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Queen And Princei Have Busy Day Around Capital
OTTAWA (CH-3-in cotntnand- performance . the Queen and Prince meat I bilin- gual day Ttus& la the Cana- dian capital area. They leave to- day for the Unim Itates.
No events were as splendid an Monday's full - dress opening of Parliament but the Royal Couple seemed to enjoy that nonethe- less. I
They drove limilea thronh crowd - lined hleta in Ottawa and neighboring Hull, Que. a capital is about one - third, nine-tenths. French-speakingz, 2 .I
'nss Queen's outfit matched & capttalls breath - taking antspa colors. She wore a woollen suit of hollyberry red with a small Per- sian lamb collar and fur mull to match. Her hat was of red stitched felt held by two small gold clips.
CROWD! AT HOTEL
Tuesday's events included I visit in Hull. I push of a button to inaugurate a highway protect. I "'09 Pllllllnl. a conference on industrial relations called by Prince Philip. I iwo-hour govern- ment reception in the main hall- room of the Chateau Laurier Ho- tel and dinner with Prime Minis- ter and Mrs. Diefenbnker.
The Queen and Prince Philip will leave here today at ll:3.'i a.m. EDT by air for their all- day United States visit.
The biggest crowds of the day watched the Royal Couple enter the Chateau Lauriar about 5:! pm. The ehatean is in the centre of the cuhal and rush-hour traf- fic becantllisvolved in a mass- ive
At the i Tuesday night, Mr. Dial was to present the Royal Couple with Canada's gift-an oil painting of the Parlia- ment Bulldius by Robert Pilot of Montreal.
The loyal Coupieet day started
with a motor procession that left an Government
House at 10:10 am. in warm mndlne and crossed the Ottawa River N the lItei'provin- eial aides to ltd.-
French..Sotne ll civic officials and their wives were presented to the Queen and Prince Philip. who both spoke French.
The Queen had heard that most of Hull's schools were closed be- cause of an influenza lb L and she asked the mayor when the children would be going back to classes.
"'l'his afternoon; they're feel- ing I lot better now." Mr. Mol- cion replied.
He asked how Prince Charles. her aoil.. was feeling after his bout with flu.
The Queen said reports on the Itght- year -old princes 'condltion were "very good."
USED SAME PEN
The Queen and Prince Philip signed the visitors' book with the same pen they used during their 131 tour of Canada. They flip pedbacktothepagetheyhad signed six years previously.
As the motorcade continued. boys on bicycles pedaiied beside the royal limousine. A streetcar operator. in a traffic jam. climbed to the roof d the tram for a better view. Railway yard is ' mounted boxcars. A group of Dominican monks lifted their gowns and dashed across a Hull'square for a sec- ond view.
At Hurdman bridge in south- east Ottawa, the laughing Quees pushed a button which set off an explosion about 110 yards behind her. Rocks and debris spouted lot feet into the air.
The explosion marked inaugur- ation of the eight-year. 831.000.- ooo Queensway project. a six - lane crosstown artery. Only the bridge has been built so far.
Mayor George Nelms of Ot- tawa said he had tipped off the Queen in advance that there would he a loud hang. she didn't jump at the explosion but many in the crowd of several thousand
Premier Frost of Ontario, who
word speech. said: well away from the button my-
uumwu, nowgvewnga self. l dldnt' know what was go- ””'""""""'”" Mb Aotlsaassasmirron
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So ..-."l'us.. Iih "Inniour. Queen" and ” eleotnl. Ipadalnse la
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communities.
lie said that even in a world of hill - lielsure industrialisation the family still is the central and Wt unit of society. lie ad-
"l am no expert on industrial matters. I dont 'pretend to under- stand at first hand the stresses
clhidch people living in industrial communities have to put up with.
"But I do know one thing: man has simply got to remain charge of the industrial monate which he is building. '
"We have got to make sure that science and industry re- main the servants of man and not his dictators."
Just before his radio address. prominent spokesmen for Cana- dian management and labor were received by the prince.
Later it was learned that an- other Duke of Edinburghis study conference. with all Common- wealth nations represented. may be held in Canada in the next few years.
PRESENT PHOTO!
Soon after lunch, the Queen and Prince Philip presented autu- napbed and framed photographs of themselves to Canadians who have helped plan and execute ar- rangements for their visit.
These included members of the government hospitality commit- tee headed by Jules Leger, dep- uty minister of external affairs, and armed forces and RCMP per- sonnel who have rendered per- sonal service to the Royal Couple. .
In mid - afternoon. the'Queen planted a hard maple and Prince Philip a red oak in the autumn- painted grounds of Government House.
Trees the Royal Couple planted six years ago on the opposite side of the roadway leading to the residence were in full fall splendor.
Some 1.200 persons attended the reception in the Chateau Laurier.
The Queen wore a cocktail dress in beige and gold brocade in a leaf pattern with a full cir- cular skirt.
For dinner Tuesday night at the prime minister's residues- eovera were laid for 19 - the Gnu was to wx a sllrmner
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liberals To Pick Leader Jan. 14 - l6
0T'l'AtiiA CP) - The Liberal PNW will hold a national con- vention hue Jan. 14-16 to pick a new leader to succeed Rt. Hon. Louis St Lament
Most likely candidates - al. tholllh neither has signified his intentions - are lion Lester B Pearson. so, former external .1. r. and Hon Paul aartln. 54. former health unis-
The date was announced Wed- ensdey by Duncan K MacTav-
. president of the National
beral Federation. who said the convention. at Mr St Laur nt's request. also will considu y policy and organization
BIGGEST CONVENTION
The convention. the party's fourth. became necessary when Mr St Laurent. 75, announced lat month ids decision to retire for health reasons
However. Mr St Laurent said he would continue as party leader in the Commons until a new
leader since 1948
Mr MocTavish said the formal "convention call” document would be going out later this week, to bring togaher the "most representative of any po litioal convention ever held in Canada" .
There would be 1.500 delegates and 1.000 alternates. comps -ad with 1.302 delegates and 843 ai- ternates at the 1940 convention that picked Mr St Laurent as leader to succeed the late W L Mackenzie King
The largest group scheduled to receive the "convention call" will include tin-ce delegates and three alternate deigates firom each of the in federal electoral districts That would account for 789 reg- ular delegates and 739 alternates
PLANNED FOR COLISEUM Liberal members of the Privy Council - mainly former cabinet ministers - the Senate and the House of Commons will make up the second ingest group Others to be called to the con- ventsnn are: nlheral leaders in he to provascos; executive corn- mittees of the National Liberal Federulon. Hberal Women's Federation, Young uberaia Fed- trstbn and the Canadian Univuj- dty Lateral Federation of men s Federation and Young Lib club will be asked to send in-aid-it and two officers athltlon Liberal members or of provincial legislat- one-loirttt
gates
The mswention will bt held in the Coliseum. at Ottawa's exhibi- tion grounda. the scene of three other political leadership conven- tions in the last nine years
Comments On Flu Outbreak
UITAWA CPl-Health Miria- tsl- Mt-tom: said Tuesdify there are expectations that the current otabreak of inflcenza - in ept-' dude proportions in some prov- ines - may subside "in a few weelta."
For that reason. he informed the Otrrlnom. most provinces
have not committed themselves to taking supplies of Asl an flu? vaccine beyond Nov. 15.
lie saki Adan flu vaccine is quenthies for provincial pro-
Governmenf Will Launch Farm Price Spread Probe
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leader is chosen He has been '-
UITAWA (CF) - Parliament imsetlaiwith W- qtendng of 5.501.- stems in street flacalyear. but Finance-Minister Flhning in-
dicated the fllure may lllced. Mr. Flllllll'll'I first tch of supplementary -ti t I - de-
livered just a day after the new Parliament opened-added GIL- 2i5.000 to what the Liberals al- reaw had asked the Commons to vote before-they went out of of- fice June 10.
But Mr. Fleming suggested in a statement that most of the newly-proposed spending V!!! M- cessary and that cuts might be made in the Liberal estimates.
MAY MAKE CHANGES
With his own estimates, he re- tabled those of the Liberals but added that "this is not to say that the present government will support all of the detailed pro- grams contemplated when those estimates were originally pre- mred...
"Rather." he said. "such changes as this overnmeni pro- poses to make It current year -vrograms will be brought to Par- '”amentsl attention when the in- lividual items affected are being considered . . . "
An indication that the new Progressive Conservative govern- ment ls planning to reduce taxes -a nd expenses concurrcntly-
k ;
the throne at Par-
came Monday in a section of the Qeech from llasnent's opening. declaring the
VEIERANSIJNETIIEPATHIOTEECENOTAPE
Fleming Says Proposed. Spending May Be Sliced
with particular reference to pipe line operations.
told the has bent
IOVH '7 (1 in taxing legislation at the new session.
Besides getting Mr. Fleming's first estimate . the Commons also heard Tuesday of establishment of two investigating commissions -one set up Tuesday and the othu to he set up by the Con- servaiive government soon.
Prime Minister Diefenbakcr formally announced a six-man royal commission to study re- sources development in Canada.
Suggests Cool Marketing Bcl.
OTTAWA CPI -- Robert C. Coates. new Progressive Con- servative Commons member for Cumberland N.S.. wants the 'cd- eral guvermncnt to establish a coal marketing board to "sell all the bituminous coal produced in Canada."
Mr. Coatcs Tuesday gave the Commons notice that he will move a resolution to this effect later. i
The government now has a Do- minion coal board. whose func- tion is the development of the coal industry generally. including marketing.
Mr. Diafenhaker also .a . . ..
reached on an investigation into price spreads between retail food costs and returns received by farmers. which he said is needed. lie said the decision will be an- ” in a few days.
The Commons, before adj:-arm ing until this afternoon. heard members move and second the address In reply to the speech from the throne.
Geo'town, Wood ls. Included In New Estimates
OTTAWA CPI-Public works supplementary estimates for the i967-50 fiscal year include:
Public Buildings
Building for na- tional film board - to complete 8188.418.
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National Boy Scout Meetings Planned Here
Two irmortant national Boy Scout meeting will be held in Prince Edward kland Iris month. On October 23 and M the National Training Commit-
,ol the Ca dian General
ii of the Boy out Mancin-
tion will meet at the Charlotte-
town Hotel under the chairman-
ship of Eli Boyaner. Saint John.
N.B., Provincial f' X l for New Brunswick.
The Executive Committee of the Canadian General Council will meet at the same location October 25 and Z6. R.C. Steven- son, 0.B.E.. of Montreal. vice- president of the Council will pre- side and representatives from all ten provinces are expected.
P. M. Makes Statement In Commons
OTTAWA CPI Immediate launching d a full-scale hiquiry, probably by royal ccsnnihdsn, into price spreads on farm pro- ducts between producer anr coo- surner was indicated Tuuday by Prime Minister Diefenbalter.
He informed the Commons" that a ”' t deision on the matter was made two or thee week: ago and an annouuement will be made "within a very few days."
The invmtigmion would imple- ment on election campaign prom- ise by Mr. Di cfenbaker and would be the first of its kind since the royal commission on price spreads established in 1984 by the then Conservative govern- ment of R. B. Bennett.
The matter was raised in a question by llnzen Argue 0CF- Aasiniborian who asked whether the government is considering sehcmg up a cornmisdon inn "the great spread between the low prices paid to producers of rgih retail prices charged con- aurners."
NOT ALL MARKUPS
Mr. Diefenbeker replied that his government. appointed June 21. "has given immediate consid- eration to this most serious and diffcult problem, one respeotng which I for one have spokenc e a b of i the need of something being done to hi- vestigate this qxead. Within a very few days an announcement win he made in this regard..."
In ' ' campaign k be said he thought the price spread between farmers and cosy sumern was not entirely dc: to markups lay wholesalers and re- tailas.
The 1934-35 myal cotreniadoo inquiry dealt with price spree&
in many , ducts besides fun: products and also went isio the enemies: of . it dealt. however. ly WU: ditt-
butltm of farm 11-oducts and wit the flour-milling and iivutock in dustry.
VGsCANO EBUPTI
TOKYO (AP!-Mount Miitara. one of Japan's five active volcan- oes. erupted unexpectedly Sun- day aa more than 1.000 Japanese sightseera climbed about near its crater. One was killed and K were injured-it severely.
Mayor Challenges Statement Of Labor Union Official
"The statements made by an
official of the Labor Movement I list of those in treats for of Canada in this Giy last weakl l
are without foundation in fact". said Mayor Stewart speaking in
answer to a question put byl appeal to pay taxes was so grat-
Councillor Nicholson.
Montreal - Office building - further amount required i750.0t)0..
Quebec - Wolfe's Cove-build-l lng .or customs and immigration -furihu amount required 31,-
Harbore and Rivers
Nova Scoila 1
Caribu -- Wharf recomiruc-l tion and dredting - further amount required to complete 3240.011).
Yarmouth - repairs and my provcments to ferry it-rminaL -- furlher amount required to com-, plcte 57l.400. I Pince Edward Island
Georgetown - Railway wharf -towards reconstruction - fur- ther amnunt required Si70.o00.
Wood Islands - improvements - further nmaum requin-ti in etastplete 3240.000 .
PARLIAMENT AT A GLANCE
By THE CANADIAN PRESS Tuesday
Prime Minister Diefcnhaker altourned atrpointmern of a six- lsan nual commission to study resources development in Can-I
Ida.
Finance Minister Fleeting tab- led In the Commons supplemen- tary estimates totalling SL325.-' em. saunas; mus erpenditureal b I.UI..I1I.Q.
Mr. Diefetdseker forecast ap-' polmmast la a few days e' a royal eotmdsdoa to iavealgatel casts and farmerr retilns l Arthur Ssnth PC - Calgary hethi, mover of the address in reply to the match hen the- thnm, atggeeted Canada and he, us. pool oil reserves for mar-
Coun. Nicholson noted that the coming in so well that it was
Union officials had been quoted in the Press as saying that is- bour conditions in the City ol Charlottetown were worse than
anywhere else in Canada. llel wondered whether the Council- was going to allow this state-
mom to go unchallenged. Mayor Steward said the state- mcnt was without fouldation be-
cause the facts show that among- Ciiy employers there is the lUI'-l csi turnover of personnel of any-l whore ill the Province. "This in-- dicatos in me that they must'
be reasonably happy in their
jobs”, he said.
l.lMl1'I-If) FUNDS
”We have limited funds will! which to pay salaries." cmi'n- ucri the Mayor. but we ire not oppoccd to the demands of Lab- or. I have pointed out buforc that an appeal case is now he- fone the courts as to Vi'h('lhI3I'
It is legal for a corpdralion to
enter an agreement with its em-
ployees. if this appeal were up-;
Coun. Johnstone explained that
taxes had not been published in October as previously advertis- ed beca the remonse to the ifying and the payments were difficult to prqaare the list. He said. however, that a list would be prepared at a date to be announced. pnbabiyv in Nova nhcr.
Mayor Stewart said the list must be published otherwise the whole purpose of the advertising would be defeated. No one. be said. would pay any aiiention to those notices in future.
Coun. O'Neill wanted to know whether the list was being pro- parcd for the enjoyment of diose who were not in arrears or for embarrassment of those who were in arrears.
l LEGAL NECESSITY
City Reva-der Martin ex- plained that the publishing of the names was a necessity in taking legal action against tie- fauliers. He said. hmvrvear. that
Mid We would be in ' WY ""2 Council that it might be possible
baraxsing position. "The whole situation has been
.'that a taxpayer would not get a
notice for tax arrears. in which
h'""'d Dy me” P"l'm'”lsl case be felt it would not be fair
which in my opinion were
Vlnrship,
Coun. Foster agreed with the
Mayor. Coon. Johnetone said increases
1 in salaries were continent with
taewilityofthepeqaletopas tales.
in giving the financial picture; pres-e spreads between man ttnr to the Council, Finance Chair-I
tnaa Jotisotone bed as encourag- lag report to mate. He said re- ceusts compared to the some per led at last year were up No.- m white emeeses were down tum.
'Aaian Fin lasts for about II
for such persons to be listed as
. advised and ill timed." said HlS1def.u"e"'
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salts on these tests. Dr. lscnoeeld said -ending about Asian Flu uppear it is of a more "'3'
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nature than that need in the City
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