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the new department of transport wharf at the foot of Queen Street, will return to work, fol- lowing a strike which started early yesterday morning.

A Camac official stated last night ‘that it is not kiown when the work of hauling will resume. “We'll just have t6 wait and see,” he said. a“

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“We heard rumors several days previous that the truckers | were preparing to strike and we closed down before they had a chance to. strike’, he stated.

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six cents below the government set: minimum rate, the official eaid there was ‘set govern- ment rate and “we pay whatever is fit to: pay.”

The strike began shortly be- fore 10 o'clock as between 30 and # trucks ground to a halt in protest of what was described as below minimum truck rates being paid by the contractor.

the job site, but in the event that another fleet of trucks is hired, they are reportedly pre-

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under the government- set minimum rate. The-truckers are hauling fill from a pit near the. Southport fish hatchery to the | new wharf. , The spokesman said t since the truckers start

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each trucker has lost .well over $100 beeause of the low rate. The truckers-said that at the be- ginning of the contract — there was not too much complaint about the low rate, because the trucks were hauling steadily. Now, however, the contractor has cut his loading equipment in half and the trucks are forced to wait long periods for loads, One driver stated he made two — two days. The drivers said t previously they were

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AIRTIGHT CASE

<i Laie dios ome: a organize the truckers, but the y S are ve Ww jected. strike and the reason’ for it and | "> oe the next move is. up to them. | The drivers feel they have an| airtight case, m4 Questioned about the possib- | flity of joining a union, the

truckers said feel that for | oo 7 union — serve no contractor. In this instance, the purpose, They said that there | truckers won heir point and re- is complete co-operation . be-' turned to work.

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to simmer AB ey, even though it is still ~— the ey ties is to emerge from a previous of doubts. and speculations.

It is still not known Wf there will be a contest for the vacan- cies in the present City Council and among the Commissioners of Sewers .and..Water Supply. One seat is open in each due to

E the of Councillor James am in Ward 4,.and “4 ee ne EIGHT CATTLE | "21, REOPTER S the . : : one Joseph Bae spoke gathering on * Green, father - daughter. relations; ELECTROCUTED ptm 1960, will again re-ol- Linda Stewart and Norman Bight cattle were elec (fer. At that time they were two MacKay. , ectted yesterday on the of @ three-man slate seeking fatm of Ira , MacDonald; | election for the first time. The Covehead Road, ‘)pe=eythird man, Lloyd E. Wellner The animals were fe (| Jr., Wie Poa con's thee: “portedly in the barn at the | thet sea 8 > time the mishap occurred. of be een Seek aa Although the cause of the | with his r running- mates, accident could not be jearn- So far, the of Mr. Wel- ed last night, it was repert- |Iner is the one suggested ed that it had something to. |as a possible candidate. do with the water system In City Council, it is now rea- and the electrically operated | Sonably certain that every one pump in the barn. of the present councillors, { Mr. MacDonald could not | Cluding Mayor A. Walthen ing power is as stréng as a union be reached by phone last Gaudet, will ren te. could provide. The Teamsters) sion Prominently ‘mentioned for | Union tried some time ago to : some time as a possibility, it is now a strong probability that Z former cotncillor John P. Nich- Last week, the same truckers olson will enter the lists as a struck ata Curran and Briggs candidate in Ward 4. It is known | Ltd. job at the HMCS Queen 3 that he has been approached on Charlotte breastwork, in pro- . the ‘subject by several promin- test of what was termed unfair . - people cus hn _ ask- hirin ley“on the-part_of the ¢ ’ nom g his ex- over - Seultnn heal to the coune il ; SERIOUS THOUGHT Mr. Nicholson has stated he ‘ . =n ~ mater See it, and it now ve, SUNDAY WHRTRORE he wl ofr. son, Charlottetown, were Sun- mune =e oo ; visitors Sas es, or even rumors a oy to Montague names, is not an unusual situa- TO OTTAWA tion at this stage of proceed- Senator Elsie Inman and© ings. . ; ee ed Mrs. John A. Macdonald left Past experience has shown on Monday for Ottawa. that on several occasions peo- ple about whom not even a

present in the sanctuary. |

Members of the Royal Cana- dian Legion, Souris Branch, at- |

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Camp- | ed at City Hall on nomjuation,

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tended in a body. Graveside | prayer was said by Joseph Hen. | messey, and George Boudreault sounded Last Post and Reveille. |

payroll. iLieut.-Gov.. ves Next Monday 1 Lieutenanf-Governor F. W.|

Hyndman leaves next Monday on | business trip to Winnipeg. He |

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er Ottawa for two days \ neath, were dinner guests of |

ss Laurel Nelson, Mon- tague, has accepted a position at the Prince Edward Island Hospital. :

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Mr, and Mrs. Leorard Bre haut, “Guernsey Cove, were Sunday guests of Mr. Mrs. Cecil Beck, Montague.

.. YS PROGRESSING Miss Itla Moore, Mobtague is progressing favorab'y fo'low-

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Mr. and Mrs. Preston Beck, . : Sherw Sunday. , FO, F.F. Herring, of Murray = Harbor, P.E,J. has been pro- ILL AT HOME moted to the rank of flight Char- | lieutenant, RCAF Headquart-

Mrs. Jean Garnhum, fottetown, spent the past week in Montague to be with her father, Joseph Ma or, who is flat his home.

BROKEN WRIST . Watson Collins, Montague, has returned to his home after re- ceiving treatment for a broken wrist at the Kings County

ers bas announced. Fitalt. | Herring, a radio nayigation of- | ficer, joined the RCAF in 1951.

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Drivers Are an extended visi to For Fined $100

En route, Mrs. MacDonald | mo one da |. ‘Tiree persons were fined $100

triends | and costs or 10. days in jail ‘on —_WITH TEAM | charges of impa driving by Accom; the Ricker Magistfatt James B. Johnston, Bulldogs to on. QC, in Queens -County ~ magis- Gaturday was Charles Heath, trate’s court yesterday. treasurer of Rickers College Lester 0’- Houltos, Maine. Mr. Heath is | Donnell, Elmer James Géllant ‘a nephew-intaw of Mrs. Win- Charlottetown, and Victor nifred Vickers) and Ethan | Francis Trainor, South Melville, Stewart , | were convicted as charged. In

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Save Income Tax now by placing some of ‘your Savings in an Eastern Trust Registered Retirement Savings Plan. Such deposits are not taxable at thig time, Suppose you are in the 25% Income Tax bracket and you deposit . $500 in an Eastern Trust Retirement Savings . Planf You save .$125—that being the-25% |. tax you would otherwise pay. Naturally the ~ gaving will vary with your tax bracket and

You have until February 28th to deposit the money which you will claim on the geturn you must file by April 30th,

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