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Liberal M- P. Charges Allis REFUSE Nova Scotia Premier Alli ASSUBIATE With Misrepresentation ii I T H __l Elli

Injustices in Law Enforcement Seen By Attorney

lililliliillliilii F 75 ‘ ' All hurls cZ“..'lZ°§.e§Z'.Z.".§§ m BUNFERENBE In Negotia tions

TORONTO. Feb. 7—(UP)—- Illlllctices etili exist in the ad-

ministration of justice, Attr- Conant

Ts DECIDE 1'0 CONTINUE RFSIS TANCE

— . q T -n Fires Fmn Protests Statements Of Pro- Squabble A m o n g ‘.£i.°.'.’.‘.‘$7-'t $7325.... .... Promotion 0t Bette, Go -—- WI , _ _ Thomootvos As com i... t. .... 0...... not... , _ vemment Announces Deter-, vlnclal Leader R ported In me P“ "°°‘"°“‘ “"°'='“"°"- Understanding All" llausc Damage Ube Pe gtflgstmellgrfigff; meow. or _ nxztgctoim... mination To “Fight To ' 1 Ial IQSS 3”" °' “'3'” "V $888101! 8W8. In orrsws. Ieb 1 lolly-lemon (m. alum) o. u... Oom- Opens. Ea‘ a gngmwtiblq? a m; “Two-T;- ‘i (Wl-Re- The End”. mong ' " m... ' mm, coupon. rleb. ‘i-(AP) —Prlm m“ ° m“ m”, “mot. , SYDNEY N. s “b. 7 _(°P) Mmwflolxttdot {tffu otgttugfimggepggttbggoyflgf Motif mm“.- gmm m“ u y u: militia-Inga poor it m‘ he” £5,161‘! Mm duwzlrl: (By Charles S. Foltz, Jr., Assocated Press Foreign Staff) 4M8 o‘ "4900 w” “owned My speuich tnntlsvzliouae on relic‘. oagwbtsflcotin lobstfir flflthflfllfilzoWhtlu u igéymof M”: The “mo mo“; ‘m wholesale“ o‘ ‘rmwmdvegb PEIRPIQIYAN, Fratncq Feb._ 7-—(AP)—Spanlsh Gov. not om, two goof mot-mm; “to, gait?!‘ ‘ Hfluhfmllfimmr t a chronicle» I mm- 0 It m"! I l"- u W0 but" gun“ w “med In ‘he mum“ o’ hm “mo, to, tho mot ttmo tn m, ernment officials announced tonight that the hard-press- the smite sect on of sydney _ “m, ottoo o to to, "mm-o tutomoot tut h, w" not to to, omyerem w“ to no m, Th, ‘butt, o, the m4“ history of the “Oliillcillltllriii m- ed Juan Negrin Cabinet had decided to continue the fight dud-TY 11° lllwmoic undwcw-ndlna ln defence of the one-fourth of Spanish soil still in its

He said he had been in Ottawa last

November for our weeks attending to departmental business and was hero, from Halifax. _>__v

in Ottawa two days after the storm coming

Speaker Pierre Casgraln inisrru - Dumb 1 1n u; H to m ted Ml‘. Finn as he was about eggwt ‘to: “tilvtoo e ototyu: “Mm? read a telegram he had sent to otoymot mo mtontfttutot otttttaoot Fisheries Minister wetland and act of 1938 were insufficient to meet ruled the Halifax member had sta- tho needs o1 r5435 in the ted his mini» of privl-eae euificlent- fishermen in their lndus and

m! them with 11188118 0 live: Bren Contract

Under Fire In

Commons Debate

Cancellation Pie-riding Parliament- ary Probe Again Urged

By (Jplgsition.

drove four families to the street ln zero weather. A fireman Thom- n Thompson, wag in hospital suf- fering ironl injuries after he was struck by a car while fighting one of iile fires.

Bcih tires, origin of which was nnkllonn. occurred within an ‘hour. one of ihe buildings, owned by Dun Macheail, was destroyed.

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Rate for Notices in this column l autumnal!“-

"Reserve Thursday, February eh card Party at Charlottetown 05piilll_ L-174-2—8-li. "Loading live hogs at Albany ursday 9th. Friday at Emerald til noon. G. C. Green. L-l80-ZrB-2i.

"Hockey tonight at New Glas- gow, Jilrlu Rangers vs. Junior M81352 Lsnfs. L203

"Hockey tonight llfllton rink. Yolk Rangers vs. Milton Badcats. Skate otter. L-20l.

"Glasgow Road Maple leafs an. __ _c mt, h dost; to t tome}; he vs. Hunter River Royals. Wilt-shire 13m (MALIIWBA, 7 5.0.5.) Militant drained (gppogllfigh rbxélzlslxllé! bcglglrafi» “a cons en ca o

was pert oi close the plant pany].

‘ Rafe

the government by

opponiion speakers coda culmin-

ated ln the soacesllon y M-

Ooldwell (C. C. E‘. Rosetcwn-Blg- ) that fe

ahouzred upon

k ‘. . . - . Rio ton gilt League game. L 192 o‘ the mans 0mm

"League double header at Corn- . to the Maclealfs mag-

“11 fink tvlllilht. Cornwall C C. vs. t, Clyde RZVCY. Nortih Rl l-vs'. West De P“ Mmist" Mw‘ _ Dr , Royalty. §131_g_g_1t_ finale should no longer hold the gélilllglsilsééic tgebtyo 13% ctagolzége m mew

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position he now ho ds Bipealccr after Conservative and o. F. ranks de- nounced the contract awarded with- out tonders to the John Inglis Company Limited. of Toronto, for 7,000 lig i. machine guns. It remained for Arthur Blaght (up. Parry Sound) to strike back

ting the government to lnlt ate I inquiry with Mr. Justice H. H. Dav- is of the Supreme Court of Canada as s, Royal Commissioner. Ml‘- sru a“ ‘h? who'll“. negle- s re ey ca .

pI-Io Hy . Stevepnis (Con. Kooten-

"Bnylng live hogs at Emerald Thursday afternoon. Arthur Has- lim. L-IB-l-Z-B-zl.

Covehcad Rlnkflri Top vcheazl All Stars. hurs- uv. re uary an. Skate after. Also lklte Saturday night. Lt-IBZ-Z-B-li.

hiiiiliuxiiiniiglhofirilg 19b mtturfii‘ t h , 8' rua . la. u _ . L-180-2-7-8l.

have the Bren gun contract cancel- led. He moved the Davis report. be submitted the committee of the whole House with instructions to consider the ad- visability 0f

Fall 0f Goal

"Regular monlill meetln ladies a . Major James Hahn head of the memo “d P- 13- 1- Respite . Cund Home l T Inglis Comp ny and chief figure 1n 5371'- d chtefly w 0° . Wednesday. rebroary sth, 8.80 ma: u... Bren negotiations, and Herbert M1 191090118“ Mm“! 1°20?“ tom, ogtgmgfg. to, the Moog‘. _*___ *"§r’"‘"“- I s - - gugyyugreglggozugromeolggglg: ‘é.‘.“‘.t‘.‘éi.zi.i‘oi.°f..tif”‘r°t°m said it; o; t}; got-g gtglttg- get»;- "c " ‘ h ' a1 l f t bl t c ' ttcei..t.ilfyw..ti.... l1 . Bring l hmiticd“ ca" Sucre" °' .‘.“..‘$.".§.‘1.‘.°.‘."A.B‘.i“.l.‘.’....$ this my; not. m; itltutt; . Friday. February lot Dance Earlier in the afternoon speaker attend the conference. mm annwersa of me wan My rllll Orchestra. Aupiceighavyzlglf. F b 7 _ Pierre Casgrain ruled “out cftoréier cont on swmriy he is manned ‘ e ‘ an “mendmmt m“ yes er “y to attend a pontlflcal mass in 8t.

S-PRINGHILL. N. S. (OP) -A fall of coal in Cumber- land Railway and Coal Company's No. 2 mine shook this nothern Nova scolia mining town tonight. Only two miners were rzgorted in- jured in the "bump“ whl ought down coal between tile 6,500-foot level and the MOO-foot. Communication systems in tile mine were dlsruuild by the ac- cident and no eatlnlate of the dam- age could be made, , Foo A “bump" is described bv miners tttown Hem-t as a small earthquake. They are r3, neat-t, not uncommon in the Sprlnghlll . ork Married latte. but mining men said the fall ~ L-lW-fl-c-li. n‘ght was the worst in their

——-—- 1 i memory. " "(lame to the yum‘ oonoett‘ one o1 the two inlured rnen was giblbtcillcv Bridge on Vivvfinesdayh said to have been hit by a piece of mt tllnrv ilih. sponsors-i by W - flying cool. The other was reported for Mr. ‘wens institute-nonunion 15 and have been struck by a falling In the ' L-llt-t-‘t-il. timber. Their names were not ruling Mr. “We live mm w “mmlliim coo l-ted m” oppiilflon‘ htmoay .. a ore men were repo B K ~ W"!!! H13!’- - workin l . gunmen“. "m! w tart P M g n the mine at the time

95ml"? in Baavlew tonight.‘ that the contract be "in! Valley Arrows vs. Indian River Ruyers. Game starts M. B

“Wk- L-lov.

Di‘.

rlegatlved the main motion. Manlon challenged the which was supported by 141 52.

to Mr. Stevens objected to

Flicker at liiaxshfleld tonight. “Wellness vs. Imperial mt. culls; itedwlni; Sisters vs. Cash "l! Carry Sisters. L-202.

Comm instructions

majority of government sup era on it, “it would be dlfflcu t. get an impartial discussion." '

At the same C. C. F. membe

failed to ' cam!

"Double header Thursday.

Che rlOt Ill

MocNeiVs main motion.

MacNell vo alnst tn _rullo .

to he followed in unending

huge sum we are now asked vote for defence?" W11 _l_e_lle___wi_aa__ n

l .- - The “bum "ocurrcd twtIO in- illcfiinfiilxiligrmlgiivgm ‘u Blll- on; befall‘: the; Wlfejwhtdlillgilb Meow". o, oomoigofiflfifft, onfil- imock off at ii a. .

-~ i "' ' ohfaiwfiid°°kflim°iéhmé mum " - ' . - - W. 1m

M tméflbfivlast royalty fftlaens" who crowded into the eel.

"qr-r Policyln Northwest’

_0P).-Th6

ay Eldst). launched a fresh move to

that the contract and to

cancelling the con-

by Conservative . Leader, Maninn canccli .

which the speaker said completely

ruling a. vote of

the is- sue going beforetho Public Aoounts lttes because there were no to that body and, in

th an overwhelming f n to

time Mr. Stevens and if all attempts the amendment the Conservative group would votc

division on the speokerls with

contract-liar a contractor." lllir. Stevens observed.

“Is this going ilcbe the practice the o

ot~ disposed to

More of Palestine.

First of all the refused to sit in conference with Jewish dele- gates, forcing Mr. Chamberlain to eddies the delegations separately. Then the Arabs squabbled among themselves ‘over permitting moder- ate ‘Palestine Arabs to sit. in the conference. The first scheduled ‘ ‘ discussion had to be

for the colonies, Bulter. under-secretory for foreign affairs, tried to reconcile the mod- erate and radical Arabs until four

Arabs arrived at St. Jamesis Pal- ace in their native costumes and surrounded by their bodyguard. the moderate delegates were not present.

Urges Personal Contact

referring to toward Joint dele- Arabs that "the understand-

'I'he Prime Minlgter I atulat- ed the Jews on their “ Lsclplixlc restraint" in Palestine and

told both delegatlonsz- . Glgfibtt Bbaltaél benteis tlés use us ‘t oun o - ' iier the (League _ an u a- tlh bieagwg of Nations

Mr. Chamberlain.

gates, told the lrst, msentlal step to

in: is personal‘ co

date . merit . . . c the United States.

"These discussl on. must be full c’ and their objec ls “wide settlement of the present difficulties which will saeguard position of . Chaim of the World Zionist Organization Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York and the Mfifqil€$ of Reading res onded for the Jews. Prince Mo lamed Abdul Moncim of Egypt and Emir Self Al Islam Hussein of Yemen spoke for the .

The Jews will state their case to British representatives tomorrow. The British delegation will meet with the Arabs as but is prepared to n tiato separate Arab delegat ns it neces-

iiartmouth Votes iiown Woman in iiivic Election

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IHZAIIIFAX, Feb.

tinue other year, it aiter scores of tlons and voters in across the harbor from turned back the Mill’ WWW-n

Halifax

551 to 400. Inst

lcn defeated her a two-year council term. "I don't Mrs. Micsener said _ u the would try 00M

"It's s bit boo c6119. MW .1 I run um year

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when in

To. Review Liquor

o'clock this morning, but when the _

soon as they settle their internal difficulties with

'1—(CP)—-Nova Scotlak town colmcils will con- "no woman's land" for an- dsveloped which?- towns held elec- Dartmouth,

in

by 21a votes m

like to my iuet M." asked

1M0. wouldn't

1M Motwtressurer.

“Mn wimowltottwluilsor ‘ president lauded iheefforte “t”. "

do to addnce expert evidence in such charges as drunken driving was another injustice. Such evidence was impossible for many people because of expense. , “The soution of the prob- lem is not yet apparent and is certainly difficult of ac- oonlplishment. But the dis- crimination and injmtlco is such that I think it should be brought to public ttention in the hope and with the possib- ility that a solution which i! workable may be found." Until a solution was found, Mr. Conant urged Crown At- torneys and the judiciary to exercise the utmost motion to see that. the humblest of citizens received a. fair trial and every l¥ip in prosecuting a defence. here should be a. against undue hard- ships resulting from inability to pay a fins.

PliPI, Plus innit ill

tinue Weekend Pro- gram.

VATXIUAN, Feb. 7 —(AP) Pope Plus, confined to his bed by a mild case cf influenza. expressed deter- mination today to go through with a. strenuous weekend program celebrating the anniversaries of the Lateran Accord of i929 with Italy and his coronation in 1922.

The Pope cancelled audiences today and because of his indisposltlon, said to his spart-

Peter's celebrating the 17th anni- versary of his “Monation. Although influenza egg. the Pope's chronic asthma and made breathing somewhat more difficult than usual, his medical attendants indicated the did not regard his condition as angermls. Because of hi; weak heart. 110W ever, the 81-year-old Pope's physi- cizns aiwn s are apprehensive since some llgh at any time. Vatican circles It was the second months the Pope has been forced to suspend his activities because of illness. A heart at Nov. 25 kept, him confined for a t time. Because his personal physic- ian. Dr. Aminia ZMilani. is ill of lnfluenm himself, the Pope was attended today by lvtilanfs assist- an-t, Dr- Filippo Rocchi. ___________.

Horticultural Council Meets

WA. Feb. ‘I —(OP) ~11’:- tion 1s the ill. - c control measures

for vegetable in- dustry, L. F Burrows. -

(bid Canadian Horticul Council wdoy- at. the_ opening of its 11th annual meet- ........t' “can: "c" "i; ll: crease it and vIegeM les con-

bflth intensifi-

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creased consul-n . native of drost

tfifwt... ited States. Whi

EDI‘ theacti Oounc

"or ~11 rml-uonv-lTerrorists Seen

might be fatal l“ ma.

among all the agencies distribut- ing Canada's fruits and vege- tables.

‘The special meeting, called by the markets corrllmli/tee of the Canadian Hbrticulf/ural Council. will be attended by spokesmen for the independent retail grocers. the chain stores, voluntary groups and the big department stores.

From the ensuing exchange of ideas. sponsors of the meeting hope to arrive oi. means of stirri- ulc/tlng ccrrlsunlptiotl as well as obtaining a bebber return for the

growers.

Art the opening session of the horticultural council's 11th tmyual Infield-HS today. L. F. Burrows, secretary-treasurer, tho Pl “ems facing the fndusto-y, which. he said, grew out of two conditions-increasing production of fruits and. vegetables

corneclflndlug increase in slurllption and high distribution

cost.

Distribution cost was too great in proportion to prices paid by priccsreceiv-

Problems of the industry unless a better relationship was affected. "The fruit and vegetable indus- iwiea are facing a crisis and the most dangerous tilreat involved in it ls the general attitude of in. difference among fruit and vac- table growers both in and out of the various associations," Mr. Burrows said. . "'I'he clists at the moment ap- pears to be to lle in our ineffi- cierlll; methods of distribution-ex-

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Threat To Japan’: ~ Hold 0n Shanghai

(B LIDYD LEIIBBAS)

(Assoc atcd Press Foreign Staff) SHANGHAI. Feb. 7 —-(A.P)_. The killing of two officials of the Japanese-sponsored Reformed Gov- ernment today brought to 4'7 the nu ' known political as- sassinations in this area. Chow Chi-‘Ibng, counsellor of the Puppet Government's Finance Ministry. was shot while riding through the streets of the Inter- national settlement. His assailant lined a note on his body saying “you are a imitor." Boo Cell-Dong. ataxcollector,a,lsowasshotbya lone gunman.

It was learned authoritatively that Bi other Chinese officials of the regime have received letters threatening death unless they sever connections with the Japanese. Most of those idlled were Chin- ese who had accepted office in the Japanese-controlled regime. burl. polioe recorded 12 killing; M per- sons who mllnssc said were anti- Japanesc agitators.

The war fronts were relatively

soon-es of

GD-

hands.

The announcement

Tlle GovernmenUs decisl

Negrin.

Alvarez del Vayo toinght.

“Iihomesnsatour disposslin iZheOGD/Cm-llifmemnpgrmltut-g

prolong the fig/hi. for some monliflls." The Insurgents were said to

have reanained adamant in m. fusing the Government's last. con- dition for peace-mere safe con- duct from 6min for leaders of leftist parties. lalbor mums and military forces now in the

libel. s plebiscite would be hold forcholneofanewspanlshflov- eamnenlathatspaixl would be freedof foreign influence and that all Spaniards would be per- lrlitwdlzoloininitloworkcfro- cousin-action.

in the Mndrld-Valmcia zone, was deilermirledonafigiltbothofizl- M: and was convinced the Gov- ernment was in “splendid posi- tion" to continue title struggle de- mile the loss of Catalonia.

France and Grealt Britain were Npcrted by diplomats to have sought the safe conduct assur- ances from the ‘Insurgents. Iltrunoos refusal apparently was conveyed through British repres- cntaltives.

British and French envoys had been in constant touch with Span- ish Government and Insurgent authorities. ‘They williltled down the Government's conditions for surrender to title request first clv-ll and military loaders be spa/red, but Iranoo was unyielding.

(In Imldon ilhe Spanish Gov- ernment embassy announced the Government 0f Premier Juan Negrin would go to Valencia. "be- fore the end of this week" to “re- sist to the end")

IDNDON, Feb. '7 —(CP)— Yremler Juan Negrln and. his gov- ernment intend to return shortly to Valenda and “resist to the end" Insurgent General Franco's victor- ious legions. the S anish Govern- ment. lftntbassy spo esman declar- ed tonight.

The Embassy said

egrln was concerned with the

lsposal of about 300,000 refugees and Government soldiers before his return to Madrid.

Meanwhile the British Govern- ment received fresh assurances that Italian troops will be with- drawn from S aln at the conclus- ion oif the clvl war.

The assurance was given the Earl of Perth. British Ambassador, by Iiklrelgn Minister Count Ciano and was prompted by a cryptic suggestion in the Italian press that. withdraglgl lrlustwawalLJt

pokesman

Flzhtlng is of I-iankow. the former tel capital whim fell Oo . M.

‘Iihis be the Brctteet roadway

at‘ its kind in oganada. It will 52:: e purpose s railway

tractors drawlxl l0 or more trail-

m; will ply-a t. ental officials elnpect that next year the . piiiohhleride concentrates from Eldcrada Mines. gold concentrates from the Yellow- Knife Mines and the ‘ Great slave Inks will be hauled to the railway over this th rot tiri

"1' IQIQTIDII. Cbi0fl gill be mas mirth.

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Sanction _G.iven For Winter Traction Road In Northland

lllsh a direct connection between tho mining and the farm lands s- rollrld Fort Vernlilion in northern Alberta and the Peace River dis-

trict.

In the past the only communica- tion with the milling fields was by air in the winter and in the sum- mer moat, of the supplies "went by water, through Slave River with a pmtage at Flori: Smith to Mc- mlrray. These was considerable