FEBRUARY 22. » 1950 "

THE GUARDIAN. Cl-lARL_O’l'°l"ETOWN'

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Mr, W. R. Ehaw, Deputy Minister Dr Agriculture for ths .l>i-ovime (above) who will represent the De-

piu-tment of Agriculture | at the ,,,,,,gh*m..ual oornerence of tile inteI'l3:ItiC‘il\'il Federation of A8!!- uiltural Producers which is being ham wig year at Bolsjaibaibn. near Stockholm.’ from May 29th to June lt.\. The dolcg-sites will sail from uoiitreiil on May 12-

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. They called for full use of Can-

.d,,'s productive capacity. The plan required that money be '-h° WV- snt of the DI°d“°°"'-

rreate the necessary Canadian dollars.

Mr. Mcivor described his con- rtltuency in slowim '5°“'“5

Canada.

As the House cosnlnr. Transport- into the record documents from officials of Canadian National Rail s

Munster chevrier

the who gave the work stoppages

United am/es coal mines as the reason for the recent m-per-cent

curtailment in passenger service. First Vote of lesion

Consumers had to be able to Ply 101' We ziilnfls that were,prod«uced. There nail to be enough money. Thus :he key problem was mom)’ and W overcome it the Government should debt-free

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, mans’: -r-Axr. Phone us. non-r sues “Musical Arrns"'at Prince Street School lea sports.

Saturday night, Feb. 25th. '

JOHNSON‘ A JOHNSON DIIIJG Brollwillbotbsonly oneopen this afternoon and evening.

‘SEE THE "Nursery Rhymg Pg;-. ode at Prince Street School Ice Sports, Saturday night, Feb. 25th.

PRINCE STREET SCHOOL Ice Sports. Racing, relays, hockey, Skating. fun for the whole family. Forum, Saturday night, Feb. 25th.

THE WOMEN'S Missionary So- ciety of Wlnsloe Charge, will ob- serve the world‘: day of prayer at Win_sloe South Friday at 8 p,m, Au are welcome.

TRAIN DELAYED — The Bor. den train was two hours and “WHEY minutes late last nidht. air- 1'1V1fl¢ at’ 8230 instead of at 6:io. The delay was said to be due to connections on the Mainland,

NOTICE To ADVERTISERS. _ Advertisers are reminded that their CODY must be in The Guardian not later than noon the day previous to insertion. Those who telephone classifieds. etc. should particularly bear this in mind.

LENTEN PIIEAcnl:n, _ Rey, Frank Cashen, Holy or-or, yum. ers will preach Lenten sermons at St. Dunstan’s Basilica. this year. Father cashen arrived in Chas- lottetown yesterday afternoon and will commence with his sermons this evening.

ACCIDENT REPORTED —— City Police reported only one accident Yesterday. it occurred at L20 yes- terday afternoon when a car pro- ceeding east on Euston St. struck a. small boy. who rain but from behind a parked truck. The boy was taken to the Polyclllnlc and was found to be uninjured.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY -— The mass! ofoatherlnecleor-gleMutoh, infant daughter of Mr. and ms.

In the first formal division of the session which opened last Thursday, members voted 154 to (B for a Government resolution providing for an only start on the study of estimates of expuiditirros.

A other resolution providing for a committee of ways and means that will vote money needed by the Government was adopted '-‘on div- ision" ._— without a formal vote.

Mr. Gillie referred to the 0.- N. R..'s curtailment of service dur- ing his speech and said that the railway officials were "ducking the issue." There was no reason why there should have been a curtail- ment of services if there had been a, national fuel policy.

On unemployment, he said the situation today was reminiscent of 19m. Then church halls and mis- sions were crowded with unem- ployed. Pictures in Toronto news- papers showed persons now unem- ployed huddled together in mis-

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Harry Mulch ‘held from the MacLesin Funeral Home yesterday afternoon. Ser- vices were conducted by the RAN. I-f..E.D. Ashfomd. Interment was in all-ftcn Cemetery. Pallbearers were William Ayilrweird. Jackie Mb- Doweli, Blair Scranton, Robert Scranton.

conducted by Rev. Mr. Interment was Cemetery. Pallbearers mon Wood, Wylie Gibson, Lorne Scott, Ambrose MacMillan, Charles Jones and Robert Jones.

St. party

oifscuiihiport was

FUNERAL YES'l‘EBDAY— The

funeral of the late Mrs. C. Tupper Ferguson was held yesterday after- noon from Home to Central United Church,

he MacLenn Funeral

services were Douglas.

Chui-ch' Al-

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SADIE HAWKINS PARTY —-A Dunstnn's "Sadie Hawkins" and dance was held at

aions.

Many of those unemployed were

veterans of the Second World War. If another war started he did not

Sandy’: Restaurant in Marshfield last night. Between forty and fifty couple were reported to be present at the entertainment sponsored by the S. D. U. Co-eds. Reports indi-

know who they would shoot at this time. John sinnott (L — Spring- field) asked Mr. Glllis to expand

cated that the arranged with the result that the get-together was

party was well

thoroughly en-

Un this point. . joyed_ Mr. Gillis said that many of - those unemoloyed today were un- LEGION CARD.PARTY _. The

employed in 193. They went over- seas and fought and a lot of prom- ises were made about the type of

weekly Legion suction party was held in the Legion zooms

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treatment they would receive on return home. Now they were sleeping in soup kitchens. If an- other war comes "I don't know who they will shoot at."

The Government should not be planning now to deal with linem- ployment. I-lei thought the plan- ning was dons a. reconstruction committee that met through the war years and blue-printed the likely post-war esnploymen‘ situa- lion. A Governmeht survey had been made of public works pro- Jects that could be undertaken to relieve unemployment.

The Government apparently had siven up the idea of undertaking public works projects and had nothing in mind to deal with the situation.

Mr. Oillis accused the Govern- ment of using the proposed fact- finding committee on old-age pen- sions as a means of stalling for time and avoiding action on an important issue.

"It's a lot of aonsnso to talk about setting up a casna\itus." he said. What the people wanted was action.

He contended that the argument that the cost was a difficulty in removing the means test was a

1111563’. Cost argument. It didn't take km ti: raise money ‘Wins the war.

"It's a matter of honesty .—. of the members having the courage of their convictions." he said. _

"Put on the excess profits tax at a rate do per cent lower than during the war "and you'll get the “Whey to remove the means test."

Amon the advantages of remov- '1W(II£.hIf}IQplacin|0!lItql'G mch power in the hands of

. This. in turn would

It efuetfiie need dohntarbsts

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here last night, the party was con- ducted by Mir. Joseph 0'I~Isnley. lunch was served by the women's Auxiliary. Following are last nigihtk winners: Ladies first. Miss Verna Ferguson; second. Mrs. Ed Acorn: Ladies Consolation. Mrs. I.aurei.ta Martin. Men’: first, John Mac- ium' Merfs

consohiucn, Mr. D. sirnsns. Door prize. 8. Sid Gauthier. Freeceout, Mr. and Mrs. William Leclair.

FUNERAL AT Ml‘. HERBERT- The funeral of the late John A. MacLesn of Mt. Herbert. was held yesterday afternoon. The short service was held at the MacLean Funeral Home after which funeral services were held in Mt. Her- bert United Church. Services were conducted by Rev. A. S. Weir and Rev. G. Carlyle Webster. During the service in the church the choir song "The Old ' Rugged Cross." The honorary pallbearers were: Russell Jenkins, Henry Jenkins, I-‘rank Lund,.Elton Raynor, Earl Inga, Harry Smith and Leslie Mutch. The active pallbearers were Reginald MacLcan, Gay Mac- Eachern, Hollis Jenkins, Ernest Molyneaux, Russell Driscoll and Russell Fsrquhsrson.

_...._ COLD WAVE-A cold wave that- dropped the thermometer to five below Monday night from 30 above on Monday showed signs of de-

‘Fsdersi_EIsctios candidates’ Expense:

OTTAWA. Ids. 21 -— (GP) - Candidatea in the Federal elec- tion campaign last June spent $2,- 213,000.00 in ‘ya expenses, a Summons return showed yester- sy. -

-The rbturn was tabled by State Secretary Bradley for Stanley Knowles (CO!-Winnipeg North. Centre).

Here are the campaign expenses of individual P. E. Leland candi-

dates: _ King's - '1‘. J. Kdckbam (L) J. A. MacDonald (PC)

Prince’ — J. Watson Macliaughit (L) $5,200.77; J. H. Price (PC) $3270.57;

Queen's (two members) James Lester: Douglas (L) $1,085; W. C. S. McLure (PC) $210.01; Cecil Miller (L) $1,085.

(Ed Note): The story did not list the expenses for‘ J. Angus MacLean the other qandidate.

By Provinces .

Campaign expenditure by Pro- vinces were: Ontario $733,617.23; Quebec $878,537.75; Nova Scotla $38,474.18; New Brunswick $49,- 959.19; Newfoundland $45,711.60; Prince Edward Island $9,805.73; ‘Manitoba $100,075.55; British Col- umbia $243,857.01; Saskatchewan $161,405.32; Alberta $130,333.94; Yukon and Macxenzie $8,927.65.

There was no breakdown by panties.

Prime_ Minister St. Laurent said it cost him $2,869.96 to get ‘ ‘ ‘ in Quebec East. His defeated Progressive Conservative opponent Marc Drouin spent $1,450.

Finance Minister Aibbotfs cam- paign in Montreal St. Antoine- Westmount cost $27,000, the largest of any Cabinet Minister.

George Drew, Progreuive Con- servative leader spent $4,843.55 in‘ Carleton.

M. J. Coldwell, C.C.F. leader spent $2,771.58 to get elected in Rosetown-Bigger and Solon Low, Social Credit leader spent $1,209.- 60 in Peace River. Mr. Knowles, who asked for the information spent $1,412.73.

Tim Buck, Labor-Progressive party leader, who was defeated in Toronto .'I‘rlnity, claimed ex- penses of $8,883.78. Lionel Con- acher, who won the seat for the Liberals, spent $8,123.76.

The two-mom“ riding of Halifax—mne of the largest in the country-iappeared to be one of the cheapest.

Nearly 57,000 Voters

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Nearly 57,000 voters cast bal- lots in the riding and the six can- didates spent a total of $3,905. G. B. Isnpr, the Iliberal who head- ed the polls, declared $1,090 and the other ’ , successful, Liberal, John H. Dickey, $575. The two Progressive Conservatives. J. P. Connolly and F. W. Bissett, re- ported total expenses of $500. The two c.c.r. candidates, H. 1.. Macintosh and L. R. Shaw, re- ported $870 each.

Under the Election Act; all

candidates are required to file declarations showing the amount of money spent by or for them duringgan election. The declara- tion niuet be filed within 60 days after the day on which a candl- date is finally declared elected unless a court order grants an ex- tension of time. . The return covered the expen- ses of 705 of the 652 candidates. No information was available for the other 147.

It wavthe first time since Con- federation that the information from all constituencies was tabled win the House. The Election Act specifies that each returning of- ficer must publish in a local newspape how much each candi- date spent in his constituency but this was the first time the over- all compilation was made.

The largest amount was spent by C. T. Bailantyne, defeated pm. gressive Conservative candidate in Montreal St. , Lawrence-St. George. He spent $35,149.01. The successful candidate in that riding, Defence Minister Claxton, spent $13,046.71. .

The smallest amount was ex. pended by G. W. Claude Vsnbus- kirk, C. C. F. candidate who lost his deposit in Queen's-Shelburne. He claimed an expenditure of $16.42.

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clining last night as the ing at the Meteorological Station. Charlottetown Airport showed the tern, luv to be one above shortly after‘ midnight. The latter reading showed a decrease of one degree from the readings taken during the previous three hourl. I-Iowever,. it was an inm.-ale over use recordings taken in the after- noon and early evening. At 8.50 yesterday afternoon the temper- ature was zero and had fallen to three below at 0.1!). At this point the’ thermometer beam to rm until .sacbing two above at 9.39 last night.

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Y. P. S. MIITING -- The RC!!- Central (assist-

'wltnesses who submitted evidence

For Rural

Plans for the electrification of 4,000 to 4,500 homes in the Prov- ince and the laying of 500 miles of lines in rural areas by the Mari- time Electric Company during the next. five years were indicated by Mr. V.A. Ainsworth in -evidence before the Public Utilities Corn- mlssion in the City Hall yesterday.

Mr. Ainsworth was one of four

so that the Commission could do- cide a rate of interest to be re- tumod upon invested capital. The company are asking:for seven and one half per cent return. .

The company are also looking forward to a capital budget of $930,000 for the year 1950. it was stated by Mr. Denis Stairs, Vice- President of the Company from Montreal. Approximately $500,000 of this amount will be used for the new turbine, 830.000 for the distribution system inside the City and $350,000 on the system outside the city. -

The proposed five year‘ plan of the company as stated by _Mr. Ainsworth, will call for the addi- tionofsootobmo‘ seach year. The majority of these cust- omers will be from rural areas and if the plan is completed it will more than double the present nu.m- ber of rural fa.milies serviced with electricity.

Investment Return

The carrying out of these plans. it was intimated, would depend upon whether or not a sufficient rate of return were allowed on in-

_ The ,_, m- ... . lncldated that the returns must be high enough to attract investors.

Mr. W.J. Oole of the firm of Peat and Marwick and Mitchell, Montreal, and Mr. Manning Bag- nall of F. J. Brennan Go. Ltd. also gave evidence. After listening to the evidence Judge St. Clair Train- or adjourned the hearing.

There were 835 customers using electricity on Dec. ill, 1940 stated Mr. Ainsworth in his evidence. Of this number 4,464 were urban and 3,771 were rural. However 81 per cent of the kilowatt hours were used by City people and the re- maining 19 per cent by the rural population.

In a. review of the corrrpaifiks activities since 1986. Mr. Ainewor-th traced the increase in the number of customers. The number or urb-

an users increased from 3,170 to

Electrification Plans

Areas Cited

M04 and rural customers from 42'! to 8.711 during the is years period.

Urban users, he explained, in- clude only those in Charlottetown and the fringe area. Most rural townships as Montague have elec- trification _excepting Alberton, which'is not being considered in the present five year plan.

Mr. Denis Stairs estimated \hat the , nt rate of return for the company was five and one quarter or 5.4 per cent. as compared the Company with companies in Cal- fllfy. Sydney and lfonctcn showing the latter three to have a high rate of return and to be. more at- tractive to investors than the 15- land Comlpany.

Iturgl Costa

Mr. W.J. Cole pointed out the hazards of the electric company in this area. He stated that they were more likely to meet disaster in an agricultural area. than in an indus- trial section. He also pointed out the increased costs of providing electricity for a rural area its compared to an urban section.

Asked by counsel of the Comp- any, Mr. I-f.F. MacPhee, what rate he would seek, Mr. Cole replied that it would depend upon the risk factor, the greater the risk the greater the rate of- return should be.

Mr. J.O.C. Campbell, K.C.. Deputy Attorney General, Counsel for the province pointed out that the Island had remained stable in it's agriculture industry since con- federation, and enmunerated dan- gers to a company in an indust- rial area which were not likely to occur here. He also noted that the company here had no com- petition as was the case in many other centres.

Mr. K. M. Martin, K.c., City Recorde , was counsel for the city. Both he and Mr. Randolph Man- ning, the Commission's financial adviser ‘uestioned all of the wit- nesses on various .points..

Mr. Manning Bagnall, vice-Pre- sident and Manager of F. J. Bren- nan Company Limited, gave evid- ence concerning stocks and bonds. He stated that there'was a. market here for a. small amount of bonds.

At the conclusion of the hear- ing Judge Traincr. on behalf of the commission members L.B. MscMillan and W. R. Brennan thanked the Mayor and the city council for the use of the Hall.

lilac throughout the design. This color scheme is carried through- out in bedspreads, drapes and pic- tures, and adjoining this particular room is a yellow tiled bath. In de- corating the entire four floors, the idea seems to have been.to cast out the thought that a hospital must be all white, and to sub- stitute restful pastel shades in combinations that are most attrac- tive. The combining of stainless steel furniture and accessories with,these soft shades has been done with a view, to cleanliness and durability.

One nurse was heard to say’ that the new noiseless light switches were a blessing as she was for- ever waking patients when she switched on the light to see if they were sleeping.

After finishing their tours. guests were asked into the nurse’: dining room where refreshments were being served to the accom- paniment of soft music played by violinist A. Maclfenrney and plan- ist Austin Connolly.

Following the opening for- malities, a very large number of citizens availed themselves of the opportunity of visiting the Pavil- ion during the later afternoon and early evening.

Dr. MscMillsn

in his opening remarks, the chairman, Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan

said.

“With mingled feelings of hu- mility, gratitude, and satisfaction, do I extend to everyone present at this historic event a sincere and hearty welcome. It is is red letter day in the history of this hospital. It is even more to me personally as I now look back in retrospect over the forty years of connec- tion with the City Hospital. 1 thank God for living long enough to see this even-t. There have been successes and joys, but also great sorrows in our history. es- pecially two I recall now. In 1018 I was called to see my dear friend, Doctor Conroy, stricken with pneumonia. I never left his bed- side till his death five days later. He was Chiof of Staff from the opening of the hospital in 1870. Again, September 1929, I saw my next dear friend. Doctor S. R. Jenkins, collapse at the operating table. I finished for him but in a few days he was also called. Those two great doctors died of pneumonia. Thanks to penicillin and other drugs we rarely lose a. case of pneumonia now. if those drugs were known then, we could- hsve saved the lives of two great doctors. Tbun medical science advances. Forty years ago we doctors had only a stethoscope, a tbermosn ‘ . and a hypodermic. Ibdsy we have everything."

-_ llshep Boyle

"We are assembled here today to open the new Pavilion of the Charlottetown. Hospital, which is modern in every detail," said Iiis lhocellenpy Bishop Boyle. "To future generations of our people. February 21. 1050. will be a red letter day in the annals of the hospital. for this day witnesses the realisation of a long cherished dream, and marks the opening of a severe in the evolution of hovplisl progress in Prince Ed- ward Island.

"It took vision to conceive such a project as the New Piwii- ion. it took faith in,God and faith in the mtura of our Province. and

Agaoially it required as

the part of the Sisters and the Board of Governors, to execute such an undertaking. The pro- ject, it should be noted, was plan- ned and carried out at a time of mounting costs. and before there was any mention of grants from the Federal and Provincial Gav- ernments.

“As chairman of the Board of Governors, I wish to thank all those whose efforts have con- spired to bring this work to corn- plet-ion. Next to the Sisters and the members of the Board of Governors whose interest in the venture never wavered, I wish to express my appreciative recogni- tion of the services given by our architect, Mr. James E. Harris, Charlottetown, and the consult- ant architects, Goven, Ferguson and Lindsay of Toronto, by our contractor, Mr. William Hennessey and the sub-contracton covering the lighting, heating, plumbing, plastering, painting. furnishing, decorating, etc., and by all crafts- men and workers.

"Finally the construction grants made by the Federal and Pro- vincial Govemmenta and the De- partment of Veterans’ Affairs de- serve more than casual mention. On this occasion, however, it will suffice to say that such grants are gratefully acknowledged and ap- preclated.

“It is therefore with feelings of pleasure and of pride that I de- clare the opening of this Pavilion and that I hand over the keys to Reverend Sister Paula, adminis- trator of the Charlottetown Hos- pital. In its mission of dispensing the social services of God's mercy to the sick, we trust that -the new hospital will maintain and hand on and down the traditions of the old."