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His Honor, Lieutenant - Gover- nor F’. W. Hyndman gave as- sent to 48 bills Saturday as he prorogued the third session of the 48th General Assembly of the P.E.I. Legislature. His Hon- our” noted that it was his first official visit to the Island Leg-
Departn ent. Ottawa
HIS I FIR'WOFI'CIAL TASK »
members ‘1 for the‘ efficiency the duties assigned to them. Governor Hyndman was ac- companied by his aides, Lieut. Commander, Douglas Saunders, Major R. D. MacGillivray, Flight Lieutenant Ian Rankine and his Private Secretary, Thomas Rogers. Beflolre en- terin-g the Provincial Building, Governor Hyndmam inspected
‘ljltlmflzeu at Second Cla Mail by the Post Oiflee
a guard of Honor under com- m nd of Captain J. D. Mac- In yre. The Band of the Prince Edward Island (17 Recce) un- der W.0. I. MacG*rego¢' played appropriate music dur- ing His Honor’s inspection of the Guard. Later Governor Hyndman took the salute from the saluting base in front of the - Provincial Building.
islature an complimented the
Bill Is Returned To House; Passes In Dying Moments
The Motor Carries Act which was out of the House on Friday was again introduced with certain amendments on Saturday morn- ing and thistime passed.
The object” n to the bill was that it would ive the Public Ut- ilities Commission power to grant a franchise to certain parties be- tween certain designatedv points and fear was expressed that it might interfere with the rights of the trucker on the Island.
ELIMINATE FRANCHISE
The amendments injected in the new bill change the word Fran-_ chise to license. In effect, it means that any truckers operat- lng between conclusive 1-imits shall be required to register with the Public Utilities Commission and receive a special license. The bill however does not affect the franchise held under the public vehicle act regarding busses.
The promoter of the amended bill, William Acorn stated that the bill’s chief purpose was to make the Island act uniform with that of the other provinces and the states of the United States.
As the act now exists outside the Province Island truckers are
required to buy a license in what- ' _ ever province or state in which
they transport goods. But in order to secure such a license
Rebellion In. ‘ Cuba Spuflefing
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) —-— The flame of Fidel Castro's rebellion seemed Sunday to be sputtering. Government troops smashed an- other rebel move and dissension shattered the rebel organization in Havana.
In what could be a serious blow to the rebels’ total war against president Fulgencio Batista, the rebel high command in Havana branded Castro's personally ap- pointed top lieutenant here a traitor. The rebel high command charged he bungled last Wednes- day's call to arms in the capital and threatened to kill him i-f he
- doesn‘t resign.
they must be registered with some ‘authorized Board.
He pointed out that the Act would have the double effect of giving this privilege to Island truckers and at the same time would require that mainland trucks be required to buy a li- cense to operate in this Province.
SUPPORTS BILL
Hon. George MacKay said he would strongly support the bill as amended. He reported that an Is- land trucker recently was sent a bill of $175 from the New Bruns- wick Government for operating his truck in that province without a license.
Mr. MacKay noted that Island truckers are obliged not only to have a license but they are re- quired to show slips that they
have used a certain amount of"
gasoline in the Province through
which they are travelling.
On -the other hand, he stated that mainland trucks do not have- to conform with such regulations when they come to the Island. “They fillup with‘ gas before they come here and they travel from one end of the Island to the other using our roads and we don’t get a nickel out of it," he said.
nounrs EXPRESSED
R.R. Bell expressed doubt as to whether the bill would interfere with milk and cream haulers in the Province. Premier Matheson assured him that any prosecu- tions under the Act wouldhave to come to his attention and as at- torney general would see that no one ’in'the category referred to by the Opposition Leader would’ be prosecuted.
Dr. Dewar quipped, "But there arose another Pharaoh in the land who knew not Joseph.”
" he uensdimt
"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
CHARLOTTET OWN CANADA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1958
Says Space Travel Long Way Off
T-OONTO (CP)——Man. is still “far away from real conquest of space,” rocket pioneer Dr. Wal- ter R. Dornberlger said Saturday night.
“We did not conquer the atmo- sphere by adding wings to the horsedrawn buggy," he told the annual N a t i on all Newspaper Awards dinner.
Similarly, giant steps would be needed before man conquered outer space.
The most pressing problem facing rocketry scientists in the United States was that of bring- ing the space trarvellerback to a predetermined landing point on earth.
The problem had to be solved before man can undertake a trip to the moon, and “the nation which solves it first has the best chance of conquering space.”
DEFEAT IN CLASSROOM
Setting out the West’s position in the space technology race, Dr. Dornberger, leader in develop- ment of the German V-1 and V-2 rockets, said the West has nei- ther won not lost it yet. But it had suffered a "major defeat” in the classroom.
Greater emphasis on scientific education and on basic research was necessary. “Governments have to pick up the ball and carry it into the classroom,” he said.
Does Not Look For Coast Guard
HALIFAX (CP) Fisheries Minister MacLean. said here Sun- day night a 12-mile fishing limit for Canada would have a definite affect on the establishment of a Canadian’ coast guard.
However, he didn’t think Can- ala would institu-te a separate service. Canada would probably favor co-ordinating present ser- vices by supplying additional fa- cilities in safety and rescue work to the fishing fleet.“
“Wider territorial wa- ters would give us greater re- sponsibility and we should be in a position to meet it. We wouldn’t expect the United States Coast Guard to operate in these waters where we have jurisdiction."
DIVERSION WON’T HURT
He told a press conference the diverting of trade from the U.S. would have no detrimental effect on Canadian fish markets.
“There is no ca-use for alarm. The fish market is firm at pres- ent." He s-aid the U.S. needs a lot of Canadian fish. “About 70 per cent of Can-ada's fish catch is epported—65 per cent to the U.S. ’ -
There has been no change in American tariff on fish. Because of a regulation in a 1939 trade agreement the tariff 1.. based on fish consumption and is the same for all countries.
Mr. M~acLea-n is in Halifax to speak to the 13th annual meeting of the Fisheries Council of Can-
The bill passed as amended.
ada -» which opens today.
Causeway Survey ToiGet Underway In Two Weeks
An early start on the Prince Ed- ward Island causeway survey is anticipated according to three consulting engineers who visited the weekend. '
The engineers are C. ‘P. Lowe representing a Halifax flrm; H.K. Templeman-Kluit, Vancouver and A.A. Anderson of Ottawa. Mr. An- derson was formerly chief engin- eer with the Dominion Depart- ment of Public Works.
The $200,000 survey is expected to get; underway within the next two weeks, the engineers stated and will include under water work dealing with an examination of the Strait bottom. UNDERWATER WORK
Borings will be taken and rock formations studied under the nine mile stretch of WateI'- All the same time rock formations along the coast will be studied with a View to finding close at hand. ma-
French Assembly Is Called
Into ”Emergency Session”
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terial th-at would be -suitable for fill over the shallow bars. This phase of the ‘work will take at least a year.
Another part of the survey will include measurements of tides and currents. It is understood that the action of ice in the strait has been under observation dur- ing the past winter. .
While in Charlottetown, the en- gineers paid courtesy calls on Clive Currie, Division engineer for Department of Public Works (Canada) R. Gordon White, dep- uty minister of Highways and B. Graham Rogers, geological of- ficer for P.E.I. —
The announcement that the en- gineers were in the Province came from L.G. Dewar in the Legislature Saturday" morning. Hon. J. George MacKay confirm- ed the fact that the engineers had visited his office on that day. TRANSPORTATION REPORT
The Transportation report pre- sented to the Legislature by Will- iam Acorn (chairman) of the Sc- lect Standing Committee on Transportation noted the tremen- dous increase in traffic at Bor- den during the past ten years. The increase in passenger cars in this period was 200,000; trucks and busses 112,000. and railroad
Drug Case In Halifax Court
‘ HALIFAX (CP) Gerge ‘Henry Taylor, 46', of Dartmouth, Friday was committed for trial in county court on charges of trafficking in narcotics.
I Taylor was arrested last month lI).\‘ RCMP who declined to name lthc drugs involved, 1-Jc \I\Ia_5 dc- clared fit to stand trial after a
freight cars 4,350. The report urged that the. cause- way survey be speeded up and (Continued on Page 5, Col. 4)
Agatha Christie's Play Sets Record
LONDON (Reuters) — Agatha Christia, queen of the mystery writers, went to the Ambassador Theatre Saturday night to watch her play The Mousetrap smash the record for the longest-run ning play ever on the British stage.
Saturdays performance was the 2,239th.
Almost 37'years ago, the lavish musical C(II‘I.l‘ChI.I1-S’h0W ended a five-year run after 2,238 perform- ances. No other production on the British stage has ever come near this record until Agatha Christie’s thrill-er about a mur- der in a snowbound manor passed the 2,000bh performance mark last year.
The Mousetra-p already has run for six years, during which time it has been seen by more than 750,000 people.
PARIS ters of the Atlantic Alliance meet here this week to deter- mine the elements of an effect- ive shield for the Western world
heads.
pital.
Reports Acci
Premier Matheson told the Legislature in the early hours of Sunday morning that he was inclined to agree with Opposition members that the $2,500,000 grant received by the Island Govern- ment was “only an interim pay- ment” and promised that when the Province received further consideration at the next Fed- eral-Provincial Conference, the Municipalities would receive\“an excellent grant” from the Pro- vincial Government.
The Premier did not agree with Opposition critic, Dr. L. G. De- war who contended that the Prime Minister had meant part of the grant to go to municipali- ties.‘ Neither did he agree that because Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had seen fit to give a million dollars apiece to their municipalities that the Island should follow suit.
Mr. Matheson said it had been made clear that the grant was given for public services in the Province, “with no strings at- tached”. He admitted that the
Prime Minister had made men- non of the needs of the muni- cipalities but did not bind any of the Provincial Governments in regard to the way in which the money should be divided.
A DIFFERENT STORY
- Mr. Matheson said Nova Scotia benefited to the extent of 2.6 million under the income tax in- crease and New Brunswick to the extent of 2.3 million while the Is- land did not receive a cent from this source. “If we would have benefited to the same extent as our sister provinces, there is no doubt we would be making a sub- stantial grant to our municipali- ties now”, the Premier said. > Morely M. Bell (Liberal — 5th. Prince) sa-id the municipalities were “having a hard time of it”. He noted that their brief to the Provincial Government asked that the grant be raised * from $3.25 to $11.75 per capita. He felt the Government would be justified in at least meeting the
muncicirpalities half way and
arise to per capita grant to $7.00. He felt they were entitled to some raise.
WHAT ABOUT ornnns ‘
Hon. Dougald MacKinnon said it was true that the Prime Min- ister in his political campaign said on more than one occasion, he -intended to do something for the municipalities. "There was however no indication as to what method he was going to take and if he is, as he said, going ,to do something for them, how is he going to do it for the provinces other than the Atlantic provinces who received no special grant."
Hon. Eugene Cullen offered as a solution that the Government give the $393,000 which Dr. De- war had claimed the Island re- ceived through adjustment in in- come tax collections from 10 to 13 per cent. “If the Honorable member can produce this money. which he says the Island receiv- ed, then I suggest we turn it all over to the Municipalities”, said
Mr. Cullen.
The following statement deal- ing with the plans and con- tract for the new wing of the Prince Edward Island Hospital has been issued for publication by the chairman of the board of
. trustees, Dr. J. W. MacKen7.ie,
and H. L. Palmer, vice chair- man:
“The Trustees of the Prince Edward Island Hospital wish to announce that with’ the ’ unan- imous agreement of the Board the contract for the erection of the new four-storey Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital Wing awarded to Ouellon Construction Limited of Campbellton, New Brunswick, whose tender of $1,- 089,000 was the lowest received, was signed on Aprii 11th.
“We regret that because of the marked difference in figures in the tenders received we were un-
able to award the contract to a Prince Edward Island firm.
“It may be pointed out that all the firms- tendering, both local and main]-and, named Nova Scotia firms as their sub-con- tractors for the necessary elec- trical, ,heating and plumbing work. We are assured however by. our contractor that while the heads of the various trades are from the mainland, local services and labour necessarily be required with a consequent Islpending of considerable money
ere.
EARLY START DESIRED ,
"Our contracting firm is naturally impatient to get start- ed, with the hope that the build- ing will be covered in before next winter, so every day is import- ant. Furt-her delay would Probab-
Statement Re Contract For New Wing To PEI Hospital
ly involve a new contract and markedly increased prices, to- gether with a loss of several months to one year in the con- struction time.
“On April 8th, 1958, a group of. interested citizens submitted to your Trustee Board a written list of recommended substitutions in various parts of the hospital building plans involving exten- sive structural changes of which our Architect did not approve. The other items included in their recommendations are being con- sidered by our Architect and the Trustee Board. If found prac- tical, these changes will be made.
“We thank this group of public- spirited citizens for their interest and help, and assure them, as well as any other interested citi- zens, that an arrangement will
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 5)
Potato plebiscites as held in the past have gorle out of fashion. This was indicated by Hon. Eugene Cullen during the pas- sage of a bill entitled “An act to amend. an -act respecting the mar- keting of agricultural products" -in the Legislature last week.
The amendment changes the percentage of votes required to express an opinion regarding any temporary marketing plan which may be in force. Previously 66 2/3 per cent of the eligible voters was required as a major- ity. Now it calls for 60 per cent.
NOT CONCLUSIVE
Mr. Cullen indicated that the results of previous -—.plebiscites were not always conclusive. He said it was the intention of the Department of Agriculture tg make a list of all potato growers
Six Victims Of.
Fire Are Buried
SAVAGE COVE, Nfld. (CP)- Samual Applin, 47, his wife, Naomi, 43, and their four chil- dren ranging in age from five to 10, were buried in the Anglican cemetery here Saturday follow- ing the Wednesday night fire that destroyed their home in this northwest coast community.
Six other Applin children rang- ing in age from 11 to 23 were attending a social at nearby F1ower’s Cove when the fire broke out. Cause of the blaze has
(AP)—D.efence Minis-I
in this era of supersonic missiles will ‘say _ and pocket - size nuclear war- meeting is that the ministers Wlll lreview the progress made in ful-
'l.‘l1c~. Jniniz-‘tors. representing‘ the filling the prog1'am laid out for member countries of the North NATO_ members at the NATO Atlantic Treaty Organization, summit meeting here last De- will meet at NATO headquarters cember.
not been determined.
NATO Defence Ministers To Discuss ”SI1ieId” At Session
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day to examine the long-range needs—as.well as the immediate requirements—of joint defence. About all that NATO officials about the three-day
Questions Use Of Plebiscite In Settling Potato Question
in the Province and when an opinion was required in future, a registered questionaire would be sent each grower. He felt_ many would answer the question- alre who would not go to the trouble of going to the poll to register their vote.
C. C. Baker (Liberal — 4th Prince) observed that one thing that had been contended in such plebiscites was that only a small percentage of the eligible voters voted and as a result did not give a fair "representation of opinion. In this instance he said the maj- ority Was being reduced making as he saw it. a smaller voice of the growers.
P.W.C. MEETING
Harvey Douglas (Liberal-2nd. Kings) wanted to know if people other than potato growers would be allowed to attend the proposed meeting of growers Qt Prince of Wales College. He recalled the Forum meeting of some years past and would not want to see a repetition of this meeting.
Mr. Cullen replied that the pur- pose of the meeting was not to form a Potato Marketing Board
but an Association which would-
decide whether they wanted a Board or not.
Moncton Man Heads MMTA
AMHERST, —- (CP) -- Harold Wallace of Moncton was elected president of the Maritime Motor Transport Association at the eighth annual meeting which con- cluded here Saturday.
More than 100 delegates attend- ed the two-day sessions.
It was announced that the sevefilh annual Maritime truck roadeo will be held in Amherst on Saturday, September 13. D. F. Everett of Saint John will be roadeo master. Lorne Totten of Truro will be the chairman with R. D. Valpy of Saint John, sec- retary-treasurer.
LIBRARY PROJECT Oslo University library in Nor- way has so far microfil-med 35,- 000 volumes of newspapers, the oldest dating from 1763.
Realistic Budget For UK, Promise
By FRASER WIGHTON
LONDON ( Reuters )-Britain's ruling Conservatives this week- end promised a “realistic budget” but carefully refrained from saying whether it will bring any tax relief this year.
British breadwinners, chafing under one of the world's stiffest tax burdens, expect no major changes in the government's 1958-59 budget, to be announced Tuesday.
Oliver Poole, deputy chairman of the Conservative party. told I press conference in Swansea, Wales, Saturday that he antici-
' pates a realistic bud-get that “ad-
justs the economic position.”
Derik Heat-hcoat Amory, chan- cellor of the exchequer for the last‘ three months, will present his budget in the House of Com- mons. 4
The most Britons hope for is a little loosening of the tight‘ t-ax belt.
Pearson Plans Reorganization
OTTAWA (CP) Liberal Leader Lester B. Pearson, home from a Florida holiday, says he plans leader. One of his first jobs will be a major reorganization of the party “from the ground up.”
On his arrival by plane Satur- day he told reporters he thinks the first post-election Liberal caucus will be held two or three =days before Parliament meets. ‘Prim e Minister Diefenbaker’s
liaent’s opening is May 8.
block Monday, and to be in Tor-
eral convention.
POOR FISHING CAlTl-l;\‘ESS‘, . Scotland (Reu- iters)—-The Queen Motlier didn’t ;get a nibble alter 51/2 hours of (fishing here Saturday and re- fmrned, to Balmoral Castle empty-handed
westerly winds 15. lottetown 30 and 45.
NOT MORE THAN
dent Caused RussiaTo Drop BombTests
PREMIER Expects MORE
Municipalities Will Get A More If The Province Does
COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ber- lingske Tidende, Denmarks big- gest newspaper, said Sunday the recent Soviet nuclear tests had to be broken off because of a “catastrophic accident.”
The paper, quoting information reaching C o p e n hagen through diplomaatic channels from Mos- cow, does not define the nature of the alleged accident, but says ti caused the radioactive fallout over Russia and many neighbor- ing states to increase to the danger point.
It said this is probably the real reason the Soviet government stopped nuclear testing unilater- al-ly late last month.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sena- tor Hubert Humphrey (Dem- Minn.) said Saturday Russia con- ducted an underground explosion March 25 which was detected by seismic stations ranging from more than 1,000 to 5,000 miles away.
spokesmen for the Atomic En- ergy Commission said they had made no pulblic announcement of a Soviet explosion occurring on that date. The last one they re- ported was March 22.
The A-EC has sadi it only an- nounced Russian nuclear test ex- plosions when there are circum- stances of special interest. Hum-
WEATHER
Cloudy, clearing in the afternoon; milder;
Low-high at Char-
FIVE CENTS
U. S. Senator Says Blast Felt 5000 Miles Away
March 25 explosion was nuclear.
As chairman of the Senate dis- armament subcommittee Hum- phrey said he had written to 37 seismologists in the United States to obtain information on the de- tectalbility of underground ex. plosions.
IMPORTANT QUESTION
The question whether nuclear blasts can be reliably detected at a distance is bound up with the issue of whether an interna- tional agreement to stop such tests would work.
Humphrey said information on detection of possible secret nu- clear tests is needed to work out safe proposals for suspend- ing such experiments.
The March 25 Russian under- ground explosioai was recorded by seismic stations in Kiruna, Sweden, 1,290 miles away, and Eureka, Nev., 5,650 miles away, Humphrey said. Data from these stations placed the Soviet blast in the northern Urals just outside Pokrovsk - Uralvsky, approxi- mfiiely 60 degrees east and 60 degrees north.
Humphrey said he had asked both State Secretary Dulles and President Eisenhower to supply the Senate disarmament group with information on detection of nuclear blasts. He said both re- fused I50 make this available for
phrey did not specify that the
. HALIFAX (CP) —-— Premiers of the four Atlantic Provinces have beendnvited to London, England to take part in the opening of an Atlantic Provinces trade promo- tion office.
Three of the Premiers greeted the invitation with enthusiasm. Newfoundland’s Premier Small-
to continue as Liberal ;
announced target date for Par- _
He planned to be back at his desk in Parliament’s centre 1
onto April 21 for the Ontario Lib- =
wood, vacationing in Jamica, was not available for comment. Fredericton publisher Brig. Michael Wardell announced the invitation here Saturday in an ad- dress before the first annual con- ference of the Atlantic Public Re- lations Society. The Premiers will be guests of Lord Beaver- brook. .~ ' . Premier Stanfield of Nova Sco- tia said the British -tour is “a mat- ter of great importance to the people of our province our
log is to interest people“ in the United Kingdom in this area.”
Premier Matheson of Prince Edward Island called it “an op- portunity to meet the people we should meet.” and New Bruns- wick’s Premier Flemming said
marine weapon, which
Atlantic Provinces Premiers Arte" Invited To London, , Eng.
suBMARINER's WEAPON”
WASHI;\'GTON, — This ls an o\r'<>1‘liead View of a replica of the Polaris, Navy’s prized new sub- was un- veiled in connection with a Sca- power Symposium. The missile,
publication.
the opening of Atlantic House is "one of the most important de- velopments in the history of the Atlantic Region.” _ The Premiers will meet lead- ing British industrials, business- men,_ed=i-tons and publishers at a meeting May 26 in London. The meeting coincides with the ar- rival in the United Kingdom of H. Watson Jamer, the Atlantic Province’s newly-appointed agent general in Britain.
Mr. Wardell said the meeting is aimed at promoting the Atlan- tic Provinces “as a valuable pot- ential partner with the United Kingdom as a resource base." He suggested a partnership be- tween the resources rich Atlan- tic Provinces and productively booming Britain as desirable.
A business partnership could be brought about by “bringing the truth to the people who can make the decisions." Brig. Wardell re- ferred to the “next obvious step . . . The meeting of the heads of government and leaders of indus- try in the Atlantic area and Unl- ted Kingdom." He said the re- sults may be prodigious.
designed to be firvrl from sub- marines, is being put on IIi:.pl£:_V through the replica for Nu: ."ir.st time. The sailor standing guard is Richard liumphrz-y of Arling- ton, Va.. (AP Wirephoto)