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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1930
Page
1
The Charlottetown Guardian lists President W Cheater and McLure as Vice Presidents J and Garustt with Secretary Lirot. Editor and Manager D B K Bornen. Associate Editor D M Currie. Yearly price is 6.58 dollars in advance. United States delivery offered.
The piece criticizes the Premier for claiming improved liquor control after a year of failed Prohibition enforcement. It questions the government’s responsibility for the rise of bootlegging and calls for accountability, urging commissions to address the crisis and challenge the Premier’s excuses.
The King Government negotiates a trade treaty with Newfoundland aiming to boost mutual commerce. Canada would grant most favored access to Newfoundland markets for some goods while Newfoundland would subsidize a Gulf service and provide limited tariff concessions. The deal follows earlier arrangements and faces tariff limits that hinder broader gains.
The piece reports on statements by L P Tanton and ex jailer Steele over alleged stills found, with opposition questions about timing and funding. It covers Mayor Fey and Chief Hobbs admitting bootlegging tribute to a party fund, then shifts to spring work, hotel construction, and a Toronto fair surplus, plus civil service growth and salaries. The British Labor party faces election speculation amid coal bill defeat and debates over League of Nations guarantees and military reductions.
Editorial notes that about 25 million pounds of butter entered Canada from Australia and New Zealand in January and February 1930. It suggests the Dairy Council prediction of 50 million pounds imported in the fiscal year is likely to be met.
A railway conductor injured years earlier shows hip pain from old fracture two spinal bones. An X ray reveals a pressuring spinal bone against the hip bone forming a fluid sack that irritates a nerve, causing leg and hip pain. Lying on the left side relieves the pressure and pain.
John Hall Wheelock reflects on silence and the vast night sky as a meditation on existence death and enduring truth. The piece contemplates generations fading yet the heavens remaining altered not at all. The speaker finds glory in the eternal light even as the self wanes beneath the tremulous flames.
The text notes that Prime Minister Macdonald is under great strain and visibly aging from the pressure of his duties, highlighting the toll on his health and leadership.
The Toronto Mail began in 1872 as a Conservative journal under T. O. Patterson, later passing to John Riordan and O. W. Run. It grew in independence before the Empire era began.
Regents Park spans 473 acres with the outer circle carriage drive. The Zoological Gardens cover 34 acres hosting elephants to lions, plus Map pin Terraces and a large Aquarium. Hampton Court, founded by Wolsey in 1515, houses about 1000 rooms and famed gardens including the Great Vine and Maze. Richmond, on the Thames, attracts visitors with its terrace and riverside views.
The two papers merged in 1896 and have since maintained ongoing publication as Ontario’s leading conservative newspaper, a continuity spanning about 35 years. The combined outlet has served as a principal voice for conservative coverage in the province.
The Charlottetown Guardian welcomes correspondence on topics of interest. The forum does not necessarily endorse the opinions of correspondents and invites reader submissions for discussion.
A reader denounces Premier Saunders Draft Address on Prohibition enforcement as a political sin. The tirade cites Tittlebat Titmouse and Warren’s Ten Thousand a Year to lampoon Liberal faction leaders including J. E. Sinclair Senator McArthur Lea Jenkins and others for their stance and future accountability in the province.
A descriptive visit covers Windsor Castle as the sovereign’s summer residence with St. George’s Chapel and the State Apartments rich in Rubens and Rembrandt works. It notes the Home Park and Royal Mausoleum near Frogmore, and references Eaton College and the Prince Consort’s memory.
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