IARY RICHAID
BRENTON PARTRIDGE
MRS. EDWARD KASSNER.
Woll Cub Leaders Attend I Akela Course In Nova Scotia l
COMING EVENTSI
Showing at Mt. Stewart Satur- day. Star in the dust.
Dance in Vernon River Hall Tu-I aiuiay June 15. Webster: orchestra.
Regular dance Bnnxhlw 111'! 1-ugragy night; Burns Orchestra
Dance Summervllle School. Wed- aeaday. June 28th. Good Music.
Reserve July 3. IN-Cream 500' ial North Tryoii Church grounds.
Dance lona East School. "HY Monday night.
Dance Farmington School. Mon- day June 14. Chaiaanifs Orchestra.
lleserve Thursday July 11th. for em Supper in Saint Charles Church Hall. T
Barn dance Garfield MacPhi-e's Brooltfield. wedwday. Bum 0'- rhestra.
ice cream Social N Gramllle Hall Tuesday. June 25th. Sponsor- ed by Y.P.U.
Lobster supper. Moreil Parish Hall. Thursda . June 27th. supper : p.m. Bin!!!-
lenefit Dance. Raffle. Svurll Line load: Senth School. Wednes- day. June will. Good Music.
Dance St. George's Hall Monday. mi. uni. Bondraanlt and O'Con- aor Orchestra. Dencina an to 12. Caateaa lerviea. door artw- llatict convention V1.1. at the
age. Mt. Herbet 8th. 1:15 p.1n. W.R. Shaw apeaber.
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lier's Lake.
'will be the Leader of the course..
YORK WILSON
Mrs. Wilkinson Dies At Sydney
Mrs. John Wilkinson. one of Syd- ney's best known and respected re- sidents died in Sydney City Hos- pital late Wednesday. May 29. aft- er a short illness.
Doris Edna Wilkinson. wife of J. A. Wilkinson. prominent business man. was born in Halifax. a-daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John H. Willis. Her husband is from A1- berton and lived in different plac- e'syln P.E.l.
She resided in Halifax for sev- eral years and held various stenc- graphic and clerical positions be- fore her marriage. For a time she was secretary to the late Hon. An- gus L. Macdonald and for a per- Iod was secretary-treasurer of the Wallace Advertising Company. Hal- l Itax.
Mrs. Wilkinson came to Sydney In 1939 and immediately took an active part in many mmunlty activities.
She was a member and Past Re- gent of the Kennington Chapter, 1 . ODE. a member of the IODE Pro- vincial Council. past president of the first United Church Afternoon 3. Guild. a member of the Cancer -: Society and directed two financial campaigns for the society and a member of the Lingan Country Club where she was a captain for two years.
She took an active interest in the affairs of. First United Church. Death came after an illness of about six weeks. Word of her pas- sing was received throughout the district with widespread regret. She was the last surviving mem- ber of her family. She is survived by her husband. Large numbers assembled Sat- urday afternoon to pay their final respects to the, memory of Mrs. Doris Wilkinson. widely known and highly esteemed Sydney woman. Funeral service was held at First United Church. Whitney Avenue, Rev. E B. N. Miller. pastor. of- ficiating there and at the commit- tal service at the graveside in Hardwood Hill Cemetery. Hymns sung by the choir and congregation were. "Lord Is My Shepherd" and "Forever With The
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mist?” Eiiisi
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M the government
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least in attitude
Western
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The wealth of beautiful fiorel
Young
Iinlater John Diefenbaker eh-eely. earlier resignation
.. Dielenbakers pay Jumps from 827000 a
cabinet members assigned
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B ,, Cgnadan Press Staff Writer LON'DON be focused on the Commonwealth's oldest and newest membersACan- ads and Ghana-at the conference of prime ministers ' next Wednesday. The policies and ideas of the Canadian delegation. which have always command respect at . have heightened interest this yi- because of the'surprise result of-'as the general election which sends to the meeting the new prime min- lster. John Diefenhaker.
A near-record turnout of Bril- ish, Commonwealth press and radio representatives is expected next Monday to intervic the Canadian prime minister on a his arrival at London airport. - Another new face at the confer-1-could. Wncewlbly. affect Brit- ence table will -be that of Dr. lsh moves towards joining other Nkrumah of Ghana. He. too. will European countries in the crea- hold a special place and not the lion of a free trade area on the
Prime
Generous Provision For Portfolio Holders
UITAVIA (CF) - Swearing In PIH-l.V of &earvative cabinet means big
the new Progressive
pay boost s for 14 portfolio holders.
of Rt. Hon. Laurent means pay cuts
parliamen-
Sfhtlll. As opposition
drew 815.000. plus :10.- Cornmona member and a r allowance. He now gets prime minister. plus the a Commons member HAND automobile allow-
car allowance. Buttlierewereaoraiseaforthe
two cabinet ' 191001-
portfolio-J. ll. . Com-
llaeoonell mans rnunber for-Toronto Green- wood. and William J. Browne.: member for St. John'a West. They will continue to draw the 310.0!!! each member loll. made up of SL000 in salary and SIM0 III LIX-
free expenaee.
Pay for Mr. St, urerit who becomes opposition I. drop- erom ss7,otll to amino. That of his cabinet members who kePt their nests in the June in federal elec- tlone in-ops nun 821.000 to sio.ooo. paruaineiitary pay ends for the nine cabinet members defeated lily the election. ' .
The new cabinet members lost the tax exemption on their 82.000
get pay boosts from
as ordinary members to! made up of an additional I as minister plus a 32.000 opposition 'leader, is tax free.
Commonwealth P.M.'s Will Meet On Wednesday
KEN METHERAI. (CF)-Attention will
here
ed attention and previous conferences. ar
and foreign
W
terest will centre on the of the C th's
first all-Negro dominion on differ-l ences of viewpoint between thel
and Asian membe s of
the family of nations. And Nkru-i mah can be expected to hold strong views on South Africa's controver- sial apartheid
policy.
PREMIERS ABSENT Minister Strijdom of
frica is one of three Com-
monwealth leaders who will be ab- sent when the rneetlns Lancaster House June 26. He will be iepresented by his minister of external affairs. Erie Louw. Prime Minister Holland of New Zcaland has been kept at home by health and Prime Minister Band- aranaike of Ceylon has remained
open at
eces also numerous letters. cards and telegrams of sympathy attes- ted to the high regard in which the late Mrs. Wilkinson was held in Cape Breton and throughout the province.
Pallbearers were. , Dr. Sodero. Lewis R. MacDonald. Clay- ton Laing. Ralph Wright. Walter
and Stewart Hickey.
ill
Watson
Commons expenses. However their 32.030 car allowance. like those of the prime ninlster and
mree team captains regarding at tentiance with Captain Henry Mao- Williani maintaining his good rv cord nd leading the competition. Elmer Blanchard reported details the forthcoming National Jaycea Convention at Ottawa and I we I disclosed that President Vlah to attend.
During the business aesaloa. ll- mer Blanchard continued his course on Leadership Training. this phase dealing with Parliamen- tary Procedure. This lecture pro- voked considerable discussion. ELMEII
A complete history of the v or y effective "Elmer Safety Campaign" was given by Chairman Jack Mor- ris and he was congratulated on a difficult job well done. Lloyd Pat- ricquen. vice-chairmen of the Traf- fic Safety Committee reported on Safe Driving Week which was felt to have been successful in objectives. thanks also being due to both local newspapers and CF- CY.
Don Beardsley reported on the
SPRINGHILL. N.S. tCP)4w miners who were trapped for period up to four days in Spring- bill's No. 4 mine last November following an explosion and fire that took 39 lives Tuesday teati- filed before the Mclnnes royal com- mission-the body charged with determining the cause of the blast.
Their evidence was at times con- meting. One of the heroes of the disaster. Conrad Embree said that
lions were very good,
of 35 years experience.
paign conducted by the Junior Board Prior to the recent election was dealt with by Chairman. Hen- ry Macwiliiam.
A film on the Jaycee Regional Convention at Fredericton and the Traffic Safety Film "Chain React-
was a gas explosion."
at home to deal with a dispute lover the official language. 1 Although Diefenbaker is largely unknodtsieg in Byitailninha Ill leneralliy regar as avo g coser poi- .ical and trade ties with the United ;l(ingdom and the Commonwealth I-two factors that could have con- lsiderable influence on conference discussions. 1 In recent yeal:lsnCa'nhada has auc& ieeeded in win g e trust an i it-onfidence of Afro-Asian countries possibly no other Western power has been able to do. Somel British observers be1ile(vee:h'at tlilll position might be wea en f Can-l ada adopted a policy of outright loyalty to the United Kingdom. Canadian pressure for closer trade links with the U.K. - long dvocated by Dlefenbnke 's Prog Conservative P a r t y
I gressive
continent.
Junior Board Promotes Tennis
The Charlottetown Junior Board of Trade me ton Thursday. June 20 at the Charlottetown Hotel. A full report on the Summer's pro- gram regarding Junior Ten- nix was presented by Chairman. Wilmer Blanchard. The Junior Board is going to go all out. with the co-operation of the local tennis club. to make this a year an out- standing suceess as regards jun- ior participation in the game.
The meeting was presided over by President Walt Wheeler. Re- ports were presented by; Lloyd Pairicquen on the recent softball game; Rob Burgess on plans for a car-washing project; Gord Rog- ers on a donation tothe ho a rd from a local firm: Elmer Blanch- ard in the recent election and
i
ion" were shown. This meeting eon- ciuded the dinner meetings until September although the many pro- jects on tap insure a busy and use- ful aummer for all JayCees.
He sugtzcsied naihi and copper placed throughout m i ii e 5
rolls of brattice. hammers be
air locks if necessary.
counsel '1' A. Giles. no training in rescue work or pro- cedures to follow in times of dis- aster.
He said that the ventilating sys- tem in the mine had been re- versed sometime prior to the ex- plosion and that the dust condition appeared worse from then on. His views on ventilation were sup- ported by Al Brown. William 0'Farrell and Charles 1-iussar.
GAS CONDITION
John K. McLeod. mining at the 6.100-loot level. testified that there was a gas condition in the 5.700- foot west wall prior to the explo-
Immigration Figures Soar
OTTAWA (CPim Immigration to Canada since the end of the Second World War has soared past the 1.500.000 mark.
Latest estimates available in Ot- tawa show that arrivals from Jan. 1, 1946. to May 31. 1957. likely will total about 1,532,000. equival- ent to the population of Canada's two largest cities.
The population of Metrpolitan Toronto at the time of the 1956 census was 1.385.028 and Metropol- itan Montreal was somewhet lar- ger at 1.620.758.
in terms of provinces. the post- war immigration figure exceeds by more than 100,000 the com- bined population. of Nova Scotia. New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ward lsland. The population of British Columbia. which includes Vancouver. Canada's third larg- est city. is more than 50.000 below the number.
The immigration department says that even after allowing for deaths and departunes of some of the newcomers at least one out of every 15 persons in Canada day is a post-war immigrant.
The flow of immigrants to Can ada since Jan. 1, 1046. reached the 1.000.000 mark in June. 1954. Another 112.372 arrived from June 'to Dec. 13. 1954; 109.946 in 1955: 104.857 in 1956 and an estimated 145.000 from Jan. 1 of this year to last May 31.
Arrival: of post war immi-, grants totalled 1.222.319 at the end of 1955 and rose to 1,387,176 at Dec. 31 of last year. The figure increased to 1.449.636 at the end of ;
three months after the explosion.
between 1.547.176 and 1,557,176. Total immigration in 1957 likely
ing arrivals since Jan. a figure in excess of 1.588.000.
' in T C dactuscsi "Al
from Al MacRae on plans for sum- mer activities. Reports were heard from the
March. 1957. and to an estimated, wuuh VII um" nan.”
1.532.000 at the end of May. . AAGAZINI: By July 1-the half-year mark I.A PAY!!!
MR8. IVAN BOUCHARD
Ten Wolf Cub Leaders f1'OmI Slcmon Park. Souris. Southpnri. Central Royalty and Charlottetown left last Saturday for thy Mari- time Akels Course which is being held on Lone Cloud island. Mil-1 Nova Scotia. The course will run until Thursday. andl will include all lhe'pl"actica1 D3”. of the Wolf Cub training program
Mr. Donald Duncan of Provin-. cial Headquarters. Nova Scotial
He will be assisted by training, team members from New Bruns- wick and Prince Edward lslandd Following are the candidates from; this Province: Mrs. Mary Ri-
chard, Central Royalty: Miss
lrme Doiron and Mrs. York W11-I. son. lat. Charlottetown: Mrs. Mar-i garet Dnlliver, 4th. Charlottetownzl Mr. Brenton Partridge. 5th Char-. lottetown; Mr. Frank Gaudet. 1 Southport; F-Licut. D.L. Quinni and-.Vir. William Gallant. ist Sle-. mon Park: Mrs. lrene l(assner- and Mrs. Lorraine Bout-hard, lst.I Souris. Mr. Gordon Kerr. Provin- 'cial Executive Commissioner will laccnmpany th candidates from this Province a it wil be a mem- ber of the Staff.
...........-.-e---. LENINGRAD Now 250 l
MOSCOW (AP) - The Moscow: press showered attention on Le.t'. ingrad-the Soviet Union's second
I
city-In connection with observ- ance of theeiiy'a 250th anniver- "ry 5 u it d g y. Pravda reports filled its first two pages and other papers published lengthy stories about the old capital of the Curs.
-iiocliiiaaalc. Enslnnd 'CPi- Viiiagera in this Devon commu- nity voted to retain only one of. six footpaths-the one leading for the inn.
Price of Two .
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he didn't consider the stone dust- ing in the hack slope and haulage tunnel bad. He added gas condi-
Later. Herbert Spence. a miner testified the dust condition in the transfer tunnel was ”lerrible" at the time of the explosion and stone dusting In some areas was done "very
Spence. who lost a son in the ex- plosion, said "in my opinion this
Mr. 1-Imbree recommended that a second door he placed at mine levels so that trapped men could ml form an air lock in which they could stay "almost indefinitely."
that trapped men could build their own Glen Embree. a miner with 20
years experience. told commission that he had
sion. Kenny Gilbert. in hospital for
L-the total is expected to reach
will be more than 200,000, increas- l.l946. to
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THE JENKINS PIIAIIIACY.
Ihoaaaroaoaaaer.
Miners Give Evidence In Inquiry Into Explosion
testified that gas conditions were had before the explosion and that atone dusting could have beea better.
Arthur Cox tutifled that he worked In the mine the day of the explosion and noticed nothing un- usual. Several. miners called to testify did not appear.
It is expected that the inquiry win finish today.
Tradition Was Ahead Of Science
MEXICO CITY tlteutersi-Tour-. ists often shudder when they see-. Indians applying a l1lI)(iIll'P of mudl and mould to a wound in viliagesl In rural Mexico.
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-IIyCee dance. The Jaycee tourist Yet a doctor in the City wouldl publication. "This week on P.E.l.” Charms ..m,emm on me prelcrlbeeomethins very sImilsr.I was dealt with by Henry Swift. mm of mm? lngpegtors MI lll-110113" ".w0”Id mm? "1 3 fallclfi . The ”Get Out The Vote" Cam- ' ' package with an anvrumate price
tag. .- It seems that the liidiaiis of Mexico were aware of the cure- tive powers of mniiid long before modern science discovered penicil-
Long before Eiiroprans came to the new world. too, Mexican in- dians learned that the bark of the cinchona iroo, carefully brewed. would reduce lt"lPf. Today. the. bark of that same tree is used tot make quinine.
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Monday. June 24. 1957 The Guardian Page 3 73'?"--'-' cIIUacllnJ.0l7I'"r'VrN'7f-
LONDON (Reuters) - Sir Win- ston Churchill. who will be IS in November. will attend a garden party in his ooaatituency of Wood- ford. Essex. July 6. Quarters close to Churchill denied newspaper apecula” that this is likely to be the occasion for a major "swan song" speech or an an- nouncement on the veteran states- man's retirement from politics.
UPTON-ON-SEVERN, England (CPI-For the 25th year in a row. James Newman has been elected chairmen of the rural district council in this Worcestershire
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