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U' THE NEWS WPR R ALL rr-is Anvrs Wonrir PRnmN

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TH EADING

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N SPRINGS

SURPRISE

iiitroiiire Tariff A _ri L L ' to Catch UnionilSieI`r:Ieen'Ir:Uer:stlxatiiiliifilgf’ MIA. Cited as Unduly Favonred by Road Grant. Daylight

Sl-'ring Goes by Board

(From our own Correspondent) UTTAWA, Mar. 25.-A merry war i on, whether of short or long duration

generally hoiievod tho opposition had forlottan any desire to move au

expected minor matters would b

the budget. The Opposition tlioreforei sprang a surprise when on the routlno motion -being made this afternoon for supply thot -the govt. might obtain one Fifth of all the main estimates to enable them to carry on pending n final vote the opposition moved an amendment calling for a tariff return. it was totally unexpected bythe gov- ernment forces. hir. MncMnstor, of Bronze moved tho motion which call-

ed lor free wheat, flour. other wheat (Continued on Page Five)

ti A iii French Envoy _ i S Vi

Products. farm implements and mn.

a cliinery, trs.c'toi~s, mining end saw mu

~' _ 't -

macilillwy. rough and partly finished

Witt!!! remains to bo soon. 'lt was-lumber, oils, cement and fertilize

percent.

in support of his motion ho wont over the whole gamut and declared foods and articles of daily use were to heavily taxed; thewholetarlffschedulc as at present existing was filled with inconsistencies which were uotben- eficial to industries. lu this connect- ion ho lnstancod the case of the muri-

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1'.

Blillllle foods. domestic animals foods.

__ From any country making similar

ittllttllflilwfil 0" U10 tariff. nnd'~it was concessions substantial reductions on

_ B tho general tariff, except luxuries, nn

miiiiuy ¢1¢a"9d *\“'“Y '-0 DFBDB-Pe lor, increase of British preference to flft

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ISLANDERS WHO ARRIVED

BY THE OLYMPI

Army officers who arrived nt i{allis:~_ by the Olympic Sunday were Capt., liflllot G. Full and bleut. B.l’. McLain.;§ both of Charlottetown. Owing to thc] higlrwind the big liner did not dock yesterday but was expected to dock nt _8-o'clock this moriug.

Others on the Olympic nrez-

/t..i. Arseitsuit. cont-orviiio.

V. Milly. Kingston.

ltr. Mclirwen, Bristol.

.t.E. Quinn. Stanley Bridge.

Q.M’8. Webster, Mnrlc.

C. McLean. Chilrlottetowu. .l.T, Mcboen, Charlottetown. W.C. Mdbeod. Charlottetown.

.l.Nesbitt, Harmony.

l., Purcell. Charlottetown.

LB. Webster, Marie.

(LW. Lamont. Springton. ._i.E. Moore, Summersidrf.. FEM, King. Rocky Point.

AJ. Murchison. Clyde ltlvor.

J. Tierney. New Haven.

ll. McPherson. Caledonia.

.l .D. Nicholson, Fredericton.

A. Perry. Alberton'

A. Plnesu. Charlottetown.

W.. Wedge, Ebbsfieet.

C. Arsenault, Summerside. l..E, Breheut, Summerside.

W _ V. Campbell, Charlottetown.

l". MGC-arthY. Tlgnlsh.

T. Porricr. Sumrncrside.

l~`.W. Darlrc. Colvlllo. E. Gallant, Summerside‘

b'.(`.. Gallant. Sumruorsldc.

l’. Garrett. Cliilrlottctotvn l’.’l‘.R. llooper. Milton.

A. McDonald BJ.. Mcl.ni~crr, Moutuguc.

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EASTERN SITUATI N

CAUSES AN XIETY

_ To Vienna

(Special to the Guardian.)

PARIS, March 25.-Henry Allizc,

French Minister at the Hague who

Need of Quick Action to Bring Normal 'Conditions in §'?,,;;;;“§§{,1;§,,‘;j"11f,,§°,,‘;';‘;°;,‘;,‘§‘; Eastern. Europe Strongl Felt. Bolshevism Spreading. 'f°~\"=ifia=°°'»H°Wii\1"~_~=_ or or

y of extraordinary envoy. His assistant

will be Francois Romleu, formerly an attache of the Embassies in Berlin

PARIS, Mer. 25.-All the dolegnt _ The ministers of foreign affairs who and .Vinum

ions to tho peace conference are vory| anxious regarding the situation ln.

something to hasten tho return of

have hereto 'been included in import- ant conferences will not be present

President Wilson and Premier Or

1 eastern Europe and are lmxpressed! during the premier meetings this Ge B

with the necessity of quickly doing week, .

normal conditions to tho rest oi' Eu- , lando met this morning to discuss the WPG- ‘problem ol the Italian frontier. it is' ' .__

Premiers Lloyd George, Clemoncoau

und Orland and President Wilson have decided that beginning this morning they will hold two sessions daily t_o bring conclusion in the shortest pos- sible time to the principal questions concerning the I-‘rimcoGerman and the Italo-Jugo-Slav frontiers reparat- ion and the league of nations.

solution of this problem because of the disorder occurring on tho eastern

Orlando and Premier Lloyd George. must return to their respective capitol soon, ns their absence at the present moment is more acutely felt because

of the spread of Bolshevikisni. downward tendency generally was

MORE ISLAND SOLDIERS

becoming urgent ouch day to rcuch o | (Special to the Guardian.)

i rams. March 25.-'rho Temps Bourse report snys:

coast of the Adriatic. Both Premier “The Bourse had its worst day since

the beginning of the peace negotiat- ions. The Bolshevist developments in Hungary caused n rush of selling or ders and very important declines. The

heavier."

Lithuanians Get r

Houghton FRANCE

Five Who Arrived by C_retic at Halifax Rcached Char-

lottetown Last Night

Five more l". E. lslnnrt soldiers

i`rom overseas arrived in the city last evening. They were conveyed to the Great War Veterans Ilsli in a motor

l..\\'. McKinnon, Moiitugue. W.. iiiclienzle, Long C1'c.'~.k.

` ll.J. McKenzie, Clyde Station. | il. Rudolph, Uigg;

C.l". McDonald., Sourls' (_‘. Crcwys, llrookiicld.

urrlvn hero tonight. Interest in Contest

The air is laden with talk of Th

Guardians Automobile and Plan Campaign. n.

The prospects of the man

candidates are discussed ilincs wltl

housotops.

t discussion in every place- whore 'number of pcople assemble.

_ - Tho interest sud enthusiasm ha

ooiinnusan si>acnts_ i

mmHw ' .it or than Vinton tr.. ones or ti.

7 - - - _-._.. _ "contest department yestartlay. They

WANTED T0 RENT. - SMALL'cnme- in and deposited votes for the

stable near 1)righw_n.__ il, E. Whito.:candldatos. They look no dificrcfr 103 North River Rd. 4732-3-26mZllpd. from other people. but when th; votc

wA'N1*ieo.- Houssxssrsn Fon

summer mouths on farm near city. V in the several districts is being mnnotf Apply C.H. Rattray. 234 Fltrzoy St. V ¢-,(1 by some popular mon. who is 0101

4741.3.z6M2ipd Ved (0 we,-it for thc candldntc, deter

,..__.. I mined to win one of the gi-and prizes.

` t-. lan of uctlou for

0A|RY.MlN’l SANITARY BUTTER

er"-i-stir ref 10°- Par iw" ‘°°- ; H" " f ` I

‘ _ 3¢94.1.30moll. ti vcr possible prospect or secur-

omca . -rl in? (v\oteH ls cnnvassed and ro

':;?A“lU"\"¢|),,- A NIAN T0 WORK ON Icanvnssed. much the same as b'>f0i`i»

gint, printed. "Fresh Dairy Buff his candidate and has named h

. . I l n manager- ni A l t lla rylCfisory.linlon nn election. Th0 ¢8lllD'9 B

farm' Wy 0' r me-3-asiusirid' f\<iid“i°= ‘“Pf’°'" Pm'

liunrtiiau .ton Printinr. cnariotto-

town. ' ' .

To t.rr ri-inn uurunuisuso

Rooms. Apply 2140 Grafton Bi.

nos-a-zsmoin-L

\AlioAiN ,int _r|Ncii.s.-EXTM tinolllfy yellow hoiagon P°“°"'- "“"' ber tips lusts. por rlosen. "°"lh V13

cu, emu, shipped in error I becom - - V V an must sou at discount. Anriv G“°“"i T*‘°’° “re vows hem? B (Milind roy-

i>‘ Pte. J. R. Waterman. icrsslons in Duhlin. City or county or

_ 'the date of Professor De Valera's sn-

' is another No. 2'Slege Battery man nounced urrlvsl and reception. No who has seen a long period of active meeting or procession thereafter will service. Hs belongs to Charlottetown. be permitted without n special lio-

39C-3 i0Mii

ilu Oloi. _ 4 .__.._4 ; babiy be mitch (more gladly given t

',' i ti nos.

To _”‘_NT °"°uNo FLOOR ornczt me he: tr: Ibingortunities ard llte's

Kent str-out Apply :_ r. .armani l was o H

‘ .» 1, ¢ 3 cts. Enroll now ¥°“

cle 0. J. Mcflormso. Revere Hate Vsrestelsot V\:r;‘.dVV been momma*

i been keyed to tho highest point. Ever-y

It is probable thot thccc mcu will , uw Great Wm. Vewl.an,,V

O O

Widely Infectious

out number throughout tho contcs territory. it is infectious. lt is no necessary to hear ii heralded from th

` Votes, subscriptions, districts. can- F'““°°~ didatos, ballots, are now the subject oi

store in every town where there is ra

____,_.__----*“"-"° | nn vate, iq

FAHWNAIL! wlooirtu srATtoN-,dun-rot. that every 11°" 0 h _ try-as for asoo; ro for $4.50-procured. and as a f°°“1i~°1' ° °°“;

toss a rotmtr.

'outry lc working for its candidate.

Then there is real campaign manag-

ers for' the candidates. No less than

ir it s

are counted the eilectlve work thc) have done is apparent. The campaign

lie has mapped ou 1 D V

oral lictitcnnnts Undcr his dlrer

soes that his on 'minently among vote getiers in thi!

piped efforts of the candidates an their mtaningers the il e mon he on in earnest. All tho strong 'candidates ore not enrolled yet by Mil' lmeuns. I The much sought ballot continues to Iliit across the miles of space to The `('hm-lottetown Guardian's Contest Dc

m,.e_ and the -activity ot th"

pnrtmont 0 ‘vm gemr. in tiioontiyintr districts is

ing each dsv more ‘Wideni-

h thong- enrolled which no D

|car where a luncheon was provider; ,hy the l.udies'Ai'd and addresses of welcome were ul`ter'w.1rd uiudc hy Premier Arsonault.. Mr. \\. F. Tid- innrsh of the Citizens ltcception Com- initlcc, Mr. G. F. llutciiesorr for the Provincial Returned iS0ldlers----(-§om- mittco iinri Colonel John Jenkins for

All warmly welcomerl nomo thc rc-

| turned men. referred to thc strenuous loxperiences they had gone through. land hoped that they would see their ` way' clear to remain in their native

The men who returned were:--_

.I 0 r Sergt. J. F. McLeod.

l ,. He belongs to Bridgetown, Dundas Q, and is the son of Mr. William McLeod, 4 ‘of that place. He loft the Island six- ( teen years ago. He enitsted in Van- ,_ ceuver with the 3rd Battalion, C. It.

T., and saw two years service in

9 Supper A. J. McEac'norn

Supper McEachei'n belongs to Mont.

ngue. Ile enlisted in the 46th Battal- . ion Weyburn, Sauk., in January, 1915. He saw considerable heavy fighting

t including the battles of Ypres, Vimy. and Sanctuary wood. lie bears across his temple rt lengthy scar where n bullet cut n deep furrows. llc receiv- -ed this at Ypres. Supper liricllachern is the son of Mr. Donald McEr\chem of Montague. ,

I Pte. Albert Constant.

I rio. constant oniisterrin the tooth

,and lived at Summersidc beioro go- `ing overseas, lie trimsierred from the 105th to tho 26th Battalion and afterwards to the 2nd Machine Gun Co. He was wounded August 8, 1918. in the chest at the bnttlo of Amiens

part in the battle of Cambral.

Gunner |.olth ;Wrlght.

'ba' CM"2°mwwn.47af..a.-somrlli>.\» Inna: Tl-tlkl il 57'"-I' 7""

There men arrived by the the Whit_e

Mid 09 ii wsu" I5 mmlm °“° ""1 Iteruatlonal aerial convention and rc

Guiinea- Wright belongs to Char-

lottetown the son or Mrs. Wm. ivrignf -- ot this city. lie left here vilth No. 2 (lpolnl to the Gust-dlln.l I Siege Battery and except for s per- DUBLlN, March 25.-Lieut. Genet' lorl of sickness in hospital has been oral Sir P‘rodcrick Shaw, commandiiiz. ulmost continuously on duty since. . tho forces in lrr-land, has issuctl s pro

I clamntion prohibiting meetings or pro-.

and Given Reception.

Star lint-r C-rciic, which ari‘i\'cd at lialifiix Monday. She sailed from Liverporil on Mirrch 13th and had at good trip across the Aliiiritii.-. She arrived off litiliiax lmibor curly on

from entering on account of the liciivy fog.

A number of other island soldiers

camo on thc (‘i-ctlc but rim not rout-ri here lost ovoiiiug. lucluding l’te_ W. Yi-.o, Charlottetown, iiutl Gr. B. L. Dickson, ltloutaguc.

Young Turk`s

_lhunded Up

(Special to the Guardian.) coNs'rAN1irNoPr.s. rvirnoh' 25. ~

Trial of the leaders of the 'committee of union and progress has begun and several of the former Turkish states- inen have been summoned toappeur in Court, Arrests of young Turk loaders still continue. The economic situation her is improving gradually. ,

Connecting Up

Empire Forces

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON. March' 25.--Replying to

Mr. H-urd in the House of Commons today, Mr. Seeley said that thc Domin- lons had been asked to appoint suitublo officers for linison duties between their respective Governments nnd tho air ministry. Some of tlicse oillccrs hurl tnkon up their duties und are rt clum-

nel for assisting in complete inter- clinngc of information and views ro-

gardlng :icrlnl comrricrce and coni- municzntions within tho Empire. ltcp~ reseutniivos of the Doniiiiioris and

lndlrt in Paris are assisting in ilic irlr section of tho British pence delogit- tion. Tlteir co-oporsiioii hnd het-ii :tV

grcut help iii tho cousirlcraition of iri-

gulation rules of tho air. The Domin

PN- W' J' w°°9°“ 'C ions concerned wer also being cou-

_ ,suited by__ tlic Department of civil ar-

P°°~ W°d5° I’°l°"55 I0 S“m‘“°'°Id"',iatlon respecting aerial commuuicnt

“nd “'91” “Way Wim me "em‘°"°°' ions concerned were also being con- 0

.- -- _ ii r ini i

2:3; 3"t:lI;°2;?:E;a"a;o:“;n:°°:£B , made to keep lu close touch in thcso e

matters.

b ttl of votes will wounded at Amiens. He also took; _

DcValera Reception i Prohibited

' anne from the police authorities.

Saturthty niotrilihg, but was prevented'

5 i

_nritnit coin

` (ended by Mr. T, Ling. i (Special to the Guardian.)

i rams, :uni-ch 25.-'rho r.itironnr¢in

iGovcrnnicut has concluded it coimrn'-i~ iclul treaty with Great Britain bg: ltvhich Lithuuiiia will receive it cred-

iit for the piirclinse of several iuilliuzi Iiruncs worth of goods uccordiug to advices received here.

Allied Successes

__ln Siberia

i (Special to the Guardian.) (V PARIS, Mnrclr 2?..-»Silaor'i:\ri lroopi ;of the Kolcliitlr Govcriinieiit have sin. Icessfullv begun an offensive west of Iiho Urrils ou rr line from Perm to tim itrans-Siberian rnil\vu»y. advices from I0nisk ony. At certain points the Bol- sheviki have been driven hack more than thirty miles. The Siberlnns have captured (lkimsk, 50 miles southwest of Perm. On n fifty milo i`ront between Oknnsk and Osn along the Kama Riv- er tha Bolsheviki have been driven back twenty miles. The Kolhark forc- es also are reported to have obtained marked success in the region of Blrsk northwest of Ufa.

Hungary Again

Threatened

LONDON, Mar. 25.-Tho morning

newspapers unanimously charge the Paris pence conference with respon- sibility for liungaryembracing Bol- shevism und tho gonernl dissatisfact- lou over the delay of peace, but the manner in which it. lius incurred rcs- ponslbllity is variously explnincti. while treating the Hungarian episode more lightly than othcrs becriusc il docs not bollovc thc whole coiiiitry will like lluilzrpcist become Bolshcvikl

The Post accuses tho conference of

delaying pence, whllc its idealisis nr.- "l<`ollo\vlrig tho will o'tlie wisp culli-<i the League ui' Notions." it also ex- presses its bcllcf thrtt certain inicr- iitttloiial fiiisnclnl interests nm work- ing against the independence of i’o~ limrl. `

Tho newspapers pnnnccn is to trout

viitriisted to Miirslial Foch and it suggests that suiprcmc rllrocilon lt- glvcn Prcurior Clemcnceau.

(Special to the Guardian.)

qiiosticn in the House of Coinmons Mr. .\‘lcCiirriy. secretary io thi- Foo

- would not be sr-.nt to iinitccripied Gcr

runny until thc tlorniuii (iovcrnmt-n

of the fulfillment of those c0ndlli0hB About 45,000 tons of foodstuffs had ai rivod in Gorman Austria.

|vvell-known und esteemed manager of

tho diplomatic situation its it was

~ trentorl militarily when everything who

2 r Mr. E. T. liiggs, pt-t~=rnted undoubted-

t Must Wait

LONDON. March 25.-Replylrig to :\

- yct been sont to Gcrmnny except in , _ .VV

nrcns occupied by tho Allies. Poml nil _lass _ of Expirss. llc contend- W t \ V V

Messrs Chester Mclnre and

Convention Yesterday.

Ai 8 lame. orderly and very -repres-

entative gathering of delegates repres- enting tho second district of Queen’s County held in the Bourd of Trade Rooms, Charlottetown yesterday' after- noon at which ltlr. Dougald l\icPher- son of North Wiltshire ciffeclontly pro- slderi candidates were nominated t0I represent the district at the next gen- eral election.

The choice of the convention proved

to be Mr. L.L. Jenkins, who had prc- viously been the able representative. of the district for some time and Mr. Chester Mc'Lure, of Charlottetown, the

thc l".E. Island Fur Sales Board.

Mr. John ll. Buiitnin, who so capab-

ly represented the district. until last election. had thc honor to be again off- fercd the nomination by tho unani- rnoue vote oi’ the meeting, his caniliilnt ure being moved by Mr. E. Cnrr, sec

Mr. lluntain heartily thanked the

tléiogntes for the honor. expressing sincere iippreciatlon. but iiccllnrxl tho iiorninaiioii stating ,thut he felt that he was not in a position to rzivo the nec- essary attention whicli the duties of iiho oilice would require .lt was ri

it-rourcc of gratification to him to know 'thot his efforts in the pnsi had fbeeri

,:tppi‘ec~li\ted. and he could loci: buck

iivith plf~s-starr- to the past realizing

|thiit the <"li`or't.~i of his colleugu.; and (liiirrsolf had been cro\\'ncd with ouc- lreris uiiil mi-civu~.l tho ir.ppro\'zil oitiiie lpeoplo. Ile ihnn moved noinlnrttion of

i\ii°. Chr.-sirr l\icl.\iri-, who was well' and frivourubly known to ull and who would inirlrc it very capable represent-

atlvo.

sncoii s it _

Noiiiiiurn Cauololliis

L. L. Jenkins were Unani-

mously Chosen Liberal Conservative Cpndidates 'at

The nomination of Kr. Chuur Ho-

Lurf, was seconded by Mr. Charles Mo- Lean and carried unanimously.

Mr. Mchure was not present stthe

meeting and a committee of three was nppointod to watt upon htm and eoeif ho would accept the nomination.

The nomination of Mt. Louis L.JUn klns was moved by Mr. Joseph H.Mo» Plterson of Hunter River, seconded by Mr. John Deverosux. of New Haven.

Mr. Jenkins in a few words warmly

thanked the delegates for the noxnfnat ion and declared his intention of loin; in to win. He spoke of -tim record of the provincial Government both under tho administration of Mr. Matheson and Mr. Arsenault os being the boat since confederation the only govern- ments which had not increased the debt. The people he felt would sup- port tho present government nnd re- tum it with added strength. '

hir. IIB. Brown in a short addmls

stritctd his firm belief that the people were ready to return handsomely' the Premier and the present government. It would in his opinion be disastrous to the interests of the province, at the present juncture if the administration was not retumed. , _ The delegates appointed to wait upon Mr. McLure returned soon afterwards nccompanied by that gentleman who wus received with applause.

Mr Mcl.ure stated that this action of

thc convention was a surprise to him Hut for the fact that he had a very had cold which looked like a threaten- ed attack ot “flu” he would at this

(Continued on Page Five)

W- ' ' 1 . - - - -"I._-

The board of Canadian Railway

Commissioners, with iSir Henry Dray- ton as chairman, and Mr. Arthur S. Goodeve as it colleague, met inthe city Council Chamber, Moncton Monday morning. A number of delegates were present from various points in Novo ‘Scotia New Brunswick and Priuco Edward Island, These represented both dealers and producers with it single aim to protest against tho pro- posed in`crcase in express rates. These iucrcuses rnugo generally from 40

more than 100 p. c. ever the present rntes. lt is contended that this iii- wcrtso will make biisiness in certain lines proliibitivc. while in sevoritr ‘ others it will be ra serious handicap.

Messrs ld. T. Higgs und A. A. Pom-

eroy, Cliarlottotnwii and J. Leroy lioliuiiii and W. J. Liristonc, Summer- slilc represented P. E. island.

Mr. E. T. Higgs representing thc

Charlottetown Board of Trnilc, clear- ly went into the matter or express ratesaffecting this province stating . that tho same were altogether' unjust.

, Mr. A. A. Pomeroy, su-onKiY sup- ; ported Mr. Higgs.

The Moncton Ti'imsci"i1it strttcs thu;

p. c. to 80 p. c. and sometimes go to!

PROPOSAL Til BUUST

EXPRESS RATES [JPPUSED

V ?

Canadian Railway Commissioners Meet in Moncton. Island Delegates Present and .loin in Protest.

town Steam Navigation Co., had charged the Express Companies a 20 cent rats for the 35 miie, jSummer~ side-Pt. du Ghene and 56 mile, Char- lottetown-Plctou routes.

While under -the all goyernntent'

ownership the Railway was exlet- ing from the Express Companies s 25 cont rats for the sn'oVr¢‘~’1o‘*tnuo Cat-ferry route. He claimed however that the Railway had" no right to charge Express Companies oxtn for carrying across the'Str‘a:ta when the itnilway made no extra charges to other shippers for freight because island freight traffic was new on the tlirough rate basis. He produced iottoro to nio soars snowing wnere the Express Companies had promtr cd to cancel _this 25 cent rate if the Railway would olimate this Arbltory to tn.-in and rotters from tho rtatiwoy Management stating they would 'chico by the docirioir of the Runway , Commissioner. ` t His Honor had the Express Coq!- Ipanios representatives coi_ajil_rxn their promisc and made particular note of Mr. llolman's contention. 25 cont Cnrferry charge which éthis- ,us tho Islander to for i8__ Qs- pressago fifteen to 'twenty V _ ,liighor than thc Mal'nlVondVo_'r

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‘ly the best prepared case ln the ln- ltercsts of tho island people. -it wus superior to any other presentation in its carefully detailed preparation Mr. Higgs merits sporlul commenc- iition for tho cure with which he pro- piircil. pruseiitvil nnri vhniupionerl thr- icruiso of rho i.~rlnud's business mon, ` ihriniars :intl ilslierinen. . .\ti'_ l.i‘i°oy llolinun_ l’rf=slilcnt of thi'

rl Siiuiini-r'.-iilr llourrl of Truric spccirii-

Controllor stated that no ioorl hritl lzcrl on tho spccitlr chtirgc of 2b cents

por 100 lbs to and from the island on c os

- orl flint this wus a Gcsrriinliintioii

‘. against this protirico and that it

i hurl iulillleil tho conditions in ri\i;i».rd should ~hc done away with sotliat

to shippingrund advance supplies were already at Rotterdam in anticipation

very important p0int"idi‘ `conq"en_trq n :ind if cancelled will be a dtrectfbeho ilt for all classes of island expr'Ut't9- ago, V

Mr. \\'. J. Lldstone prweiw Vn

strong protest ngninst the argl ' udvnnce of express rate; and t opp "~ l ilnuonco of the 25 cent `Ui\f‘tdx | ihc island.

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r. is. isro_ns_ in regard to Exr>ross_ Vrrhnrpnx, ner. gs,-T-gg rutes would be on n pari_t'y ,mile for numyw. 13;_V5_ W” “feng 9; ” . miie with Mainland points as had been 4; 5 m_' igugpg, ¢¢h@gg_;9 '_ `- done in giving us n tnroulh _frelglii ment. Benttte 0., G. 4§»;V li." . ‘ roto. lie showed where :rfb Charlotte- w,.|¢\,(_ for y_ yi, Vg, 4,,,V_V _ V ...Vp

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