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Mall 85.00, other Provinces 8s U. S. $7.1M.

._.-___.._, ptlon Delivered $6.00.

1T o va Scoiia Gov’t Reports $9,507,215 Surplus

‘U. S. Silence Stalls Action 0n Palestine; t Canada Fills Gap

l. s. Liquor Bill Tops 21 Millions

' HALIFAX. Much as -(CP) - Nova sections and their visitors drank $21,949,712 worth of liquor last year, netting the Provincial Government an $8,152,819 profit. lt was shown in the public accounts tabled in the Legislature today.

Gross income from liquor sales was $1,385,705 below 1946's all-time lush but net profits constituted one third of the Provinces revenue for the year, exclusive of the new Dominion-Provincial financial ag- reement.

Coming Events

"Zion Cake Sale. Batman's, Saturday, 27th, 2.30 P. M. ,

"Dance, Tracaclie Hall, Monday, liicruli sum. uood music.

"Notice, this store wiu be closed all day Good kids-y. S- C. Green.

"Dance, ifleorgetowri Bali. Eas- ter Monday. Admission 35c. Lunches.

"The races at West River Bricks announced for today are postpon- ed till further notice. .

"Easter beef now on display at C. l. Wood's Moat Market, Hunt- er River.

"Notice-Car Cement due in ar- rive about April lsl Get your orders in now. G. U. Green, Emerald.

"Dance Blld BOX Social, Picas- snt Grove l-lall, Monday. March 20th. aid of school. .

"Our Store will be (timed all day on Friday. Peters and-Gallant Limited, North Rustlco.

"This Mill will be closed all day Pnday, Good Friday. P. 1... Morris Feed Service, Klnkora.

"Our stores will be closed all day Good Friday. C. S. Dlngweil, R. L. Dickleson.

"our stores will be closed all dry Good Friday. Signed George Walton, Parker Canlleld and Brent Wood.

"Como-to Hunter River variety concert. Masonic Hall, March 2S, unrl-r the auvplces Y. P. U.

"This Store will be closed all day Friday. Good Friday. J. l". Morris. Iiinkors.

"Lot ss Hall, nann- use... night, Play "Aunt Jerufhey on the War Path". a.ls. Dance aftsr Play.

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"Plan to attend the Mg Easter dance in Mo's Dine and Dance Spot. Good music. sood food; Monday, March 20.

"Kelly's Cross Dramatic Play- ers presents their play "Shaun Aroon", Easter Monday in Kelly's Cross l-lall.

"To arrive, car of choice dou- ble re-oleaned 2 C.W. Alberta ants. $.50 pel- 100. Book. McG-ulgan ‘Y Boyle. Hunter River.

“Pantry Bale at Moore do ldc- Leon's (second floor) Saturday. March 21th st 2.30 P. M. by Dun- slaffnage Women's Inst1tuto._

"Meat and scallop rapper in crapaue mu. Saturday eventua- Msrch 27th beginning at hdcloek. Orllmud W.f.

._,_. "Going! Whore! To tho-Variety Concert. Shara Till Wealth and Pie Social h Reynold Iallastor Monday. night. Women's Ins . l

“Duo to Pride!- Joiill- flees rue-y. Livestock‘ llsrbotino "lease will be loading hegeat-‘oharlotto- town pm ailjdsy Wednesday and Haursdav cf thil Mo! Iofll‘ till-e information sad also!!!“ menis for trusting aesvloo. Mo»

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Members Bonclude Work. Dn- Estimates At Reasonable llour

l"or the first time in several years, the Legislature got through the estimates without an all-night session, adjourning well before i o'clock this morning after passing the Appropriation Act authorising an expenditure for the fiscal year ending March ll. i040 of $5.037.- 712, also a sum Iulflcloht to carry on the public services from then until the passage of the estimates of expenditure for the fiscal year ending ‘March Si, 1060.

The Budget debsla terminated during the afternoon when the ‘l-louso went immediately into the Estimates, taking recess shortly be- fore o p.m. and resuming at 7.30. The customary before-midnight recess was taken when refresh- ments were served to members and Government officials in tho Confed- orstlon Chamber, accompanied .by the usual stirring bagpipg music and informallties. As usual,»too, the Premier and Opposition leader head~ ~06. the trek back to the Legislative Chamber. speakers in the Budget debate yesterday were Messrs. Deugsid Msckinnon. l-lon. »A.W. Msthsson, TJ. Klckham and Hon. 115C01-

Tho House adjourned until 11 am. with prorogation scheduled to take place at noon. .

Before adiourning last night the new Temperance Act was given third reading and passed. Con- trary to rumor. no. attempt was made to refer the bill back to com- mittoo for the purpose of getting s revoie on the ‘ ' clause

[Excise Tax Bill

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Wltllstands Three Vigorous Dpposltlon Attempts To Defeat it.

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By GEORGE KITCHEN

OTTAWA, March 24 - (CP) - The Government's.excise tax bill completed a rocky passage through the Commons today by withstand- ing three vlgorous‘ Opposition at- tempts to defeat it. -

In a, fighting, last-ditch stand against the legislation, which they termed illegal and unconstitution- a1. the Progressive Conservative and C.C.F. parties moved three am- endments to the bill and saw them all rejected by the Goverrment majority.

The votes were:

1. 71 to 57 against a Progressive Conservative motion to shelve the legislation for six months — a par- liamentary device which automat- lcslly ensures its defeat. This mo- tion came on second reading, which signifies approval 'of the principle of the bill.

2. ‘[1 to 54 against a second Pro- gressive Conservative motion to send the bill back to ccrrmlttee for reconsideration of the all-import- ant first section, which also would mean its death. This step came on third and final reading.

3. 70 to 54 to support Speaker Gaspard Fsuteux in a decision rul- ing out of order a 0.0.1". motion that the bill not be read} third vine but that the House express

‘theeplnlon that" the Government

had acted without constitutional authority in impoing the tax.

In each of those contests, the Government facerl the combined opposition of the Progressive Con- servative, 0.0.1“. and Social Credit Parties.

The bill gives statutory author- lty to the ZS-per-cent excise i311! announced and imposed in the Nov. l8 dollar-saving austerity program. and applying to a long list of consumer goods.

The Opposition fight against the legislation stems frcm the fact the

regarding the date on which the Act goes fully info effect. As a result. tho existing Prohibition Ac‘. remains in force until the prom- ised plebiscite is held next June. except that it will be under Coin- mission administration.

Another bill given third reading last night ~was one respoctingbac- terial ring rot and other plant dis- eases and posts. _ -

The House idiom-nod until 1i a.ln. today. with prorogatloil scheduled to take place at noon. .

Parlidment At-‘A-Glance

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The Government defeated three attempts by Opposition parties to kill tho dollar-saving ss-psr-cent excise tax.

Finance Minister Abbott said he could not indicate when the Government will vacate amuse- ment and purl-mutual tax fields.

The Senate voted I to 17 to reinssrt in the Government Wheat. Board Bill clause providing state marketing of oats and barlq.

Parliament. adjourned unll April ll for llestss- recess.

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Find Minor Planet . In‘ Drbit 0f Earth

CAMBRIDGE. Miss. March 2i —(AP)--I~Iarvsrd Observatory sn- nounced today discovery by a California astronomer of what may be the fourth minor planet in his- tory which has moved into the grbit of the earth.

Dr. C. D. Shane of the Lick Observatory in Mount Hamilton, Calif. reported to Harvard that astronomer 0. A. Wirtanen had discovered "an object. . . .with an extraordinary motion". it was des- cribed as of 13th magnitude-vis- ible only through a fairly strong telescope.

Dr. Fred L. Whipple of the Harvard Observatory said the ob ject appeared to be an asteroid or minor planet about two miles in diameter. He said- it would be the fourth of the known 1,600 such planets to swing into the earth's orbit which is about 08,000,000 miles from the sun.

The last asteroid to talus Ifi a path was obser about l0 years

ago, Dr. Whipple aid.

Citizens 0P Trieste Over Future

by exactly 12 United ltat\oa sold- lors. . ‘

That is why Trieste fools safe today but worried about tomorrow.

Trieste residolitl do not call to mind with on, pleasure days in loos when Yugosiavs held tho town after its liberation. An astirnstod- 10,000 Trlosto residents

, wore arrested and taken to Yugo-

slavla and of aooo nothlns more was over hoard. In spite e1 the town's occasional "litters." life is not too bad hero judging by Eastern or non W om Bum-en shndaril. Shop windows are Iilod blah with coffee, Illlll‘ but"! If"! unrationod. There

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Plan To Reduce Public Debt By 4 Million

B! JOE MacSWll-‘N

HALIFAX. March 14 - (C?) - Nova. Scotlts public accounts for the last fiscal year show the "phen- omenai“ surplus of $507,215, Pre- mier Angus L. Msodonald who also is Provincial "Preasurer, told the Legislature today.

The bulging moneybsgs result- ed from a Dominion-Provincial tax agreement, bringing $9,490,914 to Nova Scotia. Surplus from ordinary sources of revenue and expendit- ures was $13,300, as compared to a. 1947 estimate of $122,085.

The Premier also announced that the Government would deposit the sum in three ways:

1. Reduction of the Provincial debt by $4,000,000. ' \

2. Establlshsnent of n. $1,000,000 "loans to industries fund."

3. Establishment of a fund “out of which loans may be made at low rates of interest. and over long terms, to cities and towns and perhaps even villages .... .. for such necessary and long enduring capital pro- jects as schools, hospitals, ghw- ers and water omrks."

In his capacity of treasurer, Pre. mler Mscdoneld explained the first of these and then alled on In- dustry Minister Harold Connolly and Municipal Affairs Minister

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lllnts Dominion ‘May Vacate Amusement Tax Field Soon

OTTAWA. March M-(Bpeeial) -A broad hint was dropped in the House of commons this afternoon by Finance Minister Abbott that in his new budget-elepected to be brought down sometime in May-- the Dominion Government would vacate the amusement tax field for the benefit of the Provinces. I Gordon Graydon, deputy leader Conservatives and MP. for Ontario's Peel county arked Mr. Abbott what. in view of

B! B. J. Anderson

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y. March 2A - (OP) -— Unexpected and un- explained silence on the part of the United. States stalled action by the United Nations Security Council today on the urgent issue oi Palestine. Only Canada's inter- vention prevented an early break» up of the session.

The Council had expected Lo take up a resolution by Warren R. Austin, United States dele- gate, calling ior a special assembly of the 57 United. Nations to re- consider last fall's Assembly decis- ion w divide the Holy Land into Jewish and Arab states. The United states now proposes U. N. trustees-hip for the strife-torn coun-

But no resolution was forthcom- 1118. The session was on the verge of adjournment only min- utes aftcr its opening at 10:50 a.m. for lack of speakers when Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, Canadian diele- Eli-e. met the emergency by pre- senting a prepared analysis of the -Pa.lestihe situation its "meat" was in the closing sentences: "There is an obvious danger that if the United Nations, and the Security Council in particular, ls to turn from one course of action to another without some assurance that the greatest possible amount of agreement and co-operation will- ba forthcoming from the countries most directly concerned. we shall slain encounter serious difficul- ties of implementation. “Therefore, in the circumstances. the Canadian delegation is not, at m! Present stage, prepared to de- clare itself in favor of'ohe course of action rather than another un- til we have seen some evidence that there is a meeting of minds on the part of the countries most directly concerned. on what the best course of action should be." Once McNaughton had opened the discussion, other delegates joined in. Alexandre Parol of Francs supported Canada's stand, saying: “lit is necessary to know where we are going. To convene the General Assembly now without having decided what. to do might cause the authority of the Gen- eral Assembly to diminish."

After the session, which closed with a decision w adjourn the Palestine case until next Tuesday,

the Ontario Provincial Govern- ment's announced intention to step into the amusement tax field as soon as the Dominion vacated it. did Ottawa propose doing. Mr. Abbott re led the position had not chang since last April, when in a letter to Nova Scobla Premier Angus Mscdonald, he had promised the Dominion Govczn- rnent would vacate the field ‘as soon as possible."

"When will as soon as ‘possible be?" asked Mr. Graydon.‘

“I cannot indicate what might be in the budget," returned Mr. Abbott.

“Is that in the budget?" pressed

Mr. Graydon. Mr. Abbott's answer was a smile. The Ontario Government-and

any other Provincial administra- tion would be free to do likewise - will levy the amusement tax and apply the proceeds for the bene- fits of hospitals.

During tho several sessions of the Dominion-Provincial confer- ence. the right in lovythe amuse- ment so: was one of tho bone! ‘>1 contention.

Such .a taxicgally is within ti“ jurisdiction of the Provinces but during the war emergency. the Dominion Government usurped the field.

so, loo, it was with tho gasoline tax since returned in tho Provin- ces. ‘

And now Mr. Abbott, with a fat $570,000,000 surplus back of hln: this year. has hinted ho will droi- the amusement tax.

Whether it will bo picked W. to a question resting solely with tno Provinces. Thaw would be free either

Austin told reporters that there was no significance in failure oi the United states to produce the ‘expected resolution. Informed sources speculated. however, that Austin may have decided to wait until after President Truman's scheduled press conference in Washington tomorrow. 1t was said Truman might explain the American decision of last Friday to ask for the special session and trusteesnip.

Dommunists Strike New Blows In China

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NANEING, March as - (AP)- Government troops reeled today under Chinese Communist blows at three points on the erupting North China front.

‘flu three points. main. ‘Buch- usn and Tatung, form a huge iri- anglo. The sides are eso miles. long and the base s10 miles wide.

WHEAT PRICE UP

AUCKLAND, NZ, -- (C?) — Supply . Minister Nordmeyer an- nounced recsntly that New Zeal- and will pay more for Australian wheat. 1n view of the increase in Australian-i home consumption price, ho said, the price would be raised from five shillings, (nine

pence, to all: shillings, four pence

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Military Display At Bloslng 0f House Today

The traditional military display will mark the closing cf the 46th Legislative Assembly at noon to- day by His Honour Lieutenant Governor J. A. Bernard.

A guard of honour from the 17th. Reece Regiment, under the command of Captain R. D. Mc- Gilllway will carry out the dis- play, which will be headed by the rrrimental bend under the direc- tion of Band-master Thomas Mc- Earlene.

An artillery salute of l5 guns will be fired by the 114th. Battery of the 28th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, under the command oi Major C. D. Ives. with Captain D. M. McCormack in charge of the firing party.

Says ll. S. llas New Weapon

NEW YORK, March 24 -'- (Al?) — The United States has develop? ed a radio-active cloud. that “kills any one‘ who comes ‘ 111' contact’ with it." Glenn f, Martin, air- plane manufacturer, ss.id today. “It is effective over a much larger area. than is the atom bomb,” he said. "and might make the area it touches radioactive for an indefinite time."

Martin said the cloud is spread by wind and its use requires sure knowledge of weather conditions o: it might backfire on its users. The head of the plane manu- facturing company that bears his name said that the United. States had s new A-bomb much more ef- fective than the ones dropped on Japan. which now are obsolete. Both the cloud and the bomb use the sense material, he said. but the former is a vapor, form- ed either by itself or by sprinkling existing clouds with the material. while the latter is a detonation nstrument.

Martin told reporters the Navy also has perfected guided missiles with homing device that can search out a ship at sea and des- troy it.

“We can sink the ship even if it is half way across the ocean." he said. “All we have to do is to get our own ships out of the way."

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B TUIETABLE UNCHANGED

PARIS. March 24 - (OP) - Russia‘; “timetsble" has been speeded up by the Marshall Plan and she would not refrain from any political act because it. might involve military action, Irving J. Brown. European representative of the American Federation of Labor, told the Anglo-American Press As-

were reported in full swing here today.

man of the now-dissolved national convention, declared that a con- federation movement has launch-

WARN S ITALY

Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, above, speaking from Rome, warned Ital- ians in the Roman Catholic church's strongest statement so far against Communism. that its doctrines "are a very grave don- gar to religion." Cardinal 'I‘isser- ant sounded his warning in a let- ter to the faithful oi his Roman suburban diocese. as the Italian election campaign, now clearly shaped up on the issue of Com- . munlsm against non-communism. went into its last month. Voting takes place April 18.

Deal-burning Freight Sonics Dut In ll. S.

WASHINGTON, March 34 - (AP) —- The Interstate Commerce Curr mission today ordered g, 25 per cent reduction in coal-burning freight service, effective at mid- night next Tuesday.

The 1.0.0. said the cut. is neces- sary because of the dangerously low level of railroad coal supplies and the continued work stoppage in -ths-ooft coal mines"

The action was taken a few hours after President Truman named a three-man board o1 inquiry to look into the , nslons dispute that brought about the work stoppage in the coal mines.

Rival Campaigns Reported In llfld.

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. March 34 — (OP) - Rival campaigns, one sup- porting confederation with Can- ada, the other calling for an econ- omic union with the United States.

I". Gordon Bradley, former chair-

ed the ‘in-lost powerful campaign ever seen."

Meanwhile, Ohesley Crosbie. sponsor of the economic union party said its membership already exceeded 20.000 and messages promising support were being re- celved from many of the country, including those said to be “comervatlve strongholds."

SEVERE EARTHQUAKE M

NEW YORK. March 24 —(AP)— Two fairly severe earthquakes were recorded today on the seismogrsph at Fordhaln Univers- ity. Rev. Joseph J. Lynch estimated the distance at 10,000 miles from New York, "in the South Pacific and probably in the Dutch East

socistion today.

n, am I. untu- H-AVANA. March 34 — (AP) - Most countries outside the ltus- sisin orbit, including Canada, today signed the international _trade charter. It ia deslsned to break down all kinda of barriers Ind to free tho interchange of 86°“. Argentina's chair was vacant. The Argentina delesstlon slid Monday it would not sign New" a long list of Argentine exceptions had not been placed in the docu- ment "

Poland also refused to sign ‘the final act.

Turkey's delegation said either the Turkish Ambassador to Wash- ington or the Consul at New York would sign for ‘mriroy later. The Turkish doloioto said tho delay was solely a conarnlnsications prob-

lom.

In all, this will snake s: silho- torlos. '

Tho conference adjourned after the signing. Delegates of so coun-

53 Countries Sign o. World Trade Charter g

tries, including a majority of tho members of tho United Nations.

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Nov. B2. Every important trading country in the world except Soviet Russia and Spain had g hand in framing the charter. ‘ The charter must be approved b! D0 or more parliaments and con- gresses before it becomes W!!!‘ tlve. The document is a set of rules designed chiefly to dilm‘v countries from discriminating against each other either in im- ports or exports and from snaking two-way trade agreements which might damage the interests of world economy. Ivan the United Kingdom, which joined the United States in spon- scvlng the charter, conceded it mi-lht find itself unable to recom- mend the charter to Parliament If condition are adverse. The most ardent advocates of the charter concede it is going into operation at one of the wont per- iods of economic disturbance in world history. They say it can bo