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Communist border guards. stanzllng behind tank barri- carlr>s.on the Beese Bridge. 3 through hinorlilars into i BPl‘lll'1 following the [ FllO=_‘i|l1;‘ of escaping East Ber- l

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FIRST VISIT

Sgt. and Airs. Sandy Young and two children who are tent- ing on the Island spent Satur-I day with Mr. and Mrs. W Montague. ' ‘ first trip and they are very rniliuscd with the Island and are presently in the Tyne‘ Valley area. l

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Boy Injured In Accident

MONTAGUE -— A half-ton 19.53 Dodge truck left the higliway on 3 the Dover Road about 9:40 mi Sunday evening. A passenger; Lester Acorn 12. Glen William’

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Tobacco Crop Said Retarded

Provincial and Farm Editor

"Tobacco will not be a big crop. or a good crop this year. though good weather the rest of the season could improve the production." Dave P e a c o c k provincial department of agric- ulture. said here yesterday.

Unfavorable weather during much of the season and particu- larly those two "cold. ‘wet weeks in July" were responsi- ble for slowing growth. LACK OF SUNSHINE

of the growing season could help a great deal. it was noted. e m a n suggested that the growers would probab- ly be fortunate if they could get 75 per cent of the normal pro- duction. though there was no of- ficial estimate on what the crop may actually yield. Commerical production b y private growers started last year for the first time in recent years. It has developed this

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is expected to become much larger in the future. if yields achieved are commercially feas- ible.

Lack of sunshine has been one of the big factors._ but s u n n y weather from now until the end

lrinidad As New Nation lHas Problems lo Face

B ROBERT BERRELCEZ SPAIN. Trinidad about their ability to govern tAPi——This hot, lush land of themselves.

Calypso balladeers and steel- Both Trinidad and Jamaica ,drum bands becomes independ- enjoyed wide latitude in self- lent next Friday—a new little government under Britain. Ex- lnation with problems. cept for foreign relations. de- ] The lilting rhythms of the ca- fence and some features of .lypso singers will celebrate the fiscal policy. Trinidad's leaders end of 160 years of British rule. had full control over the island

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tary to Premier Walter Shaw. IS retiring the end of the month. Her position will be filled by Miss Eileen Hayter. Charlotte- town. ‘

was rushed to the Montague‘ hospital. suffering a fractured.

Il£.'l‘|t . Also injured was‘ Wilma Acton. 18 of Murray Riv- er who sustained a bruised sholiider.

The truck was owned and‘ driven by William Edward.

Bailey of North Lake. The ac-i cident is being investigated by. the Montague detachment of RCMP. ~

LORNE VALLEY 3”

Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Crane; have purchased the farm form-i erly ow n ed by Mr. and Mrs.j

day.

.The island, wiilth its little ward I affairs. « Tobago 20 m es to the north-i

east in the blue Caribbean. will 'T1(¥:ADE N3)?‘ 1%!-?lNC1;3)13lk f 1., purchased home they were become the nation of Trinidad Ompare ‘“ ‘E “ °

, ~ d T b . It 1 t b' . tendered ahhouse .\\ a rming gllinceo Sggvard §S{':ndf” lg adlare pl-ospe,-0u5_ per capm, m. l)a'n'\d by t elr neighbours and‘ Trinidad has little in common 1 come in 1960 was about $600‘ “'5'” 5' l , _ , ‘one of the highest in the hemis- Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Birt, With its Latin American neltZh- here. The gross national prod. Toronto, Ontario, were recent $01.5 ﬁxﬁfgfiogoggcagaggograizhyé uct doubled in the last decade to guests of Mr. and Mrs. Francislmixtgrg of many race; and na_ 3 196‘})5xt°:_lS°fa::°‘§n$g_Z00°-' Maclmyra ‘tionalities, dominated by people 1956 tmgned 5294 500300 and Mrs. George Douglas and Mr. I of African and East Indian $301,g00.000 respectfvelg,’ double Winston Dollglas. Char10llet0Wn.‘5l°°l‘- the 1951 figures. This resulted were guests of the former’s son- , glke gantlalcav Whéch Tb?°?g“§ in 3 l*:_mill8I‘ Problem: iA bal- in-law and daughter. Mr. and witﬁﬁ; mg co‘,';,",;m‘; ""9 9 ""l’"‘°’“‘~" dell“? - Trinidad is the worlds 17th “"5 Charles Ma°L°°d- Tl“"5' Wealth. but as 8 fully_autono- biggest producer of crude oil, mous Partner. Few Trimdadians which now amounts to 43,000,-

William Hatton. When Mr. and Mrs. Crane moved to their new-

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year into a 300-acre crop. and.

Latin Americans. Trinidadians‘

-produces cocoa. sugar. rum. ('0- :conuts. coffee and other agri- ‘icuitural products. Economists tsay it must ﬁiversify this pro-

yooo barrels annually. it also

,duction to cut down on food im-‘,

Souris, Kinqs County;l§:is§i

Trinidad buys 80 per cent food abroad. including

The country has other prob- lems. One has to do with the racial mixture. ‘

e among Port of Spain's! lower laboring classes. Negroes. and Indians. express distrust of‘ one another. some preferringl the white man's rule. I

Looming importantly in future: Trinidad-U.S. relations is the; U.S. naval base at ‘Chaguara-. mas. valued at about $100.000.-i 000 navy acquired a 99-‘ on 18 square miles in

. e year lease

the-Second World War. In 1961. . bee"

-.negotiations: with the since-dis- i, s o l v e d Caribbean federation lbrought agreement from Wash-‘ . ington to reduce the lease rights ‘ ‘to 17 years. The new govern- ment may want another look at; . the treaty.

;Scientisjs Make Milk Without Cow

LONDON (APl—Britl'sh scien- tists have discovered a process for making milk without a cow. using pea pods. cabbage leaves and weeds. They hope to open a pilot plant this year with large-scale production following

later.

The scientists have got rid of a greenish color in their man- made milk and are trying now to eliminate its slight vegetable

seem to entertain anydoubts ﬂaw,

r. . If they succeed. the product

condensed form. a as a liquid. It is expected to compete in price with cows’ ‘k. ‘

Basically. the raw materials for man-made milk are the same as the food eaten by a cow—green leaves.

Man Hurt In Full

MOVTAGUE — J mes Far- rell. St. Mary’s Road is in the kings County Hospital follow- ing an accident near his farm on Friday evening. Mr. Farrell was on the top of a load of baled hay when he got caught under the neck with wire w threw him from the load. He suffered a severely injured head.

The load was being hauled by a tractor being driven by his son Kenneth.

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Cash Donations Pouringlln

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- By M. A. KAISER

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Ken- ichi Horle sailed’ alonegacrosl the vast Pacific—fl-om Osaka to San Francisco—with only 2.000 yen (about $6) pocket.

Cash donations to him now are pouring in from admirers of his daring journey of more than 5.000 miles in a 19-foot sl

oop. "There have been donations from various parts of Amer- ica." n J apanese consulate spokesmanvsaid. “We don't know how’ much money has received. but the sum is increasing day "

gulfed in a whirlwind of activi- ties—and passport problems- since his arrival Aug. 12, is tak- lng the situation calmly. He was granted permission to remain

' here until Sept. 13. but plans to

y home Sept. 11,- -

Horie's o n timeowas his own when he lied secretly from Osaka the night of May 12. All had to do was sail the great circle route to San Francisco and ride th r o u g h five big

storms in his tiny boat, ‘the Mermaid. - HE HAD TO hy do-it.

“It's like-—lt's like when they climb a mountain." he sa . smiling. “It's something I had

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Through an interpreter. Horle said that the trip had cost about 1.000.000 yen (aroun $3.000).

friends.

An experienced at a i l o r of small craft. he shopped around quietly for a boat~—knowing the 3 apanese m aritime safety ‘ agency and his father would fe- fuse permission for such a long

journey.

He bought the Mermaid. built solidly of mahogany plywood. at an Osaka shipyard.

“I spent several weeks out- fitting the sloop. so my father must have nown I was going

f rice. more than 200 pounds of canned food, some fishing gear. five dozen bottles of beer and five fifths of sake. rice

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ne. He also had vitamin pills. water enough for 1 days. a radio receiver and direction finder. compass. sextant. charts to plot his course. an ordinary lantern and a small kerosene stove for cooking.

IT WAS ‘LONELY

D “From the time I started I recovery during the first fou ‘was very lonely. but because I days of last week.

y a. e diminutive Horie. 23. en- pe ce ul

had. a goal it made‘ no differ-i ence; l

"I figured the trip would. take me 00 or 70 days at the least. and four months at the most. 1 never got lost—much.",

Within a few days he en-i countered two storms. Then he; ran into a gale about June 2. -

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g a good sailor.‘ was seasick for three days. but he rode it out.’

“The weather was rough until I passed the international date- line. After that. it was more‘

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e he for fresh food. drank a little water daily. had an occasional beer or sake. and ad his books. A Japanese- English dictionary and some sailing manuals.

On a sunny Sunday morning. Aug. 12. Horie sighted Point! Reyes——-to miles north of San; Francisco and the exact spot he had plotted. -

A surprised coast guard crewi tied the Mermaid up at a yacht dock and Horie. in celebration.‘ offered sake and beer to every»

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lU.S. Production Of Steel Declines

NEW YORK (AP) — United States steel production declined last week for the first time since output touched a llé-year low during the week of July 4.

e American Iron and Steel Institute said the drop was about three-tenths of one per cent. to 1,611,000 net tons from 1.616.000 during the previous week.

Meanwhile. some mills re- lported sharply higher orders in lithe last few days but industry l0fflClalS said it was too soon to _-call it a sustained advance. {Normally ordering of steel is ;heavy near the end of the i month because many customers .delay as long as possible be- -fore making commitments for the next month. l

MARKET FALLS

FRANKFURT. G e r m a n y (AP)—West German stock mar- kets suffered a setback Monday and brokers put at least partial blame on uneasiness over.theg weekend demonstrations at the; Berlin Wall. It was the second] consecutive session with loweri

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N.S. Shi~pvc"'d Expected To Build Ferry

Ferguson Industries Ltd.. PW tou. N.S. is expected to ge‘ We contract for the new ferry for the Wood Island‘: -Caribou run.'wlth completion date set It April. 1964. C pt C. 1!. Hunter. president of the Northumberland Ferries Ltd. stated yesterday.

The Pictou firm submitted the lowest bid. though the amount of the tender was not revealed. Halifax Shipyards. who built MV Confederation. also submitted 1

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Meeting Offered Civil Servants Over Pay Issue

OTTAWA (CPi——Prime Minis- ter Diefenbaker has offered to arrange a meeting between c blnet members and represen. tatives of civil service staff as‘- sociations on the issue of pay increases for government work- ers.

The prime minister's office today released the text of let- tcrs he sent Aug. J. C. Best president of the Civil Ser- vice Association of Canada. and F. W. itehouse. president of the Civil Service Federation of Canada.

Mr. Best and Mr. Whltehouse had written Mr. Dlefenbaker asking for a meeting with the cabinet concerning the pay is- sue. Their letters were subse- quently released to the press.

Mr. Diefenbaker said consid- eration of salary increases came before the government “at a time when the foreign ex- change situation had suddenly become acute."

“I feel" sure that you will agree that the government must at all times retain the freedom to reach decisions having in mind the interests of Canadians generally even if the reasonable expectations of any group or in; dividuals have regrettably to be temporarily postponed." wrote the prime m is er.

Mr. Diefenbaker s aid he wduld be glad to arrange a meeting between a small group of civil service representatives grit: ".‘some members of the cab-

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PIG IRON In the United States 260 blast furnaces in 17 states produced 65,300,000 tons of pig iron and ferro-alloys during 1961.

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