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An amendment to the City of

Chariottetowh Incorporation Act, approved in principle in the Legislature yesterday, gives po- wer to the mayor to fix a polling place for more than one ward of the city

Promoted by Provincial Sec- retary J. David Stewart, the: bill provides that voting for each ward can be carried out in the same building. provided that a deputy returning officer and a clerk shall be present to receive and record the voting separate- ly for each of the wards inclOd- ed ‘‘in all respects as though the voting hould be held in separ- ate polling places within each ward.’

The bill also provides for the closing off af the eastern portion of Sydney Street so that the land may be vested in the city and can be disposed of to Mart- time Electric Company Limit- ed ‘Another section of the bill closes off the eastern portion of Weymouth Street so that the land: can be vested with Cana- dian National Railways

According to the bill. the bowling alley and refreshment counter at the YMCA shall be

Hable to be assessed for civie real property tax and business

More. Trustees For Protestant Children’s Home

Aprroval in principle was gil- ven in the Legislature to a bill to amend the act-of incorpor- ation of the P.E.I. Protestant Children’s Home to change the number of trustees of the home to 15 from 12

Promoted by J. Russel! Dris- coll (PC-3rd Queens), the bill says that the trustees “‘shall be Protestants and shall be 15 in number, of which at least six shall be women.”

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Second reading was given a bill in the Legislature yesterday authorizing the City of Charlotte town to issue debentures up to $270,000 to refund expenditures for permanent works over the year 1964

Another bill given second reading, authorizes an expendi- ture of $340,000 for extensions of water and sewer systems by the Commissioners of Sewers and Water Supply.

The bills were promoted by Provincial Secretary J. David Stewart

Bill Amends Souris Curling Club Act |

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Poll-Fixing

occupancy tax and the bowling alley, restaurant ahd portion of the Basilica Recreation Centre Shall be liable to be assessed for civic real property tax and bus- iness occupancy tax

Roads Act ‘65 Amendment Agreed Upon

Second reading was given in the Legislature last night to the Roads Act 1965, a bill promoted |

by Highways Minister Philip Matheson The minister said jt is not a

new act but one that ties to gether previous legislation on the administration and use of public roads

It was decided to add an amendment to the section deal- ing with impounding of over- weight trucks. The proposal for

MAYOR WALTER J. Cox, Capt. Claud Hunter, past pre-

an amendment was made by _ sident of the Maritime Board: alex Campbell ‘L-Sth Prince), of Trade, Lieut. Col. J.K&.' who said under - the existing

regulations, a driver charged Manuel, president of the Mari- with driving an overweight ‘time Board of Trade, and truck on the highway could suf- W-R. Brennan, president of fer financially if unable to re-. the Charlottetown Board of

~ trieve his truck while the case

Island Gravel Usage Urged

“ ALBERTON A resolution calling for the use of gravel from Prince Edward Island pits in the. construction of a new runway at. the Summerside Lieut. Col. J. K. S. Mantel, RCAF station was approved president of the Maritime Board yesterday afternoon at a meet- of Trade, addtessed the general ing of the executive of Alber- meeting of the Charlottetown | ton and West Princ Board of Board of Trade held in the Trade. Charlottetown Hotel last even-

It was suggested that . the ing. Col. Manuel spoke on the tenders specify that Island history and purpose of the gravel be used as a means of Canadian Charpber of Commerce providing employment for truck- OF ~ ers and associated equipment Telegrams on the matter were immediately forwarded to. gov

led. A committee was appoint- ed to investigate donation of prizes to the students of Monta- gue Regional High Schoo —. provincial government and Is- The committee will report land boards of trade are to he back to the next meeting. asked for support Special guests in addition to

The president, Fred J. Peters, Mr. Callaghan included T. Mc- presided at the meeting Minu- | Avin, grand knight. and U its were recorded by the seeret- | McQuaid, financial secretary, of ary C.R. Leard. \the Charlottetown Council.

Pulpwood Co. Leases Town Common Lands

GEORGETOWN Arrange-|and south of the school proper- ments haye been completed! ty, now held by the railways. with Quigley. Pulpwood for the DOG TAX HIKE leasing of three commons lots The council decided to pur- for a three-year period and half chase an insulated filing cabin- of another commons lot for a et for the safe preservation of

Attracting Industry Needs Care--Speaker

jone-year period, it was learned {documents and. books. This ca- iw |at Monday night’s council meet- binet has four drawers, combin- the Lacisinta at Eves ing . In all instances there is an ation lock. is fireproof and will

144 Oz. Of Illicit: Liquor Brings Man $200 Fine

| GEORGETOWN — Vernon Gerald Acorn of Murray River pleaded guilty to having liquor in his possession not purchased producers in Charlottetown the spring of 1964

Mr. MacRae disagreed that the producer meeting last spring had no effect. The new board, for example, will comprise nine producers, though three of them may also be dealers, they must |also be growers, he explained

The minister warmly compli- ;}mented Mr. Hammil on _his | presentation. | Participants from the audi- | ence included Nelson Matheson, | Springfield; John Dawson, Try- on; Rev. E. Vandeven, St. Dun-

from a vendor and was fined $200 and costs when he es ed here Wednesday before Kings County Magistrate J. B. John ston, QC. The amount of ilicit liquor involved was 144 ozs. Pius Alexander Finnan of Souris West was. given a two- year suspended sentence and entered into recognizance in the

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tion for damage a te $10 when he was on a charge of breaking and enter- ing and theft of assorted brands of cigarettes and assorted foods' at the store of Cheverie Bros. a

in Souris, The greater part of The Gym is

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: William Milford Jamieson of|continue. Those interested ~* Stan's University extension de- : partment’ (agriculture): Louis Geargatown enn fined $100 and/in Physical Fitness can ™s O'Connor, Clinton and leaae costs or lays when he plead- the a Dunbar, Alma ed guilty to a charge of impair-| manager. T A. ’ “Malcolm Paul Martell at|tbe Bportenn ne Gras tone ab au ai | 1

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As Ranger IX plunged down {Tom ~the Canadian Legion| 236 K at 6,000 miles an hour, the other Home in Georgetown, pleaded Telephone 2-1551

not guilty and his case was ad-.

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two craters slid off the screen and the cameras zoomed in on the target point northeast of a * 3,0004o0t peak inside Alphon- sus’ walls. The impact at 6:08 a.m. PST (10:08 a.m. AST) was only four miles off target, riak- ing it the myst accurate shot

Trade, discuss the highpoints of Col Manuel’s address after the general meeting of the Charlottetown Board of Trade held last evening in the Charlottetown Hotel Lieut.

‘ISLAND NEWS PAGE

Col. Manuel spoke on the his- . . in the series. tory and purpose of the Can- Eastern And Central Districts Final pictures taken a few adian Chamber of Commerce. miles high showed the flat

crater floor—which looks almost smooth in earth - based photo- graphs—pocked by hundreds of | Meteorite impacts and broken by miles-long cracks or grooves called rills

The pictures fed live for the first time to the television net- works came from @ newly-de- veloped device called a scan| converter which speeded up| signals from the spacecraft so they could be received on stan- dard-broadcast sets. The sig- nals also were recorded as im-

ages on film for study by sei- entists.

The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs., Mar. 25, 1965.5

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of Agriculture are co-operating

to suggest to any grower how he should vote The effort is con- fined to making every effort to bers of the federation of agri- ensure the grower understands culture the plebiscite

Mr. Burge explained that the The plebiscite does not ask saving on freight owing the jthe growers to approve or dis- agreed charge varies with the approve of the present board destination—it operates only be- personnel. As announced a few tween the Island and the prov- days ago. the new board will inces of. Ontario and Quebec— Comprise three producers, who but using Toronto as a example. ™ay also be dealers, named by the saving on a car of 450 bun- tre peice of the provines. a

ucers nam t

dredweight amounts to $90 for registered producers tee | each county

and outlined the accomplish-

ments of the Maritime Board of

Trade. The speaker quoted statistics

which showed that the Mart-|

times have or in be midst | the car.

of an industrial boom during the! aNoTHER ACHIEVEMENT :

last two years. He also issued & Another potato board achieve- aii of the groups nartepaicy, _ Should You Serve

hed |ment. Mr. Burge explained, is have agreed on the wording of T a Drinks? .

business of attracting industry. t ree He said that industry should only the employment of the Job ® |the plebiscite

be attracted if it was suitable| Bentham Sales Lid. in Toronto | seEK CONTROL lor the The author of The Man in | to the local area. —_ Speaking briefly for the feder- : | Col. Manuel stated that he tail level. including seeking the ation of agriculture, Mr. Ha the Gray Flannel Suit makes

store: manager's support in loc- mil looked forward to the time’ mincemeat of the argument |

ation and display of Island when farmers will no longer con-| that “it’s better for children |

potatoes tribute, via levy, to an ergent.| to learn to drink at home than Between 400 and 500 more car- zation over which they have no! j re il Reader’s

lots of potatoes were sold in the control To be masters of their Digest this father f teen-

Toronto area thus far this year, own destiny is the goal, he ex-| — ® °

Burge indicated, which is Plained. He criticized the min-, 28eTs tells why weakling

favored the co-operation of var-| ‘ious organizations engaged in} furthering the welfare and pros- perity of the Atlantic provinces He also commented on the favorable presence of wives at)

the request of a trolled marketing producer com-| your children about the prob-

: lems of alcohol. Get your | a one-desk sell askedby a mass meeting ot April Reader's Digest today.

work that the board is doing in| effort. the community. | UNDERSTANDING 18 AIM Col. Manuel was thanked by r. MacRae emphasized that Capt. Claud Himter, past presi- there is no desire on the part’ dent of the Maritime Board of of anyone—the Federation of | Trade. The general meeting was: Agriculture, the Potato Market- conducted by the president, W..ing board, the Potato Producers R. Brennan, who mentioned that. Association and the Departmefit a delegation had met with of- . ficials of Eastern Provincial of trade members to the meet- Airlines regarding flight sched-/ ing. > ules between the Island and the The head table included: W. mainland. Mr. Brennan also R. Brennan, Mayor Walter welcomed: the president of the Cox, Col. Manuel, Capt. Claud Junior Board of Trade, Tom Hunter, W. J. Hancox, Eric Davies, and several junior board |Kipping and Ivan Sinclair.

Od Confederation py. tee it vane,

bill amending the act of incor- poration of the Souris Curling Club

The bill, promoted by William Acorn (L-Ist Kings) says ‘‘any surplus or profit derived from earrying on the affairs and busi- ness of the club shall be devot- ed and apply solely in promot- ing and carrying out its object- ives and purposes and shall not be divided among its members

option to renew the lease. serve the purpose of a safe, as The council decided to meet well as a filing cabinet wit) Laurie A. Coles and Asso- The necessary steps will be ciates, March 29, to discuss the taken to have the new town matter of easements for certain|clerk placéd on the clerk's town streets, where water and bond. It was decided to order a sewage lines will be run to ser-| quantity of dog tags and bicyele vice the food processing plant. |license plates. The question This project is proceeding under |of so many large dogs running a grant from the Atlantic De-|at large was discussed and it velopment Board. At next. Mon-|was felt that one of the mea- day's meeting the council will sures necessary for control was

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REGIONAL FESTIVAL

DOMINION DRAMA FESTIVAL

CONFEDERATION CENTRE THEATRE

Book and Music

Presented by

by Allan day Lerner Frederick Loewe

ACADIA DRAMA WORKSHOP

or shareholders.

“In the event of the winding up of the club, any surplus shall be distributed to a charity or charities."’

EASTERN FUNERALS

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have its solicitor, John P. Nic- to raise the dog tax to a consid- holson in attendance. L erable figure and also to take The council passed a motion | Steps to see that owners of dogs

requesting the minister of muni-|keep them from running at

cipal affairs to take the neces- | large.

sary steps to bring in legisla-

tion, at the next sitting of the CITY AREA

| Provincial Legislature, chane-

|ing the town act, to provide for

from outside the ‘0 ; At pre-

HAWKINS FUNERAL [sent the assessors have to be 3 = Q-HANLEY FUNERAL — The funeral for Mrs. Catherine Haw. Pointed from the residents of the funeral for Catherine | Eileen ins was held Wednesday, March |'OW8 and they havé=to possess O'Hanley, infant daughter of 24, from the Murra, River Fu- the same qualifications as & Mr and Mrs. Reuben O’Hanley, neral Home to the United |W" councillor in respect to 33 Grafton Street, place Chureh, Murray Harbor, where |OW2ership of property. Wednesday afternoon fm the service was conducted by Rev,| The clerk was authorized to Hennessey Funeral Home to the David Barwise. Hymns were: Write to W.N. MacLean, MLA, |Catholic cemetery where inter- Lead Kindly Light, In The | for Inverness, N.S., in regard to |ment service was conducted by Sweet Bye and Bye, and Abide Mr. sist sane for the |Rev. Gerald Tingley.

With Me. Flower bearers were: |ina@ a DALTON FUNERAL The Russell Beck, Howard Glover, from Port Hood, N.S., to George- |tuneral for Lawrence Ambrose Ralph _LeLacheur, Maurice ‘ow®. [Dalton took place Wednesday Howe, Murray Gosbee and Char-| The town council here feels | morning from his late residence les Gosbee. Pallbearers were: |that Georgetown is the natural/to St. Patrick’s Church, Fort stus, where Solemn Re-

qui High Mass was celebrat-

offered to by Rev. James Smith, assist-

making this ser-|ed by Rev. T. P. Butler as dea-

con and Rev. Clifford Murphy as

Perley Harris and Kimball Le- | Mr. Lacheur. Interment «ook place |in any way in in the Murray Harbor cemetery. vice a reality.

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IN MONTREAL HOSPITAL Mrs. C. L. MacDonald of

chief of which was from the Ca-|as pallbearers, Frank, Edward, nadian National Railways stat-| van, Chester, Emmett and Mel- ing study wes being given | vin. Interment took place in the Georgetown’s request to lease (church cemetery, service being \or obtain a portion of the land icontected by Father Suith, as |situated north of Grafton Street ‘sisted by Father Butler.

HOOTENANNY Where? ~ Commodore Room

Thursday, March 25 at 9.30 p.m. en "Memt and Guests”

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