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Ii it's Good For the Island .The Guardian is For it

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GREAT SEAL CHANGES HANDS

Secretary of State Ernest Halpenny hands a box con. laining the Great Seal of Can- ada to C01. A.G. Cherricr. as-

sistant secretary to Governor- ’ General Vanier. The Seal will *be turned over to the new State Secretary after today's

swearing-in ceremony for the new Liberal cabinet. The Seal is used on official government documents. -- (CP Wirephoto)

Ferry Service Is Urged

Georgetown-CapeGeorge?

By DON MacLEOD fiuardian - Patriot Staff Writer

.\ resolution asking that the federal government give serious consideration to establishing a ferry service between George- town and Cape George. N.S.. was given unanimous approval in the Legislature Saturday.

The resolution was moved by Arthur MacDonald (L-Sth Kings) and seconded by George Fergu- son iii-5th Kings).

\ copy of the resolution is to he forwarded to the federal min- isters of transport and public works. the Island members of the House of Commons and the premier of the province.

it was pointed out in the rcso- iiiiion that the Cape Breton

lcauseway and new ferry servic-:“the Government should ser- ‘es between Sydney and ' ‘ foundland open up a new field‘ for the farm products of this} province going to Cape B r 8 ton .GeOl‘Be- N-S. WhiCh had been land Newfoundland“ ilestablished and'proved satisfac- l. resolution deals briefly , tory and the only winter port for .with the history of ferry servic- ‘ the Past 100 years-

les in this piovince. including the fierries which at one ' IIIIOIL‘P NATURAL ROUTE

tween Georgetown and ape

.. ' Gen basis on economic and indus— '

lbetween Georgetown and Nova 'the. {’Wemment . p. , a1 Seminary also in New York.

{scant It was mentioned that well advrsqd to have itsenglne- gliizldAl‘iciarttI attack [the dfty after; trial development. l While serving with the mil borrowed bv the mem lthe ood Island - Caribou ferry 9" and tho“ "1 authomy lopkl pr gene”! cec mn‘ 53 l ' canadla" Siege Battery he “’35 P Fl Industrial Corporation ‘ Mr. lmrvice' in view of the £8“ that into .the old natural route wtth "911!) bed. to l'ecelve the 12 out-l h -d twice wounded and invalided to ' h ' ‘

lthe ferries were not built to l ‘1‘“ {ea m “llnd,.°[ “Storm “tag thmlmsmrs {and hm??? c Canada in 1918. Four years lat- and Natural Resources Minister :handie heavy freight traffic. 1’ it IS el‘l'y SCFVlCe- iv“ 9 group or a "u 1 ‘er he graduated from Pine Hill, Leo F.

discussing the resolution. Mr. MacDonald said "the peo- ple of Georgetown want this service. It would provide a more direct route to Cape Breton and eastern Nova Seotia and would

Jinadcquate to serve the new iiicld opened up by the C a p al .Breton causeway and the New-l ‘foundland .:ervice.

i According to the. resolution.

Diei Is Heard ‘ln Farewell Talk

OTTAWA (CM—Prime Min-

ister Diefenbaker said Sunday‘

night that when he becomes op- position leader today. he will try to discharge his responsib- tties hmestiy. giving “praise where merited and criticizm where deserved."

_"Tiiere Nill never be an at- titude or obstruction." he said in a. 10-minute CBC national tele- vision and radio network ad- l'CSS

This was apparently a refer- ence to his allegations during the April ii election campaign that the former Liberal opposi- tion obstructed Parliament. “Without an effectiVe and re- NlirinSible opposition. there can- tfl be an effective Parlia-

be of great benefit to eastern .

Prince Edward Island truck- ers.’

.The seconder of the resolution. Mr. Ferguson said “harbor cilities at Georgetown are excel~ lent and a ferry service would add greatly to the economy.“ He said Georgetown has been "fall- ‘ing back and back and nothing .has been done. It's time we He was leaving the office M :took(sleps to do something for .prime minister “without rancorl ’getown" ferry SBrV’Fe Em. recrimmation'n lwould also aSSist the tourist in-

in the last two weeks. he had ldusm/ Which hasnt been deve'

ireceived numbers of letters and'; icnntmuw on page 3‘ col' 2’

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merit." Mr. Diefenbaker said.

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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dead”

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New. j iously consider placmg a new I boat on the r. a t u r a 1 route be-l leather

lmessages. many 0 them urg-‘

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ing .iilm not to resign but to ee

‘mcct Parliament still as prime QU n Observes iminister. he said. ‘ '

‘ tin his opinion. such a coursei would not have been constitu-i ' tionally proper. i LONDON (AP)-—-Queen Eliza- ) Eléction results gave the Libl beth celebrated her 37th birth- ‘erals 130 seats—three short of a ;day S‘lnday.w"'h .3 “met family working majority __ to 94 Conflgathering in Windsor Castle. 1servatives, 24 Social Credit and l "ear _ ' .

517 New Democrats, 3 The artillery salutes which ! Much of his address was ainormally boom in the capital on lresume of Conservative govern- a man a re h's birthday were lment legisiation since it took of- stilled in the interests of main- fice in 1957. taining Sabbath calm

Elderly Watchman Killed By Montreal Bomb Blast

I RUSS PEDEN MONT AL (CP)-—An eld-

nFly night watchman at a Cana- ibulldings. killed in a bomb blast Saturdayl after the Quebee1

proclaimed l mmv

iian Army recruiting. office was

light shard? Liberation o n t that its "Violent struggle against

tKhalil-Saxon colonialism" was continuing.

Willi-am Vic-

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are to do on

pension next moth. died .wbenthebrmb Moder! in a wooden refuse

box at til“ rear of the met-ult- g lee on

d ow n i o w n S h or b r coke His wife sur-

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the

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second- and third-.group of “suicide commandos" storey windows in surrounding ldedicated to the destruction “by

- lsystematic sabotage . . . all . l colonial symbols and institu- “AD JUST REPORTED itions. particularly th RCMP

rmy sources said the watch- ..

who had just come on and the med force" 2 had been insidcthe build- ’LEFT SLOGAN and mad walked Out. the; But the slogan “viva la Que- . door shortly before lhe‘bec libre" tlong live free Que-

lbec) was scrawled on a nearby

i There was no positive indica- ltelephone booth. and an anon!- itlon late Sunday Whether the de- lmOlll MEI?le caller told the ivice was activated by a timer Montreal burelu of The ana- lor was . booby trap. set to ex. d'an Press about an hour ear- lplodc when the box was opened. "01‘ lhlt “IE FLQ'S "operlllon Deg. . 53:, Leo plough, the Jean Iiesage is continuing In Montreal police bomb expert, announced." lnld while working at the scene The reference to Quebec Pre- lsiinday it appeared at that one mler usage first came In a liminary stage of investigation 'nlmogl‘sphed press release

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ck blast.

that it might have been a booby from the FLQ last week. de- lmp. However. he concededlsrribihg Mr. Les-lie as a “col- a traitor to his

there still was a possibility it labor-tor and bed been set off by a timer. people‘ and saying the next one were reports that one sabotage attempt would be to three suspects lied been ar- named after him. mad for questioning. {but this Friday night. The Canadian could not be confirmed wt receith an anuitymous ity police. the army or the telephone tip that “operation cup Jun Lame" would start at 1

ill sotsi no to at the a.m.m.nut.at11: ..abomb .m node'tlii‘llnktbe uttanwent of! at the i": dun w; No body into a Front dc Liberation W. garages in am , “I. build“ aodlwbioo describes itself as a Womb

0;:- r-m-o CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, APRIL 22, me.

No lapse

The vice -

thority‘ Monday when John Dief- I enbaker‘s resignation takes ef-l feet. and Liberal Leader Lester; the new ministers.

stressing that there is no inter- ‘ By IAN ONALDSON . regnum in the government? FREDERIC 0N (CP' ’ New

B. Pearson is sworn in as Cam. 3 8.5 . . . . changeover. Mr. Dicfenbaker_ BI‘UHSWlCl‘EFS C h "’5 e photwee“ told interviewers Friday after; Liberals and Progressive Con-

By JAMES NELSON ' OTTAWA (CP)——In a parallel. ‘ to the time-honored saying “thel 0 6 king is dead, long live the king." L I l . there will be no lapse of au-‘ . new prime minister. l p regal commissions l er which members of the old saying goodbye to his East'l servatives today after late- Block stait' that it any govern- starting campaign lhal kept so- ment decisions had to be taken: ing right to the eve of the pro-‘

und ‘ I cabinet held office remain in ef- :

fcct until they are superseded .1

by the commissions issued to .

over the weekend, they would he i vincial general election.

as the result of consultation‘ About 300,000 persons were; with Mr. Pearson. the prime eligible to vote. The weather minister-designate. ‘outlook called for showers all The changeover ls taking‘Tlay in "Grille?" Balls 0‘ the

place exactly two weeks from i province. clearlnf-l "1 “19 after-| election day. April 8, noon in southern and eastern

2 sections. ‘ 0 Last time New Brunswickers. PC voted. two weeks ago today in the federal election. a blizzard‘ pounded the Maritimes. 1 Polls open at 8 a.m. AST and. ‘ close at 6 pm. A o G G . Premier Louis J. Rohichaud., I1 OV.- el‘.l whose Liberals ousted the Pro-1 ;gressive Conservative governs. OTTAWA tCP) —— Twelve ofimcnt in the June 27. the retiring Conservative cabi-lelcction. and PC leader

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net ministers paid a final cour- 4Cyl Sherwood campaigned la tesy call on ailingGovernor- during the weekend and '3 General Georges Vanier Sun-inumber of political meetings) day on the eve of the govern-iwt‘l‘e scheduled Sunday night. i merit changeover In the 1960 election 229.868 of; Into Gen. Vanier's bedroom the 295.232 eligible voters—Ni i

with them went the great seal: per cent cast ballots and of Canada, locked in a blacki elected 31 Liberals and 21 PCs.l ‘ Case. Today he will? In the 1956 election 37 PCs and“ 1 hand it over to whatever minis-l 15 Liberals were Plotted.

lter is sworn in as secretary of) Ml‘. Robichaud predicted thel

i state in the new Liberal gov.‘ Liberals would win 42 seats and: iernmeni. Secretary of state Mr. Sherwood predicted inall’enny had been the custo- PCs would Win 32.

idlan- Both parties laid heavy em-

. Vanier. who suffered a

moi Wales College. Dalhousie Uni- iversity. llhe University of Lon-

REV. DR. BONNELL

St. Dunstan's To Give .lwo Honorary Degrees

Rev. John Sutherland Bonneil ' lowed such outstanding DD. LLD. and Dr. St. Clair Duf— ’ ers as Dr. John Hall. i'y. MD. CM. will receive honor- ‘ Henry Jowett. Dr. John Kelman.

DR. ST. C DUFFY

preach- Dr. John

1 .ary Doctor of LaWs degrees at land Dr. Henry Howard. He has

1 had the second longest. pastorate l St. Dunstan's Univel‘Sity 0n ! in the history of this distinguish‘ having completed e commencement. address at l more than 26 years of service. ‘

this year's convocation exercises May 14. Dr_ Bonneil will deliver led church. i

this 109th annual convocation of ‘ tCnntinued on page 3. col. 2) 3

the University. at which the lar-l

gest class so far will be receiv-'

ing degrees in arts. sciencedl PrOVivdeS ' d d ‘ t. a iiiifiiieiniiginieiinagion 3" .Money To Burld Montague Plant

Dr. Bonneil is a native Prince 1 Edward Islander. born at Doverd P.E.l.. educated at Prince oft

IYork. and the Union Theologic-l

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minutes. He was reported later! to be in good spirit. i

, "He 11 . us a marvellous italk." said External Affairs‘ ° Minister Green. who was de-fo Prlest feated in the election. l

‘ Others taking formal leave of lthe governor-general were .lus-lna

VANCOUVER (CW—Douglas: .. . rold Brown. 29. a former‘ 3 “cf. M'msmr Flemmzr Dorm,“ lprofessional football player with; ; Minister Churchill. Works Mm-zCalgarv S t a m p e d e I. s. ister Fulton. Trade Ministerlcharged Saturday with cam McCutcheon. Finance Minister-lmumler Nowlan. Agriculture Ministerllrranciscam pncst. Hafmll'mlng- Hall’mny» FlSh'; e was charged less than 12; "'95 Mlm§ter Made-am valet-thou”. after Father Cuthberti ans Minister Lambert, Re- Seward. 31. died or

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tal. in the slaying of a;

bullet. . sources Minister DinsdaIE. and wounds in the doorway of his Defence PTDdUCHOH Min-lmonastery beside St. Francis lSlel‘ O'HUI‘IOY- illoman Catholic church.

Government House aides said} Der. Sgt. William Porteous‘ it was strictly a courtesy Visit'identified Brown as a mer and it was not incument on the member of the western Confer“ remaining 11 ministers in'ence team. He played four: Prime Minister Dicfenbaker's years with Stampeders until. cabinet to show up. I1960

Mr. Diefenbaker makes his final visit to the governor-gen- eral today to tender his resig- nation.

He was listed on police charge sheets . an unem- Iployed pressman, resident in lVancouver. l

In Slaying

‘ Church. New York. where he fol-

DiVlnil-V H3" and was can“. ml amendment to the act will givel

"or".ng SEVEN CENTS

.Liberals' Salary Bill Blast

Sparks Rowln Legislature Timing Of Bill ‘

R 05 s i t e r. said "the. flatly stated "you are a liar.

WEATHER

Cloudy. with a few sh ing and afte

owers during mom-

rnoon; light winds increas-

ing to northwest 15. bow-high 26 and 42.

Is Critic

By RALPH CAMERON 1 Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer In one of the wildest name-’ calling sessions since 1956. the) Legislature saw tempers flare: . and explode in a flame of invec-. ‘tive as the House sat through ‘ Saturday to c l e a it up all its ibusiness but the committee re- ports. _ Smoldcring tempers. held l reasonably in c h e c k through; Friday's wearisome s e s 5 ion. b o u n d s when the amendment to the Legislative fiAssembly Act was brought into} geommittee for consideration. It; was the Act which increased in-l demnities of private members. The increases for the mem-. i hers had been contained in thel estimates under study late Fri-i day night and had been passed. . I Tile increases mean i members will be paid $2 lattending each regular scssion.. lplus an additional $1.000 ax; free as indemnity for expenses.l Previously. members were paid“

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.000 for;

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i 3500 for expenses. A fu r t h e r 1 amount of $450 for each mem- ' ber and $900 for the p re m ier was paid out of contingent ac- counts. These latter payments will be discontinued under the new system.

. 1956 RECALLED

The outbreak recalled the hec- tic session 0 56 when the same subject sparked that mem- orable episode. and at least one ‘I of the same battlers of that day ‘ was involved again.

it was Hon. Leo Rossiter. mln-.

Second reading . approval ini ister ofindustry and natural re-| given in the Legislature by Lieu; , , . ‘ principle—was given to a bill in sources and of fisheries. who. as tenant- ’don' C°lumma unwers‘w' Ne,wl the Legislature Saturday that a would increase to 93.000000 from fought in 1956 wittr‘Dougaldi Saturday which provide for the e amount of money MacKinnon. veteran Liberal

mem er of ber of the Cabinet. It was

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W. Matheson "hypocrite"

Mr. Matheson. who had not

the Cavendish P res by lerlafl the corporation power to borrow been in his seat when the sub-

h .

In 1923 he transferred to St.i Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Saint John. N.B.. where he serv-.

the p tague

i money for the construction of‘ loci had been brought up in the roposcd food plant in Mon-i

late night stages of the study of itrhe estimates. sai he was op-

ed as minister until 1929. From‘ 1929 to 1935 he served as minis- : ier of Westminster U n i t e d1 Church. Winnipeg.

In 1935 he was called to the Fifth Avenue P r e s b y t e rian

House Nears 1 Completion !Of Business

of the current ses-

INSIDE TODAY

Business

Announcements, “one” ‘ m ‘sion of the Legislature is ex- Binhs‘ dean‘s . _ . . H ‘ 12 peeled to be completed today.

Classt _ . . _ . , ’ . , . H 12, 13 A sitting is scheduled for 10:30

Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 'a-m

Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Premier Walter R. Shaw an-

City Queens . . . . . . . . I owned Saturday that the ses-I

Kings County . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 'sion will be prorogiued by Lieu-

Summerslde . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 tenant~Govelmor W. Hynd-,

Prince County . . . . . . . . . . .. man tomorrow morning.

Sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I. 9 By sitting Saturday. House

Women's . . . - . - . . - - - ~ . - - - .. 7 ‘members completed a consider-

MARITIME term CARRIERS

The annual eonVentioa or on tel. no}. Frank A. samurai.

Maritime Lotta ‘ (seated) of Ottawa, the no- me hold in (inlets-town 1 - m. over the Ireland. Sundan- looks over tile program with mot the 0mm Ho- Dan . ' vice

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reading be given to a number were introduced.

About all that remains to he done is the consideration of lscveral reports of select stand-

'latui'e.

‘ The session opened March 14. 3attend the annual dinner. ten- dered by the Speaker. John R. MacLean, and the deputy spealoelr. Frank Myers. PC-lst Queens).

By DUNCAN HOLMES

NEW WESTMINSTER iCPI— [A convict cut away a prison jguard’s bonds of copper wire fSaturday to end 13": hours of terror inside the grey. walls of the British Columbia federal penitentiary.

The most. electric and poten- tially dangerous outbreak in the penitentiary's history produced these events:

Three convicts. looking for so- lutions to personal problems. held a guard hostage through- out Friday night and for part of Saturday—a honed six-inch knife at his throat.

MEET HERE

hundred other convicts rioted, smashed windows and

president of Trum Mayor A burned their beds. W. of WWII More than 200 hundred RCMP and E. E. Staliey. Cine-lotu- officers. automatic weapons at town branch MM. (See the ready. stopped the riot with

aim oppose 8). car (as in the first light of

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‘able amount of legislation andzd about all that remains in they: way of legislation is that third

of hills. At this session. 52 bills;

lint: committees of the Legisw

Tonight. House members will'

i posed to the proposal. He did creased remuneration to mem- bers but maintained the bill should have been brought before

the House prior to introduction;

of the estimates. not after. ; He recalled the session of 195M when a similar increase was“

l $1.000 sessional indemnity an d‘ 1956 contingent

the opposition.

not oppose the principle of in-.

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hrnught in through the contin- gent accounts committee report and had been bitterly opposed by the then Conservative Opposi- tion. which refused to accept the increase. including Mr. Rossiter whom he said had expressed api proval of the move ‘on the floor of the H on s e or so in ewhere eise‘. er. Rossitei' had been a member of the contingent ac- counts committee which brought in the recommendation).

HARSH WORDS EXCHANGE!) Mr. Rossiter jumped to his feet declaring “that's a lie“. When Mr. Matheson repeated his statement the Fisheries Minister shouted “you are a liar". He repeated the words a moment

When Mr. Matheson a s k ed ld you if 1‘ brought in an affidavit from the other two men of that commit~ tee to prove what I have said?" Mr. Rossiier replied "I woul still call you a liar."

«The other members of th at accounts com: mittee. both still living. were Russell Clark and Forrest Phil-