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THE C I DEFEC’I"'.'I~I noun-me Guard. ‘fan understands that after a care- "'“'_- 11111 lfll/Psilsu‘ on made by the office WATER RATES-Ainlday 11th. is of tl1e Fire Marsha] 1n wnneetion me m“ day for 11111’ "E W519i‘ X11165.’ Willi the n-vlut fire in tlle Riley 11423-1-9-21 Bulldinll, 11811111111; a heavy loss Lu ‘ih the lunlllord, Mr. D. J. Rley, IV-EST INDIES (lliLllSE — Lieuhiand the tl-uuuts, DeBlols Brothers IJ- J- Connolly? A. D. C., With the Limited, the cuuse of the iire was Able 593mm Gwfce Mcivfahon, found to be duo to a. defective flue lJ°hn 0111911111" K1111 W-llfed Cullen located in thc brick wall bewvee-n of the local hall coal-puny R. C. N. thc promises occupied by DcBIois IV. R... left yesterday morning for Brothers Linlitezl and those occupied lfialmx when? m"? will board thetby Itilcyls Tobacco Factory. The H. M. C. S. Champlain which leavosiluc will ' be removed and will be Inext Tuesday for Burmuda and oth- [completely rebuilt when thc work of f"? W135i Indies Dvlnts. relurningremotlcllllig thc building cumulon- to Halifax about May 1st. ces. ‘

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the home of fifrs. Ludlow Jenkins. with a very good attendance. vlc: president Mrs. Hector Jenkins presiding. Iileeting opened with ode, followed with minutes of last meeting, hflsses Jessie Jenkins and Frances Munn were appointed to buy present for on: of the members who h‘d been married recently. It was decided that the lnrtilllte subscribe for the Institute News a ccpy for each family. The In-

ment. One was fined $2 and costs or five days, another $3 and costs or five days, four were fined $5 and costs or ten days, and one was fined $10 and costs or twenty days. A case of unlawful possession of liquor was acljoumed for one week.

YESTERDAYS DEARKET~There was a poor attendance at the mark- et yesterday with some slight changes in prices. Hay sold from

cents bundle Guardian Office. 2-4-tf. -_ Mm SALE T0 LET, BOARD AND lccm signs on hand at Guardian (llflcc l; _.._

Situations Vacant Male f

EARN s0. T0 $10. a nay. Luann! while earning part time, Motor Mechanics, Battery, Welding, or Barbering. Good positions open.

m“ SALE '* A BARGAIN‘ A Writp Dominion Trade Schools ' used flattery Radio Set.‘ Palmer 5L Lawrence Blvd" Montre“ E11 Ltill; Lt d. 11504-1-7-51. l

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I'll]! SALE - CLEANER. APPLY Ella Scntner, Loyalist station.

11406-1-9-11, _ ____ .._ WOMEN WANTED T0 SEW FOR |>.')R SALE - 1\IENIJEI.SSOI|N'S us at home Sewing machine nec- pimm Good Condition, price essnry. No selling. Ontario Neck- $169.00. . w. R. Dennis, Edmonds We“ Comvaav- Dept. 141, Tor- Building. 11391-1-8-31. will B- ‘ 1:; x55 FOR, SALE-l 5TH], WANTED - GIRL FOR GENERAL have for Immediate salc u num- ggggelggglgrin smllgblstpgfi bel- of silver foxes, one and two month App“; Gunrd1an_ | years old, medium and pale sl1- 11414-1-9-21. vvrs, very choice. P. A. Farqua- wlson, ~' 11433-1-11-31 Wanted W- , IVANTED T0 RENT - SMALL ‘ MIBCCIIIIIICUII] furnished house or apartment.‘ »-- Central. Apply "A" Guardian. 11420-1-9-21.

.I'IZIVA'I‘E TUTORING DONE. ALL grades. P110116 969. 11395-1-8-31.

JOHN ALFRED IVICDONALI). PRO- vlnciul Land Surveyor, Hcrnlari- \llle. 1ft. 3, Sourls.)

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Strange Turn In Political Fortunes in

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l send m‘ Price 1181- BERLIN, Jim. a. (A.P.)—By a. WIII/ffcétcod’ Mmd§§;,,?é_2i: dramatic turn in German Politics.

fiery Adolf Hitler, former non-com- mlrsioned officer in the German Imperial army, sat in judgment to- y ‘ABEIE YOUNG MAN WANTS night on his old Field Marshal, work o; any kinm Goad refer- President Paul Von Hindcnburg.

1-uccs. Phone 080. 11358-1-7-31. It was up to Herr Hitler to de- " cide whether to command his Fas-' est Legions in thc Reichstag to pro- long for one year Von Hindenburgsl terln as president. l

This shift 111 the political lineup was brought about by two days of‘ conferences in which Herr Hitler first; listened to overtures by WIl-y helm Groomer, Minister of Defense and then talked with Chancellor Heinrich Brushing.

The Nuzional Socialist leader announced he would confer with the chicftains of thc Nationalist Op- position ond would make known his decision as soon as he had learned their views. It was reliably reported that 11c would see Gen- eral Groencr tomorrow for the pur- posc of telling what collrse the National Socialists and Nationalsts, will pursue. .

Hen- Hitler uns called into thc govcmmcnts counsel to avo’d the necessity of n presidential election at this critical time. General Green- cr wired him 111st ‘Tuesday, ask- ing him to come to Berlin.

Churchilfs Challenge

NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. l1.-Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, former Chancellor ‘bf the Br1t‘sh Exchequer, has chllcnged Senator William E. Borah to a debate on whether So- viet Russia should be recognized by capitalistic govemments.

Mr, Churchill, who is in the Ba- hamas recuperating from injuries received when struck by an auto-

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1'1) LET -- TENTISIENT FIVE 1110111.», All improvements. Corner Wigvmouth and Sydney Streets. Inquire next c1001‘, 11419-1-9-21.

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GOVERNMENT JOBS-HOW‘ T0 lzet them. Free Booklet. The M. C. C., Toronto (IOJ

M. H. W.-1-2-S-5i.

BECOME EXPERT BARBER. through our special 1o\v cost course. Hundreds of successful graduates. Write Moler Barber College, 573 Harrington, Halifax. M. H. W. Nov. 14-stttf.

Situations Vacant

WEN WANTED. FRUIT PRICES 3P9 Drofltable and many more trees and gardens will bc planted this season. You can make good "WHEY 50111111; "our guaranteed ‘P11111111’ trees and plants. Newest and best varieties that sell quickly and easily. Wcckly pny. Fregmilp to dntc equipment and instruc- tions. Write Luke Brothers Nurs- eries, Montreal.

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ed the challenge through his mim- agcr. Louis J. Alber of Cleveland.

iGeorge Buntairi, C. C. 0.. IYTQSldBd

mobile here last month, convcy—|

stltute also sent 111911" annual Christmas present to c. special friend in thc settlement. Just at the close of meeting Mss Mncliclln Junior Red Cross nurse cavea vcry interesting ind hclpilll talk on the splendid work the Red Cross is doing for which the inclu- hers thanked her and invited ller to again. bloating closed

50c to 55c, straw 40c, oats 35c, tur- nips 12c to 14c, no potatoes were offered, chicken $1.00 to $1.50, ducks $1.00 to $1.50, geese $2.25 to $3.00, butter 28c, eggs 40c, parsnlps 31b 10c, carrots 4 lb. 10c, beets 8c 1b., cranberries 3 lb. 25c, celery 10c, cab- bage 4c to 10c, parsley 2 for 35c muons 10 lb. 35c, pumpkins 2c 1b..

squash 3c, a-pples 25c to 40c. cum“

AT DAIIIOUSIE-In ilic facility a "m “"11” 11mm W” Svmd by

_ ,1 ~- , "t ct‘ t be of Law Chrlstlnas examinations of it?‘lgttésmclqgrMgicsatgghrfi o“ Dalhousie University, R. T. Don- c - " _ Jan 6th 15132.

aid of Baltic, P E. 1., secured class 1 in Bankruptcy, Class 1 in insurance, A. J. Ilaslan-l of Spring- Leld, P. E. I., Cl ss 2 in Bankrupty and passed 1n' insurance. In the pulaiishcd list of successful P'lnce Edward Island students in the ‘Ml- hols.e University examinations, the 113mg of Mr‘. Roy E. Webster, of Moreil, was inadvertently omlttul. Mr. Webster passed in Latin l, sec. 1; Elementary Greek. 1; 13111311511 1, sec, 1; History 1, Sec. 2; math- ematics 1, sec, 1.

W. M, S. 1\I1CETING.—The annu- a meeting of the Women's Mission- "ry Society of Central Uuilvll Church was held Mrs. Neil Darrach, East Royalty on Dec. 17th w'th a large altnndancc- the President Mrs. Brodie presid- ing. Alter the Devotional cxcriis- es and the business part. of the meeting were over the election of officers for the ensuing vow then took plare and resulted 1s follows: Pres. Mrs. Edgar Hclirtz, vice Pres- Mrs. J. T. Ferguson, Secflv. Mrs. Wylie Gibson, Tress. lvfrs. F‘red W. Andrew. "F111.- rctiring Treus. hire‘. Ludlolv Jenkins than gave thc financial report which was vcry cncouragng, our suclfliy llflvlnll raised its allocation of $160.09 This society also sent 1W0 190x95 of clothing to Missions, one to Trini- md and one to Sydney, N- 5- A very pleasing feature of this mcct-

g was in making one of our very

ANNUAL REUNION-The second annual reunion of the Charlotte- town Half company. Ravel 01m- adlan Naval Volunteer Reserve, was held on Thursday 61001111; 3i the company headquarters. LII|"COIII.

and p, a. short address reviewed the work accomplished, referring to me thirty-four ratings sent to Hal- “ax g0,- annual training and two 0151191‘ 711111135 °n orulsers‘ They 13d earnest workers, Mrs. Markurct 110W f°llrty4°ur "w" 0“ w Darrach a life member of the strength of the company, Lthc gill Society m which she mum n vm-y alloted strBnBhh beins flfty- wo. 1C fitting reply, thanking the society W551? W 9h‘: K1“? w“ proposed by for thc honor conferred on her. Lvelll- J- J- conmny" A‘ D‘ C‘ other A vote of thanks was toxidcrcd i110 speakers included Able Seamen. G. fuming Officers to which the MBMEIWII» w- Mcmuc- F‘ Rush and President responded‘ thanking i116 C. RYBII- The Prwrmme w” m‘ members for their fiithfnlness and iflfveflcd will‘ en-lmlable “lush” wlllngness to work together for selections. "Our Masters Kingdom" and feels

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IS still remain with the r1c\v officers

SAINT JOHN, u. 3., Jan. a. 113v

for 1932. Meeting l-loserl with 1vraycl~ by Mrs. Ferguson and _ v _ _and Mlzpnh Benediction. (Patriot I

the council of the British Empire

Service League, cxprcswd 801M100"

tion today when informed of thc Ottawa decision involving restoratg ion of pensions. Ho. believed. it would cover many cuscs in which treatment was d110-

MR. uUNCAN MCCANNELI.

Tllc death took place of Mr. Murray River, P. E. I., on ihe 4th of Januarq, 1032. He was .:i his 72nd year and had been in failing llcu..h for some time. f-Ic leaves ‘in mourn, his, wife, one son, iturbcn, CAMPBELL-At the City Hospital one daughter. Myrtle. all of Murray Dem 15, 193p w Mn and Mpg Wm, River, 411110 one step-daughter, Mi-s. Campbell, City a dgl1ghtcr_ ‘Ross Livingstone, of Charlottetown. He leaves t-hrec brothel-s, James A. Domo-‘l - M the (my Hosplufl- of Prlncctown, .\Ic., ivho attencd Dee- 31’ 1931' 1° M“ “nd ma‘ PM“ the funeral, Willlcnl ‘n Al‘: 13°11'13"’ 31111391‘ Rlvcr- 11 d““g111°r' lChurles in the Yukon, I-‘allr broih- on M m It H n] J ers and four sisters prcdcccascd M AE- ec y osp a, antmm 2- 1932' l0 11"’- ‘md Mrs- Mberl M‘? A liiI-gc number of friends. gather- Rae- on!" a 5°11- ed for the funeral in thc Baptist ‘ hurch and interment W215 in thc MACD0NALD"M1-'°“5 Creek’ Jan" lvfurray Ever cemetery. The ser- 5th, 1932, to Mr. and Mrs Albert E. vmcs we“, conducted by RC“ T m MacDonald, nee Eklna Fixzzcll, ak-‘Oudgm son. ,

BIRTHS

Thea-c wouldn't be worms to go M'°KINN0N_A$ Mt‘ Buchanan‘ around if all thc birds were early.

J‘n. 3rd, 1032 to Mr. and Mrs. Don-

Mr. Alber stopped herc en route to Washington, where he owid he would discuss the challenge with Senator Borah tomorrow.

If the Senator from Idaho ac- repts, he will be expected to de- fend the policy of Great Britain in recognizing the present Russian government, while Mr. Churchill will defend the refusal o! the Un- have proven aucceufoi in lted States to do so.

Pfompdy relieving torpid, |1u . 81th anion of the Liver Kl’ - nay: and Bowel! and thflegien ° '11! ‘l!!! I . roirom.

Two old uchoolfellowe were talking about old times.

"I've no particular affection f0.- the school," said Robinson. "I was birchcd there once for speaking the truth.‘ -

aid Macffinnon (nee Lavinia C. Bl-llwp) a 5°11. John °=1""1- i‘ota| Security 0V0!‘ $10,000,000 DEATHS lIlEBEIl FIRE “T ‘Assurance Company NEWSOM-At I0 Ambrose St. Esglbulhed “h; Cherlotetown , January; 4, 1032, B. R. H0 L M A N

Peter Newsom in his 84in year. GEM", _ "u"

- "W011." said Pinks, "it cured you. didn't it?"

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1 Survey 0f The Economic Position Of Canada At The Close Of 1931

I 13y Honourable H. H.

Stevens, Minister ()1

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1 Trade And Commerce. i. IV In addition, farmers, the mow. Prices. numerous class of our prinlury 9,1-

.-\', ltzc t0llli13 of tho grcll". depres- zliUll, .t once a causehand a con- Sfllllvllu‘, has lwou the gwu‘. dc- t-llnc .11 the world paces of prac- ‘tilfflllj all COIIIIIIOIILIICS. ‘The Cun- ‘adlau uldex number of wholesale iprico, which i: tuirlv rep: ufa- ,t1vc m’ similar index nlul..)cl' all over 1.11;‘ world. alter 5110111113; min- or llutulatiotls of not IIIUZT.‘ than ,a fvw per cent hroughoil; the gosh’ vials from 1922 to 1020, corn- ulcnccu :1 hmidilill’ decline in 1030 fiml 1")" lmlcd ii u lens-Lived rate 1n 193i 1n Sepia ‘r of tile present

ycal- .1 stood an .0 11:; compared ltwli.‘ 11 in Dccvrnbrr, litiih-a drop 10f nearly 27 per tent ill a period of

t iless ‘llnn lwo years, 13cm m]; ‘decline 11.111 lrzml equally distribut- Ied over all (losses of commodities. ,1it xvlnllrl 11.111; S('l'.1l11.>'Iy prejudiced ‘,the opium, of prod ~

‘of 11101!‘ profits and in their relat- ions \\'1lI1 their ered...lrs. Yet com- modities would still liuve been ex- fllllflilvllble for cach other on zlbollt

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the same ‘oasis as befulc, t '1"1u\ price decline which ' took plure in 10110 and 1931 was not at.

n11 o1 this presumably more cqllil-

with Nullonal Anthem after whleh ab“ kind AS m 0mm, depressions’:

thc prices of foods and raw mater- ials loll far more rapidly than the ‘prices of ulunufactured articles. While the index number of prices ,nf fully and chiefly manufactured fprndtlcts fell only from 93.2 in De- cember, 1929 to 72.7 in September, 1931. the index number of prices of iraw nr partly manufactured coni- mcditiesffell from 98.9 to 58.7 in .1110 same period. In other words, thc lsrlces of raw or partly manufactur- ,0d commodities fell by over 40 per icont during this period. willie the Iprices of fully or chiefly manufac- tured commodities fell by only 22 per cent. Primary producers have naturally been incensed at thc fact that their products would no longer cxchnngc for nmnufacturcd pro- ducts on the soul;- bash: as before.

lI-Illllllei‘ River And Vicinity

The many friends of Mr. William hlatheaon of Oyster Bed Bridge will be sorry to learn 11c is confin- ed to his home ivith 11 severe at- tack of pnculnonia, Miss Com Matil- csou. R. N., has been cuguygvd to nursn

Mr. James L. LePagc, Rustico South, was u recent visitor to Sllm~ merslde.

Mrs. MrKinlcy and infant dllugll- ter returned to their home in Hun- ter River after spending ll de1ight< ful visit to Charlottetown.

Miss Doris Smith, Hunter River, was the guest of her cousin, Miss Dorothy Smith, Wheatlcy River. recently.

Tllc first llocki-y game of the season was played in Whcatlcy Riv- er Rink on New Yoa-l"s.n2g11t b2- twcen the Rustlco Rmlgcrs and ho Wheatlsy River Stars.

Mrs. Malcolm Rackhlun and sons Dan, Willi ln and Roland spoilt a vrry plearunt visit rc-rultly til, the

home of Mm Lcmucl Mntlrson, , Ebultczcl‘. Nil‘, Lemuel hfutllesan, Ebenezer.

,ilfi(l 111': nusnlltllllc to lose a» val- uillle horse recently. The animal lap,'l..lrcd to be “"011 m thc even- iug and when M1‘. Afaibeson went to feed up thc next nrlrnlng he found the animal in a fztal cori- alitioll.

Ml". Edie Ccluclil, Whcatley Riv- cr 11m; rein-axed utter mending scv days III Charlottetown-

Willie there he was registered at tllc flurs Ifolcl.

Mr. and Lin. Herbert Stevenson and son of New (Jinsgmv were storm stayed at thc 110111" of Mr. Horace Ling, ilvbcotley Rivrr. Mr. "nd Mrs. Stevenson ivere retum- illg from a family reunion hcld at the home oi’ Mr. and Mrs. Nvrman Ling. Wheatley Riven-L.

ALLIANCE APPROVED

OTTAWA, Ont. Jan. 7.-Alll.ince of the 4th Hussars, non-pcrnllincnt active militia, with the 4th Queen's Own Huatars of the British army has been approved by His Mil jcsty thc Kink. The 4th l-Iussars was or- ganized in i875. The unit's hrnd- quarters is located at Prescott. Ont, ‘and is lindcl‘ tIiL‘ cflrlimnvlzl of Licut. Col. C. B. Handcock, 111.0.

:rs in respect‘

ducers, have hall in contend wllll ‘drought and poor crops. J8 wit .1- ,\vith low prices. Nevertheless, till»;- are far from being alone in their

‘difficulties. The producers of luet- Z QHQ]

als and of lumber have shared their thardshlps. While the average prici- ‘of Manitoba Number One Northern

December, 1929 to 511,15 cents ill Supra-tuber, 1931, the average PYICE‘ of l1.-ad fell from 65 cents per ground in Di-rclnbcr, 1929, to 3.3 c1'!l'.<. . pound in Sepiivluber, 19:11, Between; the same two periods the price ofl zinc 11-11 from 6.0 cnts to 3.707 cents and the price of electrolytic copper from 17,775 cents lo 8.61 Cents. Similarly, the average pl-icrl of “pulp groundwcod numbz-i- 1110-" lns

llcclillvd from $3067 per itou ‘January, 1930 to $2289 uer ‘.\.-u in, lOctpbcr, 1031. 1 The ills-proportion between the prices of rliw Gr partly‘ luulllnuc- lured rommodilics and those of

fully of chiefly manufactured com- ‘modltlcs is now ciiuliulsiung, and tthis is (me of the best proofs that business is rc-cstablishing itself on 11L new level of prices. BCUVPMI .$(‘.I)1€‘11l')('1‘ and (Ytober of 10111, the index number of the prices of ruw ‘and partly manufactured coumioll ities rose from 587 to 00.11. or by more than two full points, ullliic the index 11111111391‘ of the prices of fully or chiefly manufactured com- modities r080 only from 72.7 to 73.0. It is not llllprobllblc that in 103'.’ there will be u stabJizution of com- modity prices at a levcl of between 70 and 75 per cont of the 1926 il-lrlces. All‘l1ll(I_V we have sccn a. rise ‘of the g-cncrlll ludcx number -of gwholcsale prices from 70.0 in Sep- uember. 1931 to 70.6 in November, 11031. This rise, which is also tak- 11mg place 1n many other countries,

wheat declined from 137.8 cents in]

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Mr, Deon Johnson, Fortune 1* All“! was among the recent visitors t0 Charlottetown

The many friends of llll‘. Tilolnlls A. White, son of M1". and Mrs. William A. W11 te, Rollo Buy Centre will regret to learn of his serious ‘liness