$4,018,000 In Freight Subsidies

OTTAWA.

estimate; passing through mutt.

new AND amour As A r SPRING DAY '

and a nilnber on! smaller linen.

lowered freight tarltis Our smartest collection in years - - - and they really fit.

Ilack Suede Pumps - lirown Calf or Alligator Pumps - ; Scotch Grain Oxfords or walking Pumps.

up the diilerence to the carriers.

Industry lialuahle

Most Myles in AA to C lrvggnua1gpgy_

Mostly Oi’ 054.95, $5.95. $0.95

County may become moat important industries northern New Brunsvirlclc, F. Young (IrGloucester)

today. It il hoped

Howard Mclsmis

Fitted Footwear

gan Island will work at lull-time

of men. Mr.

I75 Queen St. . "Specialists For Tender Feet" o¢oe¢ee~¢e

Currie Bldg.

land plant.

was G. W. Perry

East Coast Fisheries Conference CANADIAN LEGION HALL, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. APRIII m, 2nd AND 3rd.

eral Marketing

lng Boards [or apples.

Registration at Hall April lst, 10.00 AM. D°ml“l'°"'N”w B'“"’wl°k

The meetings ore open to all who are interested in any branch of the Fisheries

Conference discussions will be lead by men well versed in - their particular fields, and all are invited to join in discussions.

If you have not received a formal invitation, this is your invitation to attend any or all meetings.

GEORGE W. MocLEOD, Sec'y.-Treos. P. E. l. Fisheries Federation.

Y’S MIXTURE

l BUCKLE

\

M... .. _(¢,p)_ British Press,

Subsidies paid under thmWartime Freight Rates Act cost the Federal Government 84.016900 in 1946. it was shown today in stwplqaentary perih-

The Canadian National Railways obtained all but $100,000 o! tihe total. The remainder went to the 6P3, Dominion Atlantic Railnvay

The subsidies make up the dit- terence between normal rates end Cill mﬁhﬂdl- pirovided under the 1027 act, which adjusted ed by Sir David Ross, provost at the rm; on Maritime hauls, with Oriel College, Oxford, will inquire the Dominion Government making‘ into the ﬁnancing. control, man-

Says II. B. Peat Moss Jllﬁﬁildii. ’°.§.‘.‘.‘.1“’...‘I‘“;.°..".‘§ ‘ll

March 2ﬂ— (CM-The peat moss industryre- cetntly established in Gloucester °"' °l m‘! sociologist, authority on art. two Liberal pol-

said in a budget address in the Legislature} n-nd". wntprs’ “mm. of me scots_

that three large plants in Shlpegan and on Shippe- bo equipped to u"

capacity and provide employment tor hundreds Young added. Imq proved transportation and electrical facilities were needed for the is-

The other budget debater today (PC-Carleton), \ who agreed with previous speakers on the need of control ovrr export of potatoes. He suggested a Fedw Board at Ottawa‘ ‘ d 1 with s, regional board for the Marl- i on “c as ,, "mes. “mum, to present Market’. make recommendations thereon. wheat, oats and

Premier McNair announced that the bill for ratification oi’ the new agree-

ment will be introduced next week. before the Easter recess next Friday.

starting

' T"? ClflAlﬁl-OUET 0W1? STIBZAAPJAJX-

% _

Commission To Investigate

By TOM WILLIAM!

LONDON. Mar. QC-MPM-Ttte Government chase a 40-year-old scholar o! Aristotle today to dir- oct an investigation oi the Brit- ish press-Iree since Oliver Crom- well aboiiohod the Star Chamber in toil-and see it its liberty has been impaired by modern ﬂnln-

A royal commission o! l‘! head-

agesnent and ownership oi news- papers. periodicals and domestic news agencies.

London and the centuries-old Weekly spectator founded by Steele and Addison. to the emoll- est provincial weekly. Membership of the commission which includes three women. an evangelical minister, author J. B. Priestley, two Labor Unionists, n threc lawyers, an iiicians and only one full-lime Wxowspancrmnn-Bir George Alex- man in Edinbﬂ$l1~WB3 announ- ced amid cheers in the House oi Commons by Prime Minister At-

Attlee said he commission's lob would be o further “the free expression oi’ opinion through the press and the great- cst practicable accuracy in the presentation oi’ news. to inquire into the control. management and ownership of tho newspaper and [vcriodlcnl press rind ihc news oc- cnclcs. lncitldintz the iiuoncial tiructure and the monopolistic in control, and to

The House. voting 270 to 157. ordered the investigation iivo months ngn. acceding to drmands of the Notional Union of Journ- alists and more than 100 Labor mcmtbers of Parliament led by Herbert Morrison. Lord President n1‘ the Cottncll and deputy Prime Minister.

Rrccnily the Labor party dis- closed plans to start 200 lnbot porters. large and small. to com- bat. thi- predomlnantiy-conscrvat- lvo ‘press.

Sir David said the commlssimt would mrct soon. Attlvv suid it would have power to stibpreua witnesses. _

Tho commission is extant-ind In clvlvc into affairs of the H'|l‘lllS- uorth. Kcmsiry. Ctllllrosr‘. Brav-

i

g Prince of Wales College

l

Divorce Cases In Senate Set Record , u» m":

the Senate

an ail-time high. The record oi ions was tor the

by the Senate.

from Quebec. The previous

that Ontario set courts.

Oi‘!-

crbrook. Provincial, Westminster,

AS

FOR

OTTAWA. March 2e —tCP)— Canada's rising divorce pointed wp today with disclosure in that petitions before that August body tor the tmtylng you wish at‘ unhappy marital lcnots had hit

bec alone. the only Province which still must have divorces approved

it eclipsed even tthe number oi divorce bills handled by the Senate Oiccro, but in the days when it accepted them for the provinces of Ontario and Prince Edward Island as well as man glumpljlg 1n

divorces petltktng was 290 at the 1946 session WlliCll compared with Could the previous itigh oi 247 in

Caclhury and Odharns groups of newspapers. The last named group publishes the Dolly Herald and other Labor-supporting newspap-

H it Pyerrhea iIewiluiciiWe

Blending; gums. loose tooth and nnrcmout h muy menu that }-'0\i_ are n victim oi Pyorrlico or Gingivitis tnnt may sooner or inter cnuse

'au to lose many or your treth and to wcnr nlae tooth hrtcrr- your time. Ovrrcomcthess troubles now with Amuxnll. Anwsrtu must quickly case rota mouth, blerdln gums nnd help nature tighten loosi- tart t, or your tnonry bnci: on return o! c0191.‘? rarion- 0H Amman today from your drugglet. Honey no: eereeruant protects you

surname oun

“THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Teachers’ Federation

Annual Convention 5*

in The AUDITORIUM OF

“Charlottetown

8e 9e 109

. Public Meeting, TUESDAY, APRIL 8th, 7:30 P.M. ‘ l Address: Rt. Rev. Dr. M. M. Coady, St. Francis Xavier Uni- ll versity, Antigonish, N. S.

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parcel."

rote was , ‘You're not

Master 0f ‘Qgltarachute

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‘being in possession‘ clause; it’: a slim way ot getting round the fact that I hadn't the least notion what I'd got in either

compelled to any anything about. the charge unless to," the superintendent rcmlnilcd her. "if you would like to make a statement, and lcvl

399 divorce petit- “hi? W. ll- mlght he tu your ad»

Provinceoi Que- Vﬁllillilii" "Able to?"

louully stupid

said Peggy explo- sively. What she could have done in that direction was the bust-rim; of people like Demosthenes and not oi‘ these tradit- policemen. She looked at the lazy-looking youhg

the chair and

lllmvlﬂi? smoke in a thin stream

recon! number 0f from his lips, and could not docket

some time.“

up n5 “m divorce Peter chuckled.

his place as nu

nhaslierl; but

(loicntcti of course, l'CIill_\‘

-~ prcvcutcd him M surli

- ,_ m, _,

Prince Edward Island

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him. but she riirl not soc l1o'v he l" be y; polivciuziu. “p1 L r Hm h“ ‘ dg-‘g- sit)’ I um ZIlJlC to! I \\.'Illi to IlliillQ wiihagettlialiiornstirorint (lustiiriixo? Aiilcr mo; but I “mm ‘mu it Wm mm

"I should

He could not

help it. Never had he seen any- one morc nmgtiiiicotltly Pfilllitivslll in such a horrible position. She have him, for what might almost have been interpreted else as approval, only a disquiet- ing ﬂash of her dark brown eyesﬂ a flush lVlllCll put him firmly in interloiter, one who should he reruovcd he- lore sht- snitl a word. He was not‘ llil tlﬂiniteiy the prrsoner. She upon itcqttnirltzmce. evcr bccu drmvu into this positltn; hint zihsoitliclv. Ii was, something oi’ a trugctly. But for the moment her; colossal optimism and i‘.1.ith in the‘ xzrcul British justice myth —0r at. least tlur myth or lls illlullihiiilj.“ front (To he continued)

by anyone

lllteti had improved How she had

SPClllg ll.

l

and;

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ranged or. 1941

Topcoats

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Priced from Sl-lilﬁi? u,

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