,. ‘j'|V;XI'aIIUtl _-‘¢1r' ~'~*;_. "‘" . s s ,| \ , . ' . 1.-_--\:5';". '~*ff ‘t '3}, J i -i;iiiillilllliilllllllliiilliiliiiiilliil t» tennial oi Melbourne, ,;__ ‘Phssitecrthscitywasnmseen. yesterday when Hon. l. N. anodes. Finance Minister m the Bennett Oovu-nmsnt, introduced tbs Bud- get, outlining the financial litm- tlon m: the sw- md "WIN the prospects immediately ahead. Chier among tbs optimistic an- nouncements o! Hcn. Mr. lihodd is his estimate oi’ a lurlflm o! I.- 800,000 on ordinary rovenuc our; expenditures for the fiscal you} 1034-36. This gram, improved "B1 ancial position is predicted with- out additim to existing rains taxation. and after material rod tions have been made 1n the structure. It is now pomibla, 1k. Black was able to announce, to ro- ducethesugsrtaa to one cQC per pound. A number of es- emptlom are made under the RIB Tax. On all B. C. OYSTIRS ii- Princsldwardlalandisnct importl under rial partdiill Gfqiarbd British prelerential tarii‘! the spscelum‘ gggbd Qsscsdnlly ial excise tax has hem reduced hv one-half. The stamp h: on nost- sl notes or 01.00 and under is so- duccd tooneoentlthaabeanpos- Iible also to make reductions 1n II Items under the Customs tariff. While the demands upm tho treasury have not permitted any general lowering or the r-atn o! taxation, it is relt that ths reduc- tions, remissions and adiustmmh that have been workied out in the Budget will provide substantial ro- liei to the taxpflyen. Mr. Rhodes was able to cite - urnlnous figures showing a ate trade improvement, both in expcta and imllvrta. the recent proporthm- ate advance in volume or trade be- , ing hitherto unprecedented. The total deficit for thl flit year, o! $135,300,000, represents an improvement 0i 022500.000 over the previous year, a iact which is ao- sounted for by wise governmant economies. Then are, of course. many huge ewpenditures, such as interest charges, pensions nay- ments, unemployment reliei grants. ___ etc, which were absolutely unavdd- sble. But in cont “ expendit- ures, since the fiscal year 19:041. MnRhodeaw-asabletncitarodno- lions totalling over 001,000,000. The Finance Minister emphasiz- ed. amongvtbc principal isctors in Canada's uhpmvea economic mu- ation, the sueem or the trade agreements negotiated by the Gov- lrrlment with Great Britain and Ither nnpire counh-ics. nd-letxerdaymPa-rliamenqsig- airyingasitdidthsdeflnltstnrn Ithetide tcwarmstability and prmperityrcl-Oananmatteransra Iworlddeprecioa unprecedented hmoderntlmes. i. n uusovnzva ‘Ambition; preparations are under way tor the celebration of the cen- Awtrslla. s according to some authorities, by a whits man when Julian Batman, a settler from Tasmania, m: June 8th. 1000, rowed up the river Yarn-a, to thcheadotthctidewatenand noted that "this will be the place {or a village." It seems possible, however, that the great lrngliis navigator, and explorer, Jamel Cook, who in 1770 explored the west coast or North America. and who also about that time surveyed the It. Lawrence and Newfoundland, - saw the site during his expedition to the southern Pacino about 1710. William Dampisr is believed by sthsr authorities to have vidtsd the also; during his fl-Pedltim to that region about 1700. Thenrsthutwasputumnoth Batman. who had aborigines a tea Ioptelnbc- lat. ; Itflfll srri slsmcs the W John Datum ‘remnants. i boughtirrantbs cilandbutn another-parka! Plwknsnwb I ‘fliscityyo- northunbankd unfit vcddilflfll 1!! _swlissoa lshrracovaringtwomlsssl 0' tr ' la; ilgiiiigfxgg ilirililifi ii;§flfikh§ .r g:{ i I Mngethenthsbudgetmarhsdafih isunderlsamioroyltu cultun andstpressatlacesarebeln: o8 by diarp hosts three or {our years ago. but diligent eirort has brought ths industry back to a Point when qlllntitiu of oysters ct this variety are being shiwed t» market. 1h addition tn the native oysters, Pacific or Jansnwe WWO" have become well apclimatiaed to the area and natural propagat’ took nil-co durinl n" D08» W" summers. During lssc about m bamu or oyster; ware marbtod by Q3 Ltd!- smith producers. witrfthe Pacific variety making up the greater part a, larger quantity could have been amt to market i! salu olibortlmit- in had been more iavorabls at the time and owners o! the beds are now ersdcavorlrm; to make arrange- ments to dimose o! vart oi their iutun production to ownerlfl- Another main outer produclnl area in British Columbia is Bound- sry Bay. The provincial output. states the Bulletin. includes some hetero oysters (Prince lldward Island oysters?) as well as thou o! the nativs and Psoirie varietlfl. and in 1088 the total production was slightly morn than LII) barrels. as comnand with Prince Id- ward Ialassdb production ibr the year d 0M0 barrels, New Bruns- wieki 10,200 barrels. and Nov! Roth's 3,1 barrels. TRADE WITH CHINA lhthsdcoadalifl-Ndhinatook impsrcsntoloanadtstoialea- Wrtalhihsflscslylu-lmthis increased ts 1.0 pa cant». tha largsatanrocordiitbstwosbnor- malyearalhaand llflaroea- csptsdwriteslbzlAJlaodonald. dlidantihdlCommiaaioncin mslnsmmtnscemmerolslm- tollllfllfil-Ymnna-Lflikpsroantltl bssnotssesaiargqbutthorsare uslysevlscctmtrisswhichtaksa grsatr yul tags-the United KEIdtIILtIIsUhlNdllltll-Ffll- landlslllllmhancenlapanand Oamanydhinaalonahlrismin inspcrtanosrrolnrctn-teenthplacs inlliltoollbthnlaosinlflmcr i?! {gilt i: ii. i“ i?! ‘i!!! lhl V“ . r lfiilliril its the society oi’ nations the bet- ter for all concerned. Al! talk of curbing the searohlq and inventive spirit o! man is vain. It came with him into the wfild. and if it were dwtroyed he would be man no longer but a ‘ ‘ent creature. He must go on and dis- cover new forces and adept to man's needs. It he makes disco- veries and inventions raster than the mass oi’ mankind can use them bill!!! to make all life fuller for all peo- 111m ple, and there comes a time when they seem to involve hardship, it is the buslnem oi the people to ensure a fair distribution o! the benefits. They must be prepared in abandon theories and methods cl an esrliu- time when that is necmsary. The New York llerfi Tribune remarks: “It is a fact. that Great Britain has not gone Bolshevist; and the parallel, Roosevelt, Ker-en- ky arid Lloyd George, is rather a striking one. Kerensky passed tran- sitorialy through the smoke o! a system already laid in rulna Gen- tlernsnly radicals like the Resident and Mr. Lloyd George set, out only tn introduce a few improvements into systems still standing very so- lidly, It is true that when these proposed improvement; are analys- ed it generally turns out that t. get the-m installed the symm would first have to be demolished, but the result is rarely the demolition u! the system. Rather it is the quiet abandonment o! the improve- malts" Those who continua about the dlrverul effect of the wheat agreement on Western Canada sim- ply do not know what they are talking about. The truth 1| farmer: wouldbebetierodibysowing to flu and oats and barley the 3,000,- 000acresmoreorleqbywhichtlsa wheat eaeago should be reduced. ‘lb iulfll Canada's obligations under the wheat agreement it is not nc- nemary to leave a single act-e oi’ the present cultivated area idle. Wes- tern agriculture would be on a sounds basis i! this acreage were turned to the . o! oats and barley, with a rising marl-st available for tiaxseed as wcll._ Winnlvfll ‘Pnbune. lime-lactate or glucma nally should bring about more rapidly. i rggggi Firil. at? in. £25 Down Sheep (mndon Spectator) “fir; fiiféfiiri gs 5E i 5?: s §§g5F .r$=a1€r:§trr iii. 3%. 3.. iééiiéii. g5? iiifiifiiigiiéiigfi 3 s < hill; iéiriiiliél‘ f%§§%g§§%;§§§;§§aa¥ §E§:gEigE§E;§% éE'?i it entmsdsattime ‘rm’. lawn w» h» ~1- wQmQQXXQMQMYOUIXMIWE or 88.00 a tell N853! "l" P31. Potato Growers’ Association “quoting iorflpsrcont 8090M to Bowmuehhlshwtbelififlmlfl bsiinsdiiitwerenotiortbsin- Y? 3i Fifisgiirrt; BANK or MONTPsEAi o/lar DOLLAR 'PLUS INTEREST lstablislmdlilf 1on1. sass-rs m sxcsss or 01ss.000.00_0_ Gsarlottetown Branch: A‘. I. a. BELCHER, Mmga HODIIN, IIIICIINT BANKING SBRVICI . . . lbs Outcome sf r16 Yurr‘ Successful DQ011100 ti? l iii “‘ii§‘:=.% ti?! i???‘ §§§§§ gfikii E25 ai:§§ For lull Streaggr and Fins flavor n . BRABMIN ORAN?! PIKOI ’ TEA a4 QUEEN sfr. -- PllONEl a IIMEIIIIERY & EIGIIE REPAIR Vlfllll —WELDlNG-~ AGENTS ENGINES 8 PARTs Loasrsn RETORTS