24 Mar 1930
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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1930
Page
1
Citizens confront secrecy as City Council weighs a new water works plan with capital outlay of at least 125000 and 6000 yearly taxes. Water Commissioners warn of fire risk from rising domestic use, while critics urge conservation and metering to curb waste before rushing approval. Public input urged as the council faces a future expansion toward Lower St. Peters Road.
A proposed corporation seeks to establish a Protestant aged ladies home able to pay for board. About 40,000 is available for building and endowment. Plans include using the Cundal Home or trustees of the P. B. I. Hospital as potential partners in creating a subsidized boarding facility. an architect has been engaged but no action taken yet.
Editorial notes condemn a Chicago dinner where over a thousand civic politicians dined at $100 a plate while advances paid to the caterer imply lavish spending. The piece quotes Regina Daily Star on Canadian trade policy and highlights a temperance alliance controversy with Mr E B McLaren’s protest over his inclusion on the alliance executive.
A column rails at the Saunders government over a quarter million-dollar deficit in one year and $1,137,462.71 spent beyond estimates. It blames lax finances on policy driven by former governments, travel by ministers, and weak legislative control, warning of insolvency and rising per-head costs.
A Commonwealth Press volume by Lt.-Col. W. G. MacKendrick discusses cooperative naval policing, war debts to the United States, and the Anglo Israel theory. The review notes the author’s soldierly profile and humor, outlines biblical justifications for the Israel concept, and critiques naval parity and debt settlements, suggesting the book invites reader study.
A historical obituary-essay recalls Colonel W. G. Barker V C’s young start in World War I, his rapid ascent as a gifted air fighter, and his legendary duels with German and Austrian pilots. It notes his 35 years and status among famed aces, from the Ypres front to Italy.
The article criticizes Premier Kings claim that Western Provinces have their resources and Maritime difficulties are solved. It notes Maritime subsidies reassessment remains unmade three and a half years after the Royal Commission, calling the Premier's statement misrepresentation and neglect of duty.
Senator Babineau reported Canada’s 1929 agricultural export figures show higher milk and meat sales but overall declines from 1925 levels. The data cover milk fresh and cream, condensed milk, seeds, animals, butter, cheese, eggs, hay, meats, bacon and hams, highlighting weak farming returns while auto exports rise.
A service club talk emphasizes constipation harms and urges daily roughage in meals and simple bending exercises. It cites clinics reporting high constipation rates and recommends salads onions tomatoes carrots cabbage celery spinach turnips squash oats whole wheat bread bran corn bread along with light exercises to stimulate digestion and bile flow.
The article lists British Trade Commissioners in Canada with senior officer F. W. Fie in Montreal and others in Toronto Vancouver Winnipeg and notes the lifting of cattle embargoes from Great Britain due to foot and mouth disease. It mentions renewed trade relations between the UK and Canada and the Yugoslav government reforms.
A nineteen year old narrator wistfully recalls aging and manhood in verse. The speaker laments a life rushed, longs for a gentler later era, and muses on the slow, elusive approach of old age with cautious hope.
The Montreal Gazette reports Australian Labor Premier Scullin proposes submitting a referendum to the people on abolishing the states. He envisions a central Canberra government for the continent with about 8 million residents. The plan outlines a single national framework, noting Australia as the world’s largest island and smallest continent.
An article discusses Australia’s federal system, with the Senate and House representing states and people. It notes tensions as the Commonwealth encroaches on state rights, mentions Mr Scullin’s push for centralization, and contrasts with provincial and regional autonomy in Canada and Britain.
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