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l' nia Friday after their three-diay

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state visit to The Netherlands. ‘lllousands massed 011 the cliffs as a 21-gun salute fired from Dover Castle echoed across the small bay. Schoolchildren cheered and waved flags when the Queen appeared on th e Britainnisis bridge. . Small sailing craft cri~ss-crossed . the harbor around the royal ves- . tel and other moroed ships, gay with bunting, saluted the royal re- » turn with continuous siren blasts. "One handy swimmer braved the cold waters of the channel to wave to the Queen several hun- , ired yards out in the harbor.

ROUGH CROSSING -'1‘-he Britannia had a rough . crossing from Rotterdam which she left Thursday night after the Queen and Prince Philip had en- tertained Queen Juliana and Prince Bennhard a.t a farewell -dinner on board.

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Pearson Reported As Having . Stiff Fight In Home Riding

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to Dover Castle. Houses and shops were festooned with flags and bunting.

is . ' the c Straits of Dover, a drive down to the town hall to meet civic offi-

,owad.,,au.ii1spection of then drove to the staition. where astle, which overlooks the they left by train for Windsor,

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three-day state visit, -

clals, and a visit to the nearby seaport of Falkestone. The Queen and Prince Philip

Castle. They will remain in res- ideuce there over Easter. ‘

Firm Pass Two

HALIFAX (CP)—C. B. Havey, manager of the Eastern‘ Trust Co., said Friday that 157 proofs of claim totalling $2,354,530 had been Brookfield Construction’ Co. Ltd_.

Eastern Trust are trustees. The filed against the bank" ‘pt ‘company, working on $11,000,000 worth of contracts when it de- clared bankruptcy March 13, said losses exceeding $1,000,000 on a job at Camp Gagetown. N-B-. were to blame. .

Creditors overflowed a court- room Friday at t-he first meeting in the bankruptcy action. Brook- lfield, reorganized in 1920 al- though’ in business many years

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. (CP) — ; Liberal Leader Lester B. Pearson Iiaces a stiff fight in his own -. riding of Algoma East in the Illarch 31 federal election. His blggest threat comes from a 41- , ‘Year - old television announcer flung his ‘first en-try into pol- ICS.

The Liberal leader has carried e riding consistently since 1948- , 3111 Progressive Conservative B3551 Scully feels he has some advantages. For one thing, unlike ' If. Pearson he was born and "used in the riding. For another has been able to spend all of s time ca.mpaigning while Mr. earson toured the country. . 5111-010, Mr. Pearson. W110 “V95 1“ Ottawa, has spent only 0W0 ‘lays stumping the vast. 30.000- s‘1“3F8 - mile bushland. The Willie‘ was against him. Flying, which would have eased his trav- 613’ became impossible. Some '."‘*-‘lings were delayed. 01119“ washed out. . D. 9“ factoiis have appeared- 1‘°'°°V€1‘y of uranium has brought 1 I Fllsh of new population. Some ff 1i floating, some of it perman- °”‘l- Sections of the riding are in 3 Slate of throbbing activity. In- ~-terms appear to be local rather 30 national.

HOW MANY WILL VOTE‘? .Tl10I‘e is a question. in fact. of; Just how many of Algomas 29.- e17§l1gible voters will turn out °°il9n day. There is another gtuestlon. The riding is growing in smléflh and importance. Con- eTVa.Live campaigners argue for ‘ resident member of Parliament rather than one who lives else- ere.

t .Thls uranium centre of Elliot;

before that, was one of Nova

Lake may itself be a factor ‘in the election. In ‘four years Its population has climbed to about 17,000. It has about 9.000 81180318 voters, about 3,000 more than last year and is the biggest 5111819 V0‘ ting bloc in the riding.

Last year, the area was caught in an acute housing problem and only about 20 per cent of those eligible voted. This year. the housing situation has eased. More polling booths have been set IMP- More people are expected to vote.

Mr. Pearson, and Mr. Scully face competition from CCFer Walter Coribett, a district. miner. But his political strength 1S ques- tionable. Observers see the Al- goma East contest as a two-way fight.

WON EASILY

In the 1957 election, 16,656 of the riding’s 25,425 voters cast bal- lots with about one-half of them going to Mr. Pearson. The Con- servative candidate. Merton Mul- ligan, got 5,757; CCFer Martin Reid 2,156. .

Mr. Pearson’: local campaign handlers have worked_hard, ‘set- ting up committees in various cent‘ es, such as ES‘D'c1I1913-- I-{me Current, Gore Bay. Blmd R1Ve1' and Elliot Lake.

Mr. Scully, a native of Little Current now is emD10Y9d at 3 Sudbury television station.

He took six weeks‘ leave from his job to concentrate on cam- paigning, bringing a square-dance band with him on some of his rallies.

Mr. Pearson drew larger crowds in his two - day tour than Mr. Scully did at any of his rallies. But Mr. Scull)’ has been able 90

hold more rallies.

A Claims Against Bankrupt

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Scotia’s oldest construction firms.

Claims filed to Friday afternoon were: unsecured creditors $1,683,- 031; secured creditors $647,149 and preferred or-editors $24,348. Mr. Havey said other claims were ex- pec-ted.

ourr MARCH 13

Brook-field suspended work on all its projects March 13. About 250 men working here and at Gagetown are affected.

The Gagetown contract called for construction of 255 housing units for army personnel at a con- tract price of $6,000,000. Con- trai' for work here were worth $5,000,000. ‘

The company was involved in many of the Maritimes’ largest building undertakings, including the 15-storey Victoria General Hospital here, during its long his- tory.

Mr. Havey said Eastern Trust has recommended that efforts be made to recover $300,000 of Brook- field money paid to the Canadian Bank of Commerce to reduce an overdraft before the firm went into bankruptcy March 13.

The. money could be used to reduce claims of sub-contractors and leave more money available for the satisfaiction of unsecured creditors.

II Teachers

High School

TRURO (CP) —- The municipal school board met in closed ses- son F-rday to discuss the resigna- tion of at least 11 members of the Central Coichester High School teaching staff at On-slow. ‘

No statement was issued after the special meeting. Mrs. Donald Ha-militoin, board secretary, said a statement might be issued next week after a further meeting.

It could not be learned whether any‘ resignations had been re- ceived Friday. Eleven had been received by 'I‘hursday. The Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union said ear- lier 17 our 18 of the 25 teachers at the school planned to resign.

The resignations came after the board said the contracts of four teachers would not be reviewed. The board decision followed by a few days the appointment of an advisory committee to assist the board.

Disciplinary and marking prac- tises of the four teachers are be- lieved tlte major issues of the dis-

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‘ 000,000 program of wheat gifts to

CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, SATURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1958

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Record Potato Crop In 1957

A record crop of 14,105,000 bushels of potatoes was harves- ted in PrincevEdward Isl-and dur- ing 1957 according to informa- tion released yesterday by Hon. Eugene Cullen. Minister of Agri- culture.

In his speech on the Dnaft Ad- dress on '1‘h-ursday, Mr. Cullen Island had harvested the largest crop in history but did not reveal the details at that time.

In his report yesterday, the Minister said the average yield for last year was 315 bushels per acre. This was seen to be con- siderably higher_ than the 256 bushel yield which produced 11,-’ 155,000 bushels in 1956.

Wheat Offered India, Pakistan

OTTAWA (GP) — Canada has offered $8,000,000 worth of wheat to India and $2,000,000 worth to Pakistan, was announced Fri- datll. . »

The offers are pant of a $15,-

India, Pakistan and Ceylon — all Colomibo Plan countries —- an- nounced in the Commons last Jan. 9 by Trade Minister Church‘ 111.

Ceylon was previously ailocaited $3,000,000 in ‘flour to relieve food shortages brought on by disast- rous floods last December and January. Another $2,000,000 in wheat has already been allocated

The Prince Edward Island Le - islature, in session since Marcgh 11 adjourned yesterday for air election-Easter recess. The House will meet again on Tuesday, April 8, at 2.30 p.m. Premier Matheson announced that the budget will be brought down on the same night at 8.00 p.m. ,

Before adjournment yesterday at 11.00 o'clock. the Address in reply. to the Speech from the Throne was‘ presented His Hon- our, Lieutenant Governor Prowse. The Governor, accom- panied by his Aide, Wing Com- mander Alan Macmillan received the address in the Confederation Chamber. ’

During the 13 days that the House met, no legislation has

been enacted. Practically all the time was taken up with the de- bate on Draft Address in which 20 of the membens took part.

LIEN ON PENSIONS

During the half hour session yesterday, F. A. Large (Liberal lst. Queens) asked the Premier what has been the policy of the Government in regard to recov- ery of liens against the property of pensioners. ~

The Premier said he was speaking from memory when he said he knew of only one case where the Government had made recovery. The case in" question, involved the making of a will in which distant relatives in the United States were named as

involved an amount of over $2,- 000.

He said the Government rarely exercised their perogative in recovery of’ funds and, in solutely no case was this done where a widow orchildren were involved.

Mr. Matheson said any recov- ery of pensions paid is divided on a 50-50 basis with the Federal Government. The pensioners re- ferred to are those receiving old age _assistance and disability pensions.

A full slate or bills face the legislators when the House re- convenes. The Premier said he hopes to clear up this. business quickly and move toward pro- rogation. during the week of

benefactors. He said the estate

April 13.

Ice Works Along Shore Of Nfld.

ST. JOHN'S, N-fld. (CP)—Fields of Arctic -ice Friday were grad- ually working their way along Newfoundland’: northeast coast, llsxllocking many haiibors and

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The ice extended north from .Ba-ttle H a rb or Thursday and threatened to block Fogo in a few days. , . Slob ice was also reported in- shore . on the western side of

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British Liberals

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LONDON (CP)—Britain’s -‘tin eral revival emerged from the talking stage Friday" as the mush-. rooming third party won its first byelection in 29 years. The vic- tory was in the West Country seat of Torrrington, formerly held by Prime Minister Macmillaifs government.

The result, a plurality of 219 votes for Liberial candidate Ma-nk Bonh-am" C arter, was delayed nearly 24 hours by the wide- spread nature of the rural con- stituency and the necessity of a recount. '

The winner received 13,408 votes to 13,189 for Anthony Royle, running under the joint auspices of the National Liberal a-nd Con- servative panties. The Labor cau- didate, Leonard Lamib, trailed with 8,697 votes. There was no

Byelection Win

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Rzoy-le’-s defeat wiped out a 9.312-vote majority obtained by his predecessor, George Lambert, in a straight fight with Lamb i-n the 1955 general election. THIRD GOVT. LOSS

It was the third consecutive by- ellecition in which the govennment lost a seat and a particularly btiter blow to the National Lib- er-alis, who broke with the official Liberal party‘ to join forces with the Conservatives after the First World War.

Bonham Carter's victory re- stored strength in the 630-seat House of Commons to six. wiping out the loss of a Welsh constituency to Labor in a by- election a year ago. But its long- range effects are likely to bring signitlic-ant changes to the British

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Unemployment Major Theme

In Pearson Speechs-Yesterday

OTTAWA (C-P)—IJibera1 Leader Lester B. Pearson said Friday Canada now has between 600,000 -and 700,000 unemployed and ac- cused the Progressive Conserva- tive government of doing nothing constructive about it.

‘ Unemployment was I major theme of an. informal day of cam- paigning by the opposition chief in eastern Ontario, and.he“told audiences time and again that his party has the right approach to it in his tax-c-uttingproiposals.

Unless such action is taken, he said, Canada will be "in deeper trouble than ever” by June.

With three days to go before balloting in the general election, Mr. Pearson was talking confi- dently of a Liberal win.

“On Monday, we're really going to town,” he told one audience at Kingston, 100 miles from here.

In his next-to-last day of calm- paigning before the Monday gen- eral election, Mr. Pearson travel- led about 250 miles by automo- biie and spoke in five eastern On- tario ridings.

He campaigned in Kingston and Leeds on the St. Lawrence River during the day and at night spoke in the Ottawa district ridings of Ottawa West and Russell, and across the Ottawa River from here in the Quebec riding of Hull. MEETINGS INFORMAL

Most of tht meetings were in- formal. - V The 60-year-old leader talked to

By DON PEACOCK B Canadian Press Staff Writer .

Canadian voters on Monday choose their new Parliament.

On how they mark their bal- lots hangs the answer to these vital questions:

‘Will Prime Minister John Dief- enbaker be returned to the office he has held sincelast June? Will’ the new Liberal leader, Lester B. Pearson, take his place? Or will a spectacular switch in voting make C-CF Leader M. J. Caldwell the head of government?

And will whatever government is formed have an over-all ma- jority in. the House of Commons? Or will there be another minority administration like the one Joihn Diefenbaker headed until he dis- solved Parliament Feb. 1?

The answer may be provided by a record vote.

More voters than ever—9,165,- 986—are eligible to cast ballots Monday between 8 a.m. and 6 pun. local time across the coun- try. ' FRESH PERSONALITIES

Two fresh personalities at the head of the Progressive Conserv- ative and Liberal parties, coupled with several major issues includ- ing unemployment, created unus- ually high public interest during the seven-week winter and early- spring campaign.

The enpecta-tion is the voting turnout Monday will exceed the 6,699,532 of 1957, the previous rec- ord. '

Unless some candidates with- draw meantime, the voters will have 831 men and women from whom to choose the next Com- mons, compared with 862 10 months ago. This is the field:

The Progressive Conservatives party and Liberals each with 265 candidates, one for each seat at

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stake;

Voting Turnou’riMonda‘y , Expected To Set Record

The CC‘Fi party with 169,candi- dates;

The Social Credit party, led -by Solon Low, with 82 candidates, not enough to form a majority government even if all were elec- ted;

50 OTHERS

Independent c a n d idates and others with various political lab- els, numbering 50.

The minimum number of seats for a majority is 133.

When the 23rd Parliament was dissolved Feb. 1, the party stand- ings were: Progressive Conserv- ative 113, Liberail 106, CCF 25, Social Credit 19, Independent 2.

The Conserv-atives fielded 256 candidates last June. They swept the Liberals out of office af»ter'22 years of Liberal government. '

Social Credit made its biggest- ever federal bid last June with 114 candidates. This election the drop in total number of candi- dates is almost entirely ac- counted for by a 32-candidate de- cline for Social Credit.

The OCF has seven more can- didates this election than last. REGIONAL INTEREST

There i-s perhaps more interest this election in regional voting. Last June the Liberals proved strongest in Quebec. That prov- ince’s 2,564,649 voters may have it in their power Monday to de- termine whether Canada has an- other minority government or one with majority.

But almost as much attention will be focused on the four west- ern provinces when returns start rolling in.

On the Prairies and in British Columbia, the CCF proved the strongest party last June, with 22 seats; and Conservatives next with 21 and Social Credit. not far behind with 19. The'Llberals won

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only eight of the West's 70 seats.

In Quebec it was a different story. The Liberals took 64 of Quebec’~s 75 seats. The Progres- sive Conservatives won nine and independents two. A

In 18 of 23 federal general elec- tions since Confederation in 1867, the party that carried Quebec has formed the government.

Ontario proved the Conserva- tive stronghold last June. It has more Commons seats than other provinces—85—and the Conserva- tives won 61 of them. The Lib- erals held 21, the C'CF three.

BIG CI-IUNK

The’ Conservatives last June took’ a big chunk out of Nova Sco- tia too, and cracked the Liberal monopoly in Newfoundland. They took eight of Nova Scotia’s 12 seats from the Liberals and one from the CCF. In Newfoundland, Conservatives defeated Liberals in two of the seven constituen- cies. The Conservatives split evenly with the Liberals the 10’ seats in New Brunswick and wiped the Liberals off Prince Ed- ward Island, adding three of that provinces four seats to the one they had held previously.

There are 15 fewer independent and other unaffiliated candidates this election than last. There were 65 last June,’ including 10 Labor- Progressive (Communist) Party member. Eighteen Labor - Pro- gressives are running now.

For the first time since March, 1940, polls across the country all close at 6 p.m. local time.

In last June's election and in others held when many areas are on daylight time, polls closed at 7 p.-m. local time in most cases because the Canada Elections Act stipulates that voting must be between 8 a.m. and 6 pm.

a coffee-and-cakes luncheon meet- ing of about 300 in Kingston's Lib- eral Hall, to an outdoor meeting of about the same size. outside in Kingston shopping’ centre and to street - corner gatherings at Gananoque and Brockville in Leeds.

He bore down on the personal approach and a general rather than specific discussion of elec- tion issues as he pitched in heav- ily for local candidates.

Four of the five riding-s in which he spoke are Liberal-held. Former Liberal MP George Fulford is try- ing écomeibacl: in Leeds.

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He will hit Renfrew South}, held by the Conservatives, and Ren- frew North, where the Liberals won narrowly last June.

He will do no campaigning Sun- day, and on Monday will vote in Liberal-held Ottavwa East.

STRESSES JOB PICTURE

In Friday’: speeches, Mr. Pear- son laid most emphasis on unem- ployment, declaring the Conserva- tives are doing nothing that would have it end by June—as he said they c1aimed—and that his tax- cuttin-g proposals are the proper remedy.

Taking indirect note of his sup- porters’ “Pearson for Peace” slo- gan, the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize winner said that peace is not a campaign issue.

“But the Liberal government when in office has worked parti- cularly effectively for this pur- pose,” he added, standing in front of the Brockville war memorial.

However, he added, all parties were doing their best to try to “make sure that in the future we will never have to build any more war memorials.” ‘

Of unemployment, he said at Kingston that “tax-cutting for em- ployment” was the right policy and that the Diefenbaker govern- ment’s' plan for public works to create jobs was “one.,of the phon- iest th-ings ever perpetrated on the Canadian electorate.”

NEED SPENDING POWER

What was needed was to put more money’ in the pockets of the people to create employment, and that would be accomplished by the Liberal program for $400,000,- 000 tax reductions.

This was an emergency meas- ure only for an emergency situa- tion. It was constructive.

Dealing briefly with farming in agricultural Leeds, Mr. Pearson repeated a previous statement that a Liberal government would look into the question of relating the price of cheese to that of but- ter. ‘

“And that would mean an in- crease in the floor prices for cheese,” he told the cheese-pro ducing area. _