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RETURNS TO MOSCOW

MOSCOW, ‘AP)—U.S. Ambas- sador Liewellyn E. Thompson re-

-|apply annually to all signatory

WELSHMEN ARE CHAMPS

Province in the Dominion School- boy Championships in February, by defeating the Montague quar- tet 9-3. Members of the winning

OTTAWA (CP) —Liberal Paul

sociate defence minister in the

caucus.

Describing himself as ‘“‘a con- vinced — and unrepentant free he said the Geéneral

on Tariffs and Trade should not be renewed. It had served its purpose, but its goal of progressive tariff restrictions could be made. ineffective by customs regulations of member countries.

A new international agreement should be reached in ich mem- ber countries have two tariff. schedules—one for ‘“‘most favored nations” and a general one for all other countries. The mostavored-nation tariffs would

nations who had imported on the average in the three preceding years at least 90 per cent of the amount of their exports.

PLAN MOVING AHEAD Transport Minister Hees, also

turned to Moscow Thursday after consultations in Washington.

#4 / : $ “ ; ihe u =~ - isis ' ite ’ j Ps .. | WEATHER * Mild; becoming cloudy sbout noon; lig wath erent is ees an 7 ) 15. Low-high at Ch’town 10 and 32. “Covers Prince Edward Island: Like ,The Dew” - re x CANADA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1959. 12 PAGES wor wees FIVE CENTS

team are (from left te right) Allan Smith, skip; Dick Mathe- son, mate; R. Smith, second stone and Roger Micha@¢l, lead.

{One World Basis Urged On Trade

development program is going ahead fast. He cited spending on air fiekis and air ls, harb- ors and ships that \_ claimed was higher than ‘spending’ by the former Liberal administration. Leon Crestohl (L — Montreal Cartier) and Egan ' Chambers (PC — St. Lawrence-St. George) tangled over Mr. Créstohl’s crit- icism that cabinet ministers’ pro- nouncements on immigration pol- icy were perfect examples of con- fusion and contradiction. ¥ Mr,—Crestobl_said Prime Min

-lister Diefenbaker, Finance Min-

ister Fleming and Immigration Minister Fairclough ranged them- selves on the side of greater im- migration, denying that it increased unemployment and claiming it stimulated the econ- omy through new consumer buy- ing and establishment of new ‘businesses.

However, he said, Labor Min- ister Starr and Justice Minister Fulton, the latter while acting immigration minister, sided with advocates of curtailed immigra- tion in times of unemployment as the government had in fact done following the 1957 election.

INITIATED BY LIBERALS

Mr. Chambers said Mr. Crest- ohl’s criticisms were directed at a policy imitiated by the former Liberal government.

He advocated a full, active im- migration policy but added that immigrants should not be brought out to unemployment.

Parents Fearful School Will Fall

HALIFAX (CP)—Parents from Terance Bay, 15 miles from here, say they are afraid a four-room school housing 180 pupils will col- lapse.

A delegation appearing before the municipal school board Wed- nesday said there are cracks in

speaking in ThurSday'’s debate,

the walls and ceilings and the

said the government's national supporting posts are weak.

New Variety Of Seed Oats

To Go On Sale This Year

oats will be offerred

Se the Abegweit still the commonest

duction of slightly more than 13 per cent ctmpaired with 1957. Of the total amount 514,868 pounds were classed s eviscer- ated

The poultry division’s fe- port recalled that 16 students attended a three week egg- grading course held last year at Birch Court. Sponsored by the provincial government, instruc- tions were given by members of the poultry division of the federal department of agricul- ture.

Prices paid for ‘Grade A eviscerated chicken over four and one half pounds in 1958

were reported to be 4 cents per pound. _The necessity for continued on the part of growers to halt the farm-to-farm spread of potato diseases, such as ring rot, was stressed in the

vice. Only through a rigid sy- stem of control could such diseses be checked, the report added. $

Im the field of entomology it

was reported that methods have been found which ensure highly effective controls for root mag- gots which attack such crops as: turnips, cabbage, cauliflow- er, and carrots.

It is expected that up-to-date control recommendations, these and other crops will be made public shortly.

NEW OFFICERS |

Executive officers of the

| Council installed in office yes-

terday include: G._C. Ramsay, president; C. S. Scranton, vice- president; D. C. Read, secret. ary-treasurer; and G. B. White- side, past president.

Namd chairmen of commit- tees were: D. P. MacLean, hor- ticulture; Miss Theresa Mac- Lecd, junior activities: R. D. Crawford, livestock; W. E. Smith, marketing: G. H. Lewis, potato and turnip; E. A. Hol- land, poultry; R. B. MaeLaren,

publicity: D. W: Rogers, seeds and weeds; S. “D°- , Peacock, soils’ -and creps, and R. B. Snevclle, -foresiry and con. servation.

pos

Bach rink had a 5-1 record at the end of the double round robin

competition, forcing the playof* which the Welshmen captured. —

Ch’town Man Would Buy Killarney

DUBLIN (AP)—An Irish-Cana- dian has offered to buy Killarney from the American who bought it two years ago, it was an-

nounced Thursday night. The Irish-Canadian, L. Kelly of Charlottetown, P.E.L., e to

the Killarney council asking them to pass on his offer.

Kelly told the council he was prepared to buy the §$,500-acre estate for $200,000 or more. The council decided to pass Kelly's offer on to Florida reai estate broker J. Stuart Roberison of Boca Raton who bougat fhe es- tate in 1956 for a reported $224,- 000.

In Killarney it was chought un- likely that Robertson would sell. He bought the estate. from Mrs. Beatrice Grosvenor, niece of the last Earl of Kenmare in 1956.

(Investigations conducted ‘ere yesterday failed to disclose the identity of the L. Kelly mention- ed in the above despatch.)

Indian Throngs Welcome Philip

BOMBAY, India (Reuters) — Indian schoolgirls pelted Prince Philip with rose petals and jas- amine buds Tharsday as he drove 40 miles through the streets of the city to visit, two of India’s great modern. showpieces. Crowds estimated at more than 1,000,000 people lined the streets Philip’s first visit was to the Indian atomic energy establish- ment at nearby Trombay, where he saw a new reactor being built with Canadian help under. the Colombo Plan. He was shown around by D. J.: Wallace of Atomic Energy of Canada, Lid. Later he drove to the world’s biggest dairy farm at Aarey. where he had lunch. In the afternoon he piloted a Heron aircraft to Aurangabad, 200 miles east of here, where he saw Buddhist carvings in the caves at Ajanta and Ellora.

Causeway 7 Questions

whether it

Trequired as a result of building

Answered

» OTTAWA (CP) — A report on is feasible to link Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick by a causeway is scheduled for completion March 31, Works Minister Green in- formed the Commons Thursday.

However, he said in a written reply to questions by Heath Mac- quarrie (PC—Queens), an assess- ment then will have to be made of remedial works aieng North- umberland Strait vhich would be

a causeway. Mr. Green said G. B. Juint Venture—composed of the firas of C. B. 4. Engineering I.imited and Canadian-British Engineering Consultants—is making the feas- ibility survey.

Studies have been made of tides and currents, shoreline con- dition and land use, ice condi- tions and alternate sites, borings and soundings.

There was no mention of how long such a causeway might be

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or between what two locales it}

LONDO! Reuters) —Memories of the “killer smog” of 1952 re- turned to Britain Thursday as the worst and most widespread fog the winter smothered the coun- nd brought transportation al- to a standstill. department of scientific and isdustrial research said Thursday’s smc was about as bad as the first day of the 1952 terror which was blamed for an estimated 3,500 deaths in four days.

2,

at

at Greenwich on the Thames gave an average reading of 1.3 mil- ligrams per cubic metre for the last 24 hours, compared with 2.1 on the worst day in 1952. But an isolated reading at noon Thurs- day was a dangerous 3.4.

After 18 hours of the fog many

100 Industrial Deaths In N.S.

HALIFAX Scotia Accident. Prevention As- sociation announced Thursday that 100 persons died in industrial accidents in the province last

year. The figure includes 75 min- ore killed in the Oct. 23 disaster

might be built.

ets at Springhill. The 1957 total was 47.

OTTAWA ‘(CP)—The Canadian fur industry is “very concerned” that the United States may re- strict its imports of Canadian mink, says a government report.

Thus, it would not be “polite” to raise the matter of prohibiting fur imports into Canada, it warns.

The report is before the North- west Territories Council where

Symbol-Free Flag Backed

OTTAWA (‘CP Marcel Boivin (L. Shefford) proposed in the Com- mons Thursday that a Canadian flag should consist simply of bands of color instead of being cluttered up with symbols like beavers. maple ne and the like.

Adding the peat contribution to continuing discussion on a dis- tinctive Canadian flag, Mr. Boi- vin suggested there might well be four colors:

White—for Canada’s snow. Blue—for the two oceans. Red—for the uniforms of Gen. Wolfe's English troops at the Plains of Abraham in 1759. Yellow—for wheat fields.

He said he liked the simplicity of a colored flag, unadorned in any way. When he visited France he was struck by the people's emotional attachment to the tri-: color.

It would be an “error” to in- corporate the Union Jack. with its implication of British sover-

| Fur Industry Shows Concern Yanks May Restrict Imports _.

competition from fur imports had been discussed earlier.

It says that the American Mink | kee Breeders Association has made represéntations to the U.S. gov- ernment on import restrictions “and it is possible that the mat- ter may be cc asideréd at the next

parts of London were still virtu- ally blacked out Thursday. Air

traffic ceased, shipping was de- layed and trains, buses and cars barely mar>ged to crawl.

TWO ' ATHS

Two deaths and dozens of: in- juries were reported in accid- ents. Hundreds of cars were abandoned along main roads leading into London. Police walked in front of ambulan-

Closer personal contact between the provincial agricultural repre- sentatives and members of rural youth movements would perhaps have resulted in a higher enroll- ment fer the Department’s agri- cultural short course which so far has attracted only three ap- plications in Prince Edward Is-

(CP) — The Nova) jand

This was the opinion expressed yesterday by Mr. Walter R. Shaw, provincial leader of the Progres- sive Conservative Party and a former deputy minister of agri- culture.

Recalling similar courses of former years, Mr. Shaw aoted that there was never any serious difficulty in getting enough stu- dents. He attributed this to a closer liaison beween the Depart- ment’s representatives and mem- .} bers of the many 4-H clubs and juniors .farmers througifut the Island .

Mr. Shaw along with the Min- er of ee

Need For Personal Contact In Youth Course Is Noted

route to or from hospitals.

In southeastern Englaid visib- ility was between 10 asd 50 yards and by nightfall it was reduced tq zero in some Londor areas.

The fog ruined a protest dem- onstrations by 700 Welsh miners 20 buses to lobby me-abers of Parliament over a decision to close seven mines. By late after- noon only three buses had ar- rived in London. The others were stranded.

course which he said was given good leader-

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session of Congress.” SHIP RUSSIAN FURS As a further warning against)

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ward restrictive fur trade tices, the report says the government may become~ cerned about reports that sian white fox pelts are entering | the U.S. via Montreal.

Canada does not mark raw pelts with the country of origin “so that once such” pelts have entered this country from abroad, there is no way of telling from which country they originated.”

“Unless Canadian fox furs are marked, there is the danger that

the U.S. may prohibit all impo of white fox on the qouatl tat some of the pelts may be Rus- sian.”

The report says a conference has been-called to discuss mark- ing of ali Canadian raw furs.

KILLED BY SUNLAMP

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — William F. Bentley. 50 was the manager of a hotel at this seaside resort, which enjoys as much sunshine as any place in the United Kingdom. But there was so little sun this wintef that Bentley began using a sun lamp. He was electrocuted in his bath Thursday when the lamp fell into

eignty over Canada.

the water.

any Canadian industry moves to-}

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VANCOUVER (CP)—Prices in

| Canada “‘are inflated to a point

of explosive danger.” James Muir, chairman and president of the Royal Bank of Uauada, said Thursday night.

In a hard-hitting address to the Vancouver Board of Trade, he also said the Western democra- cies are suffering from a pathol- ogical fear of foreiga competition and added:

“Somehow it has to be brought forcibly home to us that, com- paratively, we are in indolent, pleasure-seeking and soft section of humanity as opposed to the endlessly toiling, fanatical. and dedicated hordes in other lands who seek first to equal and then surpass the productive powers of the western world.”

Mr. Muir said he believes the only way to achieve ncalthy éco- nomic growth in Canada and abroad under a oprivate enter- prise system is by izcreased prod- uctive efficiency ‘hrough freer

trade “at the same time that we retain and even increase incent-

for °

OFFICERS of the Federal-Pro-| elected at the close of a two-day, ed: Ag

vinclal ricultural Council

anaual mee.ing ye terday includ-

‘loft to right) D.C. Rend, G.B. Whiie

SCI L.a.y bca_urer;

side, past president; G.C. Ram- ay. president; and“¢.S. Scran-

the

Royal Bank President ees Inflation Danger

ives to further expansion.”

“It also requires us to look our costs squarely in the eye and quit fooling ourselves into be'iev- ing that we are an economic giant who can afford almost anything,”

“The true facts are that we are only moderately well of: aad have an urgent need to watcu our pennies so that we can find our share of the new capital soreiy needed for our future develop-

ition.

Confidence ‘Vere 174-48

Fears Of ‘Killer Smog’

Are Revived In Britain

Debate Will tnd Today

OTTAWA, (CP) The big gressive Conservative pei

in the Commons Thursday nighi turned back, on a vote of 174 te 48, a Liberal want-of-confidence ye — the government

. contradiction and

eres members were joined by the CCF party in the vote, which .came at the end of the second-last day in the 10 - day throne speech debate.

The debate is to conclude day on the traditional motion for”, an address in reply to the throne speech—in effect a motion call- ing for an expression of con- fidence in the governmeni. The want-of-confidence motion, moved by Opposition Leadet Pearson Jan. 19, said that the government “‘by reason of con- tradictory and confused policies, as well as lamentable indecision in dealing with grave national problems such, for example, as those concerned with mounting unemployment, no longer merit the confidence of this House.” Mr. Pearson threw his party's support M behind a CCF non-confidence motion which was beaten down by the Progressive Conservative majority by a vote of 174 to 48. That motion critic ized among other things “absenc® of social and economic

from government po‘icies

CNR To Drop. 2 Passenger Runs In C.B.

MONCTON (CP)—The CNR an-

nounced Thursday that it will discontinue passenger servicée March 1 on two lines in Cape Breton. » The railway was authorized te cancel the services between Port Hawkesbury and St. Peter’s and Port Hawkesbury and Inverness by the Board of Transport Com- missioners.

The CNR said the tri-weekly service between Port Hawkes- bury and St. Peter’s averaged only one passenger every second trip. Traffic on the other run was twice as heavy—one passenger every trip.

ment.”

Freight services on the runs will be continued .

Education Is Asked To Back Curbs On Lobster Poaching

OTTAWA (CP)—An educational program should be added to the present law -. enforcement cam- paign against Maritime lobster poachers, Herve J. Michaud (L— Kent, N.B.) said in the Commons Thursday.

He said that many responsible fishermen feel that, if present Poaching is not stopped, the fu- ture of the lobster industry is in

Mr. Michaud said in the throne speech debate that educational

pamphlets should be given to chil- dren in schools to take home, and that films on lobster conservation sheald be shows in every Galteg community.

He noted that responsible fish- ermen themselves want stronger law enforcement. A recent meet- ing had proposed a masdatory fine’ 6f-$2 fdt~every illegal lobster in a fisherman's possession, am@ suspension of a fishing licence fer one year if a fisherman was found in possession of a catch with more

than 50 per cent illegal lobsters.

North Sydney’s Fish Plant Fire Puts 100 Out Of Work

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. (CP)— Loss was expectedl to reach $500,- 000 in a~stubborn fire here Wed- mesday that destroyed a fish pro- — plant employing 100 per-

Officials of Leonard Brothers division of National Sea roducts Limited said a complete damage estimate had not been made. Of- ficials will examine the ruined three-storey building today.

The fire came as a further blow to Cape Breton'’s hard-hit economy. K broke out on the eve of sweeping mine closures in the area which wil] throw 4,100 coal workers out of their jobs today. ROCKED BY BLASTS

Two explosions rocked the shat- tered buildings. The plant was empty at the time.

However Sydney Mines Fire Chief Lewis J. Jessome, & col- lapsed while directing his men. He was dead on arrival at hos- pital.

Only the wind direction kept flames from reaching a nest of

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$.000-callon gasoline and an-

monia storage tdhks. The tanks threatened to reach the nearby CNR terminals. Some 1,000 bags of mail bound for Newfoundland were at the railway station for safe-keeping.

The explosions broke 11 wind- ows in the town hally directly in front of the fish’ plant.,They also knocked down several people but none was injured SHIS HEL

The government icebreaker Saurel and the tug Empire John pushed through heavy harbor ice to pour ‘water on the flaming building.

Plant worker Lawrence Long was in the building when the fire broke out. “I don’t know. what happened,” the 43-year-old father of 13 said. “I didn’t know any. thing about this until the police came down. The fite burned pretty fast.” He said the ‘re originated in an area where fish were smoked. _

Another man, Lloyd Moore, was working in the boiler room.

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Both were uninjured.

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