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A Parliament with a huge Government maiority can eventually lead to only one tiling - GOVERNMENT BY DICTATORSHIP.
Fight Dictatorship By Strengthening The Opposition!
ELECTORS or QUEEN'S couN1'v DTMSO '5 YOU! Opportunity To Help Remedy A Bad Situation
Out of 252 Members now in the House of Commons. the Government supporters number 188. a majority of I24 over all oth- er parties. This top-heavy maiority is admitted. even by private Liberal Members themselves. to be a bad thing for Canada. The Government. certain of its huge maiority. scarcely consults its private members. but simply tells them what to do.
- There are many times in general elections when voters would disapprove of certain matters but do not like to do so be- cause they are afraid they might defeat their own Party. But this is not so in a by-election and each Liberal can vote as he
sees fit. without prejudice -to his party. The Government could lose 50 by-elections and still have a good working maiority.
We Have One Fighter At Ottawa Letis Send Another
O VOTE FOR MacLEAN
Inserted by the Queen's County Progressive Oonses-vatfvs Psrbi
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chief Justice
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Bxldre and through Southport to the point on the highway near the la';lllnck Road where they stopped to fix a loose tallboard. He told of the -.r-ries of bumps the truck passed over. particularly one bad one
The three got out of the cab of the truck and the two men Wit back to look at the tailboard while Miss Mac-Donald got back into the cab. Finding it needed rs- ltalrs the late Mr. " lomon went to the cab for tools and then back to the rear of the truck.
The other car involved was a I950 Plymouth sedan driven by die accused who was accomp nled by Mrs. Seller. They apparently ML town at 1.10 p. m. and follow- hi the same route taken by the truck Apparently the accused slowed down over the bumps and ihfn picked up speed again.
However it. happened. the next thing we know is the screeching oi brakes from the Plymouth be- ”? It struck two men standing behind the Ford truck." the Chief -Nstlcer continued. "Apparently Gardiner was in the act of trying to Jump away when he was struck Ind thrown aside. Solomon was iatnmori between the vehicles and '"10t191.V injured."
3? Said there was no question about the accused having caused lite death of Solomon The quest- ion involved in this charge is Whether the accident was caused hy
""19 nr-zlisencs of the accused and
it so was it f such degree and kind as to ariiiount to-criminal Nijizencs as previously defined ii Wmnlete disregard of con- 'i'iuances.' He asked was it legally 3'05! or culpable negligence.
There were three possible faci- M which might give rise to. criminal negligence. 1. Too great ;h5P99dt 2. Being on wrong side of
' hikhwly. under the circum- m;”95- 3. Failing to keep a proper "1 Out. as motorists must do at In times. He said any one of those
'Y be negligence and gross "liizence.
; Questiossyof Traffic
"2. id" to Iilalyse the exist- he non-exiptence of the above. Mssid. it. is necessary to consider W hvpotnassss.-which could be till M I i tilt of inferences dki the e is. These would W nd in a large measure on the wagon 'Was their turns in the ite direction at the time? we "lid the jury that Mrs. hi: I&ld,she noticed traffic and mm being dimmed. And after Qt din: aouthport corner they me "We cars but could not say mermaid remember meeting can Hm Nina over the bad bumps. unkind other evidence will in- ” that the time was between "UM Ind dark.
nald said Gerald ut
iihmi "silt: coming to the bri us. "I NC definitely these was no m traffic while the truck ya I 01. when idolomon came ”" "I0 tools be put out the
-ruined that accused had seen the
going east while she was parked there. She heard the screech oi -brakes and thought the car was going to pass the truck. She ad- mitted she was greatly shocked at Solomon's death and her recollect- ions might not be as clear as nor- mal. Another witness. Mrs. B. Dulfy. had said there was no traffic westbound while she was facing the road. but the Chief Justice pointed out she had turned in and left the road. In a general discus- sion of the evidence and the relat- ive weight to be given it he said that a positive statement meant more than a negative one. ror in- stance if two equally reliable witnesses were questioned and one stated he did not see a car and another said he did see: car, more weight would be attached to the latter. Not seeing s. car might mean that the witness had simply not noticed it.
Once again the case would hinge on whether there was any west-
bound trafflc at the time. If there were, the vision of the car driver would be shorten-
ed. He stated it could be as- truck from a distance of Gil or 70 feet as tire burns on the pave- ment as measured by the R. C. M. P were so feet long.
If the Jury were convinced there was no traffic on the road at the time they could anume the accused was guilty of the grossest kind of negligence. If the jury found this untenable. and the Chief Justice intimated that he found it untenable. than they would be justified in deciding that some of the witnesses had erred in their recollections of the accident.
He reminded the Grand Jury that the petlt jury was bound to give the accused the benefit of the doubt.
He also recalled that on the oc- union of the inquest the accused voluntarily went before the cor- oner's jury and gave an accounted the socident. He had .said than that before the accident he had met a 'successlon' of cars with their lights on.
The Chief Justice said that if the hypothesis of no -oncoming traffic was accepted then from the point of law there is ample evidence of culpable negligence. He again mentioned failure to keep a proper lookout saying that ii there were no cars coming the accused should have seen the truck at least two or three hund-
ing on the wrong side of the road was concerned he should have pulled out if the road was clear. nreonsioering the tastes of ex- cessive s ed he said.that Mrs. seller h stated she felt no bump when the two vehicles met. Miss Ifacbonald. however. stated the truck was pushed ahead four or five yards. lie said there was some support for this evidence as the vehicles were about 1 feet apart when the investigation was made. The car had not moved as shown by the sltlon of the tire burns.
lights. Two or three cars passed.
accused pulling the car to the
have been avoided ditch. posts or other
despite the
doing so would have required is
-'-' decision and that failure of the accused to explore that possibility did not constitute crim- inal negligence.
Chief Justice Campbell outlined several legal positions for the benefit of the Grand Jury. He said that though they a true bill on a charge
evidence sufficient to warrant a charge of driving to the common danger.
lie also said that the mere fact that the Grand Jury brought in a true bill would not prevent apt.-tit Jury from finding for a. case of driving to the common danger. But he suggested that the Grand Jury must not find a. true bill on man- slaughter unless they felt there was sufficient evidence before it to justify it as the accused should not otherwise have to face a charge before a trial jury.
Appearing for the Crown were Attorney General W. E. Darby, K. C and J. P Nicholson. Crown Prosecutor; while for the defence are H. Prank Mt-Phee. KC. and David L. Mathieson. K.c.
The charge of the Chief Justice lasted until L30 following the opening of the supreme Court at
11 s. m.
Members of the Grand Jury are: Foreman. heollge Johnston. North River Road; W. M. Gallant.
Webster's Corner; John W. Mac-
He spoke of the possibility of the right saying an accident might
things on: that side. But he intimated that
I IN Msitsgnlam
i ANITA MARTIN
-The death at Western Hospital on June 1st. 1951. of Anita Martin came as a shock to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Martin of St. Roch. Baby Anita. who was sixteen months, became ill with a cold a few days prior to her death and was taken to Western Hospital for treatment. but med-
might Mir 1ind'ical aid proved of no use and this of ma.n- beautiful and adorable child was llaulhier they might consider the called from this earth to her heav-
enly home. and leaves to mourn her loss. ossldea her parents. one
brother. Melvin. and a sister. Jeanette, her paternal grand- parents. Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Martin. 'St. Roch. and maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Peter LeClalr. Western Road. all of whom are greatly grieved over their loss.
Baby Anita's funeral. largely attended. was held from the home of her parents to the Church of St. Simon and St. Jude. Tignlsh. on Sunday afternoon. June 3rd at 5:30, where the funeral service was conducted by the pastor. Rev.
A. MacDonald. who also per- formed the services at the grave.
The pall-bearers. four young boys. were Edward Blanchard. Wade Shea. Elmer Blanchard and Joseph Leclalr.
IN MEMORIAM
MRS. EDGAR SOBEY
Kenzle, Rose Valley; Louis Doyle. North River; Ralph Les. Vernon River; Col. F. I. Andrew, Ohar-t lottswwn: Leo Doucette, Char-' lottctown; Claude Smith. central! Royalty; Ivan Horne. Charlotte-i town: Allison MacLeod. Charlotte- tcwn: Hiram C. Atkinson. lottetown; Preston Beck. Mt. Ed- ward Road.
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-A well known and beloved res-
vident of Wllmot Valley passed to
her Eternal Reward on Sunday. May Zlth in the person of Mrs. Edgar Sobey in her seventy-third year. The deceased lady was not
tin the best of -health for some
little time and had suffered a se- April 9th but her passing came as a shock
!R.eschlng her. he said worriedly.
"Are you all right?"
He seized her arms and steadied her. Johnny was startled to find her trembling so violently. She
red yards away. so far as trsvell- Po"!
moment later she was driving the,WM like I person in which reac- statlon wagon right down across "On 13 MW!!! 1" IMP I -i!V9l”-' the 3"", "mgr" up clog; to me shock. She tried to speak and her poo), 3., 1.” an. gurgughed ught, mouth opened and closed and she with strain. Johnny knew what she made no sound. Her 6'98 WW0 was thinking . . . Danger. it waswilfills. ' hers . . . it was ever closing in.g "You. y0ll'G 59'-tvef-' Could it be that old Grandpoppn stIrted- . smith had been pushed into the (To be contlnuedl
Johnny
Like greased lightning they car- ried Orandpoppa's limp figure to the car. and roared away.
For the first time. Johnny re- membered Irene. as swung his sharp sue to where she had been sitting in a beach chair placed beneath the trees.
she was standing now. she was rigid and urilnoving.
Johnny imagined she . swayed slightly. He had the sudden thought that perhaps she was go- gg. to faint. He started toward
Iitneb gray one had fastened on
but at s-impact it had jumped several inches sidewisa. H"
him. were watching his approach.
to her family. her loved ones and neighbors and friends.
Site was u faithful wife and a devoted mother whose rhiitirl-ri "could rise up and call her bloss- ed." She tank a great interest in the work of the church and the Women's Missionary Society and was an earnest and mnsciontlmls follower of her Lord and Master. She was always ready to help in any activity that had for its ob- jective the betterment of the com- munity nnd will be greatly missed in Wilmnt Valley and vicinity where she was so well known and loved by all.
The funeral service was held in
the North Bedeque United Church on May 30th and despite incle- ment weather and heavy roads, there was a very large congrega- tion who assembled to pay their last respects to one who was a friend to all. The service was conducted by the minister. Rev. Kenneth Campbell. who was as- stated by Rev. W. B. Crowe of Bedeque. The favorite hymns were sung: "Tile Lord's My Shepherd". "Safe in the Arms 'of Jesus" and "Rock of Ages". The floral tri- hutos were numerous and pretty thus testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held. Besides hcr sorrowing husband she is survived by three sons and two dnughtcrsi Mr-lhourne and Lillian at home: Grace. (Mrs. llugh D. MacPhec). nf Brae: George of Silmmeralde. John of Cheltnn: him three sisters and five brothers. The sisters tire: Mrs. George. Woarn of Jersey City. N. .l.: Mrs. Nellie Anderson of hnrnloy: Mrs. William Ozon of Borden. Fhe hrnthc-rs are: Her- bert nf C'llllbl'll'lKP. Mass.: UNIPY of Platishurg. N. Y.: GeorSi'- -it'll" anrl Edizrlr ht O'Leary. The pail-hearers were: Harry Curtis. Bruce Curtis. Earle Hussi- ia. Fred Clark. John Burrows and Colin Waugh.
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Mr. Erlrzrir Snhcy and family wish in thhnk all their kind friends and naiszhhors for their many arts of kindness during their recent. and horenvr-mt-ni. and for all who sent floral tributes. lei- iers and cards of sympathy-
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Mrs. Edgar Matthews entertain- ed the Baltic W. I. on the evenint! of June ninth. Mt-ctinz opened by
noise to new iiliAlil.EIls
We are now located in the
PICKABD BUILDING 149 Great George Street (next to former location)
BlllillS LJEWELLEBS
the singing of the island Hymn
followed by the Creed in unison. Roll call was answered by naming a Canadian city and for what it is noted. Minutes were read and ad- opted. Net proceeds of play held in Malpeque hall was 336.81. It was moved and seconded that a note of thanks be sent to Malpeque W. I. for use of their Institute room and its facilities.
Sick committe had no report. School committee reported pencil sharpener was in use and there were no new needs.
Correspondence consisted of a letter from Mrs. smallman ac- lsnowledglng receipt of Membership fee in Drama Association. a re-
ceipt from Salvation Army for donation.
Mrs. Earle Matthews and Mrs. Wm. Cousins were appointed as
delegates to Annual Convention, and it was decided to hire a car to take five members to convention for one day. - Plans were made for holding school picnic. Mrs. Earle Mathews was appointed to buy a case of soft drinks to treat pupils.
Collection 40c. Program consist- ed of an ''I Spy" game by Mrs. Earle Matthews. won by Mrs. Hall, and a Weights and Measures con- test by Mrs. David Cousins, won by Mlrs. Bruce Crozier. Meeting closed by the National Anthem after which Mr. Edgar Matthews cap- ably auctioned goods received from
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CANBERRA. June ill-(gmutera) --Prime Minister Robert 0. Men- zies today said he will seek power to suppress the Communist Party in Australia by referendum if the states do not give him the power voluntarily.
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