Says Canada's Ships May Be Driven” Out Of Inland Waters If Law Unchange

MONTREAL (cm - The royal commission on coasting trade was told Tuesday that a sltuaton could develop with completion of the 3'- Lswrence seaws! whereby CIN- dian shipping would be drven from inland waters and the Clnllllll shipping industry wine!!-

The dour prospect was preunted 3, the three-man commission 1)! the St. Lawrence munlcllplll bum"

f th lty of lldontrea.

O Thee cmmission. headed by Mr- Justice w..r. Spence of Toronto. opgned e two-week sitting in the world's largest P0fl- 0""? commission members are W- N- Vlickwlre of Halifax and Marco! llelenger of Quebec.

The st. Lawrence bureau. estab- """”..”” ..3"”..f'”' ”.5”i?.t.J3 intern s IOIW ssent. said Iritisli and forelan "gap will be able ts operate in island waters at rates lower than um. charged by Canadian shiv-

cosla. forolln troupe could easily under-bid Canadian firms on con- tracts from this country's shliwers. PIIFII. CANADIAN

"All things being equal or even

relatively so," the brief noted. umm gm 1, in "c”'”"” ?.hlppEf' wwld, 95”!” grilliilrietitlon god Isugagreatedlmtliealt lit to sh! Via -" ” ' needs help it

deal" for Csnadlan shinolnl. but us op it-I tack Wll Mill W E40380 ted mm Corporation

ln s one-page submission. Cos- soiidatad Paper said coastal ship- ping should be free from restric-

"Bu all things are 'not equal. either ralatively or absolutely. The higher wages and material costs prevailing in Canada mean high production costs for the building of Canadian ships and higher main- tenance and operations costs to the ship-owner.

"In turn. these higher costs must necessarily find reflection in higher car o rates."

a bureau asked for "appropri- ate action" from the federal gov- ernment and said application of such restrictive and regulatory measures as will place Canadian flag shipping as a fair basis with its competitors was warranted.

Stops Helping Duchess With Memoirs

III YOII (LP) - Aahcr Isvelaad Amosp said Tend! be he stepped help!!! he Duchess all wiadeor mite her memoirs.

"You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunny- brook Farm." he said. "The facts of life are very stubborn things."

The reference. to a lisp?! hero- ine of a juvenile fiction classic. was made during an interview Ibolrd the liner Queen Mary on which Amory returned from lin- mxinory said the decision fol- lowed repeated squabblee ever the manuscript. '

WANTED HVIUIONI The duchess, he'declared. wanted

V of seven briefs for a lsslslaled "fair

tbe ,uges spared widi Ire hob.

Ansel! db! espiah what the changes were.

The duchaes told him she had four reasons for proplrllld hi! memoirs: to prove 'she was born on the right side of the traclia;" that she and the duke are "happy and bus)! P00ple;" that the Royal Family and British people treated thorn "very eanly" in not giving her the title of "Her Royal High- nesa:" and to show the duke was not pro-German.

Amory said that finally there was disagreement over the title. The nsltlrnors-born ducheu wgnted to call it "Wishful Think- ing." The duke ob acted to Am- ory's suggestion it called "un-

aome revisions and "I didn't feel

Princess Royal Visits Montreal, Tour Begins

ly SHIRLEY Moiuus

Canadian Press Staff Writer

MONTREAL (CPJ-The Prin- cess Royal reminisced with a war- time friend of her son. stubbed her toe and received an accident ' cold-shoulder from the mayor Monday as she continued her busy Canadian tour. .

At a reception at Elly hall. the princess was introduced to Peter Barott, Montreal architect. who was interned in a prisoner-of-war camp with the Earl of llarewood eldest son of the princess. She had Barott. a former captain of the Black Watch. summoned to the mayor's office where she could talk with him. Later Barott said they chatted about camp expe- .' "nothing harrowing, just pleasant i " ts."

The Princess "Royal signed "Mary" to the Golden Book and it picture of herself in the robes she wore at the Coronation of her niece. Queen Elizabeth.

MAYOR DIDN'T NOTICE

Following the reception, she was accompanied to her car by Mayor

Jean Drapeau. As soon as the car .

foot was closed, Mr. Dreapean

titled.”

turning to wave at him. caught only a glimpse of his back.

She was guest of honor in the evening at a dinner given by the city at a chalet on St. Helen's island in the St, Lawrence river.

Wearing a gown of pink bro- caded satin, she sipped a glass of champagne as she was introduced to 350 guests. Across the gown. she wore the blue sash of. the Knight Grand Cross of Victoria.

As she was escorted to the table, the princess stubbed her toe on a cable lying under a red carpet but Mr. Drapeau caught her-.arm before she stumbled.

FRENCH CONVERSATIONALIIT

she chatted easily in French throughout dinner to Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger. Alchblshop of Montreal. who sat at her right.

The princess spoke in both French and English in reply to a message of welcome by the mayor. glihthird since she arrived Sunday

t. The princess will leave here for Ontario points.

JAPANESE Goons Japanese exports increased from

turned to walk back up the main itch! to city hall. The pi-lncess.l

Sl03,000.0W in ildd to 81.7W.lX)0,000

"be given in such a manner as not to handicap Canadian exporters-"

C.N.R. Expects , Modest Surplus For This You

MONTREAL (CP) - Canadian National Railways will end 1955 with a "modest surplus." presi- dent Donald Gordon predicted to- day.

Mr. Gordon told a meeting of the Montreal Chsmbra of corn- merce that "business conditions have improved and our freight traffic has increased considerably over that of last year." At the same time, "we have been able to cut down our expenditures."

Mr. Gordon rec ad he had pre- dicted at this tirn last year that the CNR would end 1954. with a deficit and the railway lost "a whopping :se.ooo.ooo." lie said now he was "able to forecast that we will end 1055 is the black."

"Nevertheless, I hasten to add that whatever surplus we may achieve will be a very modest one."

Posshsle Clue

To Epilepsy. Cerebral Palsy

CHICAGO (AP) - A polalble clue to the cause of some woes of epilepsy, cerebral palsy, spasitc paralysis and feeble-rnindednees is reported by a team of University of Illinois researchers.

Dr. Frederic A. Gibbs and two colleagues say new findings with a "brain-wave machine" suggest the possibility that certain neuro- logical disorders of unknown cause may be late results of common virus infections of childhood. such as measles. mumps and whoop cough. They reported lo the annual rneetinrof the American Academy of Pediatrics.

. The new studies "re-emphasise the need for finding improved pre ventive measures for common viral infections of childhood." Dr. Gibbs told a reporter. adding:

"Some important advances al- ready have been made. And recent advances in the prevention of polio justifies hope that prevention in the whole field of viral diseases will eventually be greatly improv- ad...

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Freed Prisoner Of War Divorces Wife

HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) - Capt. Eugene J. Vaadi. 34, one of 11 American airmen released by the Chinese Reds last July, won a di- vorce Monday from his wife. Mary. 82. The only ground for divorce in New York state is adultery. Mrs. Vaadi did not contest the suit.

MAIIKETI TO CLOSE

TORONTO fCP)-The Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges and the Wiani g grain exchange will be closed ext Monday. Oct. 10.

by 1964.

Thanksgiving Day.

Two champion truck drvers from Nova Scotia will represent the Maritime provinces in the Nat- ional Truclr Roadeo Chem ionship to be held in the Canadian ational Exhibition Automotive Building on Novernhar 10 to 21. Drivers Donald Johnson of Middleton. N.S. and Roland Dlgnan of Halifax won the right to represent the Maritlmes at the 4th annual " sponsored by the Maritime Motor Transport Association held in Charlottetown, P.E.l. The lloadeo. introduced to the Marltlmes four years ago at Amherst. is dasigned' to promote safe, courteous and skillful driving

You can buy Bonds srrenge for V0"

incense. The procedure !. , syinshiestwavhemlt ,

ou-raolves any l0"O9"- I

isseiri

least a year of accident-free driv- ing, in competition for the Marl- time Championships.

Pictured above are. the Maritime truck driving Champions, from left to right: Cpl-' H.A. Gay. R.C.A.F., lummerslde, P.E.I.. winner of the M.M.T.A. Armed Forces champ- ionship; Donald Johnson. Thomp- son's Transfer, Middleton, N.S.,

wmns as T0 moon

on the highways. There were housing and Transfer Co.. Halifax. twenty-six drivers. all with at N.S.. Maritime Champion in the

Engaged Twice To Some Mon 45 Years Apart

KNARESBOROUGH York Eng-

Maritime Champion in the Tractor land (CPI-Lily Jepson has been

Single Axle Trailer class (Driver

Johnson won the Maritime champ- at

ionahip in the some class in 1953): Roland Dlgnan, Maritime Ware-

9

1

engaged twice-once at 10 and again 65

It vi... the same man both times. and Miss Jepson is going through

,5; ..

After all. It really isn't considered good form to toot onels horn too loudly...HOWEVER-"since the early months of this year, an unparalleled situation has existed and we can't contain

Pontiac-we've got to any it-la now uE in the TOP 2 in automotive sales In Canada...aocond

only to another General Motors product!

This isn't just a claim . .. It's a fact. Agalnlt the toughest competition, Pontiac has plain outaold ovary other manufacturorb can. '

Pitt's more than a trend . it's a torrent to

Food Prices Push Consumer -Index Higher

OTTAWA 4CPl - Higher food prices in August pushed the con- sumer Price index up four-tenths of a point in the month for the third consecutive monthly rise. The barometer of living costs. based on 1949 prices equalling loo, rose to M6,! at the,end of August from 116.4 a month earlier, the bureau of statistics reported today.

The rise. equivalent to an in- crease of .3 per cent in living

i coals. followed a similar rise in

the index in July and a one-tenth of a point rise in June It brought the index to the same level it held at the end of August. 1954.

The bureau

lne. eggs. most cuts of beef and all cuts of pork. offsetting declines or fresh and canned fruits and

vegetables. Th o s e movements

pushed the sub-index for food costs

to ll3.7 from 112.4.

The shelter index edged up to

l.'i0 from 129.! with fractional ad-. vances in costs of both rent andl home ownership. The household; operations index also moved to

115.0 from 115.8, largely through

higher coal prices.

with her wedding this time. The groom is Richard Harland. who left Lily behind in loll when he went to Calgary. But she changed her mind about following him.

Lutrnonth, Harland came back

. to viilt relatives in a nearby town.

The wife he subsequently married in Canada has been dead for twoi years. He decided to call on Miss: Japson because "I never forgot; har." l "At first I didn't recognize him," she recalls. "But I accepted him at his second proposal."

A General Motors Value

The couple are to wed (M. ii and will live at Knaresborough.

i "ll?

-.

- reporled higher. - prices for coffee. butter. margar-

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1955

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Canadian Players Produce Shakespear In A Suitcase

SIMCOE. Ont. (CP)-it's large-A scale drama in a suitcase.

A roving band of actors. the Canadian Players. will give plat- form-siyie presentations of "Mac- both” and ”Saint Joan," on the extensive Canada and United states tour. playing nne-night stands.

The season. their second. npcns tonight with "Macbeth." in the Simco. Friday the company plays ”Macbcih" in Toronto.

Then they swing into the us.

Out Our Way

WOW!

It's a hats-off tribute to Canadian motorists. too, for their instant recognition of Pontlada gtgrllng worth. No doubt about it, they buy gh.-gwdly and well where value counts.

Well, there It Isl Pity. 33 had to be the once to tgll the story but that's the automotive industry

for you.

Anyway . . . now everybody knows what mono Canadians than ever before have found out this year... dollar for dollar you Juat can't

beat Pontlacl

DON'T STAND 6AWKlH' lT'5A puma-er AT SUCH BRUTALIT;-'

until Nov. 23 'when they start so formances from Winnipeg to Vig- toria. The tour closes in Na-tbd-g and southern Ontario. Plays will be alternated on the road.

The cast of 12, chosen largeb from the Strstford Shakespeanal festivals. is headed by William

,Hutt. Frances l-iyland and Doug-

las Campbell. Miss Hylsnd plays Lid! Macbeth and Saint Joan. William Hutt plays Macbeth and several roles in the George Ber- nard Shaw play.

By J R. Williams

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