at the end: of 1931, when the last new pavement was laid, the city had l0 0 miles of street laid. In most of this pavement an ashphalt surface was laid on a concrete base, altihough on some streets it wns over a mscadam base. In some places this became disinte- grated and broke up, and it was found necessary to remove the broken surface and macsdlm has, and replace it with a concrete base which in 1033 was covered with an asphalt top. This work cost $0,014 for laying the base, and 06,100.67 for the asphalt top nnd surface re- pairs. During the past year 825.787.- 45 was spent on street mainten- ance, and of this sum 815,531 was divided among the labouring men~

“In the first half of Mayor Stew- art's platform." continued Coun. Reardon, "he proposes to replace the City Engineer, the street and the public property committees by an official he cells a oty manager. 1 would like to point out that it is ngcgggary to have a qualified en- gineer such as our present capable official, Mr. Messervey, in the em- ploy of the city. All Maritime cities have an engineer and I know they are all paid a much hilhfl‘ "l"? than ours. I cannot see where Hi8 Worship is going to save B!!! money by making this chums!-

“n. his remarks at the lhnllll meeting oi the Council he con- gratulated the tax collector al- thovg-‘xt there are some 899.000 taro; nrcollectcd. The toil 001186“? is a r1004‘! man and is dolnl "T? ~.- hut 1 think the committee will officials cl the street department. are at least just as deserving oi his congratulations. 1 think His Wor- gmp is just a little biased in his views."

in conclusion. Coun. Rurdflfl .~- i he had represented Ward Two y - m, page nix years at the Coun- . 1 Board and had glvan of his

vice in csrfyinl civic administration.

COUN. TIAINOI.

Councillor ‘Iralnor, chairman of the fire department. uid hi! fle- partsnent had lived well within its estimates and hsd rendered 8°"!