------ YEAR 88; No. 3841, aS ARIAS ALLEN A VIRGIN PARADISE KINGSTON, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 1921, THERE ARE 631 CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR 235 SEATS Leaders Face Three-Comered Contests--How Forces. 1 Line Up In Each Province--Everywhere \ a Fight. The eo, Nov. 23.--Canada now W8 "who's who" in the line-up for varMamentary honors. The candi- dates were named officially yesterday and the campaign is in the last and | hottest stage. If the election, because | -- of the long period between dissolu- tion and polling day, has not yet ap- pealed to any great extent to popular imagination, it has at least stirred \ the parties, fot never in general elec- tions have there been so few acclam- ations. | Not all ridings in Canada had re ported their mominations at a lata hout last night, but so far as the 'e- spatches show, early this morning there is but one acclamation. That occurred by technicalily rather than (consent, In East Hastings BE. Gus Porter, Conservative candidate, is de- clared by the returning officer to have been elected by acclamation on] the ground "that the qualification pa- pers of the Progressive candidate, A. D. McIntosh, were not properly made ott. This decision is likely to be chal- lenged by the Progressives. Plethora of Candidates. All three party leaders have to battle against two opponents. The Liberals of Manitoba at the last mo- ment entered Libéral candidates against both Mr. Meighen and Mr. | Crerar. In North York Mr. King Is opposed by both Conservative and Progressive.' Few men who were chosen by conventions withdrew at the last moment. The total number of candidates far exceeds that in any previous election. In the mine provinces 631 candi- dates are in the field for 235 seats. This may vary one or two in "he final returns. Of these the government have 211 candidates, Liberals 202, Progressives 144 and Labor and In- dependent about 74. For the first time in history women candidates make their appearance in a domin- don election, and five have been nom- inated, representing different polit!- cal opinion. Three of them are in Ontario--running as Liberal, Labor and Progressive. Ai ORE 1s 'in Mon- treal and one in Winnipeg. Miss MacPhail (Southeast Grey) i§ the only woman candidate in a rural con- stituency. No woman is running as a Conservative candidate in any part % In Ontario--recognized as the bat- tieground in the contest--the gov- ernment has a candidate in every rid- ing, except Prescot: and Russell. The Liberals have 66 and the Progres- sives havé about 70 when their Labor allies are counted. In old Quebec every riding has a Liberal candidate The Conservatives had put 51 in the field, the Progressives 17, and Labor | and Independent 33. Down by the sea there is a contest in every riding as there is on the prairfes and oun the Pacific coast. / In the 31 seats in the maritime provinces the Consérvatives have 28 candidates, the Liberals 30, and the Progressives 13. It was expected that the Progressives would have more candidates in this part of Canada. ¥n British Columbia the government has 10 la candidate in each of the 13 rid- ings, the "Wiberals 11, and the Pro- gressives seven. For the 43 seats in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta there are 123 candidates. Of the 43 the government is tackling 39, Lib- erals 31, and the Progerssives 37. There are 16 Independent and Labor candidates. - Everywhere A Fight, With three, and often more parties represented, the electoral battle has assumed features entirely new to Canadian' political campaigns. _In many cases there is no' Conserative in the field, and yet there is a hot campaign. In others there is no Lib- eral, and yet a stiff fight. In Ontario, In Russell, Prescqt and North Water- loo there are no Conservative candi- dates. Liberals in each are opposed by Progressive or Labor men. Never before, either, have so many members of a dissolved parliamen! tailed to be candidates for its suc- cessor. In Ontario there are 23 mem- bers elected in 1917 who are not candidates in this election. 'In Que- bec only two or three of the las members have not been renominated. In the maritimes some members fade from the political horizon because of appointment to permanent positions In the west several Progressive mem- bers failed to carry their conventions for this electioy, and numerous gov- ernment supporters, apparently fear- ing the consequences, have been con: tent to be known hereafter as ex-- of the dominfon. M.P., without showing signs of fight. ONLY. THE FRONT TOWNSHIPS CHARGED WITH HIGHWAY The Ontario Railway And Municipal Board Decides to Re- lieve the Back Townships From the Provincial Highway Assessment of 1919. er, and this opinion is applicable to At the Wednesday morning sitting of the Frontenac county council the award of the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board which recently sat at Kingston for the purpose of hear- ing the appeal against the award of the chief engineer of the Department of Public Highways, in apportioning the cost of $14,485.36 against the County of Frontenac, was read. The board decided that the cost of the highway, which was constructed in 1919, must be paid' by the townships of Bedford, Portland, Loughborough, Storrington, Kingston, Pittsburg, and als the village of Portsmouth. This award does not cover the ex- penditure of over $87,000.00 in' 1920, which the chief engineer apportioned : against the county as a whole. It is quite likely that the county council will decide to appeal the de- cision of the boards, The judgment is as follows: "These are the appeals by the county of Frontenac under the Pro- vicial Highway act against the ap- portionment of the cost ob certain ex- penditures made in the townships of Kingston and Pittsburg by 'the De- partment of Highways under that act. The expenditure was made in respect to work done in these townships be- tween the 31st of January, 1919, and 31st of January, 1920. These ap- peals were by Spuzent heard togeth- : each. The amount apportioned is $14, 485.36 of which $11,929.94 was expended in the township ship of Kingston under the Provincial Highway Act. On the 15th of Aug- ust, 1918, a highway in the township of Kingston extended from the west limit of the township to the city of Kingston and théretofore a suburban road, wak designated, and assumed as a provincial highway; on the 23rd of May, 1919, a highway in the township of Pittsburg, formerly a suburban gad extending from the village of Barriefield {0 the east lim- it of the township, was designated and assumed as a provincial highway. The township of Kingston section is approximately eight miles in length, and the township of Pittsburg section is twelve miles long. The above ex- penditure being thirty per cent. of tha total amount expended by the de- partment during the above period, have been apportioned wholly to the county of Frontenac by the engineer the exercise of his powers under e act. The Provincial Highway act is ap- plied on this application as it stood before the amendments introduced by Geo. V. C. 27 Section II of the act lays down in general terms a basis of apportionment declared by the corporation of the municipality in which work of construction or repair and maintenance is carried out shall repay to the province thirty per cent. of the expenditure made by the department within 'each municipal- ity: municipality for the purpose af this appeal meaning local muni- cipality . This general proposition is followed by a number of provis- ions, some of which lay down other 'bases that the foregoing for appor- tionment among the municipalities in which work has been doné, some of which leave the matter to be de- termined by the engineer as he shail deem just and expedient, and some again unde: specified circumstances. authorize the bringing in as contrib utories local municipalities other than those in which' the work is done, while still another provision empow-' ers' the exgineer to apportion thesex- 2 Th Efisare inane ven of: Pittsburg and $2,555.42 in the town- | county' .penditure in whole or in part to the | county if deemed by him just and eq- | {uitable. In this case the engineer | as above stated, apportioned the | whole of the locally~chargeable por-{ tion of the cost of the work to the county. Not Benefited. "The evidence submitted has sat- isfied the board that the townships | other than those which through the | council of the county have taken ad-| vantage of the provisions of The | Highway Improvement Act to adopt |a plan for the improvement of the highways tliroughout the county, are not benefited by the provincial high- ways in question here. The evidence | warrants the conclusion that while | the shipment of the products from the northern townships is by rail chiefly east and west from local ship- | | ping centres, the vehicular travel | from those townships over the im-| proved highways in the County of] Frontenac is negligible, convenience | determining such travel towards | | Tweed and Napanee on the west and | {towards Perth and Smith's Falls on [the east. The two island townships] |are so isolated that their participa- | tion in the benfits of the system of {improved highways is reduced to the vanishing point, while the cost of fer- rying imposes on the residents a spe- | cial burden Reculiar to their situa- | tions. The abstention of the north+ ern and island townships from co- {operation with the other townships | of the county is confirmatory proof that they get no benefit, and expect- {ed none from the plan for improved highways, and in this the othér town- | ships seem to have acquiesced and worked out their application of the Highway Improvement Act on that assumption. "On the other hand, in view of the policy of the Department of 'High- | Ways, as declared in the ravelant leg- islation, and by administrative acts, |and in view of the interrelation of | the provincial highways with the im- {proved highways of various classes | constructed withigs the county | through the Copies of the De- | partment of Highways and the coun- ity, the board does not think that the {entire cowt of these provincial high- ways should be apportioned against | the townships of Kingston and Pitts- jours in which alone this work has been done. The six townships, Bed- ford, Portland, Loughborough, Stor- rington, Kingston and Pittsburg, with the approval and financial co- operation - of * the * province, - have through thejmedium of the county council joined together under epabl- Ing legislation to adopt a plan of im- proved highways within the territory comprising those townships. This action seems to recognize .the. exist- ence of"a community of interest be- tween these townships which has moved them to latnech this joint en- terprise for their common benefit. Is Not a Reason, "The board does not think that the action of the legislature in mak- ing grants from time to time of money to the municipalities forming the northerly group of townships un- der the Colonization Road Act, is a reason for apportioning against them or any of them, any part of the ex- penditure in question on this appeal. A perusal of the latter act shows that although the principle of co- operation between the province and the local municipality to be subsi- dized is feebly invoked: the main purpose of the act was and is to en- courage the building of pioneer roads in unsurveyed or unorganiked portions of Ontario' of 'through un- 'occupied or sparsely occupied dis- tricts or through districts unfit for cultivation or settlement.' Such a policy adopted of necessity by the legislature, and acted upon from early days, has little in common with the highway policy discussed upon these appeals. The latter, is a mod- ern growth in the province and was first evolved and sought to be applied 80 recently as twenty years ago un- der legislation passed in the year 1901, and was no doubt a response to the demand for better roads, aris- Ing largely out of the phenomenal development of the motor driven car and its application te various farms of traction, . "It is clear that the system of provincial highways is a further de- velopment grafted on the several ccunty roads systems of Ontario and designed to be of general advantage to the province, and is so regarded by the legislature and Department of Highways. This being so, in view of the foregoing, upon the material be- fore it, the board has reached the conclusion that the expenditures in question should, subject to what fs said as to the village of Portsmouth, be apportioned between the six town. ships which have taken advantage ot in the exercise of his discretion has]. objections to an adl-l aglia- | ent 4s well as the suggestion that UF.0. PAPER NOT CORRECT And E. Gus Porter Elected! By Acclamation in West Hastings. Belleville, Nov. 23.--E. G. Porter, K.C., of this city, is elected by ac- clamation in the West Hastings rid- ing and the nomination papers of A. DD, McIntosh, Stirling, who was the Farmer-Labor candidate, were de- clared improperly made out at the nominations which took phce at Trenton yesterday. This declaration was made by Hugh Wiggins, Mar- mora, who is the returning officer for West Hastings. The opera house in Trenton was well filled with ratepayers wha cheer- ed the announcement of the return- ing officer. The meeting was then adjourned for half an hour when Mr. Porter, member-elect for West Hastings, an- nounced he would speak. Mr. McIntosh inquired of the re- turning officer wherein Ris. papers had been wrongly ma out, He was informed that the signatures of the affidavit were incorrect. The announcement of Mr. Porter's election by acclamation came as a complete surprise to all. Returning officer Wiggins said that under the circumstances he had no other recourse than to refuse to accept the nomination paper of Mr. McIntosh, and no othet momination papers being offered, tb deelare E. Guss Porter, K.C., elected by acclam- ation, CONFERENCE RESUMES ON IRISH QUESTION British Government Suggests | That Ulster Be Let Alone Temporarily. London, Nov. 23--The first formal conference between the governm- nt representatives and the Sinn Fein ince meetings between the Ulster tabinet and the British cabinet was held to-day at Downing street. The government presented various alter- native proposals for meeting Ulster's ; lia~ Ulster be let alone temporarily while the rest of Ireland receives fiscal au- tonomy. The Sinn Fein strongly objects to any proposals which would leave Ulster out of the all-Ireland sys- tem. Thus, to-morrow, it appears, that Lloyd George will 'have to in- form Premier Craig of Ulster that the Sinn Fein will not concede this | point. FIVE WOMEN ARE SEEKINC SEATS Three Contesting Constituencies--Two La= bor and One Liberal. Toronto, Nov. 23.--Canada has five women candidates for parliament ---three in Ontario, one in Quebec and one in Manitoba. Here in Toron- to' Mrsy Mector Prenter has entered the lists in" Toronto West as a Labor candidate against H. C.{Hocken (government), and Colonel A, T. Hunter (Soldier.) ad Mrs. Philip Kiely is running in Fast Toronto as a Liberal. In Grey county, Miss Agnes Mc- Fhail, a Crerar candidate, has set the heather afire, ' In Quebec the sole woman candi- date is Mrs. Rose Hbpderson, well- known as a social worker who has entered the fight in St. Antoine div- ision (Montreal), where Hon. C. C. Ballantyne and Herbert Marler are lined up as Conservative and Liberal candidates. Mrs. Henderson jg run- ning on the Labor ticket. In Manitoba Mrs. John Dick has announced herself as an Independ- ent candidate in Centre Winnfpeg: The chief planks in her platform are better legislation for ~ women children, lower tariff and betterment of the returned soldiers conditign. Mrs. Dick was a candidate in the last provincial.election and was eleventh" in a field of.forty-two, of whom ten were elected to the legislature. Whitby man died from injury sus- tained while helping at a fire. the Highway Improvement Act to es tablish a system of county highways, namely Bedford Portland, Leugh- borough, Storrington, Kingston and Pittsburg, and that the apportion- ment should be on the basis of the last equaliz assessment of these municipa Portsmouth Held Liable. > "The village of Portsmouth is pe- culiarly situated and seems to call for special treatment. It is an urban municipality adjacent to the western limit of the city of Kingston. It has faccess either directly or by way of the city streets to the improved highways in the county, whether county, suburban or provincial, It makes not contribution tu the system of county roads, nor as an urban munitipality it is rated for the lat- ter in respect of the thirty per cent. of the cost' imposed upon the coun- ty, relatively to the provinefal high- ways here in question, it is located so as to be able to take advantage of them quite as fully. as some of the townships above 'charged, and fit seems to the board that it should be made a contributory * also on the basis of its equalized assessment. *An order in each case will issue in accordance with the fore-going. There will be no costs to either par- ty, but the county will pay ten dol lars In law stamps each order. "q Ye me "D. M. McINTYRE, "Chairman" 2 in Ontario war] Che Daily British Whig LAST EDITION. WASHINGTON IS GAY WITH UNION JACKS Any Anti-British Demonstra- tion Would Evoke Repres- sive Measures. Washington, Nov. 23.--To Cana- dians who are residents of U.S. cities a pleasing novelty incidental to the Conference on the Limitation of Ar- mament is the promigcuous display of the British flag in Washington. With the flags of the other powers represented at the big international meeting, it hangs from all of the pub- lic buildings and is a prominent fea- ture of the decoration scheme of hun- dreds of stores and private houses. "It was worth coming down here just to see the old Union Jack fly- ing," said a member of the New York Canadian Club the other day. He had run down to Washington to get a close-up view of 'he conference, The 'free display of the British flag and the sentiment of friendliness to- ward the British Empire which was reflected in this hanging out of Brit- ain's banner appeared to be the fea- ture of the gathering which impress- ed him most. "Back in New York," he added, "I have not seen the' flag for several years, except at the Can- adian Club." PRINCESS MARY T0 WED VISCOUNT She Is Twenty-four and Vis- count Lascelles Is Thirty-nine. London, Nov, 23.--The betrothal of Princess Mary ,only daughter of King George and Queen Mary, to Viscount Lascelles, was announced last evening. Canadians will be keenly interest- FRINCESS MARY A A A A A i ed in this royal betrothal, for many of them met in London during the war, on occasion to their presenta- | tion to the king, this charming and {only daughter of the reigning sover- | eign, And there is the even more in- timate connection that for the four- year . period, 1907-1911, Viscount Lascelles served in Canada as A. D. C. to the then Governor-General Earl Giey and as "ich came into intimate contaet with people all over the dom- inion. He is the eldest son and heir of the Earl of Harewood, a creation dating from 1796, and was born in 1882, being thus fifteen years old- er than the Princess Mary, who was born in 1897. Creates Much Praise, Londdn, Nov. 23.--The morning newspapers express satisfaction with the bethrothal of Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles. It is empha- sized that there would have been general disappointment if she had married a member of foreign royalty. Her choice, says one newspaper, will suit the democratic and romantic instincts of the British people and modern views of monarchy, 297 Divorces Were Granted in One Day London, Nov. 23.--A new high re- cord 'was made in the divorce court here yesterday, when Lord Justice Sir Henry Duke made absolute 297 decrees nisi--the highest number in any single day in the courts in this country. This record grist of cases is the sequel to the big rush to clear off divorce cases which was organized by the Lord Chancellor in April and May last. : There are nine victims of the riot- ng in Berlin, The North York Liberals deny ask- ng Bulnaby to quit. . » Do For Kingston "Give me the next five years and I will bfing here the ter- minals that will bring here ald keep here the great grain busi- _. mess." 2 ; % 'This statement is from J. M. Campbell's nomination speech, appealing for election as King- ston's mémber, 'made by Mr. McMillan, BIG ROW AT HARROWSMITH; CROWD RUSHES PLATFORM Hon. Dr. J. W. Edwards And R.J. Bushell Have An En- counter-Mr. Bushell's Face Scratched----Nomina- tion Meeting The liveliest kind of a time featur- ed the Frontenac. nomination meeting held at Harrowsmith on Tuesday afternoon, when Hon, Dr. J, W. Edwards, minister of immigration and colonization, was nominated as the government candidate, and Wil- liam 8. Reed, farmer of Harrow- smith, was nominated es the U.F.Q. candidate. | Robert J. Bushell, and Dr. Ed- wards had a clash, the meeting was thrown into disorder, and there was a near panic. Mr. Bushell occupied a seat on the platform. Some words passed between Mr. Bushell and Dr. Edwards and as the two came close together, the people in 'the hall crowded around and pandemonium reigned for ten minutes Seats were knocked over and friends of both Dr. Edwards and Mr. Bushell crowded to the platform, Several women occupied seats on the plat- form and they had a close call from | being trampled on. In the melee, it is claimed that Dr. Edwards' fist came in contact with the side of Mr Bushell"s nose which was scrached. Feeling ran very high all through the meeting. Rode the Doctor Hard. James Sprott, Cataraqui, was the chairman, but he was unable to keep order. There were three speakers, Dr. Edwards, W. S. Reed and J. R. McMillan, Huron county, who spoke | for the U.F.0. candidate, It was agreed that Dr. Edwards should have ar. hour, and the U.F.O, speakers the same amount of time. Dr, Edwards got through his address without any serious trouble, but the audience 'rode' him very hard throughout and several times he had to stop his speech and wait until order had been restored. The small hall, which seats but three hundred people, had over five hundred people jammed into it, while a crowd of about two hundred people 'were left on the outside. Dr. Edwards was interrupted with questions every , i wer poor a 0, be we SRE in ae Sha att ab that he got a better hearing than did Mr. McMillan, for the farmers. Mr. Reid, the candidate, only spoke a few minutes leaving the big task to Mr. McMillan. How the Row Started, The big row occurréd when Dr. Edwards arose to reply to statements he having heen granted fifteen minutes, accord- ing to arrangements made before the meeting started. Dr. Edwards start- ed to speak, but he was greeted with cries of' "sit down." It and Mr. Bushell clashed. The two were jostled together in the eérowd | that jammed on to the platform, and ! it is claimed that fists were used, but a Whig reporter who was on the op- posite side of the platform, could not say if this is true or not, The reporter had all he could do to save | his note book, overcoat and eap, and protect himself from the crowd that swarmed onto the platform. "The rushes held by Queen's students in the olden days had nothing on the rush that was made for this platform. It was ten minutes before gny kind of order was restored, and then Dr. Edwards made a statement saying that he was sorry for what had oc- curred, but that he could not be classed as'a man with red blood in his veins had he not defended him- sell from the attack. Mr. Busheil did not make any s'atement to the audience. r A Political Hotbed. If the feeling of this meeting can be taken as a criterion, then Fronte- nac county must be a regular politi- cal hotbed at the present time. Re- sidents of the county state that not in forty years has there been such a bitter contest as. is being waged throughout this riding at the presemt time. All through the meeting, the chairman did his best to keep order, but feeling ran so high that a large section of the audience could not be prevailed upon to bequiet, and allow the speakers to have the floor. At che stage, one man rose in the audi- ence and appealed to all present to give the speakers a fair deal. "We have come here to listen to what the speakers have to say," he said, "and I would appeal to you to let them 80 on." Quiet wogld be restored for a time, and then would come the interruptions again. The whole affair was a most re- grettable one. In fact a great many Of those present expressed their fees ing In this way to a Whig represen- tative, Opening of the Meeting. All roads Jed to Harrowsmith for the meeting. Even the snow storm or more, | was while | this uproar was on, that Dr, Edwards | Very Noisy. after 12 o'clock, and the speechmak- {ing was under way by 12.30. The {hall was filled te overflowing in a very short time, James Srott, Cat. araqui, returning officer for the county, presided, and announced at the opening that Dr. Edwards would speak first, and would be given an hour. W, 8S. Reed, the U.F.O. candi- date, and his speaker, J. R. McMillan, Huron county, would follow, and they would be given an hour betweer them, Dr. Edwards said he was ready ti' defend his actions in and out of the house of commons during the thir- teen years he had served as member {for Frontenac. He was also ready to defepd the government of which e was a member, He declared that {there had been a great deal of mis- (representation in this campaign, and that it was time to get down to facts. ' | There had been misrepresentations about the public debt of Canada, and the speaker went into figures, The [government had been charged with extravagance, and bad handling of {money of public funds, He said that not one dollar had been added to the {public debt of Canada from 1911 up | to the present time, other than to {meet the country's obligations, and | the extra expenditure jncurred by the | war. " i | Carefully Handled. | Dr. Edwards declared that the ex- | penditure of the country had been {carefully handled, and said that the | i ! public accounts committee composed ° {of men on both sides of the house | had no adverse reports to make, not {even a minority report against the | expenditure and surely would not | this corroborate his statement that {the money had been well handled. Big sums of money had been voted. i No person would deny that it re- I quired more money to run a business | today than it did a few years ago, {arid it was the same way with the | gevernment. The expenses of the government increased just the same vidual, Lah. was in- | terrupted by Mr, Bushell, who asked |a question, whereupon Dr. Edwards stated that an agreement had been Iimade that he was to speak an hour, and"that he should not be interrupt- ed. He did not wish anyone to be blowing their horn, while he was {/y- ing to*blow his. He would be {uite willing to answer .questions 'at th? ciose of his address. Attacked U.F.0. Government. Dr. Edwards attacked the U.F.O. | government at Toronto, He said one of the planks in the U.F.O platform . was that party patronage should be | abolished, but thjs had not been :zul- filled. The speaker. criticized Hon. Mr. Biggs, for giying a contract for motor trucks to a friend, the provin- cial treasurer, for sending personal | fridnds to the old country to promote sale of bonds and for spending $100 - 000 in picture films. The speaker { also eriticized the U.F.O. government ! for expenditures in fitting up build- {ings at Toronto as apartments for { members of the government. Fault had been found with Hearst gov- | ernment for mapping out four hun- dred miles of good roads, yet this {new government had greatly increfs- ed its road programme, with enorm- , ous expenditure. This all came from | a government that was supposed 8 ibe the champions of- the farmers. | Dr. Bdwards also attacked Mr. Crerar and the United Grain Growers stating that the sworn s ent of i Rice Jones, general managér of the company, before a commission show- ed a profit of 21.06 per cent. on sales in machinery, This was a company | presided over by Mr. Crerar, who | the speaker claimed, had not been a | farmer for twenty years. And yet | he was head of & party supposed to be looking after the interests of the ! farmer, Dr. Edwards elso linked Mr. Crerar up with a New York export | compariy, which had made, according | to sworn evidence, profits to the ex- | tent of $630,000 in one year, on-a- jcapital investment of $100,000, was it any wonder that at the last session | members had asked for an investi- gation into this? Why had Mr. Crerar feared an investigation If his ! skirts were clean? If all had been well, Mr. Crerar could no} have had any better campaign literature, Good Work at Oitawa, "And what has the government at |Ottawa done for the farmers?" ask- ed Dr. Edwards, "I make the'chal- (lenge that from 1911 to 1917, the | government at Ottawa did more in {ne interests of the farmers of the dominion of Canada, then all the {goveriments at Ottawa since con- | federation. ! "What part of Canada?" sald a that set in during the morning did {voice in the audience. a not dampen the spirits of the county folk. They made the trip by horse and buggy, nomination papers were filed shortly Continuipg~ Dr, Edwards stated that last year the government at Ot- autg, and by train. The tawa expended over five million dob - . (Continued ou Page 12.) A BG ra a