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Wine innermost

“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

VOL. Lxxvn. N0. 106

‘llanagcr William CBall, left. and president Malcolm \IacKenzte informally discuss the agenda for the annual meeting of the (‘entral Farm-

(‘o-o ei‘ative \ssociatioit

Premier Throws Challenge

CENTRAI. IPARMERS’

Anlhnrtud [It partment.

Ltd prior to the start of the meeting. which was ltcld last ntzht at the Bircliiiood High School .rluduorium. Approx“ matelv 127i members of a tof~

al membership of that! attend-

“ Second Clau Man by Otto-n, and for payment a! palm to

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,co-OP MEETS .

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ed. ‘.\lr Mai-Ketizi’e was v elected president. The (‘o-op did a grocery business totall- ing $1 301.301 during the year. an increase of SITHMH frotn the previous year. reports ltl- dicated. iSee story on page 5).

To Council On 4-H Clubs

Ry NEIL M\'I‘lIItISOV i lchalletigc to stop talking disaster and forge ahead to .itt even greater Canada iti the nest century was thrown out to the t‘aiiadian i'ouitcil on Hi t'lubs here last by Premier Walter it Shaw He was guest speaker at a dinner meeting rendered by

lllf‘ province in the Charlotte— town hotel ‘l‘ve been alarmed," th e,

i‘rcmier said. as iead of n‘ :overnmeni to find so in a n y people are looking for the gov- eriiment to do things for them

We're trying to change th at here on the island and to point "'l‘ the tremendous possibilities for people in work out their own destinies."

Speaking directly to the Four.- c'l representatives from across the nation he said "you people

ave a great opportunity to im Dress this sort of thing on the mung people with whom y oil work. from British (‘olumbia to \‘eii ioiindland.

“You people who work wiiht the young people across '

important or more worthwhile Kroup.”

SEES CHALUENGE

Farmers and farm organiza- firms are sometimes too ready to downgrade their indtistry by emphasizing the difficulties ()3 course there are difficulties.

there \\lil Ri\\‘ii).\ he difficultiesV

to face by any man who gets to the top "If the challenges wen-

faced in the same spirit, ilf‘lfl‘

Potatoes, Turnips Planted

Potatoes have been planted in a number of districts ill the pro vtnce. and a few fields of early turnips have been sown, it wa; Ir a r n e d reliably yesterday. though no report has reached fills off'ce thus far of any grain being sown.

Potatoes were planted iii the Print area last Tuesday. it was learned Plantinzs were also reported in the (‘ornwall. Try on and l._vttdnle areas among others.

\otliiiig ll;l\ been planted and no '_‘l'Ollll(l has hecii worked at the ltixpcriniciiial lt'arm here to date. it was learned yesterday afternoon. although the land is reported to be rapidly nearing workable condition.

Land is be'ti: cultivated in some areas. though. and ' not uncommon to see a tractor and cultivating equipment at work in a large field whtclt ap- pears dry. although large snow banks rim ilie woods along one side of the field.

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with the some faith our forefa- ilicis showed when l went into the forests with a handful of possessions. hened small log cabins for shelter attd planted t h ei r potatoes between the country he made an even better place in which to live during the next. century. the Premier said. Don't. talk disaster. you have

a :ood vocation. he told agrictlt— ‘

turists And the same applies to many other vocations.

"i don‘t agree that the day of the small farm is past." obser- Shaw who noted that

himself tnat are successful small farmers and there are men who are making a success on large acreages. There a re people who are. failing to make livtn: on small farms but there are also failures recorded on large acreages.

The Premier was introduced

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by Agriculture. Minister Andrew ‘

it. )laellac.

Deputy Minister S. C. Wright, himself a council president on two occasions in tlte past. intro diiccd the head table guests. They included Moses Pholoba. Bechuanutand. Africa the first recipient of the (‘anadian Frec-

. . . t dom l‘l‘Onl Hunger Fellowship.

The African student is taking an eight-mouth course of special studies at St Francis Xavier l'tiiversity. .\ntigonish which he will complete at the end of this ‘(‘iintinucd on page 5. col. fit

lehding Expansion Is Planned * For farm Credit Corporation

By ARCH MncKl-JNZIE

OTTAWA (CPL—Another re- vision of the Farm (‘redii Cor- poration's lending capacity - antl perhaps an increase in the interest rate—ls scheduled to be placed on the parliamentary ngcnda this week, flite change will double the Itttmunt that individual farmers 'i‘ti borrow to ceilings of “0.000 and 355.000 The differ- flit? between the exrsting cetl- this of $20,000 and 327.500 that the Farm Credit (‘orptir- Ition supervises the larger loan.

The corporation's (“1“‘l3; ' o it going to be boosted. io'rir-

1.

"Wills say. by a thin i-t‘ .- hill from its present amount of “00.000000.

The corporation in its last

Year ended March 3i did rec ‘rd business of “08.000000 in new ‘OBM. Which are designed to fill ' up in tiupplin of long-term credit for farmers

The interest rate has been‘ five per cent. nits cost the. [moment money lust year; because it. had to pay more than: i littered and other charges f».

simpl} the torporatton \\llll lending funds SIV PER (WENT RATE

The corporation. it is under-

stood. lias recommended amore "economic' ' interest ratceper- haps six per r it

The recent report of the royal commission on banking and l- nance did the same thing and called the interest rate of five per rent it subsidy

The Farm ('rcdit (‘orporalion revision is one of three main pieces of farm l0T~i5lllnn anti- cinated at this session of pirlia-

INSIDE TODAY

Births. deaths .1. is Classified .. .. H. is (‘omlctl . . . . . . . . . .. t'l S r: . . . . . . . . . . . .. l0. ll Finance. markets 12 Editorials . . . ..

Kings. Queen. City 5 Summersi e .. Women‘s

('hanges also will he

the arm improve- l,oans Act-probably m- the maximum loan which now is $7.300. This source of credit is used for short-term purposes and covers a large amount of machinery purchas-

nieiit.

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Agriculture Minister Hays in- tends to use it to carry oitt his. scheme to ease machine-buying crisis. say informants. The leg- isolation when it appears aiteri is to permit groups of farmers to organize the the purpose of borrowing large amounts of money to purchase expensive machinery that :lie group can use co-operatively.

.\notlier piece of legislation is expected to provide federal stopping for any disas- finanetnl losses provinces with crnp insur- ance schemes—although so far only Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island have embarked on this program and only Manitoba tun done so to any extent.

' heavy

Outbreaks Controlled

HALIFAX lCPt — Only one fire remained out of control in Nova Seotia's parched wood- lands Monday night while tired firefighters continued to patrol 13 oth r fires ought under| control or contained during the

The onlv blaze still not in check was burning in woods near Beavcrbank. about 18

miles from Halifax ‘ Halifax County was the hard-

est hit with seven fires Other blazes were brought under con- trol in Shelburne County,» Queens County. Annapolis County. which had four. spokesman for the lands

and forests department said the fire hazard is still "extreme" and will remain so until the woods in the province receive a rain. But the Halifax forecaster said the United States weather bureau‘s long- range forecast predicted

rain until at least this weekend. Nova Scotia has had no rain

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The lands and forests depart.- ment said the major fire which for a time had threatened the tiny community of Port Hebert, 35 east

' burne. was finally brought un-

der control late Monday.

: FAMths LOSE some

The fire had burned to within Itwo miles of the Village and. i had caused the seven families in the community to go without. ‘slcep Sunday night while they battled the flames which lickedi their way through spruce d fir timber toward their homes

Parliament i At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONDAY. May 4. till?!

\ctiti’: Trade \linistet' Hays announced the government has decided against extend- ing its program of uranium stockpiling beyond June 30.

The Conservatives moved a non-confidence motion in the

i government. alleging it has not come to .grips with the country‘s water resources problems

Former resources minister

Dinsdale. s a i l n g ' nada faces an imminent national crisis in water resources do

velopment. proposed appoint- mom. of a national advisory committee.

The other opposition parties showed no disposition to stip- port the Conservatives in con- demning the present govern- ment alone for lack of a wa- for policy.

The Senate started debating the bill to establish a lZ-mile fishing limit for Canada. all opposition speakers voicing approval in principle.

‘TUESDAY. May 5

’ The Commons meets at 2 30 pm. to continue the non-con- fidence debate on water re.» sources. The Senate sits at 3 pm.

U Thant Plans iTo Visit Ottawa

OTTAWA it‘ll“ Secretary General U Thant of the United Nations has accepted an invi- tatiion from the Canadian gov ernment to visit Ottawa May 25 and ‘28 Prime \linister Pear- son announced Monday.

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lobster Prices Said At Record level Here

An alltime record price of hi cents for canners and 48 to .3 cents for markets appears in prospect for Island Lobstermen according to several veteran s h o r e observers yesterday. There hail been no firm price established tip to the afternoon. but .Ioe Gaitdin. manager of the lt‘isliermen's Cit—operative at North Rustico. and .lerry Barry. who is equipment manager or cking firm at \lorell. agreed that l.‘(‘ price. if it materiali/es would be the highest ever paid here for the opening of tilt. spring season. Last year. by comparison. the opening price. was 37 for canners and 42 for. rger. market sire crusta- ceans. The closing price for the ' season a year ago was 40 and 30 cents.

BEST PATCH

The best catch at Al-hertnii re~ ported over the weekend was Slit: pounds in one boat. H0\\‘(‘\'PI’.‘ Harvey Hutt. manager Al-bertou 1 Fisheries said prospects for the season do not look too good: judging by results in the first few days. (‘aiehes at Tignisit' were said to be “fair” by a fed-l eral fisheries department spoke. man. though it was emphasized that it‘s much too early to make accurate forecasts of the season‘s production.

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Criticismls On tZ-Mile

OTTAWA (CiPt —- Pot-sholsi were taken at Prime Minister; Pearson and Fisheries Minister Robiehaud in the Senate Mon? day as Conservative speakers fired their iiirst rounds at a government hill to establish in l2-mile fishing limit along Cana- dian coasts. But all oppossition speakers said they approved the principle of the bill. l

Senator Orville Phillips (PC— Prince Edward islandt said the

prime minister was guilty of ":unboat diplomacy" in not making further attempts to‘ have the United Nations ap-

prove the new limits. The bill. introduce in red chamber last week. would bait foreign fishermen from t‘niiada's rich offshore fisherie:

tile .

nlltl also extend (‘anada's ter- ritorial waters farther out to sea Fishermen from other

countries now can fish to within three miles of (‘anada‘s coasts. i Senator Alfred J. Brooks iPC — \‘ Brunswick. opposition leader, outlined the (‘onserva‘ live posttion on the hill during its second-reading debate stage. t "i want to make it perfectly rear that the Conservative party supports the princtpu and the need of extending our fishery zone to the 12-min limit." he said. MENTIONS RETAIJATION Rut he and other ('oiiserva

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when he visited \lberni. BC. during the weekend They were protesting the slowness of

: prime minister now abandoning

to the US. would be curtaiitn

warned that Canada's‘

OTTAWA tf‘Pt -A ('oiiserva- tive non-confidence motion con. demning the government for not grappling with water re sources problems was prOPOStd in the Commons Monday by former resources miniister War [or lltinsdale.

Fishermen in the Georgetown, \lontague and Murray Harbor North areas were reporting a catch of half a pound to the trap. One man pulled 200 traps and hoated 112 pounds. Two to three

pounds would be really good. . , . . . sovpml men observed The motion was criticized by _ Cl‘f‘flillSlP Gilles Gregorre as 0"? Snufls "’90" Mid "i bet n g insipid. unimaginative

catch of one and one-half to two pounds per trap. which would be really good. biit this uncon- firmed report was matched by another reporting only one-hail ound.

and beneath the dignity of the Commons tor discussion in a supply debate. Arguing that me .mallf‘l‘ is largely of provincial concern. he introduced a sub- amenclment urging the federal government to take concrete action to apply its Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Act.

T. l). DeBLOIS

Local Man Heads Canadian

SLOW START

A veteran observer noted that fishin: along the South coast.

. . from Wood islands to Victoria. . - - . I. i normally does not pick up until organlzahon h 1 h\:.l:,(‘1m:fr:\gurmmmiggliflg May lfliol‘Zrthmtg‘h nobody has T. l)_ hemms of hpBlois me minm..,‘. [limbgmi have}; 3” “Xhlfinalmm I‘MWT 3mm; Bros. m Charlottetown was mm. “in. neglect "in failing to El“ llsherfm" 3” Marl?“ elected president of the (‘ana- establish a co . ordinal iia-' mound because of the high man “mom... msmmnmx m_ “final “a.” Whey... h also .. Pplil'cmag“ “f lam" "r market stitiite at the annual convention “id the government. in office

lobsters normally caught. this “Md FNWHL‘, m Tmonm area reported a significant drop Th? 9} _t W U _ in the market percentage a year ‘0 I I F.” '1 "0am; ago. and nobody ha a logical ‘ mp0“ “mm” m m Mr'

i. . . explana'mn. S'ewa“ Ross. Fl lflt-FIOHH man. It was the first. 4 time that an islander has been

one year. has ignored “th ims minent national crisis in water resources m a n a g omen-t." as evidenced by the “critical” low water levels of the Great Lakes.

River. member of the Priivin- . , .

cial Legislature and one of the. “9"?” pre‘mem of the “is” \s well. it had ignored in top fishermen in the area. ob— um" creasing polution of notional served last spring that only the Mt‘. llt‘l'lleis, \It‘ltn is wet?” waters and the urgent necessity

lobsters know why they are not in" Charlottetmvn

. of conserving water resources trapping and they are not tell wholesaling firm. has been on ing

for the benefit of national re.-

tlie board of directors of the source development in Canada. ””‘ ’ ~‘ Institute in' the st l

“a... Hp '- magi... :93; SUGGES’I‘S PROGRAM .

fnrmm. “my Lawsnn "f _\]_ Mr inisdale. in the motion.

berion, and they have three "fwd gmmmmpmu

[sons Thmnas‘ Rom,” and three—point water program to

“3mm: ake up r their year of ne-

1 glecit of this problem." He pm:

i He joined the firm In 1946 059d. ‘

i when 'a ome from p ‘ ‘

.three years momma pmm- m 1. Establishing a national ad- OS his military experience he . d Visory committee on water re-

.z-pppived his BA from Mean]; sources to assist in eo-ord-inaf-

l‘ii'iiersity in \lonireal. e ing national resource develop-

ment

firm was started in 1913 by his‘

frown-fish would he

indl‘StrV father and his lat ‘

. ‘ ‘ - ~ P ltnlflt‘. and . \ci-elerating the applica- badly crippled and the fresh m...“ mm,” Loaf 5,0,.“ as “on or «RDA WIMP: m the fisher" industry dealt a severe “.0; “WWW independent ’ ,,;. fi.4___._.c._.~-._ blow if the United States should ,..,,,a.lm.s In H“, provinca

decide. to retaliate by imposing tariffs on Canadian exports of fish to American mar ets. Senator Brooks also said Hen mark. lceland and other corin- tries nhat had declared 12-min: limits now were. having trouth

Quebec Plans I New Control On Drinking i

'enforcing them. He said Fish-

eries Mi n i st e r Rohichaud's l . . . ‘ ,

statement that (‘anada had a t m l”.ka (P' .‘nf‘c'il‘l‘m‘s

fleet capable feneorving the aginEEZ‘Eenhar‘tili‘a‘spri‘: "(Tl m;

' ' it ' I ' ' I '6‘" 1 lll’lf'C

llmlljl‘”Sfillht’lS ridiculous omost Mnnday m [hp Quebec Imis. Cr [mm APJ‘PMP"

“ . _ “ 'lallll'e by \ttornev - General LONDON—Imp British foreign

{offnadaf {:2 li?(:};ara:)"rdn )1; Rene Hamel. acting premier for office said Monday night the

Tan??? 2 m“ ‘f‘mm film the vacationing .lean lesag. ’.. embassy in Ta'izz. the yen rlc ' "' ThPt' are to take effect 45 capital of Yemen, "had found tugged is (2.1%; ‘ H d I days after publication in the no truth" in a report that the “I‘rwagosr iJ'érsa'igfm‘: mgr ' official Quebec Gazette. heads of two slain British sol- ferences to establish the limit Th" ’iPCl'la'W“ ltlat‘e Setet‘e we” “'9” dlsplaym mm.“ HP "MM ma" a (Lanada‘gpm restrictions on beer. wine and US embassy‘s report mer mmion had failed “I, in Spirits advertising with the gov- was made after Prime .Vlln‘slftl‘ ‘ ernment - proclaimed aim of Sir Alec Douglas - Home an-

United Nations approval by a single vote in ‘ "it is dtftictilt to imagine our

blocking ilie breweries and dis- tilleries from developing new (‘0!151lnlf‘l".

in the House of (‘om- mons Britain had asked the United States to investigate re- ports of the decapitation.

the United Nations for unboa' All Premnllnn in newspapers. _

érnlomacv" 2 ' maga7ines. eircuars. _ ‘Sll‘ Alec also lashed out at qenamf John Kmim. (L _. plilets and on radio and “tip. \cmen and the [hired Arab

V0. qmi. . mid h“, don,” vision would have to be dimmed Republic accusing them of to-

A \a ‘c d l L menting Violent subversion to

think Canadian expni‘ls of fish at Misting consumers coughed the South Arabian Federatmn

in terms avoiding any connota-

' i ' ‘ ' - . Yemen's Information Minister bqueclaring the rfr‘ei;1 lrlmll. ll‘iit “an the beverage ls heahh. Ahmed “mama”! mm" de- w: “fiaomnffi; gtiitig. nutritious medicinal. a med the repnlfs mm the two

‘ i - i ' h. stimulant or otherwise good for British soldiers killed in a .there when that (outiiiy de. "m dim clash With Yemeni Who‘s. had

claret/t its l2—mile limitfl been dorapnmcd

In a statement over Sau'a radio. Almarwani called the ire-ports a "British lie . . . per-

ihaps concealing behind ii a se- cret British aggression plan a g a ' n st our republic " He warned the British against " itch f lly."

Douglas-Homo had told the Commons Britain would fight

back. and pull troops out of

Secret Society

MONTREAL tf‘P Ln Pressc. ill a Hoot-pay report from Quebec City. savs lif'li'di'e

.lRf‘Qllf‘Srl‘Rl'llf‘l' n sl‘r't't‘l ‘Fl‘f‘nf'l‘tvipeftkln: naiwitialist and

religions fraternity. has admit- ted its t‘\'lSl(‘n('€ in it commu- nique to newspapers

T Montreal dailv reports the communique was distrib-

Iited for publication following a genera' ionventiiin of the order during the weekend when the order derided "in Hunt :is exe istnce and its character as a secret society "

It savt names of niembcm of the order's supremo council will remain secret

The communique ll qitolf‘d as saying the order has existed for 3’? years and has p'vssf‘w‘fl a

» public federal charter since ll.‘ inception.”

Friday earthquake in Alaska f? Wtrrqhntn)

aid from Ottawa. The area was damn by n t id at wave w h i c h followed theI Good

CS.” Embaisy“ Finds i No Sign Of 2 Heads

rthat

Water Problems Spark PC Move

problems of national development

3 Vigorrntslv continuing and expandln: the water and other resource development instituted by the Conservative: when they were in office.

Mr. Dinsdale. \lil" for Rran- don»Souris. said there has been a "tragic loss of momentum" in the field of resources devel- opment since the Liberals ate siimed power.

{\r Gregoire. MP for La; said there were many important subjects the Conservatives could have f‘llrb sen for the supply debate. it took a certain amount of bold- ness l‘it impose a subject as Zill as this for two days of Com. mons business.

The introduction of this lion- confidence m o t i on demon- strated the weakness of the op- position and its leader. and "ts ack of imagination

l‘n'J‘UP'CC

Bedeque Native Dies In Halifax

HUJFAX ICPi .Iames Ans- tin Noonan, Halifax businessman who established the. city's first in hospital

2‘ 5 a. 1) c N 4 2 n n: n p 3 _..

A native of Redeque.‘ P F‘. l . Dirn-

lhe Royal Bank of (‘anada in Amherst. and

n ‘ Halifax before entering the real

estate business. He later joined Superline Oils Limited and rose

become the company's gen- eral manager in Halifax. After retirement from the oil com pany he established the. first laundromat in the city of Hall F

His wife and among survivors. The funeral is to be held Wed— nesday.

M1? MN If.

it necessary to In

the Midle

West Germany build up force .ast. Almarwani snid Britain was "still living in the era of the imam when heads were chopped off and exhibited in public." San'a radio claimed earlier “former members of the r e n c h Secret Organization tfrom Algeriat and remnant! of white mercenary forces from Kaianga" were among British forces fighting the rebels in the South Arabian Federation.

British To Train At Gagetown

OTTAWA W‘T‘t Members of the 60th Field Squadron. Royal Engineers. will train at Camp Gagetown. NR. Aug. 4-Sepi.

army headquarters an nounced ‘ivltonday, The 200 men will be flown to (‘anada by tbt. R.\F.

in addition. 200 men of the lst Battalion of the Welsh Guards from London will train at (‘amp Waineight. Alta . June 29W": 3

This the fourth rear iyg which British army units have. come to (‘atiada for special summer training

ls Admitted

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k In Story In Montreal Paper

The name of the charter l3 l.'\ssociat on (‘uliui'clle f‘ana- thc Canadian Cultural \k<h("2lttin'

list-main of HS present niem beisliio range between and 40.000 throughout and French-speaking other provinces. Presse-

Members have desertth original aim as “to combat vim Ol‘OllSlY the influence of Orange- men and English Freemasonry in order to assist. by means of a French-speaking and Catholic fi-eemasonrv. the accession of French-Canadians to high fed- eral positions.

In recent years. however, tn. emphasis has shifted to influ. curing the structures of French- (‘anadian society and bu ‘ no its economic and apt i strength.

says