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onan of $9,132,417.00. Total ex- dit was $14,247,731.12. Of the total ordinary —— $10.909,908.12, $5,561,956.06

fund $1 .647,471.83 ($1,738,- $1,575,218.25 ($1,648,338.-

‘elfare and BRabour $1,028.947.72 £$802.900. 00):

‘Education $1,569,344.20 ($1,535,- 00) -

lustice $233,145.94 ($232,390.00):

Legislation $104,804.10 ($97,230- |

0): ‘ rriculture $534,476.66 ($510.840.-

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dustry and Natural Resources $100, 761.71 ($110,620.00):

; ies $30,275.43 ($27,960.00): High \

$1,642,892.07 ($1,448,-

00) : sy lie Works $26,206.89 ($30,700.- , of revenue $648,073.92

= 000.007 : IC $187.068.10 ($179,709.00):

Cold Storage Holdings Given

OTTAWA (CP) Canadian old storage holdings of cream- butter, skim’ milk powder, | and poultry meat were! igher while cheddar cheese and vaporated: whole milk were at Feb. 1 than a year ear- . the bureau of statistics re- Thursday. TiRsidiags of crenabity Gelert sed to 82,375,000 pounds. m 36,290,000, skim milk, powder to 75,135,000 pounds from 67,853.00. cold storage eggs to 102.000 cases from 100.000 and ! meat increased to 4,- 332.000- pounds from 32.970.000. Stocks of cheddar cheese de sed to 43,204,000 pounds from 240,000 and evaporated whole milk to 36.337,000 pounds from

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ONTARIO FLOOD DANGER

TORONTO ‘CP)—Heavy snow- lis in Ontario may turn into worst flooding in memory if the snow melts in-a hurry, flood contro! officers said Thurs- y. Snowfall has been the heav- “since 1947, Misastrous floods on mahy On-| Sari watersheds.

when there were,

bt Passes: B Mi lion,

General government $508,078.23 ($426,280.00).

Wh sales of $85,517.86 and subvention of $40,000.00 the School

$1,801.43. The Cnet Judgement

An extensive program oh de- velopment in and around |

"| Rustico im the very, near future

.- was predicted by Opposition Leader R. R. Bell speaking in the Island Legjslature yester- day

Outlining the proposed plan which would seemingly come from Federal funds; Mr. Bell

modern civic centre in the mid- die of the village. of North Rustico at the road junction. There would be a fountain in connection with the building and | perhaps a monument on, the) grounds. Hon. Mr. MacDonald: whom will the menumest be/ built — to you?”

Mr. Bell: “That matter hasn't | been decided upon as yet.”

TOURIST ATTRACTION

Continuing he said the road would be paved from the village | to the wharf according to Nat- | ional Park Standards. Plans a Frets nce oe of a breakwater for moor- | eaten oe yachts.

.

Mr. | all the land bordering on the | National Parkfhad been bought | from farmers received $400 an acre. He said an American millionaire had bought the whole frontage of ten acres on one man’s farm. It is the im- ' tention of the purthaser to erect ja modern motel on this pro

i “When we get the causeway, |

Rustico will really

of the beauty spots of the North American Continent’, Mr. asserted.

OLD BLUEPRINTS

Hon. Mr. MacKinnon: “You are dealing with blue prints that are ten years old.”

Mr. Bell: “Ten years ago the Liberals were going to pave the

CUT OIL PRICES

LONDON (Reutérs) — British Petroleum Limited Thursday an- nounced an immediate cut in all its Middle East crude oil prices of 18 cents a barrel. This reduc tion is in line with recent crude oil price cuts in the United States | and Venezuela.

Bell Tells Liberals

To Take The

Opposition Leader Bell yester-

day called upon the Island Li- Ottawa in a cringing and brow been on

beral government. “‘To take their | ees ae ot pw)

lawa and thank them for what | they have done—you will.be treat-| there has never been a Liberal! early Thursday morning and was d as representatives of the pro-| government on Prince Edward expected off Rimouski between

vince and not ‘as beggars and complaners."

The debate on the draft ad- teok a stesaup in tempo

s Mr. Bell on several occasions

uested the Speakers to con- the heckling from the gov- ernment benches.

‘Premier Matheson followed the PC -House leader in the debate and it Was long before he pad Frank: Myer: (PC Ist Queens) became involved in a heated ar- gument The Premier adjourned the debate at 5 p.m. The House —

TAKE ADVANTAGE

In referring further to the Pre- mier's complaint of treatment from the Ottawa government, Mr. Bell said ‘““‘The Premier in one breath says he would rather deal with a Liberal government at Ottawa and in the same breath says the Liberals did not give him half a deal. Now we have| a receptive govérnment at Ot- og a—why not take advantage of

.

Mr. Bell said the Liberal gov- ernment on Prince Edward Is- land seems to have.gotten @ rut from 1935-1957. “I can’t biarie them in one sense because they lost their fight and initiative by the poor treatment they re- ceived from the federal govern- ment during these years. We didn’t get half a deal and it end- ed up with Prince Edward Is

ir Beating

\ nen for 8) years, going to

| beaten manner asking for a few}

lerumbs from the rich man’s table’’. as Continuing Mr. Bell asserted

Island that has had it so good from the Ottawa government as seen in relations during the past 18 months, “‘and there has never been a federal government more generous and more co-operative

ernment’”’.

Mr. Bell urged the local gov- ernment to be enthusiastic, co- operative and prepared. He noted that the Island's was the only Liberal government in Canada other than that of Newfoundland but observed that the Island might do well to follow the ex- ample of Newfoundland.

NEWFOUNDLAND DEAL

He said Premier Smallwood put it. over the federal government when he grabbed off $30 million of the four year grant while P.E.I. had to be satisfied with $10 million. ‘Now on top of this Smallwood is asking Ottawa for another $17 million rather than the $7 million awarded by the Macnair Commission and he may get it because he goes about it in a better way than our gov- ernment’, Mr Bell said.

The Opposition Leader made re-

| ference to what he termed “an

astounding admission” in the throne speech where it was sat- ed that\the province had receiv- ed 2'2 milion from the federal treasury. °

“This is the first adrmssion by the leader of the government al- though it was called out and

land, a member of this Con-

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Supply Branch showed a loss of | and recovered $19,102.68.

Rustico Resort =|s Predicted

'said it was planned ‘to erect av

on

~“«| partment, said the vessel was off

to PEI than the Diefenbaker gov-

Fund has a balance of $157,947 after payments out of $5,750.68. The Fishermen's Loan Board advanced $19,590.58 to fishermen

draggers were $47,791.70. loans repajé $48,936.57.

~rf — the

j Toad to Rustico stakes were put ‘e before | election and after ection the

fishermen used | them to mak@ lobster traps. Mr. Bell said he was happy

And Japan Quarrel

to see that 51 miles of the pro- posed paving program of 355 | miles was to be built > te) second district of queens, in- cluding extension of the west river causeway pavement } through the south shore dis- | | tricts and the Milton to Caven- dish road and Mayfield.

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HON. M. L. BONNELL

Hospital Bill Planned Monday

48 Hon. M.L. Bonnell Minister of | Health announced in the Legis- | ature during the tabling of the Hospital Survey report yester- .day he would introduce the Hos- | pital Insurance bill on Monday. |He urged all members to read the -report thoroughly so that they would be able to speak | on the subject when the bill comes before the House.

Through Ice In

QUEBEC (CP) — The Danish freighter Helga Dan, making a bid to become the first ocean- going vessel to reach Quebec harbor during winter, was re- ported off Sept . Hes, Que., early Thursday.

The 5.050 - ton vessel received help from the icebreaker Lab- rador for several hours Wednes- day while she was plowing through raftedice in the Cabot Strait, between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, but has her own since. | Capt. George Gaudreault, ' gional agent for the transport de-

|Sept-les, 330 miles downriver,

9 p.m. and midnight.

Ice conditions in the river are not bad, considering the season, Capt. Gaudreault said, and it is not expected the freighter will re- quire further assistatice. She may

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SIX DAYS OF FOG

MILAN, Italy (AP)—Northwest Italy had its sixth day of zero- visibility fog Thursd&iy and at- tributed at least 10 deaths to it.

jon the eve of Japan's expected / decision today to repatriate part ,of its Korean colony to Commun-}

Danish Ship Makes Progress

re-|'

TOKYO, (Reuters) South Korea and Japan headed toward the possibility of an open clash

ist North Korea.

South Korean envoy Yiu Tai said here ‘‘a conflict seriously en- dangering peace in the Far East” might be touched off if the Jap- anese government today approves plans to send home North Kor- eans among ‘thé 600,000 - strong colony.

Tenseness of the situation was underlined in Seoul Thursday when the South Korean cabinet announced it had reached a “grave decision’’ in the dispute. | The decision was not outlined.

There have been unofficial re- ports in Seoul that the South Kor- ean Navy, substantially more powerful than Japan's, would in- tercept any vessels being used to send Koreans to the Communist North.

TO “SLAVERY”

i South Korean government | has maintained that to repatriate | North Koreans in Japan would. be sending them to slavery.

Guide Returns From Australia

Miss Winnifred Ann MacMillan, arrived home by plane last even- ing from Australit. Winnifred Ann was Prince Edward Island's re- presentative at the International

Girl Guide camp, held in Aus- , 000

tralia last month.

POPE SEES CANADIAN VATICAN CITY (AP)—Msgr.

Leo Blais, bishop of Prince Al- | was received Thurs- |

bert, Sask.. day by Pope John in private au- dience in the pontiff's private library. The audience lasted half an hour.

Quebec Dash

reach Quebec this afternoon or evening. 2 Coastal ships have navigated the river between Quebec and lower St. Lawrence ports for the past two winters but no ocean vessel has made the run to this harbor during this season.

Crapaud Rink Damaged By Fire Yesterday

Crapaud Rink slightly by fire yesterday after- noon, A blaze started in one of the dressing rooms while a wa- ter pipe was being thawed with a blow torch.

The Crapaud Fire Department had the blaze under control quickly. It was necessary to re move several of the aluminum sheets which cover the building in order to get at the fire.

The damage was covered by insurance.

The rink is continuing to op- erate without difficulty. The da- maged dressing room has been closed off until repairs are made.

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain Thursday night fought shy of ap- proving a plan for Cyprus in dependence until the future of “vital British interests’’ on the island is assured.

Foreign Secretary Lioyd. re- plying to questions in the House of Commons, ‘warmly wel- comed”’ the Greek-Turkish plan set forth by the two governments in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednes- day.

But he added there are “num- erous points’’ to he considered before Britain agrees to grant independence to the Mediterran- ean colony.

Britain, Greece and Turkey are considering a conference, start-

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ing here Monday, te decide the 7

Britain Delays Approving | Cyprus Independence Plan .

Lan outdoor picnic Thursday as

basked under the Mediterranean

duled tour of the island and was

final terms for Cyprus’ future. It is still not decided whether Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot lead- ers, including exiled Archbishop Makarios, should be invited.

Strange Quiet

NICOSIA, Cyprus (Reuters)— Governor Sir Hugh Foot enjoyed a strangely peaceful Cyprus sun.

While Greek, Turkish and Brit- ish etatesmen in London nego tiated the future of the British colony, Foot made an unsche-

warmly greeted by Greek and

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Damage estimated at $7,000 Was caused when a stake body International oil truck owned and operated by Robert C. Barwise, City. Imperial Oi! trade rot caught fire yesterday just side Hunter River on a oat to New Glasgow. -.

The fire is reported to have | originated somewhere in the | pumping apparatus and despite | all efforts to extingiush it soon went out of control and became | a raging inferno .

Mr. Barwise was carrying 1,- gallons of stove oil in five 200 gallon tanks. ‘The fact that these tanks were full, officials claim,

serious consequences,

WARNED BY MOTORIST

Assisted by an_ unidentified motorist who noticed the blaze and warned him, Mr. Barwise made every effort to put out the fire with hand extinguishers he carried on the truck

When the blaze went complete- ly out of control, the. heat be came so intense that the hard surfaced road was reduced al- most to ashes in the immediate

$7,000 Loss As Truck Is Demolished By Blaze

|equipment are covered by insur-

| with a converted truck.

Premier Clashes With:

prevented an explosion | which could have had far more |

ONLY CHARRED RUINS REMAIN

ance and Imperial Oil has given assurance that they will have Mr Brawise back in operation today

| bell,

|not immediately known how long

ico Blochiniibe Argentia, Nfld.

HALIFAX (CP) — The United | States coast guard cutter Camp-| my unable to make port at Argentia, Nfld, because of ice conditions, is scheduled to arrive here Friday te take on fuel.

A navy spokesman said it was

the Campbell would remain here or what her next destination will be

Home Set-Up Is Suggested

ST. JOHN’S, Nfid. ier Smallwood Thursday night vised Newfoundiand’s 20,000 log- gers to send the International Workers of America ‘CLC: ‘‘out of the province” and organize a new union of their own.

He offered his services “day and night” to bring this about and suggested they might join with Newfoundland fishermen in one large provincial union.

In a radio and television speech. over a provincial network he said the strike of 1,200 IWA pulpwood loggers against the Anglo - New- foundiand development company

Earlier Thursday Mr. Small- wood made public two telegrams indicating that Wednesday's “threat” by strikers to break inte the Grand Falls jail was a hoax.

ADMITS TO HOAX

i

“is a failure and the IWA itself is’a failure.” ht was the premier’s first pub-|

_|lie intervention in the strike,|#@mitted he sent a

which has beed marked by ten-) sion and violence.

FAILED THE LOGGERS “The IWA ha failed the los-|. gers of Newfoundland and failed the loggers’ families."’ he said. In opinion the FWA never will

aa never can win in Newfound. | land.” '

The premier said the TWA ‘ ‘has | not led our loggers—they have misled them. They have not given leadership to the loggers—they have given them mis-leadership. They have not won the friendship of the people of Newfoundiand— they have turned the people of Newfoundland agaimet them. '

“The vast of our New. TYoundiand people tonight are shocked and horrified at what is guing on.”

Mr. Smallwood said that a few

Members Of Opposition

Fireworks developed between Premier Matheson and two members of the Opposition as the House Leader spoke briefly on the draft address before ad- journment yesterday afternoon.

Frank Myers ‘PC ist. Queens) took exception to remarks of the Premier when Mr. Matheson said it had been reported to him that the Crapaud member had expressed concern that the nom- ination of Party leader Shaw would lessen his (‘Myers’) chan- ces of election next time, sug- gesting that the result would be similar to that held in the Car- digan district when Mr. Shaw

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Overhead telephone lines about 40 feet away from the burning vehicle were burned to a-crisp and had to be replaced and in a matter of minutes all that re- mained of the International truck was a mass of charred, twisted metal. A government snowplow pushed the debris to the side of the road.

Fortunately, the truck and the

and his colleague went down to defeat.

My Myers asked that the pre- mier to identify the time and place where he (Myers) was re- ported to have made this state- ment.

DEMANDS | RETRACTION

When the Premier coptinued on another subject, Mr. Myers

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PREMIER MATHESON

| CCF WANTS PUBLIC LOANS

OTTAWA ‘CP)—-Hazen Argue Thursday described finance com- panies as “legalized sharks.”

The CCF House Leader made

the- charge in speaking. in the Commons. on his bill to limit in- terest rates in’ Canada to 12 per cent a—year.

He said the chartered banks have failed to do a proper job in .the small loan field and urged

lending system.

He said ‘hordes sharks and parasites’’ are charg- ing ‘‘exorbitant’’ and ‘‘fantastic” interest rates. A ceiling of 12 per cent—this now applies only to small loan companies on loans under $1,500—would save tens of millions of dollars for ordinary Canadians.

RULED OUT OF ORDER

At the start of Thursday’s sit- ting, Speaker Roland Michener ruled out of order a motion by A. DeB MecPhillips ‘‘PC—Victo- ria) seeking adjournment of the day's scheduled business for a special debate on the announced suspension Feb. 25 of direct CPR ferry service betwee Vancouver and Victoria.

The motion was supported by

of loan

Turkish villagers

Liberal and CCF members and

‘Legalized Sharks Tag

Put On Loan Companies

rejected by the government side. Mr. Michener said, in effect, that though the question was one of regional importance it was not of urgent national importance, the Commons yardstick for a special debate.

The interest bill won qualified support from Progressive Conser- vatives and some Liberals while other Liberals backed it, whole- heartedly.

The bill was ‘‘talked out”— debated until the 10 p.m. EST adjournment without a vote.

Gabriel Roberge ‘L—Megantic) said that while sympathetic with Mr. Argue's intention he doubts whether Parliament has the com- petence to fix maximum rates on contracts and agreements.

PROPOSES AMENDMENT

He proposed an amendment that would have the question con- aidered by the Commons bank- ing and commerce committee be- fore further action is taken on the bill.

Mr. Argue, who has introduced the interest rate bill in previous sessions, urged that the govern- mént permit a ‘free vote'’on the issue—that is, one in which men- bers could disnegard party lines.

As the government followed a policy of higher interest rates,

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4

weeks ago he sent a ‘“‘consider- able number of level-headed New-

foundianders’ through central! .

and northern Newfound!

where 98 per cent of the A.N_D.: Company loggers work. “They had strict orders from me to-keep their mouths closed and their ears open . the instruction I gave them was simple: They

\jwere to learn what the people. were thinking about the strik e.”,)

The premier also said he also! heard from a great many clergy- men and dozens of “‘decent cit-

WHAT PEOPLE THINK

One telegram was

jto the premier from a Badger,

Nfld. resident. In ‘it the sender hoax mes- jSage to the premier

SDU Debaters Take Decision

premier said, “here is what the’ people are thinking:

1. The loggers must have good strong union.

“2. It would be a disaster for the loggers to be without a good strong union. ;

“3. The IWA is a failure. the strike never should. have been called.

“4. The Great majority of log- gers want to \get back to work.

“5. The premier should step in

try to do something to help the loggers in their plight.” .

The premier offered sugges- tions to the loggers:

“Send the IWA about their bus- iness . . . . write or better still

telling them you are no longer a member of that organization.”

As a result of the surveys. the}

jion. The topic was and

telegraph at once to the IwA|>

“Form a brand new union for,

From Acadia U

St. Dunstan's University de , baters last night won their open-

@| ing debate of the current Mari-

time intercollegiate debating season when they defeated Aca- dia University by a split decis- ! “Resolved that trial by jury is outmoded.” Representing Saint’ Dunstan's and upholding the affirmative side were Robert Fearon, a se2- ior arts student from Minto, N. B. and Richard Fleming, fresh- | man arts student from Chariotte- . town. : Acadia debaters, who opposed

kenzie from Kentville, N.S., and’ Allen Eaves from Wolfville, N.

is

Fish-

Judges were Dr. George and

er, Lt.-Col. L. F. Mac d iCol. A.W. Rogers, ail of Char

lottetown.

the chartered banks became less interested in small loangé* The banks were happy to gearry the | accounts of finance companies! while denying loans to small! borrowers.

A publicly-owned lending sys- tem would provide ‘some ‘real competition’ to -the chartered banks. As well, credit unidns should be given federal charters.

UNREASONABLE RATES

Adrien Meunier ‘L—Montreal Papineau), supporting the bill, said finance ‘companies especially in the car-financing field charge unreasonable rates. Some paid car dealers a premium of 25 per cem on new cars and 15 per cent on used cars when business was thrown their way. Some charged an effective rate of 35 per cent on car financing.

Louis Joseph Pigeon (PC Joliette-l'Assomption . Montcalm) said- advertising practices of sfme small loans companies are “revolting.’’, ‘inaccurate,’ and “misleading.”

“Workers are constantly de- voured by these financia sharks,’ Mr. Pigeon said. More Canadians should deal with credit unions because chartered banks did not fill the needs of the bor-

rowing public.

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OTTAWA (Special) —Ice con- ditions in the Gulf of St. Law- rence —the worst in years —

for the icebreaker Saurel to clear a channel for the car ferry SS“ Prince Edward Island between Port aux Basques and | Borden.

This was the explanation given yesterday by a_ senior Transport Department official for the temporary hold up of the ferry in Newfoundland. _

“The icebreaker has made two recent attempts to get down the river’ to the gulf.”’ the offi- cial said, “but the heavy ice conditions have made it impos- sible.”’

He pointed out that an easing of the ice conditions, expected at almost any time, would en- able the Saurel to open the ;channel between Port aux Basques and Borden.

The official said the Saurel is capable of steaming through the ice, but it cannot carry sufficient fuel to do the job un- der existing conditions. “It just

make it impossible at this time |

Saurel Not Yet Able To Bring Ferry To Borden

thasn’t enough bunkers,”’ he said. It can carry enough fuel for only 30 hours of steaming.

This is understood to be the | reason why- the carferry’ her- self is unable to make her way es Borden.

A railway report indicates |that four Transport Department ice. breakers have been operat- ‘ing in Gulf waters, assigned te the task of ramming through te spots where ships may be lock- ed in helpless immobility. They are the Saurel, Labrador. N.B. McLean and Cornwallis. a doughty foursome complemented by the Carson, with its special ice-breaker bow, broad beam, reinforced framing and increas- ed thickness of steel plating.

AID, FREIGHTER

The icebreaker Labrador was sent to help the Danish freighter | Helga Dan, struggling to get inte the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Cabot Strait. The ship.is trying to reach Quebec City, the first |ocean-going ship to atiempt iim ~mid-wintes ‘

the resolution, were Colin Mac ,