Indus; manna nu- run-uni 1 ' Blrdqtof a feather flock together. as thllsaying goes. And how should you be" other than a traitor that was friends with traitors?" He crashed the tankard down uponflho board, and came to his feet; ~ " th, woman! Will you tell me , at you mean?" he roared. his anger fanned by trneasincss. “What traitors have I been close say?“ with " " ' t traitors, do you She peered a little. "What of yourifriend Danvers, that's being ‘ rnrc1trs unnlfn b» Time to on Fun of 1; Then. Ullly Spots E1 Them’ sno longer the slightest: nee t‘ feeling ashamed of your Free _es, as Othlne-doubie strength ——is:*"guaranteed to remove these horn Y spots. > Simply get an ounce o1‘ Othine— double strengih~—i‘con1 any drngglst and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon sec that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the light- er ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom that more than an ounce is needed to completely clear the skin and gain a beautiful complex- ion. ‘B9 sure to ask for the double strength Oth-ine as this is sold under guarantee of money back i! it fails to remove freckles, FOR SALE ,1 handsome quartered onk buffet, ‘l solid walnut bedroom suite, marble tops. 1 kitchen range. almost new. in first class order, 1 solid quartered oak library table, 1 E111! lish beveled plate mirror l/g inch 40x24 with 6 inch oak moulded frame and several small articles. The above articles are n bargain nt the price asked. Apply 26 ("PM George Street. 239l-4~4fst3i. y .4. s. w, _ .s,_,-_._._tc.~.-.n=;;. DOMINION OF CANADA Provinceorf To RTU sought at this moment by the men from Bow Street?" “Dnnvcrs? he echoed. “My frit-nd Dnnvers? Why, I ltave no friend. l never‘ even heard m V9.9.“ A L Q SABATNII '0‘ \ - uuoumrnn y mucununou - lie was instantly relieved. such his name before." “indced!" She was terribly de- risive now. "And maybe you‘ve never heard the names of his iiolttetiants ncither~of Tucker and of Rathhonc, that was in here with you no later than yesterday as i can swear. Two traitors that was arrested this morning. nlong of a dozen others, for conspiring to bring bnck the Conunon-weulth. Oh, a scounllrelly plot-to murder the King, seize the Tower, and burn e City. no less.” . lt was like a blow between the eyes. "Arrested!" he gasped. his jnw fallen, his’ eyes startled. “Tucker 11nd Rathbone arrested, do you say? Woman, you rave!" ' "Do i?" She laughed again, evilly mocking. "Stop out into Paul's Yurd, and ask the first man you meet of the arrest made in Cheap- side just store noon, and of the hunt that is going on this minute for Danvers. their leader. and for others who was mixed 11p in this wicked plot. And I don't wnnvt them to come n-hunting here. l don't want my house named for a meet- itig-plucc of traitors, as you’ve made it. taking advantage of me that haven't a 1111111 to protest me, and ull the while deceiving me with your smooth plcusuntness. If it wasn't ior that. I'd inform the Jus- tices myself at once. You may be thankful that l wuut to kocp the good name of my house. if I can. And that's thc only renson- for my silcnce. But you'll go today or may- be I'll think better 0t‘ it yet." She picked up thc empty iunkard, and reached the door betole he could find words in his numbed brain to n-swer hcr. On the thres- hold she paused. “I'll bring you your score pres- ently," she said. "When you've set- tled that. you may puck and quit.” She went out. slamming the door. The score! it wns u small thing compared with that terrible menace of gnol and gallows. Let him be denounced for association with Tucker and Ilathbone, and there would be no mercy for the sou bi Randal Helios the Rcgiclde. ills parentage and antecedents would supply the crown-lug eviden- CZ Prince Edward Island m rue sunnoonrs COURT 14th George v., A. 0., 1924 . u: RE nsrarn n1 Wellington 1.. Moharen, late of Cardigan in co against him. And yet the score. lwhllst a comparatively negligible levil, was the more immcdintc. and ‘Mo. aunt-attain“; mlulcuuuar-wilhlhlntim 0 1» . nuu- _..~~._~-.-,annam4n.r.~n. . ‘urns: qtmnnmn- ' - LIBERAL - CONSERVATIVE GOVERN- MENT MAKES A GOOD START (Continued From ‘Page One) the year 1919, as it had been in previous years. Bu! strangely cntiuph, it “'11s only up to September, when the Lib rails‘ took ovcr the rcim of Government. And that period, front September l0 1hr cud of ihc ymr, liar remained unaudited, so far as 4w Olll-tftlv uudil is runcrmtctl. During thc scssion 0f 1920 thc Public Accounts CGMIIIIIIBC look cognizance of this tunission. "fhcy took ihc only course opcn to thcm; ihcy nskctl thc Provincial Auditor to make an audit nlo11gtl1c lincs previously followed by ihc External Auditor. I11 compliance with that request and in thc course of his dutics, 1111- dcr examination by thc Public Accounts Committee, the Provincial Auditor prepared and completed that statement, which was pre - scutctl to the Public Accounts Conunittcc. and is on record on the lourtmls 0f this House. And it is from that source that I obtained thc figures from which I have just quoted. Lct us take these figures for the whole eight year period. When thc Liberal Conservative Government came in, the liabilities wcrc 551908.000; and when they went out, according to this audit, they were $1,721,000, or an increase in eight years of $113,000. You 111:t_v say that is not :1 vcry good showing; ‘but we must Te- tncmhcr tl1c facts I have already stated in regard to the outbrebk of thc (irent “For. That is probably a britvr record than could be rhorwl by any G01l¢1‘lll7i['llf 1111 any cir/illscd country during lhaf brrlml . (Applause) , WHO INCREASED THE LIABILITIES? \\"c have reached thc period of 1919, and \vc l1z1ve another four year period. ending the 31st of December, 1923. If we look t0~thc same source of information. the external audit made up to December 31, 1923, we will find, during that four year period. while 0111* friends were in p0wc1"——tl1ose gentlemen who have cried out against the increase of liabilities =b_v the Cotiservaitves-that ‘INEXOUSABL! NEGLIGENCE AT YALCONWOOD l will give one or two instances of this. We have recently had a report of the splendid conditions at Falconwood Hospital. The Faloonwood institution, as you know, is one of the biggest spending departments of the Hovincial Government. It costs a great deal of money, and we have recently heard the boast of the splendid conditions in which this Government found the institution. Well, in ccrtnitt ways we did find Falconwoofi Hospital in good order. \Ve found that part in good order which is managed by the of- ficials who are there, and who perform their kiutics well no mat- ter what Government is in power; but whcrc it came to the gen- crai tipkecp, to matters which rested upon the Government to per- form or neglect, we found NOT performance but NEGLECT. (1)110 of the. departments of that institution which costs the greatest expenditure is the plant which provides thc heat and power. It is :1 large and elaborate and expensive jilant, the-central part of that plant blcing three large steam boilers. What was the condi» tion i11 which we found them? I hlave taken the trouble to gct a written report from the engineer in charge at that time; this rlc- port can be produced if necessary, and it is to thisxfiectr- One of those boiler: zvas completely out of order and during the early par! f-llw season had been completely burned out by neglect. Aholhcr 0191112111. war leaky, and so incfiicfenl that the inspector had lo rcducc r r steam pressure r0 low that it was absolutely fl8€lPSS for auytlu 1g but heating purposes-11o steam a-vailtzble for flOZPPI‘ purpluxes. The whole pIa-ut was being run on one boiler that tvas known to be not in the best condition, thalwaa in c011- llmunrr use and had Io bcar the whole burden- of supplying power to the inslillrltiorx, rvhcn, '1'! 1011s liable to break down any minute. You will understand thc seriousness of the situation at the institu- tion if such a thing should happen. We came into power in Sep- tember nnd found that facing us. Not only would there be no heat in case of an accident to this one boiler in use, but there would be 110 light, and 11o water, because the whole system depends on that plant. Two boilers were installed and paid for by this Government. In addition tlicrc was a great deal of ncocssary brick-laying. Prac- Ihr liabilities of this Province had iucrrarrd and passed lin- million 11ml a half mark, and rmrlzvd $1.575.000. In other ‘words, ihaf during} their four _\'l’dl' pcfiotl, they had iurreasrd thc liabilities of I/w Prozducc $454,000, or an ar/crugr of 11.1 much 1'11 one your as ihc Cousvrzlalitlrs in right years. And these are thc persons who say that thc L7o11servativcs are responsible for thc liabilities of the. Pro- vince at thc present time! (Applause) - 'I‘hcrc is nuothcr way in which this mutter may bc lookccf at. In some respects the liabilities of thc Province may bc only :1 rc- lntivc term. When a man in lmsiucss incurs liabilities 11nd crcatcp assets that over-balance his liabilities, we speak fuvorzrbly of his financial condition. If, on mé other hnnd, hc has crcntctl liabilities and i11 doing so ltas not produced nsscts, thcu we (lcscribc his finan- cial condition i11 another way. Lct us apply that rule to tl1c periods of government concerning which I hztvc spoken. and lct us zmztlyzc thc records 0f thc two pnrtics. and sec which 0f those par- ties has produced during their respective tcrms of officc the greater zuuouut of assets in proportion to thc linhilitics incurred. I shall not go buck beyond 191 I ; I shnll tukc thc eight year period of C011- scrvntivt: government and compnrc it with thc mOfc rcccnt four vcnr pcriod 11f Lihcrul government. During thc right ycnr period of Coirscrvntivc govcrniiicnl. lliill Government spcut n11 pcrmzurctil works; works constructed in this Proiucc consisting of steel lwidgor; and other permanent structures. (luring thc years 1911 to 1919, the 511111 0f 552413.000, and i11 doing so ihcy incrcztsctl liabilities to thc nmouut of $113,000. Strbtrztct thc lztttcr llgttrcs and you will get thc amount which thc Conservatives wcrc to the good in thc cight vcnr pcrlod,——ucnrly $200,000. " Let us apply the same principle l0 thc f011r ycnr period of Libcrnl rulc. As I have said, thc uct iucrcztsc of llnblliilcs during thzu time wn-z $450,000. Thcy say, “lint look at our ptffillililfilll. ithcrefore gave i1ln1 at thc moment ‘the greater preoccupation. King's County in the said Province, roads. four lmudrcd miles of thcm !" l think they have rcccutly mtnliilcti tl1z1t~tcr111 11nd they now cull them “i111provcd" roads. 'l‘l1csc are practically nll tl1c per111z111e11t works claimed lby our friends during tl1c last four ycnrs. 111 addition, they have (‘Xpiflld- tically all the walls of that building wltich containsthe heating’ plant had to be rebuilt. Very expensive steam-fitting had to be donc; expensive valves anld other necessities bud-to be purchased, trll because of thc "cro-izoutiral" luamtvr in rzultich our prrdvrrrrars had rarrird 0n the gowrrrulurnl——bccausc lhry had failrd I0 romrm- bcr that old and lricd axiom of donlrstic vconouvjg ihal "a Slllfll in tinlc rwzlcs ninr." (Applause) J q-nn. ' THE CONDITION OF THE PROVINCIAL IBUILDING _ Lcr mc citc mtothcr ’i11st"a11cc.——one of several. ‘ I11 this vcry Provincial Btulding we received a. report from their janitor (up- pointcd under the IJlbCTZll Govcrluucttt) ‘thzvt the building was not in n condition to go through ihc winter, it was so badly in uccd 0F repair. \Vc had thc building examined, and thc report we rc- cefwcd confirmed the jzmitofs report. The building was in such :1 comlitiou that if allowed, to continue it would be pcnnancntly in- jured- lVhnt a condition for lhir fine old building, ihc home of lhix Legislature for over a cmlllnjv, to full into llml dildpidnlvr! slalr for ‘nraul of hrrc-frnrjl rcpairzr! All these ithings had to l1c donc, and they cost morc money bccnttse they hurl bce11 itcglcctcd in order to provide a “surplus” in 1923——1if possible. (Arpplztlistx) It will be said, and it has =bcc11 said, that of course tl1e Liberal Conservative Govcrnuietit are responsible for the (lcficit of 1923. In vicw of thcsc facts as I have stated thcm, that thc rcveuuc and expenditure wcrc both provided for us, mid uudcr the conditions I have outlined, and which wc found more or less i11 cvcry dc- parlmcut, I submit that the responsibility for this deficit must rest where it belongs, on thc Government who lcft the conditions as we found thcm 11nd framed thc policy of rcvcnuc and cxpcndlturc for the ycur 1923. Thcu there is another matter which I will just rcfcr to in pass- ing. These expenditures which I have mentioned came to us as the legacy fr0n1 our prddeccssors, as part of their policy, But lentil. #61124 I r11» Kellogg’: Bralr-roslomjoalb ailor I2 your: oi Inlmo M, Finh in] 1h h fl’ ed I’ conatlpatl could not find . for r12 years fill: corstiplrtidll fad TIT‘ m n" m“ "m" nmxk,‘ ago l advised him to try Krurnblsd hi: friend for l0 yearr-a total of Brin- Il l Md Md hill Whit wonder- 22 you‘. ‘Mains F" ‘y re Iul results lhpnd gotten frouplt. fr»: licved by Kellogg's Bran, cooked box. and he told me that for the lint and humbled. Lm°&,§;“my3|:n:° l‘ "W!" “u” 1»- , “":...'.1:..:"s'.r. ' For l! yenrn l had been troubled with Indigestion caused mostly hy constipation. Unlll nbout u year n50, I would suffer from A to In weeks at o time. I happened to see your Krumblcd Brnn in n store. urchnscd n puckngo 11nd got almost mmcdlnte relief. l nm stlll eating thc Krnrnbled Bran crery day. The most wonderful results obtained with your Krumhled Brnn l will now relate. A gentleman who has been taking medicine for about 10 yearn (Address on Iieqn -‘.) Eaten regularly, Kgllogg‘: Bran is guaranteed to relieve the moat chronic cuss of constipation, or your grocer returns your money. Est two tablo- spoonfuls dilly-in chronic cases, with every rnell. Tho flavor is delicious. Try it in the recipes on every package. Made in Toronto, Canada. Sold by all grocers. , I do not suppose I need explain in detail what we understand by debentures. I will classify the other debts while I am dealing with this subject. - I11 debentures,—$l 990,708.41. I11 short loans, 011 call—$30';,828.97. in bank over-draft,—$322,7o8.00. largely secured debts 011 the Province, as the mortgage is a. secur- cd debt 011 a 111a11"‘s farm. We wish to raise an amount of money and issue bonds for the amount we require, payable in ten; fif- teen, twenty or thirty years as the case may be, from the time of issue, and ‘bcnritig interest zr-t :1 certain rate i11 the‘ meantime. We have i11 all clcvcti issues of these bonds, aggregating the amount l l1nvc'just mentioned. ' 'l‘hcsc bonds wcrc issued nt (liffcrcnt periods. During the past four years thcrc were quite :1 number issued. 'l‘l1c first was for $125,000; another for $175,000; and a third for $150,000, making :1 total of $450,000 for lnghurny improvement purposes. I wan-t t0 (‘Xpllllll that thcsc bonds are all issued under and by thc auth- ority of .\cts of this Legislature, which gives authority ~'o1'borr0\vi11g thc moucy and jirovitling the term upon which they nrc to be lmrrou-cd; thc rzttc of interest, and also making spccllit‘ provision for thc rcpzrvmcnt of thcsc loans; that each year, from Current Rcvcuuc, thcrc shall be sct nsidc n certain sum to be iuvcstctl 1'11 securities 11nd brat interest. so that when the bor- rowing period luts cxpircd znul the principal must bc paid back lhcrt- will be stHlicir-nt 111011t-_v accruing 10 mcct that imlcbtetlncss. inn cup vcry wcll utrtlcrstnutl thc necessity for that. Take our imvn privzttt- husuicss. Stqiposc :1 1111111 borrows $100.00 by means of :11110rtg.'1gc. 01121 tt-rm of ycnrs. If he makes 11o provision for thc rc-pz1y111c11t uf thc principal, cvcn though he pays up thc v-uttcrvsl evcry ycur. we can all quite understand the serious posi- il0ll~ in which that borrower is placed when thc tcrm of tl1c n1ort-' ‘gage expires. And so it is with :1 country. lf no provision , vcrc made to 111cc: the principal, thc Province would find itself i11 Ethc serious jiositiou, that thc loan would have t0 bc paid and thc ‘(1ovcr11111c11l would lutvc to g0 011 thc market and find thc money thc bcst way it coitld, to mcct that loan. I11 urdcr to prcvcnl this condition of affairs. ihc provision is rundc by slitliiil‘ that thc 111011c_\ slmll bc sct aparF-a certain sum -,c:1cl1 ycnr, to 111cc: these borrowings when they fall due and this is ‘what couslilutcs thc Sinking 17111111. fvlsloil for thc sinking funds, and I do 11ot think that any staitutc ‘ muklng such provision is so binding 11s thc statute of 1920, passcd ,by our predecessors, which provided for the payment of the dc- ~l1c11<t11rc bonds issued for highway expenditure, and under which -,tl1csc thrcc debentures lutve been borrowed. That statute explicit- ,l_v prorvdri that lhc rum rel aside cac-lrymr shall be ilrvcsicd fit 1 srcurlttcr. i . 1 SINKING FUND$ REPLACED We all rcnicmbcr the boas-ting- of our ‘friend's ‘that this money Wc owe over a million dollars on- debentures; these are very- All these statutes make pro- » deceased, intestate. ~ By the Iitmourablo Alexanderl . ' . There Will he sold by Public Auc- lJBagnflman warburlm ‘szsunogateltion on Tucsduy, the sixth dzty of u 5e o! Probate’ 8w" c‘ A ay, A. D., i924 at thc hour oi‘ clov- lhcrc" was nuothcr extraordinary cxjicttditttrc which I hztvc hnd occasion to mcntion bcforc 011 thc floor of this House 11nd to which for ltighwnj’ i111pr0vc111e11t because tl1c sinking fund was being pro- my 111111. fricud thc lcndcr of the (lppositiott took occnsioti to refcr vidcd for 011t of tl1c auto liccnsc fccs, which they always claimed in n-strangcly light vcin. I rcfcr to thc storm of last October. wcrc 11ot part of thc regular rcvcnttc nt nll, though wc always Whatever vicw my l1o11. friend may tztkc of that storuuonr pcoplclcuntcudted differently. We would rtnitrrnlly expcut with that in this Province who suiIcrcd by dcstcttction of private property, jsizdtttc s0 ‘binding, so clear, so explicit, and back of tlfat all thci" as the Govcruntettt suffered by destruction of public property, will boasting of thc funding of thc nuto licctise fees of thc luoncy to not he disposed to inkc this lllfllllllf us n jokc. They know thc rcpny those loans, that lthosc sinking funds would have been adc- nlnrost unprecedented cffccts of the destruction cntisdtl by that tcr- qualtcly provided for. We would expect to find absolute security rll1lc_ storm. It cnmc in ihc Fall when it was difficttlt to make But whzrt did we find? lVc found that nothing roar actually sbf repairs, but this Government found rtsclf in thc position whcrc apart; that rchat they called deposit rbcclplr had been dcposlltrrfi- 11 was absolutely necessary to make at least temporary repairs, sinlply an acknowledgment that the Province OWED ITSELF so and make them quickly, in» order that ihc Full trade and traffic lu speak, and that thc actual nzoncy had been placed inlo currien! I 11.1» not costing the Provuicc anything WlllCll was being expended t-d 1111 capital account (luring that |1('l‘lO(l, $30,700. I wonder how much 0f that $450,000 uhlclt ilicy l101'1"o\vc1l for rozul work, in 21d- diliun to whzti thc cx )CIl(.lC(l thc first Yczu" out of current rcvcnuc, l“ " <1 l l 1' l 1. 1 1' 1 To the Sheriff of the 00111111’ 0! ._, ,k i m y h, mm, 1s rcprcscittc tot 11y 1y 10111111110111 r1101" *.r—— 1y assets w11c1 arc film,“ cmmw m‘ ‘my Cilamgbletl“ if tht: ggllilllll Cofirtofllllizgum Sourigdllklllllllllc’ mud valuable 10 this Province. I will rcfcr lntcr to thcsc “Tm perm“ with‘? ‘a W“ y‘ ln lung's ‘County in I11-mun 1-}n\v11rd‘1111p1'ovcd clay roads? but those who hztvc trnvcllctl tl1c111 during thc REET NG: 151mm ALL THAT TRACT PM” l" inst four ‘curs, and c0111 mrcd thc strclchcs, milc nftcr milc, built <1 1 . , . , > . 1. . . .. WHHRF, . upon reading Paw“ “Tsllmdi sari” 131" “la 0:13,; 11pclul1on11cly1 111 the l1cguu11ug, with the condition of thcsc sztmc petition on tile or Russell uLMp-jlti-ilxisfilp (liluéiiberuilor?y_flvé_ h, roads today, where they have in 111z111y cnscs gone back to ihc Lat-en o; m,“- pem; _ in mngsJqng-S County, m prince mwarn stzuc 111 which tl1cy were bcforc they wcrc touchctl» whocvcr has DOWN! Mofflflfl-ld. Fl-Pmer- ‘he Ad‘ island. bounded and described as cxatttittctl these tctuporztry clay roads, winch ltavc none of thc clc- mlmtlim“ "T m” Tm“ mm?“ Yollflwfl. that is t0 Bill" BWYlm-"l 0" mcnts of stability or pcnuaucncy, and compared thcm with thc Elimle-PTTYT“ m“ ‘ “ma” m” com mrativel small area of )Cl'1ll(iliCIll. work in the buildin u) I Y l g l tho the South by Souris River; on the be issued for the purpose hereinaf- l ter set forth: ion are theretore hereby required to cite all persons interesved in the said Estate to be and appear before me at a Sur- rogate Court to be held in the Court House in Gharlottetown, in Queen's County, in the said Prov- ince, on Monday, the fourteenth Peter Lyons; on Road and on the East by land 0 Patrick Malone, James A. MoCor ruack and the said (f-lturicts l). Bic land‘ a little or less. The above snle West ‘by lands oi‘ Moses Guud-et and the, North by farms fronting on the Souris Linc Kinuou containing Eighty‘ acros- of in made undcr of swamps, reduction of hills and building of concrete culverts, must come to tl1c ‘conclusion that a very snmll part indeed of thc cxjicttditttre 011 highways in tl1c last four ycars——\vhicl1 repre- sented tl1c only expenditure claimed to be for permanent works- can bc spoken of as n11 asset to this Province today. I think I am 111nki11g a just cstitnzitc when l any fifty pcr ccnt ni thc very outside. 'l'z1king the two periods and co111pz1ri11g thcm, you havc on t onc sidc :1 “plus" quantity, a crcdit bztlzmcc of assets during the i might bc taken care of. These repairs. thc urgently necessary part of them, are now done, but they added of course to the expenditure of the year. That expenditure was carefully and economically managed; it was necessary; it was unavoidable; and _I want to pay this tribute to my hon. collcagttc in ofllcc, that during that strenu- ous time thc Commissioner of Public lVorks did not sparc himself. llc travelled fro1110nc end of this Province to thc oihcrfhc spcnt days and wccks 011 the road, visiting cvcry point and personally in- occouht 11d the Bank and arsed for ordinary expenditure. the condmolz we found. _ The boast has been made of the splendid condition of this (Pro- vpice financially; we were able, they said, to go into the markets o the world and borrow money under more favorable terms than .111y other province. Do you suppose the parties who bought thcsc lmuds kncw Ilhc truc comlifioti of zlffzrirs? llcforc nny brok- crs buy bonds they cxzvnunc especially thc provision for the slttkitig That 1': and by virtuo oi n power oi‘ sale Spccling [he repairs_ contained in an lndeniure of‘ Mort- gage bearing dnto tho sixteenth day of‘ April A. 1)., 1917 made between Charles D, tMcKinnon of Sou-ris in King's County in Prince Edward island, Trader and Isabella. lVioKin- non his wlic of the one part AND Michael McCormuck oi Sonris nforeeaid, Clerk of the County Court lot‘ the other ptrrt which said Mort- gntze has been duly assigned by tho snid Michael McCormack and is now duly vested in the undersigned and because of default having been ‘made i11 the payment of the princi- day o! Apllll next, coming. at the hour of eleven o'clock toren_oou ot‘ thaiame day to shew course, l! any,‘ they can why the Accounts o1" the laid Estate should nor. be pass- Bd and the Fktam closed as prayed for in said petition and on motion o! J. D. Stewart, Esq, Proctor for said Petitioner. And 1 do hereby order tire-t a true copy hereof be forthwith. published in some news- paper published in Charlottetown » , _ aforesaid, once in each week for at ~ “ » lent four consecutive weeks froml thehdate hereof and that a true copy hereof be forthwith posted in the “flowing Dumjc mace; reglpui 11nd interest secured thereby. lpectiveiv. namely, in the 1.311 or For further particulars apply to the Court House in Georgetown in Arum" F; McQmml» Smlclm" King's County aforesaid. an the bmllls- T'~ h- T~ - Pa“ once at Montague’ in King“ DIatcd this second day of April. Count-y. aforesaid 5nd at the PostlA- 1. 192-LMARY MGCORMINCKIW 2295-4 tFrlli. Aesignee Office at Cardigan aforesaid, sol eight ycnr pcriod of Corlscrvzitivc rulc; whilc during thc last four ycnrs of Liberal rulc you have :1 debit lmlnncc. I do 110t think it necessary to go into that matter furthcr. It scams to mc thnt it must bc vcry zlppareut to cvcry011c who gives it :1 fair considera- tion nt tall, thnl when our friends uutkc thc statement that thc Libcrztl Conscrvntivc party hnvc been lnrgcly rcspcuisiblc for thc linhilitics of this l‘rt1vi11cc, they arc simply rlrucring/ up their 011111 dcfrrlr. (Appl;1t1sc.) (Continued on Page Three) THE EXTERNAL AUDIT We madc no demonstration about thcse thlnsg. We did not follow thc example sct lbcforc us four years ago; but wc took m1- othcr course; wc did somct-hitig that they did not do. We Izhd H111 finaurvs of this Province audilvzl by on rxtcrnal auditor. Wc did that for o11c reason which might be considered lightly ‘by my hon. friends; it might 11ot be appreciated by thcm; and that first reason ivas this, that we promised ihc electorate ‘we rcould do ll. (Ap- nlausc.) And we have honestly endeavored to carry out our pro- mise. We have been criticised, and I stipposc we will be again, because we went beyond thc confines of this Province for an auditor. I suppose they would have been as scvcrc i11 their critic- ism had we taken an auditor within this Province. Wlc do not hope, and we shall not attempt. to satisfy our friends in this ma- tter. (Laughton) Yet we will be able to quote a. precedent which should satisfy even our predecessors in officc. In New Brunswick a Liberal Government came into power :1 few years ago, when thc lion. Mr. Foster became Premier. O11c of his first acts was to have an external and independent auldit made. He might have taken an auditor from New Brunswick. It is no disparagcment to this Province to say that he would have had a much wider range of choosing thcm than we had here, in that larger province; fr! BEATING NO BIG DRUM Perhaps wc owc an apology for ihc uuuuicr in which we pru- ccctlctl 011 c0111i11g i|1to tifficc in I923. Wc mndc 11o (lcmonstral- lions: we did 11ot bcait tl1e Big Drum: we did 110t throw out any Stuokc Scrccul [funny/It of that 21111.1 done zuihrn our frimlds tame inlo power Io sujfirv for the 110.1‘! ccutltry. (Daughter and ap- plause.) \\"c found n condition to which I will refer lntcr. We felt that wc were taking the reins of power when two-thirds of tl1c year had gone by; we were taking over the govemmcnt when the Fond had bccu mapped and charted for us for the year. \Ve fclt thnt we were asstuuiug power as lruslccs of thc Government that had charted and laid out that road and it was our duty to follow out the year iu that capacity. That wc have endeavored to do. Our friends cannot vcry well coniplniit of that attitude, that-all persons interested in the said Ihtahu u aforesaid may have due notice‘ thereof. GIVEN under my Hand and the Baal of the said Court this thir- teenth dny of March. A. D., 1924 unrtn the 14111 you of 11m 111111- olty‘: rein. a. A. s, wAasun-rou. Surrogate j.’ _Tende'rs For Hotel Property in Char- lottetown ii Sopled Tenders addressed to the undorltgned will be received up to o gallon Thursday. the 10th, day of TApflIPA. D., I954, at twelve o'clock gmfljar the property on the com- I. One of the best 50 acre farms on P. E. Island at Emerald Jet, adjoin- ing onto of the best shipping stations on the island, few yar_ds from stores, school, and cheese factory. 18 acres for seed potatoes. 9 room house, frost proof cellar, large barn with cement stables. piggery, poul- iery, machine house all in first class repair; also new store 24 tt. square with glass front. If not sold by April 11th. will be sold on that do! with stock, crop. implements. Easy terms tor quick buyer. FRED o. Runny, Emerald. bt-czttisc the samc argument and thc same reason was put for- ward by thcm four years ago. The estimate for expenditure ‘had been laid out, the policy for the year had been entered upon, and we simply hnd to carry along in thc path marked out for us up to the 31st of December last." Ami 011 the 31st of Dcccmbcr, as I have already stated. thc report of the Provincial Auditor shows that thc deficit for the year, speaking 1'11 round numbers, was $186,000; and the External Auditor's report shows that the in- crease in -the liabilities for thc year was about $220,000. But there were certain things that we were faced with which we fclt in dutv bound to remedy if we performed the duty of trustees in equity and fairness. The boast has been made by our predecessors that they were an economical Government. Perhaps we may give them credit for that in some respects. There are different kinds of economy. If economy means to starve the public but he did not do that; he went to the great province of Quebec; to tl1c large city of Montreal and secured the services of Water- housc 81 Company, chartered accountants. We have no apology to make for taking the course that we did. We obtained the ser. vices of a man recommended as highly as p- ssible, in the first place by the banking institution which has been the banking institu- tion of this Province for many years, the Bank of Montreal; re-l commended by the Canadian Credit Men's Trust Association - and he was personally recommended to myself by Premier Venidt, of New Brunswick. ' , We have been criticized in regard to ‘the cost of this audit. Up lo the present time it is shown that this amounts to $525.00. In 1920 it cost $400.00 to have an outside audit performed by two I gentlemen of this Province, who makic an audit that should have been done six months before and which was of little value. I do go the dainty luncheon tcbleil the plate of Christie's Biscuits. Your [rqcgr an show you In amazing varietylamq ‘m’ °f “m” 9°‘, "l? tuty but entirely wholesome. becluoe of the absolute pur- ity of its Ingredients. “infill U80 d DOICII l0? lZ93-3-Z3-ll. ~ _ - - _ _ _ ' V chulmwox’ knows‘ u SCH/KC, to refuse to pay the honest bills of the Government 1n not crmcue these gentlemen, burhow nmch time did they spend on Over 400 varieties to choose from ; y, , '1" “our. m‘ “m” g3 order that a strrplns may be had at the end of the year, then I their work? How thoroughly was their audit performed? They say that perhaps the Bell Government is entitled to be called egiinomtcal, because that 1s the condition we found on coming into o ce. - ' On l bathroom: and 8 toilet "T Wm; be for the Hotel pro- "" 1 imam therein. or my be undo for naturally did as they were told. There are some recommendation.» winch ruera made infhe oudil recently completed which I ronsitier cannot be measured m dollar: and cent: in value to this‘ Fromm-L 111111 l 111cm Hatching Eggs-selected hish doing flock. Brod; to pedi- ooakeroln. lottflll of fifteen 1m 01-N- MAI-D; I l1 llflllll ‘IQIIIS qyristiek Biscuits 9/1093‘ a Christie biscuit i" b‘ "nwqmd m, TH! FINANCIAL QUIITION pa. or any Tender not ' u mm. a I arn not ing into details of this outside audit. It has been tabled in the ouae, and I have already referred generally to the reupm why it wan necessary, It showed that the present debt of this Province in $1,5{5,154.5o. That is mode up in dlflercnt whys and l want to dea with this for a short time, In them-n place, it is made up of debenture: to the unounwi $1,090,703.41, B. F. I400 I t