Worth 0i A sit... heirs lass skins; 1 ‘ . for ‘ .. ’ w 1 l A i’; -g - -' i a Qovers rrlinee Islaniiilike the] _ ors . MERCHANT, Mirth and jollll! lire ‘Elm therefore m us spread the malady. without stint 0n this Great Festival -—Chrlslmas. ' -ZTI3IIIIIIZI::r::7::1-r::1—:——1———iU cf, 0,, wn Carrol-Iii. ‘l’ Q1 w... w it i‘ I e 5 ii '-ii-‘L; :E l [!| New Rate will Come . . ' ilntm Effect Christ.‘ ’ s iuas Day - Premier Sends I Greetings to Monarch. Christ mas my l: will institute the penny pos c rate toall ' ikiilsh E elm- . militia»: nonlethal: g to King George m». Pre- ofCaM %’%3e|- ty. ldever ha? lliifllllll grd bouts y . _ “Jeers closely ther than ‘ ' the I t s , waiggqsg. ewes-vi =33,’ srrreeuhnsseou - y tire nerve" the-pvt ".18.. "We. ~; . I, . llillfillfiii- ‘FDusYstatGGtsntqda at Ottawa. Pilihihii» g _ dlilflstniss the _ members ot Your Maiestyts (lov- . 635W“? 9i cltniiiiiafi-“W °i\\ W“ . li- “ ~ n-he . “ . a 1b‘? . .. . . . _ . _ hyahd to all the ‘ihttnblirs or insincere: ‘ .we rsioios um undir ‘ence unpaid-he v w occeslo ’ by Your Ilsjes- Coxltinued on page 3 New iRecord for . sto 10ml .. . ‘ ; . qummo, use. 24-4 new record tor airplane mall delivery in the Province oi Quebec was made on g flfiturday when Pilot Romeo Vachon . ot-‘tlte Canada "rrshscohtm m Air '98. made a trip {gin}, boo to G“JS.““£.K§Z“ . t ‘iii’: mediate points mixture‘ hdttib. 'a distance o! 000 miles. was corn- | élififiaifiism-‘ltl- Hannah? miles an hour, in- huu widowed we nlckhcfim. at Bershnls. Cisdbout. Shelter Bay. Mfl“h . v = vscholiirss ilylhgtho vsalnepluhe‘ , ‘ he had Pilot-ed to oreenleyglslend: ~ 8 pt m. lstt still!!!’ I50 I i115?“ W? m the .4. qgeggsggi scene ct tlie musing or ‘thdjder-j '~ =» mah ns-Atidbtld. Diane , Bremen its‘ row. Birch van‘ Hueliofditi. Baler J. C. Fitnnsuriw and Capt. Koehl. .., at ivflorth Wilt- fifll N111 018100;; s.;,.k, ... A $333553’ __ _ ___ . pest!» liilfiwdé Floatation ' ox‘ gFour Men Die / chiidaéll were CHARLOTTETOWN. cANXDA. l.'l‘Ul?.Sil)'AY.MlDECElll‘llER 25. 192s u 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. . so»? KIilB iEiHEi u nuts ii I u fliv~i 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 e 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- " sex-truly m called. arrive. > W . LONDON, Dec Wales went hunting micro Koundspthc first time th turn from Atrios. The recent and all were tre- Vi; his some farther‘ ‘lughent-‘Psianit. . WK!‘ stated. t0 r .. it 1mm 8mm .. ~.~ W“ bouncer placslbliflll ins! unsstentstipus ' lid M‘ . ttllpatm. . 17""!- lwhose name was niigiiil-led received glfts~ol “),I¢d~‘m¢ra W! 0K "i; fisfihiii candy. Y». i r ,. Palace Indicate that orable iSv evidently an all star one. An st- ir more . liulwl"iiliztih.ilil‘iilifit“i c ‘The Duke was the lust to flgi-Irhc Prince o! 3m!” Wihthrop/ (his wile), Miss, today with the Margaret Rlddlck. at Saul Hodgkin (Btatlonmaster st his b\eh7iti~ the held since his re- orient uvxlns Coarse’: wndl- 31W» have war-muted afibili: than Buck- d \ _ _-_.._.._ This morning oven three hundred . nib ‘a vis- quiet- islnot to w‘ ‘ h l Mystery At .P"i't¢e r4 Brilliant Showirr Mode By the fClossop-Harrigs fioiiipciny at ’ ‘ ' ifiwqilcé'lji.‘oitiilighi, - lbtiii‘ "'1' phasing» ti Q 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- . __,__-qppq-_____ “The Ghost n a Real Ni 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. i R Q L l 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 Miners. ' ¥l ' »i‘~ -_--. (Speldbl to The Guardian) OHIICAKJO. Doc. v34.-A oqfifllht cable‘ to the Chicago Prirnatel’; Illness F¢Y€aueesSumriae ‘dill! sv-‘popumuon 0i’ roughly 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- fi. ______ i‘; “How did he cm" But,- “mow did he live?" tit-i- "Wluit did he iilln?" nub “What mumps Saw" Th A u of? ‘m " ‘that-semi ' if ll - . .;." 3.1%- , {when was-his-station?" museum?‘- “How did hsiiw In‘ oosr ' Iiodshecr ifolsaisltmtlsr’! - ‘""‘“‘£»»l.“ with?" i - t1 ‘ umwhv" ‘i’ A esmsp. '- peai==forliunds -l:o' not p Distressed ~ p rwwerisievelenmen g . . t mfit_.y1wi°rlrgd?ggéwgirertaggjlliaflow and it would - not be surprising it the BfflllhllfllOltl "e 5mm,“ mtCompany is given third ‘wt- fflr ff°m=Pf°vmB' a 11'1" and confined. to his palace at Csfi- ‘amt-mug to the British G0vern-~ mgjflllllflfl clothe country. depending m“ I s \nnual Subscriptions Delivered $5.0 B)‘ Mall. Canada and U. H. Ail-Ill uunnuii PHllBi rut Puiiuii 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 Continued on Disc 8 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 l i Midnight Mass “flit-St. Duristans 4 I 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 us. cmr:-.~:.'z.-"==r"~a-=~-h m. h.» .-ls-.- 8t. John. 01M!‘ .. 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