House Parties Cuiiing Info Business Of Night Clubs

By THE CANADIAN PIES!

The high cost of living high comes out like a popping cham- pagne cork to meet those plan- ning to celebrate New Year's Eve in Canada's night spots Mon- day night.

Prices in ritzy nightclubs in Canadian cities are generally up from last year. one of the most expensive New Year's eves ever. celebrated. a canadian Press sur- vey shows.

Although Maritime and Prairie centres report house parties be- coming more popular than ever. night clubs generally expect ca- pacity crowds.

CLUBS ARE EXPENBIVE

in larger cities. clubs have lined up high-priced floorshow talent. much of it imported from the United States. to bolster their evening's entertainment.

Vancouver's celebrants can ex-

pect their evenings to cost up to pie

550 a couple. One hotel has set a price of 816.50 a couple for admit- tance and supper. Drinks. taxis. corsages and other trimmings could boost the evenings total ex- penditure to 350 a couple.

Another night spot is charging 311 a couple with dinner starting at 52.50.

Reservations there are reported lighter than last year. with house parties cutting into business.

In Alberta. hotels and service clubs have parties arranged with prices ranging from 310 to 815 a couple. One Edmonton hotel ex- pects 500 custome u. with a 515.50

price tag on its entertainrneni.

At Lethbridge an evening of din- ner. drinks. favors. dancing and the trimmings is being offered for 320 a couple. -

Regina reports house parties are going to be the favored way of celebrating. Outside entertain- ment will cost up to 515 a couple. with favors thrown in.

Service clubs and smaller en- tertainment centres in Saskat- chewan have party plans starting at 82 a person.

Prices in Winnipeg range from 31.50 a person at small dances to 315 a couple at large hotels. TORONTO HIGHEST PRICED

Toronto has some of the highest prices. ranging from :20 a couple at one hotel for dinner and favors. with drinks extra. to t6.50 a per- son cover charge at another. Pri- vate clubs have parties planned with costs going up to 316 a cou-

One nightclub has set s 32 cover charge. 83.50 a person min- imum food bill and added 10 per cent to all prices to cover the cost of giving out favors.

House parties are the rule in Ottawa also, where only one hotel is sponsoring any sort of New Year's entertainment-a special dinner dance at 89 a couple New Year's Eve. and another New Year's night at 34 a couple. On the Quebec side of the capital area. hotels serving liquor will be closing at 9:30 p.m.

The Ottawa Fireiighters' Asso- ciation is throwing a New Yearis

Eve party. open to the public. at the Coliseum. site of the recent Progressive Conservative leader- ship convention. On New Year's Day Mayor George Nelms. who officially takes office that day to succeed the retiring Mayor Char- lotte Whitton, and the city council willbeathonsetotltnpuhticin the Assembly Hall of Lnnsdowna Park.

Montreal. called Canada's gay- est city, will close its night clubs at I p.m. Police have promised to enforce the rule. and house parties are the major entertain- ment source.

In Saint John. 11.3.. a couple can eat from 7:!) p.m. to 10 p.m. and dance to I am. for 311 plus the cost of drinks. Night spots expect capacity crowds. al- though house parties rank high in popularity.

Halifax costs have risen from a high last year of 810 a couple to 515 in larger places.

Hotels and dance halls in Char- lottetown were booked to capacity for the night. although house parties were popular with the middle-aged group.

In- St. John's. Nfld.. hotels and nightclubs reported heavy book- ings, with rates of 810 to 815 I couple.

Ceiebrants with children will find themseles departing with a solid sum before they leave the house. Babysitters generally have

at least doubled their rates. and . I

in many centres are asking a 5 minimum for the evening.

C.N.R. Year End Review Is Given By Donald Gordon

MONTREAL. December -- The year 1956 marked the completion of an important phase of Canadian National Railways' dleselization plans. A five-year plan initiated in 1952 was based on dleselization of those specific services which would yield the greatest return on the investment made. The 821) millions spent thus far have resulted in the substantial econom- ies anticipated.

A new phase has already been Introduced. It contemplates furth- or development of the program on a territorial basis commencing at the eastern and western extremit- ies of the railway.

Our earnings. 8711 millions to the end of November. indicate the high level of business activity that has prevailed ilnoughout 1956. Canadian National has shar- ed in the growth of Canada and, in turn. has made its own con- tribution to that growth. NORTHWARD

The post-war years have seen new rails push northward into such areas an Lynn Lake and Kit- imnt. This year was no exception. We are now well under way with construction of a 290-mile line between Benttyville. Quebec and St. Fellelen. Quebec. which cuts through the Chlbougamau mining fields. By the time this report is printed we should have track in usable condition as far as Opem- lska. in the western part of the Chlbougamau area. Further east we have cleared and graded a 21- mile line through the New Bruns- wick forest to reach a new mine site. To the west. Canadian Nat- ional forces have surveyed a route far up the Hudson Bay railway

EASTERN GUARDIAN

NEW YEARS Dance. Lower Montague hall. Good music.

SKATE THE OLD year out. the new year in. Montague Rink.

MIDNIGHT DANCE In All Saints parish hall. Cardigan. New Years aIght- Websters Orchestra.

INTERMEDIATE "C" Hockey meeting. Montague Rink Saturday at 9 p.m.

MONTAGUE SKATING Rink op- en. Skating from 10.30 pm. to 1.00 a.m. New Year's Eve.

PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Lloyd Mao- Klnnon. the artificial insemlnator for Montague and district. Phone Ill-I4 instead of 121-24.

DUNDA8 - Annsndale United Church Circuit. Sunday. Dec. SA. Custanca. Pastor. Dundas Afternoon worship. 2.!) p.m The Annandnla Service 7.3) p.m. The Y.P.U. of Fortune United Church will present a Christmas Pagent.

TIIE PRESIYTERIAN Church in Canada Services Sundlv. Dec- ember mth. cardigan Divine worship ll n.m. Sunday School 10.30 am. Lorne Valley afternoon service. 1.!) pm. Montague even- ing Scviee. no pm. Sunday School 10 a.m. A cordial welcome for all. Rev. D. A. Campbell. Min- lster.

PERSONALS

Ir. Osslu Mac.-Neill. uditar for the Chadian Bank of Com- nnres. has returned to Halifax. N.l.. after spending Chrlstni-inns fl:

r. n

n freight cars. Two new cars were

line into the Mystery-Monk Lake district where an extensive nickel deposit will be developed over the next four years at a reported cost of 8175 millions. ' NEW EQUIPMENT

Our year-end figures will show that more than 595 milldins were invested in cars and locomotive- this year. This represents a sub- stantial net addition to our rolling stock in order to carry the pro- duce of an expanding economy.

It is difficult to conceive of a period in railway history. includ- ing the war years. when the rail- ways' resources were so fully em- ployed. In company with others Canadian National has experien- ced difficulty ln obtaining all its requirements. particularly for steel. On the manpower side. per- sonnel training has been acceler- ated to produce more skills from our own ranks.

It is discouraging that the in- flationary consequences of higher prices and higher wages tend to overshadow steady improvements that have been made in operating efficiency."

Among the major expenditures of the past decade have been those for extension. improvement and modernization of yard facilit- les. Clearing and grading com- menced on our property in the Cote de Liesse district on the out- skirts of Montreal for an automat- ic hump yard. It will serve a major industrial area: The Island of Montreal and the adiacrn! St. Lawrence southshora where sea- way development is generating considerable activity. MAINTENANCE

Railway track maintenances has been changing from a man- ual to a machine operation during the past few years. In 1956 we spent some 33,000,000 to continue the hanizatiun of track work. Our investment in track machin- ery approximates 821 millions.

Another 140 miles of automatic block signals were added to the 4!) miles already installed.

Centralized traffic control. a signalling and switching system known as CTC. has made it pos- sible to increase average train speeds and traffic volume about so per cent without adding phy- sical track. There are now more than 700 miles of CTC on CNN lines. In some cases its applicat- ion to double track territory pro- vldes a capacity for one track that permits the other to be aban- doned. In 1956 we were able to remove 40 miles of track by ap- plying CTC.

ROLLING STOCK

By year's end deliveries of new rolling stock will include 324 diesel locomotive units and 4.633

introduced for specialized traffic and are now under test. These are a pulpwood car which increases normal carrying capacity by 10 per cent and a double decked

automobile transporter that can load eight standard-shed automob lies in contrast with the normal complement of four. A third car. also at the testing stake. is an all- purpowe box car. By means of hinged and sliding wall panels the door openings can be increased from 5' I" to 15' 6". Our aim is to make it easier to load and stow freight and also to convert the

bulk carrier for train.

.Ordern were placed for 0-"0

cars and 1! air-darn! work cars. Experiments with motive DOVE?

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car quickly. when required. info 5.”

DIESELIZATION

in Newfoundland we will soon realize our program of complete dicseltzation. To this end 26 diesel units were shipped by sea to St. John's in November. Two new passenger - cargo ships. the "Bon- avista" and "Nonia", were added to the Newfoundland coastal fleet serving the island ports.

It is a coincidence that in this year when the centenary of the Grand Truck Railway is observed we should be planning to make a portion it it the newest piece of railway in Canada. A 40-mile diversion of our Toronto - Mon- treal line between Cardinal and Cornwall is now constructed and will be ready 'for operation next su . The abandoned section will be flooded by the power reservoir in the International Rap- ids section of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

FREIGHT UP

Freight Q-afflc in 1950 should show a 12 per cent increase over 1955. The mix of traffic is heavily weighted with raw materials that move on low rates. however. Des- pite an interim rate increase 1 seven per cent last July our aver- age revenue per ton mile contin- ues downward. Trailernil (piggy- bncki services continued to show gains necessitating the purchase of additional trailers.

TELEX

In the field of communlc 'Iuun an entirely new international ser- vice, known as "Telex". was of- fered to Canadian subscribers this

surviving Dionne Quinluplets. has closed a florist shop which she opened in Montreal in May. 1956.

LAC-BEAUFORT. Que, (CPI- Steel magnate Cyrus Eaton thinks Canadian politicians, engrossed in local problems. should work on the problems involved in opening up the north.

"I suggest they study their maps and examine this vast unoccupied territory." he said Thursday when be marked his 73rd birthday by receiving newspaper men at this Laurentian Mountain resort 15 miles north of Quebec City.

Many of the problems of living In the north have been solved by ”candina.ian countries and Can- ada appears to be a bit timid by comparison. he added.

Mr. -Eaton. born in Pugwash Junction. N.S.. now operates out of Cleveland. He is spending a two- week vacation here with his oldest son. Cyrus. Jr.. and several other members of his family. CONTROLLING INTEREST

He holds controlling interests in two firms now exploring the pos- sibility of developing iron-ore dc-v

" Busmss

Marie Dionne. one of the four She said the decision to close wasionne. the qulnt who died In 1954

Cyrus Eaton Urges Conoclians To Pay More Heed To North

79” . . ' , S VENTURE EN :taken for personal rcusons. Herc;

'passersby look in the windows of the shop, named for Emilie Di-i

gava Bay.

Mr, Eaton said research now is being carried out on vast tracts of land above Pyne River near Hopes Advance Bay, on Ungava Bay. 350 miles north of present mining operations of the Iron Ore Com- pany of Canada at Knob Lake. While deposits of are there werei low in iron content. they were. enormous. ;

Good headway had been madei it-ward finding an economical method of grinding out the high silicon content in Ungavzfs low-, grade ores.

The nearest and obvious market- . for iron ore concentrates from Un- gava would be Europe. Mr. Eaton said.

Ilis son said the fact that the shipping season is open only four months a year would probably re-

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MAKARIOS WON'T TALK

NICOSIA. Cyprus (Reuters)- EXIICCI As hDlSl10p Mlakarlog wgg reported Friday to have refused to talk with two British colonial office envoys about a propojd constitution for this troubled Med ilerrancan island.

Saturday. Dee. 29.1956

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Hungarians In Rush For Passports To Emigraie

Iy IICIIAII) It. nsiscnxl BUDAPEST (AP) - More than torsnad a small

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aralpolicyior considering avlif cations. This startedaa I iatorushbythaonlylN0II0'If;II

guy of . -the middlesged and the used- In past years it was possible to for such passport-. hill With little. if any. chance of getting one. Now all men over 56 may IPPI! lor emigration and even men 10 years younger. if they have medi- cal proof that they are inclltlble of military service. The provisions are even more liberal for woma- All applicants must present pre- visas. guaranteeing entry I-0 "'9 country they want to emlxrlte to and certificates proving the? 8" without public or private debts. Budapest appeared to have had one of its quietest say: since the revolution. I"A(.'I'0BIES OPERATING All factories appeared to be in It least partial production. Severe coal shortages still harnvewd many. . Reports persisted that neK01lI' tions were in the offing to broaden the government by taking in some non-Communists. The Socialist Workers (Commun- lstl party newspaper Nep Szabad-

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got into full owing in Budapest with u ” , before de- partment stores and toyshops. LEAFLETS APPEAR '

Unsigned leaflets appeared in the city streets during the week- end urging that Polish troops should take over the military oc- cupation of the country from Sov- iet forces.

Two Budapest men were sen-

near a factory in the city last Thursday. the Hungarian news IIGIICY MTI reported.

The agency said the men ist- van Pap and Rudolf Nauscb. ap- pealed for clemency.

GAS FOR. TOURISTS

LONDON AAP) .. Visitors to Britain were given a green light Friday for touring above and be. yond the gasoline restrictions placed on British 11-sitit-ill.-' 'l'lie mininry of fuel and power said visiting tourists will be gnen enough gasoline to "meet their reasonable needs in full while they are in this country." The reg- ular British motorist IS limited to a 200 nille.-3-a-munlii ailnuaiice under rationing introduced l)t'('. 17.

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tenced to death by a military court here Sunday for using arms!

CUTE BEARS

Australia's koala bear is a soft? bundle of fur about 26 inches in length when fully grown.

CAPITOL --- TODAY

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ROY ROGERS

SEOUL. South Kori-a llI(lllil'l;i Thirty-three persons" nu-iv burned to death Thursday night xxlun a bus burst into flaunt-x nt.-ur Pu-z-in, South Korea Tllvlll) xi-wn mm-rs were severely injungil in tho fire that began after a can of eusulane exploded.

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INSURANCE OOUNSELLOBS

J! and TRAVEL AGENTS Telephones: Imurnnos 8046 - Trnvel 8541 L WN. P. E. l.

quire transport of the product in 65.000-ton vessels to .a transfer point. probably in Greenland about 550 miles to the east. The concen- tratcs would move from there to

posits on the west coast of Un-1i-European markets.

year. it affords two-way written communication

between this country. the United Kingdom and Europe. It will be extended to other parts of the

world in 1957.

Canadian National Steamehips added San Juan. Puerto Rico. to its ports of call in the West Indies service and calls were also made at Gibara. Cuba. as cargoes warrant ed. Refrigerated chambe . are now installed on all eight vessels in the fleet. Exporters and import- ers In the Western Islands group. particularly. have made increas- ing use of the refrigerated space- Flfty-slx voyages will have been completed by the and of the year. IILUENOSE

The year alsoyssw the inaugur- ation of M-V Bluenose in the tour- ist irade between Yarmouth, NS. and Bar Harbor, Me. Caandlan National operates the service on behalf of the federal government. it has met with notable success. In July and August the vessel carried more than some passen- gers and 18,000 vehicles in the daily roundirip service. Many of the sail- ings were at full capacity.

The cost of wage increases ag- gregating Il per cent over the term of a two-year agreement and a health and welfare plan. to be- come effective January I. on be- half of Its non-operating employees. have to be met by the railway an the result of an award made dur- lng the year. This and other awards wil add an estimated M millions to the railways' payroll expenses when the agreements become fully

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Construct Elisabeth Hotel located in the

. This summer '0 CNI lecture and brings him from on terminal area in downtown gMu- to uni. , treat is p. ” C I 00 He would be rich now--he in re- ward opening In the spring of IQ. pnted to make 810.000 a year-em

SYDNEY ICPI G In this big Australian city of 2.000.000 popula- tion. a large black man with a Texas hat on his hood and un- accustomed shoes on his feet set up an easel in the street and be- gan to paint what he saw. Police kept back the crowds.

This was Namatjira. Australia's most remarkable painter. and an

igines which lives by hunting in

visiting dignitaries.

fierce reds. blues and whites oil central Australia. found Ehat the- city dcfcatcd him. i MEETS m-zrnar i

After trying to paint traffic for. 10 minutes. with autograph hunt-. ers clustered round him. he put away his easel and said sadly: "The rlfy means nothing in me. Perhaps a greater puinicr can paint it. But I cannot."

The story of Namatiira it nm' of-

the strangest in modern Austrnliani history. Like other members of his trlze he is a ward of the Common- wealth. still living a largely prim-1 itive life. unable to vote and for-E bidden liquor. About 15 years ago he saw ani artist from Melbourne painting in water colors near Alice Springs. the main township in the so-called "dead hart" of Australia. He asked ye. ission to try himself. The result an startled the artist that he offered to teach the quiet Aboriginal everything he knew.

Within three months Namntiira was selling everything he could paint. Today every picture he makes is snapped up by art col-

cut that his tribe regards Narrr

QUODDY CHIEF ST. ANDREWS, N.B. ICP)-The Gracia of the biological station of St. Andrews has been named Canadian chairman of the join hoard handling the proposed Pass- amaquoddy Bay power develop-

meat.

Dr. J. L. Hart will head the Chadian section of the board wngj is working with United Ifafas to consider harnessing power on the bay at the Maine New Brunswick border.

Surveys now are underway in

house.

Australian ANboriginaIAriisiI Gives Up Depicting City Life g

elder oi the Aranda tribe of Abor-1

atiiril's communal 1 property.

Bear River Man Wins Saw Draw I

l E Charles Mccloskey of Bear River, Canada has won a D44

(lircct-drive chain saw in the Mc-

earnings as

the desert heart of the continent. Cllillit'l'i Saw Draw contest. it was Sydney gave Namaijira the kind gnnuuncod of welcome it usually reserves for Company of Canada. Ltd. Twenty.

today by McCulloch

five winners were selected today.

But Namat,iirn.- who paints the and 100 more will be picked be-

fore the contcst closes February ilth.

Ilrauings also take place Dcc-- cmbcr 28, January ll. Januaryi 25. and February ii. '