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TO CHEERING CONVENTION AT MORELL

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A REVIEW- or PERFORMANCE AND A FORWARD LOOK

Accompiishedi In Carrying. Cut |9ll3i Piatiiorm

A REVIEW

Dominion - Provincial Agreement greatest in History of Province. ‘ Credit of Province highest of any in Canada.

Platform of 1943 has been practically completed.

The Demands and Requirements of Veterans have been met. Strides have been. made towards Rural Electrifi-cation.

The building and equipping of the Provincial Sanitorium. i

The inauguration of a Clinic for the Treatment of Polio. Establishment of a Veterinary Laboratory.

Total Health and Welfare Vote in 1947 is $1,100,000.

Improved Roads built in 1947: Prince 48 miles, Queeifs 76, King’s 51. BeacluGrovc Inn fitted up as an Infirmary.

Handicraft Shop built and operated ill Ffllcolflvoorl-

New Nurses Home under course of construction at Falconwood. 'l‘ech.nical School built and 1000 Veterans receive education, \ llieat Packing Plant taken over to prevent losses to farmers.

Subsidy paid to Farmers and Producers on overweight hogs.

Trade Agent appointed to Newfoundland and enormous increase in trade. Encouragement to Steamers for trade with Newfoundland. Assistance to (To-operatives to build Wareh0llSeS~75 Del‘ 6611f 0f 0090- Two Dairy Instructors employed; milk testing program-

Campaign to control Yeasts and molds i111 Butter; Milk sanitary IW spection.

Physical Fitness Program; fulltime Instructor at P. W. College. Lime Bonus established at cost to Provilwe 0f $40,000 per 8111mm- Complete Survey of Prince Edward Island Soils completed.

Surplus of three million bushels of Potatoes sold in England. Stamping out of Bacterial Ring Rot from Potato Areas.

The Technical School will now be conxverted ma. Civilian Technical School. -

Forest Nursery Established and Farm Beautification Assisted. Grant of $1000. to each Breed of Live Stock made available.

Grants to Agricultural Exhibitions substantially increased.

Veterinary Services have been set_up and will be expanlded.

Assistance given the Matthew-Wells ‘Plant to locate in Province. Guarantee of Provision of Refrigeration induced this Company to comm i. In 1947 some 617 acres of Pickling Cucumbers were grown. ' One Cucumber Grower received $746. from owe acre of Cucumbers. ~ ‘Agricultural Economic Survey completed with Authoritative Background. Reconstrucflon Cgmmitteg report great benefit to Province. ' Comprehensive brief prepared respective Tfflde flfldlTflfiffl-

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Housing Project abandoned by Charlottetown taken over by Government. ‘Many Industries are now established in and about this Airport, PUP-Chase of A. R. P. Equipment and resale at cost to Villages, 147 ‘Three-quarter ton Trucks resold to Farmers at cost.

Assistance in Town Planning to Municipalities.

Grant of One Dollar per head extendedto Municipalities,

Sanitary Engineer at disposal of Province to assist Municipalities. Regional ‘High Schools for the larger Tax Units Foundation: laid. Succession Duty Act passed to Dominion saves money to Province. intestacy Act ‘passed making Estates much fairer to widows.

Board of Public Utilities ensures fairness in Electrical Matters. Greatly Increased Grants to all Hospitals.

Land secured for erection of Dormit wry for Prince of Wales College. Housing for 300 Students is proposed for P. W. C. Students. i

Add FORWARD LOOK

Further Extension and Improvement of all the above Services. Further Assistance and Encouragement to Veterans,

Building of a Steamship Slip at Charlottetown with the co-operation o! - the Federal Government.

Conversion of Technical School into a Technical School for boys and girls, teaching Agriculture, Household Science. Business Trades, and all Technical subjects.

Large numbers of Trees soonl available for distribution tinder Forestry Program, ‘

Expansion of Veterinary Services. Establishment of further Regional High Schools and Equipment.

Approved Nursing Homes to benefit by Hospital Grants Increase. Building and Equipping of Prince of Wales College Dormitory. Organization and Equipment of Bulldozers, Martin Ditchers, &c., for hire at a cheap rate by farmers in 1948.

Provision of Spraying Equipment to Farmers to eradicate wild mustard; Study of Dr. Hogg’s report on Rural Electrification, and Implementation

Immediate consideration of whole question of Grants-in-Aid.

Encouragement of Establishment of deep-lea Fishing with shore equiv-i ment (refrigeration) to suit.

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Provincial Igfieu: 59am! to be established to arbitrate all labour disputes

except National Organizations Such as the Railways. _ Roads leading to National Parks to lieliivea 88 80011 88 P°llibi¢ ilwillailll

_ leading to main paved JViSMi-"VRYQ- Land Tax and Road Tax abolished.

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PRESENTED ILAST NIGHT BY I PREMIER J. WALTER JONESI