Maxims of a Mere Man You may prove anything by figures. x 16 PAGES Too Much Expensive Machinery Urges Diversified Farming To Bolster Rural Economy "if the tendency to equip farms with large units of power machin- en" 'reases,.we can expect our fa;-m population to be further dec- reased," said Hon. Eugene Cullen, Minis' o” Agriculture speaking in the budget debate yesterday. Mr. Cullen said that the smaller farms could not make it pay when .0 i a large portion of the farm income was required to pay for tractors and year are 3500.3". Of this amount st00,t30 would be recoverable in TEVEIIUQ. FALCQNWOOD FARM Mr. Cullen said that never its er expensive items of farm . , mzlvllinery. It was either a case of. - . farm acquiring more land or the sma" farmer doing with less equipment. if the Minister had any prefer- ence to take in this connection he seemed to lean toward the "Fam- ily farm" where crops could be grown that would produce a larger amount of take home profit for the farmer. These include the small fruits .- i vegetables of which he thought an abundance could be grown if the proper seed were used to produce the right variety. The Minister said the estimates for agriculture for the coming New Tests Of Nuclear Weapons LONDON (AP)-Britain and the A United States disclosed Wednesday that Russia has embarked on new tests of , These blasts. presumably canted -on the black side of the ledger. D 7719 Guardian CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1956 4 history had Faiconwood Farm pro- duced better crops than it had last year. Although it operated at a def- icit, the Flnlster predicted that this :1.-'.. be wiped out and in view of this has offered bonuses to the farm labor if they can come out. He did not take any of the credit for the large crops at the Farm. He preferred to pass the credit along his predecessor, Mr. Bak-, er who .vas Minister up until last Summer. He reported that the cattle population had -increased frorr 68 at the beginning of the year to "u at the end of the year. V TE "RY SERVICE Mr. Cullen recalled that when the veterinary service was started on the Island it became immense- ly popu'.r. He said the Depart- ment paid subsidies to Veterinar- iea on lite basic of the density of po;:ulr" to be sewed. For" ex- ample the man at St. Peters was paid 33,500, the one at 0'Leary :7 20!) and those at Charlottetown Kensington, Montague. 32.700. He considered this an equitable ' distribution of suosidles but it was not Wng before the "Vets" at St. Peters and 0'Leary left. The first came to Charlottetown and the sec- ond came to Kenslngton. "Some people will say that the Department has acted very un- wisely by allowing these men to HON. EUGENE CULLEN (Continued on page 5 col. 6) out in the Siberian wilderness, came at a tlrne when Russia's leaders have embarked on it "let's be friends" campaign with Britain. A brief announcement from the British defence ministry said only: "The Soviet Union has recently embarked on some further nuclear teats.” Gulf Grounding Costs Captain His Certificate LONI ON (Reuters) The cap- tain of the 5,206 - ton British freighter Loradore. which went agr: the Bird rocks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence last August. had his master's certificate sus- pended for six months Wednesday after a court of inquiry found that the loss was due to his fault or default. The Loradorc went aground dur- log log while carrying coal to Mon- treal. For crew of 32 were saved but the ship was a total loss. The court recommended that the master, Capt. G. W. H. Berry, should have a first mate's cert- iflcate during the suspension of his master's certificate. The court found that there was no lookout on the forecastle for some time before the stranding of the ship, which was caused by bad navigation and the wrongful act or default of the master only. As master of the Umgemi. Berry was mentioned in despatches dur- ing the war for shooting down a German sea-raiding piano in the glorth Jtlantlc by machine - gun rs. Coming, Events Best sound recording - "Okla- homl." Fred Hynes. Best documents ,7 short-Helen Keller in her story. Croklnole party in lids: Volley Ball Friday night. Admission 25 can I. Reserve April 2' for Frederic- hn Women's Institute Variety Concert. Little Theatre Guild presents "My Three Angela” at Souris, March 24th. Pantry sale by Trinity C. G. 1. 'l". at Holmans at 3 o'clock Thurs- dly. March 22nd. Pantry sale S. A. MacDonald's. Frldny. March 23. 2 p.m. by l-lazelbrook W.M.S. Vernon Variety Concert in Eldon Hall March 23 sponsored by Belfast Home Association. Sh-qr-Gain Amateur Cavalcade Morell Hall. Monday March 26th. Egld entries to Mrs. Eugene Lar- Cane Traverse Paperweigbls. Poe Ween. Bantams and Mid- leis leave Crapaud this after- Mon at 2:!) for Bunuucrslde Kingston Branch Canadian Le- anon special moetln at Charlotte- town on Friday. arch 23rd. P-m. Full attendance requested. Crapaud rink tonight. Nine Mile Creek Bulldogs vs. Cape Traverse Rovers. Third game in finals. Board of Trade lnogua, I:a0 Ih-rn. snu after. -I-mu Iluon and Patricia Mel om. Technicolor. This one you like ill A not old North River rink tonlnti first It g-32.1: semi finals. warm vs. III 7. : York vs. Long :7;Ink.I:1s, Manila: of league ..'I' llllwrcpruoatatlvu be - an... . , lull Members Find System Poor S Heated controvery followed the t ”' in the Legislature yester- day of Select Standing Committee report on the revising of the Jour- nals. The Committee is made up of members Harvey Douglas (Lib- eral), Second Kings; L. G. Dewar (P.C.), Second Prince and M. Mor- ley Bell (Liberal) Fifth Prince. The C recommended that consideration be given to re- cording questions and answers in th 0 journals of the House or in a separate volume which would include speeches and proceedings of the House. It also asked that such volume be printed in suf- ficient numbers for records and to provide a cop for each mem- ber of the Legls ature. Mr. Frederick A. Large (Liber- al). First Queens noted that the present Journals of the House does not include the reports of all de- partments. He thought if these re- ports were important enough to be presented in the Legislature. they should be incorporated in a more permanent record. Premier Matheson said that it had been the custom to record only the reports of the various departments such as Education. Health and Welfare, etc. He point- ed out that most of the smaller sub-departments prepared t h e i r own reports and it would require considerable expense to take them from the form in which they were prepared and make them suitable for Journal publication. He said that this suggestion of the mem- ber from First Queens could be taken under consideration and pro- bably canted out next year. The Premier said he was entire- ly in agreement with the report. He thought speeches should be printed as well. "We are not do- 1.. l Productivity In Russia Below U.S. MOSCOW (AP) - Prava said Wednesday it takes 2'4 Soviet workers to match the output of one American. The paper said this lag is ac- rious but that nevertheless present Soviet labor productivity repres- ents an increase of eight times since the revolution of 1917. This is the first time the Soviet press has revealed a comparison between Soviet and American out- put a worker. The figure was given in a resume of lnduslnal statistics on the just - ' 7' T flfth hvc-year plan. y Recording r ubstitute For Accurate Reporting ing this for 1957 or 1958: we are doing it for the years to come. It will cost money b ut it is worth it." he said. The Premier said that a re- oording system had been set up in the House. "if we are not go- ing to put it to some other use than it is now we might as well (Continued on page 13 col. 1) Ice Conditions Worse Than At First of March Ice conditions the observed area were much better on March first than yesterday, according to the report of Capt. Angus Brown. Ice Observer, after flying 1.100 miles ranging from the east coast of Cape Breton up the gulf as far as Cap De La Madeleno on the Gaspe Coast. . Capt. Brown reported visibility perfect as he flew from Antlcostl up r2 c and across to the Gaspe Final Concession, P.M. Declares New Tax Offer I P.E.l. Revenue S80,000 Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew HCI7 PRICE 5c eases shore with new ......, ice showing all the way. 75 miles off Souris the M V Fergus was observed seeking a lead to the Island shore and her destination. The Master of the ,Fergus was advised to abandon ;the idea of reaching port. At Sydney, N. S., the N. B. Mac- Lean was observed leading the way for two steamers leaving there at:1l.00 a.m., with the ice filling in after her as fast as the opening was made. , On the east coast of Cape Bre- lton. 12 trawlers were observed but Capt. Brown was unable to identify their nationality or to say if they were fishing or not. , Yesterday was the fifth trip by 'alr on the observation run made (by Capt. Brown this year and took lseven hours to complete. The next lroutine trip will be on Monday fnorning and after April first it is expected that daily trips will be started as is the usual custom. (Will Reprimand Sub Commander PORTSMOUTH, Eng. (Reuters) A British naval lieutenant was found guilty at a court martial Wednesday of hazarding the sub- marine Scorcher. damaged in a collision in Februry. He was sen- tenced to be reprimanded. Lieut. Peter Molineux. 24, offl- cer of the watch during an exer- cise in the English channel, took his eyes away from the periscope for seven minutes. the court was told. When next he looked, la mer- chant vessel was hearing down on the sub. The Scorcher crash-dived, but her perlscope struck the ship” and was damaged. Time Bomb In Bed Fails To Kill Cyprus Governor NICOSIA. Cyprus (Reuters)-A time bomb was found Wednesday, in the bed of Governor Sir Joh Harding, sandwiched in between, two mattresses on which he prob-. here. "I slept better than usual last servant. a British army corporal. Officials said the time mechan- ism of the bomb was set to explode in the early hours of the morning but was off by about 12 hours due to faulty mechani In. The bomb was taken out to a pit around noon by a British of- ficer snd exploded harmlessly. A young Greek Cypriot servant cmploye.l at Government House did not report for duty Wednes- day morning. This was the second attempt by terrorists to kill Harding, who ar- rived in this British Mediterranean colony last October to crush ter- rorists fighting for union of Cyprus with Greece. On Nov. 26. terrorists hurled two hand grenades at his table during a hall in Nicosia but the governor was not present. having decided at the last moment not to attend. Six persons were injured. NORTHERN MINERALS Silver. lead and gold, in that order. are the chief minerals pro- lduced in the Yukon Territory. ,Causeway Cou "The people who oppose the causeway don't seem to be able to put forth any sound alternative to it as a means of connecting the Island to the Mainland." said G. E. Seville (Liberal), Fifth Kings speaking on the Budget yesterday. He said there had been a con- siderable amount of criticism brought to bear on Mr. Kickharn, M.P. for the speech he made re- garding the causeway. "1 under- stand that Mr. Kickham was not aware of the full circumstances at the time he made that speech and he is now prepared to back a survey for the proposed cause- way along with everyone else who has so expressed this opinion." Mr. Saville said the deficit on the present ferry was a million and a half dollars a year and there was every possibility that within a very short time when two or thret boats would be neces- sary to take care of the service, the deficit would increase to 33,- 000,000" he said. "I think that the Premier's proposal to have a sur- vey made was one of the wisest things that was ever done." The Fifth Kings member thought it right that every member of the; House should speak in the debates. "The sum total of their speeches should give the Government a fair idea of how the people of this Province wants its affairs run." I TROUT l Mr, Saville said that one of thcl greatest attractions to the tourist was the trout fishing which is to! be found here. He noted howcveri that many of the fishing ponds had been allowed to drain off for lack of dams and urged the Gov- ernment to take steps wherever fnecessary to restore thesc dams. l (Continued on page 2 col. 3) in 30 Years Says Mr. Savillb ld Be'Paid For Kefauver Has Upset Win MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-Stragglln counts on Estes Kefauver's upae victory over Adlai E. Stevenson in- the, Minnesota primary packed added voting power" Wednesday into the Tennessee senator's drive for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kefauver not only won the state, with the deck stacked against him, but also walked off with 25 cf 30 votes pledged to him at the Demo- cratic convention starting Aug. 13 ably slept Tuesday night in heav-M ily - guarded Government House night." Harding said when told the , bomb had been found in his bed ; during a routine search by his V l ) . 1 i To herbrooke P.E. Blanchard, Bilingual As- sessor at the local Income Tax Office since May, 1948. has been transferred to the office of the Taxation Division at Sherbrooke. Que. He thus becomes the sixth employee of the Charlottetown Of- fice to be transferredgto more im- portant work elsewhere within the past three and one-half years. He leaves on April 2nd. Mr. Tlanchard is the son of Theophilus and the late Mrs. Blan- chard, Rustlco. He was educated at St. Augustine's Convent, South Charlottetown and Seminary of Gaspe, Gaspe, Que. His past ex- perienc. includes teaching school at North Rustico and Rustlco Cross, Service with the R.C.A.F. from 1942-1945 and Registrar of Motor Vehicles with the Provincial Government from 1947-1048. The duties heretofore assigned to Mr. Blanchard, which deal largely with Magdalen Island De- partmental matters, will be taken over by Marcel G. Berti of Three Rivers, Que.. who has been at- tached to the Charlottetown office since last June. He is a graduate of St. Dunstan's University and married the former Anna MaeFarl gene. They have one young daugh- r. in Chicago. That was two more than he had Thursday night at, his hour of triumph. i From the debris of defeat. Stev-l enson salvaged only two sure votes at the national convention. Two other votes dangled Just out- side the reach of either man in the single remaining battleground con- gressional district-in the north woods iron-range country around Duluth. ASK CRASH DAMAGES OTTAWA (CP)-Canada has sub- mitted claims for damages to Com- munist Bulgaria in connection with the deaths of four Canadians in the crash of a plane shot down by the Bulgarians last July 27. The four Canadians. all Montrealers, were perished in the crash of the El Al Israel Airlines plane shot down by the Bulgarians. Plan Less Wheat But More Oats OTTAWA (CP)-Canadian farm-e ers. facing prospects of a continued world wheat glut, plan to reduce wheat land this year and l Awards HOLLYWOOD (AP) - Ernest Borgnlne was named the best actor of the year for his role In "Marty" in the 28th annual academy A In rd I Wednesday night HOLLYWOOD (AP) - Anna Magnani, for her role in "The Rose Tattoo." was voted the best actress of 193.5 by the 1.700 mo- trale on pl ” more oats and; a possible record crop of world-V scarce flaxsecd. ' First-thoughts of farmers. re- ported by the bureau of statistics Wednesday, are to shave wheat acreage by some 700,000 acres to a 13-year low of 20.8-l8,flf)0. The cut would be entirely in Canada's prairie b. ndbasket. Their intentions as of March 1 also were to reduce barley and rye plantings but boost oats seed- ing by some 673,000 acres to 11,- 51,200 and almost double flaxseed to a record 3.811.600 acres. Flax- lced ls fetching big prices on world markets. Virtually all of the plan- ned productlon increase is on the firm picture academy members '. T d night :Looks Like Bumper Catch Of a :Seals In Magdalen Islands QUEBEC (CP)--The seal hunt is tin full swing in the St. Lawrence lgulf Magdalen islands and it looks 'llke a bumper haul for the hardy l"MadeiInots" fishermen. 'mand by fur coat manufacturs in 1 Europe. Of the 5.000 sells killed loo far. anly about 1.000 are adults. . When a seal is three weeks old. its for turns yellowish and loses its Dr. Arthur Labrle. deputy mln- lust later of Quebec's maritime fisher- ies, said in an interview Wednes-. Slday an estimated M000 ICIIS HIV! lbcen killed since early March, more than twice the full season's catch last year. There is still an- other week of good hunting ahead; "it's the best year since 1927. he said. That year. mm min 50.- (no animals were killed The seasonal lnduatf! occnvlel laomc 500 to 800 residents of these small islands in the St. Lawrence ulf, about 100 miles nort Ifrlnce Edward Island. It is the first big burst of activ- after the ion winter and. I , lude to the hi ly-remunera ve 1 of months WI I0" W thaw. l The "Madellnots" specialize in hunting down baby seals. T by. wlltto for h llliltl I . of . heir in or product re. GUNS RULED OUT Fire arms are strictly forbidden end hefty sticks are used. Baby seals are easy to kill. Unfrlghtened at the approach of a hunter, ll, mmbtlmea hobbies toward him. All ; the hunter does is clout the small animal on the head. At birth a seal weighs about 10' pounds. but within a.faw dayl ital weight increase: to N and 16? pounds. Dr. Labrio said. A top- clau skin yields as much as 0. Hunting seals is a dander-our way to earn a llvng. It is canted out on large in fines and hunters, who go ate in groups. Ilwayl hflnl (song a boat in can they have to move off quickly. ' Dr. Labrie said the for is used .ln Europe to make imitations of (beaver and mink furs. The akin slippers and -um. ) kw HOLLYWOOD (AP) - Wednes- ay night's Academy Awards: Best documentary short - "Men Against the Arctic." Best cartoon - "speedy Gon- sales.” Best one-reel sort - "Survival City." Best two-reel short-"The Faith of Lincoln." made the Univer- sity of southern Call ornla in com- petition with major studios. a Best art direction (black and! white)-"The .Roae Tattoo," Hall Pcreirn and Tambi Larsen. Best art direction (('0lOl'i-”Plc- Inc." William Flannery and Jo Mcilzlner. Best costume design (black and white) - "1' cry Tomorrow." Helen Rode. Best costume design (color)- "Love is a Many - Splcndored Thing." Charles IAMaire. l Best clnematogra hy (black ondl white)-"The Role attoo." James: Wong Howe. Best clncmnto a hy lcolor)- "To Catch a This ." l Burks. , leaf special effectl - "The Bridges at Toko-Rf." But film editing -- "Plcnlc."' (sou-us on page I eat. so prairies. These reported intentions can. of course. be changed before seeding time. The actual land planted to various crops will depend to a great extent on weather, the con- Rustico. Prince of Wales College, 1' laboratory Council Function -Explained By H The importance of the Laborat- ory servlces in the Province was emphasized by the Minister of Health. Hon. M, L. Bonneli. M.D., speaking on the Budget yesterday. Before proceeding with matters dealmg with his department. Dr. Bonneli said he would like to "straighten uut" the member from Second Prince regarding revenue and expenditure in relation to the Laboratories Division. Referring to the Department of Health report, Dr. Bonneli said the amount of 584,000 which ap- peared was the amount which the Laboratory Council refunded to the Provincial Treasury last year. In another ltcm the amount of S83.- 56l. "This is the amount which the Department gave to the Coun- cil to conduct its business for the year. The Minister explained that the revenue to the Council comes from Hospitals, private doctors and de- partments of the Government in- cluding the Department of Agri- culture. Dr. Dewar: "I don't care how you get the money it is just like taking it out of one packet and putting it into another. You can't count that as revenue when it has been derived from another depart- ment of the Government". CROWN CORPORATION Dr. Bonneli said that to a cer- tain extent, it could be termed a double entry but emphasized the ct that the Laboratory Council which acts as a Crown Corporat- ion had to be established for this purpose. The Minister said the Govern- ment was contempln mg the ac- ealth Minister HON. DR. BONNELL ceptance of 345,000 in the form of a Government grant from Ot- town. This is a matching grant and we have to have the same amount in the estimates it we are going to spend it. He said if the money were ac- cepted it would go to pay a port- ion of the charges made to patients by the Lab Council. Io that all services done in the central labor- (Continued on page 15 col. 4) .- Premier Matheson the Legislature yesterday that a survey crew from the Imperial Oil Company has arrived on the Island and will commence work immediately. The' area to be surveyed will be from Charlottetown. west as far as Ellerslie. The Premier said the Company had deposited as a token of good faith a cheque with the Provincial Government to the amount of 5100.000 with the under- standing that this amount would go as a first payment on any roy- alties that would result from the finding of oil. Premier Matheson expressed the hope that oil would be found in the Province stating "We can use anything that will improve our fin- ancia standing at the present time". W.A. Rollff. in charge of the company's eastern exploration act ivltles, said the crew is using a device called a gravitymeter in an attempt to obtain some general in- formation about underground rock structures. Thclr survey will cov- or part of the 700,000 acres which dltion of land and markets when the farmer starts spring operations. Canada Jan. 1 had 740.400.000 bushels of wheat available for ex- port and carryover. up from 634.- 700.000 in the previous year. This followed a 494,000,000-bushel 1955 crop produced from 2l,505.ll)0 acres. SALES N0 ANSWER Although sales have recently in- - creased, it appears likely there still will be a big wheat carryover July 31, larger than the 5()0.000,000 bushels of a year ago. Perhaps with this in mind. prairie farmers who produce al- most all Canada's wheat have an eye on other crops. The bureau has not yet received information on oil seed. sugar beets. corn. hay and other crop intentions but from i what has been reported. farmers hope to collect some of the cashf available in raising flaxsccd and produce more oats to feed live- stock. again to get more cash faster. GETS BACK RENT ON GALLSTONES LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman has been awarded 380 back rent on her gallstones. Mrs. Viola Fredieu told a small claims court Tuesday the 49 gallstones were removed in a 1947 operation. Eight months ago, she said. Harold Hester. a water softener manufacturer, borrowed them to show his cus- tomers "what happens when you drink hard water." She said Hcstcr hadnll re- turned them. Municipal Judge Mark Bendler awarded her 310 for each month and said: "Until youtgct them back. you may come here every month and sue for a month's rent on the stones and this court will grant it to you." Hester wasn't in court. Has Ride Behind Huskies" Gov.-Gen. Samples Arctic FROBISHER BAY, Baffin island here Friday for Hall lake, in the (CP) sampled life In the Arctic Wednes- day. eating Eskimo food and rid-t in; behind a team of pantintll huskles. Even the weather co-operated to give the 09-year-old visitor an; authentic picture of conditions to; the north. A hllzsard almost pre- vented bta RCAF plane from land- lug here Tuesday night and wed- nesdny cold Arctic winds s l across snow-cnvcred wastes whie ltcmperaturcs hovered near the 15 above-ace mark. An RCMP ring team was placed at his disposal for use during his three-day stay in this outpost ap- xlmately 1.200 miles north of trust. Mr. Many will leave) -Governor-General liriasscy northeast comer of the Northwcstluled to take Territories. He has been visibly touched by the reception he has received since he left Ottawa Monday on the 10.000mlle history-making air tour which will take him over the North Pole and to places never befflifg visited by a governor-gem s er . Dressed in clothln fashioned for him by cskimos. r. Massey did not appear to mind the weather. His outfit will be completed today when he will be presented with a dark blue eiderdowll - lined vest made by Eskimo women at Payne The gm-rrnor-general is sched- off at 10 a.m. AST Sunday from Resolute on Corn- wallis island for his 1.056-mile flight to the North Pole. Cornwallis is in the south cent- ral region of the Queen Elizabeth lrchlpelago and about half the flight to the Pole in an RCA? North Star plane will be over or near land. The governor - gt-neral's arrival here after a 1.110-mile flight from Ottawa Mth one stopover was en- livened by a blizzard "which caused Wing Cmdr. W. G. Miller, pilot of the vice-regal plane, to make three A chest before landing his big buy. some 390 miles south of orfh Star aircraft. Froblsbcr. Drifting .-now and log out viQtb IO POL! IUNIA! WV ha a few lib Premier Announces Arrival Of lmperialOilSurvey Crew 0 in the , has pen to ex- plore under a license from the Provincial Government. The work is preliminary and Mr. Roliff could not predict what fur- ther steps, if any. might be taken in the all search. or whether Im- perial might some day drill on the Island. Two men are at work now, and they will be joined within a few days by four or five others. The work is expected to take from one to three months. Their chief instrument. the grav- ltymeter, is a highly sensitive ap- paratus. used to measure minute differences in the pull of the earths gravity. between one ioc ation and another. The differences are caused by variations in the density of the underground rock. Mr. Roliff said the party plans to take gravitymcler readings along the roadside over most of the area at intervals of about one quarter of a mile. Transcribed onto a survey map for study they give oil men an idea of the pattern of the underground rock structure. Four of the crew are on land sur- vey work, locating and determin- ing the exact elevation of each party chief and one or two meter men make up the rest of the crew. The evaluation of the results of the gruitymcler survey will in- dicnte whclhcr further investigat- Ions by other means are warrant- ed. Mr. Roliff explained that neith er the gravllymeier nor any other instrum-nt is capable of indicat- his the presence or absence of underground nil reservoirs. The best that can be done is to indicate whether conditions are sufficient. ly favorable to warrant the cost of test drilling. Cutler Reaches Disabled Ship NEW YORK (AP) h A coast guard cutter has reached a 1.999- ton Swedish freighter disabled by engine trouble about 700 miles east of Boston. The freighter Sunnanvik. a 26!- foot-long vessel. broke down Tues- day on a voyage from Dakar, Ai- rich, to St. John's. Nnd. The coast guard cutter Castle Rock was dispatched from Argen- tia, Nfld.. and reached the stricken craft in mid-morning. At last re- port the Castle Rock was trying to get a tow line aboard the Sun- nanvik. Thirty-knot winds and sci-on-fool seas apparently ucre causing some difficulty. The Sunnanvlk radioed that its crew was unable to make repairs. It asked for a law into Sydney. N. S. The coast guard said that if a line can be put aboard. the cutter will tow the Sunnanvlk either to Sydney or Halifax. The Sunnanvik's home port is Goteborg. Sweden. It is owned by the Swedish firm of Rydbergs, with Bale and Co., Ltd., of Moo treal as agent. nature of its cargo or the number of crew members aboard were not I I hero. spot where a reading is taken. The If left Dakar on Feb. 18. The" l Details Are Tabled In Commons OTTAWA (CP)-No more fed- eral u essions will be made on the government's tax-sharing offer to the provinces, Prime Minister lSt. Laurent indicated Wednesday. I A letter he wrote Monday to pre- l miers and tabled in the Commons iwednesday, giving revised federal guarantees of revenue to prov- inces, said the government's cur- rent proposals are being mbadied into legislation for Parliament. That suggested finality and Mr, St. Laurent also said his govern- ment feels federal taxes should not be increased to raise more money to be spread among the provinces through tax-splitting. The latest federal concession, it became known Wednesday, con- tained a factor that would mean about 3965.000 a year improvement for British Columbia from the pe- vious offer and 580.000 to Prince Edward Island. It contains a"two-way rise in federal floors on revenues avail- able to the provinces under a for- muln laid down at a federal-pro vincial conference last year and modified earlier this year. The new guarantees: 1. in shifting from the current tax rental agreements expiring March 31, 1957, no province would get less than what it would have received had the agreements been xtended into the following five years. GUARDS AGAINST SLUMP 2. No province in any single year under the proposed five-year for- mula ....nngement would get less than 95 per cent of the average for the preceding two years. This is a protection against a slump in provincial funds that might be causedbyarecenloaandhuno cash value now. - The No. I guarantee would bene- fit only B.C. and P.El.. whose rc- latlvely - high per caplta intake from the tax rental agreements would have been reduced under the federal formula. P.E.I.'s available revenue would rise by 380.000 to 84,230,000. The 95-percent floor represented an improvement from an earlier proposal of 90 per cent, which Inv- ernl of the provinces had sought to boost to 100 per cent. It would come into play only if provincial . enues dropped in hard times. GRAPHITE SOURCE Austria rivals Ceylon among the world's largest sources of high- grade graphite. (in lvmts iusomn HAS tiotlunt. to B01 mo iii. 2 4R TORONTO, (CP) - Tempera- ltures issued by the public wen- fher ofifce: Night Day Vancouver . 39 58 Victoria . . . 39 54 - Edmontnn . .. 13 35 Regina .. 18 N Winnipeg 27 30 Toronto . 24 4! Ottawa 14 38 Montreal . 22 39 Quebec 5 38 Fredericton lb 45 Saint John . .. . 5b 40 Moncton . 2 3! Halifax .. 15 38 Charlottetown 11 so Sydney 18 S8 Yarmouth . 14 40 St. John's . . . . . 2! 28 HALIFAX (CP) - The weather office here says a low pressure area in the Atlantic about ll) miles south of Halifax is in a threatening position but the fore- cast is that it will remain off i shore. causing only variable cloud- iness in eastern Nova Scotia to- day. Cold air over Ontario is ex- pected to reach the northwestern regions accompanied by widely scattered snowflurries and rain- ahow this afternoon. No Nova scotla. Prllco Edward Island: Clear with a few cloudy intervals: not much ct . h temperature; north with is. law-high at New Glasgow and Charlottetown ll and 40. High tide today at Charlottetown at 7:17 am. and 0:44 p.m. Sum- merslde tides eighteen mlnutu later than Charlottetown. Sun rim today at on can. ad acts at 0:! part.