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Sgt. Watson ls Commissioned

lgt. L. G. O. Watson of the Iboyal canadian Mounted Police who III stationed in Summerslde for more than four years. has been cornmls. sloned, effective December 1. it was learned last night. He war transferred to Charlottetown Headquarters of L Division lost. month and is going to Vancouver early inethe New Year.

Sub Inspector Watson, a native of Saskatchewan. earne to this P10111110! 1H 1N2 and since then has been gtationed at various de- iachments, including, Montague. lllborton and bummer-side. Hts wifp is from Montague.

i Coming Events-

"Movles at Victoria to-night,

"Brooktleld school concert 1"rl- day. December 20th, at 8 p.m.

“ilibanoaer Concert, December 19m. Sale of lunches by W. l.

"C0110"!- Lady Fana School, Friday. Dec. 20th. "

"Clyde River School Concert, Saturday. Deeesnbel- 21st.

"Esmacliiie Christmas Concert, Isrnaclifde School, December 20th.

"Hunter River School Concert, Friday. December 20th.

"Come to concert in south Freetown School, December 20th.

"Christmas concert Fredericton Hell this evening. Dec. 10.

"Unloading ear dtavings today and Friday. P. B. I. Live Stock ietlilfl Board.

"Dance Yeo‘a Hail. Montague, Friday, Dec. 30. Webster's Orch- as ra‘. '

"We are closed“ this Saturday all day for stock-taking. E. Arn. last, Htlrrington.

"Poultry - Buying daily live and dressed poultry. Paying top market Price Davis d: Racer Ld.

"Unloadin, car choice oats to- day and Priday in new bags. P. E. f. Livestock Feed Agency.

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"Eldon School concert, Belfast Hall. Saturday, December 2i, I D-m- bunches.

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"Meeting ‘of Strawberry Growers Saturday. Dcceenber 21st at 2 oclock in Mt. Stewart Leg-ion Room.

"Come to the School Chriatmal 50114191’! in 11d l-lall. Friday, December 20th. Silver collection.

"Loading Hogs at Peakes Sta- tion each Thursday for Davis t finder Ltd. Merlin Devlne.

"Loadinl Hogs at Montague Station each Thursday for Davis ti: Fraser Ltd. S. C McLea-n. Phone.

_"Loadin¢ Hogs at Cardigan Sta- ltfln each Thursday for Davis d: Finer Ltd. Norman McKenzie. Cardigan,

"Hartsville Christmas Concert. g-loartsvilie l-Iali, Friday, December

"New driving harness si $30-00 P" It and new snd used team

"Col Hole each Friday for m? t? Iraaer Ltds for B11052; ce hsough lununerviile. A1 "line. Vernon River. ' ‘ ‘. and Hermitage. Phone Gordon bee 20-2.

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Egg Production

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More Are Needed

E88 production is increasing but fall and winter production will have to increase considerably if advant. 18c is to be taken of the British market. Average farm production on P.E.I. at the present time is ap- ltroxhiately two dozen eggs per week. The weak link in the industry in P.E.I. is wir-ter production. If Producers are to remain a factor in the industry. more eggs must be produced in the fall and winter months and less in the season of 8111i. that is. >li7fin8 and. summer. Quality is good with demand for product remainirqatrong. Present receipt-f are not sufficient to meet Maritime local needs. Ontario eggs are being brought in to fill in de- ficiency. Prices are untctllanged.

Poultry receipts continue to in.- crease. especially chicken. Turkeys and geese are scarce. There has not been a decline in production of ‘tur- keys and geese but the product is not going through normal channels. Quality continues only ‘fair. De- mand ls fair to good.

Four chicken cameries are now in operation on P.E.l. Quality of pack is good.

(The above information was sup- plled by Mr. FEM Nash, senior

' poultry products inspector).

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' mmrxa. calla. Dec. 18-1118 heaviest earthquake in 14 Yeflrs shook this, coastal area of north- ern California at 5:21 am. P511‘- today. Light fixtures swayed and ‘dishes rattled but no damage was reported.

Joseph Bognude. in charll 0! the University of California leis- mograph at Ferndele. said the quake centred off Cape Mendo- cino. 1t lasted more than five seconds and approached damage- point intensity.

‘The last heavy tremor in this area. in i063. caused extensive damage. ‘

Te Seek 3 Million Foi llalllousila__

HALIFAX, Dec. 16 —-(CP)-A public appeal for 88.000000 to be used by Daihousle University in Pa

extension of univfity wwk" was announced tonight by Dr. Al. Kerr. lmilversity president, and Col. K.C. Laurie. chairman of the board of aovemors The campaign will open May 13.

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ed Minister of Health and Welfare; British Foreign Minister Ernest Leader. and John Bracken. Leader of the Opposl tion.

Fishing Industry Must Modernize 0r Quit,

closes. Left to right:

HALIFAX. Dec. l8 - (OP) - Nova Scotirs fishing industry must modernize or pass out of existence. Dr. Douglas L. Cooper, Director of Fisheries for the Provincial De- partment of Industry and Public- ity, sald in a statement released at Province House tonight.

“Government, industry and fish- emlen alike are faced with a ser- ious decision," he said. “Are we go- ing to eiopand to the limit olf ex- ploitation t! this our greatest aa- set. and are we going to modem- lm to the limit of our keonest com- petitors. or are we going to per- ish?" _

l-le gave three reasons why Nova Scotilrs fisheries had not develop- ed to the extent of the industry in the United States and Newfound- land:

1. Failure for 16 years to recog- nize that the industry as a whole was shifting from a salt fish to o fresh fish basis.

2. High taxation resulting from the war.

3. Uncertainty following the Maclean Ocmmission findin! “condemning the use of modern trawlers except in restricted 0D- oration."

Nova Sootia now had slightly less than twice the freezing capacity in- fish plants for handling fresh fish that she had in 1941. In the some period Nevrfoundland had, ‘iwhere taxes are lower and restrictlohs fewer," increased its freezing cap- acity 13 times.

"Nova Scctia is on thc best fish- ery site in the world." Dr" °°°P9T said. “Now that the uncertainties have been removed the industry can be elcpeeted to pros-rm- But- the business as a whole must Pa?!’

llallfax Taxi Owners

To Seek Rates Boost

nanmax. Dee. its-Tan’ oper- ators said here tonight that their representatives would approach the City Cabs Committee soon to ask an increase in the current Bil-cent basic charge. possibly to BO cents. They said the request for increased charges was forced by the announced l0 per cent in- crease in new car prices.

NEWSPIINT IIIOI-TAGE

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18 -—-(AP) -The Philadelphia Record announ- ced today that it will carry go more advertising. emcept death notices. church and legal advertis- ing and amusement ads, until Jan.

i1. due to a rdtrioted supply lneweprint.

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November Rail . Freight T rallies Shows Increase

Statistics just released from the office of the superintendent. Can- adian Natlonal Railways, Char- lottetown, reveal that last month's freight trams about the Strait. via the Borden-Topnent‘ vice verse. greatly exceeded the freight traffic on the same routes for November, 194.5.

Following are some of the car- lcad figures for last month's Bor- den-‘Ibrmentlnc traffic with those for November, 1945 in biackets: live stock. 156, (143); potatoes, 1,608. (1,363); turnips. 144, (189); total oars shipped, 2,150, (1.965).

Through’ Tormentlne to mrden: coal. 333, (435); flour and feed. 249, (196); meats. 4o, (21); gas and oil, 105, (78); total number of cars. 1.664, (1,285).

Analysis of the figures disclose that there was an increase of ap- proximately 30 per cent in the num- ber of freight cars brought to the Province last. month as compared to the corresponding period last. year. 0m the other hand, the per- centage increase of freight cars leaving the Province was only 19 per cent despite the 8708191‘ Ill-Wt‘ tity of potatoes shipped - 245 cars more last monththan for the vor- respondlng period last year.

Twenty-three cars of fish, fcllr cars of butter and cheese, eight of Irish moss. one of blueberries, and sever, of Cllristmlis trees were nm- ong the more than two thousand cars of freight which left the Pmv- ince last month.

Oonduct Search For llranium In Alaska

WASHINGTON, Doc. l8 -(AP)—— ‘Ilhe United States interior Depart- ment disclosed today it is making a thorough geological search to de- tenmdn whether Alaska may be a source of uranium. the basic mat’ erlal foeatornio enelIY and the atom bomb. ' I

Also under survey are Mask" pobeifvtialitiea in oil. coal, gold and radium. and means of coping with the construction problem of volcan-

.io activity. and

permafrost ‘he ‘ly froaen around which the territory.

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Parliament Will Open January 3O

OFITAWA. Dec. l8 — (d?) _ Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced tonight the next session of Parliament will open Jan, 3o,

The brief announcement was made following a cabinet meeting.

It will be the third session of the _20th parliament. The second session was opened last March 14 and Dmrflgued A118. 30.

It was thotlmhi the Cabinet also had before it today the program of legislation to be placed before the members when they meet next

v month. Outstanding items on the

agenda are expected to be bills to give statutory form to various price and other Oontmls being continued.

There also will be a handful of other bills which could not be pass- ed at the last session due to lack of time.

Standing of the Commons: Lib- erals 124: Progressive Conservatives 6'7: 0.0.1". 28: Social Credit 13; others l1: vacant 2. -

0f the two vacancies, only one will be filled before the third ses- sion opens. This is the vacancy in Richclicu-Verehcres. caused by the death last month of Hon. P. .7. A. Cardin. independent memben The by-eiection in that constituency is scheduled for Dec. 23.

The other vacancy, caused by the death of W. C. lviaedorlald, Liberal

memher for Halifax. is nut ex- pected to be filled before next spring.

N. S. Oabinet

HALIFAX, Dec. 18 - (C?) ~- The Nova Scotin. cabinet, in session for the past two days to discuss the latest exchange of correspondence between Primo Minister Macken- zie King and Premier Angus L. Macdonald. will continue its meet- ing tomorrow, it was learned to- night.

The calbinet meeting began af- ter the release Monday night of the exchange of correspondence which indicated several points of differ- ence still separated the Dominion and Nova Scotla on proposals for a new taxation agreement. No an- nouncement is expected until the sessions are over.

The wartime tax agreement, be- tween provincial and federal gov- ernments expired Nov. 30.

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Seek To Replace Franco in Spain

LONDON, Dec. iii-An author- itative government source said to- day the British diplomatic mis- sion in Spain is engaged in the unusual task of making contact with various political groups with a view to aupplantlng Generalis- aimo Franco and that it would not be “surpi-IsIng" if the United Slates were doing lho some thing.

tTllc sintr- Department in Wash- ington said the Unlted States Govornrruent was standing on leg ‘contention that the Franco prob- lem is one for the Spanish people to work out, and that the gov. ernment was not undertaking any study of the possibility of a new coalition government such as re- ported under discussion by Brit- ish diplomats in Madrid.)

Salinas‘ Ilelds lip Moactes Restaurant

MONCION. N. 5.. Dee. 1s - (cP-an mated gunman anter- ed into an uptown restaurant base shortw alter midnight this snot-sing and proceeded to olean the oatgh

connectll with the robbery but the driver abandoned the car and, I-

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, . ‘ ‘ l 1i orrawa Dee. 1a -tcr> - public has alarm an annual salary boost of i. e!- fectiva Jest. 1. for principals. teach- urselv caretakers and other

officials. ~ , - In addition. the board also raised lnaxionan salaries b! I000 and mtnasslsm salaries by S200. ‘rheyset the mialsa salaries for wosnus teachers as no and the mast- lllilh at Mdnaslam for marl t‘ be __ and mnhaass QM

lliscussesiaiesie. "Federal ‘Offer

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Oemand For Mink Pelts Good, Fox Only 27 p.o. Sold

MONTREAL. Dec. 18 -—(Slpecial) —The December sale of the Can- adian l-‘ur Auction Sales Co. Ltd. commenced on Monday with 30,000 ranch mink pelts catalogued. These met with active competition, 60 per cent being sold at prices l un- changed to five per cent higher than at the Dec. 4 sale.

(Note-prices declined at the

Dee. 4 sale between 30 and 4O per cent from a similar sale held in Dec. 1945.) I Sale of fox pelts, of which 16,673 lwere catalogued, found the demand anything but great. Final figures showed 27 per cent sold at an aver- age of $17.97.

The platinurns were 2'! per cent sold at an average of $34.64; pearl platinums were 13 per cent sold at an average of $26.72; white marked were 23 per cent sold at an average of $21.86: one-half to three- quarter silvers were 40 per cent sold at an average of $18.33; select- ed full silvers were 18 per cent sold at an average of $22.44; regular full silvers were 25 per cent sold at an average of $17.24; inferior twee were-rill per can: sold at an ‘average of $12.61; low guises were 11 pa: cent sold at an average of $3.97-

(The above information was sup- plied by Ml‘. George A. Callbeok. manager of the Fur Marketing De- partment, Canadian National Fox Breeders Association, Summerslde-

Ashes Are Strawn Over Times Square

NEW YORK. Dee. 18 -— (AP) - Broadelvay, the street he loved and spent most qf his life writing about. today received the ashes of Demon Runyon. They were strewn over the Times Square area from an airplane by Eddie Rickenbacker. long a friend of Runyon who died Dec. 10.

The plane, which also carried Damon Runyon, Jr.. and his wife. was banked over the cemetery- wllere Rlunyong first wife is bur- ied, and later over the Statue 0f Liberty in New York Harbor. Then Rickenbacker tilted the urn a5 the plane passed over Times Square.

Runyonfis son said the columnist had left him written instructions that the ashes be "scaiered over the Island of Manhattan, the place that I have truly loved and that was so good to me."

MAILING RECORD

UIUN. N. 8.. Dec. l8 (CW-With 76.253 letters passing through the cancelling machinein the Ihcdcrlcton post office yes- terday whlch set an all time high for mail handled and the biggest day in stamp sales, post office officials stated today that it was thought that the peak of the Christmas mailing has been reach- ed locally.

Fllli TRANSPORTATION

Free railway palace to the near- est school are granted in New Zea- land to children living near a rail- waylinabutoutofratlgeofthe

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Double F any Service For Tourist Season N ext Year

The West Point, PET-Sue. 10110119. NB. ferry service will be Wcratlng 1n time to accommodate part of next year's tourist traffic from the mainland to Prince Ed. glue-cl Island. it was learned yegtgr.

ay.

The llllbrlliution which came from unofficial but llllthentic sources, reveals that the promoter-g of the new service are now assured of their ability to purchagg tiwq American ships whose type of con- SlHIGtIOn and dimensions are stilt- flble in every respect for ferries to Ply between West Point in Prince County and the New Brunswick port of Buctouclle.

Mr. W. Sanford Phillips, prom- inent business man of OIeary. and Mr. W. Tanton. mayor of Al- bertcn and president of the West Prince Board of Trade, are among those actively engaged ln promot- ing the project.

The two sister ships are each 203 feet long. with a beam of more than 25 feet. and a draught of only seven and‘ a half feet. The shal- low draught maker, the ships ideal for that particular route since the anpense of dork construction will not be nearly so great where ex- tenslve dredging is unnecessary.

Natural Advantages

Each ship will be capable of car- rying 20 automobiles and six motor-trucks on each passage across the Strait.

The " between West Point and Buctouche is but seventeen

length as the Wood Islands-(Jaribou route. Promoters of the service state that the new route will have a natural advantage not possessed by any other Island-to-ihe-main- land service. Slightly north of a straight line drawn between West Point and Buctouche, there ie a stretch or comparatively shoal water running in a north-westerly - south-easterly direction. This natural stretch of shoal water servos as a natural breakwater for ships sailing through the Strait. especially for those vessels and steamers entering the Strait be- tween Escumlnac and North Cal)!

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Nationalization 'Ol Britain’s llail System Approved

LONDON, D80. 18 -—(AP)—The House of Common; voted 362 to 20d tonight for nationalization of Brit- ain's railway system. giving a de- cisive second readirn, to the far- reaching transport bill which had been under fire from Conservative members in three days of debate.

The debate reached a. climax to night when Herbert Morrison, presi- dent of the council, declared that. nationalization would permit "a bold a-r-i considered program of transport development."

Concluding the case for the op- position, Anthony Eden. former for- elBn secretary, said passage of the bill “will be riot-hing less than a major national disaster." He added that “the only economic justificat- ion for this bill is greater efficiency and lower coats and we should like to be ailolwn how tilts is roing to be

for compensation of railway stock- holder; s; "confiscation of income

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OTTAWA. Dee. ll-(OID-Beset by conflicting ssures. Feaeral authorities have a bllsterlngiy hot potato on their hands in rentals and tenancy control.

0n the one hand, landlords “everywhere are crying lourlly for loosening of the controls. On the other. the even bigger horde of tenants-and they include the huik of organised labor-are urging that the lid be kept clamped down. Despite a flood of recent un- ofiiohl forecasts that rentals may be ivtoed to seep through the cell gs for i0 to 1O per cent i111 creases, the government contlnuea to maintain a tight silence.

Amid ail the speculation. the

safest information at the moment

for many who can ill Ifldrd 11-" .

Rental Controls. Hot ‘Potato For, Ottawa

appears to . be that .the cabinet has the matter’ constantly in re- view but has not yet made up its mind.

Prices Board chairman Donaki - ‘on has described the issue as the biggest headache of his Board.

arr. Gordon eeincedse that many hndiorda have a good ease for re- lief, but he says it would take too cumbersome an organization to deal with oases individually. And the complaints arising from land- lord-tenant relationship are In such variety that no general ruloe can be laid down to handle them all satisfactorily.

If controls were to go, 1dr. Gor- don said recently, it would result in "substantial" rent iaaeeeee and many thousands of evictions and consequent dlstresa '

miles or approximately the same‘