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Gov't Took Big ioss On Imported Butter Deal

OTTAWA. Oct. 20 —(CP) -De- iszled story of the 15.000,000-pound butter deal last winter in which the Government took a 10s; o; .1. ninsi $000,000 today was tabled in the CiITllnOHS.

The statement, prepared by Trade ltllnlsior l-lcwe in reply to Gordon lsnor iL—Ha.lifax). showed that. the Government paid an average of 74 cents a pound for the butter, pur- rllnsrd from Australia. Denmark niici New Zealand. to meet a Can- idian shortage.

The Government spent $11,511,401 ior 15,650,000 Pounds. distributing

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Coming Events

"Hope River bazaar and chicken supper Oct. 25th and 26th.

"Mail your Films to Garnbum Photo Studio, Charlottetown.

"Masquerade Dance, Iona Hall, Tuesday. October 25th.

"Regular Dance at Skyline. New london, each Friday night.

"chicken Raffle, K. of C. Hall, Bouris, ‘Tuesday October 25th.

"Now buying Timothy Seed, Reg- istered. Cleaned or Uncleaned. Mc- Gulgan and Boyle.

"Dance in Fort: Augustus Hall, October 26. Lunches. Sponsored by Junior Farmers.

"Bean Supper. Bingo, Games, Dance. etc, North Rustico, Friday, October 21st. Suppers at 5 P. M.

"Show. "The Plainsman” witzh Gary Cooper at North Wlltshirc tu- nilrht at 8.30.

"See "Gone with the Wind" at Crapnud Theatre, Friday and Sat- lirdal’. 7.45. '

"Dance Community Hall, Moreli Rear, Monday, October 24th. lunches and canteen service.

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"Rummage Sale, st. James Church Hall, Saturday, ' October 22nd. 3 P, M.

"Rsiimnage Sale, Trinity Social lpicill. Sotirdny. October 22nd, 3 . M.

"Dance ever-y Friday night at the Gordon Lodge. Good music. Dancing from 9 till 1.

"Dance in St. flail every Tuesday night. Peters Orchestra

Peter's Legion Cliff

"Coming to the Armouries the new Trade and Industries Fair featuring Don Messer's road party n?‘ entertainment. A Y's Men's S 0W,

"Special meeting of Kingston Abegivelt Precepior-y for confer- ring sixth arid seventh degrees on Friday night.

"we require quench laced etraw. Apply Swift Canadian C0,. l-td- Livestock Pena. Railway Wharf.

Establishment here of a heavy fishing industry with a fish dry- ing plant and other services is under consideration and an mo. lneer is at present surveying the possibilities. Hon. Eugene Cullen, newly appointed Minister-of In- dustry and Natural Resources, an- nounced at the annual meeting Yesterday of the Prince Edward BIB-lid Fisheries Federation.

Other projects in which his De- partment is engaged, ’ ' ‘ m assist and develop fisheries. are bait freezing and the quick-freez- ing of gnacke el. and a follow-up on the recent Federal report on scallop beds in Island waters, Mr. Cullen said,

The Minister assured the meet- ing that his Department wishes to help the Island fishing industry in every way and that he. him- 8911'. would give the problems his personal attention. He referred to a small reduction in freight rates to I-l-allfax already effected through his Department by Mr. JF. Con- holly‘: efforts.

Guest speaker at yesterday after- noon's mecting. which was held in the City Hail. was Mr. Clive Plants, Ottawa. manager of the “Fisheries Council of Canada, who declared that he was not pessimis- tic about the iuturc of the Can- adian fish industry,

"But you cannot remain static in your thinking. You must face up to a sharp change in the near future. To do this, this Federa- tion should be 100 per cent rep- resentative of the Island fishing industry," he declared.

New Inspection Act

Mr. Plant-a spoke of the new Fish Inspection Act which is pre- sently before the House, as the first evidence of new and effect- ive progress in the fishing indus-

try.

He paid a tribute to the "quick and receptive understanding" of the Minister of Industry and Nat.- ural Resources with whom he had discussed the Island's fishing problems at some length before the meeting, ‘and spoke of the part played by the Fisheries Council in the 200 million dollar fish industry of Canada.

Mr. Planta stated that the- Council, which represents some l6 organizations in Canada, is in dir- ect consultation with the Depart- ment of Fisheries. "It is a big step

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Finance Minister Abbott reintro- duces March 22, 1949-50 budget with three minor additional tax reduct- ions. ,

Elght-per-cent sales tax removed immediately on all fuel oils used for heating or lighting purposes.

Personal income tax credit of l0 per cent on common dividends ex- tended to include all classes of shares, retroactive to Jan. l. i940.

Tax on cider and other wines containing less than seven-per-ceni of proof spirits .educed immediately from b0 to M cents a gallon.

New tax changes to reduce gov- ernment revenue by 5.000.000 in tho nitrous fiscal Year all 011.000.- 000 in a full year.

"Amos P. Gallant, South Rus- lico buying chicken and fowl "Pry day. Will pay straight llllhelt market rice for well-fin- ished chiekeiu rite or phone.

"To arrive another car of raai Iood coal. Full stock Pioneer feeds on hand, concentrate dairy ration, otc. R. L, Dickieaon, New Glas- IOW.

"Require largo quantity fowl, chicken, caponl, Tuesday buying l0 a.m, to 3 p.121, competitors

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“See a grand shew tonllht. ‘Voice of the mirth" is playing at MacDonald Bros. ‘theatre. Mt.

Stewart. plus Hcyal Duck Shoot. Don't miss it,

"York and Vicinity: ‘rickets for Ilia forthcoming concert on sale It box office at York Hall, ‘rues- thv and many evenings only "i"! l to 10 p.ni. I

"The annual assstinc of lun- Inerfleld Credit Union Ltd” will be Mid in Ball, Ion . 00-. Iltiaatniasnoordonlm i will be with us and outline the Midis of Cuna Insurance. llefr "nu and. Ivanhoe]

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HALIFAX. Oct. I) — (UP) - ‘Ihe Canadian Tourist Association today strongly protested the in- discriminate use of foreign flags as q dollar-lure for the Domin-‘ lion's visitors.

Concluding sessions of the 0.1‘.- A. annual convention also urged

of currency regulation af fec Canadians vacationing in the United Staten.

The flag-waving resolution laid Iuoli banners should only be flown on special occasions.

The convention waded ‘ivhfflllil 10 resolutions at the most decisive meeting ainoc its opening Tuesday.

Other measures asked "all pol- ailsle halts" in the construction of the liaise-Canada Hlshway, which would be a boon to the tourist in- duatry; more ‘unlformit in the dates for daylight as time; that. the next Pedant clnaua con- tain various ation roma- ing hotel and courts! accommoda- "flon and that border’ crossing ta record the number c! vil- actqgigg ills Dominion. New,

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Quebec Election Being Coinidered?

OTTAWA, Oct. 20-(CP)— The Evening Citizen says to- day Premier Duplessis of Que- bec is reported to be consider- ing a provincial election on the issue of constitutional amendments.

In a newspage story the paper says "a red hot rumor flew through the Capital” that an election would be Mr. Dupiessis’ answer to “Prime Minister St. Laurent/a insis- tence upon securing the right to amend the Canadian con-- stltution in purely Federal matters without consulting the Provinces."

The last election in the Pro- vince was in Jilly, 1948, when Mr. Duplessis’ Union National Government was returned with a big majority.

Prince Rupert's Woman Mayor Will Retire

PRINCE RUPERT, 3.0., Oct. 20—(CP) —- Mrs. Norah Arnold. mayor of Prince Rupert since 1047. today announced her intention to retire at the end of the year, when her term of office empires.

Mrs. Arnold. in her 60s, said she felt it advisable to give way to a younger person. .

DEAF MUTES SENTENCED

MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Oct. 20 —(APJ-—A judge spoke through a sign language interpreter today and sentenced three young Vir- ginia deaf mutes to life in prison for slaying a filling-station oper- ator. The penalty was imposed up- on Miss Almeta Cressel, 18, Buddy E‘ -‘ Spears, 19, and Hugh Austin White 26.

Highlights of . Budget

All 1049-50 tax reductions ex- pected to cut government revenue by $340,000,000 this current year and $387,000,000 in full year.

Government's final 1948-49 rev- enues totalled $2.7'7l,000,000 and ex- pendltures $176,000,000.

Surplus of $595,000,000 for 1940- 49 is $20,000,000 greater than pre- dicted last March.

Revised estimate fixed 1949-50 revenues at $2,550.000,000 and ex- penditures at 32.460.000.000.

Possible surplus of $90,000,000 for current year is 53,000,000 higher than March estfm-ate. '

No change made in llanl fl- sonal income tax mductlona.

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only the number of cars is noted.

The vunVOlll/iOIl has debated wildlife control and made recom- mendations that fish and game m-trlctions be strictly enforced It has heard reports dealing with highway, food and accommodation conditions and welcomed New- foundland into membership,

' Another motion noted "a critical need for good hotel accommoda-

$75.000 Damage In Saint John School Fire

SAINT JOHN. N.B., Oct. g0 _ -(CP)—Daimage cf $75,000. mostly caused by water. was estimated to-

night after a fire at Saint John Vocational School on Douglas Avenue.

A sprinkler system sent tons of

water down through most of the older building and sections of a new wing, ripping plaster from

ceilings and causing other de- struciion.

Cause of the fire, at first st- trihuted to defective wiring, has

yet to be determined. It started in a second floor classroom and a third floor costume room around 7 a.m. Firemen found dense smoke penetrating the building.

Classes had to be cancelled. They are expected to be resumed next wee-k.

The loss included valuable cos- fumes and other theatrical equip- ment. Household equipment in the home economics rocm and furnit- ure in other parts of the building were badly damaged.

Expert Satisfied Where Noronic

Fire Started

By Pierre Duboia

TORONTO, Oct. 20 — (CF) —

An expert witness told the Noronlc disaster inquiry today he was satisfied the holocaust which took the lives of 119 persons stari- ed in the cruise ship's portsido linen closet on C deck. Prof. Joslyn Rogers, chemist- anaiyst and medlco-legai expert for Ontario, testified a three-clay investigation of the Noronic‘! burned hulk revealed no signs of spontaneous combustion.

"But there seems to have been some other sort of heat to de- velop it,“ he added. Amid debris a foot deep in the linen closet were found a small measuring, glass. a whisky flask and a bottle- opener. Prof. Rogers said,

Also heard during the 16th day of the Federal inquiry was evi- dence from two Toronto con- stables that Capt. William Taylor. the ship's master. "smelled of liquor" but was not drunk the night of the fire.

Constables William Dugan and Dave Smith identified themselves as the officers shown holding the captain in a newspaper photogrnPh taken on the pier in Toronto har- bor more than an hour after the outbreak. .

Constable Dugan said they were supporting Capt. Taylor because he had thrown up his hands, whils protesting against being taken to the hospital for treatment of a cut hand. -

Capt. Taylor, who denied a charge that he was drunk, told the inquiry two weeks ago he had ta- ken only one smali drink while visiting friends ashore.

The intoxication charge was

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‘New Budget Has Slight Effect On Pocketbook Oi Little Taxpayer

(By John LnBiaric)

OTTAWA, Oct. 20»(CP)--Going Santa Claus one better, Mr. Abbott came around twice this year.

But so far as the little taxpayer was concerned, he could as well have called off tonight's second budget visit. '

For the Finance Minister un- loaded his pack of gifts for Cana- dians last March, and in this re- introduction of his 1049-50 budget there was nothing to cause the man-in-the-street to throw his hat in the air.

Spread across the country. the minor fax cuts will run to some- thing under $1 a head per year for each Canadian.

In all, they won't amount to more than $l1,000,000 n year.

That's a fill" cry from the more than $300,000,000 that Mr, Abbott. presented to the country in mis- cellaneous tux cuts in his original 1949-50 budget last. March.

Those reductions still stand, of course, though the budget was not adopted at the time of its in- itial introduction. They reached into every home in the country. and added a little something-‘or perhaps took away a little less-

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Budget Dates

OTTAWA. Oct. 20 - 1GP) ._ Effective dates of the new tax changes in Finance Minister Ab- bott's budget:

Repeal of the elght-per-cent- sales tax on fuel oils -- tonight.

Reduction by half the 50-cent-a- gallon tax on cider and wines - tonight.

Extension of the lo-per-cent tax credit to bond dividends of all classes - Jan. 1, 1949.

In Nfld. Fish

WINDSOR. Ont. Oct. 20 —-(OP) - Newfoundlunds only Fedora‘ Cabinet Minister said today that fishermen of his Province must he given the opportunity "of living in a style comparable to those who farm or work in factories."

"Tile industry must not be ai lowed to remain in a primitive con- dition in this changing, modern world," Hon. F. Gordon Bradley, Secretary of State, told s. meeting of Windsorb Chamber of Com- merce.

He said the fishing industry, which "is conducted ln tho same way it was generations ago," is the most important factor in New- foundland! economy. Most of her $0,000 persons are engaged in it. "The proper development of ii Province is of importance to all Canada - and indeed to the world - for the wealth of Newfoundland waters is n tremendous source of

food. "For the benefit of all, the Newfoundland fishing industry

must be further developed and modemized."

The 61-year-old Minister said earlier in an interview that. New- foundland, which became Canada's 10th Province March 31. is not going to depreciate morally as a result of confederation nor has confederation accelerated move- ments for a change in the Island's ‘ of living.

r-u hotcl construction by instituting fixed taxation asatcs until the sit- uation is alleviatcd. The Federal Government also was asked for certain income tax concoctions on hotel investments.

The convention voted to public- iae its motto-word report on fish and game conservation through Provincial legislatures and other channels. This report, introduced yesterday, acid several "forward steps" in game protection have been made but declared infrac-

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Canadian Labor Income Increases ,

OTTAWA, Oct. M —(OP)—Oan— adian labor income totalled $651.- 000.000 in July, an increase of $6.- 000,000 over June, the Bureau of Statistics estimated today.

It reported also that the arcs-ass weakly wage for the nine leading non-farming industries was $42.99

Last week Most Rev. J.M. O'- Neill, Roman Catholic Bishop oi Grace Harbor, told a Catholic Women's Magus meeting here that Newfoundland! spiritual val- ues generally would suffer as a result of the confederation. He said confederation invited the dangers cf divorce laws and changed educational systems. (Newfoundland now has no div oree law-and its publicly-financed schools syatan excludes Roman Catholic children. The Catholic Church operates its own schools.)

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E|ection_S_een As Slap At (Iominform

By NORMAN ALTSTEDTER.

NEW YORK. Oct. 20 - (CP) - Yugoslavia was elected today to the Security Council by a tense United Nations Assembly which gave Russia's foe just enough votes

to win over the Soviet-backed Czechoslovakia. Foreign Minister Vlshlnsky o:

Russia ignored repeated calls t... order by Assembly president cm. los P. Romulo and protested vio- lently against the application by Premier 'I‘ito's Government,

slavia 39 votes, the exact nuin- ber required for the two-thirds majority necessary in the 59-mont- ber assembly. Czechoslovakia re- ceived l9 votes.

Vishinslsy Protests

The red-faced Vlshins-ky strode to the dais again when the result. was announced to claim that Yugoslavisrs election was a plot ta undermine Russia's position on the l-l-member Council.

He shouted that the election was

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Fish Exporters Critical 0f

Bradley Calls For Reforms

‘Tariff Changes

HALIFAX. Oct. 20 --(CP) -—A spokesman for the Canadian Ai- lantic Fish Exporters‘ Association said tonight the organization is dissatisfied with the Annecy trade agreement because Canada missed a chance to aid the salt fish trade.

The association, representing mOSL salt fish exporters on the Canadian Atlantic seaboard, feels that Can- ada's fishing industry might be endangered by the failure of the agreement to provide any "ap- preciaiblo reduction" in duty on salt fish exports to Haiti and the Dom- inican Republic.

The Association claims that re- ductions were ii-iade by Haiti and the Dominican Republic on fish products which they ' impdrt in comparatively small quantities.

The Republic, not a consumer of pickled fish. granted concessions for that kind of fish but not for dried salted fish and bloatera. Last year it imported 2,287,800 pounds of dried salted fish and 3,147,900 pounds of bloaters.

Haiti gave no reduction in duties on salted fish products but lower- ed the duty on Canadian kippered herring. salmon and sardines.

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“I see no evidence, whatsoever, of any demoralization, nor the coming of a divorce law in New- foundland." -

Of confederation radically chang- ing the Newfoundlandcr’: way of life, he said:

"Our people have been tradition- ally lsolntionist, Every fisherman is a capitalist in his own right Nine out of 10 of them own their own homes and their own boats. They conduct their own businesses and sell their fish wherever they

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Will Reduce Tax Bill By 11 Million

By UABCY UDONNILI.

OTTAWA, Oct. Z0 - (GP) - Finance Minister Abbott tonight reintroduced the 1949-50 budget in the Commons, proposing only three minor additional tax reductions. This will reduce the tax bills of Canadians by another 510,000,000 in a full year.

Mr. Abbott, who said in his economic review that some fur- ther declines in export markets can hardly is: avoided, gccalled that. in the original budget he had

proposed substantial changes in the corporation income tax.

Finance Minister Abbott

OTTAWA, Oct. 20 — (UP) - Financc Minister Abbott tonight in the Commons indicated that Can- ada is banking heavily on United States prosperity.

“Any change in economic con- ditions in the U.S. will directly af- fect the level of our exports to that country," the Minister said in reintroducing the government's 1949-50 budget.

“Any sharp dcwnturn in Amer- ican economic activity and in American willingness to import cannot but have sharp and om- barassing repercussions all over the world."

Reviewing the domestic and in-

ternational economic outlook, Mr. Abbott said the Us. recently made a decline in it. economic activity. but now appears to have recov- cred. "Nevertheless, we cannot afford to overlook the possibility of short run declines in the absorptive cap- acity o! the American market."

Canada will seek more agree- ments for reciprocal tariff reduc- tions next year, the Finance Min- ister sald.

One big tariff cut will come in- to effect at the first of the year when the reductions negotiated at the recent Anneoy trade confer- ence become operative.

In addition, plans are being

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made for another set of multilat- eral negotiations next year when Canada will seek tariff cuts on trade with the United States and other signatories of the Geneva tariff agreements, involving 33 countries.

Wholesale Sales Up

‘l‘l For Cent In August I

OTTAWA. Oct. 20 —(OP) — (CP)—Wholesale sales in Canada moved up 11 per cent in August. the Bureau of Statistics reported today, and for the first elg/ht months of the year they've been IlVe-per-cent higher than last year.

Fruits and vegetable wholesalers reported the biggest increase in dollar volume, up 23 per cent from August, 1948, The Bureau's index of wholesale dollar volume. based on 1935-30 equals 100, was 316.9 in August, 284.9 in July and 296.7 in August, I947.

Names, Numbers Are Left Off War Medals

OTTAWA. Oct. 20 ——(CP) - Veterans Minister Gregg said today names and regimental numbers were left off Canada's medals for the Second World War because it would have taken another two years to put them all on. The med- als now are being distributed.