MAXIMS GPA. MERE MAN ~It i; often an evl thing to aeeus. tolh 0ne's sBlf even to things which are good. i ' Bharlottotovrn Guardian. Two Cents. Morning Guardian, Founded 1337. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAlAHAPRIL is, 1941 Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the’ Dew MAXIMS '0!‘ A. MERE MAN Even brave men can beccone ter- rified by sudden uncxpeetcd hap-_ peniugs. 14 PAGES Subscription Delivered $6.00. Mall 85.00. other Provinces a U. B, A. 37,00 NEW FIRES THREATENING BLASTED TEXAS CITY Liberal Members Kill Resolution Re Grain Elevator For Ciftowll B H u p elg/iiitiiol-Ilottioxilhnadrigilaettlélvgn ‘lam-Iii: Montreal Bank event of the Freight Rates Assisi. ancc Act being discontinued “u; kllled in the Legislature yesterday by memberl and supporter; o! the MONTREAL, April 17 — (Uh-Three amlcd. men held ' up a“ east-end Ontario Street , peace pact the ltllssial-ls J0me Government before it could branch of the Banque Can- get into conlrnittee. Only Liberal member who did not stand up in opposition to Mr RC. Morrfsscy, Conservative, First adienne Nationals this alter- noon and escaped with a nun of money estimated between $5,000 and $6.000. Lionel St. llieleux, manager or the bank brancll, fold police that the men, wearing dark glasses, entered shortly before closing time, waved revolvers and scooped up the money from lhrce wickets. They than had locked up three customers and l0 stuff members btfore milk- ing their l-srrlllfi. Moscow Conference Appears llear End By Wcs Gallagher MOSCOW. April 17 -<AP)— Flumcss for salvaging an Austrian p a the. deadlocked \ "- faded tonight. and some German expert-i among 11s.. delegations prepared to leave for Bcrlin apparently abandoning hope of furlhcl" progress on a Ger‘ lllliil pact. 1L9 London a foreign office SIDKOSITIILII said a filleliiil immwiu ht- t-egdy in Moscow Tuesday to re- turn Foreign Secretary Bevin and the British deleslilvfli‘l‘l¢“v°ld”fi‘" willie triers were no definite v-anfi b» leave then the train would be ready "if there alive"? eiilwbe m ' o to s iii’ 0118 l’- ‘Ogcthmg statement Wednesday on title desire i0 Sign Fill Allfiillt“ clashed tonight with the three WQSIiCTTl powers over 1.1m ill-Si illliim‘ 155"‘: m» ministers encountered in con- sidering the All-“iriml ‘rainy-me, prnblmn of handling appfvxlmeidl 501.000 dlSDlMPIl persons m Allliflu- Coming Events 0 "Dance Parkdalc Hilii Friday. April l8. MucKellzieZs Orcllcsilfl- __.-\_ "'Cl,lppel‘ cleaning oats from April i5 to May 10. 8i “W” lit-room's Mill. Fredericton- "Arriving in a fcw illlii- 70° bags Fasterfnt Fltzullcnl. Bock at once. Dillon A‘: Slime“- "Junior League Rlmnmbllfl Stile bi Holy Name Hail. Saturday. Avril iiilh. 2.30. “Sterllntl Ines. Chair-v Wilt”- mwklng hogs in Charlottetown 'i‘llC.'iCi8_Y3 and Fridufig Gimme‘ arm-ling {up expert. servlce. Llivc- stock Marketing Board. "Cormnenclng Monday. All?“ 21st. we will be cleunirifl 589d ""17 t‘ y until further notice. Mi. srcwart Bred Cleanlnz Plflllb "Now in stock, Aspllilli slim!‘ les, Barb Wire and Patw will" Buy while available. W. I. Bowman. Romer- Rim. ' , W1 .1 e,t"llck- 'lIgxng\ti‘gsmI‘fiiionielfiriifilii\igllg iiviild ram Tuesday and Friday fore- roon. Contact for service. Live‘ sleek Marketing Board. "Sterlln Squires. Orcenurli-li- st. Peters Inky. trucking nos: ivr lilarketlng Board every Millldili" ‘Phone for service to Georie Mi!‘ Innis, st. Peters. Livestock Mer- kcting Board. ‘ "Robert Crabbe, Milton. will be trucking hogs for us to Char- lottetown each Tuesday "id ‘M’ do? forenoon when Perlliilfllili‘ and poaslbleu Livestock Market- inll Board. "Belting et all wullo. mm and used Rubber Traces eomolelfi- Nickle mounted orb/inc Himm- new team Harness. Estate of Clinton Morrison, per W. it. Morrison. ‘ ';1iaiVQl’il08k Atdarkletfngunnoahrte m a weeknIlf aorIi-ilaalsta. #here illus- lli: is bad. please bring h e b? ‘m tomlllearest forging oin . Vi‘! mun“. ere pose e w en pe “Fulton Douglas. Savage nar- iiiiiif. 1| our re ruentative in ilount Stewart dis riot. Trucking "Y! I Iday and Friday morn- !“ true‘! reservation early um“ 020060 lrhtq to be over-taxed i ate comers. Llveatqck ' River hospital reports. the b1rtll~ Prince‘. on his motion to go into committee on the resolution was his Liberal colleague from the same district, Mr. Fred C. Ramsay. Mr, Monissey"; motion reads as follows: "Whereas the Dominion Govern- ment has recently signed favour- able trilde agreements with Great Britain. greatly increasing our commitments of bacon, eggs alld poultry; “And wlmeas we are being press- ed by the Dominion Department of Agriculture of the urgency of meeting these commitments; “A-lrcl whereas we must have tllc iftSSiilBllCC that no, will receive suf- ficient supplies of iced grains, CGll- centrates, etc}. before making heavy production commitments; “And whereas under present Conditions the supply of these nc- cessary feeds are not sufficient at all seasons of the year to lillYffilli such commitments; “And wller-cas the margin of profits in all of these contracts is so small that Lt ally increase in tlle cost of feed grains, etc, takes place. the filling of those ‘contacts will be very rlou-btful. and we view with alarm the recent iIlZCTCilSE in price that has ireen -.i.utllor1zcd; “Therefore be it resolved that we ask the Dominion Government to help erlmrasAh-e freight, rates as- sistance» Act on “these necessary feeds and tq lee utilfli. sufficient cars ere avullrlble at all seasons of the year to move to the Maritimes tile necessary supplies of these feeds and that ill the cyent of this Act being ltscindcd that. the Do- miciiozl’ Government nt the present Session of Parliament authorize tho Federal Minister oI Public Works to erect in Cilarlottetowll, during the coming summer. all elc- valol" with sufficient supply the Provinces requirements qt feed grains for one year, and that it b equipped with rapid un- loading lzcliitles", also that the Federal Minister of Agriculture lake immediate steps 1o sec that no fur- ther increase ill lllecost of iced grains, concentrates. c1c.. be ou1h-, orized. and that rellledirr] measures be taken to offset the 1" :ent in- crease ln tile price of feed wheat and its by-products. ‘ Effect 0f Atomic liesearchfln Fertility OTTAVlFA. April 1T -—(CP)- Atcallle research. llilibil has been bill-med in Britain for rendering scientists sterile because of tile powerful gamma rays radiated, is not affecting the fertility of work- ers at the Canadian atcmic energy plant at Deep River, Ollt., it was announced today. In fact, Dr. W. Skelly of the D091) rate cf the community of 1.500 population has been “amazingly high." Precautionary measures ha" been so extensive that no cases of radiation sickness have developed. PUDDLE SWALLOWS (‘All STAYNER, Ont. — (OP) — It. was only a. shallow water hole on the road, thought James Rose of stoyner as he drove his car into it. The hole five feel. deep, swallowed up his car and he suffered minor cuts and bruises escaping from it capacity to I Top Army Adviser _""‘ ‘ . ‘ i‘, Dr. Otto Maas, director of chem- ical warfare tinder the department N. B. Potatoes Co To Portugal SAINT JOHN, N.B., Aplii i‘! —(CP) — A second new IILAKGI’. for New Brunswick potatoes was announced tonight after i0.dng of 13.000 tons for Portugal be. n at the waterfront here. Loading of 118,500 bushels for Brazil was completed yesterday. ‘of National Defence during the war, will be officially named scientific adviser to UeuL-Gcn.‘ Charles Fouikes, chief cf the Call-j azlinn army general staff. Dr. ‘Muss, born in New York of Ger- iman-Anlc-rican parents, has been lGell Foulkes’ adviser for a year. He has been named as one of the. men who ‘made such thorough preparations for chemical warfare that the Nazi's never dared to launch a gas attack on the Allies. linion Seeks ’Phone Spike Settlement WASHINGTON, April 17 -—(AP) -Cnmpazly reports that some irstrikc-lrampered telephone serving [is improving cacnastoday asUnion‘ {leaders aimed at arr-early settle- ment of the ccull-trywrlde walkout. . With 340,000 workers idle for file ‘llih day ill the cross-country strike and negotiations stalled. Joseph A. ‘Bcirne, president of the National iFederotion of Telephcme workers, i said: l "We're working iCWllYd a settle- ‘Infill this wcek. If we don't settle yby Monday our people will still he rout on strike but some of ilhenl § rruly want to go back to Wonk." i l l 1111 British u. m Support Wallace LONDON. April 17 —-(AP)—- llenry A. Wallace took a plane for Stockholm today after receiving a declaration from 111 members of parliament who said they believed with him that ally policy which “might divide Us frcm one another or from the U.S.S.R. would be fatal to world peace." . Ending a nine-clay stay 1n Brit- ain that had stirred controversy bot-h hero and abroad as a result of his speeches attacking President 'l‘rl:rtlan's foreign policy. Wallace was due to 5090K 8811i“ lYl 5mm‘ iiictini tomorrow. ill Oslo Saturday. in Copenhagen Monday and in Par- L; Thursday". First Freighters En Route Toloontreal MONTREAL, April l7 -—(CP)- Lashed by high w nlds, uhc Canadian freighter Sibley Park today passed Fame Point, Que, about 460 miles from here. lcnvlng little doubt she would be the first ocean arrival of the shipping season in Munimll- She was being followed closely by the Canadian Observer. which will make Sorel, Que, her first port of call. Farther to the east. the cargo liner" Beavcrbum was movlne stead- ily ahead and was expected to car- ry off the honor of being the first sfllip to arrive in Montreal from.“ overseas port. Urges Prompt Attention To Main Paved Highway Th} serious condition of the Borden - Summerslde - Charlotte- town lllghw y was called to the attention o the Government o.1| Wednesday night by Mr_ Heath Strong, Fourth District of Prince. in ‘the eciur-se of tha Budget to bate. Mr. Strong quoted in this connection the following resolution from the Bummer-side Board of Trade: "Whereas parts of the Sum- lneraide-Charlottetown paved high- way are in a deplorable conul- tion, and i "Whereas this condition, If a1- lawad to continue, will be a greet detiiment to our tourist industry es well as a hardlhip to the travelling public using this high- way. - "Be it therefore resolved that this‘ Board petition the Provincial Government to commence exten- sive repairs to this highway at the earliest possible time. and that there repairs be fully completed before the start of the tourilt lesion,’ and "Be it further resolved that the Bummcrside-Charlottetovm er Bummer-side - Borden - Charlotte- town highways be given first priority on any paving program plan for the future." At Railway Wharf Wcrkllncn begllmpourilrlg cement Yesterday at the Railway Wharf tllus resuming the construction work which was discontinued last. fall. Since the coping for the top of the wall has not yet been poured, workmen are busy preparing the ‘west side to enable the large steamer-expected to arrive soc-n to load potatoes for Englan~:l.—to berth alongside the railway shed. Xesierday, the Government dredge was cleaning up the bottom along the west side of the wall opposite the shed to eliminate any possibil- ity of the big ship's keel striking any large boulders or ‘other _ __ r the Wharf durimglas‘ sum.- eorlscfiretllss work. i- Shake-up in British Cabinet LONDON. April 17 —(Reuters)— Britain's Labor Government to- night announced a shake-up lnthe Cabinet and administration af- fecting several ministries, includ- ing the India Office, the administ- ration for Germany and the post 01f Lord Privy Seal. _ The official altnouncement said Baron Pethick-Lawrence, 75, sec- retary of state for India since the government came to power nearly two years ago. had resigned and would be succeeded by hhe Earl of Listewel. at, present potmoster- general. Arthur Greenwood, Lord Privy Seal and acting majority leader in the House of Ccmmolls durinB the illness of Herbert Morr son. be- comes minister without imrtiiillfl He will be succeeded by Baron In- mall, chairman of Charing Cross hospital, Lclrldon, and a noted financier. John M. Hynd, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and minister responsible fol" administration of the British zones of Germany and Austria, will become pensions mill" ister. Lord Pakenilam. under-secretary (m- war, will become chancellor cf the dllchy of Lancaster. ‘Illle all- nounccmlzllt said that hcncefviill ministerial rcsponslbilili’ I01‘ ii"? British elements of the contrpl cocrlmfssioll for Austrla will lest with Foreign Secretary Bevin-The con-trol office will be lawman“! into the foreign offlcc. (invited cll 508E 5 1i To 0|len Tourist Bureau At Plctou HALIFAX. April 17—Additlonal tourist bureaux will be opened by the Nova Scotla Government at Plctou, N. S., and Quebec, it was announced today at a meeting of he industry committee of the egisiattlre. The new bureaux will be open- ed at Pictou to cater to tgurlsts fllTidVifIR fromPl-ince Edward Is- an . Begin Pouring Cement glue objects which may ihave fal1-_ Bill Making Province Certified Seed Potato y- Area Passes Committee’ The bill to constitute the Pro- vince of Prince Edward Island a certified seed area. for the pro- duction of potatoes passed second reading ill the Legislature yester- _ a lengthy discussion during which two unl- cndmerlis were proposed and dc- fested to Section 2, which reads day afternoon aftcr as follows: “From aihd after the passing of this Act. no person shall plant potatoes Ill the Province of Prince Edward Island lilliPFS the seed used ls of the class Foundation. Foundation “A". or Certified, as determined by the official inspec- tion carried out by the Plant Protection Division. Science Ser- vice. Dominion Dcprllinlnllt n!‘ Agriculture; provided. Jlnlvovel‘. that this srctiml silnll not apply to potato crops whim. ill the ag- gregate. on an individual ump- erty. do not exceed one acre. un- less by proclamation of the Lieut- enant Governor-in-Council other- Wise." The first amendment. moved by Mr. T. J. Kickham. First Kings. was to exempt from fills. provis- ion Dakota red and McIntyre blue potatoes for the war I947. On the defeat of this amendment Mr. L. S. Hunter. ‘Third King's, moved that the one ar-re exemp- tion he extended to tlvn acres. This motion also was lost and mil:- snctlon carried in its original fOfllTl. The voting was along non-party lines. Liberals and Conservatives being prettyl euuzlllv divided on the ntlestinrls at issue. Tile bill was moved into (‘om- lllitter bv Mr. Sanford Phillips. Second Pliinco, with Mr. RR. Bell in the choir. , .1 Other Provisions Tile bill iurillvl" provides um growers shall register each field of potatoes. application fol" in- (Continued on Page ll Col. 5) Says Outlook For C.P.R. Not ' Very Healthy - By John LeBlanc OTTAUM. April 11 —(CP)—The outlook for the Canadian Pacific Railway is "not very healthy,” N. R. Crlzrnp, vice-president and gen- eral ager of the C.P.R.'s East- em lines. declared oday before the Board oif Transport Commissioners. On the witness stand in support of the Railways’ application for higher freight rates, Mr. Crump ex- pressed belie-f that lines were faced with further rises tn costs through increases in wage rates and mater- ial prices. Asked specifically by Counsel J.J, Frawley 1r his pa-ny expected further wage Alberta ccm- i Evacuation 0f Portion 0f Town Ordered New iSlillitiii-CE Casualties Places bead At 650 Ann‘ lnlurell At 3,000. TEXAS CITY. April 1'7 - (AP; -Evacuation of the lower Texas City area Wus ordered tonigllt as County Court Judges Bill Roughly Handled Alt ulother rough passage in i I’ 1 committee in the Legislature ilcllt jurisdiction iil‘ place of ollc ‘Judge fol" each County as at pres- ‘agam DIOSLIIIJQR, April l8—-(Fri-' ‘: This action was taken on IllOilOill ilflifi-ttiifl-Offrcials at near. by Inkebul-n Airport were mak. terday the bill to amend the Coun-; I I _ ity Court Act -~ providing for two lent - was effectually killed by the icommittee reporting back to Ml" ‘. ‘"5" blitzes All" a Shifting winder Nit‘. ’I‘.M. Lillklcttcr, ’.t‘ilird imsed new mum‘ l0 ""5 Gilli pflflfPl-hlce. after lively discussion. Mr l lc0llili)‘ Court Judges with rollcur- iSpeaker without asking lozve to siti-r ravaged b3’ deadi-l’ °liP1°5l°ll5 flililLinkletterLs first motion was that‘ ing arrangements this nlorll- lng for the arrival of at least tour trans-Atlantic airliners fires that have killed an estimated 650 persons and injured at least 3.000 in two days. The wind was swinging it; the south, blowing heavy smoke across tile nlty and threatening the spread of flames. The latest outbreak o! fire was in the Humble refinery area. ' BQ-‘fs We"! llil and down streets lllillfillls’ out gas musics to rescue ‘Voliwls Elibloslons of two tan-ks ‘Plllalillllg butane gas were feared. Wlnd from the south would carry gas into tile city, All rescuewvorkers wen; evuugl. ed temporarily from the explosion- danger area. The Humble refinrry announced that it has abandoned all hope of “VP-TE Filly nurtlon of its oil stor- iige tank farm, scene of the prin- Plliiii fire raging tonight. John H’. Hill. spokesman for Mayor Curtis Trahan, made the llnn-cutlcelncnt shortly after another tank exploded at 6:53 PM. Hill said that danger of lnorg set-long explosions in the area L; depend. (Continued on Page 5 Col. 4) First Ship 0f Season Loads Produce Here The first cargo-carrying vessel to sail out ‘of Charlottetown Harbour this seasolfis the Diesel-powered “T- J- Carroll". Capt. ILH. Callwon. The “Carrolljn ship of 300 tons capacity, is lcatlulg cattle and farm Produce for St. John's. Nfld, and will leave for that port today. The cargo is being loaded by Mr. Willard Prowse olf Braekley, Mr. W.E. Agnew. provincial trade agent for Newfoundland. said last night that orders arecomlng 1n reg- larly from Ncwfcundiandfor P. E. Island livestock and farm produce and that he expects the “Island Connector" to arrive Ln port short- ly. The "Connector" will also load for Newfoundland. the bill be given the "six months’ ‘il0iSt". but this was ruled out o1’ order. The bill was moved into com- mittee yesterday for the second“ time this session by Mr. Morley B-ell, Fifth Prince, with Mr. Eugene fllilllen ill the chair. ; Chief discussion was on a section ‘providing that "after the trial or ihcarillg of any cause or lllatter, a ‘Judge, 1f he sees fit, may adjourn jtlle case l0 another County for ijudgment or decision, and, im- ‘mediateiy after the delivery of such dudgment or decision, he shall forward a nete or memorandum iIIICIBOI to the Clerk of the Circuit of the County Court who issued, as tried or heard." Mr. Heath Strong asked who was, 1 _T_ Carlthhgdgch ljh llo Successor To Police Chief llas Been flamed Mayor '18. Earle Mflcndflaifivgditi last night that no successor to Chief of Police A. Birtwistle had been appointed by the City Coun- cllf He was commenting on reports that Percy Kinch of Alberton, a former member of the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police had been been selected for the job. I1. is understood that Chief Birt- wistle is planning to retire short- 1v The Mayor confirmed that Mr. Ki-nch was being considered. It was known that he was in Char- lottetown this week and it is b‘- lieved he conferred with tile police committee of the City Council. Coupled with reports that the former Mourltie would be the next Chief of Police in Charlottetown was a rumor that he would take over his new duties July i. OTTAWA. April 1'7 -— (Special) in‘ —Charges c.f discrimination against creases tile vice-president said it Prince Edtvurd Island m the re. certainly looked for requests for cent Teorgammuon of postal Se...“ them. though he said 11 was not ex- pectcd there would be any pay ices in the Maritime provinces were levelled in the House of Com- Charges Discrimination In Postal Services In Prince Edward Island b°°5i5 ‘m the scale ‘if m°se dispen‘ mons this afternoon by W. Ches- sed last year. fer S. McLul-e, Progressive Conser- He sold that to counteract ln- vauve member f“ Queelfs’ creased costs of i£iiJOZ‘-—-Wi‘ii0il previous witnesses had given as 556000.000 a ycar over 1930--1.‘.le C‘. RR was extending the use of mechanical tools. "We haven't caught up with the increased labor costs yet. b-ul we hope to," he told the commission- era. Those and other economies in tlhe operation of the road. he told Saskatchewan Counsel M.A. Mac- Pherson. were necessary to the survival of the Canadian Pacific. “We have to find nlcolls of sav- ing money if WC are going to sur- vive," Ml". Crtlrnp said. Baonomies were expected i0 evolve ultimately, he said, from work being undertaken in the company's research (leparilnlent and from the use of improved equipment in operations. Mr. Camp's opinion as to the C.P.R.'s state of health came as he was being questioned by Mr. Frow- ley on the company's financial rc- serves. "~ The reorganization called for a regional director of postal services fol" the Mariiilllc Provinces u-t Muncloll. anti u-hiie retaining dis- trict directors for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, abolished the post of district director for Prince Ed- ward Island. A few minutes after the House opened, Mr. McLure asked Post- mzster-Gelleral Elrnest Bertrand: "I should like to direct a ques- tion to the Postmaster-general "NhiCil has to do with the changes that have been mode in the Postal ser- vices of Canada. Why was Prince Edward Island ignored and not granted a district postal director at Charlottetown as was done in New Brunswick and Nova Scotla?‘ Ne Anawer Ready Mr. Bertrand, to whose attention the apparent discrepancy had been brought privately, had no answer to the question by the lnmlher for Queens . "l will take this question as a notice", he remcked. In the Oppolition lobby, M:. Mc- Lure told the Guardian that if the Mil-listens reply and explanation were not satisfactory. he was fully prepared to take the matter up when the estimates for the Post Office Department ere brought clown. "Why, be said, "this new arrange- ment meana that we will be tagged . on to New Brunswick together with the Magdalen Islands. I wish some of these people here i; Ottawa (Continued cn iaTn soot. s» To Increase Wool i diverted here when they en- i countered severe icing condit- ions over Newfoundland. A fifth fiant airliner was reported treading for Sydney, N5» and an aifimrt attendant here said the pilot of the Syd- raey-bound plane had reported having met heavy icing condit- inns and that ice had formed on his aircraft. The ail-liners expected to land here during the night at 1. I-Z-hour intervals are [Init- ed States planes bound from-l European ports to New York. Three of the aircraft are Pan Amerioim Airways craft anti tho other is owned by American tile summons or Copies in the case, goat-seas Alrwlyt Postage 0n Gift Parcels To The ll. K. O'i"i‘AWA, April i7 —-(CPJ-—- Postmaster General Bertrand said. today 1n the Corl-irnotls that the postage on a. 1Z0 pound gilt parcel to the United Kingdcun cost $2 5t] it‘ the parcel ‘was sent by. surface craft. He was replying to Douglas Hols (PC—'l‘oronito St. Pauli) who ask- ed wally a $2 parcel should require postage of more than $10. Mr. Ross said possibly the parcel was sent. by air, but he could not. see hpw that would cause the great diffwr- ence 1n price. Chester MeLure lPC-Quoeus) asked Mr. Braltratld why Princl EdWHFd Ifiifhllfi was ignored when district postlllastol-s were appointed in the ltlariiilncs recently. Ml‘. Bertrand said he ueulrl malts inquiries and reply later". 411E REASON Most ituK Msa ARE statue 1i» tum‘ 111st see WoMEN (co ‘ Elem m 111a Moaulnc? Processing Facilities HALIFAX. April l7 -- tCPi —- Nova Scolia, sheep produce some of the best wool in the world and the Province has a ready market for homcspulls. Miss Mary Bi-Jvk, dir- ector of handicrafts for the D0- partmellt of Industry. told the leg- islature's industry committee to- day. However, she added-there svas a lack of facilities fol" processing the material. With necessary equin- ment and closer cooperation be- tween producer and seller a high- quality product could be nut on the market at a saleable price. Industry Minister Connolly told the House later in the d-ly that ills department hoped to create dis- tinctive cloth; in its handcrafls in- dustry which the tourist. would be eager to purchase. Cold Storage Phillis Planned For ll. S. HALIFAX. April 1'7 - nevcr have lo travel more than 25 aim of the Industry Department's fisheries division, it was indicated llere today. T0 TAX IIOUSEBOATS (C?) RICHMOND. B. C. ~- larfne rm- another boost in living IPOITI ilXliiOfl. If! i0 CG IIXQC iifl h as decided. or 50 miles with their catch is the, Houseboat residents here are pre-i msts. Houseboats. previously exempt 1 TORONTO. April l7 -— (CP) —- Minimllnl our; maximum tempera- ilurcs: Dawson i1). 38; V-mcouvel ifll. 56; J11. 30, '70; Edmonton 30, sPort Artll 28, 40: White River 153; Regina 32, 4'1; Wblllipeg 1.1. 30; ‘.0. 38: TCTOlliO 31. 52; Ot1awal27, 41; Montreal 29. 4:1; Quebec 2a. ~10; Saint John 30. 6: Moncton 20. 4111 llmlifnx 32, '50: Charlottetown 2R, .38; Sydney 28. 33; Yarmollth 35. 43. 1 HALIFAX. April l7 -— Weather synopsis and official inland fare- ‘iCilSiS issued by the Dominion ,Publi<" Wezllilvr- Office here at. 11.15 (M11. lnnlghl. 1 Synopsis: There was snow and {lain over much of tile Maritlmvs ‘Tilllrsdav morning due to a small ‘storm that moved along the At.- qlsntie coast of Nova Scotiu. Bv ‘afternoon the rain had ended ill gall regions except Cape Breton land tonight the skies are begin- nllltz to l-lr-al". There should be sufficient sunshine Friday to cause |trmpnratures to rise somewhat higher than they did on Thurs- day. I-Iovrever a. small disturbance in Ontario is moving eastward land is likely to cause snowflurrir-s - ' - - .‘r‘v. Egtabnqhment or can (331851 in (the northern part of the dis. plants along the Nova Scolia shore. \ ‘Forecasts. valid until Pride! s3 that. sm-lll flailing boats uolllcll llliclnigllt: Prince Edlvard Island: Clear to- lliqlll. becoming cloudy and infidel Friday. Light winds increasing tr. snlulllvr-st. 15. High Friday at Charlottetown. 40. lllgll tide this morning at 90.‘. and tonight at 8.55. Sum seig this evonlng at 6.49 and rises tomorrow morning at 5.10. New moon April 20th. 11.19 PM. CAR. FERRY "PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND‘ Daily except Sunday. l0 Tl" tier cent. the munlclflality Leave Borden at 0.05 AM. Leave Tormentlne at 3 PM.