STEEL MEN AT WORK

Ivan Troop, erection super- visor, (left) and Lionel Naylor, chief estimator of Robb En- gineering Limited, Amherst, N. §.,,are collecting data which will eventually lead to an -estimation

of the strength of the steel struc- ture of the Sports Arena. The Arena management requested the firm to survey the steel work to

assure the safety of patrons. The work was begun yesterday but a

AMONG THE FARMERS.

Federation of Agriculture Newsletter

For Tuesday evening, March "7. The Federation of Agriculture is sponsoring a public meeting in the Legion Hall, Charlotte- town. Present will be thé Hon. Lorne Bonnell, Minister of Health, who has consented to dis-

For those interested in the Fed- David Kirk as sec- retary of the C. F. A. will be the guest speaker. Mr. Kirk will dis- Fe eae provincial feder- ill rn addition dis-

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Insurafce for

All four topics are of current

tended to the publi¢ to attend this meeting. FARMER AND LABOUR The Farm Forum discussion on March 2 clearly established the fact that forum members do not see much value in or prospect of strikes as a means of solving

ineffectiveness of strikes ‘was

“| suggested due to the difficulty

of getting farmers to stick to-

~lin agriculture

the problems of agriculture. The | to

full detailed report of the find- ings would not be known for a week. Preliminary inspection led the engineers to believe the struc- ture was exceptionally sturdy. G Keith Pickard of Charlottetown is supervising the inspection.

gether on*such an issue, to-the

perishable nature’ of farm pro- ducts, to the moral implication of going hungry~and to the fact that the farmer is an employer and there is not much point in striking against himself.

However, while discarding the strike as a ins lent of value forums saw a number of things to be com- mended in labour unions. The educational program carried among members was commend- ed, the efficiency which appears be possible in labour unions. WHAT, NO CATS?

After putting a serious hole in its manners the legislature of the

; ~4 immediate aes so dl

‘I livia, which seats 12,000 worship-

awe rightly due it.

-|WINTERY GRIP

Former iy Man Killed In Accident

Word of Mr. Monaghan s death Was received Wednesday by Mrs. Bridget Smith, 114 Prince Stréet, his OE messed

Monaghan’ is survived 4 ao wife and seven children. 0

, all of Montreal and a sis: Mrs. Norman tolmes of Que- ‘The late Mr. Monaghan moved with his family to Montreal as a boy about 20 years ago. ,

HUGE CATHEDRAL The cathedral at La Paz,

Bo-

pers, was begun in 1835 and dedi- cated in 1933.

Province redeemed itself whed it recognized on Tuesday the Fight of the feline species to be

accorded the honour and protec-‘ Those per-

; who do not understand or)

yond the pale of

The cat is in many respects a unique apimal and while class- ed as a domestic one may prob- ably lay claim with some justice to having domesticated man. Af- ter such a claim is accepted then the legislature was certainly guil- ty of a perfidious act in turning | its back upon an animal which has been very closely associated | with man in his rise from bar- barism to his present enlighten- ed status. &

March continue its icy and wintery. grip upon the climate and countryside. Remarkable stories are circulating- on the | length of time and labour involv- ed in digging one grave and to the effect that pipes down even | eight feet in the earth are frozen. How.long will the frost take to come out, and will the mud be such as to create a record? i

Highway engineers will no, doubt be keeping their fingers | crossed as they await the effect | of the frost coming out of the | earth on our valuable pave-| ments. Certainly there would ap- pear to be some value in the cold | weather persisting to the end of | March and having as rapid aj} transition as f@ssible from winter |

to the rather doubtful joys of a Maritime spring.

and general interest and thvuse!

who atend the meeting profit by it. DAIRYMEN WEDNESDAY cue 10:30 oh Wednesday mor- March 18, the 60th annual | cain of tie Kelevelan’s Aan: ciation will get underway. Aill

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stitute will hold its seventy-first annual meeting on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 17. The or- ganization was evidently set up

lived of alt our farm organiza- tions. While the activities of the branch institutes have been very much reduced from the deveiop-

should |

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Election:

Voting:

sociation.

Prince Edward Island Dairymen’s Association

‘NOTICE of 60th Annual Meeting

Wednesday, Marck 18 -- 10.30°%.m. & 1.30 p.m. || Legion Hall, Grafton Street, Charlottetown

Dairy Farmers and the accredited delegates of all Dairy Plants are advised that the following matters will be dealt with:

Receiving: Beport of the President Report of the Dairy Superintendent. ” Report of the Secretary =. i The Financial Statement

Three directors of the Association Officers for the current year

Funds for the Association, Consideration of Recommendations, Policy for the Dgiry Industry

. The Annual Meeting will eonclude with a banquet in the Charlottetown Hotel at 7:00 p.m. te commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the As-

The guest speaker will be the Hon. Douglas S. Harkness, Minister of Agriculture for oe

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CANADIAN NATIONAL

REVISION OF T“LEGRAPH RATES IN CANADA

Canadian National Telegraphs and Canadian Pacifie Communications have | | applied to the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada for authority te increase telegraph rates within Canada by 10¢ per ten-word fOll-rate message, with increases of 1¢ per extra word and proportionate increases for day-letters and -night-letters. These revised rates are made necessary by increased wages

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The Board of Transport Commissioners has directed that a scale of the proposed rates be made available for public inspection at all Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Telegraph offices. These scalés are now available for perusal. The Board has set Tuesday, April 21, 1959 as the date for, the formal hearing of the application of the Telegraph Companies and has directed that the public be notified by means of this advertisement that representations in respect of the new rates shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada, | Ottawa, Ontario not later than Monday, April 13, 1959. :

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