JOSE Astigueta. left. Ar- gentine defense minister and acting Navy secretary. tells newsmeo gathered in govern-
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ISLAND NEWS PAGE! liltiflt‘lfiilfllffl’
Montague, Souris, Kings County
" MONTAGUE - Those who ms were moor-
By NEIL A. MATHESON Provincial and Farm Editor l Property voting qualifications
will be abolished if a bill for a new “Election Act". introduced in the legislature Tuesday by Provincial Secretary J. David tewart. is approved. It will automatically mean that mul- tiple voting privileges will also be aboll hed
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The lengthy bill does not specifically say that the pro- perty vote will be abolished. But it does not make any provision for it. and Mr. Stewart said yes- terday that the bill provides for all people to have equal priv vileges to vote for t 0 men in their own electoral district.
The terms "councillor" and T “assemblyman” are being re- .tained. Mr, Stewart explained, ‘ because of their historical signi-
ed operations, Rebel sources ficancc. The term councillor denied that the fleet had .zoes back to the.da.vs of the swung over to the loyalist iLeglslative Council of 15 men. side. i which was the senior legislative
group and was elected by prop-
15 Cases Heard
i In Souris Court
SOURIS — Mm (than 15l
cases were on the docket atied with possession of unlsw-f
magistrates court here Wed-‘
nesday. Magistrate James B. lpleadcd guilty and was timed property at Georgetown jail in
Johnston of Charlottetown pro-l sided.
EASTERN BRIEFS
IN HOSPITAL Emery MacNeill. is a patient. in the Kings Coun-
ty Memorial Hospital.
SEES ROBINS John S, Stewart. Ca1edonla.‘ has reported spotting sever-ail robins near his home recently;
IS PATIENT
Thomas Jackson is a patient‘ in the Kings County Memoriall Hospital. '
ENTERS HOSPITAL Wayne Nicholson. Montague
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Montague. G90???
George Perry of Souris, (marg-
fuliy manufactured spirits. 00 and costs or three months. John James Sheehan. Farm- lntglOIl. arged with possession of liquor not purchased from a vendor. pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and costs or 30 days. Evremond Doucette. Souris West. charged with driving while his ability was impaired by alcohol. pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned to Souris April 17. Pius Reginald Morrison. Char lottetown. charged with false pr , 8 ed not. guilty. The case was adjourned to town. April 10 to set a date for the hearing.
erty owners. The assemblyman term comes from the former Legislative Assembly. which also comprised 15 men. The property owner can vote for both. but the non-property owner for the dssemblyman. only. der the present legislation.
liuic. charged with driivng while ‘ his ability was impaired b cohol. pleaded not guilty. case was adjourned to Souris. April 17.
Milford Derrick Robertson. North Lake was changed with driving while his license was isuspend . No plea was taken? MAKES NO CHANGE land the case was adjourned to‘ The bill makes no change in Georgetown, April 10. . the number of electoral districts
Melvin John Fraser, View-13. for each country. though a Royal c..oss_ Changed with damaging Commission on electoral re- form had recommended that Fifth Kings be abolished. and the present Fifth Queens. which comprises Charlottetown and Royalty. should be made into two districts so the area would
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an amount less than $50, plead- ed guilty and was fined $25 and .costs or 10 days in jail. He was iordered to make restitution. and failure to do so would mean five . days in NL He was changed also have four members in the legist : wuh driving while his ability lature. Instead of the two they ‘was impaired by alcohol. Ho have n , , ‘Pleade" “my and “"le $3.233?‘§SL°“.'§p§l‘ii‘lé‘l“El law and com or 10 dam 5 property voting either. though it IFINED $100 ‘ did suggest that multiple voting j Vennon Ma-cKay. Murray Riv- i should be abolished.
or. changed with drivmg while The Election Act, which is be- his ability was impaired by . ing replaced. prov1des that a alcohol. pleaded guilty and was i man, or woman. may vote in as fined $100 and costs or 10 days. l many districts as he or she has On another charge. of failing tot property. amounting to not less 1stop after being involved in an i than a value of $325. The c om-
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Properly Voting To Be Abolished
P sponsaned’by the Ham and Association.
More than 100 boys and girls combined talents to mince an evening of wedding enter- tainment in the form of gym- f nastics. musical numbers. danc- ing and acting. Mrs. Elsie Wat- tarwurtih. schod principal. was mistress of ceremonies.
The evening‘s entertainment was launched by a smughtI' The so-called multiple voting Mexican folk song and dance. privilege allowed the voter and Robert Mills. Physwal ethica- spouse. if married. to vote in as tion instructor was in charge many districts as he or she own- of the gynastic numbers which ed property to the value of 3325. included a show of dnrh'g. an- I was theoretically possible for durance and timing. while pri- one person to vote in all of the mary students engaged in an Island's 15 electoral districts and enthusiastic example of for 30 candidates. for an expen- thmlca. , diture of less than $5,000. if it Musical number-l. directed by were evenly ivlded. :Mm. Ralph Bock, were great.- There is no record of anyone l 15’ endoyed. Arrangements ever having done this. but it“ was common to have voters cast lvotc. Their argument is that as ballots in two districts and aICharlottetown traditionally is number of them voted in more. predominantly PC. the influx of The abolition of property voters would upset the balance voting will have savers] effects. .of the poll against the Liberals. It will cut down it arply for ex-1 ample. on the number of voters S QUALIFICATIONS _SET in polls like Sou“,me Tracadie. Y Main voting qualifications set “.1 smnhope where many city 3 out in the new bill require that people have summer cottages;the vote“ and voted in the past on the? ‘8‘ is 21 Yea” 0’ age 01‘ W111 strength of those uoldings. :attaln that age on or before poll- Conceivably this could have§lng day: I canard a degree of change in! (b) is a Canadian citizen; the relative party ponticail. (cl has been ordinarily resi- strength of those districts. Lib- ldent within the meanins of the erals. for example. have main-Jet: tained for some years that the 1. In the prom“ for 12 multiple voting privilege weigh- months immediately preceding ed heavily on the side of the the date of the Wl‘lt (this Ll 42 Progressive Conservative s in days _b€l0!‘e Poulng (1'82); polls where a large number ofl 2. m the polling dwiston on Charlottetown people came in to the date of the writ.
the property vote in the district in which they reside.
MULTIPLE VOTING
phylnmaoyyenrsinthisoom- munity.
The cast of nine. from grades three to eight caught the spirit of the play. and made this old favorite more alive before the fascinated au- dlence. The colorful costumes ry. painted by the dil- irecticir. added greatly to the vis- ual enloyment oi the play.
Panick a grade seven student. performed the duties of stage manager. a was assisted by Allan Fraser.
The cast of the play was as cello - F
ws. George lnman; Empress F dappper. Susan Nicholson. Prim Minister Pomenstu-f‘f. Barry Dewar; Oallin'fetcth. Scott Sin- clair; Foolingyou. Danny Boud- menult: Metoo. John button;
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ny David Bryant;
‘ 'e d charged with driving while i 30 days.
Donld James MacEachem. l accident. the case was adjourn- Baytield. charged with beintzaed to Charlottetown April 8. No intoxicated in a public place ‘. plea was taken, pleaded not guilty. His case; Three persons. charged with W86 adloumed t0 Soul‘is- AT’I'il‘possetssion of liquor in a place 17- l other than their residence. were
Anslen Joseph Donovan. Bay-‘each fined $20 and costs or fil. Two men. charged his ability was impaired by al- l with being intoxicated in a pub- cohoi. pleaded not guilty. Htisllic place. were each fined $20 case was adjourned to Souris. I and costs otr 15 days.
April 17. , Members of the RCMP from
James lorne Francis. For-icbarlottetowin. Souris and Winn-
lmission report had recommend- ' ed that this multiple voting priv- lilege be abolished. but suggest- . ed the property owner had th e ‘i right. to two votes and the n o n- 1 property holder to one. but sug~ .gested the property qualifica- ition should be increased to not [1955 than $1.000. Clergymen and l returned war veterans also had
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ltague conducted the prosecu- ‘tion in all cases.
has entered the Prince Edward: Island Hospital for observa- tion.
IN ONTARIO Al Currie. New Perth is en- joying a holiday with Mr. and Mrs. David Gardiner. Perth. Ont.
IN MONTREAL Mr. and Mrs, Newton Smith. New Perth are spending a hol- iday in Montreal.
IS PATIENT Mrs M. Carl Currie is a pa- tient in the Prince Edward Is- land Hospital.
RESUMES DUTIES Al'f‘lllP Lamzan. teacher of Albion has resumed his duties after being a patient. at. Kings
nty Memorial Hospital.
SPENT WEEK Mrs. Archibald Hume. tague. returned Saturday often a most enjoyable week spent with Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Wight- man. Halifax. NS.
VISITS IN MONCTON Mrs. Doris Matheson. Monta-i gue. is visiting in Moncton.; guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jacki Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Martin,‘ are returning to Charlottetownl to take up permanent rest-1 dent-e.
VISITING NEPHEW l
Miss Mary Martin of Monc-i ton. N.B. arrived by plane Suit, urday and will spend somei time with her nephew. Rev, Carl Currie and family. Mur- ray Harbor North. .
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Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Wiggin- ton. Montague left by car Wed- nesday spend some time with their son-ln-law and dau- ghter. Rev. Robert Hutcheson and Mrs. Hutcheson. Port Mou- ton. N.S.
HOME FOR EASTER Miss Peggy MscLeod. stu- dent, at Edgehtll arrived Satur-E day to spend the Easter bolt-l days with her parents Mr, and Ms. Lester MacLeod. Monta-' sue.
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Inshore Fishing By Drogger Results In Fine
John 1" r a n c e s Macintyre. Sourls. charged with fishing with his dragger in an enclosed area set aside for the inshore fisher- men, was fined $75 and costs or 1) days. by J.B. Johnston. QC. in Queens County magistrate a court yesterday.
rinzer Moreman. Alabama.
a remand ty Jail until Apnil 5th. for caus- ing a disturbance in court. Edms erri'. Hampo
n ton. charged with theft of a
1 battery valued under .50. was
remanded until April 5 our sen- tencin . p
Thrge men were charged with driving a vehicle on a p a v s d highway exceeding the is g a] weight. Two were fined 8:0 and costs or 15 days and the other was fined $5 and costs or five sys.
nd underway here for the of
Drclggers Getting Set For Season
SOURIS —— Preparations are opeiiing the dragger fishing season. If present conditions continue it Is expected the 20-ship fleet will sail in about two weeks and that the first fish will he landed within three weeks. Both fish packing plants here are working full time making preparations for the season.
Rural Youth ls Panel Topic
S'l'. TERESA! - A panel dis- cussion on rural youth high. lighted a recent meeting of st. Teresa's Home and School Ag. aoclatton.
Panellista discussing the topic "Are we educating our youth
phy. faculty member at Morell Re onal High School. Satu- Mary Bennett. prin-
cipal of St. Teresa's. introduc~ ed the panel. A general discus- sion period lollowed the panel
discussion,
At the business period. it was decided to purchase a new clock for the school.
LIBERAL MEETING
Thursday o April 4th Murray River Public Hall
-— SPEAKERS .— JOHN MULLALLY
Flapdoodle. Joanne I-ngs; Jothn-lMother, Faye Fraser; Jobmty'stMusician. Nancy Beck.
What leadership
Court 1
A.W. MATHESON e OTHERS
APRIL 8th
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With a lot of words, and no action until a somewhat vague later date. this Easter Bunny will try to leave with us a basket of “goodies”.
But. no matter what. the Tory basket of tricks may profess to contain. it cannot change their reoord'of wild claims of economic security before the last election, and their quick devaluation of the dollar Immediately after . . . it can never change the disgrace brought upon Canadn over the nuclear issue with our friends in the United States, and other NATO Members, a disgrace that will go down In Canadian (history as being attributod to the Indecision of a weak leader . . . a government so In- secure within itself that Its own members loudly proclaim their allegiance one day. and the next resign as being against. the principles they upheld
, And our Island representatives all alone .- .. . surrounded by a. shambles
On April 8th Lester Pearson will lead his strong-willed Island team to Ottawa to upset the Tory basket of so-callsd “goodies”. But. no matter what. the Tories seem to promise, the people of this province are (ooh. and will never vote for the members of a government whips only platform appears to be INDECISION. '
P. E. l. Can’t_WaIt for Decision . . .
OTE '1 LIBERAL '
P. I. T. more Mac-