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The Guardian regrets that in publishing Premier Jones‘ reply to nuway proposals for operation of bus and truck services in yester- day’: issue, an important section at the l’.remier'a letter was inad- vertently omitted. It appears in

mu below:

February 82, 1960. W. E. Robinson, Esq., Vice-President and General Man- sger, Canadian National Railways, Moncton, New Brunswick. Dear Mr. Robinson,

Please accept for yourself and lonvey to Mr. F. A. Gaffney our appreciation for the lucid presenta- tion of proposals contained in your letter of February 15th, and for the exceedingly clear and force- ful manner in which the same were presented verbally on Febru- ary 8th and 9th.

The Government of Prince Ed- ward Island is of the opinion that the proposed bus schedules would be a decided improvement if such schedules would not result in a diminution of present services. If the transportation services we now enjoy would not be injuriously af- fected by the proposed schedules. any difficulties surrounding the lattcr’s adoption yvould, I am sure. be readily resolved.

We are, however, not entirely satisfied that such would be the case, and your letter of February 15th, in the fourth last paragraph. points out the difficulty. You state: '

"However. should our pa ,osed im-

Coming Events

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''H°i‘0¢ 38098. Vernon ice. Sat- urday. l‘ah!\II1'!"3th."

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"Hem Racing at Sterniey

Saturday. February 25th. Four classes. Prizes for winning horse in each class.

_“Bonsihaw Isutitutg am to. night at 8.30. "Stars Over Ariz- am" and Laurel and Hardy oom-

y. .

"wiitshirc All Sports vs. Char- lloiteiown Y. M. C. A. Wiltshirs Rink tonight. Skating, after. Canteen service.

"Will the party from Kensing- ion who sent C. 0. D. orders for “-95 kindly .- forward name. Arthur ,Vessey.

"599 Mlluarat, Chapman‘ and 9-Obert Young in that great fea- hlure ‘l-ialcotleas" plus stooges at x MacDonald Bros. Theatre tonight.

"”°¢k0l' tonight’ at Long Creek Rink. Nine Mile Creek Eluiidozers vs. Long Creek geavers. Second game. of finals. ssate after’ game.

“Federation of Agriculture gains. aligglpeque‘ l-fail, Thursday 08. . . Bpocsl speak

be present. ' '

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NIHWIU operations result iafifia and truck operators on the suns routes withdrawing their services. "'9 Rluwly will undertake to pro- tect the requirements of service on those routes by providing the .':2:...‘.“.3 .‘.'“:: *'°°'";° - e pu c nercst y the Public Utilities Commission."

In the period between the de- cline of water shipping and the advent of bosses and trucks, we in Prince Edward Island were peculiarly, with respect to trans- P°"|'-i°fl. debsndenton tbs Cana- dian Government Railways. That circumstance was. for this Prov- ifl“. not an entirely happy one. 1“ ‘"501’ Darts of North America. rails mustv compete vigorously with highways for traffic. w. believe this situation should be permit- ted to continue and expand in Prince Edward Island.

I do not know how sound may be the foundation for the follow. ins extract from the notice of "the Ontario Good Roads Association Annual Convention being held this week in Toronto,-

“Consideration will also be given to the issue raised by the nu. WBYI. to take from our Provincial Government and transfer to the Board of Transport Commissioners, Commercial Transportation on Pro- vincial Roads and Highways."

But I am informed that the Su- Dreme Court of Canada has already ruled that it is within the juris- diction of the Board of Transport Commissioners to regulate rates of motor services owned by railways 0“h°iIIh no machinery presently exists for the administration of such regulation.

Your undertaking to protect the -euuirements »of service deemed necessary by the Public Utilities Commission infers, of course, that the orders of the Commission to which You would so defer would

Cominiasion'a power and authority. Al You are aware, this whole queF' tion of jurisdiction as between the Board of T- r Commissioners and the Public Utilities Commis- sion ia a highly technical legal one, and the Government at this Province is by no means convinced Hill. in the event of your pro- posed schedules resulting in the withdrawal of present bus and truck services. your substituted. schedules would be completely, or It Iii. subject to the provincial authority. Until this doubt is re- solvsd, the Government does not feel justified in either accepting or reiectlnx your proposals.

This Government had hoped that your Company would actively con- sider the co-ordination of existing or improved bus and truck sched- ules‘ with your own rail facilities. I am sure that any proposals you might csre.to make of this nature would receive warm and sym- pathetic conside srlurr.

Yours very truly, J. WALTER. JONES, Premier.

Native of P. E. I. Dies in Ghee Bay

GLACE BAY. N. S.. Feb. 23 - (CP) -— John A. Mcliae, 71. a na- tive of Rice Point. P. E. 1.. and a prominent figure in Cape Breton business circles, died at his home

will here today.

A marine surveyor on Federal Government boats in Prince Ed- ward. laiand in his younger days. Mr. Melisa came to the Sydney steal plant in me.

Two years later he moved to Glace Bay and engaged in the construction business. shortly aft- erward ha ‘ ‘ business for himself. ' '

A keen mortssnan. he was a member of the original Cape Bre-

ugg "ton Boxing-Colnsnission and horse

racing was hb main bobby.‘

Fab. 23-— (AP)-

. Wearing stockihgs on their shoes

and hoodamovar their heads“ gunman ay go an es Ina - ssso.ooo in uninsured jewels in a hold-up at the William 6. ‘Rather mansion. ‘ ~ < I not lfathai-,.lIimseif, Oil-year-old retired board chairman of clove- iand Cliffs-Iron Company slap on .as :1‘. wise seminar and an as

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C1-IARLOTTETOWN; CANADA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1950

, SAS COUNT PROGRESSES IN BRITISH ELECTION gcopejjogeg’Rlgpnfmploymenl: (Ad ‘Is (Increased __

May sriiiup To 100,000 ' Under Befifiis

OTTAWA Feb. 23—(CP)——An ad- _ditional 1 .000 unemployed cu... dians are expected to receive fin- ancial assistance out of the un. empioymen. insurance fund as re- sult of legislative changes given unanimous supporr. today in the Commons.

The changes. providing for special and supplement y pay- ments to the unemployed, also 'will increase the contributions mlde by employers, employees and the Government to the unemploy- ment insurance fund.

The contributions of employers and employees will be increased by one-cent-a-day each. The Gov- ernment will pay one fifth of the total employer-employee contribu- tions. '

Another ch no will bring an additional 90. ‘workers within the Provisions of the Unemploy- ment Insurance Act. At present only workers earning $3.120 a year or less are covered by the act. Under the new legislation the act will ‘be extended to cover workers Iernins $4.800 or less a year.

Workers in logging and lumber- ing industries, hitherto excluded. will be brought within provisions of the act.

The new legislation was explain- ed by Health Miniater Martin. Acting Labor Minister, when he introduced a resolution to a bill providing for the changes.

spokesmen for the opposition groups—Gordon Graydon (PC- Peei), Angus Maclnnia (CCF-Van- couver East), and F. D. Shaw- (SC-Red Daer)—said they would facilitate passage of the legisla- tion but expressed regret it did not provide some solution to the unemployment insurance problem. Mr. Martin said one of the main amendments to ‘the Unemployment Inluxence Act V."i.“-D!£\.'LtiI... tloiiaf protection‘ for unemp oyed workers durins the period a Jan. 1 to March when the rgors of Canadian winters force employ- ment to its lowest ebb.

This year. the payments will start from the time the new log- islation is in force until April 15. 1950. The Government has asked the Commons to speed passage of the legislation.

A complicated formula has been worked out to provide or the supplementary payments.

Blame Alcoholic - Poisoning For Child’: |ie_aiiI

BATH‘; N. 3.. Feb. as - (cm — A coroner's jury found tonight that the death of three-year-old Everett Lloyd was “presumably caused.by alcoholic poisoning". The verdict attributed a "certain degree of iigenca" because of the child hav ng had access to alcohol.

A son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Lloyd. he was found unconscious Fob. if on the floor of his home at Kiioween. eight‘ miles from Bath. A bottle containing a small amount of liquor lay beside him. He died in hospital the next day.

The child's father said— that he and a brother-in-law, Hediey Wright. had bought two quarts of whisky and two bottles of wine. Wright testified that when he arose in the morning he saw the child in the kitchen dsortly be- fore the youngster lost 3&1-

nose. The child's mother said she had put him to bad about 7 pm. and had noticed nothing wrong with him when she got up -at night to get him a drink of water. The coroner's jury made no ecosrunendation, and no charge s buss laid in the case.

G.unsnen‘1G,et B/iigp Haul , “ In Jewels At Mansion,

Police ‘Chief I. L'Est.range of suburban -Bra nahi. where the Mathers live. said the bandits seamed suspiciously famil- iar with ‘tho six-acre layout and so-room mansion on the lake front.

He has obtained the names of fousém or five fman )&atIIer's:r- van because . ta get‘ a- to the home thlilbaln the ‘ser- vents‘ entrance. The last servant to enter last night-at 11 p.Ia4--

she looked the door. l..'lstrsaga plilnbs the men and a bi‘! '

etera"°.l0'1t|usH»tbs robbers sir

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N. 8. Liberal Loses Seat In Commons

HALIFAX. R93. 23 ----(CP) —- Elecuon of Liberal A-ngus Eideirlrln to the Home 0! in the Jame 27 Eiodcral election was de- clared void‘ today by the Nova Sootia Eautpirctme Court. '

P.1’°E1'eosive Conservative George Nowlan. who held the seat before the election. In asked the court to declare the cotton void or else declare him. Mr. Norwlain, elected to the Annapolis-Kings seat.

The court made two decisions:

1-—Mr. mderkin was "not duly elected" to the Axmapolis

Willey

aiding. 2.—-The election of a member

in the Federal contest "was

void."

The decision means that a by- election must be held to fill the

seat. Mr. Elderkln has been sitting as the member during the present sesdon of bhrc Commons.

M1. Efvderkin took his seat after a recount showed him to have s four-vote majority.

Mr. Nouflam, who won the seat in a 1948 by-election, claimed in his petition that same service votes had been included incorrectly in the count ..'fihese votes. he said. should have been counted in the servlccmen's theme ridiings.

W. C. withrow told the court inquiry that the number of un-

qualified voters in the service poll exceeded Mr. E1des'kin's majority. Therefore. he mid, the election should be declared void.

The 1948 by-diection which Mr. Ncvwian won was called following the resignation of. former Justice and Finance Minister J. L. Ilslcy. new Chief Justice of Nova sooiis. Mr. liisley first seat in 1928 and was re-elected at every general election up to and incvludim 1945.

Eight Days For Appeal

OTTAWA, Feb. 23—(CP)—Both sides have eight days in which to appeal the Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling that the June 27 election in Annapolis-Kings is void.

If an appeal is entered, either by Liberal Angus Eiderkin whose election was declared void. or by George Nowlnn, Progressive Con- servative, who held the seat be- fore the election, the case will go to the Suprer-ne.Court of Canada for final decision.

While Mr. Eldcrkin could not immediately be reached for com- ment. it was learned that both parties had indicated previously they would not appeal -the decis-

ion of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

Mr. G. G. Hughes Back From Trip To Scotland -

Mr. G. G. Hughes

Garson Meant Glass Noi Match t Industry Combine

O'i.'l'AWA. Feb. 23 — (GP) — Justice Minister Gsrson said today in the Commons he was , wrong yesterday when he had stated the Government had de- cided to prosecute an alleged price - fixing combine in the Canadian wooden match in- dustry.

Mr. Garson said it has not. yet. been decided whether pros- ccution will be launched Itlinli the match industry. He said he had misunderstood a queotiofl put to him yesterday by Stan- ley Km‘/wies,(CCF —- Winni- peg North Centre). HO hid thought Mr. Knowles was re- ferring to the flat glass and not the match industry. ' .

The aovertiuimentnhsdd gidd- edtoprosocu an on co- fixing combine in the flat glass industry. I

The Minister said he notic- ed his error when the report commons‘ eadings was s for correction.

ranted. its too “in the near an

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Iogin Cousin:-::abk OITAWA. Ex; — (UP) — Canada has been assured by Gen-

eral MacArthur that Japan will Mt‘-Iidlin

._ wonderful trip

Mr. G. Gordon Hughes. member of the Canadian curlers who vis- ited scotiand and several other European countries is bad: in Charlottetown following two months of what he tcrm.ed..'.‘W.as a with s wosnieriful group ‘of men- to a. wonderful

And he mighfh-ave added they made a wonderful. showing both in their ounling and their im- pressions upon their guests. 'I'ahe team of which Mr. Hughes was a m-ember ranked third the Canadian teams in games won and lost and also in shots scored. They were headed -only by teams faicm Northern Ontario and Ontario.

But Mr. Hughes had his‘ great- est success of the trip in Switzer- land. In a. small Alpine town 6,000 feet above sea-level his team won _a two-day bonspiel dofoatingriihc Swiss Champion team in the final. Mir. l~lugIhes Qi0i.lgi‘.'iit higthiy of the open air rinlr at the end ad which were the words in blocks of ice "Welcome Canada." They played in a ten below zero weabher in shi-rt sleeves and were badly sun-

ed.

Team "A" comprising six separ- ate teams from the Domlnrion distinguished themselves in the strathcona Cup matcihcs. They rallied after a slow start to over- come into scotch ice and broom artists and take a majority of 41 shots.

Team ‘'3'’. however, fell down on the job. They too had six teams from the Dominion but were down- ed by the crafty Scots to lose by 71 points. Thus Scotland won the Strathcona Cup by 30 shots.

The Nova Scotia and Prince Ed- ward Island team were members of Team "A". Other players on the two Province team besides Mr. Hughes were Mr. A. R. stealing. Woifville; Mr.. Wallace W. smith. Luncnburg and Mr. W. B. spenmr, Halifax. . .

Mr. Hughes captained the slow start made by the Canadians: "'Ilhe crafty soots made us play test games just after we got off he boat. we were unaccustomed to playing together and they also made us use metal hacks instead of the Canadian dug-in types. As a result we were soon behind by 70

The Canadians swiwoed buttons with every team they played. Mr. Hughes now has a oo-lfcction of 50 pins from varioiu mines played in Perth, Fsikirir. liyr. lldiiniburgh and Glasgow.

Another feature of the Scots hoqoitalitygvas the plains of the phyen onto the ice. "Every game we played." said Mr. Hlldhcs. "We had the pipes." He stated they were banqueted every night. and were provided with emiortairsssenta. st nearly every point they stayed.

This is thesecondyear the an- adians and Scots have played for the Btrathoona Cup. last Year the seats visited Canada.

BIIOIT HOURS HAVE DIIAWIACK

LONDON. Feb. 23-— (AP)——For

ins" opera on ’but'osnads ai- r-dv MI Wroubie with -t Z‘r'."..'....'."°3§'r'e'I.§° r§?"‘l°"n.'é'.i.°§ 3.9‘ *3 “.30 E"“"'“‘ 5" work week. Recently they got it.

lteoen . Raven -Minister i'f'.a.... nasal to tsaiusotion on

ioiporti. at J‘ as hot- which can ‘am sold.‘ me- taiaasi spans" and >,usacnoIe

Today they asked for permission to work 5 1-2 days. They said their wives have been making them do household chores Satur- dag mornings. ‘

aid one worker. "we just can't

stand the missus.”

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-Prince Edward Island, and Victor-

Eleciion Standing‘

LONDON, Feb. 24—(Frlday)— (CP)—Returns from 262 of 625 constituencies in the British elec- tion showed the following party standing, at 1.30 gm. AST.

Labor—159.

Conservatives—98.

I..iberals—1.

C vative-Liberais—4

Doubtful—-363. ’

Night counting will cover only 265 seats, mostly urban. Counting in other seats starts'at 10130 am- (6:30 a.m. AST).

Popular Vole

LONDON. Feb. 24 —(Fir'Iday)— (CP)—'I‘he popular vote count in the British election at 4 a.m. GMT (12 midnight Thursday A91‘)-

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Conservatives Make Gains But Labor Party

Official Claims Victory

LONDON. Fe-b. It -— (trihy) — (CP) —- The Labor Party early today held a 5-to-3 lead over the‘

Conservatives in parliamentary

one-third of Britain. Labor claimed a clear-cut victory but Conservatives refused to concede defeat. .

Returns from 258 of 625 con- siituencies showed Labor clinch- ed 159 seats in the new House of Commons. the Conservatives 93 seats, and the once-powerful Lib- erais, only one. '

Jubilant Labor spokesmen pre- dicted at least a 60-seat. majority

Laibor ........... .. .. 5.807.131 Conservatives s.oos,o79

berals .... ._ 1.033.922 Communlsis

45,051 I .

Gains Summary’

LONDON, Feb. 24 — (Friday)- (CP) — A summary of gains by parties in the British election. based on results at 4 a.m. GMT (12 midnight Thursday AST) from 248 seats:

Conservative from Labor 34. ‘Conservative from Independent

'Labor from Conservative 2. Labor from Independent 2. Labor from Labor Independent

2. Liberal from Labor 1. Conservative-Liberal from Con- servative 2. . Conservative-Liberal from La- bor 2. - Unchanged 200. Doubtful 379.

LEAVES LARGE ESTATE

ITORONTO, Feb. 23-(CP)— An estate of 53.461000 was left by J. 11. C. (Ilt.el-.MIaite; prominent fia- ancier and mining engineer who died Jan. 3, at the age of 61. His will was filed for probate today. Bulk of his estate was in stocks. He was survived by his widow, two daughters and two sons. He

in the new House. They had a 148-member majority in the last onc, which had 640 seats compar- ed \\_'iih the 625 now at stake.

Signs of Gloom

Conservative headquarters show- ed signs of gloom. But Winston Churchill still expressed hope a more pronounced swing to the right would appear when rural constituencies report later today.

Prime Minister Attiee was re- elected to the House of Commons, along with Sir Stafford Cripps. Chancellor ot‘ the Exchequer. Health Minister -Aneurin Bevan and Foreign Secretary Bevin.

Atilee described the results "pretty satisfactory."

At 4:45 a.m. (12:45 am. Friday, AST) he told Labor Party odficials at party headquarters:

“I should say while one never likes to anticipate a result before the finish, the results are pretty satisfactory and the uote is up."

The 67-year-old leader seemed tired, but was in good spirits.

“There will be a Labor Govern- ment in power in, Britain tomor-

row." declared‘ ‘Morgan“‘l’hil-lips, '

Labor Party secretary.

Phillips, the party strategist. said the Labor voEé"would be the highest in the 50-year history of his party. He predicted that

was president of Mining Corpor- ation of Canada, Ltd.

Potato Price

OTTAWA, Feb. 23 — (Special)-— Announcement of government poi- lcy on granting price support to potatoes in view of surpluses of the 1949 crop is expected shortly by Agriculture Minister Gardiner. During the past two days, the Minister has discussed the potato situation in the Msritlmes private- ly with a number of members of large potato-growing constituencies including Queen's and Prince. in

is-Carleton in New Brunswick. While members were reluctant to reveal the substance of their conversations with Mr. Gardiner. they intimated that he had not withdrawn his former opposition to a price support program for potatoes for this year. The door is not yet closed for potato price support however. if conditions in the near future merit such action. Mr. Gardiner spoke of the dif- ficulty in setting down a potato