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Opponents on the floor of the matters pertaining to the National Legislature, P r e mier A. W. Hospital Insurance Plan. Dr. De- Matheson and Dr. L. G. Dewar war was among the guests who of 0’Leary seem quite reconciled attended a reception held by to each other as they chat over Premier Matheson and Mrs.
Sees Recession Hitting N.S. Harder Than Other Provinces
HALIFAX, -— (CP) — There are signs the current business recession is hitting Nova Scotia harder than any other part of Canada, Liberal Leader Henry Hicks said Wednesday.
At a press conference he said several important industries have closed down, "a disturbing number" of firms have gone bankrupt, others have laid off men and home-building in this Province has not kept pace with the rate elsewhere.
He said plans to build a new steel plant at Montreal “are bound to make us feel a little uncertain” about the“future of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation's mill at Sydney.
He accused Oonservative Gov- ernments in Ottawa and here of “a sense of false security” re- eulting from the party’s over- whelming victory In the March Federal election.
“One cannot help but wonder," he said, “whether the govern- ment of this Province and the appropriate departments of the Government at Ottawa are fully Informed of and in touch with the implications of the Dosco proposal to— start a large prim-
ary steel Industry in the Pro- Vince of Quebec. - “Everything possible should
be done to preserve and develop I steel industry at Sydney."
He called for Government study of Maritime freight rates with a view to relieving mari- time industry of high shipping costs. '
“It is my belief that relatively modest changes in freight rates
‘on primary steel products might
change the whole balance of the steel industry in favor of Nova Scotia as compared with plants in Central Canada."
He said proposals of Acadia- Atlantic Sugar Refineries Limit- ed to build a plant in Ontario may .end all hope that the com- pany will eventually re-open its plant at Dartmouth, N. S., clos- ed -—during,the last war.
Of Industrial Estates Limited, a Nova Scotia crown company set up to attract new industry he said: ‘ .
“On the basis of its present achievements, if I were Premier I would decide itwas not neces- sary. Its functions could just as well be performed by the Pro- vincial Trade and Industry De- partment. .» . .
“Apart from plans for the /re.
location of one or two well-estab- lished industries with in the pro- vince, we have heard very little of any tangible achievements and instead all too much of the discord and disharmony -within the management of Industrial
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ON ROADS AND RAILS‘
KENTVILLE, N. S.‘, — (CP)
—- General manager J. C. Mc- Cuaig of the Dominion Atlantic Railway has a new private car to travel the roads as well as the rails. The vehicle. known as a hy-rail station wagon, carries nine passengers
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Unemployment Figures Given
OTTAWA (ClP)—Active claims for unemployment insurance to- talled 550,959 at the end of May, a drop from 727,252 a month ear- lier, acting Labor Minister Fair- clough told the Commons Wed- nesday.
She said, however, she was un- able to obtain figures of those ac- tually reeeiving insurance ben- efits at that date.
The figures by Mrs. Fair- clough, through not representing actual unemployment, were the most recent to indicate a decline in the numbers of jobless.
The most recent government estimate of unemployment was issued May 21 covering the situa- tion at mid-April. It was esti-
jobs and seeking work at April 19, compared with 590,000 a month earlier and 306,000 in April, 1957. A
Mrs. Fa-irclough said the report for mid-May is exipected to be issued a-round June M.
Of the 550,959 active claims for unemployment insurance at May 31, Mrs. Fainclough said 367,942 were claims for regular insur- ance benefits and 183,017 were for seasonal benefits.
That compared with 495,382 tclaims for regular benefits April 30 and 228,870 claims for seasonal benefits.
mated that 516,000 were without‘
MOMURRAY, Alta (OP)—Res- idents of this northeastern Al- berta community, 250 mile s _l’10I‘tIh of Edmonton, are [excited over the prospect of a gold strike along the Athabasca River 40 miles to the north.
An estimated 70 claims have been staked so far, although fewer than 20 have been re- corded. There is talk of a drill- ing program in the near iuture to detenmine if there is enough gold to bring large. development.
The flurry of interest was started by three prospectors from the United States. who came here last month with in-
said in the Senate throne speech debate that if all the eggs produced by one lobster were were hatched enough lobsters would be produced to supply 25 fishermen for an entire season.
ll! depletion of the lobster fish- ery were allowed to continue un- checked East Coast lobster beds would disappear in a few years.
The fiisheries department was using navvy divers in Nova Scotia in studies to develop better lobs- ter traps. But Senator Clomeau said he would like to see the de- partzment do something to in- crease the lobster population.
Want Lobster Hatchery In N. S.
OTTAWA (CP)— Establish- ment of a lobster hatchery in ‘ Nova Scotia to arrest an “alarm- ing dlelpletion” of the East Coast llobster fishery was urged Wed- nesday in the Senate. - \ Senator Joseph W. Comeau (L—Nova Scotia), :1 fish dealer,
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formation gained from a report on a well drilled for oil in 1910 or 1911. Ilhey obtained the re- port from the driller-and it said a rich vein was found about 900 feet below the ground surface.
The prospectors, Oha-nles Wide- ner, Oscar Lama and C. G. Lama. of Canton, Ohio, staked their claim on the site of the old well, which after 48 years still is flowing su-lxphur water over a steep bank. beside the Ahtbasca.
They were guided to the spot by Edward C l a u s e n, pioneer trapper who was at the site soon afiter the drillers discovered the gold.
Further evidence to support the claims wa-s shown by Milt lvllcDorugall, McMurray business- man, prospector and veteran bush pilot, who took samples of the tailings around the wellsite. He panned the material and said he is satisfied there is enough gold present to warrant further investigation.
“When the gold is visllble, that means it’s good,” he said.
Mr. MlcDougall has staked 12 claims, some of them adjoining the original one.
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1910. Near the 900-cfoot level, the reports say, the drill hit a two- foot vein of gold. A few feet far- ther down, it hit a seven foot vein.
“We won't know until someone
Mr. McDouga1ll. “The gold must have been visible to the drillers at the time and if lt’~s visilble, it’s rich.”
Mr. Clausen said he was at the wellsite in 1911 when the crew was just about finished the hole.
“One of the mule drivers with the drilling crew told me about it, and he said it was quite rich. He added it took the drillers three days to go through the goIld4be«a»ring quartz and at the rate of five feet a day this would mean 15 feet of fiorma=tion."
Mr. Claausen said drilling activ- ity ceased when the First World War started a-nd the country was too remote and inaccessible then to bother developing the gold strike. All members of the drill- ing crew now are dead, he said, except one 92-year-old man liv- ing in the U.S.
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[Power Blackout In N. B. Friday
FREDERICTON (CP) — Most of New Brunswick had a power blackout lasting more than two hours in some sections early Fri- day night as a result of trans- mission line trouble.
R. E. Tweeddale, chief engin- eer of the New Brunswick Elec- tric Power Commission, said the failure started at 6:05 p.m. ADT and was ended in all the affected districts by 8:20 p.m.
He attributed it to a “voltage surge” on a high voltage line be- tween the Beechwood and Grand Lake stations. Lightning was sus-
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“I'm sure the gold is there,” he said, “but it will take money t-o prove it."
Meanwhile, citizens who have staked claims are hoping some- one with the money will become interested enough to start drill- ing.
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