.....c.a. llllony oth A WELCOME HOME Governor-General Massey shak- Ottawa on-his arrival home from 3 hands with Carol Irving. 8, of a 10.000-mile Arctic tour that took himlover the North Pole. Carol IS! in neice of Flt. Lt. Edward H.l Irving. who piloted Mr. M the 17-day tour. assey on (GP PHOTO) R. C. Parents Return From British Guiana Mr. R. C. Parent. Superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Sta- tion, Charlottetown and Mrs. Par- ent returned home on, Thursday night after enjoying a most inter- esting and enlightening holiday trip to the British West indies. llr. and Mrs. Parent made the 3,000 mile trip to the B.W.I. from Halifax by boat. They returned by air to Montreal and travelled from Montreal to Charlottetown by train. They were away about a month. They were greatly impressed with the cleanliness of the cities mil towns and with the very fine Iiores they visited great pro wily was everywhere in evidence idad exports oil as well as asphalt. of oil. iron THE HOME -- especiily in Bermuda and Trini- dad. , Mr. and Mrs. Parent visited the Islands of Bermuda, St. Kitts, Ant- igua, Montserrat, Domicica, St. Lucia, Barbadoes. St. Vincent, Gre nada and Trinidad as well as Bri- tish Gulnana in South America. In addition to the many happy hours they spent sight-seeing they visited the Departments of Agric- ulture and local Experiment Sta- tions in the various islands. AGRICULTURE DIFFERENT Mr. Parent stated that the types of agriculture were entirely differ- ent from those here. in the B. W.l. they specialize in sugar cane. citrus fruits, rice, cocoa, coffee and similar foods. Most of the sugar cane and coffee are grown on large estates although private -farming also takes place. ; The economy is based around ag- riculture in all areas although Trin- The mining of bounlte is a lead- ling industry in British Guiana with gold, lumber and diamonds being iminor industries. Canada carries on a large export land import trade with those Is- lands. Among the exports from this ,country are large amounts of flour, 1 feed for livestock, canned and dried fish, milk and potatoes. In return Canada imports from -the B.W.I. cocoa beans. coffee. grapefruit. Or- anges, sugar. rum and oil. of the Islands were of volcanic origin and very beautiful with mar-g vellous beaches for swimming. The majority of the people.are colored with about five per cent in the Windward Islands. Trinidad and British Guiana being white. OIL POOL Arabia's Persian gulf coast holds the world's greatest known reserve- Two Invited To Attend Drama Festival Finals Two workers in Prince Edward -will be the George Cross or Medal. 'Party leaves Drama have been invited to'thel A Es Scaiitlcbiiry, director of ifour bullets graztid his bmily-from i nge treel and Miss Betty Holl, close range, sho and ed one Mr- Plirent Fepmted that mosltstage manager of the same pro-'of the four bandits and wounded . duction have received the invita- another before he colla tion and also to attend a two- day seminar following the festival. luitlam, suburb in which the bank 1 Adjudicator Pamela Sterling has is located, and Tom Goode, Lib- lselected 13 regional winners of the eral member of Parliament for Drama Festivals and over the week Burnaby - Richmo end will meet with Directors of ,Wednesday they will seek "the the Dominion Drama Festival to lhighest commendation" for John- determine which eight of them will istone's heroism. be selected to present their pro-, ductions at the Dominion Drama Festival. Just Arrived from KROEHLER, . FURNITURE YOU WILL LOVE TO LIVE WITH --.- SPECIALLY CON- '5?! 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Just before their takeoff at 1.35 p.m.iMr. Campney told reporters that I great deal of the inspection of the Mid-Canada and DEW dist- ant early warning lines would be carried out from the air. They will be landing at some spots for ground inspection. Mr. Wilson. asked why the in- spection was being made at this time, said: "This is the right time of the year to, do it with respect to the weather." He said there was no other reason. ,'l'he party is being carried north in two U. S. Air Force planes, a DC-6 and a Constellation. The parties are expected to re- turn to Ottawa and Washington April 10. George Cross Is Possible Award OTTAWA (CP) If RCMP corporal H. M. C. (Bud) Johnstone wins any award for stopping eight bullets from the guns of bank bandits and foiiing a 317,000 Van- couver holdup Tuesday, it likely officials of the state secretary's department said Friday. Johnstone, wounded 12 times- psed. i Reeve James Christmas of Co- nd, both said Department officials said the po- son, Air Secretary Donald Queries , and Gen. Earle Partridge. chief - ' They lunched with members oll CAPT. P.F. SIGSWORTH PROMOTED Eastern Command Headquarters of the Canadian Army recently an- nounced the promotion of Lieuten- ant D.F. Sigsworth to the rank of Captain. A native of Charlottetown. Capt- ain Sigsworth is a gradute of Queen Square School, Prince of Wales Col- lege, St. Duustan's University and the University of Montreal. He was a member of the St. Dunstan's Un- iversity Contingent of the Canadian officers Trainging Corps, and was commissioned as a Second Lieuten- ant in the Infantry while on strength of the Loyola College Contingent COTC in Montreal. He is at present serving with Headquarters at Head- quarters Instructional and Adminis- trative Cadre and is stationed in Halifax, NS. Captain Sigsworth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F.F.Sigsworth of . 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