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sir.-Mr. J. J. McDonald. speak- in; over the radio on behalf of

the Conservative Party Monday-

nlsht. and after his leader Mr. Bell had announced his. Partfl platform, said that the Conserva- tive Platfonn was not quite ready

for delivery.

That is the impression I had while Mr. Bell was speaking earlier.

-I am. sir. etc. ELECTQR. Charlottetown.

TRAN!-CANADA HIGHWAY I

Sir,-In your issue of April 13. in reply to Mr. It. It. Bell's as- sertions that if he were elected Premier. "he would locate the Trans-Canada road and finalize the route after full and public discuuion": you report Premier .lones as stating. "lie (Mr. Bell) would find that the only people he has to please is the Federal Department of Resources and Re- construction."

Now Sir. why should any Gov-

A crnment Department be the only

people that have to be pleased in my matter concerning the pub- He? Is this Trans-Cunadu road being built solely for the use of the officials of the Department of Resources? And are they the nnly citizens who will PIIY lhe cost of this read?

Most certainly that is not the

case, the road is being built and paid for by the general public. hence the public have every right to a voice in. and to be pleased with, where it will be located. Furthermore. Mr. Bell is deserv- mg of much commendation for his promise to give the public 'ihc opportunity to assert that right. while censure is due Pre- mier Jones for denying the peo- ple that right.

However. Premier Jones' atti- tude concerning this matter will not be A surprise to HHYOIIE be" cause it is '-yncal of his atti- mile in all public matters since he became Premier.

I am. Sir, etc. - "ELECPOR" Cornwall. P.E.I.

iiad Police Doing All The Worrying

Elizabeth Hogan. two and a half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jamel Hogan. 34 Hensley

v Street, had the Charlottetown Police Department quite worried yesterday afternoon, while she stayed in a most cheerful frame of mind.

At four o'clock. Police Chief MacArthur. who had had the child on his hands for over an hour, realized there should be some changes made. but found himself unable to cope with the situation. To the relief of the distraught Police Force. a call was received from the frantic mother. and the child was rush- ed home.

She had been picked up by the Chief on his return to the Police Station from lunch.i and from then on she followed him as he moved about the office, watching his every move. Asked her name. she would answer "Me boy." which. according to her parents. is her short version of Elizabeth.

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Hospital on April laih. 1951, to Mr. and Mrs. John 1;. Creamer. a son. 7 lbs. 10 one.

Tllblllllli-At the P. E. I. Hos-

pital. Saturday, April 14. 1951. to

Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Tremere.

Cslty, a son. (brother for Win- on.

SWAN-At the P. E. 1. Hospital. April 16. 1951, to Mr. and Mrs. Dewar Swan, York, a daughter. Beverley Edythe.

DEATHS

SMITH-At the P. E. I. Hospital. April 18. 1951. Robert H. Smith. of 68 Chestnut st.. in his 83rd .i'eII'- The remains are resting at the Cutcllffe Funeral Home where funeral service will be held Wed- nesday afternoon. service start- Ing at 2 pm. Interment in the Peoplsis Cemetery.

DOWN!!!-tAt her late residence In Bedeque on Monday, April 15th. 1951. Ella S. Bowness. wife of the late W. T. Bowness. For- warded from the Bowness Pun- rrsl Home to her late residence where the funeral will be held Wednesday, April 18th at 2:80 p. m. Interment Lower Bedeque

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Mbolli an Manson !.'l'D.. will be closed on Wednesday mommg in preparation for the fashion Show being held on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

KIA! DB. 0. ll.VILLl'l'.l' iso- ture and Bonshaw quartstte sing in Hampton hall on Thursday. April 19th at 8 p.m.

GET YOU! tickets for

High- fleld play at Worthy's Dru Store. MacLean's Store. Wins oe or

Winsloe Grocery. and 25c.

CITY POLICE COURT - At the Stipendlary Magistrate's Court Ynlvefdly. I man convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated was sentenced to seven days in Jail. A man charged with speeding was fined 810 and costs or 30 days in jail and a drunk and incapable was fined 315 and costs or 20 days.

Admission 50c

FUNEIAL SATURDAY -. The funeral. of the late Harry Fry was held on Saturday afternoon from the MacLea Funeral Home to St. Peter's C thedrai where services were conducted by the Rev. Canon Malone. Interment was in Sherwood Cemetery. The pail bearers were T. E. MacNutt, G. W. Brady. A. H. Mould. Har- old Burt. R. L. Cotton and A. Blrtwistle.

CARD PARTY - The weekly card party of the Lsdies' social Club was held last evening in the L. P. U. hall with a good number in attendance. Winners for the even- mg were as follows: Ladies' first, Mrs. 1:. Duffy, iedies' second. Mrs. Josie Areenault; men's first. Mr. Themes Bell, men's seoon-'. Mr. James Pineau. The freeaeout was won by Mr. Billie Wright and Mrs. Henry, and the door prize by Mrs. Alfred Pincau.

TRANSPOIT COMMISION HEARING - The hearing before the Board of Tranqsort C is- sioners, scheduled to open here on June 5 on the application for establishment of n one-rate zone for potato shipments, will take place in the Court House. The Board chairman. Mr. Justice M. B. Archibald. Armand Syl-vestre. Deputy Chief Comrninloner and CumInlQl0lle H. B. Chlse Will hear the rnpresentations. As re- ported yesterday. Pran-ier Jones has intimated that it is proposed also to have a hearing before the Board in protest. against the clos- ing of the Hillsboro Bridge to railway traffic.

NEW QlJAB'llns - The dis- play rooms and quarters of A. Pickard and Company. Great George Street. which have been transferred to the new quarters on the Malpeque Road. will be taken over by Burns Jeweller on May lst.. it was learned weterday. The Piokard coal office in turn will be transferred to the present site of Burns Jewellers on Great .George St. 'Ihe large show room will be converted into a repair room and front shop by Burns

" .. The new display build- ing of A. Pickard and Company on the Malpeque Road is already in use.

HMIIIIINERY OPENING - DON'T FORGET PROWSE BROS. LTD.. OPENING TODAY. TUES- DAY. APRIL 171'". AT I P. M.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Duncan. Cal. and Mrs. Frank Storey and family leave today by car on A visit to the Eastern States and Montreal. They will be away for ten days.

Hope To Start Service Before First Of May

While it is hoped to start the Wood islands-"Caribou ferry ser- vice before the first of May this year. the , ” company has not yet been advised by the Mari- time Commission ss to the de- finite date. it was learned yester- day from Mr. R. I. Mulch, presi- dent of North laud Ferries. Ltd. 7

in the meantime. the "Prince Nova" left yesterday to go on the slip at Pieiou. and the "Dunning" will likely 'be off the sligr and ready for service when the " ince -Nova” arrives. -

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Rehearsals For Guild Play Start

"Page Is All". a Charlottetown Little Theatre Guild production. is again in rehearsal. this time with the Dominion championship in view. .

Originally produced for mem- bers only in October of last year. it was again rehearsed for entry in the Regional Festival in Febru- ary. As a result of its presenti- tion at that time. it was chosen as one of the in eight plays in Can- ada, and invited to compete in the finals in London, Ontario. in May.

The cast. who have already spent fifteen weeks working on the three act comedy. shrted work with al smile once more yesterday. and hope to crowd at least twenty rehearsals in the short timefbe- fore they offer it to the critical audience who will watch the finals.

Enthusissn among theatre goers in Charlottetown has a ched an all time high at the honor brought to this city by the local group's irwitation to London. and mem- bers of the L.'l'.G. executive who explored the field of finances yesterday met with an excellent response from all whun they contacted. Reservations are al- ready made for the cast, director and stage manager to leave the Province on May 12, and the by- word of the entire organization seams to be "On to London."

Although two other Little Thea- tre pleys were invited to parti- cipate in the finals some twelve years ago. this is the first time a play from this Province has had to compete against the balance of the Dominion in order to secure an invitation.

In the past. it was the policy to invite all regional winners, but now with thirteen regions com- peting in the preliminary con- tests. and only eight plays. two of which must be French, required for the finale. the adjudicator finds his task of selecting the best plays no easy one.

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the face.

The witness then said she had

gone to Mrs. Russell Gay's. who

lived next door. and asked her to

phone a doctor. This being done

they returned to look after the boy.

Mrs. Gay had then left to phone

an ambulance.

Questioned by Mr. J. J. Nichol-

son. Crown Council, the witness stated her brother owned a .22 rifle

and often walked in the yard with

it, shooting birds whenever poss-

ible. The gun. which was introduc-

ed as evidence was lying beside her

brother.

Mark Refuse, 236 King Street. stated he had been a ll quent. vis- itor at the home of the Victim. and on April 11 had arrived at noon. He had lunch with them and than he and Richard smith had got out their guitars and had play- ed for a short time. when Richard went outside with his gun he had stayed to listen to the radio as he knew Richard had only six cart- ridges. These were long rifle type, and the deceased, who was in the Reserve Army. had obtained them from the Armouries.

' Dr. L. 1:. Prowse told the court he had performed an autopsy on the body. and demonstrateu with a plastic skull the injuries sustained by the deceased. He stated there were no powder marks on the face which would lead him to think the rifle had been at least twelve inches from the face when discharged. This would corrobste the thought that the firearm had been dis- charged accidentally by a rap on the floor.

Evidence was also given by Mrs. Russell Gay which bore out the testimony given by previous wit- nesses. she stated that when she had phoned the Polycllnic for a. doctor there were' none available and she had left a message with the girl who answered the phone to contact one.

Mr. Percy Groom, with whom the deceased had lived, told the court he had always found him to be of a pleasant, cheerful nature, and had noticed no change in his at- titude before hls death. He had been called by telephone after the accident, and had returned to his home to find the boy on the porch. He had known him all his life.

Mr. A. B. Cutcllffe stated it was almost two o'clock when he had received the call for the ambulance and had proceeded to Allen Street immediately, with a helper. When he arrived the' boy was breathing, and his pulse was rapid. He had been placed on the stretcher and as the ambulance had proceeded down mm Avenue had been per- ceived to take a deep breath. Shortly after that his pulse was again taken and was found to be faint. As they passed Government. Pond the pulse was again checked but was found to have stopped.

Final witness to be called was Corporal Allan Johnston of the R.O.M.P.. who had taken photos of the scene of the accident. These wen shown to the fury. no demon- strated with the rifle. showing it to have an uneven firing pressure of between seven and a half and eight. and a half pounds. He then cooked the gun. and showed that by rap- ping the butt on the floor it could be d

turned after not more than fifteen minutes deiiberauon. and read as follows: "Death caused by the ac- cidental 'M rifle owned

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Returns from Newfoundland .

Dr. Frank lfacxinnon. Prin- cipal of Prince of Wales College. returned yesterday from St. John's. Newfoundland. where he was the guest of Memorial Uni- versity. This was the last of his visits to all the Universities of the Mar time Provinces on half of the ociai Service Res arch Council of Canada which com- missioned Dr. Macxinnon to make a study of research possibilities in the eastern Provinces. He also visited all the Normal Schools in the Maritimes and the University and guvunmental Departments of Education. v On the way back from St. John's. Dr. Macxinnon was on the ill-fated passenger train which was trapped by land slides and washouts for three days in an isolated part of Newfound- land.

Aiiended Meeting In Halifax

Mr. Roy Johnston. Summersidc. chairman of the Provincial Com- mittee of the Air Cadet League of Canada. attended a meeting in Halifax over the week-end of the Atlantic Provinces Drill Com- petition committee. Each year I drill from the Canadian Air Cadets competes for the Major General Lucas V. Beau Trophy against -I team of cadets from t e Civil Air Patrol of the U5. an it is anti- cipated that a team will be enter- ed for the first time this year from the Air Training Corps of the United Kingdom. This year the Canadian team is to be chosen from the Atlantic Provinces. The meeting was held for the purposes of discussing plans to get the team organised and was attended by senior air force officials and Air Cadet League officials.

An initial group of 70 boys are to be chosen from the 34 squad- rons in this area and they will proceed to R.C.A.F. Station Green- wood on July 16 for five weeks on intensive training in precision drill under a qualified drill in- structor. The initial group will represent slbout one cadet for every 45 cadets in this area which will give this Province about one from each squadron.

During the training at Green- wood the group will be trimmed down to 45 who will go to To- ronto on August 25th. only 34 boys will take part in the actual competition which is to be held at the Canadian National Ex- hibition. the others will be carried as pares and will be used for a color party when taking part in ceremonial parades.

Mr. Johnston said that it is hop- ed to have the drill team make several public appearances in the Mariiimes before leaving for To- ronto and it might be possible to bring them to the Island about the middle of August.

This is the fourth year of the competition and has been won every year so far by Canada. Mr. Johnston said that it was the feel- ing of the meeting that the Atlan- tic Provlncee team will make it four straight.-S

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specifically expressed regret at the Government's "failure" to take effective steps "to deal with pro- flteerlnvg." It also said: "

"l'he proposals of the Minis- ter of Finance are unsatisfactory because they will inevitably in- crease ihe cost of living for all and especially for those least able to bear it.

"This house condemns in parli- cular. as inflationary. the in- crease by 25 per cent of the gen- eral sales tax and is of the opin- ion that the increase is unneces- sary and unwise.

"This House further condemns the heavy increase in excise taxes on certain essential commodities and is of the opinion that much of thc Governrmen-t's proposed huge increase in taxation is due to in own extravagance."

Solon Low, Social Credit Lead- er. termed the budget an "infla- tionary budget" and said it would do nothing "to put. value back into the Canadian dollar and to bring down the cost of living to man- ageable proportions."

Mr. Macdonnell, official Progres- sive Conservstive financial critic. predicted that the budget, though it purported to cure inflation; will cause a "substantial" rise in the cost of living. with the inevit- srble result that organized labor would seek further wage increases. "It will have only one effect-

io start off the deadly spiral." he suggested. Both the increases in com-

modity and corporation taxes, he said. would be translated into prices and thus help to swell liv- ing costa. Along with these high- er prlces would go the new de- fence income tax which would lessen the texpsyers' capacity to

y. He said the Government is rely- in on the United States to "ball gun out" of the present situa- on. ' Mr. Caldwell said he does not agree that Canada has to rely on conditions in the United States as far as living costs are concern- ed. Canadian conditions could not bob but be influenced by events in the us. and in the world. However. there was much the Government could do to pro- tect the Canadian people from the devastating results of inflation.

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...m. The fem of the late 8. J. Maclseod. ndsa. wishes to thank all kind friends and neigh- bours for the many acts and ex- sympathy during

Ladies Auxiliary Hold Meeting In Montague

The regular meetin of the lad- ies auxiliary of the Canadian Leg- ion, Montague. was held in the legion hall last night, with the president. Mrs. Harry I-Iiggipbotlh am. presiding. The meeting Oven- ed in usual form with the observ- ance of the one minute silence. Roll call was answered by four- teen members. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.

Several bills were read. and it was moved and seconded that these bills be paid. The financial report was read by the treasurer. Mrs. George Preece. New business included plans for a card party on April 18th. Committees were ap- pointed to attend to the details. On motion it was decided to have an auction at the May meeting. each member to bring a friend.

on motion it was decided to have the lower hsll painted. The presi- dent volunteered to attend to the arrsngements. The t. asurer re- ported that the venetian blinds had been purchased for the hall. Al: the close of the meeting a con- test was conducted by Mrs. I-fsrold Nicholson. which was won by Mrs. John Gaudef. and Mrs. Malcolm Mackenzie. Lunch was served by the pgesident.

Oil Dealers . Hold Meeting L

The annual dealer meeting of Mccoll-Frontenac on Company Limited was held at the Char- lottetown Hotel last night. Approx- imately 65 attended and the meet- ing was presided over by Mr. E. C. 't1;hompson, zone Manager, Mono- n.

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Talks were lglven by Mr. J. Brown. Moncton, Provincial Mans- ger. and Mr. T. J. Madden. Assist- ant Divisional Manager (Sales Pro- motion). Montreal.

Long term awards for service with the Company were presented by liir. I-l'. Catlow, Assistant Division- sl Manager, Montreal. They were as follows: (20 years) J. Leslie and W. Ieslie, st. Peters; Harold Moase, New Annan; W.B. Johnson, Bed- eque; W.I-I. Ford, Emerald. (Five years) J. D. Stewart. lJharlotte- town; Freeman Jay. Morell; W. Graham. Gaepereaux; R. W. Coop- er, Caledonia; Toombs Bros. Ken- slngion; H.E. Phillips, Conway. The C sy representatives on a. visit here yesterday now go to st. John and Campbellton, N. 8. They have already visited Kentville. New Glasgow and Moncton. some 50 such meetings will be held through- out the Dominion during the pres- ent month.