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JAINFUL "ACCIDENT - llra. Austin Murphy of Emerald suffer- ed a painful, accident on Monday. when her hand was drawn into an electric wrlXl88l'- 393039455? P199 sure was released her hand was considerably bruised but fortu will no bones werebroken. Her friends wish her a speed! NCOVOPY and normal us! Oi til! 11130100 hand.-K. -

-ACCIDENT AI BlCKMOND- an automobile accident at Rich- mond ins: riiglit.- sent three to iospiicl at Summerslde but only me person had injuries of any consequence. Mr. William Smith. the driver. of Summeralde, suffer- ed A broken arm. Two , with him were taken to hospital my observation but had no lo- porent injuries.-S. I

xsiv ASSISTANT BANK Man'-

AGER,-Mr. E. E. Boutiiller has ar- i

rived to take over his duties as Aa- sistant Manager of the Bank oi Nova Scotia in. Charlottetown. succeeding Mr. G. R. Henry who has resigned to manage the island agency of the Ralston Purina Feeds. Mr. Boutillier has for the past three years been accountant at Campbellton. N. B. and is a native of Amherst, N. 5. He is married and has one son. i

Two frigates the H. M. C. 3. La- l-lulloise and the H. M. C. 8 Swansea. may sail into the Char- iotteiown Harbor today on a short visit providing that weather con- iiticns permit their sailing on the -iigh seas. The ships were Invited xi come here by the National Council of chartered Accountants who are meeting in the City this week.

Chartered accountants, their ivive: and families from across the Dominion were streaming into Charlottetown Saturday night and yc-stcrday in the, heavy rain storm for the 48th annual convention which opens here today with :oiincil and committee meetings.

Approximately 115 in all. in- zluding the wives and families. the visitors were busy squaring away in hotels and accommodat- ions near the City last night. Del- egries from all ten Provinces are in aitcndancc.

MONCTON. N. 3.. Aug. w - (CPi-Death of Ulford Manning Jack Cunningham. a native of Al- beriorr. P. E. 1., occurred at the Moncicn City Hospital Saturday. He was T6.

llis dcaih followed a brief illness Mr. Cunningham came to Mor-cton some 35-years ago. and had practiced his trade as a black- smith icr i! great number of years before retiring.

Recently he made his l'NlC6l1P't in suburban Dieppe. Names of any su.rri-.-or-s. it any, were not knowr liere.

HERE ON HOLIDAY-Mr. Charles MBCKllln0ll, Branch Supervisor of the Montreal St. James Branch Insurance Company. and Mrs. Mac- xinnon arrived in Charlottetown last night to spend two weeks with Mr. .iiiicKinnon's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ewen Mscxlnnon. They were accompanied by Col. I. W. Beckett of Montreal. Col. Beckett will Join his wife and daughter Heather at the home of his mother-in-law Mrs. J. W. Macxenaie. Charlottetown. Mr. Charles MacKinnon's son Colin has been visiting his grand parents here for the past three weeks.

Provided sattbfactcry arrange- ments csri be made with the Mar- itime Commission, the Northam- berland Ferries Ltd wculd.be pre- pared to u ' continuing the Mir service between Wood Is- lands and Caribou beyond the reg- ular closing date of Nov. 30, it was announced following the annual meeting of the directors of the Comimlly here on Saturday.

If the service is to be continued it was the opinion of the directors that the George wn-Pictou route wculd be preferabe after Nov. 30. There are good docking facilities at both ports which could be put iii, Shape to accommodate the boats guthout difficulty. Also. this-route S Oiien later than the Wood ls- lanrls-Cnribou route and could be "5961 fcr the greater part of the Mntcr. .

Captain T. D. Cobb 5th .31 I Regiment. R. c. a. 6. (rt.-age ioifcci Charlottetown has been .9. pgiriied lo the rank of MIJU7 and 0 ii.er commanding No. 1 Squad- Wii it has been announced br gangs Headquarters, Eastern Com-

Ciilli-. E. A. Mccarey '”iii regiment has also ben ap- iioinied to the mix of mini and 'PD0inied officer commandin. No. gs. (P-Capt.) R.

as son in to "ilk of Captain. wpo tad t Scullv. P. I. I

Captain J. a. zieriment um. mean) will in dmivvw on Personnel auction I 93 under the d log. oiginil Selection officer. Hh call Oct bi" dill! from A 14 to hu0b::n3lu:vllth the active force us, Emem oommrluduibzhrseadquam

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an. aura Matllaaon, in.” ..,' ..- '. the Maritime Transportation Coins mission. and his assistant Idr. Clyde Fitch. Moncton. will meet this morning with Messrs. .I.o.c. Campbell. K-C.. Deputy Attorney General and B. Graham Rogers. Director of Transportation. to dig- :: "W P-11 ffeilht rate zone

The case involves an application by the Potato Promotion Commit- tee to have this Province made one zone for freight rate purposes. Freight rates at present are high- er east of Charlottetown and west of Summerside than they are in the Charlottetown. Summerslde, Borden area.

The difference of freight charges between the zones sometimes var- ied as much as 322.00 on a carload of potatoes or iturnlps.

TUESDAY

Union men striking in the Char- lottetown Division of the Canadian National Railways will form picket lines around the railway property here this morning and organize groups to protect all perishable freight and to protect the property against fire and breaks if the strike as into effect. a union official I atad yesterday.

Yesterday's storm, the worst ex- perienced at this season for many years. disrupted telephone and el- ectric light connections and flood- ed out several families resident in the low-lying parts of the City. It caused similar disturbance throughout the Province, washing out a culvert at Milton and furth- er delaylng the Borden train which had been retarded due to the car ferries being forced to re- main in their docks at Tormen- tine and Borden for more than an hour yesterday morning.

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The President of the Charlotte- wwn Rotary Club. George Walters is wearing a "ten-gallon" hat. a gift of the City of Calgary. Yester- day at their regular weekly lunch- eon. Mr. Kenneth J. Morrison. 0 B. E.. C.A.. Vice President on the l: ' Association of Charter- ed Accountants addressed the club and brought greetings from Cal- gary Mayor Dan MacKay. in ad- dition to the western hat. Mr. Morrison -gave Rotarian Georg-'. Walters a silver spoon and souvenir medal commemorating the Jubilee- of Calgary.

The mobile recruiting team from Headquarters Eastern Command. Halifax. and headed by Capt. D. W. Shanks has been recalled he- cauae of the pressure of recruit- log in the Sydney. C. 8. area They will leave today. Sgt. W. Spinney and Cpl. E. Yorke are the other team members. Recruiting in this Province will continue through a local team, appointed by Brigadier W. W. Reid, D.S.O.. ED. and trained by Capt. Shanks. The team il headed by Capt. E. R. Burke. Prince Ed- ward Ialand Regiment (l7i.h l7.ecce).'Other members of the team are Capt. M. MacKenzie and Sgt. E. F. Nicholson.

A million dollar contract is just about completed at the Summer- slde R. C. A. 1". station and by the end of the week it should be ent- irely wound up. On August is. 1949. Bayside Construction Co. Ltd. of Campbeiltnn. N. 3.. started con- struction of 150 housing units for the Air Force personnel and now just about a year later the lot; is about done.

All of the houses have been turn- ed over to the Air Force ani have been occupied. At present there are only seven or eight men e.-nployed fix upodds and ends and they sho finish on Saturday. .At the peak of employment over 300 men were given work including those employed by the sub-contractors

Two Prince Edward Island boys were in the group who arrived in Moncton yesterday afternoon on the ocean Limited of the Canad- ian Naticnal -Railways en route home from the United Kingdom.

Robert Nelson. Charlottetown, and Ronald .l.eard. Summers”. arrived home last night after their trip as part,of the group of fifty from the various Provinces of Can- ada under the auspices of Garfield Weston. a prominent business lead- er, for the purpose of establishins interliatlonal understanding and goodwill. by direct contact between the youth of the different coun- tries. l

A two-day convention of the Ifarltime conference of the oath-

with approximately thirty-five rep- resentatives expected truth the four Maritime novincea. A very full lmilram has been arranlld billnning with registra- ties: at the Charlottetown Hospital at 10 AM. At theiafternoon sea- alpn greetfngewill be brought to an Wmloyl Ila B Bria Mao 0. Ni" - ' Dan in. ll..:.'Kn:hifl. as lgiilit . represen e a o to! Association. and Hon. Dr. mention. mt.-vniinl

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WIDNESDAY .

Prince Edward Island farmers are "greatly alarmed with the failure of railway workers and management to settle their differences and are critical of the uncompromising at- titude of both parties." according to a statement from the Island Ped- erationlast evening.

"-Island farmers," the statement says. "are seriously concerned about the outcome of'the dispute. They are acutely conscious of the fact that higher railway costs invariably affect agrriculture. both as a dec. rease in return: for products sold and increased costs for feeds. mach- ines-y and other goods purchased

There was a general exodus oi tourists here over the weekend and on Monday. Many feared to delay thelndeparture longer due to the threatened railway strike.

Ml-I'll! resorts and cabins were all but emptied as guests sought to beat the strike deadline.

The Tourist Bureaus reported a definite slump in a business which usually held-up well until over the Labor Day weekend. '

Long lines of cars were reported yesterday at Wood Islands as vis- itors sought to make the main- land via the Wood Islands and Caribou ferries.

' The Depaitment of Public Works announced yesterday that they were

Wood Islands today to check on the lights at the Island terminal of the ferry services. They hope to make sufficient lighting facilities available to make night crossings possible,

It is claimed that present light- ing facilitie. on the dock are func- tioning on six old used car batter- ies and that late landing of the "Dunning" on Monday night had to be carried on by means of oil lanterns. The "Prince Nova" is equipped with a-sesrchlight but the "Dunning" carries no equip- ment of this kind.

The Maritime Conference of the Catholic Hospital Association open- ed its two-day session yesterday morning with Solemn Holy Mass at St. Dunstan's Basilica. More than 30 delegates from thepfour Maritime Provinces havp registered for the Conference.

Sermon ifor the Mass was deliver- ed by R?. M. J. Mcxinnon. Glace Bay. N. .. assisted by Rev. J. B. Nearing, Rev. James Kelly; and Rev. James Smith. The Conference continued at the Chmlotteimwn Hospital with: a Litltglcal pl'03l'B!1'i

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.I'0 PLACE BUOYS-The C. G. S. Brant left the Marine Wharf for Caribou , yesterday morning with two buoys for navigational use by the Northumberland Fer- ries. The Brant was met by Cap- tain Hunter who showed the crew where to place the buoys.

-DYMENT - STEWART - A quiet wedding was salcmnized in the St. James Anglican Church Part Hill. on Tuesday. August 22nd at 10.00 a. in. when the Rev. L. A. Dignan united in marriage, Iris Glen Stewart. youngest daughter oi the late David and Mrs. Stewart of Northaim. to Eli I-ierman Dyment. son of James Dyrnent and the late Mrs. Dyment. also of Northam The couple was unattended. the immediate relatives being present at the ceremony. Mr. and Mn... Dyxncnt plan to spend their hon- eymoon motoring in the Maritime Provinces.-S. ."

THURSDAY

RECEIVES SAD NEWS - Mrs J. A. Sterns. Richmond st.. re- ceived the sad news ysterilay of the death of her sister-in-law. Mrs. J. T. squarelirlggs of Everett. Mass. Mrs. squarebriggs was the daughter of 'the late I-Ion J. C Underhay and Mrs. Under;-.ay oi Bay Fortune. P. E. Island. '

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT -A car from Village Green and an old- model car converted into a truck from Mt. Stewart "collided, early lasrnlght on the paved road not far from Pownsl School. The car. a 1941 Plymouth. was turned over in the ditch and was badly dam- aged. No one was injured.

Four Charlottetown boys are aboard the 'two friga-ies of the Royal Canadian Navy which dock- ed at the Railway Wharf yester. day morning. One of the cadets is Sub-Lieutenant Joseph Malta: and the others are Michael Kelly, Joseph O'Leary Duffy and Dallis Santry.

Mr John Byrne. Saint John

District Horticulturist of the Vet eran's Land Act office is at pres- ent ln this Province on a two week tour of veterans' properties. Mr. Byrne is a son of Mrs Annie Byrne. Souris. and gave a very in- teresting demonstration on land- scaping when .he visited the Island in May of this year. The main pur- pose of his present trip is to ad vise veterans on beautifying and landscaping their properties.

led by Rev. J. 3. Nearlnl. murder. N. 6., and participated in by Rev. H. Mitchell. Halifax. and Rev. W. P. Pogarty. St. Iiirancls Xavier Univ- ersity. A film "You Can Change The world" was also shown during the morning session. -BIITIIDAY PARTY -- On Thursday evening. August 171.11. a birthday party in honor of G. Gordon l-Iuestis, was held at tho home of his son. Horace Hi-esti-. Wilmot Valley. This elderly and much respected gentleman cele- brated hla 91st birthday and is still enjoying life although quite hard of hearing. His eldesttson. Rev. G Emerson Huestis. Brookiicld. N. S. was present along with the other members of his family lncludinil the grandchildrtn and one great grandchild. The evening passed at too quickly with social intercourse. games. and after refreshments were served and several gifts pre- sentsd, each one present took their departure. hoping that this grand old man would have manv more birthdays.-S. , A

Registrations of members at- tending the Convention of the Dominion Association of Charter- ed Accountants .eached.the 200 mark last evening.

Monday and Tuesday of this week were spent for the molt part in council and committee meetings and the convention pro- per gets under way this morning. The luncheon planned at the Charlottetown I-Iotel yesterday had to be cancelled because .01 the existing strike of HMCI em- ployees. but Sandv'- -eataurant in Dunstaffnau was able to ac- commodate the convention on two haul-'5-no', cc, and according to all

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reports served an excellent luncheon. Attending were mem- bers of the council and commit- tees and their wives. ,

-LOBSTER non. - A' very pleasant lobster boil and social evening was enjoyed on Tuesday evening by members of the Kins- men Club of Summerslde, their wives and girl. friends. at the summer cottage of Club President Elmer Omar and Mrs. Offer. After a large quantity of -lobster had been satisfactorily dispatched. the evening was spent in singing un- der the leadership of Maurice Mill. Arrangements for the party had been carried out by the pro- gram committee under the chair- manship of Roy Johnston. S

Prince Edward Island niimberq of Parliament were preparing last night to make their way as ex- peditiously .as possible to Ottawa for the opening of the emergency session on Tuesday.

senators J. P. McIntyre, G if Barbour and T. V. Grant plan leaving together today by mr via Wood Islands.

Mr. W. Chester 5. McLurg M.P.. accompanied by his daughter. Mlssg Lena Mcuure, also leaves this morning via the Norihumberlanvl Ferries to catch the Halifax- Montreal bus. due to arrive in Montreal at 4 p. in. tomorrow. I-Tom there they will go to Ottawa and Toronto respectively by bus.

Mr. J. Lester Douglas, M.P., is awaiting reservation to proceed tn ottawa by air as soon as possible

Mr. T. J. Kickham, M.,P.. plan- leavlng next Monday or Tuesday. also .l7y air.

The immediate whereabouts of Mr. J. Watson Macblaught. M.P.. who has been visiting British Columbia on business connected with the Department of Fisheries, could not be ascertained last even-

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-TEACHERS MEET "l'ODAY-- The 58th annual convention of the Acadian Teachers' Federation will be held in summersldc today and Fridawopenina with high mass at St. Paul's Church at 9.30 am. The convention sermon will be preach- ed by Rev. J. H. Lecialr of,Sum- merside. Business sessions "will be held in St. Paul's Hall com- mencing at 10.30 with a civic wel- come by Hls Worship, Mayor Henry Wedge. This evening at eight o'clock there will be an open meeting to which the public will be welcome. . S

Plans for an extensive survey of co modity stockpiles and -other as ts of the situation in Prince Edward Island arising out of the current railway strike emergency were launched yesterday at "the first meeting of the Government-aw pointed Economic Advisory Board.

At ,the outset of the meeting held in the Provincial Legislative Cham- ber. Premier J. Walter Jones out- lined the purpose of the board which is to take an inventory of the sup- ply situation in the province, det- ermine which imports and exports are most necessary, and arrange priorities on commodities.

Eleven recruits were signed up during the two-day stay of an army recruiting unit in Summer-

side which concluded last night. The unit will be in Alberton to- day and will then return to Char- lottetown.

Six of them left yesterday at noon by Maritime Central Airways for Halifax. They were:-

Active Force: Charles William Fitzgerald, Harvard Street. Sum- merside; Charles Perry. North Market Street. Summerside.

Special Force: Albert Clair Gal- lant. Market Street, Summerslde; Benny Joseph Grady, Belmont St., Summcrsideuwilllsm Harold Com- panlon. Sheen Street, Summer-side; George Joseph Grady. North Mar- ket Street. Summer-side.

Leaving today at one o'clock by plane for Halifax are:-

Speclsl Force: Colin Sidney Fleet, Alberton; John Hubert Gal- lant. Notre Dame Street. Sum- merslde: Clifford Alfred Richards. Convent St.. Summerside; Leonard Malcolm Snowdon,.Water St. East. Summerside; Melvin Arsenault. East Street, Summerslde.

FRIDAY

FATHER. SON JOIN SHIPS- Two Charlottetown men, Lieut- Commander John MacAndrew. R. C. N. (R) and his son, John, have joined the two naval ships, "La I-Iulloise” and "Swansea". now in port. Lt. Cmdr. MacAndrew is to be one of the executive officers and his son is joining as an ordin- ary seaman. i

-IN HOSPITAL-Friends of Mr. M. P. Titus of the Clifton Hotel. Summerside, and past president of the Summerside Branch of the Canadian Legion, will regret to learn that he is a patient in the Prince County Hospital where he was taken suffering from a stroke. His condition yesterday and last evening was reported as serious.

Large crowds went aboard the "La Hullolse". and "The Swansea” yesterday afternoon when they were op 4 for inspection by the public for two hours.

Last evening the two frigate; were hosts to the convention of Dominion Chartered Accountants at cocktail parties which xwere thoroughly enjoyed, guests staying much longer than planned g. M. C. 8. "Queen Charlottci was

0st to officers and men during their two-day stay in Charlotte- town. and the cadets aboard were invited to visit the United Ser-

vices Club. Courtesy calls were paid by th..- cfficers on Wednesday to tho

Lleut. Governor. the Premier. and the Mayor. and return calls were paid by these officials last even- in:

The ships were scheduled to leave this morning for Corncrbroois. Newfoundland. but it is understood that destination was changed yes- terday and definite plans were not

revealed,

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