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ed Action Has
Helped Atlantic Provinces
Claiming that the unified action
the Atlantic Provinces was re- sponsbile for the recognition which Ottawa gave to their needs, Morley M. Bell (Fifth Prince) estel-day stressed the 'IleCCSSl‘ty mcontinued united action if the Seaside provinces are to receive their just dues from the Federal Government. Mr. Bell moved the address in reply to the speech I the Throne as the P. E. I. 1egislature began its second day.
Mr, Bell observed that previous de1egations from the various~pro- mes had “not been able to get
until the needs of the provinces
a whole were made known. Pl~’.EMIER’S APPEAL
speaking on agriculture, Mr. Bell said it has long been re- cggnized that. farmers are not gefing their Just share of the ,,,,,ljon’ls- economy. He recalled that he was one of the Island de- legation which attended the
Sees Stable Prospects
MORLEY M. BELL
Liberal convention at Ottawa where he $3191. Premier Matheson made (3 Stirring appeal on behalf of agriculture.
-“He pulled no punches and when he was through, he received the standing ovation of all pre- sent. With the exception of the two candidates, the Premier re. ceived the greatest applause of
_the speakers taking part” Mr,
Bell said. TOURIST INDUSTRY
The tourist industry, Mr. Bell said is now one.of the Island’s most important industries. With an Income of $5,000,000 annually, he felt that every effort should be made to protect and expand the tourist trade.
Mr. Bell suggested that the Government if possible make its revolving grants for’ tourist pro- motion available to more who are interested in starting or expand. 111% their establishments.
,(Continued on page 3 an], 2)
In
Farming In This Province!
, Prince Edward Island affords ltsiarm population “every oppor- tunity” to earn a comfortable liv- ing" if they study the situation and are willing to change and not be content with production prac- tices in effort forty years ago,” declared R. C. Parent, superin- tendent of the local Experimental Farm in an address delivered yesterday afternoon to the mem- bus of the Central Farmers’ In- Ititute.
Other topics discussed included: chemical weed control led by Keith LeLacheur, the Experimen- til Benn, and contract farming led by J. Lincoln Dewar, secret- ary of the Institute. ,
_ The 70th annual meeting of this veteran Island farm organhation was chaired by Earl Ings, Mt. Herbert, in the absence through illness of the president, Hudson
Lowtlier, Carleton. Held at the.
Canadian Legion Hall the meet-
ing was attended. by delegates
fiuminany points in the Province. Branch Institutes reporting in
‘eluded: Dunk River by Bob Jar- , ‘divieflfigg
byfiamuel Hume, and Egmont Bay by Edwin Darby.
NEW DIRECTORS
_Elected to the 1958 Board of llueotors were: Alexander Ham- ilton, New Perth, John W. Mac- Lean, High Bank, and Shirley Sutherland, Greenwich (Kings); Earl Ings, Mt. Herbert, Samuel Huiue. Uigg; and Irving Haslam, lprmgfield (Queens); Dari-ell Pic- ketts Wilmot Valley. Allison Har- D81‘. Carleton, and Ray Handra- I1an.Tignlsh (Prince).
At an organizational meeting of llleuewly-elected Board held fol-
ng the completion of the an- nual meeting, Earl Ings was named President of the Institute
M1958. Mr. Picketts was ap-
pointed vice-president and J . Lin-
coln Dewar. was re-elected sec.‘
Telfary. Irving Haslam wlas re-ap- pointed as director - delegate to the provincial Federation of Agrj- culture.
Terming government taxation on farm gas and diesel fuel “a
tax on production”, the Central f
Farmer's Institute in one of the four resolutions receiving unani-
CHAIRMAN EARL Ings, Mt. Herbert, listen-s attentively as Mr. R. C. Parent, superintendent of the Experimental F-arm, address-
I
mous support yesterday, called on the. Provincial Government to al- levitate “th-is injustice to farm. ens.” . other resolutions asked that the government continue Standard Time -since “advance time is very inconvenient and unprofitable to armors”; authorized a research ‘program into methods of disposal (Continued on page 13 Col. 2)
es the 70th annual meeting of the Central Far=mers’ Institute held yesterday afternoon at the Canadian Legion Hall.
I/Iail Clerks’ Brief Reviews Proposal Change In Service
Bflséd on information that the (lien National Railway pro- I’0Se_sto abandon the present train ilewlce to Borden, the P. E. Is- 311{I_R-ailw-ay Mail Clerk’s As- sociation has presented a brief to 9 Federal and Provincial Gov- Went setting forth factual statements with regard to the pro- °59d changes in mail and pas- 5911361‘ service to and from mail- Iaud points. blfollowiiig is the text of the lflef. which is signed by J. J. Ickélrd. president, and L. P. emgalh secretary: the present time, the people °,P_Iince Edward Island are re- 1I’111E‘a reasonably adequate '31I1_service with the mainland. ex ‘ 11. passengers, baggage and c0I’reSS_1eay-ing the Island make tmiections going North and West, 9 ackvllle, after a considerable . tat’. But where the movement flné’ 0Va Scotia, approximately at 9 and one-half hoursare lost Sackville.
W151 the reverse direction, _the of t “I9 Provides for the arrival 9_001‘31l1 40 in Charlottetown at dela P-111.. but all too frequently
ys °"-01.11‘. resulting in consid- tablet’ Variation from the time
mEfi‘d?T the present arnangement med.“ d'es_patched at all inter- ‘ale D01I_.its between Borden Charlottetown from train 40, n Elélmtermediate points be- hytrajn erald Jct. and Tignish
_ No. 251, on the same day Prince Philip Isits Canadians
g:,:2EN SOELLINGEN, West mom‘ nY.(CP) -— Prince Philip, the R% h1§ 0Wn plane, landed at new W’-Fs No. 4 fighter wing hour toedllesday and spent an .H “1‘11}g_ the base. NATO D’ Vlshting a number of I iv a59S_ during the course of Ihetby to Germany. was Qwwin -. .166 - Marshal ll. B.
it is received at Sackville.
The same service is accorded passengers and express traffic over the above mentioned routes.
pnorosnn CHANGES
The C. N. R. proposes to aban- don the present service, claiming
CNR Says No Decision Reached
No decision has been reached about any change in Ih? Servlce for Prince Edward Island, 8 Canadian N a t i o n a 1 Railways spokesman stated WednesdaY- The C. N. R. has been carrying out tests and making Sludles °f the service throughout _ the lantic Provinces, including P- - 1., but no action hasbeen, de‘ cided upon on the basis of these tests. . .
when findings are reaclied,tit is emphasized. there would be um: for public reaction to be receivet before any changes actually wen into effect.
Rebels Lose Oil Centre To _ Jakarta GoV’I-
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)—— The Jakarta g0V€1’m_ne“‘’‘ 3”‘ nounced Wednesday night the capture of the American-op}-:21‘; ated oil centre of Pzakanbaru t a had been seized by Sumatran rebels. .
But the rebel radio at Padang refused today In concede lossof the city -and said heavy fighting goes on.
Jakarta parachute troops W91‘; dropped early Wedn-es-daty z}1‘oCun N Pal:anbai‘u. ill the hear. 0 en “.81 SU_m3ll'a, in the battle for C,_Qy1[t‘,QI of the rich oil lands run by" ‘me ‘U.S.-owned ‘Caltex on Company, Americans in the area“
hiander “f Westmount, Que. com- Il Europlzf. CaI1ada’s air division
Wm rep01‘l.©CI in no danger.
it is unprofitablefrom Ian econo- mic standpoint, especially so, with regard to the operation, of the Pullman car, and to provide a radically different service as a substitute.
To accommodate passengers, the C. N. R. proposes to operate
a railliner (a single diesel unit) ‘
to leave Charlottetown at 9.00 a. m., and to arrive at Sackville, N. B. at 12.50 p.m. This nail-liner would take passengers, and per- mit them to take hand baggage only. Ordinary baggage and ex- press would be carried on a (Continued on page 3 col. 4)
Puzzle Marks Woman's Death
NEW YORK (AP)—The Italian liner Augustus arrived here Wed- nesday with passengers still buzz- ing about a puzzle created by the death of an elderly woman abord the vessel two days ago. .
The woman, Miss Clara Mol- ino, 72, died of a heart attack. On her body ship personnel found a money‘ belt containing $59,000 in Canadian c-u:rrency—$40,000 of it in $1,000 bills.
Miss Molino, travelling tourist class, had told fellow passengers she was returning from a trip to Italy and that she was going to Montreal to get married.
Her death occurred shortly be- fore the ship docked at Halifax. Her body and belongings were turned over to authorities there.
She had spoken of having lived in Canada previously and listed her destination as Mazarin 6951 Cote St. Paul Second, Montreal.
“HIGH SPEED KISSING
SIMCOE, Qiit. (CP)—A» police- man told a court Tuesday he watched Walter Hutsebaut, 23, of Sarnia, Ont, kiss a girl “10 or 12 times“ while driving his car at 70 miles an hour. Hutsebaut, charged with careless driving, de- nied it. “She was kissing me.” He was fined $25 and costs.
Strike At U.S. Harmon Field Bose In Nfld.
ST. JOHN’S Nfld. (CP) -- Re- ports reaching here Wednesday said about 500 construction work- ers are picketiiig the United States Air Force’s Harmon base on the west coast for the -third day because of a dispute with the J. A. Jones Construction com- pany. ,
The Evening Telegram says the men walked off their jobs Mon- day because the union had been unable to bargain with the corn- Dany on a technicality. The com- pany had said permission to bar- gain must be given by the United States Corps of Engineers.
However, Labor Mini s t e r Charles Ballam told the unoins he had been advised permission from the corps was not required and no further difficulty would be encountered in arranging ne- gotiations. .
During wartime and for several years thereafter the United States government did not permit un-
‘ ions to organize on its Newfound-
land bases. Since then several un- oins, including those on strike, have been formed.
The walkout is the first major strike by Newfoundland trades- men working for the United States government.
No statements have been re- leased by the company or the unions. The base was being pick- eted on a 24-hour basis by strik- ing workers.
I Details of the construction pro- ject were not known immedi- ately.
Halifax Tax Rate Is Boosted
HALIFAX (CP) —— The munici- pal council of Halifax County
’ Tuesday struck the 1958'~tax rate
at $2.84 per $100, about nine per cent higher than last year. A1- most hadf the estimated expendi- tures of_,$2,399,706 will go for edu- cation.
Gov't Decree S All Civil Rights In Cuba
NOT MORE THAN
usp
The Canadian Government ice- breaker N .B. MacLean arrived in Charlottetown last evening where she was called from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to pick up approxi- mately 40 passengers for the Magdalen Islands. They have been marooned here——some for
Ont. Motorists
Feel ”Pinch"
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Thousands of Ontario motorists Wednesday felt the pinch of High- ways Minister Allan’s decision to “train" them to obey the licence plates deadline.
The deadline, which Mr. Allan said definitely won’t be extended, was mdinight Wednesday licence offices in the province reported lineups several blocks long as motorists tried to beat it.
In previous years, as many as two or three extensions of the deadline were granted. But Dep- uty Highways Minister D. J . Col- lins said last Jan. 2 there would be no extension this year.
Conviction for driving with out- dated plates carries a maximum fine of 50 for the first offence, 100 for the second and 200 and imprisonment for not more than 30 days on subsequent offences.
HISTORIC CHAMBER The first house of assembly for Prince Edward Island, then a
separate colony, met in 1773.
Hospital Survey Grant ,
Approved For P. E. Island
O'I‘TAWA— A Federal Govern-
ment grant of $3,000 toward a I . ‘survey orthe hospital accommo-
dation in Prince Edward Island
‘ andpossiblo future requirements
under a hospital insurance scheme has been approved by the
\
cabinet. . Health. and Welfare Depart-
'ment”offi’icials said" the survey
will probably produce strong re- commendations for hospital con-’ struction to meet present and future needs.
Pearson Says Unemployment
Will End Under Liberoils
PORT I-IAWKESBURY, N .S.
; (CP)--Lester B. Pearson told a
boisterous, c h e e r ing audience Wednesday that unemployment’ in Canada “will not last much longer” after the Liberals get into power March 31.-
The Lib e r a l s and Progres- sive Conservatives both were “shocked” last June by the elec- tion upset, but on March 31, the
of another kin .”
The Liberal leader travelled across the Cause causeway to this Cape Breton Island commu- nity some 160 miles east of Hall- fax to speak to an audience of
Conservatives “will get a. shock ,/
600 jammed into a tiny theatre
MAYOR Pala, Mrs.
“There is‘ not much good said about Indonesia by journalists who go to that country. That is because most of the men that go there to write about the news cannot understand our language or cannot read our newspaper and therefore cannot get at the basis of our trouble”, His Ex- cellency Doctor L. N. Palar, Ambassador of Indonesia. told a gathering of the Canadian Club of Prince Edward Island last uight at the Charlotteown Hotel.
Dr. Palar dealt with the colonizing troubles and political
difficulties that are being felt by
JOHNSTONE, Dr. Justice George J. Tweedy at the Johnstone and Mr. Canadian Club
Ambassador Explains The Current Indonesian Trouble
hall; another 300 outside listened in over loudspeakers and another 100 or so in their cars along the road listened’ to the speech over a local radio station. ENTI-[USED BY CROWD
Mr. Pearson, enthused by the large gathering, said he had been described by opponents as a
‘lonely soul wandering around the
country without support.
“The person who ‘ said that should be here now.”
He was no “rock-and-roll ora- tor,” but wherever he had gone he had found “great encourage- ment.” There was a “new spirit” among the Liberals that would be
Icebreo ker Sails From Here Today For Magdalen Islands
more than a week—because of muddy conditions on the land- ing strip at the gulf islands. M.C.A. planes have been taken off the service to await improved conditions.
The MacLean is scheduled to sail shortly after 7 o’clock this morning and to arrive at the Magdalens about 12 hours later. She will return here with pass- engers from the Magdalens.
Postmaster J . J . Connolly said last night that mail, held up here also. will be put aboard‘ the Mac- Lean.
Among the passengers are the Liberal and the Progressive Con- servative candidates for the Magdalen Islands riding.
One body will be put aboard the ship also. A Mrs. _D’Amour died at Three Rivers and her body has been in Charlottetown a week yesterday awaiting trans- portation to the Magdalens for burial.
The MacLean docked at the Railway Wharf.
SPEAKS TODAY
-R. R.‘Bell, leader of the Op- position in the Legislature will ‘begin his speech this afternoon
on the draft address. Mr. Bell spoke briefly yesterday evening before adjournment of the House.
The price of pulpwood on the Island was the cause of some sharp criticism by Joseph Cam- pbell, Liberal third Kings in seconding the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. Mr. Campbell spoke in the Legislature yesterday afternoon.
He recalled that when pulp- wood was first purchased on Prince Edward Island the price being paid was $17 on the car and $14 at the roadside. He noted that during the past few years there has been considerable increase in the price of newsprint but the price of pulpwood has decreased’ ‘cord at - the -roadside: .
The Kings -member. felt the some investigation was warranted into the price being currently paid to ascertain why such a spread should occur and why the price of the wood should not go up in accordance with the price of newsprint.
WOODLOTS DEPLETED Mr. Campbell said that the
Kings Member Wants Prices Of Pulpwood Investigated
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
(Continued on page 3 .col. 6)
WASHINGTON (AP) -— Presi- dent Eisenhower and this eco- nomic advisers talked about rem- edies for recession Wednesday but decided to wait awhile be- fore proposing any tax cut,
“No decision regarding taxes has been made," Treasury Sec- retary Robert Anderson reported in business and jobs in the United States.
felt on election day.
meeting last
the 85,000,000 inhabitants of Indonesia, formerly known as the Netherlands East Indies.
“There is rebellion in Indo- nesia today,” he said “because of a competing government that is doing things that the actual government cannot to‘ei'ate.”
He went on to say that he was sure that Indonesia will, in a short time, surmount these dif- ficulties thal, have to be over- come when any country gains its freedom.
In summing up his speech, Doctor Palar told the..gathesni.ng that when Indonesia can ever-
Anderson addedzi
night. Dr. Pala was the guest speaker. '
come its colonizing problems with the Dutch his people will have a democratic government equal to that of the United States or Canada.
“After all,” he said. “It took the United States nearly 50 years to overcome their problems.”
Following the speech, Doctor Palar was presented with a silver tray by Mayor E. C. Johnstone who expressed the hope that Dr. Palar would return to the Island in the near future with his family.
Earlier in the evening a bou- quet of flowers was presented to Mrs. T. W./L. Prowse, wife of the retiring Lt.-Governor of the Province, by lVlrs. T. W. Mitten. Lt.-Gov. and Mrs. Prowse were attending their last Canadian Club dinner in an of;icial capa- city before his retirement at the‘ end of March.
Yanks Decide To Wait For Time Before Cutting Taxes
“Whatever decision regarding taxes is taken will be reached only when the impact of current developments ‘ on th e future course of the economyhas been clarified. and after consultation with congressional leaders."
Walter Reuther, addressing an AFL - C10 economic conference here, said that if other anti-reces- sion moves fall, the government should halt tax withholding from workers’ pay for 90 days. The president of the United Auto
‘ Workers said this would increase
purchasing power by $500,000,000 3. week.
Meanwhile, the House of Rep- resentatives armed services com- mittee voted 24 to 2 for a Demo- cratic - sponsored anti - reces- sion resolution saying that mili- tary construction projects al- ready planned and appropriated for should be “accelerated to the greater practical extent.”
Without waiting for the actual
V committee vote, Donald Quarles,
deputy secretary of defence, an-
— nounced a step-up on approxi-
mately $2,000,000,000 worth of construction for the next. five months.
Odds Favor Opposition . In U.K. Byele-ction
LONDON (CP)-—For the second time in as many months, the Con-
" servartive party Thursday seeks
to defend a Parliamentary seat in a byelection in which the odds favor an opposition candidate.
In last month’s polling in Roch- dale, the government candidate finished a disastrous third behind his Labor and Liberal opponents, getting less than one-third of the total vote.
The current contest is in the Glasgow constituency of Kelvin- grove, which the later Walter Elliot, one of the most respected members in the House of Com- mons, carried by 2,888 votes in the 1955 general election in a straight fight with Labor.
In Kelvingrove the Conserva- tives have an experienced candi- date in the late member’s widow, who acted as chairman at the party’s national conference in B-rigliton last su mm er. Her major opponent is Labor candi- date Mrs. Mary McAlister, but two minor party candidates also are in the running.
L
. the. giant .250-foot-diameter "rad-I6
HAVANA (AP)--A government decree suspended civil rights throughout revolt - torn Cuba again Wednesday and set iff a cabinet crisis. President Fulgen- cio Batista rode out the storm but saw. his “peace cabinet” walk out on him en masse.
The 22-member peace cabinet —named last Thursday for the difficult task of restoring order and conducting elections June 1 ~—-resigned after the decree was pushed through at an emergency meeting.
Premier Emilio Nunez Portu- ondo, the former ambassador to the United Nations, led the walk- out. He Ihad declared Tuesday night there would be no suspen- sion of constitutional guarantees such as had been decreed seven times in 1957.
Batista immediately named A new cabinet. The premiership went to Gonzalo Guell, former minister of state.
The suspension of constitutional guarantees is effective for 45
FIVE CENTS
ends
Peace Cabinet Walks Out On President Batista
days. It meant immediate censor- ship of the press, radio and TV. including outgoing foreign news dispatches. ‘ «
RULES OUT CAMPAIGNIN G
The decree in effect rules out election campaigning, since all mass meetings are prohibited.
The emergency cabinet session was called within 12 hours after rebel leader Fidel Castro, who launched the uprising in the mountains of e a st Cuba .14 months ago, refused to copper- ate with a national conciliation commission backed by the Roman Catholic Church. Batista had supported the’ comm-ission’s peace-making efforts.
The 22,000-man army began re- cnuiting to expand its size by al- most a third.
Rebel sources said Castro had told his hands “the final fight” was about to begin and ordered them to step up attacks on army
posts, bombings, arson, killings and sabotage.
J-ODR-ELL B A N K, England (Reuters) — Scientists this fall will attempt to contact Venus, closest planet to the earth, by bouncing radio beams off its sur- face.
The difficult experiment will begin as soon as a powerful new transmitter, being built at Man- chester University, is fitted to
-telescope located here.
Director A. C. B. Lovell said Wednesday that is is about 10,000,000 times harder getting an answer from Venus than from the moon. l
The distance involved is im- mense—it is only about 238,857 miles to the moon, or 2% seconds return by radio wave. Venus never gets closer to ‘earth than 25,750,000 miles—-thougih astrono- mers c-an’t calculate the exact distance—a.nd it will take at least five minutes foo a radio wave to get to Venus and back.
The new transmitter have an effective power output about 3,000 times stronger than the average military radar set. It will be attached to the Jodrell
Bank radio-ttlescope which has
Radio Signals To Venus Is Plan
the largest steerable aerial in the '
world.
The Jodrell Bank scientists want to track Venus in much the same way they shadowed the Rus- sian Sputniks. They will make detailed measurements of the planet's relation to the sun, to the other planets and to fixed stars bhroughoutflts orbit. "TRACE STRANGE WIIISPERS
Tracking venus is only the first project in a 20-year research. pro- gram. ,
The telescope will be used to diagnose faint whispers from the fringes of space—the “music of the spheres" of the medieval astronomers. "
There are “objects” in the unl- verse, beyond the range of opti- cal telescopes, that emit strange, intense radio waves. Even after years of painst<akin=g stuly, only a few of the objects have been identified.
One of these strong—yet invis- ible——sources of radio waves is the crab benula, the gaseous remnants of a. star that was seen to explode by Chinese as- tronomers more than 1,000 years ago.
Tributesto three former mem- bers of the Legislature who pass- ed away during the past year, were voiced when the House met yesterday afternoon.
The three who died during the year were Dr. W. J. P. Malc- Millan, H. Frank MacPhee and Edmund T. Higgs.
Hon’. A. W. Matheson in mov- ing that a message of sympathy be extended to Dr. MacMillan’s family said that whatever may have been the motives of hers in entering politics one thing which was evident in the life of Dr. MacMillan, he did not enter for selfish reasons.
The Premier said Dr. Mac- Millan had been held in high esteem‘ by the followers of all political parties and his appoint- ment as Lieutenant Governor was well merited. He regretted that
’ the Doctor had not lived to as-
sume this high office.
PICTURE IN HOUSE
The Premier suggested that Dr. MacMillan’s picture he hung in the Legislature along with for- mer Governors of the Province.
In seconding the motion of the Premier, R. R. Bell said it was a motion with which he felt sure all members of the House would be in agreement. Mr. Bell said Dr. MacMillan was always‘ fair, both in his criticism and his praise. “The untiring efforts which he put forth on behalf of his Province and his community, no doubt contributed in some measure to his passing", said Mr. Bell.
Hon. Dougald MacKinnon said Dr. Maclvlillan was a great poli- tical and social life of the com- munity.” Hewas severe in de- bate but quick to forget his dif- ference when outside the House”.
WILLING HELPER ,
Hon. B. Earle-MacDonald re- called that his family had lived side by side with Dr. MacMillan’s family for almost 35 ye.-'i1“s. He had always found the Doctor willing to lend a helping hand whenever he was called upon.
Legislature Remembers The Passing Of Former Members. a
Prince noted the worthy achieve- ments of Dr. MacMillan in the field of medicine. He said the high honour which the medical frater- nity had seen fit to bestow upon him was evidence of the esteem in which Dr. MacMillan was held.
Also. speaking briefly on Dr. MacMillan’s passing were A. A.
Maclsaac, Liberal fifth Queens
and George E. Saville, Liberal, fifth Kings. Mr. Maclsaac said the Doctor had achieved the high-
_est in service to his community.
Mr. Saville said Islanders would long remember him. as the foun- d_er of the Island system of libra- ries.
MR. H. F. MacPHEE
Premier Matheson said that in the death of Frank MacPhee, the Bar of the Province had lost a very valued member. The Pre- mier recalled that Mr. MacPhee was a very logical thinker and one to whom the least detail was not unimportant.
R. R. Bell said Mr. MacPhee’s sound judgment had been sought when grave problems were being decided at Ottawa. He referred to the late members notable re- cord in World War I and sug- gested that his death at a com- paratively early age was per- haps due to this service.
Dr. L. G. Dewar and George E. Saville added short tributes to those of the Premier and Opposi- tion leader.
MR. E. T. HIGGS In referring to Mr. Higgs’ pass- ing Premier Matheson noted that
_Mr. Higgs had sat in the House
40 years ‘ago but there were two men living who had seats in the Legislature previous to him. They are Judge A. E. Arsenualt and Dr. G. F. "Dewar.
R. R. Bell said Mr. Higgs would be remembered mostly for his untiring efforts on behalf of tem- perance in the Province. Hon. B. Earle MacDonald described N11‘. as a fine and triistworthy citizen. Hon. Eugene Cullen said Mr. Higgs had been a friend of his family for years- a man d
Dr. L. G. Dewar. P. C. Second I
the highest integrity.