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b, "him ‘ scene in

the .. feltedislltile;

, stinct in every hiihiettbeing

0f' a.

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’ The P aper. -

Covers Prince Edward ‘Island Like The Dew

‘a

Read by Everybody

we , k‘ W for even-ta day konng comes?‘ '

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lurl 01nd! 'l' 0e to o o (ilorlhl. “Feudal 1:01

lentil’

v was given, have good cause to cou-

“TllE

t,0dd Fellows’ Anniversary Play Successfully‘ Staged Before a Packed House at Prince Edward Theatre Last Evening.

The OdtlEtllllOWS of Charlottetown under whose auspices last night's entertainment "The Girl_ in lted"

gratuiate themselves on the suc- cess that attended their opening cl’-

- from stall to finish.

GAVE IMPORTANT EVIDENCE ' i

Former Minister of Finance, Sir Thomas White, just returned from a business trip to South America, who gave important evldeiice be- fore the Renal Comgilisslon investi- gating the ems ank's affairs. He produced a letter written to him by Hon. T. A. Crerar then a dlr-' ector of the Bank‘ FQPECSCNHIIQ the Western Grain Growem in which Mr. Crerar professed confidence in the institution's future and asked that any inquiry into its condlton be made from the "irirdlde."

SEUUEEJEIeven NevvHMembers

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Woman Lawyer in Sen‘ sational Chicago Case Ends Life by Drinking Poison.

(Canadian Preee)

CHICAGO, Ap wm. tum Elilllitl Stopo; layout lui et- toruey, whose madclnfatttl“ to Y. Keiilcy Smith, a Chicago adver- tising titan, on Thursday led her to his lioiuc, whero she shot to death an aged caretaker who attempted to proti-ct Mrs. Smith from her- wratil, staged the final act of her drama of vengeance in a Detroit hotel by drinking poison.

Additional light. was thrown on the girl's preparation to avenge herself on the man who had refus- ed to divorce his wife and marry her by Ernest T. Wood, a middle- nged taxi-cab triver who took Miss Stops to Palos Park, Smith's sub- urban home. Word was received that he picked up a woman, re- scmbling Miss Stops at the Illinois Central Station yesterday morning and drove her to Smith's house. lie was told to stop a block from the home. His taro was gone about fifteen minutes. He said he heard no shooting, and his passeng-

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fort. The house was packed to the iloors with an audience that cu- loyod every monlent of the play

“The (llrl iii lied" is a throe act idusicul comedy running an excel- lent and well controiveil plot. The progress oi’ the play is sustain- ed throughout with issues of laughter of the side upllttlng vari- ety, choruses and solos in which some of our best musical talent

look part. ‘Fhcrc were nil-o hls- well known: Miss Neil Stewart, ‘ ' trionlc and uratoricai passages Mrs. Fri-d lioulel, Mrs. Parker every detail. Hotlper, Miss Jenn Allen, Mia-s » _.-._ ‘inches.

i. i. ii. iiii lllilNlHlY iiii

Were Nominated and Enrolled Yes- terday Afternoon.

Thl- Pﬂgllllll‘ monthly meeting oi‘ The Daughters of tho Elnpirc wasl iicld yesterday afternoon at the Navy lllllllllﬁ Rooms, the ltcgent Mrs. McCreiuiy presiding.

After the usual rotitine business reports were hoard front tho vari- ous committees. Mrs. Morrisain Provincial Secretary reported that. one of the War Memorial Sets was being placed in Alberton school- lt will be remembered that these memorial pictures were on exhibi- tion about. n. your ago and created much tavrr-able comment. All ex- cept two or three sets have been placed the remainder being in the care of the Superintendent of Edu- cation.

The thanks of the Chapter were heartily given to the Bridge Coni- mittee, Mrs. Bentley and Mrs. Miles who so successfully conduct- ed the bridge party in honor of St. Georges Day. Words of commend- ation were al-so extended to Mr. Cosh and others who assisted in making tho affair such o. pleasant success.

A sum of S25 was voted to the Dispensary fund. Preparations for the Queen Alexandre rose ﬁlly in honor of Empire Day were dis-

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA rtiissoav, APRIL 2o, 1924.

A lillll. Ill REll ” PRUVES Til BE llllllE. SUCCESS '

Eleven Prisoners Will‘ Now Receive Pardons

GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH v g‘ - _

RICA WILL FULFILL PROM- , "1 Q

ISE DESPITE POSTPONE- ...‘ ‘

MENT OF PRINCES VISIT. '

' s the bQ-JMH

(Canadian Press) PRETORIA, South African; Apr 28.—It was the intention of ltbe South Africa government t0 pardo certain prisoners on the occasio‘ of the visit of the Prince of Walel and despite tho postponement of, the visit the goveruinent will full. fill tho promise. The dccislomwtll affect nine Europeans who were setj tcilceil in connection with the rcv. olution on tho Rand in the spring of 1922. Five of thesoare undergo- ing imprisonment after death senii. euces passed on them had been corn nlutcd. . . Two natives will also be pardon- The high character of the proiluc- “l a" “ "emnt of m“ Kuvlirluillm“ . tion may be inferred from the fnct ‘lwlsmn’ that thc lcailing roles were taken ~

by tho following indies and gcuilc-

mop, whose work an tho stage is

which would do credit to profes- . siouais.

Tho preparation of the play was tinder the direction of that talent- ell producer, Mr. Theo. H. Bird. Whose good work in this line on‘ former occasions ls well known and appreciated in Charlottetown. .

The play abounds in admirable local hits, each one of which was the signal for renewed laughter and applause. .

(Canadian prZ-gs) bition in which British people have

April

Helen Largle, Messrs. Hurry Porter,‘ Fulton Atlanta, lloy Quigloy, Ken 'l‘0i{l(l. Spencer, E. M. Dixon and ’l‘hl:o. l-l. liuiulri-d _ Bird. ages c-il this west of tho main is-

‘Jﬁw-Nearly, nno The site of the exhibition covers 220 acres. flshvrmcil from the vill~ Empire and was opened by the King on April 23rd,

t;"‘fi‘.ii'.“‘i.~‘.'£'.'£"2~i”‘il‘.'ii'.'£

WONDERFUL MODELS AT WEMBLEY EXHIBITION

The above picture is a model of the Cardiff Docks, perfect in its measurements are only nine feet by nix feet foul- Two million people a week are expected to viisit the exhi-

invested $100,000,000 it is the work of a whole

already

iiiiilillllliillliii'i i iiill liiii.

._ Millions “h? Bushels

in aiidjtklu to tiles-o, some one land of Japan are missing as a rc- — lsundred and fifty children took suit of severe storms in tho Sea part in a splendid chorus and drill 0i’ Jﬂllilll yiiﬁll-‘llllly- l and the following well known v-oc- "“*"<*>

eoeeoevee-oeeoeeeeoooooo4

' than ever before, in spite of thc

Have Been Contract- ed for This Year by American Millers.

(Cnnldlln Press) WINNIPICG, April ‘AK-Mort: Canadian wheat is going to the Un- ited States millers from tho Clillil- dlau head of the lakcs this year

forty-two cents duty imposed last winter, Winnipeg grain exporters state. Minneapolis, Duluth, Chic- ago and Buffalo mills have coil- tracts aggregating 14,000,000 bush- els now registered at the lake head, and the first four cargoes to leave this spring, aggregating one million bushels, were for the uc- count of ilie \vl1lilll)lll‘D-Cl‘OH|)y Milling (!o., of thc United States. The Washbtiril-(irosby concern has contracts for delivery, iluriug hlav. of 7,000,000 bushels.

~ Exporters hero assert that it is obvious now that the increased Un» ited States mrlff from 30 cents to 42 cents per bushel, ilcsigned to keep otlt Canadian wheat, is quite- inefft-ctive- -

belief that the United States mil-f lcrs will take quantity of Canadian hard Wheat,

lllllllitl Witt

Any Will Ari-sen om Debate on Mc, e

no Duties '—"'Aut Dealers Protest. " (British United Preee.)

d. O iN D O N. April 2K.— No special seala- tions are ox-

peoted in hi1- lbor’o first bud- get which will be presented tomorrow in the blouse of Commons by Labor's first Chancellor of the Exchﬂqllel‘ Phillip’ Snowd- e

n. The short period of pow» er which Ram- say MacDon-

, Phillip Snowdtn l‘lie exporters arc u unit in the chancwo, o; 5,;

chcquer.

a" °“’°"“‘°"°""’"‘g' aid and his colleagues have stowed

ulists rendered some very flue solos and iluets: Mrs. J. .l. Stewart. Mrs. Frances lioli 'l‘ruin-;lr, Misses

Daugherty Cited

Jenn Ft

their 0

forces.

lllllllll EHASH

the Cllllflfllilll

immigration situation

"user,

riental eostuin

much favorable comment as well] as ‘ appreciative itpplausc.

(Cpntinueci on Page Three)“; Declares Third of Can"; Expeditionary“

i ' lw‘ i-ti i aiiill -.- 1501139 llll U- S-liiiiiﬁignf hi’. ZLJLSZ ill. $313535}.

(Canadian Pres

OTTiAYWiA, April 28.~Nlearly one ledge rct-i-ipt of your tiispait-h oi‘! third oi‘ the overseas strength of the l7ill~ lustilnt transmitting lwo expeditionary force copies oi‘ it llill has migrated to United States in Inspecting the Search of its bread and ‘butter de-‘Cllurches therein named to which n", Ynnglzu River clared G. Grant MacNell, Domin- you withheld your assent. ion Secretary of the Great War Vet erens Assoclatldrt in discussing the or that your views with respect to laycd despittt-lles received ijoday in CZlllIlilll-‘tllﬂ ilnnction of lthe Bil-l will have lbofore members oi’ Flanders Lodge due laonsideriltiou.

L. O. L. at the anniversary service of the formation elf that lodge at St. Eloi, France among tho Canadian

Jennie Slithilri:niii,| llclen Large, llllcssrs Albort Hlﬂflitll- uld, Jas. l-‘arqiiharl-ltln, id. M, Dixon,‘ Ken. Spencer, Roy Quigley. , l‘ 5°“) by Ml“ Maw TE““'°" ‘Von’ Dillll-Thvrty, of Ohio brother of thc pleasing features in ' with tho cilililrcnW-i chorus. 'l‘ho fine color effect ‘produced “mum m n"; by tho grouping of the childruil in Daugherty invusﬂgmi,,g

WIRE lillllEFS

Last Minute News Flashed in Over the Wires

...f.f?.‘1~§fifi?“‘“""l Fllllllﬂlllll

\VASl-llN(l’l‘(lN, April 2R.~ ~\Vitli- a resolution citing llLS. (Canadian Prey“)

‘ _ _ BUFFALO, April 2X. ~~Staulcy €qlm:rlA_t_tn"n‘Gy t(i“im"1',‘aill' Tr‘ ca}? Prltcharil, Klenluorti, dicll today in "mp ' "Llmm O 1 s ‘l m“ {ﬂat an t‘lllt‘l‘gt‘fl('.y hospital, bringing to cg! n it‘ four illc dculh toil in an i\lll()lll0- ' " l‘ ' bilc and strlu-t cur collision at Sun-cu mill lll-niington siriecls, shortly uftl-r nllliillglli, win-n a trol- ley plowed through an automobile

coltucciion

munitions (Canadian press)

cs elicited U..." _ NEW YORK A 1 28 , prl . —

Cash on hand of the Ford Motor Company lnc., at the

Union carrrlilu u twenty-five tot-t. end of 192s, totalled $271,518,-

. ‘ s 668. The largest of any in-

. "'__' dustrlai corporation in the .\Viih reference to thc delayed ‘ U- d

decision on the Church llnlon _> V 631mm Mains,’ U173", 22:2;

' l," li-lrilloilor uremic-nan: finial-- uor McKiiinou has l'(‘l‘i.‘lVt*.(E the fol.

Steel Corporation, lhs nearest rival.

V Company Steamer Wrecked in China

BOSTON, April 2H.—L0i55 of three fishermen at sea was re- ported by the Gloucester schooner Laura Goulart when she put in here today after a trip to La Hava Banks off Nova Scotia. ,

The men were caught in a squall while out in dorlea on April 19th and the boats cap- sized. '

oi‘ lStlutcz~ _i Sir,— have the honor to ackuow;

s.) (Canadian Press) PEKlNtl, April 28. —'l‘ho strain- emmedl A" Act or Robert Dollar, ilwncil by ltuburt. “mm "f "en-M" Dollar (Jonipuny, San Frilucisco in scrvicl: was wrecked on the Yangtze April 23rd l" Willi’ l 11111 l0 lllfﬁfm, V0111‘ Uoll-‘noar (‘hung Chow, iurcorilixig to dc-

by the United Slates ll-gation. All the passengers, crew and offic- l lllllVll the llonor to be, Sir. ers wcro- saved and foreign passen- Your obedient ggfywnl gl-rs taken to Shihollil. ‘The steam-

P_ PELLETER {or is believed to be a total loss but

AQ-[lng Under Seat-mn- of Slum it is-lexpetztcd the cargo will bi- SilVGl .

TOKIO, April 2s. —Although agitation over the United States Immigration legslaticn is on the wane in Toklo, reac- tion is spreading to the prov- inces. Man yproteet meetings

cussed and it is hoped that fuller arrangements will be completed next week. The Ailegwelt Chapt- er of Silmmersidc has also kindly consented to assist in the sale.

The ilolnlnetion and election took place of the following eleven new members who received their badges and were enrolled in tlfo chapter:

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Condensed Specials

NATL-to per word, not eseb insertion in this column.

muimouei-ls weitcolile FOX Pl!!! Capsules of. MscKinnoa Drug Co. 26B7-4-28-3t

‘CHEESE-DO YOU LIKE OLD cheese? if so we hove it. -—Cud- more Bros. '

WORK ON

‘WANTIED- MAN To the singing of the National term. Apply‘ H. R. Moses. Ken- Anthem, illusion. 2685A-264il -

°WANTED~EXPSRIINCID MAID for senerelhouoevrork good was- "l- Apply Men. -.w. l‘. Tidmuisll n5 aeolian-o st." sous-rut

'LOST.—~IN THI CITY PART OP .1" "Eversbsrp" pone with mon- Oxrsm. Finder pl no iesve at ‘Guardian Oince M‘ receive ro- wnrd. '

' W A n r ins - lnrettiosnr W“!!! or boy to m: shoot reach yr n view to lesndnl to: ilildhh m“? “ti?

" n pert e to st Office no: T’! .. f)" 905i" ll

‘WHEN vou lnrsno novme

furniture bu‘ it digitally head-

, _ . lfll-l-BO-li‘

. ‘WANTID Tﬂl-BUY-ONE PEKIN

pMrs. Gordon Hughes

Mrs. James lifclviilisn

Mrs. W. E. 0won_

Mrs. B. Conrad

Mrs. W. S. Grant

Mrs Walter Bears

Miss Lillian McDonald

Miss Stringer

Mrs. B. C. 00x

Mrs. W. A. Huestis

Mrs. E. D Nicholson p

Reference was made to the con- vention of the Nation Chapter to be hold in June at ‘Toronto. After ‘a fow minutes‘ devoted to introduc- ing and making the new members at homo the meeting closed with

illlllollillli" ills isiii,lllii_' FIRE

- (Canadian Preol)

NEW YORK, April $8. —Forty- five firemen were overcome by smoke, thirty horseir were burned to death and several hundred ber- oons were driven from their homes early today by two Brooklyn fires which access-it ‘ ’ a totei of seven alarms.

‘FURNITURE QALE 0F MR. JAM. es -A. Curride, 10 llfelviisnd Btrest . today st 1 p. m., ll

drake extra terse else. Apply this

PlllNl RAISED BY MEIGHEN

> _____<..>___.__ agaimt exclusion have been Sleeping Sickness Causes Alarm in

Okayama and other cities in Western Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu.

fOﬁO-O F0 §O'OO-O4'Q-OO'Q'OQQ'QQQ-

lheld in Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, _

Great Britain

(Canadian Press)

PRllVES-i KNllTTY PllllBtEM

Consultation of Prec edents and

or: lc alarm. in Jailuary last there wl-ro 75 cases, in Ifcbrliary 217, ill March 468 and in the first. lof the present month Gill oust-s . ‘nu-re reported. ‘Hunt-lard. From the fact that the] The proportions of deaths has‘ OTTAWA, April 28.——The declls- modified W-oodsworth amendment lint MPH 18H!“ h"! U!" M191‘ BTTPP-l-‘i ion of Speaker Lemleux whether ls the only one in the votes and pro. 0|’ "w lllﬁvﬂﬂli WPY 0UP" M0 9N1- the Woodsworth amendment to the ceedlngs, some authorities in par 0119- budget is in order or not ls eagerly llomontary procedure draw the con-

ities Has Involved a Large Ainountof Research Work.

(Canadian Press.)

PEMBROKE, out. April 2s --Toronte police officens are expected here tonight and will go to Chichester, Quebec to In- vestigate the finding by s plowman there of the body of a man evidently dead three or four years. The idea obtains that the remains are those of Ambrose Smell, missing Tor- onto theatrical magnate from the formation of the skull and the fact that the man had brown hair and a moustache.‘ He wore s cap, grey overcoat brown suit and shoes.

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‘British Premier and Daughter Visit King George

(Canadian Press) LONDONt April 28.~—Preirlil-r Ramsay McDonald and his daught- er lsuhel made their first private and personal visit to their Mail-s- ties at Windsor Castle over the week-end. Saturday afternoon, while the Premier and the King attended the football match at: lWembley, Queen Mary showed ls- albeol the wonders of the ancient cos t . .

Cominunislfs Delusion Concerning Canada

(Canadian Press) hi()S(‘.()W, April 28.~ln an aril~ ch: in illl- Labor (iuzette, Israel Allister lllBDlDUl" of the central votn- niittoe of the lColllllliilllﬂi. Party in the linitcll Statesﬂdescrihes Cali- ada all “sliding slowly and peacl» fully into tho hands of the United Status. lic asserts that the day is ilot distant when (lanolin will be ciltirilly sopuriltild from Great Brit- ain. Tile proclamation issued by tlu- Comiuutlist Internationale urges the workers throughout the world to cell-brute May Day fittingly and to di-termiiltl upon thc support “of u revolutionary program against capitalistic goverulnetits."

France Wants Plan in. Execution

PARIS, April Zliw-Olllclal till‘- cli-s close to thc govl-rumllut lntcr~ prot the French reply to the Ru- puration Commission's (‘ammuni- catiou to nleuil that tho existing measures being taken iu tilc Ruhr will not be withdrawn or iuodifit-ll until (lermuny has pilt the ldx- ports‘ plan into execution.

Premier Point-tire, it is l'l‘.[)OI'EI"l in those circles, considers that "ex- ecution of ilu- experts’ plan" coli- sists in thc initiation of the bunk of lsstlc, thc constitution of thi- rullway company, proposed fn ill.-

g regardless of the duty imposed.

nwaitled in parliamentary circles. t-lusion that it is the only one tech- When the dciboto was adjourned on nicnlly lbeforo the ‘House. They fur- Friday. it was intimated that the ther nrguo that it is in order inas- Speaker would hand down his decls» much as it merely expresses tho do ion tomorrow but there is, it l-s llll- slrability olf certain forms of taxa- derstood, some posfiblilty that he tion instead oi‘ calling for the impo. mitypmtpone ills ruling. Consulta-sltlolt of a special lax. Should Span ~ tatlon of precedents and authorities ‘ker lLemieltx accept this view, as is has involved a large amount of re- thought in some quarters to be lik- ueurch work and this may be com ely. the Consenvative amendment plate by the time the House meets will necessarily Kc declared out of in the afternoon. order as two amendments are not The tangled skein of procedure permissable.

has created an extraordinary situa- Further debate would in that tion. First there come the labor ruu- event turn on the budget resolu- endlneilts as proposed by J. Woodsworth of Wlttnilpog Centre. to callln! for an immediate and sub. Then there was the Woodsworth stsntlei reduction in the tariff on ameutment as ‘modified after consul the necessities ' of life inciudlnll tstion between Mr. Woodsworth, foodstuffs clothing and ibullding ma. tho Speaker sud authorities of the l-Bfllll! 8nd llflllflgglhﬂ dﬂﬂlrﬂbllllf’ Home, Then there came the ICgn- of heavier income tax on unearned servatlve amend "‘ moved by A, increment with taxation on luaim~ J. Doucet of lKsnt. N. B. All three proved lend values and s graduated pr- , " amendments appear in inheritance tax on large estates, H-snsard but only one-Abe Woods-Geiferel expectation is that the lo worth amondmanth After modificn- amendment. it it comes to a dl- tion-appears in t e votes and pro. v a on. w ll receive the support of o ' - eeedlngs as having l n formally large body of Progressives ‘but that Fiance ls a man toly submitted to the 4H so by tire Liberals end (boson/olives would. 01's are choir and even this differs in a minuinits egslimt it and therefore de- lages

oilioe. , -

2i or point from the version given intent it. '

reported to have bombed Syrian vi

French Battle Against Turkish andit Force

(Canadian Press) IJONDON, April 28.-Sanguinary fight- ing between French troops and Turkish bandits is reported to have taken "' "m M" m‘ '“"°'“'“°“‘““°"' “mlplace in Northern Syria by a Jerusalem cor- respondent of the Daily Express. Three hun- dred men were killed or fighting he says, and the Turks captured a great quantity of arms. There have been recurren lently of unrest in Syria, over which country power French aviat-

1 your old nursery

irregular insertion.

wounded during‘

t reports rec-

plllll, thc delivery of the ncccss-lrv industrial tirbcilturl-s unli thl- adop- iioii by tho lteichstag of the logis- latinn m-cessury to pill Germany's finances in order.

Announcements, Coming. Events, Meetings. Etc.

IIATESF-il cents per word each

l "Big whist tournament League oi’ Cross -liall commences to-mor- row (Wetlnesday) evening. Capit al prizes worth trying for-ll.

"lP. E. I. liospltal nurses’ gradu- Mltm lakes Disco in P. w. College llall Thursday next at 8 p. m. ill

"Rummage Sale, lieorlz Mem- orlnl Hllii today, at 2.30 p.m. - 2722-4-29-1i.

‘fftencw acquaintance with nll day friends at

preclude the possibility of the dc- lvelopment oi’ a full finsncislprcn- lram willie the fact that uthcY "9 ‘dependent on the Liberals for their continuance in office acts a: a |cllock against the introduction of lpossible drastic changes. 1 Among expected changes are re- ductions in tell and susar taxes. the la-bolition oi‘ the entertainment tax ‘making cheaper seats in theatres and moving plcture “ 1101514)!“ These will of course make o popular appeal. llt is not expected that there will be any reduction in the io- come tux as was the case last. Veal‘ _\ The crux of the debate on the budget. will come CV01- the chastise»! the abolition or ' continuance of the MoKeana . duties which

under the Safe- guarding of In. dusiries Bill and which are regarded by Li- lberals as the‘ thin end of the wedge of' pro. tectlou. These apply to motor cans. clocks, watch- be. There is a possibility however that u conilpromlso may be reached in the umdiitloatioa of these pro fercnces.

lA cabinet meeting is taking pin» re this afternoon when final touch- on will be put to the izudget state- ment but tho real crisis will come on Tiu-silny evening when there will bc a caucus oi.‘ Liberals to de- clde (leflnitely what action the par-

Reginald McKcrlna

(Continued on Page Three) Ziw-{OD-i-i

i wlN is an eelaui scout-lo- Swim tllkEJ A care. scream‘,- I MEAN tore Fla SUPPER? , __ wrN Mis-rakBoNé. - STEM) coco‘

TUltUN 1U, April ZiJI-L-hlsritime wlnds fresh to strong. cloudy with showers-

‘Hish Tide this morning at 7.48 and tonight It 7.51.

Sun sets thin evening at 7.06 and rises tomorrow ‘morning at 4.47.

New moon Saturday, ‘May 3rd, 6.59 p.m.

lSilmnu-rsitle tide eighteen min- utes later .t-han Charlottetown.

Toronto 84, 40 -....._..-l.. feir

Montreal, 64, t!

The Courting of Mother Goose" at St. Peter's Schoolroom Thursday evening.

New York, to. s4 _ l Charlottetown- u, ear-..“ rein

I

j were instituted '