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CHARLOTTETOWN. cANXDA. l.'l‘Ul?.Sil)'AY.MlDECElll‘llER 25. 192s

In Plane Crash

(Canadian Press)

CIIATTANOOGA, Tenn" Dec. 24—Four men were burned to death untl a ilith was injured to day when a passenger and air mail plane oi the inter-state air lines crashed and caught tire alter a take-oil’ tor At- lanta. .

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peels! to‘ The Guardian) NDON, Dec. 24- George's physicians issued the lo owing bul- letin ly before hoop ' today: "the, ‘ .h_ad a. quiet night The local oohziiigorkoohuhues to shit: remains unchanged." The lion subjects o! King George were ready to eslebrswﬁhristmas today with the ual ‘,1 live spirit. Lat- est reports ckingham Pal- ace indicated Jhiit the King was maintaining the improvement 4 in his condition whidh set i _ than s week ago. c.

A ioytul _s t’ pervaded the palace today n all the. King's children‘ were able to gather about the beds e cl their father. frhe Duke o! C‘ gucester, third son at w: Kins- so with wmwbnlv hillwiras Prince i-leiiity. arrived at

it“ ini a He‘ ded at Southambwll lrom Capetown on a fast mail liner at 6.45 a. m. and drove to m“ on by automobile. 'I‘hrge‘oi the Ki 's chiidrep. the Pupceotwsles. Prince ﬁepry. and, the youngest child, Plﬂnce Cécrde. were absent from moouhm when their iather be-

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at Saul Hodgkin (Btatlonmaster st his b\eh7iti~ the held since his re-

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F0 rty Injured In Collision

(Special to The Guardian)

Australia. DQQ, 3G—Forty persona were in- iilrﬁ g y ' when a six-car train carrying _ holiday-makers from Melbourne collided head- on with-ya lfrelght‘ train near K» “ills station. Five car-

weie ‘wrecked and there were many remarkabl escapes tum Eighteen o! the in- JIIJ '_ .to~be taken to lies- vlieis- .

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The Closeup-Harris English Rep-i ertory Company opened‘ its two- weeks engagement at the Prince; ‘ FdwhrcLTheati-c lest night with the’ spectacular mystery play. “The Ghost Train“ wh h in the course 0t three intensely it resting acts pro-‘ vldedscope lorsome of the ﬁnest dramatic acting seen in Charlotte- town tor along time. The play was clezverly written, ably gilrocted and in ted by a cast. which is quite

‘Peddlc Deskin; Miss Osmund ; iiﬂl Price. Miss Nan llrauntob. _' Price. Mr. J. Gordon Fldili ' '

. John Bteriing, w. David Wilton.

f Jackson, Mr. W. B. Bumewille. l ‘Owlngmthelactthptlasthight p - . wigs Chrhiztnias who? Chcﬁliéﬂ k; ' H! __ ‘ -___ 50875 DD‘!!! 07mm!’ ' "

the audience was not so largeiprllfﬁé 0i its it undoubtedly will be this atter- * ~ noon andg, svenina. - when "The Ghost Tljalii" will be repeated. Such s play dsservesva full house.

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mos w as ‘o! something strange and supernatural was developed early in the plot, when a casual group ‘of travellers. forced " ‘ 1y‘ to stay overnight in the waiting 'room ct a. lonely way-station at Fol Vale on ‘the Bonth Cornwall Joint’ ‘Railway line, hear from the station master its. ghostly a story as one tmiqten to oh a dang nigthiisﬁlrtn gsbedevclop; unplcs: I _ _ , , __,____> _ _ g an s. at come more an ““"‘ ' ‘ "nil ‘in’ ' in, mum‘. more difficult to explain by the Lgggg)?‘ m“ g,- suriiriss, widiy thst is m sight in prosaic philosophy ot the Twen- amuntmg ‘ u‘, amgmmengr wdliha coarﬂeiiis in South Wales. The tleth Century. until the convincing we "mouncemw; 5mg, in ‘migam distress" is said to be unpsrallelled climax o! the second act which is opme Wm” “ma; of q1¢‘,‘,§;~.,n--"vrithln~ thdzrwmnry oi any livinil ri

carried through with superb acting his“, ~ I “m, ‘ m“ 5mm- - and ﬂxcevikmll i’ = -"- The ed. ignslnmation" Prince o! Wales is schedule

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sntldtlimelxpwesueveh ipore surpris- mﬂnuuy‘ mgmuhghigdmwn were merit to broadcast a Christmas cve ins and 1mm s than the wen- unaware of the Primiiwo insists-impressive the entire country to sun- es which preced d ih.,The play, in 511,10“ “um “mt-is ysgtgrdgy told o! port the d Mayor's fund tor rc- lact. was all cl s. piece-thrills and m; v3“ by 51;- Hugn-Righy, physio- lief. Tile tlslt government has humorous CpiSOdBH interspersed nad lane-no operated on theKing, to the apnounced that it will give pound blended. all growing inevitably out Cgthgﬂfgl gown, on Rﬂdny the - tor pound to this iund. It is P1‘

c; the plot, and gathering interest but.” Md a muted s rﬁghtlngof- iuilythe only emmnle in e11 Ens- and intensity as the play proceed- thglqmms wumsh appoihmi py thsilinrrs history whet-s an important

- King. to carry on aﬂairs during 1

The talented company under the "M080 ind l0 V1134“, 11° hi9 3P‘ ‘or mum°nswn°°;;1‘i" In? n" omen‘ Mr. T. G0rd0h minted the murehhsad- Ric 00li- wan” on cmmy l Blyth showed excellent teamwork “n10!!- ﬂ¢¢°fdlﬂ8i°¢h° bllnitm-W" ." .. . . M h m," “m; 5 ﬁne sense o; dramaqc values‘ lair with a (slllhlllllilnlit! m IAIH sn- In the town of P11 30" . “- They took their parts easily and Tmmmliuml- .1410 “We? “M” him??? cllmdg°wl naturally, and the result was an au- m“ mwmorin diencc thoroughly satisﬁed and gx- in mt" W" m“ 5. Jrydm the pectant. The characters, in or er - ' .

of appearance. were: nduit mﬂiﬁ pqplmtim. m mom = Riohad wihcthrdp, Mr. Roger, llsivesey.

Tourist buses aro to eﬂelds

be run thosomnle boot! .

Fal Vale Station) Mr. Keith Pyott. Charles Murdoch, Mr. T. Gordon

rem Murdoch (his newly-wed- ed wile); Miss Nora Bronco. Miss Bourne. "isms... Bur-

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third ‘wt- fﬂr ff°m=Pf°vmB' a 11'1" and confined. to his palace at Csﬁ- ‘amt-mug to the British G0vern-~

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Generous Treatment ' ' For Manitoba is Ex- pected ou the Ques- tion of Natural Rc-j sources. '

(ilpeclal tn The Guardian)

OTTAWA, Dec. 24.—Parllnmnnt will meet the last week of January or the ﬁrst week o! February, ac- cording to present plans. Several problems nrs looming up for legis- lative treatment, and among these will be the retum of the natural re- sources w Manitoba and the railway lands to British Columbia. It is re- ported generous treatment oi Man- itoba is contemplated.

The other two western provinces, however, are not enthusiastic about the prospects for settlement of their outstanding difficulties with the Do- minionJn some provinces the nut- ural resources problem is aggravated ‘by the school land question and the ﬁnancial arrangements with respect to separate schools.

‘It seems. likely that the govern- iment will reach‘ a decision regarding the St. Law-

permiasion to pro- -ceed with its scheme .__ ‘ m-ly g; [the governmental’ Quebec is backing ‘nt. Important legislation iifanticipat- led respecting the Canadian Nation» ,al Railways. which is closing anoth- ier splendid year. There will be somu .ekpansion and the arrangement to co-operate with the C. P. R. in Nor» them Alberta and the Peace Rive. l

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twenty thousand. Eighty Percent or them are entirely out ol work and

the rest arr only working m tches.“ “It is not because oi‘ a. strike or any imion trouble. it is because the whole industry has collapsed, it is said. It is said that even it the British coal industry could miracu- lously revive to its status oi’ 191'). lihere still would be 250,000 men who could never be reabsorbed in the in- dustry." -—---<0->—-—- LONDON, Des. 24.—l-‘avor- abls progrcsswla being made todayf- by Mrs. Aianson B. ﬂovriimn. wile of u» ohm-a States‘ ambassador, who sui- fcrei all accident last night while enroute to a private din- nerJThe Ambassador and Mrs. Ioiilitorfhwd arrived at Eaton Square, and when aiighting from the motor car, Mrs. Heighten put her loot into a chute on the sidewalk and . smelt her leg.

t V MONCTON. N. 13.. Dec‘. 24pm ‘ollovninrz telegram will be dlsttibu‘ 0d on all Canadian National Wﬂys sleeping cars on ‘ ’ morning in Canada and the Mliti ed States. ;'_ MONTREAL. Que. Dec. 2s, uni: To our passengers on trains. oilicers and employees o! the Cani- adiim National Railways wish yous very Merry Christmas and a bright lmvvy and prosperous New Year?’ (Bed) W. H. Thornton. Presldenti"

(‘. N. R. GREETINGS

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Saint Dunstan's "Cathedral was thronged with worshippers last night ‘on the sollmn 00059100 oi’ the celebration of Pontiﬁcal High Mass at midnight.

At twelve o'clock the prime-scion

consllsting oi His lordship Bishop omesry. the Cierﬂy. Altar Boys and boy chcrisiers. entered the Cathed- ral and singing Christmas: hymns passed up the centre isle tn the Sanctuary where with all the sintoly ceremonial o! the Catholic Church

all: Iilgnglwiﬂce was celebrated byJ-Jrunw’ on“ n .

m‘ ‘Montreal clear Under the capable leadership of Qumuh “w” _______

Mr. W. J. Brown. Saint Dunstsrrs rnuaohoflrdel-mosrec mo‘: the true mm" d” erv iro ‘ ion thes telymus- m settings or the Mass. . g -.?,.,°'.”.°“..,;.,°.‘.?. d“; g

A great press oi worshippers-F High u“ in; mum practically the whole contention ma mm“ “w; partook oi Holy Communion which; Bu“ “m

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