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CAPE CANAVERAL, ‘la. IAPI {he army's Jupiter - C missile
satellite into space.
Army officials said it would not known for about two hours tlier the missile had suc- ed in propelling the first ' rican “moon" into orbit (‘_'#o|.lnd the earth. satellite nose section of the sile must climb to an altitude at least 200 miles and attain gpeed of 18,000 miles an hour ' ‘order to establish a successful
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it.‘ . '-The huge vehicle. some 70 feet _ roared away from its launch- gfg stand at 10:48 p.m. EST. .The missile was off to a beauti- ffi launching. It rose slowly at in a splash of flame with a per that could be heard for
. es. $3 missile, gleaming white in {he searchlights, continued to ggmb upward with terrifically in- éeasing pace in the light of a e moon.
There were many stars in the gy and it was difficult to deter- mine which was the missisle and
meets seller Dial 8506 for quick results.
the stubb end ‘ . "°°1<et~ Oil top ttllilgtfiiztggtiiil; a ‘round bucket which, about 11 minutes b e f o r e the launching, was seen to start spinning.
90113310108 a number of smaller size rockets—the slender satellite itself protruded for several feet.
in the floodlights, marked with parallel stripes of dark brown °°I°1' running barber-pole fashion down the sides. were layers of zirconium oxide applied to minimize the tempera- ture changes.
minutes after leaving the stand, and shortly thereafter would fall
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US. Satellite Fired Into Space Last Night
which was a star,
LIGHTS snow roam
Even before the missile w . as ‘:‘.‘i‘§E.‘.“"* heretofore in th ’ CO“ d easily _made out e searchlig-hts plating on it, It was tall and slender i'p to
Above the spinning bucket_ The satellite was polished silver These stripes
The first - stage rocket was scheduled to burn out some two
away. This separation, visible on. some previous Jupiter-C launch-‘ mgs, _was not discernible on this occasion. I
Yours ADDR:ESS
.-phi probability that“the City corporation will lay claim to a
‘on of P.E.I.’s share of the special Atlantic Provinces feder- gi grant of $25,000,000 was fore-
“? cast in the annual report deliver- cdby'His Worship, Mayor J.D.
, Stewart, to the City Council last
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Basing his claim ‘on decisions I arrived at during the Dominion-
T. conference held last
fi.Noven_ibe1'-, which he attended as a delegate, Mayor Stewart said that in his opinion the Conference had “ear-mark " a portion of
. . this grant for‘ “assisting Munici-
palitie-'s as well as Provinces.” ‘Taking the population of our‘: as 99,285, and the popu-
' ' ~.-16.445
‘ Tfiper head,” His Worship stated. A table submitted by Mayor _stewart showed the gradual de- cline in the share of national tax- ,ation available to civic govern- ments: from 39.4 per cent of the total aggregate national revenue
‘V in 1939, to only 14 per cent in i 1955.
This decline in municipal rev- enue, he said, would indicate more and more “the need for zreater assistance from Provin- cial and Federal governments.”
I,’ SURPLUS UP
.Thé Mayor noted that the cur- rent account for 1957 shows a sur- Plus of $69,359.73; also that, bar-
. 6é“sii d receive of this amount I ' $415,105/or a per capita grant of
MAYOR STEWART
tures issued to cover the cost of the new High School, the Corpor- ation’s net debt had decreased by $209,864.36.
Last years estimated surplus of $1,239.78 plus additional. revenue received in excess of estimates to the sum of $33,952.87 and an over- all saving in actual expenditures in ' relation to the estimates of 1 $34,167.13, accounted for the cur-I rent account surplus, the Mayor
ring consideration of the deben-
MR. ALEX MACLEAN (1 ft) _ 319 first president of the Cliar- Council and Mr. J. M. McAlduff, charter.
Charter Marks
installation of the permanent m‘“"t_e1‘ featured the regular “tin: of the Charlottetown
:;IdFD_lSi.l‘lCI Labor Council held 0 “d3.V night in their quarters “ Queen St. The Council has than functioning on an interim Nile? since its o1‘gaiii7.ation. gdlng design and printing of hllermanent issue. i 9 Y18_W chartcr bodies 2: amp- ° 0llllinc of the sIrii,Q;;lo of acmiidvlan \\()_|‘liL‘l'.‘~ and l.ll(‘.ll’ ”*9“'ement in I_‘)Ll!l.d1!!; a united km 1' movement. The base illus- w E5 the earliest efforts of the "In: to gain his rights through
. Installation Of Permanent
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_ The rocket vehicle itself on tak- ing off demonstrated that it was one of the most powerful rockets even‘ launched here. Its furious red fiery blast extended far he-
neath it as it pushed its way up ‘
into the sky. EARTH ROUTE POPULOUS
The Jupiter - C was to be launched slightly to the south of east. Thus. its satellite nose would follow orbit path over a consider- able part of the most heavily populated areas of the earth, a route much the same as was planned for the navy’s Vanguard satellite.
The new satellite, in tube 80 inches long and six inches in di- ameter and weighing 29.7 pounds, was expected to complete a trip around the world every 90 min- utes.
The new launching attempt came in the midst of a flurry of reports that the Russians had launihed some kind of a large space vehicle.
The navy tried to send the Van- guard satellite aloft in December. The three—stage rocket rose only a few feet, toppled and destroyed itself in flafes.
From Atlantic Grant
Noting‘ that the greater portion of this surplus accrued from un- der - spending in various depart- ments the Mayor congratulated the Councillors for “the great supervision given to the various Committees you chaired."
Recalling that m 0 st regular Council meetings were completed within two hours, the Mayor said that t ‘s fact indicated that much effec ve work was done in Com- mittde during 1957.
Mayor declared showed a good re- lationship between Committees and departmental heads which co- operation he saw as tending to the .development of sound policy --'- "az. admixture of lay opin-
Bis Worship submitted a com- ‘parative statement of taxes col- lected in the years 1955, 1956 and 1957. This shows the percentage of yearly levies collected to be as follows: real estate tax — 1955, 89.1 pei; cent; 1956, 87.3 per cent; and 1957, 87.2 per cent; per- sonal property tax, 1955, 86.5 per cent; 1956, 84.5 per cent; and 1957, 88.6 per cent; poll and edu- cational tax, 1955, 64.9 per cent; 1956, 56.7 per cent; and 1957, 66.9 per cent.
This statement also showed the over-all percentage of taxes and arrears collected in these three years to be: real estate tax, 1955,
declared.
lottetown and District Labor
Labor Meeting
organization with the breaking of the chains as symbolic of this.
The design on both sides de- picts the steps of development and are suggestive of the various llracles and occupations. At the ‘top left. the figure holds the torch of knowledge with the symbol of the atom suggesting
‘l'll}lll.S 1.o(-linological progress. "\ili.il:~ at tho ‘gill. is lllC l.0l‘(‘l1 pl’ l1‘¢‘l;‘[l_(ll‘i1, _,y111b0l of the In-
ternational Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Centre
(Continued on page 9 col. 5)
the present president, hold the
This good Committee Work the’
ELRIC CAMPBELL
Potato Board Manager Resigns
Mr. Elric Campbell, Manager of the Prince Edward Island Potato Marketing Board yes- terday tendered his resignation to the Board and it was accept- ed. Mr. Campbell was first named a member of the Potato Board about 2 1-2 years ago and a short time afterwards was asked to become manager. In commenting on his resignation last night, Mr. Campbell said the activities of the Board had been curtailed since the Plebis- cite of last Fall and he felt a manager was not required to such an extent as when he first took office. He said three meet- ings of the Board have been held since the Plebiscite.
Ccistonguay Is _ On Critical List
OTTAWA (CP)—Jules Caston- guay, 75, Canada's former chief electoral officer, Friday remained on the critical list in hospital here.
Mr. Castonguay has been un- conscious since a heart attack at his home here Jan.- 21.
His son, Nelson, succeeded him as chief electoral officer’ upon his retirement in 1949.
Thick Fog U;K. Again
LONDON (Reuters)-Thick fog descended on Britain again Fri- day night after lifting a littlein some areas during the day.
The fpg has disrupted ship and plane schedules and caused a total of 11 deaths and 94 injuries on British railways during the last 24 hours.
Two ‘crowded electric railcars methead-on Friday morning .in thick fog on a single-line track‘ nea-r Grimsby, northern England. One man died and seven were in- jured. '
Thursday night, 10 commuters
/'9-5 Del‘ Cent; 1956. 75-9 Per Cent: were killed and» 87 injured when and 1957. 34-2 Del‘ Cent; Personal a packed commuter train plowed , into the rear of another in thick
fog at Dagenham, a‘ suburb of London.
The Dagenham crash followed the pattern of a wreck in the fog last month at suburban Lew- isham, when 90 commuters were killed when a commuters’ special struck the rear of a stationary train.
A British Overseas Airways Cdrporation airliner from Accra, Ghana, which landed at London airport at noon was the first in almost 24 hours.
100 SHIPS STATIONARY
More than 100 ships were fog- bound along the River Thames. These inclt"‘:d the 21,000-ton liner Saxonia, scheduled to leave for Canada and the United States.
Fog also blanketed parts of Europe. Land, sea and air traffic was hampered in the Nether- lands.
Nova Scotia MP Critically Ill
OTTAWA (CP) Hospital authorities said Friday the condi- tion of Angus R. MacDonald, 56, Progressive Conservative mem- ber of Parliament fo r Nova Scotia’s A n t i g o n i s h Guys- borough, is “still poor."
Mr. MacDonald suffered a se- vere stroke Wednesday night fol- lowing a minor operation. He en-
_sult in this connection but ex-
_ember there would be many
‘school Bosnia that "tin-.y—'n’iai<“e*tnis
tered hospital Monday.
Earlier Friday the hospital said his condition was serious.
The colorful Scot, who ap- peared in the Commons in a kilt on the eve of St. Andrew’s Day last November, is parliamentary assistant to Transport Minister George Hees.
He was first elected to the Commons last JL c 10.
of the Canadian Labour Con- gress held in Toronto in April, 1956.
The charter was mounted and framed by Mr. Rendle Lartcr. Villa Ave., in imitation veneer- ed walnut with gilt lining and his craftsmanship evoked many favourable comments from those present.
Business traiisacted included endorsing a resolution of the P.E.I. Association for Retarded Children regarcling Federal leg- islation: a resolution of con- gratulations to Lieutenant Gov- ernor Designate Hyndman and a discussion on 1-ivi<' at'faii's.
All 4-onniiittccs and rlclcgalcs reported progrer.-;.3 in their var- ious duties. The meeting was chaired by President J. M. Mc-
STORIED THIEF ESCAPES
EDINBURGH (Reuters)—John Ramsay—released from prison in the Second World War to help British commandoes crack sales in Fiuropc-—cscaped Friday from a jafl in Peterliead, Scotland. Ramsay, 52, was sentenced to 10‘ years in prison in November 1955
shows the founding convention
Alduff after cracking a garage safe.
CHARLOTTETOWN CAN ADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 1, 1958
Surplus Shown At City Council Meeting
Coun. J. P. Nicholson at the annual meeting of the City Coun- cil last night made the sugges- tion that the City School Board zone the City so that students would not "have to travel from one end of the city to the other in order to attend either ofithe new high schools. '~
Coun. Nicholson’s suggestion followed the report of the City School Board submitted by Dr. R. G. Lea who in reporting on the near completion of the new Birch- wood high school, stated that the extra facilities provided, would adequately take care of the over- flow at Queen Square School and Rochford Square School. ,
Conn. Nicholson said, "I be- lieve I am correct in assuming that the Bircliwood High School is a non-sectarian school”?
Dr. Lea: “Your assumption is correct, Councillor Nicholson.”
Coun. Nicholson: “You mean then, that students of any de- nomination, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, may attend the new school”?
NO POLICY CHANGE
Dr. Lea: “That has been the policy in so far as Queen Square and Rochford Square Schools are concerned and the Board does not anticipate any change in this policy."
Councillor Nicholson felt that no immediate problem would re-
pressed the belief that next Sept-
children in the area of the new high school who would want to attend it and could see no reason why they should not.
‘flflwould lune to suggest 16- the
clear. flvlany people have asked me about this matter--- whether the new school was for
life‘ Teim For Killing His Son
TORONTO (CP)-Marcel Lloyd Bezeau, 29, of Toronto was sen- tenced Friday to life imprison- ment for manslaughter in the beating death of his five-year-old son.
The child, Richard Michael, died after -falling down_a flight of stairs at his home last Aug. 5. Bezeau, was convicted Jan. 10 by a jury under Chief Justice J . C. McRuer.
The father testified he beat Michael for bed-wetting because his motto was “spare the rod and spoil the child.’
Passing sentence, Chief Justice J. C. McRuer said\ ‘Not only did you kill the child by.beating it with at least 113 strokes but in addition you further tortured the child by sitting him on a high chair from morning until night while you drank in a beverage room. _
“You should not be at large. You might do the same to another chil .”
FRENCH PLANE DOWNED
ALGIERS (AP) — The French charged Friday an observation plane with two men aboard made
Requests School Board To Zone Pupils’ Attendance
‘ing" "th ‘ofiference at-rottais-;a“
UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT
hand he was happy to look for- ward to a life wherein he could devote more time to his family and to his business while on the other hand he asserted he would miss his daily visits to City Hall and the meetings of the Council where from time to time so many important matters are discussed.
Mayor Stewart-. first became elected to the Council in 1946 and has served three and a half terms as Mayor.
Coun. G. R. Foster who is at- tending the National convention of Young Progressive Conserva- tives in Ottawa was the only member of the Council absent from the meeting. His report as chairman of the Market Com- mittee was read by City Clerk James A. Fullerton. ’
Re - Affirms Statement That T.-C. H. Is Not All-Weather
"The statement that the Trans Canada Highway is an all weather road which is repeat- edly made by truckers is not a fact and ‘cannot be supported in any measure" said Hon. J. George MacKaiy lvfiinister of
one denomination or was it non- sectarian - and I feel that it is my duty as a councillor to ask this question and have the matter clarified,” Coun. Nicholson said.
CONFIDENCE VOTE
Councillor F. J. O'Neill said that by unanimous vote of the Council one year ago, complete confidence was voiced in the School Board and at the same time it was noted that the Council had no right or legal knowledge to advise the Board on matters of policy. \
The meeting, which was the 102nd of the Charlottetown City Council, saw Mayor J. David Stewart make his farewell report. The Mayor said he was leaving with mixed feeling. On the one
Province so the provincial prac- tice with respect to spring traf- fic should prevail". The chair- man then asked--“Is that the general feeling, that provincial practice with respect to spring traffic will prevail”?—-All dele-
Highwzays commenting on a gates present agreed unan- brief presented to the Prince imously.
Edward Island Government by “With regard to part loads: Mr. Keith MacKinnon last 50% load on a 4 axle tractor
‘Thursday. Mr. MacKinnon was repiresentiin-g the Maritime Transport Association of which he is President.
Mr. MacKay went on to state that when the matter ofspring weight r strictionsa came up ‘dart’
trailer would impose an axle load of 6,750 lbs.; in the case of a 3 axle job, 7.333 lbs. To be consistent, we would have to allow the same axle load on ordinary then opened I4.666~lbs.‘ “Even with all our restrictions, our pavement repair cost is 400.- 000 per year . With the 50% loadings suggested, it might cost double that amount. “While we do sympathize with the hardships imposed on truckers, it is well to remem- ber that they are brought about by weather conditions. The prob- able cost of the concession they suggest, seems out of propor- tion to the number of people in- (Continued on page9 col. 2)
Third Russian Moon In Space?
WASHINGTON (AP) Gov- ernment intelligence experts re- ported Friday they have some evidence Russia has fired a big missile into outer space.
They said this missile might have thrust a third and bigger Soviet satellite into the heavens but they acknowledged they are not sure. ,
No government department or agency was willing to say on the record that it knew positively the Russians had launched what was described as a very large missile.
These authori-ties, however, who usually keep close check on
inst prior to the signing of the Trans Canada Highway agree- ment, it was decided that it was not feasible to build an all-weath- er road at a cost the county could not afford.
“A representative of Que- bec had this to say, ‘I think we shall have to abide by pnovincial practice. We could not build to any standard that would allow heavy traffic at all times in our
able a few hours after officials reported the R u s s i a n s were about ready to fire a missile. The implication of the 2..-w re- port was that, if true, the Rus- sians launched it very recently.
The speculation _was mainly about a new Soviet earth satel- lite but did not rule out an at- tempt to hit the moon. AIR OF EXPECTANCY
Guarded remarks of a number of officials here, plus the refusal to comment by other usually well-informed sources, lent 22 air of expectancy in key govern- ment departments.
One informant said he was
a forced landing Thursday after being shot at from across the Tunisian frontier. The pilot and his observer were unhurt.
OTTAWA (CP) — The board of trans p o r t commissioners sus- pended Friday an increase in freight rates on export-import rail traffic tied to a United States increase.
The increase~six cents per 100 pounds on most goods passing through Canadian ports — was held up indefinitely pending hear- ings starting March 31. The rail- ways proposed to put it into effect Feb. 15.
The oi'der—due to be made pub- lic officially Saturday—-is the sec- ond freight rate increase suspen- sion this month.
The cabinet. ordered suspension of a board decision authorizing railways to put into effect a 3.6- _'er - cent general boost worth ibout $15,000,000 a year.
This was the first cabinet sus- pension in 40 years. It is effective until at least March I. or until the board hears argument by the bailways and the eight provinces -—all except Ontario and Quebec
Freight Rates Increase On Exports-Imports Held Up
Soviet developments, said the personally prepared for a Mos- Levidence seems to have a firm cow announcement -that “a new lbasis. bigger and fancier satellite" had
I This information became avail- been put into orbit.
amounted to a flat six cents per 100 pounds, on a variety of com- modities. Export whtat was ex- empted, but flour moving for ex- port would be included.
WOULD HARM FLOUR
SUSPEND BELL BOOST
The cabinet also has suspended another board-authorized increase on the same terms, one that would have empowered Bell Tele- phone Company to boost Ontario
trucks. who “could .. with'.srass leadgnelf ‘
and Quebec phone rates by an average three per cent. That also is held up until at least March 1 pending a cabinet hearing.
In the case of the export-import rates, the transport ,board broke sharply from precedent in decid- ing against following—-without a hearing—a decision of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission that; Officials here could give no eS_
governs U.S. railways.
From the ICC, the US, rail- ways receivcd authorization to in-
crease a series of rates that in-i The transport board has no _ [breakdown of export-import traf- tfafflc through Easter“ and W95I‘lfic in terms that would indicate ern ports. It has been customary the Value of a siX_cent boost for the Canadian board to grant‘ similar increases in order to kccplnm-many regarded as tied to the Canada and the U.S. port rates U_s_
at 3 semblance 05 Parltl’ to 3V9“ through the ports and across the
elude those on e.‘;p()l‘I and import
cut-throat competition.
—-appealing the increase.
lBoard, in charge of the market-
ftimate of what the suspension of the increase would mean in rev-
Thc U.S. increase In this use $275,000,000 I year.
The Canadian board received complaints that this imposition on Canadian flour would discrimin- ate against it in world markets. One complaint, it was understood, came from the Canadian Wheat
ing of grain and grain products
for the f e d e r a 1 government. Others came from millers.
enue to Canadian railways.
The total of Canadian traffic railways — including that
Canada-U.S. border —- is roughly
WEATHER
Snowflurries; continuing very mild: 635*‘
erly winds 15 becoming
northerly 15.
Low-high at Charlottetown 28 and 35
Nogniggrn FIVE cams
A surplus of $69,359.78,\. a sub- stantial» decrease in net debt apart from borrowings incurred for the construction of Birchwood High School, and tax collections exceeding the levy for the year for the first time since 1948, were highlights in the report of Coun. Edwin E. Johnstone, chairman of the finance committee in the Council, at the Council’s annual meeting last night. Other mem- bers of the committee are Couns. A. Walthen Gaudet and Gerald R. Foster. Following is the full text of Coun. 'olinstone’s report This report of your Finance Committee is, as always, accom- panied by as at last December 31st, and the. Financial Statements for the last fiscal year, prepared by the
of the City Clerk. These statist- ical reports are intended to in- dicate precisely,
cial position and the degree of success which attended the op- eration of the City’s Business during the year considered.
REVENUE EXPENDITURE
Total Revenue for the year was $1,107,653.37 as against $1,053,-. 439.90 in 1956‘. ‘ ‘ Total Expenditure for the year was $1,038,293.59 as against $1,- 024,029.04 in 1956.
/This, shows a surplusof $69,- 359.78 for the year 1957 and it is noted that our bank balance in current account as at Decem- ber 31st, 1957 was $78,799.53 as 00m-Plared with an overdraft in that same account of $33,097.32 at December 31st, 1956.
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City’s auditors from the records a
and authorita- ; tively, the City’s present finan-
Tox. Collections‘ Are Above Year's Levy U
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loans payable, bank overdrai‘ts- and accounts payable. 1885 C8511 and bank balances and sinking funds, is $3,941,455.52, an in-_, crease in 1957 of $195,844.66. It will be noted, however, that since $700,000.00 was borrowed for the Birchwood High School with $294,250.98 unspent at the year end, this program alone re- sulted in an increase in the net debt of $405,749.02, so apart from this, the net debt would have de- creased $209,864.36.
nouns sow Your Committee, during the year, sold bonds. tothe amount
pf-_$993L3fl.l; .nEaa'de up as follows-““;«
__ _ , gh School $700,000.- (Continued on page 9 col. 3)_
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Election
OTTAWA (CP)—-Friday night's wind-up of this session’s 77th sit- ting day did little shed light on the big question rhanging over Parliament Hill The date of the next election.
Works Minister Howard Green. government House leader. spoke at the night adjournment listing the order of Commons business for Saturday and Monday.
But he did not give specific as- surance that Parliament won't be dissolved today for an early elec- tion. ’
Mr.‘ Green said "any business Monday would have to be”ieither debate on a government proposal to repeal the Commons rule on debate-limiting closure, or a sup- ply motion.
He declined to elaborate when Stanley Knowles, deputy CCF leader, asked what was meant by that. ’
Mr. Green gave a non-commit- tal reply -when Lionel Chevrier, Liberal House leader, asked when the government expects the ses- sion to end.
The man who would know the answer about a possible election -—if he has made up his mind—is Prime Minister Diefenhaker. He isn’t saying. .
Questions to him on that point in the ‘Commons Friday produced a tart reply which stirred up a brief storm. ,
Later, when reporters sought the same information following an afternoon cabinet meeting, he shrugged and smiled.
Much of the talk has been of a March 31 election to give time
Date
ls Big Question
chinery that would require dissoh ution of Parliament by today at the latest.
Mr. Diefenhaker was asked whether Parliament will be in session Monday.
“I have no comment to make in answer to any questions on that matberKait this time." the prime minister replied.
Governor-General Massey, who would normally sign dissolution papers, is in Quebec City. He will return Monday night for one day and fly to the Bahamas for a three-week holiday.
A reporter asked whether the deputy governor - general, Chief Justice Patrick Kerwin, had the legal power to dissolve Parlia- meat.
‘‘I 'haven’t given that any consideration,” Mr. Diefenhaker said. '
Until Thursday, the government said Friday was its target for winding up the session which be- gan Oct. 14. However, the Com- mons still has before it for ap- proval more than half the spend- ing program for the fiscal year ending March 31.
600 Young PC7s At Convention
OTTAWA (CP)—-Some 600 dele- gates registered at the 11th an- nual meeting .f the Young Pro- gressive Conservative Association of Canada Friday. Before the Conservatives came to power last June, peak attendance at the an-
for preparing ‘the election ma-
Reports Show Mixed - Up In
HALIFAX (CP) — This could turn out to be one of the craziest, mixed-up winters in the Atlantic provinces since weather records were first kept in 1874. g
In Halifax, there wasn’t enough snow to measure in January. At Liverpool, N.S., a record of 11 inches of rain fell this month. Northern New Brunswick has shivered under as much as 38 inches of snow at one time.
Prince Edward Island Friday was lashed by between five to eight inches of snow, the first big drop of the year. Newfoundland, for the most part, has been balmy. It has not had more than an inch of snow at any onetime all winter.
NORMAL BUT MILD
nual meeting was 125 delegates.
This Winter The Mciritimes
precipitation actually has been “about normal.” But it all came down ‘as rain instead of snow be- cause of continual mild spells.
The January scarcity of snow in Halifax broke all-time records. The closest year was 1937 ‘when 3.1 inches fell. In fact, since win- ter began only 3.1 inches of snow has fallen here, not more than an inch at a time. 1
Sport convertibles with tops down have been noted around the city. Motorcycles also have been having a field ay. In Amherst, two young golfers went a ound the course in mid January and claimed the recor.l for 1 starters."
The weatherman a d v '1 s e d goomily however that “February is usually a bad month and II
The weather office here says could still catch up.‘
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