Mommy ,, Poiltioai Front
Remains Steady iluring The Year
By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press staff Wr.ter O'I'l'AWA. Dee. fi2-(CP)-Con- eda'l political front was busy in mi. but few major developments
emerged.
There were three provincial elec- tions-in Ontario. Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island-with each Government being returned to power.
In Ontario. the Progressive Con- servative Government. of Premier Frost improved its position. The brllottlng in Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. governed by the Liberal administrations of Pre- miers Joseph Smallwood and Wal- ter Jones. left the party standings pretty well unchanged.
In the Federal held. Prime Min- ister st. Laurent's Liberal Govern- ment lost ground in the five by- elections called during the year. Nine Federal contests took place in 1950.
The Federal Liberals lost three seats to the Progressive Conserva- tives-Queents in Prince Edward lsiand and Brandon and Winnipeg South Centre in Manitoba. The Progressive Conservatives held their own in the other two contests in Calgary West and the Ontario riding of Waterloo South.
However. the Liberals still held It majority of ill members over other groups in the 262-seat House of Commons. This is the latest I-louse standing:
Liberals I26: Prooressive Conser- vatives 46: C.C.F. is; social Credit iii; Independent 4: Independent- Lihersl 2: vacant 1: total 252
The vacancy exists in Ontario riding, which Walter Thomson. liberal member gave un to rou- test the Ontario general election M provincial Liberal loader No date has been set for a by-e1ec- tion.
Three New Semi tors
Three new members. all New- foundland Liberals. entered the '-02-member Senate. Thev were Hi W. Quinton. Calvert Pratt and Michael Basha. with their an- pointment. the Senate standing was: Liberals Ta: Prrwrescivc Cen- ncrvatives 0: vacant l.'i; total 102.
There was nul" mic r-ahinef an-5 hointmcni. Rt. Hon, C. D. Hows. the aggressive Yiurlitlons Minister of the Second World War. took on the nmvlv-Qrnated portfolio of De- fence Production in addition to his duties as Trade 3-firiistt-r.
its in 1950. Parliament met twice .-in-mg the year-iw snrlnn and' fall-enactin-.v lozislalion with im-i nortant ramifications in the na-l tional and international fields.
Canada cnniinuczi durinfz . year to hear talk of a DOS!1ihl.”! successor in Governor-GenrralVis-1 count Alr.x'-anrier. Whrisn inrm has. been extended to late 1952. and of. the further possihilltv that the new anpointec micht be a Canad- in-L Prnnflnpntlu rilfinflmarvl were
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Forestry D
The following review has been supplied by the officials of the P.E.f. Forestry Division:
in January of this year. a Forestry Division was formed in the Department of Industry and Natural Resources. Early in February A publicity program was launched. By means of a series of newspaper ads. radio speeches and talks at agricultural meetings on woodlot. management and con- servation. a remarkable interest was aroused.
Approximately one hundred and fifty woodlot. owners were visited and advised on how to manage their woodlots to the best advant- age. While looking over the wood- lots. the owners were advised on the importance of protecting their woodilots from grazing. fire. dis- ease and insects and also of the advantages of treating it as a crop and the utilization of pro- per putting methods such as: re- movlni lhalure. weed and diseas- ed trees. thus leaving their wood- lot in a much more healthy and productive state. thcroby increas- ing their net annual income.
in the latter part of February. a short. course on forestry was given by the Department Forea- ters at the Vocational School.
Woodlot Management
This course covered the prag. tical and economical phases of woodlot management. It was hoped that it great number of stu- dents would take advantage of such a course. but very little in- terest was shown.
Last spring. three. one-half- acre Experimental Red Pine plan- tations were set out. one in each county. Each site chosen was on an old abandoned farm. where the soil was quite sandy and the sod fa-irly thick and where the land was unsuited for agriculture. Ap- proximately seven hundred plants were set out in rows. six feet apart and the plants placed six feet from each other. Two toj three stock was used. while that "T" method of planting was tnedl in setting out the plants. The ob- ject of the experiment was to study the growth and develop- ment of Red Pine planted in a sod field. '
with the ever increasing de- mand for wood and wood pro- ducts during the past. year, and as a result of a poor price for is- land produce. the woodlot. owners cut ll0aVliy into their woodlots.
Forestry Art
Re-ol:7.in: that if clear-cuti'.n:z were continurd. the I-zland wood- ths names of Speaker Ross Mac- on-naid of the Commons and Chancellor Vincent Massey of the University of Toronto.
Analyzing the provincial election results of the year. political ob- servers. noted that no government.
provincial or federal, has been 'voted out of power in Canadal since 1944.
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lots would soon be depicted. the Provincial Government passed the Forestry Act, the first of its kind dealing with pt'ivn.tely-owned forest land. September following, regulations were proclaimed pro- viding as follows; that a person cutting over two acres in any calendar year must. apply to the Forestry Division for a permit. This permit forbids the cutting of trees less than six inches at stump height (stump height be- ing a point. six inches from ground level).
It is hoped that this Act will discourage the age-old practice of clear-cutting and leave suffi- cient trees on the area to ensure the future of the woodlot.
The twelve major buyers in this Province have shipped over 100.000 cords of pulpwood. from Prince Edward island. At first the quality of the wood exported was excellent. but as the demand grew, the quality decreased.
Fearing that the poor quality combined with high freight rate would stop the mills Irom buying our Island pulpwood. this Department called a meeting of all major nulpwood buyers. At the meeting it was agreed that they (the buyers) would abide by certain regulations to better the quality of pulpwood.
As forestry is a long term pro- position, it is difficult for 3 small staff to accomplish very much in a single year. hevertheless. the island has never before been so forestry-conscious. it is hoped that this interest will continue and flourish.
U.N. Express Anxiety
ROME Dec. 23-(AP)-The an-1 real of life in the cities. the bet-I ter pay and hours of jobs in in-. dustry. and the needs of defence. against aggression are threatening the world's breadbaskct.
The sixth world conference oil ll"-E Food and Agriculture Organ- isation of the United Nations ex-.' pressed ttspeclal anxiety" over the cuilook for cci-eals-the staff of lite for four-fifths oi the world's population.
In a summary of the world cer-. eal outlook, the conference report- ed: -.' 1. An increasing movement of; mi-npower from farming districts; into the cities: l
2. Transfer of farm 'he steadily expanding bilitles of industry:
3. Further loss of rural manpow-I or to the requirements of defence. :
The report said these trends, "may have a serious impact. only fnoci production-particularly cor-. eals."
F.A. experts said they expect :0. decline in cereal production within.
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TRANSPORTATION STRIKE THREATENS TORONTO
Many Torontonlans may be faced with the unhappy task of walking to work within the next few days. if members of Toronto Transportation Commission decide to strike. At a mass meeting. attended by some 2000 tram operators. James Mctiinnuy. left. international vlce-pre.si- dent. and George Wilson. president of Toronto local. on the weekend the membership overwhelmingly rejected the commission's wage reports. ba.sed on recommendations of the majority report of a conciliation board. Despite strong sentiment for an immediate strike vote. the exec- utive of the AFL Street Railway Union won approval of a suggestion to take a strike ballot only after efforts have been made to reopen nego- tiations with the '1'I'C. The union is seeking a 15-cent-an-hour increase and improvements in fringe benefits, which the commission estimates as costing an additional 26 cents an hour.
cries and the South Pacific region the report sald:'
--two of the world's greatest grow- "For Europe. the Far East and ers of exportable cereal surplus. Near East, an aggregate increase These experts said that despite of 34.000.000 tons of grains, or hopeful higher production goals nearly lo per cent. is envisaged set in some countries. they coulzliover the two years from l95Q to see no actual prospect of real',i952. Current trends scarcely con- gains. liirm this possibility.
The report said thus i'it couldi "In Europe. the area under cer- rot ignore the danger of the re- eals as a whole is not increasing. currence of a world crisis in cer- In the Far East the trend is eals on the scale of the early post- slowly upwards. In the Near East war years." ' the trend is more marked. but. be-
Of present "increase targets".ilow the rate of increase needed."
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For Prinoesshargaret
LONDON. Dec. 28 - (Reuters)- Prln'cess Margaret is to have a new lady-in-waiting. Buckingham Palace announced tonight.
A lady-in-waiting la a combina- tion of chaperone. companion. pri- vate secretary and general guide. philosopher and friend.
She perfbrma such duties as car- rying about any cash the Princess may need the Royal Family never touches money.
she must. be "socially accept- able'f but never so glamorous as to outshlne the Princess. The pay is ,rnodest. but the social prestige is huge.
Miss Iris Peake. 20. is to succeed Miss Jennifer Bevan as the lady- lo-wslting. Miss Bevan is leaving to be married next month.
Liner Queen Mary Delayed By Storms
DONDON. Dec. 22-(Reuters) - Stmms in the Atlantic will cause
a 24-hour delay in Winston Churchill's departure for the U. S. lie was due to sail for New
York in the Queen Mary Dec. 29, but will leave a day later. The liner is due to dock in New York tomorrow 43 hours late after run- ning through rough seas, On her return journey to Britain this week she is unlikely to be able to make up sufficient time.
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