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Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock me 165-pound Imperial Oil drill mt into the ground at St. Raphel

OTTAWA, — (Special) —— While

* preparations for Prince Edward 1 Islands major public works pro- ~ gram are maturing, attention is j also being given to at number of , minor works for which either ten-

ders have been called or cpntracts

K awarded. ,

Contract for a complete over-

I haul of thevPublic Works Depart- ’ llltllt Dredge No. 12 has been

Tllé position of railway mail

Island postal employees are con- gmedi fall likelihood be- mea 'go.the tb the fldofthis April. . pas y This information though widely «tlrwlated could not be confirmed issferday by either the District J1 Inspection service or the “flee of the Railway Superinten- dent here. It has been learned on good ‘l‘ll‘°1‘1Iy_ however that the Cana- _ National Railways are_pro- mg to replace the Charlotte- . 'B01‘(_len_train service with a §"‘31° unit diesel rail liner which “ °°mmonly in service in other $59‘ lheasystem. The self pro- ed car has a capacity for 70 1Iis5911€ers~ it is said. ,8 the Faflwey goes through with 913“ ‘>9 dlspense with the re- mean»tram service this would t that mails would have to aken. from the trains and t;‘S1’°I'ted to and from Charlot- - W“ by truck. ~

W3‘ P1‘e_Sent a total of nine rail- _i’mail clerks carry out sorta- sackvmtween Charlottetown and cm 9 as well as between ottetown and Tignish.

i”$PIUDDlNG IN’’ ON spun ISLAND

in the initial test for oil or natural gas. The drilling crew is seen lowering the drill moments be-

Additional ‘Public Works Projects Listed For P. E. I.

awarded to Charlottetown Marine

Industries Limited for $15,000. Estimated cost of the work is

Work on this contract will begin immediately so that the dredge can go into operation with the opening of the navigation season.

Tenders have been called by the Works Department for land- ing extensions at Souris, Kings County. This is-part of the over- all improvement program for the

May Replace Borden Train With Diesel J itney Coach

is anticipated as a result of the move since. all railway mail clerks would be employed at similar work in the Charlottetown office. The only inconvenience that would be experienced would be the . upsetting of seniority rights of a number of postal clerks in the office. That is to say a man nowemployed on a day shift might find that he would have to revert to night shift if an employee coming in off the roéd had seniority over him.

Those who are familiar with post office routine do not see any curtailment‘ of service in the move under ordinary circumstances: However, fear is expressed that the movement of mail by trucks in the winter time might present a problem. In this case it is pre- sumed that the railways again would be asked to transport the ~mails. .

Railway mail service to and from the Island has been in opera-

CANADIAN DONATION

AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) - Government sources said Mon- day that Canada has decided. to contribute $1,500,000 in Canladifin flour for P«a1estm~e refugees In

h postal personnel

ig_sE:P:0IT (AP) -— The larger ‘-mo‘ mi“) makers may be forced ]u_’1°‘;neSIlC production of smal- R is °1‘*l>ri.ced automobiles.

org 111? secret that General my in Oljd and Chrysler ‘al- vehides‘ ‘ac in the blueprint stage with 1 Sm‘ 1§’51‘%I1et_l to compete whether?‘ f’-Weigh - built cars. Tm into hese cars ever will be ’ .to production will depend on hm Production Wlll depe.._‘.

Iiiulas uhdemand for small cars

:. Th‘ .. eufgrelrin-Cali‘ penetration of 31“ et last year In‘ Wu J0 3&5 Der cent~206,827 °m‘bY“3.000,000 retail de-

es In 1950,

all makes. ggefgall sales in the U.S. ac%m‘:te:5l.3%6,000. irrliliorted

the t°ta1.01' only .26 per °9,eg:1 cars have a bigger , If Canadian automobile I’itl".,ceu{ “fast year it was 11.6 make the 457.320 cars of Iereentifsold _comparcd with 7.6 ' bfir of salegiillifilgy bog(g¢r num-

0,.

$18,

I “FEET DEMAND , lit‘ emd“5l_1‘y analysts are pre- tmg that 1! demand for the

Big (Three May Be Forced l'll0.Mc|king Small Cars

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the Middle East.

smaller vehicles approaches 400.- 000 units annually in the U.S., General Motors, Ford and Chrys- ler will put smaller wheelbase, lower-priced cars on their I>I‘0d'l1C- tion lines.

Anything less than that volume c..per~ts say, would make ULS- production economically imprac- tical.

Meanwhile, General Motors and Ford are importing 3 gI‘0W- ing number of their European- built cars to get a bigger 51199 Of the market. At present, it is more economical to irI}P01“l these ‘'9' hicles than to build them on do- mestic assembly lines.

The car makers generally de- cline to discuss what small car pi,-ms they may have. The weekly magazine Newsweek in its March 10 issue M1111 say General Motors and Ford are going mt‘) p‘"°d“°'

them on the market late in 1959.

The magazine says the cars will be priced at from $.600 t0 $1,600 and will resemble the GM and Ford European-made cars.

General Motors and 1*0I'C1 Said the Newsweek statement Was speculative and defillfled fuither comment-

tion of small cars and may have

fore it started its journey into the good red earthin search of oil.

harbor at this important port.

$29,000.

A call for tenders has also gone out for construction of wharf ex- tensions at Vernon River, Queens County. Cost of this work is placed at $20,000. A contract for dredg- ing at Miminegash, Prince County to the amount of $46,000 will shortly be let.

tion ever since the first trains moved over the Island rails.

The establishment of the rail liner service on the Island Divi- sion,,. it is believed will do away with/pullman service now being enjoyed daily.

PREFER LAY OFFS

. NEW YORK (AP) -— Delegates of the United Auto Workers Mon- day demanded that the General Motors Corporation lay off some

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workers rather than reduce the work week for all. , ’

OTTAWA, Home from a boil- day in the Barbados, Governor- General Massey affectionately

tugs the ears of Duff. his golden

Candidates Nominated On Monday

By The Canadian Press

Following is a list of candidates nominated Monday in 21 consti- tuencies for the March 3-1 Domin- ion election. Nominations in the other 242 constituencies will be held March 17:

Legend: PC—Progressive Con- servative; L—Liberal; CCF—-Co- Ooperative Commonwealth Fed- eration; SC—Social Credit; SOC’ —Socialist; Ind—independent; Ix- member of last House. Figures bracketed a f t e r constituency name indicate party majority in last election or byelection.

NEWFOUNDLAND

Grand Falls-White 'Bay-Labra- dor (L 7,874) — David Decker (PC), Charles R. Granger (L)

Humber-St. George's (L 5,192) -——xH.erman M. Batten (L). Tom Cahilil (PC)

. ONTARIO

Port Arthur (CCF 1,415)—Ed- ward V. Anten (L, xDoug-las Fisher (OCF), Norman Wilson (PC) .

Cochrane (L 3,307) — James Ballantyne (OOF), Rene Brunelle (PC),'xJ. A. Habel (L)

QUEBEC

Saguenay (L 3,216) — xLomer Brisson (L), Perreault Larue (PC) '

Chapleau (L 363) —— roChanles- Noel Banbes (L), J. J. Martel (PC), «lacques Rouleau (Cana- dian Labor) ” -

SASKATCHEWAN

Prince Albert (PC 6,554)- xJohn Dierfenibaker (PC), Ernie Unruh (L), M-rs. Thora Wiggens (CCF)

MacKenzie (CCF l,975)—-Stan- ley Konohinslci (PC), Joseph Mar-

shall (L), xA.M. Nicholson (CC\F)"

Meadow Lake (L 887)—-A. C. Cadieu (PC), xJ.H. Harrison (L), Frank Warick (CCF) '

MANITOBA Churchill (PC 1,198) — Lorne Ferg (L), Jack Freedman (CCF) xRobert Simpson (PC) ’ Kenora-Rainy River (L 3,164) -xWi-lliam M. Benidickson (L), J. A. Robertson (PC), Andre Wesliby (CCF). 1

r _ ALBERTA Athabaska (L 42-1)—Nick Bra-

rron (OOF), F. J. Bigg (PC), Ar-

chie McPhail (SC) Joseph Ren- aud (L). s

Openinlg

ciation had not existed in the» past, it could not have come into

aid W. Baldwin (PC), xsolion Low (SC), John Howard McRae (L), T. Slather (CXIF).

Jasper-Edson (SC 2,499)——Hugh M. Horner (PC) John Lisa (CCF) Dale Thomson (L), xC ‘h a rl e s Yuill (SIC).

Mackenzie, (CCF 1,975) — Stan- ley Korchinski (PC), Joseph Marshall (L), Nicholson (CCF).

Meadow Lake (L 837) —- A. C. Cadieu (PC), xJ. H. Harrison (L) Frank Warick (CCF).

BRITISH‘ COLUMBIA

Skeena (OCF 482) — xFran-k Howard (CCF), Edward T. Ken- ney (L), Rudolph Ioapske (SC), Allan Vance (PC).

Cariboo (SC -4,076)—Gordon D. Bryant (L), William Close (CCF) W. C. Henderson (PC), xBert Le- boe (SC). ~

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

MacKenzie River (L 1,433)- xMervyn A. Handle (L). -Tohn Winter (PC). ,

V

House Do Not

Git‘-ts totalling $8,500 have ac-' crued to the Hospitals of the province through the generosity of the late Charles W-. Speirs of Montreal who as a comrnercial traveller was well known throughout the\Island for over forty years. ,,

Mr. Spiers, in the distribution

Bequests To . PEI Hospitals

of $157,500 in gifts of a charitable nature_ also made provision for generous gifts to seven other hospitals in the Maritime Pro- vinces.

The Island Hospitals provided for are; P. E. Island Hospital $2,500; Prince County Hospital

’ $1,500; Montague Hospital $2,500;

Souris Hospital $1,500. ,

The death occurred Sunday III the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital of Mr. .H. W. Platts, 28 Ad- miral Street in his 81st year. Al- though in ailing health for some time, death came suddenly fol- lowing an illness of three days.

The late Mr. Platts was one of the pioneer fox ranchers of Prince Edward Island. Some thirty years ago he disposed of his farm near Al-berton- and moved to Charlottetown where he continued for; ranching until about 15 years ago; , _: Besides his widow, the former Irene Rayner, one son and two daughters survive him. They are Everett of Charlottetown; Flor- ence, Mrs. (Dr.) J. W. MacKen- zie, City and Emily, Mrs. Arthur Woolner who -resides in Ontario Mrs. Woolnerarrived home yes terday. . The funeral will be held tomor- row (Wednesday) afternoon from

service starting at 2.00 o'clock.

EASTON; Md. (AP) —— A Rus-

sian scientist has called for an international stud-y on the feasi- bility of removing the ice to open the Arctic Ocean to world ship- ping. - Dr. Grivgori A. Avsyuk, profes- sor of geographical sciences for the U.S.rS.R.’s polar research in- stitute, indicated such a project, if possible, would revolutionize the economies of Canada and the Soviet Union. 1 -

Dr. Avsyuk said he believes the glaciation of the‘ Arctic seas is “a relic phenomenon, inherited from colder epochs.”

He said that he does not mean the ice now covering the sea and the land beneath has survived from earlier periods. But he said it is relic in the sense that if gla-

WELCOMEI I-IO-ME, I

retriever. Mr. Massey, 71, posed errioi--general. Cocker for the picture Friday, the day Rufus, apparently camera

Canada’: first native-born gov-

spaniel, _ Sh?- he began his seventh year as slipped under Mr. Massey’s chair.

Central Christian Church. with-

(CP Wirephoto)

One Of Island's Pioneer Fox Ranchers Dies In City

“THE LATE MR. PLATTS

WantsStudy On

conference in June. , Officials said Eisenhower plans‘

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being at the present time on- an ice-free sea.

“llf we are to consider‘ that this surmise is cor-rec ," (Dr. Avsyuk said, “then we can riase the question of artificially clearing the Arctic seas. of ice. I think that considering even the modern level of technical and scientific development, the tackling of this task is notqui-te fantastic in our epoch.” ' ,

Dr. Avsyuk proposed the study in a paper prepared for presenta- tion at the first international con- ference on Arctic Sea ice which

drew 87 scientists to Easton last week as part of the Intern-ational

' Geophysical Year.

Gov't Of N./S. Forecasts Double Estimated Surplus

HALIFAX (CP) — The Nova Scotia government forecast- a

104,785 surplus for the fiscal‘

year ending this March 31 in’ an interim statement of the prov- ince's finances tabled Monday in the legislature‘. The surplus is double the estimate contained in the 1957-58 budget.

The statement lists actual gov- ernment spending and revenue

' for the first nine months of the

fiscal year which began April 1, 1957 and forecasts revenue and expenditures for the final three months. . Expenditures for the year are predicted to total 60,083,416, compared with ‘a budget estimate of 60,725,263. Revenues are ex- pected to be 65,714,392, about 600,000 below the original esti-

USES HAN DS, SAVES TONGUE

NEWCAiSfl‘LE - UPON- TYNE,‘ England (Reuters)- A judge decided here Mon- day that a wife who blacked her husband's eye, poured water over him, scratched his face and threw a flower ‘bowl at him was not cruel.

The judgt refused to grant Douglas Godfrey a divorce from his wife, Annie.

The court said the wife might not be able to argue well.

“When words failed her- she may not be an articulate -person—she became tempted to use hands,” the judge said.

“His face was scratched and his eyes discolored on occasions, ‘but I don't think that amounted to cruelty."

Soviet Gov’t.' Wants Summit Talks In June

1Vl?0:SCOW* (AP) — The Soviet government proposed in a letter published Monday night that a summit conference be held in June.

The Kremlin suggested the Western powers agree soon on a firm date and that foreign minis- ters of the East and West—bai- anced man for man-meet in Geneva in April for the limited task of “preparing an agenda and determining the composition of the summit conference.” .

It’s still a question who, outside the big four leaders, might at- tend.

Mr. Mcicleo-n ls Busy In Ottawa

OTTAWA (special)— Fisheries Minister J . Angus'M‘acLean was in Ottawa Monday where he at- tended a cabinet meeting and cleared away departmental cor- respondence which had assumed imposing proportions since his departure from this city two weeks ago on a campaign tour.

Mr. MacLean will be in the capital until Friday of this week

speaking engagements in New Brimswick and Nova Scotia.

Eisenhower Discusses Summit Talk ,

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presi- dent Eisenhower got a firsthand report from Soviet Ambassador Mikihail Menshikov; Monday on the Kremlin’s call "for a foreign minister’s meeting in April and a

0 a quick reply.

The contents‘ of the Soviet note were not announced 7 here but Moscow radio revealed that-Rue sia had suggested an April for- eign ministers meeting paving the way for a heads of govern- ment session in June.

The U.S. reply, according to well informed officials, would:

1. Insis-t -that any foreign min- isters meeting do more than set an agenda, time and place and pick participants for a summit meeting.

2. Stress -the West’s demands that any summit conference hold a prospect of fostering world peace instead of raising false hopes.

3. Reject any departure into an evenly divided summit conference table which would equate a So- viet satellite with n soverei-gn Western -nation. 1.

mate ‘of 66,304,820. The gross surplus of 5,630,975 will be pared to 104.785 by sinking fund instal- ments.

The government of Conserva- tive Premier Robert L. Stanfield estimated a 53,366 surplus when the estimates were brought down last year.

ONE OF THREE

The interim statement is the second of three major financial statements tabled annually by the government. Still to come is the budget, ‘expected sometime after April 7 if the legislature ad- journs as expected Friday for the federal election campaign.

The public accounts, listing revenue and expenditure for the 1956-57 year, were tabled Feb. 19. They showed the province ending ‘last year with 3. 3,663,818 deficit, compared with a predicted sur- plus for the year of 62,177.

The Liberals were in power

Blast Damages

Nassau Hotel

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A

small explosion damaged a. patio at the Royal Victoria Hotel Sun- day night in the heart of Nassau while police were investigating a series of other explosions and fires that have plagued the is- land. ’

No one was injured in Sunday night’s blast and damage was small.

The plant of the Nassu Guard- ian, a morning newspaper, was destroyed by fire two weeks ago. Another fire following two explo- sions destroyed the buildings at HOWE? Horse, Hall. Nassrufs _only race track.

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2 Lil3eralMemloersOf Last

Nominate

I Papers Filed

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Two Liberal members of the

last Parliament -and probably a third were .among the missing Monday when nominations for the March 31 Dominion election closed in 21 scattered constituen- cies.

,Their places were filled by other Liberal candidates, how- ever, as reports from ridings from Newfoundland to the Yukon indicated there would be contests for all the seats. Some formal re- ports were still awaited, but ear- lier surveys showed at least two candidates in every riding,

There was one acclamation in last year's ‘election when C. W. Carter, a Liberal, was the only nominee in Bvu-rin-Burgeo. A sleet storm that disrupted com-mun-ica- tion-s, delayed the official report from several Newlfoundla-nd rid- ings, including Burin-Burgeo, but Mr. Carter was expected to be opposed this time by Harvey Cole Progressive Conservative.

Monday's nominations and pay- ment of a $200 deposit by each candidate were in constituencies where extra ti-me is needed for distribution of election supplies. Closing date in the remaining 242 constituencies, two of which elect two members— apiece, is March 17. '

PM NOMINATED

Prime Minister Diefenbaker was nominated in Prince Albert, the Saskatchewan constituency he has held for the Progressive- Conservatives since 1953. He was Lake Centre‘ member for 13 years before that. Social Credit Leader Solon Low, member for Peace River since 1945, was a. nominee for the fifth time. '

Yesterday

In 21 Constituencies)

T. W. G. Ashburne of Grand Falls - White Bay - Labrador and Joseph Dechene of Athabaska, Liberal members of the last House, did not seek nomination. The official report from Trinity- Conception was delayed but Leon- ard T. Stick, al-so a Liberal, was not expected to be a candidate.

Mr. Ashburne and Mr. Stick have been members of the Com- mon-s -since Newfoundland en- tered Confedera-‘tion in 1949. Both are in their 60s. Mr. Dechene, 78, was elected in 1940 after sittiing in the Alberta legislature from 1921 to 1935.

HOWE NOT RUNNINGg

For the first time since the rid- ing was es-tarblished in 1933, C. D. Howe will not be a candidate in Port Arthur. The former Liberal cabinet minister was defeated in 1957. and the Liberal candidate this time will be Dr. Edward V.’ Anten, a Port Arthur alderman. He will‘ be opposed by Douglas Fisher, CCF member of the last House, and Norman Wilson, Pro- gressive Conservartive. "

Bar-ring the possibility of late entries or withdrawals in the far West and Newfoundland, Mon- day’s nominations corresponded with earlier unofficial surveys compiled by The Canadian Press. These showed Progressive Con- servatives and Liiberalis in all the rid-ings, CCF ca-ndiid-ates in 12 and Social Credit in five. There was a Canadian Labor candidate in Oliiapleau in Quebec.

In 1957 in the same constituen- cies there were 21 Liberal carn- didates, 20 Progressive Conserv- atives, 1>2 OCF, seven Social Credit,

Credit and one People’: Party.

VATBCAN CIITY (AP) -- The Pope M 0 nd a y cancelled the March 12 anniversary celebration of his coronation. A communique said he acted because of “the present conditions of bitterness, sadness and outrage” over the conviction of a bishop in an Ital- ian count.

The action was without prece- dent in Vatican history. ‘

It demonstrated dramatically the pontiff’s and the Roman Cath- olic Churcc ’s concern over the conviction Saturday by a Flor- ence count of the bishop of Prato.

The 42-year-old bishop, Msgr. Pietro Fiordelli, was found guilty on a charge of defamation. The charge was brought by Mario Bel- landi, 32-year-old grocer of Prato, and his 23-year-old wife, Loriana, who were married in a civil cere-

mony. Civil weddings are legal in

from April to November,. 1956, and budgeted for the surplus. Deficit financing was undertaken‘ by the admniis-tration before its

defeat by the Conservatives in October. .

Pope Cancels Cerlebrcition In Sorrowr er ‘Convircti-o»n)

Italy. ’ A The bishop had called them “public sinners” because they re- fused a church wedding. - Bell-andi, a former Communist,

was described by his lawyer as‘