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“pollen in Dooagh School. Wednesday, May 12th. Good ‘music.

-~ anl rants. Darrin Ioogay nlsbt. us! 10th.

"Arrived - Amthfil‘ oar Mixed Feeds. Msolfay Bron. Stanley Bridge.

‘Rummage sale. Boclsl Bull Trinlti’ Church. Saturday. Mo! 8th st 1:30. .

"R I Sale 111 Mark/st

Building on Saturday, May 8th. 3.30 to 5.00. ‘ "Pantry Bale Hardware May 8th, 2 P. M. The Hi-Wi-Mi Club. Wlnsloe. "Dance. ‘Monday night, May 10th. ‘Prscadia Hall.‘ llastezn

Rhythm Boys.

"North River Women's Institute suction sale in hell, May 10, 8:30. Aid of hall. »

"Farmers, we can still accept your clover seed orders at our low prices. Rush your order. McCiuigan snd Boyle. .

"Cheerlb My Deal-lo‘ play in New Glasicw Hall. Tuesday. May lith at 8:15 p.111.

' ‘Cornw ‘ ll—York Point Instlhlte Plays "Tr ling" and "Thankful for Jack", Cltrnwsll Hell ‘hiesday, May 11th. Specialties.

"Join e fun in Victoria Hall. Monday uh. Cards, Darws. Llnlch. Door Prl . 35c and 25c. Women's AuxiliarylCaxladlan Legion,

"See I-ms My Advice” by Cardlganlbrssnatlc Clubln Cardi- gan null] May nth. Curtain son.

"Thrlp Act Comedy, 8t. Themes? Hall, ‘Monday, May 17th Dance for.

"Graham's Road-Granville drula plsyons 1n Graham's Mad Hal. Wednesday, Moy 11. Speci- sltro and candy.

';Don't miss the two one act plws "Elmer" and "five to I-‘ive Tiirty”. Also specialties in York lldl. May 12th, at s15 P. u.

"Book your orders now for Chadian Northern Grown Clover Qeds. Supply limited. Beston 6s lliacltae, Sllur-Galn Feed Ssvloe. Yinsloe.

“collecting andjrucking Hogs :01" Canada. Packers from Poakes -md vicinity, Tuesday. ‘May 11th

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lnd every Tuesday. Merllln Devlno.

"Car cedar shing‘ unloadlnl Saturday and Nlonsiay. all grades. Special prices ofl cu‘. Roagh Bag- nall, Hunter River.

"Mrs. Gordon MacMlllsrnCom- ~01". will give an illustrated talk’ on gardening st the Art Cosme. second floor. Market Building. May 13th. B;15 P.M. Everyone invited.

"Collecting and trucking hogs for Canada Packers every Tuesday nnd Friday. from Canoe Cove. Rice Pvlm, Long Creek, New Argyle. Archie MacKinnosi.

"Cfme to Afton lull. Wednes- “W- May 12th. and aeo the 3 est Elm-soy "Calm Yourself" by Hamp-

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‘ Point w. r. _ i __._ lfwfl-‘ntn’: Missionary “"*s'd*’"t Please note: An execu- ‘Ql/‘e meeting will be held in Zion‘ 2 [Era 0n Thursday. May 13th at

Society.

.Clwr"° 5t. Andrews Dramatic - "b meat unli- Closely

P!!! United in Vemou rum l-hll. wea-

EMPY- W! 12th. Auplces Vernon ver C. W. L. Sale ' and _. “MY- Dunes after.

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. tiring industries for lack of im-

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Smut: At 78 Prepares For Campaign

JOHANNBBURC, May ‘F-(CP) -Pri oMlnlstor Jan Bmuts may be (lg ng his last political ‘cam- nsln when‘ he lends his United Pitt? lntoSoutli Africa's May 26,- genorsl elections. Its return to power is virtually conceded.

Gen. Smuts is 78. five years older than Prime Minister Mac- kenzie of Canada. ‘Iilougll he vigorously denies any intention of sotlrlng. a. number oi political observers feel smut! cannot con~ tlnue lcadershb for the fuii‘ilvc years of the next parliament. Most likely successor is deputy prime minis‘ Jan l-lofmeyr, groomed for the position since the government tool: office at the out- break of the last war.

M. a party congress at Bloem- fontein Con. Bmuts denied allega- tions by the Nationalist Party, tho government's major opposition, that he would continue as leader merely until the electlo are won. then band over the reins to Hof- msyr.

The Nationalist Party recently put its militant white-supremacy policy before the electorate with the slogan: "Keep the white race pure." The party advocates com- plete racial segregation. abolition okparllamentsry representation for non-Europeans and the deporta- tion. if possible. of all Indians in the Union.

BBAVBIBDOOK ARRIVE!

PREDERICTON, May 'i --(CP) —-Lord Beoverbrook, Canadian- bocn nrltssll nowssloer Publisher. arrived in Fredericton today after spending several months in Brit-

’ Commerce has

‘ 10.000 cords of pulpwood to Am-

_ awaiting shipment at. Bloomfield,

Paper Mills

Prince Edward Island 1s going to export pulp wood to American paper mills.

The Timber Control division of the Department of Trade and approved the ls- sulng of export permits to Island lumber men for the exporting of

sricsn paper manufacturers.

Mr. Oliver Master. Deputy Min- ister of ‘trade and Commerce. notl» lied Mr. W, E. Agnew. Provincial trade agent, that his Department. was granting the permission be- cause Premier" Jones bod inform- ed the Department on his recent trip to Ottawa that at least 10.000 cords of pulp wood was available in the Province for export.

Announcement , . Placed tinder Butter

Seen Likely Next Week '

OTTAWA. my 7 — (GP) — The Government is expected to mo. ounce a zb-per-cent increase in war pensions next week.

‘that conclusion was drawn today after the statement of Vetenrls Minister Gregg to the Commons Committee on Veterans Affairs that the pensions bill will be placed before the HOUse "as quiclm s; possible."

OTTAWA. May 7 — (C?) - The Canadian Legion celled today for m ‘ ’epend ‘ board to study dis- honorable discharges of soldiers in the Second World War. Mat-Gen. C. B. Price, national Legion chief, told the Cosrlsnons Cclrlnllttee on Veterans Affairs that "where veterans have been awar d dishonorable discharges as result of strictly service offences, they should not be required to carry them indefinitely." "Already," he added, ‘trnsny veterans are finding that such a

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It ls understood that ‘orders for a much greater quantity than l0,- 000 cords could be secured if the Dill-P Wood were available. One firm informed Government auth- orities that it would tsko 5.000 cords s. month. '

At present about 1.300 cords or 30 cars, have been out and are

Prince County. Considerable cut- ting ls also going on near Bourls.

Prices for the product at point of shipment are said to p but it is understood an svaragoprioe- is e12. The woods used are spruce. fir and poplar in certain percent- ages.

Earthquakcln lluehcc Province

(By The Canadian PIdI) MONTREAL, MAY 'l—-A'i1 earth

discharge bars them from emphy- ment." p

That was one point raised by s brief which was placed before the committee as it ended a long study of the Pensions Act and began to consider amendments which the Government plens to make in the War Veterans’ Allowances Act.

The pensions bill — including a 16 to 20 per cent increase in rates — ls expected to go back before the C mmcns next week. along with a unanimous cczrlmittee reoqrlmendation for a ZS-perwent hoist. ' _Ths_ conumttincul, last fling, at pensions ‘cs-me with unanimous adoption ,of a motion by Dr. William Blair (PC Lmnalrk) which altered a clause in the act so that the Pensions Commission must give the veteran the benefit of any doubt in his nppllcntlon for‘ g, pension.

Parliament

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tremor, lasting only a few seconds.

caused excitement but a minimum

of damage in tbc Montreal ares I

today.

Frightened residents telephoned police and newspapers, and from the little village of Ste. Rose, to the north, came of wor- shippers at mass rushing from the church into the street.

Suburban and country districts north of the city appeared to have felt the sharpest tremors. At L's- bord a Plouffe, 10 mils from Montreal, one householder said the lvslls of his house were cracked.

The Montreal Public Works De- partment ssld there were no im- mediate reports of damage but it would take weeks to detarmine whether underground semen and water mains had been demagvi.

The Government selsmologlosl authorities in Ottawa said the shook was “relatively lane" and placed its centre at St. Lin, 20 lnlles north of Montreal. 8t. Lin was the birthplace of Sir Wllrld Laurler.

The" tremor was the first in Eastern Canada since Cornwall.

aln and the West Indies.

Be Felt

OTTAWA, May 7-(CPl-.-Csn- ads will be seriously hit ii a gon- eral rail strike is called in the grllltod States. as threatened. next oaday. ‘Government officials said today. »

Severity of the blow will depend on the length of the tie-up.‘ these officials said. but it would have tbs almost-immediate eiisot of slowing down Canadian manufac-

portad steel. At the same time. Canada's ex- port business with the United

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Handling of any new shipments oi perishable foods. poultry or live- stock was refused under embargo orders put into affect b, six rail- roads last midnight. M least 84 other railroads havo- announced similar embergoea will be in effect by tomorrow or Isnday.

ff the strike over wages and working “rates is averted, no in: pol-tent rtagas are enacted appearbsosuse of the embargoss. ltocks on hand or still in transit will tide consglnors ovn st least tditffillqf" “yfl M ‘ l1

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atm- would be ulrsel ll t oil‘. Swim ‘an "m" a1‘ ‘ though it was sweets: llrllust oi shipments out of County " “' this lost trade would be picked up were cancelled toliu In the 8m- "plylqpmmtjunbelorethesndoitbaysar. ~ aorarldArocstnollallmld-sfffl- l ism; ...°.‘.'1"'.'.‘.'.-.'-'.'" n: our m .:....'-"~......:: Piss over-sch bane on imports n-om the coiled spokesmen said. between s!» and Illa-liq- q-m ~ ltatas would be reflected at the 8,000 will llaveh be mo» ‘wlykothdf pillars will’ ‘obnsuntsr level llfllell it turned as lyabttltdtf diverted to or" '- Rood an...“ . , out to no.1 mtmwd. lmtlvus- wt = ~ l R... Home?‘ C l: A t ‘Is ms n s. ‘Isblss- Hslitifi; llnffllklillltfitw U aylosereesyloeullasoau ‘M 4,. olucsoo. slay v-lm-m- summonses s: u» tbrntaoaa l “mlltlttte-wltb y n; * m Tuesday's railroad rellrobdltrtks over wages" . ‘emptying; om; “pg: s l1 all» United States today rum u it is not plug $1" . _‘ ' . i _ . , . . . &~ Lats‘ noted‘ tsouitollltAmerlcsn mo: a

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_Agrlculture Minister Car-diner said removal of the entarto 0n beet cattle shipments to the Un- ited States will be conidared very soon. '

The House consld ed 58111011‘ mtg Department estimates and minor legislation.

The Senate did not alt.

Monday.

'1‘he House will resume the housing debate started this week. The Senate will sit.

1.2m; Tc Vote At Liberal Convention

- OTTAWA, May ‘l-When the national Liberal convention chooses a. loader to succeed Prime Minister Mackenzie Kins. 11M lwrwns W111 be entitled to vott-

hch constituency ls entitled to send three delegates to the cou- vantlon. opening hers Aug. s. The two-member rldlngs of Halifax and Queens (P.E.l.) are entitled toslxoaob. Thatmakesatetal oi m delegates, or slightly more than hall the total.

The call has gone out to‘ eon- stltuency izations to select _t1leir delegates before June so.

Abandon Search For Missing Plane

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Floor May Be

OTTAWA, May 7 - (CID- Agriculture Minister Gardiner indicated in the Commons to- night that he ls prepared to recommend the placing ‘of s. floor price under butter.

He ssld he was receiving re- commendation! nflllll the se-

, tsbllalsment oi e butter floor price. Ho had the matter under consideration and planned to make some recommendations to the Cabinet. As he had not made the recommendation ll_ yet, he could give the House no further Information.

P.E.l. Shorthcrn Bulls Sold To" Newfoundland y

Three registered Sborthorn bulls are leaving the Province by rail this morning for the Newfound- land Government. They will make the trip via Halifax.

Each of the following live stock breeders supplied one anlmwl: Stanley Hurry, Winsloe; John DuPssqulcr, Saint Peter's; and Benjamin A. Mellett, Little York.

‘like negotiations were conclud- ed through the office of tho Pro- vincial trade agent, Mr. WE. Ag- new. ,

‘It ls understood another ship- ment, this time of pure bred l-lol- stelns will leave the Province for Newfoundland xnext week.

Shipping Active In Montreal; Ila lfax,

MONTREAL, May ‘l-(OPJ-In one way things are in great shape along the Montreal waterfront- ship tonnage this season promises to reach a new peak

In another wsy things aren't so rosy; the ships And their sea- men aren't spending Iishors suy- thing llke what. they used to be- cause cf the dollar shortage abroad Brltldl, Norwegian and other European freigbtere normally stock

HALIFAX, May 'l—(CP)—For the first day in several years. no ships reported antly to this port today. One vets] Wls cleared. Saint John. reported no vessel .....voments.

up in Montreal with necessities re- quired aboard ship but this yea. have been ordered to do all ex- cept essential purchases at home. Hardest hit are the British ships. So far as shtppim is concerned April broke all noon-B for that month and the steady stream sf arrivals shows no sign oi letting up. Arrivals for the first week of my are more than double those oi a year ago. '

Expect July To Sea Peak In Beef Prices

UITAWA. my "l - (OP) Ibs- the second time in a week, packing r y wltnellel today told the Commons conmlttse on prices that bee! prim are almost certain to keep rising until July. But the housewife has a way out if aha wants to oaks it. they odd- od. '

Beef can be

GANDIR. Nild.. May 7-(CPl-‘ A three-day hunt for a Dakota aircr-ut missing on a trans-At- lantis Ilhbt was abandoned here tonight sitar weary air urns had searched over 100.000 square miles

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ofTvzater. l n ‘ lone. G flfltllltlh WM I MUM“ .'. 2d‘..‘.‘.'.'.;.t.“...i“i.‘i.°'s.’i“itf mem- rum» '2": Wilderness trsniout clnii” l. “h” rlh-gg-gggwmfggg? orrsws, May ‘l-Pdllons sall- clu-llsorlolllenlllesrsmlslfllhm . 1* since it ml Gander Airport w‘ away‘? "in" l‘: mum” ‘n’ h“ “M” “m” cattle products-s of southern Ai- . ' , borta. Douglas PC-Ca- Aarsnsonmiswslb llfrattlllfiltllllttntlse Whslrmllnsslsistll KINIIQIEITIIIWN est oval-d sivlan to mustn't: petition. chat indlcstod endow-

prices brought down i! she switches bar ism!!! purchases to pork. Supplies of port an pilitlitll. This picture was presented to the cornlnltroe by 1.6. H21 and

Hugh Runny. manners Cae- ab Packers,’ Beef and Pork Divis-

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locomotives enroute here for the Canadian National Railways. are expected to arrive in Charlottetown sometime today. It was learned the engines, first of their kind to go lntc regular service in the Mar-

Bordon about noon. Then they wlil be ltttached to freight extras and sent to Charlottetown. No deliniw time of arrival was set, but it was considered possible the first. would arrive between 4 and 5 this after- noon. The second is expected shortly after. However, the arrival time will depend on the freight

tent.

On Sunday it ls probable the en- gines will also be sent out with freight extras, Nothing definite was arranged but railway officials said it was expected the engines would be sent to Borden and return.

li/IJONCTUN. May s _ The first diesel-electric locomotives‘ to" go into regular train service in the Marltlmes will arrive here tndsy lo be officially inspected by W. E. Robinson. vice-president and gener- al manager, Atlantic Rlegion, Cans-

ltimes, will probably be ferried to.

movement st Borden to some ex-'

' New Diesel - Electric Locomotives Are Due m: Today

Two new ‘to-ton diesel-electric

dlsn Notional Rnllwuys. and other senior officers of the region, prior to their entry into Prince Edward Island service. Two 44-1011 diesel. switchers are already in service on the Island. '

Operating from Montreal as multiple unit, the two 72~ton Canadian Locomotive Company built diesel; are being accompanied by a C.N.R. dynamalneter car, which will tabullate the facts and "euros of the perforate-nice of the new diesels in actual operation. The tests, which - are being con- ducted by Peter Mathewson. trans- portation engineer of the National System. Montreal. will be continued until their service on the Island has been recorded.

First of Eighteen

Thirty-seven feet long, thirteen- nnd-a-hslf nigh and ten wide. the Goo-horsepower locomotives are llhe first of eighteen ordered for P, E, I. by ‘the C.N.R.' ‘Ihe "r are scheduled to roll of! the assembly line regularly until complete de- livery ls made by fall. They are equipped with the latest mechanic-

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With the balance of the biluslcai Festival competitions having been cnnrplleted yesterday ai‘ , first of two consents, put on the winners of the various classes. went over with huge success be- fore a capacity crowd st the Prince of Wnles College Auditorium last night. ‘Hie second concept will take place sat the college Auditorium tonight.

Mr. l-l. Barry Bugden. president o! the Prince Edward Island Musical Hatlvsl Association, presided, and ma. J. Walter Jones. in the absence of the Honorable Premier J. Walter Jones, made the scholarship presentations to the winners of the various competitions,

Mr. Blmden. who opened the program with a few brief remawrfi;

. everyone concerned the carrying out of the festival for

their splendid loo-operation.

gave special thanks to all the organisations and indlvldllllg who s0 kindly donated scholarships. Midway in the pro- Mr. Bugden paid a warm to "the adlodicaror. Mr. David Cuohrt ‘ y of Toronto. for his splendid work in carrvina wt the adjudication for the entire festival. and then called upon him

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Competitions Completed At Musical F estivnl; Concert Last Evening

Subscription Delivered

“JI- SMIO. other Provinces A U. S. $1.00.

Cease-fire Effective At Noon Today

lrltlsll fir» ll. l. Sat-up ‘I'm llpcr- ste After May 15.

JERUSALEM, May 'I-(CPI'- British efforts to get peace 1n Jerusalem brought agreement fronnboth Arebe and Jews tonight to cease fire in the olty from noon tmnorrcw.

Arab agreement was announced ln an official British conlmunlque from Jericho, when sir Alan Cunningham, British hlglh com- missioner. was tn conference with Aralb leaders. _

The Jews responded immed- iately, a Jewish agency spokesman here saying;

“We halve been suing for two.

stop shooting in Jsrluslesrl -- and elsewhere - we will also." Headquarters of Hsgana in Jer-

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Awarded Canadian

Efficiency Medal

HALIFAX, May 8 — Warrant Officer II Earl Thomns McLeod of 9. Sidney street, Charlottetown, has beer! awarded the Canadian Efficiency Medal. according to an anruslmoement from headquarters. Eastern Army Command. today.

W/0 Mcbeod ls presently with 54

the 20th LAA, Regiment. Reserve Force, as a warrant officer. He. served overseas with the 1st Medium Regiment, RCA.

lisysl Salute To Be o Fired |Il Charlottetown

OTTAWA. Mo? 7 -- (C?) - TwgnLy-ong-gun myal salutes will be fired in 1.1 cities May 1:2 to mark the 12th anniversary of the cor- orlatlon of King Comic. "l9 A"!!! said tonight.

The llll-ICS will be Ln Halifax. Ik-edlerictcn, Clurlottstown, Que- bec, Toronto, Winn , ite- glnn, Edmonton. Victoria, Van-

couver and Ottawa.

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BY JOHN Dell-AND

OTTAWA. May 'l--(0P)—A searoh that may load to develop- ment of a new industry in the lhrltiines will be made this year.

The cum is for the summer haunt of the sea her-ring, which vanishes from the Atlantis coast. in that season. -

1i they can 11nd the barring. rider-tea Department experts said today, than is a good chance of establishing an industry to Innkc fish meal, in demand for stock "who.

To soak out the aluslva nah, tho Department is equipping its vessel Hal-onus with spacial trawling

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Germans. Aboard the et-foot re- search craft. lnvlethltma also will experiment with a new kind of trawl not for Canadian nshsnneo -ona than can be towel tbrugb lid-water. . Plans for the herring jOIlIih waromsdathiswaokstalsssstlnl d the Atlantic Barring inveflga- tion Committee in mom-lone. ‘they followed an unrocoanfui at- tempt last year to locate the her- ring in the Gulf of at. Lawrence.

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Herring May l Start New Industry In . Maritime Provinces Expedition 1's Sack ssTllru-l 0f EIISIVO n»;

Make Fish Meal.