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ens Pinyin?‘ A (lovers Prince Hlward Island ike the Dew . mm

qmnwrrmowu, cannon. saruanav. rsanuxnr s, 192.4

m: o OPEN 0N MARCH

‘ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMING EVENW. MEETINGS. ETC

“Announcements an hen-ted I I cQts par ward

"Borden Rink rogular kate uonday night. L-lls.

"All harnm left for repair-s not called forinﬂlldayswillbesold. S. L Hard? C C0. L404

"Mt. Stewart Club loading hogs ‘hresday afternoon. Ihbruary 0th, please list. D. J. McDonald, 11-129.

"Contract and Auction Bridge at llotre Danae Academy on Wednee. nes, Flebruary 7th. L418.

"Borden Rink Saturdw night Special Bkaie 2% hours ior l5 cents. L-ll7.

"Jimmy's Haartbreakers vs. Nina Mlle Creek Bull Dogs at Alton Arena Rink laturday night. L-liii.

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"The Annual Meeting of the Kingston Farmers - - will b0 held Saturday night, February 3rd, it 7.30. L-ﬂﬂ,

"Playoff games for first place Wlnsloo Huskies vs. Glasgow Road Maple leafs at Milton Rink to- night. - b-lsd

"Annual Meeting of Afton ﬁg Circle will he held at Afton Hall, Monday. February 0th, at '| o'clock. artemus Betta, Secretary, L-Io,

"strayed, Rabbit Hound. tastced hit ear “Rea.” Plnder please noti-

l! Robert Chi-Doll. York. Pusan lim- n-ee "Kllwttm Crystals vs. Brock-

Illd P's-twine at Wilts-bin to- Iitht. League game. Skating with uusic after. 14-182.

"Hockey tonight at Marshfield, liarshfleld Maple leafs vs. Guard- isu Angels tonight, 0 o'clock-big contest. Skate after. L488

"Hockey at hat Royalty to- llliht. Chniottaiown Maple leafs vs Royalty loyab. skate

"The Annual Meeting cd’ tbs Kinkora Dairy Association will bs held on Tuesday, Iehruary 0th at I o'clock. J. W. Farmer, Secretary.

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‘"1110 Annual Beet 0f PNII$ I88 Circle will be he in New lvndon 0th. at

quested. nonus to be paid. I! "Wm! ﬁrst due night.

"North Wiluhirs and Hunter River Clubs loading hem Wednes- ﬂsy foreseen, rhbruary 7th. Prices gtiinto P Il-iistoowith sec-

M- . operative Market-in! board. L-lib.

"We have made several excellent “Mm-I and still have some sood "mi-W! open lor represen- latives. Osll on or communicate with J. A. Home, Ilsa. Bun Lita Assurance Co. Charlottetown. use.

machinery today for the most sweeping parliamentary probe into industrial conditions ever attempted in Canada.

Pmuhmnrua.B£mnmE77" , .mn9t0ss 119 lvccuuy Pmuznrzurraucsnnzzs

Resolution To Investigate Price Spreads Between Producers And Consumers Unanimously Passed.

(C. P. By 01131:;- Speclsl Wire)

nmrswnﬁs ATLANTIC SEABBARD

Maritime S t c a m - ers Limp Into Ports After Experiencing Rough Weather.

OTTAWA, Feb. 2-—The House oi Commons established

With one voice, the House passed e motion sponsored by ‘Premier R. B. Bennett to set up s committee oi 11 members to investigate price spreads between consumers and pro-

ducers.

labor

Instructions to the committee were couched in the widest terms but emphasis was laid on investigation oi mass buying practices by chain and department stores;

conditions in industries; the relation between the

flour, milling industry and the bakeries oi the country and methods oi marketing livestock and animal products of all sorts. '

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WARRESTIN

NFLI]. STAMP RUBBERY

(C. P. Cable by Guardian's Special Wire

evening arrested Gordon Ill-ton and charged him with ocmlllldll’ In m9 “m; log-gory ot Newtoundlandh valuabie air mall starnw. 00mm"!!- orating respective flights across the North Atlantic.

Arrost o! the huddle-IBM B81181‘- proprietor brought the number in police ointody to (our, only one of whom has been committed for trial. Next Monday Percy Ram. John's merchant. will appear for trial on charge of obtaining ﬁlo,- ooo from a l-oudon, England, ool- _ forged stamps. Two others, whose names police withheld, also are held in connection with Weration 0f i316 alleged ring.

Eight charges were laid against learn at first but 1th If‘; figs-ﬂy agreed by Grown au or ea re- duce them in three so the trial might be proceeded with as quick- ly ae possible and avoid unnecess- ary expense to the Colony

Government officials announced an ewert witness leit today for Liverpool to examine reputed counterfeit oacheta circulating in England, when representatives of the tins allegedly operated.

The stamps. marking each oi the

h the north-

On Fact

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HistoricMast D e e t ro y e d

(C. P. C!“ U! Ghldiamh lpedal WIII)

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The flames were visible for many mileeoallandandoutatsegma wonderful spectacle. No cuewas hurt and thewigin oi thsblase waeunknown.

REIURNS WITH

damage was neclisillle ac- cording to reports umidrt but two heavily-laden vessels steamed into 5t John, N. 8., harbw with their cargoes o! coal end reported a bard battle with the seas while crossing the Atlantic. ‘Ihe 1.000401: Bvar- tisen arnprised shipp officials by slipping quietly into port alter s 35—day trip from Grangemouth. Scotland. The Junlcld d 1.850 tons arrived after a 24-day peril- ous voyage from Swansea, Wales. Oi’! the coast of Nova scotia the

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eminent. vessel to carry supplies to lsted communities. Another ice- resker, Mikua, was smashing ica

St. formations in Sheet Harbor, N. 8.,

andkwas expected to continua 1g wor at Arlchat, Richmond County Caps Breton.

both breakers in their eiiorts today but it was expected the hdikula would complete her heavy task tomorrow and then Journey to Cape Breton

Throughout the Provinces a few chimneys were toppled and gs Baddeck in the south section oi’ Victoria County the back wail o! a. lllllll kI-Plze wes carried away, tearing the telephone cable as it struck lleinst the top oi a pole.

May Succeed

Sergeant - at- ‘A rm s Post

(C. P. By Guardian's lpeclal Win)

OTTAWA. Peh. I-—'I‘hs position oi Bsrgaant-at-aruis has not yet been filled and the latest to be named as a llkrly cmnpetitor for the post is Major Milton 1'. Gregg, v.0, od hdohcton, N. n. n is un- derstood that Major Gregg is now onhiswsytoOttawa. Heir a native ct Mountainvale, N. 8., and a m-sduate of Acadia University,

Wolivillslll. Oolngovetseaa as a brlVll-O. reggrecei-vedhiscommll-

llurlru warn

Encouraging Message From The King To Newfoundland.

(C. P. onus)

it is expected the new oom- miaeion form oi government will l" into eﬂect.

Arnulree, head o! the Commission! whose report led to the decision to withdraw self-government, and Bil‘ ldgar Bowrtnghgzwioundland High commissioner .

Prowler Alderdice said he believed up ' ' ‘a ca. would mean a great deal for the rehabil- itation oi his country. adding the! locked for iigliwyod conditions “will:

.3 pﬂmlry _

Ba expremed the belie! his visit

hm, during which he heaped an

audience with the Kins and been

ggtgfﬂlnsd by Prime Minister Ram-

say MacDonald and Cabinet min-

bu“, h“ been productive of much

8e laid he found a very

ma, "elm; hers towards th

people o! Newfoundland. -

gpecialist Re- stores Man ’s Sight

~ later released by robbers who ab-

Daring Raids W ByU.S.Cunmen OnThreeBanks

Sub-machine G—un_s And Pistols Used In Holdups Which Nettedil_80,000

(Chnadiau Pres) (By Guardian's Special Wire)

NEW YORK. Feb, l? p011“- man was slain, three her mm were wounded and loot of approx- imately 8100000 was taken in three bank holdups- in the Eastern United

States and one in Texas today. llbur men armed with submachim guns and pistols fatally wounded policeman Forbes McLeod in rob- bins the Needhsm Trust cOmpQlJ; bank at Needham, Mass, oi $14,- 500. A “ policeman, a i‘ . an: a vsult attendant were woun- e . The largest haul was made at, ve, NJ, wher four gunmen seized bags containing $180,000 and escaped. The money was being car- get?“ into the Pennsgrove National

Another robber quartette held up the Union Trust Co. branch bank at Rochester, N.Y., and neg wit]; bet/ween 810.000 and $15,000.

Six employee were kidnapped but

tsined between $23,000 and 824,000 from the First Coleman National Bank at Coleman. Tex. A farmer livins near Coleman resorted he fed Clyde Barrow, notorious Texas out- law, and his cigar smoking, gurrwo- man co . Bonnie Parker, several hours before the robbery. Working with precision and speed which authoritiu ascribed to “elper. fenced” robbers, two cf the holdup- msn at Pennsgrove trained platen on the bank teller and messenger outside of the Pemmrcve National Bank and Trust company, snatched the packages o! money and fled in

The money, contained in three registered mail sacks and a mail pouch. was in bills a! smell denom- ination. It had been sent last night from the Federal Reserve Bank 1n Philadelphia to the bank here.

hrqlloyees Held Up

Harold Anderson, teller at the bank, and William H. Waddingion, bank lnﬂlﬁniﬂ‘. called ior the mon- ey at the post office. drove back to the bank in Anderson's car, and were preparing to enter the institu- tion whsn they were surprised by the bandits, whose car was parked directly in front of the automobile]

0n Floor

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

OTTAWA. Feb Z——'I‘he Bennett administration gained s Progressive supporter yesterday when A. M. Carmichael, Prcg. Klndersiey. Beak, announced in the House o! Commons he would support the administration on the address and

(o; r. Cable s: coal-sun'- special, l amour. ward, an. a-ueno Watson of Newcastle, as veers old and blind since he was two, looked wcndcringly may on I "Md l"

noovery wes a triumph of modern

h“ nan bu; forgotten. Behind his‘

merry. Wahcnlmthissilhtihﬂgfdlz and radios

qrpcsed proposals for an election this year.

Combines exist in Canada con- trolling pl ucticn and distribut- ion of l0 necessities of life, it. was charged in the House yesterday by Harry Butcher, Liberal member for Last Mountain, Bask. He listed bread fruit, milk fish, coal, cotton, cwnast pulp and paper, asbestos as commodities con- trolled by combines

The Consolidated Companies Act now planned between the Dominion and Provinces should provide mac- hinery to deal adequateb with combines and uneu-upulous stock pl ten, said Mfr. Butcher, "Fin- ancial brigandage” was being im- ported from the United states and sharp penalties were needed to curb "pernicious, immoral practices"

thecarcontsiningtbeothertwon-auk men.

Progressive Member In- dorses Bennett Policies

of the bank employee.

While their victims stood with raised hands and several oi the bunk employee, too unnerved to do otherwise, stared from m; bang’; windows, the robbers grabbed the packages of currency, leaped bum in their maroon sedan and raced‘ away.

Within five minutes, b0 cara were , in hot pursuit, and less than hal! an honi- later, the bandits’ aban-| doned automobile. still carrying its stolen license plates, was found three miles to the east,

As local and state ofiicisls began their investigation, with federal su- thorities pledging co-operation, the, name of Charles A. "Pretty Boy" Floyd, long-sought mid-west dcsq per-ado recently seen in this area was mentioned as a man the oﬂlcers are seeking for questioning.

Bank Oﬂieers Kidnapped

Two bank officers, Arnold Mac- Kintosh, treasurer, and John B. Riordan, teller, were kidnapped and used as shields by the bandits as they leit the bank at Noedham. Riordan jumped from the car as it passed through Needham lquare. MacKintosh had to hold on for his life as the bandits tore through Needharn Heights shooting, as they went, two o! the four ‘ctims. Then he. loo, Jumped on. ,

The policeman, Forbes ‘ was shot through the abdomen and lsgiour timeeasherespondedtn the bank's burglar alarm. He died in s hospital.

Walter H. Bartholomew, ‘lb-year- old vsult attendant, patrolman

H _... ._ “d l coughlin, a fireman, were Haddock and Coughlin critically. Bartholomew suiiered s bullet wound in the hand.

Miss Elizabeth Kimball, MacKln- web's Secretary. 501d the bandits were "dark. foreign appearing men."

Three .45 calibre sub-ma ‘-‘ shells were lound on the floor of a customers room near the entrance to the hank.

lieutenant Governor Gaspar O. Bacon, acting in the absence o! Governor Joseph B. Ily, oiiered two rewards oi $1,000 each for the ap- prehension and oonvictim oi the bandits.

1.:

Of The House

members were not prepared to db- cuss their raolutions and motions. J. S. Woodsworth, leader of the C. C, F., pressed for labor codes for industries making large profits and paying anal] wages; nstioualil- tion of the nickel industry to pre- vent the manulacture of arma- merits and government investin- tion o! "finnndal promuwrs and manipulators "

Inquiry Is Res um ed

SYDNEY, N. 8-. Fbb- l-Rcsultl oi police investigation will be re- vealed next Friday when a coroner's jury rcsumes its inquiry into the death of Raymond Laiiord, 32, oi Grand Grave.

The inquest into the death oi Lef- fcrd, found dying in a snowbsnk near his home, was re-opened today but adjourned again to await an- alysis of the man's stomach. Police,

Tbs Draft Address debate was continued today when private

Reduction Pro v i n c e s

(O. P. by Onrdiads Special ‘IUROWIO, 3b. a-lteduction 0! Canadian Provinces

Of Canadian Urged m,

meanwhile. intimated an arrest might be expected shortly.

Is

lottetown Conference was convened with the object of merging the three Provinces by the sea. Th‘. object having later been lost lilht of in the greater project of Con-

grvater- iumo its ItlpVanWlnler-epoeeofwyaars might very well be aroused to act-

IOth ' “ﬂit-ill and Q l | . ‘m 3:‘. s’... ..:.°r. biieved. lie thovi-t 1291f!“ 0i all interested bodll ﬁll N11"

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The third seniou of Q0 Mud Legislative Assembly the Province will be 0PM“ on Tuesday, March 0, at _3 p.m. by His Honour Lieuten- ant Governor DcBloia. {Ila customary military and ell- er ceremonies will be ODOR.- ed at the function,

‘lheearlyopeningoltilasﬁii isinaceoadaiththe procedlns iollowedunder theBtewsrt ab

‘ministration, which has proved

perticulnﬂy aausraeiory u: r-uui“

Last night's Iaecutive 01m meeting which fixed the scsshnl opening date also authorised a pm- clamstion bringing into eiiect..% minion regulations under tbs 1k! and Canned Foods Act and the Pin Inspection Act.

Mr. AbiJan Bin-m. Lows: Ina-

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