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Ill HONOUR. Lieutenant Gos- ernor Prowse accompanied by the Guard Commander. Captain V1.3. LOPIIQ i.nlPGOta the Guard of Honor present at the prorogation
French Shipping To Avoid Suez
PARIS (AP)-France has virt- nalLv ordered French-flag shipping to boycott the reopened Sues Ca- nal. informed sources said Fri- day. The boycott is likely to con- tinue for an indefinite period.
French ships. these sources said. are most unlikely to follow British and U.s. vessels into the waterway. hench government fin- ancial pressure. wielded in the form of subsidies control 11 foreign exchange. see to that.
INCREASE SCHOOL GRANTS TORONTO (GP) - The Ontarb announced Thur-sdeo
the increase raises the total to elementary school ts 821. Premier Frost said the in- crease will raise the total grants for elementary school pupils to s1oi.ooo.ooo, with the new grant addill 33.(lll.0ill to the total.
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The Second Session of the ilith General Assembly of the Prince Edward Island Legislature was prorogued Thursday morning by lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse. Prior to die prorogatlon ceremony His Honor gave assent to seven additional Bills. The House pened on February 26. On April 5. His Honour had
ivsn aesdnt to so Bills. before
mier Metheson had moved the 11-day edlournment.
At the prorogation the Guard oi Honour from The Prince Edward island Regiment (17th Reece) was under command of Capt. W. B.l.e- Pege. other officers in attend- ance were Lt. 3.6. Kerr. and Lt. W.W.5. Veale. Guard Sergeantr waa W.O. 2 C. Ryan. The
p was in . . Ch les Mae-
Gregor.
A 15-gun salute was fired at Victoria Park. In charge of the pony was Major D..l. Mccormack.
Lt. Col. R.D. MacNeill was the
medical officer in attendance.
of the Legislature on Thursday. Guard which made a very smart Immediately proceeding the Gov- appearance was drawn from the ernor are his aides. Lieut. Col. various Island squadrons of the A.W. Rogers, E.D. (left) and Wing Prince Edward Island Regiment Commander Alan Macmillan. The (17 Recce). The Regimental Band
Island Legislature Prorogued; Governor Assents To .53 Bills
Governor. were his aides Lt. Col A.W. Rogers. E.D. Wing Com- mander A.G. Machdlllsn and J.H. Connolly. V.R.D.
Bills receiving Royal Assent were:
"An Act to Amend the Gas Tax Act;" "The Prince Edward Island Veterinary Medical Association Act;" "An Act for Raising Money on the Credit of the Consolidated Fund;" "An Act to Suspend Temp- orarily the Impositios at Income Taxes. Succession Duties and Cm tain Corporation 'l'axes:" "An Act to Amend the Premium Tax Act;" "The Municipalities mteneion Act, 1957;" "An Act for Appropri- sting Certain Monies Therein Men- tioned for the Public Service it the Fiscal Year Ending stat Mum
.. first Part of. the ndlng lat March. 1069."
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Year
DESERT MINIRAIJ
Huge deposits of iron on have been discovered in Mauritania.
. .French.Norih African eolony,be-
Accompanying the Lieutenant-
WEATHER TOO PERFECT
tween Morocco and Senegal.
Mayflower Ready To Sail
PLYMOUTH. England (AP) - Mayflower II has her hold full of cargoandisreadytoetarttoday on s histroy-repeating voyage.
The ll)-ton sailing vessel oakell replica of the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers went to America in lb”. was at the starting line at lastdpfter delays in the build- ing ysr at Brixham.
ShelsabouttoeailfromPly- motif-II. England. to Plymouth. Mesa. The original pilgrims needoddddaystomaketbeem tremely hazardous journey to the west. The 8! men in the modern Mlyflower. knowing much more about weather and currents than was known in I62. think they can make the crossing in about six W90 I.
These modern pilgrims. with a few concessions to comfort. will travel as their forefathers did- with sell only.
Mayflower II dosed Thursday Rllht a few hundred yards from Drake lpiand. which bears i name o the intrepid e lone (sir Francis). who used dill old Port as a base.
"T00 DAMNID PlIl'l:(.'l"'
"The weather-it is too damned pertxt." said Onsdr Alas Vil-
fhe scoo
liars. Australian sailor who will be skipper of the vessel. "What we need is some wind-not a hur- ricane but a fresh easterly blow. Today's wind is just about zero. But in this part of the world we
expect swift ch as. and tomor- row may be an ether differ- ent story."
Mayflower I! came from Dart- mouth Thursday. being towed th 82 miles by a tug. It was an un- eventful tourney except that a numb oi the modern pilgrims in the crew had to bailuout-a lot oi sea water which spilled in. There was nothing alarming, but Mayflower ii is not built for low-
lng.
Her high bow is supposed to rise up with the waves which strike it. But the powerful tug pulled Mayflower's nose down. When a wave came she couldn't rise. So water poured into the hawan pipes. tubular openings through which the anchor chains pass. f up the water and poured it back into the English Channel.
"DEl..Mll'l'l"lll. JOURNEY" "It wu a delightful journey,
and I dithri sleep a wink." said Warwick Charlies. orighator d
the Mayflower project who will ride his dream boat to America. ''I really think I'll have a pleas- ant iourney but of course May- flower. ill feet at the waist. is a narrow lady. We expect to be rolled."
All responsibility has at last been turned over to Villiers. He decli the moment of sailing and. while he is in a hurry. it might not BQCE58ll'l:y be today.
"Old sea captains didn't set I definite hour for sailing. and I'm not going to." he said. "but well be off the moment conditions give the sails half a chance."
One snag. the accidental punc- ture of one oi the ship's inflatable life raft. could delay selling. The vessel has five life rafts each cap- able of supporting lo to 13 per- sons. Four would b emore than ample. but the ministry oi trans- port insists on a wide margin of safety.
"We are trying to get a raft from the navy or air force. and are trying to buy one. but it's herdtopickupallferaftosa Good Friday." Charlton said. "If we get the raft in time we plan
tosailsooaaflertbecivieoer- amow tsssswrow ."
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preceeded the Guard to the Pro- vincial Building and played appro- priate muslc during the inspection. Guardian Photo
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Two Boys Drowned Near Dartmouth. N.S.
DARTMOUTH. N.S. (CP)-Two boys were drowned and a third swam safely to shore Frdiay when their dory capsized about 50 feet from shore in nearby Albro Lake.
Dead are Geor e Merrick and Phillip Power. 11. Davie Mc- Gough swam to shore. All were from Dartmouth. The bodies were recovered.
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First British S hrough Suez
The new Slpercent subvention on traffic moving from the At- lantic Provinces to Central Can- ada announced by Finance Mill- later Harris in his Ottawa budget March 14 will become effective July 1 - just so years to the day since the Maritime Freight Rates Act came into force.
Announcerne t of the effective date was made here Thursday afternoon by Mr. Howard Mann, Executive Director of the Marl- time Transportation Commission. in an address to the P.E.I. Potato Producers at a meeting in the Clover Club. Mr. Mann stated he had just received a telegram from Otta to this effect and believed his a atement was the first public announcement of the effective date.
The largely attended meeting brought producers from as far an 100 miles to attend and hear sev- eral speakers outline the position of the potato industry at the pres- ent time. Among those heard were Hon. Eugene Cullen. Minister of Agriculture. who opened the meet- ing end welcomed those attend- ing: E.W. Campbell. M
Mr. C. P. Basil 'l'ippett. promin- out Canadian business executive. former llarltimnr. and President of the National"-eonncil or Y.M.C.” A.'s delivered a forceful and in- spiring address Thursday evening at a largely attended supper meet- ing oi the Alpha and Centennial Y's Men's Club. Yresldcnta (1 van iou tY' . grpupn lnclud' the Hi-Y. Phlat. Phalanx and Women's Auxiliary” were special guests. other ' ' guests were Mrs. Tlppett, wife of the guest speaker and Mr. David smith. Maritime Vice-president of the National Council
and Mr. Arthur Duvar. President of the Y.M.C.A. introduced the speaker. "My main purpose in coming to Charlottetown". said Mr. Tippett. is to create in you a sense of belonging-to is Christ- centred movement, working with young people for a better world. The Young Men's Christian Ae- sociation-"
Mr. Tippett referred to the sym- bol of the Y's Men under whose auspices he was speaking-the symbol of international brother- hood and service. He said that in his world travels be was brought face to face with living examples of the brotherhood of man as ex- emplified in the 'Y't movement. "Service and Christianity go hand in hand." said the speaker. "and it is a well known fact that the very word and idea of service are peculiar to Western Christian cul- ture and thinking.
COUNCIL OBJECTIVES Mr. Tippett outlined the purpose
to give direction to the 100,!!!) Canadian 'Y' members through its :.ooo professional and volunteer lay leaders. The Council operates through various committees such as Personnel, Physical Education. Financial. World Service and others. Ha unphasissd the fact that
Prominent YMCA Layman Addresses Local Group
Mr. Neil D. Maclsean presided ”
of the National Council which is bed
ltwastotbedevoteIlaadnned- fish eerviceei its lay leaders that the Y.M.d.A. owed its develop- ment and power for good in the community.
He complimented the local As- sociation on its enviable century- old record at achievement through its devoted supporters down thr- ough the years and the "enthu- siasm and visio of those who are continuelng to build on the found- ation so well and truly laid." "He belelved that Charlottetown mijif well look with pride on its Y' and prophesied that "the best is yet
In closing, Mr. Tippeltt emphas- lzed the Christian aspect of the he said. "appear to have an air
lan character of our movement and this would not be. We are not
of apology for the inherent Chrlet- ly
POTATO GROWERS MEETING
Reports Rates Subvention Effective Dominion Day
the P. E. I. Potato Marketing sr. William Macl..ennan, Henry MacLaren. W.R. Shaw. Austin Leard. and Life Howatt who pre- sided.
RATE SUBVENTION
Under the Maritime Freight Rates Act a subvention of 20 per cent was paid to enable the Mari- times to recover the rate position they had previously enjoyed. How- ever. recent freight rate increases had threatened the position and the new subvention will restore the balance.
At the same meeting other
speakers brought out that through the intervention of Mr. Mann in fighting against yaDP08Cd three cent increase in the agreed charge on potatoes shipped by rail "he has literally 875,000 in the pockets of producers this season alone". Mr. Mann pointed out that the agreed charge - entered into by the Potato Marketing Board on one hand and the Railway on the other - was not affected by gen- eral rate increases as there was no escalato clause in the agree- ment end therefore had not gone up as a result of last year's ll per cent rate increases.
AGREED CIIAIGI: He also told the producers that the agreed charge had meant as
from 0'Leary to Montreal would be 10 cents higher and five cents higher from Charlottetown. To Windsor. Ontario. the higher costs would be 14 and I cents respective-
MR. CULLEN'S ADDRESS
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Hon. Mr. Cullen in welcoming
"I am satisfied with the pro- grass the Fishing industry is mak- ing in this Province." said Hon. Dougald MacKinnon. Minister of Fisheries during the passing of the estimates in the Legislature.
Mr. MacKinnon was replying to
the Opposition leader's ifiticism that the Department was al- lowing the oyster beds of the Prov- ince to become depleted by selling oysters to replenish New Brunswick s. The Minister said the oysters be- ing sold to New Brunswick were of the unmarketable type and the fishermen were getting paid for them when they otherwise would be unable to sell them.
Mr. MacKinnon recalled that the Federal Government some years ago had established a biological station on Prince Edward Island and had been successful in ridding the island shell fish of disease.
UNGRATIFIJI. os:s'rua.a
"We would be ungrateful indeed if. after we have had our own oy- atera purified. we woald set as wining to help out a ndghhlr prov- ince by suwlilnl "ll! Wm! 41' age free oysters." IIIII III! Min-
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attributed to careless people who destroy the beds.
FRESH LODSTERS
Dr. L. G. Dewar said it had been brought to his attention that lobaiers during the heighth of the tourist season were not abailabie in the restaurants of the province. He said much of the tourist lit- erature told of being able to get fresh lobsters at any time of the year. Many tourists. he said, were disappointed to find they could not get a feed of fresh lobsters.
Mr- MacKinnon said there was a melting season for lobsters from the middle of July to the middle of August during which the lobster lost his old shell and began to grow a new one. He explained that whether a lobster could be kept in a pound or not. he would not be fit to eat during the melting
period.
The Minister told of an experi- ment being preeently carried out in which live lobsters are quick frosan at I) below zero. While the
to believe that lobsters thus band- led will be full as palatable as those taken fresh from the see. TYNE VALLEY ROAD
Dr. L. G. Dewar said he would
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' g pthe meeting said those present Board; E.D. Reid. J- Lincoln Dew- I were the leaders of the producers
of the biggest cash crop in the pro-
.vince. He referred briefly to the
proposed diversionary program for potatoes and said it might easily mean the difference be- tween a profit and a loss for the growers. He said Islands . would meet lots of competition within Canada itself and despite the new
potato-growing State.
producers here to provide a com- modity which wlll continue to ommand a premium on the mar- ket because "as soon as we lose that premium we are out of the potato business." He stated if Ont- ario could grow the quality pota- toes we do we would have no mar- ket.
Hon. Mr. Cullen stated that some shippers were trying "to put something over the potato; in- spectors” and shippi poor qual- ity potatoes. As proo he cited 12 letters he had received from pur- chasera of island potatoes. the most recent received Thursday from Somerville, Mass.. which en- closed several potatoes from a shipment bought there. Mr. Cullen said they were horrible and there
tariff would have to face compe- '- tition from Maine producers if 5' there should be a surplus in that is
The Minister said it was up to
Since
HER MAJESTY
Queen Observes Birthday Sunday
LONDON (Reutersl - Queen Elizabeth will quietly celebrate her 31st birthday Sunday with her family at Windsor Castle.
It has become the custom for the Royal Family to celebrate per- sonal anniversaries as unobtrus- ively as possible.
The Queen and Prince Philip us- ually attend Easter Day service at St. George's Chapel. Windsor. After Prince Charles and Princess Anne wake their f Sunday
th a birthday hug and whatever
ts they manage to buy with their pocket money. the whole fam-
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hip Passes
Nov-
Captain Said Happy With Outcome
PORT SAID (AP) - A British ship passed through the Suez ca- nal Friday for the first time since Britain and France invaded Egypt last November. It flew the "Red Duster.” ensign of the British merchant marine. and there were no untoward incident .
The 3.604-ton West Breeze em- erged from this northern terminal and put out into the Mediterranean Friday night. An Egyptian canal authority spokesman said the West Breeu was given the same treatment as any other ship. . it entered the canal at Sued. the southern gateway. early Fri,-1 day end took its place in a four- ship convoy for the I03-mile jour- ney. Few Egyptians were about.
The ship carries a cargo of per nuts from China for Rotterdam.
"We had a very good voyag.e" Capt. Ibris Cowle. a Briton, hold I reporter.
"I am happy to be the captain of the first British ship to transit
vembcr invasion-. -
Britain recently had urged ship owners to avoid using the canal pending a final settlement or to pay tolls under protest.
Cnwie had locked himself in lsll cabin and refused to see report- ers in Suez but he talked freely with an AP reporter who went aboard at Port Said.
Cowie said the owners. 1. Man- ners and Co. us. Hong Kong. I5 it up to him whether to use the canal or take the long way awed
lly probably will go to church.
Africa.
A slight improvement in ice con- ditions in coastal waters border-
'l'HElCEFlH.DS'l'IIUBSDAY Slight Improvement In Ice Conditions Noted
breaker Dllbervtlle was observed working in Cape Harbor; this now being open mining
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the main pack off Cape Breton. The Southern section of thin main in pack is still locked tigil against Cape Breton's western and northern seaboards. and ex- tends seaward many miles. Cap- tain Brown asserted. The northern section was also in the same proximate position as noted earlier su...,s-extending Newfoundlands East Coast wanily. but leaving a narrow free passage around lse shore of Anticosti island.
SHIPS OPENED A large number of ships wt
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