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Consider Trying European Oysters In The Maritimes

OTTAWA (CP) — The federal fisheries department is consider- ing the introduction of European oysters in Maritime waters the fisheries research board was told here Wednesday.

The step may be taken in an effort to create an oyster fishing industry in areas where clam fish- ing has been seriously depleted. The information was contained in a report presented the board's an nual meeting.

A fisheries official said the de- partment has found it impossible to devise methods to restore clam beds. The depletion of the beds has occurred over a period of years and is due to the fact that young clams are accidentally kil- led by fishing methods.

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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew.”

Fire Destroys Dwelling Of Alfred MacPhail At Bonshaw

An hour and a half after smoke was discovered coming from the dwelling of Mr. _Alfred MacPhail, Bonshaw, a pile of smoulder- ing embers was all that was left to mark the spot where previously a seven roomed dwelling had stood. The fire started some time between nine and ten o’clock yesterday morn- ing while Mr. MacPhail, the only occupant of the house was a short distance away at the village store.

Mr. MacPhail said he could not offer an opinion as to how the fire started. He had had a fire going in the kitchen range from 7.00 a.m. and as was his custom on many other occasions, had left it burning while he was away from the house.

‘Willing neighbours quickly ga- thered at the scene of the fire but lack of fire fighting equip-

ment made it impossible to save the building. Considerable furni- ture was salvaged from the home but a quantity of cash. between $250 and $300 which was in Mr. MacPhail's clothing in the up- stairs of the house was lost. There Was some insurance.

Playing a valuable part in pre- .

venting the fire from spreading to nearby adjacent buildings was a group of volunteer firefighters from the Village of Crapaud. The Crapaud boys arrived on the scene with an auxiliary gasoline pump

and with a four hundred foot line i

of hose laid in the river were

able to keep a stream on the ad- ‘

joining buildings. This no doubt prevented a more serious loss.

Mr. MacPhail who is unmarried runs a meat business and occu- pies a stall in the City meat mar- ket each market day.

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A Most Favourable Year

The following is a review of the Fisheries of Prince Edward Island for the year 1956 prepared by District Protection Officer L.C. Johnston The figures quoted in this summary are taken from prelim- inary reports and are subject to change when final returns are completed for the year.

The year’: operations were very satisfactory. Most all the import- ant varieties show substantial in- creases in catch and landed value, as compared with the previous year. The increase in the catch amounted to 47.616 hundredweight, with an increase in value of $605,- 537.

The total quantity of all fish landed during the year was 406,- 940 hundrelweight with a landed value of $3,742,085, as compared with 359,324 hundredweight land- ed in 1955 valued at $3,136,548.

LITTLE LOSS

Weather conditions during the year were good for fishing until the fall months when, as is usual, windy weather. hampered the groundfishing operations of the inshore boats along the north and

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eastern shores. There were no very heavy storms. consequently there was very little loss of boats and gear.

The fleet of small draggers oper- ating out of Souris had a very giod year. Twelve of these boats are owned in the Province and they, with some from other Pro- vinces, landed all the haddock, plaice and witch as well as a con- siderable quantity of cod and bake.

COD PLENTIFUL

Cod were plentiful, especially along the north shore from North Point to East Point. The favour- able weather during most of the season was a contributing factor to the increased catch, although windy weather during the _fall months curtailed fishing 0P81‘3t1°n5 to some extent. There was a substantial increase of 24,306 hull- dredweight in the catch, with an increase in value of $86,308. as compared with 1955. The mshore boats landel 68,482 hundredwelght while the draggers ‘landed 16.540 hundredweight making 8 l_°l-31 catch of 85.032 hundredwelgllt

About fifty-eight percent of the

Maggie Takes On Fuel At Sea

By JACK BRAYLEY Canadian Press Staff Writer BOARD MAGNIFICENT (CP) Troops aboard this carrier were treated to some nice seamanship Tuesday as the Maggie met Wm‘ a pair of United States 6th Fleet service ships for oil and fresh provisions. _ As Capt. A. B. Fraser-l-Iarris edged his ship into a tricky paral- lel running position with the big.

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s e n i o r American captain, “wish our ships could do it 85 well."

The ships met in mid - morning ind steamed three abreast {OF five hours as Nlaggie took on oil dad \\‘alcr from the tanker which also aclcd as transfer ship for pro- visions _mm a supply vessel.

A; the ll‘l?l7(‘ of pipelines, cargo slings and other rigs made trans- for in turbulcrt white seas that s-.um—.im<-s wcilcd hard - working hands, the ships rocked along at a l2-knot clip. 'l‘ho_v had reached the rathcr <p(‘('la(‘lllaI‘ headland ‘if (‘our Run in 'l‘IInisia when the operation use completed.

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Eartha Kitt and Elvis Presley across the foaming rush of water to the Maggie.

The troops heard numbers like Tonight You Belong to Me, Blue- berry Hill and Hound Dog played with ear-splitting vigor. _

Most interesting part of the op- eration for the troops was the switch of provisions from the out- side supply ship over the tanker to the Maggie and without so much as wetting a cabbage. Maggie's flight deck, so cluttered with army vehicles the provisioning rig had to be fixed to lower deck which made it more delicate operation in the choppy water.

After the oil, fresh water and fresh food were taken aboard, the U.S. navy’s ships —- the Missis- slnewa and Hyades — turned to- ward their Italian base and the hlagqie plowed on toward Malta and her destination of Port Said-

Tuesday was a day of reminis- cences for some of the army vet- erans aboard. They had been in these waters on another and eve more serious occasion. Men like Maj. W. A. H. Law, the OC of the troops, looked toward Sicily and recalled his Second World War landing with the armored corps.

“It hardly seems possible that uc'rc back here a'.nin." he said.

which turned up their PA systems by the sun on the apparent_ Peace‘ and blared the latest numbers oflful island coastline in the distance.

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catch was salted with the balance being sold fresh, frozen filleted and canned.

The catch of haddock, which was almost all taken by the drag- ger fleet, was up by 2,494 hun- dredweight with an increase in value of $18,408 as compared with the 1955 catch. Practically all the haddock were filleted and frozen

Plaice and witch were fairly plentiful and the total catch of these species was 43,926 hundred- weight with a landed value of $146, 494. These were all landed by the dragger fleet and were filleted andfrozen.

HAKE IN DEMAND

Hake were taken in considerable quantity as the demand for them was greater than in the past few years.Th e increase in the catch as compared with 1955 was 17,089 hundredweight with an in- crease in value of $11,143. The to- tal catch amounted to 59,681 hun- dredweight of which 20,162 hun- dredweight were lauded by the draggers and 39,519 hundredweight by the inshore boats.

' Herring were not as plentiful as usual during the spring season, consequently, the fishermen re;

‘ ceived 'a slightly better price for

these fish. The spring catch is practically all used for lobster bait with a small quantity being pro- cessed as bloattars. There was a small catch taken during the fall months and pickled. The windy weather during this period kept the landings down-

The quantity of mackerel taken was greater by 4,612 hundred- weight than the catch in 1955. Spring mackerel were scarce but during the late summer and fall months thev were fairly plentiful along the north shore. As with other species the windy weather during the_fall months hampered fishing operations and kept the catch down.

The catch of smelts shows a substantial increase, as compar- ed with 1955, but it was still below average. The total catch amount- ed to 9,104 hundredweight valued at $102,899. In some areas they were more plentiful during Octo- ber and November. Princes paid were slightly better than in the previous ye.ar.

MORE OYSTERS

More oysters were taken than in 1955 by about 2,794 hundred- weight. The demand for these shellfish was exceptionally good

with prices"ln'gher than in the previous years. A considerable quantity was takcn from public

fishing areas. but the bulk of the catch was taken from leased areas A much smaller catch of bar- clams was taken than in 1955 as ll): demand for this variety is not ‘ There was a very small catch (continued on page 13 col 3)

CHARLOTTETOWN-, CANADA

5.

ARRIVING TODA ’

Captain Antony Fsnwick Pickard, O.B.E., C.D., R.C.N.. chief of staff to the Flag Officer. R.C.N. (Reserve), Hamilton, Ont., will arrive in the Province today to inaugur-ate.a special recruiting campaign in this area.

THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1957

Tribute At Ottawa To Sir Anthony

OTTAWA (CP)—Prime Minister St. Laurent Wednesday expressed “deep regret” at the news that Sir Anthony Eden has been forced to retire as Britain’s prime minis- ter because of his health.

“I am sure we all share with

the people of the United Kingdom their regrets at what seems to be

._ — I hope not the end—but a ser-

ious alteration in the kind of serv- ice Sir Anthony Eden can render his fellow citizens."

Opposition Leader Diefenbaker joined the prime minister in pay- ing tribute in the Commons to the British leader.

CCF leader Coldwell and Social

Credit Leader Low commented outside the Commons. Mr. Coldwell d the resigna- tion of the 59- ear -old British prime minister after 21 months in office does not surprise him “be- cause of the obvious division of opinion among the public and the British cabinet over the way the Middle East situation has been handled."

Mr. Low said Sir Anthony’s res- ignation is “to be regretted at I time like this."

N. H. Aims Law

At Canadians

CONCORD, N.H. (AP)—-A bill to ban Canadian - owned motor

'*vehicles"i"’. from New -‘Hampshire

state highways unless their own- ers have liability insurance was filed in the state House of Repre- sentatives Wednesday.

The measure would force Cana- dians to carry liability insurance under superv‘.~.ion of the New Hampshire motor vehicle com- missioner.

The bill would take effect July 1, 1958.

Maritime Mayo

Negotiation of agreements with the Canadian National Railways, with the idea of obtaining a basis Crown property, as announced by of full taxation now in effect on the Federal Government was the chief matter under discussion at a meeting of Maritime Mayors held at Moncton yesterday. The meeting had been called by His Worship Mayor J.D. Stewart of Charlottetown who presided.

Present for the discussions were the mayors from Halifax, Monc ton, St. John and Fredericton. The meeting was held in the office of Mayor Joyce of Moncton.

Arrangements have been made for a meeting to be held with Can- adian National Railway officials in Montreal on January 21 at which time nezotiations will be

rs Seek Better

Taxation Deal With C. N. R.

continued.

Mayor Stewart stated last night that yesterday’s meeting was the first of its kind that Maritime mayors have ever had. He was highly enthused over the Federal Government’s policy as it relates to the taxation of Crown proper- ties and felt that it would, in the case of Charlottetown amount to considerable additional revenue. He said any benefits that would acrue from this policy would be a direct result of proposals made to the Government by the Confed- eration of Mayors and Municipali- ties in their annual brief at Ottawa

Most of the existing agreements between the Canadian National Railways and Maritime Cites have terminated on December 31, 1956. Mayor Stewart said.

SIB ANTHONY EDEN

WASHINGTON (AP) —- Presi- dent Eisenhower Wednesday wished Sir Anthony Eden a speedy recovery and “many usefulyears of happiness” but expressed no re- gret at his resignation.

Diplomats speculated on .the possibility of ‘an early meeting between Eden’s successor and El- senhower.

Eden himself had tried to ar- range a meeting but his overtures were rebuffed.

It was said then that Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles did not want to appear too friendly with either Eden or French Pre- mier Guy Mollet so soon after Eden and Mollet had sent their troops into Egypt and been de- nounced for that action by the United Nations and the United States.

Officials also said there was a fundamental loss of confidence in Eden and his policies in Washing- ton.

The same loss of confidence may be said to apply to Mollet.

MOVE WELCOMED

Eden’s resignation thus was pri- vately welcomed by Washington authorities.

Eisenhower issued a statement on Eden’s action which said “Mrs. Eisenhower and I extend to him and to Lady Eden our hopes that Sir Anthony will soon fully re-t cover his health so that he may

Resignation Of Eden Appeared WelcomeMove-At Washington-

have many useful years of hap- piness ahead."

The statement spoke of Eden as “an old and good friend . . . A dedicated leader in the cause of freedom . . . A staunch believer in the need for unity among the commuitty of free nations."

When a reporter asked James C. Hagerty, White House press sec- retary, whether diplomatic pro- tocol prevented the president from expressing “regret" at Eden’s de- parture, Hagerty pointed to the pa- per in front of him and said “that’s the statement."

Record Supply 01‘ Feed Grains On Hand

OTTAWA (CP)—Canada has a record supply of feed grains on hand, the bureau of statistics re- ported V] dnesday. Gross supplies available for the 1956-57 crop year —Aug. 1, 1956 to July 31, 1957- are estimated at 23,300,000 tons, compared with 19,900,000 tons in the preceding year.

LOUDSPEAKERS FOR HOUSE

TORONTO (CP)A loudspeaker system will be installed in the On- tario Legislature before the 1957 session opens about the end of this month, public works officals said Wednesday.

DlEFENBA|(ER BLASTS GOVERNMENT

OTTAWA (CP)-—0pposition part- ies charged Wednesday that the government has lost the confidence of the Canadian people. Prime Minister St. Laurent suggested an election soon will test that charge.

The opposition accusations were levelled in non-confidence motions presented by the Progressive Con- servative and CCF parties as the Commons throne speech debate got off to a vigorous start.

Conservative Chief Diefenbaker, in his new role as official opposi- tion leader, said in his IYlOtlOIl that the Liberal government has lost the confidence both of Parlia- ment and the Canadian people be- cause of its “indifference, inertia, and lack of leadership in the face of serious national and interna- tional problems."

CCF Leader Coldwell t'ollo\ved with -an amendment to the Con- servative motion adding criticism of the government for not an- nouncing legislation to establish a national health insurance plan.

Mr, St. Laurent said a Commons vote will soon decide whether the government has the confidence of the House. The opposition l'llO[lOll.°; will be voted on at the end of the. 10-day throne speech debate.

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he added:

“There is also the impression throughout the country, which 1 am not going to attempt to dispel this afternoon, that there may be before many months an opportun- ity for the people of Canada to say whether or not they agree with this statement that the govern- ment has lost the confidence of the people of Canada.”

Social Credit Leader Low criti- cized the throne speech, read by Governor-General Massey at Par- liament’s opening Wednesday, for outlining pro pos ed legislation which he said is almost barren of relief for the average Canadian.

At the house opening Mr. Cold- well tried unsuccessfully to have the throne speech debate set aside while the Commons considered the "urgent public importance" of the CPR firemen’s strike.

He said the House should debate the “need" of the governmnt ap- pointing a controller for the CPR to take over temporary manage- ment so that operations could be resumed pending settlement of the dispute.

l\l=:. St. Laurent promptly re- plied members would have the op- portunity in the throne speech to make any suggestions they thought

CRITICIZE SPEECH

Then, in an apparent reference; to reports that a federal .éCD€1'i1ll election likely will be hcldin June

were in the public interest.

Speaker Rene Beaudoin ruled Mr.

Coldwell‘: motion out of order. Later, Mr. St. Laurent said he

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thinks it would be “just a little bit premature to resort to compul- sory measures" to end the CPR tieup.

DIEFENBACKER ATTACKS

In a speech covering many topics, Mr. Diefenbaker criticized United States wheat deals under its farm surplus giveaway pro- gram as illegal and unfair and said President Eisenhower should be told about it.

He reiterated his suggestion that Canada try to arrange a meeting in this country of Britain, France» and the U.S. to heal the break in! their unity resulting from British-:, French armed intervention in; Egypt. i

He also suggested the federall government institute, in co-opera-l tion with the provinces, a nationall study of municipal financial prob- lems.

Mr. Diefenbaker said a policy of “sit tight and contemplate” or oil sending polite messages protest-; ing effects of the U.S. giveaway? program on Canada's wheat sales: is not enough.

President Eisenhower “must bf". made to realize that conduct such‘ as this is not advisable for the maintenance of the strength of the‘

undertakings of the U.S.”

the U.S. than to “blast" it for con- duct that Canada might disap- prove.

COLDWELL DISAPPOINTED

Mr. Coldwell said he was disap~ pointed that the throne speech contained no mention of a na- tional health plan with provision for provincial participation.

“By the rigid limitations the government has set on its hospital- lzation program," he said, the government has made its proposal itptfl “something of a politcal foot-

a .”

The throne speech had revealed “the refusal and incapacity of the government to deal with the needs of the common man and the com- mon woman.” It had pointed to economic expansion in Canada but showed no awareness that large groups of Canadians do not share its benefits.

Mr. Coldwell said the speech also ignored the "continuing chronic crisis” of Canadian agri- culture and recommended a parity price program to ensure “a fair and adequate return for the prod- ucc of the farm" and a crop in- surance plan.

APPROVE SENATE PLAN

Both Mr. Coldwell and Mr. Die-

free nations and is a denial of the fenbaker expressed approval of the

government's plan to have a Sen-

WEATHER

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clearing during morning. cold- er. l.ow-high at Charlotte-

town 25 and 15.

Eden Resigns Post A ritish Prime Minist

LONDON (CP) —Sir Anthony Eden resigned Wednesday night as prime minister. He said his health does not allow him to can 2 on. The 59-year-old statesman step- ped down with the “utmost re- gret” after 21 months as Sir Win- ston Churchill's successor.

Robert A. (Rab) Butler, 54, gov- ernment leader in the House of Commons, was most talked of as Eden’s likely successor.

There was some feeling that Harold Macmillan, 62, chancellor of the exchequer, was still in the running.

There also was a chance that a dark horse might -emerge for the job. Among those mentioned in this category was Duncan Sandys, Sir Winston Churchill's son-in law.

The new prime minister is ex- pected to take office today.

The leader of the opposition La- bor party, Hugh Gaitskell, called for a general election “because the whole cabinet has publicly identified themselves completely

’ with the foreign policy pursued.

in the last three months-" But there was no indication the opposition would get its wish.

GIVES HEALTH REASON

The Conservatives won the last election in May 1955 and have three years to go before another is necessary. But as the majority party they could call one at any time they desired. '