search Board of Canada. at the

Fisheries Federation Charlottetown Hotel

tions at the biological Slallﬁllﬁ St. Andrews. N.B.. wove his address around slides, depicting experiments conduct-i ed by the station to learn more. about the habits of this popular; ocean dweller.

Chou En-lcii Returns Home:

muntst _ , sent a message of :.'r0Ct1n2S to Prime Minister Nehru as be‘;

It It's Good For The Island The Guardian Is For li

ﬂirts @ttnorntintt

“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew"

VOL. LXXVII. NO. 29

Autlurtul as sound ch lloonrtmut.

Ottawa. and for

lit Pill Ofllu If mun hunt

Illnllby II!

A LUNCHEON meeﬁng of Prince Edward Island I*‘ish- cries Federaltion in the Char- loiitctcwn Hottelt yies aty featured Dr. D.G. Wilder of

the of

Sh w honor are: president

Fisheries Reseaii-ch Board Canada as guest speaker. the reception in his (left) J.B. Estey, of the Fisheries

FISHERIES FEDERATION MEETS

Conservation Of Lobster ;

Council of Canada; J.E. Bur- den, president of the Federa- tion; Dr. Wilder and Hon. Leo

Rossvi-ter Provincial Minister of Fisheries.

ls Discussed By Speaker l

By GAIL REDDEN

Lobster conservation was the topic of guest speaker. Dr. D.G.} Wilder. of the Fisheries Re- to luncheon meeting of the P.E.l.l in the: yesterday.. in charge of lobster investiga-l

Wilder

'rm(\'o «hp-..Ciiincse Com-A. i Premier Chou Fin-lal

ation of ‘‘conservation'' ‘ save". Dr. Wilder says he likes”? year.

of “the wise use of natural sources." He noted that most oil those connected with the pro- blem agree that and wise use are needed. what they don't agree on what constitutes wise use of th lobster fishery. He offered his personal opinion that. wise use means getting the maximum sustained poundage on

momentum around poundage being brought in was| ' a culmination of years of undis- row where they live most turbed growth of lobsters and that the last few years‘ balance it catches with only a slight If!‘ indicated that the fishermen are taking about what can be

Although the dictionary defin- ' ' ' “to

think of it more in the terms

ft‘-

conservation but

to

' a continuing basis He explained that

1880. the

zidual increase in poundage,

DIO-

the effect ‘"49

‘when tne [lobster fishery began to gathei experiment concerned with the

amount that can be produccdl 3 by a certain area from year to

- DISCUSSES DBAGS

Although Canadian laws lor- bids the use of drags to haul in lobsters. they are used widely in Massachusetts‘ waters. Dr. Wilder explained experiments

L: conducted by the station to show-

that the drags cause little dani- to either the lobsters, their : spawn or the lobster ground. as t was formerly a widespread mis- ! conception.

He brought up an intriguing

lobster's choice of a lair. a slide showed the typical lobster bur- 0

their lives except during molt- lng or spawning season. He ex- plained how pieces of ordinary field tile were laid on the ocean bottom where the. surface was ‘, Continued on Page 3 Col. 71 I

{Japan-Russia

Plan Barter Pact

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1964

Conservatives Turn Backs On Proposing Tax Slash

I glican clergyman for invok- l

~ clamation

l l

TOKYO lAP‘—~Japan and the l

Soviet Union liave agreed

to:

sign a $27o,ooo.ooo barter trade’

agreement for 1964. a govern- ment spokesman announced Wednesday. Signing of the agreement is expected Monday after nearly three weeks of ne- gotiations. A three-year Japan. Russia trade agreement went into effect early last. year.

13 Held

in N.B.

Robbery

l s'r. A!\‘THONY. .\’.B. l('.Pl -

[A lone robber who was (,0m_m.n. ber entrance. They exchangedl at knowing she would again be

ed about two persons be locked in a vault held up a Credit Union -hank here Wednesday.

Less than 30 minutes after the ilioldup. RCMP arrested three men in a truck and said ch: ‘ges would be laid today. The $2.500

One Councillor lBlE5-SING BM

Gets Acclamation

NORTH BAY. Ont. ‘CPI-— A bill for $20 submitted by Canon C. F. Large. an An-

By RALPH CAMERON I one acclamation and one sur-i prise nomination featured yes-l terday’s nomination day pru- ceedings prior to the civic eiec-l tion of Feb. 12. 3 Mrs. Dorothy Corrigan, pnpu-‘ lar and hard-working councillor‘ for Ward 2, was returned by ac-'

ing a blessing upon subur- ban West Ferris council last year will be paid, providing the clergyman first pays a similar sum to council for snowplowing services. coun- cil decided Tuesday.

The council Canon Large a bill for clearing a private road to his cottage

in compliance with his re- quest. The canon protested it. saying he received noth- ing for the $118 in,taxes he pays for the cottage.

He then submitted the bill for his invocation at coun eil‘s inaugural meeting.

eeve . I. Forth said: "Perhaps we had better ask in future to be cursed rather then blessed."

’ .'

Charles W. MacArthur. retir-l ed chief of police who went pension last year,

two council seats in A hard-driving campaign

as X T} O E. (D D. .- 3

'” E in . on O a. 5 E (D O ._ 0.

candidates in the field. seeking election for ' e is Dr. Douglas A

Council who have held the seats Councillor Lou Marshall since amalgamation of the form- said. “You can't get mar- er xillaile with the citv are Eu ‘ ' l ried or buried without at mond Arsenault and Elmer Me-i, MRS. CORBIGAN l fee,"

Rae. Both re-nominated yester-

a“' ' wright nominated at 205 plml In Ward 1 veteran co n-‘ll _ P"°5‘d'“3_ ""9" the F"-‘Weed’ ' ' Arthur Gormley will hate“ d(:_l ings was City Comptroller Johulschool P"nc|pa'

. termined opposition in his btol Butler wh.”T entering the names for a seventh term. Filing noni 1" the "mew "."’“S'er $5" d“ l ination papers yesterday' were posit from candidates was Wil- Doylm locomohvel ham MacDonaldAof the tax or-. [d T H engineer. who lives at 209 Waterl ' (The deposns “.9 returned. 3- t - I: h h 1 h Sweet‘ and Arthur F. Mdnmm to all successful candidates and‘ ‘S "'9 '3 5° W 9"’- insurance agent residing at 75‘ Queen Street.

The two contestants in Ward] 3 met head on in the Council‘ Chamber when Frank Zakem,l neivcomer to politics, met Arth-l ur Wright. present ward repre-. seniatives as they filed papers within two minutes of each oth-‘, er. Mr. Zakem. young grocer: who lives on Grafton Stree ‘.,i 3CC13m3ll0ﬂ- She was immed- signcd his papers at 2.03 p_m_‘. iadely surrounded by a group of and as he turned to leave me‘: councillors. candidates and Mr. Wright. Queen Street shoel friends on the City Hall stair; store proprietor who lives on‘ who gathered to watch the pro-_ Richmond Street, at the cham-‘ ceedings. All expressed pleasure.

Foces Charges

FERGUS, Ont. tCPt —- Don- 52. principal of the

:7‘ n 0

candidate polling number of votes.) 1 f th f 11 _

When nominations automatic-l 0 e peace ,0 owing ally closed as the hour of four, classes and “as remanded

the mwest‘ sclhiool matriculating standing.

schoo

o'clock was reached a shout of- congratulations rose utnen he de- '.

clared Mrs. Corrigan elected by miles South of hm?"

Tutt is charged with forging velope montaining another stu- ture and with filling in answers

in F r e n c h composition and French authors‘ papers.

friendly greetings and ML! serving on the council.

Cost Of Living

vestigation five months ago on orders from Education Minister William Davis, w h e n Gregg Murray. 19. of Fergus. rc- fused to believe he received oii.y 36 out of 100 credited to him in English literature.

ollce allowed him to look at

ESPARKS DEBATE ‘l

was‘ ,to those who, though defeaicd,l Charged Tuesday 0" 'l”?e.after Party Leader John Dirt’- Jreceive at least one-third the °°“"l5 °f lf"'?l!‘3 9"5"_'“l“3“°“.€nb3k0r issued a plea for ta! ‘ number of votes of the elected Papers “‘ 39"“ ms 5°" h‘5 “We”

e appeared before a justice to- I Feb. 19. when he will appear in} magistrate's court at Guelph, 15 the name of his son to an en-

dent's paper in English‘ litera-

Pi-ovincial police began an in-‘

WEATHER

Sunny. northwest w

inds 15. diminishing ' d

£3 light in afternoon. Low-iiigh 20 an

Nmmiggnﬁ SEVEN CENTS

To Plea

By KEN KELLY OTTAWA tPI—The Progres- sive (Jonservatives wound up ‘their annual convention Wed- nesday atter a day-long debate ion party policy during w,liit~li Ebhey turned their back on tax reductions. ‘ Only a handful of the 3.35 ‘persons who registered for the .2‘2-day gathering were on hand in the 775-seat convention hall .‘for the adjournment. 1 But earlier in the day sparks ierupied when George Nowlaii, lformer finance minister. irevolt from the floor against a suggestion that the party go on ‘record as advocating tax cuts. ‘ Mr. Nowlan and two other ‘f o r m e r Conservative cabinet lII1llllSle!‘S sprearheaded a suc- ‘.cessful attack on tax-cut planks lsubmiited to the party's annual «meeting by the resolutions com- ;mittee. The committee’s spokesman, . . A. Goodman. Toronto, fi- inally accepted a set of \'owlan .changes and declared another. ..prop s .enator Wallace lMcCutcheon. former trade miti- iister. adopted after a s-how-of- ihands vote.

'1-‘oi.i.owEo PLEA The action came

0 -:

day cism at a proposal for a gen

16 PAGES

Action Contrary

By Diet

cuts in a major address to the convention.

Speaking of future policy, Mr. Dieienbaker told the convention Tuesday the party "should put’- sue the expansion of develop- m(‘lll.

"Today that expansion re- reductions of taxation

quires because of what is happening in the United‘ States. H the

.lnlins0n administration -reduces ‘taxes. we will have to take ac- tion in that regard. Otherwise we will not be competitive." ’ _ His argument was referred to idircctly in the debate on the pro-‘ posed tax-cut program by pro- fessional economist R o b e rt Clarke who argued U.S. cuts would not make American man- ufacturers m o r e competitive with Canadian.

.\ir. Nowlan based his argu- mcnt against tax cuts now on -the fact that a royal commis- sion appointed by the former‘ Conservative government is ex- pected to report soon its find- ings on a study of the Cana- dian tax structure.

" e whole situation is in I state of flux," he said. OPPOSF. TAX CUTS

He directed particular (triti- eral rediiction of personal and t_Crntiniicd on Page 3 Col. 3)

1 PCs Make Determined Bid

l

I By RONALD LEBEL ‘ OTTAWA t.CP.>—-Tlie Progres-

sive Conservative party l launched a determined bid Wed- nesday to woo Quebec voters with a leader, a program and an organization with a Freucli accent.

Quebec delegates at party‘s annual convention unan- , i m o u s l y sk . Leader John Diefenbakcr to rec- ognize Leon Balcer as leader of the Conservatives‘ Quebec wing and as his “chief lieuten- ant."

Mr. Diefenbaker agreed im-

To Woo Voters In Quebec

Oppositionl

if it

ztakcn in the robbery was found ‘buried under snow. The bank manager and a cus-

. . from year to year.

flew over India on his return ducal, d I -m m_ flight to Peking from Africa. nfwllﬁ-‘ 3" '"".° am 9 mm‘ bﬁlabaﬂ can]-fol - . _ ghcst landings of lobsters ‘ the New Ohma “°'“5 agency re in Canada compared in July andl tomcr said they were locked in The robber told them

the paper which had been sub- mitted in an envelope bearing his name. Murray claimed hand- writing on the examination pa-

mediaiely and praised the Trois Riv i e r e s MP as a moderalel‘

Holding Steady ,

__._.__—pn“°d wednesda-~—y' —— i August in the United States fish-lls Seen a mu“. OTTAWA ‘Cpl — Cut-price ‘per cent tor 1063 com ared with namma] stature mmparahle L“

' . . ‘ lb wo Id t l h l" ‘ . . f ‘ p . 1 per was not s. that of Sir Georges-Ftieiine Lar. my; areas. To Pa 1. U S “e um be eplont‘ poiee so clothing sales after Christmas ii%;'59 0 1-3 PP!‘ CPI“ during; Tun was vi“, prinmpay of He, Chief lieu, an,

in discussing the lobster sea-‘ SS 0 . . i-WY 9"“ 9 1‘9€‘35f‘fl- H9 “Rd and Stf‘ﬂd.V Will PI‘lC€5 kept Can‘. 'Th'e drop In Clothing pnccsl Fergus High School when Grade Sir .iohn A Macdonald. Can-,3

13 examinations were written; ada's first prime minister. last summer by his son andt M

urray. He became princiP3'

asked them if the ' tfioight the . . - . would Suﬁocma 3 l_ ." ..-idas cost of living stable dur- yoffsm higher costs in Decemberl Mmmgm. OH“ Arscgmu” and 11"! December with the .lan. llfor housing. transpiortation andl

1

sons which have been la I d-. down to serve the needs of vat"-‘

told reporters. LEON BALCER.

ONDON om. tCP'—Dire('- meet top (‘onl minister in the 'efentbalcer

tors of John Labatt Ltd. meet; Mr" Bah‘

er afterward he will

Expected At PM’s Meeting

pected to be the focal point of:

m-1-Awh (C1-‘Ii .. Trade. inter- and bilateral. is ex--,

talks Monday between Prime Minister Pearson and Prime Minister Sir Alec Doug- las-Home of Britain.

Diplomatic quarters said Wed- nesday the conversations will dwell on most aspects of two; coming trade conferences spon-1

' GATT ‘

. ha ‘ tio periments have indicated

whether the season is

months or ten. the boats . tend ,9 bring in about the‘ said Wednesday control of the

lious areas. Dr. Wilder said that: as ,lobster. “the seasons. as such.‘ _ ‘ ve no particular conserva-. Sharellolders ‘hat the b"9“""I‘1: the holdup. were released a few nal value." He noted that ex-l Company. 39 years older tl‘t3t1,minute.< later [hall Canada. pass into the effective; who {W 0; control of a United States firni.i mm,“ .l. H. Moore. Labatt presideiit,l

far as saving the stocks of

still

Cyprus Village Hos Fighting

NICOSIA. Cyprus tReutersi--

Turkish - Cypriot officials re-t {BPS

soded b the nations of . .

tGencralyAgreement on Tariffsi P‘“‘l°‘l V9"°“’°d1 l'gl‘“"f"-fxtw‘-".1‘

and Trade) and the United Na-. nesday in the V "3119 ° ‘W- ncar Paphos.

lions. _ The Canadians say they don t-

see any pressing bilateral prob- an

f‘nl_

am the British do. .A.ntzIo-Ca- nadiiin trade now is about 2 to, i. in sin is smarting under Canadian’- posed on such British exiports;

wounded _ British troops moved into the

Canada's favor and Brit-_, area-

said a neutral zone h d

death of one Greek-Cypriot.

The _ (1 two Greek-Cypriots wcre in the clash befs:':

A British military spokesman a been

anti.dum-ping regulations 1131-, Set up in ill? village bill. the posed on such British exports‘ situation there was still veiy. as cars, I very tense."

Closing ls Conlirm-ed Oi French RCAF Base

By DAVE U OTTAWA (C Minister H e l l y 9 r Wednesday

confirmed reports. current since e RC F

MclN'l'0SH P l

.S. Defencelheads for the CF-10¢ A ‘lmllafi retained the right to extend the; ‘agreement ¢0V€YinE the B°,m”'-‘ bid for shareholders‘ stocks for anti-aircraft missile was mined

covering supply of war

Dec. 19. that tb at last year.

Grostenquin. France. will be. ton Tuesday It the 59"’-"3

closed. ldisarmament negotiations. Can- The savings will be 700 in per- 1 ads propos d the scraPl'tin! 09

sonnet and 53.000000 I vein-. No all nuclear bombcrst

-vecuic am for the shutdown has yet been let.

The two squadron: of Cl-‘-tot [F ltt bombers at Grostenquln will lphoto-reconnaissanc role and. be moved two BCAF later. equip Wm‘ 90"‘ bases in West Germany. which ventlonal weapons for a Kl'°“nd‘ attack role.

‘"986!’ have two Cl-‘-104 squad- ran: eg°h_

The move was made neces- “W by Franco’: refusal to per-

new rance, will be converted to t!

The two CF-104 squadrt-nb being formed at Marvillc.

lDUAL noun PLANNED

Mr. Heilyer said it is planned

"til'Amcricon nuclear warheads that all six CF-104 squadron! ll‘

8!‘ y_

A MCI! dlurtment spoken- Wltt slid Canada has signed I nuclear cultody - and - control technical

a Ilnernont with tholti

West tually be equlwed Wm‘ F°'W°"‘ tionnl weapons so they will have, dual — nuclear and convenw o

Germany will also even-

nal—cIpabiiit¥

_ today likely will decide l whether or not to recommend to

l company “probably will pass i into new bands."

I He gave no indication. how- lever. of whether the board fa- ivors the $3-1.500.000 bid from lthc Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co lof Milwaukee. or still-secret of- l from three Canadian |- groups.

‘ The board meeting is to start

resulting in me at 10 am. After. the directorsl are expected to reveal the iden-i officials said two Turkis‘n-- lilies 0i the Canadian t!t‘0UitS‘ 'and details of their offers—as»

. well as recommending to share- holders which of the four they; fa ‘

DISPATCHES TELEGRAM Mr.

Moore sent a telegram iol

managers at Labatt's 11 brew- eries across C nada.

The telegram said offers that have come in since the Schlitz bid was made public Sunday have made "a Canadian solu-

The Schlitz offer of $23 a share was made for 750 000 shares held by members

000 shares held by other stock- holders.

The offer to the family ex- tpires Friday and to the share ‘ holders Feb. 10. although Schlitz

l another week.

l Labatt stock. selling at $19.87 Q when the Schlitz offer was made l public. closed Wednesday on the I Toronto S t o c k Exchange at i .50 on continued heavy trade.

3 INSIDE TODAY

Births, deaths .. 0. ‘I0 Classified . . . . . . 14. 15 Come: 13 Editorials . . . . - . . - - - - 4 ‘ sport . . . . . .. 10. ll 3 Finance. markets . 15 Kings. Queen. City S gimme . . . . . .. I w men’: . . . . . . . . . . . .. I

l

tion possible." i

of ‘the; Labatt family and another 750.4

tGisclle Surcttc, the only per. -sons in the bank at the time of

_ a secretary reliirned to the bank from

i The. tlrrec men were arrested 10" the road to Tlloiicton. about .20 miles south of here.

lconsumei‘ price index holding at‘l'9Cl‘€'3‘l0" and F83 "18- ‘134.2. unchanged from the rec- ‘ord high a month earlier. ;F00D FNDEX STEM” The bureau of statistics re-l The mdex °f [Md CW5 ported today that the index --lu"Cha"ged 3' 131" at the ‘yardstick of urban living costsl ——com.pared with 132.0 a year] earlier. The index is based on im.e"‘"5' 1949 prices equalling 100 mg“

. in September. He was principal ; of Whitby. Ont., High School for was: 13 years. :

, i—-————«—-——————-——-—-- of .lanua_ry. as lower pl‘l('eSsll"(flE‘ such l‘l'tli‘IgS as turkey. -ls Opened l

sugar an eggs offset‘ . prices on foods 'nclud- 0, 1.7 ing powdered skim milk. cheese

I l

l A NUESTORDERED

l O n t a r i o Attorney--Gcn_eral l-‘red (‘ass has ordered an in- quest into the death of Patricia Morgan tieftt who died 18 days after abdominal surgery in a Toronto hospital. Patholo- gist's report said a suritlcﬂl

l clamp. like the one in lower

The 12-month increase . lbread, coffee, margarine and (W >»A:’m0St fresh and canned \"2ge- ‘" ‘ ' ltables.

.j December's stability in living ~ T glcosts followed a similar steadi- ' ness in industrial wages during November. The index of aver- age industrial wages and salar- ies at Dec. 1—-latest date avaii- . able was 197.0. unchanged

By GIL SANTOS BANGKOK. Thailand lAPi- ‘Foreign ministers of 1ndone.sia,l Malaysia and The Philippines‘ of down to work at their peace - conference today under threat {mm 3 momh Pam”. am! ,".p f a clash over Britain's role from 180.8 a yead earlier. Fins ii“ the area was a 3'3‘“°r'°°"'. “Se {"5 mei They were urged at a brief ' . y°‘ar‘.""m”a"'”.l “".‘h. the 1‘’‘per' i opening session Wednesday to -Cent mcreasc in lufmg costs‘ ‘use restraint in handling the in- ° wages ”"l.°"‘ based °" ‘donesian-Malaysia dispute that 1949 levels equalling 100. repre- [might lead to w,a,._ _ senis an average of total wages l The admonmon came [mm mm by ﬁrms °."‘Pl°Y‘."3 more Foreign Minister Thanat Kho- than 15 persons in a wide range -man of Thailand_ °l ‘“d“5l“"- Khoman said that if the con-

("l°"‘l“9 "°-“"5 “"""-’ ‘he ‘ml-" ference is to succeed the cease- sector of the over-all price in- “,9 Indonesia and M31, sya -,_ dcx to register a decline. drop- am.(.(.d to must be fanhfuny ob.

{ping to 117.7 from 118.9 during s(.n,(.d_ till“ m""'h- As Klioman spoke. however. i Higher costs of home owner-‘ Indonesians and Malaysians

back home were accusing each other of pirate raids on shipping in the narrow waters separating the two nations.

ship and certain household sup- plies and services pushed the housing index to 137.3 from 137.0.

Pearson Sees Advance Mode ‘ kln Mental Retardation Fight

l NEW YORK «Pi Prime battle against mental retarda-

tMinister Pearson Wednesday ll°’_:_-hp lgllzhkl '"l:1“ l'2m’"‘.';:“l:;r ‘gew scheduled for last Dec. 4 when ‘if all PM‘? 9'“ Pearson would have shared the |concerned with mental health» head table with President Beu- .that important developments "Edy. P"9~“d9"l _J°h"50ﬂ 3" lare occurring in Canada in the tmded w°d"°s‘°a~V.“ dl"""‘ _ ‘I would bave give-n rmtcti to f‘3'l“ 333m" "°l"d3“°“- have celebrated this occasion "We. you. are spurred last Dec. 4-as lanned—wiin .133’ the Prospect of _achiev_inii 93 {President John Kennedy mak- tper cont success in giving Vto>ing the awards,“ said Pearson. tilt!‘ useful cmmmlmtyi He said that in both Canada .llV;S.d K land themUniiated States "there. is es son was speaung to in: ‘new en us sin and new conti- Jnnual awards dinner of the Jo- ‘dence in rams ii

dinner was originally

photo, was apparently left in her body. involved in the case is chief coroner .

Sh u Im a n trimtt who has charged political interference

in his Office in <‘0m|9Ctl0" with isepb P. Kennedy Mr. l-‘ounou- lnew approaches" to help meet hospital deaths. I-tion. an organization osiab-ztlie prcbletrl metal man. im’ Wirerhotot ililllod in me to help in thooation. ‘

servatives from Quebec shortly

to produce the foundation of a

strong orgaization with roots in

all 75 constituencies in the prov co

in . FORMER MINISTER

Mr. Balcer, transport minis- ter in the Diefenbaker cabinet, was among the eight Conserv- ative MPs elected in Quebec in last year‘s federal election. This

contingent elected in the 1958 Conservative sweep and H MP5 after the 1962 vote. “We must not forget this," Mr. Balcer told a meeting of

l cabinet. has been reoognined as leader of the Quebec wing of the Provg-ressive Conserva- tive party. . . Diefenbaktur

l praised the Trois-Rivtieres M?

l as a moderate I-‘renoh-Caoa-

- dian leader.

‘ the 180 Quebec delegates. "It in ; not an easy task that. awaits in , (‘onservatives in Quebec. Many

changes have taken place in the

lgoniparcd with a 50-man Que-, province in recent years." ‘ cc

He said regional meetings will .be held later this year across ltltt‘ Province t.o choose candi. idates for the next federal elec-

i(‘oii-iinued on Page 3 Col. 4)

By WALTER HAYES

HALIF.-\.‘( ICPt-—'l‘hc .\'n\'a Scotia Legislature opens here today with the members of Pre- mier Robert i. Staniield‘s nil. in: l"rogrcssii-c Cnnservatiie party outnumbcring the Liberal opposition neadly 10 to l.

The lopsided House is the re- siiii or an election last Oct. 8 in \\‘lllt‘ll the Conservatives won an ovcrwlielming victory. The Liberal opposition was wliittlcrl down from 13 to tour nicnilicrs the lone .\'cvt' l)(‘n\(tt'l'illlf' Party member in the last leg- islature was not returned.

N 5 D.

Standiiigs in to 43 scat Hou~c :-ire Conservative: .19 Liberals 4

Most of the more important

legislation expected to before the legislature \'.'irioiis royal sions and committees at during the last year.

One of the most controversial committee studies was on s- siblc changes in the Lords Day Act This legislature commit- tee. headed by Gordon Fitzger- ald ‘PC — Halifax Northuestt. conducted a number of public hearings. then was automatic- ally dissolved with the legisla- ture when the election was called last fall.

come results commis- work

legislature Session Opens Today In N.S.

tine of the first acts of tiho lcgislatiire is expected to be 1-3. establishment of the committee and appoinmeni of new mem- hers to fill the holes created when some members were do. feaicd in the election.

Halifax lawyer Arthur Mor- ~ . who heads the royal com- mission studying money lending practices in the province. an- nounced his report would not be rrnriy for this session of tho l(‘I‘.Zl5l3llil‘f‘. However. he is ex. |')t"t'lf‘(l to introduce an interim report

The royal commission report on miiiiicipal boundaries is ex- ncrtcd to be presented at this session and possible changes In municipal boundaries could re. sult.

royal commission has held numerous public meetings in the province to study the prob- lems of safety on school blind and will probably report to thin session.

Ont‘ of the most controversial points in this study is whether or not to require traffic ap- proaching from c to hall for a stopped oebool bin. Nova Scotia is one of the int places in North America when legislation requ' ing ti-attic (3 ‘stop in no ll COIN.

I

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if