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Piracy, Waste Charges Made Against Sealers

to give the helicopters yon work in the morning, while the hunters are killing more seals,

By JACK BOND Patriot Staff Writer

igh He said that the position of ; these piles of skins is carefully the hunting parties operating| fixed at night and in the morn- from pes a “> in the Gulf of} ing, using navigation gear that St. Dr. Arsenault, of| brings the helicopters to within aaa , Magdalen Islands, is | 25 feet of any given navigation- the leader’ of the airborne seal | al Point, ales are unable to find iin aaa now operating out} the “2 _ On one occasion, one an Arsenal t also charged) copters dropped "ie " - pe ‘a federal government de-| to pick up a | assisted at least some | eee

of th ship their h

the ships on their hunting op-|

<ala 2 Bills Given First Reading

OUTLINES GROUNDS Outlining his grounds for the, Two bills, promoted by Prov- incial Trea: Melvin Mc-

piracy charge, Dr. Arsenault | said that piles of skins left = surer T | Quaid, were given first read- UP | ing in the ature yesterday. the

the ice by his men at night f early morning helicopier eee

were high-jacked. He said it is| They were an act to the policy of his group to leave | Treasury Act and an Re pelts on the ice over-' amend the Trustee Act.

find two men from a sealing ” standing -_ the pelts with loaded rifl

STRUCK WITH RIFLE

te ape oa on chief of oper-| ations for Dr it, was was e to e tw men confessed that their ships’ captain d order:

that came to claim the pelts.

e rifles were taken to Char- lottetown where they were turn-/ ed over to’ the RCMP.

Douglas Connor, scesidalle of Autair Helicopters Ltd., support- | so;

act to

. Arsenault’s allegation concerning the wanton slaughter of seals. Mr. Connor's helicop- ters are working with Dr. Arsen- ault in the large scale seal hunt. r. Connor said that an aerial survey of stockpiled seal

pel on the ice showed that some 75,-| dians generally, for this is a Ottawa last ween when

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Enthusiastic Backing Given : W. Point Ferry Resolution ~

Enthusiastic support was giv-,that are backing the ae en by both sides of the House in| “The people of the ovince the Legislature yesterday to a| want it,” he said,

resolution which called up It was estimated, Mr. Grind-| the government to endorse in| lay pointed out, that two new! principle the sstablishment of! ferries i the ee service the proposed new ferry service} wou “betwee! $4,000,000 between West Prince Count y) and $5,000,000 * and - subsidy of | and New Brunswick. }

= their production of small

farmers dith incentive to in- | ts and vegetables,’’ he said

ae was suggested by Campbell that the ey ee stould begin with feder. provincial support in a as a memori our Centennial

approximately $500,000 annual-| Year." He suggested that the ps

Mover of the resolution was} ly would be needed to operate | ferries be named Centennial One

Robert Grindlay (PC - 2nd | the service. ‘Terminal costs!

Prince), Seconder was J.W. Don — be relatively high’, he |

Campbell (PC-1st Prince), ° | Mr, Grindlay, who said th at! a Campbell said a fer

“in or out of politics I intend to | service would bring near to the|

work for this ferry service until] West Prince area a_ potential

it becomes an established fact, "4 market for local produce,

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and Centennial Two.

SHORTEN ROUTE . George Dewar said that if the ferry service became a real-| 8 ‘it would put the people of | est Prince much nearer New

pointed out that public conven-| said that along the New Bruns-| Seewick markets. It would be fence and necessity are two. wick and Gaspe coasts there . yoo! miles shorter from Frederic-

main factors calling for the ser- | a population of up to 150,000 peo- vice. | Ple who could be served.

He said value of production nt ry service would provide our) Tormen foreland Baker ‘a — 4th |

pra and fisheries is $6,-

000 and $2,000,000 respective- ly in al area sande and tr service would save Gilaiderable time with the service instead of travelling by way of Borden and Torm tine,

ive Are Dead = In Reno Fire

ne ar Nev. (AP) — Five | We are not cashing in on the | Person were. reported killed |

tourist potential in West | and 17 injured Tuesday as fire

Prince,” he said, ‘‘as tourists | burned out of control for man

visit the National Park, the iis-|hours through the Preete neon

toric buildings in Charlottetown |New Golden eHotel in downtown |

and leave by way of Wood Is-| Reno.

lands,” | “There * five bodies and | Mr. Grindlay said that there is| there are probably more |

considerable interest in the es- | side,” battalion oe chief

tablishment of the service in| Sambini said.

New Brunswick and ‘isted many | much smoke to kill and there's |

organizations in this province'a hell of a lot in that building.” |

ton to Charlottetown by way of tine and Borden

ted that if a ter- rh tat. West ‘Point a the subsidized shipping ser- e that carries an and duce to North Shore e markets could ih West| Point a port of call.

George MacKay (L-4th Prince) said that it has been felt that West Prince had been discrim- inated against. ‘‘We, have a fer- ry service in the east and one in the middle of the province a none in the west,” he said. said that it is regrettable that the highway route from Borden |

“It doesn’t ane to West Prince runs through| rat yesterday the Legislature

some indifferent areas and no) (Continued on page 2, col 7)

4th Prince Liberal Blasts Provincial Debt Increase

Despite increased revenues . ee control system” least would insure that present

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nd_ bills

(Co-op Leaders Are Critical Of reac

WINNIPEG (CP) —

co ement accused the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Tuesd misrepresentation in ater influence public opinion called on co - al belong: ms to local chambers to “‘reas- , Canadian Co - cperaive Un nie | |in their annual report lat the ec — eae

o-operal here Tuesday aimed their at- | the enna, gy vst *

° | men. Dr. Arsenault said the two its attitude toward t

of co - operatives The section of yw nee, deal- | with the Chamber

“If the Canadian oe at Commerce has the support of the majority of its members in| its demand th,

be

co - operatives there is no rea- son why it should not advocate

such a move. when the Canadian Chamber of Commerce spreads confusion, resorts to gross ex- aggeration, and stoops persis- to misrepresentation, it mes the concern of Cana-

ghly dangerous way to influ- 'ence public opinio ve ve called on co-ops ber ‘‘to dissociate cee from the pees or of the chamber with r - the taxation of oan:

Delegates will vote on the pro- | posal F

Second Reading © vows Two Bills

in Mr.| Second reading -- approval in ee i

| principle - was given to two in the Legislature — last

night, mee aoe heme yaa Andrew Ma ted a bill entitled a meavactins Agricultural and Development

which as he explained, is en- | abling legislation to rer acd province to take

under the federal en

}ernment’s Agricultural bilitation and Development |The new act will perm | province to receive “eteal fim | ancial aid in any p | carries out . _conncton with

act

“A a West Point than by way of Cape | m federal

| private bill th that « amends the tection Golf Club mga Act went through ttee stage in the

seeThis amendment gives

the 2 golf club power to issue bentures up to a total of | $100,000

Prologaiten On April 5 te ls Doubtful

Premier Walter R. Shaw was tha business m

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ieee today so that the House

| CaM prorogue tomorrow, as was hoped late last week.

The debate on ‘the budget was

Dr. Hubert McNeill, minister and Pre: he will definitely speak re nd ee Acting poere conden Dr. Lorne Bonnell, said - side the House las he expects he “will ‘nm to say | a few words” in the budget | bate. snow | oa is still’ a considerable legislati be con- Giered as well as the budget-

for the current y Two sittings are scheduled fer

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RLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1962.

Nor MORE SEVEN CENTS

WEATHER

Mostly sunny; south winds 15. Low high 20 and 45,

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New Type Road-Making = Will Be Introduced Here

“The best way for packing

! to show that they are |

patneiee am secueaeet beef | a production in e is to | Se ne ee seer soe |

culture Minister Andrew Mac Rae said in the Legislature yesterday.

He was concluding his de- bate on the budget speech.

Mr. gg id that he po gretted that been wt

Restrictive Trade Practices Commission report was neva up in the House. ‘‘Perhaps t publicity was good.” he Bg hough the things talked about h: several years i minister said that net hog prices now om by Island producers the as those paid at yt plants in | Montreal. | BEEF PRICES re Prices eceived for beef are a different matter, he ted out. beef in-

= Minister Notes Need or Beef Price Boost

SARAH PLANS NEW WEDDING

LONDON (AP) Sarah Churchill, actress daughter of Sir Winston, announced her engagement Tuesday night to Baron Audley, a major in the Worcestershire Regiment.

discussion in the

employment for — ‘iam = resolu introduced

ing opposition leader Dr. MLL. |

Bonnell, Mr. MacRae said that

farm organizations across Can-

ate undecided on whether

before and Audley once. Audley, 48, became the 23rd baron of his line in 1942 in succession to his cousin. A son of the late Thomas Tuchet

not such unemployment im- Tuchet - Jesson and great- surance is, desirable. great-grandson of the 20th The ‘minister, referring baron, he formerly bore the ind said that a big name omas Percy Henry

potato ustry, ; problem, besides marketing, ‘s the death of livestock due to

Tuchet Tuchet-Jesson.

A spokesman at Lord Aud- ley’s London residence said “no details or date of the marriage have yet been de- cided

The former prime min- ister’s daughter was first married in 1936 to comedian Vie Oliver. That marriage ended in

In 1949, she married society photographer Anthony Beau-

the use of potato growers poisonous top-killer ‘‘We hope,” he said, ‘that soon will be done to reduce the num- | ber of cattle is - to the animals eating top-kil LESS OATS, BARLEY

On his recent trip to Ottawa, Mr. MacRae said that he had learned that due to increased wheat sales by Canada, western

are Eee = raise ~ champ. He was found dead in oats and this will limit the his London apartment in 1957.

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is Sone stable,” he said, “it is necessary that producers get a good price. For that reason — producers pis be made a

not getting, noice as high e ae in Montreal as department will a each week what Montr

are.” Potating out that there was:

Parliament i At A Glance

By THE CN ails PRESS

TUESDAY, April 3, 1

A government wat forcing

| cor’ porations and-unions to dis- *

close Pah financial details

| of nadian operations was

Sonatea with little progress.

Erhart Regier (CCF—Burn-

oquitlam) said the

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measure > nothing to re- store the control of the econ- omy to Canadians.

WEDNESDAY, April rs a Commons meets . to continue debate . the edaehe disclosures bill.

| Senate meets at | of going behind year after year | in Newfoundland, both under

On Testing Ban |

LONDON (AP) — Prime Min-| ister Macmillan told the House|

of of Commons Tuesday that inter-| pansion here before’. mier Shaw said national control posts on Soviet | plies to both Summerside

territory are essential to check} any nuclear weapons test ban.

Macmillan added that this | | might not always be the case.

The prime minister refused to} indicate to an opposition Labor | questioner whether he had asked President Kennedy to meet Soviet Premier Khrush- chev at a summit conference before the Americans stage new open-air nuclear tests, due later this month.

| STRESSES EXPANSION

Shaw Win Seas | If Election Held

The Shaw government would, ‘‘But it’s only through the gen- id o country oo oe | erosity of that great leader Johan | e people now, a Liberal wou ae a very tricky time getting| Diefenbaker in Ottawa that we elected” Health Minister Hubert | ave getting those schools. If he) | McNeill, MD told the legislature) wern’t there, we would ge ibe | yesterday afternoon as he pact (Continued on page 2, col.

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e minister was abe that the Throne Speech had called an election speech, aaa added his suggestion as to what would happen if an election was held

The provincial treasurer has | done a masterly job in keeping | expenditures in balance with re-| | venues, Dr. McNeill told the house as he contrasted ‘‘balanc- ed budgets, on current and capi- tal accounts,’’ with the $10 mill- ion debt increase in two years in |M@ New Brunswick and the record|

By DON MacLEOD Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer

a immediate steps to | certain areas of par soeetil waters designated restricted areas in which ie gers will not be allowed to operate.

Liberal administrations.

“T agree’, he said, ‘‘with the provincial secretary who said

here recently that we never ee ee Melvin Me- have had a period of such ex- Quaid moved ou. og ogee That ap- dation as an age yg to a

and section of report of the

House ittee on fisheries

Charlottetown, he stated.

“The new province building will be a source of pride to ele oe lest night. children and our children’s chil- tion dren,”’ he observed.

His colleague Lorne Monkley “had promised to work for a new vocational school in Sum- merside when he accepted nom- ination, and now the school it to lin be built’. Another is to be built

was considered by the

copy of the recommenda-

is to be forwarded the

federal minister of fisheri

The an ae eae aa that as well as many of the

rovince’s inshore fishermen,

have ee kh authorities the do something

2.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at

nuns ieee movi in the Charlottetown area, he | through cat fishing seein | destroying the fishermen’s gear. | “Nothing Le been done,”’ he | \said, “ang I am sick and tired

wana ou the sand 61 fats weet.) This now becomes the hest de tour route available ‘o notor- ists diverted because of the washed out bridges over the Dusk River et Ross’ Corner

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of the delay. There has got to

She has been married twice |

New System Will Aid Problems In Spring

By NEIL MATHESON Farm and Provincial Editor ao eee seed boistien becky USE SYSTEM THIS YEAR nique was described in the legis-| ‘“‘We are going to require - lature ee by Highways stabilization in the roads Matheson. | shall this year and

indication contractors will have to cane that it is possible to build all themselves with the

weather roads in

| distant pits."’ the minister ez- plained.

what he called a soil stablization ments as well as old as he re- consists viewed some of the latest do

reseceres in road

i la Ss and emphasized the

immediately below the paved! need a a cereal look at new de-

surface, and this effect means velopments, to ensure their ef-

building the pavement on a ficiency, before old techniques “soil cement base.” are replaced. A machine which effectively eg apg struck “—

mixes the soil and cement to- at critics who gether, not unlike a huge cement | aes re with lack of wt ¥

Clear

| costs.

| “Using 1 the recently developed

Benkelm Beam”’, said, capital see in the y our reh 31, 1961.

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strength. It is too soon to say | $770.000, the department w that we oa a not restrict such ~ _ a deficit of only $240,- pavement at all, but certainly | 000 an nditure more they will be much stronger and | ro Pigg seven million dollars, ‘‘I | they recover faster so vas, 8 we | certainly have no apologies to

can expect a losed | offer for that’’, he stressed. Seriod i they antiet be protected. |. In the your ending March 21. | Best of all, in some — at | 1962, he said there was a deficit ee ee ee ae ee eT cae one account, very little extra cost by | and a of $90,000 on capi- utilizing aioe sandstone instead | tal acter ro a deficit of -

of hauling in base material from (Continued on page 3, col.

sks:Federal Dept.

To Restrict Dragger Area

lhe action and it has to come| “I feel that it is our duty soon, This is a serious matter |to do everything possible te ithat must be of extreme con- |protect our inshore fishermen. lcern to every member of the If something is not done, the |House. fishing industry is going to jsuffer a serious blow

Security Breach FEDERAL DEPT LAX d jee ana : oo ~ = aid to se eir gear in the - Charge Is Hear Basin Head ro for fear it OTTAWA (CP) — H. W. Her-/will be destro: by draggers. ridge, parliamentary leader of/The federal yt ly « fish. the CCF-New Democratic Party| eries is not doing a good job in group, accused Aviation Elec- lprotecting inshore gear. The tronics Limited of Montrealjonly answer is to set up an Tuesday of ‘an incredible|area restricted to draggers. breach of security.” ag te to sea to oe He referred in the Commons|""€, ‘nshore fishermen cannot. to a report to shareholders by say ae aia onan Ge Ge the company which mentioned)! mein t th ar a a ing

equipment delivered to the un-|™ ge ed aia o ea

derground army signals estab- a ha i fair , oe lishment at Carp, 15 miles west) pe ong oa “y Pang thinle of here. The site is understood |f1'31 ‘oD! blame for séer lees can

to be one of the government's) placed on the dragg | wartime operations centres. ere are many other | ads igen a voc om leaving Island ports, and they said matters or security are use the same channels as the

{never discussed in the Com- ns. If he replied one way or |racgers.”

| the. other, he might give secret) Commenting on a section in

' information. (Continued on page 3, col. SD

DAMAGE COUNTED IN MILLIONS

HALIFAX (CP)—Flood waters eded

and rail traffic still far from normal and | ome areas remained the | Clutches the worst spring | treshet in memory. i cae was being counted in millions as dropping water eve showed a grim picture of a bridges

a. but road

roads, | ‘end battered ho: | The eastern New Brunswick town of Sackville, a university

clay road in this section is excellent condition yet

in the Maritimes Tues- sa

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Road And Rail Traffic Still Far From Normal

points, it was impossible to get a full picture of the damage

At the Springhill subdivision in Northern Nova Scotia, flood waters are preventing full re pairs to washouts and CNR of- ficials estimated the track will be impassable until Thursday at

due to washouts near Sackville. But the CNR,

routing passengers, baggage and mail from Moncton to Amherst by bus, said in a statement it looked “as though the worst might be over.

rest of Canada was still impas- ble

@ least. TRAIN STILL TRAPPED Road traffic was being A 54-car freight train sfught by mended quicker. The three main flood Monday at College highways from central Nova

Bridge near Sackville remained in the trap Tuesday. With water

Scotia to the New Brunswick- Nova Scotia border were open

still over the tracks at some but dangerous Tuesday. Two were closed Monday Receding waters at Oxford

opened the most direct route the Trans-Canada Highway — and repairs to the damaged Lakeland Bridge opened the Parrsboro shore route. At one point on the main highway ip Oxford Monday, water was four | feet

A cross - country highway is

| western Nova Scotia was flooded | at_ Pinehur S on .

The main iy ae

John, N.B..

the Nova Scotia border was im-

passable at four points east of

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