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"R age Sale Saturday June 15h wmunl/l. St. Peter's Ca al School llnll. 531-"21-

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Tratarlic, Monday, June 3rd

"see Corran-‘l-{m Pieyers in Trundle. Monday, June 3N

"Pmury Sale in aid of Basilica Allar society at I-Iolmans today at no _ 6-1-11. "Dance, Lomeflallgn. T ‘ . J1me 4th. Webster's Or estra.

5-13, 1B, 25, 1, B. 15, 22, 29-21.

"luloading carfof bulk feed pals Monday, June 3rd. Bring B335, DIllOXl k Splllett, 64d

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"Collecting Hogs for Davis an!‘ ham l.td.. every Tuesday, Write or phone collect. R N. Dawson. Crspaud. 3-23 25. 30. 1. 6. B 11-

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Raser Ltd, Tuesday until further notice. Dingwell and Rossiter. Iloreli. - ' i"-

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"Don't for et to hear Jimmy Power's Varie y Concert. Brookfleld I-loll, Monday. June 3rd at 8.30 Standard Time. A1 Blamhsrd at the piano. 6-1-21.

"Beginning June third all haul- er- gain: twice weekly. Haulers will be- rclurnltrg butler Monday. Wedr Friday. New Glasgow

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"Unloading this afternoon. bran, lhorfs mlddllngs. chiok grower. enlf Incul, dairy ration. Milton sta- ilnn. Kllfiiln and Coles. 6 1 n

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"See Charlottetown B. Y. P. u. present "You Said It" (3 act oom- °°1v 1m). Monday. June 8rd,

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June Begins With Snow In Several Areas

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Juno-the month of roses and romance, beloved of the poets- started In Canada with snowhlls, of sll things.

In one of those weather freaks that occlu- every so often there was a mixure of cold weather. rob and snow over widely-scatter- Zi‘... n“ "‘.°¢.°‘Z.'.'“§i'." EH33’

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There were "several snowfalls" yeflorday It Shawlnlgan Falls,- Quen wet snow fell over s wldo ano of Northern Ontario with two’ of frost-J“ ‘at

the snowfall was recorded at 1 1-2 inches-only 24 hours after residents there had in 88 degrees of heat.

there said that a cou le more rains In June sod July e those they've lust had ‘would see us through."

It was an unseosonablo weather lotus-o all he wav from the AI- antlc to the Pa lc.

In Nova Sootta, the Annapolis Valley had e. fouoh of frost for the last couple of nights, ond the an- nual apple blossom festival there

Ill M!!!‘ celebrated this week-om].

. won st with scattered vhflwtfl on the Psclflo Coast where a minimum {ompserture however was not be- ow .

Three Burn To Death In Sydney

(By The Canadian Press)

SYDNEY, N. 5., May ill-Three nrenubors of a family burned to death when (lame: destroyed their lEXIIDOYI-IIV borne, Allan MacQuar- rle. the father was under medical cue tonight and authorities post- poned a scheduled inquest into the g that put two others in

The 37-year-old steel worker, who had Just left the shared home to work on a new house hardly a half-mile away. told of back when a neighbor warned. "your house is sfire. Allan,” He submitted to other questioning bv Police and fire chiofs. Then he collapsed.

The Inquest into the deaths of his 29-year-old wife; a son. John three. std a daughter. Margery Ann. two, was postponed until to‘- monow.

Meantime. hospital officials re- ported that the baby who was badly burned about the forehead and fsce. rerosined in serious oon- ditlon. Pbur-year-old Allan. Jr.. suffered ul bums about the fsoe and body but is expected to

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The two children were saved from the two-storey, wooden dwel- Ilnz by the heroic efforts of a neighbor. Joe Bram. who dared the flames time and attain in a futIle attempt to rescue the oth- an

Yesterday morning's commence- mant exercises at Prune of Wales Colle e saw the largest number of certl icato winners ever to be as- sembled in the aildltorlum, Four hundred and five students had gone through last year's work with an average pass mark of 65 and With no less than 50 made in any academic sub ect. Ln addition, ap- proxlmatel 00 war veterans had sir studies at Prince of Wales and many of those had had ergfigrptlonal success,

V . L. W. Show. director of Edu- cation, presided in the absence of Premier J.Walter Jones. from whom a telegram was read expressing his regret. at being unable to be prea- ant and assuring the College auth- orities that his Government intend.- ad to met-ease the athletic facilities of the College in the near future.

Seated on bhedvlotform with the chairman were is Honour Lieut; Governor J. A, Bernard, who pre- sented the ollploulas. certificates, and prizes; 1s Excellency, the Most Reverend James Boyle, Bis- hop of Charlottetown; Hon. W. F. A. Stewart, Minister of Agricul- ture: Hon. F, A, Large, Attorney- Genersl: Dr. G. D. Steel. and Prof. J. l-I Blanchard, vice-principal of Prince of Wales College

Notable Family Record

l! the occasion were a lass for- mal one, he would like to ampllzfy his statement that for the Herring familv of himTuy River there

was no bottle-neck at Prince of P

Wales College, Dr, G, D. Steel, principal of the College, said in tlbe course of his remarks. Dr. Steel was referring to the fact that three members of the family, Friend. John. and Hubert. all veterans of the last war. had received certifi- cates. in addition. Clifford, an- other brother. had received a ad- uating dloloma in Fourth ear, and a sister. Joy. had also been a

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Llquer Rationing To End In Nova Scotla

HALIFAX. May 31-(CP)—Llquor rationing. except of Scotch whisky and specified inrported bramlies, will 0nd Juno 3 in Nova Scoti-J, A. S. Mutton. mvlncial Liquor Com- missionel.‘ t- ief. announced tonight. Pt-rmils w||l still be required '0 purchases.

The ration on Canadl-an and Im- ported Scott-h xvhlskies will re- num at one Z-J-ouncc bottle every two-week period.

Britain _ Prepares To Ration Bread

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LONDON, May 3i - (OP) - Bread-ratlonln machinery is being set up In Bri lain and the decision “bet-her to ration bread will b0 made In a few weeks. FoOd Minister Strschey told the House of Oom- mons today in a debate on Britain's food situation.

Bread was not rationed In Brit- oln drurlug um war.

Mr. Strachev stud the situation with regard to fats m ht be even worse ln the long ru than the cereals situation and "we shall use every endeavor no see we resolve our largest. possible share In im-

‘ ation of those vital ommnOd- ‘Rust... clhurcluli. Conservative leader. had ch ea the Labor Clov- crrunent truth siortsbhiedhfiw 111 its food policies and said failure of Sovvi led Germany to pm- vlde food lo the mt of the Roich had contributed tc the British foo problem.

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Sad Fatality At. Southport

A sad fatality occurred yester- day. the victim being Leo, ten- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Pltrle, Southport, who died in the . I. I. Hospital last night as a result of a bullet wound received fram an aoci-dentully discharged l‘l E.

The accident occurred shortly before noon yesterday in a field near the boy's home. Leo had got.- ten hold of a .22 rifle belonging to an older brother. His sister. about eighteen. ran after hlm to take possession of it. In running away Leo tripped over something on the rampant! In failing thwrlfle discharged. The bullet entered the right side of the bozly, crossing the pelvis and lodging In the thigh.

He was taken as quickly as DOS- sible to the hospltal. where 1e died about 6 p.m.

Coroner Dr. I. J. Yeo. after as- certaining that death was caused by a wound self-inflicted acciden- tally, decided that an inquest was UHHECOSSSFY.

0.0!. Seeking Tilers Prairie Seats In The Sonat

OTTAWA. May 3l—(Bpecial)- A strong group of 6.0.11‘. memebrs is urging party leader M. J. Cold- woll to move an amendment to the Government's proposed Re- distribution Bill to give n number of additional seats In the Senate to the Prairie Prnvmcus.

Never friendly Io the Upper Chamber and consistent advocates of Senate reform or abolition. the C, C, F, group realizes that any amendment aimed at‘ astruction of the Senate would all to carry by a wide msraln- Thcy feel how- ever. that a revision of the Senate on the old political grounds “representation by P°Pl111111°11 might gain support from all sides of the Commons. _

In the House this week. lush“ Minister 8t. Laurent explained that in its redistribution measure of the lower Chamber. the Govern- ment was acting on the Drlnr- 16$ of representation by, 9991-1151011 with specific EXCEDUOH tnrrt no

rovinca shall have a smaller num-

er of members of the House of Common: than it has Senators. C, . F. spokesmen plan to turn

d Mr. Jsaurent’; argument to sc-

count in their drive to add new Western blood to the Senate.

C. 0. I‘. A Attitude

Followlnl a U. C. l1‘. csucul this week. a prominent; western C. O. I_'. member told the Guardians Ottawa correspondent: "Tho P09- ulatlon of Saskatchewan.

than double that of the three

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The residents of the Maple Hills community at the Charlottetown Al rt have until Sept. l6 11am to 113° MW accommodations. Mr. J- P, Connolly. deputy-Jlliinlster of Reconstruction, told s mass meet- ing of the tenants at Maple Hills last night.

Accompanying him as a repres- entstive of the Provincial Govern- glegt was LieuL-Ool. W. W. Reid.

Col. J. G. Hart, Maritime rep-

resentative of the Central l-lous- ing Mortgage and House Cor ora- tion and Mr. V. A AinSWOhh 01’ the Maritime Electric Company also sdtkened the meeting. Mt. Connolly informed t e moot- inz ths the Provincial Govern- ment had agreed to assume finan- cial responsibility for the supply- lng of electricity to Maple Hills for the next three mouths on the following conditions to which the tenants were asked to consent: (1) the rent per month per ten- ant should be ral ed $1.00 and the light bill, $1.5; d) all heat in the buildings to be shut off next Mon- day morning; (3) no new admit- tance of tenants.

Col. Reid, who presided at .hc meeting. said he had been asked to assist Mr. Connolly in stating the

and Maul-tuba totals 2.428.000. more .

Government's case to the residents of . ff their fight. heating, and Walter facilities had not been shut dff, it was, Col. Reid said, because of the direct, inter- vention at the last moment by Premier Jones who had personally Interceded with the Dominion Government authorities cm behalf of the 99 families at Maple Hills.

Plsns After Sept. I5

The Department of Transport, Col. Reid said, had informed the Provincial Government it wanted re-possession of its n-operty at Maple Hills no later than Sept. ‘.5. He advised tlfe tenants lo rIo their utmost to find other accommoda- tions before the three months hatl elapsed. He would not say the teurants would not be at Maple Hills at the end of that time but he warned themtit would .1.- un- whatnot:

Mbior . A. Smith. speaking on behalf of the tenants, mid the light bills for the projcu; were too high In his estimation. Vlajot‘ Szruth stated the light bill for the month of April had been $898 which was $82 more than for tne highest month in the winter. There were several buildings using large quantities of electricity, and it was Ius OplfllOll the Manic ‘fills resi- dents were paying for it. In one

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Series: Forest Flra Rages In Iiewleuntiland

ST JOHN'S. Nfld, Mny 31 (Reuters) - A special train was used to rush pumps and hose Io a railway siding about 70 miles north- west of St. John's to fight a. forest fire which has been raging un- controlled for four days.

Another fire near Port Bland- ford, 100 miles northwest. of St. Jchnu, also has been burnlns for four days. and has destroyed seven square miles of forest.

Prevailing winds so far have prevented. the fires from reaching any settlements,

Parlament At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press) Labor Minister Mitchell said all reasonable requests for commuti- catlon with Japanese awaiting re- patriation to Japan are being met. Health Minister Claxton said the Government plans BTW/kl" grants for those who wlah to do re- searoh work in cancer. Reconstruction Minister HOWB disclosed coke supplies have been r uisltioned from steel P181116- L-Col. Cecil Merritt. V- (7.. (Vancouver-Burrow!) suggested too large s sum was being voted for publicity in ment

the Health DODsrt-

stint Knowles (oer-wombat: North ontre) urged renter 80V- ernment research in t e field 0i nuxs-lréglgn. The g‘ will discuss vari-

ent business. The

ous Cover-om Snste will not sit.

t to such aopoaslblllty.“

Urges Immediate Reconditioning 0f Georgetown Road

A delegation representing the Georgetown Town Planning Com- mittee waited on the Provincial Government yesterday afternoon and presented a brief pressing the Government for immediate com- mencement of the project of wid-

lng, sub-madlng and grsvelllng t e road from Poo-lei Garage tn Georgetown Railway Wharf, in preparation for paving,

The delegation consisted of Mflyor P, L. Bcudremllt. Messrs. J. Waldron Lovers, l". _ Solomon, Earl McLaran, Joseph Johnson, Howard McLean. and Gordon Ross. Dr» A- A- Kennedl’. A. E. JCTTKIIIS.

Mr. George Savllle, M.L A. for the Georgetown District also sat Wlih the Government members.

The delegation received definite assurance from the Government that work would be proceeded with Immediately on this road.

Text of Brief

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"Honourable J. Walter Jones. Premier of Prince Edward Island. Honourable Minister of Public Works and ‘Hlghways, Member-g g1 iglcpdfixecutive Council Legisla-

“Wo. the undersigned delegation r@D1‘est\nt1ng the Tclwn Planning Commrttee of the Town of George- town. the citizens of the surround- ing districts in that section of the Province, the Potato Growers A:- 509-1811011. The Associated Shippers, W- A. Poole 8a Co., Poole 5r Thomp- 5011 Ltd. motor truck drivers and

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Statutory" Ileliidaiy

OTTAWA. Mo)! 31—(OP)-- The King's Birthday. which this year wlllgbe celebrated in Canada J1me l0, 1s a statutory holiday, stats Secretary Martin's office said to- lnght. Banks and Government of- fxccs must close on statutory holi- days. but therr observance by the general public does not rest on Federal law.

Newspaper Prices Increase In Ontario

TORONTO, 137m - (c?) _ Newspaper prices take a general upswing m Ontario Mc-ndny. Ten pa elrs Imve announced increases ef ectlve at the first of the week. bringing to 19 the number of 0n- 111110 Papers and to m the number 1_n Canada to increase prlceg m lllill? more than a month

The increase will leave the Province with 12 papers selling at three cents a co y. Thirteen sell at four casts an seven at five vents. The two-cent paper which was familiar for years has almost “5111171911-‘13! vsnlnhed. The onlv Paps-rs left In Canada selling at two vents are The Charlottetown

Guardian and The Charlottetown Patriot.

MR. GORDON MacMlLLAN

Cornwall, who yesterday was elect-

ed president of the P. E. I. Fox

firoedors and Exhibitors’ Associa- on.

Nuns Briefs

OTTAWA, May 31 —~ (CP) —Re- construction Minister Howe said to- dav in the Commons coke supplies have been requlsitloned from all steel lants in Canada to bolster dwiml ing domestic fuel supplies.

OTTAWA, May 31 — (CP) —Ed- ward Wilfred Mazerall, 30, former National Research Council err-gin- eer, will be sentenced tomorrow, 10 days after his- conviction on a charge of conspiring to communi- cate confidential information to Russia. Sentence will be passed by Chief Justice J. C. McRuer of the Ontario Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, May 31 — (AP) -— Presidentfrnrman said the tihsnces of avoiding a time strike in the United States J1me 15 look dark but he will go as far as the law allows to kee tlhe ships moving if there is a wa kout.

OTTAWA, May 81 — (C?) — Domestic supplies of Canadian cheese are expected to remain ade- quate this year despite a declining production which has dimmed the prospects of Canada fulfilling her commifent to ship 125000.000 gounds of the cheddar variety to

e United Kingdom.

WASHINGTON, May 31 - (AP) - The wage stabilization Board today approved the soft coal wage agreement between the overnment and John L. Lewis with certrln “understamdingw

WASHINGTON, Mav 31 ._ (AP) —- The United States’ 1947 gggply of meats mav fall .000, .000 pounds below this year's inaxlc quote output as a result. of feed grain shortages and recent in- creases in ceiling prices of live- stock feeds.

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Royal Winter Falr— Te Ila-Open This Year

TORONTO, May 31- (OED-For Lhe first time In eight years C-tn- ads‘: Royal Agricultural Winter Pair \vlII re-open here Nov. 12-20, president Gordon Perry announ- ced today, It is expected that sper- Ial arrangements will ho made with the Provinces 11d railways

for the transportation of livestock,

Annual Meeting 0f Silver Fox Breeders

Mr Garden President;

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