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Al‘ THE ANNUAL Meeting of me Maritime Strawberry Ex- mugs Growers ASSOClal.’101'l are wated left to right: Austin Ken-
The development of the frozen good processing lndrust-r'y on Prince Edward Island was des- emibedlast night as one of the "hright.spo ” the future of strawberry growing.
Mr./-James MacNeill. director of Marketing for the Depart- ment of Agriculture in the Pro- vince of Nova Scotia told the mnual _meeting of Maritime strawberry Exchange Growers that production’ in the Mari- time: has now reached a point where it about equals consump- tion and if production trends’ oontlnue to increase, straw- berry growers are headed for touble—uuless processing met- hods are developed or an effect lsmade to find new export mar- ykflls.
NEED ORGANIZATION
Mr. MacNeill1 felt that a strong marketing organization was the answer to the challenge that he believes is in store for the grow, He remarked, “one hundred crates of bgrries put on the market at the wrong ti_me can easily throw the whole thing into contusion.”
He emphasized the importance of puttlnrup a quality pack and 1 quality product. He had a word of caution for Island berries on the mainland market was that the boxes were not properly filled and in some in- stances old,or second hand boxes mused. ' "
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NEW VARIETIES
Mir. MacNeill also emphasized IIIG urgency for trying out new varieties of berries—the kind
It the sacrifice of quality. As Ill example, he said California berries which ‘in many cases _ flavour are outselling Can- ldian berries on the Canadian market simply because they latch the eye of the consumer. A large number of growers tom,-a-11 parts of the Maritime Provinces gathered for the two- day session held in Charlotte- ‘IOWII yesterday. During the day delegates were taken on a tour if the Experimental Farm Where they saw first hand the
b0l'1‘AWA (OP)—-British Colum- ‘3_311d Alberta-c o mplaint s lfamst freight rates on fruits Vegetables in Western Can- “l were‘ heard Monday‘ by .° board of transport commis- toners. PI“ d3Y’s developments:
-The board heard the B.C. Illtéfnment and B.C. Tree Fruits Mled. big interior fresh fruit hr Igegetable co-operative, call
d war rates on fresh fruits
Vegetables within the West. a'r edhfi Alberta government de- M rates on potatoes from “E and Eastern Canada dis- hmanale against southern Al- &‘l*ES-
IYDNFEY. — (CP) — “The M1118 and successful year adimclety to date” is the way man Cancer Society presi- gsmbfgll 3- Flrench of Toronto,
M the past year in a re- fihégtlnl/F0Isgc1ety’s Grand Coun- ‘ ay. F1l0lI§lreI1ch_ said “the reduct- lllufinue§rtahty from cancer has give of be the major ob- last year jhe society during the
Fig: reI’°1'I_0f the national cam- 0arq,,,,°,§”“m1ttee. given by K. A.
ltmpaign Tplionto, indicate the in] °blect1ve of $2.-1:34.000 The °X?9€ded. , if thesggglc education program
_ '_ pm1feIY._ conducted by lay film‘ im 9-Sslonal volunteers, llonqy Pftus during the nine-
p°n'°d‘c0\7ered by the an- . with 4.156,351 pamph-
Masstown, N.S.; President Malcolm R e e v es,
that appeals to the eye, even.
!1'9dY. president of the Charlotte- town Exchange; Frank Jennings, D.L.B. Chute,
experiments being conducted in connection with the growing of virus free plants. Mr. D. L. B. Chute of Berwick. Nova Scotia presided at the meetings.
VISIT MT. STEWART " Other activities during the clay included a trip to Mount Stewart
where. they visited the growing areas in that part of the Pro- vince. A banquet was held at the Queen Hotel last evening. Statistics produced by Mr. Mac- Neill showed that Prince Edward Island leads the three Maritime provinces in the percentage of the crop directed toward the frozen process market. In 1957 the Is- land processed 60 per cent of its crop; New Brunswick 33 per cent and Nova Scotia 50 per cent. His report also showed that in the year 1956, the Island produc- ed a record crop of 1,550,000 lbs compared to 1,200,000 for New Brunswick and 950,000 for Nov Scotia. - Don Craig, hortlculturist from Kentville gave a report on the’ culture program being carried out in relation to virus free plants the storage of_ dormant plants and the fumigation of soil for nematodes.
“VIRUS FREE” PLANTS
Craig felt that the term “‘virus free’ was a misnomer and ‘was ‘giving the growers a wrong impression. He said there never was such a thing as a virus free plant and in all prob- ability there never would be.
He emphasized the fact that progress has been made in this direction and stronger and heal- thier pl ts have been develop- ed but th ght the term “improv- ed stock” could be more aptly applied.
Gordon Kinsman of Truro spoke on packaging and packages. He had on display two types _of cardboard crates which he said were being widely used in the industry. He pointed out the at- tractiveness of the crate and the construction which prevented, crusing of the fruit in transit.
THE SINGLE LAYER
A good number of growers and some of the retailers thought the
single layer crate was the best
Freight On Fruit, Vevgefdblets Assailegl By B.C. Ancl Alberta
8. The B.C. Fruit Processors Limited complained that rates from its members’ plants are too high on canned goods.
4. Alberta contended that the B.C. processors get undue rate preferences on canned g'00d'S over those in southern. A-_lber_ta, claiming there is discrimination the board shoud W099 OWL ,
5. Railway sP0l<e_9“_1°-nails‘ claimed all dis-crimination sug- gestions and said the West now has about as much equalization of rates with Eastern Canada on these products as 15 practicable. However, they said southern Al-
berta’s situation might well be’
looked into.
Canadian Cancer Society Has IISMosf Successful Year »
let-s and 371,829 bulletins and
newsletters distributed-
There were 3.57? Showmgs °‘f cancer education films to a total audience of 229,590 persons- More than 100,000 Pamlmlets were distributed to schools and a new booklet “A clear 1ook.at Cancer” was produced for high school use.
The extension committee of E, B. Warrlner reported_ the greatest growth in the soC1€I3Y’5 20 years of operation. Duringthe year, 182 new local oIj83{11Z3I31°n'5 were established, bringing the total to 2,158 communities now receiving Cainadia-n Cancer SOCI-
ll . etl7)rI.)rI(:.grClnSi§r1ar_d of l\/[lo-ntreal, chairman of the fellowship cnolra; mittee, Sald fellowships _ ‘W0 _ $46,750 for additionall training in cancer treatment had been awarded to 13 doctors-
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C’ha1'10t€¢0Wn. past. president; Back Row. left to right: Joseph A. Gaudet, St. Josephs, N.B.; Francis Gaudet, St. Paul’: N.B.
Islancl Leads Marifimes In Strawberry Processing
for the consumer who could see all the berries being offered for sale rather than ‘‘‘have doubts as to what was in the second or third layer." .
In .a general discussion Mr. MacNeill said he could see little hope for industrial expansion in the Maritime but felt that more and more farmers would be turn- ing to ies as a means of getting a quick and early return for their efforts.
C.M. MacLe-an of the Co-op Super Market noted that produc- tion iu Ontario had decreased while consumption was increas- ing. He forsaw a great potential in the processed berries in that area.
gand crr. Fitzrandolph, Berwick, APEC agriculture officer for ;Nova Scotia and Secretary-trees Iurer of the organization.
N. S. Man Dies Of Injuries
NEW GLASGOW, — (CP) — Pius MacNeil, of Westmount, N. S., died in hospitalhere today of injuries received in a. headcn collision of two cars at nearby Sutherland River Saturday.
Two other men injured in the mishap are still in Hospital. They are Alexander Lusk and Mur- dock Matheson, both of Sydney. Mr. Matheson was driving the car in which Mr. Ma-cNeill and Mr. Lusk were passengers. Driv- er of the other car, James Jones of Monc-ton, escaped injury.
Mr. MacNell was reported suf- fering from head injuries when admitted to hospital. His condi- tion Sunday night was not be- lieved serious.
An inquest jury was chosen Monday and the inquiry was ad- jpgrned untl June 28 at 10 am.
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Several resolutions were ap- proved at last night’s regular monthly meeting of the City Council. In cadiditlon an amend- ment to the-‘City By-Laws gov- erning the hauling of ganbarge received second reading and will receive third reading at special meeting called for 9:00 a.m. this morning. The by-law will re- quire that garbage hauled on city streets be covered.
This was the first meeting at- tended by the elected represen- tatives of Ward Six, Councillors J. Edmond Arsena-ult and Elmer MacRae. All other City represen- tatives were present with the exception of Councillor O'Neill.
After considerable debate a By-law to amend the By-Law re- gulating building withln certain zones of the City, was kept in the committee stage -and referred to the Town Planning Corrnmttee (for appropriate recommendation.
STRONG OBJECTION
Councillor Foster voiced strong objection to further considera- tion out‘ the zoning amendment. which would have the effect of preventing 8 P1‘0IP€!‘I3Y OWWY from puilding an apartment in an area bordering the North Rivera Road.
"This apparent banding 90- gether of Councillors in an at- tempt to legislate against one m- dividual is the worst thimg_ I have witnessed since becoming a member of this Council," the Ward Five represenrbative said.
Councillor Foster pointed out that the individual concerned
Parliament At A Glance
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Monday. June 9. 1953 .
Finance Minister Fleming an- nounced bo the Commons he will present his 1958-59 budget 0“ Tuesday night. June 17- _
Trade Minister Churchill an- nounced final Canadian wheat board payments for 195657 wheat averaging 6.941 cents a bushel.
The Commons debated all day ~a resolution Siponsored by Eric
Stefanson ,(PC—.Selkink_) uI’L§-lug criminal legislation against water pollution.
Richard A. Bell (_PC—Carletox_1‘) parliamentary assistant ‘for £1- nauce in the last ‘Parliament, hinted at forthcoming federal action against poliuuon.
A vote of 129 to 30 overcame apposition objections to a motion to permit the standing committee on mines to, meet while the Com- mons is in session.
Tuesday, June 10. 1958
The Commons meets at 2:30 pm_ EDT ‘to debate ratifi-elation of the North American Air De- fence — NORAD — agreement. The Senate sits at 8 p.m.
FATALLY BURNED
PORT AUX BASQUES, Nfld. (CPl——Haywa~rd Gale, 21, of Bis- hop Falls, Nfld., died in hos- pital at nearby Channel Sunday night from burns received when the hallway caboose in which he was living caught fire. The CNR employee was alone when the fire broke out. Cause of the blaze was
not known immediately.
Zoning By - law Amenclmenf Debcilecl By City Council
had paid $2,000 for the property- concerned, and prior to the pur- chase had been assured by City officials that no prcmibitive re- strictions existed in that area.
He presented plans to show that the proposed structure would cost in the vicinity of 35,- 000 to build and was of such type and construction as to meet with the regulations demanded by the Central Mortgage and Housing Agency. . NOT INTENTION
The promoter of the amend- ment Councillor Hyndman stat- ed that it was not his intention to discriminate against one par- ticular inidividual. agreed that it could be “a very nice building” but added was “still an apart- ment house’ and “will not add anything to what we consider a better part of the town.”
He had" introduced the amend- ing By-law at the request of several of his neighbors, he add- ed.
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Press Search For Bodies
JAICKISON’S POINT, Ont. (CP) Planes and small boats pressed 3 search late Monday for the bodies of four of the five RCMP officers drowned d u rin g the weekend when a small patrol boat up-set on wind-tossed Lake Simcoe.
Inspector W. G. Fraser of the RCMP’s criminal investigation branch in Toronto said it was the worst single tragedy ever to hit the Mounties. “Not even in the Riel Rebellion did we lose five men at one time."
Attorney - General Robert-s promised a thorough investiga- tion.
He said an inquest wilhbe held as soon as possible.
34 APARTMENTS BLASTED
Fear 8 Or
FEDERAL BUDGET DATE JUNE 17
SomeTax Cufs Many Tariff
Changes, Deficit Forecast
O'I"1‘-AWA (OP) — A few select tax cuts, la-rge tarlflf changes and a huge derfliicit likely will feature the governments 1956-59 budget to be announced at 9 pm. AM
Tuesday, June 17.
Finance Minister Fleming Mon- day informed the Commons of the date when the Progressive Conserva-tlve government will give Parliament the first full nancial accounting since it upset the Liberal administmtion and took office after the June 10 elec- tion last year.
No major cuts are expected in the fields of personal or corpor- ation iucome tax. However, some excise taxes are likely to be re- duced and the tax on the oil in- dustry revised to reduce costs in the search for and development of new oil deposits.
A number of tariffs likely will be changed, with emphassis on a slight upward revision, though there also may be some reduc- tions.
The changes undoubtedly will have some impact on the iron and steel industries as well as on those ma-nufiactur-in-g pipes and tubes;
No immediarte change is ex- pected to result from the tariff boar‘-d’s recommendation of a. boost in duties on wool cloth ion- ported from Britain. Negotiations on this item may be taken up at the Commonwealth Trade and Economic Conference at Mont- real Sept. 15.
EMPHASIZES SPENDING‘
The budge-t’e main emphasis will be on spending, to bolster the economy against the current recession. Spending is expected to be far in excess of revenues and the government may go deep in the red, showing a deficit of Perhaps $600,000,000 or $700,- W0.000, the highest in history;
But Prime Minister Dieteti- baker has already indicated he will not let budget deficits stand In the way of efforts to fight re- cessions and unemployment. He has said the government will move ahead regardless of the costs.
The government's esthnaltes haVe pointed to record spending. Expenditures appearing in -the budget may be $5,200,000,000, some $400,000,000 higher than those a year ago.
‘When spending on old-age pen- sions are i-ncluideod, along with ex- pected expenditures on the na- tional hospital inisimauce scheme, the total bill may reach beyond $6,0o0,o00,000.
Against this, there may be a slight decline in governrneut rev- enues with corporation profits
Finds Cache Of Boncls In Attic
OTTAWA (CP)-—Working on a tip, police this weekend found $90,000 w o rth of unnegotiable bonds in the attic of a west end home. Police said no charges have been laid as yet.
The bonds, $500 in cash and a television set were stolen March 30 from the home of Mose Korn.
Only the bonds were recovered.
dropping and revenues from im- pont duties reduced because of lower shipments.
This will mean: a need for heavier government borrowing, increasing the demand for credit and -boosting the national debt which currently is about $11,000,- 000,000. It has been reduced in post-war years by some $2,500,- 000,000.
STATE OF FINANCES
The budget papers also will show the state of the govern- ment’»s flna-nsces at the end of the fiscal year that ended March 31. Former Liberal Fin-anlce Minis-
In Strike
LONDON (Reuters) — Thou- sands of tons of food rotted on London docks Monday as talks broke down between" employers and union leaders over the un- official stnike by two-thirds of the port’: 30,000 stevedsores.
To add to Britain's labor troubles, Londoners, already a little weary after six weeks of walking more because of a bus strike, had to cram into fewer sulbway trains.
An unotficial 24-hour walkout by subwaymen in support of the busrmen was for the Irto.~:t»p.a~1*-t un- successful. But enough engineers stayed away to cause cancellation of some trains and add to the already-congested rush hour.
In the dock strike, 118 ships were idle, with two undermanned and 26 being worked. Three big cargo ships bound for London with goods anchored during the day off the coast.
It is estimated that 25,000 tons of food is held up because of the strike. Fruit, vegetables, meat, butter and cheese rotted in the
Fire Breaks Out In Maine, Woods
CLAYTON LAKE, Me. (AP)- Wind-flanned flames swept more than 100 acres of slash and threatened to move into valuable
timberland in this section of Maine’-s wild Allragash country Monday.
Alt August-a, state forest com- missioner Albert S. Nutting said 150 men had a line around the fire area and he presumed it wlas under control. Four or five bull- dozers were used to make fire- brcalcs,,he said.
The fire broke out near the logging road between Clayton and Churchnilnl Lakes. It threat- ened the new lcgrging camps of the Kennebec Construction and Logging company of St. George, Que., where 100 men were evac- uated tenmporarily. A wind shift saved the camps.
Clayton Lake settlement, log- ging headquarters for the Inter- national Paper Company which owns the land, was not in the
flies path.
NLCOISLA, Cyprus (C‘P)-Fresh Cylprtiot roit:in.g Monday stnained the already taut reclationvs among three NIATO allies Britain, Greece and Turkey. ,
Two killings in clashes between Cycpmiobs of Greek and Turk origin over the future of the Brit- ish-rule isle boosted the weekend death toll to six. ‘ ,
-v B r i t i s h authorities cracked down with "curfew and other re- stnictiovns.
Greece threatened a sho-wd0'~W‘n at a meeting of the North Atlan- tic Treaty Organizations council in Paris today. The Athens g-OV- ernmenlt forwarded to Pamis a memona-nduim outlinin-g alleged acts of vandali-sun and artroicities by the Turks and ci‘hi~nig the situa- tion as a danger to the NATO alliance.
F-our-fifth-s of the 500,000 inhab- itants of Cyprus are Greek-spe-ak
ing and most of them want union
with Greece. The outnumlbe-red Turk Cypriots want partition if the British pull out.
The British are expected to an- nounce this month some plan of selif-government. The expectation is the plan will turn down both Greek demands for Cypriot inde- pendence and Turkish demands for partition.
SEEK NATO PROTECTION
A diplomatic source in Athens said Greece does not expect NATO to settle the issue but hopes NATO will intervene to protect the lives of Greek Cy- prints.
hf the atrocities continue, this informant said, Greece will ap- peal to the United Nations Secur- ity Council.
In Ankara, Turkish diplomatic sources said Turkey would wel- come a NATO air-in-g in Paris.
They said Turkey would take the
G.
‘Riofing Strains Erifish, Greek, Turkish Relations
opportunity to “expose to what extent the Greek government is responsible for the terrorism of the Greek underground EOKA on Cyprus.”
Britain asked Turkey Sunday to use its iuflluenlce to calm the Turkish minority. Circles close to the foreign ministry said Turkey was not inclined to issue any pub- lic appeal for restraint.
“The Turkish Cypriots do not attack anybody,” one of these sounces said. “They just react in self-defence . . . what must be done is to prevent EOKA activ- ities.” .
In Nricosi-a, EOIK-A leaflets de- nied it had -avniyhhrirrg to do with a bombing Satundiay at the Turk- ish consulate that set off the latest discrdens. The leaflets charged Turkish Cypriots ar- ranged the bombing to provide
.- known.
an excuse for attacking the Greeks. -
fer Harnis estimated in the spring of 1957 that the govern- ment would have a year-end sur- plus of $152,000,000.
But because of increased out- layis u-nder the Conservatives, Mr. Fleming estimated last Dec. 6 when he amended the budget and introduced tax cuts amount- ing to $178,000,000 ins. full year, that the sumplus may only be about $80,000,000.
Officials now figure the sur- plus may be even less than this. But on the whole, they say, the 1957-58 budget was a balanced budget. with expenditures just about mmtcthing revenues.
Losses Of Food ~
Mounf
warm weather.
The ' month - ‘ong dock strike started when men struck in sym- pathy with workers at Smithfleld Meat Market. The meat market men were out in protest as 600 fellow-rworikers had been fired be- cause there was no work for them. That was because of a m-eat-truck drivers’ strike. '
The meattruck drivers struck over a demand for more pay after the speed limit for trucks was raised to 30 from 20 miles an hour. They said this meant 15115.37 had to work harder.
Things were complicated even more on the docks when the stevedores accused the employ- ers of using nonunion labor. It was hoped this dispute would be solved in Monday’s ‘union-mam agemeut talks, but that also failed.
Meanwhile, a group of volun- teers who have been operating free buses in central London in- creased the number to 14 from six ‘after insurance formalities were worked out. They intended to have 26 free buses running by Wednesday.
There was no sign of any break in‘ the strike by busmen over a pay claim. It: now is in its sixth week.
'F;A|THFUI. DOG DIES
LUOO DI MUGELLO, lltaly (AP)--Fido, the old dog who won a gold medal for re- maining fa-ithful to his dead master, died Monday.
The white mongrel with brown ears fell over deal" as he was running to meet the bus from nearby Bongo San Lorenzo, as he has done ev- ery day for the last 141/2 years in the - futile hope that his master would return home on it.
Fldo’s exact age was not His master, Carlo Soriani, fished him wet and shivering from a river dur- ing the war and gave him a home. The name Soriani gave to the puppy means loyalty in Italian.
Sorianl used to rid. the bus every morning to work at a factory at nearby Borgo San Lorenzo, in this valley of Mugel-lo near Florence.
For two years Fido fol- lowed him to the bus stop in the square and waited there * until Soriani returned in the evening.
One day an all-lied air at- tack destroyed the Borgo fac- tory and killed Sorianl;
Each night since then Fido met the bus expecting to meet Soriani. He soon started to sleep under it, since the bus remained in Luco’s Square overnight.
Everyone in Luco and Borgo knew about it. They sent food for Fido. Nobody tried to move him from the square.
Last November, Giuseppe Graziani, mayor of Borgo, honored Fido by tying a gold medal around his neck. A couple of months later the people of Bongo and Luco erected a marble monument to him.
The mayor of Bongo or- dered that Fido be buried un- der the gates of the town cemetery where -Soriani has lain since December, 1943, unknown to Fido. -
’ To Cause Of
TORONTO, (OP)-Police early today reported eight and possibly nine persons missing following an eziplosion which tore out the
brick face of a four-storey apart- ment building on north-end Bat- hurst Street.
Following a systematic check on survivors from the 34 apart- ments within the building they said eight and perhaps more persons were “umaiccourted for.”
They listed: Doris Buck, super- intendent John Armstrong, Fern Bennett, Arthur J. Vicary, who .may have been at work and whose wife was released from hospital, Yvonne M. Roberts, Ruth H. Brown, a WOIIl.l8'l1 iden- tidied only as lvliss Pia-lrmer, two men identified only BIS McGee and Glen Bartlett, reported_“all rig-h,t” but unlocaatcd.
Only three persons, however, were reported injured. Mrs. Mabel Vicary, 57, Mrs. Ella Al- dridge, 72, and Robert Veitch, 71, were treated-for shock, cuts and bruises and released from hospital. -
Platoons of police and fire- men and a 40-man civil defence crew rushed to the shattered building at 1600 Bathurst Street. recalling scenes from blitzed London during the Second World War. Power to the area. midway between St. Clair Avenue and Eglinton Avenue, was cut otf to avoid the risk of fire and rescue workers dug under emergency floodllghts powered by a mobile generator.
The G. M. Guest Company Limited dispatched five crews of workmen and heavy excavat-
‘Iight northerly winds. Low-high at " Charlottetown 38 and 65. /2 6‘ “Covers Pririce Edward Island Like The Dew" Au or-ized u Seco1;(l“C!l::; Mail by the Po: .3. , EL "° ‘ " °'m- ’°'“ CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1958 ”°§,H“,§?,RE FIVE CENTS
Trapped In Wrecked Toronto Blclg.
Authorlifies Puzzled‘ As
Explosion
work.
Authorities were puzzled as to. the source of the blast. which rocked the area at 9:20 p. m. EDT. Natural gas was ruled out since there is no gas distribut- ion to the immediate area and spot checks by emergency crews disclosed no fumes.
Some tentan-ts said. they under- stood Mr. Armstrong was work- ing on the boiler with a plumber and fire officials said it appear- ed the explosion originated in or near the basement boiler room and two basement apart- ments, one on either of the boiler room. were buried beneath the rubble.
Moss Compton, I superinten- dent with the Guest Company, said his men planned to shore up the blast-twisted building and tunnel into the basement.
Arthur St. Denis, janitor in a neighboring apartment building, said he didn't think there could be sufficient pressure in the basement. . ,
Arthur St. Denis, janitor in in neighboring apartment building, said he didn't think there could be sufficient pressure in the boiler at this time of the year to cause an explosion. He said he was talking to Mr. Armstrong earlier and he was dressed as though going out for the even- ing.
other neighbors, however, spotted Mr. Armstrong’: ear crushed beneath the rubble.
Police were reported investi- gating bhe possibility of a bomb. one officer was quoted: “The full force of the blast was all in
ing equipment to aid in rescue
WESTVILLE, N.S. (CP)-Mayor Alfred,Matheson Monday deliver- ed a. slashing attack on policies of the United Mine Workers dis- trict 26 (Ind) and the Dominion Coal Company.
“It appears the Dominion Coal Company and UMW have con- spired to close out coal mining on the mainland and concentrate everything in Cape Breton,” the Mayor said in an interview. He criticized a Sunday night statement by UMW district presi- dent Tom McLachlan. The lead- er of the 10,000-member union told a_Syd-ney Mines, N_.S. local he had been assured by officials of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation that there would be ‘ng _i.1le days” in the collie:-ies despite llarge stockpiles of coal. The UMW had brought miners four years of progress.
Mr. Math-eson said that instead of the 1,800 miners who once worked in Pictou County coller-
one direction. That’; very mysterious." .
Union, Dosco Are Criticized
on the Nova Scotlc mainland II No. 2 in Springhlll. operated by the subsidiary Cumberland Rail- way and Coal Company.
Mr. Matheson said that while the UMW was “doing so much for the coal mines in the Pro- vince” county miners who work- ed 40 years now ‘,‘are at the mer- cy of the Unemployment Incur- ance Commission."
ies there were now only 350-400. Despite his efforts to have Dom-I iuion Coal open a new mine to‘ help Westville’s slumping coal-I based economy “never have 11 received any word of support . from Mr. McLachlan or his‘ executive."
The only Dosco mine still open
Lady Minister Caught Off Bose
OTTAWA (OP) - Citizenship Minister Falrclough was caught unprepared in the Commons Monday but was quickly rescued ‘ by Speaker Roland lvlich-ener. I
Mrs. Fair‘-cllough introdrucel 3 bill to amend the Indian Act.
In the customary fashion, op- position members asked her to explain It.
Red - faced, Mrs. Fairclough said she had to confess she didn't have a copy of the bill with her.
Mr. Michener sent a copy to her ‘and she read out the amend- * ment. ’
Five Killed In Head - On Crash
EDMONTON fCP)——Flve per- sons were killed Mou-day in the" head-on collision of two automo- biles at North Star, Alta., 350 miles northwest of Edmonton. RCMP confirmed the death toll but only sketchy details were available immediately.
PRICE-FIX HEARING
ALEXANDRIA, Va., (APT -- Attorneys for 29 major all companies Monday were given until Aug. 1 to File motions at- tacking an indictment accusing them of conspiring to fix crude oil and gasoline prices. The com- panies were indicted May 29 by a grand jury that for 15 months
had been investigating alleged price rigging during the Suez crisis of 1956.
HALIFAX (-OP) —- Two North American fisheries scientists who spent two weeks awboard a French trawler in the Gulf of St. La-w- rence said in an interview Mon- day they were impressed with the Frenchmenl’-s ship, fishing meth- ods and hospitality.
Dr. F. D. l\/locracken of the fisheries research board of Can- ada and John Clark of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Woods Hole, Mass, went aboard the trawler in February to observe French fishing methods and col- lect data on catches.
Scientists Impressed In.Two Weeks On French Trawler
Dr. Mcclwacken and Mr. Clark are here for the eighth annual meeting of the International Com- mission for the Northwest Atlan- tic Fisheries. »
CATCH MOSTLY COD
Mr. Clark said about 100 large trawlens—most of them French and Por.tuguese—ifish ‘oflf the west coast of Newfoundland for about two months every year.
The vessels return to Europe after a month on the Grand Bainks. Catches are mainly salt co . '
“We were most impressed with the size, modernness‘ and effici. ency of these big sh-hos,” Mr, Clark said. The French tnawlers Carry about 65 m-en——3‘5 fewer
and American.
than Rusnsian vessels but about four times as many as Canadsian fisheries in the Gulf of St. Law-
The scientists were invited aboard the trawler by the French. Data collected will assist in detervmininig ‘steps toward con- serving the fishery resources In the area.
Canada la-cks information on
Lrence, Dr. McCra-cken said.
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