SPLASHING IT UP!

Children from Mt. Herbert | escaping the deluge. All three

_ orphanage were “splashing it up’ at the YMCA pool last —pight: are Bob Williams (center) and Mitch Harris. Andrea Duvar

‘On the receiving end

| children’s outings at the pool.

are acting in a supervisory and teaching capacity for the

The Alpha Y’s Men's Club is sponsor for the project, which will see the children visit the

in the background seems to be | pool for 20 nights.

Truckers Stop Work, Seek Gov t-Set Scale-

The truckers’ strike that be-|the contractor for refusing to | Opera Company tonight when it

gan yesterday morning may be the*Tirst step toward a major development in the private trucking industry in this pro vince.

It may result in a govern- ment set scale of minimum haulage rates or the formation of a truckers associatiom- with power to negotiate rates with contractors. The government has a minimum rate set but it applies only on provincial government contracts. —

Some 4 truckers stopped hauling, fill yesterday morning

to the new federal wharf job)

in Charlottetown after highways department officials notified them. that the load limit of 24.000 pounds gross weight will be strictly enforced.

The truckers state that they cannot make a living wage on this job at the prevailing haul- age rate unless they overload their trucks. The truckers are being paid what amounts to 27 cents per ton for the haul from a pit near Mount St. Mary’s on the Mt. Edward Road to the job site at the foot of Queen Street. The load limit of 24,000 pounds gross gives. a net Joad of about 7% tons they net about 12 tons.

A truckers’ delegation ap- proached Highways Minigter Philip Matheson yesterday morn- ing 10 ask that the trucks be

a net tonnage basis of 10 tons |

Overloaded |

pay higher rates however. Most

ISLAND NEWS PAGE

Charlottetown and Queens County)

‘Funeral | For Late Senator

~ The funeral for Senator George H. Barbour will be held Satur. day afternoon from Trinity Uni- ted. Church with service at 1.30

p.m Senator Barbour died in the Senate chamber

at the MacLean Funeral Home. ar- riving late this evening from Ottawa. Interment will be in the Bloomfield cemetery.

TRIBUTE PAID

“T am deeply grieved to learn of the sudden passing of Sen- ator George H. Barbour. We were very close personal friends,” Thomas J. Kickham, Souris West, said yesterday.

served as provincial minister of public works, Eastern Kings procured its first major road construction work. : To his wife and family I em tend my deepest sympathy.”

“While Senator Barhogr?

| Lions To Hold

Convention Here During 1964

The 1964 multiple-district con-

| vention of Lions Clubs will be

held in Charlottetown, it was announced by William Brown last night at the regular meet- ing of the Lions Club held at the Charlottetown hotel,

He also reported on the re- cent mid-winter convention at Saint John, and outlined the dates and places of the 1962 conference.

Reid Sangster, director of marketing for P.E.I., as guest speaker pointed out. marketing problems of the area, and lined the products which in over supply, and short There - are’

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‘La Boheme’ To Be Performed By Opera Company Tonight

“La Boheme” work by the famous - Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, will be presented by the Canadian

| stages the first of three per-

the master/company during

its fourth Canadian and American tour, | The performance will be \staged by the company’s gen- | eral director, Herman Geiger- | Torel, and will be under the

agree that under thé contract |formances. at Prince of Wales; musical direction of James

Camac Construction Ltd. can- not afford to pay higher raies and that contract provisions should be made by the main contractor, J. W. Stewart and Northern Construction Ltd., to allow for higher rates.

Thé truckers have struck sev-

| College.

| The opera will be repeated Friday afternoon at a matinee performance specially arranged for school children and also Friday evening.

| The opera -is full of glorious {melodies and is the latest ad-

| Craig. | The principal cast includes | Ernest Adams, John Arab, Vic-

| tor Braun, Robert. Briggs, | Thomas Clerke, Tito Dean, | Constance Fisher, Barbara

Strathdee, Alexander Gray, Gwenlynn Little, Andrew Mac-

eral times in past months and | dition to the company’s large | Millan, Cornelis Ophof, Sheila

each time their demands have been met. This does not guar- antee them a sufficiently high rate on future jobs. however. MAY FORM ASS’N

Por this reason the truckers suggest a government-set mini- mum rate. If this cannot be had then a truckers association might be the answer. The as- sociation, formed on a county or provincial basis, would have a bargaining committee to discuss rates with the contractors be- fore a job begins.

The. truckers. have stated em-

phatically that they do not want |

to join a union. “The unions only take us for a ride,” they say. There is sufficient co-operation between individual truckers to organize strikes but their’ bar- gaining power aside from the weight of the strike, is limited,

| This- would be the main advan-

but the minister said this was |

impossible WILL BLOCK PIT?

The drivers then decided to hold out for a new rate that would give them a profit on /% tons that would previously have been realized on 10 tons. They say they are prepared to re- fuse to haul for as long as will be ‘required to obtain the in- crease. They will block the pit, if wecessary, to prevent the hiring of other trucks, they said.

They do not altogether blame

LOCAL BRIEFS

JOINS ARMY Ian MacLennan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon MacLennan, 22 Brackley Point Road has joined the Reval Canadian Army. He left Monday for his posting in London, Ontario.

WINSLOE CARD PARTY

Winners at the Winsloe Road card party Tuesday night were ladies’ first, Mrs. Neil Dia- mond; second, Mrs. Stan Youn- ker; consolation, Mrs. Ronnie MacDonald; mens’ first, Alton Younker; second, Alan Perry; consolation, Claude Craswell; freezeout, Mrs. Randy Vessey and Smith MacFarlane.

DOIRON FUNERAL The funeral for Miss Agnes M. Doiron was held

tage of the association.

Until. something ‘s done to improve rates generally, the Latte are Teady i old up the wharf job “indefinitely”. As the truckers say “the trucks are

better home in the yard than |‘Tuck driver, and Cnst. Erie |

| hauling for these rates,’

Convention . Is Listed

Mayor A. Walthen Gandet an- nounced yesterday that anoth- erlarge convention has been added to the list of those to be held in this city during Con federation Centenary celebra- tions in 1964.

Tt is that of the Canadian Plumbing ‘and Heating Contrac- tors Associatiog and will bring approximately 300 visitors to the city. Dates for the conven- tion have not been definitely set but it is expected to be held early in the summer.

Blaze Fought In Workshop

The Sherwood fire department extinguished a blaze in a work-

shop owned by Robert Bears, |

Falconwood Drive last evening

| about’ 7.35.

Extensive damage wag caus- éd to the equipment in ‘the workshop with slight damage to the building itself.

The fire was said to -have started by a spark from a _— igniting combustible ma- | terial. |

The Sherwood. firemen used | their 2.000 gallon tanker and | pump to extinguish the blaze.

Grease -

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NEIL’S IRVING SERVICE Open 7:30 a.m. — 10:00 p.m.

lubrication = minor repairs "Service to Please"

| repertory. It is. being perform. }ed for the first-time by

| Piercey, Rubes and Phil the S —

Reasonable Doubt Is Ruled Cause For Case’s Dismissal

| The case of Wynand Van- | Westereng of East Royalty was | dismissed last night when the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the ac- | cused. was guilty of driving a |motor vehicle without due care and attention.

The case was heard in Queen's. County magistrate'’s |court before Justice of the |

| Peace Albert Dinnis. The Crowa was represented by RCMP Cpl

| Erie Tedford while John P,

| Nicholson appeared for the ac-

| cused.

| The charge arose from an .

cident on Jan. 9 when the ace cused’s vehicle went into the

Giving evidence were’ LeRoy |George. Vessey, Dunstaffnage

Bishop, a member of the RCMP | traffic squad at Charlottetown. In his summation: Cpl. Ted- ford said that there was no evidence of - speeding and that in meeting another truck driven by Mr.¥essey, the accused's vehicle went into the ditch. He | observed that if Mr. VanWest- ereng had been driving with due care and attention he would not have-gone into the ditch. STONE SHIFTED Cpl. Tedford also stated that there was evidence of a large Stone apparently shifting which might have caused the vehicie to go into the ditch. He noted, however, that the stone wa#on the right hand side of the vehicle after the accident and this could have been the re |} sult of the truck going into the ditch. He stated that it was revealed that the accused had told the vestigating officer that he been forced off the road by a blue car but Mr. Vessey’s levidence: indicated that there | Was no other traffic in the atea. | Mr. Nicholson pointed out in | his summation that if there was | amy doubt, the accused must be given the benefit of the doubt, noting that Mr. VanWestereng was charged unaer Section % | which referred to driving with- out giving due consideration to other people on the highway. He stated that Mr. Vessey had said ‘the accused did not interfere with him in any way and there was no evidence of speeding.

Oil - Gas

ditch on the Mount Edwyrd |

The defence counsel observ- ed there was no evidence at all to convict the accused and that there was reason for doubt in the case.

Mr. Dinnis said he had to

agree with, Mr. Nicholson .and |

| noted that the evidence of Mr | Vessey indicated the accused did not do anything he ‘shouldn't have done.

He noted that there was doubt as to whether the rock had shift- ed to,.the right hand side of the | truck prior to the accident or | as the result of the accident. He said he had no other al-

| kets within reach for good, .at- tractively packaged products, jhe said, “However,. we must | work at this business of selling, |} and encourage everyone to do the same.

King Lion Vernon Williams

CANDIDATE TAKES OATH

— City Clerk John Butler, right. ‘at City Hall yesterday,

administers the oath to R. re -< Earl Taylor, candidate for a poll a deposit wae at seat on the Commissioners of | turned immediately after a de-

Sewers and Water Supply dur- ing Nomination Day proceed-

presided, and Russell Driscoll thanked the guest speaker. The meeting discussed a number of new projects,

William Brown led the song with Redmond Soy at piano.

MOUNTAIN BIRD~_ The nutcracker, related to the crows and jays, is a grey bird larger than a robin, found in

na MacDonald, Vickie MacNev-

the Rocky Mountains. in, Garth MacGougan and Clair

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