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Appropriations’ To Public Works In’ Prince Edward Island

Islanders. Make liood Showing it Amherst Fair

aiuaunsr. N. s. hhroh e- (spgolalb-Frarilr sandaraon, North moor, won first in a class o1 i’! at the seventh annual Plat ltook show and sale here today. Judg- [rig was completed. All classes were well filled, with l total o! m amries.

A Hereford steer, Owned by C. C. Barteaux and Son. Clarence. N. 5., won the d champion ‘in The reserve c anrpionship went to another Hereford, owned by A. V. Cooke of Waterville, N. B. ' Miss vema Sanderson of North River, P.E.i., showed the top Ini- rnsl in the Boys and Girl: Club class. Fred Kitson of Hampshire was third. Audrey Kitson, fifth. and John Sanderson seventh.

1n addition to his first plaice win, which was 1n Class N0. 1.. Frank Sanderson won fourth in Class No. 2, Group i, and third in Group 3. Francis Gleason, Cherry Valley won fourth in Group 2.

in class four. Norris Kitten, Hampshire was fourth in Group i. In Group s Millar Sanderson won third, Frank Sanderson, fourth, R. Stewart, Hampshire, 111th and sixth. Miilar Sanderson, seventh. and Non-is Kitson, eighth.

Frank mnderson took second place in the senior showmanship competition. Verna Sanderson was

wseeond in the junior shonvmaneltlp

class.

Supply Di llsaiar Cars improving

when“ Point to a continued improvement in t-hesupply of re- lrlgerator cars for tfhe use o! Is- Wld Potato shippers, an official of the island Division, Canadian Nat-

ional Railways. said yesterday. ' More refrigerator‘ cars are avail- bble for shippers now, he said,

than for the past several weeks ynléh the supply steadily moi-eas-

Coming Events

0| i‘. I Mgrlcllgnggih‘ hit. Hope. Friday,

"Juvenile hockey at Milton to- nlsht Wlnsloe vs. Milton.

"Come to the R, Q s“, in

Market Bulldi . ma‘ 3 pv M. ng Saturday, March

"Heekmv tonight at LongCmelr.

lllee Point vs. Long Creek. strata titer.

FrrDiiiit-e North ‘Wiltlhire hall In i181. March 12 in aid o1 Darl- Sloii women's Institute.

,°;'16::-:g\: Piiggnzt; Fraerletcn ‘"1 1i a. n. and will. m b- L. MacDowell.

""°°"=Y m» Royalty ma: to- “13111. Brackley Rovers vs. my.‘

town R0 m"- "rl- Good ice. mate

"Pa" prlqp are 0

probably at m? “Wet now. Ibi- mixed car. Mfrimv hiiiioffi‘ »....“’..".l‘. A °- F- G111. Cl-iarlottetowlr.

aahnnufl M s»... ..'e"..":... "a": “n b" held in ldflllton on "W1 11th. at s}. as. a“. ~~='-"3i’.'f.“.".'..... ' “W I "It Winters ‘A- l1. It: m} ..0 “In vs " ' the

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UITAWA. March l-(OP) —'I1lo

l 1ollowing appropriations so: pub-

lic works in Prince Edward Island were contained in the estimates is: the year ended March 8i. i040. tabled in the Commons today: (Inst year‘: vote in brackets). fitariottotdwn - public building (revote $0.0M) 100.000 (60,000); Canoe Cove -— breakwater repairs 03.000 ( l; Charlottetown - towarda wharf reconstruction and improvement: 850,000 ($ifl,000); harbor: and rivers lenerally -for intenanca c! services, no new works to be undertaken, and to authorise commitment: against future years in the amount of 035,- 000. K1000 (00,000); , Launching Pond-boat harbor (revote $50,000) ‘H.000 (50,000); Little Sands -- wharf reconstruction 70.000 (-_-'-); Montague —- what‘; reconstruction (revote) 38.000 (40000); North Lake - reconstruction of braak~ waters 18.000 b‘); Rec’ Head- harbor improvements 7,000 (6.500); Souris -- breakwater repair: 50000 (64,000); summerside railway wharf - repair: to wharf and re- construction o1 shed (revote $7,000) 9.000 (9.000); Surrmerside to take over and reconstruct Holman‘: W181’! 85,000 I‘); Tignlsh —- repairs to breakwater: (revota $63,- 400) 00.000 (66,000); Wood Islands -wharf improvements (revota $67,. 000) 192000 (75,000).

Will Present‘ Brit To Legislature

The Prince Edward Island Ped- eration of Agriculture will present a brief to the Provincial Legislat- ure at 3 o'clock tomorrow after- noon in the interests o1 tho agri- oulibttral industry oi the Province. It is understood that. many of the resolutions passed during the re- cent Farmers’ Week held in the City will be embodied in the brie!

. and that the lcgislature will be

requested to maintain Standard dime throughout the Province.

Supporting the brief at its pra- sentatiou will be the following. directors of the Federation: g _ Capt. J. J. MacDonald, Glen- tinnan. ED. Reid, Charlottetown; J. L. Dewar. New Part-h; Mrs. Michael Doyle. North Rustioo; A1- exander Hamilton. Sumsnerville; Earl I086. Mt. Herbert; John F. Arsenauit. Wellington; LI‘. Camp- bell, Newport; Gordon Macmillan, Cornwall; Mrs“). F. Boston, Wilt- shirl; A.B. Mcaclhe, Union Road: Keith ‘Donald. Malpeque; Kenneth McLean, Central Lot 10; Louis O’- Connor, Clifton; Col. F.I.‘ Andrew. East Royalty; Albert Acorn. Dun- daa; Shirley Sutherland, Green- wich, Bt. Peters.

PIAAN ROYAL TOUI ‘ CANBERRA. Mamh 9 —(Reut- oral-Prime Minister Chifley an- nounced today that Munitions Miniatcr J n Armstrong has been ap inted Minister ‘in charge of the forthcoming royal tour. which is expect- ed to last from lilwceksto three morttha. It is likely that New Zealand will be visited first.

asaussm. other novlnces a u. a. use.

Blaze Confined To Attic llut Water Causes Damage

A fire that turned out to be more spectacular than damaging occurred at the Court House and Jail building at surnmeraide about 018M o'clock lack. evening. The blaze was confined to the attic and cupoia but waiter caused a neat deal of damage to certain section: o1 the building: particular. l9 the Siwrenne Court Room.

Orlzin of the fire ia unknown but it started in the attic above the third floor and in or near the cupola. It was discovered by per. sons on the street aftetrthe oupoia commenced to burn and in a few minutes the whole neighborhood was lighted up as this small wood-v en structure on the roof blazed like s torch. it gave the appear- ance that the whole building was sfire and in a short time a large crowd had gathered.

0n the third floor o1 the build- ing are the iailex-‘s quarters and the RCMP. bar-racks. The Moun- ties removed all their clothing and equipment‘ but the furniture was not removed from the jailers quarters and it was not dam-raged. The amount of the damage can not be ascertained till today as some of the rooms have plastered

time for water to seep through them. However, the whole bullo- lng is in quite a. mess and a large amount of repair work will be necessary to restore it.

There were only five prisoner! in the jail at the time and it was not found necessary to remove theme-S.

May Tighten lip Dn Fish Inspection

OTTAWA, March 0 - (CH-- Compulsory certification of. east coast canned fish slated for export may be institutcd this year by the Fisheries Department, Deputy Ministcr Stewart Bates today told delegates to the third annual meeting of theFishet-les Counczl of Canada.

This will be the first of several Government moves to inspect a.l fish products for export and for inter-Whvincial marketing. said the Deputy Mi later.

Mr. Baics sad low quality fish products jeopardized the con~ sumer market which the industry is striving to develop through high quality production. For this rea- son, he said, it is neceea y for inspection to start near the source of supply.

Power was already vested in ti}. Fisheries Department under the Fish Inspection Act. to carry. out certification o1 canned fish pro- ducts but amendment would be required to extend plant inspection power to include fresh. lroaen and mnoired fish.

Revision of the present fish 1n- spaction act will be recommended to Parliament possibly at nem year's session, said Mr. Bates. The Provinces. as well as the industry itself, will "have an opportunity of examining the revised act before it is submitted.

HILBIMCT. March 0 —(A.P)--A lively little woman of ea is the soul o1 Finland’: Communist Part-r

WW0!“ frilidship and mutual aid. As auoiuilertta luuainen i: one

11110 (It toned . i ".........".....".. “have:

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Woman Moving Spirit: ls: Russo-Finnish Pact

munlsts and radical Socialists auf~ fared a setback in the municipal elections lest December. l-Iertta Kuusinen appeared at. tbs Presi- dent's ball in s black velvet evan- ing gown.

‘Tm sure everyone will think Ian in mourn! ." she commented jokingly to a and aa she waits- ed.

Pill“!!! Nlnel

ceilings and it would take some -

Angry Scene in Commons

OTTAWA. March 0—(CP)- A bitter. lam scene develop- ed in the Common: tonight over the Government's so- oalled dollar-saving excise tax and ended with Ektctnal Af- fairs Minister St. Laurent ab- "In!!! adkllrning the Chamber as John Bracken. Progressive Conservative leader. was seek- ing to put a. question of Dflvllol

C.

Angrlly contesting Mr. 5t. Laurent’: motion to adjourn, though the custorndry ii

o'clock rllilt hour was minutes past. Progressive Conservative members rose in their seats with cries of “dictator-shi’ and a half-dozen began sing- ing the opening, defiant strains of the Communistlo “' ‘ tlonals."

Deputy peaker Rosa Mac- donald (L- rantford) ruled the motion “car-fled" and the I-louse

adjourned.

The demonstration develop- ed early in the evening with a blistering three-port! Attack on the ZS-per-cent excise tax, hunched in the Nov. 17 aus- terity program, which one Opposition member, fiery Dun- aid ‘Fleming (PC - Toronto Igllnton) said meant nothing more than that the Govern- ment bad “dipped illegally and unconstitutlonally" into. the pockets of the Canadian peo- pie.

Prices For Canadian Furs lip At London

LDNDON. March 9 -(CP) — About 60 per cent o1 Canadian skiing offered at the Hudson's Bay

y March fur sale of sliver foxes were sold at an increase o1 17 1-2 per cent over January prices, it was announced today.

There was interest in Norweg- ian and Swedish skins but only a small percentage were sold as shippers set prices too high for

era.

emaind was strongest for half, silvery and three-quarters silvery‘.

and the darker type o1 full silvery skins.

Caledonia Man Leads Class In Engineering

LAC. Wilson MacDonald. 55-" AL, o1 Caledonia. arrived in the City Monday night 1P0!" 05m? Borden, Ontario. where he has just completed a course in mech- anical dnllneering, having lead his class with top honours.

Mr. MacDonald spent Monday night with’ his aunt and uncle, Mr, and Mrs. Walter COuiscn, Kant Street, City, and cmplaned in one o1 Mr. Paul Sharpe‘: private planes yesterday morning for hi: htme in Caledonia. where he will mend three wash leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ‘Angus MacDonald.

Ilollowinl his leave. Mr. MacDon- aid will take- up his duties at an RCAJ‘. station at Trenton, Ont- aria.

Drilling operation: are being conducted along the vwest side of the Hillsboroudh Bridge by an en- gineer of the Dominion Govern- ment a: a preliminary step in de- termining a suitable location for the construction of a marine slip ln Charlottetown, it was learned yesterday.

The engineer, Mr. J.A. Vlllandre, Borings Branch, Department of Marine and ‘Transport, Ottawa, came to Charlottetown at the re- quest of the Provincial Govern- ment which has been in commun- ication with the Dominion Gov- errment concerning a suitable site for a, marine slip in Charlottetown for the past year.

Premier” Jones said last night that the Provincial Government in 1014 had purchased four or five acres at southport with the pos- sibility in mind of constructing e marine slip there. The project had, for vsrlolls reasons, however, never got to that point where any yerir ious attempt had been made to make it a reality until the coming of World War Ii when it was real- ized that a marine slip in Char- lottetown would have been o1 in- valuable assistance not only to the Canadian Navy but to the whole economy of the City of Charlotte- town especially during the winter months.

Mr. Tflurtelot‘! Visit

T..ast ‘summer. the ‘Premier said, Mr. Irving Tourtelot of Craridalhs, Boston. Mass, one o! the world's greatest designers of dry dock: and the Originator u! the marine slip, came to Charlottetown. Mr. Tourtelot, after making a careful inspection of the Southport ares. said that a marine slip could be constructed there but added elm the site had several disadvantages, Ha recommended that, if possible, some other location be chosen which would not possess the dis- advantages native to the Southport BT85.

Upon Mr. Tourtciotls second visit, a few weeks later, h; was shown the Hilisbomllgh Bridge site by Mr. Gordon R. White, Deputy- Mlnister of Public Works, and pro. nounced it a much more desirable

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Dismiss Charges Against P.E.l. Seaman

HALIFAX. March 0-Two mes-- chant seamen were sentcnced to seven days in jail today after conviction by Magistrate R. E. Inglis on charges 0.1 refusing to obey a lawful command of Capt. James Kleran, master of the freighter Yarmouth County. Char- ges against two others were dis- missed. y,

The charges grow out of at- tempted movement of ships tied up by the strike of three cfificer groups on Camdian deep-sea. vea- sels. ‘The waliroifi has affected eight frelghtars here.

Gierges against John D. Mec- Donald of 8t. Petorh, P. Ii. 1.. and ‘Thomas Green of Dartmouth, N. 5., were dismissed.

The specific charge was thatihe

en had refused to obey a commend of their captain tostand by to cast off mooring line: to allow the ship to be moved iirom her pier to a stream anchorage.

Eleven other seamen n-om the frelgbtar Bedside pleaded innocent before Mecistrato B. .1. Iiinn to similar diaries. and the oase was

adjourned until Thursday.

Help The + Red Cross

lilr. Macilaught To Sit 0n Veterans’ Aiiairs Committee

OTTAWA. March 9 -tSpecial) -For the first time in the present partliemcnt, Prince Edward island will be represented on the newly-

formed veterans affairs commit- tee which holds its organization meeting tunorrow morning. The Island member- of the committee is J. Watson MacNaiught, Liberal member for Prince. Other members of the committee from the Marl- time Provinces are Gordon B. Isnor. and John Dickey, Liberal members-for Halifax, Loren Bak- er. Liberal rnctniber for Shelburne- Yarmouth-Clare, Veterans Atffairs

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$3,547,000 For Ferry Terminals‘

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA. March 9—-'I'he Gov- ernment, in 1948-49 estimates for the Transport Department, today asked 33.547000 for construction and improvement of tormlnal fac- ilities for the Prince Edward Isl- and car ferry, including a revote of $1,360,000. This compared with $4,000,000 during the previous fis- cal year.

Fox Pelt Auction Opens At Montreal

TIM ATES l;AB llill VBYi rlnigigt MINISTER ABBOTT peg aczttaallztllngtieerhllere 3 de Co “rt Hause

Seeking Best Site For- Proposed Marine Slip

ThroneSpecch Debate Ends In Commons

Address lh-liaply To 4 Throne Speech Adopted Dy 101-95 Vote

OTTAWA. March 0-(010-‘1110 Commons voted 107 to D6 late to- day to adopt the address in reptv to the Speech from the Thro e. signifying endorsement of o Government's legislative program and policies in general

Bringing the lengthy Throne speech debate to a close, it was e straight Government-vorsue-Op- position division, with the Pro- gressive Conservative, C. C. F. and Social credit parties voting solidly against the Liberal forces.

MONTREAL, March 9 -lSpec- lal to the Guardiairn-The March auction of fox pelts by the Canad- , ian F111‘ Auction Stiles Co., Ltd,‘ opened here today.

Piatinunis. pearl platinums and. white marked silvers were neglect- ed. One-halt to three-quarter Ill-i vers vrere 92 per cent sold at a-ni average oi $18.03. Selected fulls were 75 per cent sold at an aver- age of $2039. Regular full silvers were 75 per cent sold at sn aver- age of $17.04.

(The above information was sup- plied by Mr. George A. Callback,

manager oif the Fur Marketing Department. Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders Association. Summerside).

BIG INDIAN INDUSTRY

Next to cotton and jute. iron rank: highest among India's in- dustrles.

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Committee

(By John lcBlanc OTTAWA, March 0—(CP.1—Pro~ posals that retailers’ bread prices to the consumer be lowered were made by members of the Commons Price Committee today as that body neared 'the end of its in- quiry into rising bread costs. Health Ministcr Martin, com- mittce chairman, suggested to wit- nesses for Canada Bread Conrpaiiy that bakers might reduce ‘their charges and enable retailers t4 pass such savings to the custom- ere.

From R. H. Winters (L-QUGEHS‘ Lunenburg) came the suggestion that retailers themselves might reduce their profit margin on a ld-cent loaf-now between 2 i-Z and three cents—in view of evi- dence that some of them are mill’.- ing a profit on a one-cent margin. But A. V. loftus of Toronto. pre- sident of Canada Bread, would g0 no further than to concede to M: Winters it would "seem" that re- tailers might be able to reduce

Cut In Bread Prices

their margins.

"II a grocer wants to sell low- er, I can't do anything about it," he testified.

Despite earlier evidence that one grocery chain was making a

Suggests

profit on s. ID-cent loaf ct its own manufacture and another was making money on a 10-cent. los.' it bought for nine cents, Mr. Loftus declared he did not believe a profit could be. made on IO-cent bread now.

Other developments today:

1. President Loftus said grocers had been taking a higher markup on bread in recent years.

2. The Canada Bread witnesses said they had made no profit in January on a loaf retailing for l3 cents. Later, this price was boosted a cent. i

8. committee members suggested a “vicious circle" was sending up bread costs since a price increase resulted in higher percentage com~ missions to salesmen, thus increas- lng costs again. '

4. Mr. Loftus expressed the view his company would have preferred to see bread controls and flour subsidies maintained. These were dir-ontinued last September.

5. The bakery head admitted his company had gained “a very ma- terial money advantage" last Sep- tember in making bread at an in- creased price from flour bought when subsidies were in effect. but he denied there had been "prot- itcering."

By Jame: MoCook

IDNDON, March 9 --(CP)— A Government white paper today told Britons that even with Mar- shall Plan oid they face harder times and without it-dlsastcr.

‘Ilhe white paper. read in the Home of Commons by Sir Stafford OrlPPl. Chamcellor of the Ex- chequer, said that British economy will collapse unless substantial United States aid under the Mar- lllll Plan comes this year.

In the Snow-word economic survey tho Government declared gravely that only the Marshall Plan can prevent wholesale unem- ployment and distress and dislocat- ion of industry. Without such aid there i: “no prospect of a decent standard of living for years."

An informed sesame said that even continued purchase of Can- adian food at present levels dc- peods on the United States mak- ing nrropeap recovery funds avail-

able. Icoogniaing the difficulties of gickiy expanding exports to the ted States to gain needed dol- lars. the white paper pointed to Canada and Argentina as the chief bopq of an early increase in eoaroe ctrrency earnings to help nal for essential ngmlies.

British Face Disaster Without MorslaallPlan

The source said that Britain's 1048 program of increased exports to Canada aimed at raising the 194’! value of 2411000000 ($160,- 000,030) to £70.000.0D0.

The white paper, franlest Cov- emmernt s. t so far on the depth of the cosmtry‘; crisis, dis- carded previous hopes among Gov- ernment leaders that Britain might be able to win through without fur-tiller United States aid.

The paper made clear that even with such imemploysstant |is likely to rise byhalf-from 300,000 to L50.- 000. Food supplies dissing the first half of 194s are expected to repre- sent 2.681 calories daily, corrvpar- ed with 2M0 last. year and a pre- war average of 3.000. A cut in clothing ration la inevitable unless there is increased textile produc- tion.

After warning of cooling un- certainties, the white paper must- ered this note cl hope:

any doubt upon the uithiate cap- acity of our people to regain their economic strength and stability."

Lord Beavarbrookb Ivetslfl standard greeted the report with a banner headline calling it "the

ures were in the Veterans Affairs. Finance, External ciffairs

OTTAWA. March 9 -(CP)—!X- trustee of Government expendit- ures for the 1948-49 fiscal ye have been tentatively set st $1. .- 146960, $131,000,000 lass than for the last fiscal year. but Finance

[Minister Abbott said that further

expenditures may later be found necessary.

Mr. Abbott tabled the estimates in the Commons just before the dinner adjournment, and later is- sued a press statement on the contents o1 the SOD-page blue booklet giving details o1 the pro- posed expenditures.

Further supplrmentary estimate: for the fiscal yell‘ 01101118 MON!) 31. 1944 still are to be submitted to the Commons.