». f...‘ u» >4! , being ‘drunks’. , nther ' lmt , which I. l. l. BROWN J. S. Brown as Manflgfl‘ and Actuary; __ ‘microns? Announcement has been made by the Crown nus I‘. w. rnu. " Life Insurance Company of the appointment of Mr. E. Assistant General Manager of Agenaies; Mr. F. W. Hill, F.A.S.. as Assistant General and Mr. P. McDonald as Assistant General Managetr and Secretary. i r. mtnouam i... Many Arrests if But Few Serious Grimes Reported Arrests within the City of Charlottetown made by the City Police during the year ending Dec. 3i last totalled LZW-loy far nn all-time record. and an in- crease of 4.36 over the previous year. according to the report of Chief A. Blrtwistie. submitted by Coun. N. W. Lowther, chairman i of the Police Committee, at Friday night's annual meeting ct the _ City Council. "We had. however." the report ious offences. the main offenders with a total of 103i." Qne offender has just re- ceived a sentence of five yearsln Dorchcsirr Penitentiary for car- nnl knowledge of a girl under 14 yours. There were twelve arrests for "breaking and entering" shops or warehouses. one offender receiv- 3 slates. “very 10W llwlmwfb‘ 05 SQFiEuston and Fitzroy Streets. "From May 15th to June 30th, in cooperation with the RCMP" we carried out the "Police Traflic Safety Check Programme." when mptor vehicles were thoroughly checked as to t-he condition of brakes. lights, steering. itorn. lights. tires, etq. The check was performed daily, Sunday except- ed. on Church Street. and over 4000 cars were inspected. This was a nation-wide movement in both Canada and the U. BIA. Traffic improvements “During the Summer and Full an extensive programme was car- ried out in rc-palnting our park- ing zones. pedestrian crossings, and traffic signs. The south side of Euston Street. between Queen and Weymouth Streets. was made u “No Parking" zone. also the west side of Queen St. between 18'!‘ cativicttions were recorded under the Highway Traflic Act and Traffic By-law, 4.0 for “S/peeding", l4 for reckless driving. and 124 for titfsceilaneous infractions. Sorg- cant L. A. Mclnnis wias employed as Traflic Officer, enforcing our parking and other regulations. We had the usual crop of minor col- lisions. chiefly nt intersections. ing a sentence of 2 years. "lin- Vb... vary {cw .)@.-5.,n..1.inv1uy~t¢~s_ was sentenced to three years for uttering forged cheque. and for theft of n pur" an offender was sentenuzl to a term of two years in Penitent- iarv. Cast-s entered and disposed of ing . rests. itmouttivd to i001). l-tc w‘ oi 503 cvcr the nrrvio» 51m. this bcing n 1 time record. ‘The ronort't;lves a classificat- rf the offences and arrests. rcsttltod in i157 convic- tions and '73 dismissals. Tit: t""a:~t continues: Prohibition Enloroasnenfit "During the past year members of the Force conducted. 415 searches 0i dwelling ttouscsmhops and other premises suspected of the utiluwiul possession or sulc of intoxicating _iiquors, and in addition to these raids the l-LC. MP. liquor squad also carried out extensive raids ulmost daily. 131 prosecutions were entered un- der the Prohibition Act. with 125 convictions and 6 dismissals. This is an increase of 90 over the pre- vious year. 2i cases were also entered under t-he Excise Act for unlawful tposstssion of "Spirits" or moonshine. with twenty con- victions and one dismissal. "On Decentber 10th Constable A. J. Lund of our Force was pro- moted to the rank of Corporal and appointed Enforcement Offl- cer of the Prohibition Act. to which work he is now devoting all his time with the assistance of any other member of the Force when deemed necessary. The R.C.M.P. will also continue to enforce this Act within t.he City either in cooperation with our squad or separately. "in Jamlary and February a total of forty samples of milk and fifteen of cream were collected by the Force and delivered to the City Analyst for testing. No prn- srcutlons were entered under the hv-law respecting milk and milk vendors. l ' tr »'%"u"#.mf2 0n ‘CIITIII DAYS‘ M Month! ‘Philflnimndioinoilulryeectioato hlkvo painful dhunn and trod, lar- YNI. irrIt-llil u! hunk rfirzfirazwrtsast. and lt is pleasing tn report that we "grassed through the _vcar with- “ 1"“°"i out n fatal accident. Other duties pr-rftnrnv-tl by the Fwrcc m-o otttllnrcl in the report. "The pollen cor. with one-way radio. rurchssrd on June (“Add " l" 13"‘ c“)? WW3“ CMM‘ i"‘"1ud'.l'>st. registered 17.330 miles at the rlrso of the year. This cor has rrvlcred excellent. service, and is luflllil" fill- . in a good state of repair. "The uniforms supplied in the I ‘Force during the year are satis- factory. both in quality and BP- pearance. “The station offices. lock-u? room and cells have_recetttly been ‘re-painted.’ gnd our ltandclifla and other rnents are in good order. Cell Accommodation “At the last unntlui meeting of the City Council it was recom- mended th-at "the incoming Coun- cll should take into consideration the much needed rte-modelling of the present inadequate cell ac- commodation." To date nothing has been done in this connection, nnd it is to be hoped that; pro- vision will be made for this much needed improvement in the next estimates. “From the record ~. ituntber of arrests mode. and other various duties performed. the past ycar has been the most active in the history of the Force. We have received the fullest co-operatlon from His Worship the Mayor. the Police Committee. and His Honor the Stlpendiary Magistrate. "Our Department expresses ap- preciation to the City Council. tho School Improvement League. and the local Gyro Cluh for their cit-operation and assistance in organizing the Junior Police Traf- flc Corps. These boys are per- forming. a valuable public service by control of traffic in the vicin- ity of their respective schools. Changes In Force "Several changes occurred in the personnel of the Force dur- ing the past your. outstanding ‘acting the retirement on pension on September 30th of our senior Sergeant. Allan J. Mclnnls, after serving the Olty'and public. con- tinuously and faithfully, ,for the past thirty-five years. A fitting tribute was paid to this officer by the CIity Council by a banquet held in his honour at the Char- lottetown Hotel. attended by His Worship the Mayor. the Policc Comntittcc. all members of the Force. and other City 9U|Jl0yc0S.| revolvers. accouire- Contract Bridg i By JOSEPHINE GUI-BI!!!“ . WRONG DIRECTION Th: opening bid in today's deal was a little on the cpiimisllc side. but the responsibility for the bad final contract no; nevertheless the rescondcrs. South dealer. Both sides vulnerable. gate QAQJ QAKQ ‘I109! ‘Q groan .943 N Q1081‘ ‘£05832 W E Q9265‘ e s “a, QKJSOS "f? O ‘A874 Thebidding: Cont}: Welt North Ill‘ pug Pan 2N1‘ Pall a‘ Pass Pass Pas! South went clown a trick. haviflt; to lose a trump trick To West and being unable to avoid the loss cf a club. ' in the discussion that cieveloped. South pointed out the irrefutable fact that North's opening two-no- trump bid had been light. contain- ing ollly'6btit‘.l. five itonor-tricks :5 against the slightly higher te- qulrcmmtg for a. sound opening of that; nature. Thus. South blamed the result on his pacmer— o. not. unusual state f0 affairs. incident- ally. North, having actually "shaded" his opening bid. could mt. (lentil himself with any great vehemence. but he might have‘ argued that South, in logically helping for a slam. did not have to concentrate all of his llflpfig (m the Spade suit. It ravas perfectly true that since South had passed originally with just- short of opening-bid requim- ments. b9 had the right to value his hand highly opposite a two- notrump opening - but why six spades? The Szuth hand was not unbalanced in distribution, with a you or even a singleton. and it had "something" in every suit. evan in diamonds. Thus, there was no reason for feeling that spades trump. At the latter denomination North would presumably be able to put. nil o! South's cards to ex- cellent account. whereas at a iiX- spade contract. a bad break in one suit alone. spades. might be fatal. It should be observed that at six\tiotrump..wltich South thculd have bid. North would have no trouble winning three top spades. three hearts. three diamonds, and three cfubs by finding the probable "_=plit“ in the missing club honors. on which occasion the retiring officer was presented with an ad- dress of appreciation for his ser- vice. und a purse. "On March lst Constable K. E. Johnston returned to duty nfter four yours service with the Arm- ed Forces, and on May 14th Con- stable W. G. Poole resigned after seven years service. Near the close of the year-December i0th ~Arthur E. Bishop and James Howatt vtere appointed as Con- stables. raising the strength of the Force to fifteen men. . “Surf; w: ‘A. J. Bowling is now In Ottawa. attending a three ntonths course known as the "Canadian Police College Class No. l4" at the Royal Canadian Mozmtecl Police Training School. Rcckcliflc.“ ‘ opportunity later." would be a better contract than no- - Country fCiub ‘ ' (Continued from Page 2) "Look here, Sadie‘: not to blame," Onrdew bunt out, rather surpris- ingly. ' ‘That's hardly a matter for you to decide." the Chief said. “Al you probably knonu.1he'| under arrest. on a very serious charge." “But. uhe’: not.’ to blune, 1 xii you. Rolliter and I kllledthe old WOllllfl-sldiQ wasn't there at all. You've got. nothing on Sadie." "Rolliter denies this." the Chief laid. "So far. he has not made a statement-I think he was foolish in not doing so but I gathered that his defence wlill he to put it on to you-and those who helped you. It, certainly seems bad luck on your wife." "It was Roliiter and me. She wasn't. in at the killing at all. You've got me where you want ma. I'm going to swing. Butyotrve lot nothing on Sadie!“ “You'd better say nothing at the moment, Csrdew." the Chief said in a gentler tone. "You'll have an Once more he touched the bell. “Well-that's that. Dolllmore," the Chief said when they were alone. “Rolliter and dardew are certainly for it and Fernandez will catch it too. We shall have to think about the two women." “The mother was a very real help. But for her we shouldn't have nabbed Cardew and Rolllter this evening. I definitely promised her that I would acquaint you with the fact." The Chief nodded: "Let me itavt: your report sometime fOnlOfftMYu l‘ll cullsidtr the ivhole tltitig. Ini the tncnntint: I sitoultl like to V011- grntulntc you on the \\‘u_y' you W: itandlcd your end of thc case. Dn- cros “"115 imprvSSGd as well. He spoke very highly of you." ; “rust is time of you, sir. and ufi the Superintendent._ As you told Cartlcw, I merely did my duty-mt‘ tried to." "It was rather mroe than that, Doilimore. By the way, Dr. Lovell Faber is rather anxious to havo a chat with you about what happen- ed this afternoon. He suggested that you might drop in at Harley Street to-nigltt. Miss Stennlng ‘is staying there ot the moment, I be- lleve." "Thank you. sir." ‘ A taxi took Doiliniore to the dis- crcet street uf the doctors. He asked for Dr. Lovell Faber and the maid conducted hlim to a room cu the first floor. Mary Slenning was standing by the fireplace. "I'm afraid my cousin and his wife are dining out this evening." she said with a smi-le. “But they won't be long. Do sit down. I hoped you'd call this evening." "Tlvank goodness you're safei" he exclaimed. _ ‘ "It was most unpleasant wnlie it lasted.“ "I was in that room this mom- ing." he said. "I~know. And I know you've got the whole gang. The Assistant Com- missioner was positively eloquent about you." she said with a smile. "I had a personal interest in the case," he said. "But. let's forget abOlit. it. I came here tonight no: to see Dr. Faber, but to see you. You can't imagine what I felt hke, Mary. when you disappeared. You see. I I love you." "All the time I was ‘m there. I knew that you would get to me in some way. I wasn't really fright- ened But you must. be starving. l’ don't suppose you've had a meal this evening." "No. But it can wait. I love you." "And I love you. Why are you making such a fuss about it?" shC laughed and was in his arms. She was still in his arms. ten minutes later, when Dr. Lovell Faber and his wife came into the room. "Well, Weill” said the eminent doctor and regarded his wife comic- ally. "Mary has promised to marry me." Dollimor- explained. "Well. that calls for a bottle of champagne." the doctor said. “And some sandwiches?’ Mary Dui- i-n, “I'm surr- h*z's starving." THE END Dnlhomas‘ - scones. tots son: moon WT OUR WAY s. J. a. wttttamsoun soanontéwttouss With Maior Hoopla t. cxrcn Hm! i4 5e ems A caaveuretrs IZULER.--1 ccum ‘STAND A court-teams on w! nose MY5ELF! (on... 00...... s .- t FORGOT TO t H . OH"HO!7ACE THINKS was?‘ GOING TO new "rue PAPER Al‘ rut: - DINNER’ TABLE, DOES HE 134/ J ‘we seen ssvmo sometime FOP an occaston suct-t s n-ns/ j r MUST TELL may ABOUT 11'- STRANGE- I HAD A DDEAM ‘.. 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