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Draggers of Caraquet Type

To Be Tried Ex:

Draggers of the Caraquet type. glinilar to those used successfully in New‘ Brunswick, will be op- erated as In ‘experiment in Prince Edward Island waters this year. gnd if further expansion is war- ranted it is hoped to have the boats constructed in this Pro- vince, Hon. Eugene Cullen, Min- isier of Industry and Resources. informed the Legislature yester- day.

speaking on the Draft Address. Mr. Cullen said the Department is particularly concerned with protecting the fishermen's inter- esis. so that they will reap the chief benefit if the draggera prove successful.

Recently the I-"ishermen's Loan Board regulations were amended to provide that only bona fide fishermen can obtain loans from the Board. In the case of a com- pany or co-operative seeking to acquire a dragger. 51 per cent of the shares must be held by not less than four fishermen. This Ls in line with the Dominion reg- ulations governing the subsidy payment.

80 Percent Deposit

in making application to the Board, the company or co-opere- tive must deposit 30 per cent of the cost. The Dominion subsidy is given at the rate of 8185 per ton. amounting in most cases to about 86.300. The total cost of I Cara- quet dragger. similar to those employed in New Brunswick, is $28,000. The deposit would there- fore amount to 88.400. The dragger subsidy of $6.300 could be ap- plied to the deposit. leaving an amount of $2.100 to be paid by the fishermen. Another $300 would be required for a net, making I iolal payment by the fishermen of $2,400. A group of five men could launch themselves in I dresser on payii"l€nt"“'of about 3500 each.

"We are not entirely convinced that these draggers are the answer ‘*3 0111’ Problem." Mr. Cullen said.

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Hopes To Sell Surplus Buiier

OTTAWA. March 0 —(CP) — 'I".'.e government hopes to sail “in "19 Oiiilnary way" all of the 25.- 009-000 Doimd-I of butter it now is

holdiniz. Afisriculture Minister ggrfllnflf said today in the Com. llS. I

lie was replying to L. 1:. Cardiff (PC-—liuroii Norifh). who asked ‘'b°“‘ *1 newspaper report that the government was going to dispose of 10.000.000 pounds of butter. He wanted to know who it would be ‘Old to and at what price.

Coming Events

F"Mall your Films to Garnhum noto Studio. Charlottetown. _.___.

t,“See our garden tractor illustra- ‘°" 011 Pile 3. Arthur Vsssey. N"5i- Mary's vs. St. Patrick's It -ew Glasgow rink tonight. 8.30.

"Skating 8-10 Wiltshire rink to- iilsht. Canteen service.

“Garden Seeds."Send for free giilogue. Arthur Velsoy. York,

T"Ses Joel llocrea. in “Colorado u°”"°I'¥" plus serial It Mennon- ii Ems. Theatre taught.

"Rumm-so Isl March 11, a . 3-n}'gIlI;ilt_et Buudiiig by Order ling-

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Y Mclnlyre Blues Now Registered -

A one time popular potato here, the McIntyre Blue, has been reg. istered by the authorities in or. tawa. it was learned yesterday by Mr. 8.0. Peppin. District Inspect- or. Seed Potato certification.

The potato will eventually be certified and ognized as an -1:- ficiei variety, likely within the next twelve months. An eye index- ina imaraln on the McIntyre is being carried on at present in the sreenhouee at the Experimental Farm from which the quantity of P0383065 Will be built up to meet the demand.

Officials at the Farm are at- tempting to stick to the‘etrain of the Mclntyre with the blue eye end in their efforts to develop the variety for certification. This strain is known as the white skin- ned variety. The other strain of the potato is blue on over.

Newfoundinnd Market A market already waiting for

some of the McIntyre potatoes is »

Newfoundland. Mr. W. E. Ag-new, Director of Trade. reports that he has often been asked for this var- iety by Ne-wfoundlanders and that recently a man was making in- quiries about a car load to be de- livered this spring.

Potatoes from various parts of the Island are used in the eye in- dexing plan at the Farm. A num- bered set from each potato has been planted in the Green House and partialiy_gi-own during the winter TM potatoes whose sets are disease 11'“ Ind measure up to qualifica- tions will be returned to the farm- ers and planted in the spring.

In this way the quantity will be built up and tiie Mclntyre potato will be certified and eventually recognized as I certified variety. The same procedure was used in recent years here in developing the Sebago variety.

Although grown on I fairly large scale here at one time their acre- age has greatly diminished during the past years since the introduc- tion of the Mountains. Cobblers and other varieties. Nevertheless they have remained popular with many oonsumers and several farin- ers have continued to grow the old Blues.

140 Sieers Entered For Sioc_ii_Show

AMHERST, N. S., March 8-(CP) —-About 140 steers, including junior entries and pure bred beef breed- ing -cqttie, have been entered in the Maritime spring stock show fligz sale. to be held here March

Nova Scotia leads the entries with 50, New Brunswick has 34 and Prince Edward island five.

Egg Shortage By Autumn Predicted

'IORDN'I‘0. March 6 —(OP) — Two poult experts today predict- ed I Domnion-vwide egg shortage by autumn. J. Stewart Hyde and C. P‘. Uuohhaim. president and secretary. respectively, of the Poultry Industry Committee of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. made the forecast at e Federation meeting

Appointeii‘Puii|ic Relations Officer For This Province

The appointment of Mr. George Fraser (above). head of the ns"/s department of the use in.‘ . national Service at Montreal, as Prince Edward Island's first pub- lic relations’ oflficer, was an. nounced last night by Premier Jones. The appointment will take effect as soon as Mr. Fraser is released from his present duties. ~ A native of Montague, P.E.I.. Mr. Fraser served his newspaper apprenticeship as reporter with The Guardian. During the war he served with the pu-blic rela- tions staff of the Prices Board here. Later he was with British United Press in the Maritimes and at Montreal. and was for a short time managing editor of The Ensign. a newly formed Roman Catholic weekly published in Montreal.

Mr. Fraser is a son of Mrs. Mabel Fraser and the late Dr. A. J. Fraser. of Montague. His is the former Miss Hilda Mac- Donald, of Card-igan.

Seed Potato

OTTAWA. March 6 —(special)— Prospects are bright for increasing Canada's exports of seed potatoes to Venezuela, Tracie Minister Howe was informed todayby C. s. Bissett. Canadian Trade stationed at Caracas, that country.

Reason for the exipected boost in Venezuela's seed potato eioports is that agricultural labor in that country is very scarce owing to boo.-n conditions in the oil and iron ore industries. Even farmers have

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OTTAWA. March 6 — (CP) -- 'I'.J. Kickham (L —- Kings) said tonight in the Commons that the Provincial Governments of Vtic Maritimes could help bone ilde potato growers by imposing a le\')' on potato acreage.

He said during continued debate on the speech from the throne that he would like to see a support price placed under potatoes for one year only to permit stabilization of the industry. But he felt that suppoit prices in the long run encouraged speculators to over produce.

‘ A levy on acreage was one means of controlling production. I-le sulf- gestcd that provincial governments collect a levy of $25 an acre where more than 100 acres were sown; no on 50 to 100 acres: :15 on 25 to 50 acres; 310 on 20 to 26 acres. He would collect no levy on acre- age under 20.

Mr. Kickham said that if the levy was imposed. it would work out well for bona fide farmers.

He called on the government to give Prince Edward lsand a fair share of Ii'ede"nl ‘government grants. The Island did not receive anything from grants to gold min-

ing, to farmers under the Prairie

Nfld. Member Threatens To Resign, Seat Unless Freight Rates Revised

OTTAWA, March 6-—(CP)—Gor- don Higgins (PC—£t. John's East) said today in the Cosn.mon's that he will resign ‘his seat and try -to,.get Newfoundland to secede from confederation unless the gov- ernment keeps its word to give the

new Province the some freight rates treatment as the Maritime Provinces.

Mir. Higgins suggested that all

Newfoundland members should re- sign unless the agreement on freight rates was honored by the goverrmient. '

’I'.G.W. Ashbourne (L — Grand Falls-White Bay) suggested Mr. Higgins speak for himself.

Mr. Higgins said he would speak for himself. As far as he was con- cerned he would resign his seat if the freight rates agreement was not kept. He would go bac’.:toNe-w- found-land and do all he could to get. the province to secede from confederation .

speaking in the Thronespeech debate, Mr. Higgins said the Province. which joined confedera- tion March 31. last. will have to ap- piy soon for an upward revision of the terms.

It was evident, that Canada was receiving benefits which were not

even mentioned before the Island joined confederation. Csnsdn now

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was selling in Newfoundland 340.- 000.000 worth more goods than in pre-confederation days when many imports came from the United States.

The people in the new Province needed many things he said. The veterans wanted an increase in the war veterans allowances. Persons around the airport at Gander wanted repeal of I provision which prohibited any new building with- in five miles of the airport.

As a result of that "ridiculous” provision persons were paying $110 a month to live in converted bar- racks. ,

He also has received requests for better old-age pensiom without the means test.

Mr. Higgins said he wished to reiterate what he said last year about the need of is coastguard for the east coast. The need now was as urgent as ever.

He noted that three of the six Senate seats to which Newfound- land is entitled have not yet been

filled. He suggested that Prime Minister st. Laurent follow the precedents set when other new

Provinces joined confederation and select candidates outside of party i nes.

He called for removal of the duty on books from the United States. The Nosrf people bad to pay duty since joining confedereb on.

Turning to unemployment. he

said the situstion in Newfoundland is bleak. Unemployment is high and the prospects are not bright. About 10.000 persons now were on direct relief projects. The figure did not include those receiving un- ¢ loyinent insurance benefitI.. o asked the government to speed delivery of cheques to iihose entitled to unemployment inor- ance benefits. The cheques now were often delayed as as two months and did not Ii-rive regularly. ‘

He urged government action to find markets for the on from the Bell his-II! when 1.000 of the 1.000 employees were without . work. Markets overseas were lost an. to exchange restrictions. -

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OTTAWA. Match‘ 0 -GOP) — Premier of hbwfound- isnduidtonlght iiIthIiloafl’!' ing to the ledersi Cabinet his Province‘: mat for I new deal in

issue will never sever the of confederation between land Province and lie

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Prospects In Venezuela .

left their holdings to work in the ollfieids and iron mines at high wages currently being paid. This has caused a shortage of basic food commodities and led to a gen- erai increase in food imports.

Venezuela, the official report, of the trade commissioner states, is highly prosperous at present and its markets for imported food- stuffs are very strong. Since Venezuelan oil and iron is being paid for in United States dollars. Venezuela pays for its imports in this currency when desired.

Potato Acreage Levy Urged By Mr. Kickhairi

Farm Assistance let. to oil comp- anies under the Exploration Act.

The Island needed grants toward education and toward things that would keep Prince Edward Island- ers from emigrating to Upper can- ada.

Mr. Kickham called for abolition of the $2.50 annual licence fee on radio sets. He suggested that the sales tax be increased to meet CBC needs.

He called for a campaign to ei- courage fish consumption in can- ada and asked the government to undertake works to aid the fisher- men in his constituency.

He said he had received many requests from his constituents for abolition of the old-age pension means test, some wanted the elig- ible age reduced from 10 to 65 years.

He was glad thr Government had established a committee that would study the whole question and make recomme ‘ fiuiab to parliament.

16 Vagrant: Arrested In Railway Couches

TORONTO, March 6 -— (GP) — sixteen men were arrested today for trespassing after entering and sleeping in Canadian National Railway coaches, newly-cleaned and ready for use. Police sat’ I'n°3¢ of them are from Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island.

Eight others, after receiving I three-course meal .from.tha Wom- en's Auxiliary of woodgi-een Un- ited Church, slept on cushioned pews in the gallery of the church. several hostels in the city were filled last night.

ii. S. Coal Miners ilesume_lVork

WASHINGTON, March 6-(AP) —Grinning miner: got the vital soft-coal pipe line of the United states back in operation todisy. quickl throwing industry's sag into a app reverse.

smiles wreaiil-led faces of John L. Lewis‘ diggers as bulk of the 372,- 000 strikers straggled back to the pits under their triumphant pay boost contract.

some 30.000 miners reported for early shifts at approxirnately one- thlrd of the country's bliluminous operations. Coal rolled from min- ea everywhere before nightfall.

Railroads shuttled cars into coal- fields and right. out again with precloua fuel.

settlement of the 10-month mine contract struggle brought new act- ivity on all fronts. Industry brought to the brink of collapse by the strike. generally is eiopected to return to normal in about 10 days.

Lewis himself. flushed with vict- ory, today offered a. million-dollar loan to help I C.I.0. un.ion,wln new contracts from Chrysler and General Motors.

Turkey May Buy

- Pit Props in Canada

o'I'I‘AWA. March 6 —— (CF) — Turkey is seeking Marshall Plan funds to buy pit props from Can- ada. a Turkish Embassy official disclosed today.

f Economic Co-operation. Ali- miniatration approval can be ob- tained. Turkey will buy I lune share of her pit-prop requirement! from the Canadian out-oosst.

Canada. along with other coun- tries, hI.s been asked to place bids for possible orders. the offic- iai added. and Turkey has found that Canadian prices rlnso Ilniml the lowest in the world.

Last year. Turkey purchased is small quantity of Canadian pit props for ‘use in development of Turkish coal mines and found the quality and price satisfactory.

Pit props have been in surplus apply in the Maritii-nss as I re-

t of Britain's decision not to re- new contracts. fut year Britain goblet! about O1-I00.000 worth of

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Before House

By Don Gilbert.

LONDON, March 6 —(CP) ‘ Wlmton Churchill tonight flint a challenge At the shaky Laibor

Government only a few hours after Britain's newly-elected Parliament had met for the first time.

The Conservative leader tabled amendments to the address in re- ply to the Speech from the Throne regretting the Speech's failure to refer to the future of the

iron and steel industry or to measures to ease the housing shortage.

The motions will be put to a vote between now and next Monday. Debate began today after a glitter- ing ceremony in which the King read is speech outlinirg a non- controversial program of legislat- ion.

Labor has an over—all majority of seven seats in the 65-member House and can turn back the Con- servative assault provided it has the full support of its followers.

Will Not. Backtrack

While the Throne Speech avoid- ed any reference to the iron and steel industry, Prime Minister At- tlce made clear in the House to- day that Labor did not intend to backtrack on its nationalization plans.

"There is nothing to be done in the matter immediately. but that act is on the statute book and our purpose is to give effect to acts passed by Parliament." he said during debate.

He reminded the House that the state corporation which would run the industry cannot be appointed until October. while the actual take-over cannot take place before Jan, 1. 1951.

If the government wished. it could delay action stili further. The act. passed by the last Parlia- ment. in which Labor had a 148- member majority. provides that the take-over need not be effected for n f-ull year after that date. It is generally agreed that by that time mother general election will have been held.

OI:-ry Fight To Labor

The issue was brought into the debate by Anthony Eden; deputy Conservetive leader.

"The country has pronounced agaimt nationalization and in our judgment that goes for iron and steel also." he said.

Chin-chill tabled the amendments after is meeting of the conservat- ives’ "shadow cabinet." wihlcih evidently decided to waste no time in carrying the fight to Labor.

One amendment will express re- gret that the “ "contains no reference to the future of the iron and steel industry."

The second amendment will say that there is a "continuing decline" in the number of new “ built each year by the Labor Gov-

ernment. and that the Throne Sipeeoh "contains no indication that the gov». intends to

take more effective measures to deal with the situation."

Churchill will take part him- self ln the debate tomorrow. So will Clement Davies, leader of the Liberal Party which has nine seals. He is expected to give some hint of where his party will cast their support.

It is not known when the Con- servative amendments will be put to ,ihe vote.

The House listened attentively as Aiilee answered various criti- cisms made by Eden.

The Prime Minister said he took "full responsibility" for Bri- tain's security forces. in which

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German Generals Head New Military Movement

By GEORGE BOULTWOOD BONN. March 0 -- (A?) Three generals of the old German geneiui staff have started a cam- paign to restore the German of- ficer corps io lu former glory.

The self-appointed committee of three has close contacts with the federal government and\ links with former officers all over Germany.

Disclosure of this group came amid reports of increasing activi- ties by former Wehrmacht veter- ans through West Germany. High Cominiuioner John J. McCloy of the United states has said Allied Igenls are investigating an under- ground military movement.

Mccloy minimized the im- portance of such mllitarist groups as contrasted with non-milltarist organisations. However, Allied officials said this movement might serve as the nucleus for I new German general staff.