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1A possble start next week on |;e surveyto determine where they proposed ,Northumberland strait causeway will connect pith highways and railways is
lined in Borden.
;It is also believed by them that contracts for the borings [Ill be let soon, as contract dobuments have been prepared hrdistribution to contractors. A sites of advertisrnents on the "project brought responses from I right interested Maritime con- kac-tors.
S SENIOR ENGINEER
‘In charge as senior project 2 engineer is Dr. H. Q. Golder of the Canadian British Engineer- ‘; Company. Associated with . him are 11. Oudershoorn, deputy . project engineer,.and E. Meyer- .=.m_an of the Dutch C. B. A. En- gineering Oonsilta-nt-s, Vancou- ‘ er. —With Dr. Golden is Mr. F. olden of the Canadian British ' Halifax.
years. He was formerly station- ‘ at Summerside as a navigator
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f lithe Air Force and has many in this province.
i ~”I)r. Golder has established an - in the’ Abegweirt Hotel, , and under his direction ', staff will undertake rouigih ' ‘nary tidal survey work ‘cut to give contractors an M V the flow of water in the
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illr. Holdeinstated that a great 3 _ of co-operation and help ’ ‘been given by the R.C.A.F. ’office which had made a of ice conditions. Ice palt- :had been flown in the past , the Summerside station and ,» «records kept have proven -» ble in connection with (the work. . group of engineers will be euted next week by the ad-
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BOTTLE BLITZ HELD
, ‘THURST, _. (OP) _ Re- of a “Bottle Blitz" held in . “P51 by the Boy Scouts‘ were “ - encouraging. West ? . tlrst Scouts canvassed a kt aarea. Money for the bot- -mm expected to top the $300 hi? glving a boost to the boree fund” of the Bathurs-t hill Some 68 West Bathurst ‘,5 Dlan to attend the provin- mo lamiboree in Woodstock next ill, and the “bottle blitz” will heir trip.
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if-""i arrived in Ottawa ‘ '3§11il1®t-on by plane Wed- msht to begin two days
With‘ Prime Minister and other Canadian
iwfiltcmne party at sub- ;UP_Il&11d's Airport included in i st e r Diefeinb~a-ker, _- btm High Commis- stl‘ Saville Garner, Coin- kpealker‘ Roland Miohener “- Massey, representinsg ther, Governor-General Massey. Macmillan. dapper and ‘ pt?! git’-',V suit, was the first _ he aircraft but stepped M ‘let his wife, Lady -ddiescend the steps.
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Sh<?°Fn- _deP11_tY project engineer, while with him 1S E. Meyerman. Both, are connected with the Ho]. land firm of Nedeco, The Hague and are here for the C.B.A. En: gineering Consultants, Vancou-
figauseway Survey May Get UnderwayNe’x’r Week
ditiom (If two more. At the same time the office staff which at the present time consists of four Is- land second-year engineering students will have three more ad-
‘expected by engineers now~estab- ded
The university students pre- sently on the job are Donald Gillis, Suminerside, Saint Dun- stianls; Ian Scrimgeour, Cardi- gan, University of New Bruns- wick; Tony Coles, Summerside, U.N.B.; and Charlie Roberts, Middleton, S.D.U.
RECORDS HELPFUL
Records of past borings and
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_ The dragger is presently tied up to the stern of the car ferry S. S. Prince Edward Island as she lies at her berth as a standby for the newer M. V. Abegweit.
soundings are proving helptful Mr. Holden said. and added that the tidal work they will do will not conflict with the official tidal survey now being under- taken from the Souris area all the way up the Strait.
A dragger - type vessel has been engaged and the engineers believe it is ideally suited for the type of work to be done. It has excellent galley facilities and necessary sleeping accom- modations —when \ required. Present plans call for the vessel
to be out for 13 hours each day before returning.
Council To‘ Study Union Agreement
The City Council is expected to meet soon to give considera- tion to an agreement being sought by the Civic Employees Union Local 501. '
For some time the Union has been seeking a working agree- ment with the City but negotia- tions have been delayed pending the outcome of a court decision in regard to a case having a similar bearing between the Bro- therhood of Electrical Workers and the Town of Summerside.
In a memorandum issued in the Supreme Court of Prince Ed- ward Island dated April 3, 1958 and signed by Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell and Justice Mark R. MacGuigan certain findings have been made in re- lation to the Summerside case but the Council here is awaiting the reasons for judgement before any final action is taken. _
Legal members of the Council point out that these reasons will have to be studied in the. light of their application to the Char- lottetown Act of Incorporation.
MEETINGS TOOK PLACE
During the past months, the Union Local presented a work- ing union to a committee of the City Council composed of Coun- cillors Haslam, ONeill and Hyndman. Tentative agreement has been reached on a number of the clauses while certain modifications have been _suggest- ed by the Council Committee.
In any event the agreement will have to be dealt with by the Council as a whole before it can
be ratified When this takesl Pomcel Shall be Paid 8 minimum
EQILLAN ARRIVES. FOR TALKS :}‘iBri’risI1 PM To Discuss ii,-Triade Plans A’r Ottawa
minister said.
In a reference to Ladb’ D01’0lhY» whom he first met in Ottawa_40 years ago, Mr. Macmillan said:
“Since I found her here, I_al- ways'fe1t she should come back with me."
HOUSE STAFFER
The British prime mlmsler °“°€ was on the staff of Government House in ottawa just after the First World W31‘ When Lady Dorothy’s father. the Duke 0‘ Devonsli-ire, was Governor gen- eral of Canada. _
Later M1-_ Ma.cm11.1a.n dined in- fopmally with Mr. Diefenbaker at the latter’s official residence, 24 Sussex Drive.‘ _
Chatting with reporters befoie the plane touched down. Prilmt; Minister Diefenibaker said one to we main tlOlpl'CS of the next two days woum be trade and econ- omic affairs rel-ating t0 the C‘°‘“;' monwealth coiiS.1;e1‘tenfi«_‘-_: at Mon - real. starting l?- _°-
British officials said Mr. Mac-
otherwise will be presented to the Union for approval. when it is signed by both the Council and the Union, it will become ef- fective.
Councillor Haslam in reporting on the meetings with the Union said he was extremely pleased with the co-operation they re- ceived from the representatives of the Union."
POINT OF DISAGREEMENT
A point of disagreement is seen in the request of the Union that 40 hours shall constitute a working week of eight hours per day. The Committee suggests that the hours of work shall be eight hours in any one day and 44 hours in any one week.
The Union is asking that the normal work day be from 3.00 a. in. until 12.00 noon and from 1.00 p. in. until 5.00 p. in. other than employees doing shift work, such shift work to constitute a 40 hour week. -
The Committee wants the nor- mal working to be 8-12 and 1.00 to 5.00 from Monday through Friday and from 8-12 on Satur- day. The Union wants Saturdays off for the clerical starff. The Committee insists that the cleri- cial staff work on Saturday fore- noons.
The Union asks that overtime be paid on the basis of time and a half ‘after eight hours in one day or forty hours in one week and that all employees called to work, not continuous with their
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regular tour of duty, including‘
mi11,a.n is “extremely buoyed” by what he regards as the success of his talks in Washington.
It is understood Mr. Macmil- lan approaches the Ottawa talks with the objective of finding out exactly what the Canadian gov- ernment has in mind. 11&I‘ii‘0- ularly in economic matters, now that it has a secure majority in the Commons and a freer hand to jimiplerment its policies.
Mr. Diefenbaker is believed to be more concern-ed with sounding out the British government views on international affairs.
Economic matters the British prime minister is expected to dis- cuss here include Common- wealth trading arrangements and new sources of ca.pital for under- developed countries.
There will be keen interest here in’ what Mr. Macmillan may have to report on the pro- gress of disarmament discus- sions, which Canadian officials
consists of H_M.C. Ships Resol-
CHARLOTTET OWN, CANADA THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1958
ISLANDER ON MERCY FLIGHT
WINNIPEG — (CF) —- An RCAF Dakota left here Wed- nesday on a 1,650-mile flight northeast to evacuate a 17- year-old Eskimo youth, suf- fering a broken leg, from Arctic Bay on Baffin Island.
The plane, from the 111 Communications and Rescue Centre here and piloted by F0 J. M. G.'Jones of Cherry Valley, P. E. 1., was expect- ed to return to Winnipeg ,on Friday. “
Union Officials Blamed For Rail Wage Demands
OTTAWIA (C!Pl Senator George H. Barbour (iL —- Prince Edward Island) said Wednesday
2 most wage demands by railway
workers are initiated by union of- fiicials.
Speaking in the Senate throne speecih debate, he said the last a.nn»ua'l report of the ONE shows that rail-wavy lalbor now receives 62 per cent of each dollar earned by the government - owned rail- way.
“I think it is time the railway men considered the fact that the railway needs part of this rev- enue and a little more than -they now are getting irfvrlew of the balance sheet for 1957 which shows a deficit of $29,500,000,” he said.
“ll do not think it is always the men themselves who are seeking liigilier pay, but that it is some of the officials higher up who are urging them to do so.”
It was “the otifliclals of the union.’’
S~en»a.tor Baubour called on the government for an early state- ment on wlietzher P.E.I. potato pi-.ic-es will be supponted under the Aigricultuiiail Prices Stabiliza- tion Act.
He also -iuiged oonvstruotion of another ship to improve service between the island province and the mainll-and.
PLEADS Nor" GUILTY
HALIFAX (CP)—-Capt. Dudley King, 48, of Wilson's Landing, B.C., pleaded not guilty Wednes- day before a naval court to a charge of negligently li-azarding tthe Algonquin Jan. 26 when it collided ofif Bermuda with an- other destroyer, tih'e*.Nootka.
ACCIDENT NEAR FREDERIICTON -
Premier A. W. Matheson said last night the Province is pre- pared to participate in a “road- to-resources” program which would see the Federal Govern- ment advance up to a million and a half dollars on a matching grant basis with the Island.
Mr. Matheson said the details of the Island's road building program were worked out and approved by the - Government three weeks ago and are either in Ottawa or on their way there.
He said the program would in- clude roads to the National Park and to other areas in the Pro- vince where development of the tourist industry would seem fea- sible.
The road buiildinig program under the Federal Department of National Resources was re- ferred to by Premier Matheson during the last session of the Legislature.
Under the original provisions the plan called for the building of roads to certain designated areas in Canada that would be included in the category of "re- source areas” as related to min-
Vikings Reach M.id - Atlantic
BERGEN. Norway (Reuters) —-S-even N-orw-egian “Vikings" were in mid-Atlantic Wednesd-aiy. quenching their thirst with tank- ard-s of mdoed — the ale once brewed for old Norse warriors.
They were celebrating their
seventh day at sea aboard a 78-
foot Viking boat on which they are sailin.g,.to New York.
Claims ’’Deal’’ In Saint John
HALIFAX (CP)— Liberal lead- er Henry Hicks of Nova Sco’r.iia suggested Wednesday that the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission or the New Bruns-
wick Government has “made a deal” with Irving Oil Company Limited to use oil as fuel in a new electric power plant at Saint John, N. B.
The plant is to be built with Federal assistance on a site ad- joining a new Irving Oil re- fienery. It is the first of several proposed for Nova Scotia and. New Brunswick under a Federal- Provincial agreement.
Mr. Hicks told a press con- ference the reported use of oil is not in line with Progressive Con- servative promises before the Federal election that the plants
would burn coal.
To Use Oil Power Plant
He said if Nova Scotia Pre-
mier Stanfield or New Bruns- wick Premier Flemming, both Progressive Conservatives, deny a deal with the oil company “then I’ll be most happy." “But I think it’s very reasonable a deal to use oil h-a's been made.”
The former Premier also criticized .Premler Stianfield’s announced decision to close down a coal-burning power plant at Inverness, N. S.
“We were always able to keep It going,” he said of the former Liberal administration. Under his government the plant had produced a larger amount of power and thus lowered the unit cost of production.
Mr. Stanfield has said the. plant will be closed bacause the power can be bought more cheap- ly from a private utility.
lug, lumbering, etc.
The Premier at that time read correspondence between himself and Mr. Hamilton in which it was pointed out that Prince Edward Island has no mining or lumber- mg.
Mr. Matheson suggested to the Minister at that time that the
OTTAWA (Special) —- The Fed-
eral Government is prepared to contribute up to $1,500,000 for construction of highways in Prince Edward Island under the roads-- -to- resources program, provided the Matheson adminis- tration matches this amount. This was disclosed here Wednes- day by the Northern Affairs and National Resources Department whose Minister is Hon. Alvin Hamilton.
The four P_E.I. M.P’s have been pressing the government to make available sufficient funds for the Island so that some bad- ly-needed roads’ could be" built under the Federal program, in cooperation with the Province. Mr. Hamilton told the Commons Wednesday that the program of
Triple Murder Is Discovered In Vancouver
VANCOUVER tCP)—A depart- ment store janitor, his wife and 12-year-old diaiughter ‘were found beaten to death Wednesday in their home in Vancouver’: soutli end. Police said it apparently was a case of triple murder. No arrests have been made.
Island To Participate In $1,500,000 Road Deal
Island would be happy to con- sider the Federal offer if tourist areas could be considered as “re- sources areas.”
The suggestion of the Premier has been accepted by Ottawa and the Island will definitely participate in the program.
Ottawa Offers Matching Grant
access and resources roads an- nounced on Jan. 7 was still in effect and to date has worked out satisfactory. He added that the “very fine mining and access road program of the Ontario Government has been an inspir- ation to all provinces in opening up resources area.” Heath Mac- quari-ie, Conservative M.P. for Queens, said Wednesday night that the funds set aside by Ot- tawa tor highway work in P.E.I. could result in a “tremendous program" if matched by the Pro- vincial Government. He visualiz- ed a paved highway from the I"rans-Canada route to the P.E.I. National Park and other access roads to resume" areas.
“The money would be return ed to the province 10-fold through increase tnafrfic and tourists," he said. “We're hoping the Mathe- son Government accepts the of- ler made by Ottawa."
HEAVY PRODUCTION
GRAND FALLS, Nlld. — (OP) — The Anglo - Newfoundland De- velopment Co. Ltd reported Wednesday newsprint product- ion here for the week ending June 11 was a record 4,884 tons.
Inspector Archie P1-umimer said allithree victims died of head‘ wounds. No murder weapon had, been found. , 3
Police identified the victims as Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Pauls and‘ their daughter, Dorothy, 12. ]
Police investigated the neat, one-storey home in South Van- couver after hearing from Mrs. Pauuls’ employer that she did not report for work. She worked in!
.a sausage factory.
Mr. Pauls, employed as a jani- tor at a large downtown depart- ment store, did not show up for work and Dorothy did not go to school.
Police said the murder weapon was a blunt instrument, possibly
an axe.
One-Fourth
HALIFAX (OP) — A Russian scientist promised f'ishei'ies_ re- seairclhers from 11 countries here Wednesday that Soviet floating laboratories will stop-up studies this year in the Nortihwvest At- lanitic.
Dr. Yuli Marti, Russia's top marine scientist, told the Inter- national commission f or the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries the Soviet’s contrilbutiion to the com
FOUR OF THE siioships of the First Canadian Minesweep- ing Squadron are shown as
Lieutenant-Governor F. Walter Hyndman will accompany the First Canadian Minesweeping Squadron, which leaves port _to- day on a 36-hour traimng cruise in local waters.
The six-ship flotilla, under the command of Commander Alexan- der Craig Campbell, C.D., R.C.N. arrived in port shortly after noon yesterday and docked on the east side of the Railway Wharf. The Minesweeping Squadron
feel have taken a more hopeful turn in recent weeks.
ute, also under the command of Commander Campbell; Thunder,
Lieutenant - Governor Will Go On Special Cruise Today
they docked at the Railway Wharf shortly after noon yester- day. The squadron, at present
under the command of Lt-Cmdr. T.F. Owens; Quin-te, under the command of Lt-Cmdr. R.P. Myl- rea; Chignecto, under the com- mand of Lt-Cmdr. C.T. Gillis: Chaleur, under the command of Lt-Cmdr. R. Carle and Fundy, under the command of Lt-Cmdr. N.S. Norton.
Lt-Cmdr. Gillis, Commanding Officer of the Cliignecto. is a native of Point Prim, Prince Ed- ward Island.
INITIAL CRUISE
This is the first cruise for
Resolute, Thunder, Quinte, Ohig- necto, Chaleur and Fundy, and
this particular squadron as a whole, which was taken over by Commander Campbell in may of this year.
Before visiting Charlottetown the flotilla paid brief visits to Sydnev. St. Pierre, Gaspe and Quebec“
Following their departure from here the ships will visit Sydney and will arrive in Halifax, their home base, on June 20th.
Each ship displaces 390 tons, is 152 feet long has a beam of 28 feet, and carries a comple- ment of 45 officers and men.
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in port, consists of HMC Ships
is under the command of A. C. Campbell, CD, RCN, of Victoria.
lesage Resigns Federal Seal
OTTAWA (CP) — The resigna- tion from the Commons of Jean Lesage, newly - elected Quebec Liberal leader, was announced Wednesday.
Speaker Roland Micliener an- nounced the resignation of Mr. Lesage, MP for Montrnagny-L’l.s- let and resources minister in the former Liberal administration, at the Commons opening.
Mr. Lesaige’s resignatiion leaves the standing in the 265-seat House: Progressive Conserva- tives 207, Lifberals 48, CCF 8. vacant 2.
Leo Wedge, 58 and Lloyd Small 69. both of Summerside died last evening as the result of head injuries sustained in a car ac- cident about one mile west of Fredericton. The vehicle in which they were the only passengers left the highway and smashed into a culvert. Mr. Wedge died in the ambulance en route to the hospital, w ‘e Mr. Small died shortly aft eleven o'clock in Prince County hospital. The ac- cident occurred about 8.00 p.m.
Mr. Wedge was a special constable with the Summerside Police Force while Mr. Small was janitor at the Civic Building in Sunrmerside.
The two men were returning from Charlottetown in the Sum- mersidc police patrol car which they nad taken to Batt and Mac- Rae’s to have repairs done to the alternator. a generating part of the two-way radio equipment.
The vehicle had just reached the top of a slight incline where the highway vered slightly to the left, when the patrol car is pre- sumed to have gone out of con- tml_ Tracks showed that the veh- icle nad straddled the edge of the shoulder, with the right wheels over the side of the em- bankment on the right side of the highway. for a’ distance of about 100 yards, before the car struck a culvert in a driveway leading to the home of a Mr. Stewart, plowing through it and coming to a stop on the other side, in the deep ditch, Both men had been thrown clear of the vehicle before it came to a halt.
the front bumper sheared off completely.
Mrs. Emerson Murray who lives -nearby called Mr. James
an ambulance accompanied by Reigh Bagnall. Seeing that Mr.
Wedge was in very serious con- dition, Mr. Andrew and Mr. Bag- nall placed him in the ambulance and started for Prince County Hospital but he passed away be-
The car was badly damaged with,
Andrew undertaker at Hunter ~ 1 River, who sped to the scene in
Two S'side Men Fatally I niured On The Highway I Men We’-re En Route From Ch’town In Police Car
fore arrival.
Mr. Joe Davison, undertaker In Kensington was summoned and took Mr. Small to Prince County Hospital. Dr. L.K. Zielinksi was also at the scene and administ- ered medical aid to the seriously injured man.
An inquest was ordered and it coroners jury empanelled by COI‘Dl1r.‘l‘ Dr. W.E_ Callaghan. The jury went to view the scene of the accident l-ast night. Members of the jury are: James MacLean (foreman), John Mungall, Charl- es Connolly, James Schurman, Charles Murray, George Wotton and Elmer Murphy.
Mr. Wedge, who was unmar- ried is survived by a brother and sister in Summerside, Frank and Margaret, a brother Joe in Moncton and. sister. Iena, Mrs. Kemstead, in the U.S.
Mr. Small is survived by his wife, the former Mabel Comp- ton, son Alfred, Summerside, and daughters Jean, Mrs. Wallace Murray, Summerside and Norma, Mrs. Harold Muttart, Carelton. also a brother, George, Summer- side and a sister, Mrs. William , Matheson, presently visiting in England.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night.
‘Missing Trio Found Safe
CORNER BROOK. Nfld. (GP) -Jllwo men and a boy missing in an open boat from the south- west Newfoundland ..commun-ity of Codnoy Harbor since Monday were found alive Wednesday.
A searching ROAF Lancaster spottted the 30-foot skiff in St. George's Bay, about 1% miles from Port Harmon on the West Coast. A tugboat picked _up the men and took them to hospital.
Jack Salmons, 31, John Hilliard and Amos Colliery. 15, were re- leased after examination.
3 Red Craft lake Fish Io Equal
Of Canada's Iotal
miissioii‘s complex researcth pro- gram will “considenaiblry in- crease" in the near future.
He said three la-nge trawlers—- fully - equipped as research la- boratories — are conducting stud- ies off Newfoundland. The pro- gram “is supposed to increase” later this year, he said.
In his first major address -to the commission's eighth annual meeting, Dr. Marti disclosed that Russia's fish cvatclh off Ca.nada’s East’ Coast has quadrupled since 1956. He said Soviet la dings from two rioh banks ohf N foundlrand totalled about 70,000 tons last year. one - q-uarteir the Canadian catch.
1956 CATCH
Russia reported a 1956 catch of 17,000 tons ovfif the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and neighboring Flemish Cap.‘
Considered “quite small" by Russian delegates, the landings were more than double the United States’ catch and about equal Portugal's.
The Russian figures were re- leased three days acfiter Soviet Fisheries Minister _A. A. Islikov said his country’s big trawlers operatiinig off Newfoundland are engaged only in “experiments and researci ."
A commission spokesmn said the Russian delegation was “al-
most apologetic" for its "small” catch and brief scientific paper. “They promised more activity in the future." he said.
Dr. M-aortl said three “search- ing trawlers” / — the Odessa, Kreml, and Novorossisk—~are con- ducting frish surveys on the Grand Ban-los this year. “We expect that as a result of this research our Future contritbu-tion to the investi- gation of the northwestern region of the A=tJl>antii=c Ocean will con- siderably increasc,” -he said.
The scientist said Russia uses 1,800-ton traiwtlers in its Grand Banks operation-s. C~anada’s larg- est traiwlers are about 300 tons. THREEMONTH JOB
Russian trawlers last year spent about three months on the Grand Banks and landed 19,200 tons. In nine months on the Flem- ish Cap, divided from the Grand Banks by a deep channel, the Russian fleet landed 50,101 tons.
Dr. Mar-ti said the biggest catclh was in redhish or “sea perch."
He said Russian trawlers first visited the Grand Banks in the spring of 1954. Scientists from the polar in-stihute returned in 1956. and a year later long - range tirawlens continued studies on the slopes of Flemish Carp.
Refrigerator trawlers were sent to the Grand Banks in October, 1957, he said. ’
U. K. ’LitlIe General Election’ Puts 5 Seats At Stake Today
LONDON (CPl—Five constitu- encies elect members of Parlia- rrent today in a “little general election” that seemed, in the late stages of camrpaigning, to be suf- fering from spring fever.
Political correspondents cover- ing the byelections sent back re- ports on the excellence of trout streams. the balrnin-ess of sea- side breezes and the absence of clear-cut issues. Party spokes- men issue the usual statem-exits forecasting great and unexpected COUVPS. but most of them laok conviction.
At stake are the Lancashire in. dustrial seats of St. Helen’; and Wigan. both held by Labor, and
the London district of Ealing
South, the Somerset seaside re-
the Scottish district of Argyll, all represented by Conservatives.
Both major parties are contest- ing all five seats. Liberals are in the field in the three govern- ment-held constituencies and I C o in in u n i st is chall~eng-ing Laborls hold on Wigan.
SLIM CHANCES
Liberal chances would appear to be slim, even if the party were not forced to divide its slen- der resounces among three scat- tered battlcgrounds.
_In the 1055 general election. the Liberal c a u did a t e at Eialing South lost his deposit. The last Liberal to fight Weston-Supeia Ma-re was almost as badly beaten
in 1950. Arg_yll has not seen 5
sort of Weston-Super.Mare and
Liberal in the field since 1945.
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