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During the heavy snow storm of last Friday the greatest dif- ficulty experienced. by the Cana- dian National Railways here was in the transportation of passeng- ers over the Hillaborough Bridge to and from the Murray Harbor train at Southport. In the end they had to use a truck to brine passengers to this city. As a re- sult of the difficulty the train for Sou:-is was delayed as two of the passengers from the Mur- ray Harbor train were en route to Morell to attend a funeral.

The first twins to be born here this new year arrived yesterday at the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital. They were two boys weighing about five pounds each and were born to Mr. and Mrs.

clzlarry J. Barrett.

At preunt Mr. Barrett is in Hamilton, Ont., while Mrs. Bar- rett. the former Miss Josie Camp- bell, is making her home with her mother, Mrs. Leslie Campbell, St. Peter”: Road. No names have been selected for the twin boys as yet.

There has been a sharp reduc- tion in the number of people drawing unemployment insurance benefits as of January 12th this year. and the same date in 1951.

Information supplied by the National Employment Office Char- lottetown which handiiee all claims for residents of King's and Queen's Counties. including Char- lottetown shows the total ben- efit claimants at present as 1003. One year ago this figure was 1440. Of the present total of 1093 slightly more than fifty per cent are rural residents.

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Work was started last week in Summerside in remodelling the building which for a great many years was used as the Prince Coun- ty Hospital. before the new hos- pital was put into use in August of last year.

When completed. the end of the building north of the main stair- way in "the old hospital" will be used as a public health center. An addition is being built at the north end of the building which will contain the entrance to this health center.

It is understood that the bal- ance of the building will be used to carry on in conjunction with the new hospital.

Plans. when completed. call for the whole building to contain fifty-six beds.

There is considerable remodel- ling, renovating, and shifting par- titions being done. Fireproof partitions are being installed around the stair-ways.

Fire on Saturday morning com- pletely destroyed the two-storey home of Mr. George Waite. of Tra- vellers Rest.

Mr. and Mrs. Waite had been li'I1r-8 in Summerslde for some time. and Mr. Waite had gone to their home at Travellers Rest early Saturday morning to do some work about the place prior to their mov- inc into their home sometime this week.

He had started it fire in the kitchen stove more than two hours before the fire was discovered. and after working around the house for some time. had gone out to chop some wood.

While engaged at this task, a neighbour who was breaking a road after the storm. came by, and the two men stopped to talk for a. few minutes.

It was then that they observed emnke coming out the peak of the roof, and rushed into the house but could not get upstairs because of the smoke 1

A telegram is being forwarded today by the Klngls County Board of Trade to Hon. Edouard Rlnfi-et. Postmaster General. Ottawa. urg- ing him to hold up the propoped change In the eastern mail truck service until . ppeeentatlve bodies have had an opportunity of pre- senting thelr views. Mr. R.K. Clements. president of the Board. elated yesterday.

The request is being sent in view cf the announcement that the ser- vice fs to revert back to the old af- ternoon train delivery on January 15, in accordance with the demand of e. delegation headed by Mr. T. J. Klckhem, M. P. and Hon. Dougald Macxinnon. ,

Mr. Clements stated that a spe- cial meeting of' the King's County Board of Trade is being called earlv this week to protest the change back and present arguments against It. The Board. he said. together with the Town Council of Monta- gue and business men of the com- munity. had worked incessantly to have the antiquated train mail de- llvcry replaced with a truck serv- to

e.

Throughout King's. the Board felt. the new service had speeded up mails by some twenty-four hours. Where there were isolated instances of a elowup, it was simp- ly a. matter of readjuetlng local conditions.

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A t d " lg the holrlgly "'13. .yJo:::llln "W3"!- nrockton, near Bloomfield. was destroyed D7 tin with mm"! being loved. Mr. Woods, who liv- ed alone. was asleep and un- aware that thevhouse was on fire unm alarmed by I M-fl?! neighbour who saw smoke com- ing from the house and helped him out Just In time as the flames spread very rapidly. A number of other nelthborl nth- ' A but were too late to make

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rears of past years left out- standing total 32,354.97. and cur- rent tax arrears total 52,301.23. The building account i showed receipts of 32,960.00, and disburse- ments of 31,622..

Councillor Hessian concluded that the year had been a success- ful one, and that,the new year would be one of great advance- ment for the community.

In supreme Court yesterday morning Robert Rackham, wheat- ley River, charged with driving in a manner dangerous to the public, pleaded guilty before Mr. Justice Mark R. Mcculgan. He will ap- pear for sentence on the morning of January 24.

The case arose as I result of a truck-train collision at Wlnsloe Crossing last June when the truck Rackham was driving crash- ed into a C. N. R. freight train. The truck was demolished and Rackham's companion in the cab, Wendell Johnstone, Brookfield. was instantly killed.

Rackl-lam was charged with manslaughter but the Grand Jury in considering the indictment last. week asked if they had the power to reduce the charge. Attorney General W. E. Darby then added the lesser charge to the indictment and the Grand Jury returned a true bill on the new charge.

The defendant was represented by Mr, D. L. Mathieson. K. G.

Mr. J. Watson MacNaught; M.P., Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Fisheries. yesterday stated that he had received a replv from Rt. Hon. C.D. Howe. Minister of Trade and Commerce. regarding the coal shortage on Prince Ed- v. aid Island. In his reply Mr. Howe said that the Dominion Coal Board was doing everything possible to remedy the situation and will have stocks of coal moving forward as soon as possible.

When contacted yesterday by The Guardian representative. the two large Summerside coal dealers who were responsiblle for bringing the shortage to the attention of the public, indicated that neither had any soft coal on hand although one dealer had recently received two or three cars which had quick- ly been cleaned up but they hoped that this situation would be some- what improved in it couple of weeks. They indicated that the pub- lic could cooperate during the shortage by taking substitute coals for the furnace and leaving kit-

meeting of the Town Council was embodied in a. strongly

truck service operating.”

change has been ordered affecting our town and that

or expense,

of Montague, rotest against slow train del very and ask

system continue.

"Further be It resolved worded to the

Kickham, M.P., our Senators

"Postmaster General "Ottawa, Canada.

County, and should have the people were consul stand taken by Federal ham. KEEP MAIL TR ATING.

WEDNESDAY

. During the year 1951. approx- imately 120.000 cords of pulpwood have been cut from the Island woodlots. At an average price of tie a cord. an income of over s1,900.000 was realized by the woodlnt owners. Taking into con- sideration the commission of the buyers themselves. the sale of pulpwood meant a revenue of over two million dollars to the people of this Province.

The above figures were receiv- ed from Mr. J. F. Gaudet. Chief Forester in -the Department of Industry grid Natural Resources. Mr. Gaudet also had some excel- lent advice to offer owners and cutters of woodlots as to their future management, and at the same time pointed out some of mod mistakes of the past. He ael :

six o'clock last evening complete- Iy destroyed a large our ”' - owned by Mr. Albert Mouse 0 New Annan. The building, was used as a boiler house where pigs were killed and Mr. Moaee had been using it for this purpose during the afternoon. He lied gone In to supper and some time later a peuerby noticed that the

onta o Town council 1:91 j . Ceunomor s.

. 1 . g -the financial . V .1aadalis& ' . .g Q. at as-

bulldln was eflre.

An a tin was sent in to the Iununentde and Remington fire brigades for assistance. Althou h m were unable to cave t e

dint tiny rendered valuable assistance keeping the flames

the slow train delivery system truck delivery system inaugurated last October.

"And whereas, we considered the new truck delivery system which greatly speeded up first class mail, of much benefit to our town, and whereas, those complaints which may have been made against the new system were of a minor nature and could have been adjusted and many them overcome by the Postal Department with little effort

"Therefore be it resolved,

Honourable Edouard Rinfret, General at Ottawa, and copies be forwarded to Thomas J.

. "Town Council strongly opposes change mail service in King's County. Delegation waited on you had no authority to speak for King:

A fire which broke out aboutg

chm range coal for that class of trade.

The

following tele was forwarded yesterday to the Postmaster General by the Kings County Board of Trade in protest against the change in mail delivery to the pldtime afternoon train service:

"Hon. Edouard Rinfret "Postmaster General, "Ottawa.

"We ask that you do not suspend mail and ex ress truck service from on- tague, Georgetown, Cardi- gan route. Further infor- matlon bein forwarded air- mail. Mr. lckhamla com- mittee had no mandate from the above districts to have this much improved service . discontinued.

1 "King's County Board of

"Trade "C. A. Shaw,

(signed) "Secretary.

The tremendous difficulties fac- ed by the streets department since the onset of winter were stressed by His Worship, Mayor J.D. Stewart at the regular monthly meeting of the City Council last night.

speaking as Chairman of the Streets Committee he said lha after each of the three stonns since Dec. listh, it was necessary to use all the snow fighting equip- ment the city has, and in addition a big D-8 tractor and bulldozer had to be hired to cope with last Friday's storm. The cost to the City for snow removal since Dec. 15th has been approximately 85.600.

The Mayor said he was pleased to state that traffic was rolling again on Saturday after coming to almost a complete standstill on Prlc.ay, and he felt that the men of the street department were worthy of praise for the way In which they cleared the streets.

"At the present time we are still engaged in snow removal and through the kindness of the Prov- lcial Govern-ment who loaned us their payloaders. and with the hit mg of three extra trucks, we are making good progress," he said.

Vigorous protest against the change in the eastern mail truck service was expressed at the regular monthly-

of Montague last night and worded resolution and tele-

gram to the Postmaster General, repudiating the Kickham delegation to Ottawa, and urging him to "Keep the mall

Following is the text of the resolution:

"Whereas, we the Town Council of Montague, as- sembled ln our regular monthly meeting, learned that a

in the mail delivery service in future we are to return to in place of the improved

of

that we, the Town Council this backward move to the that the new truck delivery

that this resolution be for- Postmaster

and other representatives."

(Signed) "Bruce H. Yeo, Mayor and Town Council." TEXT OF TELEGRAM

"Montague, P. E. I.i "January 14. 1952

"Honourable Edouard Rinfret

been turned down until ted. Council opposes the representative Mr. Kick-' UCK SERVICE OPER.

"Bruce H. You,

"Mayor." 'controlled and from spreading to the closely adjoining buildings.

A fairly strong wind from the south further prevented the flames from reaching the nearby residence.

Some of the pork were removed before the fire had gained too much headway but the rest. were lost in the flames along with a car trailer and a hay mower.

It could not be learnrd what the fire loss amounted to but it is understood that it. was par- tially covered by Insurance.--S.

Possibility of the establishment of an industry in this Province to ma fscture Irish moss into fin- ish products "is foreseen in a brief report on Industrial Develop- ment In Prince Edward Island presented by Mr. W. I. Agnew at the recent annual conference of the Provincial Governmentr Trade and Industrial council held in

f;' Alberta,

lief '",on the ” l but briefly as Council rules de- mended. Mr. Agnew. Director of Trade. Department of Industry and Natural Resources. told the delegates that Irish moss is found in abundance along our shores and has developed into a great revenue producer for P. E. I. no and that due to the fine quality of the product manufacturers had been attracted from all over the con-

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ter Pair, Toronto, with a compar- ison of the total prize money com- pared "to Nova scotia and New Brunswick has been received from

"Whereas for many proved mail service for K "Whereas in October,

"Whereas the complaints

livery service and protest t train method.

Loan, M.

Premier J Walter Jonea. It shows.

single amount in the dairy cattle class. while New Brunswiclpwon the inost of its money in the beef cattle. However. Premier Jones pointed out that the showing of these animals involved a consider- able expense to the exhibitor.

The following resolution was issued unanimously yes- terday afternoon at a special meet ng of the King's County Board of Trade held at the Legion Hall in Montague.

"The Hon. Edouard Biufret

"Postmaster General. Ottawa cars we have advocated an Im-

's County, and

951, ment finally decided that a speedier service was necessary and Inaugurated a. system of truck delivery, and

"Whereas this truck delivery service was a vast im- provemeut over the former train service, and

"Whereas the citizens of King's County were well sat- isfied.wlth the improved service which gave us a. prompt delivery of our first class mail, and

"Whereas the trucks are still running their regular routes with express and lcl. freight, and

the Post Office Depart-

agalnst this new, improved

service did not originate in King's County; "Be it therefore resolved that the Kings County Board of Trade hereby voices its approval of the truck mall de-

e change backward to the

"Be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Senators T. V. Grant. J. P. McIntyre and G. Barbour, and to T. J. Kickham, M.P., MacNau5li,t,, M.P., Chester McLure, M.P., and Angus Mac-

Souris, J. W.

President of the Board, R. K. Clements, presided. The

resolution was moved by by Mr. Arnold Vanlderstlne.

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Several Jersey records have N- cently been completed on Fringe Edward Island, the highest being by Klrppoch Jesters Beatrice. bred land owned by Dr. J. P. Lantz. lcharlottetown. according to an iannouncement by the Canadian Hersey Cattle Club. At five years I in 304 days Beatrice produced 9.375 .lbs. of milk, 556 lbs. of fat. She is a daughter of the great sire. 1Brampton Jester's Standard 2nd. Also in the Lantz herd Keppoch IVa11-ant Maggie as a senior three- yenr-old produced 9.086 lbs. of milk and 477 lbs. of fat in 359 days.

Discussions regarding improve- ments in the facilities for crossing the Strait of Northumberland at Wood Islands featured a meeting of the directors of the Innkeepers Association held last night at the Old Spain. Particular emphasis was placed on the waiting room facil- :ties and a committee was set up to gather information on the situa tlon and repor;t back. -

Mr. George Fraser. director of the Travel Bureau, told the gath- ering that there was only one area within 20 miles of Stanhope which was completely free of ragweed. However, the air index for the Is- land as a whole was 0.27. consid- ered a very low figure and it is the hope of the Association to have the Index completely free by this fall.

A drop of approximately 500 cars of potatoes ferried over the Borden-Ca e Tormentine route in the curren crop season as corn- pared to the number for the same period in the 1950-51 season is not- ed in a report issued by the Of-

fice of the Superintendent. Is- land Division. Canadian National Railways.

The crop season commences on August 1 and ends July 31 of each year and the figures in each of the following instances are for the periods of August 1 to Janu- ary 14. -

The number ferried to date in the 1961-52 season is 1,716 cars. representing a decrease of 491 cars from the 1960-51 total of 2.207

cars. and a decrease of 1.121 from the 1940-50 total of 2.048 cars.

"Whereas the South

service, and "Whereas the service

tor service for people residing of Sourls, and”

continued, and

truck; "Be it therefore resolved

Klckham, M.P., and Mr. F. A. lottetown.”

seconded by Mr. C. B. White. rams!

Lieut.-Omdr. Donald Richard Baker, R.C.N., of Kenslngton, P. 3.1.. has been appointed senior officer. Air-sea Rescue Unit. at the Naval Air Station at Dart- mouth. N.B.. it was announced of- ficially yesterday. The ltoyel can- adlan Navy unit is equlPPId with two high speed launches and, two so-foot crash boats. It works in close co-operation with the Royal Canadian Air Force Search and Rescue Headquarters in Halifax,

Gndr. Baker is a son of Hon. 0. 0. Baker, Provincial Minister of Agriculture, and Mrs. Baker and went to blsnew posting this month following a leave spent with his parents during the holiday sea- son, He came are from Ottawa.

A number of inquiries i-egavdlnl Newcastle disease in molar III! received by the Provincial

"Whereas the Canadian National Railways are now serving the town of Soul-is with express and l.c.l. fl'elght..Jl-;larbor ..unimd.. Church par-onnse

Trade recommend that in lieu of the

mail service to Sourla by tri-weekly

months, that the daily mail trucking so "Copies of this resolution to be sent to Mr. T. J.

Mr. V. R. Pepler and seconded

. The resolutloli was the result of a round-table discuss- ion, participated in by Messrs. S. S. Hessian, K.C., Dr. P. Mclntyre, Ethan Stewart, Major J. A. MacDonald, Arnold Wishtman. V. R. Popler, Ralph Beck, Carl Stewart, Cyril Johnston, Arnold Vanldcrstlnc, C. A. Show and H. I).

The total number of cars of potatoes ferried in the entire 1960- 51 and 1949-50 seasons were 6.769 and 8.950 cars respectively.

"Guilty, with I recommenda- tion forpmercy". was the verdict of the trial jury in Supreme Court yesterday in the case of Elmer Wilfred Feehan. Point dc Roche. charged with rape.

The trial ended yesterday with counsel presenting their argu- ments to the jury and the charge by Chief Justice Thane A. Camp- bell who presided during the three day trial. The prisoner was remanded to Thursday, January 24. for sentence.

At the conclusion of the trial and the announcement of the ver- lict. counsel for Francis Edward McDonald (Fall) asked premission of the court to change the accus- ed's plea of not guilty of rape to guilty. The plea was accepted and McDonald was remanded to Thursday. January 24 for sen- tence. He was lepresented in court by Mr. Allison Gillis.

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Al the regular meeting Monday night of the Georgetown Town Council a motion was passed that the council. "Support the stand of the delegation headed by T. J. Kickham regarding the change back to rail mail service."

The motion was moved by Counclllor Raymond Solomon and seconded by Councillor Patrick Murphy. It was supported by Councillors Emerson Llewellyn and Guy Hemphill. One Councillor Andrew MacNeill abstained from voting.