OPR- day in business. lnrloftstown Guardian Two Iornlnl‘ dlun, i r. Norman B. Dcugl The Retail Mere Urges Incre A special meeting of the Retail aerchants Association was held u the Great Wur Veterans Rooms ast evening for the purpose of geting Mr. Norman B. Douglass, ding-Secretary and General Man- gel‘ oi the Association. Mr. G. W. bertson presided and the meet- pg was addressed by Mr, Doug lass as follows: lilr, Chairman and gcntlemenv- it is a great pleasure for me to have the privilege of addressing you on the work of an Association which has as high ideals as could hciound in any organization of its hint, but ‘that which may be my pleasure may be your pain, for willie it is an honor to have this opportunity. l must tel_l you that lam not a public speaker and may lint he able to deliver ithe address which you may be expecting, never iheiess in the time allotted to me l will try to give you some idea why this Association was fornled, whmt it has accomplished and why it should ‘be continued, lifter which with the Chairman's permission we will throw the meeting open for u shont time to discuss ques- tions or other matters which you may have in mind or may arise out of my address, if there is anything which comes to your attention, l wish you would be good enough ito make n notation oi’ tho sumo, nnd, if possible ,at the end of my ad- dress if you have any questions to ask l will do my best to answer them, 'l'o deal with each problem which has confronited the Association siilce its inception, or to take up in detail all the questions of inter- w-st relating to ithe retail trade which have been dealt with would . be impossible not only on account of the importance of some of, these matiters and their effect-upon and relationship to other associations which have been organised in take care of the interests of the class of people which they represent. but also the tremendou amount of wciir connected therewith. Any oc- tion taken by any class of individ- uals today is closely watched by every other class ito see that their rights and liberties are not inter- fared with, it will only ibc possible u this meeting to deal with this work in a general way_ trying at the some time to give you suffic- lent details ito make the generality as specific as possible. Mr. Douglass traced the forma~ tion nnd growth of the Association us follows: in the early times the classes had itheir leaders_ -'I‘hese were inter su plemented by advis- ers, and by ii process of develop- ment our present system of Gov- ernmenthas been evolved whereby thewiil of the neon is curried out, ‘in trade and commerce and society generally groups of indivi- duals whose efforts cltlter directly or indirectly reflect upon the pro- gress of the defindinl grout)» These groups today are llllbWli 11B Organizations or aiisoci ions, un- ions or combines, in which people represented by the group hoiwm find legitimate collective Protec- tion of their mutual interest. ilt was with this idea in mind that The Retail Merchants Association of (Janus; originated over twenty nine years ago in the City of Tor- onto, first known as a representa- tion of men banded tolether to pro iect their mutual lnterestsln the Jewellery Business. Much credit must be given to Mr. Trowern who had the foresight to realise that as the Jewellers ‘should b'e organiz- Bll. so all other dines of trade should have representation. not only in Toronto, but in Ontario, thence to Quebec, than to the Wes- tern Provinces and iinslly l" "l" Maritimes, until today you M" 1"‘ "rsanisotion of retail merchants stretching from coast to coast» with mutual interests who are ifllil‘ Condensed Specials suns-n w, ,5“; Mg 9m. insertion in this column. '13:“ "stem-rigid or i svsnv too-in". °" idhihwiiiif; control Job Primary. rhino m. _ , . ‘LODT _ BTW. andaifw‘w‘ w” use strait. ma." III‘ . r IIlMlldi. won est-s- ssirsnozitoosn. \ °° ll road couditi Guardian oificii . u‘. hurson, Livery Bil-NI,“ . . , _ ‘ll-llll ' I Every day is election Cents Founded 1M1 MPURTANTABBRESS Al‘ ~ ‘MEETINGQPEETAILERS issii. ass Shows Position of heats Association and ased Membership ing themselves together for self- proiedtion of theso interests; with ideals and principles. not selfish. not overbearing, not obnoxious, not spiteful, but rather to live and let live, asking only for i1 legiti- vice rendered to society in the dis- tributioll of goods. i might just read for your consideration iilid all tion which, as ‘l said before, are very ideal, bu-t can be accomplish- ed by exercising the proper spirit and taking the correct attitude in the interest of better merchandis- ins. 'i‘he Association has been built up on the principle of self-govern- lnellt in conformity with the prin- ciples of our Canadian and Provin- cilii Governments, A Doniiniomof- fice was organized to take care of matters pertaining to th-e rutuil trade which affected the wllule of Canada and to formulate a general policy for the Association. ‘The Provincial offices were established to take care of Provincial matters and to come in closer touch with the individual and personal require meats of the retailer. Trade sec- tions were organized to deal more specifically with the needs and re- quirements of special lines of mer- chandising. Surely the original idea that man was made for the world has been greatly changed. We certainly now ieel that everything was made for man and we take this stand as we go ouit to overcome oven the great- est obstacles of nature Tilcro is one thing sure that The Retail Merchants Association of Canada was organized for mall, namely. the retail merchants, and not yet retailers for the Association, This is shown from the objects of the Association as embodied in the Constitution. ' Now that we realise why the Association was formed let us pro- ceed to examine our second point. “What has the Association accom- plished or what has it done for the Retail Merchants of Canada for which it stands." dt would not be possible to deal with all the problems which have come to the a/ttention of the lio- minion Office, let clone the matters which have‘ been taken carc of by the Provincial Offices, under such an extensive system of Association work, but I will try to tell you briefly of some of the specifict things which have been done, At various Conventions it was considered that false advertising was not in the interests of better merchandising. No good ‘business mun would resort to this practice to carry on his trade, yet some men of lower principle decided that it was piissible Ito increase the volume of their business and the profits by this means because they probably did not: intend to do bus- iness permanently in the locality in which they were advertising. Pilrchasers were disappointed at the quality of the goods ‘which they bought, and when in time the feeling became general and the business started to fall away, the false advertiser would lnoveaway to practice his art elsewhere on others of the unsuspecting public who are always locking for what appear to be bargains. in ithe mean time, the man who has been iislc ing a legitimate price for his goods is supporting the comm-unity by his contributions to society which ho makes not only inlnoney but in service, payment of taxes. perman- ent employment of help, etc, has been considerably injured by the decreased voiumo of business with probably the some or nearly the same operating expenses. Not only does this kind of advertising in- jure the legitimate retailer and in- jurc the consumer, but it is iighinst the principles of right tliiniking ‘ and against the moral of right and wrong. besides indirect- iy educating the consumer to be iieve that all business is conduct- eil on the some principle. We op- posed this means of trading to ,fool the public because. it was not Iin the interests of til-e trade, and were ‘--l in getting the Gov lcrnmetit, to make it a criminal of- fence to misrepresent goods. We have been seeking amendments to istrengthun ‘the ‘Act and hope, ulti- mately to have a permanent o icer appointed to see‘ that it is proper- ly administered. in the tastier of the high cost of livini we were successful in ob- fainlngiihs appointment of a com- mission to take evidence regard- 1 ‘Mu-fining this question in order that the ll public might know that this could |not be charged to the retail incr- s Commission published ‘FOR ants on h nt. m pneumatic firs.‘ All” , his report which definitely show- ’ Cd thqmbllc mi merchants were m obtaining more than s lull- mate margin of profit for the ser- ‘ proval the Ethics of this Associu- ' The P fl FOR HANTS, N- s. HON. EDGAR N. RHODES Amherst, N., 8., former Speak- ar of the House of Commons and President of the British Amer- ican Nickle Corporation, has beun nominated io contest the constituency cf Hantg in the forthcoming election in Nova Scotia. ‘Ex-Judge Will Edit For a Day CAMDEN, N. .1; May 5,_ While the police reporters take a 24-hour vacation tomorrow. former Judge John ‘B. Katee will be editor for a day of the Camden Courier. This unique czdpcrlrvlent ls the out-growth cf a recent speech in which Judge Katcs attacked the modern news- paper because It “played up” sensational crime news and failed to give "due prominence to the more constructive phas- es of liife, “l would like to be editor of a paper for just one day." he said. And the management of the Courier immediately offer- ed him the chance and hi: an. copied. mate margin of profit and that goods could not be sold for less at the time. A ‘Board of Commerce was appointed, nnd although we ‘re quested that retailers should be appointed thereon, the Goyernmcnt did not accede to our request. Soon we found that this Board compos- ed of men who know little or noth ing of the retail business, were un- dertaking to ilx a price at which goods were to be sold; So obnox- ious did this.become, after the in- vestigation and report oi the High Cost of -Living Commission thait in conjunction with the Canadian Manufacturers Association, we is- sued an injunction against the Board and a test case was carried to the Privy Council of England, who confirmed the attitude which ~we had taken that the Board had no right to iflx prices, with the re- sult that the Act creating the Board was repealed and the Board discontinued. At one time a turnover tax was pro- posed and whilé\wé realise o_ur re- sponsibility to pay taxes to offset the cost of maintaining public utili ties and paying off thepublic lin- bilitieshcvertheless .we have al- waysopposed what appeared to us to be unfair taxation upon any class. The man who did a big bus- iness on a small margin of profit would be paying considerably more than the man who did a small voi- ume on a larger margin, and this tax could not be properly-passed on to the consumer which it rightful- ly should be. as the merchant is not in business for his health or to pay taxes alone. The greater burden of ‘this tax would have necessarily been paid by the merchant himself. Surely. he is paying his share snd more already, We were successful if getting an abandonment of this den. ' ‘ Smuggiingnis very accessible sl- ong the Canadian Border. We have opposed this method 0| bringing goods into Canada, not ‘only on sc- count of the fact that. it is unfair to the merchants who have to sail their goods on which duty has been paid in competition with mer- chants who are selling goods which have been smuggled into the coun- try, hut it 'is against low and order_ The Government have from time to time increased the vigilance requir ed to be mainttained i0 watch this illegal trading in goods and have made largo seizures which reduced by the value goods seized at least the amount which would otherwise have been placed on the market in competi- tion with gocdl brought legally. While hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of goods may be co- ming into Canada illegally, yet you may be sure that many more hun- dreds of’ thousands are kept out so s result of the efforts of the in- creased number of inspoiitors. die. appointed so a result of our rcp- ressntstfons and requests. An amendment was secured to the criminal Code msiking cffigers of corporations responsiblc for their ... __. -.-__......_... (cemlnuod on Page l) of the contraband ' ‘gvxihv \ t\\“ \\\\\\ _ / I I ‘I », W5 PGIIBI’ i r~~ p Covers Prince (Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADANWEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1925 illli SEEK iii sun ‘ iliilllllliliMiiilii liii THE liuiliic SEABlliiiiil Twenty-One Boats 0i- Rcw-Expeci; To - (Canadian Press) NEW YORiK, May 5. —'I_‘wen‘ty- one boots oi the United Sta-tea coast guard ‘steamed out oi Clifton Bay, Staten l-sland biase this morn- ing ‘bound for ruim row ‘to open an offensive which wiill seek to sweep the liquor armada off the Atlantic sea-board by June l. S'x of t-he dry nnvy‘s speediest cutters ileil the force. Behind them were smaller cru-ft, converted submarine chasers and petrol boats, all liberally June -i—-o snail l]. S. Coast Guard . “Armed To the Teeth” On Way t0 Rum Make Clean-up By 1st. S‘Pl‘lil'lfl(‘il with gains n.nd most of them capable of high apeieil. Sec- recy niarkcil the departure. -it was not ‘kn.own w-lin-t steps were to be taken in this way of ex- termination, =bnt it was understood that one of ‘the ipian-s would be to post one or more boats of the alig- mqniiwl fleet towards every ship oii ru-iii row every ‘hour, thus making it impossible for shore hmits to take off cargoes or lining out pro- vildions and w-ater. Large Stocks P0 ' Fut The Steamship Greta. sailed last eveniin-g ior l-iavana, Cuba, with a cargo 0i‘ potatoes ironl thie Potato Growers Association. The potatoes were shipped by the Sonthgatedm- pcirt and Export Company and Messrs. (l. C. _TllUYlli[)S0n and 0. R. Estey -looki"il aitcr the shipping. Mr. Estey Zn a prominent ‘potato dealer of Woodstock, New llrilnsw-ick and has becni in ‘the Export ‘busii-ncss for a number of years. interviewed by a Gua-rvlian representative last even- inig Mr. Estey stated ‘that in all ‘his experiience he has never ‘seen potato ‘idmcs so bad as they are iit pres-exit in lNew Brunswick and also iin Pliince Edward Island. Speak-lug oi New Brunswick M-r. Esicy saiid that they had the larg- 0st export trade for isevcral years but still i-here ‘was a tremepdoue quantity of ipotatoes still on ihsn-d in the ‘Province. From what the had loarned-‘isince cumin-g -to the Island tho farmers of ‘this iProviin-c ‘sire '00 be congratulated ‘in ‘having obtained such good ‘pnices as they did. In New Brunswick the prices obtained for the tubers were the lowest ever in iNc-w Brunswick with ‘the crop untouched as yet and ‘he ‘expects that. a considerable portion of this w-il-l have to -be dumped as the fair- mers will not stop their work on the land to ship potatoes when the price is so ‘low shat ‘they will not stand even a chance to get expens- es. Affatrs in the ‘State of Maine arc in‘ practically the same condition. in Msiiae_ tihere ‘has been a great potato crcip and while ‘the farmers tbiere ‘have not been in the Export game ‘very much they did ship come potatoes on consignment and the results occasioned a. very heavy loss. As an instance ‘he stated that onls cargo was sihiipped‘ on consign-- men-t, ‘s certain price -wa.s asked and held out for but the ishiippers were fior ‘to sel-l and the ‘pnlce obtained did not Melfilmlle up the expenses. ‘ The -mcrlret has ‘been overcrowd- ed during the l”! three months, not only in Havana ibut in ‘the ou-t- Mris as wieil and t-he Upper can- sda market ‘has been so ilow that there ‘iiBI been no inducement to Hlllil- Alwllt l month and s half prices advimced iin ‘N. B. to "0 centp, 1.00 snd- even to 81.10 ‘but bififore an ibenefii firom this resch- ed the s poem dt dropped again to a new ‘low level. ‘Shel-king of the Plant prospects for this coming yesr Mr. Estey sold that it looked oil ‘though the plant NEW BRIINSWIB. 0_ known. There are severed seotilons| EXPilRlER 'TAiKS_iliii’0TiiT|l Mi\TiERS Mr. 0. R. Estey Tells 0i Conditions in New Brunswick - Farmers There have tatoes 0n Hand-Pre- sent Price Will not be Available In llPB. wouild bii- just as heavy as ‘last season. This ‘refers tothe places on tlic St. John River. On the North Slim-t 50% to 75% oii the crop silill remains on the hands of ‘the furm- _ ers and it is not known whehhler they wiill- go into the iplanting us heavily this year. Cuba wi‘ll take a ircw izargoes of potatoes yet but lthG price will ‘be cons-fall ‘rably lower tho u _ heretofore. SpeakiIn-g of prices Mr. Es-tey said first iPrince Edward ‘Ireland ilias re- ceived as_mu'ch ‘per buslikil in the schooner trade as New Brunswick received per ‘barrel. ‘in ‘New ‘Bruns- wick potatoes weiiic selling at 35c to -i0c per barrel loaded on cars. There have been a number of shipment-s from ‘St. John that have not netted the shippers even that. price. Prince ‘Edward ‘is-land, been/use of shippln-g her seed stock has beien able to command s. better price than the New Brunswick cobblers hn-t. iMr. Estey thinks that the ‘New Brunswick Coleen Mountains w-iii grade to as high a standard as the Pnince Edward ‘island Green Moun- tain variety and the ‘bulk of the New Brunswick stock now ion hand ‘is this stock. Carleton County has raised a dot of Green Mountains for scsd and held on to them until quite recently expecting to get game seed business. M‘r. Estey was loud in lrlis prais- es of Messrs. Dewar and Boulder of (‘he Agirfcultilral Deiparirment. He considered that the ifact ‘that. they made shipments during the Winner was e great move and was in t-he nrain responsible ‘for the present en- viable ‘post-tion of ‘Prince Edward Island as far as her potato surplus is concerned. ‘Farmers of Prince Edward island should be very grate ful for the good work done by these two gentlemen and lg ‘was mainly through their efforts that the high pnlce was received. Wlhisn this shipment goes forward there will not be many potatoes-left ‘in the is- land and farmers must ibie re- conciled to the fact that the ‘next prices obtained wiiii be considerably lower than chose glvlen for the Ghats cargo. "i "The potato industry," said Mr. Estey. "is the best of the countr nd it needs ‘for Prince Edwsd siand and New Brunswick to pro- tect that business. ‘lib! i old system which ‘was i-n vogue s ‘few yeslis ago when» formers shipped‘ every- thing that grow on the farms to the markets, has changed. We have to (Continued on Page l) ‘(Cpecisl to the Guardian), OTTAWA, ‘Ont, iMay fir-The, pro- spect of a real political crisis ‘has diverted the attention of legislators from the business ibeforchho ‘House and Committees. It has been an- nounced that the ‘Progressive Party will hold o canons this afternoon at two o'clock. Such on announce- nicnt under ordinary circumstances would be regarded as a routine matter. but ‘in the moment one the results of tho cluous for transcend in interest ohe deliberations, either of the Ocean ‘Rota Committees. Piillillliihlii. PARTY sails [INDIE BUDGET always due to cit at shred o'clock. The division on the Budget-when seventeen Progressive members, in- cluding the Chief 1Wbip votedior the Budget, while the Header of the Progressives and the remainder of his forces voted against ft, has created s reel political situation. Progressive members yeIterdsy discussed the Hudson Boy question in the House, but it, may be sold that ‘their minds were largely on other matted‘. , Neither header Folks nor Chief Charlottetown. Cloudy . Boston, clear and ris ‘ t! REPRESENTATIVE * HON. DR. FORBES GODFREY Minister of Health and Labor for the Province of Ontario, who will be one of the four Can- adian itprcscntatives at the seventh annual session of the International Labor Conference which opens at Geneva, Swit- zerland, on May 19th, g-Q-Q-mi Cars Kill More Than Big War NEW YORK, May 5. _ Automobiles killed 19,000.pcr- sons and Injured $50,000 on ‘title highways of the Uniitcd ‘States in 1924. Of the dead, 5.700 were children. The vic- tims of automobile accidents numbered nearly twice as many as were killed and wounded in the American army during the war, it is pointed out by the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters which has made these figures public. The daily average oi‘ motor ‘casualties was 52 killed and 1,180 injured. Section of Grain Act Ultra Vires (Special to the Guardian) OTTAWA, May 5.—~In a judg- ment which is believed to affect the licensing and controlling flinc- lions of the Boa-rd oif Groin Com- missioners the Supreme Court of Canada ‘today declared sub section 7 of section 95 of the Canada Grain Act ultra vires of the Canadian Par- iiamcn-t. The sub sect-ion provides that stock must hie ‘taken annually of averages in public terminal ele- vatmis ‘and that all averages in ex- ces-s of one quarter of one p-‘zrcent must be sold and the proceeds paid to the Grain Board. Church Union Vote (Canadian Press) TORONTO, May 5.—- The last summary issued ‘by the Church Union Bureau of information re- ports 1,588 Presbyterian churches nnd preaching places have voted for concurrence in Church Union and 620 against. ‘ "me AVERAGE FARM FAMii-fl REcEc/ES Fog w: cocoa “(meal Ar-lo i=oi=i> a-ens Mosror- Maritime fresh winds, fair and warm. - Toronto, Cloudy . . . . . . . . . Montreal, Fair .. .. Quebec, Cloudy . . . . Halifax. Cloudy . . . . . . . . . . 84-34 Bsfnt John, rain . . . . . . . .. 50-40 . . . . . . 08-52 New York. Ciesr . .. 68-50 ‘High tide this morning st 9.01 and tonight st 0.88, dun set this evening st 7.15 tomorrow morning at .80, . Full moon Friday, 1hr 8th. 9.1.0 which usomblcJhdlf an hour ister or this House of Commons, which is Whip Johnston wu ox- mcny mo- meats present during the somewhat important western debate. fiilmmmiile tide eighteen minlit- special capital expenditure, but llgon, Mm hm‘; leaves out cosh advanced io the Cram, es later than tlhurlottotbwn. . ness of , tion, .MAXZIMSJ' OI’ A 3-‘ .-_-_ ‘Q11 Your business repii- . tation is your record. In Which Acting The following extract from tile lianzaril report of pp 2732-2734 tho proceedings of parliament on April 30, shows llow Flflllllifi? iilinistr-l‘ . Robb converted a huge deficit into . a surplus, and records Premier- King's admission as to the correct» Mr. .\ielgllell's presenta- HANZARD Ml‘. MEIGHEN: I \viil in a liliml- . cnt. i did not tulle it into cmisiiicr- uition in the iliscussion last your for this reason: the Acting lilinis- tcr of ‘Finance stated that the g-uar uiitces were for the purposes of va- pitui investments; lie mcntioncil no refunding. Now I collie to this year. lf i were to ask hon. members oi’ tho llouse what the result this year is. i fancy lf there was any agreement between itwo it would be on the part of the hon, members opposite, most of those who have spoken; they woud say we have h. surplus this year of $1,823,000, Another would say: Well, if we take in the interest from Roumania and (iron-oi: that is not paid, we would have u surplus of $5,823,000, Now, let its pznuse to inquire: is that 351.8213,- 000 arrived at the way the $35,000,- 000 was arrived at the your before’! Will any hon. member suggest it is? That is what lloli. members are claiming as the surplus for this year. Mr. MARLER: ‘No. Mr. MEifiiiiiilNz 1 know tho incin- ber for St. Lawrence-St. George (Mr. Marler) did not; but what u significant silence on the part of everyone else! Not at oii, the Act- ing Minister of Finance last your knew that if lie made up his ac- counts and presented the total of both the way his predecessor had done he would have been compell- dd to show a deficit oi 361/; million, if he lind done tilnit this year lie would have hail to show a bigger deficit still. But he said to himself: if i make up my accounts and join the two together the way I iliii last year l shall he in ithe hole far worse than the 36% million of last year—and he was determined that no newspaper would get a headline announcing a deficit, Sc what did he do? i-ie not only put to one side the guarantees as he hail done the previous year, whether for refunding or anything else, but he took the cash loans that he hail made and put them" to one side too. ‘Mr, MARIJERI Not at all. Mr. Nid-JIGHIQN: Without a ques- tion. Mr, MARLER: The Acting Min- ister of Finance claimed a surplus of $1,823,000 on ordinary services, as was done in previous budgets under the administration of my right lion, friend, lie can see it if he looks up tile budget ilcbaiies. Mr. i.\iildl(‘nlii~3N: if the lion. gen- tielncn will wait a minute he will see ithot his interruption had not very much pertinency nnd less ox- euse. The point is this: the $1.823.- 000 does not tukc into ucocilnt the $18,000,000 loniled to the National Railways. Mr, MAiRLiER: N0 one claiincd it did. Mr_ MEiGiiI-JN: i am not saying he claimed it did, .Tlie point is this: The year before, the $35,000,000 did take account of the cash ad- vances fcr the National Railways. Why the difference? Tlic ilifierentro was Just in order to get a hood- line surplus instead of a headline deficit, Not content with leaving out the guarantees ,as was done last year; with leaving out the cash advances, as was not done last year, he thought ihut would not ho quite enough. so lie quietly took the Quebec liarbour Commission moneys and put them all aside, too. giving as ills excuse that that commision Willi not pay- ing interest. Then he took the mer- chant mnrine ailvnnce. $900,000. and set that to one side. too; and by the time he got'all these four things to one side lie had $l,823.000 of a surplus. Now, that surplus took into account all ordinary ox- penditure. lt took into account more: it took into account all ca- pital expenditure and all special expenditure, but it left out these other things, everyone of which but one was included last year. New, l endeavoured to set the hon. member for St. Lawrence-St. George right when he was speak- ing. He claimed then——he will not now, for he has looked into it~ that the $1,823,000 was merely the excess of revenue over ordinary ex- penditure. It was not; it was rev- Annunl flubscrlpflonl By Mull, Cumsilu and U. N. rLH-W PREMIER KING iilllB-Elililillllill iiuuu. iitiltii During Debate 0n Buodget Rh-Hon. Arthur Meighen Mercilessly Exposed Maniler Finance Minister Ar- rived at his Alleged Surplus-Frontier King Admits Mr.» Meighen Was Right railway, cash ailvanced to the mor- cliant marine, $000,000 of the Que» hen: Harbour Cemlnisslon, and all the gunrzinti-cs. Ml‘, M<.‘\(li\'i~)N'/.lIiI h-ING: i will admit what lily right lion. friend says, but i will add this: it is pre- cisely what tlleAc-tlng Minister of l-‘innnce said. This was followed by a half puke oi interruptions until iliiil Spi-ziliel’ intervened auii lMii‘. Mi-ighieil re- ennlcd: Mr. liliiliililldNz When ‘the Prilne Minister admits I nnl right, i should lint have thought any of his followers would question the ac- i-lirncy iif my Siiilffllli-“lll, Mom? Return T0 G01d_ Standard Passed Its Third Reading (Special to the Guardian) LONDON, May 5. ——'l‘he Bill pro- viding for a return to the gold standard by Grunt llritriin paisscd its third reading in‘ the House of Conrmilns today without a iliviision. -—-——<oo>-——— Regarding 4.4 Beer in Ontario OTTA\VA, May 5. -—P.rcnlicr Fer- guson will make st-vcrul announce- ments ri-gardiilg the 4.4 beer amendment at ‘the ‘banquet which the Conservatives of (eastern Ontar- io arc tendering to Mr Meilghen nnd the Pri-‘inicr of Ontario on Wednes- day night. Mr Ferguson wi-ll also talk on ‘the effect of the ‘recent Re- ilfstributiion iltill. Morroccan Situation Well In Hand RABAT- FRENCH MORROCO. May 5 —Tho situation arising from the invasion of the French zone of Morrocco ‘by A-lldélkfhm"?! Rif- fian tribosnlcn which was at one ‘time most scriolls is now consid- ered well in hand, due to punish- merit inflicted upon tlic invaders by French forces. Announcements, Coming Events, Meetings, Etc. "Grahams road, Dance and Ice Cream Social in Grahams Road Hail Thursday, Mny 7th. 870-‘5-6- 2i "Reserve Siliurilay, May 23rd. for Mission Band salt‘ of home cook- ‘niz and sewing in ilzipiist Sunday School room. 1i. "The Ailnilui Alt-cling of tho Ladies Aid of the l’. E. l. Hos- pital will be held Weiluesday, May 13th. . 872. “The concert ivlilch was ‘to liavo taken place in Wilt-ally River Hull lust. night. and postponed, will in iii-Id tonight, May 0th. 26- 587 5 ii. "Come to the concert and pie social to ‘be held ill Ilordcn Union Hail l-‘rliiny, May 8th. Special outside talent. l Doors open at 8 o'clock. Concert starts at 8.30. 8-i6503i “The Borden Dramatic Club will present their play Tile Old Dairy liomoslcnil in Kellys Cross Hall, .\in_v 7th ioiiowcil by n ilance. ii‘ not fiuc, tho first fine night fol- lowing. 351 "All the rato payom of New Glasgow school illstrictsre request- ed to meet Thursday evening, May 7th at the school house to discuss Restricts-d Aron. -—C. A. Stevenson. 857 "Rev. E. A. Westnioralsnd will lecture in‘ Mill View Oruncc lisii on May 7th, beginning at 8 o'clock. Lecture will be supplemented with a high class musical program. Lollies please bring baskets. Ad- mission 25 cents. if stormy Thurs- doy night, come Friday ct some hour_ 80,-5-dlfli. "Positive sign of spring and summer, Brent's refreshment bun- galow at Victoria Paris, stocked and ready for action. Pure choco- late, burs nnd penny goods, Morris Peerless drinks l-iungerford Smith's enue over ordinary capitsi and famous fruit syrups for fountain. Cigars and cigarettes. fruit in dos- Pcrfoction Icc 768-5441 Delivered 86.00 ca...“ , . soot in‘ ' ‘ l - s ‘ . . .\=1u‘iz\,..,{: '