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"Auction "and Dance in Vernon

Hall, Monday, January 5th.

"Loading Hogs at Vernon, Tucs-

dsy, January 6th. for Canada Pack- ers. W. Crane.

"loading hogs at Montague

ltaticn each ibiday for Canada Packers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

"Collecting Hogs Packers each Tuesday afternoon ~W. Crane.

"Collecting hogs each . Tuesday for Canada Packers Ltd. Dingv/ell a Bossiter,

. "Collecting Hogs each Wednes- day morning for Canada Packers. Ltd. Robt. Dawson, Crapsud.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- ers at Vernon River Tuesday, Jon- uary 0th. Ralph Lee.

"Collecting hogs for Canada. Packers Ltd» each Tuesday. Mc- Donald's Transfer, Arllnandsle.

"institute Meeting Clyde River School, Monday night B P M. A11 members requestedto attend. F. W. Gillespie.

"loading IIoga at Elmira, Mon- "day, January 5th. liior information contact Norman Bruce.

. '- "Loading H; at Souris every Monday. Trucking service where possible. Contact Clifford Peters.

"Loading Hogs at St. Peters every Monday. Contact McImnia. Trucking stlrvice "where possible. Contact Roy McLsren or Sterling Squires.

"Collecting Hogs st Moi-ell every Monday. Trucking service where possible. For information contact Ernest Murphy.

"Loading Hogs at Miscouohe every Monday afternoon. For‘ in- Ionmation contact Louis McMillan.

"loading Hogs st Montflsli! every Monday. Phone (I7 or 76-22 for infomoetion and trucking ser- vice. James McLeod.

"loading Hogs at Cardigan Sta- tion each Friday for Canada Packers Ltd. Norman McKenzie. Cardigan.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- ers at Mt. Stewart each Tuesday between noon time and 4 P. M. Earl Jpy.

"loading Hogs for Canada Pack- era at Souris. Tlleldl)’. January 6th- Itonnie McIntyre.

"Loading Hogs at Card!!!" "917 Monday. Trucking service where possible. For information contact Linwood McNeilI.

"Loading Hogs at Murray River Monday, January 5th. For inform- -ation phone 17-22. Truckinffli" vice where possible. Angus Mathe- son.

"loading Hoes at North‘ Wilt- shire every ‘Tuesday mornins- Trucking service where possible. Ibr inf essitast N. lee. lbw dew.

"Loading Hogs at Melville we?!‘ Monday. service where possible. Ibo infonlnation phone or septa“ 1"‘ ' NICMIIOII. _ "loading Hogs at ulggevery Monday. ‘trucking service where possible. Ibr irlfornlation swim Robert Brehaut.

. "Loading Hogs at alarlotmown

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oeioek. For tasokim service phone l m 01'

"Thll its!" will b! closed Jano- u-y 0th, 7th and lth. for stock tak-

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"Livestock Market!!! losrd will be ioadlnshosl It HUM . gm forvnoon. Janu- 'ry 0th. untilsrrivsi of eastern

. Came service weekly for was swaths and until MW!

for Canada

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, Itarry Waugh.

OFITAWA, Jan. fl-(CW- The Canadian Meat Board announced today that the new export prices for Canadian bacon will become effective Monday, with the rato for A1 sizesbia hogs going up from $3010 to $86.20 a 100 pounds f.o.b seaboard. ~

Increased prices for beef export- to Britain will become effective on all future purchases or bookings.

L. W. Pearaall. Meat Board chairman, said the price paid the farmer for hogs should increase immediately as any hogs slaught- ered today or Saturday will not be put into cure for export until Monday. ,

‘rile new prices. based on the 10-15 food contracts with Britain, were announced earlier today by Agriculture Minister Gardiner.

UITAWA. Jan. 2-(0?) - In- creases ranging from eight to 30 per cent were announced today by Agriculture lidlinister Gardiner in the prices Britain will pay for he: purchases of Canadian beef, bac- on, eggs and cheese during i948. Presnging boosts in domestic re- tail food prices, Mr. Gardiner dis- closed details of the newly-nego- tiated food contract-s at s puss conference and at: the same time confirmed that the Government has been studying the possibility of rte-imposing the butter price ceiling. These are the contract details: Bacon-The price will ad- vance s7 to 836 a 100 pounds for grade "A" no. l sizeable Wilt-shire sides at seaboard from the 1947 contract rate of $29. The new contract calls for delivery oi 105,000,000 pounds against a target of 350,000,000 pounds for 1947 and 200,000,w0 pounds actually de- , livered~¢.,..e-~~. .. ~ ‘M Beefi-Prices will advance from $425 to 037.50 a I00 pounds for- red brand beef, from $28.60 to $20.50 for blue brand and $31.10 to $23.10 for medium. Boneless manufactur- ing beef will go up $1.50 a 100 pounds. Shipments. 60 P" w" of which will be medium qual- ity, will total 45,000,000 pounds _ against the 1947 quota of 120.- 000,000 pounds and actual de- liveries of 50,000,000 pounds. Eggs-Spring prices, effec- tive in late January, advance five cents a dozen from 32 1-2 to 37 1-2 while fall prices, effective Sept. 1. increase J 1-2 cents from I10 3-4 t0 54 1-4 ‘ cents. scheduled deliveries will be 80, .000 dozen, compared

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Iiew Mercy Flight Planned Today‘

I-IAILIPAX. Jan. 2 —(CP) —A lumberins Se ‘ and itaasuo Csnso aircraft stood ready at Goose Bay, Labrador. tonight pre- paring for its secorlrlznercy flight this year 7 a race against a sleek new year's stark.

Tomorrow at dawn the plane. carrying a naval nursing sister, will take off for Mutton Bay, Qua. an isolated settlement on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, where an expectant mother lies "very seriously ill" with internal haemorrhsge.

Mutton Bay is just l0 miles from Harrington Harbor where the Canso landed yesterday and whisked a young _girl suffering from pneumonia to hospital at Goose Bay.

P. E. I. Will Iiave IIo Drama Festival Entry This Year

SAINT JOHN. N.B, Jan. 2 - (OP) - Announcement that Prince Edward Island will have no drama festival entry this. year and that no festival will be held in Nova Scotia was made here tonight af- telma meeting of the Regional Drama Festival committee for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Is- land.

A group from Kentville will re- present Novs scotla with a one- act play in the regional festival here Jan. 19, 29 and 21. This play will not be in competition with the New Brunswick entries but will be eligible for representing the sister province in the Dominion festival.

Previously it was believed that either a sub-regional festival would be held at Charlottetown or that

cgplayers‘ wouid- a‘_ _ ‘two-province ‘mu Lack of sufficient entries prevent- ed a festival in Nova Scotia.

Maritime presentations will confined to the KGHItVlHO one-act plays by St Bernard's C.Y.O. of Moncton. the Saint John District Council of the C.Y.O. and the Theatre Guild of Saint John, and a full length play by the recently organized Rothesay

be entry.

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ssry VISES.

in Budapest Sunday afternoon.)

grant all the visa applications.

King lvrichael of Romania (left) has abdicated his throne, report- edly so he can marry Princess Anne de Bourbon-Palms (right). Lon- don observers belleve the abdication was a convenient mlxlture of royal romance and Iron Curtain diplomacy because the Communist govern- ment of Romania, which had denied Michael permission to marry, immediately declared itself a Republic.

The Communist-controlled Government of Romania moved yes- terday to permit Michael. his mother and 33 others of his re-tinue to leave their homeland and asked the Swiss Government for the neces-

(The Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that Michael, accompanied by his mother, was leaving Bucharest by train Saturday and was due

llt was believed the necessary Hungarian, Austrian and perhaps Czechoslovak travel visas also had been requested. certain that the applications would reach Bern before Swiss Govern- ment offices close there at noon tomorrow for the week-end.

It was by no means certain that ‘the Swiss Government would

but it was not

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Play House - the first full length play since inauguration o; the drama festival 1n New Brunswiclol Irieutenant-Governor Dull, Mac-l Ioren has donated a cup for an- nual award to the winning New‘ Brunswick group.

The regional committee will pro- vide awards to the men and wom- an who, in the opinion of the ad- hr" ‘ , give the outstanding

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"Loading Hogs at Kinkora every‘ Tuesday morning. For information contact James I’. Callahan.

"Collecting hogs for Canada Packers each Tuesday. David Pratt, "Hockey st New 6185801" Rink taught, South Rustico va- New Glasgow. Game starts 8.30. Skate after.

"Loading l-logs at Hunter River For in- formation phone ,or contact 1am Crasweil, Gordon Matiheson, Grant McLeod.

"loading Hogs at Brcadalbane every Tuesday morning. ‘Iiuoflns service where poasible. For infonm- ation contact Earl Todd-

Ifihggdin‘ i-logd at Albany 9V6’! mesday morning. Trucking service wlhere possible. rlor information oontsot or phone J. George Mao- Kay.

"Loading l-fogs at Emerald evlf! ‘Itsasday morning. ‘Trucking service when possible. Iibr information contact or phone C.‘ O. Green.

"loading Hogs at Remington "pg-y Monday QHEHIOOI! lflti ‘Tull- dav olorning until 12 o'clock noon“ For information contact Oliver Campbell.

"Loading Hogs at Slammer-side Monday afternoon and missile!‘ morning until 12 o'clock noon. For information contact Robert Hull-

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Life Of French Gov’t

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‘Top Attraction

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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2 —-(AP)— Bing Crosby for the fourth suc- cessive yealr was the screen's top box-office attraction in 1947, the Motion Picture Herald announced today after a poll of exhibitors.

Ot-hcrs in the first 100. in the order of their ranking are:

Betty Grable, who moved up from ninth place last year; Ingrid Bergman, second in 1946: Gary Cooper. who also was fourth last

year; Hum-phrey Bogart. who mov- ed up from sixth; Bob Hope, Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, Claudette Col-

lmood to approve the bill without

Jeopardy

PARIS, Jan. 2—(AP)—-The life of the Government of Premier Robert Schuman wap in Jeopardy tonight, even as ‘it agreed in a. treaty to conditions of American winter aid. ‘

There was considerable doubt whether the stooped, balding Pre- mier, who loss than a month ago beat dowln a Communist-led strike surge, could push through an angry National chamber of De- puties an unpopular income tax bill to raise an additional $15,000,- 000000 francs (8l,0i1,000,000).

The Premier took the drastic step today of withdrawing his or- iginal anti-inflation tax bill which had been trimmed and manhand- led by the lllislators. He sub- mitiod a new "compromise" mess- ura and declared he would resign unless It is passed without change.

"The country must know that we have behind us a 1-“ liament which has confidence in us and aacepta its responsibilities," he s d. ' The Chamber was summoned to an extraordinary session begin- ning tomorrow to consider the new bill and the Finance Commission of the Anembly went into what appeared would be an all-nilht session to complete its report on the-measure. Itightiat and peasant qgpuusg gwarsntly were in no

serious changes. - ' d‘ The Government thurappesl" in dange of falling at ainest the moment it was alsuNti 0! lliférlm economic aid from the United ptates for the next few difficult

months.

O!!!)RD- lnlland — (OP) - A railway coach, constructed of mild stool which is nearly ‘thre: times as strong as existing coaches {at much lighter, was demonstrated

ere.

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bert and Alan Ladd.

Montreal Parents Face Charges

MONTREAL. Jan, 2 —— (GP) — Police today related how a 27- day-old child died at Christmas of bronchial-pneumonia and two other children were mistreated and abandoned in an unheated home on New Year's evs. A young couple was arraigned on s, charge of abandoning the children.

The couple, Richard Paulhus, S.’ and his wife. 3C. were refused bail and hearins was set 101' Jen. B. ‘Ihe children are in hospital under treatment.

The Poulhus‘ were arrested by Provincial Police New Year's af- ternoon nenrly 3d hours after de- tectives had removed their sick children from their unheated home at the lwartlme housing bar- racks at Iongueuil, across the St. Lawrence from Montreal.

Police said they were called New Year's eve by neighbors who heard the children crying. The parents had left for s New Year's pill!-

Police said that a third child. Jacques, fl-days old. died Christ- mas Day of bronchial-pneumonia after "brutal treatment," but that police had not enough evidence thén to arrest the parents.

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‘ID0101010- Jan. 2 — (OP — Capt, John Burton Holland, 73, th hugler ‘who sounded the "charge" for the Royal canadlsn Regiment at the Battle oi Psardeberg in 1000 during the Boer War. died last night of s heart attack. l-le was known here as a daring steeple- chase rider.

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sane 30 A I . Division

The New Year will see the Is- land Division o1’ the Canadian Na- tionnl Railways fully powered with Diesel electric locomotives. a spokesman for the Island Division informed The.Guardlan yesterday.

Two of the twenty Diesel en- gines which will replace all the steam locomotives now serving the Division have been in operation on the Charlottetown-Murray Har- bor run for several months. and the remaining l8 will all have ar- rived in the Province by June 30.

The spokesman explained that each type o,f engine has its ad- vantages. The steam-powered unit with. for instance, a traction cap- acity of 700 tons could. and often was required, to h ul a load of 1.000 tons. But whlc the Diesel- pcuvered engine of the same cap- acity would soon have its genera- tor burned out under such treat- ment, two of them could be "hook- ed up", thus making a "double- header", and operated with one engineer" and one fireman.

Asked what. effect such an ar- rangement would, have on the em- ployment of engineers and fire- men. the spokesman sold the Brotherhood had not protested against. the policy and that at least as long as business remain- ed at its present levels. there was plenty of work for all regular train crews. l

Roofer Car Service

Commenting on the refrigerator car supply. he said the Island Div- ision was now able to give‘ full service to all pots-to shippers \wish- ing to load either seed or table stock for export. At present there were nearly 700 refrigerators av- ailable for shippers and more were coming every day.

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lrltlsll Automobile Experts 8st Record

IONDQN, Jan. i — (Reuters)- The lociety of Motor Manufactur- ers and ‘Traders said today that British automobile exports in No- vember reached a record peak of 10,104 cars, nearly 1.000 cars high- er than tho October figure which itself was a record”

lraell WI I F Early ?edsr:I.Elec.tlen

wrolurrm. Jami? - (or) -- John Bracken, national leader of the Progressive Conservative

Party. arrived today from Eastern"

Canada to visit his New!“ CM‘ stituency and said his New Year's wish lwas for a general election as

soon as possible.

Advance In Gasoline, Fuel 0ll Prices

. Jan. z-ICP) —Tha New Year started badly for motor- ists and owners of oil furnaces as four oil companies today announ. ced price boosts for gasoline and fuel oils of from 1-2 cent a. p]. lon at Halifax to two cents in Ontario. Manitoba and Saskatch- ewan and 2 1-0 cents for some oils in Quebec. The increases affect motor gaso- line. kerosene. naphtha. domestic (fjhlel 0ll. diesel fuel oil and stove

(In Charlottctown, with m; Prices on motor oils remaining un- chvnsed. the prices of other oiia and gasolines have risen per gal- lon as follows:-

(Gasoline (Grade 1) 39 cents to 89 1-2; Gasoline (Grade 2) 37 cents to 37 1-2; Kerosene 20 1-2 cents to 32 1-2; Naphths 24 1-2 cents to 25; Domestic Fuel Oil l5 3-4 cents to 17 3-4; Diesel Fuel Oil 15 3-4 cents to i7 3-4; Stove Oil 18 3-4 cents to 20 3-4.)

‘The boosts brought the retail price of grade one gasoline in the ‘Ibronto area to 39 1-2 cents a gall lon. ll cents of which is Provin cial Government tax. The same grade gasoline ip Halifax now sels at 37 1-2 cents with prices outside the city one cent a gallon higher. London, Ont, expected to pay 40 cents.

Gasoline went up a cent a gai- lon in Alberta to 38 1-2 cents for grade one. while British Colum- bia. prices remained the some pending a decision by the Petro- leum Control Board.

However, in British _Columbla stove and fumace oil was boosted l 1-3 cents a gallon to 17.8 cents for stove and 14.6 for furnace fuel. Heavy industrial fuel oil and diesel fuel advanced 1 1-3 cents to 10.06 cents. All 911008’ include

Saskatcholwanmnow 11g “the highest prices in the country, with gasoline at 39 to 43 cents a gal- lon, depending on grade and manufacturer. The Saskatchewan provincial tax is 10 cents a gal- lon. Fuel oil in the Province now is 19 cents.

Initial announcement of the lu- creases came from Imperial Oil Limited, which said that "in order to maintain supplies for Canadian consumption, we have had to pa] substantially higher prices for crude oil and such productaas w‘: import, since early 1n December." In the past year, gasoline has gone up 4 1-2 cents a gallon, but furnace fuel cll has gone up 6 8-4 cents and stove oil 6 1-4 cents.

Mission To Study Cholera Epidemic l

DAMABCUS, syria. Jan. I — (AP) — A United States Marine medical Ca-lra today to study Syria's chol- era epidemic with a view to im- proving methods of treatment. Public health authorities put. all facilities at the disposal of the mission. The Public Health De- partment has listed no new cases since Dec. 29, when a total of 44

mission arrived from

figures the story of Canada's 1946-

Loss In U.

WINDSOR, Ont., Jan, z_(¢p) -—'I‘0ll in the disastroussleet and rain storm which struck Western Ontario with havoc-wreaking fury Thursday was conservatively esti- mated tonight at upwards of $100, 000 in the Essex County area alone. Harrier] repair crews battled

lo restore hydro and telephone service to hard-hit cities, towns, villages and rural areas of the Essex-Kent-Lambton Peninsula, isolated by what weather officials describe as the worst storm of its type "'9? "Xliflil rcd in this area. "A! P1350 1.000 telephone and hydlw poles were toppled, arm though the storm had abated and the freezing rain let up today, poles were still falling in some districts as heavy ice weighted down wires and snapped trees and branches across them.

The storm struck a paralyzing Personal 111ow at thousands oi’ homes as electric stoves, refriger- ators, oil furnaces and lighting fa- cilities were uscless. Many a fam- ily had cold meals and housewives were forced to place much of their food outdoors to keep it. from spoiling.

Bus lilies reported service re- stored at noon. Norma] schedules are not yet; operating. All airline flights were. bypassing Windsor. Train service has been maintained although delayed. Telegraph ser- vice was restored at. noon today. Extra telephone repair crews were on their way from Iondon to Windsor to aid in repairing hundreds of broken lines.

George F. Batchin, manager of Bell Telephone, said “normal ser- vice is not likely to be restored before next Thursday." g Drifts piled three feet h and ‘deaths at "Peron , ~ rlngton, Barrie and Iondonyyverq attribut- ed to the early 194s onslaught o! winter.

Two men and two women were included in the storm death toll. Mrs. Jean Drumogle, 70. died at London from a heart attack brought on by over-exertion as she walked through heavy snow, as did Mrs. Sadie Pug-h, 65, of Tor- onto.

Canallians Spend More For Liquor

OTTAWA, Jan. 2 -(C P)--Ex- hibitlng a callous and official in- difference towards New Year's hangovers. the Dominion Burcauof Statistics today drew in cold, bleak

47 drinking spree.

In brief, the Bureau reported that during the 12 months ended March 31, 1947, Canadians gulped 6,543,000 proof gallons of spirits. quaffed 146,981,000 gallons of beer and sipped at, 5,584,000 gallons of native and imlportezhwinos.

Ail in all. the Burs-all with a dig at tihe place hurts most, this year-long party cost the Canadian pocket book $373,276,000 against $290,085,000 in

reported where it

M"! and 18 deaths was reported.

By NORMAN CRIBBHVS LONDON. Jan. 2 -— (CP) - Britain's most eligible young wom- an. the 17-year-old Princess Mar- garet. has been constantly in the limelight since her sister's royal wedding faded into history.