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Four New Taxes lmposecl In Newfoundland

Danger Of Black Wart importation T0 P. E. I. Slim Says Mr. Keenan

\i’l'l‘.~‘i\l.'.~\. Dee. 5 —(Specln1i - nnzer oi introduction of the de- lve black tviirt or potato

anlrer into Prince Edward Island rem Newfoundland does not appear rm- great at ihe present time, W. i. Keenan. chief of the plant pro- ection division. Department of igriculture told The Guardian here

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Atlthi- same time, the disease is p deadly to potato crops and so iifficult to control that no pre- pflltlon! rire too great to keep it out tithe province. he said.

"Bringing potatoes to Prince Ed- ward Island is like bringing coals toNevrcashc." Mr. Keenan observed, "Again, Newfoundland does not pro- duro sufficient potatoes to feed her own population let ttione export them, Hort-over, the. disease is prevalent in Newfoundland rind the Dominion Department is co-cporat- ing with that of the province in keqaing it under as close control as |osiible."

Only Real Danger

Only real danger of potato canker iorrilng into Prince Edward Island, lfr, Keenan said. was if a member 0i the crew of a ship happened to uesome attractive looking potatoes lnliewfounilbind and brought them liong for his family or friends to by out. Plant disease hadbeen in- toduced in a number of countries iitroiigh this sort of thing. he said.

As for as either Dominion or gewfouhdlond authorities are aware,

ere has been no outbreak of black tart or potato "canker on the west coast of Newfoundland. Incidence oitho disease has been confined to tltosoutii-east section of that prov- im. aoitbiy the Avalon peninsula.

Coming Events

"Mill Your Films to Garrihum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Afton Hall. December

v ‘ 22nd. Mw Dominion Christmas

Concert.

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"K1083 Cvilnty PIOWing Match Iiiihe held at Dundas, Wednesday, Brit-miter 27th, roso.

"NW lliillll! Timothy Cleaned or llnclcaned. d Boyle.

Seed, McGulgan

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15:5" "$1900 ‘My Love“ at Mac- 50d

03d Bros. Theatre, tonight. Plus

3111:; chicken supper in Pownol m‘ edfwsllily. Dec. 7, 5-9 p.ni. . “ssh in aid of him.

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"Concert. New Haven. December t instead 01 315g

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"Ilium! orders now for Beet %(:h0ne m4 Beaten s: MacRae.

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Saves Child's L—lfe

Prompt action by his

mother, Mrs. Charles Semnrk, Bellevllle. OnL, is credited with saving the life of her son, Bobby, one, who bit the top off a Christmas tree electric light hulb and swallowed part of it. Noticing him choking, she held him upside down and shook him until gloss came out of his throat.

to malce further surveys to determ- ine where the disease occurs there arid how best to control it. Purpose of public announcement of the existence of potato canker in Newfoundland, Mr. Keenan sold. was to make the public conscious of the very serious effect this disease would have should it infiltrate into Prince Edward Island. Nova Scoila or New Brunswick. Once the dan- ger is realized, he feels. all persons concerned will be doubly careful.

Form Revised o

Prevalence of this scourge to potatoes has compelled the Federal Department of Agriculture to rc- vlse the form of its certified seed certificates. Until Confederation. the certificates set forth that there was no black wart or canker in Canada. Today the document reads “wit-h the exception of the Prov- ince of Newfoundland."

From present information. potato canker was introduced into New- foundland from Europe some 30 years ago. Dr. Keenan said.

Only other incidence of the dis- ease in North America known to authorities is in a small section of the coal-mining districts of Pennsylvania. where some infected seed was apparently planted in miners‘ gardens. This area is closely guarded by officers of the Pennsylvania and the U.S. Federal Department of Agriculture to pre- vent any further spread.

On behalf of the Department. Mr. Keenan is calling on all persons to eta-operate in keeping the potato

CHARDOTTETOWN. CANADA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER o, 1949

Social Seuiriiy Assessment Mam Revenue Producer

SII‘. JOHNI. Nfld. Dec. 5 —-(CP\ -—F0ur new boxcar-one or them g, social security assessmentr-will be introduced in Newfoundland under bills brought down in the Provin- cial Legislature today by Finance Minister I-Iezman Quinton.

The four hills will impose one tax of_a general nature and three more specialized ones.

Main revenue producer of the four new taxes will be “a social security assessment of three per cent on certain retail items" to help pay for the social security program the Government is putting into force.

It was not immediately known what items would be affected but it was believed many consumer Seeds would be taxed.

No mention of these taxes was

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

P. E. I. Men

BRANTTORD. Ont.. Dee. l -— (CP) — Two brothers, fonnerily of Souris, P.E.l,, today were sen- tenced to 10 strokes of the strap and three months in jail each for the armed robbery of a dice game here Nov. 20.

Magistrate R. J. Gillen rejected their request that time served while in custody since their ar- rest be applied to their three- month term.

James M. Robertson, 2i. and Al- len Charles Robertson, 17, were each given three concurrent terms

Term, 10 Strokes of Strap

Given Jail

o! three months for being together wthile robbing three men at the game; the younger brother re- ceived three additional concurrent terms 0f three months each for being armed during the robbery.

The robbery involved a dice game in which the youths had earlier lost money.

Today. Pat Marco. 105 Colborne Street. pleaded guilty to keeping a gambling establishment on the premises where the armed hold- up took place. He was fined $200 including court costs.

Storm Brings

made in Mr. Quintons budget speech Vllednesday. The budget estimated a. dcflclt. of almost $3,- 000,000 on current accounts during the first, year of union, ending March 31, 1950. The other three taxes are:

1. Ten cents per ton on lime- stone and dolomite quarried in Newfoundland.

2. Either five per cent on net profits or 10 cents per ton - whichever is the greater __ for persons or companies mining iron ore in Newfoundland. in- eluding Labrador.

3. Five per cent on amount of option for persons or com- panies who put mineral rights or concessions on option to other persons or com-panics.

The four bills probably will be debated tomorrow in the House, now driving for prorogation of its second sessionl-eifffiéWhe first pro- vincial general election May 2'1.

Earlier today, the House pass- ed the estimates for the year end- ing March 31, 1950. with few am- endments and tonight went on to debate the budget speech.

The taxes on mining companies would affect companies now get- ting ready to pump between $150.- 000000 and $200,000,000 into dc- velopment of Labrador iron ore dc- posits and Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation. which mines iron ore on Bell Island in Conception Bay near St. John's.

There was no immediate estim- ate how iriuch the four taxes would bring in annually.

ChinesePIleTITPush Towards Chengiu

HONG KONG. Dec. 5 —(AP) Chinese Red troops. putting on a great burst of speed, today were re- ported only I00 miles or so from Chcngtu. temporary and fearful Nationalist capitol in Western

China.

The flight of Government offic- ials took on more urgency. press reports declared. A defence line was

malady away from the other nine Provinces of the Dominion.

thrown up 30 to 50 miles from the city.

OTTAWA. Sec. 5 —- (CF) — The Supreme Court of Canada to- day quishcd a judgment against a member of the Jebovahs Wil- neases and ordered a new trial on a charge of seditious libel.

It was the first victory 0f the religious sect in a test case which began nearly three years ago. The Supreme Court. reversing a decision of the Quebec Court of King's Bench. ruled unanimously that the trial judge erred in his charge to the jury which heard the case in 1947.

Two of the five judges which heard the appeal would have gone even further and declared the accused, Aime Boucher of Ste. Germaine dc Dot-cheater, Que, should be acquitted on the ground that the record contained no evidence which could have lus- tained his convflvn-

The charge of seditious libel was brought against Boueher in con- nection with a pamphlet entitled, "Quebec's Burning Hate For God

nd Christ and Freedom ls The gimme o] All Clnfldfi."

Convicted before Mr. Justice Alfred Savard and a jury. he was sentenced to one month in jail. His appeal to the Court of King's Bench was rejected by a 8-2 do- ciglnn, with Chief Justice Severin Letourneou and Judie A. Gulli- pelt] dissenting. The appeal was carried to Ottewl-

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New Trial Is Ordered For Jeh0vah’s Witness

.____.___~—-—-—-—— agrced with the dissenting judges of the Court of King's Bench that the issue was not put accurately ta the jutry in the original trial and that the judge's charge to the jury was incomplete and erroneous in some respects. The Chief Jus- tice felt that Chief Justice Le- tourneau had "V6?! Dfwfll? avoided“ discussing the circum- stances of the trial._

However. Mr. Justice J. W. Es- (gy and Mr. Justice I. C. Rflnd went further and said the onus rested on the Crown throughout to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused acted with sediti- ous intent and that the "record does not disclose an)’ Widen" that would properly sushi" l V‘; dict that the. accused P086055 with an intention."

On this ground. the! Illa 5 judgment of acquittal ahould be entered, rather than having a new trial.

Stronger of the latter two judg- ments came from Mr. Justice Rand. He ma the pamhlet l" q“°"i°" hld as its main P11111059 "B" earnest petition to the P1151“! 0P" inion of the Province to exter to the Witnesses of Jehovah. II a minority, the PPM-Kim“ °r m‘ partial laws."

He said it might be "doubtful" whether. in similar cirtcums“ . other groups of the Chrlltian Church "would shew greater fore- bcarance and earnestness in the appeal to Christian charity to have done with such abuses" ll the

Board Decides New (lily School Buiidipngiieeded

A resolution was passed by the City School Board yesterday after- noon. Dr. R. G. lea, presiding, authorizing the High School Com- mittee, Mr. Earle C. Baker. chair- man, "to proceed with the prelim- inary arrangements. including the preparation of sketch plans and the obtaining of a. suitable site. as already concurred in by the city Council." g The resolution approved of the finding of the Committee that "a new school build -ls puss“ arguto reueireTri-Frcriwldtaffiano that it should provide accommodation for grades nine and ten in both academic rind vocational training. (The Spring Park site, mentioned at a meeting of the City Council last night, is one of four or five sites the School Board is consider- ing." Mr. Baker stated.) It was also decided that, if the tuition fees of non-resident pupils are not paid before the end of this month. they will not be al- lowed to return when school re- opens after the Christmas holi- days. Considerable routine business was also transacted. Christmas Holidays

City schools will start the Christ- mas holidays on Friday noon, Dec- ember 23 and will re-open at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning Jan- uary 3, it was decided at the reg- ular monthly meeting of the City School Board yesterday afternoon. Dr. R. G. Lea, chairman, presiding.

Ontario Woman Dies Aged 108

HAMILTON. Dec. 5 -- (C?) Mrs. Susan Partridge, 108, one of Canada's oldest citizens. died in hospital yesterday. She had been in poor health since her birthday in August but was in excellent spirits. said hospital authorities.

Born in Moonstone, near Cold- water, Ont., 25 years before con- federation. Mrs. Partridge was twice married. Active until recent- ly she cast her vote at the last Federal election. She followed the news with interest each day. read- ing with the help of e magnifying glass. i Survivors include a son, Clar- ence. 0f Halifax.

Brilain Siops Work On One 0f Three Atomic Piles

LONDON. Dec. 5—(AP) -—Brl- taln stopped work todayona large atom pile because of the possib- lllly of "developments in the near future."

Some sources Jpeculated that Britain might be counting on a greater exchange of atomic Infor- mation with the United States.

Britain's atomic work might be altered if scientists here were given information on Iome of the American methods.

The Ministry of Supply, in i-‘lllfle of atomic research, uld work wu being stopped on the fur-lest of three piles under con- ltructlon at lu huge plutonium Plant at Sellafield.

A spokesman said the halt was celled “after a review of tho program and in the light of poo-

sible developments in the near Arturo." The nnouncoment came as

Britain's atomic chief. Sir John Cockcroft. returned to London by air from a vllit to United States and Canadian ntomle ex-

Snow T0 N. S. And N. B.

Heavy Rain,

HALIFAX, Dec. 5 -— tCP) — A wicked rainstorm sliced across Nova Scotia tonight as a follow- up to a week-end snowfall of 12 inches in Halifax and neariby areas.

The disturbance formed off Cape Cod and whipped norith into Nova Scotia in less than four hours. It will cross Newfoundland to- marrow.

Gusts up to 46 miles an hour whipped up and down Halifax streets tonight and across the har- bor. There werepo reports of ships in distress.

Rain or snow was falling in most other Maritime areas. Snow- flurries were forecast for to- morrew.

SAINT JOHN. N.B., Dee. 5 -— (CH-Wet, clinging snow fell over most of New Brunswick today and tonight. In the Saint John area the snow followed heavy rain. The snowfall apparently was heaviest in the north shore and St. John River valley sections. Fredericton and Moncton report- ed the snow was staying on the ground. Practically all roads in the Province were believed dan- gerous for driving.

Flurries. with temperatures near freezing, were predicted for tomorrow.

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MONTREAL, Dec. 5 --(CP)—- MayOr Camillien Houde told a meeting Sunday of the Order of the Sons of Italy that he favored "mass Italian immigration" to Can-ado. because "Only the Italians understood us.” "We ("French- Speaking Canadians) have few friends on the continent," Mayor I-foude said. "that. is why we want more Latins to back us up in our

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UPTAWA, Dec. 5 -— (CP) Legislation designed to curb the

sale of crime-comic books and obscene literature was given sp.-"'rj/ approval by the Commons today.

Within the next week it should pass the Senate and become law.

Then the Provinces will have an addition to the Criminal Code aimed a-t eliminating publication and sale of crime comics while discouraging the printing and sale of anything obscene, including literature. pictures and models.

The bill. originated by E. D. Fulton (PC Kamloops), was passed with amendments proposed by Justice Minister Garson on the basis of solicited recommenda- tions from l0 Provincial Attorneys- General.

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NEWCASTLE, N. 8,, Dec. 5- (CPV-Senaior A. B. Copp, 79, of Sackvllle, N. B,, died in the Miramichl Hospital here at 6.20 pm. tonight after a brief illness.

He had lcft a train while re- turning from Ottawa and entered the hospital yesterday morning.

The illness was described by Dr. RH. Morrissey, the rittenillng physician, as gnstrn-ititestinal.

Senator Copp became ill after stopping off here to visit a sister- ln-law. Mrs. G. G. Stoddard.

His death ended a public career dating back almost half a cen- tury. A former Liberal member of the New Brunswick Legislature and House of Commons, he be- came Secretary of State in the Mackenzie King Government in 192i. and four years later was summoned to the Senate. when he led the chamber in absences or the Liberal lender, Senator

It provides a two-year maximum sentence for anyone convicted or publishing or selling crime comics or for having them on bond for the purpose of being sold.

Teeth of Measure

The teeth of the measure are contained in a clause which says that it makes no difference whe- ther the publisher or retail seller was ignorant of the contents of the books.

The same sentence is provided for anyone found guilty of puib- lishing or selling obscene written matter, obscene pictures, obscene models or anything else which can be described as obscene.

However. in this case there is a reservation. While the pub- lisher has no right to plead ignor- ance of the obscene contents. the dealer has that right.

Crime comics are defined as "any magazine, periodical or book which exclusively or substantially comprises matter depicting edi- torially the commission of crimes, real or fictitious."

This moans that comic strips in newspapers are not affected.

No Mention of Books

There is no mention in the act of crime books such as murder and detective stories.

Thetre are a couple of other re- servations in the bill.

They provide that there can be no conviction when it is proved that the comic books or allegedly obscene literature serve "the pith- lic good". or that there was "no excess" of_ the objectionable mat- ter.

This might mean that a comic book might be spared if while portraying crime. it aim’) at dis- couragin-g crime by showing that lt doesn't pay.

As for a book, it would not be declared obscene if it contained only a small amount of obscene

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OTTAWA. Dec, 5 (CP) Wheat. base metals and farm ma- chinery are keeping Canada's ex- ports at a high level, although not as high as last year.

With other exports dropping. more and more of the Dominions exports are made up of these iihree products, the Bureau of Statistics said today in a review of export trends.

At the end of October last year. those items accounted for 34 per cent ovf Canada's total export trade. From January in October this year. they‘ve comprised 45 per cent of total exports.

Newsprint has played the same role in exports to the vital United States market. It accounted for 27.2 per cent of exports to the U. S. for the first l0 months of this year. compared with 23.8 per cent in the same period of last year.

The Bureau said the world-wide dollar shortage, "business reed- jusirnents" in the U. S. and stif- fer: competition “threatened the level of Canada's exports this year.”

Despite this. total exports until the end of August were higher than i948. But in September, ox- poria dropped far below the Serp- tember. 1048 total and left cumula- tive exports for the January-Sep- tember period $12,200,000 below exports for the same period of 194R.

The trend continued in October. At the end of the mon-th. total ex- perts for the year were $2.415,- 100.000 — 550000.000 below 194R.