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iolster Air Patrol 0lP. E. I. Discussed ittllouse Di‘ Commons

(rrrAWA. Feb. 18 —(CP) —The ‘qernment used a plane in a "lim- M girparutieiital flying patrol" of Prince Edtvnrd Island lobster-fish- ug areas during the 1118i ICC-WI! sad during tho five days it operat~ edfmore. than 1.000. lobster traps were confiscated, Fisheries Minister ilayheiv said today in the Com-

irons.

The Minister said in reply to a qiesticn by W. Chester S. MoLure (PO-Queens) that the air patrol proved a valuable auxiliary to boat pptrol. but dots not lace the ruriaoe craft.

"Gena- was not actually confis- cated by the tirplane patrol.” the minister said. ."0n the five days, however. the lane operated. 1,079 lobster traps. ti lobster crates, three anchors. and 250 pounds of lob- sters were cdfisceted by patrol boats largely direction from the air."

It) APPE l. CONVICTION DN. Feb. 16 -(AP)

ll be made for leave victim of John t was learned today. m man, convic ed of raid Gauder. l . ‘has l to be hanged April

FREDERIC “Application to appeal t“ Philip Nash._ The Frederic- tnurdcring G been scntenct i.

"Come t the Crokinole ln U13! Hall, Thitr- ay, February 11th.

"Patitry ale at Prowse Bram. February th. sponsored by South Winsloe W I.

“Psrlou Social at tniUManse. Cavendish Friday evening. Febru- ary 18tlt._

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“M dotvbank Women's Itistl- tlite If try Sale, Rogers Hardware. l-rids; February 18th, 2 P. M.

"Biker. ratio Creek Rink to- Iilsht Cornwall c. c. vs. Nine Mllflliilwk Bulldogs. 8:30.

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Board Of Transports Jurisdiction Over

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OTTAWA. Feb. i6 - (Special) - Tho oft-discussed question as to whether the Board of Trans- port Commissioners has Jurisdict- ion over freight-rates over water cropped up in the House.of Com- mons today in relation to the new schedule of freight-rates between the Maritime Provinces and Now- foundland.

In an exchange with George Nowlan, Progressive Conservative member of Digby-Annapolis-Kings. Prime Minister St. Laurent ex- pressed assurance that new freight rates would interfere neither with the economy of Newfoundland nor with the regular trading practices of the Maritime. Provinces.

"Of course they" he said, refer- ring to the Board of Tansport Commissioners. "have no jurisdict- ion with respect to water rates. and they will have to take into account what the water-rates are in fixing tariffs for goods that will be apt to move by water out of the port of Halifax, after being carried by rail from some other point in Canada."

W. Chester S. McLure. Progress- ive Conservstive member for Queen's welcomed the Prime Minister's pronouncement.

"I was glad to hear the Prime Minister say — and I hope the Minister of ‘Transport took notice of it -- that the Board of Trans- port Commissioners had no juris- diction over water rates. This ls a matter that I took up with the Minister of Transport several times. but he would never agree with me.

"I took exception lo his sending the Board of ‘Transport Commiss- ioners to (Jiarlottetown io settle

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Liberal Party Holds Caucus

OTTAWA. Feb. 16 --(CP) —'I‘he parliamentary Liberal caucus, at- tended by members of both Ccm- mons and Senate. today gave a vote of confidence in the leadership of Prime Mi-fiister St. Laurent.

‘Such votes are not unusual but some significance attached to this one because oi two recent by- election defeats in ridings formerly held by Liberals.

There were also indications after the closed meeting that the next budget will contain vote-getting features. ,

Said one Liberal M.P. as he left the meeting "I think the public will be very pleased with the bud- " ..

The vole of confidence took the form of a vote of appreciation for Mr. St. Laurenrs leadership since he was named party chief last summer.

It. was moved by Hughes Cleaver. member for liolton. and seconded by Agriculture Minister Gardiner. Mr. Gardiner is believed to have said that Mr. St. Laurent was the best man in the country for tho

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N. B. Legislature To Open March 8

FREDERICPON. Feb. l6 —- (OP) —The first smsion oi Ncw Bruns- wiclds 41st Legislature. elected last June, a will open Tuesday. March 8.

Announcement of the opening date was made today by Works Minister Anderson. acting premier in the absence of .Hon. 1B. Mc- Nair. who is nearing the end o} a holiday in Jamaica.

Mr. Anderson also announced that the Address in reply to the Throne Speech would be moved and seconded. respectively, by m, Stephen D. Clark (L-St. John Qcfllhtyl and Claudius IL. Leger (L——Montcton City).

They are two of 1B new mem- bers who will make their debut in the Legislature. Fourteen of the newcomers are Liberals.

CUT MARGARINE PRICE

OTTAWA, Feb. i0 - (C?) — Canada Packers Limited announ- ced in newspaper advertisements today that it is reducing the price of margarine five cents a pound. It was expected the retail price would drop from 45 to 40 cents a

pound.

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Bank Robber A Gets $0,000 In Victoria, B. C.

VICTORIA. 3.0.. Feb. 1d - (CP) - A masked bandit held up the Douglas and Bay Street branch of the C Bank

‘of Commerce today and escap- ed with between $8,000 and $7.000 in cash.‘

The bandit held up o bri- t-lriver and made his getaway In the cab.

Robert Henry, seoouniunt. said the bandit entered the front door and fired a shot into the ceiling.

"This is a holdup. and I mean business." he shouted.

Then he lent a second and third shot Into the office of

manager C. James Rankin. No one was hit.

Would Have Lobster Season Open At 7 a.m.

llnlon llationale lietalns liueliec Seat

LEVIS. Que, Feb. 10 ~~ (CP) — Albert Samson won election to the Quebec Legislature today, retain- ing the constituency of Levis County for the Union Nationale Government in a by-election with a majority of 9.380 votes over Abel Paradis. Union of Electors candi- date.

Complete returns from the 124 polls gave Mr. Samson. ii. commer- clcl travtcllcr of Levis. 12.330 votes compared with 2.941 for Mr. Par- adis, a jeweler also of Levis. a city across the St. Lawrence River from Quebec.

Mineral Production

OTTAWA. Feb. 18 - (OP) ~ Ontario accounted for 36 par cent of Canada's record mineral production in 1948. the Bureau of Statistics reported today.

The Bureau. which announced six weeks ago that total mineral production for the year was valued at 0800180000, said all Provinces showed higher output values.

Ontario's output in the year was valued at. 8280558000.

Value of production for Marl- timo Provinces with i947 figures in Brackets: Nova Bcotia. 050.158,- 000 ($34,266,000) and New Bruns- wick, $7,340,000 (00813000).

OTTAWA. Feb. l6 -- (CP) — Russia's development df Siberia indicates that Canada may yet wel- corno her Northwest ‘Territories as o new Province, Senator W.A. Buchanan (I. — Alberta) told the Senate today.

Be cited that possibility in an- nor to thou who contend that union of Canada and Newfound- land will ark the last addition of s new vimo.

Constan- Buchanan also advoc- ated that some of the Newfound- lsnders who have opposed union be named to the tdenate by the Government.

Ho was one of four Senators who wplomned the mtlon as debate confirmed on l bill embodying the terms. Others included Senator Nell McLean (l. - New Brims- wick).

lanstor Buchanan said inclusion of anti-union Nvwfoundlsndsrs in the Senate would give recognition to the viewpoint “of a very lm- portant element.’ It would mean a departure but it would be to the advantage of Parliament and in

this instance it oooid wait be done.

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F oresees New Province In Canadafs Northwest

Canada might do with her north- lsnd. She had only tsrpped the ra- sources of the N.W.T.. The coun- try should snout-age the devel- opment both of the north and of Newfoundland.

"with Newfoundland. our future should be greater than ever." Sen- ator Buchanan said. It should be a. boon not only for the island but for Canada u a whole.

l-la said some Newfoundlanders had proved sturdy citizens of Western Canada.

If Canada were to have a poet laureate it would certainly be Prof. m. Pratt of the university of Toronto. a native of the Island. But he was only one example of the men it has already contribut- ed to Canada.

Ha predicted that confederation would bring a new phase of New- fotsatilitnd development quite equal to anything in the past.

Senator McLean said entry of Newfoundland would snake. Can- ada the second largest country in the world. second only to Russia. 1e was "realisation of tho great dream" of the Fathers of Con- fodmtlon.

Defenslvelya the island was a citadel to the North Atlantic.

1f Island lobster fishermen-have their way,‘ this year. the; race. loesttblish their atifitk ‘ 6h the lobster fishing grounds. will start at 7 am. on the opening day. according to the results of the ballot announced last night by Mr. Sidney Burhoe, president of the P. E. I. Fisheries Federation. lie made the announcement at a meeting of the Boa-rd of Directors. who met to brief the Island dele- gates for the annual meeting of the Fisheries Council of Canada at Ottawa in March.

‘rho customary hour for the

menoement of lobster fishing was 8 a.m. until last year, when it was somewhat arbitrarily chang- ed to midnight, stated Mr. Bur- hoe. This proved not only unsat- isfactory, but dangerous. and the Federation issued a ballot with three possible hours from which to choose. Four hundred and ninety voted for 7 a.m.; 95 for one min- ute after midnight: eight for noon and 12 for d a.m. which they marked themselves on the ballot. Seven am. will therefore be the hour which the Provincial Fed- eration will ask the Council to urga on the Department of Fish- cries.

The Council will also be asked to urge the Department of Fish- eries to hand the whole question oi’ i-he compulsory inspection of all l kinds of canned fish for export back to the industry. before put- ting it into effect; to request the Fisheries Prioe Support-t Board to inaugurate a purchasing plan sim- liar to 1948. so that P. E. I. fish- ermen would get parity prices with the mainland fisherman; to give stricter supervision of fish- ery regulations and curb infringe- ments with heavier fines.

The voting delegates from the Island to the Fisheries ‘Cotmcll of Canada are Messrs. L. L Nom- nn, Charlottetown and Loon John- ston. Montague. Messrs. J. I. Btuden. Charlottetown, and ln-ank Cameron. Dummorsido. are altar- notes. Mir. John B. Myriek. Tig- ‘nlah, a director of the Filheries Council of Canada. will be on hand to support the Island dele- gates st Ottawa.

50.000tli D. P. Dso ls Canada Elaflsek

OTTAWA. Feb. l0 — (OP) The 00.0mm displaced person to be brought to Canada under In- ternationsl Refugee Organization auspices will arrive in the Drmin- ion thig week. the Resources De- partment announced today.

The DP. is elght-year-old Aums Ievalds from Latvia. travelling with her mother and sister to loin her father on a farm at New Hamburg. Ont. The family is ex- pected to arrive at l-Islifsx about m. i9 on the liner Samaria.

I CAPITAL OI‘ WALES?

canister -- top) - otiy coliti- eil has decided to go on pressing the claims or Cardiff as the offici- al capital of Wales. Boole oppcstt ion is coating from other parts oi

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OTTAWA. Feb. 16—(CP)-Flnsl legislative act for the union of Newfoundland with Canada today was approved in the Commons by s vote of 140 to '14.

All but one Liberal and all C. C. F. members voted for the resolu- tion.

The Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit members voted solidly against as did Frederic Dorion ( Ind-Charlovoix-Saguensy). J. I. Hamel (BF-St. Maurice-La- fleche) and Wilfrid Lacroix (L-Que- bec-Montmorency).

' The vote was on a draft petition to the King for enactment by the United Kingdom Parliament of a measure crnflrining the proposed union.

The resolution must also be pass- ed in the Senate and go to London as a joint petition from Canada's two Houses of Parliament.

Voting came immediately after George Drew, Progressive Conser- vative leader. had announced his group intended to oppose the reso- lution. not because it did not wei- come Newfoundland but because it objected to the proposal to amend the British North America Act without consulting the Provinces.

Prime Minister St. Laurent said that if the majority in the l-lousc took the attitude presented by Mr. Drew there would be no union with Newfoundland.

The terms of union were based on completion of the act of union by next March 31. 1f the resolution were defeated all the work t-f nego- tiating the terms would have been wasted, the Prime lnlster said.

I-for_~that__ reasogi . he aaitimgthe"

that the House and the people everywhere would know who voted for nrid who voted against the un- ion legislation. _ When the question was put both Government and Opposition mem-L hers stood to demand the division. l

l Shipbuilding Figures l

OTTAWA. Feb. 16 — tCPi -‘ Gross tonnage of 9i met-chart vessels built in Canada last year was 161.664. Transport Minister Chevriet‘ in n return _tab'eri today in the Commons.

This compared with 37 vessels at 128,430 tons in 1845; 60 at 53.311 tons in i946 and 5D at 82,196 in i947. . Replying to Gordon Isnor (I..- Halifax). the Minister said naval shipbuilding delivered in 1945 was 51 vessels totalling 279.848 dis- placement tons, in i946 two at 12.276 tons. and in 1047 and 1248, one vessel a year at 2.27s tons. I

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Fire Levels Diesel Plant; Loss $25,000

The diesel-operated electric pow~ er plant at O’Leary was destroyed by fire last night. Loss was estim- ated at approximately $25000, with $6,900 in insurance. _

As a result of the fire some 190 customers in O'Leai-y village and the area. immediately surrounding it were without power.

Proprietor of the plant. Mr. Fred Champion. said last night he had no immediate plans for re-fouilding. It was "questionable whether any of the equipment would be salvage- able."

The fire broke out about 9.45 while Mr. Champion was at his home nearby having a cup of cof- fee. No one was at the plant. When an automatic alarm sounded in the house, indicating something amiss at the plant. Mr. Champion rushed back but flames prevented him from entering the building. He said he believed the fire originated from an exhaust manifold on one of the diesel engines burning out.

Art immediate call was put in for the O'Leary fire department. Fire fighters were hampered. how- ever. by the distance from the plant to an adequate supply of wat- er. and were further badly handi- capped by leaking hose.

Mr. Champion -told a. Guard-inn reporter the hose had been purchas- ed cheaply from the War Assets Corporation and appeared to be of poor quality.

Equipment in the plant included four diesel etigines. a. 60 h.p.. Fair- banks Morse. two 26 hp. Robsons and a 20 h.p. Lister.

Plans had been made to extend a power line to nearby Unlonvale and already the poles were in place. Wire for the line was in the plant but it was feared it, too. would be 0 total loss.

The plant was opened 6. 1938.

The building was of wood con- struction. covered with asphalt shingles on walls and roof

Blll Would Provide For All-WontaL Jury

OTTAWA. Feb. l6 _ (C?) _‘ Notice of a bill which would make‘ it. law for any woman facing the courts to be tried by an all-woman iury was. given Commons today by T. L. Church tPC-Jroronto-Bmad- View).

Mr. Church said in an explana- tory note attached to his private bill "it seems only fair that in the trial of any female persons by a

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OTTAWA. Feb. 16—(CP)~Marl- time members of the Commons to- day forgot party lines as they aired suspicions that union with New- foundland mlghl. prejudice opera-

es Act.

The act provides ll ZO-per-cent re- duction of freight rates on goods entering the Maritime Provinces for export. The views were express- ed ll the Commons started con- sideration of a bill revising the statutes of Canada to bring New- foundland within their scope when union is completed next March 31.

It ls a purely formal bill. but George Nowlan (PC-Digby Anna- polis-Kings). one of the newest members. voiced suspicions that wording of the amending act left

tions of the Maritime Freight Rttt- _

Seek Information On Freight Rates To Nfld.

-l-lalifnx) spoke. hut the latter felt confident the matter of equal- izing treatment could safely be left to the Transport Commission- era. Prime Mittlsict" Si. Lattrnnt and Transport Minister Chevrier frank- ly admitted they did not know de- tails of how the situation would be met. but‘ promised that every effort would he made to ensure that there'was no discrimination. Because neither the quesiioners nor the Ministers were fully briefed on the section and its significance it was allowed in stand over for later consideration.

the freight-rates reduction nppll- cable only to goods moving to Now- fountilsnd through North Sydney

and ‘Port Aux Basques.

Once union is effected Newfnttnd- land will no longer he nn export country. But goods going to New- foundland for export will enloy the preferential rate.

Mr. Nowlan feared. from the wording of the amendment that they would enjoy it only if they went to Newfoundland by irvny of North Sydney and Port Aux Bait- ques, an all Canadian National routs.

Gordon Isnor (L-l-lnllfsx) joined in the questioning and expressed fears for the port of Halifax from which much freight now is ship- ped to Newfoundland.

Both he and Mr. Nowlan were concerned about shipments now going to Halifax by way of Saint Jenn arid across the lay oi Fundy and throu h the Annapolis Valley to Halifax the Dominion Atlantic Railway.

Other Maritime members in- cluding Claire Gillie (CCF-Cape Breton South) and John Dickey (L

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hammer-slayer of cttbhie Norman

this city's outskirts.

In testimony at his preliminary hearing. George Hamilton said he and his brother. Rufus. 20. had planned .iitn. 'f "to hit ti man and drag him into an alley." '

A coroner's jury earlier set time and place of the crime at about 10.30 pm. Jan. '1 on the Richibuc- to Road near hedericton.

The two brothers were arrested Jan. l2 and held for investiga- tion, They later were charged with murder.

A 23-year-old youth said rnltwily in police Mtlrt here today that. his younger brother was the

P._Burgoy1-tt=_ Body of the Zibyear- old victim was found Jan i0 18m- med into the trunicof his taxi on

Heavy Movement 0f Seed Potatoes

louse II eat-loads of seed p0- tstoes mowed from the his!!! to points in Upper Canada and the U.S. during the past week, Mr. S.G. Peppin. chief of the Seed Po- tato Certification service, stated yesterday.

Although the new regulations in the U.S., which control imports on a state-by-state schedu“ were ex- pected to slow up the movement of seed potatoes this season. there is still a decided ‘increase to date on the shipments over lost year. A total of 2% million bus. have moved this season to date. com- pared to 2% million bus. on the sarne date last year.