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Si.» Gov"t Appoints its Own Contact Man At Dominion Capital

More Ice In I Gulf ThiiYear

OIYIAVIIA. Much fl-(CP)_ Thi- Transport Department sn- nluinoed today its first aerial survey this year of the Gulf "i st. Lawrence and Cabot Strait showed ice conditions to be loos favors-bio than in 1946. '

The survey. made yvlterday. ahrlwbd close packs ground the Jliigdalr-ii Islands, Glspe and (‘ripe Anguiile. Clear water off the Met and south coasts of (‘ripe I'm-ton indicated ice hsii been held In the St. Lawrence Gull by unfavorable winds.

flui- surveyor had estimated ih.~ h».- will 28 per cent heav- |i'i' liliiin inst year. ‘

Coming Events

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peas d vctohes. Halifax Seed Co. _ Ltd, i: Queen Street, "Liiifililg Hogs n: Morltagug

5i... n UIICh Thursday for Canada PMKCIKS Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

"lil-lflillg liugs for ‘Canada Tamra l..ld., Tuesday until further norm ungwvcll and Reseller.

"Rrccfvuig iiogs at Criipaud for Clllifltin Pushers i.lii.. every Tuesday until ll A. M. 1t. N. Dawson.

"Just arinved. two carloads of itfiblie work horses. Lewis Mar- tlli. Hunter River.

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arrivod. fill-lb. blocks lzili licks. also iodlzvd salt. Livestock Feed Agency. ‘ 8 Hogs at Cardigan sta- Tiilueday for Canada Norman ltlcKenzie,

"Cardigan Hall. Eastef Modtday, ‘lent Sally" a three m. oonmoy. mt and Dance alter. Curtain

"lo-virus Hoes at Peakes Sta- Loii czirli Thursday for Cami]; Packers l/‘ri. Merlin Devine.

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‘- 111118 Bogs for Canada Pack- ’ '» l'<‘t"l's each Tuesday until ‘.!llt‘. willie roads closed in Signed David Pratt.

"Loading 1108s for Canada Pack- er= at wmon River each Tuesday

‘. ivhlle truck road closed.

"millllilt! H088 for Canada Pack- ers Iii .\lt. Stuvart each Tuesday \lll‘l train ilmc. while roads closed lo rrii ks signed Earl Jay. hw-"Iiliilli! hogs at ilunter River i “arch 25th. For service "a -» ilel Crnswell. Gordon Aiuthcsori and Grant McLeod. Livestock Marketing Board,

‘ "Wheovtiey- River Players present .lit.r l. riricly Con-cert in New Glas- izow 11.111, Wednesday. March 26th, iii 830 l‘, '\1

"NW Open for business. clean- illl-I and clipping grain for the hlnrcrulrioi-s rind gmcrai public. lrll l». .\laoDonlld. Comma.

"Bums Pigs at Fredericton "vitriol: All sizes. Paying $21.00 a “h” "'1' 800d Diffs iyp to 30 lbs. each. lflt‘ t lb. for plga- up to 230 lbs. Milli Jorgemon.

“Livestock Marketing Board ‘Milli-Ila hogs at all usual loading P°il1ts_ during week of Mai-oh 24th. Trucking service where roads are DB-Ssiible and light trucks are avail- able. Consult our local secretaries

for information and marketing ser-. vices

"Livestock Marketing Board ren- tifliniz a province wide weekly hog milketltts service-available to farmers everywhere. Iinexceiled "Tl/ice (and that indludes 8W1’!!- ‘mllfll ftmesents our weekly por- iormence. Tr! ti: end be convinced.

"Notice - I havepurehuod the Belt Business of the isto Clinton Morrison m intend osrrylmmon in "in Mme inns, Consisting of all nlzi-s In Belting. Traces. double. liniile Driving i-lsmess. Reduced Mm- W. it. Morrison. Frederic- "ul. P. m. r.

"Nowadays you cannot sliwsys My the psrtiailsr groin or- feeds m"! you may wish to buy. but you have to tube what the powers that

"ly you can have. Ali that wo tan offer st the moment is n low oiiriouia of around oetl. Atlas

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Appointment of Mr. Her-berg Gm-dmi» '- fllfmer Prince Edwurd {shndfir a5 fiDecial representat_ n‘? tvftthe Provincial Govern.

‘n ° Qii-IWB was announced

the Legislature yeqterdgy by Premier Jones-

Biwnlillns on the Draft Ad- rlreiis. the Premier said he and lone felt the need"of having an experienced contact man on m, job at the Federal capital, H, h"! finally found one who, h, ihWChi. was about the most cap- able man there. He was expor- ienced in the Department of’ Finance and had been Deputy Nflntster of Defence m..- Air,

Mir, Gordon is already at work in the Island's interest-s. the Pro- mier stated. He has been in cor_ TP-‘Dondonce with the Provincial Government on various mutter-s.

“mulling the prospects of ob- taining a marine v1 k

Charlottetown. an 0c for "We set suggestions like this

from a man on the spot. which "flames you to so on. and he is there to consult with the Domin- ion members and Senators mid to work for the Province," the Premier said.

New Dominion Building

Hi.- wvnl on to sziy iii-zit lie hurl l noticed reference in tlic- press m propcsrilirio build a new Domin- 10h building on Queen square in Charlottetown. Ho irns told by the architect that tliry‘ would ‘Wllilllliiy require n building 99515118 fmiu ii million lo a mil- lion and a, hoif dollrirs to house all the Dominion offices.

"It was proposed to mo confi- dentially-but now I see it in the paper-that they buy out about, one-half side of the Square." the Premier continued. ""l‘liiis would disrplaee a good many pPfiplfiiflnd the City of Chnrlolleioim ivould lose li great deal of taxes by dis.-

itiption rind lcriring down of blocks of building's. So [he mp1 developed of allowing them to

com» on the Squoro. It was sug- gested first that they come on ihls end of tho Squoroplyut some of our own people think thril. we might iranl to loralo thorn. It was thou SIFIRPSIFG tlvit they gn to the other side. but you

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7 Million Britons Would Leave ll. If.

LONDON. Miir. 2i—tRr-utersl— An estimated 7.000.000 Britons would lent-c the Uiiitcd Kingdom by fihr end of i047 to stzitt lillr.‘ anew in the dominions. colonies. the [lulled Stolen iinri oitlioi- countries if sliilppiiig sprico iviir-o nvriililblc.

'I‘li<~ flood oi’ upplicriiiiiiis lo have Britain. examined side by side with the recent Government white paper outlining the econ- omic stale of the country. means that one of every‘ seven Britons is thinking in terms of ziciivity abroad. rather tliiiu at homo.

‘Ilir-ee million want to go to Canada and the United States. Eighty thousand prrfci- life in Australia. Eight hundred people la week crcivi-rl New Zeelsnd IoUe for Information.

TORONTO. March 21 z-(C Pl-— Precedent was set in the Ontario Legislature today uihen Hon. wil- liam J’. Stewart. C.B.E.. Progressive Conservative member for Ibronto Parindaie. tendered his rosIBflB-tifln as Speaker q! the Home.

The sudden action came at the start of the day's sitting after a short exchange between Mr. Stem- art and Highways Minister Dou- cett regarding admission tickets to the Speaker's gallery. Mr. Doucett rose before orders of tihe day to complain that he had solleht 1W0 mum for friend! of his to attend today's sitting.

The speaker said ho "would be delighted to see" that Mi‘. Douoett got. hi... tickets. Mr. Stewart thou left tho chilli- and arranged I91‘ mkgig to be given lo Mr. Doucett s friends.

The SG-yosrold funeral director and former Toronto mayor who has represented his Toronto riding einoo 193C and has held the Speak- er's office since the election of the Drew Government in i948. immedi- ately Rflt s letter of resignation to limo: Alex Innis. house clout. out!

Cl-IARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCIIHIZ. 1941

Officials Claim Car Ferry Now Being Speeiled

OTTAWA. Ont.. Mairoh m- (SpociaD-With Government ice- brteken moshing their way through the frozen surface of the St. Lawrence around the port of Borel. crows of skilled siliipworioers are gelling completion o1 the new Prince Edlward Island cu ferry, C.P. Edwards. Deputy Min- ister of ‘Transport told The Guard- ian this; afternoon.

Wingineers of the ferry are al- ready on the Job at Sorei." Com- mander Edwards said, “and the new ferry will be put through s series 0i exhaustive tests very shortly after the opening of navi- gation. These tests may take sever- ul weeks since I want the ship de- livered to Northurnberland Strait in lirstclass condition."

Tihere hits been no major hold-up in the fitting of the new ferry and work is now progressing very well’ the Deputy Minister said.

"Few Minor Holdups" “My experts report that every- thing is going an according to

schedule. It's true we've had s. ielw minor lioldups on certain types of fitting and material. Sometimes even a little thing like a ten-cent bracket can cause annoyance and delay. It will take us some time too. to train the crews of the new vessel. She's no ordinary slnlp and ore members will hove to learn their special duties in the handling of her." Commander Edi-wards ex- plrilued.

‘The Deputy Minister reminded The Guardian that although the iinmo "Abegivcit" has been agrerd on for the ear ferry which was launched last fall. she has not been formally christened. Sea-faring tradition will be observed and a bottle of champagne cracked across ilier bows before she sets out on tho voyvige flown the Si. Lawrence. he added.

lolh Commander Edwards and his slupvlni: experts commented oii the frequent enquiries from P-rincc Edwrird Island members on both sides of the llousc as to the progress of the ferry's construction.

"They're right after us all the time." he said." and we don't bin-hie them. They're entitled to

full information at all times." Training Of Crews

Ibniiiing of the ferry crows will ‘be carried out by shipping experts of the Canadian National Railways marine section. In view of the wide publicity given the design and power-plant of the "Abegwelt" it is expected that shipping men from Great. Britain. United States and Northern European countries will be present to view some of the lesta.

It is recalled that even the Port of London authority magazine car- rlcd photographs un-ci a full des- crlplion of the ferry. enlarging on the novel features of its design and its special facilities for coping with tho most severe ice and rvtalher coitdiiious.

EASE IMPORT LICENSING

AUCKLAND. N.Z. — (GP) —-A further relaxation of tlhc import licensing schedule for unoseembled commercial choc-sis from cannon has been made by the New Zeelwd government. Licences for thisivlflfl \vill now be muted up to the orn- ountr. for which importers applied 5r..- 1039 provided evidence can be

produced i-hat the vehicles are olr- atisblo.

Ontario Speaker Quits Following Brief Clash

did not return to the clnir.

Deputy Speaker Walter B. Bey- nnlds, chairman of the committee of the whole and member for 110$, remained in the chair until the end of the sitting sane two hours lat- er.

Mr. Stewart told the Canadian Press he did not resent the "pier- sonal humiliation" oi’ being called down on the floor of the House, but felt that dignity of the office of the siwtikor had been offended.

"I was doing my part in holding the honorable office of Speaker. 1f ihe House has no confidence in the Speaker they will have to get sn- other mo." hesoid. "Tihe chali- connot be ridiculed like that.

The Speaker said ho had no in- tention of withdrawing his resig- nation. "If the Home refuses to sc- cept 1t. then that will be a brid|o I'll cross then." he added.

Immediate speculation stole over the names of A. Kelso Roberts. Progressive Conservative nicnber for Toronto St. Patrick's. and Rev. M.C. Davis. amber for Windoor- Waikerviile. to succeed the 396th- H.

Prices $35

WINDSOR. Ont.. March 21- (CP)— A $35 reduction. in the n- tail delivered price of its automo- biles and trucks was announced to- dey by tiho Ford Motor Cotmplny of Canada. Ltd. in whet the presi- dent, Douglas B. Greig. called "an initial move . . . a widespread at- tack on inflationary forces.”

The reduction. effective tomor- row throughout Cainadie. will apply to all models of Ford. Monarch olnd Me _ automobiles and Ibrcl and Mercury trucks.

At A Glance Parliament

(By The Canadian Press) Veterans Minister MacKenzle tabled the report qf a three-man committee which investigated vet- erans’ housing.

Scion Low. Scclai Credit leader. said he felt the Government should remove ecciirols which were plac- ing barriers in the vmy of produc- lien.

Progressive Conservative and S0- ciai Credit members charged that the C.C F. program for a planned economy xvotilcl lead Crmada to a Bflcifllistlc dictatorship.

In the Sela-ate some members crit- iclzcu the Anglo-Canadian wheat contract. ' l MWMY". »-- » —-‘

The Carnations will continue dis- cussion of control legislation. The Senate will not sit.

Newsprint Prices Advance $6 Per Ton

MONTREAL. March 21—(CP)- Increase of $6 a ton in the price of newsprint was announced today by Canadian International Paper Sales Company and there were in- dications tonight other companies would likely follow suit.

Company officials said Canadian International Paper Sales Company is l. subsidiary of Canadian Inter- national Paper Company, handling sales in Canada, but that the in- crease will become effective April 1 by both the parent‘ companyancl the subsidiary.

Sipokesmen for other large com- panies in the Montreal ares. said they had no statement to make at present. They indicated Interna- tional‘a move had come as some- thing or a surprise and the position of their own companies would be consiile ed immediately.

International announced only the increase. Company officials said prices vary according to destin- ation of shipments.

Current price in Montreal and Toronto. considered tho yardstick for Canada. is $80 s ton. Else- where in Canada freight charges and contractual obligations figure in the price.

If the increase becomes general, the new $86 and C90 basic prles in Canada. and the United States would be the highest since i920 when the average was $112 a ton.

The last increase was In October 1946, when $10 increases became effective in both Canada and the United States and prices reached the current figures of $80 and $84.

In 1934 and i985 the price was 840 n ton and in 193'! it rose to $42.50. It reached $50,in 1938 and was pegged at that figure during the war.

The basic price rose to $54 in 1945 and there was a further in- crease of $9 in May. 1946.

Tax Agreement Estimate $2,285,000 Says Premier

Ford Co. Cuts A

Terms of tfhe new tax agreement negotiated between the Prince Ed_ word Island and Dominion Gov- emments were revealed officially in the Legislature yesterday in a lengthy prepared statement by Premier J. Walter Jones. They pro- vide for u. KuB-ranteed minimum of 82.100000 annually, "with [he understanding that this amount was to be geared to gross national production."

‘The latestfigurss I hevl from Mr. Abbott," the Premier stated. "is that the amount is estimated to be $285,000 for this coming year."

This amount. he confessed, had been disappointing. The Govern- ment had presented figures sliow- ing the Province! subsidy requlrg. merits to be $3,056.000. The Min- ister of Finance hail turned down requests for more claiming that the Island's per- capital grant was the highest of any Province, and that It had been treated "fairly and equitably.”

The Premier's statement ivas made by \v:\_v of explanation to a motion by Hon. William Hugues, Provincial Treasurer. for second reading of an Act to suspend tem- porarily the imposition c-f income taxes. succession duties and cer- tain corporation taxes.

-Strong objection to the terms acceded lo. anti to illf‘ Govern- ment's failure to ohlaiir sellin- ment on the basis c-f the Island's fiscal need, was raised by Hon. I). MacMillan, leader of the Opposi- tion. At the lotions suggestion. the debate on Llic motion tn go iuio committee on Mr. Hughes’ b-ill "iras adjourned over the week-end.

First Proposals

The Premier's statement re- viewed the iiryotlations curried 0n al. tile DYlllllliUh-PIWJVIIICHII

Conference tiiiicli adjourned sine die 0n iifay 3. i946. without com- ingto any agreement. on the pro- pcsals put to lhwConferencc by the Dominion Government in August. 1926.

Alt that time the Donriulon proposed. in return for the Pro- vinces vacating the income. cor- poration and succession duty

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c. c. F. Policy ls Criticized

By DAR/CY UDONNELL

OTTAWA. Mar. fli-IGW-Pro- gressive Conservative" and Social Cred-it Party spokesmen charged in the Commons today that the C.C.F. program for a planned Canadian economy would lead Canada to a socialiislic dictator- ship.

Donald Fletniug iPC-Tkiroiito Egllngtoni said tirrrt llie planned economy being advocated by M. J. Coldrweli. 0.0.1“. leader. would lead Canada to totalitarianism such as was known in Russia. Germany and Italy.

Solon Low. lender of the Social Credit Party, said he had con- sistently denounced planned ec- onomly. because "I ain convinced that a policy of planned economy will inevitably lead to stateism

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Rationing 0f Sugar Extoiiilaii liil_ S.

W-AGHHNGIDN, March 21 tAPh-Legislation extending rai- ioning and price control of sugar until October 31. 1947. and con- tinuing allocation power: over il: until March 31. 1948. was passed today by the House and sent to the Senate.

Without the legislation. price control and rationing of sugar would end next June 30 and al- location powers would cease at the end of this month.

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Local Diver Loses Life In Cape Breton

GRAND NARROWS. N. 5.. March 21--(CP)—EmiIe "G31. hint. 46-year-old Charlottetown diver. was drowned today when his airline became fouled while working underwater at the alto of the Canadian National Rail- wsyls bridge in this Cape Bre-

ton Island village. 45 miles from Sydney.

A fellow worker. Newman Sigsworth. 28, noticed that

Gallant was in difficulties but when the diver was hauled to flio surface he was dead.

It was found his airline had become fouled on a jutting tim-

ber and his rubber suit was torn. . Gallant came hem from

Charlottetown four years ago.

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Turbulent Session

Flood Conditions Y Grow Worse In Parts 0f Britain

LONDON. March 21 - (APJ_. Crippling losses of food crops in the flooded lowlands of .B1‘ilfl:‘ll were reported tonight as condi- lions grew worse in scattered parts of the stricken areas.

WZIiPIS which trapper] pcnple m their homes in the \\'0i".=t flood in years were receding in some are.“ btrt rl-sing water levels were re- pc-rtctl iii the lower reaches of the Severn at, Worvestersliiiw? and the River Ousc in Yorkshire.

‘The toviln of Crowleinrl. Lincoln- slilre. was in danger of becoming an island as a, 40-yard breach iii a dyke released 11 torrent which 8'1- gulfcd iliCllSlllltl-i of acres of rich agrirtiliiirai laurl. drowned‘ cattle and marconed isolated farms.

Boats were sent to the rescue of stranded farmers and cattle \VEl'Ci hurried away to higher ground by; rnll.

Gale warnings were flashed} throughout the flooded area, add- ing‘ the threat. of new hardships.

Road and rail communications were broken at countless poi-sits. The Automobile Association le-

portecl that of the six main high- \va_vs~ radiating from London only» two were open to traffic through- out their entire length.

Expect lieavy Traffic To ll. It. From Montreal

MONTREAL. March 2i — (OP) ~Desplte floods. {cod shortages and other h-aidsltips Britain has been experiencing. shipping com- pamy oftlclizils said today they ex- pected tourist travel i0 the Untied Kingdom from Montreal this year will be the heaviest since 1036.

Ii i5 estimated more than 1,000 persons It mcntli uzli sail Ire/m Montreal. 1111s iii-umber‘ may be In- CPUJSCd later iii lire rvnsofi when rdditioulii Ships are released by the British ministry.

lBevin Suggests Plan

Liberal Leader Godbuut

QUEBEC. March 21 - tCP) __ Amidst shouting acid confusion. lLlberal leader Ade-lard 605mm ‘was named by the Speaker in the Qllfibec Legislature today but shortly after lczivlng time chamber ivas bile-vied to return.

Naming of Mr. Godbout was in- volved in the earlier suspension for the afternoon sitting of Fezmmd Clioqueite (L-Montmagny) for re- fusing to withdraw an accusation that the Ullifrfi Nation-ale Govern- ment “will gu (‘term in history as t.- regime 0.1‘ laxers, of‘ borrowers, a §@\'@i'lii1icr1l of traffickers in liquor permits."

The uproar arose during disc-us- sion of a. bill to amend the gasoline act. by which the Government pro- vides for a three-cent provincial tax on gasoline. This tax was for- merly included in gasoline taxles paidto the liederal Government -

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0f lluebei: Legislature [if statement

By Mr. Ilsley

(By D'Arcy O'Donnell)

T'1'A.i..'., Jriyiwrli 21 tCPl-i Some Quebec Liberal lricmbcrs of the Commons said tonight that 1 “cri-sis" is shaping up in trim ranks as a result of itateirientl made in the Commons yesterday by Justice Minister Ilslcy in con- nection with the powers of tlil Dominion Government to interfere in time oi

peace.

The point at issue is whether in normal time: the Dominion, believing that some legislation i: necessary for peace, order and good government. can interfere ivitli matters which fall under provincial jurisdiction.