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opinion.

No great reform can be achieved except. at the sacrifice of some

5: Carrier: Charlottetown. lnsnsneeaide 815.00 per anniuu. Elsewhere

In l’.l.l. 30.00. Other Provinces and U.8.A.

HIGHLIGHTS OF

OTTAWA, (CP)»-Highlights of speech Tuesday night:

12.00 per annum.

BUDGET SPEECH

Finance Minister Abbott's budget

No change in personal or corporation income tax. Special excise tax of 15 per cent repealed for electrical appliances, furs and some other articles. effective immediately.

Special excise tax reduced to

10 per cent on wide range of con-

sumer goods, effective immediately. Ten-per-cent sales tax removed from munlcipally-purchased equip-

ment and few other articles effect

ive immediately.

Maximum deduction from taxable income on superannuation plan

payments increased to $1.500 from Quebec government not justifi

$900, effective on 1954 income. ed in claiming its new 15-per-cent

income tax should be fully deductible from federal tax. Allowable deduction for Quebec taxpayers will remain at five per

cent of the federal tax. No change in taxes on liquor, t.

obacco, cigarets, cigars. automobiles,

television sets, radios and phonographs. Existing rates for witholding income tax from salaries and wages

continued through 1954. Tax concessions granted petrol

eum. natural gas and mining com-

panies for exploration costs extended through 1957.

Tax cuts total $40,000,000 for a

full fiscal year.

Surplus of 54,000,000 forecast, on revenue of 54.464.000.000 and ex-

penditure of $4,460.000,000. Succession duty legislation to rates now.

Maximum duty-free entry of motor

be overhauled later; no change in

vehicles in settlers‘ effects

raised to $2.500 from $1,500, effective immediately.

Import tolls eliminated on equ rock salt mines.

ipment for operation of potash and

The 15-per-i-ent tariff on. uranium suspended until .li:ly i. 19.-‘nil.

Tariffs climinatcd on ccrlain systems equipment and apparatus

rail equipment, inrlllding for testing rail flaws.

signal

Passengers Give Vivid Accounts Of CNR Wreck; Three Trainmen Lose Lives

Clamp Down On School Attendance

ST. JOHN'S, Nfid., (OP) —I"or every day a child is out of gchcol in this city, parents wll be fined as high as :10, Family Court Judge Roberts said Tuesday when con- victing nine parenLS of having their chudren absent from classes. The parents all signed 3200 bonds.

Although it isn't always the fault of the parents, the judge said, they are often to blame by showing sheer indifferrnce. If children must ho absent from school. he said. permission must be first obtained from the authorities. and medical certificates must be yX'Odl.lCEd in one of sickness.

Fix Size‘ Of House For Maximum Loan

0'!'I'AWA. (CP) —- The floor space of a singlo house must be LIB square feet to qualify for the

maximum loan of $12,800 under the govcrnme-nt‘s new housing lava.

A government housing official said Tuesday that under the sys- tem of granting maximum loans, a house must measure 750 square feet to qualify for a. loan of $8,000.

The loan can be boosted by $9 for every square foot in addition to the 750. up to the maximum loan of 812,800.

The official said the method of.

hcating the house has no par- ticular bearing on the loan. Loans are granted on an equal basis for houses to be heated by coal, oil or gas furnaces. he said.

Truck Driver Killed in Crossing Accident

ANTIGONISH. N 5.. (CF) —— A la-car freight train plowed into a truck on a level crossing 15 miles from here today, killing the driver and injuring acompanion.

The trurk driver was 22-year- old Bill N. 5.. astudent at st. Francis Xavier University and nail known Maritime iiorsrmnn. The injured man was Donald Keddy of Arm- dale. a Halifax suburb.

Coming Events

“Vernon jsnihoree until further notice.

"Cribbage party Ccntrai Royal- ty Hall tonight 8:16. Lunch. Ad- mission 60 cents.

"Crokinole comp:-titinn finals for Rural Youth Organization to be held at Vocational School on April lath at 7:30 pm.

"llestar Monday play "The Honeymoon Is Over." Prince lid- ward Theatre, April mu.

"Come to Hunter River Hall, Friday. April 9. see Kensington Players present. Cranberry Corn- Er. Auspicea Women"s Association.

"It's the talk of the country. What in 18'}. Bhur-Gain Pig loostcr. My sales have increased 100% in tun months. Get some for your pigs today. Cheap at double the price. E. J. MacDoug- all, Vernon.

"We have told you that there is none better at any price. Ivan his is the name. That is’ enur- Oain 20% Chick starter. convince yourself by ‘trying it for chicks

postponed

' ficer

Chidley of Shubenacadle,l

MONTMAGNY, Que.. (CF) — A pasenger told reporters “hell seemed to break loose" when the Ocean Limited crashed into string of standing freight cars early Tuesday, killing three men.

"I was riding in the second last coach when I felt a succession oi shocks before the train stopped," said. Norma Hussey of Ballllil'Sl. N. B. All hell seemed to break loose."

The engineer, fireman and front.- end brakcmsn —- all from Quobec province —— were killed when tiic Canadian National Railways train h"- 811 Open switch and crashed "ll" "19 lfellht cars on a siding here.

Many of the as paaaen. ..-. none lerlously injured. were from tho Maritimcs. _

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The Dead

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Dead are .7. D. Lmvegque of liviere du Loup. Qua. engineer. Gaudioae Thibsult. also of Rivicre

du tout). fireman. and G. E. Belanger of St. Veliler, Que.. brakeman.

Tl"-V91“!!! It high speed, the locomotive jumped the tracks after it veered onto the siding near the station here, 36 miles east of Que. bec City.

The crew members were killed instantly. The first six cars behind the locomotive. carrying express and baggage, were piled up bu: the passenger cars. though de- railed. remained upright.

Flames started by hot coals from the engine's boiler were promptly put out by the municipal fire brigade.

Jean-Louis Melanoon. st. Joseph, N. B., said the impact threw him under a. seat but his only injury was a bruised thumb.

Mrs. K. 13. Webster of Char- lottetown, whose husband is eni- ploycd by the (INR, said:

“All I rem:-mber was scream- ing for my husband who wasn't there."

Rude Initiation

Mrs. Cecilia Aitchison of Ion- ‘T.'llllbl(‘ii. Frnnci-. widow of an : RCA!‘ squadron leader recently

iklllcd in a plane crash in France.

was making her first Canadian ‘train trip, liiiif asleep when the crash camc. Her destination was

liiot known inimcrllalely.

i "It acemcd lilo train suervr-ii. ‘then there wag a sudden jolt," she raid.

"I thought it was the end.

“Then the next ihlllf! ‘f iiiouch? nf was one of my narrlnrzs W knocked off my berth in the crash. and the first thing I did was to ask the porter if he'd found it."

D. A. MacDonald. fl Cape Bret- mier. and J. J. Sutherland south Nelson, N. B. Rriirt they were awakened by a violent jolt and "terrible" nfil-0'.

‘Mr. MacDonald said everyone in his car was badly shaken. Mr. Sutherland said the train rocked "like a ship belnz knocked about violently in a stormy sea."

There was no immediate ex- planation of how the switch Cami‘ to be open.

'The main line was not riamaard ow the wreck. Work at repairing the siding was completed todar.

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‘The CNR said trains now are run-

mpg on regular schedules.

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Flu Outbreak In Saul? Ste. Marie

BAULT STE. MARIE. Ont. (CF)

Dr. J. E. Gimbiy. medical of-l of health. Monday night! broadcast a special warnins T0 district residents In an effort to check an influenza outbreak. He said there has been one death so far and both hospitals are crowd-

this rear. 3. J. MacDougall. Ver- non. " " ‘ _

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7, 1954

In Abbol:l:’s Tenth Budget

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

'!IIe rights of ciaeli man and when they encroach upon the right: of others.

MAXI MS

OIL

MERE MAN

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Permanent Home In Australia For Queen Considered

CANBERRA, (AP)—iPrime Min- ister Rlclbert G. Menzies told the House of Representatives today that informal diaéuasioria have gone on for aonie time on the possibility of establishing a per- manently designated home in Aus- tralia for the Queen.

If Queen Elizabeth or eorne member of the Royal Family should set up a residence here, the prime minister sald.it wouldn't be necessary to make each visit as intensively organized as the one just completed.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh spent two months tour- ing Australia during their world tour of the Commonwealth. They left aboard the royal liner Gothic April 1 and now are enroute from the Cocos islands to Ceylon.

Fiscal Highlights

OTTAWA, (C-P) -- Highlights of the fiscal portion of Finance Min- ister Abbott's budget speech:

, National production in 1951 [should exceed the 1908 record of E $’.l5,345.000.000.

An economic upswing in the semnd half of the year should outweigh declines now evident in some industries.

No drastic government. meas- iures needed to step up the econ- omy or absirrb unemployed.

‘ ('iovc'Pfii’doh'l.“" rmiciiiiiv ‘abou raising tariffs to protect indus- try. which must sharpen allie- iency.

Outlook for export trade uncer- tain; grain prospects good by normal standards; much depends on U. S.

Prospects for international econ- omic co-operation favorable.

Canada cannot afford to relax in defence preparations.

River Ice Strands 7 Cargo Vessels

QUEBEC. fCP)—l-lsaizv St. Law- rt-are rivrr lcr fioes have tem- [?(l‘Hi‘ll_V stranded five cargo yes- .-ils here and two others are an- (‘llOf‘I‘d nl Cap aux Oies. 61 miles

bi-low Qurbcr City. _ Traffic upriver has been tied up by ire since backwash from

the 9.700-ton Manchester Spinner, first overseas ship to reach Mon‘.- reai this season. looscncd shore- pn<~li'r-ri flocs last Monday.

llockod lli"l'!‘ were the \'cnczue- lnn freighter Norindirs, the Dutch Prlns Wilicn van Oranje. the it.- niian Capo .\liscno, the English Rnnnngh Hand and the Mormac» star from the l'nile(l States.

Anclinrod at Cnp aux Oles are ill!‘ Gaiidvr Bo)’. a miller from §‘i(lncy. N. S.. and the \’inlanil.

iiiioso home port was not immod- intcly available.

Britishtoliccted H-Bomb Test Data

f,oNDoN, (RPuli"Z‘!l Prime .\iinisiz-r Churchill told the House of (‘omnions today that a British piano made a flight in the vicinity of tho rt-cent American hydrogen lnimb experiments in the Pacific to collect scientific data.

Churchill said no British tech- nical observers watched the ex- plosions, but the United States au- ihoriiics did agree that Britain should have certain faciiltics for collecting scientific data bearing on their effects.

Two Canberra jet bombers as-

signed to this duty were lost In transit to the American base in thr Pacific hilt this was in no

way due to the risk of the special mission which they were to have undertaken, he added.

New Cold Wave In Sosk. And Alberto

EDMONTON, (GP) — Near-biil- zard conditions prevailed over much of Alberta and SalIlt‘.ch- ewan Tuesday as another wave of frigid air blasted its way south

List of Items On

OTTAWA. (CP)—-Following is I list of articles on which the 15- per-ceni. excise tax and the 10-poi- cent salos tax are being removed or reduced. effective immediately.

Remove Excise Tax

Electrical appliances adapted to household or apartmcui use. nani- ely: blankets: chafing dishes. cof- fee makers; curling irons or tong:-; dish washers; food or drink mix- ers; food choppers and gl’llldei't.7 floor mixers and polishers: gar- bage disposal units; hair dryers; irons and ironers; juice extractors, kettles: portable humidifiers; ra- 7.ors'and shavers: toasters of all kinds‘. vacuum cleaners and al- tauhments therefor; waffle irons:

Furs: firearms and complete parts thereof and ammunition: golf clubs, golf balls: fishing rods. fish- ing reels: cameras, camera lenses. unexposed photographic films and plates; projectors for pictures: trunks; suitcases: bags and luggage

of all kinds; purses; wallets; bili- folds: key and card cases: hand- bags: jewel cases: dressing and toilet cases; shopping bags: golf

End Olahel‘ 5D01‘lS boss: coin. disc or token-operated vending machines.

Recuce Excise Tax To 10 Per Cent

Articles. materials or prepara- tions of whatever composition or in whatever form, commonly or commercially known as toilet or- ticles, pieparations or cosmetics.

OPPOSITION

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Mr. R. If. Bcil

‘Truman Says Atomic ‘Agreement In Effect

KANSAS CITY. fAl’l-- Former prr-sideni Harry S. Truman sniii today the Anglo-.-\mi-rii'iiii war- t.uic- atomic agrcomcnt still is in effect.

The IlRl’i"l"Tllf‘lll was 4ll\'(l'l\'l“il

pubiii-ly .\iniidny for the first time

by Prime Minister (‘iiiirchill in a liousr of (‘nmnions ii:-hair. .lnmr-s linizeri), \\'iiiic lioiisc pic-as Si‘i‘l'i‘li|l’_\‘. siid ,\londii\‘ Yilillii the iigreonwiii uii-' not ill cifcrl iii the present tilllf‘. Today, linu-rvci-, Truman said in an inicrvicw that it \i.'is. Truman said, iimirver. th- agreement did not apply in thc hydrogen bomb which was dc-

vcioped later.

LEADER .leoviiiiiiiiii roi-

Which Excise

And Sales Tax Removed Or Reduced

which are intended for use or cl!- piicaiion for toilet purposes. or for use in connection with the care of the human body, including the hair. nails, eyes, teeth, or any other pari or parts thereof. whether for cleansing. deodorizing, beautifying. preserving or restoring. and includ-

ing shaving soaps and shaving creams, antiseptics, bleachcl. depilatories perfumes. scents and similar preparations;

Motor cycles and all other two- or three-wheeled nintor drivcii vehicles including motors for si-

tachmcnt to bicycles: devices. com- monly or commercially known as lighters; coin. disc or token oper- ated games or amusement devices of all kinds; ash trays: tobacco pipes: cigar and cigaret holders: cigaret rolling devices and other smokers‘ accessories; fountain pens:

bail-point pens; ink pencils: propelling pencils; desk sets and all other desk ac-cesories;

Matches; tires slid tubes in whole or in part of rubber for

self-propelled machines or automo- tive vehicles of all kinds; clocks and watches: articles of all kind: made in whole or in part of ivory. jet, amber. coral. mother of pearl. natural shells, tortoise shell. jade. onyx. lapis lazuli. or other semi- precious stones: articles common- ly or commercially known as jew- elry, whether real or imitation, iii- ciuding diamonds and other prec- ious or semi-precious stones for (Continued nn page 5, Col 1)

AGAIN SCORES

The charge that Government departments were underspending their intimates and keeping essen- tial services from the public in order to provide the Government with a surplus was made in the Budget debate in the Legislature last. night by Mr. R. E. Bell, lead- er of the Opposition. Mr. Bell was speaking when the House ad- journed last night.

The Opposition leader singled out the Departments of Agricul- ture. Education and Health and Welfare as targets for underspend- ing. He noted that the Govern- ment had asked for money in thr estimates to provide a Treatment Centre at Faiconwood during the past two years and that as yet the building had not been con- structed.

He stated that the Agricultural Department had been voted about $275,000 in the estimates last. year, which was little enough to spend on the Provinces leading industry, and had underspent this amount by 840,000.

members on this side of the House any that they would find no fault for overspending in the Agricul- tural Department. We all feel that .inucii more money should be (Continued on page 2. Col 7)

LRGVOOI New British ‘Tank Developed

i l i l UONDON, iRclit€l'I\ — The Wat‘ office announced Tuesday that Britain has developed a new tank. the Conqueror. larger. faster. more lheavily armored and with more pmierful gun than its 52 - ton ;centui-ion. Details of performance land specifications are being kept ‘srcret for the present_ The tanks will not replace the Centurion

‘ armor.

"For years we have heard the.

OTTAWA.

lure basically unchanged. and corporation and other consumer articles.

No one would would go to the general

Finance Minister Abbott

Finance Minister

‘other goods.

The same tax vias reduced to it); per cent on ii group of other art-. icies in:.uding- automobile iiresj and tubes. clocks. watches. pens." soft drinks and confectionery.

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Had Some Cheer For Everybody

By DAVE McIl\‘TOSH

(lanadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA, (CPI — Finance Min-.

Biggest Savings

These two changes —— effective I

immediately — accounted for I33,-l 000,000 of the 330,000,000 expectedl

to be saved the taxpayer in thel

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h “U by ‘-. ciiiic-ul. fiscal yeai. the other;

gzgzr ‘gift’ evgrdybgdyl .1°.uF'Hd .25 33.000000 will come from seven m ht exemptions to the general 10-per- 3 ' cent sales tax. including heavy

But before anybody starts cherr- lng. there may be a catch. The taxes which Mr. Abbott eliminated or reduced are applied generally at the manufacturers' level. But there is no way of knowing whether they will reach the consumer.

Mr, Abbott's lsrizesse may not have been expansive. but,at least it was passed around to‘ take in

equipment bought by municipali- tics.

For a whole year. Mr. Abbott estimated. the reductions would be uo.000.000——.slightiy under one per cent of his total forecast revenue,

In what he has billed as his last financial presentation. Mr. Abbott budgeted for a virtual balance in the accountspredicting an almost-

nearly every Canadian, including the bubble-gum set.

Mr. Abbott even cast I kindly tax glance at people who run potash or salt mines. make ruli- way signal systems 01' UN? 163' gas or impregnate jute fabric.

invisible surplus of $4,000,000 i/hat would be his n.-inth in a row.

But he did not rule out the pos- sibiiity of a. deficit of up to around $l30.000.000 if Canada's economic progress does not regain its post- Wat" pace from a current slow- down.

The budget called for revenue of $4,464,000.01!) -— an all-time high - and peacetime record spending of 54.460.000.000.

Rejects Quebec Proposal

Cu! or Eliminated

He aimed to leave more chance in pocketbooks-for The next year at ieast—by eliminating the i5-per- cent excise tax altogether on I variety of consumer goods and cutting it in 10 per cent. a variety of others.

(Continued on page 5, Col it

In Ihe biidget. the government turned down the Quebec govern- ment prnposal that its new l5-pai'-

on

Finance Minister Abbott's income taxes at present levels centraied the modest reductions on a varieiy of household

Balanced Budget Announced In Britain

With No Tax increases Or Reductionsl

By ALAN HARVEY '

l Canadian Press Staff Writer i LONDON. iCP)—Brit/sin has re, lceived a stand-pat. budget of 1954- ‘

Canada Impressed With British Progress

TTTT-‘\“'I\v ‘Cpl — r"ll'="L" ‘5 5.’: which gives industry some en-, "””h" inlpmsstdw Mm ”‘e‘couragsmr-iit but le:i\'es the coun-1 steady economic progii-.<.< made bi’, "Vs basic economy almost un_l Britain in the last year, frdcrali ' zed i

. . . , iciiari “L-'ra,?eCy'a£.,:|li,lhc‘:,$;:;:":';:2 ,;Fn"P.;::‘;.' In sharp coiilrrist to the strain-‘

and-swczit mood of most. post-war

day“ budget Hmcmpm by R'- flbudgets, Richard Austen Bu'.ler.l EUHPL rhnnfrnnrunr dmp, Br“Ls“CllRnC€llOl‘ of the exchcquer Tues-‘ r:§h;q‘L(;§a,.,,,w; fimfgfi, .,‘.f,.,"°“,§‘,;¢ia_»- extended some minor conces.

ncw taxes. but no cuts ritiicr. ,5i°"5- “’”‘“”“‘d “om any "'_3w Mr. Buiicr‘s filnnosull «~iiniv- a<,L3N“$ 5”‘-‘d 5V°‘“'- “°“_fid““13' 5” "m. surprise here." the Canadian i‘R1‘“°“5L.“- “T ET”-'““5 3-Dim)’ W: auihorities said. pay her wax‘ in the Wofld l Howevrr, what his impressed CH9 l01d”m“- C"°“'ded HE” 1°’. (‘unada more is the fact that Brit.-. 01113710“-‘ 1'3” “"5 "0 1‘ °"‘ xi,“ iii making sitcndi |'lf‘0fll'0’i~'.< in-“‘especially tough’ measures suciias‘ vinrds recm-s-r_i-. Tlizy l‘Pi'nllI'i'llCllill‘P\(‘lEllZf‘fl his own emergency that when the l'u|tcil States iiaid bu<lL'Pt 0i 1953-53- a recession in 1049. Britain want "The ineasiires proposed in last sent into A "tailspin." Anrl‘.ycai"s budget 690m 5113-1 '0 be ihougli currently lhcrc has been at working themselves out broadly moderate decline in i’ S. nciii-inzlaccordiiig to plan and in be pm-

‘but be complementary to existing!

there has been no "adverse If~‘ riding the right sort of climate in facts" overseas. the r.c(innm_\'," he said. "Thai'efore. they are likely to

——- The l'niied

on Britain. and New Zea- issuing a stern

.ONDON, i’.\PI States has called France, Australia land to join in naming intended to protect was- iorn Indo-China and the rest of southeast. Asia from further Com‘- rnunist aggression.

The British foreign office said terms of the declaration have not yet been completed. but are helm! hammered out in Washington at ronferences between l‘nited States State Secretary Dulles and bassadors of the other countries which would sign it.

Australian government sources in - Canberra said the i'nited States also has asked that r-ou.i- try. New Zealand and Britain to

give all possible aid to France to prevent Communist domination of lndo-China.

from the Arctic. 'I'err.'aeraturee WEI‘! EXDPPTCG drop to about.i5 below uro.

to

Britain appears ready to join in

..mmc form of declaration concern- __ ling southeast Asia, but the for-|t.i;s