TELEPHONE 8505 Buyer meets Want Ads. D lied ad taker, a "is PAGES 2? may people from Charlotte- town and vicinity attended the din-ity ball held last night in aid ofthe P. E. Island Chapter of the Foundation for Poliomyelils which is now conducting a cam- paign for $10,000. Unfortunately the freezing rain which started in Prince County at seven o’clock kept a number of people from e from attending the Yanks G 1-08 ANGELES (AP)—’l‘he ex- perinental rocket shi-p X-15, ex- pected swoosh a man into space year, will be tested ovdi-to range stretching from Cali- fo' ', to Utah, it was disclosed V! j ay. fsfeof the pilots who will fly the daft told a press conference the Efliglt path will be over dry lallebeds extending between Ed- air force base in Califor- ‘ilii"s Mojave Desert and Wend- base in Utah. / . , X315 is expected to soar of miles high at speeds if-fiupsands of miles an‘ hour in research flights. details of its program Wlfetdlscuased by air force Capt. I-Ll; C.IKincheloe and Joseph PARLIAMENT « A1‘ A GLANCE ll: Tun CANADIAN PRESS Wethesilay Qpposition groups continued I-llelr attack on the government’: _price supports bill, s-aying I will be the death warrant for Conservative Prairie MPs. Walter Tucker (L—Rosthenn). I0 1' In 0 r Saskatchewan Liberal leader. said he will vote against bill, which he called "a My performance.” .' _Prime Minister Diefenbaker Jlld he hopes to receive "within or four months the Huson zleport on the inquiry into the U.S. I d age security system. External Affairs Minister Sid- “? Smith said Canada is send- ing to Washington the frist draft I formal agreement on joint llontinental air defence. _Hcalth_ Minister J. Waldo Mon- Said he expects three or Provinces will have feder- ‘5I1_PP0rted hospital insurance in effect by July 1. h Senate gave final approval the government bill providing - 9131 financial aid for thermal ‘C development in the Atlan- { Provinces. l i I3 The Co v EST mnlons meets at 11 a.m. to contlnuethe farm bill de- a - The Senate is adjourned un- seller with - ial 8506 ask f(()}II] atilg,lg:?. for quick results. Afltlwflled II Second Chg Man Dcpartiient. Ottgw. ‘The affair was under the dis- tinguished patronage of His Hon- our Lieutenant-Governor T.W.L. Prowse and Mrs. Prowse, Pre- mier A.W. Matheson and Mrs. Matheson, HIJS Worship Mayor J, D. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart. Here Premier A.W. Matheson and Mrs. Matheson are being greeted by the official hosts and hostesses for the evening. They are right to left, Lieutenant-Gov- er CHARITY BALL HEI.D LAST NIGHT In the Post om,’ ernor Prowse and Mrs. Prowse, Mrs. Todor Gencheff and Dr. Gencheff, Mrs. Herbert Baxter and Mr. Herbert Baxter. Mr. Baxter is campaign man- ager and chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the ball. Dr. Gencheff is a director of the Canadian Foundation for Pol-iomyelitiis and medical ad- visor to the Prince Edward Is- land chapter. effing Ready To Test X-15 Rocket Ship Walker of the national advisory committee for aeronautics. They said the X-15 will be launched from a B-52 bomber at an elevation of 40,000 feet. -Dry lakebeds near the Edwards and Wendover bases will be used for a landing. The distance between the two air bases is 480 miles. IS VETERAN PILOT Kincl1eI0e.'2. who has flown more than 70 different types of aircraft, declinedto disclose how long the ;(-15 might be in flight, but he said it would be somewhat longer than the 17 minutes he piloted the experimental X-2. He estimated the speed of the X-15 on its initial flight at 3,600 milesian hour and its altitude ca- pability at 100 miles. “This does not mean that this will be done the first time we step into the plane." Kincheloe said. Kincheloe and Walker said 1;. dications are the X-15 will be perhaps in March, by Scott Cross- field, test pilot for North Ameri- can Aviation, which is building the plane. Kincheloe and Walker said they are undergoing a year of prepar- ation at Edwards, flying the X4 and X-2. “We are preparing ourselves analytically and ‘technically by simulating exit problems and the gigavitationalioad on the pilot," Kincheloe said. “We feel that we‘ have adequate escape means from the X-15. It has a very comfortable cockpit. I think it’s a very plush setu , compared with the 31-1." ‘ T0 CH!/CLE EARTH Kincheloe said the X-15 will “bring back data for orbital fligh" in which a manned air- craft eventually would circle the earth as have the Russian Sput- niks. ~ The pilots said they could not, for-_securlty reasons, give any de- scription of the X-15 but did say that it will be a “pretty conven- given its first flight early in 1959, WASHINGTON (AP)——Informed sources said Wednesday night hundreds of p e r s o n s were re- ported killed Wednesday in the Caracas, Venezuela, area as anti- government rioting spread. These sources, despite strict censorship by the government, ne p o r t e d casualties mounted higher. The street riotingin Caracas took a reported 25 lives Tuesday, with a general strike against the regime of Marcos Perez Jiminez. Wednesday, it was calm in the morning after an all-night curfew. But rioting and street fighting took a heavy toll later in the day, according to information here. The demonstrations were re- ported centred in Caracas. Some student activities were reported in outlying areas. The state department said it still has received no reports of any injury to U.S. citizens in Caracas or damage to American ,, 3 l>-m. Tuesday. m%1;;AWA (CP)—A Senate com—l ‘am Wednesday decided- “. 33 a minor amendment to . controversial M a r l t i m e si ~ blll on grounds that any _. In the legislation would ~ I7 II; Passage by Parliament. , overnment bill —— being mmdered by the Senate banking °°mI_nerce committee—would “were financial aid for thermal "3 development in the Atlan- Provinces. ‘senior Thomas A. Crerar (L Nb toba) said the bill did not how“ clean‘ that the terms of. Mam 38I‘eemcnt.s between the [mic Eovernmenl. and any At- WlnCe must be tabled in t. if R°°°“-l‘¢e.s Minister Alvin Ham- hinge! wlllicss before the com- » Said he had fll\‘(‘ll sli<tl13 “l1dertaki,lit_- lieloi-c Hm bill, ‘Dmoved by the Commons.‘ TED AT LENGTH ‘aid if a change was made property. fibgecide Against Amendment :70 Mciritimes Power Bill the amended bill would have to be sent back to the Commons for approval of the amendment. The bill already had been debated at length in the Commons and an amendment would result in an- other long debate. When the bill was before the Commons, Liberal and CCF members pressed for an amend- ment that would extend federal aid to hydro power development. Senator A. C. Taylor (L—New Brunswick) said an amendment by the Senate would mean that the “legislation will be thrashed‘ all over again in the Commons.'‘‘, The committee approved the bill after receiving an undertaking from Mr. Hamilton that an amendment would be proposed when the matter was next before P£lI‘ll'cl11lClll. ‘ i Tllé bill later itcciireti lllial ap- proval in the Senate. It now re- quires only royal assent to be- tional-looking airplane." Casualties Mount As Rioting Flcires In Venezuelan Capital On the first day, buses and automobiles were reported de- stroyed as crowds surged through the streets. They were, opposed by police and national guardsmen. , Early Wednesday, the death toll was placed at 75, with \at least 750 injured. But the situation grew more serious, according to informed sources, and the toll mounted. Later in the day, it was esti- mated hundreds had been killed and many more hundred injured. The general strike was reported effective. Stores were closed, ac- cording to reports, and other bus- inesses and the activities of a big city were at a standstill. No news- papers were published on either day, according’ to this informa- ion. Pair Sentenced To Penitentici ry HALIFAX (CP)-—Edward Win- slow Hayes, 30, of Halifax was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in penitentiary and Steven Pottie, 44, of Dartmouth, to four years after both pleaded guilty to charges of armed robbery. The two pleaded guilty last week to entering the home ‘of merchant Monnis Mosher and making him open a safe contain- ing about $2,000. About $1,750 of the loot was recovered. Wave Of Strikes Hits Cyprus NICOSIA, Cyprus (Reuters)—A tions broke out on Cyprus Wed- ncsday after the slaying Tuesday night of two left-wing Greek cyp-| Many Greek Cypriots left their jobs on hc:u'in9.‘ of the killings. .I_.atcl'. llic |cl'l-\vil1g Pail-Cypriaiil Labor l<‘ctlcl'ation called on its! 35,000 members to stage an. island - wide, 48 - hour general come law. strike. ~. The committee in charge of the ball consisted of Mrs. Gencheff, Mrs. L.E. Prowse, Mrs. T.D. De- Blois of Charlottetown and Mrs. Robert Schurman of Summerside. Charles Linkletter of Summer- side, a director of the Prince Ed-' ward Island chapter, was to have been one of the hosts last night but he was prevented from at- tending by the icy roads. Freezing Ruin Slows Traffic BOSTON (AP) —- Rain, sleet and freezing rain slashed through New England Wednesday. coat- "ing highways in many sections with a treacherous glaze. The weather bureau broadcast warnings of hazardous driving conditions in New Hampshire and Vermont. Many elementary schools can- celled classes in the six - state area. . Scores of traffic accidents were attributed to he storm, but no deaths. Premier I France Wins House Vote PARIS (AP)—The National As- sembly Wednesday night adopted by a vote of 343 to 224 a motion expressing confidence in Premier Felix Gaillard’s foreign policy. The vote followed a two-day de- bate on foreign affairs. “ It implied parliamentary ap- proval of Gaillard’s handling of East-West relations, the installa- tion of rocket launching bases in France, and a series of North African problems ranging from French - Tunisian relations to French seizure of a Yugoslav cargo of arms allegedly con- signed to the nationalist rebels in Algeria. Manitoba House To Open Feb. 11 WINNIPEG (CP) —- Premier Campbell announced Wednesday the fiftli session of the 24th Man- itoba leg-islature will open Feb. 11. / ‘ It is expected to be the last session before a provincial elec- tion. The Liberal - Progressives, re-elected June 8, 1953, must call an election by June 18, when their term ends. Standing in the 57-seat house is: Liberal - Progressive 35, Pro- gressive Conservative 11, CCF 5, Social 51 Credit 1, Independent 3, Independent Conservative‘ 1. La- fitte fiitoiridliimt “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew’; CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23,1958 \ NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) —An earth - shaking explosion Wednesday in chemical tank cars moving through the northeast suburbs injured at least 60 per- sons and caused property damage that could total $1,000,000. Several of the injured were pu- pils in Hyde Park public school. But apparently only two persons, employees of the Niagara Junc- tion Railroad, were severely in- jured. Cause of the explosion was not determined immediately. State police said some cars con- tained d i in e t hyl formamide, owned by E. I. Dupoiit de Ne- mours and Company. A chemist Atom - Powered Ice - Breaker _Is Being Considered SEIGNIORY CLUB, Que. (CP) --Canada is studying the possibil- ities of building an atom-powered ice-breaker, Transport Minister Hees said Wednesday night. Russia launched an atomic ice- breaker, the Lenin,.last year- first country in the world to har- ness nuclear power for ice-brea.k- ing. Canada’s study will be made by a committee soon to be ‘estab- lished by the transport depart- ment, Mr. Hees announced at a joint session of the Dominion Marine Association and United States Lake Carriers Association, representing the inland shipping industry. The committee will investigate nuclear propulsion “with a view to application of nuclear power to Canadian ice - breakers in the future." It will also work with private Canadian companies in- for general commercial use. The minister did not say whether any Canadian shipping lines are considering such pro- jects at present. ships- ‘said, however, that this was a non-volatile chemical solvent, and railway Superintendent Norbert Fitzgerald said it had been ruled out as a cause. The explosion tore apart a huge section of the railway‘s yards in the town of Niagara, just outside the northeast city line. It ripped open a hole more than 40 feet deep and 150 feet across. It dam- aged nearby houses severely, smashed windows two miles dis- tant and rattled dishes in homes five miles away. “We could feel it before we heard it,” said the operator of a nearby service station. “There was a surge of pressure in the air At the annual meeting of the Canadian Cancer Society (P. E. I. Division) held last night it was decided to continue fellowships to Island doctors and that hence- fourth they be known as the Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan Memorial Fellowships. One minutes silence was ob- served by the meeting in mem- ory of Dr. MacMillan. OFFICERS ELECTED‘ The following officers were elected for the coming year:— President, W. H. Beaton; 1st Vice- president-C. H. Black: County Vice-presidents; Queens: Mrs. J. G. Dennis and Mrs Frank Walker; Kings: John R. MacLean and G. G. Jardine, Prince: Vernon Cam- pbell and R. C. Schurman; Hon. Secretary: R. M. Jones; Hon. Treasurer. J .T. .Place; Execu- tive Committee-W. H. Beaton, R. M_. Jones, D13. H. A. MacMillan, Miss Gertrude Coady and .J. T. Place; Medical Advisory Board: Dr. L. G. Prowse Dr. T. A. Laidlaw, Dr. Angus MacLeod, Dr. George Inman, Dr. H. A. MacMillan, Dr. J. C. Simp- EI f° OTTAWA (CP) — The govern- ment is understood to be having a little trouble making up its mind about when to call an elec- tion. Progressive Conservative Com- mons members held a caucus Wednesday but afterwards the rank-and-file appeared to have scarcely any more idea of the cabinet’s election intentions than before. L It is ‘understood there are con- flicting views in the cabinet as to when the election should be called. . One view apparently would fa- vor an immediate appeal to the people for a new mandate. An- other faction would rather wait until sometime in June. Others also are understood to be thinking in terms of the fall. about Sep- tember. NON-COMMITTAL ANSWERS Meantime, Prime Minister Diefenbaker was non-committal after the caucus over reports he may ask soon for dissolution of Parliament and a snap election. He told reporters he knows only “what I read in the newspapers." He declined to say more when bor - Progressive I. asked whether he planned to see Signs Opinion On D ' ' cl cl Governor-General Massey within a few days to ask for dissolution. It was reported that Conserv- ative MPs were asked‘ to find out quickly what public works proj- ects were needed in their constit-' uencies and could be started with little delay. In the Commons Tuesday Fi- nance Minister Donald Fleming said he would budget for a de- ficit, if necessary, in the coming fiscal year starting April 1 to pro- ide jobs through public works for the unemployed. CBC CRITICIZED There were also reports that some Conservative MPs attend- ing the caucus complained that recent broadcasts by the pub- licly-owned CBC were “pro-Lib- eral.” They were especially crit- ical of television press confer- ence program Wednesday night with Lester B. Pearson, new Lib- eral leader. It was reported that cabinet ministers would be asked to make representations to A. D. Duntongchairman of the CBC board of governors, to seek a more balanced cross-section of opinion on political programs and commentaries. OTTAWA (CP)—A decision on whether to proceed with produc-, tion of the CF-105 supersonic jet? fighter plane is one of the most critical facing the government, authorities said Wednesday. The decision is not expected to‘ be made by the cabinet until this summer and it will be based mainly on the latest intelligence wave of strikes and demonstra-I reports out of Russia, they added. It is hoped these reports will; show whether Russia plans to continue turning out bombers. The CF-105 has been designed as a bomber interceptor. tary standpoint. A mistake could‘ result in wastage of hundreds of millions of dollars on an ail'cl'aft, that might not have any useful} role. Prime Minister Gov"r Debates Whether To Produce Supersonic Jet about $4.000,000. Officials estimated that re- equipping nine home defence squadrons with the CF-105 would cost at least $1,000,000,000. The ,figure would be much greaterition of a new, long-range, high- with cost of ancillary equipment taken into account. MISSILES ARE KEY The question facing Defence Minister G. R. Pearkes in par- ticular and the cabinet as a whole is this: By the time the CF-105 would have reached squadrons, would 1‘i0tS- Masked gunmen “’°“nd°d The decision will be critical‘the Russians still be employing three other men in the attacks. from an economic as well as mili-lbombers as their main strike or would they have converted al- most. wholly‘ lo long-range mis- slice‘? The al!S\.\'€l' to this will depend on information from Western in- sourccs have failed in previous instances to produce information of vital concern to Canada. One case was lack of advance linformation on Russian produc- Cancer Society Continue Doctor Fellowship Tank Car Blast Iniures 60;CausesHeavy Damage and then the ground rocked.”. POWER CUT BRIEFLY Police and newspaper telephone switchboards were jammed with calls. Power throughout most of this heavily-industrialized city of 100,000 was cut off briefly. In the sparsely - settled blast area itself, utility lines were ripped off the poles. Home own- ers r e p o r t e d roofs damaged, plaster fallen, porches collapsed and even brick veneer jarred loose. The Niagara County sheriff’s department evacuated the area in case harmful fumes were present as a result of the explosion. I Decides To sdn, Dr. A. R. Grant. EXPRESSES SORROW “It is with feelings of regret and sincere sorrow that I act as your Chairman this evening." Mr. W.H. Beaton, the first vice- V (Continued on page 15 col. 3) Reports Good Progress On New Weapons WASHINGTON (AP) -— “Excel- lent progress" toward developing two weapons to destroy enemy missiles was reported Wednesday night by Maj.-Gen. Robert J. Wood, the army's deputy chief for research and development. Wood disclosed that: 1. Components for the anti- missile Zeus, designed to inter- cept long-range ballistic missiles, now are “in being." Previously the defence department--said only the Zeus was under development. 2. Another anti-missile called Plato is being developed for use “in the field, in defence of our field armies.” Up to now the de- fence department has said only the Plato anti-missile was under development, without disclosing its intended use. Wood, in a speech prepared for a meeting of army's medical ser- vice corps, said the Zeus “is our answer to the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).” “Components of Zeus now are in being and the complete sys- tem is under development,” he said. “We shall then be able-—if we must--to parry the ICBM with a fatal punch.” Wood said the Plato missile system “will make use of some components ofethe Zeus missile system, and will be just as ef- fective in its own area of oper- ations." Identify Dead In Que. Collision St. APOLLINAIRE, QUE. (CP) Four persons were’ killed Tues- day night in a violent collision between their c-ar and a freight train near this village 15 miles southwest of Quebec. They were identified as Andre Boucher, 19, and Roland Fortier, 35, of St. Apolliuaire; Fortier’s brother Raymond, 36, of neigh- boring Ste. Croix, and Yvon Ger- ald, 18, a Quebec City native working as a farmhand for Ger- ard Fortier, brother of the two dead men. Freezing Rain Makes Driving Very Difficult Freezing drizzle and rain began in the western part of the Pro- vince last evening about 6.30 and gradually spread eastward, mak- ing driving conditions very hazar- dous for a time until the temper- ature went up about midnight. The rain began in Summerside about 7:30 and in Charlottetown at 9:30 and in Montague about 10. At Alberton, although no acci- dents were reported, cars were unable to proceed up even minor flying bomber. This forced aban-3 donment of the Velvet Glove air-5 to-air guided missile project and} ,also fast action to produce a new, version of the CF-100 jet intercep- 'tor with a higher altitude capa-Q ‘unity. l At least $24.()()().00() had been, sepnt on the Velvet Glove project‘. yvlleli it was given up in 1955. The tRCAF‘ got a higher-flying CF-100 but for more altitude it had to ported in the town limits. when a‘ :sacrifice range. l The IJLII.-\Vll1{_'C(l Cl7—l()5, with a l_dCSl_.L}ll speed of some .1 .‘2.()() l‘llllf.‘Sl ‘an hour, is being developed by‘ Avro Aircraft Ltd., Malton, Ont.l Dicfenbaker telligence sources inside Russia. It is scheduled to make its first has said a single CF-105 will cost RCAF officers said intelligence itest flight soon. grades as a heavy wet coating of ice continued to build up. ‘ The scream of tires could be heard at Myricks Corner at Alber- ton all evening as motorists at- tempted to reach Main Street. Many ended up at the bottom of the grade and were unable tol proceed either way. travelling on foot was also difficult. Summerside police said that only one collision had been re- delivery truck collided with a pE\SS€ll_‘.‘,‘Cl' car at Summerside West resulting in considerable damage to the vehicles but no in- juries sustained by the occupants, No accidents were reported in the Charlottetown area. WEATHER Rain and occasional freezing rain. milder! east winds 30, shifting this morning to southwest 20. Low-high at Ch’town 30-35 N°§,,N,§<,>,RE FIVE CENTS‘ OTTAWA (CP)-—Walter Tucker, a leading Liberal farm spokes- man, said Wednesday in the Com- mons he will not vote for the gov- ernment's farm price stablization bill. “I won’t vote for the bill,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to be guilty of voting for legislation to replace the Agricultural Pr-ices Support Act.” Mr. "Tucker's statement ap- peared to strengthen speculation that the Liberal Opposition, which so far has supported all govern- ment legislation. may bolt on the farm bill. Mr. Tucker, member for Ros- thern, is former Liberal leader in Saskatchewan and currently is chairman of the Liberal Com- mons caucus. " He attacked the Progressive Conservative bill as “a shabby performance" that does not give farmers especially Western grain growers—the same kind of protection against falling prices as the present system. The present system’ would be repealed by the new Agricultural Price Stabilization Act. DROPS CERTAIN ITEMS For example, Mr. Tucker said, the new bill excludes coverage for Prairie-grown wheat. oats and barley. The Liberal legislation, he added, provided price supports‘ for oats and barley, if necessary. He spoke as the Commons de- bated approval in principle—sec- ond reading-—of the bill which each year would provide support prices on agricultural products. based on a percentage of the average price in the 10 preceding years. _The percentage would be a minimum 00 per cent of the LONDON (Reuters)——Snow hit Western E u_ r o p 0 Wednesday, knocking transportation off stride and disrupting the work - a - day world from Norway to Italy. _Tumbling temperatures added to the chaos by icing highways and making miserable occupants of the many buildings without central heating. Europeans, in a cold wave that has been spreading since last weekend, greeted a report that allow fell in the Laghouat region of the Algerian Sahara Desert. The new white drifts were wel- come among vacationers at Eu- rope‘s ski chalets. But drivers competing in the Europe - wide Monte Carlo car rally faced added obstacles in the endurance» - test trips from eight scattered cities over 2,000-mile routes to Monaco. Norwegian rescue gangs worked with dynamite and bulldozers to free more than 200 persons iso- lated near Trondheim by a giant ice barricade. The ice stacked up on a dam across the Nea River, causing a flood which at one point froze into a 13-foot-deep barrier. Blizzards brought avalanches down the mountains of southern ing buses. Troops were called out to clear massive drifts from rail lines. ‘ RIVIERA RESORTS SUFFER France also froze, with the Moselle region in the northeast hardest hit. Even Riviera resorts along the Mediterranean suffered from low temperatures and the forecast that snow is on its way. Wind whipped snow across the Liberals May.No’r Support Gov"r Farm Prices Measure Sharp Criticism Is Level-led By Party's Form Spokesman average for nine specified com- modities: Cattle, hogs, sheep, butter, cheese, eggs, and non- Prairie wheat, oats and barley. J. Armand Landry (L—-Dor- chester) said it would do more for farmers if the support prices were based on average produc- tion costs instead of on average prices. It was a “nefarious” bill in that it would establish supports for only 12 months in advance, while butter producers needed I longer period of assured prices to_ plan production properly. The CCF has proposed an amendment that would kill the «bill this session. SEND NOTE ON DEFENCE Other parliamentary develop- ments: 1. External‘ Affairs Minister Sidney Smith said Canada is sending to Washington the first draft note of a proposed formal agreement between Canada and the United States for joint con- tinental air defence. 2. Health Minister J. Waldo Monteith said he expects British Columbia. Alberta and Saskatch- ewan — and possibly Newfound- . land — will have federally - sup- ported hospital insurance plans in effect by July 1. 3. Prime Minister Diefenbaker said the government hopes to re- ceive within three or four months the report of Prof. Gordon Huson of the University of Western On- tario, assigned recently to an in- quiry of the U.S. old age security system. 4. The Senate gave final appro- val to the government bill provid- ing financial aid for thermal power development in (the Atlan- tic provinces. It already has been .Wesfern' Europe Austria, blocking roads and halt-' passed by the Commons. flat countryside of Holland, bring- ing drifts up to six feet deep and paralyzing traffic in Zeeland prov- ince. Two canal boats collided in s Zeeland blizzard and two men were drowned. Both ships sanli and only two of the four men aboard reached safety. Dutch shipping radios broadcast gale , warnings and snow fell al} -dayfll in The Hague. . The storm and cold also took a life in Belgium. Two men in a boat on the western Scheldt River I ii‘ i I 2 l I near Flushing had to swim‘ through icy waters when their small boat capsized and sank. One ; * man died as he reached the bank. 1, In Italy, the mercury slumped to freezing in many places and . recorded only 10 degrees in the ‘ north. » Britain, usually heated by the warm gulf stream washing its 5 western shores, experienced one i of the worst cold snaps in a dec- ‘. ade. KENT HAS ' SNOW Scotland and the north of Eng- land accepted heavy snow falls § southerners , could talk of little else than the - .philosophically but big drifts snowing—in Kent County Hundreds all day to free east Kent roads and railways of 18 inches of snow which arrived overnight. Automo- biles and trucks were abandoned , and rail service between Lorzdtn i and the English Channel coal ; was snarled. Temperatures in the south ho- vered below freezing, since 1947. OTTAWA (CP)—-Federal geolo- gists in 1957 discovered indica- tions of gas and oil on Lake Hui'on’s Manitoulin Island and first evidence of base metal de- posits in Nova Scotia. The mines despiartment said Wednesday the discoveries were made by two of 6 parties sent into the field last year by the Geological Survey of Canada. The parties also found evidence of iron ore on Baffin Island; silver, lead and zinc in the Yukon; base metals in British Columbia and copper in New- l foundland. , Presence of base metals was lfound in water and sediments in lNova Scotia in an area bounded by Windsor and Lunenburg and Find Base Metals In N.S. Gas Ancl Oil dii Manitoulin Is. Truro and New Glasgow. About ent has no producing base metal mines." An iron-bearing formation one mile wide and at least 20 miles long was located on the north- 5 west side of Baffin Island. The ' formation contains a solid mag- , netite body 100 feet wide and , traceable for about 1,000 feet. In the Bale Verte area of New- foundland geologists found rock formations which warrant pros- pecting for asbestos, chromitc and copper. Studies in the Gaspe area of I \ of workmen fought 1 coldest . and the trans-Gaspesian highway _resulted in the discovery of a hill ‘ formed of what is believed to be high temperatures which is in de- mand in Canada. ,00o samples of stream sedi.- An unexploited and substantial ments were tested to determine Sand copper. zinc and lead content. and gravel deposit was found 40 miles soutli of Sl...lolin's. “The anomalies over which tlie.Nlld- The 1‘€P0l‘1. Said there is s streams run warrant further in- Scarcity of sand and gravel in St. vestigation of these metals,” the John’s and the discovery may he report said. “Nova Scotia at pres- of importance to that city. Quebec between Lac au Diable , forsterite, a metal resistant to.